Recently, full-time faculty took a stand against what they say is “grave unfairness” at the college. For the second year in a row following the board of trustees’ approval of the 2012-13 budget, part-time faculty will not receive a raise, but full-time faculty will.
Up: Addition of new permaculture garden near Williams Hall Last week marked the national Earth Week movement as well as the inauguration of a new permaculture garden on campus. Thanks to professor Michael Smith and his research team, the abandoned space will now hold a host of perennial plants. Up: IC 20/20 vision plan [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Both the United Nations and the African Union turned their gaze toward Sudan and South Sudan last week. The organizations condemned South Sudan’s military advances and Sudan’s air raids over the oil-rich border town of Heglig, calling for both countries to settle their differences over the territory peacefully. Reducing the border dispute and conflict down [...]
Thank you for the coverage of Earth Week on campus and especially of the permaculture demonstration site. I would like to clarify one part of the story, however. Somehow lost in the interview with me was my statement that the lion’s share of the credit goes to the students and above all to Karryn Olson-Ramanujan. [...]
Recently, the campus has served as a test ground. From registration time ticketing and all-freshman housing to the New York City Program, the college has implemented pilot programs and continues to do so. As the core curriculum goes into effect this fall and students feel the effects of the other changes laid out in IC 20/20, the Student Government Association needs to fully serve as the student voice.
