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The Ithacan, 1998-08-22 Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1998-99 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 8-22-1998 The thI acan, 1998-08-22 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1998-08-22" (1998). The Ithacan, 1998-99. 1. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99/1 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, 1998-99 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Accent 16 CD Review A look at this can summer's hottest a, College Community new music releases. VOLUME 66, NUMBER I SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1998 28 PAGES, FREE . ~ I i.. As 1,}50 fRESHMEN ARRivE AT ITHACA CollEqE THis WEEkENd, THE C0MMUNiiy pREpARES TO EMbRACE THE ClAss of 2002. OffiCES ANd 0RqANiZATiONS HAVE EXTENdEd HOURS ANd scl-lEdulEd SpECiAl MEETiNq TiMES TO EASE THE TRANSiTi0N iNT0 collEqE_ tifE. ABOVE: Construction crews have been working 10-hour days to complete work on the James J. Whelen Center for Music et Ford Han. This construction is one of many new additions to the Ithaca CoUege campus. · RIGHT: Freshman Genevieve Lee of Yorktown, N. Y. carries various Items moving into the West Tower Thursday. Lee's brother Michael Is a Junior at Ithaca College. SUZIE O'ROURKE/THE ITHACAN ACCENT .••. 13 CLASSIFIED.,. 21 COMICS •.•. 22 OPINION .... 10 SPORTS ••••• 23 www.ithaca.edu/ithacan "1;:'rJ~l; ~i:. 2 THE ITHACAN Auousr 22, 1998 . Who's Who· at IC IMAGINE, SGA READY TO WORK CHUCK HOLLIDAYfTHE ITHACAN Williams Malek Bohn Erlich Miller The Imagine Party, headed by ?resident Mark Napamek (cen­ ter), won the Student Government Association election In President Provost James Communications Humanities and HSHP Dean April and took office on May 18. Four vice presidents (from Peggy R. S. Malek Dean Thomas W. Sciences Dean Richard C. MIiier left) make up the party, which Includes Becky Gay (campus Bohn Howard S. Erlich Office: 320 Williams Office: 350 Job affairs), Lindsay Freeman (academics), Naparstek, Nick Office: 311 Roy Office: 206 Muller Smiddy Hall Office: 300 Job Hall Tarant (communications) and Melissa Becker (business and Phone: 274-3113 H. Park Hall Center Phone: 274-3237 Hall finance). The SGA office Is located In the Student Activities Phone: 27 4-3895 Phone: 274-3102 Years at IC: 8 Phone: 274-3111 Years at IC: new Center on the third floor of Egbert Hall. Years at IC: 1 Years at IC: 18 Years at IC: 25 h. Picnic to foil ow .-,i,i~·-,:_··_· . ' !"_ ·,, . Williams speech i ·. \,... ~.~-·­ By Ithacan Staff working since April to build "a ''.>. -~-"'. The first ever Ithaca College sense of connection and shared •"._, :~ _. community picnic will be held on commitment," organiLcd the ~. Monday following President event. Ostrander Ullrich Oblak McAree Gregory Peggy Williams remarks at the 11 The committee said they hope Music Dean Business Dean VP Student Associate VP Minority Affairs a.m. Convocation ceremony in to build on last March's "Day of Arthur E. Robert Ullrich Affairs John B. Student Affairs Director Keeon the Ben Light Gymnasium. Service." Ostrander Office: 430 Oblak Brian J. McAree G. Gregory The picnic - which organiz­ Organizers hope the event will Office: 208 Ford Smiddy Hall Office: 390 Egbert Office: 390 Egbert Office: 324 ers said is the official "kick off' establish person-to-person inter­ Hall Phone: 274-3341 Hall Hall Egbert Hall of the 1998-99 academic year - action between students, college Phone: 274-3343 Years at IC: new Phone: 274-3374 Phone: 274-3374 Phone: 27 4-1692 will be held in the Campus Center administrators, faculty and staff. Years at IC: 27 Years at IC: 20 Years at IC: 16 Years at IC: 2 quad until 2 p.rn. To volunteer at the picnic, The Community Enhancement contact Mark Darling '97 at 274- Committee, a group that has been 1777. Get a higher score. Then change the world. Setting your sights high? Before making your mark, you'll need to ace your tests. No one can prepare you better than Kaplan. With 60 years of proven success getting students into the schools_of their choice, we're the #1 name in.test prep. Classes are filli~~_up fast, so call today. Classes are available at Ithaca College and at our Kaplan-Ithaca location. KAPLAN www.kaplan.com World Le-ader in Test Prep AUGUST Z2, 1998 THE ITHACAN 3 . -~',;._ ,, Bo(ikstore set for busy weekend By Ithacan Staff • Aug. 31 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Ithaca College Bookstore will • Sept. 1-4 -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. change its opening