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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ugust28,The 1998 A dailyBG independent student News press Volume 85* No. 4 FORECAST HIGH: 83 LOW: 62 Pandemonium in the parking lot ■ Non-traditional stu- dent association gives commuter students a louder voice. ■ ALSO: A crossword puzzle will appear every day, as well as a "did you know" fact about BGSU, website of the day. weather and upcoming events. Watch also for other changes each day. TV listings will also appear each day. 4*""« ■ Men's Soccer team set to play Wright State at Mickey Cochrane Field Parking Saturday. Students rally against parking reactions ■ Falcons defense looks divided to rebound after a frus- lot revisions trating season perfor- among mance. Q Many students are parking lots to freshmen and sophomores. outraged with the Uni- The students, along with Mid- classes ■ Check out our new versity's new parking dleton and James Wiegand, director of public safety, met to □ University students agate page scheduled policy and met with discuss a possible solution to the to run in each day's University officials to parking change. remain in debate over newspaper in the sports discuss the situation. According to Krisry Baldwin, the changes in park- section. senior elementary education ing. major, her concern is upperclass- By SARAH BEDNARSKI men have waited at least two or three years to earn the privelege The BG News By MELISSA NAYMIK Opinion 2 a closer parking spot. Under the The BG News As a result of the recent new policy, anyone is able to Page Three 3 change in on-campus parking, park wherever they can find a The announcement of a cam- World and Nation 4 several University students wait- spot. pus parking free-for-all has divid- Local Jumps 5 ed to greet administrators as they Baldwin said lots which may ed upperclassmen from the fresh- stepped out of their cars near have had empty spots in years men and sophomores. Sports 7 McFall center early Thursday past are more than overflowing Looking at the number of park- ing spaces in on campus lots, the Agate 8 now. Specifically, lots 8 and 9 are morning. University implemented a new TV Listings 9 Charles Middleton, provost having overflow problems, she parking policy. The new policy and vice president (or academic said. allows freshmen and sophomores affairs was the victim for arriv- "It's created a bottle-neck of BG Newt Photos/JASON SUGGS to park In previously marked ing first. Holding signs and hop- cars and some cars are illegally upperclassmen lots. "Parking is always- ing for action, the students made parked," she said. Students (far above) crowd oround Charles Middleton, provost Lots closer to the center of the their plea for help. Baldwin said about 15 stu- and vice president for academic affairs just as he arrives at the University had previously been going to be an Issue.' The students are outraged by dents attended the meeting with University for work Wednesday morning. The students waited for There are plenty of park-- the University's decision to open several hours to catch an administrator to discuss parking con- ing places - just not all upperclassmen on-campus • See RALLY, page si*. cerns. • See REACTION, page six. where it is convenient." James Weigand LLTT designed to increase student retention campus police chief □ The Leading and Learning as a resource for faculty to draw on for advice about methods and techniques to "We want them to get some feedback from, faculty wnsrraT Together Team is a program encourage classroom excellence, especial- that goes beyond just a grade on the top of a page. set up to help increase first ly during the first year of a student's col- COMING SOON: Visit our lege career. That kind of interaction is hard to get in large lecture new website soon for year success and retain stu- "A considerable portion of the average courses." interactive reporting and dents. student's day is spent in the company of updated news: faculty members," he said. He said Lee. Meserve. because of this, faculty must take an By MIKE WENDLENG active role in the area of student success. biology professor bgnews.com The BG News Among the first projects the LLTT is taking on is placing information files for ment. We want to give students an envi- could do something with." With various recruiting efforts succeed- faculty in the Ramona Cormier faculty ronment to learn, so they can go out and Richardson, Meserve and Charles Mid- ing in drawing increasing numbers of stu- reading room at Jerome Library. use this information from these classes," dleton, provost for academic affairs, dis- dents to BGSU, the administration is now cussed ways of encouraging student Meserve also said that initial efforts he said. If you have a news tip or faced with the task of retaining new stu- Steve Richardson, vice provost for retention while maintaining academic would target certain departments, such as dents. undergraduate affairs, has been involved standards, and the product of those talks have an Idea for a story, the General Studies Writing Program, One of the new programs designed to with the project from its start. was the LLTT. call anytime and ask to which most first year students are increase first year success and decrease "President Ribeau has always put stu- The Team's mission has acquired a new speak with an editor. required to come in contact with during the drop out rate is the Leading and sense of urgency because of BGSU's their time at BGSU. dent success high on his list of priorities," Learning Together Team (LLTT), led by swelling student population. "In my own department, we have a lot Richardson said, "and we began early this biology professor Lee Meserve. summer to translate that from vague lan- 372-6966 Meserve said that the LLTT would act of students taking Biology 101 or Biology 104 to fulfill a general studies require- guage into something concrete that we • See RETAIN, page fv.e. I page 2 The BG News Friday, August 28, 1998 Opinion Editor Natalie Miller Opinion 372-2604 PEOPLE ON THE STREET How do you feel about the university parking situation? What do you think about the change in parking? Please e-mail us at bgnews@bgnet. bgsu. edu k A KaraSuarez Becky Walton Christy George Eric Frei Nicole Bronson Junior Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore Selected responses will be Undecided Elementary Ed. Elementary Ed. Soc. Studies Athletic Training printed in The BG News "It stinks, we "What park- "The University can't afford a car.' "I feel it's unfair need more ing spots?" should assign individ- to the seniors" parking spots. ual places for each student." Personal pain felt by ^A*ftH PORTHese EXCiTiNfe international destruction This 4th of July. I watched fire- stance and to say that this is right works from the 27th floor of an and that is wrong. But there's no office building. As I watched those compassion in such a statement. I brilliant explosions of light cele- used to hold similar views. Every- brate the independence of our thing was black and white. Some- nation. I felt ashamed that I had thing very simple caused me to ReSv;UTiN<3 inlO/rViU-iON never voted. There was a time look at things from a different www. 4ojm.reftDiNG .com when I thought my vote didn't angle. My dogs are both sixteen "HITS* on -me V«B sere. count; a time when 1 lacked faith years old and they are dying. in all institutions. When 1 think about their death, I I have recently had to reexam- get very sad and something hap- Ine my feelings about being a citi- pens when 1 try to relate this feel- tyfiM zen. I graduated high school in the ing to what I see on the news. early 90s. I watched the Gulf War These dogs are living beings that and the massacre at Waco, safe beings suffer and die. have been in my life since I was from my homeroom on Channel The individuals who Idealized seven. They licked my tears when One. As I reflect upon recent his- the foundation of our way of life in I cried and attacked friends that tory. I 9ee that the youth of this America, took political power from played too much. These are my country have been sold an image the hands of an absolute monar- friends and they're dying. Now ol rebellion. chy and distributed it amongst the what does this have to do with ter- WWW. COCLICV<VKiO.Com WWW.PooPVPrtNTS .Corv\ From a government standpoint, peoplel 1 didn't appreciate this rorist bombings? a rebellion is easier to deal with miracle until Just recently. When death is a personal than a revolution. A rebellion is a A community of Individual free- thing, it hurts. When death Is a resistance to. and a turning away dom is not just a system of society: collective thing.