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OPINION RYAN REYNOLDS SERVES AS INSPIRATION, PAGE 10
SHOT AT THE TITLE
Soccer
So
Soccer teams
te seek Empire 8 championships, page 23
ACCENT PURITY RINGS EMERGE AS A TREND, PAGE 13
THIS I SEE STUDENTS EMBRACE NEW LEADERSHIP, PAGE 28
Thursday
Nove m be r 6, 2 0 0 8
The Ithacan It ha ca , N . Y.
Volume 76, Issue 10
Public Safety
Learning across reports three
IC-CU Exchange Program
allows students to expand
the hills identity thefts
BY SAMANTHA ALLEN
STAFF WRITER
depth of coursework Ithaca College’s Office of Public
Safety reported three cases of iden-
BY JACKIE PALOCHKO tity theft and one case of unauthor-
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ized use of a debit card during the
Samantha Swiettikowski began her college career as same week in October.
an exploratory student at Ithaca College. Throughout her Two of the cases of identity theft
freshman year, she took political science classes that she were tracked to Florida, and one
found interesting but were not helping her decide on a spe- case was also reported in China. Ac-
cific career in politics. cording to Public Safety’s incident
In her sophomore year, Swiettikowski decided to take log, one case
classes at Cornell University through the IC-CU Exchange was reported
Program to see what the other hill had to offer. In her junior Oct. 18 and two
year, Swiettikowski decided to stick to Cornell. Oct. 20. The un-
“At Ithaca, the political science program wasn’t really authorized use
preparing me for anything,” Swiettikowski said. “They of a debit card
were great classes, but they weren’t really preparing me was reported
for anything.” Oct. 21 in the
Robin Markle, student information specialist of the Campus Center.
division of graduate and professional studies at the col- Investiga-
DUNN said cases
lege said on average the college usually has between 30 to tor Tom Dunn of identity theft
35 students per semester taking classes at Cornell. This said while the are often hard
year there are 36 Ithaca College students and 15 Cornell department is to investigate.
students participating. investigating all
Language and anthropology classes are the most popu- of these cases, they are difficult to
lar classes for Ithaca College students to take at Cornell and track. A card does not need to leave
Cornell students usually come to the college for the School a person’s possession for money to
of Health Science and Human Performance, according to be illegally transacted, Dunn said.
representatives at each institution. “It’s never that the card was sto-
“We don’t have a lot of sports medicine classes at Cor- len,” he said. “It’s the numbers that
nell,” Cathy Pace, director of the program at Cornell, said. are being used.”
“Cornell students may want to take a sports psychology Ed Fuller, associate vice presi-
class that is not offered here, so they would take it at IC.” dent of Information Technology
Swiettikowski, now a Cornell senior, said the ex- Services, said the distribution of
change program helped her decide what she wanted to personal identification information
do. Since being at Cornell, she has declared her major to through the Internet often leads to
be Industrial Labor Relations, one not offered at many identity theft crimes.
institutions. She said being an ILR major has taught her “Like any media, any mecha-
ways, such as organizing unions, of how to get involved nism where you interact with other
in politics after graduation. people, there’s etiquette and safety
Ithaca College senior Sean Golan is taking “Psychology Junior Katie Crutchfield sits at the Clock Tower at Cor- to be considered,” Fuller said.
nell University, where she takes a photography class. While the location of these re-
MATT RIGBY/THE ITHACAN
See CORNELL, page 4 ports is unusual, Dunn said the In-
ternet opens up many doors.
“If you buy something through
Students celebrate historical election results the Internet that you have delivered
to your house, the illegal transac-
tion technically takes place at their
headquarters,” Dunn said.
BY NORAH SHIPMAN tures and hugging each other. Male Three different students report-
STAFF WRITER students were shirtless and on the ed the incidents of identity theft,
Junior Zachary Klein was sit- shoulders of their friends. Drums and Dunn said the incidents don’t
ting in the lounge of Terrace 12 at were banging to the chants of “O- appear to be linked.
11 p.m. when he heard the news BAM-A … O-BAM-A.” Most stu- “We always look to see if the
that Sen. Barack Obama was the dents were in their pajamas. crimes are associated or if the same
projected presidential winner. He Freshman Erik Johanson was people are associated,” Dunn said.
sat for a few minutes in disbelief in his room in the Lower Quads “But for now, it’s difficult to quan-
until he saw the numbers on the when he saw that Obama had tify these numbers.”
TV screen — then started jumping won California. Michael Melice, a teller at the
and screaming along with his other “I heard screaming and what CFCU bank on campus who deals
friends in the dorm. sounded like fireworks,” he said. “I with victims of identity theft, said
The group rushed outside to run opened my window and couldn’t see CFCU watches all bank accounts.
through the Terraces, their screams anything, so I just stepped outside and He said the bank blocks transac-
bouncing off the buildings and re- followed the noise.” tions that occur in suspicious parts
verberating through the field. They No one would have predicted such of the U.S. and other countries. If
didn’t stop running there. Down a rally given the quiet atmosphere of students are traveling, they have to
past the Towers, on to the Gardens campus earlier in the day. notify the bank, he said.
and back to the Quads, where stu- The only mobilization came Melice said the bank will report
dents were convening from loca- from President Tom Rochon, who suspicious actions to the account
tions across campus. led a march through campus from From left, Doreen Hettich-Atkins, coordinator of the Parade to the Polls, seniors holder, or customers can file a com-
The crowd started out with 50 to IC Square to Smiddy Hall. The Fife Ashley Bookheimer and Rita Kerr-Vanderslice march to the polls yesterday. plaint. Dunn said the bank would
60 students, and a small group in the and Drum Corps, dressed in green DIANA COWDERY/THE ITHACAN then require customers to file a
center had sparklers in their hands, coats and triangle hats, played dispute resolution form with their
the smoke floating up through “Yankee Doodle” while Rochon Often, students called out, “I’ve dents who had voted or were on local law enforcement agency.
