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Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. February 28, 2008 The Ithacan Volume 75, Issue 20

New legislation could reduce textbook prices

BY DAVID DURRETT STAFF WRITER Junior David Huber said when he fi rst came to Ithaca College his parents wanted him to pay for his own text- books. With textbooks priced as they are now, however, Huber’s parents have no choice but to help him pay for his books. “I can’t aff ord to pay for it all on my own because it’s so expensive,” said Huber. Huber is not the only one whose plans are impacted by these rising pric- es. According to the Public Interest Research Group, college students spend an average of $900 each aca- demic year on text- BY CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN ILLUSTRATION PHOTO books. Th e group WATSON said also said the prices there is little the of textbooks have bookstore can do to keep textbook risen dramatically, prices low. Shattering the silence now three times as expensive as they were in 1986. Sexual assaults reported on campus spark dialogue and policy change To counter the rising textbook pric- es, the U.S. House of Representatives Education Committee introduced a BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL and giving special training for student lations, including any form of sexual of- provision to the renewal of the Higher SENIOR WRITER justices on the college’s conduct board. fense,” he said. Education Act earlier this month, that A group of students and admin- He said the group hopes to present a Since July 2007, there have been requires textbook publishers to dis- istrators met Monday with the goal set of revised policies to the Board of only fi ve reported cases of sexual as- close information to colleges about of changing Ithaca College’s judicial Trustees in May. sault on campus. revisions, copyright dates and other policy in response to recent allegations Rothman said IC Feminists and Patty Tvaroha, the adult com- information regarding textbooks. Th is of sexual assault. SAFER had already been considering munity educator at the Tompkins will help colleges make more informed Junior Dan Wald, president of Stu- proposals to change the college’s policy. County Advocacy Center, said one decisions about purchasing textbooks, dents Active For Ending Rape, said the Brylinsky said the movement to in every four women will be sexually as well as produce less expensive cus- current policies on campus are not spe- change the college’s policies has been assaulted before they graduate col- tom versions without bundled materi- cifi c enough or geared toward sexual “brewing for a while.” lege. According to a National Crime als like CD-ROMs. assault cases. “Recent incidents [on campus] gave Victimization Survey, more than half Alexa Marrero, communications “Th ere are [policies] in place, but us the momentum we needed,” she said. of all sexual assaults from 2001 to director for the House Education there is always room for improvement,” On Feb. 3, a female student reported 2006 went unreported. Committee, said allowing colleges he said. “… Changing the language al- to Public Safety she was raped by an Suki Montgomery, assistant to make more informed decisions lows survivors to feel safer.” unknown assailant in Emerson Hall. director of the Counseling Center, would result in all-around lower Th e group that met on Monday in- Following that report, two more stu- said there is a national tendency to textbook prices. cluded Wald; senior Alison Bliss, presi- dents alleged they had been sexually not believe individuals who report “I think college costs are some- dent of IC Feminists; junior Sarah Bry- assaulted on campus during their time sexual assault. She said Ithaca College thing students all across the country linsky, a board member of IC Feminists; at the college. One incident occurred is no diff erent. struggle with,” she said. “By address- senior Aaron Bloom, president of the last March; another in the Fall of 2006. “It’s a community wide problem that ing the cost of textbooks, it’s another Student Government Association; Brian Both students reported they knew their we have a system where people don’t way to make higher education more McAree, vice president of student aff airs assailants. One of the alleged assailants feel safe to report [assault],” she said. accessible and aff ordable.” and campus life; Rory Rothman, associ- was a resident assistant at the time of While Tvaroha said the Center didn’t Marrero said it is diffi cult to predict ate vice president of student aff airs and the attack. He was not removed from have specifi c numbers for the campus, what impact the legislation will have campus life; Bonnie Solt Prunty, direc- his position. she said based on her observations, the on textbook prices but said the new tor of the Offi ce of Residential Life; and Since that report, Brian McAree, vice college follows the national trend. Few provisions would make a diff erence. Priscilla Quirk, a coordinator of health president for student aff airs and campus people report sexual assault when it Rick Watson, manager of the promotion for the college. life, said the group was reviewing Resi- happens because it is such a personal Ithaca College bookstore, said the Wald said the group’s main goals in- dential Life policies. crime, she said. bookstore does not decide what clude defi ning minimum sanctions for “In moving forward, we believe the Montgomery said sexual assault, textbooks they order. Th e store only students found guilty of sexual assault, campus may be better served to con- especially on college campuses, is a orders textbooks faculty members providing an off -campus advocate for sider a zero tolerance staff discipline request for their courses. the survivor during the judicial process standard for a specifi c category of vio- See ASSAULT, page 4 “We don’t decide on the books we have to buy. … Could [the new provi- sion] aff ect a faculty member and what How do you think the campus’ view they tell us to order? Yeah, it could,” CAMPUS RESPONDS of sexual assault is changing? he said. “It still goes back to whether there’s going to be enough stock of an old edition for a course, and because publishers stop making them when a “In light of recent events “My hope would be ... that “The awareness has new edition is coming, I don’t know.” [the issue of rape] has people would have a better increased, and there’s ... Louise Donohue, professor of come up in conversation understanding of issues good collaborative dis- modern languages and literature, said throughout ... campus.” around sexual assault.” cussion that’s occurring.” her beginning- and intermediate- level Junior Dan Wald Rory Rothman Priscilla Quirk textbooks typically change once every President, SAFER Associate VP, Student Aff airs Coordinator of three years and go up 10 to 20 percent and Campus Life Health Promotion See BOOKSTORE, page 4

