The Ithacan, 1994-03-24

Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1993-94 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 3-24-1994 The thI acan, 1994-03-24 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1994-03-24" (1994). The Ithacan, 1993-94. 23. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94/23 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 Opinion ................................. 12 Dialing for classes Lining up Everybody wins What's Happening ................ 14 Clothesline project Accent ............................... 15 Phone registration makes Special Olympics comes to Classifieds/Comics ............ 20 system less hectic, fair 12 recognizes abused women 15 Ithac~:-College 23 Sports ................................ 23 The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 61, No. 23 Thursday, March 24, 1994 28 pages Free GPA restrictions limits election to one party and Todd Leo '95, vice president of "I told [the Elections Commit Several SGA rcpresen tati vc~ "Either [the Elections Act] 1s By Brian Kohn business and finance, was disquali tee] there have been many real poli then questioned Daly, asking for completely invalid, or all interpre Ithacan News Editor fied after background checks were ticians in history that have had hor examples of these inconsistencies. tations must be met equally," Daly Only one party will be on the completed by the Student Govern rid grades - and they turned out to Daly pointed to Article IV of the said. "There is just no room for Student Government Executive ment Election Committee. be excellent politicians," he said. Elections Act, which states, among interpretatiJn m election law~." Board ballot this year, despite re "ThreemembersofChrisDaly's "Why couldn't the same be true for other things, "Candidates for the He said he feels all of the mem peated efforts by Chris Daly '96 to party were below academic stan our party?" offices of Vice Presidents of the ber~ of his party will have grade gain the Election Committee's rec dards," said Ryan Zemanek '96, a During the Student Government Student Body shall have a cumula point averages above 2.50 by the ognition as an official ticket. member of the committee. "Their Association meeting on Tuesday, tive grade point average of at least time they would take office . Daly's party is arguing that the . party was given 48 hours in accor March 22, Daly informally ad 2.50 ... and be a full-time student at Rob Wrzosek. Student Govern grounds for his party's disqualifi dance with the Elections Act to find dressed Congress, trying to change Ithaca College at the time of the ment vice president of busine~s and cation are based on flawed election replacements for the three individu the Election Committee's ruling. elections." finance, told Congress that he was laws. als - instead they chose to appeal He said the appeals process com Daly said this Act can be inter highly offended by Daly's addre~s. Daly's party, which consists of the decision." m~nced due to election laws that preted in several ways because the "He is trying to find a loophole," himself as president; Mitch Palmer Jaffe, Easton and Palmer all fell can be interpreted in several ways. laws do not state if the grade point Wrzosek said of Daly. "I am per '97, vice president of academics; under the requirement, Daly said. "The rules have a lot of holes," average is considered at the time of sonally insulted. and the re~t of you Kevin Jaffe '96, vice president of Palmer, however, said good Daly said. "Election laws as written the election, at the time of the new should be, too." communications; Brandon Easton grades do not correlate with quality should not have holes-they ~hould board's inauguration or before cam Zemanek said it was in the '96, vice president of campus life, leadership. be ironclad." paigning even begins. See GPA, next page Councils call first Spring fling Human meeting in 15 years skull smoking policy, student input into By Stacy Solovey creating curriculum and the overall Ithacan Staff lack of communication between found For the first time in 15 years, the administration and students are By Kevin Harlin Joint Committee oj College Coun some of the issues that the Student · ·· Ithacan News Editor cils will convene to discuss issues Congress hopes to address, said Jen of recent concern throughout the Haile '94, vice president of campus The Ithaca College Office of College. life for SGA. Campus Safety confiscated a hu The closed meeting on Thurs Fox said this meeting will open man skull from a student after dis day, March 31, will consist of the up lines of communication among covering it in a residence hall room, executive officers of the College, the councils, since most of them are said Dave Maley, manager of pub including President James J. affected by the issues to be dis lic information. Whalen, the Executive Committee cussed. The student said he found the of the Faculty Council, the Execu Martha Gray, chairperson of the skull when he was younger, Maley tive Committee of the StaffCouncil Staff Council and assistant director said. Campus Safety contacted the and the Executive Committee of of institutional research and enroll family of the student, who corrobo the Student Congress. ment planning, said her committee rated the story. According to the "Governance will not be adding any issues to the "The student said the skull had Document," the constitution under agenda. been found when he was a child, which the Joint Committee is con "Since we met with part of the basically a childhood relic,"hesaid. structed, the committees meet for administration last Thursday, we Officers first noticed the skull purposes ofsharing information and feel that our current issues are al when they were in the student's providing a forum to discuss cam ready being addressed and dis room for another matter, Maley said. pus-wide concern. cussed," Gray said. "We felt that Later, they decided to return to the Each of the councils has the right the channels we are pursuing now room to confiscate it. to request such a meeting. Mike are adequate for our concerns." Officers sent the skull to the Fox '94, president of Student Gov The Staff Council consists of Cayuga County Medical Examiner ernment Association, said this meet elected officers from various de for a forensic investigation, he said. ing was requested by Student Con partments around the campus, ac Campus Safety officials con gress. cording to Gray. sulted the Tompkins County dis "I think it shows a lot of initia The Faculty Council sent out a trict attorney's office to determine tive from Student Government to newsletter regarding the meeting whether the student violated any improve the relations between the asking for any particular issues that The Ithacan/Dave Slurzberg· laws by keeping the skull without The unseasonably warm weather spurs summer-like fun from students and faculty," Fox said. the faculty might want addressed at reporting it, Maley said. Ed Dibble '96, amidst a winter backdrop. The tenure and promotion policy, See COUNCIL, next page Maley would not release the name of the student involved. ACC merges with Mississippi phone company he said. based in Rochester, NY, currently By Kristen t..alrd Dailey said that ACC's revenue "This merger represents another opportunity for services about 50,000 customers Ithacan Staff is only about 5 percent of LDDS' LDDS to expand its presence in the long distance and 30 to 40 college campuses na tionwide, Dailey said. ACC Long Distance, the phone total revenue and that the effect on market." Dailey also said that the amount company that services Ithaca Col ACC customers will be positive. -Bernard J. Ebbers, of college accounts are growing. lege, has announced plans to merge The merging of resources will president and ACC's total net income for 1993 with LDDS Communications, Inc. create a larger staff and more finan CEO ofLDDS was over $1 million. The merger will not cause a de cial power, which will be to the LDDS, based in Jackson, Mis crease in ACC's customer base, advantage of the customer, Dailey ket. It affords an outstanding op sissippi, provides domestic and in Michael Dailey, manager of ACC said.ACC will be able to provide stock held. portunity for LDDS to participate ternational long distance telecom marketing said. better service to our customers, he Bernard J. Ebbers, president and in the long distance market in munications services through its No official agreement will be said. chief executive officer of LDDS Canada where ACC' s national pres digital fiber optic network to busi signed until the tax-free transaction According to the agreement be Communications, Inc., said. ence has been growing at more than ness and residential customers. takes place, but a letter of intent to tween the companies, ACC stock "This merger represents another 50 percent per year." In 1993, LDDS had revenues of merge with LDDS has already de holders will receive one share of opportunity for LDDS to expand its ACC, a long distance supplier $1.1 billion. fined the tenns for the agreement, LDDS common stock for each ACC presence in the long distance mar- 2 THE ITHACAN March 24 1994 COUNCIL Educational Technology Day Continued from front page "They see there's an issue to the meeting, said Warren address and are using a mechanism Schlesinger, chairperson of the Fac that already exists," Schlesinger showcases new innovations ulty Council and associate profes said.

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