Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1977-78 The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 4-13-1978 The thI acan, 1978-04-13 The thI acan Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1977-78 Recommended Citation The thI acan, "The thI acan, 1978-04-13" (1978). The Ithacan, 1977-78. 23. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1977-78/23 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1970/71 to 1979/80 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1977-78 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. April 13, 1978 Vol. 51/No. 24 published independently by the students of Ithaca College . 111ez1a1 ·voting Admitted, Gold Mine Denied by Felice Linder · The Gold Min!.' of '79, the losing party of candidates for senior class officer positions for­ mally protested the results of last week's elections at Tues­ day's congress meeting. The ~l protest was denied. \~ The election was protested on ;!.•- :?! the contention that students , ,,.i'.}<: other than those graduating in _;;:;,_;./;:.:/?):~: 1979 voted. The class standing of \\·/:.'~.~·::.:··._ .. · voters was not checked at the -:~~ .. ;;',;· ('·. ·· · , polls. Jeff Eden, Student Body ''if.;:;;': ·:· President, explained that with- ~,·-, ..... , / out a computer printout there was nothing to check the ID cards against. "There was no I ,-,ur ,,_,:; ='" printout because the request _Jeff.Eden; Student Body President and member of the went in late," said Eden. Tom Plas~ of the protesting Gold Mine Parfy. electfon committee. -Tli·e Gold ~e Party first Plastaras·. who lost the election off-cam~us juniors to bring stu­ ballot enabled any member of the election. Jonathon Beck, a contested the election to 1:he for Senior Class President, ex­ dents to the polls. any class to vote for senior class Congress member, stated "there Elections Committee, but were plained that out of only 577 total During the discussion on officers. These spaces were is a difference between an invalid refused because of insufficient voters, 250 voted in the election whether to hold another election marked "for Juniors only". election and widespread fraud." evidence and because a last for senior class officers. Plastar­ for senior class officers, three DeYoe stated, "I guess it was With only a sixteen vote minute election would produce as noted the disproportionate non-junior voting members of invalid," but later explained, spread between De Yoe and Plas­ questionable results. The appeal percentage of juniors' voting. Student Congress admitted to 'Tm sure it all evened out." taras, it is difficult, if not was then taken to Student Con­ Cathie Deyoe claimed the high voting in the election for senior Plastaras contended that the impossible, to prove for a fact gress at their meeting Tuesday junior turnout was due to her class officers by accident. The point was not for whom the votes which side did gain from fraudu- night. concentrated campaign efforts placement of voting spaces for were cast, but that these votes 1ant voting. t\the Congress meeting Tom which included phone calls to this race within the rest of the were illegitimate by the rules of continued onpage 5 Student Trustee Election Invalid Loss of Trustee Position PosSible mum of three students slated to tees and to be a voting member same office to express their College. 2. Possession of qualifications There is a possibility that the run for the position of student of the Board of Trustees. reasons for running for student ' trustee. Because this did not Any person who wants to trustee.. Interested sophomores needed to strengthen the Board. position of student trustee may 3. Sound character and strong be in jeopardy of termination occur, a new election for student become a student trustee must are eligible for a two year term trustee must be held this semes­ submit a written nomination to and interested juniors are eligi­ intellectual ability. during the next few years unless 4. Willingness to devote more students are nominated for ter. the student government office on ble for a one year term. adequate time and effort to the the position. In the recent There will be a new election the third floor of the Union by According to the Prelimi­ student government election, process for any student interes­ five o'clock, Tuesday, April 18. nary Report of the Ad. Hoc office. ted in the position of student The interested student must be Committee on College Gover­ 5. Tact and natural aptitude to Robert Sturm ran unopposed for work with others. student trustee. He won the trustee. The function of the available for an interview with nance, the Board of Trustees is student trustee is to represent the members of the Executive looking