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Reaching across almost all platforms of media while pushing the limits of privacy, Google has some wondering when enough is enough. Once hailed as a protector of electronic privacy for its stance against China accessing Gmail accounts of human rights activists, Google is now under attack for its newest application, Google Buzz. In the middle of these concerns, colleges and universities are making the switch from private, college-based e-mail systems to Gmail. Thousands of national and international colleges and universities have already switched e-mail solutions to Google. Google Apps Education Edition is free, boasting more storage space, the ability to keep the account for life and fast and easy system launching, according to Aviva Gilbert, global communications and public affairs associate at Google. Arizona State University, Hofstra University and Vanderbilt University are just a few of the colleges that outsource to Google. Locally, Elmira College, Keuka College and Cornell University have all made the switch. With the trend in higher education to go Google, Beth Rugg, manager of user support services for Ithaca College’s Technology and Instructional Support Services, said ITS has been considering outsourcing to Google but has no time frame for the decision. “We are seriously considering it,” Rugg said. “But it is only one of many changes we’re trying to figure out over
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immediate backlash from users. Buzz is meant to make sharing easier and faster by automatically setting followers and publicly listing contacts, but just two days after it was released, Google received more than 9 million comments, many of which expressed concern about privacy, according to Google’s official blog. Kimberly Nguyen, consumer privacy council for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday claiming Google Buzz “violated user expectations, diminished user privacy ... and contradicted Google’s privacy policy.”
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Senior and Sunoco employee Samuel Nellis restocks the refrigerators in the gas station on the corner of Cayuga and Green streets. Gov. David Paterson introduced a soda tax to bring more money to New York state.
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“We need to reverse this problem because right now we’re going in the wrong direction,” Engman said. Though the legislation is geared toward children, college students will also be affected. According to an International Journal of Obesity study, 65 percent of students consume sugar-sweetened drinks on a
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daily basis. With the cost of a college education on the rise, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, students will likely be forced to alter consumption habits. Christopher Gindlesperger, director of commu-
about 88 million searches out of a total 131 million — are done through Google, according to comScore, a digital marketing intelligence company. This is a 58 percent increase from the previous year. Google also services 176 million Gmail users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google is also trying to expand its online dominance into social networking. In its 2009 annual report, it cited Web sites such as Facebook as a competitor. In a step toward pursuing the popular and financially beneficial social side of media, Google recently purchased matchmaking startup Aardvark. Then on Feb. 9 Google released Google Buzz. The company faced an
Ithaca supports taxing soda to curb child obesity The Town of Ithaca Planning Board recently passed a resolution to support state legislation calling for the taxation of soda and other drinks, Town Supervisor Herb Engman said. Gov. David Paterson introduced the controversial tax for the second time last fall as part of the 2010 budget proposal with hopes of curbing childhood obesity and bolstering state coffers. For each ounce of nondiet sodas and juices containing less that 70 percent juice, an additional penny will be added to the original cost. “I understand that New Yorkers may not like paying a surcharge for their favorite drinks,” Paterson said in a press release. “But surely it’s a small price to pay for our children’s health.” The estimated $404 million raised by these taxes would be used to fund public health projects, according to a statement released by Paterson. Engman said the legislation could also lead to a decrease in the $7.6 billion the state spends each year helping to treat obesity-related health problems. According to the governor’s office, one out of four New Yorkers is obese, and the number is steadily increasing. Engman said the legislation presents the invaluable opportunity to help cure the state’s problem of obesity as the number of residents suffering from obesity continues to rise.
By Allison Musante Last February, when Ithaca College’s Budget Committee approved the 2009-10 budget, it asked all of the vice presidents and deans to cut 4 percent of their individual budgets in order to ensure the financial stability of the college. During last year’s budget process, Rountree these cuts were said she reduced deemed neces- spending to meet sary given the budget standards. college’s concerns about enrollment, a projected $2.5 million deficit and the uncertain state of the national economy. In the fall, Carl Sgrecci, vice president for finance and administration, announced over Intercom how he made cuts within his division, but no comparable announcements were made by Academic Affairs or Campus Life. The Ithacan asked Kathleen Rountree, provost of academic affairs, and Brian McAree, vice president of student affairs and campus life, how their cuts were made. Provost Rountree said she met this request by reducing every unit of Academic Affairs’ budget, totaling more than $2 million. She said some departments, such as enrollment services and graduate programs, received smaller reductions than others because of their importance in recruiting new students. Institutional Research, the Sustainability Initiative and the Office of the Registrar received smaller cuts because of their already limited budgets, she said. Rountree said of the total Academic Affairs’ budget, the largest cut came from the Office of the Provost, at about 12 percent. This came from eliminating the anticipated position of director of assessment and assigning some of those duties to Bashar Hanna, the associate provost for programs and initiatives. He said he will be responsible for establishing and coordinating a collegewide academic assessment committee. Each of the schools and the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies made 4 percent cuts to their individual budgets. She said the schools did this through a combination of closing vacant faculty positions, choosing not to rehire part-time faculty positions and reducing operating budgets overall. In the School of Health Science and Human Performance, Dean Steve Siconolfi said the majority of his budget cut came from closing
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the next 10 years.” Rugg said she’s heard mostly positive feedback from other schools that have made the transition. “It seems like a low-cost solution to providing student e-mail,” Rugg said. Many believe migrating to Google is natural, considering its widespread use by a generation of students who may barely remember a time when “Googling” was not yet a verb. But some critics of Google believe the fast-growing media conglomerate is becoming involved in a few too many things. What began as a search engine has now become multiple applications that span across almost all mediums. Almost 70 percent of the total search traffic for December 2009 —
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Campaign For Your Senses, an African-Latino Society Black History Month event, will begin at 12:10 p.m. in Friends 302. Eugene Mirman, a comedian, will perform at 8 p.m. in IC Square. The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Board.
19 friday Caregiver Support Group, a meeting for staff and faculty members, will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Center for Health Sciences building Room 413. IC Family Carnival, an evening of music, dance and entertainment with proceeds going to the United Way, will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fitness Center. Shabbat Services will begin at 6 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Shabbat Dinner will begin at 7:15 p.m. in Terrace Dining Hall. Winter Walk, a tour of the newly created wetlands on South Hill, will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. People who want to participate are asked to meet by the greenhouse outside the Center for Natural Sciences.
21 sunday Catholic Mass will be held at 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel.
24 wednesday Evensong, a Protestant community worship service, will begin at 9:30 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Haiti Teach-In, sponsored by the Caribbean Students Association, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Clark Lounge in Campus Center. Purim Drag Ball, a celebration of the Jewish holiday sponsored by prism and the Student Alliance for Israel, will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. in IC Square in the Campus Center.
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Corrections Last Thursday, the College and City section reported that Challenge, a nonprofit disability opportunity organization, moved to the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise. The organization is moving to the South Hill Business Campus across the street from Ithaca College. It is The Ithacan’s policy to correct all errors of fact. Please contact Leah Tedesco at 274-3207.
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Pakistan confirms Taliban arrest
Pakistan confirmed yesterday for the first time that it has the Afghan Taliban’s No. 2 leader in custody, and officials said he was providing useful intelligence that was being shared with the United States. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested earlier this month in a joint operation by CIA and Pakistani security forces in the southern port city of Karachi, U.S. and Pakistani officials said on condition of anonymity Tuesday. Yesterday, the Army gave the first public confirmation of the arrest. Baradar was the second-in-command behind Taliban founder and supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and was said to be in charge of the day-to-day running of the organization’s leadership council, which is believed to be based in Pakistan. He was a founding member of the Taliban and is the most important figure of the hard-line Islamist movement to be arrested since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
Sarkozy makes first visit to Haiti
France’s national anthem blared across the tarmac yesterday as Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti, once his nation’s richest colony — offering aid to a country prostrate after a catastrophic earthquake. Haitian President Rene Preval greeted Sarkozy as a brass band played “La Marseillaise” to start a quick tour of the earthquake-ravaged capital and a French field hospital. The two, both in dark suits, boarded an olivedrab helicopter and peered out of an open side door for an aerial tour of the devastated capital. Some Haitians are welcoming France’s new interest in their nation as a counterbalance to the United States, which has sent troops there three times in the past 16 years. But Sarkozy’s visit is also reviving bitter memories of the crippling costs of Haiti’s 1804 independence. A third of the population was killed in an uprising against exceptionally brutal slavery, an international embargo was imposed to deter slave revolts elsewhere, and 90 million pieces of gold were demanded by Paris from the world’s first black republic. The debt hobbled Haiti, it seemed for life.
Ukrainian election results suspended
Ukraine’s presidential election results giving the victory to Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych were suspended yesterday pending review of his rival’s appeal. Ukraine’s Administrative Court said it would rule on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal by Saturday, when lawmakers had planned to inaugurate Yanukovych.
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New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, right, puts ashes onto a parishioner’s forehead as he and deacons at St. Louis Cathedral help start the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday in New Orleans, yesterday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and praying leading up to Easter. Chris Granger/associated press
Tymoshenko has refused to concede, claiming the election was tainted by fraud. Until the ruling, the court said, it was suspending the Central Election Commission’s declaration that Yanukovych had won the Feb. 7 vote by just 3.5 percentage points. On Tuesday, Tymoshenko delivered what she said was evidence to the court and urged a full recount of the vote. She asked her supporters, however, not to hold street demonstrations — as they did in what became known as the 2004 Orange Revolution. Those pro-Western mass protests led to a court’s overturning Yanukovych’s presidential election victory that year and ordering a rerun, which was won by Tymoshenko ally Viktor Yushchenko.
Clinton addresses health concerns
Former President Bill Clinton said yesterday that he will manage his stress better after undergoing a procedure to unclog a blocked artery, but emphasized that he has no intention of slowing down. It would be a mistake to stop working, Clinton
College&City Award-winning producer to speak at Park School
Writer, editor and Emmy Awardwinning producer Eric Maierson ’90 will screen his recent films and projects at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Park Auditorium. Afterward, there will be a short question-and-answer session. Maierson helped develop and produce the Peabody Award-winning show “A Walk in Your Shoes” and was the head writer for VH1’s “Where Are They Now?” Maierson is a multimedia producer at MediaStorm, where he produces work for National Geographic, Open Society Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations. Students, faculty and staff are invited to ask questions about his work and career. The event is sponsored by the departments of Cinema, Photography and Media Arts, Journalism and Television-Radio. For more information, e-mail mgattine@ithaca.edu.
TCAT to accept ID cards for out-of-county bus riders
Ithaca College commuters living in the communities served by TCAT’s two out-of-county routes
may now use their valid Ithaca College staff ID card to authorize their free rides to or from work instead of having a separate bus pass. The free bus service should only be used by college employees commuting to or from work. The college will not reimburse staff for bus fares on any TCAT routes paid in cash or passes already purchased. For more information, visit www.tcatbus.com.
Researcher to give lecture about Cambodian injustice
Laura McGrew, who is currently studying for a Ph.D. from the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Coventry University, will give a presentation about the Khmer Rouge Communist regime in Cambodia from noon to 3:30 p.m. today in the Kahin Center on Stewart Avenue. The presentation will highlight case studies and insights from interviews with more than 100 Khmer Rouge period survivors including former Khmer Rouge followers. Thirty years after the mass violence connected to the Khmer Rouge, there are tensions between
said at an event focusing on childhood obesity. Clinton said he would make changes like getting more sleep and being more disciplined about exercising every day. Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized last Thursday to have a clogged artery opened after he felt discomfort in his chest. Tests showed that one of the bypasses from the surgery was completely blocked.
Man freed after 16 years in prison
A North Carolina man who insisted he was innocent of murder through more than 16 years in prison was declared a free man yesterday after a groundbreaking exoneration pressed by the nation’s only statewide innocence panel. Greg Taylor’s shackles were removed, and he was swept into the arms of his relatives, including a daughter and the son-in-law he met for the first time. Taylor said he was looking forward to a good meal and thrilled that he was no longer considered guilty of murdering a prostitute in 1991.
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people in the Cambodian community who were actors in the Khmer Rouge violence and their victims. The event is sponsored by the Southeast Asia Program Graduate Student Committee at Cornell University with partial funding from the U.S. Department of Education as part of SEAP’s designation as a National Resource Center. For more information, e-mail seapbrownbag@gmail.com.
ITS to administer session on Adobe conferencing
Information Technology Services will offer a special training session titled “Web Conferencing with Adobe Connect Pro” from 4-5 p.m. next Thursday in the Technology Learning Center in Friends Hall, Room 101. Adobe Connect Pro is a multiparty meeting and conferencing application. Users connect via a Web browser, and Adobe Connect Pro provides collaboration tools for sharing audio, video, documents and presentations. The workshop will detail the capabilities, limitations, uses and administrative hierarchy of Adobe Connect Pro. For more information or to register for the workshop, call Sharon Beltaine at 274-1045 or visit www.ithaca.edu/its.
Red Cross chapter to offer local lifeguarding course
On March 6, the Tompkins County Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer lifeguarding courses at Dryden High School. The minimum age to participate is 15 and a skills pretest must be passed. Advanced registration is open and required. The course content and activities will feature exercises to help lifeguard candidates respond quickly and effectively to emergencies. Classes will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit www.tompkins-redcross.org.
Tompkins SPCA to offer dog-bite-prevention class
The Tompkins County SPCA will offer a workshop to help children learn how to properly approach dogs to prevent bites and canine aggression. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to this $20 workshop from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at 1640 Hanshaw Road. The workshop will be facilitated by Kelley Bollen, an animal behaviorist from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. For more information, e-mail pam@spcaonline.com.
