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[" OPINION ACCENT SPORTS INDEX Accent .......................... 13 Vote Clinton Brand new brew Pure domination Classifieds .................... 20 Comics ......................... 21 The Ithacan endorses the Ithaca seniors help a Cornell Bomber soccer teams destroy Opinion ......................... 10 current commander-in-chief student promote new beer their last four opponents 23 Sports .............................. 23 The ITHACAN The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community VOLUME 64, NUMBER 9 THURS DA v OCT OBER 3 I, 1996 28 PAGES, FRI F --7 PRESIDENTIAL C~NDIDATE COMES TO ITHACA Trustees plan -..· ,I •\ I I renovations I Music school improvements main target in discussions The Ithacan / Ryan Beiler Ralph Nader, Green Party Presidential candidate, spoke about alternatives to the incinerator proposal at Cornell University at the DeWitt Mall Monday. Nader is a consumer and political activist who has not accepted donations to his campaign. (See page 7 for election preview) , The Ithacan (Mamie Eisenstadt Trus~ees Mark Darling and Ralph Sfciliano leave a board meeting. -- - . - -- - - ' -- according to Arthur Ostrander, dean Protest ends in violerice By Bryan Chambala of the School of Music. Ithacan Staff "We also want to increase the "We w.ere willing to risk our freedom and being Campus-wide renovations and amount of classroom space and add Ithaca College diversity issues were discussed by computer classrooms and labs," run over to interfere with this multinational corpo­ the Ithaca Col.lege Board of Trust­ Ostrander said. ariimal rights ration exploitation of animals, the earth and ees during its fall meetings, which The renovation is still in ihe early activist injured people." concluded Friday. stages of planning, and details are -Bryan Pease, The College did not formally not yet available, said Thomas Salm, Cornell University student release information concerning the vice president of business affairs. By Jocelyn Egyes meetings, said Dave Maley, direc­ "We hope early next semester Ithacan Staff tor of public information. Maley we could have a complete report," What was intended to be a pcacc­ through that man's mind when he and that moment wa!> the deciding said it will hopefully have reports Salm said. f ul demonstration by animal rights decided to take matters into his own factor," she added , available today. Funding appears to be a key is­ activists at the McDonald's restau­ hands," said Angela Kncalc '96, The man who hit the protc,tor!> The meetings were closed to the sue for the Ford Hall renovations. rant on Route· 13 Saturday ended co-founder of AREAL. fled the scene. general public, College community "We arc looking into plans for violently after angry motorists at­ "He said he was going to run w, Ithaca City Police rc!>ponded to and all media. funding," Roberts said. tempted to enter the parking lot over 1f we didn't move out of the the scene shortly after the incident. The board discussed initial plans In addition to improvements in protcstors were blocking. way," she added. Sgt. David Harrington !>,lid the to renovate Ford Hall, Ithaca's Ford, the board plans to approve According to a statement re­ Knealc said the motori!>t dam­ protcstors were 11lcgally hlod,ing music school, said student trustee renovations to the East Tower pend­ leased by the Animal Rights Edu­ aged cartilage in her knee, adding the parking lot. hut McDonald", Bill Roberts '98. ing the outcome of the 1996-97 cation Action League (AREAL), that her prolc!>ling will not cease managers did not prC!',!', charge, "They arc looking at plans to budget and establish direct network several protcstors, including one even lhough she was injured. "They could have prote!>ted on renovate the school right now," connections in each dorm hy next Ithaca College student, were ver­ "I prefer to avmd situations like the sidewalk hec.1U!>C that i!> puhlic Roberts said. "They arc hoping to fall, Roberts said. bally and physically harassed. that, hut if that is what is expected property," Harrington !',aid. break ground before the end of the A new facility for the School of One motorist pushed his car to he an activbt, that's how I'll act," Along with hlockmg the entrance year." Health Science and Human Perfor- through the line of protest ors, caw.­ Kncalc said. to McDonald'!>, prote,tor, entered Improvements will include in­ ing injury to several activists. "I've been debating in my mind creased numbers of faculty studios, See TRUSTEES, next page "I don't know what was going how far I would go for the animals See ANIMAL RIGHTS, next page Gannett Center library fines highest in the area A change in the fining process small collection of books, and we'd period of nine day!>. After the grace sent to l11s old campus address. By By Erin Negley was necessary because last year's like to keep as many books on the period, the full amount is applied the time he received the notice at his Ithacan staff policy was misused by students who shelves as possible," Johnson said. ($7.50) and will accumulate after existing address, the hooks were Mike Cagnazzi '98 wasn't ex­ took books out for two months and "We certainly knew that we had each overdue day. five days late and charged $36. he pecting any problems with return­ then returned the books without a a problem with fines," she said. The Tompkins County Puhhc !>aid. ing his library books. Last year, he fine, said Margaret Johnson, direc­ The library fines totaled "a signifi- Library charges 20 cents per day While Cagnau:i's fines were had overdue books, but he had re­ tor of Library Services. cant amount of money. It was well wilt\ a maximum fine of $5. excused due to the computer glitch, turned them within the allotted 30- Currently, the revised overdue in excess of $10,000." Tompkins Cortland Community a lot of students arc not aware of the day grace period, and he wasn't policy is aoncdollarperday charge The money collected from the College's library charges 25 cents change, he said. fined. after a on~-day grace period with fines goes into a special replace- per day, with a five-day grace pc­ "'Students expecting the previous However, due to a new change no maximum fine. ment fund for books that are lost riod. The maximum fine at TC3 is 30-day gr:,i.cc period will be in for a in the library fining process this For example, five books that are and damaged. the cost of the book. surprise when they have fines. semester, "I received a $36 fine for six days late have a fine of $25. The figures show that neighbor- Included in the Gannett Center Cagnat.zi said, "I think we should nine books that were five days over­ Previously, the borrower would ing library's fines arc less then library fine changes arc overdue increase the grace period to two due," Cagnazzi said. have 24 days to return the books Ithaca's revised costs. notices, which arc sent out on the weeks. It would give students a The Gannett Center's old policy until fines were charged. At Cornell University, students grace day and five days later to little leeway. The Colh.:ge should was a 30-day grace period followed The fine has changed "so the are charged 75 cents per, day for remind the studcn_ts of tt)eir fines. institute a maximum amount owed by a $20 fine for overdue books. books get back on time. We have a each overdue book, with a grace · , · Cagnazzi' s grace day notice was to the Ii brary." 2 THE ITHACAN 0croBER 31, 1996 TRUSTEES U of R research case settled Continued from previous page settled on terms including [the me­ The research was part of an I I - By College Press Service mance was also discussed by the dential search was limited during morials] as well as reasonable com­ year study on the effects of the trustees. Dialogue was also ex­ the meetings, Roberts !>aid. The family of a University of pensation satisfactory to the Wan environment on the lungs. changed on a new fitness center for "There wasn't much talked Rochester sophomore who died family," lawyers for the family and Hospital officials said Wan, who the College. Any consideration for about. Most of the discussion right during a medical research project the university said in a joint state­ was conscious throughout the pro­ those plans will take place after the now is taking place on the search has settled a $100 million lawsuit ment. cedure, was given an overdose of process is completed for the music committee," he said. against the doctors and hospital that The amount of the settlement Lidocaine, an anesthetic applied to school, Roberts said. The Middle States accreditation hosted the government-sponsored was not disclosed. the throat. Over the course of three full process was also discussed at the study. The 19-year-old pre-med stu­ Wan's family said it will con­ meeting days, the trustees discussed meetings.