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Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. April 10, 2008 The Ithacan Volume 75, Issue 25

Freshman Stephanie Torres leads a tour group of prospective students yesterday. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN Judge halts roadwork

BY KATHY LALUK on each side of the road — a 2-foot NEWS EDITOR expansion in either direction. Th e A county judge ruled in favor road currently has 10-foot lanes of Coddington residents earlier and 3-foot gravel shoulders. this week in a case against the In order to get the construc- County Legislature’s plans to tion under way, the county com- expand the road. pleted a review of the ecological County Supreme Court Justice impact the construction would Robert C. Mulvey granted a pre- have on the area, as required by liminary injunction preventing the State Environmental Quality the county from entering the land Review Act. of the plaintiffs and annulled the According to the Decision county’s original environmental and Order papers, Mulvey ruled review of the area, according to that Coddington was a ‘highway- the Decision and Order docu- by-use’, which means the county ment for the case, obtained from only has the right-of-way to Mary Russell, one of the attor- property they can prove has been neys for the residents. used for highway purposes, such In the suit, the 14 plaintiffs as road repairs and significant argued that the county did not traffic patterns, during the past properly conduct its state-man- 10 years. dated environmental impact re- Jonathan Wood, who repre- view, nor did it prove a uniform sented the county in the case, said right-of-way for the road. The the expansion of the road was county claimed a uniform 50- slated to begin in Spring 2009, foot right-of-way throughout the and he is unsure if the injunction 3.1 mile project area and upheld will affect the construction’s pro- that their environmental review jected start date. Wood said the was thorough. county plans to file an appeal and Th e Legislature passed the that it is likely he will again rep- A new direction proposition to widen Coddington resent them in the case. Road last September. Th e proposal Study predicts drop in applicants, rise in diversity included a 5-foot paved shoulder See LAWSUIT, page 4

BY ELIZABETH SILE College derives most of its appli- ic, Ithaca College will be forced to After a judge sided with residents in the lawsuit, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR cant pool, the class of 2015 will target other applicant pools and A NEW PLAN the county will have to rethink how to approach The academic quads, dining be more than 10 percent smaller regions of the country. the planned expansion of Coddington Road. halls and residence halls of the than that of 2009. “It’s essentially a four-year residen- ST nation’s colleges and universities “We’re entering a new period tial institution for, by and large, white CLINTON HUDSON ST are about to get a new look. of time after a decade and a half of students,” Prescott said. “Th e pipeline The composition of the steady and large increases in the for that group of students is drying Tops up, particularly in the Northeast.” nation’s applicant pool and insti- number of high school graduates ALBANY ST tutions of higher education are that were being produced all over As of Fall 2007, minority stu- on the brink of drastic change, the country, and in every state and dents made up nearly 11 percent Wal-Mart according to a recent study by the region,” said Brian Prescott, senior of the College’s undergraduate stu- Western Interstate Commission research analyst at WICHE. dents. In 2003, these students made CODDINGTON ROAD for Higher Education (WICHE), a Prescott said this decrease up only 8 percent of the college’s mart OLD ELMIRA RD 15-state research coalition which in the number of graduates was total enrollment. examined U.S. birthrates and the result of a decrease in births This four-year jump is largely educational enrollment. in the early 1990s and a result- the result of steady increases in The total number of high ing decline in educational enroll- the enrollment of Hispanic stu- 96B school graduates is expected to ment. The Northeast has steadily dents by roughly 10 percent be- peak this year at 3.34 million stu- been losing almost two percent cause of greater influxes in His- dents nationwide. After this year, of its total population each year panic immigrants. The study also numbers will steadily decline un- since 2000. stated that Asian enrollment will Ithaca til 2015. The study projected that With losses in its traditional BY ROAD College in the Northeast, where Ithaca Northeastern white demograph- See STUDENTS, page 4 DAN SGA prepares for 2008-09 BY REBECCA WEBSTER STAFF WRITER MEET THE CANDIDATES As elections for Senior Class Council View a breakdown of the running parties and the Student Government Association See page 9 Executive Board draw near, parties across campus are preparing their platforms and especially well-known within [the Center campaigning in hopes of pulling votes in for Student Leadership and Involvement] Monday’s elections. and that’s probably a good thing because Early this month, SGA extended the you get a more diverse array of ideas and deadline for entering the races because of experiences,” Bloom said. low participation. Both the Senior Class The IC Green Party will hold a debate Council race and the SGA Executive Board between the Executive Board candidates races were unopposed. Since the extension, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in IC Square. the race for Senior Class Council remains Bloom said the debate will be an opportu- unopposed, and four parties are running for nity for students to familiarize themselves the SGA Executive Board. with the party platforms before they vote. SGA president and senior Aaron Bloom sits Tuesday in IC Square during the meet-and-greet SGA president and senior Aaron Bloom, Jeremy Tagliaferre, president of the IC session with the different parties. Elections will be held Monday through Friday. said the deadline extension was a wise Green Party, said he hopes students will SAMANTHA CONSTANT/THE ITHACAN move, and he is excited to see how the elec- take this opportunity to open a dialogue volved and ask questions that are important The elections will be held Monday tions will turn out. about their concerns. to them so that they can vote as a more in- through Friday. Students will receive an “We are going to see people who are not “I hope that the students will be in- formed person,” Tagliaferre said. e-mail with a link to an online ballot.

find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING

2 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK  Election violence continues in Nepal 10 THURSDAY Violence on the eve of a landmark election meant to cement a peace deal with Nepal’s communist in- Mesa Española from 6 to 7 p.m. surgents left at least seven people dead, offi cials said in the Terrace Dining Hall yesterday. Police killed at least one protester and six former rebels in separate clashes. Mental Health Benefi t Concert Th e vote is intended to bring sweeping change sponsored by Active Minds from to this long-troubled Himalayan country and will 8 to 11 p.m. in Emerson Suites likely mean the end of a royal dynasty that has ruled for centuries. But the clashes made clear 11 FRIDAY that fashioning a lasting peace in this impover- ished, ill-governed and frequently violent coun- Harmonics for Health Workshop try won’t be easy. with Kathy Nagy ’75 at 4 p.m. in the Nabenhauer Recital Room of “For the peace process to be successful, the elec- the School of Music tion needs to be credible,” said Yubaraj Ghimire, editor of the newsweekly Samay. “It’s not clear that “Race in America: Then, Now, it will be.” and Tomorrow” presentation at Th e demonstrator was killed after police fi red 4:30 p.m. in Textor 103 on a mob of hundreds smashing shops and vandal- Sigma Iota Epsilon Induction izing buses to protest the slaying a day earlier of a and Reception at 4:30 p.m. candidate in the mountainous Surkhet district, said in the McHenry Lobby of the the area’s police chief, Ram Kumar Khanal. School of Music Authorities in the remote district had already Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. in imposed a curfew, which remained in place. Muller Chapel Th ey also said they would delay the election in Shabbat dinner at approximately the area by at least a week, though the vote would 7:15 p.m. on the Terrace Dining go ahead in the rest of the country. A tainted image Hall balcony Two small, crude bombs were detonated outside Supporters of Pakistan’s recently slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto burn an effi gy of former chief a Katmandu hospital and the main election com- Night at the Observatory minister of the Sindh province and ally of President Pervez Musharraf, Arbab Ghualm Rahim yesterday mission offi ce, although no one was injured. Th ere from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at in Karachi. Police reported six people have died as a result of political unrest. was no claim of responsibility. the Clinton B. Ford Observatory K.M. CHAUDARY/ASSOCIATED PRESS Th ursday’s election is the fi rst in the two years (weather permitting) since King Gyanendra was forced to end his royal 12 SATURDAY dictatorship and the Maoists, as the former rebels culture,” said one monk, who switched to Chi- woman Marleigh Meisner told reporters in San are known, gave up their 10-year fi ght for a com- nese when asked by a reporter from the American Angelo, about 40 miles from the compound Matzah Ball sponsored by Hillel munist state that left about 13,000 people dead. Broadcasting Corporation. in Eldorado. from 8 to 11 p.m. in Presser Another monk at the monastery, who spoke Hall of the School of Music Monks demand return of leader to Th e Associated Press by phone, said the group GOP expands mortgage program More than a dozen Buddhist monks staged waved the Tibetan fl ag and shouted: “We’re not Th e Bush administration is expanding a gov- 13 SUNDAY an emotional protest yesterday in front of visiting against the Olympics. We need human rights.” ernment program to help homeowners head off journalists at a monastery in western China, calling foreclosure as it scrambles to counter Democratic Make-a-Wish Foundation for human rights and the return of exiled Tibetan Offi cials raid polygamist compound calls for a broader federal housing rescue. event sponsored by the Public leader the Dalai Lama, said a monk and a reporter A polygamist compound with hundreds of Th e plan would enable more low- to moderate- Relations Students Society of at the event. children was rife with sexual abuse, child wel- income homeowners to refi nance into mortgages America from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Th e latest protest came as Tibet’s governor fare offi cials allege in court documents, with girls with monthly payments they can aff ord, while in the Ben Light Gymnasium promised “severe” punishment against any inde- spiritually married to much older men as soon lenders would take a loss on the loans. Mesa Española at noon in the pendence activists who disrupt the Olympic torch as they reached puberty and boys groomed to It is a more modest version of a concept Demo- Terrace Dining Hall relay when it passes through the Himalayan region perpetuate the cycle. crats have been pushing in recent days to respond on its way to Mount Everest next month. Th e documents released Tuesday also gave de- to the mortgage mess, which would have the Fed- 14 MONDAY Th e monks, whose numbers grew to about tails about the hushed phone calls that triggered the eral Housing Administration back restructured two dozen during the 10-minute incident, began raid, by a 16-year-old girl at the West Texas ranch loans for distressed borrowers. Th e administra- Screening of “Jacob the Liar” shouting slogans in Tibetan in an outer courtyard who said her 50-year-old husband beat and raped tion’s idea, however, would reach far fewer bor- at 8 p.m. in the Phillips Room as journalists entered a prayer hall at the Labrang her. Days after raiding the compound, offi cials still rowers than the Democrats’ proposal and would of the Muller Chapel monastery in Xiahe in western Gansu province, aren’t sure where the girl is. be fi nanced by homeowners’ mortgage insurance which borders Tibet. Offi cials have completed removing all 416 premiums rather than taxpayer dollars. 15 TUESDAY “We want human rights, we want the Dalai children from the ranch and have won custody Lama back, we want to preserve our religion and of all of them, Child Protective Services spokes- SOURCE: Associated Press Screening of “Beautiful Daughters” by filmmaker Josh Aronson at 7 p.m. in Textor 102 Roy H. Park Center for Business and VIC Internet Radio holds Managing Finances After College&City Sustainable Enterprise. a successful marathon College presented by the Susan Engelkemeyer, the dean of VIC Internet Radio hosted its Office of Career Services Expert to speak about Magic.” His most recent book, the School of Business, said the school 22nd annual 50 hour marathon from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the global water disaster “Where’s Your Wow?,” was re- has yet to be named and will continue last weekend, raising more than Clark Lounge IC SafeWater will sponsor a leased earlier this year. to be called the School of Business. $4,000 for the Tompkins County lecture by Trevor Field at 7 p.m. The discussion is part of She said no prospects are being dis- SPCA, a no-kill, open admission IC Environmental Society meet- Wednesday in Textor 102. the Park School Writing Award cussed but that she hopes the school animal shelter. ing at 8 p.m. in Friends 203 Field, the founder of Play- Speaker Series. will be named in the future. VIC staff members sold hours Pumps International, started the To read a Q&A with Frishman, of the marathon to local busi- ADD YOUR EVENT organization almost 20 years ago visit www.theithacan.org next week. Red Cross to sponsor nesses, on-campus organizations Drop events for “This to improve the drinking water of campus-wide blood drive and individuals. Week” in the marked box in children and adults in Africa. Africa expert to discuss Th e local American Red Cross will Th e weekend’s activities included The Ithacan offi ce, or e-mail His lecture will discuss the effects of colonialism host a blood drive for all college and remote broadcasts from the SPCA, Assistant News Editor daunting water crisis in Africa Phillips Stevens Jr., from the community members from 8:45 a.m. a drag show at Common Ground, Elizabeth Sile at esile1@ and abroad, as well as how Play- Department of Anthropology at to 3 p.m. today in Emerson Suites. scavenger hunts and a battle of the ithaca.edu by 5 p.m. Monday. Pumps can play a role. the University at Buff alo, will pres- The New York-Penn Blood bands at Th e Haunt. For more information on ent “Magical Literacy, the Easy Services Region typically faces a CORRECTIONS the event contact IC SafeWater Life and Expedient Christianity: decline in blood collections dur- Editor in chief named co-president Elizabeth Getman Some Poorly Recognized Aspects ing the month of April because of for next academic year It is The Ithacan’s policy to at [email protected]. of the Colonial Legacy in Africa” at academic vacations. Th e Ithaca College Board of Stu- correct all errors of fact. 7 p.m. today in Textor 103. E-mail [email protected] to dent Publications has appointed Please contact Assistant Alumni to speak about Th e lecture will focus on frequent- make an appointment to donate. junior Erin Geismar as editor in News Editor Elizabeth Sile at publishing in America ly overlooked aspects of colonialism To be eligible to give blood, chief of Th e Itha- 274-3207. Rick Frishman ’76, best-sell- in post-independence Africa. volunteers must be at least 17 can for the 2008-09 ing author and founder of Planned Stevens has conducted anthro- years old, 110 pounds and have academic year. COPY EDITORS Television Arts, a book publicity pological fieldwork in Africa and not donated in the past 56 days. Geismar, a jour- company, will participate in “How the Caribbean and is the author of If one has traveled to Europe any- nalism major, and Khadijah Anderson, Alex to Get Published in America” at 7:30 several publications on culture in time since 1980 for more then 3 economics and span- Barnett, David Durrett, p.m. Wednesday in Emerson Suites. these areas. cumulative months in Great Brit- ish minor, has served Jennifer Ecke, Anna Funck, Frishman works with top book ain or 6 months in Europe, one is at The Ithacan as a GEISMAR Kara Gornick, Heather editors, literary agents and publish- Business building named also not eligible. staff writer, assistant news editor Karschner, Lauren Kaufman, ers through Planned Television Arts. after Dorothy and Roy Park Blood donations will benefit and news editor. She has also writ- Jennifer Levitt, Emmy He is the author of “Gue- Th e new business building has local hospitals in Ithaca and the ten for iMPrint Magazine. Geis- Schwartz, Samantha Tibbetts rilla Publicity” and “Networking been named the Dorothy D. and Southern Tier. mar is from Shoreham, N.Y. Thursday, April 10, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 3 STAND hosts symposium about Darfur confl ict Siren system BY JACKIE PALOCHKO to be installed STAFF WRITER While visiting campus Monday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discussed the on campus horrifi c images he witnessed while visiting Darfur in 2004 — orphans crying for their dead parents, BY TRISTAN FOWLER mothers having to choose which of their children MANAGING EDITOR would survive and sons trying to bury the bodies Ithaca College will begin in- of their slaughtered families. stalling two sirens later this month “I just looked around and it was really at that that will alert the campus in case moment the tragedy and scale of atrocities really of an emergency. hit home,” he said. Th e sirens will be located on the Kristof, a two-time top of the Campus Center and near Pulitzer Prize winner, View a video of Carp Field by the Terraces. Bill Fer- spoke as part of the Dream Yahya’s pre- guson, associate director of Public sentation at for Darfur: A Two-Day Safety and project manager, said the theithacan.org/ Academic Symposium go/08yahya siren will provide short pre-record- on the World’s Darkest ed messages to the campus, while Olympics, an event sponsored by Ithaca Col- the college’s Emergency Notifi ca- lege’s chapter of Students Taking Action Now: tion System will continue to provide Darfur and Cornell University’s anti-genocide more details about the emergency. group, STARS. Ferguson said the system will Saturday’s event began with a presentation cost about $65,000 to install. by Mohamed Yahya, the executive director of Cornell University installed si- Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democ- rens on its campus in mid-March. racy. Yahya, a Darfur refugee, was studying in On March 24, Th e Chronicle of Cairo in 1993 when Janjaweed troops invaded Higher Education reported that his village in Darfur. He said he did not allow the several colleges and universities distance to stop him from helping the people Mohamed Yahya, executive director of the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, speaks had begun installing sirens on their of Darfur. Saturday in Textor 102. Yahya’s lecture was part of a symposium sponsored by STAND last weekend. campuses, including Virginia Tech, BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN Yahya worked in Cairo while writing his fi rst where the school’s weather alert academic articles about the genocide. minds were more powerful than if I just heard da Kessler, co-presidents of STAND, began the system was adapted into an emer- “I invited my friends and we got together at these stories from someone else,” Wong said. planning for the symposium in the beginning of gency siren system. a meeting and we talked about how we could The event emphasized the role that China, the fall semester. Kessler said she wanted stu- Brian McAree, vice president do something to help,” he said. “We could no Sudan’s chief diplomatic sponsor and major dents to realize every small eff ort can help end of student affairs and campus longer stay at school when our people were weapon’s provider, could play in the ending the genocide in Darfur. life and chair of the Ithaca Col- being killed.” of the genocide. The speakers told of interna- “People are really apathetic about things like lege Core Emergency Response Since the genocide began, Yahya has lost tional pressure on China and the possibility this,” Kessler said. “Th ey feel like they’re never Team, said the college began 21 members of his family. Now, he is only cer- of boycotting the 2008 Summer Olympics going to end up changing things.” discussing the idea last summer tain that his mother and two of his siblings are in China. Kristof, who is planning his 11th trip to Dar- in response to the tragedy at still alive. Kristof said though China would feel pressure fur, also spoke of the signifi cance of students Virginia Tech last April. According to the Save Darfur campaign, up if many nations boycott the opening and closing becoming involved in the movement to end the Whelen Engineering Compa- to 400,000 people have died from the violence ceremonies, it may also lead to more problems. genocide in Darfur. ny Inc., which manufactured the in Darfur. Th e confl ict, which is between the Kristof said his suggestion is to wait until clos- “Th e reality of Darfur is, if there is going to be sirens, projected the two sirens Janjaweed militia group and a number of rebel er to the start of the games to make a decision political response it’s because of people like you will be eff ective in reaching the groups, began in February 2003. about boycotting. getting involved,” Kristof said. “Get involved in entire campus, including Emerson Freshman Gamy Wong attended Yahya’s “People … not going to the opening and the STAND Chapter. Write to the White House. Hall, the Garden Apartments and presentation and said Yahya’s descriptive closing ceremonies would be a huge embar- Go to Web sites like ‘Save Darfur.’ Write to TV the Circle Apartments. accounts conveyed the strong truth of what rassment to China,” Kristof said. “My fear will networks for more Darfur coverage.” “My prayer is that we won’t have the genocide is truly like. Wong said Yahya’s be that a boycott of the opening and closing Merkin said she would like to see more stu- to use it at all,” McAree said. presentation was a good opportunity to ceremonies will tend to boost Chinese nation- dents become involved in the college’s STAND Ferguson said the system will be hear horrific tales of the genocide from a alism, push China into a corner and create chapter. She said it is the responsibility of citi- tested over the summer and at most Darfur refugee. less cooperation.” zens to help become the voice for the voiceless once a semester starting this Fall. “Th e images that he tried to implant in our Freshman Rachel Merkin and senior Aman- in Darfur. McAree said about 40 percent of the student body is signed up for voicemail and text messaging on the ENS, but the sirens will ensure everyone on campus is notifi ed of College honors LGBT month an emergency. “You may not have your cell BY CLARA EISINGER Filmmaker Josh Aronson, whose phone, [or] you may not be sit- STAFF WRITER visit was originally scheduled for last ting at a computer when an emer- With LGBT Awareness Month February but was cancelled due to gency happens,” McAree said. under way, April is a busy time for weather, will come Tuesday. His fi lm “What we’re hoping for from the the college. Lis Maurer, coordinator “Beautiful Daughters” documents the siren system will be a great way to of the Center for LGBT Education, fi rst all-transgender production of get out a message very quickly to Outreach and Services, said that dur- “Th e Vagina Monologues.” everybody on campus.” ing this month, commonly known at Other events this month include Th e Offi ce of Public Safety has Ithaca College as Gaypril, the college a Career Services presentation for the authority to activate the sirens will coordinate many diff erent activi- LGBT students Wednesday, a Rain- immediately in a quick-response ties for students. bow Reception for graduates April 19, emergency situation, such as a “Every year, we’ve had everything a talk by sex educator Jay Friedman gunman or hostage situation on from performances to speakers to art April 23, the annual Day of Silence campus. McAree said Public Safety exhibits to awareness raising things on April 25 and a new campus-wide col- would consult with other authori- the academic quad,” Maurer said. “You laboration held by the Unity Council ties if there is time. name it, it has happened in April on April 29. Rachelle Cohen, a graduate stu- this campus.” Th e Day of Silence is observed Sybil Conrad, assistant director of student affairs and campus life, raises dent, says she thinks the sirens will LGBT Awareness Month, which across the country, but Ithaca’s obser- the LGBT fl ag for Gaypril on Tuesday outside the Campus Center. be more eff ective than e-mails but Maurer said has been held at least vance contains a unique twist: prism CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN is afraid students will not follow the since she arrived at the college in 2001, is sponsoring a “breaking the silence” Council, whose goal is to unite campus,” Woodson said. siren’s instructions. provides opportunities for students to event called the Night of Noise. student groups and encourage col- Maurer hopes the events this “Sometimes fi re drills go off listen to speakers, see fi lms and par- “Some of us struggle with the laboration between them, has or- month will help participants to see and people ignore it,” Cohen said. ticipate in activities celebrating sexual idea of purposely remaining silent ganized a campus-wide art project queerness as only one aspect of an “I imagine people [will] ignore [the and gender diversity. because we know that people are re- which will be displayed April 29. LGBT person’s personality. sirens and] not take it seriously.” One of this year’s highlights is maining silent the other 364 days of On April 19, students will gather in “We can … engage in a dialogue Junior Mike Monfared said the Monday’s visit by Alex Sanchez, au- the year,” Maurer said. the Fitness Center to decorate panels about how rich peoples’ experiences sirens will help provide an extra thor of gay-themed books for adoles- Junior Louis Caligiuri, co-presi- of fabric which will then come togeth- are,” she said. “Th at no one person sense of security on campus. cents and adults, such as “Rainbow dent of leadership for Prism, said the er to make a large fl ag. can be reduced only to their sexual “I think it’s a great idea, if it en- High.” Sanchez has won an award group will host a drag show in IC Th e fl ag will stretch the length of orientation, or to their gender iden- sures that our students are safe,” from the American Library Associa- Square at 6 p.m. April 25 for this year’s the academic quad, from the Campus tity, [and] that we each have many Monfared said. “I feel like some of tion, and his talk is being coordinated Night of Noise. Center to the Dillingham fountain. diff erent pieces that make up who the situations at the other schools, through a partnership with the Tomp- Cornell Woodson, SGA’s vice After the fl ag is taken apart, each piece we are.” some students didn’t know exactly kins County Public Library. He will president of campus aff airs and will be on display in various buildings what was going on.” speak at 3 p.m. in the Klingenstein executive secretary of the Unity across campus. For a complete list of events, visit Lounge and 7 p.m. at the Tompkins Council, said one Gaypril event is “Th e purpose of it is really just to www.ithaca.edu/sacl/lgbt/events/ Special Projects Manager Aaron County Public Library. entirely new this year. Th e Unity bring people from all diff erent areas of lgbtaware/ Munzer contributed to this story. 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, April 10, 2008 Residents hope injunction will delay county project

