GAME of DRONES to Replace Kelly
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The Ithacan Thursday, September 11, 2014 ∙ Volume 82, Issue 3 College to begin provost search GAME OF DRONES to replace Kelly BY KAYLA DWYER Taking technology NEWS EDITOR to new heights A consultant from the Association of Governing Boards Search visited Ithaca College Sept. 8–9 to collect feedback from faculty, students and the campus community about the qualities they seek in the next provost and vice presi- dent for educational affairs. In addition, President Tom Ro- chon announced Sept. 4 that the Provost Search Committee, which comprises six faculty members, four staff members and one student, has ONLINE been finalized. Luke Keller, professor and chair of physics and astronomy, and For an interactive featuring drone Nancy Pringle, vice president and gen- footage, visit eral counsel, serve as co-chairs. theithacan.org/ Rochon said he solicited nomina- game-of-drones tions from the executive committees of the Faculty and Staff Councils as well as The Ithacan's newly purchased drone flies above the the Student Government Association, Carp Wood Field to capture an aerial view. and he decided to add one more staff TUCKER MITCHELL/THE ITHACAN and faculty member than originally planned in order to capture a wider BY MAX DENNING fine from the Federal Aviation Agency. conversation with Diane Gayeski, dean of range of opinions. CONTRIBUTING WRITER Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly the Roy H. Park School of Communications; Pringle said Rochon asked the SGA Four glossy, white, plastic rotor blades known as drones, were the cutting-edge Park School professors; and representatives Executive Board to submit nomina- propel its 40-ounce frame, complete with a military technology in the early 2000s, from both the Office of Risk Management tions, and he selected senior Ayesha camera capable of shooting video or taking but now they’re a part of the new wave of and the Office of Public Safety and Emergen- Patel to serve on the committee. still photographs up to 100 meters in the air. media technology. cy Management about Ithaca College’s policy Keller said the search committee It can cost as little as $200, but using one for Ari Kissiloff, assistant professor of on drones opened up in July 2014. Kissiloff contains a mixture of both newer and commercial purposes can result in a $10,000 strategic communication, said an email See DRONES, page 4 more experienced campus members as well as fairness in gender, demographic and school representation. The consistent attribute among the committee members is a working knowledge of the responsibilities of the provost, he said. ITS project overhauls campus Wi-Fi network This current provost search differs from the previous search because two BY JARED KELLY demand not having been met,” years ago, during Kelly’s tenure, her job CONTRIBUTING WRITER Weeks said. “Faculty that have cur- title grew to encompass student affairs In response to widespread com- riculum requirements dependent in addition to academic affairs, which plaints from students and faculty, on reliable Wi-Fi were our most resulted in the current title of educa- Information Technology Services concerned group.” tional affairs, Rochon said. is currently working with Apogee, Last year, Gorney said, Apo- Given the nature of the job de- Ithaca College’s Internet provider, gee also performed a survey of the scription — integrating student and on an overhaul of the campus’ wireless network in the campus’ academic affairs — Pringle said the Wi-Fi network in the campus’ non-residential buildings, which college is looking for a new provost to academic and administrative provided ITS with the information further the implementation of IC 20/20, areas, which it plans to have it needed to move forward with interdisciplinary programs and clear finished within the next six to the overhaul on these areas. communication between the adminis- eight months. “They literally walked around, tration and the student body. Bill Weeks, interim director of they had a map and they had their Keller said this combination of stu- Infrastructure and Communica- devices … They have tools on them dent and academic affairs is fairly rare tion Services, said the Campus that can see wireless strength, sig- among institutions. Academic and Administrative nal strength, channel strength … “That might really appeal to some Wireless Project 2014 aims to They went room by room to try to candidates, and some candidates might improve the wireless network’s figure out what the best plan was,” not be used to it,” he said. “I think this is performance in classrooms, pre- Gorney said. going to be a very attractive position for vent dropped connections and Gorney said the previous which to recruit.” boost the network’s capacity in This map of Ithaca College