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APRIL 11, 2002 28 PAGES, FREE www.ithaca.edu/ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community Party dismissed from SGA race Appeal process to continue BY EMILY PAULSEN Sophomore Neal Gauger, Elec­ Staff Writer tions Committee chainnan, said de­ tails of the decision are confiden­ The Elections Committee has tial because the committee is act­ disqualified the Solidaridad ing in executive session, ·as it has Party from the 2002-2003 Student all this year. The meeting at which Government Association execu­ the decision was made began late tive board race, making it a one­ Tuesday night and ran into early party contest. Wednesday morning. According to memoranda issued "The decision of the Elections to Soli­ Committee is final," he said. ' See ··ELECTION."" daridad by "The party is no longer recognized ··SEARCHING .. and the Elec­ as a party." ··REINSTATE"' tionsCom­ Gauger said an appeal from the Pages 4 - 5, 10 1 mittee, the members of Solidaridad was issued ---- ----- _____J p a r t y last night, and the Elections Com­ members received 21 demerits for a mittee will review the appeal. If the combination of violating the Ithaca committee denies the appeal, it will College Solicitation Policy and is­ go to Student Congress. suing contradicting statements to the Junior Brandon Steinorth, cur­ Elections Committee. rent SGA vice president of business The SGA Elections Act states and finance, said SGA congress that an accumulation of 20 or does not even know the details of more demerits requires expulsion the disqualification at this time. from the election. It also gives the "If I don't feel this disqualifi­ Elections Cot;nmittee the discretion cation was fair, I personally will go to determine how many demerits to bat for them to the end," he said. are issued for violations of the act. "It's tough to say this is SGA ver­ Both Solidaridad and its op­ sus Solidaridad because the elec­ JOE PASTERISITHE ITHACAN posing party, Cynosure, began tions board won't even tell SGA SOLIDARIDAD PARTY MEMBERS wear duct tape to protest their dlsquallflcatlon from the ~dent . their campaigns last week and pre­ what's going on." · Government Association Executive Board election at the Residence Hall Association meeting Wednesday sented their platforms at a media The disqualified Solidaridad night. They are freshman Brett Miller, left, sophomore Maria Stojanova and sophomore Eric Lieb. night Tuesday. See ELECTIONS , Page 6 Fac~lty center set for facelift Bias concerns follow speech BY JOE GERAGHTY rather than leaving it up to committee. get attention for this speech." . Assistant News Editor She took her concerns to the commit­ Brian McAree, vice president for stu­ this summer tee and was satisfied with the discussion dent affairs and campus life, said the posters The controversy surrounding conser­ that took place among committee members. were acceptable under college policy. BY KELLI B. GRANT vative activist Bay Buchanan's speech last Rothman said the committee is now At noon on the day of Buchanan's Assistant News Editor Thursday is beginning to die down. looking at scenarios in which a public speech, students held a forum at the Free After her speech, in which she decried speech could be deemed a bias-related in­ Speech Rock to discuss the intent of the The office of Professor Harold Emery, feminism as a cause of high divorce rates cident so the committee will be prepared posters and their effect on the campus. history, is filled wall-to-wall with "personal and and one of the reasons for the legalization to deal with future incidents like this one. Senior Joey Cronen said even though professional belongings." Shelves buckle slight­ of abortion, "What is a public forum?" Rothman the posters may have been offensive, they ly under the weight of hundreds of history texts. ~---------- .