LAWSUIT Russell also said she was excited to hear FROM PAGE 1 the judge’s decision and that this sets a “Quite simply, I disagree with the deci- precedent for residents to hold elected of- sion,” he said. “I believe it’s important for the ficials accountable. county to rely on the clerk’s offi ce in order to “This has been a classic David and Go- determine the extent of a right-of-way.” liath struggle,” Russell said. “It shows that Russell said because of the court’s deci- these people, who had to band together to sion, the county must obtain permission bring this action against the county … could from each resident to use his or her land win in a case like this.” for the project and provide the owner just Pfaff said he thought the expansion proj- compensation for the property. She also ect was a purely political ploy and the resi- said if a resident did not allow the county to dents’ victory in the lawsuit would force the use their property, the county would need a county to think. court order to proceed with their project. “This [case] shows the county that resi- “[The county is] going to have to pro- dents don’t agree with the construction and ceed [with their construction plans] in a don’t necessarily want as much pavement very different way,” she said. “But it doesn’t as [the county] can find the money to put necessarily prevent them from doing the down,” he said. construction in the end.” Pfaff said he is unsure if residents will Tom Pfaff, associate professor of math- agree to hand over their land to the county Mary Russell, one of the attorneys representing the residents in the lawsuit against the county ematics at Ithaca College and one of the but that negotiations will at least slow the legislature’s plans to expand Coddington Road, works Tuesday in her downtown offi ce. residents petitioning the construction, said progress of the county’s expansion project. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN he was extremely pleased with Mulvey’s de- “It’s going to come down to the exact de- cision and hoped it sent the right message sign of the road they decide to put in place,” case was “eye-opening,” and he was trou- Pfaff also said he hopes this case sets an to the county. he said. “The more reasonable [of a] design bled by the county’s attitude throughout example for other residents to fight legisla- “It’s a step in the right direction. Hope- the county eventually decides on, the more the proceedings. tion they disagree with. fully, the county gets the message that we’re easy-going the residents will be about ne- “I was really disappointed with how the “Other residents on other roads will be serious, organized and that the legal system gotiating.” county acted in all this. They either didn’t able to look to this and realize they can supports us,” he said. “[The county] seems Russell said she expected the county know what they could [legally] do in this fight what the legislators want,” he said. “I to think that residents aren’t organized and to appeal the case but hopes that the situation, or they chose to lie to us,” he said. don’t think we view this case as done … aren’t willing to spend the money to bring a court will continue to rule in favor of “What’s really frustrating is we still don’t but we will definitely continue to stand up lawsuit and that they can just say anything the residents. really know why they want to add all this for what we believe is the right solution in they want and do anything they want.” Pfaff said his experience with the extra pavement.” this instance.” Colleges to seek greater diversity through targeted recruitment STUDENTS college and move outside of the “Not all prospects are equal,” he versity at the forefront of the minds of ment in diversity by focusing in on FROM PAGE 1 urban environment, for example.” said. “We know that there are certain administrators, faculty and students. the top performing students who can Metzger said he feels the school profi les of students who are willing “We’ve made some great strides essentially get an education wherever increase by more than 20 percent. will diversify because applications to travel the distance for college.” in terms of all types of diversity. … they want,” he said. “It should focus on In response to the predictions from minorities were at a record Woodson said as the campus It seems like a call to be very cog- students whose attendance and suc- of WICHE and other research or- high this year, peaking at 2,108 appli- gains a more diverse student body, nizant in the future with what we cess has historically been marginal at ganizations, Larry Metzger, dean cations. For the 2006–07 school year, the Unity Council and other stu- do around how we recruit students, best because increasingly our work- of enrollment planning, said the there were 1,856 applications from dent groups will have an impor- where we recruit them from,” he force is demanding a high education college is looking to rework how it minority students. tant role to play in bringing these said. “It’s going to remind us to make attainment level.” attracts and retains applicants. “We’re fortunate to see how newly expanded minority and re- ourselves accessible.” Metzger acknowledged that Metzger said President Peggy the numbers are playing out for gional groups together. Prescott said this decrease in colleges like Ithaca will feel the R. Williams has formed a com- us,” he said. “The next number of “We need to empower students, graduating students is likely to effects of these predictions but mittee dedicated to examining the years will provide some change in to support them and to be there for create more competition among said he is confident in how the college’s options as fewer students the right direction, as far as diver- them not just academically,” he said. institutions of higher learning to college will benefit. graduate from high school. The sity is concerned.” “… We need to get them to stop get the students they want. Col- “In the educational environment college is moving toward a more Prescott said colleges and uni- walking around in these little hubs of leges such as Ithaca need not fo- it is important to have diverse opin- student-driven recruitment pro- versities such as Ithaca College will [students who are like themselves].” cus on these qualified Northeast- ions and perspectives, and this is the cess using Internet programs such see noticeable changes in minority John Rawlins, assistant director ern, middle-class students, but point at which you should be tested as IC Peers, he said. and regionally diverse enrollment of the Offi ce of Multicultural Af- on students from other areas and or exposed to diff erences that you “We continue to work on de- in their applicant pools. fairs, said the changes predicted in backgrounds, he said. may not have had before as a student,” veloping processes that enable us He said this increase comes as WICHE’s study are likely to put di- “We’re not going to get any move- Metzger said. to personalize our relationship no surprise, and the college should with students,” Metzger said. “One anticipate some increases in the His- PASSING OUT of the major transitions that we’ve panic population, which has steadily 350,000 DIPLOMAS White non-Hispanic grown in Southwestern states such done in the past few years is to get The Northeast is expected 300,000 out of the way and let the current as Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. to see a steady increase students tell the story.” “Virtually all states will experi- in graduating public school Junior Cornell Woodson, founder ence … dramatic increases in His- seniors of Hispanic and 250,000 of the Unity Council, a support group panic students and graduates,” he Asian minority groups beginning in 2015. and panel of clubs and organiza- said. “Th e larger number of His- 200,000 tions on campus, said he is delighted panic students is concentrated in the Through 2021, the number of high school students with how enrollment and applicant Southwest, but in a state like Ohio receiving their diplomas is 150,000 numbers are expected to aff ect the for example, which hasn’t seen that expected to decrease and campus’ look. many Hispanics, their growth rates

eventually level out. NUMBER OF GRADUATES “I would not have expected to are going to be phenomenal.” SOURCE: WICHE 100,000 hear this especially because the Metzger said while minority media always gives a very negative applications will increase, num- 50,000 connotation to how things are,” bers from other geographic areas Black non-Hispanic Hispanic he said. “To hear this is a great are harder to predict and resis- Asian/Pacifi c Islander encouragement because I have tant to drastic change in private 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 American Indian/Alaskan Native TIME siblings that I hope to see go to schools of the Northeast. Thursday, April 10, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 5 For the next three weeks, The Ithacan will detail the contributions of top-level administrators who are leaving the college in May Erlich retires after more than 30 years at college

