The Ithacan, 1999-04-15

Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1998-99 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 4-15-1999 The thI acan, 1999-04-15 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1999-04-15" (1999). The Ithacan, 1998-99. 26. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99/26 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1998-99 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. News 6 Inmemoria A fund .to benefit students has been developed to honor Janet Kalinowski. Purchase TRUE POLfflCIAN of alcohol regulated BY KATE HILTS Ithacan Staff Individuals can lose their license until they are 11 for even trying to purchase alcohol if they are underage. According to a recent New York state law, individuals who are under 21 and try to pur chase alcohol can be subject to fines and sus pension of license. The law also states peo ple can lose their license until they reach the age of 21. The old law did not include fines or sus pension of an individual's license. Addie Jenne, a representative of Assemblyman Marty Luster's office, said the new law was passed on Jan. I, but the rules and regulations did not go into effect until MICHAa SCHRAMM/ THE ITHACAN April 8. ON ELECTION DAY W~nesday, Junior Nick Tarant (center), student body presidential candidate, speaks with Junior Dana Dubovlk (left) and senior Damon Hagan. SGA executive board and Senior Class parties waited anxiously Wednesday night for "The new law creates different levels of election results. The Electlons Committee did not release the results as of press time, but they can be found on The Ithacan Online. punishment for repeat offenses, and allows for sentencing of alcohol abuse and/or awareness programs, and evaluations of re peat offenders," Jenne said. The law is a temporary trial program, and the old law will go back into effect on Jan. 1, 2002, she said. Vision, priorities set According to the new law, the court can fine a first-time offender up to $100 and sen BY KATE HILTS Background issues of these goals, president said. A similar e-mail about the tence them to a maximum of 30 hours of com Ithacan Staff which were developed by the committee priorities of the committee went out to the munity service. The court may also require with help from the community, will be giv board of trustees as well. the individual to attend an alcohol awareness "Ithaca College strives to become the en to task groups, said Provost and Vice Nick Tarant, vice president of com program and suspend the person's license up standard of excellence for residential President of Academic Affairs Jim munications for the SGA, said the action to three months. comprehensive colleges, fostering intel Malek, who is chair of the committee. step of the committee will be with the task A second-time offender can be subject to lect and character in an active student-cen The task groups will be made of one groups. He said so far this has been a long fines no less than $50 and no more than $350, tered learning community." to two committee members and volunteers process and gathering information is community service and/or additional alcohol This is the vision statement for the col from the college community and they will hard. awareness programs. The individual can face lege for the next decade, set by the All work on developing ways to make the "Hopefully, when these tas~ groups are suspension of his or her license up to six College Planning and Priorities goals attainable, Malek said. set, we will be able to take a step forward," months. Committee. A call for task group members will go Tarant said. The third-time offender is subject to fines The committee developed nine goals out by e-mail to the Ithaca College com He said the goals and the vision state up to $750, community service and abuse or for the college after a retreat and round munity. The e-mail will list the goals, ment do seem to be accurate and now the awareness programs. The person could face table discussions. Sharon Runge, executive assistant to the group will be able to take more action. suspension of his or her license up to one After the retreat at the beginning of the year, or revocation of his or her license un spring semester, there were supposed to til they reach the age of 21. be nine goals, but after roundtable dis IT'S OUTTA HERE Edward Corvinelli, nighttime general cussions the committee decided 10 goals manager at Rogan's Comer, said he likes the would be needed. At last week's group law because it gives him further recourse with meeting, the nine-goal decision was re underage buyers. instated. He said some individuals really give him The 10th goal was supposed to be a hard time when trying to purchase alcohol "community," Runge said, but the com and the store was never really protected by mittee decided "community" was an un anything before.The law gives him a feeling derlying issue of most goals. of protection, and he likes knowing something "When we actually charge the task will be done if there is a problem during a groups, we want' them to develop their potential sale. plans and have community to be one of "[The new law] keeps the people who their underlying tenants," Runge said. want to try and pull something off a little The nine goals developed by the com- more under control," Corvinelli said. mittee• are: Randy Haus, under-sheriff for the • Technology Tompkins County Sheriff's Department • Diversity said the law will not affect the way police. • Quality of student life handle underage drinking. • Quality of work life Haus said the department will still be ag • Resource development and fiscal gressive and will not change how underage stewardship · drinkers are handled. • Academic program development "We'll still continue to charge them. The • .Experiential and performance-based MSJSSATHORNLEYJTHE ITHACAN SOPHOMORE ·t-AURA .. RUIIA (~)-la,congratulated by teammates after penalty portion of any given statute really learning hitting a tlome run. In Saturday'• win over Meulah, 7-0. The team has won doesn't affect how the police do what they • Facilities - elghtatnlght games, and Allmla hu 17 career home runa, a Somber record. do,"_,,.. Haus said. · • Enrollment 2 THE l111ACAN APRIL IS, 1999 Briefl Andrew Light of Binghamton University. Substance free housing Senior art exhlblUon The Office of Residential Life The reception for the opening By lltcbael w. Bloollll"Olle funding over the past few years to try and com announced that starting in Fall of the ·Annual,Senior Student Assistant News Editor pensate to some degree," said Whalen, in 1999, Ithaca College will offer Exhibition,• featuring works by response to a question about the cuts. a substance-free housing students in the department of This week, 13 years ago: Whalen admits the school has been forced to floor. The housing will be art and department of cinema After the U.S. military attack upon the Libyan raise tuition in order to keep up with the greatly located in the basement of and photography, win be held cities of Tripoli and Benghazi; there is the new increased cost of food, utilities. insurance and Bogart Hall. It will be free of in the Handwerker Gallery to threat that terrorism may spread to Great Britain. construction. cigarettes, cigars or burning day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The With Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's When approached on the parking problem, '°bacco, alcohol and drugs. works will be on display until approval to allow U.S. F-3 fighter bombers to Whalen said, 'Toe parking problem is severe now May 16. depart from England, concern for the safety of and has been exaserbated by the Union construc Ithaca College students at the London Center tion. We are working on a new plan but I would EVENTS Jewish Awareness Lecture rises. hate to have to tum the campus into a massive Paul Polansky will talk today Stu Wood, program assistant of international parking lot." t:=aculty Colloquium at 8 p.m. in the South Meeting programs, says the London Center will not close Senior's Choice won the Senior Class election The Faculty Colloquium Room, Egbert Hall, about ~e unless the students' safety appears to be in jeop last night. There were 30 votes separating them Series will present ·Historical Romany (Gypsy) Experience ardy. from the runner-up party. and Contemporary Issues of of the Holocaust,· for Jewish Students at the center claim there is much The candidates for the Student Government Aging as Implemented in the Awareness Month. The talk is resentment toward U.S. citizens because of the executive board run unopposed. They are Student Secondary Social Studies accompanied by a poetry attacks. This tension is evidenced by increasing Body President Dave Jamieson, Vice President of Curriculum• today at 12:15 reading by Stanley Sarkin. demonstrations outside the U.S. embassy. Academics Donna Kohrs and Vice President of p.m. in the DeMotte Room, Some students already canceled summer trav Business and Finance Mark Van Gestel. Egbert Hall. The presentation Lecture cancelled el plans so they can return home immediately fol The closing party for the old Ithaca College will feature Zenon Wasyliw, Karl E.

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