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VoLUf,tE 66, NUMBER 18 i'HURSOAY~ FEB. 4, 1999 28 PAGES, FREE B001<: BOUND? Class of 2002 shares views tudes as the 275,811 freshmen pollc.d nationwide. However, there arc some strik Results reveal ing differences between the college's freshmen and others across the nation. national trends When asked if abortion should be legal, 73 percent of the college's students said BY LYNSEY A. PAVLIK yes. Over the past three years this percent Ithacan Staff age has remained steady. Nationally, the freshman response to this question has Should marijuana be legalized? Should declined from 56.3 percent in favor of abortion be legal? Is there, realistically, lit abortions being legal in 1996 to 50.9 per tle an individual can do to bring about cent in 1998. change in our society? When a~ked their views on homosexual The first-year-students' attitude survey ity laws, 10.5 percent of Ithaca College's a~ked these questions and others of Ithaca freshmen felt there should be laws against College freshmen and their parents attend- homosexual relationships. The national • Graphs, 6 ing freshmen ori- results were in favor of these laws by about • Survey history, 6 entation this- past 33 percent over the past three years. ------summer. Every Writing professor Cory Brown teaches year hundreds of students and parents a freshman seminar dealing with personal either agree or disagree with approximate identity. He said very often his students arc ly 30 questions asked by Ithaca College's surprised at the cumulative responses. Office of First Year Programs. The results "I think the students arc not aware of arc compiled and then compared to the how homogeneous the student body is," results of a similar, national survey given Brown said. by the Higher Education Research Institute Brown uses the college's survey results at UCLA. to generate discussions about the freshman SIVAN ALACALAY/THE ITHACAN JUNIOR-RICH LITTLEFIELD .searches the hheca ~ollege bookstore shelves last , This year the two surveys asked nine class as a cohesive group. week: For an examination and exploratlQn of textbook pricing end hassles and questions with topics varying from casual "I use it in a positive way. It shows they a guide to easy book-buying, see "Books: bargain or bad deal?" on page 4. sex to racial discrimination. Overall, Ithaca College freshmen shared the same atti- See FRESHMEN, page 6 Forum on drugs Roundtables leads to answers commence
BY DANNY MANUS together and a lot of good ideas BY KATE HILTS Ithacan Staff were generated." Ithacan Staff Attendees were assigned a ran Students, faculty and adminis dom table in an effort to promote The first roundtablc discussion for faculty, staff tration came together Jan. 27 and communicati.on betwecri faculty and students for the All College Priority and 28 at the open forums on drug and students and generate ideas Planning Committee was held Tuesday to discuss and alcohol abuse. together in response to the follow the possible goals for Ithaca College for the next The meeting was the first step ing questions asked by Bonaguro. decade. taken by the Presidential Task • What problems are associat Community members were present to discuss For cc ed with alcohol and substance the future of the college. Klingenstein Lounge was • Another Angle, 11 ------on 0 rug abuse on our campus at this time? . filled with numbered tables • 0 v; 10 and Alcohol in efforts to get stu Common problems discussed ------w re~ contammg. . two mem bcrs o f dent feedback on how to prevent include apathy towards acade the planning committee at each table. the abuse of illegal substance's on mics, noise, sexual abuse and Half an hour before the actual discussions campus. STD's, aggressive behavior, and began, Jim Malek, provost and committee chair, Despite the low turnout on destruction of property. reviewed the process the committee has been fol GARY COTTI/THE ITHACAN Jan. 28, over 40 pages of prob • What resources arc available lowing. SENIOR ALLISON RABBITT sits among faculty lems, ideas and possible solutio~ on our campus to help prevent · Malek discussed the planning committee members at a college roundtable planning were recorded. alcohol and drug abuse? retreat held on Jan. 13 and 14, and the ideas that board meeting Tuesday. Rabbitt was one of only two students present at the open meeting. "The information was very SGA, Campus Safety, RA's would be examined in the roundtables. valuable for us. The point was to and professors arc examples of The vision statement and goals raised at the The roundtables, however, are considered get students' ideas and we accom those who should act as role mod retreat were planned as part of the roundtable dis open meetings for all college community mem plished - that," said John els foi: students, according to cussions, Malek said. bers. Bonagliro, the assistant dean of attendees. Task groups will be formed in March to carry "It is fine to write about the topic, but not about the School of Human Sciences There is a conflict of interest out the priorities being set after the roundtable dis the specific things the individuals say because we and Health Performance and and inconsistent expectations of cussions, Malek said. want everybody to feel totally free and open," chairperson of the Task Force. student staff. Sw9ent Auxiliary Malek announced the roundtable discussions Malek said concerning the media being present for "I try not to draw conclusions Safety Patrol members ·are w~re not open to the media. He said the commit the actual roundtable discussions. from turnouts," said Director of allowed to.dr~nk u~-t~ six hours tee wanted to keep the i:liscussions private so each Malek referred to the private issues raised at Campus Safety Bob Holt. "It ,'• ) :- .: • l .. new roundtable discussion could be filled with the roundtables as "soft confidentiality." ' ' "' ~ ' brought a cross-section. of people See STUDENTS; page 8 -·"spontaneous" reactions from the community. Other discussions will be on Feb. 4, 5 and 8. . . . ACCENT .••• 13 CLASSIFIED .. 19 COMICS .... 20 OPI.NION, ... 10 SPORTS ••.•. 21 www.'ithaca.edu/ithacan 2 THE ITHACAN FEB.4, 1999 Briefl
r: :.EVENTS '. '\-~ . ~-- .. "'' ' \ ~-·.: • '1.. ~ 4o1.-..: ...... 'j,,.. - 'a\ ••• ' -~...,!J J Faculty workshops Sclencenter exhibits By Michael W. Bloo:mroae to the government administrators and the policies postponed The Sciencenter will hold the Assistant News Editor that put the troops there. The first season of the Anti presentation, "How Old is this Elsewhere on the Ithaca College Campus an Racism Workshop Series for Tree?" on Saturday at 2 p.m. It This week, nine years ago: IBM PS/2 fair is scheduled on February 12. in the Spring 1999 has been post will feature Peter Kuniholm, Amidst the Persian Gulf War, two new student north foyer of the Egbert Union. poned until Feb. 15. This will who will explain how to date groups have become active to express their opin The fair will present the "ideal computer for be the longer introductory trees by counting the rings on ions. One of the groups, Students Supporting college," the IBM PS/2. The standard PS/2 com session held from 3:30 to 7:30 their trunks. Action in the Gulf, participated in a rally this past puter system includes a mouse, pre-installed soft p.m. in the South Meeting weekend supporting the war. ware such as MS-DOS 4.0 and Windows 3.0. It Room, Egbert Hall. All other Kaplan test drive In addition to the Ithaca College students, the also includes impressive tools such as a calculator, dates and times will remain Students who are anxious rally, entitled "Support the Troops in the Gulf," notepad and a calendar. All this plus 2 MB of RAM the same. Openings remain about graduate school admis also attracted Vietnam veterans, senior citizens and 30 MB hard drive for around $2,500! for the sessions. For more sions tests and other high and other Ithaca residents. The number of freshman applicants to Ithaca information, call Brenda stakes exams can take a free The rally began with a rendition of the Star College is projected to drop by IO percent this year Jones, sociology department "Test Drive" to gauge their Spangled Banner and ended with a ceremonial compared to last year according to Peter Stace, secretary, at 274-3153. strengths and weaknesses burning of the Iraqi flag. During the flag burning, director of admissions. before enduring the real thing. the crowd euphorically chanted "USA, USA." President James J. Whalen confirmed the trend Community project Kaplan Educational Center will "We started this in response to the anti-war pro at a meeting with the school of communications Internship give practice tests for the testers who claim to support the troops, but not the faculty on Dec. 18. Whalen stated the number of The Child Sexual Abuse pro GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE and war," said Elizabeth Judson organizer and Ithaca applications received by the college is running 19 ject-a program of the Task DAT under "virtual" conditions citizen. percent lower than last year. Force for Battered Women from Feb. 7 to Feb. 28. The Judson organized the protest primarily because The college intends to keep enrollment steady, is looking for an intern to exams will be administered her husband is a World War II veteran and her son despite plans to decrease the freshman class by update and maintain the free of charge and participants is a Navy pilot. 100 students. Admissions officials do not believe agency's library. The primary will receive a computer analy Kelly McGuirk '92, head of the Ithaca College the drop in applications is connected to the plans to task will be to collect and sis of their performance. For group, wanted to send a message that not all Ithaca reduce the freshmen class size. organize stories on the issues the location of the test drive citizens and students were opposed to the war. The class size must be reduced in order to pre of sexual abuse, abduction, nearest you or to reserve a The rally was in response to the work done by vent an increase in the college's enrollment. incest, rape, sexual harass seat call 1-800-KAP-TEST. Matt Zipeto '93, head of the Ithaca College based The annual C.P. Snow lecture series came to ment, dating violence and Students for Peace in the Middle East. The Ithaca College on Jan. 31. Snow was an English other related issues covered fj"\,)J\~7~-.! .i..:-:i"". ~ .... ' . : •q·.i •• J Students for Peace held its first rally in the mid-die novelist and physicist who wrote about bringing ~CORRE'CTIONS '. the scientist and non-scientist together. in the media. Time commit : ., ...:._.: - ~.-. ~,.. .. - ·~· .! of last semester. ment is approximately three to Zipeto and Deborah Schochct '93 are the pri The first lecture in the series featured Harry eight hours per week. Must be It is The lthacan's policy to mary coordinators of the Ithaca College based war Gove, a professor of physics from the University able to work independently. report all errors of fact. Contact protesters. of Rochester. Gove explained the carbon dating For more information, call Assistant News Editor Michael While Students for Peace is anti-war, it stresses process that helped experts to decipher the age of 277-3203. Bloomrose at 274-3207. its full support of troops in Iraq and its opposition the religious relic the Shroud of Turin. How Would You Score?
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, -- GMAT Saturday, February 13 @ 10 AM Location: Williams Hall @ Ithaca College Sponsored by: I.C. Career Services Call today to reserve yo_ur seatl APf'\10iBtl\8~ KAPL.AN ee~------·---paper&~KBPW'\ - -- 1-IID·IAP-TEST .. WWW.kaplan;com · •Test names are trademarks of their respective owners FEB.4, 1999 THE ITHACAN 3 SPIDER MEN· Tax students give free aid ... B:V KATE HILTS gram and through another site Ithacan Staff at the Women's Community Building in downtown Ithaca, Free tax service. Ithaca Cohen ~aid. College is one of the first col Last year Ithaca College leges that offers administra became a recognized VITA tion, faculty, staff and all employer site, Cohen said. students regardless of their Carole King, research assis income free tax services tant and secretary in through the Volunteer Income Institutional Research and Tax Assistance employer site. Patricia Nally, administrative VITA's services began secretary to the dean of the Monday. Tax returns arc filed School of Business, used the for campus members free of VITA program last year and charge through the program by found it effective. appointment with a IO day Both filed their own taxes in turnaround period. past years and found the VITA This year 24 senior account program to be faster. ing majors and Alan Cohen, It took them six to eight associate professor of account days to file taxes themselves, JOHN SIGMUND/THE ITHACAN ing, will be running the VITA but with the help of the VITA KWAME BRl:W and Kofi Dennis (front) perform West African drumming, dance and storytelling at the Muller Chapel Monday. The group's name, Anansegromma, means "Spider Players"- in English. program. program and electronic filing it These students have taken a only took two to three days, senior-level federal income tax they said. class, which incorporated the King was not worried about VITA materials provided by using the program. She said Campus hit by influenza the IRS. In order to become she was unaware of the new tax certified, the students have to codes and the students partici BY ITHACAN STAFF arc looking for ways to make vaccines that will offer take the IRS VITA exam to be pating in the program helped more protection, as well as, more ways to treat the flu. on the VITA team, Cohen said. her file without missing Ithaca College is experiencing an increase in the A new type of vaccine is being investigated. The The students receive three exemptions or other deduc Influenza A virus, Hammond Health Center doctors vaccine includes a small part of the virus' genetic credit hours for doing this pro tions. reported Friday. code and this small piece is injected into the body. gram in the class and they con "They probably know more The recent increase in cases on campus corresponds After the injection, the cells make small amounts of sider themselves professionals, about tax codes and things that to a similar increase in the community. Most of the the virus and this stimulates high levels of a protec Cohen said. come out, which I have no idea types present this year were covered by the vaccine, a tive antibody. "We meet three hours a [about]," King said. report from the Center for Disease Control said. Along with investigating vaccines other ways of week and I like to put it in a Nally found VITA to be a Symptoms of the tlu include fever, headache, administering protection against the flu are being professional setting. Ifwe were relief. She said her taxes were muscle and joint pain, cough, and sore throat. These examined. An oral vaccine or nasal spray may also be doctors, dentists or surgeons more complicated that year symptoms may be severe and appear abruptly. The flu different means of protection. These new ways of there would be a period of time and the program really helped could cause other medical problems. vaccination may make a flu vaccine more acceptable where you finish class and you her. According to the National Foundation for to people who have problems with injections. do your internship," Cohen Nally had donated a car to Infectious Disease website, anti-viral treatment may said. "That's what we're doing, charity and didn't know how be helpful for influenza victims. For fever and mus it's on the job training with to file her taxes with the dona cle aches, aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen may Symptoms.Oflfhe flu state of the art equipment, and tion . .