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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 14 The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community WWW .ITHACA.EDU/ITHACAN Add/drop plan IC dead people to be reviewed BY SUDHANSHU SARIA system, professors used a de­ Staff Writer mand tally to see how many, and which, students had requested a . The add/drop system and oth-0 class. The information was used to er aspects of the registration add or change sections as well as process could change as early as add the students who most need­ April 200 , bringing some of the ed the class. benefits of The proposed policy would be . paper regis­ more efficient, Seltzer said, as it tration to the would allow faculty to allot those . online seats immediately instead of after process. the weeklong freeze. Faculty ''This would allow the department Council chairs and deans to sort out the sit­ Chairman uation and decide if new sections Stanle· y need to be opened or canceled or stu­ Seltzer, asso­ dents added to sections," Seltzer said. ciate profes- Registrar Christopher Knauer sor of mathe- SELTZER said the two-week period is un­ matics and necessary with online registration. computer science, said review of "The reason in the past it was the registration process · started two weeks was because we had the when Peter Bardaglio, provost heavy-duty paper process," he and vice president for academic af­ said. "But because of it being on­ fairs, came to the college. line and you having 24/7 access to "We had gotten used to what was make these changes, I don't think going on," Seltzer said. "When it's very difficult or hard to accept (Bardaglio's] fresh eyes took a look the [shorter add/drop period]." at the situation, he just said,-'Well, Seltzer said the current we can make it better."' add/drop period caused problems The proposal aims to shorten the for both faculty and students. add/drop period after the first day "All of a $Udden. afta- a week and of classes each semester to one half of class, you'd suddenly have a week instead of two. It would also new student in there," he said. freeze registration for one week im­ ''That was troublesome to faculty." KRISTEN MAGEE/THE ITHACAN mediateJ y after the two-week reg­ The proposal re-emphasizes CONCERNED STU,;>ENTS PROTEST the potential war on Iraq with a die-in Tuesday in the Pub. The die-in is the latest in a series of anti-war events on campus. istration cycle and allow students to the importance of the first day of enlist electronically in a waiting list class, Seltzer said. If students are BY EMILY PAULSEN At the event, which was held The intent of the event, he said, for courses they could not get into, absent without prior consent, the Assistant News Editor in coordination with Interna­ was to get the attention of the Bardaglio said. system allows the professor to as­ tional Human Rights, Day, other many people eating lunch or pass­ The changes would address a sume they have dropped the Diners encountered a slew of students distributed information ing through the area. major faculty concern stemming course and reassign their seats. "dead bodies" upon arriving at the about human rights, U.S. policies "It'll make them interested," from the initiation of online regis­ "A fair number of the people Pub for lunch Tuesday. and events in Iraq. he said. "They'll want to know tration in Fall 2000. The current who are not there the first day are About 20 students dressed in Senior Michael Mena, who what it's about, what's going on." process does not supply the ad­ never going to be there and by do­ black and wearing signs saying participated in the die-in, said it Sophomore Brett Miller, an­ ministrators with enough informa­ ing this, then it frees up those seats "NO to WAR on IRAQ" lay on the was organized by several con­ other participant, said he ac­ tion to capture student demand for right away," he said. floor at a die-in held to protest U.S. cerned students and not spon­ knowledges the limits of what the courses, Bardaglio said. Freshman Zulla Getahun said she policies toward Iraq. sored by a campus organization. See DINERS, Page 4 Under the paper registration See CHANGES, Page 4 Community members pres~ for full-time LG BT counselor position

BY KATE SHEPPARD sition of coordinator for this pro­ "The college has made a decision, Staff Writer gram from part-time to full-time as in terms of having a part-time posi­ an important step for the college to tion, two years ago," Richardson said. Students, faculty and staff are continue as a leader on issues of di­ When students first pushed for lobbying the college administration versity, acceptance and pluralism," the creation of the center, they re­ to make the coordinator of lesbian, the proposal's introduction states. A quested two full-time staff mem­ gay, bisexual and transgender out­ full-time position would further bers, said Baker, president of Cre­ reach, education and services a full­ advance the college's Institutional ated Equal. Instead, they got one time ·position. Plan, according to the proposal. part-time coordinator and are now One year after Lisa Maurer In November, the Student petitioning for the change. first filled the 20-hour-per-week po­ Government Association and Senior Jennifer Addonizio, sition, students submitted a proposal Residence Hall Association Student Government Association to the board of trustees in October passed resolutions supporting a vice president of campus affairs, asking for her promotion. The res­ full-time LGBT coordinator. The was on the steering committee olution stated, "The mere retention two resolutions were sent to Pres­ when students first requested the of one disillusioned LGBT student ident Peggy R. Williams and the center and a coordinator. for another year at IC would cov­ college's vice presidents. "We have an unusually large er the cost related to elevating the Roger Richardson, assistant vice population of LGBT students on position to full-time." president for student affairs and cam­ campus," she said. "I think that the Seniors Daniel Baker and pus life, who oversees .the LGBT administration giving us the part­ Ryan Prosser and junior MK Sul­ center, said the students' proposal time position was a huge step, but ROBIN ROEMER/THE ITHACAN livan authored the proposal. If ap­ was well-written and will be re­ there certainly is a need for a full­ SOPHOMORE SAMANTHA MCDUFFEE, a student volunteer, orga­ proved, the proposal claims, viewed by the board of trustees. He time [commitment].'' nizes materials in the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Maurer could better serve the Itha- said a decision will be announced in Sarah Jefferis, assistant professor Transgender Education, Outreach and Services. Recently, students ca College community. · February with other budget measures, of English, said there is the poten­ have pushed to make the center's coordinator a full-time staff member. "We view an increase in the po- but added that a change is unlikely. See CENTER, Page 4

INSIDE . ACCENT ••• 11 CLASSIFIED ••• 17 COMICS ••• 18 OPINION ••• 8 SPORTS ••• 24 2 THE ITf-!ACAN NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 National nternational .New5 now "much more has to be done to broaden its impact," TRIMMING THE TREE including signing an agreement with Washington to allow more Mexicans to work legally in the United States. Salinas, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Eu­ rope since his term ended in 1994, spoke in a rare in­ terview at the Willard Hotel on the eve of a conference here marking the 10th anniversary of the signing ofNAF­ TA. Salinas is attending the conference along with for­ mer president George H.W. Bush and former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, the three leaders who signed the trade pact that fundamentally changed com­ merce in North America. Strike causes oil shortages in Venezuela After promising a "battle for control of petroleum," Pres­ ident Hugo Chavez implored Venezuela's oil industry to return to work as the country appeared close to running out of gasoline on the seventh day of a national strike de­ signed to force him to resign or hold new elections. National Guard troops wearing combat helmets and car­ rying assault rifles were deployed to every gas station in the city, apparently to keep them open and protect against panic buying. Lines outside filling stations stretched 15 cars long, and some owners predicted that supplies would run out at the end of the day. Many stations in central and west­ ern Venezuela closed the day before. The dwindling fuel supplies came as Venezuela's na­ tional strike, which has crippled the vital oil industry and deprived many small businesses of peak retail season, showed no sign of lifting. MICHAEL WILLIAMSON/THE WASHINGTON POST WORKER SALVADOR ALVARADO loads Christmas trees onto a conveyor belt, which sends it to a truck United Airlines files for_bankruptcy and on to a tree farm. Each Christmas season, almost 1,000 migrant workers flood into southwestern The parent company of United Airlines filed for chap­ Virginia to cut and load trees and to make wreaths and garlands. ter 11 bankruptcy in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chica­ go early this week. At a follow-up hearing on Monday, Iraq sends arms declaration to the U.N. cials have long been skeptical of Iraq's assertion and in­ Chief Judge Eugene R. Wedoff is expected to issue fur­ sisted on seeing proof that Iraq eliminated tons of bac­ ther orders allowing the airline to continue its operations. The 12,000-page arms declaration Iraq submitted to teriological and nerve agents it covertly produced and United Airlines, the nation's second-largest carrier, is the Unit~d Nations offers no new evidence to support weaponized in the 1980s. the largest airline ever to file for bankruptcy. Iraq's contention that it destroyed biological and chem­ The lack of new evidence could be a key point of con­ The decision came Sunday night after an intense week­ ical weapons in the 1990s, a top adviser to President Sad­ tention as U.N. arms experts pore through the hefty de­ end scramble to line up $1.5 billion in loans to enable dam Hussein said Sunday night. claration and the Bush administration prepares its for­ the airline to continue operating while in bankruptcy, Gen. Amer Saadi challenged t}:le United States to dis­ mal response to the submission. funding known as debtor-in-possession financing. prove Iraq's contention that it no longer has any weapons United obtained financing from four lenders, JP Morgan of mass destruction. "If they have anything to the contrary, Salinas de Gortari evaluates NAFTA Chase, Citibank, Bank One and CIT Group, which replaced let them forthwith come up with it," he said. Former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari said GE Capital, after United and GE could not agree on The Bush administration and U.N. inspectors had de­ that Mexico will never enjoy the full benefits of free trade No immediate disruption of flights or service is antic­ manded that the declaration, which was flown Sunday with the United States until it reverses severe rural pover­ ipated, although cuts in both are expected in the future. from Baghdad to U.N. headquarters in New York, sup­ ty and wins immigration concessions from Washington. ports Iraq's claims that it had destroyed its stockpiles of. Salinas said the ben·efits of the North American Free Source: Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post chemical and biological weapons. U.S. and U.N. offi- Trade Agreeme~t have gone "beyond our expectations" but News Service

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BY SARAH HOFIUS Staff Writer

