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STUDENT SUFFERING HOBEY BAKER AWARD Support group forms on campus Falcons Emerson and Blake named in tf helping students with diabetes Friday Mag final 10 for coveted honor Sports The Nation's Best College Newspaper Weather Friday Vol.72 Issue 96 March 9,1990 Bowling Green, Ohio High 58e The BG News Low 35° BRIEFLY Falcons advance to finals again Bonner, Albers CAMPUS pace 66-55 win Apply now: Applications for the Black Student Union's executive over Rockets positions are available in the Minority Student Activities office on the third by Matt Schroder floor of the Union. The deadline is assistant sports editor April 13. Applications for the Jackson Tollivar scholarship are also avaiable in the office and the deadline is April DETROIT — Bowling Green, in the words of coach Fran Voll, de- cided to fight fire with fire. The Falcons attacked Toledo from close range Thursday night — NATION continually going to center Angie Bonner — from the outset of their Mid-American Conference Hostage hoax: President women's semi-final game. Bush was tricked into taking a call The Rockets, with a packed-in, from a man he thought was Iranian two-three zone defense, put up a President Hashemi Rafsanjani to talk fight, but struggled. about the hostages but the caller And down the stretch, the Fal- turned out to be an impostor, the cons' offensive prowess overtook White House confirmed Thursday. the Rockets like hand grenades The call was first reported by CBS would eventually defeat pop guns. News. Confirming the network's As a result, BG used a 10-3 run in account, White House spokesman the final 3:44 to defeat Toledo 66-55 Steve Hart said a call first came to a here at Cobo Arena. staff member of the National Security BG, the three-time defending Council' 'from a man who claimed to tournament champ, advances to be an Iranian official" about a month the MAC Tournament final for the ago. fourth-straight year. The Falcons Since the president "has stated he will play regular-season champion would talk to anybody if it would help Miami, a 72-20 winner against Ball free the hostages,'' Bush agreed to State in the second semi-final. take the call. But to get there, the Falcons had to overcome Toledo, who had defeated them twice during the PHI found effective: A regular season. study in the New England Journal of Even though the Rockets had Medicine Thursday concludes a four players around Bonner, the French abortion pul is 96 percent Falcons still went to her. Courtesy the Key/Eric Mull effective in terminating early "They would let me get the pass Women's basketball team members Wanda Lyle, Tecca Thompson, Lorl Albers and Katie McNulty (le.'t to right) celebrate Thursday pregnancies. The pill, RU 486 or night after the Falcons 66-55 victory against Toledo In the semi-finals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament The Falcons mifepristone, is sold only in France, D See Win, page 10. now advance to the tournament finals at 2 p.m. Saturday against Miami at Detroit's Cobo Arena. where it has been available since 1988. The study's results, which duplicate earlier findings, show that the pill works as well as vacuum aspiration, the most common form of abortion, when taken bv women up to three Debate focuses on campus safety weeks after they miss their menstrual sophomore art history major, said campus lighting is period. by Matt Mighell The study of 2,115 women was staff writer inadequate in courtyards and several high traffic conducted by Dr. Louise Silvestre and areas. others from Roussel-Uclaf, the A three-member panel and the audience asked French company that makes the The tooth-and-nail fight for the presidential seat in other questions relating to specific problems in the abortion pill. Undergraduate Student Government continued dur- current administration pertinent student problems ing Thursday night's formal debate with candidates at the University. focusing on campus safety. After 90 minutes of slamming the incumbent The candidates — John Corrigan, junior history Coughlin, Taliaferro announced his resignation from Slow service: A woman has the candidacy and from further involvement in USG. received a postcard from her father and philosophy major, along with Kevin Coughlin, Tallaferro Coughlin Corrigan nearly 56 years after it was mailed, sophomore political science major, and Craig Ta- "I am unqualified," he said — in reference to hold- and more than 40 years after he died, liaferro, senior political science and popular culture sating the student