Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-6-2000 The BG News October 6, 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 October 6, 2000" (2000). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6696. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6696 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. October 6, 2000 YOUNG DIRECTOR: University student Brian Turtle is director- HIGH: 54 I LOW 36 ing a movie called 'Fourth Street'; PAGE 7 Associated Press Photo WAR: The original Eisenhower teletype message announcing Germany's surrender in WWII. 'WWII Ends' message sold By Kia Shant'e Bream ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LEXINGTON. Va. — Bob Mary Beth Murtiu BG News Rchenberg happened to be the WORKING: Shawn Cisco, a junior MIS major, stocks the shelves of his store, #1 Wholesale Nutrition. Cisco is a student at Bowling Green as well as owning his own busi- lieutenant on d. y in the code ness downtown. room In Nancy, France, when a Teletype message from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived IN THE MIND OF A STUDENT... announcing Germany's surren- der in World War II. Fichenberg forwarded the message to army commanders, per Eisenhower's orders, then stuffed the document into his uniform pocket "I thought, This might make a good souvenir,"' Fichenberg ENTREPRENEUR said. "I put it in my pocket and Fifth in a weekly feature forgot about it" By Kdtey Ftsher "I started selling nutrition According to Robert Smith, dent-entrpreneur has dreams of talk to suppliers and decide The message was discovered STAJF WRITER products from my house and founder of becoming "the next Michael exactly what they are going to more than 50 years later in Most college students have thought there was a need for a www.campusbiz.homepage.co Dell," founder and CEO of Dell sell. Next they should do a sur- Rchenberg's old footlocker, still one thing in common; not nutrition store in Bowling Green. m, 31 percent of college students Computers, who started the vey to determine if there is a in the pocket where he had put enough money. A lot of college students work out iL have to leave school because company in his dorm room. need for the product. Finally, A new trend is enabling stu- a lot and it is really inconvenient they can't afford tuition. "Running a part time business they would need to get sign per- On Wednesday, the original dents with financial burdens the for them to drive to Toledo, plus Teletype message Fichenberg "Part time jobs, work-study teaches discipline, commitment, mits and a business and vendor opportunity to stay in school and the prices are a lot higher," Cisco, and financial aid just isn't responsibilities, goal-setting and license. took on May 7,1945, was given complete their degree. to Virginia Military Institute for junior MIS major, said. enough any more. Many stu- time and money management. His advice to a student inter- You may have seen advertise- display in its museum. Cisco opened his store in dents are using their talents,. It also beats 'maxing out' credit ested in opening their own busi- ments in the classifieds promis- January, and said that every But Fichenberg, a retired skills and hobbies to start busi- cards," Smith added. ness is to talk to others in the news reporter and editor, was- ing a job from your dorm room. month sales get better. He also field and get advice on what the Others have chosen a different nesses from their dorm," Smith Some essential things a "stu- n't the one to donate the docu- has the added benefit of being a market is like. route and started their own busi- monopoly in town. said. dent-entrepreneur" needs to ment. Instead, it found its way "Starring a new business is ness "There is a risk with starting Smith's Internet company know, according to Cisco, is to VM1 through an unlikely tuni offers students the opportunity only as hard as you think it is," of events. For Shawn Cisco, student your own business, but if you whether or not there is a need for to work from their dorm room or Cisco said. "If you doubt yourself Fichenbergs footlocker was owner of #1 Wholesale Nutrition wait until you are already settled the product and what the market stored in his mother's attic in on Wooster Street, starting his in a real job then you have to home. This company is just one is like. then you won't get anywhere." New Jersey until she died, and own business was a different way wony about leaving your 'com- of many that pays students to Cisco also said that money is a Students looking for assis- to fill his time and provide a ser- fort zone.' There isn't as much search for people, real estate and big thing. First students need to tance can also contact the Small vice to the students and the risk now because 1 don't have many other things. get loans or grants and write up a Business Development Center WAR, PAGE 2 community. another job," he said. According to Smith, every stu- business plan. They also need to which is located in College Park. BG voted 11th best small city By Araie Moss Bizjoumals.com scored each Other Ohio cities to make the SUFI WRITER of the 632 cities in the categories listing of "dreamtowns" were To students who see Bowling of vitality, supply of good jobs, Perrysburg, Findlay, Athens, Green as a small, boring college freedom from stress, connection Wilmington and Wooster. town - guess again. In to cultural mainstream, support Bowling Green scored highest September, it was voted as for schools, access to health care, in the categories of education America's 11th best small city for low cost of living and small town and job quality, but according to living. character. Ruhe, the University was a big Bowling Green was picked as "I don't understand how they plus. number 11 of 632 small cities on could have scored us in some of "The University offers a lot of Associated Press Photo the basis of several demographic these categories without being programs, activities and UNDER WATER: Traffic moves slowly in a driving rain through a studies. here," Ruhe said. resources that a small town small flooded section of the Florida's Panhandle. The people at Bizjoumals. There was a possible of 100 couldn't do itself," Ruhe said. com Demographics Daily con- points per category. The points "Some of the greatest things ducted the survey completely on from each category were then about Bowing Green are the their own from census informa- averaged and cities with scores school system, location, the Lifeless city waits tion and other public demo- of 80 or better were labeled as University, the parks and the graphic records on cities that "dreamtowns." There was a total small town atmosphere," said BylttlrafrChtrNs Most schools reopened in had populations between 10,000 of 141 "dreamtowns." Sue Kinder, Wood County ASSOCIATED PRESS WHITER Miami-Dade County, except at and 50,000. Bowling Green had an overall recorder. "These are the things MIAMI — Thousands of peo- 15 schools with flooded or pow- "We had no idea that die sur- score of 93.13, making it the that make Bowling Green what it ple remained without power erjess campuses. The region vey was being done and no idea highest ranking Ohio city, is today." and hundreds of stalled vehicles remained in a state of emer- that we were involved," said according to Quinn. Bowling "Millions who live in big cities sat on still-flooded roadways gency imposed by Gov. Jeb Bowling Green Mayor John Green missed out on the num- or suburbs dream of getting out. Thursday as South Florida Bush, and President Clinton Quinn. ber 10 spot by .02 points to Our goal was to provide them a promised he would send federal began drying out from a tropical "No one from our offices sub- Durango, Colo. However, list of small cities that offer relief left HhHtnjch BG News downpour that dumped more help. mitted any information," said Morgantown, W. Va. was the only than 18 inches of rain over two )en Ruhe, executive director of city to receive a perfect score of LAMPS: The city just recently days. FLOODING, PAGE 2 the Chamber of Commerce, 100 points. CITY, PAGE 2 installed new lampposts. '.... ';...■.'.'•;'■■•.':■■•-■■■■■:■ •■.... 2 Friday, October 6.2000 BG NEWS NASA calls off launch of shuttle ByMarciaDunn shuttle. »P AEROSPACI WRITER Before launching Discovery, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA wants to understand the NASA called off Thursday's bolt malfunction and determine launch of space shuttle Discovery whether it poses a danger. At because of last-minute concerns worst, a protruding bolt could over bolts on the external fuel cause the separated tank to tum- tank. ble and slam into the shuttle. A valve problem found later in "I think the word you use the shuttles main propulsion sys- would be 'catastrophic,"' said tem delayed liftoff until at least I l.iKfll. himself a shuttle pilot. "I Monday. would not want to expose astro- The valve, which controls the nauts to that risk." flow of fuel, appeared to be slug- The troublesome bolt from gish during routine operations.