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IC awarded $1.2 million science grant
Dorm-to-dorm salesmen
by candace king contributing writer
Students bridge the market between big brands and colleges
to us developing a registry of authors and publishers who can be found as well as ones who can’t. That would be useful to everyone.” Courant said he would like orphan works to be made more available to other universities. “We would like orphan works to be as usable as possible, or to the benefit of our students, our faculty and scholarship more generally,” he said. He said the lawsuit is not asking for money. The HathiTrust Orphan Works
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Ithaca College to encourage students to pursue teaching careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The grant, which is funded through the Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship Program within the Division of Undergraduate Education of NSF, will support 18 undergraduate students interested in those fields. Jeane Copenhaver- Johnson, associate profes- COPENHAVERsor and chair of JOHNSON said the the Department of grant will improve Education, said the teaching quality. grant will establish a firm foundation for interested and enthusiastic STEM students who are unaware of the potential rewards of a teaching career. "[What] this can do for Ithaca College students is provide not only a really wonderful preparation for teaching, but also open that field up to students who have not considered that as a professional possibility for them," she said. The NSF grant will help the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program run by the college address and remedy a shortage of quality STEM teachers, which are projected to plummet by 2015. More than 270,000 secondary school teachers are needed, according to a Business-Higher Education Forum report. Joan Prival, lead program director of the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program, said the grant is meant to improve the quality of teachers across the country. The college is one of 53 schools that have been awarded the grant. NSF received about 145 proposals. Prival said the college's eligibility for the grant was determined by two major criteria: intellectual merit and broader impact. Prival said there is a national need for teachers to maintain a strong science and mathematics enterprise to combat issues such as energy consumption. Michael Rogers, associate professor
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by nicole ogrysko staff writer
Sophomore Jen Segal’s room looks like almost any other dorm at Ithaca College — a few posters on the wall, a desk neatly organized in the corner and cheetah print sheets. But underneath her bed looks a little different. Segal unpacks a large box stuffed with blue, lime green and neon orange drawstring bags, each with a “Microsoft U” logo on the front. Out comes another box, this time packed with dozens of red Campusfood plastic cups, pens and bumper stickers. A new laptop sits on her desk. The Microsoft tent, which is taller than Segal, is crammed in the back behind the boxes. Segal works as a brand ambassador, a student
representative for companies like Cash4Books. net, the Princeton Review and Campusfood. com. She markets products from these companies directly to students on campus. In return, she, like most student representatives, receives competitive pay, hands-on marketing experience and free merchandise. The effort is one of the latest marketing techniques that large corporations are using to reach a younger demographic. “The concept itself is really selling itself,” Segal said. “It’s a great way for companies to use people who know their school and know their audience.” Segal is the president of a group of interns and ambassadors at the college for Campusfood. com, for which she organizes campus events and hands out free coupons and merchandise.
This semester, Segal is also working as a college ambassador for Microsoft, an effort which she said she expects will be a challenge to market at the college. “This is an Apple campus, essentially, and it’s going to be a project,” she said. Segal said she was introduced to the ambassador idea when a classmate spoke about her experience during her Introduction to Strategic Communication class. After researching several ambassador programs, she decided to contact companies that specifically targeted college students. Michael McCall, marketing professor at the college, said firms choose students to market
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Cornell University faces library digitization lawsuit by jack curran contributing writer
Cornell University is being sued for copyright infringement by several authors and authors’ groups who are alleging that the university's partnered library digitization project is illegal. Cornell, along with four other universities, is part of HathiTrust, a partnership of libraries and research institutions that digitize libraries. HathiTrust recently created the Orphan Works Project, which will allow authorized users at partner institutions to access orphan works,
which are copyrighted materials whose copyright holders cannot be located. The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Québec Union of Writers and eight individual authors filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the digital library website, HathiTrust, Cornell University, the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University on Sept. 15. HathiTrust has allegedly digitized about seven million books illegally, according to the lawsuit.
rough tides Crews adjust to rowing on the lake and using a temporary boathouse, page 19
Cornell Deputy Spokesman Simeon Moss declined to comment. He said it is too soon to know what Cornell plans to do about the lawsuit. Paul Courant, dean of libraries for the University of Michigan, said the lawsuit came as a surprise because he said the Orphan Works Project does not harm any authors. “Since we don’t know who the owner is, the owner isn’t being harmed,” he said. “If the owner comes forward we would, of course, be immediately responsive to his or her concerns. In time, I really hope that our work will lead
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City wants to fix homeless problem by clearing out the Jungle, page 10
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Policemen killed in Afghan attack
important in building confidence and avoiding confrontations as China’s military modernizes. It wasn’t clear whether additional retaliation would be taken. Chinese Vice President and future leader Xi Jinping is expected to make an important visit to Washington in coming months, but no specific dates have been announced.
Eight policemen were killed in an attack early yesterday near a southern Afghan city, a police commander said, in an area that has been a pioneer in the handover of security from NATO to Afghan control. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullahkhel, deputy regional commander in the South, said the deadly pre-dawn attack targeted a checkpoint near Lashkar Gah in the southern Helmand province, where the insurgency still has strongholds. Three policemen were also wounded in the attack. Mullahkhel said a policeman who was manning the checkpoint has gone missing. Authorities are investigating whether he might have been involved in the attack. A day earlier, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed vehicle into a police truck in the same city, killing two civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack.
Stadium set on fire before sex fair
A fire raced through a 73-year-old sports arena in the Danish capital yesterday, destroying the iconic building just hours before a sex fair was to open, officials said. About 20 people involved with the erotic trade fair, who were sleeping inside the K.B. Hallen arena when the blaze started, got out safely. Three people were hospitalized with smoke inhalation, but were discharged from the hospital yesterday. The blaze most likely started when overheated light bulbs set fire to nearby cardboard boxes inside the 1938 arena, police spokesman Lars-Christian Borg said. K.B. Hallen was the capital’s main sports, concert and exhibition facility for decades, hosting several international tennis and badminton tournaments, boxing matches, concerts and exhibitions. Professional tennis greats including Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Boris Becker played in the arena. Louis Armstrong, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones performed there.
UN considers Palestinian request
The Security Council took its first official step yesterday to consider the Palestinians’ request for U.N. membership. Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam, who holds this month’s rotating council presidency, announced he was forwarding the Palestinians’ request to the committee on new admissions, which includes all 15 member states on the council. The committee will meet to consider the request for membership Friday.
Pro-Kurdish party ceases boycott
China upset over US-Taiwan deal
A pro-Kurdish party said yesterday it is ending its four-month-old boycott of Turkey’s parliament, even as tensions grow over a surge in attacks by Kurdish separatist rebels. The lawmakers of the Peace and Democracy Party have been refusing to take an oath of office following their election in June as they pressed for the release of five pro-Kurdish legislators held on charges of rebel ties. They also wanted another Kurdish politician, Hatip Dicle, whose election was canceled due to a conviction for rebel links, to be allowed to take office. Selahattin Demirtas, chairman of the party, however, said yesterday that it decided to end the boycott to be able to work for peace more effectively. The party has 29 lawmakers, and those
China’s military exchanges with the U.S. will suffer after Washington announced a $5.85 billion arms package for Taiwan, the Defense Ministry said yesterday, confirming expectations that Beijing would retaliate over the sale. High-level exchanges, joint drills and other large-scale activities will be affected “in light of the serious damage” resulting from the sale, ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said at a news conference open to Chinese reporters only. That follows a months-long suspension of military contacts last year after the announcement of another arms deal for Taiwan. China views such exchanges as a political bargaining chip, frustrating U.S. officials who say they are
Clamoring for change
Yemeni protestors chant for the resignation of Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration yesterday in Sanaa, the nation’s capital. Armed tribesmen shot down a government warplane yesterday that was bombing their positions north of the capital city. Hani Mohammed/associated press
who remain free will take their oath when the 550-seat parliamentary session opens Saturday. Kurdish rebels have been fighting for autonomy in the southeast since 1984 and keep bases in northern Iraq. Lawmakers are to vote to extend a mandate authorizing the military to launch cross-border operations against Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq soon after parliament resumes Saturday following summer recess. The current mandate expires Oct. 17. The measure is expected to be swiftly approved despite strong opposition of the pro-Kurdish party
Gas leak hospitalizes Kenyans
An official said at least 25 people were taken to the hospital after inhaling what was believed to be chlorine gas after a leak in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Kenyan Red Cross officer Daniel Mutinda says more than 300 students at a nearby school were sickened by yesterday’s leak. Some of the victims fell unconscious.
Mutinda said officials were not entirely sure what the gas was, but it was believed to be chlorine. The leak began after a man brought a drum containing gas to a scrap metal workshop in eastern Nairobi.
Bad cantaloupe linked to deaths
Health officials said as many as 16 people have died from possible listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that 72 illnesses, including 13 deaths, are linked to the tainted fruit. State and local officials say they are investigating three additional deaths that may be connected. The death toll released by the CDC Tuesday surpassed the number of deaths linked to an outbreak of salmonella in peanuts almost three years ago. Nine people died in that outbreak. beef and generic label beef.
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Ithaca grassroot groups unite for Obama by eli sherman contributing writer
Three Democratic organizers have joined together in Tompkins County to rally up voters for President Barack Obama’s re-election. Senior Veronica De Cesare, a member of Obama for America 2012 who is responsible for canvassing Ithaca College and its surrounding areas, held a meeting in her Circle Apartment last week to talk about re-election tactics and to celebrate the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prevented openly homosexual and bisexual individuals from serving in the military. De Cesare, Cornell University senior Brynn Leopold and Robert Chapman, an adjunct instructor at Tompkins Cortland Community College, met in mid-September during a grassroots training course in Syracuse and are working with different strategies to gather support for the president in next year’s presidential election. Obama for America 2012 is taking action as support around the country dwindles. According to a Gallup poll, the president’s approval rating is 41 percent, just 3 percent above his alltime low. The only president who had a lower approval rating in September of his third year in office was Jimmy Carter in 1979. De Cesare’s group joined about 50 institutions around the country for an online video conference last week with Obama’s national campaign manager Jim Messina as he talked about the importance of young voters’ support in 2008 and how much it will be needed in 2012. “As we look forward to the challenges we have left to fight, whether it’s making this country’s policies better to match its principles or whether it’s re-electing the president who believes in that mission with all his heart, we need you to keep fighting with us,” Messina said. “We need to have the back of the president because we know he has ours.” After Obama’s victory over Sen. John McCain in 2008, students who supported Obama gathered above Textor Hall chanting Obama’s catch phrase “Yes We Can” and singing “God Bless America.” According to a poll by the National Election Pool, which averages polls conducted by different institutes and news outlets, 66 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds who voted in the 2008 election voted for Obama. Another poll done by the Current Population Survey, which is affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau, showed that
TCAT prices to increase in January by noreyana fernando contributing writer
Senior Veronica De Cesare sits Tuesday in the Ithaca College Library. De Cesare, along with two other members of the Ithaca community, are starting to rally support for President Obama’s re-election. michelle boulé/the ithacan
18 to 24-year-olds were the only age group that showed a significant increase from 2004 in voting presence with a 2 percent increase from 47 to 49 percent. De Cesare reiterated some of the points about the importance of taking action from the video conference with Messina. “The Republican primary is on its way, and they’re always on the news, and they’re having debates and in the public view,” De Cesare said. “The president is still the president and he’s got to do his job and doesn’t really have this time to campaign per se. So it’s important to reach out to individuals and campaign on his behalf.” Sophomore Joey Kaz, secretary for IC Republicans, said the organization has not started concentrating on the 2012 presidential election. He said the group’s primary focus is Ithaca’s mayoral race. “We’re planning to do something for next semester involving [canvassing for the Republican presidential candidates],” Kaz said. “Just this week, we are locally supporting Janis Kelly, who is running for mayor.” Kelly will be running against Democratic candidate Svante Myrick for mayor of Ithaca. The Ithaca College Republicans are helping
out at a fundraising dinner this weekend put on by the Tompkins County Republican Party. Leopold is the official grassroots coordinator for Cornell’s campus. She said rallying for Democrats is important to counter grassroots efforts from the right side of the political spectrum. Leopold interned at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the midterm elections last year and though the Republicans won the majority from the Democrats in the House of Representatives, she said, she learned that organizing for candidates can make a difference. “It’s still fairly early in the campaign, but what we’re focusing on right now is developing relationships with people on campus,” Leopold said. Chapman is responsible for drumming up support from the other towns near Ithaca. He said this election, however, is different from the 2008 election. “I would say there was a cultural movement behind Obama in ’08,” Chapman said. “The spontaneous kind of movement that erupted in 2008 probably can’t be duplicated, so now we’re doing it the old-fashion way. We’re doing the door-to-door, the outreach, getting people energized.”