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Wal-Mart to eliminate film treatment By Kelsey O’Connor Contributing Writer
March will mark the end of locally processed film for photography students, as Wal-Mart will no longer process film at its Ithaca location. Wal-Mart will soon outsource all film processing orders, which means photography students and faculty at Ithaca College will have to only concentrate on digital photography. Ron Jude, associate professor of cinema, photography and media arts, said the photography department has modified its curriculum to accommodate students as film becomes more outdated. This was the first year that Introduction to Photography students were required to have a digital SLR as opposed to a film camera. Jude said intermediate photography classes have been incorporating digital photography and the faculty is talking about eliminating the color processor altogether. “This is not being done because of a lack of sympathy or nostalgia towards the process,” Jude said. “It’s being done out of practical necessity.” Tara Raddohl, senior manager for WalMart public relations, said Wal-Mart is changing its photo center capabilities. Raddohl said digital image processing will still be available, but film processing will only be available by drop-off. Wal-Mart will now send any film to be processed to an affiliated photo lab near Philadelphia. The process will take between a week and 10 days for shipment and processing to be completed. One-hour processing will no longer be available. Janice Levy, a cinema, photography and media arts professor, said she is disappointed Wal-Mart will no longer be processing film because it was the “last holdout” in town. Students will now have to resort to sending out their photos, which is very time consuming. “It will mean some changes in the curriculum in terms of greater reliance on digital and certainly greater spacing between assignments to allow for students to send their film away,” Levy said. The problem with sending out film to be processed, according to Levy, is the time it takes. “The semester is not that long,” Levy said. “So if a student is going to shoot film and it’s going to take a week to get it back, that’s too long.” Levy said she still shoots in color film in her personal work and is happy with the quality but upset that processing now takes so long. “It’s kind of a drag,” Levy said. “It’s not even that I’m usually in such a big hurry for it. It’s
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Senior Joe Kappes processes film in the college photo lab. Kappes works as a teacher’s assistant in Intermediate Photography where students use film that will soon be outdated. Claudia Pietrzak/The Ithacan
just that I like to get it back quickly. It’s like when you were a kid — you want to see what you did.” Freshman Mathea Millman, a photography major, said sending film out to be processed will be a hardship for students. “It’s the only place we can go,” Millman said. “We’re going to have to send [the film] out, which means we’re really going to have to plan in advance.” Millman began shooting in film in the eighth grade. She said it is upsetting that this camera process is now becoming obsolete and is glad that she started out learning film because it is a great way to understand the technical aspects of the camera. The college is not the only school transitioning from film to digital photography. Other college and university photo departments are making the shift toward digital as well. Mark Jenkinson, a professional photographer and professor at New York University, said NYU is still committed to teaching both analog and digital photography but in two years it might be all digital. “My guess is that soon we won’t be able to get parts of chemistry for our color print processor, and when that happens, we will give up
on color printing, and shortly thereafter, we will probably close our black and white darkrooms,” Jenkinson said. Syracuse University is also in the process of modifying its photography program. Doug Dubois, associate professor of transmedia studies at Syracuse, said they have a plan to redesign their darkroom to no longer include color printing but still maintain a small black and white darkroom area. Jude is not surprised that Wal-Mart will be changing its photo center, since he has already seen Ithaca Photo and Wegmans stop processing film in recent years. “The fact that these places are no longer processing film doesn’t shock me at all,” Jude said. “They are very consumer-oriented. People just aren’t shooting film anymore for family snapshots.” Jude said it seems like every semester the intermediate class changes based on the “march forward of digital technologies and the slow erosion of analog technologies.” He said the faculty is beginning the conversation about doing away with the color processor. “The reality [of photography] is still a little bit hybrid, although it is rapidly moving in the digital direction,” Jude said.
Bill to alter sale of wine By Jessica Dillon Staff Writer
Local wineries and liquor stores are expressing concern over Gov. David Paterson’s revised bill to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores. If approved by the state legislature, the bill, which Paterson tried to pass last year, would give liquor stores six months before wine and liquor would be sold in grocery stores. Stefan Kalogridis, president of the New York State Liquor Store Association, said NYSLSA is one of three associations that make up the coalition The Last Store on Main Street. He said the coalition focuses on grassroots lobbying and meets with legislators to tell them about the harm this bill would inflict on small businesses if passed. Bob Madill, general manager of Northside Wine and Spirits in Ithaca, is petitioning against the bill. About 3,500 customers have signed petitions so far. “They’re taking away from the small guy, giving to the big boxes, and that’s just wrong,” he said. “It’s immoral. It’s unfair.” Kalogridis said grocery stores are supporting this bill because they can sell another product to gain extra income that they do
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not need. “There’s plenty of liquor stores in New York for the density of the population,” he said. “There’s no public outcry that they can’t find a bottle of wine anywhere in this state. And the legislators realize this.” Paul Speranza, vice chairman and general counsel for Wegmans Food Markets, said the bill will benefit the community if passed. Speranza said 2,000 jobs would be gained because of increased wine sales based on a 2008 follow-up study by Hugh O’Neill, the principal economist of Apple Seed Inc. “When you hear of wine sales going up, there will be more jobs through the entire spectrum, to grape growers and wineries to retail outlets like supermarkets,” he said. Speranza said consumers would also benefit from this bill. “This gives our customers more choice, has potential of more variety of product and also lowers prices because there will be more outlets for wine in grocery stores and prices will go down,” he said. J.B. Graves has been a frequent customer at Northside for 49 years. He said he signed an electronic petition against the bill because he supports small, independent businesses.
In the aftermath of last Friday’s shooting at the University of Alabama, Sergeant Ronald Hart reassures students and faculty that Ithaca College has a strong system of campus security. Public Safety and counseling services on campus said campus groups and safety precautions are in place for cases of extreme emergency. The Office of Student Affairs and Campus Life also established the Student At Risk Initiative to initiate communication about concerns over erratic student, faculty and staff member behavior. LeBron Rankins, a psychologist at the college counseling center, said students should talk to a residential director, faculty or staff member if they notice people showing any unordinary behavior. He teaches Pathways, an hour-and-a-half-long session that teaches students how to recognize distressed students. “If we can increase the likelihood that friends feel comfortable responding to the person to ensure safety, then we stand a greater chance of reducing the incidents of harm,” Rankins said. Junior Elijah Kruger believes extreme measures are unnecessary. “It’s awful what happened at Virginia Tech and Alabama, but these are enormous campuses and Ithaca College campus is so small, relatively,” Kruger said. “I don’t foresee anything changing.” Hart said he is prepared for the worst scenario. “The first thing you always hear is, ‘I never thought that would happen here,’ but it can happen anywhere,” Hart said.
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Jason Wentworth, assistant manager of Northside Wine and Spirits, urges customers to sign a petition against the bill to sell wine in grocery stores. Kathy Laluk/The Ithacan
“I love Wegmans and great, big, giant stores, but I think for them to run the little independent guy out of business is unfair competition,” he said. Speranza said Paterson is allowing liquor stores to sell items complementary to wine, like cheese, crackers and bottled water, to compete against grocery stores. He said small stores could also create liquor store chains and install ATM machines. “There are provisions that help
liquor stores overcome the changes of the law because everyone has a concern that when there is change, what impact would that have,” he said. Madill, however, said his store will not survive if the bill passes. “[We will] hang on for dear life because it will just be a matter of time before the store goes under,” he said “We’re right down the street from Wegmans and Tops, and there’s a Wal-Mart across the street. Bye-bye Northside.”
Investigator Tom Dunn said the Office of Public Safety has been receiving more calls regarding ill students. He said from Jan. 1 to Feb. 17 there have been 30 medical illnesses, 14 injuries, one mental illness issue and seven transports. Because of the Health Center hours, people who call Public Safety because of a sickness late at night or early morning have limited options, Dunn said. He said students can either stay in their room, wait until the Health Center opens in the morning or be transported to the hospital by ambulance. Junior Ben Miles said a small staff should be available 24 hours. “They could get a small staff ... 24 hours a day,” Miles said. “If they had an on-call nurse, if students need it.” Freshman Sophia Terazawa said she got sick last semester and had to wait until the morning to call the Health Center. “It would be nice to have someone on call at night, in case I really needed something,” she said. “I got sick at night, and I didn’t have anybody else to call.” For concerns, contact the Office of Public Safety at 274-3333.
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According to Google’s official blog, auto-following is no longer used and Buzz is now optional. For the most part, though, Google dominance theories have largely gone unnoticed by a society of searchers looking for organization in Web chaos. Ali Erkan, assistant professor of computer science, said Google is able to get away with more of these issues than its competitor Microsoft because it portrays a different image. “When I think about what Microsoft has been accused of doing, I see lots of similarities with what [Google] is doing,” Erkan said. “Google is this kind of big fuzzy bear; it gets away with many other things that Microsoft would not have been able to get away with. Some of those things under Microsoft may have been seen as attempts for world domination.” Ari Kissiloff, assistant professor of strategic communication, said Buzz brings up privacy issues, but it is nothing new and it is not just Google. “It makes people uncomfortable that all of this information is out there and accessible,” he said. “But it is anyway. It’s not Google doing that. ... That’s where you get into the conspiracy: Who is capturing all of this data?” Kissiloff said that privacy is not as important to this generation, though. “The current generations invade their own privacy and that’s fine,” he said. “You have the right to not have privacy.” Vadim Isakov, scholar in residence in the journalism department, said Google and social networking is now just a part of the culture. “I remember when I was in journalism school in 2001, the professor … would go up and would open this Google site and everybody was like, ‘What is Google?’” Isakov said. “Now kids who are 18, 19, 20, don’t think about this stuff. Google is something that they always knew.” Rugg said at the college about 24 percent of the 7,400 student accounts have forwarding addresses set on the college’s e-mail and about 19 percent of student accounts are forwarded to Gmail. Junior Brian Wojcik, an accounting major, forwards his e-mails from his Ithaca account to his Gmail because of the amount of storage space. “I have over 6,000 e-mails and that is only 3 percent of the memory space that Gmail offers,” Wojcik said. “Gmail and Webmail don’t even compare.” Rugg said outsourcing to Google would save the college some money but declined to give an exact amount per student. Rugg said there are still some issues the college will take into consideration if and when it finally drafts a contract. Some concerns include keeping the college’s brand on the site, maintaining the same user name for students and keeping advertising off of student e-mail. Gilbert said the branding and the
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Vadim Isakov, scholar in residence in the journalism department, reads “What Would Google Do?” by Jeff Jarvis yesterday in his office. Isakov is using the book in his Issues and the News class.
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e-mail address is up to the individual schools. Rick MacDonald, director of systems and operations for Cornell Information Technologies, said Cornell decided to outsource to Google because students were familiar with it. About 14,000 Cornell students are being served by the Google account that was put into place in April of last year, MacDonald said. So far, feedback from students has been positive. MacDonald said Cornell does not pay Google anything to use Gmail, but it does still cost money in manpower to offer the service. MacDonald said in the long run, however, outsourcing did save money. Ithaca college offers students 75 megabites of storage, whereas Google has 7 gigabites. This means Gmail has 7,000 megabites to the college’s 75 megabites of data space. “It’s substantial,” Rugg said of the storage. “We can’t do what Google does, which is why many of the schools are going there.” Despite the privacy issues that have been raised, a generation of search users are still trusting Google over other sites, something that Kissiloff said is why most will keep coming back. “People tend to have short memories,” he said. “If there is a limited number of choices, people are going to come back. Google will have to make a lot of slip-ups before people abandon them. Is Google evil? If I’m a company that has to compete against them, yes.”
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•April: Gmail released as an invitation-only beta e-mail service.
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•May: iGoogle released to allow customization of the Google home page.
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•February: Gmail Chat release, combining instant messaging with e-mail features. •April: Google Calendar released, allowing users to share events.
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•February: Gmail released to public without invitation. •November: Google announces Android, the first open platform for mobile devices.
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•September: Google Chrome released, an open source browser in beta form.
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•September: Google releases a preview of Google Wave to 100,000 users worldwide.
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•January: Nexus One smartphone released, designed and branded by Google. •Feb. 9: Google Buzz released. •Feb. 11: Google confirms purchase of social search and matchmaking startup Aardvark. source: google Timeline
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nications at the American Beverage Association, said the tax levied on a 12-pack of soda would be nine times more than those currently placed on a 12-pack of alcoholic beverages Also, he said the tax would put the jobs of more than 160,000 workers at stake in different sectors of beverage production, packaging and distribution. “The result will be a huge economic impact,” Gindlesperger said. “It basically amounts to a domino effect.” According to Gindlesperger, West Virginia and Arkansas currently impose a beverage tax. Gindlesperger said the fact that West Virginia ranks in the top 10 for highest obesity rates proves that the tax fails to solve the obesity epidemic. “Some people try to frame this argument as a public health debate,” Gindlesperger said. “Obesity is a complex and serious problem. There’s no one magic bullet to solve this issue.” Freshman Jennafer Galligan, who doesn’t often consume sugary drinks, said the tax would likely cut down on the amount of soda consumed by her
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From left, freshman Gabe Harden hands sophomore Alex Cunningham a soda Friday at the Park cart. If passed, the soda tax would affect students.
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peers. Galligan said taxing drinks is similar to the idea of taxing cigarettes. “They put a huge tax on cigarettes to deter people from smoking them,” Galligan said. “Since soda is so bad for you and leads to obesity, then why shouldn’t they tax soda, too?” Freshman Ryan Bratton loves drinking soda and hopes that the state doesn’t decide to put a tax on his
favorite drink. “The soda tax really wouldn’t affect [my] choice of beverages,” Bratton said. “In the end, I just love soda.” Penni Maycumber, service manager at Campus Center Dining Hall, said Bratton isn’t the only student at the college who drinks soda on a regular basis. “We go through soda much more quickly than juice,” Maycumber said.
The fate of Paterson’s beverage tax will be decided in April along with the rest of the governor’s budget proposal. Engman said that the proposal probably wouldn’t pass because strong opposition from the lobbyists of major drink companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, but the planning board hopes throwing its support behind the legislation will tip the balance in its favor. “What’s really dangerous about these drinks is that after consuming hundreds of calories you’re still left hungry,” Engman said. Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, who represents the 125th District, including the city and town of Ithaca and Cortland County, said she hasn’t taken a formal position on the drink tax yet. Lifton said she is in the process of gathering information and gauging the opinions of constituents and local governing bodies. “The more I see of the obesity epidemic, the more I think we should tax sugared drinks, but it shouldn’t be just a way to raise money,” Lifton said. “I welcome the input of local governments on state issues and will be interested in looking at their resolution for more information on this issue.”
and combining multiple sections of certain classes to reach class size capacities. “The sections are not bigger; we’re just filling the empty seats,” he said. “We didn’t decrease the quality of the education, but we did increase the productivity of our faculty.” Siconolfi declined to comment whether any faculty lines, vacant or occupied, were closed this year. Mark Coldren, associate vice president for human resources, said within each school, no occupied faculty positions were cut. He said he did not know how many faculty lines may have been cut in each school because the deans maintain their own budgets, so the decision to release that information is theirs. In the Park School of Communications, former Dean Dianne Lynch cut the budget by closing three vacant faculty positions in the departments of journalism, strategic communication, and cinema, photography and media arts. Also in strategic communication, a fourth position — a nontenure contract position — was not renewed, according to Interim Dean Diane Gayeski. “It’s always regrettable to lose faculty lines,” Gayeski said. “But we’ve been able to offer the same courses.” Matt Mogekwu, chair of the journalism department, said the department was recently given approval to search for a tenureeligible line, but the elimination of another faculty line may be a loss to the students because more adjuncts will likely be needed. “The journalism program is growing fast, and we need sufficient faculty to cope with the growth,” he said. “We need more people to help carry the workload.” Gayeski said no operating budgets, academic programs or services were cut. School of Humanities and Sciences Dean Leslie Lewis said all of her departments contributed 3 percent of their operating budgets toward the overall reduction and said she also cut spending by temporarily closing open, unfilled faculty lines. “When a position is open or a resignation occurs, we haven’t automatically rehired in that department,” she said. “We’ve been asking ourselves what the priorities of the school are.” Interim Business School Dean Mark Cordano and Interim Music School Dean Greg Woodward could not be reached for comment. In the Division of Interdisciplinary and International programs, funding was cut for the anticipated Antigua study abroad program because of low long-term interest, DIIS Dean Tanya Saunders said. Saunders said she did not cut any faculty lines. Within Student Affairs and Campus Life, McAree said his division also cut its budget by 4 percent, with the largest amount coming from closing the Tower Club restaurant last May. He added that several staff positions in several departments were eliminated — some were occupied, including two Parking Services employees, while some were vacant.
