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ITHACAN The Newspaper For The Ithaca College Community Vol._59, No.14 Thursday, De.cember 5, 1991 32 pages Free Student dies in car accident over ·break By Jeff Selingo onto the roadway striking Porter's Porter was a member of the '93, orientation leader, said. Brigid Anne Porter, 20, an IC vehicle. Oracle Society, the IC Women's A memorial service will be held junior vocal music major, diedNov. The "Jaws of Life" were used to Chorale, the Music Educators Na­ on Tuesday, Dec. IO from 12:10-1 25 from injuries sustained in a car remove the occupants from the ve­ tional Conference, the American p.m. in the Walter B. Ford Hall accident at Alfred Station, N.Y., hicles. Choral Directors Association and Auditorium. near her hometown of Wellsville. Porter was pronounced dead at was an honors student. The service, "Celebration of a New York State police reported the scene, and an investigation is "She always managed to bring a life: Brigid Anne Porter," will in­ that Porter was traveling continuing, along with the search smile. She was incredibly vibrant, clude music, poetry, readings and southbound behind a pickup truck, for the driver of the pickup truck. dedicated, and free-spirited," Robin scripture. when the pickup apparently lost Porter was a 1989 graduate of McCollough, resident director, said. All are invited, according to control on the icy pavement. When Wellsville Central School. At Ithaca "She was one of the most dedi­ Jamal Rossi, assistant dean of the the pickup truck slid into the oppo­ College she was a resident assistant cated and warm persons I ever met. school of music. Andrens Ozolins site lane, a third vehicle went into for two years. She was an orienta­ She stood up for what she believed Information from the Wellsville Brigid Porter '93, who was killed the shoulder to avoid the pickup tion leader last summer and served in, and was a big part of my life this Daily Rep()rter was used in this In a car accident on Nov. 25. truck, lost control and crossed back as a dean's host and a tour guide. past summer," Heather Schechner story. Jury finds Wiggins Candlelight vigil not guilty of rape By Chris Lewis An eight-month controversy was resolved from a legal standpoint on Wiggins says college Nov. 25, when Andre Wiggins was found not. guilty of raping ~-fellow won't let him return IC studenL By Jeff Selingo said "He talked with some people ", The six-man, six-woinan jury Although acquitted of a rape­ and they decided to uphold the deliberated for less than four hours charge by a Tompkins County original pecision that they used to before returning the verdict. which Court, Andre Wiggins said expel him." ended a week-long trial involving Wednesday thathe has been denied The original decision to expel numerous IC swdentsandofficials. re-admission to Ithaca College. Wiggins was based on a signed Wiggins had been accused of Wiggins said he called John B. statement he gave to Campus Safety raping a woman in her residence Oblak, vice president for student officials last March, Wiggins said. hall after the two shared a taxi ride affairs and campus life, on Dec. 2 to Prosecutors maintained at Wiggins· home from a local bar. discuss the options available to him trial that the statement was a signed Wiggins never denied having concerning re-admission to IC. confession. Wiggins' attorney ar­ sexual relations with the woman, Oblak returned his call on gued that the statement was im­ but· said he had her consent The Wednesday, Dec. 4. properly ·obtained and did not ac­ woman maintained that she was an Wigg~s said Oblak told him curately reflect Wiggins' position. unwilling participant that "he would not -return me to Wiggins said he asked Oblak for IntestimonyonFriday,Nov. 22, student status" at IC. a meeting to discuss the matter with Wiggins acknowledged making "Wedonotfeelcomfonablewith two faculty counselors and other sexual advances toward the woman you in our community," Wiggins college officials, but that Oblak said from the time they left The Bomb quoted Oblak as saying. "a meeting would not be possible" Shelter until she let him into.her Oblak would not discuss the and "two faculty counselors would Lyon Hall .room. But he said the conversation,andreferredquestions be irrelevant" woman reciprocated. to Dave Maley, IC director of pub­ Wiggins needs six