Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 7-19-1979 The Summer BG News July 19, 1979 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The Summer BG News July 19, 1979" (1979). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3638. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3638 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. the summer ,Bowlinq 'Green Stole University Musical Arts Center's performance hall I named after Kobacker hy Diane Must based chain of retail shoe cording to Kim Kreiger, stores. director of music events and The 850-seat concert hall Moore said the Kobacker promotions at the Univer- and theater in the new family gift to the University sity. Musical Arts Center was was the largest donation to Other featuresof the Center named the Lenore and the Center. A $7.5 million are its 88 practice rooms, 68 Marvin Kobacker Hall state appropriation and a studios and offices, two Thursday, July 12. private fund-raising cam- rehearsal rooms, and an * 1 University President Dr. paign is being used to electronic music recording Hollis A. Moore Jr. made the finance the $9 million studio and classroom. announcement at a luncheon building. Architects for the Center which was attended by the are Bauer, Stark and Lash- Kobacker family, University Kobacker is a past brook of Toledo. trustees and other officials. president of both the Toledo The College of Musical ML 1 Arts plans to move into the Kobacker Hall will be the Symphony Orchestra and the major performance hall in Toledo Museum of Art and new center fall quarter. JMM^ "" 1 the Center. It features a still serves on the Board of huge stage area with an Trustees of both groups. *2ftv orchestra pit that can be Also a member of the Ohio 7-19-79 raised or lowered by a Arts Council, be is active *' ■i^S| hydraulic lift. Seating in- with the Ohio Citizens for the cludes a main floor and a Arts, the Ohio Foundation inside unique arrangement of two for the Arts and the Arts Guest Column and Art Buch- suspended balconies. Commission of Greater. wald Page 2 The naming of the per- Toledo. Ihk ] formance hall is in Campus and local briefs Pages 3 & 4 recognition of a major MRS. KOBACKER la a contribution to the new former pianist and music Features: University Center by the Kobacker graduate of Rockford graduate Rick Kramer, family, and of their active College, Illinois. owner of the Electric T-Shirt support of music and arts in The Center also contains a Factory, began what is today northwest Ohio, according to 250-seat recital hall which a successful business on an photo by Kyle Danacean Moore. will be named later, ac- impulse in 1972. Kramer's success story is on Page 8. Although the Student Recreation Center's seed spitting contest was canceled, KOBACKER, A TOLEDO resident, is vice chairman of some die-hard watermelon enthusiasts created a contest of their own. Visiting Energy day It is not often that a college professor John Wright, of Dover, England, (above) attempts to spit a watermelon the board of Kobacker newspaper has access to an seed out of sight Stores, Inc., a Columbus- set for Sunday exclusive interview with a "Develop Energy famous film director. The News had the good fortune to Mosquitos 'bug' Bowling Green Independence" is the theme talk with Russ Meyer, the of Energy Information Day, self-reknowned "kind of the The City of Bowling Green dicate that the heaviest a "request and complaint respiratory aliments and which will be held in City allergies, however. Hoffman nudies," however. Mike and the Wood County Health concentrations of adult basis." Park on Sunday, July 22. The suggested that residents go Gueulette talked with Meyer Department began mosquitoes are located in the The insecticide malathion event is sponsored by the indoors and close windows last week in Toledo, and yesterday a joint spraying third and fourth wards. The is being used in the spraying Bowling Green Citizens for Mike's account can be found and doors while the in- program designed to reduce areas around Sand Ridge program. Malathion will Safe Energy. on Pages! A 7. the adult mosquito Road in the southwest part of disrupt any virus carried by secticide is being dispersed. the city and near City Park mosquitoes. Of particular Home solar energy devices The Susan B. Anthony population and the chances Use of the insecticide have the heaviest con- concern is the encephalitis provided by area businesses dollar has met with mixed of the transmission of sparked debate at Monday's centrations, according to virus which is carried by will be on display and emotions since it debuted mosquito-borne diseases. City Council meeting. last week. C. Frederick