Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 8-23-1993 The BG News August 23, 1993 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 August 23, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5553. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5553 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. /? The BG News Monday, August 23, 1993 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 76, Issue 1 Welcome to (and back to) B.G. Photos by BGNews and Key staffs Opinion page two The BC News Monday, August 23, 1993 The BG News -An Independent Student Voice- Editorial Board Kimberly Larson ... Editor-in-Chief Kirk Pavehch Eileen McNamara Managing Editor Associate Editor Julie Tagliaferro Chris Hawley Campus Editor City Editor Aaron Dorksen Sherry Turco Sports Editor Opinion Editor Connell Barrett Insider Editor Play it cautious avoid drinking It's that special time of the year again. It's the heartwarming time when fresh new faces eagerly comb the University campus search- ing for their own special niche where they can fit in and make a name for themselves. It's the time these faces realize the freedom they now have since mom and dad are no longer looking •-■■ ■■■ over their shoulders watching their every move. It's also the time when freshmen seem to get into the most trouble. College is an exciting experience that serves as a precursor to the real world for those fortunate enough to have the finances to afford it. It discerns Pf)k~*» those that know how to handle the responsibility of OiSirtOutM Dy Tnouft* MMtt S*rv-c« living on one's own and those who haven't got a clue. While going out to the bars or keg parties and get- ting a little crazy is often a great stress reliever, for freshman it can often prove disastrous since most are not old enough to be drinking alcohol. New Fairness Doctrine unfair And, believe it or not, your young 18-year-old faces Once again congress is trying This past week. Bowling Green looking around nervously for big, huge, meaty boun- to pass a familiar bill among may have seemed somewhat bor- cers often clues in the undercover feds and narcs radio broadcasting stations. Rush ing, but believe it or not it does who often frequent our little city. Limbaugh is calling it the Hush get better. Please exercise safety What's horrifying is they do it for the sole purpose Rush bill. This too-familiar bill, Weekly Columnist If you do wander into a party of busting underage drinkers and the establishments regardless of what It Is called, somewhere and really must equates to The Fairness Doc- drink despite the countless num- which serve them. Pretty sick, huh? trine, or rather the unfairness bers of officers patrolling the Sick or not, it happens and happens often. When a doctrine. city and inevitably waiting to bust occurs, an underage drinker may be fined and This bill, if passed, will require bust some new freshman. the fine depends on the discretion of the judge and radio stations to have both liberal the extent of the offense. and conservative viewpoints at Robin Coe For the billionth time - don't Trust us, we know. every station. This does not drink and drive! Bowling Green If you are going to drink (and we know you will), at sound too bad when considering isn't overly filled with crime, least have enough common sense to not lose control the all-too-powerful Rush Lim- rape and murder like some cities, in a public place, like vomiting in front of downtown baugh, who speaks at radio has the right to try and mandate now, but if this bill Is actually but it does exist so dpnt be stu- stations who do not carry any the law again. Chances are Bill passed, what's to say they will pid. Also, dont get worried if you or urinating on newly-renovated Founders. other view. Clinton will not veto the bill not move on to other media. don't graduate in four years. Not And, furthermore, try not to lose control at all. It is Although, it is unfair to pass a either, and it will be heard in the Perhaps putting regulations on many do, and if you drink and not a pleasant feeling to be sick with a hangover in law that will allow the govern- U.S Supreme court. print media, knocking off maga- drive or play it stupid you may English 111 while discussing the differences be- ment to revoke a station's license I'm a little skeptical of Rush zines and newspapers which not make it at all. tween ... hmmmm ... we can't remember - which just if they do not approve of what the Limbaugh's declaration of the write to defend certain political *** proves our point further. station is playing. The law should bill being a ploy against him spe- viewpoints and basically creat- Interestingly, Greenpeace Another really bad thing which can happen is if only apply to political news cifically. The purpose of this bill ing a neo-communist, equal, non- once existed here in Bowling you fall out of your loft onto your dresser and sleep covered. goes much deeper. The govern- diverse media. Scary, huh. Green, but the students inno- there all night because you are afraid that if you It is an ethical code among ment is exercising a right it does Of course, It will never happen. vated enough to start it have all move you wUl lose your cookies. most mediums to cover all sides not have to impinge on the right If the government attacks print graduated, and Greenpeace Again, trust us - we know. of every story, but the govern- of free speech. Programs which media, it would be clear to the withered away from the Univer- ment should not interfere with talk about someone's viewpoints Supreme Court that It is against sity. Anyone who knows about its So while you are all out roaming about looking for opinion talk shows nor should the - for example. Rush Limbaugh's the first amendment, and the history here in Bowling Green, or some new trouble to get into, stop to think about what government dictate to radio what program - are not news but spe- Court would most likely not even is interested in starting a new you are really here for (besides to get away from their ethical codes are. cifically are the exercises of free consider hearing the case. one, please contact me at 214 your younger brother or sister.) The Fairness Doctrine, or as I speach. So, why is it so different with West Hall. If mailed from on Remember that while mom and dad sleep safely in would rather call it, the unfair- There are both right-wing and broadcast media? campus you do not have to pay their warm snug beds missing little Punkin and little ness doctrine, is clearly against left-wing stations, and viewers *** postage. Punkin is passed out in the lobby drooling, Mr. Narc the Constitutional rights of radio have every right to choose what On another note, welcome in- is also remembering the missing little Punkin. media, which is probably why the is best for themselves. The coming freshman to BGSU. Robin Coe is a junior majoring So, far be it for us to tell you what not to do, but FCC declared its death early in government is focusing on con- There's plenty for a student to do in journalism. Her column ap- whatever you do - don't get caught. 1992. Unfortunately, congress trolling broadcast media right on a Friday night. pears weekly in The News. The BG News Staff Jim's Journal by Jim Photo Editor Teresa Thomas Insider M.E. Dorian Halkovich $+t*t came over )j toU k\i» x~ ''CveryV^s » ro*p» Insider Photographer Ross Weitzner (-fowl-up rtw»ed\*v\ Special Projects Editor Michael Zawacki aw* tVmt Ml * Asst. Special Projects Editor Kelly Duquin Asst. Sports Editor Mark DeChant Copy Editor Dawn Keller Copy Editor Pam Smith Copy Editor Robin Coe The BC News, founded in 1920, is published daily during the academic year and Wednesdays during the summer session. 204 West Hall 18f Bowling Green State University 1-V Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0726 j It- / i Copyright 1993, The BG News totafff 1 rtf> Au. ^ Too BAC...WW rv«W0 WAS Tttc"»W0P>t OrVkrYwAS ttte FE«HA£6 iFHe AW. DfftCGM tig mi\X-M r*e?AWt>TE> fAAVc A SR«A<. RVCUAS.EO...SA/... 1 VWt*\ L J^^ co»rt?Qe»m8»4-n»'oo.. ~ lO0Tlc\c§T'tTO tow? Respond — ntte ~*bu.cet*Mf> Signed letters or columns express the rwyy^SO^CT**^**"' %}[W w"*ici beliefs of the individual and in no way a> represent the opinions of The BG News. c /A U^A^T-vSovWW to ,M All readers are encouraged to express their z> wFfi^v- L^SLL - opinions through letters to the editor and M ^^^^ /—^ «Ti VI ^Vi t £ guest columns. Letters should be 200-300 o words, typed, and contain the writer's telephone number, address, class rank, and major.