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Team represents college at Model UN By Melanie Breault Staff Writer
After months of preparation, countless nights of research and deliberation over Japanese policies, the Ithaca College Model UN team brought its best diplomacy skills to the Harvard National Model United Nations 2010 conference. Twenty-six Ithaca College students debated with more than 3,000 students from around the world last Thursday to Sunday at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. Every year, the team participates in two conferences to practice their deliberation skills and to delegate in a United Nations simulation. In the fall, the team went to the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference in Philadelphia to represent Saint Lucia and Croatia. Senior David Korenthal, the team’s head delegate, said before the conference team members truly immersed themselves into Japanese thinking by watching Japanese films and spoke with professors who have been to Japan. “We do much more than the foreign policy,” he said. “We really engross ourselves, and we tried to be as Japanese as possible. It’s as much a cultural experience as it is a learning experience.” Assistant professor of politics Juan Arroyo and associate professor of politics Martin Brownstein are the team’s faculty advisers. Brownstein, who has been a part of the Model UN team since 1985, said this weekend was his last competition. He said he plans to retire from the college after more than 40 years.
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Ithaca high school newspaper to appeal decision to court By Lauren Barber Staff Writer
From left, seniors Alex Lima, David Korenthal, Chris Allaire and assistant professor of politics Martin Brownstein at the Harvard Model UN conference last weekend.
Courtesy Of Juan Arroyo
“The right words around [my retiring] are complete and fulfilled,” he said. “The flavor of the month is bittersweet, and the team will have its own life and sense of evolution beyond me as it clearly should. I’m leaving a team that is very rich in talent.” For the conference, the team divided itself into several committees to represent Japan’s ideas about legal affairs, the economic crisis, social development and humanitarian affairs. Korenthal said one of the team’s many talents is its ability to make an impression at conferences. “The thing that sets us apart as a team is our schmoozing ability; we are very personable,” he said. “Professor Brownstein tells us that our goal is to ‘get on the dance floor,’ which means to make yourself known.” Lindsay Harrop, a cinema and
photography major, is one of six freshmen on the team. She said being in Model UN has given her the opportunity to meet and learn from people outside of her major. “It’s been really refreshing to become knowledgeable about international relations and be around people who know what they’re talking about on a global level,” she said. Brownstein said the team does not participate in these conferences to win awards, but for students to build confidence and be recognized for their abilities. “The real advantage for Ithaca College students is that they get a chance to match their skills against the very best colleges in the country,” he said. “They always come out being fully competitive and fully able to sling the hash with Harvard, Yale and Berkeley.”
A lawsuit filed almost five years ago against the Ithaca City School District dealing with potential First Amendment restrictions on The Tattler high school newspaper is moving forward with an appeal sometime this summer. In 2004, The Tattler criticized the newly hired principal Joe Wilson. The administration placed restrictions on the student-run paper, forcing students to show the administration issues and disclose story ideas prior to printing. Ray Schlather, who is representing The Tattler, said the underlying issue of the case is whether The Tattler is an open public forum or a limited public forum. In 2009, a judge determined it was a limited public forum, which meant the school district had the right to restrict certain content. The judge also determined that some restrictions placed on The Tattler were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Norman A. Mordue dismissed half of the former editors’ claims and sustained half of the editors’ claims. The judge said it was unconstitutional for the administration to put restriction on the paper in terms of requiring them to show the paper before it got published and to get story ideas cleared. Schlather said the former editors were granted in January the permission to appeal the dismissal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the appeal should be determined by the fall. Schlather said if any high school
newspaper should be entitled to the protections of an open public forum newspaper it is The Tattler because it has a circulation of more than 3,000 copies, it supports itself through advertisements and editors work on it during their free time he said. Gregg Johnson, who is representing the district, said the school district appropriately regulated the paper’s content. “While [the paper] is a vehicle for providing media experience for the students, it has always been a district- and school-sponsored newspaper,” he said. The Student Press Law Center, an advocacy center for student free-press rights, will be filing a brief in support of The Tattler. Frank LoMonte, executive director of SPLC, said the case is the most important high school journalism case in the past 20 years because it presents the issue of whether students can address controversial material in their publication. “If the students win this case, it’s a huge message to school administrators that students are allowed to take on controversial topics and that the First Amendment doesn’t permit censorship just because material makes fun of school policies,” he said. Lead plaintiff Robert Ochshorn, a former editor, said the opportunity for students to exercise their right to a free press is important and the paper provides a platform for students to do so. “We believe the First Amendment is worth standing up for,” he said.
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Alumna promotes self-exam Leigh Hurst ’92, a breast cancer survivor, started “Feel Your Boobies,” a nonprofit organization with the goal of encouraging women to perform regular self-examinations to detect breast cancer early. At 7:30 p.m. tonight in Textor 101, Hurst will give a presentation on the campaign and how her education at Ithaca College helped her form her organization. Hurst said she Assistant News Editor hopes to educate Aaron Edwards spoke with students about Hurst about her inspira- breast cancer. tion for creating the “Feel Your Boobies” campaign. Aaron Edwards: What prompted you to come back to the college to talk about breast cancer awareness? Leigh Hurst: I keep in touch with Steven Seidman [chair of the strategic communication department], and I had come up in 2007, taught a course and gave a speech, and he asked me to come back and do it again. AE: What are some skills you’ve learned at Ithaca College that have helped you in forming the organization? LH: One of the things I do with “Feel Your Boobies” is create a message that is meaningful and engaging to an audience that generally doesn’t pay attention to breast cancer messages at all. The focus on using the proper media strategies and focusing on your target audience has been something that’s definitely helped me create a successful campaign. AE: What is that target demographic that your organization is trying to reach? LH: The organization focuses on women under 40. The age that mammograms begin is age 40, in general. So, for women like
myself — I was diagnosed at 33 — I wasn’t thinking about it at all as a marathon runner. I didn’t have a family history of the disease, and I was health conscious. I just didn’t think of myself at risk. I didn’t really listen to any of the mass clinical messages that were out there about self breast exams or anything relating to breast health because I didn’t really think it affected me too much. If I hadn’t been aware of my own body and known how my body felt normally, I probably wouldn’t have noticed that a change occurred. AE: What were some of the challenges you’ve come across forming the organization? LH: The fact that I didn’t do it intentionally. A lot people that start companies or organizations have a plan — a business plan or even a loose idea of what they are trying to do. And I didn’t have any of that. In the early years of the organization, I spent a lot of time doing research to figure out if I even had anything to offer. It took me a while to understand who our true target audience was. And it took quite a while to really hone what our mission was and to make sure we weren’t redundant with other very valid and successful organizations that are out there already. AE: How did you come up with the name “Feel Your Boobies”? LH: It actually began as an accident. When I was going through my treatment, I would joke around with my friends and say, “You guys gotta feel your boobies,” just to be lighthearted about it with them. It wasn’t an intentional thing. If [the organization] approaches the idea of feeling your boobies in a fun and fresh way, it might get through to those girls that were like me. It might make them laugh and chuckle a little bit, but it’ll get them thinking about something that they wouldn’t have thought [of ].
Playing cupid
President Tom Rochon hosts the Dating Game last Friday night in Emerson Suites. On right, freshman Caroline Jastremski from Staten Island, N.Y., chose bachelor No. 1, sophomore Tim Reynolds, out of three possible candidates because he also loves the New York Yankees.
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Public Safety Incident Log FEBRUARY 2 CRIMINAL TAMPERING LOCATION: Smiddy Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person possibly tampered with a door. Officer determined the situation was caused by normal use. Criminal tampering unfounded. Patrol Officer James Landon. MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS RELATED LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported a person feeling ill. Person transported to CMC by ambulance. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.
February 3
MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS RELATED LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported an illness. Person transported to CMC by ambulance. Master Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS RELATED LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported general illness. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Patrol Officer James Landon. ASSIST SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOCATION: State Route 96B/Danby Road SUMMARY: Caller reported a one-car MVA. Driver declined medical assistance with ambulance staff. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola. CCV/ACT OF DISHONESTY LOCATION: Office of Public Safety SUMMARY: Person reported not receiving a parking permit. Records indicated person did. Act of dishonesty unfounded. Sergeant Ronald Hart. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Academic Quad SUMMARY: Caller reported falling on stairs. No injuries reported. Patrol Officer Chris Teribury. MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS RELATED LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported a general illness. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Sergeant Ronald Hart. CASE STATUS CHANGE LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: An officer reported that a vacuum that had been reported stolen Nov. 3 had not been stolen. Larceny was unfounded. Operations Manager Steven Yaple. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Park School of Communications SUMMARY: Caller reported a person fell and sustained an ankle injury.
Person declined medical assistance from ambulance staff. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. SAFETY HAZARD LOCATION: Center for Natural Sciences SUMMARY: Caller reported a gas leak in the building. Officers reported a slight odor present but not at a dangerous level. Source of leak located and repaired by facilities. Environmental Safety Specialist Mark Ross. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Substation Road SUMMARY: Caller reported a person had fallen and sustained a back injury prior to this date. Person sought treatment at the Hammond Health Center. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. CCV/DRUG VIOLATIONS LOCATION: Eastman Hall SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for violation of college drug policy. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: L-Lot SUMMARY: Officer reported person urinating in public and in possession of alcohol. Person was issued an appearance ticket for exposure and unlawful possession of marijuana. Warning issued for underage possession of alcohol. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler.
February 4 MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS RELATED LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported a person was ill. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Patrol Officer James Landon. SAFETY HAZARD LOCATION: Muller Chapel Pond SUMMARY: Caller reported people were walking on ice on the pond. People were gone upon officer’s arrival. Sergeant Bill Kerry.
February 5 EXPOSURE OF PERSON LOCATION: Landon Hall SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for indecent conduct. SASP. V&T VIOLATION/DWI LOCATION: Tower Skyline Drive SUMMARY: During a traffic stop, operator was arrested for DWI. Traffic tickets were issued for DWI and a BAC greater than 0.08 percent. The person is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 25 and judicially referred for criminal conduct. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola.
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FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: Garden Apartments SUMMARY: Set of keys found and turned over to Public Safety. FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: Facilities Parking Lot SUMMARY: Bike found and brought to Public Safety. RECLASSIFICATION OF CRIME LOCATION: Office of Public Safety SUMMARY: Incident originally reported Feb. 3 as unlawful possession of marijuana was reclassified to criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Dillingham Center SUMMARY: Caller reported a person accidentally dislocated a shoulder. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Fire and Building Safety Coordinator Ronald Clark. CCV/COLLEGE REGULATIONS LOCATION: O-Lot SUMMARY: Officer reported a vehicle with a fraudulent permit. The vehicle was towed. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Chris Teribury. CCV/DRUG VIOLATIONS LOCATION: Rowland Hall SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for violation of college drug policy. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. LARCENY LOCATION: Circle Community Building SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person had stolen a wallet and cash from a mailed package. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. CCV/UNDERAGE POSS. OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Lower Campus SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol. Sergeant Ronald Hart. CCV/RESPONSIBILITY OF GUESTS LOCATION: Boothroyd Hall SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for responsibility of guest. Master Security Officer George Whitmore. EXPOSURE OF PERSON LOCATION: Upper Quad SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for indecent conduct. Master Security Officer George Whitmore. CCV/UNDERAGE POSS. OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler.
February 6 CRIMINAL TAMPERING LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person throwing garbage cans. No damage to property — only garbage thrown on ground. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. V&T VIOLATION/PERMITTING LOCATION: Grant Egbert Boulevard SUMMARY: During a vehicle stop, the operator was issued a uniform traffic ticket for the Town of Ithaca Court for aggravated unlicensed operation and a campus summons for a thru stop sign violation. Master Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. LARCENY LOCATION: Lyon Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole a dorm fire extinguisher. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola. CCV/EXCESSIVE NOISE LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Three people judicially referred for noise violation. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola. EXPOSURE OF PERSON LOCATION: Circle Lot 1 SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for open container of alcohol, and one person judicially referred for indecent conduct. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. CCV/ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC AREA LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for having an open container of alcohol. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. MAKING GRAFFITI LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Officer reported an unknown person wrote graffiti in an elevator. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola. MAKING GRAFFITI LOCATION: West Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person wrote graffiti on a door. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. LARCENY LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole a wallet. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Jeffrey Austin. FIRE ALARM LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation in a dorm was caused by someone
accidentally burning food. System reset. Fire and Building Safety Coordinator Ronald Clark.