credits to Much of Wiggins' testimony lic infonnation. Maley would say complete his degree, and wants to centered on a statement he allegedly only that Wiggins is no longer a return for the Spring 1991 semester. made to Bob Holt, director of IC student at IC, and would not com­ Wiggins said, "I missed my Campus Safety. ment further. graduation, my senior week, and I Prosecutors said the statement When Wiggins asked Oblak why should have the opportunity to Ithacan / Greg Hollmann amounted to a confession, but he was not being re-admitted, Oblak complete that." Martha B. Agular, a health science and human performance Wiggins' attorney, William Shaw, lecturer at IC, holds a candle during an observance of said the statement was improperly Wiggins: National Aids Day at the Commons on Monday Dec. 2. obtained. Shaw also argued that Wiggins was not properly informed of his 'I· feel I atn a victim' rights, and was not told before or By Jeff Selingo someone is charged with a crime, Anti-discriminatory during_ ari interview with Campus and Christa Anoll _doesn't mean they're guilty. There · Safety officials that he was a rape Aftereightmonthsofdefending are a lot of innocent people in jail, suspect. allegations that he raped a fellow and I just thank God I was not one law passes, 9 - 6 HoltreadWiggins the statement IC student, Andre Wiggins wants" of those that went to jail," Wiggins he eventually signed, but Wiggins to "now get on with my life," he said. By Alyse Spitzer inside the high school, homosexu­ said he was so distraught he didn't said in a recent interview. Wiggins was also critical of the Through their tears of joy, als and their supporters were as­ hear what was being read Wiggins, now living in Wash- press coverage during the trial. members and supporters of signed seating on one side of the "! was crying and had my head ington, D.C., described the last few "That the press still covers the Tomplins County's lesbian and gay room, while the opponents of Law do\\n, and m~y have missed some months as a difficult experience, trial, yet- suppresses ·the alleged community expressed anew feeling C were assigned to the opposite of the stuff that he was· reading but is relieved that he has been victim's name is unfair. As a result of hope for fr~~om from discrimi­ side. because I really wasn !t giving him exonerated. of all that has happened, and the nation. Law C guarantees people pro­ my full attention," Wiggins testi- ·"I an:t·. e~tremely happr a_nd outcome of the trial, I feel I am a Monday, Dec. 2, at the Ithaca tection from discrimination on the fied. · gratified at the outcome,'! W1ggms, victim," Wiggins said. "In a court High School, the Board of Repre­ basis of their actual or perceived .. -. ~~osecuiing· attorney Susan. said~ an interview_ on·J?ee· 3. of law, you are supposedly inno­ sentatives _for Tompkins County sexual orientation. By .protecting ~arrison. pointed to part. of' the Buthealsorem~nsb1tterabout cent until proven guilty, but in· a held-a town hearinglo vote on the people against discrimination, tµis ~tate,wel!t ·~ :w.hich :Wiggins ac~ .the way h~ w~ ~1¢. court of public opinion it is com- proposed fair- practice law titled law refers to the illegality ofdenying _ knowledged that the woman bad.. "I.'m_sbllm~·~a~peopledon't pletely different" . _ Local-Law C. Apptoximate1y60 IC a person housing,·credit, employ- · ·. · . : .See:~W.~-g~t-pag~ S __ · know all the f~cts-_. !°st ·because . See.,"Victim," page 6. students attended the hearing. Once .See "Law C," page 4 -- 2 THEITHACAN December S; 1991 I 1 .• r : : : j L I!, • $ • J J '''I•• .. # ' ......' , ; 1'. I• ' . I• I I•; .. ·IthaCail. lllijriil7et' Dea.Jing. ·with-. - CoiJnselor-'s fe~l~-rigs·.~.f- ·_ .· .. ·.--.:-cornet: --. By Patrick ~~nnedy .· ''. Question: loneliness - What do you think of having study days before finals? By Rosemary Clarke Short-term loneliness is pan When we feel lonely it's a very of the nonnal range of human real problem. It's experienced as experience. Whatever the rea­ an emptyJeeling-akindof ache son for it, though, there are ways and it's not always easy to figure we can control feeling lonely: out what's bothering you. Lone­ 'Y By recognizing that loneli­ liness can be about missing ness is sometimes part of being someone or just wanting to be human and that being alone isn't with others and not by oneself.