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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 12-14-1995 The BG News December 14, 1995 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 December 14, 1995" (1995). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5942. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5942 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. "Celebrating 75 years of Excellence // Inside theNews Opinion Nation • Congress funds troop deportation to Bosnia 3 Tdl it like it is, Aaron City • Crime victims loaned cellular phones for security O Weisbrod says . SportS • Falcon men fall to Syracuse, 75-64 8 NEWS P&ge2 Thursday, December 14, 1995 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 82, Issue 58 Republicans agree to budget negotiations David Espo White House and continue unin- Clinton and Senate Majority the talks resume, and the two Budget Office forecasts. cerns, the two sides remain di- The Associated Press terrupted through the weekend. Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan. sides offered differing interpre- Depending on the White House vided by enormous differences "We have a long way to go, and At the White House, spokes- tations. offer, according to these offi- over taxes, Medicare, Medlcaid WASHINGTON - After more they have a long way to go," Sen. man Barry Toiv said, "we expect Several Republicans, speaking cials, the GOP is prepared to and numerous other issues. than two weeks of false starts, Pete Domenici, R-N.M., chair- serious negotiations on Friday. on condition of anonymity, said move quickly to pass short-term Even so, the announcement congressional Republicans said man of the Senate Budget Com- This is what the president has both sides were expected to come legislation needed to avert a par- represented progress, and Re- Wednesday night that "serious mittee, said after a day of discus- wanted." to Friday's session armed with tial government shutdown at publicans, at least, seemed opti- negotiations" toward a balanced sions that included two telephone Officials said numerous details new plans for eliminating annual midnight Friday. mistic they were moving closer budget will begin Friday with the conversations between President remain to be worked out before deficits using Congressional Beyond the procedural con- to their year-long goal. Ruptured line Life in military causes loss of recalled power, heat by pilot Joe Boyle Pogan. Amy Johnson The BG News "Basically, electrical equip- The BG News ment, once its dried out, will University workers were function again," Pogan said. He's flown on B-I7 ai re rafts in working around the clock Pogan said he estimates the World War II, led a raid on Ber- Wednesday to restore heat and water began leaking around mid- lin, taught at the University and power to the Administration night Wednesday and was not spent time at the Pentagon. Building. discovered until 4 am. by morn- These days he relaxes with An expansion fitting ruptured ing maintenance people. members of the local Kiwanis on an underground water line Jim Davis, station engineer for club. that went through the Adminis- WBGU-FM, said their station is Luther Bivins, 82, can tell story tration Building, causing it to fill shut down until power is restored after story about his adventures with three to four feet of water, to the Administration building. in the air force during World War according to associate director of "Our transmitter is on top of II. the Physical Plant Keith Pogan. the building and without power Joe Boylc/Thc BG Newt "I really enjoyed the military," The water collecting in the there's no station," Davis said. Bivins said in his Arkansas ac- University workers pump water out of the basement of the Administration Building Wednesday. The basement caused the emergency WFAL-AM went off line at 3 building was closed because the water caused emergency fuses in the electrical equipment to kick the cent. "When we went from base fuses in the electrical equipment p.m., according to General Man- power off. to base we would never say to kick the power off - fuses Po- ager Joe Peiffer. goodbye to our friends. We would gan said are "as big as a person's "It was my understanding that supplying power to the paging p.m., with uniformed campus downstairs," Pogan said. "You just say 'see you later.' " ■arm." It was complications from the services antenna on top of the police officers telling people the just blow dry the components. Before becoming an aircraft No vital records were stored in water line break, because they building -- paging was deemed an power would be cut once again - We're trying to get heat back in pilot, Bivins worked at the the basement, according to Po- told us it would be an undeter- "essential" service early in the a rumor later squelched by Po- the building. United States Weather Bureau gan. mined amount of time until the e- morning. gan. Pogan said he believes the Ad- during high school until taking The water was pumped out of lectricity came back on," Peiffer Power to West Hall was inter- Pogan said he had no estimate ministration Building will be the service test. the Administration Building by 2 said. rupted around 5 a.m., and on the cost of the damages to the ready to open up today. Bivins admitted that he be- p.m., only to introduce the drying Peiffer expects WFAL to be restored by 8 am. Many classes building at press time. Power was restored to the Ad- came interested in flying during procedures, accomplished with back on the air by 10 a.m. today. were cancelled in West Hall, and "The water's all out, and now ministration building at approx- high school, when Charles Lind- giant "hair dryers," according to Emergency generators were the doors were locked at 2:30 we're drying out the equipment imately 5 p.m. Wednesday. bergh flew across the Atlantic. He enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard in 1930 where he joined the 154th Observation Candidate Winer seeks VP spot Squadron. "I took flying lessons from the Army Airforce Institution and Jay Young that excellent researchers are have been looking for an oppor- lenges that I think any Universi- eventually I passed fie test," Bi- The BG News always excellent teachers. We tunity to continue in academic ty is going to have," Winer said. vins said. can't say that excellent teachers administration at a level higher Jeff Stefancic, vice president As an Army Airforce pilot, Bi- The third of four candidates are excellent researchers, be- than dean." search committee member and vins was enlisted In the federal for the job of vice president for cause we know better about that Winer has been at her current Undergraduate Student service in 1939 and started his Academic Affairs met the Uni- too." post since 1991. Winer's higher Government president, said he active duty in Fortsill, Okla versity community Wednesday. Winer told the audience of education career, beginning in was very impressed with Winer. When war was declared in Jane Winer, College of Arts about SO faculty and administra- 1975, has been at Texas Tech She "I was very impressed. I liked 1941, Bivins was injected into the and Scienes dean at Texas Tech tors that the University system has worked as professor of psy- her presentation," Stefancic said. regular air force. He served as University, gave a public presen- of tenure should be left alone. chology and history, director of The University is searching for squadron commander on sub- tation in the Education Building. "I would suggest that this is not the Counseling Psychology Pro- a successor to Elolse Clark, who marine patrol in the Gulf of Mex- In her presentation, Winer dis- the type of place where you mess gram and associate dean for announced in August her inten- ico and became part of the 27th cussed the future of higher edu- around with tenure," Winer said. research in the college of Arts tion to step down from the posi- WINER bomb group. cation. After the open forum, Winer and Sciences. tion she has held since 1983. His flying career took off soon "I think the major challenge said she would enjoy the chal- Winer said her experience at a The final candidate to visit will do in Boulder, will give a public after war was declared. Bivins that faces all of us is winning lenge of the vice president's job. larger Institution would help her be Charles Middleton. Middleton, presentation Monday at 1:30 p.m. flew a total of 25 heavy bomber back the support of the public," "I'm interested in academic as vice president. College of Arts and Sciences in 1007 Business Administration Winer said. "We cant simply say administration," Winer said. "I "I've dealt with a lot of chal- dean at the Unverslty of Colora- Building. See LUTHER, page >ii Hispanic Undergraduate Enrollment 1983-1993 Minority recruits targeted 6( Efforts made to improve Hispanic,Black enrollments 50 Andrea Wood The University is making an make our campus more attrac- The BG News effort to improve its below aver- tive to people of color," Terry age number of minority students said. "We know we have the aca- using several methods, including demic programs. We know that recruitment of mainly Hispanic minority students have a higher and Black students at the under- graduation rate.

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