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Volume 72, Number 2 Ithaca, N. Y. Thursday, September 2, 2004 Secret crunera found in clock BY ANNE K. WALTERS Editor in Chief time something like this has occurred in Ithaca. An Ithaca landlord accused of "It's kind of a wake-up call," he placing hidden cameras in tenants' said. "The potential of this happen­ bathrooms pied not guilty to unlaw­ ing is real." ful surveillance in Ithaca City Court In addition to the houses listed Wednesday. • above, Church also owns a house on A tenant at David A. Church's Honness Lane and manages proper­ property at 404 University Ave. dis­ ty at three other locations, he said. covered a hidden camera in her At the properties Church man­ bathroom Aug. 24. The Ithaca Po­ ages, police conducted searches at lice Department then searched the residents' requests, but found no ev­ property and others owned by idence of taping. Church, including 108 E. Yates St., The residents of the Yates Street where police found a second cam­ house include five Ithaca College stu­ era hidden in a clock radio across dents and a Cornell University stu­ from the shower. dent. Though no videotape of the cur­ Church faces a total of 10 counts rent residents has been found, the dis­ of unlawful surveillance under a 2003 covery of the camera has left them MEGHAN MAZELLA/THE ITHACAN state law that prohibits "the unlaw­ feeling violated, hurt and scared, the ATTORNEY JAMES BAKER, left, accompanies David A. Church, an Ithaca landlord, into the Ithaca City ful use or installation of an imaging women told The Ithacan. courthouse Wednesday. Church is accused of hiding cameras in the bathrooms of his tenants. device to surreptitiously view, Church spent time in jail in 1997 broadcast or record the intimate after threatening to publicize nude parts of a person," according to po­ photographs of his girlfriend. lice documents. Cornell University adminstra­ Victims struggle with ne'Ys Church's victims include Ithaca tors and counselors held a meeting College and Cornell University stu­ Tuesday with victims from both col­ dents who are current and past resi­ leges. Ithaca College will hold a sim­ Women search for ways to subside newfound fear dents of the apartments. City Court ilar meeting with students today, af­ Judge Judith A. Rossiter placed ter one of the victims contacted the Stunned, the women allowed the police to search Church on probation and issued full college. She expressed concern their apartment. Police found a small camera concealed "stay away" orders to protect the about a statement issued by President in a clock radio across from the shower. women. Following his arraignment, Peggy R. Williams. When a group of Ithaca College students began The housemates had examined the clock radio just both Chur<;h and his lawyer, James In the statement, Williams said: "I looking for a place to Jive last winter, they thought the night before to set the time and radio station. They Baker, declined to comment. am both saddened and angered that they had found the house of their dreams. It was an knew the clock did not belong to any of them, but In conversations with police, Ithaca College students are among old home on a quiet street, with a large living room weren't concerned by it and enjoyed having music Church admitted to having installed those who have been subjected to this and beautiful dark woodwork. But the beautiful house in the bathroom. The residents were shaken when the cameras and taped women at four alleged violation of their privacy.... has become a nightmare. they learned the radio was more than it seemed. addresses without their knowledge. The Ithaca College community will It is suddenly full of things that go bump in the The six housemates include five Ithaca College stu­ Church said he first watched in real · do everything it can to cooperate in night. A neighbor drops a pot next door and the dents and one Cornell University student. Police found time, but later made a video, ac­ this ongoing investigation. In the women jump. They become skittish and suspicious videotapes of several victims in Church's house, but cording to police reports. meantime, our students remain our when they hear a knock at the door. The gurgling though a camera was found in the Yates Street bath­ "I f--ked up. There's no excuse," chief priority, and we will support of the kitchen sink suddenly seems more sinister than room, police have not found a tape of the current res­ police documents quote Church as them in every way." before. idents. saying. Later in the document he is The student who called the pres­ When the doorbell rang at 7:30 a.m. on the first "I felt extremely violated," said Michelle, one of quoted as saying, "I owe an apolo­ ident's office explained, 'The reason day of classes last week, some residents of 108 E. the house's six residents, who spoke exclusively to The gy to those girls. What I did was I called was I read a quote from Peg­ Yates St. were still asleep. Their dream house was Ithacan and asked to be identified only by their first wrong. I betrayed their trust. gy Williams in the newspaper and it about to become just a memory. Two women scram­ names. "I didn't know exactly what to think or what They're people that pay me." hurt my feelings." She said she had bled down the stairs to find a police officer at their to feel, I just knew that I felt violated." Police Lt. Timothy A. Williams, not even received a note of reassur- door. Another of their landlord David A. Church's one of the officers investigating the . See COLLEGE, Page 4 tenants had found a hidden camera in her bathroom. See VICTIMIZED, Page 4 case, said he believes this is the first First-year reading falls flat Ordinance ammendment approved BY KATIE MASLANKA proximately 1,585 attended. ty initiative. Staff Writer "Living Downstream," which "I don't think there's any ques­ was chosen at the end of last year, tion about the fact that this is part Freshman Sara Alsaleh didn't is an examination of the effects of of a larger work that we' re doing want to look dumb in front of a environmental toxins on cancer as a community," he said. group of people she didn't know rates in towns throughout the But many freshmen found the very well. She hadn't gotten past United States. book too difficult to get through. the first sentence of San- The book was chosen Dan Tannenbaum, who read 106 dra Steingraber's "Liv­ because it raised the of the book's 288 pages, said try­ ing Downstream," this themes of civic re­ ing to dig through the technical in­ . year's first-year reading sponsibility and active formation presented in the book selection, so she opted not citizenship, said Peter was a struggle. He said he would to go to a discussion Bardaglio, provost have rather read a book with a group about the book as and vice-president of stronger story line and fewer part of Continuing Orien­ academic affairs. But straight facts. tation. this intention was not ''While we're here, we read Alsaleh wasn't the as clearly communi­ plenty of textbooks,"· he said. "But MEGHAN MAZELLA/THE ITHACAN only one. Attendance at cated as it could have not all of us have the pleasure of read­ ITHACA CITY ATTORNEY MARTIN LUSTER, Mayor Carolyn the discussion groups for been, he said: "The ing good stories." BARDAGLIO Peterson and City Clerk Julie Conley Holcomb listen to presenta­ this year's first-year larger message may But Tannenbaum still opted to go tions during the Wednesday night Common Council meeting. Last reading initiative was have been lost." to his discussion group, where only night the council approved propsed amendments to the noise drastically lower than last year. Far Bardaglio said the book also ordinance policy. See story page 4. fewer than half of the class of ap- tied to the college's sustainabili- See BOOK, Page 4 2 THE ITHACAN NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 Nation & World Car bomb kills two Americans A powerful car bomb exploded at dusk Sun- • MOORE RESPONDS TO MCCAIN AT RNC day outside the downtown Kabul office of a U.S. ' security contracting firm and an adjacent ' building where Afghan police are trained. Of­ ficials said at least four people were killed, at least two of whom were Americans. The blast, which engulfed the police facili­ ty in flames, shattered office and store windows for three blocks in all directions. It was the dead­ NEWS BRIEFS AND LOCAi. EVENTS liest bomb to strike this rapidly developing post­ war capital in two years, and it came days be­ fore campaigning began for the country's first­ ever presidential elections in October. The Republican National Con­ Extremist Islamic groups have vowed to dis­ vention turned Tuesday from ac­ rupt the elections through violence, and within centing strength to emphasizing op­ two hours of the explosion, purported spokes­ portunity, and compassion. men for the Taliban Islamic militia had As Arnold Schwarzenegger claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in presented his improbable life sto­ telephone calls to two news agencies. . ry, the rise from immigrant body­ The office of President Hamid Karzai issued builder to movie star to California a statement Sunday night saying the blast had governor, he stood as an embodi­ killed seven people: two Americans, three · ment of the GOP and its ideals. Nepalese guards and two Afghans, one of them In an evening featuring a p.µ-ade a young boy. Other security agencies could con­ of minority speakers, as well as first firm only four deaths. lady Laura Bush, it was the Austri­ A second bombing several hours earlier killed an-born Schwarzenegger who of~ nine people at a school in the southern fered one of the most crowd-pleas­ province of Paktia, Afghan officials said. The ing testimonials to President Bush. victims were as young as 7. The school was in Borrowing the laconic tagline of Zurmat, a town that has been a site of recurrent the Terminator, perhaps his most fa­ clashes between alleged Taliban fighters and U.S. mous cinematic character, and Afghan troops. Schwarzenegger declared: "Ameri­ ca is bac'k." Priest abuse cost in billions "Back from the attack on our JONATHAN NEWTON/WASHINGTON POST homeland, back from the attack on Damages claimed by hundreds of people who FILM DIRECTOR MICHAEL MOORE signals to the crowd at the Republication National our economy, and back from the at­ say they were sexually abused by Roman Convention Tuesday. Moore attended the convention as a guest columnist for USA Today. tack on our way of life,"' Catholic"priests could exceed $1.5 billion in the Schwarzenegger said, standing Archdiocese of Los Angeles, far more than any nies who insured the Diocese of Orange -- which The FSB had announced Friday the discov­ before the image of a giant Amer­ other diocese has paid to date, according to new­ is part of the Los Angeles clergy-abuse litiga­ ery of traces of hexogen in the wreckage ot'the ican_ flag, billowing on a screen in ly released documents. tion -- to review their financial reserves to make other plane, which crashed in Russia's south­ the background. That total is based on a request -- by the sure the funds are sufficient to cover pending ern Rostov region. Ninety people died in the 'We are back because of the per­ lead lawyer for plaintiffs -- that insurers put sex-abuse claims against the church. Damages, crashes after both jets took off from the same severance, character and leadership aside .at least $3.1 million per individual if proved, could be· paid both by insurers for the Moscow airport Tuesday night. of the 43rd president of the Unit­ claimant to resolve child-molestation cases in­ church and from other church assets. Investigators' suspicions appeared to be fo­ ed States, George W. Bush." volving the dioceses of Los Angeles and Or­ cused on two women with Chechen-sounding The two men have not had the ange. There are more than 500 child-mo­ Second jet found with hexogen surnames, one believed to have been on each closest political relationship. lestation claims naming Los Angeles-area flight, as possible suicide bombers. Authoritiys · Schwarzenegger has criticized priests and 60 more alleging abuse by priests Residue of the same type of explosive found have said that no one has come foxward to claim. Bush for not paying enough atten­ from the Diocese of Orange. in the wreckage of one of two Russian airlin­ either body and that both women booked seats

