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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-4-1987 The BG News September 4, 1987 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News September 4, 1987" (1987). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4683. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4683 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ■ f Pizza drivers avoid the noid; see Friday Magazine THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue8 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, September 4,1987 University 'telefraud' declining by Linda Hoy calls. The penalties for the fraud wire editor depend on the amount of the bill the student has accumulated, he said. ty telephone A student could be suspended system will catch a student from school for committing within minutes if he attempts to telephone fraud, Derek Dickin- use a long distance access code son, director of Standards and illegally, said' Procedures, said. If the money Richard Con-| involved is between $500-11,000, rad, director the offense is a felony and car- of University ^ ries a maximum jail sentence of computer ser-l seven years, he added. vices/telecom munications Problems with telephone services. fraud began in Aug. 1985 when a But the effi- new telephone system was in- cient detection ■ stalled, Conrad said. of telephone, Billing for the system was not fraud wasn't" installed until November of that always the case.li Conrad year, which resulted in students Two years ago about 300 stu- getting no bills until December. dents committed telephone A fraud detection system was fraud, and a few cases are still also not in operation at that being straightened out, Conrad time, he said. said. Nobody knew the fraud was Need a lift? , TK „ „ . Telephone fraud usually in- going on because of problems Steven Gross, ol Haskins. inflates his hot air balloon, the Voyager, with a little help from his family and friends. The Voyager can often be volves using someone else's ac- with the billing system, he said. seen floating through the skies above the city. cess number illegally to place D See Telefraud, page 4. Cafeterias lack help Deadline delayed by Pamela Monaslra Another problem is that parents of incoming U.S. lends support to (J.N. peace mission staff reporter freshmen are not allowing their children to get jobs. "Parents of incoming freshmen are more ap- WASHINGTON (AP) - The partment spokesman, said sanctions against Iran — which The lack of students working for the food opera- prehensive about their children working because Reagan administration Wed- drafting of sanctions against probably would entail an arms tions department of the University is becoming a of the demanding time involved," she said. nesday delayed a deadline for Iran by the council would Be de- embargo — should begin next bigger problem than anticipated. This semester s scheduling is another reason for Iran to agree to a cease-fire in layed until after Perez de Cuel- week unless Tehran agreed by Jane Schimpf, director of Food Operations, said the problems. Classes this semester are running the Persian Gulf war and gave lar visits Tehran next Thursday. today to stop fighting and to ne- the shortage of employees is a general concern for over by a half an hour during lunch time and this its support to a peace mission to gotiate with Iraq. the entire University. restricts students from being able to work during Tehran by U.N. Secretary- However, the U.S. official The two countries have been One reason for the need for student employees is the lunch shift. General Javier Perez de Cuel- said, "We believe the time for at war in the Persian Gulf area the limited earnings allowed for students receiving The University has not changed student salaries lar. stalling has come to an end. for seven years. Iraq agreed to financial aid. which still start at minimum wage, $3.35 an hour. The administration had given There is a need for a definitive the cease-fire, but Iran has not " When a student receives financial aid, the Uni- However, it did change the raise increment by 5 Iran until today to obey the response." given a concrete reply. In the versity will administer certain restrictions on the cents, so when a student receives a raise their pay cease-fire ordered by the U.N. On Tuesday, Phyllis Oakley, a meantime, Iraq has resumed its student, such as the amount of money he or she is will increase by 10 cents an hour instead of five. Security Council on July 20. But department spokeswoman, said attacks on ships carrying Iran- allowed to earn," Schimpf said. U See Employees, page 4. Charles Redman, the State De- drafting of a resolution to apply ian oil exports in the Gulf. Falcons fly to Lion's den Fires threaten a phenomenal victory over by Jeff McSherry Vinny Tcstaverde and the communities sports editor Miami Hurricanes in the Fiesta Bowl. by The Associated Press For those of you who have And the Falcons will be in been waiting for someone or front of 80,000 fans, nonetheless, anyone from Bowling Green to to do battle with not only the 11 admit it was just a prolonged, players on the field, but a coach- Wildfires racing toward rural communities yesterday forced sick joke in scheduling defend- ing legend in Joe Paterno who is thousands to flee as National Guardsmen and inmates mobilized to ing national champion Penn going for his 200th career win help battle blazes that have blackened nearly 236,000 acres of brush State for the 1987 football tomorrow. ana timber in four Western states. season, the wait is over. Then there's the other team — The fires in tinder-dry northern California, Washington, Idaho and But it's no joke. No mistake BG. A 5-6 season and a second- Oregon have destroyed at least 34 homes and other buildings and in- has been made. place finish in the Mid- jured at least 58 people while consuming nearly 369 square miles, an The Falcons will be in Uni- American Conference isn't area a third the size of Rhode Island. versity Park, Pa., tomorrow at 1 much to brag about when men- One firefighter was struck and killed by a motorcycle in Califor- p.m. to take on the Nittany Lions tioned in the same breath as nia. in both teams' season opener. PSU. And BG Coach Moe Ank- Jack Wilson, director of the Boise Interagency Fire Control The BG-PSU matchup, or ney is going for number six on Center, called the situation "extremely critical, primarily in Cali- mismatch by all reasonable his career-win list. fornia and southwest Oregon," yesterday morning after high winds standards, is a classic David vs. Things couldn't look much whipped the flames. Goliath meeting. The compar- bleaker for the Falcons. But "In the national park situation, we're very fearful that they might isons between the two squads, Ankney isn't trying to fool him- get into the giant sequoias, which are an irreplaceable resource," he all the way down the line, weigh self or anyone else. said on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America.' heavily in the Lions' favor. "There's not any one thing More winds were forecast, he said. So in walks BG, right into the that if we do well we can win, "We're really scratching for crews," Ray Naddy, fire coor- heart of the Lions' den, Beaver he said. "We have to do a lot of dination spokesman in Oregon, said Wednesday. "We ve been get- Stadium, to face last year's un- things well and it will have to be ting dozens of volunteer calls. But we can't take just anybody off the disputed National Collegiate a total team effort. street without organized training." Athletic Association's national "We can win if we are pre- Prison inmates joined firefighters called in from as far away as champion — the team that pared to win. We can't go in with New York and Maine, and in Oregon, nearly 350 Guardsmen were to boasted an unblemished 12-0 at report yesterday in Eugene and Medford, said Naddy of the Oregon the end of last season, including G See Penn State, page 7. Paterno BG News/Mark Thalman Unified Coordination Group. Friday News in Brief OThey may have hills, but they won't have Howard's. National Student Exchange sends students to far away Classes are a crime? In a court hearing on the same day, Jackson Auditions scheduled universities, see story page 3. pleaded quilty to five counts: criminal trespass- ing, resisting arrest and three assault charges. □ People will be rockin' for research Jackson received five days in jail, and must Open auditions for "...And Ladies of the Club" at Pablo's next weekend, see story page A former University student on academic sus- have proof of restitution for damages done to the by Helen Hooven Santmyer, adapted by Lois 3. Eension was arrested Wednesday in the Mathema- officers by Sept. 2,1990. He is also denied access to Cheney, will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9 in 400 cal Science Building after he continued to show the University or classes without prior permission University Hall.