Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-23-1988 The BG News September 23, 1988 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 September 23, 1988" (1988). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4835. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4835 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 BG NEWS Vol. 71 Issue 20 Bowling Graon, Ohio Friday, September 23,1988 Poll problems warrant appeals by Barbara A. Weadock in McDonald Quadrangle closed tion. would have voted for myself," the USG constitution which re- staff reporter 20 minutes early. "Yes, one poll closed 20 Isham said at a USG press con- quires polls to be open for a cer- USG vice president and Elec- minutes early and another never ference yesterday. tain length of time. In the past, tions and Opinions Board opened. That's serious," Peter- Robert Lewis, who lost Dis- he said, students could only vote Not many students voted in chairman Joe Meyer said he son said. "There's no excuse for trict Four by eight votes, said in the Union. the Undergraduate Student looked for poll workers until 3:30 what happened. It was a mis- "If you say the poll is going to be "We wanted it to be conven- Government district elections p.m. Wednesday. take on our part." there, it should be there." ient, but instead we opened a Wednesday, but some may get a "At that point in time there As a result of the problems, Lewis lives in Conklin, part of can of worms," Peterson said. second chance soon due to prob- was nothing I could do. I was out some of the candidates are ques- District Four, but he said most "I would (have polls in) the din- lems with polls in several dis- of resources to find someone," tioning the validity of the elec- people in Conklin eat at Harsh- ins halls again though." tricts. Meyer said. tion. man Dining Hall and were not Students may contest the elec- Balloting was scheduled to be Meyer was personally work- Peterson Meyer Alan Isham, who lost the Dis- able to vote. tion and file appeals under Arti- in the University Union from 9 ing at the poll in McDonald from ly made an effort to make sure trict One seat by one vote, said Peterson, however, pointed cle Five, Section Three of the a.m. until 4 p.m. and continue in 5 to 5:40 p.m., but said he could IIsomeone covered all the polls," he was unable to vote because out that other polls were still Undergraduate Student dining halls from 4 to 6 p.m. not stay until 6 p.m. because he said Craig Taliaferro, World the poll was closed when he ar- open. Government constitution, ac- However, some dining-hall polls had to collect ballot boxes and Student Association representa- rived. "If you look from Conklin to cording to Peterson. closed early or did not open at witnesses from other districts. tive to USG and member of "I went over to McDonald to Harshman (Quadrangle) and According to the document, 5 all because USG couldn't find He said the District Five poll EOB. vote, and no one was there. The Conklin to Kreischer (Quadran- percent of the students in a dis- workers to man all the facilities. was not open because the vol- Tim Peterson, USG president, one vote, which would have been gle), it's a difference of about 50 trict must sign a petition re- The poll in Harshman Quad- unteer worker failed to arrive. admitted errors were made by mine, would have made a differ- to 60 feet," he said. questing another election. If this rangle never opened and the one "In Joe's defense, he definite- USG in the handling of the elec- ence, and I can honestly say I Meyer said there is nothing in a See Voting, page 4. Columbus man remains unhurt in train collision by Linda Hoy dry editor ■ A Columbus man was uninjured Thursday when his tractor- trailer truck was cut in half by a Conrail train at Devil's Hole Road, about five miles north or Bowling Green. Danny C. Brofft was headed eastbound on Devil's Hole Road and failed to yield the right of way to a train headed north- bound at 2:45 p.m., according to Wood County Deputy Sheriff Bill Davission. Brofft was cited for failure to yield, Davission said. Packages of general freight which Brofft was transporting for Signal Delivery Service, Inc. of Downers Grove, iff. were strewn around the accident area. Brofft refused to comment on the accident. Edward Hern, the train conductor, said Brofft drove directly in front of the train and did not give the engineer time to brake. The train, which was also carrying general freight, was traveling at 50 mph. Davission said the impact of the engine cut the trailer in half. A Conrail representative said the company will not press charges against Brofft because "no major damage" was sus- tained by the Conrail equipment. Three or four train and vehicle accidents occur in Wood County each year, according to Will Strohl, a dispatcher at the Photo/John Cirteshop Wood County Sheriff's office. Workers clear the remains of a semi-truck after It was brcadsided at thel Green. The driver of the truck was uninjured, but was cited for failure to Conrail crossing on Devils Hole Road about five miles north of Bowling! yield. Dexter's closed, sale pending Lounge 'lizards' move out University offers students t-shirts for incovenience by Carol Berry However, Dexter's International Inc. does not by Scott R. Whltehead Monica Dabney, freshman during the fifth week of the own the property the Bowling Green restaurant city reporter marketing major, moved out of semester was not easy. reporter rests on. The lot was leased from Dexter's Realty, a Dunbar Hall lounge on Sep. 22 a separate "general partnership," and the fran- in order to move into Harmon. "It was hard to study because Like many city stores, Dexter's restaurant chise would have to purchase the real estate from For the 160 women originally She said the entire experience of the packing and the pressure. closed its doors for the summer with the intent to the realty company. placed in temporary housing at was very unpleasant. They really didn't give us re-open when University students returned in the The Abraham family opted not to buy the prop- the start of the semester, it is enough notice (about the fall erty, Michael Abraham said. nearly homecoming time. "It's nice that we're finally move)," Fryda said. Now, four weeks into the semester, Dexter's re- "It's a good move to go ahead and sell it because getting moved into one place, mains closed, with the sale of the popular subshop several people are interested in the real estate." Paula Smith, complex coor- but the whole thing gives me a Altogether, 123 women will be Abraham said. "The company that is buying it will dinator for Founders Quadran- bad first impression of the Uni- moving into Founders, Smith Located at 510 E. Wooster St., the restaurant is open their own business. gle, said every student currently versity, especially since they said. She added the extra com- one of several Dexter's owned and operated by in a residence hall lounge, (housing) didn't tell us what was motion of move-ins has not been Dexter's International Inc., based in Columbus. "There is a definite sale pending," he said. should be in a regular room Dy going on most of the time," a problem in the quadrangle so According to Michael Abraham, president of the David Abraham, director of operations for Dex- Sep. 30. Dabney said. far. family-owned subshop franchise, Dexter's "closed ter's International, refused to discuss the financial for the summer to do some remodeling." status of the Bowling Green franchise because of •I've talked to Jill Carr (di- According to Dabney, she and "We've had 25 women and it's However, no remodeling occurred, and since the the sales negotiations. rector of on-campus housing) her roommates were not given been very smooth from my per- doors to Dexter's remained closed, other area and from what I understand, by enough time to prepare for the spective, Smith confirmed. merchants became interested in the property. Michael Abraham said although the company the time we get to the end of Sep- move to Founders. She said the Greg Gbur, former Dexter's manager, said be- liked its Bowling Green operation and was "there tember all women should be out Housing Office promised her a As a badge of honor for the cause other merchants thought the restaurant was for a good six years," be believes it would better of the lounges," Smith said. week's warning before the students who endured tempor- closed for good, Dexter's received offers from the company interests to concentrate on alternate move, but it was actually three ary housing, Smith said the Uni- Bowling Green and other cities" to buy the prop- investments. She added the only place left days.