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New curriculum calls for student web portfolios

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may or may not happen.”

Employment for reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts is expected to decline by 6 percent between 2010 and 2020, according to the national Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, employment for other occupations in the field of media and communications, such as editors and photographers, is predicted to grow.

Because of student loans, some graduates, like Sam Lupowitz ’11, who graduated from the college last December, find temporary employment to help them pay the bills. Lupowitz hopes to someday have a career as a musician and is currently a bank teller at First Niagara bank in Ithaca, a job he said is temporary. He said his accumulated student debt is one of the reasons he could not take up music immediately after graduation.

“I am going to be paying those off for about 10 years,” he said.

“That’s another reason I couldn’t just say, ‘I am going to go be a musician and drop everything.’”

Ithaca College is taking the final steps toward institution-wide implementation of electronic learning portfolios as part of the new Integrative Core Curriculum.

E-portfolios are online portfolios that showcase student work, including writing samples, projects and experience, for potential employ- GAYESKI said ers. The new e- there will be a portfolio platform class focused will be used as a on e-portfolios. way to assess integrative learning that will happen with the new ICC, and it will be a graduation requirement for all students.

E-portfolios will be required for all incoming students beginning in the fall of 2013, Danette Johnson, director and professor for educational affairs, said.

“The core curriculum is going to start in the fall [of 2013], and the expectation is the electronic learning portfolio is a component where all students are going to be able to integrate and document all elements of their learning,” Johnson said.

The e-portfolios will use Taskstream programming. Taskstream is a company that provides online tools for assessment, accreditation and e-portfolios for educational institutions.

An e-portfolio pilot program was scheduled for this semester, as stipulated by the ICC Implementation Timeline, but it was delayed until the spring.

“In an ideal world everything would move more quickly, and it would get started a little sooner,” Johnson said.

The pilot program will include about 100 students in academic writing courses, students in the Leadership Scholars program and Resident Assistants. Additional students may be added as well, Johnson said. Also in the spring, faculty groups will work on creating a rubric for portfolio assessment, and they will work with existing Web Profile Manager portfolio software users at the college to identify data transfer processes.

Freshmen will be introduced to the portfolios and ICC through the Ithaca Seminars, interdisciplinary liberal arts courses required for all freshman.

E-portfolios will replace some of the current assessment methods of student learning that happen in each school, Johnson said.

For example, humanities and sciences faculty currently assess general education programs based on the college’s mission statement on a course-by-course basis, using different definitions of what constitutes student achievement of the

See december, page 4

See E-Portfolio, page 4

City of Ithaca signs resolution to limit carbon emissions by karly placek Staff writer

In the wake of major storms like Sandy, the importance of combating climate change is returning to the spotlight. Many cities, including Ithaca, are taking steps to prevent further environmental damage.

Some scientists are attributing greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide as the cause for the increase in the number of severe storms. To help reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, the City of Ithaca has signed a resolution for the Clean Air Act, becoming the 41st city in the U.S. to do so.

Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1963 to promote the reduction of carbon dioxide and improve the air quality in urban areas. In 2009, cities began to propose resolutions urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin implementing and enforcing strategies for carbon dioxide reduction, as outlined in the Clean Air Act. The City of Ithaca signed the Clean

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Air Act resolution Nov. 7, when it was first brought to their attention by James Underberg, former president of the Roosevelt Institute at Cornell University.

The resolution is for the EPA to enforce the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon emissions nationally and to cap the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at 350 parts per million.

The current atmospheric carbon dioxide level is at 391.01 parts per million, said Pieter Tans, senior scientist at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory.

“This resolution itself is a resolution of support, so it does not have a direct effect on city policy,” Underberg said. “We do share Mayor [Svante] Myrick's hope that it will motivate the Common Council to take bold action to reduce the city's own environmental footprint."

Joseph Murtagh, a representative of the Second Ward of the City of Ithaca’s Common Council, said it was important for Ithaca to sign the resolution.

“Passing that resolution is really in line with

See climate, page 4

December graduates face uncertain job possibilities by noreyana fernando staff writer

As December approaches, nearly 300 Ithaca College students are gearing up for graduation and a job market where mixed fortunes await them.

Official data from the national Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that between 2010 and 2020, the country will see more than 20 million additional jobs. One-third of the projected fastest-growing occupations are related to health care, and more than one-fourth of the projected fastest-growing occupations are related to construction.

The fields with the largest projected job losses are the Postal Service and federal non-defense government.

Though the economy isn’t thriving, employment prospects are dependent on the individual.

Kristin LiBritz, assistant director of alumni and employer relations at Career Services, said job success after graduation depends largely on one’s preparation while in college.

“Whether you graduate in December or May, a lot of your success is going to come down to

The Office of Career Services helps students find job and internship opportunities by aiding them with writing resumes and cover letters.

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what you’ve done to prepare for your job search,” she said.

LiBritz said networking, internships, jobs and involvement on or off campus determine success when searching for jobs.

Senior Rhiannon Youngbauer, a television-radio major who is graduating in December, said she is ready to stop being a student

goodbye gypsy Well-known student band plans to unplug after this semester, page 13

and use what she has learned over the years. However, she also said the news industry is a difficult one when it comes to finding a job.

“I have sent out 85 applications to news stations all over the country,” Youngbauer said.

“And I have not had a lot of luck.

I have gotten a lot of rejections. I do have a pending interview that

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Nation&World Egyptian judges protest president

Egypt’s highest appeal courts suspended their work Wednesday to protest presidential decrees that gave the country’s Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi nearly absolute powers, state TV reported, deepening the turmoil roiling the country since the decrees were announced last week.

Judges with the high and lower courts of appeal decided that they will not return to work until Morsi rescinds his decrees, according to state TV. Many of the country’s courts already had stopped functioning due to individual strikes.

Mohammed Mumtaz Metwali chairs the Supreme Judiciary Council and leads the high court of appeal, which oversees the nation’s court system. Members of the council met Morsi on Monday to discuss his decrees.

A statement by the judges of the high appeals court, known as the Court of Cassation, described Morsi’s decrees as an “unprecedented” assault on the judiciary and its principles that “defies belief.” It said the decision to stop work at all its circuits was also unprecedented but justified by the “magnitude” of the crisis.

Yemeni gunmen kill Saudi officer

Gunmen in Yemen opened fire on the car of a Saudi Arabian army officer working with his embassy’s military section Wednesday, killing him and his Yemeni bodyguard, officials from both countries said.

Yemeni officials said the Saudi officer, who had diplomatic status, was traveling to the embassy when he was shot by gunmen wearing army uniforms in another car. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, because they were not authorized to brief reporters.

Saudi Arabia maintains close ties with Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab world and home to an al-Qaida branch considered to be the terror network’s most dangerous. The militant group is active on the Yemeni side of the two countries’ border, and has drawn Saudi nationals into its ranks there.

Saudi Arabia’s official news agency confirmed the attack and said an investigation had been launched. The Saudi officer was part of the security detail for the military attaché to

Yemen, it said, adding that the gunmen who attacked him were wearing uniforms of the “central security forces”.

West Bank appeals for recognition

A Palestinian spokeswoman said a bid to seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine in Israeli-occupied lands is a last-ditch attempt to rescue the troubled Mideast peace efforts.

Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official with the Palestinian Liberation Organization, urged the U.S. on Wednesday to drop its opposition to the bid, calling Washington’s stance “pathetic” and harmful to American interests in the Arab world.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to recognize Palestine in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967.

Overwhelming approval is likely, while the U.S., Israel and a few others are opposed.

Ashrawi said the Palestinians withstood intense U.S. pressure to drop the bid.

Senate backs energy amendment

The Senate on Wednesday gave the green light to the Pentagon’s green energy investment.

By a vote of 62-37 Wednesday, the Senate backed an amendment that would delete a provision in the defense bill prohibiting the military from spending money on alternative fuels if the cost exceeded traditional fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas and oil. The Pentagon opposed the provision that a sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee added in May. The Navy and Air Force have pushed to use more biofuels to operate its aircraft and ships, with military leaders suggesting a greater reliance on alternative sources in the next decade to ease dependence on foreign oil.

The strong bipartisan vote reflected the growing business of alternative fuels in states such as Iowa and Kansas as well as the Dakotas, as 11 Republicans joined 49 Democrats in backing the measure. Two Democrats from coal-producing states voted against the amendment.

The Senate finally began work Wednesday on the far-reaching, $631 billion defense policy bill for next year — six months after the Armed Services Committee acted on the legislation

Bangkok style

Thai fans perform PSY’s “Gangnam Style” dance before the South Korean rapper speaks at a press conference and then performs in Bangkok on Wednesday. It was his first show in Asia outside of South Korea. He has been shortlisted for Time Magazine’s 2012 Person of the Year.

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and the House passed its version. The bill authorizes money for weapons, ships, aircraft and a 1.7 percent pay raise for military personnel.

Car bombs kill at least 34 Syrians

In an attack against a minority sect, twin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials.

The state news agency, SANA, said two cars packed with explosives detonated early in the morning in the eastern Jaramana suburb, a district that is mostly loyal to President Bashar Assad. The area is populated mostly by Christians and Druse, a minority sect.

A series of car and suicide bombings have struck regime targets in Damascus and elsewhere since last December, raising fears of a rising Islamic militant element among the forces seeking to topple Assad.

Wednesday’s bombs went off in a parking lot located between two commercial buildings.

They were detonated within five minutes of one another as groups of laborers and employees were arriving to work.

The blasts shattered windows in nearby buildings, littering the street with glass and debris. Human remains were scattered on the pavement amid pools of blood.

Obama uses Twitter for discourse

President Barack Obama is introducing a new hashtag to the fiscal cliff debate.

The White House plans to promote #My2K on Twitter and other social media — a reference to the estimated $2,200 tax increase that a typical middle-class family of four would see if the Bush tax cuts expire.

Obama urged the public Wednesday to press Congress to protect tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less. It’s part of a campaign to pressure Republicans in Congress to support raising taxes on the wealthy.

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Active Minds launches new magazine

by Lucy Walker Staff Writer

Beginning next semester, Active Minds, a student organization at Ithaca College dedicated to raising awareness about mental health, will publish The Mirror magazine to reduce mental health stigma.

This new student-run publication will feature writing and artwork related to mental health by students and community members for students.

The aim of the magazine is to extend the supportive community of Active Minds and Speak Your Mind panels, which bring experts on mental health to speak in classes, residence halls and student organizations, and create dialogue.

Active Minds will distribute the magazines around campus and after SYM panels.

According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, one-fifth of college students experience a mental illness.

Senior Emily Nowels, writing editor of the magazine, approached the board of Active Minds two years ago with the idea of creating a literary arts magazine to support the SYM panels, but because she was studying abroad, the project was not developed until now. She said the idea came from her own experience suffering mild depression and anxiety as a freshman. Writing helped her cope with her depression, she said.

“The magazine will help [people] feel comfortable and sort of break down that stigma and embarrassment that often comes with mental illness and allow people to feel more open to getting help,” Nowels said.

Senior Danielle West, president of Active Minds, said students often respond well to the panels, asking the speakers questions and starting conversations, but many have no way to stay involved afterward.

“Once they leave the panel, they don’t really have any outlet to learn more about it or look more into resources,” West said. “There’s a creative side to that. [Nowels] thought that creating a literary arts magazine focusing on mental health would be a vehicle to put out the information beyond the panels.”

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From left, seniors Greg Burns, Emily Nowels and Anika Steppe read and discuss entries for The Mirror magazine, a new campus health publication, at their meeting in Williams on Tuesday evening.

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The magazine is expected to publish one edition this year. The editors plan to send the final copy to press by winter break and distribute it next semester, printing more copies as needed. If there is more demand, the magazine may be produced on a semester basis rather than yearly.

The Mirror will feature the creative work of at least 25 people, including college students, a student at New Roots Charter School and one alumna. West said the group producing the magazine is made up of about half returning Active Minds members and half new participants.

Art editor Anika Steppe said the magazine will be accepting submissions of writing and art until Sunday.

“We have one informative article about the resources on and off campus, and then the rest

is poetry, fiction, nonfiction, personal narratives, and then we have paintings, drawings [and] photographs,” Steppe said.

West said the magazine will be both informative and artistic.

“It’s about creating extensions. It’s all personal stories, poems, but it will also have ads in it for the Tompkins County Crisis Hotline and things like that,” West said.

Financial support for the effort comes from a grant from the national umbrella organization of Active Minds and Kickstarter, a grassroots fundraising website. Because The Mirror is not a separate student organization, Active Minds also plans on applying on behalf of the magazine for funds from the Student Government Association.

Food banks face strain due to higher demand

by Patrick Feeney and nicole ogrysko

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Jason Wilson comes to Ithaca’s Loaves and Fishes almost every day for a hot meal. For the past few years, these meals have become a part of Wilson’s life. Without them, he said, he’d go hungry. “[Loaves and Fishes] is part of my survival,” Wilson said. “I have 70 cents in my pocket right now, and I won’t get more until the end of the week.”

As the holiday season approaches, local food charities are facing more shortages, rising costs and increasing demand for services this year than in previous years.

However, these organizations have also seen more donations and contributions on the local level.

The Food Bank of the Southern Tier, which reaches Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins and Tioga counties, covers about 72,000 people as of 2011 who live at or below the poverty line, Eleanor Cicerchi, vice president of developing and marketing for the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, said. The national food bank network, Feeding America, estimates that the Southern Tier bank needs at least 16.8 million pounds of food annually to feed those in need.

