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Directory SPORTS OPINION ^Wv- .TODAY Switchboard 372-2601 Men's Basketball Natalie Miller V 4 i ^ / Classified Ads 372-6977 Antonio Daniels b Display Ads 372-2605 Editorial 372-6966 continues to 7:05 p.m. notices the Sports : 372-2602 BGSU at Detroit Entertainment 372-2603 make strides in differences in 3$ Falcons limp into the game at rain Story idea? Give us a call the NBA Detroit with only seven healthy weekdays from I pm. to 5 pm., or players people e-mail: "[email protected]" G High: 44 Low: 27 WEDNESDAY December 3,1997 Volume 84, Issue 66 The BG News Bowling Green, Ohio 'Serving the Bowling Green community for over 75 years # Clinton Senate passes to speak in Akron Veteran's Day □ Local officials prom- resolution ise that the president's □ The Faculty Senate visit will not be a rigidly "We signed an planned event. approves of a resolution that will cancel classes agreement with other The Associated Press on Veteran's Day and schools, but the keeps the Wednesday calendar isn't AKRON - President Clinton's visit to discuss race relations at a before Thanksgiving as a perfect." town hall meeting will be more travel day. than orchestrated speeches filled Charles Middleton with platitudes, local officials By MELISSA NAYMIK promised Tuesday. University provost "It is not scripted. There will The BC News be a structure, but only in the broadest sense," said David A resolution to sacrifice one concerns about shorting the fall day of the fall semester to honor Lieberth, a community activist semester, as well as the break. those who served our country in and lawyer who will moderate Charles Applebaum, associate times of war and conflict was the session. "The president's professor of mathematics and passed yesterday in the Faculty statistics, did not feel that short- ability to connect with people will make for an energizing pro- Senate. ening the fall semester would be Judy Adams, faculty senate in the best interest of the stu- gram." secretary and member of the Clinton wants to start a dents since their education would committee on academic affairs, be cut short. national discussion of racial is- said that the Medical College of On the contrary, Tara Gore, sues and plans to get the dialogue Ohio, Owens Community College president of Undergraduate Stu- rolling with Wednesday's and the University of Toledo all dent Government, opposed the 90-minute meeting at the Univer- must be in consortium on the idea of having Veteran's Day off sity of Akron. It is to be the first only to have to attend class the in his series of forums on race. academic calendar. "Bowling Green has students Wednesday before Thanksgiv- Joining Clinton on stage at E.J. who attend classes at Toledo and ing. Thomas Performing Arts Center MCO, especially nursing stu- "Bowling Green is a travel in- will be community leaders, stu- dents," said Adams. "Nursing stitution," said Gore. "We have dents and three authors who have students take courses at MCO students from New York, Texas written about racial problems in and Bowling Green." and all over." the United States. The academic calendar was Another concern Gore brought The president's effort to get made to match the other three up revolved around the resident black and white Americans talk- schools, but somehow Veteran's advisors who must stay a day ing about the problems caused by Day was overlooked, explained later than the rest of the Univer- racism has already run into criti- Adams. sity students, and therefore cism that it is lacking in views having to stay until Thanksgiving other than Clinton's. Charles Middleton, vice presi- dent and provost for academic Day. But Lieberth, a former local The final resolution passed by broadcaster who was selected as affairs, saw problems with stu- dents who attend two schools. the Faculty Senate allows the moderator last week, said he ex- "We (the University) signed an Wednesday before Thanksgiving pects a genuine exchange of to remain as a travel day. ideas. Participants will be en- agreement with other schools, couraged to tell their own stories but the calendar isn't perfect," The main reason the Universi- and give their own points of view, said Middleton. ty changed their minds about Veteran's Day as a holiday and he said. Last year, the University of About 3,000 people will be in Toledo switched the way their the Wednesday before Thanks- the audience at the performing academic year was to match ours giving as a travel day is because arts center, said Tony Barnes, a in terms of semesters, rather the other three schools have spokesman for the University of BC Newi Photo by Jeremy Martin than operating on quarters. these days off. Throughout the discussion of Since the resolution passed Akron. Tickets for the town hall Former Bowling Green star Antonio Daniels goes after the ball Sunday as his Vancouver Grizzlies meeting were distributed pri- whether or not to allow the Uni- within the Faculty Senate, the visited the Detroit Pistons. Daniels, last year's Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, sank a versity to have Veteran's Day next step is to send it to the vately through the university, short jumper with 3.1 seconds left as the Grizzlies edged the Pistons, 97-95. Daniels has started every local politicians and Coming off, but to attend class the president and board of trustees game at point guard this season for the Grizzlies, averaging 10.0 points per game. More pictures and Wednesday before Thanksgiving to have them take action, but this two stories on Daniels appear on page 6. break, a few members of the fac- will take at least two weeks, ac- • See CLINTON, page five. ulty senate spoke out about their cording to Adams. Online industry plans 21 more shopping days to report child porn said. who abuse the Internet to harm □ Internet services will Under the policy, Internet pro- and hurt our children," Gore begin reporting child viders would remove child por- said. pornography to law en- nography from their own bulletin The Justice Department was boards and services, said Donna unable to say how many crimes forcement officials, Vice Rice Hughes, a spokeswoman for against children occur over the President Al Gore an- Enough Is Enough, an advocacy Internet because it does not group trying to get child porno- break out those figures from nounced Tuesday. graphy off the World Wide Web. overall statistics, said a spokes- Gore also talked about the man, John Russell. But the num- The Associated Press National Center for Missing and ber of all child pornography Exploited Children's toll-free hot cases filed in federal court in- WASHINGTON - Almost like line to report incidents of child creased by 129 percent in 1996, cybercops, the online industry sexual exploitation, including he said. will report child pornography to child pornography, online. law enforcement officials, Vice Together these two initiatives "The Internet is a faster, President Al Gore announced will make a big difference in the cheaper and safer way for child Tuesday at a conference on ways ability of parents and law enfor- pornographers to move their to make the Internet a safer cers to work together to keep product so the child pornogra- place for America's kids. children safe on the Internet, phers are using it, as are pedo- Roughly 10 million children Gore said. philes in search of their prey," now surf the net. "It Is a warning to criminals said Raymond Kelly, an underse- Industry groups covering 95 and a promise to parents there cretary at the Treasury Depart- BG Newi Pk«o by Amy Strieker percent of home Internet users are Internet police for those ac- ment, which also is involved in will help enforce existing laws tivities that are illegal, and they enforcing anti-child pornography lenna Cook, a freshman undecided major, does some of her Christmas shopping at the Union Tues- against child pornography, Gore will capture and punish those laws. day. page 2 The BG News Wednesday, December 3, 1997 Tony Cavallario Opinion Editor Opinion 372-2604 Copyright O 1997, TW BG Newt. Bowling Green, Ohio Reprinting of any material from this publication H without the permission of The BG News is strictly prohibited. The BG News is in independent publication founded in 1920 and is published daily during the academic year and weekly during the summer semester. 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