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Double trouble: Billie Mays, two other IC Dixieland jazz swings its athletes suffer career-ending injuries way into Ford Hall ... page 23 ... page 13 The ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol. 60, No. 2 Thursday, September 3, 1992 32 pages Free Students cope with hurricane's aftermath By Chris Lewis "Every hour I hear of somebody and didn't know the extent of the else I know whose house is totally How one southern Tragedy knows no boundaries. stonn until talking with his mother, The Ithacan will join the gone; there's water everywhere," A handful of Ithaca College stu­ Margaret, who left Vcnnont for hurricane relief effort by of­ Florida university dents who live in the trail of the he said. Florida Sunday, Aug. 23. fering their office in Park 269 "She told me she had to drive 90 braved the blow hurricane that recently ravaged Matt Sullivan as the designated campus southern Florida are trying to find minutes north just to get groceries," drop-off point for donations. Sulli-,an said. solace and support their families in "It's almost Starting this morning and By Chris Lewis "Dad says that it's a good time the midst of the worst natural disas­ unimaginable." continuing to Monday, stu­ Picture being a freshman from ter in U.S. history. for the family to be together; he said dents can bring canned food out of state and walking into a hur­ For the twelve students who live that I won't even be able to relate to and new clothes, which will ricane instead of the cla<;sroom -- The Key of Biscayne, an island in Miami and south of it, the night­ anything until I actually get down be turned over to the Sev­ call it a life lesson. · ofl0,OOOpeopleroughlyfivemiles mare will linger. there. It's almost unimaginable, Dad enth Day Adventist Church. "I had always secretly wished from Miami, fared even worse. RobertRoss,fatherofNinaRoss, sounds really depressed," Sullivan Also, cash and checks will that a hurricane would strike while What remains of the Key is home to '93, was groping in the dark with a said. go to the Red Cross -- every­ I was in school here, but now I Matt Sullivan '92,agraduateassis­ Traveling the highway by boat candle when contacted by The thing will then be delivered realize that you must be careful tant coach with the junior varsity Ithacan at his home in Coral Gabon from Miami the same way he had to the hurricane victims. what you wish for," said Robert Monday morning, Aug. 24. football team, and his family. evacuated days earlier by car was Miller, a fifth year senior at the "God, I hope this is not the big "We used to call it 'the island of quiteashockforRay Sullivan, vice­ Students help Red Cros.s, page 4 University of Miami and fonncr one," was Nina R~'s first~­ paradise', but everything now is mayor of the Key of Biscayne. editor in chief of the Miami Hurri­ lion. She first heard word from her just brown from the saltwater," he So was returning to an island here," he said from his home Mon­ cane, the campus newspaper. family through friends who had said. Sullivan, who has been in covered in nine feet of water and a day night. "Like nothing I've ever Miller said that freshmen, par­ called from England via satellite -­ lthacaallsummer, will fly home for house submerged in $50,000 of seen, just piles of rubble." ents, administrators, em ployces and the cable wires of the United States eight days over Fall Break. He said damage. The Miami hotel, in which The elder Sullivan has been athletes constituted most of the cam­ were jammed or down -- and did he had planned to leave yesterday he and Courtney took she! ter for an meeting with Federal Emergency pus population when the stonn hit. not reach them until three days later. 'afternoon, but was afraid of falling hour in a closet, was also hit hard. Management Agency representa­ Sunday, Aug. 24 was the first day While the family is without behind in his classes. Being an elected official allowed tives, his Congresswoman Illena that the residence halls were open drinking water, air conditioning, or Sullivan and Nina Ross were Matt's father to return a day early, Ros Leithan, state officials, and for freshmen to move in; the uni­ refrigerated food -- friends of high school classmates. while residents were not allowed small business associations to map versity has since provided partial Charolette dr~ off ice and juice Sullivan said he couldn't reach back u11 the island until Tuesday, out relief strategies. travel funds for students and most daily -- they say they are fortunate. -hisfather,Ray~andsister,Courtney, Aug. 25. "It's like a bol,llb went off See "Hurricane," page 4 See "University," page 4 Resignation changes face of senior class office will move up to the vice president's Vice President position. This enables the execu­ Goldstein to tive board to function in the president's absence. resign post; Once written resignations arc presented to the student govern­ Secretary ment executive board, student con­ Tarralavoro gress and the senior class officers, the application process for new of­ could follow ficers will be opened. Prospective applicants will have to follow the By Jeff Selingo Election·s Act as passed by student The senior class ticket elected congress. last April 8, will soon have a new Requirements for application e acan/ ristop er urke look. include senior standing (90 cred­ Students have class outside by the Textor Ball on one of the flnal days of summer.Wednesday, Sepl 2. Laurie Goldstein, vicepresident, its), a minimum grade point aver­ said she will resign in writing as age of2.5, and good judicial stand­ soon as a replacement is found. ing. College creates new teaching center "I'm leaving in a positive man­ Once all applications are re­ ner. The position needs to be filled ceived, the remaining senior class By Kevin Harlin Scoones left h 1s position as dean sharing ideas between different pro­ by someone willing and able to do officers make the decision on the Ithaca College hascreated the of graduate studies education to ac­ grams and sections within the the job. While I'm willing, I am not new officers, Frey said. Center for Teacher Education in an cept the new post Teacher Education Department and able to fill it due to personal rea­ Frey and her ticket ran unop­ effort to centralize and coordinate, Scoones said the center is aimed assuring that teacher education stu­ sons," Goldstein said. posed last spring, and won with 149 as well as improve the state of the at providing teachers in Ithaca pub­ dents are properly prepared for, as Heidi Frey, senior class presi­ votes. teacher preparation programs at IC lic schools with new methods and Scoones said, "the multi-cultural dent, said Goldstein and Kristine Opposition did come from a and within the city of Ithaca. approaches. Additionally, it will at­ atmosphere of our public schools." Tarralavoro, secretary, have ver­ write-in party from the London "It's going to be the first of its tempt to give IC a more active role Scoones said that a further goal bally told her they are re-thinking Center, but many of the votes for kind at Ithaca," said William A. in the Ithaca community, making it is to allow IC to become a resource their positions. According to that party were judged invalid be­ Scoones, director of the new cen­ an asset to public school teachers to the public school teachers in the Tarralavoro, she has not officially cause of confusions on who was ter. "We'll try to pull together all and the city itself. city of Ithaca. decided whether she will leave her running for what office. The write­ we do in Teacher Education here at A centennial gift of $100,000 'Tm sure we'll he involved m it position. in party received 86 votes. Ithaca College." Scoones hopes to from the Tompkins County Trust in some way, but how, I don't ''The resignations will not affect The seniorclassexccutive board implement the programs by next Company partially funds the new know," said theCoordinatorofStu­ our organization. Every organiza­ is responsible for planning senior year. center which also runs on a budget denl Teachers for the School ol tion goes through transition," Frey activities, including semi-fonnals, The center is currently housed from IC. The center is now seeking Humanities and Sciences, Patricui said. happy hours, and senior week. in the Towers Concourse, but outside funding to initiate and main­ Tempesta. According to Frey, if the two They are also responsible for Scoones expects the center to be tain the programs as well as ex­ Currently each school has i~ resignations are submitted in writ­ workshops with the Office of Ca­ given pcnnancnt quarters by Sept.