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Directory SPORTS 6 OPINION 2 Swiichboard 372-2601 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Classified Ads 372-6977 Andrea attacks corporate America Display Ads 372-2605 Ohio State fires UT women draw Editorial 372-6966 Spores 372-2602 Randy Ayers af- 10th seed in cloudy and Enlenainmenl 372-2603 FLOOD UPDATE 5 ter 8 seasons at NCAA mild Slory idea? Give us a call Ohio River's crest moves into Indiana; weekdays from I pm. lo 5 pm., or the helm Tournament e-mail: "[email protected]" flood has claimed 59 lives since March 1 High: 44 Low: 30 TUESDAY March 11,1997 Volume 83, Issue 115 The BG News Bowling Green, Ohio ct: "Serving the Bowling Green community for over 75years" STAR-90 update may be coming soon University is looking into, includ- to class, year or major. Other Waiting lists, Internet access STAR-90 ing financial aid information and times, it will be on a first-come, "I've seen it, and I considered by administration obtaining grades through the first-serve basis. system. electronic waiting list if a section If enough names are on the know that it works. "There are a host of additional they requested is already closed. waiting list, a new course may be ByDARLAWARNOCK looking into an upgrade of the policies - we are really trying to As soon as a person drops out opened to provide for those stu- I'm surprised that we The BG News current telephone registration study how to implement them," of that section, the name at the dents. don't already have system, which would open up McComber said. "We have to top of the waiting list will be The idea for the updated it." The voice on the STAR-90 twice the amount of phone lines, work out exactly what we want." added. An automatic call-back to system was developed by system may soon become a little with an option for waiting lists Once implemented, students the person on the waiting list will Charles Middleton, University Charles Middleton easier for students to take, if all and possible Internet access. using the STAR-90 system will inform them of the change. provost and vice president for University Provost and VP for plans go well. Registrar Becky McComber have the opportunity to imme- In some cases, the waiting list Academic Affairs University administration is said there are many options the diately place their name on an will prioritize names according • See STAR-90, page three. Checking Out Reading Center honors Weber Facility named after founding member, former University education professor By MELISSA NAYMIK The BG News Over the years, the University has had numerous facilities named after distinguished professors. On Feb. 21, the Read- ing Center located in the Educa- tion Building was offically named in honor of Dr. Martha Gesling Weber by the University Board of Trustees. Weber came to the University in 1946 as an assistant professor, but later became a professor of BO New. Photo by Amy V«n Horn education in 1953. Colleen Kane, a junior accounting major, reads over the campaign ment elections will be held from March 18-20. Weber was one of the founding signs at the Union Oval Monday. Undergraduate Student Govem- members of the Reading Center. From 1946 to 1965, she was the director of the center. Weber was the person who molded and es- tablished the main focus and Martha Oiling Weber Wood Cable scorecard expands purpose of the center. S. Nemeth, a friend of Weber, In the years Weber was active wrote a letter in honor of Weber's on campus, she was credited with director, said both channels were from $21.60 to $23.40 per month, Many cable companies decide memory and submitted it to "The Cartoon Network, many firsts. She was the recipi- Ohio Reading Teacher.'" highly requested networks he said. which stations to add by sending ent of the University's first Dis- Home and Garden among the customers of Wood Student rates will not change surveys to customers. "Her life experiences have tinguished Faculty Award in been permanently imprinted on Cable Comm. until the fall semester. According to Scudder, this is 1963. Then in 1968, she was a- TV added to lineup Subscribers can find HGTV on The Cartoon Network, which is not the best method to use be- those who knew her because she warded the first Outstanding told her students that they were Channel 7 and the Cartoon Net- owned and operated by Turner cause a specialized group of cus- Teacher Award by the College of Broadcasting, is rated fifth worthwhile, special and worth By MAUREEN BARRY work on Channel 42. tomers could "stuff the ballot Education. The BG News "The rate adjustments have among all cable networks behind box." listening to," Nemeth said. already been made and distrib- TNT, USA. Nickelodeon and TBS, For example, members of a One of her biggest accom- Marilyn Braada, Two channels, Home and Gar- uted to customers," according to Scudder said. local church or religious group plishments in her years at the alumni/development officer, met den TV and the Cartoon Network, Larry Scudder, regional vice HGTV was added because it could repeatedly request the ad- University was being chosen as with Weber after she retired. have been added to Wood Cable president. was a station for which cus- dition of a religious station. the first woman president of the Braadz described her as being Comm's menu. The addition of the two chan- tomers have indicated a need, he University Faculty Senate. Kris Euler, regional marketing nels have caused a rate increase said. • See CABLE, page three. Professor Emeritus Dr. Joseph • See WEBER, page three. Stop smoking, lose Freddie and Frieda X2 weight at clinics trying to quit smoking or lose American Lung weight," said Amy Cramer, Association holds American Lung Association of- fice coordinator. hypnosis sessions "Hypnosis is a relaxation tech- nique to be used as a tool to help By JENNIFER SCHAB persons reach a goal they have The BG News set for themselves; it Is not ma- gic," Cramer said. This month the luck of the Irish The program uses suggestive may not help you quit smoking or therapy, and participants are lose weight - but the American aware of everything at all times. Lung Association's hypnosis clin- "It Is a good program that has ics may. had a 25 percent success rate The American Lung Associa- with getting people to quit smok- tion will conduct a hypnosis ses- ing, which is average," Cramer sion on Wednesday, March 12 at said. the Days Inn on 1550 E. Woosler Many people have gotten a lot in Bowling Green. The session to out of these programs, though stop smoking will be held from 6 they have not worked for every- p.m. to 7 p.m. and the weight con- one, Cramer said. trol session will be held from 7 The cost for each session is p.m. to 8 p.m. $40, which Includes the group Clinical hypnotist Don Mannar - hypnosis, a question and answer ino will conduct all of the ses- session and an audio cassette for sions. home reinforcement. By showing It is tradition for the identities of Freddie and Frieda Falcon to be year's birds from left to right are Wendy Bratz, Blair Miller, Kelly "These sessions are Just an- revealed at the last basketball and hockey game of the year. This Benedetti, and Kevin Demain. other option for people who are • See LUNG, page three. page two The BG News Tuesday, March 11,1997 Mike Wendling Opinion Editor Opinion 372-6966 ANDREA WOOD H E 'Bootstrap' spirit stomps nation It's amazing to me how those be yours, too. campaign contributions), the America Online, have only to "core American values" laid down Here on the domestic front, environment (Texaco and Exxon). wage a public image campaign "Fledgling by our founding fathers have corporations (also known And perhaps most disturbing, to win back the consumers' remained virtually Intact. Ironically as "corporate those traditionally charged with confidence. To big business, the free market What I mean Is. the "bootstraps America") have rallied and now keeping an eye on the evils of the public relations campaign has economies mentality": the idea that anyone rule almost every aspect of our rich exploiters, the media, have become a literal life-saver. They can "make it" In America with a culture. become corporate monopolies make a donation to local are ripe for little elbow grease and something Our nation's schools are now themselves. Newspapers were once colleges, take out a full page the exploitin' called "common sense." asking corporations for help local and privately owned. Today apology In the Sew York Times by the U.S.'s Social Darwinism was Invented because It's easier than begging "news" has become a billion dollar or buy the uniforms for a local large and NEWS to solidify this notion; that some citizens to raise their own business owned by a very few big little league team.