,,-cl, v. • INSIDE Opinion Alum sheds light on career search Page 13 Accent A visit to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania Page 17 Sports The biggest game of the year for many reasons The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community Pages 28-29 Volume 71, Number 'I I Ithaca, N.Y. · Thursday, November 13, 2003 Tracked International students to pay new government fee

BY TASHA KATES and monitor foreign students and Staff Writer exchange visitors in order to en­ sure that they arrive in the Unit­ International students may ed States, show up and register at soon have to pay the federal gov­ the school or exchange visitor pro­ ernment a fee to offset the cost of gram, and properly maintain a program that will track them in their status during their stay as val­ the United States. ued guests in this country," During the final week of Octo­ Cronin said. ber, the U.S. Department of The government is expected to get Homeland Security announced more than $30 million for the pro­ that all international students gram from the fees. The law that cre­ would be required to pay a one-time ated SEVIS states that federal mon­ $ 100 fee to the government. ey would not be used to pay for the The fee will be used to fund the operating costs. Student and Exchange Visitor In­ Senior Rhona Hussein thinks the formation System, an Internet government shouldn't collect the program that tracks international fee at all. CARLY CHAMBERLIN/THE ITHACAN students while they are studying in "If it actually changes, it's go­ JUNIOR RHONA HUSSEIN, center, comes from Bangladesh and serves as a resident assistant. She the U.S. ing to be a huge problem," Hussein plays cards with freshman residents Megan Atchley, left and Kalia Armbruster, right, in the West Tower. Michael Cronin, an immigration said. "A hundred dollars is a lot. In­ service official, said SEVIS was cre­ ternational students pay so much for government can find a different way [this]," she said. asked to collect the fee, unlike visa ated after t~e Sept.11 attacks to traveling and school. The fee is to fund SEVIS. On Dec. 26, U.S. Citizenship fees, which are paid directly to the

"SEVIS, will increase [the Hussein, who is from ways to control their system rather set a deadline will be set for SE­ government's] ability to track Bangladesh, said she believes the than put their' students through VIS payments. Colleges will be See SEVIS, page 4 College Seniors choose skater examines• BY KATIE MOORE alist in figure skating and a cancer survivor, a couple times, but other than that, I just Assistant News Editor will address the class of 2004 at Com­ don't know. It could be an awesome mencement May 16. speech, or it could suck." roleofTAs The senior class went for the gold "We wanted somebody that students can Senior Mike Feeney said he hopes when it chose this year's Commencement relate to," said Melissa Ferraro, senior class Hamilton's message will be one that speaker. president. "We wanted somebody that peo­ congratulates the graduates for their BY MEG REYNOLDS Scott Hamilton, an Olympic gold med- ple could look at and say, 'Wow, that could accomplishments and challenges them to Staff Writer be me one day."' use what they've learned to make an im­ Ferraro said the executive board pact in their world. The Academic Policy Committee is included Hamilton on its top 10 list of "As long as he keeps it non-political and looking toward defining the place of under­ speaker possibilities after members of the upbeat, I'll be happy with it," he said. graduate student assistants, more common­ senior class and the board suggested him. Ferraro said she expects Hamilton's ex­ ly known as teaching assistants, in classes. Shortly after the senior class executive periences with adversity and defeat will be Concerns regarding professionalism of the board was elected last year, it began solic­ just as uplifting as his success story. college's teaching staff and privacy as a right iting suggestions through the senior class list­ In addition to beating cancer, Hamilton of students has led the Academic Policy Com­ serv, a poster campaign and word of also worked through a debilitating illness mittee to address the roles of TAs. A new pol­ mouth. as a child that stunted his growth and raised icy, expected to take effect in the 2004 acad­ Last year, graduates and audience doubts about his ability to participate as emic year, would offer a clear outline of the members gave. Ben Cohen and Jerry an athlete. When he began skating at age role, which does not currently exist. Greenfeld of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream a nine, the symptoms of his disease gradu­ In an effort to comply with accrediting less than sweet review after the two used ally disappeared. agencies, as well as the Family Education­ the podium as a pulpit for their political "Throughout his life, personally and al Rights and Privacy Act, Ithaca College is views. In order to avoid a similar situation professionally, he has faced numerous chal­ defining the duties of TAs. this year, Ferraro said the board tried to lenges and achieved many triumphs," said The TAs in sociology professor Stephen avoid selecting another political speaker. President Peggy R. Williams. "I, along with Sweet's courses play a fundamental part in "What came out of that last year was members of the Class of 2004 look forward the structure of his large lecture classes. that a commencement speaker should be to his inspirational message." Sweet said that TAs run individual discus­ inspirational and motivational," she said. Ferraro said the challenges Hamilton has sion classes using lesson plans he works with "I think that Scott Hamilton is in that sense faced bring him down to a more human lev­ them to design. TAs also assist in grading stu­ exactly what Ithaca College wants when el and will make him easy for students to dent papers. looking for a commencement speaker." identify with. She added that the way he has "TAs will grade reflection papers and ex­ But senior Ben Vucic said he expect­ turned his tough experiences into something ams that are multiple choice and mini-es­ ed a more impressive speaker. positive will complement the college's says," he said. "They are given concrete W. MCALLISTER/ CCF "I don't know too much about Scott message about serving the community. guides on how to grade papers and assign OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST Scott Hamilton, but I was hoping for more than "He's turned that around turned it into his points." Hamilton addresses the audience after a figure skater in my graduation speaker," own personal philanthropy to give back to Sweet provides his students with the an ice skating performance. he said. "I've seen him on t,he television people something he felt he needed," she said. guidelines TAs are to follow when grading pa­ See APC, page 4

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2 THE ITHACAN NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Nationa1 and I nternational News by the U.N. The report harshly criticizes Iran for deliber­ PLANTING POPPIES . ately hiding evidence of its nuclear program from inter­ national inspectors and for numerous "breaches" in its nu­ clear treaty obligations. The 29-page report by the International Atomic Ener­ gy Agency (IAEA) says there is "no evidence" so far that Iran had sought to build a nuclear bomb, as asserted by the Bush administration, but the U.N. watchdog said it would keep investigating this claim. Given Iran's "past pat­ tern of concealment, it will take some time before the agency is able to conclude that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes," the report says. The report, obtained by The Washington Post, documents numerous occasions when Iranian officials altered or re­ versed their explanations after being challenged by in­ vestigators or with conflicting evidence. wro says U.S. steel tariff violates rules The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Pres­ ident Bush's steel tariffs violate global trading rules, in­ creasing pressure on the White House to rescind the levies or face retaliation from Europe, Japan and other countries. The European Union said it would impose sanctions no later than Dec. 15 on a $2.2 billion hit list of U.S. goods - from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to California farm produce - unless Bush removed the tariffs. "I think we're headed for a trade war," said senior PAMELA CONSTABLE/THE WASHINGTON POST fellow Gary Hufbauer at the Institute for International CHILDREN REST In a field being plowed by Sardar Wall In Ghanlkhel, Afghanistan. Wall, 24, Is planting opium Economics in Washington. poppies. The poppies, which were banned under the Taliban, have become a major cash crop In the country. If the EU does as threatened, it would be the biggest I trade retaliation since World War II. The Europeans have I chosen some of their sanction targets to inflict symbolic t Bremer returns to the u.s. from lraq_ . ing to follow that path," the official said. "And we need and political pain for the president and GOP lawmakers, I kind of provisional government that we can give some including ciJrus grown in Florida and garments made in ► some Paul Bremer, the U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq, is kind of authority to. The whole political piece is a work the Carolinas. returning unexpectedly to Washington for high-level con- in progress. He's got a lot of work to do." · ''They tried as best they could to match the products sultations amid continued frustration with the performance ~e Bush administration appears to be backing away with Republican districts," Hufbauer said. ''They're go­ of Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council, administra- from its earlier insistence that a constitution must be writ­ ing to cause a lot of grief." tion officials said Tuesday. ten and ratified by nationwide referendum before Iraqis gain The WTO decision, while expected, adds a sense of The Bush administration is considering changes in the struc- significant sovereignty. urgency to the president's midpoint review of the three­ ture and timing of Iraq's transitional self-governance, including Re d tails Ir , 1 year tariff program he put in place last year to help U.S. a new Iraqi constitution and elected government, said an ad- port e an S nuc ear program producers fend off foreign competition by propping up", ministration official involved with Iraq policy in Washington. . Iran mamif_actured small amounts of enriched uranium the price of ste~l. · 1n Septeinber, Bremer outlined a'~phll\~- sovereignty. "It's beginning to be realized that it's not go- in secret for 18 years, according to ·a confidential report The Washington Post news serv!ce ....

For more information, or to purcI'tase a health, dental and tax-sheltered annuity the Campus" section of the Journal of Col­ ticket, contact the Community Service Pro­ vendors will be on hand to answer questions lege Student Developmen~. News gram at 274-1380 or [email protected]. about benefits and options. · · Interested students and staff can attend the Many community organizations will free session for as long as they are able to. Coll~ge's choir to perform also be on hand to provide information about Briefs world premiere composition- their services. There will be free giveaways, Class of 2004 seeking input door prizes and refreshments. for memorabilia room name Park Distinguished Speaker No registration is riecessary to attend the The Ithaca College Choir will perform the fair. to~ media and policy world premiere of Daniel Dorff's ''The Co_l­ .The class of 2004 is currently accepting ors of Creation" Saturday at 7 p.m. in Ford Club for hearing impaired name suggestions for the senior class gift, a Charles Lewis, founder and executive di­ Hall in the Whalen Center. memorabilia room to be located in Campus rector of the Center for Public Integrity, will The choir, conducted by Lawrence Doe­ to hold first campus meeting Center. · talk about the relationship between inves­ bler, will perform the piece as part of the 24th The proposed room will serve as a spe­ tigative journalism and a democratic gov­ Choral Composition Contest and Festival. Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People will cial gathering space that reflects the history ernment Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Park Au­ The event will also feature performances hold its first meeting at Ithaca College on and tradition of the college and the spirit of ditorium. by six high school choirs and an opportuni­ Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Williams the student body, and represents the variety The speech is part of the Park Distin­ ty for their members to attend rehearsals-and 323. . of experiences .of the college community. guished Speaker series .. workshops throughout the day. · The guest speaker will be Lind;i Stock · Suggestions can be submitted for con­ The nonprofit, nonpartisan research or­ The high school choirs and the college from Cortland. She will share her experiences sideration by the senior class and the college's ganization Lewis is in charge of works in choir will combine to sing Paul Tsches­ with a cochlear implant ~d will provide help Naming and Endowment Committee at Washington, D.C. to reveal corruption and nokoff 's "Salvation is Created." finding resources for finding information [email protected]. The deadline for abuse of power by governments, corporations about hearing loss on the Internet. suggestions is Dec. 1. and individuals that play a role in the polit­ SHHH is a national advocacy group for ical process. Invisible Histories to present individuals with hearing loss. Meetings are Lewis' speech will give examples of how film about life on a reservation free and open to all students, faculty, staff and CORRECTIONS good investigative journalism has strengthened community members who either have a hear­ the system. Specifically, he wiU discuss how "Skins," a 2002 Sundance Film Festival ing impairment or are interested in learning Raymond Bordoni was elected Town several reports by the C'..enter for Public Integrity success, wifl be shown Tuesday at 7 p.m. in more about living successfully with hearing of Ithaca Justice. affected or changed public policy. Textor 102. loss. ' A question-and-answer session with The film chronicles the hardships of life All meetings will be hearing accessibl~ This information was incorrect in the Lewis will also be held Tuesday from 3 to on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation at the with captions and induction loops available. Nov. 6 issue 4:30 p.m. in Clark Lounge. The event is spon­ site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in South For more information, contact Liz Beg­ It is The lthacan's policy to correct · sored by the Park Foundation. Dakota. It was made by Cheyenne/Arapaho ley at 274-3734. all errors of fact. Please contact filmmaker and director Chris Eyre, whose pri­ Assistant News Editor Katie Moore Bargain Hunter Heroes to aid or work includes "Smoke Signals" and "Skin­ Professor of higher education at 27 4-3207. walkers." Red Cross Disaster Relief The event is sponsored by the Invisible to offer advice at luncheon Histories Project. Students can avoid the holiday shopping For more information, contact Brooke Ol­ The Staff Development Committee of the rush by purchasing a ticket for ~argain son at 274-1735 or [email protected]. Student Affairs-and Campus Life division will Hunter Heroes, which will take place at Pyra­ host a brown-bag discussion of graduate mid Mall Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Fair to address questions study in education Friday from 11 :30 a.m. A $10 ticket gives exclusive access to the to 1 p.m. in the Conference Room of Cam­ mall and includes free food from the· Cafe of staff and faculty benefits pus Center. Square vendors and special discounts and gift Cathy McHugh Engstrom, associate giveaways at participating merchants. Ithaca College faculty and staff are invited professor of, .higher education at Syracuse Proceeds from the event will benefit the to attend the Fourth Annual Ithaca College University, will talk with students and staff . Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. A list of par­ Benefits Fair today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., interested in master's or Ph.D. level gradu­ ticipating merchants is available at the in Emerson Suites A and B. ate studies in-higher education at Syracuse. American Red Cross of Tompkins County. Representatives from the college's Engstrom is a consulting editor for the "On BY KELLI B. GRANT Special Projects Manager

"For Rent." "Now leasing for the 2004- 2005 academic year." "Rent early and save." Around town, the signs go up in late September - less than a month after most students have moved into their off-campus housing, but just in time for Homecoming and Parents' weekends. Some students already have housing, or are almost finished with the search process. Junior Matt Zielinski found housing earlier this month without much of a hassle. "My friend decided to squat her apartment, and asked me to live with her next year," he said. "I really didn't have any Are phones problems." cable or Inte Other students, like junior Jillian connection i Farmer, are in the midst of their search for off-campus housing. Farmer said she left it to her roommates to do most of the looking. "It seems like there are a lot of options," Farmer said. "I wanted something semi­ close to campus, and to hopefully have my own room." People who have experience with living off campus and the search process had the following pieces of advice for students who are looking to leave South Hill. pper floors Ensuring eligibility ire escape According to Residential Life policy, only vailable for those slated to graduate during the next aca­ droom? demic year are guaranteed' the chance to get off campus. "No one else at this point should be signing any kind of lease," said Housing Coordinator Jen Richardson. "There's no guarantee that they'll be let off campus." Richardson said signing a lease now does' not guarantee or in any way enhance a student! s chances of leaving campus. She said it's also a big risk. If the office does not then approve the student to go off cam- the monthly rent as well as room and board PRIME COLLEGE HOUSING can be found In the thaca area for students who desire for the college. to llve off-campus If they know where to look and how to go about the search.

Explop::ing options Checking out the community had a few days to clean it up," she said. "So T1'ere are numerous housing options Richardson said learning more about a I had all my stuff in my car." available. The types of housing vary great­ new living arrangement is key. She said not While her landlords tried to repair the pre­ ly by configuration, location in the county, ·only will it "yield good connections - many vious tenants• damage, Pease spent 10 days furnishings, utilities cost, benefits and the neighbors are permanent Ithaca residents - staying with a friend in the College Circle most important factor - rent. but also help students get a better idea of Apartments. The Ithacan, The Ithaca Times and The whether the housing is a good option. Landlords can alter a lease before sign­ Ithaca Journal offer classified ad sections for "It's important to get a sense of what ing, so just make sure to get all the changes furnished apartments and houses. Richardson kind of services they've gotten from their fully documented on both your and your said Residential Life also offers several re­ landlord, what are some of the things that landlord's copy of the lease. sources for apartment seekers, including list­ have popped up by surprise," Richardson ings on the office Web site and a bulletin board said. Meeting with the owner or super of openings in the Towers Concourse. Mizerak said she spoke to the building Senior Michelle Mizerak said that Reviewing the lease manager on the phone and then met with although it's hard to find a rental property Students should read the lease careful­ him in person to get a formal tour and ask with all utilities included, students should at ly and have at least one other person look questions. least try to find housing with heat at it, ideally someone who has good "I learned so much more about the prop­ included. knowledge of what a lease should contain. erty that way," she said, adding that it also Mizerak, who lives in an apartment Senior Laura Pease said she learned the helped cement a good landlord-tenant re­ complex downtown, also advised students hard way about reading a lease thoroughly. lationship. to take into account the distance from Pease did not set a strict move-in date, and campus - especially if they don't own a car. w.hen she arrived at the house in August, she For further resources after signing the lease, "In the winter it's hell getting up the hill was told she couldn't ntove in. visit: http://www.ithaca.edu/reslife/OCHand­ if you don't have a car," she said. "The house was destroyed, and they only book.html#Advocacy.

