Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1999-2000 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 4-27-2000 The thI acan, 2000-04-27 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1999-2000 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 2000-04-27" (2000). The Ithacan, 1999-2000. 29. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1999-2000/29 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 1999-2000 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Vol. 67, No. 29 Thursday .,n::' April 27, 2000 Ithaca, N. Y. ,. ' 32 Pages, Free a., , ~ ' 1"..f , , www.ithaca.edu/ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community ------------------- -Accent Sports Inside Accent 13 ·university of Ithaca? Field of Memories '1'-...,.--· Classified 23 Alumni debate inspiratio,i~1new Senior Kristin Muenzun leaves Comics 22 Hollywood film._. _ · -PagelS lasting legacy. Page 25 Opinion 10 Sports 25 Gang of six Students plan Fountain vigil allegedly· Gathering proposed wmoum event's 'death' BY AARON J. MASON seniors make the mass jump. Opinion£__d_it_o_r _________ "We figured it would be a tasteful, involved sober, non-violent demonstration to ex­ A group of seniors have organized a press our dissatisfaction with the Fountain ·Day vigil to mark what they say way the whole Fountain Day thing ·in assault is the death of a decade-old tradition in­ has been handled," Goldberg said. volving unity, celebration and one great leap It was Monday night when into the Dillingham Fountain. Goldberg and a few of his friends were Junior"left with braises, Senior Lloyd Goldberg helped spearhead thinking about a way to commemorate the idea for the vigil. He plans for his fi­ the former Fountain Day that would not vi­ collapsed lung.and cuts olate any of the college's conduct codes. Our View 10 nal d~y of classes Friday ____,__ to be JUSt as memorable as Senior Richard Stem, who was involved BY ELLEN STAPLETON the previous three years, but with a slight­ in the discussion, originally suggested the -AND JASON SUBIK ly different look. idea of putting roses at the foot of the foun­ MELISSA THORNLEY/THE ITHACAN Staff Writers He is urging students from across cam­ tains to symbolize the tradition's end. The SHIRTS LIKE THIS ONE, protesting pus to show up with candles in hand at the the move of Fountain Day, have been Six Ithaca College students allegedly en­ fountain at 4 p.m., the traditional time when See DAY, page 4 on sale around campus all week. tered another student's off-campus apartment and assaulted him April 16 at 2 a.m., ac­ cording to the Tompkins County Sheriff's De­ partment. 1he 21-year-old victim, a junior, was treat­ ed at Cayuga Medical Center for broken ribs, numerous cuts, scrapes, bruises and a col­ lapsed lung . .. Sophomores,Conor W. Mutkeen, Kenneth-· . · · Alberti, A~lh9ny Dell Univesita, Jeffrey Gui­ da and Robert Frank, as well as freshman Michael Dell Univesita, have been charged with burglary and gang assault following an investigation by the sheriff's office. Campus Safety assisted in the sheriff's investigation. Sheriff's department Captain Joseph Vi­ tale said the incident began in a parking lot near the victim's residence at 1047 Danby Road. According to the sheriff's department, one of the attackers was allegedly standing.near the victim's car. The victim left his apartment to go out to confront the individual and an argument ensued. The victim then re-entered his apartment and the other party allegedly left, only to re­ turn with five other individuals, according to the sheriff's office. "[The alleged attackers] forced their way in the door and the six of them initially as­ saulted [the victim)," Vitale said. "He was able to get out of his own apartment and they fol­ lowed him outside, where they continued to assault him." The victim eventually got away and fled to a friend's apartment, according to a sher­ MELISSA THORNLEY/ THE ITHACAN iff's press release. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT Nick Tarant stands In the empty fountain In front of Dllllngham Center. He said the most 1he friend drove him-to CMC and the vic­ difficult decision he had to make as president was to support the administration In its decision to move Fountain Day. tim contacted the sheriff's department from the hospital, Vitale said. Associate Professor Raymond Gozzi, tele­ vision-radio, who has the victim in one of his communications cl~, saw the junior's con­ dition a few days after the assault occurred. of the "[He] came to my office a few days after Head class the attack," Gozzi said. "He was walking very slowly; he was in great pain whenever he BY MELISSA