Imagine Ithaca College 10 years from now. There may be new buildings on campus. Some of your favorite professors will no doubt have moved on. There may even be more television screens in random places. Like any institution of higher education, the college will always be in a state of flux — adapting to an [...]
Up: Obama decrying interest rates The president knows what’s up with student debt. Props to Obama for advocating against the proposed interest rate hike. Down: ‘Carmageddon’ in Ithaca Driving around downtown Ithaca will be a pain for students and visitors while the new construction projects are under way. Down: Brew Fest put on hiatus Ithacans [...]
More than 1,115 Ithaca College students participate in 38 different club sports on campus — which translates into almost 17 percent of the student population. With that many students involved in the program, you would think the college could provide adequate funding for them to be able to properly function. Unfortunately, this is not a [...]
At some point in my 4-year-old sister’s life, someone will have to sit her down and explain to her that she almost didn’t make it into this world alive. It’s 2007. My mother is in the passenger’s seat of a car headed down a street in Atlanta, Ga., when an oncoming car runs a red [...]
Spring is full of new creative projects. The past few months have seen many high-profile and highly successful Kickstarter campaigns, each one raising more money than the last. The trend this spring shows a shift in consumer culture — that people will pay for things they want before they’ve had the chance to use or [...]
On behalf of Hillel at Ithaca College, I want to express our gratitude to the many individuals and organizations at IC and in the local community who helped support our community-wide celebration of Israel Independence Day last Thursday. More than 300 students, faculty, staff and community members, representing a broad spectrum of political and religious [...]
As individuals, let alone college students, we have a responsibility to acknowledge foreign ideas and constantly examine our own opinions. Failure to do so makes activism irrational, superseded by ideological commitments to an incomplete set of “facts.” Sadly, this characterized Students for Justice in Palestine’s performance at Israel Independence Day last week. By walking among [...]
