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MARCH 8, 2001 24 PAGES, FREE www.ithaca.edu/ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community Freshman loses life in crash Memorial services to be held Saturday BY JENNIFER A. HODESS News Editor Freshman Megan Hampton, an 18-year-old exploratory major m the School of Humani­ ties and Sciences, was killed instantly in a car accident around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Hampton was returning to the college from her hom~town of Rochester, N.Y., when she lost control of her 1994 Ford Mustang while heading southbound on Route 89. Hampton lost control of the car while trav­ eling down the hill into Taughannock State Park, said Sergeant Walter Schedel of the Fin­ gerlakes State Park Police. ~The-roads-were·lightly coated with snow at the time of the accident, police said. Hampton's vehicle crossed over the cen­ ALEX MORRISON/THE ITHACAN ter line of Route 89 and began to spin broad­ DEAN RICHARD MILLER of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance will be stepping down on June 1. side into northbound traffic. The car collid­ ed head-on with a northbound vehicle driven by Gordon S. Eggleston, 38, of Rochester. Police pronounced Hampton dead at the scene. Dean announces resignation Eggleston and his passenger, Jose A. Cruz, were both transported by Trumansburg Am­ bulance to Cayuga Medical Center. BY ELLEN R. STAPLETON opportunities. "It's a bit unusual to take a Ht::alth. Physical Education and Both men were treated for chest injuries. Assistant News Edaor "I felt there's never a best time step out there without havmg Rt::creat1011. Eggleston was treated and released Sunday. to make a decision like this, but something to go di­ Miller ~pearhead­ Cruz was admitted for observation and was Richard Miller, the first dean this was the right time," Miller rectly to," he said. "I ed the school\ e>.­ listed in good condition as of Monday. of the School of Health Sciences said. "I think the school is need the time to go out pan~1on effort~. Hampton was wearing her seatbelt, and the and Human Performance, an­ poised, we've accomplished a and explore." which culmmated 111 airbags in both vehicles properly deployed, nounced his resignation last number of things, and I have a Miller was appoint­ the opening ot the police said. Thursday after nearly 11 years in number of professional goals I ed as the first dean of $14.5 millmn Center About a half-mile stretch of Route 89 was that position. want to achieve. And I'm not sure HS&HP m I 990. The for Health Science~ closed for approximately six hours as police Miller. an Ithaca native who I could achieve them all here." school had been oper­ and the $6 rrnl11on and reconstruction crews worked to clear and graduated from the college Miller said he plans to move ating under an actmg Fitness Center 111 fall reopen the roadway. with bachelor's and master's de­ to the next level of higher edu­ dean since its inception 1999. A~s1stant Resident assistants, residence directors, the grees in physical education in cation administration. He has not m 1988, when the col- Dean John Counseling Center and campus chaplains have 1969 and 1971, respectively, yet secured a new position. Un­ lege combined the BONAGURO Bonaguro ~aid. been on-call to counsel students, Public In­ said he will step down on June til he finds another job, he will School of Allied fonnation Director Dave Maley said. l to pursue other professional remain in Ithaca. Health Professions and School of See FACULTY, page 4 Hampton was a 2000 graduate from the Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School in Rochester. She worked at the Terrace Dining Hall and resided in Tallcott Hall. Turkish students-face financial woes Tallcott Resident freshman Jillian Angell said Hampton will not be forgotten. Middle East nation fights growing eco,wmic deficit during inflation crisis "She always had a smile on her face and she used to say hello to everyone," Angell said. BY GUSTAVO RIVAS have to return home to save money in order with the hope that the extra ~ource of mcome "She was a really nice person, and she will A:jsistant Accent Editor to keep his family afloat amid an economic will help them remam financially stable. be missed." crisis in his native Turkey. "It 1s easy for [my father] to live 111 Calling hours were held Wednesday at the Although most students at Ithaca College Ozdemir is one of a group of Turkish stu­ Turkey," Ozdemir said. "I-le has many rel­ Miller Funeral Home in Rochester. The col­ have a hard time hiding their smile and en­ dents on campus who are trying to recover atives. Turkish people, they are willing to lege provided transportation for faculty, staff thusiasm for the beginning of their spring from their country's sudden drop in money share everything. They link together and help and students to and from the funeral home. break, freshman Kivanc Ozdemir has other value and rise in unemployment. The impact [each other]." Hampton is survived by her parents, Lau­ things on his mind. His tired eyes are in a has been enormous for Ozdemir's family. Ozdem1r said he hopes he will be able to rie Schott and Frank Hampton, and six sib­ daze. His lips form no smile. It is obvious which has lost its life's savings m banks that obtam the fund~ needed to return to the college. lings. there are many thoughts traveling through his are now completely insolvent. "I'm hoping that the ~chool will give me head that have little to do with sandy beach­ "My father was a journalist, and my more financial aid," he said. "If they cannot. es or cross-country road trips. mother was a high school teacher," I will have to go back [home] for ;ure." Ozdemir, an international student from Ozdemir said. "But the newspaper [ my fa­ In the meanttme, Ozdem1r can only loo!,. Izmir, Turkey, is making plans to travel to ther] worked for closed down and moved forward to his reunion with his mother, smce Tampa, Fla. where his mother is currently vis­ to Istanbul." II will put an end to a month of uncertainty iting hts sister. But he will not be there to join. Because of his father's unemployment, that started when the Turkish lira fell by 30 other spring breakers at the beach. Instead, Ozdemir says that his mother will have to percent against the dollar in the span of a he will meet with his mother to determine if move in with his sister in Tampa, Fla. until week. The decrease, however, has been ex- she and his father will be able to pay for an­ his father is able to find another job. They other semester at the college, or if he will are renting out their apartment back in Turkey See RETURN, page 4 2 THE ITHACAN THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001 National . and International News Survivor's Michael Skupin burned out Until now, "Survivor" evictees had their torches extin­ CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH guished. Michael Skupm instead got fired Thursday night. ~ The pig-killing, software-company president from White Lake, Mich., flamed out after accidentally falling into a Kucha tnbe campfire. His hands badly burned, he dove into the bor­ dering stream in an effort to slake his pain. It was no use. "It keeps intensifying," he shouted while fellow tribe mem­ bers looked on in horror. Skupin, who turned 39 after filming ended late last year on "Survivor: The Australian Outback," soon was evacuated via helicopter after medics bandaged his hands. Tribemates, particularly sobbing Elisabeth Filarski, seemed genuinely grief-stricken. But leave it to snarky Jeff Varner to remmd viewers that it'll still be war when the Kuchas and Ogakors merge tomght into a 10-member tribe. Skupm told the Kuchas he had gotten too close to the campfire and passed out from smoke inhalation. His tumble mto the flames was not shown on home screens, but the seg­ ment still carried a viewer advisory, "Survivor's" second this season. Episode 4, in which Skupin stabbed a pig to death, drawing the ire of animal activists, also warned viewers of unsettling footage to come. Bush travels to promote budget plans President Bush is retummg to the nation's heartland this week to promote his spending and tax-cut proposals, hoping to sway Democrats from the Midwest and the South to his side. Bush focused on his Medicare plan in Washington Mon­ dav and watched the swearing in of Disaster Management Chief Joe Allbaugh. Then he returned to his 200 l campaign trail - a zigzagging path that took him to five states last week, and will bring him through four this week.