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An Bowling Green, Ohio Independent Friday, October 31, 1975 Student Volume 59/Number 23 Voice ■me BG news Financial motives cited RAs question overcrowding By Mirk Dodo* around, there are a lot of empty rooms The decision to put additional There currently are 91 three-man News Editor from people transferring, dropping out students in on-campus living units was rooms spread throughout Rodgers and graduating." Gagen added, "so the made by the Advisory Committee on Quad. Kohl Hall and Prout. About 125 A question as lo whether the University uVughi that by tripling Residence and Dining Hall Budgets, rooms in Founders have five women. overcrowding problem in some they could find a solution to both according to Dr. Richard Eakin, vice Six spaces still are open in men's University residence halls has resulted problems." provost for student affairs. housing units, according to Patton. from the University's financial needs Ellsworth said that Patton also told DR . EAKIN said Wednesday that When asked whether die budget rather than its academic ideals has his audience, "Don't use the word the committee's decision to increase committee considered the fact that been raised by two residence hall 'overcrowded' in your explanation of room occupancy in Founders from creating five-woman rooms would lead advisers in Prout Hall. the housing situation because it lends a four to five is one "that represents to overcrowded three-nun rooms, According to William Ellsworth, negative connotation." good management." Patton replied. "I doubt that the junior (H&CS) and Thomas Gagen. PATTON SAID Wednesday that "We know that we need to maintain budgetary committee gave much junior (A&S). resident advisors (RA) Gagen and Ellsworth's recollections of full occupancy in the residence halls to thought to it." in Prout Hall, all residence hall his talk "are not totally accurate." keep economically sound." Dr. Eakin Dr. Eakin said that by going to a directors and RAs met one week "There was some confusion of our explained. "We need to continue to five-woman format in Founders, "the before the start of fall quarter classes staff people at this meeting." Patton have revenue from the residence halls University could accommodate more with Seth Patton. assistant director of said, "although I don't know for sure to make them break even." student requests tor people who want residence services. why that was." House Bill 155 was a partial, to come to Bowling Green." During that meeting, Gagen said Patton said that he did tell residence although not the sole, reason for Last week Dr. Eakin said that he Patton explained that a wage increase hall staff members that expenses were increasing room occupancy in though it was better to have a housing granted to University classified going up in residence halls operations Founders, Dr. Eakin said. He problem and admit as many persons to employes by the state legislature this and that the housing office needed to explained that the state does not the University as possible rather than summer through the passage of House "create additional revenue to keep the subsidize wage increases in auxiliary close admissions to many students. Bill 155 prompted the University to rate (housing fee) increase a little services (residence and dining hall "It's easy to sec that the added seek additional funds by increasing lower." operations) at state-supported effect of having three and five-person on-campus residency levels. "The economic situation is that the universities. rooms is to increase revenue." Dr. University is in a bind." Patton said. Robert McGeein. University Eakin continued. "But an easier way GAGEN SAID (he reason given by "So it was decided in spring to coordinator of facilities planning, also to raise money would haw been to Patton for opening residence consider the optimal efficiency level in noted that the University received a assess everyone a higher room and admissions in March to accommodate Founders Quad to be five persons per two per cent reduction in its state board charge." students on waiting lists for fall room. We fell this is where we could subsidy this ycai. a reduction which he However, the minutes of the March on-campus housing was two-fold. most easily accommodate more said had as much of an influence on 2 budgetary committee meeting state "The state subsidized the University women." the budget committee's decision as did that "committee members were in part to cover the (wage) increase," Patton added that he was only House Bill 155. reminded thai hall occupancy might Gagen said in recalling Ration's referring to Founders when he told To avoid charges of sex be lower with an increase in general explanation. "But this subsidy covered RAs not to say that five-man rooms discrimination. Dr. Eakin said the fee as well as room and board rales all employes except those who work in there are "overcrowded." division was made to open waiting and possibly Instructional fees." residence halls and cafeterias, so the "Actually, there's more floor space lists for men's on-campus housing, This statement referred to a University needed some money in a room in Founders than in two thereby creating about 125 three-man suggestion that room lees be increased Temperatures are cooling, and it won't be long until biking days somewhere. rooms put togetliei in llarshman or rooms which previously had been more than 531 a quarter. are over until next spring. (Newsphoto by Lance Wynn) "And by the time spring rolls Kreischer." he said. occupied by only two persons. • To page four Moslems gain control in Beirut fighting BElRirr. Lebanon (AP) - Moslem Gallgaher. 44. of Roanoke. Va.. and Dr. Harold Fisher, associate rescheduled to arrive back in the country, he has the option of Fisher yesterday, dated Oct. 13. Fisher gunmen appeared to gain the upper William Dykes. 50. of San Jose.Calil'.. professor of journalism on a leave of United States. But this report has not determining his eventual destination. said in his letter that some of the hand yesterday in Lebanon's civil war were abducted Oct. 72. absence fro-, the Untveisity, was bten confirmed in Dr Fisher's rase. Under the Hayes-Fulbright violence had led to a cancellation of as they and their Palestinian allies Youths in green fatigues, armed scheduled to fly from Beirut to A spokesman for the state fellowship. Dr. Fisher would have the classes at the American University. He overran the last forward Christian with Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifles Athens. Greece yesterday A U.S. state department office in charge of opportunity to continue teaching in also noted that "this (his place of militia outpost in the downtown hotel and hacked by .50 caliber machine department spokesman said, as far as monitoring the flow of Americans out another part of the world. residence in Beirut) has been the safe district in Beirut and moved into the guns, poured through the Qantari he knew, the flight was made as of Lebanon said yesterday that once The University's school of area, with sound effects not too far shadow of the 25-story Holiday Inn. district on a downhill run toward the scheduled, according to late reports. an individual is flown out of the journalism received a letter from Dr. away!" At the same time, unidentified battle-scarred 500-room Holiday Inn. Dr. Fisher was leaching at the gunmen kidnaped the third American American University of Beirut and the in eight days. He was identified as TONIGHT well move ahead." a Lebanese National University under a Clyde Muddiest on. 47, of Ft. Worth Moslem gunman told an Associated Hayes-Fulbright fellowship when Tex., a pilot for a Lebanese cargo Press photographer Lebanon's civil crisis intensified. Rape rumors denied airline. U.S. Embassy officers Charles News reports Wednesday night said that some of the Americans in Beirut By Renee Murawski "As far as I know, these rumois arc they heard rumors about a black man scheduled to fly to Athens were later Staff Reporter just rumors. I've checked with the with a shoestring raping people, but no Health Center, the police and the one has called to report a rape." she Campaign materials There have been no recent reports people at the rape crisis center and said. of rape incidents on or off campus, (hey had no knowledge of any rape A decision to improve lighting Elections according to University and city police reports," Dickinson said. conditions in some parts of campus delivered illegally officials. According to cily police Lt, Galen was not prompted by the rape rumors, The News editorial board will Lt. Dean Gerken of University Ash. (he last reported rape incident in according to George Postich, vice Three individuals representing three post office will try to collect postage meet Monday morning to decide Police said that many females, the city occurred several months ago. president for operations. different groups violated a section of on the material as is its right final candidate endorsements for especially sorority house residents, "OF COURSE, there's the "I READ a story a few weeks ago the U.S.