Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-17-1978 The BG News September 17, 1978 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 17, 1978" (1978). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3517. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3517 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. ■MM The G views Vol. 61, No. 115 Bowling 'Green 'Slate University Sunday, September 17, 1978 opinion 'judgment is founded on truth...* quest column information is key to a prosperous college career With all the seemingly tons of winter quarter. Features of the Center No source Is more often quoted than appear In the BG News and elsewhere. I portant of all the requirements in your material to read these first few days in include two swimming pools, squash "they" hi "they said..." An unknown am certain that you would not courses. college, why would the president add to and handball courts, a running track, source If usually worse than no source deliberately risk getting a parking the pile? Well, mainly to say welcome- Dr. Hollis sauna rooms, and a 50,000 square-foot at ail whea troubles arise. ticket, for example, but your careful If you want to know whether or not a and to do it via the BG News in order to multi-purpose area for basketball, reading of the Motor Vehicle statement you have heard la true, or if emphasize the importance from the tennis, and other sports. The Center It Is regrettable that some rules, Regulations when they are printed you simply want to know who la In a start of being a daily reader. Keeping Moore will enable you to engage in a program position to help you with a problem, one well informed is an essential activity of recreational activities which is 'If you have a problem, remember that you need good source of information is the for each of us. Being well Informed tailored to meet your own personal student-staffed service known as FACT about what is happening on this campus editorializing helps to sharpen the goals of physical fitness. LINE (phone 2-2445). Dont let your means reading the BG News, a debate on current issues and to keep to ask the right questions, at the right times, of the questions go unanswered or your publication supported in part by your administrators and faculty on their Information Is the key to making full problems fester. There are 2,200 ad- fees and in part by advertising income. toes. use of campus resources, but misin- right persons. An unknown source is usually ministrators, faculty, and staff The BG News is your primary Anotii?r Important publication Is the formation often seems easier to come members on this campus. We are here communications link with other GREEN SHEET. I urge yon to par- by. On any campus, rumors flourish. worse than no source at all when troubles arise.' to help you, but you will usually need to members of the University community, ticipate in the cultural, recreational, They can make for interesting con- take the initiative In seeking that serving both as a source of vital in- and social activities which are an versation, but they can be disastrous as regulations, requirements, and should keep you from inadvertently assistance. formation and as a vehicle for the Important part of life on this residential the basis for declsionmaklng and ac- deadlines are necessary, and we do our getting a ticket and paying a fine. expression of personal viewpoints. It is campus. A calendar of such events tion. If you have a problem, remember best to keep them as few in number as Similarly, you must be acquainted with Welcome to Bowling Green. important that you learn to distinguish appears in the GREEN SHEET each that you need to ask the right questions, possible. But you are expected to other policies in areas of academic Dr. Hollis Moore is Preside* at the between news (or information) and Monday, and I hope you win refer to It at the right times, of the right persons. acquaint yourself with them as they counseling, housing, and most im- University. opinion. Opinion-which appears regularly. frequently in editorials and articles by I am sure you will want to keep well- guest columnists-may or may not informed about the progress of the speaking out reflect the views of a majority of Student Recreation Center, which is students on campus. But in any case scheduled to open at the beginning of this is your page, university, news are open to all The News photo editor, Dave Ryan, even the School of Journalism has only editorial page of any newspaper in asked me last week what I remembered control over us. the county. This page is your chance to of my freshman year at the University, Jamie Each year we receive funding from express yourself. We welcome any make the most of it especially what I remembered of my the student general fee. This year the letters or guest columns that conform goals for my four years here. News was allocated J52.000. Therefore, to our editorial policy. If you feel As freshmen start off on a four year career In college, the News cannot I distinctly remember that my most Pierman each of you Is paying a fraction of a cent something is wrong, or right, write. We for each issue of the News. The bulk of want and need to hear from you. stress enough the importance of students' involvement in the clubs, important goal was to make the most of my experiences and encounters with our income comes from advertising. Without your input, we cannot organizations, and Institutions that help shape the University community the people at the University. I firmly ...Enjoy the football names and the The News Is for you, the student. It always stay In touch with the sen- in which we all live. believe that, while classes will test and also is for University faculty, staff, timents of the University community. All the organizations and clubs on campus offer worthwhile openings marching band. Become a hockev fan. broaden my mind, the people I meet Last year's hockey team finished third administration and for city residents. for students. Most are centered around specific goals or interests, letting and make friends with at the University in the nation. Our first priority Is to inform you of The main thing you need to know the student pick the areas of education and society that they want to help will be the most important and best way what is happening on campus. We want about the News is that we are here for mold and shape. This way a student can have a say in the University I will learn-about myself and others. While you are expanding your you to know about your fees, classes, you. We may not always please you, as community. But there is still a better vehicle for students wishing to My grade point average will bear minds in class and out, remember that faculty and what the administration is far as our opinion page or sports better their college life. In fact you are reading it right now. that out. I believe my work at the News the News is here for you. We are the up to. We want to tell you about how the columns go, but newspapers are not In The opinion page is here for you to use. If everyone uses it. a fo'um of and the people at the University will get only morning newspaper in Wood football game went over the weekend the business solely to make everyone information arises. It may be the only place that students may exr-ess an me further in life than anything else. County, so you will find fresh, in- and what movies are playing on happy, For all of you new students, opinion that so many people will read (the News' circulation is 11.000). formative and entertaining news here. whether you are freshmen or transfer Although the News is run by students, anyone may write for the editorial Last spring, the News was chosen 'I distinctly remember that my most important students, I suggest that, while you take by the Society of Professional Jour- page. You might say that this is an open invitation to the administration your classes seriously, get out of your nalists as the best college newspaper in and faculty to become involved with the News. also. After all, they are as dorm room and enjoy the University. Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and much a part of this University as the students. This may even promote a Forget "Charlie's Angels" and Western Pennsylvania. So, you can be goal was to make the most of my experiences better understanding among students and the upper echelon. "Three's Company" for awhile and do sure that by reading the News you are What students, administrators, and faculty contribute does not have to something you've never done before. reading a quality paper. deal exclusively with the University. If there is a local, state or national Also, the News was notified last and encounters ..