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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1980-81 The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 2-5-1981 The thI acan, 1981-02-05 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1980-81 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1981-02-05" (1981). The Ithacan, 1980-81. 15. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1980-81/15 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1980-81 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. ·1 \ I i I \ \ A Weekly Newspaper, Published Independently by the Students of Ithaca College :t ' Vol. SO/No. 13 lth,tca. Npw 'rork Februa~ 5, 191!1 Affirmative Action Post Filled B~· Ron Copeland Kit" which dealt with planning a time." Within the next couple of multi-cultural curriculum. The Both Gwen Seaquist and Vice months, a new face will be ap next AA Officer sav, ~he', Pre,idcnt of Student Affair,, pearing among the ad "looking forward ·to the Richard Correnti, denv that the ministrators at Ithaca College. challenge of her new job, 10 addiiion of Ka~ Nehon i, any Kay Nelson · will become the making the transition from a type of quid policy change on cnllcgc\ Affirmati\C: Action Of public to a pri\atc college and 1hc part of the admini~tration. licer. and will devote her full from a wc,te1 n ~etting to an Correnti point~ ow that time effort~ to the ioh which ha!-> ea,tcrn one." there has been an ongoing effort temporarily been a part-time af The rein,tatcmcnt or a full to ,atisfy all the minoritic, on fair. Gwen Seaquist, executive time AA Officer wa, one of the campu,. "The1c have been 24 a,,i~tant to President Whalen, 11 proposal\ mac.le to the I.C. profc~,ional ,taff member, hired currently ',Cr\ e, as the Interim administration by a in ,tudcnt at fair, in the last AA Officer. Aside from her student/faculty group after the three year,. Of the,e. 15 arc regular dutic, which include KKK incident last Halloween. women and four a1 e black." teaching Bu~ine" Law, Seaqui,1 firmly stre,~e~ that ,\lso, the number of ,clf 'ieaqui,t ha~ heen acti\ ely tr~ ing "there\ alway, been an Affir repnrtcd minority student\ on ta a,sure equal (lppnrtunity to all mitivc Action position a1 Ithaca campus ha, more than doubled people on campus - both studen College," or at least since 1he between 1974 and 1979, 10 3.69 t~ and faculty. arrival of President Whalen in percent. Kay Nelson, I .C. \ future AA 1975. The rea~on for 1urning the Sociology profe,,or and ,. Officer, graduated with a ro,ition hack into full-time facult~ coordinator of the Afro Bachelor of Science in Education qa1us ,ay, Seaqui,t. "i, that it's Latin Society, Julian Euell, ex r' degree from Eastern Montanna ju\l a lot of \\ ork." hhe roint~ prcs,e, optimism about the new College. She is prc~entl~· the to fifteen nr ,o thick legal files aprioinunent. Profc~,or Euell Director or Equal Opportunity on her ,heir which deal ex ~oe, on to say, "It's in a holding ,ind PeP,onnel at Eastern r-.. lon- clusively with equal rights pattern 1ype of support given tana Colkgc. Among other lcgi,tation). "I hone that Kay from the adminiqration - not Gwen Seaquist achie\enu~nts, Ncl~on co- will ha\ e a little more vi~ibility ,tatcd support, but actual ,up authori1ed a "Cultural Lifeway!-> than I\·e had. She'll have more- pnrt .'' I.C. Appeals Suit Against Yale Daily News B~· Bonnie Emisse who questioned admh,ions of one prcscn1ed about I.C. critical commentary 1, con College official, hm\ e\ er, frcl Ithaca College i, appealing the fo:ials. In an earlier statement to The court decided that Ithaca \titu1ionally protected opm1on, that 1he, ha\ c a good chance to 1\ in the appeal. Thl're is no ex- di,mis~I of a libel suit against the Ithaca .Journal (I 2/29180), College is a public institution for rather than fact. .. and must he 1he Yale Daily Ne\,s, editors of Vice-President of Student Af the purpos~ of libel law. In thm a\\N,ed in 1he conte\t of the ar 1~-ctcd c.lall' fur the dcci,ion I11 an "underground" guide to fairs Richard Correnti said, regard, the college must prove ticle a, a whole ... We do nm :he original ~uit, I.C. ,u~d for SI ,00),tXX) and prohibition or colleges, and it~ publisher, the "Thi, dearly can tum people that the editors of the guide were ohsL'rve the commentar~· as Berkley Publishing Co. ,1way from Ithaca College, and reckles, in their