weekend hours to 11 • Sept. 8-10 - 9 a.m. to I p.m. a.m. to 5 p.m. for today and Sunday to •-Sept. 11 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. accommodate the earlier arrival of stu­ Bovi said there arc five requirements to dents. refund textbooks: "We changed the hours from noon to 6 • A receipt and student ID must he pre­ p.m. because parents and students were sented; arriving earlier," Bookstore Director • Book must he purchased for fall 1998 Michael Bovi said. semester; "We didn't do any business after the 5 • Books cannot he marked. Used books p.m. hour," Bovi added. may be returned in condition purchased; The following arc Bookstore hours for • If purchased by credit card, a credit the remainder of opening week: will be issued. • Aug. 25-28 - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information about book pur­ • Aug. 29 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. chases or returns, contact the Bookstore at Bovi said the Bookstore will open on 274-3210. Saturdays during the school year from 10 . SUZIE O'ROURKE/THE ITHACAN a.m. to 4 p.m. Senior Paulette Sacks looks at a sheet listing required reading materials for the fall The Bookstore opened on Saturdays semester. The Bookstore will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunc~ay. during the spring semester and Bovi said the Bookstore bencfitted from the addition­ previous semesters at the buy-back win­ and running through Sept. 11. al hours. dow adjacent to the campus post office in The following arc dates and times stu­ Hours for the used book buy-back are Phillips Hall. dents can refund incorrectly purchased Aug. 26-27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The textbook refund will be held at the books: Bovi said students can sell books from buy-back window beginning on Aug. 28 • Aug. 28 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Telephone and TV reps extend operating hours on campus can pick up a cahle Time Warner and ACC hope hox at the company's office at to connect students with services 519 W. Stale St. in Ithaca. If students have any que~tion~ By Ithacan St~ff -- • Premium Service - $10.95; regarding their ACC phone ser­ Representatives from Time includes multi-channel HBO. vice or would like to sign up for Warner Cable will be on campus Cinemax, Showtime and Disney voice-mail or- a long distance next week and the ACC Long channel arc $9.95 per channel. calling card they can go to the Distance Corp. office will be • Custom Choice - $3.95; ACC office located on the second open for extended hours for five channels including Sci-Fi, floor of the Terrace Din in!! Hall. freshmen lo sign up for service. ESPN2, Encore, Golf Channel The office is o~n Monday Time Warner Cable will he in and Home & Garden. through Friday from 9 a.rn. to 11 the north foyer lobby of the cam­ Time Warner offers two ~pe­ p.m. and from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. pus center on Aug. 24-25 from 5 cial packages: If the office is closed, stu<lcnb p.m. to 8 p.m. • TV Marquee - $36.50; can conta<.:t the ACC Long Students can pick up cable includes Ba!>ic, Standard Plus, Distance Corp. main office phone boxes and sign up for other ser­ Custom Choice, home terminal number by calling l-800-481- vices during this time.; and remote. 4224. The following is a fist of Time • Movie Marquee - $51.95; Warner services: includes choice of TV Marquee, • Basic Service $13; 24 two premiums and music choice Hooking up channels including ABC, NBC, or TV Marquee and three premi­ For information regarding th~se services contact: CBS, FOX, PBS, TBS, local ums. - I<- .- · access and others. All of the services above AC~g Distance: on-campus • Standard Plus· Service - Basic require a home terminal office-275-5222; main phone number :1-800-481-4224 $19.75; 23 additional channels and remote for an additional fee. ROBERT B. BLUEY/THE ITHACAN Time Wame)'.Cable: 272-3456; including MTV, CNN, Comedy Students who arc unavailable ,- / A pile of Bell Atlantic phone books sit outside the ACC Long www.ithacatwcable.com Dislance Corp. office on the Terrace Dining Hall second floor. Channel and others. during the hours Time Warner is ....... .,.......".. e·Your Home STORE HOURS: ·BIG Monday-Thursday: 6 a.m. to Midnight AL'S ."' An Oasis! Friday & Saturday: 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday: 8 a.m. to Midnight FREE DELIVERY: Monday-T~ursday: 11 a.m. to Midnight Friday: 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday: N·oon to 1 a.m.
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