the nighttime chill toward the sky. carried a sign that read “Parade to already voted.” their way to the polls. He said it Students at the college who live
Within the hour, students — some the Polls.” The march carried on. will probably be one of the high- far from home must report it to the
say up to 1,000 — were everywhere, Marchers handed out red, white Rochon said it was moving to
talking on cell phones, taking pic- and blue balloons along the way. encounter excitement from stu- See ELECTION, page 4 See ID, page 4
find more. online. www.theithacan.org
T HURS DAY BRI EF ING
2 The It hacan Th ursday, November 6 , 2 0 0 8
THIS
WEEK
6 THURSDAY
Nation&World
Barack Obama names top position
President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly
to begin filling out his new administration yester-
SAB movie screening “The day, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm
Dark Knight” at 8 p.m. in Emanuel as White House chief of staff while aides
Textor 102 stepped up the pace of transition work that had
been cloaked in pre-election secrecy.
7 FRIDAY Several Democrats confirmed that Emanuel
had been offered the job. While it was not clear
Last day to withdraw from fall he had accepted, a rejection would amount to an
semester courses unlikely public snub of the new president-elect
within hours of an electoral college landslide.
Phi Kappa Phi fall awards and
With hundreds of jobs to fill and only 10 weeks
induction ceremony at 4 p.m. in
until Inauguration Day, Obama and his transition
Klingenstein Lounge
team confronted a formidable task complicated
Shabbat Services at 6 p.m. in by his anti-lobbyist campaign rhetoric.
Muller Chapel The official campaign Web Site said no po-
Shabbat dinner at 7:15 p.m. in litical appointees would be permitted to work on
Terrace Dining Hall “regulations or contracts directly and substantially
SAB movie screening “The related to their prior employer for two years. And
Dark Knight” at 7:30 p.m. no political appointee will be able to lobby the ex-
in Textor 102 ecutive branch after leaving government service
during the remainder of the administration.”
9 SUNDAY But almost exactly one year ago, on Nov. 3, 2007,
candidate Obama went considerably further than
Nondenominational Protes- that while campaigning in South Carolina. “I don’t
tant service at 11 a.m. in
Muller Chapel
take a dime of their money, and when I am presi-
dent, they won’t find a job in my White House,” he
Hello, Mr. President
President-elect Barack Obama waves to the crowds Tuesday night in Grant Park in Chicago after
Catholic Community Mass at said of lobbyists at the time. giving his acceptance speech. Obama defeated Republican John McCain in a historical election
1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel Because they often have prior experience in that involved 21 months of campaigning. Obama will be the nation’s first black president.
government or politics, lobbyists figure as po- MORRY GASH/ASSOCIATED PRESS
10 MONDAY tential appointees for presidents of both parties.
On the morning after making history, the man
“Night of Dreams,” ticket elected the first black president had breakfast with ond day, forcing thousands of people to flee. as many as 18,000 same-sex marriages conducted
presale for senior-card his wife and two daughters at their home, went to a A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the since a court ruling made them legal this year.
holders from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. nearby gym and visited his downtown offices. government was holding further south around the Amendments to ban gay marriage were ap-
in Phillips Hall North Foyer provincial capital, however, as diplomats prepared proved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas vot-
“Don’t Have Sex in the Dark!” Gaza violence ends five-month truce to assemble a regional peace summit Friday in Ke- ers approved a measure banning unmarried cou-
a sexual education program by Hamas militants pounded southern Israel nya, bringing together U.N. Secretary-General Ban ples from serving as adoptive or foster parents.
Planned Parenthood, at 7 p.m. with a barrage of rockets yesterday, hours after Ki-moon and the presidents of Rwanda and Congo. But California, the nation’s most populous state,
in Klingenstein Lounge Israeli forces killed six gunmen in a fresh bout of In Kiwanja, 45 miles north of the main city had been the big prize. Spending for and against
violence that threatened to unravel a five-month- Goma, clashes erupted Tuesday between rebels Proposition 8 reached $74 million, the most ex-
11 TUESDAY old truce that has brought relief to both Gaza and and a militia known as the Mai Mai, but the vio- pensive social-issues campaign in U.S. history. Both
southern Israel. lence eased yesterday afternoon. sides of the issue saw the measure as critical to build-
“Psychology Day,” hosted by The clashes began late Tuesday after the Is- Speaking in an interview, warlord Laurent ing momentum for their causes.
the psychology department, raeli forces burst into Gaza to destroy what the Nkunda accused Congo’s army of firing mortars
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the army said was a tunnel being dug near the border toward rebel positions from behind militia lines Mexican official killed in plane crash
first floor of Williams Hall to abduct Israeli troops. during yesterday’s battles. He also said ethnic A presidential spokesman says Mexico’s in-
Despite the outbreak of violence, both Israeli Hutu Rwandan militias linked to Rwanda’s 1994 terior secretary has been killed in small-plane
12 WEDNESDAY authorities and officials with Gaza’s Hamas gov- genocide were fighting alongside the Mai Mai crash in the capital.