Cicerchi said the Food Bank provided 7.5 million pounds of food last year to more than 165 member agencies, serving an average of nearly 11,000 people per week. Almost 3

96B danger spurs petition for sidewalk

million pounds of the 7.5 million are distributed to people through a mobile food pantry. This year, the Food Bank expects to distribute about 8 million pounds, and Cicerchi said they are close to meeting the goal.

“There is a gap between what we are doing now and where we hope to be, and we are in huge expansion mode right now,” Cicerchi said.

In recent years, more patrons have been utilizing Ithaca Salvation Army services, Pastor Carl Carvill, administrator at the Salvation Army, said.

“In the last two years, we’ve been trending towards more folks who never required our services coming to us for first time,” Carvill said.

“Tompkins County is one of the more affluent counties in the state, and we tend to have economic issues hit us after other counties in the western Southern Tier are hit hard.”

Along with its regular programs and their iconic red kettles, the Salvation Army has also served free Thanksgiving dinners for 30 years. This year, Carvill said, the mission served around 150 patrons in Ithaca, with more than 100 volunteers. Last year, the mission served about 90 people.

Last year, Loaves and Fishes served about a total of 32,645 guests, which is nearly 4,000 more guests than in 2010, according to their annual report.

Economic downturn has also had its effect on operations. Carvill said

An Ithaca College senior is petitioning the City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca and the State Department of Transportation to create a sidewalk along New York State Route 96B, an area near the college prone to accidents.

Senior Charlotte Roberts created the petition online on Change. org. As of Wednesday, the petition had 595 signatures. She said her short-term goal is a barrier along the road, and the long-term goal is a paved sidewalk.

“It’s probably the most dangerous stretch of road I’ve ever walked on,” Roberts said. “The short-term goal could be achieved in a matter of months.”

New York State Route 96B was the scene of two hit-and-runs more than 3 years ago that resulted in non-fatal injuries. In 2011, the college created a sidewalk on Coddington Road to urge students to use that road to get to campus instead of 96B. Roberts said she wanted to do more to prevent accidents and was surprised by the response from college students and faculty and residents of the town supporting the cause.

“I looked at the petition, and there were 200 signatures I didn’t know about,” Roberts said. “I started advertising and got another 100 or 200 signatures overnight.”

Anthony Hopson, assistant vice president of community and government relations and civic engagement at the college, said the NYSDOT, which has jurisdiction over 96B, posted signs along the road to keep it safe. “[Paving a sidewalk] would need to be a larger-scale project,” he said.

“This community has been very fortunate that there haven’t been any fatalities on this road.”

Math professor passes away

by Elma Gonzalez News Editor

Felix Ramat, a volunteer at the Salvation Army, hands Brian Brigs, an Ithaca resident, a meal Sunday afternoon at the organization’s soup kitchen.

rising transportation costs, including more than 20 percent hikes in local fuel prices, have added to the cost of delivering food and the food itself.

“Transportation is something that affects us all, up and down the food chain,” Carvill said. “With petroleum prices all over the map, it’s not the ear of corn that costs us so much as getting that ear of corn to the market.

Every commodity is affected.”

However, an increase in donations and volunteers has helped compensate for the financial struggles faced by charities.

The Food Bank raised $4.75 million toward a capital campaign to expand their services. In February 2011, they moved into a facility four times larger than their previous one.

Cicerchi said this move has led to a 20

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percent increase in volunteerism.

At Loaves and Fishes, donations have kept the organization from facing a food shortage. Isaiah Parker, kitchen manager at Loaves and Fishes, said because the food bank receives donations from the Farmer’s Market and the community, they haven’t had to tap into their canned food supply.

“We will see it soon, but we’ve been able to keep up because of all of the donations from the community and fresh food.”

Carvill said the Tompkins County charities have always seen a great amount of support from local entities.

“Tompkins County and Ithaca have a very strong, positive history of supporting not-for-profits,” Carvill said. “Folks step up and are adequate to the challenge.”

Nick Vandam, a retired mathematics professor at Ithaca College, passed away Nov. 19.

Vandam, 64, battled a longterm disease. He taught at the college for 33 years and was a Vietnam veteran.

A service with full military honors, which several members of the college community attended, was held Saturday at Quick Cemetery, Brooktondale, near Ithaca.

James Conklin, associate professor and chair of mathematics at the college, said Vandam was passionate about teaching, the outdoors and community service.

“We will all miss Nick as a friend and as a valuable teacher in the department,” he said.

Vandam retired last semester.

He was a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Finger Lakes Cycling Club, Cayuga Nordic Ski Club and was very active in maintaining the Finger Lakes Hiking Trail.

Vandam also often volunteered at the Caroline Food Pantry.

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Graduates save money leaving early December from page 1

Seventy percent of Ithaca College undergraduates— 4,496 students — fund their college expenses with the help of federal loans, totalling more than $30 million, acLIBRITZ said job cording to success is based 2010 data on the individual's from the job preparation.

National Center for Education Statistics.

Employment for music directors, composers, musicians and singers is expected to increase by 10 percent in the next 10 years.

The music performance education is a four-and-a-half year program, which causes all students enrolled in it to graduate in December.

The number of teaching positions available for high school, kindergarten and elementary teachers is expected to see an increase of 7 percent. Meanwhile, health-related fields like physical therapy and occupational therapy will see an employment increase of 39 percent and 33 percent respectively, while accountants will see an employment increase of 16 percent, according to the 2010-20 Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the spring of 2012.

Last December, 148 students graduated from the college, which is down from the 2010 December graduation figure of 166 students. Twelve students graduated last October, while five students graduated in October 2010. Graduate programs such as the doctoral program of physical therapy and an undergraduate program in recreation and leisure studies department require that students graduate in October, when the programs end.

Meanwhile, Youngbauer said, while graduating in December may mean less competition for her, she worries that hiring calendars may pose a problem.

“I have had a couple of friends tell me that with budgeting, the next couple of months are a little harder to hire people for a lot of stations and a lot of industries in general,” she said.

However, LiBritz said this depends on the field of employment.

She said certain industries, such as finance industries and accounting firms, tend to recruit early in the fall semester. She said advertising marketing and public relations industries tend to recruit in April and May. Organizations such as City Year, Teach for America, Americorps and the Peace Corps recruit throughout the course of the year, LiBritz said.

Meanwhile, Senior Alyssa Walker, a television-radio major, has yet to hear back about her applications. She said it is discouraging that being a recent college graduate does not appeal to employers in her industry.

However, she says there is hope.

“I have internships,” she said. “I have other work experience, and I am hoping they will see that and see that that makes a difference."

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IC strives to be carbon emission free CLIMATE

“We need to figure out a less energy-wasting way our other environmental efforts. We want to make to transport everysure that we’re sending the message that Ithaca is a body.” Turkon said.

The plan calls place that cares about the environment and wants the federal government to take the appropriate steps for the campus to and regulations to make sure we all have the cleanest use more sustainable and efficient air possible.” Murtagh said.

Charles Greene, professor of earth and atmo- forms of energy spheric sciences at Cornell University, collaborated and transportation with fellow professor of earth and atmospheric sci- to cut down on ences at Cornell, Bruce Monger, to publish a study carbon emissions.

According to on Arctic climate change in June 2012. The study found carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas the U.S. Global emissions to be the cause behind the melting of ice Change Research Program’s 2008 recaps that result in changes of ocean temperatures.

“We should be doing everything we can to re- port on national duce emissions,” Greene said. “We also must go climate change, the beyond that — we must actually remove the car- number of storms and their intensity bon dioxide from the atmosphere.”

In 2007, Ithaca College made steps to reduce car- has increased in the Laura Harrington, professor of entomology at Cornell University, discusses the bon dioxide emissions and create an environmen- last two decades. impact of climate change on disease at the Sustainability Cafe on Monday. tally conscious campus by signing the American The Center for CliMatt Kelly/The ithacan College and University Presidents Climate Commit- mate and Energy Junior Allison Currier, president of the Ithaca ment, which inspired the Climate Action Plan that Solutions notes that there is a connection between was officially approved in 2009 and implemented in warmer sea temperatures and storm frequency. College Environmental Society, said climate From 1850-1990, on average there were 10 tropi- change is a pressing issue that the current genthe 2010-11 fiscal year.

Marian Brown, the campus and community cal storms per year in the North Atlantic. From eration must face.

“We need to be educated and understand the sustainability special assistant in the office of civic 1998 to 2007, the average increased to 15 per year.

Following recent years of storms across the urgency of climate change,” Currier said. engagement, said the college has recognized its reOn a local level, individual students can make sponsibility to reduce the impact of climate change. U.S., such as Hurricanes Ike and Katrina, more scientists are accepting global cli- personal choices to reduce their carbon footprint, “We committed to developing a mate change as the culprit for the Brown said. climate action plan to become car“Each individual should think about their own increase in severe weather. bon neutral at some point so we’re Greene said melting ice caps impact, how they could be less wasteful of reno longer contributing carbon in the Arctic are also possible sources and be more energy conserving. Each one emissions,” Brown said. contributors to the recent se- of those individual steps done by 8,000 people can The Climate Action Plan's goal vere weather. Greene said the have a profound impact,” Brown said. is for the campus to be 100 percent Meanwhile students at the college like Currier Nor’easter, which is a powerful carbon emissions free by 2050. storm that combines Arctic and are concerned that there isn’t enough campus-wide According to the Climate northeasterly winds, that fol- environmental dialogue.

Action Plan progress report ALLISON CURRIER “I don’t think that in our curriculum there lowed Hurricane Sandy is related for the 2010-11 academic year, is enough discussion about environmental issome progress has been made in reducing 107 to climate change in the Arctic. “[Nor’easters] have always been a very natu- sues across campus,” Currier said. “Clubs and metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent gasral thing, but now we’ve monkeyed around with organizations such as ICES, where students can es utilizing practices such as composting.

However, Paula Turkon, professor of envi- climate up in the Arctic so that we’re stacking come talk about environmental issues and how ronmental studies and sciences, said the college the deck in favor of more of these invasions of we solve them, is extremely important. It’s our should do more to follow the Climate Action Plan cold air masses,” Greene said. “We’re going to see future, and we’re the generation that’s going to be making change.” more Nor’easters.” in other areas, such as transportation. from page 1

“We need to be educated and understand the urgency of climate change.”

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E-portfolios to reinforce curriculum objectives e-portfolio from page 1

general education learning outcomes, Johnson said.

“By moving to an institution-wide system, where faculty will develop common definitions of what constitutes student achievement of the learning outcomes, we as a faculty can get a clearer sense of the learning that's taking place,” Johnson said.

“Taskstream provides a means to have a common definition of achievement while also allowing students to demonstrate that achievement in a variety of ways.”

However, Taskstream will supplement, the assessment of academic major programs. Johnson said that in many cases the potential for automated collection of information and rubrics may streamline student performance evaluation processes and allow for more data to be stored.

Some schools, such as the Roy H. Park School of Communications, will use e-portfolios as a supplement to their student learning assessment. Diane Gayeski, dean of the Park School, said communications students will be required to take a class senior year dedicated solely to e-portfolio development. Currently, the school of communications offers a freshman class, S’Park, which requires e-portfolios. However, students are not required to continue building the portfolio after leaving the class.

“We do require that students take a class in social studies and a class in humanities; it’s kind of our own distribution requirement with the idea that we want them to have a broader education and experience things that are not just professional education,” Gayeski said. “But we’ve never had a way to assess what’s happened there, whether students actually put it together in any meaningful way. It just is ‘you need to take four courses.’”

Though the ICC will institute e-portfolios as an institution-wide graduation requirement, some programs and departments already require them as part of the curriculum. Currently, all education, recreation and leisure studies, aging studies and physical therapy programs require e-portfolios.

Karen Edwards, associate professor of health promotion and physical education, was the chair of the Academic Assessment Committee during the 2009-10 school year and co-chair of the Academic Assessment Committee during 2010-11.

She was also part of a committee that reviewed possible programs, cost information and technical recommendations.

Teacher education programs on campus have required e-portfolios for about four years to report to their accrediting organization, which was recently changed to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education from the

Danette Johnson, director for the Interactive Core Curriculum, said the e-portfolios will be a graduation requirement for incoming freshmen.

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Regents Accreditation of Teacher Education, Edwards said, and all students in the health promotion and physical education department — including non-teaching majors — are required to have a portfolio.

“What we found is the students who are not teacher education students really enjoy having a portfolio, because when they go out for jobs they can bring their iPad and pull up their portfolio and show their work,” Edwards said.

Taskstream also allows students to create different versions of their

e-portfolio if the student needs it for several purposes, Johnson said.

Junior Monica Weimer, health education and physical education student, said an institution-wide eportfolio requirement is a great idea because it encourages students to put more effort in the work they do for their major. She said she will be sending her own portfolio to prospective employers once she graduates.

“It is extra work, but if it’s something that is going to help me get a job, then I am more than happy to do it,” Weimer said.

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Students share experiences over Intersectionali-Tea

BY CADY LANG Staff writer

In a cozy Garden apartment, over cups of steaming tea and plates of cookies, students discuss issues of social inequality in relation to their own experiences.

Tackling tough topics like white privilege and affirmative action, students from different ethnic backgrounds, academic majors and graduation years share their stories in an outlet designed for continuing dialogue about theories and ideologies outside of the classroom.

This meeting, one of an ongoing series titled Intersectionali-Tea Time, is part of a new student group founded by seniors Brandy Heath and Kristiana Reyes this semester.

Heath said the classes in the politics department and the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity have equipped her with the language and tools needed to address her own marginalization.

Because of time constraints in the classroom, however, Heath said this often stifles possible discussions with her classmates.

