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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-3-1992 The BG News April 3, 1992 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 April 3, 1992" (1992). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5361. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5361 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. G The BG News Friday, April 3,1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 74, Issue 125 Time Out! Faculty urge student protest Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend. Don't by Klmberly Larson forget to set your clocks The BG News — The Budget Crisis duce funding to primary or secondary ahead by one hour at 2 a.m. education next year. Sunday morning. This means there will be a considera- Dalton discusses Faculty Senate Chairman Leigh Chiare- ble increase in the reductions experi- lott is urging professors to allow students enced by higher education. Budget cuts impending crisis to go to Columbus without fear of penali- to the University could be as large as 20 zation. percent, or a total of $12 million. Vice President of Planning and Bud- The Ohio Student As- The University voices may show Voin- geting Christopher Dalton spoke to the sociation is planning a ovich that Ohio students are not going to Administrative Staff Council about the rally at the Statehouse P' sit back passively and watch while they'- impending budget crisis Thursday. April 22 for students to ■ re being denied the resources for a quali- express their opinions professor is hoping 5,000 or 10,000 Uni- ty education, Chiarelott said. According to Dalton, It U important of Gov. George Volno- -*•***■ versity representatives attend. Although it is not feasible to cancel for faculty, staff and students to write Weather vich's expected budget "We should be able to get students, classes, the state budget problem is letters to GOT. George Voinovich and cuts to higher educa- faculty, parents and alumni down there," something which is drastically affecting other legislators. Snow tonight: tion he said. "We represent a lot of voices and higher education, and students and facul- Friday, sunny in the morn- "One thing we can all do Is express to Chiarelott said there Chiarelott a lot of voters." ty not wishing to make the trip to Colum- ing, then increasing cloudi- is a need for students In the past 14 months, state support for bus may be able to learn about the budget the state in general how important con- ness. A chance of rain or and even staff and fac- the University has been cut 10 percent, on campus, Chiarelott said. tinuing strong support for higher edu- snow by late afternoon. ulty to participate, and hopes that faculty or $6 million. However, Voinovich cation is," he said. High 40 to 45. Southwest will not penalize students for going. The pledged last month that he would not re- See Rally, page seven. winds 5 to IS mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Friday night, snow. Low In A Healthy Future? the upper 20s. Chance of Rapist's snow is 90 percent. Satur- day, mostly cloudy with a chance of flurries. High appeal for near 40. Chance of snow is 40 percent. castration Inside The News rejected Recycling is the goal: TOLEDO (AP) - A Lucas A new recycling task County judge said Thursday he force is investigating how to has no choice but to reject a ra- extend curbside recycling to pist's plea to be castrated in Bowling Green apartment exchange for freedom. dwellers. Common Pleas Court Judge Q Local. Page four. Charles Doneghy said that under Ohio law, a person convicted of rape may not receive probation. SIS loses a lawyer: "I don't know of any procedure Student Legal Services or process under Ohio law that veteran Rick Schmidt looks would allow for court-condoned back at the organization he castration," Doneghy said. helped build. William Wesley. 36, of Toledo, □ Campus. Page five. pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of rape. He could receive a maximum sentence of 25 years in The greek thing: prison. The annual CARE Fair Doneghy has ordered a presen- dominates a weekend tence report and set sentencing packed with greek-spon- for April 27. sored events. Wesley's lawyer, C. Allen J Pages five and six. McConnell, said he hopes Doneghy considers his client's request. Flashes of hope? "He's been in prison before Baseball Falcons looking and was given no help," McCon- for a Flash of good weather nell said. "He hopes to give the and better play while host- court an option." ing Kent State. Wesley requested castration □ Sports. Page nine. after hearing about a similar case