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Thursday Ithaca, N.Y. April 23, 2009 The Ithacan Volume 76, Issue 27 Park School dean An unearthed resource to leave college BY BYARD DUNCAN Gas drilling in Northeast raises SENIOR WRITER for new position Th e road leading to Ron Carter’s trailer is made of red health and environmental clay that melts away a little every time it rains. Truck traffi c has created an obstacle course of tall divots that punch at the BY ITHACAN STAFF concerns among residents bottom of cars, rattling spines and scraping muffl ers. Some Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. lawns along the way host bathtubs full of garbage or rusty Park School of Communications, an- drums belching out dark smoke. Others have drill pads and nounced Tuesday during an emergency cranes that stab 200 feet into the air. Th is is Dimock Town- meeting with faculty of the school that ship, the speck on Pennsylvania’s map that just became she will be leaving Ithaca College to be- ground zero for America’s energy future. come president of Ste- Carter, like his trailer, is white and jagged with little phens College, a pri- hints of warmth tucked into the corners. Words slip out of vate women’s college his mouth in terse grunts, moving under his mustache and in Columbia, Mo. past the copper cross dangling from his neck. He talks about “Life is full of op- 2006: the year he leased his land to Cabot Oil and Gas for portunities,” Lynch $25 per acre. At the time, nobody thought natural gas drilling said. “I always aspired would ever take place in Dimock. Leasing was just a quick to be president of an way to earn some badly needed cash. Next month’s mort- all-women’s college.” gage. A new bike for the kids. Lynch said she LYNCH will be- So when the drilling started last September and the enor- wanted her deci- come president of mous trucks bumped down Carter’s road and the night sky lit sion process to be Stephens College up like an industrial-strength Christmas tree, Carter and his in Columbia, Mo. private, unlike her wife Jean Carter were a bit surprised. Th ey were even more experience a year and a half ago when surprised when they found out their water had been con- deciding whether to take a dean posi- taminated with fecal coliform — a bacterium often found in tion at the University of California at ground soil — sometime between July and November. Th e Berkeley’s Graduate School of Jour- smell of it made Jean Carter sick to her stomach every time nalism. In July 2007, Lynch accepted she tried to do dishes. It was undrinkable. Unusable. the position of dean at Berkeley. In Th e Carters took a sample to Cabot, which refused to November 2007, Lynch withdrew pay for a water purifi cation system. Th ere are no materials from the position and decided to stay used in natural gas drilling activities that use fecal coliform, in Ithaca. according to Cabot. But the Carters believed that newly “I was on campus [at Stephens Col- excavated access roads had fl ooded, spilling manure from lege] two weeks ago, and it was com- a nearby pasture into their well. Carter, a 70-year-old ex- pletely confi dential,” Lynch said. “I had factory worker on disability, got a credit card and charged the opportunity, unlike the last time, to $7,000 for the system. He’s still paying it off , waiting for a make the decision with my family and royalty check for the gas taken on his land, from the same friends in a way that was private. Th at’s company he believes did the initial polluting. been a great gift.” Ken Komorowski, a Cabot spokesman, said he doubts According to Amy Gibson, vice pres- the fecal coliform could have come from the drilling. ident for marketing and public relations “Cabot does employ state-of-the-art erosion controls at Stephens College, Lynch accepted and meets all DEP requirements in regards to storm wa- the position after a fi nalists’ visit to Ste- ter fl ows,” he said. “Th at would include runoff from any phens College on April 6. Lynch said she construction activity.” made her decision last weekend. Ste- But the Carters’ water had never been contaminated phens College and Ithaca College made before. Th eir neighbors across the fi eld had never had the announcement simultaneously. such violent stomach pains, either. It all happened just a Steven Skopik, professor and chair of Ron Carter, a resident of Dimock Township, Penn., stands at the end of his property line few months after the drilling started. where a truck hauls away water used to collect natural gas in the area. See LEAVING, page 4 EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN See GAS, page 4

Paid deposits Building the Class of 2013 as of April 17 Business Park HSHP 100 200 200 Ithaca College has accepted 74.8 percent 94 Collegewide admissions numbers 170 170 of the students who applied for enrollment next 80 162 as of April 22 150 150 149 fall — an increase of about 16 percent from last 68 133 59 year and six percent from 2007. 60 109 The college intentionally admitted “more, Applicants Accepted Deposits 100 100 qualifi ed students” to help meet 40 a higher 2009 enrollment goal OPINION 15000 13,546 50 50 of 1600 fi rst-year students, said See page 12,747 20 Interim Dean of Enrollment Plan- 12 for an 12,506 12000 0 0 0 ning Rit Fuller, compared to a editorial on 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 goal of 1559 and an enrollment this issue. (74%) 9,476 of 1441 last year. A number of (67%) (59%) H&S DIIS Music 12 external factors also infl uenced the decision, 9000 8,327 8,014 350 330 12 80 including the economy and a decline in appli- 300 70 67 65 cations from high school seniors from the col- 10 250 246 60 lege’s primary feeder states. 6000 231 8 8 7 50 From these students, the college has received 200 41 909 total deposits for the next academic year, 6 40 150 and about 226 of those deposits were received 30 3000 4 between last Friday and yesterday. The college (9%) (12%) (10%) 100 20 will still have to receive 691 additional deposits 932 687 909 50 2 10 in the next eight days to meet it’s minimum fall 0 0 0 0 enrollment goal and even more to still meet that 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009 goal after the traditional summer melt. “Especially as we get closer to the deadline, LLC polled high school seniors plans; 23 percent whose families 1 will show a “tectonic” shift, “from where we were at this date in pre- those numbers will be vastly different,” Fuller said. who had either registered or tak- had fallen on “hard times”; and private to public, from low aid to high vious years], but we’re just hopeful How the number of deposits will fare in the en the SAT Reasoning Test and nearly one-third whose parents’ aid, from four-year to two-year and and waiting,” Fuller said. coming weeks is unpredictable, Fuller said. A found one in six students were income had declined. from residential to commuter.” recent study by the Arts and Sciences Group forced to change their college The study said as a result, May “Right now we’re ahead [of —Erica R. Hendry

SOURCE: RIT FULLER, INTERIM DEAN OF ENROLLMENT PLANNING DESIGN BY ALEXIS MCNUTT

find more. online. www.theithacan.org 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, April 23, 2009 Area rich in drillable resources Park dean GAS leaves after FROM PAGE 1 “I wish that they would have helped fi ve years us with it when we had a problem with the water and not kept pushing us aside,” Carter said. “Th ey wouldn’t LEAVING help. We called them, I don’t know FROM PAGE 1 how many times.” the Department of Cinema, Pho- Fecal coliform was just the begin- tography and Media Arts, said ning. Not long after Carter had ordered Lynch cultivated a culture of “yes” his purifi cation system, stories about a that has put the school in a favor- “methane scare” started creeping up able position for moving toward the hill. Stories about well water that the future. was orangey-brown or gritty enough “She came along at just the to clog a washing machine. Water that right time when there were a lot would ignite and burn for 11 min- of complicated things going on utes if you touched a match to it. On in the transition of various me- Jan. 1, 2009, Norma Fiorentino, one of dia forms we are involved with,” Carter’s neighbors, heard several loud Skopik said. “She was a force bangs coming from her yard. Her well who … encouraged everybody had exploded. Twenty-one days later, to think through that flexibly Cabot began providing drinking water and creatively.” to four Dimock households. Th e Cart- The college has not set a ers didn’t get any, despite the fact that specific timeline for appoint- they had to install a vent over their ing an interim dean, according well to sift out the excess gas. to Kathleen Rountree, provost “We were the guinea pigs in this and vice president of academic area,” Carter said. He folded his hands affairs. Rountree said she hopes and reclined, 7,000 feet above what an interim will be appointed geologists believe to be the third larg- before Lynch’s contract expires A water pump stands at a drill site in Dimock, Penn. There are 22 sites in Dimock that extract natural gas from the Mar- est cache of natural gas in the world. June 1. cellus Shale that sits under the area. The Marcellus Shale is found in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Carter, along with all of Dimock, EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN “I’ve asked the faculty in sits atop the Marcellus Shale — a the meeting to send me their 31 million acre subterranean rock and rests in man-made “disposal pits.” Moreover, because the exact vol- regulatory template for exploration thoughts about who may be an formation that runs under parts of A well can be fracked up to 10 times ume of chemicals used in fracking in the Marcellus. interim candidate, as well as the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, during its productive life, generating fl uid is a “proprietary” trade secret, Currently, there is a statewide search,” Rountree said. “I’ll listen New York’s Southern Tier and also between 10 million and 40 million the three big players in this $15 bil- moratorium on drilling in the Marcel- to their advice fi rst, and then we’ll Tompkins County. gallons of wastewater. lion industry (Schlumberger Tech- lus. Th e DEC has, however, drafted make decisions.” If harvested to its projected po- “Th at water has to go somewhere,” nology Corp., BJ Services and Halli- a fi nal “Scope” — a road map of spe- Nancy Cornwell, associate tential — as much as 363 trillion cu- said Steve Penningroth, a co-founder burton) have been reluctant to make cifi c environmental guidelines energy professor and chair of the De- bic feet of gas, according to one Penn of the Community Science Institute, their ingredients public. companies must meet in order to drill. partment of Television and Radio, State geoscientist — the Marcellus’ a nonprofi t organization that helps “If these formulas were to be- Th e Scope, which according to Pen- said Lynch set a high standard of reserve would be enough to heat the monitor the Cayuga watershed. “Th e come available to other companies, ningroth, failed to adequately address leadership at the school. entire United States for two years. It thing is it’s not water. It’s like you’re it is possible that we could lose our issues of soil erosion and disposal of “We understand the posi- could also generate billions in rev- taking 5 million gallons of fresh water, competitive advantage to those com- wastewater, fueled accusations that tive impact a good leader can enues and a fl ood of new jobs. But and you’re contaminating it inten- panies,” Diana Gabriel, a Halliburton the DEC is hurrying the process along have,” Cornwell said. “What this what has many citizens of southern tionally. You’re leaving half of it in the spokesperson, told BusinessWeek to accommodate development. means for the Park School is New York in an uproar is the poten- ground, and then you’re looking for a last November. Th e DEC disagrees, though it ac- that we have to look for that in tial environmental cost of drilling. As place to dispose of the other half.” Th e big three often cite a 2004 EPA knowledges the economic potential of our next leader. We want some- Dimock illustrates, it can be quite a Under any other circumstances, study, which said though fractures Marcellus exploration is substantial. one who represents where we messy endeavor. the water stored at disposal pits would can serve as conduits for gas leaking “Th ere will be some amount of eco- want to go and has the capacity To begin with, there’s the extrac- be considered hazardous waste and into water supplies from water wells nomic activity in the Marcellus like to facilitate that.” tion process. In order to access gas in aggressively regulated. But thanks to and surface areas, fracking actually jobs and taxes,” said Kathy Sanford Skopik, who has previously the Marcellus, energy companies em- the Federal Energy Policy Act, a piece poses a “minimal threat” to drinking of the DEC’s Bureau of Oil and Gas served on selection committees ploy a technique called “high volume of legislation signed into law by the water supplies. Regulation. “Th e hope is that there for administrators at the Park horizontal high-pressure hydraulic Bush administration in 2005, oil and Residents of Dimock disagree. As will be economically producible gas in School, said the weeks ahead pro- fracturing,” or “hydrofracking” for gas companies are exempt from much do others in Alaska, Colorado, Mon- the Marcellus.” vide the school with an opportu- short. “Fracking” a well involves forc- of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Th is tana, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and Many residents of Tompkins nity for refl ection. ing between 2 and 9 million gallons essentially means that the chemicals Wyoming — seven states that have County share her hope and have “One positive thing that comes of water, sand and chemicals down being shot into the ground — benzene, reported serious cases of water con- opted to lease their land to compa- out of this is a real, natural de- thousands of feet into the ground to methanol, ethylene glycol, among oth- tamination near fracking sites. nies interested in Marcellus drilling. marcation point to stand still for break up rock formations and un- ers — get a free pass. “Mostly, the state regulators are Th e numbers are a bit surprising: 58 a second and look at ourselves,” leash gas. Around half of the water Curiously, these chemicals aren’t functioning as facilitators in collusion percent of Groton is leased, as is 49 Skopik said. “We can think about used stays in the ground. Th e other allowed anywhere near drinking wa- with the industry, and their focus is to percent of Enfi eld and 48 percent of where we’ve been recently, how half — usually between 1 and 4 mil- ter if used for purposes other than oil maximize production as the fi rst and Caroline. Twelve percent of Ithaca’s we’re going to continue the posi- lion gallons — emerges from the well or gas exploration. prime goal,” said Barbara Arrindel, total acreage is under lease to oil and tive momentum we have and what a founder of Damascus Citizens for gas companies — all of it within fi ve directions make sense program- Below is the location of the Marcellus Sustainability, a Pennsylvania public miles of Ithaca College. matically, as a college, as a school, WHAT LIES BENEATH Shale that covers much of the Northeast. action group. “Th e EPA is still basi- Additionally, Schlumberger (one as individual departments.” cally out to lunch.” of the three main fracking industries) Senior Caitlin Castle, a student Lake Ontario Out to lunch or not, environ- spent 2.65 million on an 87-acre par- assistant in the dean’s offi ce, said CANADA NEW YORK mental agencies — specifi cally those cel in Horseheads at the end of Janu- Lynch brings a great deal of energy Ithaca within New York — are certainly ary and has been moving forward to the school and will be missed. Lake Erie not prepared to deal with any sort with plans for drilling ever since. On “She’s so personable and takes of large scale drilling activity in the March 27, Chemung county planners that time to explain the program Southern Tier. If drilling expands to approved the outline of Schlumberg- and share that passion,” she said. PENNSYLVANIA Dimock the levels many expect it to, the DEC, er’s preliminary site plan. “So it’s a loss, and it’s tough, but I which has a staff of 19 in its Bureau Meanwhile, back in Dimock, some know that it’s a good opportunity Marcellus Shale of Oil and Gas Regulation, would be residents continue to buy their water for her.” OHIO in charge of inspecting and oversee- at Price Chopper grocery store. Carter According to Castle, even ing thousands of drill sites. Th ese and his wife continue to wait for their prospective students identify NEW numbers seem daunting, especially royalty check. Cabot trucks continue with Lynch. MARYLAND JERSEY since no provisions in the New York to bump, slide and skid their way up “Everybody gets so excited state budget exist to expand the oil and down that hill. just by hearing her speak,” she WEST DELAWARE and gas sector. “Th e people they haven’t drilled said. “Even at Ithaca Today, kids VIRGINIA “Does New York state have the in- near should be aware of what can were lined up out the door just to frastructure even to enforce the laws happen with the water situation,” speak to the dean, and that really they already have, let alone come up Carter said. “’Cause every place doesn’t happen.” with better regulations?” Penningroth they’ve drilled, the water’s gone bad. Lynch said the college will al- Atlantic Ocean said. “Can they put instructors on site It isn’t an isolated house here and a ways be important to her. VIRGINIA that will supervise the workers from house there.” “I still love this place with the gas companies?” He points down the gashed, mucky all my heart,” Lynch said. “You Penningroth said though he’s by road. “Every house has something can love something and real- SOURCE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION no means “anti-drilling,” he’s con- wrong with their water. I don’t know ize it’s time for someone else to OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS DESIGN BY MICHELLE BARRIE cerned about New York’s current whether it’s going to go away.” step in.” THURSDAY BRIEFING