“These classes are, at most, 75 minutes long and occur twice a week,” Heath said. “After sitting through the lecture, students only have about 15 minutes of that 75 to discuss their questions, comments and concerns. The ball starts to roll on opening up the difficult dialogue only for us to end it and run off to another class.”

Reyes and Heath drew inspiration for the group's name from intersectionality, the feminist race theory drafted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at Columbia

University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Intersectionality connects the complex relationships between various forms of marginalization, whether through race, gender, class or sexual identity, to show that discrimination and oppression of identity are interrelated.

Crenshaw, a leader in critical race theory, visited Ithaca College Oct. 26 as a speaker for the CSCRE’s annual discussion series. Her speech, titled “Intersectionality in the Age of Post-Racialism,” addressed the need for community, one of the key tenets of the Intersectionali-Tea Time.

“None of us can do what we do on our own,” Crenshaw said at the speech. “We need community for sustenance, for support, and that community is the key that helps us to continue to create, to continue to fight, even when odds are against us.”

This idea of community is reinforced with Intersectionali-Tea Time's setting. Weekly meetings — times and dates are posted in the group’s Facebook group and on campus fliers — are open to everyone. Facilitators host on a rotating basis and the community provides the topics.

Though the setting is casual, the feeling is intimate, with students opening their minds and their hearts to one another, sharing their stories facing social inequality issues and working them together.

Junior Tessa Crisman, who hosted the recent Intersectionali-Tea Time meeting at her house, said the group is more than teatime with friends.

“Intersectionali-Tea is a statement

Junior Cedrick-Michael Simmons, Intersectionali-Tea Time participant, said the group is an excellent outlet for students to engage in difficult dialogue. Intersectionali-Tea Time aims to offer a platform for discussion outside the classroom.

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that change doesn’t look like what you think it does,” Crisman said. “It looks like us drinking tea and supporting one another and working in whatever way we can to make this campus a safe place for everyone regardless of the identities they occupy.”

Junior Cedrick-Michael Simmons, who participated in the first meeting of Intersectionali-Tea Time, said the student group is an excellent environment in which students can challenge themselves out of complacency or silence about their experiences.

“We, as students at IC, are way too comfortable amongst our circles, and not enough outreach and uncomfortable dialogue is being had,” Simmons said. “There is not only strength in numbers, but there is strength in consciousness and critical perspectives that know what it takes to make systems of oppression and those in power react, respond and respect.”

Reyes said she hopes the group will inspire students to talk about their experiences and to engage in

dialogue about social justice, both in and out of the classroom.

“This project is meant for those students who come out of the class both burdened and enlightened with knowledge and want to talk or do something about it,” Reyes said. “Everyone is absolutely welcome. Ideas are absolutely welcome. The future of Intersectionali-Tea Time lies on its participants. We want this to be a continuous tradition in this community, and we urge other students to host and facilitate talks themselves.”

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Alumna tackles dropout rates With a degree in communication management and design from Ithaca College, Zena Patel ’11 never thought she would work with children. However, working for City Year, a nonprofit organization focused on keeping kids in school, she is a team leader featured in the #makebetterhappen campaign which seeks to inspire others to work with City Year.

The #makebetterhappen PATEL said the campaign was launched campaign moves Nov. 14 and is rooted in people to share social media outlets like their stories.

Twitter, where teachers and advisers can post stories about how they are trying to keep students in school. According to Child Trends Data Bank, 7 percent of students fail to finish high school or complete their GED nationwide.

Assistant News Editor TinaMarie Craven spoke with Patel about her involvement with the #makebetterhappen campaign and her plans for the future.

TinaMarie Craven: What can you tell me about the #makebetterhappen campaign?

Zena Patel: I was asked with seven other individuals who served last year to kind of go and be part of a photo shoot and give our names to this campaign. It’s a really cool experience, where I got to go and be a part of the photo shoot and be a part of it all. So when they explained the whole concept of #makebetterhappen, it was really cool to me, because our faces are out there on flyers and things, but it’s really not about us as much as it is about people sharing their stories.

TC: What’s the goal of the campaign?

ZP: The overall goal is just to get the message out there about what we do. I think that a lot of times when people hear the name they see it as we’re going to change the world. It’s not 100 percent clear what we do, but we work in

schools, we work with students to keep them on track and from dropping out in the high school dropout crisis, but you can’t really tell that just from our name. The #makebetterhappen campaign shows that because you can go on, and its not artificial, everyone’s sharing how they feel and what they do every single day. It kind of shares the small success they have with their students while they’re working with them or even the partnerships that work in the schools, the students, everyone. [When you go on the website] you have a better feeling for what we do, and it’s more inspiring, and it pushes you to want to do it and be a part of it.

TC: What exactly do you do in the campaign?

ZP: My position is called team leader. I manage 10 people and everything that they do. I do a lot of quality control, checking in to see how they’re doing — I even communicate between our team and the different groups and parties. I’m actually studying to take the LSAT. It was something I was always interested in, I just never knew if I wanted to go. Working here solidifies the fact that I wanted to go on. As much as I love what I do, I realized I can’t be a teacher because I don’t have that ability in me to do it for a large amount of time. I know I’m interested in education, so ... being part of a policy and advocacy in organization is what I’m interested in, so I decided I wanted to start to study for the LSAT and go and get my degree so I can work my way back into the field.

TC: What advice would you give to current students at the college?

ZP: When you’re in college, you don’t always realize how important different experiences are, and you feel like different classes aren’t applicable, but I would definitely say that everything I did at Ithaca definitely did come back into my life over the past two years. So I would say keep an open mind, because you never know when the stuff you’re learning now will come back in a different way and really help you out.

Stocking up on cheer

Jane Edwards of Ithaca browses the shelves for holiday items at the Cornell Plantation Gift Shop in the Brian Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell University on Monday evening. The gift shop sells goods made in the Finger Lakes region and certified fair trade products.

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College & City Clubs hold informal talk on definition of feminism

The Committee for Inclusive Education and Created Equal will hold a campus-wide event centered on “Inclusive Feminism,” a theory that encompasses race, sexual preferences and class as they pertain to the definition of feminism.

The event, “At the Intersection of Femininity and Masculinity: Inclusive Feminism on the Ithaca College Campus,” will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday in Room 112 of the Center for Natural Sciences.

A student representative from organizations including Spit That, Islamic Society, Buddhist Society, the Residence Hall Association, Ithaca College Human Rights, IC Democrats, IC Republicans, IC More than Me, International Club, Students Active For Ending Rape, Caribbean Students Association, Spectrum, Brother for Brother, Prism, Asian American Alliance, Sister to Sister, African Latino Society, IC Feminists, and Poder: Latino Student Association, will participate in the panel.

Each representative is asked to bring a definition of feminism for the panel discussion.

Native American month to close with storytelling

Barbara Bethmann Mahooty, Mohawk storyteller, will be sharing traditional Native American tales at 4 p.m. Thursday in Klingenstein Lounge in Campus Center.

The stories are centered on Native ways of thinking about relationships with each other and with nature.

Mahooty’s visit to campus is a part of the Native American Month, which is sponsored by OSEMA, the Native American Studies program and the anthropology department.

Obama selects CU dean to national science board

G. Peter Lepage, professor of physics and Harold Tanner dean of the college of arts and sciences at Cornell University, was appointed to the National Science Board.

Lepage is one of seven appointments President Barack Obama announced Nov. 16 LEPAGE will join the board.

The board, comprised of policy advisers to President Obama and Congress, will head the National Science Foundation. Members will make recommendations for national policies that will promote scientific research and engineering.

Lepage said he is honored to serve on a board that will allow him to have an impact on the future of the NSF.

College launches series to address gender gap

With the help of a grant from the American Association of University Women, Ithaca College will host workshops next semester on gender pay gap issues, including self-advocacy and salary negotiation skills.

The series, “TIA Talks: Addressing the Pay Gap Among Recent College Graduates,” is co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services and the Office

of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs. TIA stands for “Teach, Initiate, Advocate!”

The presentations will be videotaped, formatted in the style of TED Talks and made into short films that will premiere at an event in May.

Natural Lands committee gives hunting precautions

The Ithaca College Natural Lands Committee issued an announcement Nov. 16 cautioning the campus community about using the natural lands during hunting season.

The two reserves in Newfield, N.Y., were closed as of Nov. 17, the beginning of hunting season.

The South Hill Natural Area is still open, but hunting is prohibited. Users should wear bright colors, avoid walking at dawn and alone and use the trails when possible.

Individuals are asked to report any evidence of hunting, including tree stands, shotgun shells or unlabeled cameras to the Office of Public Safety.

Hunting season will end Dec. 9.

Group holds item swap to reuse as holiday gifts

The Working Parents Affinity Group is hosting a Swap ‘n Shop event for the holidays.

Staff, faculty and students are asked to donate gently used items for newborns to 14 year olds to be reused as gifts for the holidays.

Gifts can be delivered before 11 a.m. Monday to Klingenstein Lounge. Items may include clothing, books, toys, CDs and DVDs. Monetary donations will also be accepted, and proceeds will benefit

Public Safety Incident Log NOVEMBER 5 MEDICAL ASSIST LOCATION: Center for Natural Sciences SUMMARY: Caller reported cutting a hand on a broken thermometer. Person transported to the health center. Patrol Officer Jay Vanvolkinburg.

FORCIBLE TOUCHING LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported Nov. 4 that a person had sexual contact with another person without her consent. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Chris Teribury.

NOVEMBER 7 FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL LOCATION: Campus Center SUMMARY: Activation caused by burnt food.

System reset. Fire Protection Specialist Mark Swanhart.

HARASSMENT LOCATION: Williams Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person sent a harassing email. Investigation pending. Master Patrol Officer Chris Teribury.

FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Activation caused by contractors working in the area. System reset. Fire Protection Specialist Mark Swanhart.

NOVEMBER 8 FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Activation caused by burnt food. System reset. Fire and Building Safety Coordinator Ron Clark.

driving with BAC above .08 percent, failure to maintain lane and having an open container of alcohol inside the vehicle. This person was also restricted from campus.

Patrol Officer Matthew O’Loughlin.

NOVEMBER 9

EXCESSIVE NOISE LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Caller reported a noise complaint. Three people will be judicially referred for noise. Master Patrol Officer Brad Bates.

CRIME RECLASSIFICATION LOCATION: Public Safety SUMMARY: Officer reported the original incident of a suspicious circumstance Oct. 12 was reclassified as harassment. Officer reported person responsible for providing false information was judicially referred.

Patrol Officer Daniel Austic.

UNDERAGE POSS. ALCOHOL LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Caller reported an intoxicated person at a gathering with alcohol. Officers checked the area and were unable to locate the intoxicated person. One person was judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.

NOVEMBER 10 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED LOCATION: Lyceum Drive SUMMARY: During a traffic stop, officer reported the vehicle was unable to maintain a lane and drove up on the curb. Driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Officer issued uniform traffic tickets for Ithaca Town Court for driving while intoxicated,

Latin America specialist to offer tips for careers

Clare Ribando Seelke, specialist in Latin American Affairs at the Congressional Research Service, will host a presentation on government job opportunities.

Seelke will discuss reasons why students should consider a career in government, recommendations SEELKE for applying and where to find these opportunities.

The presentation is sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit organization that seeks to inspire the upcoming generation to serve and transform the way the government works.

The presentation will take place at 12:10 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Office of Career Services. Students can register for the Seelke’s talk using their eRecruiting account.

Supreme Court Justice to discuss legal issues

Peter Mayer ’70, New York State Supreme Court Justice in Suffolk County, will speak about legal issues.

The event will be at noon Friday in the Cayuga Lake Room in Campus Center. Lunch will be provided.

Mayer was elected as a justice in 2005. Before serving as a justice, he was a private practitioner for 20 years and was a prosecutor for 10 years.

Facebook client partner to discuss social media

Andrew Hersam ’86, a global marketing solutions client partner at Facebook, will discuss social media and its impact on global marketing.

As a partner at Facebook, Hersam works with some of the largest financial services partners including JP Morgan Chase and MasterCard.

The talk, titled “The Global HERSAM Opportunity of Social Media: Managing Global Marketing in the Rapidly Changing Media Business,” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the School of Business Room 111.

Before the presentation, there will be a Meet, Greet and Tweet with Hersam between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in Clark Lounge.

Students can send in questions via Twitter @IC_AMA.

Math Fun Day to engage elementary-aged children

To promote mathematics engagement among elementary-aged children, Ithaca College will host Math Fun Day. The event is at 10 a.m. Saturday on the third floor of Williams Hall.

There will be music, games, puzzles and math art with computers.

Young people at the event will be able to meet with a student from a class taught by Dani Novak, associate professor of mathematics at the college and director of the event.

selected entries from NOVEMBER 5 to November 14

DRUG VIOLATIONS LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Three people were judicially referred for violation of drug policy.

Patrol Officer Jeremiah McMurray.

MEDICAL ASSIST LOCATION: Terraces SUMMARY: Caller reported taking an additional dose of medication and now has an elevated heart rate. Person declined medical assistance from ambulance staff. Master Patrol Officer Mark Denicola.

the Caring and Sharing Fund.

VHS tapes, large items or furniture will not be accepted.

UNDERAGE POSS. ALCOHOL LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Two people were judicially referred for underage possession of alcohol and noise. Master Patrol Officer Donald Lyke.

NOVEMBER 11 MEDICAL ASSIST LOCATION: Lyceum Drive SUMMARY: Caller reported a subject with suicidal thoughts. Officer took the person into custody under the mental hygiene law and the person was transported to CMC by ambulance. Sergeant Dirk Hightchew.

IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Lyceum Drive SUMMARY: One person judicially referred for irresponsible use of alcohol. Master Security Officer George Whitmore.

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED LOCATION: J-Lot SUMMARY: During a traffic stop, officer reported the driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Officer issued uniform traffic tickets for Ithaca Town Court for driving while intoxicated, driving with BAC above .08 percent, and having an inadequate plate lamp. Officer also issued a campus

summons for failure to stop at a stop sign and this person was judicially referred.

Master Patrol Officer Brad Bates.

IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF ALCOHOL LOCATION: Rowland Hall SUMMARY: Person declined medical assistance with ambulance staff and was judicially referred for irresponsible use of alcohol. Patrol Officer Robert Jones.

NOVEMBER 12 MEDICAL ASSIST LOCATION: Tallcott Hall SUMMARY: Caller reported a person having a seizure who may have a head injury. Officer reported the person did not injure their head and was transported to CMC by ambulance. Sergeant Ron Hart.

FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: Dillingham Center SUMMARY: A wallet was found and turned over to Public Safety. Unknown owner.

LARCENY LOCATION: Visitor Lot SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown person stole an iPad from a vehicle. Investigation pending. Sergeant Ron Hart.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE LOCATION: Whalen Center of Music SUMMARY: Caller reported an unknown female made a phone call stating that she was scared. Investigation pending.

Patrol Officer Matthew O’Loughlin.

FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: L-Lot SUMMARY: Caller found a suitcase and turned it over Public Safety.

NOVEMBER 13 MEDICAL ASSIST LOCATION: Park Center for Business SUMMARY: Caller reported a person having a seizure. Person declined medical assistance with ambulance staff and was transported to the health center. Fire and Building Safety Coordinator Ron Clark.

FIRE ALARM LOCATION: College Circle Apartments SUMMARY: Activation was caused by a pan fire. A burner on the stove was left on unattended. Report taken. Fire Protection Specialist Enoch Perkins.

NOVEMBER 14 FOUND PROPERTY LOCATION: J-Lot SUMMARY: Person found a cell phone and gave it to Public Safety. Unknown owner.

LARCENY LOCATION: Park School SUMMARY: Complainant reported an unknown person stole a laptop. Investigation pending. Patrol Officer Robert Jones.

For the complete safety log, go to www.theithacan.org/news.

Key cmc – Cayuga Medical Center DWI – Driving While Intoxicated V&T – Vehicle and Transportation MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident IPD - Ithaca Police Department TCSO - Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office

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time to market gender balance Students should stand up for individual natural talents and be informed about the laws and social structures that still allow women to be underpaid in the workforce.

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hile women make up the majority of students on American college campuses, a recent study shows they may be graduating into a man-centric workforce that creates a gender gap in salary during the first year of employment.

“Graduating to a Pay Gap,” a study conducted by the American Association of University Women published in October, claims women who have recently graduated across all academic disciplines and job occupations made less money than men in equivalent positions after only one year in the workforce. The AAUW recently awarded nine institutions, including Ithaca College, grants to promote dialogue about the gender pay gap on campus.

The AAUW found college-educated women 25 years and older made about $16,000 less per year than men in similar positions. Research suggests women are socialized to believe they should be less aggressive, and because of this societal standard, women are less likely to defend themselves or promote themselves for advancement. While social aggression may be an important trait in the workplace, neither women nor men should be forced to alter their mentalities to be successful. Women should feel free to embrace their aggressiveness or take on more quiet characteristics depending on their personalities.

Graduates should work to market their skills and show that — despite their gender — their natural personalities and traits will make a solid fit for the employer. At the same time, employers should value both traditionally masculine traits, like aggressiveness, and stereotypically feminine traits, like the ability to listen and show compassion, as equal parts in an overall goal of creating a balanced workplace. If employers better understood the benefits of gender balance in the office and stepped away from the traditional idea that a group of hard-hitting, aggressive employees makes the best office team, workplaces would be more balanced and the gender gap would decrease.

It is important that recent graduates be as educated as possible about the challenges that will face their generation. Supporting legislation that will help end overt discrimination and voicing concern for the gender gap will help inspire policy makers to affect real change.

SNAP JUDGMENT Finals fever

What should students do to be more successful during finals week?

Watch more Snap Judgments at theithacan.org.

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hile Sodexo, the company that operates Ithaca College’s dining halls, recently launched an initiative to increase the amount of food it purchases locally, the plan lacks the teeth necessary to fully satisfy the college’s commitment to sustainability.

On campus, only part of one of the three dining halls regularly offers a Fresh Food Market where students can eat food from local sources. Local food makes up 14 or 15 percent of Sodexo’s food costs for the college’s dining halls, while the majority of Sodexo’s product comes from Sysco, one of the largest wholesale food providers in the U.S., and is purchased based primarily on cost.

Ithaca College must hold Sodexo to a higher standard. Until the college makes greater strides toward responsible food purchasing, the campus will fall behind in its commitment to sustainability.

“Do your work, and start everything early.”

Kayla Young Exploratory ’15

“Stay away from crowded areas, because they are going to be distracting, and you’re not going to get your work done.”

Brett Cohen Business Administration ’13

“Save your sanity for a different time.

Just lose it, and then pick it back up when you need it again.”

Allan Menzies Television-Radio ’13

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Time in Liberia inspires student to give back M y friend Abigail was a prostitute at 10 years old. She would “lie down for men” after she waited for them in a pornography video club in Liberia, West Africa.

Then she was given a scholarship from the More than Me Foundation, a nonprofit that gets girls who live in the slums of Liberia off the streets and into school. She is now in a vocational rehabilitation middle school, where she is healing from her past, getting great grades and learning how to be a cook. Abigail’s joy, love and strength were forever tattooed on my heart when I met her this summer in Liberia, and it is my promise to Abigail that I will tell as many people that I can about her testimony while working to save more girls like her.

More Than Me works with community leaders to identify young girls at the highest risk of being sexually abused to ensure that education and opportunity, instead of exploitation and poverty, shape their lives. We personally keep track of all 108 of students sponsored by More Than Me to know how they are doing academically and socially as well as their safety and life outside of school.

I met the founder, Katie Meyler, in my home church in New Jersey when she asked our youth group to dance in a flash mob to raise awareness about More than Me. In the 12 hours that I spent with her that day, something sparked in me that made me want to learn as much as I could about the More Than Me students, the dangers of Liberia and how education can change these girls’ lives.

Since then, I’ve fundraised to pay for 35 years of schooling and daily lunches for our students, traveled to Liberia in August 2012 and began the first college chapter of More Than Me at Ithaca College Liberia is the second poorest country in the world. Every day most families earn less than one dollar and can usually only feed their children one meal per day. The highest reported crime in Liberia is rape of girls ages 10 to 14 — and that is just what is being reported. Without being in school during the day and after-school programs, young girls are on the streets of their slums and

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US must rethink alliance with Israel

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Sophomore Grace Schroeder spent a summer in Liberia working with the More Than Me Foundation to give girls at high risk for sexual assault or abuse the chance to get off the streets and into schools.

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extremely vulnerable for older men to take advantage of them. I met some of the girls that make up that statistic and was able to see what the More Than Me program has done to drastically change their lives, their safety and their futures.

I was so passionate about our cause from the beginning that I felt the need to go to Liberia this summer and meet all of our students and help in any way that I could. Part of what made my time in Liberia so life changing was that I was able to finally meet our smiling and inspiring students and see firsthand the environment that we are saving them from. I spent time with about 20 families, sat in their rooms and talked to each of them about the hardships of their lives and what an education has

done for their daughters.

Now, the Ithaca College chapter of More Than Me is working to empower more young girls to get the education that will save them.

More Than Me is competing in an online voting contest to win one million dollars from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4 to help them raise money to provide education opportunities to more girls in Liberia. Learn more online at Facebook.com/ICMoreThanMe or email ICMoreThanMe@gmail.com to get involved.

Grace Schroeder is a sophomore communications management and design major and the president of IC More than Me. Email her at gschroe1@ithaca.edu

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Two professors untangle web of historical thinking

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uring the past decade, it has become clear that those of us who care about teaching and learning need to imagine new ways of harnessing the potential of the digital age.

How can we use digital tools to get a visual representation of students’ learning?

In the fall of 2008, I began a collaboraAli Erkan tion between myself, a computer scientist, and Michael Smith, associate professor in the history department, to see how wikis, a website that allows users to add, modify or delete content, might be used as tools for representing the web-like structure of historical knowledge — and, potentially, of knowledge in many subjects.

From the outset we knew we faced challenges familiar to humanities educators in higher education: Students ranged widely in ability levels, interest in the subject matter and motivation. In the context of introductory courses that require new kinds of relational thinking, we observed that many incoming students had not had sufficient opportunities to develop the skills to analyze, synthesize and deal with information, especially when they need to think integratively in multiple dimensions and wrestle with ambiguity.

Checks & Balances

A map of some of the structural differences of students’ thoughts who are working on the same assignment and following the same instructions.

Courtesy of Ali Erkan

Like many scholars of learning, we are trying to develop more effective ways to engage students in deeper learning, especially the kind of higher order complex thinking that is a hallmark of education in the humanities.

Integrative thinking, both across and within disciplinary boundaries, is a skill repeatedly highlighted as one of the most important for personal and vocational success in the 21st century. We are all confronted

with managing large amounts of often chaotic-seeming information, whether it is in the context of a history course or, more generally, in life.

Yet, chaos does not equal meaninglessness; we make meaning by seeing patterns and making connections.

Consequently, we wondered if it was possible to use wikis to help students recognize patterns in what they were studying and make meaning from those patterns by

connecting information.

Over the past four years our project has been doing something novel. We are analyzing student learning outcomes not only based on the artifacts created through digital historical inquiry (the stories students tell by constructing a wiki) but also on the structures created “under the hood” of a new media tool. Through their linking mechanism, wikis allow for a multi-dimensional arrangement of information. This is basically the inverse process of producing concept maps. We believe that the connections emerging from student wikis have something important to tell us about both how they are making conceptual progress and how they differ from each other. As Stephen Downes, one of the theorists of connectivism puts it, “to learn is to emulate an entire organizational state and not merely to possess a simple set of facts.”

Our project has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities because our goal is to use technology to place greater emphasis on thinking. We believe that if our assessment of the gains of using this technique leads to positive results, we can also generalize it into a tool that can be used in any context that deals with a wealth of information.

Ali erkan is an associate professor of computer science at Ithaca College.

Email him at aerkan@ithaca.edu.

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f you are a bit confused about the news in Gaza lately, you are not alone.

The prevailing U.S. media narrative of what is going on in the region is fundamentally skewed, and we are given news without the historical context that is necessary to understand why Hamas and Israel can’t stop launching rockets at each other.

The historical backdrop of the conflict in Gaza is a necessary part of the story. Our press coverage, popular opinion and public policy are being framed by the U.S.’ unyielding support for Israel.

Our near-blind allegiance to Israel will only permit the Israeli government to continue its bombardment of Gaza. To better understand the conflict, we need context. Only then will we understand why it is paramount that a two-state solution be put forward to create peace. The Guardian reported Monday that the United Kingdom is prepared to back the recognition of Palestinian statehood to the U.N. When will the U.S. be ready for this?

Hamas won majority representation in the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006. In years leading up to this, Hamas gained more popular Palestinian support by building civil society institutions and providing social services for Palestinians. In the wake of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death and a perceived inefficiency of the Palestinian Authority, which had a Fatah political party stronghold, Hamas triumphed with the people.

The U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist organization, because Hamas militant forces are willing to launch rocket attacks against Israel in retaliation for the maltreatment of Palestinians. In 2007, the U.S. instigated a failed military coup against the Hamas government, and Israel imposed a siege on the Gaza Strip. Israel and Hamas came to a ceasefire in 2008. In exchange for Hamas halting its rocket attacks, Israel agreed to lift the blockade.

The blockade is still in place today and, according to the U.N., has caused incredible humanitarian and economic trauma.

In the wake of the newest ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, many wonder if peace will hold long enough to allow further negotiations, or if history will repeat itself. Both sides will have to make concessions for peace to progress. Hamas will have to recognize the existence of Israel, and Israel will need to stop perpetuating the status quo and violating human rights in occupied areas like Gaza.

The U.S. must realize its fervent, sometimes aberrant support of Israel needs to be matched with a compassion for Palestinians and human rights if it wishes to play such a large role in the peace process.

Rachael HartforD is a senior integrated marketing communications major with a minor in politics. Email her at rhartfo1@ithaca.edu.

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skank no more Student punk/ska band counts down to final performance Thomas Fuller performs with his band, Gypsy Gets Shotgun, at a show Feb. 11 at The Nines. Gypsy Gets Shotgun has performed more than 20 shows at different venues in the Ithaca area and plans to perform more shows this semester.

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tambourine, just making noise,” Fuller said.

“And we thought we kind of had some good The rules of riding shotgun are well songwriting chemistry.”

By the end of the semester, they had known, but not many know about the GPS clause. When someone provides the GPS recruited five other members — junior for a long drive, they are entitled to sit in the Meghan Kelly on the tenor saxophone, front seat. The saying goes: The driver picks junior Jason MacDermott on the drums, senior Jimmy Rose on the trumpet, junior the song, but the gypsy gets shotgun.

Two and a half years ago, junior Thomas Jeff Chilton on the trombone and junior Fuller had this rule in mind when he sug- Brendan Duran on the bass.

