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The Ithacan, 1993-12-09 Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1993-94 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 12-9-1993 The thI acan, 1993-12-09 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1993-12-09" (1993). The Ithacan, 1993-94. 14. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1993-94/14 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1993-94 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Opinion .................................8 Accountability Alumni 'Link' Coach of the year What's Happening ................ 1o Accent ............................... 11 Board of Trustees must 8 IC grads establish college IC grad Tony Wise makes magazine· 19 Classifieds/Comics ............ 17 question College actions 14 mark in NFL coaching Sports ................................ 19 The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 61, No. 14 Thursday, December 9, 1993 24 pages Free Winter grads to march Getting closer fied with the prospect of just re­ niors have just packed their bags By Jan Stephenson ceiving a diploma in the mail with­ after finals and left," Senior Class Ithacan Staff out any other recognition for their president Lore Hunsicker '94 said. Officials make accreditation For the first time, December accomplishments. "We want to provide some clo­ graduates will receive recognition "Our purpose is to show recog­ sure [on graduation] and say visit to business school from students, faculty and staff, but nition to those students graduating goodbye," she said. not quite like the pomp and circum­ lin December]," Titus said. "As President James J. Whalen and By Tom Arundel "They tlwug ht we stance for their May counterparts. fellow graduates, we want to say Hunsicker will make remarks. Ithacan Senior News Writer An infonnal reception for 130 goodbye." Senior Class officers, the Office had a good physical seniors graduating in December will About 150 graduating students of Alumni Affairs and the Office of The Ithaca College Schoo! of facility, particularly Business came one step closer to be held on Sunday, Dec. 12, at 4 and family members have called to Campus Affairs and Student Life our classroom p.m. in the Emerson Suites. R.S.V.P., buttheSeniorClass Exec. are sponsoring this open reception. accreditation by the American According to Senior Class Vice Board is anticipating a crowd of Students should R.S.V .P. fort he Assembly of Collegiate Schools .facilities." President Frank Titus '94, some more than 300 people, Titus said. reception by calling the Student ofBusiness (AACSB) last week -David Long, December graduates were unsatis- "In the past, the graduating se- Activities Center at 274-3377. when officials paid a visit to dean of the assess and recommend whether. School of Business the School meets the standards required of a top-notch under­ On the move graduate business program. the Business School," Long said. From Nov. 30 through Dec. In addition, they said the busi­ 3, three deans of accredited busi­ ness program integrated aca­ ness schools, who traveled from demic computing well in the ap­ Susquehanna University, Uni­ propriate areas of the curricula. versity of Charleston and Uni­ Long said. versity of the Pacific, inter­ "They thought we had a good viewed faculty, administrators, physical facility. particularly our librarians, academic computing classroom facilities," Long said. staff and students, according to Although they expressed the David Long, dean of the Schoo! library was '"more than ad­ of Business. equate," Long ~aid they rccom· In three to four week~. they mended that the Gannett Center will have a complete report of expand its monograph collection, their visit and recommend to the which includes collegiate busi­ AACSB whether or not the ness books and resources. School should be accredited. Other problem areas re vol vcd In their final report on the around the sports management School of Business, the deans program. "They suggested how could recommend three things: we might cooperate more fully accreditation, one year referral, with the sports management pro­ or rejection, Long said. The Col­ gram. But it wa~ a good pro­ lege will be informed in late gram, they ~aid," Long ~aid. • April 1994 of the official action "In the end, they encouraged of the AACSB. faculty intellectual acti vi tic~ that "All in all, I thought it was a arc particulary related to peda­ very good visit," Long said. gogy," he said. 1 Long said the deans were a The Ithacan/Dave Slurzbergj ·'We're very optimistic." In a meeting with Long, the professional team and stayed 1 Keirvan Davidson '97 steers his Volkswagen Mlcrobus into Studio A in the Park School of husy during their visit. Communications on Wednesday, Dec. 9, for a class