Sch- Tom Metz, city applicator. mosquitoes and for which literature concerning a The spraying program was wan, a captain in the there is no licensed vaccine, Hoffman admitted that the variety of energy topics will necessitated by last week's spraying "may be un- military'science department YESTERDAY'S Municipal Administrator be available. heavy rains, which produced desirable from an en- at the University and an SPRAYING was limited to Wesley K. Hoffman said. unusual amounts of standing vironmental point of view," The Citizens for Safe expert on U.S. currency, the Sand Ridge Road area Malathion is bio- water in parts of the city. but said mat conditions Energy hopes to educate the offered his conjectures as to Wherever untreated water and the Westgate area in the degradable and is approved community about energy how the dollar will fart on offered "no other choice." the market in the future. See stands undisturbed, adult third ward, Mots said. by the Environmental issues, and has recently Page*. mosquitoes wul develop Today's spraying is ten- Protection Agency. The begun publication of a within a weak or ten days, tatively scheduled for the insecticide it non-toxic to newsletter. Tom Wilson, mosquito Belleville Acres area west of mammals, including "WE HAVE to weigh the Classifieds and doonesbury Page! control coordmator for the City Park. Metz and Wilson humans, and it does not options," Hoffman said. Sunday's program is County Health Department, mat last night to plan today's enter the food chain. "The danger of encephalitis scheduled from 2-6 pjn. and said Tuesday. spraying. Meti said is nodi greater man the more information may be Weekend Page IS Light traps set by Health yesterday afternoon that the MALATHION MIGHT danger of harmful effects obtained by calling either Sports officials in- i may be sprayed only on irratate people with from the spraying. 36*4772 or 35M792. Page 11 opinion, guest column Student Weed Center disgrace to University I have visited the Student area involved is technically ministrative areas of the Recreation Center several non-University property campus have continuously times this summer. The until the landscaping been maintained with golf- facility is obviously a very company under contract course regularity. good one. Unfortunately, the does its job. appearance of the building is Subsequently, I discussed The situation is even more terrible. Due to the lack of the landscaping problem unfortunate in light of the proper landscaping, the Rec with University president fact that thousands of people Center looks more like an Dr. Hollis A Moore Jr. He will be visiting the campus abstract barn in a weedpatch confirmed what McGuire for the first time this sum- than a recreational facility. had said and added that legal mer as a part of the pre- Instead of grass, the center steps were being taken since registration program. is surrounded by foot-tall the date for the scheduled Hopefully the University weeds. completion of the land- will attempt to avoid further According to Rec Center scaping has expired. embarrassment by taking Director Dr. Raymond corrective measures to phot* by Kyle Danaceau (Ben) McGuire, "The area is Instead, the University eliminate the unsightly Ike appearance of the Student Recreation Center hat been marred by foot-tall not yet accepted as the allowed the appearance of problem which now exists. weeds (above) which have surrounded the facility since spring commencement responsibility of the the Rec Center to decline to a This problem has begun to arouse concern among University students and faculty. University maintenance disgraceful level despite the Thomas Carver is a student China's The People's Daily' staff." He also said that the fact that various ad- at the University. A £~.^_ooo news paper respond BEIJING-"The People's Daily" of China, with a cir- But they did receive me at the "People's Daily," and The News welcomes reader response to editorial culation of 6,180,343, not including free subscriptions to the showed me a new satirical four-page paper they were comment as well as opinions on topics of student Politboro, differs from Western newspapers in one major putting out consisting of cartoons. It had been started in interest, in the form of letters to the editor and guest respect: It refuses to print bad news about the country. It April after two years of great thought columns. is in fact the ultimate "good news" paper. Iron and steel Mr. Wang, a deputy editor, told me the paper was a big All correspondence should be typewritten and production are going up, agriculture is leaping forward, success though it is still in the experimental stage.