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Accent 15 Dressed to teach Professors' di verse clothing represents teaching styles Vot.UME 65, NUMBER 20 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 28 l'A<,I ,. 1-i<I I SMOKING DUMPSTER SGA debates Elections Act Mandatory GPA in question dc~ri;ncd a clau~e t() he 1nLluded By Katie Bromley 111 the Election~ Act thal V.()Uld Ithacan Staf 111corporale Schet11110·, ,rati: Perhaps II ,~ a qui.:~t,oll of rncnt. Th,~ clau,e would mals.c II morality. Pcrhap~ II ,, a lei;al po~~rhle for ~1udent~ dragrw,ed issue. No one can ~ay for ~urc, hut with learning d1~abrl111c~ v. lule Ill temper~ arc llarr ng, and a rc~ri;na college to u~c their GPA from 1he tion has been made_. day they were diagno,cd onward. During the The motion wa, voled down h~ first week~ of the SGA A~~cmhly al the l·cb _, the ~cme~tcr. rnci.:trng. the Student Tuc,day. Feb I 0. the "'uc Government ,iro,e aga111 at an S(iA meeting. A~soc1at1on when Ma~ announced hr, re'1g dt~CU~~cd nation a~ S(iA fund-ral\111g drn.:c revrsrng rts tor. Electrons Act, "There\ no way I can rcpri.: wh1d1 outlines ,cnt th,~ executive board after [11] Robert B. Bluey/The Ithacan the rules that ran on a platfonn that triumphed Ithaca Fire Department members work to extinguish a fire in a Dumpster adjacent to Talcott Steve May Hall Tuesday afternoon as firefighter Don Reynolds supervises. Assistant Fire Chief Guy govern the d1vcr~11y." May ~a,d ··Thai', VanBenschoten '74, said the fire was caused by "Inappropriate discarding of a smoking election hypocnt,cal. We· re in the po'1- product." He said the product was probably Insulated by bags of garbage, which may have process. One of the main points of tion of excluding people v.)](l ignited the fire. Ithaca College volunteer firefighters, senior Quint Friesen and sophomore discussion was a requirement for have a medical cond111on from Dylon Curatolo, also responded to the call. The blaze was extinguished minutes afterward. candidates of the SGA executive running for exccu11vc of the body hoard to hold a minimum 2.5 that represents them. Ju~I grade point average. hccau~e rt\ legal doc~n·1 mean At the Tuesday, Feb. 3, SGA rt"~ moral." Anti-Semitic graffiti f ou.nd meeting, junior congress member Hophan ~ard the Congrc~~ Steve May ~aid he felt this feels leader~ should have a 2.5 m Semitic graffiti discovered on have not yet been notified, but the requirement limits the involve order to run for executive po~1- By Scott Hepburn campus this year. staff intends to hold awareness ment of stu tions rn thi.: Ithacan Staff The Bias-Related Incidents programs in response to last dents with '' We're in the position SGA. Anti-Semitic graffiti struck Committee, a group of Ithaca weekend's graffito, Williamson learning "\Ve need the Ith.aca College community College administrators, faculty said. disabilities. He of excluding people to ,ct ~tan last weekend, this time on the and students formed last semes "We need to take a stand and called it "a dards ai.:ru" fourth floor of the West Tower. ter, is an organization that deals let the rest of the Ithaca [College] lawsuit waiting who have a medical the board," he The words "I beat up a Jew with such cases. community know that this is not to happen." ~a,d. and then I made a sandwich" After a meeting Tuesday, Feb. acceptable," said Satinsky, who is At the meet condition from running Roger were scrawled on a bulletin board 17 the committee planned to also president of Hillel. "It's up to ing, May pre falin1,!er. SGA outside the elevator doors, West announce a bias alert. The bias rndividuals to take responsibility sented a letter for executive of the ad\ !