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Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. November 29, 2007 The Ithacan Volume 75, Issue 12

Ex-employee charged with at ease in academia grand larceny Study fi nds professors are happier than general workforce BY SAMANTHA ALLEN STAFF WRITER A former Ithaca College employee was arrested Nov. 15 for allegedly stealing more than $371,000 from the college. Wendy Travis, 47, former assis- tant director of conference and events services, was arrested on suspicion of grand larceny in the second degree, according to Ithaca Town Court documents. Th is included undocu- mented refunds made to her personal credit card account and misappropri- ating college funds for personal gain, the documents said. In court records obtained from the City of Ithaca Clerk’s offi ce, the vice president of fi nance and administra- tion of the college said Travis was au- thorized to use college procurement cards intended for acquiring goods and services for the college only. Th e college was notifi ed in July that NOVA, a provider of fi nancial services contracted by the college, had detected irregular refund trans- actions in account records, accord- BY KATHY LALUK According to a recent study released immediacy of the outcome: watching stu- ing to the documents. ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity dents grow and learn.” Dave Maley, associate director Jim Daehn says his post-collegiate Association, College Retirement Equities Paul Yakoboski, a principal research of media relations, said the fi ndings plans always included entering the profes- Fund (TIAA-CREF), 96 percent of profes- fellow for TIAA-CREF, said the study were reported to Public Safety in July, sional work force. After graduating from sors polled were either somewhat or very followed 300 full-time professors at four- and Travis was fi red July 26. SUNY-Oswego in 1992, Daehn founded satisfi ed with their jobs. By comparison, a year institutions and asked about their As of Oct. 26, the college’s audit- a software company with two friends, but survey of American workers found only job satisfaction based on their balance ing fi rm, Grant Th orton, LLP, had soon found the fi nancial and market pres- about 75 percent of employees were satis- between work and life, their salary, their documented more than $371,000 in sures were too much to handle and turned fi ed with their jobs. relationships with colleagues and on an suspicious fi nancial transactions, ac- to teaching to better utilize his skills. Colin Stewart, assistant professor of overall basis. cessible by Travis, since the year 2000, “I had a blast working professionally, theater arts, said he thought most profes- Yakoboski also said TIAA-CREF spe- the documents said. Th e college is but you know, starting a new company is sors at the college were satisfi ed, but each cifi cally looked at professors of diff erent continuing to investigate transactions so risky,” said Daehn, now an assistant pro- has his or her own reasons. ages, surveying 100 professors from three prior to the year 2000. fessor of computer science at Ithaca Col- “Th e defi nition of job satisfaction var- generations: Generation X (born between Conference and Events Services lege. “Teaching sort of fell into my lap, but ies from person to person,” he said. “I think 1965 and 1980), Late Baby Boomers (born arranges for internal and exter- I like that [teaching] is not so ‘dog-eat-dog’ what makes teaching in general feel like it nal clients to schedule events on as the corporate world.” has a signifi cant level of satisfaction is the See SATISFACTION, page 4 campus. Th e offi ce handles approxi- mately $2 million every year. As as- Jim Daehn, assistant professor of computer science, sits in his offi ce Tuesday between classes. Daehn, who spent three years in the sociate director, Travis had access business world before becoming a professor, said the laid-back nature of teaching makes it a more appealing career. to several large accounts, including MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN programs generated for Suzuki and Chamber Summer Institutes, the documents said. In September 2006, Travis was promoted from business coordinator, a position she had held for 16 years, to Genocide survivor to speak on Darfur assistant director for event planning and special programs. BY RYAN MIGA so we can be stronger in standing up against the Maley said no individual at the CONTRIBUTING WRITER genocide,” she said. “As much as we can read about college has ever been suspected of When Stephanie Nyombayire was only 7 years what’s going on, there’s nothing quite like hearing misappropriating such a large sum old, her family was torn apart by the genocide in about it from somebody [who has] been there.” of money. Rwanda. Hutu extremists murdered dozens of Her personal connection to the Rwandan trag- “Th is is certainly the largest amount members of Nyombayire’s extended family. edy has led her to campaign for an end to genocide, of money to my knowledge,” he said. “Everything about that experience made me specifi cally in the current confl ict in Darfur. Maley said an event like this does want to make sure that this experience wasn’t re- In the United States, Nyombayire enrolled in not cause the college administration peated — not just for my family, but also for any Swarthmore College, in Pa. At the college, she was to lose faith in its employees. other human being’s family,” Nyombayire said. one of the founding members of the Genocide In- “We’re confi dent that the safe- Nyombayire, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan tervention Network in October 2004. She said the guards we [currently] have in place do genocide and a representative of the Genocide students who founded the network believed they and will catch when someone violates Intervention Network, will speak at Ithaca Col- could have a hand in providing security for the trust,” he said. lege tomorrow about the ongoing crisis in Darfur, people of Darfur. In November 2005, Th e Ithacan re- in which approximately 400,000 people have died “What really motivates me is that it had to be ported David Speller, former associate since 2003. recognized that human life is worth more than director of the Offi ce of Multicultural Her visit is sponsored by Ithaca College’s Stu- economic interests. … Th e cost of holding perpe- Aff airs, was charged with misappro- dent Anti-Genocide Coalition chapter, formerly trators responsible for genocide should not even be priating $33,000 from the college. called Students Taking Action Now: Darfur. calculated in terms of money or fi nancial interest.” Th e college is requesting criminal Senior Amanda Kesseler, the group’s co-presi- In 2003, non-Arab rebel forces in Darfur prosecution for Travis and full resti- Stephanie Nyombayire, a founder of the Geno- dent, said that STAND is primarily a student- staged several successful attacks against Suda- tution for the loss to the college, in- cide Intervention Network, will speak at the awareness group. nese military installations, accusing the Sudanese cluding the cost of investigation fees. college at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Textor 101. “We think it’s really important to get the cam- When contacted at her home, COURTESY OF THE GENOCIDE INTERVENTION NETWORK pus community educated on what’s happening See STAND, page 4 Travis declined to comment.

