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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1993-94 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 11-4-1993 The thI acan, 1993-11-04 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1993-11-04" (1993). The Ithacan, 1993-94. 10. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94/10 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1993-94 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Opinion Accent Sports Index ()pinion ................................. 11 Legends' legacies Shower power? NCAA bound What's Happening .............. 14 Accent ............................... 15 Ithaca College bids adieu to East Tower students shafted Playoff time for women's 11 by 19 2 3 Classifieds/Comics ............ 21 a pair of longtime friends short showers soccer, field hockey teams Sports ................................ 23 The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 61, No. 10 Thursday, November 4, 1993 32 pages Free The Jim Butterfield Era Heading 'Home' On .Monday, Nov. 1, head Network program to feature findings football coach Jim Butteriield of campus psychology research team announced his retirement after 27 years of coaching Bomber '"The Home Show' contacted me football, effective at the end of By Rand Otten about the information in the L.A. the football season. Ithacan Staff Times article and they were inter career Stats If you have ever wanted to see ested in the work we were just be • 3 NCAA Division Ill National Ithaca College featured on a nation ginning relating to children's un Championships (1979, 1988, ally broadcast television program, derstanding of nutrition and cereal 1991) then tune into channel 9 (ABC) for ads," she said. • 1 ECAC championship "The Home Show" on Tuesday, Since "The Home Show" audi (1984) Nov. 9, when the one of the ence is primarily mothers with • nine-time ECAC Team of the College's psychology research young children, it was an obvious Year teams will be televised across the and important program choice, said • 11 trips to the NCAA playoffs nation. Debbie Alpert, the show· s producer. • a record of 205-70-1, which "The Home Show" became in "Cindy and her team's work places him founh among active terested in the team when it came made me more aware as a parent NCAA Division Ill coaches across a Los Angeles Times feature and I wanted to share this informa • 2 time AFOA/Kodak Coach . The Ithacan/Dave Slurzberg article about IC Psychology Pro tion with our audience," Alpert said of the Year (1988, 1991 ) Head football coach Jim Butterfield (left) and Hhaca College fessor Cindy Sheibe who directs Dan Weiss '94,amemberofthe PrNident Jamee J. Whalen ahake hand• during Butterlleld'• the team. research team, said he feels the work • More coverage p.23 retirement preH conference Monday, Nov 1. The article also focused on the they have been doing will help make team's research, which is based on parents more aware of what their the analysis of commercial televi children watch. sion on the development of chil "I think that "The Home Show"' dren, specifically deception in ce wants to heighten the awareness of No answer yet for real and toy commercials targeted parents and alert them to the decep atchildzm. tion of 1V." he said. "I think the Prom die fnfonnadon iD the ar s11ow ..mi arso i.e1p eo s11ow modilJ ticle, "The Home Show" decided to frornapsychologicalstandpointand county 911 service develop a program about deception media'simpactonyoungchildren."' call is being received. in 1V commercials, Sheibe said See ''Home Show," next page By Chrlaay Coleman "Even ifwe pass a "With 273-8000, the operator Ithacan Staff resolution today [to has to ask for the caller's phone Snow season, already? The city of Ithaca is often alive implement 911 J, it number and address," Joseph said. with the screech of police and fire "It's simply eliminating a step in emergency sirens. By day or by would take two years to the process." night, from bars and cars, to apart be ready because we According to Jack Miller, ments and donn rooms, they can be have to first deal with Tompkins County Fire and Emer heard in the distance - the imme all of the surrounding gency Medical Service Coordina diate emergency away from many tor, the County has not yet negoti ofus. problems," ated with New York Telephone But what if you found yourself -Jack Miller, because there are too many draw in the middle of an emergency? Tompkins County Fire backs to the service, including cost You pick up the phone to call for and Emergency Service Neither Tompkins County offi help. What number do you dial? Coordinator cials n<I New York Telephone of If you answered 6'911," try again. ficials would disclose an actual