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2 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK  Roadside bombs shake Baghdad 28 THURSDAY Shiite pilgrims headed to a major religious gathering were again targeted by extremists yes- “Recent Work by the South terday when a roadside bomb detonated near a Asian Scholars Group” col- bus in Baghdad, killing one traveler, police said. loquium presentation from Th e blast came just days after a fl urry of at- 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the tacks on a massive pilgrimage to the holy city of Cayuga Lake Meeting room Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. Shiites from across Iraq and some foreign visitors are marking “How to Get a Job and Keep Arbaeen, the end of a 40-day mourning period fol- a Job: Professional Ethics lowing the anniversary of the death of Imam Hus- and Workplace Integrity” sein, one of Shiite Islam’s most revered fi gures. presentation from 12:15 to Th e U.S. military blamed Sunni-led al-Qaida 1:15 p.m. in 211 Williams Hall in Iraq for the earlier killings, which seemed Biology seminar “Lofty Pur- aimed at provoking sectarian violence. Shiite re- suits: Flight and Steering in ligious festivals have been targeted repeatedly in Locusts” in CNS 112 at 4 p.m. the past few years. Screening of “Black August,” With the latest fatality, at least 64 people sponsored by the Center for have been slain in assaults targeting pilgrims. the Study of Race, Culture Th e worst of the attacks occurred Sunday when and Ethnicity in Textor 101 a suicide bomber detonated in a roadside re- at 7 p.m. freshment tent packed with worshippers taking Mesa Española from 6 to 7 p.m. a break as they walked to Karbala. At least 56 in the Terrace Dining Hall people were killed. 29 FRIDAY U.S. offi cials visit Guantanamo Bay Attorney General Michael Mukasey met A sentimental salute Campus Life Award nominations briefl y Wednesday with government prosecutors Suzan Dogan, with her other children, salute the coffi n of her son, Turkish soldier Ibrahim Dogan, who due by 5 p.m. to the Office of at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the U.S. prepares was killed during clashes with Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. Dogan wears a headband that read, “Mar- Career Services its case against six al-Qaida suspects accused of tyrs never die, the homeland cannot be divided,” in yesterday’s funeral ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey. Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. being responsible for the 9/11 attacks. MURAD SEZER/ASSOCIATED PRESS in Muller Chapel Th e attorney general was expected to spend only about six hours at the Naval station during Shabbat dinner at approxi- his previously unannounced fi rst trip there, said Charges of negative campaign tactics were high dication whether the Fed is more concerned about mately 7:15 p.m. on the Terrace Dining Hall balcony Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr. on the program, too. the slowing economy or the rising risk of infl ation. Mukasey “is meeting with military personnel Clinton said Obama’s campaign had recently Recent data reports show the economy already 1 SATURDAY and other offi cials involved in the military com- sent out mass mailings with false information may be facing the dual challenges. If so, this is a missions proceedings,” Carr said. He said Justice about her health care proposal, adding, “it is almost worst-case scenario for the Fed, which will have Proposal deadline for New Department prosecutors “have been involved in as though the health insurance companies and the to choose whether to keep cutting rates to stimu- Initiatives Fund due to the the investigation since the high value detainees Republicans wrote it.” late the economy, or halt rate reductions to cool Offi ce of the President were moved to Guantanamo Bay.” When it was his turn to speak, Obama said Clin- off infl ation. Mukasey was to return to Washington by yes- ton’s campaign has “constantly sent out negative at- Overnight in Europe, the euro broke above the 2 SUNDAY terday afternoon. tacks on us ... We haven’t whined about it because I key $1.50 level for the fi rst time. Analysts attributed Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, understand that’s the nature of these campaigns.” the new record for the eurozone currency to mount- Mesa Española at noon in the 15 so-called “high-value detainees” were held Th e tone was polite yet pointed, increasingly so ing investor conviction that the U.S. is indeed beset Terrace Dining Hall at length by the CIA in secret overseas prisons as the 90-minute session wore on, a refl ection of the with both infl ation and an economic slowdown. Catholic Community Mass at before being handed over to the military. Six of stakes in a race in which Obama has won 11 straight Th e dollar weakness helped propel gold futures 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel them, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid primaries and caucuses and Clinton is in desperate to a new high in London trade. In electronic trading Sheikh Mohammed, are facing the death penalty need of a comeback. gold futures traded as high as $961.30 an ounce. 3 MONDAY in a military trial that offi cials say could still be Th e futures contract for the Dow Jones indus- months, if not years, away. Wall Street faces troubling slump trial average fell 19 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,680. Green Investing Organization Wall Street was set to open lower yesterday, as Futures contracts for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Recruitment night at 7 p.m. Clinton and Obama clash in debate investors paused from a three-day winning streak dropped 3.50, or 0.3 percent, to 1,379.30 as the Nas- in room 105 of the School Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and waited for comments on the economy from daq 100 futures gave up 4.5 points, or 0.3 percent, of Business clashed over trade, health care and the war in Iraq Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. to 1,792.2. Tuesday night in a crackling debate at close quarters Investors will be eager to learn whether Bernan- Screening of “Life of Brian” at one week before a pivotal group of primaries. ke, in an appearance before Congress, gives any in- SOURCE: Associated Press 8 p.m. in the Phillips Room of the Muller Chapel 4 TUESDAY sored by the Counseling Cen- Th e Black History Month talent 2008-09 fi nancial aid deadline College&City ter and Ithaca College’s Health show will feature 10 acts ranging for FAFSA. Visit www.ithaca. Promotion Program. from singing and dancing, to rap- edu/fi naid for more information. Presidential finalists County area interested in learning ping and gospel. plan visits to campus how to be more safe around and [Ithaca Forward] to honor The event will be held at the 5 WEDNESDAY The Ithaca College Board of inside cars. outstanding residents GIAC’s gymnasium at 318 N. Trustees announced Tuesday a The event’s activities include [Ithaca Forward], a social net- Albany St. “Sex Fest” sponsored by the schedule of open sessions with “Buckle Up and Wii,” a chance for working organization for Ithaca’s To enter the competition call Residence Hall Association the presidential search finalists. participants to play the popular young professionals, will sponsor Jody Herbert at 272-3622. from 7 to 10 p.m. in IC Square The finalists, who have not yet video game while practicing safe a “40 Under 40” awards program been named, will meet with facul- car habits. Attendees will also be for young professionals and high Ghanaian dance troupe ADD YOUR EVENT ty, staff and students in the weeks able to paint a mural intended to school and college students. to give free performance following spring break. educate the community. The award will highlight The Saakumu Dance Troupe Drop events for “This Week” in The first candidate will be on Safe Kids is a worldwide or- 40 young people who show from Ghana, West Africa, will the marked box in The Ithacan campus March 17 and 18, the ganization that aims to prevent outstanding commitment to im- visit and perform on campus offi ce, or e-mail Assistant News second March 19 and 20 and the unintentional childhood injury. proving their communities, schools tomorrow in honor of Black Editor Elizabeth Sile at esile1@ third March 25 and 26. The “Buckle Up” event will be and professions. Thirteen of the History Month. ithaca.edu by 5 p.m. Monday. Each presidential candidate will from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the South- recipients will be from the local The Saakumu Dance Troup, give a formal presentation to the side Community Center. colleges and high schools. led by master musician Bernard CORRECTIONS College community on an issue in E-mail mandy.kessler@gmail. The awards ceremony’s keynote Woma, blends contemporary and higher education. com for more information. speaker will be New York State’s traditional African dance and It is The Ithacan’s policy to For a complete, updated list- First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer. music. The group is one of the correct all errors of fact. ing of the candidate sessions, visit Counseling Center to offer Anyone can nominate young leading music groups in Ghana. Please contact Assistant News www.ithaca.edu/intercom. eating disorder support people and professionals for this The group’s music features Editor Elizabeth Sile at 274-3207 The Counseling Center will be award by visiting the group’s Web the African xylophone, the “gyil,” Community group to host available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. site at www.ithacaforward.org. the calabash water drums and COPY EDITORS kids car safety event today to consult with students, Nominations should be submitted praise singing. Audience mem- Safe Kids Finger Lakes, the lo- faculty and staff about eating dis- online by March 1. bers are encouraged to participate Khadijah Anderson, Alex Barnett, cal chapter of the Safe Kids na- orders. Counselors will also pro- and dance. Michelle Bizon, Allie Clingan, tional organization, will host a vide eating disorder screenings to Activities group will hold The performance will begin at David Durrett, Anna Funck, Kara kick-off event tomorrow to raise students throughout the day. black history talent show 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall of the James Gornick, Heather Karschner, awareness for its “Safe Schools Online screenings are available Th e Greater Ithaca Activities J. Whalen School of Music. Lauren Kaufman, Cassandra Buckle Up” initiative. through the Counseling Center’s Center will host a Black History For more information about Leveille, Jennifer Levitt, Kate The event is open to all chil- Web site 24-hours per day. Month Talent show tomorrow from the Saakumu Dance Troup, visit Milton, Emily Schwartz, Shannon dren and parents in the Tompkins The screening event is spon- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. www.bernardwoma.com. Sly, Juliana Stiles Thursday, February 28, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 3 A SHIFT AT THE TOP Public Safety Final two candidates interview to be Music dean fi nds suspect BY JOSHUA MELLMAN college in the early 1980s. He also STAFF WRITER was an associate professor of mu- Th e last two fi nalists for the sic from 1984 to 1990. in two attacks School of Music dean position vis- “I undertake this opportunity BY SAMANTHA ALLEN ited campus during the past week. with great dreams and hopes for STAFF WRITER Warren Henry, a pianist and the school and the college,” Wood- Public Safety Offi cers say they associate professor of music edu- ward said. “It has so little to do have identifi ed the assailant from cation and associate dean of aca- with me and has everything to do two attacks that occurred near demic affairs at the University of with what I think our school can the Circle Apartments early Sun- North Texas, was on campus last become. The possibilities here are day morning. Wednesday and Thursday. Greg- so exciting.” Investigator Tom Dunn said ory Woodward, dean of Ithaca Woodward, a composer and both victims declined to press College’s Division of Graduate saxophone player, received his charges, but the and Professional Studies, held masters degree at the college and attacker was sessions Monday and Tuesday. his doctorate at Cornell University. restricted from The search for a new dean Woodward said his experience campus. began in August when Arthur as a dean at the college would be The assail- Ostrander, dean of the School of instrumental in a new position. ant’s name Music, announced his plans to “I know what the character of cannot be re- step down at the end of this year our college is, and I know what leased because and retire next May. the character of the School of Mu- both students The School of Music Dean sic is,” he said. “I’m able to bring declined to DUNN said he is Search Committee, chaired by those two things together, I think, press charges pleased with the Steven Mauk, professor of mu- quite powerfully.” upon the clos- way this case sic performance, selected three Though Woodward said it is ing of the in- was handled. Warren Henry, an associate professor of music education and associate dean finalists after interviewing eight crucial to keep recruitment at vestigation. at the University of North Texas, talks Wednesday in Nabenhauer Room. individuals earlier this month MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN a high level, he said he also hopes The assailant will not be before narrowing the field to to work on faculty mentoring criminally charged. three finalists. and development. Officer James Landon was The first candidate, Thomas “It’s the level of the student we have “We have to spread our ten- assigned the case and eventu- Duffy, a professor of music and tacles and reach a little further so ally found and identified the as- former dean of the music school that really creates the culture.” we can keep attracting those really sailant through a series of inter- at Yale University, visited campus — WARREN HENRY great students who are going to be views with residents living near last Monday and Tuesday. SCHOOL OF MUSIC DEAN FINALIST inclined to come to upstate New or in Circle Apartment 3. In his sessions, Henry said York and study music,” he said. “I think [Offi cer] Landon did a recruitment, collaboration and tive to what performers need to do.” At last week’s open session for Rob Gearhart, associate dean great job,” Dunn said. “We’re glad community outreach were some Recruitment, however, was his the entire campus community, of graduate and professional stud- this got solved so quickly.” of the topics he saw as important. biggest focus. At faculty and staff Henry expressed concern for the ies, said enrollment has doubled Dunn said he does not want Henry, who has spent 13 sessions, Henry said it was impor- emotional and mental health of in the four years Woodward has students to be apprehensive, but years at the University of North tant for the college to ensure they music students. He also discussed worked for the graduate studies general precautions should still Texas, has also served as chair recruit the best students possible. the large value of music students department. be taken. of the division of music educa- “We can’t recruit for our- having a visual arts perspec- “He’s been a real positive force “We try to tell people not to tion and the associate dean for selves,” he said. “We have to re- tive. He also talked about a need in expanding graduate programs walk alone, things like that,” he academic affairs. cruit based on what we want for for the human development of and highlighting the potential said. “But we don’t want people to He studied music education our students.” students and having them engage for the future of the program,” be paranoid.” at the Crane School of Music at Donna Emmanuel, an assistant beyond the curriculum. Gearhart said. “He’s also quite ac- Dave Maley, associate di- SUNY-Potsdam and received his professor in music education and “The music school is here to complished at making sure he gets rector of media relations, said doctorate in music education at coordinator of masters and Ph.D. work on the musicianship of the people’s input ... in doing that, so he thinks students should still Michigan State University. programs in music education at student,” he said. “The question he’s very inclusive.” be cautious. Henry, an active clinician and the University of North Texas, becomes, ‘How do we enhance Dana Wilson, professor of “Th ere’s a diff erence between researcher, said he has presented said Henry is easy to work with. the education?’” music theory, history and com- awareness and paranoia, and stu- sessions at both national and in- She also said Henry creates a safe Woodward focused on pro- position, has worked with Wood- dents should always be aware,’ ternational conferences. He said environment and uses innovation moting the arts, developing the ward for more than 20 years, Maley said. all music schools face the same is- to reach his students. curriculum and building the repu- especially in the composition Offi cials are reminding stu- sue: funding for recruitment. “He’s very collaborative and tation of the school. program. Wilson said Woodward dents not to walk alone at night, “We have to focus our attention I think that’s impacted our divi- Woodward has worked at Itha- helped build up the program and to take advantage of the on-cam- very heavily on strong recruitment sion,” Emmanuel said. “He’s a very ca College for nearly 30 years and its reputation. pus escort service, to lock their strategies ... to make sure we get open and genuine person and that served as the first full-time direc- “He’s been instrumental in doors and to report any suspi- the right students here,” he said. comes across at all levels.” tor of music admissions for the fundraising to support some of cious characters or activities to Henry said recruitment is about our programs [and] initiatives,” the proper authorities or a resi- the fi nancial packaging and how the Wilson said. dent assistant. school attracts students. He said he “We have to ... reach a little further Wilson said that during his would go after external funds for time as a professor, Woodward gifts to support students. so we can keep attracting those brought a broad range of knowl- “We have to be sure we have edge about music to his classes, Middle States really great students.” which include topics like 20th the profile of the student body — GREGORY WOODWARD that is attractive to incoming stu- SCHOOL OF MUSIC DEAN FINALIST century music composition and team to visit dents,” he said. “It’s the level of the musical theater. student we have that really creates Senior Dan Prior said he would BY ELIZABETH SILE the culture.” like to see the vocal performance ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR About 45 students attended the program revamped. The reaccredidation pro- student-only session last Wednes- “[The new dean] needs to ex- cess done by the Middle day, where they voiced concerns pand some of the programs that States Commission on Higher about the jazz program and im- we have because I feel like some Education will end this week provements that could be made to of them are stagnant,” he said. with two open sessions for the school. Junior Andrew Mattfeld said the campus. Junior Tim Ball, who attended the job should be daunting for the The first session, from that meeting, said he is looking new dean after Ostrander’s 37- 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mon- for a candidate who can improve year tenure at the college. day in the Klingenstein lounge, the school’s reputation and help “[The job] requires an all-around will be an open discussion led ensure his education will secure fantastic person, a totally learned by Middle States chairman him a job in the working world man in every aspect of music and Joseph Gilmour, president of after graduation. just a fantastic performer and Wilkes University. Gilmour “[I want] someone who will administrator,” he said. will address the team’s visit to keep the reputation of the school the college. of music up so my degree is worth The Dean Search Committee The second session will more when I get out into the will meet to discuss the three can- be from 11 a.m. to noon world,” Ball said. didates next week. Kathleen Roun- Wednesday in the Hockett At sessions for faculty and tree, provost and vice president Family Recital Hall. Gilm- staff, Henry discussed working for academic affairs, will select a our will present a summary of with a school heavily focused on candidate after conferring with the campus before the Mid- performance, even in faculty. the team. dle States team publishes its “I see my role [as one] that will Gregory Woodward, dean of the college’s graduate and professional studies official report. help faculty members do what they program, answers questions in the Hockett Recital Hall Monday afternoon. News Editor Tricia Nadolny All students, faculty and have to do,” he said. “I’m very sensi- CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN contributed to this story. staff are encouraged to attend. 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, February 28, 2008 Reported rape will not always warrent campus alert ASSAULT needs probable cause to make an ar- FROM PAGE 1 rest but will consult with the district attorney’s offi ce before fi ling charges. complicated crime. She said many If charges are fi led, prosecution is people don’t report sexual assault due handled by the DA’s offi ce. to a misconception about the process. Dunn said sometimes there isn’t Th e survivor might feel that reporting enough evidence to press criminal the crime means pressing charges. charges. If that’s the case, but the ma- “Th ey might be in the same jority of evidence implies guilt, Dunn dorm as another person, in the said, the case would go to Judicial Af- same class, in the same major ... ” fairs, where they would determine if she said. “Th ere are a lot of reasons the accused individual is guilty. why someone might not even want “We are the investigators. We look to believe that this person they at the facts, that’s all we do,” Dunn said. know did something like this.” “We don’t make a conclusion.” Th e Offi ces of Public Safety and Dunn said the college follows Judicial Aff airs both have policies New York state law in all criminal designed to deal with sexual assault matters, including sexual off enses. cases. Th e accused will have a judicial Public Safety’s jurisdiction applies hearing and may appear before the to the entire campus, so unless they conduct review board. A judicial hear- need assistance, they don’t involve ing is a one-on-one meeting between other police departments. the accused and a hearing offi cer. Durling said Judicial Aff airs only If a student fi les a report alleging has jurisdiction if the off ense hap- sexual assault, Public Safety will be- pened on campus or off campus gin an investigation into the claim. during a college-sponsored event. From left, juniors Dan Wald, president of Students Active for Ending Rape, and Sarah Brylinsky, a board member of As required by the Jean Clery Act If Public Safety hands a sexual as- IC Feminists, sit at a SAFER meeting Tuesday. The two hope to clarify the school’s policy on sexual assault. they will also issue a campus-wide sault allegation over to Judicial Af- TAYLOR MCINTYRE/THE ITHACAN crime alert if the case merits it, said fairs and there is no criminal case, all on-one meeting with a hearing offi cer. the hearing after its conclusion. it’s just a matter of putting it into new Laura Durling, assistant director of records of the judicial proceeding are During this meeting, the student is Wald said while the college’s policy legal form.” patrol and security services. kept confi dential under the Family not allowed to have an attorney or any can and should be improved, it is a Montgomery said she hopes the Bill Ferguson, associate director Educational Rights and Privacy Act. written materials from an attorney. cultural problem that creates a soci- recent surge in conversation about of Public Safety, said not every case Ferguson said there is always the At the hearing, the student may have ety where sexual assault happens and sexual assault on campus continues. warrants an alert, and there are cer- potential for a lawsuit, but Public Safe- the charges dismissed, accept respon- victims don’t feel safe coming forward. “We want to create a community tain criteria that need to be looked at ty has no responsibility to aid in one. sibility for the violation or appeal the Brylinsky said the student and admin- … that will help make it safer for survi- before issuing one. Once a case is handed over to Ju- decision to the conduct review board. istrative group will meet again next vors of sexual assault to come forward “Is it a serious and continuing dicial Aff airs, if a student is charged, In cases of sexual assault, the alleged week to continue discussions. and not feel shame about that but to threat to the campus community?” he he or she will be notifi ed in writing victim can be present at the judicial “All we need to do is agree to feel that they have support of the com- said. “Th e purpose of the crime alert is at least 72 hours in advance of a one- hearing as well as learn the outcome of changes [in policy],” she said. “Th en munity for reporting these events.” … so others can take steps or precau- tions to prevent themselves from be- WHAT CONSTITUTES SEXUAL ASSAULT? Sexual assault is an umbrella term that includes all sexual offenses like rape, forcible touch- ing victims of the same perpetrator.” ing and sexual misconduct. New York state law includes many provisions for sexual crimes. If a sexual assault occurred in a RAPE felony in the fi rst, second or third degree intercourse with another person less than 15 years 17 years old; or when he or she engages in sexual residence hall and the victim knew the old; or he or she engages in sexual intercourse intercourse with another person without that person’s perpetrator, like the incident in Octo- First Degree with another person who is incapable of consent consent where the lack of consent is for some other ber 2006, Ferguson said, that informa- A person is guilty of rape in the fi rst degree when he by reason of being mentally disabled or mentally reason other than the inability to do so. tion wouldn’t help other students, so or she engages in sexual intercourse with another incapacitated. no alert would be issued. He said one person by force; or someone who is incapable of SEXUAL MISCONDUCT misdemeanor was issued for the rape reported in consent because they are physically helpless; or Third Degree A person is guilty of sexual misconduct when he Emerson earlier this month because someone who is less than 11 years old; or someone The most recent cases of rape that have been or she engages in sexual intercourse with another who is less than thirteen years old and the perpetra- reported on campus were classifi ed as rape in the person without that person’s consent. the assailant was unknown. tor is 18 years old or more. third degree. A person is guilty of rape in the third After interviewing everyone in- degree when he or she engages in sexual intercourse FORCIBLE TOUCHING misdemeanor volved, Public Safety determines the Second Degree with another person who is incapable of consent; or A person is guilty of forcible touching when he or she level of evidence available that would A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when when a person who is 21 years old or more engages forcibly touches the sexual or other intimate parts of support the allegation. Investigator he or she is over 18 years old and engages in sexual in sexual intercourse with a person who is less than another person. Tom Dunn said Public Safety only SOURCE: NEW YORK STATE PENAL CODE Students struggle to aff ord books BOOKSTORE at the college. FROM PAGE 1 “I think that spending $300 a semester, every semester, would be a lot better than it’s been in each time they change. She said the changes were the past, but again, I’m sure that every major is often only to the “fringes” of the book rather than diff erent,” she said. “Some classes require many the essential content. books. It’s diff erent for everybody.” “If I knew what the changes were and if I Junior Corey Deckler, a cinema and photog- thought that my students could save money by raphy major, said his parents agreed to pay for getting an older version of the book that did not his textbooks but were surprised and upset by contain these changes — if the changes were the cost. only superfi cial — then yes, I would go with the “Th ey’re not particularly happy to be spend- cheaper book,” she said. ing that much money,” Deckler said. “But they Watson said that even if publishers disclose fi gure if they’re going to spend that much money changes made, they would still continue making on something like books, it’s worth it.” new and more expensive editions of textbooks. Watson said the bookstore tries to stock Sophomore Sarie Drake looks through a book in the texbook section of Ithaca College’s “It would be nice if [the publishers] explained used textbooks, which are 25 percent cheaper bookstore. Legislation now in Congress aims to lower the prices of textbooks. to the faculty what the changes were, but they’re than new ones, but that alone would not solve EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN still going to push their new edition,” he said. the problem. Deckler said he knows students who try to “I think that if the price of books were cheap- Betty Bauman, a junior music performance “We’re doing as much as we can to get used avoid paying full price for textbooks and does er, it would help the morale of students, know- and education major, said while she typically textbooks to save [students and parents] money, not blame them. He said students are sometimes ing that they don’t have to pay as much just to spends around $600 per semester on textbooks, but the fact of the matter is, right now, textbooks “really bitter” about how much they had to spend go to school here and for the supplies to do that,” she spent more than $700W for her fi rst semester h area just very t’s expensive,” he said. yourjust to study at the college. nextDeckler step? said.

DIVISION OF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES www.ithaca.edu/gradstudies Thursday, February 28, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 5 First H&S dean candidate emphasizes school unity

BY JACKIE PALOCHKO “We have people who have proven academic STAFF WRITER leadership over a number of years,” Arliss said. David Brailow, the fi rst candidate for the “All three of them [are] very good scholars in School of Humanities and Sciences dean posi- their discipline.” tion, emphasized leadership and school unity Arliss said the committee chose Brailow be- when he met with faculty, staff and students at cause of his strong leadership qualities. open sessions earlier this week. “He has a long term record of successful aca- Th e search committee began looking for demic leadership,” Arliss said. “He knows how a new dean in August when Howard Erlich, to bring together people from divergent disci- dean of the School of Humanities and Scienc- plines and make a coherent whole.” es, announced he would step down this May Freshman Charlotte Eagle, an art history before taking a sabbatical next year. major, said she would like to see the new dean Brailow, vice president for academic af- of the school become more involved in the fairs and dean of Franklin College in Franklin, students’ academics. Ind., said he applied for the position of dean “I know that it’s hard for a dean to know all because he is eager to start a more challeng- the students in his or her school,” Eagle said. ing position. Brailow also said he would like to “But I feel a key aspect of any candidate is [his] join a larger school with a strong emphasis on ability to connect with the students.” the liberal arts. In a presentation open to the campus Tues- “I believe passionately in the value of an ed- day in the Clark Lounge, Brailow highlighted ucation which helps students to become inde- his goals for the school if he is chosen as dean. pendent, creative thinkers … and to adapt to a Brailow said that through leadership, the school world in which careers take unexpected turns,” can achieve a sense of identity. he said. “A liberal arts education prepares stu- “I have heard from faculty, staff and stu- dents for careers and for life.” dents that they feel a need for the School to David Brailow, a fi nalist for the School of Humanities and Sciences dean position, answers ques- Brailow received his bachelor’s degree in defi ne itself more clearly and more promi- tions Monday in Klingenstein lounge. Brailow is the fi rst of three candidates to visit the college. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN English from Amherst College and masters and nently within the college as a whole,” he said. doctoral degrees from the University of Oregon. “It will fall to the dean to articulate the role of currently before deciding what, if anything, Brailow said he thinks very highly of the col- Before working at Franklin College, he was the the school and advocate for its value and cen- needs to be done.” lege and as a native of Keuka, N.Y., would love associate dean and director of freshman advis- trality to the college mission.” Sharon Stansfi eld, an associate professor of to come back to the area. ing at McKendree College in Lebanon, IL. Brailow said it is especially important that computer science who attended Brailow’s pre- “Th e college seems very dynamic,” he said. Brailow has served as vice president for aca- incoming students develop a good relationship sentation Tuesday, said she hopes the new dean “It has very strong academic programs. Th e fact demic aff airs and dean at Franklin College since with their advisor through in-depth conversa- brings together all of the departments in the that there is so much emphasis on the arts is 2001 and said his experience at the school would tions and goal-setting. humanities and sciences and gives the group a very … attractive to me.” allow him to excel as a dean at Ithaca College. “Th is approach to advising helps to avoid greater sense of unity. Th e second candidate, Leslie Lewis of the “I’ve got the best kind of training, which is disappointment and diffi culty in the fi rst year “[Th e dean should have] collaborative College of Saint Rose, will visit the college Mon- on-the-job training,” he said. and the danger that it will take longer to grad- leadership and shared decision making,” day and Tuesday. Richard Emmerson of Flori- Laurie Arliss, professor of speech commu- uate than necessary,” he said. “Student suc- Stansfi eld said. “[We need] someone who is da State University, the third and last fi nalist, nication and chair of the committee, said the cess depends on a good start. … I would re- willing to provide information so that every- will meet with faculty, staff and students next committee is delighted with the fi nalists. ally have to see what’s going on with advising one is on the same page.” Th ursday and Friday. 6 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 Thursday, February 28, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 7 National organization fi nds low reading comprehension