ernment said they wanted to restore the calm that around Kiwanja. Officials say the crash appears to be an ac-
Take an Ithacan to Work Day, has largely prevailed during the past five months. cident. Eight people are confirmed dead and at
students spend time with local California bans same-sex marriage least 40 have been hospitalized. Interior Secre-
professionals from 9 a.m. to Rebels fight government in Congo Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in Cali- tary Juan Camilo Mourino and a group of advis-
5 p.m. in the Ithaca community Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed yes- fornia, by voting down Proposition 8, dealing a ers were among those killed.
terday around Kiwanja in eastern Congo, as reb- crushing defeat to gay-rights activists in a state they
ADD YOUR EVENT els fought pro-government militiamen for a sec- hoped would be a vanguard and putting in doubt SOURCE: Associated Press
Drop events for “This
Week” in the marked box in
The Ithacan office or e-mail
Assistant News Editor Lindsey
Hollenbaugh at lhollen1@
College&City Last year the college collected
120 pounds of food for the event.
pause in hiring and a 90-day con-
struction moratorium. It may also
Collection locations will include: include a university-wide review of
ithaca.edu by 5 p.m. Monday. Business School named ginning next semester. Terrace Dining Hall, Towers Dining all operations that could be affected
to nationwide best list The new minor will require 18 Hall, Campus Center Dining Hall, by finances.
CORRECTIONS The Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park credits to complete. It will offer IC Square, and Sub Connection. University leadership will host
Center for Business and Sustainable students the opportunity to under- For more information, contact public forums to answer questions
In the story “Children in Mind,” Enterprise has been named in the stand how basic life functions in- dining services at 274-1187 or visit regarding the budget at 4 p.m. today
(Oct. 9) it was reported that Princeton Review’s Best 296 Busi- fluence health and wellness for an www.forstudentsbystudents.com. at Statler Auditorium.
Cornell University has an ness Schools nationwide. The list individual and society. The minor Commitments, including recruit-
astrology department. The
does not rank the schools. will give students the understand- Old cell phones needed ing staff and strengthening financial
University does not. It has an
This is the third straight year ing of how elements of personal for soldiers and families aid, will continue.
astronomy department.
Ithaca College’s School of Business capabilities, with the physical and The organization Cell Phones
In the story “The Wild Things,” has been named to the list. The sociocultural environment, affect for Soldiers is looking students, fac- Ithacan awarded national
(Oct. 30) it was reported that Princeton Review is an educational human occupation. ulty and staff to donate old, unused online and print honors
Kelly M. Syring said renova- services company. For more information about cell phones. The Ithacan was awarded the
tions of the Hoerner Theatre The list features two-page the new program, contact Dr. Me- Cell Phones for Soldiers sup- 2008 Pacemaker and Online Pace-
made designing the set more profiles of each school, with in- linda Cozzolino, associate pro- ports more than 150,000 men and maker awards by the Associated
difficult. Syring said the scenic formation on their admissions, fessor of occupational therapy, at women in the military overseas by College Press last Saturday.
design was completed before academics, student life and career mcozzoli@ithaca.edu or go to the recycling phones and using pro- The award, widely recognized as
renovations took place. placement services. Occupational Therapy Department ceeds to buy prepaid calling cards. “the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate jour-
It is The Ithacan’s policy to Schools are picked based on aca- in Smiddy 200. The cards are sent to soldiers to nalism,” is for the work published
correct all errors of fact. demic programs, institutional data help them keep in contact with during the 2007-08 academic year.
Please contact Jackie Palochko and opinions from students attend- Dining services to join their families. The awards were presented to
at 274-3207. ing the college. In Ithaca College’s record-breaking food drive For more information, or to The Ithacan at the 87th annual Na-
profile, the Princeton Review said Ithaca College dining services find donation drop-off points, visit tional College Media Convention in
COPY EDITORS classes in the School of Business em- will be taking part in the nation- www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com. Kansas City, Mo.
phasize “a balance between building wide food drive, “Cans Across The Associated Collegiate Press
Paloma Altamirano, Alexa technical and interpersonal skills.” America,” Wednesday. Cornell to tighten budget is the oldest and largest national
Besgen, David Durrett, Jen- The event, organized by Sudexo in current financial crisis membership organization for col-
nifer Eckl, Heather Karschner, New minor to be offered USA, will collect non-perishable food Cornell University is preparing lege journalists in the country.
Lauren Kaufman, Cassandra in occupational science donations for 24 hours. Organizers for a tighter budget according to a The Ithacan has been awarded the
Leveille, Mary Kate Murphy, The School of Health Sciences hope to set the Guinness World Re- statement from Cornell President Pacemaker three times in the past four
Tahleen Ovian, Juliana Stiles, and Human Performance will offer cord for the most non-perishable food David Skorton. years. This is the third year in a row it
Benjamin White-Patarino, a minor in occupational science be- collected in a day. The budget could include a has won the Online Pacemaker.
Chris Zivalich.
Th ursday, Novem be r 6, 2008 N E WS The I th a c a n 3
Strategic vision to focus academic excellence Health Center
BY ERICA R. HENDRY
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
to host clinic
Ithaca College’s strategic visioning process will
begin its planning phase next week with a series for flu shots
of on-campus listening sessions, designed to help
shape what administrators call a renewed focus on BY PALOMA ALTAMIRANO
academic excellence. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The college’s Board of Trustees approved the Flu shots will be available to
sessions Oct. 23. This resolution also called for a Ithaca College students without
presentation of the proposed strategic visioning appointments this year in an effort
plan, which will be based on the sessions’ findings, to make it easier to attain them.
in May. President Tom Rochon said a first draft of This year’s flu clinic will be held
the plan, which will identify six to eight areas of fo- from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in
cus, will be available to the public in February. the Ithaca Falls Room, located be-
“I’ve watched every institution I’ve been associ- tween Egbert and Phillips Hall.
ated with undertake their institutional plans and The Hammond Health Center
I’d always think about what made them strong and also began to distribute flu vac-
what made them weak,” Rochon said. “What I’ve cinations without appointments
found is that we’re successful when we have a lot of prior to the upcoming clinic. It
community involvement. Meeting and hearing a lot will continue this policy after
of grassroots ideas — listening to each other — in- the clinic.
stead of sending e-mails that are only read by a com- Mary Kranz, nurse manager at
President Tom Rochon speaks at the CommUNITY picnic at the start of the fall semester. Rochon is
mittee, or just me.” the Health Center, said students
formulating a strategic visioning plan that he hopes will become available to the public in February.