2 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009 THIS Nation&World WEEK  Obama misinterprets Castro quote 23 THURSDAY Fidel Castro said President Obama “misinter- preted” his brother Raul’s remarks regarding the Presentation by Mary Blake, United States and bristled at the suggestion that the director of scouting for the Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on NBA, at 7 p.m. in Williams 323 dollars people send to the island. Raul Castro touched off a whirlwind of specu- Vegetarian Teach-in, spon- lation last week that the U.S. and Cuba could be sored by ICES, from 7:30 to headed toward a thaw after nearly a half-century 9 p.m. in the Taughannock Falls of chilly relations. Th e speculation began when the Meeting Room Cuban president said leaders would be willing to sit down with their U.S. counterparts and discuss “ev- 24 FRIDAY erything, everything, everything,” including human Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. in rights, freedom of the press and expression, and Muller Chapel political prisoners. Obama responded at the Summit of the Ameri- “A Drop of Life,” a film cas by saying Washington seeks a new beginning screening sponsored by IC with Cuba. But as he prepared to leave the sum- Environmental Society, from 7 mit Sunday, Obama also called on Cuba to release to 9 p.m. in Textor 101 political prisoners and reduce taxes on remittances Shabbat Dinner at 7:15 p.m. in from the U.S. Terrace Dining Hall Th at appeared to enrage Fidel Castro, 82, who wrote in an essay published yesterday 25 SATURDAY that Obama “without a doubt misinterpreted Raul’s declarations.” Comedy Show, sponsored by IC Comedy Club, from 7 to Wall Street investors see some hope 10 p.m. in IC Square Down to earth Investors set aside worries about bank earnings Activists shout slogans yesterday beside an effi gy of Mother Earth outside the Department of Environ- yesterday to focus on upbeat reports from indus- 26 SUNDAY ment and Natural Resources headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines. Environmental activists com- trial and technology companies. memorated Earth Day with a parade to remind people of the need to address climate change. Stocks fell in early trading yesterday only to pull AARON FAVILA/ASSOCIATED PRESS Nondenominational Protes- higher in the late morning, as they did on Tues- tant Service at 11 a.m. in day when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Muller Chapel reassured investors about the health of banks’ bal- in boats escorted by the navy. Somalian pirates placed in custody Catholic Community Mass at ance sheets. Dissipating worries about Morgan In a sign that the rebel leadership has begun to Masked French commandos marched a band 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel Stanley’s weaker-than-expected results made it eas- feel the military pressure, the rebels’ former media of barefoot pirate suspects down the gangplank of ier for investors to respond to better earnings news spokesman Velayutham Dayanithi and an inter- a naval frigate yesterday in Mombasa before turning 28 TUESDAY from AT&T Inc., Boeing Co., McDonald’s Corp. preter for the group’s political wing, known only the 11 Somali men over to Kenyan authorities. and Yahoo Inc. yesterday. as George, turned themselves over to government French offi cials said the suspects will be tried for Equal Pay Day, a panel discus- “We’re starting to see a little light at the end of forces yesterday. their alleged April 14 attack on the Liberian cargo sion sponsored by IC Femi- the tunnel,” said Frank Ingarra, co-portfolio man- ship Safmarine Asia. nists, from noon to 1 p.m. in ager at Hennessy Funds, referring to some of the UN issues report to Iraqi leaders Th e pirates, who did speak to reporters as they Textor 103 recent earnings data. “Th e challenge is I don’t know Iraqi leaders received a highly anticipated U.N. left the French warship Nivose, appeared to range Tie-Dye event, sponsored by the how long the tunnel is.” report on proposals to ease ethnic rifts in the oil- in age from 20 to 40. Th ey were not handcuff ed or Multiple Sclerosis Awareness rich northern city of Kirkuk and other disputed ar- shackled and were rushed from the ship into a wait- Club, from 12:05 to 1:10 p.m. Sri Lankan rebels surrender to army eas yesterday, a U.N. spokesman said. ing Kenyan police van. on the Academic Quad Two Tamil Tiger offi cials surrendered to the Th e report is not binding for Iraqi authorities, French offi cials also handed over the pirates’ IC Sustainability Group Meet- Sri Lankan army yesterday, and refugees joined a but it could off er a blueprint to try to solve the po- equipment: two skiff s, three grappling hooks, four ing from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in stream of more than 80,000 people the government litical impasse over Kirkuk, the hub for Iraq’s north- rusty assault rifl es, two bags of bullets and a ladder. the Park Center for Business says have fl ed a war zone. ern oil fi elds and a fault line for the nation’s Arab Th e three French commandos wore black bala- Room 301 Th e sandy beaches north of the tiny combat and Kurdish populations. clavas to conceal their identities. zone — which now measures just fi ve miles (eight Th e report is expected to off er recommenda- Th e Nivose is serving in the international 29 WEDNESDAY kilometers) long — were fi lled with people carry- tions to ease tensions in Kirkuk, such as possible fl eet trying to protect the 20,000 ships passing ing their belongings on their backs or in bundles “special status” that would allow joint oversight annually through the vital Gulf of Aden, the wa- Imprint magazine’s start-up on their heads, according to photos released by the from the Arab-dominated central government in terway that links Europe with Asia. showcase 2009 at 7 p.m. in military. Mothers held infants and others carried Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomous region in Textor 103 sick relatives as they reached government territory the north. SOURCE: Associated Press Open Mic Night, sponsored by Spit That!, from 7 to 9 p.m. in IC Square wells in areas of Sudan where water Textor 102. ADD YOUR EVENT College&City is limited. Th e college’s chapter now Szaky is recognized for being an has about $3,500 raised. “eco-capitalist” who believes capital- Drop events for “This Associate dean of music With an overall budget of $65.5 For more information, call Adam ism exists in nature. His TerraCycle Week” in the marked box in to leave college in July million, the A&E center will include Polaski at 610-306-7956 or e-mail Plant Food is available at Wal-Mart The Ithacan offi ce, or e-mail School of Music Associate Dean a 130,000 square-foot fi eld house, an him at [email protected]. and has been named the most eco- Assistant News Editor Becca William Pelto announced yesterday outdoor stadium with a lighted turf friendly product in Home Depot. Ter- Burns at [email protected] he will leave Ithaca College to be- fi eld, six outdoor tennis courts and an Local bike ride to benefi t raCycle has been called “the most eco- by 5 p.m. Monday. come dean of the Hayes School of aquatics pavilion. Cornell animal hospital friendly in America.” Music at Appalachian State Univer- According to President Tom Students at the Cornell University Szaky’s presentation is the fi rst CORRECTIONS sity in Boone, N.C. Pelto will begin Rochon, the $4 million is a “lifesaver.” College of Veterinary Medicine are speaker series in the Earth Week his new position July 1. “Without it, we would have had to organizing the fi rst Pedal for Pets bike “Commit to Change” presentation. It is The Ithacan’s policy to Pelto has been a faculty member go back to the drawing board and re- ride to benefi t the Cornell University Th e event is free and open to the correct all errors of fact. at the school for 18 years. He taught consider how much of the project we Hospital for Animals. Th e event is on public. For more information, call Please contact Assistant News as a professor of music theory before could build at this time,” Rochon said. Saturday, May 2 and is organized by Marian Brown at 274-3787 or e-mail Editor Jackie Palochko becoming associate dean in 2000. Atlantic Philanthropies previously the Student Chapter of the American her at [email protected]. at 274-3207. Pelto is credited with developing the gave $25 million toward the project. Veterinary Medical Association. Reg- Takadimi system for learning rhythm istration for the bike ride will begin at Active Minds receives COPY EDITORS in partnership with his colleagues Water for Sudan to hold 9 a.m. in the B Parking Lot on the Cor- fi ve-star chapter rating Richard Hoff man and John White. 5k run to raise money nell University campus. Th e Ithaca College chapter of Ac- Paloma Altamirano, Alexa A reception honoring Pelto will Water for Sudan will sponsor a Th e bike ride will include a 33- tive Minds has been deemed a fi ve- Besgen, Marianne Dabir, David be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 5k run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. mile route and a 53-mile route. All star chapter — the highest rating for Durrett, Lauren Kaufman, in the McHenry Lobby of the Whalen Saturday at Butterfi eld Stadium to proceeds raised through registration any Active Minds college chapter — Margaret Moran, Mary Kate Center for Music. raise $5,000 for a well in the Sudan fees will benefi t the Cornell Univer- for the second consecutive year. Murphy, Tahleen Ovian, Brittany region. Th ose interested can pre- sity Hospital for Animals, a not-for- Th e rank is determined by the na- Rose, Meg Rindfl eisch, Emmy College receives $4 million register from 2 to 5 p.m. today and profi t teaching hospital that is open tional organization Active Minds Inc., Schwartz, Juliana Stiles, Benja- to build new A&E Center tomorrow in Campus Center and to all members of the community. which evaluates the chapters’ eff orts min White-Patarino. Ithaca College has received the Fitness Center. For more information, visit in administration, leadership, organi- DESIGN $4 million from Atlantic Philanthro- Preregistration fees are $5 and www.cvmscavma.com. zation and outreach. pies to raise the fi nal funds needed registration fees on Saturday are At the college, Active Minds Michelle Barrie (pages 1 and 27) to build a new Athletics and Events $7. All proceeds go to funding wells Eco-capitalist CEO to talk is the only student-run mental Center. Th e $4 million gift brings the in Sudan. during Earth Week events health awareness, education and Alexis McNutt (pages 5, 15, 16 college within $3 million of its goal. Water for Sudan, a national or- Tom Szaky, co-founder and CEO advocacy group on campus. The and 31) Th e college has set for itself a May 31 ganization with an Ithaca College of the organic plant food maker Ter- group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays Colleen Lowery (page 17) deadline to raise the fi nal amount. chapter, raises money to construct raCycle, will speak at 7 p.m. today in in Williams 218. Thursday, April 23, 2009 NEWS The Ithacan 3 Some schools favor students who can pay in full College begins investigation BY MATT BIDDLE STAFF WRITER Th is year, as many private colleges nationwide, of recent rape such as Bowdoin College and Carleton College, attempt to deal with falling endowments and the BY ELIZABETH SILE prospect of lower enrollments, many are giving NEWS EDITOR preference to applicants who can aff ord the full tu- Ithaca College is investigating a ition cost, according to a March article in Th e New report that a male, not enrolled at York Times. the college, sexually assaulted a fe- Ithaca College, meanwhile, plans to remain male student before midnight Feb. need-blind and has reallocated $3.8 million to fi nan- 28 in a Circle Apartment, according cial aid to help needy students, according to Larry to Dave Maley, associate director of Chambers, director of Student Financial Services. the Offi ce of Media Relations. Robert Sevier, the senior vice president of Sta- Th e incident occurred in the mats, an enrollment consulting service for more room of the male college student than 100 colleges and universities across the country, with whom the alleged perpetra- said some colleges have always looked to “sole-pay” tor was visiting. Th e student will students to meet budgetary needs. not be judicially charged and the “For colleges to aff ord students who can’t pay, victim declined to press charges, they’ve always had to fi nd enough students that can,” Maley said. he said. Th e college learned of the inci- Sevier said the economic downturn has further dent April 6 when an outside party exacerbated this trend for the upcoming year. reported it. Th e Offi ce of Public “If the students have the exact same profi le, and Safety then followed up with the one is a full-pay student, I think the college would be From left, sophomore Abby Jamiel, junior Lauren McCullough and Ann Thomas, information services su- victim April 10. tempted to choose the full-pay student,” he said. pervisor, talk in the Offi ce of Admission March 14. Private colleges are admitting wealthier students. Maley said the four-day discrep- Sevier said this puts students who have the abil- SABINA CAO/THE ITHACAN ancy between when the situation ity and means to pay in full in an enviable position. was reported to when it was classi- For students who aren’t as fi nancially secure, it the kind of fi nancial strategies they have in place,” “It’s an opportunity for students who want to fi ed as rape was because the college can be frustrating to see wealthy students get ahead Turbide said. “It’s a comfortable thing for us.” make that commitment early in the process to lock was trying to contact the victim. simply because of fi nances. Sophomore Jason Mar- Turbide said despite this, there are benefi ts to an in that decision so they can enjoy the rest of their Th e college originally classi- inaro, who pays for his education through grants institution basing admissions decisions on need. senior year without the anxiety of making that selec- fi ed the incident as “criminal intel- and student loans, said schools should remain com- “Th ere’s nothing wrong with being need- tion,” Turbide said. ligence” but reclassifi ed it as rape pletely need-blind in their admissions decisions. aware,” he said. “Hopefully the institution is doing Many schools nationwide are also giving out to the third degree. Maley said he “Schools should want to have the smartest peo- that because one of the primary questions they’re more merit-based scholarships, as opposed to need- could not discuss what particular ple they can,” Marinaro said. “Paying your way into asking at the admissions process is, ‘Can we sup- based aid. Sevier said schools sometimes need to section of penal law classifi ed the a school you might not have gotten into otherwise port this student to attend from a fi nancial stand- award more aid to reach their target demographics crime as third degree. could just hurt the student in the long run.” point?’ Making that decision at the admissions for the incoming class. Maley could not confi rm that Sevier said schools would never turn away tal- stage is certainly valid.” “It’s part of a college’s desire to shape its class,” the victim knew the perpetrator and ented students for fi nancially well-off applicants. Sophomore Christine Pearl said she is glad the Sevier said. “If you have a talented tuba player, and did not know if the victim sought a “If a college seeks more full-pay students at the college will not switch to a need-aware admissions you need that student, and someone else is vying for rape kit following the incident. expense of quality, that’s going to be more hurtful,” process because of the slumping economy. that student, you’re going to need to award more Th e perpetrator is banned from he said. “If they can fi nd a way to get more wealthy “It would hurt the college’s reputation because [merit-based] aid.” campus with a criminal trespass students though, then that actually gives them the people with money aren’t necessarily the smartest Chambers said there was a 6 percent increase waiver, which will allow the col- ability to serve more students overall.” or most qualifi ed people to be accepted,” she said. in students enrolling at the college who fi le FAFSA lege to arrest him for trespassing Chambers said the college has no plans to stray Many colleges nationwide are taking other and demonstrate fi nancial need this year. President if he returns. from its need-blind policy. measures in their admissions process to cut costs, Tom Rochon and the Board of Trustees authorized Because the investigation is “[Being need-blind] makes us a better institu- including admitting more early decision applicants, more than a $3 million increase in fi nancial aid in open, Laura Durling, assistant tion, because we’re admitting students based on who traditionally have less room to negotiate their February, but Chambers said the college will not al- director for Patrol and Security their academic strength without regard to their abil- fi nancial aid package. ter its qualifi cations. Services, said she could not com- ity to pay,” he said. Turbide said the college will reinstate its early de- Turbide said the fi nancial aid system is always ment on the specifi cs of the case. Gerard Turbide, director of admissions at the col- cision program for the 2010-11 school year. Cham- changing and adapting. She said in general, the Offi ce of lege, said he also supports need-blind admissions. bers said the college will give the same fi nancial aid “Ithaca is always looking at how we can im- Public Safety and the Offi ce of “Th at’s a good policy where institutions can package regardless of whether a student is admitted prove our process and how we can better serve our Judicial Aff airs will investigate aff ord to do that and can support that policy with early or regular decision. students in the process,” he said. crimes that occur on campus. Af- ter a crime is reported, the diff er- ent parties involved in the crime are interviewed and facts are Speakers discuss Burma checked. From there, Durling said the college presents the victim with his or her judicial options as BY SAM LOWE the Burmese people from the military well as available resources. STAFF WRITER regime from abroad. Senior Dan Wald, president of Jeff rey Hellman ’07 returned to Democracy is a way to help the in- Students Active for Ending Rape, Ithaca yesterday to talk about his digenous people, he said. has been involved with the college’s passion — liberating the native Bur- “Th e only way to stop civil war is to sexual assault work group since it mese people from their military gov- promote freedom, liberty and democ- started after three reports of sexual ernment. His voice rang through Tex- racy,” Myint said. “Th e military [gov- assault in February 2008. Th e group tor 101 as he recited one of his poems ernment] does not want this.” has made changes to the judicial written on the issue, “Helping Burma Th e U.S. government and others process for rape and sexual assault, Is a Matter of the Heart.” need to pressure the United Nations such as allowing the victim to pres- Th e college’s chapter of STAND: and the government of Burma to stop ent via phone or video screen. National Students Anti-genocide Co- the killing and internal displacement It could not be confi rmed that alition, brought Hellman and Aung of Burmese natives, said Maura Ste- such policies will be used in the re- Kyaw Myint, a native of Burma, to pro- phens, senior editor and special proj- cent case, because the college’s con- mote ways in which college students ects manager in the Department of duct code is not applicable to non- Aung Kyaw Myint, a native of Burma, speaks to a group of students Monday could become active in the struggle to Marketing Communications. students, said Mike Leary, assistant in Textor 101 for a discussion sponsored by the college’s chapter of STAND. free the Burmese people. “We need pressure from the out- HANNAH RASKIN/THE ITHACAN director for Judicial Aff airs. Myint said the college has been a side to support the people on the in- Wald said the work group will valuable tool in the fi ght for democ- side who are still struggling for free- Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon that opportunities at home that she has present three changes to be ap- ratization in Burma. STAND and dom and democracy,” she said. STAND members handed out to push here. Th is made it more valuable to proved by the college’s Board of other faculty and staff members on Th ousands of people died in the for greater outside pressure. hear a fi rsthand account of the atroci- Trustees at its May meeting. He said campus have helped raise awareness protest in 1988, and thousands of peo- Senior Libby Gordon, co- ties in Burma. the group will clarify how the col- of the atrocities that have devastated ple today are being displaced or killed president of the college’s chapter of “I heard about genocides, but I lege defi nes types of rape and sexual the country. because of the junta military. Villages STAND, said if students want to help didn’t know the word for it,” she said. assault and will add the right for the “Ithaca College is among the most are pillaged, women are raped and more they can contact local representatives “I watched the news when I was little accuser to appeal a case if new evi- famous colleges in our movement,” than 70,000 children are being forced to to add support to the movement. and saw children dying in Uganda, dence comes up and will establish Myint said. “[Th e college] makes a lot become child soldiers, Hellman said. She said the presentation could help Kenya and other countries, and it was minimum sanctions. of signifi cant movement to support Hellman showed a clip from his open students’ eyes to human rights heartbreaking.” Wald said the recent rape was democracy in Burma.” fi lm, “Honoring Home,” during his abuses around the world — geno- In the end, Myint said people not an isolated incident — even at In 1988, Myint, then in his early talk of a Burmese family who lives cides in the Democratic Republic of on the grassroots level and govern- the college. 20s, was imprisoned because of his in- in Ithaca — the family of Han Lin, a Congo and Darfur. ments and people abroad need to help “Rape is the most violent, un- volvement in student-mobilized pro- political activist and former facilities Freda Opoku, a freshman biology change Burma’s current predicament. derreported crime on college cam- tests across Burma. He later fl ed to the attendant at the college, who died major, said she was moved by what the “Finally, we realized that we have puses,” he said. “[Victims] are not U.S. with his wife. Now living in Syra- last fall. Hellman asked the audience two presenters said. A native of Gha- to change the society,” he said. “[We alone, because it happens to so cuse, Myint said he works to help free to sign prewritten letters to U.N. na, she said she didn’t have the same have] to change the government.” many people.” 4 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, April 23, 2009 Area rich in drillable resources Park dean GAS leaves after FROM PAGE 1 “I wish that they would have helped fi ve years us with it when we had a problem with the water and not kept pushing us aside,” Carter said. “Th ey wouldn’t LEAVING help. We called them, I don’t know FROM PAGE 1 how many times.” the Department of Cinema, Pho- Fecal coliform was just the begin- tography and Media Arts, said ning. Not long after Carter had ordered Lynch cultivated a culture of “yes” his purifi cation system, stories about a that has put the school in a favor- “methane scare” started creeping up able position for moving toward the hill. Stories about well water that the future. was orangey-brown or gritty enough “She came along at just the to clog a washing machine. Water that right time when there were a lot would ignite and burn for 11 min- of complicated things going on utes if you touched a match to it. On in the transition of various me- Jan. 1, 2009, Norma Fiorentino, one of dia forms we are involved with,” Carter’s neighbors, heard several loud Skopik said. “She was a force bangs coming from her yard. Her well who … encouraged everybody had exploded. Twenty-one days later, to think through that flexibly Cabot began providing drinking water and creatively.” to four Dimock households. Th e Cart- The college has not set a ers didn’t get any, despite the fact that specific timeline for appoint- they had to install a vent over their ing an interim dean, according well to sift out the excess gas. to Kathleen Rountree, provost “We were the guinea pigs in this and vice president of academic area,” Carter said. He folded his hands affairs. Rountree said she hopes and reclined, 7,000 feet above what an interim will be appointed geologists believe to be the third larg- before Lynch’s contract expires A water pump stands at a drill site in Dimock, Penn. There are 22 sites in Dimock that extract natural gas from the Mar- est cache of natural gas in the world. June 1. cellus Shale that sits under the area. The Marcellus Shale is found in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Carter, along with all of Dimock, EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN “I’ve asked the faculty in sits atop the Marcellus Shale — a the meeting to send me their 31 million acre subterranean rock and rests in man-made “disposal pits.” Moreover, because the exact vol- regulatory template for exploration thoughts about who may be an formation that runs under parts of A well can be fracked up to 10 times ume of chemicals used in fracking in the Marcellus. interim candidate, as well as the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, during its productive life, generating fl uid is a “proprietary” trade secret, Currently, there is a statewide search,” Rountree said. “I’ll listen New York’s Southern Tier and also between 10 million and 40 million the three big players in this $15 bil- moratorium on drilling in the Marcel- to their advice fi rst, and then we’ll Tompkins County. gallons of wastewater. lion industry (Schlumberger Tech- lus. Th e DEC has, however, drafted make decisions.” If harvested to its projected po- “Th at water has to go somewhere,” nology Corp., BJ Services and Halli- a fi nal “Scope” — a road map of spe- Nancy Cornwell, associate tential — as much as 363 trillion cu- said Steve Penningroth, a co-founder burton) have been reluctant to make cifi c environmental guidelines energy professor and chair of the De- bic feet of gas, according to one Penn of the Community Science Institute, their ingredients public. companies must meet in order to drill. partment of Television and Radio, State geoscientist — the Marcellus’ a nonprofi t organization that helps “If these formulas were to be- Th e Scope, which according to Pen- said Lynch set a high standard of reserve would be enough to heat the monitor the Cayuga watershed. “Th e come available to other companies, ningroth, failed to adequately address leadership at the school. entire United States for two years. It thing is it’s not water. It’s like you’re it is possible that we could lose our issues of soil erosion and disposal of “We understand the posi- could also generate billions in rev- taking 5 million gallons of fresh water, competitive advantage to those com- wastewater, fueled accusations that tive impact a good leader can enues and a fl ood of new jobs. But and you’re contaminating it inten- panies,” Diana Gabriel, a Halliburton the DEC is hurrying the process along have,” Cornwell said. “What this what has many citizens of southern tionally. You’re leaving half of it in the spokesperson, told BusinessWeek to accommodate development. means for the Park School is New York in an uproar is the poten- ground, and then you’re looking for a last November. Th e DEC disagrees, though it ac- that we have to look for that in tial environmental cost of drilling. As place to dispose of the other half.” Th e big three often cite a 2004 EPA knowledges the economic potential of our next leader. We want some- Dimock illustrates, it can be quite a Under any other circumstances, study, which said though fractures Marcellus exploration is substantial. one who represents where we messy endeavor. the water stored at disposal pits would can serve as conduits for gas leaking “Th ere will be some amount of eco- want to go and has the capacity To begin with, there’s the extrac- be considered hazardous waste and into water supplies from water wells nomic activity in the Marcellus like to facilitate that.” tion process. In order to access gas in aggressively regulated. But thanks to and surface areas, fracking actually jobs and taxes,” said Kathy Sanford Skopik, who has previously the Marcellus, energy companies em- the Federal Energy Policy Act, a piece poses a “minimal threat” to drinking of the DEC’s Bureau of Oil and Gas served on selection committees ploy a technique called “high volume of legislation signed into law by the water supplies. Regulation. “Th e hope is that there for administrators at the Park horizontal high-pressure hydraulic Bush administration in 2005, oil and Residents of Dimock disagree. As will be economically producible gas in School, said the weeks ahead pro- fracturing,” or “hydrofracking” for gas companies are exempt from much do others in Alaska, Colorado, Mon- the Marcellus.” vide the school with an opportu- short. “Fracking” a well involves forc- of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Th is tana, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and Many residents of Tompkins nity for refl ection. ing between 2 and 9 million gallons essentially means that the chemicals Wyoming — seven states that have County share her hope and have “One positive thing that comes of water, sand and chemicals down being shot into the ground — benzene, reported serious cases of water con- opted to lease their land to compa- out of this is a real, natural de- thousands of feet into the ground to methanol, ethylene glycol, among oth- tamination near fracking sites. nies interested in Marcellus drilling. marcation point to stand still for break up rock formations and un- ers — get a free pass. “Mostly, the state regulators are Th e numbers are a bit surprising: 58 a second and look at ourselves,” leash gas. Around half of the water Curiously, these chemicals aren’t functioning as facilitators in collusion percent of Groton is leased, as is 49 Skopik said. “We can think about used stays in the ground. Th e other allowed anywhere near drinking wa- with the industry, and their focus is to percent of Enfi eld and 48 percent of where we’ve been recently, how half — usually between 1 and 4 mil- ter if used for purposes other than oil maximize production as the fi rst and Caroline. Twelve percent of Ithaca’s we’re going to continue the posi- lion gallons — emerges from the well or gas exploration. prime goal,” said Barbara Arrindel, total acreage is under lease to oil and tive momentum we have and what a founder of Damascus Citizens for gas companies — all of it within fi ve directions make sense program- Below is the location of the Marcellus Sustainability, a Pennsylvania public miles of Ithaca College. matically, as a college, as a school, WHAT LIES BENEATH Shale that covers much of the Northeast. action group. “Th e EPA is still basi- Additionally, Schlumberger (one as individual departments.” cally out to lunch.” of the three main fracking industries) Senior Caitlin Castle, a student Lake Ontario Out to lunch or not, environ- spent 2.65 million on an 87-acre par- assistant in the dean’s offi ce, said CANADA NEW YORK mental agencies — specifi cally those cel in Horseheads at the end of Janu- Lynch brings a great deal of energy Ithaca within New York — are certainly ary and has been moving forward to the school and will be missed. Lake Erie not prepared to deal with any sort with plans for drilling ever since. On “She’s so personable and takes of large scale drilling activity in the March 27, Chemung county planners that time to explain the program Southern Tier. If drilling expands to approved the outline of Schlumberg- and share that passion,” she said. PENNSYLVANIA Dimock the levels many expect it to, the DEC, er’s preliminary site plan. “So it’s a loss, and it’s tough, but I which has a staff of 19 in its Bureau Meanwhile, back in Dimock, some know that it’s a good opportunity Marcellus Shale of Oil and Gas Regulation, would be residents continue to buy their water for her.” OHIO in charge of inspecting and oversee- at Price Chopper grocery store. Carter According to Castle, even ing thousands of drill sites. Th ese and his wife continue to wait for their prospective students identify NEW numbers seem daunting, especially royalty check. Cabot trucks continue with Lynch. MARYLAND JERSEY since no provisions in the New York to bump, slide and skid their way up “Everybody gets so excited state budget exist to expand the oil and down that hill. just by hearing her speak,” she WEST DELAWARE and gas sector. “Th e people they haven’t drilled said. “Even at Ithaca Today, kids VIRGINIA “Does New York state have the in- near should be aware of what can were lined up out the door just to frastructure even to enforce the laws happen with the water situation,” speak to the dean, and that really they already have, let alone come up Carter said. “’Cause every place doesn’t happen.” with better regulations?” Penningroth they’ve drilled, the water’s gone bad. Lynch said the college will al- Atlantic Ocean said. “Can they put instructors on site It isn’t an isolated house here and a ways be important to her. VIRGINIA that will supervise the workers from house there.” “I still love this place with the gas companies?” He points down the gashed, mucky all my heart,” Lynch said. “You Penningroth said though he’s by road. “Every house has something can love something and real- SOURCE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION no means “anti-drilling,” he’s con- wrong with their water. I don’t know ize it’s time for someone else to OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS DESIGN BY MICHELLE BARRIE cerned about New York’s current whether it’s going to go away.” step in.” Thursday, April 23, 2009 NEWS The Ithacan 5

