Newbie Town
22 August 2004 | filed under GeneralThere’s mayhem in the city at the moment. The class of 2008 has descended on Ithaca to register at Cornell (and Ithaca College) and they all brought their parents, siblings and grandmas. Grocery stores are frenzied and traffic is thick downtown and in shopping center parking lots. The university residence lawns are makeshift parking lots for minivans loaded with personal effects. Public buses are full.
The Ithaca Journal and The Ithaca Times each published a city guide for people new in town. The Times’ guide had little or no useful information, though they did splash their cover with this shamefully (gasp!) Photoshopped image of a Penske truck:
The Journal published several short interviews with locals and there was a great quote from a resident of Dryden. When asked what she likes about the town she says,
“It’s peaceful, it’s friendly. Right when we moved here was when those teenage girls were dying, so my mom was pretty paranoid, but it turned out to be a really safe place.”
Way to sell it!
HAHA.
wait. what teenage girls?
comment by `jen on 22 August 2004 at 11:43 am
See, I don’t know anything about that - yet. But of course since she mentioned it, I need to do some research… I’ll let you know when I find out!
comment by Tiffany on 22 August 2004 at 2:41 pm
So this is all I found, from Finger Lakes Community News:
Accused Killer of Geneva Teens in Court
16 year old accused killer Lamond McKoy was in court this morning in Canandaigua. The Geneva teen is charged in the murders of his cousin, 18 year old Elizabeth Monique McKoy and 14 year old Ashley Vincent. The families of the accused and the alleged victims attended this morning’s hearing. McKoy’s attorney is asking the court for the minutes of the grand jury hearing at which his client was indicted. Ontario County DA Mike Tantillo tells R News it’s a standard procedure, and he says he’s confident the indictment will stand.
McKoy’s attorney also argued that some of his statements to police should not be admissible as evidence. In addition to murder, McKoy faces rape and other charges.
comment by Tiffany on 22 August 2004 at 2:49 pm
It’s not pleasant reading, but I suspect the story that person is referring to is this one:
http://www.ejeanlive.com/spin-cheer.htm
comment by Anonymous on 22 August 2004 at 9:07 pm
Wow, what a grim, unbelievable situation.
comment by Tiffany on 23 August 2004 at 3:26 pm