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Computers make art i Housing guide in I page 4 I Friday wmmMmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Friday, April 5,1985THEBQLNEWS Vol. 67 Issue 105 McGreevey elected president by Nancy Bostwick been the first USG president to be re- McGreevey said that the credit for USG. Both said they plan to educate semester. McGreevey and Krider will staff reporter elected to the office. winning the election is shared with senators and organizational represen- be taking applications for cabinet posi- Wade said he is undecided if he will many of his friends who offered him tatives on their responsibilities within tions and will interview candidates Michael McGreevey and Brad Krider remain active within USG but said he support in campaigning. USG. prior to their decision, be said. Cabinet will serve as president and vice-presi- plans to continue being active with Originally McGreevey and Krider members can be students within or dent of the Undergraduate Student student issues. were running as write-in candidates Improving communication outside of outside of USG, be said. Government next; year, Jason Gray, "This year we have brought a lot of because they registered past the March USG will include having traveling gen- chairman of the USG elections and credit back to USG and I hope this can 22 date set for candidate registration. eral assembly meetings once a month Once the cabinet is chosen McGree- opinions board announced yesterday. continue next year," he said. The USG general assembly voted to and providing students with action- vey will meet with these students to McGreevey and Krider were elected McGreevey said that he believes one extend the deadline for candidate reg- /reaction forms that would give stu- begin planning for next year, he said. into office with 659 votes in Wednes- of the reasons he and Krider won was istration to March 29, allowing the dents the opportunity to make USG day's USG election where 1,139 students that students were ready for a change team to be listed on the ballot. members aware of issues they could "We're definitely looking forward to voted, Gray said. in USG administration. During their campaign McGreevey help students with, McGreevey said. the challenge," McGreevey said. Campaigning against the team were "THEY SAW IN us the confidence andid Krider said they would stress im- Gray said McGreevey and Krider Bob wade and Jeff Metzger who re- and determination to effectively lead proving the relationship between the MCGREEVEY SAID that he will will officially take office at the last ceived 417 votes. Wade would have the students," he said. executive and legislative branches of choose his cabinet by the end of the USG meeting of the semester. Home Election results State are questioned offered O^ Error in tallying procedure Chemical Bank may change at-large outcome may buy S & L if Wtii^f m BaWl Of the fifteen candidates running for USG at-large representatives COLUMBUS (AP) - State offi- 10 will serve in office, according to Jason Gray, co-chairman of the cials said yesterday they expect USG elections and opinions board. to know within 24 hours whether But, because of a possible error in the tallying process, the official Chemical Bank of New York will outcome of the at-large election may be changed, according to Cindy make a firm offer to acquire Smith, co-chairman of the Undergraduate Student Government Ohio's troubled Home State Sav- elections and opinions board. ings Bank, but legislators cau- ■appall MJr* K. M ■! The following is a list of the at-large representatives as announced tioned it could be next week \% by Gray yesterday morning. before a sale is finalized. L^KsMa^it^BtK. ^LULi^SBiaW Wendy Barnhart, Tim Brown, James Woodward, John Nehrens, Senate President Paul Gil- Steve Rhodes, David Dean, Leslie James, Jason Cronkwright and lmor, R-Port Clinton, said he 1 ToddHawley. and other top state officials, As of last night, the results of the at-large race were being including Gov. Richard Celeste, \ ¥ T contested. Smith said. spoke with Chemical Bank lead- Kelly Price who was originally announced as having five votes ers in an early afternoon confer- actually received approximately 413, Smith said. If this is true, ence telephone call. Price will be named an at-large representative and Todd Hawley "Chemical Bank will let us will be removed from the list know tomorrow at noon as to Jason Gray, who ran the program to count the ballots, could not be whether they have a firm offer reached for comment. It is not known whether the presidential to buy," Gilfinor said. "But that election will be affected by the vote discrepancy. will not be an agreement." IN NEW YORK, Chemical Bank spokesman Ken Hers de- clined comment. Gillmor said, "I think we are r ^ fc^H Amendments to looking at another week" to complete a sale, which would require legislation by the Ohio General Assembly. Later, Celeste said at an im- . La lb£i■ f housebill made promptu news conference that IM 1 * there was still a great deal of work to be done. by Michael Mclntyre He said the substitute bill still "AD of us feel cautiously opti- staff reporter has many hurdles to overcome mistic," he said. "I think there before any money can be allo- still is a substantial distance to cated. It must go to the floor of University President Paul the House of Representatives, go" Olscamp and his executive as- the Senate Finance Committee, Earlier yesterday, an Ohio sistant Philip Mason did not the floor of the Senate, a confer- company dropped out of the W succeed in changing Housebill ence committee which is made bidding for Home State, leaving 7M, but according to Mason they of of representatives from both Chemical Bank as the lone pro- have made a step in the right the House and Senate, and fi- spective buyer. direction. nally to the desk of Gov. Richard But private sale talks were K 1 Housebill 7M would require 20 Celeste. still under way, and Senate Re- Beta practice H™' ** "**» percent of all new construction Mason said that at any time publicans said they wanted a The Alpha Gamma Delta team practices for this year's Beta 500 In the Union Oval. Julie Freedhelm, senior] at state universities be paid by during this process, the amend- signed agreement before pass- recreation major, takes over as a tired Missy Fields, freshman physical therapy major, drops back. Kim the university. ment can be weeded out. But he ing the state laws needed to Mandanicl, sophomore executive secretarial major, rides as driver. Mason said he and Olscamp said he is not pessimistic about implement the deal originally lobbied to change the its chances. rule, but stopped when they real- "We had to lobby hard to get ized it was futile. it in there and now we have to Instead, they requested an lobby to keep it in there," he amendment to Housebill 238, the said. state budget bill, that would give Mason said assuming the sub- them tiie 20 percent funding stitute bill with the amendment Budget receives approval needed to build the addition to passes, the University will try to the Business Administration get the other $180,000 from the WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- eliminating the federal subsidy Pentagon budget authority to IN ALL, THE plan would trim building. capital budget the next legis- dent Reagan and Senate Repub- for Amtrak, imposing a freeze in rise by 3 percent a year after I billion from next year's pro- Twenty percent of the esti- lative session. lican leaders, bidding to gain Medicare payments to doctors inflation through 1968. I deficit of $230 billion, and mated cost for the addition is In the meantime, it depends control over federal deficits, and hospitals, and making cuts The Social Security change billion over three years. 8730,000. The proposed amend- on the Ohio Board of Regents agreed yesterday on a budget in dozens of farm, education, would hold next year's cost-of- I ink would decline from $175 ment by the House Budget Com- when the construction of the that would slow the rise in Social health and other federal pro- living increase to two percent- billion in 1MB to $W billion in mittee is for $550,000. B.A. addition wiD begin. Security benefits, scale back the grams. age points, half the expected 1MB. HE SAID THE University's is "If the budget passes with our defense buildup and ratify many The proposal would trim an rate of inflation. Any infla- "It's tough medicine for a est one of several amendments amendment and the Ohio Board domestic spending cuts. estimated $85 billion from Rea- tionary increase above 4 percent tough time/' Sen. Pete Doroe- the state budget bill. The bill, of Regents gives us the green In addition to the Social Secu- gan's defense buildup over the would be covered with an addi- nidTR-N.M., the Senate Budget with the amendments, is now light, we will start construc- rity change, the plan calls for next three years, but still permit tional Increase in the benefit Committee chairman, said.