Dermatologists link melanoma Beneath the skin in young people to tanning

Freshman Rachel Stokes sits for a photo that shows melanin spots in the deep- er layers of her skin. Mela- noma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, begins in the skin cells that produce melanin. EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN

BY KAYDI POIRIER York state, said the ability for tanners ACCENT EDITOR to gauge how much UV exposure Ithaca College sophomore Claire they’re getting makes indoor tanning Maschinski said she doesn’t tan in a safer than outdoor. bed regularly — only a few times be- “All I can really do is advise people fore vacations and special occasions on how long they go,” she said. “Be- like weddings. She estimates that, cause it’s a controlled environment, in total, she visits a tanning salon you shouldn’t ever be burning.” roughly 15 times a year. New York state law prohibits chil- “In moderation everything is dren younger than 14 from using in- OK,” Maschinski said. door tanning facilities, and minors From left, Jennifer Mason, an aesthetician student who assists Dr. Kimberly Silvers at Ithaca Dermatology, But according to the U.S. National between the ages of 14 and 18 must shows Stokes photos yesterday that reveal sun damage and redness in the underlayers of Stokes’ skin. Cancer Institute, it might not be. In provide signed permission from a par- EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN 2004, the institute reported that wom- ent or guardian in order to tan. en who use tanning beds more than Th ough the $5 billion per year Freshman Rachel Stokes said her bothers her, but the mole doesn’t look protection began 12 years ago, when once a month are 55 percent more tanning industry is regulated and its semiweekly visits to Tanning Bed do irregular in any way. She said if it did, his mother was diagnosed with ma- likely to develop malignant melanoma, representatives discourage burning, more than just add color to her natu- she would have it checked out, which lignant melanoma at the age of 37. the most deadly form of skin cancer. Silvers said even just tanning repeat- rally fair complexion. is what Marmur recommends. When she was in her early 30s, doc- Kimberly Silvers, a dermatolo- edly over time damages the underlay- “Sometimes after a stressful day “Anything that comes to your atten- tors had removed a mole from her gist at Ithaca Dermatology, said ers of the skin and causes wrinkles, me or my friends will be like, ‘Let’s tion, anything that you’re concerned arm that they thought was benign, while precancerous cells typically leading to leathery, saggy skin. just go tanning, it’ll make us feel bet- about, always bring it to the attention but she lost her battle with skin can- develop in people in their 30s and “Th ere’s no such thing as a safe ter for a little bit,’” she said. “It’s bad, of the doctor,” Marmur said. “It’s bet- cer at age 42. 40s, she’s beginning to see melano- tan,” she said. “A tan is your body’s but it’s true.” ter to be suspicious and let yourself be “I’ve witnessed the damage, the ma even earlier — in 20-somethings response to damage, so there has to Because she sunburns eas- reassured than be in denial.” aftermath,” Wald said. “It’s like it’s and even teenagers. be some damage that causes you to ily, Stokes said she spends be- Jennifer Mason, an assistant at only a matter of time — when am I Silvers attributes this in part to tan in the fi rst place.” tween fi ve and 15 minutes in a Ithaca Dermatology, said photos going to get cancer?” indoor tanning booths, which emit Ellen Marmur, chief of dermato- tanning bed — never the full 20. taken of Stokes with a camera that Both Marmur and Silvers said ultraviolet radiation that also comes logic and cosmetic surgery at Mount She said the ability to control reveals sun damage and redness in detecting skin cancer early is key. from the sun. Th e U.S. Department Sinai Medical Center in New York the amount of exposure she gets deep layers of the skin, did not show If it’s caught before it has spread to of Health and Human Services deems City, said the doubled incidence of is reassuring. a worrisome amount of damage, deeper layers of skin or other areas ultraviolet radiation — both from the skin cancer in women during the past “It makes you feel better,” she which surprised Stokes. of the body, melanoma has up to a sun and artifi cial sources such as tan- three decades is related to the use of said. “Even if it’s not better, you just “I was afraid they’d tell me I was 100 percent cure rate. ning beds — a known carcinogen. beds and booths. feel a little more in control.” old and wrinkly,” she said. Wald said he discourages his friends “Th e tanning people try to say that “For me, tanning salons are like Stokes’ light skin, susceptibility to Senior Dan Wald regularly checks from going tanning but acknowledge it’s safer than being out in the sun, but street drugs,” she said. “Th ey’ve been sunburns and family history — her his skin for irregularities and has had that it’s ultimately up to them. it’s really not,” Silvers said. proven to be addictive. When people grandmother had a cancerous mole three moles removed from his back. “Unless someone’s personally af- Th eresa Eannetta, a district man- are in tanning salons and also in the removed from her ear — all put her He chooses his brand of sunscreen fected I don’t see people stopping,” ager at Ithaca’s Tanning Bed, which sunshine, they get an endorphin re- at high risk for developing skin can- carefully and reapplies it often at he said. “At the end of the day I can has 34 locations throughout New lease that’s proven to be addictive.” cer. Stokes has a mole on her hip that the beach. His commitment to skin say the sun killed my mom.”

A: Asymmetry D: Diameter To learn more about melanoma and other skin LEARN THE ABCDE’S One half does not match the other half in size, Melanomas are usually larger than the size of cancers, visit: According to the American Academy of shape, color or thickness. a pencil eraser, but can be smaller. Dermatology, people with atypical moles, The American Academy of Dermatology’s Web which run in families, and a large number B: Border Irregularity E: Evolution site at www.aad.org of moles, have an increased risk for devel- The edges are ragged, scalloped or poorly Any mole that changes over time, looks differ- oping melanoma. Dermatologists recom- The National Cancer Institute’s Web site defi ned. ent from other moles, itches or bleeds should at www.cancer.org mend that people check their skin once a be checked by a dermatologist. month and keep a close eye on moles and : Color freckles. Here are some traits of moles to C To fi nd a dermatologist, call: 888-462-3376. look for that could be signs of melanoma: The pigmentation is not uniform and shows shades of tan, brown, black, red, white or blue. 6 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009 Thursday, April 23, 2009 NEWS The Ithacan 7 Woman on a mission Student puts classroom knowledge into practice while giving back

BY AMANDA FOX and leadership. She said they were all STAFF WRITER things she then transferred into her In Ithaca College’s Wellness Clin- physical therapy work. ic, senior Jill Cadby, a physical therapy A sense of service is another major, said she helps people “do what quality Cadby calls on in her work they think they can’t.” and as a volunteer. One client, a 60-year-old woman In September, Cadby organized who resigned herself to thinking she this year’s walk to defeat ALS, more simply couldn’t run now can run a full commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s mile and does so three times a week disease, in Cass Park downtown. — in part because of Cadby’s motiva- She has also raised money with this tion and help. and other fundraisers for physical Cadby has been a teacher, a volun- therapy research. teer and a leader. She has taken on all Cadby is also the treasurer in the of those roles in the last four years — IC Bigs program, mentoring disadvan- taged children in the area. Th e most important volunteer- STANDOUT Senior Jill Cadby, a physical therapy major, stands in the Wellness Clinic March 31. Cadby has worked in the ing experience to Cadby is the Spe- Wellness Clinic for the past two years and also works in the Fitness Center as a personal trainer. cial Olympics. She has recruited ALLISON USAVAGE/THE ITHACAN SENIORS other Ithaca College students as well. SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE Nearly 40 other physical therapy stu- that way. She is more than willing to year,” she said. director, said Cadby has consistently dents volunteered last fall. help anybody in any possible way.” Last year, Cadby was inducted stood out among her peers. AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE Cadby has volunteered for the past In addition to all of her volunteer into the Phi Kappa Phi national “She just really seems to have the JILL CADBY three years for the Special Olympics’ work, Cadby has worked for the past honor society. It established Cadby big picture and makes the most of her winter and fall games. two years in the Wellness Clinic and as being in the top 5 percent of her time and really values giving back to and didn’t waste time doing it. “It is the most rewarding volunteer Fitness Center. In the Fitness Center class within the School of Health her community,” McNamara said. She is graduating in May, but she experience that I could ever do, [and] she is a personal trainer, a position Sciences and Human Performance, After graduation, Cadby plans to isn’t one to feel like she missed out on that’s why I want to become a coach she also holds in the Wellness Clinic, based on her grade point average, work at a summer camp for people her college experience. this summer,” she said. “I really enjoy where she is also a group exerciser and a 3.95. with muscular dystrophy and attend “I’m leaving with no regrets,” working with those athletes; it is what fl oor supervisor. She teaches around Within the Phi Kappa Phi, Cadby graduate school in August in Roches- Cadby said. “Ithaca gave me a strong I want to get into for a career.” three or four group classes a week, de- was nominated this fall for Ithaca’s ter, N.Y. Th e Special Olympics have in- foundation for a great future.” Cadby’s friends say her involve- signing workout regimens for clients, fellowship award, which allows her spired her to work in the neurological She became the SGA vice president ment on campus is amazing in itself, most of whom have a physical prob- to compete with other students na- side of physical therapy, with adults. for academics for the 2006-07 academ- but with her attention to her classwork lem, such as a sprained ankle. tionally for a scholarship. “I have found a path of working ic year, which involved being on many and future career, it is extraordinary. Cadby is one of the only physical She also received the college’s with people who have developmen- committees throughout the year, in- “Coupled with her extreme intel- therapy students who works in the President’s Award, which recognizes tal disabilities,” she said. “Not a lot of cluding the Provost Search Committee ligence, [her involvement] makes her clinic and said some clients have be- her for community service, leadership people do that, and it is needed.” and Handicap Access Committee. an impossible person to compete come good friends. and extracurricular activities. Only She said this was an invaluable with as a classmate,” senior Lucas “Th ere are so many friendships I three others won this award. Editor’s note: Students for the se- experience that helped her learn Mann, also a physical therapy major, have made at the Wellness Clinic and Professor Chris McNamara, ries were selected by the deans of their skills like interviewing, networking said. “But Jill doesn’t look at things am really going to miss everyone next clinical assistant professor and clinic respective schools. 8 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, April 23, 2009 Future SGA president gives proposal for campus shuttle

BY JESSICA DILLON sion to learn more about the proposal, said the STAFF WRITER shuttle bus system represents a bigger issue of Next year’s Student Government Associa- student unity. tion President and junior Jeff Goodwin asked “It refl ects a bigger issue of services avail- Ithaca College students to kick their auto- able on campus,” he said. “It could be a strong mobile addiction in favor of his proposed institution to have a shuttle, and it would help shuttle operation. He presented research to to unify the campus.” back his proposal last Th ursday during the Goodwin’s proposal also includes removing James J. Whalen Academic Symposium in the U and Y parking lots to make them green Emerson Suites. areas. He said the school needs to stay true to Goodwin said when he moved away from the American College & University Presidents the dorms on campus, he saw there was a need Climate Commitment, a pact signed in May for buses. 2007 by former President Peggy R. Williams “As I see my friends and peers driving down with more than 500 other college presidents to from the Circles everyday, I can’t help but ask, develop long-range plans to neutralize green- ‘Is there a better way to do this?’” he said. house gases. Goodwin said society and the campus have “It’s really time to put our money where our been automobile-based for years. He said the mouth is and say, ‘Yeah, it’s great that we sign all campus is now realizing it needs to change. these documents, but we really mean it,’” he said. “Th is automobile dominance is stifl ing the Senior Ellen Gagne, who attended the pre- campus, it’s wasting our personal space, and it’s sentation and has advocated for the shuttle in detracting from student life,” he said. the past, said instead of putting money toward He said the solution to this problem is mass other initiatives like the new athletic complex, transit. Goodwin’s proposal includes a route that the college should consider the commitment will reach more than 1,000 students who live off it signed. campus and will stop at the Circle Apartments “We have all these other initiatives we’re doing, and streets surrounding the college. so why not have someone spearhead the initiative Next year’s SGA President and junior Jeff Goodwin presents his research on a possible Goodwin, who conducted research on the of taking on a green shuttle that can promote en- campus shuttle system last Thursday at the James J. Whalen Academic Symposium. proposed routes, concluded that the estimat- vironmentally sustainable processes,” she said. ALLISON USAVAGE/THE ITHACAN ed ridership of the buses would peak around President Tom Rochon said the college is 9 a.m. He proposed a timetable where three committed to being sustainable, but he said peo- “[Goodwin’s] analysis sure tells me that his to get the buses.” buses would run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., two ple’s environmental views need to change fi rst. deserves a very careful look,” Rochon said. Gagne said she is happy with the turnout and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and one in the evening “Th ere’s always an issue of changing peo- John Fracchia, associate director of Career the amount of student support Goodwin’s pre- and early mornings. He also said the buses ple’s expectations that they won’t simply jump Services, said he applauded Goodwin’s eff orts sentation is receiving. She said if students keep would run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday in their car when they want to go,” Rochon said. and enthusiasm but was concerned with a few pushing, their eff orts may be rewarded. through Th ursday and from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Th at would be the biggest change that would issues Goodwin did not address. “Maybe someday I’ll come back and there Fridays. Whether the buses would run on the be required.” “Th ere are some really intriguing aspects to will be a shuttle,” she said. weekends is still being considered. Rochon said Goodwin’s presentation went his idea,” he said. “Th ere are also some aspects Goodwin said he plans to make the shuttle He said the shuttle system would decrease the beyond his expectations, and he was impressed he needs to do some more research on, such system a priority as SGA president next year. need for parking spaces, which would cost the with the numerous angles he researched. He as economic impact to the community and “I’m realistic in that I understand I’m not go- college less money to maintain the lots annually. said he will ask the facility offi cials to take a specifi cally the TCAT system. Also, his initial ing to be here if this ever happens,” he said. “If I Junior Cole Lechleiter, who attended the ses- good look at Goodwin’s plan. investment is a quarter of a million dollars just can lay the foundation down, I will be satisfi ed.” Thursday, April 23, 2009 NEWS The Ithacan 9 Students discuss strategic vision

