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Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. February 21, 2008 The Ithacan Volume 75, Issue 19

Deaths at NIU Freshman Nik Taylor sits in his dorm room early Tuesday aff ect campus morning. Taylor suffers from Type II insomnia. and country CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN

BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL SENIOR WRITER One week after a gunman killed fi ve students in a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, Ithaca College Public Safety offi - cials said they are confi dent in their ability to respond to any threat on campus — though they said there is no way to prevent a shooting before it occurs. “[A quick] response is what ends the threat sooner, but there’s no way to prevent [a shooting],” said Laura Durling, associate director of patrol and security services. Last Th ursday, 27-year-old for- shifting the mer NIU graduate Steven Kazmierc- zak walked onto the auditorium stage in Cole Hall and began fi ring. Five students were killed INSIDE and 16 others The author of were injured. “There is a Kazmierczak Gunman on Cam- pus,” answers cycle killed him- questions about self after fi r- school shoot- ing at least ings, page 5 Insomnia plagues students and leaves lasting health problems 48 times into the room. Six days earlier, on Feb. 8, a female student shot and killed two classmates and then herself in BY ELIZABETH SILE awake thinking,” he said. sustaining sleep each night. Oftentimes, a classroom at Louisiana Technical ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR For more than three years, Taylor has suf- people with this disorder can go days or College’s Baton Rouge campus. Th e morning has not been easy for Nik fered with Type II insomnia. He said he now weeks with little sleep, but they eventually Durling said the work to es- Taylor. Th e freshman is sprawled across his feels no diff erence between energy and alert- crash and catch up on sleep for prolonged tablish a campus-wide notifica- bed with covers neatly tucked up to his ashen ness. He seems just as awake as someone who periods of time. tion system at the college has face. His hair now points wildly in all direc- has gotten a healthy eight hours of sleep the According to the National Sleep Founda- moved in a positive direction since tions on top of his head. As his lean body night before. tion, adolescents require about nine hours of last April’s shooting at Virginia erupts out of sleep, he labors to open his eyes. “I don’t really fi ght anything because there’s sleep each night. Dr. Roseanne Armitage of Polytechnic University. His legs and his arms plead to stay frozen in nothing there to fi ght,” he said. the University of Michigan’s Sleep and Chro- In September, the college imple- this position, but Taylor said his mind is burst- At the end of this sleepless cycle, howev- nophysiology Laboratory said many college mented the Emergency Notifi cation ing with energy. er, his body begins to break down. Suddenly students are getting far less. System, a new program designed He is waking up after 24 hours of com- his usually energetic body turns into a dead “College students on the whole go to bed to improve the college’s ability to pletely pure, uninterrupted sleep, a coma- weight and his mind numbs, forcing him to later than they did 20 to 30 years ago,” she reach all students, faculty and staff like state he is forced into because of fall into a sleepless stupor. said, “Th e complaints about poor sleep in with time-sensitive information chronic insomnia. “I’ll go without getting any real sleep, college students have more than doubled in during unforeseen events. ENS Taylor does not sleep at night. For weeks and after two weeks I fall out for about a the past decade.” alerts are automatically sent to all on end he will put his head to his pillow around day,” he said. “The longest I’ve [slept] is Despite seeing a psychotherapist and college e-mail addresses. Students 5 a.m. night after night, but never fall asleep. 72 hours straight.” can also sign up to receive alerts in “My eyes are closed. I’m in my bed. But I’m Type II insomnia inhibits suff erers from See SLEEP page 4 a cell phone text message. Bob Holt, director of Public Safety and a member of the col- lege’s Core Emergency Response Team, said he didn’t know if CERT would be meeting in response to Bill targets fi le sharing DOWNLOADING MORE OFTEN the shooting but said there is not MORE THAN 1700 PEOPLE ANSWERED WHY THEY DOWNLOAD much to learn from what happened the Senate in July and the House TRACKS FROM UNAUTHORIZED FILE-SHARING SITES BY ARCHANA MENON SOURCE: ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA RESEARCH GROUP at NIU. STAFF WRITER Feb. 7, suggests schools should “Each campus, each incident All colleges could soon be re- implement these changes “to the 100 is diff erent,” Holt said. “What can quired to develop a plan to combat extent practicable.” you learn from it? Without a doubt, illegal downloading if a bill now being Rachel Racusen, a spokesper- 2007 you’re at the mercy of the shooter.” debated in Congress becomes law. son for the House Education and Courtney Whitlock, a sopho- Th e bill in question, the Col- Labor Committee, said the bill will 80 2006 more at NIU, was eating lunch with lege Opportunity and Aff ordabil- not require schools to purchase her friends in the building across ity Act, addresses college prices specifi c software or mandate poli- A- It’s free from Cole when someone ran in and campus safety, among other cies that would make schools re- B- Can fi nd everything looking for and said there was a shooting at issues. Section 494, the “Campus port student violations. 60 C- I now have broadband Cole. She said she didn’t believe it Th eft Prevention Act,” would re- David Weil, director of Web, D- Quality of the tracks is improving E- I am very unlikely to be caught until another student came into the quire colleges to inform students systems and departmental ser- F- It’s safe from viruses building with blood on his hands of the policies and procedures vices at the college, said any eff ort 40 G- It’s a cool thing to do and a gunshot wound to his leg. involved in illegal downloading to further develop plans that off er H- Other “None of us moved at fi rst. My and develop a plan giving alterna- alternatives to illegal downloading initial thought was, ‘Th is can’t be tives to downloading. It will also could take away from other needs real,’” she said. “One of my fi rst require colleges to explore tech- of the college. 20 thoughts was, ‘I want to get as far nology-based deterrents to illegal “When you develop a plan it away … as I can.’” activity and submit an annual re- is not usually done in a vacuum,” Whitlock said the building port of their policies to the U.S. he said. “Planning itself takes was locked down, so she watched Department of Education. 0 ABCDEFGH See NIU, page 5 Th e bill, which passed through See DOWNLOADS, page 4 find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING

2 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK  Cubans hopeful after Castro resigns 21 THURSDAY After a 19-month tryout by acting president Raul Castro, Cubans seem ready to focus on what Extended deadline for summer his government will bring once Fidel Castro for- orientation leader applications mally steps down as Cuba’s all-powerful leader by 5 p.m. to the Offi ce of New on Sunday. Student Programs Th eir expectations, already raised by Raul Cas- tro’s talk of “structural changes” and “big decisions” Screening of “Unsettled,” to come, couldn’t be higher. Many Cubans hope he sponsored by Hillel, in Textor will let more people open businesses, own homes 101 from 7 to 10 p.m. and even travel abroad. Mesa Española from 6 to 7 But given that Raul is already 76, it could fall to a p.m. in the Terrace Dining Hall new generation of leaders to fulfi ll or frustrate Cu- bans’ dreams of prosperity. 22 FRIDAY As acting president, Raul Castro has only hinted at reforms, a reticence many see as a sign of respect Applications due for “Take an for his more doctrinaire older brother. And while Ithacan to Work Day” by 5 p.m. hoping that Raul and his likely No. 2, Carlos Lage, to the Offi ce of Career Services will advocate for change, Cubans wonder how that Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. will fl y with 81-year-old Fidel, who made it clear in Muller Chapel Tuesday that he isn’t going away, even though he’s Shabbat dinner at approxi- stepping down as president. mately 7:15 p.m. on the “Th ere has to be some change, more freedom Terrace Dining Hall balcony with Raul,” said Andres, 63, who like many Cubans wouldn’t give his last name for fear of reprisal when 23 SATURDAY talking about the Castro brothers. “Th e other one always nipped that off at the bud.” Lighting the way “Jabberwock: Battle over the Chinese visitors look at elaborate lanterns, meant to look like Notre Dame and St. Basil’s Cathedral, at a Hill, Ithaca College vs. Cornell” Obama takes two more primaries Lantern Festival display in Fangshan, south of Beijing, yesterday. The Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Jie, is event, sponsored by Mu Gamma Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary a traditional Chinese festival, which falls on the 15th of the fi rst month of the Chinese New Year. Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and NATALIE BEHRING/ASSOCIATED PRESS Sorority, at 7:15 p.m. in Anabel Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the up- Taylor Hall at Cornell University per hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. Clinton made no mention of her defeat and were seriously injured. 24 SUNDAY Th e twin triumphs made 10 straight for showed no sign of surrender in an appearance Th e quake was felt across much of western Obama and left the former fi rst lady in desper- in Youngstown, Ohio. and northern Sumatra island, witnesses said. Mesa Española at noon in the ate need of a comeback in a race she long com- Many people fl ed their homes. Terrace Dining Hall manded as front-runner. Earthquake kills three in Indonesia “Everything shook very strongly for more than Catholic Community Mass at “Th e change we seek is still months and A powerful earthquake struck western Indo- a minute, and I ran along with the others. I heard 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel miles away,” Obama told a boisterous crowd in nesia yesterday, killing at least three people, in- people screaming in panic,” said Aceh resident Houston in a speech in which he also pledged juring 25 others and damaging several buildings, Ahmad Yushadi. 25 MONDAY to end the war in Iraq in his fi rst year in offi ce. offi cials said. No tsunami was detected. “I opposed this war in 2002. I will bring this Th e U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had U.S. praises Pakistani elections Last day to withdraw from or war to an end in 2009. It is time to bring our a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and struck un- President Bush said yesterday that Pakistani revoke S/D/F Block I courses troops home,” he declared. der the island of Simeulue off the western coast elections have been judged as “fair” and that the by 4:30 p.m. through the Offi ce Sen. John McCain, the Republican front- of Sumatra — the region worst hit in the 2004 opposition parties’ win is a “victory in the war of the Registrar runner, won a pair of primaries, in Wisconsin Indian Ocean tsunami. on terror.” Screening of “Pay it Forward” and Washington, to continue his march toward Minutes after the quake hit, the Pacifi c Tsu- “Th ere were elections held that have been at 8 p.m. in the Phillips Room certain nomination. nami Warning Center issued a bulletin saying judged as being fair, and the people have spo- of the Muller Chapel In a race growing increasingly negative, parts of the Sumatran coast closest to the epicen- ken,” Bush said at a news conference in Ghana “Soul ‘n’ Sound” Jazz Dinner, Obama cut deeply into Clinton’s political bedrock ter were at risk of a possible tsunami. However, during his trip to Africa. sponsored by the African- in Wisconsin, splitting the support of white wom- it canceled the alert two hours later, saying sea Th e opposition parties’ victory in Tuesday’s elec- Latino Society, at 8 p.m. in en almost evenly with her. According to polling gauges had not detected any large waves. tion could force President Pervez Musharraf to leave Emerson Suites place interviews, he also ran well among working Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Indonesian or share power. Th e pro-Musharraf party lost badly class voters in the blue collar battleground that Health Ministry’s disaster center, said “many” and conceded defeat before the fi nal tally. 26 TUESDAY was prelude to primaries in the larger industrial buildings on Simeulue were damaged and three states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. people were killed. He said at least 25 others SOURCE: Associated Press “Taste of Soul” dining event sponsored by the African- Latino Society in the Terrace Dining Hall Senior will present about snowfall. Sidewalks not kept clear College&City Greek Jewish communities will be ticketed and cleared by the 27 WEDNESDAY Senior Adina Mindick will city. Owners must pay a minimum Reslife extends deadline Th ursday in New York City to dis- present “Preserving Jewish Greece,” of $50 or the actual cost of removal “In my Own Words,” a presen- for new housing option cuss the upcoming academic year. a seminar on her research of Jew- plus supervision charges. tation by Jeff Johnson from Th e Offi ce of Residential Life has Nancy Pringle, vice president ish communities living in Greece, The City is not required to Black Entertainment Television, extended the deadline to apply for its for legal affairs and a member of at noon Sunday in Park 220. notify residents prior to clearing at 7 p.m. in Emerson Suites new gender-neutral housing option the board, said members will dis- Mindick spent last summer unhanded sidewalks. to Feb. 29. cuss the college’s audit, its new living on two Greek islands, Crete If assistance is needed with ADD YOUR EVENT Th e option will be available next buildings, the Capital Campaign, and Rhodes, which are homes shoveling, please contact the year on the odd-numbered side of tenure recommendations and the to unique Jewish communities. Ithaca Youth Bureau Employment Drop events for “This the second fl oor of Eastman Hall. 2008-09 tuition increase. These communities are home to Service at 273-8364. Week” in the marked box in Students who chose this hous- both Sephardic and native Jewish The Ithacan offi ce, or e-mail ing option will be allowed to live Board seeks nominations Greek cultures. Dean candidates to visit Assistant News Editor with the roommate of their choice, for conservation award Sunday’s presentation will campus for interviews Elizabeth Sile at esile1@ regardless of gender. Th e bathroom Th e City of Ithaca’s Conservation feature Mindick’s photography Th e School of Humanities and ithaca.edu by 5 p.m. Monday. on the fl oor will also be gender- Board is seeking nominations for the and research from her work Sciences has announced three neutral and will be renovated for 2007 Richard B. Fischer Environmen- with the Rhodes Jewish Museum. candidates will interview for the CORRECTIONS more privacy. tal Conservation Award. Her trip was funded in part by the school’s dean position on campus Th e Offi ce of Residential Life Nominees can be individuals or Roy H. Park School of Communi- during the next two weeks. It is The Ithacan’s policy to said it decided to pilot this option groups who have worked on a project cations and a Golberstein Travel- David G. Brailow, from Frank- correct all errors of fact. as a way to encourage students to that has contributed to Ithaca’s natural Study Grant. lin College, Leslie W. Lewis from Please contact Assistant News live in a community that supports environment. Eligible nominees may the College of St. Rose and Richard Editor Elizabeth Sile at diff erent gender identities and have worked on a project, promoted Snow removal ordinance Kenneth Emmerson from Florida 274-3207. sexual orientations. awareness or enforced regulations to could charge residents State will meet with faculty, staff Students can apply for this op- benefi t the environment. The City of Ithaca revised its and students. COPY EDITORS tion by submitting an application Th e award is in its fi fth year and is snow removal policy and put it Application letters and curricu- Khadijah Anderson, Alex Barnett, in the Offi ce of Residential Life and named in honor of Richard B. Fischer, into effect last Thursday. lum vitae for the three candidates Michelle Bizon, Allie Clingan, signing a community agreement. a local environmental activist. Under the new city ordinance, if are available online through the David Durrett, Ursula Fox-Koor, Th e deadline for nominations sidewalks are not kept clear of snow H&S Web site. Anna Funck, Kara Gornick, Board of Trustees to hold is Feb. 29. and ice, property owners could be Brailow, the fi rst candidate to Cassandra Leveille, Jennifer annual winter meeting Nominations should be sent to billed to have them cleared by city visit, will be on campus Monday Levitt, Kate Milton, Emily Th e Ithaca College Board of Th e Conservation Board of the Town snow removal crew. and Tuesday. Brailow will give a Schwartz, Shannon Sly, Lauren Trustees will hold their winter of Ithaca, 215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca, Property owners must remove public presentation at 9:15 a.m. Strassman, Hilary Westgate meeting next Wednesday and N.Y., 14850. all snow and ice within 24 hours of Tuesday in the Clark Lounge. Thursday, February 21, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 3 A SHIFT AT THE TOP Celebrated Music dean fi nalist aims to engage students professor BY JOSHUA MELLMAN STAFF WRITER dies at 78 Student involvement, fundraising and school synergy were the focuses of School of Music BY TRICIA L. NADOLNY Dean fi nalist Th omas Duff y in sessions with fac- NEWS EDITOR ulty, staff and students earlier this week. Howard Cogan, the creative tal- Duff y, a saxophonist and professor of music at ent behind the “Ithaca is Gorges” Yale College, has served as the director of bands slogan, died Saturday at age 78. at Yale since 1982. He spent the 2005 academic Cogan taught advertising and year as acting dean of the Yale School of Music public relations courses at Ithaca and was deputy dean from 1999 to 2005. College for 17 years, from 1981 After receiving his masters degree in musical to 1997. arts and composition at the University of Con- Scott Hamula, associate pro- necticut, Duff y earned a doctoral degree at Cornell fessor of strategic communica- University. He said he fondly remembers the two tions, said Cogan was a humble years he spent in Ithaca. individual and “It’s very nostalgic those around for me,” he said. “I love him drew more Get briefs from all the this town.” dean fi nalist sessions attention to Duff y is the fi rst of at theithacan.org. the “Ithaca is three candidates selected Gorges” slogan by the School of Music Dean Search Committee, than he ever chaired by Steven Mauk, professor of music per- did. When Co- formance. Th e group interviewed eight individu- gan wrote the als earlier this month before narrowing the fi nal Thomas Duffy, professor of music at Yale College, speaks at an open session Monday with students. phrase, he chose COGAN, known candidates to three. Duffy is the fi rst of three fi nalists interviewing to be the dean of Ithaca College’s School of Music. not to copyright for his “Ithaca is CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN Gorges” slogan, Th e School of Music’s search for a new dean it so that any- taught at Ithaca. began in August when Arthur Ostrander, dean of Committee that would include students so they connect with students and faculty. one could use it the School of Music, announced his plans to step could hear the dean’s concerns and participate in “I really would like somebody who will inter- to promote the Ithaca area. down at the end of this year and to retire next May. the decision-making process. act with the students and make [their] presence “He never really directed a lot of Th ough mostly faculty and staff attended Duff y said he hoped to spend his fi rst year known,” he said. “I want somebody who will be attention to himself,” he said. “Th at Monday’s open session for the campus commu- getting to know the school, especially the faculty very personable, yet very professional at the would just come naturally because nity, about 50 music students attended a student- and staff . He said he would meet everyone fi rst. same time.” of the type of individual he was.” only meeting later that day. “I believe in learning by walking around and talk- Senior Dewey Fleszar said he is looking for Th omas Bohn, director of the Students raised questions on topics ranging ing to people in their own environment,” he said. a candidate with strong musicianship, as well as Washington Semester Program from the future of the jazz program to redun- Duff y said he hopes to take an active role in administrative and academic experience. and former dean of the Roy H. Park dancy in the graduate program to the possible bringing funding into the School of Music, par- “I am looking for someone who can be on School of Communications, said elimination of certain majors. tially through adding more prestigious programs. board with the current philosophies of this school that when he fi rst hired Cogan as Vincent Oneppo, director of the concerts and “When you’re going to ask people to join you and take over what there is and then bring fresh a professor he saw a deep commit- media offi ce at the Yale School of Music, said in a quest for something, I think you have to come stuff to it,” he said. “We have a really good thing ment to the profession and to the Duff y is committed to music education and con- to it with a plan in mind,” Duff y said. going, so if it ain’t broke don’t fi x it.” student body. cerns himself with what is being taught and how Duff y, who travels to diff erent countries with Th e second candidate, Warren Henry of the “He extended himself to stu- it is being taught. his bands, said he would like to set up an endow- University of Northern Texas, met with faculty, dents in an intimate and comfort- “He’s very open-minded about the kinds of ment at the college to recruit faculty and students staff and students yesterday and today. Th e fi nal able and confi dent way that forged music that people should learn and could learn,” from around the world. candidate, Gregory Woodward, is the dean of alliances that extended well be- Oneppo said. “He really feels that the way mu- “If I want something new, I’ll raise the money graduate and professional studies at Ithaca College yond the classroom and well be- sic is taught in the schools needs to be radically for it,” he said. “I think it would be a tremendous and will hold sessions Monday and Tuesday. yond their time at Ithaca College,” changed and I’m sure he’ll have some role in that opportunity for the school.” he said. in the future.” Sophomore Zachary Klein, a music composi- News Editor Tricia Nadolny contributed to Bohn said Cogan made a last- Duff y discussed having a Dean’s Advisory tion major, thought the new dean needs to really this story. ing impression on the college, partially through the creation of the senior level Advertising Lab course. Under his leadership, the HEY EINSTEIN class won the American Adver- Ithaca named ‘smart’ city Forbes.com listed Ithaca, N.Y., on its list of the top tising Foundation’s national ad- 25 smartest cities in the U.S. Here are the top 10. vertising competition in 1993. BY REBECCA WEBSTER retirees … and they are also appealing “[But] more than his suc- CONTRIBUTING WRITER to [people] that want to have start-up No. 5 No. 8 cess with that particular course Corvallis, Ore. Cambridge, Newton, Ithaca was named the third industries and start-up businesses,” Framingham, Mass. was his overall success in reach- smartest city in America, accord- she said. ing students — not just teaching No. 4 ing to a study published this month Peterson also said that these kinds No. 1 Ann Arbor, Mich. No. 3 students,” he said. “He inspired by Forbes.com, a site for business of rankings are very helpful in drawing Boulder, Colo. Ithaca, N.Y. students to work harder … than No. 6 news. Th e study, released earlier people to a specifi c area. they ever thought they would ever Ames, Iowa No. 10 this month, was based on the num- “Th ere have been studies saying No. 9 Iowa City, Iowa No. 2 work and to do so because they San Francisco, Bethesda, ber of citizens in each city who hold the most successful communities are San Mateo, Red- No. 7 Gaithersburg, loved the subject.” a high school, bachelor, doctoral or the ones that promote their area with wood City, Calif. Lawrence, Kan. Frederick, M.D. Ryan Berman ’98 was one of professional degree. rankings such as these,” Peterson said. Cogan’s students. He said Cogan was David Andelman, executive editor Dee Dee Dyer, a 41-year-old senior a mentor, and he attributes much of at Forbes.com, said most of the places at Ithaca College, said the city has an his success in advertising to skills he on the 25-city list are large metropoli- open-minded spirit that embraces learned from the professor. tan areas fi lled with heavy industry or understanding and knowledge. Th at SOURCE: FORBES.COM “He was such a caricature,” he areas with a large sum of colleges and spirit is what encouraged her to con- said. “From a decade ago, the How- universities. He said the list holds sig- tinue her education at the college. coordinator, said the programs aim “It’s an interesting jump,” Andel- ard that I remember was just this nifi cance beyond simply recognizing “I want to have that level of intelli- to help children pursue degree and man said, “It’s something [Ithaca citi- positive, energetic force that you cities for their intelligence. gence when I go through the rest of my career goals. zens] should be proud of.” wanted to be around everyday.” “We think it’s a great public service life,” Dyer said. “I [know that] at Ithaca “Th e youth development pro- Andelman said the jump demon- Berman said he feels honored for the U.S. to understand where our College I’m going to be surrounded by grams are really focused on helping strates that more people, especially that he had Cogan as a professor concentration of our most intelligent people who are excited about educa- young people develop skills that are with graduate degrees, are moving to and that he was taught by such a people are located,” Andelman said. tion and people who are smart.” going to help them be successful in the area. Peterson said the city’s re- skilled advertiser. “Perhaps it is an incentive for other Dyer said Ithaca more than de- whatever they strive for in life,” Tabor sources and ranking are what draws “To be that good [at advertising] communities to encourage the growth serves this recognition. said. “I think we really strive to really people here. and to stay in Ithaca and teach … is of industries and institutions.” “It’s a pretty prestigious thing, and work closely with [young people] in “Because of this kind of ranking … as noble as I think it gets,” he said. Th e study showed that 91.64 per- I think that it’s appropriate, consider- the community and do it in a posi- I think that there are more and more “He was remarkably talented, and cent of Ithaca citizens have gradu- ing the community values literacy and tively focused, respectful way so that people looking to locate to Ithaca to he made a decision to teach.” ated high school, 48.99 percent hold education so highly,” Dyer said. their apart of their own goal setting use the [resources] of the university Berman said he and other alum- a bachelors degree or higher, 7.9 per- Peterson said that the high level of and learning.” towns,” she said. ni who knew Cogan have traded e- cent have doctoral degrees and 3.26 intellectual interest within the com- When Forbes completed the same Dyer said that the citizens of Itha- mails with the subject line “Howard percent hold a professional degree. munity is clearly demonstrated by a study in 2006, Ithaca did not make the ca show their intellectualism in more was Gorges” since his death. Carolyn Peterson, mayor of Ithaca, group of programs that hold learning cut. Th at year the list was comprised areas than just degrees. “He is remembered for some- said the combination of two schools as their key objective. of only 10 cities. Andelman said he “Th ere is defi nitely more than just thing as beautiful as that, as positive located in a geographically attractive Th e City of Ithaca Youth Bureau does not know if Ithaca would have their criteria of bachelors and upper as that,” he said. “… In three words town draw a large group of people to runs many programs to encourage been No. 11 and that it’s unclear as level degrees,” Dyer said. “It’s not just he wrapped up everything that is the city. learning, such as the Youth Employ- to why the city jumped into the lead about the colleges, it’s more about … positive about not only Ithaca, but “[College towns] are attractive to ment Service. Suki Tabor, youth during this cycle. valuing people who are involved.” about himself.” 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, February 21, 2008 Students push health limits during college years