The lea Legal language Leases should include the following information: Security deposit : supervising and maintaining An amount of money, usual­ the rented property, serving • Date of signing ly equal to a month 's rent, as a liaison between the ten­ • Complete names of landlords and tenants • Location of the rental unit paid to the landlord upon ant and landlord. • Length of the lease signing of the lease to be held • Rent (amount, when and ho'w due, penalty for late in trust as security against late Right of entry: payments, circumstances for increase, extra charges rent payments, property Landlord 's right to enter for amenities and utilities) damage or other disputes. dwelling under certain • Security deposit (amount, provisions, return of) Barring incidents, deposit conditions. • Subletting guidelines will be returned at end of • Limit of occupants lease. Liability: • Landlord's rights of access Landlord's and tenant's re­ Guest and pet privileges Super (also known as sponsibilities in cases of • Forbidden items lost, stolen or damaged CARLY CHAMBERLIN/THE ITHACAN • Rules for noise and parties landlord's rep or building property, both that belonging JUNIORS LESLIE KUBICA (left) • Listing of all furniture in a furnished apartment manager): to the landlord and to the and Lauren Slowik sign a lease • Provisions for terminating or renewing the lease One who is responsible for tenant. for an apartment for next year. • Contact information for repairs or emergencies THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 NEWS THE ITHACAN 3 Getting your own place

BY KELLI B. GRANT Special Projects Manager

"For Rent." "Now leasing for the 2004- 2005 academic year." "Rent early and save." Around town, the signs go up in late September - less than a month after most students have moved into their off-campus housing, but just in time for Homecoming and Parents' weekends. Some students already have housing, or are almost finished with the search process. Junior Matt Zielinski found housing earlier this month without much of a hassle. -,' "My friend decided to squat her i apartment, and asked me to live with her next '; year," he said. "I really didn't have any problems." Other students, like junior Jillian Farmer, are in the midst of their search for off-campus housing. Farmer said she left it to her roommates to do most of the looking. "It seems like there are a lot of options," Farmer said. "I wanted something semi­ close to campus, and to hopefully have my own room." · , People who have experience with living I off campus and the search process had the following pieces of advice for students who are looking to leave South Hill.

Ensuring eligibility According to Residential Life policy, only those slated to graduate during the next aca­ demic year are guaranteed'the chance to get off campus. "No one else at this point should be signing any kind of lease," said Housing Coordinator Jen Richardson. "There's no i guarantee that they'll be let off campus." Richardson said signing a. lease now ·1 does' n?t gu~~n~~ ·or in ilby way ·enhance a stwlent?s chances of leavm:g campus. She said it's also a big risk. If the office does not then approve the student to go off cam- ...... j the monthly rent as well-as room and board PRIME LLEGE HOUSING can be found In the thaca area for atudents who desire for the co11ege. to llve off-campus If they know where to look and how to go about the search. l' Expl9~_g options Checking out the community had a few days to clean it up," she said. "So l . ·nere are numef9US housing options Richardson said learning more about a I had all my stuff in my car." _.,\ I available. The types of housmg 'vary· great­ new living arrangement is key. She said not While her landlords tried to repair the pre­ ' j ly by configuration, locatj9n in. the county, 'only will it yield good connections - many vious tenants' damage; Pease spent 10 days ' furnishings, utilities cost, benefits -arid the neighbors are permanent Ithaca residents - t staying.with a friend in the College Circle ◄ most important factor - rent. but also help students get a better idea of Apartments. -· i The Ithacan, The Ithaca Times and The whether the housing is· a good option. Landlords can alter a -lease before sign- I Ithaca Journal offer classified ad sections for "It's important to get a sense of what . ing, so just make sure to get all the changes furnished apartments and houses. Richardson kind of services they've gotten from their fully documented on both your and your said Residential Life also offers several re­ landlord, what are some of the things that landlord's copy of the lease. sources for apartment seekers, including list­ have popped up by surprise," Richardson ings on the office Web site and a bulletin qoard said. Meeting with the owner or super •I of openings in the Towers Concourse. Mizerak said she spoke to the building - i - 1 Senior Michelle Mizerak said that Reviewing the lease manager on the phone and then met with j although it's hard to find a rental property Students should read the lease careful­ him in person to get a formal tour and ask ' · with all utilities included, students should at ly and have at least one other person look questions. 1' least try to find housing with heat at it, ideally someone who has good "I learned so much more about the prop­ included. knowledge of what a lease should contain. erty that way," she said, adding that it also Mizerak, who lives in an apartment Senior Laura Pease said she learned the helped cement a good landlord-tenant re­ i. complex downtown, also advised students hard way about reading a lease thoroughly. lationship. to take into account the distance from Pease did not set a strict move-in date, and campus - especially if they don't own a car. when she arrived at the house in August, she For further resources after signing the lease, "In the winter it's hell getting up the hill was told she couldn't move in. visit: http://www.ithaca.edu!reslife/OCHand­ if you don't have a car," she said. , "The house was destroyed, and they only book.html#Advocacy.

The lease Legal language

Leases should include-the following information: Security deposit : supervising and maintaining An amount of money, usual­ the rented property, serving • Date of signing ly equal to a month's rent, as a liaison between the ten­ • Complete names of landlords and tenants • Location of the rental unit paid to the landlord upon ant and landlord. • Length of the lease signing of the lease to be held Rent (amount, when and ho'w due, penalty for late in trust as security against late Right of entry: payments, circumstances for increase, extra charges rent payments, property Landlord's right to enter for amenities and utilities) damage or other disputes. dwelling under certain • Security deposit (amount, provisions, return of) Barring incidents, deposit conditions. • Subletting guidelines will be returned at end of • Limit of occupants lease. Liability: . • Landlord's rights of access Landlord's and tenant's re­ Guest and pet privileges Super (also known as sponsibilities in cases of • Forbidden items lost, stolen or damaged CARLY CHAMBERLIN/THE ITHACAN • Rules for noise and parties landlord's rep or building property, both that belonging JUNIORS LESLIE KUBICA (left) • Listing of all furniture in a furnished apartment manager): to the landlord and to the and Lauren Slowlk sign a lease • Provisions for terminating or renewing the lease One who is responsible for tenant. for an apartment for next yNr. • Contact information for repairs or emergencies 4 THE ITHACAN THURSDAY~ NOVEMBER 13, 2003 APC defines teaching assi$tants' roles SEVIS details

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pers, providing students the opportunity to ap­ Continued from page 1 proach him with any concerns over the way in which papers are being graded. Although Ithaca College has not yet col­ Sweet said he thinks it is important to lected the fee, a few colleges across the na­ maintain the privacy of student grades and tion have already submitted their international therefore uses student identification num­ students' money to USCIS. bers when TAs grade papers. In a July letter to colleges that had not Senior Michelle Smith, TA for Maria yet collected the fee, program director Jill DiFrancesco's Elementary Spanish II Drury said the government will not allow course, would prefer to communicate international students into the country if more with her professor to ensure that they their colleges do not submit the money to are on the same track. She said, she would SEVIS. like to be more involved in day-to-day pro­ Associate Director of International Student gression of the class. Unlike TAs for other Services Diana Dimitrova said the school has · classes, language TAs only conduct a review not decided how or where the students will session once a week. pay the fee because the amount and payment Betty-JeaRne Reuters-Ward was a TA in schedule will not be finalized until next Julian Euell's Introduction to Sociology month. ·class last year. As such, she held woekly Student Government Association Vice sessions with a group of 20 students where President of Campus Affairs Raquel Wright she reviewed and graded homework. said the SEVIS fee is ridiculous. Reuters-Ward, a senior sociology major, "If the government is taking the initiative said she often graded qualitative homework LARRY WESTLER/THE ITHACAN to start this project, then they should fund it," assignments and essays. She said it was nec­ GERMAN TEACHING ASSISTANT senior Maria Stojanova assists senior Amanda Wright said. "And even if it's going to have essary since the class consisted of 240 stu­ Hick and sophomore Sarah Deane with foreign language skills. a cost, why is it $100?" dents, which would result in too much . Ukranian exchange student Tanya homework for one professor to handle. of her lab assistant in her Introduction to exam do not significantly address the con­ Dovbnya said she understood the fee might Mary Arlin, professor of music and chair­ Psychology course. cerns of the TAs' roles. be necessary but said the government cov­ woman of the APC, said that many profes­ "I don't know if having a sophomore grad­ This initiative to outline the role of TAs ers her fees, so she's not too concerned. sors she has spoken with agree that the roles ing a freshman's work is right," she said. "At came after recent course proposals were pre­ "It's fine as long as ... they think they need of TAs need to be more clearly defined. the same time, I think [the TA] is more un­ sented to the APC. Arlin said that these cours­ it," she said. The new policy will make it clear that derstanding of freshman capabilities." es relied heavily on student assistants and Yukie Okada, an exchange student from TAs cannot have exam material prior to the Stan Seltzer, ass_ociate professor of therefore sparked discussion over the lack of Japan, said the government should be clear examination, photocopy exams prior to mathematics and computer science and the structured rule regarding the roles of TAs. about how it plans to use the money. their administration or enter grades into chairman of Faculty Council~ said that the Arlin believes that outlining the limitations Tanya Saunders, assistant provost and grade books or online. In· addition, TAs goal of the policy is to eliminate extreme of the TAs will aid in improving the educa­ dean of interdisciplinary and international will be prohibited from grading exams, cases where TAs would grade term papers. tional quality at Ithaca College. She said ~tudies, said collections should take place homework and quizzes unless student That doesn't occur often, he said. Ithaca College does not have the same grad­ elsewhere. identi~cation is anonymous and the · One area of the policy that has sparked uate programs there. Those institutions rely "We don't think that college students grading is objective. concern among faculty members is in the more heavily on the use of graduate TAs in should be paying the fee to the college," She said objective grading might use a role TAs play when professors are absent. the classroom and in lessening the load of pro­ Saunders said. "We think the government grading key, so that it .does not require in­ Arlin said the policy states that TAs are ex­ fessors. In instances where the schools use should collect the fee with the visa." terpretation. Grading of term papers or es­ pressly prohibited from leading lectures, graduate students as TAs, she said the same Dimitrova said details about the SEVIS says requires interpretation from the grad­ demonstrating equipment and presenting concerns aren't applicable. payment are still hazy. er so TAs will be prohibited from doing such materials students will be graded upon in The committee and the Faculty Council "Everybody's waiting to see," Dimitrova work. · lQC.,absence of a faculty membet · · ~ Us and n~~~ ~f:-. said. " t's not the kind of thin that mak Freshman psychology major Cassidy Seltzer said he thinks that recent provost 1s presenting 1t to t e college s Noether has mixed reviews about the role changes to eliminate having TAs proctor an gal counsel. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 NEWS THE ITHACAN 5 National search for deans begins BY MARC KLEIN which is granted by the International Asso­ He added that committee members are not conducting interviews. The committees Staff Writer ciation for Management Education. supposed to represent inruvidual departments, will conduct interviews off campus and bring "Fund-raising is going on right now for but the larger school and college. some applicants to Ithaca. The future of Ithaca College will be the building of the new business facility and Committee member Steven Skopik, "Their job is to bring us to the point of determined in the next few months as the so we need somebody who can reach out to professor of cinema and photography, said fa­ bringing the finalists to campus, and then sim­ college launches two national searches to find . the community, to a great extent to fund-raise, miliarity with academics and the media will ply to state what they see as the strengths and new deans for the School of Business and raise awareness and raise the profile of the be an important quality in the new dean. weaknesses of the canrudates," Bardaglio said. the Roy H. Park School of Communications. school," Lewis said. "You want somebody who has a The president and provost will make the The business school's search commjttee In the communications school, Chris grounding in academia and/or media pro­ final decisions after receiving input from the has already begun meeting and plans to Wheatley, search committee member and man­ duction as well as a connection with edu­ committees. begin interviewing canrudates in January. The ager of radio operations, said the school needs cation and the specific administrative chal­ Bardaglio said he hopes that the searches communications school's search committee to find a dean with-a progressive mindset. lenges that go along with it. A person has to will be completed by spring and that the new will meet for the first time today. "Higher education is going through be broadly-skilled," he said. deans will be in place by July. The college has hired the consulting firm tremendous change, and the field of commu­ After the search criteria are established, He added there will be many opportunities Academic Search Consultants, which nications is changing even more rapidly than the search committees are responsible for set­ for the campus community to provide input specializes in upper-level academic searches, the field of higher ed," Wheatley said. "We ting a timetable, reviewing applications and once the finalists for the positions are chosen. to assist in the search for the new deans. The need to embrace change and not be afraid of college used the firm during the 2001-2002 change to keep up with the way the field is academic year in a search that yie~ded Peter going." BUSINESS DEAN SEARCH COMMITTEE Bardaglio, provost and vice president of Junior Kelly McPherson is the student academic affairs. representative on the communications • Gwen Seaquist, associate professor of business administration (chairwoman) The search committees' jobs involve search' committee. Since there is not a jour­ • Olivia Chitete, senior business major working with the consulting firm to devel­ nalism faculty member serving on the com­ • Caroline Cox, director of major gifts . op the job descriptions and qualities need­ mittee, stie is also the only representative of • Wendy Fonder, program assistant, business school ed in the new dean so the search process can the journalism department. • Eric Lewis, associate professor of accounting begin, said Bardaglio. "The new dean needs to be concerned • Paula Mitchell, director of admission "I feel very good about using this with ICTV and WICB and with The Ithacan • Art Ostrander, dean of the music school group," Bardaglio said. "They have a good because these are the programs that set Park • Raquib Zaman, professor of business administration track record in searches in both communi­ above other communications schools," she cations and business school deans." said. The business school has already started Bardaglio said the lack of a journalism COMMUNICATIONS DEAN SEARCH COMMITTEE searching for a new dean. An ad was placed faculty member on the committee is not in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the meant to exclude the department. • Gordon Rowland, associate professor and chairman of OCLD (chairman) committee is awaiting applications. "It's really just a question of math," he said. • Todd Bowers, executive director of development "I'm looking for somebody who has tak­ He said that he and President Peggy R. • Sharon Mazzarella, associate professor and chair of television/radio en a school through the accreditation process Williams worked out a template for commit­ • Kelly McPherson, junior journalism major . that we are going through right now," Eric tees of eight people. He said this will keep them • Rory Rothman, associate vice president for student affairs and campus life Lewis, search committee member and asso­ at a manageable size. They looked for a • Tanya Saunders, assistant provost and dean of interaisciplinary and international ciate professor of business accounting said. tenured member of the faculty in each school studies · Under Dean Howard Ehrlich, the business to be the chair, two odla-.ta.11r.11r&; :;a staff •· Stevat-...... ~ p,otassor of cinema and photography school has been in the process of receiving manber, adean, a siudent mid other IDelllbers · • Ctwistopher Wheatley, manager of radio op8f8tlons the prestigious AACSB accreditation, from die camp.f-~-

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BY GREGORY BEYER And while the association is focused on par- Staff Writer ents, there are benefits to the student popula­ tion as well. For the parents of college students who The Career Development Committee, find it had to resist the urge to pack them- which will allow parents to share information selves in a suitcase and stow away with their about career opportunities and experiences. kid on his way back to school, the college "Many parents are willing to talk with stu­ has provided an alternate - and probably dents about their particular jobs or companies," better - solution. Policello said. The Ith::ra College Parents Association is a Pierce added that many parents have program begun this year that will keep parents proven to be exceptionally generous and said of students informed and encourage them to nike '"1 1 hethqug4.t,'sqm,e1 parents might provide in- aIJ. active role in the college. · temships and recruit-· . Many of the college_'s '' It's great for parents ment opportunities for organizations, such as Ca- students. reer Services, the Office of to know what good "There are a lot ofpar- First Year Programs and the ents out there who are Center for Student Affairs work the students are knowledgeable of particu- deal with students' parents lar careers and have• a lot a great deal, and the asso- doing outside the of access to opportuni- ciation is an attempt- to , , ties," she said. create a program in which classroom too. . And the interest parents parent interests will be the -LYNNE PIERCE have already demonstrated primary focus. Associate Director, Ithaca Fund in student affairs seems to Lynne Pierce is an asso- suggest the plausibility of ciate director of the Ithaca Fund, which sup- those prospects, she said. ported the formation of the new association. · · Although Pierce said the association does She is helping to coordinate the association, have a Parent's fund Committee, soliciting which is still in its early organizational stages. funds is not a primary focus of the group. "It seemed that there was a lot of infor- "In the big pic;ture of the Parent's Associa- mation out there that could be better coordi- tion it isn't that big ·of a component," she said. nated," she said. ''This will allow parents to A reception held during Family Weekend be more actively involved in · students' in October generated- substantial interest education." among parents, and an e-newsletter has also Sharon Policello, director of the First Year stimulated curiosity. Program, said she deals extensively with par- "It's great for pareµts to know what _good ents who are· concerned with and interested in · work the ·students are doing outside the clas&­ . BETHANY DIXON/THE ITHACAN their children's schooling prior to their arrival. room too," she said. A FAMILY FROLICS an-• $111 during Family Weekend 2003. The newly formed She said it seems logical that a partnership Interested parents can contact Pierce at Ithaca College Parents Asao fl 11$11 wffl ive parents an opportunity to keep up with families should be fostered. 27 4-1396. · with their chlldren on campus beyorictlliMllltifll•tlle weekend in October.