The new visioning process is markedly different DIANA COWDERY/THE ITHACAN have been getting more shots this
from the Institutional Plan adopted in 2001, which flu season, which began in Septem-
Carl Sgrecci, vice president of finance and adminis- Chris Lee, the student trustee, said the discus- across the country, including demographics, new ber. Last year’s season did not begin
tration, called the college’s first “real, comprehensive sions will serve as a foundation for developing a plan learning styles and internationalization. until October.
planning process.” representative of every member of campus. “Like global warming, the events that led to a “We’ve had a tremendous re-
Instead of identifying goals and priorities within “The idea is to develop that standard of ex- crisis built slowly over time and there was never sponse to this,” Kranz said. “Be-
departments, programs, offices and divisions, the cellence ... motto the college really talks about,” enough public discussion about solutions until it tween the students and the em-
new visioning process will identify areas of focus he said. was too late to reverse course,” Selingo said in his ployees we’ve probably done close
across the college to help the college become a Discussions will be guided by questions regard- campus wide address. “The problems facing higher to 700 shots this [season], whereas
stronger community of learners, Rochon said. ing the college’s mission statement, its strengths and education … can never be fixed unless we know last year for the entire season we
A group of 10 co-listeners will act as facilitators of assets, the definition of an Ithaca College education about them, discuss them, debate them and work on only did a little bit over 500.”
each discussion. The co-listeners include Laurie Ar- and methods through which the college can mea- solving them together.” Kranz said one of the main rea-
liss, professor and chair of speech communication; sure its progress. Rochon said he has sensed a great deal of excite- sons for the shots’ success is how
Barbara Audet, assistant professor of journalism; Rochon said he also wants to connect the ment about the process. early they were given out. Usually
Yolanda Clarke, director of academic enrichment campus’s issues to national issues and trends in “People feel very proud of Ithaca College, but at the Centers for Disease Control
services; Sue DuBrava, chair of staff council and higher education. the same time they’re very anxious and feel we’re and Prevention suggest waiting
administrative assistant in the office of Residential To introduce the campus to that context, Rochon ready to take some steps forward,” he said. “Of until November, a “prime” month
Life; Janet Galvan, professor of music education; As- invited Jeff Selingo ’95, editor of the Chronicle of course, if we don’t meet any of our goals, this hasn’t for flu clinics. This year, the CDC
sociate Provost David Garcia; Hormoz Movassaghi, Higher Education, to speak last month. Selingo worked out. But I think the process itself is part of suggested giving out the flu
professor and associate dean of the School of Busi- addressed issues facing colleges and universities the product.” shots as soon as the vaccinations
ness; Arno Selco, retired professor of theater arts; were available.
Ellen Staurowsky, professor of sport management Clinics for college employees
and chair of its graduate program; senior Kyra Hick-
DISCUSSING THE VISION These eight listening sessions will allow people to voice concerns.
began in September and were
man; and sophomore Daniel Mahoney. Rochon will Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 Nov. 17 free of charge to benefits-eligible
also attend the sessions. All-Campus Students only All-Campus Faculty only employees. In the past, clinics
“I like to think of myself as the chief listener — 10 – 11:30 p.m. 8:30 – 10 p.m. 10 -- 11:30 a.m. 3 – 4 p.m. were available for employees at
but these ideas have to come from the commu- Clark Lounge Emerson A Klingenstein Textor 101 no charge.
nity, not from me,” Rochon said. “Of course, there Nov. 18 Nov. 18 Dec. 3 Dec. 6
Ben Crane, associate profes-
are personal, private favorite [issues of mine] that Faculty only Staff only All-Campus Community sor of television and radio, said
I hope may get some play. But I’m not going to 12:10 – 1 p.m. 3 – 4:30 p.m. 3 – 4:30 p.m. 9 – 10:30 a.m. the employee flu clinics have been
mention them to anybody so this process has Textor 102 Clark Lounge Clark Lounge Emerson A more efficient this year.
complete integrity.” “I was rushed into the room
almost immediately and got a flu
shot without the slightest bit of
problem,” he said. “It was ideal.”
College pilots card keys Kranz said despite the early
onset of winter weather condi-
tions there is nothing to indicate
BY DAVID DURRETT student information to the system, there will be a severe flu season
SENIOR WRITER rather than retrieve the information this year, but it is hard to know at
Since Monday, students living in from HomerConnect. this point.