- -,-, -- ·_ ,. ' '\ ~~-:- help. Liquids as well as rest are appropriate. If symp software." "I've never [donated a car] toms worsen, victims should seek further treatment. Individuals who use the before. They had the right The tlu vaccine is still available at the health cen • Fever (up to 104 F) VITA program are guaranteed forms to use and they gave me ter and walk-ins are welcome. The vaccine can still •Chills confidentiality. the right advice and gave me • Muscle aches & pain be effective. •Sweating The VITA program has the value of the· car that was The vaccine costs $IO and is administered • Dry cough been offered on campus for donated," Nally said. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Health • Nasal congestion three years but has not been King and Nally found the Center. Checks, MasterCard, Visa, ID Express or stu • Sore throat offered to the whole communi program to be very profession dent charge accounts are welcome. • Headache ty. al and will use it again this •Malaise Vaccines can also be administered at the SOURCE: National • Fatigue In the past, the program was year. Tompkins County Health Department or by private Foundation for limited to foreign students To receive the free service Infectious Diseases physicians. through the international pro- call Al Cohen at 274-3661. 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I L---J-----L----~----~----~ LT2,?( ~~2.,e2,______E~l!:,e!_ ~~ U,.!. 919______!i~v~li.2, ~ta_a.!D' ,.2th,e!.,o,!!.e!J " 4 THE ITHACAN FEB.4, 1999 -_ .... Books: bargain or bad deal? College book sales a balancing act BY AARON J. MASON wholesalers to get that many used hooks, Ithacan Staff plus our buy hack from students." Mcncngcr said thi!-, year about 53 percent On average, 11 takes student~ lc!>s than a ol the hooks in his store were new, while 47 half hour to purchase booh for a new percent of the hooks were used. semester, says Michael Bov1, director of "We try lo put as many U!,Cd books out as college stores. we po!,s1hly can, and we pu!>h the fact to huy Longer lines at college bookstores arc them used," Mcnenger said. evidence of the heginning of another Strategy Manager for Cornell University semester, and Ithaca is no exception. Bovi Campus Stores. Margie Whiteleather, said said he works hard with his staff to ensure about 15 percent of the 5,500 titles at the that the rush runs as smoothly as possihlc main bookstore arc used books. She attrib "Everybody ha~ to rcal11c that what we ute~ the lower ligure to the large number of have is 5,400 or 5,600 students all waiting trade llllc~ and literature hy faculty mem to buy their hooks at one time," Bov1 said. bers which the store came~. "You're going to wait in line. We arc doing The Ithaca College Boob tore sent facul the very best we can do " ty notice that their hook order!-, for this Bovi !>aid he ha!> familiarized him!->clf scmc!,ler were due by October 17. In the with the proce!>s students go through when prnCC!,!,, the Bookstore loob at a numhcr of purchasing their textbooks. factors before ordering the professor's 'Tvc timed students m line from the 11111c books. rncluding room seating capacity, and they walk through the front of the !-olore lo the professor's history ol over or undei· gel their bdoks and walk out," Bovi !>aid. enroll mg in their ch1s!,es. "'U!>ually, from the time they get in line 'lil English ProfC!,SOr Katherine Kittredge the time they check out 11\ about 20 min did not get her order 111 by the October 17 utes" deadlme. She said she prefer, to !,CC how a With a student population of about spccilic hook works in a cla!-o, he fore dcc1d- 6,600, Director of College Store!-o at 111g if she will order it to use again. Cortland Jay Mencngcr said the average 'T ve got stuff on b:1ck order, which !,[udent waits 111 hne les!, than ten minute!, at mean!, when I order them. they haven't his !>lore. physically been printed yet." Kittredge said. "My concCrn!-o for college studcnh i!-o that Although Kittredge lllU!->I teach her !-olU they don:t have to wait in long lines." dents temporarily without books. !->he ha!, Mcncngcr said. "I hate line~. I think only praises for the Ithaca College !the) 'rel disgusting.'' Book!-otorc. Sc111or Debra Kelly transferred to Ithaca "I've dealt with other boobtore!, at other from a community college 111 the fall of her 111s111utions, and I think [the Ithaca College junior year. She said she prefers to purchase boobtore] 1s the most user friendly from a used books because they arc cheaper. professor's stand point that I've encoun SIVANALCALAY/THE ITHACAN Senior Kelli Coppolla checks the book price list outside of the Bookstore. The lists "[My former collcgcl~J.ways had tons of tered." are organized by class and display the author and title for each required textbook. used books," Kelly s~"l'vc only been Textbook Manager for College Stores at able to get one book the whole time I've Cornell, Mike Strowsk,, said one of the forms arc sent to each student and they can of the bookstore\, slower period!> when pur been here that's been used." goals for his store is to increase the numhcr choose to have all of their textbooks select chasing their textbooks. or the nearly 1,800 titles in his store, of faculty book orders submitted by their ed and pre-packed by the store at no extra "There arc days and hours that there i~ Bovi said his ratio of new versus used books November deadline. Currently, Strowsk1 cost. absolutely nothrng going on. At 4:30, you is above average when compared to other said 30 to 40 percent of the faculty's orders "About 25 percent of the student!> on the could throw bowling balls down the aisle." institutions. arc submitted on time. campus use the pre-pack." Mcncngcr said he also goes to rc~idcncc "Our goal is to have as many used books "We really need to get out [to the facul Bovi said the Bookstore has responded halls several times throughout the year to on the shelf as possible, somewhere ty] more and sec what we can help them to Ithaca College students in the past as get feedback from students. between 30 to 40 percent, which is excep with," Strowski said. well, implementing shelf tags for books and "It's amazing. The students have a lot of tional for any college bookstore," Bovi At Cortland, Mcncngcr has nlso devel shopping baskets. good ideas, and you' vc got to listen to them, said. "We use three or four used book oped a pre-packing book system. Order Bovi advises students to take advantage and if you don't you're in trouble."· Prices determined by demand and faculty BY AARON J. MASON of money back for their textbooks. how many books we have on wholesaler is buying the book at faculty member needs the book Ithacan Staff "It's a big joke on campus hand. That plays a role in our buy risk to sell back to other colleges. for class," Hahne said. "That's the now," Urso said. "It bothered me ing decision." "If it's a popular book, they'll only instance where we may con Spending $200 on textbooks that there were two new books Determining how much money get one-third [of its current price]. trol the price." for classes may not seem like a lot they wouldn't even take." students can receive for their used If it's not, they'll get less than one Bovi said the Bookstore's goal of money for many college stu Michael Bovi, director of books is in la~gc part decided by third," Bovi said. "On a $50 book is to get as many tcxthook orders dents. When that amount of College Stores, said a large num the faculty. Professors are asked that's not in demand, they might as it possibly can from faculty so money is spent on books needed ber of factors go into determining to submit their textbook orders for onlybcoffercd$5or$10.". that it can buy hoob hack from for just one class however, it's a textbook prices, both new and all courses to the Bookstore by a Ithaca College Bookstore students and put dollars back in different story altogether. used, which the Bookstore sells predetermined deadline. Textbook Manager, Norma student's pockets. That is the situation sophomore and later buys back. When a faculty member Hahne, said the only instance Urso said professors arc aware Trish Urso found herself in last Bovi said new book publish intends to use the same textbook when the Bookstore controls text that the prices their students have !>cmcstcr, when she was required ers set a list price for the text to be next semester, students receive prices is when a professor to pay are demanding. to buy eight books for a politics sold at, while used book prices arc half its current price. When pro requests an old edition. Because "Some of my teachers cut course. When Urso went to return controlled by the used book fessors decide to use a different publishers and used book whole down on books this semester the books in December at the wholesaler. text, however, stud~_nts receive an salers do not stock old editions, because _they don't want to make Bookstore's buy-back, she was The Bookstore ha-; little con amount based upon the used book the _Bookstore· -~uys them back us spend. all the money," Urso expecting to receive more cash trol over the final price which stu wholesaler's buyer,s·gu.ide. from stuqents at a much lower said.· .. than the $11.95 she got. dents pay, Bovi said. The popularity of and demand price because they are buying Urso may go to a used book Urso echoes the sentiment of "First, we have to look at our for a book nationally also con them out of risk, Hahne said. store in the Commons at the end of many other college students, present inventory," Bovi s_aid. "If tributes to the amount a student "Where you would get nothing this semester, in hopes of getting a upset when they don't receive it's a book that was used for the can rc'ceive at the book buy-back, from the wholesaler, we would bener value for her textbooks, she what they believe is a fair amount fall semester. we want to look at in part because the used book give you something, because the said. FEB.4, 1999 THE ITHACAN 5 Books: bargain or bad deal? The economics of buying books: How to save ItJOney, time and hassle BY JAY MILLER ccdurc for purchasing your hooks. Editor in Chief It has probably saved me enough for my first month's rent after Rai'.->c your hand if you hough! gradualion. a hook onlinc this semester. • Go to all your classes. You' II Ir your hand is in !he air you arc avoid the traffic in the hookslorc one of many college sludcnls and the first few days and you' II find con:sun1ers who arc now pun.:ha'.->- out what 1hc professor says you' II 111g book'.-> on !he Internet and sav- need. Sometime~ a book will be 111g money. listed on the boohtorc Ii~! and the Instead of wa11rng 111 line, go professor will no! require ii. It's online and lind your materials for worlh checking the syllabus or lc:ss. Don ·1 he scarc The price game Texts turn digital BY AARON J. MASON $450 Ithacan Staff The graph reflects textbook $445 prices from various sources of College sludcnts across the country can now read, highlight sophomore Cara Treanor for the and take notes on the pages of texlbooks without ever opening a Spring '99 semester. Treanor, a book. $440 community health major, women's studies minor, pur A New York City based company, WiZcUp.com, recently chased 18 books for her five released the world's first digital editions of current college text $435 classes. For a more in-depth books through its website www.wizeup.com. The service break down of Treanor's books, allows students to download books from the Web to their com visit The Ithacan online at puter's hard drive. $430 http://www.ithaca.eduflthacan While only a few books are currently available for purchase, WiZcUp Spokesman Josh Schainbaum said the three week-old $425 company hopes to soon expand its services for students. "This fall you'll be able lo buy the chapters you need instead of having to buy the whole book," he said. $420 The company louts its digital book versions cost even less than the large discounts and incentives advertised by on-line $415 bookstores. Over 100 digital textbooks in a broad range of subjects are now in production. Schainbaum said he hopes that a WiZeUP $410 digital textbook will be available for at least one course on every List price Ithaca College Bookstore Internet (shipping included) college campus in the country by the start of the Fall I 999 semester. .• 6 THE lTiiACAN FEB. 4. 1999 Ithaca College ••9911 CJ199f>.97 Survey valid Freshmen opinions 1998 to past,._. -~._.._...... ,. ___ after more attract attention than a decade other, "is it all right for them to have Continued from page 1 sex even if they've known each BY LYNSEY PAVLIK arc members of a culture here," other for a very short time." Nearly Ithacan Staff Brown said. 40 percent of students in the United Many of Brown's students arc States agreed. Forty-two percent of This past summer approxi shocked at the responses to the Ithaca College freshmen also mately 700 parents and 900 stu question concerning homosexual agreed, dropping three percent from dents came to Ithaca College for relationships. But Brown said he 1997. freshman orientation. Among the does not get much discussion on "The decline in agreement came handouts students and parents this because studenlc; are not com from the men," said Policello refer received was a 40-quc~tion sur fortable voicing opinions in class. ring to the male and female figures vey. Topics ranged from religion Jim Malek, provost and vice from those years. In 1997, 32 per to race and abortion to academics. president of academic affairs, said cent of women agreed whereas The first-year-students' altitude his interest in the freshmen survey 61.5 percent of men agreed. In survey has been given at the col was slightly different. 