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Arts/Entertainment Sports Index ·I Opinion ................................. 13 See you soon Dynamite duo Ski lift What's Happening ................ 3 Because of spring break, the next Club Semesters combines IC skiers defeat adversity Arts/Entertainment... ............ 9 Ithacan will be published March 18. bar and dance scenes and goes to regionals Classifieds/Comics ............. 1 4 Sports ................................. 13 The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 60, No. 21 Thursday, March 4, 1993 20 pages Free College to donate Pick a card leftovers to charity By Shari Davis " S products to Meals on Wheels when In an effort to decrease the New York tate the students leave for breaks. At amount of dining hall food that is requires that food be these times, milk, eggs and other thrown away each week, Ithaca thrown away after 48 various fruits are distributed to the College has agreed to donate left­ hours and we just don't needy in 1thaca. over food to shelters and to senior If the proposed program sue- citizen residences twice a week, have the storage space ceeds the College will be donating according to Howard McCullough, and pans to save all that more than just milk and fruit. director of Ithaca College Dining food." McCullough agreed to try a pro- Services. H d M C 11 h gram that would attempt to mini- McCullough met with Dana - owar c u oug ' mize the two tons of waste that is Aaron, assistant vice president of director, dining services currently thrown out Monday student affairs and campus life - McCullough said. through Friday. Food that is taken campus programs and events, on McCullough is not worried about directly from the serving lines is Wednesday, Feb. 24 to discuss the the legal aspects of donating food, normally discarded at the end of the possibilities of donating the left­ such as if the food should spoil, but day. over food from the dining halls. is concerned with how such a pro- According to McCullough, this The two decided that the College is gram could affect the College's will change if the College is able to able to cut down on excessive waste reputation. organize a food donation plan. The by recycling leftover food two days "The legal issues about donating food from the serving lines will be a week. food isn't my concern. However, I stored and given to Meals on "The other five days worth of can't stop the rumors that may start Wheels, a non-profit organization food iust cannot be saved. New about the College's food. It's iµst that donates food to senior citizen York State requires that food be too risky for our reputation," he'·· --resident living·~and the Salvation thrown away after 48 hours and we said. Anny. The Ithacan/ Rena M. DiFilippo In the past, the College has do- According to Steven Griffin, di- FabJance kHpa Bryson Lang '93 entranced during his just don't have the storage space performance Monday night In Emerson Suites. and pans to save all that food," nated perishable produce and dairy See ''Leftovers," next page Community service brings cheer to families By Dawn Pace how swdentsatlthacaCollegehave according to Vanessa Mason, com­ people with whom they work. son. Students also volunteer time to Daisy Juette, an 8-year-old resi­ helped out local families through munity relations/program director Since each residence hall keeps babysit the children. This allows dent of Ithaca, never had many the on-campus Adopt-a-Family pro­ of Residential Life. the same family from year to year, the parents to spend time together, Christmas presents. gram, sponsored by the Residence Mason said the Adopt-a-Family the students are able to watch the without the expense of a babysitter. But in December, residents of Hall Association in conjunction program is different from other family, especially the children, Three years ago the Residence Bogart Hall brought a little Christ­ with Loaves and Fishes, a non-profit volunteerprograms in that it stresses progress. Hall Council in Terrace 3 adopted mas cheer to Daisy when they raised community service organization. the development of relationships. Upon adopting a family, resi­ the Macelli family from Ithaca. $100 to buy her presents, which the "The organization responds as a "It gives the hall council a chance to dents work with family members to Since that time, IO other residence Residence Hall Association friend would respond to help them actually learn from the community provide them with little things. The halls have adopted families. matched. meet their needs," said Christine service and grow with the family." needs of the family detennine what A hean condition has left Sal "Right after Christmas, she came Potier, director of Loaves and The students involved interact with the students do for them, Mason Macelli disabled and unable Lo up here and was telling us about all Fishes. the families through phone calls said. • work. His wife. though, is employed the presents she got from Santa," The main purpose of the Adopt­ and visits. Residence halls can opt to do a at Comdl. ThC' coupk ha, two said Freida Gordon '96, a resident a-Family program is to allow the Mason said that volunteers m numberofthings. For insrance, resi­ daughtas, agL'~ 10 and ]4. of Bogan Hall. adopted family to become ac­ this program have the opponunity dents ccx>k meals for the families. Macell1 said IL is 11nportant for This is merely one example of quainted with the hall residents, to understand and get to know the especially during the holiday sea- See "Families," ne'\:t page Expert criticizes lack of unified economic ideas By Jennifer Patterson First, he stressed the need for The United States' industrial "The industry clearly collaborative research on what policy lags behind other competing needs aggressive indus­ would be beneficial for both the nations, according to Kenneth R. trial policy makers to government and industries. In or­ Kay ,executivedirectorof the Com­ break the logjam." der to test the research, Kay sug­ puter Systems Policy Project and gested the use of pilot projects. the Council on Research Technol­ - Kenneth R. Kay, Another aspect of the policy ogy. executive director, called for government regulation. Kay spoke on other topics con­ Computer Systems Policy These regulations insure privacy cerning the future of national in­ Project and security for industries as a ne­ dustrial policy Tuesday night as cessity for successful policy imple­ part of the School of Business Dis­ mon policy, Kay said. mentation, Kay said. tinguished Lecture Series. Kay, an attorney from Washing­ Fair competition is the ultimate Insisting the United States is five ton D.C., proposed an industrial goal. Government and industries years behind on the competitive­ policy for the United States gov­ must address the issue of market ness issue, Kay discussed the dif­ ernment to be implemented with access to infonnation infrastruc­ ferent prionties of the government the nation's industries. tures. The flow of information The Ithacan/ Gregory DiBernardo and industries. The reason for the ·'Toe industry clearly needs ag­ would he bcnef1c1al to libraries and Kenneth R. Kay, executive director of the Computer Systems United States· reluctance to change gressive industnal policy makers the health care and education m- Polley Project, addressed students Tuesday In Emerson Suites. is the inability to agree on a com- to break the log_1am," he -;;wl. See "Speaker," nc'\:t page 2 THE ITHACAN March 411993 Leftovers ------------------ condnuec1 from front page are many issues involved with do­ cereconcems with the way the fOIXI College connects rector of Meals on Wheels, food nating food to shelters or other ar­ will be handled and preserving the donated by the College must either eas. wholesomeness of it." Storing the be maintained at 140 degrees or "The food needs to be dealt with food and transporting it to Meals on Internet connection opens up cooled immediately to 45 degrees. and transferred properly," she said. Wheels poses many problems, he Should the College comply with "Itisn 'tjustgivingfood to the home­ said. electronic communication these regulations, Meals on Wheels" less. If it was that simple, it would While McCullough is willing to By Mary Jo Gill would be grateful for the food. have been done a long time ago." work to decrease the amount of The next time you need to " . .Internet will be­ "Meals on Wheels will be happy Health codes, liabilities and the food that is wasted, he stressed the find a book at Comell--or per­ come the primary to accept the College's food and availability offood are other issues need for the students to get involved. haps at Oxford University--or means for carrying donate it to others who are less that the College must consider be­ Students need to reduce the amount learn about the latest Supreme on knowledge ... fortunate," Griffin said. fore a program can be implemented, of wasted food each day by elimi­ Court case, your search may end Sharon Policello, director of Policello said.