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ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Wednesday April 4,2007 Volume 101, Issue 130 WWW.BGNEWS.COM Guidelines for relationships Flashbacks Colleges require arrest records of the before admitting Policy about relations between students and facu passed More universities ask applicates to provide By Alexandria Cl«rk For example, within the disciplinary actions will be taken have a definition." Holocaust any criminal sheets Senior Reporter University community, supervi- such as a verbal warning, a letter Agreeing with Muego was By Ella Fowler | Page 5 sors and faculty .ire not to have warning or temporary reassign- Margaret Booth, associate pro- A policy about the guidelines supervisory, instructional, advi- ment or suspension. fessor for leadership and policy Re| '!(•■ Woman shot to between a faculty member and sory, coaching or other relation- Some faculty senate members, studies, who said it's confusing student's sexual relationship ships with students in which they such as Benjamin Muego, chair on ult.it kind of relationships the Sonia Reich is a I lolocaust survi- death on campus finally passed yesterday after liave had a consensual amorous for natural and social sciences, policy is talking about. vor. As a child, she escaped from by ex-boyfriend being disputed and revised for relationship. were for the policy, but disagreed "I like to see what my students the German occupation of her more than 10 years. The policy explains if an amo- with amorous relationships not think about policies and this one. homeland Poland and was able Univ. of Washington The consensual amorous rela- rous relationship takes place, the being defined. in particular, they are confused to to survive what some of her rela- employee killed in her tionship policy — a policy stating faculty or staff member of super- "When I first raised the con- what exact relationships an1 con- tives could not. office, murderer turns the standards for student/faculty visor rank must disclose the rela- cern about having a definition sidered amorous," Booth said. "So Now her past has come to relationships — was passed 41 tionship to his/her supervisor so for amorous relationships, it 1 think the policy should just lie haunt her again. Reich, in her gun self | Page 3 to 13 at yesterday's faculty senate that an alternative can be made. was just a suggestion," Muego clear and just say what it means'' late 70s, has developed post- meeting and is a policy to avoid But if the faculty or staff mem- said. "But now that I hear my But on the other hand. William traumatic stress disorder. She is Girls may be certain situations between faculty ber doesn't disclose that he/she is other colleagues' concerns, it confined to a nursing home. and students' relationships. in a relationship with a student, is serious and imperative to See POLICY | Page 6 Jerry Blununihal and his crew becoming a of filmmakers captured this little too wild woman in their documentary film "Prisonerof hei Past/The docu- Topless women aren't mentary was shown yesterday to helping anyone out Daniel William's Scrccnwriting except sad men who and Storytelling class, along with a presentation by Blumenthal. can't get a woman University president's job never du Bltimenthal, one ol the found- anyway | Page 5 ing partners olkartemquin films and a longtime director, pro- Sidney Ribeaus job ducer, editor and sound recorder, Women's track calls for constant was brought to the University season starts to speak to students about film attention making, lie has been involved Track and field team with various documentary films open season in fifth By Theresa Scott since 1967 Including, but not lim- place, with many high Reporter ited to, 1994s "Hoop Dreams", lBftt's "The Last Pullman Car", points throughout The mood was hectic inside 1976's "The Chicago Maternity meet | Page 11 President Sidney Ribeaus office Center Story" and "The New last Thursday afternoon. Americans" in 2004. Baseball team The phone constantly rang Blumenthal has been nomi bats a win and piles of paperwork littered nated for various awards in the Ribeaus desk making it clear industry, including a nation Players hold steady the life of a university president al F.mmy and the Directors throughout with six is never dull. Guild of America Award for home runs. 19 runs in President Ribeati came to Best Documentary i»r the film the University in 1995 from "Vietnam. Long Time Coming" 19 hits | Page 11 California Polytechnic State in 1999. where he was the Vice President Blumenthal said films are a of Academic Affairs. way for him to express himself. Mis 12-year commitment to "Films areaway to change soci- die University Is longer than etj and the world," Blumenthal the average time college presi- told students, "films are arguing dents stay at one university. The points." average college president holds last night, there was a showing the position for an average of ofhis latest documentary "(iolub: eight and a half years.'accord- late Works are the Catastrophes." ing to The Chronicle of I lighter Today Blumenthal will continue Education. to speak to various classes about Ribeau has stayed with the filmmaking. While talking to students, See PRESIDENT I Page 6 Blumenthal isn't showing a fin- Unusual causes ished documentary of his great- for diabetes est works, but instead "Prisoner are usual traits of her Past," a documentary he is MEET THE RIBEAUS still producing. Study provides ■ Sidney Ribeau came to "Showing students something evidence of everyday BGSU in 1995 and has being made and t lie processes we since been the University's face is important," Blumenthal problems, habits that president said. "We show them how we are assocxiated with the ■ He was Vice President hope to solve the problems we disease | Page 7 of Academic Affairs at face while the movie is still in California Polytechnic State production." ■ His contract runs out in for some students, the docu- 2010. but he does not plan mentary is what taught them the University Rim on leaving BGSU then most, Organization ■ His wife. Paula Whetsel- "How the movie relates to shows off films JORDAN FLOWER i THE Bt> NEWS Ribeau. is the Vice Hurricane Katrine is something President for Student a girl from the Midwest would Go online to watch WORKING HARD: President Ribeau is hard at work at his desk He has a 12-year commitment to the University. Affairs know nothing about," said Anjuli the photo slide show See FLASHBACK! Pa9e 6 of the 48 Hour Film Project, organized by UFO. Asian-Americans face discrimination Head of sales at Google, Is the University quiet hours policy strict ' By Christy Johnson "When we watched hypomasculine. which means enough? Reporter a person would be feminine in Ann Arbor talks at BG the part on Rosie nature and not as masculine Minorities in the United States, as other males in society, Dal- By Freddy Hunt Grady and even at BGSU, have faced O'DonnelL.that nim Miller said. Reporter Burnett ridicule, resentment and cru- On a recent episode of the Head ol online elty which can not be justified. made me think of view, Rosie O'Donnell made Google is getting bigger and the The Asian American popula- a racial slur regarding Asian world is getting smaller. sales at Google. Ann Arbor Melissa Pihul. tion in America is no exception, my own stereotypes people. Last night at the Tech Trends Sophomore, International which was brought to light at She was disrespectful in her lecture series in the Union, business the event, "Beyond Crouched tone as well as her word choice, Grady Burnett, head of online A and why I have Tigers and Hidden Dragons, said Dal-nim Miller. O'Donnell sales and operation at Google, Burnett said each Google "It's not the policy, it's Asian Americans in Academic them." later gave an apology on the Ann Arbor, discussed three search displays the most appro- how it's enforced." Culture" held in room 201A in air, in which she claimed that things; F.ntreprenuership, priate advertisements based on the Union. |Page 4 Mickey Sparrow | Junior while she was sorry, people where Google is taking the speed, scale and relevance. At the event, presenters Errol should not be surprised if future of technology and Google, along with other pio- lam, library faculty and past at the oppressive nature that something like this came out Google's 6-month-old Ann neers of technology, have rede- professor of Asian American people in power placed upon of her mouth in the future. Arbor operation. fined the computer by making studies, and Perry Dal-nim those which they conquered. If O'Donnell knew those Besides providing Web users mass amounts of information Miller, graduate assistant The way that Asian slurs were offensive, and yet with easily accessible informa- a mouse click away. Burnett TODAY in American culture stud- Americans are perceived in continued to say that she tion.