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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1989-90 The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 3-29-1990 The thI acan, 1990-03-29 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1989-90 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1990-03-29" (1990). The Ithacan, 1989-90. 14. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1989-90/14 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1989-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. ·-· :Ji"~::;;·- vie.,.,.,, ti..;·, ~-~1tfffl-·:ti{· -· -e 1 · .. ·m.... - IC :professot·_:_·gives , ..... ..--~·, . .-: '\.,}t~: . ; ,.: . ,,,;.~~-~- ~ -..-!:~i/f~1;t=t;'J. '... :.I~. __-j~_ -Jl~~;.t~: ..t.: ~ . ~ Midnight Oil unleashes l, .. 1'"1'11'{="\~ : ... :i,·~.JJ.~,t!.!1~.... ~.:~~-t1Tt•.,· or'~',.t.~--... uf;-i ..--~:·,t .. ·.~.- ~·/-. ··glasnost· -7 - ·.:_· .. · .:·:;: .. ·,P~~~pectiVe, 10 p~werful declaration,14 ' ' '. ,._ felllhii~~ THJE T. The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Issue l~ March 29, n990 241 pages *lFll'ee Student Government: Candidates square off By Eve DeForest Action ... Let the campaigns begin! The -- ·1 first of several upcoming student ! "When we think of action, we government campaigns kicked off think of movement and change. Tuesday night as the candidates for Our first priority is to take action the 1990 Executive Board addressed on the students' needs. We have to the Student Congress in the Egbert do this in a professional, rational Union. Candidates were allocated and realistic manner." ten minutes to present their This is the way . presidential platforms and ten minutes to answer candidate Shawn Harris began the questions presented to them by the Action party's platform. From there forum. Harris identified Action's main concerns as overcrowding, dealing with the administration, and campus Choice ... awareness of college issues. Harris proposed the idea of a The Choice party was the fust to shuttle to run between campus, the outline their goals and major Solar Homes, Cayuga Vista concerns for the future by putting an ,_, Apartments and College Circle in emphasis on their support for the • ~-t ... order to cut down on parking. needs and wants of the student According to Harris 600 IC students body. will be living in this area next year. Susan Brunner expressed her A shunlc would offer students an •'. concerns with the faculty reducing . alternative Lo driving and parking he their required Leaching load from 12 -· . said . hours to 9 hours. She suggested > Action also encourages the such a cut could result in larger administration to continue to reduce class size and increased tuition hikes incoming classes by 100 students to compensate additional faculty. per year until the population "Ithaca College is a teaching stabilizes and ro adopt a more institution, not a place where lenient policy regarding moving off students arc numbers and I think campus to help alleviate the this really needs Lo be kept in overcrowding within residence halls. mind," said Brunner. "In order to keep students our first priority, we must act on continuing Kenneth Moss outlined his ideas C MP JG ING HAS EGUN Stacey Tolchinsky, VP of Campus Affairs for Action, and for compu1erizing the college's A A N B : to keep open communication system of distributing funds to Matthew Cronin, VP Communications for Choice, present their party's platform. between the administration and different student groups and placing students ... We must also act on a student representative on the All Choice l?arty Action Party making sure that we check all of College Budgeting Committee. This the policies that directly affect commiLLcc is responsible for students and they are brought before determining the college budget voted Molly Surden ....... President Shawn Harris .......... President Student Congress for our upon by the board of trustees. Marc Samit.. ........... VP of Bus/Finance consideration," explained Jen Kenneth Moss ...... VP of Bus/Finance Cooley. "What we as a party arc proposing Stacey Tolchinsky ... VP of Campus Affairs for next year is that there be a Samantha Stein .... VP of Campus Affairs When asked Action's position on student on this commillcc. That Matthew Cronin ... VP of Communications Jennifer Cooley ....... VP of Communications changing the name of the Bombers, way we can hear what may happen Susan Bruner........ VP of Academics Catie Craig .............. VP of Academics Harris responded, "We feel that is to our tuition dollar before we find definitely something that needs to be decided by the student body if out what has happened to our tuition dollar. That is something the party's feelings with an honest regarding campus activities, Brunner stated, "We as a pany do not anything." student voice has to be heard on," admission. ·'You all know the answered, "Student government is so support the changing of the name Action also promised to actively stated M0ss. issues ... It's up to you guys to tell much more than just the executive Bombers. The Bombers hold a lot recruit minority stuoents and faculty, Matthew Cronin supported a me how the decisions should be board and all of you sitting here of tradition for this school. It's to support programs that dealt with student government idea to use a made. It's not up to me to make tonight. It's every student on this never been associated with us in a diverse issues, to promote full page ad in The Ithacan to print the decisions for you. It's the campus and if elected that is negative way ... It was given to us environmental causes, and encourage student government information and students' choice .. .I care about how something that Choice will offer Lo as a sports mascot because of the community service. minutes. Cronin said, "My goal is all of you feel and I just want Lo you, the students. We will get out baseball team the Bronx Bombers as to tell students what is going on make sure that I express your there to every student and we will well as because of our football Members of both parties have because I want students to be aware decisions the right way and it's got make sure that their voice is heard." quarterbacks known for having previous experience with Ithaca of what is going on and interested to be your choice." Finally, when asked how their excellent arms. As far as we're College Student Government and in what is going on." When asked how the party party stood on the issue of concerned it is not a violent name. Sec page 6 Samantha Stein summed up the intended Lo deal with student apathy renaming the IC Bombers, Moss It's our mascot." Career Planning sets record straighi B Ch D stigma that we cater to business." by career planning and placement with possible recrmters. In add1- such organizations allows her to Y ery I russe I Donovan said she encourages last year, over 40 organizations tion, Donovan is also a member of talk to professionals about Ithaca One of the biggest misconcep- all companies to _open up to all and graduate schools visit Ithaca th~ Mid-Atlantic Placement Associ- College and encourage them 10 tions about the on-campus job majors. According to the schedule College as part of the on-campus atton and the Eastern College come here. She described the on- recruitment program is that it of on,-campus recruiters, most recruitment. p~og~am_. These in- Perso?ne~ Offic.er~, bo_th regio~al campus recruitment program as a favors business majors, according companies do interview students elude: financial mstttuttons, govern- orgamzattons s1m1lar m function many-tiered effort since sometimes to Joan Donovan, director of from all disciplines. Donovan said ment agencies, non-profit organi- to the CPC. Sec page 6 career planning and placement. most recruiters look for students zations, consumer product com- Donovan said memher,hio in She said this misconception can who have displayed campus leader- panies, and accounting firms. Re- r---------------------------'"°""' be attributed to the heavy recruit- ship skills. cruiters from these areas interview TAT k d TA 7 th ment of accounting majors during "So many of them come up with students for summer jobs, intern- "y ee .en -., V e.a: er the fall semester. the same responses," Donovan ships and professional positions. "We generally get a lot of said. "They want well-rounded Donovan said that she actively accounting firms in the fall because individuals. They .want someone seeks to add new corporations to they are too busy in the spring," with the ability to learn, unless the list of possible employers. She Donovan said. "This happens at they need tp fill a specific, tech- said the program's parent organi· OaiJy lows 35' to 40: every coliege and is atypical for nical position:" zation, the College Placement . ' · other disciplines. It creates the According to a flier distributed Council (CPC), puts her in touch lnTHIACAN March 29, D. 990 ITtlrnaca1m Ililllqilllnirteir ltha_canl Carolyn Gerstner ; !By Christopher J. Dyer As part of the continuing series of its very clc:u- that tl1c world of the IHiave you made use off' tlhle Caireeir . articles about Ithaca College in the '90s is not going to be like the '90s, the Dean of Hwnanitics and world of the '70s and '80s . Eacli -~- .: IPilaI111I111nirng anrll lPilacemerrntl: <Cerrnfteir? Sciences, Dr. Howard Erlich, shared day in fact, we sec tremendous his outlook. Dr. Erlich has been a changes and the impact of that member of the ILhaca College world has not been addressed in faculty since 1973. He joined the some parts of tl1c curriculum.