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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1991-92 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 10-10-1991 The thI acan, 1991-10-10 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1991-92 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1991-10-10" (1991). The Ithacan, 1991-92. 8. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1991-92/8 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1991-92 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. '~----: -- ·-:~-..,e--;- .. • ,.~_.,_ •••• , -- .. ~ .. • •:,/· 1. -.. : ! C ",-' . " .. ,. s .....- .- .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • r , • • • • • • • • • • • • ·:-Dining· ·'1all toc;,c;[ may .become Powe~ ga~es halt faculty Wi,e_re_to dine with your .: fenilizfi°r -· · · ·. · handbook parents -· ,. ... page_s. _ ... page·10 ... page 12 .... - .. '. - ~<The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 59, No. 8 Thursday, October 10, 1991 28pages Free Hf-gher education Roe v. Wade lawyer addresses controversial reproductive issues By Heather Zuzick "You [ college students] are the On the eve of the proposed confirmation of the nomination of Clarence Thomas as the ones who will play a signifi newestmemberoftheSupremeCourt, which cant role in the future for will inevitably challenge the landmark reproductive rights." abortion decision Roe v. Wade, the Student · -Sarah Weddington, Activities Board sponsored a lecture by Sarah Roe v. Wade lawyer Weddington, the lawyer who defended Jane Roe in the historic case. lions, Weddington has served as president of Weddington spoke to a sold out crowd of the Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, 750 people in the Emerson Suites on served three years as a legislator in the Texas Wednesday Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. House of Representatives, and was the first Born the daughter of a Methodist minis person to hold :;tn endowed chair at the Uni ter, Weddington was raised in various small versity of New Mexico. towns across Texas, and currently serves as a Weddington opened the speech saying, history and government lectrurer at both the "You [college students] are the ones who will University of Texas, and at Texas Women's play a significant role in the future for re University. Weddington graduated from the productive rights." University of Texas Law School at the age of "What happened to me [that led up to her 21; at 26, she had successfully argued the defense ofJ ane Roe] was a series of instances defense of Jane Roe. in which I felt, as a woman, I was not being In 1977, she was appointed General treated fairly .. .I was one of those women who Counsel for the U.S. Department of Agri said why shouldn't women be able to continue culture.eventually workmg for then President working even after being pregnant or having Jimmy Carter as his assistant for women's children," Weddington said. affairs. While working with Carter, Weddington explained how she eventually Weddington directed administration policy cam~ to try Roe v. Wade in front of the on women's isssues and served as a political Supreme Court Because she was a woman tiason for various state leaders. just out oflaw school who could not get hired She spent two years as top lobbyist for the as a result of her gender, she had no job and State of Texas and Director of the Office of "had time to volunteer and make history." State and Federal Relations in Washington. Weddington was among a number of leg In addition to her various-political posi- See "Weddington," page 6 Rabies epidemic . - . _- · - . -· . -· Ithacan/ Greg Hollmann qhrls Darrow '95, reraxes ln·a precarious perch overlooking passersby during affects IC student a break between classes on ,:uesday, Oct. 8. By Tom Arundel A rabid racoon recently tangled with a You should never handle some Tompkins County resident's dog. spurring else's pet.You can't always tell the first rabies epidemic in the county since ifan animal is rabid by look Conference_ publicizes the 1950s, according to Frank Chase, the public health sanitarian for Tompkins County. ing at it." An IC swdent is currently being treated -Frank Chase, Tompkins County James Bay de~ate for a rabies infection, according to Chase. public health sanitarian Chase urges everyone to· take precaution By Jim Fenno _ Concerned environmentalists say that if from rabies by staying away from all racoons find the biting animal and confine it for ·,: When the Cree Indians in Northern Que- Hydro-Quebec follows plans to flood a for and· strange pets and vaccinating your own observation, Chase said. If the animal dies, bee eat nowadays, they no longer eat the fish ested area the size of Connecticut, the com pets. the bite victim will reci~st exposure that have fed· them for thousands of years. pany might.trigger global wanning and the "You should never handle some else's shots. ijo~ daAgerously high concentratjons .of destruction of the principal habitat for some pet,"Chase said. "You can't always tell if an Another female IC student was bitten by a . J)Oi$onousmethyl-mercurycontaminate what · native animals.