Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-19-1993 The BG News February 19, 1993 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 19, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5497. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5497 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. Weather Sports Sunny in the morning, The Names Project AIDS The men's and women's track turning to clouds in the Memorial Quilt comes to the team host their first home meet afternoon. High around 20. University this weekend. of the season in the Falcon Fieldhouse. 12 G The BG News Friday, February 19,1993 The BG News Volume 75, Issue 103 Democratic candidates for Council butt heads by Chris Hawley The message referred to a Wednes- However, he said the knife did not hit to continue hosting the show until that local government reporter day letter to WBGU staff in which "Today with that letter to Haynes. date. Brennan demanded the radio station However, both Melendez and Wes- Democratic First Ward candidates remove Sam from his weekly show or WBGU, you started a f...ing According to the police report, Wes- seler filed petitions Wednesday as Todd Wesseler and Sam Melendez said give Wesseler equal airtime. war. This time, buddy, you seler, Brennan and Haynes were re- Democratic candidates. that despite harsh words and criminal "Today with that letter to WBGU, you got f...ing personal. I'm ferred to the city prosecutor's office for Both sides said they were still angry accusations Thursday, they have settled started a f...ing war," Melendez said in possible legal action. However, at press about the radio exposure incident but a feud over equal radio exposure. the message, of which The News ob- either going to destroy you time Thursday, Wesseler said the three added tempers had cooled. Wesseler said last night he will nego- tained a recording. "... This time, bud- in May [primaries] or I am had not decided if they would pursue "I'm angry that [ Brennan's letter] tiate a waiver allowing Melendez to dy, you got f...ing personal." criminal charges. was sent, but I'm glad [Brennan] came continue hosting his Friday evening "I'm either going to destroy you in going to kill you in to his senses and stopped being so pet- radio program on WBGU-FM. Michael May [primaries] or I am going to kill November. Either way, I am Melendez denied the message was ty," Melendez said. "This wasn't so Brennan, Wesseler's campaign man- you in November," Melendez said. meant to harass Wessler. much about politics, it was about my ager, had demanded WBGU remove "Either way, I am the next city coun- the next city councilman, no "I was angry at him, I wanted to yell radio show." Melendez or give Wesseler equal air- cilman, no matter what." matter what." at him," Melendez said. "... It was the time in accordance with Federal Com- In the police complaint, Wesseler, only way I could tell him how I felt. I Wesseler said he has mixed feelings munications Commission regulations. Brennan and Haynes also claimed Me- Sam Melendez, in a phone don't think I was harassing him." about the waiver but is glad both sides Wesseler said the conditions of the lendez tossed a dinner knife onto message to Todd Wesseler "If he does try to press charges, it have reached an agreement. waiver would require Melendez to use a Haynes' food tray Tuesday in Prout would be a desperate attempt to blud- "I think the rules should be enforced, psuedonym while broadcasting. Cafeteria, causing it to hit him in the geon my character," he added. but if this is what it takes to get the race The agreement ended a flare-up that chest. formation Officer Barbra Waddell said back on track, then I don't have a prob- began at 1:44 am. Thursday when Wes- Brennan said after the three filed the police were not sure the voice in the Melendez said he told Brennan lem," he said. seler, Brennan and campaign treasurer complaint, police audiotaped a conver- message was Melendez's, Melendez told Wednesday if Wesseler did not agree to Kleismit said he did not want to com- Michael Haynes filed a police report sation between him and Melendez in The News he left the message and add- such a waiver, he would run as an inde- ment on the feud. against Melendez, saying he left a "har- which Melendez confirmed he left the ed he had tossed the knife onto Haynes' pendent candidate. As an Independent, "I don't want to get involved," he said. assing" message on Wesseler's tele- message. tray to indicate he felt Wesseler's cam- Melendez would have until May 3 to file "My concern is for myself; just to keep phone answering machine. Although University police Public In- paign was a "stab in the back." a candidacy petition and would be able focused on my campaign." USG president's year summarized by JenI Bond student government reporter Around this time last year. Undergraduate Student Government President Jason Jackson was making promises and campaigning hard to be elected USG president. After almost a year in office, the ques- tion now is whether these promises were kept. The issues addressed in the election last year focused on recycling, tuition caps, the formation of a student coalition and a shuttle bus that would run from the University to the city. In an interview last February, Jackson said the recycling program needed more funds, more hired help and more equipment. A bill pro- posing an increase in recycling funds and a permanent director's po- sition is now in the final stages of being approved, according to Jack- son. "Last year when we were dealing with this issue, it really wasn't defined where the program was going to go," he said. "We surveyed students and put everything in proposal form and now we are exactly where we want to be." USG senator Matt Fair said Jackson has done an excellent job im- plementing his programs. "We have the same styles of problem solving and instead of seeking out a confrontation, he seeks out a compromise," Fair said. During a debate in the last election, Jackson proposed a shuttle route that would go into the community. Although a reverse shuttle has been implemented, a community shuttle has not. "This is one issue I am disappointed with," Jackson said. "It hasn't happened because we have not received cooperation from our other state schools." Jackson said both Miami University and Kent State University The BG Ntwi/TtrtM Thomai have a community-type shuttle system. But, both schools have not cooperated in sharing information about their systems. in front of McDonald East. Bowbeer, who uses the shuttle bus Waiting for the shuttle bus, sophomore business major Erin Bow- During spring break Jackson said he plans to visit Miami and get beer (left) and freshman business major Julie Asseoheiner (right) three times a week to go to tennis practice, said she hates waiting cover their ears from the harsh winter winds Thursday afternoon for the bus In the cold. the information first hand. "We've done everything on our end," he said. "We've talked to the mayor [Wes Hoffman] and Councilman [Scott] Ziance. We just want to give the city an option for a better system." USG chief legislative officer Michael Brennan said Jackson is not Haiti gunman hijacks missionary plane at fault for the delay in getting a community shuttle. "Jackson was not successful in getting all the changes he wanted, but this was more due to lack of resources than lack of determination Soldier diverts flight to Miami International Airport, surrenders upon arrival by Jason," he said. "The University is financially restrained and USG has made the best changes possible for the least cost." The Associated Press hind his head as about 10 unifor- after he commandeered the Bergen said she had no infor- Tuition caps were another issue Jackson wanted to focus on during med officers crouched nearby. plane, the source said. About two mation on security procedures in his term. His plan was to work with the Ohio Student Association and MIAMI - A Haitian soldier hi- The man then laid down on the hours after that, the plane, which place at the Cap Haitien airport get students involved. jacked an American missionary tarmac and the officers surroun- was met in flight by a U.S. Cus- because the FAA doesn't evalu- "Last year, we were going to have 15 percent cuts to higher educa- group's plane at an airport in ded him. toms Service jet, landed in ate security there. She said the tion and then we held the rally," Jackson said. "The cuts ended up be- Haiti and diverted it to Miami on The hijacker had shot a hole in Miami. FBI agents and a SWAT agency was getting its informa- ing considerably lower and I give some of the credit to the rally. Now Thursday, but surrendered when the ceiling of the plane before it team were waiting. tion on the hijacking from we have a tax proposal that has been passed and will benefit higher the plane landed.