tion to Democratic-leaning Cali­ Attorney Raymond P. Boucher says the 1 ers that crashed last week has been found in the shortly before departure. The bodies of 43 ouf fornia and has kept a studied dis­ amount is justified based on jury verdicts and second, authorities said Saturday. of 44 people killed in the Tu-134 crash have been tance from his reelection effort. settlements of other clergy sexual-abuse lawsuits "Traces of hexogen were found in the positively identified, and body parts of the last But that was not easy to tell around the United States. He says it is also con­ course of an additional investigation of fragments person, a woman, have been sent to Moscow for Tuesday night as Schwarzenegger, sistent with a Los Angeles judge's secret valu­ of the Tu-134 airplane that crashed in the Tula identification and examination. making his national political debut, ation of the local claims after a closed, two-day region," Sergei lgnatchenko, a spokesman for warmly praised the president. The evidentiary hearing earlier this year. the Federal Security Service, or FSB, told the Source: Los Angeles Times and The Washing­ closest he came to acknowledging Since then, Boucher has asked two compa- Russian news agency Interfax. ton Post news service. their differences on touchy issues such as legalized abortion and gay rights, both of which the governor Co II eg e & City supports, was a passage observing not everyone in the party agrees on Temporary offices created 4:30 p.m. in Clark Lounge and registration is LGBT Resource Room to hold everything. required. For more information call 274-1967 "I believe that that's not only at the new Boardman Place or visit www.ithaca.edu/agingworkshop. open house today at 4 p.m. OK, that's what's great about this There is a new addition to the list of build­ The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and country," Schwarzenegger said. ings on campus. The completed Boardman Biology professor to speak Transgender Education, Outreach and Services "Here we can respectfully disagree Place will serve as a temporary solution to ad­ as part of seminar series is having an open house today from 4 p.m. to and still be patriotic, still · be dress office space issues. 6 p.m. The center is located on the ground floor· Ame,rican, still be good Republi­ The building, which sits near Dillingham John Hopple, assistant professor of biolo­ of the Hammond Health Center. cans." Center and Smiddy Hall, was constructed over gy, will speak as part of the biology seminar All students, faculty and staff are invited to $chwarzenegger's remarks of­ the summer and is approved by the Town of series today in CNS 112 at 4:00. attend and meet the student volunteers of the fere_d more sweep than substance Ithaca to be used for the next five years. The topic of "Phylogenic Investigations in LGBT Resource Room and learn about upcom­ and little partisan bite for such a po­ The building will house people working on the Genus Coprinus (Inky Caps): Mating, ing guest speakers and events sponsored by the litical setting. In a 23-minute the Student Information System Project, the Molecules, and Morphology." center. For more information, contact coordina­ speech, he mentioned America 47 Office of Sports lnfqrmation, faculty from the Students are invited to meet with the speak­ tor Lisa Maurer at 274-7394. times, used the word Republican on School of Humanities and Sciences, and oth­ er in small groups to ask questions relating 15 occasions and referred to Bush er offices not yet determined. to the presentation topic as well as questions Tompkins County to hold by name just six times. concerning careers in the field of biology. Re­ blood drive for Red Cross Gerontology Institute to hold freshments will be served beforehand at 3 :45 Source: Los Angeles Times and The session on vision problems p.m. in the first floor lobby. The. Tompkins County Chapter of the Washington Post news service. Amercian Red Cross will hold a blood drive The first of three presentations from the Improve public speaking skills at Cornell's RPCC Dining Hall from noon to Gerontology Institute will b~ offered Wednes­ 5 p.m. Saturday. day Sept. 8. with IC Toastmasters group . A second blood drive will be held Sept. 9 at The seminar, "Understanding and Work­ Faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees the Ithaca VFW Post #961 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the "BIO$JS Connect Eager ing with Low Vision," will discuss macular are invited to join the IC Toastmasters. The Freshman" photo in the Aug. 26 degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy group's goal is to help improve day-to-day and To submit an upcoming event, fax information issue of The Ithacan, Erin Tustin and other causes of low vision in older adults. public speaking skills. to 274-1565 or e-mail [email protected] was misidentified as Amanda Presenters Robert Hanye and Laura Hen­ Toastmasters is an organization that pro­ Butts. ry from the Association for Vision Rehabili­ vides an.opportunity for people from all back­ tation and Employment in Binghamton will grounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a In the Aug. 26 issue of The offer tips and techniques for living day-to-day meeting, manage a department or business, Ithacan, Tompkins Cortland with poor vision. lead, delegate and motivate. Community College was improper­ The Oct. 6 presentation will focus on aspects The group meets every other Tuesday from ly identified in a page 2 news brief. of dementing disorders like Alzheimer's disease 11 a.m. to noon in the Klingenstein Lounge. To and the Nov. 10 presentation will discuss how learn how the club works, join as a guest. It is The lthacaris policy to cor­ ethnicity and heritage shape perceptions of For more information call Deb Emnett at rect all errors of fact. Please con­ tact-Assistant News Editor Chris health and disease. 274-3836 or visit the IC Toastmasters Web site: White at 274-3207. All events will be held from 1: 30 p.m. to www.ithaca.edu/hr/toastmasters. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 NEWS THE ITHACAN 3 Overtime Tree of life defaced in June rule cha~ge - BY CHRIS WHITE Assistant News Editor ·has little

A wooden wall panel in Muller Chapel com­ intpact -here memorating Israel's 50th anniversary was des­ ecrated by messages this summer, calling for BY LINDSEY KNOX "free Palestinian lands," and "love for all, not Contributing Writer just Jews." In black felt pen on June 9, an unknown The U.S. Department of Labor vandal also scrolled, "Wake up to the truth." made the first revisions to the Fair In his more than 22 years at the college, Labor Standards Act in 50 years on Jewish Chaplain Michael Faber said he has Aug. 23. The changes could affect never seen anything like this here before. overtime pay regulations for as many "It's moved over into anti-Semitism," he said. as 1.3 million low-paid employees Investigator Thomas Dunn from the Office and white-collar salaried employees. of Public Safety said he knows the event hap­ The revisions will have an ef­ pened within 24 hours before the report was fect on a small number of college filed at 6: 12 a.m. The investigation currently employees, said director of com­ has no witnesses and limited leads. pensation Cindy Reckdenwald. "Sometimes these cases are hard to "That's been in the news a lot solve," he said. about the potential for employees The three main ways to identify possible that had been eligible for overtime criminals are to catch someorie in the act of to lose that eligibility, and that won't the crime, find a witness to it or use suspects happen here," she said. from similar crimes, Dunn said. The Deparonent of Compensa­ If someone is caught, that person or persons tion and Organizational Design has face criminal arrest and/or judicial conse­ been working carefully on re-eval.; quences. he said. Graffiti, a quality of life uating job descriptions of the hun­ crime, is a Class A misdemeanor. dreds of positions at the college since "Other people don't need to read what your March. The college had 120 days comments are on a particular matter," Dunn said. from when the regulations were re­ "People can express their points of view in a pos­ leased until they took effect to review all the positions at the college. itive, constructive manner without violating the PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL FABER law. That's the problem I have with it." THE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S tree of life, a wooden wall panel in Muller Chapel, was defaced Labor:. laws previously stated Although the graffiti was cleaned away, the by an unknown vandal on June 9. The Office of Public Safety is conducting an investigatio!'l that hourly employees had to make board still shows wear in the general area into the crime, but has no witnesses and limited leads. less than $155 per week to qualify where the letters needed to be removed. for overtime pay. The new regula­ "There's no permanent damage, though Faber said· he finds the incident jarring. change of views, lie said. tions changed that figure to less than we've lost some of "[It] makes me wonder what are we in for," "If the fundamental position of a person is $455 per week, or less than the luster of our finish he said. "Seeing some­ that Israel is an illegitimate state that has no $23,660 per year to qualify. here," Faber said, think our society is thing like this makes me right to exist, ~here's no basis for a conver­ The law exempts most em­ pointing to the tree. want to have lots of con­ sation," he said. "That's where I come ployees making over $100,000 Although the versations and to see from." per year. group or individual's there be lots of debate Faber said he doesn't want the politics of The Fair Labor Standards Act true motivation is still spirited, a little rouM''A1~, .. and conversation about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust to be the ba­ states that if an employee's job de­ not clear, the action the Middle East on cam~ sis for the study of Judaism. scription involves professional, goes deeper than graffi­ pus." "There has to be something positive in it. administrative or executive duties, ti, Faber said. -MICHAEL FAB.ER Faber said he wel- Otherwise why would anybo-dy want to as­ that employee will not qualify for "1 ~ O"f!T ~(}<;!¾IJ').S, , • comes discussions •"on sert 'ah

Lindsey· learned the news from one of her house­ Common Council mates while eating lunch on campus and immediate­ ly "began -bawling." BY STACEY COBURN not just for police just going "I just wanted to come home and search the entire Accent Editor around randomly and issuing ci­ house and throw things and find cameras, that's all I tations to people when they decide wanted to do," she said. Changes to the City of Ithaca there is a problem," Cogan said. After the initial feeling of violation, housemate Nik­ noise ordinance passed 7-2 last "This will be used when neighbors ki said she was afraid that somet4ing similar would night by Common Council allow have indeed complained but are happen again. police officers to issue noise vio­ just not willing to have their "He'd been doing major reconstruction work and lations and make arrests at parties names on file." [the police] didn't know exactly what they were look­ without complaints from neighbors. Cogan and others said that con­ ing for," she said. "I mean it's a huge house. There The words "recklessly creates stituents have voiced concern are nooks and crannies and wires and stuff every­ the risk thereof' were added to about giving their names be­ where in the house. So even knowing they had done subsections 6 and 7 of city code cause they feared retribution the search, i.t put me a little bit at ease, but [I] know THIS CLOCK was used to conceal a camera in the chapter 240, which relate to from students. that he had a key [and] can access this place any­ victims' bathroom at 108 E. Yates St.r noise from sound-amplifying de­ Taylor said his concern is not time." vices and parties respectfully. the actual change, which he said Since they learned of the camera Aug. 25, it has go or what exactly to say. And it's very difficult." Prior to last night, police could ini­ is minor and doesn't mean very occupied the women's minds for hours at a time and But the housemates, all strong Christians, did tiate noise violations only. under much on paper, but the message sleeping has been difficult. know one place to tum when they felt violated - each section 4, which relates to "un­ it makes. "I'm fine during the day when I'm doing other put her trust in God and is working to forgive the reasonable noise." "We don't want to be encour­ things, but when I start thinking about it and I'm in landlord. Those in favor of the amend­ aging police officers to be com­ this house and it's dark out and I can't see anything "I have been able to forgive him, but only through ment argued that the change was for plaining and discouraging neigh­ that's outside [I get scared]," Elisa said. "There are God's strength because I don't have enough power as consistency throughout the ordi­ borly dialogue," Taylor said. weird noises at night, anyway. But you know, I get ner­ a person to forgive him for this," Michelle said. nance and because neighbors are "You could be arrested when vous and going to the bathroom at night when it's dark But housemate Lindsey is quick to add that does­ afraid to issue complaints. Com­ there aren't any complaints, to brush my teeth, when it's dark and stuff it creeps n't mean she feels OK. plainants are required to give their when none of your neighbors are me out. But we prayed before we "The fact that I'm able to names to police dispatchers for perturbed." went to bed and it kind of calmed forgive him does not those charges to be held up in court. Taylor said he encourages all me down." It,.,* uts strain on your mean that I don't feel ex­ Alderpersons Michael Taylor people to plead "not guilty" if they Even everyday activities have tremely violated," she and Gayraud Townsend, both do not believe they are and if no been difficult. · ships because you said. "Something's not students at Cornell University, vot­ neighbor filed a complaint. Students "Going to class seemed com­ right and you can't put ed against the proposal for fear can face a maximum $500 fine, 15 pletely surreal," Nikki said. "It was are dealing with ~qmething your finger on it. But you that persons would·be criminalized days in jail or· 100 hours of com­ like the short break in the midst of just feel weird and some­ on unjust grounds, as neighbors munity service if convicted of complete chaos." that is so big an < *' n't thing is so wrong." may not actually be disturbed by causing excessive noise. Even when Elisa was at class, it' ..:-;\t The housemates have the noise. No students spoke out against she said she was still thinking about know where exactly to go ... spoken to other victims, During a 20-minute discussion the amendment at last night's it. including the residents before the vote, Dan Cogan, alder­ Common Council meeting. "It affects all aspects of your - MICHELLE of the University Avenue man of the fifth ward, suggested that This is the latest in a series of life. It doesn't just affect our apartment and the the council trust the police and re­ changes the Common Council has housing situation," Michelle said. "It affects my re­ women who lived in their house last year. minded members that the amend­ made to the noise ordinance. Last se­ lationships with other people. It puts strain on your As the investigation continues they will com­ ment can ·always be revised. mester's controversial amendment relationships because you are dealing with something municate with the police, but the women declined "More likely this will be used raised the maximum penalty. that is so big and you don't know where exactly to to comment on what they plan to do in the futur~.

LOCAL COLLEGES HARMONIZE WITH COMMUNITY College response questiop.ed

Continued from Page 1 reaching all the students because, so early in the academic year; few off-campus students ance from the college or personally talked to have registered their addresses with the col­ any college representative, making Williams' lege, he said. statement seem hollow. But most of the house's residents feel the Rory Rothman, associate vice president of college has not made enough of an effort to student affairs and campus life, has spoken with reach out to them. one of the women on behalf of the college sev­ A sixth woman at a different property man­ eral times since the college learned of the in­ aged by Church has been asssisted by the col­ cident Friday. But the college had difficulty lege in finding alternate housing. Book fails to engage freshmen

Continued from Page 1 by Tim O'Brien, none of the authors were available to come to campus to speak to the five of the 25 invited students ~howed up. Oth­ freshman class. er first-year students who read only Steingraber) a visiting part of the book, like Andrew distinguished scholar on campus, Tiebout, avoided attending. was available to speak. That, ' ,. "I didn't want to look like an along with her book's compelling ' idiot," he said. story, was a factor in the decision Sophomore Zachary Ford to pick "Living Downstream" in­ participated in discussions stead, Saunders ·said. about last year's reading selec­ Ford said he would like to tion, James McBride's "The see more student involvement in the Color of Water," and was one of selection process for next year's four student facilitators at this reading initiative. In the two years year's discussions. Last year, he of the program, no student has ever SAUNDERS said, nearly all of his orientation sat on the committee that makes the group came to the discussion, book recommendations to President and the conversation could have lasted far Peggy R. Williams. beyond the allotted two hours. The committee would most likely looR. to This year's discussion wa~ worthwhile, he the Student Government Association for stu­ said, but only three students attended his dent input, Bardaglio said. group. He voiced concerns about the low Sharon Policello, director of the office of turnout and students' struggles to read the first year programs, said the initiative is worth book in e-mail correspondence among dis­ keeping, but she hopes it can find a clearer cussion facilitators. sense of its purpose next year. "For a program that's going to be volun­ "We probably need to step back and say, tary, the book just wasn't an appropriate what is it that we want it to be?" she said. "I choice," he said. think that we're hearing a lot of that conver­ Tanya Saunders, assistant provost and sation going on right now because of this year. EVAN D. WILLIAMS/THE ITHACAN In a way that's good because I think we need WICB RADIO EXECUTIVE board members junior Dan Henning, sophomore dean of interdisciplinary and international stud­ Stephanie Cianchetti and junior Peter Davis broadcast live from downtown as ies, said that while the book selection com­ to say, 'what is it that's best for Ithaca College?'" part of The College on tl)e Commons event held Saturday. Tompkins Cortland mittee had several other original recommen­ Community College and Cornell University also participated. dations, including ''The Things They Carried" Sara Howard contributed to this story. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 NEWS THE ITHACAN 5 NEW FACES New gradUate diVision dean has many n~w goals for grads

