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OPINION 2 WORLD NEWS ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Columnist Mary Beth Murtha Supercyclone kills ■ NOW reviews new video Hockey team takes calls for people to realize the thousands in India releases "Big Daddy" and on Miami this presence of domestic violence. as survivors fear "Election." Saturday. dirty water could increase death toll. Weather Today: Friday sunny November 5. 1999 High 62. Low 40 Volume 87 & Issue 53 he -'BG - A doily independent News student press ■ Coconut pie Alumni bid adieu to Union satisfies By JEFF ARNETT Tickets for the black-tie- ticket buyers who could not "It's being held as a celebra- a Tim Conway room, which will The BG News optional event were sold for attend asked for their pies to be tion to the Student Union's con- be full of memorabilia of the tastebuds $30, $60 and $100. The $100 delivered to them, according to tribution to the University's comedian and University alum- Approximately 400 Union ticket bought the buyer access, Marcia Latta, Director of quality of life and to celebrate nus. The BG News During the evening there lovers will come to the Student as well as reserved seating, Development. the success of development If you haven't tried it yet, Union Saturday evening for a champagne and a commemora- David Crooks, director of the efforts," Crooks said. will be free billiards and bowl- ing for attendees, as well as you're one of the few. The night of activities and enter- tive glass and a whple coconut Union, said the event is being According to Latta although Union's legendary coconut tainment, which will begin at there will be many alumni, anyone else who happens to cream pie. Some of the $100 held for two main reasons. cream pie has had mouths 6:30 p.m. there will be a variety of people stumble into the Union during attending the event, including the party. watering since the Union's opening in 1958. local citizens, faculty and Another attraction for the administration, "a real nice event is a virtual tour of the "People soon were driving to blend." new Union, which allows users Bowling Green from Lima, Tif- Crooks noted that while the to look around the new Union. fin, Toledo and other towns for Union may not seem either cool Crooks said it was made by peo- the Sunday buffet in the Car- or large to students, it was once ple at the College of Technology nation Room and a piece of that a uniquely large facility. and is run on a Dell computer coconut pie," recalls longtime "I saw the Union when it was with two 500 megahertz chips. Union employee Kathleen brand new, and it was the only "They take the architect's Cookson. That was back when place where you could have a drawings and they use those to a slice of the pie meant just 25 big concert," Crooks said. He make pictures of what it will cents. said it was the largest indoor look like," Crooks said. When the University's hock- entertainment venue in north- As the time to build ey team won the national west Ohio in its youth. approaches and the plans championship in 1984, 150 For the party, the Union is become complete. Crooks said, coconut cream pies were baked turning several of its rooms on carpet and color will be added, in one day for the celebration. the third floor into "Decade resulting in realistic pictures of Rooms," where alumni can go the Union. Before the union bakery to see things from each decade. In addition to the virtual combined with the University's The rooms will contain music tour of the new Union, there Dining Services, a group of Photo Provided and memorabilia from each of will also be physical tours of Pemberville ladies used to staff the five decades the Union has the old one from 6:30 p.m. to 8 the Union's bakery 24 hours a An unidentified woman walks into the Union after it was built in 1958. When alumni return this been in existence. day. They made bread, buns, weekend they won't find the external structure of the Union to be that different from when it was Latta said there will also be rolls, donuts, cakes and pies all first built. • See UNION, page six. from scratch. No one knows which of the ladies brought her coconut cream pie recipe to campus, but it has since Professor stresses seriousness of global warming become a well kept secret. BGSU Dining Services now By AMYJO L. BROWN agenda," Schelling said. "They One of the uncertainties is 30 pounds, you might not worry Schelling said he believes solu- has three bakers who prepare The BG News called and asked me to be chair how many degrees the world about it. It would be different, tions need to be implemented desserts of all sorts for the cam- of the committee to advise the temperature is expected to rise however, if you knew you'd gain now. pus dining rooms, restaurants Sharing his experiences and president on the issue." if the carbon dioxide in the 90 pounds." "I have a better perspective and catering services. They insights into global warming Surprised at the request, atmosphere doubles. Despite the uncertainties, of environmental issues now," also have learned the secret art and climate change, well- Schelling said he told them he Currently, the accepted global warming and the result- said Sandeep Singh, a graduate of making the coconut cream known professor Thomas "didn't know anything about it. range is one and a half degrees ing climate change is some- student who attended the lec- pie. Schelling addressed a large And they said, 'Neither docs to four and a half degrees. thing the world needs to be con- ture. "It was enlightening how Before learning the knack of audience Thursday morning. anyone else.™ "No one knew how this cerned about, and fixing the the temperature ranges were the simple recipe, apprentice Schelling discussed the pos- After six weeks of training answer was derived," he said. problem will require a lot of arrived at. I think I'll be sibility of the greenhouse effect, he said his committee advised "The head of the committee cooperation around the world. BGSU bakers often end up attending more of these types with something like scrambled a condition that could cause the the President to take carbon that came up with the answer Schelling said he hoped the of lectures." eggs rather than pie filling. earth's temperature to rise as dioxide off of the agenda. They died and no one else knew presidential candidate elected Thomas Schelling is the "The knack is knowing how the amount of carbon dioxide in were not ready to discuss it yet. where the range of degrees in 2000 will be more concerned author of "The Strategy of Con- the atmosphere rises. It was not until the nation came from." about the climate change issue. to boil and whip the milk just "We need to phase coal out flict; Micromotives and Mac- so," said one source. "It's a very new subject," he experienced several hot sum- Schelling said such a range robehavior; Choice and Conse- said. "If you're worried the cli- mers in a row that the media makes it difficult to convince entirely in the next 50 years, quence;" and "Strategy and Bowling Green's Chamber of mate change is not being taken picked up on the issue of global people something needs to be find a way to sequester carbon Commerce often orders the seriously enough, be patient." warming, Schelling said. done to fix the problem. dioxide, or find a way to reflect Arms Control." His visit to the University was sponsored by University's coconut cream pie Twenty years ago very few How seriously should we "It would be like your doctor incoming sunlight to offset the for its dinners. people had ever heard of carbon take the issues of global warm- telling you you needed to effects of the carbon dioxide," Phi Beta Kappa, the College of dioxide. ing and climate change? change your dietary pattern or he said. Arts and Sciences, the Econom- "It's delicious," said Joan "In 1980 President Carter "Very seriously," Schelling you would gain anywhere from Although the effects of a cli- ics Department, the Environ- Gordon, director of the Cham- was going to a summit meeting said. "However, there are huge 30 to 90 pounds," he said. "If mate change might not be felt mental Studies Program and ber. "It's a tradition and it elic- and carbon dioxide was on the uncertainties." you knew you would only gain until 75 years down the road. the Philosophy Department. its good memories." Librarian helps students feel comfortable using resources By MICHELLE REITER part of the First Year Experi- Boff believes that the pro- The BG News ence Program and the Ask the grams have gone a long way in Right Question class from the alleviating the anxiety of first- Thanks to a new library Chapman Living/Learning year college students.