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Pushing My Weight

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • September 17, 2014

My fellow marcher Mack McDonald often cites the following statistic: if every single American started living a truly sustainable lifestyle tomorrow, it would only cut about 20 percent of our emissions. The other 80 percent comes from industry and corporations.

The New Weekly Superheroes

By Kenny Chapman • September 16, 2014

We all know about the crazy success Superhero movies have had over the better part of this decade, but the box office isn’t the only option to get your superhero fix this fall. Cable Television has decided...

Illuminating Endangered Species during the People’s Climate March

By Karly Placek, Karly Placek • September 15, 2014

Lights will quite literally shine upon endangered animals at United Nation Headquarters this weekend. On the eve of the People's Climate March in New York City this weekend, the Oceanic Preservation Society is planning to project larger-than-life sized images of endangered species to raise social awareness.

Flag Football

By Corey Hess, Assistant Photography Editor • September 10, 2014

It's not uncommon for intramural sports to be just as exciting to watch as Ithaca Bombers' games. This is a shot from a nail-biter that got especially intense between Da Bears and This Isn't Floor Hockey?

First Photo of Campus from the Sky

By Tucker Mitchell, Photography Editor • September 8, 2014

This is the first photograph from the sky above Carp Wood Field. Check out the September 11 print issue for more!

Stressed? Chill out with Nature!

By Karly Placek • September 8, 2014

It's Monday. You're tired, overwhelmed, and not looking forward to another busy week. Why not chill out for awhile with some bears in Alaska? Maybe you could even  catch some rays near the tropical...

Shark Finning: A Deadly Delicacy 

September 4, 2014

At millions of restaurants around the world, “shark fin soup” is served as a common delicacy. What the menu won't tell you, however, is about the cruel practice used in order to harvest those fins.

The Fruits of Our Labor

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • August 29, 2014

...corporations have no right to be exploiting people, whether they live in Nebraska or Texas or the Ecuadorian Rainforest, and I know that this current system cannot last. Although the Tar Sands Blockade failed to stop TransCanada in the south, the northern section of KXL has not been built because of activists.

The Ithacan Fall 2014 Staff

By Tucker Mitchell, Photo Editor • August 29, 2014

The Ithacan editorial board of Fall 2014. Moments before rush night. Not pictured: our ineffable advisor Michael Serino taking this photograph.

The Turtle Fountain

By Tucker Mitchell, Photography Editor • August 25, 2014

In a small garden near the Peggy Ryan Williams Center sits the turtle fountain. If you stumble upon this hidden gem, spend a couple minutes taking in the idyllic atmosphere.

Double the Trouble

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • August 23, 2014

I sat down beside a bubbling stream near our campsite, dipped my feet into the cool water and wrote Rob a letter. I described to him the beauty of Colorado, the physical challenge of walking 15 to 20 miles each day and the incredible new family I had acquired in the Marchers. I ended the letter by begging him to come out and see it for himself.

Crossing Over

By Faith Meckely, Staff Writer • August 22, 2014

Each marcher passed through the portal individually. On the Colorado side of the portal there was a bowl, and as each marcher passed through we poured some of our water into the bowl and announced what we were leaving behind and what we looked forward to moving into Nebraska.