Terrace 5, Rowland Hall, Emerson Prunty said the idea of using card Kranz said, in the past, a
Hall, East Tower and Garden Apart- key locks had been considered be- shortage of the flu vaccine has
ment 25 have been able to use their fore but was put aside in order to ad- left many people unvaccinated,
ID cards to enter their residence dress other issues in residence halls. but there is no danger of a short-
halls. By Feb. 1, 2009, everyone liv- In 2006, the Office of Residential Life age this year.
ing on campus at Ithaca College will had already started working to esti- “There’s an excellent supply,”
have to do so. mate the cost of the project, when in she said. “All of our suppliers
Zach Newswanger, assistant di- April 2007 the Virginia Tech shooting are telling us it’s readily avail-
rector of residential life, said the lim- further emphasized the need for resi- able. If we need more we can
ited installation, deliberately done in dence hall security, Prunty said. just order it.”
every type of residence hall, was in- “[The shooting] really highlighted The Tompkins County Health
tended to identify any problems that on a national level concerns about se- Department began holding public
might surface before the system is curity on college campuses,” she said. flu clinics for adults Oct. 22, with
implemented in all the buildings. “We began to find more students and the last clinic being held today.
“It’s much easier to do this with parents asking why our residence halls Freshman Mary Apesos uses her ID card Tuesday to get into Rowland Hall. Karen Bishop, supervising
five buildings and work through all weren’t locked 24 hours a day.” Residential Life piloted the card key system Monday in selected areas. community health nurse at the
your scenarios as opposed to trying to The lock system also automatically ELIZABETH SILE/THE ITHACAN Tompkins County Health De-
do it with every single residence hall notifies Public Safety if the door is left partment, said close to 1,000
on campus,” he said. open, Newswanger said. students aren’t going to work with the nice,” he said. flu vaccinations have already
Bonnie Prunty, director of resi- “It gives us much greater ability to system, the buildings aren’t secure,” Newswanger said students must been distributed.
dential life and judicial affairs, said address some issues that right now we she said. lock their room doors and take their “Typically we give out several
students can still use their keys dur- would only know if we were visually Newswanger said it would be a keys and ID cards with them. thousand doses each year, so we’re
ing the pilot period, so they can ac- standing there,” he said. few weeks or months before he could “If there’s two things a student right on target,” Bishop said.
cess their rooms if the card key sys- Newswanger said students who judge how much students liked the should carry at any point in time ... it If students opt not to get a
tem is inoperable. prop doors open in residence halls system but said he has encountered should be their keys and their ID card,” shot, they should take care of
After final implementation, the could face judicial sanctions. students who liked it so far. he said. “That’s not just my expecta- themselves by getting rest, drink-
locks will be recoded so that student Prunty said the system’s effective- Freshman Daniel Bristoll, a resi- tion. It’s an institutional expectation.” ing plenty of fluids, exercising and
keys no longer work, but emergency ness depends on students not prop- dent of Terrace 5, said the card key washing their hands, Bishop said.
personnel can unlock the doors. ping doors open or allowing people system has made little difference for All students must get new ID cards “As far as preventing influenza
Newswanger said the system has they do not know into residence halls. him, but he still finds it convenient. at the ID office on the balcony of the and infection, the single most ef-
not yet experienced any problems “You can put the best card key ac- “It seems like a lot of money for Terrace Dining Hall. Call the office at fective way to do that is by getting
but said he had to manually upload cess in place, but the reality is if the what we usually use a key for, but it’s 274-3007 for more information. a flu shot,” she said.
4 The It hacan N E WS Th ursday, November 6 , 2 0 0 8
Many cast first presidential ballot Fraud risk
a concern
ELECTION at the same time I don’t really like the
FROM PAGE 1
lights of his year.
“This is one of those elections in
voting system, so I feel like I kind of
don’t make that much of a difference,”
she said.
on Web
a generation that really captures the
imagination and especially mobi-
Junior Matt Zeitler, an RA in
the Circles that helped organize
ID
FROM PAGE 1
lizes young people on campuses, the Circles viewing party, said he
and that’s exciting for me to see,” thought every vote really did make Office of Public Safety, Dunn said.
he said. a difference. The spike in identity thefts re-
This was the first time most stu- “I know a lot of times it’s hard to cently has caused many, including
dents at the college could exercise think that out of millions of people ITS, to worry about student activ-
their right to vote in a presiden- in America, your one vote counts,” ity on the Internet.
tial election, and many said they he said. “If everyone in our country Fuller said one of the biggest in-
felt they could make a difference decided not to vote, we would never stances of fraud occurs when peo-
by helping decide who their leader be able to elect a president.” ple reply to phishing e-mails.
would be. Many students agreed that the ste- Phishing e-mails, according to
Freshman Nicole Black said it was reotype that youth are apathetic about the Ithaca Web page, are electronic
so meaningful for her to get to vote politics is not accurate. attempts, typically through e-mail,
because she could finally be part of Stark said though some students to acquire sensitive information.
something big. do not realize the importance of vot- Criminals pretend to be legitimate
“So much of the world doesn’t get ing, it is not true for all. businesses like PayPal or eBay.
a chance to choose their leader, and it’s “A lot of people, especially our age “We know for instance that de-
just really important that we exercise now, really do care and do their re- spite our e-mails to the community
that right,” she said. “I’m just really search,” he said. and despite our postings on Inter-
glad that as an American I’m allowed Zeitler said he doesn’t believe the com … people still respond to these
to do that.” stereotype either because so many phishing e-mails, who end up hav-
Freshman Peter Keahey’s absentee of his friends have been so passion- ing their e-mail credentials com-
ballot never came in the mail. He was ate about voting in this election. promised,” Fuller said.
so passionate about using his right to “So many of my peers have en- ITS required all students to
vote, he flew home to Ohio for a day couraged voting and have watched make their passwords stronger in
to do so. the political process throughout March 2008. Karen Sunderland,
Keahey, who rose from his table in this entire campaign process,” he a user support specialist in Tech-
IC Square and threw his fists in the air said. “They’ve told me how impor- nology and Instructional Support
when it was announced Obama won tant it is to them.” Services, said the requirement was
Ohio, said he thinks election night Junior Craig Ross was among the intended to stop illegal financial
was one of the defining moments of Republican students that were not transactions and the release of oth-
his life. happy with the results of the night. er personal information.