1998 the figures shifted with 34 lege since 1988, said Sharon "I was interested in it largely percent of women agreeing and 54 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Policello, director of first year pro just as a barometer of student and percent of men agreeing. grams. Policcllo has modeled the parental opinion about different Another issue that differs altitude survey after a nationwide things," said Malek, "particularly noticeably between Ithaca College Ithaca College a111ucaCo11egcO~Sludy survey conducted by the Higher those things that impact policies and the national results is racial to national Pm:ml based°" ~agJtlCld"" n:spome Education Research Institute at that come from our office." discrimination. Eight percent of UCLA. Questions concerning courses the college's freshmen felt racial "We add questions if we hear and administration peaked Malck's discrimination is no longer a prob people talking about something," interests the most. When asked if lem. Nationally, students felt this she said. "For us it's for the use of policy makers should actively seek way 21.1 percent of the time. people just in general to discuss student input, 97 percent of parents The analysis offered by the what students are saying." and students said yes. Malek found Chronicle of Higher Education said Policello uses many of the this response "very positive." just because freshmen have given same questions as the Higher Sharon Policello, director of more conservative answers, it docs Education Research Institute in first-year programs, takes a special not mean they have become more the freshmen survey put out by the notice in the differences between conservative. Rather, most consider Office of First Year Programs. male and female responses. thcmsclf middle of the road. In addition to nine of the same "You've got the men saying one "I think [the Chronicle] is trying questions asked nationally, thing and the women another. It to pull something out of this," said Policello asks more specific ques makes you wonder who's talking to Policcllo. "One might suggest that a tions concerning academics, resi each other," Policello said liberal response means to agree dential life and community ser A question appearing in both the with one thing and not the other. vice. national and Ithaca College survey People define liberal differently 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 asked if two people really like each these days." eome dance the night away with DC] jtllagic and a bunch of your closest friends! 'Lhe ,411-eampus Semi-3ormal Jriday, Jeb. 12, 1999 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Emerson Suites crickets on sale: Jeb. B, 9 and 11 in the North Joyer Jeb. 12 in the Campus Center £obby $B.00 in advance $10.00 at the door Ithaca College Sponsored by S~,4: Students Keeping Pride t4live 111~1~mm Student Alumni Association FEB. 4. 199'1 TuE ITHACAN 7 Alumni search .TALKING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S finds final four BY JENNIFER HODES$ a balance w1th constituents," Ithacan Staff. Bradac said. "We want someone who is willing to work with a f Four candidates have been diverse alumni population." I chosen as finalists to fill the posi During the interim, Director tion of alumni relations director. for Special Programs Michael John Bradac, director of career McGrccvey has also been acting services and head of the search as the role of alumni relations commiucc said the four finalisls director. will return lo Ithaca College and "I have been working with the complete the interviewing staff to keep the functions of the process later this month. alumni office running smoothly," "We arc unable to disclose the McGrcevcy said. names of the four final candidates "In general, the new director at this time out of respect for other should be a good administrator, candidates who arc no longer in work well with people, represent JOHN HENNESSEY/THE ITHACAN the running that have not yet been Ithaca College well nationally and DR. PIERRE N. TARIOT speaks to an audience in the Emerson Suites Monday about the effects and notified," Bradac said. work well with the alumni board possible cures for dementia, a form of Alzheimer's disease. Tariot's presentation included an Interviewing for the director of directors." open forum giving the audience a chance to comment and ask questions about the information. pos1t10n began in January. The four finalists for the alum Members of the search committee ni relations dirctor position will include: Professor of Music Mary be returning to the Ithaca College Arlin, Director of Multicultural campus on February 8-11, 16, 17, SGA reaches out to students Affairs Kceon GrcgOI)', Dean of 23 and 24. Health Sciences & Human "We arc inviting everyone on BY DANNY MANUS program consist~ of a written letter Although there may be more Performances Richard Miller, campus to take part in the inter Ithacan Staff to be sent to all RA's and duh presi effective ways to reach the student Executive Assistant to the President viewing process," Bradac said. dents across campus. The motion populat,on, Taran! believe~ the let Shamn Runge, Associate Vice 'There will he an all-campus In another effort to "put the stu was pa~sed 23-0 with hopes that it ter is effective, polite and docs 1101 President Shelley S. Semmler, forum held on these dates where dent back in student government," sends a message to the student body. infringe on students' lives too much. Director of Annual Fund Walter people will be able to come and sit Congress members passed a "A lot of people think [SGA] l11is is only the first step m a Williams and student representa in on these interviews." motion Tuesday that will initiate doesn't want to do anything but sit in series of 15 to reach out lo h1ggcr tive Laura Maggiotto. "We arc running on schedule," the Contact Program to improve a room every TueM!ay night - hut groups and other organi1.ations. "We arc looking for someone Semmler said. "If all goes communication between SGA and we do," Tarant said. "SGA h,L~ a The ~uhscquent steps cannot he who exhibits leadership skills, smoothly, we arc hoping to have a the student body. communication problem with every taken unless the other groups make who has people skills, who has new alumni relations director in Proposed by SGA vice president one else on campus. The letter will the same effort to reach out to SGA. support for alumni and will create place by April. of communications Nick Taran!, the simply tell people that we're here." Tarant said. This space for rent. Call The Ithacan Advertising Dept. 274-16-18 ~Ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community The Ithaca College Counseling R Center Announces For Spring The Formation Of An E C y Interpersonal Relationships Group C L This group, facilitated by David Spano and Alice Meil man of the Ithaca College Counseling Center, will give participants a chance to explore pat E terns in interpersonal relationships, discuss blocks in relating to others, and get feedback from peers about relationship style. Meetings will be held weekly at a time that best suits interested students. To sign up, call 274-3136 during business hours (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.). Membership is liml_ted to 1O persons. 8 THE ITHACAN FEB. 4, 1999 Students and f acuity discuss alcohol abuse Continued from page 1 hcforc they go on duty. However, RA's arc prohibited from drinking on campus al any time, said junior Kim Harvey, an RA in the Garden Apartments. • Write your understanding of the cur rent alcohol policy on campus. How is it enforced and how is il not enforced'! "We need lo decide what message we want to send about drinking-is it under 21 '! All drinking is had'! Drink hut don't get hurt? We need to decide on this first then make the policy clearer," Holt said. Lou Munch, a professor in the School ;if Health Sciences and Human Performance, is nut content with the cur rent policy. 'The policy is a joke and it 1s not being enforced," Munch said. One group voted changrng the policy a!-> the number one thing the campu~ !->hould do to curh alcohol and drug usc No group wa!-> ahlc to correctly !->talc the policy a!-> it exists. • What arc some ~olution!-> hi the policy and problem'.->'! Besides changing the policy, other sug gestwn!-> given on how to improve the situ ation include creating mandatory alcohol awareness courses, hiring additional cam pus safety personnel to enforce the policy, JOHN SIGMUNDffHE ITHACAN allowing RA's to confiscate alcohol, RORY ROTHMAN, director of residential life arid judicial affairs, writes down suggested solutions to campus drug and alcohol involving parents more and changing stu problems. Students, professors and administrators were invited to attend the open forum to share their views on the problems. dents' overall attitudes toward alcohol. "Faculty condemns yet participates in to be done about that." The method of distribution is still undecid use the Task Force's findings and recom drinking," said senior Trina Henderson, All information recorded will he given ed because both faculty and students must mendations lo make her decision on what referring to one Fountain Day when she lo President Peggy Williams by April 15, receive them. should he done to help the situation. saw faculty members drinking alcoholic 1999 along with the re~ull!:-> of the surveys Although Williams wa~ nol in atten Melissa Curran contributed beverages with students. "Something has being conducted sometime in February. dance at either of the two forums, she will to this article. The Office of Admissions is now accepting Applications for the position of . .. Responsibilities include: + Conducting campus and academic facility tours + Participating in summer admission programs + Research assistance and data entry + Administrative assignments and special projects Applicants must possess excellent communication skills and genuine enthusiasm about Ithaca College Dates of Employment: Monday, May 10 - Saturday, Aug. 23 Applications are available in the Admission Office and are due no later than April 1, 1999 Want to learn more? Attend one of the following Information Sessions: Tuesday, Feb. 16@ 6:15 p.m. in Clark Lounge Sunday, Mar. 21 @6-p.m.in Clark Lounge Questions? Call Gerard Turbide in the Office of · Admissions at 274-3124. FEB.4, 199') THE ITHACAN 9 llihi!i!it-tGPl!·Pift&i;f+lt••l• ... ------IIW#'f·,~---'.!S.'<.':·. Monday, Jan. 25 Sgt. Tom Dunn responded. Location: Terrace Dining •Larceny • V&T Violation, Leaving Scene of p/i and Summary: Report of lost or stolen property. Location: campus Center • • Fll"8 Alarm, Smoke Investigation Property Damage Items recovered and returned by officer. Summary: Picture taken from hallway of Location: Garden Apartments Location: L-lot Patrol Officer Dawn Caulkins responded. Snack Bar. Summary: Smoke filled lounge due to burned Summary: Complainant's vehicle damaged food. No fire or damage. Sgt. Tom Dunn while parked on campus between 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 • MVA, Personal Injury responded. and 6 p.m. this date. Patrol Officer Dawn • Harassment Location: E-lot Caulkins responded. Location: Landon Hall &mrna,y: Caripedestrian MVA. Pedestrian Wednesday, Jan.-27 •l Summary: Report of individuals yelling in transported to Heallh Center for treatment • Medical Assist, Injury Rf3lated • Conduct Code Violation hallway. One student to be referred judi Driver ticketed for failure to yield right of way. Location: Job Hall ! Location: Terrace 9 cially. Sgt. Ronald Hart responded. Patrol Officer Fred Thomas responded. Summary: Assist person with ankle injury Summary: Students referred for possession result of fall. Transported to CMC by personal of college furniture in residential hall room. • Theft of Services Tuesday, Jan. 26 vehicle. Patrol Officer Michelle Cranlee Patrol Officer Dawn Caulkins responded. Location: Terrace 1 • Noise Complaints responded. Summary: Report of non-payment of cab Location: West Tower • Life Safety Hazards fare. Patrol Officer John Federation respond Summary: Report of a loud party in resi • Suspicious Odor Location: Garden Apartment 27 ed. dence hall room. Two students referred Location: Campus Center Summary: Caller reports seeing smoke in judicially. One student referred judicially for Summary: Staff member reported an odor laundry room. No smoke or fire found. • Property, Found Property possession of marijuana. Patrol Officer of gas coming from an academic building. Determined to be burned out washer motor. Location: Terrace 3 - wooded area Fred Thomas responded. Life Safety Officer Ron Clark responded. Summary: Found one black "legend" back • Criminal Mischief pack at property drop box. • Criminal Mischief • Life Safety Hazards Location: Landon Hall Location: Textor Hall Location: Park Hall Summary: Report of unauthorized entry • Aggravated Harassment Summary: Staff member reported several Summary: Report of possible electrical haz into storage area. Patrol Officer Bruce Location: Emerson Hall tiles broken. Patrol Officer A. Dirk ard. Life Safety Officer Ron Clark responded. Holmstock responded. Summary: Harassing messages left on Hightchew responded. message board. Patrol Officer R. Dirk • Conduct Code Violation, Noise • Property, Lost property Hightchew responded. • Suspicious Odor Location: All other - Farm Road Location: J-lot Location: Job administration Summary: One student referred judicially Summary: Complainant reports front • MVA, Property Damage Only Summary: Report of suspicious odor com for harassment of ticket writer. Patrol license plate on his vehicle was missing. Location: Gym and Tower Road ing from building. Assistant Director of Life Officer Bru_ce Holmstock responded. Patrol Officer John Federation responded. Summary: Two car MVA. Property damage Safety Peg Dillingham responded. only. Sgt. Keith Lee responded. • Solicitation Friday, Jan. 29 • Medical Assist, Injury Related Location: Terrace 3 • Conduct Code Violation, Noise • Larceny Location: Ford HalHourth floor east stairwell Summary: Two reports of a flyer advertis Location: Terrace 9 Location: West Tower . Summary: Report of person with head lacer ing fraternity/sorority rush activities. Patrol Summary: Four students referred judicially Summary: One clock stolen from lobby. ation. Person will seek medical attention. Life Officer Bruce Holmstock responded. for noise