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The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 60, No. 7 Thursday, October 8, 1992 24 pages Free Abortion Flying High Student biker foes set for clash fatally injures By Chris Lewis The trenches are being dug as pedestrian Cornell University pro-choice groups are organizing a rally and demonstration next weekend in Police cite lack of lighting countermaneuver to an Ivy League pro-life conference hosted by the Cornell Coalition for Life. on Coddington Road "We want to show our disap­ By Tom Arundel proval of the pro-life conference. An Ithaca College student riding "It's unbelievable that a We want to have our voices heard, a mountain bicycle struck and fa­ bike could,, do this to so we are countering the confer-­ tally wounded a pedestrian on someone. ence at the exact spot that it is being Coddington Road, Tuesday, Oct. 6, -Tyler Bradford '93 held," said Cornell student Tamar according to Sgt A.D. Dawson of Dolgen '93, co-founder of the Po­ the Tompkins County Sheriffs De­ The accident took place on a litical Organization for Women's partment poorly lit section of Coddington Equality and Rights (POWER). Josephina Van Meegan, 44, was road where there is no sidewalk, The Cornell Coalition for Life walking near the back entrance of according lo Sgt. Ron Hart of IC seminar will kick off at 10: 15 a.m. Ithaca College on Coddington Road, Safety and Security, who also re­ on Oct. 17, in room G 1 of Uris Hall. when juniorJoshua Pineda, 19, col­ sponded to the scene. The pro-choice demonstration lided with her as he was heading in "It's actually between two street will take place in front of the build­ the opposite direction, at approxi­ lights," Hart said. "Thcn.:'s no ~idc­ ing, according to Dana Lorfan '94, mately 8:01 p.m., Dawson said. walk, the lighting 1s poor. It's just :.1 a representative from the Cornell "For whatever reason, he's still bad section." Coalition for Life. not clear, he didn't sec her until he The accident was the second or On Oct. 16, POWER will be was on top of her and hit her," third pedestrian-related incident on working witll ~eproductive Rights , Dawson said. that section of Coddington Road in Lines to spearhead a rally at 1 p.m. Van Meegan was transported by approximately seven years, Hart in front of Williard Straight Hall, helicopter to Robert Packer Hospi­ said. Nearby residents have been according to Dolgen. tal in Sayre, Pa., where she died at trying for a long time to make it a Angeline Duane '94, president approximately 1 a.m. on Wednes­ safer area, he said. of the Cornell Coalition for Life, day morning from head and inter­ Tyler Bradford '93, Television/ said she is glad the opposition will nal injuries, Dawson said. Radio, was one of the first students be there because it gives her group "I believe she had massive skull on the accident scene. She and an­ free publicity, but sends a word of fracture and head trauma," Dawson other woman aided Pineda until c:..ition. said. "She probably hit the pave­ Bangs Ambulance arrived. "The pro-choice groups have ment with the back of her head." "Hewasveryupsetatthatpoint," every right to be there, as long as Pineda, who sustained minor Bradford said. "I just wanted to they are tactful. I'd be offended if injuries,receiveda traffic violation keep him calm." they didn't come in to hear both for riding a bicycle after dark with­ She said she could not help the sides," she said out a light, Dawson said. woman because her condition was Lorfan said she is not sure how "Ifhe had a light, he would have worse and a nearby rescue worker the demonstration will affect the The Ithacan/ Tor Seemann seen her or she would have seen was tending to her. seminar, recalling a similar confer­ Jay Harris '96 takes advantage of lndlan summer for Frisbee him totakeevasiveaction," Dawson "It was so devastating to see the ence last year when a pro-choice fun Wednesday. said. rally dissolved. See "Accident," next page "I just want everyone to come with an open mind. Pro-choice people say we're radicals that do Parallels difficult to gauge in alcohol study crazy things, but I've always seen just the opposite," Lorfan said. By Jessica Doty compare the drinking rate at the done a study since 1979. "It is impossible to "We'll see who is radical on Satur­ It is difficult to measure if alco­ two Ithaca schools. "We haven't done a study since day." hol consumption at Ithaca College "The areas are different Two­ then because it is difficult IO put make a generalized Dolgen said several speakers will follows the national trend, accord­ thirds of Cornell is in the city and together that much information," statement concerning be on hand for the OcL 16 rally, ing to several school officials. Ithaca is on the hill, so therefore the Hausner said. where more drinking including professor Zillah A recent national study showed ways in which the two schools party "In the last study done, in 1979, occurs ... " Eisenstein, chairwoman of Ithaca that students at small colleges drink is going to be different" 82 percent of cases reported were College's politics <fepartment more alcohol than students at larger According to the police chief, it alcohol-related incidents," Hausner -Harlin McEwen Eisenstein, described by Dolgen schools. The survey results, based is difficult to ascertain certain DWI said. Ithaca police chief as a "feminist theorist," said she on infonnation collected from 56 figures because when this type of According to Norman Wall, IC will touch on Bush's abortion four-year schools and 22 commu­ arrest is made the officer does not assistant director for campus safety, lems that every other college expe­ policy, abortion in the courts, and nity colleges during the 1989-90 know if the person is a student, a drinking statistics climb with the riences. Are we out of control? No," how the right wing movement and school year, were analyzed by re­ person passing through town or sim­ addition of staff. "Smaller cam­ Wall said. "multiple political issues" affectthe searchers from Southern Illinois ply a resident puses have better communication, There are many alternatives to abortion-rights stance. University and the College of Wil­ McEwen said the majority of which results in more alcohol-re­ drinking available on and off cam­ "I want to mobilize people to liam and Mary. residential complaints come from lated incidents being reported and pus but according to Lynn Gerstein, understand that abortion is a central According to Police Chief Harl in Aurora Street, on which students therefore makes the statistics about IC coordinator of drug and alcohol issue in politics. People see it as a McEwen of the Ithaca Police De­ return to campus from parties. small campuses rise," he said. education, drinking is a given no social or non-essential issue that partment, it is harder to judge alco­ "People complain about IC "A fair percentage of Friday and matter the situation. doesn't belong in the political hol consumption on a small cam­ students ... vomiting, urinating, be­ Saturday reports are alcohol-related, "Students are not (just] drinking arena," ~·he said. pus. "It is impossible to make a ing destructive in their front yards. resulting in an average of Ii ve or so because there is nothing else to do; Eisenstein also said that the tenn generalized statement concerning The public bus system is designed alcohol-related incidents reported there is. Thek1ds whowanttodrink "pro-family" is a cop-out tenn used where more drinking occurs, at a to prevent this." per weekend," he said. will [do so] regardless," she said. by Bush and Clinton because they smaller sized Ithaca College cam­ According to Lt. Hausne( of According to Wall, !C's dnnk­ "The type of institution docs not are too scared to state that they arc pus or, for example, at a much larger Cornell University campus safety, ing problem is not out of proportion cause the problem. On a smaller anti-abortion or pro-abortion. She Cornell University setting," he said. the university has many cases in­ with other schools. campu,, you sec rnor-: problems," See "Abortion," page 6 McEwen said it is difficult to volving alcohol although it has not "We h;1vc l11c ~ame kvcl of prob- Gcr~tc111 "ud. 2 THE ITHACAN October 8, 1992 Accident --- continued from front page Coddington Road Understanding Counselor's woman," Bradford said. "There was Corner so much blood in her mouth that lighting questioned our feelings there was no way to clear the air­ way without emergency equip­ ' ..