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More than half of freSnhten ; fTHACAN ADVISER HONORED come from outside N.Y. state BY ANNE K. WALTERS people from high school at college," first began her college search. News Editor · she said. "I also got to experience l\1~ssengale, an organizational a slightly different culture than in communication, learning and design New York state colleges attract Florida." major, said she heard about the col- more out of state students than any There are currently 6,260 stu- lege through mailings and decided to other stat~ in the country, accord- dents at the college. Approximate- apply for a Park Scholarship. ing to a study by Postsecondary Ed- ly 3,210 students, 51.3 percent, are "As the process went along, I · ucation Opportunity. not from New York. .realized h made sense," she said. Eighty-three percent of those Last semester's data reveal that Re/ceiving the · scholarship students attend private colleges, like the greatest number of .out-of- made a difference in her deci.sion. Ithaca College. . state students can:ie. from New Masse11g~e wpuld have had to deal · Larry Metzger, dean of enroll- Jersey, Pennsylvama:,.-Ma~safhu-;. ,: l w.ith'np(o,ijlv 1:J,'it!:h tuition, but higl!_ ' ment planning, said the percen,~g~, ,. §,e,tts~.~qd Connec 1Jm'. t@·fal~ge' , I aitr1't~pn8~~;ilwell. bY'il-.:iU[ l1 r , of out-of-state students in the.fi~sh~'. · h~f~~~ notable growth in the num- Bringing , students into the n, men class has grown since last year. . ber of students from Illinois, state from other areas also has fi- Thisyear 57 percent of freshmen Texas and Colorado. nancial repercussions for the were not from New York, compared According to the Commission New York economy. The Com- to 54 percent last year. on Independent Colleges aµd _Uni- . mission.on Independent CoUeges "We've been growing," he versities of the 428.,000 stud,eii.ts at- and Univ~rsities estimates t)iat said. "We've made conscious tending college in the state, 68 per- · out-of-state studeQts contribute efforts to recruit students." cent are New Yorkers, 25 percent $1.32 billion to the economy College admissi9ns officers are from out-of-state and 7 percent during four years at college. have traveled throughout the are international students. United States and internationajly to Metzger said he belieye~ on~ of visit high schools and college the greatest aq~antages to J:ia':i11g ·THE STATES THAT . fairs to attract student from a wide students from rriariy areas corri~s in variety of areas, he.s -~d. · the div~rsity of life experiences it .· · SENQ-THE MOST Students from 45 other states, . brings to the college. · ' 1. New Jersey - 567 .st1,,.1d~mts .'. · three U.S. territories'and 69 coun- "It enhances the breadth of per- 2. Pennsylvania - 529 .. tries attend the college. spect~ve that students bring t9 the 3. Massachusetts - 521 , l· , Metzger said he believes it is the quality of the eqµcational ~·nvJ•. · 4, Connectic.ut -306 outstanding quality of the educational ronment," he said'.c, . · .· · · . 5. New HamAshire - 144 institutions in the s~te that has drawn· - Sophomore ' Arianni•. Massen-, so many out-of-state students te> J~e .. gal~, w,ho is froin Anchorage; Alas­ regio11. -. ' _· ka, said, "I have met people who've . ,. THE:STATES THAT Junior Jessica Jaworski, who is . had different lives than I have." SEND THE FEWEs:t· from' Fort Lauderdale, Florida~ Ma~sengale said that although 1 ,; · ,~ ,, : '-' . . w _ .•., ,·• .·. - ,, :, ~EBECCA~~R,DN~R!J;tt~:ITl;iA9'N · said she chose Ithaca College .be- she cannot pinpoint specific dif­ 1 ~Alabama.; _1 student · MANAGER OF STU~ENT PUBLICN'ON.S .Mich • .Serin0Jf 1pr,e- . cause of its film program. She first ferences between people from ·dif­ 2 Nevada-1 sented .. w,ith,, the, Di$tinguish~-F<>ur-:Year: Coll~ .~~paper _ · discovered it when .' researching ferent regions of ~e countrY,, .she 3 North Dakota -1 A~~•.~ ;~v.,~r¢L _fbr .2003 ._ f:'t , the;,_f1~~..,.1 _St_u_~ ,, Medlfl ·. colleges and universitid that had c;loes notice them. · 4 South Dakota -1 Convention in Dallas;:November 7.-T'tM! ·nattonal award tionored . film programs. · She said she did not even consider 5 Louisiana - 2 ·. Serine>' a!!; ~n advl$et 'and advocate for student Journalists~ . '::.,:; · "I avoided tl;le thing of having .. schools on the·East Coast when she ' ~ ·· · " • ' . ' ', • •. ~ ' ; • • ,! f ~·) i ;, : . '. . - ·· \ - ·- • . .. ·; r- . ··, Feelfng I I I SIC. .k? . The Health ··· Center can \

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Environmental Health and Safety Officer • Life safety hazards Doug Gordner. • Conduct code violation Location: A-lot Oct.26 Location: B-lot Summary: Officer reported a vehicle leak~ • Criminal mischief • Computer crimes Summary: Two students judicially referred ing g&soline. Vehicle towed and spill was Location: College Circle parking lot · Location: Emerson Hall for underage possession of alcohol. Patrol cleaned up. Sgt. Steve Yaple. Summary: Caller reported people damag­ Summary: Caller reported a computer on Officer Donald Lyke. · ing parked vehicles. Officer located the indi- the college network sharing copyrighted Oct. 24 viduals respon~ible. Officer arrested one material. One student judicially referred. • Conduct code violation • Criminal possession of stolen property and issued appearance ticket for two Investigator Thomas Dunn. Location: Garden Apartment 27 Location: E-lot counts of criminal mischief for Ithaca Town Summary: One student judicially referred Summary: Parking enforcement officer • Court. Two other students were judicialiy • Medical assist for underage possession of alcohol. Patrol reported a parked vehicle with a lo.st/stolen referred for disorderly conduct. Patrol Location: Fitness Center Officer Dpnald Lyke. parking permit. Vehicle towed and student c;>ffi?9r _Craig Reynolds. Summary: Caller reported person sus­ referred for judicial action.,Sgt. Ronald tained an ankle injury. Officer transported • Conduct code violation Hart. . • Unlawful possession/marijuana student to the Health Center. Patrol Officer . Locatio~n: Garcfen Apartment 27 Location: Hilliard Hall Dirk Hightchew. Summary: In two separate incidents, officer • Making graffiti Summary: Officer reported people with · referred four students for underage posses­ Location: Landon Hall marijuana. Four individuals were restricted • Criminal mischief sion of alcohol. Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. Summary: Caller reported ur:iknow11 per- . _ from campus. Patrol Qffar Erik Merlin. Location: ~-lot _ . sons wrote a·b1as-related/horT_10Phobic Surnmary: Caller reported unknown per­ • Conduct code violation messag~ on r~side_nce ~~I ~oom door. - ; Public leYJdness . sons damaged a parked vehicle. Pending Location: College Circle Building 18 P~nding .~nvestig.ation. Patrol Officer 1;3ruce L~tion:· Col'89e Circle Building 32 investigation~ Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss. Summary: Officer located intoxicated per- _ Holmstock. ., . , . . - Sumn,ary: Two students judic,ialJy referred son. Ambulance transported student to for public urination. Security Officer Michael - Oct. 30 Cayuga-U.,ioal ~ -and the student ~ Larceny Hall. • Found property was judicially referred .for lrrespo,ISlble use Location: Terra.ca 10 _ . Location: West Tower of alcohol. Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss. Summary: Caller reported theft of cash. • Conduct.coc;-._~~uoo ~~: Officer fg.und two keys and Pending investigation.·Patrol Officer Dirk --location: Lyon · _- \ • ~ r turned them fficer • Larceny . Summary: Student transported to the • ~otor vehicle accident Fred Stickane. Location: College Circl~ Community .... Health Center and judicially referred for Location: 0-lot Building· . irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol Officer Summary: Caller: reported atwo-~ Mv'A ,:_ _~· --·:Criminal mischief Summary: Caller reported unknown person Donald Lyke. with property damage. Patrot Officer Jerry ·· ~tion: G-lot . _ · had taken items from office. Pending inves­

