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ENTERTAINMENT: SPORTS: Anti-censorship Andre Smith led Week features the. Penguins with various events. 20 points as YSU Page? defeated Cleve• H PC * land State, 67-64. Page 9 • JflBBp^' Seeking Truth, Justice and Equality Tuesday, February 1,1994 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. 72 NO. 92 SUSAN SCAGGS mous person left a message on the Scanlon have called, concerned two-time Academy Award nomi• freedom of speech will take place Assistant News Editor McDonough Museum of Art's an• about what the group is going to nee Julia Reichart., a Yellow at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 before swering machine stating that he/ do. Springs,-OH native. Damned-in the USA. Poets from Last year, a nursing alumnae she was' disgusted that Andres "They just want to be in• ,- Another film, Damned in the YSU will read, some of their origi• who graduated in the '50s sent her Serrano would be speaking on formed of the activities," said USA, a British documentary, will nal works. diploma back to YSU. She was campus. Breckner. be shown at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. An anti-censorship benefit 3 in the Art Gallery of Kilcawley apparently offended by the activi• Serrano,,best known for cre• Although there are always concert will also, be held at 7:30 Center. ties taking place during Anti-Cen• ating Piss Christ, a photograph of several complaints throughout the p.m. Friday, Feb, 4 at Pyatt St. sorship Week after seeing a paint• 'a crucifix immersed in urine, week, Breckner said that the ma• The film is about the censor• Down Under. Several area bands ing featured in The Vindicator. She which caused controversy over jority supports the week's activi• ship wars taking place in America. such as Coin Monster, Dying commented that she did not want threats and federal funding, will ties. Rev. Donald Wildrnon of the Breed, The Johnson's, Zuzu Farm to be part of a University that sup• present a lecture on art and cen• The video Emma and Elvis, a American Family Association and Feckweed will perform. All ports such obscene works. sorship. funny quirky tale of idealism lost brought about a lawsuit because he proceeds will benefit the Student '. Well, it's that time again, Serrano will speak at 2 p.m. and found, will be shown at 7 p.m. objected to some images in the folks, and feathers are already fly• Wednesday, Feb. 2 in the Chest• Tuesday, Feb 1 in The Pub, and at film. Ironically, his actions delayed Art Association. 1 ing. According to Jennifer nut Room, Kilcawley Center. 10,a.m.-, noon and 2 p.m. Friday, the release of the film in the U.S. .. All events on campus are Breckner, president of the YSU Breckner also said that both Feb. 4 at McDonough Museum of for a year. open to the public and free of Student Art Association,' an anony• President Cochran and Provost Art. The video was directed by A poetry reading celebrating charge. CYNTHIA LOVAN from McDonald's on Fifth Avenue News Editor shortly after 5.p.m. Thursday. The woman told police Royal Youngstown Police charged took her to the Westlake project a local man with rape, kidnapping area where she was sexually as• and aggravated robbery early Fri• saulted. '•*•*. day morning after an incident in• She also said he attempted to volving a 25-year-old Austintown sell her jewelry and took her with woman who attends YSU. him to area bars. The charges were dropped According to TheVindicator, later the same day. City Prosecutor Maureen Cronin iff Police arrested Floyd Royal, said the woman later "admitted wmmmmmmmm there were inconsistencies in her 37, of Marshall Street., after the David Caleris student reported that he and an• story and decided not to pursue the The campus area was once full of beautiful, large house*. 1 lu Vlumiii lloii-e is one of the few houses other man took her at gun point matter." lucky enough to be saved by the ever-expanding.Univei >it\. ram TAMMY KING ing and describing historic sites the sites' historical setting or his• practices and planning. Staff Reporter and evaluating the historical im• torical accuracy, according to Ore. Planning courses focus on portance of the site. Sites can in• "Historical accuracy and how city planning,-transportation, ge• The history department at clude houses, housing districts, the site is presented to the public ography, tourism planning and YSU has proposed a new program public and industrial buildings and are very important to the preser• public administration. called historic preservation, which bridges. vationist," Ore said. Courses within the historic emphasizes identifying and pre• Students also learn how to fill Until the proposed program is preservation area include introduc• serving historical sites. out state and federal