Betterley said Gypsy Gets Shotgun has gested the name for what would become the seven-member, punk/ska band Gypsy Gets performed more than 20 shows at venues such as former Shotgun. With an bar Culture Shock album on its way and The Nines. to release and three “We said that, because our The band memEP tracks under its bers said they love belt, the band has guitar player and drummer performing live entertained a wide are going abroad, that we shows and give group of local fans would have a final show credit to their loyal but now faces the where we drag the band on fans who often sing countdown to what stage and murder it along to the lyrics may be the group’s mercilessly and skank in the of favorite songs. final number. syrupy red blood.”

“I never feel Gypsy Gets more support Shotgun was — Thomas Fuller from my friends formed by vocal and from people artist and frontman in general when I Fuller and guitarist junior Jeremy Betterley in 2010, during the see them at a show and they’re having a good fall of their freshman year. Both shared an time,” Chilton said. “I feel more connected to enthusiasm for making music and had expe- them. It means so much to me that they’re there in the first place. It’s the gratitude and rience playing ska music in high school. “[Betterley] was playing bass, and I was the feelings you get. That’s not very punk just singing around, playing my melodica and rock, but that’s okay.”

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From left, junior Meghan Kelly plays the tenor saxophone alongside trumpet player senior Jimmy Rose with their band, Gypsy Gets Shotgun, at a show Feb. 11 at The Nines. shawn steiner/the ithacan

One of their fans, junior Jack Simons, who plays bass in The Yips and guitar in Unicorn Harvest, has attended many shows and says he will miss the band during its absence.

“There are so many shows where they’d all be up on stage going nuts,” Simons said. “To me, I just associate them with the music scene. They’re such a big part of the community. It’s too bad Junior Jeremy Bette that they’ll be taking plays his guitar wh sin Gypsy Gets Shotgun.rley ging along wit Betterley is one of the ile a break. They’re defiband’s founders. h sha wn steiner/the ithaca nitely a force to be n reckoned with.”

But with Betterley and MacDermott leaving to study abroad for the show — you have to celebrate it,” Betterley said. spring semester, the musicians are placing “That’s what appeals to me about the idea, but Gypsy Gets Shotgun on the back burner. This ending Gypsy is not what I want to do.”

In the meantime, the band has tentative semester, the band reached the collective decision to perform in shows, but only if asked. plans to release its album by the end of the None of the members are searching for gigs, semester. The album will contain 12 original songs and a few bonus tracks, including and as a result, rehearsals have dwindled.

Betterley attributes the reduction of a cover of “Mary J” by Desirable Sun, and rehearsals to the lack of new material. will be available to download for free on With their recordings finished, the need to Bandcamp and MediaFire.

Recently, the band did shows at The gather everyone and practice is no longer Nines on Nov. 1 and Nov. 3, and on Oct. 28 as imperative.

This leaves the band in a predicament opened for Big D and the Kid’s Table, one of over the fate of Gypsy Gets Shotgun. There the bands that spearheaded their ska musical are two different ideas concerning the future influences. Gypsy Gets Shotgun welcomes of the band, and the members are deter- the opportunity to perform because though mining which course of action is best. One the musicians have begun to drift, for many option is to end it permanently with a final, members the live performances are the best part about being in a band. funereal performance.

“What other time do you go into this “We said that, because our guitar player and drummer are going abroad, that we loud, dark bar and there’s just people sweatwould have a final show where we drag the ing for an hour listening to the somewhat band on stage and murder it mercilessly and shitty music that you wrote but that you love,” Chilton said. “I hate parts of the songs skank in the syrupy red blood,” Fuller said.

There appears to be an overarching that I’ve written, but I love them at the same consensus of the band to give Gypsy Gets time, and to hear other people having a Shotgun a lifespan and let it fade from the good time listening to that beautiful, dismusic scene in Ithaca. MacDermott, who will gusting, ugly music — you feel so connected travel to Ireland in the spring semester, hopes to everybody.”

On Dec. 8, Gypsy Gets Shotgun will perfor a graceful conclusion to the band.

“It looks like this is our last hurrah,” form at The Haunt for Ithaca Underground’s MacDermott said. “We may come back for a Big Day In with bands such as Barista and reunion show. We’ve had a good run. I think the Screaming Females.

“We don’t really practice much anymore,” we’re all ready for a change.”

Other band members are not as inclined Fuller said. “But when there’s the rallying cry to let the band go. Betterley sees the appeal of a show, we all get together under the motof the finality of a performance annihila- ley flag of Gypsy Gets Shotgun.” tion of Gypsy Gets Shotgun but hesitates Gypsy Gets Shotgun will be performing at to follow through.

“It’s kind of cool telling people this is the last noon on Dec. 8. at The Haunt.

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Junior and WICB rs dropping windspeed picking DJ Patrickand Ring up here shares a list of his favorite 10 tracks to listen to “Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Elvis Presley “Stay Fly” – Three 6 Mafia

“Bring Em Out” – T.I. “Southern Voice” – Tim McGraw “Still D.R.E.” – Dr. Dre “Taylor Gang” – Wiz Khalifa “Lemonade” – Gucci Mane “Free Bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Junior Kody Crawford performs with IC Breakers during the “I Used to Love Her” Hip Hop History Celebration put on by the African Latino Society on Monday in Emerson Suites. Other acts included the dance group Pulse, vocal performances and poetry readings.

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Accent Editor Allie Healy scours Pinterest and shares her favorite pins of the week.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the gift-giving season has only just begun. While it may be difficult to satisfy all the people on your shopping list, don’t stress out. The best gifts are always ones from the heart, including these 186 homemade gift ideas featured on a pin from the blogspot It’s Written on the Wall.

The pin is clickable and brings up the website with collections of easy, affordable gift ideas for anyone on your list. Some of the best examples include small buckets of homemade chocolate dipped pretzels, cookies in a can recipes, pizelle candy cones and cookie sampler tins. If baking isn’t your cup of tea, opt for the ingredient basket that makes something fun like holiday waffles or shortbread.

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unexpected WWII postcard delivered 70 years later

Recently, a family in Elmira received a postcard that was originally sent 70 years ago. The postcard was mailed during World War II from a military camp in Rockford, Ill., by a couple who was there visiting their enlisted son. The desired recipients were the couple’s other children, Pauline and Theresa, who were back at home. The postcard assured the two that all was good and their brother was happy. The sisters have been deceased for some time now and no longer live in the residence it was addressed to, so the postcard is being given to their closest living relatives. The USPS can only guess as to what happened to delay the arrival. Talk about a special delivery.

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Forget the normal pine tree to decorate your house for Christmas, a new option has just become available in the form of a $4.2 million gold tree. The tree, created by Japanese jewelry store Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo, is composed of roughly 88 pounds of pure gold, standing at 7.9 feet high. Aside from the decadence, the tree is laden with silhouettes of about 50 popular Disney characters. For those who cannot afford the $4.2 million price tag, the jeweler has also released a scaled-down model. This miniature tree stands at slightly less than 10 inches and features 20 Disney characters, costs only $243,000 and is roughly 1/17 the full scale model. ­— Josh Greenfield

quoteunquote I watched a concert of One Direction on the TV ... it reminded me very much of our early concerts.

— Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger comments on the similarities between the early stages of his classic rock group and the pop sensation One Direction.

celebrity SCOOPS! Miley pigs out with PETA Last Friday, singer and actress Miley Cyrus found out that she is receiving a pet pig as a gift from the animal rights organization PETA. What more could a girl ask for? PETA’s official website explains that Cyrus retweeted an official PETA post explaining the mistreatment of pigs sold to Walmart by one of its suppliers, demonstrating activism and a love of pigs and other farm animals. To say “thank you,” the organization is sending Cyrus a rescued pig named Nora. The executive vice president of PETA, Tracy Reiman, noted that “PETA knew that sponsoring a rescued pig was the perfect birthday present for a young woman who spends so much time encouraging others to help animals.”

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Banding together IC Bigs to host student band battle with Cornell chapter for charity sold out at The Nines.”

Representing Cornell, the stuCornell University and Ithaca dent band Sammus and solo artist College are about to begin a new David Markowitz plan on performrivalry. On Friday, two of each ing against the college’s bands.

Besides $50 the club spent on school’s student bands will face printing flyers and tickoff in a battle of the ets, all of the money bands concert put on raised will go toward the by both schools’ Big IF YOU GO Youth Bureau. Tickets Brothers Big Sisters IC vs. CU Battle of bought before the event clubs to benefit the the Bands concert will be $5; they will cost Ithaca Youth Bureau.

When: $10 at the door.

Teaming up with 10 p.m. Friday “This [money] will go Cornell’s chapter Where: towards keeping the proof the club, IC Bigs Oasis grams running that they plans to host this Cost: $5 advance currently have, probably concert at Oasis on even like lights and stuff, Friday. All proceeds sale and $10 at stuff that doesn’t sound will be donated to the door as cool, but they need to the Youth Bureau, keep it running, because which both clubs sponsor. At the end of the night, they’ve had a lot of budget cuts,” one band will be declared the win- Tamayo said.

Drawing students to the concert ner and receive a $50 gift card to Oasis and airtime on WICB. There has been an especially important task will also be a raffle with prizes for for Tamayo. He said one of the college’s radio stations, WICB, has been audience members.

Junior Juan Tamayo, IC Bigs fun- advertising for the concert throughdraising chair and head organizer of out the week. On Friday, Tamayo; the concert, hopes to raise between senior Jamie Edelson, IC Bigs presi$1,200 and $1,500 to benefit the dent; and Cornell Bigs President Youth Bureau’s programs and help senior Anil Singhal will visit the radio station to plug the event. them buy supplies for the children.

In previous years, Cornell put IC Bigs plans to feature the student bands The Erik Caron Connection on the concert, but Tamayo said and The Yips, two groups that Tamayo Cornell asked IC Bigs to participate because they were unhappy hopes will draw a crowd.

“They have a pretty good follow- with the audience turnout.

Singhal said Cornell Bigs ing,” Tamayo said. “I know some of their previous shows, they’ve been wanted to include the college’s

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Senior Erik Caron performs with his band The Erik Caron Connection, at Kilpatrick’s Publick House on Sept. 22. The band will be one of four bands to perform at the IC vs. CU Battle of the Bands charity concert Friday at Oasis.

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chapter in the planning and execution of the concert because they both sponsor the Youth Bureau.

“I know with Ithaca having a bit of a larger music scene than Cornell, it seemed like a great way to collaborate and have a larger event that reaches more people and will hopefully benefit the Youth Bureau in a bigger way,” Singhal said.

Edelson said IC Bigs has worked with the Youth Bureau for many years, bringing club members to the bureau a few times a month to spend time with the children there.

“[The Bigs] program matches adults or college-age students with younger children in the community who need a mentor,” Edelson said. “That’s the primary thing is they match up kids with a mentor.”

Tamayo sees the friendly rivalry against Cornell as a way to unify the college, similar to the way Cortaca does against SUNY-Cortland. IC Bigs is encouraging Ithaca students to wear blue and yellow to show their school spirit.

“One of the things at Ithaca College that needs help is the school

spirit, and a lot of students have pride for their distinctive school, but when there’s Ithaca College things, it’s pretty much just Cortaca,” Tamayo said.

Tamayo said he hopes the concert will become a tradition for the club that will potentially draw more students to join.

“In 10 years if we come back and this thing is still going on, how awesome is that going to be?” Tamayo said. “I try to do the best job I can with anything I do, especially if it’s going to impact other people, so I hope this can be one of those great events.”

Professor invited to Columbia to speak on creative writing Catherine Taylor, associate professor of writing, who began her writing career as a nonfiction writer, defies the separation of genres in creative writing with her latest book, “Apart.” The anthropology department at Columbia University invited Taylor to give her lecture, titled “Between Art and Politics: ‘Ficto-Criticism’ and Suspended Genres,” and a reading from “Apart” on Thursday. Taylor’s newly released book is influenced by her South African heritage and discusses the politics surrounding South Africa and her personal connection with the country.

Staff Writer Nicole Arocho spoke with Taylor about her book and life as a creative writer and a scholar.

Nicole Arocho: What’s your latest book “Apart” about?

Catherine Taylor: It’s a quirky book mainly because it is a multi-genre book, although it’s more nonfiction than the other genres.

The book shifts from essays, prose poems, photographs, archives and excerpts from archives. It’s all related to South African political history but also my family’s history in South Africa.

NA: How do you feel about being invited by the Columbia University Anthropology Department to give a lecture and a reading?

CT: It was exciting to get that kind of validation in a discipline that is not my own.

Professor Michael Taussig [of Columbia] read the book and wrote me a paper letter, because he couldn’t find my email, which I will treasure forever.

NA: What was your writing process behind “Apart”? How did it end up being a multigenre book instead of just nonfiction?

CT: The book started as a very normal, standard memoir, but it became apparent to me very early on that that wasn’t going to work, because the topic was so complex, and I had a difficult time understanding it.

It seemed to me that the book wanted to be as broken and fragmented as my understanding was. Otherwise it felt like a lie.

NA: How would you describe writing in collage mode?

CT: It was fun and liberating; it gave me the freedom of writing poems, essays, gathering pictures. Working this way let me use the archive material in a way that made sense to me. Using collage as my mode of writing gave me the opportunity of telling more stories rather than choosing a few and focusing on those only.

NA: Were there any authors that inspired you to write a cross-genre book?

CT: Yes, Michael Taussing is definitely one of them. He coined the term “ficto-criticism,” which mixes fiction and criticism. Also the documentary poet Charles Reznikoff, with his book “Testimony,” and Anne Carson, with her wildly lyrical essay poems. Susan Griffin is in there too. I’m going to teach her book “A Course of Stones: The Private Life of War” next semester.

NA: How is this lecture different from any other lectures you’ve done so far on the topic and your related work?

