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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. tf The BG News ^•>* "4 Commitment tn Frrpllptire" Friday, April 15,1994 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 77, Issue 132 ACGFA examination continues L}1' Various campus groups', services' use of general fee allocations spotlighted SIDS by Leah Bamum fee funds. from ACGFA provided events Hao Chung, the president of the Japanese Club, and community News staff writer Many of the student groups throughout this week, which has group. service projects, Chung said. who received ACGFA money last been designated "International "Every semester we organize events "Right now we are in the pro- Editor's note: The following is month are providing the campus Week." Some of the programs in- two dance parties, a welcome cess of starting an international part three of a series on campus with a wide range of events and cluded a badminton tournament, back party, a Halloween party section at the Wood County Li- groups that received money from programming. international coffee hour and a and a Valentine's Day party," he brary," he said, adding that they begin the student-paid general fee last Groups such as the World Stu- karaoke night. said. are trying to get the library to month. dent Association, the Latino Stu- The group is also having an in- The group, which consists of 20 donate space where they can put This series is attempting to not dent Union, Campus Escort Ser- ternational dinner Saturday, at board members and caters to 500 purchased and donated books by Katie Simmons only answer questions concern- vice, Resident Student Associa- which different foods from all international students, as well as about different cultures of the News staff writer ing various funding criteria used tion and Women for Women have over the world may be sampled. the rest of the University com- world. by the Advisory Committee on been busily planning multitudes Another event presented by munity, also does co- WSA has also donated a lot of This weekend students will General Fee Allocations, but also of diverse programs for the stu- WSA is the "International Fes- sponsorships with other groups, money to charity, much of which have the opportunity to show the functions of some of the cam- dents of the University. tival," which takes place every like the Japanese coffee hour, younger relatives the University pus groups that received general WSA, which received $10,600 fall semester, according to Jaan which WSA co-sponsors with the See ACGFA page three. campus during Lil' Sibs and Kids Weekend. For those students who are feeling spring fever and maybe Thanks for the advice! getting a little homesick with the U.S. shoots nice weather starting to show, this weekend Is the opportunity to bring on to campus a little bit of home with the traditional ac- tivities of Lil' Sibs and Kids down own Weekend. Started more than 20 years ago, this weekend gives the Uni- versity students a chance to in- vite their little siblings or chil- helicopters dren to campus. A weekend filled with fun, the kids get to find out by Susanna M. Senator tapes from the aircraft will be where their older relative spends The Associated Press studied in the Investigation, he six months of his or her life. said. "Back when the University WASHINGTON - American Asked what threat the helicop- used to be on quarters, and we fighter jets mistakenly shot ters might have posed that justi- didn't finish until June, the nice down two U.S. Army helicopters fied shooting them down, Keller weather started to come in May, over northern Iraq Thursday, replied, "I honestly don't know." and this was an opportunity for killing all 26 people aboard. One F-15 fired a radar-seeking kids to see what it was like on a "Something went wrong," said AMRAAM missile, the other a college campus," said Gregg De- the chairman of the Joint Chiefs heat-seeking Sidewinder, the Crane, assistant vice president of of Staff, and President Clinton general said in a telephone brief- student activities. "It was an op- promised to find out what. ing with reporters at the Penta- portunity to bring fun onto the Twenty-one of the dead were gon. campus, and it's been a success military officers from the United Gen. John Shallkashvili, the ever since." States, Britain, France and Tur- Joint Chiefs chairman, said the Last year the youngest sibling key supporting the UN. humani- final order to shoot normally Is who participated in the weekend tarian relief operation for the given "on the scene" and not was under the age of six months, Kurdish minority in northern from military commanders at the the oldest being in the late teens. Iraq. Five Kurd passengers also jets' base in Incirlik, Turkey. Whatever the age, there are a were killed. "Clearly, something went variety of activities available for wrong, and an investigation will the siblings and kids throughout have to determine exactly what the weekend. More than 2,500 did go wrong," said the four-star sibs and kids are expected to Army general, who spearheaded show up for the weekend events. the relief effort for the Kurds in All weekend, students can en- 1991. tertain their guests by going to </ American fighter jets U.S. warplanes and helicopters the Recreation Center, partici- normally use electronic identifi- pating In bowling and billiards in mistaken!y shot down (wo U.S. cation systems designed to tell the Student Union or taking part Army helicopters over northern friend from foe. in various sporting events includ- If proper procedures were fol- ing women's Softball, men's ten- Iraq. The jets were enforcing the lowed, the helicopters' identifi- nis and baseball. Special dinners "no-fly" zone over the area. cation beacons should have been will be available In Towers Inn operating routinely, Shallkash- and the First United Methodist y All 26 of the people onboard vili said. He did not say whether Church the helicopters were killed. the Pentagon knew if the beacons In the evening students can at- were on or If they emitted the tend workshops, view various Twenty-one were U.S. military proper coded messages. movies, partake in open skating officers, five were Kurd A Kurdish spokesman said the Tk* BG NtwtSlMi W.llmtr at the ice arena or experience Brother Jed preaches his interpretations of the word of God to a capacity crowd at the University "Unworldly Weather" at the passengers. helicopters were ferrying VS., British, French and Turkish offi- Union Ovsl Thursday afternoon. According to Jed, all college students are destined to go to Hell. Planetarium. / Prcsidem Clinton expressed cers from the U.N. office in "terrible sorrow" and promised to Zakho, near the Turkish border. The group planned to meet Kur- find out what went wrong. dish leaders in Saiahaddin, the central region of the Kurdish Cigarette chemicals revealed The helicopters were shot zone. down by two F-15C fighters en- Clinton said those who died forcing the "no-fly zone" over were a part of a "mission of the area. Clinton expressed "ter- mercy. They served with cour- Pressured tobacco companies release top-secret list of contents rible sorrow" and pledged a age and professionalism, and by Luiran Neargaanl said Dr. Robert Suber, a toxicologist for R J. specially blend tobacco to maintain high ni- thorough investigation. they lost their lives while trying The Associated Press Reynolds, which spearheaded the unveiling. cotine while reducing tar. The executive, At the Pentagon, Defense Sec- to save the lives of others. The "We decided the noise level got to the Alexander Spears of Lorillard Tobacco Co., retary William Perry said the important work they were doing WASHINGTON - Under intense pressure point where we had to put those concerns last month testified before Waxman's health fighter pilots mistook the UH-60 must and will continue," he said. from Congress, the nation's biggest tobacco about trade secrets aside," added Reynolds subcommittee that companies don't do that, Blackhawk choppers for Iraqi The dead Included IS from the companies released a top-secret list of spokesman David Fischcl. saying nicotine levels naturally drop when "Hind" helicopters. United States, three from Tur- chemicals In cigarettes on Wednesday. The release came one day before a con- tar drops. key, one from France, two from Both Jets apparently had the "We really deal know the health effects of gressional hearing on the content of ciga- "Once again tobacco industry representa- helicopters in sight during the Britain and five Kurds, Lt Gen. smoking a cigarette with a very specific rettes and whether the Food and Drug Ad- tives have not only withheld Information, but daylight mission and both fired Richard Keller, the chief of staff quantity of chemicals added in a specific ministration should regulate them as drugs. they have misrepresented the truth," Wax- missiles, Perry said. An AWACs of the U.S. European Command combination," said Rep. Ron Wy den.