BY NICOLE GEARING for undergrads-like the timeline for student News Editor loans-doesn't always serve the needs of old­ er students, he said. A central building, not yet Ithaca College graduate programs need in the works, would cater to the specific needs better planning an~ more attention to be the of graduate students. best they can be, said the first dean of the Di- "We need a real place," he said. "We're .vision of Graduate Studies, Gregory Wood- hoping that when the college grows, we can ward, Professor of Music. have our own building, with offices, Woodward '78 has served as the chair of workrooms and seminar spaces. We don't graduate studies at the School of Music, his alma have that single-stop location yet." mater, since 1985, and as interim dean of the Bardaglio stated that the Division of graduate studies division since 2003. Tiris is the Graduate Studies, formerly staffed half time first official appointment of a dean for the up- by people like current Associate Provost Gar­ per-level programs. ..------·----. ry Brodhead, needs "When you Woodward's Goals: more attention than it work in the trench- •Double enrollment within 5.,_7 years has been-given in the es that long, you •Double the number of graduate past. develop opinions," credits available during the summer "I think we need Woodward said. session. to do a better job o( When the col- •Create an online student portal for providing ser.vices lege was looking applications and admissions strategies to graduate stu- for a person to •Increase graduate assistantship dents," Bardaglio guide the division's programs to draw better students said. "I think there future, Woodward •Seek outside funding are ways to inte- was the natural •Raise stature of graduate events like grate the academic choice, said Peter the Graduate Hooding Ceremony program of the Bardaglio, provost •Create more graduate student social graduate studies di- REBECCA GARDNER/ THE ITHACAN and vice president of events · vision more effec- SENIORS HEATHER MATTHEWS and Kim Anderson meet with Chris Campbell, chair academic affairs. tively into the life of of the journalism department, during their News Reporting and Writing II class. "Greg is going to the college. And J . be operating with a foot in both camps," think there are more opportunities for new \ Bardaglio said. "I think that blurring of the programs to be developed." I lines, and that ability to move across those The college should prepare students for un­ Journalism classes boundaries, demonstrates both his versatili- derpopulated fields like education and social ty and his excellent leadership skills." work, Woodward said, because job shortages I' Woodward can sympathize with stu- create ample opportunities for prepared grad­ dents, faculty, staff and working professionals uates. Alternative teaching methods like lack professors because he's played all those roles. He came blended learning, which is a combination of to the college in 1977 to earn his Master's -in-class and online assignments, would make of Music under his "hero," famed compos- graduate programs feasible for older students BY1ANDREAS SCHNEIDER Thursdays. This move was highly unpopu­ er Karel Husa, and has worked as an ad- who may have families or careers, he said. Staff Writer lar among students, whO were angry over the ministrator and professor at the-college for "We hope to make ourselves attractive to time change. all but one year of his professional career. working professionals," he said, adding The Journalism Department is still "I am not a morning person," said "It:s a good time for me to help the col- that another plan is to find out-what programs· seeking professors to cever all 0f ;its Holmes. "I have a feeling that [the change] is fege,' 1 saici'Woodwahf, who will serve as dean incoming freshmen m:ay need to supplement courses as some students wonder if going to affect my performance and my grade.'' for three years. "It's time to make some se- their bachelor's degrees. That sort of plan­ they'll have a teacher for'their next class. Also, some professors are picking up ex­ rious and important mqves." ning coulcl improve the quality of the student A number of journalism classes lacked pro­ tra classes. Wenmouth·Williams, chairman and Graduate study at the college began in body as a whole, he said. fessofs on the first day of classes, including professor of television and radio, has taken one 1943 with degrees for music and physical ed- "The goal here is to study how much work sections of Introduction to Journalism, News section of Ethics. Visiting Scholar David Mar­ ucation teachers. The Division of Graduate there is to be done," he said. "We're trying Reporting and Writing II and Ethical Issues in cus, who was invited here to teach Issues and Studies, whose office is located in the Tow- to look at what IC can do well and what the Mass Communication. the News, has added a section of News I. ers Concourse, no~ oversees 18 degree op- market needs." "People were really upset," said sophomore Associate Professor Mead Loop is teach­ tions. There are 400 graduate students cur- Woodward will continue teaching music Allison Pendexter of her News Reporting and ing six classes, more than a typical student rently pursuing degrees at the college, and composition half time. Junior Michaela Writing II class. takes, after picking up Digital Journalism last year the college awarded about 200 grad- Straub said Woodward is well liked by both Section II of the course had been scheduled Workshop, a class,he is co-teaching with As­ uate degrees, Woodward said. undergraduate and graduate music students. for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to sistant Professor Rick Rava from the Depart­ Woodward said he wants to build more "When I've interacted with him on an 11 :40 a.m.; but the class soon found out that ment of Organizational Communication, programs, like the proposed Master's of Arts educational level, he's always been really a section of Introduction to Journalism was also Learning and.Design. Most professors teach in Teaching degree, as well as develop and good with constructive criticism," said scheduled for those times in the same three to four classes. strengthen existing curricula. Straub,.a composition major who is study- classroom. The two are teaching the class online "! want to find out how graduate stud- ing with Woodward this semester. "From "Some people felt more strongly than oth­ through the college's WebCT program and ies fit into the fabric of the school," Wood- a compositional student's point-of-view, ers, but the general air of the classroom was some students are upset that there is no pro­ ''r ward said. "It's got to have its own integrity we're really happy that he came to be part­ like, 'You've.got to be kidding-me."' fessor in the classroom during meeting times. Ii and goals. We need to closely think about time at least because we have the oppor- Sophomore Kiel Holmes said the disorder Profe~or Loop dismissed speculation I the graduate student experience here." tunity to work with him." is unacceptable. that the class is being taught online because f Unfortunately, Woodward said, that expe- Funding for the dean's position comes "We're paying a lot of money to go here," his schedule is too full and was optimistic about i I rience has sometimes inchided administrative from reallocated funds within the Division Holmes said. "You expect to have a profes­ its prospects. ( stumbling blocks. The system that works well of Academic Affairs, B_ardaglio said. sor for your class." "I think that we have an opportunity to do The staff shortages are the result of a sum­ something p.ew, and I actually thiBk that it mer in which the Roy H. Park School of Com­ migl)t turn out [well in the end]," Loop-said. munications lost Assistant Professor Brian According to Campbell, ·remaining staff Sweany and Park Distinguished Chair Jo Ann shortages will be filled tpis week by two new Caplin. The other Park Distinguished Chair, adjunct professors. ' Christopher Harper, took earned release time One, Roger Smith, has already spoken to this semester. One week before the semester a class and will assume teacli'i.Q.g duties once began another journalism professor was the final paperwork is filed. The other candi­ granted a personal leave of absence due to fam­ date, whose name was not released , visited ily health issues. the college for an interview Monday. Last year the journalism department sep­ "I am not at all impressed," said sophomore arated from the Television-Radio Department. Autumn Lee, whose News II class was un­ In its first independent year, Associate staffed last Wednesday. ''They had the whole Provost Garry Brodhead served as interim Park summer. .. and they're just figuring this out." School dean and Associate Dean Virginia An attempt was made to hire new staff ear­ Mansfield-Richardson was the interim jour­ lier in the s~er, but an ad placed by the col­ nalism department chair. lege was unable to muster any qualified ap­ Over the summer the college named a plicants, Campbell said. A recent ad returned new dean and journalism department more interest, but a combination of institutional chair. Dean Dianne Lync1=J. assumed her du­ lag time and a careful interview process pre­ ties on July 1, and Department Chair Chris vented the openings from being filled _before Campbell arrived on campus Aug. 16. the semester began, Lynch said. Now those new administrators are "We could have filled the c;ourses two scrambling to contain the apparent chaos weeks ago but the people we had didn't have within the department by rescheduling the quality that we wanted. We want [Park stu­ MEGHAN MAZELLNTHE ITHACAN classes and hiring adjuncts .. dents] to have a really high quality learning GREGORY WOODWARD, DEAN of the Division of Graduate Studies, wants to improve the Section II of News II was rescheduled and experience and-[we decided] if we had to wait graduate student experience by enhancing current programs and offering new degrees. will take place at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and it would be worth it." 6 THE ITHACAN NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 College remembers officer's dedication

BY CHRIS WHITE second, McAree said. Assistant News Editor "He loved his family more than anything on this earth, and was ded­ Norman Wall, associate director icated to them," he said. "[For the] of the Office of Public Safety, definition of father, put Norman's passed away on June 8 at age 47. picture next to it." Wall worked his way up from night Wall is survived by three chil­ watchman 'and served the college dren, ages 9, 13 and 15, and his for almost 30 years. wife, Cathy Wall, who works for the "He was an all-around guy. He Office of Residential Life. was funny, serious, -compassion­ The dev9tec;l dad never ate, just everything," said Ope_ra­ missed a home football game, tions Sergeant Steven Yaple . went to basketball games and in­ ."Whatever emotion needed to be volved his kids in sports as well there, it was always there, at the as in the community, said Robert right time. He was an amazing Holt, director of the Office of guy, he really was." Public Safety. Brian McAree, vice president of "He was the epitome of a fam­ student affairs and ily man," Holt said. "I campus I,ife, said Wall depended upon him embodied what some­ heavily, because of his COUTESY OF CATHY WALL one would think of years of experience, be­ NORMAN WALL, center, with his famfly. From left: Patricia, Andrew, wife Cathy and Peter. when they thought of a cause of his leadership good friend and a val­ qualities, and because to spend six months attending the said Lynn Pierce, associate director was promoted to interim assistant ued colleague. he was one of my best FBI National Academy. of the Ithaca Fund. "But he was so director and senior investigator, "He did a very tough friends," Holt said. Wall was also the creator of the good at what he did because he cared Wall's experience will never be job, always with a sense Yaple said Wall manual of rules and regulations for so much about what he did." matched, and he can never be re­ of humor and good worked hard to insure the Office of Public Safety. Holt Pierce helped arrange a team of placed, said Holt. cheer. When you met the safety of the entire said Wall based the manual on ex­ campus community members to A memorial service was held Norm, you smiled. He WALL campus community. periences at th~ college and at the walk in the American Cancer So­ on June 14 at the Immaculate Con­ made you smile." "He was involved on, FBI acadeniy. Wall was also re­ ciety's Relay For Life in July. Af­ ception Church. McAree began working with in some portion, probably every com­ sponsible for

