Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1978-79 The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 9-14-1978 The thI acan, 1978-09-14 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1978-79 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1978-09-14" (1978). The Ithacan, 1978-79. 3. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1978-79/3 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, 1978-79 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Vol 48/No. 3 lthc1ca, Nevv York SeJ>I. 14. 1978 -----~-:_--:;.:_-- Judicial Code Revised By Karen Stuhldrehcr National Gay Ta~k Force which the college has in cam­ Controversy has ari~en due ''es5entially no legal action pus documents," it wa~ later to the exclusion of the phrase can be taken because the is no excluded from the Conduct "sexual orientation"in the precedent." The spoke~per~on Code. Corrcnti said that the freedom from discrimination noted that the CCLOP will be committee expres5cd ap­ clause of the Student Conduct taking on this concern. prehension "in term~ of how it Code. The exclusion of this Nancy Kronstandt, a men­ (sexual orientation) would be phrase is thought by many to ber of the Judicial Review interpreted by the outside be discriminatory to the gay Committee, explained the community." "The fear was community at Ithaca College. feeling wasn't necessarily that that the statement would be A committee was ~exual orientation should be read negatively by a lot of the established last November to excluded from the Conduct public," Correnti continued. revise the Judicial Code. The Code, but rather that it be in­ Member~ of the· gay com: new code, entitled the Student cluded in all college documen­ munity on campus attended Conduct Code, wa~ approved ts. Kronstandt said that the one of the final Judicial by the Board of Trustees last Conduct Code had to remain Review Committee meetings May. The committee included: consistent with all other and expressed their concerns. Richard Correnti, Vice college documents. She went' According to Correnti, "the President of Student and on to explain that the Judicial committee was understanding Campus Affairs: Nancy Kron­ Review Committee "could not of their concerns," and standt, Assistant Director of make a policy that is not in though they did not change the Housing Operations: Maggie conjuciton with any other on discrimination clause to in­ Sutton, Deputy .Judicial Ad­ campus. The policy must come clude ~exual orientation, m 1ni5 t rat or: Tom Longin , on a collegcwide level and not ''they indicated that a consen­ Dean of the school of · just in the Student Conduct sus would be conveyed to the Code." · Humanities and Sciences: appropriate Board of Trustees Tom Grape, President of the Richard Correnti, another Committee". The Board of Excutive Board of Sudent member of the Judical Review Trustees Committee chose not Congress: Lou Withiam, Committee said that at one to include the phrase sexual Director of Safety and point in an "initial draft of the orientation in the conduct Security: and students David Conduct Code" the phra~e code when presenting the code Sherman, Stash Peter, David ~exual orientation was in­ to the Board. Correnti said Wild, and Ronnie fakridge. cluded. He went on to explain that generally the inclusion of A spokesperson for the IC that because "it (sexual orien­ a phrase like sexual orien­ PlzolO by Bruce Morosohk Gay Liberation Organization tation) was inconsistent with tation is mandated. explained that according to the othe discrimination statement~ Weekly Bulletin Expands to LCo News Hy Felice Linder Bu!lerin theretore it will be Bu,ine,, and Finance, stated on protit." nali,m had.ground,. Lee There i, a new puhlication di,tributed on \\'edne,day, in­ "To my knowledge, he (Bor­ Managing Editor of the :\los,, editor of The .\'c11'.