Amy Goodman, award-winning jour­ nalist and host of the radio talk show "Democracy Now!" will share her work in alternative media with the Ithaca Col­ lege community on Friday. Her speech, titled "Independent Media in the Time of War," will take place in Ford Hall of the James J. Whalen Center for Mu­ sic on Friday at 7 p.m. Students for a Just Peace and an anonymous donor are spon­ soring the event. Eric Lieb, an executive board member of Students for a Just Peace, said Goodman will speak about the rarely heard details of important news stories. "She reports a lot of things that aren't reported in mainstream media, espe­ cially regarding the possible war in Iraq," Lieb said. Goodman is well-known for her jour­ nalism with "Democracy Now!" - a na­ tional, listener-sponsored public radio and TV show, launched six years ago as the only daily election show in public broadcasting. According to the Web site, www.Democracynow.org, the team of re­ porters h,as since focused on a range of is­ sues, "highlighting grassroots efforts to en­ hance and ignite democracy." KRISTIN SAMPIERE/THE ITHACAN STUDENTS MARCH TO the Office of Admission in Job Hall during December 2000 in protest of the college's contract with Goodman has traveled around the food provider Sodexho Marriott, whose parent company held stock in private prisons. The campus group Young Democratic world, reporting from countries such as Is­ Socialists organized numerous protests during the yearlong conflict. rael, Cuba, Mexico and Haiti - even be­ ing banned from returning to Indonesia af­ BY KELLI B. GRANT led protests - including a na­ percent of the students sur­ dents involved in political or­ ter reporting on a massacre in East Timor. News Editor tionally publicized takeover of veyed were registered to vote and ganizations were essentially In 1998, Goodman received the the Office of Admission - planned to do so in the next elec­ the·same as themselves, and that George Polk Award for the radio docu­ Despite a potential war against the college's contract tion, compared to the universi­ politically oriented students mentary "Drilling and Killing: Chevron and with Iraq and other pressing with food provider Sodexho ty's recorded 16.6 percent are not alienated. Nigeria's Military Dictatorship." Goodman world events, a low percel)tage Marriott, whose parent compa- turnout for the 18-24 age On political effectiveness, and her co-producer exposed Chevron's role of students ny held group. 87 percent view it as an impor­ in ~e -lcilling of two Nigerian vi~agers. are getting_ in­ st0 Sophomore Kyle Clark, tant way to solve issues across cks in pri- . _ -':Chat- bi:oadcast also earned them the vol v.ed with '' .By and larne,::,· even vate prisons. chairman of the Ithaca College the to'unlrv "U11~g_~es / 1 11 Golden Reel for Best National Docu­ political orga- though there are More re­ Republicans, said students wei1e rn1Hst'"BSJ!?&H~ abo~i'" mentary from the National Federation of nizations, ac- cently, the who have access to a quality ed­ terrorism (33 percent) and war Community Broadcasters. Goodman has cording to a encouraging signs, Ithaca Col­ ucation have no reason to be un­ with Iraq (25 percent). also received the Robert F. Kennedy Prize national sur­ lege Republi­ aware of political issues or to According to the survey, for International Reporting, the Alfred I. vey by Har­ we have a fairly cans and the not vote. He said he was not sur­ "Overall, the data collected DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton, the vard Univer­ Ithaca Col­ prised about the low percentage from this 2002 survey suggest Armstrong Award, the Radio/Television sity's Institute apathetic student . lege_ Demoe­ of students registered to vote. that college students have News Directors Award, as well as of Politics. rats were "We're dealing with a group fashioned a political culture in awards from The Associated Press and the The sur- culture in the U.S. '' two of sever­ of people that have never real­ which involvement is not a Corporation for Public Brqadcasting. vey, which al sponsors ly seen their right to vote im­ function of awareness, and Goodman speaks about mydia ac­ analyzed re­ -LUCAS SHAPIRO of a debate periled," Clark said. "Obvious­ civic engagement is not ex­ tivism to human rights, community and sponses of President of the Young between can­ ly, both of those numbers hibited by marching for a church groups, as well as university cam­ 1,200 college Democratic Socialists didates for should be h1gher'. Essentially, campaign or movement but is puses around the country. students na­ the 22nd you're handing your vote over instead service to the under­ Lieb said he hopes people, as a result tionwide, reported that only 14 congressional District. As the to someone exponentially privileged:'' of the speech, will learn how to go to oth­ percent of students have par­ situation in Iraq has developed, when you choose not to vote." Representatives from "the er sources to find information. ticipated in a government, po­ these and other groups have According to the survey, 63 college's political organiza­ "To trust the mainstream with every litical .or issues-related orga­ made their voices heard percent of respondents said tions attributed the gap between single bit 9f information is extremely dan­ nization, and 20 percent have through staged protests, rallies t~ey considered politics to be interes~ and participation in po­ gerous to society," he said. participated in a political rally and other means. relevant to their lives, and 56 litically affiliated groups to a Mary Rogers, a member of Students for or demonstration. Another low percentage in the percent believe politics has vap.ety . of causes,. name1 y ·the a Just Peace, said she wants people to be­ Representatives for Ithaca­ survey was voter registration. tangible results. Forty-seven unique college environment. com~ aware of the news that is :µot being College's student political or­ According to the survey, 32 percent said they believed stu- .Feldman said colleg'e is a broadcast on mainstream media. ganizations were not sur­ time for students to find "I don't want people to feel completely prised. Junior Joshua Feld­ themselves &nd begin to asso­ powerless," she said. "[They should] know man, president of the Ithaca ciate with issues they care there are people like Amy Goodman who College Democrats, said the 14 about. He said it "gives them are committed to exposing and inferring percent involvement rate is, un­ the tools" they need to become other people to find out more in-depth sto­ forti.mately, consistent with anything· from an informed ries and details about what is going on in other surveys he has read. voter to a politician, Iraq and globally." Senior Lucas Shapiro, pres­ "The potential is there for ident of the Young Democratic ~ry citizen to have an impact," Socialists, also said the survey he.sai4. was on the same level with what Clarl<: said although the college he had thought. atmosphere allows students to de­ "By and large, even though velop their political interests there are encouraging signs, through tremendous resources, we have a fairly apathetic stu­ not everyone takes advantage. dent culture in the U.S.," he said. "They can essentially get a Shapiro added that Ithaca sample of everything," he said. College students have been "But politics isn't for everybody. very active with issues that It's hard for students to be concern them, though that may heavily involved on top of not translate into involvement everything else." with a political organization. Thomas Shevory, associate The college's organizations professor of politics, said it is have been consistently active, important for students to be COURTESY OF WWW.VILLAGEVOICE.COM AMY GOODMAN, host of the radio pro­ sponsoring a variety of educa­ aware of politics, even if they gram "Democracy Now!," will speak to tional events, speeches and JOE PASTERIS/THE ITHACAN don't get involved. Ithaca College students on Friday at 7 protests. During the BAY BUCHANAN speaks to the campus community about the "Politics is the realm of the p.m. in Ford Hall. 2000-2001 academic year, the ills of modern feminism. The Ithaca College Republicans spon- public," he said. "In the end, you Young Democratic Socialists sored Buchanan's speech last April·. · need to know." 4 TttE, ITHACAN 'THURSDAY; DEc:':EMBER'12, 2002 Changes to help faculty Diners chow down open up seats in class among 'victims' Continued from Page 1 add/drop period so much as a time to try out a class and decide Continued from Page 1 she said. "I think everybody is reluctant to give away an entire whether you want to keep it," else here is irritated and week of leeway time because it Seltzer said. "That's asking die-in can accomplish, but be­ laughing at them." helps confused students like her quite a bit, I think." lieves creating shock and Junior Andrea Nelson, a decide if the course she had Richard Chandler, director of awareness is part of a larger ef­ member of Amnesty Interna­ signed up for suited her needs. administrative systems in the fort to change attitudes. tional who stopped· to watch "You need two weeks to be Office of· Information Tech­ · "We know that us lying the die-in, said she com­ able to decide what class you can nology, said the office did not down isn't going to stop a war mended the protesters for actually benefit from the whole anticipate any problems with al­ or stop any- t h e i r semester," she said. "Those tering the program to accom­ one from ,, courage. De­ two weeks are miniscule com­ modate the new procedures. dropping We know that us spite an apa­ pared to months of agony that However, Knauer said the pro­ bombs," he thetic re­ young people like us will face if posal might take time to put in said. "We lying down isn't going sponse from we take the wrong class." place because it needs to be dis­ just want most by­ Seltzer said that ·though he cussed further among mem­ people to to stop a war ... We standers and understood Getahun 's point, bers of the college community. stop eating just want people to objects LALOMA KAGANffHE ITHACAN he saw it as a misuse of the "I'd like to see it in effect their lunches thrown from FRESHMAN NICOLE ECKERT fills out a add/drop period. next fall, but I'm being opti­ and think for ston eating their others, the class override form at the registrar's office. "I don't think I see the mistic," he said. a minute." ~ protesters The die- lunches and think for stayed on in received , , the floor Center unable to handle high volume of weekly calls mixed reac- a minute. and deliv­ tions from ered their Continued from Page 1 Maurer said had it her way, she would probably students and - BRETT MILLER message, that some be in her office 12 hours a day every others eat­ Sophomore she said. tial for a large number of students at weeks she re­ day of the week," said Sullivan, sec­ ing in and "If you - the college to seek Maurer's services. ceives between retary of BIGAYLA. passing through the Pub. don't start somewhere, Jefferis believes that 10 percent of the 200-300 con­ Of the 10 schools Ithaca College After a brief silence when you're not going to get any­ people in any population are LGBT, tacts by e-mail, compares itself to based on size and the protesters entered, most where," Nelson said. meaning at least 600 students have the drop-ins or demographics, only one, the Uni­ people in the Pub immediate­ William Lenga, a dining potential to request the resource cen­ phone calls. versity of the Pacific in California, has ly returned to eating and services manager who ar­ ter's services. The proposal a similar full-time position. The talking. Some stepped over the rived in the area after the "We have a part-time person to said an average other nine have student and faculty protesters on the floor to get protest had begun, said he I' respond to, help educate, enlighten, MAURER of 81 of these organizations, but no paid positions to the vending machines. thinks students fail to see support, love, challenge and care for contacts go serving LGBT students and allies Junior Alexandra Laufer, both sides of this issue. Instead the potential of 600 students plus unanswered each week because specifically. who was eating lunch with of protesting, he said, people their straight allies," Jefferis said. Maurer is busy with administrative Maurer is a member of the National friends when the protesters en­ on both sides should present "She's a treasure, and I would commitments, volunteer training Consortium of Directors of Lesbian, tered, said the die-in was un­ information and engage in hope that the college could recog­ and campus outreach. G~y, Bisexual and Transgender Re­ necessary and a poor way to discussion. nize that. I think this place could be "She's a person who's so dedi­ sources, which includes approxi­ express anti-war sentiments. "There's got to be a better better for students, faculty and cated to what she's doing, and she mately 100 members who serve in her "I find this to be an inef­ way to get their message staff with a full-time position." wants to see change made, that if she capacity across the nation. fective way to fight the war," across," he said.

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J THURS_DAY, DECEMBER ·12, 2Q02 ;-·NEWS THE ITHACAN 5 Police prepare for holiday crime City reinstates clothing sales tax BY SHARON BRANDMAN Aurora Street apartment. Staff Writer The IPD takes into account that BY ELIZABETH A. CROWLEY areas where college students live Managing Editor When students head home will have higher vacancies than ar­ next \\'.eek for the monthlong eas with more permanent local res­ Students buying "Ithaca is break, they expect to return in Jan­ idents, Russell said. Orf-campus Gorges" T-shirts from Tl)e uary with all of their belongings students can use preventative Commons will pay 3: little more intact. Last year, some students measures to protect their homes starting in M_arch 2003. were not as fortunate. over the break, Russell said. The City of Ithaca Common During last Winter Break, Th6 "Use common sense," she Council voted 9-0 Nov. 20 tQ re­ Ithaca Journal reported 15 bur­ said. "Don't let mail and news­ instate the clothing sales tax af­ glaries in Ithaca. papers pile up. ter the county reinstated its Of those 1~, eight '' An11one who goes Lock doors share Nov. 19. The 4 percent tax took place in the J · and windows will affect clothing and shoes neighborhoods away and leaves a on ali stories $110 or less. surrounding Cor­ and don't leave The vote comes after the nell and five were house unattended is valuables in Tompkins County Board of Rep­ on South Hill. front of win­ resentatives chose to bring back In preparation potentially a target. '' dows. If you the tax instead of raising proper­ for the upcoming have someone ty taxes above 13.44 percept. break, Ithaca po­ -SGT. JOAN RUSSELL you trust that Alderwoman Patricia Vaughan, lice are working Ithaca Police Department can check on D-3rd Ward, voted in favor of re­ to make sure this the property instating the sales tax. trend does not continue. Sgt. while you are away, that might be "This gives us a chance to Joan Russell of the Ithaca· Police a good idea." spread the pain ~o a much, much Department said the officers re­ Sgt. Steven Yaple of the Ithaca larger group," she told The Itha­ alize there will be more vacancies College Office of Public Safety said ca Journal. during the Christmas season, and students living on campus should The tax was originally re­ they try to plan accordingly. not worry about leaving their pealed in March to make the "Anyone who gqes away and rooms unattended. He said the county more competitive with leaves a house unattended i~ poten­ college will not reduce its patrol surrounding areas that do not tially a target,'" Russell said. coverage during Winter Break. have tax on clothing and shoes In January, four students from· "We patrol the same as if the stu­ costing $110 or less. the Class of 2002 returned to find dents were here," Yaple said. Rachael Jackson, manager of their Hudson Street apartment He said that on Dec. 21 mem­ Trader K's on The Commons, had been burglarized and vandal­ bers of the Student Auxiliary said customers will be incorive­ ized,. Although other Ithaca Col­ Safety Patrol will check doors and nienced by the tax, but she does ALISON BOURDON/THE ITHACAN lege students reported burglaries, first-floor windows of residence not anticipate fewer customers. FRESHMAN KATE TOMLINSON checks out the sweaters on theirs was the. most damaging, halls to make sure they are secure. "We usually get a lot of peo­ sale at Trader K's used clothing center in The Commons. with an estimate of more than To prevent car burglaries, Pub­ ple here because our clothes are -not realize the tax was original­ reinstated tax will not keep him $4,000 in property loss. lic Safety asks students leaving their cheap but nice," Jackson said. _ly repealed. She said she would from shopping in the city. Russell said any student break vehicles on campus to park in the Joan Romm, O\Yner of Easy like the county to raise money "The downtown needs local results in increased break-ins, S-lot. By having all the cars in one Street, a clothing store in Center through means other than sales support, so we should give them even during the summer. In August, l0cation, Yaple said, patrols watch Ithaca on The Commons, said she and property taxes. a helping hand because it's just more than $15,000 worth of sound them more easily. does- not expect sales to be af­ Sophomore C. J. Glass, who honest people trying to make a and recording equipment was • "We patrol campus every day fected, mostly because people did is also an Ithaca resident, said the living," Glass said. stolen from-junior Frank Chung and and night," •he said. "We have not senior Sean Takahashi's South had problems in a long time." Ithaca College HolldayB~ Proudly sold at La Vincita (formerly The Pub)

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BY ELIZABETH ~UILL with the financial aid, Gupta was able Staff Writer to take out loans, and he believes his education is worth the money. He Right now, there are more students. said he qualified for need-based aid from India studying at American in­ and he received scholarships, which stitutions of higher education than helped him afford an education in the from any other country, according to United States. The Chronicte of Higher Education. "I was already planning to leave The 66,836 Indian students at­ India and come to the United States tending American colleges is a 22.3 for graduate school," Gupta said, but percent increase from last year. They added tharthe money allowed him tc5 make up 11.5 percent of the total mnn­ come sooner. ber of international students attending Larry Metzger, dean of enrollment college in the United States. planning, said the college's recruitment According to the Ithaca College Of­ efforts in India are similar to those in fice of Institutional Research, the col­ other countries, concerned mainly lege has a comparable percentage of In­ with developing professional relation­ dian students - 23 making up 12 per­ ships, including advertisements in col­ cent of the international student pop­ lege. guides and mailings to more than ulation, slightly down from last year. 1,100 high school counselors and The number of students has not been agencies around the world. Last year, consistent during the past five years, the college participated in several in­ with the number of Indian students ternational conferences, which fluctuating between 17 and 27. brought together professional counselors Rishi Gupta, a sophomore from In­ and education recruiters from many dia majoring in computer science, said countries including India, he said . he and other students come to school . "[These conferences] enable an in­ in the United States because they hope stitution to develop relationships to work here following graduation. He broadly distributed around the world said there are more opportunities to without the expense and time that work in the United States, and the jobs would be required to travel through­ and pay are better. out each and every country from which Gupta said there are many colleges an institution wishes to attract stu­ in India that \,muld have been good, dents," Metzger said. but they are very competitive and pro­ The college also encourages inter­ vide a more specific education. national students to work as members "The standard of colleges here is of the President's Host Committee and KRISTEN MAGEEffHE ITHACAN so much better than in India,"'he said, to be e-mail pen pals with prospective 10-YEAR-OLD MELINDA OLTZ, left, makes beaded Christmas tree· ornaments with "and· the colleges offer an all­ students, Metzger said. Some students · sophomore Alexis Peacock. Making arts and crafts was one of many activities at the around learning experience." , even give presentations or bring Helping Hands Holiday Party Saturday. The -event was organized by the Commu.nity Although Ithaca ~ollege costs brochures when they return home to Service Network as a holiday activity for underprivileged children. more than colleges in India, even · India, he said.