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2 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007 THIS Nation&World WEEK  Musharraf steps down from military 29 THURSDAY A tearful Pervez Musharraf ended a four-de- cade military career yesterday, giving up his army International AIDS Work commander’s ceremonial baton on the eve of Colloquium presented by taking an oath as the purely civilian president of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Pakistan. Bisexual and Transgender Th e United States, keen to promote democracy Education, Outreach and Ser- while keeping Pakistan focused on fi ghting Islamic vices will be held from 12:10 extremism, praised Musharraf’s relaxation of his to 1 p.m. in the Cayuga Lake grip on power as a “good step” forward. Meeting Room But it gave him no slack on the other key demand that he end a state of emergency that has enraged “Under Construction: Build- political rivals, strained his close ties with the West ing Mitochondrial Respiratory and cast doubt on the ability of opposition parties to Chain Complexes” lecture campaign for parliamentary elections in January. begins at 4 p.m. in CNS 112 “We welcome Musharraf’s decision to shed the Screening of “The 11th uniform,” said former Prime Minister Benazir Bhut- Hour” presented by the to, leader of one of the two main opposition parties. Student Activities Board will “Now the Pakistani army has got a full-fl edged chief, be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and they can better perform their duties.” in the Park Auditorium But she said her party would “not take any deci- sion in haste” on whether it could accept Musharraf 30 FRIDAY as head of state. Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister Shabbat Services will begin and opposition leader, again rejected Musharraf’s at 6 p.m. in Muller Chapel presidency, saying his presidential oath Th ursday Shabbat dinner will begin at would have “no legitimacy.” Responding to disaster approximately 7:15 p.m. on Musharraf’s belated retirement as chief of the Terrace Dining Hall balcony A physician treats a woman yesterday aboard the USS Kearsarge in South Khali, Bangladesh. A the military denies him the authority that has cyclone devastated the area on Nov. 15. The Kearsarge arrived off the coast of Bangladesh last Friday to IC After Dark’s Cosmic sustained him for the eight years since he seized support ongoing relief efforts at the request of the Bangladesh government. Revolution will be held from power in a coup. ASSOCIATED PRESS/U.S. MARINE CORPS, PETER R. MILLER 8 to 11 p.m. in IC Square He relinquished command yesterday at army headquarters in Rawalpindi, a garrison city near the 2 SUNDAY capital, Islamabad. He handed over his baton to his 2005 and has shown that anger still smolders in strikes against the Taliban,” an ISAF spokesman hand-picked successor, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, a ca- poor housing projects where many Arabs, blacks said. “Th e situation is not clear at all at this stage. Catholic Community Mass reer offi cer who analysts expect to show his inde- and other minorities live largely isolated from the We are carrying out the investigation and trying begins at 1 and 9 p.m. in pendence from the president. rest of society. to get a clear picture.” Muller Chapel “Th is army is my life. Th is army is my passion,” Th e violence erupted Sunday after the deaths of Th e engineers and laborers had been build- Musharraf said, grimacing as an honor guard stood two minority teens whose motor scooter collided ing a road for the U.S. military in mountainous 3 MONDAY to attention in a fi eld hockey stadium before hun- with a police car in Villiers-le-Bel. Nuristan province and were sleeping in two tents dreds of dignitaries, mostly military offi cers and Residents claimed the offi cers left without help- in the remote area when they were killed Monday Mesa Española will be held their wives. ing the teens. Prosecutor Marie-Th erese de Givry night, said Sayed Noorullah Jalili, director of the from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the denied that, saying police stayed on the scene until Kabul-based road construction company Ameri- Terrace Dining Hall balcony French President reacts to riots fi refi ghters arrived. fa. Th ere were no survivors, he said. Out of the Closet and Onto French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday the Screen fi lm series screen- that rioters who shot at police would be brought U.S. airstrike kills 14 in Afghanistan Existing home sales continue slump ing of “Georgie Girl” begins at to justice as violence that rocked Paris suburbs U.S.-led coalition troops killed 14 road con- Sales of existing homes fell for the eighth consec- 7 p.m. in Textor 102 appeared to ebb. struction workers in airstrikes in eastern Afghan- utive month in October, with median home prices It was the fi rst time Sarkozy, who had just re- istan after receiving faulty intelligence, Afghan falling by a record amount. Analysts blamed the 4 TUESDAY turned from China, entered the fray since the riot- offi cials said yesterday. worsening housing slump on the credit crunch that ing broke out Sunday night. Th e violence, which Th e coalition said it was looking into the incident hit in August. Guitar Hero Tournament Sarkozy called “unacceptable,” eased Tuesday night in Nuristan province, but did not immediately com- Th e National Association of Realtors reported hosted by the Student after police were deployed in force and quickly ment. NATO’s International Security Assistance that sales of existing single-family homes and con- Activities Board begins at rounded up youths lobbing Molotov cocktails and Force said it has conducted airstrikes against Taliban dominiums dropped by 1.2 percent last month to an 7 p.m. in Textor 102 setting cars ablaze. fi ghters in the area, but did not say when. adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million units. Intergenerational Choir Th e violence has drawn comparisons with “ISAF was engaged in the Nurgaram and Du performance begins at riots that raged through suburbs nationwide in Ab [districts], and in those places we used air- SOURCE: Associated Press 7 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall Spanish conversation group will begin at 7:30 p.m. on the fi rst Local planning council Activities Center. For more infor- fl oor lounge of Terrace 11 College&City to discuss health care mation, contact Dustin Newcombe Th e Health Planning Council of at [email protected]. 5 WEDNESDAY Former city mayor dies from 2001 to 2005 and oversaw Ithaca will hold its annual meeting of natural causes at 87 the Department of Justice after the Monday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to ad- 17th annual Holiday sale “Rising to the Sustainability Ben Nichols, former mayor of Sept. 11 terror attacks. dress issues of universal health care. to be held by Longview Leadership Challenge” lecture the City of Ithaca and professor Free tickets to the event are Th e meeting’s keynote address, Longview residents and out- by Mark Orlowski will be held emeritus at Cornell University, available at the Willard Straight titled “University Health Care side vendors will host their annual from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in died of natural causes Saturday. Hall tickets offi ce. — Pros and Cons of Diff erent Ap- Holiday Bazaar Saturday from CNS 112 Nichols was 87 years old. proaches,” will take place in the 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Longview . Nichols held offi ce from 1989 Admissions candidates Kendal at Ithaca Auditorium. Th e The bazaar will include gift ADD YOUR EVENT to 1995 and was a member of the to visit college campus event will be followed by a panel sales, raffles and a café featuring Democratic Socialists of America The three final candidates for discussion with faculty from Cor- the 2007 Chili Cook-Off People’s Drop events for “This throughout his political career. the position of senior assistant di- nell University’s Department of Choice winning chili. Week” in the marked box in Nichols was also a professor rector of admission will hold open Policy Analysis and Management. For more information, visit The Ithacan office, or e-mail emeritus of electrical and comput- sessions at the college during the Th e $5 registration for the the Longview Web site at www. Assistant News Editor Kathy er engineering at Cornell Universi- next two weeks. event is due today. For more in- ithacarelongview.com. Laluk at [email protected] ty, where he was a faculty member Rebecca Page Johnson, owner formation, contact Betty Falcao by 5 p.m. Monday. from 1949 to 1988. of Johnson Educational Consult- by e-mail at [email protected] or Habitat for Humanity club A private burial ceremony ing, LLC, will meet with students, by phone at 273-8686. earns grant for next build CORRECTIONS was held earlier this week. Plans faculty and staff today from Ithaca College’s Habitat for are still in the works for a public noon to 1:30 p.m. in Emerson Alternative spring break Humanity club was one of 10 It is The Ithacan’s policy to celebration of Nichols’ life. Suites A. applications due tomorrow chapters nationwide to receive a correct all errors of fact. Candidate James Bledsoe will Th e deadline for applications to $10,000 grant from State Farm Please contact Tricia Nadolny John Ashcroft to present hold an open session Tuesday volunteer for Ithaca College’s alter- Insurance for their next project. at 274-3207. today at Cornell University from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the native spring break is tomorrow. Senior Ainsley Smith, one of the Former U.S. Attorney General Green Room in James J. Whalen The program, which is in club’s co-presidents, said the money COPY EDITORS John Ashcroft will speak today at School of Music. The third final- its fourth year, allows selected will go directly to their Corning affi l- Cornell University. Th e speech, ist, Cedric Bolton, will hold an students, faculty and staff to trav- iates at Southeast Steuben County. Khadijah Anderson, Sara Bempkins, Michelle Bizon, “Th e Politics of National Security,” open session Dec. 6 from noon to el across the country to volunteer Smith said the grant will help Allie Clingan, David Durrett, will take place from 7:30 to 9. p.m. 1:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites A. during the college’s spring break fund their next building project Anna Funck, Kara Gornic, Lizzy in the Statler Hall Auditorium and All sessions are free and open in March. in March. Honas, Healther Karschner, is sponsored by more than 20 orga- to the public. For more informa- Applications are available Since the donation is a matching Lauren Kaufman, Hilary West- nizations from the university. tion, contact the Offi ce of Admis- on the CSLI Web site at www. grant, the college’s club must pro- gate, Kelly Whiffen Ashcroft was attorney general sions at 274-3124. ithaca.edu/csli or in the Student vide an equal amount of money. Thursday, November 29, 2007 NEWS The Ithacan 3 World AIDS Day event to focus on Namibia Community BY MARCUS POON responds to CONTRIBUTING WRITER There are 33.2 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, according to racial incident the World Health Organization’s 2007 AIDS BY ANTONINA ZIELINSKA Epidemic Update, which was released STAFF WRITER last week. Two organizations in Ithaca Lis Maurer, coordinator of LGBT Educa- held a press conference Nov. 16 tion Outreach Services at Ithaca College, said to call for the resignation of Judith the issue is more relevant to students than they Pastel, superintendant of the Itha- would assume. ca City School District. “I cannot stress enough that we do have HIV Activists Committed to Inter- positive students,” Maurer said. “We do have stu- rupting Oppression Now and Race dents that fi nd out that they Liberation Alliance organized the are HIV positive, and it is not conference in response to a student’s something they expected. . . . suspension after he was involved It’s just something that may- To see a photo in another racial incident at Ithaca be we need to remember to gallery from High School. have a conversation about.” the AIDS Quilt At the press conference at the event, visit www. As part of World AIDS South Side Community Center in theithacan.org/ Day, the college will hold a go/07quilt Ithaca, Bryce Housel, 15, the stu- colloquium today on the re- dent suspended, expressed con- ality of AIDS in Namibia. Th e cerns about the safety of black stu- event, titled “Global Perspectives on HIV/AIDS dents in Ithaca High School. Prevention: Images and Stories from Namibia,” “When I go to school, I always will take place at 12:10 p.m. in the Cayuga Lake have to be on high alert,” he said. Katie Kohlback, a teacher in Marathon, N.Y., reads one of the panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on Room. Th e lecture is part of the Center for Fac- Th e suspension followed pro- Monday in Emerson Suites. The quilt was displayed Monday through Wednesday. ulty Excellence’s international focus series and CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN tests by Ithaca High School stu- comes as one of the events leading up to World dents last month involving the case AIDS Day on Saturday. dent programs and co-chair of the organization, said AIDS eff ects 50 percent of the adult population. of Amelia Kearney v. ICSD. Maurer said HIV/AIDS is a major concern it is important for people to understand the disease “It was very moving to stand in a crowd of In December, Kearney, an Itha- in Namibia. in order to combat discrimination. hundreds and think one in every two people is ca College student, will appear in “Twenty percent of adults in Namibia are HIV “It comes down to respect for a fellow human be- HIV positive.” court to seek compensation from positive,” said Maurer. “Over 100,000 children ing,” she said. “It can happen in South Africa; it can Maurer said there is a project taking place in the school district for failing to are orphans.” happen on campus.” Namibia that is similar to the Names Project, but it protect her daughter from racial As part of the week’s events, the Names Proj- Junior Genevieve Labe, the president of AIDS has a striking diff erence. harassment that she said occurred ect, a quilt honoring AIDS victims, was shown Aware, an on-campus organization, said people “Each panel was made by friends and family to over a 5-month period last year. in Emerson Suites beginning Monday and ending are afraid to confront the reality of AIDS. commemorate someone who has died,” she said. During the press conference, Wednesday. Th e project started in 1987 and has “Th is is something people are scared about “None of the panels have anyone’s name because the Keisha Hicks, Housel’s mother, said grown to include more than 44,000 tombstone- because it is like, how dare you talk about stigma is so strong.” she was disappointed in the high sized patches created by family members and people dying?” she said. “Once people see it Maurer said she hopes awareness programs school’s leadership and the way her friends of the victims. though, they are really glad they came. It’s re- like the ones taking place on the campus can son’s suspension was handled. She Th e Names Project’s visit to campus was spon- ally great to see that these people who have died reach out to busy students and give them per- said the suspension was terminated sored by Action For AIDS, AIDS Aware and the are human.” spective of the hard life millions live every day. early because she was not informed Southern Tier AIDS Program, an off -campus or- Maurer will speak at the colloquium about her “HIV and AIDS is still an issue in this country, of it until after it took eff ect. ganization. Action For AIDS has been sponsoring experience on a delegation that traveled to Na- and it’s easy to not know what is going outside Marcia Fort, a member of the Names Project’s visit to campus for more than mibia in 2003 to learn about the AIDS prevention of your very busy schedule,” she said. “Your big- ACTION, said the petition asking 10 years. programs and educational tactics used there. She gest responsibility is to inform yourself and then for Pastel’s resignation declared her Kimberly Conrad, assistant director of new stu- said she traveled to parts of the country where decide what it means to you.” unfi t to lead the district. Pastel, who was not present at the press conference, said she wants to cooperate with parents, but she would not comply with the request. Student internships disrupted by writers’ strike “I do not plan to resign,” she said. Housel was suspended for hit- BY ANDY SWIFT Mizes said people don’t have to be ting another student at the high ACCENT EDITOR working on television shows in order school after the student allegedly When senior Scott Berg began to feel the eff ects of the strike. He sees called Housel a racially derogatory the semester at the Ithaca College a heightened level of anxiety from term. Housel said he was defending Los Angeles Program, he was anxious people all over Hollywood. himself from verbal and potential to pursue a career in screenwriting “Everybody is nervous about physical abuse. as an intern at both CBS Interactive this strike, especially with the [1988] Hicks said the school acted un- and DirecTV’s “Passions.” He never strike lasting for six months,” Mizes fairly in punishing her son but not imagined he would fi nd himself in the said. “You can just see the eff ect it the white student. middle of one of the entertainment has. Writers are literally the building “Th e administration doesn’t industry’s biggest upsets in recent blocks and foundation of the enter- help protect those who have been years — a writers’ strike. tainment industry.” harmed,” she said. “I have to cross picket lines at both Jon Bassinger-Flores, programs Pastel said all students involved [of my internships],” Berg said. “I feel and services coordinator for ICLA, in the incident had consequences. uncomfortable crossing because I’m arrived on campus Nov. 11 to meet Hicks said it is the administration here … to pursue a writing career in with students going to Los Angeles in failing and not the school staff . television, and I am 100 percent on the spring. He said several concerned “Th e faculty and staff are exem- [the writers’] side.” individuals approached him asking if plary in their eff orts to ensure all Th e Writers Guild of America it would be possible to defer their trip students get a quality education,” she has been on strike since Nov. 5. More for a semester. Bassinger-Flores said said. “Th e disconnect is the adminis- than 12,000 of the guild’s members he encouraged them to continue with trative side of ... Ithaca High School.” are challenging the Alliance of Mo- Actor John Stamos pickets Nov. 6 outside the Warner Bros. Television their original plans. Pastel said she is active in pro- tion Picture and Television Produc- studio in Los Angeles in support of the Writers Guild of America. Tropiano said it’s important for moting change within the schools. DAMIAN DOVARGANES/ASSOCIATED PRESS ers, demanding that they receive worried students to remain optimis- “I’ve been ... supporting the prin- more money accrued from sales of because only a limited number of as a result of the strike. tic, since no one can predict how long cipals and the teachers with regards television shows and fi lms on DVD. scripts had been fi nalized when the Like Berg, senior Sara Pleskow the strike is going to last. to ideas that they have,” she said. Guild members also want to re- strike began. said she is also confl icted when she “Th ere are still many internships “Th ere are some options that I’ve ceive payment for their work that “Th ere are some students who comes across the protestors on the available that aren’t necessarily im- asked them to consider and look gets streamed online or sold through were working on television shows way to her internship at FOX Atomic. pacted directly because of the writers’ forward to having these changes oc- programs like iTunes. Th e WGA has that continued for a while once the Making her way across picket lines strike,” he said. cur in the school.” gone on strike twice before: once for strike started,” he said. “[But once has become one of her daily tasks. Bassinger-Flores said while it’s Pastel said racial tension in the fi ve months in 1960 and again for six their show ran out of scripts] the in- “Th ere is a light right before I understandable that some students school is part of a broader problem months in 1988. ternship basically ended early.” have to turn into the studio, and … are discouraged by the situation, they that society as a whole needs to work Stephen Tropiano, director of Tropiano said serious prob- the writers come up to my window should appreciate experiencing such on. She said the district alone cannot ICLA, said students interning at “Last lems were avoided because most and pass out sheets,” Pleskow said. “I a historical event fi rst-hand. make all the changes necessary to Call with Carson Daly” and “Ellen” students were juggling two intern- always want to be able to tell them, ‘I “It’s an interesting time to be out keep students safe in school. are fi nally resuming their duties, as ships. When one of their intern- am on your side, and I wouldn’t nor- here,” he said. “It’s an aspect of the “We as adults just need to ... those shows are among the few back ships ended, they were able to shift mally cross the picket line, but I kind business that students aren’t normally help our children understand the in production. Students interning their time to the second. He said of need to graduate.’” exposed to. … Th is is real stuff that af- power of words and bullying,” for scripted dramas and sitcoms, he no students are in danger of failing Junior A.J. Mizes is interning at fects not just the stars, but everyone she said. “Th at’s not acceptable in said, had a more diffi cult adjustment to earn enough internship credits PMK/HBH, a public relations fi rm. across the board.” our community.” 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, November 29, 2007 Professors enjoy work despite stresses of the job SATISFACTION campus,” he said. FROM PAGE 1 Beth Ellen Clark Joseph, associate professor of physics, worked as a re- between 1955 and 1964) and Early search assistant at Cornell University Baby Boomers (born between 1946 before joining the Ithaca College fac- and 1954). ulty in 2001. She said being a profes- “We wanted to examine a mix of sor is time-consuming and stressful, diff erent generations’ reactions to but she enjoys working with people their work,” Yakoboski said. “Based too much to return to the profes- on the results, I wouldn’t say the gen- sional world. eral work force is miserable. It just “In research, it was just me and seems that professors fi nd their work my computer every day. It was very more gratifying.” lonely,” she said. “With teaching, I Prior to conducting the survey, know I’m not going to go out and Yakoboski said he assumed Genera- change the world, but my students tion X professors would be more in- might. And that’s exciting to me.” terested in working in the professional Stewart, who spent around 20 world because they enjoy taking risks years working on and off in the pro- more than the older generations. fessional world, said despite the re- “At the end of the day, the gen- wards, there are plenty of things that eration diff erences didn’t really aff ect might turn people off to teaching, the respondents’ answers. It defi nite- including low salary, administrative ly surprised me,” he said. pressures and paperwork. From left, senior Samantha Yaeger; Steve TenEyck, assistant professor and associate chair in the theater arts depart- Associate Provost David Garcia “Teaching is not a particularly glo- ment; sophomore Christine Goldman; and Colin Stewart, assistant professor of theater arts, meet Tuesday. said the college has not conducted job rious profession,” he said. “It doesn’t CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN satisfaction surveys in the past, but all pay a lot of money, has a signifi cant “In the professional world, if an “Nobody could have convinced working in the professional world faculty members on a tenure-track amount of stress related to it, has a emergency happens, you’ll prob- me that I couldn’t have it all,” helps his teaching ability and lets will participate in the Collaborative on lot of politics involved in it and all of ably be able to leave and only let she said. “But I now know why it’s him exercise creative energy. Academic Careers in Higher Educa- this stuff that would cause a lack of down a few people,” she said. “If that so diffi cult.” “I have sort of an itch to scratch, tion study this spring. COACHE is job satisfaction. Th at’s why you have happened to me, I would be letting Despite the diffi culties, some and working in the real world helps a joint initiative run by the Harvard to truly love to teach.” down a classroom of 40, 50 or even professors, like Steve TenEyck, as- me get that out,” he said. Graduate School of Education that Clark Joseph, who has two adopt- 100 students.” sistant professor and associate chair For Daehn, teaching is not about monitors retention rates and job sat- ed daughters from China, said one of Clark Joseph said this kind of in the theater arts department, con- the money or the praise — it’s about isfaction of professors. the more diffi cult aspects of her job stress forces her to work a little tinue to dabble in the professional something more instinctual. “Th ese surveys will help [the is trying to maintain her family and harder to keep her life balanced, but world in addition to their teach- “I teach because that’s the way I’m college] examine how we’re under- personal life because of scheduling it does not discourage her from con- ing duties. TenEyck, who works as wired,” he said. “It just makes sense standing faculty development on this and time commitments. tinuing her career in education. a freelance lighting designer, said to me.” Speaker calls for activism STAND raiser after reading a news article about refugee FROM PAGE 1 women from Darfur. “I couldn’t get the picture out of my mind for government of oppressing non-Arabs. Th e gov- two days … I kept focusing on this photograph ernment responded by launching a military retal- of these women in the desert,” said Sumner. “Th e iation against both rebel and civilian targets and article said you could help by buying a stove and enlisting the Janjaweed — Arab herders-turned- make a diff erence, and I thought, Oh, I could paramilitary units armed by the government do more than that, I think we could try to buy a — to suppress the uprising. hundred [stoves].” “Th ey believe that the easiest way to deal “Fueling Hope: Stoves for Darfur” will hold a with these [rebel] groups is to exterminate them,” dinner and silent auction to raise money to buy said Nyombayire. stoves for families who have been displaced by In the ensuing violence, the government- the confl ict. Working with members of STAND, supported Janjaweed massacred several thou- Sumner invited Nyombayire to speak at the sand non-Arabs: Entire villages were burned event, which will be held tomorrow from 6 to fl at, women were systematically raped and 8 p.m. at the Women’s Community Building at hundreds of thousands of refugees — mostly 100 W. Seneca St. women and children — were chased into over- Nyombayire said Th e Genocide Intervention From left, seniors Greg Ryan and STAND co-president Amanda Kesseler, discuss plans for populated camps in Northern Darfur and the Network’s primary goals have been to raise both Nyombayire’s presentation about Darfur with junior Libby Gordon yesterday in Friends 306. surrounding countries. money and awareness. COLLEEN SHEA/THE ITHACAN “If you look at a Darfur map prior to the “Clearly our big goals with this constitu- ship with the 2008 Beijing Olympics. the college against the Darfur genocide. She said genocide and currently, you see that many vil- ency are to educate, advocate and fundraise for “What we’re trying to do is fi nd every pos- the important thing is that all students realize lages have been wiped out, many villages have the people of Darfur, and our major campaigns sible way to exert pressure on China to at least they have a role in ending genocide. been deserted,” said Nyombayire. “Everything revolve around those issues,” she said. have them take a stand against the genocide,” she “We can’t pass it on to our neighbor and say, they own has been burned down to the ground.” Nyombayire said the confl ict in Darfur has said. “A link should be made and attention should Well, he’s doing something, I don’t have to,” she Wendy Sue Sumner, a local program planner been complicated by China’s economic support be brought to the fact that China is in a very said. “[Th e genocide could] come to an end if all for Ithaca’s Northern Light Learning Center, had of the Sudanese government. She said the college secure position and a very powerful position to of us understand our role and responsibility. … the original inspiration for bringing Nyombayire community should be aware of China’s role in bring an end to the genocide.” It’s not just a crime against Darfur — it’s a crime to Ithaca. Sumner decided to organize a fund- the genocide, especially because of its partner- Nyombayire hopes to motivate students at against humanity.” Get more online with The Ithacan. Daily sports, multimedia, blogs and more. theithacan.org Thursday, November 29, 2007 NEWS The Ithacan 5 Community dialogues scrutinize national and world issues BY EDON OPHIR seem to be really excited about it anytime we STAFF WRITER mention it. I think it’ll catch on and become a College students are frequently told it’s their tradition even after we graduate.” responsibility to independently gather and dis- Greenblatt said the need for a good visual cuss hard-hitting issues in the news. component has led her to search for a story she Yet sometimes, junior Tatiana Sy said, fi rst reads on a source like Al Jazeera on more media are fl awed when it comes to providing mainstream sites like ABC. spotlight coverage on the crucial news that stu- “We fi nd a lot of these stories on alternative dents should be discussing. “Food For Th ought,” news sources, but we want it to be visual for the a group Sy helped organize, intends to fi ll that nature of what we’re doing,” Greenblatt said. gap for students at Ithaca College, she said. For Greenblatt, the main motivation is to keep “It’s more focused on what’s really news [and] students actively involved in current events. separating it from your average human interest “Complacency is the most dangerous thing story about things that ultimately don’t really that is happening within our generation today,” matter,” Sy said. “Instead of focusing on NBC’s Greenblatt said. “I want [students] to leave clip of Britney Spears’ custody battles, [the group] [Food For Th ought] and read more news, or focus[es] on the clips of the blood in Africa.” get really pissed off and join a club, or start a Every Th ursday since Nov. 4, nearly 40 movement.” students have spent their lunch hour watch- Students have responded thoughtfully to the ing selected news stories in Textor Hall. Sy, presentations during the meetings thus far, and the vice president of communications for the many are glad to contribute to the conversation, Student Government Association, meets each Greenblatt said. week with sophomore Billie Dawn Greenblatt Junior Louis Caligiuri, an executive board from Students for Economic Equality, sopho- member of prism, said he attends the Th ursday more Mike Amadeo of Generation Rising, meetings with his own social causes in mind. junior Taylor Desir from the African-Latino From left, junior Tatiana Sy and sophomore Mike Amadeo, two of the student organizers of Food He said he is particularly interested in the racial Society and senior Alison Bliss of IC Femi- For Thought, talk before a meeting Nov. 15 in Textor 102. The group meets every Thursday. issues in the Ithaca City School District. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN nists, to select the stories and the free-lunch “I’m interested in any type of human rights menu they provide for their audience. told the story of Megan Williams’ rape and will grow in popularity in the weeks to come. issues,” Caligiuri said. “I care a lot about these “It’s not a huge time commitment,” Sy said. kidnapping in West Virginia in September, fol- Upcoming meetings will feature stories and matters, and this [particular] issue means a lot “I just have to depend on the groups to send me lowed by an audio broadcast of the National background information on the political chaos to me.” their articles and links.” Public Radio’s analysis of latest updates on the in Pakistan, followed by a meeting dedicated Because representatives from so many dif- Sy realized the need for such a forum in Jena 6 controversy. Th e forum culminated in a to the key candidates running in the 2008 ferent student groups participate, stories cover September when she attended a screening short video, fi lmed by a member of Generation presidential election. issues ranging from health and poverty to race hosted by the Center for Culture, Race and Rising, of the testimonies of Ithaca High School After a selected story, taken from sources and inequality, as well as other social concerns. Ethnicity of a video on the Jena 6 controversy. students in front of the Ithaca City School Dis- like ABC, NPR and Democracy Now, is pre- Andrea Levine, a member of Students for a Th e video covered the group of six black teen- trict Board of Education in October. sented to the audience on Textor Hall’s pro- Just Peace, said she is glad to take part in an event agers who were charged with the beating of At the second meeting, clips from NPR jection screen, students attending are given that gives light to substantive news stories. Justin Barker, a white teenager from Jena, La., and NBC illustrated the ongoing congressio- time to discuss. Greenblatt, who moderates “It’s just important that they can provide last December. nal battles surrounding the State Children’s the discussions, said that anyone is welcome accurate information altogether,” Levine said. “A student came up to me after and said, ‘I Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP bill. to attend the one-hour meeting where she and “Th e problem lies in that people have no way of know who sold more albums — Kanye or 50 — Afterwards, Stewart Auyash, associate pro- other students discuss the news stories and is- knowing about the real, painful things going on but why don’t I know about Megan Williams?’” fessor of Health Promotion and Physical Ed- sues they hope to screen at that week’s Food in this country.” Sy said. ucation, helped lead a discussion on health For Th ought. At the fi rst Food For Th ought forum care policy. “It’s such a simple setup,” Sy said. “It’s free Food For Th ought plans to meet every Nov. 1, text and video from ABCNews.com Sy said she is certain Food For Th ought lunch and watching the news. [Students] always Th ursday in Textor 102 from 12:10 to 1:05p.m. 6 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007 Thursday, November 29, 2007 NEWS The Ithacan 7 A passion for the unknown Tompkins County historian honored twice for dedication to local history