- The Crees fear the -loss of animal is rabid·by looking at iL" cat off campus over two weeks ago and, at -once was.their-primary food.source. their hwiting and fishing territory. which has The IC student was bitten- by a dog off first, was unable to find the cat, Chase said. ¥eroury contamination is_ one of many been zoned for. the projecL campus a little over two weeks ago and was "She wasaboutto take post-exposure shots crises confronting the Cree ·smce Hy~ -As his eyes focused on the watchful faces too intoxicated to-identify the animal later for when she found it," Chase said "She didn't ·Qu~ began an- immense bydro-electtic ofsupporters-at-a Cornell rally OcL 5, Grand a-rabies screenidg, Chase said. have to take the shots." ... -_pro~t 20 years ago. As these Indians face Chief of. the Grand ·Council ·of the Crees The incident occurred when the student The IC Health Center was unable to dis -- the: artificial- reshaping and deslroction, of -MattbewCoonComecondemnedGov;Mario was petting somebody"sdogwhich was tied close the names of the two swdents. their: bunting·.grounds, some ~ .f~ that Cuomo and other N~w York politicians for . in frontof a door. Wlien,tlie deig bitliet, she Bya New York State Public Health law, if • suici~e 'cases and· alcoholism among their "giving up on the'yo_ung minds of today." reported it to ·the. IC Health Center. When a pet is bitten by_ a rabid animal, the bitten · peopJewiUcontinue tori~. -- .· · Coordinators.plan the tally to publicize asked·if8conldfmdthedogthatbither,the animal is either destroyed or placed in con _ -. -Npw. the· provincially· owned Hydro-· and·stop·James-Bay ll as pa1t ~f Cornell's student-was unable:to do to so; Chase-said finement for four months if it has not re , ··Qnebe(:O)rp; wantsNew.YorkState~belp - James Bay Actjon Conference Oct 5-7. ''Tobefionest..sbe:was&oodrunktoidentify ceived vaccination shots. You will be fmed :.. fund a11<-even- larger project:If-_buili;._-.the . - . "Your leaders,bave. given up on you," the animal thatbit-ber,." Chase said. $250if your pet is found to be unvaccinated. -· ptoposed:!aines.Bayll,-~ject-~~uldbethe. Coon Come:sai~-to the c_rowd; ''That is ~ot Asa result,. drerabies-procedureci>uldnot Chase said _. ,wotJd~S;laigest <mgineenngpipJecL It would- _ acceptable you can come·up ~th alternabve be usedaudthestudentisreceivingaseriesof 'lbem will be two rabies clinics the week .· ·•lyNew~Yf:>rlcStatewithsiJ,t~tofits- .new en~es so that we·can save our rivers, five ~t:.exposure sliDls,. whicli-OCCUl!ovet:a· of QcL 28. A three dollar donation can get -- .- ~e~trical-power.,and:·~~:water from- our eny.u:onrn~t,ourpeople, ourselves." month-long period and can: cost. .anywfitre y.om pet vaccinated. ·· · · i~fi.na.i'oriivers in Nonbem Quebec into a . ~~J.wo_nderifGovernorCuomo wasaware, 'from $500 to $600, CJuise· said. "Three dollars is nothing ifit can possibly ... · riei~·of~s:and.-reservoirs. See '\Janies·Bay," page S -Nonnalp~ure for such incidents is to save your pet's life," Chase said. ; .. ·-~ ' . ~' ~ - ~ - - - . ----~----- - _, ' ·- . · · ···-October .10, 199 2 THE ITHACAN 1 Ithacan IDquirer -·Student g·overnritent By Christopher Burke looks at dining chang·es By Heather Zuzick .. McCullough also introduced the Question:·. · Beginning next year, Dmmg . i<Jea. c,f . ~h.e "Ithaca C.ollege What are you doing for Parent~' Weekend? Services may offer exte~d~d hours Convinience Card" which would service in the Towers dimng area act as a "discretionary fund for instead of at the snack bar · Mac's, the Bookstore and the din At the TuesdaJ, Oct 8 Student ing halls" at the meeting on Tues Government meeting, Howard day. McCullough, director of din~ng The dining services advisory services announced the formauon committee meets on twice a month of a dining services advisory for the first semester and once a committee. month for the second semester. McCullough said the committee, Any, suggestions, questions or which consists of members of Stu comments about the possible dent Government, the Residence changes should be referred to Peter .i;; Hall Association and dining ser Lepsch, student body president, or vices, acts as a "communications to McCullough. network" designed to make In other Student Government Peter Moster '95 Kristin Vidal '95 Scott lsbrandt '95 "changes and recommendations.'' news, Heather Wilson '92, was Business Finance Exploratory Exploratory According to McCullough, the elected the Governance Secretary committeewasformedasaresultof for the 91-92 academic year. "I think I'll hang out "We're going out to the "Visit some of the "snack bar equivalency problems," The Governance Secretary's with my parents a bit." Tower Oub and then parks with my and last year's withdrawal ·of per duties include: keeping attendance see 'A Chorus Line.'" family." mission for a change of dining halls records, and correlation and distri hours .