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State University THURSDAY March 24, 2005 MOSTLY CLOUDY HIGH: 44 LOW 37 TRIBE: Cleveland Indians heat up in Spring www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 99 ISSUE 133 "framing; PAGE 9 USG voting UT law prof talks race in BG to go online Racial profiling detrimental to American society, Harris says this year By Laura Collins do research on the rules regard- done in New York City in the New system will REP0S1CII ing search and seizures. late 1990s. He said the research make voting easier, Racial profiling — a shadowy In his presentation, he dis- was prompted by the assump- form of discrimination — was cussed the public's opinion tion that, if police officers stop, proponents say. brought to the forefront of dis- about racial profiling before and and frisk more people who are cussion at the University last after 9/11. He said that prior to black or Latino, they would find ByLarenWeber SENIOR REPORTE H night by one of America's most 9/11, 80 percent of Americans more criminals. well respected authorities on the wanted racial profiling to be Harris stressed that assump- A new system implemented this subject. stopped. However, after 9/11, tions like that should be be year wiU allow students voting David A. Harris, law professor 60 percent of Americans weren't questioned and researched. In in the Undergraduate Student at the University ofToledo, spoke opposed to profiling. New York, 15 months of stop- Government elections to choose last night about the common He used one newspaper head- and-frisk records were studied candidates using a computer misconceptions regarding racial line — "Wake Up: Arabs Should by two researchers at Columbia instead of a pencil. profiling in his speech titled, be Profiled". — as an example University. Their research This will be the first time USG "Racial Profiling: What is it? Does of the general public's attitude found that racial profiling was elections will be held online, it work?'' toward profiling, which said that ineffective. replacing the traditional paper Harris who is the author of two racial profiling is an unfortunate The research also found that ballots that were used previ- books focusing on racial profiling, price to pay for Arabs living in Latinos made up 22 percent of ously. said he first became interested in America. New York City's population, but Transforming the USG voting the topic when he was a defense With this headline, Harris made up 36 percent of the stop- process to an electronic form lawyer. Even though he worked highlighted what he thought has and-frisks. Blacks made up 25 has been a year-long effort that in a mostly white county, he been a surprising — and fright- percent of the population, but was spearheaded by Alex Wright, said he noticed that most of the ening — 180 degree mm in our were 56 percent of the stops. USG president, and Linda Dobb, offenders in court were Afican- nation's concensus treatment of Additionally, whites made up executive vice president at the American and Latinos who were minorities. 42 percent of the population, Brian McRoberls BGNews University. arrested during traffic search and Harris opposed the article and IN PROFILE: University of Toledo law professor David Harris spoke in Around 1,000 undergraduate seizures. This prompted him to its logic by focusing on research HARRIS, PAGE 7 Olscamp Hall last night to convince students of profilings ills. students out of the approximate 16,000 undergrads that attend the University vote in the USG elections each year, which is a disappointing number, Dobb said. Pi Kappa Alpha loses fall house after hazing "Paper voting is obsolete," she said. "We want to make it easier A few students' wrong Kappa Alpha member, accord- appealing the University's deci- for people to vote because we ing to Ron Binder, associate sion. want people to participate." moves lead to larger director of Residence Life. "1 take back routes to my In the past, voting tables were group consequences. "What the University does is classes now and 1 try to keep my placed throughout campus, but look at all the facts of the case distance from everyone," Greg weather conditions often hin- and then determine if (this inci- said. "I don't want to see any of By Kara Ohngren dered voter turnout, last year, ■Erotic! dent! rose to the level of a chap- those guys." members of USG set up tables ter event," Binder said. "In this The decision is not automat- exclusively in the Union, which The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity situation, they said 'yes it did', so ic, Binder stressed. The chapter excluded some students from was suspended last week from the chapter bears some respon- is suspended for a year, but they voting, Wright said. campus for one year, following sibility for what went on." have to reapply in order to be "People on campus might a decision in response (o the The University's chapter reinstated into the University. not go in the Union so we were sentencing of fraternity mem- immediately filed an appeal "I've lost a lot of friends and I excluding some people from ber Nicholas L Vogele. of the decision to the Vice knew what I was getting myself voting," he said. The former University stu- President of Student Affairs, into, and 1 was just trying to Wright hopes the online vot- dent pleaded no contest to Edward Whipple. stick up for myself and every- ing system Will be more ben- criminal mischief charges fol- "We feel the process was done one else that goes through this," eficial than the former system lowing a Jan. 15 incident at the wrong," said Charlie Upchurch, Greg said. "I just wanted to let by eliminating problems that fraternity's house. the chapter's vice president. Pi them know that it's okay to go existed in previous elections and Since several fraternity mem- Kappa Alpha members are on forward, it's hard at first, but you increasing voter turnout. Brian McRobtrts BG News bers were involved in the inci- a "no-comment system" until just have to fight through it." "We can save money if we go dent, a committee made up of the appeals process is complete MOVING OUT: The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (house above) has been Vogele's former fraternity online because we don't have University students and staff — which should occur early suspended for next school year by the University, pending appeal. reinstated their BGSU chapter to print the ballots," he said. members had to decide if the next week. last fall, after nearly a nine-year "This way we have the ability to incident would be classified as The decision also stated, who will be referred to as Greg, and I've been seeking counsel- break from die University. In make sure every student has the a "fraternity event." effective next year, that the fra- believes the University made ing," Greg said. "I am trying to 1996, after a 54-year run on opportunity to vote." It was not a fraternity event ternity will not be allowed to the right decision to suspend make the big decision right now, campus, the Pi Kappa Alpha Ballots will be accessible in the sense that the chapter occupy its on-campus house. the whole chapter. He said the with my counselor, if BGSU is house disbanded due to poor through a link on the University got together, voted and planned The chapter was granted the incident deeply impacted his the right campus for me." leadership and dwindling num- home page April 11 and 12. to take part in this act of sexual house in the fall of 2004. life as well as that of his family. Greg also "guarantees" the bers, according to the Dec. 15, harassment toward a fellow Pi The victim of the Incident, "It's been hard to go to classes chapter will not be successful in 2003 BG News. VOTING, PAGE 2 POP A SHOT MtvU features BGSU grad student Jody Johnson's spring apply for their Global Spring Break segment. break in Kenya to air When the producer called next week. her back an hour later, Jody explained her spring break plans to him. By Laura Hoesman REPORTER "Kenya is a beautiful country that is so abundant, but it's also University graduate student devastated by AIDS and poverty Jody lohnson is not a doctor. and famine," lohnson said. "I She isn't a filmmaker, either. went there because tiiere is a But during her spring break, need there, and when there's a lohnson tookon both roles when need, I have a desire to help kids she volunteered in a Kenyan when I can." orphans' hospital and filmed According to mtvU spokes- her experience for mtvU's new man David French, lohnson's segment, Global Spring Break. spring break was chosen by the MtvU is a new cable chan- network because of its compel- nel associated with MTV that is ling nature.