BY JACKIE PALOCHKO a lecturer and senior lecturer in the history CONTRIBUTING WRITER department at Cornell. Since she moved to Ithaca in 1965, Cornell sophomore Emma Herzog, a Carol Kammen has made a career out campus tour guide, said her tour always of being the first to discover facts about includes the story of a letter by Ezra Cor- the area. nell hidden in Sage Hall, a piece of hidden “I have always been interested in the his- history Kammen shared with her fresh- tory of people who were not written about man history class. According to Kam- in the old kind of local history,” she said. men, the letter was to be read only if the “All people who don’t normally or did not university failed. normally get into local history.” “I loved her class,” Herzog said. “She Kammen, who officially became the made history come alive.” Tompkins County historian in 2000, has Herzog said she decided to be- been honored twice this year for her come a tour guide after Kammen’s class work about the history of people who piqued her interested in the history of have been left out of traditional his- the school. tory. The first honor was the Award of Many of Kammen’s students are not Distinction, awarded by the American interested in history. At the end of the Association for State and Local History. course, however, a number of them became The selective award has only been given campus guides because of their interest in twice in the 60 years it has existed. Cornell’s history. “There is nothing nicer than having “They ended up liking it more than they Carol Kammen, Tompkins County historian, stands in her Ithaca home Nov. 26. Kammen said she one’s colleagues appreciate what one does,” thought they would,” Kammen said. became interested in the local history when she moved to Ithaca with her husband in 1965. Kammen said. Kammen said she has always had an CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN She was also honored by the interest in history. After growing up in book was buried in many different collec- Leah Barad, who graduated from Cor- Tompkins County Board of Representa- Cranford, N.J., Kammen attended George tions, Kammen said it took her more than nell last May, was also a tour guide for the tives, who passed a resolution in appre- Washington University in Washington, 20 years to complete the book. campus. She said she felt pressured to live ciation of the county historian Oct. 4. D.C. She graduated in 1959 with a degree Cornell sophomore Vance Gao said he up to Kammen’s standards. Kammen said it was in recognition of all in history. noticed Kammen’s desire for the history of “I was always a little nervous that the ways she has participated in recogniz- Kammen’s titles also include author. In unknown people. Gao said Kammen taught I would pass Mrs. Kammen while giving ing local history. addition to writing regular magazine edi- her students about the little known history of one of my tours and she would catch me Kammen said her interest in the history torials about ethics of philosophy of local Cornell and through her course he was able to saying something inaccurate,” she said. “It’s of Tompkins County was spurred when her history, she has also written books. Her learn a diff erent kind of history about the place truly amazing how much she knows.” husband took a job in the history depart- latest book, published in 2006, was titled in which he’s chosen to live until graduation. Kammen said she was flattered to have ment at Cornell University. “First Person Cornell: Student Diaries, Let- Gao, like Herzog, was not surprised with received the awards but that her job is Kammen said she has held numerous his- ters, e-mail and Blogs.” The book contains Kammen’s honors. satisfaction enough. torian positions in the county and worked comments by Cornell students, starting “She knows what she’s doing,” Gao said, “Winning awards is very nice,” Kam- with many organizations, including the on the day Cornell opened in 1868 with a who recently asked Kammen for help with a men said, “But then you have to go Hangar Theatre and the Ithaca City School young man who sat down on his bed and project he is doing about the history of the back to work, and I’m happy to go back District. From 1983 to 2007, she worked as wrote a letter. Since the material for the Cornell Symphony Orchestra. to do what I do.” 8 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007

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SELECTED ENTRIES FROM Public Safety Incident Log OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 8

OCTOBER 30 FIRE ALARM son stole a book between Oct. 31 around CCV/DISRUPTIVE/EXCESSIVE NOISE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: Academic Quad 5 p.m. and Nov. 1 at 11 p.m. Investiga- LOCATION: Circle Apartment 16 LOCATION: East Tower UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL SUMMARY: Caller reported smoke com- tion pending. Sergeant Ronald Hart. SUMMARY: Caller reported people being SUMMARY: Caller reported odor of mari- LOCATION: Circle Apartment Building 3 ing from a cigarette ash container. Offi cer loud. Four people judicially referred for juana. Four people judicially referred for SUMMARY: Caller reported excessive extinguished smoldering debris with wa- NOVEMBER 3 noise. Security Offi cer Peter Wright. unlawful possession of marijuana. One noise. Three people judicially referred for ter. Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. person also referred for underage pos- noise and providing alcohol to minors. CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA session of alcohol. Sergeant Bill Kerry. Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. DISORDERLY CONDUCT LOCATION: D-Lot LOCATION: Lyon Hall LOCATION: Circle Lot 3 SUMMARY: Caller reported an intoxi- SUMMARY: Caller reported an odor of MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY-RELATED ASSIST COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SUMMARY: Caller reported a group of cated person. One person transported marijuana. One person judicially referred LOCATION: Hill Center LOCATION: Coddington Road individuals knocking on doors and yell- to Health Center and judicially referred for unlawful possession of marijuana and SUMMARY: Caller reported a person SUMMARY: Caller reported two-car prop- ing. Caller reported subjects also spit for irresponsible use of alcohol. Master underage possession of alcohol. Master received an accidental shoulder injury erty damage MVA. Tompkins County Sher- on door and door mat. Offi cers checked Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. while playing volleyball. Person trans- iff’s Offi ce fi led report, and Ithaca College area but were unable to locate subjects. ported to CMC. Master Patrol Offi cer offi cers assisted with traffi c. Master Investigation pending. Master Patrol UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA MAKING GRAFFITI Bruce Holmstock. Patrol Offi cer Bruce Holmstock. Offi cer Donald Lyke. LOCATION: Emerson Hall LOCATION: Textor Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported an odor of SUMMARY: Caller reported three people FOUND PROPERTY UNLAWFUL ENTRY/NO FORCE NOVEMBER 1 marijuana. One person judicially re- possibly spray painting graffi ti on build- LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music LOCATION: East Tower ferred for possession of marijuana. Patrol ing. Offi cers were unable to locate per- SUMMARY: Set of keys found and turned SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Offi cer Mike Hall. petrators. Investigation pending. Patrol over to Public Safety. Unknown owner. sons stole speakers sometime between LOCATION: M-Lot Offi cer Mike Hall. Oct. 16 and Oct. 28. Investigation pend- SUMMARY: Offi cer reported people with UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA NOVEMBER 8 ing. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. marijuana. Three people judicially re- LOCATION: Eastman Hall UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA ferred for unlawful possession of mari- SUMMARY: Caller reported an odor of LOCATION: Lyon Hall DISORDERLY CONDUCT LARCENY juana. Sergeant Bill Kerry. marijuana. Two people judicially referred SUMMARY: Caller reported an odor of LOCATION: Terrace 7 LOCATION: E-Lot for possession of marijuana. Master marijuana. Three people judicially re- SUMMARY: Caller reported person en- SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- FIRE ALARM Patrol Offi cer Bruce Holmstock. ferred for unlawful possession of mari- tered room, urinated on fl oor and then sons stole a sign and post. Items were LOCATION: Terrace 2 juana. Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. left the area. Investigation pending. Mas- later located outside of a building. Inves- SUMMARY: Fire alarm was caused by EXPOSURE OF PERSON ter Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. tigation pending. Sergeant Bill Kerry. burned popcorn. System reset. LOCATION: Terrace 7 FOUND PROPERTY SUMMARY: One person judicially re- LOCATION: The Haunt, City of Ithaca. LARCENY MEDICAL ASSIST CCV/EXCESSIVE NOISE ferred for public urination. Security SUMMARY: Set of keys found off cam- LOCATION: Landon Hall LOCATION: Towers Dining Hall LOCATION: Circle Apartment Building 4 Officer Wendy Lewis. pus and turned in to Public Safety. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- SUMMARY: Caller reported unconscious SUMMARY: Caller reported objects possi- Unknown owner. son stole a microwave from the kitchen person. Upon offi cer’s arrival, person was bly being broken outside. Offi cers report- DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED sometime between 7:30 a.m. Nov. 7 and conscious and alert and declined medi- ed excessive noise coming from inside. LOCATION: Coddington Road NOVEMBER 5 7:30 am. this date. Investigation pending. cal treatment. Sergeant Bill Kerry. Four people judicially referred for exces- SUMMARY: During a vehicle stop, the op- Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. sive noise and providing alcohol to mi- erator was issued uniform traffi c tickets MAKING GRAFFITI HARASSMENT nors. Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. for Town of Ithaca court for DWI, more LOCATION: Bordman Place CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Terrace 12 than .08 BAC, failure to keep right and SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown LOCATION: U-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- CASE STATUS CHANGE failure to signal turn. This person was persons wrote graffi ti on a window. Inci- SUMMARY: Person reported unknown son sent harassing text message and LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety also judicially referred. Patrol Offi cer dent occurred sometime over the week- person damaged a mirror on a vehicle. e-mail. Investigation pending. Patrol SUMMARY: Two people were judicially Mike Hall. end. Investigation pending. Patrol Offi cer Investigation pending. Patrol Offi cer Offi cer James Landon. referred for defacing property Oct. 27 Jeffrey Austin. James Landon. outside Emerson Hall. Master Patrol CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF Offi cer Charles Ross. LOCATION: Terrace 12 CASE STATUS CHANGE MAKING GRAFFITI LOCATION: Landon Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety LOCATION: Dillingham Center and Job Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- CASE STATUS CHANGE son broke a light. Investigation pending. SUMMARY: After investigation, one SUMMARY: Person reported graffi ti spray son damaged a ceiling. Investigation pend- LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. person was arrested and issued an painted at various locations on campus. ing. Sergeant Bill Kerry. SUMMARY: Two people were judicially appearance ticket for Town of Itha- Investigation pending. Master Patrol referred for defacing property. Incident OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT ca court for forcible touching after Offi cer Donald Lyke. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF occurred outside the Center for Natural LOCATION: All Other/Pennsylvania an incident that occurred in Terrace LOCATION: Landon Hall Sciences on Oct. 28. Master Patrol Offi - SUMMARY: Person reported accidentally 6 on Nov. 4. This person was also LARCENY SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- cer Charles Ross. breaking the window to a college vehicle. judicially referred. Assistant Director LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music son damaged a ceiling. Investigation pend- Investigation pending. Master Patrol Laura Durling. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- ing. Sergeant Bill Kerry. CASE STATUS CHANGE Offi cer Donald Lyke. son stole music equipment. Investigation LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety NOVEMBER 6 pending. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. CASE STATUS CHANGE SUMMARY: Two people were judicially RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety referred for defacing property. Incident LOCATION: Lower Quad LARCENY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SUMMARY: Caller reported person who occurred outside Hill Center on Oct. 28. SUMMARY: Caller reported a person LOCATION: Physical Plant Garage LOCATION: Lower Campus sent harassing text messages and e- Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. threw a pumpkin off of a balcony almost SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown SUMMARY: Complainant reported un- mail Oct. 30 in Terrace 12 was identifi ed. hitting a passerby. One person judicially person stole a printer over the weekend. known person damaged a vehicle. Inves- Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. CASE STATUS CHANGE referred for reckless endangerment. Investigation pending. Patrol Offi cer tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. Jeffrey Austin. Donald Lyke. OCTOBER 31 SUMMARY: Two people were judicially referred for defacing property. Incident HARASSMENT CRIMINAL MISCHIEF FIRE ALARM DISORDERLY CONDUCT occurred in G-Lot on Oct. 28. Master Pa- LOCATION: Landon Hall LOCATION: West Tower LOCATION: Circle Apartment 8 LOCATION: U-Lot trol Offi cer Charles Ross. SUMMARY: Caller reported receiving a SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- SUMMARY: Caller reported a fire alarm SUMMARY: Offi cer reported people throw- harassing text message. Investigation son broke a window. Investigation pend- because of activated smoke detector. ing toilet paper. Six people judicially HARASSMENT pending. Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. ing. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. Activation determined to be caused by referred for disruptive behavior. Master LOCATION: Garden Apartment 28 smoke from cooking. System reset. Fire Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. SUMMARY: Complainant reported un- NOVEMBER 4 NOVEMBER 7 Protection Specialist Enoch Perkins. known persons removed items from CASE STATUS CHANGE bulletin board and put toilet paper on door. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY-RELATED MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY-RELATED CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Terrace 9 Investigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Campus Center LOCATION: Hill Center LOCATION: Landon Hall SUMMARY: Offi cer conducted an in- Donald Lyke. SUMMARY: Offi cer reported a person SUMMARY: Caller reported a person SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- terview, and one person was judicially received an accidental back injury while received an accidental injury while son broke a window. Investigation pend- referred for possession of stolen proper- MEDICAL ASSIST/ INJURY-RELATED performing at event. Person declined med- playing basketball. Person transported ing. Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. ty from an incident in the Garden Apart- LOCATION: Hill Center ical assistance. Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. to Health Center. Master Patrol Offi cer ment mail room originally reported Oct. SUMMARY: Caller reported a person Charles Ross. FOR THE COMPLETE SAFETY LOG, 18. Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. accidental injured shoulder. Person CCV/IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL go to www.theithacan.org/news transported to CMC by ambulance. Patrol LOCATION: Terrace 8 ASSIST TOMPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF FIRE ALARM Offi cer Mike Hall. SUMMARY: Caller reported an intoxi- LOCATION: Route 96B/Danby Road LOCATION: Ceracche Athletic Center cated person. Person transported to the SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car, KEY SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation acci- NOVEMBER 2 Health Center and judicially referred for property damage MVA. Offi cer assisted dentally caused by dust from sweeping. irresponsible use of alcohol. Security with traffi c control. Tompkins County CMC – Cayuga Medical Center System reset. Fire and Building Safety FIRE ALARM Offi cer Peter Wright. sheriff’s offi ce took report. Master Patrol CCV – College Code Violation Coordinator Ronald Clark. LOCATION: Garden Apartment 28 Offi cer Charles Ross. DWI – Driving while intoxicated SUMMARY: Fire alarm caused by burned FORCIBLE TOUCHING IFD – Ithaca Fire Department HARASSMENT food. System reset. Fire Protection Spe- LOCATION: Terrace 6 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IPD – Ithaca Police Department LOCATION: Tallcott Hall cialist Enoch Perkins SUMMARY: Caller reported a person en- LOCATION: Towers Concourse MVA – Motor vehicle accident SUMMARY: Caller reported known per- tered room without authorization and had SUMMARY: Offi cer reported unknown per- RA – Resident assistant son sent harassing text message. Inves- LARCENY FROM $50 TO $199 sexual contact with the person inside. In- sons damaged two windows adjacent to SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music vestigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer east entrance doors. Investigation pend- V&T – Vehicle and Transportation Charles Ross. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- Erik Merlin. ing. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. 10 The Ithacan OPINION Thursday, November 29, 2007

