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extinguished Citizen ..See Page 3 Ac-r-rn fierce Ensemble to Penguins lose double dip to •Penn State on road...See Campus Coverage . At Its Best :; Pag:* 14 Copyright©1988 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1988 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. 68, NO. 42 By ERIKA HANZELY Jambar Assistant News Editor Two students will be placed on YSU's Board of Trustees now that House Bill 34 has been signed by Governor Richard J. Celeste. The bill, which was finally passed 22-10 by the Senate after 16 years in the House, will become law in 90 days. It was passed in the House for the past two years only to be defeated later by the Senate. Marvin Robinson, president of Student Government, said the "general sentiment" was that students would "upset the workings" ill of the Board because they wouldn't have time to learn the system (current non-members serve nine years), and because they would be biased. Students on the board, however, will riot be.able to yo$e or to,, attend executive session. "I hope, eventually, once we've proven that students are not a hindrance, that someone will initiate legislation to allow us to vote," said Robinson. He said he hopes to have two students on the board by June. Stu• dent Government is presently working on a process to come up with five names of prospective students to send to the governor. According to Robinson, the criteria for selection will be the same as those for a position on Student Government or a University committee. Robinson has been working with House representatives to try to JOHN CHARIONOWTHE JAMBAfl get the bill passed. He testified in front of the House Education Committee this year and went to Columbus three weeks ago to ex• press his support to the Senate. "In the past we had no real, regular contact with Board members," Robinson said. "Now we are able to address our John Kish, junior, chemical engineering, takes advantage of the warm sun and the blue skies concerns." to study on the campus core mound. Herds of students migrated to the mounds as spring sprung on the YSU campus this week. Blevins may face death penalty By LISA M. SOLLEY Jambar Editor Two suspects assault escort Brian S. Blevins is scheduled to be arraigned early this morning By SUE KNAPIC in Mahoning County Court and may face the death penalty now Jambar News Editor that a new indictment has been handed up by the grand jury. Blevins is to be arraigned at 8:45 a. m. in front of Judge William Houser. According to Campus Police reports, a YSU student escort was The arraignment was set after the Mahoning County Crand Jury jumped by two black male subjects while walking home from school handed up a superceding indictment Wednesday morning against Monday evening. the 22-year-old, charged with the stabbing death of YSU senior Ken- The victim was returning home from his escort job at 10:05 p.m. more Drake. The original charge of murder against Blevins is now on March 28 when two black male subjects approached him, nullified. demanded his money and then assaulted him, stated the report. The assault took place on Elm Street just north of Service Road The grand jury also handed up an indictment against Blevins" overpass. mother, Donna Fortunate of 107 Jeannette Drive, Boardman. The Police reports stated the attack occurred as follows: the vic• Mahoning County Prosecutor Gary Van Brocklin said a five- tim handed his wallet to the taller of the two perpetrators. After count indictment was handed up on Blevins for aggravated murder removing $12 cash from the victim's wallet, the subject scattered with death specifications of aggravated burglary, aggravated rob• Do li Scclele the remaining contents of the wallet on the ground. bery and kidnapping. See Blevins, page 16 See Assault, page 16 y with Escort Service The Jambar spoke with four By JONI DOB RAN escorts — Jay Deneen, director Jambar Entertainment Editor of the service; Stacy Sowers, Mp Al Moamin and Vic Magalotti You're walking across campus — to get their opinions about one evening on your way to their job. class. You're walking alone. You For Deneen, senior, electrical hear footsteps behind you. You engineering, working at the ser• stop and look around, thinking vice for the past three years has you see a shadow moving behind given him "some good profes• the bushes. Frightened, you sionalism, public relations and quicken the pace and continue even management experience." on. All agreed that getting the A scene like this happens chance to meet others is one of often, but with the assistance .of the best aspects of the job. "You the Campus Area Residential get to talk to people, you learn Escorts (CARE), it doesn't need about different classes. There's to happen at all. just a satisfaction of knowing The escorts, all students, walk that we're helping people out YSU community members and helping keep the campus (students, faculty and staff) from safe," said Sowers, a junior one location to another, pro• nutrition major who was chosen viding a safer feeling. Escort of the Quarter this past Although they primarily walk fall. people across campus, they may The biggest negative going go off campus and take people Carta' Crew: The Campus Escort Service works throughout the week to walk students safely to against them they said is the fact to or from their homes. When their destination. that people don't know about going off campus, two escorts the service. Moamin, senior, are sent and, with their radios or even to meet people at their dent Government's General Fee. work at first, but now things management, stated mat "peo• that they, carry, they check in area homes. Currently he said there are 10 have smoothed out and it*s more ple who don't know or unders• and out with Campus Police • CARE is sponsored by Stu• escorts and three dispatchers, fun. He said the most work tand the service are shy to ap• The service is available from dent Government and Vice with the latter answering the comes from finding ways to proach us. They don't realize we 5-11 p.m. Monday through President Gary Caylor is respon• phone, making appointments market it. get paid and it's like they feel Friday when school is in session. sible for the service. As part of and logging the locations the The escorts worfcbn their own like they're infringing upon us." Special arrangements can also be his duties, he is "in charge of the escorts are to go. in the Student Government of• Magalotti, senior, electrical made during the day. hiring, training, administration He said that CARE always fices, where Caylor said they engineering, added that "we To obtain an escort, dial ex• and marketing of the escort ser• has regular customers who make basically stay in two rooms, one have to let people know that tension 3591 from a campus vice," he said, adding "I take weekly appointments, but that devoted to quiet study, the other we're here.and we want to phone and a student will arrive, care of their time cards, make lately "people have been getting to group study. ! help." their schedules out and work out usually within five minutes. a little bit lackadaisical about it He said he's very confident of Working for CARE, they any problems." They can also be requested on a and I don't know why. The the escorts and he hired "guys said, has helped them become steady basis to escort regularly, Caylor said the service has numbers of people calling for who I'd trust to walk my sister more involved in other events thus eliminating the call each been in use for approximately escorts have slipped, but across campus at night." He because, by working so closely time. Arrangements can also be five years. Originally ft was a hopefully they'll build back up." added that "they're a real close- with Student Government, they made to meet escortees at their volunteer organization, but now Caylor stated that getting the knit bunch, very respectable have been made more aware of cars at a specific time and place, the students are paid out of Stu• service organized was a lot of guys." campus activities. English professor requests J readers romance opinion YSU — Dr. James T. Henke, English, has been romancing the romance novel. i Fascinated with the genre and its readers, and objecting to the scorn with which many academics view both, Henke decided to give the public a chance to talk back — he's currently soliciting romance readers' responses explaining how their reading habits af• fect their lives. Needed immediately — Compositor. \ Henke became involved with romance novels while editing the I third romance novel manuscript of his wife, Shirl, a former YSU instructor who has sold six books to Warners' Publishing. Must be able to workup to 20 hours per week, "Omfo"f the things that impressed me most in reading Shirl's fan mail was the diversity of the women who wrote her, as well as their including production nights at The Jambar. intelligence," Henke said. He added that romance readers come from every walk of life, educational level and social background. Interested persons should have typing skills; I He hopes to receive enough responses to his articles and ads in various romance trade journals to gather letters into a book, ten• knowledge of Compugraphic com• tatively titled JRomance Readers on Romance Reading.