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Editorials OHM7/ Leo~ Vote shows apathy - (jHO'S CRASHlNG! · Despite lack of input, police given power ~} (,JflO (N\/ITED Weeks before students arrived on campus , the Gov­ HIM?! ernance Council of Ithaca's Common Council began dis­ ·cussing an important amendment to the city's noise or­ -- ·--: ..;:. --_ --: ___ :_~--- dinance. The Commpn Council passed the ordinance .~ --=--=· - . Wednesday 7 to 2 after the Governance Committ~ ap­ proved it last week. Now, police officers can break up a party without the previously necessary neighbor's com­ plaint. This amendment is p.ot only overreaching and un­ necessary, but the timing speaks volumes of the lack of meaningful discourse between the students and the city. The Common Council does have an inherent right 'to defend its citizens and curb unruly partying. Grant­ ed, college students can forget to respect their South Hill residents, but the content of this amendment and tlie man­ ner in which it passed is unaccepµible. Whether the city likes it or not, college students are a vital part of this town, and an attempt to sneak a much­ debated issue by when the majority of students'voices are not heard is. typical at best 'and calculated at worst. The spirit behind this amendment ts appropriate - homeowners should never fear retaliation for calling po­ lice to report a noise violation. Ithaca College shares South Hill, so respect for those who are honestly both­ ered by out-of-hand revelers should be given, and those students who do retaliate against their neighbors should be dealt with most harshly. However, giving the police carte blanche to arbitrarily shut down a party that is not harming neighbors is push­ ing this issue one step too far. There is now a wide open door fofpolice to be heavy-handed, which could lead Letters to more serious problems ofprofiling students. Both sides of this debate must ·keep in mind that students are not always drunken party animals, and South Hill-residents are not always fuddy-duddies who forgot what it was Speak for the campus get involved and use your voice to like to be in college. shape your Ithaca College experience. SEND A LETTER Common Council should·.car~-about what students Each fall students arrive on campus Get involved by becoming a Congres~. want. To be treated like adults, students must act like ready to start a new school year. Al­ representative or applying for another The Ithacan welcomes corre­ them and excercise control. But when met with inva­ though each student .µas a unique leadership position. spondence from all readers. sive procedures, the students' patience will wear thin. background, we all can find common Forms and applications are available Please include.your name, things to talk about, nam~ly how to im­ in the Student Activities -Center phone number, year of gradua­ prove Ithaca College. Whether you talk (SAC) on the third floor of the Cam­ tiqn and/or your organization­ Farewell to our friends about parking, ResNet or the ever-clas­ pus Center. Forms are due by 5 p.m. this al or college title/position. Losses to commun,ity must be remembered sic dining hall food, students always Friday, Sept. 5, in the SAC. We look Letters must be 250 words or have something to say. Our challenge forward to hearing all of your voices less and signed and submitted As the new year begins, the Ithaca College com­ to the student body of Ithaca College this coming year. in writing or through e-mail munity welcomes its new faculty, staff and students. this year is to not just sit and complain, by Monday at 5 p.m. for publi­ Major positive additions to the college are the hiring but r,ather to take an active stance and BRIAN DASHEW '06 cation. The Ithacan reserves DAVE SYRACUSE '06 the right to edit letters for of the dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communi­ speak up! length, clarity and taste. cations, Dianne Lynch, and journalism chair Chris The Student Government Associa­ KRISTEN LEISING '07 Campbell, and the moving Gregory Woodward to dean tion serves as the recognized repre­ MEG REYNOLDS '07 of graduate studies. Many new professors for each of sentative body for the student com­ JANET WILLIAMS '05 the different schools have been hired, too. munity. We strongly encourage you to SGA Executive Board Even with all the oew faces however, the passing of two Ithaca College community memb~rs cannot be forgotten. Norman Wall, associate director of public safety, and Dining Services cashier Patricia Louise Tuck­ er were both :iI)tergral members of the campus.. Their loss should remind us to appreciate all the peo­ ple who live and work at Ithaca College to create our community, not just the profe~sors we see everyday. Have ari opinion?

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Single copies of The Ithacan are available free of charge from authorized distribution points on the Ithaca College campus. Multiple copies and mail subscriptions are available from the Ithacan office. Please call for rates. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 OPINION THE ITHACAN 9 Trip to Africa inspires activism for fairer trade "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny." As a Martin LutheF America's heartland King, Jr. Scholar, I had the opportunity last year feels candidates' snub to see the injustice I went to nearby Trumansburg's firsthand. demolition derby Sunday to talk about The "anywhere" was the fate of the nation. in Ghana, West Africa. Laugh-I know. But that smash fest King's quote echoed taught me more than the mons.trosities in my mind during the masquerading as party conventions on C­ first day. I was struck by SPAN and company. JULIE PERNG the immense I've never loved contests when I know friendliness and spirit of the winner in advance, and I've never Guest writer the people. Yet also loved debates where no one argues. So immediately noticeable was the poverty for a taste· of integrity I turned to sports level; clean water is hard to access, and $1 fans. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY SARAH KESSLER equals about 9,SOO Ghanaian Cedis. It was Ghanaian schoolchildren are the first to feel the effects of poverty. However, fair trade These everyday demolition derby fans the best of human nature coupled with the co-operatives have generated money to help pay for improved schools. know heroics and fair fights better than worst effects of globalization. many politicians. What had happened? In the late 1970s, (NAFfA) was signed between Mexico, the My mom does not understand the fair Heroics like those shown by Car 42. many African governments began to borrow United States and Canada. The agreement trade campaign. "Asian countri~ benefit Hard hits squeezed its engine like an much-needed money from sources such as opens the door to corporations to violate hugely by exporting to the United 'States," acc9rdion but somehow it still ran. Evtn the World Bank, a major intergovernmental environmental, labor and human rights she insists. Perhaps as a Vietnamese after fire crews killed the flames leaping organization. standards, all in the name of a free market. immigrant, she is more appreciative of our out of its dying engine, 42 shocked the As a condition of these loans, Ghana was Mexico has experienced job losses and a country and its power. thousands in the stands by not just required to implement structural adjustment huge increase in imports and foreign But I am also appreciative. I appreciate•· restarting, but also surviving repeated programs that soon resulted in economic dependency. Despite the statistics stating not being a Vietnamese producer from the beatings to win. decline. Additiohally, the free .market th,e .failures of NAFfA, officials are now Daklak province, selling my coffee for only And fans know a fair fight when they caused a competition between Ghana and talking about expanding it to other 60 percent of its production cost while see it. One car broke the rule of these other poor countries to offer its products and .· countries. coffee giants bask in profits. I appreciate not gladiators: "Floor the pedal, dent a car." services at prices often lower than the cost of In Ghana, cocoa revenues account for being a toy maker, working 105 hours a It let the others do its dirty work while it production. over 33% of the coul).try's export earnings. week for 15 cents U.S. an hour in China, waited to crush the survivors. The judge Situations like this have led to the "trade However, the two million cocoa farmers in where my father's family originates. I nearly threw the driver out of the match, not aid" campaign, which works on making non-fair trade villages each get paid about appreciate having the ability and aild when the car did win at the end, the trade fairer so that countries such as Ghana 38 cents a day.. compassion to work for economic justice audience hated it. Boos, profanity. Play can focus on being an equal part of the Fair trade co-operatives eliminate the and against these atrocities. fair in Trumansburg. . global market, instead of constantly middle man and guarantee farmers a You see, Post-Sept. 11, America is my depending on aid. minimum price regardless of market Julie Perng is a junior organizational, resilient car and that dirty driv·er is my You may allege that unrestricted trade is fluctuations. They also promote communication, learning and design major Big Party campaign, benefiting from ,.l universally ideal. However, the concept has environmental sustainability, fair labor and the newly-forming IC Students for Fair hard shots dealt to the opposition by I been unsuccessfully implemented. In 1994, practices and equal employment Trade president. Email Perng at partisans. the North American Free Trade Agreement opportunities. jperng 1 @ithaca.edu. Car, metaphors aside, I met a lot of I • undecided voters or people who won't vote. When I met settled voters, I found they chose Kerry by default-Candidate "Not Bush." There were soldiers, The Way builders, busines~men, mothers, teachers and retirees. Some members of the Schreiber I See It family are voting Kerry, while mother Soja is undecided. Dan Griswold, an Army sergeant retired after invading Iraq twice, is Prision abuse in Ir~q undecided too. He says he knows what Bush is like and has his concerns, but he takes toll on larger war doesn't know if Kerry would be better. Roma Jones leaned closer to be heard 'l The official reports on what notoriously protective of .what over the engines. "They'll put whoever happened at the Abu Ghraib goes on behind closed doors. they want in there. They'll promise prison abuse situation conclude So he applied for a job in the anything and give you nothing." I ask her that individual soldiers were· institution and after passing the if it's happened to her before. "I think it's responsible for what first round of tests for happened to all of us," she replies. happened, but their that position began his M.any of the people showed me they superiors sho.uld have training as a "new jack," thought the American government is not been watching. They or entry-level guard. In of and by the people anymore. should also have his book about the year Their distrust is• frustrating, but understandable considering how many expected some type of he spent at Sing Sing, JOSH WHITE/WASHINGTON POST PHOTO atrocities to occur in "New Jack," Connover THE GRAPHIC IMAGES of Abu Ghraib prison abuse are jarring, times politicians have broken their trust. that situation. describes how the but the larger picture exposes deeper moral issues at·hand. One example: President Bush We know that when environment quickly reversed his campaign positions on key you put some people in transformed him. A with a solitary confinement. He Where were the supervisors policies like expensive nation-building cages and assign others ELIZABETH normally gentle · and recruited students to act out of those young soldiers at Abu and exporting American "values" ·once to oversee them, the CALLAGHAN affable man, Connover roles as either guards or Ghraib, who, like Zimbardo, president. guards will abuse their Guest writer tells how he began prisoners, randomly assigning should have been overseeing But like Dan Griswold, I am nervous power. All we have to treating the prisoners, people to each position, and the situation? And ifwe looked about Kerry and just can't get excited do is take a look at prisons in many of whom he grew to then placed them in the pseudo closely at our own prison about my choices. It will take a lot more this country. They are despise, as objects. At home, he prison. Almost immediately, situation in this country, would than something as overproduced as the inherently inhumane and corrected his young children the student guards became cruel we see abuses such as occurred democratic convention before I know demoralizing places that with a roughness that he found to the prisoners, using solitary in Iraq, perhaps even routinely? Kerry deserves the vote I will give him. produce behavior from people alarming. Putting him in a confinement for any refusal to The lessons of Abu Ghraib Democrats and Republicans are who never thought they could prison uniform, with the obey their rules, and creating a are that putting people in begging students to go campaign in act that way. responsibility of keeping profoundly toxic and positions of power and battleground states like Pennsylvania, Take Ted Connover's thousands of caged men in line, dehumanizing environment. weakness, treating men like but I can't help thinking the real Battle experience as an example. b~gan to take its toll. Things became so bad that animals and locking them in for Hearts anq Minds is around Ithaca too Connover is a writer who Perhaps the most famous Zimbardo had to call off the cages, will result in violence, - in a supposedly Kerry state where wanted to study corrections example of what the whole experiment early. demoralization and even death. many Americans feel the Two Parties officers at Sing Sing Prison, a prison structure can do to The superiors of the guards have forgotten them. people was the Zimbardo at Abu Ghraib could have Elizabeth Callaghan is an notorious maximum security The Ithacan will highlight political issues prison in Westchester County, Experiment. Philip Zimbardo, 'imagined that leaving young associate professor and teaches this semester through The Vote 2004. N. Y. But Sing Sing refused to a Standford University ·meR in charge of other young in the juvenile/criminal justice Crashing the Party by independent and allow Connover to observe psychologist, set up a prison in men, in an extremely hostile concentration of the sociology former IC Democrat Karl Palsgaard will officers in their day-to-day the basement of one of the environment during war, would department. E-mail her at appear opposite Setting the Record Right activities because they are campus' buildings, complete lead to inhumane treatment. [email protected]. by former IC Republican Chair Michelle Meredith. Email Karl at Debates and commentaries will appear on this page weekly. To contribute, ·please call Opinion Editor Matt Quintanilla at 274-3208. [email protected]. ,,,. .,; .,,.. ,... fe ,

