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State University FRIDAY November 3, 2000 HOCKEY: Doug Shueller returns SUNNY as team travels to HIGH: 67 | LOW: 36 Northern Michigan www.bgnews.com University; independent student press VOLUME 90 ISSUE 45 PAfiFB DM gets groups together for first time last night By Craig Gilford CAMPUS EDITOR The organizations taking pan in this year's Dance Marathon were all assembled as one last night at the first overall Dance Marathon meeting Over one hundred students gathered in 101 Olscamp HaU to prepare for the event to take place in March. The purpose of this meeting was to get the student body excited about what is one of the University's biggest events of the year. Mary BattiMurthaBG News "This is to get everyone excit- VOLUNTEER WORK: Vicky Shuler, a counselor for the Bowling Green Pregnancy Center, sits in their counseling room. ed for Dance Marathon, get everybody pumped," said Erica I.eroux, Public Relations com- mittee member for the event Among the night's events were INSIDE THE MIND OF A PREGNANCY speeches by committee mem- bers, a parent of one of the chil- dren being sponsored and a video provided by the Children's Miracle Network. The moralers revealed the first part of this year's line dance. It is the first time ever that any of the line dance has been shown before the actual day of the event. The Dance Marathon com- mittee was also working toward raising money for the Children's Eighth in a weekly feature Miracle Network, which is the COUNSELOR group that will receive the By Mary Beth Murttu believes in moving at her own she used to lead. So she quit. 'extending the Gospel message Shuler and husband Dwight money raised by the event ASSISTANT EDITOR pace - and taking (tod's advice. "Now what?" she asked her- of saving the unborn,' accord- had trouble getting pregnant. Pieces to the quilt which will Vicky Shuler is all aboul baby Shuler, 45, describes her rela- self, and God. That's when the ing to director Cheryl Magrum. They tried for three years. be sewn togedier for the day of steps. Even more so than she is tionship with God as "kind of I'regnancy Center came into die Shuler's work fits right into that When she began having the event were sold to those in about the pitter patter of tiny like a marriage." It affects every picture. goal. She knows what her prior- seizures, she realized that she attendance, along with hats and feet part of her life and every deci- "I didn't feel I was supposed ities are, according to marketing was pregnant. The seizures the the 2001 Dance Marathon As a counselor at the Bowling sion she makes. to (work there] until a year ago," intern Carol Longer. were due to hormone problems video. These will all be offered Green Pregnancy Center, she "Mostly why I do things is she said. "Sometimes people "God's the first part, family's related to the pregnancy, she from now until the day of Dance encourages the women who because the Lord directs me to," think older women don't have second; third, I would assume, said, and she just trusted in God Marathon. come in unexpectedly pregnant she said. "It's a love relationship. much to offer. But I try to help is this. She feels caUed to be to get her through okay. And it All of this went toward getting to look at .ill their options. She That's why I do this; I feel God's these girls feel like they're not here." worked. the University excited for what said she gives them all the facts love." alone. I feel there's a need. I can't As a mother of three - Tim, Then Tim was bom, and he will take place in less than five about abortion - which do She had been working for think of anything more practical who's 13, Amy, 11 and Ben, 8 - had trouble breathing. Again, months. include very graphic descrip- years as head of a fundraising to the abortion issue than the she knows the trials of raising Shuler said, she put her trust in According to Brant Pumpa, tions of the procedure. committee for her children's center." children. She advocates it any- God and he made it through, Dance Group Representative for She cautions them to move in school — Bowling Green Her coworkers there seem to way. too, he now runs for his school's Phi Kappa Tau, the Dance baby steps, examining their Christian Academy - when she agree. To begin with, (though her cross country team. Marathon committee was suc- lives, their beliefs and their situ- felt a tug, so to speak. She said The Bowling Green twin sister was "incredibly fer- cessful in getting this goal ations before making decisions. she felt called away from that Pregnancy Center, 143 E. tile," and fortunate to have chil- COUNSELOR, PAGE 2 And in her personal life, she and from the women's retreats Wooster St., is dedicated to dren without trying, she said) MARATHON, PAGE 2 Dining Services offers IN THE HOT SEAT reward to catch thieves By Steianie Suemore MANAGING EDITOR For the first time, University Dining Services is offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and convictions of people responsible for acts of vandalism and theft. "We want students to realize that this type of activity will not be accepted at this University and whomever is responsible needs to be punished," said Nancy Joseph, associate director of Dining Services. University Dining Services will be offering two $300 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons repsonsi- ble for two seperate incidents. The first incident happened Brian Engtkiun BG News on Sept 1,2000. Four black metal chairs and CHILLIN' IN THE HOT TUB: Members of Men's Chorus put in their time at the Hot Tub-A-Thon, which an artificial tree valued at runs until 2 p.m. Friday. The 50 hour 'thon' benefits Men's Chorus programs. around $1,300 were stolen from Sarah Layne BG News MISSING FURNITURE: Dining Services is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for theft. REWARD. PAGE 2 I "t 2 Friday, November 3,2000 BG NEWS Dining Services LA decides: monitor police abuses By Greg Risling opposed to this consent decree crimes. Four former Rampart ifications for the proposed mon- • ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER because it undermines a core officers are on trial for allegedly itor but said that person would offers rewards LOS ANGELES — The City belief of mine: That local govern- conspiring to frame innocent need the approval of a federal Council agreed Thursday to have ment must be accountable to its people. judge. REWARD, FROM PAGE 1 incidents are related or if they an independent monitor super- people, not to a distant bureau- The Justice Department, Under the terms of the 114-' vise the beleaguered police involve students. cracy," said Riordan. meanwhile, has accused the page consent decree, the inde-1 Kreischer Sundial Food Court. "Right now we are hoping this department for five years and to He said, however, the move LAPD of engaging in a pattern of pendent monitor will be hired by Witnesses reported seeing five money will aid as a tool in help- adopt related reforms to elimi- probably is the best solution to civil rights violations dating to unknown men loading the ing us find out who is responsi- nate brutality, racial profiling take the city beyond the worst next March, given access to well before the Rampart scandal LAPD documents and personnel' stolen items onto a dark-colored ble," he said. and other abuses. police corruption scandal in its and of ignoring previous reform pickup truck. Joseph said if students are and charged with publishing a The agreement was reached history. efforts. Dick Gullufsen, police infor- involved they are only hurting on Tuesday after weeks of nego- More than 100 convictions "This consent decree provides quarterly report on the depart- mation officer, encourages peo- themselves. tiations among city and federal have been thrown out and 20 significant improvements in the ment's progress. ple to come forward. "These things cost money to officials and under the threat of a officers have left active duty as a Officials have said the decree "The University Dining management tools for ensuring replace and students pay tuition federal civil rights suit by the result of the scandal in which could cost as much as $40 mil- Services is being victimized and here so basically this affects all lustier Department. anti-gang officers in the city's respectful and effective polic- anyone with information needs students," she said. "I do not A federal judge and Mayor poor, largely minority Rampart ing," said Assistant Attorney lion the first year and $30 million to help put a stop to this activi- know why anyone would do this Richard Riordan still must section are said to have shot, General Bill Lann Lee, who over- to $50 million the following ty," he said.