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THE BG NEWS Vol. 71 Issue 104 Bowling Green, Ohio Tuesday, April 4,1989 Femmes Council passes concert Master Plan, R-5 Mauer, presidents of the Panhel- rocks fans by Beth Church lenic and Interfraternity coun- assistant wire editor cils and several members of Greek organizations. by James A. Tinker Despite passage of the city staff reporter Master Plan, both amendments In opposition to the proposal concerning the R-5 proposal were Ward 2 resident Michael were defeated at Monday night's Marsden, realtor Doug Valen- Even though they showed Bowling Green City Council tine and former City Council- they can stop the music, the meeting before about 100 citi- man Jim Davidson. Violent Femmes rocked a zens and University students. crowd of more than 2,400 last Ward 2 Councilman Jeff Gor- ■light in the Lenhart Grand After one and one-half hours of don, creator of the amendment, Ballroom. debate between about 20 people cast the only dissenting vote, representing opposing sides of claiming the zoning was "lega- lly unsound and unneccesary. Twice the band from Mil- the issue, the amendment to waukee asked members of the eradicate the R-5 proposal from sweaty crowd pressing against the city Master Plan was After the vote, Council Presi- the stage and slam dancing to defeated by a 6-1 vote. dent John Quinn stressed the refrain from becoming violent The zoning proposal allows ambiguity of the proposal was to in their attempts to have a University-related structures to be expected, contrary to opin- good time. be built in the area bounded by ions expressed by many citi- the railroad tracks, Frazee zens. After acknowledging base- Avenue, Thurstin Avenue and ball's Opening Day and the Court Street. "There's been many com- Cleveland "Tribe," lead singer ments that R-5 is fuzzy, well of and songwriter Gordon Gano, Speaking out at the meeting in course, it's fuzzier than hell be- drummer Victor DeLorenzo support of R-5 were Mayor Ed- and bassist Brian Ritchie win Miller, realtor Robert ; See Council, page 4. swung into "Promise." Midway through the show, the three-piece band was U.S. plans stricter joined by their backup vocal- ist, saxophonist and trombo- nist. bomb detection The highlight of the show came when the band ran off a string of solos and brought the by David Briscoe dancing crowd to a standstill Associated Press writer for "Gone Daddy Gone." WASHINGTON — The United States announced new measures to Vocals were offered by con- combat sky terrorism Monday as relatives of passengers killed in cert-goers who chanted along the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing mounted a campaign to complain with Gano for the tune. about aviation security and the government's "lack of compassion" following the disaster. Some of the most popular numbers came from the band's Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, who along with Presi- BG News/John Grieshop dent Bush met with several relatives of those killed in the explosion latest album..?, although old over Scotland, told a news conference that airlines will be required favorites such as "Blister in Gordon Gano of the alternative band. Violent Femmes. belts out a tune during the group's performance in to install devices to detect plastic explosives in major U.S. and for- the Sun" and "Add it Up" the Lenhart Grand Ballroom Monday night. eign airports. received the biggest response. Relatives of victims in the Dec. 21 explosion, which has been from Kent State to see the zation's performing arts direc- native, who performed srio on blamed on a plastic device hidden in a radio-cassette player, praised Although the band slowed the show. tor, one woman lost conscious- his acoustic guitar and har- Bush for concern shown in the meeting and said Skinner's announ- tempo down by heavily flavor- Scott Wasley, sophomore ness due to excesive heat. monica. cement was a good first step. ing the concert with releases business major who stood in His most well-received tunes from their latest album, many Regardless of the tempera- the back, said, "I am enjoying ture, the band played for al- included a song about his car, But spokesman Bert Ammerman of Demarest, N.J., told a rally people fought their way to the the show; I just wish I was in his guitar and his ex-girlfriend, across the street from the White House that measures announced by stage to slam dance. most two and one- half hours, the front." and returned to the stage for a in "She's Your Problem Now." Skinner were "not enough." Heat in the ballroom, four-song encore including It was after his show that "We fought our way to the however, made many people "Add it Up." barriers were placed in front of Ammerman, whose brother Tom was one of 270 victims of the front and only have a few leave for fresh air. the stage. Vaughn said he was crash, asked for a unified congressional investigation of the disas- bruises to show for it," said According to Joe Matessa, Opening for the Femmes was afraid someone would be cru- ter, hand-searching of all luggage put aboard airliners, and an end to Lome Woodard, who traveled University Activities Organi- Ben Vaughn, a New Jersey shed. a system that allows notification only of airline, airport and government security personnel when there's a terrorist threat. Faculty Senate meeting Columbus showing growth marks charter's 25th year Data shows increasing metro area job opportunities by Barbara A. Weadock by an individual, he said. Editor's note: This is the third Transportation, legal and "A change in income and pop- copy editor In a second item of business, nominations and part of a twice-weekly series social services also are predic- ulation are key variables driv- elections for Faculty Senate and committee posi- addressing the employment is- ted to have a large number of ing employment," Less said. Faculty Senate will kick off its meeting today tons will be held. sues facing graduating seniors. new job openings in other major He added there have been with a presentation celebrating 25 years of Univer- The Part-Time Faculty Resolution, proposed by Ohio cities, according to the "considerable declines" in the sity governance under the Academic Charter. Senators Lester Barber and Alice Calderonello, by Laura Hardy data. Bartley Brennan, Faculty Senate chair, said the will be introduced to the Senate floor. staff reporter process for establishing the charter began in 1963 The proposal would eliminate the five-year limit In descending order after when the students and faculty called for a shared on the number of years full-time, non-tenure track Columbus, Ohio cities and their governance process. faculty may be employed. While recent data shows smal- expected job growth rate per- "The implementation (of the Academic Char- If passed, the resolution also would establish a ler metropolitan areas among centage are Cincinnati, 10.8; ter) in 1964 started a whole new era in University continuing part-time faculty category enabling the regions experiencing the Dayton-Springfield, 10.5; Cleve- government," Brennan said. part-time, non- tenured track faculty to have an greatest job growth, graduating land, 9.6; Akron, 8.9; Toledo, The document was created to insure the Univer- seniors may want to target their 8.6; Canton, 7.0; and Youngs- sity community against policies arbitrarily made D See Senate, page 4. job search to the Columbus town-Warren, 6.2. area. Job growth for the Columbus In terms of job growth on a area between 1986 and 1995 is es- national level, Portsmouth- timated to increase 13.7 percent, Dover-Rochester (New Hamp- Education tops concerns according to labor market shire-Maine region) was listed projections data compiled by the as the area with the greatest job CINCINNATI (AP) — Educa- Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Of those responding, 20 per- Labor Market Information Div- growth with a rate of 62.5 per- tion replaced unemployment as Research and was co-sponsored cent cited education as the most the leading concern among ision of the Ohio Bureau of Em- cent during a four-year penod, by the Dayton Daily News, The important problem, 17 percent ployment Services. according to data compiled in Ohioans who were surveyed in a Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati said drug and alcohol abuse, 16 statewide poll released Monday. Industries predicted to expe- 1984 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor television station WKRC-TV. percent said unemployment, 9 rience the largest growth rate in Statistics. population growth which gen- percent said high taxes, and 6 Substance abuse and jobless- "People realize that education the Columbus area include ap- Based on the bureau's data, erally mean fewer job openings, percent listed homelessness and parel and accessories, business the national metro area average but depend upon a variety of ness ranked a close second and is the key when it comes to iob poverty.