BY SAM MCCANN easier for students to get involved outside STAFF WRITER their major. President Tom Rochon met with stu- “Students are involved in all sorts of dents at noon last Th ursday to discuss his ways, whether it’s working on projects in integrative learning initiative. Th e initiative, their classes or in extracurricular activities,” a component of Rochon’s strategic visioning Lemonier said. “What we’re trying to do is plan, aims to bring the resources of diff erent [give] students credit for participating in schools on campus together. these types of things.” Th e conversation centered largely on IC Other panelists voiced similar concerns. Net, a program founded by senior Eddie Tatiana Sy, a senior culture and communica- Lemonier, that Rochon said fi ts well into his tion major, was in charge of the SGA fashion plan to “draw on the best that Ithaca College show. She said her assistant creative man- has to off er.” ager received credit in her choreography IC Net aims to organize activities cam- class for working the show and said students puswide by allowing students to post proj- should be able to get credit for the work they ects they are working on to a database do outside the classroom. similar to Craigslist. Other students can When the panelists fi nished speaking, then express interests in helping with these they opened it up to the audience as Rochon projects, so that students can work outside took notes. of their expertise. Freshman Cat Nuwer, a journalism major, “[We’re] basically trying to simulate said she was frustrated when she couldn’t what’s going on in the real world, in those get into a photography class this semester. real industries, and bring it here to Ithaca “It’s [also] true that it’s really hard for College,” Lemonier said. someone in a certain major to take classes According to Lemonier, IC Net has been outside that major in a different school,” successful for such a young organization. she said. He cites the fi lm “Santa Man” as an example In addition to his work with IC Net and of the student synergy IC Net encourages. making it easier to take classes outside a stu- Lemonier said the fi lm was written by two dent’s major, Rochon said he hopes to include Park students, and he produced it. He said funding faculty proposals to increase and im- they had music scored through the music prove interdisciplinary work. school. Lemonier said he envisioned many He said staff members submitted ways students from all schools could collabo- 30 proposals to the provost’s offi ce and rate, as he and his peers did. plans to fund some of them using $200,000 he IC Net recently hosted its inaugural event, allocated for new interdisciplinary initiatives. “Show Me Whatcha Got!” on April 9. Th e Rochon said he is pleased with the event showcased this sort of collaborative way his vision for interdisciplinary work work in fi lm, music, photography and art. has progressed. Lemonier headed a panel of juniors and “It’s only since the end of February that seniors at the forum with Rochon. Th ey we’ve been talking about this on campus, discussed their experiences working across and if you realize that it’s three months schools and addressed possible ways to later, and we have faculty visualizing what Playing it safe make that process easier. they can do, and you have students coming Trooper Joseph Hommel helps junior Nate Meader buckle into the Simulator at the Safety Fair on Tuesday on the Academic Quad. The Simulator is designed to realistically demon- In addition to IC Net, the panel suggest- together and talking about the possibili- strate the dangers of driving while under the infl uence of drugs or alcohol. ed incorporating extracurricular activities ties, I think we’re making great progress,” MATT RIGBY/THE ITHACAN into course curriculums as ways to make it he said. 10 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009

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SELECTED ENTRIES FROM Public Safety Incident Log MARCH 21 TO MARCH 28

MARCH 21 CCV/RESPONSIBILITY OF GUESTS LARCENY fell down stairs and sustained an OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT LOCATION: Circle Apartments LOCATION: Campus Center ankle injury. Person transported to CMC LOCATION: All Other V&T VIOLATION/DRIVING INTOXICATED SUMMARY: Person declined medical SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown by ambulance. Master Patrol Offi cer SUMMARY: Complainant reported a two- LOCATION: F-Lot assistance with ambulance staff. One person stole a jacket. Incident occurred Donald Lyke. car MVA. Report taken. Master Patrol SUMMARY: During a traffi c stop, one person judicially referred for responsi- between 7 p.m. and midnight March Offi cer Donald Lyke. person was arrested for DWI. Offi cer is- bility of guest. Master Security Offi cer 21. Pending investigation. Sergeant CCV/DRUG VIOLATIONS sued uniform traffi c tickets for town of George Whitmore. Ronald Hart. LOCATION: East Tower CCV/USE OF ALCOHOL Ithaca court for DWI, BAC greater than SUMMARY: Three people judicially re- LOCATION: College Circle Road 0.08 percent, open container in motor V&T VIOLATION/DRIVING INTOXICATED V&T VIOLATION/LEAVING SCENE ferred for drug policy violation. Sergeant SUMMARY: Person declined medical vehicle and driver’s view obstructed. LOCATION: Main Campus Road LOCATION: Main Campus Road Bill Kerry. assistance with ambulance staff and This person was also judicially referred SUMMARY: Offi cer reported a vehicle SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown was judicially referred for irresponsible for criminal conduct code and under- driving erratically and almost striking an- vehicle struck a parked vehicle and then MARCH 26 use of alcohol. Master Patrol Offi cer age possession of alcohol. Patrol Offi cer other vehicle. Vehicle stopped and driver left the scene. Pending investigation. Mas- Donald Lyke. James Landon. was arrested for DWI. Uniform traffi c tick- ter Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED ets were issued for the town of Ithaca for LOCATION: Health Center MARCH 28 CCV/USE OF ALCOHOL DWI and BAC greater than 0.08 percent. SUSPICIOUS PERSON SUMMARY: Caller reported a person LOCATION: Garden Apartments Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. LOCATION: O-Lot having diffi culty breathing from a previ- CCV/USE OF ALCOHOL SUMMARY: Person transported to CMC SUMMARY: Complainant reported an un- ously received injury. One person trans- LOCATION: Garden Apartment Road by ambulance and judicially referred for CCV/USE OF ALCOHOL known male approaching people to get ported to CMC by ambulance. Sergeant SUMMARY: Person declined medical irresponsible use of alcohol. Master Pa- LOCATION: Terraces a ride downtown. Pending investigation. Steve Yaple. assistance with ambulance staff and trol Offi cer Erik Merlin. SUMMARY: Person declined medical Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. was judicially referred for irresponsible assistance with ambulance staff and was SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE use of alcohol. Master Patrol Offi cer CCV/DISRUPTIVE/EXCESSIVE NOISE judicially referred for irresponsible use of MARCH 24 LOCATION: Friends Hall Erik Merlin. LOCATION: Circle Apartments alcohol. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. SUMMARY: Caller reported unknown SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred MEDICAL ASSIST/PSYCHOLOGICAL person placed a gumball machine on V&T VIOLATION/DRIVING INTOXICATED for noise violation. SASP. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Clarke Hall the roof. Pending investigation. Sergeant LOCATION: Main Campus Road LOCATION: Hill Center SUMMARY: Caller reported a person Steve Yaple. SUMMARY: During a vehicle stop, one V&T VIOLATION/AGGRAVATED DWI SUMMARY: Offi cer reported two people speaking incoherently and suffering from person was arrested for DWI. Uniform traf- LOCATION: L-Lot damaged a vending machine. Pending anxiety. Person transported to CMC by SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE fi c tickets were issued for town of Ithaca SUMMARY: During a traffi c stop, one investigation. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. ambulance. Sergeant Steve Yaple. LOCATION: Fitness Center court for DWI, BAC greater than 0.08 per- person was issued uniform traffi c tickets SUMMARY: Person found a wallet con- cent, and a campus summons was issued for town of Ithaca court for aggravated FIRE ALARM CASE STATUS CHANGE taining two different licenses. Wallet for driving through the stop. Master Patrol DWI and no rear plate lamp. Person ju- LOCATION: Terraces LOCATION: Campus Center Dining Hall returned to owner, but one license was Offi cer Erik Merlin. dicially referred for criminal conduct. Per- SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused SUMMARY: Offi cer identifi ed the “suspicious confi scated. Sergeant Steve Yaple. son also had bench warrant from city of by burnt food. System reset. Sergeant person” reported March 23 in O-Lot and CCV/USE OF ALCOHOL Ithaca court and was turned over to city Terry O’Pray. advised person of the new bus schedule. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Terraces of Ithaca Police Department. Sergeant Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. LOCATION: Campus Center SUMMARY: Person transported to CMC Bill Kerry. CCV/FIRE SAFETY-RELATED OFFENSES SUMMARY: Caller reported a person fell by ambulance and judicially referred LOCATION: Circle Apartments V&T VIOLATION/LEAVING SCENE and sustained arm and leg injuries. Per- for irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol CASE STATUS CHANGE SUMMARY: Offi cer reported a barbecue LOCATION: J-Lot son declined medical assistance. Master Offi cer James Landon. LOCATION: Circle Apartments grill on the balcony. One person judicially SUMMARY: Complainant reported an un- Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. SUMMARY: Offi cer identifi ed person involved referred for fi re-related offense. Master known vehicle damaged a parked vehicle CRIMINAL MISCHIEF in disorderly conduct incident that occurred Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. and then left the scene. Pending investiga- V&T VIOLATION LOCATION: B-Lot March 19 in Circle Lot 4. One person judi- tions. Master Patrol Offi cer Dirk Hightchew. LOCATION: College Circle Road SUMMARY: Caller reported a person dam- cially referred for disruptive behavior. MARCH 23 SUMMARY: During a vehicle stop, driver aged a mirror on a vehicle. Pending inves- LARCENY was issued a uniform traffi c ticket for tigation. Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. V&T VIOLATION/LEAVING SCENE MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Emerson Hall town of Ithaca court for aggravated un- LOCATION: J-Lot LOCATION: Health Center SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown licensed operation. Master Patrol Offi cer UNLAWFUL SURVEILLANCE SUMMARY: Caller reported an un- SUMMARY: 911 Center reported an am- person stole several items of clothing. Donald Lyke. LOCATION: West Tower known vehicle struck a parked vehicle, bulance was en route for person who Pending investigation. Master Patrol Of- SUMMARY: Complainant reported an un- caused damage and the left the scene. was injured while playing hockey. Person fi cer Dirk Hightchew. MARCH 27 known person took photographs of a per- Pending investigation. Master Patrol Offi cer transported to CMC by ambulance. Report son in the shower. Pending investigation. Donald Lyke. taken. Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. UNLAWFUL POSS. OF MARIJUANA CCV/DRUG VIOLATIONS Patrol Offi cer James Landon. LOCATION: Terraces LOCATION: Terraces CCV/UNDERAGE POSS. OF ALCOHOL UNLAWFUL POSS. OF MARIJUANA SUMMARY: Caller reported people possibly SUMMARY: One person judicially referred FOR THE COMPLETE SAFETY LOG, LOCATION: Garden Apartment Road LOCATION: Fitness Center causing damage. Three people judicially re- for violating drug policy and life safety go to www.theithacan.org/news SUMMARY: One person judicially referred SUMMARY: Caller reported found property ferred for unlawful possession of marijuana. regulations. Patrol Offi cer James Landon. for underage possession of alcohol. Mas- contained a suspicious item that offi cer Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. ter Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. determined was marijuana. Pending inves- FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL KEY tigation. Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. MARCH 25 LOCATION: Peggy Ryan Williams Center MARCH 22 SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused ac- CMC – Cayuga Medical Center MEDICAL ASSIST PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE cidentally by contractors working in the area. CCV – College Code Violation LARCENY LOCATION: Lyon Hall LOCATION: Terraces System reset. Patrol Offi cer Jeffrey Austin. DWI – Driving while intoxicated LOCATION: M-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported possibly SUMMARY: Caller reported a suspicious IFD – Ithaca Fire Department SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown having a reaction after drinking an text message. Pending investigation. LARCENY IPD – Ithaca Police Department person stole a vehicle. Person called unknown substance in a beverage. Master Patrol Offi cer Donald Lyke. LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music MVA – Motor vehicle accident back stating the vehicle was located and Offi cer reported person suffering from SUMMARY: Caller reported person stole RA – Resident assistant the caller had forgotten where the vehicle anxiety. Person declined medical assis- MEDICAL ASSIST INJURY RELATED sound equipment. Incident occurred be- SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol had last been parked. Incident unfound- tance with ambulance staff. Sergeant LOCATION: Garden Apartments tween March 13 and March 15. Investigator V&T – Vehicle and Transportation ed. Master Patrol Offi cer Erik Merlin. Terry O’Pray. SUMMARY: Caller reported a person Tom Dunn.

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EDITORIALS THE COLLEGE’S BIG SECRET Th e administration’s unwillingness to release school-by-school acceptance numbers is symptom of a bigger problem n light of Ithaca College’s current economic uncer- tainty, President Tom Rochon has promised honest Idialogue with the campus community. Th is fresh, open atmosphere has given Th e Ithacan the opportu- nity to report on these issues and keep the community fully informed, until now. Th e Ithacan has been requesting school-by-school breakdowns of the most recent numbers of applica- tions, accepted students and paid deposits. Th e num- bers of applications and paid deposits for each school were given. Th e total number of students accepted to the college was also provided, but after multiple at- tempts to obtain the breakdown of students accepted to each school, Th e Ithacan was denied access. Why would the college be willing to release the total number of accepted students but unwilling to provide a breakdown by school? It could come from a fear that an unusually high acceptance rate in specifi c programs implies a lowering of standards that could deter prospective students in those areas. If the college is changing its academic criteria, the campus commu- nity deserves to know. Whether the college hits its admissions goals next year will have a direct eff ect on faculty, staff and students, as well as the institution itself. Th roughout the year, Rochon has set a more open, honest tone: a positive atmosphere for the college after diffi cult, closed-off years with the previous administration. However, the recent secrecy surrounding these YOUR LETTERS numbers is anything but open. Social scene portrayed incorrectly obnoxious, drunken girls who parade do little for the academic life on campus Th e college now says it will release these numbers In the April 2 issue of The Ithacan, around with little restraint or class. Still, seems questionable. on May 1 — after the student deposit deadline, but the Accent section featured an article Hendry harshly judges an entire popula- Even if the capital campaign succeeds also after Th e Ithacan ceases publication for the year. by senior journalism major Erica R. tion of women with a few suspiciously in raising enough money for the building Rochon is urged to release the information immediate- Hendry, titled “Night Crawlers.” As part well-described anecdotes, while portray- itself, when the building opens in a few ly, so we can provide the campus community with the of its Snapshot series, its intent was to ing men as righteous and clear-eyed years operating costs will be as much as information it needs to be a full participant in moving help “capture pieces of the [Ithaca Col- through the tipsy mess. $2 million per year. Th is will come on top the college through the diffi cult times ahead. lege] social scene.” The piece described Th ough Hendry’s story is a well-written of projected budget cuts from 2009-2012 Rochon has articulated high ideals of transparency a group of intoxicated female students narrative, Th e Ithacan should strive for totaling almost $20 million. What cost and participation. If the administration is to live up to enjoying a night out at The Commons’ fairer, more complete accounts of the is the A&E Center going to exact on the those ideals, it can’t be allowed the luxury of selectively 2nd Floor Bar. campus’ social scene. academic experience at IC? keeping the community in the dark. While I sincerely applaud Th e Ithacan integrating some aspects of literary jour- BRIAN HOTCHKISS MICHAEL SMITH nalism into its content, I believe Hen- Senior writing Assistant professor of history dry’s attempt to shed light on the social and sports studies major LETTER POLICY NO SHOWS lives of Ithaca students falls a bit short. Inauguration goes unnoticed by students Aside from a few journalistic inconsis- Building will do little for academics The Ithacan welcomes correspon- after administration’s failure to advertise tencies — the bar’s “raunchy air” could Th e news last week that the college dence from all readers. Please include your name, graduation year, not have contained “cigarette smoke” as has received a gift that will help move organizational or college title/posi- thaca College inaugurated Tom Rochon as its it is a tobacco-free establishment — the forward the new Athletic and Events tion and phone number. Letters must eighth president Friday. Under a sunny sky, del- article insinuates that all 21-and-over Center is a good sign in the sense that be 250 words or less. The Ithacan Iegates and faculty of the college led Rochon into women at Ithaca are loose sluts. Th ree we are still able to raise capital in tough reserves the right to edit letters for the Ben Light Gymnasium, only to fi nd that most of times she uses the word “desperate” to economic times. However, at a time length, clarity and taste. All letters the seats reserved for students were empty. describe the women she ultimately likens when salaries have been frozen, faculty must be received by 5 p.m. the Monday before publication. All letters to “used-up hookers.” lines are not being fi lled, and academic Th e inauguration was an important day in the col- must be signed, submitted in writing lege’s history and went unnoticed by many on campus. Th e picture Hendry paints does have programs may be on the chopping block, and either e-mailed to ithacan@ Rochon, who began his presidency at the college last merit. Ithaca’s nightlife does have some this investment in a building that will ithaca.edu or delivered to Park 269. July, planned the ceremony to coincide with the James J. Whalen Academic Symposium in order to refl ect his commitment to integrative learning. Giving support The Ithacan needs a new columnist for the 2009-10 academic year. E-mail [email protected]. to the symposium and acknowledging it in reference to the strategic visioning process is smart, but planning the inauguration ceremony at the end of the year was not the best decision. Many did not understand why Rochon was being inaugurated after having already served as president of the college for almost a year. Th e inauguration was poorly advertised and not properly presented to the community. Th e student body cannot be expected to care when it is not aware SPEAK YOUR MIND. of the signifi cance of the event. Write a letter to the editor [email protected] In a time when the college is creating its new 250 words or less, e-mailed or dropped off by 5 p.m. Monday in Park 269 mission, the campus is needed now, more than ever, to be an active participant. Th e inauguration may have been a purely symbolic gesture but was one that could have unifi ed the college during a time of uncertainty.

