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State University FRIDAY May 4, 2001 SOCCER: PARTLY CLOUDY Men's, women's teams HIGH: 76 | LOW: 47 start training in summer www.bgnews.com to be at the top; PAGE 10 independent student press VOLUME 90 ISSUE 152 Hitting Conklin students upset links at Residents hold meeting with Carter administrators to discuss maintenance Park By Jordan Fouts By IvyIckes CITT REPORTER *0M[N S REPORTER Putting a new spin on an old New is better. game, Carter Park will hosl its But that was not the case this annual disc golf tournament past year in Conklin Hall. tomorrow morning. Tuesday night, the residents Billing itself as the "World's of Conklin met with Linda Biggesl Disc Golf Tournament," it Newman, director of Residence is part of a national coordination Life and lim Zentmeyer, associ- by Circular Productions, a disc ate director of golf course design and installation Housing/Operations and company. Residence Life, to discuss ongo- The non-competitive tourna- ing problems. ment's intention is to introduce Conklin Hall was renovated people to disc golf, which mixes and reopened this past fall to traditional disc tossing with golf's new students. Its main attrac- 18 holes. The discs are closer to an tion was air conditioned rooms Olympic discus than the familiar at no extra charge. plastic flyers, though slimmer and Most of those living in heavier with different versions for Conktb) are upperclassmen, so driving and putting. they have previously experi- The event, which begins at 10 enced on-campus housing. a.m. at Carter Park's disc golf These students held the course, is sponsored locally by meeting to voice their discon- Bowling Green Parks and tent with the way problems Recreation. within the dormitory were Rebekah Gomales BG Nwis The course enjoys popularity now, with players from Ohio. addressed. Most students found DAMAGE: Above, the back door to Conklin Hall has been damaged by water. Below, a handicapped shower has no shower head. Many Michigan and Indiana, but (heir maintenance reports were shower heads in the facility are similar. Residents in Conklin Hall held a meeting Tuesday to bring up these complaints and others. not effective in getting their installing it may have been a risk i. problems fixed. These problems When Bob Callecod began as consisted of faulty plumbing the director of Parks and (such as toilets backing up and "In early October, after putting in numer- Recreation, he wanted to choose the presence of brown water), ous ignored complaints regarding our air die types of recreation facilities. dysfunctional air conditioning conditioning, a friend and I decided to He said he considereddisc golf for and defective furniture. its popularity in California and "I moved into the dorm early make a statement by sleeping out in the f*" various universities. and found there was no hot conference room-the next day our air "But there was not one person water and no working bath- in diis town who even knew what rooms. I also found my air con- conditioner was fixed." disc golf was," he said." So we did- ditioning leaking Cilycol Igrecn n't build it on the basis of popular- liquidl onto our beds and other JOSH GIOIELLO, SOPHOMORE ity." possessions," said sophomore The course was installed in josh Gioiello. regarding their air conditioning sophomore, said, "In regards to 1995 because, it was ideal for disc During the meeting another resorted to more extreme mea- how late we voiced our con- ! • golf and was unusable for other student spoke about how she sures. cerns to Residence Life, we had sports. too had the green liquid drip- "In early October, after to stan a new hall council and The course's 18 holes total 5.406 ping from the air conditioning. putting in numerous ignored were initially lacking some orga- feet long, with an overall par 64. She claims (hat while cleaning it complaints regarding our air nization. We also had some Each "hole" is a metal baskel hung up it got on her hands, making conditioning, a friend and I other priority problems to by chains. them bum and itch. In response decided to make a statement by address first we got to this as 1 "One quirk is the vvind-that's to the complaint made regard- sleeping out in die conference soon as we could." ft what makes the course extremely ing the leak she was told to move room-die next day our air con- Trying to find some kind of challenging," he said. "1 feel it's her bed and someone would be ditioner was fixed," said Gioiello. appropriate response to the stu- been a very good investment for by to look at the air conditioner. After numerous complaints dent's concerns said Newman, us-it's a great recreational oppor- Most of the students present were heard from the students, "It seems the chain of command %m^^ tunity at no cost, and it's great for voiced their frustration with the Newman and Zentmeyer tried didn't work in Conklin, in addi- all ages." lack of attention the mainte- to address their concerns. tion to trying to fix the problems Though most of the course's nance reports received and had Newman explained if they had we had to find out why there users are college age, Callecod given up on completing the heard of these problems sooner seemed to be a communicarion said there's also a devoted follow- forms when a problem they would have fixed them breakdown and prevent it from occurred. Gioiello gave up on right away. DISKGOLF. 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According to lim Wiegand, humans can do more than the the Earth's immediate neighbor- what level we need to worry ten by Durda and fellow scien- and unbalanced" way the world director of public safety, it is unac- dinosaurs ever could before a hood. The concerns were about it — and that's a question tists Clark R. Chapman and now addresses any potential ceptable, according to University colossal impact precipitated sparked in part by several recent for everybody," said Daniel D. Robert E. Gold has been making impact. rules, to use campus lab comput- their extinction 65 millions years false alarms about impending Durda, a research scientist in the the rounds among experts who "They are spot-on that this is a ers to access such material. It is ago. impacts. department of space studies of study impact hazards. The goal, problem. They are also right on also a felony to access child The call comes as interest "In some sense, it's something the Southwest Research they write in the 19-page paper, time in terms of this just now pornography. "That's not what grows in the swarm of asteroids we know we need to worry Institute in Boulder, Colo. is to encourage discussion of the lab computers are for," and comets that orbit the sun in about, but we need to decide at In recent weeks, a paper writ- how to replace the "haphazard ASTEROIDS, PAGE 5 Wiegund said. Couples search for donors at colleges; pays egg-cellent money By Amy Lacy Over the last 15 years, egg couple and then oversee the TO THE AD?" The advertisement requested a ments pathetic because it takes U WIRE donation has become an increas- entire procedure. 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