escort service, but were opposed ing a presidential seat in USG — but Coughlin also is the Post Office in England said major, exchanged their views in front of about 100 on the ideas for improved lighting. unqualified, he added. Thursday. students in West Hall. Melissa Brown. Corrigan s running mate and jun- Taliaferro also accused The BG News of labeling Dorothy Horton, 73, of Stroud in The majority of rebuttals and comments between ior international studies major, refuted Coughfin's him as an animal. western England, said she instantly the candidates pertained to improving campus light- claims of halogen lighting being impossible to im- The Corrigan/Brown and Coughlin/Schnetzer recognized the writing of her father, ing, the campus escort service and student aware- plement. She said the lights were "available," "effi- teams were both optimistic about the outcome of the ness. cient" and "effective." debate, and although no winner was formally de- Bill, on the early color postcard, Linda Schnetzer, Coughlin's running mate and dated June 20,1934. Corrigan and Coughlin voiced support for compen- clared, Coughlin was not shy to claim success. The postcard was found behind old closets last week during refurbishment of the Stroud sorting office, a Post Office spokeswoman said. Poindexter's 40 protest at Union Oval Central American rally lauds WORLD plans called Sandinistas, criticizes U.S. by Tara A. Rainson Coup leader flees: The deceptive by staff writer former Afghan defense minister who led a coup attempt defected Rallying for Central American awareness, Wednesday to the Moslem guerrillas about 40 people congregated at the University he fought tor more than a decade, prosecution Union Oval Thursday carrying signs reading sources said. WASHINGTON (AP) - John M. Poindexter "End the War in Central America" and "Contras Gen. Shah Nawaz Tanai fled lied to Congress and ripped up a key presidential out of Nicaragua." Afghanistan on Wednesday with his document to "rewrite the history of the Iran- One student sang a Latin folksong, and another wife, two daughters and son, then Contra affair," a prosecutor argued Thursday at sang a song calling for the return of American returned with the U.S.-backed the start of the former national security ad- soldiers from Nicaragua. insurgents, according to rebel and viser's trial. Guest speaker Paul Baker, who has worked Pakistani government sources. However, Poindexter's lawyer said he was with Central American refugees, spoke against President Najib again claimed that only following former US. President Ronald the ousting of the Sandinistas in the recent Ni- the coup Tanai launched Tuesday had Reagan's orders. caraguan election. "absolutely been broken. Of that Prosecutor Dan Webb also told jurors former there is no doubt." Tanai's flight White House aide Oliver North, expected on the "The Nicaraguan's had a choice between vot- seemed to indicate this, but Western witness stand Friday, will testify that on Poin- ing for the Sandinistas, who in their hearts they diplomats and guerrilla leaders based dexter's instructions "he lied and he lied and he really wanted, and ending our war and economic in Pakistan said fighting continued, lied" to Congress by denying the Reagan admin- embargoes," Baker said. "They voted to stop although on a smaller scale. istration was secretly helping the Nicaraguan their children from starving and finally have rebels. food on the table." Webb said Poindexter later congratulated HISTORY North on lies that the prosecutor said "worked "People are saying, "Thank God democracy like a charm." has finally come to Central America,' but it's a But defense attorney Richard Beckler denied travesty, really," Baker said. that Poindexter ever lied to Congress, and he On this date: in 1983, it was told jurors: "Admiral Poindexter always fol- One participant, senior French education announced that WBGU Channel 57 lowed the orders of President Reagan." major Susan Plummer, said she wanted to make would no longer air athletic events. people aware of a worldwide movement against The cut was necessary because the station's budget was decreased by Poindexter tore up a "presidential finding" U.S. policy on Nicaragua. that authorized a 1965 arms shipment to Iran BG News/Mark Deckard 1120,000 from the previous year, only "because he felt he was protecting the American citizens hear many negative things according to the station manager. president," Beckler said, echoing testimony through the media about Central American Peace Coalition members Karen Nightingale.