“I’m going to never forget [when He said he watched the news with Fuller said ITS provides re-
Obama took Ohio],” he said. “I can call other members of IC Republicans, Members of the Ithaca College Fife and Drum Corps lead President Tom minders about criminal acts
it home again. I disowned it since the and he said he was upset when he Rochon and students to the Circles Community Center polling place. through computers.
year 2000, but now I can say I’m from heard the news. ALYSSA FRIEDBERG/THE ITHACAN He said credit card numbers
Ohio again.” “We were all just really disappoint- and other personal information
Some students said they were wor- ed, we didn’t really know what to say,” “I’m glad it’s over, all the months “The country is in really bad can be compromised through the
ried their votes didn’t matter, although he said. “I hope that I’m wrong in dis- of this,” he said. “I’m finally glad to times right now, the economy is in Webmail database if students are
many voted anyway. believing in [Obama], but we will find see who won. I’m looking forward to the toilet, I believe we’re in a war not careful.
Junior Rachel Stark said she re- out soon enough.” seeing what happens.” that’s not worth fighting,” he said. “We will always continue to do
searched the candidates, watched the Sophomore Walker Robinson Despite uncertainty about what “If Obama could bring a little bit of the outreach efforts to make people
debates and voted, but is still unsure if said he is glad the campaign is over the future may hold, Klein said the re- hope, I think that’s great, because aware … but the extent to which
she affected the election. and is anxious to see what Obama sults of the election give him hope that I’d like to be proud of America people listen to those messages we
“I feel like I have more power, but does in office. change is possible. again someday.” have little control over,” Fuller said.
Exchange program offers insight to other campus
CORNELL versity, sometimes it’s not the class that is the
FROM PAGE 1 difficult part. Transportation between the two
institutions can be a hassle, since a student has CAMPUS CROSSING CRITERIA
and Law” at Cornell this semester because the to rely on public transportation or pay for park- Steps to take to participate in the Ithaca College-Cornell University Exchange Program:
college does not offer a similar class. ing at Cornell.
“We have law classes here at IC but noth- “No one really helps you,” Golan said. “I • Students may only take one course or • No additional tuition is charged.
ing dealing with psychology and law,” Golan have my own car, but if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be four credits per semester. Students
may take a maximum of 12 • For more information, contact the Division
said. “I also heard good things about the pro- able to take a class over at Cornell. It’s definite-
credits in four years through the of Graduate and Professional Studies
fessor at Cornell.” ly not made easy.” exchange program. at gps@ithaca.edu or 274-3527. Ithaca
Golan said, though his class at Cornell is Swiettikowski lives on South Aurora Street College students can pick up exchange
larger and does not leave much room to inter- and said transportation across town can be • The exchange program is available fall and program petitions from the Division of
act with the professor, it is not much different difficult. Swiettikowski has her own car but spring semesters only. Students may Graduate and Professional Studies in
from his classes at Ithaca College. will usually ride public transportation early in take only courses not offered at their the Towers concourse.
“The material is not really anything more ad- the morning and walk home from Cornell in home institutions.
vanced than I’ve encountered at Ithaca,” Golan the afternoon.
• Students must provide their own means
said. “They’re not all geniuses at Cornell.” “Parking passes are really expensive [at of transportation.
Students from Ithaca College and Cornell Cornell],” Swiettikowski said. “It’s not that
cannot register at the other institution until the far for me to walk home.” • Exchange program participants must be
first day of classes at each institution. The pro- Markle said a benefit of the program to the full-time undergraduate or full-time gradu-
cess requires signatures from the student, the college is seeing which additional classes its stu- ate students.
student’s faculty adviser, the student’s dean and dents are interested in.
• Students must provide signatures from
the program director of the Division of Gradu- “The program is good for us because we
their faculty adviser and school’s dean.
ate and Professional Studies at the college and watch the trends of what students are taking,”
the School of Continuing Education and Sum- Markle said. “If we have a lot of students who
mer Sessions at Cornell. are going toward one course, it’s something we time students find the classes they need at their environments of the colleges. She said she finds
Jenny Lindsay, a Cornell senior majoring in can look into [offering at the college].” home institutions. She said awareness of the pro- her smaller classes at Ithaca much more appeal-
human biology, is minoring in exercise science Madelyn Williams, interim programs direc- gram is not as widespread as it could be. ing than her large science classes at Cornell.
by taking classes at the college. Though the IC- tor of the Division of Graduate and Professional Junior Katie Crutchfield is taking “Photog- “When I’m at IC, the classes are much co-
CU Exchange Program usually only allows one Studies, said when she first came to the college raphy and American Landscape” at Cornell this zier,” Lindsay said. “It’s more of a friendly, less
course or four credits per semester, Lindsay was in 2002, there were Ithaca College students who semester. Though photography is Crutchfield’s competitive environment.”
able to get permission to complete her minor. wanted to take Arabic classes but had to attend major, she was not able to register or override for Crutchfield also said she likes spending time
“[The Continuing Education Department] classes at Cornell to learn the language. any photography classes this semester. in a different environment two days a week.
contacted me in the beginning of the semester “We didn’t even have an introductory course “I knew about the IC-CU Exchange Program, Though Cornell has a much larger campus,
telling me it was against the normal regulations at that time,” Williams said. “But I think the IC- so I thought I would look into that,” Crutchfield Crutchfield said she welcomes an atmosphere
but because I’m a senior and the classes wouldn’t CU Exchange Program has moved us to start said. “I didn’t want to be taking no photography outside of Ithaca College.
fit into my schedule next semester, they let me the Arabic program.” classes for a semester.” “I definitely get the best of both worlds,”
take two classes this semester,” Lindsay said. Markle said the number of students partici- Lindsay said using the IC-CU Exchange Pro- Crutchfield said. “I like walking around campus
Even though Cornell is an Ivy League uni- pating in the program are low because most full- gram is a great way to experience the different here and always seeing someone I know.”
