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Commentary: Club sports deserve funds for basic necessities

The Women’s Club Soccer team poses for a photo this past fall. To make up for the money they need for the season that doesn’t come from the college, the team fundraises most of what they spend.

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 [...]

Commentary: Editor’s inspiration stems from life-changing experience

Senior Ithacan editor in chief Aaron Edwards poses with his sister, Eliyana. Much of Edwards’ career inspiration has come from his family.

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 [...]

Commentary: College lacks resources to establish strong China center

Coming to the U.S. from China and studying here for my fourth year, I found that my study abroad experience has taught me numerous things. Every day I am here, I am learning the language, sharing the traditions, experiencing the culture and discovering the differences and similarities between the U.S. and China. I find studying [...]

Commentary: Students need cross-school collaboration

Senior Michael Reyes directs his actor, freshman Eric Schaum, on set during the filming of “Der Kampf.” A collaboration of students from three different schools at Ithaca College helped create the thesis film.

Integration has taken over Ithaca College like a storm. With the announcement of the integrative core curriculum as part of the college’s IC 20/20 plan, the college intends for its students to experience different classes outside their major. But the core curriculum begs the question: Is this the form of integration the college should be [...]

Commentary: Federal pot raid should encourage more grassroots activism

Evan Nison

Earlier this month, the federal government came into Oakland, Calif., against the will of the voters, local government and the police department to raid a gift shop, museum, school and a fully compliant medical marijuana dispensary. Federal agencies used a sealed warrant and did not reveal the purpose of the raid. As the raid occurred at Oaksterdam University, a non-accredited educational facility that offers training for the cannabis industry, city officials and hundreds of locals protested.

Commentary: Students shouldn’t feel pressure to seal an internship

Instead of doing an internship, junior Perri Rumstein spends her summers working as a camp counselor or as a volunteer for animal shelters.

When asked, “What are you doing this summer?” I feel like I must immediately jump to the defensive. “I am working at a camp … It pays well … I get a great tan …” I begin spewing justifications for my deviation from the norm, but I know what they are thinking, “Oh, no internship?” Yeah, no summer internship for me.

Commentary: Hemp’s potential clouded by Schedule 1 title

Senior Sam Goldman browses products made from hemp last Friday at the Ithaca Hemp Company on The Commons. The plant can be used to make more than 25,000 products the US currently produces.

Last year, I began learning about an intriguing plant that’s benevolence is masked by its unfortunate public misconception as an illegal intoxicant. I’m talking about industrial hemp, which is legally considered a Schedule 1 drug by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration despite its proven health benefits and low-to-nonexistent levels of THC. This is the [...]


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