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am the coordinator for the Full Plate Farm COMMON Collective, a three-farm Community CENTS I Supported Agriculture endeavor here in Ithaca. Students can use the CSA model to eat local fresh food. Th ere’s a bounty of delicious, CASEY WICHMAN healthy, extremely high-quality food grown in this area, and it can be accessed by the entire campus community. Weighing the Th e importance of using less fossil fuel is obvious to almost everyone. cost of choice Th e number of food-borne illnesses is scary. Th e high conomist Alfred Marshall level of obesity, diabetes defi ned economics as a and other physical ailments Esubject that “examines that because of malnutrition and part of individual and social action, overconsumption of “empty” which is most closely associated foods is on the rise. Th e with the attainment and with troubled economy is costing the use of the material requisites people jobs and homes. Th e KATIE CHURCH of well-being.” If we look at the distance between people is process of achieving well-being, causing emotional disparity, more often leading we can essentially twist Marshall’s to violence in local communities. And that’s just defi nition into the study of how the start of the issues society is facing. Th e good individuals make choices and Ithaca residents inspect the Three Swallows Farm eggplant crop last fall in Danby, N.Y. Three news is that belonging to and supporting a CSA examine the cost of said choice. Swallows Farm is one of the participating farms in the Full Plate Farm Collective. can address all of those issues. COURTESY OF KATIE CHURCH Economists tend to agree that CSAs started in the mid-1980s in the U.S. more choices are better than fewer, Th e idea has been steadily growing, and now sible. Freshly harvested, organic vegetables are farms have “U-Pick Crops” where members and the value of any choice is there are close to 1,500 CSAs in the U.S. Th ere super-packed with nutrients and low in all the can get in on the action. Th e nature of a small devalued by the opportunity cost are about 20 CSAs in the Ithaca area alone. other stuff that is not good for one’s health. community-based endeavor is that it is fl exible of the next, best possible choice. Th e way a CSA works is members of a com- Buyers are putting their money directly into a enough to serve the community. If you’re not Opportunity cost is a fancy way of munity invest in a “share” of a local farm by small business, buying real value, creating jobs sure about something, ask. describing an individual’s value on putting money up front before the growing sea- and cycling it back through the community. A A quick browse of the Web will give you an giving something up for something son begins. Th e farmer uses the money to buy CSA is a community of members and farmers idea of some of the options. Not all farms have else. I’d like to argue that more seeds, equipment, etc. and in turn provides the — where one can meet all sorts of people, share a full-blown Web site, but most are listed on choices are better to an extent, shareholders with freshly harvested produce off recipe ideas and learn a lot. the Internet. E-mail or call a few farms that are though can become marginally the farm each week. A CSA’s structure may vary CSAs tend to run from June to November, attractive to you. Ask questions. Talk to your cumbersome. If we rework the depending on the farm and its members, but all and a few participate in the winter, which runs friends and your housemates and get them inter- framework of opportunity cost share the same basic principles: Th e community from December to February. Many have weekly ested. Happy eating! to incorporate the costs of the supports the farmers, who grow the community newsletters, including recipes and farm news. third-best choice and so on, it is food. Most CSA farms are organic, though some Some have working share options while others For more information and to fi nd local CSA clear that the sum of these costs smaller ones may not be certifi ed. don’t. Some CSAs also off er delivery, some bring listings, visit www.localharvest.org. will eventually outweigh the value Being a CSA member greatly minimizes the the produce into town, and some do farm pick- of the initial choice. Now, the math distance one’s food travels. Th e farmer grows ups. For students, some CSAs will be able to KATIE CHURCH is the CSA Coordinator at the is not exact since individuals can food on a small scale with careful attention, work with anyone’s schedule if a member will be Full Plate Farm Collective. E-mail her at only make one choice, but I believe and it is safe and of the highest quality pos- away for part of the season. Some participating [email protected]. that a large variance in choices heightens the opportunity cost of making that sole decision. GUEST COMMENTARY I became a vegetarian last summer. Th is drastically limits the SGA Executive Board election held undemocratically amount of entrées I can order at your typical restaurant. While my friends are sifting through the cuts nyone who paid attention to In a year of a truly historic of steak, chicken options and list last week’s Student Govern- presidential election, the events of burgers, I can limit my choices Ament Association elections surrounding the SGA election are to a handful of nonmeat options knows how problematic it was, completely disheartening. Imagine and make a decision much more and the real sham the process has election night last November if easily. Now, let’s assume my friend become. As an SGA senator for the the Obamas were taking the stage Chris Th e Carnivore can’t decide past two years, I had the opportunity and celebrating a victory, and there between the New York strip steak, to witness the was no opponent giving a conces- a barbecue burger and chicken inner workings. sion speech. It feels hollow. If the Caesar salad. Th e cost of choosing SGA elections McCain and Palin ticket did not the steak would be not being able have essen- run, then the victory would have to eat the burger and salad — thus, tially become felt cheated to some degree. I say it there are more factors in the deci- a transfer of is time for a change for the Ithaca sion than just the next best choice. power, where an College SGA. Th is group has For me, usually three-quarters underclassman proven that it is completely inca- of the menu is off limits. Th is on an incum- pable of handling its own elections. means I can easily narrow my bent board will MICHAEL A non-partisan group on campus choices down to one, two or maybe run the follow- BENDER should be in charge of this task, three viable options. Th is makes ing year and win. Th ere is essentially which would instantly take the my choice easier because there is no chance for an outsider to win an confl ict-of-interest problem out of less variability in the number of Cornell Woodson, SGA president, and Dan Wald, vice president of campus executive board election. Where is the equation. In the future, elec- alternatives. Also, the increase in affairs, hold a SGA meeting Feb. 17 in the Taughannock Falls room. the democracy in this process? EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN tions should become more than effi ciency by lowering the amount In 2006, Cuban dictator Fidel just a simple transfer of power. of time debating and deciding Castro relinquished his power within munication breakdowns and lack of ran unopposed, and last year only In a perfect world, “the Funda- shouldn’t be overlooked. One of the government and transferred it to advertising were the main causes for one party was going to run until mentalist Party” would relinquish the major problems is that I tend his brother, Raul, under the guise of only one party running for Execu- the deadline was extended for more their empty Executive Board victory to dine with meat eaters, thus the following the country’s constitutional tive Board. Th e only communication participants. Th ose parties, including and call for a new democratic elec- lowered opportunity cost of being election policy, in which the younger was an Intercom message that went one led by myself, only came forward tion. It is better to wait and get it vegetarian usually leaves me chat- Castro ran unopposed. I am not out three days before the election because the head of the lone party, done right than for the election to ting with the back of menus. directly comparing SGA to a com- packets were due. Th e general SGA President Cornell Woodson, be rushed and the results feel like We are able to see that by con- munist dictatorship, but I am saying population did not even know there encouraged opposing parties to run the Bush victory in Florida in 2000. stantly demanding a wider array of the election process has not been was an election forthcoming until against his group for the good of Until then, students will continue to options at all of our clothing stores, open and democratic. In the past, after entrance deadlines had already the campus. Th is was a noble action feel disconnected with our “elected vacation destinations and potential members of SGA have been referred passed. Th is lack of communication undertaken by Woodson, but in truth student leaders.” SGA must come to graduate schools, we can wind up to as elitist and isolated from the is actually self-serving. If no one it was still problematic because none terms that it no longer represents sacrifi cing more than we are actu- student body. Th is year those words knows about elections, then there of the three parties truly believed they the voice of the student body. ally consuming. It is this notion of have a ring of truth to them. will be no competition for positions. had a chance to win. Th at party had always wanting more that really It is reckless to blame the student Th is is certainly not the fi rst been planning for months and had MICHAEL BENDER is a senior legal leaves us with less. body for lack of interest when the time SGA has encountered election incumbent members from the previ- studies major. E-mail him at SGA itself is truly at fault. Com- problems. Two years ago, one party ous year’s board. [email protected]. CASEY WICHMAN is a senior economics major. E-mail him at ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED do not necessarily refl ect those ofThe Ithacan. To write a guest commentary, contact Opinion Editor Lindsey Hollenbaugh at 274-3208. [email protected]. 14 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009

April 2009

To All Ithaca College Students:

We would like to invite you to our traditional celebration for the last Friday of classes – IC Kicks Back. As always, this will be a fun and relaxing experience where you and your friends can create great memories. Besides the free food, a concert, and infl at- able games you can expect a variety of entertaining activities courtesy of IC After Dark and other student organizations. IC Kicks Back will be held on Friday, May 1st from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Quad. Look for advertisements about the event. Don’t miss out on this fabulous tradition!

We also wanted to remind all Ithaca College students to act responsibly and be safe during these last days of classes. In particular, for those students who live off-campus in the Ithaca community or attend gatherings off-campus, we ask for your cooperation in ensuring that a respectful and civil atmosphere is maintained and that the rights of our neighbors are not violated.

As in years past, the Ithaca Police Department and the Sheriff’s Offi ce will have a “zero tolerance” policy in effect and will be arresting those who violate the law. In order to avoid legal problems and fi nes for yourself or student residents of the South Hill neighborhood, we urge you not to participate in non-sanctioned events. Local law enforcement agencies plan to vigorously enforce all local laws, particularly all alcohol laws including those related to underage drinking and open containers on and around the last day of classes and fi nals week.

Representatives from the South Hill neighborhood, Ithaca College faculty and admin- istration, and the Student Government Association encourage you to be safe and make good decisions.

Best wishes for a safe and productive end of the semester.

Sincerely,

Brian McAree Vice President Student Affairs and Campus Life

Cornell Woodson President Student Government Association Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACCENT The Ithacan 15 unwavering faith Despite controversy, Twelve Tribes continues to enjoy communal lifestyle BY MARIANNE DABIR during her early 20s, fi ve years after CONTRIBUTING WRITER “instantly connecting” with a Tribes By 7 p.m. on Monday, most people disciple in Virginia. She said she is all are winding down from a long day. too familiar with the public’s negative But for the Twelve Tribes commu- perceptions of the community. nity of Ithaca, it’s time to celebrate. “When people say negative things About 20 community members about us, I just tell them that ‘cult’ is gather in a circle, hand in hand, while short for ‘culture,” Couch said. “Lots others fi re up a CD player and off er of times, it takes people a while to re- homemade cookies and tea to those alize that we’re not brainwashed and sitting in handcrafted chairs and so- that we absolutely want to be here.” fas. Tonight is “M-Night,” a weekly Members of the Twelve Tribes event that takes place at their home live, work and pray together in an on Th ird Street in Ithaca and whose eff ort to live according to Acts 2:42-46, name stands for Mondays, merry- a biblical passage from the Old Testa- making, mirth and music. At this ment in which the apostles sell their celebration, music and Israeli-style worldly possessions. Bank accounts dancing are always on the agenda. and cars are shared among the com- To an observer, the scene looks munity members, while strong per- like a reenactment straight out of sonal opinions are left at the door. a History Channel documentary. “It’s not really a matter of giving But for about 40 members of the things up, because that implies you’ll Twelve Tribes in Ithaca, this is life. A miss them,” Hazday said. “You’re actu- Christian denomination born out of ally voluntarily sharing what you have hippie counterculture during the with the community for its greater 1970s, the Twelve Tribes was named good, and it’s no big deal because after Jacob’s sons from the Old Tes- you’ve found something better.” tament. Th eir beliefs derive from Hazday, an ex-reggae musician, traditional Judaism and Christianity. said he felt compelled to search for a Members of the Twelve Tribes are higher spiritual purpose once he be- known as “disciples,” who worship came a father and realized that his God and Jesus Christ but refer to “drugged-out, selfi sh lifestyle” wasn’t both by their Hebrew names, Yaweh what he wanted for his daughter. and Yahsua. Ready to trade his Rastafarian life for “By calling them by their true, something more spiritual, he found Hebrew names, it allows us to wor- the Twelve Tribes. View a photo gallery ship in a more pure, real way,” Twelve “I was hearing and learning things of the Twelve Tribes at theithacan.org/ Tribes member Zahar Hazday said. here that I had never heard or learned go/09tribes. Th ere are about 40 Twelve Tribes anywhere else, and pretty soon I just fell in love,” he said. communities in nine countries. From left, Emet, Tsebiyah and Johnathan look at past issues of the Twelve Tribes’ free-papers Monday in their home. Hazday said they make an ef- Since members practice a commu- Free-papers are written and published by the Twelve Tribes and often handed out at festivals and other events. nal lifestyle and remove themselves fort to foster open communication ALLISON USAVAGE/THE ITHACAN from mainstream culture, Rick Ross, with the Ithaca community. Th e founder of the Rick Ross Institute, a Twelve Tribes hosts weekly “Rap selves to the community’s busi- as points of contention. sions he does, but she nurtures the nonprofi t organization devoted to Sessions” in the café, during which nesses, either working for Com- Child labor laws come into ques- children in a way he never could. the study of destructive cults and anyone can discuss religion or poli- monwealth Construction or at Maté tion because children begin work- Th ough there is controversy, the movements, said the religious sect tics. Also, the community welcomes Factor. Typically, women prepare ing as preteens and parents are disciples said they are confi dent in has earned a cultlike reputation. the general public to weeknight gath- food at the café or at home, as well encouraged to spank their children their own way of life and do not take Junior Aaron Terkel used to fre- erings at their enormous home on as educate children. With a specifi c with a reedlike rod — intended to judgments — which they said are of- quent Maté Factor, a Commons café Th ird Street, which they converted Twelve Tribes’ curriculum, school- cause pain with no injury or damage ten raised by people who never visit owned and operated by the Twelve from a fi tness center about eight ing is known as “training” to be- — when they disobey. Couch said them — to heart. Andrew Peter, a dis- Tribes, but stopped after becoming years ago for the 40 members from come good disciples. children are fi rst told what they did ciple, said just one visit can change a wary of their negative image. Ithaca to live in. Ross said the Twelve Tribes ex- wrong and then receive guidance skeptic’s mind. He said he is happy liv- “Th ey’re really nice and all, but “Th e way we live is very simple ploits its members for labor, causes and encouragement afterward. ing with 40 of his closest friends, and sometimes I feel like they’re too and straightforward,” Hazday said. “It’s estrangement among families and “You never just punish a child and all his needs are met — including sing- nice,” he said. “It’s like they just use beautiful, and we want people to know has been accused of brainwashing. let them go on their way,” she said. ing, dancing and praying daily. their delicious food to recruit peo- that we have nothing to hide and that Ithacans Opposed to the Twelve Twelve Tribes members also be- “Many people walk into our ple to their cult.” we welcome friendships no matter Tribes Cult, a blog, agrees with lieve women are “equal, but not the home and are like, ‘Wow, people re- Naomi Couch said she became a where they come from.” Ross’ statements and cites these same” as men. Hazday said his wife ally live like this?’ and then they un- disciple while struggling to fi nd herself Male disciples devote them- specifi c examples of Twelve Tribes is not equipped to make the deci- derstand,” Peter said.

Left: Yedidyah Jedd and Zahar Hazday stand outside Maté Factor on Monday. Center: Twelve Tribes members learn a new dance at their “M-Night” celebration in their home on Third Street. Right: The Peacemaker II, a one-of-a-kind, specially designed bus with a kitchen, bathroom and enough room for 18 people to sleep comfortably, sits outside the Twelve Tribes’ home. ALLISON USAVAGE/THE ITHACAN ACCENTUATE

16 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009 HotorNot This week’s hits and misses AFTER HOURS!

Assistant Accent Editor Michelle Skowronek recaps the best- and worst-dressed socialites Saturday night at 2nd Floor Bar.

Hot Sexy Bumblebee There is such a thing as being too hot to handle, and this chick was defi - nitely steaming. In a neon yellow skirt topped off by a black studded belt at the waist, this girl looked bold, daring and dangerous all in one. With her matching tight black top and high-heel black leather boots, she brought the bold city lights of Manhattan to the cobble-stoned streets of Ithaca. There was no way to miss her. A neon yellow skirt and a curvy frame always demand double takes. Muggles in ‘fl ight’ Residents of Hood and Hilliard halls participate in a mock Quidditch match Sunday on the Fitness Center Quad. Straight out of the Harry Potter series, players “fl ew” around on broomsticks, in this case pool noodles, and chased a cross country runner around as the “snitch.” Lukewarm MATT RIGBY/THE ITHACAN Business Attire Only Being too sexy is one thing, being too corporate on a Saturday night is hohot another. This girl might have had a killer PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF BANNING FONT interview suit on, but it did not fi t the bar SPONSOR WEB SITE TO RALLY SUPPORT scene whatsoever. In a white blazer with dates black trimming and buttons, this girl wtf thursday was ready to get down to business. Her IC Tap Showcase, In the same vein as the “Tights Are Not black miniskirt and peep-toe booties featuring choreographed and Pants” campaign, some angry type- gave her legs great sex appeal; however, improvised routines, will go this was not the time nor the place to face experts have started a movement from 8 to 9 p.m. in Presser be strutting a power suit. With silver to ban Comic Sans from computers. Rehearsal Hall in the James accents from head to toe, she crafted a Claiming that the once-fun font is being J. Whalen Center for Music. bossy outfi t. Only problem: She wasn’t overused in legal documents, “Put the Admission is free. Dessert and a Movie, on the clock. Sans in Comic Sans,” boasts propa- ganda, interviews with angry computer featuring trays of organic users and petitions on MySpace and Fa- desserts and the movie “Fast Not cebook to sign so that the typeface will be Food Nation,” will go from Jill Schmoe banished. If this is the fate of Comic Sans, 8 to 10 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Lounge in Emerson Hall. If a girl can’t be sexy and can’t be what hope is there for Webdings? professional, she might as well resort — Alexandra Palombo to a couch potato slob. Looking like she friday just jumped off the sofa and walked Happy Hour with Dave down the street, this girl was doing Hawthorn, a seasoned anything but trying to impress. She was acoustic guitar and sporting a barbecue-stained screen tee, harmonica player, will go from destroyed jeans that dragged on the KUTCHER WINS THE BATTLE, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Haunt. ground, dirty Converse sneakers with BUT WILL OPRAH WIN THE WAR? Admission is free. torn laces and a faded, illegible baseball cap. Nothing in this outfi t screamed, omg! “Look at me!” Then again, nothing in saturday Escape Goats and this outfi t could take someone’s eyes off As of Thursday night, Ashton Kutcher offi cially beat CNN in a race to secure Strange Attractions, funk of this girl’s party foul of mistaking wing fusion jam bands, will begin 1 million followers on Twitter. Kutch- night for Saturday night. at 10 p.m. at The Nines. er’s victory has inspired Oprah to jump Admission is $5. on the Twitter bandwagon. Within one Bachata Dance day on the site, Oprah amassed more Lesson, with Chelsea Rose than 350,000 followers. Now, with an- and Felipe Rivera, will go from other race afoot, celebrities have started 9 to 10 p.m. at Oasis. a new battle to become the most followed Admission is $10. person in Hollywood. Who knew a social network would become the new popularity poll for today’s stars? sunday Ithaca College Women’s — Michelle Skowronek ChoraleC will begin at 4 p.m. at Ford Hall in James J. Whalen Center for Music. AdAdmission is free. A Century of Modern JapaneseJa Prints, featuring quoteunquote 19th19 and 20th century wood- blockbl prints, will go from 10 You’re a great girl, but if I did another group, I a.m.a. to 5 p.m. at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at wouldn’t feel comfortable doing a group with youyou.. CornellCo University. Admission isis free. Diddy to Aundrea Fimbres on Thursday on letting her out of her “ Danity Kane contract early. ” Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACCENT The Ithacan 17 Poise under pressure Junior Ashley Dennis grapples with ups and downs of life as governor’s daughter