in Houston. The BG Not/Linda Unc Last month, Steven Butler Outside Campus Collecting blood for a cholesterol test. University Health Services Thursday afternoon. The fair contained 78 exhibits ranging from agreed to castration rather than Laboratory Coordinator Marilyn Mackay (left) takes a sample blood pressure testing to over-the-counter medications. go on trial in Houston on a charge YOU HAVE AIDS (not): from junior sociology major Thasha OUngcr at the Health Fair PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) See Castrate, page four. Rhode Island Project AIDS has apologized for scaring people with fund-raising let ters that began: "I'm sorry jury finds] Libyans violently protest embargo to have to tell you this, but your tests have come back. by Nejla Sammakla protests were held outside the Belgian, tacks in Tripoli. You have AIDS." mob king French and Italian embassies, but rocks A recipient would have to The Associated Press "This is so transparently and obviously di- were thrown at the Austrian mission. unfold the letter to read the rected to bring pressure on members of the TRIPOLI, Libya - Young Libyans with fire- Women and schoolgirls carried flowers to Security Council," said U.S. Ambassador second paragraph, which guilty on bombs sacked the Venezuelan Embassy and the embassies of India and Morocco, two of Thomas R. Pickering. asked readers to "try to im- tried to storm the Russian mission Thursday the five U.N. Security Council members that The United Nations later issued a state- agine what impact these abstained in Tuesday's 10-0 vote to impose words would have on you" if during a day of protests aimed at countries ment saying Libya had apologized for the all counts that voted for a U.N. air and arms embargo sanctions after Libya refused to turn over embassy attacks and claimed Gadhafi op- they were true. on Libya. suspects in the bombings of two airliners. posed the violence. Nearly 5,000 of the letters by Ronald Powers The Associated Press Diplomats said the attacks appeared to Venezuela's Foreign Ministry issued an were mailed to promote an have been orchestrated by Col. Moammar unusually harsh protest to Libya, angrily The sanctions were imposed after Libya AIDS walkathon May 31. Gadhafi's government. denouncing the assault on its embassy and refused to surrender six alleged intelligence Project AIDS received a Hundreds of students smashed furniture demanding an official explanation within 48 agents sought in the bombings of Pan Am few dozen calls, some from NEW YORK - John Gotti, the brash Mafia boss who and ripped up the garden at the Venezuelan hours. Flight 103 in 1988 and a French airliner in people who were shaken by mission. Others tried to storm the Russian The U.N. Security Council held an emer- 1989, which killed a total of 441 people. the letter, executive direc- blasted his way to the top of Embassy and destroyed four cars when they gency session in New York to draft a state- The sanctions will take effect on April 15 tor Anne Marie Sylvia said. the nation's most powerful were turned back. Peaceful but boisterous ment demanding an immediate halt to the at- if Libya does not hand over the suspects. "It's unfortunate that the crime family, was convict- letter offended and upset ed Thursday of racketeer- some people," Sylvia said. ing and murder charges. He "Our intent is to educate and faces a life sentence. Special primary may cost Wood County increase awareness." "I'll be OK," Gotti told Project AIDS has sent let- supporters after listening by Doug Baker to the jury forewoman an- ters of apology to everyone The BG News lature decides the counties cause the money would have to titions and a filing deadline the who received the letter. nounce "guilty" on all 13 should pay for the primaries. come from the state's general second or third week of April counts. His top lieutenant Wood County could be required fund which Is already between would not hinder the primary be- also was convicted. A possible second primary to to come up with $75,000 dollars it $576 and $700 million dollars in ing held in June. Lottery The federal district court elect state legislators will be ex- doesn't have. debt. "The court could decide almost Pick 3 Numbers: S 0-5 jury decided the mob boss pensive, but the question re- "I'm not sure where it's going The only way a Sept. 8 primary anything," Gardner said had murdered five of his mains whether the state or indi- to come from right off the bat," can be avoided is by action of the Whatever the Supreme Court associates In the Gambino Pick 4 Numbers: 8-2-9-1 vidual counties will have to foot Latta said.