\, on the J.C. campus, The ,tead or the traditional Mon­ ton) i, waiting for the e,tra Ithaca Journal, Al Green, ~pent four year, on the Ithaca Col!e!!e Nell',, taking day,. money to be appro\'cd." Salm said, "I don't think we're Auburn Cit1::,e11 Advertrn!r, a the place of l~1q year\ Weeki_~. The coq, too, i, con­ e,plainecl that appro\ al could moving toward me of \\ire daily in Auburn. Bulletin. The News i, ,iderably higher than la,t year. not come until the idea has storie~ ... \\'c're u,ing tighter Bob Man. in charge of publi~hed by Walter Borton, The Bulletin cost, ap­ been C\'aluatecl after at leaq editing ~o more ne\\, fits in the ~port, promotion and Sport Director of Public Infor­ proximately $190 per i,,ue one ,eme~ter of publication. ~ame ~pace." Gri.:en cxpres,ed Editor of The :Ve1rs wa, an mation for the Ad­ whereas The I. C. News is e,­ Salm ,aid that the Prc,iclent', that for a long time the lour- Editor on the Good Ti111e1· ministration. pected to cost ahout $400 each cabinet will e\aluate The News nal wa, dominated by the two Ga::,l'tte. Borton explained that week. Lee Mo~s, cditor-in­ for term, of quality and coqs. college,, Cornell and Ithaca. Managing Editor for The coverage in The News would be chief of The News, explamed Borton saw the need for a Green ,aid the Journal MIS l.C. ,\'ell's, Terri Miller, directed toward ad­ that to help cut down on cmt, more e,temi\c publication mo\'ing toward qorie, of in- \\Or"ed for the Lancasrer /n­ ministrati\'e, faculty, and staff The News \\ ill publish only 32 than the Bulletin largely tcrc,t ;o the l0\\'I1~J)COJ)le and telligencerJournal and The is,ucs. He ~aid that thi\ new i,,ue~ during the year wherca, because the style of the /rhaca people who live 111 the im- E.qJre5.\ before joining tbe publication would be more ef­ the B11/le1111 ll'as puhlished ap­ Journal ha, turned away from mediate area. He continued to Ithaca College qaff. fective than the Weeklr proximately 42 times past local and college news, the ~ay, "!\·Ir. Borton " unhappy \lo~, L'\plained that i\largiL Bulletin bccau,e it would year. trend being to rely much more hecamc we \\On't print hi, Se,epan,"i. a member of the allow for depth in reporting. President Jame, Whalen he~\\ ily on wire ,en-ice,. Bor­ pre" relea,e,." i.:ditorial qaff, i, "reall~ The mechanics ofThe News explained that The News i~ ton referred to thi, a, "Bot­ The ITH.-IC.4,\", Borton rc,po1Nble for getting thi, arc considerably more com­ publishing this year on a trial tom line journali~m," \\ hich felt, ,pea", to a \cry different thing (The ,\'ni•\) tOgL·thcr." plicated than that of the basis. Torn Salm, Director of he explained to mean, "ba,ed audience than he wa, tiying to She learned hO\\ to u,e the reach. He felt the stude111 typL' '-L't 111ad11nc in ILHir ne\npaper rat cl> carriL·d da>'' " feature, on the a..:hie\L'Il1L'lll' l"hL'I c 1, ,11wt hn ne\\ of faculty llll'lllher, and puhltL·,111lln lln L·ampu, 1hi, stllllent, on campu,. BP1 tllll year. e,platnL·d Bonon. IL11 claimed th-tt he didn't \\an1 to the alumni of LC. It ,, " depend L111 "thL· \\lllln, lll thL' maga1111c for and ahL1lit alurn­ ne\"-paper" in L1rde1 t11 !!et 111, ni aL·t1\1tiL'' It \1ill rwt 1,1he· information puhiI,hL·d Bnr- the pbcL' L)f the 0111/00~. ton L·,platnL·d I h.11 hL' \\ a, wluch ,, four \·ea,, llld 1w11. aimin!! at an ,111d1L'nCL' L1f hecau,L' the Oli!/110~ \\," 'L'Ill faL·ult:-,, ,taft. and ad- to pa1c·n1,: fr iL·nd, Lll Ille· mi111qratL1r, colkgc, al11111111. and faL·1il11. The lrhacu Collt·~t' \t'I" ,, The ne1\ p11hl1cat1t111 \\ ill t,L, ,taffed b> ihL' ll1L'Illhl'rs Of Ille' ,ma(kr Ill L0 lrl·Ui,lllllll, hL'lll~ ___ i__ ..J:_ Public lnfn1matin11 Ot"fiL"L' ILll alu111111011l>- P/1010 I,_, llr111·,• 1furo~o/,/i lw\1e\er, thL'\ all ha11.· _1our- Page2 THE ITHACAN Sept. 14, 1978 t ITHACAN EDITO I The exclusion of the phrase "sexual orientation" from the freedom from discm11i11a1io11 clause of the Studem Conduct Code (see story on page 1) is most certainly discriminatary to the gay comminity al Ithaca College. Eve11 more a1111oyi11g is the reaso11ing behind this ex­ INQUIRER c/11sio11. Nancy Kronstadt, a member of the Judicial Review Commiuee, explained that it was not a maller of excluding the phrase from the Conduct Code; the problem is that it wo11/d have 10 Photos by Linda Melman he included in all college documents. Kro11s1ad1 said that the Conduct Code had to remai11 consistent with all other college doc11ments. This wo11/d mena that it is a fairly difficult task By Bette Ann Sacks to retain this lype of consistancy, yet it seemed easy enough to have the Freshman Residency Rule, which required Freshman to live on campus, consistant/y wiped off the books when and Gail Lahm they couldn't house all of the freshman. Do we have to make freedom of sexual orie11tation profitable for the school before the admi11istratio11 would go to this kind of trouble? QUESTION: What do you Kronstadt also claimed that {f th.e phra.se was 011/y placed into the Judicial Code it would want to sec Macke accomplish probably get lillle notice.