From left, junior Ashley Dennis attends President Obama’s inauguration with her stepfather, New York Gov. David Paterson, in January in Washington, D.C. Dennis said while being the governor’s daughter has its benefi ts, it also has drawbacks, such as harassment she received on Facebook after Paterson was inaugurated in March. PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY DENNIS

BY EDON OPHIR Paige Paterson. He remained there until run- kind of all at once.” tain level of discretion. When strangers began SENIOR WRITER ning as lieutenant governor alongside Eliot She was scheduled to return to Ithaca that harassing Dennis on Facebook after Paterson Leaning back against the cushion at a table in Spitzer in 2006. Tuesday following Paterson’s inauguration, but was inaugurated, she made her account private IC Square, Ashley Dennis has a lot on her mind. Th roughout his political career, Paterson has instead, Dennis found herself staying in Albany and asked her friends to keep personal informa- On a predictably chilly February night, she’s intentionally kept his stepdaughter separated for an extra day as her parents made their own tion like her telephone number under wraps. glancing at the pages of the thickly bound con- from his political life. public revelation. As a result, most students who pass Dennis stitutional law book sprawled out in front of her. Dennis is unsure if this is still the case. Coming off the heels of Spitzer’s sex scandal, don’t know who she is. Th at’s the way she likes it. But the 5-foot-8-inch Harlem, N.Y., native seems “I think, less so,” she says, her face momen- David and Michelle Paige Paterson wanted to de- She said she takes luxuries like living in the 41- to be consumed more by her personal problems tarily lost in thought. fray any personal scrutiny into their own marital room executive mansion with a grain of salt. than by writing legal briefs for class. Struggling to fi nd words, her eyes well up. aff airs by revealing they had both had relation- “Th ere are things that come along with it that “I’m kind of letting myself grow away from Tears slowly stream down her round face. ships outside their marriage in the past but had are not exciting, like when the State Police do my boyfriend,” she says, letting slight signs of ap- “I’m so upset about my relationship with my resolved to stay together. surveillance and security,” Dennis said. prehension show through her usually calm and boyfriend,” she cries quietly. “And there’s so much “At the time it was hurtful,” Dennis said. “I Terry Martinez, director of student engage- collected demeanor. work I have to do … and my family.” didn’t want to hear that. Th e lesson I learned ment and multicultural aff airs, is also the direc- Th e 20-year-old junior integrated marketing She is composed again in a minute’s time. is that you’re always careful with what you tor of the college’s Martin Luther King Scholar communications major has been dating her boy- “I think he’s trying to protect me less because say but at the same time, that you can still be program and knows Dennis as one of those friend, Sean Scotese, a chef in Manhattan eight he’s needed me.” honest about what you’re feeling and what scholars. Martinez attended a governor’s town years her senior, for more than a year. Like most you’re thinking.” hall meeting Jan. 31 in Auburn, N.Y., which college women, Dennis is fi nding that juggling SMOOTH BEGINNINGS Michelle Paige Paterson, Dennis’ mother, said Dennis attended as well. Martinez said it was school, a job, a boyfriend and responsibilities to Last March, Dennis was vacationing in Belize there was little the family could do to prepare for the fi rst time she was able to see Dennis act as her family a bit daunting. with Scotese when she heard about Th e New the media attention. a public fi gure. But unlike most women her age, Dennis’ re- York Times article that reported Spitzer had “We were thrown in the spotlight, and I don’t “She was able to, in a really mature, posi- lationship to her family doesn’t rely on daily or been a client of a prostitution ring under federal think that’s such a good thing,” she said. “It just tive way, negotiate a crowd that seemed to want weekly phone calls and bimonthly visits. In fact, investigation. Spitzer resigned two days later, and happened overnight, and I think that for my something from her,” Martinez said. as the stepdaughter of New York Gov. David Paterson rose to governor. daughter, as well as my son, it was an adjustment Paterson said Dennis has been someone he Paterson, she doesn’t need them — any glance “I got back from Belize on Sunday, and the being in the public eye.” turns to for comfort since she was a child. at a newspaper or time spent channel surfi ng inauguration was on Monday,” she said. “It was Th e thrust into the spotlight demanded a cer- “She is really a compassionate person, a is a chance to check up on what person who cares about people, her father is doing fewer than 200 who gets upset over the things miles away in Albany. that happen to other people, For Dennis, this was a comfort who worries about her friends,” early on in her stepfather’s transi- the governor said. “It’s not all tion when the governor was high about her.” in the polls. Tonight, sitting un- Dennis’ only complaint comes der the pub’s brash incandescent from having to be the “fl y on the light, it is just as much a stress as wall,” as she so often feels she is her classwork. when she hears Paterson being In the year following her step- criticized while eating at restau- father’s inauguration, stories in the rants or riding the subways in media began to pile up — those New York City. criticizing Paterson’s handling of the “You want to come to his state’s budget defi cit; the fi restorm rescue, but it’s not appropriate,” that erupted over Caroline Ken- she said. nedy’s candidacy, and subsequent withdrawal, to replace Hillary Clin- FEELING THE HEAT ton in the U.S. Senate; and a depic- Dennis has been able to come tion of the legally blind governor in to her father’s rescue in other ways, a skit on “Saturday Night Live.” such as when she spoke on his be- “David is my best friend,” she half at the funeral of prominent says, conveying the passionate an- New York political operative Ter- ger of someone who found out their ence Tolbert in mid-November. friend has been talked badly about. Living a public life has meant Politics isn’t new for Paterson. more than just occasional speak- He was elected to the State Senate ing engagements for Dennis. Last in 1985, three years before Ashley Dennis, center, relaxes with some of her friends from Ithaca College at the governor’s mansion earlier this year. She said spring, State Troopers were dis- was born and seven years before perks such as living in the 41-room executive mansion are balanced with “not exciting” things such as police surveillance. he married her mother, Michelle PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY DENNIS See DENNIS, page 20 18 The Ithacan Thursday, April 23, 2009

uncertain.The future is (Let’s dwell on the past)

Look for it on stands Monday and online at theithacan.org/go/09yir. Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACCENT The Ithacan 19 Classic play takes to the streets of New Orleans

BY AARON EDWARDS roles. Legaux said her New Orleans STAFF WRITER heritage helped her prepare for the Nearly three and a half centuries part of the household maid, Dorine. after Moliere’s comedy “Tartuffe” “This is a culture I know very offended the devout Catholics well,” she said. “It adds an extra of King Louis XIV’s court, Ithaca dimension of personalities. It also College Theatre is putting a new makes it very interesting for the spin on the classic tale of hypoc- audience to keep up with.” risy and mistaken identity. In order to fit Bostwick’s set- Originally set in the home of a ting for the play, set designers, 17th-century, upper-class French costumers and other crew mem- family, “Tartuffe” is about a con bers altered the technical aspects artist who poses as a religious fa- of the original “Tartuffe.” natic in order to steal the belong- Senior set designer Alexander ings and social status of Orgon, Woodward said he purposely de- the well-off head of the household. signed Orgon’s tidy and arranged Through lies and deceit, Tartuffe home to contradict the eccentric invades Orgon’s home and turns action on stage. Woodward’s set From left, senior Matt Gall plays Orgon and junior Dominique Legaux plays Dorine in Ithaca College Theatre’s Creole the lives of everyone in the house contains earthy tones of brown New Orleans rendition of the 17th-century comedy “Tartuffe,” which opens tonight in Hoerner Theatre. upside down. and mustard yellow along with COURTESY OF SHERYL SINKOW Th e college’s production trans- hardwood floor planking and ports “Tartuff e” from aristocratic white wall moldings. she said. “You’re appalled and yet “This particular production fi nding as close to period costumes France to the streets of Creole New “Th e house is kind of the symbol you’re so shocked by what he is has a lot to say about family,” he as possible.” Orleans, circa 1830, when it was a of power, so the set is represented doing that it makes you laugh.” said. “It really displays all that a Gentry and other designers hub for free people of color escap- by the Georgian order and style,” he Duncan said audiences will family can be and the importance borrowed costumes from Cornell ing the recent traumas of slavery. said. “Th e world we created on stage easily relate to the exaggerated of sticking with your family.” University’s theater department Greg Bostwick, director and pro- feels very orderly, clean and proper, personas in the show. Bostwick said Tartuffe’s behav- and several vintage stores as far fessor of theater arts, said he chose which contrasts the characters and “There’s a character that almost ior is one of the most entertaining away as Connecticut. this setting in order to take advan- the comedic elements.” everyone can latch onto,” she said. parts of the show as a whole. With its combination of original tage of the diversity of the students Th e comedy of the college’s pro- “You’ve got the confidant, the fa- “Religious hypocrisy never goes and unconventional aspects, Legaux in the department. duction of “Tartuff e” comes mainly ther who always wants to have his out of style,” he said. “Th ere’s going said the college’s take on “Tartuff e” “The main driver of how we through the characters’ slapstick way, the mistress who’s very ob- to be a lot to look at, a lot to hear and is sure to satisfy audiences. choose our season is the perfor- blocking. Fast-paced movements servant, the thief and the two lov- a lot to take in that’s going to be dif- “Th e show is full of life,” she said. mance and design opportunities and sharply timed entrances and ex- ers who are just ridiculous.” ferent than your everyday Tartuff e.” “Once you’re in your seat, you won’t that best fit our students,” he said. its are part of what defi ne the show’s Junior Corey Whelihan, who Senior costume designer Allison leave the same. You’ll sit down, laugh “We’re so fortunate to have so humor. Senior Angelica Duncan, who plays the conniving and deviant Gentry said fi nding costumes to fi t the your butt off and then leave happy.” many students of all colors. So I plays Orgon’s coy and loving daugh- Tartuffe, describes his charac- production’s 19th-century Southern thought, ‘How can I be as inclu- ter Mariane, said Tartuff e’s out- ter as “scary, inbred white trash,” themes posed some challenges. “Tartuff e” will be performed at sive as possible?’” landish actions also provide a large but said in the end, Tartuffe’s “Th is is a diffi cult period to rep- 8 p.m. today, tomorrow and Saturday Bostwick cast many African- comedic focus. antics do not take away from the resent,” she said. “It’s not a time that with matinee performances at 2 p.m. American actors, including junior “Tartuffe is an outrageously overlapping positive message of was well documented. Th e hardest tomorrow and Saturday, in Hoerner Dominique Legaux, to principle disgusting yet funny character,” the production. part about costuming this piece was Th eatre at Dillingham Center.

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Your Thursday is not complete without The Ithacan 20 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, April 23, 2009 Junior adapts to public scrutiny DENNIS she had gotten into the weekly habit but we do it.” FROM PAGE 17 of doing a Google name search on Letting the bad press consume her the governor. Instead, she found is not her style. So Dennis, who has patched to follow her every move out from Paterson himself when he reconciled with her boyfriend, keeps after a few crimes reported in Ithaca called her. busy at the gym, working as a training gave the family a scare. Paterson’s low point came in Janu- specialist for ITS and preparing for an Before she was familiar with the ary when Caroline Kennedy withdrew internship with Teach for America. burly troopers, Dennis said she briefl y her candidacy for Hillary Clinton’s “I’m working, and I’m doing school secluded herself out of fear she may be Senate seat. On Feb. 21, a New York work, and I am … ,” she pauses, grin- spied upon the way Spitzer had alleg- Times article revealed the governor ning mischievously, “behaving badly.” edly used the troopers to spy on then- had ordered his staff to deny Ken- She doesn’t elaborate — she Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno. nedy had ever been his top choice in knows better. Her point is that life “It was really good for me because the wake of her withdrawal, as well as isn’t so bad, even despite, literally, all I got more work done than I had ever spread false rumors that tax, nanny the bad news. She attended President gotten done,” she said. and marriage issues had deemed her Obama’s inauguration, a reminder Eventually, she grew to trust the an unfavorable candidate throughout that being the governor’s daughter troopers, who were in plainclothes the vetting process. has its benefi ts. with their guns concealed, but that Today, Paterson is viewed favor- “I’ve never been so happy to be trust did not compensate for the awk- ably by only 27 percent of voters — freezing my ass off ,” she says. wardness that ensued when she went lower than Spitzer’s ratings when he But none of this compensated for out on the weekends — troopers fol- had resigned, according to a Siena the pain that came with watching lowing her down the block. Research poll. “SNL” cast member Fred Armisen de- As Paterson spent more time in Paterson said he and his family pict Paterson as a clueless blind man offi ce, his popularity began to fall. have been able to keep perspective in in December and again in February. On Oct. 5, New York Magazine the face of bad press. “You don’t make fun of blind published a cover story on the gov- “As much as the media tries to de- people,” she says softly. “David doesn’t ernor by Geoff rey Gray that likened fi ne you, inevitably you defi ne your- come off like that at all, which is what Paterson’s managerial style to that of self,” he said. “You don’t really have I didn’t understand, because whenev- a smooth-talking improvisational jazz to worry about all the people that are er he’s in the public, he is not like this musician. He wrote the governor’s ca- seeing it that don’t know you, because fumbling idiot.” reer sprouted out of a series of legacy it’s the people who know you who Dennis admits while her parents’ connections and lucky coincidences. know who you are.” bad press has taken a toll on her, she’s Dennis described it as “one of the been spared. most racist pieces of writing” she’d MOVING FORWARD “I’ve been really lucky to be at ever seen. “A big part of family is being part school, to be able to walk away ... “If David were white it wouldn’t of a support system,” Dennis says. when I need to,” she says. even be a question of how badly he “David and my mother have needed a Above all, Dennis is excited for wanted something and how he got lot of support lately.” Paterson’s 2010 re-election campaign, where he was,” Dennis said. Discussing the issues that arose which she says she’ll volunteer for in On Oct. 24, Th e New York Post with the Caroline Kennedy debacle, any capacity. reported Paterson’s Chief of Staff and the backlash it created for the “I’m just so tired of this ‘accidental Charles O’Byrne resigned after the governor, her manner of speech be- governor’ b------,” she says referring paper had uncovered he had failed comes more terse. to the moniker he’s received in the to pay his taxes for fi ve years. Den- “It’s just about fi nding the strength press. “It’ll be really nice to once and nis hadn’t picked up on the piece at to not let that kind of stuff bother for all prove to the world that David is the time, which surprised her, since you,” she says somberly. “Th at’s hard, no accident.” Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACCENT The Ithacan 21 Classic fairy tale retains original vision at Ithaca Ballet

