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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-26-2001 The BG News September 26, 2001 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News September 26, 2001" (2001). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6843. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6843 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ■ m m Bowling Green State University WEDNESDAY September 26, 2001 SHOWERS Falcons are one of only ■ . ■ ■ 1 V ■ k / HIGH:57|LOW41 two unbeaten teams in m ■ -^- ■ —"—"^ " ■ r^S www.bgnews.com ^ Kl TNEWS VOLUME 92 ISSUE 22 = |^VJ=== Dance Marathon begins planning by Craig Gifford toward the Children's Miracle have to be in a sorority, fraternity ning. THE 8G NEWS Network, an organization for or organization to be involved, "Last year I saw it for the first Although the 2002 Dance children but that's not really the case- time," said Robert Rowland, a Dance Marathon Dates Marathon is still 178 days away, The steering committee, or About 15 people attended the senior. "I saw how much fun it the events steering committee students involved in planning the informational meeting, but was and wanted to look into it Dance Marathon, the University's annual event to raise has already begun getting people event, are the members who ran Erford said she was encouraged more." money for the Children's Miracle Network, is currently in the involved. the meeting discussed the plan- that even that many showed up. "I knew a lot went into plan- Last night was the second of ning that goes into putting on the "Any little bit helps," she said. ning it," said Kimberly Keckler, planning stages and will take place in 178 days. two informational meetings that event as well as how much "Any time you can bring in 10 or sophomore. "All you see is the have been held this month with money past events have made 12 people and they tell their people standing out there and •Oct. 17 First Dancer Group Representative meeting the goal of getting the word out to and how many people have been friends, that's something." you don't see the behind-the- students who have never been involved. Most of the people who attend- scenes stuff that goes on." •Oct. 24 150 day countdown event involved in the event before. "It's basically for anybody who ed last night's meeting already Keckler, who watched a lot of Dance Marathon is a yearly hasn't had experience in Dance had an understanding of what the event on television from her •Nov. 1 First Overall Meeting event, which is considered to be Marathon before," said Abbey Dance Marathon was, but were the Universities largest philan- Erford, dancer relations chair. there to get more knowledge of DM, PAGE 3 •March 23 The 32-hour Dance Marathon begins thropy. All money raised goes "Sometimes they feel like you what was involved with the plan- Faculty Delta Zeta becomes chapter Students inform make CD teach-in for art by Kimberly Dupps textbook THE BG NEWS For Don McQuarie, terrorism is by Chuck Soder THE BG NEDS a topic that has been around for- ever. University students and faculty The American Culture Studies who recentiy created a compact director was among about 10 fac- disk to accompany an updated ulty members that led sessions textbook didn't do it the easy way, about the recent terrorist attacks according to Michael Arrigo, In New York City and Washington University two-dimensional DC. foundations coordinator. Faculty Senate and the College Though the book, Art of Arts and Sciences organized the Fundamentals, has been periodi- teach-in yesterday from 10 am. to cally updated since it was written noon in 101 Olscamp Hall. in 1960, the CD is its first step "After the recent events, it is toward a multimedia format. really important for the campus to However, the team led by com- make available seminar sessions puter art faculty member Bonnie like these," McQuarie said. Mitchell, tried to avoid creating a McQuarie, who taught a class CD just so the text could be con- on the sociology of terrorism in sidered a multimedia package, the 1980s, led a session on the his- said Arrigo, who wrote most of the tory and politics of terrorism. CD's text. "The things we associate with "Right now that's sort of a terrorism are tactics used by trend," said Arrigo. "And a lot of movements that are relatively times (the CD) is of dubious use- weak." McQuarie said. "It does not fulness." mean these terrorist acts cannot Arrigo, who himself uses the cause tremendous damage and disk in his two-dimensional disrupt a society." drawing course, said the CD's In the session, he discussed the interactive features give the stu- Links between the U.S. and the dents what the text could not: The Taliban. The U.S. helped the ability to experiment. Taliban, among other opposition "Instead of just looking at an groups, in the 1980s, when example, you're able to change Afghanistan was fighting against and alter them," he said. "It does- the Russian troops in the country n't just spit it out — it's a true aug- at the time. The Afghanistan gov- mentation of what's in the text." ernment at the time supported Four retired art faculty mem- the Russian troops. bers, Philip Wigg, Robert Stinson, "The U.S. made a big mistake," Otto OcvLrk and David Cayton, McQuarie said. "We began tying updated the book over the sum- ourselves to the more militant mer, as they do every three or four groups; we saw them as allies but years. The group authored the they saw themselves as taking book's first edition except for advantage of the situatioa" Cayton, who replaced Robert Bone, now deceased. The Gulf War and U.S. involve- Michael Lehmkuhto BG News ment in the Israeli-Palestinian Now in its ninth edition, the book has always been written by conflict have also contributed to DELTA ZETA; Jennifer Manuel, a junior Delta Zeta Sorority member, announces to the crowd at yesterday's Panhellenic Council meet- the anti-American sentiment in faculty. The CD has given stu- ing, that Delta Zeta Sorority will be installed as a chapter by the National Council of the Sorority. Delta Zeta currently has 85 members dents more of a role in the the Middle East and will celebrate the first week of November with various activities. On Oct. 24,1902, the sorority was founded at Miami University "There has to be peace between in Oxford, OH. Israelis and Palestinians; the COs PAGE 3 recognition of a Palestinian state or this is not going to end," McQuarie said. While McQuarie focused on how this happened to the U.S. and possible solutions, Scott Martin, professor of history and American Culture Studies, talked BG to get Internet access through cable about "the forces that shape pub- lic opinion." In Martin's discussion, students by Shannon E. Kolkedy said. "They are pleased with its speed IHE BG NEWS said how dissenting opinions do and the lack of dial-up access." not often surface among the Time Warner Cable, Bowling "They want to make sure the prod- majority. Green's cable service provider, will uct is running and functioning well "There isn't any attempt to add high speed internet access to its for our customers," he said. grapple with or understand why service options. The expected cost of the groups like this hate the United According to Tune-Warner Roadrunner Internet service is $40 to States," Martin said. Governmental Affairs Manager Pat $45 per month. I Aviation Studies professor McCauley, Roadrunner has been "If you have a cable system in your Stephen Quilry discussed the cur- available for several years, but is only home," McCauley said, "you can rent situation of airline security now in the testing stages (employees choose to get roadrunner service qnd the possible changes that only) in the Bowling Green commu- without being a cable television sub- inay come from the terrorist nity. scriber." "Customers (Findlay residents Most newer computers are com- who already receive the service) are TEACH-IN, PAGE 3 pleased with the system," McCauley INTERNET. PAGE 3 2 Wednesday, September 26,2001 STATE BG NEWS Cincinnati adding officers Slohn Nolan ing like we saw in April," police Roach, 27, a city officer since we've got bigger problems with revolver. He said other officers Roach's perception, or how the tSSOCIMEOWESS spokesman Lt Kurt Byrd said. 1997, could get up to nine what's going on around the coun- who had been chasing Thomas instinctive fear he experienced CINCINNATI — Police will The shooting sparked three months in jail or be placed on try," said Thomas, who has joined testified they had not drawn their have more officers on duly and nights of rioting, the city's worst probation if convicted of both with clergy members in recent weapons or perceived a need to when he felt threatened could on call Wednesday when a judge racial unrest since the Rev. Martin charges. months to walk the city's streets do so. have affected what he recalled announces his verdict in the trial Luther King Ir.'s assassination in Cecil Thomas, executive direc- and talk to young blacks about Mclntosh also said Roach told when he spoke to police about of a white police officer who shot 1968.

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