THORNLEY ferencc room off the large StudentActiv- natural to him. moved; he had bruises on his face and sta- Photo Editor ities Center with his tanned hands behind He said he made sure he went to bars pies in his head from where he had been his slick black hair and his legs crossed, lhat he would not normally go to, and al­ banged up." "This is going to be the best experience Tarant spoke candidly with The Ithacan though he hated watching soccer, he made The defendants were arraigned in Ithaca of your life and the worst experience of about the ups and downs of leading stu- sure he went to some games. Town Coon and charged with first-degree bur- your life." dent government. But he confes.sed one of his biggest faults glary, a Class B felony, and second-degree This is the prediction Student Body "I am so romantically head-over-heels was that he only has so much energy. gang assault. a Class C felony. President Nick Tarant made to junior Stu- in love with being president, yet I hate it "I wish I could be a cheerleader," he They were later sent to Tompkins Coun- dent Body President-elect Dan Tilla- like my worst enemy," he said. said. "I always feel that I could push my­ ty Safety Building Jail, where each posted paugh on an audio tape he made to pre- In his view, Tarant said the student body self more, but some days I'm here for like $2,500 cash bail. pare 'Jil!apaugh for the upcoming year. president should be one of the more in- IO hours and just pushing paper from one All six are scheduled to appear before the When Tarant accepts his diploma on volved characters on campus and this trait side of the desk to the next and I Cnow cowt at a future dale. May 13. he will not only be graduating was lacking in his predecessors. Conse- there's something going on that night that "'Jbese are very serious charges," Vitale from the college, but also ending his year- qucntly, Tarant said he has made a con- I should be at or that I'd like to be at and said. wrhcre will be a lot of criminal litiga- long tenn as the student body president. scious effort as student body president to lion coming out of this through the district Sitting comfortably in the small con- socialize in circles that may have been un- See TARANT page 4 ',' ,· ~r.-·~.. , ., .... ,. .,_.._, ,,,,),1111,1-, .,, 1 ~- ,,: .: ! •','I.~.. ·,, lfl .-:~ & I• I I',, (,:'-:-' ... , ~ • j • • ' •' • 1 •, ,' • ', ',' ______......_ _______ ~~..;..; ........ ..:..i..•.;.,,...,,......,,...,•..,,.u......Ji....,. ..... ..J..J., -.. -,.., .i.., ,.i.., ... .1..J.. ...... L,.,jO ..,;• ~, -', ... , .... , .. , .., ,........ _.__.._ ___________ __. 1 2 THE-ITHACAN THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2000 11~4~~ News Famine and drought are cause of death for tlwusands of EthWpinns BY MICHAEL W. BLOOMROSE Canada, and the European Union totaled food reserve was set up following the and c~tion of ~ealth that <:<>uld buy food News Editor only 690,034. famine of 1984-85, it has dwindled from will a11ow the nabon to feed 1s people, these However, the issue of aiding the its high of 355,000 metric tons of food to experts maintain. Fifteen years after television first African nation has become a very sensitive 50,000, because of a lack of resources. "You've got a rising population and a turned the eyes of the world to the suffer­ intemationa1 issue, according to The New Since Ethiopia is a landlocked nation, fairly sUlgnant level of agricultural pro­ ing of the famine-stricken African nation York Ttmes. the majority of its shipping is supposed to duction," Robin Wheeler, an official in the of Ethiopia, the country is again suffering According to the Ttmes, the nation is come through Eritrea, its current enemy. U.N. World Food Program's Hom of the effects of a three-year drought, which waging a costly war against its neighbor Ethiopian leaders refuse to accept relief by Africa office, told The Washington Post. is resulting in the death of thousands from Eritrea, while eight million of its people sea, fearing it will be sei7.ed as spoils of war. And since agricultural techniques in the the effects of malnutrition and hunger. struggle through the worst food shortage According to the Ttmes, Eritrea seized nation remain archaic, even if crop yields The famine has spread to southern in nearly 20 years. several shipments in 1998, confiscating were doubled from current level, Ethiopia Ethiopia, making it a nationwide crisis, the There is little doubt the country is spend­ 70,000 tons of goods headed for Ethiopia, can never be expected to survive with 85 head of Ethiopia's disaster prevention pro­ ing an incredible amount of money on this including 45,000 tons of grain.