Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 1998-99 The thI acan: 1990/91 to 1999/2000 2-4-1999 The thI acan, 1999-02-04 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 1999-02-04" (1999). The Ithacan, 1998-99. 18. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_1998-99/18 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, 1998-99 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Opihrnilorrn 11 Go·global. Ithacan Columnist can Adam Ellick suggests College Community new foreign policy. VoLUf,tE 66, NUMBER 18 i'HURSOAY~ FEB. 4, 1999 28 PAGES, FREE B001<: BOUND? Class of 2002 shares views tudes as the 275,811 freshmen pollc.d nationwide. However, there arc some strik­ Results reveal ing differences between the college's freshmen and others across the nation. national trends When asked if abortion should be legal, 73 percent of the college's students said BY LYNSEY A. PAVLIK yes. Over the past three years this percent­ Ithacan Staff age has remained steady. Nationally, the freshman response to this question has Should marijuana be legalized? Should declined from 56.3 percent in favor of abortion be legal? Is there, realistically, lit­ abortions being legal in 1996 to 50.9 per­ tle an individual can do to bring about cent in 1998. change in our society? When a~ked their views on homosexual­ The first-year-students' attitude survey ity laws, 10.5 percent of Ithaca College's a~ked these questions and others of Ithaca freshmen felt there should be laws against College freshmen and their parents attend- homosexual relationships. The national • Graphs, 6 ing freshmen ori- results were in favor of these laws by about • Survey history, 6 entation this- past 33 percent over the past three years. ---------summer. Every Writing professor Cory Brown teaches year hundreds of students and parents a freshman seminar dealing with personal either agree or disagree with approximate­ identity. He said very often his students arc ly 30 questions asked by Ithaca College's surprised at the cumulative responses. Office of First Year Programs. The results "I think the students arc not aware of arc compiled and then compared to the how homogeneous the student body is," results of a similar, national survey given Brown said. by the Higher Education Research Institute Brown uses the college's survey results at UCLA. to generate discussions about the freshman SIVAN ALACALAY/THE ITHACAN JUNIOR-RICH LITTLEFIELD .searches the hheca ~ollege bookstore shelves last , This year the two surveys asked nine class as a cohesive group. week: For an examination and exploratlQn of textbook pricing end hassles and questions with topics varying from casual "I use it in a positive way. It shows they a guide to easy book-buying, see "Books: bargain or bad deal?" on page 4. sex to racial discrimination. Overall, Ithaca College freshmen shared the same atti- See FRESHMEN, page 6 Forum on drugs Roundtables leads to answers commence BY DANNY MANUS together and a lot of good ideas BY KATE HILTS Ithacan Staff were generated." Ithacan Staff Attendees were assigned a ran­ Students, faculty and adminis­ dom table in an effort to promote The first roundtablc discussion for faculty, staff tration came together Jan. 27 and communicati.on betwecri faculty and students for the All College Priority and 28 at the open forums on drug and students and generate ideas Planning Committee was held Tuesday to discuss and alcohol abuse. together in response to the follow­ the possible goals for Ithaca College for the next The meeting was the first step ing questions asked by Bonaguro. decade. taken by the Presidential Task • What problems are associat­ Community members were present to discuss For cc ed with alcohol and substance the future of the college. Klingenstein Lounge was • Another Angle, 11 --------- on 0 rug abuse on our campus at this time? . filled with numbered tables • 0 v; 10 and Alcohol in efforts to get stu­ Common problems discussed -------w re~ contammg. two mem bcrs o f dent feedback on how to prevent include apathy towards acade­ the planning committee at each table. the abuse of illegal substance's on mics, noise, sexual abuse and Half an hour before the actual discussions campus. STD's, aggressive behavior, and began, Jim Malek, provost and committee chair, Despite the low turnout on destruction of property. reviewed the process the committee has been fol­ GARY COTTI/THE ITHACAN Jan. 28, over 40 pages of prob­ • What resources arc available lowing. SENIOR ALLISON RABBITT sits among faculty lems, ideas and possible solutio~ on our campus to help prevent · Malek discussed the planning committee members at a college roundtable planning were recorded. alcohol and drug abuse? retreat held on Jan. 13 and 14, and the ideas that board