cycles and too little sleep is a major SLEEP contributor,” she said. FROM PAGE 1 STUDIES BY THE NATIONAL SLEEP GETTING ENOUGH Z’S? FOUNDATION SHOW THAT ADULTS According to Armitage and re- trying sleeping medication, Tay- ARE GETTING FEWER HOURS OF SLEEP search at the University of Michigan, lor has not found any solution to prolonged sleep deprivation can and his insomnia. often does have eff ects on academic According to an annual survey performance, mood and health. Not less than 6 hours 12% conducted by the Hammond Health 13% 15% 16% getting enough sleep heavily impairs Center, more than 10 percent of cognitive functions necessary to aca- students at Ithaca College last year demic success and the ability to focus reported that they never woke up and register memory. feeling rested. Two-thirds felt rested 6 to 6.9 hours 23% 18% Th e NCHA survey showed that three days of the week or less. 24% 24% of the 70.3 percent of students Th e lack of sleep that college stu- who experienced sleep loss, 28.6 dents generally get has widely been percent said their academics were attributed to culture’s emphasis on negatively aff ected. over-performance and the sacrifi ce of “People don’t function well cog- sleep. Dr. David Newman, director of 31% nitively and they don’t even real- the Hammond Health Center at the 7 to 7.9 hours 28% ize it,” Newman said, “People don’t 29% college, said in the past few decades, 31% learn well and that’s a major [prob- society has created no limits in the lem] for individuals in college.” workplace or school. Despite the detrimental ef- “Especially at high-pressure fect, both Newman and Harper times in the semester, we see stu- said college students and young dents who are completely strung adults are fl exible and can generally out because they have not been 8 or more hours 35% 38% get by on less sleep than what is recommended. sleeping,” he said. 30% 26% Newman said the most common “We have the capacity to push the sleeping condition that the Health limits of our normal rhythms and I Center sees is a change in one’s cir- think in college we’re really pushed to cadian rhythm, one’s natural 24-hour do that,” Harper said. sleep cycle. Newman said that on SOURCE: NATIONAL SLEEP 1998 2001 2002 2005 Tonight Taylor will probably average, the Health Center sees any- FOUNDATION rest his eyes for about two hours, where between 75 and 150 students maybe less. Maybe not at all. By each semester, who say they have rhythm adjustment since coming early hour, she cannot fall asleep ing problems are often an underlying the time Friday rolls around, he been having trouble sleeping. Often back to Ithaca College from a semes- until 2 or 3 a.m. cause of depression, anxiety and other probably has slept about less than times students will get less sleep for ter in Los Angeles. Two weeks ago, Lambert went to mood disorders. 8 hours during the entire week. a few days in a row and then adjust “I have always had trouble going the Health Center and was put on “Sometimes its all about sleep,” He might crash on Friday and to this sleepless rhythm. to sleep,” she said. “Th e diff erence Benadryl and Ambien. she said. “Sometimes it’s something sleep entirely through until Sun- “[Students] get their circadian now is that I go to bed and I am up “[Th e Health Center] said hope- more. We want to hear the context.” day without even stirring. If not, rhythm completely turned around until two or three in the morning just fully it will regulate if I just take Am- Armitage said college is a high- sleep might just have to wait until and then they can’t sleep,” Newman lying in bed.” bien for a couple of nights,” she said. stress time, and a correlation can be next weekend. said. “It becomes this vicious cycle of Lambert said on several occa- Deborah Harper, director of the found between stress and sleep. “If I have early classes or I’m going anxiety and sleeplessness.” sions in the past few weeks, she has Counseling Center, said the eff ects of “Th e incidence of major depres- to crash soon, I try to stick it out until Junior Marina Lambert only re- slept through her morning. Even sleep deprivation reach far past a few sion is also elevated, and we think the weekend when I know I can just cently felt the eff ects of circadian when she plans to go to sleep at an hours of missed rest. She said sleep- that insomnia, erratic sleep wake crash,” he said. Colleges skeptical about new bill DOWNLOADS He said the section’s wording gives no guide- FROM PAGE 1 lines for how schools will be penalized and leaves funding at stake. a lot of time, energy and money. Usually “[Th ere is] language in the section where you are developing a plan to be able to penalties could apparently go as far as some implement it.” future secretary of education or future ad- Steve Worona, director of policy and net- ministration wants to push it,” he said. working programs for Educause, an organi- Racusen said the provisions requiring zation that promotes the intelligent use of in- colleges to report policies once a year and formation technology services, said creating inform students of copyright laws are part programs to combat illegal downloading can of the agreement that colleges enter into prove extremely expensive and futile. with the US Department of Education that “Every reasonable assessment of [down- allows them to receive federal funding. She load] blocking technologies say they don’t said the provision funding grants and the work,” he said. “Th ey disrupt the campus net- provision requiring schools to develop al- work, they block materials that shouldn’t be ternatives to illegal downloading will not be blocked and fail to block those that should.” tied with federal aid. Racusen said the bill will offer grant Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. Park programs that give funding to offset the School of Communications, said colleges expenses of complying with the bill. should not pay for the actions of one student. David Weil, director of Web, systems and departmental services, sits in his offi ce Tuesday. Weil “Th e grant program is for colleges who “We believe that students are responsible said a bill now in Congress could cost the college money that should be given to other projects. want to further explore on their own inno- for their own behavior,” she said. “We do not MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN vative ways of stopping illegal downloading,” condone intellectual property theft, yet stu- and to develop a campaign around a poten- eff orts to go after people who are sharing she said. dents make those choices in the privacy of tial cost of this kind of activity,” she said. copyrighted material,” he said. “Th is is an is- Weil said he worries the grants will not their own room. Th e idea that the institution Mike Leary, assistant director of judicial sue we’re going to hear more and more about cover all possible expenses. would be held collectively responsible for the aff airs, said the college still receives hundreds until there is some kind of compromise.” “Th e grants are great but is that going to acts of the individual seems unrealistic.” of copyright violations from the Recording Ultimately, Weil said the bill wouldn’t make pay for ongoing staffi ng or the ongoing cost?” Weil and Lynch are all part of a campus Industry Association of America each year. any progress on the issue of illegal fi le sharing. he said. group that addresses illegal downloading at Last fall nearly 400 of these violations were “It might help prevent some accidental Worona said the bill could also aff ect fed- the college. Lynch said the school is highly reported. In the 2006-07 school year, 561 downloading in other people who don’t nec- eral funding for colleges. Th e illegal down- proactive against illegal fi le sharing. copyright violations were reported and 72 essarily realize they’re doing it,” he said. “But loading provision is within Title IV of the bill, “We’re already doing what this bill re- violations were reported in 2005-06. I think anyone who wants to do it will fi nd a the section which addressesW federal funding. h quires a us to do,t’s which is to educate your students “Th e RIAA has nextdefi nitely stepped up its way around step? it.”

DIVISION OF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES www.ithaca.edu/gradstudies Thursday, February 21, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 5 Students react to tragedy NIU Harper said she isn’t aware of any plans FROM PAGE 1 for an on-campus vigil for the shooting vic- tims, but wouldn’t rule out an all-encom- through a window as police stormed the passing one for the shooting and the recent lecture hall. She said most students are sexual assaults. home with their families now, since they “To do a vigil for the shooting is fi ne, but don’t start classes until Monday, but she there are people who have been hurting for a has kept in touch with her friends almost lot of diff erent reasons,” she said. every day. Senior Rob Kuczynski said he was in the “Everyone’s kind of asking, ‘How [are you] Buff alo airport on his way home to Chicago holding up?’” she said. “I think it’s all kind of to visit graduate schools when he saw a story sinking in now.” about the shooting on the news. While there are a number of students “First thing I was thinking about were all at Ithaca College from Chicago, Deb Harp- the people I knew and hoping they were OK,” er, director of the counseling center, said Kuczynski said. she hasn’t seen much of a reaction from Kuczynski said he knows about 15 to 20 them yet. students at NIU, and while none of them “When people get news like this, any kind were directly aff ected by the shooting, he of really shocking news … they’re going to said they seemed pretty shaken up when he turn to friends and family fi rst,” she said. talked to them. Harper said there are a variety of reasons Senior David Cutler, who is also from Chi- why some students seek counseling after cago, said he found out about the shooting Robert Holt, director of the Offi ce of Public Safety, sits in his offi ce Tuesday. Holt said there is very a school shooting, and it’s not always a while he was at his computer, so it was easy little a school can do to prevent campus shootings, but he feels Ithaca is a relatively safe place. direct connection. for him to go online and see that his friends EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN “It may not be that people knew someone at NIU were safe. “I think it’s fairly safe here, but people [also] the shooting he wouldn’t be comfortable on campus, [but] it stirs up a lot of other wor- Cutler said despite the shootings, he still thought it was fairly safe at NIU.” going there. ries that people might come in to talk about,” feels safe on campus. Kuczynski said he was considering go- “Walking through the hall where kids got she said. “It’s all fallout from this event.” “It can happen in most places,” he said. ing to NIU for law school, but he said after shot … it would be eerie,” he said.

