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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1977-78 The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 4-6-1978 The thI acan, 1978-04-06 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1977-78 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1978-04-06" (1978). The Ithacan, 1977-78. 22. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1977-78/22 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1977-78 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. April 6, 1978 Vol. 51/No. 23 Ithaca Colleqe published independently by the students of Ithaca College Ithaca, New York · Grape Escape Wins Sweeping Victory by Chuck Post , / the things that have been dis ,: Vice President of Campus cussed in recent years," Grape Affairs, Tom Grape, was elected said. 1978-79 Student President in Bob Sturm was elected Student Tuesday's election. Grape's par Trustee with 364 "yes" votes to ty, The Grape Escape, swept to 113 "no" votes in his unopposed complete victorr. Four of the election. party members ran unopposed. Cathy De Yoe edged out Tom Rose Mary Schuler was elected Plestaras 133-117 to win the Vice President of Campus Affairs election for Senior Class Presi by a 311-236 vote over Randy dent. 'Tm glad I won, and I'm Diaz. Other "Grape Escape" winners include . Carol Zehner, new Vice President of Acade mics, David Hanson, new Vice Garden Fire President of Business and Fi nance, and Linda Levermore, new Vice President of Communi Damages Room cations. "Our role is to establish by Gina Horne a more workable and functional and his roommate Robert Klein foundation for Student Govern A fire late Tuesday mght returned to the room with a fire ment to operate from. We hope caused considerable damage in extinguisher as a third room this will lead to more intelligent, Garden Apt. 28-5-7. An entire mate, Irwin Halperin, called more representative decisions upstairs bedroom was gutted by safety. Klein said he thought the made by Student Government. the fire which was apparently fire was out when he and Posner Hopefully this · will, in turn, started by a candle. left the building. restore some of the credibility to Michael Posner, who was A mattress and pillow reig Student Government, which will asleep in the room where the fire nited forcing firefighters to · enable us to accomplish some of started, escaped unharmed. He throw the burning bedding onto the wet pavement below. The damage was not esti Tom Grape, Halberstam Speaks mated immediately but both the new Student Body President matresses, and a waterbed own ed by Posner were completely on Mass Media destroyed. Also damaged in the Jewish Studies fire were the walls and carpeting by Preston Stewart in the bedroom, an antique book, Program Hopeful Author Journalist Qwid Hal Halberstam spoke of the power a tapestry and a telephone. berstam spoke Wednesday as and the glory of today's mass Both Posner and his fourth by Preston ~tewart Jewish heritage included the part of the Distinguished Speak media and its political implica roommate Michael Moses, who "Students have expressed Hebrew language, Jewish his ers Series sponsored by Ithaca tions. "Of the past 30 years, only was not home at the time of the interest about a Jewish Studies tory, and Jewish thought. "It College. Halberstam gained fame one institution has become more fire, had to have all their clothes program, so last year we began was on the basis of the survey during his years as a reporter in powerful," Halberstam stated cleaned from the soot. work," said Jane Cambi, Hillel and consulation with Tom Long Vietnam. He has written a book when speaking about the media. Klein said when he and counse- in and Faculty -members entitled THE BEST AND THE He continued, "It helped inflate Posner first returned to the room lor, who ahng with Marty La that made us feel that the time is BRIGHTEST and is currently the presidency, and made it the flames were "six feet high." Forse and .other professors are now," said Cambi. working on a new book THE larger than life." Halberstam Firefighters reportedly had to formulating d program for I.C. Both La Forse and Cambi made POWER AND TlJE GLORY, pointed out that our grand use oxygen masks to enter the students to learn about Jewish it clear that the program will be which was the basis of his parents and parents had never room which was filled with dense heritage. open to and designed discussion. continued on page 5 smoke. In a recent questionaire 1000 . students. LaForse comicly Jewish students stated that their added