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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-11-1978 The BG News January 11, 1978 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 January 11, 1978" (1978). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3440. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3440 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. The G Slews Bowling 'Green State University Vol. 61. No. 44 Wednesday, January 11, 1978 Winter of 1978 Travelers stranded here as winds buffet Midwest As travel advisories continued yesterday afternoon, SHE SAID Prout Hall and McDonald and Founders most of the estimated 400 persons stranded in the city Quads' lounge areas were readied for emergency use but Monday night because of heavy winds and low visibility only Prout's was used. were able to leave Bowling Green. She said she talked to many of the travelers who ex- By early Monday afternoon, the three main motels in pressed gratitude for the arrangements. the city were booked for the night. An employee of the Pruut Hall Director Gloria .'ones said about 40 travelers Holiday Inn. 1550 E WoosterSt., said persons also stayed stayed in the dormitory's mam lounge. in lounge areas where cots were set up. ••THE STUDENTS responded well and I was really Howard Ruttcr, city fire chief, said about 80 persons pleased with the way they came through.'' she said. stayed at the National Guard Armory on East Wooster .lones said students brought pillows and blankets from Street, about 75 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW i their rooms as well as refreshments to make the building on South Main Street and 100 in the Wood County travelers' stay more comfortable. Courthouse basement. City police said they still did not have a tabulation of all of Monday's accidents as they still were being reported THE COLUMBIA GAS building on East Poe Road also yesterday. housed about 45 persons, Ruttersaid. Most state and county roads were open yesterday but He added that some persons were housed in private weather reports predicting 15 mile an hour winds and homes throughout the city. drifting snow may delay the (Hearing process. The University also hosted its share of stranded per- The Associated Press reported that Governor James A. sons. Rhodes ordered 1,500 Ohm National Guardsmen into five Union Administrator Arlene layman said about 65 northern counties. employees and travelers were housed in the Union's RHODES DECLARED snow emergencies in Cuyahoga, hourth floor hotel rooms and lounge areas. Huron, Erie, l.ake and Muskingam counties. When snowy winds blow... Who calls who when? A heavy snowfall can mean lots of fun still falling? What is the forcast for reports from weathermen, city crews for skiers and sledders, but it can bring more snow? and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. an avalanche of problems to University And then there's the big question. Dr. Sheldon Halpern, vice provost for THIS MASKED MAN found temporary shelter from the blustery Bowling Green weather officials. Should classes be canceled? faculty affairs, said Rothe then decides Monday. Many other University students followed his example by bundling up as the mer- First, how much snow is there? Is it University Police usually serve as the whether classes will be held. If classes cury dropped below 10 degrees E and the wind whipped around campus. dri'- i or freezing on the roads? Is it first cog in the class cancellation are canceled, the University operator, process. According to Norman H. Fact Line and area radio and television Bedell, director of technical support stations are notified. services, police report heavy snowfalls Radio stations notified are: WBGU- to the chief of ground crews, nho FM 38.11, WFAL-AM (680i, WSPD- Those of you who leaped out of bed It's no secret that normal circumstances wakens crews to man their snowplows AM (1370). WOHO-AM (1470), WLQR- yesterday, trudged into campus braving were hard to find amid Monday night's and snow sweepers. FM (101.5). WFOB-FM (96.51, WCWA- the elements and breathed a sigh of relief drifting snow and howling winds. Driving ALTHOUGH THE crews are AM (12301. WKIQ-FM (93.51, and Wherefore as you entered a building and reached for a conditions were treacherous and, although scheduled to begin shifts at 7:30 a.m., WFIN-AMU330). copy of the News came up empty-handed. our driver tried to get to Wauseon, he was Bedell said they can be called at all Halpern said the University must For the first time in the memory of forced to turn back. hours of the night and morning. limit the stations to those listed because anyone we can find, the News missed one If the crews cannot remove the snow, of time. of its regular scheduled publication dates. So the paper for Jan. 10, 1978 never got they report the poor conditions to HE SAID classes should be canceled aren't thou, We owe you an apology and an ex- printed. We have included in today's issue Provost Kenneth W. Rothe, who must by 7 a.m. for morning classes or by 3 or planation. all of the stories that would have been in get out of bed at 5 or 6 a.m. to gather 4 p.m. for afternoon classes. The News is printed in Wauseon. 30 yesterday's paper, with the exception of miles northwest of Bowling Green. Under some dated material. normal circumstances, the flats are driven We hope it doesn't happen again this trusty News? to Wauseon around 1 a.m., the papers are winter. Please accept our apologies and let printed there and returned to campus the incident serve to remind us that "snow L_ around7:30a.m. News is good News." Inside the News NEWS...A University student apparently hung himself in the city Computer complaints grow loud tail early Sunday after being arrested for disorderly conduct. The story is on page 3. outdated and their range of capabilities system is insufficient, but ad- Editor's Note: This is the second of a hears constant complaints from EDITORIALS...The inimitable Paul I.intern offers a belated two-part series on the University's students because they cannot get their inadequate. These drawbacks ministratively, while facilities are hamper professors' abilities to teach good, they need to be more flexible, Christmas card that "tells it like it is" and a guest columnist rebels computer system. assignments finished on time. against the term "housewife" on page 2. "The primary student complaint," students about new computer equip- according to Inghram Milliron, director By Krisli Kehres Long said, "is that the equipment isn't ment and also hinder classes' of management support services. He said the process now used to SPORTS...The hockey team played before two capacity crowds at "There are not enough facilities for working and it's very frustrating." creativity, she said. As a result of the the Ice Arena and swept a two-game series from Ohio State to jump the people who need to use them." "It's very unfair to the students," situation, professors constantly change update files is more lengthy and time consuming than is desirable. The future into first place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Read "You have to wait too long." said Dr. Joyce Statz, assistant program deadlines. Bill Paul's story on page 10. "The facilities are very over- professor of compute' science. "But we haven't started advising plan is to update files through the ase of crowded." "This is the worst I've seen in the five them to go to other universities (to use a terminal. "There aren't enough card punches." years I've been here. The worst their equipment) yet." she laughed. The University is building toward this "We need a new computer, it's problem last quarter was that there Students tolerate the breakdowns and step gradually, he added, instead of Weather completely fallen apart." were a number of days when the antiquated equipment because they spending a lot of money outright. Weather THESE ARE common complaints of computers just didn't work," she said. have no other choice, Statz said, adding Partly sunny students who use the University's "That's like having a library that that students are encouraged to write to "I think they're doing an excellent High20F(-7C| computer service system. closes its doors for a couple of days." administrators about the problems. job," Milliron said. "We need im- Low-5F(-21C| 1 Dr. Clifford A. Long, chairman of the provement, but we have progresser 40 percent chance of snow University Computing Council, said he STATZ SAID the computers are Academically, the computer service rather well under the circumstances." news views Should students take a written literacy test before they are allowed to graduate from high school? Of the 10 persons contacted by the news views six said that they thought students should take a literacy test because, in many in- stances, they are ill-prepared for college or work. Only four persons disagreed and said that the tests would be unfair to the individuals Robin Smith, junior: involved because they may never be Mary Collins, sophomore: Vincent A. Mabert, associate NoraJ. Mauro, junior: Mike Felton.