EDITORIALS A DIFFERENT KIND OF HUNGER A mission to fi nd meaningful news could inspire critical discussions about national and global issues. group of Ithaca College students are chang- ing the channel on their news sources. A Th e new group, Food For Th ought, is tak- ing storytelling into their own hands, rejecting some of the top stories from media like CNN and NBC be- cause of what the group thinks is the outlets’ misplaced focus on topics like celebrity divorces and rehab stints. Every Th ursday, members from some of the most visible clubs across campus, including Student Government Association, Students for Economic Equality, Generation Rising, African-Latino Society, IC Feminists and Students for a Just Peace, provide a forum to view and later discuss what they consider to be the most important news stories of that week. Th e issues presented are focused more on human rights and issues rather than stagnant human interest, battling the coverage of overexposed ‘scandals’ in order to concentrate on “real talk”: discussions about cur- rent events that are critically changing the lives of the people around them and others around the world. Th e students’ eff orts contradict a stigma that this generation would rather fall complacent into a society that indulges on mindless information than seek out what really matters. It also shows how contagious curiosity can be among this population. More than 40 students have attended each Th ursday, and the group expects that number to rise in upcoming meetings. SNAP JUDGMENT Th e incentive of food doesn’t hurt, either — lunch is provided each week by SGA and the Unity Council. As the eff ort gains popularity and inevitably spreads across campus, there may be a need for more “I HAVE WATCHED A COUPLE ON YOUTUBE ... MOST RECENTLY I WATCHED food — and time — on the table. Th e weekly meeting RON PAUL VERSUS [RUDY] GIULIANI.” is scheduled from 12:10 to 1:05 p.m., a time slot free of classes but already overcrowded with events, meet- SARAH LINDLAND ’10 TV-R ings and presentations on campus. Food For Th ought has the potential to make a Wither the “I DON’T WATCH THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFECT needed addition to students’ educations, and opens debate? the possibility for them to explore new ideas in solving Last night was CHANGE AND I CAN NOT VOTE, I AM NOT AMERICAN. I AM FROM THE the issues they discuss. As it moves forward, the group the latest in a BAHAMAS — THE POLITICS AND ECONOMY OF THE U.S. AFFECT THE should push for forums held multiple times during the BAHAMAS VERY SEVERELY, BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO.” week to correspond with their goal of establishing an series of debates integrated interest in current events into the academic for presidential JADE PRATT ’11 CHEMISTRY career — and life — of every student. candidates. Have you “I HAVE NOT BEEN WATCHING MAINLY BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE A been watching? CLOSE TO HOME TELEVISION AND I HAVE SCHOOL WORK, BUT I CATCH NEWS AR- World AIDS Day should make students TICLES [ABOUT THE DEBATES] ON THE INTERNET aware of the disease’s prevalence. FROM TIME TO TIME.” colloquium featured on campus today to MICHAEL RICHARDSON ’09 BUSINESS prepare for Saturday’s celebration of World AAIDS Day will highlight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Namibia, a country where nearly 20 percent of adults are HIV positive. While the country is far behind U.S. develop- ment in HIV/AIDS treatment, it may not be far from statistics released Monday in a report by the District of Colombia’s HIV/AIDS Administration: One in 20 of the district’s residents is believed to have HIV, and one in 50 residents is thought to have AIDS. Th ese are the worst statistics of any city in the country, the HAA reports, but they aren’t the only troubling numbers. Th e number of HIV cases detected in late stages — those that will inevitably develop into AIDS within a year — now accounts for 39 percent of new cases each year. Students should look to the statistics in Namibia as a mark of the progress that U.S. treatments for the disease have made and consider more immediate re- minders like the Names Project, an exhibit brought to Emerson Suites this week displaying a quilt commem- orating AIDS victims. Th e project reminds us that HIV/AIDS is not a third-world crisis: It is an ongoing battle we have the capability to fi ght with continuing education and awareness.

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GUEST COMMENTARY JUST Where the music ends and marketing begins TRUST ME here is no question that the music industry has played a tremendous role in the ROB GRIFFIN Tevolution of American culture. It’s hard to imagine where we would all be without icons such as Th e Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Protecting the And while it is no one’s place to determine what is “good” music, certainly one could base such a judgment on the eff ect it has on a culture. Th e arts wrong right have such a potential to infl uence the values and arlier this year, a federal mind-set of a group of people, appeals court overturned as demonstrated throughout Ea long-standing gun ban in history, and evaluating them Washington, D.C., and became on this criteria is the best way the fi rst in history to explicitly to determine an artist’s worth. use the second amendment to Britney Spears, who re- do so. Petitioned by both the cently made her “comeback,” defendant and the plaintiff s, the is a textbook example of the U.S. Supreme Court decided last current state of the music in- week that it would hear the case dustry. Th e female pop singer DANIEL SUTER and directly examine the scope has been riding a proverbial of the amendment for the fi rst roller coaster since “…Baby One More Time” time in more than 70 years. achieved chart success in 1999. Since then, she has Many are already predicting stayed in the spotlight, allowing her every move to Magazines and tabloids have made fortunes publishing the sensational details of celebrity activity. a divided 5–4 vote, an outcome be documented. What we have seen in Spears is Celebrities’ personal lives, often those of musicians, have become more discussed than their talent. met with both excitement and ap- a transformation from an innocent teen star to a MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN prehension months before the trial trashy media princess hanging onto her life and ca- celebrities who are using short-term marriages as to college students who spend their free nights is set to begin — and rightfully reer by a thread. Are we to believe there is anything publicity stunts (and conservative Christians think getting drunk and childishly competing with each so. Even if you were to ignore the admirable in this pathetic excuse for an artist? gay people are ruining the sanctity of marriage). other for pointless social dominance. “from my cold, dead hands” sur- While Spears is only one example, the mind-set Future generations are being taught to think less We’ve lost touch with our human mission to vivor types and the emotional ap- that both fueled her downfall and continues to keep about the direction of our nation and humanity as a seek something better for ourselves. Intelligence peals made by the victims of gun her in the music industry is part of the larger trend whole and instead are taught to pay more attention now seems more of a hassle than a desire. We violence, the right to bear arms is a of what has often been referred to as the “dumb- to what kind of car they have, who they’re going to can’t just hope that one day we will all just grow controversial and complex issue. ing down of America.” It can be seen in all aspects hook up with next, what they’re wearing and who up, because young consumers are now being told Laid down by everyone’s of pop culture — including music, television, their friends are. Th e scariest part is that corpora- they’ve “grown up” before they actually have. favorite revolutionaries, the magazines and even news. It is a result of endless tions are well aware that children are the easiest By then, it’s too late: Th ey will refuse to change second amendment reads: “A commercialization and ruthless marketing to an target audience because they’re so impressionable because their selfi sh needs are being satisfi ed by well regulated Militia, being audience of overexposed young Americans who are and seek profi t accordingly. Media companies have our culture of declining standards. necessary to the security of a free losing the ability to see what it’s doing to them. tapped into something that feeds off of the basic So the next time you’re listening to top 40 radio State, the right of the people to Working as a summer camp counselor for emotional need for acceptance and attention and or you’re at a party and everyone goes wild when keep and bear Arms, shall not the past four years, I’ve seen what kids take from have turned it into a marketable, profi table ideology the latest “hot” single comes on, keep in mind be infringed.” If you’re not quite popular music and the tremendous infl uence it has — one they are now pitching to the most vulner- what’s being sold, why it’s being sold and who sure what that means, don’t on their understanding of the world from a very able section of the population. exactly is buying it. worry because neither do most young age. What they see as normal are singers It is a group that stretches from fi rst-grad- of the experts. In fact, it’s con- like Spears who overexpose themselves sexually ers who can barely write a sentence, but can sing DANIEL SUTER is a sophomore television-radio ceivable that these 27 words and and live in excess without consideration. Th ey see Gwen Stefani’s “Holla Back Girl” word for word, major. E-mail him at [email protected]. the nightmarish grammar that binds them might have been left intentionally ambiguous given GUEST COMMENTARY that gun rights were as contro- versial at the formation of our country as they are now. Growing technology shows need for global studies Ignoring that, both gun control and gun rights groups hen I was a university landscape, there are only a handful only 10 years ago, let alone the more do have defi nite opinions about student in Hungary in the of transnational media corporations, distant past,” as Anthony Giddens, a the original purpose of the Wearly ’90s, “Dallas,” the including Viacom, Disney and News- British sociologist, points out. second amendment. Th e general popular U.S. prime-time soap opera, corp, who tend to own, produce and Television is a lucrative global disagreement between the two fi nally made it to Eastern Europe. distribute a majority of the mediated business, with almost 2.5 billion is whether it was intended to Hungarian viewers, just as Western culture we consume in the U.S. and people in the world watching more protect an individual’s right European view- almost everywhere else on the globe. than three hours of television every to gun ownership — putting ers before them, According to Ben Bagdikian, au- day. Th e statistic speaks to how large it somewhat on par with free loved the weekly thor of “Th e New Media Monopoly,” of an impact television has on global speech — or a group of people’s saga. “Dallas” the people who headed the top 50 communication: Th e 2004 Olympics collective right (i.e. a militia). quickly became mass media corporations 25 years ago held in Athens were seen in 225 While the courts have part of our lives, could all fi t comfortably in a modest countries and attracted a global audi- historically sided with the latter and when we hotel ballroom. Today, the fi ve men ence of more than 4 billion people. sentiment, some gun control were not watch- who control nearly all these compa- Whether you major in music, advocates are afraid that an ing it, we talked nies could squeeze in a phone booth. business, politics or chemistry individual rights interpretation about it on the KATI LUSTYIK Th e amount of money controlled by at Ithaca College, or never leave in this new case could cause street, in school these media corporations contributes Ithaca after you graduate, or never many anti-crime and gun laws to and at work. I ended up writing to more than a trillion dollars turned turn on the television or use a become unconstitutional. my thesis about the overwhelming over every day on global currency computer, you will be increasingly Th is seems like an overreac- popularity of prime-time soap operas markets — “a massive increase from impacted by other cultures. tion given that even the extensive and Latin American telenovelas that Today’s generation of young right to free speech established fl ooded the national airways as soon people is the largest in history, as for every American also has limits as the Iron Curtain started to open. nearly half of the world’s population when it comes to the safety and After nearly a decade, I am still is under the age of 25. You are one security of the public at large. fascinated by the complex puzzle of the 3 billion young people who Even if the second amendment of international communications, will need to make more eff ort than was interpreted as a protection of which is the focus of my courses Topics discussed in corresponding any other previous generation to individual rights, that is no reason on the global fl ow of information. courses are diverse, from Al-Jazeera, understand others in order to develop to believe we’d throw gun control With the recent reopening of the the Middle Eastern satellite network, a global perspective. Th e college’s out with the bath water. minor in international communi- to “Baywatch,” the most popular U.S. mission statement declares a com- Ultimately, the smartest mitment “to share the responsibili- move the court could make is to cations off ered in the Roy H. Park syndicated television program to this / THE ITHACAN NICOLAS BARAJAS School of Communications, all day, to CNN, the word’s most infl uen- ties of citizenship and service in the recognize — as many Ameri- Ithaca College students interested in tial news network. Th e readings cover global community.” Understanding cans already do — that the media globalization and mass com- everything from youth media use in our global obsession with telenovelas second amendment protects an munication between cultures have Sierra Leone, the immense size and could be a start. individual’s right to own a gun the opportunity to take a variety of popularity of Bollywood movies pro- but in a way that is deferential classes through Ithaca College, as duced in India and the importance of KATI LUSTYIK is an assistant professor to the safety concerns of the well as through other institutions aboriginal media in Australia. of television-radio and coordinator for larger community. like Cornell University or through When we examine the own- the minor in international communica- study abroad programs. ers in this expanding global media tions. E-mail her at [email protected]. ROB GRIFFIN is a senior politics major. E-mail him at ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED do not necessarily refl ect those ofThe Ithacan. To write a guest commentary, contact Opinion Editor Jen Nevins at 274-3208. rgriffi [email protected]. 12 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007 Thursday, November 29, 2007 ACCENT The Ithacan 13 MEDIA FEVER Short made-for-Internet videos are spreading from the underground to mainstream news Web sites