Lewis. Summary: Caller reported unknown_per- .· tigation. ~atrol ~ Donald Lyke. 0 ·Nov.1 son.s damaged a park~ vehicle. Pending ~ Criminal mischief • Motor vehicle accident investigation. Patrol Officet Erik Merlin. • Assist other agency Location: College Circle parking lot Location: E-lot Location: All other/Rochester Summary: Caller reported that an unknown Summary: Caller reported a two-car MVA • Unlawful possession/marijuana Summary: Caller reported information . persons had damaged a parked vehicle. with property damage. Sgt. Frederick Location: Boothroyd HalJ regarding harassment that occurred on Oct. Pending investigation: P~trol Officer Thomas. Summary: Officer reported people with 17 at the University of Rochester physical Richard Curtiss. marijuana. Two students judicially referred therapy clinic. Pending investigation. Oct. 25 · for possession of marijuana and two people Investigator Laura Durling. - • Unlawful possession/marijuana • Criminal mischief were restricted from campus. Patrol Officer Location: Lyon Hall Location; L-lot Erik Merlin. • Fire alarm Summary: Officer reported intoxicated $UIT)l'Tl~: QaOer reported unknown per­ Location: Smiddy Hall pars.on with marijuana paraphernalia. sons damaged a parked vehicle. Pending • Criminal mischief - Summary: Fire alarm caused by burned Student was escorted to the Health investigation. Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. Location: College Circle parking lot - popcorn. System reset. Sgt. Steve Yaple. Center ar,d judicially referred for violation Summary: Caller reported unknown per­ of the drug and alcohol policy. Patrol • Condu~ code violation sons damaged a parked vehicle. Pending • Solicitation Officer Donald Lyke. Location: Colleg.e Circle Building 8 investigation. Patrol Officer Craig Location: all campus Summary: Caller reported noise complaint. Reynolds. · Summary: Caller reported people handing • Criminal mischief One student judicially referred for providing out fliers. Officer restricted three people Location: L-lot alcohol tQ minors and _possession of a keg. • Found property _ from campus. Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. Summary: Officer reported unknown per­ Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss. · Location: Terrace 2 - son had damaged four parked vehicles. Summary: Caller found a cell phone and • Computer crimes Pending investigation . .Sgt. Ronald Hart. • Criminal mischief _ turned it over to Public Safety. Location: Terrace 6 Location: Terrace 12 _ _ ; Summary: Caller reported computer on the • Criminal tampering Summary: Officer reported unknown per­ Oct.27 college network sharing copyrighted mate­ Location: L-lot sons damaged a wall. Pending investiga­ -• Found property rials. Student judicially referred. Summary: Officer reported unknown per­ tion. Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss.: Location: Gannett Center Investigator Thomas Dunn. sons let the air out of four tires on a parked Summary: Officer found a watch and turned vehicle. Pending investigation. Patrol • Conduct code violation it over to Public Safety. • Computer crimes Officer Terry O'Pray. Location: College Circle Drive Location: Garden Apartment 26 Summary: Two students judicially referred • Unlawful possession/marijuana Summary: Caller reported computer on the in separate incidents for underage posses­ Location: Hilliard Hall college network sharing copyrighted mate­ KEY sion of alcohol. Sgt. Frederick Thomas. Summary: Caller reported odor of marijua­ rials. Student judicially referred. na. ·Two students judicially referred for pos­ Investigator Thomas Dunn. ABC - Alcohol beverage control law • Medical assist session of marijuana and a controlled CMC - Cayuga Medical Center Location: EastTower substance. Sgt. Keith Lee. • Unlawful possession/marijuana DWI - Driving while intoxicated Summary: Caller reported a person sus.; Location: Terrace 6 IFD - Ithaca Fire Department tained a cut to the hand. Officer transported Oct. 28 Summary: One student judicially referred IPD - Ithaca Police Department the student to Cayuga Medical Center. • Criminal tampering for possession of marijuana and parapher­ MVA - Motor vehicle accident Patrol Officer Richard Curtiss. Location: Lyon Hall nalia. Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. RA - Resident assistant Summary: Officer reported unknown per­ TCSD - Tompkins County Sheriff's • Unlawful possession/marijuana sons maliciously discharged a fire extin­ Oct. 31 - Department Location: Terrace 12 guisher. Pending investigation. Patrol • Criminal mischief V &T - Vehicle and traffic violation Summary: Caller reported the odor of Officer Erik Merlin. Location: College Circle Parking Lot Quote of the week The Ithacan ~...... "I've always said Ithaca College is the THURSDAY NOVEMBER Notre Dame of Division III." 13, 2003 • • PAGE12 ..:.. Mike Kemp, Page 29 p1n·1on Editorials ITS is not to blame Office still coul,d do rrwre wcurb swwdown nformation Technology Services at Ithaca College . has endured a rough fall semester. Clearly, Ithere are recurring problems with the campus com­ puter network, but ITS is not entirely to blame. Throughout the semester, ITS has made an effort to do the best it can .with the resources it has been given. But, even long after the ResNet shutdown in Au­ gust, many students have voiced concerns that ResNet is frequently either unavailable or slow. Students however, must be personally responsible for maintaining the security · of their on-campus Internet connections. A recent petition calling for network reform has been signed by more than 640 stud~nts, but this will not solve anything. Those same 640 students could solve more problems by dean­ ing viruses off their own computers with the ITS-of­ fered software and encouraging others to do the same. One way to do this is to attend the open forum be­ ing . held today at noon in Textor 103 to discuss ResNet. This should prove to be an effective gauge of student concern and should provide ITS with in­ sight to students' needs. More can be done to improve the campus comput­ er netwmx - the netwmx should be secure enough that viruses on individual student computers should not af­ Letters fect the connection of every student on campus. But, before anything productive can be accom­ plished, students must clean up their computers and Well-deserved praise U.S. public to withdraw its support for in 1994 and sued yet again by the Aus­ ITS must keep an open mind to student concerns. the war. Harper warns that a loss of U.S. tralian Competition and Consumer . Being an adviser to a college news­ nerve after the 1983 killing of 241 Commission in 1999. Each time, Vec­ paper is a thankless job. The adviser of­ Marines in Beirut led to the attacks of tor agreed to stop its fraudulent recruit­ Don't jeopardize Jug ten takes responsibility for the publica­ Sept. 11. He concludes that leaving Iraq . ing. The 19()9 suit was just four years ago tion's failures, but usually gets none of now will lead to increasing attacks on this and Vector even achnitted to fraud - nine Annual rivalry must be kept under control the credit for its successes. The adviser country. The logic of Harper's argument years after it agreed with the Arizona At­ Cortaca Jug weekend bas become an excuse for has to care about quality, professional­ may be countered by providing a different torney General to stop. students from neighboring Ithaca College and Cort­ ism and budgets, even when 1he students timeline, fi:Jrcwwpk;, oaethlt--widl' .• ·· Aacl&ldi ...... land State to bash each other for reasons even few who run the paper do not. And, perhaps the CIA's support of Osama bin is the best information available to show locals can remember. most importantly, the adviser is the cus- Laden's activities in Afghanistan during how much the average Vector recruit re­ Students from both schools must curb their . todian of a newsppper 's legacy - the one the 1980s. Or, we can suggest that Harp­ ally makes. The Wisconsin consumer . boorish behavior and_focus their pride on the game, constant as editors, staff and even design er ignores the complexity and multiplicity protection department surveyed 940 not on the consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. change from year to year. of human motives, as well as their un­ Vector recruits in 1992 and found that al­ It is a shame that a large number of students purposely Manager of Student Publications intended consequences. Harper's per­ most half either earned nothing or lost get up early on Cortaca Saturday for the sole purpose Michael Serino has been the steady hand suasiveness, however, emerges not money working for Vector, and workers of drinking heavily before attending the game. guiding this newspaper for the past.eight from his logic, but rather from his per­ in that state earned less than $3 a day on This year, the Cortaca Jug game is for more than years. He has given hundreds of students sonal account as a witness. The key claim average selling cutlery for Vector. just bragging rights: If the Bombers defeat the Red the encouragement they need to run an is that during his 20 years of observing Dragons on Saturday, they're certain to move on to independent newspaper that covers the death and destruction in the Middle East, CHAD HASSELIUS the playoffs - with the Stagg Bowl in their sights. campus week in and week out. And the one event that left him in disbelief Students Against Vector Students should enjoy themselves and pay attention although Michael ensures his students are was the Beirut bombing. We can accept . Exploitation member to the game. If they do plan to party, they should be the face and voice of The Ithacan, the pa­ the sincerity cflhis claim and still won­ responsible and save it for after the Bombers win. per would not be the success it is with­ der if his disbelief was the result of be­ Dangerously irresponsible behavior could out his tireless support. Michael is an in­ ing so close to such a gruesome scene, jeopardize the traditionally lenient attitude toward sightful teacher, an unceasing advocate, or whether it emerged instead from wit­ SEND A LETTER Cortaca fans of both law enforcement and the college. a surrogate parent and a true friend to all nessing the death of fellow citizens. In So, this Saturday, as the football team valiantly students .who work at The Ithacan. He two decades of reporting, Harper must The Ithacan welcomes corre­ vies for the Cortaca Jug, remember that too much sometimes projects a gruff facade, but he have observed the death and destruction spondence from all readers. extreme behavior could put a great day on the line. cares deeply and passionately for his stu­ of a few Middle-Easterners. If so, was Please include your name, phone number, year of gradua­ dents and The Ithacan. Michael does not he not also a witness to their deaths? Do tion and/or your organization­ just work at The Ithacan - he works for such lives have less value? Does de­ al or college title/position. it and for the students who put it together. valuing the lives of others create dang~rs Letters must be 250 words or That is why we, editors emeriti of The here? Would Harper's call for a debate less and signed and submitted Ithacan, want to ta.lee this opportunity to welcome such questions? in writing or through e-mail congratl;llate our friend and mentor by Monday at 5 p.m.for publi­ Michael Serino for being named the NAEEMINAYATULLAH cation. The Ithacan reserves ltliacanFounded in 1931 www.ithaca.edu/ithacan Distinguished Four-Year College Associate ·Professor of Politics the right to edit letters for Newspaper Adviser for 2003 by the length, clarity and taste. JOE GERAGHTY NORIA LITAKER Editor in Chief . Assistant Sports Edit~r College Media Advisers. This recogni­ Vector Marketing fa<$ CAITLIN CONNELLY CARLY CHAMBERLIN tion, coming from his peers nationwide, Managing Editor Photo Editor ANNE K. WALTERS REBECCA GARDNER is truly deserved and should be recog­ After reading ·your article "Vector News Editor Assistant Photo Editor nized and celebrated. Michael accepted ads confound job seekers," I thought I'd KATIE MASLANKA LARRY WESTLER Assistant News Editor Assistant Photo Editor the award at the College Media let you know that here is a nationwide KATIE MOORE TIANI VELTRI Convention in Dallas Friday, Nov. 7. So group of students that have rallied to­ Assistant News Ediior Design Editor NATHAN E. WILSON CHRISTA LOMBARDI when you see him stalking around cam­ gether to oppose the deceptive recruit­ Opinion Editor Chief Cof!y Editor pus brandishing his umbrella, stop · ing tactics of Vector Mru-keting and EMILY BROWN NATALIE LYONS Accent Editor Chief Proofreader him, congratulate him and thank him for some other facts relevant to the story. Read STACEY COBURN TIFFANY RUSSELL his earnest efforts at The Ithacan. He Students Against Vector Exploitation Assistant Accent Editor Sales Manager ELIZABETH QUILL KATIE FOX-BOYD might scowl at you, but he will be was founded in June 2003, and we have Assistant Accent Editor Business Manager secretly touched. been working to get the word out about CHARLIE ELLSWORTH MICHAEL SERINO The Ithacan Sports Editor Manager of Student this company's shady side. Cornell Publications ROBERT B. BLUEY '01 University's student newspaper did a sto­ MICHAEL W. BLOOMROSE '02 ry on us just a couple weeks ago. You Online. Mailing addn!ss: 'lf,9 Roy H. Padc Hall, Ithaca College, lthaca,N.Y., 14850-7258 KYLIE YERKA '02 can find us online, along with several oth­ Telephone: (607) 274-3208 Fax: (607) 274-1565 ELLEN STAPLETON '03 er Web sites by former Vector workers E-mail: [email protected] World Wide Web: www.ithaca.edu/ithacan Former editors of the The Ithacan on the subject, including an online peti­ Online 11111Dqer: Eric Wopdbury, ClassUled manqer: Hallie Shere, www.ithaca.edu/ithacan Calendar manqer: Ana Liss tion to "stop the scamful ways" of Vec­ tor Marlceting with over 1flOO signatures. Single copies of The Ithacan are available free of charge from authorized · Argument is flawed distribution points on the Ithaca College campus. Multiple copies and mail ~ Vector was sued by ·the Arizona At­ subscriptions are available from The I~an office. Please call for rates. Christopher Harper worries that the torney General in 1990, ordered by the mounting death toll in Iraq will cause the state of Wisconsin not to deceive recruits THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 OPINION THE ITHACAN 13 Trying to:make-a liying Just a in the City of Angels Thought In August I moved to a city with a 6.7 percent unemployment rate located in a Don't blame McJobs bankrupt state that, · at the time of my relocation, was embroiled. irl a costly on Ronald McDonald gubernatorial debacle that had every other state in the union laughing. My primary Do you have a McJob? That is, do objective: to find a job. you think you 're stuck in a monotonous, Like so many others who have made the minimum-wage position that involves pilgrimage to Los washing dishes, folding sweaters, or Angeles, (you are hard asking, "Would you like pressed to find a native fries with that?" If so, L.A.-er), I sought the:: 1blame your, ~ictionary, excitement ·of a fast­ 6ecause McDonald's and paced life in the other dead-end-job innovative mecca of the employers certainly world. And fast-paced don't have anything to is what I got. While you -do with it. may hear stories of the According to the most recent edition of JOE laidback California Merriam-Webster's PASTERIS lifestyle, in my opinion, L.A. moves quickly. . EMILY CollegiateDictionary, Guest Writer Upon arrival, I dido 't PAULSEN a McJob is "a low- know how to get anywhere. A simple paying job that attempt at grocery shopping often turned requires little skill and provides little into a journey through parts unknown that COURTESY OF JOE PASTERIS opportunity for advancement." Although lasted hours as I struggled to cross freeway LOS ANGELES, known for devouring aspiring young professionals, can be a tough the word has been around since the mid­ lanes, make left turns and simply place to place to find a ;ob, especially In today's slow economic climate. ' 80s, it didn't make its way into · remember how to get back to my house. Webster's until last summer. Since then, But I learne

CilJUe.ofth~. . · . 1 1 • . ~ •r, ,,, ; . . .''T~le-visioo.Wee.Jc." . l: called, left my so~ethingverysped~'.Theytoospenttime description of McDonald's itself, · but In the meantime, I beca~e a frequent customary v.oicemail message and hoped to atop Sou,th Hill. that's beside the point). Cantalupo went N{~j!9.I,._oj.jpb, s~~r,<;)1_,Wel?,;Site,s, checking . h,~¥ b~ck; Al)out.t,wo hou,rs late,r, I :was on . . ._. . . _ . . ! .. on to sing the tast-~ocxl industry's prai~es, ·thonl,alinot,WIQUl'ly:in-Mpim4Ml •l ~ould, 1he- phone: with-.,Alex Belr"-Bl~ ediaof.of , JQe ,Pasteris .'.U3 ,holds alHichelor 's degree cleiming ~ .ia bu PtVvidod ~ be the first to respond to a new job posting. -''TelevisionWeek" and, by a simple twist of in · photo journalism. E-mail him at opportunities for scores of workers. Searching the Internet, making phone fate, a 1968 graduate of Ithaca Collegf· We [email protected]. Despite his conspicuously positive (1 outlook, I doubt that many people are rushing anxiously into burger-flipping . careers. How many people really want to spend their lives in service jobs, The Way particularly fast-food service jobs, which are generally low-paying, tedious and degrading? These jobs I See It subject workers to lousy hours and working conditions, while rewarding them with barely livable wages and Leadership retreat hardly any job security. Of course, most McJobs aren't intended to' be lifetime careers. They're exceeds expectations often part-time positions filled by high school and college students, most of Coming, N. Y. is a small city realization and acceptance of whom rely at least partially on their by most people's standards, but prejudices each of us has, no parents for financial assistance. Though it is a place that will hold special matter-how opeq-minded one every one from single parents to elderly meaning for me for the rest of may tbink he or she is. adults is resorting to McJobs to make my life. It is in this tiny town It .is extremely difficult to ends meet, many of us college students that I made 40 new friends in expose the things we strive most COURTESY OF SUE VAN DE VOORDE are especially familiar with these lousy less than three days. not to be in ourselves, and I FRESHMAN KRISTEN LEISING and sophomore Handrix Mabaya temporary jobs. The Cross-Cultural ~----~ learned things I never worked together to understand diversity last weekend. After a few short years in food s~rvice Leadership Retreat, would have discovered saw things in myself that I never as a family, one with which I and other McJobs, few of us are willing hosted by the Center for otherwise. I accepted had before. I found things I was willing to share things to spend the rest of our lives employed at Student Leadership and prejudices I hold against •wanted to change and things I about myself. With these people Wal-Mart, Old Navy or McDonald's. Involvement and the people of my own hated about myself. I truly I had known for two days, I Realistically, many· of us actually come I /, I Office of Multicultural · background, as. well as r,ealized that no. matter how discussed subjects I find hard to to college in a sort of desperation, hoping Affairs, took place in those of other cultures. open-minded and selfless one talk about around people I have that college degrees will spare us from Coming last weekend. Culture does, after wants to be there is always known my entire life. lifetimes of McJobs. It was a gathering all, encompass every room to improve. This was an experience I But maybe service jobs aren't really of Ithaca College · aspect oflife, not solely , That night, as many ofus had wouldn't give up for the world so bad. Cantalupo claims that we're students from varied race and ethnicity. the prior evening, we had time and I would do it again in a simply arrogant and condescending, that RACHEL backgrounds, cultures, That first day I learn­ for informal discussion at a heartbeat. What I learned from our loathing for fast-food employment is JOHNSON religions and almost ed so much that I lo<;al pizzeria. Some of these my peers was something that I just a slap in the face for hardworking Guest Writer any . other difference never even considered talks with other participants could never get anywhere else service employees. However, it seems to one can contemplate. important previously. However, were the most rewarding of the and it is already being put to me that there's a bit more to it. Thirty-one students, six peer by Saturday it became obvious whole weekend. use on campus by those who The term "McJobs" was not devised leaders and four Ithaca College we all still had far to go. l;be level of openness among attended. by a group of fast-food employee haters staff members took part in this Saturday brought an entirely us wai; incredible, an atmosphere The CCLR experience will at Webster's. As shocking as this may retreat.· I only knew one other different approach to cultural that is hard to recreate in normal remain an important part of my see!ll, McDonald's, like many other individual attending. Many education. We played a game social interactions. We were able -life and is the reason I will never McJob employers, has thousands of others were ·in the same position called "Star Power," during tQ qq.estion others as well as forget the instruction I received workers in low-paying, dead-end jobs. as I, and a few had already met. which class and power were ourselves without fear of and provided in one short Does it even matter if Webster's The first day began with demonstrated, and almost any reproach or insult. If someone weekend in Coming, N.Y. recognizes a word that recognizes this icebreakers, followed by topic could be correlated to asked, a question it was to learn, problem? National Coalition Building what we learned. not to-offend. Rachel Johnson is a sophomore Institute (NCBI) training. It was an · incredibly We developed a sense of sociology major. E-mail her at These workshops promoted the influential exercise for me - I COIIlll\unity ancl came, together. • [email protected]. . 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Russia, about 200 jugglers traveled to floor, JuggleFest attendees did just that. Be­ a bowling ball Staff Writer Ithaca to share their love of tricks, tosses, side the entrance, a man stooped down to it on his face. shows and stunts. teach a group of three excited children how World record-holding jugglers Vova and The games were iµready beginning, and The festival included open juggling, to juggle scarves. Pinks and yellows hovered Olga quickly maneuvered a handful of balls it was only 10 a.m. Saturday at Cornell's professional workshops and a performance above them as they cheerful!y tossed - and between them with their left hands as they Bartels Hall. One man stretched worn arms at the State Theatre Saturday night. Most im­ dropped - each sheer cloth. simultaneously played difficult numbers on as another jogged easy laps around the As­ portant, the festival fostered a tight-knit A young man stood staring intensely at the the piano with the right. And Ivan Pecel troTurf perimeter. Across the Richard M. environment for learning and sharing. miniature performers, a club in each hand. wowed audience members with rings, balls Ramin Room, a young woman opened a Sixty-six-year-old professional juggler He looked from the joyful jugglers to his own and a hatchet. large, dark duffle bag, extracting clubs that Jackie Erickson shared his 24 years of ex­ two hands and tossed, for what looked like For jugglers like Erickson, the night-time . looked like -' bowling pins and · a set of perience with ,novices at _a workshop ii! the the first time, two bright clubs before him. · performance was an. amazing product· of brightly colored balls like magic .tricks afternoon. A former teacher, professional Clunks ano thuds and ·plinks and thwacks lessons and patience. Jen Slaw, a student he from a hat. Music thumped, diablos tumbled bowler, basketball player and soccer refer­ echoed in the chaos, and colored objects said he took under his wing when she was and a green-haired unicyclist crossed the ee, the Philadelphian said he noti,ced at age streaked through the air. 14, performed a sultry but stylish three-ball_ room. 42 that his physical abilities were declining. Cornell senior Nicholas Burlett, treasur­ number - as the 2002 International Jugglers This circus-like spectacle was the seventh He decided he wanted to find a way to stay er of the Cornell Juggling Club, stood at the Association three-ball champion. annual Big Red JuggleFest, sponsored by the, active following his retirement. front table, gazing out at the jubilant crowd. "He taught me everything I know," Slaw Cornell Juggling Club last weekend. From "I wanted to be able to do something when He remembered ·the excitement of learning said. Oswego, Philadelphia, California and even I was 85," he said. the juggling skill. In seventh grade, he con­ He began looking through "The Ency­ structed makeshift cardboard tubes as devil clopedia of Sport" and found juggling, _so he sticks. sought out a teacher. Today, Erickson "My friend and I didn't have any money, teaches others - he estimated 10,000 to but we wanted to try them," he said. "We had 15,000 people in his lifetime. He said jug­ fun and decided to actually go out and get glers tend to be highly educated - most have real ones." · their master's degrees - and_that's why he Moving from cardboard to clubs, fire and -~ loves teaching them. even knives, Burlett used festivals, shows and Known professionally as Mr. E, clubs like Corneil's to learn skills Erickson engages workshop audi­ from others and build his repertoire . ences like the one at JuggleFest. of tricks. · · And when he sends three white "It's a good way to relieve balls cascading from hand to stress, have fun, be creative," he said. hand, the motion is so But when it comes time to organize a fes­ smooth that attendees don't tival, Burlett knows the no-stress factor can .. ~ven notice the aged hands disappear. He and the club's president, that move therri,. Adam Benlifer, spent the last two and a half After more!,han two decades of practice, months putting JuggleFest together - a task Erickson said tffese workshops are stress-free. they said cost more money than they had "This fs like shooting fish in a barrel," he available. said. · ' The club members had to apply for fund- · "But for n:ewer jugg~~rs. the skills Erick­ ing from Cornell, and they weren't sure they son te~hes ·can be mote difficult. would receive the money until October. With Ithaca College sophomore Jim Klimek, an event that costs about $5,000, Benlifer said member of the Cornell Juggling Club, has been Cornell's financial contributions were vital, juggling for eight years ;- a relatively short but they didn't even pay for the entire festi­ amount of time comparep to Erickson. val. The club - and sometimes individuals "I just got five balls in the air two years who want to keep the balls flying - helped ago, so generally, that's pretty recent," he said. fund JuggleFest. His new best trick is even more advanced. "My sophomore year, we laid personal When Klimek holds two wooden sticks con­ money on the line and were lucky enough to nected to each other by a piece of string, he make it back," Burlett said. can whip an hour-glass shaped device Though admission to the festival is called a diablo into the air from behind his free, the show at the State Theatre• back and tJien catch it again - a real audi­ brings in some revenue. But Burlett .· ence-pleaser, Klimek said. said the high-quality performers the Klimek said events like JuggleFest give club usually enlists are worth the per- . jugglers the opportunity to showcase these sonal donations. interesting tricks and learn new ones from Ithaca's own Skinny German Juggling MEGHAN MAZELLA/THE ITHACAN others. Boy, Hilby, was the master of ceremonies at MEGHAN MAZELLA/THE ITHACAN LEE KOLINSKA SWIRLS a ball around an "It's just picking up something new and the State Theatre this year. He provoked FLIPPING STICKS, Nathan Chun fumbles umbrella, demonstrating the variety of trying to do it," he said. laughter with his three Chinese box juggling a dlablo, like many who tried tricks for the stunts that are considered juggling. Across the expansive Ramin Room routine and awed the audience by catching first time at the Jugglefest workshops. 16 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Accent Students meet in cyber spac.e BY EMILY MILLER themselves are the basis of Friendster's appeal_ - Sl)e stopped using the ser.. On Staff Writer It is through these profiles that a person can ·· y~.after her Hebrew class. connect to a .friend's profile and have access "_'· finished because of a hlck·of. A nervous Mike Prentice entered the ABC to that friend's friends, and so on. The site ,. intere$t.. and time~~- ,·She \also Cafe in Collegetown to have brunch with a ?perates on the_. assumpti~n th_at shared :, : ~ $at s~_,fsn'f~~ ii!,, local female student whom he had never met in mterests make for good relat10nsh1ps. , •' ,:..,us11;1g the lp~et f9.t Uie ~ : , ,.. person. It was over fruit salad and omelets that Students also find Friendster.com to be .. ,_. · '" ·. J?Q~trof_~ti.J!gj J~w ~~i;? Prentice's anxieties faded as he and his date c~nvenien~ fo~ just staying connected with close · · \ :0:Al~u&tf;i}·,:: H~f··" discussed shared interests in person rather than friends or getting to know someone better whom , t4lk~to~:I;e~'9ll- ·· through e-mail. they have met · in person through a · ·~te!~ j y~ she In January, Prentice took time off from mutual friend. 4i<;fu•t•Jmow, because Cornell University to work. He was having a dif­ Junior Emily Mietz uses Friendster.com to ficult time meeting new people, so he decided to keep in touch with friends and to meet new ones. JOY _BOSTROM try his luck on Yahoo! Personals. Months ~r he " ou kind of kno oq1eon.e and you want PHYSICAL THERAPY had forgotten all about his personals foray, he · ' · · · ,,.. · · ect them as received a response and began getting to kn 2005 his current girlfriend. Hometown: Schwenksville, "It's a good way to, I guess, pre LARRY WESTLER/THE ITHACAN Penn. people," he said. "And it's a good w of their shared passion for drumming, it never went people to know right away what your inte further than talking through posts on the Web site. If you could change and you know right away what their intere · oking "I didn't meet him or anything, nothing like Ithaca's mascot, what Plus, the biggest advantage is that you both ith all that," Homing said. "And that would kind of I would the new mascot be? t< that each other's looking [for someone to· ii- y find creep me out anyway." Ithaca Steakheads. Taking services like Yahoo! Personals Iti sing in Like Homing, Eric Lears '03 has not .l adding an innovative twist, Friendster.c :7 . bought into all the hype. While Lears finds What's the nicest thing emerged on the Internet scene in March. Thi · .com 1s an Friendster.com an amusing way to pass the time your roomate's ever-done new online craze serves as a place for people 'gles who are at work, he considers the Web site absurd. for you? to meet new friends and potential dates lo antic interests. "It's not the most convenient way to meet · She stole me candy apples through mutual friends in their onlihe "net- Ace f'''it has more than someone," Lears said. "I have my friends in real from the dining hall: works." Those outside of peo­ 500, elp people cultivate life to keep me company." ple's networks of friends are real relat Lears does use Friendster.com as another way Do you have your bets on not allowed to contact them, Senior \ 'nden uses Jdate.com to stay in touch with his friends from college. Cortland or tthaca? making the Web site safer mainly beca.~s graduating this spring. "It's just funny to comment on each other's Ithaca, 54-0. and more intimate. "I don't know where in the country I'm pasts and joke about college," Lears said. Profiles listing going to be," Linden said. "It's cool to get People interested in · checking out What's the worst song to members' favorite to know people from all over the place. It's Friendster.com, Jdate.com, Yahoo! Personals or wakeup to? bands, movies and easy. It's an automated way to find people similar Web sites should be aware, however, that I think the really annoying descriptions of with the same interests as you." these services could lead to time rapidly beep is the worst of all. Jdate.com has also been used as a teach­ slipping away and days filled with sitting in ing device. Sophomore Amanda Homing used isolation, scanning strangers' profiles. Where's the best place to the Web site last semester in her Hebrew class. "They're addictive," Linden said. "I mean, go on a date in Ithaca? Horning?s teacher had the class use it as a it's a harsh word. They're addictive in the same I don't realty go out on dates resource because users' profiles are written in -way that playing Freestyle on the computer is ... but if anyone wants to both Hebrew and English. They accessed addictive or talking on AIM. I've definitely show me the hot spots ... Jdate.com to learn Hebrew words to describe browsed through any of those and kind of 1 , physical features and hobbies. forgotten to do my hom.ework." I •