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- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 THE ITHACAN 7 !:{ Select Publi"c Safety LOg " Nov. 25-Dec. 8 · Incidents · ·

Nov. 25 • MVA · Summary: Caller reported harassment. irresponsible use of alcohol. • Suspicious circumstance Location: A-lot Investigation to continue. Patrol Officer Frederick Thomas. Location: Yavits Field Summary: Caller reported a two-car MVA Investigator Laura Durling. Summary: Caller reported four suspicious with property damage. • Condu_ct code violation subjects walking across field. Subjects Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew. • Computer crimes Location: Terrace :I 1 were identified as Cornell University stu- • · Location: Rowland Hall Summary: Officer observed two in posses­ dents. Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. • Follow-up investigation Summary: Caller reported a computer on sion of alcohol. Two referred for judicial Location: Clarke Hall the college network illegally sharing copy­ action for underage possession of alcohol. Nov. 26 Summary: Foilow-up into aggravated righted materials. One referred for judicial Patrol Officer William Kerry. • Fire alarm harassment originally reported Nov. 18 action for violating federal law. Location: Terrace 8 resulted in tw0 being referred for judicial Investigator Thomas Dunn. • Criminal mischief Summary: Fire alarm due to activated action for responsibility of ~uest. · Location: Lyon Hall smoke detector in third floor stairwell. Investigator Thomas Dunn. • Making graffiti ~ Summary: Caller reported ah exit sign had Activation caused by contractors. System Location: Boothroyd Hall been damaged and bias-related/homo­ reset. Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. • Follow-up Summary: Caller reperted bias­ phobic graffiti had been written on light fix­ Location: West Tower related/homophobic graffiti written in per­ tures and on various doors. Investigation • Suspicious circumstance Summary: Follow-up into a marijuana manent marker on resident's door. to continue. Sgt. Keith Lee. Location: West Tower case originally reported Nov. 26 resulted · investigation to continue. Summary: Caller reported incriminating in two bejng referred for judicial action for Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. • Criniina.l trespass drug photograghs found in room while possessipn of marijuana. Location: Lyon Hall doing inspections. Case under investiga­ Investigator Thomas Dunn. • MVA sJmmary: Multiple residents reported dis! tion. Investigator Thomas Dunn. Location: 0-lot -covering residence hall rooms had been • Larceny Summary: Walk-in reported a,two-c8{ entered by unknown persons. Items had Dec.1 Location: Campus Oenter ·MVA with property damage. been moved around, but nothin_g was • Conduct code violation Summary: Caller reported unknown persons Patrol Officer Bruce HolmstDck. taken. Investigation to continue. Location: College Circle Apartment 2 had stolen ~ box of items bearing the Class Patrol Officer Jerry Lewis. Summary: Caller reported loud music. Officer of 2003 logo sometime Dec. 3-Dec. 4. • Larceny asked resident to turn n:iusic down but per­ Investigation to continue. Location: West Tower • Conduct code violation son would not comply. One referred for judi­ Sgt. Ronald Hart. . Summary: Caller reported theft of cash'. Location: Holmes Hall cial action. Security Officer Fred Stickane. Investigation to continue. Summary: Caller reported a large party, • Suspicious odor Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. possibly with alcohol. One referred for judi­ •MVA Location: Terrace 6 cial action for violation of the alcohol policy. Location: Tower Road Summary: Caller repGrted the odor of mari­ • MVA Patrol Officer Robert Hightc~ew. Summary: Caller reported a vehicle off the juana. Investigation to continue. Patrol Location: 0-lot road. Ambulance crew checked, treated Officer Bruce Holmstock. Summary: Caller reported a two-car-M\/A Witn Dec.a' and released driver. Officer issued subject property damage. Patrol Officer,Wrliiafn Kerry: ·• Unlawful Ro.ssession - marijuana I. a uniform traffic ticket for Speed not rea­ • Fire alarm Location: Lyon H,all sonable for the cbnditrons a't1d n·o proof of Locatfon: Bogart.Halt • Follow-up investigation Summary: Officer detected odor of marijua­ J, insurance. Summary: Fire alarm due fo activated ·Location: West Tower na. One referred for judidal action for Patrol Officer ~ruce Holmstocl<: smoke detector. Reason for activation is ·summary: Follow-up on confiscated· video­ unlawful possession of marijuana and unknown'. No smoke or.fire. System reset. tape.1 Original report Nov. ·14 revealed sever­ responsibility ot"guests. Sgt. Keith Lee. .Dec.2 Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. al other violations. Multiple people referred I • Medical assist for various judicial action including marijua­ •·Criminal mischief Location: James J. Whalen Center for Music Dec.4 na use, fireworks and reckless conduct. Location: L-lot .. ~ry..:1Palle1 repooed a~on. had f~Jl­ .., Fir.e- aiarm _ , _ • _ P~tolOffi~r yYi·lt~.l{~rzy.,. "'-~... ..,~l-J!llm~$jy~Dl8Y~~\rQI _-~--­ ·en and was unconscious. Upon officer~s Location: Ceracche Center member reportea dain'ageTe,-sf"gn-o~ arrival, it was discovered that person had Summary: Fire alarm due to activated Dec.6 Terrace 7. Investigation to continue. sustained a bump to the head, which smoke detector.. Activation caused by dust • Conduct code violation Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew. caused the fall. Ambulance transported per­ from grinding a sculpture. System reset. Location: East Tower son to CMC. Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. Environmental Health and Safety Officer Summary: One referred for judicial action • Criminal tampering Doug Gordner. for. underage possession of alcohol. Location: Terrace 1. • Criminal mischief Security Officer F!ed Stickane. Summary: Fire alarm due to unknown per­ • Location: 0-lot • Criminal mischief sons maliciously discharging·a fire extin­ Summary: Caller reported that unknown Location: Visitor lot • MVA guisher. No smoke or fire. System reset subjects let the air out of a parked car's tire. Summary: Caller reported unknown per­ Location: Main Campus Road and Route 968 and investigation to coAtinue. Case under investigation. sons had damaged the front license plate of Summary: Caller reported a two-car MVA Patrol Officer Robert-"Hightchew. Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. a v~hicle· Nov. ,?O. Investigation to continue. originally reported Nov. 1. TCSD took lr:,vestigator Tho.mas Dunn. report. Sgt. Keith Lee. • Medical assist •MVA ' - Location: Circle 1 Location: Coddington· Road • Medical assist·,, ' • Medical assist Summary: Caller reported a person had Summary: Caller reported a two-car MVA Location: Center for Natural Sciences Location: Roy H. Park Hall -sustained a cut to the foot. Person trans­ with property damage. TCSD asked Office of Summary: Caller reported that a person: Summary: Caller reported that a persor'!.had ported to the Health Center. Public Safety to take report .. Sgt. RonaldJiq.rt. _tripped on the steps and sustained an . fallen-down the stairs. Person.refused med­ Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss. !-ici: ank~e injury. Person was transported to ical treatment. Patrol Officer D_onald Lyke. • MVA .... t the Health Center:. Fire and Building • Medical assist Location: Circles parking lot ·Safety Coordinator Ronald Clark. • Suspicious.person :f::ocation: Dlliingham Center Summary: Caller reported a two-car MVA , Location: Terrace 2 Summary: Caller reported person with saw­ with property damage. • Larceny Summary: Report--that Office of Residential dust in eye. Person transported to the I Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. Location: Fitness Center Life had confiscated a key from a person Health Center. Patrol Officer William Kerry. j Summary: Galler reported that unknown who had been-using it without' authorization. • Medical assist P,ersons stole cash between 5:45 and 7:30 Investigator Thomas Dunn. •· Larceny Location: Hill Center p.m. Investigation to continue. Location: Lyon Hall Summary: Caller reported a person sus­ Patrol Officer William Kerry. Dec. 7 · Summary: Caller reported unknown per­ I tained a knee injury while playing basketbaU. • Conduct code violation sons had stolen cash sometime Dec. 7. Ambulance transported person to CMC. Dec.5 Location: Rowland Hall Investigation to continue. Sgt. Ronald Hart. Fire Protection Specialist Enoch Perkins. • Medical assist Summary: Officer reported intoxicated per-. Location: Hill Center son. One transported to the Health Center • Larceny • Trespass , Summary: Calfer reported that a person and.referred for judicial action for irrespon- Location: Circle 8 Location: Garden Apartment ~9 sustained a broken finger during dancing . sible use of alGohol. Sgt. Keith b.ee. S,µmmary:,Call~r reported unknown persons Summary: Caller reported that unknown class. Person was transported to the Health stole two checks within the last two weeks. persons entered apartment Nov. 22. Case Center. Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew. • Criminal mischief lnv~stigation to continue. Sgt. Ronald Hart. under investigation. Location: Bogart Hall Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. • Criminal mischi.ef Summary:.Caller reported unknown per­ For the complete Public Safety _Log, visit Location: Holmes Hall sons had caused damage by kicking door. www.ithaca.edu/ithacan. Dec.3 · Summary: Officer reported unknown per­ Investigation to continue. • Conduct code violation sons had caused dam9ge to the window Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew. Location: Garden Apartment Road of the west. entrance door on the ground KEY Summary: Driver was issued one campus floor. Investigation to continue. • Conduct code violation summons for failing to stop at stop sign and Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew.. Location: Landon Hall CMC - Cayuga Medical Center one for reckless driving. Operator was also Summary: Two referred for,judicial action·in DWI - Driving while intoxicated' referred for jud.icial action for reckless • Conduct code violation separate incidents of underage possession IFD - Ithaca Fire Department action. Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew. Location: Landon Hall of alcohol. Security Officer Fred Stickane. IPD - Ithaca Police Department Summary: Officer reported odor ot MVA - Motor vehicle accident • Accidental proper;ty damage incense. Investigation to continue. • Conduct code violation RA - Resident assistant Location: Tower Road Security Officer Maria Parente. Location: Landon Hall TCSD - Tompkins County Sheriff's Summary: Officer reported that a vehicle · •Summary: Officer reported an intoxicated Department was damaged when it slid info a ditch. • Harassment person. Orre transportec:ttt> the Health· - -­ V&T '-·Vehicle and traffic violation Patrol Officer Frederick Thomas. Location: Whalen Center Center and .referred for judicial action for Qno!e of the week -~ Tt-JURSGAY "P0litics· is the r~alm of the public. In DECEMBER 12,.2002 the end, you need to know." -Thomas She.vory, Page 3 PAGE 8 Editorials

A damaging policy 'Pt i IV£ TERROOORIST~, Residence hall destruction must be investigated l}tREE EVJLJ)OfRS) he system for charging on-campus students for damages in common areas of residence halls NJD SADDAM T- everything ranging• from broken furniture to excessive trash - is an unfair solution that does lit­ tle to deter future destruction. The Office of Residential Life has found a slight r improvement in the new actual cost system, which r means charges will directly cover damages instead of moving into a general repair fund. This should lead to repairs being completed more quickly. . Nevertheless, there is an inherent B.aw in the poli­ cy of damage billing because many students and their parents are still paying the financial penalty for the in­ considerate actions of others. While it is clear that dis­ tributing the charges across the entire on-campus pop­ ulation would be unfair, distributing them across an en­ tire floor or building is not much different. In the "real world," common area billing would nev­ f er be tolerated. Suppose a streetlight was vandalized - would residents on the whole block be charged for the repairs? Of course not The'local government would have a fund to cover cost-of-living repairs in the area Letters Residential Life Director Bonnie Prunty ~sists that common area billing encourages residents to urge their Policy is discouraging son (orin this cas~, an object). I also un­ Bring back the tree floor to prevent future damage-s. But in the reality of derstand that outrage was a natural re­ residence hall lifo, the innocent bystanders can do lit­ I am a 2001 Ithaca alumnus and haye sponse to the first act, but the flat out This letter is to address the fact that tle. In an effort to promote fairness, the Office of Res­ lived through the trials and tribulations threatening of anyone is not justified. Ithaca College will no longer support idential Life should conduct a fuJl investigation into of the housing problems. When I was Bias Alerts should be reserved for the display of Christmas trees or damages because it is the staff's obligation to find there, they pulled the ·same crap about physical abuse, hate-driven verbal abuse menorahs in any of the common ateas. those responsible. Residence directors and resident it being a "residential" school. Next and harassment Differences in opinion are I'm writing on behalf of several con­ assistants know their floors and buildings well and thing I know, the school is handing not bias.Yes, you have a right to feel safe, cerned staff members. We disagree could get to the root of the problem if they tried. money out for students to move off but no one has a right to censor someone's with the decision to not display these hol­ Even when the cost of a $55 vomit cleanup is campus. Make up your mind already. belief if it disagr~s with his or her own. iday decorations. s~read. among many floor residents, the money be­ Either stop taking in more students than Freedom of speech comes with a price: We were under the impression that gms to accumulate. Every parent should refuse to pay the school can handle or let kids live having to live with someone who does­ this is America where "free s~J," and th fQ~Aw1w,g~,s,:wh~~.t:l}~ir student was not involved. If where theY. want to when they get to n't speak the s~e things as· y01,1. "freedom ofreligion" ·abound. · O; tli'at lfappened, it would send an important message their junior and senior years. • People from other countries elect to to the college that justice needs to be upheld. I firmly believe the housing situation BRYAN SCHENDLINGER '02 come here because the United States of now discourages ,new students from America is known as the "land of the coming to Ithaca. It is an absurd poli­ Clarifying pass/fail free." We respect all cultures and reli- Ending the silence cy that the school has bestowed upon Last week's article titled "[H!culty] gions and expect the same from their students. Council discusses changes for everyone else. Critwism of bins incidents deserves response College is supposed to be a time pass/fail" reports Grading Policies If people are offended by these hol-, For the past month, Ithaca College's Bias Alerts aJ}d when you learn to grow up and you Committee Chairman Lee Bailey as say- iday decorations, we ask them to in­ their implications for free speech have become a pub­ learn to live on your own and take care ing "the system has been increasingly elude their display-of holiday culture at lic concern once ag~. Students, faculty and alumni of yourself without your parents. You abused by students to bypass tough re- this time instead of oppressing.others'. have all .expressed their dissatisfaction with the status have to learn how to pay your own bills, quired courses." If you quoted him cor- We had always looked forward to quo in the pages of The Ithacan. And we at Ithaca Col­ buy your own food and cook y.our own rectly, he is in error in stating that required visiting Job Hall and seeing the_ beau­ lege are not alone in considering these critical matters. food. There is something _to be said courses may be taken pass/fail. tiful Christmas tree and the menorah.

