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,. OPINION Register WANNA to vote MAKE Page 13 ABETI ACCENT Shedding extra pounds Page 17 Volume 71, Number 17 Ithaca, N.Y. Thursday, February 5, 2004 H&S changes requ1reinents• • BY DANIEL PRINCE category. In the new system, a Staff Writer total of 12 credits from catego­ ry 1 will satisfy the requirement. Revisions to the General Ed­ According to the H&S Cur­ ucation program in the School of riculum Committee proposal, Humanities and Sciences "The present system asks should make it easier for students faculty to distinguish between to fulfill the requirements be­ a class that deals with the effect ginning next fall. of the self on society and a class The new policy will consoli­ that deals with the effect of so­ date one category of courses and ciety on the self ... We found it make it easier for faculty to des­ best to combine these two ignate courses to meet the gen­ categories." eral education requirements. The revisions are the result of Also, under the new policy, Ad­ three years' work by H&S fac­ vanced Placement credits may ulty, many of whom have been count for up to two general ed­ as exasperated with the rigidity ucation classes, or six credits. of the requirements as students The alterations would apply have. all current and future H&S stu­ According to the proposal, dents, said David Garcia, asso­ many faculty members, particu­ ciate dean of the School of Hu­ larly in math and science depart­ manities and Sciences. ments, felt that current restrictions "No student would be disad­ penalize students with AP credits vantaged by going to the new re­ for their achievements. quirements," he added. Jodi Cohen, professor of The number of required speech communication, served PHOTO COURTESY OF C. HADLEY SMITH PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, ITHACA COLLEGE ARCHIVES credits from each category will as chair of the Task Force to As- FORMER ITHACA COLLEGE PRESIDENT HOWARD OIL HAM and his wife, oro y, e a ri ~oaa campus on a IIQ1fmobile. Dillingham wved aa pruldllnt 1917 IO 1970. TIie phalD "~-~Nl,QJl;Jl~-~~--~currently deSi~lted in a category -.*•"""--IWibegan work in ...2001. - After....... two.... ... .., of hundreds talcen by C. Hadley Smith, which are now part of the llbrary's archives. will remain where they are, years, revisions proposed by the with one exception. H&S Curriculum Committee The Self (la) and Society were approved by the Academ­ ( 1b) class designations will ic Policy Committee last A lifetime of. images combine into a single category, December. Self and Society. Currently Next year's course catalog al­ students must take courses ready reflects the changes, Gar­ Long-time college photographer leaves legacy amounting to three credits of 1a, cia said. six credits of 1 b and three ad­ BY LISSA TWICHELL "He worked seven days a week was really able to document the ditional credits from either See GEN EDS, page 4 Staff Writer almost the entire time I was grow­ growth of the college," he said. ing up," Smith recalls. "It was hard Before he passed away, Smith When photographer C. Hadley work, but he certainly enjoyed it." arranged to leave all of the photos Smith passed away Jan. 5 at the age After Smith moved to Ithaca in of the college to the institution. Be­ of 93, he left a treasury of images 1947, he spent his time working as tween 25,000 and 100,000 negatives, to those who knew him personal­ a professional freelance photogra­ which span a quarter century, are cur­ ly and even those who didn't. pher in the area. Two years later, he rently being filed in the college's Smith was a photographer at the began to take on a wide variety of archives. Approximately 500 of college from the late 1940s to the work for Ithaca College. In his roll those images can be found in a pub­ 1980s. As part of his work during as a public relations photographer, lic database on the library's Web site. that time, he documented the col­ he covered everything from week­ "It would be hard to see any as­ lege's move to South Hill. end sports events to academic cer­ pect of college life at that point that His son, Hadley "Scott" emonies. His record of the college's he wasn't aware of and pho­ Smith, is an assistant professor in move to the current campus on South tographing," his son said. the college's Department of Writ­ Hill in the 1950s and 60s are espe­ ing and an Ithaca native. He re­ cially memorable. See a photo spread and reflection members his father's work well. "In his work with the college, he. of Smiths work on page 19. Rape reported in Terrace BY KATIE MASLANKA an attempt to exit the building. Resident Assistants in Terrace 11 Assistant News Editor After follow-up interviews on have been informed of the