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High 35 Vol. 68 Issue 60 THE BG NEWSThursday, December 12,1985 Stolz packs gear for San Diego State Editor's note: This story was compiled by sports reporter Ron • Timing ill-planned: Fritx with reports from assis- Commentary, p. 10. tant sports editor Tom Reed, who is in Fresno, Calif. The story was written by Fritx. was time for me to go on and also for tbem to go on." SDSU ATHLETIC director Bowling Green's bead football Fred Miller said Stolz was the coach Denny Stolz has been man he wanted for the Job, and named to the same position at be pursued him. San Diego State University, it ''We're absolutely delighted to was announced yesterday at a have Denny as coach,' Miller press conference at San Diego's said "To get a coach with his Jack Murphy Stadium. experience and ability is some- Stolz, head coach of the Fal- thing we only dreamed about the cons for the past nine years, led last couple of days. His record BG to an 11-0 record this season. Jumps out at you.1' He will be coaching his final Stolz will be finishing his 18th game for the Falcons on Satur- season as a head coach at the day in the California Bowl college level as one of the na- against Fresno State University. tion's top 20 football coaches "There are few days in oners (based on winning percentage) professional life when you can with a 109-73-2 career mark. say you are really happy for He got his start as head coach yourself and your family, and at his alma mater, Alma College this is one of them," Stolz said. in Michigan, in 1965. He led them "I've looked at various positions to a six-year 22-6 record, includ- around the country and all the ing two undefeated seasons. In things I see for a good program 1973, Stolz moved to Michigan are here at San Diego State." State University for three years, The Mid-American Confer- compiling a 19-13-1 mark. He ence Coach of the Year told the resigned in 1976 due to alleged BG football team prior to yester- NCAA recruiting violations. day's practice that he was leav- "I don't think that (the allega- ing. He left in the middle of the tions) will be a detriment here Falcons' workout yesterday (at SDSU). It happened so long morning at Clovis High School, ago," Stolz said. "It was an in Fresno, Calif., escorted by unfortunate incident." SDSU officials to fly to the press STOLZ TOOK over at BG in conference. 1977 and after four losing sea- Photo/Phil Masturzo "I told the (BG) team this sons, he finished 5-5-1 in 1961. Head football coach Denny Stolz Instruct* hit player* at Clovl* High morning they were responsible Since then, he has accumulated School In Fresno, Calif, during the first practice in full pad* In the head coaching Job at San Diego State yesterday. The Cal Bowl for me leaving," Stolz said. a 34-11 record and two MAC preparartlon for the California Bowl on Saturday. Stolz accepted game will be his lost as head coach of the Falcons. "They have helped me build my championships. good reputation. I told them it • See Stolz page 6. Racism prevalent in BG, minorities claim Mall plans Editor's note: This is the first of a two- hall in October escalated to the point than use physical violence. grades, she said. to include part series on racism. Tomorrow's arti- where a white student, Diane Gardetto, Denise Coleman, sophomore fashion Atkinson said she has heard that mi- cle win deal with the reasons and possi- called a black student, Angela Atkinson, buying major, said minority members nority students are only on this campus ble solutions for racism. a "nigger." generally encounter subtler forms of to meet the quota, not because they are 40 stores THE REMARK, followed by other racism, such as strange looks directed at wanted or qualified. by Caroline Langer people saying such things to Gardetto them, racial slurs made by whites under "We are both doing the same thing on Department stores, staff reporter like "put her (Atkinson) in her place," their breath or racist comments made in the same level. What makes them caused Atkinson, junior education ma- classrooms by professors. (whites) better?" Atkinson asked. theater among features "Nigger!" Sounds Insulting, doesn't jor, to go to Affirmative Action and. Rolando Andrade, associate professor Maurice Sturdivant, president of it? demand an apology, she said. of ethnic studies, said many professors Kappa Alpha Psi, a black fraternity, "Saying nigger has an effect like pour- Gardetto, sophomore psychology ma- use derogatory statements and inaccu- said most of the joint greek activities are by PhlHIp B. Wilson ing add on someone -people shouldn't jor, said she meant it as name-calling rate stereotypes when referring to mi- planned without considering the inter- staff reporter use that word," said Ross Hacker, grad- rather than a racial slur. nority members, especially when there ests of the black fraternities and sorori- uate student in philosophy. "She provoked me so far that I said are no minority students in the class- ties and focus only on what white greeks The Woodland Mall will in- That word, however, is a common something that would hurt her," Gar- room. want to do. clude two or three major depart- racial slur and Its wide use is an exam- detto said. CASSIE MADDEN, president of the Madden said racism can be found in ment stores and a five-screen ple of the problem of racism. "There was nothing I could do besides Black Student Union, said many profes- the community as well. Many black theater, according to a manag- Ken Hale, editor of the Obsidian, said kick her butt to make her feel as de- sors are not as open with black students students have complained that local ing partner of The Mall Co., in he hears the word "nigger" in bars and graded as she made me feel when she and view them as "some sort of speci- merchants keep a close watch on them on streets on nights when people are called me a nigger in front of the whole men." Their negative attitudes make while they shop, as if they were potential Bob Sproul said yesterday the drunk and "feeling courageous." hall," Atkinson said, adding that she minority students less likely to go to thieves or did not have enough money to mall will offer a large variety of An exchange of words ui a residence chose to work through the system rather them tor help, which could hinder spend because they are black. goods, thus keeping many local buyers in the area. The down- town merchants can benefit from this by offering related items, be said. House defeats tax reform bill "We hope this improves all the businesses in Bowling Green." Sproul said. The mall will also include a food cluster area consisting of Republican members defy Reagan in 223-202 vote five ethnic food shops (a sit- down restaurant is being nego- tiated), Sproul said. He said WASHINGTON (AP) - A rebel- there will be about 40 other lions House sidetracked far- GOP lawmakers "turned their backs on retail stores. reaching tax overhaul legis- the man who had brought them victory Of those retail stores, he said, lation yesterday - possibly many will be specialty shops dooming it for the year - while and pride ... Today, with glee In their selling such items as pets, Jeans, the Senate marched toward pas- records, cards, gifts and shoes. sage of a novel bill designed to faces, Republican congressmen voted to One of the department stores wipe out the nation's $300 billion humiliate the man who had led them to will be an addition to the Elder deficits by 1991. Beerman chain, a Dayton-based The 223-302 vote to bottle up victory." establishment which has about the most sweeping change in the 20 stores in the state, he said tax laws In a lifetime was — Democratic House Speaker Thomas O'Neill sparked by Republicans in defi- "THE OTHER department ance of President Reagan's votes," the speaker declared. The measure is attached to a store——— — is— a— national■ ' ■■■ chain■ ■*■ but•#««•> theyMICY wishes. Both parties were left "Otherwise, Dec. 11 will be re- bill needed urgently to raise the havehaver-* not signed a lease," Sproul scrambling for political advan- membered as the date that Ron- nation's debt Omit above |2 tril- said. "We're also negotiating ald Reagan became a 'lame lion. with a third but don't have any leaders insisted duck' onthe floor of the House." CQ^yft'tniMito yet." the stunning vote was not a AT THE White House, the Senate Majority Leader Rob- While no other businesses defeat for the president, but president appealed for contin- ert Dole told reporters there was have been announced, Sproul Democratic House Speaker ued support.''We do not believe "still a glimmer'' that Congress indicated that 16 have signed Thomas P.