Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-12-1999 The BG News April 12, 1999 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 April 12, 1999" (1999). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6481. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6481 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. BG News Volume 85/lssue A daily independent student press ' Morv Student Judge lays down law receives In busy Common Pleas Court, racist Kurfess is man with many duties e-mail but this one arrived while he A opinion By VINCE GUERRIERI was on vacation. He quickly The BG News The BG News reads the report while eating a A University student received ■ Brian Taylor likens fast-food breakfast. Arraignments, parole hear- a racially threatening e-mail Fri- prejudice against ings and interior design a1* all The defendant, Jeremy Goodman, pleaded guilty to day. gays to prejudice in a day's work for Charles Kur- Omobonike Odegbami, a breaking and entering, a fourth- fess. graduate student in special edu- against blacks: both degree felony. Goodman and Kurfess, a judge in the Wood cation and the international are wrong. his cousin, who is a juvenile, County Common Pleas Court, affairs coordinator of the Gradu- broke into St. Aloysius Church. has lately found himself decid- ate Student Senate, received the The church, which didn't suffer ing not just the fate of criminals e-mail, which contained several financial losses as a result of the before him, but the color of the racial slurs, Friday afternoon. I USG meeting. News break-in, is not seeking restitu- paint in his newly-expanded The e-mail was sent from editorial fuel debate. tion. The codefendant was office. somewhere on campus through placed on probation. On this particular day, Kur- a well-known Internet service The report, which Kurfess fess has a light docket. He has provider. described as very thorough, eight criminal cases to hear: The message contained phys- world and nation 4 included the defendant's story, three pre-trial conferences, two ical threats, obscene language the police account and the pros- probation violations, two and personal details. ■ NATO claims it has ecution's report. The report will arraignments and one sentenc- Both city and campus police be shared with the defense and found possible ing hearing. On a typical crimi- have been notified of the inci- the prosecution. evidence of mass nal day, he usually sees twice dent. Due to the pending nature However, the report also that. Common pleas judges of the case, BGSU police did not graves in Kosovo. includes a sentencing recom- usually hear felony cases, civil comment. mendation from Scott Howard, cases and administrative The message was the second the parole officer, which is con- appeals. instance of such a threat being fidential. I Wahoo protesters file At 8:45 a.m., shortly after he received by a University student arrives, Kurfess is reading a "They will read the report," suit against Cleveland Kurfess said. "They will not this year. It is not known if the police. pre-sentence investigation two incidents are related. report for a sentencing hearing, read the parole officer's recom- mendation for sentencing." Odegbami said that although which will be at 11 a.m. As the the message was disturbing, she The file also includes the administrative judge of the four did not feel immediately threat- common pleas judges, he han- defendant's juvenile offenses and his prior offenses as an ened. sports 8 dles probation and domestic "While some threats were adult. Goodman is 19, yet he Wood County Common Pleas Judge Charles Kurfess talks on issues. made, if they're that much of a already has several breaking the phone in his office. Kurfess's duties include hearing crim- Normally, he reads the inal and civil cases and planning the color of his new jury coward to send them through e- reports several days in advance, mail, they won't carry those • See JUDGE, page six. room. threats out," she said. Speaker presents alternative view on history Brussig takes issue with notion that East German courage led to fall of Berlin Wall. sponsors of this event are freedom. Similarly, sex cor- down. "It gives an insight on the Berlin wall. By IRENE SHARON the history of the secret Baseball goes 3 -1 the Department of Ger- relates with the desire ana "In the book, he calls Foell hopes that the SCOTT police and the former Ger- on the weekend. man, Russian and East freedom of the East Ger- them [East Germans] 'neu- reading portrays a realistic Asian Languages, and the mans, Foell explained. man Democratic Repub- The BG News rotic cowards,'" she said. view of contemporary Ger- University's German Club. lic," he said. ■ Womens track Some examples of state Foell said the book is mans and clears up some Christian Bezener, a participates at Sea Envision the fall of the According to Kristie oppression experienced by unique because it offers a stereotypes regarding Ger- Berlin Wall in 1989. Some Foell, assistant professor of the Germans were prohibi- graduate German and Ray relays. view from a younger gen- mans. historians said it was the German and German Club tion of travel and discrimi- eration. She advises read- political science student, courage of the East Ger- advisor, "Heroes Like Us" nation against their reli- ers, though, that it does said the book represents "Some stereotypes are index ■ mans which brought the basically offers a different gion. In East Germany, contain explicit sexual lan- many issues. that they drink beer or are wall down. However, interpretation about the spies lived among civil- guage. Additionally, the "It is overtly sexual," he Nazis," she said. "Brussig Opinion 2 Thomas Brussig, author of fall of the Berlin Wall. The ians, which created a sense book is a bestseller in Ger- said. "The sexual refer- is very modem and can "Heroes Like Us," offers a book is fiction and a satire Page Three 3 of caution, even among many and will be made ences concentrate on the different perspective. on East German oppres- relate to college students." World and Nation 4 family and neighbors. into a movie. repressive society of East sion. Brussig draws a com- Today, Brussig will be at She encourages stu- Entertainment 7 parison between sexual "People did not know Readers of Brussig's Germany. People need to the University reading dents to attend this even Sports 8 oppression and state who to trust," Foell said. book applaud it. read into the deeper mean- passages of his book in ing." because they rarely get the Sports Agate V oppression. Brussig also challenges John Franz, a graduate German, at 101 Shatzel opportunity to meet a real With sexual oppression, the view that East Ger- German student, said the Foell said the book is a Hall at 8:30 p.m. Following East German and it is pure the reading will be a dis- sex is an expression of an mans had the courage to book was shocking, yet hilarious, scurrilous fic- say what? cussion, in English. The individual's desires and make the Berlin Wall fall hilarious. tional account of the fall of entertainment. "Sometimes it's not fig- uring out how to do everything, but how not Balance, exercise help reduce end-of-year stress to do everything." time juggling all the things they disappears is at noon, then do By AMYJOL. BROWN have to do is that they tend to the most mindless task at that Julie Lengfelder lack a balance of survival needs." time, or take a nap, she said. assistant professor in the Col- The BG News lege of Human Movement, Sport Lengfelder cited procrastina- Another way to relieve feel- With papers due, exams less and Leisure Studies tion as a big problem and a great ings of stress is to exercise. By than three weeks away, and source of stress among college exercising you are taking time seniors trying to find jobs before students. for yourself and setting it aside graduation, this time of year can while improving your health. "There's a big misconception be pretty stressful for many stu- "Exercise helps you sleep bet- electronica dents. that many students have," she said. "They think they work well ter, reduces blood pressure and Sometimes though, the pres- under pressure, but they've helps you relax," said Paul sures can get out of hand. When Check out: never experimented with getting Chase, who works with recre- that happens, many students things done early. It takes a lot of ational sports. "After a nice hard www.bgnews. cannot find ways to reduce the discipline. Look at your work- workout, most people feel very com amount of stress, and instead relaxed." they end up harming themselves load and prioritize what you Exercise also helps take your Photo Provided News, web extras and a either academically or physical- need to do." whole lot more. She also said that it is impor- mind off of whatever is causing >y- the stress. Regular exercise can promote relaxation, reduce blood Classes are missed to finish a tant to look realistically at what "It's a release for taking your pressure, and improve sleep.