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ACCENT SPORTS INDEX Accent ........................ ~ 11 Refre,shing· change Goalie·s' nightmare Classifieds .................... 16 One-nJght spotlight Comics ......................... 17 Unique Party offers platform · 8 Four years of music practice 12 Bioko displays unmatched 1 g Opinion ........................... 8 students should support pays off in senior recital offensive skills Sports ........................... 19 The ITHACAN The Newspaper for the Ithaca .College Community OLUME 63, NUMBER 25 THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1996 24 PAGES, FREE .halen addresses New dean to be hired Enrollment dean to deciding where and how to house the iversity in forum service center. He said this would be supervise creation of arranged through renovation and reuse of space rather than building. student service center Both Sgrecci and Whalen said it would take until at least the beginning of the By Heather Duncan 1997-98 school year to establish the new Ithacan News Editor service center. Ithaca College has received about 30 As treasurer, Sgrecci has always su­ applications so far for the newly created pervised the bursar's operations, but this • position of dean of enrollment planning, year at Whalen's request he acted as which will oversee the Registrar, Bursar, temporary supervisor over the other de­ Admissions and Financial Aid offices. partments as well. The bursar's functions College Treasurer Carl Sgrecci, who will be under the supervision of the new is chair of the search, said the new dean dean for the first time because they closely would also be in charge of restructuring relate to the other three student services. the departments into a "one-stop service "It's strictly a change in our philoso­ center" for addressing student financial phy for trying to serve students better," matters and enrollment issues. Sgrecci said. "The bursar works more The job description for the position closely with the students than the [other states that the dean will be the lead ad­ ·departments] under the treasurer. We're ministrative officer "developing strate­ taking a look at who's the customer. For gic plans for a wide variety of enrollment the bursar, it's the students. For the other related issues including: size, quality pro­ departments [under the treasurer], it's the file and diversity of incoming freshman College." and transfer classes; pricing and compre­ Sgrecci cited situations when students hensive marketing of the College to pro­ go to the bursar only to find that their spective students and their families; and problem must be handled by Financial student retention." Aid. After they have visited Financial The Ithacan/ Scott McDermott President James J. Whalen said he Aid, they may have to walk back across resident James J. Whalen listens to a question from Ari Cohen '98 as Jason expects other offices to be added to the campus to the bursar. amanskl '97 looks on during a dialogue with students Tuesday night at SGA. new dean's jurisdiction if people express "We see that at times we aren't mak­ an interest in restructuring departments ing it as convenient to get some of the By Bryan Chambala go through the process and follow all of the rules. However, the final selection [of new or if it becomes apparent that another administrative aspects done as we Ithacan Staff department, such institutional research, faculty] is made by the department of fac­ as should," Sgrecci said. "We're in the busi­ would be more effective there. Increasing diversity among students and ulty." ness of providing personal service, and Whalen said that in the past, the Col­ we believe we can do it better." faculty was the prima,y concern of a group of Throughout the meeting, students ques­ lege had a dean of enrollment planning, pproximately 50 students who met with tioned Whalen about the admission of stu­ In the planned service center, "gener­ but when the position was vacated at least alists" would work with students to solve President James J. Whalen during a forum dents of color into the CoJlege. Several stu­ three years ago, Whalen decided to try to ponsored by the Student Government Asso­ dents said the lack of diversity at the College any preliminary problems, Sgrecci said. combine those duties with those of the iation Tuesday night. is a turn-off to potential applicants. These people would have an understand­ Director of Institutional Research. After During two hours of animated discussion, Students also mentioned the lack of diver­ ing of the basic issues and procedures. a few years, Whalen said, it became ap­ More sophisticated problems could be tudents said the administration was not do­ sity in the course selection. Suggestions for parent that this solution was not effective. ·ng enough to encourage the promotion of improvement included the creation of an immediately referred to the nearby of­ "It might have been a bit pennywise iversity-among the students and faculty on ethnic studies minor. fices. and pound foolish," Whalen said. "I was e Ithaca College campus. "Even small, immediate gains like _the Sgrecci said he did not think it would just trying to save some money. I think we "There is one professor of color in the creation of [an ethnic studies] class would be be necessary to create new positions in found that just too much for one usic school," said Rashaand Sass '97, progress to.the students," Phil Hophan '98 it was the course of the restructuring; instead, position to deal with. When supervised pokesperson for African-Latino Society. said. "What seems like progress to the ad­ current jobs will be redefined. by the dean ofenrollment, things were far 'We need to address this issue." ministration overa long period of time doesn't Sgrecci said he hopes the consoli­ better coordinated." Whalen responded to criticism of the ad­ seem like anything to students." dated offices will not be the only im­ Sgrecci said administra~ors had vis­ inistration by saying that faculty within Vice President for Student Affairs and provement in the departments' opera­ ited four other schools that'tiave consoli­ chschool are ultimately responsible for the Campus Life John B. Oblak explained th!! tions. dated departments this way to find ideas lection-of professors. process by which courses !ll'e created and "We want change in terms of a one­ "Whenever the{e is an opening for a fac­ included in the curriculum. He said a profes­ about how best to restructure. Now they stop environment, but also in making it lty position, the Office of Affirmative Ac­ sor can teach a class three times with the are waiting for a space analysis before See ENROLLMENT DEAN, next page ·on becomes involved," Whalen said. "We See WHALEN, next page College hotline cited in mad cow disease prank ocal police'1nvestigate fliers that allege local resident died after ~ating tainted Wegmans beef stori-Salem Journal. y Heather Duncan MaleysaidtheOfficeoflnformationTech- The British government announced yes- The letter, distributed in mailboxes on the hacan News Editor nology told the dozen or so concerned call- terday that it will begin a campaign to kill and Cornell University campus, stated that a lo­ ers, who were apparently local citizens rather incinerate 15,000 cows a week in an effort to "Whatwas obviously intend~ as an April cal resident..had already died from the dis- than students, that the letter had been an April eliminate infected populations, according to 001's joke tum~ out notto be v~ funny at ease, according to Ithaca City Police Sgt. Fool'.s Day prank. The New York Times. 11," said Wcpnans consum!r affairs repre- David Harrington. NattalesaidWegmansbasnotheardmuch· Britain's proposal would eventually kill ntativc Jo Nattale after someone distrib- -DatedA.pril 1 andentitled"GannettHealth from customers. '"It was not a widespread 4.7 million cows, although a Luxembourg ted fliers infonning the community that AlertOutbreak."theletterwentontoencour­ rumor, luckily, because it's certainly a very proposal would destroy entire herds that have egm&ns beef was tainted with mad cow age people to call'a "contagious disease con- dangerous one and could have c;reated a great shown high incidences of the disease. isease. trol hotline." . deal ofconcern with our own customers who About 160,000 cases of mad cow disease, ''It's.a vicious fantasy," Nattale said. The number listed turned out w be the ate beef in the last weeks, who fed it to their which causes cows to stagger and drool, have Meat from cows infected with the disease helpline_numbcr of the Ithaca College Office children-it's horrible," she said. been reported in Britain, but it is only preva­ a_s I.inked .last week to. 10 deaths in _Great oflnformation Technology, said Director of Harrington said police are investigating lent in cows born before 1993, acc_ording to ntam.Eatingthemeatm~ycause th~ mc_ur- . Public Information Dave Maley. - _ the incident but have no leads yet. The New York Times. ble Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which eats "We knew something strange was going Nattale said British beef has not been The disease has not been conclusively oles in .brain tissue, disabling and eventu- on, so -we called.- Wegmans," Maley said.