for a student trustee 6. An aggressive spirit yes/no election. According to founded on determination to the revised By Laws of the the College as a whole at the Board of Student Government on with the following qualifications: College, there must be a mini- meetings of the Board of Trus- Tuesday, April 18 at 6:15 in the 1. Personal intP-rest in the continued on page 4 Moynihan Named Graduation Speaker United States Senator Da­ niel Patrick Moynihan, junior Senator from New York, has accepted an invitation to be the commencement speaker at gra­ duation May 13. James Whalen, president of Ithaca College, has spoken at graduation for the last two years. The senior class recom­ mended graduation speakers to the administration in a vote taken last May. "They wanted an outside person; a famous person," President Whalen said. Choices for speaker were nar­ rowed sharply by the low per­ centage of those able to attend. "It's the art of the possible,". Whalen said. ''The decision was not necessarily on Whalen itself, but who was able to come," Senior Class· President Howard Schloss noted. "Moynihan was · the ·only one able to come from­ . people who were asked," Schloss added. Moynihan will not be paid for his appearance. "I don't like to continued on page 4 THE ITHACAN April 13, 1978 page 2 ITHACAN INQUIRER Student Elections: 8)' Linda Melman Comical Farce Although three voting members of fair one. How can a group of intelli­ Photos l>Y-Gai1 Lahm Student Congress openly admitted to gent individuals admit to ''wide Question: Did you find It a fraud on their election ballots concer spread fraud" in an election and still convenience having the ning senior class officers, the Election claim the results to be legitimate. Are housing lottery and pre­ Committee maintains that the election they legitimate in light of the fact that registration during the same was fair and the results legitimate. Student Congress meets only once week? Student Congress voted to d~y an ap more? peal by the Gold Mine of '79 party for It would be interesting to see how a new election. Jeff Eden would have reacted if he It would seem that the main objec-­ was denied due process last year. tive of the Elections Committee is to This time Eden's Express has had a have a convenient election instead of a serious derailment. Anythingis Better Than Whalen You can't please all the people ... with someone mean not listening to Mark Mosher, Ma~'79 . Joan Segll, Eng. '80 No matter how cliche it sounds, this I _never found it. an mcon- Sitting up here on this them? Is this the fair and open­ statement certainly is fitting for the vemenc~. It was mce to get garbage can, I can't help but minded class of '78? commencement speaker situation. e_verythmg done at the same reflect that it was symbolic of President Whalen has spoken at time. th d . • 1 There are some students protesting graduation for the past two years and - e a mm1stration s p ot the choice of Danial Patrick Moynihan, it's time for a change. Graduating to cause the pre-mature 1 junior senator from New York(see seniors should welcome Moynihan and ~ greying of my hair. page 1). But there would be some appreciate that they are not listening students protesting any public figure to Whalen---again. chosen. Since when does not agreeing ILI etrlt~Q4~ Focal Point of Controversy here to point out each and every first place that should be chang­ The editorial, particularly, absurdity; that would take a ed. in the _April 6 Ithacan should semester of Foundation of Writ­ Apathy cannot be destroyed indeed "embarrass every single ing. by nonsensical editorials or liter­ Ithaca College student". Unfor­ The most embarrassing part ally pages of Jay Bobbing gyping tunately it is deeply shaming for of the editorial was at first Jay Bobbin. the wrong reasons. The only difficult to identify, obscured as The Ithacan must report the sensible thing about the editorial it was by the prose. I think news for itself, not the Adminis­ and I am sure it escaped· the perhaps the most ridiculous rea­ tration. The Ithacan must make attention of the Ithacan's staff soning in a string of inanities was itself a focal point of controversy. completely, was the title "The the conclusion that "A strong This is the age of investagative, Dialect of Apathy". recurring problem ... is ... com truth-seeking reporting, not - The ubiquitous grammatical munication." wasted space on Dorm Beautiful and typographical errors are not I would suggest to you who contests. The Ithacan must itself of the utmost importance, how­ staff the Ithacan that you possess be controversial; it must ask ever laughable they may be (and the most powerful instrument of hard questions of the Adminis­ frequently are).