Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-10-2000 The BG News April 10, 2000 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 April 10, 2000" (2000). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6640. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6640 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. WESTHBT MONDAY April 10, 2000 Mostly Cloudy WORLD NEWS 2. OPINION 4 High, 49 CAMPUS 8 Low, 31 The BG News SPORTS .bgnewi.com Volume 88. Isiue 56 A daily independent siudem pness Tire-slashing vandals strike again Ziggy Zoomba's STKKANIE SI7.EMORE "I just cannot believe this." said Thursday night. When she returned slashed." Carter said. "Who does vehicle vandalism. to sponsor STAPf WRITER Jenny Carter, junior IPC major, Fri- Friday morning to get her car she this kind of thing?" The vandalism occurred between day morning when she realized her could not believe her eyes. The Bowling Green Police 3 and 7 a.m. Friday and was focused More than 40 cars had their tires two passenger side tires had been "My car and the car next to me Department received the first report on cars parked on East Wooster and concert bash slashed this past Friday in the sec- slashed with an unknown object. had been damaged and then I looked of vehicle vandalism at 7:35 a.m . State Street. ond spree of vehicle vandalism in Carter had her car parked at a at the parking lot behind the house Friday. Throughout the day they Besides tire slashing, people also two weeks, friend's house on East Wooster and every car had their tires handled more than 10 reports of reported items taken from their vehi- MIKE TUTTLE cles and broken antennas EsTfeRTAINMEVT WkrTER According to Lieutenant Brad Connor, police information officer for the BGPD, police have no clues With the April II Bush/Moby or suspects so far. concert right around the corner, "We are waiting to get tipped off many ticket-holders are still looking by someone, but so far we have no for a place to party before show leads." he said. 'This is around 100 time. cars in two weeks. Someone had to notice or hear something." Tami Budwick. news director at The last spree of vandalism 88.1 WFAL EM. said the station occurred March 30 when approxi- wanted to set up a live remote out- mately 60 cars had their tires slashed side of Anderson Arena before the in the areas around Clough Street. concert, but UAO said the MTV Lt. Connor believes that the com- contract wouldn't allow it. munity is the police's best chance to catch the person or persons respon Therefore. Budwick has arranged = sible for these acts. to have a pre-show pan\ at Ziggy "We are stepping up patrol, but Zoomba's on Tuesday 5 to 7 p.m. what we really need is to work After the partv. University shut- together with the community and tles will pick up students and bring especially the students to find this them back for the concert. person or persons." he said. "Some- one has to know something that 'This is going to be the biggest could help us out." concert psychc-up party Bowling Lt. Connor is asking that anyone Green's ever seen." Budwick said. who has any information regarding "WFAL and Ziggy's are both giving these crimes to call Crime Stoppers away stuff, so it will be a blast." at 352-0077. A cash reward is being offered for any information leading Budwick also said WFAL bought to the arrest and conviction of the two pairs of concert tickets to give subject(s) responsible. away, and it "won't be easy to win "There is no reason behind these them." __________ criminal acts and we need to catch •id hke "I'd like to who is responsible." he said. "A lot of people are being victimized for to have have people no reason ' people do d II caught, the person(s) responsi- some crazy rr ble for these crimes could be stuff to get crazy stuff to charged with multiple counts of tickets. get tickets. criminal vandalism or criminal dam- There's no —ii i aging. teiimg There s no If charged with cnminal vandal- what will telling what ism, which is a first degree misdc- STEFANIE SIZEMORE/ The BG News happen wm happen SLASHED — A tow truck driver prepares to load a car after its tires were slashed Friday. Forty other automobiles had their tires there, but , _ _ -_i slashed also. • SeeTIRES, page 8. its defi- there, out it s niteiy definitely going to be going tQ be a a fun stop o ° before the fun Stop Sexual assault myths, beliefs exposed concert.'' before the NICOLE VAI.EK people to see "no harm" in sexual Studies show that anybody is Mil and understand. It is not a new not think it can happen to them." Budwick _„_.„„__» si vii WRITE* .iss.iults. nerable to rape. crime, but it is a ver> under-reported Hoffman said. sa,d concert. Sexual assault is fostered through One of four girls and one of six one. Another myth that is common!) Bud Tami Budwick The issue ol sexual assault is not the misconceptions and false beliefs boys are sexually assaulted by the Male survivors are often shamed accepted is that rapists can only be only a serious one. but one that is that society accepts. age of 18. Adult males arc also by the taboo of same-sex sexual strangers and rapes only occur in wick said WFAL Ntus Director emotionally painful. "One ol the most commonly held raped, though it is less talked about contact, contributing to a sense of desolate areas. owner Bob One of the first ways to combat myths University siudents have due to the stigma rape carries for isolation and despair. "People tend to believe these Everharl was more than receptive of rape is to dispel the myths concern regarding sexual assault is that it men. "Men don't take it seriously that notions because that is what the her proposal. ing it. can't happen to me," said Barbara The belief that men are not raped, the) can be raped because ii threat- movies show and we are taught not The attitudes that society Hoffman. University Health Center or raped only in prisons, perpetuates ens their sense ol security and mas- 10 walk alone." Hoffman said Everhart said the activities will believes to be true are called rajic clinician. "Another common mis- the cruel stigma attached to male culinity to think they could be "In order to stop these myths be held outside if the weather is supportive beliefs. As people contin- conception is that inviting someone rape. assaulted They also do not hear of it nice. The pre-show party will be ue to believe in them, they allow hack to your room is an invitation to Men as the victims of rape is a happening like they hear about free of charge. have sex, ^ hen u is not." new topic for society to deal with women being assaulted, so they do i See ASSAULT, page 8. Budwick said the contract stipu- lations bothered her, but that she still wanted to set up "a party Bowling NEDA awards rape activists, survivors Green wouldn't forget." I Budwick said WFAL hoped to IRENE SHARON SCOTT noteworthy, an educator, dedicated covering a court case for The BG Woman's Story" She also wrote a part of my history . whether I like it CHIhH RllllkTt.K and admirable. News. column in the first issue of The BG or not." give away many tickets to the show The first place winners were "The result of the case had made News last fall to "Jane Doe" is a University stu- in the weeks leading up to it. but received "no help from UAO." Six members from the University Suto. junior journalism major, and a me so angry." she said. "There arc a commemorate dent who was raped earlier this year and city community were awarded lads lelerted to .is "Jane Doe" who lot of misconceptions that I wanted her second when she was visiting Heidelberg. UAO President Jen Joyce said the NEDA award for raising aware wished to remain anonymous. to dispel. Every rape survivor h.is .i anniversary as a She had consumed large amounts of j this was impossible because UAO Suto was awarded because she different experience." alcohol, passed out and was raped. ness about sexual assault Friday at rape survivor [ wasn't "given" any tickets to give Wood County's Commissioners' educated the community about sexu- Suto said she is a survivor "Each year The act was videotaped. al assault through journalism. She because she was able to write and the healing "While her case is very shock- [ away. She said MTV. Bush and Hearing Room. Moby all have a set number of tick- Wendy Suto, "Jane Doe." Logan has written numerous stories regard- talk about her experience. becomes better." ing." said Julie Broadwell. Sexual els to give out under the MTV Cam- Brooke, Julie Humhel-Yisha. in;' rape. The biggest step was printing her Suto said.