orimary areas of interest in continued on page 5 'Twilight Zone51 Donated to I.CrJ by Karen Stuhldreher The private collection of Rod family chose Ithaca College to Serling's "Twilight Zone" films give the collection to. I'm excited have been donated to Ithaca because of the honor this brings College by Carol Serling, the to . the college." filmmaker's widow, and her two Serlmg was- a guest professor daughters. They have also do- at Ithaca College until his death nated some of Serling's "Night in 1975. He was awar~ed a Gallery" films, indep~ndent Doctor of !,,etters Degree m the films, manuscripts, and memora- 1972 sprmg commencement. bilia. According to John Keshisho- _ glou, Dean of the School ~f Communications, the school lS trying to find appropriate space to house the films. It is "the wish of the Serling family to place the films in the School of Communi cations," Keshishoglou said. Space for housing the films is limited in the Performing Arts Building. Film racks will . be bought to house the films before they can arrive. The films will be · used by all of Ithaca College. The School of Communications plans to offer courses in creative dramatic writing that will be taught in "Rod Serling's style," \ acr.ording to Keshishoglou. The \ Author-David Haiberstam speaks to a large films willbe used as part of these audience yes,terday in the Dillingham Center. courses. I~ Halberstam discussed today's mass media and Dean Keshishoglou'noted that ; : its effect on politics. ~~y sc.h~l.s wanted. the ~tl~,, ·; •.. ~ .... ' .. ' ... · .. ,·,', \.·\.·.,'.,1,,, ,·,·\' ,:, • '''' '.,..., ·, ·, .,,.., ~·,,,·t·,' •·•·• ··~·,''' ~.·' ... ' andis,''grateful.that the Stirling···.·:·.· .. ·.· .. ··.· .. <>"I -.. , THE ITHACAN April 6, 1978 page 2 . r1tHACAN 1~~~~[!J(J)~ INQUIRER .· BY t.inda M~lmarr The Dialect of Apathy Photos bY Gail Lahm · - More than 85% of the student body ineffectual voting might seem, espe did not vote in this weeks student elec cialy with so many, candidates running tions for next year's officers. With unopposed, it is still of utmost impor only three of ten positions contested, a tance to hod onto the ground we do larger turnout should not have been have now if we're to ever gain more. expected. But with only 15% of the A strong recurring problem in all or student body voting, why should any ganizations, no less so in Student Gov one want to run for office? ernment, is one of communication. The student body is apathetic. Stu With such heavy disinterest prevailing dent apathy causes the student gov on campus, organizations must make ernment to be ineffecgtive. more of an effort than would normally The Student Government is inef be required to communicate all rele fective. Government uneffectiveness vant and necessary information to the causes the student body to be apa student body. Many students never thetic. understod that th~ uncontested candi One ·factor is as equally responsible dates could be voted out altogether as the other, along with a infinite num and therefore did not bother voting ~t m all. Needless to say, that this small Dennis Ruh, General Stu. ber of other societal factors, for the We'd like to see the f~at~re''91 miserable condition of the student peice of information would not neces articles of Jay Bobbm in body. sarily? have changed the election turn creased, we'll miss him. More It is not a matter of a few individuals out, but it is a clear example of a fail classifieds. coming to the aid of many, but a mat ure in communications. ter of conscious awareness of the sit There is no one solution be a uation by the student body as a whole. cause there is no one problem. But un This weeks election results should em til the st_udent community unani barrass every single Ithaca College mously agrees that there is a problem student. How dare students cry for for which a solution must be sought, I progress towards active awareness is nights and then willingly relinquish the few they do h~vel No matter how at a virtual standstill. _,)Ht 1··..:.-:_ Illm Canie Bennan, Undec. '80 I think their reports about I the administration and the · Dryer Fires acedemic cirriculum is good. · T~ey should wat~h what edit- To the Editor, the East Tower 3/30! fast! And a heat detector won't onals they put rn and which m You may not think this a work until a high temperature (I believe 130 degrees F.) where ones they don't. ·:-c. ,7'·,-,. .., I would like to bring to the problem. Take this for an ffl attention of the IC Community, example. You are up studying at are ·our d~llars going? including Pres. Whalen, a very 2 A.M.