For the first time in eight years, the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit will increase fares for commuters who board from rural areas, effective Jan. 1. The new fares takes into account two zones, namely Zone One, which is the greater Ithaca area and Zone Two, the rural area. All rides originating from Zone Two will cost $2.50, as opposed to the current $1.50. Costs of rides from Zone One to Zone Two will not change. The proposals also include discontinuing service on Route 52 and 68 and combining Routes 53 and 54. TCAT communications and marketing manager Patty Poist said the proposal was brought up because of increased financial strains on TCAT. “It was an excruciating process for them,” she said. “TCAT regrets having to change our stellar service. We are No. 1 in the country for our system, our size.” Since Ithaca College is in Zone One, people traveling from rural areas to the college will be affected by the proposed increase. Marian Brown, special assistant to the provost, said about two-thirds of the college’s faculty and staff live outside the local 14850 zip code, and said the college would work with TCAT to control costs. “We would like to continue to work with TCAT to keep costs under control where we can, and so we can still continue to underwrite our faculty and staff to use this system,” she said. For a full map of affected areas and routes, visit http://www.tcatbus.com/files/all/finalzonemap.pdf
Bike warnings on campus increase by patrick feeney contributing writer
The Office of Public Safety has been cracking down on improper bike placement around campus in the past few weeks. Environmental Health and Safety has issued 14 warnings on bikes left in hazardous positions across campus from Sept. 1 to Tuesday. Tom Dunn, investigator for Public Safety, said a large number of these new reports are based on a change in procedure. He said he has been trying to be more proactive by
giving more warnings instead of just confiscating bikes. In previous years, only confiscated bikes were reported. This year, in an attempt to spread awareness of proper bike placement, all tagged bikes will be reported. The notifications are the same, but the reports will be more frequent, Dunn said. Ronald Clark, a fire and building safety coordinator, said the confiscation notices are self-explanatory. “The notices state where bikes shouldn’t be chained or fastened to, including any interior or exterior stairways, gas pipes, electrical equipment, or blocking any exits,” he said. Lampposts Public Safety gives owners 24 hours to Railings remove their bikes before the bikes are Gas Pipes confiscated. According to Sprinklers the notice, locks and chains will be
Do’s and don’ts of bike placement Do’s Terrace Railings Balconies
Certain Handrails Bike Racks
Don’ts
cut at the expense of the owner. Clark said a growing emphasis on environmental consciousness has led to an increase in bikes around campus, but few facilities, such as bike racks or designated parking spots, exist to back the increase up. “If you go to Terraces, there’s no place besides a few bike racks underneath the buildings,” he said. “Circles have none.” Last year, a couple of members of the Student Government Association tried to get lockers and bike covers installed around campus, but nothing was put in place. Currently there are no initiatives in the works regarding bikes, Rob Flaherty, vice president of communications for SGA, said. “Obviously, we welcome students to bring their issues and suggestions to us,” Flaherty said. “But this isn’t something that we’re currently working on or that we’ve heard from the student body about yet.” Clark said Public Safety officers are tagging more bikes to help protect students’ private property. “A lot of bikes are very expensive and people don’t want to leave them outside,” he said. “We don’t like them on handrails on stairways. If someone’s com-
A bike was ticketed Monday by Baker Bridge near the Terrace Dining Hall. Public Safety is cracking down on bikes parked in improper places.
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ing down there and a handlebar’s sticking through and someone trips and falls, that’s a liability to the college.” There are no fees for retrieval if a bike is confiscated. Clark said bikes chained to all bike racks, railings under the Terraces, balconies and certain handrails are safe from confiscation. On the other hand, bikes chained
to lampposts, benches, stairwells, railings attached to stairwells and locked on gas pipes at Terraces and sprinkler pipes at the Circle Apartments are fair game for confiscation. “If we had to shut down the gas lines in emergency situations, we wouldn’t get there fast enough,” he said. “If we’d get them on the sprinkler pipes, then the fire department can’t get to their hose connections.”
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Libraries question book rights lawsuit from page 1
Project uses a multistep process to determine what can be considered an orphan work. If the work cannot be found commercially for sale after an extensive search, the work is placed on the HathiTrust orphan candidates website for 90 days. If the copyright holder does not emerge, the work becomes available to the students and faculty of the COURANT said universities the orphan works involved with project does not HathiTrust. harm authors. Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild said this process is unfair to the authors of those works. “There’s no set of appropriate rules right now for depriving these authors of their rights,” Aiken said. “We don’t think this is for any set of universities to determine.” Aiken said the process of identifying orphan works particularly affects authors in foreign countries. “This is a global database," Aiken said. "The rights are held by authors around the world. It’d be extremely difficult to come up with something that would actually work to give right to holders in, say, Vietnam notice that their works were about to be released to a quasipublic domain.” The Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against Google in 2005 for similar copyright infringement with orphan works. In October 2008, a settlement was reached between the two parties, but the issue of orphan works was not settled. At this time, the orphan works are not yet available to the universities, but will become available in the next few months pending the results of the lawsuit. Ithaca College uses the company Ebrary to digitize books. The college's collection has increased from 44,000 titles to 70,000 titles in the past year. More than 4,500 libraries use Ebrary worldwide. The website pays rights to copyright holders of works featured on its websites. Ebrary does not publish any materials and does not allow for the download of materials. Lisabeth Chabot, a librarian at the college, said as part of the licensing agreement with Ebrary, the college only allows students and faculty to use its digitized resources. “We have an authentication system built in,” said Chabot. “When you go to the database, it’s going to ask you for your Netpass information”. This system helps assure that only authorized users can access copyrighted materials. Ebrary’s protection of copyrighted materials allows institutions to utilize online resources without concern of copyright infringement. “We knew that they have contracts that they honor, so we didn’t really have to worry about that,” Chabot said.
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Brand reps get real-world experience brand from page 1
their products on a college campus because students are more likely to listen to their peers, and the company has a large population of a similar demographic in one place. “Your friends can get you to do something that strangers can’t,” he said. For Campusfood.com, the idea is similar. Mickey Katz, campus marketing manager at Campusfood.com, said the company employs about 100 college ambassadors nationwide to create brand awareness and remind students that they have another option besides dining hall food. “The best way to reach out to them would be to have their own peers explain to them the product in a way they can understand it and a way that’s going to get them to get back on our website,” Katz said. McCall said companies are ultimately looking to transform students who are “novice” shoppers into loyal customers. Junior Megan Morelli marketed Proctor and Gamble personal care and cleaning products to students at the college last year for ReadyU, a company that supplies students with products like laundry detergent, shampoo and batteries. Morelli said the company assigned her an event to organize and a product, which ranged from Pantene shampoo to Cheer detergent, to market every few weeks. She took pictures and created videos of students posing with the product and posted them to the company’s Facebook page. Besides the free merchandise, some big companies, like Verizon, offer students $132 per week. This semester, Morelli plans to market iChill, a stress reliever drink with similar packaging to the popular 5-Hour Energy Drink, to the campus community. But marketing a company at a small, private school like the college can be a challenge. Morelli said student ambassadors at larger schools would use tailgating or Greek events as an opportunity to reach a wide audience, but since the college has no official Greek life, she has to be more creative.
Katz said Campusfood has found success in collaborating with student clubs and events, like Ithacapella performances. “We found a lot of opportunity to get involved directly with student organizations, as opposed to running our own organic programming just based on the regulations of the university,” Katz said. “Some schools are so large, we’re able to get on the campus and run our own programming with no issue at all.” According to the college’s policy manual, off-campus groups must obtain a permit from Campus Center and Event Services to advertise and must find an on-campus organization to partner with in order to solicit on campus. Junior Jacqueline Levine sifts through posters for My UniUni, a product Junior Jackie Levine, discount company geared toward students, yesterday in her apartment. a brand ambassador michelle boulé/the ithacan for My UniUni, a new Segal said she earns more than she did at company that sells clothing and beauty products at a discounted price, said it can be difficult to the on-campus job she held last year. But more navigate the college’s solicitation policies, but the importantly, she said, being a brand ambasexperience is ultimately preparing her to achieve sador allows her to get internship experience her goal of managing a larger brand after college. on campus. “It was a great way to get an exposure in mar“It’s not easy because there’s so many different levels I have to go through," she said. "I have to get keting, to get paid, to get free stuff, learn about approvals from this person and that person has to the campus and plan events — just all the things get an approval from somebody else, so I learn on that are integral to my major,” she said. Levine said being a representative not only a small scale what I’m going to have to deal with connects her with a brand, but also with her peers. once I actually do this.” “People see me as the My UniUni girl now, U.S. News & World Report ranked the brand ambassador second out of the top ten résumé en- so it’s nice to have a little bit of an attachment to my name,” she said. hancing jobs for college students.
Grant supports students' careers in teaching grant from page 1
of physics and principal investigator for the proposal, said after carefully reviewing prior proposals selected for the grant, he and his team set out to create a separate proposal for the college. "There's a lot that goes into that proposal,” Rogers said. "Since the program is primarily geared toward student preparation for STEM teaching, the college had to explicitly state how the grant will be utilized and prove its effectiveness in accomplishing this goal." Four professors in the departments of physics, mathematics and education teamed up with Rogers to write a 15-page proposal for the grant. Last semester, the professors met every two weeks to draft the proposal. The first class of Noyce Scholars will be decided in fall of 2013. Rogers said students' eligibility will be determined by their grades, letters of recommendation and their performance in the Early Field Experience Program, where students visit schools and have the opportunity to teach a class. The scholarship program will help fund both undergraduate and graduate studies at the college. Students who are chosen will receive a $20,000 scholarship toward their senior year of undergraduate studies. They will also be allocated $15,000 toward full completion of their graduate study
at the college. The teaching grant will also offer a stipend provided for summer research, funding for attendance to professional conferences and all-expenses-paid summer workshops, including a visit to the Frederick Douglass Academy in New York City. For each year the Noyce Scholars accept the scholarship, they are required to teach for two years in a district with a high need for teachers. Prival said in order for a district to be considered highneed, it must meet three qualifications: high poverty, frequent teacher turnover and a large number of unprepared teachers — teachers who did not major in a STEM field, but are teaching the courses anyway. However, Rogers said if students fail to teach in a high-need district within 10 years, the Noyce Scholarship will turn into a loan that students have to repay. After Noyce Scholars receive their licenses in teaching, they will have to relocate to middle schools and high schools within areas meeting this criteria, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., and Boston. Robert Noyce, the name-bearer of the scholarship, was a researcher and scientist in the semi-conductor industry. He is also the co-founder of Intel. Prival said the title for the scholarship was designated by Congress because of Noyce's large
From left, sophomore Rebecca Moran listens to Matt Price, assistant professor of physics and part of the proposal, during his lecture Monday. shawn steiner/the ithacan
contribution to technology. "He was a man of great accomplishment as a scientist and also had a lot of interest in science and math education," Prival said. Andrew Smith, associate professor and chair of the biology department, said the scholarship program will have a direct impact on the methods of teaching preparation and making the profession attractive to students. "Their goal is to train for teaching science at the middle school [and] high school level," he said.
"They are interested in studying the effect of that to see if this advance training does work." Aaron Weinberg, associate professor of mathematics and co-principal investigator of the proposal, said the program is something the country needs. "We have not only a shortage of really strong math and science teachers, but in particular, there are a lot of school districts in high-need districts where there is an unquestionable shortage of talented teachers,” he said.
