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VOLUME 66, NUMBER 28 'THURSDAY, APIUL 22, 1999 32 PAGES, FREE .,.. ... 1,;"l ·,' Fresh remains ' ·····-."'"'"':·"':I . election winner 11 April 15, the morning after the Appeals have no effect election, a stunned silence_ filled the Student Activity Center as BY MICHAEL W. BLOOMROSE relief," said Senior Class Elections Committee Chair Sarah Assistant News Editor Prcsidcnt-elccr John Walsh. "It's Burgin read the original election reassuring to know that we had the totals: Millennium Party, 560 Despite a series of appeals majority of the votes." votes, Fresh Party, 563 votes. objecting to election procedures, Student Body President-elect "Out of all the outcomes that I the Fresh Party (SGA) and Party Nick Tarant was not present when could have conceived, this was of 4 (senior class) have won their the new results were read. Millen the one that I have not," Tarant respective races. nium presidential candidate James said at the time. "I thought it could In a special meeting Monday, Taylor said counting the unscaled have been any other way on either the SGA voted 17-7 to overturn an envelopes helped the election stay side, and this was the one result I Elections Committee decision, fair. had not, in any way, predicted." which had disqualified 79 ballots "Once our appeals failed, that Although the original tally, not in unscaled envelopes. was the next hes! thing we could counting unscaled envelopes, gave Fresh received 588 votes in the hope for," Taylor said. "Regardless Fresh the victory, Millennium SGA election, surpassing Millen of if I was up or down in the elec earned more total votes. Two nium, which earned 584 votes. tions, it was right. It was the fair demerits assessed the morning of Party of 4 earned 151 votes in the thing to do." April 14 resulted in the deduction senior SGA Rep. Brett Shiel, who of 12 votes from Millennium's • Appeal process, 4 c I ass made the appeal to overturn the total, giving Fresh the edge. • Our View, 12 race, decision to disqualify unscaled Millennium appealed these slipping by New Deal 2000's 143 envelopes, said he was pleased demerits to the Elections votes and Noise Party's I 14 votes. with the outcome. Committee and Congress. All The pre-appeal results of the "I got exactly what I wanted," appeals were denied. senior class election were Party of Shiel said. "My vote counted. Taran! and Vice Presidents 4- ( 141 votes), Noise Party ( 108 [The students] voted for v.:ho they elect Noccrino, Amanda Parsons, votes) and New Deal 2000 ( 118 wanted." Carolyn ~itzs:mmons and Teresa votes). Victor Cirillo, New Deal 2000 Zawacki will take office May 16. "It's finally over," said Diane presidential candidite, said hear 1l1e incoming senior class offi Nocerino, SGA vice president ing the student voice in this elec cers will also take office that day as elect of communications. 'Tm glad tion was paramount to the purpose well. They arc Walsh, Vice we stuck it out. Obviously the voice of SGA and senior class. President-elect Dan Kaminsky, of the students has been heard." "I hope [the students] realize Secretary-elect Jocelyn Wilczynski Candidates from all parties said something," Cirillo said. "Their and Treasurer-elect Alex Walton. they were pleased Congress decid involvement, their votes ... they MICHAEL W. BLOOMROSE/THE ITHACAN ed to weigh the disqualified ballots. arc important. If anything, this Scott R. Hepburn contributed MILLENNIUM PARTY presidential candidate James Taylor (right) "I can finally breathe a sigh of election proved that." to this article. and SGA Rep. Jeff Miller listen to an appeal decision in the SAC. Despite criticisms, lottery stays the same campus. Many seniors_ "Anybody who is interested stay on campus can apply [for off-campus hous ing]" Fracchia said. 