Th ursday, Novem be r 6, 2008 N E WS The I th a c a n 5
Common council to vote
about street name change
BY ELIZABETH GORMISKY Ithaca homeowner since 1984, sees the possible
CONTRIBUTING WRITER change as an inconvenience and suggests the
The City of Ithaca Common Council will city consider renaming the library in honor of
vote on the dual designation of State Street Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
as “Martin Luther King Jr. Street” as early as “[King] was known as an educator, and there
Nov. 12. If the Common Council votes affirma- is no greater place to educate than at the library,”
tively, State Street will have Morris said. “[Dually designating State Street]
two names, and occupants dilutes respect.”
of the street will choose their The opposition to the project, however, is
preferred street address. countered by those who consider the dual des-
The Common Council ignation beneficial to the city.
decided to postpone voting Alderwoman Maria Coles, D-1st, said she
on the project after citizens acknowledges the hundreds of signatures col-
raised concerns about in- lected in favor of the dual designation and the
cluding public opinion dur- role of young people in the proposal.
ing the Common Council PETERSON said “[Martin Luther King Jr. Street] can offer
meeting of the Committee of businesses were positive modeling,” Coles said. “It gives young
notified of the
the Whole on Oct. 8. people an image of what is possible for them in
possible change.
Joyce Catalfano, resident their futures.”
of East State Street, said the committee should Coles also said three streets in Ithaca are
hold more public hearings. named after women and only one is named after
“I hope we would not make a precipitous de- an African-American.
cision until all voices are heard,” Catalfano said. At the Oct. 8 meeting of the Committee of
Frost Travis, owner of Travis & Travis De- the Whole, Mayor Carolyn Peterson said every
velopment, represented the downtown busi- residence and business on State Street received
ness community at the meeting. He said store a letter about the possible change. Peterson also
owners were worried that changing State said about $20,000 was set aside for the project
Street’s name might also affect the atmosphere and other related initiatives in the 2007 budget.
of The Commons. Superintendent of Public Works William
“Our primary concern is preserving the Gray said if the Common Council votes for the
identity of The Commons,” Travis said. “It may dual designation, it would cost approximately For coverage of
create some confusion for visitors.” $7,500 and take between three and six months Monday’s event check
Tom Stavropoulos, co-owner of the State to change the street signs along State Street. theithacan.org/
Street Diner, said he is opposed to the dual des- Longtime State Street resident Gino Bush go/08relay.
ignation. He said it would mean disappointment has promoted the project since it began.
for the diner, which has been there for 72 years. At the Oct. 8 meeting, Bush said King’s
“It’s not fair, it’s not right, and I don’t think
it should happen,” Stavropoulos said. “If you’re
daughter Yolanda King was the first to sign the
petition. Bush also said Ithaca College students
Belting it out
Junior Laurel Stinson of Premium Blend, the college’s all-female a cappella group, performs
living on your own little street in your own little and MLK scholars should become aware of the
at the Relay for Life kickoff event Monday in IC Square. This year’s Relay for Life will be
house and someone wants to change that, how change and spread awareness on campus. held Mar. 28 to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
would you feel?” “It’s time to do what we have to do,” Bush CHLOE NELSON/THE ITHACAN
M.D. Morris, State Street resident and said. “We have to honor Dr. King.”
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Campus community to salute
servicemen on Veterans Day
BY SAM LOWE ber of 1918 after a cease-fire was signed at
STAFF WRITER the end of World War I, according to the
With less than a week left until Veterans Department of Veterans Affairs’ Web site.
Day, Ithaca College’s Veterans Celebration Because this year’s Veterans Day falls
Committee is ready for a highly anticipated on the actual day of appreciation, the col-
day with events to remember those who lege’s ceremony will host many veterans,
have served in the military. not just from the community but also from
The college will host David West, the Longview, a residential living community
medical director of the Bath VA Medi- for senior citizens in Ithaca.
cal Center, as its keynote speaker. The IC Voices, an all-faculty choir, will sing
speech and other activities begin at the national anthem as well as the song “I
noon Tuesday. Dream a World,” by Andre Thomas, at the
Having served in the military, West event. This is an adaptation of Langston
said he is planning on paying respect to Hughes’ poem of the same name.
the people who have joined the military Susan Avery, associate professor of mu-
and made sacrifices in order to protect the sic education and founder of IC Voices, said
United States. professors will also sing at the event. She
“The message that I’m going to be talk- said members of the group were impressed
ing about is that these are ordinary citizens with last year’s event and speakers.
who put on a uniform and go about the dif- “It is one of the things that [we] really
ficult work of defending our country, de- put in an effort to sing at,” she said. “It is
fending our freedom,” he said. classy, it is very well programmed, and we
Patricia Phelps, co-chair of the college’s love to hear the speakers.”
