Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 2001-02 The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 2-7-2002 The thI acan, 2002-02-07 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2001-02 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 2002-02-07" (2002). The Ithacan, 2001-02. 18. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2001-02/18 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 2001-02 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. VOL 69, No. 17 THURSDAY ITHACA, N. Y. f EBRUARY 7, 2002 28 PAGES, FREE www.ithaca.edu/ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community ., MAKING THE GRADE COilege names next provost BY ELLEN R. STAPLETON form him in dealing with the types of issues News Editor most colleges face today." Dunnick also pointed out that Bardaglio Peter Bardaglio has been appointed the has made several important advances dur;ing co11ege's next provost and vice president for his short tenure as Goucher's interim vice academic affairs. president and academic dean. Currently the interim vice president and Bardaglio worked to build faculty diver­ academic dean at Goucher College in Bal­ sity, obtain faculty grants, reform the facul­ timore, Bardaglio will begin his duties at Itha­ ty committee system, institute an assessment· ca College during the summer. plan for student learning and development Bardaglio has been a faculty member in and organize a team-taught course on the tran­ the Goucher Department of History since sition to college. 1983, serving as department chairman from "What he has accomplished over a short 1996 to 1998. He also spent several years as period of time has been rather impressive," the honors program director and the first-year Dunnick said. "He developed a track record seminar program director before assuming his of working on issues that are important at this current administrative post in August 2000. college, as well." He holds a bachelor's degree in history Faculty Council Chairman Stanley and English from Brown University in Seltzer, associate professor of mathematics Providence, R.I., and master's and doctoral and computer science, said Bardaglio has degrees in history from Stanford Universi­ "faculty blood flowing through his veins." ty in California. "He's done everything he could do as a His academic research has centered on faculty member at Goucher," Seltzer said. "I American southern and legal history, the Civ­ think he will be a very strong advocate for il War and Reconstruction. His first book, faculty. But he will [also] take a very insti­ "Reconstructing the Household: Families, tutional-wide perspective." Sex and the Law in the Nineteenth-Century President Peggy R. Williams announced South," received the 1996 James Rawley Bardaglio's appointment Tuesday. He will Prize from the Organization of American His­ also have tenure in the Department of His­ torians for the best book p~blished on the his­ tory, pending confirmation with the board of tory of race relations. trustees next week. His second book, "Daily Life in the South "He will bring strong academic leadership during Reconstruction," is scheduled for pub­ to us at a time when we need to implement lication next year. critical academic dimensions of the institu- Professor Kim Dunnick, music, who was . tional plan, and he has an admirable record chairman of the search committee, said on diversity issues as well as experience in SARAH SCHULTE/THE ITHACAN Bardaglio 's level of scholarship impressed him. developing close working relationships be­ JUNIOR BRENNA CORBETT, Student Government Association vice president of "The thing that really stood out was his tween academic affairs and student affairs," academics, discusses grade inflatiQn at the Student Congress meeting Tuesday record of scholarship," Dunnick said. "He's Williams said in a statement. night in the North Meeting Room, Campus Center.-SGA will be organizing a com­ a historian, but his area of scholarship has Former provost Jim Malek moved onto a munity-wide forum on how to address grade inflation. See story, page 4. something to do with both race and gender. comparable position at Rollins College in We feel like that sense of history helps to in- Winter Park, Fla., last summer. Trustees head to NYC State may cut Budget approval on agenda for board meetings financial aid BY ELLEN R. STAPLETON Also on the board's agenda About 18 administrators from News Editor will be considering eight faculty the college will make the trip to the BY AARON J. MASON members for tenure and promotion. Big Apple by bus. Senior Writer New York City will be the Sasaki Associates, the Boston- This marks the first time in sev- backdrop when the board of based architectural consulting era] years that the board has met off Proposed cuts to the New York state Tuition Assistance Program trustees decides how much students firm working on planning the_future campus. The board also meets would take a big bite out of the financial aid packages for more will pay next academic year for an physical development of the col- every October and May. than 1,650 Ithaca College students, if Gov. George Pataki 's 2002- Ithaca College education. lege, will deliver a presentation on Chairman William Haines, who 2003 state budget becomes reality. The college's highest governing the proposed campus master plan is chief executive officer of the Man­ In his preliminary fiscal plan rolled out body will convene Wednesday revealed in December. The board hattan-based real estate development in Albany Jan. 22, Pataki outlined plans to and Thursday in the Cornell Club may take action on the plan, and -management firm Bromley slash $155 million from TAP, reducing fund­ on East 44th Stre~t to approve the Pringle said. Companies, wanted to give a differ- ing by nearly one-third, from $636 million to 2002-2003 budget, including tuition Steege-Thomson Communica- ent location a try, Pringle said. $481 million. Under the plan, students at state and room and board costs. tions, a -Philadelphia consulting "Sometimes getting to Ithaca in universities and colleges who receive need­ Tuition for the current academic firm working on an integrated mar- February can be difficult," she ex­ based financial aid from New York would not year was $20,104, and the total cost keting plan for the college, will also ·plained. "It's also an opportunity for-- · be paid their full award until they graduate. was· $28,994. Nancy Pringle, vice present a report and recommenda- the trustees to connect with people State officials contend the planned cuts are president and college counsel, who tions for increasing the visibility, who might not get out to Ith~ca but part of.a new incentive program that would re­ serves as secretary to the board, said name and reputation of the coUege, are people !he co~lege would,like ward students who complete their undergradu­ she could not say whether costs said Shelley Semmler, vice president to._get to know better._" ate degree. But opponents charge the cuts would would'change. _ for institutional advancement. The-23-member board consists - force the stare 's neediest students to borrow thou- The meetings will kick off with "We -.yant to communicate of Ithaca College alu-mni ·and sands more in loans, deterring many from seeking a higher education. a visit to the ·Frederick. Douglass with all of our constituencies with friends as well ·as a faculty, staff and At Ithaca College, where 26.9 perc~nt of the undergraduate pop­ A~l!demy, the Harlem -secondary - a set of consistent messages th.at po- student represent~live:. Presjdent ulation receives TAP. the proposed cuts would be devastating, Financial scti99t with which tl1e college has _sition _us in the higher educatiqn , P~ggyR-Williams serves as an ex- See COLLEGE, Page 4 a .cl:Osi educatioriaf partnership. !11arketplace," Semmler said. _· .. · officio merriber. · . _. · . ·- ' : · ' - - . - - .- . " ·< . .· . , '' .t.~H~t·. 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Terrorists could still be operating in U.S. Two of the top officials charged with protection of the United States warned Thursday that the nation faced grave threats from terrorists and other hidden enemies. FBI Director Robert Mueller said he believes Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist group, which the United States blames for the Sept. 11 attacks, may still have un­ dercover operatives in the United States. "There may well be those in the U.S. who, having been trained by Al Qaeda, can come together with others for a p·articular terrorist attack," he said. "We're doing every­ thing we can to identify" them.