forms arid approved by the University and the tion to historic preservation, pre• Developed by Dr. Janet Ore, learn how to work with state and Ohio Board of Regents, students sentation and interpretation of his• history, the proposed program will federal agencies, such as the Ohio will major in historic preservation torical sites. American architec• be one of a few in the country to Historical Society. under YSU's Individualized Cur-, tural history and cultural resource be offered at the undergraduate "This program will give stu• riculum Program (ICP). management. level. dents the general working knowl• The ICP program combines Students will also complete a Students in the program will edge to purse a career in historic historic preservation, history, an• . historic preservation internship in learn the basic, marketable skills preservation," Ore said. thropology, geography and art. which they will get on-the-job ex-, needed to work as preservationists. Many times it is the Students will also specialize in*an perience before graduating. News Services area such as archaeology, museum Dr. Ore These skills include identify• preservationist's job to maintain See HISTORY page 6 THE JAMBAR February 1,1994 Matthew deutsch mation or book they're seeking in The unique facet of this new collection. business.has been brisk. So far, Assistant News Editor another university's holdings, and process, however, is that it does The statistics back up the need YSU has made 99 requests for in- it's available, they can request the not have to be initiated at Maag for a system such as this. Out of ter-librarly loans, and there have Need a hard-to-get piece of item using the computer terminal. Library exclusively. Requests can nearly three million bibliographic been 114 requests made of Maag information? Looking for a certain Once the request has been also be made through OhioLINK records in the OhioLINK system, Library. For all the participating book that's almost impossible to made, students will be required to from home or office terminals,, 60 percent are owned by one in• universities, 1600 requests have find? Well, now your search will input the institution they are at• providing library patrons with a stitution, 17 percent by two, and been made, 500 the first week and be made much easier. tending, their name and their li• great deal of convenience. nine percent by three. More impor• 1100 the second. Recently, YSU's Maag Li• brary bar code number. The com• Dr. David Genaway, Maag's. tant, however, is the fact that only - The universities involved in brary, along with eight other state puter then does an automatic back• University librarian, is enthusias• 600 bibliographic records are the loan Sys.terri to this point are as universities, has entered into an ground check on them in order to tic about the increased response owned by all nine participating in- follows. : Akron, Bowljng Green, inter-library electronic loan system make sure they do not have any time that the new loan process al• stitutions.- - • . Case Western Reserve, Central that will allow students and fac• overdue books or outstanding lows. "This will increase access to , State, Cincinnati, Medical College ulty to assemble information more fines. If the student's record is "This system cuts the trans• unique collections and make of Ohio.Miami, Wright State, and readily. The process is made pos• clean, the item is checked out to portation time for inter-library nearly all resources in all univer• YSU. sible by OhioLINK (Ohio Library YSU in the student's name and is loans from seven, days down to sities available to YSU students," "Nobody's going to drive to and Information Network),a grow• sent here to the University. .between two and five days," said said Genaway. • these places," stated Beronja, ing computer network of libraries After the item has been re• Genaway. "It saves students time The loan process does have pointing out the obvious advantage and electronic information re• ceived by YSU, students will re• and makes books more readily some drawbacks. 'The fine for of the loan process. "With this sys- sources. ceive a notice in the mail indicat• available to them." overdue books is fifty cents a day , tern, we're providing a better ser• Under the new loan system, ing that their inter-library loan has According to Genaway, 18 per item," said Debbie Beronja, vice to our students." if students can't find what they're arrived. All items are to be picked schools will eventually be a part Maag's public service circulation Students who have questions looking for in the Maag Library up at Maag Library's circulation of the loan system, including Ohio librarian. "If you lose a book, it about the new inter-library loan holdings, they can search the com• desk and returned there as well.