violation. Security Officer Phil Patrol Officer R. Dirk Hightchew responded. Safety Inspector Ronald Clark responded. Mendoza responded. • Aggravated Harassment • Solicitation •Assist Other Agency Location: Egbert Dining Hall • Solicitation Location: Terraces (All) Location: Campus Safety Summary: Person reported receiving Location: East Tower Summary: Posted flyers promoting an off Summary: Report of suspicious e-mail possi harassing telephone calls at work. Patrol Summary: Flyers found in East Tower and campus party. Security Officer Phil bly originating on campus. Associate Director Officer John Federation responded. Terraces for off-campus event. Security Mendoza responded. of Campus Safety Norm Wall responded. Officer Phil Mendoza responded. Thursday, Jan. 28 • Conduct Code Violation, Alcohol Policy • Unlawful Posting of Advertisement • Conduct Code Violation, Noise • Making Graffiti Violation Location: Lyon Hall Location: Terrace 9 Location: Landon Hall Location: Terrace 9 Summary: Student reported fliers put up Summary: Noise complaint in residence Summary: Graffiti on door. Patrol Officer Summary: Report of a loud gathering with illegally in residence hall. Security Officer hall. Two students referred judicially for John Federation responded. a possible keg. Four students to be Jeffrey Austin responded. noise violation. Patrol Officer John referred judicially for alcohol and noise. Federation responded. • Unlawful Posting of Advertisement • Fire Alarm, Accidental Location: Lyon Hall llbcation: Terrace 10 • Conduct Code Violation, Solicitation Summary: Student reported Hyers were Summary: Alarm of fire caused by activat Location: West Tower posted throughout building for rush event. ed smoke detector in stairwell. IFD notified Summary: Complainant reports flyers for Security Officer Jeffrey Austin responded. and responded. No cause found. Patrol fraternity rush events. Security Officer Officer A. Dirk Hightchew responded. Jeffrey Austin responded. • Larceny Location: Terrace 12 • Fire Alarm, Smoke Investigation • Fire Alarms, Accidental Summary: Caller reports theft of statue Location: Terrace 11 Location: Hood Hall from fraternity lounge. Patrol Officer Bruce Summary: Alarm of fire caused by activat Summary: Alarm of fire due to damaged Holmstock responded. ed smoke detector first floor kitchen due to smoke detector. Damage caused by two burned food. lFD responded, system reset. students playing frisbee in hallway. • Larceny ~®ll1W Student Fares l'BIDAYS! Schedules Daily Saturday, 7To New York Cliy February 20 3 Schedules Daily Ford Hall Auditorium, Welkhelter & Lon, Iliad 8:15 p.m. a1oDC Ille L.I.B. d albt9,SS&60 ·· ... a tone of untJarthly SMHJtness and a techn/qutt that mad'!_ the most challlfnglng technical demands SHm easy."-The Wllflhlngton Post llelarn trip mud be OD Ille follolllng 8ulldaJ, PROGRAM: Beethoven, Brahms. Debussy, Ravel, and Wieniawsk1 llondq or !auday for Tickets available February 5 at the Ticket Center at Clinton House Speolal .1uel and Rebop Records. Tapes, and Compact Discs. Collegetown S 8 Children. senior citizens, and Ithaca College students $ 14 Ithaca College alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators; Friends of Ithaca College; other students !!rHlY.ITI.N!F S 18 General public . -. . - .- www.shortllnebOs.com lor ~--~11fon1torlndMdue!IWllll~~---College··-blllly-~ ·.:·:.-..: ... -- ~--uo;IM·:--..; .. ~m-iaoo :· IO U. ~ llf Allmlallw ActlGn, I07474-39CII. ITHACA PAGE 10 THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1999 TuE ITHACAN Our C: VIEW ...... o .. ·,. Oosed doors, closed minds In response to the Middle States reaccreditation team's suggestion, Ithaca College kicked off a col c:: lege-wide planning process this week. Members of ...... the community were invited to open roundtable dis cussions where information could flow freely. There Q.. was only one problem-the meeting wasn't open. In her introductory remarks to those present at Tuesday's forum, President Williams' executive assistant Sharon Runge announced that members of the student media would be asked to leave later in the meeting to keep the discussion private. Any meeting that is advertised as an open meet ing should remain open to all members of the cam pus community. The exclusion of campus media tarnishes the planning process and limits the number i::'6f5ETTERS of students who can become involved. Runge's comments are steeped in irony. The Editor In Chief strategic planning process was heralded as a gate Jay Miller Proud to be champions of religious views held on this campus, hut it way for communication between the president and is very upsetting to me that someone who is the rest of the college. We arc writing as an expression of pride employed to lead the community in the Managing Editor "One of the challenges for the planning process, Rachel L Berlin for the national championship, the coaches, Catholic faith docs not seem to hold these specifically the planning part of the committee, would the program and college athletics as a whole. beliefs himself. The statement I am most be to find a way of communicating more broadly with We were honored to represent Ithaca at the troubled by is Father Kubinski's response to News Editor the campus community," Provost Jim Malek said. Robert B. Bluey national level and some of us were members the question, "Do you have to be a baptized By restricting the student media, the college shuts of the 1998 National Championship [gym Christian in order to expect salvation?" off an important means of communicating with stu nastics] team. We are proud to wear our Among other things, Kubinski replied Asst. News Editor dents. With a circulation of more than 5,500, The rings. " ... Each individual may discover that one MlchaelW. Ithacan is one of the best ways to reach the entire Bloomrose The team championship was a combined faith that works best for them." Ithaca College community. If President Williams sin effort including gymnasts, coaches, alumni, The Bible contradicts this statement. cerely wants feedbi3,ck from students, she must allow parents, administration and the Ithaca Christianity, and Catholicism, which is one Opinion Editor information to be disseminated, rather than close Scott R. Hepburn College community. No individual wins a denomination of this faith, believes in "one communication with an administrative filter. team championship. Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and After the planning committee p_resents its findings Bomber athletics represents integrity, Father of all, who is over all and through all Accent Editor to the Board of Trustees, the college will create 10- to Gretta Nemcek pride, dedication, and sportsmanship. Ithaca and in all" (Ephesians 4:5-6). Christianity is 15- person work groups to address the college's pri prides itself on the true student-athlete who having a personal relationship with God orities. Based on the low attendance at the round competes for the love of their sport. Most through Jesus Christ who died for our sins. Asst. Accent Editor table discussions this week, finding volunteers for Kim Ayer athletes would give anything to be a part of a Romans 10;9 states, "That if you confess these work groups will be a challenge. Generating team national championship. with your mouth 'Jesus is Lord' and believe greater student interest in the process is imperative, {Coach} Rick {Suddabyl treats his gym with your heart that God raised him from ~e Sports Editor and to the chagrin of the administration, that means dead, you will be saved." Chris O'Connell nasts as mature dedicated adults encourag allowing media to fully report on the proceedings. ing the athletes to guide their own This particular case affects me personally development. We improved because Rick because I am a Christian. However. any Asst. Sports Editor religious leader who does not truly represent Dan Abbott coached us to believe in ourselves, in our Mid-winter celebration of soul own talents and in each other. Voted twice in the faith he is empowered to teach commits five years by fellow coaches in the NCGA as a disservice to those who follow him and, Photo Editor One month after the end of Kwanzaa, Ithaca Division III Coach of the Year, Rick has built more importantly, to God. Suzie O'Rourke College is kicking off Black History month, a celebra tion of history, culture and achievements. a phenomenal program that has a wonderful, nationally respected reputation. The endur THERESA PERRONE '00 Asst. Photo Editor February's celebration brings togeJher organiza ing test of greatness is how well an individ John Sigmund tions from all areas of the campus, including the Office of Alumni Affairs, AHA, the Diversity ual and team can survive trials and tribulations as well as the ability to continu Chief Copy Editor Awareness Committee and the African-Latino Gerilyn Curtin Society. ally demonstrate sportsmanship and pride. For many, the events of Black History month will We know the 1999 team will continue the success in a program and sport supported by Chief Proofreader provide both a wonderful opportunity and a new chal Ithaca College and alumni. It's a new team, Kylie Yerka lenge. A poetry slam featuring Saul William, a blues per a new year. Let us remember the 1998 season as a successful and exciting year Layout Editors formance by K.J. James and an "Afram Jam" dance filled with team glory, and let us move Melissa L. provide the perfect opportunity to sample a relatively forward by supporting the current members Bloom rose unexplored culture. These and other events chal of fthaca's gymnastics team. Jennifer Quinzi lenge each of us to step out of the comfort zone and experience spirituality and soul in a new way. LINDSAY-LEIGH BARTVZEL '96, Online Editor The campus has extended an invitation to receive MICHELLE BLACK '91, REBECCA Write a letter to the Paul Colombo a true education, an invitation that each of us would be wise to accept. BRIGHAM '90, LINDSEY BROICH '97, STEVE CARRROLL '93, CAREN CIOFFI editor and reach more Soles Manager '96, SARAH FOX '91, JAMES HOWEY '98, Kelly Faduski than 5,500 people. ITHACAN INFORMATION KATHY KOWALSKI '98, JEN NARDONE '98, KRISTINA RINALDI '97, DAN Business Manager Lt•uas I// the 1•dt1or llrt' d111• by 5 fl.Ill. the Mmulay heforc SANDBERG Bonnie Flock p11blicatio11. mu/ slzort!d 11u lwle 11w111•, plzo111• numht'1; 111111or mu/ Drop letters off in Park year of grad1wtw11. . . Gymnastics alumni and supporters · Lt•llen 11111.1/ ht· 11'.\S 1/z1111 250 wou/.1 ,md l)'fll'I\Tlllc11. I he '269 or e-mail them to Manager. Student Ithacan ri:.1en·1·.1 th<' nght to 1·di1 fellers for 1t:11_g1h. c/a,ity and Pubhcat1ons 111.1/e. T/11• opinion 1•d11or 1\'1// cvntacl a{/ 111d11·1d1111/.1· ll'lto .\llhlllll J. Michael Seri no fellers. [email protected]. Opmio11.1 <'.\/Jrt'.1.1,·d 011 tlw.~c page.~ do !!of 1tl'Ce.1.1C1!.tl_r n:fll'Ct Questions of faith 1/zo.11• ofjarn/1_1·, s111jf 1111d 11d1111rustratw11. Our View 1.1 11·1 t1tc11 hy the opmio11 cdllm: . I am writing in response to the Jan. 21 Copy od1t,ng staff A smgll' copy oj 1 he ltha~a~11s avwlablc from ~111 wttlwn~,·d Pelc Angclastro d1.11rilmtw11 po1111 town· md11•1d1!al w11h111 fompkm.1· C111m11·. artide in The lthaca11 entitled, "New priest Letters are due by Mon. Aloiandrd Fcnctra ari: Marione Obreza M11/t1ple copie.1 and mm/ .111/1.1cr11•tums avwlabil' f/(/111 The opens minds." Kristen Raekl Ithacan offin•. Pil'a.1,· rn// (607) 274-3208for m!e.1. . . 5 p.m. preceding · Jason Rsgg All Ithaca College .1·1111/e111.1. n•ganiles.1· o(ma)Or. art· mvt11·d to Along with many other Christians on this ncbecca SchJdet>erg .1111£/. Grt..ag Tobbano 1oi11 The Ithacan /11tere.1t1•d s/lldrnu_.1Tw11/d conwct 1111 edi campus, I am very disturbed by this story: tor 01 mu1111/il'I" /1.1ted to thl' fr(t or 1·1s11 1 he Ithacan ojj,ce 111 publication and must Layout staff Park HtJ/1 Room 269. While I do not currently ,lltcnd the Catholic Li">., Boydr!. Hct>ccca Chyno,ky Mm ling addrc.u: 269 ParJ.. Ila/I, /r/wrn Coll1•g1•, /1/iarn, N Y. services on campus, I do have an under b~ 250 words or less. Eni1"r]eWan J./H50-725H Chns11ne D11tnd1 Tt'i1·11!11111e: (607) 27./-320H Fm: (607) 274-/565 standing of Catholic beliefs and an in-depth Hillary Freeman • 1 Katio Hebda /:'-m(lf/: 11hacan0 i1/u1e a 1•tl11 knowledge of the Bible. Sabrina Kuhn World Wid<' Web: h11p://1,wll'.llhilccu·d11/11/wc1111 Anna Pruun I undcr~tand that there arc a wide variety FEB ..4, 1999 THE ITHACAN 11 ~el . e,\$_ ;.~!?