-- -- -·--- more than asked rhetorically. "What are fighting should not have been taken down. A filing cabinet and bookcase house whatever does See ''DIVIDING" and ··FREE SPEECH," 20 students words? This all generates very good, chal­ "It seems pretty obvious to me that not fit on the shelves. The desk holds piles of Pages 1 0 -11 approached lenging, complex discussion." you can't tear them down because they paperwork, acomputer and a typewriter. Campus Trouble began before Buchanan even piss you off, especially now when free Emery and other faculty and staff members l--·- -·- -- - . - -- --·. - Safety offi­ set foot on campus when the Ithaca Col­ speech is under attack," he said. with offices in Muller Faculty Center must pack ·cers in Emerson Suites to discuss report­ lege Republicans, .who sponsored her up everything in their offices and move it out by ing the speech as a bias:related incident. speech, posted fliers around campus that May 17 to accommodate the summer renovation Those students were referred to the Of­ warned "feminazis" to beware because their schedule for the building. fice of Student Affairs and Campus Life. Nuremberg was coming. The Republicans The "face-lift" renovations, which are expected A number of students met with Rory Roth­ apologized for the fliers at an April 3 meet­ to cost between $1.25 and $1.5 million, will in­ man, associate vice president for student af­ ing attended by more than 50 students who clude fresh paint on the walls and new carpeting, fairs and campus life, and other members were disturbed by the posters. office furniture and windows, said Thomas of the Bias-related Incidents Committee. "Those posters that were. up not only Salm, vice president for business and adminis­ Rothman said . the committee offended me, but scared the crap out of trative affairs. Revisions to the ventilation sys­ ultimately de:cided the speech did not co_n­ me," said junior Jennifer Addonizio, co­ tem are also a possibility, he said, but will be de­ sti tute a bias-related incident because president of BiGayLa. cided after contractors bid for the job. Buchanan did not threaten any specific The Student Government Association Salm said the renovations are scheduled to be­ person, and she made her comments as had suggested at its April 2 meeting that gin as soon as possible after Commencement on part of a public speech. Rothman said he the Republicans consider· apologizing May 18. Muller will be closed all summer and was pleased with the discussion that went for the posters.' is scheduled to reopen in mid-August. on within the committee in response. More than 400 people attended Muller offices that operate throughout the sum­ Senior Shelley Facente, who serves on Buchanan's speech. Many of them chal­ . mer, including the Dean's Office and the Inter­ the committee, tried to report the incident lenged her arguments and contentions dur. national Programs Office, will be moved to tem­ to a Campus Safety officer at the speech but ing almost two hours of question and an­ 'porary space in Hilliard Hall. - was told no report would be taken because swer time that followed· the speech. ._ · The renovations for Muller were first pro­ the s~h occum:d in-a-public forum,and · After her speech, Buchanan said she · - JOE PASTERJSfTHE ITHACAN .. -~sed two:years· ago, but this year is.the first was not directed at any individual . thought controversy over the posters SGY•. STEVEN YAPLE . of campus ·:i · ti~· that there have been adequate funds in the Facente said she was upset that a Cam­ was blown out of proportion. Safety, ·rfgttt. ·opens the door to , -; ;·_buclgei according to-a memorandum sent to fac- pus Safety officer was making the decision "I think they're completely harmless," Emerson Suites for Bay Buchanan about whether to report an incident or not she said. "'They were well-intentioned to before her speech Thursday. ,. , . · See SALM, Page 6 1 :_.{/INStDE.: ·.:;ACCENT .~.13,- ,. ·. €LASSIFIED- ~j... : 2.1 COMICS ... 20 : · · ,SPORTS· ••• 28 '>III• Ir I I• '' I, I It I'•\•' l I,• I, 1 I I I' l) I It I I I I',/• 1 I/ I I I I I, I, I• 1, •, 1 • t''''' ' t 1 ! I I ! ! I I 1 / l ' I I I I > > , I I I t I I I 1 ' f I I / .; ),( l / I / I I I / I I J I I I / , I I I I I I I • I ' I f / I • 1 j'), "'°;, 1 • , , t 1 I l~ I 1 1 1 • • 1 • 1 • 1 1 • ' , J , 1 1 I , t t I t I ! 1·~·, ...~·.,.1._,> ,' ·, '".,,.• 1 I 1 1 I I I 1 '· I 1 ·' }, '., I 1 , 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 r I ': ~ 1 •II 1,/\ I: I I I• I 1 • • : i '1,;,) •' ',' • :,• _,' ! t,.::r.rl,"},j,j'l I l I I I! 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