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See page 4 rise in the east, A SHIFT AT THE TOP response in the west Third candidate for president visits campus BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL SENIOR WRITER Th omas Rochon, the fi nal candidate for the Ithaca College presidency, visited campus this week. Rochen, the executive vice president and chief academic offi cer of the University of St. Th omas in St. Paul, Minn., held sessions for the campus commu- nity yesterday and Tuesday. Th e search for a new president began in July when President Peggy R. Williams announced her plans to retire at the end of the school year. A new president will be chosen by the college’s Board of Trustees, chaired by C. William Schwab ’68. Schwab said the search committee would examine all the candidates Ithaca’s Tibetan community sends support to violence-stricken country and present its fi ndings to the board during the fi rst week of April. BY TRISTAN FOWLER body [to] have more compassion, which is the root took the protesting monks into custody ... ,” he said. In a presentation before the MANAGING EDITOR of happiness for everybody,” said Palden C. Oshoe, China began its occupation of Tibet, a region lo- campus community yesterday, Ro- wo young boys stand at the front of a grow- president of the Tibetan Association of Ithaca, about cated in western China, in 1950. In 1959, the Tibet- chon said there are many questions ing crowd outside the Namgyal Monastery in participating in the march. ans made a failed attempt to overthrow the Chinese people have about higher education TIthaca. One boy, Ten- Friday’s event, attended by nearly 80 people and authority, which led to the exile of the Tibetan gov- issues, including the escalating cost, zin Lekdup, holds the red, organized by the Namgyal Monastery, occurred ernment and the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and diversity and political bias. blue and yellow fl ag of Tibet. View an audio one week after violence shook the Tibetan capital religious leader. Th e recent protests began March Rochon said behind all the ques- His friend, Tenzin Loden, slideshow of the of Lhasa. Th irty ongoing protests for Tibetan au- 10, the anniversary of the 1959 uprising. tions people have about higher ed- march at www. waves an American fl ag. theithacan.org/ tonomy are confi rmed in three eastern Chinese Since March 14, the Chinese government has re- ucation lies a lack of understanding Lekdup and Loden, stand- go/08tibet provinces, said José Cabezón, professor of Tibetan, ported 22 deaths, and Tibetan rights groups have re- of what higher education is, what it ing side-by-side, help lead a Buddhism and culture for the University of Califor- ported 140 deaths, according to an article yesterday does and what diff erence it makes. pro-Tibetan march throughout Ithaca last Friday. nia, Santa Barbara. by the Associated Press. Witnesses reported seeing He said it has lost its voice. “Without any sense of hatred, we walk peacefully “What initially began as a peaceful protest by “Higher education [is not] and then verbally we say this prayer wishing every- monks escalated when the Chinese government See PROTEST, page 4 speaking clearly and coherently on what it is we’re all about [and] Members of the Tibetan community of Ithaca march downtown Friday to protest ongoing violence against Tibetans in China. CONNOR GLEASON/THE ITHACAN what it is we’re trying to accom- plish,” he said. Rochon, who earned his Ph.D. A SHIFT AT THE TOP in political science from the Uni- versity of Michigan, also spoke about the importance of expe- New H&S dean announced riences outside the traditional academic curriculum. He said it’s BY JACKIE PALOCHKO the Ithaca College community. important to give students the STAFF WRITER “Diversity is something we opportunity to come together. Leslie Lewis, dean of the School work on hard here,” Rountree said. “Th e specifi cs don’t really mat- of Arts and Humanities at the Col- “Her commitment to that will be ter,” Rochon said. “It’s a question lege of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y., very helpful. She has the experi- of sometimes taking a crisis or a was named the next dean of Ithaca ence of having been a dean. That problem and creating around it an College’s School of Humanities and will help her be able to get off to a opportunity for people to refl ect to- Sciences yesterday. strong start.” gether and ask what they stand for.” Lewis said she feels honored to be Lewis received her bachelor’s de- Student Government Associa- awarded the position. gree in the liberal arts from St. John’s tion president and senior Aaron “I am absolutely delighted,” she College. She earned her master’s de- Bloom said he felt Rochon was said. “I’m looking forward to getting to gree in English from the University very in tune with the important know people and getting a real sense of Virginia and her doctoral degree issues of higher education. of both the needs of the school and in African American literature from Leslie Lewis, the newly appointed dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences “When he was addressing is- the ideas of the future.” Indiana University. at Ithaca College, stands in her offi ce yesterday at the College of St. Rose. sues that are aff ecting higher Th e search committee began look- Rountree said the campus re- COURTESY OF MELANIE BOWMAN education as a whole, he was also ing for a new dean last August after sponded positively to Lewis’ visit and or presentations [to discuss] diversity,” people together.” infusing that with social sustain- Howard Erlich, dean of the School of her understanding of problems that Eagle said. Rountree said she is looking for- ability, environmental sustainabil- Humanities and Sciences, announced today’s colleges’ face. Laurie Arliss, professor of speech ward to working with Lewis as the ity [and] diversity issues,” he said. he would step down in May and take “I heard from people who met communication and chair of the new dean of the School of Humanities Rochon’s fi ve-year tenure at St. a sabbatical leave during the 2008-09 with her that she was a very thought- committee, said she is delighted with and Sciences. Paul, an 11,000-student Catholic academic year. Lewis will begin at the ful individual, and she understood the Rountree’s decision and considers “She will be a fabulous addi- university, has not been without college July 1. complexity of all the issues that she Lewis a terrifi c leader. tion to our community,” Rountree controversy. In 2006, the University Kathleen Rountree, provost and discussed,” Rountree said. “[Lewis] has already proven herself said. “I’m looking forward to hav- came under fi re from students and vice president for academic aff airs Freshman Charlotte Eagle, an art as a teacher, scholar and administra- ing discussions with her in the fall faculty for a policy that restricted at the college, said she is confi dent history major, said she hopes Lewis tor,” Arliss said. “She’s an intelligent … She is building on a very strong same sex and unmarried couples that Lewis’ experiences in promot- will bring diversity to the school. person … creative, patient and a good foundation. … [The school] is in a from staying in the same room ing diversity at the College of St. “I would really like the new dean listener. She’s a true collaborative per- very good position to hand off to Rose will be a valuable strength to to focus on opportunities for speakers son who can [compromise] to bring a new leader.” See SEARCH, page 4 find more. online. www.theithacan.org THURSDAY BRIEFING 2 The Ithacan Thursday, March 27, 2008 THIS Nation&World WEEK Iraqi violence persists in Basra 27 THURSDAY Iraq’s prime minister yesterday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a Distinguished speaker in the three-day deadline to surrender their weapons Humanities, David Zarefsky, will and renounce violence as clashes between Shiite present “Abraham Lincoln and militia fi ghters and Iraqi security forces erupted the House Divided: A Study in for a second day. Public Argument and Politics” at At least 55 people have been killed and 300 7 p.m. in Textor 101 were wounded in Basra and Baghdad after the fi ghting spread to the capital’s main Shiite district Screening of “The Story of of Sadr City, police and hospital offi cials said. Stuff,” sponsored by the Sus- Th e ultimatum came as Prime Minister tainability Cafe and iCare, at Nouri al-Maliki was in Basra to supervise a 4 p.m.