~!spite sobepng stats, students OneMan's ~~ · · ignore warnings about alcohol TAKE Alcohol abuse, especially survey of !?IUd~~ts at 116 colleges The President's Task Force dents to ask them questions about hinge drinking, is the most press and universities, 52.3 percent of just recently completed two cam their behaviors and perceptions AdamB. ing problem facing college cam the students say they drink to get pus forums on the problems o_f about alcohol and other drug use Ellick puses. In fact, two-thirds· of drunk. In 1993, the percentage alcohol and substance abuse. We on campus. All of this informa Ithacan college presidents recently indi was 39.4 percent. heard from concerned students, tion will be used in making rec Columnist cated that Moreover, studies on college ' faculty, and staff about their opin ommendations lo President s u b - student drinking behaviors shr;iw 1 ions on the extent of the problem, Williams ahout what we can do to stance a strong, positive relationship resources available for assis prevent alcohol and substance Foreign affairs abuse, between frequency of "binge" tance, policy issues, and lastly, ahusc on our campus. I never would have thought I'd primarily drinking and a variety of other how to prevent alcohol and sub John Bmzaguro is get to cat lunch with a Spanish stu alcohol, alcohol related problems: failing stance abuse on campus. The associate dean of dent over a bowl of gazpacho at topped to use protection when having ideas presented at the HS&HP Ithaca College. Or how about the their list. sexual intercourse, getting into forums inclllded items time my Swiss friend served me of con trouble with campus police, dam such as changing our fondue after paragliding over the e e r n s aging property, drinking and dri campus policy on South Hill, a.k.a. Ithaca's Alps. regard ving, and getting hurt or injured. alcohol and OK, I'm lying. It never hap A 1996 Core Institute study substance ing the pened. Like a parking spot, inter quality of leaves little doubt that a student's abuse, stricter national students arc nearly campus GPA can be directly influenced by enforcement I i f e . the amount of alcohol consumed. of our poli impossible to find around Ithaca President Williams has shown her Nearly 37,000 5tudents at 66 four cy, establish College. You could stroll the cam concerns by appointing a task year colleges and universities ing drug-free pus for an entire week with a force on alcohol and other drug were surveyed about their drink resident halls, Whisper 2000 and still wouldn't abuse prevention to assess the mg habits and it was.revealed that and increas hear a foreign language outside of problem at Ithaca College. students with an A average con ing resources Spanish IO I. There arc over 5,800 Numerous national studies sume a little more than three f o r students attending this school. have documented the negative drinks per week, B students have preven Only 128 are from lands abroad. consequences associated with almost five drinks tion pro Being around an Irish mate can college student drinking. A 1997 per week, C students average grammmg. he more educational than merely national survey shows there has more than six drinks per week and We plan to reading about the IRA in history been an increase in the frequency students getting Ds or Fs con conduct a and consumption of alcohol by sume an average of nine drinks survey of more class. And spending the night with a member of the Swedish Bikini college students. According to the per week. than 750 stu- graphic by Lisa Boyars Team would be more fun than any Debates and commentaries will appear in this spot each week. The Ithacan encourages the Ithaca team of Ithaca students. College community to participate. Call Opinion Editor Scott R. Hepburn at The Ithacan at 274-3208. Despite its recent increase in foreign enrollment, the school is still below the national average of three percent. Unless you arc on thacan the nine-year plan, I would not recommend waiting for the Office of Enrollment Planning to make the South Hill a site of the next nquirer World's Fair. ff Or perhaps the low internation al population is not the college's fault. Maybe foreign students just don't want to come here. Dare I David Kozloff suggest they aren't enthused by all Psychology '01 the white hats and blue jeans at the -~... ,.jj''1!' Snack Bar. We could suck them . . ~ ,"1.:;~,:i-J ,. - • into attending this place with "Considering I don't ~~fjl-·. ·.,;, Lynsey Heavey public relations pictures of stu I don't know. If I were payjl'!g~,:4 ..-~ Business '02 dents wearing black leather pants, for it, I'd definitely lnvesflt!f.~·:-;-~ ·- <.\: futb6ljcrseys and short skirts with _- .:.'.-'(~ :.·.:. high boots. But that would he just as misleading as the multi-racial image stamped on the cover of the Student Handbook. Either way, my suggestion for combating the college's lack of imports is to export yourself. One place that actually encourages '"'J~;~-~~~;~ _- . diversity is the Office of · I around the world." .i.;, • • Isaiah Abolin International Programs. A semes ~...... ' ..r..c..i- •• TV-A '01 ter in London, Singapore or any other dot on the globe can allow '.. .. Sarah Helfgott r.:,~a.lot of records." you to experience what students Exploratory '02 in Ithaca can only read about. When you're surrounded by thousands of students, all hoping to get a four-year degree and then a 9-to-5 job, it makes life seem quite simple. Go abroad and a healthy version of complexity is thrust into your mind. You're introduced to new ways of life. Sure, credits and money make it . ,:,,:.::· tif" more difficult to get out of Ithaca, Mike Mackey "I'd probably sa~}' but I would suggest finding a way. Corp. Comm. '00 ·A5F~ As Mark Twain once said, "I have never let my schooling inter • .: ,.·.... '<.;,-i,1< "I'd probably Inv• It; fere with my education." Dan Basilicato Don't let the failure of Ithaca Athletic Training '02 College's Office of Enrollment Planning· get in the way of your exposure to the world. Photos by Scott A. Hepburn Adam Elllck Is a senior journalism major. 12 THE ITHACAN FEB. 4, 1999 II, iODAY ',J/'1 EMERSON SUITES v· 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Air Force Hands Against Domestic Violence UP TO $9,000 CASH STUDENTS, FACULTY and STAFF TRACINGS ENLISTMENT BONUS! Help raise awareness. (IF YOU QUALIFY) Domestic violence happens to college students. Air Force training, education and experience Support keeping people "Safe, strong and free" can help you reach your goals. For a free infor EMERSON SUITES mation packet, call 1-800-423-USAF or visit 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.airforce.com. 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The Internet wcattaideal location."-Associate Prot•o7'>f the ccent writing program Jerry Mirsl ''Buffy'' Angel recalls Ithaca College years BY CHUCK HOLLIDAY One could also say it's Senior Writer in the family. Born in Buffalo and raised in Before sinking his fangs into the role Philadelphia, he grew up of "Angel," a vampire on the television watching his father fore show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," actor cast weather for WPVI David Boreanaz drank up the night life Action Six News m in Ithaca. Philadelphia. The aspiring director and producer "He and his sisters were frequented bars like Plums and The with me at times when I Pines Tavern (both now closed) during interviewed celebrities," his four years in college and spent hours said Dave Boreanaz, his listening to the Grateful Dead. father. "I went to Ithaca, found the Grateful Dave Borcanaz is known Dead and my life was changed," the on television as weatherman cinema and photo major said. Dave Roberts. A graduate When Boreanaz, 27, graduated in from Syracuse University 1991, students paid $17,190 to attend with degrees in English and Ithaca College, America was in the communications and veteran midst of the Gulf War and RUN-D.M.C. broadcaster of more than 40 PHOTO COURTESY OF WOLF-KASTELER PUBLIC RELATIONS was the featured act at the spring years, Boreanaz said each of ~:::":uffyoRe:,N~ '91 , stars as the vampire, Angel, on the television concert. his children has dabbled in e amp 1re 5layer." He wlll soon star In his own show. Boreanaz described Ithaca as a party Hollywood. town still celebrating the end of the "I never really pressed any '80s. He said he was no bookwonn and of them to get into the entertainment quickly." preferred to hang out with friends. business," he said. "I exposed them to it After graduation, Boreanaz moved tain his toned physique, he works out "I was always one who was clown but also tried to shield them from it." to Hollywood and worked parking cars with a trainer five times a week running ing around in school and getting in trou The younger Boreanaz said he and painting houses before he was dis and lifting. He said he also keeps a good ble," Boreanaz said. applied to his father~s alma matter, covered while walking one of his dogs diet, unlike his college days of pizza Outside of class, he was not involved Newhouse School of Public in a Hollywood neighborhood, accord and chicken wings. in any extracurricular activities except Communications · at Syracuse ing to a biography published on the offi His popularity is evident by an for pickup games of basketball and foot University, but was not accepted and cial "Buffy" web site. Internet search, which turns up more ball. And contrary to what one might Ithaca was his second choice. He said Boreanaz said life as an actor is a lit than a dozen web sites devoted entirely expect, Boreanaz said he never partici one sister, an uncle and a few other rel tle different from his college days to the actor and his work on "Buffy." pated in any theater opportunities at atives attended Ithaca. watching movies and hanging out. "I really don't consider it anything, Ithaca. Boreanaz said he has no negative "Basically you're consumed by your you just keep it at bay and keep your "I took one theater class because it memories of Ithaca. Rather, he said it work," he said. feet on the ground," he said of the was required for graduation," he said. was a great opportunity to experience In between shoots that can last 16 stardom. He did however, at the age of 8, see life and freedom. hours or more, lforeanaz said he fits in Boreanaz may not have his head in Yul Brenner"in "The King and I," which 'The town itself had a real powerful time for meetings, publicity and hang the clouds, but his acting career has he said had an impact on him, but was impact on my life," he said. "I grew so ing out with his wife Ingrid and two certainly skyrocketed. n't the reason he went to Hollywood. much from when I started." dogs, ~rtha Blue and Fritz. Begitming in the fall of 1999 he will "I want to make films and write Boreanaz lived off-campus after his "It's a very busy, hectic schedule," star in his own show "Angel" a spin-off films, which ·wm happen, I'm just freshman year and said he found college he said. ''There can be a lot of night of "Buffy." taking a different route right now," he to -be a chanicter-building experience work for me because my character is a · He said offers for films are also com said. "I'm a bit of a chameleon with the that molds people. He said "Ithaca is a vampire." ing in but it is hard to schedule.the time whole entertainment industry . ~o to great experience and bless every day as Boreanaz said his character also necessary to film a movie around the speak:" it comes because it will be over so requires him to keep in shape. To main- show. r 14 THE ITHACAN FEe.4, 1999 Black History Month kicks off Accent BY DEVON DAMS-O'CONNOR ipation will he encouraged with Ithacan Staff poet/actor Saul Williams when he recites his own work and then Clear your calendars for the opens up the microphone. On ... month ofFehruary: Black History Williams' film "Slam Nation" will Month is going to turn you into a also be shown. All events with the social huttertly. exception of Hines' appearance Scores of campus organiza and the potluck dinner are free. tions led hy the Oflice of This year's calendar of events Multicultural Affairs and the differs from past celebrations not African-Latino Society have put only in the number of scheduled together a series of events to cele events, hut also in the planning of brate and teach hlack history with the month. the Ithaca College Community. "We put a notice in every stu "This is the first time this cam dent organization's mailbox say pus has had so many activities in ing we want to work together," one month," llhaca Chapter Adams said. "In previous years Matt. Palmaccio NAACP founder sophomore everyone did their -own little Marketing 'Ol Jerrill Adams said. "I would like events and their own lilllc things to sec this cultural enrichment on going on here and there. We want campus with all different cultures, ed lo come together under .>ne." Hometown: Acton, Mass. all types of people, all year." In addition to ALS and the The celebration starts with a OMA, NAACP, SAB, Kuumba Accomplishment I am kickoff ceremony Feb. 4 featuring Repertory Theater, Residence Hall most proud of: Saving someone from drowning Ithaca College's Amani Gospel Association, Diversity Awareness Singers, the Madazula Dance Commillee, Community Service What I'd be doing if I Troupe and Washington, D.C. 's Network and the Office of Alumni weren't here: Traveling Pin Point Theatre performing the Affairs look part in sponsoring and play "1,00 I Black Inventions." planning the month's activities. Pet Peeve: Dave, my A potluck dinner and cooking Nol only did planners want the PHOTO COURTESY OF JODI F. SOLOMON SPEAKERS BUREAU roommate contest featuring the movie "Soul audience and participants lo learn GREGORY HINES, star of "Tap," "White Knights" and "Waiting to Exhale," will entertain and speak as part of Black History Month. Food" is planned for the begin about black history, but they Things I can do with ning of the month, and a ~cries of wanted them to have fun in the were banned from golf courses _while authors, have been replaced out: Instant messenger movies will be show'n throughout process. and country cluhs for years but an by texts that offer a richer and the month detailing the historical "The classroom provides a African-American invented the more complex multicultural Who would play me in a movie: Brad Pitt struggle of black Americans. forum of education that is struc golf tee. Assistant professor in the account of history in recent years. Numerous guest speakers and tured with a desk and an instructor, Center for Teacher Education and The month of February and the What TV show I don't performers will appear al different you're taking notes, reading, etc.," DAC chair Jeff Claus explains the included events arc meant lo edu miss: ER locations on campus, including Director of the OMA Kecon near exclusion of black history as cate everyone-not just students award-winning actor, dancer and Gregory said. "And in the sense of part of American history in most of color-on the history and con Three things that can singer Gregory Hines. Hines has [these activities], there's not going high schools. tributions of African-Americans. always be found in my appeared in such films as "Tap," lo he a test afterwards, but they're "History is full of conftict, ten "We arc trying to get as diverse refrigerator: Water, soda "White Nights" and "Waiting to still learning. You get an opportu sion, injustice and oppression and a.k.a. pop, hot sauce of a crowd as we can," Adams Exhale." Blues musician K. J. nity to expand your mind." that's not something that a domi said. "We want everyone to be People might be sur James, who has won acclaim for Gregory point~oul that in high nant culture generally loudly pro here." prised to know that I: his contribution to the internation school classes most people were claims when they're the source of Further information regarding Have nice legs ally recognized "Salt City Blues" not taught ahout African this injustice and oppression," times and locations of the events project, will pcrfonn al the American contributions. For Claus said. He adds that historical is available by calling the OMA at Person I'd most like to Coffeehouse and audience partic- instance, African-Americans texts, the majority of which had 274-1692. have dinner with: Jenny McCarthy Favorite class: Sexual oppression Animal most like you and why: Duck-because Tncia says so Recommended web site: www.audi.com Where I'll be in 10 years: Married Art Percussion. The event coach Terry Lusk will will be held in the Ford give vocal lessons. At 4 Hall Auditorium. p.m. in the Ford Hall • The Handwerker Auditorium, Serena Gallery will continue Cameron will give her the exibit "Studies in • Three events will take place in the Ford Hall