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Bon Iverotica

May 3, 2012

The name on everyone’s lips at the Grammy awards this year was Bon Iver, or Bonny Bear to some. Mostly it was just people questioning who he is. First of all, it’s not a he. It’s a they. Bon Iver is the musical brainchild of frontman Justin Vernon.   Through his romantic, heart-breaking repertoire and…

Hologramania

April 29, 2012

Don’t even tell me that hologram projections are seriously going to be the next big thing in music. Yeah, the Tupac Coachella hologram was pretty nifty, but let’s not make this a recurring thing. We still need some authenticity to our live music.   Apparently the music industry is heading in a different direction. This…

Song of the Week: “Silenced By the Night”

April 29, 2012

I have a slight obsession with the letter “k” when it comes to music. Most of my favorite bands utilize this special letter in their names: The Killers, Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian and The Kills. Oh, and Keane. Besides The Killers, Keane has been with me the longest since I really started getting…

Touring the college experience

By The Ithacan • April 25, 2012

Regardless of the size of a college campus, prospective college students feel overwhelmed as they visit possible destinations for their future study, work and living environments. Their visit to campus is where the organizational and informational duties of a campus tour guide come in.

Song of the Week: “I Found You”

April 24, 2012

Alabama Shakes couldn’t have picked a better time to jump into the music scene. As folk and soulful music continues to gain some traction, they’re stepping into a welcoming environment. The group’s rootsy rock is just plain infectious and uplifting. Who doesn’t like music that makes you feel good?   Currently, the band is embarking…

Coachella 2012 Fashion Update

By Cady Lang, Staff Writer • April 23, 2012

Coachella 2012, a celebration of music and fun in Southern California, just finished over a week of festivities to the largest crowd they’ve ever entertained. Coachella has long been a favorite of hipster music lovers (this year’s line-up included Bon Iver and The Black Keys,) but it has also garnered a following among the fashion…

Colleges counterproductive by withholding transcripts

By The Ithacan • April 20, 2012

It's no secret that student loan repayment has been a vicious never-ending cycle since the economic recession began almost five years ago. But it is colleges and universities that are currently making it difficult for students in debt rather than the banks that were bailed out.

Mario v. Bush

By The Ithacan • April 20, 2012

For a class I'm doing some research where I have to take notes during SportsCenter. It's a pain, really (that's right mom and dad, $50,000 a year). So as I've analyzed everything from the Top 10 Plays to counting how many times Skip Bayless says something wrong (just kidding I don't have the stomach to…

Puffer coats now fashionable? Ithacans rejoice!

By Cady Lang, Staff Writer • April 18, 2012

Women's Wear Daily, the beacon of fashion direction for fashionistas, has declared that puffer coats will be one of the hottest trends for Fall 2012. Wait - what?!? Yes, you read that correctly...puffer jackets, like those fluffy, poofy down-usually-encased-in-nylon marshmallow jackets that everyone in Ithaca wears from late autumn to spring and sometimes through the…

Giving Back

By Michelle Boulé, Blogger • April 18, 2012

One of the most important things that I have learned while in South Africa, is how meaningful it is to give back, to volunteer, to help others. This sounds really cliché, american student going abroad to help poor african children, but at the same time there are people in dire need of services and who…

Raising awareness of campus shootings

By The Ithacan • April 17, 2012

When I first heard about the shooting at Oikos University earlier this month that killed seven students, it stood out to me as one of the most devastating killing sprees on a college campus since the Virginia Tech incident in 2007. Out of the school shootings that have made headlines the past few years Oikos…

Resurrecting Tupac

April 17, 2012

First off: an apology. I’m sorry that I didn’t include Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s set in my Coachella viewing guide. Why? Because at the time of writing my viewing guide, they were not slated to be featured on the festival’s YouTube page. They were eventually added.   So if you weren’t following my viewing…