February 7 THEFT OF SERVICES LOCATION: J-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported persons refusing to pay driver for taxi fare. Fare was paid. Master Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Upper Quad SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person damaged a street light. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person damaged the glass in a door. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Erik Merlin. LARCENY LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole garbage bags. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Dirk Hightchew. CASE STATUS CHANGE LOCATION: Office of Public Safety SUMMARY: Officer identified one person in the graffiti case that was reported Feb. 6 in West Tower. The person was judicially referred for defacing college property. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. FIRE ALARM LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused accidentally by burnt food. System reset. Patrol Officer Dirk Hightchew. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Substation Road SUMMARY: Officer reported an unknown person damaged a blue light phone. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Adam Koehler. For the complete safety log, go to www.theithacan.org/news
Key cmc – Cayuga Medical Center CCV – College Code Violation DWI – Driving while intoxicated IFD – Ithaca Fire Department IPD – Ithaca Police Department MVA – Motor vehicle accident RA – Resident assistant SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol V&T – Vehicle and Transportation
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localizing the college life
Students should step off of campus and purchase from local stores to help maintain Ithaca’s culture and economy
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n an effort to sustain Ithaca’s economy and culture and enrich their college experiences, Ithaca College students should venture off campus and buy from local stores. This year, the recession has finally hit the town’s economy. Students are encouraged to support locally owned businesses like the Ithaca Bakery and Buffalo Street Books to not only boost the local economy, but to also give back to the community that has supported the college for years. Feeding money into the Ithaca community will keep small businesses alive and will further solidify the relationship between the college and the town. Local businesses often contribute to the college’s positive relationship with the town, welcoming students to make Ithaca their home for four years or more. Experiencing the local culture through foods, clothes, music and political and social ideals is one of the things that makes an Ithaca College education valuable. Students should look for lessons beyond the classroom and in the corners of local bookstores or over conversations with locals who stop for coffee at the Ithaca Bakery. When families and friends visit, students could also introduce them to the town’s culture through local stores and restaurants that are not found outside Ithaca. Students might be more comfortable purchasing from chain stores because of product familiarity or cheaper prices. Losing out on the town’s culture for this reason is, however, too high a price to pay. A college experience that goes beyond weekend parties and the dorm-room life to real life conversations and cultural adventures will enrich a student’s time at the college and their lives after they leave South Hill.
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Local community should come together to donate time and funds to SPCA
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he Tompkins County SPCA recently seized 100 animals from a trailer in Brooktondale, N.Y. Fifty-nine of the animals have been signed over to the SPCA. The rest have been adopted, are in foster care or are being treated by the SPCA veterinarian. Some are being held pending the outcome of the trial of the owner. With this influx of animals, the SPCA needs community support. Ithaca College and local residents should team up to donate time and funds to the SPCA as it works to protect these rescued animals. The SPCA has a “No Kill/Open Admission” policy, which means that it will neither get rid of an unwanted pet nor deny admission to an animal for any reason. The impact of taking in so many animals in addition to those they already host has proven costly to the SPCA, increasing the organization’s financial need. The SPCA is an important part of the Ithaca community and represents the city’s giving culture. In facilitating the SPCA’s efforts to provide a home for these rescued animals, community members will help maintain the SPCA’s longstanding tradition of serving the town. For more information on ways to support the SPCA, please visit www.spcaonline.com or call 257-1822.
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“it’s useless. it’s a combination of twitter and facebook. it’s destined to be a failure. no one’s going to use it.” hoang nguyen ’12 business administration
“personally, i don’t use it. it might become popular for gmail users, but it won’t have the status that twitter does.” Caitlin henning ’11 Music education, voice
“i don’t use it at all. It asked me to use it, but then i didn’t. it sounds like google is on its a-game — taking whatever everybody does and doing it better.” sam nellis ’10 drama (BA)
“it may not be as big as twitter or facebook, but many people are getting into networking online, so it’ll do somewhat well. it is google, and they are taking over. i wouldn’t be surprised if it was successful.” winnie adrien ’10 exercise science
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Media literacy crucial to understanding news W e live in a world of ever-growing convenience. There are so many options as to where we can get our news, especially online. With the simple click of a mouse, we can read newspapers and blogs about current events and issues in almost every part of the world. But the sad truth is that we don’t. We want a “onestop shop” for our news. We have been reduced to a level of passivity when it comes to news gathering. Let’s consider popular news blogging site Huffington Post. Most of the tracey casseus content on the Huffington Post is from reporters of news outlets like the Associated Press or CNN. Oftentimes the site’s original content is analyses of what mainstream media reports. It packages, filters and chooses the news, which is very helpful, especially with the mass amount of media content available on the Internet. But we must remember that the Huffington Post is a blog and not a journalistic institution because it does not focus on research and firsthand reporting like the New York Times or the Washington Post. The Huffington Post gives us that “one-stop shop,” and ultimately it makes life easier for a lot of us. But, when we let one or two news sources be our end-all be-all, we do ourselves a great disservice. We weaken our ability to be media literate and fail to ask questions about what’s there and why and to notice what’s not there and ask why yet again. Another prominent name in the blogosphere is Talking Points Memo. TPM increased in relevance after it revealed former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ firing of nine United States attorneys, which led to Gonzales’ resignation. The impact TPM made was felt throughout mainstream media because it did the job of mainstream media — reporting, researching and news gathering. TPM goes beyond what the Huffington Post does
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post, discusses “The Modern Journalism Paradox: The Best of Times Amidst the Worst of Times” last November in Emerson Suites.
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in terms of commentary and analysis in that it focuses on actual reporting and researching. I am not saying that the Huffington Post or TPM are inept sources for good journalism. These two blogs are pioneering online journalism. TPM and the Huffington Post have found a way to use this media and adapt it to the Internet by reporting stories in real time, updating frequently, linking to other sources and keeping the lines of communication open with comments and opinion pieces. My issue is with those who choose not to embrace and take advantage of the endless possibilities to search and gather news from a plethora of media sources online or otherwise, and instead, focus on only one news source, whether that be the Huffington Post or TPM. No one source is infallible — not the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, MSNBC or FOX. Actual learning takes place when we actively
seek information through research and not just assume everything in the news to truly depict the world’s actions. Media literacy is about sharpening one’s ability to use their critical thinking skills to decipher messages within all media. We must cultivate our brains with multiple news outlets with diverse points of view. We need to question what lies behind the media — the motives, the money, the values and the ownership. In doing that, we train ourselves to critically think about all of the information and messages we are seeing, watching or hearing and to be aware of how these factors influence content. When we let one news outlet give us all our information we lose our ability to be media literate because every news source has an agenda. tracey casseus is a senior journalism major. E-mail her at tcasseu1@ithaca.edu.
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College should rethink tuition assistance benefits
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uition assistance for college employee dependents is an attractive recruitment and retention benefit. There are three ways this is typically afforded. First, children’s tuition may be waived 50 to 100 percent at the home college. Second, if dependents opt to enroll at a different institution, a college may provide a cash grant or a eloise greenE percentage of the tuition at the other school. Third, often there is a reciprocal scholarship arrangement through a consortium of member schools where offspring of employees at a member college may have their tuition waived if they attend another member college. Ithaca College provides the first two benefits, waiving eight semesters tuition for dependents attending the college for a baccalaureate. If an employee’s child attends a different institution, the college provides a cash grant of $1,000 a year for four years. But the college is not presently a member of any reciprocal scholarship consortium. Reciprocal scholarship consortia are a popular university employment benefit. With 600 colleges participating, the Tuition Exchange Inc. is the largest, and it includes upstate schools Syracuse University, Hobart
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From left, Benefits Services Associate Pat O’Rear sits with Christine Haase, administrative assistant for the Department of Philosophy and Religion. allison usavage/the ithacan
College, Alfred University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Niagara University as members. Membership in this nonprofit exchange is inexpensive for schools, and the number of scholarships may be limited by institutions depending on their importexport ratios. This ratio maintains a balance between students enrolling from other areas and dependents attending schools elsewhere. Tuition Exchange scholarships, averaging $24,000 last year, are competitive and not guaranteed. As its Web site explains: “The receiving institution sets the number and criteria for award decisions. Satisfying admis-
sions criteria does not make awards automatic.” No money changes hands among colleges. Three years ago, the Humanities and Sciences Faculty Senate proposed that the college join the Tuition Exchange, noting “of 20 peer institutions in Associated New American Colleges, Ithaca College is one of only two institutions not part of a tuition exchange program.” Some colleges, like Keuka and Hartwick, participate in several tuition exchange programs. How do IC’s tuition benefits compare with other upstate schools? Cornell University waives 50 percent of tuition to employees’
children attending Cornell, but it pays 30 percent of Cornell’s tuition toward a different institution. Hamilton College and Colgate University offer grants equal to 50 percent of the tuition regardless of whether dependents attend other institutions or Hamilton and Colgate. Syracuse gives a 100 percent tuition waiver, Tuition Exchange or a $2,500 a year cash grant. Rochester Institute of Technology provides 100 percent tuition waiver, Tuition Exchange or a $1,500 a year cash grant. Most generous is Hobart William Smith offering 100 percent tuition waiver, or up to 40 percent of its tuition for other colleges or Tuition Exchange. A Scrooge award goes to Rochester University with a 50 percent tuition waiver for dependents after five years employment, 100 percent after 10 years and no tuition benefits for attending other institutions. A recent article in American University’s “American Today,” “Here’s How Tuition Benefits Work,” notes how a combination of tuition waiver and a tuition consortium is a win-win for the university and the employees. Especially for Ithaca, with its geographic isolation, joining the Tuition Exchange could be a significant, lowcost benefit. eloise greene, ms ’90 is the internship coordinator for the Park School of Communications. E-mail her at eloise@ ithaca.edu.
All opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Ithacan. To write a guest commentary, contact Opinion Editor Archana Menon at 274-3208.
his January, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to allow corporations and unions to spend freely on independent political advertising. This means that while corporations still cannot directly donate mass sums of money to political candidates, they can spend any amount to advocate for or against politicians. The reaction to this decision has been mixed. The National Review praised it for “freeing up many more resources for politics in coming election cycles.” The Nation denounced it as “a dramatic assault on American democracy.” Writing for Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald had an interesting take. While decrying corporate influence in politics, he defends the ruling as constitutionally sound. He argues that it will not necessarily lead to an influx of corporate money into the political process, saying he “doesn’t see how things can get much worse.” He notes the hypocrisy in criticizing the court’s decision because it doesn’t produce positive results — something he says “the Right often does.” He said the ruling may allow nonprofit groups such as Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union to have a greater influence in the political process. While I am with Greenwald on many of these points, the one that he fails to emphasize and that the court missed is the issue of corporate personhood. This ruling reinforces the misconception that corporations should be viewed as people and are thereby treated to the same rights as the rest of us, including freedom of speech. All speech is not created equal. I don’t know about you, but I certainly do not have a spare $1 million lying around to launch a political advocacy campaign. Goldman Sachs does. They donated that amount to Barack Obama through its Political Action Committee in 2008 and look how well that’s worked out for them and us. The health industry PACs donated $1.5 million to Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., in 2007 and 2008. Baucus chairs the Senate Finance Committee that held up and watered down health care reform last fall. Fortunately, there is a solution. Our legislative branch can fight back. The best solution would be a constitutional amendment rolling back corporate personhood, like the one proposed by Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland and Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. But seeing as I have zero faith in that actually happening, I would accept laws that would make this process as transparent as possible. It would be nice to know which oil company paid $50,000 on a commercial supporting a prodrilling candidate. zach tomanelli is a junior journalism major. E-mail him at ztomane1@ithaca.edu.
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Playful pair Ithaca High School twins create ultimate singing duo in senior year By Jessie yuhaniak Contributing writer
The Cece’s don’t need a stage or an audience to enjoy playing their music. Just shout out a genre — say, hip-hop — and without speaking, Lydia and Maddy Froncek will play a folk rendition of Kandi’s “Don’t Think I’m Not.” Armed with an array of stringed instruments — including the bass, banjo, ukulele and guitar — and an ironic sense of humor, the 18-yearold twins play a combination of popular music and original compositions at local venues such as The Nines in Collegetown and The Shop on East Seneca Street. Though they’re only seniors at Ithaca High School, the Fronceks are already veterans in the local music scene. For the past six years, the twins have performed in the six-piece group Sugar in the Raw, a regular at the past four Ithaca Festivals. After some members transferred schools, the group disbanded last fall. “Maddy and I decided just to do our own thing since we really enjoy making music, and we didn’t want to stop just because two-thirds of our
band was gone,” Lydia said. Their sister and “stage mom” manager Sylvie Froncek said the idea for a duo came about when the twins purchased ukuleles about six months ago. “They both got good at playing it and good at singing and just hanging out in the house [making] songs,” she said. “It’s amazing how they can just pick up any instrument and play it by the end of the week.” When deciding what to play, Maddy tells Lydia to start whatever song she wants on the ukulele. After a few chords, Maddy picks up on the banjo, without either one of them saying a word. When they spontaneously giggle or transition from song to song on stage, anyone can tell they just had an entire secret conversation. “I can just give Maddy a facial expression, and she knows what that means, which no one else would really get,” Lydia said. Though the “twin thing” makes it easier to write and perform as a duo, the Fronceks still enjoy collaborating with other local talent. “People say that they like the stuff that just Maddy and I do, but I think I
have more fun doing the whole group thing,” Lydia said. No Eggs No Problem, a five-piece self-proclaimed acoustic rap band comprised of the Froncek’s friends — including Ithaca College freshmen Tommy McAree and Chris Cote — joined The Cece’s on stage at The Nines on Feb. 5. Originally selected as the opening band, No Eggs No Problem decided to practice with The Cece’s before the show. After working together for the week, the two acts decided to play as one group for the performance. “It was a very energized show,” McAree said. “The people that came were really into the music, which always makes it easier and less uncomfortable to perform.” George Larsen, who books music acts for The Nines, said The Cece’s impressed an older crowd, as well. “They’re a young band, and they have a fairly young following,” he said. “So we did not make a lot of money on The Cece’s [at the bar]. But it was nice to have fresh, cool new music. It was a good night.” Freshman Mathea Millman, who
From left, The Cece’s perform an improvised song with hip-hop group No Eggs No Problem — the opening act — on Feb. 5 at The Nines in Collegetown. Lydia and Maddy will be playing again March 12 at The Nines. Emily Bruyn/the ithacan
From left, Maddy and Lydia Froncek.
