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, . ,,•,il The Press/Friday, November 7, 1986/THREE Voter turnout prov~s to be better than last year By DANETTE GILSON An estimated 40 percent of .the registered student voters of the State University Col- 'lege at Cortland went to the polls for their candidates in Tuesday's elections, accor- ding to CCSA president Jim Cullen. \The percentage of students who voted was good - better than last year,'' said Cullen. The Fourth Ward, which includes all the dorms on the lower campus, had 846 registered voters ·and 306 turned out to vote at Towers, the Fourth Ward polling site, Cullen said. The Fourth ·Ward represents the best estimate for student voter turnout Cullen said, because almost all of it's registered voters were students. The Third Ward, con- sisting of Clayton A v.e., Cheney and Degroat halls and the surrounding com- munity, had 455 regist;ered voters 203 of which actually voted, Cullen said. He estimated 80 to 100 of tlte 203 who voted in the Third ward were students. The Second Ward, which consists of the area including Lincoln, Madison, and Groton avenues, is divided into two districts. District One had 434 registered voters and 279 par- ticipated in Tuesday's elec- tions and District 2 had 532 registered voters with 320 showing at the polls, said Cullen. It is difficult to· get ac- curate statistics on the number of students who turned out to vote in ward's two and three because the students are part of the com- munity, said Cullen. , The Cortland County Board of Elections does not have any results available yet as to the number of registered voters in the coun- ty compared to those who participated in the elections. This year's student voter turn out Cullen said ''shows that students do care about the college community and that students will take the time t~ote and the time to hold el ted officials accoun- table fo their actions.\ Clark says rumor about SUCC closing is false By AMY COLUCCI The problem with trichloroethylene in the water is not as big of a problem as compared to the rum()rs that have been going around cam- pus according to State University College at Cor- tland President James Clark. Most people seem to believe that school will close after Thanksgiving, Clark said, if the water problem is not cleared up. However, Clark said each rumor that he has heard has been false. Many questions have been asked about the water pro- blem. Consequently. the school has devised a fact sheet on the problem to help clear up the concerns of many people. Clark said he hopes that \students will send on the in- formation to their parents,\ the colJege's main objective is to get the facts out. TCE was detected in private wells just outside of Cortland showing levels of 2 parts per billion earlier last week. However, at the pre- sent time there appears to be Decision finalized: no health problem. Accor- ding to Cortland County Health Direct<lr James Feuss, the latest test results showed no traces of TCE as was reported Nov. 4 in the Cortland Standard. J\s far as the future goes,President Clark said, \the city is prepared to take remedial action.\ One action the city is going to take is the installatioa ()f one of two filtration systems; an air striping system or an active carbon filtration system. The air striping system in- volves pumping water up a tower and overfl()wing it so the water is pushed out. By the time the water reaches the bottom, Clark said, the chemica~s will be evaporated. This system is 99.9 percent effective and the carbon filtration system is 100 per- cent effective but costs more money, Clark added. This system involves carbon which absorbs the chemicals out of the water and then the carbon is discarded. Many students ltave been using bottled water as a substitute during the \crisis but Clark said students are better off drink- ing Cortland's water because · many times bottled water contains more chemicals than average drinking water because there isn't a federal regulation on bottled water. To stress the point that school is not closing, Clark said, ''the college will close only if the city closes down and everyone moves out.'' The fact sheet will be put in all mailboxes and will be available throughout cam- pus. NYPIRG' s funding increase begins in spring By VIRGINIA MARTIN The increase in NYPIRG funding, whiCh was to begin this semester, has been postponed until the Spring semester, according to Cortland College Stu- dent J\ssociation president Jim Cullen. CCSJ\- treasurer, Marie Kitts, is -currently for- mulating a contrJict stating that NYPIRG's increase will begin in the ~pring and continue for the next four semesters, Cullen said. This semester NYPIRG will only recive the $2 per student. per .sem~ster,.that~-~t~:~dents at SU.C.C Wl!re already billed for in the mandatory acitivities fee, Cullen said. The decision, he said, was reached after determin- ing that the CCSJ\ played no part in the error .Because the organ~zation had sent a letter to the .Bursar's office .informing .tbe. .office of the results of the referendum, Cullen said, CCSA show- ed no negligence. . NYPIRG was to have receiv~d a $1 increase per student per semester as determined by a referendum that was passed by the student body last spring. This vote was to have increased the organization's funding to $3 per student per semester. But because of <ln error. students were not billed correctly. The executive board of CCSA, NYPIRG coor- dinator Ken Deutsch and other members of the NYPIRO staff played roles in the decision-making process, Cullen said. . Deutsch said the solution was acceptable to NYPIRO since it was determined that the CCSA Rhoenrod not known in U.S. By VIRGINIA MARTIN ·The Rhoenrod gym wheel is a sport most Americans know very little about, according to Renate Tarrach. This unfamiliarity is the main reason Tarrach, German foreign exchange student, said she decided to bring the Rhoenrod to the United States via SUCC. ' The Rhoenrod consists of two wheels of iron held together with iron bars, said Tarrach, who is a coach and German na- tional champion in the sport. ·'Although the Rhoenrod sounds like the kind of wheel a hamster runs in, she said, a person doesn't just roll in the Rhoenrod. Many different exercises can be taken from the field of gymnastics and applied to the Rhoenrod, Tarrach said. An athlete can do handstands or splits while turning around in the wh'eel, she said. There are three disciplines gymnasts must show when com- peting in the Rhoenrod. event, according to Tarrl:ich. The Rhoenrod can be rolled on both wheels which she said is call- ed \Geraderollert.n ~ ,' Tarrach said the gymnast can also perform on just one w.heel which is called ''Spiralerollen. '' ! In competition the men must spring over a rolling Rhoenrod, she said. While the wheel is moving the gymnast can spring onto the top of it and flip off, she added. ·For anyone whose curiosity has been aroused about the Rhoenrod can learn more, Terrach said. terrach said she holds a class every Monday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the woo~engymin P.E.~. · A .workshop wtll be held, she said, Nov. 21 and 22 at 6 p.m. in.the same gym. Any studt;nt or faculty memb~r interested in participating in the workshop ·should sign up· at Phyliss McGinley's office at E343 of P .• E.:B. .!· . . . . 0 • • .. .. ,• •• •• . l ~ • ' •. :\'inr•wn at right is Re.nate Tarrach s.(i(fldim~ within the • • _,;., ' 1 ; • • \' • ~ flo, . . R:ll'.oeJ'lrO'a gym wheel.· Totra.ch, . national champion ., ti; ar 1 -. wasn't at fault. He said he wouldn't want to hurt the other organizations on campus by trying to deduct from their budgets at this late date. Once it was definite that the CCSJ\ wasn't responsible, Deutsch said,there didn't seem to be any other fair solution. NYPIRG is goiJ.tg to have to operate one more semester. at SUCC with a deficit, he said. . NYPIRG's services at SUCC will not be directly affected, Deutsch s'aid. But, he added, the organiza- tion~s general budget as a whole will suffer. The decision, which was orginally to be announc- ed Sept. 30, was delayed because of the research that needed to be done, Cullen said. All possibilities had to be looked into, he said, which required \dig- ging into the files.\ ., )>-•
