Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-27-2002 The BG News February 27, 2002 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 27, 2002" (2002). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6925. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6925 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. State University Wednesday February 27, 2002 SNOW HIGH 34 IIDW19 www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 93 ISSUE 27 U. hikes tuition 7 percent ByDanNied ates and $252 for graduate stu- keep fees as low as possible," said nology tools. TUITION HIKE IN DOLLARS IH( BG NEDS dents. Out of the $185 increase, University President Sidney "We are faced with tough deci- The main reason fot the increase is due to the 6 percent support cut You know the class you're read- $182 will go to instructional fees, Ribeau in a release. "But we must sions," Ribeau said. "We either by the State of Ohio in higher education. The rates will take effect ing this in right now? It's going to and the other $3 will be for gener- balance them with the reality of a hold the line on fees and let rising starling this summer. cost you at least S54 more next al fees. Graduate students will also 6 percent decrease in state sup- operating costs compromise the "All lees ate based per semester foi full-time students. semester. pay $3 in general fees and $249 in port. Continuing erosion of state caliber of our instructional pro- The University Board of instructional fees. support for higher education grams or we raise fees to partially Student fees* Current Rate New Rate Change Trustees voted yesterday to raise University releases and repre- could mean more fee increases in compensate for stale reductions tuition 7 percent from current sentatives cite the State of Ohio's 6 the future," and maintain the quality of the Undergrad Instruction $2,330 $2,512 781% rates starting in this summer. percent cutback on University The other rest of the raise will go educational experience we offer Graduate Instruction $3,184 $3,433 7.82% Undergraduates will pay $18 funds as the main reason for the to fund the almost completed to our students." General Fee, Summer $327 $330 0.92% more per credit hour, while grad- increase. About 70 percent of the two-year-old Supernet project, The tuition raise will also affect Undergraduate Summer $2,657 $2,842 6.96% uate students will shell out an increase will go to compensate which has given Bowling Green Graduate Summer $3,511 $3,763 7.18% extra $23. That works out to a $ 185 (he fund reduction. quicker Internet feeds, video Nick Hurm BG New increase for full-time undergradu- "We are doing what we can to hookups and research and tech- HIKE, PAGE 2 Summer Medina building projects first to scheduled test out The Student Union, Ice Arena and BA e-blotter building are just a few projects being By Craig Gittord considered. THt ec NEWS It seems like a person can go By Kara Hull ' on the Internet and find infor- IMI ec NEWS mation on just about anything Various summer renovations these days, from up-lo-ilic and projects around campus minute sports scores to onhne should not hinder students shopping malls. Everything, thai attending classes or other activi- is, except for city police blotters. ties. The Medina Police During the summer term, the Department in Medina, Ohio, is Bowen-Thompson Student Union the only police department in will be undergoing some technol- the United States to post its daily ogy upgrades as well as minor blotter on the Internet. mechanical and interior upgrades. "To me, it seems pretty weird A project for the Ice Arena is also that we would be ihe only ones being studied for the potential of doing this," said Li. Greg Mason installing a solar collection system of the Medina Police Division. aimed to provide energy savings to "It's nothing different than what anyone who came into the the building. Nick Hurm BG News "There will be a fire safety audit police station could view." According to Mason, his for all residence halls in order to SENIOR SALUTATIONS: Bowling Green basketball seniors Len Matela, Brent Klassen, Keith McLeod and Brandon Pardon will play in assess priorities and what is neces- department began publishing sary for improvement of fire safe- their last regular season game at Anderson Arena tonight at 7 p.m. the blotter on the Internet to ty," said lim McArthur, director of make it more easily accessible to Design and Construction, the public, especially the media. University Architect. While he doesn't think the lighting and a new sidewalk will blotter being on the Internet will be installed along Alumni Drive, deter criminals, Mason does and exterior masonry restoration Sending off the seniors think it will make people more of the Business Administration aware of what is going on in the building will also take place. neighborhood, which he cited "The campus will be a lot better as one of the main goals of pub- than it was last year in terms of Four Falcons to play final home game lishing on the Web. construction, when we had the "I think it can make people more aware of what's happening Supernet project as well as the By Nick Hum building of the Union," McArthur 1HE BG MEWS BOWLING GREEN VS. or be more aware so if they see there have been five auto break- said. "It will seem very quid con- March 10, 1985, left a bitter BUFFALO ins during the week they can sidering the projects we are taste in the mouth of Bowling TIP0FF: 7 p.m. at Anderson look out for suspicious vehicles," doing." Green coach Dan Dakich. Arena he said. "I don't see someone According to McArthur, land- Playing as a senior in his final saying 'Uh-oh, there were five scaping design work is in progress home game for Indiana, Dakich RADIO: 88.1 FMWBGU for Prout Chapel as well as the Fine break-ins, I better not break into and the Hoosiers were struck PIAY-BY-BY: With Andy Arts building. Bathroom and laun- down in the closing minutes by a car tonight.'" Barch and Aaron Rund. Although publishing the dry room renovations in Kohl Hall Big Ten Champion Michigan 73- Ziggy Zoomba's pregame police blotter on the Internet can and more campus improvements 71 in front of the Bloomington show starts at 6:30. have its advantages by allowing in accordance with Americans crowd. Dakich doesn't remem- more people to have easier with Disabilities Act regulations ber, or at least he doesnt want to access, the Bowling Green Police will also take place this summer. remember that disappointment. that court in their last college Department has not even con- Many projects around campus The fifth-year head coach said game here as winners. These sidered using this method. are currently being planned for the he recollects two things about kids deserve to have this joint "We may do that eventually, summer of 2003. the game, "getting burnt" by Big packed in nothing else as a trib- but we don't do that at this According to McArthur, plan- Ten Freshman-of-the-Year Gary ute to the effort they have put point," said Gary Spencer, ning is currently taking place for Grant and thanking his parents forth." deputy chief major of the BGPD. many other future projects and over the microphone after the "I lost my last regular season "Our blotter is so extensive it renovations around campus such game during his senior-salute. game and that was an awful feel- would be hard to put on the as the lerome Ubrary and Hanna, It is indirectly why the ing for me," Dakich continued. "I Internet." Moseley and University Halls. Falcons' 7 p.m. match-up with want these kids to know that it is Spencer said he thinks it is A Uving and Learning Center is Buffalo at Anderson Arena my focus I want the seniors to easier for the media to pick up being designed for possible con- means so much to him. Dakich's understand in my world what the blotter at the police station. struction in Kohl Hall. This project four seniors have put the win- they have done is important." That way they can get their ques- would involve the addition of sev- ning tradition back into the BG tions answered by whoever is eral classrooms, upgrades in tech- men's basketball program over nology, a new elevator, roof The Players there. the last four years, accumulating The loker Brent Klassen is the replacement and improvements a record of 76-38. Now, he wants He also noted that it would team's own version of Chicken take away some of what the in the heating and cooling system. to reward his senior class with a "We are also working on feasi- Soup for the Soul. He is a proven media does. memory that was stained during leader, and he earned the Earl bility planning to determine what "If everyone published on the his playing days, walking off the Rupright Team Spirit award.