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It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1989-90 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. ~]qtr~~}:fi~e; illlajor-.: r ·- :: ·-. .. .: _,. ·, '. le~-i~!~!ion, 24 1fHJE T' The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Issue 9 February 15, 1990 241 pages *lF1ree Theives strike again ° 00 Yolkswagen owners beware BY DHAR TANOURY A white, 1988, Volkswagen department is still looking for David Scirocco, belonging to I-C Giumento's 1989 Volkswagen Jetta. sophomore Ethan Grossman, was He reported his car stolen from his stolen early this past Sunday Cortland residence Sunday morning, morning, Feb. 11. from the College Feb. 11. It ha~n't been found yet. Circle Apartments parking lot. In Tompkins county alone, al least six Volkswagens have been repartee The car, which retailed for nearly stolen since this past weekend. The $16,500, was found later that thieves typically entered the morning on a remote dirt road in Volkswagens by breaking off the the town of Danby. It was not in door handles, then jimmying the good shape: the car seats were door lock mechanism until the doors removed, the steering wheel was opened. Upon entry, they hot wired taken, the windshield and rear the cars by breaching the steering window were shattered, and the wheel locks. doors were dented in. Grossman said that an early estimate by a local body shop puts the new damage at ove,r $7,000. ITI-IACANI AMY KWESKIN Stolen and Stripped: Ethan Grossman's 1988 VW Sclrocco sits In Wood R Motors used car lot week earlier, thieves also stole Needless to say, business has picked up for Wood R Motors, next to numerous other Volkswagens that were stolen and recovered by Tompkins County Investigators . $2,600 worth of stereo equipment and 60 cassette tapes from his car Ithaca's Volkswagen dealership. on Feb. 4. According to business manager Grossman said that an early Kevin Butler, nine Volkswagens estimate by a local body shop puts have been brought into Wood's Black feminists the new damage at over $7,000. "It dealership since last Saturday, Feb. might not even be back on the 10. All of them have been stolen road ... the insurance company said and recovered, then taken to Wood's that if that much damage is done, for repairs by their owners. "Butler still struggling then it will probably be totalcd .. .I said, "they've (thieves) taken think if it's (the damage) eighty anything from seats, door handles, wheels, dashboards ... radios, and BY JERILYN VELDOF percent of the car's present value, then they consider it totaled." various parts." He estimates and black men are junior partners feminists over a century later also Grossman isn't the only car thief damages to the cars anywhere from Monica Gordon, a black feminist in the perpetuation of male recognized their dual form of from New York City and originally victim of late. Cornell University a $200 to $3,500. supremacy. oppression but failed to realize the from the Carribean, spoke last week Public Safety reports that Cornell Tompkins County Sheriff's During the height of the civil importance of synthesis. to ~ audience of about 40 mostly student Tasauke Tateishi reported Investigator Mike Day has been rights movement "black women, Black women are in a unique whne students, tracing black his 1987 Volkswagen Gulf stolen assigned to the cases. Although he torn by issues of race and sex, felt position, according to Gordon. feminism from the 60's civil rights from Pleasant Grove Apartments, on could not be reached for comment, compelled to choose between two While the civil rights movement Investigator Mark Dresser said that era to the present. made no effort nor showed no the Cornell campus, early Saturday Gordon pointed out that black identities; to stand firmly in either morning, Feb. 10. The car was Day is in charge of the case and the feminist camp or the civil rights inclination to deal with issues women clearly suffer from dual later found in a field, cast of Woods that the investigation is continuing. camp," Gordon said. "White concerning women, the white If you have any information oppressions; race and sex. From women's movement had different road in the town of Dryden. The women did not have to make this car's wheels, and radio regarding the thefts, please call the black men they experience sexism; concerns than did black women. AM/FM from white women, racism. She choice." were taken. Tompkins County Sheriff's Most black women chose race Compared to white women, black said that in general, supremacy Cortland County Sheriff's department at 272-2444. as the main source of their women more often remain single oppression. Gordon questioned this longer, bear more children, are in decision. the labor market longer and in She believes that black women greater proportion and have less must put an emphasis on sexism education. They also earn less, are as well. Gordon quoted a female widowed earlier and carry a rela­ NAACP executive, "Many black tively heavier economic respon­ Weekend Weathe~ women haven't awakened to the sibility as family heads, she said. fact that the limitations they feel Although in the early 70's both are as much because they are the civil rights movement and the women as because they are black." women's movement wanted black Friday .... Rain likely Even during emancipation there women's support, neither were was a voice encpuraging black willing to put them on the agenda, Highs 50 to 55 women to address sexism. said Gordon. Sojourner Truth said, "There's a Out of this lack of responsive­ Lows about 45 great stir about colored men getting ness came the need to set their the rights, but not a word about own agenda. The National Black Saturday.... Colder with snow the colored women. And if colored Feminist Organization emerged in men get their rights and not colored 1973. This soon died out due to High about 30 women get thei..-s, ... colored internal conflicts and much .·Lows In the teens men will be masters over women, criticism from the black movement and it will be just as bad as before." and others, espe~ially over lesbian Truth saw that there was no name calling. SUndaym.stmny and cold separation between the struggle "There is still no black women's for women's liberation and the High about 20 struggle for black liberation. Black see page 5 .Low .near 10 ., .. February 15, 1990 21TH~CAN IC snack bar lays ([)ff workers BY CHRIS DYER talked about the effect the layoffs During winter break, the snack Seniority was not a factor in the Robbins also stated that it was Daka, the cutbacks. The cutbacks were made would have for students on fi­ bar cut several of its student nancial aid. According to Smith workers' shifts. Approximately 16 on the basis of the positions that food service's, policy that managers were students are placed in jobs in th~ students were either laid off or were open. One of the reasons the students were unaware of the cuts beginning of their freshman year. had some of their shifts cut. not allowed to talk to the press. After the initial placement, it is up Several hundred hours were cut. was that.since most students sign to the student to find a new job if The resulting layoffs caused con­ up for shifts before goin~ home, it the original job does not work fusion for some of the students was impossible to notify them. out. The Office of Financial Aid who were working for the snack Ray Robbins, the snack bar each shift to st>ven student workers. There was no attempt by Daka to keeps a book of job listings for bar. manager, refused to answer any The ensuing cutback resulted in 16 notify the students of the cuts. by student's use in the office. Accord­ One of the former snack bar questions about the layoffs. He students losing hours.~ mail, resulting in a lot of confusion ing to Smith, very few student!> employees said that he had been referred all questions to the direc­ Green also stated that all of the when the students returned. came up to the office to look for a working for the snack bar for the tor of dining services. Mitch Green. students were told that there were Green claims that he, notified new job. She also stated that she past three semesters. Before going Robbins also stated that it shifts available in every unit. Every the Financial Aid Office of the only had to assist one student in home for the break, he signed up was Daka, the food service's, policy studen~ was able to find a job in cutbacks and offered to help place finding a job. for the shifts that he had normally that managers were not allowed to another unit. Seven students were students who cold not find jobs in According to Smith, the Office worked in the past.