BY CHRIS GIBLIN A study conducted last November by the CONTRIBUTING WRITER National Endowment for the Arts showed that Freshman Josh Vorensky said he has al- the percentage of young adults who do not ways enjoyed literature and often reads read any books for pleasure nearly doubled several books in his spare time but said he does from 1984 to 2004. not think his fellow students read as much. Vorensky said the Internet and other forms “I don’t think a lot of of media have caused young adults to lose in- people read for pleasure terest in reading. anymore,” he said. “Most “I think reading has waned in recent years people don’t read anything because of the popularity of television and the outside their classwork.” Internet,” Vorensky said. Earlier this month, Sophomore Katie Miller, a television-ra- the Association of Writ- dio major, said she tries to read outside of her ers and Writing Programs classwork but is often too busy to do so. (AWP) released a new “Overall I think most kids don’t [read for edition of its “Directors SMITH said he pleasure],” she said. “Once you do your read- Handbook,” which now thinks Ithaca ings for class you don’t want to sit down and places extra importance College students read something else.” have high reading on reading comprehen- capabilities. Parr said she was “very concerned” that sion and literary analy- today’s students are reading fewer books for sis in undergraduate writing programs. pleasure than in past generations, and she is The handbook states that because fewer not sure of the reasons for the recent decline. people are reading on a regular basis, “I don’t have a clue why people don’t schools can no longer assume incoming read for pleasure,” she said. “I think it’s freshman will have the necessary writing easy to blame it on text messaging and the and reading skills. Internet and all that stuff … but it may be Sally Parr, assistant professor and chair of because we are moving toward a different the writing program, said she believes that kind of literacy. Every time a new technol- Ithaca College’s writing program already fol- ogy comes along, it changes how we deal lows this policy. She said she emphasizes read- with things.” ing in her own classes. But Smith thought that students at the col- “I know the department as a whole has a lege surpassed the numbers. lot of reading in all of our writing classes,” “What I see in [Ithaca College] students Parr said. “One thing I stress to any writing is better students, and better read students,” major … is you can’t be a writer if you’re he said. not a reader.” Parr said she does not know how to char- Scott Smith, assistant professor of writing, acterize reading trends today but said she Protesting for impeachment said faculty members are always concerned hopes more students will start reading in Members of the Ithaca-based group New York State District 22 for Impeachment protested about their students’ skills. their spare time. downtown on George Washington’s birthday last Friday. Twelve-foot fi gures of Washington and “It doesn’t matter where you are,” he said. “I still think there are people who like to Ben Franklin rallied with group members against the Iraq War and the Bush Administration. “Faculty always complain about the writing read, it just may be that reading is kind of dif- EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN and reading ability of new students.” ferent today,” she said. 8 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008

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BY ALLISON MUSANTE Barlas said she sees Inayatullah as a STAFF WRITER truly skilled professor. In one of Naeem Inayatullah’s “He is ... truly gifted in the sense classes, the desks are shuffl ed into of being able to reach even the most a circle and he strolls around them. immobile students,” she said. “[He] Soon after a morning greeting, dress[es] up his classroom into a wild debate ensues, and to an deeply charged, intellectual, political outsider, it is uncertain who is arena for his students to engage in.” learning from whom. Inayatullah said professors should “My style is hugely a collective always motivate their students’ learn- improvisation,” the associate profes- ing processes by engaging in it them- sor of politics said. “It has a degree selves. He said he will almost never of anarchy that most people would teach a course he has already taught consider chaos. I don’t lecture, peri- unless he has new material. od. I will if “Th e teacher has to go into that students classroom thinking there is some- ask me View a video of thing for the teacher,” he said. “If to, but it’s Inayatullah in the nothing is happening for the teach- been seven classroom, at www. er, there’s nothing happening for years since theithacan.org/ anyone else either.” go/08naeem a student Inayatullah said he understands asked me.” that most students have certain ex- Inayatullah said his seemingly un- pectations for classroom order that tamed discussion-based classes defy his style bends. traditional teaching methods by chal- “Th e intensity I bring to the class- lenging notions of classroom authority From left, sophomore Nick Brooks-McDonald talks with associate professor of politics Naeem Inayatullah and junior room space is often felt, at least ini- — the professor learns from students, Alden Hall in an International Relations course Tuesday. Inayatullah said his teaching style can be seen as chaotic. tially, as too much,” he said. “It’s an BRIAN STERN/THE ITHACAN and students learn from each other. odd combination of this anarchism on “You design a class with a ques- tional relations course. course with Inayatullah. and it would begin very low key,” the one hand and on the other, this in- tion in mind that you yourself are Every class, Inayatullah greets his “It’s kind of easy to get addicted she said. “Th en miraculously a half your-face-stuff .” having trouble with — a living ques- students, asks if they have questions to his classes,” Morris said. “But they an hour into the class, it would just Barlas said he is a strong asset to tion that’s burning in your mind,” he about assignments and throws out a can be painful sometimes too. He’s become very intense. He challenges the politics department and to the said. “Th en show your students how topic for discussion. really good at using you all against them to look very deeply at them- academic community. you got there, why that question is “Th en boom — it’s open,” he said. each other and with each other.” selves, maybe more honestly than “He is a deeply enriching presence important, and then tell them … “Anything can happen.” Inayatullah has developed his they’d like.” on our campus,” Barlas said. “I feel ‘Let’s work together on it.’” Inayatullah said he tries to read his style through more than 21 years Inayatullah said course material is very fortunate to be his colleague.” Before coming to Ithaca Col- students’ body language during class. of teaching. secondary to teaching students how to Inayatullah said as long as lege in 1996, Inayatullah taught at “Sometimes I look at students Politics professor Asma Barlas develop “learning communities.” professors walk into the classroom Syracuse University, the University very carefully, and I can tell that has known Inayatullah for 25 years, “Th at’s the ultimate goal for me everyday with a question in mind, of Colorado at Boulder and the In- they’re ready to talk, so I might go to when they fi rst met at the Graduate — getting these students to learn the teaching style does not matter. ternational School of Kuala Lampur them,” he said. “And I make a habit School of International Studies at from each other,” he said. “If I can “Five years from now they [students] in Malaysia. He has taught classes that the students use each other’s the University of Denver. Barlas said get them to see how that’s done, won’t remember the tests, the essays on many topics, including interna- names. I’m relentless about that.” during her time as chair of the poli- they can learn anything, and they’ll or the books,” he said. “What they tional relations, world music and Junior Sophia Morris has taken tics department she observed him be able to do it without me, without will remember is the feeling they politics in literature and fi lm. Th is Afghanistan and the Origins of Global in class several times. the classroom, without professors, had [and] how learning took place semester he is teaching an interna- Fury and an honors junior seminar “I would sit in his classroom without this institution.” in that classroom.” 10 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 Thursday, February 28, 2008 NEWS The Ithacan 11

SELECTED ENTRIES FROM Public Safety Incident Log FEBRUARY 4 TO FEBRUARY 16

FEBRUARY 4 person had stolen a cell phone. Inves- person was located, transported to seling center and judicially referred for “grand larceny of the third degree” was tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer the Health Center and referred judi- causing a disturbance. Master Patrol reclassifi ed as “unauthorized use of a MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED Charles Ross. cially for irresponsible use of alco- Offi cer Donald Lyke. motor vehicle.” LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety hol, unlawful possession of marijuana SUMMARY: Person slipped and fell, injur- CCV/ IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL and failure to comply. Patrol Officer FEBRUARY 12 LOST PROPERTY ing left knee. Declined medical attention. LOCATION: Terrace 4 James Landon. LOCATION: Smiddy Hall Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. SUMMARY: An intoxicated person was FOUND PROPERTY SUMMARY: Caller reported losing a cell transported to CMC by ambulance and MAKING GRAFFITI LOCATION: O-Lot phone. Report taken. On Feb. 15 the item MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED judicially referred for irresponsible use of LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Leash found and turned over was found. Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. LOCATION: College Circle road alcohol. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. SUMMARY: Officer reported an un- to public safety. Unknown owner. SUMMARY: Caller reported a person known person wrote graffiti on a wall. MVA/ PROPERTY DAMAGE had slipped on ice and injured collar FEBRUARY 8 Investigation pending. Master Patrol GRAND LARCENY LOCATION: Physical Plant parking lot bone. Person transported to CMC by Officer Dirk Hightchew. LOCATION: Lower Quads SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car ambulance. Sergeant Bill Kerry. EXPOSURE OF PERSON SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown property-damage MVA. Report taken. LOCATION: Z-Lot CRIMINAL TAMPERING 3RD DEGREE person had stolen an electric ve- Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE SUMMARY: One person judicially re- LOCATION: Terrace 12 hicle. Vehicle located, unoccupied. LOCATION: Physical Plant Parking Lot ferred for indecent conduct. Patrol Offi cer SUMMARY: Fire alarm was activated by Investigation pending. Patrol Officer MVA/ PROPERTY DAMAGE SUMMARY: Caller reported a one-car James Landon. unknown person maliciously discharging Mike Hall. LOCATION: F-Lot property damage MVA. Report taken. a fi re extinguisher. Investigation pending. SUMMARY: Caller reported a two-car Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. FOUND PROPERTY Patrol Offi cer James Landon. MEDICAL ASSIST PSYCHOLOGICAL property-damage MVA. One operator LOCATION: Dillingham Center LOCATION: Terrace 5 issued a uniform traffi c ticket for Town of UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Set of keys found and CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SUMMARY: A Person experiencing an Ithaca court for unsafe backing. Patrol LOCATION: East Tower turned over to Offi ce of Public Safety. LOCATION: Terrace 12 anxiety attack was transported to the Offi cer Mike Hall. SUMMARY: Three people judicially referred Unknown owner. SUMMARY: Offi cer reported unknown Health Center. Master Patrol Offi cer for unlawful possession of marijuana. person had damaged an exit sign. Inves- Charles Ross. MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. RAPE tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Dillingham Center LOCATION: East Tower Dirk Hightchew. MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED SUMMARY: Caller reported a person had FOUND PROPERTY SUMMARY: Caller reported being sexu- LOCATION: Fitness Center received a hand injury from a staple gun. LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music ally assaulted by a known person in CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SUMMARY: Person sustained an Person transported to the Health Center. SUMMARY: Cell phone found and turned March 2007. Investigation pending. LOCATION: Terrace 12 ankle injury playing basketball and Investigator Tom Dunn. over to Public Safety. Unknown owner. Assistant Director Laura Durling. SUMMARY: Offi cer reported unknown was transported to the Health Center. person had damaged an exit sign. Inves- Master Patrol Officer Charles Ross. RECLASSIFICATION OF CRIME FEBRUARY 5 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety LOCATION: Hill Center Dirk Hightchew. FIRE ALARM SUMMARY: The incident originally re- UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown LOCATION: Terrace 7 ported in Circle Apartment 18 on Feb. 9 LOCATION: Upper Quads person had damaged a bathroom. Inves- MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE SUMMARY: Fire alarm due to activated as “harassment” was reclassifi ed as an SUMMARY: Two people referred judicially tigation pending. Master Patrol Offi cer LOCATION: Main Campus Road smoke detector set off by burned food. “assault third degree.” for unlawful possession of marijuana. Charles Ross. SUMMARY: Caller reported a one-car System reset. Master Patrol Officer Patrol Offi cer Mike Hall. property damage MVA. Report taken. Dirk Hightchew. FEBRUARY 15 CCV/ IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL Master Patrol Offi cer Bruce Holmstock. FEBRUARY 6 LOCATION: Emerson Hall FEBRUARY 13 CCV/EXCESSIVE NOISE SUMMARY: One intoxicated person trans- MVA/PROPERTY DAMAGE LOCATION: East Tower V&T VIOLATION ported to the Health Center and judicially LOCATION: Tower Road FOUND PROPERTY SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred LOCATION: J-Lot referred for irresponsible use of alcohol. SUMMARY: Caller reported a one-car LOCATION: Upper Quads for excessive noise. SASP. SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown Patrol Offi cer James Landon. property damage MVA. Report taken. SUMMARY: Set of keys found and turned vehicle had struck a parked vehicle, caus- Master Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. over to public safety. Unknown owner. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA ing damage, and left the scene. Incident FEBRUARY 9 LOCATION: Bogart Hall occurred between Feb. 5 at 4:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 11 LARCENY SUMMARY: Person judicially referred and Feb. 6 at 4:25 p.m. Investigation EXPOSURE OF PERSON LOCATION: Circle Community Building for unlawful possession of marijuana. Pending. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. LOCATION: Circle Lot 1 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown per- Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. SUMMARY: One person referred judicially LOCATION: Campus Center son had stolen clothes from a laundry LARCENY OVER $3,000 DOLLARS for indecent conduct. Security Offi cer SUMMARY: Offi cer found backpack with room. Investigation pending. Master Pa- CCV/EXCESSIVE NOISE LOCATION: Campus Center Chris Teribury. marijuana. Investigation Pending. Master trol Offi cer Charles Ross. LOCATION: Circle Apartment 6 SUMMARY: Caller reported three Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. SUMMARY: One person referred judicially unknown people had stolen a painting. DISORDERLY CONDUCT FIRE ALARM for causing a disturbance after refusing Investigation pending. Master Patrol LOCATION: Circle Lot 9 HARASSMENT LOCATION: Terrace 1 to leave a residence during a dispute with Officer Charles Ross. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown LOCATION: Terrace 7 SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused resident. Sergeant Bill Kerry. people had thrown snowballs and hit a SUMMARY: Caller reported receiving from steam. System reset. Master Patrol SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE person. Investigation pending. Master unwanted instant messages from a Offi cer Erik Merlin. FIRE ALARM LOCATION: Smiddy Hall Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. known person. Investigation pending. LOCATION: Landon Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported receiving a Investigator Tom Dunn. CHECK ON THE WELFARE SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused suspicious e-mail. Investigation pending. HARASSMENT LOCATION: Terrace 6 by a dirty smoke detector. System reset. Investigator Tom Dunn. LOCATION: Circle Apartment 18 LARCENY SUMMARY: Caller reported a concern for Fire Protection Specialist Enoch Perkins. SUMMARY: Person reported being LOCATION: Circle Apartment 16 a person. Offi cer checked on the person, FEBRUARY 7 harassed by another. One person SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown and assistance was declined. Master FEBRUARY 16 transported to the Health Center person had stolen a wallet and used Patrol Offi cer Bruce Holmstock. FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL for minor facial injuries. Investiga- debit card. Investigation pending. Master UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: Park School of Communications tion pending. Master Patrol Officer Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE LOCATION: Hilliard Hall SUMMARY: Fire alarm caused by burned Dirk Hightchew. LOCATION: Circle Apartment 16 SUMMARY: One person referred judicially popcorn. System reset. Patrol Offi cer MEDICAL ASSIST SUMMARY: Caller reported a known per- for unlawful possession of marijuana. James Landon. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Towers Concourse son was planning the unauthorized use Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. LOCATION: G-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported a person had of a name and ID number. Investigation UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown fallen down stairs while having a seizure. pending. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. V&T VIOLATION LOCATION: East Tower person had damaged a vehicle’s wind- Unknown injuries. Person transported to LOCATION: L-Lot SUMMARY: One person referred judicially shield. Investigation pending. Master CMC. Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. CASE STATUS CHANGE SUMMARY: Caller reported that an for unlawful possession of marijuana. Pa- Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety unknown vehicle had struck a parked trol Offi cer James Landon. LARCENY SUMMARY: One person was arrested for vehicle causing damage and left the UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: Lower Campus assault and issued an appearance ticket scene. Incident occurred between 8:30 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Holmes Hall SUMMARY: Caller retrieved found prop- for the Town of Ithaca court as a result a.m. and 12 p.m. on Feb. 15. Investi- LOCATION: Towers Concourse SUMMARY: Four people referred judicially erty from Offi ce of Public Safety and of a physical altercation that took place gation pending. Sergeant Ronald Hart. SUMMARY: Offi cer reported an unknown for unlawful possession of marijuana. reported unknown person had stolen in the circle apartments Feb. 9. Master person had burned papers on bulletin Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. cash from wallet. Investigation pending. Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. FOR THE COMPLETE SAFETY LOG, board. Investigation pending. Patrol Master Patrol Offi cer Charles Ross. Offi cer Mike Hall. FEBRUARY 10 HARASSMENT KEY CASE STATUS CHANGE LOCATION: Rowland Hall MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED CCV/ IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety SUMMARY: Caller reported being threat- CMC – Cayuga Medical Center LOCATION: Union Dining Hall LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: One person judicially ened by a known person. Investigation CCV – College Code Violation SUMMARY: A person was transported SUMMARY: One person referred judicially referred for unlawful possession of pending. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. DWI – Driving while intoxicated to CMC after accidentally sustaining a for irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol marijuana that was originally reported IFD – Ithaca Fire Department cut to the finger. Master Patrol Officer Offi cer James Landon. Feb. 11 in the Campus Center. Master FEBRUARY 14 IPD – Ithaca Police Department Erik Merlin. Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. MVA – Motor vehicle accident UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION OF CRIME RA – Resident assistant LARCENY OVER $200 LOCATION: Terraces MEDICAL ASSIST PSYCHOLOGICAL LOCATION: Offi ce of Public Safety SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol LOCATION: J-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported an intoxi- LOCATION: Dillingham Center SUMMARY: The incident originally re- V&T – Vehicle and Transportation SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown cated person had fled the area. The SUMMARY: Person transported to coun- ported in the lower quads Feb. 12 as a 12 The Ithacan OPINION Thursday, February 28, 2008