incident Jan. 28 and Feb. 2, the student re­ and are trained to respond to such re- • A female student reported being ported that the man raped her in the ports, said Bob Holt, director of pub­ raped in the stairwell of Terrace 11 stairwell after he blocked her path. lic safety. on Dec. 12, according to an alert re­ The suspect was described as a "Unfortunately situations like leased by the Office of Public white college-age male, with a large this do occur, and we try to respond Safety. build, short dark hair and a goatee. as best as we can," he said. The alert was issued after a fol­ He was wearing jeans and a light-col­ Holt said a rape aggression de­ low-up interview with the student. ored sweatshirt. fense program on campus is being When the incident was originally re­ Dave Maley, director of media re­ planned. A date for the program will ported, the student said she was walk­ lations, said since the incident occurred be decided in the near future. REBECCA GARDNER/fHE ITHACAN ing down the stairs when a male on on the last day of classes, before win­ Students with any information JIM UTZ, assistant professor of theater arts, lectures his the first-floor landing attempted to ter break, the follow-up interview about the reported rape should con­ Introduction to Theatre class in Hoerner Theatre Tuesday. The block her from walking past. She then could not take place until the student tact the Office of Public Safety at large lecture class fulfills the General Education requirement struck the male and ran past him in returned for the spring semester. 274-3333. for human expression, visual and performing arts. I 2 THE ITHACAN NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004 N·ation & World Kerry wins five states in primary DEADLY DISEASE Sen. John F. Kerry cemented his position as the Democratic front-runner by rolling to vic­ tories Tuesday in Missouri, Arizona and three other states, winning the bulk of delegates in the biggest day of presidential balloting so far. · Sen. John Edwards captured South Caroli­ na, keeping his White House hopes alive, and. retired Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark eked out NEWS BRIEFS AND LOCAL EVENTS a win in Oklahoma to sustain his struggling The Vote 2004 campaign. · Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the De­ . THE CANDIDATES ON TAXES: mocrat's vice presidential nominee in 2000, quit In 2003, President Bush passed the race after going O for 9 in the primary sea­ a 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax plan son and ,finishing far behind in all seven states that gave cuts to all income levels, voting Tuesday. but nearly all the candidates seek­ Though Kerry fell short of the sweep he 'had . ing the Democratic nomination hoped for, the result of Tuesday's balloting was have promised to repeal at least to boost his already strong momentum and sig­ part of the tax cuts. nificantly increase his count of delegates to the Gen. Wesley Clark · would Democratic nominating convention this summer. repeal the cuts aimed at the high­ est income levels. His plan Ricin found on Capitol Hill includes tax cuts for families with A powdery substance suspected to be the poi­ children making $100,000 or less, son ricin was discovered Monday in a Capitol Hill and making families of four whose mailroom near the office of Senate Majority Leader­ income is less than $50,000 Bill Frist, raising new fears of bioterrorism. exempt from federal income taxes. · Several tests found the white powder to be Gov. Howard Dean would roll ricin, a potentially deadly toxin derived from cas­ back all of the cuts in Bush's tax tor beans, and additional tests were being con-· plan and reroute the money to ducted. The sight of workers in hazmat suits seal­ health care, education, national ing off a Senate office building brought back security and other uses. memories of the anthrax-laced letter.sent to then­ Sen. John Edwards would Senate Majority 'Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., take away the tax cuts for the rich­ 'in October 2001. · . _ ~ . RICK LOOMIS/LOS ANGELES TIMES est and give a 1O percent tax cut to At a late night Capitol Hill news conference, NEWLY BUILT COFFINS awaH use In Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. More than 100 businesses that manufacture their Frist, R-Tenn., said the incident Was being in- Haitians die of AIDS dally, according to the A~y for Educational Development. products domestically. He has also vestigated as a crime. · promised a $5,000 tax credit for Frist sought to reassure Capitol Hill staffers missed critical'weapons developments· in each swered: Was the country's powerful militaryfo­ first-time homebuyers.

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