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Tax break may help local distilleries By BRIAN RANK AND TJ GUNTHER staff writerS
A pending federal law could slash the high taxes on small liquor distilleries, which would bring relief to the growing number of microdistilleries and vineyards in the Finger Lakes region. The law, which was introduced by Congressman Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., whose district includes Ithaca, would allow To watch an audio slidesmall distilleries show of local to write off 80 per- distilleries, visit cent of the tax — theithacan.org. currently $13.50 per gallon — easing one of the legal obstacles faced by distillery owners. Bill Owens, president of the American Distilling Institute, said microdistilleries have popped up all over the country as liquor laws changed over the last decade to allow distillers to produce and sell their product at the same site. ADI projects more than 400 small distilleries will be in the U.S. and Canada by 2015. Owens said the demand for small distillery spirits is growing, and more liquor producers are trying to attract collectors and tourists. Distillers from wineries in Ithaca want to expand their businesses, but must still appeal to a niche market because they charge premium prices for wine and spirits. In the Finger Lakes region, four wineries distill spirits. Six Mile Creek Vineyard, one of the local wineries, added distilled spirits to its business in 2007 and currently distills vodka, gin, grappa, orangecello, limoncella and wine.
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5K to raise money for patients struggling with kidney disease by Katrina FedCzuk contributing writer
Paul King, a distiller for Six Mile Creek Vineyard, examines his crop on the winery's grounds. The distillery grows six different types of white grapes.
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Paul King, distiller and wholesaler for Six Mile Creek, said a surplus crop of grapes resulted in a high profit for the vineyard because it could sell more wine than usual. The vineyard used the extra money to buy a still, a device for distilling spirits. “Anytime you can bring a layer consistent with your business, you should, because it brings appeal to another part of the population,” he said. Though the business is profitable, strict laws — like having to report the monthly operations to the state — and heavy taxes on
distilleries have made producing spirits difficult for King. Bill Martin, owner of the Montezuma Winery and Hidden Marsh Distillery in Seneca Falls, said the distillery had to lobby in Albany to change the liquor law to allow them to produce and sell spirits on site. He said there is still cumbersome paperwork and taxes each month that need to be filed to maintain the license. “In order for us to compete with the big boys that have all the equipment and all the ability to produce more spirits cheaper than us, the taxes have got to be lowered,” he said
Participants from across Ithaca will race to help find a cure for kidney disease at the second annual David LaChance 5k on Saturday. The race was created last year by David’s son and Ithaca If you Go College alumDavid LaChance nus Jonathan 5k for Kidneys LaChance ’11, When: Check-in is at 9 a.m. and who said the the race begins idea began as at 10 a.m. a senior leadSunday ership projWhere: Cass ect. However, Park in Ithaca after pitching How much: $20 the project to the Northeast Kidney Foundation, LaChance said it turned into something more. “Four days later, they replied saying that they would love to back it,” he said. “It was supposed to be a one-time event, but it was a huge success so it’s happening again this year." LaChance’s idea for the project came from his father, who at 55 years old, lives with polycystic kidney disease. The disease affects one in nine Americans according to the Kidney Foundation’s statistics. Though his kidneys have lasted longer than expected, they are still not considered healthy. The biggest hurdle patients often face is the cost of treatment, which can be staggering. It costs $71,000 per year for just one person to be maintained on dialysis, according to the Northeast Kidney Foundation. LaChance said he hopes his
event will ease high medical costs incurred by patients in any way it can. Last year, the event raised $6,500, and this year, he said, he hopes to raise closer to $10,000. “That money stays in the Ithaca area to help dialysis patients,” he said. “The funds are used to help cover transportation vouchers, supply costs, nutritional supplements, and other needs that patients have.” Many of the funds raised by the event come from local sponsors. John Turner, vice president of communications for Cayuga Medical Center, one of the event’s sponsors, said the hospital wanted to be involved in the project from the beginning. “We got involved because one of our nurses, who is also an Ithaca College student, approached me and said, ‘Would you be willing to support this on a sponsorship level to get it off the ground?’ and I said, ‘Absolutely,’” he said. LaChance recruited Kat Brown, an event planner and fundraiser for the kidney foundation, to help spread the word. “We’ve posted fliers throughout public and private areas like Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca College and Cornell University,” Brown said. “We’ve been canvassing the Commons and talking to people about it.” LaChance said no matter what the weather is on Sunday, the event will still go on. “We’re hoping for a good turnout even though the weather might not be perfect,” he said. “We can run in the rain or shine.”
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Author applies Homer to war Jonathan Shay, one of this year’s FirstYear Experience featured speakers, linked classical literature and war during his campus lecture Sept. 21. Shay discussed David Malouf ’s novel “Ransom,” the First-Year Reading Initiative book, and Homer’s epic work, “The Iliad.” Shay worked for 20 years in the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Boston as a staff SHAY said the Iliad tells the truth psychiatrist. He retired in about war. 2008 to devote his time to preventive psychiatry in the military. He was awarded a $500,000 fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, nicknamed the “genius grant.” Shay has been a MacArthur Fellow since 2008. Chief Copy Editor Marissa Smith spoke with Shay about his work and future endeavors. Marissa Smith: Why is it important for students at Ithaca College to continue studying works such as the Iliad? Jonathan Shay: It’s a general fact about fictions — what Aristotle would have called poetry — that fictions are experiments with the moral materials of a place and a time. And if the experiments are honestly done, we always learn something of value from them. Now Homer does not cook the books on the nature of war, especially in “The Iliad.” But the Iliad really tells the truth about war and what matters in the hearts of the people in it. And so as long as we collectively pursue this practice that we call war — and I tell every audience including uniformed audiences — the primary prevention of combat trauma is the elimination of the human practice of war. MS: Did your works “Achilles in Vietnam” and “Odysseus in America” stem from mythology or psychology?
JS: Both books are really strongly about the social and ethical dimension of military forces and of being at war with a human enemy. The thing that makes the enemy so dangerous is that the enemy has all the same virtues that we have. They’re intelligent, they’re observant, they’re innovative, they’re courageous, they’re self-sacrificing, they’re loyal to their friends, they endure all kinds of privations. It’s all of those virtues that are the same ones that we applaud in ourselves. The most disastrous mistake that anybody can make is to regard the enemy as mere inanimate matter, like the rock that has to be blasted and pushed out of the way to get at a vein of copper ore. MS: Were you surprised to be awarded the MacArthur Grant? JS: Oh, of course I was surprised. For a bunch of years I have been with my tongue slightly in my cheek describing myself as an unlicensed philosopher. And it’s possible that they took that more seriously because the only demographic, the only category that they will give fellowships to in old age is philosophers. So I think they must have pulled my tongue out of my cheek long enough to decide that they wanted to do that. It’s terrific. MS: What do you hope audiences walk away with from your speeches? JS: That the thing that matters most in the heart of a soldier is the social and ethical characteristics of his own forces. Yet, the enemy matters, but in the end, the enemy can’t do as much harm to the mind and the spirit as his own forces. When I say my mission is the prevention of psychological and moral injury, that little twist at the end — moral injury, what is that? It’s what happens when there is a betrayal of what’s right and that’s squarely in the culture. A betrayal of what’s right by someone who holds legitimate authority.
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From left, Lauren Schauer and Linda Scharf march Saturday in Ithaca’s Slutwalk. The walks began in April after a Toronto police officer said if women didn’t dress inappropriately, they wouldn’t be victimized. The walk has grown into a worldwide stand against sexual assault. STacey Lawrence/The Ithacan
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Rosh Hashanah Service will begin at 10 a.m. and again at 8 p.m. in Muller Chapel.
friday Shabbat Services will begin at 6 p.m. in Muller Chapel. Shabbat Dinner will be held at 7 p.m. in Terrace Dining Hall. Rosh Hashanah Service will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Muller Chapel. The 29th Annual Apple Harvest Festival will begin at noon on the Commons.
SATURDAY Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 509 Esty St.
SUNday Catholic Mass will begin at 1 and 9 p.m. in Muller Chapel.
Tuesday Science Cabaret will focus on lacto-fermentation this week at 3 p.m. in Delilah’s on Cayuga.
Wednesday Evensong, a Protestant Community worship service, will begin at 9:30 p.m. in Muller Chapel.
College & City Israeli series to feature critically acclaimed film
The film “City of Borders” will be screened at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in Textor 101 as part of the “Israeli Voices” film series. The film tells the story of the only gay bar in Jerusalem where different characters navigate the minefield of poli- SUH tics, religion and discrimination. The film received the Teddy Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and Grand Jury Prize at the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival. It was also named Best Documentary in the Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Filmmaker Yun Suh will introduce her film and speak with the audience following the screening. She is a founding member of APEX Express, a radio station covering events in the Asian Pacific Islander community in Berkeley, Calif., and was nominated for an Emmy for the film “Comfort Women.” The screening is by the Jewish Studies program and Hillel, with support from alumnus Steven Weiss ’91 and the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual an Transgender Education, Outreach and Services.
ITS webinars to promote online security awareness
The Information Technology Seminar Information Security Office is hosting an EDUCAUSE
Live! webinar on “Cyber security as a Shared Responsibility: Stop, Think and Connect.” The webinar is part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an annual effort to promote awareness and prevention of online security problems. The webinars are free, hour-long interactive web seminars on information technology topics in higher education. Each seminar uses online audio and image presentation technology, which allows attendees to interact directly with the host and guests through his or her web browser. Registration is available at net.educause.edu/live1127.
Photo contest to award $50 for bookstore credit
Ithaca College Natural Lands is holding its second annual Fall Photo Contest. The group will accept entries until Oct. 31. The winning photo will be chosen Nov. 1 and will receive a $50 gift card to the college bookstore. Photos must be taken on the South Hill Natural Area, the wooded area behind the towers. They must also aim to exemplify the fall season. Photos must be submitted by email to ICNatLand@gmail.com.
Museum to offer courses showing staff research The Museum of the Earth at
the Paleontological Research Institution is hosting community education and volunteer training courses, which highlight staff and volunteer research work. The courses began Sept. 21 and will continue until Oct. 26. They will
Public Safety Incident Log SEPTEMBER 12 SEXUAL MISCONDUCT LOCATION: Circle Apartment SUMMARY: Caller reported that a sexual assault had occurred by a know person on Sept. 4. Report taken by Assistant Director Laura Durling. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Officer reported an unknown person damaged a bulletin board. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Brad Bates. SAFETY HAZARD LOCATION: Upper Quad SUMMARY: Officer issued a warning notice to four bicycles chained to handrail. Fire Protection Specialist Mark Swanhart. LARCENY LOCATION: Fitness Center SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole a backpack. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Christopher Teribury.
SEPTEMBER 13 TRESPASS LOCATION: Gannett Center SUMMARY: Caller reported a person on the roof of a building. Officers were unable to locate the person. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Landon Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported spilling boiling water on a foot. Person was transported to the health center. Sergeant Terry O’Pray.
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CONDUCT CODE VIOLATION LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Three people judicially referred for drug violations. Patrol Officer Jeremiah McMurray.
September 14 CRIMINAL TAMPERING LOCATION: S-Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported finding a discharged fire extinguisher. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Jay VanVolkinburg. FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL LOCATION: Park School of Communications SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation caused by burnt food. System reset. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. CONDUCT CODE VIOLATION LOCATION: Emerson Hall SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred for violation of drug policy. Master Patrol Officer Robert Hightchew.
SEPTEMBER 15 FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: Garden Apartments SUMMARY: Person reported finding a cell phone and turned it over to Public Safety. CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LOCATION: J-Lot SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred for unlawful possession of marijuana. Patrol Officer Dan Austic. FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: Park School of Communications SUMMARY: A wallet was found and turned over to Public Safety.
be held at 5:30 p.m. each week in the museum classroom. Course topics include “The Great Transition: How the Land Became Green” with Leonore Durkee on Wednesday, “Rule of the Reptiles: Dinosaurs and Their Scaly Sisters of the Mesozoic Era!” with Richard Kissel on Oct. 13, “The Emergence of the Spectacular Life that Dominates our Modern Oceans” with Robert Ross on Oct. 19 and “Human Origins: Discovering Where We Came From” with Johanna Batman on Oct. 26. The course is taught at a high school to college level and is not appropriate for young children. The event is free, and registration is not needed. For more information email Jaime Hazard at hazard@museumoftheearth.org.