I After several racially charged incidents at Harvard when you have to make dinner for your­ Courses required for either 8: major or . To us, this depicted a time of joy and I•' Law School, a diversity committ~ proposed a speech self and not eat.the stuff they call "food" minor may not be taken pass/fail. This love shared during this holiday season. code that would prohibit offensive or harassing state­ at the dining hall. includes restricted electives listed by Toe question has been raised ments in the classroom. Sharp debate ensued, with at This school neyds to get it number and title or used to fulfill a spec- whether other holiday events may be dis­ least one town meeting on the proposal. straight with its policies and how it ified number of departmental electives. continued. But here, the debate has stayed one-sided. No one treats the students. If this doesn't hap­ When one realizes that only open elec- Our solution: Have trees that incor- from the Bias-Related Incidents Committee has re­ pen, then it is a~ the beginning of a tives or electives used to fulfill broad dis- porate all cultural celebrations by sponded to the community's'Concerns. The commit­ downward spiral. tribution requirements can be taken adding holiday ornaments instead of tee continues to encourage silence regarding con­ pass/fail, the argument to eliminate the taking away all of them altogether. This troversy. Members seem to think the problems will JOSHUA STEIN '01 pass/fail system becomes very weak. The would be a wonderful way to foster a fade away if nobody talks about them, but they only alternative presented, that of raising the community spirit of togetherness - ·de­ fester when there is no discussion. Alerts are overused minimum passing grade at Ithaca Col- picting all cultures-represented on the When classes resume next spring, the committee must As a recent graduate, I try to check lege from a D- to a C-, would actually Ithaca College campus. address recent concerns. And if the silence continues, in on the college from time to time. The exacerbate grade inflation. it may be evidence that Ithaca College is not·commit­ trend of continuing arguments over Bias The purpose of the pass/fail policy MARY LAPP ted to debating ideas freely and openly. Alerts, flag flying and overall freedom · is to encourage academic exploration Collection Coordinator. of speech is extremely disturbing. in areas of unknown competence. Office of the Bursar I'm writing this letter to provide a lit­ Several years ago the faculty added the tle guidance. I do not blame anyone or option for students to revoke pass/fail KAREN MCGAVIN feel anyone is \l{fong. I feel the spirit be­ requests ( which must be made in the Executive Secretary, hind freedom of speech has been first three weeks of classes) as late as Office of the Vice President and skewed in recent history and has, in a the 10th week of classes. Treasurer sense, made political correctness the stan­ I beli'eve that our pass/fail policy is ltliacanFounded in 1931 dard by which "free" speech is measured. a good one. I sign all of the pass/fail www .ithaca.edu/ithacan Being politically correct is not a bad requests from my school and they are : ELLEN R. STAPLETON SARAH SCHULTE thing. Using outdated names or de­ not excessive in number in my opipion. SEND A LETTER I Editor in Chief Photo Editor scriptions is ignorant. But everyone Recent data show the average Ithaca se­ ' ELIZABETH A. CROWLEY ROBIN ROEMER 'I Managing Editor Assistant Photo Editor needs to remember that having a free­ nior gracluating with less than six The Ithacan welcomes co"espon­ I I KELLI B. GRANT REBECCA GARDNER dom to speak does not require staying pass/fail credit~, out of a possible 20. dence from all readers. Please I Assistant Photo Editor ' News Editor I encourage all who are interested to include your name, phone nwnber, 'I EMILY PAULSEN TIAN! VELTRI within the realm of political correctness. r I Assistant News Editor Design Editor Following the first raising of the · read the policy in the catalog. year ofgraduation and/or your :-- tvil~HELLE THEIS CAITLIN CONNELLY organizational or college title/posi­ ' Opinion Editor Chief Copy /£di tor Rainbow Flag a few years ago, it was ' SEAN FENNESSEY NATHAN E. WILSON stolen. This was followed by a plas­ DAVID DRESSER tion. Letters must be 250 words or Accent Editnr Chief Proofreader less, signed and submitted in writ­ EMILY R. 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i r THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 OPINION THE ITHACAN 9 Parents shortchanged Speaking by housing damages Out First of all, I can't believe I am writing ' about vandalism by college students. Extra Free ideas and speech charges for cleaning up vomit? Damages caused by discharging a fire extinguisher? stimulate vital debate Furniture thrown off balconies? All I seem to hear from students of this Marianne Williamson once wrote, "In age is, "We are mature adults and should be every community, there is work to be able to make decisions for ourselves," yada, done. In every yada, yada. Well I guess maybe some of you nation, there are aren't. But I realize that wounds to heal. In an article like this isn't every heart, there is going to do anything to the power to do it." change your immature, Ithaca College, self-centered behavior desphe the for the better. That occasional chest- leaves me to deal with puffing to the the policy of paying for contrary, is a these damages. community in which As the parent of a CRAIG TIEDE work needs to be junior, I have had the FRAN done, wounds need "opportunity" to pay Guest Writer LIU to be healed and damages for two years power needs to be better utilized in an Guest Writer now - damages caused effort to lead its members to a higher by other students who have nothing better to plane. do than to smear chocolate sauce up and Though I believe the college has its down a hallway, get drunk and puke all over ROBIN ROEMER/ THE ITHACAN heart in a place that could be admired, and destroy lounge tables ~nd chairs. SOPHOMORE MATT ZIELINSKI purchases a snack from a vending machine in were its head not quite so self-assured Why am I paying these charges if my Landon Hall. The machines were damaged earlier this year. Zielinski will have to pay and its back not so unbending, I believe son was not involved? a portion of the cost because the entire building was charged. the call to that higher plane has gotten Because that is the only "solution'.' that lost in the midst of the Bias-Related Ithaca College can come up with; because chair/table/sofa/microwave into my van in information about the flaws in the system, Incidents Committee. Bonnie Prunty, director of residential life May., because my share will just be a few I said that I would like to have a I've wrestled with the multifaceted and judicial affairs, believes "We've just dollars. Sounds like the best deal at Ithaca conversation with President Peggy R. nature of the Bias Alerts both as a student felt that it's fairer to put damages where tome! Williams about this subject. I was told that and as a staff member. As a student, I it's most likely the damages occurred." I was also told that the resident assistants she would not be the one to contact, but found some comfort in the po~ition taken . If that is true, then maybe she can couldn't be on duty 24 hours a day, so this that I should continue to discuss the issue by the college to protect its values and explain to me how furniture jumps out of a system would help in the effort to bring the with Residential Life. Bur I would like model those for a population so sorely in basement dorm room. appropriate students to justice. Williams to know that there are many, need of them. Apparently, the incentive in this policy is If the RA is sleeping, at class or many parents who feel as I do - that As a staff member, I saw those alerts to tell Residential Life who caused the otherwise unavailable, does that mean paying for damages that our sons and come more frequently, in ways that were damages. They will then make the guilty other students should be deputized to daughters do not cause is unfair and needs more disturbing not just for their volume ones pay for their misdeeds so you don't stand guard all day and night in the to be adcfressed. or their content, but for the shame they have to. hallways to protect their investments in I realize life's not fair, but at 30 grand a attempted to place on the community as Has anyone thought about the negative 'the common areas? And, if this idea is year, I expect a little more fairness than I'm a whole, and I came to believe that I incentive here? If everyone in the dorm has adopted, do we get compensation in the getting. shame is not the impetus for change the for to pay a. certain percentage every form o( Jtllousing discoqnt? i" It "ff' - ~qlkge tl:Ji..n}c~ itis. . . ,- { anonymous act, l might as well throw a When I attempted to find out more Fran Liu is an Ithaca College parent. We live'iif a. 1?i'?tfilJ~W-1Mf't~· I principles of equality of rights and opportunity for all, and finding a proper balance between individual. liberties and the protection of the common good. The Way Of course, those who pay attention know that even though the country was founded upon these principles, it has I See It not always lived up to them. Nevertheless, freedom means not that we all must agree on what to say, or Winter, nofChristmas, how to say it, but that we are free t0 say whatever we choose and disagree with whatever we hear. should deck the halls In the words of Mark Twain, "Minds, The Christmas decorations attempting to promote diversity like bodies, will often fall into a we see in front yards, malls and in every way. pimpled, ill-conditioned state from banks pertain to our secular Gene Wescott, director of mere excess of comfort." society more than they relate to dining services, said the reason Comfort should never be the goal. religion or celebrating Christ. behind holiday decorations is to We live in a world wherein comfort is, The culture promote a certain spirit. at best, an illusion and, at worst, an in which we "They are trying to capture excuse. live loves some of the festive decorations The words and actions of those in the commer­ of the season that represent a Ithaca College community are too easily cializing wide group of folks on ROBIN ROEMER/ THE ITHACAN being used as an excuse to force people holidays. campus," Wescott said. WHITE LIGHTS AND poinsettias decorate the Terrace Dining Hall toward a way of thinking. It's a A wide group, yes. The this month. The white lights are said by some to be less offensive to The college, by and large, seems to complicated majority of students on this non-Christians than colored lights because of their use year-round. be a living, breathing experiment that problem, campus are Christian. However, during this holiday season." alongside the Interfaith Council. may well have placed all its ducks in a greater than the college (administration, But the Campus Center Allison Stokes, Protestant row, but hasn't necessarily provided MICAH the one in offices, students and faculty) Dining Hall isn't what I'd call a chaplain and chair of the them with room to swim. KARG our dining must understand that Christians welcoming atmosphere. Interfaith Council on campus, Beneath the debate, the noise: the Staff Writer hall, but let's are not the only religious group Nonetheless, credit must be said that the council has been words, the quest for comfort and the start small. represented on campus and the given where it's due: the working closely with the bellies of those well-aligned ducks lays The day I came back from decorations should not be Campus Center does have administration to create a greater a pond of humanity we too often Thanksgiving Break, I went to determined by the majority. The snowflakes on the windows, a understanding of the situation ignore, and too rarely support. dinner at the Campus Center only reasonable compromise is big ol' smiling Frosty and white and develop a compromise. Just as those who offend others in Dining Hall and the first things not to start decorating for other strands of lights. I don't believe To promote the under­ their words and actions must listen, so I saw were red and green winter holidays like Hanukkah these lights have an association standing and diversity this must those who take offense. stockings adjacent to the and Kwanzaa - it's to strictly with Christmas because they . institution seeks, the Interfaith Where there is humanity and register, only to be followed by decorate for the winter season, are used year-round, whereas Council should organize a forum messiness, there is growth and red and green tinsel, tablecloths without any holiday association. multicolored lights are used at the beginning of next semester development. Where there is silence with colorful ornaments and an The Holiday Decoration/ mostly at Christmastime. for discussion of holiday and blame, there is stagnation and evergreen tree with fluorescent Celebration Statement, e-mailed Thanks in part to the hard decorations. This college needs unchallenged hatred. multicolored lights. to offices around campus, states: work of Executive Assistant to to publicly celebrate the winter As Sir William Churchill said, "This They may be appealing to "Decorations, especially in public the President •Michael - not the Christmas - season. is no time for ease and comfort. It is some, but these decorations spaces, should represent that McGreevey, the administration time to dare and endure." don't belong in a public dining diversity [in the Ithaca College is making strides to end some Micah Karg is a junior hall at a nondenominational community] in order to provide a students' feelings of discomfort. journalism major. E-mail him at college - especially one that is welcoming atmosphere for all McGreevey plans to work mkarg [email protected]. Craig Tiede '96 is a former Ithaca College staff member in the Office of Residential Debates and commentaries will appear on this page weekly. 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BY STACEY COBURN these stores are the reality of modem American life," Staff Writer said Blum

Driving down a new four-lane roa .. ' ith traffic on ei­ er side, you scan a row of shopping ·· nters and stores. ou pass green strips of carefully Ian trees and bush- and see people walking and bikin . long the side of e road. You turn into the entrance a new 400,000- . uare-foot shopping plaza and try to .· .. ct, a arking spot ~~ . . . . ' . . This may soun ike any suburban town in the Unit­ " ed States - exc t Ithaca, N.Y. The city's Common \ Heisa Council approve site plan just like this in Septem­ velopipent will have on ber. For years, so · ·• esidents opposed development, but will be~arder for them to ·ust recently there - s been a rapid influx of chain stores ping area than to downt in the area. And a • n as the builders address the coun- Joe Wetm ner o il 's remaining co e~ttMh&Bew building plan, mTl LM~ ·· c he Benderson Co lex will be moving in along the west stores will ti ide of Elmira Ro , behind Kmart. n thll:6 from the number of peo- Another comp} , the Widewaters development, will pl o co s tourists. However, Wet- oon be under cons ction across from Buttermilk Falls. m aid h e big box. stores as direct ·his complex, whi h will include a Home Depot, three co11petit' . · ther retail stores d two restaurants, was granted pre- ," Wettmor .minary approval · · ewarehou elopment Board in 2000 and may - y." ummer of 2003. athe~ilfirt nnan: a pro ess?r o.•Come Graduate occupational therap student Anna v city and reg1onatplanmn · hrlich said that if big box stores co e to Ithaca, she'll th s that fonn niches or tha ove away when ·she graduates. T term "big box" ti · the major re efers to the identical architecture ch acterizing many ml!I~~- ~~~ Ehrlich said that tores like this do ot have strong social or environme al values. "It's nice to have a choice, but I nk human rights d the environment and a decent ge are more im- ortant than having 15 choices of w type of socks to uy," Ehrlich said. "I'll settle for havi two choices and uying locally."

uch as Elmira, Syracuse, Cortland r Rochester, whe big box stores exist. Clark said big · ox stores provid c' heaper prices and a better selection provi .,. er incomes, and becatse the d ering the quality oflife," Clark said. offer many practical, inexpensiv ant to look at when I look out my she said that thes~ stores typic UV or Lexis?"' high wages a9,f secure jobs. Mayor Alan Cohen said that Bend son will be more "I think we should increase th · sthetically pleasing than Wegmans, hich is already pl . so that they don't t: improvement over Kmart. He said hile Wegmans' to · solute, che pest thing arking lot has 5 percent landscape c verage, Bender- on, a ccy-chair of t .. ens Plan- n will have 12 percent. i nee, impact of "We're ex tin very attractive de. elo ment to ha he 1g box affic is a1- enderson !development," Co omp]ex is ;:already there, but · "Overall, 't seem the t Susan Blumen f the game s of anticip limember, said that ing traffic ntanageable," B tstores are what c · Blumenthal said th~· !zens today deman these concerns w ' "I think a lot o y ric Environ »S ment. We looked at e of issues I re g to traffic, po ~tf1ts and con ta ation," Blumentlf~ said, "Wi. l tri take a compreh.~q.sive look I• or e approved the plan " ' ow that iti,is has ~Wfflffltffl~~ on said., aebate , ho cused qp how to fJes damage to ~ rather than the vllu stores .sonriJ1 · ' .,J.. ,_ · .'