EDITORIALS EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS Th e college should follow Princeton in implementing abroad programs that spark an early interest in global issues ast week, Princeton University announced future plans for an international program Lthat will send fi rst-year students abroad for a semester of service work before they begin college. Th e program will be the fi rst of its kind. Rather than arriving on campus for their fi rst semester, these students (projected as 10 percent of the freshman class) will travel to another country for several months of volunteer work. It will help students to learn and mature; it will be a jump-start to the growing process that college is really all about. It’s a program that should be emulated in colleges and universities across the U.S., including our own. Th e idea resembles what is known in Europe and Australia as a “gap year” — an extended period of time between diff erent stages of life, like high school, college or graduate school. In other countries, it’s normal for young people to take time off and explore the world. On a gap year, a student might travel or work for spans of months, or even longer than a year, at a time. Princeton’s program will encourage a break from the American educational norm. Too often, students assume their path on the generic, rushed protocol that is generally expected of them: After high school comes college; after college, grad school or a career. Th is leaves little time for YOUR LETTERS travel, save for study abroad programs that only Alumna responds to rape issue unwanted sexual intercourse on another Security should be increased some majors can partake in. Th e protocol inhibits I am writing in response to Nathaniel member of the community. Th ere is always more we can do toward development of an international perspective — an Weixel’s Feb. 14 article, “More students violence prevention, and it concerns me essential attribute for citizens in a world with such come forward with rape stories.” I am JENNIFER M. ADDONIZIO ’03 that IC safety professionals are seemingly globalized economies and politics. deeply concerned that Ithaca College’s ad- so quick to throw in the towel. (Laura Th e plan is costly, and Princeton has the funds ministrators have let a self-confessed rapist Student shocked by rape cases Durling’s comment and quote, “[A quick] to help it, but smaller schools like Ithaca Col- remain on campus, let alone retain his I was appalled by the incidence of rape response is what ends the threat sooner, lege should work to raise funds for these sorts of position of authority on campus. Th rough at Ithaca College that occurred just a few but there’s no way to prevent [a shooting],”). programs. It’s imperative that the college fi nds its inaction, IC has failed its students and weeks ago. After further research, I saw Th ere are many techniques that assist ways to encourage international studies. More than has contributed to the culture of violence the article about a woman’s past rape by young adults from feeling as if ending their anything, these types of programs foster a new way against women that pervades our society. a resident assistant in the East Tower in own lives through violence is the answer to of thinking about life and the world. Sparking the It is well-documented and widely the Fall 2006 semester. I found this both their problem. For example, we could have interest early and mixing up the normal schedule of understood that conviction rates for rape shocking and appalling for two reasons. more patrol and security presence across education and career is an excellent way to do this. are astonishingly low and that women are One, I was not aware of this. Many people campus. I personally have never seen a generally unwilling to report a rape com- I’ve brought it up with were not aware of it, security person in Hill, unless there’s a fi re mitted against them. In his 2005 study, either. Instances like this are extremely big drill or a sports event. Hospitals in inner FINDING A VOICE Dr. Kahn of James Madison University deals on any college campus and should be city areas, where violence is prevalent, use Literary journalism series will off er found that rape remains underreported presented as such. Th is case is just as legiti- the presence of symbols of security (police, stories that defy media constraints because the victims themselves do not mate a case as the incident that occurred fi re) in ordinary, unthreatening ways as a n a time before Stephen Glass, interactive media view the violence against them as a crime. just a few weeks ago. I think the student violence prevention tactic — for example, and Watergate, there was a growing population of Institutions such as IC that refuse to treat body has a right to know if there is a known eating in the cafeteria, talking to people literary journalists. Hunter S. Th ompson, Norman rape as a callous and violent crime, which rapist walking around campus. in the halls (i.e. knowing their customers). I warrants serious punishment, reaffi rm Second, this is not a matter of whether Th ere aren’t enough IC safety offi cials to Mailer — writers who enriched facts and fi gures with narrative and description. Th eir stories took exten- this societal attitude that even victims of or not the person was allowed to keep his fulfi ll that role? Why not? A greater pres- sive reporting and opened doors for the writers rape internalize. job as an RA, but a fact of whether or not ence of campus security (beyond writing and reporters to make a story human. Ithaca College has displayed a reckless this person should be in jail. Rape is not a tickets and seeing them in their vehicles) is With the subsequent waves of investigative and In- disregard for the safety and well being of simple mistake, nor is it something that is essential for the peace of mind of students ternet journalism, the art of crafting a story faded and its students by not removing Erika’s rapist easily remedied by an apology. I think to and faculty on campus to allow the primary was replaced by the urgency of a 24-hour news cycle. from a position in which he has unfettered question whether or not the student should function of this organization — learning Beginning with last week’s two-page spread on access to residents’ living spaces. What’s be keeping his job as RA is completely miss- — to occur. Public Safety should identify senior basketball center Erika Steele, Th e Ithacan is more is that the institution has sent a ing the point. Th e question should be if the needs of their customers relating to feel- trying to defy space and time — what’s been called message that it is a community in which this person should be allowed to remain at ings of security on campus. Ask any health the “limits of newspaper journalism” — by printing in- rape and violence against women will be Ithaca College, or better yet, whether or not promotion professional: A mind is wasted depth narrative pieces that give the story freedom to tolerated and/or largely ignored. this person should be in jail. on worry about safety. emerge in an element true to its characters and nature. I urge the Administration and the Th ere is something seriously wrong In coming weeks, we will feature the struggle of Offi ce of Residential Life to conduct a with the way this event was handled, and KAREN M. EDWARDS young artists to build their own studio, an ultimate serious re-evaluation of a removal policy I truly believe the administration of Ithaca Assistant Professor, fi ghter from Binghamton, N.Y., and a group of students in which there is a “one–strike” rule College needs to formally address that. Department of Health Promotion who have developed relationships while working out for possessing marijuana but minimal and Physical Education with the mentally disabled. Th e pieces will address punishment for an individual who forces JULIAN WILLIAMS ’09 See YOUR LETTERS, page 14 issues already covered in the news but with a bit more reality and a lot more color. With any luck, the pieces will achieve what University of Toledo Write a letter to the editor [email protected] Professor of Communication Paul Many says the 250 words or less, e-mailed or dropped off by 5 p.m. Monday in Park 269 best pieces of literature also achieve: “Th e nature SPEAK YOUR MIND. of human nature and its place in a meaningless or perhaps meaningful cosmos.”

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LET’S BE More secure passwords prevent identity theft SERIOUS

thaca.” “IthacaCollege.” “Bombers.” “Password.” Your e-mail address. Your ANDREW TIEBOUT “Ifi rst or last name. What do these all have in common? Th ey may be easy to remember, but they make lousy Student morphs passwords, and yet a number of people at Ithaca College have chosen these and other simple, into Facebook easily guessable words or phrases as their Ithaca College e-mail password. n an accident that could have Now let’s jump to an In- been ripped straight from a ternet Café in Nigeria. A per- Ilow-budget science fi ction son sits down at a computer, movie, the consciousness of senior and connects to the Internet Hank Cyberg merged with that of via a provider in Israel (to Facebook Tuesday afternoon. help cover their tracks). A stripped wire, freak electrical From there, they cross the storm and a dorm room fi lled with Atlantic to our shores and ultra-conductive sweat vapor are access our Webmail server. believed to have caused the mental Using a list of Ithaca Col- DAVID WEIL link between Hank and Facebook, lege usernames they have now known as Hankbook. Aside obtained from various Web sites like Facebook from an electrical burn, Hankbook or myspace, they try to log into each account by seems to be in good spirits. using one of the simple passwords listed above. Junior Brian Wolfe, offi ce assistant for Information Technology Services, sits at his desk Monday. ITS “Hank is Facebook,” it said. After trying a few account and password will soon require that everyone at the college changes their passwords to be more secure. “Facebook is … Hank.” combinations, they fi nd one and go to work. JEFF GOODWIN/THE ITHACAN Scientists have been working First, they set the e-mail account to automati- Clancy novel? Nope. Unfortunately, scenarios change it now (using the “Change Password” op- around the clock to reverse the cally forward any message sent to it to their such as this have occurred to more than a dozen tion). Recently, two more IC accounts with weak eff ects of the accident, but the two own e-mail drop box. Th ey change the e-mail people at Ithaca College during the past six passwords were compromised. We do not want seem to be enjoying their unity. signature to include their scam message. Th en months. While there are other ways people can yours to be next. “Hankbook is-can see, they change the reply-to address. learn someone’s password, in most cases, the Suggestions for a strong password can be Hankbook is-can hear,” it said. Th ey begin using the account to send out accounts had simple passwords. found at http://www.ithaca.edu/computing/ “Hankbook is-can feel!” illicit messages. Ten to twenty thousand of Having a strong password would have pre- quickguides/pdfs/pwds_strongerPasswords.pdf. But the social networking Web them, each containing a bogus job off er, asking vented many of these compromises. To that end, Behind the scenes, ITS continues to increase site has found it diffi cult to make for assistance with moving some money out of within the next couple of months ITS will be the security of our systems and services. But friends in the real world. Hankbook their country or announcing a bequest from an implementing new stronger password require- without a secure password, the front door is left often attempts to make small talk unknown benefactor. All of this is originating ments for all e-mail accounts (and any service open for anyone with the desire and a little time the only way it knows — by listing from the compromised e-mail account. that uses your e-mail address and password as on their hands to gain entry to your account. the personal information gleaned In addition, they may look through the inbox its login, such as WebCT, ICAirnet, EZ Proxy, Th e threats are real. And the compromises from user profi les. or other mail folders. And any messages sent to Calendar and ACE/Argus). Th ese requirements happen to people on our campus. A simple step “Hello, Judy Marks, ’10, fe- the account are now being forwarded directly will be similar to those already put in place for of choosing a secure password will go a long way. male,” it said to a girl in the dining to them. Th ey may find account names and pass- Parnassus last year. hall line. “Ended your relationship words for other accounts, or orders that were Even though everyone will need to change DAVID WEIL is the Director of Web, Systems and on Feb. 12? Looking for random placed with Amazon.com or other Web sites. their password when the new requirements roll Departmental Services in Information Technology play? Nine of your friends are Fiction? Something out of the latest Tom out, if your e-mail password is easy to guess, Services. E-mail him at [email protected]. attending ’80s Night at Th e Haunt this Saturday. Maybe attending?” To add to the troubles, Public GUEST COMMENTARY Safety has received several complaints that Hankbook has physically assaulted some students. Encouraging counseling will help ‘stomp out stigma’ Upon questioning, Hankbook claimed they were merely biting chumps for their Zombie army. ou may have heard the report that we might direct them to where Hankbook’s vast database of by the American Founda- hope might be found. knowledge has assisted it in one Ytion for Suicide Prevention Reaching out to others begins area: academics. It is able to articu- that said in 2005, suicide was the with reaching into ourselves, draw- late itself with the full vocabulary third leading cause of death among ing upon the lessons we’ve learned of Scrabulous, discuss the country’s 15- to 24-year olds. Data from the about talking to people who seem reaction to various political issues 2007 American they’re in need of help. Identify the and inform others of which “Saved College Health observation, ask if help is needed and by the Bell” character they are. Association’s provide information about resources. Regardless of how annoying National Col- When you’re concerned about Hankbook may be, it seems as if lege Health suicide risk, ask specifi c questions: the man who was once Hank Cy- Assessment “Have you had any thoughts about berg has had a profound impact showed that of suicide?” or “Have you thought about on the cold circuitry of Facebook. 657 Ithaca Col- hurting yourself? … When? ... How?” “Hankbook has 6,000 friends lege students, Asking specifi c questions might help at Ithaca College,” it said. “Hank- 95.5 percent LEBRON diminish anxiety and also increase book has 60 million friends on reported feeling RANKINS the likelihood of getting help. If you Other Networks. Hankbook is overwhelmed, feel the risk of suicide is high, call alive and in love with life.” 48.8 percent felt so depressed it was someone to provide assistance in get- Hankbook has also publicly diffi cult to function, 11.4 percent se- ting the person to a safe place. Asking stated that it has cancelled plans riously considered attempting suicide Junior Drew Ash makes an appointment at the counseling center about suicide won’t put the idea in to use personal information such and 1.2 percent attempted suicide, Wednesday with senior Russell Michaud, a receptionist at the center. someone’s head — that’s a myth. as favorite books, music and mov- EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN all within the past year. Staggering, Having thoughts about suicide does ies to bypass security codes, hack yes. But is it staggering enough to do times we think we really don’t have example: stress, depression, relation- not necessarily mean someone wants into world government defense something before someone we know, to worry; after all, there are resident ship problems, family problems, to die. Th at’s another myth. They’re systems and unleash a nuclear or yet another person we know, takes assistants, faculty and staff who will academic problems, negative self- in pain; they want it to stop, and too attack upon the Earth, thus end- his or her life? attend to the issue, right? So we go on criticism, unmanaged anger and often, they don’t know how. ing the Age of Man and giving rise We’re all talking, but are we minding our business, perhaps feeling perfectionism. Th ere are many warn- So, before you start talking to to the superior Race of Machines. talking to the right people? Often, a little bit anxious but never quite ing signs: giving away possessions, the wrong people — stop, reach into Hankbook then off ered to the answer is a resounding no. At forgetting that someone needs help. increased isolation, failure, increased what you’ve learned and reach out to administer a playful quiz on the one point or another, most of us are Oh, let me digress for a moment. substance use and direct and indirect that person in need. After all, suicide vulnerable areas of the human concerned about the well-being of a Sometimes, not getting help is a pret- statements about suicide. Many of us prevention is everybody’s business. body, but stopped short. neighbor, a friend, a partner, a parent ty sure recipe for diminished hope will face one or more of these issues Th e Ithaca College Counseling “You must allow Hankbook to … hmmm, I think you get the picture. and increased psychological pain. But at some time or another. When we Center will host a “Stomping Out know and access your personal But what we do with that picture is what if we could convince people that do, or when our friends do, a little the Stigma!” rally tonight from 7 to information in order to con- another matter. it is okay to ask for help? Now, there’s support can provide hope when 9 p.m. in IC Square. tinue,” it said. “Th e people at Perhaps we talk about our con- a recipe for building hope! hope seems impossible. And that’s Hankbook are still trying to work cern for others on a blog, in a diary, Now, getting back on track. Th ere precisely the point. We all have an LEBRON RANKINS is a psychologist out a few bugs.” on AIM or Facebook, or with the is a signifi cant number of variables opportunity — dare I say, responsibil- in the counseling center. E-mail him at captive roommate or friend. Some- that contribute to suicide risk — for ity — to reach out to those in need, so [email protected]. ANDREW TIEBOUT is a senior writing and anthropology double major. ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED do not necessarily refl ect those ofThe Ithacan. To write a guest commentary, contact Opinion Editor Kara Cusolito at 274-3208. E-mail him at [email protected]. 14 The Ithacan OPINION Thursday, February 28, 2008 YOUR LETTERS

(Continued from page 12) munity that rejects sexual off enses pelin song right that Kravitz’s song Responses prompting changes and actively promotes the safety and “Bring It On” sounds like in the With your support, the eff ort to equality of all. beginning riff . And did anyone tell change judicial policies regarding rape Earl that Led Zeppelin admitted to and sexual assault has succeeded with SARAH BRYLINSKY blatantly ripping off blues artists? a strong momentum throughout the with the support of Earl also goes on to talk about student body and administration. I ICFeminists, S.A.F.E.R. the Beatles and Queen after bashing and other student representatives and Resident Assistants Kravitz on his lyrics. Which leaves have met with Residential Life, Judicial me to ask, has Earl ever read the Aff airs, Student Aff airs & Campus SGA supports campus groups lyrics from those bands? Th eir lyrics Life and Public Safety to discuss Th e SGA E-Board stands by the are far from complicated and are policy changes, and these depart- excellent work of IC Feminists and the best songs ever written. If songs ments have agreed to reforms which SAFER in their proactive approach were made to have complicated provide increased support for survi- toward ending rape culture on our lyrics, Einstein would have sold mil- vors, guidelines for hearing offi cers, campus. Recent discussions between lions of albums. clearer defi nitions of rape and sexual SGA, SAFER, IC Feminists, Residen- Earl may also like to know that assault and minimum sanctions for tial Life and Vice President McAree’s Kravitz’s new album debuted at No. perpetrators found guilty of a sexual offi ce has led to the formation of a 4 on the Billboard charts, his best crime. I am pleased to report that a Sexual Assault Working Group. Th e debut ever. Also, Kravitz’s song “I’ll Sexual Policies Committee, including focus of this group is to recommend Be Waiting” is just about to be certi- ICFeminist/SAFER advocates, RAs, amendments to the Student Conduct fi ed as a gold download and is now administrators and allies, has formed Code regarding procedural issues his No. 1 download on iTunes. from these cooperative meetings. raised in rape and sexual assault Finally, you may want to have Th is group has committed to ap- cases. It is our hope that the working Earl take a class on journalism and praising and enacting new guidelines group’s recommendations will be ethics. A journalist’s objectivity is for the Board of Trustees to review heard at the Board of Trustees’ May one of their most sacred qualities, during their May assembly, ensuring meetings. In honor of every survi- and it appears Earl has lost his all for our campus is prepared to deal more vor, reported and unreported, we the sake of bad mouthing an artist adequately with the severity and per- proclaim our continued commitment he has never liked. sonal nature of sexual crime. to a safe campus environment. But there is still so much to be MICHAEL GUNTER done. Hundreds of students, staff STUDENT GOVERNMENT Hopatcong, NJ and faculty have expressed their ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE support, and if we channel our anger BOARD LETTER POLICY and passion about rape and sexual assault into an intolerance of rape Kravitz deserves respect The Ithacan welcomes correspon- culture, a community that actively I am writing to you in regards to dence from all readers. Please include your name, graduation year, prevents rape could become a real- William Earl’s recent review of Len- organizational or college title/posi- ity. Start conversations with friends, ny Kravitz’s new album “It Is Time tion and phone number. Letters must veto sexist or misogynist jokes and For A Love Revolution.” In this be 250 words or less. The Ithacan clothing and promote an atmo- review, Earl tells readers to “pick reserves the right to edit letters for sphere which supports survivors up albums by the artists Kravitz so length, clarity and taste. All letters coming forward for the emotional shamelessly rips off .” Sorry Earl, must be received by 5 p.m. the Monday before publication. All letters and legal support they need. With but critics have been saying that for must be signed, submitted in writing The Ithacan your continued eff orts, we will 18 years, and Kravitz’s still around. and either e-mailed to ithacan@ change our campus into a com- Earl doesn’t even get the Led Zep- ithaca.edu or delivered to Park 269. W h a t ’s your next ste p ? If it’s g ra d u a te school, IC has pro g rams in