BY EDON OPHIR net, like a computer virus, without the ly catching on, with new video portals launch- A former television-radio student and a new STAFF WRITER machine ruining eff ects. ing every few weeks. Ram Calley ’07 was hired CBS employee, Calley said he is eager to see what n a nondescript studio on the ground fl oor Capp said Cannibal Potluck is a chance for by CBS to be a Digital Media Specialist for their kind of online video will prevail in the future. of Park Auditorium, four Ithaca College the troupe to market their creative skills to the newly launched Interactive Audience Network in “It’s going to be interesting to see if the ho- students are dressed in prison jumpsuits. entertainment industry. August. Th e network is a series of content deals mogenized network version of the online video Taking on the personas of an angry mad- “Ultimately, the goal for Cannibal Potluck is between CBS and many of the Web’s largest on- community works as well as the organic You- man, a neo-Nazi, an Hispanic criminal to get recognition,” Capp said. “We each want to line video distributors like AOL and Microsoft. Tube online community,” Calley said. I Calley, who produced his own viral video with Zack Wilson ’07, the winner of last year’s and a hopelessly insane inmate, they orchestrate move on to bigger and better things and we’re try- their version of a chatty morning talk show with ing to use this as an outlet to reach that point.” the sketch comedy site SweatPantsBoner.com CellFlix Festival — a competition founded by the a prison bed as a table and the façade of a brick Th e students said they are inspired by suc- while studying at the college, said it’s diffi cult to Roy H. Park School of Communications and the wall behind them. cessful comedians who have capitalized on the determine if viral media is a fad or a revolution. nation’s fi rst student cell phone produced fi lm “Jail Time,” as they plan to name it, will be the viral media and YouTube craze that has swept the “I can’t say if it’s ever going to peak or plateau,” festival — has been able to gain considerable suc- latest sketch by the online comedy troupe Can- Internet in the past few years. In 2005, Saturday he said. “I think it’s doing nothing but gaining cess in the “organic” community. He posted the nibal Potluck. Th eir comedic short fi lm is one of Night Live’s Andy Samberg made the leap from speed and popularity right now, and I can totally trailer for his senior thesis fi lm project, “Grief several they’ve fi lmed for their Web site, which Internet star to television after appearing on the see why big companies are getting in on it.” Assurance,” on the video sharing site Stage6 and has grown to feature seven video sketches. popular comedy site “Th e Lonely Island.” Th e WashingtonPost.com has gained rave has received nearly 400,000 views. CannibalPotluck.com launched May 1 with Online video is no longer a realm for ama- reviews for its online video project, “OnBe- “Pretty much all through Ithaca College, any the videos “Discontinuous,” “Fabulosos” and teurs like YouTube sensation and superfan Chris ing,” a series of short clips of confessionals from video I ever created I made sure I put online,” “Sticky Tweet Tweet.” Th e group behind the Crocker. A-list celebrities like “Knocked Up” di- individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Wilson said. “It’s defi nitely a really good market- video-site is comprised of juniors Zach Capp, rector Judd Apatow and Will Ferrell have taken Doug Feaver, former executive editor of ing tool. People are a lot more familiar with your Harrison Flatau, Dave Newberg, Sean Brogan, part in their own brand of Web comedy. WashingtonPost.com, was instrumental in push- work if you have it readily accessible.” Matt Portman and Jake Alinikoff , who write, Corporations are quick- ing video content in the Web site’s early Wilson uses the Internet to distribute his vid- produce, fi lm and edit the clips that appear on years. Two years after he retired, Feaver eos and photographs while trying to make mon- their site. said the Internet is still far from being ey as a commercial photographer and freelance “Discontinuous,” a chartered territory. fi lmmaker in New York City. Unlike Calley, he is sketch about continuity “We’re still very much in the infant less neutral about the eff ects major networks dis- errors that has a con- stage, like television was in about 1955 tributing video online will have on underground tinuity error in every or 1956,” Feaver said. viral media. shot during a seemingly “I feel like people are becoming less interest- coherent conversation ed in [amateur video], especially now that ABC, between Brogan and NBC and other major players are moving Portman, gained popu- their content online.” Wilson said. larity on Will Ferrell’s Cannibal Potluck has received some nega- video Web site Funny Or tive comments from viewers who disagree Die this summer when with the comedic use of homosexual under- it received more than tones, but the group has also received positive 55,000 hits. feedback from Internet audiences across the Th e group is one of country. Alinikoff said the controversial aspects many eager to create the of the work sets them apart. He is confi dent that next hit viral video — a Cannibal Potluck’s racy humor will eventually short, made-for-Internet lead them to viral success. clip that can gain rapid “A mind-altering response doesn’t necessarily popularity through You- happen overnight,” Alinikoff said. “It needs time, Tube or other video shar- it builds gradually. We just need to be patient, ing sites. Viral media gets and we are.” its name from the way vid- eos and other media can Left: The members of Cannibal Potluck have quickly spread on the Inter- been making viral videos since May. COURTESY OF HEATHER NEWBERGER ACCENTUATEUA

14 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007 Spotlight Because the world is a funny place

During the past few years, reality dating shows have become so prevalent on television that sometimes it’s hard to tell them apart. This week, Accent Editor Andy Swift shines the spotlight on one of MTV’s more creative reality shows, “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.”

Just when it seemed reality dating shows had gotten as absurd as they possibly could, along came “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.” The MTV series pits 16 straight men against 16 lesbi- ans, all competing for the heart of the bisexual MySpace hottie TILA TEQUILA. At the end of each episode, she utters one of two fateful phrases to the com- petitors: “You still have a shot at love,” or the less desirable, “Your shot at love has ended.”

The Nov. 13 episode titled “The Cat Nothin’ but bowl! From left, freshman Samantha Wolfe tosses a roll of toilet paper through a toilet seat while junior Liz Getman looks on. The Toilet Fight” featured one of the most intense Bowl Toss was a part of IC SafeWater’s “World Toilet Day” celebration, which raises awareness about global sanitation issues. — and entertaining — moments of the EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN series: a fi ery brawl between contes- tants VANESSA and BRANDI. After Tila dismissed Vanessa, the rejected “TERRIFIC CATS” PROVES THAT EVEN hohot girl grabbed Brandi’s hair, and within FELINES ENJOY DIPPING THEIR PAWS seconds the two were fi ghting on the lmao IN THE WORLD OF ONLINE DATING. dates fl oor. Brandi couldn’t handle the drama, so she gracefully declined her spot Cats may be cute, but at www.terrifi c thursday on the show. When she tried to come cats.com they are all business. Never GoGone will perform from crawling back during the next episode, mind the pictures of blue-eyed kittens 6 to 9 p.m. at The Lost Dog Tila refused, saying she didn’t want to and the forum with topics like, “Who Luvs Lounge, 106–112 S. Cayuga compromise the integrity of the show. Cats Out There?!” The site is really a St. Admission is free. Beers Metal, Ledyard Isn’t it a little too late for that? front for a Tom Cat escort service — the and Fosgate will perform kind where an extra bag of catnip can at 9 p.m. at The Haunt, 702 Not all of the contestants are bitter, earn your cat a night of frisky fun. Click Willow Ave., $5 over 21, $7 angry and violent. DOMENICO, the on “Stud Cats” to learn about potential under. 18+ lovable contestant with the broken Eng- suitors. “Weak in the knees for SIAMESE,” Bruce Hyde will perform lish, said Tila kept him around because writes from California, “My males will do from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The he was “like a little puppy dog.” Unfor- the job for you.” Looks like Christmas is Nines, 311 College Ave., $5 tunately his charm didn’t last forever. going to come early for Miss Whiskers. He was eliminated Nov. 20. There is — Andrew Tiebout friday some hope for Domenico fans, though. Toivo will perform from 5:30 The spunky Italian is rumored to be to 8:30 p.m. at Felicia’s getting his own spin-off titled “That’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W. State Amore!” St. Admission is free. FORGET FREE WILLY AND SHAMU. Cosmic Revolution,an THE NEW WHALE IN TOWN MIGHT IC After Dark event, will be There are only two held from 8 to 11 p.m. in IC episodes left, and the BE NAMED “MR. SPLASHY PANTS” Square. Admission is free. tension is stronger than wtf The Thief, Father Son and ever. BOBBY and DANI Upstate Escape will are favored to be the Green Peace has tagged a pod of perform at 9 p.m. at The final two contestants, whales for “The Great Whale Trail Haunt, $5 at the door. 18+ but you never can Expedition” and the public gets to Push, lowercase p and predict what’s going to name one! The Green Peace folks Eliot Rich and Friends will happen next. have whittled the 10,000 name perform at 9:30 p.m. at entries down to their favorite 30 and Castaways, 413 Taughannock Blvd., $7 the public is invited to vote at www. New episodes of “A Shot at Indobox will perform from ithacan.org/go/accent/07whale. Love with Tila Tequila” air 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Most of the names are meaningful 10 p.m. Tuesdays on MTV. Nines, $5 (read: Boring), but have no fear, “Mr. Splashy Pants” is winning. Hurry up and vote — the poll closes tomorrow. saturday — Jamie Saine Common Railers and Jo Henley will perform at 9 p.m. at Castaways, $7 sunday Amani Gospel Singers quoteunquote and Chosen Generation Gospel Choir will perform I won’t look physically much different, but from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at The State Theatre, 105 W. State I won’t be as ‘no neck’ as I was last time. St. Admission is free. Kevin Kinsella and Hank Daniel Craig talking to People on Monday about his plans Roberts will perform at to get back in shape for “Bond 22.” 7 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic “ Lounge. Admission is free. ” Thursday, November 29, 2007 ACCENT The Ithacan 15 Documentary brings rising Muslim punk scene to campus

