Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-6-1989 The BG News October 6, 1989 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 October 6, 1989" (1989). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4984. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4984 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. Weather Friday High 65° Low 35° Vol.72 Issue 28 October 6, 1989 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News Senate BRIEFLY bans flag Campus defacing Fox suspected: Oregon poli ce ire considering Richard E. Fox, by Mike Robinson i ndicted for the kidnapping and Associated Press writer i nurder of Leslie Keckler, as a ■ uspect in the 1983 death of his wife, I H)hce said. WASHINGTON - The Senate on Fox collected a $50,000 life Thursday overwhelmingly approved i nsurance policy after his wife a statutory ban on defacing the Amer- I Cimberly, a registered nurse, was ican flag after defeating a proposed f ound in the bathroom of her Oregon revision that sponsors said could ( )hio apartment with her wrists cut, prove fatal in a future court test. I >olice said. President Bush said he respected The cause of her death was ruled t ) the action but would continue to push 1 >e undetermined, according to the for a constitutional amendment. I .lie,-]s County Coroner. The 91-9 final vote came after ma- neuvering by Senate Republicans, who say along with Bush that amend- i Speaker featured: Henry ing the Constitution rather than pass- l Jisnoros. former mayor of San ing a simple statute is the only effec- \ntonio and once considered the tive way to counter last June's Su- i lation's most politically prominent preme Court decision throwing out a Hispanic, will speak at the Texas flag-burning law. 1 University's annual career fair Oct. The bill, which previously passed 0. the House but now returns there for Cisneros was one of the first consideration of Senate changes, calls 1 -lispanics to be elected mayor in a for up to a $1,000 fine and a year in jail i Tiajor American city and was for burning or otherwise defacing the i considered as a running mate for flag. y Walter Mondale in the presidential Both houses are to consider a pro- i •ace. Esed amendment to the Constitution "Expo 1989: An Investment in the tor this month. 1 future," is sponsored by the Office < >f The Democrats say they have care- 1 University Placement Services and is fully worded their bill to protect it i :xpected to attract more than 1,500 against an expected new court chal- ■ >tudents and 120 employers to the lenge on free-speech grounds. 1 Lenhart Grand Ballroom in the At the White House, Bush called on 1 University Union at 2:30 p.m. Congress to approve the constitu- tional flag-desecration amendment he supports, despite the lopsided Senate BG News/Brock Vlsnich vote. White Line Fever State "I respect the intention of those who Greg Kuhn, athletic field groundskeeper. paints boundary lines on Mickey Cochrane Field in preparation for the Kwik voted for (a statutory ban). But I con- Goal/BGSCI Soccer Classic tournament Saturday and Sunday. The Falcons are hosting teams from the University of Wiscon- tinue to believe such an approach is sin-Green Bay. Miami University of Ohio, and Memphis State University. See story page 5. Museum hosts seminar: ( See Flag, page 4. rhe Toledo Museum of Art will host a seminar for area school art volunteers Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The seminar features ways to alk about art with young people anc China troubled by prize winner Eocuses on various works of Toledo Himalayan nation since 1950, and the Dalai Lama, prize went to President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica for Museum art. The annual program by Arthur Max who leads an exile government based in India. his Central American peace plan; and U.N. attracts about 100 volunteers and Associated Press writer costs $10. Registration forms must t le In its citation, the committee mentioned the Dalai peacekeeping forces were given last year's award. The Dalai Lama, 54, was born Tenzin Gyatso. The in by Oct. 9. Lama's rejection of violence and his preachings of For further information, call OSLO, Norway — The Dalai Lama, the spiritual respect for all living things. It praised his "construc- son of a poor farmer, he was named spiritual and 255-8000, extension 363. and temporal leader of Tibet whose title means temporal ruler as the 14th Dalai Lama at age 5, just Ocean of Mercy, won the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize on before the Chinese army marched into Tibet. He fled Thursday for decades of non-violent struggle to free "My case is nothing special. I am Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese Students overcome: At rule. east 120 students were taken to ares i his country from China. a simple Buddhist monk — no hospitals after apparently being He responded, "My case is nothing special. I am a more, no less." In Los Angeles, where he was attending a confer- Dvercome by fumes from a gas simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less." He ex- ence, the Dalai Lama said, "I very much appreciate furnace at the Buckeye South West pressed hope the award would focus attention on -Dalai Lama, 1989 Nobel Peace that kind of recognition about my beliefs. In fact, I compassion in every human being. always believed in love, compassion and a sense of High School in Tiltonsville, Ohio, Prize Winner universal respect. Every human being has that po- rhursday. Some students were China called the award an insult and interference unconscious and others were gaspin in its internal affairs. tential." 1 One clear purpose of the Norwegian Nobel com- tive and forward-looking proposals for the solution of "This prize may open more people's eyes to look at for air as they evacuated the school their own quality," the Buddhist leader, who wore about 10 a.m. Doctors and hospital mittee was to deliver a message of support to the pro- international conflicts. officials said that all students were i n democracy movement in China. Past prizes have been used to encourage human sandals and traditional red-and-orange robes, said. fair condition and suffering from Analysts also said it might help eventually to break rights activists and support peace efforts. Polish The prize, worth $469,000 at the current exchange carbon monoxide poisoning. the deadlock between China, which has occupied the Solidarity leader Lech Walesa won in 1993; the 1987 rate, will be awarded in Oslo on Dec. 10. Hunt begins: The Chagrin Valley Hunt is off to its 80th season I n Bundysburg, Ohio. The hunt was High school sriginally held in the Chagrin River Tuition plans will reduce costs valley in the early part of the centur y- Hie hounds' kennel and club house by Jert Waters signate certain tax-exempt bonds that will be renovations made available In amounts small enough for Indi- still remain at its location in Gates /toocttrted Press writer Mills, 15 miles east of Cleveland. In vidual purchases. oast years, the hunt has been moved The bonds are purchased at less than their face 20 miles east to an Amish farm COLUMBUS - The Mart of two statewide tui- value. They are redeemed at face value at matu- because of suburban expansion in celebrated tion plans that help parents cot the cost of their Cleveland. chikfren's college education was announced The guaranteed tuition prepayment plan by Wynne Everett and John Kohlstrand Thursday by legislative sponsors. created under the Pfelfer Guaranteed Tuition staff writers State Rep. Paul Jones, D-Ravetma, and Sen. Plan permits the purchase of future tuition In Pan! Pfeifer, R-Bucyrus, sponsored the bill estab- amounts as small as 1 percent of the current cost People 'rust Authority to oversee of a year's tuition. That purchase would be good After 15 months and $4 million worth of renovation, the program that allows OWoans to boy tax-free for 1 percent of a year's tuition when the benefi- the addition to the Bowling Green Senior High School ciary Is ready to enroll. 1 lakker convicted: TV was dedicated Thursday night. college savings bonds or prepay future college tui- e vangelist Jim Bakker was convicte 1 tion. "the low buy-in price under the Pfeifer plan The school's 30 percent increase in floor space was The legislators hope to have first open enroll- makes it possible for virtually every family in this 1 Tiursday of unlawfully taking $3.7 funded by a property tax levy passed in November i nillion from his followers. A 1987 by the Bowling Green electorate. ment for the plans by Dec. 25, but that may be un- state to afford their children's education/Pfeifer ( Charlotte, N.C., court convicted Board of Education President Jack Hartman dedi- realistic, Pfelfer said at a news conference. said. I Jakker on 24 counts of fraud and Staffing, equipment and other details of the plan The purchase of 430 tuition credits fully funds an cated the addition to the many "heroes" in the com- individual tuition account.