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The Ithacan, 2008-11-06 Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 2008-09 The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 11-6-2008 The thI acan, 2008-11-06 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2008-09 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 2008-11-06" (2008). The Ithacan, 2008-09. 5. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2008-09/5 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 2008-09 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. OPINION RYAN REYNOLDS SERVES AS INSPIRATION, PAGE 10 SHOT AT THE TITLE ACCENT PURITY RINGS EMERGE AS A TREND, PAGE 13 SoccerSoSoccer teamste seek Empire 8 championships, page 23 THIS I SEE STUDENTS EMBRACE NEW LEADERSHIP, PAGE 28 Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. November 6, 2008 The Ithacan Volume 76, Issue 10 Public Safety Learning across reports three IC-CU Exchange Program the hills identity thefts allows students to expand BY SAMANTHA ALLEN STAFF WRITER depth of coursework Ithaca College’s Offi ce of Public Safety reported three cases of iden- BY JACKIE PALOCHKO tity theft and one case of unauthor- ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ized use of a debit card during the Samantha Swiettikowski began her college career as same week in October. an exploratory student at Ithaca College. Th roughout her Two of the cases of identity theft freshman year, she took political science classes that she were tracked to Florida, and one found interesting but were not helping her decide on a spe- case was also reported in China. Ac- cifi c career in politics. cording to Public Safety’s incident In her sophomore year, Swiettikowski decided to take log, one case classes at Cornell University through the IC-CU Exchange was reported Program to see what the other hill had to off er. In her junior Oct. 18 and two year, Swiettikowski decided to stick to Cornell. Oct. 20. Th e un- “At Ithaca, the political science program wasn’t really authorized use preparing me for anything,” Swiettikowski said. “Th ey of a debit card were great classes, but they weren’t really preparing me was reported for anything.” Oct. 21 in the Robin Markle, student information specialist of the Campus Center. division of graduate and professional studies at the col- Investiga- DUNN said cases lege said on average the college usually has between 30 to tor Tom Dunn of identity theft 35 students per semester taking classes at Cornell. Th is said while the are often hard year there are 36 Ithaca College students and 15 Cornell department is to investigate. students participating. investigating all Language and anthropology classes are the most popu- of these cases, they are diffi cult to lar classes for Ithaca College students to take at Cornell and track. A card does not need to leave Cornell students usually come to the college for the School a person’s possession for money to of Health Science and Human Performance, according to be illegally transacted, Dunn said. representatives at each institution. “It’s never that the card was sto- “We don’t have a lot of sports medicine classes at Cor- len,” he said. “It’s the numbers that nell,” Cathy Pace, director of the program at Cornell, said. are being used.” “Cornell students may want to take a sports psychology Ed Fuller, associate vice presi- class that is not off ered here, so they would take it at IC.” dent of Information Technology Swiettikowski, now a Cornell senior, said the ex- Services, said the distribution of change program helped her decide what she wanted to personal identifi cation information do. Since being at Cornell, she has declared her major to through the Internet often leads to be Industrial Labor Relations, one not off ered at many identity theft crimes. institutions. She said being an ILR major has taught her “Like any media, any mecha- ways, such as organizing unions, of how to get involved nism where you interact with other in politics after graduation. people, there’s etiquette and safety Ithaca College senior Sean Golan is taking “Psychology Junior Katie Crutchfi eld sits at the Clock Tower at Cor- to be considered,” Fuller said. nell University, where she takes a photography class. While the location of these re- MATT RIGBY/THE ITHACAN See CORNELL, page 4 ports is unusual, Dunn said the In- ternet opens up many doors. “If you buy something through the Internet that you have delivered to your house, the illegal transac- Students celebrate historical election results tion technically takes place at their headquarters,” Dunn said. BY NORAH SHIPMAN tures and hugging each other. Male Th ree diff erent students report- STAFF WRITER students were shirtless and on the ed the incidents of identity theft, Junior Zachary Klein was sit- shoulders of their friends. Drums and Dunn said the incidents don’t ting in the lounge of Terrace 12 at were banging to the chants of “O- appear to be linked. 11 p.m. when he heard the news BAM-A … O-BAM-A.” Most stu- “We always look to see if the that Sen. Barack Obama was the dents were in their pajamas. crimes are associated or if the same projected presidential winner. He Freshman Erik Johanson was people are associated,” Dunn said. sat for a few minutes in disbelief in his room in the Lower Quads “But for now, it’s diffi cult to quan- until he saw the numbers on the when he saw that Obama had tify these numbers.” TV screen — then started jumping won California. Michael Melice, a teller at the and screaming along with his other “I heard screaming and what CFCU bank on campus who deals friends in the dorm. sounded like fi reworks,” he said. “I with victims of identity theft, said Th e group rushed outside to run opened my window and couldn’t see CFCU watches all bank accounts. through the Terraces, their screams anything, so I just stepped outside and He said the bank blocks transac- bouncing off the buildings and re- followed the noise.” tions that occur in suspicious parts verberating through the fi eld. Th ey No one would have predicted such of the U.S. and other countries. If didn’t stop running there. Down a rally given the quiet atmosphere of students are traveling, they have to past the Towers, on to the Gardens campus earlier in the day. notify the bank, he said. and back to the Quads, where stu- Th e only mobilization came Melice said the bank will report dents were convening from loca- from President Tom Rochon, who suspicious actions to the account tions across campus. led a march through campus from From left, Doreen Hettich-Atkins, coordinator of the Parade to the Polls, seniors holder, or customers can fi le a com- Th e crowd started out with 50 to IC Square to Smiddy Hall. Th e Fife Ashley Bookheimer and Rita Kerr-Vanderslice march to the polls yesterday. plaint. Dunn said the bank would 60 students, and a small group in the and Drum Corps, dressed in green DIANA COWDERY/THE ITHACAN then require customers to fi le a center had sparklers in their hands, coats and triangle hats, played dispute resolution form with their the smoke fl oating up through “Yankee Doodle” while Rochon Often, students called out, “I’ve dents who had voted or were on local law enforcement agency. the nighttime chill toward the sky. carried a sign that read “Parade to already voted.” their way to the polls. He said it Students at the college who live Within the hour, students — some the Polls.” Th e march carried on. will probably be one of the high- far from home must report it to the say up to 1,000 — were everywhere, Marchers handed out red, white Rochon said it was moving to talking on cell phones, taking pic- and blue balloons along the way. encounter excitement from stu- See ELECTION, page 4 See ID, page 4 find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING 2 The Ithacan Thursday, November 6, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK Barack Obama names top position 6 THURSDAY President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin fi lling out his new administration yester- SAB movie screening “The day, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Dark Knight” at 8 p.m. in Emanuel as White House chief of staff while aides Textor 102 stepped up the pace of transition work that had been cloaked in pre-election secrecy. 7 FRIDAY Several Democrats confi rmed that Emanuel had been off ered the job. While it was not clear Last day to withdraw from fall he had accepted, a rejection would amount to an semester courses unlikely public snub of the new president-elect within hours of an electoral college landslide. Phi Kappa Phi fall awards and With hundreds of jobs to fi ll and only 10 weeks induction ceremony at 4 p.m. in Klingenstein Lounge until Inauguration Day, Obama and his transition team confronted a formidable task complicated Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. in by his anti-lobbyist campaign rhetoric. Muller Chapel Th e offi cial campaign Web Site said no po- Shabbat dinner at 7:15 p.m. in litical appointees would be permitted to work on Terrace Dining Hall “regulations or contracts directly and substantially SAB movie screening “The related to their prior employer for two years. And Dark Knight” at 7:30 p.m.
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