shows the phases of the Campus Academic network model was extremely Keller said Rochon asked Pringle areas where many people will be and Administrative Wireless Project 2014, labeled by building. outdated, and an overhaul was and him to co-chair early in the sum- using the Internet. SOURCE: ITHACA COLLEGE long overdue. mer, but Keller and Pringle were not The project is being overseen “Funnily enough, it’s all pre- involved in the process of identifying by ITS while Apogee is provid- the current project follows a re- mainly prompted by dissatisfac- iPhone, pre-iPad,” he said. “It was the candidates for the committee. ing the installation services, Matt working of the wireless network in tion with the network among based on coverage.” “You need a group that can work Gorney, digital media coordinator the college’s residence halls, which students and faculty. He said this coverage-based well together but also one that there has of technology and instructional Apogee performed last year. “The campus community at support services, said. Gorney said Weeks said the project was large was disappointed in the See WI-FI, page 4 See PROVOST, page 4 TREASURE HUNT A NEW EMPIRE ICC BRIBE Campus Pursuit brings The Empire 8 College offers new treasure-hunt marketing realignment poses incentive to attend to campus, page 13. new challenges for ICC program, Bombers, page 23. page 10. find more online. www.theithacan.org 2 The Ithacan NEWS Thursday, September 11, 2014 Thursday Briefing what’s happening around the world and right outside your door Nation&World has taken a particularly high toll on and extradited to Belgium in July. health care workers. 400 dead in India and Pakistan Norway lacks prison space The death toll from floods in Pakistan Norway is in talks with the Neth- and India reached 400 on Sept. 9 as armies erlands to ease overcrowding in the in both countries scrambled to help the vic- prisons by renting prison space and tims and authorities in Islamabad warned exporting some prisoners while car- hundreds of thousands to be prepared to rying out urgent maintenance work. flee more flooding in the days ahead. Justice Ministry spokesman Vidar The flash floods, which began on Sept. Brein-Karlsen said several practi- 3, have put more than 1.5 million people in cal issues must be dealt with before peril and left thousands of families home- Norway can rent the Dutch cells, in- less in the two neighboring states. Pakistan’s cluding whether Dutch wardens can minister for water and power, Khwaja Mu- guard the prisoners. hammad Asif, warned parliament that some Brein-Karlsen said Sept. 9 700,000 people have been told to leave their Norway currently has 1,300 people homes, which could be inundated in the waiting to serve prison time. next four days. Pakistani and Indian troops have Jewish Museum to reopen been using boats and helicopters to drop The Jewish Museum of Belgium, food supplies for stranded families and where four people were slain in May evacuate victims. by an intruder with a Kalashnikov, is reopening this weekend for the first Demonstrators shot in Yemen time since the killings. Yemeni police opened fire on dem- Chilean capital faces subway station bombing The armed assault in a busy and onstrators led by Shiite rebels who were A police forensic expert arrives to the blast site at a subway station in Santiago, Chile, on upscale district of Brussels fueled marching toward the prime minister’s office Sept. 8. A bomb exploded in the Chilean subway station injuring at least seven people, the fears of rising anti-Semitism and vio- in the capital on Sept. 9, killing at least four most damaging in a string of bombs planted around the country’s capital this year. lent Islamic extremism in Europe. people and wounding 10, officials said. LUIS HIDALGO/ASSOCIATED PRESS Cige Norbert, secretary general of Police first fired tear gas and then the museum, said Sept. 9 the decision switched to live ammo at the rally, led by to reopen effective Sept. 14 is meant so-called Hawthi rebels who have been as a statement. fighting against Sunni tribesmen in the He said it “proves that those who country’s north over the past months and Ebola victim brought to the US The patient will be housed in a special tried to put us to silence, well, that objective now want to topple the government. The fourth American aid worker isolation unit, hospital officials said. The has failed.” The protests threaten to further de- sickened with the Ebola virus arrived patient’s identity was not released, and the Mehdi Nemmouche, a 29-year-old stabilize Yemen, the Arab world’s most Sept. 9 for treatment at Emory Univer- hospital released no additional details. French national who is believed to have impoverished country. sity Hospital, where two others have The bolaE outbreak sweeping West Af- links with radical Islamists, was arrested been treated.