Cornell University to hold annual green open house
The annual Green Buildings Open House Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. The event, which is sponsored by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Regional Green Buildings Open House and the Ithaca Green Building Alliance, will showcase 24 homes and businesses that use renewable energy and green building practices. The houses will be open to the public for self-guided tours. The open house has received the Tompkins County Signs of Sustainability Award for promoting sustainable living and the Tompkins County Tourism Grant for bringing in hundreds of visitors from around Tompkins County and other neighboring regions.
Insectapalooza to feature hundreds of live insects
Cornell University will host the eight annual Insectapalooza Insect Fair, “The Good, the Bad and the Bugly,” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at Comstock Hall on the Cornell Campus. The suggested cost of entry is $1 per person. The event features hundreds of live insects, spiders and several other arthropods. The one-day fair is hosted by the Department of Entomology at Cornell. Exhibit topics include how insect resistance to pesticides costs U.S. agriculture more than $1.4 billion per year and how invasive species such as the Asian long-horned beetle are threatening U.S. forests, the role of native bees in pollinating food crops and the citizen-science “Lost Ladybugs” project.
Cornell University tops adoption-friendly charts
Cornell University was made the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s “Top 100 AdoptionFriendly Workplaces” list for the fourth time. Cornell allows up to six weeks of leave time for employees who adopt and up to $5,000 in financial assistance for adoptive-parent employees. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a not-for-profit public organization dedicated to increasing adoptions throughout North America. The foundation was created by Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers founder Dave Thomas, who was adopted as a child and has become an advocate for adoption.
selected entries from SEPT. 12 to SEPT. 18
SEPTEMBER 16 DISORDERLY CONDUCT LOCATION: Flora Brown Drive SUMMARY: Officer reported two people pushing each other. Two people referred for disorderly conduct and irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol Officer Brad Bates. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: Towers Concourse SUMMARY: Caller reported a person fell down the stairs and injured an ankle. Person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Sergeant Ron Hart. OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT LOCATION: All Other SUMMARY: The IPD reported 42 persons were arrested off campus for various violations between the dates of Aug. 20 and Sept. 11. Investigator Tom Dunn. CRIMINAL POSS. OF STOLEN PROPERTY LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: During a health and safety inspection, caller reported a person possibly in possession of stolen signs. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Jay VanVolkinburg.. MEDICAL ASSIST/INJURY RELATED LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported a person was hit in the face with a door and sustained a cut over the eye. Person declined medical assistance with the IFD. Patrol Officer Brad Bates.
September 17 DISORDERLY CONDUCT LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Officer reported a person attempting to break a blue light. One person
judicially referred for disorderly conduct and irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol Officer Brad Bates. CONDUCT CODE VIOLATION LOCATION: College Circle Roadway SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol, noise and having an open container of alcohol. Patrol Officer Brad Bates. CONDUCT CODE VIOLATION LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Two people judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol, noise and having an underage drinking party. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. CRIMINAL POSS. OF STOLEN PROPERTY LOCATION: Lower Quad SUMMARY: Officer reported a person with a stolen chair. One person judicially referred for unauthorized possession of college property. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.
September 18 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: East Tower SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person broke a window. Damage had already been reported. Criminal mischief unfounded. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. EXPOSURE OF PERSON LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported two persons urinating in public, then refusing to give identification. One person fled. One person judicially referred for public urination and failure to comply with college official. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.
FIRE ALARM LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Fire alarm activation carbon monoxide detector alarm. IFD reported findings were negative. System reset. Master Patrol Officer Bruce Holmstock. CONDUCT CODE VIOLATION LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol. SASP. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Bogart Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person damaged a sink. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke. LARCENY LOCATION: Whalen Center SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole a wallet. Investigation pending. Sergeant Terry O’Pray. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF LOCATION: Towers Concourse SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person damaged a window. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Mark Denicola. For the complete safety log, go to www.theithacan.org/news
Key cmc – Cayuga Medical Center DWI – Driving while intoxicated IFD – Ithaca Fire Department IPD – Ithaca Police Department SASP – Student Auxiliary Safety Patrol V&T – Vehicle and Transportation
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city catches jungle fever
The City of Ithaca needs to include the homeless individuals it tried to evict from the Jungle in conversations to accommodate their living preferences.
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s the City of Ithaca spends more time consulting with social services to find a solution to its homelessness “problem,” it neglects to include the human stories central to this debate. The city intended to evict homeless men and women living in the Jungle, Ithaca’s tent city where nearly 50 community members reside, on Sept. 15. But with inadequate funding to carry out its relocation efforts, the city is reaching out to the community for more “creative” alternatives. For any feasible solutions to emerge, the city must take a more unified approach. By classifying these living conditions as a problem, the city divorces the Jungle residents from their situation. It also divides the Ithaca community. By singling out Jungle residents, the city may create a new stigma around homeless living outside the shelter system. If the city wants to address homelessness, it must work with those affected to first understand the issue. Jungle residents value the freedom and security of their tent communities, which Ithaca’s homeless shelters can’t promise to provide. After conducting screenings on those who need its services, the shelter selects qualified homeless individuals and requires them to adhere to the shelter’s rules and policies. The city must take this into account when developing relocation plans. The city must also be willing to hear and understand Jungle residents’ stories to detect the structural problems in the community contributing to these living conditions. Once found, the city can make improvements to change the situation. While no one person can be guaranteed the same quality of life as another, everyone should be given equal access to the lifestyle they prefer — one that encourages personal freedoms. It’s important for the city to recognize that before it can expect to see change within the homeless community.
don’t sweat it
The city’s new “sweatfree” policy should encourage local businesses to educate consumers about fair labor practices.
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fter celebrating student victories for labor reform on both hills, the City of Ithaca decided to further its commitment to human rights by becoming sweatfree. Last month, Ithaca became part of the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium. As of this January, the city will ensure goods totaling more than $1,000 are made “sweatshop-free.” This policy endorsement may help locals better understand where their products and apparel come from. But it’s up to business owners who support these fair labor practices to educate their customers. Unless goods are marked “sweatfree,” average consumers will not know the difference between a handcrafted sweater and one made in a factory. These visual cues will spark dialogue between business owners and consumers, and initiate the learning process. But the global fight for a living wage should not distract the city from its local needs. Currently, some community members cannot afford housing with their low earnings. If the city wants to uphold its value of workers’ rights, it must first model this value within the community by ensuring all workers are paid a living wage.
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Colleges should not pay student athletes to play
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he first time I learned of the debate over paying college athletes, I was utterly shocked. The idea that colleges and universities would pay a salary to student athletes seemed so absurd I was surprised it was even a disputable issue. Little did I know, it has been drifting around sport authorities and colleges for the past decade. People support paying student athletes because these players bring in significant revenue — more than $2.5 million at Ithaca College alone — and many argue they deserve a share. While this reasoning may seem logical, there are too many contradictory factors. If a Division I college gives an athletic scholarship Brittany Lange to its starting quarterback, that player now has a full ride to a school where non-athletes pay tens of thousands of dollars per year in tuition. Should he also receive a salary in addition to his scholarship? I’d say free, or even reduced, tuition from partial scholarships is compensation enough. Not to mention all the fringe benefits of being a student athlete: priority scheduling, excused absences and meal plans — just to name a few. The question of where money for an athlete’s salary would come from remains. If student athletes received a piece of the profit pie, some of the sports revenue that traditionally benefits athletic departments would go to student-athlete paychecks. This would result in pay cuts elsewhere. So how would schools make up the difference? According to an opinion student survey on paid athletes in Sport Digest, 54 percent of respondents support the idea. Fifty-six percent believe “additional funding should come from the athletic department” of each university if the NCAA were to pay athletes. But were this to happen, athletic departments would suffer financially after paying their own athletes. Not to mention, athletic departments would
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P NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks March 13 at a men’s Final Four news conference in Houston. At a previous conference, he publicly denounced colleges paying student athletes to play sports. David j. phillip/ap photo
see increased Title IX lawsuits. The policy supports equality for athletes at the college level. It does not apply to pro athletes because the reality is men and women don’t have equal financial opportunities in sports. If colleges paid student athletes, it would contradict the entire purpose of Title IX. By paying student athletes, it would blur the lines between amateur and professional athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association bylaws require college athletic participants to be amateurs in order to compete at the collegiate level. No professional athlete is eligible to play in the NCAA. By definition, professional athletes are hired to play their sport and are rightly compensated for it. A student athlete’s job, however, is to be a student. During their time at school, students should make academia a top priority. NCAA President Mark Emmert attended a
conference in March with more than 50 university presidents in attendance. “Pay-for-play” was a topic on the agenda. “There [is] an absolute, complete consensus that we would never move to pay for play,” he said. “No one, including me, believes that paying student athletes is even remotely appropriate in the collegiate model.” Emmert is right. Student athletes should remain amateurs and pro athletes should remain pros. They’re already well-compensated through scholarships and other benefits while athletic departments lack the funds to pay for these hypothetical salaries. If Title IX wasn’t enough to rule out pay-for-play, Emmert laid down the law. College athletes will not be paid. brittany Lange is a junior journalism major. Email her at blange1@ithaca.edu
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Vampire appliances drain energy when powered off
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ost American homes have almost two-dozen “vampire” appliances that consume energy daily — even when they are turned off. These appliances, which are not really off, but in standby mode, cost more than $1 billion per year in energy expenses. They continuously use power so their features still work when joseph switched off, laquatra With vampire appliances in many homes, the extra energy costs add up quickly. According to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, standby power needs of appliances vary greatly. One television evaluated by the LBNL used only 0.7 watts of standby power to maintain convenience features, while another consumed 14 watts for the same function. Because standby power consumption can be traced to power transformers within the appliance, energy efficiency levels of the transformers themselves differ. The average cost of electricity in New York state is 13.9 cents per kilowatt hour. At this rate, an energy-consuming TV uses more than $14 per year while in standby mode. An energy-efficient TV on the other hand, uses only 69 cents worth of electricity per year.
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Sophomore Rebecca Guldner surfs the Internet while at her desk in Hilliard Hall. Though turned off, her lamp, printer and iPod dock consume energy.
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A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report showed the amount of electricity vampire appliances consume in a year equals the annual output of 12 power plants. To minimize vampire appliances’ energy consumption, homeowners should plug the appliances into smart power strips that turn them off when they enter standby mode. When purchasing new appliances, consumers should look for those with Energy Star labels, which use 30 percent less energy than standard appliances and 50 percent less energy when operating in standby mode. Using less energy saves money and
lowers carbon dioxide emissions. To limit our carbon footprints, we must stop using incandescent light bulbs and switch to compact fluorescent lamps. CFLs use about one-fifth of the amount of electricity as incandescent bulbs do. Some media reports have exaggerated the health risks of mercury vapor contained in CFLs, which amounts to between three and five milligrams per lamp. Eco-friendly CFLs contain as little as one milligram. If more people used CFLs, coal-fired power plants would emit less elemental mercury into the atmosphere. After elemental mercury in the
air is deposited in different bodies of water, aquatic microorganisms bio-transform it to methylmercury — a more toxic form of mercury consumed when eating fish. When in the human body, methylmercury mimics essential amino acid methionine, which prevents fat build-up in the arteries. This allows it to move through the body and pass through the blood-brain barrier into the placenta. Fetal exposure to methylmercury results in irreversible nervous system damage and neurodevelopmental toxicity. Adults and children can also experience neurodevelopmental problems from methylmercury exposure. For financial and environmental reasons, everyone can take simple steps to reduce their energy use. Homeowners can take bigger steps, such as having home energy assessments. The Green Jobs–Green New York program usually offers these assessments to homeowners at little to no cost. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority also provides financial incentives for those who improve their homes’ level of energy efficiency. So why not take the opportunity? Doing so may not only save you unwanted energy expenses, but will also spare the environment from rapid degradation. joseph laquatra is a professor of design and environmental analysis at Cornell. Email him at jl27@cornell.edu
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resident Barack Obama’s “Buffet Rule,” a proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, comes at an urgent moment in history. The unemployment and poverty rates in the U.S. have reached disturbingly high levels, and we cannot afford to distract ourselves. However, Obama’s continued silence on race in the economy limits our understanding of the recession and its uneven impact. The weak economy has taken a toll on most U.S. households, but the disproportionate number of black and Latino families living in poverty continues to climb — with painful results. Nearly 27 percent of black and Latino populations in the U.S. live in poverty, an increase of 1.6 and 1.3 percent from 2009 to 2010, respectively, according to Color Lines magazine. While white families struggle with their own difficulties in an unforgiving economy, black and Latino families suffocate at the bottom of the U.S. class system. The black unemployment rate is twice the national percentage, and a full 50 percent of children from immigrant families go without nutritious, adequate food. As the most racially diverse cabinet, the Obama administration could be instrumental in facilitating a nationwide discussion on the significance of racism in U.S. economic and social institutions. The president could orchestrate a summit on race and invite organizations and internal groups like the Congressional Black Caucus who actively confront these issues each day. Still, this hasn’t happened. We live in a time when crucial public spaces, such as schools and free health clinics, are put on the chopping block to make room for more “balanced” budgets. This means communities already discriminated against will lose the few resources they fought hard to earn. This perpetuates poverty and inequalities for people historically denied access to key social services. Race should not be trivialized or reduced to the current recession only. Though not all racial groups are impoverished, and we strive not to stereotype, institutionalized racism has not gone away. In fact, it cannot be uncoupled from socioeconomic placement; we must include it. Race is central to the societal shaping of the U.S. political economy. If Obama consistently leaves race out of eloquent speeches like those referencing the untaxed income, he risks forsaking the wellbeing of millions of Americans to satiate the rules of Washington politics. Obama talks about a “jobs crisis,” but we have a “race crisis,” as well.