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attended high school with the Fronceks, knows their sound well. “It’s cool that they have a unique sound and they’re not all over the place,” she said. “Their music has a real consistency, and they’re getting support from the whole Ithaca community — not just the high school.” Becoming a household name is a goal for The Cece’s, who decided to start performing as a duo while watching the VH1 special From left, Lydia and Maddy Froncek sing Feb. 5 at The One-Hit Wonders Nines. The duo sings acoustic versions of hip-hop songs. of the ’80s countEmily Bruyn/the ithacan down last ChristMillman said the twins are the mas morning. “We decided that we wanted to be same people on stage as they are off. “There’s no huge ego,” she said. on a one-hit wonder countdown, so we might as well start a band and try “You feel very comfortable when to make it big,” Maddy said. “But if it they’re performing.” Maddy and Lydia plan to attend wasn’t fun we wouldn’t do it.” The audience loves when they play separate colleges in the fall, leaving acoustic covers of popular hip-hop their celebrity status at home. Their songs. Lydia said it takes the audience 18 years together have given them some time to realize they recognize a chance to make their “twin thing” the song, given the new vibe the uku- public, but now they’re ready to strike out on their own. lele and banjo create. “I’m pretty confident that they’ll They call their sound “upstate/ down home,” which includes folk and still be able to do awesome things country roots, with a combination of independently,” McAree said. For the time being, the pair hip-hop medleys to keep them sounding contemporary. This style matches is sticking together, giving fans a the girls’ laid-back personalities and chance to enjoy what they have to sets up the perfect atmosphere for a offer. Millman said The Cece’s have earned their own spot in the eclectic small-town venue. “We just want to make it as unique Ithaca music scene. “People are naturally drawn to as possible and also to make it the kind of music we enjoy,” Lydia said. “Mixing them, whether it’s their personalities a lot of different genres helps make it a or their performance skills,” she said. Larsen said The Cece’s are on unique sound.” Though the down-home sound their way to becoming a favored is undeniably catchy — as evident in local band. “I’ll book anyone once,” he said. the growing local following — the girls treat their talent as a normal part “But I’ll book someone twice if there of life. They are not pretending to be is a reason. And the reason is they brought a nice crowd.” more than what they are.
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Hot or Not
Th ursday, February 18, 2010
This week’s hits and misses
Staff Writer Jared Dionne rates the different bands musician Jack White has started since he began his rockin’ career.
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The Dead Weather The Dead Weather took the music scene by storm last summer with the debut release “Horehound.” Jack White’s latest supergroup project consists of The Kills’ lead singer Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita — guitarist for Queens of the Stone Age — as well as Raconteurs alum Jack Lawrence on bass guitar. White and company introduced a type of cutthroat, bluesy rock the world soon won’t forget. The Dead Weather has made a name for itself through live performance, which usually involves Mosshart tearing around the stage like a leather-clad twister.
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The White Stripes This brother-sister duo is reminiscent of the Osmond’s Donny and Marie — except without the country and a lot more rock ’n’ roll. Jack and Meg were once unofficially crowned the king and queen of alternative rock. Out of their past three albums, all have won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. As of late, though, the dynamic duo has remained relatively silent in their musical endeavors. They have put forth plans for a documentary about the band’s 2007 tour across Canada, but it looks like this band doesn’t quite have the same dedication as the Osmonds.
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The Raconteurs For a short time in 2006, no one could turn on the radio or MTV without hearing White on the mic accompanied by distorted guitars and punchy drums of the Raconteurs. The band’s hit song “Steady, As She Goes” blasted across the sound waves with more persistence than a Miley Cyrus tune. But listeners have heard very little action from this once wondrous band since its speedy rise through the Billboard charts. White and his band of magical music makers have now moved on to bigger and better ventures. The band may have once been the masters of the musical world, but now they’re nothing more than a distant legend.
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Savoir Adore band member Deidre Muro plays the guitar and sings to the crowd while Tim McCoy backs her up with a heavy drum beat last Wednesday in Emerson Suites. The band played to a packed crowd with Anamanaguchi as part of a psychedelic concert. Allison Usavage/the ithacan
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Music stars come together to create one song for haiti
Not since the ’80s have so many musicians come together to produce Michael Jackson’s hit song “We Are the World.” All the big-name stars in music decided to bring the song back for a remake to benefit Haiti. Just about everyone in the music biz was there: Barbra Streisand, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West and Randy Jackson. Setting aside their egos, they all came together to produce an incredible piece of music. The only mystery of the performance, though, is why Lil Wayne had the biggest solo. — Whitney Faber
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Celebs don geeky glasses for the latest wild trend
At some point this year, celebrities decided the newest, coolest look for 2010 was geek, instead of chic. The way to adopt this nerdy look is to don the latest in eyewear. At first, it seemed to be a passing style, as Justin Timberlake and Robert Downey Jr. sported them to help them see. Then at the Grammys, Simon Baker, Justin Bieber and Joe Jonas were rocking this style. Unlike glasses that try to complement a person’s face, these strange peepers take over. The real kicker, though, is that many of the people wearing them don’t even need them. If this trend continues, calling someone “four eyes” may become the new way of saying “looking good.” — Whitney Faber
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The only emotional connection of relevance is with my dog. It’s ridiculous. Robert Pattinson to a reporter for Details Magazine about his romantic relationships last Saturday.
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Confessions of a cheater
Stunning good looks, a beautiful wife (Fergie) and a flourishing career — Josh Duhamel had it all. That was until his night escapades unleashed destruction of hurricane-sized proportions on his life. It was an uneventful night on the town in Atlantic City in October for Duhamel — a trip to the bar with a few drinks. Then the party moved to a nude club, where he met an exotic dancer. One thing led to another — four months later Duhamel has to explain to his new wife why a stripper is claiming to have his baby on the way. So far he denies the story, and Fergie has been pretty forgiving of the mix-up. But every woman has her limit, right Tiger Woods? The best Duhamel can do is learn from the past. Then again, no one should underestimate the power of a stripper. — Whitney Faber
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Dancers to perform at national festival By isabel braverman Staff Writer
For Lindsay Gilmour, assistant professor of theater arts, dancing has always been an important part of college life. Now, she makes sure to encourage her students to experience dancing at a higher level. Tomorrow, 11 students from the college, Gilmour and Amy O’Brien, an instructor in the theater arts department, will participate in the American College Dance Festival conference in Erie, Pa. This is the first time the college will be attending the festival, which is a testament to the growing strength of the dance department, Gilmour said. The students will also perform their dances for the college at noon today in Dillingham’s studio 3. Gilmour attended the festival in 1998 when she was a student at the University of Montana. The American College Dance Festival Association is an organization that supports college and university dance departments and holds the National Dance Festival every year in regions throughout the U.S. Routines chosen from the performances at the festival will be selected and performed at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre in Washington, D.C., in May. “When I was in college one of my dances was chosen to go to the Kennedy Center,” Gilmour said. “There’s this kind of nostalgic feeling about taking students because I went when I was a student and I loved it.” O’Brien said she and Gilmour asked the head of the dance department to allow the program to become a member of the ACDFA.
With the membership and a grant from the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, dancers from the college were able to afford traveling to the festival. Sophomore acting major John Gardner said attending the festival will give him an opportunity to learn more about dance. “I’m excited to be in a place with so many talented dancers and get to experience everything they have to offer,” he said. “I’m also really excited for all the dance classes we’re going to get to take.” The dancers will present three routines at the conference. Gilmour choreographed a piece that is in the running for the final selection. She said the dance “Nothing but the Sky” is in honor of her friend Ngawang Sangdrol and 13 Tibetan nuns who recorded songs and poems of protest while inside Drapchi prison in Lhasa, Tibet. One of the other dances features junior Shaina Ung and is choreographed by O’Brien. O’Brien said she got the idea for a cat-like solo from playing around with movements that reminded her of feline characteristics. “It was my first time working with Shaina, and she picks up so fast that the piece came together very fast,” O’Brien said. “It’s very inspiring, and she is inspiring too.” Ung said the performers at the college and the professors are motivation to become stronger and better at dancing. “It’s amazing how much dance talent is here,” she said. “There are more and more people that find an interest in dance once they come here. The teachers are very encour-
Junior Shaina Ung, facing forward, and sophomore Graham Drake-Maure rehearse Saturday in Dillingham’s studio 3. Ung will be performing in a routine choreographed by Amy O’Brien, an instructor in the theater arts department.
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aging and really get you into it.” The conference will also offer a variety of master classes that participants can take. The classes range from hip-hop to ballet to Butoh — a Japanese style of dance that is a response to World War II. Gilmour is teaching a contemporary dance class at the festival. Participants will spend the weekend taking classes at Mercyhurst College. Then they will perform on Monday. Ung said she is excited to spend a weekend devoted to dance. “It’s not our goal to go and win,” Ung said. “We’d love to, but
at the same time I’m excited to go and take these random classes and have a weekend full of the [dance] culture.” Senior Abbey Wills said attending the conference is more about learning than competing. “I’m always inspired watching other dancers perform,” she said. “I love being able to interact with people from other places that love the same thing I love, so we all have something in common. And it’s not very competitive, it’s more curiosity and experiential.” Gardner said the students at-
tending the festival are excited to try new dance classes. “There’s a bunch of options, so I think most of us are going to take off-the-wall classes with some great teachers,” he said. O’Brien said the dance community at the college is growing stronger and the department is producing higher-caliber dancers. “It is intensified and growing,” she said. “It’s nice to see how the energy is increasing, and it’s really buzzing. It’s a really supportive group between the students, and it’s just really energetic right now.”
Live performance to get funky Syracuse hip-hop band to perform in Ithaca Combining the vibes of funk music with the intensity of hip-hop and spoken-word poetry, Syracuse-based group Sophistafunk specializes in cross-genre music. The three-man group features vocals from Jack Brown, drums by Emanuel Washington, and keyboard, bass and backup vocals by Adam Gold. Sophistafunk will be performing at 9 p.m. tomorrow at Castaways on Inlet Island and on March 4, 11, 18 and 25 at Wildfire Lounge on The Commons. Staff Writer Evan Johnson spoke with Brown about the band’s love for hip-hop and its upcoming performances. Evan Johnson: How long have you been listening to hip-hop? Jack Brown: I was born in 1985 and I feel like I’m in a unique generation where even if you grew up and hip-hop wasn’t entirely in your life, it was around. I know that hiphop had some very strong influences on me through the ’90s. The first music I was trying to get my hands on was all in the hiphop genre. I also was writing, and I then used that to put it all together. It’s been a lifetime experience. EJ: Aside from hip-hop, what music were you listening to as a young person? JB: I was raised primarily on oldies, classic Motown, soul, jazz, rock ’n’ roll and funk. That was the “earth” I stood on when I started exploring hip-hop. I had Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die,” Nas’ “Illmatic,” Snoop
Dogg’s “Doggystyle” and Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic.” These were the songs the older people around me were playing and I was exposed to at a very young age — probably a little too early. It was what I had an interest for because the sampling and the beats really drew on the classics that I loved and respected and listened to with my family. EJ: Sophistafunk recently won [Syracuse channel CW6’s] Big Break contest. What kind of an experience was that for Sophistafunk? JB: Winning the Big Break contest definitely validated a lot of the growth that we’ve seen over a short period of time. It let us know we’re on the right track. There are a lot of things that we do differently than a lot of other Syracuse bands, such as traveling and establishing markets outside of our local zone before we even had a strong following in Syracuse. There was a time when we were more known in Ithaca than in Syracuse. The Big Break became a validation that our city is aware of what we’re doing — that it was saying, “We support you. We’re standing behind you.” EJ: What do you like about performing in the local Ithaca bars and clubs? Is there any specific reason you keep coming back to perform? JB: Ithaca is one of our favorite places to play because of its extreme commitment to music — and specifically live music. If someone’s wondering what to do in Ithaca, they’ll
Adam Gold, who plays the keyboard and bass and sings backup vocals, is one of the three men who play in the hip-hop-inspired group Sophistafunk that is performing tomorrow night.
Courtesy of sophistafunk
ask, “Who’s playing tonight and where are they playing?” That is the type of attitude that makes a musician light up. You know you’re going to have open ears to listen to something new. And when you’re creating new sounds, what better place to showcase that than in an awesome, progressive city like Ithaca? EJ: What can listeners expect when you come to Ithaca? JB: They first thing they should expect is a lot of creativity. You’re going be hearing music styles that are going to conjure old memories. There will be lots of vintage sounds — we’re using keyboards from the
’60s and ’70s, but the grooves and rhythms will be very modern. And the lyrics will be a combination of spoken-word poetry and hip-hop in a very conscious and positive way. Once people open up and listen to the lyrics, there will be eyes lighting up all over the place. The whole sound really pulls the experience together and lets people journey through music in a special way. EJ: Do you have any new music? JB: We’ve done very well with our EP sales, and we’re recording a full-length album in the upcoming months. There will be a release before the album as well.
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Local business succeeds in serving Ithaca niche By Gena mangiaratti contributing writer
Images on the wall depict an array of nature scenes from bluebirds in a tree to robins in a field. Other works are abstract, using a variety colors and patterns. But the art that adorns these walls are not paintings. They are quilts. Quilting has always been a creative pursuit for Linda VanNederynen, Katie Burnaby, Merrie Wilent and Cyndi Slothower. The four owners of Quilters Corner are celebrating their 15th year in business and their first year at the store’s new West State Street location. The four owners started the store after the only quilting store in town closed. Not wanting to live in a town without a quilt store, the four women — and fifth member Sherry Haefele, who retired in 2003 — took on the endeavor of starting a small business. Burnaby said the original location was about an eighth of the size of the store they have now. She said their approach was different from that of most store owners. “The conventional wisdom is, if you want to open a store like this, you should borrow a bunch of money and start out big,” Burnaby said. “But we’re all pretty conservative economically, so nobody wanted to go heavily into debt to do this. So we started out with a miniscule budget.” Burnaby said that they were taking a risk of going broke when they wanted to expand, but they knew that their business would never hold in the small space. “We thought, ‘OK. We had to do this,’” Burnaby said. “Maybe it won’t work, and maybe we’ll be broke in six months, but if we stay here, we’re never going to make any money. We have to grow. So we should take a chance and do it. And we did, and it worked out great.” With this in mind, they moved to their new location on West State Street. VanNederynen said they wanted the new store to not only have more room, but to be com-
From left, Merrie Wilent, one of the owners of Quilters Corner, helps Ithaca resident Deena Freed find a sewing machine to purchase. Freed’s interest in sewing started at a class at the store.
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fortable for customers to browse. “There’s a book in the retail industry that uses the term ‘butt-brush factor’ — women don’t like to shop when they have to brush butts with someone else,” she said.
Burnaby said an advantage of being a small business owner is being able to choose one’s own hours, but a lot of time is required. “Which 20 hours a day [do] you want to work?” she said. “Being a small business
owner is a lot of work, so you better be doing something you like.” Brynne Sigg, who has been an employee at Quilter’s Corner for almost 14 years, said the reason Quilters Corner has continued to thrive is because they have found their niche. “One of the reasons is quilting’s been around forever, and people are constantly reinventing it and [are] interested in it,” she said. “It’s a great craft.” Kaye Tea, a retired schoolteacher who has been an employee at Quilters Corner for eight years, said quilting is her “hobby job.” Most of the women who work there, including the owners, have retired from another career and now devote their time to quilting. To celebrate their anniversary, the owners are introducing a new brand of sewing machine called Baby Lock, as well as new quilting classes. VanNederynen, who is in charge of staffing, said people really like the store for its classes, which range from beginner sewing to advanced quilting techniques. “While we don’t sit here and hold your hand through a project, we’re here to give advice,” she said. Therese O’Connor, who has been a customer of Quilters Corner for eight years, said she has noticed a trend in new constructions that uses the quilting method for clothing and tote bags. She recently took a class in constructing jackets and has taken many of the store’s classes in the years she has been a customer. She said the classes are friendly and have a laidback atmosphere. “You just laugh,” she said. “You make mistakes, [and] it’s no big deal. The last class we had champagne and cake.” Tea said that the employees of Quilters Corner are always busy creating new quilting samples for the store but that they are all doing what they enjoy. “We like working here because we like to quilt,” she said.