BY PATRICK DOYLE sonal story and the presentation, which in- STAFF WRITER cluded excerpts from his book and from the Chaos ensued when punk group Secret soon-to-be-released documentary. Sopho- Trial Five performed at the Islamic Society more Bailey Johnson said he went to the pre- of North America conference last summer in sentation not sure what to expect. Indiana. Th e all female group directly violat- “I was pleasantly surprised because I ed the Islamic belief that females are not al- didn’t think I would find it as interesting lowed to sing in public. Police shut the event as I actually did,” Johnson said. “I guess be- down and threatened to arrest performers cause I thought it would be about the Mus- for the “disorder.” lim punk movement, but just a lot of the Author Michael Muhammed Knight and things Michael was saying and the passages director Omar Majeed spent last summer fi lm- he read from the book could be applied to a ing a 10-city underground punk rock tour, titled whole number of different types of groups “Taqwacore,” featuring Secret Trial Five and four in our generation, which kind of have two other acts that identify as progressive Muslim. conflicting identities.” Knight and Majeed discussed the ideas be- Omar Majeed, who is directing the docu- hind “Taqwacore” on Monday night and brought mentary, referred to himself as a “bad example last summer’s experiences to Ithaca College. of a Muslim” during the event, joking that he Th e tour hit major cities such as Boston, once found himself violating his religious be- Chicago and Washington, D.C., and bands liefs by reading Salman Rushdie’s “Th e Satanic traveled in a school bus that Knight purchased Verses” while eating a ham sandwich. for $2,000 on eBay. Vande Berg said he was surprised by some It was inspired by Knight’s novel, “Th e student reactions to the event and its speakers. Taqwacores,” about a community of Muslim “I was talking to some students … about punks living in Buff alo, N.Y., and struggling [the event], and they were shocked at the fact with their religious identities. that those two guys were Muslims,” Vande “Th e Taqwacores,” published by Autono- Berg said. “Th at’s not what they thought Mus- media in 2005, inspired a movement of young lims looked like, that isn’t the kind of stuff progressive Muslims and bands. they thought Muslims did. I think part of what “What I was really trying to examine here From left, Michael Muhammed Knight, author of the book “The Taqwacores,” and Omar Majeed, [events like this] is about is showing a diff er- is what does it mean to be a Muslim and what the documentary’s director, discuss the Muslim punk scene Monday night in Williams Hall. ent perspective.” CHRISTIAN ROADMAN/THE ITHACAN defi nes that,” Knight said. Knight said he hopes similar tours happen Knight spoke about growing up in Geneva, dating, and I thought I was completely against was inspired by a class he’s teaching this se- in the future and is already looking forward to N.Y., where he was raised Christian. His re- it,” he said. mester, Popular Culture and Identity. a possible West Coast trek. ligious beliefs began to change as a teenager While attending Th e Art Institute of Pitts- “Both of [the speakers] kind of have sto- “[It] was awesome,” he said. “I’m always when he read the “Autobiography of Malcolm burgh, Knight moved away from Islam, instead ries about what it’s like to identify in some surprised when anyone outside the very nar- X” and related to its critique of Christianity. fi nding solace in the punk music scene. way or another as Muslim after Sept. 11,” he row experience of Muslim punk gets into it. “I’d have it under my desk in religion class,” “Everything that I lacked as a Muslim I said. “Th e kind of subject matter there was I thought the book and everything was so he told the crowd. found in punk — individuality, the idea that I very sort of non-mainstream Islam, the kind alienating because there’s so much insider Knight converted to Islam and became am who I am, f*** off if you don’t like it kind of of Islam you don’t hear about and the kind language and insider references that I didn’t increasingly devout, traveling to Pakistan at attitude,” he said. of Muslims you don’t hear about. It gives a think it could relate to people like that.” 17 years old. For a period of time, he said he Knight’s and Majeed’s visit was spon- good representation of other parts of a re- Junior Clay Dehaan said he the event gave wore a turban and felt increasingly discon- sored by the college’s sociology and anthro- ligious group that you don’t necessarily en- him hope for the future of punk rock. nected from his American peers. pology departments. Travis Vande Berg, as- counter on a regular basis.” “It showed me that punk rock, anti-author- “I’d hear kids talking about drinking and sistant professor of sociology, said the event Th e crowd responded well to Knight’s per- ity is still alive but just in a diff erent form.” 16 The Ithacan Thursday, November 29, 2007 Thursday, November 29, 2007 ACCENT The Ithacan 17 Gifts that keep on giving Th e Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair off ers an option other than toys for the holidays For the past four years, the Center AW: We started to advertise. … for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy We advertised through the Hu- Center for Transformative Action man Services Coalition list serve has been holding the Ithaca Alterna- and through some other means — tive Gift Fair to give holiday shop- e-mails basically and other kinds pers the option of donating to local of list serves. And, you know, what nonprofi t organizations instead of organization wouldn’t want to take buying material gifts. Accent Editor part? It’s such a great idea. It’s good Jamie Saine spoke to Anke Wessels, for the organization, it’s good for the executive director of CRESP, about community. It really off ers an op- the fair’s growing popularity. portunity for people to provide gifts to others that aren’t material based, Jamie Saine: Can you tell me a lit- and it’s great for the organizations tle bit about the CRESP Center for that are getting these donations. Transformative Action? At this point we have more ap- plicants than we can actually physi- Anke Wessels: We’re a nonprofi t cally take because … there’s a limit to affi liated with Cornell [University] the amount of space. And also if you dedicated to social justice work. We have too many organizations, like provide nonprofi t status to 12 project this year we have 31 … the amount partners in our community. You may of money that gets donated gets dis- know of the Workers Center, Posi- tributed more thinly. But we’re con- tive News, Vitamin L. Eco Village has sidering growing through a Web site From left, Lynn Andersen, director of the Durland Alternatives Library, and Regina Clewlow, director of Engineers its education mission through us. All off ering, so people can go purchase for a Sustainable World, set up tables for their organizations at the 2005 Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair. COURTESY OF CRESP CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION these organizations get their nonprofi t gifts, basically donate money online, status through us, and we also off er before the actual physical fair, and likely it was going to be able to AW: If you go to the Web site there people are coming to the fair. And fi scal and administrative services. that way we might be able to serve participate. Then we had a waiting are links to all organizations and what’s so great is the atmosphere, We also are doing work in this area more organizations in the future. list, but nobody withdrew. from there you’ll see all of the gifts sort of the energy that they bring with called “transformative action,” which is that the organizations are off ering, them, because it’s just so fun to be of- a model for social change that moves JS: How are the participating orga- JS: I can see why organizations so that will give you a good sense of fering something that’s so concrete us away from an “us versus them” an- nizations chosen? would hold on to their spots. what kind of gifts there are. and knowing that you’re doing good ger-driven, antagonistic-ridden form for an organization. … You’re think- of social change to a social change AW: We have an application. The AW: I know. But like I said, it’s a JS: How has the attendance been ing about an individual and what they work that’s really driven by a positive only criteria we set is that the or- little bit of a concern, so that’s why over the past few years? might like and what kind of organiza- vision like “where are we going to” in- ganization have a local base and we’d like to think about more cre- tion they might want to support. It’s stead of “what are we against.” that they have a nonprofit sta- ative ways to have more organiza- AW: Oh, it’s just been phenomenal. really a fun way of giving gifts. tus. … This year, because we had tions participate if possible. … Th e fi rst year I think they raised JS: Th ere were only about 12 orga- more applicants than we could about $7,000, and that amount has Th e Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair will nizations involved in the alternative offer space to, we started a wait- JS: Last year the fair had gifts rang- grown substantially ever since. I think be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday gift fair’s fi rst year, and this year it’s ing list and we … took first come, ing from $5 to $100 donations. Do the next year was around 12, and last at the First Presbyterian Church. For around 30. How did you get more first serve, basically. So the earlier you know what this year’s gift op- year we raised $20,000. So just in that a list of participating organizations, organizations involved? an organization applied the more tions are going to be? alone I would say that more and more visit www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org. 18 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, November 29, 2007 single ‘Enchanted’ employs classic Disney standards Tracks we’ve BY ANDY SWIFT got on repeat ACCENT EDITOR file Th e Disney brand will always com- ‘BILL MURRAY’ mand a certain level of respect, but a Gorillaz string of misguided direct-to-DVD This simple, dubby track from the sequels and big-screen fl ops in recent cartoon group’s recently released years have its loyal fans wondering b-sides collection further proves if the magic has fi nally run out. “En- that Damon Albarn is more ani- mated without the pressure of Blur. chanted,” the fi rst animated Disney musical since 1998’s “Mulan,” should ‘STRONGER’ off er a glimmer of hope for even the 30 Seconds To Mars biggest skeptics. It’s not brand new, but yes, Jared Th e fi lm begins (with perfect Leto’s emo band has covered a Kanye West song. And it is every- narration by Julie thing anyone could hope for. Andrews) in the FILM animated world of ‘TAKEN AWAY BY ALIENS’ Andalasia, which is REVIEW Pet Politics “Enchanted” designed as a trib- Walt Disney Earnest Swedes enhance a ute to the traditional whimsical track with a frank Pictures analysis of extraterrestrial contact. style of Disney clas- Our rating: Perfect for sci-fi scenesters. sics like “Cinderella” ★★★ and “Sleeping Beau- COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL ty.” Th e audience is fi rst introduced to Giselle (Amy Adams), a charming From left, Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) explores the real world with Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey) in “Enchanted.” COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURES girl with a beautiful voice, and an en- Accent’s Oldie But Goodie tourage of wide-eyed woodland crea- man (Timothy Spall) to keep Giselle lain of all time, transforming into a was not making use of other actors’ tures. Backed by her furry friends, and Edward apart. When he fails to dragon during the fi lm’s climax. vocal abilities. Idina Menzel, who ‘LAST CHRISTMAS’ Giselle sings about her desire for true accomplish this, she crosses over to Composer Alan Menken and lyri- plays Robert’s girlfriend, Nancy, Jimmy Eat World love and the perfect kiss. fi nish the job herself. cist Stephen Schwartz reunite for the and Sarandon both have musical Don’t fi ght it anymore: Christmas is Fortunately for her, the incredibly Th e Andalasian characters are fi rst time since 1996’s “Th e Hunch- backgrounds, yet neither lend their coming, and it’s time to start your vapid Prince Edward (James Mars- appropriately riddled with clichés. back of Notre Dame,” and the master- voices to any of the fi lm’s songs. Na- countdowns. What better way to den) is also in the forest looking for ro- Adams’ Giselle is a hopeless roman- ful duo once again delivers a collection rissa would have eff ortlessly rocked a kick it off than with a sweet remake mance. Like all good Disney couples, tic, taking it upon herself to convince of well-crafted toe-tappers. Th ough villainous performance in the vein of of Wham!’s 1984 hit? — Andy Swift it’s love at fi rst sight, which doesn’t sit divorce lawyer Robert Philip (Pat- there aren’t many songs — only three Ursula’s “Poor Unfortunate Souls” or well with Edward’s wicked stepmother rick Dempsey) there is such a thing original numbers are performed by even Scar’s “Be Prepared.” Narissa (Susan Sarandon), who stands as ‘happily ever after.’ She begins her the characters in the fi lm — each one While “Enchanted” is certainly to lose the throne when her stepson journey with the standard naivete of shines in its own light. not without its fl aws, true Disney ties the knot. classic princesses like Cinderella and Th e funniest of the three is “Happy devotees shouldn’t have too many quickies Narissa disguises herself as an old Snow White, but her experiences in Little Working Song.” While cleaning complaints. In fact, if Disney’s next woman — references to “Snow White the real world bring out her spunkier Robert’s apartment, Giselle does what big–screen musical — “Th e Princess and the Seven Dwarfs” and other Dis- side, allowing her to exude the more any normal Disney princess would do: and the Frog,” due out in December ney classics are made throughout the forceful qualities found in contempo- She calls out to the animal kingdom 2009 — has even half the charm, inge- fi lm — and lures Giselle away from rary princesses like Belle and Ariel. for assistance. Unfortunately she’s not nuity and cross-generational appeal as Edward. She pushes Giselle down a Sarandon channels some of the in Andalasia anymore, and the only “Enchanted,” Disney may fi nally be on well, sending her through a portal into most despicable Disney villains in her creatures in New York City that come the road to a second renaissance. live-action New York City. Edward portrayal of the devious Narissa. She to her aid are rats, pigeons, fl ies and a jumps through the well after her, so even takes a cue from Malefi cent, ar- bathtub full of cockroaches. “Enchanted” was written by Bill Narissa sends her dim-witted hench- guably the most fearsome Disney vil- One major oversight, however, Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima.

COURTESY OF EPIC ‘BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE’ Jay-Z abandons trademark themes Mudvayne Epic The minor league Illinois nu-met- alers further stretch the defi ni- Lyrics draw from personal life and latest gangster movie tion of “greatest hits” on this fan-picked best-of package. BY SARAH MCCARTHY Beyoncé, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nas and Phar- CONTRIBUTING WRITER rell, to name a few. Four of the tracks even contain Jay-Z’s latest album, “American Gangster,” dialogue pulled from the fi lm. is separate from the soundtrack for Ridley “Blue Magic” is likely to be the album’s big- Scott’s latest fi lm sharing the same name. It is, gest hit. Already climbing the Billboard charts, however, an unoffi cial companion to the fi lm, the song’s catchy beat has the most potential to with songs interpreting snapshots from the attract a mainstream audience. Unfortunately, movie. Th e album is a musical glimpse into most of the album’s other songs lack the up- the life of a gangster and the nation’s danger- beat tempo to create steady radio hits. ous drug trade. While it is Th ough the album probably won’t spawn loosely based on the story ALBUM multiple hit singles, the trade-off is the album’s COURTESY OF ROUNDER of the notorious Frank Lu- REVIEW perfect fl ow — it is much more enjoyable to COURTESY OF TVT RECORDS cas (the main character Jay-Z listen to the album as a whole than to play of the fi lm), Jay-Z draws “American each song individually. Jay-Z even went as far ‘THE BOATLIFT’ Rocker goes bluegrass Gangster” Pitbull inspiration from personal to remove “American Gangster” from iTunes BY PATRICK DOYLE infl uences and experienc- Roc-A-Fella because he believes the album should only be TVT Records Our rating: The Cuban-American rapper once STAFF WRITER es. He is careful to neither sold in its entirety. ★★★½ again sets his sights on chart Since 2002’s “Dreamland,” Robert Plant has ex- glorify nor condemn this Casual fans of Jay-Z’s radio hits should be dominance ... but will probably fall short as on albums past. plored genres less emphasized in Led Zeppelin’s lifestyle: He simply narrates a journey. wary of this album — he does not provide a single heyday, including laid-back folk, country and blue- Jay-Z has released countless albums over dance track. Longtime fans will love this album, grass. “Raising Sand,” produced by T. Bone Burnett, the last decade, but “American Gangster” is particularly tracks like “No Hook,” “Ignorant fi nds Plant collaborating with proof that he no longer feels the need to im- Sh*t” and “Roc Boys (And Th e Winner Is…)” for bluegrass songstress Alison ALBUM press anyone — not to say this album is un- their strong lyrics and refreshing honesty. Krauss with stunning results. REVIEW impressive. Its unique style, lyrics and rhymes Th e album has a slow-moving Robert Plant exemplify Jay-Z’s determination to avoid con- atmosphere with many instru- and Alison forming to mediocre hip-hop standards. Th e mental breaks. An early highlight Krauss rapper’s lyrics, unlike those of many of his “Raising Sand” is the Rowland Salley–penned musical peers, are deep and powerful. “Ameri- Rounder “Killing the Blues,” which has Our rating: can Gangster” does not promote exploitation Plant and Krauss sharing vocals ★★★½ of women or the glorifi cation of violence like COURTESY OF JIVE backed by pedal steel. some contemporary hip-hop albums do. While ‘FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS’ Most of the songs are slow, but the Everly Broth- still maintaining the fi lm’s story line, he men- (DELUXE EDITION) ers’ cover “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Me Wrong)” is a tions diffi cult issues like censorship and the Justin Timberlake quasi-rocker, with Plant proving he still possesses the Jena 6 controversy. Jive high-pitched wail heard on “Led Zeppelin II.” Other Of course, Jay-Z didn’t create “American Gang- It’s sad when the week’s most exciting release is the reissue of moments are more subtle, like a cover of the Gene ster” all by himself. Th e album features a long list Timberlake’s recent dance fl oor Clark country ballad “Th rough the Morning, Th rough of celebrity contributions. P. Diddy produced six stunner — any wonder why the the Night.” “Th e disc is one of the best albums of the of the 15 tracks on the album, and Th e Neptunes music industry is struggling? year, even if completely overshadowed by next month’s produced “I Know” and bonus track “Blue Magic.” COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL highly anticipated Zeppelin reunion gig. Th e album also features guests like Beanie Segal, COURTESY OF ROC-A-FELLA Thursday, November 29, 2007 ACCENT The Ithacan 19 TICKET Bob Dylan biopic takes an unusual twist  STUB  Director Todd Haynes uses six unconventional characters to tell story of a single man VALID FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

