Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 11-14-1989 The Guardian, November 14, 1989 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (1989). The Guardian, November 14, 1989. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Title Won! Zany Events Paul McCartney etters capture Wright State tournament title Find out what's happening at other campuses Read about the Beatle's Showtirne special Page 3 Page4 Page 5 ....""rhorst resigns as General anager of WWSU a k d for a po ition de cription to be po ted by student employment .. we became aware that agreeing on a new po ition description Craig Barhorst re igned as general man­ would be more difficult than we previously of the WSU tudent-operated radio sta­ thought." WWSU,as of ovember 9. Jay Rainaldi Karyn S. Campbell, Student Media Coor­ ducting general manager of the talion. dinator and al o a member of the media 'traig left for per onal rea on ," committee, said, "The old po ition descrip­ di said in an interview. "He ju t felt tion was vague, and the people at the radio was more important and that he station that I have talked to agree it's vague." 't do everything at once. He left the John stressed the importance of the posi­ with no hard feelings." tion description. Rainaldi said that Barhorst left of his own "The po ition description can determine the quality of our applicants. We don't want The WSU student media commiuee is to make it fairly restrictive. It is important to ting a earch for a radio station gen­ have a well-prepared job description," John ger. According to Jeff John, edito­ said. ldvisor for The Guardian and a member Students interested in applying for the · Committee which oversees all tu- position of WWSU general manager can media, "We are stiJI 1 king. When we contact Campbell at 873-2987, or week (w of ovember 5) we at 041 University Center. Jim Emerson, Tina Evers, and Sean Pearson take advantage of yet another owe fu solar storms have break In the weather on the quad. Photo by Craig Opperman izarre effects Earth Poll results cone de that Deborah Huber, a researcher at the Na­ S tional Solar Ob ervatory in White Sands, commun1•sm 1• dy1•ng out New Mexico, says the timing and strength of By ANNE WILLETTE j most the disturb nces cannot be accurately fore- cent of West Germans and 55 percent of storms are hurtling across 5pace and cast. ©1989 USA TODAY I Apple Americans agreed with the statement, "No, but College Information Network · g everyday life in ways earthlings "It's hard to say," she said. "The sun can communism is being reshaped to be more never experienced. do whatever it wants." WASHINGTON - Four in five Ameri­ open." When waves of powerful radiation and Despite the unearthly effects on electron­ cans and West Germans swveyed this week­ Most people in both countries also believe · lcs began pounding the Earth•s protec­ ics, solar events do not threaten human lives. end - as millions of East Germans crossed East Germany is on the road to becoming an magnetic field earlier this year, here is "There's no danger on Earth," says G.L. into West Germany-believe world commu­ open society, although West Germans are more happened: Withbroe of the Harvard Smithsonian Center nism is dying or has changed drastically, a skeptical - 39 percent fear the Communists Aworried pilot radioed that his precision for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. "Ifyou Gannett News Service poll shows. are buying timefor a crackdown. -.-i..r.!• • system showed him 17 miles from had people on the moon they would have a One man received credit for the Berlin "We were thankful that building the wall he knew he was - on a runway. problem because they 're not protected by the Wall's figurative collapse: Soviet President did not cause a war to break out," said Mary ..Anormally docile satellite tried to veer Earth's magnetic field. Some of these big Mikhail Gorbachev. Seven in 10 West Ger­ Jane Dickson, 55, of Dallas. "Maybe its de­ COUrse 137 times in one day. flares can produce very healthy doses of ra­ mans and 43 percent of U.S. respondents said struction will cause a new peace." •NASA ordered astronauts on the spa e diation that can be lethal in some cases." Gorbachev had been the mo t instrumental in Said Jim Dye, 61, of Mosheim, Tennessee: Atlantis to turn its well-insulated belly During a solar flare, the sun can eject part bringing about the opening ofthe border. Presi­ "Communism will always be communism, but of its own mass, causing super-energized the sun to shield the craft from the po­ dent Bush and former President Ronald Re­ I think that because ofthe uprising of the people particles and radiation to flash across space. y~tructive sun storms. agan trailed far behind. ... it is going to have an easier side in how they million Canadians endured an over­ Hitting Earth's magnetic field, they flatten •six TheGNS/USA TODAYpoll was conducted treat their people. I do not think they are going blackout. it like a finger pressing against a balloon. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Thursday, to be enslaved anymore." •The northern lights astonished South­ Most of the energy flows around the field, al­ East Gemiany responded to mass pro-democ­ Crowds ofjubilant Berliners from East and by appearing in the night sky as far though some travels toward the Earth, creat­ racy demonstrations by opening its borders for West have partied since Thursday at the wall, as Florida. ing spectacular light shows called aurora the first time in 28 years and announcing sweep­ the foremost symbol of communistrepression. J\is year the sun's cycle of activity borealis. ing reforms. Millions have exercised their new freedom by a peak unmatched in 30 years. The "The effects follow (magnetic) field lines Asked if communism is dying throughout explosions, solar flares, shower the down to a circle around the poles," said Gary traveling west, though most have returned to the world, 29 percent of West Germans and 25 disruptive ray and particles. see "Sun" page 6 • . (''lf"<' r: 1 y ,.:; T"'ift 2 THE DAILY GUARDIAN Tuesday, ovemher 14, 1989 ' .. International News Briefs OCopyright, 1989, USA TODAY/Apple College Infor­ Talk of unified Germany hasty Rebels attack capital mation Network El Salvador troops fought rebels in the capital, Salvador, Sunday. The guerrilla offen ive included a It's too soon after the dismantling of the Berlin Wall Bulgaria has a new president on the official and private resid nces of President A to discuss a reunified Gennany, Secretary of State James Petar M1adenov, 53, took over as Bulgaria's president Cristiani. An unidentified teach r from the U A was Baker said. The United States welcomes the eventual from Todor Zhivkov,78, a hard-liner who resigned sud­ among at lea t 78 people reported killed. denly Friday after 35 years in power. Mladenov promised reunification of East and West Gennany, Baker told ABC's "This Week With David Brinkley." The country first need more openness and debaLe, which will be tested Monday when an environmenLalisL group, Eco-glasnosL, applies for to hold free elections and move toward free enterpri e. arade features uicide bomb r official recognition. IL has been rejected twice. Baker said. Soviets may OK free trav I Ship collison kills one Alexander Ya.kolev, am mber of the C ngr of One U.S. soldier was killed when a Navy destroyer hit a People's Deputies, ys he expects the Soviets to rem ve merchant ship off the coast of Malay ia Sunday. Four sailors some travel restriction , po ibly this week. He i he w on the USS Kinkaid were injured when it collided with the the draft of a new law that would give everyone the right to cargo ship Kota Petani al 5: 19 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. EDT, travel and decide where to live. The law may be considered Saturday) in the Strait of Mallaca, a route from the Middle by the Supreme Soviet asearly as Monday, he said. Police hould lead drug war East to the Pacific. (From the USA TODAY News section.) Breaking with President Virgilio Barco, Colom· Day of freedom for E. Germany Attorney General Alfonso Gomez Mendez aid the E. German parliament to meet not the army - hould lead the drug war. Rea on: The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and opposi­ h been infiltrated by drug barons. tion leader Neil Kinnock called the weekend's events in In East Berlin, the People's Parliament - the Vol karn­ mer - is scheduled to meet for a special session beginning East Gennany a great day for freedom. Talk about a united Walesa looking for in estments Germany might be too hasty, she said. Many top politicians Monday. The 44-member Cabinet has turnedin resigna­ believe that a united Germany could pose a problem for the tions, and the Politburo was replaced was reformers. West by dominating the European economy and possibly Minister Heinz Kessler said border guards, who once shot Solidarity leader Lech Walesa arrives Monday· leaving NATO.