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Campus City Sports Army Reserves concerned Farmers have major effect BG 's Royer scoring goals about possible duty call on area, city economies z£] on and off the field Thursday Vol.73 Issue 3 August 30, 1990 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News &s=gAn Independent Student Voice for 70 Years «=s=s BRIEFLY Hussein CAMPUS may give 'Records' available: The freshman yearbook "Beginnings, the Freshman Kuwaitis Record," may be picked up today, Friday ana Tuesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union Foyer. self-rule A student ID is required. by Mori Rosenblum A limited number are avail- Associated Press special correspondent able for purchase for freshman who did not already purchase a "Re- AMMAN, Jordan — President cord." Saddam Hussein of Iraq is ex- pected to declare federated self- rule for Kuwait in a bid to ease Diverse debit system: the gulf crisis and allow the The debit system is avail- United States to withdraw in par- able for off-campus stu- tial victory, senior Arab military dents and those in sororities officials said Wednesday. and fraternities with their The idea, already floated to the own meal plans. Soviet Union and the United Students can use the debit States, the sources said, may fig- system in the Union and the ure in talks today between Iraqi restaurants in the building Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz and day or night. This is U.N. Secretary-General Javier different from the past, Perez de Cuellar in Amman. when students could dine in The officials, who spoke on the the Union after 6 p.m. Ac- understanding that neither they cording to Dave Crooks, nor their countries be identified, University Union director, said Saddam was likely to an- the recommendation to nounce the move before the end of expand the food service September. Elans came to Food Opera- Under a plan being considered, ons and the Union that they said, Kuwait might have A Real Rush ■O News/John Grleshop while students are on cam- autonomy —perhaps with a bloc pus, they should be able to of parliament seats and positions Freshman Alpha Chi Omega pledge Jenny Klauer can't hold More than 600 girls participated In this year's Rush to the 13 sorori- eat at anytime. in the Iraqi national Cabinet. back the excitement as she Is greeted by her new sorority sisters. ties at the University. Saddam would accept a timetable and conditions to protect U.S. in- PEOPLE terests in the Persian Gulf, the sources said. Depp Inks contract: Such a plan would have little Wednesday in Los Angel- appeal to the Kuwaiti govern- Verdict indicts Ohio cult leader es, actor Johnny Depp, Da- ment now in exile in Saudi Ara- by-faced star of TV's "21 bia. Saddam's centralized dumped in a common grave. Lundgren's lawyers admitted that Lund- by Kristi Umbreit gren shot the family. Jump Street," has signed a government is not likely to allow Associated Press writer multipicture development much political or economic lee- Authorities searching the barn found the bodies in January. deal with 20th Century Fox way. Parks set a sentencing hearing for Sept. 10. Jurors are to consider for projects in which he will According to the officials' PAINESV1LLE, O. — A religious cult leader was convicted which of three sentences to recommend to the judge: life with parole star and produce. analysis, neither Saddam nor Wednesday of killing a family of five last year and burying them on a eligibility after 20 years, life with parole eligibility after 30 years, or "After starring in a hit se- President Bush can withdraw farm where his group lived. death. ries for Fox Television and from the lines they have drawn in The conviction of Jeffrey Lundgren came on the same day that his Lake County Prosecutor Steven LaTourette indicated he expected in 'Edward Scissorhands,' a the desert sand. Both are buying wife, Alice, was sentenced to life in prison for conspiring with Lund- the verdict. film we're over the moon time until some flexibility can be gren. "Obviously, it was the right decision for the jury," he said. about, Johnny Depp is offi- found. A Lake County Common Pleas Court jury deliberated three hours He noted that Lundgren, dressed in a sport coat and tie, appeared cially joining Fox's creative Iraq invaded Kuwait Aug. 2. Six and IS minutes before rendering the verdict against Lundgren, 40. He calm when the verdict was read. family," Roger Birnbaum days later, Saddam annexed could be sentenced to death. "I noticed Mr. Lundgren was smiling — sort of a day-at-the-beach of 20th Century Fox said Kuwait despite universal con- He showed no emotion when the verdict was read by Judge Martin attitude," he said. Tuesday. demnation and an American mili- O. Parks. Lundgren was convicted of five counts of aggravated mur- Lundgren did not comment on the verdict. Authorities led him out of Depp also starred in Uni- tary buildup in Saudi Arabia. On der and kidnapping in the deaths of Dennis A very; his wife, Cheryl, the courtroom. versal^ "Cry Baby," direc- Aug. 28, he declared Kuwait as and three daughters ages 7,13 and 15. Defense lawyer Charles Greishammer said he was not surprised tor John Waters' spoof of Iraq's 19th province. Each victim was lured to a barn in April 1989 at the Lundgrens' ren- with the verdict. He said he was looking forward to the hearing juvenile delinquency. D See Kuwait, page 3. ted farm in Kirtland, 30 miles east of Cleveland, and gagged, shot and U See Verdict, page 3. Video makes 'enemies' The rap group Public Enemy released a video with actual footage of the violence at last year's BG students honor smoking policy Greekfest riots just in time for this year's Laborfest in Virginia Beach, Va. And city officials are not happy Few Union complaints about it. The video version of the people in a public building, song "Brothers Gonna' by Jennifer Taday non-smoking buildings for a staff writer where you can't get rid of the couple of years, he added. Work It Out" shown on MTV smoke that someone puts in last week "has grossly mis- the air — something had to be Alan Predmore, fire safety represented what Virginia Despite initial opposition to done," he said. officer, said the non-smoking Beach is trying to do rela- last summer's restricted pub- Another benefit of not having policy is a decentralized one. tive to Laborfest," city lic smoking, there is clearly people smoke in the building is spokeswoman Pam Lingle greater acceptance of the poli- the increased cleanliness, he Before a building can be de- said Tuesday. cy this year. added. signated as "non-smoking," a "In fact, it is a disservice Students and faculty both Joshua Kaplan, student building monitor gathers a to the many black people are smoking in fewer numbers health services director, said committee of all department who are working so hard to this year — at least indoors. the non-smoking policy is a heads in the building, he said. make Laborfest 1990 an en- Less than 4 percent of on- positive move in the direction joyable experience," she campus students requested of promoting the health of the Everyone in the building said. The festival is planned designated smoking rooms this student body. then votes for or against the for Labor Day weekend. year. This policy, unlike other policy, and the majority vote As the result of a University laws ana restrictions, not only wins, he added. policy implemented last year protects the individual but also WEATHER after following recom- others, he said. However, there is no way to mendations from the Universi- "Several thousand Ameri- police or enforce the policy, Mostly sunny: ty's Health Promotion Task cans are dying each year from but thus far no serious com- The forecast for today Force, all 3,368 rooms in resi- lung cancer resulting from plaints have been made, he calls for mostly sunny skies dence halls are considered second-hand cigarette smoke, said. with a non-smoking, according to Di- which is greater than all other high about rector of Housing Jill Carr. atmosphere pollution added "If someone wants to smoke, 80 degrees In comparison, 42S students together," he said. they can step outside," Pred- and winds requested rooms where smok- Also, over 3,000 Americans more said. "It's an honor at 5 to 15 ing was allowed last year and die each year as a direct result system." m.p.h. only 290 students requested of cigarette smoking — mostly For to- smoking rooms this year, she from lung and heart disease, Kaplan said when the -©- night, the added. Kaplan said. seasons change and the tem- /1 \ low will be One other place where fewer Yes, America has a drug peratures drop, those who in the people will be seen smoking in- problem, it's cigarettes.