BY ARCHANA MENON life and personal life. It is a very STAFF WRITER tough balance to get, and I think I Howard Erlich was in the probably learned from him.” middle of receiving his doctorate Erlich said every day as dean when he heard of a faculty opening has been hectic, and he is gener- at Ithaca College. Erlich had never ally in his office on Sundays. He heard of Ithaca College before. said after retirement, he is look- “I had heard of Cornell,” he said. ing forward to personal time and, “But Ithaca College at that time at least in the short term, doesn’t was smaller than my high school.” have a set plan. In 1973, Erlich became a fac- Erlich said he will continue his ulty member of the Department position as chair of the Ameri- of Speech Communication. With- can Conference of Academic in four years, the dean of the Deans and will work on relearning School of Humanities and Scienc- the classroom. es at the time offered Erlich the “I have the option of returning part-time position of an assistant to teach and I am thinking seri- dean. Erlich was promoted to ously about that,” he said. “I have associate dean of the school and to prepare to teach. The technol- eventually applied for the post of ogy has changed so dramatically.” the school’s dean. Arliss said she hopes the new Erlich said becoming the dean dean will be able to improve the was a dramatic change in lifestyle. school as much as Dean Erlich did. “When you teach you know “He was genuinely dedicated to when classes begin and classes the School of Humanities and Sci- end,” he said. “It’s a structured life. ences over the 20 years,” she said. This kind of [job] is entirely oppo- “He leaves behind a school that’s site. Your life is somebody else’s. better than when he came.” It’s not your own anymore.” Erlich said he never really ac- Since he became dean of the Howard Erlich, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, stands Thursday in the Handwerker Gallery. Erlich complished anything without the School of Humanities and Sci- will take a one-year sabbatical at the end of this school year and will have the option to return to teaching. help of his staff and the people that ences 20 years ago, Erlich has seen MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN surrounded him at Ithaca College. his school gain interdisciplinary Erlich’s work ethic is admirable. to be a real addition to the school he looks to his father’s success He said he will find ways to keep programs, 20 departments, more “It’s like he’s wearing some kind and not just a quick fix to the at being simultaneously devoted busy during his retirement, but it than 80 faculty members and a of psychological body armor,” Mc- question of what do we do with to his family and the college as a will be difficult to fill the void left more diverse population. He came Cue said. “He’s kind of the bul- exploratory students,” she said. guide to live his own life. by no longer being a dean. into the position after John Oblak, letproof dean. Twenty years. … Erlich said his wife’s support has “A lot of times I find that it can “I am going to miss the people, the interim dean of Humanities You’ve got to respect that.” been one of the main reasons he’s get rough in a hospital and that the faculty, the ability to interact and Sciences from 1982 to 1988, Erlich said during his time here, been able to stay in the job for 20 you can spend more and more with smart, well-read, accom- became the college’s vice presi- he has learned to balance his time and years. He said his wife has been a time there,” he said. “At some plished people,” he said. “I am dent of student affairs and cam- have a life outside of the position. constant source of encouragement. point you have to strike the bal- afraid I’m going to miss the intel- “I have tried to learn to com- “In retrospect I ask myself the ance between your professional lectual stimulation.” partmentalize my life,” he said. “As question, ‘How did I do this?’ and I A SHIFT an administrator, you really have come back to having the good for- to know yourself to understand tune of having a spouse who was that if the job is going to kill you in enormously supportive,” he said. AT THE TOP five years, it’s probably not a good Two of Erlich’s three children, idea to be doing it.” as well as his wife, attended Ithaca HOWARD ERLICH Laurie Arliss, chair of the College. Jason Erlich, the eldest, DEAN OF HUMANITIES speech communication depart- graduated from Ithaca College in AND SCIENCES ment, said Erlich has been careful 1997 with a major in the School of and thoughtful in his approach to Humanities and Sciences. Having pus life. Erlich announced in the the position. his father as dean of the school fall he would be taking a one-year “[He] doesn’t rush into things,” in which he was enrolled did not sabbatical in June and retiring she said. “He creates policies and make much difference to his expe- at the end of the following year. programs that will be good not rience at the college, he said. Erlich will have the opportunity just for today or tomorrow and “It wasn’t a daily issue at all, to return as faculty when his will have lasting effects.” except I could come by and say sabbatical ends Erlich initiated the school’s hi to my dad once in a while if I “I want to have flexible time,” First Year Seminar Program and wanted,” he said. he said. “The pace during the Honors Program. Arliss said the And sometimes when he made school year rarely slows. … [This fact that both programs will be the Dean’s List, his congratulatory job] is a very hard and extremely implemented across the college in note would say “Love, Dad.” demanding position.” the future defines the high quality Jason is in his residency at the From right, Howard Erlich talks to Carol Judisch ’86 at an advising session in Harry McCue, professor and of each program. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical his offi ce in 1986. Erlich has been at the college for more than 30 years. chair in the art department, said “He wanted [these programs] Center in Boston, Mass. He said COURTESY OF ROSS WLADIS 6 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, April 10, 2008 Business student takes leadership to new level BY REBECCA WEBSTER Paris], just being in a different STAFF WRITER country, out of my element, by It was a dreary day for a tour at myself,” she said. “And then that Ithaca College as groups of high carried over to living by myself in school seniors huddled beneath um- D.C. last summer.” brellas and walked across wet path- Last spring Roberts helped create ways. But Kate Roberts, now a senior the Women in Business Network, a business administration major, said group that aims to help women deal when she was visiting that day as with issues in the workplace. part of a Dean’s Host program, the “Women have to not only think weather did nothing to stop her from about how to work with men, but falling in love with the school. [also] development wise, being a “[The people] were just really mother, there’s a lot of issues that inviting and I thought it would come into play,” she said. be a perfect fit,” she said. “They Roberts said she is pleased to seemed like people like me.” leave her mark on business students Laurie Roberts, Kate’s mother, and the Ithaca College campus. said she remembers her daughter’s “It’s really exciting,” Roberts excitement. said. “I’m glad that I could help “It was a miserable day and it put it in place. … I think it was something that was needed.” Senior Allison Trinker, Roberts’ STANDOUT roommate, believes Roberts’ involve- ment in so many organizations is something that really sets her apart SENIORS from other students. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS “She does above and beyond what is expected of a typical col- KATE ROBERTS lege student,” Trinker said. Senior Kate Roberts prepares for a Dean’s Host event March 29 in the atrium of the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Cen- Roberts has also been honored was pouring rain,” she said. “But ter for Business and Sustainable Enterprise. Roberts is the program director and co-chair of the group. with many awards from the college. she looked up and said, ‘Oh my BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN She was the recipient of the Peggy God mom this is it! I can see my- ness choices and a solid understand- confi dence and determination. that everyone can walk away from R. Williams Award for Academics self here.’ She just knew.” ing of communication. She said she “She became very comfortable an event feeling good about it,” and Community Leadership, the Since she came to the college, learned how to be a leader early in life, being in front of people,” she said. Roberts said. Fred L. Emerson Scholarship and Roberts has become involved in wanting to set a good example for her “The commitment that she made Th e summer after her sopho- the TAPPI Scholarship. She was numerous organizations on cam- younger brother and sister. to dance because she so loved it more year at the college Roberts also inducted to the Ithaca College pus. She is the program director “Having a younger brother and just affected so many other areas studied abroad in Paris, France. Th e chapters of Pi Delta Phi and Sigma and co-chair of the Deans’ Host a younger sister, I’ve always been of her life.” following summer she lived on her Iota Epsilon. Committee, member and manager looking out for people and caring Roberts said these lessons have own in Washington, D.C., working Roberts is still looking for a job of the Ithaca College Dance Team for people,” Roberts said. “It can’t helped her in her leadership roles at the White House in Laura Bush’s after graduation but said she is ex- and co-founder of the Women in be about you all the time, and you in business administration. She Projects and Policy Offi ce. She said cited to start the next big step in Business Network. have to look out for others.” said it is essential to place the over- starting with her trip to France and her life. Roberts said growing up as the Roberts’ mother said her daugh- all satisfaction of the group mem- following through her summer in “I feel like I’m really ready for it,” daughter of an entrepreneur — her fa- ter’s early love of dance and partici- bers before anything else when in Washington, she became more con- she said. “I love Ithaca so much and ther owns multiple businesses — she pation in it also prepared her for a charge of groups of people. fi dent in herself. I don’t want to leave it in that sense, was always surrounded by good busi- career in business, teaching her “It’s more about making sure “I feel like I grew up a lot [in but I feel like I’m kind of ready to.” Senior visual arts major shows creative spirit through images BY CLARA EISINGER tion in Pecos, will be screened May 10. In it, Eng- STAFF WRITER lander said she explores her childhood memories Last summer, KC Englander and her high and how they have shaped her identity. school friend, Lyra Butler-Denman, wanted to Englander’s mother, Nancy Wilson, said go on a trip. Instead of taking the usual summer being at the college has helped to develop her vacation to the beach, they decided to go coff ee daughter’s intellect. Wilson said her daughter farming in Ecuador. had a strong interest in the performing arts since Englander, a senior fi lm, photography and vi- high school, so when she applied to the college, sual arts major, fi rst got the idea when she looked she headed straight for the musical theater pro- on the World Wide Opportunity of Organic gram but was not accepted. Farming Web site, which posted each farm’s Wilson said the rejection was a gift that crops and work hours. helped Englander learn more about herself and Englander said at the fi rst farm she and her abilities. Denman went to, they did little work, so they “She’s grown because prior to [attending the headed elsewhere. college], she was a performer of other people’s “We wanted to get in the soil, so we went art, and now she’s creating her own art from in- side her,” Wilson said. Englander said she was drawn to art and fi lm STANDOUT because she feels they do not have the same level Senior KC Englander develops a print in the photo lab at the Roy H. Park School of of competition inherent in drama and that she Communications. Englander said she loves art because it allows her to have a level of freedom. STEVE GORGOS/THE ITHACAN can make her own artwork. SENIORS “I’m actually creating my own work now in- Visitors entered the small, pitch-black space a sustainable practice since materials needed to ROY H. PARK SCHOOL stead of being a conduit for someone else’s,” she one at a time and crossed infrared sensors, which create it place stress on the environment. Eng- OF COMMUNICATIONS said. “I’m not just acting someone else’s words.” triggered fl ashes of pictures and snatches of lander said she hopes to address this problem by Senior Nathan Cann, a cinema and photog- sound taken from other peoples’ memories. combining her future home with a sustainable KC ENGLANDER raphy and philosophy and religion double major, Brian Karafi n, assistant professor of philoso- art gallery. describes his friend Englander’s experimental phy and religion, taught Englander in a religion Englander is planning on moving to Portland, up to the Northern part of the country to pick fi lm as a series of random fl ashes of images and and society class. He said Englander brings an Ore., after school, where she hopes to canvas coff ee and peeled it and dried it in the sun for descriptive phrases. open mind to class and always off ers a fresh and for environmental organizations and continue some people who were activists in the area “It will be a lot of small snippets that are interesting perspective. working on her art. fi ghting against the privatization of water,” seemingly unrelated, with sound and visuals,” he “I think she has kind of an interest and a Th ough some of Englander’s work involves Englander said. said. “But there is some sort of correlated pattern taste for the radical and for a kind of spiritual intense concentration and working alone, she During her travels, Englander practiced that emerges through.” revolution,” Karafi n said. said the support she’s received from people at the her Spanish, a language she has heard since Englander’s interests in memory and per- Englander still engages in some performing college has helped her gain success for herself. childhood. Englander, originally from the New ception have also manifested themselves in arts. She is a member of VoiceStream, the col- “It’s rare that I do anything that’s solely pro- Mexican town of Pecos, near the California some of her other artistic projects. For her lege’s co-ed a capella group, and also serves as the duced by me,” Englander said. “It may be con- border, said she has always been drawn back photography workshop last semester, she group’s advertising and public relations offi cer. ceived by me, or the concepts may come from to her roots. decided to build an 8 foot by 8 foot room in Englander said she is also interested in sus- my own mental processes, but everything I Englander’s senior thesis fi lm, called “Phan- the basement warehouse of the UPS store in tainability, a concept she often incorporates make is made manifest by the help of so many tom Limbs,” part of which was fi lmed on-loca- downtown Ithaca. into her artwork, though she said art is not yet other people.” Thursday, April 10, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 7 Student play brings reality of eating disorders to stage

BY TRICIA L. NADOLNY being alienated from it,” she said. NEWS EDITOR McDonald and sophomore Matt Worhach, One woman stands in the middle of a room, the show’s stage manager, said they fi rst had hands folded across her waist. She speaks soft- the idea to include the testimonies from the ly, her eyes set low to the ground. college community when a student who had “Why is it that they only notice me as I heard about the show contacted them with begin to wilt away?” she said. her story. Th ese are the words of an anonymous “We thought it would help Ithaca College Ithaca College student who struggled with students realize that this is very much a prob- a debilitating eating disorder — words lem that could aff ect people that they know,” brought to stage by sophomore Dani Stoller. Worhach said. “Th at it’s not just a play writ- A group of students compiled these testimo- ten by someone that they’ve never met before nials and will perform them this Friday and [but] that it’s an actual issue that does aff ect a Saturday, along with the play “Dying to be lot of people that are around this campus.” Th in,” in hopes of opening a dialogue they Freshman Laura Abbott said she was wary said is far too closed. when fi rst asked to be a part of the production, “We’re not supposed to talk about [eating but the theme soon resonated with her. disorders],” sophomore Jennifer McDonald, “[I realized] that it’s not about fi nding a the show’s director, said. “We’re not supposed quick fi x and patching things up,” she said. “It’s to go and look for help. Th at’s being weak. about just being able to talk about stuff .” We’re supposed to be a certain way. And I just In Abbott’s monologue, she grapples with hope that the show can make people be willing the reality of bulimia and the fact that while to talk about it.” she may not now have the strength to over- McDonald fi rst read the “Dying to be Th in” come the disorder, eventually she will. script in high school. A close family member She said being a part of the production has was struggling with bulimia, so one of her reminded her why she is a drama major. directors gave her the script, thinking it may “It’s theater that’s trying to make a change off er some comfort. Years later, she decided — a diff erence for the better,” she said. “I think to direct the performance at the college. Th e that’s really inspiring.” performance is sponsored by Active Minds, In the process of putting together the a mental health awareness, education and show, the cast and crew researched eating advocacy group. disorders, held group discussions, brought “I thought that if it had helped me so much in guest speakers and forced themselves reading it, how much good it would do for to see the sensitive issue in a new light, other people if they actually saw it,” she said. McDonald said. Th e play was originally a one-woman per- “I kind of hope in the one hour that we have formance, but McDonald split the script into to show this fi nal product to the audience that Feelin’ good eight gender-neutral monologues, two of they can get as much as we got out of three From left, seniors Amanda Bussett and Kellie Hoverter cheer next to the Feel Your which will be performed by male actors. months of working on it,” she said. Boobies bus Saturday on The Commons. The bus, sponsored by the Feel Your Boobies “People so often associate eating disorders Foundation, travels across the county to raise awareness about breast cancer. just with women, and we really wanted to be Tickets are on sale for $5 through Friday in EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN able to reach out to men that we thought were Textor Hall and at the door before the shows. 8 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008

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THE RECONSTRUCTION PARTY PARTY F.R.E.S.H. Cornell Woodson, president Michael Bender, president Sharlene Nichols, vice president of academics Mara Engel, vice president of academics Miriam Feldman, vice president of business and fi nance Jeremy Lee, vice president of business and fi nance Dan Wald, vice president of campus aff airs Kameron Mohammed, vice president of campus aff airs (not pictured) Luke Elmers, vice president of communications (not pictured) Edward Lemonier, vice president of communications

Cornell Woodson, president of The Recon- groups and new leaders with fresh ideas. Michael Bender, president of Party F.R.E.S.H, easy one for the campus community. struction Party, said the group hopes to renew Woodson said he hopes students and SGA can which stands for For Refreshing Every Student “When the new president is selected, one of student government by fi nding SGA’s strengths work together to collectively solve problems. Hope, said the party hopes to stimulate the the big priorities will be to have them [connect] and giving students more input. “It’s about what can I change and how can I student body. with our student government and the rest of the “[We] are all about giving the student govern- enhance our campus culture,” Woodson said. The party aims to work closer with student community,” Bender said. ment back to the student body,” Woodson said. The party hopes to get students, espe- organizations on campus, Bender said. He hopes Party F.R.E.S.H. is eager to be able to com- Woodson, the current vice president of cam- cially freshmen, involved in the affairs of SGA, to continue the momentum of the SGA board municate better between SGA and the student pus affairs for the SGA Executive Board, said Woodson said. He said the party also plans to and complete existing projects, such as the body, Bender said. one of the party’s biggest strengths is its com- get student senators more involved in planning proposed campus shuttle system. The party also “We just want to be there for the student bination of students already involved in campus events like dances and ice cream socials. hopes to make the new president’s transition an body,” he said. WE OPERATION ITHACA FREEDOM Dave Newberg, president Spencer Scher, president Aaron King, vice president of academics Seth Davidson, vice president of academics Julian Williams, vice president of business and fi nance Will Culbert, vice president of business and fi nance Lara Deguzman, vice president of campus aff airs Andrew Kehrer, vice president of campus aff airs Edon Ophir, vice president of communications (not pictured) Aaron Terkel, vice president of communications

David Newberg, president of WE, said lowering costs of parking for students through Spencer Scher, president of Operation [and] getting people excited,” Scher said. the party is aiming for cohesiveness among fundraising and … through talking with the Ithaca Freedom, said the group’s main The group also hopes to extend hours students. He said they hope to be a vehicle for administration,” Newberg said. objective is to raise student engagement for the fitness center’s outdoor pool, students to voice their concerns. WE is also looking to create events on cam- and awareness in the Ithaca College com- make the Bonus Bucks system roll-over The party is focusing its efforts on two main pus that will not only bring students together for munity. He said the group is comprised based, increase funding for student run areas: congestion of the parking lots on campus nights of fun, but raise money for SGA. These mostly of students who are new to involve- organizations and raise campus awareness and prices of textbooks, Newberg said. He said funds would help SGA pay for other events and ment and he hopes their participation about sustainability. he hopes to solve these problems by working help other organizations on campus. will inspire other students to take a more The group hopes to work closely with with the administration. “WE actually have ideas as opposed to just a active role in campus organizations. the administration in order to make these “We [hope to make] actual strides toward party name,” Newberg said. “It’s all about getting people involved ideas a reality, Scher said.