fig Ithaca has never hada911 emer nite need for a uniform number that ure of what Tompkins County gency number. Dialing 911 would residents will know to call in an would have to pay for the service. do little more than connect you with emergency situation. Cliff Lee, director of New York an operatOr outside of Tompkins But the Board is questioning Telephone media relations, said it County. whether Enhanced 911 service would cost betweeen $50,000 and Ithaca's emergency number is would be sufficiently better than $2 million, based on costs other 273-8000. the existing number based on the counties have paid for the service. While some Tompkins County costofimplementingtheNewYodc Nearby Broome County pays residents feel the existing seven Telephone service. $370,000 to New York Telephone digit number is effective, others E911, unlike Ithaca's current each year for E911 service, accord like Tun Joseph, Ithaca's member emergency number, automatically ing to Michael Aswad, director of of the Tmipkins County Board of provides a dispatcher with the phone Broome County's emergency co- Representatives, feel there is a defi- number and address from where the See ''911," next page Student Government Association VP out: vice-president resigns Tuesday conflicts. She will continue to hold While in office, Flaherty spear By Stacy Solovey the office position until a replace headed the formation of the Library Ithacan Contributor ment is found. Advisory Committee. SGA cur The face of the Student Govern "We'rebehindherbecauseshe's rently is looking for a student to ment Executive Board will soon a student first and it's important for replace Flaherty. change. everyone to understand that," Stu Applications are available in the CarolAnn Flaherty '95, vice dent Government President Mike Office of Campus Activities and president of academics, officially Fox '94said "Wedon'twantthisto Orientation located on the third floor The Ithacan/Michelle Boyd resigned from her position, Tues affect the productivity of the Stu of the Campus Center. Jeff Shllpak '96 enJoya a snowball fight on Tueeday, Nov. 2. day, Nov. 2 during the weekly Stu· dent Government" Fox said the replacement does Th• flrat 1lgnlflcant snowfall of the academic year came with dentGovemmentAssociationmeet The position of vice president of not need to be involved in with the beginning ot November, •• It alwaya doN In blllmy academics mainly entails the re Student Government, but should llhaca. For thDM frNhmen who are untamlllar with the local ing. baveanotablein~tandwomng climate, expect enow •1n. until the encl of Aprll. Haw yaur Flabeny said she could not con view of legislation oo curriculum, enowahoN, parka and gloVN malled from home. Seriously. tinue to hold her position effec regislmtion, academic procedures knowledge about bow lhe organi- tively due 10 penooal reasons and and academic programs. 7.aaioo operalles. l THE ITHACAN -. ·:.- ...-: : : : : .... _. __. _. _, .· -_._.. '.'-' '.'. ·Not•ber:,;'1993 . ' .. , .. - HomeShow-- __ _ :P'f' .sttJd.~~~-.dies• 1 I f I • • .. ~ft~~~, _____________ ~r~~s~ant....., _____ _ conli:8.u~ -'~ front : By Scott L Matson . .. ."She knew hOW .. p~~ • Women's soccer player Alicia aA headline ~i.ii ~~~ i'tWiti~n. · A crew from·"Tlre Home Show" Pitts was misidentified iri a,photo services offered by the Col~e in. · Ithacan News Editor . serious her condition came to the College on Oct. 1:f to captioh 'in the Oct. 28· edition. the Oct. 21 edition implied that a : Arneinorialservice·wru be held · was; 'but she· never tape Sheibe and her team as they new position was created 'in the :on ~Y., Nov .. ~ in ~ M~ . complained.,,, . , analyzed children' sperception and • Fred Vanderburgh's ·name was Health Center. _CllapeJ.f« a 22 rear~ld physical . -Kim Parnell '94 understanding about commercials. misspelled in an Oct. 7 article The nutritionist works indeperi- · therapy -~~t wl)Q «;tied.at home The show taped 11 preschool about college maintenance. dentlyfromtheCollege, and ison after a 30-month fight against marrow drive ·by giving m~ges children's reactions to various ce a'feterral basis. ap~tic anemia. to raise money and find a real and toy am. The children be h la the policy of The~ to corr9CI ernn of tact. To NpOrt MelanieBenenson,ofDeetPark, canpatable donor. lievedcereals with the word '"fruit" oorrectionll, oonlact The llhM»n MW9 depertnlent, ehMr Scoll NY, died Sunday, Ocl 17 after she Aplamc anemia requires a mar in the title were healthy for them llaleon or Uz Gartner, at 274-3207, or atop by Room 2et Pwk Hall. received a bone marrow ttansplant row transplant because the original and toys in the ads were larger than Benenson was scheduled to manow stops producing the needed the actual model.