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Sky Ferreira Misses the Point Completely

By Jared Wolf April 20, 2014

Pop singer Sky Ferreira rose from relative irrelevancy on Wednesday (April 16) when her new video for "I Blame Myself" was met with accusations of racism for its one-dimensional portrayal of black men...

The NCAA Yet to Break, Bends

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa April 18, 2014

According to Newton’s first law of motion, an object at rest stays at rest until acted upon by an external force.  In the case of the NCAA, an institution known for its immobility, the external pressure...

Media Coverage of Suicide Needs Improvement

By Jared Wolf April 17, 2014

As this month commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Kurt Cobain's death, I am reminded of the iconic headlines that alerted the world to the tragedy. Dramatic, sensationalized headlines like the Seattle...

I too, am Harvard…

By Jeremy Li April 16, 2014

Diversity is something often talked about here at Ithaca College. Right now the College is going full-out on implementing series workshops and classes on "Microaggression," which is the aggregated hurtful...

Reuters World Cup Poll Gets It All Wrong

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa April 15, 2014

On Monday, major news agency Reuters published a poll stating two out of three Americans do not plan to follow this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, suggesting the U.S. men’s soccer team’s home support...

Fun With Names: Baby Names and Pop Culture

By Jared Wolf April 11, 2014

AV Club reported today that "Khaleesi," a word from the fictional language Dothraki of the Game of Thrones universe (approximately translating to "queen"), is a trending baby name: 146 "Khaleesi"s were...

Why my eyes were glued to Twitter all weekend.

April 7, 2014

Over the weekend, I kept a close eye on my Twitter feed because I was dying a slow, painful internal death.  I was here, in Ithaca, while in New York City, some of the most powerful female minds were...

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