chris zivalich is a senior journalism major. Email him at czivalich1@ithaca.edu
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Ithaca Motion Picture Project aims to revitalize local film history
An old film studio once used by the Wharton brothers, silent film directors, still stands in Stewart Park. It could become a museum highlighting Ithaca’s film history.
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brothers went to Cornell University to shoot footage of a football game. Given some time to explore the area, the Whartons fell in love with Ithaca’s rolling landscape and decided the city was the perfect location for their new studio and films. In April 1914, during the emergence of the motion picture By Chloe Wilson Contributing Writer industry, the Whartons created Wharton, Before Ithaca earned its reputation as a Inc., and rented space in Renwick Park — college town, it was a city where the early now known as Stewart Park — to be used for a studio. American film industry thrived. Diana Riesman, cofounder of IMPP, Where children now play on a swing set in Stewart Park, 95 years ago a more common said Ithaca citizens could benefit from scene would have been a film crew capturing realizing the importance of the town’s hisdeath-defying stunts. Where a couple now torical involvement in the production of picnics on the lawn near Cayuga Lake, broth- early films. “People here were pioneers in their time ers Leopold and Theodore Wharton might have been directing a romantic marriage pro- for this kind of thing,” she said. “There are so many aspects of Ithaca’s film history for posal for their next silent film. The Ithaca Motion Picture Project, a this museum to potentially highlight.” Over the next six years, the Whartons nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and renovate the original produced full-length features and more Wharton Studios building, aims to in- than 100 episodes for their shorter movies, crease awareness of Ithaca’s film history also called serial films. They made several with the opening of exhibits in eight lo- successful films and episodic serials, most cations throughout Ithaca. The project notably “Beatrice Fairfax,” which was made details the influence one highly active stu- in 1916 and starred famous actors of the time like Harry Fox and Grace Darling. dio had on the early film era. The Whartons were the first film direcIn the early 1900s, the two Wharton tors to establish their own studio as independent producers. But, because of financial problems the brothers were forced to abandon their studio in 1919. Leopold moved to San Antonio, Texas, and Theodore went to Hollywood, where he continued to work on films. The brothers’ abandoned studio still stands in Stewart Park today. Should the exhibit prove successful in getting support for the museum, the founders of the IMPP want to use the old studio for the museum’s Exhibit designer Todd Zwigard works on the time line display of local future location. film history on Tuesday at the Tompkins County Public Library. Constance Michelle BoulÉ/The Ithacan
The display in Gimme! Bruce, coCoffee was the first one to open founder of IMPP, Saturday— a wall display with porsaid she supports the idea of eventually turning the old studio into a traits that are part of the IMPP exhibit and also part of the coffee shop’s new museum. “Ithaca deserves it,” she said. “That build- program featuring community artwork. Petrune, a vintage clothing shop downing is there, and it’s perfect for creating a motion picture museum so we can always town, was selected for the exhibit because have a destination, and we can always go and of its prime location on the Commons. Its display focuses on the career and style of see this history.” Thanks to Wharton, Inc., Ithaca was Irene Castle, a famous ’20s ballroom dancknown as the “Hollywood of the East” er, Broadway actress and fashion icon. during the early 1900s. They also sup- Zwigard said he designed the eight-part ported the community during World War exhibit with local history in mind. “The designs are a response to that loI by buying bonds and working with the Red Cross. To remind residents how the cation and how to convey a certain theme Whartons helped shape Ithaca’s local histo- within the film history of Ithaca,” he said. As the IMPP cuts to the next scene of ry, IMPP plans to use the exhibit to get the Ithaca’s film history by adding this exhibit entire community involved. The name of the exhibit, “Romance, to document the past, the group and its Exploits & Peril: When Movies Were Made supporters hope to educate and enhance in Ithaca,” is taken from the titles of the the community. “Ithaca played a very important part in films the Whartons made in the city, such as “A Romance of the Air.” The eight-part the early development of the film indusexhibit was constructed in the style of try,” Zwigard said. “It’s an important legasample museum exhibits. If created, the cy for Ithaca that should be preserved.” museum would also include an archive of The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the silent films made in Ithaca. “We want this exhibit to excite people,” “Romance, Exploits & Peril” exhibit will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Tompkins Riesman said. To gain attention and support for the County Public Library. museum, the exhibits are spread throughout Ithaca, six of them downtown, one at the Cayuga Medical Center and one in the Exhibit displays film history Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport. in eight local parts The cornerOct. 1 through Nov. 6 stone of the exhibit will be located in the Tompkins Cayuga Medical Center: County Public Comedies and Beatrice Fairfax series Library, which feaCrescent Building: tures an 80-foot Sets and special effects sculptural time line Gimme! Coffee: of silent film history in Ithaca. Photo players wall exhibit Todd Zwigard, Greater Ithaca Activity Center: an award-winning Zoetropes with break dancer architect, said the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport: design inspiration Film aviation during the 1910s for this piece was a strip of film. Petrune: “It’s made out of Life and style of Irene Castle translucent mateThe State Theatre: rial so a little bit of Tom Bohn’s kinetoscope, film theaters light shines through Tompkins County Public Library: it,” Zwigard said. “It’s strong, but it has a History of film time line very light feeling.”
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The Runway Fashion blogger Cady Lang shares her thoughts on the latest trends for men.
It’s getting chilly in Ithaca again, which means spring and summer 2012 runway collections are showcasing the hottest styles for warm weather. W h i l e there’s been a lot of media buzz over ist ial or the pastel and sart Courtesy of the bright shades at the women’s wear collections, the boys have been a bit neglected. So let’s take a look at this snapshot of a spectator at New York Fashion Week from The Sartorialist, a street photographer based in New York City. The most stunning element of this outfit is his tie — it looks like it’s knit, and the ’60s-inspired, Missoni-esque print in crisp red and navy is a classic choice. The traditional blue blazer and khakis are easy to wear and easy on the eyes. Now for runway coverage — the menswear at London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. The top style for spring and summer 2012 came from Burberry — always an excellent choice for the slightly rumpled, infinitely cool look. This is just another appearance from the ever-classy man-satchel. While a handbag may not be the easiest piece for college boys to wear, the rest of the look is Courtesy of New Yo easy to achieve rk Magazin e — slim-fitting denim, a white button down, Marl knit crew neck sweater and two-tone laceup loafers. This could be pulled together from the clothes in your closet. Happy fall dressing, boys. To read more from Lang’s full blog, visit www.theithacan.org/blogs/fashion.
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From left, sophomore Sam Horan reacts to emcee Robbie Brown performing as his alter-ego Athena Merlot at The Pride Party, a superhero-themed event Saturday at Delilah’s Lounge. The restaurant plans to host monthly dances celebrating gay pride.
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weird but true
Popular low-cost noodle meal Inspires new museum in japan
As Cup Noodles celebrates its 40-year anniversary, Nisson Foods Holding, the company that produces the cheap meal, is finding a new way to heat up the old dish. Nisson Foods is opening a Cup Noodles Museum designed to salute the humble, yet explosive beginnings of the brand. The museum will feature informational interactive exhibits such as the “History Cube” and the “Momofuku Theater,” where guests can watch films about the meal’s creator, Momofuku Ando. Make sure to bring an appetite, as one of the attractions is a make-your-own Cup Noodles bar where visitors can customize their own cup of yummy, salty goodness. — Allie Healy
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Tumblr Blog uses leading men to parody old English artist
Hollywood’s most stylish men are leaving designer tuxes and sport coats behind to don decorated military jackets on the “replaceface” Tumblr. As a parody of English portrait artist George Dawe, the creator of the blog selects from the 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon’s invasion of the country and uses digital copies as a canvas for his own work. With the help of Photoshop, celebrities such as Daniel Craig and Tom Cruise are featured looking ready to report for duty. Napoleon ought to be jealous of how good these men look. — Allie Healy
quoteunquote Everyone keeps saying, ‘You’ve never looked better.’ I think divorce agrees with me. — “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria to Ellen DeGeneres last Thursday on life after her divorce from Tony Parker.
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Lawless shoot for Spears
Britney Spears offended officials and citizens alike while filming the music video for her new single, “Criminal,” last week in London. The Bonnie and Clyde-themed video required Spears and many of the other cast members to carry fake guns and perform choreographed fights. But the real duel started when locals became upset after photos from the shoot surfaced featuring Spears toting a fake pistol around the streets of the Hackney District. After being accused of glamorizing gang violence, Spears took the silent route and has not made a comment or apologized — yet. Don’t worry Britney, a little public outcry isn’t the end of the world. —Benjii Maust
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Milk Carton Kids spill details on recent successes to be able to recite all the lyrics to “Forget About Dre” from Dr. Dre’s album “The Chronic 2001” featuring Eminem.
Most popular music hits rely on autotune and danceable beats, but Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids — a minimalist duo — are gaining national recogIf you Go nition for their old-time Milk Carton Kids folk gems. When: 8 p.m. In March, the duo tomorrow released its first album, Where: Delilah’s on Cayuga “Retrospect,” followed in How much: $10 July by “Prologue.” Since at the door then, the band has garnered more than 20,000 downloads for each record. It is now headlining a tour across 40 cities, including a stop in Ithaca tomorrow. Contributing Writer Marissa Framarini spoke to Ryan and Pattengale about their current tour and musical style.
KP: Last week I listened to five Destiny’s Child tracks in a row, and I didn’t turn it off. MF: Why are you giving away both of your albums online for free? JR: There’s a screen answer and a bunch of other self-deprecating answers, but the real answer, I suppose, is that we always envisioned ourselves as a live band. We thought from the beginning that our success and failure was going to be based on our ability to put on a compelling live show and stay on the road pretty much non-stop. What is driving everything is our free downloads. People are sharing our music and linking to the free downloads consistently, so we’re becoming really widespread in an enthusiastic way.
Marissa Framarini: How would you describe your music?
MF: Do you have any crazy tour stories yet?
Joey Ryan: We refrain from trying to describe our music. It’s an often-lamented fact of musicians that it’s hard to describe your own thing.
KP: Well, I just finished an ultimately unsuccessful sting operation to obtain the things that were stolen from our car in Minneapolis. The most identifiable thing that they stole was my laptop, and it appeared on Craigslist the very next day, so the Minneapolis Police were kind enough to indulge in a sort of six-day operation in order to try and get my laptop back. Turns out the serial number didn’t match mine, so the whole thing was kind of a loss.