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BY KATIE MOORE Scheider said she also uses her pink mini Junior Meaghan Gatti estimates that she Wheatley said radio still has one conventional Staff Writer iPod to escape daily stress. spends around an hour on AOL Instant Mes­ advantage over its new competition. "It allows me to get away from life," she senger every day. "The only thing radio has going for it right Whether they're for music or Frisbee, said. "I can just slip my headphones on and "That's time you could be using to visit now is that everyone has the equipment to sophomore Zack Wilson's discs come with chill." a friend," she said. receive it," he said. all the options. Means of digital communication such as She said that when ResNet went down for This is a crucial point, as costs of new gad­ When moonlighting as a DJ, Wilson uses instant messenging, cell phones and personal a few days last year and students couldn't use gets tend to advance with the technology. Final Scratch, a $500 unit that hooks up to data assistants are also breaking down bar­ AIM, they made more of an effort to call or The iPod, which ranges between $300 and both his laptop and his turntables. riers in the workplace, said Tammy even visit in person. She managed to survive $500, depending on the model, can store up "Beforehand I had three huge crates of Shapiro, assistant professor of organizational without AIM for a short time, but Gatti said to 10,000 songs. vinyl I had to carry around," he said. "Now communication, learning and design. Stu­ she would feel much more isolated if she lost Though the iPod and its colorful mini are all I have to do is type in the name of the dents in college now will play a key role in the use of her cell phone. the latest craze on the market right now, not song and it will pop up." how the new technology is applied. "I'd feel so out of the loop," she said. "I everyone is convinced of their staying power. Wilson has a camera phone, a personal "They're going to transform the work­ live in a Circle. I don't even know the [room] "They're overpriced, trendy pieces of data assistant and a mini disc player. Even place because of their familiarity with these phone number here." crap," Wilson said. "People are obsessed. his Frisbee has fiber optic lights to allow him devices," she said. Chris Wheatley, manager of radio opera­ There are cheaper, better alternatives with to play at night with his ultimate Frisbee team As far as the effect of new technology on tions at the college, said he worries about the twice as much storage." members. campus, Shapiro said she has noticed that effect technology has on the radio. Such ·alternatives include the newer Like many Ithaca College students, Wil­ public spaces are a lot noisier now because "Listener-ship in general has declined be­ MP3 players made by Dell and Philips. son has seized upon the wave of new tech­ students are constantly talking on cell cause of iPods, satellite radio and even cell Wilson said he thinks the trend towards nology that has washed over college cam­ phones. She also said she was disturbed by phones," he said. "No one wants to sit technological isolation will reverse soon, es­ puses in recent years. stories of online break ups she heard from through eight minutes of commercials." pecially with the growing use of video con­ College students are among the top tar­ students. While Wheatley said he is not concerned ferencing in the business world. geted demographics, according to the NPD "They'll do other difficult tasks with it," about the success of the college's radio sta­ "You won't get face to face communica­ Group, a global company that tracks retail she said. "It's a lot easier to provide an ex­ tions, he said he is worried about what kind tion, but it's the next best thing," he said. 'You trends. cuse when you don't have to look someone of job market radio students will have once can see each other when you' re thousands Gadgets iike the iPod can also be used to in the eyes." they graduate. For the momep.t, however, of miles away." record classes or interviews and to store pho­ tos. Duke University distributed iPods to its incoming freshmen this year. The universi­ ty will preload the iPods with college and academic content, such as information con­ Listening to music and download your favorite songs We all know that downloading copyrighted cerning orientation. without having to lug around full-size CDs. Hi-MD music is still readily available at the finger­ Junior Allison Turk said she has noticed disks can store up to 45 hours of music and stan­ tips in spite of legal options like the newly im­ more and more students with iPods during dard MiniDisks store up to five. Unlike the iPod, these proved Napster and iTunes. The MiniDisk can her work shifts at the Fitness Center. She also allow listeners to chose the radio if their music increase temptation to take advantage of this, said students are frequently seen sporting the collection is growing old or, gasp, they want to lis­ which can come with sizable consequences trademark white earplugs while on the car­ ten to music they don't own. like being judicially referred or sued. dio equipment because they will not skip like. portable CD players. "I hadn't even seen one until last year," Anywhere Keeping in touch with friends far away for one low Think the drunk dial was bad? Meet the drunk she said, "But _a lot of people have them from $200 rate. It's also nice to always have a camera on hand dial plus photo. Not to mention when your now." to $500+ for doing undercover research for the government, phone goes off in class and the words "Every­ Turk said students have traditionally lis­ depending or, err, just taking spontaneous pictures of your body in the club getting tipsy," blast out of the tened to music at the gym while focusing on on other friends. These photos can also be sent to other tiny speakers. This and playing Tetris are good their workout. What is new, is the number features. phones or uploaded to the Internet to make a moblog, ways to lose any chances of being in your pro­ of students who are occupied listening to or mobi_te photo weblog. fessor's good graces. iPods and talking on their cell phones as they scurry around campus, she said. "It seems like a lot more people on cam­ $300-$400 Downloading and listening to thousands of your fa­ Those little white earbuds can cut you off from pus are walking around with their headphones vorite jams. The MP3 player caught on mostly for its the rest of the world (which is not always a bad on," she said. "I think it'd be nicer if peo­ massive amount of storage space (up to 40GB), its thing). Tricking out the Pod with flashy ac­ ple talked to each other and ·looked sleek white design, and it's convenient, easy to nav­ cessories can jack up the price. And watch out around.'? igate style of organization by song, album, artist or for the "shuffle" option, as your secret collec­ For the most part, however, Senior Class genre. Could be used as status symbol with recog­ tion of Mariah Carey songs can be revealed President Leigh Ann Scheider said she thinks nizable headphones. at any time. iPods are bringing people together. While tabling in the Campus Center Monday for the senior class, Scheider had her iPod plugged From $20 Making calendars, keeping track of assignments, Watching movies In class, while tempting, into a stereo system. As other students with to $150 sending emails on the go. Personal Digital Assis­ could cause professors to confiscate PDAs. iPods walked by, they were encouraged to plug tants can be as simple as glorified address books Being ftngertaps away from checking your in their units as well to share music. or full-fledged pocket-sized computers, running emaU or your favorite~ can lead to "It's a great way to meet people because movies and games and stripped down versions of some obaeaslve cor.nputslve tendencies it's a common bond," Scheider said. ''It breaks Microsoft Office products and AOL Instant Mes­ wtlh staying Ober-connected. down all barriers because it's universal." sanger. PDA DESIGN BY .l ,,., ,,. , , , , , , , ,,. ,,. ,. ., ., , , >., J.,,,.

12 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 Accent Curators blend words and·art BY JANINE D'AMICO Bible. He had 100 water color illus­ Staff Writer trations. He even illustrated Dante's On Divine Comedy." The work of one of the world's Kramer said she and the most influential artists will be on dis­ co-cuator for the exhibit Susan play at the Handwerker Gallery be­ Weisand are trying to portray an at­ ginning today. The exhibit titled "hn­ mosphere that celebrates both artis­ age/World: The Intersection of Art tic forms. and Literature" includes prints by Sal­ ''This exhibit is a dynamic setting vador Dali, along with other con­ where arts meet," Kramer said. temporary _artists and will run "We're trying to challange the idea through Sept. 26. of book art. Nancy Callahan's exhibit Dali was born in Spain in 1904 is like a book you can walk into." and is arguably one of the most sig­ The exhibit also features a nificant surrealist painters of the 20th unique installation of Callahan's 2007 century. Inspired dually by Freud's "Must You Eat Crackers in Bed," STEVEN BOYDSTON theories of unconsciousness and which allows vi~itors to handle art PSYCHOLOGY French surrealist artists, he began ex­ objects. The focus of the piece is a peri.tp.enting with his own style of art. large black and white bed marked Hometown: Santa Cruz, Dali described the melting with words that bring forth Calla­ Calif. clocks and sexual symbols of his ear­ han's theme of the dynamic between ly work as ''hand-painted dream pho­ genders. The installation brings the What embarasses you tographs." But Dali did not limit him­ · book to life. By presenting such ex­ most about your family? self to this one style of painting. His hibits, Kramer hopes that the audi­ Even if I don't know a girl eclectic style i one of the reasons his ence will see the correlation between they will try to set me up. art came to Ithaca. image and word. Twenty-one years ago, when "I hope the audience considers its How would you describe Daphne Sola, owner of Ithaca's own ideas about the relationship be­ Ithaca College to someone Sola Gallery on The Commons, tween art and literature and how art who had never heard of it? was traveling in Bologna, Italy, she and literature relate to one another," It's a large campus that's came across an exhibit featuring Kramer said ''What's the relationship freezing during the winter, lots works by Dali. Having been famil­ and where's the play in that?" of diverse people and a beauti­ iar with some of his surrealist Pieces by local artists Judith Lev­ ful view and scenery. pieces, Sola was taken aback by the ey-Kurlander, Zevi Blum, Buzz Spec­ more linear, realistic works on display. COURTESY OF THE sol.A GALLERY tor and Weisand will also be shown. What movie do you think "The thing to realize about Dali "THE TRAITOR OF MONTAPERTI" (1968) by Salvador Dali is now on Not only are the artworks on dis­ best defines out genera­ is that his work typically comes in display at the Handwerker Gallery as part of a new exhibit there. play, but the gallery is hosting talks tion? "The Matrix" series. three parts, 'Paradise, 'Purgatory' and with many of the artists. Nancy They started out with a great 'Inferno,"' Sola said. "Those pieces way to Ithaca College. ture book art with the prints. Callahan and Terrence Chouinard movie. Then the last two were just so lyrical and I was so sur­ After talking with Ithaca College For those who ask themselves will be at the gallery on Sept. 16 from were completely influenced prised by them." assistant art history professor and how Dali art connects to literature, 12: 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. Buzz Spector by Hollywood and over use of Nearly a decade later, Sola Handwerker Gallery director Sola contends that while it may not will be visiting at the same time on special effects. heard about an auction of the prints Cheryl Kramer, Sola gladly agreed be well known, Dali dabbled in var­ Sept. 23. and knew it was a sign. She displayed to contribute to the exhibit. ious artistic forms, even graphic art. The public opening reception the prints proudly in her gallery In addition to showing the Dali "Dali was adept at illustrating for the exhibit is tonight from 5 p.m. until recently, when they made their prints, Kramer had the idea to fea- things," Sola said. "He illustrated the to 7 p.m.