Catherine Taylor, associate professor of writing, talks in her Editing and Publishing class last fall.

Taylor was invited by Columbia University to speak about her new book “Apart” on Thursday.

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CT: Well, this is the first time that I’ll be giving a lecture related to “Apart,” after I’d written the whole thing. Another thing that’s different is that I’m being invited to both read both as a creative artist and as a scholar.

to develop your craft, to find a place in the world and to find your community of writers. To those students who are torn between scholarly work and creative writing: You can be both.

NA: What would you recommend to students who want to be both writers and scholars like you are?

NA: Are you already working on a new book?

CT: I would say, be patient. Some things you may want to do just take a really long time. It takes a long time to find yourself as a writer,

CT: I am. I’m working on a project about military drones. What interests me is the complex place of the drone in human life by those who are being attacked by them. That’s what I want to explore.

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Positions include: • Assistant Design Editor • Assistant News Editor Applications are available at the reception desk in the Roy H. Park School of Communications dean’s office.

Completed forms, accompanied by a resume, should be returned to the dean’s office by noon on Thursday, Dec. 6, for all positions. The available positions last for two semesters. Students from all majors are welcome and encouraged to apply. Please address any questions to Michael Serino, Ithacan adviser, at 274-1036.

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Don’t stop the beat Student dance groups collaborate for fall showcase with modern routines

By Nicole Arocho staff writer

Student dance groups IC Unbound and On the Floor have decided to come together this semester and present their dance styles in an inventive fashion.

IC Unbound is open to all dance styles, while On the Floor is more focused on contemporary, jazz, lyrical and ballet. The result of this collaboration is the showcase “In the Spotlight,” which will take place at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 9 in Emerson Suites.

Senior Sara Noble, co-artistic director of On The Floor, said this is the first time that both dance groups have teamed up to create this performance.

“I’m very excited about this showcase,” Noble said. “It’s going to be different from any other showcase On The Floor has done in the past or any dance showcase that has taken place on campus.”

Noble said the name is broad and nonspecific, because the showcase is composed of more than 20 dances dealing with diverse themes and music choices, including show tunes, electronic and pop.

“We’ve been working hard on this showcase since the first week of the semester,” Noble said. “I’m excited to know the reaction of the community to this fusion.”

Sophomore Ryan Shuler said IC Unbound lets students have the freedom to choose what styles of dance they want to participate in and also have flexible rehearsal schedules.

Sophomore Samantha Jo Mattle

said many dancers overlap between On The Floor and IC Unbound, so the artistic directors of both groups thought it was a good idea to perform together and fuse their artistic preferences in an entertaining show.

“It’s all dancing,” Mattle said. “It’s all expression of emotions, so the showcase takes you in a rollercoaster.

It’ll be fun.”

Shuler, a dancer for IC Unbound and On The Floor, said both groups are inclusive of students’ dancing preferences and are open to new takes on dancing.

“The dance companies have been working together in making all the choreographies work together, one after the other, so that the show is entertaining,” Shuler said.

Junior Alison Stark, a dancer for On the Floor, said she found a family in the company that made her feel like she belonged on campus.

“It’s a very tight-knit community,” Stark said. “We all know each other, and we have potlucks and events outside of dancing that have helped us bond and become really good friends outside of rehearsals.”

Both Stark and Mattle enjoy dancing for On the Floor, but they also like that the group gives choreographers a lot of creative freedom, and the artistic direction of each showcase is not constraining to each person’s interests and dance preferences.

“We don’t have one recurrent theme in our choreographies for each showcase,” Mattle said. “We just want to offer students the space to

Sophomore Dorothea Hinman, a member of IC Unbound, a student dance organization on campus, performs in the group’s showcase April 29 in Emerson Suites. IC Unbound and On the Floor will collaborate for “In the Spotlight.”

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be creative and express themselves in ways that maybe they wouldn’t without dancing.”

Shuler debuts as a choreographer this semester for IC Unbound, having choreographed a ninja-themed jazz number. He experimented with his music choice for the showcase and decided to use dubstep song “Windscreen Snipa (PropaTingz Lock

n Load Remix)” by Rob Sparx and John Maveric.

“I chose dubstep because the beat and the drive of the song really encompass the intense and action-based feeling I wanted the dancers and the audience to have,” Shuler said.

Though the choreographing process is a fun and rewarding experience,

he said, it is more challenging than just being another dancer participating in the showcase.

“The most difficult part of being a dancer in college is that, at the end of the day, you have homework to do,” Shuler said. “But I won’t give up dancing, because I’ve done it for so long. It’s a part of who I am.”

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Daniel Day-Lewis is selective with his roles, but when he accepts a leading role, as he did with “Lincoln,” his commanding performances push the envelope while providing enough strength and energy to fuel a movie.

Director Steven Spielberg bases “Lincoln” off of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals.” After four years of the bloody Civil War, Lincoln (Day-Lewis) strives to complete one of his most important accomplishments in office: abolishing slav“Lincoln” ery through the ratification DreamWorks of the 13th Amendment.

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Day-Lewis holds the status of a Hollywood legend because of the extremes he goes to in method acting, such as living off the land to prepare for his role in “The Last of the Mohicans.”

This dedication to his craft has resulted in fiery performances, including Bill the Butcher in “Gangs of New York” and Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.” In “Lincoln,” Day-Lewis scores again, brilliantly depicting the warm smile, careful speech and calculating stare of the giant president. He especially delves into the character when he executes one of Lincoln’s charming anecdotes or attempts to share his strong belief in the elimination of slavery with his Cabinet. It is not just the delivery of his lines but also Day-Lewis’ performance when Lincoln listens to others with extreme intensity that helps create the respectable charisma of a well-loved president.

Public appearances aside, Day-Lewis also fuses Lincoln’s confidence in public with his personal turmoil. Day-Lewis’ wrinkled face and eyes

Fall Dance Theatre Concert, a dance showcase introduced by Cornell University’s department of performing and media arts, will begin at 8 p.m. at Schwartz Performing Arts Center. Admission is $4.

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African Children’s Choir, a children’s choir previously featured on “American Idol” and “The Ellen Show,” will perform at 7 p.m. at the State Theatre.

Tickets are $32.50.

CU Music Chorale, a night of contemporary music, will feature Cornell University’s chorale singing songs by Persichetti and Lauridsen at 8 p.m. at Sage Chapel at Cornell.

President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) stands with his Cabinet in a scene from the film “Lincoln.”

The movie chronicles the last few months preceding the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

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bright with experience convince the audience that beneath the friendly exterior sits a man who has carried heavy burdens and made difficult choices for those around him.

While Day-Lewis steals the show as Lincoln, the supporting cast is not only extensive but also solid. Jones crafts one of his most exciting and peppy performances in years as the fast-talking and relentless Thaddeus Stevens, and Field brings a comparable attitude to the sweet but harried Mary. Strathairn’s frankness as Seward proves complementary to Day-Lewis. A dynamic exists between the Sancho Panza-esque Seward and the idealistic but not necessarily quixotic Lincoln.

“Lincoln’s” pacing and storyline hold steady though at times typical construction. The script bounces from playful to somber scenes, much like Spielberg’s past movies such as “E.T.” An extensive amount of comic relief involves a trio of

professional bribers and their dealings with various senators. There is also a predictable but still humorous bit about the extensive loading time of flintlock pistols.

The movie runs storylines involving Lincoln’s son Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) feeling guilty for not enlisting in a war that so many others around him suffer and die for. Robert’s storyline is engaging but feels lukewarm because of Spielberg’s conventional style and the foreknowledge of this plot based in American history.

“Lincoln” fuses historical biography with elements of a family drama. While the entire cast deserves acclamation, Day-Lewis mesmerizes and awes with his powerful performance as the beloved president.

“Lincoln” was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner.

Artist channels sultry side in seductive trilogy release

by Jared DIonne Senior Writer

The Weeknd is hardly a new household name for music blog readers.

With three self-released compilations under its belt, The Weeknd has been on bloggers’ radar since 2011. The The Weeknd compilations are “Trilogy” Republic getting a commerOur rating: cial release with HHH 1/2 “Trilogy,” a mammoth opus dripping with ethereal goodness.

The Weeknd is the stage name of 22-year-old Abel Tesfaye. Under this moniker, Tesfaye has created a mix of seductive rhythm and blues songs.

Most of Tesfaye’s tracks feature relatively sparse and simple instrumentals

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with ever-present echo effects. Lowend synthesizers establish a murky backdrop, while percussive accents weave in and out of cuts, creating eerie atmospherics. Songs tend to stick to a slow-tempo sultriness, which allows Tesfaye to exercise his vocal abilities.

As he does on most of his songs, Tesfaye plays Casanova on “What You Need.” He lures a lady close as he sings, “I’m gonna love you, girl / The way you need / Ain’t no one gonna stop us.” Radiant piano chords hover over a simple percussion track as Tesfaye outlines the night to come.

He pays tribute to those who came before him, with a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana.” While the track is called “D.D.” on the album, Tesfaye channels his inner King of Pop to deliver a powerful rendition of the song,

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“A Brown Bear, a Moon, and a Caterpillar” is a play about the works of writer Eric Carle.

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complete with forceful synths and shadowy percussion elements.

“Trilogy” may be a unified collection of three separate releases, but Tesfaye still manages to breathe new life into the compilation for fans.

With “Trilogy,” Tesfaye brings The Weeknd out of the blog shadows and into the lights of commercialism. While the compilation is a crash course in genre bending, Tesfaye should have no problem finding a large audience out in the wide world of iTunes and Spotify.

After the commercial bomb of 2010’s risqué “Bionic,” Christina Aguilera returns true to form with the slick “Lotus.” Unlike the trendsetting gusto of 2002’s “Stripped” or the thematic integrity of 2006’s “Back to Basics,” Lotus is a setback as far as creativity goes for the pop star.

Tracks like “Let There Be Love” are aptly Christina Aguilera produced, “Lotus” containing RCA Records hypersexual Our rating: come-ons like HHH “It feels so good that I can’t hold back / Hit the right spot / Makin’ my eyes roll back” that manage to make cheap pick-up lines sound somewhat profound. Aguilera takes some risks in production in

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the form of the funky roller rinkready “Red Hot Kind of Love,” complete with cowbells and a discothèque bass.

While “Lotus” may be considered to be “selling out” to some fans, Aguilera’s skilled vocals and commitment to pushing every song to the listener makes “Lotus” her most cohesive effort of her career so far. Since when has selling out ever been this much fun?

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quickies “Global Warming”

“Woman to Woman”

The rapper returns with his seventh album and changes absolutely nothing about his sound. The heavy dance beats still take over the tracks, especially on “Hope We Meet Again,” featuring Chris Brown.

The fifth studio album from the rhythm and blues star is chock full of slow beats and mood-setting melodies, reminiscent of Alicia Keys’ songs. Cole showcases her vocals on the track “Woman to Woman,” featuring fellow R&B artist Ashanti.

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Overflowing with passion, romance and shocking twists, the final installment of the “Twilight” saga does everything in its power to leave viewers satisfied.

In the film “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” director Bill “The Twilight Condon skillfully Saga: reintroduces the Breaking Dawn — storyline. While in Part 2” the past four movies Summit viewers are immediEntertainment ately immersed into Our rating: the fantasy world of HHH 1/2 Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), this time the audience is greeted with a lengthy introduction of close-up shots of blood swirling and aerial shots of the Pacific Northwest pines. The sequence may make loyal From left, Bella (Kristen Stewart), Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy), Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) fans antsy for the actual story to begin, star in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” the final film adaptation of the popular “Twilight” book series. but it serves as an important refresher Courtesy oF Summit ENtertainment of the fantastical nature of the film as Following the storyline of the nov- a major twist that may leave viewers the swirls of blood enter Bella’s pupils. Now, she is gracefully dodging fallen el closely, the film effortlessly presents with their mouths gaping open. While Picking up from “The Twilight branches, all while looking gorgeous.

The new addition to the Cullen one of the most shocking twists in the it comes to a peaceful resolution, the Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” Condon beautifully illustrates the clan, Bella and Edward’s daughter, saga. Provoked by a false allegation immediate reaction is horrifying — final stages of the internal transfor- Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy), lifts the that Renesmee is an Immortal Child, especially to those who are expecting mation Bella goes through after her typically heavy mood of the saga. a child vampire and a threat to the a traditional plotline.

Dripping with intensity and pulsalmost fatal childbirth. Totally trans- However, it is difficult to enjoy the vampire population, the Volturi — formed and bloodthirsty, Bella wakes presence of the bundle of joy because vampire governors who are based in ing with fervor, “The Twilight Saga: up completely revamped. Her look, for most of the movie her face isn’t Italy — set out to confront the Cullens Breaking Dawn — Part 2” is a must see. A fantastic salute to the ending of created by costume designer Michael her own. To demonstrate the rapid and punish them for their crime.

Upon their meeting in a snowy a cultural phenomenon, the film takes Wilkinson, beautifully signifies her growth-rate of the half-vampire, halfhuman girl, CGI effects are used until clearing, vampire allies from all over an ongoing obsession and immortalnew persona.

While racing Edward through the a few weeks after her birth — show- the world and the nearby werewolf izes it — again. woods, it’s evident that the transfor- ing her as the human equivalent of a pack band together, preparing to “The Twilight Saga: Breaking mation has done wonders to Bella’s 6 year old. Though at times the effects battle the rulers. Aro (Michael Sheen), character. Before, she was presented seem lifelike, it is hard to shake the a Volturi leader, dominates these Dawn — Part 2” was directed by as a fragile girl who needed Edward strange, unnatural quality of her facial scenes with his eerie stare and sinister Bill Condon and written by Melissa chuckle. Also within this sequence lies Rosenberg and Stephenie Meyer. to protect her from injury and danger. expressions and movements.