Kenneth Pattengale: Our dear friend Joe Henry said something really nice about us. He likened our album to a “terse but tender film by Elia Kazan.” MF: What is your writing process like? Do you ever feel like you don’t want to bring personal information to your songs? JR: We save the songs as the one place where personal information can go, whether it’s masked in another form or not. But I guess music is the one place where I don’t feel bad at all being extremely personal. And where I do feel uncomfortable — do feel a little less appropriate to be personal — is in any other sort of format. KP: While it’s very important to find a personal aspect to whatever you write, that’s not to be confused with imaginative storytelling. Both
From left, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of Milk Carton Kids. They play acoustic folk music using only guitars. The duo will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Delilah’s on Cayuga. Courtesy of Nick Bobetsky
Joey and I have various degrees to which we add our own experience or personal emotion to a song. For me, the minute that I am inspired to write something, I allow myself to lean on the rope as far as creating a story that may not be entirely truthful. It’s important, not necessarily to just have a personal experience, but to explore ways to make a personal connection and identification to fiction.
MF: You two are known for your acoustic sound and folk tunes. Do you listen to any music people might find surprising? JR: I have a history of music-listening peppered with surprises. I guess not so much anymore, but I used to listen to things that would definitely surprise people who think of us as being squarely in the folk world. In high school, I used
MF: You released your first album in March and you already have national recognition. Do you ever wish for things to slow down? KP: Well, that thought hasn’t crossed my mind yet. I guess in practice, it would lead to a more healthy social life for Joey and I, but definitely the busier we are, the better. We are in the music business not to try and become famous, but to reach as many people as possible. The faster it’s happening, the better for us, and the quicker we’ll achieve our goals.
Ordering an alternative pick-me-up Local delivery company serves up more to-go choices foundation for this company. “I’ve been a driver. I’ve been an For people without a car crav- office manager. I’ve been a customer ing a massive burger from Five at a hotel. I’ve seen every facet of Guys Burgers and Fries, or for those this business,” she said. “And that’s wishing to open their front doors to what makes us so strong.” Ithaca To Go handles up to 140 a burrito from Moe’s, the up-andcoming delivery service Ithaca To orders a week on average, most of which end up deGo may be just livered to Ithaca what the delivery College, folguy ordered. lowed closely by Ithaca To Go Cornell University. is a new local Though it has only restaurant delivbeen using Ithaca ery service with — Owner Vanessa Issacs To Go for a few a fleet of 12 cars weeks, the Rose driven mostly Tap Room and by Ithaca locals who pick up and deliver food from Grill has been able to sell 15 to 20 or15 restaurants that don’t have ders a week through the restaurant their own delivery service. Five delivery service. Mary Rector, manager of the Guys, Aladin’s, Culture Shock and Kilpatrick’s Publick House are just Rose, said Isaacs won her over to the a few restaurants Ithaca To Go de- idea quickly. “She sold it based on her expelivers on behalf of. Vanessa Isaacs and Amy rience, having done it in another Zarbock started Ithaca to Go four college town-type environment,” months ago after moving here in she said. “She seemed to have a the spring. Both founders have had handle on what it would take to do extensive experience in restaurant one of these companies.” Zarbock and Isaacs researched delivery service long before they set up shop in Ithaca. Zarbock the Ithaca area for an entire year spent five years working for to ensure that it would be an ideal Valet Gourmet in Ashville, N.C., location for a restaurant delivand Isaacs previously worked for ery service. Since most restaurant delivery services center on a college 863-TOGO in Burlington, Vt. Zarbock said many of her past or university, a large student body job experiences helped lay the made Ithaca an ideal location. They
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“I love to be local. That’s my biggest thing that I feel sets us apart.”
also discovered Ithaca had more restaurants per capita than most other cities in the U.S., including New York City. “I love to be local,” Isaacs said. “That’s my biggest thing that I feel sets us apart. I want all the restaurant owners to have my cell phone. I want them to have my email address. I want them to feel like they can contact me at any time.” The owners of Ithaca To Go also strive to develop a strong connection with the community, whether it’s with the restaurants or the customers. Rachel Hockett of Cayuga Heights has been ordering with Ithaca to Go once a week and said she is happy to have them working in the area. “They’re very friendly,” she said. “If you need to chat with them, they get right online with you and answer questions. They are a nice, very customer-friendly service. And the food comes hot.” As for the future of Ithaca To Go, Zarbock and Isaacs are excited for their company’s first Ithaca winter. With fewer people going out to eat because of cold wind and icy roads, the winter could stand as Ithaca to Go’s defining season. And the company is preparing for it by getting snow tires for all of its cars and hiring new local drivers, such as Ithaca resident Lewis Oliver,
Ithaca To Go driver Lewis Oliver delivers an order Sept. 12 at Ithaca College. The company delivers food from restaurants that don’t offer the service. Dan States/The Ithacan
who is familiar with driving in the harsh snow. “I am very well-prepared, and Ithaca has definitely got some intense weather for them, but they can weather through it,” he said. The founders of Ithaca To Go are not looking to expand beyond the area right now, but are striving to cultivate a stronger relationship with Ithaca by maintaining a consistently satisfactory performance
record and adding more restaurants to their service. “It is really going to catch on in Ithaca, and it’s really going to stimulate business around here,” Oliver said. “It’s going to open a lot of opportunities for businesses that couldn’t deliver before.” To view a full list of restaurants Ithaca To Go serves, visit their website at www.ithacatogo.com.
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Author blossoms with complex novel
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In burgeoning writer Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s “The Language of Flowers,” the Victorian idea of flowers having their own messages is used as a way to tell a story of betrayal, motherhood, love and ultimately redemption. When the novel opens, readers meet Victoria, a fierce 18-year-old woman Vanessa who simply wants to be left Diffenbaugh alone with her flowers af“The Language ter finally gaining freedom of Flowers” from a life of foster care in Ballantine Books San Francisco. As the novel progresses and alternates between past and present, Victoria’s unsettling history and her supposed inability to love and be loved become apparent. The novel explores themes such as growth, hope, learning and deep secrets from the past. Diffenbaugh uses common themes to tell an engaging and realistic story that questions the meaning of human relationships. Throughout the novel, characters gift specific flowers to communicate with one another. Victoria uses her knowledge of these flowers as a way to remain socially separated and emotionally aloof, because very few characters in the novel beside herself understand their meanings. This makes the glossary of flower definitions, compiled by the author, a helpful and interesting tool. Diffenbaugh focuses on the relationships between mother and child, whether maternal — as in the case when Victoria has a child of her own — or adoptive, referring to Victoria’s hopes of being adopted during her childhood. A part of “The Language of Flowers” that falls short is that Diffenbaugh nearly neglects to reflect on the relationship between fathers and their children, with the exception of one character — Victoria’s love interest, Grant. The lack of paternal relationships may not be noticeable unless the reader is looking for gender balance in commentary about parent and child relationships, and the book continues to be strong with primarily maternal aspects. Another shortfall of the novel is the use of filler characters to move the story forward.
Walter Strauss, a performer who lived in Ithaca before moving to California, will reunite with local guitarist Rich DePaolo to perform selections from his collection of worldly songs. The show will begin at 8 p.m. at The Carriage House. Admission is $10.
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Gordon Lightfoot, a singersongwriter, will perform songs from his collection of folk, country and pop hits. The show will begin at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre. Tickets are $29.50 to $56.50.
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Author Vanessa Diffenbaugh and the book cover for her first novel, “The Language of Flowers.” The book is a New York Times Best Seller and incited a nine-publisher bidding war in 2010. courtesy of ballantine books
Because Diffenbaugh’s character composition and narrative form are so advanced in certain main characters such as Victoria, Grant and Elizabeth, the woman who teaches Victoria the language of flowers, it’s disappointing that certain small roles, including much of Victoria’s flower store clientele, are only there to move the plot along and aren’t fully developed like other characters. This lack of character development becomes clear when one of Victoria’s clients speaks with her simply to remind her of an event from her past and move the plot along. Diffenbaugh shifts between past and present exceptionally well. The author shows her worth as a writer by skillfully and tactfully weaving a past that haunts the main character with its repercussions in the present, a literary technique that is often overdone and misused by amateur authors. This skill allows Diffenbaugh to place crucial moments in
the plot where they are most effective, rather than playing the narrative out chronologically. In her touching first novel, Diffenbaugh does more than teach the language of flowers; she delves into the languages of life, love, repentance and acceptance. It’s important to note that the ending of the novel is not necessarily happy. Though it’s not sad, it’s realistic. As is true with the rest of the novel, Victoria must work toward her happiness and work on herself rather than face an unlikely quick fix. It would have been quixotic for her to write an entire novel about Victoria’s hard life and have it end with everything literally coming up roses. To read a Q&A with Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of “The Language of Flowers,” visit www.theithacan.org/15212.
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More than five years after the release of their Grammy-winning opus, “Stadium Arcadium,” the funk sensation Red Hot Chili Peppers trade in their amateur antics for a deliciously developed tone. “I’m With You,” Red Hot the band’s newest Chili Peppers release, is a dras“I’m With You” tic departure from Warner Bros. Our rating: its early, genreHHH1/2 bending days that included funk, metal, punk and hip-hop. The album shows they have moved past the days of heavy drug use and on-stage nudity to create a more mature sound. The old funk pioneers are no
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strangers to ballads, as every album they have released since 1985 features slow tracks, but “I’m With You” puts a new slant on these soft songs. In “Brendan’s Death Song,” the album’s biggest hit thus far, an acoustic guitar sets the smooth tone, while tribal drumming and maracas drive the verses as singer Anthony Keidis softly croons about his inevitable ascent to the afterlife. The new ballads are more genuine and wholesome than those of the past and offer a refreshing look at the Chili Peppers. Although the funkiest tracks of the “I’m With You” don’t quite stand up to the band’s high-energy history, the Chili Peppers prove they are still capable of whipping up some groovy songs. “Look Around,” the album’s
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sixth track, is an infectious tune anchored by drummer Chad Smith’s pounding beats while Keidis raps about falling in love with a stripper. The catchy chorus, hand claps and scat break prove this more low-key release is still worthy of the band’s famous reputation. The soulful meditations backed by funky bass lines and cathartic drumming in “I’m With You” make the Chili Peppers’s newest entrée one spicy dish.
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Andréa Burns, a singer and actress who has starred on Broadway, will perform pop and Broadway hits about her JewishLatina heritage. The show will begin at 8 p.m. at the Hangar Theatre. Tickets are $30.
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DINOSAURS!, a puppet show about Fossil the dinosaur detective, is a family-friendly puppet performance about prehistoric creatures. The show will begin at 3 p.m. at the State Theatre. Admission is $10.
In their newly released third album, “Junk Of The Heart,” The Kooks deliver a fresh plate of indie rock tracks full of vintage flavor with a hint of romantic desire. Taking notes from their UK influences, such as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, The Kooks continue to use vibrant guitar riffs and catchy The Kooks lyrics to go “Junk of along with their The Heart” love-infused Astralwerks rock sound. The Records Kooks’ rendiOur rating: tion of the ’60s HHH1/2 British pop movement adds a classic touch to their modern style. The album begins with “Junk Of The Heart (Happy),” a romantic track with a bright, swoon-worthy
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chorus sung by the band’s lead vocalist Luke Pritchard. The upbeat track “Eskimo Kiss” is reminiscent of summer with its radiant melodies and light-hearted beat. It’s not hard to see the band’s pop influences shine through as each track spreads the love. With a sound to satisfy ears and tender hearts alike, rock lovers should bask in The Kooks’ sunny release.
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In its first studio album since 2003, Blondie is back with a collection of tracks that deviate from its usual ’70s-style pop and adds some electronic and international influences.