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John Fracchia, assistant director for employer relations, will show his fi lms in an Oklahoma gallery. AARON MUNZER/THE ITHACAN

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Career ServicesAction counselor screens fi lms BY AARON MUNZER “I’d be a bit of a hypocrite if I didn’t do that form of an e-mail from the Saferis Art Galler- SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER in my own life,” he said. “People tend to see ies, a large exhibition hall near Tulsa, Okla. Th e lights go off . you in the role you’re hired to work at, but I’ve Th e gallery wanted to showcase his fi lm, and In high school, he was the singer In the darkened room, a barrel-chested always been more eclectic than that. During they wanted to see more. and guitarist for his fi rst band, Pegasus. But man presses play. A dancer swirls onto the the day, I’m working in career development, Fracchia, who has been at the college for 14 there came a time when the band members de- screen and, as drumming beats surround but at night, I’m working in the arts.” years, is used to hearing the success stories of cided “they wanted someone else to be in his her, her body begins to fl ower into hundreds Working in the arts might be an understate- others, but he wasn’t so prepared for his own. place,” said Kane, his wife and friend of 30 years. of other dancers. She spins and swoops as a ment. In no particular order, Fracchia, at 43, is “I thought someone was punking me,” he “When you’re a team member and you’ve disembodied voice intones, “I’ll give you an a songwriter, photographer, poet, playwright, said. “But eventually I determined that this put so much of your heart into something, insight into how it all began.” novelist (with a book at the publisher) and, could be a real opportunity for me.” that’s hard,” Kane said. Eventually, the dancers fade to twinkling most recently, an experimental fi lmmaker. Th en, Fracchia fell victim to a trap he often Fracchia has put that behind him, though, stars and the words “A fi lm by John Fracchia” Th ough his interest in fi lm began in college, counsels students to avoid — not being pre- and he now teaches others how to be team blink onto the screen. Th e man smiles as the when he majored in cinema at Binghamton pared when networking. players as a counselor and in his Professional movie ends, and for an instant he’s a beaming University, Fracchia pursued more practical jobs “[Th e gallery owner’s] next question was Skills class. His students are learning to work director who could’ve just screened his mag- after graduation. Th en his wife, Nancy Kane, ‘Do you have other pieces,’ and my answer as a team to diagram a workplace, and he’s num opus to an audience of rabid fans. Excit- approached him about creating a piece as the was, ‘Sorta,’” he said. “I always say make sure standing behind them as they frantically draw edly, he talks about how his fi lm seeks to show backdrop for a dance she was choreographing. your résumé is ready, just in case. And there I on the white board, arms crossed against his the “unlimited nature of human potentiality.” For that, he fi lmed the gorges of Ithaca and was in that situation.” barrel chest, a broad, toothy grin on his face. Th en the lights go on, and once again, he’s spliced it together to create a soothing, burbling Th e gallery still wanted his fi lms, so Frac- “Dun dud da! Teamwork!” he said, as he back at his day job as John Fracchia, Ithaca fi lm that reignited his interest in the moving im- chia toiled by night for several months to put makes sure no one talks to each other as part of College’s assistant director for employer rela- age. Before that, Fracchia had only worked with together “Celestial Somethesis” and “Blue the exercise. “I’m like the speech police.” tions — the “career guy” who helps students physical 35 mm fi lm, but having now discovered Water Falling.” In one of the several-minute While Fracchia’s teaching teamwork in the pursue their dreams. digital fi lmmaking, he’s hooked. Th en, he pieces, he digitally painted every single frame. classroom, he’s also practicing it. With long- said, he did what many people do these He also created his own haunting piano dirge time friend Kerry Forrestal, Fracchia co-wrote days — “I put it up on YouTube.” to accompany the fi lm “Celestial Somethesis.” both a play, “Club Hell,” about two marketers After his fi lm “Outside-In (fi nite)” Despite the sudden success, Fracchia has had who convince the Devil to give Hell a make- was viewed almost 2,000 times on the his share of disappointments. over, and a soon-to-be-published science fi c- site, professional success came in the tion novel, “Cataclysm,” an allegory about so- cial clashes in a future society. Forrestal, an emergency room physician, said in Fracchia, he’s found a writing partner he has real rhythm with. “I’m so convinced he can do everything,” he said. “He’s genuinely the Renaissance guy. He can pretty much do anything he wants creatively and do it well, but I’ve never seen the man shine the light on himself.” Chris Utz, a senior taking Fracchia’s Pro- fessional Skills class, said Fracchia has helped him prepare for graduation and the real world by forcing him to apply for his dream jobs. “He’s a really caring guy when it comes to students,” he said. “He’s very open and in tune about giving feedback. He’ll go out of his way to help us.” But movies? Utz wasn’t expecting that one. “Th at’s a side that doesn’t always jump out at people,” he said.

Left: Still clips from Fracchia’s three fi lms being screened at the Saferis Art Galleries. COURTESY OF JOHN FRACCHIA ACCENTUATEUA

16 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 Spotlight Because the world is a funny place

FX’s “Dirt,” an over-the-top look at the world of celebrity journalism — if you can call it that — is preparing to embark on its sec- ond season. The ever-obnoxious Parents Television Council referred to the show as “yet another distasteful offering from the FX network.” That’s exactly why Staff Writer Andy Swift thinks you should love it.

On “Dirt,” COURTENEY COX plays Lucy Spiller, the cutthroat editor of the glossy tabloid, DirtNow. Lucy is heartless, manipu- lative and willing to screw over anyone in order to land the perfect cover every week. Needless to say, viewers used to seeing Cox in her neurotic-but-harmless Monica Gellar persona on “Friends” should prepare to have their sensibilities shocked.

Though no real-life celebrities are featured on the show, most of the Sweet sounds Junior Daniella Goodman of Premium Blend performs “Take it Off” by The Donnas during the IC Safewater Benefi t Concert Thursday in storylines are inspired by the goings-on in Emerson Suites. Premium Blend was one of fi ve campus groups that performed at the concert to raise money for Safewater. Hollyweird. CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT and CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN ADRIANNE CURRY guest-starred on an epi- sode in season one in which they tried to get Lucy to write a story about them — but hohot they don’t really count as ‘celebrities.’ number dates The fi rst season ended with Lucy bleeding from a knife wound on the front step of thursday her house after a run-in with Julia Mallory 6 Kate Voegle will perform at 6 p.m. at The Haunt, (LAURA ALLEN). DirtNow had recently ex- The number of people who were killed 702 Willow Ave. $5. posed Julia as the person who leaked her in Russia by falling icicles between sex tape for media attention. Add to that Feb. 23 and Feb. 25. Apparently the fact that Julia’s boyfriend, Holt McLaren falling icicles are a yearly hazard to friday (JOSH STEWART), had been carrying on a pedestrians because the sun melts Richie Stearns will perform secret relationship with Lucy, and it’s easy layers upon layers of ice that has at 5:30 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge, 508 W. State Street. to understand her anger. Lucy’s schizo- built up during Russia’s harsh winter. Admission is free. phrenic friend and go-to paparazzo, Don Why exactly the ice is melting already Konkey (IAN HART), arrived at the scene Benevento-Russo Duo will I’m not sure, but be careful if you go perform at 9 p.m. at Castaways, and called an ambulance — but only after to Russia for spring break. taking a few photos, per Lucy’s request. 413 Taughannock Blvd. $15. — Jamie Saine Stemm will perform at 9 p.m. at The Haunt. $5. Unfortunately only seven episodes were Lonely H. will perform produced before the writers strike, and FX at 10 p.m. at The Nines, has decided not to go forward with any more 311 College Ave. $5. for the season. While the season will be shorter than originally planned, the stories NEW WEBSITE ATTEMPTS A saturday will likely be as intense as ever. CHILDREN’S SHOW WITH INDIE CRED Keller Williams and The Episodes inspired by the life lmao WMDs will perform at of ANNA NICOLE SMITH, 8 p.m. at The State Theatre, PARIS HILTON’s One would never expect Connor Oberst 107 W. State Street. $18, $15 DUI and even ALEC of Bright Eyes to be chatting with a goat for Ithaca College students. BALDWIN’s infamous puppet on a children’s television show. DJs Joey R and Mike will voicemail to his daugh- He does at www.pancakemountain.com, perform at 10 p.m. at Common ter are just a few an online show disguised as a children’s Ground, 1230 Danby Road. $3 after 10 p.m. of the outrageous program. The show, hosted by a puppet things we have to Jsan and Analogue Sons named Rufus Leaking, uses indie artists will perform at 10 p.m. look forward to in to teach children life lessons through at The Chapter House, season two. animation, comedy sketches and dance 400 Stewart Ave. $5. parties. George Clinton and Juliette Sirsy will perform at 10 p.m. The second sea- Lewis have been interviewed, and art- at The Nines. $5. son of “Dirt” pre- ists like M.I.A. and Guster have led sing mieres at 10 p.m. alongs and wild jam sessions. — Ryan Bryant sunday Sunday on FX. Catherine Joy will perform at 7 p.m. at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge. Admission is free. monday laughtrack Pete Panek and The Blue Cats will perform at 9 p.m. at The Nines. $4. “The thing was so long and dull, wednesday I thought I was hosting.” Los Lobos will perform at 7:30 p.m. at The State “ David Letterman speaking about Sunday’s Oscars on Monday. Theatre. $29.50. ” Thursday, February 28, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 17 science of seduction Pick-up artists practice the craft of attraction This guy’s kind of cute.

Is this guy for real?

Pick-up artists use prepared lines and tactics to impress women. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN

BY HARRY SHULDMAN club into a pair of book deals and a reality televi- about rejection anymore.” “It’s definitely manipulation,” Brylinsky SENIOR WRITER sion series. His one-time protégé, Rolling Stone For Jon, pick-up artistry is more than just get- said. “To presume that all women are avail- It was another Friday night in Barcelona. Or and New York Times writer Strauss — known in ting girls. He views it as a part of human nature. able receptors to the throws of some pick- was it a Saturday? Jon’s memory is a little off . It the seduction community as “Style” — wrote a “If you’re a guy, I mean, that’s the purpose up artist’s passion, like, that’s a pretty big could’ve been a Tuesday for all he remembers. massively popular book of his own, “Th e Game,” of a guy. To mate, to a certain extent,” Jon said. presumption to make.” Jon, a senior at Ithaca College, was out with some which explores the community of pick-up artists “Which sounds crass, but that’s what you’re ge- Jon doesn’t consider structured pick-up lines friends on a pub crawl. and is soon to become a movie. netically programmed for.” to be any worse than attraction tactics already “We run into these two, just gorgeous, Professional pick-up artists train what are Rebecca Plante, assistant professor of soci- in popular use. Danish girls,” Jon said. called AFCs, or “average frustrated chumps.” ology, has studied the psychology of “hooking “What in gender dynamics isn’t manipula- He performed a magic trick, while his friend, Th ese “chumps” are schooled in a variety of tac- up” and looks at pick-up artistry, like the kind tive?” he said. “If a girl wears a low-cut halter top, operating as wing-man, started chatting the oth- tics to be employed in the club, at the gym, Mystery teaches, as a clever illusion similar to makeup, you know, that’s manipulative. When a er girl up about Salvador Dali, of all things. By the at the offi ce or really wherev- a magic trick. guy wears a nice club shirt, that’s manipulative. end of the night, Jon kissed one of the girls, and er their pick-up artistry “It makes total sense that he It’s all about putting your best foot forward.” the girls were buying the guys drinks. suits them best. One would package it up and say, Jon adamantly believes pick-up artistry “I don’t mince words … I did really well that such tactic is the Ch. 4 ‘Look. I’m going to sell the is not sexist. night,” Jon said. “I had more success than I have “neg,” a slightly in- illusion and the mind tricks “I do think it assumes that all women are ever been used to with a girl that attractive.” sulting comment, Disarm necessary to you — who on looking for the same thing,” he said. “But it’s not Who knew that Salvador Dali and magic such as, “I like fi rst glance appears to have women. It’s human behavior.” tricks were such big turns? Of course, the an- your nails. Are they zero going for you, but ... [then] He views the game as more of a lifestyle- swer is a bit more complicated than that. Jon, like real?” to help make the Obstacles you can do a little mind trick on changing thing and a philosophy, not a guide to many frustrated guys out there, was using “Th e the woman some chick,” Plante said. “Because getting girls. Game” — and for that night, at least, it worked. view the they’re always chicks. Th ey’re not “[It’s] realizing that you have the power within Game doesn’t come naturally. It has to be man as su- ladies or women. Th ey’re chicks.” you,” he said. “Th at you can have the confi dence taught, and the people who teach it are now perior. “Pea- Which begs the question: to do and say what you want to anyone and not part of a multi-million dollar industry. Th ey go cocking” is Is there anything inherently have to worry about ‘Oh, she’s a 10. She’s out of by many names, like love gurus and seduction another prac- sexist about the idea that my league.’ … Th at’s really freeing.” scientists. But the most common name, the one tice, in which there is some secret for- Books like “Th e Game” and Web sites like popularized in books and on VH1 reality televi- a male wears mula which, if unlocked, www.theseductionbible.com are fi rst and fore- sion, is “pick-up artists,” or PUAs for short. an intentionally could overpower even the most about picking up girls. Picking up girls, PUAs call themselves artists because they ridiculous outfi t most cunning female on getting some digits and if all goes according to believe they are skilled in the art of meeting, to attract attention. the dance floor? plan, a little something extra. It’s not the end attracting and seducing a woman. Th ese tactics’ success Junior Sarah Bry- results, but the manipulation part that puts Jon is a fan of two of the most popular PUAs, rates vary. linsky, vice president women off . Plante said it’s worth remember- the writer Neil Strauss and full-time pick-up “It’s like anything of IC Feminists, is ing that the Mysterys and Styles of the world artist Mystery. else,” Jon said. “It’s tons hesitant to say that haven’t been around forever. Mystery, once an aspiring magician, is Erik of failures to succeed. I’ve there’s something “Through thousands of years in human von Markovik, the self-proclaimed “world’s gotten straight rejections sinister about pick- history, all kinds of people have gotten laid,” greatest pick-up artist.” Mystery is as famous for before. But the thing about up artistry, but she Plante said. “And they all got laid without his ability to promote himself as he is for wooing realizing your personal doesn’t feel it’s to- the benefit of pick-up artists or the Inter- women and has parlayed his suavity in the night- confi dence is you don’t care tally innocent either. net. People managed it.” 18 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 Thursday, February 28, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 19 Experimental band thrives on unique live shows

Brooklyn six-piece Excepter uses hypnotist-type music. It might end up only electronic instruments. Th e band being a double CD with 35-minute has developed a reputation as an ex- tracks. … We have a double seven inch perimental group through songs like maybe coming out from this label in “Burgers” and “Kill People” and has re- Sweden [which] went through maybe leased hours of material as online pod- four incarnations of diff erent tracks. casts. Assistant Accent Editor Patrick One of them actually got bootlegged Doyle spoke with lead singer John Fell on the Internet in a strange fashion. Ryan about the group’s writing process Our roadie on our fi rst American tour and the benefi ts of not practicing. two years ago had lost his backpack at our show in Oberlin. And we got an Patrick Doyle: Your sound is really e-mail from someone towards the end hard to defi ne. How would you de- of the tour saying, ‘Hey did you guys scribe it? lose your iPod?’ But this guy had been a big fan of the iPod and had copied his John Fell Ryan: On our MySpace page entire content and had given DVD-R’s we have “electronic trance-punk.” We of the contents of this iPod out to his enjoy not being in a genre. We enjoy friends and he had some Excepter being the exception to the rule. demo recordings on it and it started getting reviewed. It was like, ‘Wait a PD: How do you guys write songs? minute, how did that happen?’