Team Re:New, led by pres- student volunteer groups so ident AJ Mizes, said the party that seniors will be prepared TEAM RE:NEW plans to turn senior year into for job searches as well as AJ Mizes, president a “senior experience.” be active parts of the college Christan Balch, vice president “Rather than seniors community. The party also Chris Cherniss, treasurer going through a typical plans to take regular polls, Amy Morse, secretary senior year, we’re creating giving seniors a chance to something that people will have a say in what events are experience … rather than held during their last year at just go through the motions,” the college. Mizes said. “I really hope [students] The party’s platform will see that we are trying to focuses around four core val- be really innovative and new,” ues: success, togetherness, Mizes said. “We’re really giving back and student putting our effort into making opinions. Mizes said the sure this is a new experi- party plans to work closely ence, something that seniors with career services and have never seen before.” 10 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008

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MARCH 14 CASE STATUS CHANGE MARCH 18 reaction to a person’s hand. Report MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Clarke Hall taken. Environmental Health and Safety LOCATION: Lower Quads INFORMATION ONLY SUMMARY: One person referred judi- DISRUPTIVE/EXCESSIVE NOISE Manager Tim Ryan. SUMMARY: A person who had re- LOCATION: All Other cially for providing a false statement LOCATION: East Tower ceived an accidental hand injury from SUMMARY: Caller reported two cases and tampering with evidence regarding SUMMARY: One person judicially referred MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED tripping on stairs walked self to the of bacterial meningitis. Report taken. a larceny/stolen property complaint for excessive noise. SASP. LOCATION: Hill Center Health Center. Report taken. Sergeant Master Patrol Offi cer Bruce Holmstock. originally reported Feb. 11. Master SUMMARY: A person who had sustained Ronald Hart. Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE a wrist injury at an intramural event MARCH 16 LOCATION: F-Lot was transported to the Health Center. MARCH 21 FOUND PROPERTY SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car Report taken. Master Security Offi cer OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT LOCATION: S-Lot property-damage MVA. Report taken. George Whitmore. ACCIDENTAL PROPERTY DAMAGE LOCATION: All Other SUMMARY: Set of keys found and turned Patrol Offi cer Dawn Stewart. LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Person reported a one-car prop- over to Public Safety. Unknown owner. FIRE ALARM SUMMARY: One person was judicially erty-damage MVA. Report taken. Sergeant MARCH 19 LOCATION: Campus Center referred for fl ooding a fl oor and damag- Terry O’Pray. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused ing a water fountain. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: S-Lot MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED by fumes from kitchen exhaust hood. Dirk Hightchew. TOMPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown LOCATION: East Tower System reset. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: State Route 96B/Danby Road person had damaged a vehicle. Pend- SUMMARY: A person with a lacerated Erik Merlin. FOR THE COMPLETE SAFETY LOG, SUMMARY: Caller reported a car/deer ing investigation. Master Patrol Officer finger was transported to CMC by am- go to theithacan.org/news MVA. Animal was destroyed, and TCSO Donald Lyke. bulance. Report taken. Patrol Officer MARCH 20 filed report. Master Patrol Officer Jeffrey Austin. KEY Bruce Holmstock. RECLASSIFICATION OF CRIME MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE LOCATION: Circle Apartment 4 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: East Road CMC – Cayuga Medical Center MARCH 17 SUMMARY: A larceny reported on LOCATION: Emerson Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car CCV – College Code Violation March 8 was reclassified to burglary. SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred property-damage MVA. Report taken. DWI – Driving while intoxicated MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED Pending investigation. Investigator for possession of marijuana. Patrol Offi - Patrol Offi cer Dawn Stewart. IFD – Ithaca Fire Department LOCATION: Lower Quads Tom Dunn. cer Jeffrey Austin. IPD – Ithaca Police Department SUMMARY: Caller reported a person FOUND PROPERTY MVA – Motor vehicle accident had received a facial injury during a DISRUPTIVE/EXCESSIVE NOISE SAFETY HAZARD LOCATION: Lower Campus RA – Resident assistant football game. One person transported LOCATION: Circle Apartment 6 LOCATION: Rowland Hall SUMMARY: A single key was found SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol to Convenient Care by a third party. SUMMARY: Three people referred judi- SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown and turned over to Public Safety. V&T – Vehicle and Transportation Master Patrol Officer Dirk Hightchew. cially for excessive noise. SASP. substance had caused a chemical Unknown owner.

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EDITORIALS AN APOLOGY TO DANI STOLLER Last week’s front-page article, which dealt with eating disorders, portrayed its main source inaccurately. or 77 years, students at Th e Ithacan have aspired to the professional standards expect- Fed of full-time, practicing journalists in the industry. Often, we succeed. But in the times that we don’t, we are reminded, sometimes painfully, that we are still students. Regardless of the number of awards we win, the quality of our writing or the extent of our coverage, we are still learning, and in the process, make mistakes. Last week was one of those times. Our front-page story, “A Th in Line,” examined the lives of students struggling with eating disor- ders. One of the students featured in the story was Dani Stoller, whom our writer characterized as suff ering from an eating disorder. Dani’s name was given to our reporter because of Dani’s role in “Dying to be Th in,” a play to be performed Friday and Saturday and sponsored by Active Minds to raise awareness of eating disorders in our culture. An interview followed, in which our reporter, who believed Dani’s name was given to her as an eating disorder survivor, assumed that to be the case and never directly confi rmed it with Dani. Th e reporter’s assumption was mistaken: Dani Stoller does not have, and has never suff ered from, YOUR LETTERS an eating disorder. Woodward will be a strong dean instantly apparent that the School of continues to look bright with someone It was then we were powerfully reminded of the As a graduate of the School of Music Music was a well-oiled machine. who understands these principles taking importance of having nothing less than absolute I am elated and relieved to read that In my opinion, IC’s faculty and admin- the helm. clarity with our sources and of our obligation to Gregory Woodward has been selected istration (80 percent of which Ostrander verify and confi rm every detail we report, regard- as dean. Dr. Woodward possesses the hired) are better organized, more engag- NATHAN WILSON ’05 less of how obvious it may appear. one intangible the other finalists could ing, more accessible and frankly make As journalists and as fellow students, we deeply not offer: the Ithaca experience. I felt consistently better admissions decisions LETTER POLICY regret any hardship we have caused Dani Stoller that at this pivotal stage it was essential than their competition. Th e environment The Ithacan welcomes correspon- and off er her our sincerest apologies. for the School of Music to hire from created by the faculty and the students dence from all readers. Please within, and I applaud Dr. Mauk and the they select is unparalleled. During Dean include your name, graduation year, search committee in their decision. I Ostrander’s tenure, things at the School organizational or college title/posi- tion and phone number. Letters must TASKS FOR A DEAN doubt I am alone in the opinion that of Music just seemed to be done right. be 250 words or less. The Ithacan Th e School of Humanities and Sciences while Dean Ostrander’s most visible Graduates of the School of Music are reserves the right to edit letters for needs unity, identity and management. legacy certainly will be the Whalen unmistakable in the music profession not length, clarity and taste. All letters Center addition, his most impor- only because of their focus on excellence must be received by 5 p.m. the n the fall, Leslie Lewis will take on her role as dean tant contribution to the school is the in performance and education, but also Monday before publication. All letters of Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and personnel decisions he made. In 2000 for their character, which is molded by must be signed, submitted in writing and either e-mailed to ithacan@ ISciences. Th e outgoing dean, Howard Erlich, has when I visited IC and its musical peers their multi-dimensional experience at ithaca.edu or delivered to Park 269. overseen signifi cant changes and growth in the school, (Eastman, Oberlin, Crane, etc.) it was IC. Th e future of the School of Music but many challenges remain for the incoming dean. During her candidate interviews, Lewis stressed the importance of creating a better fl ow of communi- cation between students and administration. She also discussed the necessity of developing an identity on campus and unity within the school, a topic that has been a primary focus in the school for some time. For a school with such diverse disciplines and no single building to house them in, developing unity is no small task. But it is also not the only item on Lewis’ to-do list. Based on input from several faculty and staff mem- bers of the School of Humanities and Sciences, Th e Ithacan has compiled a list of additional priorities for Lewis to address. Th ese include, in no particular order:

1) Redefi ning the role of liberal arts at the col- lege to help articulate unity and identity. 2) Addressing issue of governance, to clarify who makes what decisions and to communi- cate more eff ectively while doing this. 3) To off er leadership; not just management.

Members of the School of Humanities and Sciences have expressed their optimism for Lewis’ upcoming tenure. Her willingness to maintain open, frequent dialogue with both students and faculty is promising. It is a step in the right direction to accom- plishing these goals.

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GUEST COMMENTARY JUST Williams absent from sexual assault dialogue TRUST herever you are on campus read- ME ing this, stop and look around. Th e Windelible stamp of President Peggy R. ROB GRIFFIN Williams is everywhere. Th e Center for Health Sciences, the Circle Apartments, the Fitness Center and the sparkling-new School for Busi- You don’t know ness all opened their doors during her tenure as president. God bless the Capital Campaign. Along with adding new features to the South jack about God Hill landscape, Williams has increased diversity or a while now, I’ve prob- in each of her 10 years as ably been an atheist six president with the success Fdays out of every week. of the Martin Luther King Even if you caught me on that Jr. Scholar Program. Th e seventh day, where God appar- development of the Division ently rested and I decide to give of Interdisciplinary and In- my disbelief a rest, I think there ternational Studies and other are still a number of odd as- eff orts have strengthened our sumptions we’ve made about this academic profi le, closer than Creator of ours. ever before, to an elite level. BRIAN HOTCHKISS It’s as if reason and logic When she retires, she will take a strange holiday whenever leave behind a presence that will be hard to fi ll. someone enters their respective President Peggy R. Williams leads the Erase the Hate Rally held April 14, 2005. Williams did not person- Good luck to the successor. house of God and settles in for a ally respond to recent sexual assault issues, a drastic departure from her reaction in 2005. But with all the good that she has done on this FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN thoughtless hour of lecture and campus, I fear she has made one mistake in judg- worship. In order to vent some ment in her last six months as president. academic policy and a laundry list of other duties, statement, seen in Th e Ithacan and on the college’s of my own frustration, I humbly In this opinion and editorial column, and in there is also an unwritten commitment to the Web site, her voice ardently commends champion- submit a small list of what I the letters to the editor in the box to your left, an college’s population and their safety. ing racial diversity at all colleges, including her own. believe to be rather obvious intelligent and mature conversation has taken place In an issue that created a fi restorm of contro- Maybe legal barriers or pending litigation stands observations. about sexual assault and rape culture on this cam- versy and outrage, not just on our campus but in in her way of being the assertive, forthright, presi- 1. God could not possibly be pus. In hallways, classrooms, dining halls and dorm the nationwide academic community, shouldn’t we, dent she has built a reputation as being. As outsid- like anything we imagine. rooms, that discussion has continued. All of the as concerned students, professors and administra- ers in the issue, her silence is open to speculation. We’re just not smart enough. talk, of course, stems from the three, now-infamous tors, expect our highest ranking offi cial, our leader, Perhaps it was a journalistic fault by this paper to You probably understand his dis- incidents reported in February. to make a statement? not ask or demand for her reaction or her guidance. positions and motives — if such Recently, with forums held by SAFER, crucial What makes this specifi c instance odd is that In her fi nal days as reigning president at this words can even be applied — just reforms in judicial policy and the topic’s petering Williams has been so vocal on other contentious is- campus, it is only natural that we refl ect on Wil- about as thoroughly as a rock out of the news cycle, the dialogue has subsided. I sues involving her students. At Free Speech Rock in liams’ infl uence on our campus. From new build- understands you. Probably even still feel somehow unsatisfi ed. Because somewhere 2005, while surrounded by 500 chanting Bombers, ings and a wealth of new opportunities to a wiser, less. If everyone would kindly in the fl urry of responses, there was something she spoke with vigor and passion about racist and more socially conscious and more diverse student refrain from citing God’s will or missing from the discourse. bigoted comments made towards a young black population, her mark is everywhere. telling us what he wants, it would What was unaccounted for in the matter was woman. Th e Erase the Hate rally was a community However, in the eleventh hour of her tenure, be greatly appreciated. the voice of our president, Peggy R. Williams. building and progressive moment that defi ned her when her voice could have given counsel and direc- 2. God does not care about A key responsibility of the president is to unite devotion to this campus, and these students. tion to her troubled campus, she was silent. your sex life. and lead the campus community. Aside from In 2003, Williams heralded the Supreme Court’s I don’t know much, but I essential fundraising eff orts, the construction of decision to uphold the legality of Affi rmative BRIAN HOTCHKISS is a junior writing major. E-mail him have to believe that a being new buildings, organization of events, oversight of Action at the University of Michigan. In a public at [email protected]. of unimaginable intelligence and power could not care less whether the one hairless ape was GUEST COMMENTARY married to the other hairless ape before getting busy. Further- more, he must have better things to do with his time than frown at Suicide education in high schools is lacking the homosexual hairless apes. hink back to high school for the Counseling Center were actively 3. God could not have a plan a minute. Not a week went engaging students and encouraging governing the events here on Tby where you didn’t hear everyone to learn more about their Earth and have given you free about drinking and driving, or that services and to not feel ashamed will at the same time. if you have unprotected sex you will about seeking help. It was strange Th ey’re incompatible, folks. get an STD or become pregnant. yet refreshing to fi nally see people so Either you’re a mindless cog Now, this may involved with and interested in my in a machine that is chugging just be me, but individual well-being. Now, as the co- unstoppably towards an end I do not recall president of Active Minds, a national desired by him or there is no Exit hearing much student-run mental health awareness Strategy for this strange thing we about suicide and advocacy organization, I have call Existence. Talk about a lousy or self-infl icted become conscious of the lack of such Commander-in-Universe. harm — do outreach in the high school setting. 4. Th ere is no reason to be- you? Judging It would be hasty and unfair of lieve that God loves you. from the lack of me to conclude that no high schools None. Th ere’s not a shred of mental health JOSEPH FRAIOLI touch upon mental health issues or evidence to indicate that he is awareness and try and reach out to their students. either malicious or benevolent education in my own high school, However, coming from a fairly liberal, in reference to human kind. In I cannot help but think that high suburban school, it is clear that men- fact, the overwhelming experi- schools across America are closing tal health promotion and awareness ence of humans should indicate LeBron Rankins, a psychologist at the college, sits in the Counseling Center their eyes and ignoring a defi ciency in services in high schools are sparse, that he doesn’t care at all. Chew Wednesday. Rankins is just one of many resources available to students. mental health education. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN and those that do exist are not well on this: Th ough man has lived a According to the U.S. Center for equipped or maintained. I think that brutal existence in ignorance and Disease Control and Prevention, from Planned Parenthood come to After a very powerful and it is time for the government to open fear for hundreds of thousands a 2004 census reveals that suicide talk about all the diff erent kinds of thought-provoking speech by Heidi their eyes and face the rising suicide of years, we’re still to believe accounted for nearly 10 percent of condoms and genital warts there Bryan, founder of the Feeling Blue rates among teens. Th ere are millions that God loves us and we’re his deaths in individuals age 15 to 19, are and we watched countless MTV Suicide Prevention Council, I had the of young individuals who struggle special creatures? making it the third leading cause of videos regarding the negative eff ects opportunity to ask her if she felt there with depression, stress, anxiety, eat- At the end of the day, the death for that group, just under ac- of methamphetamines. We did not, was adequate mental health educa- ing disorders and a number of other existence of God is really no cidents and homicide. It is astonish- however, have any class devoted to tion and services in high schools. mental health issues — how long more or less ridiculous an idea to ing that with such prevalence among a discussion about mental health, According to Heidi, it was nowhere must they wait until it is okay to talk me than his non-existence, but America’s youth, health courses in or have a speaker come tell us about near adequate. As a woman who dealt about these issues and seeking help some of the basic assumptions high school do not focus at all on stress and anxiety or the signs and with depression and suicidal thoughts becomes a positive thing? How much shared by peoples of many faiths mental health and suicide. symptoms of depression. With all the throughout her life, Heidi expressed more will suicide rates increase be- make each of their versions seem I felt like in my health class all time high school educators spend that there was not enough awareness fore something is done? You can only pretty unlikely. God, if he exists we talked about was sex and drugs. telling us about the dangers of drugs, about such issues during her adoles- keep your eyes closed for so long. at all, didn’t give you a mind so Don’t do drugs, they’ll kill you; don’t it seems pretty ironic that drug use cence, when her depression began. you could stop using it whenever have sex, it’ll kill you. Th ey didn’t didn’t even make the chart for the top Upon entering college I realized JOSEPH FRAIOLI is a sophomore psy- he was the topic of conversation. even touch upon the concept of ten leading causes of death among what was missing from my high chology and sociology major. E-mail him you killing you. We had speakers high school-aged youth. school. For the fi rst time, places like 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 Kara Cusolito at 274-3208. rgriffi [email protected]. 14 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008 Thursday, April 10, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 15