Grouplove’s raucous vivacity falls just short of overwhelming and leans more towards savage partying. Scan This qr Code with a smartphone to learn more aboUT Music blogger Jared Dionne’s pick for the song of the week
The Jeff Love Band, a local funk and soul group, will perform during Apple Fest on the Commons. The show will begin at 3:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Band echoes ’60s invasion
Chili Peppers refresh sound in upbeat modern release by Taylor Palmer
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“Gravity the Seducer” is a light pop release that lacks consistency and proves the multi-genre band should get its feet on the ground before attempting a new sound. courtesy oF Nettwerk Records
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Action flick swerves past usual themes [ Film uses visual elements and emotional acting to fuel quiet plot bY michael reyes
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In “Drive,” director Nicolas Refn defies the mainstream formula for action movies by trading witty oneliners and 30-minute explosion sequences for a meaningful character struggle “Drive” and a love story that FilmDistrict Our rating: doesn’t rely on a HHH one-dimensional hot babe in a fast car. The film’s unnamed protagonist (Ryan Gosling) — referred to only as “him,” “the driver” or “kid” — is a Hollywood stunt man and car mechanic by day and a getaway driver by night. When he falls in love with his neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), the wife of a former gang member who is indebted to the mob, he and his auto shop employer, Shannon (Bryan Cranston), find themselves involved in organized crime as they try to repay the debt and protect Irene from the mob. While the plot seems like it’s pulled from a corny ’80s flick, Refn uses gracefully radiant cinematography to tell the story of a man trying to protect the people he loves without an abundance of expositional dialogue. The shots are edited to show the tension between the characters by focusing on body language and the actors’ expressions. The film’s ability to convey meaning visually instead of relying on dialogue creates a more complete cinematic experience. The film’s pacing is tight enough to allow the audience to relish the masterfully crafted shots without dragging on with unnecessary and
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In “Drive,” an unnamed car mechanic (Ryan Gosling) and his friend and employer Shannon (Bryan Cranston) must pay off the mob after Gosling’s character gets involved with Irene (Carey Mulligan), the wife of a former gang member.
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convoluted imagery. Refn establishes a relationship between Irene and the driver with no more than two lines of dialogue in a scene that lasts two minutes. They express interest in dating by looking at each other for a long while, then the decision is made with the simple question, “Do you want to go on a drive sometime?” Instead of the seemingly static and somewhat awkward scene one would expect from this choice, the exchange is more engaging without weighty dialogue and allows the audience to see the relationship rather than hear it. This is a welcome effect, as Hollywood relies on cute and witty banter too often to
create romantic relationships. Gosling does the mysterious driver justice with a profound performance. He’s able to convey his emotions effectively by tapping into subtle physical acting with the minimal dialogue provided in the script. The silent driver is contrasted by Cranston who portrays a meek, but chatty old man with bad luck. Refn uses Shannon to fill the dialogue void, making sure the film doesn’t fall too silent and become disengaging. Cranston’s noise contrasts the driver’s silent and mysterious demeanor, and balances film away from being solely a single-character study. The film’s soundtrack has a
fun, upbeat ’80s style, but isn’t overbearingly lighthearted, which complements sequences of the characters driving through the streets of Los Angeles. Pop tracks like “A Real Hero” by College may make the audience feel it’s driving through a neon-lit metropolis. The combination of visual storytelling and unusual character development creates an immensely satisfying experience that’s more meaningful than the typical movietheater drive-by. “Drive” was directed by Nicolas Refn and written by Hossein Amini and James Sallis.
Comedy tackles modern struggle
Re-released classic lacks Disney magic
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Sarah Jessica Parker trades in her scandalous life as a New York City singleton in the HBO series “Sex and the City” to play a mother of two in the endearing comedy “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” The film follows the frantic days of middle-aged, middleclass working mother Kate “I Don’t Know Reddy (Parker). Every night she How She lies awake in bed, too anxious Does It” to sleep, making endless mental The Weinstein to-do lists and attempting to orCompany ganize her hectic life. With the Our rating: last item on her list being to stop HH1/2 making to-do lists, she must decide which aspect of her life is her top priority: her children or her career as an investment manager. Despite a somewhat monotonous storyline, the film grants a valuable all-access pass into the life of the modern-day woman. Parker convincingly plays a woman with too much on her plate. She battles with the stress and guilt of a mother caught between planning birthday parties and pitching plans to top financial executives. Her character’s struggle shows the importance of finding a balance between work and home. Allison (Christina Hendricks), Kate’s feisty, red-haired best friend and fellow working mom, highlights the double-standard women often face in the workforce. In one scene, Allison points out that men who leave the office to be with their children are hailed as heroes, but women who make the same choice face eye rolls and constant condemnation. Hendricks brings new levels of comedy and a light-hearted thematic quality to the film. While she makes serious claims, her sassy, confident tone makes her character provocative and relatable.
The most appealing aspect of the movie is its script. Co-screenwriter Aline McKenna, known for her work on Hollywood films “The Devil Wears Prada” and “27 Dresses,” brings her usual wit to this project. Kate’s assistant, Momo (Olivia Munn), is scripted to perfection as the quirky and super-motivated comedic aid to the film. Her sharp remarks and inability to express warm emotions are a perpetual source of laughter and show not all working women have home at heart. Despite well-developed characters, the film’s message is nothing new to the Hollywood scene. The audience may already know how she does it, but Parker will still draws some lighthearted laughter.
When Disney released the animated film “The Lion King” in 1994, it created a childhood classic. But almost two decades later, the company’s attempt to remarket the story is little more than a childish sales pitch. “The Lion “The Lion King 3-D” King 3-D” keeps the same storyline Buena Vista about a lion cub’s journey Pictures to find himself that was Our rating: released more than a deHH cade ago, with an added 3-D element. With no other additions, the remake feels like a ploy to pad the company’s budget, but offers a rare opportunity for a new generation to see one of Disney’s most popular films. While the 3-D does not completely detract from the movie with its sometimes dizzying effects, there are only a handful of times when the new technology actually improves the film. When the characters sit through torrential downpours, the 3-D shows a depth between the rain and the background that 2-D cannot. When Simba is sitting in a gorge in the foreground and hundreds of wildebeests are stampeding from behind, the 3-D makes it feel like they are running toward the audience and briefly instills a sense of fear and suspense. Disney’s attempt at revitalizing a fantastically animated film with new technology is less than sparkling and makes the modern edition more of a Disney trick than Disney magic.
“I Don’t Know How She Does It” was directed by Douglas McGrath and written by Aline McKenna and Allison Pearson.
“The Lion King” was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and written by Irene Mecchi, Linda Woolverton and Jonathan Roberts.
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Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) balances work and home in “I Don’t Know How She Does It.”
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The women’s crew practices Monday on Cayuga Lake. The men’s and women’s crews were forced to practice on the lake rather than Cayuga Inlet because of a water plant infestation.
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Anthea Barnett said the regattas were the only going to run,” Becky said. This is the first time this perennial water time during the fall season that the freshmen The fall season for men’s and women’s plant has inhabited waters in New York state. could get to row in the competitive atmocrew may be in danger before it even begins. The plant, known as hydrilla verticillata, can sphere of a regatta. Becky said the makeshift site resembled a Both crews knew this year would be grow in almost all aquatic environments, tough because of the demolition of Haskill forming dense mats of harmful bacteria pre-race atmosphere on the road. “I feel like we’re in a regatta because Boathouse, which had been their home when it reaches the surface. Dan said the presence of the hydrilla plant that’s what people there do,” she said. “They since Ithaca College’s crews were created. just store the boats But now the Bombers are being relocated to will have a negaoutside in exactly the tive impact on his Stewart Park to practice same fashion as we crew’s preparation. on Cayuga Lake instead have them, and I go “It’s like they of the Cayuga Inlet be- For a story on down there and feel discovered poison cause of a recent water the infestation the same excitement ivy on the football plant infestation. of the hydrilla as if it were race day.” field, and the team The relocation has plant, go to —Women’s crew head coach becky robinson Becky also said has to practice in forced the Bombers to theithacan. she was impressed a hallway to get share the water with org/15033 with her crew’s abilready for the game other boat clubs and ity to adjust to the unusual circumstances. on the weekend,” he said. limited their activities in practice. “They’ve had really good attitudes about Cornell University advised the BombBecky and Dan Robinson, head coaches of women’s and men’s crew, respectively, ers’ crews to stop rowing in the inlet Sept. it and treated it more as an adventure than have had their teams run more often since 19 after scientists at Cornell discovered as a hardship,” she said. Senior Bianca Lupi, who is competing hydrilla buds growing in the water. Rowing they can’t row in the inlet. Becky said she replaced some practice in the river could cause the buds from the in her second season on women’s crew, said time on the water with more dry land exer- plant to stick to the underside of the boat as the environment on the lake was choppier well as the oars, which in turn could spread than rowing on the inlet. cises and workouts. “It’s a shakier experience, and we’re not “I’ve told them to bring sneakers every day the plant throughout the inlet. The crews have been out of the inlet really protected from the wind, so condibecause the day we’re told we can’t row, we’re since Sept. 21, when tions are always a little rougher,” she said. The crews also had to make adjustments the Robinsons saw a warning issued by the to a temporary storage facility, as Haskell City of Ithaca advising Boathouse was demolished Sept. 19 to make all boaters to refrain room for construction of a new boathouse, from entering. The which will be completed in time for the fall city has until Oct. 8 2012 season. Barnett said she has fond memories of to make a decision on whether to use an her- being incorporated bicide to kill the plant. into the team at the If the herbicide is old boathouse. “It’s where you learn sprayed as scheduled, the crews would have to row, and where you to cancel or postpone become a member of their fall intercollegiate the crew family,” she regattas, which include said. “That’s where you the Head of the Fish have your boathouse in Saratoga, N.Y., and cookouts every weekHead of the Charles in end over the summer, The men’s and women’s crews’ current boathouse is located at Boston, Mass. and you throw people the end of Cascadilla Street and borders freight train tracks. Women’s crew Grad- in the water every year rachel orlow/the ithacan uate Assistant Coach on their birthday.”
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“They’ve had really good attitudes about it and treated it more as an adventure than as a hardship.”
The temporary boathouse has a fenced area less than 10 yards away from active freight railroad tracks. Boats and oars sit on racks neatly stacked on top of each other. In the sole tent, there are wooden benches, supplies, and tools covering a long, narrow table. There are two port-apotties, and valuables such as cellphones and student ID cards are sometimes left out in the open. The docks and ramps have been moved more than 100 yards from the former site of the Haskell Boathouse to the current setup. Dan said his crew was uneasy with the setup at first. He said the day after men’s crew started practicing at the new site, it found some of its valuables had been pulled out of the area. The men’s crew coaching staff has locked away valuable tools in a nearby shed and the crew ensures that the gates enclosing the area are locked after every afternoon practice. But the crews will establish a permanent home soon enough. Barnett said the new Ward Romer Boathouse, which has been a year and a half in the making, includes new upgrades that the Haskell Boathouse did not have. It will be two stories high and have enough room for three full racks of boats side by side. Becky said the stress stemming from lack of a permanent boathouse will be worth the time her team will spend in the new facility. “A year without being in a boathouse is worth the fifty years of being in one,” she said.
An architectural rendering of the Ward Romer Boathouse, which will be home to men’s and women’s crew in fall 2012. courtesy of joann lapadula
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Early bye week fuels football team By andrew kristy staff writer
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Money drives college sports Academic ideals, geographic proximity and historic rivalries once decided the schools that made up a conference in the NCAA. Now one thing determines conference alignment in NCAA athletics — money. Traditional conferences at the Division I level have been sliced, spliced and gutted into pieces. A mess of schools now find themselves scrambling to find a conference that will provide them with the most lucrative opportunity. Last year, the University of Nebraska, an original member of the Big-12 Conference, jumped to the Big Ten Conference. The closest school in the conference to Nebraska is the University of Iowa, which sits 304 miles away. Texas Christian University, which will begin playing in the Big East Conference next season, will find itself 868 miles from its closest competition, the University of Louisville. The Pac-12 Conference, formerly the Pac-10, expanded this season to include the universities of Utah and Colorado, extending farther east than ever before. A move that has fans in our region puzzled is Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh, two original members of the Big East Conference, jumping to the Atlantic Coast Conference. The two schools will join former Big East schools Boston College, the University of Miami and Virginia Tech. With conferences now locking up big television contracts with networks like ESPN, CBS and Fox Sports, and many conferences starting up their own networks, schools are doing their best to grab a piece of the expanding pie. The Sports Business Journal reported Monday that Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh joining the ACC will allow the conference to rework its television deal with ESPN, which was considered well below market value. Conference officials signed the deal before the start of the academic year. The idea of these super conferences is nothing new. A booklet titled “Developing the Super Conference,” released in 1990 by college sports television syndicator Raycom Sports, touted the idea of four 16-team super conferences centered on football. It’s clear that the idea has been percolating in the heads of athletic directors and school presidents for quite some time. So why have we been left in the dark for so long? With schools and conferences now raking in millions of dollars in television revenue each season off of basketball and football, collegiate sport has become as money-driven as professional sports, only with amateur athletes. Harlan Green-taub is a senior televison-radio major. Contact him at hgreent1@ithaca.edu.