BY MIKE SPRETER CINEMAPOLIS STAFF WRITER The Commons 277–6115 Th e camera jitters down subway corridors and through the neigh- BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS borhoods of New York City, net- YOU’RE DEAD ★★★ ting fl eeting impressions of blaring 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and lights and awkward, direct stares Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. from strangers who never reappear. Wednesday 5 p.m. Someone dressed in black slams a motorcycle pedal and whips across I’M NOT THERE ★★★★ the frame, the sound of bullets 7 and 9:35 p.m. and shooting out the title: “I’m Not Weekends 2 and 4:35 p.m. Th ere.” Tripping through a golden Wednesday 4:35 p.m. pastoral scene, a young boy pur- sues a freight train. And we’re off . It should be surprising that FALL CREEK Todd Haynes’ new Bob Dylan bi- PICTURES opic lacks a char- 1201 N. Tioga St. 272–1256 acter named Bob FILM Dylan. The folk REVIEW CONTROL singer’s persona is “I’m Not 7 and 9:35 p.m. and instead represent- There” Weekends 2 and 4:35 p.m. ed by six different Killer Films characters. Haynes’ Our Rating: INTO THE WILD approach suggests ★★★★ 7 and 9:35 p.m. and either a director Weekends 2 and 4:35 p.m. whose unfamiliarity with the stan- Heath Ledger plays Robbie, an actor playing a folk singer, in the Bob Dylan biopic “I’m Not There.” Robbie and dard biopic formula engenders a the character he’s portraying in the fi lm within a fi lm are two of six characters that represent Dylan’s life. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL freewheeling, organic form or one COURTESY OF KILLER FILMS 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and whose weariness with the “A Beau- Dylan, and Ben Whishaw endures transcends the imaginary lines be- ing title, Haynes takes care to color Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. tiful Mind”s of the world results in interrogation as Dylan’s Joker al- tween black and white and color, the emotional and physical parallels open cinematic revolt. Common ter-ego. Then there’s Cate Blanch- Super 16 and 35mm, and static between them. Th e fi lm’s friction sense suggests the latter must be ett, a symbol of the drug-laden, and roving camerawork. is derived from the classic impulse HOYTS CINEMA 10 true. Part of what makes “I’m Not touring Dylan of 1965. Blanchett Dylan’s music itself is used to behind American heroism: to risk Pyramid Mall 257-2700 There” so vital and enrapturing is successfully dupes audiences into enormous and frequent eff ect, incurring loss in errant lifestyles, its structural echo of a singular seeing her as Documentary Dylan inspiring montages and off ering new or to let oneself stagnate under the AUGUST RUSH subject who never quite hewed to himself by chasing his slightest perspectives on the fi lm’s events. guise of complacency. Th e periph- 5 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 10:20 p.m. the rules of his own identity. mannerisms into a perceptive “Simple Twist of Fate” is used to eral characters of “I’m Not Th ere” The film is a bit complicated rabbit hole. underscore an elegiac playground are constantly issuing ultimatums AMERICAN GANGSTER ★★★½ on the surface: Heath Ledger por- The film is a semiotic heyday, scene involving Claire (Charlotte to the six Dylan icons and remind- 1:10 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 8:20 p.m. trays Robbie, an actor starring in with references to the formative Gainsbourg), a synthesis of Dylan’s ing them that they have “changed,” the film adaptation of the life of art films of the ’60s abound, in- lovers enhanced by Gainsbourg’s as if change were an unnatural hu- AWAKE a folk singer named Jack, who is cluding direct compositional al- tremulous humility. man quality. Funny that in the age of 2:50 p.m., 5:20 p.m., played by Christian Bale. Standout lusions to Federico Fellini’s “8 ½” Th e thematic unity of “I’m Not the fantasy epic, the endless search 8 p.m., 10:10 p.m. Marcus Carl Franklin is cast as and Richard Lester’s “Petulia.” It’s Th ere” rings so clearly that it be- for one man’s identity can become Woody, a young black boy osten- also true that Haynes, cinematog- comes hard to imagine anyone cinema’s most valuable gift. BEE MOVIE sibly meant to represent the soul rapher Ed Lachman and editor walking away unsatisfi ed. Th ough 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., roots of Dylan’s music. Richard Jay Rabinowitz’s joy over splic- the fi lm is constantly shuffl ing be- “I’m Not Th ere” was written by 6:40 p.m., 9:10 p.m. Gere places a spin on the hermetic ing together six different styles tween its “suppositions on a life Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” oozes over every frame: The film concerning Dylan,” the fi lm’s work- and directed by Todd Haynes. BEOWULF 2:30 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.

DAN IN REAL LIFE Director gets back on track with family-driven fi lm 1:10 p.m., 6:45 p.m. BY GARRETT STIGER Apart from stellar casting, Lumet’s work ENCHANTED ★★★ SENIOR WRITER is also noteworthy for his refined approach 1:50 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 4:20 p.m., Familial confl ict, deceit and fateful choices. Set to film direction. Throughout his long career, 4:50 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., around modern-day New York City, “Before the beginning in 1957 with “12 Angry Men,” Lu- 9:40 p.m., 10 p.m. Devil Knows You’re Dead” has all the trappings of met has always opted for unobtrusive camera an Ancient Greek tragedy. After director Sidney placement. “Before the Devil Knows You’re FRED CLAUS Lumet’s several recent misfi res, this fi lm is a solid Dead” is no different: He relies on the troupe 1:05 p.m., 3:50 p.m., return to form for the legendary director, though of performers to convey the story as opposed 6:30 p.m., 9:50 p.m. it doesn’t quite belong among his best work like to camera acrobatics. Limited camera move- “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Network.” ment and long takes make the actors the focal HITMAN Th e ominous title comes from the Irish say- point and appropriately so, given the highly 2:40 p.m., 5:30 p.m., ing “May you be fi ve minutes in heaven before dramatic and intimate nature of the project. 8:10 p.m., 10:35 p.m. the devil knows you’re dead.” Th e fi lm falters in its unwillingness to respect Kelly Masterson’s screen- FILM the audience’s intelligence. Th e story is told out THE MIST play follows two down-on- REVIEW of chronological order, befi tting the dysfunc- 1:40 p.m., 4:30 p.m., their-luck brothers. Hank “Before the Devil tional family around which the fi lm centers. Title 7:20 p.m., 10:15 p.m. (Ethan Hawke) is a divorcee Knows You’re cards, however, constantly remind the viewer of who struggles to make child Dead” when the scene is set relative to the robbery. Th e MR. MAGORIUM’S support payments. Andy Linsefi lm eff ect is intrusive and unnecessary. Furthermore, WONDER EMPORIUM Our rating: (Philip Seymour Hoff man) ★★★ the transitions between times are a bit jolting, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., is a drug addict and suff ers consisting of rapid cuts back and forth between 6:50 p.m., 9:20 p.m. from an increasingly passionless marriage with two time periods before proceeding with the next his attractive wife Gina (Marisa Tomei). Andy scene. Fear not — the projector has not gone hay- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN devises a plan to secure fi nancial freedom for wire, but such a lack of faith in the audience is 1:20 p.m., 4:10 p.m., both himself and his brother — knocking off Ethan Hawke portrays one of two brothers who try somewhat irksome. 7:10 p.m., 10:05 p.m. a Mom-and-Pop jewelry store. Th e store is in- to improve their lives by robbing a jewelry store. What might have been an exceptional and COURTESY OF LINSEFILM sured, so no one should be hurt, but as is the involving family drama is hindered by ex- THIS CHRISTMAS case in many a motion picture involving rob- other fine cast here. Hawk and Hoffman turn plicit concerns with clarity. Hindered but not 1:15 p.m., 4 p.m., bery, things go terribly wrong. Th is is hardly a in some of the best work of their respective ca- wasted. Thanks to its strong performances 7:35 p.m., 10:25 p.m. heist fi lm, though. Th e robbery is a means to reers, each delivering a layered and emotion- and compelling narrative, “Before the Devil examine bigger themes of loyalty and human ally raw performance. Marisa Tomei makes Knows You’re Dead” remains a solid example connection. the most of her decidedly under-written role of paired-down filmmaking and old-school OUR RATINGS Lumet’s career has been marked by work- as Andy’s frustrated wife, infusing the part dramatic sensibilities. ing with some of the best performers in Hol- with sad sensuality and desperation. More- Excellent ★★★★ lywood: Ingrid Bergman, Henry Fonda, Paul than-capable Rosemary Harris and Albert “Before the Devil Knows Your Dead” was Good ★★★ Newman, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Faye Finney round out the principal cast as Andy written by Kelly Masterson and directed by Fair ★★ Dunaway, among others. He’s assembled an- and Hank’s parents. Sidney Lumet. Poor ★ 20 The Ithacan CLASSIFIED Thursday, November 29, 2007

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still going STRONG After bursting onto the scene two years ago, junior Lauren Botterbusch remains Ithaca’s top swimmer

BY CASEY MUSARRA (2:23.52) breaststroke events in the conference, was the conference champion in the 200-yard STAFF WRITER conference championship, school and state medley relay. It’s not every day that an athlete strolls championships. She later went on to earn All- “I was out to prove myself as a fresh- onto campus as a freshman and immediately American honors and competed in the NCAA man,” Botterbusch said. “I’ve always expe- Botterbusch’s main event is the breast- makes an impact. Junior Lauren Botterbusch, Championships, where she placed ninth and rienced a huge surge in novelty. Every ‘first stroke, but she is also talented in the freestyle however, was a big exception. 11th, respectively, in the same events. time’ is special.” and the individual medley. Her time of 2:12.24 “I knew she was going to break the breast- Botterbusch’s early successes were recog- As if all that wasn’t enough, Botterbusch in the individual medley ranks sixth on Itha- stroke records,” Head Coach Paula Miller said. nized as she earned the state and conference was also the leading point scorer for the ca’s all-time list. “But when she came in and did it immediately, Rookie of the Meet awards after winning the Bombers, racking up 429.75 points. She also “Her breaststroke really helps her in the that was impressive.” New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic added 12 top-three fi nishes, including nine IM,” senior captain Kelsey Gliesing said. As a freshman, Botterbusch earned seven Association and Empire 8 titles in the 100- fi rst-place fi nishes. “Th at’s when she really gets ahead.” records in the 100-yard (1:05.66) and 200-yard yard and 200-yard breaststroke. She also In her fi rst trip to Nationals, Botterbusch In previous years, Botterbusch has not had created a superstition that has stuck. much team competition in the breaststroke “I get up to the block and I have to rub my event. While it certainly hasn’t stunted her hands on it,” she said. “Th en I just shake my progress, this year’s freshman class includes body out. I keep doing it to remind myself of a number of swimmers that specialize in the that fi rst trip to Nationals.” breaststroke. Superstitious or not, Botterbusch has con- “Th ere’s a freshman breaststroker that’s tinued to dominate since then. helping her,” Miller said. “Th ey push each oth- In her sophomore year, Botterbusch made er. It’s a sort of mentorship.” her second-straight trip to the NCAA Cham- As expected, Botterbusch has been a pionships. Once again, she competed in the major contributor in the Bombers’ 3–3 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke after win- start this year, picking up five individual ning state and conference titles in both events. first-place finishes. She also picked up state and conference titles “She’s a good role model,” Gliesing said. in the 400-yard relay and went on to be named “She really pushes the team. People wouldn’t to the NYSWCAA All-Academic Team. be as driven without her.” Botterbusch, who comes from a family of Unlike many high-profi le athletes, Botter- swimmers, said she has been swimming for busch’s successes have not gone to her head. about 15 years. According to her teammates, she consistently “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t provides encouragement from outside of the able to swim,” Botterbusch said. pool. With all of her experience at Nationals, Before coming to Ithaca College, Bot- she is constantly reminding her teammates terbusch was coached by Richard Howley at that they can achieve just as much as she has. Dallastown Area High School. She was named Despite the immediate success in her Rookie of the Year her freshman year and freshman year, Miller said Botterbusch is one team Most Valuable Player her junior year. of the team’s hardest workers. Top: Junior Lauren Botterbusch does leg warm-ups at practice Monday at the Hill Center Pool. Botterbusch was a four-time letter winner, a “She’s a great competitor who hates to Right: Botterbusch works on her breaststroke at Monday’s practice. She set the school re- four-time selection to the all-county team and lose,” Miller said. cord for the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke events during her freshman year. served as team captain her senior year. It’s that combination of talent and deter- Above: Botterbusch talks with her teammates between sets during Monday’s practice. “Her coaches did all the right things to pre- mination that has Botterbusch on the path to MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN pare her for the collegiate level,” Miller said. another appearance at Nationals. 24 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, November 29, 2007

FOURTH AND Purple Raiders end Bombers’ season SHORT Ithaca’s season ends BEN STRAUSS with 42–18 playoff loss League thrives to Mount Union College BY CALLUM BORCHERS on camaraderie STAFF WRITER Th e football team marched into Alliance, Ohio, enior Mike Fiore had a on Nov. 17 to play nine-time national champion dream — a dream fi lled with Mount Union College in the fi rst round of the SSolo cups and ping-pong NCAA playoff s knowing it faced almost insur- balls, lukewarm beer, bruised egos mountable odds. and a lot of bros. Fiore’s dream: a Th e Purple Raiders beer pong league. never trailed during the NEXT SEASON In the fall of 2004, Fiore found- regular season. In the The Bombers will lose ed a 16-team league complete with fi rst quarter, however, 21 seniors from this playoff s, T-shirts and an MVP Ithaca advanced 65 yards year, but will return key trophy for the player with the most to score the fi rst touch- players in juniors quar- last cups hit. down of the game and terback Dan Juvan, tight end Brian Wever- Th e seeds were planted in the season against Mount bergh and linebacker high school when Fiore visited his Union’s starting defense. Matt Scalice. brother in college and saw they Ithaca’s 18 points in the kept a running tally of wins and 42–18 defeat were the losses. So when his Ithaca College most by a Raiders opponent since the University of basketball career ended sopho- Wisconsin at Whitewater mustered 28 points in the more year, the mad scientist in 2005 National Championship Game. Fiore went to work. Like King Leonidas and his Spartan soldiers in “I needed the competition,” the “300,” the Bombers scared an “immortal” opponent. sport management major said. Mount Union had stomped its last six challengers by Th at fall Fiore registered 16 a total of 285–0, including a 44–0 shutout of then- teams for the league’s inaugural No. 9 Ohio Northern University and a 37–0 blank- season. It didn’t take long to realize ing of Capital University, which was ranked 12th at he’d struck gold. the time. From left, junior quarterback Dan Juvan watches as a two SUNY-Cortland defenders tackle senior run- “Th ere was skepticism at fi rst,” It was a noble eff ort in a battle in which the Blue ning back Alex Baez in Ithaca’s 40–17 win over the Red Dragons on Nov. 10 at Butterfi eld Stadium. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN he said. “Not anymore.” and Gold almost didn’t last long enough to fi ght. Th ree semesters later, Fiore When asked in training camp about his chance were ranked at some point this season, convinced senior wide receiver Brian Hogan’s 131 receiving upped the ante, creating four divi- to break the school’s all-time rushing record, senior the selection committee to grant Ithaca one more yards were impressive as well. sions (split up geographically, of running back Jamie Donovan said the team’s success week of football. Five days before the Bombers re- Junior quarterback Dan Juvan went down course) and a 48-game schedule. came before individual statistics. captured the Cortaca Jug, Head Coach Mike Welch fi ring as he tossed an Ithaca playoff record 318 He also updates the league’s stand- “Th at’d be great, but I would prefer a playoff said that was all he wanted. yards, the highest total against the Raiders in ings on its Facebook group page appearance,” Donovan said. “I don’t want to be the “Th is would be a great cap on the season if that’s more than two years. He posted the second-best almost daily. leading rusher with no yards in the playoff s.” what it is,” Welch said. “But it also gives us hope that single-season yardage and touchdown marks in “I like to think I am to beer When Donovan passed three-time All-Ameri- we’re going to be in a position to play again.” Ithaca history and established himself as the team pong what Abe Lincoln was to civil can Jeff Wittman ’93, his Bombers were 1–2 in the Several Bombers made heroic eff orts to put Itha- leader for 2008. rights,” he said. Empire 8 and farther from the playoff s than at any ca in a position to play a second postseason game. “Even though we lost to Mount Union, it’s a good Better time spent might include time in his career. Th e team was unaware that they Senior captain and strong safety Ryan Terlecki end- game to build off of going into next season,” Juvan reading Freud, watching foreign were also a third of the way to a six-game winning ed Mount Union’s opening drive with an intercep- said. “Now that we have played the best, we have a fi lms or actually assisting in the streak that catapulted them into the postseason. tion and fi nished with 11 tackles, including a career- better understanding of what we need to do men- ongoing civil rights struggle — or Dominant victories against Springfi eld College, best three resulting in loss of yards. Junior tight end tally and physically as a team and as individuals to at least something that doesn’t pro- Alfred University and SUNY-Cortland, all of which Brian Weverbergh’s two touchdown receptions and go farther in the playoff s.” mote competitive binge drinking. “It’s not about that, though,” Fiore said. “It’s about spending time with the bros.” It’s men’s league softball for college kids — intramurals plus South Hill squad embracing ‘run-and-gun’ off ense booze. It’s the competition of var- sity athletics without the varsity BY ANDREW LOVELL Junior forward Sean Leahy has or the athletics. SPORTS EDITOR also shown his ability to hit from “All the athleticism you need is Just two games into its 2007–08 three-point range, knocking down to drink your beer when you lose,” season, the men’s basketball team is three-of-nine from beyond the arc. Fiore said. living up to the Bomber name. Leahy said the fast-paced fl ow on But there is a skill to stand- With a focus on increasing off ense is both fun and successful ing at a table a little tipsy with 15 scoring this season, the Bombers — when the shots are falling. bros chanting, and every game have been launching three-point- “We have shooters on our oozes with the feeling of former ers at a blistering pace. In the sea- team, and Nevada wants us to take high school athletes reliving their son-opening Clarkson University [three – pointers],” Leahy said. “In glory days. North Country Invitational on transition we either want to get a Senior Preston Clinton has Nov. 16 to layup or a three. When we’re on, been a part of the league for all 17, Ithaca HOME OPENER we’re going to make a ton of them. three of its semesters, and he in- attempted Ithaca hosts Utica It’s exciting to play that way.” sists there are values that go along a stagger- College at 8 p.m. Smith said he expects tomor- with the bro-ing. ing 62 total tomorrow in the Ben row’s home opener against Empire Light Gymnasium. “At fi rst, I thought of it as 8 rival Utica to feature a healthy three-point The game will be something that just scared away field goal broadcast on VIC amount of scoring. girls,” he said. “But the league attempts in Radio at www. “We want the game as fast as really has taught me patience, their 93– vicradio.org. possible,” Smith said. “I wouldn’t teamwork and friendship.” 82 loss to be surprised if both sides reached And winning the league? Well, SUNY-Potsdam and their 100– 100 points. It’s going to be a very it’s nice to be the king of the jungle. 50 win against Albany College good game.” “It says something when you of Pharmacy. One player who will make his From left, freshman Chris Cruz defends against a three-point shot by senior can be the man out of all your And Ithaca isn’t just taking season debut this weekend is ju- Dominic Scanlon during Ithaca’s practice Monday night in the Hill Center. bros,” senior Tom Applegate said. three-point shots — they’re making EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN nior center Jeff Bostic, who also As for Fiore, he was asked the many too. plays on the football team. Bos- most creative thing he has ever Assistant Coach Nevada Smith, Th e Bombers have hit 22 of their er, has hit 43 percent (six of 14) of his tic’s offensive rebounding and done at a job interview last month. who handles the off ensive coaching 62 attempts, or about 35.5 percent, shots from beyond the arc. Scanlon overall post presence will be a “Created a beer pong league,” duties, said the main reason for the which ranks among the conference said the Bombers’ off ensive philoso- welcome complement to three- he answered. South Hill squad’s up-tempo off ense leaders. Junior point guard Sean phy has led to the shot increase. point shooters. Th e rest of his bros couldn’t is the team’s caliber of shooters. Burton has spearheaded the long- “This year we’re more of a “Bostic’s a great athlete, so it agree more. “If we couldn’t do it, I wouldn’t do distance barrage, leading the team in run-and-gun [team],” Scanlon doesn’t take him long to get back it,” Smith said. “We have four of the three-pointers made (10), attempted said. “We’re trying to increase the into basketball mode,” Scanlon BEN STRAUSS is a senior best off ensive players in our league. (17) and percentage (59 percent). amount of possessions we get a said. “So far he looks good and journalism major. Contact him at If we didn’t have those guys, we’d Senior guard Dominic Scanlon, a game and that leads to more three we’re looking forward to having [email protected]. have a totally diff erent system.” career 33 percent three-point shoot- pointers and more shots overall.” him back.” Thursday, November 29, 2007 SPORTS The Ithacan 25 Falcons eliminate Ithaca for second-straight season