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Cohen was already hard at work be­ They chose "Happenstance" be­ hind the concession counter, rattling cause it was marketed as a love sto­ off movie times to callers, pump­ ry starring Audrey Tautou, who ing butter onto bu&ets of popcorn starred in the French hit "Amelie." and assuring customers that, yes, the But "Happenstance" is actually movie did have subtitles. more about chaos theory than about JUNIOR The theater was open for a relationships. It tells the story of more screening of. "Le Battement than 10 different people and the way THOMAS COLE D' Ailes du Papillon (Happen­ their random decisions and missed SOCIAL STUDIES stance)," the second film in the chances affect one another's fates. EDUCATION yearlong French film festival. "It's ope of those 'butterfly Hometown: Parish, N.Y. Cohen and Richard Szanyi used flaps. its wings in Australia and to own the Cinemapolis and Fall someone gets in a car accident in What did you do when it Creek theaters. But three y!;!ars ago, Canada things,"' Jodi Cohen said. COURTESY.OF LOT 47 FILMS snowed this weekend? when the theaters were on the brink Lynne Cohen. said she thought Went out to dinner. I made a of bankruptcy, they decided to go the film's quirky plot would appeal AUDREY TAT0U stars in the French film "Happenstance" that was shown at Fall Creek Pictures as part of the ongoing French film festi­ craft at Dynamic Patterns to young people. She said they are nonprofit. Now the theaters are val, which is co-sponsored by the School t>f Humanities and Sciences and saw "It's a Wonderful owned by 7th Art Corporation. sometimes put off by the slow pace and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Life" on TV. "So that's it, they don't make and subtitles of French films. money," said Jodi Cohen, president The first film in the festival was something political." Nakamura said he normally likes If you were a late-night talk of 7th Art and associate professor "The Brotherhood of the Wolf," a She said she didn't know that the calm tone of French films but show host, who would your of speech communication at Itha­ film that was so much racier than much about it and that's why she in­ was a little disappointect•in "Hap­ celebrity sidekick be? ca College. "But they really care the second flick that Cohen con­ vited an Ithaca High School algebra penstance:" Why? Jesse Ventura. His about bringing good independent sidered requiring per;rnission slips teacher to lead a discussion on it af­ "Even though there are so many wide background would bring films to the ~ommunity." from high school students _:_ but ter the film. The teacher, Severin characters and the connections are so a lot to the show (wrestling, The French film festival, which is decided against it. Drix, showed up with a tote bag full interesting, all the people seemed so acting, governor, etc.). sponsored in part by Ithaca College, At Tu~sday's screening, the of the kind of toys that are sold in sci­ shallow," Nakamura said. is one way that 7th Art is trying to high school students didn't arrive ence stores to demonstrate that Benjamin .Schumway, 13, was What's the best pizza in reach out to members of the com­ until the last minute, as their there is actually order in chaos. He one high schodl student .who hung Jthaca? Pizza Hut. munity, especially high school stu- school day ended. A few college explained that the. idea behind around until the end. He said he , dents, and keep the theaters open. students and a group of Longview chaos theory was Jhat small liked the discussion afterward. How early do you start cel­ "We 'feel like"high school stu­ residents came as well. changes in a system could have huge "It definitely got me interested," ebr:ating the holidays? dents are very well-marketed to by A man in a New York Yankees and unpredictable ramifications. he said. What's the first thing you fQ!Umercial · film~ and are .very. baseball cap wandered in and asked After the fil!1]., most of the high The next film in the festival is "La do? I've alreadi started. well-aware of what's going on at the Jodi Cohen, who was directing school viewers left, but about 30 peo­ Cite des Enfants Perdus (City of Lost Christmas tree put up the~ mall, but it's hard for art films to get people to the right theater, "What's ple remained for the discussion. Chilqren)." It is playing on Feb. 11 day after Thanksgiving. ~~ started with high school.students," this chaos theory? I thought it was Ithaca College senior Hitoshi at,3 p.m. at Fall Creek Cinema.

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14 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 Movie Times The following is valid Friday through Thursday. Times are subject to change.

Cinema polis The Commons 277-'6115

Far From Heaven - 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m.

Frida - 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m.

Fall Creek Pictures 1201 N. Tioga St. 272-1256

~· Standing in the Shadows of Motown - 7:15 p.m. arid 9:35 p.m.

Bowling for Columbine - COURTESY OF MGM STUDIOS 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. PIERCE BROSNAN RETURNS once again as Agent 007, James Bond, in "Die Another Day," the series' 20th installment. Oscar-winner Halle Berry co-stars with Brosnan in the film as Jinx, an agent who helps him along the way. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 7:15 p.m. and 9:35 p.m.

Spirited Away - 7:1 0 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. Latest Bond thriller lacks punch BY MICHAEL MERLOB opening sequence, featuring a de- and audiences will not be able to a fast-sweeping camera in some of .. ~ Staff Writer cent chase scene involving hover- look at his face without wincing. the action scenes was irritating and Hoyts Ithaca 1O Cinema craft, takes place in North Korea, Halle Berry is merely OK as the did not fit in with the tone of a Pyramid Mall Watching "Die Anotper Day," where Bond is captured whil~ try- girl. Sh,e is saddled with too Bond film, but rather felt more 257-2.700 I couldn't help but think that I had ing to bring down a villain. He is inany bad quips to be truly suited to something like the god­ seen most of it before. Granted, then tortured· while Madonna's memorable. awful "XXX." Ther:e is no doubt Star Trek: Nemesis - 11 the partial appeal of the James latest song blares annoyingly over As far as action sequences go, that Tamahori has talent, having a.m., 1 :45 p.r:n., 4:30 p.m., Bond series is its undeniable fa­ the credits, most of them are unimpressive. previously directed "Once Were 7:15 p.m., 10 p.m. and miliarity, b.ut many of the action The plot takes place in locations With the exception of a fantastic Warriors" and "The Edge," but fel­ 12:30 a.m. sequences in "Die Another Day" spanning from Cuba to Iceland and sword-fighting scene, every 0th­ low New Zealander Martin ..r:rf are just ... involves an evil diamond industri- er stunt and bit of computer-en­ Campbell did a superior job· in M.~ in ""Qn..'1@ttan- 11 :10 plain dull or l}list (Toby Stephens)·and-a super- - hance

Die Another Day - 12:45 p.m., 3:45 p.m., an unpleasant picture 6:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 9:45 - p.m. and 10:15 p.m. BY ANDREW DIGNAN event of Kahlo's life to another like Staff Writer tracks on a greatest hits collection. The Emperor's Club - All the favorites are present and 11 :35 a.m., 1 :55 p.m., Had Frida Kahlo lived to see the accounted for: the tragic trolley-car 4:15 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. film made about her life, she prob­ accident that broke Kahlo's back and ably would have spit in disgust and afflicteq her through her ~ntire life, Harry Potter and the ~ailed it shallow, q,ourgeoisie her flirtatious but infidelity- ridden Chamber of Secrets - twaddle. The Marxist artist partied marriage with muralist Diego ·11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., it up with some of the inost promi­ Rivera (in a glorious showboat of ;. ~ 3 p.m., 6:05 p.m. and nent Commies of the first half of the -a performance by Alfred Molina), 9:30 p.m. century, had affairs with both Leon and her ill-fated tour of America Trotsky and .. with Rivera. And more than any­ 8-Mile - 9:35 p.m. and Josephine thing, it features scene after scene 11 :40 p.m. Baker and is of Kahlo's peers, standing around COURTESY OF MIRAMAX FILMS considered and telling viewers just how brilliant SALMA HAYEK STARS as legendary painter Frida Kahlo in the new The.Ring -10:05 p.m. and one of the most influential female a painter she supposedly is. biopic, "Frida." Alfred Molina co-stars as her husband, Diego Rivera. 12:15 a.m. ..t -.,, artists of the last hundred years: The greatest failure of "Frida" is and courage into the role of of a great artist and the turbulent Imagine her shock, then, that her life that it fails to justify its own exis­ Kahlo, bµt the film's weak script events of her life. "Frida," howev­ has been turned into a tence. Why was Frida Kahle im­ prevents the actress from tnJly in­ er, ends up being the story of yet an­ by4he-numbers, tragedy-of-the­ portant, and why should a film be habiting the role: The actress other put-upon spouse ....who oc­ week bore. made in her honor? The majority of · screams and hollers, but that's not casionally painted. The Ithacan Rating System Sa)ma Hayek plays Kahle IJS the the film focuses on Kahlo's turbu­ quite the same thing as having a - ·* ·Poor film follows her from flippant lent relationship with Rivera and not to borrow a title from another great­ "Frida" was written by Rodrigo ** Fair youth, to rebellious young adult to her art. "Frida" makes a strong case artist film - "lust for life." Garcia, directed by Julie Taymor somber bed:-confined cripple all be­ for Rivera's legacy as a painter yet Artists are supposed to inspire, and produced by Lizz Speed. The *** "Good fore her deat,h at the age of 47. "Fri­ keeps Kahlo in the shadows. yet this film is incapable of doing film stars Selma Hayek and Alfred * * * * Excellent da" jumps )from one important Hayek invests enormous energy that. It should have been the story Molina. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 ACCENT THE ITHACAN 15 Singer-songwriter Accent Briefs reflects on lost love Comm.unity musicians David Gray releases poignant album to sing Handel's 'Messiah' The Ithaca Community Chorus and BY GRAHAM ROTHENBERG "A New Day At Midnight" is surpris­ ·Chamber Singers will join the Cayuga Contributing Writer ingly not an overly depressing album. Chamber Orchestra for a performance Through it all, the joy of life is constantly of Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday at 5 COURTESY OF EPIC RECORDS After listening to the latest offering from present. Gray is aware that his life will nev­ p.m. in the State Theatre. The groups David Gray, "A New Day At Midnight," one er be the same again, but he takes solace will be directed by Gerald Wolfe. 'Shut up,' yourself could try to in the happiness that still exists. In songs Soloists are Melissa Fogarty, Valerian discover what such as "Caroline" and "Be Mine," he sings Ruminsky, and Ithaca College profes­ BY CELIA STAHR makes the about love, and these moments allow the sors Kelly Samarzea and David Parks. Staff Writer record so darker moments in the record to exist with­ Tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for se­ beautiful and out becoming overpowering. niors and $10 for students. "The Osboumes" is one of the endearing, The album concludes with tne first sin­ greatest shows on television. But it's un­ while being filled with so much sadness and gle, "The Other Side," and as Gray sings Local playwright to star -­ fortunate that despair. An attempt at discovery would, how­ his final words, "Honey, now if I'm hon­ in memoir about family the family ever, be without resolution because there is est/ I still don't know what love is," the lis­ members have no easy answer as to why the work is so tener is sure that he is wrong. Gray knows The one-man show "Throw Pitchfork" capitalized on poignant. exactly what love is - he's lost it, and in will be performed by playwright their newfound Gray simply has an undeniable gift for cre­ the process has made one of the finest al­ Alexander Thomas this month at the fame regardless of whether or not ating memorable songs that drip with emo­ bums of the year. Kitchen Theatre. The play explores the they're talented. One of these disap­ tional complexity. In the wake of his father's As is often the case with the follow-up to experience of growing up black in the pointments is foul-mouthed daughter death, Gray has crafted an album out of pain an artist's breakthrough album, Gray's United States, from the 1960s to the pre--..,.. Kelly Osbourne recording an album and sorrow that maintains the hope that can record is threaded with sorrow. The d\ffer­ sent. Thomas plays five characters in the called, ironically, "Shut Up." Kelly pre­ be found in the dawn of a new day. ence is that Gray is not complaining about theatrical memoir: himself, his three tending she's worthy of actual musical The record begins with "Dead In the Wa­ the price of stardom. He instead has written brothers and his father. respect or attention is as absurdly com­ ter," a troubled work that sets the tone for about life and loss - human emotions to The play will run through Dec. 22 with ical as Ozzy struggling to operate the re­ what is to follow. As- Gray refers to "the which everyone can relate. performl!nces Thursday through Saturday mote control. killer angel eyes" and "an Armageddon at 8 p.m. and matinees on Sunday at 4 p.m. The album is composed of 11 short, sky," it is clear that his world has been Tickets are $14.50 to $16 and are available completely forgettable songs. The turned upside down. at the Dillingham Center Box Office. lyrics are generic. It's hard to imagine The fourth track, "Freedom;" begins with this spoiled teenager ever experiencing a contemplative organ introduction remi­ Karate students to perform the dilemmas she rants about here. Her niscent of a church service. There is no mis­ 'Dance of Freedom' show irksome voice, when not computer-en­ taking, however, this is not a typical Sun- hanced, is hilariously offbeat. day service. Without question, Gray is at The Ithaca Karate Harmony with Na::--- Kelly tries hard to be some sort of a funeral. As he sings, "It's time to clean ture School will present a music and mar- glam punk. While she's delightfully brat­ these boats/Fold up these parachutes/The tial arts performance on Friday at 8 p.m. ty and even profound on "The Os­ word's goodbye but I can't say it/The end in the Community School of Music and boumes," her singer persona is someone is close at hand/I think we Arts on East State Street. The karate stu- completely different. It was bad understand/There ain't no use trying to de- dents will be accompanied by bass, enough she butchered a Madonna lay-it," he does not scream with anger but drum, piano, fiddle, clarinet and trumpet song. She sounds like one of the many instead depicts the numbness and shock that in their "Dance of Freedom." The nondescript singers straddling pop and a major loss brings. He seems almost calm "Dance of Freedom" project, a collabo- rock, often singing the same cliche dri- as the album unfolds, but it is the calm af- COURTESY OF ATO RECORDS ration between community musicians ancb-- vel.she-derails in reaHife~ - ,. ... - ...,. -h id t . d · f~= ~ r DAVID GRAY'S new a1hum "A New Dav at ..... 1,-. 1--.r l · · · d ··Ad- ~~e~-~r~ ., sorm,..,.an ItS,C? ~ct~IJlger~~Midnight," i~a som~Wering.-· .~.~.... "" -.-~fs"?i~~7v~lf1~ts$;~~l)J:·· ~e~---~ Sons of Pitches to return -Band takes it back to Roots of hip-hop for hometown holiday gig The Sons of Pitches, an a cappella banger off their new album. The group composed of Ithaca College song is an homage to DJ Polo and graduates, will perform a holiday con­ Live Kool G. Rap's classic cut from the cert on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the State 1980s, but if the tribute wasn't ob­ Theatre. Eagle Broadcasting is airing the vious, the crew transitioned into a concert regionally. Sons of Pitches has Music brief version of the Sugarhill been traveling in the Northeast since Gang's classic, "Apache." their community debut at the State The­ BY SEAN FENNESSEY The show saw the band play an atre last May. Tickets to their holiday Accent Editor array of hits and fan favorites like concert are $18 for the general public "Proceed" and '~The Next Move­ and $10 for students. The Roots are, in the humble ment" but the hits didn't really and hyperbolic opinion of this re­ matter. What was most important Radical afrobeat orchestra ·• viewer, the tightest and loosest band and apparent was the energy that to rock The Haunt tonight on the planet. Tighter than Au­ the Roots bring to a venue. dioslave. Looser than the Stones. Drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" The Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Their ever-evolving hip­ Thompson is the centerpiece of the will be playing today at 9 p.m. at The hop/funk/jazzlrock amalgam band and his lazy-looking, second­ Haunt. The group's name means "bul­ came to Cornell's Bailey Hall Mon­ nature drumming appears lack­ letproof' in Spanish. The group is com­ day night and funked up all of those adaisical, but that's just his style. posed of 14 musicians with diverse genres along with a few more. In fact, Thompson is hands­ racial backgrounds from the New Yor~ The band, more than a decade down the most accomplished City area. old and based out of South hip-hop drummer working today They pride themselves on their po­ Philadelphia, hit it big three (if not the only one). His unwa­ litically charged lyrics and their histo­ years ago with the hip-hop vering excellence carried the ry of performing at benefits for pro­ lovers' song, "You Got Me." But gr.cup through more than 20 gressive and radical organizations. The

