Notes Higher Education Notes Bill requires colleges to post crimes online A recently introduced Kentucky bill would require all state colleges to post campus crimes on the Internet. Kentucky Rep. Jim Wayne introduced the bill to the Kentucky General Assembly. The bill obligates all public and private universities and colleges to post any crimes reported to college officials or police agencies. More severe crimes, including murder and rape need to be logged on the Internet within 24 hours of the act. Schools not following the measure would be fined up to $1,500 or face criminal prosecution. The measure stipulates that the crime's perpetrator would be responsible for any damage caused because of the school's non-compliance. Media guide jab cans Ohio official Ohio State University official recently resigned from his position because of a derogatory statement made about a famous alum in the university's men's and women's basketball media guides. Director of Athletic Communications Gerry Emig took responsibility after the media guides described Richard Lewis as a drunk. Emig was reassigned to the Office of Student Affairs. Emig said he accepted responsibility because the media guide is under his supervision. He apologized to Lewis, the Ohio State administration and athletic department in a written statement. Lewis reportedly said he has not yet decided whether he will take any personal action. Black colleges get racist threat Historically black universities across the country received menacing letters from an unknown sender postmarked from Fayetteville, N.C. during the past last month. The letter proposed that the year 2000 would bring a race war against all black Americans. North Carolina Central University, Tennessee State University, Alabama State University and Stillman College in Alabama were among the universities to receive threats. The director of public relations at NCCU said the school responded by sending an e-mail to students and posting informational fliers about the letter. Anti-semitic leader to speak to at Northwestern White supremacist Matt Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, plans on speaking with followers at Northwestern University in an effort to organize a campus chapter of his group. Hale said he will meet with about 20 students and said five of the students are already members of his organization, which embraces racist and anti-Semitic teachings. Al Cubbage, Northwestern's vice president for university relations, said Hale would be removed from campus if he attempted to speak publicly. Hale would need an invitation from an official student organization in order to be on campus grounds. Benjamin Smith, a World Church of the Creator member, went on a multi-state shooting rampage in July, killing Northwestern basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong. Smith committed suicide after being cornered by police. A&M president to resign if school is blamed for collapse Texas A&M University President Ray Bowen said he would step down from office if the university was found accountable for the Nov. 18 bonfire log structure collapse that left 12 students dead and 27 injured. Bowen said he has received messages from people around the world about the accident and said that he will take the final responsibility as the university's president. - Compiled from U-WIRE reports by Daily Staff Reporter Robert Gold. Originally on page 3A in the 1-19-2000 issue of the Daily.