BY CORY FRANCER dividual record,” Feldman said. “I feel ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR very accomplished being part of such After a 3–1 loss to Messiah College a successful team, and without my in the NCAA quarterfi nal playoff s, teammates these records would not the women’s soccer team concluded have been set.” a season that included 19 wins, tying While the off ense provided the the school record set in 1991 as well as majority of the excitement on the fi eld, breaking school records with 57 total the defense and senior goalkeeper Ai- goals and 156 total points. mee Meacham continually shut down Th e Bombers’ record-setting opponents’ off enses throughout the off ense consistently dominated season. Meacham made 59 saves dur- the competition from the start of ing the season. Sixteen of the Bomb- the season. ers’ 19 wins were shutouts, and the Th e team did RECORDS SET Blue and Gold only gave up 12 goals. not lose a The Bombers tied a Th e South Hill squad’s Empire single game team record with 19 8 championship landed it in the to an Empire wins this season. NCAA playoff s for the fi fth consecu- 8 team and Ithaca set school tive year. Th e playoff s provided more dropped its records with 57 of the same for the Blue and Gold, only game on goals and 156 who started off the tournament with points this season. home turf, a a 2–0 victory over Bowdoin College 1–0 loss to on Nov. 10 in the regional fi nal and William Smith College on Oct. 27 defeated host Wheaton College 1–0 in the fi nal regular season game. in the regional fi nal. Junior forward Chelsey Feldman Senior midfi elder/forward Col- made headlines of her own this sea- leen Masterson said the victory over son by breaking the all-time school Wheaton was an important one for record for individual goals with 43 the Blue and Gold. and points with 108. Feldman broke “We were the underdog, and it was the points record Sept. 22 when she a really hard-fought game, but our completed a hat trick against Ste- team came together and played our vens Institute of Technology. best at the right time,” Masterson said. From left, sophomore Winnie Adrien battles William Smith College senior Tracy Stankavage as William Smith junior Feldman was able to set the “For the past few years the second Rayza Santiago and Ithaca senior Colleen Masterson race for the ball in Ithaca’s loss Oct. 27 at Carp Wood Field. school record in career goals with round has been a wall for us, so beat- CHRISTIAN ROADMAN/THE ITHACAN 43 as well as the single-season ing Wheaton and getting through to goal record with 19. Her record- the next round was a great feeling.” berg University 1–0 to advance to the seniors will take with them, Feldman after this season is going to be a breaking 19th goal of the season Head Coach Mindy Quigg said NCAA sectional fi nal against Messiah said the team will have to rise to the difficult task. came in the NCAA quarterfi nal that going on the road to face Whea- College. Th e Falcons ended the South occasion to replace the leadership that “I think this year, as a senior, it’s match against Messiah College, the ton made the game more enjoyable. Hill squad’s hopes of a national tour- the seniors provided. been the hardest to let go not just be- Bombers’ fi nal game. “It was a lot of fun,” Quigg said. “It’s nament berth by beating Ithaca 3–1. “We are losing the personalities of cause it’s my last, but because the team Despite all of her personal achieve- always fun to beat a ranked team at Th e Blue and Gold will lose seven our seniors, which we will probably bonded more than any other year,” ments, Feldman said she owes her their own place.” total seniors including Meacham and have to replace with new players really Meacham said. “You meet so many accomplishments to her teammates. Th e Bombers traveled to York, Masterson. Th e Bombers will also lose stepping up and showing their mark amazing people, and the memories “Setting records is great; however, Pa., for the NCAA sectional tourna- backup goalie senior Rebecca Palmese. on the team,” Feldman said. you pull out of the experience will it’s more of a team record than an in- ment Nov. 17 and 18, beating Witten- Despite the talent that the departing Meacham said that leaving never be forgotten.” 26 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, November 29, 2007 Driven to the top Seeking its second straight Empire 8 title, the South Hill squad opens with a 1–1 start BY STEVE SCHIMMEL Erika Steele said the team’s best days STAFF WRITER are yet to come. While the rest of the Ithaca Col- “It’s always nice to start off with lege campus was heading home for a win because, although we had a lot Th anksgiving break, the women’s of late season success last year, this basketball team remained on South is a new team with a fresh chemis- Hill in preparation for their own try,” Steele said. “To be able to fi nd long-awaited season opener against success early is key for building this SUNY-Potsdam. year’s group confi dence and mo- For members of the squad, their rale. Watching how well things are drive home just a few days later was coming together now, it’s really ex- made easier citing to know our best basketball by the fact LISTEN LIVE is yet to come.” that they WICB will broad- It should come as no surprise, were able to cast both of the however, to see how early things are walk out of Bombers’ games clicking for the battle-tested Bomb- Ben Light this weekend. Ithaca ers, who have brought only four new- faces Utica College Gymnasium comers into the season. Depth and at 6 p.m. tomor- last Saturday row and Hartwick experience will defi nitely be on the with an un- College at 2 p.m. side of the South Hill in most gyms tarnished 1–0 Saturday. that they enter this year. Junior guard record. Megan Rumschik said these traits are After a shaky start that had the important to their success. Bombers trailing 39–30 during the “We’re a very talented group, all closing minutes of the fi rst half, the the way to our 14th player,” Rumschik South Hill squad was able to go on said. “We need to keep working hard a 27–10 run, earning a victory in the at practice and playing with heart. fi rst game of the season. We have a bull’s-eye on our back this The balanced stat sheet was led year, so we just need to come out From left, senior forward Molly Friel attempts a layup as junior guard Megan Rumschik defends during the Blue and by sophomore guard Katherine ready to play.” Gold’s practice Monday night in the Ben Light Gymnasium. Friel is averaging 8.5 points per game this season. Bixby, who led the team with 21 Th e reason for the bull’s-eye EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN points, followed by senior captain can be attributed to the Bombers’ guard Kali Carnovale, who fin- Empire 8 title from last season. disheartening loss, the Bombers came not falling for the South Hill squad. Since there are fresh legs constantly ished with 12 points, four steals Coming off of that conference away with a few positive notes, high- “We did out-rebound U of R, available, the team has depth, mak- and seven rebounds. The stats championship, the Blue and Gold lighted by a 14-point, 11-rebound per- which was our goal for the game, ing it successful at the running game showcased the team’s depth, with can rest assured that they will re- formance put forth by Steele. but we also missed a majority of our as well. all five Ithaca starters reaching ceive a tenacious eff ort from all of Sophomore Jeanine Burke said shots, while they made a high per- “I like how we got up and down the double-digit scoring. their conference rivals. the Blue and Gold had success on the centage of theirs,” Burke said. fl oor [against Potsdam],” Rumschik Th ough the Blue and Gold did not Following the season-opening vic- boards, a goal that was set prior to the Such a deep lineup allows for rest said. “Th at is defi nitely our biggest play perfect basketball, getting the tory against Potsdam, the Blue and game. Despite such success, much of and an abundance of diff erent looks, strength right now, and I like how each 80–76 win early in the season is the Gold fell 77–49 to the University of the team sees the loss merely as a making constant intensity no trou- player is already starting to recognize most important thing. Senior center Rochester last Sunday. Despite the result of the fact that shots just were ble at all for the South Hill squad. their individual strengths as well.”

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Thursday, November 29, 2007 The Ithacan 27 all-ithacan team With the fall season at an end, The Ithacan’s sports staff picks the season’s best Bombers. football volleyball Senior Jamie Donovan Donovan led the Bombers in rushing with 1,106 Senior Amanda Hubbard yards and 13 touchdowns. He also led the team Hubbard was named to the American Volley- in average rushing yards per game with 108.5. ball Coaches Association All-New York Region Donovan broke Ithaca’s career rushing record team for the third consecutive season. She led Oct. 6 during the Bombers’ 35–0 rout over Nor- the Bombers with 593 kills, 419 digs and a .243 wich University. The new rushing leader fi nished hitting percentage. Hubbard received fi rst- his college career with 3,824 yards. Donovan’s team all-conference honors and was named achievements this season landed him a spot on the New York State Collegiate Athletic Associa- the all-Empire 8 fi rst team. tion off ensive player of the year. men’s cross country women’s cross country Junior Tim Shea Junior Lindsey Nadolski Shea led the Bombers this season, posting solid Nadolski claimed the inaugural Empire 8 times in his fi ve races. He was Ithaca’s top nisherfi Runner of the Year award for her perfor- with a time of 27:00.80 and fi nished seventh over- mance this season. Nadolski was Empire 8 all. His 11th place fi nish at the Empire 8 Champi- Runner of the Week fi ve times this season, onship earned him second-team all-conference as she helped Ithaca advance to Nationals. honors. Shea was the top fi nisher for the South Hill Nadolski fi nished 91st out of 280 runners and squad at the NCAA Regional Championship and Ithaca fi nished 21st overall as a team. was 60th overall with a career-best time of 26:16.5. fi eld hockey women’s tennis Junior Marisa Frank Senior Rachel Gunderson The junior back anchored Ithaca’s The team’s lone senior, Gunderson defense this fall, earning all-Empire 8 was named to all-Empire 8 fi rst team fi rst team honors. Frank started all 16 in singles, and was also named the games this season, helping Ithaca Most Valuable Player of the Empire 8 fi nish 6–10 overall and 4–2 in the Tournament. Gunderson compiled an Empire 8. Franks also tied for second overall record of 13–3 this fall, improv- on the team with two defensive saves. ing her career record to 47–22. women’s soccer men’s soccer Junior Chelsey Feldman Junior Kurt Odenbach Feldman set the school records for career The junior forward led the Bombers in points with 108 and career goals with 43. She goals scored for the third consecutive also set the school record for goals in a season season, fi nishing with seven goals and with 19. Feldman recorded a hat-trick against two assists. Odenbach, an all-Empire Stevens Institute of Technology on Sept. 22 to 8 second team selection, ranks 10th break the career points record. She was named all-time on Ithaca’s career goals list the Empire 8 off ensive player of the year and with 22. earned a spot on the all-conference fi rst team. numbersby the they saidit I don’t care who you got. If you’ve got Bin Laden, if you could run the ball like Ricky did, I mean, I’d do anything for a victory right now. 18The number of points the 19 The number of wins the Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter on the return football team scored against women’s soccer team Mount Union College. This of running back Ricky Williams to the then 0–10 earned this season. This was the most points scored Dolphins. Williams had been suspended since April was the most for an Ithaca against the Purple Raiders 2006 for testing positive for marijuana. team since the 1991 team since the 2005 National that won the national Championship game. championship. See story on page 24. See story on page 23. 28 The Ithacan THIS I SEE Thursday, November 29, 2007

Exploring

AfricaStaff Photographer Becca Pariser experienced the diff erent sides of life in Africa while traveling in South Africa and Swaziland last spring.

PHOTOS BY BECCA PARISER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Top: Children infected with HIV/AIDS stand last spring at the New Hope Centre Orphanage in Swaziland. One in three people in the country is infected with HIV/AIDS. Above left: Camps Bay, just 10 minutes from the center of Cape Town, South Africa, is a popular spot for tourists and locals. The suburb is located behind Table Mountain on the Atlantic Seaboard. Above: Men perform the Sibhaca, a popular foot stomping dance, in Swaziland. Above: Two lion cubs play in a lion park outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.