the soft and serene sound that they songs including snippets of pop­ ELIZABETH MITCHELL/THE ITHACAN afrobeat band recently recorded a track executed so well was hard to find ular rock and rap tunes that in­ BLACK· THOUGHT, lead MC for the Roots, rhymes Monday for the album "Red Hot and Riot: A Trib­ Monday. They kicked off their ti­ cluded Guns 'n Roses' "Paradise night with his band in Cornell University's Bailey Hall. ute to FelaAnikulapo Kuti." Admission tanic two-hour set with "Rock City," Nirvana's "Smells Like to the show is $10 in advance and $12-.. You," a true rap-rock hybrid off Teen Spirit" and Nelly's "Hot in it was originally intended to ap­ ming and Flea-style slap bass. at the door. their new album, "Phrenology." Herre." The opening chords of pear on Thought's scrapped solo But the night clearly belonged The thumping song scoffed at the these covers, delivered by the album. His intense delivery and to the Roots and they reveled in it Juna's Cafe to feature pathetic efforts of bands like newest member, guitarist Ben poignant rhymes about America's They played the requisite hit indie singer-songwriter Linkin Park and POD and Kenny, elicited yelps and hollers sex-crazed consumer culture "You Got Me" near the end of the showed that it's easier to bring not often expected from prim and struck a note with the audience. show. But the defining moment lay Cornell graduate and independent rock to hip-hop than vice versa. proper Ivy Leaguers. The opening act, the surpris­ in the hands of the epic song, "Wa­ singer-songwriter Sam Shaber will be The 2,000-seat arena was jam­ Other highlights of the show ingly funky and' active group, ter." An antidrug anecdotal track, playing on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Juna's' packed with kids eternally nodding included insane drum solos from Robert Randolph and the Family the group's experimentation with Cafe. Shaber is working on her fifth CD, their heads to Leonard "Hub" ?uest and start-stop breaks that Band, thrived on their leader's electronica and raw hip-hop was which will be produced by Shawn Hubbard's blowing bass lines and dropped on a dime and picked up genre-crunching steel pedal gui­ drawn out over more than 15 min­ Mullins. Her ballad-style songs in­ lead MC Black Thought's insistent the rhythm like a stray $20 bill. tar work and possessed onstage utes and gave them an opportuni­ spired Femmusic.com to name her top fe­ spit kicking. After the foray into Also in(?redible was an a cappel­ dancing. Randolph's screechy ty to do what they do best: loose, male independent artist fsr 2000 and her rock, the band dived into a nine­ la delivery of Black Thought's drawl recalled a cracked-out tight hip-hop and rock, rhymes and lyrics have won prizes internationally. Lc5=.,.., minute version of ''Thought @ "Pussy Galore." Though the James Brown and his group fol­ instruments all worldng together in cal musician Alan Rose will open for Work," another high-energy song is featured on "Phrenology," lowed suit with manic drum- a frenetic, powerful union. Shaber. Admission is $5. 16 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 l ,. Event of the week Dec. 12-18 Sons of Pitches will be performing at the Weekly Calendar State Theatre on Saturday at 7 p.m. of Events l

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Insight - 8 to 9 p.m. in Williams Catholic Mass - 1 and 9 p.m. in t 317. Muller Chapel. C C Fireside Chat - Informal IC Habitat for Humanity - 4 to 6 t eucharist and homily time spon- p.m. in North Meeting Room, .-sored by the Catholic Community Campus Center. i and Newman Foundation. 8 to _r; t - -9: f57>~ m:1r~11e,1'01ia;ref Dungeons and Dragons Game I a - 6 to 11 :30 p.m. in Conference Symphonic and Concert Bands Room, Campus Center. - 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen SARAH SCHULTE/rHE ITHACAN Center. Protestant Worship Service - 7 SENIOR RACHAEL WEINSTEIN gets a kiss from canine Alex Bernstein at the Kissing and Petting p.m. in Muller Chapel. Fair sponsored by Body Related Issues Discussion Group, Education and Support as part of Stress-Free Day. Alex is part of the Cornell Companions pr~gram. Friday Co~munity Skate with Santa - 2 :30 to 5 I p.m. at Cass P·ark. Last day of classes Micawber's - Snake Oil Wednesday CPR/AED Training - 8:30 a.m. Salesman from 7 to 10 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Hill Center 53. Join The Ithacan staff! Final examinations P.ublic Debate - IC Republicans II and Students for a Just Peace will Eucharist for Peace and Healing Come to .... debate about the war on Iraq. Monday in the Celtic/Anglican Tradition ~ - Noon to 1 p.m. in Emerson Suite C. i!aa======~ - 12:10 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Recruitment Night b Sponsored by Pi Kappa Delta. Final exams begin SC AHA Assembly - 8 p.m. in North n IC PT Club Rub-a-Thon - 1 to 4 at 8 p.m. Students Against Destructive Meeting Room, Campus Center. p.m., Conference Roon'\, Center Decisions - 8 p.m. in Friends for Health Sciences. on Jan. 23, 2003, 205. Not all Ithaca College events Habitat for Humanity - 6 to 8 are listed in the calendar. Living Water - 8:30 p.m in -.::.r-p.m. in Friends 210. Send information to The Ithacan, in the Park Auditorium. South Me-eting Room, Campus 269 Roy H. Park Hall, Ithaca Center. Dungeons and Dragons - 6 to College, by Monday at 5 p.m. For 11 :30 p.m. in Conference Room, more information, call Calendar Guitar Club - 9 to 10 p.m. in Campus Center. Manager Christine Lomb at 274- Williams 222. 3208 or fax at. 274-1565. Shabbat Services - 6 p.m. in Midnight Mass - 11 :55 p..rn. in Muller Chapel. Mttller Chapel. Protestant Community Holiday This issue is •-Party - 7:30 to 11 p.m. in Tuesday the last fcir Klingenstein Lounge, Campus T Center. the fall d· Final examinations .semester. [; Amy Goodman - Lecture/speech I by award-winning journalist at 7 IC Toastmasters Club - 11 a.m. st p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. in Klingenstein Lounge, Campus The Ithacan Take pictures. Write features. n Center. n Will resume Cover a beat. Review a play. \\, '·"I_I=S=at=u=rd=ay== Delta Mu Delta - 12:1 Oto 1 p.m. Edit stories. in Smiddy 111. publication '.. :i 1T Sigma Iota Epsilon Resume Jan. 23. Sell advertisements. Students for Life - 9:30 p.m. in Night - 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Clark Friends 302 . Run the Web pag~. ., -Lounge, Campus Center.

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LAUREN ANN LIGHTBODY/THE ITHACAN SENIOR CAITLIN WORTH works on the uneven bars Friday in practice ..

BY JACK KEHOE tive national championship ap­ the Bombers' depth will take them far. Staff Writer pearances, believes this' year's "We have a lot of depth in every team has had a great preseason and event," said O'Brien. "We have a It is never easy to lose an All­ is ready to compete. very strong core of girls who are American to graduation. This "Unfortunat~ly, you can't re­ back and a few really good fresh- year, the place a girl like Jo- · men that are Bombers will Gymnastics celyn," Suddaby '' Our expectations coming up." have to fill said. "She was O'Brien cited the void that -""""'""""'""""'""""'""""'­ our toughest loss, are higher than ever freshman was left with the graduation of Jo­ but we have a Stephanie celyn Genoa, who earned All­ good group of re­ before.'' Smith, who America honors last season. turnees and a -SUE LAWALL does floor exer­ The Blue and Gold will have 16 range of competi- Junior cises and the women returning from last year's tors to compete balance beam, squad, including senior co-captains for us." as someone Heidi Sanderson and Andrea Cun­ Junior Leslie Gelatt is another who should be a key to the ningham. Both women were con­ standout who will be an important Bombers' success. sistent top finisliers in the vault last part of this year's squad. She was The other three freshmen who season. ranked No. 1 in the country in the should successfully contribute to the Sanderson was also consistent-· floor exercises for most of last year. Bombers' season are Krystal ly a top-place finisher on the uneven Junior Rachel Edelson was also Kaminski, Lindsey Montana and Jes­ bars, while Cunningham was a ranked in the top five nationally on sica Rosenberg. strong competitor on the balance the floor exercise. At one point, Gelatt Junior Sue Lawall, who was a beam. In addition, the Bombers and Edelson were ranked first and ·third-place finisher in the uneven have added four freshmen to their second respectively. bars at last year's E~ACs, also ex­ roster. Other.letter-winners who will be pect~ good things to come. Coach Rick Suddaby, who will returning include junior Elena De­ "Our expectations are higher be entering his 17th year as the Quesada, junior Lindsay Troilo than ever before," she said. "We Bombers' head coach and has led and junior Teri Nelson. have four great freshmen and four the Blue.and Gold to 16 consecu-: Senior Carly O'Brien added that great seniors to lead us. Everyone from last year has also improved dramatically." . Ithaca, who expects to be one of the top competitors in the state as GYMNASTICS well as the nation, will have the 2003 SCHEDULE same tough matchups as in years .past. The Bombers will once again compete closely with rival Cortland. Ithaca and Cortland Jan. 18 at MIT Invitational 2p.m. have split the last two meetings over Jan. 25 at Brockport 1 p.m. the last two years. Cortland also Feb. 1 Springfield 1 p.m. placed ahead of the Bombers at n9-­ Feb. 15 at Cornell Invitational 1 p.m. tionals last season, finishing second, LAUREN ANN LIGHTBODY/THE ITHACAN Feb. 22 Ithaca Invitational 1 p.m. while the Blue and Gold took fifth. SOPHOMORE DEVON MALCOLM practices o.n the balance beam. March 1 at West Che~ter TBA "We.have been going back and March 5 Cortland 7 p.m. forth with Cortland for years," the team to beat." Bombers will try to improve and March 16 ECAC championship noon Suddaby said. "They will be a Lacrosse has won the previous win their first title since 1998. "'7 March 28 NCGA championship TBA tough opponent for us this 1/ear, two national championships. X.f­ Their first competition will be on and down the road. at nationals, ter a sixth-place finish. in 2001 and Jan. 18 at the MIT Invitational in [Wisconsin-Lacrosse] will be a fifth-place finish in 2002, the Massachusetts. -

20 THE ITHACAN SP0RTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 Press Snfpers struggle, but IC 0 BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN Sta.ff Writer

