Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 8-29-1996 The BG News August 29, 1996 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 August 29, 1996" (1996). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6033. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6033 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. B.C. Weather Today Sunny and clear CAMPUS CITY SPORTS most of the day. as clouds roll in later in the evening. The University is hoping President Clinton's visit The men's soccer team to gets its computers ready was a chance for Bowling finished its preseason with HirLow 80s LorMid 60s for the 20th century by the Green to show what it was a 3-0 victory against Friday turn of the century. made of. Cleveland State. Mostly cloudy Page 7 during the day. Page 5 Page 15 £3 starting to cool in the evening. NEW Hi:Lo 80s Lo:Hi 50s Thursday, August 29, 1996 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 83, Issue 145 History program to continue University maintaining doctoral studies despite cuts in funding Jay Young being maintained partially be- Nieman said he is very pleased Nieman said. "This is a depart- The BG News cause he does not believe it was the program will be supported by ment that contains a number of treated fairly by the Regents. the institution. faculty with very strong records The University is going to re- "I think the history program is "I couldn't have really asked of getting grants. It's a very col- write history by maintaining a actually quite strong, and it actu- for more. I think that five years legiate department with a record program that was supposed to be ally has an important role to play is appropriate," Nieman said. "I of people pulling for the common eliminated. in the curriculum of the Univer- think the commitment the Uni- good and so as a result of that I'm The Ohio Board of Regents sity," Middleton said. "Also, I versity has made is very gener- very optimistic about finding ex- recommended last year that the think it's more successful than ous." ternal funding." history doctoral program be sus- was perceived." Middleton said the University pended. The Regents decided to Donald Nieman, History will look for outside support to In March the Regents cut sub- cut the state subsidy for all new chairman, said he agreed with support incoming students. sidies for the University creative University doctoral students in Middleton that OBOR was unfair "It's the new students that we writing, literature and education the History Department. to the program. have to find additional support administration doctoral pro- Charles Middleton, vice presi- "I think that's very accurate. I for," Middleton said. "Since it grams. Middleton said the Uni- dent for Academic Affairs, said think the panel of experts that takes about four years to gradu- versity is only going to try and the program will continue de- was convened by OBOR re- ate from this program, we have maintain the history program. spite the removal of the subsidy. viewed our program closely and four years to gradually develop "We will continue to support their recommendation was that more support." "I think, generally speaking, the history Ph.D. program for the the Bowling Green program be Nieman said he believes the that whatever the decision was, next five years even though we continued," Nieman said. "I think department will be able to find we're abiding by it," Middleton don't get a subsidy from the there were other non-academic the funding necessary. said. "Some of the others, I think, state," Middleton said. considerations that really drove "My colleagues and I are going are less unique. Some are going Middleton, whose degrees are OBOR's final decision to cut the to pursue external support for to be restructured and the degree all in history, said the program is program." the program very aggressively," programs unified." Homesick students have options as this, she said. about relationships are some "It is not uncommon to feel ways consultants might suggest Link and Center for Wellness mixed emotions coming to cam- to help deal with this change. pus because in the midst of this "The consultants focus on the available during adjustment transition students may feel lone- feelings of the students and let Genell Pavellch tions coordinator, said home- liness or fear of failure," Wright them express them," she said. The BG News sickness is a commom issue for said. "They listen to specific areas of students, especially freshman. The center has more than 40 concern, such as long distance For some students new to the "If students come from out of consultants to listen to students relationships and how to bring University, being away from town, during this time of tran- and help them get through this them closer by either letter writ- home for the first time can cause sition they need to know where to transition time. ing or e-mail access, and the stu- homesickness. However, stu- go for things and learn new "The consultants are trained to dents talk about the relationships 'Box Man's dents have many places to tum to things," Wright said. listen to areas of concern," she they miss." help them adjust, including the The Center for Wellness and said. "They are well qualified to Wright said part of the home- link and the Center for Wellness Prevention offers a peer listen- offer support and referrals." sickness feeling will take care of and Prevention. ing center with trained consul- Wright said getting involved in ashes spread Jeanne Wright, health promo- tants to listen to problems such activities on campus and talking See HOMESICK, pnge three. Joe Boyle vagrant death like any other. The BG News According to friends of Cus- Take Me Out To The Hydrant Star 90 tar's, however, he lived like no He was known as Gentleman other man - he was a free Jim and General Custar, but spirit and a good soul, not just most students knew him as the some dirty old man wandering system Box Man. the streets. Jim Custar, 64, lived on the "He was a hell of a lot more streets of Bowling Green. His than the grungy old fart walk- causes home address could have been ing down the street," said Jack anywhere in the world. Lautermilch, a friend of Cus- Many people knew him by tar's for the past decade. sight but not by name. Much Lautermilch operated a East trouble of the time he spent in Bowl- Wooster Street bakery in the ing Green, Custar was identi- mid-1980s and saw a lot of Maureen Barry fied as the man who carried a Custar as a customer before The BG News Busch Light box filled to the the two became friends. brim with his meager belong- Lautermilch described Custar Students trying to register for ings. as a man possessing courage classes last weekend were unable Today Jim Custar's ashes and decency the common citi- to do so, as the University com- will be spread on his parents' zen never saw in the grungy puter system brought the pro- graves in Findlay. Custar died exterior. cess to a hault. Aug. 19 on the west side of "Jim touched a lot of lives," Open Registration was sched- Quarters Carry Out, East he said. "He honestly cared uled to begin last Saturday, but Wooster Street, with his boxes about those he knew." students were unable to call the at his side. But those Jim Custar knew Star 90 system, according to Re- An empty 40-ounce bottle of were few and far between. gistrar Becky McComber. Hamm's beer lay next to Cus- Lautermilch said Custar Richard Conrad, director of Computer Services, said the tar when several passers-by learned early in his years not computer used for registration found him. to trust anyone. AP Photo/Fred Jewell communicates with an IBM Many would be willing to "Jim joined the Army when Jennifer Metzger, 3, holds onto her sister Anne, 18 months old, with dog Rico before the Milwaukee mainframe. The breakdown Sat- read this and pass it off as the Brewers and Chicago White Sox game In Chicago Wednesday. 300 dogs watched the game from urday was caused by a miscom- death of another hobo, a See CUSTAR, page three. right field, part of the team's "Dog Days of Summer" promotion. munication between the two computers, he said. The last time the registration system was used was late July at pre-regist ration. Prepaying tuition may help parents save "Ninety percent of the time count for a child for next year sity in Ohio - can be used at any Peggy Ruhlin, a certified finan- commissions off the investments spent to repair the system was Paul Souhrada figuring out what the problems The Associated Press can do so between Oct. 1 and Jan. accredited public or private col- cial planner in Columbus. But she recommends, might consider 10, said Barbara Jennings, exec- lege in the country. Ms. Ruhlin questions whether prepaid tuition credits in con- were. The other 10 percent was COLUMBUS - The price of utive director.