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. ' ' BY EMILY MILLER main source of revenue is donations. i m '® L, ,, ,,,, .,,,,', x.~• 'L ' Staff Writer The cold Ithaca winters also pose a chal­ ::®llfill@,t®'1%f&_,,$. lenge for the gallery. : ml :fuY;ffi: 1$ ~ W\ Wt W& ~ It was difficult to avoid tripping over "In the winter people like to stay in their Wt :w; §L people crouched on the ground drawing with houses," Menter said. "We need people to W Wt, sidewalk chalk on Saturday night outside See come in every day to keep it up." ,,, f~}: Spot Gallery'-s entrance. A mother outlined How~ver, See Spot is not going to dis­ 11 · the shape of her curly blond toddler, and a appear from Ithaca during the process of ,i~ young man made broad strokes with pink finding a new home, Menter said. See Spot % chalk, his 'design becoming larger and has already secured an office in the larger as the sky darkened. Women's Community Building on ; ...... »., • .. , •: .~...... ~ Seneca Street, which will serve as head­ 5;'5 iJ mt~~',' ,, Past the recognizable mannequin in the window display, with the sparkly knee-high quarters and as a storage space for art and ii' ii * @: .~ boots and tutu skirt, those involved with the supplies. *¥ %~ij * I wrtey ® \@: rn gallery were milling around, eating sundaes As the gallery volunteers search for a and talking. permanent space, they will continue their ¥t ffi\ :g,w; ••.• ❖•::' m m n m Michelle Menter, See Spot's director, said involvement in the community and already ~;@,mil: the gallery will spend the fall and winter in have events planned for the fall. See Spot limbo, hopping from space to.space,'l;>ecause will hold musical events every month at llil I, fl ifut At 3~f it Cl:µl no longer afford the rent on The Com­ Castaways and the Lost Dog Cafe, JI @J iJ \I' mons. They are seeking out the perfect new Menter said. Additionally, they hope to ~'}@I 1® j ~ htp•• location to continue the mission of encour­ have a costume ball in October and an art ® $.tl@&linM,\#Hi:i.!llm:wIW ti m aging freedom of expression. exhibit, "Healing the Goddess," which will 1~ :~, @l@ J.tY u,W $1'$•;~· See Spot is committed to displayi:Qg non­ feature a giant velvet vulva at one of those ':ii ©!i®i~m 'Mi¥ J,W¾tfflfiik@W*¥• juried local art, so it will not put a price tag potential locations. f¾ 41 ti&i ®! Wi I®.%® rwmt @ '#ff on anyone's work. Instead, it allows the "We won't have to pay rent so all of the % tit 1& %.f. %½ii,#1$$.1~i1~¥kl N artists to choose, the price. money from these events will be available ,,,. ~*~@lw1m1 :m im~mtoot;lrcw "We want to provide an outlet for people's in the springtime when we have a location," $1 if@ Mi« g M.Wl artistic talents that doesn't make a value judg­ Menter said. "We want to launch something ,.,,,.. ,', AA', %%, Hi'@ i, N % ment," Menter said. bigger and become stable." Meli-ssa Hoffman, See Spot's operations As well as moving into a new space, See ~ ®1 ,w. w. ffi m l%t ~ # director, said that while people who volun­ Spot is changing the way its management i'fffi t&?rt WMlfilffil~®'.MfJf.Wm W teer in the gallery and members of the works. Menter said that the gallery manage­ ®i:W iftlj@f N community are upset about the gallery's ment is going to switch to a circle manage­ •. W move from The Commons, she feels that ment model, where everyone is equal. In do­ CARLY CHAMBERLINffHE ITHACAN ultimately it will be an important change that ing so, Menter's title will change to fit that SLURPING THE REMAINS of his ice cream sundae, senior Eric Pierce helps is {-ital to keeping See Spot alive. model. his relay team to a second-place finish in the' Purity Ice Cream Eating "We've been such a staple here and ''There will be no one person cracking the Contest at the BoatYard Grill Sunday. The tasty, but messy, contest raised people have worked us into their daily whip," Menter said. "This change has a4'eady money for the not-for-profit day cate, Ithaca Montessori School. regime by just popping in to see what's brought tons of new energy." going on at See Spot. It':s -hard because As a.volunteer, Panek said, be has noticed they're going to miss us, but at the same this new energy, which he thinks is also due time it's positive to feel their great ~dmi­ to people in Ithaca realizing that they could ration for us and actual desire to want to lose See Spot. help us move forward." "It's amazing how after only three years Pete Panek, a musician who regularly plays people already take it for granted," Panek $ at the Nines in Collegetown, has been said. "You know, you don't miss your wa­ $ * deeply involved in See Spot. As well as play­ ter until the well runs dry." 1$ Wt ing at See Spot events, Panek exhibited his Hoffman agreed and said now that word art there and volunteered to help monitor the is escaping about their move, they are getting gallery. He said he is upset about the move, a lively response from the community. · ltlmea Colleg" Dini';_g Servkes but is confident that the gallery will make a "I can't go anywhere without being comeback. stopped and asked about it," Hoffman said. "You know, it's sad, but realistically we "It's amazing to see how many people are can't afford the space," Panek said. "It will really interested now at this turning point." re-emerge somewhere else." Even as See Spot Gallery's home and Menter agreed and said that even !hough management style changes, those involved '­ they signed a lease that was less expensive than remain hopeful. 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.,:,,-"'"'\llilh!m,.,..,,,,,,,.,._.,'f ~ »& w - w * tr r· ,w 1> ~ .. ~ mm MEGHAN MAZELLArrHE ITHACAN .%®!1$$11 DIRECTOR MICHELLE MENTER and artist Elizabeth Sciore-Jones talk at See Spot in The Commons at a volunteer party on the last night of ttte gallery's lease. 14 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 M~'\f.~~~ Horror flick incites laughter TI ~::; BYDOUG~A~EVASJCK r-'?-'"'~~~ •• 'Til;q,!l'W',"l?x:,,,;1""=,s"'llls==-""'=---=~ The followiri.~l'w,+ Contributing Writer Friday thr~ -~ · Times afe,ts "Open Water," the new "Blair change. \ffii Witch Project" meets "Jaws" horror flick, fails miserably at -­ evoking the type of pri- mal terror -its. • • · · · influences achieved. Instead, it compels the I viewer to fall asleep. Or laugh when 'I the credits roll. The movie was written, directed 'alld edited by Chris Kentis and his wife, Laura Len. The duo decided to shoot the entire movie in digitai video. By shooting it in digital film, the film should come across as an actual doc-­ umentary to its audience, thereby heightening the scare factor, much like "Blair Witch." Unfortunately, it · does not matter how real the film VanitfFt)ir J 7 i5,tm. a!d 9:35 p.m. feels if nothing on screen is that w.eek~~!s 2 p.m. and frightening, let alone interesting. In ,v4ffi!P-M•; reality, the use of digital vide-o ends COURTESY OF LIONS GATE FILMS . up feeling more like a cheap gim­ PANICKING YUPPIE COUPLE Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and Dan (Daniel Travis) struggle for survival. mick than anything else. ~5}~:J~~c;.m. . Still, interesting characters can water, the pace fails to pick up. What used real sharks for the filming of es each other in fear while being sur­ sometimes save even the worst of is most startling is that Dan and Su­ "Open Water." rounded by darkness and circling horror flicks, such as Jamie Lee Cur­ san do not seem all that worried that Like Spielberg, he believes the less sharks. tis' character in "Halloween their boat has left them. For the first we see the sharks, the scarier their The screen is pitch black except ~tilt 2:15 p.m. H2O." Unfortunately, "Open Water'' couple of hours they are disturbing­ presence becomes. Yet Spielberg for when lightening strikes and the fails on this account. The main char­ ly calm. When they do start to final­ had point of view shots under water viewer sees a shark or the look ofter­ ·:;::t;t;;Dynamite acters in "Open Water" are the one­ ly panic, it feels forced and their ar­ and the assistance of John William's ror on the couple's faces. For the rest dimensional Dan (Daniel Travis) guments seem to come from the classic "Jaws" theme to heighten the of the scene, all one hears is crying, ~:35 p.lT),(t and Susan (Blanchard Ryan). movie book of cliches. suspense level. Even when viewers rain, thunder and sharks splashing ,f ,i;JV'/;J~,~e~:d,i4:35 P-n:1· The two have decided to take a va­ The arguments are as shallow as could not see the shark they con­ around. ·%.$\'-•< cation from their stressful Susan's mother and the price of the stantly felt its forbidding presence. It is here that that audience finally Hoytf1thaca 10 yuppie lives. Susan is a workaholic trip. What's worse is that the cou­ In "Open Water" the sharks feels immersed in the film and is able "Slhema control freak and Dan is supposed to ple doesn't have any chemistry, hardly pose much of a threat, as they to experience fear. The audienca !iltPJ~lJlid Mall ,~ ·isz~2100 be a wimp. For the first 10 minutes making the audience feel no sym­ rarely even touch the couple. An ill­ members finally feel, at last, that they of the film, Susan is on her cell phone pathy for either one of them. If placed spoken chant song sounds are there, too. But this scene still : The Hunt multiple times, and there is an un­ audience members aren't interested every time the couple feels like they · does not redeem a movie that has un­ d Orchid necessary scene where Dan fails to in the two characters treading wa­ are in trouble or under stress. interesting characters, a slow pace :40p.m., sexually arouse his wife. ter for most of the movie, then the There is one scene that occurs to­ and few scares. The ending is ap­ :10 p.m., The audience knows a film is in purpose of the film becomes lost. wards the end of the film where propriately anticlimactic for such a ' trouble when the character set-up It is not long before the sharks ~open Water"·fii:1ally achieves a,lev­ disapointing film. t, . b@t feels tedious and drawn out while show up for chow time, but they are el of suspense. After being stranded Th.e 13c,~tt1~;,~upremacy coming across· as distracting. rarely seen. Unlike Steven Spiel­ all dF1y, night has fallen and a hurri­ "Open Water" was written, di­ .,;fft'iff'~if:rtf1fM:p. m., When the couple finally gets in the berg's masterpiece "Jaws," Kentis cane has struck. The couple clutch- rected and produced by Chris Kentis. ,', .,. s':50 ifm., ~t20 p.m., i '°?'• ]{=.;t.0.,:.-~·:i;.1 .. i> ~~,!~1/2 Home is where the heart aches ihfff~~' .o p.m., ! Zach Bra/f's directorial debut explo~es themes of love and family Beginning p.m., BY EMILY .GALLAGHER with her and her boyfriend, a Staff Writer fast food . employee in a knight-themed restaurant, is "Garden State" is a the prime example of the romantic comedy that finds an film's ability to balance hu­ appropriate balance be­ mor in pathetic situations. tween the common univez:sal The-film attempts to ad­ dress and characterize issues of love Ill• • modem issues honestly. a n d Portman's Sam is almost top~cal . • . . . (but not quite) a feminist soqety . character, refusing to ride in issues of 2004. the "sidekick" sidecar on Zach Braff, of television Largeman's motorcycle. sitcom "Scrubs" fame, Alas, she still suffers a writes, directs a,nd stars in man-controlled fate. the movie. He shows himself Braff' s Largeman, Sars­ to be a promising newcom­ gaard' s Mark and other I er in the lighter side of the hometown friends almost J, independent film world. • (but not quite) make a Braff stars as Andrew statement on suburban Largeman, an over-med­ recreational drug use, but icated, under-stimulated COURTESY OF FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURE shy away and forget to I television actor who SOCIALLY-AWKWARD LOVERS Sam (Natalie Portman) and Andrew (Zach Braff) fall make it cl point. l returns to New Jersey tp for each other in their suburban hometown.in New Jersey, or the Garden State. Despite a disappointingly accompany his icy father to predictable ending and flac­ ,I his mother's funeral. ignore from a distance. self to- someone new. disturbing familiarity, es­ cidly shy social statements, Coming from a highly At home, Largeman pays a However, unlike the sim­ pecially in Largeman's "Garden State" leaves I dysfunctional family, this visit to a neurologist, where he ilarly awkward and celebrity­ high school friends who viewers with warm hearts and is no small feat and Large­ meets the girl of his dreams, . filled "Punch Drunk Love," have never left their home­ a new appreciation for their man struggles to come to played appropriately by the girl "Garden State" keeps the town. The most prominent own quirks and flaws. terms with his relationships of everyone's dreams, Natal­ awkwardness to a manage­ of these is Mark, a grave­ Overall, it is an accessible yet and family history. .ie Portman, as Sam. able film level and avoids digging pothead played by intelligently fun film with ap­ Moreover, returning· The film succeeds in both surrealism and symbol- Peter Sarsgaard. propriate doses of both • home to New Jersey from his achieving a realistic courting • ism. The film is simple and Fans of the 1980s sitcom laughter and pain. adopted ho:qie of Los Ange­ between Braff and Portman straightforward ahd thus is "Designing Women" will be les forces Largeinan to re-ex­ by highlighting both the both charming and accessible excited to see actress Jean "Garden State" was writ­ amine personal choices and awkwardness and excite­ to a wide audience. Smart in a small role as ten and directed by Zach situations which were easy to ment of showing your true Characters achieve a Mark's mother. A scene Braff. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 ACCENT THE ITHACAN 15 Goofy band is a gigantic success

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Saturday afternoon shortly ~fter sideways spurts of rain yielded to soul-crushing muggi­ ness, Ben Lee, opening act for They Might Be Giants, drew a gathering crowd of students toward the stage-in the Arts Quad at Cor­ nell University. Fans were sensitive enough to appreciate the acoustic styling of Ben Lee, yet so­ cially bizarre enough to revel in the unabashed weirdness of They Might Be Giants. Lee's set was full of off-color jokes and mellow songs that gave it an intimate feel. Despite the pressures of being the only person on stage (except for the occasional keyboard accompaniment), Lee had no problem engaging the audience. Lee had a magnetic stage presence, which no doubt has been forged by a decade of performing. • His charisma is not without substance despite the cheesy, liberal use of "love" in many lyrics. Several of the songs he performed off his new album, "Hey You Yes You," proved that he should not be condemned as a relic of the '90s. Lee's poignant cover of Modest Mouse's latest, "Float On," further asserted his relevance in contemporary music. He also performed a new song, "Catch My Disease," that satirizes the music industry and his own experiences getting lost among Good Charlotte, Luscious Jackson and Beyonce airplay. They Might Be Giants walked on stage after a 50-minute break between sets, during which fans searched for a water concession to combat the oppressive humidity. The high energy of their live act is accessible even to those who never caught on to the group's cult following and find the band's songs silly and insubstantial. It wasn't just the hardcore fans donning band T-shirts and reciting every lyric who got into the spirit. Even the down-to-earth Lee followers MEGHAN MAZELLA/THE ITHACAN l jumped up and down when lead singer John Flansburgh sang THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS' quirky guitarist Dan Miller entertains the crowd on the Cornell Arts Quad on Saturday. J "Clap Your Hands." They Might Be Giants showed their versatility and unde­ ''Flood," such as "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," "Birdhouse they sing, "I'm having a heart attack (girl you know its true)/ niable sense of humor when they incorporated the flexitone, In Your Soul" and "Particle Man." I'm having a heart attack (heart attack for you)." an off-kilter percussion instrument, into one of their songs. They Might Be Giants made sure every member got more During the two-song encore, the band orchestrated a "wave­ Flansburgh said the band only uses it once every 10 years be­ than ample solo time. It. became, a bit tedious after a peat." The word, according to Linell, ii; the combination cause there is a "cultural quarantine on the flexitone." Marty Beller drum &olo and a few John Linnell accordion between the wave, from sports games, and the word repeat. Some of the songs off their new album, "The Spine," solos. But when Dan Miller works his way up and down They Might Be Giants sent the wave-peat with their sig- - -­ sounded like watered-down Weezer, but some held the bridge of his guitar, it's not just for kitsch. nature goofy energy to the distant Frisbee players in the back promise, such as.the poppy "Experimental Film." "Drink!" · The highlight of the set list was "Fingertips." The song of the quad. Gracious fans from across the field reciprocat- was dedicated to the hard-drinking students of Ithaca Col­ is a mosaic of 10 second clips from about 15 songs, the best ed the quirky gesture inspired by the evening's set back to lege. They also played fan favorites from their 1990 album, part being a duet between Linell and Flansblirgh in which the beloved band. Veteran group, retires with style Guided by Voices ends its long career with nods to its earlier work