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Pop boy band falls with lyrics

Grunge group returns strong

By benjii maust

By evin billington

Boy bands have been known to represent the pinnacle of mainstream pop music’s tendency to glorify a manufactured sound to captivate screaming preteen fans. “X-Factor” runner-up One Direction embraces this concept with open arms but with a few select changes to this One Direction overdone formula that might “Take Me make its new release “Take Me Home” Home” its saving grace.

Simco The members had a hand Limited at co-writing a few of the Our rating: songs on the album, with an HH unfortunate distinction being that most of the songs stick to passé subject matter and cliché lyrics. The lyrics “Yeah / The music is so loud / I wanna be yours now / So c’mon, c’mon and dance with me baby” do not exactly rise above any preset expectations. Even when the lyrics attempt irony or comedy, the turn of phrase falls flat. Case in point, “I Would” includes the insufferable line, “I can’t compete with your boyfriend/ He’s got 27 tattoos.” In fact, it is only when singersongwriter Ed Sheeran stepped in to help craft the simple ballad “Little Things” that “Take Me Home” reaches any level of lyrical realism. It is telling that this track and another Sheeran cowrite, the guitar-driven tearjerker “Over Again,” stand out as the most honest songs on the entire album.

Some of the hollowest songs just happen to be the catchiest sing-along anthems to hit the shelves in recent years. The album makes for a dicey bridge to cross, because if the listener holds any regard for lyrical prowess, “Take Me

It’s been a long break for grunge rock band Soundgarden. After nearly 16 years since their last album, “Down on the Upside,” the band regrouped and released “King Animal.” If this album is an indication of anything, it’s that the group has lost none of its dramatic guitar Soundgarden riffs and hard-hitting vocals.

“King Animal” In fact it has perhaps refined Soundgarden its borderline-grunge sound Recordings throughout its hiatus.

Our rating: The first track, “Been HHH 1/2 Away Too Long,” provides an excellent introduction to the rest of the album. It sets up lead guitarist Kim Thayil’s incredible guitar riffs that are constant throughout the album.

While most songs are fast and powerful, they manage to keep the same intensity in power ballads like “Black Saturday,” where acoustic guitar and quiet drums make room for front man Chris Cornell’s crisp vocals.

The group’s one downfall is its tendency to occasionally muffle Cornell’s voice with a screeching guitar and pounding drums. While Cornell’s voice is far from annoying, his nasal crooning is often much less captivating than Thayil’s shredding guitar.

All in all, the album is at least as good as the older albums that were its claims to fame. There’s not a lackluster track in the bunch, which is no easy feat in a record that’s 13 songs long.

With “King Animal,” Soundgarden has proven that they have been away too long, yet they returned sounding like they never truly left.

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Home” does not have much to offer. However, if dancing and being able to sing along to every song on a record is the goal, this album is surefire gold. The sweet mid-tempo rocker “Last First Kiss,” which was co-written by every member of the band, serves as a passable attempt at an honest to goodness plea for true love. The inclusion of an epic chorus, with pained harmonies in the hook and Harry Styles’ emotional phrasing of the line, “Girl what would you do / Would you wanna stay?” creates a dramatic turn for an otherwise droll number.

The production value on “Take Me Home” is loud and adventurous. Every nuanced detail, from the booming percussion on the sexy “Rock Me” to the gorgeous, layered harmonies on the country-tinged “Summer Love,” indicates the work of a talented production team. Studio savants Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk breathe life into the often-dull lyrics by working with the band’s strengths.

In effect, “Take Me Home” can only be considered a successful pop album if lyrics are brushed aside. No matter how much it improves on One Direction’s lackluster debut, this album probably shows just enough progress to keep the band in the public eye long enough to return with a more mature third album.

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Basketball runs through senior guard Eli Maravich’s veins, but the last name means more than just a reputation for Maravich — it means family, and it’s the very reason he is returning to basketball after a two-year absence.

Maravich comes from a family that has produced two basketball legends, Petar “Press” Maravich, who won more than 200 games as a college basketball coach, and “Pistol” Pete Maravich, a

Hall of Fame point guard who is de- toll on him. He said his grades were scribed as “perhaps the greatest creative suffering, his free time was gone and offensive talent in history” on his plaque his wallet was empty. in Springfield, Mass.

“I was missing out on my free Eli Maravich said his legendary time,” Maravich said. “It was more name got him attention on the court than what I realized I was getting into. from a young age.

I just needed a break from it.”

“It made things a little different for me,” However, though Maravich he said. “I would be playing [Amateur hung up his uniform, he was far Athletic Union] in sixth grade and kids’ from gone from the game, because dads would come up to me and say ‘I used he continued to remain close with to watch your relative all the time.’ It made his teammates and coaches while it a little extra cool.” working in the team’s office.

Maravich played basketball “Everything was good; I didn’t throughout high school, winning have a falling out by any means,” three high school sectional cham- Maravich said. “I love the coaches, pionships in Western Pennsylvania and I got along with the team really and earning all-district honors. His well, and they all knew that it wasn’t success in high school garnered the against them. attention of coaches Head Coach Jim on South Hill, and Mullins said he Maravich was renever attempted to cruited to play for re-recruit Eli when the Bombers. he made his deciOnce at Ithaca sion to leave the College, Maravich basketball team. played in every game “I didn’t try to his freshman year, talk him out of it,” helping the Bombers Mullins said. “I bring home a ECAC think he was pretty Upstate New York -ELI MARAVICH committed into Championship title trying to do some averaging 22 minother things.” utes a game, sporting During his jua blue-collar style of play reflective of nior year, Maravich took a job the steel town he came from. working as a janitor at the South After spending most of his life Hill Business Campus just a year on the hardwood and a successful after working in the basketball offreshman season with the Bombers, fices. Maravich worked eight hours a Maravich quit the varsity basket- week wiring lights in the ceiling, vacuball team — much to the surprise uming floors and washing bathrooms of his teammates. to make ends meet.

“Originally he said he was Back in Western Pennsylvania, planning on transferring Maravich’s 86-year-old grandfather schools,” senior forward was upset that he was no longer playand Maravich’s roommate ing basketball. His grandfather had Andrei Oztemal said. “I watched Eli play throughout high definitely went at length school and grew up in the same home at convincing him to as “Press” and wanted to see his grandcome back, but he’s a son play one more time. After speaking unique guy. He likes to with his grandfather, Maravich said he try other things, so I finally realized it was time to return to think he got that out the hardwood. of his system.”

“He’s really inspired me,” Maravich Despite the best said. “He was kind of the straw that efforts of his team- broke the camel’s back. I talked to him mates to get him about coming back, and he’d be at evback, Maravich ery one of my high school games, and held strong he loved watching me play, and this is with his my last shot at it, and I’m gonna do it d e c i s i o n for myself but also keep him in mind.” to leave Maravich said he was also beginthe team. ning to regret being off the team.

The de“I got one year left to do this,” mands of Maravich said. “When I’m 40 years high-level old, I’m not going to be playing in basketball front of a hundred or a thousand in high people or have a bus or a coach. I’m school and just going to be playing at the gym.” college had The first person Maravich told after taken its making his decision was his roommate.

“It was more than what I realized I was getting into. I just needed a break from it.”

Oztemel, who had been trying to convince his friend to return for two years, said he was overjoyed.

“I was excited, and I told him over the phone, ‘Finally, a voice of reason has spoken to you!’” Oztemel said.

Maravich experienced very little rust rejoining the team and quickly picked up where he left off. In their season opener against SUNY-Potsdam, he recorded four steals, which helped the Blue and Gold pull away in the second half. In their loss to Clarkson the next day, Maravich hit four 3’s. His solid performances led Mullins to say that Maravich has been the team’s most valuable player so far.

“He’s happy to be out there at all times,” senior guard Sean Rossi said.

“A lot of times we’re feeling down when we’re not playing well, and he always keep a smile on and keeps his energy, and it brings us closer together as a team.”

For Maravich, the energy and effort he brings to the court runs in his blood. The same blood that he said is providing his motivation throughout the season.

“I’m going to be thinking about my grandpa a lot this season, because this means a lot for me to do for him,” Maravich said. “I just hope I can make him proud.”

Senior guard Eli Maravich is returning to the men’s basketball team after a two-year hiatus. Maravich worked in the basketball office and as a janitor during his absence from the game.

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Nathan bickell

Sports’ biggest turkeys of 2012 Just a week ago, school was a distant memory. Those impending final projects took a backseat to eating some turkey and watching RGIII toss four touchdowns against the Cowboys. While most of us look forward to feasting on turkey every Thanksgiving, the term “turkey” in sports describes athletes and executives who have really screwed up this year.

So with the reality of school work and deadlines bearing down hard, let’s take a minute to deflect our anxiety and carve up the 2012 sports turkey.

Wing: Mike Rizzo, General Manager of the Washington Nationals The wing is nobody’s top choice, but it’s turkey nonetheless. It’s hard to definitively say Rizzo screwed up in his decision to shut down Stephen Strasburg in September, but it certainly doesn’t seem too smart right now. You can’t say Strasburg would have helped win game five of the National League Division Series, but it sure would have been nice to have him on the mound during the series.

Thigh: Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner The thigh is a good place for multiple people to grab some tender meat, and there are a lot of ways Roger Goodell has been a real turkey this year. After handing out the suspensions in the Saints bounty scandal, Goodell attempted to make himself the decider in the appeals process as well. He tried to play hardball in negotiations with NFL referees until his replacement refs made such a mockery of the game that he had to cave to the refs’ demands.

Drumstick: Lance Armstrong Every piece of drumstick meat is fought over at the dinner table, because it is so valuable. From arrogantly continuing to refer to himself as a Tour de France champion, long after he was stripped of his titles because of evidence that he bullied his subordinates to keep his doping quiet, the mirage of Armstrong as the cancer-surviving, bikerace conquering hero has faded into oblivion.

Breast: The NHL The focal point of the Thanksgiving feast, the breast is the easiest meat to get at and the most obvious sports turkey of the year is the NHL as a whole. Since the lockout that canceled the entire 2004-05 season, the league has seen its popularity slowly but steadily grow thanks to mainstream stars like Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby and the yearly outdoor Winter Classic game, but now all growth has been stunted because of bitter labor disputes. nathan bickell is a senior documentary studies major. Contact him at nbickel1@ithaca.edu.

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Squad’s red-hot run ends in Sweet 16 By steve derderian staff writer

During this past summer, the women’s soccer team’s Head Coach Mindy Quigg sat at her desk and looked over a roster that was stacked with a record-setting senior class and a talented junior class. This was the team she believed would bring the national championship back to South Hill.

The Bombers’ season began in almost pictureperfect fashion when the Blue and Gold started with 12 consecutive victories, including wins against rival SUNY-Cortland and No. 21 Stevens Institute of Technology. After a tie with conference opponent St. John Fisher College on Oct. 7, the Bombers won their next four of five games before dropping a 1-0 decision to Rochester Institute of Technology in the final game of the regular season.

When reflecting on the regular season, senior midfielder Julie Winn said the team was never fazed by wins and losses.

“We knew we had the ability to go undefeated,” Winn said. “The most important thing all season was that we were setting ourselves up to play our best soccer in the championship part of the season.”

During the Bombers’ run to the NCAA tournament, a number of records were also being pursued, most notably the career goals mark by senior forward Rachael Palladino. Heading into the opening of the NCAA tournament, Palladino had 60 total goals and needed only one goal to tie the record set

by Chelsey Feldman ’09. But Palladino went beyond the minimum requirement and tallied a hat trick with two assists in the Blue and Gold’s first-round victory against UMass-Boston on Nov. 10.

Though Palladino’s hat trick put her atop the career goals mountain, the senior forward said her accomplishment was only a side note to something that was more important to her during the season.

“What has always been most important to me is not the stats but making myself and my teammates better soccer players,” Palladino said.

Palladino wasn’t the only Bomber to rewrite the program’s record books during the team’s opening round victory. Winn distributed two assists and set a new single-season record with 12 assists total to surpass Feldman’s old mark.

After coming back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Bowdoin College 2-1 in the tournament’s second round, the Bombers were advancing to the tournament’s Sweet 16 for the second consecutive year. Unfortunately, a second consecutive trip to the Final Four was not in the cards. Misericordia

From left, Misericordia freshman back Devin Simpson fights for position against Ithaca freshman midfielder Kelsey King during the women’s soccer team’s 0-0 draw Nov. 17 on Carp Wood Field.

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University avenged its 1-0 regular season loss to the South Hill squad Oct. 2 by advancing on penalty kicks 6-5 after 110 minutes of scoreless play Nov. 17 on Carp Wood Field.

A sense of disbelief fell over the Bombers; it was the last game for the seniors, who during their years of play had come close to a national championship several times.

The seniors still had plenty of accomplishments for which they can hold their heads high. Senior goalkeeper Becca Salant posted 14 shutouts and ranked 5th overall in Division III in save percentage.

Meanwhile, the South Hill squad’s offense scored 59 goals and only allowed only eight goals in regulation. Collectively, the seniors won 63 games during a four-year span.

When reflecting on the efforts of the six seniors, Quigg said their efforts will help future Bombers teams take the next steps in their national championship runs.

“The one special thing is that they all have a very high work rate, and they’re very competitive, they have very competitive personalities,” Quigg said.

“Our whole senior class have been good leaders.”

Blue and Gold to switch it up on defense this season By danielle d’avanzo senior writer

The women’s basketball team is switching things up on defense this season with its new style of play.