senior recital on the History" by Ithaca p.m. John Auditorium on Saturday flute. At 6 based artist- David Piper will give another Estes. It is located on Feb. 6. At 3 p.m., there percussion seminar. At the ground floor of the is a NYSSMA Concert 8:15 p.m. Stacey Caroline Werner which features an area Atwell-Keister will give Gannett Center and will all-state chorus. At 4 her senior voice recital. run through Feb. 21 . p.m. NYSSMAwill pre sent an area all-state • On Feb. 8 at 8:15 band and at 5 p.m. it p.m. Tiffany Twitchell Music will introduce an area .. will perform her senior all-state orchestra. recital on the clarinet. • On Feb. 4 at 8:15 p.m., there will be a • On Feb. 7 at 12 p.m., • On Feb. 10 at 8:15 faculty recital with Lee John Piper will give a p.m. Frank Campos will Goodhew on Bassoon lesson on percuspion. give a faculty recital on and Gordon Stout on Also at noon, v,oice the trumpet. F'EB.4, 1999 THE lTI-IACAN 15 Music director nominated for award · BY FRED TOPEL morning announ<-:_ements, weather Ithacan Staff and lunch selections from the cafeteria. At Ithaca College, she Every year, The Gavin Report, went to WICB Rush Night at the a trade magazine for the radio beginning of her freshman year industry, nominates four college and was approved to use the radio radio stations for its College for all shifts. Her first shift was• 1 Station of the Year award. This Sept. 29, 1995. , / year, Ithaca College's WICB is By the end of her freshman nominated for the third consecu year, Kerchner became the assis tive )'Car. tant program director and shortly In addition to college stations, after program director. Gm·in also nominates individuals "Program director is basically for their work. This year, Ithaca in charge of how the entire station College senior Casey Kerchner is is run and how it sounds, like from - '· nominated for Cavin College training the DJs, to scheduling, to Radio Music Director of the Year. helping pick the music, to making "Seventy four stations report sure everything is running right," to Gavin," said Kerchner, who Kerchner explained. was actually in charge of the nom Since her main interest was ination process for WICB. "Every with the musical side of the indus person at every record label that try, Kerchner decided to focus on deals with college radio gets a that aspect of radio by becoming GARY COTTl/THE ITHACAN form [to nominate people]." assistant music director. SENIOR CASEY KERCHNER, WICB music director, was nominated for Gavin College Radio Music A week after she submitted her "I just wanted to hear the Director of the Year. Kerchner will travel to New Orleans to attend the awards ceremony this February. nominations, she was notified that music before everyone else did," she was one of the top four con Kerchner laughed. maybe one of the reasons she's up organization and it wouldn't be and being so good has been the tenders. She will travel to New Now that she is the music for Gavin College Music Director what it is without everyone's culmination of efforts of a lot of Orleans in February for an awards director, Kerchner works with the of the Year." cooperation and teamwork." people that have since graduated," ceremony. programming department to coor Student Station Manager In New Orleans, Kerchner will Kerchner said. "I've been lucky "I used to always have a knack, dinate the radio station. Chris Darragh Foley, also a senior, join Ithaca alumni who arc nomi to ... be able to work with really like I could recite the top 40," Wheatley, manager of radio opcr acknowledges Kerchner's work nated for other Gavin awards. Jon good program directors, and it's Kerchner said of her experience in a~ions, is impressed by her perfor alone and with the other staff. Landman '96 is nominated for more of like a collaboration radio. "Anything that had to do mance in.that position. "I know she's put a lot of work Independent Promotion Person of between the whole music and pro with popular music, I could "I think she has done incredi into her position as music director the Year for running The gramming dcpartment[s]." remember." bly well, as I knew she would," and she's dedicated a lot of time to Syndicate and Michael Powers With her thick-rimmed sparkly Kerchner first discovered her Wheatley said. "She's one of the station," Foley said. "And I '97 is nominated for Major Label glasses and fast, enthusiastic love for radio in high school in these people who does everything know the general staff and execu Promotion Person of the Year for speech, Kerchner seems at home Royersford, Penn. At the school's she says she's going to do and tive staff of the station have donat his work with Maverick Records. in the radio industry. Wheatley station, WSFR, Kerchner read more, and in fact I think that's ed a lot of time ... [it's] a fantastic "The station being nominated predicts success in her future. Don '-t Miss -the Exposu12e! eingapo~e eommu11ieatio11s Exeha11ge If you are looking to find a Study at the Nanyang Technological job or internship in the University School of Communication communications industry, Studies in Singapore. this is the place to be! Spend a semester in one of Southeast Asia's emerging economic powers and enjoy state of the art A lication Deac)lfne facilities and classes taught in English. 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Seminar is APPLICATIONS DUE: MARCH 1, 1999 . necessary to participate in the 1999 .Central MY Coinmu_nications Consortium. 16 THE l11tl\CAN FJIB.4, 1999 Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds- "Live at CENE Luther College" -~~)_,ut;,r:A ~ fter being a large rock 'n' roll hit in l'H7 "!t' ~ Canada, opening for such musicians as Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Rolling BY JASON RUGG A Ithacan Staff • The Nines Stones, a certain Canadian turned his own direc 272-1888 turn around. Colin James got together with For those who missed the recent stop experts in the jau and blues field to pursue an at Cornell University in the latest Dave Thursday album of different dimension~. Like Brain Setzer and Tim tour, a double CD from a show The Dent did after the break up of his Stray Cats, James has recorded in 1996 has been released to Friday shown prowess for guitar-based blue~ and satiate the average Dave fan who was Hed Light District boogie. unable to sneak into Bailey Hall. Saturday ·n1is album 1s a return to big band. James Like the other recent Dave Matthews Jenny and the should be considered an inspiration for the culti live CD, "Live at Red Rocks," this album Fat Kid vation of the sound that is now a staple in the offers plenty for the typical fan, but does music of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Squirrel little for the avid aficionado. •ABC Cafe Nut Zippers and The Royal Crown Revue. James covers Cab Calloway adding new power There is the usual standard Dave 277-4770 "Colin James and The Little Big Band II" is the and pizzazz on his tune "C'Mon With The material, like "Tripping Billies," "Crash into latest album for James and company, which puts C'Mon." Me," "Lover Lay Down" and "Typical Thursday forth a great effort in showing a new spin on "Rocket to the Moon" is a great original piece Situation." All of these songs are stripped Dave Redmond songs of the past. by James and his band, taking leads from the past down for the dual guitar attack, which Band James and his band take on other peoples' and spicing it up with '90s style. 'Triple Shot," works both positively and negatively for Friday music not only by playing it but taking command another track penned by James, is strong and the band. Some songs, particularly those Chris and of it. "Jumpin' From Six To Six" blasts out of the energetic bringing the swing, guitar and organ off of the band's first release "Remember · Meredith starting gates with a sound comparable to that groove out into the open. Two Things," don't go anywhere new, Thompson, which blares from your TV late at night when "Tin Pan Alley"' is too slow and low-down while songs taken from the later albums Gemini 28 watching Conan O'Brien supported by the music gritty for me to bear listening to. 'Tm Lost suffer from the lack of instrumentation. Saturday of the Max Weinberg Seven. Without You" combines a pinch of samba-beat Though it's nice to have songs like _ Clusterflies "Let's Shout (Baby Work Out)"is a noble pianos, grooving lead guitar and saxophone that "Granny" and "Deed is Done" on a major effort but the honky-tonk piano gets annoying in propel this bluesy dance number. To close, James release, it would be better to attend a con this classic from Jackie Wilson. Some points of picked ihe ever popular Louis Prima to be his cert where you are able to interact on a •The Haunt this album take me back to the time of Jake and musical mentor. Unlike Seizer's "Jump Jive and more direct level than to listen to a solid 275-3447 Elwood Blues being supported by Murph and the Wail" cover, James' "Oh Babe" rendition lacks but nowhere near spectacular release. Magic Tones. This blues break includes "Think" the energy or class apparent in the original. Thursday and "Somethin's Going On In My Room" which If only Colin James didn't sing, this would be From Good arc all right but not the best on this album. The one of the best swing-blues combos of the last The Royal Crown Revue, I would strongly sug Homes with The Ray Charles hit "Mary Anne" is dominated by few years. Trying to sound like a mix of Harry gest checking out this album. Ominous the guitar instead ofby the instrument that is sup Connick, Jr. and Brian Setzer just doesn't work Even though only two of these songs arc orig Seapods posed to be prominent. I do like the rhythm, how with his voice, which doesn't have the range of inals penned by James, the covers arc worth Friday ever. "You Know My Love" drags along with either star. while and exquisite. James' voice could use Coyote constant piano banter. For someone who wants a bit of recycled cul improvement and slow songs could be deleted. Saturday The organ-driven ''I'll See It Through" has ture he or she isn't going to find from the main Those little omissions would make this one of '80s dance party shining moments of guitar and saxophone. stream variety of The Cherry Poppin' Daddies or the best albums in cross-genre music of the year. with DJ Nicky Wood At First Sight •common .,---~-/-. 1-. Ground ', r' ·, '/ V--.:. v...... __; 273-1505 BY JOSH JACOBS Ithacan Staff Thursday Men's t's a well-known fact that all of life's important Night Dance lessons can be learned at your local movie the "At First Sight," directed by Irwin with DJ Joey Iater. Winkler, is based on the true story of the Friday And if the movies have taught us anything. it's "She's All That'' struggles a blind man endures after hav Red Letter Day that in high school the popular kids enjoy nothing Starring: Freddy Prinze, ing his vision restored. with dance more than toying with the little lives of tl10~e Jr., Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Virgil's (Val Kilmer) lone caretaker for music by Djs beneath them on the social ladder. At lea~t that's and Matthew Lillard most of his sightless life has been his sis Joey and Bill the prcrn1~c of ''She's All That:· another retelling ter Jennie (Kelly McGillis)-that is until Saturday of Pygmalion and a movie that\ much better than Amy (Mira Sorvino) makes him "see the DJ Wilson 11 has any right to be. light." While on a business and pleasure Zack (Freddy Prinzc, Jr.) is more or less the weekend at a vacation spa, Amy meets king of the school. But when his equally popular Virgil, a masseur. They immediately fall in •Rongovian girlfriend Taylor (Jodi Lyn O'Kecfc) meets love and Virgil finds himself in New York Embassy MTV Real World cast member Brock (Matthew City undergoing an experimental treat 387-3334 Lillard), she decides that Zack isn't so special ment to cure his blindness. anymore. The script throws some irksome characters at It is Kilmer's performance that saves this Thursday Naturally this is a blow to Zack's standing us and expects us to be entertained by them. This slow and one-toned film, even though it Jomammaand and he strives to prove his popularity by accept is especially true with those played by O'Keefe takes him almost a third of the way to break the Funk ing a bet that he can tum any girl in school into and Lillard. through. In the beginning he seems to play Oaddys the prom queen. The selected girl is outcast art O'Kcefe's performance is as shallow as her a version of his Jim Morrison character from Friday. student Laney (Rachel Leigh Cook). character. Lillard is even worse. As the Real "The Doors," but later, Kilmer proves that he Good Dog Bad Anyone can see where this is going to go. World reject, he is tiresomely unentertaining. is one of the greater talents in Hollywood as Dog Zack will start off not caring about Laney. He He's basically playing the exact same character he craftily lets his emotions loose. Saturday will help make her beautiful. She will start to he played in movies like "Scream" and In contrast, Sorvino's acting is flat and Chanka Chank open up. They will start to fall in love. Laney "Hackers." talentless and she cannot hold her own in will find out the truth about the bet. And it will all After a while I began hoping that Neve the presence of Kilmer. •Republica lead to a big confrontation at a social gathering Campbell would show up and drop another tele overall, ·At First Sighr is a mediocre 256-0717 (in this case, the school prom): vision on his head. tale that is overdramatic and uninventive. The real problem I have with the movie is the However, none of this matters as much as it The monotony of the film feels like a run Thursday script. This is another movie where the so-called should. This movie is undeniably entertaining. on sentence that never should have been Live DJ all night ugly duckling just has to remove her glasses, put Flaws that would have destroyed another movie written in the first place. Friday on a dress, pull her hair back, and TAH DAH! end up only being annoying distractions. Latin with DJ we have instant beauty. Never for a moment docs Director Robert Iscove keeps things ·going at a Jupiter and DJ this movie feel real. lively pace and it's impossible to hate any movie us root for them to be together. Juanita For example, except for scenes with Laney that throws a fully choreographed dance It's easy to dismiss "She's All That" because Saturday and her art teacher, no one is ever going to class. sequence at you. . of its many flaws, but sometimes a movie works DJs Scram and And why should they? This is a movie high The movie's chief assets are its appealing in spite of itself. I have a test to sec if a romantic Big D school. And besides, going to class would take perfonners like Prinze and Cook in the leads. comedy has worked. In the end when the couple away time from the r~ally important things like There is a real chemistry between them and they gets.together, do I smile'! Ifl do, then the movie running a big campaign to be elected prom are able to pass over the flaws in their characters worked. queen. by making them so likeable, a rarity. They make In the end the couple gets together. I smiled. FEB.4, 1999 TuE llllACAN 17 Students unite through poetry BY DEVON DAMS-O'CONNOR contributors to Poctrylink. Ithacan Staff "It seemed like a good idea to get poetry out there in cyber- "The most beautiful things arc space," Murphy said. • those that madness prompts and Murphy, who teaches qoctry reason writes," wrote Andre Gide. classes, said that he heard positive This quote salutes poetry feedback when the page was first enthusiasts who log onto Ithaca published. College's student-run collahora "I had several students taking tivc poetry page, Poetry link. Both poetry say that they saw the poetry faculty and students contrihulc on the page, and I think as a result poetry to the site, which was cre of seeing it they would be willing i ... '· ated last year hy Associate to share some of their poems with Professor of the writing program me," Murphy said. "It's had a very Jerry Mirskin. good effect in terms of opening the "It seems to me that poetry has lines of communication that might to exist in a public domain, and in not have otherwise been there." the public domain I can think of no The page is a bi-monthly cre heller place than the Internet, ation that releases issues on the which is so public," Mirskin said. 15th of the month. EMILY DEWAN/THE !THACAN SENIOR JACOB ARNOLD, one of three co-editors, works with Associate Professor Jerry Mlrskln on "Poetry realizes its potential in a Freshman Jimmy Laudisio, a Poetryllnk, Ithaca College's online poetry magazine. He helps oversee the production of the web site. public domain. 