JFR: We write our stuff on drum ma- PD: You have a song called “Burgers.” chines and in sequencers and record Is there a deeper meaning to it? samples and stuff like that. Usually people on their own will write their JFR: Well it’s an old song that we’ve own things and then bring it into the been doing live since 2003. I ripped live occasions. We don’t practice. We it off of a video game actually, at least just play live. So there’s a bit of home- the chorus … [Th e meaning of the work involved where we come up with From left, John Fell Ryan, Clare Amory, Lala Ryan, Dan Hougland, Jon Nicholson and Nathan Corbim of Excepter will song] doesn’t really matter. You go programs. Often we will write stuff perform at Castaways on Saturday. Excepter was brought to town by Cornell University’s Fan Club Collective. home with a pop idea. A pop idea is during the sound check. We’ll all be at COURTESY OF EXCEPTER a hamburger. Hamburgers are just in our machines with our headphones on JFR: We’ve gotten more disorga- people are trying to eat our music in this thing. We can’t really release people’s consciousness. Sort of like trying to write songs as fast as possible nized. We’ve been playing these when maybe they shouldn’t. May- it, but we can give it away for free on rap music; a computer can make a rap during the hour we usually get during hour and a half shows [that are] be it’s not a good idea to eat a car the Internet.’ [A podcast] is like be- song at this point, just like, ‘I’m in the the sound check. So to pull this kind of getting longer and longer and more or eat a house (laughs). ing on the radio. Th ey’re not going club, I’m getting drunk. I got a bottle stuff off you need to show up on time different. Our records have been to come down on you so hard. of this, a bottle of that.’ It’s a tribute to or before on time. longer too. But maybe the writer PD: You guys have podcasted that style of songwriting of just ‘Hey is talking about his own compre- hours of music since 2003. How PD: Are you guys working on any- Cleveland,’ just not thinking about it PD: Here’s a quote from [music hension or his own take. You can’t did that start? thing right now? too much and fi nding a hooky way to criticism Web site Pitchfork Media]: say someone’s wrong about having pronounce something. “Th ey’ll never be easily digestible, an observation of that. He’s saying JFR: It started really as a way for JFR: We’ve been working on play- but they have been increasingly suc- the word digestible — he’s talking us to release stuff that had obvious ing these shows and working on our Excepter will perform at cinct and organized.” Do you agree about taking us inside him. He’s samples in it. You know, we were next record, which is going to be really 9 p.m. Saturday at Castaways, with that? like eating us … the problem is like, ‘Well we sampled Th e Beatles drawn-out and stretched-out, kind of 413 Taughannock Blvd. $7. 20 The Ithacan Thursday, February 28, 2008 Wanna be a Star?

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Visit our website to find out how you can be a contestant on one of ICTV’s many shows! Thursday, February 28, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 21 Foo’s play hit-heavy set Radio superstars put on solid live show but are falling from ’90s prime BY PATRICK DOYLE The four large screens behind the band ASSISTANT ACCENT EDITOR added to certain songs; military images In the last 13 years, the Foo Fighters have were projected during “The Pretender” and shifted from a mildly successful alternative pop a fitting blue sky during “Learn to Fly.” act to alt-rock radio staples — with hits ranging The Foo Fighters is one of the rare groups from 1995’s “Big Me” to its recent single “Th e that has become progressively more popu- Pretender.” Th e band’s sold-out show in Bing- lar since the mid ’90s, though its newer ma- hamton, N.Y., on Friday proved how much the terial is considerably weaker. Older songs, band has grown, with a large catwalk, intricate like 1999’s “Breakout,” sounded best not be- stage lights and four large video screens — remi- cause of the performance, but because the niscent of a Rolling Stones setup. songwriting is better than recent work. The first of two opening bands was the An early highlight was a drawn-out take Gainesville, Fla., rock act, Against Me! De- on “This is a Call,” which featured a blues- spite muddy sound, the band’s set was filled rock jam and dueling guitar solos between with well-crafted hooks from its fantasti- Grohl and rhythm guitarist Chris Shiflett, cally melodic 2007 disc, “New Wave.” who won the mock battle. System of a Down frontman Serj Tanki- Midway through the show the band an played next, touring as a solo performer played a surprisingly lengthy acoustic set, while his band is on an indefinite hiatus. His a trend it has followed since its 2005 half- set was less thrilling, with lackluster state- acoustic disc “In Your Honor,” for which the ment material such as “Praise the Lord and band toured in small theaters. Pass the Ammunition,” from his new disc, Crowd participation “Elect the Dead.” He ranted throughout the peaked with an acoustic LIVE night about topics ranging from religion to “My Hero,” though the true REVIEW what it would be like if Borat and Romeo highlight was the laid-back Foo Fighters and Juliet “made sexy time.” “Marigold,” a Grohl-penned Binghamton Tankian’s set only created anticipa- Nirvana b-side. Th e acoustic State tion for the Foo Fighters, who began its set overall, though, didn’t University set with “Let it Die,” off of its 2007 album, work in such a large setting, “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.” Lead with much of the audience talking through singer and guitarist Dave Grohl was in his new tune “But, Honestly.” arena-rock glory, the spotlight focused The band was joined during the acoustic on him as he held his arms to the crowd set by additional musicians including vio- Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters opens the band’s performance with the new track “Let it Die” at during the slow-paced chorus, as though linist Jessy Greene and former Nirvana gui- Binghamton University on Friday night. To see more photos go to theithacan.org/go/08foo. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN imitating Bruce Springsteen. tarist Pat Smear, who smiled and smoked Th e band tore through “Th e Pretender,” throughout the set, though was curiously were mildly entertaining but took up valu- Those who had seen the Foo Fighters Grohl smiling and head-banging on the cat- the only person on stage not introduced. able playing time. in its late ’90s heyday likely realized the walk, despite a hoarse voice. He later told the During band introductions, the side Th e show concluded with a short hit pa- band has lost some of its likeable melodic audience that since the band had never played musicians showcased their talents; Jessy rade that included “Everlong” and “Monkey punch in return for exposure. Still, when Binghamton, they had “some catching up to Greene played a fiddle solo while percus- Wrench,” which extended into a drawn-out Gohl promised the band would be back do.” Th ey did, with a set list that smartly and sionist Drew Hester — egged on by Grohl jam before the song’s climactic bridge. Th e in not five or ten years, “but soon,” the sparingly included the band’s singles catalog. — provided a triangle solo. These moments band encored with the heavy “All My Life.” crowd roared. 22 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, February 28, 2008 single ‘Vantage Point’ fails despite good concept Tracks we’ve BY ALEXANDRA PALOMBO got on repeat STAFF WRITER file In the fi rst 10 minutes of “Vantage Point,” terrorists shoot the president ‘PINKIES’ of the United States in broad daylight The Big Sleep The Brooklyn trio combines the best while he’s speaking in Spain and pro- elements from shoegazers such ceed to blow up La Plaza Mayor with as My Bloody Valentine and Sonic thousands inside. Youth on this tuneful track, boasting In the following 80 minutes, a solid hook which complements the viewers watch with annoyance as atmospheric vocals. this scene is rewound and repeated ‘LOVE ME NO MORE’ six more times. Jim Jones Th e movie has a fantastic concept, The Dipset godfather bites Young but the concept is Jeezy’s fl ow more than ever on marred by its pro- FILM this new cut, but honestly, “We Fly High” is still hot enough to justify duction. Th e plot is REVIEW “Vantage cruising to new Jones material. intended to unfold Point” through the view- Original ‘FLAME’ points of eight dif- Bell X1 Films These Irish lads play the type of ferent observers, the Our Rating: indie rock that has been homog- most important of ★★ enized by shows like The O.C. Just whom are the presi- try and deny this catchy number dent’s Secret Service Agents, reporter from their album, which was just released in the U.S. Angie (Zoë Saldana) and her produc- er Rex (Sigourney Weaver), who are broadcasting the event live. Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), center, captures the fi rst clue to the President’s assassination on his camcorder. Accent’s Oldie But Goodie Secret Service Agents Th omas COURTESY OF ORIGINAL FILMS ‘99 BOTTLES OF BEER Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent audience wondering about the char- his phoning home, but his love of natural skills of observation. At Taylor (Matthew Fox) stand mere acters’ thoughts and motivations. camcorders doesn’t do much to move one point, terrorist organizer Su- (ON THE WALL)’ feet from the president while he is Most development is meant to gar- the story along. After the initial clue, arez (Said Taghmaoui) uses his Traditional shot. Th e camera-loving bystander ner sympathy for certain characters. his home movie is rather pointless, cell phone to give blatant instruc- As the d-listers of Celebrity Rehab recently learned, this tune is best Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) Barnes is on his fi rst mission after a lacking the importance of its Za- tions to his underlings while sit- not sung by recovering alcoholics. fi lms the entire attack and catches medical leave from taking a bullet pruder-rooted inspiration. Th e other ting in the middle of a café. One COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL the fi lm’s initial clue. for the President. Lewis calls home actors are average; the terrorists are would hope a neighboring cus- Because the story pans out this to tell his children and wife that he’s generically dissatisfi ed with the U.S., tomer would hear his conversa- way, the production team must stop okay and spends a good portion and Fox seems generally angry and tion while sipping their café con at specifi c points in the plot. Th e of the movie protecting a little girl violent throughout the fi lm. leche and call the policía to report quickies event is rewound as if it were fi lmed named Anna (Alicia Zapien). The film lacked attention to the possible threat. through Lewis’ camcorder and then Barnes is successfully the most the human mind. It barely re- In all, “Vantage Point” has replayed as if seen through someone used character in the fi lm, project- veals why the terrorists shoot the a great hook but lacked a fresh else’s eyes, always beginning with ing jitters on his fi rst mission back. president and bomb the plaza. It and captivating method of ex- a black screen reading “11:57:58 After that, however, the character is doesn’t acknowledge what makes plaining the idea. It started with AM.” It makes the movie seem like a too busy chasing suspects through one co-conspirator in particular a bang and ended with much to sports instant replay, and the tech- Spain’s narrow streets and demand- help the attack along. It doesn’t be desired. nique falls fl at. ing footage from cameramen to al- acknowledge why the terrorists Th e fi lm’s character development low Quaid much real acting time. take one character hostage. Most “Vantage Point” was writ- is lacking, since “Vantage Point” fo- Lewis also gains screen time importantly, it doesn’t endow the ten by Barry Levy and directed by cuses more on action. Th is leaves the through his protection of Anna and background characters with any Pete Travis.

COURTESY OF MOTOWN ‘SOULSPEAK’ Michael McDonald Motown Indie rockers pose unusual question Even if McDonald wants to make elevator music for the rest of his life, we still have to bow to the guy British Sea Power combines cheeriness with serious lyrics who spent time with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. BY HARRY SHULDMAN British Sea Power works well when its SENIOR WRITER moody lyrics clash against more cheer- Indie rock and sarcasm are like the Bat- ful melodies. On “Down On The Ground,” man and Robin of music. They are a classic Wilkinson warns, “Oh stop acting like you’re duo, and it’s hard to imagine one without the my best friend / When you don’t know why other. So when British Sea Power asks fans in and you don’t care how it ends.” Out of big bold letters in the title of its new album, place, the line might sound angry, but over “Do You Like Rock Music?” hipsters are like- the bright guitar line one pictures Wilkinson ly to be apprehensive. singing it with a smirk rather than a scowl. British Sea Power’s The album’s world-weary lyrics over third album is packed ALBUM enthusiastic guitar riffs highlight the con- COURTESY OF ARTS & CRAFTS COURTESY OF MATADOR RECORDS with bright, roaring gui- REVIEW trasts that make it so much fun. It is atmo- tar lines, sing-along cho- British Sea spheric arena-rock that doesn’t make ears ‘REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH’ Collett struggling solo ruses and all the other Power bleed, thoughtful and self-conscious with- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks trappings that give a band “Do You Like out all the pretense. Matador Records BY MICHAEL SPRETER — as Kanye West would Rock Music?” “Do You Like Rock Music?” is a loaded This ex-Pavement genius delivers Rough Trade STAFF WRITER say — “stadium status.” question to ask anyone these days. Ask two a fourth album with his tight back- Our rating: ing band. It’s a free-fl owing affair In theory, Jason Collett’s third album, “Here’s But just because some ★★★½ strangers, and one guy could be thinking of with stick work by ex-Sleater- to Being Here,” should be irresistible. Com- songs on “Do You Like Chris Daughtry while the other imagines U2. Kinney drummer Janet Weiss. posed mostly of the anecdotal, country-tinged Rock Music?” would work well in summer Yet they’re both technically thinking about anthems on which so much modern music is amphitheaters doesn’t mean the band is in the same genre. “Do You Like Rock Music” re- founded — the kind some your face constantly. The somber bookends sembles the latter more than the former. And greedily horde in their iTunes ALBUM of the album “All In It” and “We Close Our that’s meant to be taken as a compliment. collections — the album pan- REVIEW Eyes” sound more like funeral dirges than ders quite openly to a certain Jason Collett monster jams. set of sensibilities. “Here’s to The disc brings to mind the band Arcade Collett, divorced from his Being Here” Fire. When the slow-moving cathedral or- Arts & Crafts mother band Broken Social Our rating: gan comes in on “All In It,” it’s hard not to Scene, produces solo work ★★½ hear shades of the thunderous album closer that appropriately sounds like to “My Body is a Cage” from Arcade Fire’s COURTESY OF ASYLUM RECORDS the group’s folkier side distilled into a neat pack- “Neon Bible.” Not surprisingly, British Sea age, minus the anarchic social energy that makes Power recorded the album in Arcade Fire’s ‘RED OF TOOTH AND CLAW’ them worthwhile in the first place. “Here’s to Be- hometown of Montreal, Ill. Murder By Death ing Here” plods along at a pleasantly mediocre The bands also share a dour vision of Asylum Records The Gothic country punkers pace, alternating between appreciably personal things to come. On “No Lucifer,” British Sea continue to dodge genre alle- songs and tracks like “Not Over You,” a ballad Power’s lead singer Scott Wilkonson repeats giance with their fourth disc, a about as genre-weary as its title indicates. the line “Is this what the future holds?” with follow-up to the new-age Johnny Cash tone of 2006’s “In Bocca Still, even if Collett’s potential remains as the melancholy of a man who has been al Lupo.” doggedly consistent as its failure to materialize, there, come back and was not impressed COMPILED BY WILLIAM EARL keep the superlatives ready — just in case. with what he saw. COURTESY OF ROUGH TRADE Thursday, February 28, 2008 ACCENT The Ithacan 23 TICKET Taj Mahal brings blues experience to stage  STUB  Trio interacts with State Th eatre crowd while showcasing song collection VALID FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CINEMAPOLIS BY CORY FRANCER The Commons 277–6115 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Before Taj Mahal took the stage PERSEPOLIS ★★ last Th ursday, Dan Smalls, execu- 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and tive director of the State Th eatre, Weekends 2:30 and 4:35 p.m. introduced the legendary blues Wednesday matinee 5:00 p.m. musician by saying he represents what the Ithaca music scene stands THERE WILL BE BLOOD ★★★★ for — honest, true musicianship. 7:00 and 9:40 p.m. and With a massive ovation from Weekends 2:30 p.m. a generally laid back, sold out Wednesday matinee 4:15 p.m. crowd, Mahal picked up his acous- tic guitar, acknowledged his fans FALL CREEK with a “good evenin’ ladies and PICTURES gentlemen” and went straight into 1201 N. Tioga St. 272–1256 fan favorite “Queen Bee” from his 1997 release “Señor Blues.” THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUT- Right from the beginning, TERFLY ★★★½ Mahal made it clear with his en- 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. thusiastic vocals and energetic Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. stage presence that even after 40 IN BRUGES years of perform- LIVE 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and ing, he wanted to REVIEW Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. be on stage just as Taj Mahal State Theatre much as his fans JUNO ★★★½ wanted to sit back 7:30 and 9:35 p.m. and and listen to this legend perform. Taj Mahal played acoustic guitar, keyboard, electric guitar and banjo at the State Theatre last Thursday. The trio Weekends 2:30 and 4:35 p.m. Mahal told the crowd before played a 15-song set that covered music from Mahal’s 40-year career, including many fan favorites. the 1968 fan favorite “Fishin’ COURTESY OF TAYLOR CROTHERS REGAL STADIUM 14 Blues” that, “All this time you been While Rich and Smith held tensive repertoire of songs to The group eagerly obliged, end- Pyramid Mall 266-7960 watchin’ me, but I been watchin’ their own on stage, including an transform the State Theatre into a ing the show with an encore that you. And you look good.” especially funky bass solo from smoky jazz club or a down south echoed the show’s opening, with ATONEMENT ★★★½ At this point in the show, Ma- Rich during “Uh Huh Blues,” the blues jamboree on a February Mahal on acoustic guitar perform- 4 p.m., 9 p.m. hal had the crowd hooked, and he show belonged to Mahal. He used night with a temperature dipping ing one of their most recognizable moved with each explosive note a free hand to orchestrate the below 20 degrees. songs, “Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes.” BE KIND REWIND that resonated from his acoustic crowd in a slow, drawn out chorus Other highlights of the per- Throughout the concert, Ma- 11:20 a.m., 1:40 p.m., 4:20 p.m., guitar to the back of the theater. of “Uh huh” while playing guitar. formance included “The New hal made it clear that though he 7:10 p.m., 9:50 p.m. After opening the show with Mahal’s ability to play to a Hula Blues,” a Hawaiian tune that was 65 years old and had been four songs on acoustic guitar, Ma- crowd further extends the ap- found Mahal alone on stage. After performing for nearly 45 of those THE BUCKET LIST ★★★ hal switched to keyboard for a song peal of his stage presence. While “The New Hula Blues,” Mahal fur- years, he could still move a crowd 11:15 a.m., 1:40 p.m., 6:40 p.m. called “Blues With a Feeling,” which the crowd was there to listen to ther proved his musicianship with that included children, college he dedicated to all the ladies with Mahal’s original blend of south- an extensive solo instrumental students and people who could CHARLIE BARTLETT “critical mass in the backfi eld.” ern blues, he wanted to hear the tune that had the crowd swinging recall when Mahal first broke into 12:15 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 5:20 p.m., Th roughout the night, Mahal crowd sing along, encouraging the to his talent for finger-picking on the blues scene in the 1960s. 8:10 p.m., 10:35 p.m. circulated through four instru- audience to sing the choruses and acoustic guitar. Mahal left the stage for good, ments — acoustic guitar, keyboard, clap when the songs called for it. After 15 songs that touched on and nearly 2,000 people exited DEFINITELY, MAYBE electric guitar and banjo. Bill Rich With the ability to make his all aspects of Mahal’s career, the onto State Street after a memo- 3:30 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 9:30 p.m. on bass and Kester Smith on drums instruments sing as powerfully trio exited stage right but left the rable evening of good music and took care of the rest of the sound. as his voice, Mahal used his ex- sell-out crowd cheering for more. personable entertainment. FOOL’S GOLD 4:10 p.m., 6:55 p.m., 9:55 p.m.