After graduating Jess Farley ’12, one of last season’s best defenders, the Bombers are taking a more holistic defensive approach. Where Farley may have been depended on to guard an opposing team’s biggest offensive threat, a team approach will be taken as the Blue and Gold will switch on all screens.

Head Coach Dan Raymond said this switching — something that hasn’t been done much in the past — will be one of the team’s biggest changes this season. The reason for this new philosophy is to try and capitalize on the team’s height advantage.

“We don’t have any giants or anything like that, but when we switch, we don’t feel like we’re at a disadvantage anywhere,” Raymond said. “Plus, our bigs are pretty mobile and pretty agile, so they can stay with people.”

The South Hill squad, which features 11 returning players, has an average height of 5 feet 9-and-a-half inches. Sophomore Geena Brady is the tallest member of the team at 6 feet 1 inch, and she is also one of the tallest players in the Empire 8 Conference.

Sophomore guard Samantha Klie said having a lot of size and speed on defense is a big advantage because it makes opponents uncomfortable.

From left, senior forward Devin Shea defends Elms College sophomore forward Denisha Parks during the 2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal.

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“We all can play almost anyone, so offenses are maybe going to get a little bit flustered, because we switch a lot, and you might have a different girl on you throughout the entire game,” Klie said.

Senior forward Elizabeth Conti said the Bombers are working on

how they interact with each other on the courts, along with weak side defensive positioning.

“We’re really keen on communication and how important that is,” Conti said. “We’re also really trying to focus on being able to contain our girl, and therefore our help can always

be there if we get beat.”

The Bombers went undefeated in their opening weekend of play, beating Hamilton College 66-61 on Nov. 16 and defeating Skidmore College 76-50 on Nov. 17. Senior forward Devin Shea led the team in steals against Hamilton, while junior guard Kathryn Campbell and sophomore guard Ally Mnich co-led the steals column against Skidmore.

The Bombers have a tough nonconference schedule ahead of them, including NCAA tournament regulars Baruch College and University of Rochester, before their Empire 8 Conference schedule. Conti said the team will continue to work on its help defense and communication but also focus on improving lateral movement.

“Instead of us chasing, [Coach Raymond would] rather have us slide into position and make sure that we’re always moving when the ball moves so that we’re all in the correct positioning rather than standing up and running to a spot,” Conti said.

The squad returns 11 teammates who have played at least one season together, and Klie said this shared experience has already helped the Bombers build a strong defense.

“We have each others’ backs if someone gets beat defensively, and we’re trying to work more as a unit rather than one girl shutting down one player.”

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South Hill runners cap strong season

By Haley Costello Staff writer

As the season came to a close, the only climb left for the men’s cross country individual athletes and the women’s cross country team were the rolling hills of Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA championships.

The women’s cross country squad finished in 5th place at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship on Nov. 10 and received a spot as a team to compete at the national meet Nov. 17. The men’s team finished 7th overall, falling just short of a team qualification but sent two individual athletes to Terre Haute.

With only one week between the two competitions, both the men’s and women’s teams were forced to prepare for what would be the biggest race of the year.

Freshman Sawyer Hitchcock said the Bombers trained the way they had all season going into the national championship in order to approach this meet as if it was another meet on their schedule.

“Most of our preparation was to just keep doing what we’ve been doing, because that was basically our coaches’ motto,” Hitchcock said. “The goal was to try to think of nationals as just another 8K; if we could do that, we knew we could do well.”

All of the competing members of the team flew into Detroit on Nov. 15 and were expecting to fly into Indianapolis on a connecting flight. Because of a delay, the

South Hill squad stayed in Detroit overnight and completed the rest of their trip Friday.

Women’s cross country co-captain Carly Graham said it finally became real to her that she would be competing in a national championship once the team got to Terre Haute.

“It finally hit me once we arrived,” Graham said. “It was awesome to see all of the NCAA logos and to know that we were actually doing this.”

On Saturday, the athletes arrived at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ready to race across a course lined with fans screaming and cheering for teams and athletes from across the country. Sophomore Alexa Rick said this race could not compare to any race she had ever attended before because of its atmosphere and design.

“It had an atmosphere I had never experienced before, and it was awesome to have the opportunity to be there and experience it all,” Rick said. “The course was also something I had never experienced, because it was made to serve solely as a cross country course.”

For the men’s team, senior Nathan Bickell and Hitchcock both competed as individuals. Bickell clocked in at personal record of 25:52.80 to finish 127th overall out of 280 runners, while Hitchcock crossed the finish line in 149th place at 26:01.50.

Hitchcock said both he and Bickell were content with their finishes, especially because they were their best times of the season.

Sophomore Carolyn Malone, right, competes in the NCAA Championship meet Nov. 17 in Terre Haute, Ind. Malone finished in 23:34.00 to help the women’s cross country team to a 30th-place finish at the meet.

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“There’s not much more that can be asked for than a personal record in the last race of the year, and this is what me and Bickell both did,” Hitchcock said. “I feel extremely lucky to have gained experience as a freshman, and hopefully this experience will help me and the rest of the

team qualify for it in the future.”

The women competed as a team and finished in 30th overall, topping their 31st place finish in 2009.

Graham said the Bombers benefited from the efforts of every runner on the squad on their way to the championship meet in Terre Haute.

“It was a great season overall, and even though only eight people can make the trip to the nationals meet, it doesn’t mean that everyone did not make a difference,” Graham said. “Everyone’s support was given along the way, and we all accomplished this together.”

Look online and on our Twitter for game stories from these sports: FRIDAY • TBD Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving vs.

Bomber Invitational in the Athletics and Events Center Pool • 6 p.m. Women’s Basketball at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. • 8 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Wells College in Ben Light Gymnasium

SaturDAY • TBD Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving vs.

Bomber Invitational in the Athletics and Events Center Pool • 10 a.m. Wrestling at New Standard Corporation Invitational in York, Pa. • 10 a.m. Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field at Cornell University Relays

SunDAY • TBD Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving vs.

Bomber Invitational in the Athletics and Events Center Pool

TuesDAY • 6 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Elmira College in Ben Light Gymnasium • 8 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Elmira College in Ben Light Gymnasium

WEDNESDAY • 7 p.m. Wrestling vs. Rochester Institute of Technology in Ben Light Gymnasium

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Runner sets tone for season with early goals

by Emily Hull Staff writer

Though the indoor season has yet to begin for the men’s track and field team, senior distance runner David Geary is already setting his sights high.

Geary’s goal is to break 4:20 in the mile prior to winter break, a time that would put him significantly ahead of where the team’s’ runners usually are at this juncture in the season.

The limited schedule means he only has two opportunities to do so. He can in the Cornell University Relays on Saturday or the Ithaca Tri Meet on Dec. 8.

Geary, who was captain of the men’s cross country team this fall, is coming off of a successful season, when he set a personal best of 26:15 in the 8-kilometer race at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships on Nov. 17 in Terre Haute, Ind. Many of the indoor track team members who were also on the cross country team this past fall are taking the first two indoor meets off to rest up from the long season and recover both mentally and physically to ready themselves for indoor competition.

However, Geary decided not to take this break with his teammates.

“I thought this would be a good opportunity to go out and see where I stand at this point, so early on in the season, and hit those qualifying times so later on I can focus on other events,” Geary said.

Geary started running the mile as a freshman in high school, and he said it has become a part of his life ever since.

Last year, Geary improved his mile time throughout the season and placed 6th overall at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships out of 63 with a time of 4:15.95 that marked his personal best and set a school record.

Geary said he is hoping to maintain the momentum from the end of last year’s indoor season and to check off one of his

major goals right away this winter. The ECAC qualifying time for the mile for men this season is 4:22, meaning Geary would already secure a spot with two seconds to spare if he hits his goal in one of the season’s first two meets.

Indoor track team distance Coach Eric Sambolec said he encouraged Geary when the senior runner proposed his ambitious time goals. Sambolec was pleased when he found out Geary’s decision not to take off the first two indoor meets following the end of the cross country season.

“If he can start off at 4:20 this early in the season, that will set him up to be well under that by the end of the indoor season,” Sambolec said.

Sambolec said Geary’s go-getter attitude not only sets him up for achievement, it also sets a tone for the rest of the team to follow his lead.

“He’s a great leader,” Sambolec said. “It’s always nice when some of the better guys perform early and lead by example. This shows the younger guys what they can accomplish.”

Sophomore runner Niko Athanasatos said Geary’s actions speak volumes as an athlete and a leader. This sets the bar high for other members of the team.

“David Geary is a great leader emotionally and by his performance,” Athanasatos said. “By him setting this goal, it motivates us all to be better athletes and to work hard right from the start.”

Sambolec said he is confident Geary will be able to accomplish his goal. Before the start of the indoor season, Geary expressed that he wanted to be running as fast as possible as soon as possible. But Sambolec said he told Geary to be patient, while constantly reminding him “You can’t get to 4:12 in one day.”

“Sometimes you have to run several competitions to get there,” Sambolec said.

“You have to look at the process and the

From left, senior distance runner David Geary runs alongside senior distance runner and cross country teammate Nathan Bickell at the Empire 8 Indoor Championships last season.

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things along the way. Getting 4:20 before he goes away for break will set him up for something greater later on.”

Geary said his motivation to complete this goal lies in the relief that will come from hitting those qualifying times early in

the season and reduce late season pressure.

“If I accomplish this goal, it will be very exciting for me,” Geary said. “It sets me up mentally and physically to try to run as I did last year and reach my ultimate goal of qualifying for nationals.”

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Top Tweets The funniest sports commentary via Twitter from this past week Bill Simmons @billsimmons This 2012-13 Wizards season is being directed by David Lynch.

Faux John Madden @FauxJohnMadden The Jaguars and Browns win on the same day, stock up on canned food and bottled water.

The Bill Walton Trip @NotBillWalton The only place I want to ever see Charlie Batch playing again is on the N64 version of NFL Blitz.

Brian Phillips @runofplay Bottom line, though: di Matteo will land on his feet, assuming Abramovich left them attached.

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The number of seconds it took wrestler Jules Doliscar to pin an opponent last week.

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The number of 1st-place finishes for the women’s swimming and diving team in last week’s quad meet in Clinton, N.Y. The team also tallied 3 dual wins.

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Sports tidbits for the less-than-casual sports fan Assistant Sports Editor Taylor Palmer offers a few sports topics to use at the bar, a party or an awkward lull in conversation

Driving the lane

From left, senior Kyle Woodruff watches as senior Sean Yoo and sophomore Nicholas Leclair, of the Average Home Boys, guard sophomore Brandon Bozek of the KOTN during an intramural game Monday in Ben Light Gymnasium.

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the foul line Weird news from the wide world of sports Hitting the century mark in a basketball game is one heck of an achievement … for a team. But in a game last week, Grinnell College’s Jack Taylor topped 100 by himself. Scoring a whopping 138 points against Faith Baptist College, Taylor shattered the previous record of 116 points set by Rio Grande University’s Bevo Francis in 1953. Taylor took a total of 108 shots from the field and 71 3-point field goals. Taylor turned in a legendary performance. In a truly Carmelo-esque game, Taylor’s effort included putting up 69 percent of his team’s shots and managing a big zero in the assists column. The sporting world is essentially split. Some say Taylor’s record should be marveled at — a display of athletic dominance.

However, some say that his play should be called out for selfishness. Taylor followed up his legendary performance with a modest 21-point game in a victory over the William Penn University Statesmen. His shooting volume dropped dramatically between the two games but remained at an inordinately high rate. Against Faith Baptist, Taylor managed to shoot the ball once every 20 seconds and put the ball up once every 49 ticks in the following game. To put this in perspective, Taylor scored twice as much as the Bombers’ men’s entire team scored last week against Hartwick, but he took about twice as many shots as the team to get there. The Bombers’ also haven’t had a single player take more than one shot per minute in a game so far this season.

—Taylor Palmer

• Kansas City Chiefs running back and utility man Dexter McCluster is a giving man. While delivering holiday meals to needy citizens for a Kansas City charity last week, McCluster was reminded that as long as his team is losing games, people don’t really care about if he’s a nice guy. One elderly woman he delivered food to spent her entire time with him reminding him how bad his team is. The 1–10 Chiefs have put together a disappointing season, but McCluster seemed surprised that this fan felt the need to remind him while he was trying to do a good deed. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

• Hockey, widely regarded as one of the toughest sports out there, has taken a big step backward this week. Sidney Crosby, one of the NHL’s top scorers and one of the game’s biggest celebrities and international ambassadors, has flipped the bird to every tough guy in the league. The NHL isn’t in play, but if it was, Crosby would be on the injured reserve with Bieber Fever. That’s right, Crosby is a J-Biebs fan. Last week, the forward was spotted at a Bieber concert in Vancouver. Hockey has officially hit an all-time low ... and it isn’t the lockout.

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Over the gorges and through the woods

Junior Samuel Reibman, an outdoor adventure leadership major, fly-fishes along a stretch of Six Mile Creek. The creek contains fish like brown trout, rock and small mouth bass.

The hunting and fishing seasons are in full swing in upstate New York as of late November. Hunters and fishermen hike to the nearby natural lands in search of game, such as pheasant, deer and fish.

Photos by durst breneiser assistant Photo Editor

Reibman zigzags through a field in the Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area, the largest wildlife management area in New York. It is located 16 miles outside Ithaca off of Route 13.

Prior to fishing, Reibman selects a fly he has handcrafted, using wire to tie together animal furs and feathers. The flies are made to resemble mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies to lure in fish.

Using one of his handmade flies, Reibman catches a fallfish. Because fallfish are not known for their palatability, Reibman removed the fly and released the fish.