BY DAVE MOORE landmark releases "Bee Thousand" and And so ends a legacy. Pollard will un­ Staff Writer "Alien Lanes," as many fans might expect, doubtedly go on to future high-profile ob­ but the results are, on the whole, a charm­ scurity with an obscene number of solo and So this is it. After nearly two decades ing continuation of the "traditional" side projects-or perhaps he'll resume his of performing and recording enough al­ songwriting.bent of the band's later albums. previous gig as an elementary school bums to fill the Louvre, the insanely pro­ The opener ''Everyone Thinks I'm a teacher. _ ..__ lific Robert Pollard has disbanded Guided Raincloud" immediately encapsulates the But after 20 some years of countless in- by Voices, his most consistent project and band's evolution from bare, fragmented die rock classics, roster changes, direct de­ COURTESY OF EENIE MEENIE RECORDS a defining band of the 1990s. NEW BAND NEEDS a bigger budget. production to higher-gloss, ionger-format scendents and avid followers, Guided by Let's pause here for a moment and re- songs. The track is somehow both defini­ Voices is no more. Normally it might be . count a few simple figures and factoids. tive and derivative of the band's sound, appropriate to quote Jerry Garcia, noting Muffled sound quality Since 1985 the melding effortlessly into the ocean of in­ that it has, indeed, been a "long strange diminishes .debut band has released CDREVl°EW die rock that is their oeuvre. trip." But here it is from the man himself, 23 official albums, "Sleepover Jack" is a dejected rumina­ on "Hardcore Ufos" from "Bee Thousand," BY CELIA STAHR and even more as­ Guided*** by Voices tion on a failed relationship, using ab­ "Are you amplified to rock? Are you hop- · ~ ~ Senior Wriier sorted EPs and sin­ stractly claustrophobic imagery, such as the ing for a contact? I'll be with you, with- gles. They have ''Half Smiles of the line "fit me into your thimble." The ner­ out you, again." A high water mark is "a line marking the compiled theif Decomposed" vously pulsating bass line and clips of a dis­ highest level reached." Indie pop band The "greatest hits" onto torted radio broadcast aid the song's High Water Marks · double and quadruple album compilations. uniquely melancholy tone. make a decent at­ They have been covered by Jimmy Eat Pollard reaches into his grab bag of tempt at living up World. They have appeared on "The '60s gimmickry by emulating The Who to their name on O.C." OK, maybe not that last one. But on "Window of My World," which, per­ the 13 track debut, they've done everything else, and respect haps intentionally, is centered on a vari­ "Songs About th~ is due. ation of Pete Townshend's famous "See Ocean." That b~ing said, "Half Smiles of the De­ me, feel me, touch me, heal me" line from At times, especially on "Slowhand," the composed" is, in a sense, the same album "Tommy." band's catchy songs sound like the Flaming the band has been making since around The sprightly "Asia Minor" uses a lilt­ Lips. The album has a raw, bare essentials 1999, when Pollard decided it was-time to ing piano line and mod-era organ accom­ sound, furthering the band's freshness and hang up the four-track and make a stab at paniment to rise above the surrounding sincerity, but the sound quality muffles the hi-fi credibility. Their final album makes gloom of the sludgy "Tour Guide at the ..:::::..- lyrics. However, "Songs" is still enjoyable a few concessions to their trademark grit­ Winston Churchill Memorial" and rigid, and fresh, especially with lead vocalists Hi­ ty sound. Vocals •are pushed back in the kick-drum-heavy militarism of "Sons of larie Sidney and Per Ole Bratset. mix, cymbals have a distinct clattering re­ Apollo." The band's talents could be bette~ real­ verb and guitar tone is generally grainy and Other album highlights, like the ized if their music broke free of the muted. spaced-out ballad "Sing For Your Meat" low-quality recording of the album. But Still, the album isn't purist lo-fi by any and steady, rocking closer "Huffman despite the un-produced feel, the dream-like stretch of the imagination. Song lengths Prairie Airfield," are excellenl reminders last track, "High Water Marks," is a shining push three minutes throughout. Dis­ of Pollard's genius. But the album, like moment and shows a promising future. cernible choruses are repeated in conven­ much of Guided by Voic~s' later material, COURTESY OF MATADOR RECORDS tional pop construction, and disjointed song is stuffed to the brim with filler. Were this ROBERT POLLARD'S most successful High Water Marks will be playing at transitions are nonexistent. not literally a historical document, Pollard project ends on a high note. The album Cornell University on October 1. The album isn't a throwback to their might even overstay his welcome. uses the band's trademark gritty sound. Event of the week THURSDAY Meditations are every Monday, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 Wednesday and Friday at 8:15 to PAGE16 8:45 a:m. in Muller Chapel. alendar -- Asian Culture Club weekly meeting - Today 7:30 p.m. in Friends 201. TO THE BEAT OF HER OWN DRUM Ithaca College Environmental Society Biology Seminar Series - "Ohylogenetic weekly meeting - 8 p.m. in Friends 203. Investigations in the Genus Coprinus (Inky Caps): Mating, Molecules, and Ithaca College Republicans weekly Morphology" by John Hopple, at 4 p.m. in meeting - 8 p.m. in Friends 308. Center for Natural Sciences 112. 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Student Government Association 11 LAST DAY TO DECLARE PASS/FAIL Congress weekly meeting - 8:15 p.m. in ' FOR BLOCK I COURSES. Nortli Meeting Room, Campus Center. 1• Meditation-8:15 to 8:45 a.m. in Muller · IC Comedy Club weekly meeting - 9 Chapel. p.m. in Friends 210.

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BY JOSH MCCANN a skill and emphasize proper technique, then Senior Writer supervise their young proteges in a simple drill. Running backs took handoffs and Travis Smith is a football player. learned to cut explosively upfield while wide He splits time at wide receiver and safety, receivers practiced dashing through pass pat­ and he made 14 tackles in one game last year. terns. He's become such a familiar face on South With almost as many Bombers as there Hill the past few years that the Bomber coach­ were Small Fries in some groups, the ing staff knows him by name. pupils received ample individual attention. But Smith is not the latest addition to an­ At the offensive line station, diminutive tack­ other crop of fleet, imposing Blue and Gold les and centers found themselves lining up recruits. He is an 11-year-old from Lansing, opposite their own colossal one of about 80 pint-sized participants in lo­ collegiate counterparts. cal "Small Fry" football leagues But if the Small Fries were in­ who came t? cam~us Sunday >~ i timidated by getting to play to take part m the sIXth annual ~. '"~ -~ ~· under the watchful eye of bigger, Ithaca College Youth Football · ~ 4; d?' bulkier college athletes on the But­ Clinic. terfield Stadium turf, they seldom The event, which has showed it. After a few spirited been spearheaded for the rounds of drills, many kids were past five years by defensive engaged in amiable chatter with their backs coach Mike Wood, new teachers. Some even dared to offers area youngsters the exchange a little trash talk as they chance to learn football's fun­ darted through the exercises. ERIN SAGER/THE ITHACAN damentals by going through The Bombers made sure the ma­ TOP: RILEY LASDA catches a pass from sophomore James Davis during the clinic. drills led by the Bombers jority of conversation at the clinic LEFT: ZACH SMITH of ~roton makes a gravity-defying reception. __. themselves. was encouraging, however. They Wood said the team aims to stopped the action only occasionally to Bombers were similarly thrilled to be able to In addition to the clinic, Smith has also give the kids equal doses of fun provide corrections, and celebratory goof around like kids for a day. attended Ithaca's week-long summer foot­ and technique, which makes cheers erupted sporadically The Bombers always welcome the clinic's ball camp the past two years. There, he the clinic a positive experience around the field whenever a relaxed, fun-filled atmosphere as a refreshing befriended senior wide receiver Jeff for all involved. particularly spectacular play reward after enduring two weeks of rigorous Welch, whom he now cites as his favorite "It's good for our guys to in­ was made. preseason practice, senior defensive end player. Furthermore, Smit\} fr~quently teract with the young kids and At one point, a young Bryan Steele said. shows up at home games during the season promote football," he said. receiver laid out to success­ "I like seeing the kids - they' re so en­ to catch up with his mentors. I "It's good for the young guys to fully haul in a pass, tumbling thusiastic," he said. "They love to be out here, "[Travis] likes banging around ·with the -get a chance to meet with ·our col- to the ground just as Welch was and it doesn't matter what they're doing. bigger guys," said his dad, Douglas. "He pays lege football players." \J.'..alking by. The coach threw his arms They're playing football and having fun." attention and learns a lot from them, and he This year's clinic began when head into the air to signal a touchdown, Wood said he would consider the clinic a actually feels pretty comfortable being up coach Mike Welch's whistle sounded Sunday turned to the row of parents success if even a few of the youthful partic­ here all the time." afternoon, sending a crowd of players seated on a nearby bench and ipants enjoyed their introductory experience Smith said it would be "awesome" if he careening from all comers of Butterfield exclaimed in jest that he enough to stick. with the sport. could return to Butterfield Stadium one day Stadium to converge at his feet. was going to have to start In Smith, who was taking part in his third wearing Blue and Gold. After Welch delivered a few words of recruiting the youngster. clinic Sunday, the Bombers have already But even if he doesn't, Welch said pass­ welcome, he divided the visitors according ,;:;,• . ,, For the most part, however, inspired one devoted student of the game. ing down a passion for football by forging to position and directed them to various sta­ ~~ completed passes were few While wiping his brow on a sweat-soaked close relationships with area youth can only tions around the field, where a handful of and far between Sunday, and as Ithaca College Bombers T-shirt, Smith de­ make the Bombers better in the long run. Bombers in crisp, white uniforms were the fumbles and drops began to mount it be­ scribed the clinic experience: "It's really fun. "I think it helps our tradition here that we waiting to teach them the nuances of the came apparent not all of these Small Fries You can't beat it." have a following and we have a young group game. were destined for gridiron glo- .," •. ",,,m,r~w,,. -· that likes Ithaca Col- As parents looked on from the sidelines ry. But that didn't seem to lege football," he and the sun beat down from overhead, foot­ matter to anyone on hand. said. "I think balls began flying around the field from every As much fun as the that's a good direction. The coaching staff circulated youngsters were having at feeling and it among the groups, but it was the Bombers Sunday's clinic aspiring to certainly makes who provided the majority of the instruction. become standout football our program In most cases, the players would demonstrate players, it appeared the stronger."

• ERIN SAGER/THE ITHACAN FIVE-YEAR-OLD DENVER SPACE·llnes up against freshman Jeremy Walck in an offensive line drill Sunday at Butterfield Stadium. Around 80 local youths participated in the event. 20 THE ITHACAN SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 T The young and the relentless Seven freshmen join South Hill squad B while two seniors provide leadership N BY ADAM WARNER a 2003 all-conference selection, problem stepping in and directing be ~O'!_tributj_ng !Yrit_er___ _ have complete confidence in the team ·the offense." be and believe the experience of the vet­ Despite retammg several There's a sense of change sur­ erans will nurture the skills of the skilled hitters, the team addressed rounding the women's volleyball younger players. one of its weaknesses by recruiting team and there's no denying it. "I think our team chemistry is young defensemen to complement After graduating All-American the best in all my years here," Roth. its powerhouse veterans. Janet Hammond and three other key said. "There are no cliques, and the "Last year we hit hard, yet had no players, the Bombers have experi­ returning players don't see the defense," Blitz said. "But now with enced a youth movement. freshmen as freshmen. We see the new freshmen, we h~ve awesome The Blue and Gold will certain­ them as friends and teammates." defensemen. They are good players ly miss Hammond's team-leading 4.4 Coach Janet Donovan said the up front who can bang the ball." kills per game and career hitting per­ newest additions to the team could But it will ·still be an uphill bat­ centage of .306, but the team is con­ be a blessing on the court. tle for the.Bombers. With an ex­ fident that its newest recruiting "We have a lot of freshmen, but h~usting schedule that features class will pay immediate dividends. the level of play is great," said some of the best teams in the The season will be exceptionally Donovan, who will be embarking nation, great team relationships different for the Bombers, as the on her 13th season as the women's and consistent communication team will welcome seven freshmen head coach. "This is one of the best will be vital to its success. to a squad that is deficient of many recruiting classes I have ever seen The squad will open its season returning upperclassmen. Of the 13 while at Ithaca. There is just a lot tomorrow when it plays in the Red roster spots, there will be only two of hope, and it's exciting." Dragon Invitational at Oneonta. seniors and three juniors compet­ Blitz welcomes the newcomers Ithaca will face Hartwick, Potsdam, ing this season. with open arms. She has already Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham and "It's really exciting this season," seen enough from the freshmen to Oneonta in tournament play. said Andrea Blitz, a junior middle be excited - especially with The team has set its goals high hitter and captain. "There are tons Katie Hause, an athletic outside hit­ and is confident it can bring home of freshmen who are pushing the ter from Colorado Springs, Colo. a conference championship. Al­ upperclassmen. 'fhere' s just this, She also expects freshmen setters though questions still remain, ...... _ whole new attitude." Jenna Yehl and Casey Buss to make Donovan believes the eclectic However, if there are two players an immediate impact. Yehl joins the make-up of the team will ultimately who have the ability to compensate Bombers after playing for Horse­ prove to be rewarding. for a lack of experience, it's senior heads High School, one of the top "It's my goal that the youth and captains Julie Roth and Jen Cramer. high school volleyball programs in veterans can mesh well together,'' she Both athletes bring power, defense New York State; Buss is the former said. "We already have good chem­ and leadership to the team and both player of the year in Massachusetts. istry this early in the season. Our goal NICHOLAS P. MAZZUCCO/fHE ITHACAN have the recognition to prove it. Roth, "They fit in right away, which is is to win the conference and it's my SENIOR JULIE ROTH, who led the team with 64 aces last season, a 2003 All-American, and Cramer, great," Blitz said. "[They] have no hope that we will." jump serves during practice Monday in the Ben Light Gymnasium.

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BY JEFF MORGANTEEN goalie Andrea Baraiola. The first-year Staff Writer starter made the initial save, but the ball popped back out in front of the goal, right Last year at the Empire 8 field hockey to Mazeey's stick. championship, Ithaca sophomore Kelly During the second half, the Bombers had Palmer netted a goal with.a minute left in the several scoring chances, many that came game to beat Elmira, 3-2. from just a few feet outside of the crease. Wednesday, the tables turned. Ithaca finally got ·on the scoreboard after Elmira forward Nicole Roto scored with junior Natasha Snowden ripped a pass from 2:06 left in regulation to give the Eagles a the corner to Aldrich, who let loose a blis­ 3-2 victory over the Blue and Gold at tering shot that hit the wooden back of the Yavits Field. cage with a hard crack. "[The game] was just frustrating," said Aldrich also served as the catalyst for the Palmer, who led the team with three Blue and Gold's second goal. Finding a slight points, thanks to a goal and an assist. "Our opening in the tight Elmira defense, Aldrich main problem was just got off a quick pass to junior execution. We couldn't Alex Scudder. Scudder let seem to finish plays." 40s!ng Nicole is a off a powerful shot from the Although Ithaca dom­ top of the crease, tying the inated most of the play, , and a huge game at 2-2. forcing the Eagles to play Baraiola stopped sev­ back on their heels, the surprise. But ~~ · en of n shots. Each of the Bombers had a hard time 1·+%{{ three Elmira goals oc­ capitalizing on offense. scared. curred after scrums devel- Ithaca outshot Elmira 16 to -KELLY PALMER oped in front of the net, 13, but Elmira goalie Junior limiting her vision of the Ann Phillips proved to be ------ball. The second goal a strong presence in net slipped past Baraiola after with impre$sive saves. she made an acrobatic kick-save and an "I thought we played well," sophomore unguarded Elrriira forward picked up the Bryce Meck said. "We just couldn't seem to rebound. find the back of the net." "It's only our first game and we all feel The Bombers also had six more corners the team is moving on in a positive direction," than Elmira, many of which occurred in the Aldrich said. "We. are all very confident in second half. Senior captain Brooke Aldrich Andrea ... [Goaltending] is not going to be a led the field with a total of eight shots, only problem this year." one of which got past Phillips. After unexpectedly losin~ junior "We were right where we were supposed Nicole Blum, last year's starting goalie who to be," she said. "A lot of shots were just not quit this season, questions lingered between finished." the pipes. But after Baraiola's solid per­ Aldrich said the Bombers consider formance Wednesday afternoon, her team­ every game to be important, but as defend­ mates saw an answer. ing Empire 8 champions, losing to last year's "Losing Nicole is a big loss and a huge ,,,/ runner-up was "obviously disappointing." surprise. But we're not scared," Palmer said. ( Early in the first half, Elmira forward "I don't think we are any better or worse CALYPSO DORAN/fHE ITHACAN -- , ( ..,-,--,Colleen Mazeey buried the ganie's first goal because of her quitting, Andrea is stepping SENIOR BROOKE ALDRICH (right) battles for the ball with Elmira's Jessica Zegarelli ---(- after a scufflefoi:med in front of.sophomore up." while freshman Joanna Meinhart looks on during,th.e 13ombers'-3-2 loss. -- -·~ ·---....;; WOMDIBIMG HOW IC BRIMGI THIMGI TO LIFE1

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Jo1Ns us FoR RECRUITMENT NtGHT Student Activities Board 22 THE ITHACAN SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 l Blue arid Gold Bombers blank Knights -slay Dragons Senior Christine Dorney I- -- scores the game's lone goal in double-OT I BY ALEX DE LOS RIOS e BVPAULGANGAROSSA stretched finger~ of Gene- · Staff Writer Staff Writer seo's freshman goalie Dana j Cummings, who dove for the Some two years and 100 minutes had passed since A crowded jumble of blue · ball. As Cummings lay help­ the Bombers defeated Cortland. Wednesday, seniQr and white jerseys and spastic lessly on the ground, Dorney Andy Smith was sick of waiting. legs loomed in front of the tapped in the ball. In the 103rd minute of the second overtime, Smith J Geneseo goal. From that Last season, the South Hill leapt through a crowd of defenders while chasing Il group, two things emerged: a squad needed six games to down freshman John DeCarlo 's cross pass. Smith ma­ soccer ball that brushed the record its first victory. neuvered through a melee of feet and bodies and back of the net, and senior "It's really important [to get popped the ball into the net for the only tally. 0 Christine Dorney darting to her a win early in the season]," "I was just coming in to try and follow the ball," p ne~est teammate to cele­ Dorney said. "It gives us Smith said. "I dove and put it in the comer." f brate. some momentum going into The goal came after another physical affair h Dorney's goal would the next game. We've got two between the Blue and Gold and its adversary at stand alone to beat the Blue away weekends coming Wood Field. Senior Ben Visnyei got the worst of s Knights 1-0. For the first up ... so it's good that we start it after he and Cortland's Casey Becker collided time since losing to Oneonta off with a win." in the Dragons' box. Visnyei had to leave the game C fast November in the NCAA Like Geneseo, Ithaca also in the first half because of a cut above his right eye. tl 'quarterfinals, the 5-foot 4-inch sported a freshman in goal. ''That's what you gotta ~xpect when you're play­ fi Dorney was able to erase the Aimee Meacham, from ing Cortland," Visnyei said. "I had to go to the E.R. nightmares of last season's Massena High School, started last year, too." f; haunting conclusion. her. first collegiate game and Unlike that game, he didn't have to deal with q Dorney scorea during the made five saves. the pain of losing. Visnyei was at a loss for words C 32nd minute of the first half af- · "I was -nervous," Meacham JULIE CHUNG/fHE ITHACAN to describe his elation. ter Michelle Graziadei sent a said. "But my teammates real­ SENIOR RACHEL THAU battles for the ball against Although the Bombers dominated the extra centering pass turned pinball in ly helped me out. They gave Geneseo's Lisa Zavad during the Bombers' 1-0 win .. periods, the teams went shot for shot in regulation :front of the Geneseo goal. It me a lot of confidence." and each goalie answered with 14 saves apiece. it turned out to be all the Blue Junior defender Jen Grys was second half, Grys was the inch frarµe to graze the ball With less than 10 minutes left in regulation, Ted h and Gold needed. one of her.strongest supporters. only Bomber standing be­ with the top of her head and Meyer saved the game when Cortland's Haris Babic "We were restarting with "Aimee played tremen­ tween a lead and a tie. redirect it out of bounds. had a golden opportunity off a centering pass. Babic Michelle and I believe some­ dous for her first game," she "I saw [Meacham] come But despite the win, the was unguarded and just five yards from the goal when one got a touch on the header," sai4. ''It was a big game for her out, and she had the right po­ Bombers looked rusty. Meyer dove across the box and made an astonish­ ~ 'said Dorney of her scoring - a freshman coming in and sition on it and then she got Coach Mindy Quigg said ing save, pinning the ball agaiflst the turf. Vi play. "I think it was Lindsay starting her first collegiate beat and was on the ground," her team needs to control the As the game started to grow long, coach Andy t1 Ehrenkrantz and we were just . game - and she _did a great Grys said. "I wa~ just protect­ ball better and capitalize on its Byrne told his players to turn on their afterburners. hi crashing the goal. It was kind job and came up with some big ing the goal and I was hoping opponents' mistakes. "The tendency when you're tired is to hold the p, ·of a scrappy play, but we cap­ saves:" it wasn't going to go any "If you can come out with ball," Byrne said. "In reality it's best to do the italized on their mistaRe." Perhaps the biggest save of higher." a victory and not play your opposite and move the ball as quickly as possible." g Dorney was able to knock the game came from Grys her­ The leaping Grys needed to best," Quigg sai~, "I think In the two extra periods, the Bombers outshof tJ the ball away from the out- self. In the 17th minute of the use every bit of her 5-foot 7- that's a good thing." Cortland 11-1. The persistence paid off. Ill

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' :.:~::· ~~t:Jii=:=:lir~i~~i·;~ ...· .. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 SPORTS THE ITHACAN 23 A strenuous s-wim to save lives Local women journey across Cayuga Lake and raise money to support Hospicare

BY JEFF MORGANTEEN Robinson, one of the event's principal Staff Writer organizers, also swam. "When I was out [on Cayuga Lake] row­ As juniors Becky Natoli and Kim ing and coaching, I always thought it Capraro reached Cayuga Lake's west shore would be intriguing to do something like early Saturday morning, both were greeted this," she said. with hugs, towels and incessant applause. Robinson, a two-time recipient of the Col­ The pair had just traversed 1.2 miles across lege Rowing Coaches Association Coach of the waves. the Year award, and coach of this year's ''I've never swam anything that far," said national-champion crew team, swam· with a. Capraro, a lifeguard at Ithaca College. "I selfless motive. Her father-in-law didn't expect it to be that difficult." recently entered the Hospicare program. .,,-~ But the duo was not alone. Behind "It was something I personally wanted Natoli and Capraro were 120 other women to do," Robinson said. "And sinee it was a of varied ages swimming to raise money in fund-raiser for Hospicare, it also seemed the first-ever Hospicare-sponsored swim very timely." across Cayuga Lake. Women from the sur­ · While most swimmers experienced no rounding region and Ithaca College swam serious trouble during the swim, many in the noncompetitive event and rai~ed more found the frigid morning water to be more than $47,000 in support of Hospicare, w!:rlch MARIA SPIROVA/THE ITHACAN troublesome than the distance. .,,,- provides medical attention to bed-ridden LOCAL VOLUNTEERS PUSH "I was cold from when I started," Tompkins County residents. Last year, the OFF from shore (abov~) to Robinson said after finishing. "My fingers program served approximately 400 families accompany ·the 120 women just went numb, but I'd do it again with in the area. who swam across Cayuga warmer wat~r or maybe a wet suit." Natoli and Capraro became interested in La~e Saturday. The fund-raiser The swimmers also had to contend with the swim when several local women began earned more than $47,000. the wakes from the accompanying boats. The training for the event in Ithaca's indoor pool. waves threw many swimmers off course. Starting in July, crew coach Becky Robinson SENIOR KELLY DUNPHY (left), "[The swim] was just great," Rogers said, and others swam laps on weekdays at noon junior Kim Capraro (middle) seconds after emerging from the lake. ''I think in preparation for the fund-raiser. and junior Becky Natoli were I swam twice as far because it was so hard Each swimmer collected at least $100 among the first to finsh the 1.2 to stay straight." · from sponsors, which went toward Hnspicare mile journey across the lake As a precaution, many volunteers in the ca­ Saturday morning. and Palliative Care Services of Tompkins noes and kayaks were trained lifeguards. But ~ County. Other participants opted for their others were Ithaca College supporters or fam- , proc'eeds to go toward Phil Tavelli '70, a . largest vessel, the M/V Manhattan, motored 53-year-old Rogers as she stepped off a ily members. , long-time Ithaca College employ~e. ahead, carrying the women from the Ithaca motorboat onto what locals accurately call Event organizer Jack Stewart said he was Tavelli was diagnosed with pancreatic can-· Yacht Club to Cayuga's east shore. Poison Ivy Point. "This should be easy." very pleased with the turnout, and expects it cer this March and is currently undergoing Robin ~ogers, a commodore at the yacht At,7:45 a.m., the first wave of swimmers, to happen again,. chemoth~rapy. club, rode in a smaller powerboat. In the next wearing red swimming caps, wet suits and "With the money raised and all the The trek began at 6:30 a.m. as dozens of few hours she would repeat a swim she com- one-p~ces, dove off the Manhattan into the heightened enthusiasm, I'd be surprised if ~ motorboats, canoes and kayaks raced across p1eted more than 40 years ago. chilly water and began the journey to the [Hospicare] wouldn't want this to be an f /yuga Lake toward the rising sun. The "I did this when I was nine," said the west shore. annual event," he said. -

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