This guy had the right idea - he's a1rea~1donated to .the Share the warmth campaign! Help those who might not have wam, clothing this winter season by donating• vo.u dQ.nt need. ' "=:, TIIE,0£ei/J Where: Donation Bins will be located in the INST ANT llYE TIUlt As you are home over campus center Lobby, Muller center, CHS, 607-273-4497 ThanksgMng Break the Student Activities Center. Park Lobby, Saturday, November 15th at 8pm sorting through all the Music SChOOI, Laundry rooms in the State Theatre, 107 W. State Street, Ithaca those wann clothes Terraces/Towers/GardenS/Circtes and TV Tickets ON SALE NOW at T10ket Center at the Clinton House to bring back, Lounges In QuadS/Emerson. For more info visit: www.statetheatreofithaca.com remember to grab that item you no When: Bins Will be available from longer wear.and November 17thto December Stti, last donate it to this collection at 3pm pn the 5th; great cause! For more information contact the community service Program at [email protected] or 274-1380. Sinalltown home to grand canyon BY STACEY COBURN Assistant Accent Editor ing down forebidding, never mind taking the leap. Pine tree-covered slabs of land jut in Clusters of tourists tuck brochures in front of each other, extending into their pockets, peer through binoculars and meandering oblivion. hover around the edge of the lookout point's The sound of the remaining leaves railing. This isn't the top of the Empire State rustling against each other is accompanied by Building or the Space Needle. It's the top a low growl coming from within the canyon. of the East Coast's lesser-known "Grand The digestive hum is caused by the wihd, which Canyon" in early November. The scene echoes inside the depths. should be as dead as the leaves that blan­ Visitors have the option of reversing their ket the ground on this sub-freezing day, but view by taking the one and a half hour hike instead, it's buzzing with smiling couples, to the bottom of the canyon on the Turkey young families and friends. Path Trail. The three mile trail offers While taking a trip to Arizona's Grand cascading waterfalls, moss covered rocks and . Canyon would require extensive plan­ groves of trees. ning, several tanks of gas and more than a A thin, stony road follows the winding few days of missed class, students and fam­ stream at the bottom. The water laps ilies from this part of the country can trav­ against the flat rocks above the surface. The el just more than two hours to the Penn­ feeling of vertigo returns only when looking sylvania Grand Canyon, also known as the at the top of the canyon. The steep hike back Pine Creek Gorge. makes Buttermilk Falls seem like the walk Gorges are no mystery to students from from Hammond Health Center to the Ithaca, but they won't find daredevil peers Campus Center Dining Hall, but there are jumping. off this 1,450 foot drop. Viewers can frequent rest stops where climbers can sit on take in a vast expanse of rolling land, a shal­ benches inscribed with couples• names and low torrent of water and a few scattered hous­ admire the changing view. es the size of peanuts. This makes even look- For visitors who can't spot a soaring ea­ gle or vulture on their hike down the canyon, Animaland, located less than a mile from the canyon, can help them increase their daily nature intake. The zoo has staples like black bears, leopards and monkeys as' well as more exotic animals like kangaroos, buffalo and emus. After seeing the sights that nature offers, guests can see how humans have turned Wellsboro, Pa., into a tourist attraction. The name of nearly every store, restaurant, campground or park makes use of some kind of pun on Canyon Country or calls it­ self "Wellsboro's finest." The town i s lo­ cated 12 miles from the canyon, and its business owners are proud of their town's national natural landmark, officially des­ ignated as such in 1968. Racks of postcards and souvenir T-shirts and hats sit in the cor­ ners of small shops along the downtown's KATE TOMLINSONrrHE ITHACAN Main Street. THE PANORAMIC VIEW of the Pine Creek Gorge is Wellsboro's greatest tourist Th~ main clrag.is packed with similar shops, attraction. The 10- mile stretch of land was named a national natural landmark in 1968. towering stone churches and historic buildings. Founded in 1806, the town pays homage to its ly ca}Jed the Sterling Diner, the entirely­ language, according to the movie "Donny past with statues of its writers and politicians, porcelain dining car was made in 1938 by Darko"), also boasts an impressive collec­ signs signifying landmarks and town events, the J.B. Junkins Co. in Merrimac, Mass. With tion of pottery, china, crystal, ornaments and like the annual "fabulous 1890s weekend" in its row of faux red leather stools facing the figurines. The distinctly sweet smell of Yan­ September and the "Wellsboro 's Dickens of a kitchen and bus station, the crowded diner kee Candles mixed with the fresh scent of Christmas" celebration on Dec. 6. seems to have been cut out of a Norman cedar accompanies two floors of parent­ Wellsboro is one of those towns where Rockwell painting. Regular customers, friendly gifts. chain stores like Eckerd and Subway blend homemade butterscotches enclosed in glass While Wellsboro makes Ithaca look like in with the l9Cally owned stores because they· jars and a metal-rimmed clock enhance the a bustling metropolis, the canyon contin­ are smaller and don't have flashy signs. It all old-fashioned atmosphere. ues to draw people from hours away even KATE TOMLINSON/THE ITHACAN gives the town a rustic, old-fashioned, New Another self-proclaimed "Wellsboro when the weather is chilly. Visitors can TAKE A HIKE: Wendy and Andrew England look. Delight" is located next to the diner at 17 warm up inside the reasonably priced Dubois pause during the challenging One restaurant that stands out, however, Main St. The Cellar Door (the most beau­ restaurants and easily find souvenirs to re­ hike back up to the top of the canyon. is the "famous" Wellsboro Diner. Previous- tiful combination of words in the English member their hike.

flow t01get ther;e: • Get ~n-13 ~ (heading toward ·).. · W Painted .Post/WDliamsport Wegmans}- • Take the ramp toward Gang Mills/ • Continue tcSward Route 17 followlng Williamsport ,_ signs for West Corning/Jamestown • Take a left onto US-15 S • Continue 011 the Southern Tier Express­ • US-1-5 S becomes PA-287 .: way Continue· on US-6 '! - Continue -011 Route 17 W · _'. • -eonjihae ·on Mtio,Slreet, ~entering • Route 17 W becomes 1-86 W downtown Wellsboro • Take us-1ss _ ~ • Follow signs to continue on Route 660 • Take exit number 44, toward Route 417 W·to get to the Pennsylvania Grand I I ' 'I 18 THE ITHACAN ACCENT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 'I

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 ACCENT THE ITHACAN 19 Waiting for _sunset Muslims sacrifice food and focus on faith

BY MATTHEW QUINTANILLA such a small. Muslim population is more Contributing Writer difficult than not eating during the day. Although she now plans to stay here, she Before the sun comes up over Pakistan has thought about transferring. during the month of Ramadan, Muslims "It's kind of difficult because there's not wake up and eat their first and only meal a large community, and there's not a lot of of the day. When he was young, Zeeshan support for Muslim students," Waajid said. Salahudin 's mother would wake him up for "At Cornell, because the:r:e's already an suhoor and send him back to bed. established Muslim nucleus of some sort, Throughout the day, Salahudin would go people aren't as apprehensive about coming to school where all of the students there would out and observing it. Everything is a strug­ not eat again until sunset, at which time they gle, but you make it work." would break the fast with the Iftaar meal. Waajid said Juma'ah prayers are held for Now, as a senior at Ithaca College, -Muslims at Muller Chapel every Friday at Salahudin does Ramadan a little differently. 1 p.m. She founded the Muslim Student "Here, of cour~e, there is no mom and Association on campus last year to bring life is insane, so I don't really get to do any Muslims together and provide education to of that," Salahudin said. "My primary way the entire ·student body about the religion and of fasting is eating whatever I can at the culture. When two of the four executive dinner time, as late as aboutmidnight,-on board members graduated at the end of last days I choose to fast." year, the group ceased to exist. Salahudin said that while his Muslim Waajid said the media's misrepresenta­ faith is part of his heritage, he finds it tion of Islam misinforms some students. She difficult to bring all of the parts of his faith counters the negative perception with her here to the college. own insight on the religion. "Ithaca isn't exactly the best place to "There's a lot of people who get their celebrate Ramadan because there aren't information from the media, which is that many Muslims," Salahudin said. skewed," Waajid said. "I think the most He said there are fewer than 30 Muslims important thing is getting real information out REGINA DEMAURO/THE ITHACAN on campus. there from the Muslim perspective, rather CORNELL STUDENTS BREAK their fast yesterday after sunset in Anabel Taylor Hall. Following the lunar calendar, the holy than from a sensationalized story with month of Ramadan started this year Oct. 26 other motives." them, 'No, not before sunset,"' Enayet said. God made this rule because he wants to at sunset. Ramadan marks the month when the Junior Sabik Enayet, an intel]lational "The only problem I have is when I see punish us, but to realize that we have prophet Muhammad revealed the Quran, the student _from Bangladesh, had worried other people eating and I feel like eating." people who do suffer." religious text that guides the Islam faith. about his classmates' reactions to his faith, Abstaining is not about punishment, but Ramadan isn't only about sacrificing food During the month, Muslims who follow but has since found _ Ithaca to be more sacrifice, Enayet said. and removing vices. Waajid said this month the tradition abstain from all food or drink, accepting than most places. "People actually think it's pretty harsh that is also used for giving back to the commu­ as well as smoking, sexual activities and Enayet, who is fasting for the entire month I'm having to fast, and that maybe it's not nity and focusing on one's spiritual life, which backbiting or other. negative arguing, from of Ramadan, said living off campus has made right on my religion's part that they're mak­ includes reading the entire Quran. sunrise to sunset. his practice a little more difficult. ing me do this," Enayet said. "This is an op­ "It's a time to re-center yourself," Junior Malikah Waajid fasts during "I walk around campus now and my portunity for us to realize what other people Waajid said. . · I Ramadan. She said going to a school with friends offer me cigarettes, and I have to tell in the world might not be getting. It's not that Ramadan ends at the next new moon.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 ACCENT THE ITHACAN 21 Sticks and stones and dinosaur bones

