Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-17-1999 The BG News February 17, 1999 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 February 17, 1999" (1999). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6450. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6450 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. partly Mentors on cloudy deck for fell high: 3 HSA attempts to low: 33 ease freshmen transition By KIM WILFONG i A student responds to The BG News the masturbation Being new can be hard, espe- column. cially in a university setting. Many students wish that they had someone to talk to and show them the ropes of college life. That is what the Honors Stu- I Columnist Natalie dent Association (HSA) will Miller looks at life with attempt to do this next fall. an open mind. In the fall of 1999, HSA is starting the Honors Peer Men- torship Program in an effort to help first year Honors students nation adjust to the University setting. BG News Photo/MATTHEW MILLER According to Sean McGowan, honors program assistant, the i Northern Ireland votes Holly Deimling, a senior IPC, takes a break from her library research to admire the Paint-by-Number art exhibit in Jerome Library. program will help first year hon- ors students adjust to college life to accept the and meet other honors students. proposals for the new "There are times when stu- Protestant-Catholic Library features lost art dents don't get the opportunity Government. to meet other honors students," McGowan said. "This gives them the opportunity to meet form, Paint-By-Numbers other students. It also helps first floor and includes sketches that shows all of the intricate 1950 when Dan Robbins, author (hem deal with adjustment I Pa r ades dominate By STEFANIE showing the paint-by-number numberings which allowed the of "Whatever Happened to issues." Mardi Gras SIZEMORE product before it was broken hobbyist to complete the paint- Paint-By- Numbers," created Sar» Carlson, career services celebration in New The BG News into its component parts. ing. paint-by-number sets. graduate intern, agreed. "TheVstudents who do not live Orleans. The University library is giv- Adam Grant's work is part of Grant's work can be seen all Robbins was a freelance artist the display. Mis work was donat- over Ohio. His works have been at Palmer Paints in Detroit when in Honors housing sometimes ing students a chance to relive donated to many institutions he created Abstract 1, the first have a more difficult time get- their childhood and break out ed by his wife, Peggy Grant, after his death. including the Butler Institute of paint-by-number. ting acquainted with fellow their old paints. Mrs. Grant said it was very fit- American Art in Youngstown Where did he get this great Honors students and finding a "Paint by Number: A Lost ting that his work was donated and the Toledo Museum of Art. idea? support network of their peers," Art," an exhibit of 1950's and "1 donate Adam's work "Actually 1 got the idea from she said. "In an effort to help 1960's prototypes and finished to the University's library because it was here that he because 1 feel paint-by-numbers Leonardo Da Vinci," Robbins those students with their transi- works of paint-by-number kits, received the first one-man show is a big part of American pop cul- said. "1 remembered reading tion to college, the program was is on display at the Jerome of his fine art paintings in 1968. ture, and it needs to be pre- about how he used to give his developed." Library all month. She said the most interesting served," Mrs. Grant said. Carlson said that 24 volunteer The display is located across aspect of Grant's work is a sketch Paint-by-number began in from the circulation desk on the l See PAINT, page six. • See PEER, page six. Tension mounts over new access fee Men's basketball takes were not consulted on the matter few years ago, "communication student's e-mail as quickly, or on cial help with the charge. They on Akron to start their By ROBERT RECKER of charging for using BGNel off between the faculty and the stu- the weekends. said all individuals will be billed three-game stretch The BG News campus. dents stopped at the campus Lancaster responded by say- separately, which will eliminate run. "The decision was made dur- boundary." ing the faculty are provided with departments picking up the bill The University's decision to for their teachers. charge for remote access to inter- ing the summer (of 1998) with- But Gold said that the internet what they need on campus, and Another problem brought up net and e-mail is making stu- out the input of constituency and e-mail have become "tools it is their choice of what work they do off-campus. was privacy. dents and faculty angry as the group," Adams said. of the classroom" and she said The faculty senate passed a According to an information installment date nears. Vice Provost for Technology that the University has encour- resolution against the access technology services hotline, the Beginning in March, net Ann Marie Lancaster said while aged students to use it in every Opinion 2 charge in September. It stated in University currently has access surfers and those who use e-mail the access fee was brought up in class. Page Three 3 to individual e-mail accounts in service off-campus will be forums for the faculty and staff, "Suddenly, we're being asked part that the fee should be World and Nation 4 case something goes wrong, or charged $12.95 per month. perhaps it was not stressed to pay for that tool," Gold said. dropped because the remote for administrative purposes. Sports 7 Administrators of the new ser- enough. Some professors agreed. access allows "learning and However, with the new charge, Sports Agate 8 vice said the price hike will pay "If I had to do it all over "The internet is becoming a communication to occur at all many faculty do not believe the for a faster and more efficient again, I would have been more virtual classroom," said Sachi hours of the day and night." University should have this equipment. active in informing them," Lan- Saklhivel, professor of account- "The remote access fee is a cost of doing business for the access. Yet faculty and staff are not caster said. ing and MIS. He explained that "Once the University starts happy with this charge and are Some teachers do not think he leaves assignments, class University. They can pass that charging a fee, it becomes a ser- complaining of under-represen- they should have to pay for notes and other course informa- cost onto the customers, but not vice, and I don't think they "Affirmative action is tation, unfairness and privacy. remote access if they use it tion for his students via e-mail or the employees," Sakthivel said. extensively to communicate the class web page. According to the office of should have access to accounts," a vehicle toward a goal The faculty's first argument, according to faculty senate secre- with their students. Saklhivel added that if he information technology web Sakthivel said. of equal opportunity tary Judy Adams, is that they Veronica Gold, chairwoman does not have remote access, he page, Employees of the Univer- sity will not be able to get finan- and diversity," for the faculty senate, said that a will not be able to respond to his • See ACCESS, page six. Marshall Rose Minister Raps director of Affirmative Action office Office strives for equity, fairness classes and clubs and gives edu- abilities may come to the office By ALEXANDRIA DIETZ cational outreach programs on for help, he added. The BG News affirmative action. "Affirmative action is a vehi- Check out: He also said the office tries to cle toward a goal of equal oppor- Most students would not inspire the community to accept tunity and diversity," Rose said. think the Affirmative Action www.bgnews. the idea of equity and try to get "Recognizing at one level office represents more than dis- every member of the University because of history and inequali- com crimination, however, the office to support them. Rose said the ty is not enough to simply say has a special meaning. News, web extras and a office is also responsible for that's enough, it's wrong and whole lot more. According to the office direc- making sure the University hires we're going to stop it." tor, Marshall Rose, each letter in fairly. Students may also take the word "action" has a specific advantage of the facilities Want to get in touch? "We reach out aggressively meaning. "A" stands for advoca- resource area which contains and affirmatively to those that bgnews@bgnet. cy for equity and fairness. "C" is video tapes on affirmative action for communication, "T" is tech- may not be correctly represent- issues. bgsu.edu nology, "I" is for inspiration, ed," Rose said. Your direct line to your "O" is for outreach and "N" for Although the office is there to He also said that the office help students, not all feel that necessary.