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G The BG News Monday, April 6, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 74, Issue 126 Weather Employee morale is declining Anticipated higher education cuts cause worry among faculty by Kirk Pavellch "It's negative on morale but The BG News "If s negative on morale but people have been sort of people have been sort of depres- sed in morale all throughout the depressed in morale all throughout the year. They hear year," he said. "They hear what's With rumors and speculation wftafs on the newt, what's in the newspapers, as wel as on the news, what's in the news- abounding over the anticipated papers, as well as the memos that magntiude of Gov. George Voin- the memos that come out You can see the handwriting on come out. You can see the hand- ovich's next round of higher edu- the wall." writing on the wall." Monday, mostly sunny cation cuts, morale of many Uni- Computer science chairwoman and much warmer. High in versity employees has declined Richard Cebhardt, English chairman Ann Marie Lancaster said her the riml (ills. Southwest because of their uncertain job department would like to see the winds increasing to 10 to 20 security. longer competitive on the most difficult aspect of the University develop plans to deal mph. Monday night, partly Sociology chairwoman Mere- national level," Pugh said. "That crisis. with the cuts while preventing cloudy. Low 40 to 45. dith Pugh said there has been a increases the probability that "A lot of instructors believe layoffs. Chance of rain is 20 per- large psychological impact on they'll try to shift positions." that there's a possibility that we In order to do this, the Univer- cent. Tuesday, variable faculty members in her depart- Each department and college could be wondering all summer sity has to rethink its mission and cloudiness with a chance of ment, especially among the has been asked to prepare con- [if we have a job]," she said. put more emphasis on meeting showers. High 60 to 65. younger non-tenured ones. No tingency plans for dealing with 4 "That's very upsetting and dis- the basic educational needs of Chance of rain is 50 per- salary increases for the second percent, 8 percent, or 12 percent turbing for us because we have the students, she said. cent. straight year is also a concern cuts to their operating budgets. It lives and we need to make con- "Layoffs aren't going to solve because it could cause the more is possible that any of the per- tingency plans just like the Uni- anybody's problems," Lancaster talented faculty to seek employ- centage reductions would force versity." said. "I think there are ways [to Inside The News ment elsewhere. faculty layoffs. English chairman Richard avoid them]. It depends upon "Those people come in at com- Business education instructor Gebhardt said his department's whether the University commu- The "Perfect" group: petitive rates, but if they then sit Kathy Black said the uncertain morale has been impaired by the nity can get into a problem solv- Perfect Seed, a campus a couple years without getting feeling of whether she will be impending cuts, but not yet to the group promoting unity and raises, their salaries are no teaching next semester is the point of despair or panic. See Morale, page four. the end of racism, will be meeting 8:30 tonight to pro- mote interest in the pro- Follow The Sign gram. O Page two. Outside Campus "A window to the past": PHILADELPHIA - Ar- chaeologists tunneling In the rubble of a Maya ruin in Honduras have opened a tomb strewn with jade and seashells that may contain the 1,400-year-old remains of a king. The discovery gives Mayan scholars a new trove of archaeological data to check against knowledge of the ancient royalty in Copan, a town in western Honduras that is the site of a ruined Maya city. "This kind of discovery provides a fairly clear window on the past," Robert Sharer, a University of Pennsylvania archaeologist who led the dig, said Satur- day. Based on the tomb's loca- tion under about 10 feet of rubble and the apparent age of two dozen ceremonial pots surrounding the stone Th« BC NewiU.y Murdack slab on which a skeleton lies, scientists are wagering the remains are those of one of four sixth-century rulers of Under a drizzly sky Saturday morning, about 70 runners and wal- center, ball cap) won the race with a time of 10:47. The race, spon- kers start the two-mile Run For the Homeless. Jeff Urbanikl (left sored by Reachout, raised over $400. Copan. page two The BG News Monday, April 6, 1992 Group hopes to end racism, Professors to lead promote unconditional love new reading group by Julie Tagllalerro Jackson said he sees Perfect tablished, Perfect Seed will The BG News Seed as a stepping stone in de- sponsor lectures and guest by Theresa De Franco ris stated. veloping the student for student speakers as well as distribute contributing writer The books selected for this coalition program. The student programming promoting the semester's reading group - A new program, Perfect Seed, for student coalition program's theme of unconditional love and including Darwin's The Ori- is being formed on campus to end purpose is to provide a network the perfect unified society. The Honors Program's gin of Species and Miguel de racism and promote unity, and to of communication between cam- Newsletters, fliers, advertise- newly-sponsored reading Cervantes' Don Quixote ■- foi-m a perfect relationship be- pus organizations. ments and posters are some of group will provide interested represent a wide range of tween all races and cultures. In order to have this network, the ways Vernley said these mes- students with an opportunity topics. The psychology, eco- An introductory meeting will Jackson said, there has to be feel- sages will be sent throughout to get down and dirty with nomics, English, sociology be 8:30 tonight in the McFall As- ings of unity between all races campus. Sigmund Freud, Charles and biology departments are sembly Room to promote interest and cultures. He sees Perfect Darwin, Virginia Woolf and represented by professors in the program. Seed serving this purpose. Among Perfect Seed events be- other famous authors. leading the various group Ramond Vemley is the founder "You can't start communica- ing planned is a cultural aware- The group, founded by Uni- discussions. and initiator of Perfect Seed, a tion without understanding other ness retreat, planned for the fall. versity junior and Honors Mark Gromko, associate phrase which he copyrighted last individuals," Jackson said. Vernley said he hopes that Program member Dave Mor- professor of biological sci- month. He said he is starting the Vernley said he can see Perfect through these events and more ris, intends to study eight se- ences, will lead a reading program at the University in support from administration and lected books this semester. group on The Origin of Spe- hopes it will expand to the rest of faculty. Perfect Seed will spread Eight separate reading cies and Richard Dawkins' the state and eventually the na- "I laugh at the hypocrites to other schools in Ohio and even- groups will meet beginning in The Blind Watchmaker, a tion. who won't attend [tonight's] tually the nation. April, each one led by a Uni- book which Gromko refers to "The concept of Perfect Se> dis lopum because we get our versity professor discussing as "a modern parallel to Dar- that we as individuals, as a peo- Vernley said long term projects one of the books. Interested win's." ple, as America, as a human race, education to secure our of the program include focusing students can participate in as Gromko anticipates the are all in a growth process," future, but there won't be a on education, and developing a many reading groups as they reading group will work best Vernley said. program educating Perfect Seed wish. if he acts as "just another Vemley said the theologies of future unless we handle this teachers who would go into urban Morris said the reading participant." Perfect Seed are that racism, corrosive acid that is eating areas to teach about cultural and groups will be "highly "I hope to provide the white supremacy and negative racial unity and love, as well as interactive" between the framework for the discus- schemas are the basis of other away at this country." the core curriculum. professors and the students. sion," Gromko stated. problems in the country. To elim- Ramond Vernley, He added a goal of his would be The intent of the reading Economics professor Neil inate these, Vernley said there to develop his own school and groups is to attract "students Browne is also excited about need to be messages of unity and founder of Perfect Seed community where the Perfect concerned with the broad the upcoming reading group.