111c Internet was Poctrylink contributor, learned the ideal location." about thi~ site through Mirskin cd the look of the page and began putting their stuff up on the page ers should not be discouraged Mirskin, a member of the and the Ithaca College web site. lo include student writing. less taxing than, say, getting up in about contributing. Also, he says, Diversity Awareness Committee. "A lo! more people than you'd "[The site] functions more now front of a group of people at a being published can improve writ bcga_ll the page to promote diver think arc writing poetry," Laudisio as a literary magazine wherein cafeteria," he said. ing through feedback. ~1ty awareness through poetry. said. "I think it's very important they solicited submissions and Poetry link holds many benefits "I think it's ideal that there he a The page was originally spon that !here's some sort of venue for then have an editorial board that for students who choose to submit venue to force those efforts," sored hy DAC. M1rskin invited people to get that oul, and for peo reviews !he submissions," their work for on line publication. Mirskin said. "This has become faculty and adrnini~lralors lo con ple lo express it, and for people to Mirskin said. "Poets should sec Poetry link as almost a forum - a place - and trihulc their work for the initial hear it and sec it. I'm positive that Posting poetry on the Internet a respectable publication thal will I think that's really what's so great page. which had technical assis [the silc] calls allcnlion lo !he fact has made it easier for people to get enhance their reputation and pub about it being a web site. It allows tance hy Assistant Profcs~or of that people arc writing and that their poetry read. Getting poetry licize their work," senior co-editor us to create an arena in which cre mathematics and computer ~ci !heir stuff is worthwhile." published requires a lot of effort Jacob Arnold said in an e-mail ative expression can occur." ence Wanda Dann and ~enior Recently, !he production of !he and reading poetry out loud, as interview. "I also hope Poctrylink All issues of the magazine and Anthony Jaffaldano. magazine was taken on by student Murphy explains, can be daunt will create a community of poets submission information can he Engli~h Department ProfcssPf editor~ with Mirskin as faculty ing. who can pool their resources." found at http://www.ithaca.edu/ Kevin Murphy was one ol the liN advisor. The new editors rc-crcat- "Some people might find Mirskin says that novice writ- poetry link/. 'fhe temperature sets the price! 'fhe colder it is, the cheaper it is! 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Steele's time of 1:07.8 was also a pool record. Vester placed Women's swimming and diving first in the I 00-yard butterfly in teams in New York State have felt the I :00.53. Freshman Erin Clarke earned wrath of Ithaca at their pools through a second-place finish and was only out the decade. three ~econds behind Vesler. Saturday, the Blue and Gold made "It was pretty challenging coming Rochester feel the same fury with a into the season because there arc so 158-85 drowning in front of a stand many talented swimmers on the ing-room only crowd at the Hill team," Clarke said. "Things arc finally Center pool. In 20 meets, Ithaca has starting to pay off now." never lost to the Yellowjackets. Sophomore Karen Roll placed first The Bomhers, competing in their in the 200-yard back stroke. Currently final dual meet this season, have now Roll is three seconds off a qualifying won a school ret:ord 22 straight dual time for the NCAA Championship but meets, last losing against Division I hopes to accomplish this at the New Cornell on Dec I 0, 1996. They have York State Women's Collegiate not lost a dual meet against a Division Athletic Association Championship. III opponent since Nov. 16, 1990 "My goal is to qualify for [the ERIN RYAN/THE ITHACAN against Allegheny. national championship]," Roll said. "I SOPHOMORE EMILY SCHWEITZER (above) enters the water during the "I don't think ahout [the streak]. I am swimming faster now than I was at one-meter competition against Rochester. Swimmers jump off the blocks don't think the team thinks ahout it," this time last year." (top) during the women's 50-yard freestyle. Junior Jenn Souder won the head coach Paula Miller said. "We're Miller was impressed by the times race with a time of 25.19. Ithaca has 22 consecutive dual-meet victories. just real fortunate to put together a and the team's civcrall performance in long streak." . its final tune-up before the state meet. Along with hopes of a three-peat, "[The state championship] for me Ithaca set five pool records and "There were some phenomenal many swimmers are hoping to end the is not really an individual meet," placed first in IO of 11 swimming times," Miller said. "I didn't expect season on a successful note. Hclbok said. "It is much more of a events. The 400-yard medley relay people to swim that fast. Across the "I've had a really awesome season team-oriented meet and I'm hoping team of co-captains Renee Helbok and board the team did exceptional." so far and I hope to continue my suc that we can get in and qualify relays Julie Steele, Ruth Vesler, and Dara With the dual meets over, the Blue cess through [ the state champi for [the national meet]." Porterfield set a pool record of and Gold now prepares to win its third onship]," junior Laura Maring said. The NYSWCAA Championship 4:05.43. This event had significance consecutive state championship and Despite the team's success, Miller will take place Feb. 18-20 at Hamilton "': because all four were seniors compet ninth under Miller. Expectations arc said the sprint freestyle will be one of College. Many members of the team ing in their final home meet. high, but the swimmers do not believe the team's greatest weaknesses at the have a positive feeling about a state "I thought it was awesome because the meet will be easy. NYSWCAA championship. championship. it's not very often that we get to swim "Most people think the state cham "Anyone of our middle-distance "I think we have a pretty good together anyway," Porterfield said, pionship is going to be easy for us this freestylers can sprint, but it's really chance of winning," Maring said. "especially when you get together at year," Vesler said. "I don't think it's not their forte," Miller said. "Sprint "We've won the past two years by a your last home meet of your swim going to be as easy as everyone thinks. freestyle is our weakness right now." large margin, and our team is just as ming career." We've had a couJ>le of key losses for Helbok said one of her goals is to strong, if not stronger, this year than it Steele and junior Jen Souder both the swimmers." qualify nationally in relays. has been in the past." . 22 THE ITHACAN FEe.4, 1999 FRoM TIIE .BI.FAOIHRS ~ Press More than just feet and toes Box BY KEVIN FLINN twisting and moving activities arc • Ithacan Staff used to "open meridians" and get Kristin the students ready for the session. Muenz.en According to Webster, jujitsu Scnsai Christine Pritchard, 1~ a pairing of lwo Japanese who is not only a second-degree Spon~ words: ju, meaning gentleness; black hell but also the women's Colurnni~l and jutsu, meaning art or skill. basketball coach at the college, What game? I'm not sure how Webster then separates the students into defines gentleness, hut what I wit lines lo perform a sequence of I" _vc finally figured it out. I need nessed during the GIPPE jujitsu rolls that test the students' agility. soJllc pre-column hype. class certainly qualifies as hoth A ftcr the rolls, the class breaks Pre-column hype? You know. art and skill. off into groups to work on the shows and articles that would pre Jujitsu is a martial art that movements noted earlier. They view my upcoming column, pre employs series of throws, holds, arc set up in a one-on-one situa dicting 1f it will be good or bad, blocks, locks and C!-,capcs thal has tion, with one student acting as what ir might be about, if I am in a rapidly become popular world the ukc ("ooh-kay") and the other writing !>lump or on a hot streak. wide and on the Ithaca College as the tori ("tore-cc"). The tori is Don't laugh. It makes sense. campus. It isn't hard to sec why. the student who acts as the doer, This column will be in the paper Although many would sec this the person who is the giver of the every week. Comparatively, since class as learning how to light action. Conversely, the uke is the the end of August. there have been aggressively, I learned jujitsu is 111 receiver of the action, be it a National Football League games fact a journey to discover one's throw, hold or lock. During this every Sunday. mncr self. Self-defense is cov time, the Scnsai strides through Along-with the~e games comes ered in the course, but opening the groups, observing their lhc pregame hype. And, in case pathways lo one's consciousness actions and correcting mistakes. you missed it, Sunday was the 1s the mam goal. When the students have fin apex of a deafening roar of hype The jujitsu GIPPE class is ished with their exercises, Scnsai the Super Bowl. offered all year. It is one block Pritchard holds a demonstration That would be the game long and worth half a credit. in front of the entire cla<;s where rc!-,pons1blc for the parties and the However. the knowledge of one's students learn new moves and sharp 111crea!-,C in the sale of p11.Za. self and per!-,onal discipline that techniques. wings, sandwiches, beer, soda and students take from the class far At the end of the session, the any other game-time food. outweighs the academic credit. students bow again to Okazaki's Delivery cars from Rogan\, For this class, students dress in picture, then clap as a method of Franco's and Big Al's invaded the tradnwnal uniform, called a gi dissipating energy. campus and the surrounding area. (pronounced "gee"). This con I must say that I was quite Dining halls were empty, televi sists of a white jacket, pants and overwhelmed hy the fonnalitics sion lounges were full and much of belt, which the students must pur GARYCOTTVTHEITHACAN involved with the jujitsu cla-;s, the Ithaca College community was chase for the class. Loose-titting SOPHOMORE JOHN HAGAN dons his gi as he demonstrates a but was also very impressed with kick. Jujitsu is a GIPPE class offered at Ithaca open to all students. at a Super Bowl-created event. and comfortable, the gi allows for the instruction and attentiveness The thing of it is, the game did- a wide range of movement which of the students. It is apparent they ~~~ ~Really, after 1s essential to jujitsu. This is the The students enter the 1951. The class then engages in a hold a great deal of respect for two weeks of trash-talking, only requirement for the class, wrestling room in Hill Center and series of warm-up exercises, con their · Scnsai, which among arrests, will he or won't he retire however, and the GIPPE is open how to a picture of jujitsu founder sisting of stretching, push-ups today's youth isn 'l something questions and a media circus to to all, especially beginners. Henry Okazaki, who died in and sit-ups. Next, a round of that comes easy. rival the Ringling Brothers, how could it? The most compelling part of the whole scheme, from the slalom competition. Senior Mike Gongak co-recreational competition. prcgamc shows through the placed ninth in slalom competition. The Sunday in co-recreational competition, postgame interviews, were the women finished the two-day competition the Saabrcs defeated the Swcathogs 5-3. In commercials. Talking frogs, third overall. Senior Darcy Keeney led the men's pro Sunday the Charlestown Chiefs hostage-taking lobsters, kids, team with a second-place finish in overall swept the competition with victories over computers and dogs captured competition. In giant slalom competition Michael Taurus (5-1) and Punx (8-2). more of an intent audience than the junior Lindsay Hill placed eighth and Thursday in men's pro, the Swcathogs majority of the over-hyped game. senior Jaime Blair placed 16th. Junior defeated Dawson's Sweat Crack 5-2 and As exciting and interesting as Katie Mason placed 18th in slalom compe the Charlestown Chiefs shutout Absolute rhe regular season and playoffs tition. Hockey 5-0. Also Thursday, the Check were, the Super Bowl takes the Both the men and women compete on Republic defeated Pochuatti 3-1 in point out of a football game. This Saturday and Sunday at Toggcnburg co-recreational competition. isn't about sport. It's about enter Mountain in Fabius. Giant slalom tainment. Look at the sponsors, competition will be held on Saturday and Intramural basketball scores the endless articles, the Internet slalom competition will be held on Sunday. In three-on-three men's pro Monday the polls and even the halftime show. Lacrosse player earns preseason honor Moondoggics defeated Dutch Master Such a media frenzy almost makes Senior auack E.J. MacCaull has been Club hockey wins semester opener 33-28. Also Monday, Don't Know defeated you forget about the business of named to the College Lacrosse USA The men's club ice hockey team (4-4) Team Weishar 37-24 and What It Is the nation, which is, quite possi prcseason All-America team as a defeated LcMoyne I 0-1 Saturday. outscored Scott Brooks 28-23 m bly, just another form of entertain !