JUMPER ★½ 1 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 5:50 p.m., ‘Step Up’ sequel recycles plot but showcases dances 8:20 p.m., 10:40 p.m.

BY HANNAH MOORE wins the audience with his dorky antics and “Th e NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN STAFF WRITER Way I Are” ringtone. Sevani blows everyone ★★★½ “Step Up 2: Th e Streets” is chock full of pre- away with his incredible performance in the con- 3:40 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:20 p.m. dictable romance, sick street dancing and a little cluding rain dance while looking quite dashing. poor acting on the side, but viewers just might be Andie’s best friend, Missy (Danielle Polanco), is THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL surprised at what this sequel has to off er. also a great addition to the cast. She was real, 3:50 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:40 p.m. The love story is almost identical to 2006’s down-to-earth and funny at the same time. “Step Up,” in which two teenagers from dif- Even people not that interested in seeing PENELOPE ferent socio-economic backgrounds meet and “Step Up 2” should at least sit through the stan- 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:40 p.m., play off of an I-hate-you-but-I-know-we’re-go- dard plot to see the end dance sequence. It’s 7:20 p.m., 10 p.m. ing-to-get-together vibe. The film shifts from stylishly choreographed and is more street than the subways of Maryland to the studios of the anything. Th e MSA crew steps it up and pulls to- SEMI-PRO Maryland School of the gether moves that no one thought possible, ones 12 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 5 p.m., Arts (MSA) to the climatic that truly blow the audience away. Playing off of 7:40 p.m., 10:20 p.m. dance that’s complete with FILM the beat, Chase feigns resuscitation on Andie, more rain than could be REVIEW and Jenni Kido (Mari Koda) slaps around a fellow THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES “Step Up 2: physically possible. It’s to- crew-member by punching him to the beat with 2:10 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., The Streets” tally worth the wait. Offspring her fi st. Th e main spectacle uses a music mash up 9:45 p.m. Briana Evigan replaces Entertainment taking mostly from Ludacris’s “Th e Potion” and Channing Tatum as the Our rating: Timbaland’s “Th e Bounce” as a backdrop for the STEP UP 2 THE STREETS ★★ rebel child, as Andie, who ★★ scene, which includes break-dancing, hip-hop 5:10 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 10:15 p.m. struggles to keep up with and a little bit of salsa. the “410” dance crew and make it at MSA From left, Chase (Robert Hoffman) and Andie Th e actors genuinely seem to love dancing VANTAGE POINT ★★ alongside hotshot dance student Chase (Rob- (Briana Evigan) are dance students at the MSA . and it shows. Director Jon M. Chu hired three 11:50 a.m., 3 p.m., 5:40 p.m., ert Hoffman). Evigan, full of sarcastic attitude, COURTESY OF OFFSPRING ENTERTAINMENT diff erent choreographers to make sure each crew 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. is a level up from the last film’s lead but doesn’t for all other crews to see. had their own style: Hi Hat, of “Bring It On” fame, quite convince as an urban born, self-taught R&B songstress Cassie may want to stick to choreographed the 410; Dave Scott, of “Stomp WITLESS PROTECTION dancer. Hoffman, on the other hand, was her roots — her performance in “Step Up 2” the Yard,” choreographed the MSA crew; and Ja- 12:50 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:30 p.m., clearly trained in dance, but it doesn’t quite was less than mediocre. Cassie added nothing mal Sims of “Hairspray” supervised both. 7:50 p.m., 10:10 p.m. make up for his lack of acting skills. to the film as Sophie, the triple threat actress, Th e sequence is without a doubt worth the Th e beef that builds between the 410 and Andie’s singer and dancer at MSA. She had few lines wait. Th e soundtrack isn’t half bad either, which crew grows stronger after a spur of the moment and mostly gave dirty looks while on screen. includes Flo Rida’s hit “Low” and tracks from OUR RATINGS battle between the two, where the DJ cuts the music “Is It You,” the song most closely associated Missy Eliott and Trey Songz. from under them and yells, “Th is ain’t ‘High School with the movie, doesn’t even play during the Excellent ★★★★ Musical!’” Th e moment of embarrassment is later 98-minute film. “Step Up 2: The Streets” was written by Toni Good ★★★ made up by the MSA crew’s participation in a prank Th e greatest surprise of the entire movie came Ann Johnson and Karen Barna and directed by Fair ★★ on the 410 — a preview video that’s posted online from Moose (Adam G. Sevani). He immediately Jon Chu. Poor ★ 24 The Ithacan CLASSIFIED Thursday, February 28, 2008

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BY ANDREW LOVELL spot, followed by SPORTS EDITOR the Golden Fly- For the first time since its inception in the ers at No. 3. 2003-04 season, the Empire 8 men’s basket- With only ball tournament won’t be played on the Bobby one game Wanzer Court at St. John Fisher College’s separating all Manning and Napier Gym. In fact, the usual- four teams in the conference standings, Naza- ly-dominant Cardinals needed to win in their reth College Head Coach Mike Daley said this regular season finale this past Saturday just to year’s tournament will be one of the best. make the four-team postseason tournament “Any one of the four teams is capable of com- this season. ing away with the win,” Daley said. “It should be But their 70–61 win TICKET PRICES a great tournament.” against Hartwick Col- Prices for the Empire Up for grabs is the Empire 8’s automatic bid lege this past Saturday 8 tournament are $3 to the NCAA playoff s, something only St. John clinched the fourth for adults and $2 for Fisher has achieved in the past. Ithaca College students and senior seed for the fi ve-time Head Coach Jim Mullins said his team has an citizens. Fans are defending conference encouraged to wear outside shot at claiming one of the at-large bids, champion. Th eir fi rst white in support of as Utica College did two years ago, but winning round opponent? Th e the Blue and Gold. the tournament is the only sure thing. new conference tour- “If we win our fi rst game there might be a nament host and regular season champion, shot at an at-large if we don’t win [the tourna- Ithaca College. ment],” Mullins said. “But usually they’re looking Th e Bombers won their fi nal fi ve games – in- for a 20-win season, which we don’t have.” cluding wins against the top two teams at the Nazareth and Stevens play at 6 p.m. tomor- time, Stevens Institute of Technology and Naza- row, followed by Ithaca and St. John Fisher at 8 reth College, this past weekend – to surge to the p.m. Th e two winners will play in the champion- top of the Empire 8. Stevens fi nished in the No. 2 ship game at 3 p.m. Saturday. NO. 2 STEVENS VS. NO. 3 NAZARETH In their fi rst season as a member of the Stevens counters with do-it-all senior point Empire 8, Stevens Institute of Technology has guard Waleed Farid, who averages 12.2 points already established itself as one of the premier per game, 7.6 rebounds per game and 5.3 teams in the conference. Meanwhile, Nazareth assists per game. Junior guard Virgil Gray College used a high-powered offense to grab leads the team with 16.3 points per game, the third seed in the Empire 8 tournament and while junior guard Anthony Passalacqua’s 54 a fi rst-round matchup with the Ducks. three-point fi eld goals rank third in the confer- Nazareth senior guard Joe Canori fi nished ence. Stevens is also a superb defensive team, the regular season as the Empire 8’s second holding opponents to an Empire 8-leading 37.7 leading scorer with 20.7 points per game. percent fi eld goal percentage per contest. The McAdams brothers — junior Ryan and Daley said the Ducks’ defensive intensity, sophomore Corey — round out the Golden athleticism and balance on offense are their Flyers’ offensive attack. Ryan averages 14.6 biggest strengths. points and 8.9 rebounds per game, while Corey “Farid and Gray are both great,” Daley said. From left, junior Sean Burton looks on as Nazareth College junior Ryan McAdam defends averages 13.6 points and an Empire 8-leading “Passalacqua on the perimeter can hurt us against junior Brendan Rogers in the Bombers’ 88–84 win Saturday in the Ben Light Gym. 8.8 assists per game. [too], so we’ve got to contain them.” CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN

NO. 1 ITHACA VS. NO. 4 ST. JOHN FISHER Ithaca and St. John Fisher are two of the four highest scoring teams in the Empire 8 and that is due in no small part to their starting lineups. Among the 10 players to take the fl oor for tomorrow’s tip off will be eight of the conference’s top 30 scor- ers, two of the top four rebounders and two of the top fi ve assist leaders. Here’s a deeper look into the individual matchups in tomorrow’s fi rst-round game: SEAN LEAHY MARK BEARDEN JEFF BOSTIC JUSTIN BEIGEL JUNIOR SENIOR JUNIOR SENIOR Since moving into the FORWARD FORWARD starting lineup about mid- FORWARD FORWARD/CENTER way through the season, Leahy flies under the radar because of Rogers has given the This is easily the game’s marquee individual matchup, Burton and Bostic, but he has quietly put Bombers a high-energy pitting two of the Empire 8’s best post players against up averages of 14 points per game and 5.6 defensive performance, each other. “Jeff Bostic is just an absolute terror out rebounds per game. The 6-foot-7-inch forward as well as a capable there,” Stevens Head Coach Josh Loeffl er said. But while also bothers most of the players he defends offensive threat. Baltz, in Bostic’s numbers (13.9 points per game, 11.7 rebounds with his arm length. Bearden has started all his second year with the per game and 2.09 blocks per game) are a little better but one game this season for St. John Fisher Cardinals, has emerged than Beigel’s (14.8 points per game, 7.9 rebounds per but only averages 18.7 minutes per game. as a go-to scoring threat. game and 52.5 fi eld goal percentage), Beigel has the ex- Bearden usually gives way to freshman Ozell BRENDAN ROGERS Baltz ranks 10th in the CHRIS BALTZ perience of deep runs into the NCAA playoffs on his side. Franklin, who adds just under eight points per conference in scoring with Whichever big man controls the post could well decide game off the bench. JUNIOR 14.3 points per game, SOPHOMORE the outcome of tomorrow’s contest. which ranks him only GUARD behind Justin Beigel’s GUARD 14.8 points per game on his own team.

Burton has emerged as the leading candi- Kail, like Rogers, was moved into the date for Empire 8 Player of the Year, fi nishing starting lineup about midway through the the regular season ranked third in scoring season. And also like Rogers, Kail has been (19.8 points per game), second in assists a pleasant surprise. In the regular season (5.63 per game), second in free throw per- finale against Nazareth this past Saturday, centage (88 percent) and fi rst in three-point- Kail finished with 16 points on 7-of-9 shoot- ers made (74). Newman set career highs ing in the win. Smalt, like Kail, doesn’t play SEAN BURTON MATT NEWMAN with 9.8 points per game and 84 assists in a huge role on offense and is only averag- his sophomore campaign. But the edge here ing 8.7 points per game. He does, however, LOUIS KAIL ISAIAH SMALT JUNIOR SOPHOMORE goes to Burton, due in no small part to his rank second on the Cardinals with 6.3 SENIOR three-point shooting penchant. rebounds per game. SENIOR GUARD GUARD CENTER CENTER 28 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, February 28, 2008

FOURTH AND ‘Mr. Clutch’ clinches Empire 8 crown

SHORT BY ANDREW LOVELL SPORTS EDITOR BEN STRAUSS At 6-feet-7-inches tall, it’s hard to overlook junior forward Sean Leahy. But with a pair of fi rst-team Other hill plays all-Empire 8 performers also play- ing on the men’s basketball team, basketball too it’s also become diffi cult for teams to focus their attention on him. don’t particularly like Cornell. Case in point: Th e Bombers Maybe it’s my inferior- trailed Nazareth College 82–81 with Iity complex of living in the less than a minute left in Saturday’s shadow of an internationally-ac- contest in the Ben Light Gymna- claimed Ivy League school. I feel sium. As junior point guard Sean like the Los Angeles Clippers, who Burton – one of those two fi rst- share a city with the Lakers. team all-Empire 8 players – brought Maybe it’s the fact that if I think the ball up the court, junior center about Cornell, I think about people Jeff Bostic – the other – tried to get like Andy from “Th e Offi ce.” Yes, open underneath the basket. But the we’re impressed that you go to Golden Flyers focused their defen- Cornell, but you’re still a huge tool. sive pressure on the big-time duo. It’s probably somewhere in After a series of screens and between generalization A and passes, junior guard Brendan Rog- generalization B. ers found Leahy at the top of the I’ve never had to rational- three-point line wide open. Leahy ize these feelings to anyone or used his height to shoot over the properly balance them out to Nazareth defenders as they closed actually defi ne my stance on in on him. Rainbow arc, swish, Em- Cornell, pro or con. It’s abstract pire 8 Championship. “Mr. Clutch,” in the same way you might not as sophomore forward Tom Brown like someone, and then six beers appropriately dubbed him after the later you’re making out with game, had done it again. them in a bathroom. Rogers, who was credited with Do you like them now? Ask the game-winning assist, said he again later. wasn’t specifi cally looking for Leahy On Saturday night, the time but still found him open. came for all of my confl icted “Burton came off a ball screen, From left, Nazareth College junior Ryan McAdam defends as junior Sean Leahy attempts to pass in the Bombers’ feelings about Cornell to manifest and we were just looking for the fi rst 88–84 win Saturday in the Ben Light Gymnasium. Leahy’s three pointer with 38 seconds left clinched Ithaca’s win. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN themselves in a single decision. best shot,” Rogers said. “He kicked it Going to the Cornell-Brown bas- out, and I saw Leahy curling up to in the biggest game of the season. said Leahy and the rest of the will face fourth-seeded and fi ve-time ketball game, who do I root for? the top. And Leahy hits big shots.” With the win, the South Hill squad Bombers dominated with their defending conference champion St. Is it a sellout move to root In the Blue and Gold’s 87–85 win clinched the Empire 8 regular sea- transition offense. John Fisher College tomorrow. for them? Yes, in the sense that against the Rochester Institute of son championship and will now “Th ey really beat us in transition,” Ithaca Head Coach Jim Mullins I might pretend there is some Technology Jan. 19, Leahy drained a host the Empire 8 tournament for Loeffl er said. “Th ey continue to run, said hosting this weekend’s tourna- sort of IC-Cornell rivalry. But to trio of three pointers in the fi nal 23 the fi rst time in school history. and they took care of the basketball. ment is a bonus but only the fi rst root against them just because seconds, including one as time ex- Th e previous night against No. 25 Secondly, they got some really key step toward cliching the Bombers’ I’m jealous of their Ivy League di- pired, to give Ithaca the come-from- Stevens Institute of Technology, Leahy contributions from guys who either fi rst trip to the NCAA tournament plomas is more an indictment on behind victory. tallied 16 points and eight rebounds, didn’t play great against us the fi rst since the 2001-02 season. my own self pity than on Cornell. Leahy fi nished Saturday’s game while going four-of-seven from the game or maybe have not have been “It’s nice, but all it means is we It sounds like a choice be- with 17 points, fi ve rebounds and three-point arc in Ithaca’s 93–82 win. touted as the high profi le guys.” get to host,” Mullins said. “If you tween Jurassic Park III and IV. three assists, helping Ithaca over- After Friday’s game, Ste- Th e top-seeded Bombers, winners don’t go to the NCAAs, it just One’s worse than the next. come a 17-point halftime defi cit vens Head Coach Josh Loeffler of fi ve straight and 11 of their last 13, doesn’t mean that much, I think.” Th e loyal Newman Nation who pack Cornell’s Newman Arena sees no such gray area. Th e Cameron Crazies they aren’t, but they certainly rock the Injuries threaten Bombers’ chance to repeat arena. Th e student section gets shot-altering loud, and they’re on BY STEVE SCHIMMEL one is always right there to step up.” their feet for all 40 minutes. STAFF WRITER Sophomore guard Lindsay Brown More unexpected than Th e women’s basketball team got has helped Ithaca off the bench dur- anything, though, the Big Red are off to a rocky start this season and ing the past few weeks, propelling the good this year; better than they’ve questions were raised about whether Bombers to victory with her instant been in 20 years. Th ey got a vote they would live up to early-season off ense. Continued performance for the top 25 poll last week. Th at’s expectations. But when the pressure from players like Brown, who scored the Division I Top 25, and they’re reached its pinnacle, the Blue and 15 points in the victory against Ste- one win away from punching their Gold found a way to come together as vens, will be crucial this weekend. ticket to the Big Dance. a team and make “Of course we are going to miss When you print out your another strong run BRACKET Erika, Megan and [Kali] because bracket in March, Cornell will into the Empire Second-seeded they are huge assets to the team and be on it — right next to Duke, 8 Championship Ithaca plays amazing teammates on and off the UCLA and Memphis. tournament. No. 3 Utica basketball court, but we need to fo- And when Cornell comes Sound famil- College in the cus on who we have right now and out as a 12 or 13 seed, I’ll be iar? It should. Th e opening round, just play as a team,” Brown said. “Ev- rooting for them because I’m story line is strik- and top-seeded eryone has their roles, but each game Stevens Insti- on the bandwagon. It doesn’t ingly similar to tute of Technol- anyone has the capability to step up.” mean I’m popping my collar or the scenario that ogy plays No. 4 Th ere is no doubt that drills heading to Chi Psi tonight. It played out for the St. John Fisher have been a bit diff erent without means I’m a fan of the Cornell South Hill squad College tomor- the presence of mainstays like basketball team. last season. Af- row in the Ben Steele, Carnovale and Rumschik, It’s not that I’ve reconciled any ter coming away Light Gym. but the Bombers are doing every- of my internal turmoil as much with a conference thing that they can to maintain a as just getting swept up Saturday championship in 2007, however, it is sense of regularity. night. I don’t know if it was all doubtful that the Bombers are com- From left, senior Molly Friel battles Nazareth College senior Lexie Hilliard for Sophomore point guard Kather- the red or the 11 Cornell three plaining this week, when they fi nd the ball during Ithaca’s 51–42 win Saturday in the Ben Light Gymnasium. ine Bixby, who was named Empire 8 pointers, but it was just plain fun. themselves in similar territory. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN Player of the Week after a 16-point And transplanted from Riding a six-game winning streak however. With injuries to key players that with the key injuries, everyone performance in the 51–42 victory Chicago to central New York, that included a victory Friday against like senior center Erika Steele, who on the team will have to step up. against Nazareth College Saturday, who else am I going to root for in Stevens Institute of Technology, who went down with a broken fi bula, ju- “We are without three players said the team is doing what it did all March? Syracuse has NIT writ- had previously not lost in Empire 8 nior guard Megan Rumschik, who who we are really going to miss on year in preparation. ten all over them. play, the Bombers will head to New suff ered a sprained ankle, and senior the court in the tournament this “[We’re] practicing,” Bixby said. Jersey to face third-seeded Utica guard and captain Kali Carnovale, weekend,” Friel said. “One thing we “[It’s] nothing diff erent. One game BEN STRAUSS is a senior College at 8 p.m. tomorrow night. the Bombers have their work cut out have said about our team all season at a time and it starts Friday night journalism major. Contact him at Th e Blue and Gold know this for them. is that we have a lot of depth. If one against Utica. Right now, that is our [email protected]. is not the time to be looking back, Senior forward Molly Friel said person if having an off night some- championship game.” Thursday, February 28, 2008 SPORTS The Ithacan 29 All-American swing Junior duo dominates uneven bars for Ithaca’s gymnastics team