At left, Diane White-Clayton sings a solo accompanied by the Ithaca College Orchestra and students attending the invitational. BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN

Young High school students attend college’s voices gospel invitational BY JAMIE SAINE rican Americans in music who are very dents] really enjoyed it,” he said. ACCENT EDITOR professionally at the top of their game Damon Gray, musical director of Hundreds of high school students de- and are doing some incredible things Duval High School in Lanham, Md., scended on South Hill last weekend for a with gospel music and classical music has also been involved with the invi- prospective student Ithaca Today event. and jazz, a lot of the idioms,” he said. “It’s tational since the beginning and said But 180 of them weren’t here to tour cam- important for them to see that model, to this was the third trip for some of the pus — they were in the James J. Whalen see black professionals.” 10 students he brought this year. Du- Center for Music learning an intricate gos- This year’s concert, “Order My Steps,” val said the event off ers students some pel music show with less than 48 hours to was dedicated to Glenn Burleigh, a musi- valuable contacts. perfect the performance. cian and friend of Whitehead’s who died “Th ey get to meet other stu- The students, mostly from the Wash- unexpectedly this winter. Burleigh was a dents from diff erent schools, from ington, D.C., area but coming from as clinician at the college’s first gospel mu- diff erent parts of the country, who far as Miami, were here for the Gospel sic invitational. all share the same desire, the same Music Invitational, an event started three Th e students, from eight high schools passion for music,” he said. years ago by Baruch Whitehead, associate along the East Coast, arrived at the col- Whitehead said the weekend professor of music education. lege Friday for a weekend of rehearsals and also benefi ts its college partici- Th e weekend was designed to promote stayed in residence halls until the main per- pants. Many students at the college gospel music as a mainstream genre. formance Saturday night. come from European musical back- “It’s been a dream of mine for many years Whitehead said having the visitors stay grounds, he said, so performing to preserve the legacy of gospel music in the with college students added an extra dimen- gospel music exposes them to new mainstream music settings because I think for sion to the bonding the groups experienced. challenges. Th e new experiences ex- many years it wasn’t,” Whitehead said. “It was “I got an e-mail from a [college] student tend to audience members as well. looked at as something that was nice to do but who said that this was her fi rst gospel con- “It’s not like a classical concert really wasn’t to be taken too seriously.” cert and she hosted a student,” Whitehead where you sit there very formally and In addition to perpetuating gospel mu- said. “Basically she said her whole world clap at the end of each song,” White- sic, Whitehead also wanted to give black changed because she was exposed to this head said. “You may stand up and students the same big-choir opportunities music, exposed to these students.” shout ‘hallelujah,’ wave you hands in other students have been experiencing for Emory Andrews, choir director of Oxon the air, [yell] ‘Sing that, girl.’ It’s just years, he said. Whitehead worked with Hill High School in Oxon Hill, Md., has been very open, it’s very affi rming.” friends and colleagues to fi nd high schools bringing students to the invitational since the Th is year’s invitational opened that might be interested in coming to the event began. Th is year Andrews brought 18 a new avenue of participation, with college for a gospel weekend. students, the smallest group yet, he said. groups from Miami and New York “It was important for African Ameri- “My school was hosted by some of City joining the traditional students can students to be able to see other Af- Ithaca’s fantastic students and [my stu- from Washington, D.C. Whitehead said La Salle High School in Miami has already commit- Christopher Lilley, from Songs of Solomon ted to returning next year, Academy, was a soloist at Saturday’s concert. and the Song of Solomon BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN Academy in New York City took it a step further. “We’re going to have a really ting more schools from New York City, and good connection with [Song of Sol- other schools are calling to express interest omon], and immediately we tried in the invitational. to make some connections here at Gray said he thinks the college is a better the music school to get some audi- place for off ering this opportunity to its own tions going and get some scholar- students and visiting youngsters. ship money going,” he said. “With all the educational opportunities Th ough Whitehead thinks the that students have, it’s always good to not majority of participating schools only learn your craft better, but also learn will continue to come from the D.C. how to be a better person,” he said. “I think area, he said he expects to start get- that happens with these kinds of exchanges.”

Above: Members of Cornell’s Gospel Choir, Chosen Generation, perform Saturday in Ford Hall. BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN ACCENTUATEUA

16 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008 Spotlight Because the world is a funny place

From “City of Men” to “Honeydripper,” The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) brought many talked-about fi lms to Ithaca. Staff Writer Mike Spreter discusses “Chop Shop,” a fi lm that provides a bleak look into New York City.

RAMIN BAHRANI’s “Chop Shop,” will put to shame any fi lm student who has ever gotten up at a party and pretentiously declared that the age of the great auteurs is over. One of the downtown screenings at this year’s FLEFF, the fi lm follows young Alejandro (ALEJANDRO POLANCO) and his sister, Isa- mar (ISAMAR GONZALES), as they shuffl e through their lives in the slums of New York City — a third world of its own, somewhere between the high-rise baseball stadium and the landing strip for jumbo jets.

What makes “Chop Shop” remarkable Sing your heart out From left, senior Carrie Varney and junior Louis Caligiuri sing at Queeraoke, sponsored by Prism, on Monday in the Clark Lounge. is its exciting sense of versatility and DAVID KORMAN/THE ITHACAN improvisation, its status as a cultural document without any skull-crushing sociopolitical airs. What makes it ripe for auteur theory is its director’s skill at THESE STORIES MIGHT NOT hohot harnessing these qualities in the first amazing BE TRUE, BUT WE SURE place: Bahrani claims he chose the gar- HOPE THEY ARE bage he wanted placed in the farthest dates reaches of each frame. animals friday UpSouth will perform at British tabloid The Sun (because they’re a Bahrani, whose debut feature “Man Push 5:30 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic reliable source) reported a story last week Lounge, 508 W. State Street. Cart” also screened as part of FLEFF, spoke about a turtle who is addicted to cigarettes. Admission is free. on campus last weekend and served on the Its Chinese owner, Li Yun, said the turtle goes War on Mars will perform at panel of “How to Get Your Break,” a seminar through a half-pack a day, and that, “Whenever Castaways, 413 Taughannock for students about industry advice. Though I smoke, it lifts its head out of the water and Blvd. Admission is free. consistently anti-dogmatic in his responses, stares.” This may not be entirely true, but it Teachers Lounge will he emphasized the role of persistence and was too good to pass up. perform at 6:30 p.m. at The speed in translating ideas to fi lm, citing his Haunt, 702 Willow Ave. fear that every fi lm might be his last as one Admission is free. reason for his quick jumps into pre-produc- — Patrick Doyle College Night Dance Party tion on projects he feels passionate about. will be held at 9 p.m. at Common Ground, 1230 Danby This video on YouTube titled Rd. Admission is free before He also spoke about the challenges of “Elephant Paints Self Portrait” is a 10 p.m. and $3 after. 18+. echoing the jazzy, impromptu rhythms of his year old but it has sparked intense characters’ lives — especially when using debate in Accent. Some people non-professional actors. Bahrani casually (coughPATRICKcough) say that saturday mentioned he shoots thirty takes or more because the camera always zooms in Jsan & The Analogue Sons will perform at 9 p.m. at in order to get scenes as he wants them, it’s impossible to prove the elephant Castaways. $7. is actually doing the painting. Others allowing his actors to feel comfortable in Tink Bennett and Tailor improvising dialogue so long as it delivers like to give the nice artistic elephant Made will perform at 6 p.m. at the salient emotions behind each scene. the benefi t of the doubt. Either way it’s The Haunt. $5. a pretty neat video. Not to mention that Casual Cabaret will be held the elephant has better drawing skills to benefi t the American Cancer Even while “Chop Shop” continues its run than most humans. Society at 7 p.m. at Common around the U.S., Bahrani is working on his — Jamie Saine Ground. $5. third feature, “Goodbye Solo,” as EJ Love will perform at well as another, currently untitled, 10 p.m. at The ABC Café, fourth fi lm. Having already taken 308 Stewart Ave. Admission fi lms to Cannes and Venice, is free. perhaps at least some of Black Eyed Susies with the pressure Hee Haw Nightmare will to perform perform at 10 p.m. at The is gone Chapter House, 400 Stewart — for Ave. $5. now. sunday Zela Zola will perform at 11 a.m. at The ABC Café. Admission is free. Jana Losey will perform at laughtrack 7 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge. Admission is free. “Eighty one percent of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. ... tuesday Urban Horse Thieves will The other 19 percent own gas stations.” perform at 6 p.m. at Maxie’s Supper Club, 635 W. State “ Conan O’Brien on Monday’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” Street. Admission is free. ” Thursday, April 10, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 17 Theater troupe brings together students from both hills

BY AIMEE GEROW behind the necessary glitz of the produc- CONTRIBUTING WRITER tion — are very relevant to our daily lives “Don’t feed the plants” — a cautionary and the times in which we are living,” Bur- phrase that might not strike much fear into lingham said. “The story is a fable, a tale of a person, green-thumb inclined or not. But if moral instruction.” that particular breed of plant happens to have Since the story line was created in the teeth, a taste for blood and an enthusiastic zeal 1960 film, directed by Roger Corman, it for taking over the world, they are wise words has found its way to stages across the world indeed. Th e Melodramatics Th eatre Company and has enjoyed theater revivals in both has taken on a classic musical comedy tack- New York City and London in the past 10 ling just those issues with its production of years. More well-known is the 1986 film “Little Shop of Horrors,” opening this week at remake, which featured a slightly altered Cornell University. plot and ending to appease the masses not The company, formerly known as sim- happy with the story line’s darker tones. ply Melodramatics, is in its fourth year Classicists fear not, though. Melodra- and has been picking up serious speed. matics keeps the original quirks intact, In 2004, Cornell students Justin Leader Burlingham said. and Carlos Dominguez began the stu- “Artistically, it was my goal that every as- dent-run drama company that performs pect of our production, including the cos- biannually in Cornell’s Risley Hall. The tumes and set, harkens back to the feel of the group successfully became a non-profit original fi lm that fi rst ignited the popularity of organization last summer. this musical title,” he said. Unlike some other student-developed Emily Hauser, a freshman speech pathology groups on either college campus, member- major at the college, plays Chiff on, one of the ship in Melodramatics isn’t based on what do-wop girls. Hauser said the unity of working hill actors live on. Melodramatics is an ar- on a production bridges cross-hill diff erences. tistic alliance between Ithaca College and “We’re all working together, so we all Cornell students. Alex Gruber, a freshman have to be cool together,” she said. “We’re hospitality major at Cornell and the assis- working together on a project, so we have tant director and associate producer of the to get along.” show, said school doesn’t play a factor in Because the group rehearses and performs the process of casting. at Cornell, the bulk of the production staff is “It’s a matter of talent, it’s a matter of composed of Cornell students, but the cast ability to commit and interest in the pro- itself is mostly Ithaca College students. duction,” Gruber said. “It’s a very small group. It’s very selec- Since its fi rst production of Stephen Sond- tive,” Hauser said. “Everything’s very or- heim’s “Assassins” in Fall 2004, the Melodra- Ithaca College sophomore Mike Cashman, who plays the lead role of Seymour in the Melodra- ganized and it is very professional and it’s matics has produced fi ve full-scale musicals matic’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” rehearses alongside his costar, Audrey II. mostly because there’s a camaraderie be- including last semester’s “Sweeney Todd: Th e COURTESY OF THE MELODRAMTICS tween everyone. It’s a little bit of everyone Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” When it comes In it, nerdy botanical enthusiast Seymour how marvelously kitsch it is. That kitschy doing what they love.” to selecting musicals, this is no timid organi- Krelborn becomes owner of a blood-thirsty nature makes up a good part of the show’s zation. Don’t expect any sickly sweet Disney plant who promises Seymour everything deliciousness, but the story has an innate “Little Shop of Horrors” will be performed tunes from this company. he’s ever wanted, most of all, success and adaptability to the times, director and com- at 8 p.m. today through Saturday and at This semester’s production is a delight- Audrey, his one love. Throw into the mix pany president Josh Burlingham, a Cornell 8 p.m. April 17 to 19. Tickets are $20 for fully dark sci-fi comedy with music and lyr- a sadistic dentist and a trio of sassy doo- senior, said in an e-mail interview. non-students and $10 for students and ics by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. wop narrators and you’ve got some idea of “I believe the themes of the story — children under 18.

