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November 20, 2008 The Ithacan Volume 76, Issue 12 Ex-astronaut PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DIANA COWDERY/THE ITHACAN to give speech at graduation BY ELIZABETH SILE NEWS EDITOR Th e college announced today that astronaut Jim Lovell will deliv- er the main address at Ithaca Col- lege’s commencement ceremony May 17, 2009. Lovell served as the commander of the Apollo 13 spacecraft that suf- fered an explosion as it headed to- ward the Moon in 1970. He may be best known for his call to Mission Con- trol after the explosion when The start of a he coined the phrase, “Hous- ton, we have LOVELL will be a problem.” the college’s Lovell and commencement the Apollo 13 speaker. crew were able to modify the systems in their shuttle to steer it in a trajectory Season around the Moon and back to Groups divide over deer population control and ethics of hunting Earth. Th e book Lovell later wrote became the basis for the 1995 BY PETER BLANCHARD most popular recreational sport. The state’s rifl es, crossbows and paintball guns are permis- movie “Apollo 13,” which starred CONTRIBUTING WRITER deer, black bears, beavers and birds attract sible,” he said. Tom Hanks. To animal lovers, they’re docile, beautiful crea- more than 50,000 hunters from outside the Yaple said students can store knives and hand- He has been honored with tures. To environmentalists, they’re a threat to the state annually. guns with Public Safety, but they must have a li- awards ranging from the Presi- biodiversity of forests. And to hunters, deer pro- cense to possess a handgun. dential Medal of Freedom to vide both fun and food. HUNTING ON CAMPUS According to Yaple, about a dozen students the Congressional Space Medal But this time of year, the animal lovers keep According to Sergeant Steve Yaple, manager at the college leave their guns with Public of Honor. from the woods while the environmentalists of operations at the Offi ce of Public Safety, stu- Safety. Yaple said students have access to their Senior class president AJ monitor from afar — it’s hunting season. dent hunters can store their guns with Public firearms 24/7. Mizes said he and the senior According to the New York State De- Safety as long as the guns are legal in the state He said students couldn’t hunt in New York class cabinet compiled a list of partment of Environmental Conservation of New York. without a valid New York state hunting license. about 100 possible speakers and Web site, there are more than 700,000 hunt- “Th at means no automatic weapons like AK- submitted it to President Tom ers in the state, making hunting the state’s 47s and machine guns, but weapons like hunting See DEER, page 4 Rochon and the Office of Stu- dent Affairs and Campus Life for approval. Mizes said he was thrilled with the choice and the cabinet’s input. School of Business promotes female enrollment “We are extremely ecstatic to have this historic fi gure come to BY JESS GRUNENBERG Susan Rosenthal, associate STAFF WRITER The number of men enrolled in majors and Ithaca,” he said. “He represents a professor of management at the BATTLE OF THE SEXES concentrations in the School of Business lot of really big accomplishments Th ough colleges across the na- School of Business, said to un- 500 outdoes the number of women in the in American history.” tion have seen an increase in overall derstand the lack of female busi- same program. Brian McAree, vice presi- female enrollment in recent years, ness majors, one needs to look no 475 dent of student affairs and cam- most business schools still tend to further than the faces of the For- 400 Male pus life at the college, said his be heavily male-dominated. tune 500 companies. According to Female office worked directly with the Statistics from the Ithaca Col- www.CNN.com, only 12 of the top 300 senior class cabinet, as well as a lege School of Business reported 500 companies had female CEOs speaker agency, to secure Lovell that of the nearly 700 students in 2008. as the speaker. currently enrolled in business ad- “Th e glass ceiling is still there,” 200 224 McAree said Lovell was ministration majors, only 32 per- Rosenthal said. “It may not be as bad a good choice because of his cent are women. as it once was but it is still there.” Number of students prominence in NASA and the Susan Engelkemeyer, dean of Senior Jen Kirby, a business 100 space program. the School of Business, said these administration major with a 54 33 “Certainly Captain Lovell, being are not uncommon numbers. concentration in marketing and 0 a very famous astronaut and lead- “It is a national phenomenon management, said though her Business Administration Accounting er, as well as the popularity of his that roughly a third of busi- male-dominated major was a little books and the popularity of ‘Apollo ness school students are women intimidating in the beginning, she 3 26 45 35 69 13,’ has made him an easily recog- nationwide,” she said. quickly got used to it. 43 85 nizable fi gure both to our graduates The business school faculty “It is kind of good in a way be- 13 125 115 and to our guests,” he said. also mirrors the national trend. cause going into a business career, Rochon said Lovell’s contribu- As of fall 2008 the dean’s office it is probably going to be more From left, the number of men and women in business concentrations: corpo- tions will serve as an inspiring send- reported that 32 percent of the male-dominated,” Kirby said. rate accounting, fi nance, international business, management and marketing. off to graduates of the college. School of Business’ full-time fac- One way the business school SOURCE: THE ITHACA COLLEGE WOMEN IN BUSINESS NETWORK “Lovell and his crew on Apollo ulty members are female. is trying to encourage female stu- DESIGN BY ALEXIS MCNUTT 13 exemplify ingenuity, adapt- To Engelkemeyer the statistics dents is through the Women in ability and continuous learning are not surprising. She said these Business Network. opportunities. Recent events in- business. A lot of deals are done under unexpected circumstanc- proportions have existed for as Founded in the fall of 2007, clude a workshop on balancing on the golf course,” Kirby said. es,” he said. “Th eir performance long as she can remember. the student-run organization careers and families as well as an Upcoming events include under extreme pressure off ers “Th ere is still a notion that it is a emphasizes the importance of introductory golf lesson at Hicko- workshops on how to dress busi- lessons that we can all hope to more competitive, cut-throat type of women in business through lec- ry Hollow Range. learn from.” environment,” she said. tures, networking and mentoring “It is a skill that is used a lot in See GENDER, page 4 find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING 2 The Ithacan Thursday, November 20, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK Muslims told not to trust Obama Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to 20 THURSDAY insult Barack Obama in a message posted yester- day, describing the president-elect in demeaning Class Ring Orders from terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Th e message appeared chiefl y aimed at persuad- Campus Bookstore ing Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not rep- Department of Writing Open resent a change in U.S. policies. Ayman al-Zawahri House from 3 to 5 p.m. on the said in the message, which appeared on militant fourth fl oor of Smiddy Hall Web sites, that Obama is “the direct opposite of Celebration of Hip-Hop, a docu- honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X, the mentary sponsored by African- 1960s African-American rights leader. Latino Society, from 7 to 9 p.m. In al-Qaida’s fi rst response to Obama’s victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect — along Film Screening of “Call me Mal- with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condo- colm,” as part of the LGBT fi lm leezza Rice — “house negroes.” series, at 7 p.m. in Textor 102 Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri used the term Spit That! Showcase from “abeed al-beit,” which was translated as “house 7 to 9 p.m. in Emerson Suites slaves.” But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as 21 FRIDAY “house negroes.” Th e message also includes old footage of Spanish Conversation Group speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the from 4 to 5 p.m.