BY EMILY KEIZER the past from fossils ~d so on," he Staff Writer said. "And then we actually do an activity in class where we use The skeleton of a whale the size sediment from the site and sort of a school bus hangs in mid-air. through it for fossils right there in One floor down, a set of 11,000- the big lecture hall." year-old mastodon bones strikes Ross describes the museum as a an intimidating pose, its four-foot­ chance for off-campus involvement. long tusks curving dramatically College students can volunteer or out from its skull. The Museum of intern as everything from a docent the Earth, which houses these two guiding visitors through bins of giants and hundreds of other touchable fossils to an assistant in artifacts, opened last month on the museum's marketing depart­ Ithaca's West Hill after nearly a ment. Opportunities also exist to decade of planning, fund-raising work hands-on with.the collections. and construction. "It involves work that may Despite the presence of such sound mundane but is really im­ imposing artifacts, the theme of portant: washing and cataloging and the new museum is summed up those sort of things," Ross said. best by the large rock at the "But it's an opportunity to work entrance of the permanent exhib­ with the real stuff." · it hall, said Samantha Castillo­ Even in the museum itself, Davis, the museum's community Ross and his colleagues attempt to relations liaison. The rock is keep the emphasis as much on studded with fossils of everything "real stuff' as possible. The from trilobites to mollusks. mastodon skeleton, for example, "This is a rock, but it's essen­ features the actual bones instead tially a rock made up of living of the plaster casts on display in things," Castillo-Davis said. some larger museums. Some of the "Oftentimes, people separate the brightly painted walls are biological sciences from the earth dedicated to the fossils of the sciences and the physical sci­ ALISON BOURDON/THE ITHACAN sponges, clams and trilobites that ences. We think here that all these A MASTODON SKELETON raises Its four-foot tusks to visitors at the Museum of the Earth. inhabited central New York sciences are interrelated into a during its time as an inland sea larger system that gives us the bumper stickers - how many big-city museum experience in a take advantage of the Harvard 380 million years ago. And the earth's life." places in America have geology as small town. The collection is the University-sized collection. Itha­ quick-footed coelophysis, the This multi-disciplinary ap­ a tourist slogan?" he said. "Lots property of the Paleontological ca College lecturer Robert Ross only species of dinosaur to have proach to natural history makes for of tourists come here for the Research Institution, which was serves as the museum's director of been unearthed in the region, a combination of displays, art and geology. They think of it as founded by a Cornell professor in education and his work is serves as the museum's mascot. hands-on activities that provide coming here for the lakes or the 1932 to increase and disseminate reflected not only at the museum, "We chose to tell the story of the information about the last 3.5 bil­ falls, but th~y come because geo­ information about the Earth's but also in spring-semester class evolution of life," Castillo-Davis lion years oflife in New York state. logically Ithaca is one of the history. As the public dimension he teaches. - said, waving a hand toward the 500- Museum director Warren D. Allmon most spectacular places in this part of PRI, the museum shows only a The mastodon skeleton factors foot mural by local artist Barbara explained that Ithaca is the perfect of the country." fraction of the nearly three million prominently into several lectures, Page that welcomes visitors to the looatlon for a museum of geology Allmon said that the museum's plant and animal fossils in the Ross said. . last half-billion years of life. "But and paleontology. location, paired with its impressive research collection. "We talk about the excavation we also chose to tell the story of this "Those 'Ithaca is Gorges' fossil collection, offer visitors a Local college professors often and basically how we know about region."

NOW LEASING FOR NEXTYEAR *S ·.ave·.... ·.· .s·1Qo.0t1 Dozens of spacious apartments and houses. Close to campus and South Hill J~ib,Y 8-JJHtilµ,.g . and Downtown near the Commons. Three bedrooms up ·S§s33the Cure and Gang of Four. disrupt the distinct flow of the album. They "Echoes" is a step up in sophistication. The rest of the country. But just in case, I'm These comparisons still hold true, but The give the album a fractured effect, popping future of electro-clash and dance-punk are desperately looking for Boardwalk. If Rapture is maturing at a rapid pace. It has up after every few high-energy tracks pro­ questionable if not entirely ill-fated, due to any of yoµ have it, let me know, because traded in its lo-fi, gritty production for a viding a necessary break much like the the influx of mediocre knockoffs and the even­ a cool $1 million would be nice. glossier sound inspired by the more decadent comedown of a high. tual decline in the current obsession with '80s side of '80s electro-clash. The sound on The Rapture is most concerned with culture. The Rapture need pay that no mind "Echoes" has an almost sheen-like quality to conveying meaning and emotion through the because it is maturing·with the times. If it fol­ Back Beat appears in this space every it, polished to perfection. It is wild, but no music and the beats, rather than linguistical­ lows the path it has taken with "Echoes," the week. E-mail Sean Fennessey at longer raw. ly. Lyrics have always been an afterthought, band will no doubt keep the kids compelled sfennes [email protected]. The opening track, "Olio," is a positive re- seemingly used out of necessity or as an ex- to move their feet. THURSDAY, _NOVEMBER 13, 2003 AC.CENT THE ITHACAN 23

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Every hip-hop fan knows that there _are two ,:.> elements common tQ every shO\\'.. Fi~ t; nomat- ter'howhard the coneeffhalYttie's t to start on time;i¥'ffefer·napt,eik fore a multi:.pfatinuni'fuain,act ·can . .. an opener of lesser caliber will _take tt,pld ofjt . for as long as ·humanly possible. 1h~,'_N,1lp-(}f . Roots and Ludacris concert at ComeU~sBatton,, Hall on Sunday night was no different~ti,:Jtt~f •:{I Although Nappy Roots attempted !o,~yeth~ 1: besf performance,·tlie .audience ' was siinply :Ilot, ; < there for them•arid; with a few excel)ti9iwh~~~:.;J' r _ unfamiliar with the bulk of the groµp,'.. $; s~:qgs'~:-:t The highlights of their perfortnance ini£1~~Bp~-/~::, Folks," "Awnaw"·and "Headz Up." '.Purini~e}J latter, gig V _:._;_ a deep-\•oiced, hilarious rnim..: :"\.,~.1,•1~·•·•'·:· t•t:::;;~t;J-J:t,:;:•.t;,-;t,;'c( __• LARRY WESTLER/THE ITHACAN ber of the six-persoh grdup;•_ humped various ·sHOWING OFf-: RICHES and rapping skills, Lutlacris entertained on Sunday at Cornell. speakers on st~gEdri between rapping and mo- ., v. - · ~..,,, · :·· • .• .. - _ _' '· ,•:r· , ·· ._ . · tioning to the addictive hook, "Show me where ,. \:-_Wifb ,heads-;],angirtg, hands :in•th'e 'air;antf•t;· surprisingly more COffi!Ilanding than the three yo' head ~ti Slfawty where yo•· head at?" . . everybo:duapping (and dan~ing) along, audience linebacker-looking;, ·Atlanta Falcons jersey- Unlike Nappy Roo~s' ·b ,ringing up 'their usu- . me~bets remained c:m>thiit fee{ an~ 'when ther: ·' ~:wearing; D'I'Phype-inen wlio sha'red it with him. alpot-'sm_oking· reswh~e.' t9 tra'gedies'like·,sept !J', 4idn'tlLudacris taunted'th~mto "S~d Up"··and · Among them was fellowD'FPmember 1-20, who 11, Iraq, and the1"falleri ikiltliets"'; offilp-hop,'.as , ·~it~ the \vords to'hHflatest hit. · . . . performed his ·upcoming ·single, the catchy

shqwn 'by ·'tlierr ·,'perforriiance · of . :•Bfowin'·'. I, Fqregoing the typical progressi9n from old to "Fighting 'iri the' Club,:'': His memorable deep Trees,"·Ltidacris ·di3 "nbt sef a solemn tone. . new, Ludacris's ·~t list was so perfectly fine.:rtmed . · voictf ~as -well rec~ived by the audience. . . J\ftei: tt ctb:Wcl 1pleasing•:in:tro; Ludacris, sport.. ·" 'that th€fsorlgs ·ffowed seamlessly in and ou:t-c,f'one,S · · Ofthe many highlights of the night was 'the ing ~ gray j~ket with prints of hundred dollatbills . ·. : ano~et, F~ "Act a Foor' to; "S9uth:em·tt,ospi.:• · DJ's scrat~h interlude, which gave Ludacris and all6ver it; eniet:ged from thy smoke and burst right, J: · taµty:t'~ ·~•Move B-~ :..:..h"' he !nade sure Jo' geho ~e J:;>TP crew ~ nice breather. The crowd loved into the"first-two ·tractcs· bff of bis new _alburit; ' ''evetf oi\e dfJu!ffuany big clul) ·hits, sparing;lhe · the lightni~g"-speed record,,- sctatcl)ing peifor- · "Chicken N Beer.~ He was:bliiif!,,linging it with . ' auqienclbf some_fronttheslower ario1essef~ ' ,:r 'rilance; bu(Liicfacris t as nof impressed. He told'.· . gold rings-ton: 'hii'. finters-'~ '·a ·platinum , chain . .' tracks on ·liiithree multi,~platiitwn sellmt alb-urns:' his DJ that he· knew-that he was: capable of more aroumlhil~~-a diamond encrusted·Dis- · . . I Ludacris was·on top of mf game; pQ.tting on ' '' and informed him that the ladies also wanted to ~ Tha Peace (DTP) emblerti on it: , ':, · · / l • · one 6f 'the besHnp-hop perforinances lthac~ has .· · _see Iriote: On llis second attempt;the DJ tore up 1 'l The crowd wenfwild:as he 'sj>it his nototjouSly- l .. ~ ih'1 receQt ? memoij. Showmg •'·incredible , ,' the wax,w~ile removing_his J:iarand shirts. . ; " fast rhymes andespedfally when 'he made'the es- breath:corttrol, his distinct voice was unstoppable.' '. 'flie only disappointment of the 11ight was the sential remarks about the city he was ·perform- .. in eyoI?ng ?.11 aura of unnatural:1>1,1~rj.oritY, ·and · tediously long performru;ice · that Nappy Roo.ts ingin.1i•1 ~ tbal I~'·N~ Y. has thE!~tWeed . _' wotia..:class 1itp 'skills. This big.. tifue ;utist 'didn't·· , , gave. 'Their~~ of the'show would have been iri' ffie 'country," exctai~ed Lti~s ~fok'e get.:.· . ·; let :ms ego get 'in.the 'Way of giving' CQn~rtg~rs perfect bad they stuck to their pbpular songs and . ting into his get-frigh 'anthem, "Saturday'(Oooh : the best bf lrls witty.dirtf-sbuth "ATL" flav6r. 'had a shorter·set. Luckily, Ludacris was there to h 1. " ~"-1:ll('r},.,.-,,'::l":: ••.a•"t::: ':.: His stage presence was immaculate and not save the day. · loved-action -filmfans ·- nat

·:··\l~t-:'~;{;.-;~;1 ~l~f~~if iE~~~ ill~\!~~;~_' !l~~:v~r:~ ~:~ ;~~~v~~ Staff'lft:.,:fe.'r:_'~\;/ ." ,-:..:.\:,~.,,,~,:~r~-s,, karate action!). Afterward, he does -~ /, ' ' '~•- .-,· · • ' , · .+,.•r·. ,_,,.,, warm up a little and has a believable .;;~t~~il~t~ Iin~~:WU:~!ely, tlie rest of the cast ~ 'tpefifstJJ~aturelengtn frhn a:nd' · makes up for what. Reeves lacks. tl;lpcsec~>n9t·an ~~nofl}lallyJpng- ·se- ': :- . Laurence Fishburne.does well as Mor- quel,~~ .::in f~o :; pheus; ·' though the · "Revolutions" by cinematic plotline doesn'tgiv~·hirn much to do. convention. ht- · · Cartie-ArirteMoss also turns in a de- de'ed, · "The Ma- ·cent performance: She made Reeves trix , Revolu- · .. easier to watch - the two of them tions'' is , really · . look good together. jtist the ·sechrid ~alfoe'Tlie Mattix,;'' ' · · · ,. ' 0:, · ,, ·· C; · ·- · - ., -: , ' , ' '. . · • '_. · "cbuRiEsV bF WARNEF.f BROT~EHs· . _ The acting 'that . really needs 1 R~loaded;" . . ' '; , '. '. _ ',. ,~·: ~G_QQD A~D SAD.P~~i_e·~~~~t':(~niiRet!v~~ and Agen,i?~tth,tJ~iJgct _::'. recognition, however; is that of the Not that there's anything wrortg · 1 Weaving, throwflsts'l~'the flhtiMlgf,t of "The Matrix Revolutions." secondary c;haracters, The portray- 1 with that; "Reldaded'i·did -leave us i ' ' · . , . · ' · : . ' .. ·: • · ' ·. . . ·. ·:'' : • ·. • al of the Oracle particularly deserves hanging. The question' is~ does-. tors; to deliver two,more films of the :-,'fight scenes ~rvedto further ·the plot , applause. In the first two movies, the · "Revolutions" give' us a hand an.d ~ame caliber. But they could've :tried r in' some way, but the sequences in sage, cookie-baking soothsayer pull us ~ack ~p, ot·does'it stomp' on '. · a little harder. __ . . :"Reloaded" '. ,and _. ''Reyolutions'" was played by Gloria Foster - and our fin,gertips and send us' stream- Truthfully, , the second two 'seem .endless · and aimless. audiences loved her. She was wise ing to the rocks below? ' movies· have very little to do with i'Reloaded" is guiltier in this case than and kind, but no one was ever sure 1 · If it is possible to evdke both feel- the first on¢. They feel like r~mak:es ''Revolutions.'' The fight scene in what her motivation was. Sadly, ings simultaneously, then that is that fail to capture the tone or in- "."Reloaded"·where a computer-gen- before the movies finished filming, what "Revolutions" does. While it is tensity of the original. erated Neo 'fights off dozens of Foster died of diabetes. But due to entertaining as an action movie, it is Where "The Matrix" used subtle computer-generated Agent Smiths is the· writing skill of the Wa­ sadly lacking as the conclusion to a philosophy, "Reloaded" and "Rev- seemingly interminable. chowskis and the acting skill of Fos­ series that started out so brilliantly. olutions" beat you over the head with .'. "'Revolutions" should actually get ter 's successor, Mary Alice, the tran- The original "Matrix" was a per- it. After the release of the first film, some credit for its fight scenes. The sition is smooth and believable. feet balance between a mind-blow- there was discussion of Neo as a cliinax in particular is almost artis- While "Revolutions" is enjoyable ing philosophical film and a cyber- Christ figure. At that point there was tic; and the computer graphics are as a sci-fl action movie, it fails to punk action/adventure. It made . still room for discussion. 'An hour masked by the fact that it takes place satisfy as the series' conclusion. you think deep thoughts about the into "Revolutions," it wouldn't adright in the pouring rain. Also, the · nature of reality while you were have been surprising if they had start- fight scenes with Seraph, the Ora- "The Matrix Revolutions" was drooling over the cool clothes and ed calling Neo "Jesus-boy." But cle~s man-at-arms, are fantastic, written and directed by Andy and cooler fight sequences. To their cred- philosophical symbolism is only serving as a reminder to viewers that La,rry Wachowski and produced by it, it would have been difficult for part of what the trilogy is all ·about they do, in fact, like the series. Bruce Berman. The film stars the Wachowski brothers, the direc- In the first film, the majority of the Keanu Reeves was convincing in Keanu Reeves. Event of the week THURSDAY Don't forget to cheer on the Bombers NOVEMBER 13, 2003 at the Cortica Jug on Saturday at noon PA~E 24 at Butterfield Stadium. ale.ndar

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. Today SWING YOUR PARTNER Brass Choir Concert .,....: 7 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. Benefits Fair - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m . in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. "Engaging Democracy and Troubling the Wat_er" - Presented by Danny Chaplain's Bible Study - Noon in Phillips Schechter at 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Room, Muller Chapel. Campus Center.