BY COLLEEN SHEA numbers and acting as leaders in STAFF WRITER the bars event. Two slightly tilted bars stand “Th ey have both come to be parallel over one long blue mat. consistent performers [and] very Chalked hands reach, turn and team-oriented,” she said. slap as junior Francis Ente twists While the two are similar in and leaps between them, executing their specialties, they are opposite a routine she has rehearsed more in their skill sets. DeShaies spe- than a hundred times. The roar of cializes in rotational work, while her teammates resonates through Ente excels in release moves. Ier- the Ben Light Gymnasium. Ente ley describes their differences as a said when she is competing it feels matter of technique and power. almost like flying. “[DeShaies’] form and tech- “You are up in the air float- nique on bars is almost un- ing, you really don’t have time matched on our team and even to think,” she said. “It’s go with in Division-III gymnastics,” Ier- the flow.” ley said. “[Ente] also has great Ente has SECOND TIME technique, but she uses her tech- earned two The Bombers picked nique more powerfully with high All-Ameri- up win No. 2 on flying releases.” Sunday, defeating can honors The duo also critiques and aids Rhode Island College and is go- 185.925–170.400. one another. Ente said she and De- ing for her Shaies watch each other intently third. Th is season, Ente has earned and coach each other through a fi rst-place spot in the uneven bars, some of the skills they are work- with a 9.200 against Springfi eld Col- ing on in their routines. lege at home Feb. 2. She also scored “We ask for advice and tips the highest for the Bombers at and corrections,” she said. “It’s Springfi eld with a 9.275 on Jan. 13. nice because we know what each Alongside her is junior Rox- other is working on.” anne DeShaies, who has landed DeShaies said Ente’s help gives the top spot in the uneven bars her the confidence she needs to the past two weeks for the Bomb- step up her game. ers. Last Sunday against Southern “Sometimes I get a little scared Junior Frances Ente has been one of the Bombers’ top performers this season, averaging scores of 9.297 on the vault Connecticut State University and of one of the release moves that I do,” she said. “I ask her to watch to and 8.980 on the uneven bars. Classmate Roxanne Deshaies is averaging a team-best 9.445 on the uneven bars. Rhode Island College, DeShaies NATALIE BEST/THE ITHACAN placed first in the uneven bars make sure that I go for it.” with a school-record of 9.675. It Ente has been a standout per- of a week she’s had outside the she did, even through the incon- warm up routine that she said im- was her second consecutive meet former since her arrival on South gym,” she said. “And she’s some- sistent days, makes me want to pacts her performances. placing first in the event. The Hill. In her sophomore season, one that makes you want to work work harder when I’m having a “It is visualizations, along with key week before, at the Ithaca Invita- she won an All-American honor harder just by being in the gym bad day.” words that I have for certain skills,” tional, DeShaies landed a 9.625. for the second year in a row, even with her.” This season, however, De- she said. “I have a song that I sing in Ente and DeShaies began their breaking a school record in the DeShaies hasn’t had such an Shaies has turned the corner, my head and it sort of symbolizes the journey together during their uneven bars with a score of 9.625. easy ride to the top, but her team- gained her confidence and broken rhythm of the routine in my head.” freshman year. The Bombers were She also tallied two first-place mates said they admire her for her Bomber records. Whatever it is, it is work- weak in the bars and excited about spots during the regular season. efforts to overcome inconsistency. “I kept the same routine and ing, and these two girls are help- two talented prospects. Ente’s teammates said she Ierley said she looks up to DeS- started training it earlier,” De- ing to lead the Bombers to a turn “Everyone was excited for us has seen success due to a hard haies for working through all the shaies said. “I was able to build around in their season. Th ey have coming in,” Ente said. “They really work ethic and an understand- bad days. my confidence. I feel a lot better won two matchups in the last two welcomed us with open arms and ing of the team system. Ierley “There have been times when before each meet knowing I can weeks and improved their overall helped us perform at our best.” said Ente’s work ethic in the gym [DeShaies] could hit every rou- do it.” team performance. Senior Valerie Ierley said that is contagious. tine in practice all week and fall The Bombers are working with “That’s our main goal,” Ente they have been strong assets to the “She works hard no matter in a meet,” Ierly said. “For her a visiting sports psychologist, and said. “To get to Nationals and im- team since, contributing strong how she’s feeling or what kind to continue to work as hard as DeShaies has created a mental prove our team score each week.” South Hill squad brings home ninth straight Empire 8 title

BY CASEY MUSARRA ami University. The 400-yard freestyle relay STAFF WRITER team consisting of Botterbusch, sophomore Losing a state championship is never Jen Heberton and freshmen Maddie Ken- easy — but if you capture a conference title nedy and Sheila Rhoades posted an NCAA in the same day, it’s not all that bad. “B” qualifying time of 3:35.41 to capture the The women’s swimming and diving state title and advance to the NCAA Cham- team wrapped up their season just shy of pionships. They are the fourth relay squad capturing a state title, finishing behind only in school history to win a state title. Union College. “It’s been a goal of mine to get a relay “We out-swam them,” junior Lau- team to nationals,” Botterbusch said. “This ren Botterbusch said. “[But] they have is the icing on the cake.” great divers.” Botterbusch and Heberton said they In the overall points column, Union fin- would like to make the All-American squad, ished with 1,207 while the South Hill squad which would mean finishing in the top eight finished with 1,016.50. On the bright side, in the event. the Bombers earned their ninth straight Botterbusch will also compete in the Empire 8 Championship, having won all 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events af- nine since its inception nine years ago. ter earning her third straight state title in Botterbusch said losing states overshad- each event. She set new school, Empire 8 ows winning the Empire 8 title but that it and conference championship record in the is still a great accomplishment. The con- 200-yard breaststroke with an NCAA “B” ference title also set up Head Coach Paula qualifying time of 2:22.24. Miller with the Empire 8 Coach of the Year Rhoades will make her first appearance award for the third time in five years. at the NCAA Championships in the 100- Freshman Caitlyn Elder swims the butterfl y leg of the 400-yard medley relay in the Bombers’ The Bombers finished the season with a yard freestyle. She recorded an NCAA “B” 134–109 loss to Union College Feb. 9 in the Hill Center Pool. Elder’s relay team fi nished fourth. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN 9–4 overall record, marking the 39th time in qualifying time of 53.01, the sixth-fastest 40 years they have had a winning season. in school history. Heberton and Kennedy said. “I’m glad all that hard work paid off .” to win the state championship, Rhoades The Blue and Gold will also send four placed fifth and sixth with times of 54.12 After a stellar rookie performance, said they are moving on to bigger and swimmers to the NCAA Championships and 54.66, respectively. Rhoades was named the Empire 8 Rookie of better things. beginning Mar. 13 in Oxford, O.H., at Mi- “I wasn’t expecting to do that well,” Rhoades the Meet. And though the Bombers wanted “We’ll get ’em next year,” Rhoades said. 30 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, February 28, 2008 Born to run the mats Sophomore uses intense training in and out of season BY DAVE URAM the team returned to campus. He also STAFF WRITER set an Ithaca College record for most Sophomore Jon Gregory’s strik- pushups in two minutes with 161. ing resemblance to Bruce Springs- “For a small guy I can really pack teen is what catches the eyes of his the strength,” Gregory said. friends outside of wrestling who call It’s a strength Gregory uses dur- him “Boss.” Th is makes even more ing matches to wreak havoc for his sense because both he and the legend- opponents. He’s known for constant- ary performer come from the state of ly pushing the tempo: every time New Jersey. there is a stop of play, he runs back And, coincidentally, Gregory’s to the center of the mat to get into methods for staying in shape for position (either neutral, up or down), wrestling season show that he was while his counterpart usually walks “Born to Run.” back, exhausted. Gregory’s superb conditioning is Gregory, a sport management ma- a testament to all of the hard work jor, said this gives him a mental advan- he puts in during the off -season and tage over his adversary. during practice. “I really don’t get tired,” Gregory During the season, the 125-pound said. “I was pretty much taught [to wrestler wakes up early every morning run to the center of the mat] at a to get some cardio in at 8 a.m. before young age. It speaks for my condi- From left, graduate assistant coach Nick Calandrino ’07 grapples with sophomore Jon Gregory during Ithaca’s practice his classes begin. After the team’s two- tioning, but I also think it speaks Wednesday in the Hill Center. Gregory has compiled a 27–8 record this season and has earned a bid to Nationals. MAX STEINMETZ/THE ITHACAN hour practice, he puts more work in from a mental standpoint.” during the night hours, either running Th is is something that Head Coach ry said. “Really what drew me in as the stuff that he shows is something energy. He’s very outgoing. He got to outside or on a treadmill, whether it Marty Nichols noticed immediately a whole was attending high school that we like to see.” know everyone right away.” is in the fi tness center or by sneaking while watching him wrestle during the matches as a kid.” Another aspect of Gregory’s Gregory’s individual numbers are into the Hill Center workout area. He recruitment process. In high school, Gregory was high-pace persona is his ability to a direct result of his hard work. His said his night workouts are for mental “He sprinted back to the middle ranked as one of the top wrestlers in motivate his teammates and lead freshman season he was 22–16 over- training purposes. Gregory will also every time and that’s something we the country for his 112-pound weight them to success. all, with a 6–4 dual meet record and lift a few times a week. really liked,” Nichols said. class. As a senior, he fi nished fourth in “He’s an exceptional team leader,” two pin falls. “The big thing for me is get- Gregory’s hometown of Phillips- the state championships and received 141-pound sophomore Willie Hor- Th is season, he is 27–8 overall, ting extra workouts in every day,” burg, N.J., is a huge wrestling town. many Division I scholarship off ers. wath said. “He’s a good motivator. He with a 13–2 dual meet record, eight Gregory said. On a regular Wednesday night match, Instead, Gregory chose to don leads by example. He runs us through major decisions, one technical fall In the off -season, Gregory changes the gym of Phillipsburg High School blue and gold for his collegiate warm –ups. He was never really ap- and three pin falls. His perfor- up his workouts by doing a lot of sprint would be fi lled with between 1,500 wrestling career because of the rep- pointed to do it: he just takes charge.” mance has earned him a wild-card work and explosive lifting. He said he and 1,700 people. Gregory, who has utations of the wrestling program Horwath said from the moment pick for the NCAA championships gains about 10 to 15 pounds during wrestled since age four, was lured in and sport management department. Gregory arrived on South Hill, he took March 7–8. His overall career re- the off -season but is able to lose it by the prestige and tradition of his Nichols said he was pleased Gregory initiative to get to know all of his team- cord so far is 49–24. once wrestling starts again. multi-state championship high school chose to become a Bomber. mates and immediately became one of “[It] takes a lot of off -season dedi- Th is type of training was defi nitely wrestling program. “He was defi nitely a worker,” Nich- the leaders on the team. cation to reach those kind of goals,” recognized when Gregory fi nished “At fi rst I kind of thought that ols said. “I just saw him in competi- “I sort of noticed the qualities right Nichols said. “Jon’s the kind of kid that fi rst in the team fi tness tests when [wrestling] was WWF stuff ,” Grego- tion, and he was good. Th e hustle and away,” Horwath said. “He’s got a lot of already does that type of thing.”

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Thursday, February 28, 2008 The Ithacan 31 the foul line Weird news from the wide world of sports Hockey fans are used to fi ghts that can turn bloody, but Sun- day’s game between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins had fans thinking they were witnessing a blood- bath. During the fi rst intermission, one of the Zambonis broke down, causing its dark red transmission fl uid to pour out onto the ice. The Zamboni left through a side gate but left a wide, red stain that extended halfway across the ice, looking like an unlucky player was just steamrolled by the slow-moving machine. The game was delayed for 30 min- utes while the Mellon Arena crew cleaned the gory mess. The second intermission used only one Zamboni. One fan said the break down caused the second intermission to be different. “They didn’t do any of the usual promos during the intermissions, presumably because it took twice as long to clean the ice with only one Zamboni.” The Penguins’ PR department spent all of Monday deny- ing that their Zambonis run on blood. — Brendan Nailing the spike Junior Caitlin Mullins, president of the women’s club volleyball team, spikes the ball during the team’s Monday O’Keefe practice. The club team competes in the Northeast Women’s Volleyball Club League and is ranked 21 of 23 teams. NATALIE BEST/THE ITHACAN

Ithaca’s athletes weigh in on life away from FACE OFF the mat, track, beam and court. Freshman 141 Senior Swimmer Senior Gymnast Senior Guard Blaine Woszczak Jen Heberton Valerie Ierley Kali Carnovale Wrestling Women’s Swimming Gymnastics Women’s Basketball they saidit You can test for whatever you WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE? Joe Montana Jose Reyes Shawn Johnson Kobe Bryant want to test for. We get pricked WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL TEAM? New York Giants New York Mets Seattle Los Angeles by needles Seahawks Lakers WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE anyway in CEREAL? Lucky Charms Reese’s Puffs Special K Red Cinnamon spring training, Berries Toast Crunch DO YOU PREFER MAC OR so we have a lot PC? PC I like Macs better Mac Mac of blood work to but I have a PC WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE begin with. BAND? Incubus I really don’t Rascal Flatts The Beatles know New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter on his support for Major League Baseball Taking a look at Ithaca’s competitive club sports to use blood testing to detect steroid use. in da club This week’s club: Ice Hockey

—The team is a member of the Northeast College Hockey League along with SUNY-Oswego, Penn State-Berkshires, Rutgers University, St. Bonaventure University, Binghamton University and SUNY-Cortland. —Ithaca lost 4–2 to Cortland in the playoffs. —Oswego defeated top-seeded Rutgers in the fi nals to win the NECHL Championship. —Senior Wyatt Fox and sophomore Thomas Swink were selected as honorable mentions to the NECHL All-Star Team. Fox was selected at forward and Swink at defense. 32 The Ithacan THIS I SEE Thursday, February 28, 2008 family

Ithacafun College’s annual Family Carnival brought kids of all ages to the Fitness Center on Friday for a night of education, games and crafts.

PHOTOS BY EVAN FALK AND CAYLENA CAHILL ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR AND STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Top: Griffi n Black, 5, and her mother, Leda, make a bracelet at the African Latino Society’s craft table. CAYLENA CAHILL/THE ITHACAN Far Left: From left, Middle: From left, Michael Wang, 6, gets a seat belt demonstration from Ithaca Fire Fighter Ernie Williams. Montana Kerr, 3, sits EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN still as her mother, Julie, watches and junior Alice Pak paints her face. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN Left: Senior Amy Cohen balances a ladder on her chin during ICircus’ performance. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN