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t's a hateful threat scrawled angrily on your door in pennanent marker. It's shouts of "queer," "fag" or "dyke." It's the sheer terror of walking across campus, afraid you will be beaten because you are gay.

Homophobia invades our society daily. In the month of October, the Bias Related Incidents Committee reported nine written homophobic remarks, seven of which were reported in the Terraces. Brian McAree, associate vice president of campus affairs and student life and a member of the committee, said this is the greatest number of homophobic remarks reported in such a short time.

Campus Safety Investigator Laura Durling said identifying those responsible for bias-related incidents may be difficult, especially when the incidents go unwitnessed. Perhaps even mor~ difficult is discover-ing why they occur and what effect they have. '

The beating death of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old college student from Laramie, Wyo., has brought a twinge of fear to the campus. Some students feel his death has brought the reality of homo-phobia closer to home, leaving them wondering if the bias alerts arc a grim foreshadowing· of what may come.

The victims of homophobia

Freshman Tyrone Tidwell came to Ithaca College from North

Carolina looking for acceptance. He had been shunn~d by his best friend in Charlotte and was told by a fonner girlfriend's father he could no longer sec her. His mother accepts his sexuality, but Tidwell ha~n 't found people at Ithaca College to be so understanding.

On three separate occasions this year, Tidwell has overheard students making remarks such as, "It's getting pretty faggy out" while in his presence.

Tidwell passed off the first two instances of this remark as · mishearing others around him. ft wasn't until the third incident that

Tidwell realized the comments were an attack on his sexuality. Further incidents have led Tidwell to believe he has been specif-ically targeted because he is homosexual. The words "all you guys arc fags, especially Ty" were recently found scrawled on a bathroom stall on the I 0th floor of the East Tower.

Partly as a result of the homophobic remarks, Tidwell has decided to move off his floor.

Senior Chris Fidura also remembers days when he faced taunts.

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Alm presentation ·Homegrown: Theory into Practice,• a cinema and pho-tography department Visiting Filmmakers and Scholars pre-sentation will be held on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Park Auditorium.

Chamber Ensemble concert :he Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will perform on Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium.

Musical recitals

The Florida State University Brass Quintet will perform on Wednesday at 1 0 a.m. in the Ford Auditorium. Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha will perform at 8:15 p.m. Both are in the Ford Auditorium.

Native American concert "People of the Dawn: Native American Stories, History and Songs," a presentation by Abenaki Nation members Joe and Jesse Bruchac, will be held on WednP.sday at 7 p.m. in Textor 102.

Horn Choir performance The Ithaca College Horn Choir and the Ithaca College Trombone Troupe will perform

on Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium.

Faculty symposium "Sisterhood and Struggle: A Celebration of the Women's Rights Convention: a sympo-sium featuring panel discus-sions led by Ithaca College faculty, will be held on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Klingenstein lounge, Egbert Hall.

Brass Choir performance The Ithaca College Brass Choir will perform on Friday at 8: 15 p.m. in the Ford

Auditorium.

Choral concert The Choral Composition Festival Concert, a perfor-mance by area high school choirs and the Ithaca College Choir, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium.

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It is The lthacan's policy to

report all errors of fact. Please contact Assistant News Editor Scott Hepburn at 274-3207.

By

lllcllael W. Blaanuoaa

Ithacan Staff

This week, 6 years ago:

Ithaca College has the same residential policy it had 20 years ago, but a more accurate estimate of projected student turnover between fall and spring has changed the policy's impact on stu-dents-bad news for students who want to move

off campus, but good news for the college.

In

recent years, the policy, which guarantees on-campus housing for four years, has been able to accommodate at least some of the students who want to move off campus at the end of each semester. This occurs when the college overesti-mates the number of students who would gradu-ate in December, attend the London Center or participate in internships.

But this year, the Office of Residential Life announces it will not have an off-campus applica-tion process for the spring.

The process is eliminated for the first time since 1986 because estimates show there will be no overflow in the spring and the college will be able to house all students.

While the Office of Residential Life makes its housing plans for the spring, U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton sets to work shaping his new

admin-istration for his inauguration in January 1993. After an election where results rang with a cry for change but offered no specific mandate, Clinton huddles with his transition team, issues a scarcely veiled warning to Iraq and promises over the next six months that he will "focus like a laser beam on this economy."

The 46-year-old Clinton commits his

adminis-tration not only to ending the lingering recession but also to lifting the nation to a higher level of

economic productivity for years to come. As supporters of Iraq President Saddam Hussein were rejoicing in victory, Clinton told reporters, "the greatest gesture of goodwill any nation can make to me during this period is to continue full cooperation with our president, George Bush."

The mood of the Ithaca College campus regarding Clinton's election seems to be split along party lines.

The IC Democrats celebrated the prediction of a Clinton victory by CNN at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday by breaking open a bottle of champagne.

Amid a party celebrating a Democratic elec-tion night success with jubilant cheers, IC Democrat president Jeff Wolfe '94 says:

"This is a victory for the liberal factions of this country. We have shown a rejection of Reagan/Bush politics. We're all going to work together for change."

The mood of the IC Republicans is hest cap-tured by Katie Carbell '93 upon her hearing the predicted electoral tally of Clinton 176, Bush 28: "It's a ~ad day for the United States of America." Many Republicans blame Bush's defeat on the "liberal media's" bias against him. Some IC Republicans felt this bias carried over to the pri-marily Democratic population of Ithaca College. This was clear when, while watching television coverage, the IC Republicans became paranoid over a mistaken graphic displayed by ICTV.

"It's the Ithaca College thing," IC Republican member Ray Wojtusiak '94 said. "They don't want Bush to win anything."

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Ithaca College junior Danielle Straci points to a cut In her soft-top Jeep Wrangler. Stracl said her vehicle was broken into last week. Her vehicle Is one of many vandalized within the last week.

Burglars varidalize vehicles

Series of break-ins upsets students

she feels they arc not doing everything possible.

By Kate Hilts

Ithacan Staff

Cellular phones, compact discs, loose change and cash were all taken from

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to 15 unlocked vehicles on Codding-ton Road and Pennsylvania Avenue last week.

Investigators from the Tompkins County Sheriff's Department arc attempting to figure out who stoic the posses-sions, but there have been no arrests, TCSD dispatcher David Bush said.

All items taken were in clear sight, Bush said. He said there seems to be multiple thefts at the same time every year.

The sheriff's department notified the Ithaca College Office of Campus Safety of the burglaries but did not ask the office for assistance, Associate Director of Campus Safety Norm Wall said.

Wall said a car stereo was among the things reported stolen by the sheriff's depart-ment.

One vehicle burglary occurred on campus during the same week as the off-campus burglaries. The vehicle was in R-lot near the Garden

Apart-mcnts, Wall said. A cellular phone, jacket, some compact discs and a portable compact disc player were taken.

"[Break-ins are] not uncom-mon," Wall said. "We encour-age students to lock their cars and keep things out of sight."

Junior Danielle Straci reported to the sheriff's depart-ment that her soft-top Jeep Wrangler was broken into on Pennsylvania Avenue during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Straci's vehicle was locked and the top and windows of the

"The best advice is Just to lock your doors," Straci said. Bush said the sheriff's depart-ment takes these investigations seriously and are working on them.

Senior Daniel Schoenfelder, who lives on Pennsylvania Avenue, also had items stolen from his vehicle. He said 200 compact discs, a sweater and a jacket wc~e stolen. The sher-iff's department was patrolling Pennsylvania Avenue when Schoenfelder discovered items were stolen.

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her insurance company. This is the first time Straci's car has been vandalized, but she said it has happened to oth-ers in the past. The police have not reported back to Straci and

from the insurance company, but hopes to regain 60 to 70 percent of it.

To report a burglary, contact Campus Safety at 274-3333 or the Tompkins County Sheriff's Department at 272-2444.

By Kate Hilts

Ithacan Staff

Investigators from the Oflice nf Campus Safety arc interview-mg suspects in a case involving a bomb threat reported for Hill Center, college officials said.

The threat was called into the Campu~ Center information desk ~omctimc hetween 5 p.rn. and

5:30 p.m. Monday, Boh Holt,

director of campu~ safety ~aid. ''A phone call wa~ received warning that a homh wa!-. in Hill Center and the building should he evacuated," said Garry Van-Gorder, Ithaca College assistant director of public information.

A worker at the information desk reported the call to Campus Safety and officers responded, VanGorder said.

Hill Center was evacuated immediately. Students were not allowed to reclaim their valu-ables until after the building search was completed at I 0:40 p.m., Ithaca College Vice Presi-dent of StuPresi-dent Affairs and Cam-pus Life Jack Oblak said.

However, Hill Center did not reopen for use until 7 a.m. Tues-day, SGA Vice President of Cam-pus Affairs Becky Gay said.

A bomb search dog, Campus Safety officers and other staff members searched the Hill Cen-ter.

Oblak refused to comment on the nature of the call, the gender of the caller and any leads regard-ing the caller.

Holt said Campus Safety knows the gender of the caller and the location the call was made from, but declined to dis-close the information.

However, Gay said at Tues-day's SGA meeting the caller had a female voice and the call was placed from a downtown Ithaca phone booth.

When contacted Wednesday, Holt declined to say if Gay's description was accurate.

Oblak said he hopes the threat will be the only one of its kind.

"This is an act of disruption that causes our students, faculty and staff tremendous inconve-nience," Oblak said.

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Classes and team practice~ were disrupted by the threat, said Richard Miller, dean of the School of Health Science and Human Performance.

Students in a jujitsu class prac-ticed outside the building to keep warm. They waited to see if they could get into class because no one told them how long it would take to reopen the building.

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Ellen Staurowsky, associate professor of the exercise and sport sciences, !>aid she had fin-ished a class, went for a run and returned to find out she could not enter the Hill Center.

Staurowsky could not enter and no one could tell her when she would be able to retrieve her keys and money.

Reporting a false emergency i~ a Class A misdemeanor. Punish-ment can include up to one year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.

Las"t spring three bomb threats were phoned into Campus Safety reporting bombs in three campus buildings.

Fonner Ithaca College student Fernando Salicrup III pied guilty to falsely reporting an incident m relation to the spring threats.

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Ithacan Staff

A ceremony to recognize the construction of the new $6 million fitness center will be held in the Campus Center's Clark Lounge on Nov. 12 at noon.

Administrators from the

School of Health Sciences and Human Perfonnance will be among other Ithaca College

offi-cials at the "Fitness Center Progress Celebration."

HS&HP

Associate Dean David Dresser said he hopes the ceremo-ny will promote awareness of the fitness center to the campus com-munity.

"We're trying lo emphasize that

this

is for the entire college," Dresser said. "The purpose is to call allention to the construction." Dresser said President Peggy Williams had the idea for the groundbreaking.

"[Williams) wasn't the one who brought [the fitness center] into hemg, [but] she wants to call allention to this in lieu of a groundbreaking which occurred before students came hack to campus," Dres~cr said.

Williams is active in many fit-ne~s activities and is enthusiastic about the center, Dresser said.

"In terms of fitness, President Williams i~ a role model for us," Drcs!-.cr said. "Her idea of having

this ceiebralion is further

evi-dence of her understanding of the

importance of recreation."

Director

of

Recreational

Sports Brad Buchanan said the

celebration will heighten the fact

that a new slate of the art facility

will

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be available for

stu-dents.

"We want to get students excit-ed about it-it is a great project," Dresser said. "We do not have a lot of open recreation space with our present facilities, and this is going to really improve that immensely."

Student Body President senior Mark Naparstek, who will be on hand for the progress celebration, said he is excited about the poten-tial of the fitness center.

"I'd like to sec it become a place outside the classroom, where students, faculty, staff and administrators can come togeth-er," Naparstck said.

The event will feature

equip-ment demon~trallons by

Advantage Sport and Fitness. While Advantage has not been officially contracted to provide

the new equipment, Drcs~er

said the company provided the equipment in the Hill Center's weight room and IS likely to do

the same for the litncss center when it is ~chedulcd to open in May 1999.

NOVEMBER

5,1998

The

SGA

Minute

By Danny

Manus

Ithacan Staff

The SGA met Tuesday night

to discuss topics effecting the

student body. Some of the issues

addressed included:

• Congress was given a pro-file of the freshman class and

the overall status of enrollment

at Ithaca College by

stu-dent

trustee

a n

d junior

Ky I

e Johnson. There were 8,740appli-c at ions received in 1997-98. Of that, 8,106

were from the class of 2002 and

634 were

transfer students.

Females comprise 56 percent of the class, with male:, making Lip 44 percent.

The college's enrollment goal was I J90 ~tudents, but fell ~hort by 51 students. The 1,339 freshmen at the college, howev-er, make up the stronge!>t class ever to enroll, based on SAT scores and gradc!>. A new high of 22 wa~ reached in National

Merit Finalists who chose

Ithaca College as their first

choice.

. As

reported

by Johnson, the

number of applications for the

physical therapy program at the

college dropped to

500,

down

from

1,100

in

1996-97.

The

decrease

was

due to a change in

how students

apply to

the

pro-gram.

Students

m u s

t a pp I y early deci-sion and list Ithaca College as their first choice. One-third of the applications received for the

School of

Humanities and

Sciences were from common applications.

Thi~ was the fir!,t year

common application~ were

accepted al the college. The incrca!:>e offset the decline .of physical therapy application!:>.

The college ranked No. I 4 of 253 private ma!,tcrs-level mst1-tut1ons 111 the country in the

number of graduates who

receive doctoral dcgrcc~ after

graduating from college.

• SGA representatives spoke

with Cecil Staton, the provost of

Mercer University, about what

information should be included

in a profile of Ithaca College,

which will be used to attract

new contributors of donations.

Ithaca College, a founding

member of the Associated New American Colleges, is one of 21

large-size colleges making pos-itive profiles. Staton. will be observing students, faculty and facilities over the next few days to find out what is unique about the college.

• Members of SGA approved

budgets for the

NAACP,

SCALE and BRIDGES, three new clubs on campus.

• Surveys will be sent to advisers and interviews will be conducted with students in an effort by the SGA to improve the relationship advisers have with their advisees.

• Students in the mentor pro-gram arc ~chedulcd to vi!>1t Ithaca High School on Monday to ~peak with senior~ about i!>sues they wi II face 111 college

and how to survive the applica-twn process.

• Ithaca College Pn.:~idcnt Peggy Williams will attend the

Nov. 17 SGA meeting to

addre~s student concerns and an!,wer quest1om,.

CHUCK HOLLIDAY/THE ITHACAN Patrol Officer John Federation prepares to photograph a homophobic remark

written on a dry-erase board In Terrace 6. The Incident later appeared In a bias alert.

'I

really felt helpless'

Continued from page 1

men shouted "fag" and "pussy" as Fidura and his boyfriend walked across the Towers parking lot.

"At the time, I felt very upset because I didn't feel like there was really much I could do about it," Fidura said. "I really felt helpless to do anything about it."

Responding to what happened to him was difficult because he wasn't sure of what he could do, Fidura said.

"People who are afraid of being abused need to know that they don't have to be abused," he said. "It's something that cam-pus safety can help you with. It's some-thing that won't be tolerated on campus."

"They need to know that freedom of speech docs not extend to people scream-ing 'fag' across the parkscream-ing lot," Fidura said.

Culture of fear

"I think it's people's own fear of the dif-ferent," said BiGayla co-president Skou Freedman. "For some people, anything different ... is unsettling."

According to Gregory M. Herek, a research psychologist at the University of California-Davis, George Weinberg coined the term homophobia in "Society and the Healthy Homosexual" ( 1972) when he characterized it as "heterosexuals' dread of being in close quarters with a homosexual." "America is a homophobic society," senior Renee Thibodeau said. "I don't think that horil()scxuality, in many places in

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this country, is tolerable to many people, and I think that c~n change."

Thibodeau is working with the Diversity Awareness Committee and resi-dence director Craig Tiede on planning a tribute to Shepard on Tuesday. The tribute will also address the recent homophobic remarks reported on campus.

"There's always a chill that goes down my spine when I see or here things that arc hurtful," assistant professor of television-radio Carolyn Byerly said. "We're always reminded that it could be us."

For many homosexuals, Shepard's death has brought the fear of homophobia closer. Because he was a college student, it's easy to wonder if the same thing could happen at Ithaca College, Freedman said.

"I think I probably put a layer of some kind between me and incidents like [Shepard's death] because they are so hor-rifying," said English professor

Mary

Beth

O'Connor.

"Anytime

something like this

happens, it'_s shocking."

Like Byerly, O'Connor said she feels it

is important to

be

open about her

homo-sexuality. She said she always discusses

being gay in her classes.

"If

I

don't, I feel like I am hiding some-thing," she said.

Feedback from some students seems to be, "the days are long gone when [homo-phobia] was a problem," O'Connor said. "And I think, great, if you really feel that way, great, but I don't trust it, especially when you hear about bias-related incidents on campus."

Fighting homophobia

In the 1960s, homosexual students at Cornell University felt unrecognized, said junior Mark Vigorito, BiGayla co-presi-dent. To draw attention to themselves, groups of homosexuals attended classes, standing up in the class to announce their homosexuality.

Cornell professors and students felt the tactics were unproductive, Vigorito said, so the students redesigned their strategy. Students formed panels to give presenta-tions about homosexuality to classes. The program became known as ZAP!

BiGayla now presents about three ZAP! sessions per week, Vigorito said. Members of Bi Gayla visit classes and residence halls to share coming-out stories and talk about homosexuality.

"It was very interesting to hear the courage that it took for them to talk to their friends-for them to lead double lives," said freshman Annie Grella, who heard a ZAP! in a class. "I thought that they had a lot of coumge to come out and talk to 250 people that they didn't even know that could judge them for being gay or lesbian." Grella said people from small towns, such as her own hometown of Easton, Mass., arc not exposed as much to homo-sexuality and could benefit from seeing others share their corriing-out stories.

"It makes people more comfortable with people hcing gay or lesbian," she said.

Education is also important in combat-ting ignorance, BiGayla adviser and resi-dence director Matthew Chetnik said.

The weekly bias alerts have been a big step toward increased education, Chctnik said. Through the alerts, he said, students have learned they have the responsibility of reporting bias related incidents.

Chetnik likened homophobia to a ripple effect. When one person makes homopho-bic remarks, others are more comfortable making them. But good can come from the ripple effect, Chetnik said. Ignorance is more easily manifested through silence.

Th~

more homosexuality is talked about,

the'greater the chances of confronting fears

and addressing homosexuality in an open light.

Kate

Hilts contributed to this story

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5

Tribute

event

planned

Ceremony to address

recent hate crimes

By

Sarah Wright

Ithacan Staff

A memorial ceremony will he held in remembrance of Matthew Shepard, whose life was taken in a homophobic hate crime.

The tribute will be on Nov.

IO

at 12:05 p.m. at the Free Speech Rock m the Campus Center Quad_.

Matthew Shepard was a 21-ycar-old college student at the University of Wyoming. He was robbed, beaten and left for dead while tied to a fence in October because he was homosexual.

At

12:35 p.m. an 18-minutc moment · of silence will be held. Each of these 18 minutes is to represent an hour Shepard was tied to the fence and beaten. The moment of silence will end at 12:53 p.m., said Craig Tiede, resident director of Lyon, Bogart, Landon and Clarke halls.

"We would like for this event to send a

broad and strong statement against homo-phobia and hate crimes," Tiede said. "Bringing a tragic event that seems so far away to many of us closer to home."

The ceremony comes at a time when tension is high on campus as nine homo-phobic bias-related incidents have been reported this semester on campus.

"(This tribute] is an attempt to

acknowledge those [bias-related] events that have occurred," said Jeff Claus, assistant professor of the Center for Teacher Education and chair of the Diversity Awareness Committee. "In our society we only pay attention when there's a murder or savage hate crime."

Attention to this incident has been fairly limited on campus, which is why the Diversity Awareness Committee and others saw a need for the vigil, said senior Renee Thibodeau, a member of the committee.

"When

I

first heard about the death of

Matthew Shepard I was upset," Thibodeau said. "When a week or so had passed and nothing had been done Ion campus] I was angry."

The goal of the tribute is to raise awareness and show the importance of this issue, Tiede said.

"We get really isolated on a college campus sometimes but these things are much closer to us than we think," Tiede said.

The tribute will include speakers such

as Catholic Chaplain Mary Humcnay, Associate Professor of sociology Robert Heasley and Assistant Professor of televi-sion-radio Carolyn Byerly. Thibodeau and Tiede will also speak.

Anyone who wants to express their feelings is welcome to speak at the Shepard tribute, Thibodeau said.

NBC producer to discuss

media, Shepard's death

By

Sarah Wright

Ithacan Staff

Barbara Raab, producer for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, will be the final speaker in the "What About Human Rights In Our Own Backyard?" series and speaking on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.

Her topic, "The Death of Matthew Shepard: How the News Covers Gay and Lesbian Issues" will discuss media coverage and what it lacks in covering homosexual issues.

"I think there has been an enormous amount of coverage on the death of Matthew Shepard," Raab said. "Some of it has been quite good, but overall I think the mainstream media could have explored several other angles on this story."

As a print and broadcast journalist, Raab is a leader in professional and community organizations.

Through her work and her visit at Ithaca College, Raab hopes to make people think more about what they sec and read and not take it at face value.

"I hope that people will be more criti-cal consumers of media; that they will be active thinkers as they consume what the media serves up; that they will realize that the mainstream media is not the only-and is often not the best-source of information and perspective on what is happening in our world;' Raab said.

The lecture is geared to inform people about change within themselves and in the mass media.

Along with the public lecture, Raab will be teaching a master class on Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. on "Covering Elections" in Park 220. The class will include an illus-trated presentation about how NBC organizes and carries out its election coverage. Interested students should contact Vicki Compton at 274-1789.

6 THE ITHACAN NOVEMBER 5,·I 998

New SGA assistant wants to

help

Leadership skills derived from

involvement in campus groups

By Kim Phillips

Ithacan Staff

Russ Sen,.atimore said when he came to Ithaca College in 1996, he was looking not only for a job, but for a way to be involved in the mainstream of what was going on around campus.

The tall, red haired senior made 11 evident that he would became actively involved and mad~ an impression that will be remembered when he leaves for the Park School of Communications Program in Los Angeles in January.

As a freshman, Senzatimore applied for SGA governance secretary, seeking money and a way to get back in the flow of hcing involved with school activities.

"After I became involved in student government, I realized it was a way to find

out about how the school works,"

Senzatimore said. "I like being up-to-the-minute of what's going on and through this role I have gotten a fair share of that. I learned a lot about dealing with people and how they work."

Senzatimore also worked on the layout staff of The Ithacan his freshman year and

currently works for the Ithaca College Bureau of Concerts. He will be helping with security and production for the Tori Amos concert on Nov. 8.

Originally from Long Island,

Senzatimore enjoys boating and fishing, but his favorite hobbies are photography,

play-ing the piano and travelplay-ing to New York City to visit museums and attend Broadway shows.

A film major, Senzatimore concentrates on editing, which he will pursue when he moves to L.A. after graduation in May.

"I have loved editing since I was ten years old," Senzatimore said. "That is my biggest push."

In high school, Senzatimorc edited six feature-length films.

In addition lo working as governance

secretary for the past two years,

Senzatimore has just been appointed to a new position as SGA assistant vice presi-dent of campus affairs. Scnzatimore will work for senior Becky Gay, SGA vice pres-ident of campus affairs, who will be studenr teaching in Syracuse for the remainder of the semester.

"While she's student teaching, I'm basi-cally here to pick up the slack," Senzatimore said.

Senzatimore will be doing the office work and making phone calls for Gay while she is gone.

"I talk to her every night to let her know what's been going on just to keep her up on the speed of things," Senzatimore said.

One project Senzatimore will be con-centrating on as assistant is the ACC phone study, a long-distance phone survey for stu-dents on and off campus.

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This position is temporary because Gay the administrators on campus to let them

will be returning in the spring semester. know what is going on.

Senzatimore will also have to find a "He's going to be difficult to replace,"

replacement for his position as governance said Roger Eslinger, director of campus

secretary when he leaves for Los Angeles. center and activities. "Russ is extremely As governance secretary, Senzatimore reliable and ethical."

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Letters remind

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By

Kate HIits

Ithacan Staff

Letters have been sent to businesses that deliver on campus to remind them of a pol-icy that restricts vendors from entering huildings, said Dave Prunty, assistant director of operations for residential life.

The move comes after Ithaca College ~tudcnts voiced their concerns about deliv-ery people entering residence halls at the Oct. 20 SGA meeting.

Delivery people have been entering huildings on campus, causing problems and refusing to leave, said Jessica Paul, SGA Park School of Communications

representative.

Paul, a resident assistant, has encoun-tered vendors that have harassed her and refused to leave. Paul and other students feel these vendors should adhere to the policy and not enter the buildings.

The RAs have been notified of this pol-icy, said Norm Wall, associate director of Campus Safety. Vendors have received written notification of this policy, he said.

Paul said nothing has been done about vendors harassing students or vendors in the halls. SGA, the Office of Residential Life and Paul arc investigating the policy and the problems occurring m the buildings.

The letter sent out by Prunty said flyers that arc put under doors are not allowed on campus. This is considered door-to-door solicitation which is prohibited by the college.

No future action will be taken at this point, Prunty said. f

"Obviously, if that ~oesn't work then something else will have to be done," he said. Burt Shapiro, manager of D.P. Dough, said his husiness learned the college's pol-icy through experience and from Campus Safety. The delivery people have been told what they can and cannot do when deliver-ing on campus, he said.

The drivers know they arc not allowed to enter the building and have to obey traf-fic laws on campus, Shapiro said.

Bill Garrard, general manager of Rogan 's Corner, said deliverers arc not allowed to park in fire zones and they are to wait for the customer outside the build-ing.

"Do · not go in the dorms-period. That's the rule," Garrard said.

The delivery people can go into acade-mic buildings as long as the building is unlocked, he said.

"[Police] arc really cool about giving warnings," Garrard said. Deliverers arc not supposed to leave their cars unattended and normally work with Campus Safety to prevent further problems, he said.

Prunty docs not think there will be fur-ther problems after the delivery people have been reminded of the policy.

The college can ban unauthorized peo-ple from campus and can arrest them if the unauthorized people return, Wall said.

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According to the letter, advertising on campus is allowed only with permission of Campus Center and Activities Office.

"It's a tough policy to enforce because students do let people in and these people who deliver make their money on the most amount of deliveries they can make in one night," Wall said. ·

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By

Kate Hilts

Ithacan Staff

LeMoyne College and Marisl College have different systems from Ithaca College that do not allow · delivery people 111

buildings.

LeMoyne College has 24-hour card access in all residence halls and security cameras in three of the six halls, said Diane Dougl~, director of housing.

The card access has helped because the college knows who is going in and out of the

build-ings, Douglas said.

Delivery people that come during the hall office hours leave deliveries with the office. The office contacts students lo come and pick up deliveries, Douglas said. There is no way for the deliverer to enter.

Night-time delivery people enter a first set of doors and call the student's room. This way delivery people can wait inside one set of doors and will not have to worry about weather conditions, Douglas said.

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"Obviously people fall through the cracks though," Douglas said. "We do have problems, but we try to discour-age that by the system of the phone outside the door."

Marist College has entry offi-cers for the freshmen residence halls at each entrance with 24-hour card access. They work from 3 p.m. to 7 a.m. The officers oversee the students swiping their cards and entrance to the building, said Anthony Fusari, assistant to the director

of housing.

Only residents in that hall can get in when officers are not on duty. The other buildings arc apartment complexes, so

it

is the resident's responsibility as to who enters the apartment, Fusari said.

Officers prohibit the entrance of delivery people in the evening. Delivery people arc prevented from entering behind students in this system, Fusari said.

Delivery people are sent to

the central receiving area and ~he students are contacted about the delivery there. Other deliv-eries, such as flowers, arc sent to the housing offices.

If

the offices are closed, there is an access phone outside the residence hall and the delivery people must call to the room.

"You don't need an incident to have it be a concern," Fusari said.

Both colleges find their sys-tems work very well in avoiding problems with deliverers.

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By Nina Myers

Ithacan Staff

With

the temperature dip-ping close to freezing and autumn giving way to winter, the potential for sore throats, achiness and fevers has in-creased. Yes, flu season is upon us.

In addition to turning up the heat and dragging out the winter coat. certain measures can be takrn to avoid the dreadful virus.

Although walk-in times have expired, David Newman, direc-tor of health services at the Hammond Health Center, en-courages the entire Ithaca Col-lege community to consider the flu vaccine.

Newman said most people have a difficult time properly distinguishing a bad cold from the flu. He said colds are charac-terized by nasal congestion, sore throat and malaise, but rarely fever.

"True influenza is usually a more severe illness," Newman said. "It comes on abruptly and it is characterized by a high fever, often 103 degrees or high-er, a lot of achiness, a headache and sometimes a dry cough, but not usually congestion."

Newman said the Center for Disease Control (CDC) studies which strains of flu emerge in

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"When the same strains that occur in South America in the spring occur here in the winter, there's usually around an 80 percent chance for protection from the vaccine," Newman said.

Ruth Allen, a Health Center registered nurse, said the shot is not too painful and is usually ac-companied by slight soreness in the upper arm. There is a possi-bility the patient will feel a bit

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"The flu usually knocks the wind out of your sails for well over a few days," Newman said.

"If you can do something sim-ple and safe to lower your chances· of getting it, you can potentially save yourself a lot of grief."

The vaccine must be admin-istered each year because its ef-fectiveness wears off after three ~ to eight months.

Appointments can be made by calling the Health Center at 274-3177. The $10 fee may be paid by check, Mastercard, Visa, ID express or student ac-count charges.

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Police prepare .

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game

By Nina Myers

Ithacan Staff

As Ithaca College football fans travel along Route 13 to Cortland on Saturday to watch the highly anticipated CortacaJug game, the New York State Police Depart-ment will have extra patrols set up throughout the day looking for in-toxicated drivers, Sgt. Edward Abruzzo said.

"Our objective is to keep the -roaqway as safe as possible," Abruzzo said. "We're not going to

be hidden in the bushes, but if we have reason to stop a car and they turn out to be intoxicated, they will be dealt with according-ly."

Jack Oblak, Ithaca College

vice president of student affairs and campus life, has teamed up with Cortland Vice President Ray-mond Franco to write a letter warning students of the potential harms of drunk driving and reck-less fan behavior.

"The purpose of the letter is to explain that this is obviously an exciting athletic contest, and we really want to be sure that people enjoy it without personal harm or injury," Oblak said.

The letter, sent to students at both colleges, warned students about police checks.

A common concern for some students is whether or not they

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"If they have an open container in the car, or if they're consuming any type of alcoholic beverage in the car, it's a traffic i11fraction," Abruzzo said.

Packed cars traveling bumper-to-bumper, blasting music and large numbers of overly excited, enthusiastic fans hanging out of car windows are all ingredients leading up to a potential car acci-dent, Abruzzo said.

Knowing this behavior has occurred in the past, the senior class, RHA and SGA have teamed up to change the rules of the road. Six buses have been rented for the game that will hold up to 300 students.

"It's a safe, school-spirited way to get down to the game,"

RHA President Diane Nocerino

said. "And you can avoid being stopped along the way at the checkpoints."

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Monday, Oct.19

• Medical Assist, Injury Related Location: Ceracche Athletic Center Summary: Student cut finger. Transported to Health Center.

• V&T Violation, Leaving scene of accident Location: L-lot

Summary: Vehicle backed into another vehicle and left the area.

• Unlawful Posting of an Advertisement, No Degree

Location: Holmes Hall-second floor Summary: Fliers found posted for down-town establishment.

• Property, Lost Property Location:

Williams

Hali

Summary: Staff member lost college-issued key. Key later located. • Fire Alarms, Fire

Location: Terrace 4-third floor

Summary: Alarm of fire due to activated smoke detector near room 314 in the west wing. Unable to reset system. Electrician and maintenance notified.

Tuesday,

Oct.

20

• Medical Assist

Location: East Tower-10th floor

Summary: Caller reports intoxicated male who is violent and combative.

Transported to Heahh Center then trans-ported to CMC for evaluat~.

• Larceny

Location: West Tower

- Summary: On Sept. 23 a student did not receive cash that had been mailed to them by a family member.

• Medical Assist Location: Tower Club

Summary: Student cut thumb while work-ing. Transported to Health Center.

• MVA,

Property Damage Only Location: L-lot

Summary: Two vehicles involved in MVA with property damage.

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• Fire Alarms, Malfunction . Location: Muller Faculty Center-fourth floor

Summary: Alarm of fire due to activated smoke detector between offices 424 and 429. Unknown causes. System was reset. • Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, No Degree .

Location: Emerson Hall

Summary: Report of a smell of marijuana coming from a resident's room. One stu-dent to be referred judicially for posses-sion of marijuana.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

• Suspicious Circumstance Location: Emerson Hall

Summary: Request to check on the wel-fare of a student who may be having emotional problems. Student found sleep-ing in room and all was okay.

• Suspicious Circumstance Location: West Tower

Summary: Student believes someone was

in their room over fall break.

• Aggravated Harassment, Second Degree Location: East Tower

Summary: Two students report receiving a harassing telephone call.

