Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1979-80 The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 11-29-1979 The thI acan, 1979-11-29 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1979-80 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1979-11-29" (1979). The Ithacan, 1979-80. 12. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1979-80/12 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1979-80 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. r ) A Weekly Newspaper, Published Independently by the Students of Ithaca College Vol. 49/No. 12 lth.itc1. N!'w York !\lovcmber 29, 1979 Appeal Process Be by Andrea·Herman session and no one will be The appeals process for the allowed to attend the hearing eleven students involved in the unlc~s specifically requested Klu Klux Klan masquerade on by the Board." Halloween begins tomorrow. The interim between the The appeal, provided in the original ~entencing and Student Conduct Code, was Thank,giving recess saw much written and filed by the activity on campus: students' attorney, James -ALS and ~upporters held a Kerrigan, on Thursday, Nov. rally outside the Union on 15. (on Nov. 8, seven of the Nov. 12. They marched to Job students were expelled and Hall and prc~cnted President four suspended until Fall Whalen with a list of 1980) proposals which, according to The Appeal Board will con- Walter Borton, director of si~t of twq students and one public information, Whalen non-student. Only those will respond to early next justices not involved in the week. original hearing are eligible to -an informal and abrupt serve. The powers of the Ap- question/answer session with phoro hy .Hare FinkC'/1tC'i11 peal Board, as provided in the Dr. Richard Correnti, V.P. of in the light of such a crime, -every council on campu~ ha~ the community O\Cr tclc\i~i011. Conduct Code, are as follows: students affairs, \\as held out- circulated by this group, been di5cussing the i~5UC. -SAB sponsored a KKK " An Appeal Board will side the Union later during the allegedly ha~ obtained over -Student Congre,~ ha~ ~ymposium last night (',cc review the petition of appeal day of Nov. 12. 1,000 signatures. argued over vo1cmg an article - thi5 is,ue). and may uphold or overturn -A rally to discuss the har­ -a student/faculty group ha~ opinion in favor of amendin~ "I wi~h the \\hole thing thc original decision, or decide shness of expulsion was held come up with 11 proposals the sentences. - would get over with ~o I can go to conduct a_ new hearing it- by supporters of the eleven which were presented to the -professor~ were asked to on with getting back to ~chool self. The decision of the Ap- students on Wednesday, Nov. president. These proposals devote classroom time to the or going to another one," said peal Board is final. The Ap- 14. A petition denouncing the deal with institutional change discussion of the incident. one of the expelled studenb. peal Board will meet in closed lack of educational reprimand regarding racism on campus. -President Whalen addre~5ed According to Borton, the Appeal Board could reach a decision as soon as Monday. T&P ContDiittee Denounced The time of year, he added, contributed to the decision to h.Y Cynthia Green procedures. The T and P the faculty contracts state that Handbook. He said that the conduct the appeal over the The Faculty Council has Committee is being used as a the appointment of the com- administration revised the weekend; finals has made it sent letters to all faculty mem­ screen for the administration's mittee is made in accordance Governance Document to in­ difficult to meet during the bers, asking them to refuse actions and to present a show to the 1977 Governance elude the T & P committee, week with the potential for service on the All-College of the faculty's approval of its Document and is governed by but before they could revise missing work too great. Committee for Tenur.c and policies. Faculty must not policies outlined in the Ithaca the Handbook, the Promotion. The opening and allow themselves to be used in College Handbook. Although unionization question was ;aid that' the T & P Committee closing paragraphs of the let­ this manner any longer." the T & P Committee is men- raised and the Handbook ha5 never defined the ter are as follows: "For the William Terwilliger, a tioned in the '77 Governance could not be revised since it procedure by which they judge fourth year the college's ad­ member of the F~W:t,Y Coun- Document, Terwilliger said, it could result in unfair labor faculty and "until it can fun­ ministration is insisting upon cil E~cutive Corrtmt-tlee, said does not appear in the present practice claim~. Terwilliger continued on page 6 using the All-College Commit­ tee on Faculty Tenure and Promotion in the evaluation of candidates for tenure and \ ! l{KK Symposium promotion, even though this by R~odcstc ,- - _, event was sponsored by the I. Students ar; ignorant of . Altschuler lectured on the committee has functioned im­ lthacp r:coll~e pi:of~ssors SAB speakers committee. the importan<;.e of what they history of the KKK. ~e said properly and illegally from its MonW,~ Mallon (pol\tics), Morton spoke about four do. that th~ KKK be~an m _Ten- inception and will be doing so Glen A~hul~ (histpry) and myths that are implicit in the II. Students arc ignorant of nessee. m 1866,_ '.mmediatcly again this year. The Council is Ray Davji(sociology}.~poke at action and reaction to the in- what certain groups do and followmg t~e <;1v1l \~ar,,,b~t therefore urging all faculty a symposium about fhe Ku cident that occurred on represent and therefore are entered a _quiet period m members to decline further Klux Klan last night. This Halloween. exonerated from malicious in- 1871 when bi!Is_ :vere passed to service on this committee. In tent. stop Klan act1v1t1es. Al~,~lrnler December of 1977 the Council III. Individuals, especially reported that th~ KKK was forwarded the members of the ''Rape on Campus'' on a college campus, arc reborn in _Atlanta .1~ ) 9 I 5 after T and P Committee a similar allowed to do anything, as the _sh?;vmg __ of B1_rrh of a request to resign from the by Andrea Herman ,_:enter, both which have con- long as thev cause no phy5ical Nation (a film which laud~ committee." The SAB speakers commit­ - fidentiality policies. The Crisis harm. · white supremacy_). "For all of these reasons, tee will be sponsoring a panel Center keeps no records and IV The college should Altschuler porntcd out that the Faculty Council urges all discussion, "Rape on Cam­ since the files are only ac­ teach·, not punish, to raise the KKK i~ not strictly a rural, faculty members to decline pus," on Thursday, Dec. 6 in cessible to the psychologists or consciousness. Southern organization and serving on the T and P Com­ Tl03 at 8 pm. The committee counselors at the Center, only Morton abo stated that that there are active faction, mittee any longer. At first P,lans on having speakers from they can collect the data. racism is a symptom of a throughout the U.S. and nght faculty members believed that the Hearth Center, Safety & There is no time, said society which is ba~ically here in Central New York. continued 011 paf!,e 6 they could help their Security, Housing, the Crisis Eskridge, since these people discriminatory. colleagues by serving on this Center and a rape victim, at are professors, carrying full committee which the Board the symposium. work loads and devoting the had mandated. They hoped "Yes, there is problem on rest of their time to the studen­ INSIDE that their cooperation would this campus," said Veronica ts who come to the Center. lead to clarifications and to Eskridge, a .counselor at the Eskridge taught a course in the formulation of valid stan­ Crisis Center, "but no bigger CIIS two years ago, titled, dards and procedures. It is than in society." "Rape: Myths and Realities." $150000 Cash clear now that the ad­ Statistics concerning rape The Crisis Center has ministration is determined to on campus are difficult to trained volunteers stationed at impose standards and compile, said Eskridge. Most phones all day. Numbers are Redeemable procedures on the faculty rapes are not reported, she posted on all phones on cam­ Article .... puw! 9 unilaterally, to break com­ said. Most people go through pus and in the telephone book Downtown Cupons .... pa~es 22 &:n mitments, and to violate legal the Health Center or the Crisis under Ithaca College. ~ tJt)/ Page 2 THE ITHACAN November 29,1979 ITHACAN EDITORIAL INQUIRER Tht· t•ditoriul iM writh'n 111ul puhli,.lwd \\ith tht· uppro,·ul of II mujorit'." of tlll' Pditoriul hourd. This is the last issue of the ITHACAN for the semester ... and... this is myJast issue as editor of the ITHACAN. Infour short months I have been involved in the politics, management and coordination of a communications network. Few students realize the hours How tlo JOU feel about filling out student evaluation forms? that go into just one issue. We work graveyard shifts, with Wednesdays flowing into Thur­ Do JOU think theJ pla)· an important part in the review sdays, in order to produce this pile of paper.