Instead of preparing for another afternoon road game last week, the football team was at home getting some much-needed rest. The Bombers, without a game slated on the schedule, experienced their only bye of the season this past week. The bye week’s timing is noteworthy, as this The Bombers have outscored was the earliest it came their opponents up on the Blue and Gold’s 174–81 in schedule since the off games following weeks were implemented a bye week. in their schedule for the 2006 season. Linebacker and senior captain Ryan Clarke said the time off the field will not affect the positive rhythm the Bombers had built coming off a decisive 37-18 win against Union College on Sept. 17. “Going into Hartwick, I guarantee you we’re going to carry that momentum over and we’re going to stick it to them,” Clarke said. “I don’t think it’s going to affect our momentum at all.” The Bombers have won four out of the last five games coming off the bye week. They have outscored their opponents 174–81 in those five games. Sophomore fullback Robbie Williamson said the timing of the week was beneficial for resting purposes. “After having the first few games, it’s nice to have it right where it was, just because a couple of guys are getting beat up,” he said. Clarke is one of the key players nursing an injury. The linebacker used the week to undergo knee surgery to clean up torn cartilage. His timetable for return is unknown. Clarke said the week is valuable for the team because it is essentially an extended week of preparation for its upcoming opponent. The Bombers have been running back and forth over progressively longer distances at the end of each practice. Fundamentals, mechanics and individual skills have been stressed more in drills. Sophomore running back Sal Sulla said practices are similar during the off week, but with an added dose of liveliness. “The tempo of practice is a little bit faster, but we look forward to preparing like if we would have a game,” Sulla said.
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From left, senior offensive guard Gregory Peck tries to hold back sophomore defensive end Dan Sheldon and sophomore cornerback Mike Vulcano during practice Tuesday in Glazer Arena.
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The team will need the period away from game activity as it gears up for the heart of its Empire 8 Conference schedule. After this Saturday’s contest with Hartwick College, the Bombers will face five more Empire 8 games in a row and cap off their season with a game against the SUNY-Cortland Red Dragons. For the upcoming road game, the Bombers will face a spread offensive attack from the Hartwick Hawks. The game is crucial for the team’s playoff
chances, as they already suffered one conference loss at Salisbury University. Sulla said the team has an optimistic attitude coming out of the off week, and its preparation remains unchanged. “I don’t think the bye week will slow us down,” he said. “We’re still going to bring it with us for the next game. We’re still going to keep chugging, we’re still going to keep working, so it doesn’t really change anything about mentality.”
Bombers’ defense confident despite recent hiccup By nate king
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The men’s soccer team is young, but its four defenders are veterans who have shown their prowess so far this season. Senior back Matt Anthony and junior back Ryan Norland anchor the defense in the middle. Flanking them on the outside are junior backs Dan and Jack Shirley. The group of four has played a combined 13 seasons of collegiate soccer. Norland said familiarity with his fellow defenders is part of their success as a unit. Being as experienced as they are, the veteran defenders also aid their younger teammates in their adjustment from high school to Division III soccer, especially freshman goalie Jordan Gentile. Gentile said the defenders’ experience and level of communication helped him transition to the team as a freshman goalkeeper. “The back four upperclassmen provide leadership,” he said. “They give me support and help me out with decision making and not being hesitant on the ball.” Anthony said, in the team’s first three games, when they were outscored by their opponents 10–2, they did not talk enough on the field. “Better communication from us in the back to the midfield strengthened
From left, junior back Dan Shirley takes the ball from freshman midfielder Jamal Samaroo during Sunday’s game against St. Lawrence University.
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the defense,” he said. “Earlier in the season, we struggled defending the whole field.” The team’s defense stifled the SUNY-Cortland Red Dragons and St. John Fisher College Cardinals,
who have both averaged more than two goals per game this season. But the South Hill squad’s struggles on defense returned Sunday in a 4-0 shutout loss to St. Lawrence University, which is currently
ranked first in the NCAA Division III rankings. Head Coach Andy Byrne said the defense simply could not keep up with the Saints in the way it had with its other opponents. “There were moments where we didn’t get enough pressure on the ball, and that’s where they killed us,” he said. “It’s kind of the same general things: first touch, speed of play, that kind of stuff.” Norland said the team’s performance did not reflect the scoreboard in Sunday’s game. “We didn’t play terribly, we just made a few minor mistakes that added up,” he said. “We didn’t play quick enough at times.” Norland said part of his job as a defender is to take responsibility for orchestrating the game and guiding his teammates when they are out of sync. “As a defense, we’re supposed to direct what’s in front of us because we can see the field better than they can at times,” he said. Anthony said while the team may rely on its veteran players, everyone has to play well for it to have success. “Upperclassmen always want to set a good example,” he said. “But everybody has to play well, whether you’re a senior, junior, sophomore or freshman, to win.”
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With the indoor and outdoor courts at the college’s new Athletics and Events Center, the women’s tennis team now has three different courts to play and practice on. The Bombers have been using the outdoor tennis courts during both the fall and spring seasons. But when inclement weather forced them indoors, they had to hold practices and matches at the Reis Tennis Center at Cornell University during odd hours. Senior captain Kelsey Harness said having to share the facilities led to inconsistent practice and match times that conflicted with classes. “Before, we never knew exactly what time we’d be practicing if it was raining because we would have to go to Cornell late at night whenever we were able to get the courts,” she said. This season, the team has outdoor courts equipped with lights as well as indoor courts in the center of the track in Glazer Arena to play on. Now that the team does not have to use the facilities at Cornell, it can hold practices every day from 4 to 6 p.m. The Wheeler Tennis Courts at the Athletics and Events Center have a plexipave surface that is more resistant to weathering than the older college tennis courts near the S Parking Lot. Junior Lauren Salladay said the new outdoor courts also offer more flexibility for the team since it can use them to get extra practice in during the day or go inside if it’s raining. Three of the Bombers’ home matches this season have been
moved indoors because of rain. The new indoor courts have a harder surface that causes the ball to bounce higher and are enclosed with plastic curtains that hang close to the out lines. The floor is also marked up with lines that draw up infields for baseball and softball as well as goal creases for soccer and lacrosse. Moving inside has not seemed to bother the team, as it shut out Empire 8 Conference foes Elmira College and Hartwick College in their first two home meets on the makeshift courts in Glazer Arena. The two wins extended the Bombers’ streak of conference wins to 53. They also defeated the SUNY-Cortland Red Dragons 5-4 indoors last Thursday. Harness said the team has practiced on both the outdoor surface and the harder indoor surface to prepare for all types of conditions that come up during play. Salladay said she has to adjust her swing while playing in the indoor and outside facilities. “The outdoor courts are a smooth flat surface and inside is a slow rough surface, so each court requires a slight change in your game to adapt,” she said. Harness said the indoor courts required the team to develop stronger grips on the racquets and put more topspin on the ball. “The inside is really great for spin because the floor is really grippy,” she said. Junior Allison Young said the indoor courts take away elements that affect visibility on the court. “When playing outdoors, environmental factors are present such as sun, wind, clouds and varying
Senior captain Kelsey Harness gets ready to serve the ball during a match against Utica College yesterday in Glazer Arena. The Bombers have had all their home meets on indoor courts this season because of inclement weather.
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temperatures, which test you mentally,” she said. The team also deals with rainy weather conditions in its spring season, which Harness said requires less
individual work and more fine tuning as a team or doubles pair. Harness said playing on the three different surfaces will help the team train year-round.
“We need to make sure that we take advantage of the new facility in the winter as much as possible, and I believe that we will see results,” she said.
Look online for game stories from these sports: TOMORROW • Noon / 12:15 p.m. Women’s and Men’s Cross-Country at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa. • 7 p.m. Volleyball at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. SATURDAY • 11 a.m. Women’s Golf at Martin-Wallace Invitational in Cortland, N.Y. • 11 a.m. / 1:30 p.m. Volleyball at Frostburg State University and Marywood University in Lancaster, Pa. • Noon Men’s and Women’s Cross-Country at Cazenovia Invitational in Cazenovia, N.Y. • 1 p.m. Field Hockey vs. Stevens Institute of Technology at Higgins Stadium • 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. • 2 p.m. Football at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. • 7 p.m. Men’s Soccer at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. SUNDAY • 11 a.m. Women’s Golf at Martin-Wallace Invitational in Cortland, N.Y. TUESDAY • 2 p.m. Women’s Tennis at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. • 4 p.m. Field Hockey at SUNY-Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. • 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Misericordia University on Carp Wood Field WEDNESDAY • 7 p.m. Volleyball vs. SUNY-Cortland in Ben Light Gymnasium Bold = Home game
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bombers to watch Becca Salant Junior Women’s Soccer Salant was named Empire 8 Player of the Week for the third time this season after making a combined 13 saves in the Bombers’ two matches last week. Salant currently leads the conference in saves, saves per game and save percentage.
Kate Thoene Senior Volleyball
Just out of reach
From left, junior Derek Brenon attempts to break free from junior defender Peter Slothower during a flag football game Sunday night at Higgins Stadium. Intramural flag football is being played on full-size fields for the first time this season.
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Thoene helped the Blue and Gold split four matches over the weekend at Elmira College. Thoene tied a career high with 19 kills in the Bombers’ match against Nazareth College and is currently second in the conference with 1.28 blocks per game.
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The total number of seasons the starting defenders on the men’s soccer team have played. See story on page 20.
The number of matches the women’s tennis team has had to move indoors to Glazer Arena this season. See story on page 21.
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Weird news from the wide world of sports
If you think football fans in the United States are rowdy and rambunctious, they have nothing on the fans of European soccer, who are commonly referred to as “hooligans.” One team in Istanbul, Turkey, simply had enough of the misbehaving fans. As punishment for their vile and sometimes violent behavior, soccer officials in the country planned to hold a match in an empty stadium. Instead, the officials decided to only let in women and children under the age of 12. More than 41,000 people packed a local stadium to watch the game without one incident of reported violence. Now officials want to try it again by giving away a set number of free tickets to women and children as they continue to try to limit fan violence at matches. –Harlan Green-Taub
off the field Bombers tell us their favorites Favorite tv show?
Favorite ice cream flavor? Best sports rivalry?
Andrew Rogowski Senior Football
Katie Kennedy
Sophomore Field Hockey
Law and Order
Grey’s Anatomy
Neopolitan
Ice Cream Cake
UNC/Duke Basketball
Syracuse/UCONN Field Hockey
Jon Zajdel
Junior Swimming
How I Met Your Mother
Cookies and Cream
Bills/Patriots
they saidit A couple of days ago in the bullpen, I said, ‘If we clinch, I want to get in that pool.’ Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher David Hernandez after the team clinched the National League West Division Championship. The D’backs’ home park, Chase Field, features a pool in the right-center field stands.
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Learn more about the Rhiner Festival in an audio slideshow at theithacan.org.
From left, Peter Shuman, Elizabeth Feavearyear, Ananda Brutvan and Holly Adams act out a scene as if they were filming for the 1917 movie “Patria” on Saturday at the Rhiner Festival. rachel woolf/The Ithacan
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Waterfront Residents of Ithaca’s waterfront district come together to remember a distinct part of the town’s history Saturday at the third annual Rhiner Festival.
Lucaya Clarey, 10, spins a prize wheel at the old-fashioned Moonshine Toss game Saturday. The festival was a reenactment of early 1900s life in Ithaca.
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Above: Tom Olson plays guitar during a performance at the third annual Rhiner Festival. The event celebrates residents of the Rhine, squatters in Ithaca’s waterfront district in the early to mid-1900s. Audrey Burke/The Ithacan
Left: Alyssa Paulo, 11, attempts to hit the mark while playing on a high striker carnival game. The festival featured old-fashioned carnival games, food and performances by local bands.
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