Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC The thI acan, 2001-02 The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 2-21-2002 The thI acan, 2002-02-21 Ithaca College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2001-02 Recommended Citation Ithaca College, "The thI acan, 2002-02-21" (2002). The Ithacan, 2001-02. 20. http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/ithacan_2001-02/20 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The thI acan: 2000/01 to 2009/2010 at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in The thI acan, 2001-02 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. VOL 69, No. 19 THURSDAY ITHACA, N. y. FEBRUARY 21, 2002 28 PAGES, FREE www.ithaca.edu/ithacan The Newspaper for the Ithaca College Community Total cost tops 80,000 BY NICOLE GERRING partments caused some of the tuition hike, Staff Writer Salm said. Additional faculty positions were A RISING TAB created in the School of Business and to teach The price tag on an.Ithaca College edu­ classes on diversity, he said. cation has increased by $1,368, surpassing Salm said college employees will also re­ $31,000 · the $30,000-mark. ceive a salary increase, but he would not dis­ The board of trustees voted in New York close how much pay would rise. $30,000 City last week to increase tuition rates by 4.96 Money will also be put toward improv­ percent to $21,102 from $20,104. The tuition ing campus technology-services and bulking $29,000 .increase will bump the total cost of attendance up scholarships like the Martin Luther King for on-campus students living in a double­ Jr. Scholars Program. $27,751 $28,000 - occupancy room with college health insur­ · The Sept. 11 attacks indirectly affected this 'ln 0 ance from $28,994 to $30,362. year's budget and tuition increases, Salm said. u Thomas Salm, vice president for business The cost of property casualty insurance has iii $27,000 0 and administrative affairs, said although stu­ skyrocketed up 20 percent as a result of the I- dents may expect to pay more each year to "phenomenal" amount of claims filed after $26,000 - attend, they can also look forward to im­ the attacks, he said. provements in academic programs and stu­ The board of trustees determines increases $25,000 - dent life. in tuition and other areas based on the an­ ':f -~ .,. "Almost every year, we try to increase and nual budget. The Budget Committee, which improve the quantity and quality of services includes the vice presidents, the five deans $24,000 that we provide to our students," Salm said. and faculty and staff representatives, delib­ "Everything in the budget is basically to do erates over the budget throughout the acad­ $23,000 :~----------,--------,---------.,, something further for students in one fash­ emic year and submits it to the board of 1998-1999 1_999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 ion or another." Academic year Increased funding for several campus de- See RATES, Page 4 Lightening the load Seven departments to reduce teaching time for faculty BY ANNE K. WALTERS study. The organization, com­ Staff Writer posed of comprehensive institu­ tions like Ithaca College, examined Ithaca College professors m the balance between faculty roles seven departments will teach of teaching. scholarship and ser­ one less course beginning in Fall vice across the country. 2002, reducing their workload to The result of the study was the 21 credit hours each year. budget recommendations ap­ The board of trustees ap­ proved by the board of trustees. proved funds last week in the 2002 Professors in the seven depart­ - 2003 budget for hiring addi­ ments will no longer teach 24 cn~d­ tional faculty in the departments it<; each academic year, but rather that have participated in the Fac­ 21 credits, or four courses in one ulty Workload Project. semester and three in another. "[The workload reduction] As a reward for the depart­ will improve faculty morale. It will ments reducing workloads during give faculty the chance to do the the ANAC study, they will receive things they want to do, the things either an additional non-tenure el­ they value," said William igible faculty member or a tem­ Scoones, interim provost and vice porary. part-time faculty member. president for academic affairs. "It They could also receive a will give them more freedom and $20,000 award for additional control over their own time." faculty travel funds, equipment, He said faculty will have the book funds and computer tech­ opportunity for more research, nology for home use. course development, advising "[Reduced workload] makes and community service. the college more competitive," The departments of art history; said Professor Sandra Herndon, organizational communication, chairw9man of the graduate pro­ learning and design; physical gram in organizational communi­ JOE PASTEAISITHE ITHACAN . therapy; psychology; physics; cation, learning and design. "For_ PROFESSOR PETER SELIGMANN, physics, helps soph9mores Kristen Pullano, center, and Amanda sport studies and writing spent the example, when hiring new faculty Mowers during Introduction to Physics II Tuesday In the Center for Natural Sciences. As a resuH of last three years re-evaluating and [a prospective] faculty mem- the trustees' decision on the workload issue, Seligmann, along with faculty members In six other workload as part of an Association departments, will begin teaching a reduced 21-credlt hour workload beginning In Fall 2002. of New American Colleges See OTHER, Page 4 INSIDE ACCENT ... 