meeting Tuesday. Rabbitt was one of only two students present at the open meeting. "The information was very SGA, Campus Safety, RA's would be examined in the roundtables. valuable for us. The point was to and professors arc examples of The vision statement and goals raised at the The roundtables, however, are considered get students' ideas and we accom­ those who should act as role mod­ retreat were planned as part of the roundtable dis­ open meetings for all college community mem­ plished - that," said John els foi: students, according to cussions, Malek said. bers. Bonagliro, the assistant dean of attendees. Task groups will be formed in March to carry "It is fine to write about the topic, but not about the School of Human Sciences There is a conflict of interest out the priorities being set after the roundtable dis­ the specific things the individuals say because we and Health Performance and and inconsistent expectations of cussions, Malek said. want everybody to feel totally free and open," chairperson of the Task Force. student staff. Sw9ent Auxiliary Malek announced the roundtable discussions Malek said concerning the media being present for "I try not to draw conclusions Safety Patrol members ·are w~re not open to the media. He said the commit­ the actual roundtable discussions. from turnouts," said Director of allowed to.dr~nk u~-t~ six hours tee wanted to keep the i:liscussions private so each Malek referred to the private issues raised at Campus Safety Bob Holt. "It ,'• ) :- .: • l .. new roundtable discussion could be filled with the roundtables as "soft confidentiality." ' ' "' ~ ' brought a cross-section. of people See STUDENTS; page 8 -·"spontaneous" reactions from the community. Other discussions will be on Feb. 4, 5 and 8. ACCENT .••• 13 CLASSIFIED .. 19 COMICS .... 20 OPI.NION, ... 10 SPORTS ••.•. 21 www.'ithaca.edu/ithacan 2 THE ITHACAN FEB.4, 1999 Briefl r: :.EVENTS '. '\-~ . ~-- .. "'' ' \ ~-·.: • '1.. ~ 4o1.-..: ...... .'j,,.. - 'a\ ••• ' -~...,!J J Faculty workshops Sclencenter exhibits By Michael W. Bloo:mroae to the government administrators and the policies postponed The Sciencenter will hold the Assistant News Editor that put the troops there. The first season of the Anti­ presentation, "How Old is this Elsewhere on the Ithaca College Campus an Racism Workshop Series for Tree?" on Saturday at 2 p.m. It This week, nine years ago: IBM PS/2 fair is scheduled on February 12. in the Spring 1999 has been post­ will feature Peter Kuniholm, Amidst the Persian Gulf War, two new student north foyer of the Egbert Union. poned until Feb. 15. This will who will explain how to date groups have become active to express their opin­ The fair will present the "ideal computer for be the longer introductory trees by counting the rings on ions. One of the groups, Students Supporting college," the IBM PS/2. The standard PS/2 com­ session held from 3:30 to 7:30 their trunks. Action in the Gulf, participated in a rally this past puter system includes a mouse, pre-installed soft­ p.m. in the South Meeting weekend supporting the war. ware such as MS-DOS 4.0 and Windows 3.0. It Room, Egbert Hall. All other Kaplan test drive In addition to the Ithaca College students, the also includes impressive tools such as a calculator, dates and times will remain Students who are anxious rally, entitled "Support the Troops in the Gulf," notepad and a calendar. All this plus 2 MB of RAM the same. Openings remain about graduate school admis­ also attracted Vietnam veterans, senior citizens and 30 MB hard drive for around $2,500! for the sessions. For more sions tests and other high and other Ithaca residents. The number of freshman applicants to Ithaca information, call Brenda stakes exams can take a free The rally began with a rendition of the Star College is projected to drop by IO percent this year Jones, sociology department "Test Drive" to gauge their Spangled Banner and ended with a ceremonial compared to last year according to Peter Stace, secretary, at 274-3153. strengths and weaknesses burning of the Iraqi flag. During the flag burning, director of admissions. before enduring the real thing. the crowd euphorically chanted "USA, USA." President James J. Whalen confirmed the trend Community project Kaplan Educational Center will "We started this in response to the anti-war pro­ at a meeting with the school of communications Internship give practice tests for the testers who claim to support the troops, but not the faculty on Dec. 18. Whalen stated the number of The Child Sexual Abuse pro­ GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE and war," said Elizabeth Judson organizer and Ithaca applications received by the college is running 19 ject-a program of the Task DAT under "virtual" conditions citizen.