project. Fellow classmates John Forest '97 deans shared their impressions and Erik Ticen '97 lend a hand. of the School of Business. One "They saw everything they of the most positive aspects re­ wanted to see,"' he said. "It was a layed in the meeting was faculty very comprehensive review." excellence. Only 20 other institution~ in Drug usage becoming "They were very pleased with the United States have achieved the way the faculty were able to business accreditation solely at integrate ethics, social responsi­ the undergraduate level, Long bility and diversity throughout said. more apparent on campus '------------------- ------- ---- -- ·-- - __ J closed, but cannot smoke in the By Avi Schaeffer "By far the number hallways or in the bathroom. In Ithacan Staff Gift giving part one drug of choice [at residence areas that are designated While drug use appears to be on non-smoking, students cannot the rise on college campuses na­ Ithaca CollegeJ is smoke anywhere. tionwide, Ithaca College officials alcohol, but marijuana A recent national study, con­ of Chapel charity are not yet sure whether this trend is number two. " ducted by researchers at the Uni­ "This year the response has been applies here. -Dr. Donna Walsh, versity ofMichigan, found that 1992 By Amy Desson poor," said Melanie Decker, Chapel According to the Campus Safety director Ithaca College marked the end of a 12-year decline Ithacan Staff secretary. "Things have been slower Log published weekly in The Ith­ Counseling Center in drug use on college campuses, ''The Giving Tree" may be giv­ and the names haven't gone as acan, there were 29 incidents in­ according to the article "Just Say ing a little Jess this year. quickly as they normally do." volving illegal drugs or drug para­ torof Campus Safety. Maybe," printed in the Nov. I edi­ Forthe past four years, the Ithaca As part of the program, partici­ phernalia on campus from Aug. 20 Even though more students have tion of Newsweek. The study dis­ College Catholic Community has pants select a tag or a person, buy a to Dec. 2. By comparison, only nine been referred for judicial action for closed a slight increase in mari­ sponsored "The Giving Tree" - a gift for that person, attach the tag to drug-related incidents were reported drug use this semester than last year juana usage, and showed the program through which students, the gift and return it to the Chapel. during the same three-month pe­ at this time, Wall said Campus three-year increase of LSD use con­ faculty, staff and bthers collect gifts "Due to the short amount of time riod in 1992. Safety officers have not specifi­ tinues. to help brighten the holiday season between Thanksgiving break and "This semester there seems to be cally been instructed to crack down In 1990, the United States Cen­ for the underprivileged. the holiday break, there arc only more, but I think the Residential on illegal substances. sus Bureau found that 33% of the This year things are different. two weeks where students can get Life staff is more sensitive to drug "Now that there's no smoking in people arrested for drug use viola­ The majority of the tags recog­ tags, purchase the gifts and return use then they used to be. I think the residence halls, it is easier to tions nationwide were college-aged, nizing nearly 50 needy children and them to the chapel," Decker said. we're finding the same percentage detect pot smoke," Wall said. For between 18 and 24. However, the unwed mothers still hang on the After the gifts are brought to the of people smoke pot as always," most resfcferice halls; students can report did not indicate the number Christmas tree in the Muller Chapel Chapel, they will be distributed to said Nonnan Wall, assistant direc- smoke in their rooms with the doors See "Drugs," next page foyer. See "Gifts," next page 2 THE ITHACAN December 9 1993 Drugs -·---- Awareness through ·education - Gifts----,-.-. "This semester there -New.editors: continued from front page Education is another important Continued from front page ed seems to be more~ but I strategy the College uses to combat children in downtown Ithaca and to Dam . of these people actually enrolled in drug abuse. residents of the Melita House in think the Residential Jeffrey Selingo, the n·ew editor a college or university. "It's important for students to Rochest~r: a home for unwed moth­ Life staff is· more sensi­ in chief, has announced the follow­ "By far the number one drug of understand that drug use may not ers and children. ing appointments to The Ithacan. choice [at Ithaca College] is alco­ tive to drug use then seem like a big deal now, but [ using The gift collection, which is ad­ Their terms wilf last until the end of hol, but marijuana is number two," they used to be.
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