efforts to publish defamatory of the College, but ru1ure publica11011. rather a sophomoric appraisal of ( ·orrenti ,aid that the up The lawsuit, filed in December there's no basis in fact for the the boo" and that damage~ oc the student body." The judL?.e ,oming guide will 1wt include 1978, '>terns from "The Insider'-. ~tatcments that were ·made. curred as a result of the lthac,1 College. The pub\i,he1, Guide to the Colleges, 1978-79." They were one individual's ptiblication. added that the guide eanno1 be ·1rotL' to I.C. a,king 1f 1hc schliol The guide, which provides ad viewpoint." Correnti also said In it~ di,mi,sal of the charges ,cen as libel because there was no .tlllL'd 10 be mentioned and mi~sions information and obser that the opinions ab0ut other nn Nov. 3 the New York State indication of the college san Corrcmi refused their offtcr. vations of campus life, reported college, were not as bad as the Supreme Court stated that "the ctioning-~he reported lifestyle. that "sex, drugs and hoo,c arc the staple, of life" at Ithaca College, and that "the u~e of pot Delta. Kappa ,Continue~ . Pledging is a foregone conclusion.'' The guide spoke well of J.C. 's 1(1\\cment 10\,ard, L·ommunit~· physical therapy, physical Hy Jud~ Green and Ann Doran of student affairs explained in a DK has changed ii~ pledge ·,crvice~. Clarh ,aid he hnpc, to L'Clucation and music programs They may no longer have a "Letter to the Editor," that plat form 10 conform \\Jth stale g.1i11 ad, ice from alumni al DK', adding, "in all fairness, I.C. ~ign on Terrace 68, but Delta although off-campus activities of and Ir11er-Fraterni1y Council alumni ,pring \\ eek end concer docs have good humanities and Kappa Fraternity (DK) is con any group identifying itself as rcgulatiom according to Clark. ning oi,..:·, ne\, directiom. ,cicnce offerings that are often tinuing to seek new members Delta Kappa arc not ,anctioncd · "There will be no hazmg \\ hat Di111artin1 said one nl thl' J\'Cr looked." concluded by through off-campus rush parties. by the College, the Ithacan i~ a \l)e\·er," he ,aid. It big);!est problem, DK has facL·d i, ~ying "if you be spending Fo1ty-eight Ithaca College publication independent of the Since DK is no longer respon will ()\L'rcoming negali\ e ,tL'I L'Olypc, $5600 a year and find the idea of ~tudents attended OK's fir~t rush colkL?.c. ,ible for the annual s1udcnt People vil'\\' DK memhc1 ,. he a challenging academic party on Jan. 22 at the Ramada Clark ~aid he considered their dircc1ory and their invohemcnt ,aid. as rowd\', drunk and oh education appealing, look Inn according to Geoff Clark, first ru,h party a success. with Parent, weekend, Clark ,;ml the~· arc ,hifting their in- continued on page 13 elsewhere. However, if you president of DK. Ha\ ing to conduct ru,h parties want to party, LC. takes 70 per Last year's hazing death of off-campu,, Clark said, will cent of those who apply. To say tir~t year student Joseph Parrella draw ·-genuinely intere!->ted 'good luck' would be an insult." prompted the J.C. ad student, who make the ad According to attorneys for the ministration to suspend OK's af ditional effort to attend DK fun Assault Reported Yale Daily News the information filiation with the college. ction!->. near the substation on the ac was compiled bv an J.C. student As a result, DK cannot meet DK has about 40 acti\e mem by Judy Green cess road behind the Upper .i,~ 1976. The editors of the guide or ~ponsor activities on campus. ber~ and they hope to increase An assault on an Ithaca Quads, said Withiam. Safety ..fa.,·rote to editors of college DK still holds a charter in the their ,i;c, said Clark. "It'~ a test College student last Friday at ,.,, and Security is investigating ' newspapers and a~kcd them to ,talc of New York which allows to sec how strong of a 11 :08 p.m. was reported to the Office of Safety & Security. the incident, he said. have members of their staff them to continue as an active brotherhood we arc,'' he ~aid. The victim was treated for There have been no rape~ on complete a questionnaire. The fraternity. Tom Dimar1ini, president of scratches on her leg, said campus at least since 1972 editor" asked for objectivity. An advertisement for DK'~ DK last year called their new off Louis Withiam, Director of when Withiar.; began to work The administration first lear first two rush C\'Cnts appeared in campus situation a challenge.