Veterans Celebration Committee, helped West said he is hoping that college stu-
start the group six years ago after it was dents and faculty will understand the sac-
suggested that all veterans at the college rifices that people have made to join the
get the day off in appreciation for their ser- military and understand what it means to David West, the medical director of the Bath VA Medical Center, will be the keynote speaker for the
vices. She said the committee uses the day’s live in the United States. college’s celebration of Veterans Day Nov. 11. West said he will honor veterans’ sacrifices.
events as a way to honor and thank veterans “This is an opportunity for me to tell COURTESY OF DAVID WEST
and their families. [college students] about the sacrifices that
She said the college is lucky to have West [veterans] have made so that they can enjoy At the end of the event, West will pick “Adults have a real deep understanding
speaking at the event because it brings a dif- the freedom of being on campus without a veteran from the VA hospital to receive of the celebration of what Veterans Day is
ferent view of Veterans Day to campus. She fear and live in a free society,” he said. a “Quilt of Valor” made by the IC Quil- all about and ... what the vets have done for
said previous speakers have traditionally Ithaca and Cornell University’s Reserve ters. The group made an additional “Quilt us,” she said.
been soldiers who served in the military. Officers Training Corps will present the of Valor” to hang in the James J. Whalen Avery said, in the end, it is a day when
“This puts a new slant on things,” she colors at the beginning of the ceremony Center for Music. people can take time to show apprecia-
said. “What he would like to bring to our after President Tom Rochon welcomes at- Avery said she was disappointed by the tion for veterans and recollect on their
audience is what we as a country and tendees. Invocation will follow shortly after lack of student attendance at past events, heroic efforts.
government are doing to help our vets by Chaplain Michael Faber. but she said she is optimistic that more will “[It] gives you a different outlook on the
who have been wounded to get back to a The Ithaca College Brass Choir will also come this year. She said this might be be- rest of the day, maybe the rest of the week,”
normal life.” participate in the event by playing the tra- cause adults have a better understanding of she said, “Maybe it will be a part of what
Veterans Day was established in Novem- ditional “Echo Taps.” Veterans Day. will stop these wars.”
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Nice guys finish first
National Do Anything Nice president
juggles work and executive duties
BY LAUREN BARBER overseas. After returning home, he
CONTRIBUTING WRITER put his efforts toward building a na-
Senior Michael Unis spends his tional chapter and became president
last year at Ithaca College answer- later that year.
ing not only to professors but also Dani Novak, associate profes-
to a board of directors and executive sor of mathematics at the college,
officers as president of the national faculty adviser of D.A.N. and board
chapter of Do Anything Nice. member of the national chapter,
Inspired by a group of seniors said Unis is thought of highly by his
at his New Jersey high school who peers and D.A.N. members because
started the first chapter of D.A.N. in of his commitment.
2001, Unis created the Ithaca College “Michael is selfless, he’s differ-
chapter of D.A.N. in September 2005. ent,” Novak said. “People change
D.A.N. devotes its efforts to small, after [spending time with] Michael.
random acts of kindness throughout They get influenced by him.”
campus and the community. He currently manages headquar-
Unis said D.A.N.’s method is ter staff, handles finances, expands
effective because the organiza- and develops new chapters, and
tion focuses on extending little provides a link between the board
gestures of kindness to everyone. of directors and four executive of-
He said humans need to find ficers from across the country.
little ways to reconnect. Even if it Holding this position in a na-
means just taking a second out of tional organization requires a large Senior Michael Unis, president of the national Do Anything Nice organization and its chapter at the college, offers
the day to ask someone how they time commitment in addition to his passers-by free hugs last year outside of Emerson Suites. D.A.N. conducts random acts of kindness across campus.
are or to give a hug. college-related duties. COURTESY OF MICHAEL UNIS
“[We have to do] things that Unis said after putting in some-
hone in on the positive things that times 12-hour days at school he has Novak said it is important to The club focuses on two main throughout the country, extending
happen in life more so than just try- to go home to D.A.N.-related work involve students of all ages in this outlets for its ideals — schools and the D.A.N. message to the West
ing to curb the negative,” he said. such as the President’s blog he writes national movement. local communities. Each chapter Coast at schools in California. The
The club organizes events for the organization’s Web site. “We need young people to join takes on projects, both small and organization is currently promot-
throughout the year, ranging from “I still have two hours of D.A.N. together,” he said. large, that will improve and enrich ing D.A.N. Global in an attempt to
monthly free-hug stations and Oak work ahead of me before the night Junior Julia Lyon, secretary of its school and community envi- reach more students.
Hill Nursery Home visits to orga- is over,” he said. “But, really, it’s the college’s D.A.N. chapter, said ronment through random acts Unis said he has high hopes and
nizing the annual nonprofit benefit worth it.” the main purpose of the organi- of kindness. expectations for the future of D.A.N.
concert that raised more than $5,000 Unis said his dream is to con- zation is to let students partici- Unis said D.A.N. is working to- “I see it becoming something
for Multiple Sclerosis last year. tinue to expand the program’s mis- pate in a less structured form of ward an even further expansion for that unifies the movement of kind-
But Unis’ main goal has always sion so that it will eventually span community service. the future. Unis is currently focus- ness in our world,” he said “It truly
been to spread the concept. While from elementary school through “A big part of it is spontaneity, ing on the newest chapter of D.A.N is an opportunity for students to
studying abroad in Italy in the sum- college, allowing members to be anything from opening doors, pick- that started this year at Cornell develop and grow with an organiza-
mer of 2005, Unis said he tried to exposed to D.A.N.’s teaching at a ing up books or holding umbrellas,” University. The national organiza- tion that’s theirs, and I think that’s
extend the organization’s message younger age. she said. tion has managed to spread the idea very unique.”
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