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Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1981-82 The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 11-5-1981 The thI acan, 1981-11-05 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1981-82 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1981-11-05" (1981). The Ithacan, 1981-82. 9. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1981-82/9 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1980/81 to 1989/90 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1981-82 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. \., A Weekly Newspaper, Published Independently by_ the S Vol. 51/No. 9 November S, 1981 0 Slight Rise Ill Campus · Crime B:y Judy Green violations. Fclonie, arc the Crime in the U.S. increased mo,t serious and violation, are h~ approximately 13 percent con~idcred "not much more la..,t year. ;iccon.ling to Federal than being charged with a traf gureau of lnveqigation fic ticket downtown." ,aid ,tati..,tie<;, while ~rime on the Withiam. Ithaca College campm in Between .lune 1980 and cr..:a,ed 1.5 pcrce .. ,. according .June 1981: one a<,~;1tdt and one to Loui, Withiam. director of ,exui"11 abme were reported a, Safety and Security. J'elonie.... A., mi..,dcmcanor<;, The major probh:m, 011 !'om a">,aulh were reported. ..:,1mpu, involve ca..,e, of pett:; But. at the "violation" level. larceny which is minor theft B ca,c, of harra<;,mrnt in 1:· -"',;. 11]) to $250. and criminal eludinf; verbal and phy..,ic:ll -s ~- ~ mi,chief ,uch a, vandali<,m, abu,e. were rcportl'd. according to Withiam. "We have had no repo1 ted Between June 1980 and rape<, on eampm where people .lune 1981. however. incident<, ha\'e come down--whcrc ,e,ual ahu,,· i~ grabbing or vandali<,m dccrea<,ed bv 24 someone '>aid, 'I've been ,omcbody'~ 111 iv ate parb or percent. Withiam noted thi<, raped' and it occurred on br:•ash or whateve1. but there de..:rca,e may be in part due to carnpu., and we pLll"~ucd it." i\ no real attempt to commit ISC Lobbying homing offi..:c<, being notified ~aid Withiam. the act- or rape." ... aid or violatjo_m _ _i.,~\tc_ad of "There have been Ithaca Withiam. ,ecurity. College co-ed<, who have been "Jf you're pu~hcd down and Fclonie~ on campu<, in raped. but it all happened you aren't injured." said Group R~affiliaterll (·rea ... ed by three percent, pcttit when they were off cam Withiam. "that's a simple ca~c pus," he said. violatiom dccrea..,cd by 19 per of harrassmcnt when you get By Scott Purdy greater financial aid. ISC is While actually being cent and ,tuJent conduct rode into defining the law." After a four year hiatus, funded through dues paid by "harrassed" may be ."scary." violation, incrcched 22 1ler While the v.ictim of such an , Ithaca College reaffiliated it, memher ·schools. D.ues are accordin~ to Withiam, the incident may have perceived it ecnt. with the Independent Student 50 cents. per full time student, evidence is not present to call At J.C. crime" arc cla..,,ifieu as an attempted rape, the Coalition (ISC) this year. or about $2,400 for Ithaca. the violation anything clc;c. nature of the crime would be accordimr to their seriomnl·s<, In the past, student leaders According to both Steve "Rape i<; penctrntion nnd • continued on paf!.e 5 a, kloni~·,. mi,,!t'nwanor, and had felt that IS.C was not Hanslcr and Jim Leech, doing enough for the student Student Body President, the ... And The V ote!.il Are In community . expense is justified by the in Reaffiliation was sought creased TAP and BEOG this year in order to combat benefits that ISC h:ls helped Elec1tion =· Wi1nlIDle:irs Lose:irs recent budget cuts and sub bring about in the pa~t. and is 9 ,equcnt cuts in financial aid, lobbying for. according to Steve Hansler, ISC is affiliated with COPS. dment that would allow the By Steve Long and Joe Arca voters also cast their Student Trustee. which is a national state's job development Halpern ballots for Proposition l, Independent Student organization with similar authority to double its bon The city of Ithaca elected its which dealt with a proposed Coalition is an Albany-based goals. By joining one ding limit-to $300 million, soi first republican mayot in 15 $500 million bond issue to ex ~tudent lobbying group. It is organi1ation, IC benefits from t would be possible to- make years, while republican can pand state and local prisons. loh~~ing on the s~atc level for both organizations. didates nearly made a clean The proposal was voted down. more . laws to develop sweep of county representative Another issue that brought businesses. The