• Larceny Value. • Location: Park H.an /

Summary: Student had not returned equipment when it was due Oct. 13. Property returned, no action needed .. • Larceny

Location: Park Hali

Summary; Caller reports theft of computer equipment. Theft occurred sometime with-in the last week.

• Criminal Mischief Location: M-lot

Summary: Caller reports the sunroof on their car has been broken by unknown person or persons.

• Suspicious Odor Location: Holmes Hali

Summary: Report of an odor of marijuana coming from a residence hall room. Room searched with negative results.

• Check on the Wettare Location: Emerson Hali

Summary: Non-student called to report a friend who is an Ithaca College student may be emotionally upset. Student located and found to be okay.

Thursday,

Oct.

22

• Suspicious Odor Location: Terrace 5

Summary: Reported of an odor of marijua-na coming from a room in a residence hall. Upon officer's arrival, odor was deter-mined to be incense.

• Fire Alarms, Fire

Location: Health Center-infirmary floor Summary: Fire alarm activated in Health Center due to burned toast in toaster. IFD notified and responded.

• Making Graffiti Location: Terrace 2

Summary: Unknown person wrote graffiti on memo board.

• Suspicious Circumstance Location: West Tower

Summary: Unknown person entered stu-dent's room during fall break.

• Suspicious Circumstance Location: Unknown

-·summary: Complainant received e-mail regarding a person receiving threatening messages from an ex-boyfriend. Identity of sender not known at this time.

• ~aking Graffiti.

Location: Terrace 12-second floor Summary: Caller reports homophobic remarks written on a bulletin board near caller's office.

• Solicitation, Ali Solicitation Location: West Tower

Summary: Caller reports unauthorized fly-ers placed throughout the building.

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Thursday, Oct. 22 • Homophobic message Location: Terrace 3

Summary: A homophobic remark was found on a bulletin board display.

• Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, No Degree.

Location: Emerson Hall

Summary: Caller reports odor of marijuana coming from dorm room and in hallway. One student to be referred judicially.

Friday, Oct. 23

• Criminal Mischief, Fourth Degree Location: Landon Hall

Summary: Window found broken. • Accidental Property Damage, Non-crimi-nal Damage

Location: West Tower-south elevator Summary: Obscene message written in the elevator regarding a student who lives in the building. ·

• Medical Assist, Illness Related Location: ICCS

Summary: Staff member having difficulty breathing and very disoriented. Trans-ported to CMC by Bangs Ambulance. • Trespass, No Degree

Location: West Tower

Summary: Caller requests officer assist in a situation involving a male guest and a female student in the shower together. Referred to Office of Residential Life.

Saturday, Oct. 24

• Conduct Code Violation, Alcohol Policy Violation

Location: Terrace 1

Summary: Report of intoxicated female in room. Bangs Ambulance responded. Student signed off with Bangs. Student transported to Health Center.

• Criminal Mischief, Fourth Degree Location: East Tower-10th floor

Summary: Report of a water extinguisher discharged in hallway. Extinguisher confis-cated and brought to ICCS. Note left for Office of Life Safety.

• Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, No Degree

Location: Bogart Hall-third floor balcony Summary: Student referred judicially for possession of marijuana.

• Conduct Code Violation, Alcohol Policy Violation

Location: East Tower

Summary: Report of individuals in room with alcohol. Resident referred judicially for under age consumption of alcohol. • Information Only

Location: Clarke Hali

Summary: Officers responded to a dispute in a resident hall room. Matter resolved. • Unlawful Posting of an Advertisement,

• Homophobic message Location: Terrace 12

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Summary: A homophobic remark was found on a bulletin board display.

No Degree

Location: East Tower-third floor Summary: Two separate unauthorized fly-ers were found advertising off-campus events.

• Life Safety Hazards

Location: G-lot-HS&HP gate

Summary: Orange construction gates to HS&HP building were found down. Christa Construction notified.

• Medical ·Assist, Injury Related Location: Dillingham Center

Summary: Report of a woman who has fallen down the stairs leading to the public restrooms. Person had no apparent injuries and refused any treatment or transport. No further action taken.

• Aggravated Harassment, Second Degree Location: Terrace 3

Summary: Complainant received a phone call from an unknown subject who attempted to tell a Halloween joke. • Criminal Mischief, Fourth Degree Location: Tallcott

Han

Summary: Subject's ex-boyfriend entered room and damaged a picture frame hang-ing on the wall and then left. One student to be referred judicially.

• Unlawful Posting of an Advertisement, No Degree

Location: Rowland Hall

Summary: Student reported that graffiti was left on a message board.

Sunday, Oct. 25

• Unlawful Possession ot Marijoana, No · Degree

Location: Clarke Hall

Summary: Report of an odor ot marijuana coming from a room in a residence hall. RA was notified.

• Suspicious Circumstance Location: Terrace 3

Summary: Student reported that a male and female are having an argument in a room in a residence hall.

• Criminal Mischief, Fourth Degree Location: L-lot

Summary: Officer reports finding criminal mischief done to many vehicles in L-lot.

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