What’s happening today
Today’s top news and events
1. The Handwerker Gallery will hold an opening reception for its latest exhibition, “Strange Bedfellows,” at 4:30 p.m. today. The exhibition includes work from more than 20 queer artists.
2. The Gamer Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8:15 p.m. tonight in Ford Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
In Today’s Paper
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News: Pope Francis took to Twitter on March 13, acknowledging the one-year anniversary of his papal inauguration by asking his followers to “Please pray for me.” A year earlier, the new pope approached his crowd of believers in front of the Vatican in March 2013 with a similar request of prayer. Read about how the campus has reacted to Pope Francis in this week’s News Section.
Accent: Friends, jobs and romance — the holy triad many students want to achieve — are often impacted by the struggles acne causes. And in college, when students live in such close proximity with one another and are constantly bothered with the overwhelming stress job-searching inflicts, it is easy to feel smothered — and acne doesn’t help. Read more about how some college students deal with acne in this week’s Accent Section.
Sports: When some student-athletes graduate, they want to stick around campus a little bit longer. For Michael Silipo ’11, Carly Jones ’13 and Katherine Bixby ’10, who now serve as assistant coaches for the Bombers, Ithaca has become a permanent home. Read more about these assistant coaches in this week’s Sports Section.