Amendment ;;;;;;;;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;, seats, in last Tuesday's elec voters to the polls Tuesday was passrr.J locally by 1900 tion. was a co!')stitutional amen- votes. Although election figures ELECTION------------ '81 will not become official until Mayoral Race: William Shaw (R) 2633 • next week, many agreed that · John Gutenberger (D) 2319 voter . turnout was District Attorney Race: Benjamin Bucko (R) 8470 "moderate." Joseph Joch, Jr. (D) 7994 In the mayoral race , · County Clerk Race: Lucille Grinnell (R) 70948 William Shaw squeaked by Edward Conley (Dr 5394 . Democratic candidate, John • number ofvoies received Gutenberger, by 9 percent, County Representative Winners or about 300 votes. A tearful_ City of Ithaca, First Ward: Donald Slattery (D) Shaw thanked all those that Towns Caroline & Danby-Dist. 7: Florence Starr (R) "worked hard" for his victory Dryden - Dist.13: Kenneth Tillapaugh (R) Tuesday night and pledged to ·Ithaca - Dist. 10: May G. Call (R) "keep Ithaca the incredible Ithaca - Dist. 11: Beverly E. Livesay (R) and outstanding place it is." Ithaca- Dist. 12: Gust L. Freeman, Jr. (R) Shaw ·wm . replace · Lansing - Dist. 6: Harris B. Dates (R) . Democratic incumbent Ray 1 Ulysses - Dist. 15: James A. Mason (R) fY Bordoni, who chose not to :un. Alderman Ract Winners In other elections, Benjamin First Ward: Raymond M. Schlather (D) bucke, repub1ican, beat out Second Ward: William L. Myers (D) democrat Joseph Joch, Jr. by Fifth Ward: Daniel L. Hoffman (D) 476 votes for the district attor . ney position, and .Lucille Town of Ithaca · Physical Education Mary Davenport, '82 offers instructioJI Grinnell; republican, took the Town Councilman: Henry l. McPeak (R) and encouraj?ement to handicapped swimmer. ~tory, page<,.- county clerk race from Ed ward·.con:e~·: .. Town Justice: Warren A. Blye <.R) November S, 1981 Page2 THE ITHACAN . The Ithaca College campus is fortunate to have a wide variety of clubs, teams and other organizations in which ITHACAN to get involved. Without sounding too much like a college catalogue, it is safe to say the activities here are diverse. One major objective of The Ithacan is to cover current INQUIRE~ campus issues and allow members of the IC community to voice their concerns. Anyone who has worked for The Ithacan can attest to the fact that the IC campus is its primary concern. In recent weeks however, students have found cause to challenge The Ithacan and its service to the IC com munity. Those challenges have provided the perfect op portunity for The Ithacan explain its position on several criticisms of late. In regard to the charge that The Ithacan does not ad dress enough campus issues, there are several points which should be noted. First, IC student-. should consider the staff limitations of The Ithacan. A few. people do a great deal of work to produce and entirely stud('nt nm paper e~ch week. Although we appr<'ciate constnictiv<' criticisms from students, criticisms follow<'d hy a lack of student interest in actually working for the papn is Jenny Stratton '85 Psych. Mimi VanderBurg '83 Rec. discouraging, to say the least. We went to trouble ir. Tahiti, I blew it off. Regarding the criticism that Tlw ltha1·an ignores <"ani the gymnastics exhibition, the play, we shopped, ate good pus issues, again student input and su~g,·stions are food and had a really nice needed to help The Ithacan cover the issues that art> im portant to students. The third major charge, that The Ithacan iµ:nor<'s cam pus assault.., or other mishaps, is 1•ntirely unfounded. Fir st, because Thi' Ithacan will not print mne mmors of campus incident'>, and second, lwcause few stud,·nts 1•v1·r press charges so that faets 1·an he puhlidy disl'losetl. There is no doubt that this campm, IHt'> its flaws. ;.onw of which are worth r<'porting. But often, wh1•n the fact'-' are s.:-parat<'d from the opinions, few facts remain. "" The Ithacan does not mind coustnl('tivl' stmleut criticism because it is through these sugge1-tions that the paper will better serve tlw m·Pds of th!' IC 1·ommunity. Crili<·al suppor~ is far IDOi"(' important _than mere 1-t111lcnt Annie Saund~rs '81 Cinema Lori Sholk '83 Mgt. complaints. Impressed the rent. I went on a trip to Nelson Th<' Ithacan is one of the only independent. st11d<'nt run Road with my parent. college newspapers in thP country. This ability to pul,lish a paper, free from the editorial jurisdiction of the 1·oll1·g1· is not common. Th<' potential for a student puhli,·ation stwh as ours is great and the student support of :-1H'h a paper is cnicial to its success.