BY WHITNEY FABER male roles, seniors Jon-Michael Miller and STAFF WRITER Clint Hromsco and freshman Luke Wise will In a glowing, decadent ballroom, men experience performing in a full ballet for the and women twirl around the room, laughing fi rst time. and chatting to each other. A prince stands, “Working off campus in a professional searching the crowd for the beautiful woman environment — something that is in no way he had met earlier that day. affi liated with Ithaca — is especially good for His wandering eyes continue to inspect people that really want the professional expe- each corner of the room, whenever a beau- rience,” Hromsco said. tiful woman enters. Their eyes meet in a Th e talent of the other dancers in the loving gaze. But their happiness is short, show impressed Wise the most, despite the as the woman soon runs off into the night, dancers’ ages. leaving only her glass slipper behind for “It’s refreshing working with such talented him to trace. dancers that are so young,’” he said. “It really Bringing all the magic of the classic ro- just shows how alive the arts are in Ithaca.” mantic story back to life, the Ithaca Ballet However, Miller said the allure of this sto- will perform “Cinderella” on Saturday and ry specifi cally is that it can appeal to such a Sunday at the State Th eatre. wide audience — from children to adults. Performed to music by Sergei Prokofi ev, “It certainly can attract ‘Cinderella’ lov- the production is an original interpretation ers and ballet lovers, because it’s all com- of the story, fi rst choreographed in 1960 by ing together to tell the story,” he said. “It all Alice Reid, the current co-artistic director. kind of gels into one beautiful production, Her daughter Cindy Reid, the other co-ar- with the chords and the atmosphere of the tistic director, said the performance remains ‘Cinderella’ story.” close to her mother’s original choreography As the classic ballroom scene begins, Beth and established vision. Mochizuki, who plays Cinderella, points her “We stuck with her staging of the ballet toe to the ground with grace and elegance. and kept her basic format,” Cindy Reid said. Strong and controlled, she moves her arms “My mother is a real stickler for keeping ev- and legs in unison. Th e lines of her body show erything in the traditional format.” her love for the story. As the dancers work the stage, their bodies She said the dancers’ goals are to reinvent tell the original rags-to-riches tale. the characters and make them come alive Johann Studier, a retired professional through personal interpretation. dancer, plays the prince and said performing “We try to make it authentic for ourselves traditional romantic stories like “Cinderella” by fi nding something to relate to in the char- is one of the greatest joys for the dancers be- acter,” she said. cause they are such an incredible representa- No matter what the dancers do, Reid said, tion of what ballet is truly about. in the end, the tradition will carry on. Ithaca Ballet ballerinas rehearse Monday night at the Ballet Center of Ithaca for their upcoming “Any of the romantic ballets are the epito- “It’s just like in the play,” Reid said. “Th e show, “Cinderella.” The company will perform the fairy tale in its most traditional version. me of ballet,” Studier said. “Th ey are the reason TAYLOR MCINTYRE/THE ITHACAN fairy godmother will reunite them, and they a lot of us got into ballet in the fi rst place.” will live happily ever after.” Katie Taylor, a sophomore at Ithaca High very pretty,” Taylor said. “It’s fun because can enjoy, as it brings back the timeless story School, plays a courtier and said the beauty it’s very whimsical.” in a beautiful rendition. “Cinderella” will be performed at 3 p.m. in this show is the traditional style of the With costumes in the old Renaissance style Among the dancers are three Ithaca Col- Saturday and Sunday at the State Th eatre. dance and the story. and holding close to the original “Cinderella” lege students who were approached by Reid in Tickets are $6 for children, $12 for students, “With classical ballet, all the lines are tale, the performance is one that all audiences March to join the company. Filling the show’s $15 for adults and $18 for seniors. 22 The Ithacan ACCENT Thursday, April 23, 2009 single Actors barely elevate exhausted plotline Tracks we’ve BY BEN TIETZ got on repeat SENIOR WRITER file “Sunshine Cleaning” is a fi lm ‘FAMILY TIME’ best described as “aggressively in- Ziggy Marley die,” a fi lm so determined to appear It’s a family-oriented song, featuring unique, quirky and dark while still upbeat rhythms and vocals, not to comforting audiences that it man- mention the chorus that states, ages to become nothing more than “it’s family time.” shapeless and middling. Because of ‘I COULD BREAK YOUR HEART such audience favorites as “Juno” and ANY DAY OF THE WEEK’ “Little Miss Sunshine” (“Sunshine Mandy Moore Cleaning” borrows heavily from the The song could easily be just another latter), the state of independent fi lm pop song, but Moore’s incredible has become unad- voice saves it from being all synthe- sized beats and bubble-gum lyrics. venturous, overly smug and conde- FILM ‘BOOM BOOM POW’ scending toward its REVIEW Black Eyed Peas “real” characters. “Sunshine Cleaning” This single sounds more rap- For a fi lm trying to oriented and lacks a little funk in Overture shed light on work- comparison to other Black Eyed Films Peas hits, but it picks up in the end ing-class women Our rating: and leaves listeners wanting more. and their local niche ★★ COMPILED BY HALEY DAVIS business, to just wrap things up in a neat little pack- age is like covering up a gunshot From left, Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blunt) clean up a bloody bathroom at a crime scene to make money. Accent’s Oldie But Goodie wound with a Band-Aid. This job has the two girls caught in a world fi lled with the gruesome and horrifi c details of vicious murders. Speaking of gunshot wounds, the COURTESY OF OVERTURE FILMS ‘SEMI-CHARMED LIFE’ (1997) rambling, uneven narrative of “Sun- Third Eye Blind shine Cleaning” opens with a brutal from Norah (Emily Blunt), Rose’s that the dumpster in the middle of a quirks and little bits of personality to No matter how many times it’s been suicide in a gun shop, and Mac (Steve aimless sister, who lives in an un- trailer park is suitable enough. Direc- help defi ne their characters. Th ey nev- played, it’s still impossible for listen- Zahn), a philandering cop, is per- kempt hovel with her father (who else tor Christine Jeff s fi nds humor in the er really fl esh them out adequately, in- ers not to sing and hum along, or at turbed at just how much a cleanup but Alan Arkin), a shifty fellow with aftermath of such terrible messes by stead relying on their own charms as least tap their feet to the rhythm. crew for the crime scene is costing a thousand get-rich-quick schemes. basically presenting these situations as actresses. Arkin has the market cor- —HALEY DAVIS the police department. Th at night, Mad at the world and always hang- matter-of-fact little snippets of these nered on short-tempered, old coots, he meets the movie’s heroine, Rose ing out with the wrong crowd, No- women’s working lives. Jeff s does not and Clifton Collins Jr. is memorably Lorkowski (Amy Adams), at a seedy rah hesitates to join her sister in this dwell on the inherent sadness of the sweet as a sympathetic cleaning sup- hotel for their weekly date night. Rose, new entrepreneurial venture because situation, even when Rose has to com- plies salesman. quickies a fi nancially strapped maid who dated of a traumatic occurrence from her fort a woman who just found her hus- “Sunshine Cleaning” is enter- Mac in high school, needs some quick childhood. However, she caves in, band dead in the next room. taining enough and features pleas- cash to help move her bright son (Ja- realizing her other option is to live A problem throughout the fi lm ant performances, but its bland son Spevack) to a school where he with a senior citizen and have less that neither the actors nor the fi lm- script and uneven tone make it fade won’t be so bored with classes (and than $100 to her name. makers know how to properly solve from memory almost as quickly as therefore, lash out at his teachers with Off they go, scrubbing up blood is a refusal to actually engage with the lemon-scented cleaner evaporates weird behavior). Mac suggests that she and appendages with toothbrushes characters on anything but a superfi - on a kitchen counter. pour her sanitary skills into the busi- and elbow grease. In one genuinely cial level. As good as Adams and Blunt ness of crime-scene cleanup. Morbid funny scene, Rose and Norah have are, especially when they are required “Sunshine Cleaning” was written wackiness ensues. to fi gure out just where to place to leave themselves vulnerable to the by Megan Holley and directed by Most of that wackiness exudes a blood-stained mattress, fi nding camera, they are only given ill-fi tting Christine Jeff s. COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. “HERE, HERE AND HERE” Meg & Dia Warner Bros. Hard-core rapper spits fi re on new CD This trio displays great diversity with their lyrics — some are about the election this year, some are about breakups, and some are just DOOM mixes with top producers to create fi erce sound about feeling helpless. BY MATTHEW DUELKA / Each and every race / could absorb the bass / In CONTRIBUTING WRITER the place to be / Don’t believe the hyperbole / It’s Not since 2004 has the man of many names like a murder spree / get sniped verbally.” delivered a solo project to the people. And Th e more toned down “Absolutely” re- now, to add to his array of pseudonyms, Th e establishes the Madvillain connection between Super Villain has dropped his previous titles DOOM and Madlib. With Madlib slowing down and now just goes by DOOM. the pace, the track increases the likelihood of “Born Like Th is” is DOOM’s fi rst solo proj- listeners’ heads bobbing and hips swaying be- ect since “MM...Food,” a collaboration with DJ cause of the new tone of the album. Ghostface, Danger Mouse that came aka Tony Starks, featured on “Angelz,” runs with COURTESY OF SONY COURTESY OF EXPLICIT LYRICS out in 2006. Th is follow- ALBUM the same mood, making it just as pleasant to up album takes a heavy REVIEW listen to as the previous. DOOM’s familiar beat “MEAN EVERYTHING TO right-hand turn out of the DOOM comes back into play by the end of the album, NOTHING” Album saved by beats fun-loving, laid back lyrics “Born Like This” though. With an emphasis on heavy horns and Manchester Orchestra and sound that smothered Lex Records an almost seductive fl ow, DOOM makes any Sony Our rating: BY JULIAN WILLIAMS “MM...Food” and into a collaboration refreshing. The album is pleasantly diverse ★★★½ and still fl ows perfectly from one STAFF WRITER more serious, defi nitive “Born Like Th is” defi nitely makes up for song to the next, solidifying the Here’s the funniest, yet saddest aspect of hip-hop: album that surpasses all previous work. DOOM’s lack of new material in the past fi ve group’s indie-rock sound. Artists don’t always need to have good lyrics or vo- Unlike most albums, DOOM handed off some years. Jam-packed with a cast of hip-hop’s all- cals as long as the music is on point. If the beats work tracks for diff erent producers to lay beats on. Jake stars and an eclectic mix of rhythmic patterns out correctly, they often can stand One, Madlib and the late J Dilla lent their drum from smooth to vicious, DOOM’s patented alone, perpetuating a song from pads and synthesizers for a track or two, almost play on words and strong production crew “poor” to “quality” status. Th is, it ALBUM outshining DOOM on his own album. stand to be some of his best work yet. appears, is the most redeeming REVIEW Th e track “Gazzillion Ear” sewed together quality on Rick Ross’ most recent Rick Ross two unreleased J Dilla beats, creating two diff er- “Deeper Than release, “Deeper Th an Rap.” The Rap” ent DOOM personas, as if he needs any more. Miami-based rapper’s multifac- Explicit Lyrics In another collaboration, J Dilla’s “Dig It” has a eted and intense production saves Our rating: melody that listeners can groove to, ideally with what would otherwise be a lack- ★★ the top down on a convertible, going 90 mph COURTESY OF RED DISTRIBUTION luster and vain album. on an empty highway. “Phantom of the Synths” “LITTLE WHITE LIES” Despite appearances from Kanye West, Lil’ pops up in the middle of the album and gets im- Fastball Wayne, John Legend, T-Pain, Robin Th icke and Foxy mediately dark and ominous, making the song Red Distribution Brown, “Deeper Th an Rap” seems to primarily serve much more appropriate for a grimy dance party This fi fth album from Fastball features Miles Zuniga’s lead as a self-promotion: a boisterous assessment of the in someone’s basement. vocals and potential hit songs wealth and fame that Ross has accumulated since his Jake One and Madlib contribute to the CD like “We’ll Always Have Paris” fi rst album in 2006. However, smooth production with standout tracks “Ballskin” and “Absolutely,” with its catchy chorus and peppy from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Th e Inkredibles and eTh respectively. Jake One takes a minute and a half guitar riffs. Runners help to make the LP more enjoyable. Listen jab at DOOM, heightening the album’s intensity. COMPILED BY HALEY DAVIS to cuts like “Mayback Music II,” featuring West, Lil’ Seemingly without a breath, DOOM ravages the Wayne and T-Pain, for proof. track: “He wears a mask so when he dons his face COURTESY OF LEX RECORDS Thursday, April 23, 2009 ACCENT The Ithacan 23 Convoluted plot betrays compelling themes TICKET  STUB  Dramatic thriller functions as television series but fl ops as feature fi lm VALID FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BY KRISTEN SNYDER CINEMAPOLIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Commons 277–6115 With their intense visual appeal, television police dramas usually tran- GOMORRAH sition well to the big screen, evidenced 7 and 9:35 p.m. and by fi lms such as “S.W.A.T.” and “Mis- Weekends 2 and 4:35 p.m. sion: Impossible.” But director Kevin Macdonald’s “State of Play” is just SUNSHINE CLEANING ★★ as disappointing as “Miami Vice” in 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and its attempt to capitalize on an exist- Weekends 2:15 p.m. ing audience. Wednesday matinee 5 p.m. Th e fi lm is a sus- FILM penseful mystery- REVIEW FALL CREEK thriller based on “State of PICTURES an award-winning Play” 1201 N. Tioga St. 272–1256 U.K. television se- Universal ries of the same Pictures THE INFORMERS Our rating: 7:15 and 9:35 p.m. and name. Filmmakers ★★½ should have split Weekends 2:15 and 4:35 p.m. the television material into a se- ries of fi lms rather than suff ocating GRAN TORINO ★★★½ viewers with too many plot twists 7:15 p.m. and and attempting to fi t them all into Weekends 2:15 p.m. From left, newspaper reporters Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) and Della Frye (Rachel McAdams) investigate the death one movie. Despite its all-star cast of a congressman’s assistant in “State of Play,” a crime drama based on a television series from the U.K. and intriguing themes of corrup- COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES THE CLASS tion, “State of Play” fails as a fi lm 7 and 9:35 p.m. and because its intricate plot leaves no merous ethical questions for audi- Th e absence of that focus in “State in comfortably as the inexperienced Weekends 2 and 4:35 p.m. room for character development. ences to ponder. of Play” was detrimental to its suc- but ambitious political blogger for Th e protagonist Cal McAff rey Th e fi lm spotlights the severity to cess. Th e audience doesn’t see the the Washington Globe. Th e duo’s on- CORALINE ★★★½ (Russell Crowe) is a valued jour- which the media controls the lives of characters’ fl aws but only hears about screen relationship progresses natu- 9:15 p.m. and nalist for the Washington Globe all characters involved in the case. In them in scenes where the characters rally as the two are forced to rely on Weekends 4:15 p.m. newspaper who goes beyond the his relentless pursuit of the story, Cal sit around a table and talk about the and confi de in each other. What be- limits of a reporter in investigating gives public offi cials an ultimatum past, preventing viewers from con- gins as strictly business develops into REGAL STADIUM 14 stories. To get the truth, he abuses — either help the newspaper get the necting with the characters. News a fl irtatious friendship. Affl eck fi ts Pyramid Mall 266-7960 his friendships with cops, autopsy facts or risk having their reputations of Cal’s recent aff air with his college the part of the young and infl uential specialists, computer hackers and ruined through headlines. But the roommate’s wife, Anne Collins (Robin public offi cial but sometimes appears 17 AGAIN even government workers. story itself isn’t nearly as interesting Wright Penn), comes through con- overdramatic and slightly rehearsed in 11:50 a.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:30 p.m., When the death of Sonia Baker as the dilemmas it raises about the versation rather than actions. Getting his portrayal of Stephen’s grief. 7:55 p.m., 10:20 p.m. (Maria Th ayer) is linked to Congress- media’s powerful role in society. to know these complex characters Th e surprise ending feels more man Stephen Collins (Ben Affl eck), Writers Matthew Michael Carna- through word vomit feels unnatural like a trick because the most impor- ADVENTURELAND ★★★½ Cal struggles to put his friendship han, Tony Gilroy and Billy Ray should and cheap. tant clue to the mystery isn’t the least 12:10 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:35 p.m., with Stephen aside. In an eff ort to have spent more time on character Th e plot isn’t character driven, bit obvious for the viewer to catch. 9:10 p.m. shift the investigation’s focus off Ste- development and less time trying to but it should have been. Th e climax Th is failed fi lm serves as an exam- phen, Cal and rookie reporter Della include every plot-changing twist of the fi lm could have felt enor- ple of one police television show CRANK HIGH VOLTAGE Frye (Rachel McAdams) search des- from the television series. “State of mously more life-shattering to view- that just doesn’t translate to the big 1 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 5:50 p.m., perately for clues to connect Sonia’s Play” worked as a television show ers if they had the opportunity to screen. A series of fi lms would have 8:25 p.m., 11 p.m. death to a corporate cover-up. Th e because it was an abundance of mate- feel invested in the story. been better able to do justice to such Washington Globe takes matters rial delivered in a six-hour television Th e fi lm’s inability to connect to a large amount of story. FAST & FURIOUS ★★ into its own hands as the story turns miniseries rather than a two-hour its audience was no fault of the ac- 2:35 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 8:05 p.m., into a political murder investigation. fi lm. A story about reputation, ethics tors. Crowe never fails to deliver an “State of Play” was written by 10:40 p.m. Cal and Della conduct their own in- and betrayal should encourage the au- admirable performance and does so Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony vestigation, keeping vital evidence dience to take a sincere interest in the yet again in the role of an arrogant, Gilroy and Billy Ray, and directed by FIGHTING from police offi cials. Th is poses nu- characters’ lives. rebellious journalist. McAdams fi ts Kevin Macdonald. 12:20 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:40 p.m., 8:15 p.m., 10:50 p.m.

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Sophomore Kait Dolan (center) acts as a student coach Tuesday in the softball team’s dugout in a game against SUNY-Oneonta at Kostrinsky Field. She is out for the season with an injury. ANDREW BURACZENSKI/THE ITHACAN Sophomore Kait Dolan remains Hanging ‘pulse’ of softball team tough after season-ending injury

BY THOMAS ESCHEN between her two legs. I just decided that we that I couldn’t play, it was that I had put so “Whenever we are lacking in energy dur- STAFF WRITER should go to the hospital just in case.” much work into the preseason, and our team ing a game or practice, we remind ourselves A week before spring break, at the end of Her new diagnosis: a blood clot. Th ough had fi nally started to really develop together.” that Dolan would kill to be out there on the softball practice, a red mark started to appear on she just learned the illness does indeed run in Shortly after getting the news, Dolan fi eld,” Greaney said. sophomore Kait Dolan’s left leg. A few minutes her family, she was told the injury was a fl uke brought the team into the pitching circle at Dolan said she needs to hold her team- later, she noticed the mark was really a red line and was still cleared to play. Her anticipation practice to tell them she would no longer be mates accountable because of that fact. about 6 inches long. It looked like a long, deep and excitement for the upcoming season were out there. As her teammates huddled around “Th e second that you can’t play, and you scratch, but every delicate stroke of the fi nger to the only feelings that could outweigh her fear her and heard her telling them she couldn’t see somebody out there who is not giving it the area brought a throbbing pain. and the pain in her leg. play, shock, followed by tears, defi ned the their all when they are playing, it’s a big slap in With a week to go before the softball team’s As Ithaca’s starting second baseman, she impromptu team meeting. the face,” she said. “I told my team that I would spring trip to Florida, Dolan was diagnosed with was looking forward to performing well on the “It was awful,” sophomore Allison Greaney hold each and every one of them responsible only an infection, which was somewhat common spring trip. She started every game in Florida, said. “We knew she was going to be out for like for enjoying themselves because I can’t. I think and treatable. Her mind now more at ease, she hitting .324 in the 10 games. a week or two, but not the entire season. We they all are following through.” went back to her normal daily schedule. While looking good on the fi eld, her health were all completely speechless. No one knew Th ough there is still much up in the air Later that night, though, the bright red tint continued to give her problems. During the what to say.” regarding her health, Dolan has the chance of the line enveloped her leg. With any feelings course of the week, Dolan fought through two After fi rst hearing the news, her coaches to make it back on the fi eld for her junior and of relief from the initial diagnosis gone, her heart more blood clots in her leg, both with similar and teammates thought about what they were senior years. raced as she began to look down her leg to her symptoms as the fi rst. losing, especially after getting into a rhythm She is taking the motivation of not being toes, which were swollen and a sickly purple. Th e “I was playing through a lot of pain,” she in the South. on the fi eld now to her rehabilitation and fu- line on her leg was throbbing again. said. “Th ere was no choice about whether I “We had to kind of refocus,” Head Coach ture mind-set. Th e program is limited because “It was really tender to the touch,” Dolan was playing or not though, because I didn’t Deb Pallozzi said. “She is our pulse; she’s a she will be on blood thinners for the next six said. “I couldn’t even touch it and could feel know how much longer I would be out there.” competitor. Th at was a tough loss for us. I was months until doctors determine the what is the bumpiness.” Th e two new instances eff ectively ended hoping that it wouldn’t happen.” causing the clots. She said the constant running Her roommate, sophomore Samantha Kauf- her season when the team’s plane landed in It did happen though, and her coaches she endures as part of her rehab is no match for man, still has the scene fresh in her mind. New York state. When Dolan was fi rst told it and teammates had nothing else to do but ac- the feel of the softball fi eld. “We were discussing how much her leg was was defi nite, her heart dropped. cept that she would not be on the fi eld. How- “It’s a really boring exercise program,” she hurt,” she said. “Th ere clearly was a diff erence “I was crushed,” she said. “It wasn’t so much ever, they would not let her presence leave said. “At least I’ll be in excellent cardio shape, the team. Th e prospect of still participating and that is where everything comes from.” gave Dolan something positive to take out of Other than some medication and visits to a bad circumstance. the doctor, her usual fast-paced daily life has “Immediately they were all saying even if not changed. It is something her roommate is you’re not playing for us, you are still a part surprised by. of this team, and we still want you to be there “You are usually told that blood clots and coach,” she said. make you sleep and not want to do much,” While it was still too late to get a medical red Kaufman said. “It is amazing how she gets shirt, she took her teammates’ advice to heart up early in the morning every day and never and is now acting as a student coach. She still stops going.” attends every practice and game. She said fi eld- With all the motivation in the world on her ing questions during practice about mechanics side, Dolan is even looking to the incoming and technique makes her feel worthwhile. freshmen for more inspiration. “Especially when an upperclassman asks “Hopefully we’ll have an amazing fresh- me for help, it says that I am important to this man class, and it won’t be easy for me to come team,” she said. “Th ey come and approach me back, and I’ll have to compete for my spot instead of another coach, which is nice.” again,” she said. During games, she helps out by fi lming. Th e initial pain in her leg began while Dolan While behind the camera, she still gets an itch was in that same process of earning her spot. It to be out on the fi eld. put everything into perspective for her and the “It is easier to watch when we are winning,” team, but at this point, it will provide for more of she said. “When we are losing, that’s when I ask a motivation than a hindrance in Dolan’s career. myself what impact I would have had on the Dolan said she expects to come back and game, whether that is getting a clutch hit or mak- play at 100 percent. Sophomore Kait Dolan makes a throw to fi rst base during the Bombers’ win on April 5, 2008, ing a big play in the fi eld.” If she can live up to her expectations and at Kostrinsky Field. Dolan only played in 10 games this season before her injury. By seeing her there unable to play, the team come back with a purpose, the Bombers will FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN is playing with some extra motivation. once again have their beating “pulse.” 28 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, April 23, 2009 Blue and Gold shuffl e infi eld positions with ease