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BY JACKIE PALOCHKO AG: The methodology is identical. JP: What did the Virginia Tech STAFF WRITER He wears black, and he goes into shootings mean for America? Ben Agger, a professor of so- a classroom and blasts away. Now ciology and the humanities at the we don’t know if he had a griev- BA: Th e danger of social isolation is University of Texas at Arlington, is ance against the teacher, if he knew very real. Also, and this goes back to the author of more than 15 books, kids in the class. But that’s identi- Columbine: bullying … may be the including the forthcoming “There cal. That’s a copycat, in the literal most important thing. You can be is a Gunman on Campus: Tragedy sense of the word. He’s using Tech in a group, a large college or social and Terror at Virginia Tech.” as his framework or template. Are institution and feel very estranged. Agger spoke with Staff Writer the psychological dynamics the So much so that your self-esteem Ben Agger’s new book, “There is a Gunman on Campus: Tragedy and Terror Jackie Palochko about his upcoming same? Who knows. At some level, plummets and you do harm to your- at Virginia Tech,” will be released next month. He said there are similarities book and the reality of shootings on yes, these are guys crossing the self and others. Th e third thing we between the shootings at NIU and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. college campuses in light of those line, they decide to wreak havoc. learned is that the media plays a role. COURTESY OF BEN AGGER at Northern Illinois University and The other important thing to real- We learn every esquiete detail of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. ize is that these are not just mass shootings. And as such, this just calls JP: Are there any warning signs a ized young men to express themselves murders. They’re also suicides. out or cries out for copycatting. Th e student may show, and what can in violent ways, and that’s a very tragic Jackie Palochko: What made you Murder-suicide. This guy decided Northern Illinois guy watched the be done to help? story. Instead of dealing with their decide to write this book? to kill himself. same coverage we did. problems and getting in touch with AG: Th e best we can do is for facul- their problems, and leaning on oth- Ben Agger: I have some close JP: How do you think these shoot- JP: What makes a student become ty to troubleshoot and identify stu- ers for help, they behave murderously. friends who teach at [Virginia] ings are changing our country? a shooter? dents who appear troubled. … I’m Young men need to fi nd ways to deal Tech. And also the insanity of not looking here for punishment; with their anger. someone walking into a college BA: Th ey make deadly violence BA: A sense of desperation, a sense I’m looking here for reaching out classroom and just opening fi re. I more routine. And in a sense, more of alienation. Being alone in a crowd. and really addressing and engag- JP: What should colleges do to can certainly imagine myself in that acceptable. ... Northern Illinois is a Not having adequate social ties. Not ing with kids who seem marginal. prevent another tragedy like this context, as a teacher. ... Of course, lot less shocking than Virginia Tech, having a shoulder to cry on. Not hav- … Faculty and students have op- from happening? I was already interested in Colum- except for those involved. Not just ing mentoring, not having love, not portunities to build those bridges bine. ... I still fi nd Columbine un- because fewer were killed, but [also] having self-esteem. What pushes and unless we do that, no amount AG: People need to reach out and believable, unreal to the extent of because we’ve already lived through people over the edge? Especially with of early warning systems will really take the risk of befriending or at the mayhem and the psychology of Virginia Tech. the Virginia Tech guy, there is a com- solve the problem. least building bridges with students the shooters. I think it’s fairly easy ponent of mental illness. One thing in their academic community who to trace a line between Columbine JP: How are these shootings changing I suspect that pushes them over the JP: Why do you think there are appear troubled, marginal, prob- and Tech and now the Northern Il- the way we view higher education? edge is simply the fact of these shoot- more male shooters as opposed to lematic. And in doing so they run linois shooting. So, I think this is ings having happened before. Because female shooters? the risk of violating their privacy, becoming some social problem or AG: I think they have the potential unless someone really demonstrates but they still have to take the risk. an example of social pathology. of turning universities into armed to me otherwise, the Northern Illi- AG: Th ey’re primarily men who shoot. It’s better to take the risk than have campuses and really removing nois shooter must have had Virginia And Northern Illinois, four out of the another Virginia Tech or Northern JP: Do you see any similarities be- and erasing the boundary of the Tech in mind. So now, we’re playing fi ve students killed were women be- Illinois happen. … Also, universities tween the Northern Illinois shooting university as a safe conclave from out a kind of drama into which people cause of what I call “male gun culture.” should worry less about violating and Virginia Tech? the rest of society. might insert themselves. We’ve trained, brought up and social- rights of privacy. 6 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008

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Division of Gra d u a te and Pro fe ssional Studies Towe rs Conco u rse 607-274-3527 g ra d st u d i e s@i t h a ca.edu w w w . i t h a ca . e d u / g ra d st u d i e s Thursday, February 21, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 7 Facebook applications access personal information BY ANTONINA ZIELINSKA STAFF WRITER COLLEGES ON FACEBOOK A new study suggests that the creators of Facebook applications may have access to SEVERAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES more of their users’ information than those ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DEVELOPED users may realize. THEIR OWN FACEBOOK APPLICATIONS Adrienne Felt, a senior at the University of FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE. Virginia, who conducted the study, said this puts Facebook users at risk for invasion of privacy. News and Calendars “When a user installs an application, that ap- Some colleges’ applications allow stu- plication assumes privileges to personal infor- dents to browse college news or view the student calendar. Many of these mation to all users,” Felt said. types of applications focus on sports Felt said when a user installs an application, statistics or musical performances. he or she may also inadvertently give away their Allegheny Athletics Headlines friends’ profi le information. An application cre- Grant MacEwan College News ator can ask for profi le information from anyone University of Florida Performing Arts who gives someone permission to view their profi le, Felt said. Library catalogue search Other applications let students browse “Users can set their privacy settings to turn library catalogues without having to off applications completely or limit the amount trek across campus. of information your friends’ application can see,” Penn State University Libraries Search Felt said. “However, there is no way to limit [an] Mississippi State University installed application’s access to information.” Sophomore Krasimir Kehayov said she wor- Miscellaneous ries application owners will sell demographic Some of the applications, usually de- veloped by third parties, offer a more statistics to commercial companies. alternative view of the campuses. “Some of them may gather that information Husky Cam, University of Washington for commercial [use], which is abusing your pri- Doreen Hettich-Atkins, coordinator of community service and leadership development, sits in her Language Exchange, Sussex University vacy as a user,” he said. offi ce Tuesday. She said students often don’t realize the threat of social networking sites. Doreen Hettich-Atkins, coordinator of spe- EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN cial services and programs, is a member of Itha- does take account for information from users they trust many parties, including Facebook, the set his application to automatically invite all the ca College’s Facebook Task Force, which tries and their friends, it is only used to improve the owner of the applications, the Internet service friends of a user who signed on to an applica- to fi nd ways to help students deal with the new application quality. provider, the courts and the legal system. tion. As his application reached hundreds of us- dangers of privacy invasion on social networks “We are not interested in content for person- Th e user can play a vital part to protect their ers, Facebook fl agged him. Th is forced Cohen to such as Facebook. She said that the dangers of al reasons,” he said. “We use information from privacy, Fergusson said. allow users to invite people of their choice. social networking are very real, and carelessness profi les to better the application.” “My advice: know who you’re dealing with,” “Developers like me want a viral kind of na- can lead to harmful outcomes. He said that this application uses informa- he said. ture [to applications], but Facebook users are “We heard stories about people who put tion for several reasons, one of which is to better Senior Kara Siddall said she uses the going to get sick of it,” he said. their entire course schedule including each time pair ads with the interest of the individual user. privacy settings to control who can see Hettich-Atkins said that it is important for the their course meets and where it meets,” she said. He also said Facebook does not allow appli- her profi le but said she was unaware that school to get involved to help protect its commu- “Not a great idea if you don’t want to become the cations to store information for more then 24- she needed to further protect herself nity when it comes to social networking. victim of a stalker.” hours and that the Web site can, and at times from applications. “I think students as well as faculty and staff Michael Fergusson, a coordinator for Kinz, does, suspend applications and users for violat- “I don’t want them to have all of my informa- often forget that it not only connects you with a social networking developer, has designed ing policy. tion without asking me,” she said. people you know, but it also connects you to and maintained two Facebook applications for “Ultimately, it comes down to trust,” Fergus- Mike Cohen, a Cornell graduate and ama- people you don’t know,” she said. “It potentially the company. He said though his application son said. “When a user logs on to an application teur Facebook application creator, said he fi rst connects you with the entire world.” 8 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008 Thursday, February 21, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 9

SELECTED ENTRIES FROM Public Safety Incident Log FEBRUARY 1 TO FEBRUARY 4

FEBRUARY 1 HARASSMENT marijuana. A third person was referred person. One person transported to CMC property damage MVA. Drivers exchanged LOCATION: Circle Apartment 2 for underage possession of alcohol. by ambulance and judicially referred for information. No report taken. Master CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SUMMARY: Caller reported being pushed Sergeant Bill Kerry. irresponsible use of alcohol. Master Pa- Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. LOCATION: Emerson Hall by a known person. Two people were trol Offi cer Erik Merlin. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- judicially referred for harassment. Patrol CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL FEBRUARY 4 son damaged a vending machine. Investi- Offi cer Mike Hall. LOCATION: D-Lot V&T VIOLATION/DWI gation pending. Sergeant Bill Kerry. SUMMARY: Intoxicated person was trans- LOCATION: L-Lot MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED CCV/UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL ported to CMC by ambulance and judicial- SUMMARY: During a vehicle stop, LOCATION: Public Safety Parking Lot CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Lower Quads ly referred for irresponsible use of alcohol. driver was arrested for DWI. Uniform SUMMARY: Person slipped and fell, injur- LOCATION: Boothroyd Hall SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. traffic tickets were issued for the Town ing left knee. Declined medical attention. SUMMARY: Two persons transported to for underage possession of alcohol and of Ithaca court for DWI, BAC greater Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. health center and judicially referred for one referred for responsibility of guest. MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED then .08 and failure to keep right. irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol Offi - Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. LOCATION: Terraces Campus summons issued for through FOUND PROPERTY cer Mike Hall. SUMMARY: Person reported falling on stop. Person was also judicially LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED ice. No injury occurred. Report taken. referred for criminal conduct. Patrol SUMMARY: Cell phone found and turned LARECENY LOCATION: Garden Apartments Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. Officer Mike Hall. over to Public Safety. Unknown owner. LOCATION: Emerson Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported a person had SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown fallen and sustained a head injury. Per- MEDICAL ASSIST PSYCHOLOGICAL RAPE MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE person had stolen a check from mail. In- son transported to CMC by ambulance. LOCATION: West Tower LOCATION: Emerson Hall LOCATION: Physical Plant Parking Lot vestigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. SUMMARY: Caller reported a possibly SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown SUMMARY: Caller reported a one-car Dirk Hightchew. intoxicated person was attempting to person committed a sexual assault. In- property damage MVA. Report taken. FEBRUARY 2 take pills. Person declined medical as- vestigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. RECLASSIFICATION OF CRIME sistance with ambulance staff, had no Charles Ross. LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL intent to harm themselves and showed UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: An incident originally re- LOCATION: Terrace 12 no signs of intoxication. Patrol Offi cer CCV/UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: East Tower ported Jan. 21 in the East Tower that SUMMARY: One person judicially referred Mike Hall. LOCATION: Emerson Hall SUMMARY: Three people referred judicial- had been classified as unlawful pos- for irresponsible use of alcohol. Sergeant SUMMARY: One person judicially referred ly for unlawful possession of marijuana. session of marijuana was reclassi- Bill Kerry. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF for underage possession of alcohol. Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. fied as criminal possession of a con- LOCATION: Terrace Bridge Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. trolled substance. One person was EXPOSURE OF PERSON SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- FOR THE COMPLETE SAFETY LOG, judicially referred. Three people were LOCATION: Garden Apartment Road son had broken a window. Investigation CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL go to theithacan.org/news also judicially referred for marijuana. SUMMARY: One person judicially referred pending. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. LOCATION: Emerson Hall Investigator Tom Dunn. for public urination. Master Patrol Offi cer SUMMARY: One person judicially referred Donald Lyke. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF for irresponsible use of alcohol. Master KEY CCV/UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Bogart Hall Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. LOCATION: Lyon Hall UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown CMC – Cayuga Medical Center SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred LOCATION: Emerson Hall person had set off fi reworks and caused CCV/UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL CCV – College Code Violation for underage possession of alcohol. SUMMARY: One person was issued an damage to bathtub. Investigation pend- LOCATION: L-Lot DWI – Driving while intoxicated Sergeant Bill Kerry. appearance ticket for Town of Ithaca ing. Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. SUMMARY: One person judicially referred IFD – Ithaca Fire Department court for unlawful possession of mari- for underage possession of alcohol. IPD – Ithaca Police Department CCV/UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL juana and underage possession of al- FEBRUARY 3 Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. MVA – Motor vehicle accident LOCATION: Lyon Hall cohol. This person was also restricted RA – Resident assistant SUMMARY: Two people judicially re- from the campus. One other person CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol ferred for underage possession of was judicially referred for responsibil- LOCATION: Emerson Hall LOCATION: U-Lot V&T – Vehicle and Transportation alcohol. SASP. ity of guest and unlawful possession of SUMMARY: Caller reported intoxicated SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car 10 The Ithacan OPINION Thursday, February 21, 2008

EDITORIALS PREPARING FOR TRANSITION It is up to the campus community to determine the college’s future by helping select new administrators his year marks the end of an era for Ithaca College. As three administrators — President TPeggy R. Williams and deans Howard Erlich and Art Ostrander — prepare to depart, it is up to stu- dents, faculty and staff to ensure a smooth transition by participating in search meetings for each position. Th ere was a dismal turnout at last year’s provost search. But students, faculty and staff must realize that in selecting a new dean, they will not only determine the future direction of their school, but also the iden- tity of the college as a whole. With three top adminis- trators leaving, it is imperative that we take a look at the candidates, their qualities and where they will take Ithaca College in the coming decades. As the search commenced this week in the School of Music, turnout was already stronger than last year’s searches, with about 50 people in attendance. Th is was likely due in part to the school’s careful and fl exible planning of events to accommodate most every music student and faculty member. Th is must continue for the next two candidates and spread to the other schools and searches as well. Th e School of Humani- ties and Sciences begins their search on Monday with David G. Brailow. There will be many candidates and meetings in quick succession during the next three weeks, but the time is a valuable investment in the YOUR LETTERS future of the college. Residential Life offi cials respond not dismissed from Ithaca College, never ministration for change and undertake no I want to take this opportunity to re- mind him losing a job that is supposed to responsibility of our own. We must work spond to the article in last week’s Ithacan ensure trust among dormitory dwellers. I together to aff ect this necessary change of CALL FOR CHANGE regarding the incident from last year. Let have been an advocate of IC for more than ending rape. We must fi ght for preventative policies, me unequivocally state that the Offi ces of 30 years, and this miscarriage of justice has both as a college and as citizens Residential Life and Judicial Aff airs and caused me to rethink my promotion of IC BRIAN TRIAL ’08 the College are strongly committed to our as a viable educational institution for our n Th ursday, tragedy hit Northern Illi- students’ security and safety at all times. high school students. Underlying message is disturbing nois University when, in the span of two All reports of rape and sexual assault are I was deeply upset by last week’s story Ominutes, a gunman killed fi ve students and taken very seriously and fully investigated SUE FRANCE ’77 about rape on campus; the underlying himself and injured 16 others. by the Offi ce of Public Safety and adjudi- Principal, Newfi eld High School message of sexual assault not being treated What could have been done to stop the shoot- cated when appropriate by the Offi ce of Newfi eld, New York in a serious manner at IC is profoundly ing in Illinois? Th ere comes a point where campus Judicial Aff airs. disturbing. Th e fact that a resident assistant security and preparation is not enough. Now, we must Although I cannot speak to the specifi cs Campus can work to end rape who admitted to sexual assault was allowed maintain campus security eff orts while focusing on of the incident from last year due to federal Th e opinion off ered in last week’s to keep his position speaks volumes to the stricter gun laws. laws that require the confi dentiality of stu- editorial is inconsistent with previous misplaced priorities of the Offi ce of Resi- Since last spring’s shooting at Virginia Tech, col- dent records, I do want to clarify statements reactions to rape that have occurred at dential Life. leges across the U.S. have begun to implement extra made in Th e Ithacan article. When asked the college. In Spring 2006, a student was What stood out for me was Bonnie Solt security measures. Administrators at the universities about actions that could result in immedi- accused of rape and was suspended. Th e Prunty’s assurance that there are situations of Connecticut, Kentucky and Virginia hold regular ate termination of an RA, I intentionally accused was later found not guilty but was in which an RA may be removed after one meetings and spend hours sifting through student used the example of a drug-related violation unable to complete the semester because strike; indeed, there have been situations in records in an attempt to detect hints of instability, signs in order to avoid any confusion with the of the suspension. Surely there is injustice which they have been removed for viola- that an person may lash out violently. Last fall, Ithaca specifi c case at hand. In no way was I trying here; the accused was unduly punished. tions of the drug and alcohol policy. While College installed an emergency notifi cation system. to infer that Residential Life takes drug vio- If this case of rape is analogous to the one drug and alcohol use is a serious issue, why Security precautions are good. But text messages lations more seriously than sexual assault. that involves the resident assistant-at- does a double standard apply to rape? Th e won’t save a gunman’s fi rst targets, and screening for Th is is absolutely not the case. tacker, then why are we agitated now? If IC Policy Manual specifi cally identifi es homicidal tendencies could prove fruitless — the gun- In response to the concerns raised about it is unfair that he was not punished, then sexual assault as a prohibited off ense and man at NIU was not an enrolled student, so adminis- our staff discipline process, I have requested it is equally unfair that an innocent was states that a student may be removed from trators would never have seen it coming. But this does that the Offi ce of the Vice President for punished. Injustices often occur, but if on-campus housing pending judicial review not mean we should live in fear as a college commu- Student Aff airs and Campus Life and the we respect justice, then we must always of the incident! nity. Instead, we should look to our country’s leaders Vice President and General Counsel work defend it. Th e fact that the RA in question kept (or at least, our future leaders) to help prevent events with me to review these standards and make Rape is certainly among the greatest of his job does not create a culture of trust like this from happening again. Certainly, colleges changes where necessary. I want to once injustices that one person can bring upon and support. Resident assistants are obliged could elevate security by installing metal detectors and again assure the community of our commit- another. I am deeply sorry that anyone to know and understand campus policies, fences, but it would be unrealistic and detrimental to ment to the safety and security of all of our should have to face this grave reality as a and they must pledge to uphold them upon the communal aspect of a college campus. students. victim. However, it is not unreasonable to hire. It is diffi cult to maintain a relationship Th e object of the Second Amendment was to pro- think that we can end rape on our campus. with residents in which they feel comfort- tect people by providing ammunition to militias — not BONNIE SOLT PRUNTY It is important to acknowledge that this able coming to talk to you about their own to harm them by providing citizens with weapons. Director, Offi ces of Residential will require the concerted eff orts of the personal issues when you are in fl agrant In March, the Supreme Court will hear District of Life and Judicial Affairs whole campus. Yes, the administration violation of, not only campus policy, but Columbia v. Heller, a gun-control case that will deter- must change some of their policies and also New York State law. To see the Offi ce of mine whether it is a person’s right to keep a handgun Rethinking recommendations work more closely to punish sexual off end- Residential Life blatantly disregard a sexual at home. According to U.S. News and World Report, I fi nd it appalling that a person can be ers; this much seems clear. We as students assault is hurtful and disturbing, both as a there have been 33 school shootings since 2000. Every found guilty of sexual assault, admit it to will likewise need to change our behavior. woman and as a former resident assistant. day, 81 people die as a result of gun violence. Certainly, Th e Ithacan and yet not be terminated We must actively treat rape as the injustice reviewing gun control is not a panacea for this type of from his position of resident assistant. It’s that it is. Th is means acting responsibly. MEREDITH MACVITTIE, ’03 violence, but it will be a huge step in the right direction. diffi cult enough to believe the student was We simply cannot complain at the ad- RA, August 2001 to May 2003

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Policy reassessments necessary Th at ResLife has a one-strike removal policy above the law? Again I make no excuses for issue. Th ere needs to be an institutional As a former resident assistant and for drug off enses but doesn’t consider sexual my behavior; it was illegal, but isn’t rape? I had change that promotes and encourages vic- student justice, I was appalled to read that assault signifi cant enough to merit the same one week to pack and fi nd a place to live at the tims to feel comfortable about addressing an RA was permitted to maintain his posi- is an insult to women. ResLife needs to take tail end of the semester. I guess I posed such a these issues. Further, proactive deterrents tion — much less his student status — after immediate steps to fi x this situation. threat that unless I left pronto I was going to need to be formalized and put in place to admitting to a sexual assault against another get everyone high. thwart assailants and create a further sense student. It’s ludicrous that the offi ces of JAMES DARLING ’04 Th e issue is not entirely with the RAs, but of security for the student body. However, Residential Life and Judicial Aff airs do not rather, with the people responsible for fi ring in order for that to happen, there needs consider rape a one-strike off ense serious Rape constitutes termination RAs and whose red tape is impossible to cut to be a fundamental shift in the governing enough to fi re someone and remove them A resident assistant is supposed to be the through. Trust was jeopardized due to hypo- body’s belief structure, where sexual assault from campus. (Yet this is acceptable pun- shoulder to lean on, the person to trust. Th e critical and poor judgments. is considered a far more serious crime than ishment for the arguably lesser off ense of idea that a person with any sort of disciplin- I do not believe that all people involved in smoking pot in your dorm room. personal drug use?) ary powers fails to fi nd rape as quantifi able ResLife are evil, but this last act was indisputably Residential Life charges RAs with the evidence against an RA is outlandish. Th e unforgivable. Until ResLife can better explain ZEE SALAHUDDIN ’04 diffi cult task of simultaneously supporting fact that this happened here, at IC, is ap- itself, it deserves no respect from me. RA, January 2001 to May 2003 their residents, serving as a role model and palling. Th at a person with those decision- upholding the college judicial code. It’s a tough making skills is still getting a paycheck from AMALIA KELEMEN ’08 Sexual assault is a painful reality job and far from easy to gain students’ trust. this college is horrendous. As a co-worker, As a student, it is painful to fi nd that rape Permitting a sexual off ender to remain in such brother, son and colleague and as a boy- Call for an institutional response has occurred so frequently at Ithaca College. a position eradicates all the community foun- friend of an on-campus student, returning I was appalled at the news cover- Yes, we read about rape and sexual assault on dations and goodwill that the program and its bedroom-key access to a rapist demands age resulting from the rape incident in a regular basis and think, “it happens.” But why staff strive to achieve. Students must be able to immediate termination. Emerson Hall on February 3rd. Inclusive should I assume that these things just happen? trust their RAs. lab results notwithstanding, the RA’s own In previous years, I have felt nothing short of Case-by-case evaluations are an impor- CHRIS WINN ’09 statement confirms his admittance to the safe on Ithaca’s campus. Rape and sexual as- tant part of the judicial process. But priorities Editor in Chief, Imprint Magazine assault. As an RA, it is your responsibility sault should not be accepted as part of college must be re-assessed and new policies put to gain the trust and understanding of your life, no matter what context it is in. in place that better protect students. Justice Offi ce setting a double standard residents and to be a role model, resource As a female that has lived on campus for has not been served when the end result of I am absolutely enraged over the story of the and bipartisan disciplinarian. To infer that several semesters, it is such a great comfort current policy application forces a victim to girl who was raped by a resident assistant. an RA who has so judiciously ignored this to know that a student’s possession of drugs continually face her attacker on campus while Why do I care? Last year as an RA, my responsibility and abused a student is cir- (no matter how small) is held at a higher he maintains a position of power. better judgment left me when I decided to cumstantially better than one who chooses priority for punishment than if I were raped. smoke marijuana. I was NOT on duty at to indulge in drugs is a crude bastardiza- I would like to know what else “would be the KELLI B. GRANT ’04 the time. I don’t sell drugs and wasn’t found tion of the judicial system. kinds of things that would result in termina- guilty of any formal charges, but I was on Erika was assaulted in October 2006. Th is is tion” over rape. RAs must be trusted by students campus. I did something wrong and accepted February 2008. For 18 months she has sought One of the reasons I attended Ithaca Col- As a former Ithaca College resident assis- with full responsibility my dishonorable exit. counseling to cope with the harrows of her or- lege over other schools was due to its reputa- tant, I’m deeply disappointed that the Offi ce First, I do not in any way mean to bypass the deal. However, under the current college judicial tion for taking progressive action. Sadly, I have of Residential Life has a policy in place that big issue: a girl was raped. I have better sense system, the worst the perpetrator faces is proba- recently come to fi nd that many authorities of allows a person guilty of a sexual assault to than to paint myself a victim. Nor do I mean to tion. Th e grievance is further compounded by our institution fail to maintain the status that remain an RA. start a “smear” campaign against the perpetra- the fact that the RA admits to the assault and is the college so proudly boasts to its prospective Th at ResLife thinks that it is appropriate tor. He’s admitted his guilt. allowed to keep his position. students and those already attending. for a sex off ender to act as a trusted resource But what is ResLife thinking? Do they have As Sarah Brylinsky said, a rally, poster for their peers is a colossal failure of judgment. the audacity to believe that they’re somehow or educational campaign will not solve this LINDSEY NADOLSKI ’09

s faculty and staff , we were deeply troubled to read the warrants harsher punishment than a rape off ense. We voice our LETTER TO THE EDITOR article entitled “More Students Come Forward With Rape concerns on behalf of those who have experienced sexual assault AStories” in last week’s Ithacan. Th e article raises questions and rape as well as those who feel a sense of outrage in response about the safety and security of our students, the mechanisms in to the article. To that end, we ask our administration to respond Response from place to support students who have experienced the trauma of rape swiftly to the issues raised. Our students and colleagues have the and sexual assault and the potential sanctions deemed appropriate right to a safe and secure campus environment where rape is not staff and faculty for a student who commits the crime of rape. Because college offi - tolerated and where there is no confusion as to its seriousness. We cials are bound by privacy laws, we will likely never know the exact stand in solidarity with the IC Feminists, SAFER and resident assis- facts in the case cited and do not seek here to reach judgment on tants in seeking changes supportive of those who have endured the concerning rapes that case. However, it is our fervent hope that offi cials at the college pain and suff ering of rape and ask that eff orts be undertaken across do not believe, as the article implies to some, that a drug off ense campus to address this issue in the near future.

ELLEN J. STAUROWSKY Professor & Graduate Chair, Sport Management & Media JOANNE IZBICKI Assistant Professor, History JONATHAN ABLARD Assistant Professor, History JENNIFER JOLLY Assistant Professor, Art History BARBARA ANGER Instructor, Adjunct, Theatre Department LUKE KELLER Assistant Professor, Physics ANNE APPLIN Assistant Professor, Computer Science JUDY KENNISON Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies MARGIE ARNOLD Associate Professor & Chair, Recreation and Leisure Studies ANN KOLODJI Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Physical Education STEWART AUYASH Professor, Health Promotion & Physical Education CHERYL KRAMER Director, Handwerker Gallery SRIJANA BAJRACHARYA Assoc. Professor, Health Promotion & Physical Education JULIA LAPP Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Physical Education SUSAN BARBEHENN Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Art Education KERI LEE Assistant Professor, Chemistry ELIZABETH BEGLEY Clinical Assist. Professor, Speech Language Pathology Audiology REBECCA LESSES Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Jewish Studies MARY BENTLEY Associate Professor & Chair, Health Promotion & Physical Education DIANE LONG Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy KATHERINE BEISSNER Professor, Physical Therapy PATRICK MEISTER Associate Professor, Economics SUSANNAH BERRYMAN Associate Professor, Theatre Arts JEFF MEYER Director of Orchestras, Music Performance ELIZABETH BLEICHER Assistant Professor, English KRISTINA MILLER Lecturer, Health Promotion & Physical Education JULIE BOLES, Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Physical Education SUSANNE MORGAN Department of Sociology, Center for Teaching Excellence RENE BORGELLA Assistant Professor, Biology JANICE ELICH MONROE Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies DAN BREEN Assistant Professor, English LANA MORSE Administrative Assistant, Recreation and Leisure Studies DARIUS CONGER Associate Professor, Economics KATHLEEN MULLIGAN Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts VIVIAN CONGER Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program LISA PACIULLI Assistant Professor, Anthropology PHOEBE CONSTANTINOU Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Physical Education MICHAEL PAGLIARULO Professor & Chair, Physical Therapy EDWARD COURSEY Instructor, Speech Communication REBECCA PLANTE Associate Professor, Department of Sociology MINDY COZZOLINO Associate Professor & Graduate Chair, Occupational Therapy JACK POWERS Assistant Professor, Television–Radio CAROL DENNIS Associate Professor & Chair, Occupational Therapy MICHAEL SMITH Assistant Professor, History MARIA DIFRANCESCO Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures SHARON STANSFIELD Associate Professor, Computer Science JULIE DORSEY Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy RAJ SUBRAMANIAM Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Human Movement ANNEMARIE FARRELL Assistant Professor, Sport Management & Media SUSAN SWENSEN Associate Professor, Biology PAUL GEISLER Assistant Professor, Exercise & Sport Sciences TOM SWENSEN Associate Professor, Exercise & Sport Sciences LINDSAY GILMOUR Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts V. LAURYL TUCKER Assistant Professor, English JOHN GINSBERG-STEVENS Assistant Professor, Anthropology DAVID TURKON Assistant Professor, Anthropology CLAIRE GLEITMAN Associate Professor & Chair, English CINDY TURO Administrative Assistant, Sport Management & Media JUDITH GONYEA Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy JAMES UTZ Assistant Professor Theatre Arts CATHERINE GORDON Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy LEIGH ANN VAUGHN Associate Professor, Psychology HILARY GREENBERGER Associate Professor, Physical Therapy KENT WAGONER Assistant Professor, Exercise & Sport Sciences JOANIE GROOME Lecturer, Health Promotion & Physical Education AARON WEINBERG Assistant Professor, Mathematics LINDA HANRAHAN Associate Professor & Graduate Chair, Education VERA WHISMAN Lecturer, Sociology & Women’s Studies Program JENNIFER HAYGHE Assistant Professor, Music Performance JOHN T. WOLOHAN Professor & Chair, Sport Management & Media BRUCE HENDERSON Professor, Speech Communication PATRICIA WOODWORTH Associate Professor & Chair, Computer Science LINDA HEYNE Associate Professor, Recreation & Leisure Studies DEBORAH WUEST Professor & Grad Chair, Health Promotion & Physical Education TERRI HOPPENRATH Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy OSMAN YUREKLI Professor, Department of Mathematics WENDY HYMAN Assistant Professor, English 12 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008 Thursday, February 21, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 13 AheadLooking Alumni fi nd professional success

BY ALEXIS MCNUTT “I worked on [my fi rst] production for ASSISTANT DESIGN EDITOR half a year, … [and it] taught me more than Following his graduation from Ithaca Col- I learned from all four years of college life,” lege in 1994, Hitoshi Inoue traveled between Inoue said. “Just half a year of experience will the east and west coasts as a practicing visual teach you so much, and under pressure you eff ects editor, eventually scoring a position will learn the most important part of your working on the fi lm “Titanic.” But he wasn’t fi rst job — responsibility and organization.” always so confi dent about his career. Kate Aldrich ’96 graduated from the “All ... students are — and I was one of college with a music degree and, af- them — nervous. ‘I have no idea where I’m ter getting her master’s degree from the going, I don’t know if I can get job, I don’t Manhattan School of Music, has made know what I want’ and so on,” he said. operatic and solo debuts across Europe and Every year, a new crop of college seniors North America. must leave the world of academia to find “The thing that rocks my world about their places in the working world. opera is that it’s so incredibly expressive in The Ithaca College Office of Career every way,” Aldrich said. “[It’s] an emotion Services works to bridge the gap between that you could not possibly say the right academia and a career, setting up job shad- word to describe that emotion, the music owing and informational interviewing, does it for you.” which allows students to meet with alumni Aldrich said she appreciates the practicing in a similar field. According to opportunities attending a smaller under- Career Services, an estimated 3,200 jobs graduate school offered her during her and internships were secured for students time at the college. this academic year. “[Singing professionally is] a cut-throat John Fracchia, assistant director for career,” she said. “If I had gone to maybe employer relations, said he and the one of the bigger schools, I don’t think rest of the Career Services staff help you’d have the chance to really be in an en- students break up the process of building vironment that you could make mistakes an impressive résumé into smaller, more and you could let yourself be vulnerable manageable steps. enough to learn the craft itself.” “It makes the process much less pain- Now, Aldrich is in San Diego perform- ful,” he said. ing “Maria Stuarda” by Gaetano Donizetti Inoue said after 200 to 300 internship before she swings back home to Alna, applications, 400 job applications and “al- Maine, and then to Turin, Italy, to per- most going to Kinko’s every day,” he be- form as Orsini in another Donizetti opera, Hitoshi Inoue ’94 worked came a film director in California, a dream “Lucrezia Borgia.” as a visual effects editor on After being a visual effects editor, In- “Titanic” after graduating. he had pursued since he moved to the U.S. COURTESY OF HITOSHI INOUE for a college education. oue became a digital artist through a com- Inoue, who came to the U.S. from Ja- bination of what he calls luck and good pan in 1986, had little experience with the intentions. As a digital artist Inoue would English language, so he took a few English gather the “ingredients” in a shoot — ele- classes at Cornell. A friend recommended ments like 3-D animation, mat painting and he apply to Ithaca College — which led to green screen shots — and combine them film production. into a final edited version. To get to where he “[Internships] are great,” he said. “They is now, Inoue trained in areas he had never Kate Aldrich ’96 performs will open the gate to the film industry. If encountered before, working in some cases operas around the U.S. they like you they keep in touch with you, without sleep and literally teaching him- and in Europe. they become friends with you, then they al- self from manuals. Inoue said the learning COURTESY OF KATE ALDRICH low you to get into this industry.” experience enhanced his options in the Looking back on college life, Inoue said film industry. everybody. Once you have a bad reputation Aldrich said the important thing is to students often feel omnipotent, but when “I try to come up with as many you will start losing opportunities. You will develop one’s individual style as a student tossed into a career, the sense of knowing dis- options as possible,” he said. “Th is industry is start losing a chance to get the job, and you and hold on to it. Since she spent so much appears and the learning is fast and furious. very, very small. Pretty much everyone knows don’t want to choke yourself that way.” time developing her own voice, Aldrich Inoue has a few tips for said she stays a safe distance from styles of students, including solid networking and singing — or lack thereof — that she char- having a positive attitude, that he believes acterizes as ‘boring, vanilla-flavored kind are applicable to any job — communica- of music.’ tions or otherwise. “[Remember] what it is that you want “People don’t like ego,” Inoue said. to express, what it is that you what to “Sometimes you need the ego to boost say and [remember] that everyone has yourself, that’s totally fine, but you don’t their own individual path,” she said. “You want to put your ego onto another person’s just need to stick to your own guns and shoulder, or in front of another person’s [to] things that are important to you face. You don’t want to do that because this individually. Things will inevitably work industry is about cooperation.” out. They have to.”

Left: The set of “Danika,” a fi lm Inoue worked on, in the Universal Studio’s back lot. COURTESY OF HITOSHI INOUE ACCENTUATEUA

14 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008 Spotlight Because the world is a funny place

He’s got a sculpted body, golden com- plexion and stands a staggering … 13.5 inches tall. The Oscars air this Sunday, and Staff Writer Alexandra Palombo is taking a pre-show stroll down the red carpet.

Whether you’re watching for designer dress- es, celebrity presenters, host JON STEW- ART or simply because every other network is showing pre-strike reruns, the Oscars are sure to be a highly watched event.

The winners are supposed to be “surpris- es” to Academy members, but the awards seem to repeat winners from shows like the Golden Globes.

To movie watchers everywhere, the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominees are no surprise: this year, the trend seems to be movie villains taking home the Th is is just a tribute The Trentones, from The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J., performed “Tribute” by Tenacious D on Saturday in Ford Hall during the gold. Entertainment Weekly predicts that third quarterfi nals of the International Championships of Collegiate A cappella tournament, won by Ithaca College’s Ithacappella. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS will win Best Actor for BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN “There Will Be Blood,” and JAVIER BAR- DEM will win Best Supporting Actor for “No Country for Old Men.” FOR ALL THE NEW VALENTINE’S DAY hohot The Best Actress and Best Supporting RELATIONSHIPS OUT THERE, dates Actress categories are less predictable. BOOKMARK THIS SITE FOR LATER thursday The Best Actress race is between three wtf The Frantic will perform at women: Golden Globe and Screen Actor Whenever in an argument — especially Guild award winner JULIE CHRISTIE 6 p.m. at The Haunt, with your signifi cant other — it’s nice to 702 Willow Ave. $5 (“Away From Her”), Golden Globe winner have people on your side. Now, there’s Joe Sweet will perform at MARION COTILLARD (“La Vie en Rose”) a nice diplomatic way to decide who’s 6 p.m. at Lost Dog Lounge, and long shot ELLEN PAGE (“Juno”). right! Post a fi ght on www.thefairfi ght. 106-112 S. Cayuga Street. $5 The Best Supporting Actress category com and let complete strangers vote The Neil Massa Trio will is even more diffi cult to call:CATE and even comment on the contentious perform at 9:30 p.m. at The BLANCHETT won a Golden Globe for her topic. The site makes it even easier by ABC Café, 308 Stewart Ave. take on Bob Dylan in “I’m Not There,” color coding the feuders, pink for girls Admission is free. but RUBY DEE won the SAG award for and blue for boys, in case you’re dead Armageddon Monks will “American Gangster.” On top of all that, set on never letting the opposite sex perform at 10 p.m. at The Nines, 311 College Ave. $5. TILDA SWINTON is EW’s pick for her win but those weird screen names are work in “Michael Clayton.” too ambiguous. — Jamie Saine friday THE COEN BROTHERS more or less Chad Crumm and Friends have Best Picture and Best Director will perform at 5:30 p.m. at tied up with “No Country for Old Men.” Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W. State Street. A NEW BOX SET OF CLASSIC Admission is free. It seems Day-Lewis and Bardem are CHUCK BERRY HITS SHOWS Mystic Trick will perform at obvious choices. Dee should win for Mmm, 9 p.m. at The Haunt. $5. “American Gangster,” and “Atonement” that’s good NEW FANS WHERE IT BEGAN. would be a lovely surprise for Along with Hank Williams and Bob Dylan, Best Picture. Page winning saturday Chuck Berry helped form a triangle of the Eric Athey will perform at 7 Best Actress, and “Falling greatest popular American songwriters of p.m. at Lost Dog Lounge. $5. Slowly” from Irish indie fi lm the 20th century. It’s fi tting that his early The Chicken Chokers will “Once” winning the Best work be reissued on “Johnny B. Goode: perform at 9 p.m. at Original Song award His Complete ’50s Chess Recordings.” Castaways, 413 Taughannock would be unlikely but The set includes fast-paced classics Blvd. $7. would make for a Boy with a Fish will perform such as “Maybelline,” the twangy “It Sunday night well at 10 p.m. at The Chapter Don’t Take But a Few Minutes” and spent on the couch. House Brew Pub, 400 Stewart showstopper “Reelin’ and Rockin.’” Ave. $5. Though Berry’s 1950s heyday is over, Dufus will perform at 10 p.m. The Academy Awards air at he’s still playing shows at 81. See at The ABC Café. Admission 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC. him while you can. is free. — Patrick Doyle The Partimers will perform at 10 p.m. at The Nines. $5. sunday Tim Miller will perform at quoteunquote 7 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge. Admission is free. She’s a gay man trapped in a woman’s body, like me. monday Pete Panek and the Blue Courtney Love told Harper’s Bazaar about her daughter, Cats will perform at 9 p.m. “ Frances Bean. at The Nines. $4. ” Thursday, February 21, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 15 Jimkata brings camaraderie to local music scene

BY RYAN BRYANT “We’ve [become more] con- STAFF WRITER scious about how to craft a song and Some fans think Jimkata’s name learning how to do it,” Friedell said. is a combination of gymnastics Friedell said the most frustrat- and karate. It’s actually a play on ing thing for the band is just how an old kung-fu film, “Gymkata,” few people are actually in it. When but rhythm guitarist Evan Friedell writing songs, the quartet imag- ’07 said he isn’t opposed to the ines pieces larger than they can fans’ creativity. accomplish alone. “I like the gymnastics and “Sometimes we hear more in karate [idea],” Friedell said. “We our heads than we can actually can do flips and kick [butt] at the put out,” Friedell said. same time.” That is where the studio comes The quartet’s music is free in. In a studio, the band is able flowing and dance-worthy, with to layer tracks, which allows for a blend of funk, hip-hop and more instruments than can nor- alternative rock that form a truly mally be played at one time dur- distinctive sound, drummer Packy ing a concert. The band mem- Lunn ’07 said. bers juggle multiple instruments The group’s ideas come from on stage, while keeping their what the guys are listening to at the audience grooving. moment. Friedell said he has been Last winter, the band recorded listening to a lot of hip-hop and its debut EP. The five-track disc is alternative rock lately, which has an example of an earlier essence of influenced the band’s sound. Jimkata. The earlier incarnation “We try to make it unique and of Jimkata was more free flowing provocative sounding,” Lunn said. because it lacked the structure the “We don’t want to sound like band has now. Since that record- anything else.” From left, Aaron Gorsch, Even Friedell ’07 and junior David Rossi of Jimkata have been playing together for a year and a ing, the band’s sound has grown Trying to stand out in Ithaca’s half. The band, which combines infl uences from funk, hip-hop and alternative rock, will perform Friday at Castaways. greatly, and the guys hope to get bustling music scene can be dif- COURTESY OF RICH BERNSTEIN back into the studio this summer. ficult, so Jimkata actively seeks “It’s like being at a wild dance party.” Gorsch have been playing togeth- out,” Friedell said. “I would love to The band professionally recorded new ways to experiment with Friedell, Lunn and lead gui- er for years, they have a closeness be able to pull a cellist out.” a live EP at a November concert at music, pushing some songs to the tarist Aaron Gorsch grew up to- most bands lack. The guys are Th e band is playing a winter The Haunt, which is available for 15-minute marker. gether in Oneonta, N.Y., and be- constantly bringing in new musi- tour in New York, Pennsylvania and free download from its Web site. A personable attitude also gan playing together in 1998. The cal ideas and sounds to bounce off Maryland. It practices every night “We have grown a lot since I helps connect Jimkata with its three got serious about forming a of each other. and plays one or two shows a week. joined a year and a half ago,” Rossi listeners. Jimkata’s live perfor- band when they arrived at college. The band routinely throws new With a new emphasis on song struc- said. “We sound a lot bigger than mances are always electrified. Its In the fall of 2005, Jimkata was instruments — like synthesizers ture, Jimkata’s tunes have a newly just four guys playing.” signature blend of funky jams and officially created. A year and a half — into its music to electrify live found maturity by varying the feel alt rock beats are accentuated by ago, junior Dave Rossi joined the shows. Friedell said he is open to of the songs and making sure the vo- Jimkata will perform at 9 p.m. dancing all over the stage. Junior lineup on bass. the idea of adding a vocalist and cals are tight. Lunn said the band is Friday at Castaways 413-415 Kelli Southern is a fan of Jimkata’s The four have laid back at- new instrumentation. trying to stray away from a jam band Taughannock Blvd. $7. Listen to energetic performances. titudes that help them work well “If I had a closet full of vocal- image by giving its performances a the band at www.myspace.com/ “Jimkata is fantastic live,” she said. together. Since Lunn, Friedell and ists I would tell them to come on defi nite structure. jimkatamusic. 16 The Ithacan Thursday, February 21, 2008

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ithaca.edu/counseling 607- 274-3136 Thursday, February 21, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 17 Italian opera hits campus Th eater Department brings Mozart’s story of love and deception to life BY MICHAEL SPRETER and Violante are separated in the fi rst place STAFF WRITER because he stabbed her and basically pleaded Ithaca College is ringing with the soar- whatever amounted to temporary insanity in ing sounds of Italian arias. 18th century Italy. “La Finta Giardiniera” is performed in “La Finta Giardiniera” sounds like the blue- Italian but uses subtitles projected in Eng- print for a modern tabloid because it operates lish on either side of the stage to inform the on a similar, if more intentionally, self-parodic audience of basic plot developments. The level. Mozart’s opera, infused with narrative illiterate need not despair, however, since incidents from the outset, demonstrates a diz- the meanings of the words themselves are zying parade of human behaviors, each more superfluous compared to the wisely maneu- suspect and potentially enlightening than its vered choreography and successful delivery predecessor. Mozart’s trick, of course, is to mire of the singers’ emotive tonal ranges. cutting social observations within a gossipy, Mozart composed “La Finta Giardiniera” muckraking context that the lowest common in 1775 at the age of 18. The story line is denominator will understand. “La Finta Giar- hard to follow, especially since it’s an Italian diniera,” an example of the comedic style of opera. The subtitles say it best, “This opera opera buff a, dazzlingly displays the eff ects of is so confusing!” high art opera chafi ng against low art subject. “La Finta Giardiniera” deals with a se- Special attention must be paid to con- ries of events taking place at the estate of ductor Mark Kaczmarczyk, assistant profes- an Italian political leader, Podesta (junior sor of music performance, and his talented John R. Stanton). In the garden, Count Bel- pit orchestra, without whom the fervent fiore (senior Daniel Prior) encounters the pulse of the opera would falter. The show torment of ex-lover Violante (senior Dani- builds on a continuous musical climax and elle Edwards), masquerading as a gardener accelerated comic timing, eschewing the — thus the title, translated as “The Phony elegant dolefulness that non-aficionados Gardener.” It’s no accident that there is an often typecast with opera. From left, senior Daniel Prior and juniors Christina Boosahda, Hilary Bucell and John Stanton are equal number of male and female charac- The cast members are uniformly cast members in Mozart’s elaborate love opera, “La Finta Giardiniera,” performed in Italian. ters in the opera: Each pines after one he or impressive, operating both as vocal artisans COURTESY OF ITHACA COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT she cannot have, airing their grievances in and slapstick heroes. Especially memo- ing the opera’s run. While some characters tion, having previously met success with classic dramatic fashion. rable are the humorous interludes between will appear each night, the leads will alternate. last season’s opera “Acis and Galatea.” Th e pompous Belfi ore is now engaged to Nardo and Serpetta. The pair, saddled with One cast features Edwards, Prior, Stanton, This is one relic of Mozart’s artistry that Arminda (junior Sara Mowery), an early gloss a seemingly inevitable romantic trajectory, Mowery, Palange and McLinn. Th e second even “Us Weekly” fans may enjoy. on Paris Hilton, who once spurned Ramiro commands much of the audience’s interest features seniors Diana Yourke and Daniel (senior Alexis Murphy-Egri); Serpetta (senior during their brief interactions that arche- Greenwood, juniors Omar Najmi, Christina “La Finta Giardiniera” will be per- Megan Palange), servant of the aforemen- types emotional freshness before the au- Boosahda and Hilary Bucell, and sophomore formed at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, tioned Podesta, lusts after her master while dience’s skeptical eyes. Murphy-Egri, too, Th omas Lehman. Wednesday and Feb. 29, and at 2 p.m. Sun- Nardo (junior Garry McLinn), Violante’s quickly overcomes the demands of play- The opera’s set was impressively de- day in Dillingham Center for Performing servant and co-faux-gardener, lusts after Ser- ing across gender to lend sweetness to the signed by newcomer Brian Prather, assistant Arts. Tickets are $5.50 for students on Tues- petta; the Podesta himself has a crush on Vio- show’s most overtly melancholic subplot. professor of theatre arts, with costumes by day and Sunday, $7 all other days. General lante, working under the alias Sandrina; and Th e nightly performances may vary, how- senior Samantha Yaeger. Guest director Da- admission is $8 Tuesday and Sunday and so on. To further complicate matters, Belfi ore ever, since the cast will switch on and off dur- vid Lefkowich is at the helm of the produc- $10 all other days. 18 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, February 21, 2008 single ‘Persepolis’ fl attens biography into 2-D fable Tracks we’ve BY MICHAEL SPRETER got on repeat STAFF WRITER file If the “Th e Simpsons Movie” rep- ‘HEAVEN’ resented the fi rst phase in a two-step The Swimmers plan to resuscitate 2-D animation, Though this band sounds a bit welcome to phase two: “Persepo- calculated to be like the perfect lis,” France’s celebrated entry to this mixture of a Spoon song fronted year’s Academy Awards. Th e fi lm, by the vocals of The Shins’ James Mercer, it is still an engaging track. adapted from the graphic novel of the same name, is the expressive black ‘PARTY LIKE US’ and white autobiography of Marjane AC Slater Satrapi, co-director and writer with This huge DJ track has the free Vincent Paronnaud. party spirit one might hope from its “Persepolis’” title, complemented by some inter- FILM esting scratch and stop work. rigid chronology traces Satrapi’s path REVIEW ‘GANGSTA RAP MADE ME to maturity under “Persepolis” 2.4.7. Films the shadow of Iran’s DO IT’ Our Rating: Ice Cube Islamic Revolution, ★★ We like the idea of Ice Cube con- following her from tinuing his gangsta rap career, and childhood to her teenage sojourn in this track is a good indication that Vienna, to her fi rst marriage and be- he still has some spark. yond. Satrapi projects herself through a 2-D, vaguely Betty Boop-ish little Accent’s Oldie But Goodie girl, translating the details of her real- ity into fi lmic incidents with surpris- A young, 2-D Marjane Satrapi is inspected by some unhappy Islam Fundamentalists in the fi lm “Persepolis.” ‘LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO’ ing candor. She and her family suff er COURTESY OF 2.4.7. FILMS Traditional through unjust persecution and blis- provides a fade-out. Moments like visual cues from its graphic novel inappropriate outbursts that are en- More of a rhyme than a song, this tering summers spent sheathed in the these are startling in how they usurp predecessor. Scenes feel fragmented gineered to be endearing for viewers cautionary tale is often coupled robes of Fundamentalist Islam. Th ey cinema’s bid for three-dimensionality, and piecemeal, with the larger picture and condemning for the conserva- with the moral of “Hare today, goon tomorrow.” All you “Juno” watch early nationalist fever fade to using the essential fl atness of 2-D ani- unfolding in an episodic manner that tives who scold her. Said precocious fans should search for The Moldy numb disappointment as bombs dec- mation to violate the spatial boundar- works as often as not. Suffi ce to say girl waxes philosophically and Peaches’ take on this classic. orate their home city of Tehran. ies between characters. that the shadow of Iranian govern- smokes on campus grounds but is COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL Th e obvious paradox of “Perse- Yet animation only takes “Perse- ment portrayed here isn’t too far re- ultimately unfulfi lled in a way the polis” — somehow misconstrued as polis” so far, and its lack of depth be- moved from, say, X-Men’s Juggernaut. story demands she be fulfi lled. Th e a sign of true subversion — lies in its comes evident as Satrapi’s personal To “Persepolis’” credit, this blunt, concerned parents and the even rather graceless fusion of “adult sub- history accrues sociopolitical weight. graphic approach is certainly more more concerned, but livelier, grand- quickies ject matter” and hand-drawn design, Even the animation, a boon for so dynamic than other downtrod- mother are bizarrely mercurial from transplanting the wild compositional many of the fi lm’s frame-worthy im- den, risk-free evocation of women’s one scene to the next. aesthetics of “Th e Cabinet of Dr. Ca- ages, starts to feel restrictive. Th e suff ering under Islam. Its novelty as In the end, “Persepolis” is still a ligari” onto a neatly Spongebob sur- denser compositions achieve an ef- animation for adults, though, has coming-of-age story despite its abun- face. For a solid half hour, the fi lm fect similar to a severe telephoto fi lm been severely overstated. Th e afore- dant fl air, the same one you saw the works at a purely visual level, using its lens on live action fi lm — they pack mentioned Betty Boop made her trailer for at the mall and groaned at. simplicity as a means of abstraction. In objects into a perverse claustropho- peepshow debut as far back as 1930, so Don’t let it tell you otherwise. one scene, a young boy is shot to the bia that starts to cry out for permis- there should be no surprise that 2007 ground. Th e blood from his body is sion to move through the unexplored could produce such a correlative. “Persepolis” was written and di- colored black as it seeps into the white spaces of the fi lm. Th e thing is, it’s still pretty sim- rected by Vincent Paronnaud and crevices of the frame and eff ectively “Persepolis” takes more than just ple. A precocious girl has frequent, Marjane Satrapi.

COURTESY OF CARPARK RECORDS “DEVOTIONS” Beach House Mountain Goats milk popular trends Carpark Records This ambitious dream-pop duo returns with their sophomore album, a more nuanced affair ‘Heretic Pride’ poorly falls back on band’s strengths than their eponymous debut. BY WILLIAM EARL numbers. “Lovecraft in Brooklyn” copies Ted Leo SENIOR WRITER in lyrics and pace, and “Tianchi Lake” will doubt- Th e Mountain Goats of Portland, Ore., is lessly sound familiar to fans of Iron & Wine. struggling with the fi ne balance of remaining hip Luckily, Darnielle’s way with words has while not slanting intellectually. Th e group — led to his most inspired poetry yet. Th e sub- singer / guitarist / pianist John Darnielle, bassist ject matter is still dark, but this time ideas are Peter Hughes and whoever else is around to play more electric. Th ough the instrumentation on — has released a slew of material since 1991 while the title track is a bit stale, Darnielle hauntingly amping up the number of session musicians in- sketches the persecution of the heretic in ques- volved in the process. tion: “And they dig a trench right in the main Darnielle routinely in- ALBUM square right there / And they pick me up and COURTESY OF MOTOWN COURTESY OF SONY MUSIC DISTRIBUTION sists on others joining the REVIEW throw me down / And I start laughing like a party, as he does again on The Mountain child / And I mark their faces one by one.” Th is “NEW AMERYKAH PART ONE Jackson can still thrill the newest release, “Heretic Goats vividness is able to carry some of the album’s (4TH WORLD WAR)” Pride.” Th e Goats revolves “Heretic Pride” weaker moments. Erykah Badu BY ALEX BARNETT around Darnielle’s hyper- Ada It is clear Th e Mountain Goats have poten- Motown Our rating: CONTRIBUTING WRITER enunciated, oh-so-fragile tial, as seen on better, simpler discs such as 2002’s Badu’s fi rst full-length album in ★½ fi ve years, allegedly the fi rst in Many are familiar with Michael Jackson’s ground vocals, which juxtapose “Tallahassee.” Th e key to success is allowing Dar- a quickly-released trilogy, is a breaking 1982 album “Th riller,” but “Th riller 25” has against the dark themes tainting the lyrics — iso- nielle to sing with a subtle backing band, focusing return to the trademark nu-soul a handful of extra tracks featuring contemporary art- lation, sex, drugs and emotional disruption. It’s the spotlight on his troubled vocals. Th e best bet she helped to pioneer. ists that takes the old classic to new heights. “Beat It” fi ne to write about your demons, but there are for the boys would be to go back to the drawing is turned into a warring duet with only so many post-ironic follies that can be docu- board, reassess their strengths and determine Fergie’s tough girl vocals morph- ALBUM mented in a folk record. where they would like, and need, to go. ing in and out of Jackson’s. Kanye REVIEW Often Darnielle’s voice itself, which recalls West takes on “Billie Jean” with Compliation a nasal spin on the clarity of Th e Decemberists’ predictable results, and Will.i.am “Thriller 25” Colin Meloy, is the weakest link on the new disc. adds some vocal hooks to “Th e Sony Music Tracks such as “San Bernardino” shine with off - Distribtution Girl is Mine.” Our rating: beat orchestration and unique polyrhythms, yet Some songs are complete re- ★★★ his vocals are too jittery to fi t comfortably into the imaginings, while others might scheme. His oddly-paced delivery was better suit- as well be Jackson himself. “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young ed to the Goats’ stark early work, and on a record COURTESY OF ASYLUM RECORDS Th ing)” featuring Will.i.am is virtually indistinguish- with such sonic depth as this one has, Darnielle’s able from the original. Akon adds completely new consistent pitchiness is very distracting. “SAVAGE LIFE 2” verses to “Wanna be Startin’ Somethin,’” infusing Besides an uneven setup, Darnielle’s songwrit- Webbie Asylum Records sexuality and negligee into a previously tame song. ing lacks the focus he exhibited on earlier discs. We’re guessing song titles like “I’m Th e disc closes with the previously unreleased “For To a cynic, it might sound as if the group’s lack of Hot,” “Thuggin’” and “Six 12’s” All Time,” which was recorded for the original album exposure has inspired the frontman to mine the will help narrow this Baton Rouge- songbooks of more successful indie acts. Th e title based rapper’s target market. but did not make the cut. With the infusion of modern day dance sensibilities into old tracks, listeners might track bites not only vocals in the style of Th e De- COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL be on the verge of discovering a new guilty pleasure. cemberists, but also their march-paced acoustic COURTESY OF ADA Thursday, February 21, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 19 TICKET Soulive pleases all types of crowd members  STUB  First Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts show of the year brings trio to town VALID FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

BY ALEX BARNETT CINEMAPOLIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Commons 277–6115 After the warmth delivered by Ithaca’s Chili Cook-Off began to PERSEPOLIS ★★ wane with the setting sun, the wel- 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and coming haven of the State Th eatre Weekends 2:30 and 4:35 p.m. got things heated up again with acid Wednesday matinee 5 p.m. jazz luminaries, Soulive, and open- ing guests Th e Rozatones. THERE WILL BE BLOOD ★★★★ Th e buzz about the Soulive appear- 7:00 and 9:40 p.m. and ance, organized by the Ithaca College Weekends 2:30 Bureau of Concerts, had been fl ying Wednesday matinee 4:15 p.m. around campus all week. For those unfamiliar with Soulive’s music, it was FALL CREEK diffi cult to get a straight answer as to PICTURES what to expect; the band has been 1201 N. Tioga St. 272–1256 described as “jazz, soul, funk, groove and blues” in various combinations. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY Th e night’s laid back mood was ★★★½ set by openers Th e Rozatones. Led by 7:15 p.m. and junior Revi Roza on lead vocals and Weekends 2:15 guitar, the band of Ithaca College stu- FILM IN BRUGES dents began the REVIEW 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and night with a healthy Soulive Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. dose of funked-up, State Theatre bluesy soul. JUNO ★★★½ It doesn’t take From left, Alan Evans, Sam Kininger, Eric Krasno and Neal Evans of Soulive perform in the State Theatre on Saturday. 7:30 and 9:35 p.m. and long to warm up to these guys. The band played original songs from both their new album and old favorites as well as cover songs. Weekends 2:30 and 4:35 p.m. The Rozatones’ carefully honed CHRISTIAN HARTMAN/THE ITHACAN arrangements and dynamic stage parture, the trio was able to reach Th e greatest crowd-riling occurred Krasno’s musing guitar. During KITE RUNNER presence put the audience in a back further into their repertoire when Neal held a note on his Ham- the soft, quieter moments, the din 9:35 p.m. and good mood quickly, and the band of instrumental grooves. mond B-3 organ for 16 bars, coating of the audience infiltrated the mu- Weekends 4:35 p.m. kept up the energetic vibe for The trio’s stage and lighting the theatre in a sweet, warm drone sical sentiment, causing the more its entire set, paving the way for set-ups were rather barebones: building to a climatic recovery. meditative listeners to move away REGAL STADIUM 14 the comfortable, comprehensive Alan sat stage right, Kraz stood In true style, the trio was not from the crowds. The rear halves Pyramid Mall 266-7960 grooves to follow. center and Neal hunched stage alone onstage for long. Saxophon- of both the orchestra seating and That sense of groove contin- left. The aesthetic symmetry of ist and frequent collaborator Sam the balcony contained a dispersed, ued when Soulive hit the stage. their physical presence perfectly Kininger joined the group for a even smattering of people who ATONEMENT ★★★½ The group consists of brothers paralleled the band’s song struc- handful of tunes. He provided the chose to relax and enjoy the music 12:10 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 6:20 p.m., Alan and Neal Evans on drums ture. Somehow, the crowd seemed backbone of their song “Flurries,” in relative isolation and peace. 9:15 p.m. and keyboards, respectively, and to sense what was going to hap- inducing cheers from the crowd Kininger returned for the Eric Krasno on guitar. Its lat- pen before it actually happened every time he blew. Kininger’s obligatory encore, a medley of BE KIND REWIND est release, “No Place Like Soul,” and were able to fluidly — seem- smooth melodies perfectly com- originals along with more classic 11:20 a.m., 1:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., featured for the first time a lead ingly subconsciously — change plemented the blunted rhythm soul and funk. Soulive opened the 7 p.m., 9:40 p.m. vocalist, Boston-based reggae and their dancing accordingly. section of the brothers Evans. encore with Stevie Wonder’s “Je- soul artist Toussaint, who sang on Th ose familiar with Soulive The set hit on songs from sus Children of America,” which THE BUCKET LIST ★★★ all but two cuts. He is pictured as picked up the opening fading gui- nearly all of Soulive’s releases, but it covered on 2000’s “Turn it Out,” 11:10 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 4:10 p.m., a member of the band in all the tar strum and bass keys of “Reverb.” the band didn’t limit itself to its and made its way into Sly & the 6:40 p.m., 9 p.m. visual media that promoted the Some songs were slyly referenced own work. Soulive’s rendition of Family Stone’s “Higher,” where show, yet he was conspicuously within others, as when Alan sang Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Lenny” was the repeated line, “Want to take CHARLIE BARTLETT absent from the stage Saturday a lyric from “Comfort,” eliciting the bluesiest song of the night — a you higher,” was met with proper 11:30 a.m., 2:10 p.m., 5:20 p.m., night. Because of the recent de- cheers from those in the know. slow, steady number marked by audience participation. 8 p.m., 10:25 p.m.

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‘Jumper’ thrives on globe-spanning cheap tricks FOOL’S GOLD 2:05 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:35 p.m., BY HARRY SHULDMAN distractingly hollow. He’s like one of those Dis- 10:15 p.m. SENIOR WRITER neyland animatronic presidents: He looks real You wouldn’t think it was possible to “pay from a distance, but once he opens his mouth JUMPER ★½ homage” to a hack like Michael Bay. Don’t tell you know you’re dealing with a robot. 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., that to director Doug Liman, who evidently re- Th ings only get worse when Rice reunites 4:50 p.m., 5:50 p.m., 7:10 p.m., veres Bay like Frederico freakin’ Fellini. Liman’s with his high school sweetheart Millie (Ra- 8:10 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. new schlockfest, “Jumper,” is shot like “Th e Is- chel Bilson.) He takes her to Rome, where land,” acted like “Pearl Harbor” and duller than she has supposedly wanted to travel her en- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN both fi lms combined. tire life. When the two experience the splen- ★★★½ Th e fi lm introduces viewers to the surpris- dor of the Colosseum, Millie’s reaction is 12:30 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:30 p.m., ingly bland world of “jumpers,” people who nothing more than “Oh, cool.” It’s like a bad 9:20 p.m. have the ability to teleport anywhere on Earth, “Real World” episode where the drunken as long as they have a handy twenty-somethings have to feign interest in a THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES postcard to visualize the foreign culture for the cameras. 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., “jump site.” FILM But viewers didn’t come to this movie for 6:50 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:10 p.m., David Rice (Hayden REVIEW the acting. Th ey came for the cool globe-span- 10:10 p.m. Christensen) discovers he “Jumper” ning action sequences. Unfortunately, those Twentieth has the power to jump fol- Century Fox green-screen spectacles don’t quite live up to STEP UP 2 THE STREETS lowing a traumatic high- Our rating: expectations. Blame the fi lm’s reliance on the 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:50 p.m. school prank. Rice ditches ★½ supposed power of teleportation. It looks cool his lame high school and the fi rst few times, but the magic starts to wear VANTAGE POINT abusive father for the carefree life of a jumper David Rice (Hayden Christensen) is one of the off around the 47th time we see Rice disappear 11:50 a.m., 2:20 p.m., 5 p.m., — sunbathing on the head of the Sphinx, surf- jumpers who can move through space instantly. in a fl ash and reappear somewhere else for such 7:40 p.m., 10 p.m. ing in Fiji, the occasional teleportation-aided COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX exciting trips as getting a glass of water. bank robbery and back to a swanky New York this movie in the fi rst place is anyone’s guess. Sci-fi /action fans are a sympathetic bunch. WITLESS PROTECTION City apartment in time for dinner. Everything’s He’s like an NFL quarterback recruited to play Th ey’ll put up with so much — poor acting, 3:10 p.m., 5:40 p.m., 8:20 p.m. going great, until Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) a game of fl ag football. He’s just too good for writing and directing — for the sake of a good catches word. junk like this. car chase or fi ght sequence. When these things Roland is the head of some vague secretive Christensen’s sniveling pretty-boy act fail to deliver, you’ve got trouble. In the case of OUR RATINGS organization that apparently doesn’t like jump- worked once, in the fantastic journalism thriller “Jumper,” pretty big trouble — like walking out ers. It’s a testament to Jackson’s eternal cool- “Shattered Glass.” As a lying journalist getting before the end of an 88-minute movie trouble. Excellent ★★★★ ness that he isn’t laughed off the screen when by on his smug innocence, Christensen fi t per- Good ★★★ he fi rst appears, looking like an aging Sisqo fectly. As a Jedi Knight, not so much. Now as “Jumper” was written by David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls Fair ★★ with ridiculous silver hair. Why he agreed to do the pseudo-hero of “Jumper,” his schtick feels and Simon Knberg and directed by Doug Liman. Poor ★ 20 The Ithacan CLASSIFIED Thursday, February 21, 2008

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BY ERICA R. HENDRY seconds of the Feb. 5 game, Steele is in EDITOR IN CHIEF the hallway of the Hill Center, hand on her Th e stands in the Ben Light Gymnasium aren’t hip, phone on her ear, talking with her father, fi lled, so when Erika Steele yells, her shouts ring and Dave, who had spent almost two hours listening bounce back on the court, where they hang without the to the game online. weight of a crowd to contain them. Th ey talk out her stats: two points, two rebounds “Let’s go. Let’s GO!” and a steal in 16 minutes on the fl oor. A bit of a slump, Her hands are glued to her opponent, always on she said, compared to her 20-point performance a jersey or an arm, but her eyes never leave the ball. against the same team last season. A slump that in- have in muscle, A SUNY-Oneonta point guard is stuck at the top of cludes four double-doubles, six games with 10 or more Steele has in agility to start low and fi nish up top. the court with a dead ball, and the girl that Steele is rebounds and 14 games with 10 or more points. But a When she drops, feet planted and knees over ankles guarding looks as if she wants to be anywhere other slump nonetheless. to anticipate a rebound, she extends her arms backward than at the top of the key, blocked by a mess of arms Th e best centers in basketball have two distinct to seal her opponents away from the basket, one hand and elbows she’s surprised to fi nd move more quickly advantages on the fl oor: weight to gain position and on their hip and the other across their arm. Without than her own. height to do something with it. Steele is one of them, weight to conceal them, her elbows and knees are the But off ensively Steele’s shots won’t fall — from the boasting the program’s fi rst 20-point, 20-rebound main points of contact. Th ey form strategic but visibly arc, from 12 feet down the baseline or right below the game in 25 years last season against Utica; a career- uncomfortable angles — especially for the players who hoop. It’s an off night, and when she gets back to the high 26 points in a sophomore season game against the try to move around them. bench she smoothes down stray brown wisps of hair, Rochester Institute of Technology; and 24 points and It’s exactly what Head Coach Dan Raymond saw leaving her hands on her head. She gets up at a timeout 11 rebounds last Friday against St. John Fisher. when he went to see her fi nish out her high school ca- and walks through a play with the center that’s in the But the senior starting center is not like some who reer in Hopkinton, Mass. — the starting point of the game, giving her a playful shove as she walks back on have come before her: Lauri Hancock ’90, Margo Mc- Boston Marathon, 26.3 miles Southwest of Boston. the fl oor. Gowan ’98, Jill Post ’06. Natural post players. ‘Girth’ “She would fi t into places and do things off ensively, After her team loses by a basket in the last seven and weight are not things the 6-foot Steele has to her reach around or reach through people,” he would say advantage. She is “scrawny,” a glider, not the bang-’em- later about watching her play. up low post player most coaches look for. It’s a style that made her one of the biggest threats “I started as a point guard handling the ball, and as in Central Massachusetts’ Tri-Valley League during I grew I moved to the wing, then fi nally down low,” she Steele’s last two years of high school, when the com- said. “I wasn’t a big girl, and I didn’t get rid of my out- petition abandoned defensive strategy and just tried to side game. New coaches didn’t know what to expect stop her. It wasn’t a match up against the Hopkinton from me — I wasn’t going to throw bodies around.” Hillers. It was a match up against Steele and her team. What Steele does have is speed, a quickness on Th e advantage of growing up in a small town — a her feet that lets her keep pace with the point guards basketball town — was her access to the game: a con- and slip by her defenders before they get good posi- nection to her teammates, lifetime coaches and older tion. What other players have in bulk to push to the girls, high school players, she admired. Th ere were basket, Steele has in a length she extends around, tournaments and pick-up games in the driveway, but under, over the top, or sometimes, in two directions with the same fl uid movement. What other players See STEELE, page 25

Above: Steele drives past a St. John Fisher College defender during the Blue and Gold’s 85–65 win Feb. 8 in the Ben Light Gymnasium. AARON MUNZER/THE ITHACAN Left: Steele looks past an Elmira College defender in the Bombers’ 61–53 win against the Soaring Eagles on Feb. 12 in the Ben Light Gymnasium. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN 24 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, February 21, 2008

FOURTH Ithaca enters fi nal weekend tied for second AND BY ANDREW LOVELL SHORT SPORTS EDITOR Th e men’s basketball team has BEN STRAUSS the chance to clinch its fi rst Empire 8 Championship since the 2001- 02 season this weekend. And for No rest for the the fi rst time since the Empire 8 switched to a postseason tourna- Hill Center gym ment, the Bombers have the chance to host the four-team event. here are just 24 hours in All they have to do is defeat the a day, and the Hill Center two teams with the best records in Tonly has three gyms. the conference on back-to-back Th ese are the laws of physics nights. No problem, right? working against the six varsity, 11 Luckily for the Blue and Gold, club and 70 intramural teams that both contests will be played in the milk those hours and gyms from Ben Light Gymnasium, coming on well before sun up to well after sun the heels of down for everything they’ve got a two-road- TIGHT RACE every single day. win weekend Ithaca is locked in With that many teams and so for Ithaca. a three-way tie for second place in the little space, it’s like a 7-year-old Th e team de- conference with Naza- seeing how many grapes he can feated Alfred reth College and St. fi t in his mouth. Eighty-seven University John Fisher College. grapes later, he’s either quit, gone 82–64 on Fri- home or choked his way to the day and followed that with an impres- emergency room. sive 84–73 victory at St. John Fisher Not in the Hill Center. College, the Bombers’ fi rst against the Block I of the spring semester Cardinals since the 2001-02 season. marks the most diffi cult 10-week Head Coach Jim Mullins said his scheduling of the year. With snow team showed physical and mental on the ground, spring sports need toughness in overcoming a superb op- the inside space just as badly as the ponent and questionable offi ciating. From left, junior point guard Sean Burton dribbles past Elmira College freshman guard Evan Taylor during in-season winter sports. “We did a much better job de- the Blue and Gold’s 82–75 win against the Soaring Eagles last Tuesday in the Ben Light Gymnasium. But Assistant Athletic Director fending the interior; we were double MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN Ernie McClatchie somehow gets teaming them a little bit,” Mullins “I’ve stepped up my help-side de- At the beginning of the season “We’re all expecting a good it done. said. “Th e thing that stood out in fense ever since watching the last in November, Mullins said the turnout on Friday, and we’re look- “It’s tough,” he said, putting it my mind was our mental approach. Fisher game and blocking a couple seedings for the Empire 8 tourna- ing to have a great week of prac- mildly. “Th ere are a lot of things in We were in a hostile gym with hos- more shots. As a team, if we’re play- ment might not be decided until tice and put it all together,” Kail a short amount of time.” tile offi ciating, in my eyes. For the ing good defense, it’s going to be the final weekend. Four months said. “It’s interesting how it did Th e basketball teams get the fi rst time all season I saw a mental hard for anyone to beat us.” later, Mullins’ assessment is dead actually end up coming down to gyms for those prime hours of toughness that you need to succeed Along with Bostic, junior point on, as the South Hill squad finds this last weekend because we’re in 4 to 8 p.m. Th en the gyms are this late in the year.” guard Sean Burton, who collected itself in the unique position of a unique position where we could reserved for all home games and Junior center Jeff Bostic, who 47 points and 12 assists in the controlling their playoff destiny. host the tournament or end up any special events. By the time racked up 22 points, 19 rebounds two weekend games, and junior Senior center Louis Kail, who missing the tournament.” McClatchie sits down with the and four blocks in the Fisher win, forward Sean Leahy, who quietly averaged 7.5 points and 3.5 re- A win against Stevens gets the spring sports coaches, the calen- said he, as well as the rest of the tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds bounds per game during the Bombers into the tournament, dar has more blackout dates than team, has placed a renewed empha- for his first career double-double weekend, said the Bombers must while that win combined with a a reward miles vacation. sis on interior defense. against Alfred, the Bombers have take care of business tomor- win against Nazareth College on “I thank God we’re a winter “We’re defi nitely feeling more their main trio clicking at the row against first place Stevens Saturday clinches home-court sport,” Women’s Basketball Head confi dent defensively,” Bostic said. right time. Institute of Technology. for Ithaca. Coach Dan Raymond said. McClatchie knows all the rules. Lacrosse can’t do anything with just one gym, so during basketball practices, baseball and softball use Key showdown with Stevens looms for Blue and Gold the third gym’s batting cages. Softball gets the rest of its BY STEVE SCHIMMEL to be the catalyst for the Bombers’ practice hours between 5 and 8 STAFF WRITER recent success. a.m. and the lacrosse teams fi nd Th e women’s basketball team ar- Sophomore forward Jeanine their time usually from 10 p.m. to rived at St. John Fisher College on Burke said in order to knock off midnight. Finally, club teams and Saturday night with their game fac- fi rst-place Stevens, the Bombers intramurals fi ll in the rest. es on. Forty minutes later, the Blue must press on with their hard work. For McClatchie’s sake, you and Gold were on the winning end “[In order to beat Stevens] we hope his wife takes care of his kids’ of an 83–57 decision, giving them need to keep doing what we do best,” afterschool schedules . their fourth straight win. Burke said. “We need to be smart on What could be a contentious As it stands, the biggest road off ense and play good defense.” situation, though, is taken care block remaining is conference-lead- Th ough such a game plan may of surprisingly peacefully. Th ese ing Stevens Institute of Technology. be paramount to the success of any coaches aren’t all talk when they In the midst basketball team, the Bombers pride preach teamwork on the court. of this four-game LISTEN IN themselves on being a fundamen- “We look after each other,” said win streak, the The women’s tally-sound basketball team, and for Deb Pollozzi, softball head coach. Bombers have game at 6 p.m. the Blue and Gold, smart basketball “Everyone respects each other.” defeated a host of Friday will be seems to breed victories. Th e saving grace to everyone’s formidable oppo- broadcast on Senior forward Molly Friel said vicradio.org, headaches could be coming next nents, including playing smart is precisely what the followed by the spring, when a new athletic and the likes of Elmira men’s game at South Hill squad does best. entertainment facility, complete College, Alfred 8 p.m. on 92 “Hopefully we can take the en- with a lighted turf fi eld and a lot University and St. WICB. ergy from our game against St. more gym space, is set to be fi n- John Fisher, who John Fisher and continue that as ished — at least, in theory. the Bombers defeated twice. we get ready to play Stevens,” Friel McClatchie should fi nd some Senior center Erika Steele said said. “Th e win on Saturday against relief, and all the spring coaches every win is important, but defeat- St. John Fisher was a good win to will fi nally be able to focus more on ing the Cardinals always carries come off of going into Friday’s game X’s and O’s. with it an added bonus. From left, junior Megan Rumschik and senior Brynn Fessette double team against Stevens. We played really “It will really make a tremen- “Every E8 game we play is huge, Elmira College senior Kourtney Troutman in Ithaca’s 61–53 win last Tuesday. well together as a team.” dous diff erence in our quality of not only for standings, but also for MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN With two regular season games at life,” said Karen Hollands, women’s bragging rights,” Steele said. “[Itha- the Ben Light Gymnasium remain- lacrosse head coach. ca and St. John Fisher] have a his- everyone on the team, including points in two of the four games. ing, the Bombers still have some time And the best part is they tory of bad blood between us, so to role players off the bench, it is no Along with Bixby, a big piece of to work out any last minute kinks. won’t even have to break the laws have them come into our gym and wonder that everything seems to be the puzzle has been filled in by The first game is at 6 p.m. to- of physics. send them away with a loss tastes a clicking for the South Hill squad. sophomore guard Lindsay Brown, morrow against a Stevens squad little bit sweeter.” Sophomore point guard Kath- who continues to punish oppos- that is undefeated in conference BEN STRAUSS is a senior Th e Blue and Gold’s winning erine Bixby has displayed some of ing defenses with her pinpoint play, and the second is at 2 p.m. journalism major. Contact him at streak could not have come at a bet- the best basketball of her young shooting. Additionally, it is the te- Saturday against a struggling [email protected]. ter time, and with solid play from career, scoring a career-high 21 nacious team defense that seems Nazareth College team. Thursday, February 21, 2008 SPORTS The Ithacan 25 Center readies for fi nal games as a member of Blue and Gold STEELE talk about her numbers and her statistics FROM PAGE 23 and consistently match them with her play- ing. She’d walk back through her 55th block the summer “Bliss Camp,” named aptly for or recreate the shot that marked her 700th the high school varsity coach, was where egos point with her arms. were thrown on the line, confi dence was built But hers is not a perfect sports story. Its and respect was earned. Before there were one about passion, persistence and standing thoughts of the NCAA there were drills, end- behind what she calls the most important part less free throws and sprints, a 40-year-old of the game besides the ball itself: her team. hardwood fl oor and a coach who liked to push Th e real story is that in four weeks or soon- players he knew had potential. er those days will be over — but Steele doesn’t Steele was one of them. Th rough Bliss talk about it. Camp and the three years he taught her in “We come together and talk for a second … middle school P.E., he knew he had a player little things, comments we make to each other, that could unite his team off the fl oor while like ‘Four games left,’ you know, ‘Play like its leading them to another state championship your last, give it everything you’ve got,’” said on it. Molly Friel, the second half of the Bombers’ “She was easy to spot — because of her post duo. “It’s to motivate each other to make height — [but it was also] her passion to want to sure we’re working hard and don’t have any learn and to play basketball,” Bliss said. regrets at the end of it.” And play she did. When the Hillers entered But what senior Brynn Fessette said Steele tournament play her freshman year, Steele, the will miss most is the girls, the bus rides, the leading scorer and rebounder on the junior day-to-day responsibilities of being on a team. varsity squad, was recruited as an extra body Enter the “Fab Four” — the seniors who, as for varsity. For four games she saw more of the freshmen, found an immediate connection bench than the court, but in the 2001 Divi- that made them inseparable. sion IV-State Championship game she fi nally Th e four stand facing the fl ag in the Ben got her chance, checking in at the table at the Light Gymnasium, holding hands while the na- end of a second-half blowout over Manches- tional anthem plays: Kali Carnovale, the “rock ter, Mass. She bounced onto the old Boston star”; Friel, the “quiet one”; Fessette, the “social Garden’s parquet fl oor with at least a hundred butterfl y”; Steele, the “goofy, goony” girl. hometown fans cheering her name. With less “You know Kali … she’s the tough cookie, height, less confi dence and even less muscle, but she’s the most loveable, quirky girl. Th en she got open under the hoop and put up the Molly, she’s kind of quiet out there on the ball. It went through. Four minutes later the court, but if you get her in a room by her- Hillers clinched the title and she was stuck in a self you’ll have one of the best conversations pile of 15 screaming girls, sprawled across the you’ll ever have in your life. Brynn is … always Boston Celtics mascot painted across the tip- bringing people together. And me, I guess I’m off circle, arms linked and kissing the fl oor. that goofy girl who likes to have fun, keep the It was only the beginning to Steele’s high atmosphere light.” Steele leads the Blue and Gold in rebounding and blocks and ranks second in points per school career, which she fi nished in the top- Th e group disagrees on how the name game. The 6-foot center was named to the All-Empire 8 fi rst team last season as a junior. fi ve list of scorers and as the third-highest started, but where they agree is that the name MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN rebounder in Hopkinton High School history. — and how it connects them on the court ing down to the last second they’ll ever step encouragement, “help side,” from the bench. Academics were the top priority in her — never stopped. on the court wearing blue and gold. When Raymond calls a timeout, sighing with college search, but thoughts of playing Di- “When we got in the game it was almost at Th e pair and Friel jog back onto the court his hands folded on top of his head, Steele runs vision III basketball became more of a real- once, we just clicked,” Friel said. “From then side by side at the start of the second half out to meet each player as they come off of the ity as coaches, including Raymond, began until now, when I play with Erika and she of the same Alfred game. Th ey’re all side by court, the fi rst to give a tap on the back or toss to scout her AAU and high school games. plays with me, we read each other. We know side on the bench six minutes later. One, two, their hair as they run by her. When Steele stepped on Ithaca’s campus she where everyone’s going to be. … Its [like that three post players rotate into Steele’s spot to Th e Bombers won against Alfred, but it “got that feeling,” but it was the team that for] all four of us.” try to overcome a fi ve-point defi cit. And they was another off night for Steele. She walks solidifi ed her decision. You can see it on the court, if you look. do. It’s a 2008-09 season preview eight months out of the locker room on the phone again, “I thought, ‘I can see these girls as my team- Th ere’s a certain way Steele approaches Fes- too early, played out in front of a senior whose throwing her blue and gold bag on the fl oor four years are ending too soon. and turns out of sight, around the corner, wip- “It’s passion – no matter what happens off the fl oor, Elissa Klie was one of the fi rst, and the way ing sweat off of her forehead. She had a game the freshman moved around the court could in less than 24 hours, and the frustration with the ball always bounces back, it never lets me down.” almost mark her as a young Steele — the thin her performance was building. — SENIOR ERIKA STEELE frame, the advantage of speed, the way she Until Steele faced what she calls the used her arms to defend opponents and steal “Fisher Factor.” mates, I want these girls to be my friends,’” sette as they warm up before the second half the ball. “It’s a just feeling you have – you don’t hate Steele said. of last Friday’s contest, still feeling out a less- “She gives me a lot of confi dence and that the girls, but it’s a pretty deep rivalry,” she said. So Steele came, six hours and 320 miles, than-capacity Alfred fi eld house. Th ey stand means so much — and playing with confi - “ As a senior you’re not guaranteed to see them to become a Bomber, but her respect for the behind one another in a right-handed lay up dence is something that she’s always stress- again, and to go 2–0 on their home court, on game and the way she worked the court stayed drill, swinging arms and rolling necks to shake ing,” Klie said. “She tells me ‘Be strong’ and their senior night, is something I had to do for the same. She played 16 games as a freshman, off a fi rst half they were trailing. Fessette is it really works. Th e fact that she tells me she myself and the girls. Not to be cliché, but I just and during her sophomore season she was the fi rst. Steele follows, and as she jogs to half believes in me and stuff . It helps a lot.” left it all on the fl oor.” leading scorer off the bench and second in court Fessette claps. Steele claps twice. Th ey When Klie — or any other player, really It clicks. Steele explodes. Eighteen hours blocked shots. touch the fl oor. And so it goes. Th eir high- — is in the game, Steele never stops watching after she posted some of her lowest statistics At the start of her junior season, after the fi ves are longer, their conversations shorter. the court. Th ere’s an intensity on her face when of the season, she leads the Bombers to a 83– departure of Jill Post ’06 and Meg Micho ’06, Th ey steal glances at the clock as if it’s count- she follows the game, the ball, as she shouts out 57 win against St. John Fisher with a 24 points she sat with Raymond in preseason meetings and 11 rebounds. and asked him not to start her — unless she Th is is the kind of Steele the Bombers deserved it. are used to; the kind of Steele whose palm “I said, ‘I want you to start me because I stretches across the leather of an Alfred ball earn it, not because I’m the next girl in line,’” and shoves it straight back into the shooter’s she said. chest, pushing her down to the fl oor where Th e result was not only a starting spot the player takes a seat, stunned. It’s the kind in 20 of the team’s 28 games, but a handful of Steele that, with a new and bigger rivalry of impressive statistics to go with it. She led at stake against Stevens tomorrow night, the team in nearly all stats, excluding points, should be ready to close the season with a with 7.9 rebounds per game, a .488 fi eld-goal bang. But most of all, it’s the kind of Steele percentage and 53 blocked shots. She scored that just wants to win for (almost) the last double fi gures in the last 15 games of the time, next to the Fab Four, surrounded by her season. Th e Empire 8 named her Player of team on the last court she’ll call home. the Week after she notched averages of 20.5 After her name is called with the start- points, 18.5 rebounds and four blocks per ing lineup, she’ll greet the other starters with game in the Empire 8 championship tourna- a leaping jump, an NFL-style chest bump as ment. She had a tournament record 37 re- they run through the tunnel of hands and bounds in two games and closed the season arms the team weaves onto the court. with six double-double performances. “It’s passion — no matter what happens Going into tomorrow’s game she leads the off the fl oor, the ball always bounces back, it seniors — and the team — in career points with never lets me down,” Steele said. “Th e consis- 754; in rebounds with 487; blocks with 110. From left, seniors Kali Carnovale, Brynn Fessette, Erika Steele and Molly Friel walk together. tency [of that] ... and the team, that keeps me In a perfect sports story, Steele could COURTESY OF LIZ BOLLENZ coming back.” 26 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, February 21, 2008 A little girl time Ithaca’s women varsity athletes celebrate women in sports

BY KATHY LALUK said. “I liked everything we did.” NEWS EDITOR The national day, which is in More than 35 years after Title IX its 22nd year, began as a tribute legislation introduced the doctrine to Olympic volleyball player Flo of equal opportunity for women in Hyman, who died of Marfan’s sports, its message was conveyed Syndrome during a 1986 tourna- by several Ithaca College women’s ment in Japan. Each year, girls and varsity teams through sports and ac- women across the country use tivities for local girls as part of Nation- the day to acknowledge women’s al Girls and Women in Sports Day. achievements in sports. Th e college’s women’s bas- The Girl Scouts of America ketball, gymnastics, softball, vol- are one of the day’s sponsors, and leyball and track and fi eld teams several local troops attended the played games with about 30 girls events at the college. ages 7 to 10 this past Sunday in the Maureen Hayden, a leader Hill Center. for Troop 343, said she received Andrea McClatchie, operations an e-mail about the day and im- and events coordinator for intercol- mediately wanted the girls to legiate athletics, said the college has get involved. celebrated the day for years because “It’s so important to send the of its importance to all the girls. right message to these girls, es- “It’s great for the younger girls pecially at such a young age,” she to see the older girls in action,” said. “They’re learning that girls she said. “It gives the younger girls can do whatever they put their someone to look up to and say, minds to. And they’re having lots ‘Wow, I can do that.’” of fun while they’re doing it.” Freshman Luci Capano, a mem- Hayden also said the day ber of the track and fi eld team, said would help the girls earn their she enjoyed watching the girls do Sports and Games Try It badge, the mini long jump, hurdles and geared towards getting scouts From left, Freshman Kaitlin Dolan and senior Amanda Kowalsick of the softball team play “cat and mouse” with shot put the team had set up. Th e physically active. nine-year-old Emily Hornibrook on Sunday in the Ben Light Gymnasium. Members of Ithaca’s women’s varsity teams also set up basketball relays, Freshman Allison Greaney, a sports teams helped organize and run activities for young girls for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. yoga and stretching exercises, a member of the softball team, said CAYLENA CAHILL/THE ITHACAN gymnastics obstacle course and watching the girls laugh and play games played with a parachute. reminded her about why she got eral years, also said the turnout this “I love seeing other girls en- they’re older, and we got to play “It’s really all about them getting involved in sports. year was lower than in the past. joying something that I enjoy,” with them, too.” active and getting involved,” Capano “As a girl, when you’re young “We usually have about 100 she said. “This is the second year McClatchie said the day was said. “Th e girls are really into it.” especially, it’s not always easy to girls here,” she said. “But I don’t I’ve done this and it always makes not only about learning new Eight-year-old Kayla Granter get in on sports — it’s seen as ‘a think that’s discouraged any of me smile.” sports, but also about being part said she loves playing outdoors with guy thing,’” she said. “I’m really them from having a good time.” Emily Hornibrook, 9, said she of a team. friends, but doesn’t play any sports. glad these girls are being exposed Sophomore Sarah Bennett, didn’t know what to expect but “We want the girls to leave After participating in the college’s to this, though. It will at least show a member of the track and fi eld that she had fun interacting with knowing that they can not only events, she said she wants to get in- them what they can do.” team, said seeing the younger girls the older girls. play sports and have fun, but that volved in sports right away. McClatchie, who said the college excited about sports is good for the “I really liked the parachute,” they can also form friendships “It was so much fun!” Granter has held events for this day for sev- older athletes, too. she said. “It was cool because with other girls,” she said. Relay team brings intensity and strong fi nish to every meet

BY LAUREN BROUSELL fired up for a relay before. It really makes STAFF WRITER them unstoppable,” he said. “You have four The men’s swimming and diving team’s people in it, and if one person isn’t feeling 400-yard freestyle relay team has been it, you have three other people to pick up opening eyes lately. the slack.” Going into the Empire 8/UNYSCAA Now the Bombers are looking to the Championship meet next week, the relay state title. Ariel and Hamman were in the team — freshmen Steve Croucher and Joe relay last year and said they want to place Gage, junior captain in the top three in the 400-yard relay Shane Hamman, se- COMING UP this year. The Blue and Gold nior Matt Olko and compete in the Empire Coming off a huge win against Union junior Mike Ariel 8/UNYSCAA Champi- on Feb. 9, the Bombers finally got the — has only been de- onships in Syracuse, confidence they needed heading into the feated a handful of N.Y., next Wednesday championship meet. The relay team swam times this season. through Saturday. a winning time of 3:18.11, edging Union by Th e 400-yard a little more than four seconds. freestyle relay is the last event of each meet, “We are gunning for the state title. We and each individual swimmer has to swim 100 came out of Union with a huge win,” Ham- yards. Despite shoulder problems for Ariel man said. “We can be in the running for and Olko and back problems for Hamman, the winning states.” relay team has remained successful through- Ariel said the relay team has been work- out the entire season. ing toward this goal all season. Hamman said Croucher’s recent per- “We want to be in the top three, stand- formance has allowed for flexibility in ing on that podium,” he said. the lineup. Th eir biggest rival going into the meet “Steve came into his own and picked up this weekend will be Alfred University, who the team this past weekend [against Union defeated them in the fi nal relay this season. Freshman Steve Croucher leads a cheer prior to the start of Ithaca’s dual meet against Union Col- College],” Hamman said. “There are still Swimming a 200-yard relay instead of the lege last Saturday in the Hill Center Pool. Croucher is one of the 400-yard relay’s fi ve members. three others that can pick you up.” MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN usual 400 yards, the Saxons out-touched the What makes the relay team even more Blue and Gold by 0.65 seconds on Dec. 8. impressive is that the members do not The relay swimmers said it is easy for Olko said the race is always intense be- “We want to win individually,” Croucher train together at practice; they each work them to interchange members of the team cause more often than not, the final out- said. “But we are gunning for Alfred.” with their individual events. The order of because being in the relay is more of an come of the meet is riding on their relay. With the opportunity to set a season- the swimmers in the race does not play a adrenaline rush than their other races. “It’s an emotional race,” he said. “We give best time next week, Hamman said the critical role either, though there is some “We have experienced enough in the sport it everything and leave it all in the pool. The main focus remains on bringing home the strategy involved. and seen each other swim that we know each relay really gets you pumped up.” Empire 8 and New York State team titles. “You want to have someone who can other’s characteristics,” Hamman said. “When Senior captain Scott Wilson said the ex- “We can interchange, but the title is take a lead in the beginning and then have we’re neck and neck, we get the chance to be citement for this race is unparalleled. more important than the individual stuff,” the fastest person take it home,” Ariel said. pushed to the next level.” “I have never seen four people get so he said. THE BUZZER

Thursday, February 21, 2008 The Ithacan 27 bombers to watch

FRESHMAN JOE GAGE MEN’S SWIMMING

Gage was named Empire 8 Athlete of the Week for his wins in the 50, 100 and 800-yard free- style events in the Bombers’ win over Union College on Feb. 9.

FRESHMAN JUSTINE PICCIANO GYMNASTICS

Picciano won the ECAC Rookie of the Week award for her balance beam performance at Cornell’s Big Red Invitational on Feb. 9. Picciano placed ninth in the beam with a season best 9.5. Causing a racquet Senior Brendan Conway takes a swing at the shuttlecock during badminton class Monday in the Hill Center. Badminton I is offered as a half credit class in the department of Physical Activity, Leisure and Safety. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN SENIOR JAMES AUCOIN MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Aucoin took third place in the long jump at the Robert Kane the foul line Invitational at Cornell on Feb. 16. The 6.72-meter jump Weird news from the wide world of sports qualified Aucoin for the Whitney Houston and Brittany Spears are members of the ECAC championships. University of Colorado women’s basketball team. Though they are not famous pop singers, these two players share the same names as two of the biggest names in the music busi- they ness. Houston, a sophomore guard from San Mateo, Calif., does not have much in common with the celebrity she shares by the a name with aside from the fact that both are talented sing- ers. Before Colorado’s game against the University of Nevada saidit in November, Houston sang the national anthem before lac- numbers ing up her sneakers and stepping out on the court. Spears, a freshman forward from Pasadena, Calif., is not an accom- What’s plished singer, but according to the Buf- faloes’ head coach Kathy McConnell- possible? Play Miller she was one of the most highly recruited players coming into the Big- in October, 12. How do the two deal with their that’s possible. 3 famous names? “It’s funny,” Hous- ton said. “My name is going to be The number of times Whitney Houston long after they Tampa Bay Rays’ the men’s swimming get through the jokes and stuff.” and diving team’s pitcher Scott Kasmir — Cory Francer 400-yard relay team on his team’s postsea- has been defeated son chances. The Rays 22 in 21 regular season have never fi nished The number of years National meets. See story on higher than 4th place Girls and Women in Sports Day page 26. has been celebrated. Events in the 10-year exis- were held in the Hill Center last tence of the franchise. weekend for the event. See story on page 26.

play of the weekTaking a look at Ithaca’s competitive club sports in da club This week’s club: Ski Racing Jeff Bostic 22 POINTS AND 19 REBOUNDS —The club is open toForward all Ithaca College students. —The top fi ve men and women fi nishers in the team’s Junior forward Jeff Bostic was the player of the game in time trials make the varsityJunior team and the rest of the the Bombers’ win Saturday against St. John Fisher Col- skiers join junior varsity. lege. Bostic went 10-of-15 from the fl oor for 22 points Bostic leads the Bombers this season and tied a career-high by pulling down 19 rebounds. —“Ski Week” is the last week of winter break. The ski Along with his double-double, Bostic made a statement racing team, ski club withand snowboard 239 total rebounds.club spend allHe also leads the team with 42 blocks. on defense, blocking a game high four shots. With the week on the mountain and have team get-togethers. win, the Blue and Gold moved into a three-way tie for sec- —Ithaca hosted the fi rst race of the season last ond place in the Empire 8 with St. John Fisher and Naza- weekend at Labrador Mountain in Truxton, NY. The reth College. The South Hill squad will ride its three-game women’s team placed 5th of 12 and the men’s team winning streak into their game against conference leader tied for 6th place. Stevens Institute of Technology at 8 p.m. tomorrow. 28 The Ithacan THIS I SEE Thursday, February 21, 2008 the chiliexperience Ithaca residents braved the cold to come to Th e Commons on Saturday for the 10th annual Chili Fest.

PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN HARTMAN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Top left: Crowds lined up to try dozens of types of chili downtown on The Commons. The prize for best meat chili went to the Lincoln St. Diner, while Juna’s Café took the award for top vegetarian chili. Above: The Longview Retirement Community offered toppings for their chili, including cheese, sour cream and Mini M&M’s. Top right: From right, Ithaca resident Betsy Gram buys a bowl of chili from Leslie Muhlhahn at the Finger Lakes Flat Bread stand. In addition to chili samples, some of the 32 vendors had beer and wine tastings. Right: Ithaca resident Jen Wenagel performs a fi re dance in front of the afternoon crowd.