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The BG News January 23, 2001 Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-23-2001 The BG News January 23, 2001 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 January 23, 2001" (2001). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6746. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6746 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. Green State University TUESDAY January 23, I*' 2001 OFF THE BLOCKS: Men's swimmers split PARTLY CLOUDY with Ball State, Buffalo HIGH: 36 I LOW 21 over weekend; women www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 90 ISSUE 81 lose both; PAGE 8 Benefit held for Al-Mar patrons Raffle planned to in charge of the benefit. Glenn agreed, saying, "He's The benefit will include a raffle, done a lot for the kids in the town help bowlers recover silent auction, food and drinks. and even the adults." equipment lost to According to Plotner, much of Among the goodwill that fire damage the city is getting involved with Wammes has bestowed upon the the fundraiser. Pisanello's, Video community was teaching bowl- Connection, and Mr. Spots will be ing classes and helping out the local high school students. By Craig Gittord among the businesses donating items to the event. One story Plotner remembered CHIEF REPORTER about Wammes' giving was when Many Bowling Green residents "We're going to have a ball; going to have fun," said Sally Bowling Green High School lost lost a great deal of equipment in it's equipment Wammes and his Glenn, Bowling Green resident the fire that consumed Al-Mar crew spent a Saturday drilling Colonial lanes last December. and regular patron of the alley. holes in bowling balls and fitting In order to help pay for these A number of citizens had the students for their equipment. items, a benefit raffle will be held bowled at the alley for most of "Bill is a close, personal friend in The Fraternal Order of Eagles' their lives and feel that this will be of mine. I've seen him give so banquet room on Friday from a good way to give back to Bill much to the community," Plotner 7p.m.-midnight. Wammes, the man responsible said. A lot of those Al-Mar I ani is fre- for giving them years of enter- Plotner is grateful for all that Al- quenters are unable to afford the tainment. Mar meant to his family during its insurance on their equipment "A lot of people look up to the existence. and Kill Wammes, the owner, will man and owe him for his exper- "We lx>wled four days a week at Fit Photo not IK- able to cover their losses, tise," Plotner said. "This is sort of that alley," he said. "My son shot accordingto larvie Ploiner, who is our way to give back." his first 200 at Al-Mar." GOODWILL A BG firefighter uses a chainsaw to ventilate the burning building last December. U. shares Police opinions remove on Bush, fraternity from house presidency By Laura Neidert GREEK Hit REPORTER By Amanda Ambro/a WORLD AND NATION REPORTER Members of the Kappa .Alpha There's a new kid on the block, Psi fraternity have been removed but it's not just any block. from their house at 609 E Reed St. This new kid happens to live at for repeated violations of their 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. small group living agreement, the This weekend brought with it Greek housing contract and uV die official dawning of the presi- Student Code of Conduct. dency of George W. Bush. After a They were asked by the Office long and controversial election of Residence life to vacate the process, Bush was sworn in house. located north of Saturday at noon to become the Offenhauer Towers, on Ian. 11. 43rd President of the United There are six men in the fraternity, States. and three of them live in the Students and faculty at the house. Those three men were University were more than willing moved by the University to to provide their thoughts, hopes Chapman Residence Hall, and and concerns regarding our new one has signed an agreement to president. stay there the rest of the year. "I don't think he's going to get This move is pending the much done," said sophomore results of a police investigation Bryan Eschbach. "The election into suspected use of controlled was so close, and the Congress is substances. split fifty-fifty." Sgt. Dick Gullufsen, campus This concern was seconded by police information officer, said freshman lama Springer. "I'm all that on Ian. 8 the Office of for him," she explained, "but I just Residence Life filed a complaint hope he does something." Officers with a warrant searched lunior Geno Burden was wary the house, and found a "leafy of a negative connotation sur- green vegetation type substance," rounding the media's presenta- several razors, a bag with a brown- tion of Bush-related events, par- ish crystal substance and a scale. ticularly the inauguration. "I find If results of the police investiga- photo illustration by Kristalyn Shetveland BG News tion show the members are not at BUSH, PAGE 5 ROBERT THOMPSON fault, they will be allowed to move back into the house under new conditions If they are found to be at fault, the house will be allocated to a Greek chapter which does not Clinton steps have an on-campus house. That Students look to Africa would take place in March. "The main thing is that they down after must take care of the facility. The By Marie Chiche They started to work with the city of "We need help and WORLD AND NAT ION WRITER Mwanzaa and the children of the University put forth a large effort doing a Above all this is a story of friendship, a Bulzuga Primary School. They witnessed money. Right now, we to keep it up, and it was continual- story of a group of students who decided the troubles the impoverished popula- have aspirations to go to ly trashed." said leffrey Waple, the that together they could make a differ- tion was facing and decided to do some- associate director of Greek Affairs. good job' ence. thing about it. Dr. Ribeau and beg him Some of the offenses included They are students who took the com- After coming back from Tanzania, they for money." lack of care for the facility, struc- By Jordan Fonts mitment to raise funds and tural damages, and improper RELIGION REPORTER founded Kid's Imagination Unleashed invest their time to try to Africa Relief Team (K.I.UAR.T), a checkout. According to Waple if a Many people may still find improve the lives of non-profit organization working DAVID YOUNG, SENIOR chapter does not follow its hous- themselves associating the word African school chil- under the Sydner African Studies ing agreement, the University is "president" with the name able to remove its members. dren who go without Foundation at the University of programs. "Clinton." Especially those who pencils to write with "It's a privilege for a Greek chap- found themselves growing up Georgia It was created to In order to do so, they decided to cre- or books to study ter to live in a house on campus. during his administration. send students to Africa to ate a branch of K.I.UAR.T. on the from. They should keep it in order, After nearly a decade in office, bring school supplies and University campus. Some students of It started four years develop programs Kent State University are also participat- because if not, there are several Clinton's approval rating upon Greek chapters that will be willing leaving was 65 percent, according ago, when a group of for the schools. ing in the project. University freshmen, Todd Perry, Ferry came back to The main objective of the organiza- to do it instead" Waple said. to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll Greek housing troubles are not published two weeks ago in USA Rob Thompson and David Young Bowling Green to visit tion is to raise money to go back to Africa all Living in Kohl at the time, Thompson and Young this summer and build a library and a new to the University. The Delta Today. The paper said this is seven Upsilon chapter lost its housing points higher than when he took became friends. Then, during their now seniors at the creative arts classroom and develop cre- office in 1993. Locally, how do sophomore year, Ferry decided to University, and talked to ative arts and athletic programs. It also last May and is now housed in some students and professors leave the University to go to the them about his experience. aims to assist the community by aiding Conklin North. Waple stated that evaluate his performance? University of Georgia, but the three "When he returned, he came back environmental projects and women's the Alpha Xi Delta sorority and "He did a good job," said lames stayed in contact. with a vision in his head, be saw a defi- health clinics. Delta Tau Delta fraternity are also (ones, sophomore. "The country Last summer, students from Georgia, nite problem there," Young said. The two "The number one thing we want to do on housing probation.
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