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Elizabeth Sile: You’re going to be playing in Ithaca on Th ursday at Cast- MG: We just love playing together. aways. Have you played here before? It’s just that simple. I know it sounds so trite but it’s a job like any job and Marcus Geard: I love Ithaca but I’m a sometimes you just don’t feel like do- little biased because I go camping up ing it. It’s particularly hard to get up there all the time. I’ve gone camping there and smile when you’re just not at Buttermilk Falls, Robert H. Treman having a good time, but every single and some just up north from Ithaca. night, no matter how crappy I feel, at … I was wearing my ‘Ithaca is Gorges’ least something happens on stage that shirt the other night just hanging at brings a big smile on my face and just the bar, and three people came up to makes me enjoy the moment. me and were like, ‘Oh my God did you Also, we get a lot of support from From left, Marcus Geard, Vic Ruggiero, Glen Pine, Ara Babajian, Dave Hillyard and Jay Nugen of The Slackers have go to Ithaca?’ No, I just like this shirt. our fans. You talk to somebody every been playing together for nearly 20 years. Geard said the band’s relationship is like a marriage. now and again that lets you know COURTESY OF GOOD COP PR ES: Th e band’s been together for 18 that the music Th e Slackers make af- MG: I think we’re better musicians ing. … Genius songwriters like Th e can’t help but be distant. And at years. What keeps you guys going? fected their lives and really touched for one thing. We have a deeper un- Ramones bashed two chords and the same time you kind of know them personally. You’d be surprised to derstanding and appreciation of the screamed over it. But they touched what the other guy’s thinking. It MG: A desperate and vicious hatred know how far that goes, knowing that roots of the kind of music we’ve been people. I always like to use James makes it easy to deal with people. for working real jobs. Th is is it. I just what you’re doing is actually having an trying to play for years. We’ve also Brown as an example. He played the We used to spend a lot more time am poor and live frugally. … It’s the impact on someone. You’re not just come to an understanding within same chord for seven minutes and hanging out together … but it’s greatest job in the world. Believe me, wasting your time. We’ll have folks ourselves. We’re comfortable with touched millions of people. If you been almost 20 years. We’ve got nothing beats it. But, it doesn’t mean come up to us that are well into their what we do and how we do it so we can’t master playing one chord, then to grow up already. Most of us are that it’s always easy, and it doesn’t mean 30s saying they’ve seen our shows can express ourselves. We’re not so why the hell should you move on to married or have girlfriends so you it doesn’t have stresses. … I don’t really since they were 15. … We get plenty caught up in doing something right. playing two chords? have to have a life. You can’t al- have any days off . If we’ve got stuff to of people who have met their future … I think particularly with very ways be hanging out with a bunch do on the weekends, we do it. I get up wives or husbands at our gigs. creative and artistic musicians they ES: How do you guys stay so close to of goofball musicians. in the morning and do my e-mails, I frequently fall into the trap of being each other? may yutz and futz with some music in ES: How do you, as a veteran member, too concerned with being an ‘artiste’ Th e Slackers will perform at 8 p.m. the afternoon and answer phone calls, think Th e Slackers have evolved since and being too clever and too creative MG: We hate each other. It’s like tonight at Castaways, 413 Taughan- do interviews. Th en in between that your very fi rst album? so you end up with music that’s bor- a marriage. You’re so close you nock Blvd. Tickets are $10. 20 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, April 10, 2008 single O.A.R. slow to start at Cornell kickoff show Tracks we’ve BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL got on repeat SENIOR WRITER file Halfway through “Delicate Few,” ‘CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK’ the second song of a two-hour set New Kids On The Block at Cornell University’s Barton Hall Some may argue that this comeback on Sunday, O.A.R. lead singer Marc track may not have “The Right Stuff” Roberge told the mixed crowd of frat (zing!), but we will fl y in the face of boys and hippies about the best advice convention and give our nod of ap- he’s ever received from a woman. proval to their new, laid-back sound. “If you want to be up all night with ‘THE RICHEST KIDS’ me, you’ve got to take it slow,” he said. This Is Ivy League Unfortunately for Roberge, ad- This whimsical ’50s throwback vice that works well with his love life from two members of Cobra Star- doesn’t work for ship is lush and fun, recalling Phil concerts. From the LIVE Spector’s trademark Wall of Sound (before he became a murderer). opening riff s of “City REVIEW on Down,” played as O.A.R Cornell “TROPHY HOME” a slow ballad with a The Billionaires University lengthy saxophone Barton Hall Jangly power poppers sound a little solo, to the clos- too much like The Rentals, but their mindless grooves are a great way ing notes of “Hey Girl” in the encore, to usher in spring. O.A.R. never got into gear. Th e Mary- land-based alternative rockers known for upbeat, reggae infl uenced jams Accent’s Oldie But Goodie played a surprisingly lackluster set. Openers Grace Potter and the Marc Roberge and his band O.A.R started their tour with a lackluster show at Cornell University on Sunday. ‘LOVIN’ YOU’ DAVID KORMAN/THE ITHACAN Minnie Riperton Nocturnals showed a much diff er- Have unwanted guests? Pull a Shia ent energy level than the headliners, of perpetual favorite “Crazy Game at him in confusion. He motioned chops, especially saxophonist Jerry LaBeouf, circa “Disturbia,” and launching into one country/blues- of Poker,” as well as “About an Hour frantically for them to begin playing, DePizzo. His improvisational solos on drive the crowds away with this infl uenced rock song after another. Ago” and “Anyways,” the crowd lis- which they eventually did. songs like “Black Rock,” “Conquering classic disco slow jam, in which Potter showed her musical versatil- tened as politely as it could, with only Still, diehard O.A.R. fans prob- Fools ” and “Hey Girl” helped liven up Riperton fl exes her impressive yet ity, moving back and forth between token cheering and dancing. ably didn’t go home disappointed. the otherwise bland show. Th ere were grating fi ve-octave vocal range. her Hammond B3 and guitar. Th e Th roughout the night, Roberge Sunday’s set reached into the band’s requisite solos for the other members, COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL crowd, which at fi rst seemed slight- answered many shouted song re- catalogue of radio-friendly hits from including guest keyboardist Mike Par- ly apathetic toward the group, was quests from the audience with various earlier albums. Unexpectedly, there is, featured in “About an Hour Ago,” quickly won over with the band’s apologies for why the band wouldn’t was nothing from the successful 2005 and lead guitarist Richard On, whose genre-bending performance. Th e play a particular song. His replies album “Stories of a Stranger.” skills weren’t really showcased until quickies climax of the nearly hour-long set ranged from “We haven’t rehearsed O.A.R. hasn’t had a new album the end of the main set. was a massive drum solo featuring that, you should’ve come to us before since then but have still managed to Roberge played freely with a lot of every member of the quartet ham- the show,” to “We haven’t played that (usually) please their fans with their his lyrics throughout the night, substi- mering away on Matt Burr’s kit. in two years. Maybe we’ll rock that (usually) high-energy live shows. Th eir tuting the traditional with improved Sunday’s show marked the kickoff out for you in a couple weeks.” most recent eff ort was a CD/DVD phrases vaguely associated with love, of O.A.R’s tour that will extend into Since it was the fi rst concert of a “Live From Madison Square Garden,” sex, women, sex, women and more the summer, and Roberge promised new tour, some rustiness was expect- released last summer. love and sex. Some of his more witty the crowd there would be “lots of ed. One awkward miscommunication While the band’s set was unin- advice to the crowd included lines sing-alongs.” Yet for most of the night, between Roberge and the rest of the spired, the slow-building format of like “get some loving tonight, and do the group failed to bring the audience band resulted in Roberge walking the show allowed more freedom for it right, because if you don’t, someone into the show. With the exception off stage right, while the band stared the individual musicians to show their else could.” COURTESY OF VAGRANT ‘THE ALCHEMY INDEX VOL. 3 & 4: AIR & EARTH’ Thrice Vagrant Oldies favorites deliver new album Thrice returns with the second chapter in its ambitious “Alchemy Index” project. Th e B-52s leave compilations behind with new material BY DOUGLAS EVASICK adventurous and feature spacey synthesizers SENIOR WRITER that fi t with the futuristic theme of the album. In a year that has been fi lled with random One thing that has grown with the B-52s is comebacks, from Filter to Paula Abdul, one the sexually explicit nature of the lyrics. While band that has always prided itself on being the band was always concerned about love and random has decided to return after a long 16- sex, never before has it been this forward. year absence. “Funplex” marks the B-52s’ fi rst In “Too Much to Th ink About” the group sings full-length studio album since 1992 — and it’s about “Stokin’ and stroking, I’m hypnotized, we’re shockingly good. Th e B-52s have had a long in deep as the night, when bodies collide.” and storied career that In “Love in the Year 3000” the group COURTESY OF MUTE began back in 1978 with ALBUM mixes sex with futuristic technology. “Tenta- COURTESY OF BOYCE AVENUE RECORDS ‘SATURDAYS = YOUTH’ the release of “Rock Lob- REVIEW tive tentacles are grabbin’ me. We’re making M83 ster,” still one of the most The B-52s space love in zero gravity.” Mute unique songs in rock his- “Funplex” Th ese lyrics, while fun for the most part, French rockers M83 return with Simple but endearing tory. Th e group followed Astralwerks can get a bit distracting. Also, besides “Funplex” its fi fth album, a more song- up that daring single with Our rating: and “Juliet of the Spirits,” the rest of the songs focused affair than its previous BY RYAN BRYANT ★★★ soundscapes. Yet this more re- STAFF WRITER two classic albums in 1979 will probably sound great live but are not strong strained approach does not quell Boyce Avenue has exploded on the YouTube and 1980 but started to hit enough to stand out on their own as singles. the group’s creative spirit. circuit in the past year, becoming the 19th most a creative rut by the mid-80s. Th ese are minor complaints, though. “Fun- subscribed musician. Th e boys have garnered It was around this time guitarist Ricky plex” might not be the B-52s’ best album, but some well-deserved attention by covering songs Wilson died of AIDS and the group almost it’s certainly not its worst. Considering the long by artists like OneRepublic and disbanded. Luckily it soldiered on as a four- layoff and the group members all being well over Rihanna. Brothers Daniel, Ale- ALBUM piece and released the commercial blockbuster 50, “Funplex” is quite the achievement. jandro and Fabian Manzano, REVIEW “Cosmic Th ing” in 1989. Th e record churned along with Stephen Hatker, just Boyce Avenue out multiple smash hits including “Channel Z,” released their debut record, “All “All You’re “Roam” and “Love Shack,” the latter of which You’re Meant to Be.” Meant to Be” became one of the most beloved pop songs of Boyce Avenue Th e band’s fl avor is that of Records the past 30 years. iconic American alternative rock, Our rating: If anything, “Funplex” doesn’t sound like a COURTESY OF CAPITOL almost emulating the sounds of ★★★ band coming out of retirement but, rather, a logi- ‘THE VEGAS YEARS’ Th e Goo Goo Dolls. Th e simple cal progression of the B-52s’ quirky party-rock. Everclear guitar and drums allow the songs’ melodies to re- Lead single “Funplex” is as catchy as any Capitol ally shine. Th e opening track typifi es the album with of the group’s previous smashes, with the ex- The covers record that no one has asked for. Everclear emphasis on lyrics and Alejandro’s soothing vocaliza- ception of “Roam,” and if there is justice it drags out the end of its career tions. Th e band’s acoustic roots really shine on the should become a major pop hit this spring. with this pathetic attempt at more stripped tracks “Find Me” and “So Much Time.” Th e album as a whole sees the band either resurgence. Frontman (and sole While the simplicity of the band’s rock may rocking out more, with songs like “Pump” and original member) Art Alexakis might want to stick a fork in the leave some listeners longing for more, the “Funplex,” or exploring more electronic dance band — it’s done. endearing lyrics will keep most singing along to textures like “Juliet of the Spirits” and “Love in COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL the catchy melodies. the Year 3000.” Th ese songs are the album’s most COURTESY OF ASTRALWERKS Thursday, April 10, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 21 TICKET Dylan tangled up in fi lms at Cornell series  STUB  Month-long showcase exhibits legendary performer’s growth as artist and actor VALID FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