BY THOMAS ESCHEN After suff ering the tough loss to STAFF WRITER Fisher, Pallozzi decided to shake the During an April 10 game against team up and put the new infi eld in St. John Fisher College, junior place and never looked back. Th e softball player Caitlin Ryan is in Bombers went on to win in domi- foreign territory. Instead of get- nating fashion that day, the fi rst of ting into her fi elding stance just a a nine-game winning streak, which few inches from fi rst base, she is was halted yesterday. For Greaney, fi elding a ground ball at the other the transformation is taking on a life corner infi eld position, third base. of its own. After playing fi rst for 2 1/2 years as “At fi rst, the change was really a Bomber, Ryan welcomes the posi- sudden,” she said. “Th en we totally tion change. gelled and are now comfortable with “It’s kind of fun,” she said. “I’ve where we are.” played fi rst base since I was a fresh- Th at cohesion shows during the man; it’s nice to get a change. It’s not all games, as the shouts and chatter echo that diff erent. I am still on the corner.” all over the fi eld, telling the players After making the throw, Ryan where to throw the ball after it is hit. looks 90 degrees “Game experience helps a lot,” to her left at the NEXT UP Forenza said. “We can’t go over ev- shortstop posi- Ithaca faces ery little scenario in practice. We tion and sees the Alfred Univer- need to keep doing what we are do- person who used sity at 3 p.m. ing and just play.” tomorrow in to manage the Now that the comfort and confi - Alfred, N.Y. The hot corner, soph- Saxons are dence levels are up, the athletes are omore Allison 22–4 overall taking that to the plate, as the bats Greaney. Switch- and are third in are now clicking with the rest of the ing from third to the conference. team, evidenced by the numerous short keeps Gre- run explosions since the change. aney in her comfort zone in the in- “Th e kids are handling the switch- fi eld, but she is noticing that there is es,” Pallozzi said. “Th ey are just tak- more to playing shortstop than just ing it on with a great attitude.” a diff erent angle from home plate. Th e hot streak stemming from “It is defi nitely diff erent know- the fi elding switch brought the ing when to cover diff erent bases Bombers to 9–1 in the Empire 8, and getting cuts from the outfi eld,” and a win on Friday over Alfred she said. “I have defi nitely received University would give Ithaca Col- a lot of support from [freshman lege the Empire 8 title and allow Annmarie Forenza] though; she the Bombers to host the conference has really helped.” tournament. While fi xing the intan- While helping her fellow middle From left, sophomore Allison Greaney receives a throw as Elmira College junior Lauryn DePaul slides into second base gibles in the nonconference games infi elder, Forenza is undergoing a Sunday at Kostrinsky Field. The Bombers swept the doubleheader, winning the fi rst game 8–2 and the second 5–2. this week, the team is still looking change of her own. She moved from EVAN FALK/THE ITHACAN forward to getting a strong perfor- shortstop to second base, but her mance on Friday. prior experience is making the switch With sophomore Courtney Nos- had an injury,” she said. “Th en when I the outfi eld, which enabled Pallozzi “Especially after starting off the an easy one. ter completing the infi eld by fi lling saw it work in practice, I thought we to look at people in diff erent places. season not knowing what we had “I played second in high school,” the fi rst base position, the transition might need to use it later on.” Besides restructuring the infi eld, and having a lot of new people in Forenza said. “So I know a little bit headed by Head Coach Deb Pallozzi Th ose injuries to sophomore Kait Pallozzi moved junior Alyssa Guz- new spots, we are defi nitely excited of where I am supposed to be. We was complete. Dolan and junior Katherine Wilson man from second to her better posi- to fi nish out the conference season are all just getting comfortable.” “Th e original look was because we created gaps in both the infi eld and tion, right fi eld. well,” Greaney said. Ithaca’s off ense keeps rolling

BY CASEY MUSARRA do not have to think about hitting, they just ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR do it. Th e crowd and both teams are silent as the While the team has piled on runs in pitcher winds up and in a split second ... ping! some of its games, the Blue and Gold Ithaca College sophomore Rob Zappia ropes have also played small ball in order to get one to the opposite fi eld. Junior T.J. Abone runs across. scores from third as sophomore Matt Streich Fazio said the players are an unselfish, rounds third and heads for home. He dives team-oriented group so they have started to headfi rst, and the baseball team leaps out of get a better grasp of doing the little things the dugout as he makes it just under the tag in order to win. of the catcher — this has become a familiar “They understand that there’s a job to scene for the Bombers throughout the year. do, and it’s to win ball games and to score While the Blue and Gold’s off ense has been runs the best way we can,” Fazio said. “If powerful all season long, it stood out in their you have to sacrifice, so be it. If you have to four-game set against St. John Fisher College drive the ball to the right side, so be it.” as their 36 hits propelled them to three wins In the fi rst game of the weekend series and a ninth-straight Empire 8 title. against St. John Fisher, the Blue and Gold used Senior infi elder their small-ball skills to their advantage. Kurt Bednarcyk said STAT CHECK Sophomore third baseman David the South Hill squad Ithaca has eight play- Ahonen executed a sacrifice fly to score a has had the ability to ers hitting over .300. run, and Abone dropped down a sacrifice hit well all year, but it Senior Dylan Perez bunt to move runners into scoring position fi nally came around leads the team with a to eventually take a 5–3 win. this weekend. .397 average. Unlike many off ensively savvy teams, the “Sometimes we South Hill squad is not only strong at the top get nervous, and we don’t hit the pitching of its lineup, but at the bottom as well. that we should,” he said. “A lot of times we “Sometimes when you have a weak link don’t hit weak pitching well. This week we in the lineup, it’s like every time they come came out and decided we were done with up you’re like, ‘Oh no, it’s going to be an that and just decided to hit like we could.” out,’” Bednarcyk said. “We don’t feel that Senior outfi elder Matt Samela dives toward home plate Sunday as St. John Fisher College fresh- Assistant Coach Frank Fazio said it’s the way about anybody. We just feel like any- man third baseman Teagen Barresi goes for the tag at Bucky Freeman Field in Ithaca’s sweep. combination of the athletes’ physical and body has the ability to get on base and MICHELLE MONTGOMERY/THE ITHACAN mental abilities that has gotten them in an score runs.” offensive groove. Ahonen said it is that strength up and up every day, and that’s what great teams do.” you get lazy, and you start making mistakes,” “Th e kids are getting accustomed to doing down the lineup, from the one hitter to the Though the South Hill squad seems to Fazio said. “And then when you start having the right things, and the routine is becoming nine hitter, that makes this team so tough be running on all cylinders, Fazio said the a bad repetition of a bad swing, then you suf- easier for them to follow,” he said. to beat. players still have to continue working hard fer. Th ese kids right now understand that they Fazio said at this point, the players are “It’s not like the one or two studs of the team like they have all season long. have to work hard, and they’ve been working confident enough in their abilities that they are doing it,” Ahonen said. “Diff erent guys step “Sometimes when you get too comfortable, very hard at it.” Thursday, April 23, 2009 SPORTS The Ithacan 29 Leading by example Senior attackman sets record and quietly takes charge of team

BY ZAK FAILLA DeCirce said Bedard’s ball handling STAFF WRITER helps to spark the team. When senior Becky Bedard “On attack, Becky is defi nitely a arrived at Ithaca College four years leader,” she said. “She gets the team ago, she was one of many unassum- to work well together, and she gets ing freshmen hoping to make their the attack moving forward.” way through the women’s lacrosse Bedard is not only selfless on program. When she graduates in the field with her assists, but she four weeks, she will be one of the strives to be the same way off most accomplished players the the field. She said she treats her Bombers have ever had. teammates as peers and doesn’t Bedard has tallied the most look down on them despite her assists in the program’s history captaincy and status as a senior and shows no sign of stopping in among a relatively young group her final games as a Bomber. She of women. She said she hopes to said she is perfectly happy in the set a good example that the rest of background, setting up her team- her team can follow. Junior mid- mates and rewarding them for fielder Kassie Garfield has played getting open. She revels in putting alongside Bedard for three years her teammates in the spotlight. and has served as her co-captain She has defined what it is to be a this season. team player. “Becky is one of the most car- “I’m not the showy player who’s ing and real people I know,” Gar- going to look for goals,” Bedard said. field said. “She truly wants ev- “I like to set people up. I like to get eryone to be at their best and be the ball to open people because they happy. She is just a good person worked hard to get open. I just go and can make anyone’s day. She From left, Rochester Institute of Technology junior Allyson Pisher defends senior Becky Bedard behind the net in out and play, and if I can go out and creates such a great atmosphere the Blue and Gold’s loss to RIT on Saturday at Carp Wood Field. Bedard is Ithaca’s career assists leader. do it for the team, then that’s what around her.” SARAH GANZHORN/THE ITHACAN I’m going to do.” On top of the accomplishments Th e senior co-captain has been she has earned on the fi eld, Bedard better and how to deal with a lot them. Instead, she has learned to Th ough her career as a Bomber an assist machine ever since she said the skills she has learned as a of those things. I’ve grown more use her quiet demeanor to show her is almost over, Bedard said she will became a starter in her sophomore lacrosse player will help her after confident with myself, and I’ve teammates the proper way to handle relish these last few weeks. year. Th at season she averaged two she graduates. learned to believe in myself on themselves when it counts. “I love being out there, and at the assists per game to lead her team. “I’ve learned so much about and off the field.” Garfield said Bedard is a skilled end of the day if I have frustrations, Her off ensive accomplishments myself during my career,” she said. One of the skills she has learned leader when it comes to pushing I can just leave it all at the dorm,” helped lead the Bombers to an Em- “You have to learn how to play and during her time as a key player for herself on and off the field and she said. “I don’t have to think about pire 8 championship that they hope adjust with things and keep things the lacrosse team is leadership. She acting in a positive manner. anything else but being on the fi eld to defend this season. off the field. I’ve learned to man- is not the type of player to be loud “She has great internal motivation and doing what I love with the peo- Sophomore midfi elder Ali age my time and responsibilities and get in people’s faces to motivate that is contagious,” Garfi eld said. ple that I love.” 30 The Ithacan SPORTS Thursday, April 23, 2009 Verbal leaders take charge Men’s crew’s coxswains head varsity boats with mental strength and preparation

BY ABBY PAULSON Earl said the most difficult thing STAFF WRITER about being a coxswain is balancing all From the start of the race, they are scream- the responsibilities. ing at the top of their lungs. As they lean for- “I stick with it because I like the guys, I like ward, giving everything they have, the boat yelling, and there’s a lot of mental acrobatics speeds ahead. Th ey can see the strain and fa- you have to do,” Earl said. “It’s a lot of multi- tigue on their teammates’ faces. Like captains tasking. It’s really mind-intensive as opposed on a ship, they help propel their boat to vic- to physically intensive.” tory without even touching an oar. Earl was a rower for the crew during Senior Clint Weigl, junior Kayleigh Melroy his freshman year but had to take time and sophomore Eli Earl are the coxswains of off because of an illness. He returned as a the men’s crew’s three varsity boats. Th ey take coxswain, however, to stay involved with to heart a role in crew that is often misun- the sport. derstood and unnoticed. Melroy said she fre- “In my boat, it’s a boat full of my friends,” quently has trouble explaining to people what he said. “Th ere’s a bond of respect, and by her participation on the men’s crew entails. spending so much time together — we have “First of all, so many people don’t know boat dinners before every race — we develop about the sport,” Melroy said. “Second of all, friendships, and that refl ects in the boat.” people are like, ‘You’re a coxswain? What the During practices and training, the cox- heck is that?’” swains have to learn on the job. Th ey need to Coxswains usually sit in the stern of the feel the boat out and get a sense of what moti- boat, facing the rowers. During practice they vates a particular group. For many coxswains, call out drills as directed by Head Coach Dan they don’t know what type of enforcement a Robinson and help their crew build cohesion boat requires until they have been working to- Junior coxswain Kayleigh Melroy gives instructions to the men’s crew’s second varsity 8 boat and technique. During a race, however, their gether on a consistent basis. April 11 against Hamilton College and St. Lawrence University at the Cayuga Inlet. job becomes far more complicated. Weigl said the race plans are carefully con- SABINA CAO/THE ITHACAN Robinson said the coxswains’ most promi- structed, but it is the responsibility of the cox- nent role is motivating and directing the row- swain to make eff ective calls, signifying the mosphere for rowers, who are pushing them- cool, and it’s hard not to,” she said. ers. Once the boats launch to prepare for a stroke rates the rowers must reach based on selves to the brink during the fi nal sprints or Weigl said that making it through the race or conduct practice drills, the coxswain the positioning of boats during the race. Th e worn out by a rigorous practice. good days and the bad days helps create a takes over. creativity and awareness of the coxswain can “Th e coxswains make sure we give one bond within each boat that is essential for the “Th e coxswains are leaders,” Robinson be the diff erence between fi rst and last place. hundred percent of what we can give,” sopho- Bombers’ success. Melroy said the coxswains said. “Th ey steer, get the rowers excited, and “Many times, if you’re battling with anoth- more rower Morgan Ewing said. “Th ey’re the are willing to push themselves and their team- they also coach. Th ey are in the boat and can er boat, the coxswain plays the biggest role in eyes, ears and brains of the boat.” mates to reach the fi nish fi rst. see things the coach doesn’t.” whether you win or lose,” Weigl said. “If the Melroy said recently the water has been Melroy said when she is in the boat, she Melroy said the many important aspects coxswain isn’t aggressive enough and doesn’t really rough, which makes it mentally tax- and the rowers focus on nothing else. Th e of being a successful coxswain include keep- make good calls, it doesn’t matter how fast ing on the crew. However, she said that the adrenaline makes them only want to reach the ing the boat on course, calling off other you are.” best way to combat that stress is to take a fi nish line. boats, announcing how far ahead of other Th e Bombers’ coxswains take on the re- deep breath and take care of any problems “When you win, and you know that you boats the squad is and being a consistent sponsibility of setting the tone for their boats, after practice. were there to motivate the guys, and it works, motivational force. trying to promote a calm and collected at- “Sometimes you just want to lose your it’s awesome,” she said.

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TODAY Men’s track and fi eld @ Penn Relays Women’s track and fi eld @ Penn Relays Baseball @ University of Rochester

FRIDAY Men’s track and fi eld @ Penn Relays Women’s track and fi eld @ Penn Relays

SATURDAY Men’s and women’s crew vs. Williams College, Bates College, Coast Guard Academy and Marist College @ Williams Women’s lacrosse vs. Hartwick College Men’s lacrosse @ Stevens Institute of Technology

SUNDAY Men’s track and fi eld @ Cornell University Women’s track and fi eld @ Cornell University Baseball @ SUNY-Brockport Softball @ SUNY-Buff alo

MONDAY Men’s track and fi eld hosts NYSCTC Decathlon Women’s track and fi eld hosts NYSCTC Heptathlon

TUESDAY Baseball vs. St. Lawrence University Women’s lacrosse vs. University of Rochester

WEDNESDAY Softball vs. King’s College Baseball vs. SUNY-Oneonta THE BUZZER

Thursday, April 23, 2009 The Ithacan 31 ONE ON ONE Assistant Sports Editor Casey Musarra spoke with junior Kylie McClure about the women’s lacrosse team and her recent individual successes.

Casey Musarra: You’re 12 points away from becoming the team’s 28th 100-point scorer. How big of an accom- plishment would that be? Kylie McClure: It would defi nitely be huge, but winning Empire 8 and going further in our season is way more im- portant to me.

CM: In the game againstnst Nazareth College there were a lot of lead changes. Whatat adjustments did you guys make going into the second half?lf? KM: We were really focusedocused on possession time and keeping the ballall away from them, which we did a really goodood job of, espe- cially in the fi rst half; butut the second half, it was more about energy and beating them up and downwn the fi eld and really just taking control.ntrol. Swinging for the fences CM: A couple of weeksks ago in tthehe Senior Zach Schulman, a sport media major, makes contact during an intramural softball game this weekend at upset win over SUNY-Cortland,ortland, you Allen Field. The tournament included pro, semipro and co-rec levels and ran from Friday through Sunday. posted fi ve goals and were named MATT RIGBY/THE ITHACAN the Empire 8 Player of the Week. ... What was that like for you?ou?

KM: It was huge. Cortlandrtland is one of the biggest rivals in mymy eyes.eyes. EveryEvery the foul line year it fl ip-fl ops, who’s going to take the win, and it was justt awesome for Weird news from the wide world of sports our seniors, to win for themhem ... especially A uniform change accompanied the Tampa Bay Rays to because Cortland’s so good.ood. its fi rst American League Championship. Now, arguably the worst football team in the NFL looks to turn around its eight-year stretch without a winning season with a “fi ercer” logo. Last season, the Detroit Lions became the they fi rst team in NFL history to fi nish a season 0–16 and its Watch a video of answer: adding teeth to the lion’s mouth. Along with that, McClure in action at the franchise decided to italicize the word “Lions” on theithacan.org. uniforms. According to The As- saidit sociated Press, “the team said the changes are consistent with its “I’m a grinder. by the ‘sense of mission You just grind and direction.’” numbers In case these and get through new uniforms don’t do the it, and when trick, at least 5 they have a it’s all over, you The number of position new coach, new changes the softball general manager think about team has made since and new No. 1 draft sophomore Kait Dolan it. You don’t pick lined up. and junior Katherine — Casey Musarra rush into any 36The number of hits the Wilson suffered injuries. baseball team picked See story on page 28. decisions.” up in four games this weekend against St. John Fisher College. Former NFL broad- See story on page 28. caster John Madden on his Bay Area radio show after deciding to retire after appearing on all four networks play of the week in his 30 years as an NFL commentatocommentator.r. Tom Fishback BACK-TO-BACK WINS Junior Pitcher Fishback threw four shutout innings out of thee bullbull-- Baseball pen, allowing one hit while striking out five to earn the win against SUNY-Cortland on April 15. Hee folfol-- Fishback picked up two wins for the lowed up that outing by pitching a complete-gameame win No. 22 Bombers last week through 11 against St. John Fisher College on Sunday, scatteringattering innings of work. seven hits over seven innings. He allowed justt two earned runs and struck out four, en route to pickingicking up his second Empire 8 Pitcher of the Week awardward of the season. PHOTO FINISH 32 The Ithacan CAPTURING THE BOMBERS AT THEIR BEST Thursday, April 23, 2009

Sophomore midfi elder Michael Silipo tries to break through Hartwick College’s defenders, sophomore David Aitchison (left) and junior Brandon Wilk, on Satur- day at Upper Terrace Field. The No. 4 Bombers won the overtime thriller 8–7. ALYSSA FRIEDBERG/THE ITHACAN