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Painter captures life in still subjects
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by Matthew Reis Staff Writer
Meyer Stolov was comfortable staring at black ink on paper, miraculously translating the curving lines forming notes into the sounds of beautiful music. Now, Stolov is comfortable staring at a blank white canvas, skillfully bringing the images locked inside his mind to life with the brush in his hand. Stolov’s exhibition currently on display at the Community School of Music and Arts called “Musician to Painter” showcases his ability to capture life in an intimate moment using “Musician to his simplistic and realistic style. Painter” Once a concertmaster at mulCommunity tiple venues in Britain, including School of the Royal Opera House at CovMusic and Arts ent Garden, and the Birmingham Our rating: Symphony Orchestra, 83-yearHHH old Stolov has now committed his creativity to painting. Stolov dabbles in many styles of oil painting: portraiture, landscape and still life. The exhibit covers works from the beginnings of Meyers’ career in 2002 to his present works. The earliest painting on display is of two children playing in the sand. It isn’t nearly as polished as his later works, making it a less realistic depiction of the children. Stolov developed a more controlled painting style later. Refined brush strokes and clean lines become important elements in his pieces, displaying the evolution Stolov has experienced as an artist. Hanging below one of the exhibit’s paintings is a brief history of the artist’s life, but it doesn’t contain any information on what prompted him to create the works in this exhibit. What’s clear, however, is how connected Stolov is to his subjects, whether it is of a family member or a pineapple. These paintings elicit an intense emotional response from the onlooker as they exploit the realistic characteristics of the subject. Warmth, comfort and joy come from gazing at the pieces in this exhibit. Each portrait is realistically crafted, bringing the images to life by capturing the subject in a singe moment in time like a photograph. The image “The Mathematician” depicts a pensive aging man sitting at his desk. The warm hue of light being cast from a lamp not depicted in the
Ari Hest, a solo acoustic guitar player with an intense focus on creating an experimental and independent sound, will play at 8:30 p.m. at Castaways on Inlet Island. Tickets are $12.
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Joe Driscoll, a one-man band fusing the sounds of hip-hop, reggae, soul, folk and rock, will play at 9 p.m. at Castaways on Inlet Island. Admission is $8. The Blind Spots, a local fivepiece rock band with imagistic, metaphor-laden lyrics set over music with a raw yet tender edge to its sound, will play at 10 p.m. at The Nines in Collegetown. Tickets are $5.
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Karen Melamed Smith, program director at the Community School of Music and Arts, admires a painting made by Meyer Stolov called “The Mathematician,” currently part of the exhibition “Musician to Painter.” ANdrew buraczenski/the ithacan
painting makes the man appear wise, just like a mathematician should be. Stolov’s musical background shows in several paintings, like “The Pianist.” In this work, the piano dominates the image. The female pianist is intently focused and has a special connection to her instrument, almost as if it is an extension of her. Using his background in music, Stolov effectively invokes passion in the painting and enhances the emotion of the image. This feeling of serenity doesn’t exist in “Caught in the Act,” a grotesque depiction of a cat bidding farewell to its prey, a single dead mouse lying on the floor. The cat’s fierce eyes attack the viewer, forcing them to see the intensity in the painting. The piece “Young Woman” effectively transports its onlookers to a surreal place — not of this world or heaven. The woman looks hopeful and also in deep thought or prayer, and the image inspires a welcoming spiritual vibe.
Meyer’s still-life paintings are just as captivating as his portraits. His painting of a pineapple looks good enough to eat because each brush stroke is lead by a controlled hand. A hallmark of the exhibit is the realism brought to every subject. Even when dealing with less important elements of the painting, such as the background that surrounds the subject, Stolov does not cheat or create a shabby environment. Some pictures are blurry so as to lead the eye to the work’s main focus or clear to complement the subject. Meyer showcases his talent for using inspiration from music to intensify images of life. He creates stark images of reality enhanced with an element of whimsy that can only be found in the soft cool beats of music. “Musician to Painter” will be on display at the Community School of Music and Arts until Feb. 26.
Hot band masters sound with techno dance beats by TJ Gunther staff writer
No one expected a band with sparse electronic instrumentation and songs about Kraft dinners and escapades to make it big. With each release, though, Hot Chip has expanded on its formula of quiet pop vocals and catchy dance music. Hot Chip Hot Chip’s latest “One Life release shows off the Stand” fact that the group is EMI not afraid of experiOur rating: HHH mentation or heartfelt, intelligent lyrics. The album is quieter than previous releases, but Hot Chip asserts early that it still knows how to write catchy dance tracks. The album begins softer with “Thieves in the Night,” as space-age synthesizers hold drawn-
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out chords. Seconds later they cut out, and a bass drum plays solo. From there the track builds into one of the album’s best. After this song, the album rarely reaches the same euphoria, but the overall quality of the tracks remain topnotch. Hot Chip experiments with new sounds and influences, such as those found on “Slush.” The track’s lead and background vocals sound as though they were lifted directly from a 1950s doo-wop group. But it also shows one of the weaknesses of the album — songs that go on too long and lose their musical value. The song drags with a run time of six and a half minutes. Unfortunately, this song is not the only one that could have been trimmed to make the album more accessible and concise. Though Hot Chip has matured exponentially since its first release, it
Galumpha, three performers combining acrobatics, visual effects and physical comedy to bring to life a world of imagination and merriment, will perform at 3 p.m. at the State Theatre. Tickets are $15. Solstice, a funk and R&B band that plays hip, danceable songs inspired by the upbeat sounds of reggae, will play at 9 p.m. at Castaways on Inlet Island. Admission is $8.
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Biloxi Blues, a play about a man who decides to enlist during World War II, will show at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at the Cornell Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $8 to $10.
Carlile achieves sweet sound by Jared Dionne staff writer
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still retains the geeky tone of some of its earlier songs. For example, the singer uses playing Xbox as a symbol of his love for his brothers on the track “Brothers.” Hot Chip continues to mature, pushing dance music beyond heavy beats by adding a complex and inviting layer of depth to the vocals. “One Life Stand” isn’t a record for people looking for a quick pop fix, but it is for those wanting a long-term relationship into smart, disco-influenced electronica.
American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile released her amorous EP last week just in time for Valentine’s Day. Carlile’s alternative country style incorporates both speckled guitar lines and broad strumming as Brandi she croons over Carlile the mic in an at“XOBC” Sony Music tempt to swoon Our rating: her listener. HHH An up-tempo rendition of “All You Need is Love” gives the track a jaunty feel, but it remains true to the original version, which would make the Beatles proud. Carlile also covers Bryan Adams’ love anthem “Heaven.” She retains the loving tone of
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the song, even without the thundering drums and skyrocketing guitars present in the original version. Carlile is able to combine her soft-rock vocals with alternative country instrumentation to create a magical soundscape. The interweaving guitar licks and violin harmonies bring the listener out of the chaotic 21st century and back to simpler times.
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quickies “Crazy Heart Soundtrack”
“Talking to you, talking to me”
“Who I am”
With country, rock and folk influences, the album is filled with deep vocals, solid lyrics and intense backing guitar.
The twins’ most recent album is a mix of indie and folk influences, resulting in a spiritually powerful collection of songs.
This album solidifies Jonas as an artist separate from his brothers. It’s a strange mix of Backstreet Boys and John Mayer, making it a style of his own.
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Nick Jonas & the Administration Hollywood Records
The Watson Twins Vanguard Records
Various Artists New West Records
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Lovers’ letters create sincere romantic movie [ticket stub ] Latest film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel features heartfelt moments
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A cool breeze passes through a girl’s long blond hair as she sits on a dock at the beach. Just as her purse falls in to the water, a muscular man dives in to save the bag. And with that splash, an intense love affair begins. The lovers in the new Nicholas Spark’s adaptation “Dear John” fall in love during the two weeks they have together. John (Channing “Dear John” Tatum) is on leave Relativity Media from the Army, Our rating: HH1/2 while Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) is waiting to go back to school. They make a pact to stay together when John returns to the Special Forces and so the “Dear John” letters begin. Though the film later establishes a story filled with romance and oncoming heartache, the beginning scenes of the couple getting to know each other threaten the plausibility of the story. The connection between the two comes on so fast audiences struggle to believe the couple is truly in love, instead of lust. As the film progresses, the connection between John and Savannah becomes more believable. The connection between the couple flourishes as they write letters to each other and reveal the intimate details of their lives. Tatum, whose best performances come from gritty, urban dramas — “Step Up,” “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” and “Fighting” — is an actor whose good looks sometimes overshadow his performance. His acting potential is as apparent as ever, though, despite the continuing presence of shirtless scenes to appease his
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Crazy Heart 7:10 and 9:30 p.m. and Weekends 2:10 and 4:30 p.m. Fantastic Mr. Fox 7:15 p.m. and Weekends 2:15 p.m.
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The Hurt Locker 7:00 and 9:25 p.m. and Weekends 2:00 and 4:25 p.m. invictus 9:05 p.m. and Weekends 4:05 p.m. The Private lives of Pippa Lee 9:00 p.m. and Weekends 4:00 p.m. Overcome by a moment of passion, John (Channing Tatum) and Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) share a romantic kiss in the pouring rain during their short two weeks together before he returns to the Army and she goes back to school.
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female fan base. Seyfried, who once was the dumb blonde in “Mean Girls,” follows her performance in “Mamma Mia!” with this romantic drama. She is a charming actress with her own dose of strength, as her character stands up to Tatum’s in multiple lovers’ spats. As the lovers struggle to stay close while John is at war, the audience is acquainted with family friend Tim (Henry Thomas) who watches out for Savannah while John is gone. Tim becomes the third member of a small love triangle that brings the already weepy audience to an outward sob. Apart from its sentimental appeal, this film does not live up to director Lasse Hallström’s impressive résumé,
including “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” “The Cider House Rules” and “Chocolat.” In this film, he goes through the usual sentimental scenes and clichés that distract from the honest message about relationships. The truly powerful moments of the film come from John and his father (Richard Jenkins). Jenkins delivers another incredible supporting role, as he and Tatum combine to create one of the most emotionally devastating scenes. While John is at war, their relationship is marked by such detachment that when they finally connect, it’s one of the most sincere, genuine moments of the film. Sparks has become the literary genius of romantic tearjerker stories.
Though this film doesn’t have the sheer emotional, epic tone of “The Notebook,” it fits into the above-average adaptations of his work. The film has just enough syrupy moments so that audiences — mostly women — will swoon, cry and fall in love with the couple. Between the moments where Tatum shows off his hard work at the gym and the sweet story between the couple, this film is what every girl is looking for in a romance film, and it may even entertain the boys who lost the coin toss to see it. “Dear John” was written by Jamie Linden and directed by Lasse Hallström.
Technology saves monstrous story
All-star cast clashes in ‘Valentine’s Day’
By James Hasson
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By Nicole Ogrysko
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The moon is full, a chilling breeze blows and a screen legend has once again turned England into his personal hunting grounds. With the latest film release, “The Wolfman” is back in all his glory with a furry face-lift thanks to modern-day special effects. Actor Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his father’s (Anthony Hopkins) home after receiving word his “The Wolfman” brother has been murdered. Universal During the visit, a powerful Pictures Our rating: beast attacks. Lawrence surHH1/2 vives only to transform into the beast at the next full moon. Director Joe Johnston followed the Hollywood tradition of pulling classic monsters out of the attic and animating them with modern special effects. Johnston succeeds in creating a bloody reincarnation of the beast, using his experience directing past action films, such as “Jurassic Park III” and “Jumanji.” Comfortable with intense action sequences, Johnston showcases the beast sprinting across London streets, carving up human bodies like a living wood chipper. The transformations are intricately generated, showing audiences limbs elongating and canines bursting from the beast’s mouth. Only the film’s first scenes can be placed in the horror genre. The movie opens with a suspenseful shot of a cold, moonlit night where nothing but the creaking of bare trees can be heard in the dark. Once Lawrence undergoes his first horrifying transformation, though, the film swings into action. Del Toro gives a chilling performance as the frightening monster. He balances the role of the wild beast with a sincere man trying to recover from the terrors he has caused.
Hopkins also does a fair portrayal of the father figure. He easily juggles dry humor, heartless distance and unflinching cruelty throughout the movie. The movie’s significant flaw is that it tries to expand upon the original story, but the plot turns out to be a Frankenstein story. The plot borrows elements from everything from the character dynamic of “Hamlet” to the final fight from “The Incredible Hulk.” Such a plot mash up coupled with the predictability of the story makes the film dull during the pauses between slaughters. “Wolfman” succeeds as a CGI-supported monster flick, as the creators certainly show respect for the werewolf as an icon, but the script tries to mesh too many themes together, keeping the film from becoming as legendry as its main character.
“Valentine’s Day,” the latest star-studded romantic comedy, is as gooey as a caramel-filled Valentine heart, with all the characters and plotlines creating a sticky mess of story. “Valentine’s Day” follows eight Los Angeles couples as they fight, break “Valentine’s up, make up and find new Day” love interests, all on one Karz eventful Feb. 14. Entertainment The film begins with an Our rating: overload of stereotypical HH characters — the hopeless romantic suffering from heartbreak (Ashton Kutcher), the old couple looking for a new spark (Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine) and the sarcastic single (Jessica Biel) — all combining to make up about 15 plotlines in one film. Though the film is packed with stars, few give memorable performances, because they are not on screen for more than a few scenes. It has more than enough leading men and women to go around, but the cast serves more as eye candy than well-developed characters. Director Garry Marshall, known for his eccentric characters and comic scenes in “Pretty Woman” and “Princess Diaries,” once again uses side characters and humorous lines to liven up the movie. Despite the conventional plot, unexpected twists set the ending scenes of “Valentine’s Day” apart from the typical chick flick. It seems there was just a little too much sparkle in this film, as it tried to combine almost all the stars Hollywood has to offer.