BY PATRICK DOYLE CINEMAPOLIS ASSISTANT ACCENT EDITOR The Commons 277–6115 Bob Dylan’s songs are full of film references, from “Browns- 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, & 2 DAYS ville Girl” to “Desolation Row.” 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. So it’s no surprise the singer has Weekend matinees 2:15 p.m. put himself on the big screen a few times throughout his 45-year CARAMEL career. Cornell Cinema is show- 7:15 p.m. casing “Bob Dylan: On Screen,” a Weekend matinees 2:15 p.m. Dylan film festival. Wed. matinee 5 p.m. “The Other Side of HONEYDRIPPER 9:35 p.m. the Mirror: Bob Dylan Weekend matinees 4:35 p.m. Live at the Newport FALL CREEK Folk Festival” PICTURES 1201 N. Tioga St. 272–1256 “The Other Side of the Mirror” THE COUNTERFEITERS traces Dylan’s appearances from 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. 1963 to 1965 at the Newport Folk Weekend matinees 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. Festival and chronicles his depar- The Band’s farewell show at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco was documented by Martin Scorsese in “The ture from the folk scene. Last Waltz.” The fi lm is one of fi ve upcoming fi lms part of Cornell Cinema’s fi lm series, “Bob Dylan: On Screen.” MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY In 1963 he shares the stage COURTESY OF NEW VIDEO GROUP ★★★ with Joan Baez for topical mate- 1997’s “Time Out of Mind,” fans fi lming; during Young’s performance 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. rial. The next year he workshops “Don’t Look Back” have never gotten a closer look of “Helpless,” a white substance can be Weekend matinees 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. the trippy masterpiece, “Mr. Tam- Before the Newport appear- at him. seen on his nose. bourine Man.” ance, Dylan embarked on a Dylan’s joins his former group for PARANOID PARK Dylan’s folk rebellion climax- European tour that would be his “65 Revisited” a closing set that includes ”I Shall Be 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. es in 1965. Instead of perform- last as an acoustic performer. “65 Revisited” is bonus footage Released.” His place in the fi lm almost Weekend matinees 2:15 p.m. and ing solo, he’s backed by a rock “Don’t Look Back,” directed by D.A. taken from the fi lming of “Don’t Look didn’t happen; he agreed to be fi lmed 4:35 p.m. ’n’ roll band that includes blues Pennebaker and released in 1967, Back.” It includes an alternate ver- during intermission. guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Dylan is a documentary following Dylan sion of the video for “Subterranean It’s a contender for the greatest REGAL STADIUM 14 is booed throughout his electric through this transition period. Homesick Blues,” where Dylan tosses rock fi lm ever.. And as the fi lms open- Pyramid Mall 266-7960 set, which includes “Maggie’s In addition to live acoustic off lyric cue cards with Allen Ginsberg ing message states, “Th is fi lm should Farm” and “Like a Rolling Stone.” cuts such as “The Times They are lurking in the background. It’s good be played LOUD!” 21 ★★★ He leaves after three electric songs A-Changin,’” the film features be- — if you’re a die-hard fan. 7:15 p.m., 10:05 p.m., 11:50 p.m. and plays the rest acoustically. hind-the-scenes footage of him “Pat Garrett and Billy After Newport ’65, Dylan went and Joan Baez playing Hank Wil- “The Last Waltz” 10,000 B.C. on to make complex material liams’ “Lost Highway.” Th is documentary, directed by the Kid” 12:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. like 1966’s “Blonde on Blonde.” “Don’t Look Back” shows Martin Scorsese, follows Dylan’s 1966 Dylan’s fi rst real acting gig came He didn’t appear at the festival Dylan cocky and irritable. He backing group, Th e Band, performing in 1973 in this fi lm, playing a cowboy THE BANK JOB again until 2002, and he donned a rejects autograph-seeking fans its 1976 farewell show at the Winter- role. It was panned at the time but has 11:40 a.m., 2:25 p.m., 5 p.m., blonde wig for the occasion. and messes with journalists, land Ballroom in San Francisco. Th e since gained a cult-like status. 7:40 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Unfortunately, “The Other telling one, “I could tell you I’m Band performs spirited takes on clas- Th e real treat is the Dylan-com- Side of The Mirror” doesn’t fea- not a folk singer and explain sics such as “Evangeline.” posed soundtrack that includes DRILLBIT TAYLOR ★★½ ture interview footage. But it’s to you why, but you wouldn’t Th e nostalgic fi lm shows the “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” 11:50 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 4:40 p.m., necessary for those who want to really understand.” ’60s generation beginning to age. It 7:25 p.m., 9:55 p.m. see a Dylan bold enough to turn Aside from Dylan’s 2004 auto- features guest spots from Eric Clap- “Bob Dylan: On Screen” runs his back on the community that biography “Chronicles,” and his ton, Neil Young and Ringo Starr. through May 10. For a list of show DR. SEUSS’ HORTON HEARS A first embraced him. narrative song “Highlands,” off Drug use was heavy during the times, go to http://cinema.cornell.edu WHO! ★★½ 11:30 a.m., 1:45 p.m, 4 p.m., 6:35 p.m., 9:15 p.m. Horror fl ick ‘The Ruins’ off ers a few third-world surprises LEATHERHEADS 4:50 p.m., 7:35 p.m., 10:15 p.m. BY MIKE SPRETER all-time blistering monologues, it’s easy to cut “Th e STAFF WRITER Ruins’” fi rst-act some slack, and doing so reveals NIM’S ISLAND Any fi lm theorist worth his or her weight in unexpected pleasures. 11:10 a.m., 1:35 p.m., 4:10 p.m., polysyllabic adjectives knows one of the primary Th e fi lm subverts the basic survivor frame- 6:55 p.m., 9:25 p.m. delights of movie-going is branding horror work by providing two couples whose potential schlock as deep-seated social commentary. A to outlast the other is roughly equal. Th is makes PROM NIGHT hypothesis concerning “Th e Ruins”: Society has early crosscutting between surprisingly intimate 2:55 p.m., 5:40 p.m., 8:15 p.m. raised its young to be afraid of vegetables. Not lovers’ quarrels especially tense, as if the audience just vegetables, but plants, too, specifi cally vines is holding its breath waiting for one pair to mark THE RUINS ★★ of the variety that strangle ominous Mayan ruins themselves as more likely to end up cat food. Th e 5:50 p.m., 8:05 p.m., 10:50 p.m. and spawn deadly fl owers capable of imitating obvious choice might be the medical student in sounds from their surroundings. training, but he’s also dating Amy (Jena Malone), RUN, FAT BOY, RUN If this sounds like a brochure for the land one of the two female leads. 3:30 p.m., 9:50 p.m., 12:30 a.m. of Scurvy, that’s more or less Jena Malone is a beloved veteran of the girl- correct. “Th e Ruins” contin- next-door circuit. Her chemistry with co-star SMART PEOPLE ues the trend of horror fi lms FILM Laura Ramsey (Stacy) is notable for its apparent 12:20 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 5:20 p.m., featuring attractive American REVIEW ease — and for its disgust, when things go sour 7:55 p.m., 10:25 p.m. youth running amok in overly “The Ruins” later on. BenderSpink exotic third world countries Our rating: Cinematographer Darius Khondji, who recent- STREET KINGS (see 2006’s “Turistas”). ★★ ly worked with Wong Kar-wai on “My Blueberry 4:30 p.m., 7:05 p.m., 9:45 p.m., Th e picture’s a little rosier in Nights,” wisely allows certain early scenes to unfold 9:45 p.m., 12:20 a.m. the beginning: four American college students on in relatively long takes, the characters’ milling about vacation in Mexico having the time of their lives. Stacy (Laura Ramsy) is lowered into the temple in screen space creating a creepy sense of abandon- STOP-LOSS Th ey carouse drunkenly at the poolside of their all- in the newest tourist-horror movie “The Ruins.” ment. But if ever there was a case to be made against 5:10 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:20 p.m. inclusive, no doubt funded by long Winter Break COURTESY OF BENDERSPINK the overuse of close-ups, this is it — the diminish- hours and daddy’s paycheck. Th ey dance in the surf have a SixFlags erected alongside it yet. Seeking ing sense of horror in the last act neatly corresponds SUPERHERO MOVIE ★ of this foreign land, careening about and dropping an adventurous cap to their vacation, the fi lm’s with the gradual tightening of focus. 3:15 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:25 p.m. expository hints about their lives back home. Th ey two central couples follow. Th e last minute is dull and cheap, coming off make up; they break up. Fortunately for “Th e Ruins,” its cast and crew more like a sore loser’s parting shot than an eerie Enter the mysterious stranger, a German are of a slightly higher pedigree than its trashy fi nal blow, but that doesn’t necessarily mean horror OUR RATINGS backpacker named Mathias (Joe Anderson). He “Apocalypto” concept may suggest. Writer Scott afi cionados won’t have fun. After all, we’ve fi nally duly invites the students on his mission to fi nd Smith adapted the script from his novel of the same gotten that vegetable thesis out of the way. Excellent ★★★★ the archaeological dig where his hypothetical title. Th is is only the second Hollywood project he’s Good ★★★ brother has been working, an off -the-beaten- completed since 1998’s “A Simple Plan.” Consider- “Th e Ruins” was written by Scott Smith and Fair ★★ jungle-path Mayan ruin so exclusive it doesn’t ing “A Simple Plan” delivers one of cinema’s most directed by Cartre Smith. 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Breaking Junior John Pitek excels at female-dominated sport theBY LAUREN BROUSELL moldgames and there were spectators.” NCAA rules. Th e compromise was the col- gift cards.” STAFF WRITER Pitek proved himself as one of the strongest lege’s club team, which he helped fi nished fi rst He is now the vice president of ICFHC and uick turns and tight directional changes players on the team and was named captain his in New York state in 2005 and second in 2006. one of the strongest midfi elders and attack- force his opponents to change their nor- senior year. He also was named to the all-star Betsi said her brother’s love for the sport ers on the team. He hopes to continue playing mal defensive strategy. After dribbling team but wasn’t allowed to participate in the kept him motivated to continue. fi eld hockey after college, ideally for the Men’s Qthrough the legs of the opponent, he game. As one of two men selected to the team, “If he didn’t love it, he wouldn’t have gone National team. dodges a few defenders until he takes an un- both were forced to watch the game from the through with it,” Betsi said. Since he has been back from Los Angeles, successful shot at the goal set up in the Ben sidelines. Th e 5-foot-11-inch Pitek said being a Junior Debbie Lund said he motivates ev- Pitek’s teammates have said he has stepped up Light Gymnasium. But this does not faze him. guy in a woman’s sport sometimes is diffi cult. eryone on the team. into the role of team leader by running prac- He makes the adjustments without getting fl us- “All the upperclassmen [didn’t like me] but “He is very encouraging and laid back tices and setting up plays. tered and gets back on defense in time to stop that kind of disappeared as I got older,” he said. and motivates us all to play harder and do Sophomore Deana Norton said Pitek has the off ensive player’s pass cold. “Other coaches didn’t like me either.” well,” Lund said. “He comes up with good come a long way since he fi rst started. Th is fi eld hockey player is diff erent from the Pitek’s high school even made a rule to pro- ideas for practice, and he’s always every- “At fi rst it was kind of weird, but he has rest of his team members on the fl oor Tuesday hibit men from participating in women’s sports where on the field.” warmed up to everybody,” Norton said. “He has night. He is the only man on the Ithaca Club after he graduated. Outside of his love for fi eld hockey, Pitek grown into the team leader. Everyone teases Field Hockey team. But being outnumbered Betsi said her brother found it easy to take is a cinema and photography major and spent him but he just takes it and he laughs.” has not discouraged him. He has just as much up the sport, regardless of the gender barrier. the fall semester in the Los Angeles program Sophomore Rebecca Gross said Pitek is — if not more — experience and skill than all of “Right from the beginning he picked it up a through the Roy H. Park School of Communi- not like other guys, even those who play the players on the team. lot faster,” she said. “He always respected [the cations. He worked as an intern for New Line field hockey. Junior John Pitek started playing fi eld gender diff erence] and didn’t use his size to his Cinema and hopes to one day become a devel- “Other guys are always trying to knock us hockey in eighth grade after a broken tibia advantage. His greatest strength is his speed.” opment producer. In his spare time, Pitek col- over, but he just goes around people,” Gross said. sidelined him from playing soccer. Th e inju- Being diff erent didn’t stop Pitek from pur- lects his winnings from various sweepstakes he “Th e other guys are really aggressive, but he just ries put a damper on his soccer career and suing the sport further. When he arrived at fi nds on the Internet. uses his skill to get by people; he doesn’t try to after having surgery, his older sister Betsi Ithaca College as a freshman, he didn’t hesitate “The weirdest hobby I have is that I en- knock them over just because he is a guy.” encouraged him to come to one of her fi eld to continue his fi eld hockey career. He initially ter sweepstakes online habitually,” Pitek Despite his talents on the fi eld, Gross said hockey practices. Pitek decided to try it. Not considered playing on the Division III team said. “I won a 32-inch HD TV, a digital cam- he also brings the team together. long after, he was out playing with all women but was not allowed to because of Title IX and era, an MP3 player and over 800 dollars in “He’s like our team mascot,” Gross said. on an indoor fi eld hockey team in his home- town of Middletown, Pa. Betsi, also a fi eld hockey player, said her brother never took fi eld hockey for granted. “Th e reason he started was a joke,” Betsi said. “He started out in the yard with [our sis- ter] Felicia, and he came to one of my practices and loved it.” Pitek shares his athletic ability with his two older sisters, who each have played competitive fi eld hockey. Ironically, Pitek said their athleti- cism does not come from their parents. “Th e joke in our family is that we have ex- tremely athletic kids but my parents are not athletic at all,” Pitek said. “Th ey did bowling in high school.” After playing in eighth grade, Pitek decided to go out for his high school team. He made the varsity team his freshman year and was the only male player. Th e rules at Middletown High School required him to wear a skirt like all the girls. He said it didn’t hit him that it was un- usual until he reached high school. “Growing up I used to hit around with my sisters in the backyard,” Pitek said. “The coach that I had that first year was a guy Top: Junior John Pitek dribbles down the Ben Light Gymnasium court during the club field hockey team’s practice Tuesday night. and he was really good but it didn’t seem Bottom: From left, sophomore Laura Renner, freshman Kaitlyn Rich, Pitek and sophomore Deana Norton line up for a drill Tuesday night. really weird until I started playing in actual MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN 26 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, April 10, 2008

FOURTH AND Bombers rebound from slow start

SHORT BY DAVE URAM STAFF WRITER BEN STRAUSS The softball team is beginning to “right the ship,” as they say, and it’s doing so at a fast pace. Senior forges After an uncharacteristic 7–5 start through their first 12 games, the Blue and Gold have T-shirt legacy ripped eight straight wins to improve their re- cord to 15–5. ou’ve heard of the King of “It’s just fun to watch the team come to- Pop. Now meet the King gether,” senior pitcher and co-captain Nicole Yof T-Shirts. It’s senior Tom Cade said. Gordon, who hopes his nine intra- Cade’s classmate and co-captain, shortstop mural championship T-Shirts don’t Erica Cutspec, said she feels the same way. clash with the crown. “It’s great to have a win streak going,” Gordon was cut from the var- Cutspec said. sity soccer team his freshman year Cutspec said a large GAME STORY but didn’t let his athletic career part of the continuous For the complete careen into oblivion. Instead, he’s winning is the prepa- wrap up of the Bombers’ 7–2 and become an intramural legend and ration and work going 4–0 wins against the turned his T-shirt drawer into a on in practice. Cutspec University of Roch- trophy case. and Head Coach Deb ester yesterday, visit Th e 5-foot-9-inch dynamo Pallozzi said the Blue theithacan.org. from Penfi eld, N.Y., has spent four and Gold have been fo- years devouring intramural com- cusing on all aspects of the game. petition like he’s Kobayashi. In everything from bunting to base run- Out of 18 leagues played, he has ning, getting productive outs and catching fly two shirts from both softball and balls, the Bombers have focused on ironing indoor soccer, and one each from out the fundamentals. outdoor soccer, kickball, basketball, The ability to practice these skills is a result fl oor hockey and volleyball. It’s a of the Blue and Gold being able to practice out- resume as impressive for its domi- side. Because of the recent cooperative weath- nance as its versatility. er they have faced on South Hill, the Bombers “I just love to compete,” he said. have found themselves out on Kostrinsky Field “I hate losing more than anything.” most days of the week. For Gordon and intramurals, it Cutspec also said another cause of the was love at fi rst sight. His freshman Bombers’ better play is the fact that the team year, he and a few buddies entered is playing more often and playing together. Senior captain and shortstop Erica Cutspec makes contact with a pitch against St. John Fisher College the spring softball tournament. Though they are pulling off victory af- on Saturday. The Bombers swept the doubleheader, winning game one 2–1 and game two 7–1. Th ey didn’t win, but it was the ter victory, Pallozzi said the team can do a MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN beginning of something special. lot better. been in 10 close games out of 20 and have won Cutspec said she agrees with Cade. “It’s a great time playing, but “[We’re] getting better,” Pallozzi said, “[but] eight of them. “We’re comfortable with being in that situ- it’s not about the T-shirts,” he likes I don’t think we’re playing particularly well Often it’s heard in sports that a team just ation, and we’re able to perform to the best of to remind you. “It’s about telling right now. I just think we can play a whole lot “knows how to win.” This season, the South our abilities,” Cutspec said. someone you can beat them.” cleaner and a whole lot crisper.” Hill squad has fallen under that category. Cade It is evident that this team does not lack Th at’s an art Gordon has Pallozzi said she feels a large reason for said the team always thinks they are going to confidence yet is down-to-earth enough to mastered — and with fl air. the team’s recent success has been making big win the close games they are in. stay modest. All they care about is winning His team names, like G-Baby’s plays at key moments in the game, whether a “We have a lot of experience, and we just because when it comes down to it, a win is Bombers, the Peter North- good pitch, timely hit or huge defensive stop. know that we can win and that gives us the a win. stars, Hippie Jam Fest 2004 (for So far this season, the No. 20 Bombers have ability to win,” Cade said. “Each game is its own game,” Cade said. ultimate Frisbee, of course) and the 420 Bros are always worth looking for on the schedule. Th e antics on the fi eld are just as good. When Gordon won Blue and Gold love hitting the long ball his fi rst T-shirt, senior Andrew Garnitz, better known as G-Baby BY CORY FRANCER and no home runs throughout all and the unoffi cial Head Coach of ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR of last season because of an injury, G-Baby’s Bombers, wore a full suit Home runs don’t come easy for has seen that hard work paying to the game, a la Mike Nolan. a college baseball team, but the off immediately. He has hit three “It was awesome” Garnitz said. power hitting Bombers have hit 15 home runs so far, only one behind “Th at’s what Gordon’s teams are so far this season. his total in 2006. all about.” Th e power numbers are way up “Coach Fazio has introduced Gordon might not have the this year, after the Blue and Gold a lot of innovative ideas to help most T-shirts on campus, but the only had 11 round trippers last sea- us shift our weight and drive the ones he wins aren’t exactly home son. Senior right fi elder Rob Raux ball,” Ash said. “He’s individual- runs that squeaked their way leads the team with four while junior izing our swings and working around the Pesky Pole. catcher Drew Ash with what we have. It’s really been He doesn’t stoop to the co-rec is right on his heels LISTEN IN working out well.” level to infl ate his total. Each shirt with three. Tune in to Fazio said the team does not try is hard-fought, won from playing A total of eight vicradio. to hit home runs. Rather, they try against the very best non-varsity team members org at 1 p.m. to make solid contact and some- Saturday and athletes Ithaca College has to off er. times the ball leaves the park. have homered Sunday for He won’t play if the level of compe- this season, four both Bombers’ “Every time we step up to the tition “isn’t good enough.” of whom have doublehead- plate we want to hit the ball hard,” And how does Gordon stay more than one. ers against Fazio said. “If you do that, you’ll active enough to play at least Senior Shane the Rochester start hitting home runs and dou- three or four intramural games a Wolf has hit two Institute of bles. Doubles are great too.” week? Well, outside of that intense long balls along Technology. Th ough they may not be trying drive to compete, it might have with junior center to hit round trippers, all of these something to do with his insatiable fi elder Matt Samela, who hit two in home runs have the Blue and Gold appetite for energy drinks. the same game on March 26. crushing their opponents on the “Some days I’ll drink two of Raux said the team has not Senior catcher Rob Raux connects with a pitch in the Bombers’ 12–5 victory scoreboard. In their 16 wins on the them,” he said. been doing anything too diff erently over SUNY-Oneonta on Tuesday. Raux leads the team with four home runs. season, the South Hill squad has de- Whatever the secret, Gordon at the plate, besides some minor CHRISTIAN ROADMAN/THE ITHACAN feated their opponents by an average has left an impression even varsity tweaking to swings. has helped the team’s overall power, Fazio credits the players’ of over six and a half runs per game. athletes have noticed. “No one has been doing any- hitting improve. hard work and confi dence as the Ash said the team’s offensive “I can only win four Empire 8 thing diff erent aside from making “Getting Coach Fazio back reason for the infl ux of home runs. power has been productive be- Championship T-shirts,” senior small adjustments to our swings has been helping us out a lot,” “Th ey believe in themselves,” cause they try to hit line drives softball pitcher Nicole Cade said. here and there,” Raux said. Raux said. “We’ve been working Fazio said. “We can teach and we and sometimes will see it disap- “He’s got more than double that.” No one is quite sure why the on our timing and our hands and can coach but it always takes the pear over the fence. power numbers have gone up so have been taking more swings in kid to make the diff erence. Th ey “We pride ourselves on hitting BEN STRAUSS is a senior much this season, but the players the cage. are beginning to see the success of line drives,” Ash said. “If you get journalism major. Contact him at seem to all agree that the return While the players say Fazio is their hard work and dedication.” lucky, line drives will go out for [email protected]. of Assistant Coach Frank Fazio the catalyst for the recent surge in Ash, who only had 10 at bats home runs.” Thursday, April 10, 2008 SPORTS The Ithacan 27 Follow the leaders Quartet of preseason All-Americans lead Bombers to prominence