Not a player on the floor stood still. ~~Wrestlers' successes As the last 30 seconds ticked off the slide under- the radar clock, both coaches paced the sidelines and the sound of rr======~== As the new year approaches, there are a squeaking shoes Women's basketball few certainties at Ithaca College that will permeated the come with the calendar change .. Corey Gymna- Everybody coming back will complain sium Tuesday. Cortland tried desperately to about a variety of subjects, including din­ gain one last possession while Ithaca, toil­ ing hall food, the lack of places to party and ing with the Red Dragons in a game ofkeep­ the chilly temperatures away, did everything in its power to prevent outside. that from happening. Ithaca's annual rise The Bombers mad(} sure the Red Drag­ in tuition will cause an ons' effort was in vain. uproar among the stu­ In a low-scoring, sloppy game that left dent body for approxi­ Ithaca coach Dan Raymond not too. mately three hours until pleased, the Blue and Gold were just pro­ everybody-realizes they ductive enough to hold off Cortland, 51-45. are so deep in the hole By halftime, it became clear that the financially that it's not Bombers (3-2) were struggling to find any going to matter ( or that rhythm, as the score stood at 26-24 in Itha­ their parents will pay for ca's favor. After the half, both teams trad­ it). ed leads but were unable to capitalize on op­ The Ithacan will give a gross amount portunities to build a substantial advantage. of coverage to the basketball teams, and Fresh off their first win at William Smith when the aquatics teams go for their in 10 years, the experienced Bombers did 7,654th consecutive state title, we'll be there just enough to push themselves aheaa. in the to cover that too. final minutes. But interestingly enough, people will "It came down to our hustling at the continue to not give a damn about the end," said senior Kerri Brown, who con­ wrestling team. tributed eight points and six rebounds in This is a shame because the wrestling the victory. "We knew we had to win. We team is perhaps the lone winter sports team knew we hadn't played our best and we just . that's actually worth watching. The wanted it." wrestling is very good, and there are a hand­ Inconsistent shooting, numerous ~ful of wrestlers who will make some noise turnovers and rushing plays told the sto­ "on the national level. ry for the Bombers. Cortland's defense was Of course, nobody knows about it be­ partially to blame. Red Dragon coach Jean­ cause there are too many good excuses. to nette Yeoman knew how the Bombers not pay attention. After all, wrestling is a played and she knew what her young and gay sport, isn't it? Nobody wants to see less-experienced team needed to do in or­ guys rolling around with each other in der to have a chance in Tuesday's battle tights. - zone defense. And those wrestlers, they all starve them- "We did it to take away their movement and -+;oselves. Shame on them for not being three­ ~creens," Yeoman said. "If they were going to toed sloths! Personally, I'd hate to be that b~at {!S_,jJ was_going tq ~ frp]Jl,the out.side ..'._' disciplined and in shape. Those 20~minutes The game marked the first time this sea­ a week on the elliptical machine in the gym son the Bombers faced a zone defense and are doing me just fine. they struggled to adjust. Normally a suc­ It doesn't matter that the team is -off ·to cessful group of outside shooters, Ithaca a sensational start, winning two of their first couldn't find the range. Sophomore and lead­ four tournaments, despite losing their ing scorer Stephanie Cleary scored only five three best wrestlers (Ryan Ciotoli '02, Tom­ points on l-of-13 shooting. my Hall '02 and Carlos Restrepo '02) to After watching his team fall victim to im­ graduation. patience and passive play, Raymond, who REBECCA GARDNER/THE ITHACAN SOPHOMORE JESSICA POOLE, left,-drives baseline against the Red Dragons in Students won't be seeing much of Marc· was surprised to see the zone used against the Bombers' 51-45 victory Tuesday night at Cortland. Israel, who is currently ranked seventh in the Bombers, plans to work on "attacking" the nation. It's not every day we get a sopho­ a zone defense in upcoming practices. her rhythm Tuesday - junior Jennie with the Bombers' performance, he was more who calmly steps onto the mat and dis­ "Usually we shoot well from the outside," Swatling. Swatling made three of four three­ pleased that they were "able to make the mantles opponents• at his will. Then again, Raymond said. "Teams usually don't dare point attempts and led the team in scoring plays they had to make at the end." it's not every day we get to see a new to play zone defense against us." with 17 points. She also pulled down a team­ The latest two wins for the Bombers show episode of "Friends" either! As a team the Bombers struggled from high seven rebounds. their mental strength, and give them confi­ It was a pleasure-to watch sophomore the perimeter, but one player was able to find Though Raymond was less than satisfied dence heading into Friday's game against St. ~heavyweight Bryan Steele line up- at de­ Lawrence. fensive end for the Bomber football team After two successful. seasons, the this fall, but apparently it's no fun to see Bombers have become a team to beat on the smaller, faster Steele run circles everyone's schedules. around his counterparts on the mat. "They were one of the best in regions last Steele gives up around 70 pounds .to his year," Yeoman said. "They have to be on the grappling foes but used his incredible lookout for everyone coming at them. It's speed to work his way to a 21-6 record and. an added challenge and if you're a com­ -:_; AU-America honors last season. petitor, you welcome that." There are many other wrestling stories that nobody will bother to pay attention to, like senior captain Bill Parry's quest for All-America honors or junior Jeff Edel­ Women's basketball stein's effort to tum the comer and become Ithaca at Cortland a become a valiant force at 184 pounds. Monday The men of the mats would love for you to understand them, but they're not hold- Bombers (51) ,t_,>ing their breaths. Kelly Gawronski 3-5 0-0 6, Alex "We do it because we love the sport," Is­ Ivansheck 2-5 4-4 8, Kerri Brown 3- rael said. "If people started to come then they 12 1-2 8, Jennie Swatling 6-i2 2-217, would · realize how good wrestling is. Stephanie Cleary 1-13 2-2 5, Jessica We've outdone ourselves [this season]." Poole 1-4 0-1 2, Carolyn Cox 1-1 0-0 But even as the Bombers continue to one­ 2, Molly Brennan 0-1 0-0 0, Heather up their performances and evolve into one Savignano 1-3 1-2 3. Totals 18-56 10- of the better Division III wrestling programs 13 51. ~.. in the country, the rest of us will pr6bably fail to notice. Besides, pretty soon we'll have Reel Dragons (45) to Sl)end our time whining about on-cam­ Kaylin VanDusen 1-5 0-0 2, pus housing. Noelle Picone 5-12 2-2 12, Michelle Some things never change. Ciquera 3-10 2-3 8, Dani Maye·2-14 1-2 5, Danielle Turner 3-7 0-0 6, Meg ~,,-:-.------Valovage 0-2 0-0 0, Becky Byrns 2-10 Press Box appears in this space every 5-6 9, Dianna Ravinsky 1-4 0-0 3. To­ week. E-mail Mario Fontana at REBECCA GARDNER/THE ITHACAN tals 17-64 10-13 45. [email protected]. JUNIOR JENNIE $WATLING, 15, shoots over Cortland defenders. THURSDAY, DECE}v\BER 12, 2002 THE ITHACAN 21 Unrested Blue and Gold soak Saxons· Sophomore Steve Barnes wins three times as Ithaca competes two days after three-day meet

BY NORIA LITAKER of star Dave Balta '02, sophomore Jay Sell­ Staff Writer ers took his second win in a dual meet this year. "Jay Sellers had a great race," Thurk said. Weary from a three-day meet this week­ "His win really came at an important time end, the men's in the meet and kept our momentum going." swimming and div- Men's swimming Senior Devin Fay captured first place in ing team sum- and diving both diving events, defeating his closest com­ moned enough '======I petitor by 92.2 points in the 3-meter and 111.3 strength Tuesday night to whip Empire 8 op­ points in the 1-meter. ponent Alfred, 156-63. Junior tri-captain Sean Kavanaugh post­ Coach Kevin Markwardt was unsure how ed a solid time (2:00.48) in the 200--yard in­ his team would match up with an extremely dividual medley, touching the wall eight sec­ deep Alfred squad after only one day of rest. onds ahead of Alfred's Brian Gotham. "It was a question of, if we swam well we The convincing win over Alfred topped were going to be OK, but if we didn't, they a successful fall season for the Bombers. · are a good enough team that we could have While almost half of the undersized squad lost to them," he said. is composed of freshmen, the newcomers Not only did the Bombers win - they have stepped up to the challenge, propelling dominated, taking first the Bombers to a 5-1 record. pla~~,:n everydevent. . '' We wanted to ... "You look around the vve wante to go m pool during practice, and there and establish our- send the message every other person you see is selves right off the bat ... a freshman. They're keeping and send the message that we weren't going their heads in it mentally and that we weren't going to physically, they're all staying back down," junior to back down. '' really strong," Kuznezov Sasha Kuznezov said. said. "We wouldn't- be The message was -SASHA KUZNEZOV where we are without them." sent loud and clear. Junior Freshman Miguel Es- Sophomore Steve ------cobedo has been key because Barnes excelled for the Bombers, winning the he swims distance events as well as the back­ 1000-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle races, his stroke, Markwardt said. first triple-win performance of the year. Halfway through the season, Markwardt Another highlight for the Bombers was the is pleased with his team's progress. 50-yard freestyle event where senior tri-ca'.p­ "Looking back on the fall it couldn't have tain Mike Thurk and Kuznezov placed first been much better. We lost one meet [to Hamil­ and second. However, the final times were ton] and that meet, we lost pretty good if you more impressive than the finishing spots. look at the score, but there were five races we "l can't ever remember two guys going lost by tenths of a second - that's how close under 22 [seconds] in a regular dual meet, we came to being undefeated," he said. both from our team," said Markwardt, a 21- After a short vacation, the Bombers will year coaching veteran. return to Ithaca for intense training and then ANNAROSE FOLEY/THE ITHACAN In the 200-yard butterfly event, where the head for Florida for the International SENIOR DEVIN FAY dives during practice in November. Fay took first place> Bombers have struggled tbis.~i;_the,Ja-5$,. .5Jrinmli.ugliall Q[ .Ea.JUe--™~J an. §.... ~ aqain~t Atfre!Ull ~-Qth.~Jl~ ~-meter and 1-m_.;!er dives. ..r -; NCAA-ready IC nails Alfred