IC Jazz Club Performance - Noon at The SAB Films - "American Wedding" at 7 Pub, Campus Center. p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight in Textor

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Shabbat Services - 6 p.m. in Muller "Black Arts, Black Frames" - Ogaga Chapel. lfowodo, poet, lawyer and human rights MEGAN CATALANO/THE ITHACAN activist, at 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, SAB FIims - "American Wedding" at 7 SOPHOMORE HEATHER HAMILTON and Dick Benjamin dance at the Harvest Campus Center. p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight in Textor 102. Moon dance Nov. 7 in the Emerson Suites. The event brings together Longview residents and Ithaca College students to dance the night away. "Skins" - Film presented by Chris Eyre, Rupert Holmes' ''The Mystery of Edwin renowned Cheyenne/Arapaho fillmmaker Drood" - Presented by Ithaca College and director at 7 p.m. In Textor 102. Theater at 8 p.m. in Dillingham Center. SAB Films - "American Wedding" at 7 "Investigative Journalism as a Tool of p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight in Textor 102. Senior Recital - Kevin Byrne, trumpet, at Sunday Democracy" - Presented by Chuck . 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. Lewis at 7:30 p.m. in the Park Auditorium, Senior Recital - Andrew Hoes!, trumpet, Ecumenical Worship Service - 11 Park School. at 7 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. Community a.m. in Muller Chapel. Huge Clothing Collector Sale - 4 to 8 Professional Speaker~ Sponsored by Elective Junior Recital - Taryn Lott, per­ p.m. at St. James AME Zion Church. Mass - 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Muller American Marketing Association at 7:30 cussion, at 8:15 p.m. in Nabenhauer Chapel. p.m. in Clark Lounge; Campus Center. Recital Room, Whalen Center. Senior Jazz Recital - Jeff Ball, trom­ · Bible Study - 7:30 p.m. in Muller ·Saturday Senior Recital - Allison Weissman, com­ bone, at 1 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Chapel. Center. position, at 9 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen ·center. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" - 2 p.m. in Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ....:.... Dillingham Center.- Graduate Lecture Recital - Scott 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. Donnelly, guitar, at 2 p.m. in lger Lecture SAS FIims - "American Wedding" at 7 Hall, Whalen Center. ,Monday p.m., 9:30'p.m. and midnight in Textor 102. Senior Recital - Kristen Weiskotten, • Wednesday Locks of Love - 1O a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Choral Composition Festival Closing piano, at 3 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Norh Foyer, Phillips Hall. Concert - 7 p.m. in Ford Hall, Whalen Center. Wednesday Coffee Hour - 10 a.m. in Center. McDonald Lounge, Campus Center. Junior Recital - Maureen Pohlman, Collaborative Mural Project - All week Sports violin, at 4 p.m. in Hockett Family Recital Eucharist for Peace and-Healing - Women:s Cross Country at NCAA , Hall, Whalen Center. 1:10 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Regional Championships at 11 a.m. in ICTV Weekly Evening Schedule Letchworth. America Recycles Day Celebration - ASTA Recital - 7 p.m. in Hockett Family Men's Cross Country at NCAA Regional 5 to 8 p.m. in The Pub, Campus Center. All Angles Newswatch 16 _ Recital Hall, Whalen Center. Tuesdays at 8:30 Sundays, Championships at noon in Letchworth. Wednesdays at Tuesdays and Football vs. Cortland in the "Cortaca Jug" at Time Apart for Prayer - 6 p.m. in 6:30 Thursdays at 8 ,Comedian Dave Hopping - Presented noon in Butterfield Stadium. Muller Chapel. Another Late and 10 ·by Students for Christ at 8 p.m. in the Night Panorama. P~b, Campus Center. Mondays at a Sundays at 6:30 Tuesdays at 9 Tuesdays at 7 Evensong - 10 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Backstage Wednesdays at Wednesdays at 8:30 10 Quabble .THE Thursdays at Mondays at 8:30 6:30 Wednesdays at 7 Beyond the Thursdays at 9 COUNSELING C·ENTER . Chords Screening Not all Ithaca College Sundaysat7 Room Mondays at 7:30 Sundays at 8:30 events are listed Frequency Wednesdays at 8 in the calendar. Sundays through Thursdays at A place Thursdays at 8:30 to go ... 9:30 Thirty Minutes Gridiron Report Sundays at ... when you're wrestling with a decision. Sundaysat9 10:30 Mondaysat7 Mondays at 1O Send information to The Ithacan, Hodgepodge Wednesdays at Sundays, 10:30 269 Roy H. Parle Hall, Ithaca College, Tuesdays and Ultimate Utopia by Monday at 5 p.m. Thursdays at Mondays at 6:30 For more information, call Calendar 7:30 Wednesdays at 9 Manager Ana Liss at 274-3208 or fax In gratefu) appreciation of the support of the Rodd D. Brickell foundation LlveonTape YaThlnkYou at 274-1565. Mondays, Know Sports Tuesdays and Tuesdays at 6:30 Thursdays at Wednesdays at I 10:30 7:30 To place a classified please call THURSDAY classified manager NOVEMBER 13, .2003 Hallie Shere PAGE 25 at 274-1618. laSSified

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___s D A M RIS ERE ELI ETO SAR SET THURSDAY, NQVEMBER 13, 2003 SPORTS THE ITHACAN 27 Playoffs Bombers rip Wolverines 2-0 Win puts Blue and Gold in rematch with revenge-motivated Oneonta BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN. Staff Writer Leg, rib injuries Junior Rachel Thau found the perfect time to score her first two goals of the sea­ can't stop Berry son - in Ithaca's 2-0 victory over Grove City in the first round of the NCAA tourna­ BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN ment Wednesday. Staff Writer The win sets up an encounter with Oneonta on Saturday, and the winner will Usually it's senior Becca.Berry, taller advance to the quar- and stronger than most on the field, terfinals of the . inflicting pain on opponents. Woi:nen's soccer national tourna­ Players who run into her 5-foot-11-inch ment. The Bombers frame often fall to the ground and are left are pleased with Wednesday's result, but wondering what just happened. they still have to make some improvements But this season Berry has been suffering between now and Saturday. some pain herself - a stress fracture in her "We played very well in the first 30 min­ left shin, diagnosed a month ago, and, most utes· of the first half," coach Mindy Quigg recently, a sore rib. said. "In the second half, we played well For the last month, Berry has been on sporadically. We 've got to put together crutchesl except during competition. But more minutes." Berry is still a force on the field, leading the The Bombers opened strong against Bombers in scoring with 10 goals. Grove City. Thau scored Ithaca's first goal, - "It started bothering me in the heading a cross frpm sophomore Amy Pare preseason," Berry said of the stress frac­ into the back of the net. ture. "I thought it was shin splints, but I Thau increased the Bombers' lead in the kept getting kicked and hit and about a 12th minute, scoring off an assist from mqnth ago, I couldn't bear it anymore." senior Becca Berry. The assist was Berry's Berry finally went to Dr. Andrew · 82nd of her career and ties her for first place Getzin, medical director for athletic teams on Ithaca's all-time points list. at Ithaca's Health Center. Berry said Getzin Berry, who is pla}'ing with a stress frac­ informed her of the risks of playing with ture in her left.shin and an injured rib, said the the injury, but she said there wasn't a Bombers pressured their opponent early, but chance she would sit out any part of the as the game wore on, got complacent. season. "In the beginning, we were covering for REBECCA GARDNER/THE ITHACAN _"My fibia could snap," Berry said. "But each other, passing, ·crossing, finishing:-' SOPHOMORE AMY PARE (rjght) had the assist on lthaca'-s first goal Wednesday [Getzin] said there was a slim chance. He Berry said. ''Then we started playing more against Grove City. The Bombers advance to play Oneonta on Saturday. said ifhe was in my position, he'd play."

sively. We thought we had won it. w_e I Berry said the injury bothered her and ..,,.. t play to our potential." defeating Nazareth, 4-3, in penalty kicks in clicking and comin tog~ther. She said it's was hard to take for a while, but recently has niorDawnRarb~agreed wjd)_~ the Eimpi",e,.AJ 'feana.te~limtfi..Sldiffllfa,-:~ ­ fracture "We played well at the start, but then we The Golden Flyers downed the Bombers, game strong and with confidence. improved, the rib became a problem. ell into their game," she said. 3-1; in the regular season. "They'll be ready," she said. "They "A girl took me down against Nazareth, Bombers played well enough to Quigg also pointed out that the Red want revenge. We need to play our game, and I landed on it," she said ~ond contest against Oneonta this Dragons will have nothing to lose - they and we should come out on top." Berry said the injury has yet to be season on Saturday. Ithaca defeated the then already faltered against Ithaca once this sea- For now, the Bombers are pleased with specified, and she will not take X-rays 10th-ranked Red Dragons in its previous son - all they can do is improve on their pre- their appear~ce in regionals. Wednesday's until after the season has-ended. She said meeting and knows that Oneonta will be vious result against the Bombers. Quigg said win was the·Bombers' first victory in NCAA it took her a while to get into looking forward to a rematch. it is important that the Blue and Gold don't tournament play since 1998. That year, Wednesday's game, but she stopped feel­ "I told the team after today's game, I said, wait around and hope for the win. She said the Ithaca advanced to the semifinals, where the ing the pain as the game continued. 'Remember that feeling we had after team must go out on to the field ready to play. team fell to The College of New Jersey. If a stress fracture in her shin and a Nazareth beat us in the season?"' Quigg said. "We need to come in and fire it up," "In the postseason, you've got to do possibly broken rib can't stop Berry from '"Oneonta has that same feeling - that they Berry said. "We need to think about us and what you've got to do to win," Quigg said. dom,inating her opponents, it doesn't seem didn't put their best foot forward."' not what's going through their heads." "We look at it and say, 'All right, we're that much else can. Ithaca reached the NCAA playoffs by Thau said she thinks the.team is finally playing another game."' Bombers fall to RIT in fifth game showdown at ES playoffs

BY CHRIS COLLELUORI back to take the next five points for a it more at the net," Worsley said. "I still Staff Writer seemingly comfortable 12-7 lead. think Ithaca was battling stronger, but But the Tigers still had some bite we caught them with our serve." It was no surprise that it took un­ left. Just as quickly as Ithaca had tak­ On the other side of the court, Itha­ til the bitter end to decide a winner in en a five-point lead, RIT countered ca's serves were out of control as the the Empire 8 semifinals. · with seven unanswered points to go team committed 18 service errors - No. 3 Ithaca (23-18) and No. 2 RIT ahead 14-12 - one point away from six more than their previous high for (22-14) split .,.·""""""'"""""""""""'--!!!!!!!!!;I a ticket to the championship. On Jhe season. Ithaca totaled just 15 serv­ two matches match-point, senior Janet Hammond, ing errors in the two previous match­ Volleyball during the who led the Bombers with 19 kills, es against the Tigers this season. regular sea- pounded a bullet from the left side of Despite Ithaca's serving woes, the son, both of which went to five the court that landed just outside the match was played evenly, as the games. . right boundary. The mistake capped an teams alternated wins in the first four But what happened in the final eight-point RIT rally, and gave the games. game at Nazareth on Saturday was . Tigers the 15-12 win. "I don't think there are two teams completely unexpected. · "At the end our hitters just could­ who are more clearly matched up than Just three points away from a n't put the ball away when they Ithaca and RIT," Worsley said. "It victory, the Bombers saw their lead needed to," assistant coach Mary seems to come down to some lucky and their NCAA playoff hopes slip Wallenbeck said. "We started to lose breaks. The team that is better able to away as RIT stormed back to take a little bit of confidence." respond to those breaks is going to Game 5 and the match. Ithaca's fifth game letdown mirrored continue on." With the match tied at two games its performance in a p1'!vious loss to RIT The Tigers advanced, but suffered each, the Bombers exploded to open as the Bombers won Game four, but fell a 3-1 loss to Nazareth in the final. the final game jumping out to a quick 15-12 in the deciding game. Though the conference loss elim­ 5-2 lead, thanks in large part to sopho­ "We had a bit of a mental lapse," inates the Bombers from the NCAA more Meghan Morningstar. On three senior Courtney McVicker said. Tournament, Ithaca received a bid to _ consecutive Tiger hits, the 6-foot 2- "We've been .struggling with that the ECAC Tournament to extend inch Morningstar leaped to stuff her throughout the season." their season. opponents, recording three of her Tigers coach Roger Worsley The Bombers are seeded second team-leading eight solo blocks. credited his team's serving, which and will have a bye in the first round As the Tigers closed in, tying the produced 16 aces, as the major factor along with No. 1 RIT. Ithaca will play MATTHEW RICE/THE ITHACAN score at seven apiece, head coach Janet behind the win. either third-seeded Rochester or SOPHOMORE MEGHAN MORNINGSTAR (left) spikes the Donovan took a timeout, and it paid "Both teams were battling hard in the sixth-seeded Elmira in a semifinal ball over the net Nov. 5 against Oneonta. off. The Blue and Gold ·stormed right back row, and it became who wanted matchup on Saturday at 1: 30 at RIT. 28 THE ITHACAN SPORTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Press IC fired .up for Red Dragons Box Bombers defense must conwin Cortland.quarterback J.J. Tutwikr BY JON ROTHSTEIN Constant cliches taint Staff Writer sports media coverage It has been almost a year, but senior Alex Hill cannot escape Each time I hear the utterance of a the memories. As hard he as tries, cliche, it's like a lead pipe to my he still hears the whispers and the head, followed by a straight, echoes of missed opportunities. Hne-drive kick to the groin, Hill was one of three Ithaca mixed in with hard body offensive line- .,...... - .. blows to the stomach men (along I Football I and chin. When I hear with senfor _ sports commentary I center Matt '=-======- feel like I'm getting McMahon and senior tackle jumped in an alley by Tariq Ahmad) who started on the Agent Smith with O-line during last year's season Neo standing in the finale against Cortland. The background pointing Bombers had eight chances inside and laughing at me. the IO-yard line to erase the Red BRIAN It's infuriating. Dragons' 6-point advantage. DELANEY Cliches have fero­ The Bombers failed to convert ciously taken over the sports culture, and eight times and have had one full somebody better stop the bleeding soon or year to rehash the last quarter in we'll all get sucked dry and become walk­ their minds. ing, cliche-spouting sports zombies. Either "That last play was over that or we '11 start sprouting strings out of [on] my side," Hill said, refer­ our backs that initiate automated replies ring to one of the two failed like: "I really stepped up today. I needed fourth down attempts. "That to be a warrior in there and I got the job bums deep inside me and I think done." about that every day. It's pay­ _Yet you're referring to the calculus test back time right now." MATTHEW RICE!THE ITHACAN you just finished. The 16-12 loss to Cortland JUNIOR JEFF WELCH (far right) tries to avoid two Bengal defenders Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. Believe me, the overuse of certain dropped the Bombers to 7-3 an~ phraseology within the sports culture is cost them an opportunity at the and find receivers through the tor Brian Angelichio said. "He's Containing Tutwiler will be a nothing new. But it is as saturating as NCAA playoffs. The scenario is seams. progressing very well in this of-· crucial factor in the game. It be­ ever, and there is a definite trickle-down the same this season - except for "They have a tremendous of­ fense,' and he will be ready to go gins up front with junior defen­ effect. All you have to do is pick up last one key component. A victory fensive line," Cortland coach Dan this week." sive tackles Alex Shafiro and Jeff week's Ithacan. would ensure the Bombers an MacNeill said. "They are one.of While Ithaca maps out an Kasarjian and senior tri-captain The sport& section displayed 27 NCAA bid, as well as a chance to the best offensive lines we have offensive game plan, the defense Robert Truman at middle line­ cliches in just over three pages. Twenty­ host the first two rounds of the seen this season and are playing must be aware of Cortland's backer. Truman is the key to seven! Not just players and c;oaches, but postseason at Butterfield Stadium. extremely well right . now. offensive catalyst, senior quar­ keeping the Bombers defense writers are guilty as well, especially with "This is what it's all about," They' re a year better, a year more terback J.J. Tutwiler. unified and playing· at the level the war cliches. Jim Hawver wrote that Ithaca coach Mike Welch said. experienced than last year's Tutwiler -torched the Bomber it has since the Blue and the field hockey team "began a heavy of­ "A big game against your big ri- outfit." secondary jn last year's meeting, 31-10 victory over Brockport on fensive assault" apinst .IIIIJIJCll;part after . valand · y ...... -Gll!llfllell' ~~of 34 passes for Oct. 18. dropping behind 2-0. Football coach the NCAA playoffs on the line." Last week against Buffalo 263 yards and the game's decid­ "This is the position we Mike Welch was quoted as saying after If the Bombers are to extend State, the Bombers' offense hit its ing touchdown. wanted to be in at the end of the the Hobart game: •"That was a battle." to their five-game winning peak, racking up 486 yards. The While Ithaca's secondary has season," Truman · . -"f:as Those war ones mostly emanate from streak, they must continue to Blue and Gold's ball movement seen Bob Damey of Brockport year's game was real tou-gfito football. Perhaps we can coronate the in­ dominate the line of scrimmage. magnified how dangerous and Craig Swanson of Hobart, it take, but we have a different credibly intelligent Kellen Winslow, Jr. Offensive production begins up Felicetti is when given time to has not been exposed to a quar­ type of group this year, and of the University of Miami (Aa.) as pres­ front, with Hill and the rest of the· · make decisions. The sophomore terback of Tutwiler's stature. we're anxious." . ident of the brand new CSM - Cliche­ veteran offensive line. Senior continues to improve with each "He can do it all," Ithaca de­ Despite all the payoff talk, the Speaking Machines. running bac1cs Pete Celebre and game and was in top form fensive coordinator Mark Ray­ game still remains one of the "It's war," the tight end said after Mi­ Caleb Greer-Camey will rely on against the Bengals, completing mond said. biggest rivalries in Division III ami lost to Tennessee this weekend. the line to open up holes, and four 17 of 29 passes for 321 yards and "He's a heck of a passer, lie tan football. ''They're out there to kill you, so I'm out to five yards a carry will allow four touchdown passes. run; he's a heck of a field gener­ "We're not thinking about there to kill them. We don't care about sophomore quarterback Josh "I have a lot of confidence in al. He tlmlS bad,plays into good the playoffs now; it's all about the anybody but this U. They're going af­ Felicetti to pick apart.the defense Josh," Ithaca offensive coo~- plays. He's a very special player." Dragons," Hill said. ter my legs. I'm going to come right back at them. I'm a ... soldier." · Aside from the obvious, although un­ intended, disrespect towards all soldiers Bombshells · Week 9: Ithaca 41, Buffalo State 14 fighting wars, he did issue an apology, FELICETTI TOPS 3,000 YARDS that, ironically, was even more cliche than Sophomore quarterback Josh Felicetti threw four first-half BY JON ROTHSTEIN his original statements. touchdown passes and finished with 321 passing yards. Felicetti's Staff Writer "I cannot begin to imagine the magni­ aerial dominance lifted him over the 3,000 yard mark for his ca­ tude of war or its consequences," he said. reer. He is only the fifth Bomber to accomplish this feat. . The stage is set. Josh Felicetti made sure of that. Really? I never would have known. Felicetti's four touchdown passes were a career high. Ithaca's sophomore quarterback completed 17 of 29 pass­ I'm not asking for Hemingway es for 321 yards and four touchdowns in a 40-14 win over here, b_ut leave the battlefield be. In fact, HOT HANDS Buffalo State. let's flush the other ugly sports phras­ Junior Jeff Welch caught three of Felicetti's touchdown With the win, the Bombers improved to 8-1 heading into es down the drain too. Sound byte tosses. Welch's 178 receiving yards were the most by a next week's regular season ·finale against aichrival Cortland. garbage like "taking it one game at a Bomber since Joe Palumbo gained a school-record 277 yards A win will put Ithaca into in the NCAA playoffs for the sec­ time while making sure to focus on the against Mercyhurst on Oct. 20, 1993. Welch's performance ond time in three seasons. task at hand but we're still not taking was the program's ninth highest single-game total for re­ "I thought we controlled the game," Ithaca coach Mike them lightly because defense wins ball ceiving yards. Welch said. "I think the first four or five times we touched the games so we need to just go out an com­ ball we scored, so we looked good." pete," needs to go. CAREER RRST Junior receiver Jeff Welch caught six passes for 178 God help us if this gets any worse. Freshman tight end Mike Oertel scored his first career touch­ yards and three first-half touchdowns, which put the game The list of mainstream cliche viola­ down on a 40-yard pass from Josh Felicetti. out of reach as the Bombers took a 37-14 lead heading into tors is endless. Coaches and players the locker room. Sophomore receiver Justin Esposito from all sports, Stuart Scott, Billy. Pack­ DOMINANCE ON THE LINES added four catches for 41 yards. er, Dick Vitale, Dan Deirdorf, Phil Ithaca's offensive line did not allow a sack as the Blue and Senior tri-captain Pete Celebre paced the running game Simms, Stuart Scott, Sean Salisbury, Gold threw 30 passes. once again, carrying the ball 14 times for 87 yards and the Mike Golie, Stuart Scott, Michael The.Bengals first-quarter touchdown marked the first time · Bombers' second touchdown. Celebre's touchdown gave Irvin, sideline reporters, John Madden, in 10 quarters that Ithaca's defense allowed a point. the Blue and Gold a 14-7 lead with 6:24 remaining in the Barry Melrose, etc. are all card-carry­ first quarter. Ithaca finished with 165 yards on 42 carries but ing members of the CSM. ROOKIE STANDOUT also fumbled four times, losing one. It's an infectious pattern of speaking Freshman free safety Jim Chapman had a career-high eight Senior tri-captain Robert Truman played his best all­ and thinking that spreads like a virus. tackles against the Bengals. Four of Chapman's tackles were around game this season at linebacker. Truman led the We're just gonna have to put forth 110 on special teams. Bombers with 12 tackles, including four for loss of 14 yards percent to stop it. and two sacks. · RED DRAGON TIES "We've really been able to tum things around since Cortland coach Dan MacNeill, who is 3-3 against the Springfield, you can't beat it," Truman said. Press Box appears in this space every Bombers, spent two years as an assistant coach for Ithaca Senior Pete Mayer and sophomore Bob Higgins each week. E-mail Brian Delaney at (1982-1983). added an interception for Ithaca. [email protected]. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 . SPORTS THE ITHACAN 29