13 CLASSIFIED ••• 21 COMICS ••• 20 OPINION ••• 10 SPORTS ••• 28 2 THE ITHACAN NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2002 National and International News Red Cross under investigaton for funds rooms and requires permits for demonstrations at the Uni­ HUGHES GOES FOR THE GOLD versity of Wisconsin-Whitewater drew so much criticism Despite a demand from the American Red Cross that that the chancellor is temporarily suspending it, saying the it back down, the country's leading charity watchdog stuck rules should be reviewed. by its removal of the Red Cross from its list of best-run Chancellor Jack Miller backed off the policy after stu­ charities Monday. dents and faculty complained and asked for clarifications. The Better Business Bureau's charity-evaluating unit Miller now wants a group of faculty, staff, students and insisted last week the Red Cross respond to the BBB 's de­ administrators to look over the rules, said Brian tailed questions about how it was managing the $850 mil­ Mattmiller, a university spokesman. lion raised after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Many of the rules date back to 1991, but they were re­ The co-chairman of the BBB 's board defended the ac­ cently compiled by the university and printed in the cam­ tions of his staff, saying that given the questions about the pus handbook in January. Red Cross after Sept. 11, an inquiry is needed. The rules identify certain areas on campus as "free-speech The dispute with the Red Cross erupted when the BBB's areas." They state organizations or individuals must identi­ Wise Giving Alliance dropped its evaluation of the Red fy themselves any literature they distribute. Cross from its Web site, which rates major charities against They require sponsors of demonstrations or protests to the alliance's 23 standards of good management The BBB's obtain a permit from the university 24 hours in advance. assessments are the public's ·main source of information What is causing much of the confusion and consterna­ about how U.S. charities perform. tion regarding these rules is they prohibit "political activ­ Citing complaints from donors and negative news cov­ ity" in residence hall living areas, classrooms and other erage of the Red Cross, the BBB said it could no longer parts of buildings. assure donors the charity met its standards. The BBB asked Political activity is defined as askir.g for petition sig­ the Red Cross for detailed information about its Sept. 11 natures, discussions of candidates or issues and distribu­ fund for disaster victims. tion of political literature. Mother being tri_ed in children's deaths Ice skating scoring to receive scrutiny As her children lay dead - the last left facedown in a Figure skating leaders endorsed sweeping changes for bathtub and the other four tucked under a green sheet on judging Monday in an attempt to answer widespread crit­ a nearby bed - a soaking wet Andrea Yates dialed 911 icism that the sport is corrupt. _and asked that police be dispatched. President Ottavio Cinquanta of the International Skat­ "I need a police officer," the 36-year-old mother says ing Union outlined a revolutionary proposal on the 11th on the tape of that 911 call. "Um, I just need them to come." day of the Winter Olympics, hoping to end a scandal that Prosecutors and defense attorneys on Monday opened · opened a window to the underbelly of this sport. arguments in Yates' capital murder trial, zeroing in on the Although a seemingly impressive response, the call placed minutes after the suburban Houston mother changes would not take effect unless passed by the 200- drowned all five of her children last June. member ISU congress in June at its meeting in Japan. Yates is accused of drowning Noah, 7, John, s: and Mary, Cinquanta offered no guarantee the federation - the world­ 6 months. The deaths of her other children, 3-year-old Paul wide governing body of figure skating and speed skating and 2-year-old Luke, are expected to also figure promi­ - would approve the plan that washes away 80 years of nently in the case. judging practices. Defense attorneys are expected to show that Yates was The plan involves: increasing the number of Judges from delusional at the time of her children's deaths and not guilty nine to 14; a computerized system that would randomly of capital murder by reason of insanity.