'They can be BY KATE HILTS considered, but the mechanism 1s Ithacan Staff lottery number order." Sophomore Mike Benn said he Even though seniors were would have liked to move off allowed to leave campus without campus, but his lottery numhcr applying, the lottery and housing was not good enough. process has not changed. Benn tried to get a Garden John Fracchia, coordinator of Apartment and was closed out, housing services and operating but he did get a Terrace Suite. He assistant, said the housing process said the lottery process seems allows seniors to have a choice of worse because there is attention on-campus or off-campus living. on it at this time of year. Many students have told him The lottery starts with Garden how different the process seems, Apartments and those who do not but the amount of seniors staying ERIN RYAN/THE ITHACAN get in there can go to the next FRESHMAN JULIE VERBIGKY (left) and fres.hman Sarah Duerr look at the rooms available at the all-cam on campus is the same as other room lottery, which is single pus lottery Monday. Students choose housing each year after participating in the campus lottery system. years, which stabilized the process. rooms. If students still do not get a There were about 200 seniors is average for other years as well. cy was changed after the college Juniors can apply to live off room, Emerson Hall is the next who applied for on-campus hous The only change in the process decided living in the community campus. The juniors who stay on selection, foJlowed by in-house ing and went through the lottery was seniors did not have to apply was a learning experience for campus have to go through the system, Fracchia said. This number for off-campus, he said. This poli- students. same lottery process as the rest of See RESIDENTIAL LIFE, page 4 ACCENT •••• ~ 15. 'CLAsSIFIED .. 21 · COMICS ..••• 22 .OPINION •..• 12 SPORTS ••••• 23 www.ithaca.edu/ithacan 2 THE lmACAN APRJL22, 199') Brief! Ithaca Rape Crisis at 273- 5589. Club launches Kosovo relief Kosovo teach-In The Ithaca College Transfer The department of politics is By Michael W. Bloomroae Most resentment, however, was not directed at Community has activated a sponsoring a teach-in on Assistant News Editor Whalen, but at the fact that he will be the only fund raising and support initia Tuesday at 12:10 p.m. about speaker. tive for the International Red the crisis in Kosovo. All are This week, 22 years ago: Possibilities for acquiring a second speaker Cross campaign to help the invited to listen to speakers in Fonner senator and presidential contender now, according to Commencement Committee people of Kosovo. To partici Textor 101. For more informa Eugene McCarthy comes to campus. Chair Robert Hults and Senior Class President pate or donate, contact tion, call politics Professor McCarthy ran for president of the United Nancy Evans, are grim because there is only three Ernesto Cullari at 375-48TT or Zillah Eisenstein at 274-3554. States in 1976 as the independent candidate on weeks until graduation and the commencement Kristian Dumicic at 375-4834. many state ballots. Although McCarthy only ceremony. Performance dates change managed to capture I percent of the vote, his In Washington D. C., President Jimmy Carter Task groups forming The performance dates for campaign challenged the legitimacy of the two announces he is scrapping his plan of sending The All College Planning and Ithaca College Triple Threat party system. $50 tax rebates to 200 million Americans Priorities Committee will be Theatre's production of Evita McCarthy presently teaches a history course at because the economy is improving faster than forming its task groups after have changed. The finalized the State University of New York. expected. a large response to an all performance dates are April The topic of the Student Activity Board "We just don't need it," said the President. campus e-mail sent out by 30 at 8 p.m. and May 1 at 2 sponsored talk will be "Politics Today." It will He added, "[it is] obviously a political Chair of the committee Jim p.m. and 8 p.m. The perfor be held on April 26 at 8:30 p.m. in the Union decision as well as an economic decision," but Malek. The groups will be mances will still be in the Kulp Cafeteria. emphasized the reasons "were overwhelmingly formed by April 29. Questions Auditorium at Ithaca High Despite objections from numerous Ithaca economic." call 274-3121. School. College seniors, p;esident James J. Whalen is Back in Ithaca, Associate Professor of slated to be this year's official commencement Economics Ira Brous is charged with fifth degree speaker. possession of a controlled substance after his EVENTS CORRECTIONS . :, When infonned there was some resentment arrest last Thursday by state police. - • \ J,~. ': '1 - • • - over Whalen being the lone eommencement Brous allegedly possessed an estimated seven Annual march and rally Information in a "Big Picture" speaker, two ~enior class officers seemed uncon pounds of marijuana in two garbage cans in his The annual Take Back the photo was incorrectly reported cerned.