Blue and Gold have playoff bid at stake versus Cortland Judging the Jug BY CHARLIE ELLSWORTH Sports Editor With a win in the Co Coaches of opposing teams scout Saturday, Ithaca w game in the first playoffs acco ~Red Dragons and Bombers predictions b publisher o ·w The Ithacan contacted three run it, run it, run it. I think Ithaca's D3footb coaches whose teams played both got more ways to beat you. Bombers wi Ithaca and Cortland this season to · East region give scouting reports for the Cor­ On the two team's defenses: defeat the . taca Jug. Mike Kemp from Utica, Swank: They're very aggres­ wic ·· Bob Swank from Buffalo State and sive defenses. They both seem to whi Rocco Salomone from Brockport make plays when you need a 4, tackled the questions. Ithaca beat takeaway. I wouldn't say Cortland Ithaca de all three teams while Cortland lost is tougher than Ithaca. The playoff talk .. .. · .... only to Brockport in its first game Kemp: Ithaca's defensive coach Mike Welch. I 1 of the season. scheme is very intricate. They "We really have to J.µ$J! change fronts - they change getting ready for CortJpl, On the two team's offenses: looks almost every down. That is said. "They know our1•<" ittJ Kemp: Both quarterbacks are a challenge for your quarterbacks don't need to analyze it f ,::· outstanding players. Josh is just an to read what they're doing almost it 'cause it'll just driv ':ti~ J ) outstanding pass­ every down. If Ithaca doesn't tak&ba& er. He's a good ta.ca Jug, its playoff hol'. sit athlete. He'll put '' Cortland will run it, th~t~::~~ ably be gone too, Col • •, ~ the ball right on •t ·t / th · k with Cortland "I guess mathem . tjtj~l the receiver. Josh run I, run I· ,n was the down could conceivably los : }Iii is very cool in the Ithaca's got more four. They State and still make thtP!ff: pocket. . . . J.J. were in our then you would ~:'ba,I Tutwiler is the backfield all same way for ways to beat you. '' day long. Cortland. He's a havehelp," a lotColen:ian of teams. saidah . •.•. '.. . ,.• of!f•..· •.·.•.· Yl••:·••.'.•. •••..•. P.:•. : ·':··.·.'•·:.••., "• ••'.·., -BOB SWANK Their safety had the second loss." t

Coach Bill Ware knew that his seniors The Bombers chose the right time of the were determined to win at states. But even season to get hot. he could nothave ,,,.,..,."""""'"""""'"""""'"""""'"""""'"""""'~ On Saturday, the Blue and Gold finished predicted how Women's cross ll""""'""""""'""""""'""""""'""""""'- third out of 15 teams well his runners country l',llen's cross at the NYSCTC would do at their ======i country Championship race biggest meet of the season thus far. in Saratoga Springs. "The captains told me we were going to Ithaca earned 76 total points, 14 points be­ win,". said Ware. "They pulled it off." hind second-place St. Lawrence and 38 The Bombers capitalized on their captains' points behind first-place Geneseo. guarantee and came away with a victory at This was a huge step up from the the NYSCTC Championships, upsetting Bombers' opening competition in Septem­ eighth-ranked Geneseo by just two point~. ber when Geneseo beat Ithaca by 231 points. Senior captain Amanda Laytharn won the · "We're improving at the right time," race for the second time in her career and coach Jim Nichols said. "We are running earned the Empire 8 ·s Athlete of the Year and the best that we have so far." the Top Runner of Year in New York awards. This is the fifth-straight year the She missed her personal best time by only Bombers have finished -in the top three at one second. the NYSCTC Championships. Senior "My goal wa~ to win," said Laytham. "I standout Mike Styczynski placed second in felt good [Saturday] and I got in the lead pack 25:20 - bis fourth top four finish in as and had a trice kick at the end to help me win." many years. The victory comes three years after MATTHEW RICE/T"HE ITHACAN Shawn Calabrese finished fifth in a Laytham won the same race as a freshman, SENIOR AMANDA LAYTHAM (center) sprints past the competition at the Cornell Reif time of 25:58. Junior Darren Zens and it marks the fourth time in four years that Invitational Sept. 24. Laytham won her second state title last weekend in 17:48. · placed 12th in 26:24 and freshman she placed either first or second at states. freshmen Rachel Blasiak and Susan Meyer the Year honors and praise from her teammates. standout Patrick McGreal finished 20th Junior Bridgette Pilling, who finished ran alongside one another the entire race. In "I wasn't really surprised that she won the in 26:44. fourth with a personal best time of 18:10, tJ}e last 500 meters of the course, the ·three­ award," said Pilling. "She's out tlfere every The Bombers were declared the Em­ joined Laytham in the top 10. . some completed three "Bomber Passes" - day working bard in practice and improving pire 8 champions based on the · results "We really improved every race," said a move in which two Bombers pass an op­ every meet." . from the state meet. In the Empire 8, Sty­ Pilling. "Our goal all season was to win at posing runner by coming up on both sides The victory also earned Bill Ware the FID­ czynski was named athlete of .the year, states and we came in really prepared to do , and cutting off her path. The move helped pire 8 Coach of the Year _Award, an award while McGreal was named rookie of the well." the three to move up six spots and finish usually banded to Ute winning coach at states. ye,w. d Nichols received coach of the The cold and clear weather seemed to suit within six seconds of each other.- "I think it's fantastic that we. were able year hon - the Blue and Gold, Ware said. Five team "We've been doing [that move] for to win him the award," said Laytbam. "He Saturday the Boiabe.rs will travel to members set personal records. years," said Ware. "But it's exciting to see really deserved it and we're just glad that we Letchworth State Park to compete in the "The kids ran out of their gourd," Ware our young people pick it up so quick." could give it to him.'i NCAA Atlantic Region Championship. said. "It was just a super day." B lasiak, who missed her personal record The Bombers will travel to the NCAAAt­ The Blue and Gold will need a top three to Sophomore Staci Kasiannchuk and by three seconds, earned Empire 8 Rookie of lantic Region Championships Saturday. q~ for nationals. ' · ·,

~:~~e l!.-Z-2~¥;sec- ._,______•- ...... ______,~?i:. )W\Bpi ·~-- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 NEWS THE ITHACAN 3 Getting your own place

BY KELLI 8. GRANT Special Projects Manager

"For Rent." "Now leasing for the 2004- 2005 academic year." "Rent early and save." Around town, the signs go up in late September - less than a month after most students have moved into their off-campus housing, but just in time for Homecoming and Parents' weekends. Some students already have housing, or are almost finished with the search process. Junior Matt Zielinski found housing earlier this month without much of a hassle. "My friend decided to squat her apartment, and asked me to live with her next year," he said. "I really didn't have any 0 Are phone service, problems." cable .or lnt~rnet. n ..... Other students, like junior Jillian connection Included? Farmer, are in the midst of their search for off-campus housing. Farmer said she left it to her roommates to do most of the looking. "It seems like there are a lot of options," Farmer said. "I wanted something semi­ close to campus, and to hopefully have my own room." People who have experience with living off campus and the search process had the following pieces of advice for students who are looking to leave South Hill.

Ensuring eligibility According to Residential Life policy, only those slated to graduate during the next aca­ demic year are guaranteed' the chance to get off campus. "No one else at this point should be signing any kind of lease," said Housing Coordinator Jen Richardson. "There's no guarantee that they'll be let off campus." Richardson said signing a lease now does not guarantee or in any way enhance a student's chances of leaving campus. She said it's also a big risk. If the office does nor then approve the student to go off cam-

the monthly rent as well as room and board PRIME COLLEGE HOUSING can be found In the thaca area for students who desire for the college. to llve off-campus If they know where to look and how to go about the search.

Explo~g options Checking out the community had a few days to clean it up," she said. "So · ·There are numerous housing options Richardson said learning more about a I had all my stuff in my car." available. The types- of housing vary great­ new living arrangement is key. She said not While her landlords tried to repair the pre­ ly by configuration, location in the county, ·only will it yield good connections - many vious tenants' damage, Pease spent 10 days furnishings, utilities cost, benefits -and the neighbors are permanent Ithaca residents - stayjng with a friend in the College Circle most important factor - rent. but also help students get a better idea of Apartments. , I The Ithacan, The Ithaca Times and The whether the housing is a good option. Landlords can alter a lease before sign- Ithaca Journal offer classified ad sections for "It's important to get a sense of what . ing, so just make sure to get all the changes furnished apartments and houses. Richardson kind of services they've gotten from their fully documented on both your and your said Residential Life also offers several re­ landlord, what are some of the things that landlord's copy of the lease. sources for apartment seekers, including list­ have popped up by surprise," Richardson ings on the office Web site and a bulletin~ said. Meeting with the owner or super of openings in the Towers Concourse. Mizerak said she spoke to the building Senior Michelle Mizerak said that Reviewing the lease manager on the phone and then met with although it's hard to find a rental property Students should read the lease careful­ him in person to get a formal tour and ask with all utilities included, students should at ly and have at least one other person look questions. least try to find housing with heat at it, ideally someone who has good "I learned so much more about the prop­ included. knowledge of what a lease should contain. erty that way," she said, adding that it also Mizerak, who lives in an apartment Senior Laura Pease said she learned the helped cement a good landlord-tenant re­ complex downtown, also advised students hard way about reading a lease thoroughly. lationship. to take into account the distance from Pease did not set a strict move-in date, and campus - especially if they don't own a car. w.hen she arrived at the house in August, she For further resources after signing the lease, "In the winter it's hell getting up the hill was told she couldn't move in. visit: http://www.ithaca.edu/reslife/OCHand­ if you don't have a car," she said. "The house was destroyed, and they only book.html#Advocacy.

The lease Legal language Leases should include.the following information: Security deposit : supervising and maintaining An amount of money, usual­ the rented property, serving • Date of signing ly equal to a month's rent, Complete names of landlords and tenants as a liaison between the ten­ • Location of the rental unit paid to the landlord upon ant and landlord. • Length of the lease signing of the lease to be held • Rent (amount, when and how due, penalty for late in trust as security against late Right of entry: payments, circumstances for increase, extra charges rent payments, property Landlord's right to enter for amenities and utilities) damage or other disputes. dwelling under certain • Security deposit (amount, provisions, return of) Barring incidents, deposit conditions. • Subletting guidelines will be returned at end of • Limit of occupants lease. Liability: • Landlord's rights of access Landlord's and tenant's re­ Guest and pet privileges Super (also known as sponsibilities in cases of • Forbidden items lost, stolen or damaged CARLY CHAMBERLIN/THE ITHACAN • Rules for noise and parties landlord's rep or building property, both that belonging JUNIORS LESLIE KUBICA (left) • Listing of all furniture in a furnished apartment manager): to the landlord and to the and Lauren Slowik sign a lease • Provisions for terminating or renewing the lease One who is responsible for tenant. for an apartment for next year. • Contact information for repairs or emergencies - Women nnmers ta e States The Ithacan THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2003 _Senior Amanda Laytham leads pack ~s Bombers PAGE 32 run past competition for NYSCTC title. Page30 o-r