BY JOSH MCCANN minutes, 48.69 seconds, which "Our goal (Tuesday) was basi­ Staff Writer ______met the NCAA's provisional qual­ cally just to have fun," Yellin said. ifying standard and was just 1.60 "We wanted to keep up the inertia Coach Paula Miller was seconds off the automatic qualify­ from the"weekend." speechless. ing time of That's exactly The members of her 800-yard 7 47 09 what the Bombers : - freestyle re- =""""'""""'""""'""""'"""""= "That- time '' I1·ust sat back did, winning all but lay team Women's surprised me, 'cause we had never two events during a had just told swimming and but it just dominating 143-94 her they diving shows what swum that fast this victory. planned to "'--=====...;;;;;aaj the power of Yellin swam to qualify for the national meet at an the mind can early. '' a personal best in invitational in Pennsylvania last do," Miller -PAULA MILLER the 50-yard weekend - more than three said. Coach freestyle, and se­ months in advance. Junior nior ·co-captain "I just sat back 'cause we had Michelle Yellin, who swam the re­ Karrie Syck posted a second­ never swum that fast this early," lay's third leg, said qualifying for straight personal record in the 100- Miller said. "They told me, 'We were nationals so early in the year yard butterfly, a feat Miller labeled LAURA BAUMAN/THE ITHACAN going to do this,' and I didn't say a "takes a little pressure off' for the "phenomenal." SOPHOMORE JOHANNA CLEMENS swims in practice Monday. She came in fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and sixth in the 200-yard word. I didn't disbelieve them, but remainder of the regular season. In addition to keeping pace individual medley against Alfred Tuesday. .:::> I was afraid to say anything." As a result, Yellin and her with their previous times, Miller Miller had no reason to worry, teammates were relaxed entering also wanted to see how her ath­ tunity to swim. Miller said mix­ Bowen, who recently returned however, as the Bombers blazed to Tuesday's dual meet over Alfred, a letes would perform in events they ing up her lineup allows her to dis­ to the pool after rowing for the victory in a meet-record time of 7 dominating 143-94 Ithaca win. do not normally have the oppor- cover hidden strengths in her Blue and Gold crew team, had team, as well as giving the swim­ such an impressive performance mers a break from the monotony that Tuesday's meet was trans­ of a long season. formed from yet another com­ "To do [the same event] time in manding dual-meet victory into a and time out every meet, you real­ celebration. 1~ ly compare and you start to ana­ "The team knows each other lyze," Miller said. "You overthink well enough to know what's a re­ basically, anq you stop racing." ally good swim and what helps mo­ Tuesday's lopsided meet let tivate them, so everyone was into freshman Stacey Bowen, usually the meet because people were do­ a sprinter, try'her hand at the 200- ing well," Miller said. "It wasn't yard freestyle race. She looked just going there and going through more than capable in her audition, the motions." --::,t-, cruising to victory in 2:00.31. Now that the Bombers have Bowen is expected to swim the survived a brutal, pre-break 200 freestyle more often, as part of schedule, Miller said her team will the 800-yard relay team, since en joy a relaxing week and a half Yellin will be studying in France for of informal training and team the spring semester. bonding during its annual pW­ "[Yellin's] o:pe of the girls I've grimage to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. LAURA BAUMAN/THE ITHACAN gotten pretty close to on the ·The Bombers will return to action FRESHMAN LAUREN RUSSELL ·swims at practice Monday. ·teamt· Bowen said. on Jan. 11 at LeMoyne. 22 THE lTHACAN SPORTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002 lthaca works oVertime to beat :8,ed Dragons BY BRAD TIEDE Ithaca (2-3) received a huge break with Staff Writer just under two minutes left in overtime when Red Dragon center Jon Rother fouled out...... _ There is a reason why teams shoot hun­ The 6-foot-6 freshman had controlled the dreds of foul low post throughout 'the night, compiling a shots in prac­ game-high 19 points, while snatching nine re­ Men's basketball tice: Production bounds (five offensive) and tallying four assists. from the charity Seeing Rother foul out was crucial in the stripe wins games. mind of Bomber coach Jim Mullins. That age-old adage proved applicable "He wa-s impacting the game very sig­ 'l Tuesday as both Cortland and Ithaca failed nificantly," Mullins said. "He was having ,, to convert the "freebies" down the stretch. his way inside, and they were hurt when Unfortunately for the Re.ct Dragons, they they lost him." missed one too many. With Rother on the sidelines, junior Cortland senior forward Justin Powers Tyler Schulz was able to post up on Powers, bricked consecutive free throws with 4.6 earning two trips to the foul line in the final .._ seconds remaining in overtime as Cortland minute and a half of overtime. He respond­ (1-6) handed the Bombers an early Christ­ ed by connecting on three of four attempts, mas present, dropping the hotly contested the last of which gave the Bombers a two­ Ii affair, 72-70. point lead. "Tyler doesn't always put up the big_points, but he does do everything else," sophomore ,') Men's basketball guard Jesse Roth said. "He takes charges, REBECCA GARD~ER!THE ITHACAN Ithaca at Cortland dives on the floor for loose balls, grabs re­ JUNIOR SEAN CLIFFORD, right, works around a Cortland defender Tuesday night. Tuesday bounds and plays tough defense." Schulz finished with 16 points and eight 10 rebounds. Cortland's defense, however, "My job is to bring a spark to the team," Bombers (72) rebounds in 36 minutes. gave the Bombers fits. he said. "We knew we were better [than Cort­ Tyler Schulz 6-10 4-8 16, Jason If not for poor offensive execution in their "We were really slowed down by their land], but we weren't playing good and start­ Wallen 2-3 0-0 6, Sean Clifford 4-10 half-court set throughout the first half - re­ zone," Roth said. "It was getting us out of our ed to get really frustrated." 2-2 12, Nate Thomas 3-8 0-2, Matt sulting in a measly 26.8 field-goal percent­ game because they were controlling the pace." The contest featured six ties and six lead Riggins 2-5 2-2 6, Will Hill 1-7 1-1 2, age - Ithaca may have avoided the tension­ Fortunately, the Bombers managed to find changes in the final 6:20 of regulation. Aaron Hornstra 1-1 0-0 3, Jesse Roth filled second half. their stroke at the right time. The Bombers had seemingly seized con­ 6-13 1-1 17, Brian Andruskiewicz 0-2 "I just think the percentages caught up Junior guard Aaron Hornstra sparked a trol when junior guard Sean Clifford in­ 0-0 0, Matt Usher 0-0 1-2 1. Totals with us," Mullins said. "One of the things that 12-0 spurt at the IO-minute mark as· the Blue creased the lead to three, at 58-55, with 28 25-59 10-18 72. is a concern for us is that we rely too much and Gold connected on four consecutive seconds remaining in regulation. But Cort­ on the outside shot. We were 2-for-12 in the long-range trifectas. land immediately struck back, as sophomore Cortland (70) first half,- out that trend turned around sig­ Senior Jason Wallen followed with a base­ guard Steve Esposito nailed a three-pointer Jon Steele 1-2 0-0 2, Steve. Esposi- nificantly in the second half as we·ended up line three-pointer before Roth answered with with 7.9 seconqs remaining on the clock. ,.., .... to 2-9 2-2 7, Jon Rother 8-17 3-4 19, shooting the ball very well from the arc." two more cannons to narrow the gap to three, After a timeout, Schulz regained the lead Auggy Sanchez 1-2 0-0 2, Frank Yet it was Cortland ·who started hot in at 41-38. for Ithaca, scoring off a set in-bounds pass Ranieri 3-10 4-6 10, Kevin DeVantier the second half, opening play with a 16~5 He sank all four of his three-point shots from Roth at half court with 5.5 seconds left. 5-6 0-1 14, Steve Diklich 2-4 0-1 4, run . (4-of- 7) in the second ·half, finishing with a The Bombers 'then suffered a major de­ Eric Tillotson 0-2 0-0 0, Justin Powers .powers took control for the Red Dragons, team-high 17 points in 29 minutes. fen~ive lapse as Cortland guard Frank 6-14 0-212. Totals 28-66 9-16 70. knocking down a pair of 17-footers. He Roth has quickly stepped µp as a key sub-- Ranieri took the·ball coast-to-coast for an un­ recorded a double-double with 12 points and stitute for the Blue and Golo. ' contested layup that forced the extra session·. Open FRI. & SAT. UNTIL 4 A.M.

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The Bombers finished 'sixth out' of 13 teams at the three-day Franklin and Marshall Invitational behind three seventh-place fin­ ishes from their relay teams. Fr1day night, Ithaca's top finish was sev­ enth, by the 800-yard medley relay team of junior tri-captains Sean Kavanaugh and Ryan Orser, junior Matt Cisek and sophomore Steve Barnes. Kavanaugh also placed 11th in the 400- yard individual medley with a time of 4:26.09 and was followed by teammate fresh­ man Pat Ryan, who finished 18th in 4:33.16. Saturday, Kavanaugh started the day off with a sixth-place finish (2:00.66) in the 200- yard individual medley, less than a second behind winner Craig Dolan (1:59.69) of Springfield. In the 500-yard freestyle race, Barnes swam to eighth place while freshma11 Miguel Escobedo came in °17th. Escobedo was also Ithaca's lone scorer in the 200-yard backstroke, placing 15th. Tri-captains Mike Thurk and Orser cap­ tured ninth and 16th respectively in the 100- yard breaststroke. CARLY CHAMBERLIN/THE ITHACAN On the third day of competitj.on, junior JUNIOR CHRIS RYER rai:t an NCAA provisionally qualifying time of 7.16 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the Cornell Relays Saturday. sprinter Sasha Kuznezov placed 11th in the 50-yard freestyle and 18th in the 200-yard the Cardinals (7-0) increased their lead to 14 ECAC meet. D,avidson took fourth place in freestyle. Barnes also competed in the 200- with a 19-4 run before halftime. the 35-pound-weight with a throw of 15.37 yard event finishing 12th ahead of Kuznezov. A three-pointer by junior guard Sean Clif- meters. Styczynski placed third in the 3,000 -.. The Bombers also had two top-20 per- ford narrowed the gap to ten, at 48-38 ear­ meters with a time of 8:55.50. Sport formances in the 200-yard breaststroke as ly in the second half before the Cardinals re­ Juniors Greg Hobbs and Chris Ryer Orser placed 14th with a time 2:21.66 while sponded with an 11-0 spurt,to seal the vie­ posted qualifying times for the NYSCTC freshman Bill Stokes came in 20th. Escobe- tory. Ithaca was outscored 42-16 in the paint meet. Hobbs earned third place in the 60-me­ do was the only Bomber to place in the 100- and continued its careless offensive play with ter high hurdles. with a time of 8.69, while Shorts yard backstroke, landing in 15th place. 25 turnovers. The Bombers averaged 19 Ryer ran the 60-meter dash in a time 9f7.J,6 In the final event of the day, the 400-yard turnovers a game coming into the contest. to take eighth place. .Field hockey players freestyle relay of Kavanaugh, Cisek, Orser Sophomore guard Jesse Roth scored 12 The Blue and Gold next compete on Jan. earn all-region honors and Kuznezov took seventh in the time of points off the bench to lead Ithaca in scor- 11 in the Cornell Kickoff .Invitational. 3 :15AO. ~ __ __ing. CliffQ.[cl&i~~J.Qp,oints and iuniQr for- • • Sophomore midfielder Brooke , . ward ryler Schulz recorded a team-high 12 W-omeirs-irrdo-or ·track- - -Alancli~ a'ilclsophomore oaCKJOJ w Omen S aquatlCS rebounds. Bostrom were named to the National The Blue and Gold shot 32.8 percent from Sunday Field Hockey Coaches Association Friday-Sunday the floor (22-of-67) and ·just 30 percent (9- North Atlantic all-region second team. of-30) from behind the arc. Senior Amy Holvey and the distance med­ Aldrich was the team's second-lead­ Ithaca finished fifth out of 14 schools at ley relay team made NCAA provisional qual­ ing scorer with. 18 points, and started the Franklin and Marshall Invitational Women's basketball ifying marks as the Bombers opened their every game. over the weekend, facing Division II and III season at the Cornell Relays on Saturday. Bostrom was named Most Valuable competition. Saturday The relay team of junior Kristen CrfiVO_t­ Player of the NYSWCAA tournament. The Bombers, whose winning 800-yard ta, senior Lynn Janovich, sophom9re Emily -13 from football team .medley relay team provi~ionally qualified for The Bombers dismantled William Maston and freshman Hannah Rumpf ran a nationals, placed at least one swimmer in the ·Smith, 77-57,.in fr:ont of more than 140 fans time of 12:17.05. In the highjump;Holvey picked by E:m.pire,s top 10 in all but two of the meet's 15 events. Saturday. · · ' , ·· jumped 1.65 meters·. ,!• , , , r . - Thirteen Bombers were chosen for Ithaca accumulated 771 points, -~ 11 ·1ess than Juµior Kelly , Gawronski led the In the shot put, junior Cory _Lipp record- , the inaugural Empire 8 all-star team. champion College of New Jersey. . ·Bombers in scoring with 16 points. She and ed an NYSCTC qualifying mark by µn-o-yv- ,., Freshman quarterback J o·sh Fe­ The winning relay squad, consisting· of ju-· junior Jennie Swatling ledthe squad with ·sev,.. . ing 10.84 meters. Junior Alyson Holbrook also licetti, ·a second'...team selection, was niors Sarah Bond, ' Katie Centrella, en rebounds each. Sophomore Stephanie. had a NYSCTC qualifying mark in the vipte also named rookie of the year. Michelle Yellin and Megan Hughes., was· Cleary contributed-14 points and senior-Ker­ jump by leapin_g a total of 10. 70 me~r~. Junior tackle Tariq Ahmad, senior clocked at 7 minutes, 48.69 secoµ.ds,. settin~ ri Brown added 13. Ithaca returns to action on·J~Q.~ l8 at the. punter Brian l;liche.r, jµnior running a meet record. · Ithaca (2:.2) dominated William• Smith St. Lawrence Invitational. back Pete Celebre, sophemore- line­ Several South Hill swimmers placed from the opening tip-off, gotng on a 22-4 'run . backer Jose· Colop, senior oornerback well in individual events, including freshman early in the first half. The Herons were able Wrestling ,,, Justin Daly, senior tackle, , Eric Stacey Bowen, who w;;ts busy all weekend to chip awc,1y at the Bombers' 22-point lead Fedrizzi,.junior center Matt McMa­ - swimming in six events for the late in the first half and create a 15-poµit game Saturday hon, senior defensive · end Dan Bombers. She recorded fift.h-place finishes by halftime. However, the Bombers never let Puckhaber and ·sophomore·defensive in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle the Hetons come within less than six points. The 18th-ranked Bombers took first end Bryan Steele were all first-team races, and also helped out on three relay as they destroyed William Smith's opening place at the RIT Invitational, finishing with selections. , teams. In the 100-yard freestyle, Bowen even day at Bristol Gym. 144 points - 20 better than 14th-ranked John Senior safety Tommy Kenney, senior bested her All-American teammate Hughes, Last season, the- Bombers defeated the Carroll, which finished second. wide receiyer Pete McCaffrey, junior as Hughes placed sixth. Herons 68-61. Saturday's performance Ithaca had the top three finishers in the linebacker Robert Truman and Felicetti Although sophomore Ashley Ellis did not sh9uld give the Bombers some confidence 149-pound weight class. Sophomore were named to the second team. qualify fqr nationals, she did bring home Itha­ heading into the crux of the season. Marc Israel placed first, defeating classmate ca's highest individual finishes, placing Jad Duca 3-2 in the final. Junior Greg Skiff Women's soccer team third in both the 100- and 200-yard breast­ Men's indoor track took third. puts five on sta~ squad stroke competitions. Both women who beat Sophomore K.C. Beach won the· 157- Five Bombers were placed on the Ellis in the 200-yard breaststroke posted Saturday pound division. It was the first tournament NYSWCAA all-star team. NCAA "B" times. title of his career. Juniors Becca Berry (forward) , Liz . Yellip also put in a fifth-place showing in Two relay teams qualified for both the Junior Jeff Edelstein was the runner-up in. Bishop (goalie), Dawn Rathbone the 200-yard backstroke, while Hughes was state and ECAC meet as the Bombers com­ the 184-pound weight class and senior co­ (back), Tara Repsher (midfielder) fifth in the 200-yard individual medley. peted in the Cornell Relays to start off the captain Bill Parry took third in the 165-pound and senior Katie Petrocci (midfield­ season. division. er), received th~ honors after leading Men's basketball The 1,600-meter relay team of juniors Jim Sophomore Bryan Petti was fourth aJ the team to a 13-6-2 record. Ravener and Brandon Mallette, and sopho­ 197, freshman Matthias Keib placed fifth in Carroll congratulated Sunday mores Rob Pickles and Adam Lang finished the 165 division, freshman Robert Stubbs in 3 minutes and 24.30 seconds for second finished fifth at 17 4, and freshman Rich with state team pick Craig Avallone and William Morley place. The 3,200-meter relay team of White earned sixth in the 141-pound Junior Meghan Carroll of the ten­ scored 17 points apiece as fifth-ranked Ravener, Mallette, and juniors Jon Barnes and weight class. nis team was named an honorable Catholic (Washington, D.C.) routed Ithaca Shaun Fyffe also finished second with aotime The Bombers competed in their first dual mention to the NYSWCAA all-star 90-56. . of 7:55.81. meet of the season late Wednesday night at team. Carroll posted a 9-4 record in The Bombers (1-3 overall, 0-0 Empire 8) Individually, senior Drew Davidson and Oswego. The team then goes on hiatus until first-team singles and was undefeat­ managed to stay close throughout the first 10 junior Mike Styczynski both met qualifying Jan. 5 when .they compete at the Millersville ed in Empire 8 singles play. minutes of the game, trailing 21-20, before standards for the NYSCTC meet and Invitational in Pennsylvania. I' ;- ~ ,I' , ,

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