\Cr. ~a,d Tower Residence Director Tricia alert is a concept that was devel for their actions." from Le~I ie body that represents the SGA rnn Williamson said. oped by the committee to inform Members of the Bias-Related Sehettino, sultcd Yrcc The comment was written on students about crimes of intoler Incidents Committee and staff in coordinator for them. Just because it's Pre,1den1 and a bulletin board that asked resi ance on campus. the West Tower were concerned Academic C () I I .: 1! e dents what they did over break. "One of the jobs of the com that recurring intolerance on cam Support legal doesn't mean it's Coun~el Senior Pascal Young, the resident millee is to let the campus-at pus may leave some students Services for N a n c ! assistant who created the display, large know what happened," said feeling unsafe. Students with mora1.'' Pringle She was among the first to notice the committee member Sara "I want to touch base with the Di~ab1l1tics at Steve May '99 gave her rcc graffito when it appeared Sunday, Satinsky, a senior. "[The bias community," Satinsky said. "I Ithaca College. -:-~GA representative ommcnda1wn Feb. 15. alert) was one of the means they want to make sure people arc still In the letter, lo go ahe;id "I saw it and immediately came up with to let people know feeling safe on this campus. If Schettino said "both Section 50-1 with 1I~ 2.5 GPA rcqu1rcnwnt i.:,11icd campus safety, and they what was going on." they're not, I want to find out of the Rehah1htat1on Ai.:1 and the :\1 the Tuc,d,1~. fch. 17 sc;,\ i.:ame up," Young said. A report Satinsky said she feels com ways that we can make them feel Americans wllh D1~ah1ht1e~ AL'! 111ect111g. Schet11nll ~pllls.e Ill the was filed and the sign was taken munication on the campus has safer." arc designed to be rntcrpretcd on ,t~~i.:mhly 10 clan!! what ,he had as evidence, he added. been a problem in the past, and Williamson said the be~t way a ca~e-by-casc ha~,~-" \\ nlten Ill her let1i.:r- "Somebody tried to make a heller communication may mini to combat this problem is lor May and Elci.:troll~ Commlltcc .. Ted1111c,tll!. havrng a GP:\ joke; but it was a pretty foul joke, miLe the amount of intolerance those who arc offended by bias Co-Chairman Phil llllphan Continued on page 6 at that," he said on campus. related graffiti to voice their con This is the fourth case of anti- Residents of the West Tower cerns. Timeline of bias-related incidents Opinio~ 13 "Kill Jews" found Gay slurs found written in "I beat up a Jew and Death penalty shaving cream on an then I made a sand- written in an Should murderers he \ I ' Emerson Hall automobile in M lot near sent to death or be Boothroyd Hall allowed to reform? I \ Index "Def comedy niggers-so Accent . .15 I I White supremacy symbols and : ....... m -: •rn • :~ r,i• .,... : ,-..:-.,111 funny you'll want to kill Classified .21 I : 11 : , , ·.~r 111 1• .,., , 'l'l 11< :. 11 1 Comics. .22 swastika found written in third • _.,, them" and "Black B~ch" floor lounge of Emerson Hall "'t:11 M : .1n ,1 ~... •-: 1 n1 written on posters in Opinion .12 ~ m :,,---:_,! : 1 1 ,·~.m,J 11"' p• • •= H Towers Concourse Sports .23 < • ½, ~ '•: 2 THE ITHACAN FEBRUARY 19, 1998 Monday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in ~,.·. the Greenstar meeting room. fl!;~. For more information, call Cuban conference Sandy at 272-3814. permission to move off campus. But Alderwoman A dialogue on race relations in By Pldllp nn Platen Susan Cummings warns students there's a housing Cuba will be held tonight at 7 Lifeguarding class Ithacan Staff p.m. in the Anabel Taylor Cate The American Red Cross will crisis in Ithaca, and South Hill has the worst stock at Cornell University. For more hold a winter lifeguarding This week, 11 years ago: in the city. "You're paying high rents, and apart· information, call Carly Fox at class at Lansing High School Above The Ithacan s masthead, there is a small ments are packed," she says, encouraging ·students 273-9466. on Tuesday and Thursday teaser that says: "Drug dealer arrested, see page to get involved in calling for improved housing. nights from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 5." Well, well, that won't look good to the parents Down in the nation's capital, crisis is also the Bloodmobile p.m. beginning Monday, Feb. back home. Sounds like big news ... how come the word on everyone's lips. The Iran-Contra scandal is The American Red Cross 23. Advance registration is editors buried it on page five? Perhaps because the in full bloom, and the special commission investi bloodmobile will be at the required. For more informa dealer was caught some distance from the campus.