Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

Page 15 text:

USG CABINET Front Left: Cheryl Wilson, Vikki DeMatteis; Front Right: Dari Yocum, Dave Brooks; lst Row: L to m John Thorn, Janet Bardin, Malcolm Taaffe, Grace McBride; 2nd Row: Tim Blair, Todd Pressman, Donita Booker, Norm Nouotney, Darrell Yocum, Eloisa Mazzoraza; 3rd Row: Dennis Maxwell, Gregg Emch, Marc Greenberg, Fred Lance, Ken Kaleel, Kelly Sigler, Ray Miller. USG STUDENT ASSEMBLY lst Row G. to Rt Grace McBride, Janet Bardin, Steve Nash, Gregg Emch; 2nd Row 0- to R1: Vikki DeMatteis, Larry Mainer, Larry Seiford, Karen Uetrecht, Brad VanderZanden; 3rd Row: Janet Steenson, Will Schwartz, Off Campus Student Association Representative, Doug Gardner, Jim Mulderig, Mark Giese, Jim Griffin. 4... ' .1..H..H-...u. .. .-

Page 14 text:

l 'HHH -'HH.HHH LH-JLJLH-l -- THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT IDI k SERVING STUDE w M.Eii

Page 16 text:

. :- t 1 so - a 1.. . n, u-L -Li HpHHHHH'.ieiiJALJLJAlA...iLJLJliLJL-1LI 1.1.? 44 Hit Legal insurance An Ohio House bill allowing univer- sities to provide student legal insur- ance, similar to student health insur- ance, would offer a practical way to beat the high cost of legal fees. Although no definite legal insur- ance program has been drawn up. funding would most likely come from small, voluntary donations added to quarterly fees. ' With this money, a service could be set up where students could go to lawyers and law students for consul- tation about problems such as land- lord-tenant disputes, domestic prob- lems and consumer complaints. Considering the size of most stu- dent budgets, paying a iew extra dol- lars every quarter to ensure against high legal fees makes sense. USG fights crime The incidences of arson. bicycle thefts and other crimes in the univer- sity-atea have been increasing rapidly in in recent months. Undergraduate Student Govern- ment iUSGi should be commended for its decision to take positive action to combat this frightening situation. USG is attempting to mobilize the concerned south campus area resi- dents to be crime watchdogs. A crime alert proiect will be touched off in about two weeks, when USG dis- tributes safety information door-to- door. All students must support USGis efforts to make off-campus housing a safe place to live. Crime prevention taught About 250 of the 700 south campus area residents who registered for a crime alert project attended a training session Thursday sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Gov- ernment iUSGL Residents learned to identify suspects, secure their residences, de- fend themselves against attack. re- port crimes and increase awareness and observation. Residents who participated in the training session are to work with pa- lice to make trespassers in the neigh- borhood accountable to the peopie who live there, said Chief Donald Hanna of the OSU Police. I . Officials from the Columbus Divi- sion of Police, OSU Police. Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's office and the Columbus Fire Department participated in the session. The Columbus police and county prosecutor's office helped USG orga- nize the project to increase neighbor- hood awareness in the area of West Eighth, West Ninth and West 10th avenues between High Street and Net! Avenue. The area has one of the highest crime rates in the city. Columbus Police Chief Earl Burden said the police cannot do the job of crime prevention and reporting with- out the help of residents. USG IS YO THE STATEHOUSE T