“The Wolfman” was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self and directed by Joe Johnston.
“Valentine’s Day” was written by Katherine Fugate and directed by Garry Marshall.
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Lawrence (Benicio Del Toro) is horrified at the terror he caused during the full moon as a wolfman.
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A single man HHHH 7:20 and 9:20 p.m. and Weekends 2:20 and 4:20 p.m. the young victoria 7:05 p.m. and Weekends 2:05 p.m.
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avatar 3-D HHHH 1 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 8:15 p.m. Dear John HH1/2 12 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:20 p.m. Edge of darkness HH 12:15 p.m., 3 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 9:05 p.m. From Paris With Love 5 p.m., 9:55 p.m. Percy Jackson & the olympians 12:40 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 6:20 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:10 p.m., 10:10 p.m. sherlock holmes HHH1/2 12:10 p.m., 6:10 p.m. Shutter island 12:10 p.m., 12:50 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:10 p.m., 10 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Tooth fairy 2:50 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 10:25 p.m. Up in the air 12:20 p.m., 6:10 p.m. valentine’s day HH 12:30 p.m., 1:10 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 4:20 p.m., 6:50 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m., 10:20 p.m. when in rome HHH 2:40 p.m., 7:40 p.m. The Wolfman HH1/2 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:40 p.m.
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answers to last week’s crossword B B S ROA D A P H I A C S A R I C L A N A T G L EG DR A B R I MA I L OH S B A H
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es r a p e r bp u l c h s ion t a i t u e q p S m IC o c r e h n g o u s o a t e r s o l f ura g u a n i in From left, team President Brad Kolodner hits the ball as freshman Ty Broderson gets ready for a return at IC Squash practice Monday at the Reis Tennis Center at Cornell University.
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By Kevin McCall Staff Writer
On a court that looks like a cardboard box with the top cut off, two opponents stand in opposite boxes, gripping racquets tightly in their hands. One player tosses a hollow rubber ball into the air and smacks it against a scuffed white wall to begin an aggressive volley that closely resembles a game of pinball with players as the flippers. The two players are set to start a game of squash, one of Ithaca College’s newest club sports. Though it is not a mainstream sport in America, squash was ranked the healthiest sport to play in a Forbes Magazine article in 2007 because of its intense cardiovascular workout. Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities, such as Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame and University of Vermont, have recently adopted men’s and women’s squash teams. The game’s roots are in 14th century France, but today it is most popular in Australia and England. Players must hit a hollow rubber ball off a front wall and into an opponent’s box until they miss. The
ball must hit the floor twice in order to earn a point. Each game is played until 11 points are earned, but a player must win by two points. Bill Austin, the club team’s faculty adviser and head men’s and women’s tennis coach, was head squash professional at two different squash clubs and helped the women’s squash team at Hamilton College to a Howe Cup in 1999, earning them the small school’s national title. Austin said that despite popular belief, squash is completely different from tennis. “The only similarity is that you have a racquet in your hand that’s hitting a ball,” he said. Austin also said that squash could help athletes develop proper footwork and quickness. “If you play tennis, you tend to want to keep your feet underneath you and fairly even with the width of your hips, whereas squash you tend to cover more court with fewer steps,” he said. Team President and Ithacan Staff Writer Brad Kolodner started the club team this past fall. The team holds practices twice a week at the Reis Tennis Center, located near Cornell University. He has
Sophomore Tom Rice backhands the ball during practice Monday at the Reis Tennis Center at Cornell University. IC Squash is in its inaugural year.
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generated a lot of interest from both underclassmen who played in high school and students who have never even picked up a racquet. Kolodner said that squash requires proper placement as well as careful footwork. “It’s not always about hitting the ball past your opponent,” he said. “It’s really about placing the ball in certain areas of the court and maximizing your court movement as efficiently as possible.” Cornell varsity squash Head Coach Mark DeVoy said the objective of the game is to put the ball in the back corner where it’s harder for your opponent to hit it. “It’s a bit easier to play than tennis — not reliant on getting the serve over the net, and the ball stays in play longer,” DeVoy said. Sophomore beginner Greg Rappaport called squash “tennis on a half-court.” Rappaport, who played tennis before joining club squash, said that the biggest adjustment was moving around on a smaller court. “I didn’t realize there was so much etiquette involved,” he said. “The positioning is hard at first, but you get the flow of it more as you play.” Freshman Ty Broderson said that playing on the squash team is a good opportunity for him to make friends and share techniques of an alternative sport he’s familiar with. “It’s a good way to meet people, and everyone gets to learn or teach,” he said. There is great camaraderie among Ithaca’s club squash team. Players take the courts in groups of two or four and help one another out with technique and form. Freshman beginner Simone Noonan said the bond among the beginners was especially strong. “Even if you’re playing someone in a match and they have a good hit, you still compliment them on it,” she said. “It’s a really supportive and encouraging environment.” Even though it is a club sport, there are still some squash players
who enjoy competing against each other in practice. Rappaport said he started squash so he could eventually beat his friend sophomore Kyle Rowan. “I just came once, and I wanted to get better because [Kyle] beat me, so I got the motivation to beat him,” he said. The team of 10 men and five women had its first match against the Cornell club team on Feb. 9. Kolodner was the only winner in the series of matches but said he was not concerned with winning — but officially getting the club team playing. “Winning or losing against the Cornell club team had no bearing on how I felt about this club,” he said. “It was about putting all the work into this club and actually having the first match in the college’s history, which was exciting.” Other than the match against Cornell, the schedule is composed of games against recently started teams. The team played a scrimmage against Hamilton and a match against Siena College in the Hamilton College tournament Saturday.
Each of the four experienced players — Kolodner, freshmen Dan Petty, Broderson and sophomore Leisa Robotham — won in the team’s 5–4 loss. Though the team dropped to 0–3 on the year, the top five players will play opponents from club teams such as Tulane University, University of Illinois-Springfield, Siena College and Johns Hopkins University in the College Squash Association Team Championships tomorrow at Yale University. Petty said athletes who play squash view the game as an opportunity for a good workout rather than the intense commitment to a varsity sport. “The people who play [squash] love playing it,” he said. “They don’t play it because it’s an obligation, but because it’s something they like doing.” Austin said squash was a great individual sport that had the longevity of sports like tennis and golf. “Squash is a sport that you can play for a lifetime,” he said. “You don’t have to have team structure in order to have a good game.”
What is Squash? Squash is a racquet game involving two or four players hitting a hollow rubber ball against a wall, keeping the ball above the tin and below the out line. Serving: To begin the game, the players flip a racquet to decide who serves first. When serving, a player must have part of one foot on the floor inside the service box without touching the lines. Scoring: Points are awarded if the receiver fails to strike the ball before it bounces twice, the receiver hits the ball out or the receiver fails to hit the front wall before the ball bounces.
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The inside Pitch Cory Francer
Heartfelt walk through the Hall
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his column needs to be prefaced with the simple fact that my girlfriend and I are not normal people. Though we do enjoy your typical couple things, we’re completely baseballobsessed, and our favorite dates are always to the ballpark. Since we’ve been together we’ve been to a total of eight games in seven different stadiums. So, needless to say I was thrilled — but not necessarily surprised — when for our second Valentine’s Day together she suggested we get out of town for the weekend and head to Cooperstown, N.Y. Neither of us had been to this heaven on earth for baseball fans since we were in elementary school and didn’t remember too much about what we saw the first time around. But after spending the past weekend in this baseball mecca, a few things became apparent to me. A walk through the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is just as educational as any United States history course. The history of the game is a snapshot of America since the mid-1800s. Baseball is always the one constant in American society and the Hall of Fame has done an incredible job of depicting that. There are bats from the 1800s, children’s catchers’ equipment from the ’20s and just about any artifact from every other era of the game. To me this was far more interesting than any of the plaques with famous players’ faces. It’s just a testament to how deeply entrenched in our lives this game is, and it’s fascinating to see the same equipment my grandfather used in his youth baseball games of the 1930s. But it’s not all positive history in Cooperstown, because just as American history has its share of unfortunate moments, baseball does too. There is a sadness when walking through the new Hank Aaron exhibit. Aaron is one of the greatest players and people in the history of baseball, but even a legend of his status was not exempt from ignorance and bigotry. It’s clear that he persevered through that after reading a letter sent to him filled with messages of racial hatred as he tried to break Babe Ruth’s record. But negativity aside, it’s absolutely incredible to have a town in America that is just about entirely devoted to baseball. Where else in America can you go into one store and get your name engraved on a bat, walk across the street and buy a ball signed by just about any player you could imagine, and then go eat at DiMaggio’s Grill? It was a magical place as a 10-year-old little leaguer, and it gave me the same goose bumps 11 years later. So even though we all know Abner Doubleday didn’t invent baseball on a farm in upstate New York, sometimes it’s nice to get lost in a good story and suspend your disbelief. Cory Francer is a senior sport studies major. Contact him at cfrance1@ithaca.edu.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Bombers seal top seed in conference By Thomas Eschen Staff Writer
On Feb. 9, two last-second game-tying tries by the Utica College women’s basketball team tipped harmlessly off the rim. As the ball bounced aimlessly on the floor, one fact was certain — the Empire 8 Conference had a regular season champion: Ithaca College. The Blue and That means the 20–4 Gold are a Bombers are set to host the perfect 15–0 in conference Empire 8 Championship tourplay during the nament for the second year regular season. in a row. More impressively, with an undefeated 15–0 conference record, the Blue and Gold clinched the conference with three games left to play. Junior Elissa Klie said that though the Bombers have already clinched the top seed in the tournament, they want to continue winning. “Every game from here on out is just defending our title,” she said. So far, the Bombers are showing that they deserve to be on top. Through two of their last three games, the Bombers have run their opponents out of the gym, defeating Hartwick College and Elmira College by an average of 36.5 points this past weekend. It takes a certain type of mental toughness to stay focused in this kind of stretch, especially with the top seed secured. For this group of athletes, the motivation just comes from the game itself. “We love to play basketball,” senior Lindsay Brown said. “It’s more fun when we win, so that’s motivation enough. It’s just wanting to go out there and play, and having fun doing it.” The Bombers still have one more test before the tournament as they take on Stevens Institute of Technology. Though Ithaca defeated the Ducks by three earlier this season, Stevens is still the defending Empire 8 tournament champion. “We’ve seen them, so it’s definitely going to help,” junior Jordan Confessore said. “It would be a huge win. If we go into the game playing like we have been, we’ll be OK. We just need a good four days of practice to hopefully shut them down on Friday.” The past battles, though, will bring some extra
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From left, Elmira College junior Laura Bolan tries to block junior Jordan Confessore’s shot in the Blue and Gold’s 74–38 win Sunday in Ben Light Gymnasium. The win marked the team’s 15th straight victory.
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intensity to what would normally be a meaningless contest. The game will also serve as one final challenge before the tournament. “We struggle with them the most,” Brown said. “That gym is a tough gym to play in, and it’s our last game right before the playoffs, so it would be a good confidence booster if we come out with a win.” Like many of the teams Ithaca has faced this season, Stevens features a solid frontcourt, which can sometimes dwarf the Bombers’ four-guard lineup.
“They’ve got some big girls,” Klie said. “They are a good team. It’s always a battle with Stevens.” Ranked second in the Empire 8 with a 10–3 conference record, Stevens is once again positioned to make a run at the tournament title. Ithaca, though, is poised to make a run of its own and will try to use Stevens as a springboard toward its ultimate goal of a championship. “At this point of the season, if we win, we keep playing, so we’ll just look forward to keep playing and focusing on the things we do right,” Confessore said.
Leadership takes different form for South Hill squad By Bryan Shay Staff Writer
Beyond the box score, there are intangibles that tell stories better than numbers. And for senior guard Will Gaskins, his numbers don’t quite resonate with the impact he has had The squad on his team. ends its regular Gaskins, who season against has been with the Stevens men’s basketball Institute of team for the past Technology at four years, had 6 p.m. Friday in Hoboken, N.J. never even started a game before this weekend. But this all changed when he was announced in the starting lineup against Elmira College on Sunday for the final home game of his career at Ben Light Gymnasium. While Gaskins may not put up significant statistical numbers like some of his fellow teammates, Head Coach Jim Mullins said his unselfish attitude has been an asset to the team. “Will has been one of the most selfless kids I’ve ever coached in my career,” Mullins said. “It’s very difficult to play on a team for four years and get limited playing time and not have that affect you. He’s been a tremendous leader.” This season, Gaskins has seen action in 16 of the team’s 24 games, averaging just one rebound and 2.6 points per game. With 16 appearances in his senior season, he has played in more games this year than in each of the previous three seasons. But as starting freshman point guard Sean Rossi said, Gaskins, who is one of
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From left, senior Will Gaskins bumps chests with junior Phil Barera before the Bombers’ loss to St. John Fisher College on Jan. 22 in Ben Light Gymnasium.
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just two seniors on this year’s team, has made a significant impact on this relatively young squad. “Right from the beginning in preseason training, he was the one pushing everyone,” Rossi said. “He got everyone out running on the track and was always going the hardest, encouraging everyone the most in drills. He has helped ev-
eryone keep their composure when anything goes wrong. Every team needs a kid like Will.” Instead of worrying about individual statistics and personal goals, Gaskins has kept his focus on team goals throughout his tenure as a Bomber. Gaskins remained humble about the positive impact he has had on his coach and fellow teammates, but he
said he hoped he would leave a lasting impression on the younger players once his Bomber career is over. “Whether you are in the game or not, you can always have an impact on your team,” Gaskins said. “This team has been everything to me for the last four years.” In Sunday’s 29-point win over the Soaring Eagles, Gaskins joined fellow senior Tom Brown at center court for their recognition as four-year seniors in the Bombers’ program. Brown made it a finish to remember, scoring a career-high 19 points. He also grabbed 11 rebounds to put together his third career double-double and his first since his freshman season. Gaskins completed the afternoon with five points, two rebounds and a steal in 13 minutes. But perhaps what was most impressive was the gratitude he received from his teammates after being taken out of the game. Every player on the Bombers’ bench made it a point to stand up, congratulate and show their appreciation for the contributions Gaskins has made to the Bomber program in his four years. But Gaskins and Brown made it clear that there was still some unfinished business in their final season. With the win, the Bombers secured a spot in the Empire 8 Championship tournament, and both seniors expressed confidence in the team’s ability to make a run. “We are a really young, really talented team,” Gaskins said. “We have the ability to come out and put the hammer down on people.”