BY THOMAS ESCHEN While the athletes were recog- STAFF WRITER nized as a few of the best players in Any team that wants to be suc- the nation, getting that kind of recog- cessful during the course of a season nition meant something diff erent for must be able to rely on one or two each of them. high-profi le playmakers. Th ose play- “It’s nice to be recognized for the makers can change the composure hard work put in the off season,” Wi- and confi dence of a team in a mat- edemann said. “It was a big honor.” ter of seconds. Th ey step up at both Last year Wiedemann was Ithaca’s the best and fi rst sophomore All-American since worst times UPSET ALERT 2005 and has anchored the Bombers’ of the game. The No. 6 Bombers defensive front this year. In 12 games fell to Union College Th is sea- for Ithaca this season, Wiedemann 10–9 in overtime son, the men’s yesterday. Read the has picked up 44 groundballs and lacrosse team full game story at caused 12 turnovers. doesn’t just theithacan.org. But when individual excellence is have one or acknowledged, it can sometimes lead two of those prominent athletes to jealously and team dissension. Th at — they have four. wasn’t the case for this year’s squad, Amid a preseason highlighted by though Rose said a little joking was lofty team expectations, the individu- hardly off limits. al prominence of four of the Bombers “I got some of the usual jokes from have gotten lost in the shuffl e. my teammates,” Rose said. “But I am Seniors Craig Lepiane, Matt Nel- still expected to produce the same ligan and Brandon Rose and junior way I have in the past.” Neth Wiedemann were all named Rose and his teammates have pro- From left, senior Matt Nelligan drives past Union College freshman Derek Witheford during the Bombers’ 10–9 over- Inside Lacrosse preseason All- duced so far, as only four of the Bomb- time loss yesterday at Upper Terrace Field. Nelligan was one of Ithaca’s four preseason All-Americans this season. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN Americans. Each Bomber was also ers’ 12 opponents have scored double named an All-American at the end digits this season. Rose himself has can, as he leads the Bombers with 33 licity as the four All-Americans. Se- son for the Bombers, who scored six of the 2007 season. put up big numbers in his senior sea- goals on the season. niors Logan Bobzien and Mike Nowak fourth-quarter goals to tally a 10–9 Th e recent success by both the son, leading the team with 85 ground- Each athlete recognizes, however, help the dynamic of the team with come-from-behind win against the team and the individual athletes has balls and 18 caused turnovers. that they have more than one role on their leadership as team captains. Golden Flyers. turned heads around Division III la- On the off ensive side, Lepiane this team. Head Coach Jeff Long is When there is a letdown during Being named a preseason All- crosse. After fl ying below the radar has tallied 23 goals and eight assists. looking for leadership instead of star the course of the game, such as when American can do a lot for the mindset for the last few years, the Blue and Th e senior said he knew there would power. Statistics or fl ashy plays aren’t the Bombers fell behind 7–2 in the of an athlete. Some get complacent or Gold (10–2 overall) are on the verge be extra pressure on the foursome to always the ingredients to having a third quarter against Nazareth Col- lazy, while others work to prove their of being a perennial power. produce this season. successful season. lege this past Saturday, they become worth. Th e Bombers remain focused “Ithaca’s [lacrosse program] “I knew that all eyes would be on “I wouldn’t be a preseason All- just as important as the All-Ameri- solely on bringing a National Cham- is finally getting recognized for the four of us,” he said. “We had a lot American if it weren’t for the guys cans. Th eir stats are nothing to scoff pionship to the South Hill. something,” Rose said, in refer- to prove to people.” next to me,” Wiedemann said. at either. Bobzien leads the team in With four regular season games ence to the Bombers’ four pre- Nelligan is also proving that he Role players, or those not recog- assists with 34, while Nowak has remaining, the sixth-ranked Blue and season All-Americans. was worth the spot as an All-Ameri- nized as much, don’t get as much pub- picked up 26 groundballs this sea- Gold are in position to do so. 28 The Ithacan Thursday, April 10, 2008 Thursday, April 10, 2008 SPORTS The Ithacan 29 Back in the game Freshman tennis player leads team after a six-year break and move to America

BY MAURA GLADYS Kubik had to undergo several STAFF WRITER cardiology tests to confirm her When freshman Agata Kubik came physical recovery. By the time the to the United States from Poland, she tests were complete, the fall season didn’t expect that she’d be playing for a was already over, so Kubik waited Division III college tennis team. until the spring season to play. But thanks to a half-credit physical She hasn’t disappointed though, education course, Kubik has done just steadily improving her game and that and has been a solid contributor earning singles victories against to the Bombers ever since. Kubik, who Dickinson College and Missouri is the No. 2 singles player and plays Valley College, and doubles wins at the No. against Dickinson, Missouri Val- 2 doubles JUST TWO LEFT ley and St. Lawrence University. spot with The Bombers play two “She’s got a lot of pace on the junior Alys- more matches before ball, she’s comfortable at the net,” sa Jaff e, has the Empire 8 tourna- Austin said. “She’s kind of an all- earned an ment — 2 p.m. April court player.” 19 against SUNY-New overall re- Paltz and 4 p.m. April Jaff e said Kubik’s consistent style cord of 5–5 23 against William of play boosts her confi dence as her this spring. Smith College. doubles partner. What’s “She’s pretty steady,” Jaff e said. “If more impressive is the fact that Ku- you’re down, she’ll tell you to pick it bik hadn’t even picked up a racket for up, stay with it. I feel confi dent play- six years. ing with her. I just never feel like I’m “I had heart issues when I was a going to lose, ever.” kid,” Kubik said. “I was fainting on Th ough Kubik had been on a six- Freshman Agata Kubik returns a volley against Head Coach Bill Austin yesterday on the Ithaca College Tennis Courts. Ku- the court, and the doctors forbid me year hiatus, she played competitively bik, who is from Poland, is in her fi rst year at Ithaca and in the U.S. and has joined the Bombers in the spring season. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN to play, so I just didn’t play tennis for in Poland for four years before hav- six years.” ing to stop. there is no real team aspect to tennis, of really interesting individuals, way back to those standards, but Kubik came to the U. S. to at- “I started playing when I was nine. which is something that Kubik said it’s amazing.” she’s working on it and working hard tend college, and once she settled on It was really, really intense,” Kubik she loves about Ithaca’s tennis team. Jaff e said if Kubik has something and playing well. Ithaca, she enrolled in a half-credit said. “I had practices twice a day, in “Being a part of the team is so to address the team about, she will. Kubik said the best part is just be- intermediate tennis course. the morning before school and then much better,” Kubik said. “You al- “She’s pretty quiet and reserved, ing able to play tennis again. “I signed up, just to get back into later after school. I would go to tennis ways have someone to turn to and but if she has to say something, she “I just want to improve,” Kubik it to try and see if I could still play it,” camps and we would run for miles and make sure you feel well, and the won’t refrain from it,” Jaff e said. said. “I haven’t been hitting for so Kubik said. “Th en [Head Coach Bill miles sometimes with backpacks with mental part is so much easier. I’ve Kubik’s main goal right now is long that I just want to get back Austin] approached me after class stones in them. I was taking part in never really been a part of a ten- to improve and shake the rust off into my game. Obviously it’s hard and was like, ‘Do you want to come tournaments on a regular basis.” nis team. I played volleyball on a her game. and I’ve had better and worse days, to the practice and see how you In Poland there are no school or team, and I always loved it. Ten- “She’s got very high standards for but I just want to keep improving. feel?’ He basically kind of recruited college teams — instead, players rep- nis was always an individual sport. herself,” Austin said. “And it’s been a … I’m just expected to play my me from a tennis class.” resent county or city teams. However, But then if you create a team out little frustrating for her to work her best and that’s what I do.” W h a t ’s your next ste p ? If it’s g ra d u a te school, IC has pro g rams in

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Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Ithacan 31 ONE ON ONE Staff writer Casey Musarra spoke with senior rower Eric Hojnowski about his involvement with crew and life away from rowing.

Casey Musarra: How did you get involved with crew? Eric Hojnowski: When I came to college, I didn’t know a lot about it. I was a soccer player in high school. I saw a poster for it when I fi rst got here and decided to try it out because I wanted to get involved. I’ve been rowing for four years ever since.

CM: How do you mentally and physically prepare for a race? EH: Physically, we train really hard during the week. It’s really important to all be together. We have boat dinners before each race to discuss our goals. CM: What’s your favorite food? EH: Spaghetti Finger-lickin’ good and meatballs. From left, Cornell University students Ezra Zimmerman and Chris Romeo compete at “Wing Mania 2008,” a bone- less wing-eating contest held by Wings Over Ithaca yesterday. The fi rst-place fi nisher received a $1,000 cash prize. CM: Who’s MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN your favorite pro- fessor at Ithaca College? EH: Ed Clou- the foul line ett, I’ve done a lot of research with Weird news from the wide world of sports him. John Burnowsky laced up his skates, grabbed his stick and hit the ice for a hockey game Friday in Flint, Mich. He may CM: Who do have felt a little out of place because his teammates were you idolize most? all in their 60s — but Burnowsky was not looking up to his they teammates as elders. At 96 years old the Guiness Book of EH: My parents. I’m very close with Records has named him “The World’s Most Durable Hockey my family, my par- Player.” Standing at fi ve-foot-four, Burnowsky never made it ents especially. to the NHL because of his size but played in saidit the Detroit Red Wings farm system for 10 years. He claims to have played former NHLers Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Apparently, Terry Sawchuk. He also claims that by the he used to dive off bridges in there was a numbers Canada. Burnowsky doesn’t lace up too often prison football any more but does travel to team and 4 old timers games he played The number of Ithaca around the country, like lacrosse players who the one in Flint. Burnowsky quarterback for were named to Inside credits his longevity to a Lacrosse’s All America healthy lifestyle and frequent both sides. team before the 2008 visits to his chiropractor. 6The number of years spring season. “The World’s Most Durable freshman tennis player See story on page 27. Hockey Player” says he Atlanta Falcons owner Agata Kubik took off from has no plans to hang up Arthur Blank on Mi- his skates. playing tennis because of chael Vick playing heart problems. — Cory Francer See story on page 29. football at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. Vick is serving a 23- month sentence at play of the weekTaking a look at Ithaca’s competitive club sports the minimum-security This week’s club: Ski Racing prison and has been in da club staying in shape by Allison Greaney TWO HOMERS IN ONE GAME playing football. —The club is open toThird all Ithaca baseman College students. —The top fi ve men andFreshman women fi nishers in the team’s Greaney tied a school record hitting two home runs time trials make the varsity team and the rest of the in one game in the second game of a doubleheader skiers join junior varsity. Sunday against Alfred University. Her two homers and Greaney’s six RBI were the team’s a triple accounted for six runs batted in in the 7–1 —“Ski Week” is the last week of winter break. The ski only RBI in the game. The Bombers Bomber victory. Her fi rst home run in the bottom of the racing team, ski club and snowboard club spend all fi rst was a two-run shot, and her second in the fi fth was week on the mountainscored and have their team seventh get-togethers. run on an error. a solo blast. She scored a run after her bases-loaded —Ithaca hosted the fi rst race of the season last triple in the sixth inning on an error by Alfred’s third weekend at Labrador Mountain in Truxton, NY. The baseman. Greaney’s two home runs are the most on the women’s team placed 5th of 12 and the men’s team team this season. tied for 6th place. 32 The Ithacan THIS I SEE Thursday, April 10, 2008 fresh from the farm Th e Ithaca Farmers Market reopened for business Saturday. Th e market, located in Dewitt Park and Steamboat Landing, features local products and cuisine.

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Top left: From left, Nick Ramsdell looks at a display of different types of honey at the Steamboat Landing location at a booth run by Theexlora Bucien. Center: From left, John Above: Finian Burns plays his violin in the Farmers Market. Burns had a large audi- Cornwell and Robin Ost- ence and was receiving donations from many people who watched him play. feld of Blue Heron Farm in Lodi, N.Y., sell vegeta- bles from their booth. Left: Marin Sen of Khmer Ang Kor stirs her Cambo- dian cuisine.