-,Ccond-team selection. MacCaull led the Sophomore Ricky Dclcguardia led the three-on-three men's semi-pro. ment. too. team in scoring in 1998 with 73 points. team with three goals and four assist~. In men's pro Timrsday, Valuable Offers No other sport reaches this That mark tied for Ithaca's third highest Senior Nate Keough and sophomore Mike defeated the Wookccz 37-14 and Lookin' J)evcl of supcrficialitys. Don't coll single-season total. MacCaull is 14th on Aitchison each scored two goals while Like Fall 1998 squeaked by Silver Pearl fuse the Super Bowl with the post the Bombers' career total point list with sophomore goaltender Scott Boymel had 27-26. Also Thursday, Don't Know season climax of any other sport. 140. 19 saves for the game. The team travels to defeated Scott Brooks in men's semi-pro. After the league championships, Syracuse on Friday to play LeMoync. On ,'.,.._. the focus shifts from sport to enter- Ski clubs compete at Song Mountain Saturday the team competes against Club volleyball travels to Brockport · tainmcnt, no matter what the senti- The men's and women's club ski teams Colgate at Cass Park and on Sunday the Ithaca men's club volleyball travels to mental television announcer~ may competed at Song Mountain Saturday and squad travels to Rochester to play Brockport on Saturday to compete in a tell you. Sunday. Nine teams competed in the giant Genesco. ·five-team tournament. The tournament But we don't think about all slalom and slalom competitions. The men includes teams from Binghamton, that while enjoying the "event.'' completed the weekend second overall. Intramural floor hockey scores Cortland and St. Bonaventure. And about that pre-column Senior Alex Green led the men's squad, · Monday in men's pro, Big 12 defeated ,,,... ·,hype: It doesn't do me justice. earning first place in overall competition. the Ball Breakers I 2-2, while the Tea-Bags Juniors Marc Manuel finished seventh and beat One Big Monkey 7-2. Also Monday, Compiled by Jonathan Friedman Kristin Muenzen is a junior Erik Backlund placed eighth in giant Team Mounge outscored Pochuatli 7-0 in Ithacan Staff sports information major. FEe.4, 1999 THE ITHACAN 23 Missed opportunities ; "I BY KEVIN COHEN game this season. "Tomorrow vcr) few spots we gave up a little Ithacan Staff very well may decide the league. spurt here or there and we never I think Elmira is really coming recovered from that in the second Poor second-half shooting by together as a team and they prob half." the men's basketball team (7-9) ably arc the favorite~ as of right Britton led Ithaca's scoring led to another EAA loss. now." with 25 pomts. Junior forwards After defeating Elmira on Jan. 1l1c first half was played even Aaron Spearman and Jamie 12 in the Ben Light Gymnasium, ly as the 30-30 halftime score Darwish each grabbed career Elmira avenged its loss Tuesday indicated. Both teams struggled high~ in rebounds with 14 and 13 at-home 86-75. Coming into the from the floor as Ithaca shot 39 respectively. game, the Bombers and the percent while Elmira shot 35 per Over the weekend, Ithaca col Soaring Eagles (7--11) were tied cent. The difference in the game lected two EAA victories at for second place in the EAA with was the Soaring Eagles' ability to home, defeating Utica 57-46 3-2 league records. pick up their play after the break. Saturday and Hartwick 76-62 Junior guard Pat Britton said They shot 53 percent to the Friday. prior to Tuesday's game how Bombers' 38 percent. "We played pretty well [ tlus important it was. "You have to give a lot of cred weekend]." Spearman said. "Not "We feel [Tuesday] night's it to Elmira," junior guard Joe as well as we arc capable of play game is really going to be indica Murray said. "They played well. mg, but we got two wins and that MalSSA THORNLEY/THE ITHACAN SURROUNDED BY PIONEERS, Bomber freshman guard Sam tive of the rest of our season," We had some trouble inside. Then is really all that matters." Lampuri (32) takes the ball to the hole for two points against Utica's said Britton, who is fifth in the in the second half we had a little Ithaca will battle Cortland on Larry Whitlock (50), Joseph Theriault (55) and Miguel Noble, Jr. {15). EAA averaging 14.9 points per trouble with their pressure. In the road on Saturday at 8 p.m. Women succumb to two-of-three EAA league opponents BY JOHN DAVIS tied the Soaring Eagles at 60 with came at the end of the game." grabbed a game-high 12 boards. "Anytime we come into this Ithacan Staff about three minutes remaining. The Soaring Eagles escaped Utica (2-13) traveled to the gym, it's always a war," Hartwick Senior guard Shannon Cotton with a 68-63 victory to improve its Ben Light Gymnasium Saturday head coach Daphne Thompson Sloppy play in the final two drained a shot from beyond the arc league-best record to 5-1. in an attempt to steal a victory said. "It's a battle, two very good minutes of Tuesday's game with 2: 15 left to give the Blue and "They had really strong fan from the Bombers. Ithaca snapped teams, very physical." · dropped Ithaca to third place in Gold its final lead. Elmira scored support, a kind of wild atmos its three-game losing streak with a The season is not over yet. the EAA with a 3-3 record. on its next three possessions while phere," Ithaca head coach 71-63 victory over the Pioneers. "We're still alive, because The Bombers (7-10) traveled Ithaca kept turning the ball over. Christine Pritchard said. "We had Colby scored 23 points to lead think there's a lot of parity," said .• to EAA-lcading Elmira ( 15-3) "I don't think we lost our con them on the ropes in their own the Bombers, while Shannon Pritchard, whose team is two·· Tuesday for the chance to grab a ce_ntration," said senior guard Jen house." Cotton netted 13 points and games behind Elmira. "We still share of the league lead. Ithaca Cotton who scored 13 points. Freshman guard Beth Gilbert Wilkins tallied 13 rebounds. play everybody one more time, so trailed by seven at halftime and by "(The turnovers] could've hap scored 14 points while senior for Friday evening, Ithaca lost 74- we're still in the chase." as many as IO during the second pened at any point in the game. It ward Jenn Colby scored 12 and 66 to Hartwick, who is undefeated Ithaca travels to Cortland on half. The Bombers came back and only got magnified because it junior forward Shari Wilkins inEAAplay. 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Junior Mike For the second consecutive Dragons Pedersen week, the Blue and Gold Saturday. hrui~ed his heel received victories from junior Sprinting '' We've just run on while placing . ,• Erm Steven~ in the ~hot put and proved to be the two shitty tracks so third in the long the 20-pound weight throw. team's ~trenglh, Jlllllp. Jumor Cara Devl111 garnered a as the two lir~l far. ··1 Jon·t victory in the 1,500 meter run, placc finishe~ for '' JOE MESSER think I the while freshman Amber MelJ:gcr the Bombers -senior sprinter injury! ~hould took first place 111 the long jump. were sopho- allect any- Junmr Maria Valentini wa~ mores Matt Hopp scoring a per thing," Pedersen ~aid. "My offi victonou~ in the 500-mcterdash ~onal bc~I in the 300-mctcr dash cial mark wa\n 't that good, but I to qualify forthe NYSCTC and (37.6) and Jon Woika in the 400- was pleased with the actual ECAC postseason meet~. meter dash with a ~cason hcst jump." "It was a good meet," time or 52.6. The South Hill ~quad ha~ used Valentini said. "We've been Similar to the meet al the pa~t two meets a~ a type of working pretty hard at practice, Hamilton, the track at Cortland organized practice to hone it~ ,o it's starting to pay off. That included tight turns and a hard skills for the New York Stale was the first time I ran the 500- surface, which provided a difficult College Track and Field [ mcter dash], and I enjoyed it." course to compete on. Association Championship. ERIN RYAN/THE ITHACAN "We've just run on two shitty "We went into the meet very Head coach Jim Nichols SENIOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR Liz Lilley-does a long commented on the freshmen of jump "pop-up," In practice Wednesday morning at Cornell. tracks so far," said senior Joe low key, low emotion," head the team. Messer, who placed second in the coach Jim Nichols said. 'The "It's kind of early," Nichols the high jump." "It felt pretty good," Prevet 800-meter run. point of the meet was to get some said. "You can't sec a lot in two Senior Jill Prevet teamed said. "It was a non-scoring "I think people dealt well with performances in and sec if we can meets. Amber Mctzgcr's doing with the trio of Valentini, meet, so we were there to do the the fact that it wasn't a fa~t track, keep building toward the end of an outstanding job. Sara sophomore Lauren Byler, and best we could, try and get a and they just went out and tried for the year." Peterson, who's also a fresh senior Courtney Smith to win good time, and just condition a good race despite that fact. If we The Bombers compete on a man, tied her personal best in the 400-meter relay. ourselves." compete the same way we did the Division I track at the Syracuse last two weekends on faster Open on Saturday. fl) fN@)(flfj)(k~ ~ifilitr.)l~alAVRANT 277-6666 fl)fN~$~WI$ on ar. 96D brt..-«n Downlown & I.C. 11 A.M.-JO P.M. • 7 DAYS A WEEK Pac!ta }/ig"b.t;B ,._. Applications for 1999-2000 $®JJ~ I~ Roy H. 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We arc seeing r~sults ming and diving team defeated from the work that he is doihg." Rochester Saturday. The Bombers 'Ille juniors of the team stJ)wed ·won 140-94, their seventh consec their strength as well Saturday. utive dual-meet triumph, bringing Co-captain Andy Oriska won the their record to 11-2. 500-yard freestyle and Tim Freshman Dave Balta was not Dalmata placed first in the 1,000- ~w1mming in the meet due lo a yard freestyle. Roh Finne was also shoulder injury. Even without the among the he~l limes of the day in team's top ~corer, Ithaca showed the I 00-yard brea~lslrokc with -- its overall talent wa~ enough to I :01.68. carry it through T h c thc injuries. '' It was a meet you learn did not "It was a have its meet you ju~t just wanted to get strongest line wanted to gel up. However, through," head through.'' the home pool coach Kevin KEVIN MARKWARDT advantage had Markwardt said. -head coa·ch an effect on the ··It's not like meet. you really have lo gel out there "It 1~ 111ce that we gel a large and do your ah"olutc he~t Ilo crowd. both parenb and friends," Willi." Dalmata ~aid. "It is cerlamly more A~ the men\ am! women\ ERIN RYAN/THE ITHACAN CXClling." JUNIOR MIKE ARMITAGE and head coach Kevin Markwardt talk during Saturday's 140-94 victory over teams swam simultaneously, the Both side~ of the pool were Rochester. Armitage has placed in the top three of 16 races this season including first place four times. bleachers were nearly full. The lined with swimmers, clad 111 women's team swam at its home damp towt:ls, and blue and gold The team is changing it~ train Markwardt said a succc~sful "We're worried ahoul Balta pool for the last time th1~ <.,Ca<.,on. \\ arm-up jackets. ll1c only silence mg schedule for the upcoming meet 1~ more than Jmt succc."~ful and the len featurins--- \' Ithaca's only Spinning® program 0 'J Area's most fully-equlpped •NOW AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF fitness center RESIDENTIAL LIFE "v Unlimit~d use, no restrictions, money-back guarantee •DUEATTHEOFF/CEOFRES/OENTIAL 1 \ Hammer Strength-equipment LIFE ON FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1999, S P.M. -.1PPLICATIONS RECEIVED PRIOR TO J:RnM Y, FEB. 12, 1999 AT 5 P.M. WILL BE PRIOR"IZEO IN LOJJERY NUMBER ORDER. APJJLICATIONS RECEIVED J,,.JER THIS DATE WILL BE PLACED AT I THE ENO OF THE LIST: IN THE ORD,il THAT THEY ARE RECEIVED. .. : . - I 26 THE ITHACAN FEB.4.1999 Ranked wrestlers ruin Red Dragons BY DEVON DAMS-O'CONNOR and beat the three teams this weekend, then I Ithacan Staff think we'll be where we need to be for the conference tournament." The wrestling team (8-2) heat Oneonta (7- In Wednesday's home competition against 4) 36-9 Friday al Ithaca High School. Ithaca RIT, The Bombers ouL,;corc -· A1 cLus se-/f\es1e~s \.o• 10N,l • Jon Woika- 400-meter dash (52.6) 1st Half 2nd Hall Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total Ithaca 30 33 63 Ithaca 30 45 75 Elmira 37 31 68 Elmira 30 56 86 ""· Men's Basketball Standings Women's Indoor Track and Field Non-scoring Meet at Cortland League Team w L Pct. Nazareth 4 2 .666 • Erin Stevens- shot-put (38' 1 1/4") 20-pound weight throw RIT 4 2 .666 THU.4 Fm. 5 SAT.6 SUN. 7 MoN.8 TUES.9 WED.10 Ithaca 3 3 .500 (38' 10 1/2") Elmira 3 3 .500 0 .000 • Cara Devlin- 1,500-meter run (3:17.1) Brockpon Utica 3 GYMNASTICS 1 pm Overall • Courtney Smith- 300-meter dash Team w L Pct. PF PA (43.7) RIT 10 6 .625 1,122 1,050 MEN"s Syracuse Open Nazareth 9 7 .563 1,208 1,t69 • Carin Miller- high jump (5' 1") INDOOR TRA.Ck Ithaca 7 9 .438 1,147 1,135 10am Elmira 7 11 .388 1,413 1,389 • Lauren Byler- 800-meter run (2:24.6) Utica 5 10 .333 899 939 WOMEN'S Syracuse Open long jump ( 16' 0 1/4") INDOOR TRACK • Amber Metzger- 10a m • Maria Valentini- 500-meter dash (1:23.10) MEN'S Buffalo O,v,ng SWIMMING ln1111a11on..1I 10a m • Maria Valentini, Lauren Byler, ANO DIVING Women's Basketball Standings Courtney Smith, Jill Prevet- 1,600- meter relay team (4:17.7) WOMEN'S Buffdlo Diving League SWIMMING lnv1fat1onJI ,,.. Team w L Pct. ANO DIVING 10 J. n~ Elmira 5 .833 1 :- Nazareth 4 2 .666 -, . Cortl,i,>d ~ft- Ithaca 3 3 .500 MrN's t: f'll' . ~p,111, · - 8A~KETOALL RIT 1 4 .200 ~ • c. .-1 '. ' Utica 0 5 .000 "It was just a meet you wanted to get through. It's not like you really have to Overall WOMEN'S Cortland get out there and do your absolute best [to Team w L Pct. 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