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Freshman gymnast renews love of sport as part of a team By Megan Goldschmidt Contributing Writer
Freshman Chelsea Robie stands under the low bar poised to complete her bar routine. She appears to be completely focused and blocks everything else out, trying to prepare for the difficult 45 seconds ahead of her. Around her the gymnastics team screams her name and cheers her on to what they hope will be victory. “In [United States of America Gymnastics] you’re almost out for yourself; there is no team feeling,” Robie said. “I know now that college gymnastics is about having fun and trying to do well for the team.” USAG is the program that runs all, elite-level gymnastics competition in the United States. Robie went to an extremely small high school that didn’t have a gymnastics team. She went to a local competitive gymnastics academy in Florida and trained about 20 hours a week for an entire year. After a while, the tedious and stressful environment put a damper on her mood and love for the sport. But now in a team environment, she can’t wait to go to practice and improve her tricks. She said she enjoys working on new skills to put into her routines to gain the team a high score, especially a jaeger, which is a front flip release move on the uneven bars. Proving that gymnastics really is her passion, Robie said the only negative about college practices is that they’re too short and she always wants more time to work. “Being a freshman, Chelsea is learning what it’s like to be part of
our team,” sophomore Lauren Moroch said. “She is a very caring person and puts in great effort to be a good team member. She is also eager to be prepared. In practice, she trains hard. She plays an important role in our bar lineup.” Robie precedes sophomore Jessica Bolduc, the anchor in the lineup. It’s a hard spot to attain as a freshman and requires a great amount of difficulty in her routine. Starting at age 5, Robie fell in love with gymnastics because of the challenge. She said she knew gymnastics was more than just a childhood recreation activity when she watched Kerri Strug in the 1996 Olympics stick her infamous vault on one leg and went on to win the gold medal. Robie said it’s not your average sport and she delights in the fact that people get excited when she says she can do a back flip. At times the sport has been hard because she isn’t able to master a skill, but she continues to try. “She works hard every day in practice and never gives up,” freshman Katie Sampson, Robie’s roommate, said. “Even when she has a bad turn she gets back up and tries again. Chelsea is an awesome gymnast and friend.” Robie is a more dedicated gymnast than most and will stay on an event until she successfully completes her goal for that day. Though they have only lived together for a short time, Sampson said Robie is encouraging, but also a fun person who she can goof around with outside of the gym. Though gymnastics is a big part of her life, Robie said she still has
Freshman Chelsea Robie performs her bar routine during the gymnastics team’s five-team meet Saturday at the Big Red Invitational in Teagle Hall Gymnasium at Cornell University. Robie scored an 8.100 in the event.
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time to be a college freshman. She picked Ithaca because of the campus size and overall feel, but the number of people, wind and snow is a big change from her graduating class of seven people in Florida. Robie recently declared her major in integrated marketing communications and said she looks forward to her career as a student athlete. “I want to broaden my horizons,” she said. “I went to such a small high school that I want to get to know more people, try new classes and just get experiences that I can build on.”
Ithaca College at Big Red Invitational – Feb. 13 Ithaca finished fifth of five TEAM SCORES 1. University of Bridgeport 2. Cornell University 3. Towson University 4. Southern Connecticut 5. Ithaca
190.550 190.200 188.900 185.850 182.750
All-Around All-Around Total 1. Kacy Catanzaro (Towson) 38.475 2. Miranda Der (Bridgeport) 38.175 3. Lorraine Galow (Bridgeport) 38.150 4. Alise McDonald (Towson) 37.275 5. Megan Wooden (Towson) 36.875 6. Jessica Bolduc (Ithaca) 36.475 7. Kay Gordon (Ithaca) 36.050
ITHACA TOP PERFORMERS Average Score Vault Jessica Bolduc 9.500 Bars Emily Graber
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Freshman hits the mark By Brennin Cummings Staff Writer
Freshman Heather Markus didn’t originally come to Ithaca College to dive. A dedicated gymnast since kindergarten, Markus had planned to try out for the gymnastics team. “Looking through the recruitment forms, she didn’t fill out any information for swimming and diving, but she did fill out information for gymnastics,” Head Diving Coach Nate Brisley said. However, when she didn’t make the gymnastics team, Markus didn’t waste any time contacting Brisley about diving. She started diving as a freshman at Saratoga Springs High School in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and competed all four years, eventually going to the state championship her senior year. “I honestly think that as soon as she found out, probably within the next two minutes, she sent an e-mail because she really didn’t miss a beat,” Brisley said. “She didn’t miss much practice, it was just, ‘OK, this is done for the year. I’m going to go do this.’” Markus said her decision sits well with her. “It was a really good choice,” she said. “I’m really happy with it. I love my team, and Nate is one of the best coaches I have ever had in my life. It’s just awesome to have such a big team too because we’re like a big family.” Markus’ switch to diving also bodes extremely well for the team. At the WilliamSmith meet Nov. 10, she won both the 1-meter and the 3-meter events. At the Bomber Diving Invitational, Markus was the college’s top finisher in both events with a third-place finish in the 1-meter event and a second-place finish in the 3-meter event. “She’s a hard-working and incredibly dedicated athlete who is very supportive of her teammates,” senior diver Naomi Mark said.
“She has been a great addition to our team this year.” Markus said her success this year is because of lots of hard work and her complete dedication. “I didn’t really have any expectations coming into this season, so I just kind of threw everything out there and gave it my all,” she said. “It turned out really well.” In the beginning of the year when Markus didn’t have many dives for the 3-meter, she started to try an assortment of new dives, going for each dive without hesitating or balking. “She’s not afraid to try new things,” Brisley said. “That’s really the most important part of the sport, being able to make adaptations, and she has that.” Markus’ background in gymnastics also gives her an advantage in diving. “It’s given [me] a lot of my work ethic and a lot of determination,” she said. “Obviously, it helped with learning how to flip and everything. It’s not too hard to transition from gymnastics to diving. There’s a huge difference between the sports, but they’re pretty well correlated.” At meets, Markus is incredibly focused. The diver will cheer and joke with her teammates on the bench, but when it’s her turn, she concentrates solely on her dive. “At practice she just kind of gets into the environment, and she’s kind of relaxed,” Brisley said. “She has some fun, and she’ll crack jokes every once in a while. Then in meets, she has this complete stone-cold poker face. That’s her game face. It’s not necessarily a 180; it’s just how she competes. It’s really kind of cool to see the two sides.” Markus’ presence means a bright future for the team, as it will be graduating a number of standouts both this year and the next. “This team is going to have some work to
Freshman Heather Markus dives during the 1-meter event Jan. 30 in the Hill Center Pool in the Bombers’ 179–56 win over Alfred University. The Bombers are 12–1 in dual meets this year.
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do with the points that we’re graduating with,” Brisley said. “Senior Carolyn Dartt is leaving this year, and after next year, senior Naomi Mark, and juniors Emily Griffin and Megan Stover are leaving. To be able to train with those four athletes will be very helpful for her to see how she can fit in and how she can really take their leadership styles and run with it and keep the team going.” Markus also has goals for herself to accomplish during the course of this season and her diving career.
“Someday, hopefully before I graduate, I would like to make it to nationals,” Markus said. “For the rest of this year, I would just really like to do well at states and place pretty well there. I still have a bunch of new dives I’d like to try, and I have a lot of improvements I know I can make in the next couple years, so I’m looking forward to working on those.” The whole experience with diving has made Markus incredibly thankful. “I don’t know how it worked out so well for me,” she said. “But I’m really glad it did.”
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Freshmen hurdlers up the level of competition By Andrew WEiser Assistant Sports Editor
The elevated level of collegiate competition can be hard for athletes to adjust to, but for freshmen hurdlers on the men’s indoor track team, the bar is literally raised. Moving from 39-inch hurdles in high school to the collegiate standard of 42 inches is a significant change that hurdlers are learning to adapt to. “It’s kind of a big jump, since the hurdles go up 3 inches,” freshman Matt Confer said. “It’s a new feeling, but we’ve all adapted pretty well and quickly. We’re all kind of at the same place it seems. We have our own goals and help each other when we can.” Except for sophomore Dan Moloney, this year’s group of athletes specializing in hurdles is all freshmen, all of whom are just beginning to find their rhythm in competition. “Hurdles as a race is all about finding a rhythm,” Moloney said. “It’s hard to find that rhythm after they bump up the hurdles another notch ... and some of our hurdlers haven’t even found their rhythm yet, and that’s why this team is looking really strong.” With 10 top-10 finishes collectively as underclassmen this season, the young hurdlers’ success can be attributed to working as a cohesive unit in practice and alongside at meets. “I’ve ran next to Dan [Moloney] at least four times based all on luck,” Confer said. “It makes it a lot more comfortable knowing you have someone next to you who’ll push you and you can push them. It’s really cool because in high school I was the only one who did hurdles.” With several freshmen coming from high school teams where they were the only hurdler, working with other athletes who have had a similar experience encourages
From left, freshman Matt Confer clears a hurdle beside Cornell University junior Andrew Corridore in the men’s 60-meter hurdles preliminaries Saturday at the Kane Invitational at Cornell University.
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individual development. “Last year I was the only hurdler on my team,” freshman Ian Tapler said. “This year I have all of the other guys, so if I’m screwing up on something, they can help me with
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• 6 p.m. Women’s basketball at Stevens Institute of Technology • 8 p.m. Men’s basketball at Stevens Institute of Technology • Women’s swimming at New York State Championships in Syracuse, N.Y.
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• 10 a.m. Wrestling at Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championships in Rochester, N.Y. • 10 a.m. Men’s and women’s indoor track at Deneault Invitational at Cornell University • 1 p.m. Gymnastics vs. Wilson College in Ben Light Gymnasium • 1 p.m. Gymnastics vs. SUNY-Brockport in Ben Light Gymnasium • 1 p.m. Gymnastics vs. SUNY-Cortland in Ben Light Gymnasium • Women’s swimming at New York State Championships in Syracuse, N.Y.
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• 10 a.m. Men’s and women’s indoor track at New York State Collegiate Track Conference Pentathlon Championship at Cornell University Bold = Home game
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it, and I can help them with something.” A willingness to help one another develop a better understanding of how to improve, from the weight room to the track, has brought the group together and raised the level of compe-
tition as a whole. “The freshmen are always asking questions; they always want to know exactly what’s going on and how to improve themselves,” Moloney said. “I, as a sophomore, don’t always know the answer. We’re all in the same boat, and that’s why we work together.” One aspect of practice that the freshmen are adjusting to is the Covino workout plan. Implemented by Chris Covino ’09, the workout involves several Olympic-style lifts called the snatch and the jerk. An athlete lifts a barbell until their arms are at 90-degree angles from their body, then rests the bar on their shoulders by bending their hands backwards toward their body, as one part of the power-training routine. “I don’t know much about working out, so [Covino’s workout plan] was brand new,” Tapler said. “All the upperclassmen say that it works, and I’ve improved from it. It’s a lot of weird lifts that I haven’t heard of before.” The team’s preparation is already translating to success for the freshmen, with Confer tying the school record in the 55-meter event at the Tufts Invitational on Feb. 6 and qualifying for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships halfway through the season. “I wasn’t really expecting it to be honest,” Confer said. “It kind of came as a surprise. It’s really neat to see all the hard work I’ve put in pay off.” Every athlete continues to improve from week to week as the season winds down. With two meets left before ECACs, each individual’s success will help motivate the team in the future. “We have a lot of fun together, but they’re competitive too,” Moloney said. “We’re pushing each other and encouraging each other, and we’re just going to keep improving year after year.”
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bombers to watch Senior lindsay brown women’s basketball
Brown poured in 16 points, on six of nine shooting, to help the women’s basketball team to a school record 15-straight win streak. Brown sank four of six from beyond the arc and upped her team-leading total to 39 threes on the season.
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On Sunday, Brown scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 11 boards, leading the Bombers to a 81–52 victory over Elmira College in Ben Light Gymnasium. The win clinches a spot for the team in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament.
Hitting the hardwood
The Toon Squad competes against the Dingle Baskets in five-on-five intramural basketball last Friday in Gym III in the Ben Light Gymnasium. The league plays during the spring semester and is the most popular intramural at Ithaca. jesse cases/the Ithacan
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senior brianne sullivan gymnastics
Last weekend, Sullivan placed sixth overall on the balance beam, recording a career-best score of 9.600. Sullivan helped the sixth nationally ranked Bombers to a season-high score of 182.750 Saturday at Cornell University.
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The number of inches that the men’s track and field hurdles are set at in competition. See story on page 26.
The number of wins the women’s basketball team has in conference play this season. See story on page 25.
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Weird news from the wide world of sports
It’s a safe move for a franchise to put its most talented player as the face of its advertising campaign, but for Baltimore Orioles’ pitcher Brad Bergesen it hurt, literally. Bergesen, called up by the Orioles in 2009, was featured in a commercial for the team in December, but it wasn’t revealed until last Friday that Bergesen had strained his shoulder during the shoot. Bergesen was instructed to make his pitches and release as realistically as possible. He tried to pitch at game speed to meet the request. The strain on Bergesen’s shoulder could potentially force him to miss 10 days of spring training, after suffering an injury last season in late July that ended the year. The Orioles’ organization has changed its rules regarding commercial shoots and will now require medical personnel to be present at future events. – Andrew Weiser
where we stand
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W L Win% 1. St. John Fisher 20 4 .833 2. Stevens 17 5 .773 3. Ithaca 17 7 .708 4. Nazareth 15 9 .625 5. RIT 12 11 .522 Empire 8 Standings/Overall Records
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W L Win% 1. Ithaca 20 4 .833 18 5 .783 2. Utica 3. Stevens 14 8 .636 4. St. John Fisher 13 10 .565 5. Nazareth 12 12 .500 Empire 8 Standings/Overall Records
gymnastics
Team Average 1. SUNY - Brockport 184.716 2. University of Wisconsin - Whitewater 182.604 3. Springfield College 182.404 4. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse 181.425 5. Ithaca 180.980 NCAA Rankings for Division III Women’s Gymnastics
they saidit I was fighting with one Korean, and then I passed him, and I was fighting with another Korean. It feels good to have my mojo back. American short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno on the men’s 1500-meter short track event Saturday at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Ohno finished second, winning his sixth career Winter Olympic medal.
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Above and beyond
Senior Brianne Sullivan performs her routine on the balance beam in a five-team competition Saturday at Teagle Hall Gymnasium at Cornell University. Sullivan placed sixth overall in the event and recorded a career-best score of 9.600. The Bombers totaled a season-high mark of 182.750 points and finished fifth overall in a field of Division I and Division II opponents. Andrew buraczenski/the ithacan