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Ithaca locals comment on issues stemming from infrastructure and housing costs, to learning more about the election.

Ithaca locals comment on issues they are hoping to be addressed in the upcoming election

October 22, 2025
Ithaca locals comment on issues stemming from infrastructure and housing costs, to learning more about the election.
First-year Samuel Radcliffe outlines how, despite privacy policies and agreements, big technology companies continue to use, sell and buy user data created from everyday internet use.

Big tech companies need to be honest about user data

By Samuel Radcliffe October 15, 2025

Privacy is an intrinsic part of human life. It gives us security, allows us to build trust and manage our relationships. The United Nations even formally recognized privacy as a fundamental human right...

Local business owner Olivia Ashline comments on the parking prices at Ithaca's Apple Harvest Festival, arguing that festival parking money should be reallocated for the community.

Ithaca needs to be transparent about extra parking costs

By Olivia Ashline October 15, 2025

“Dear Ithaca, why are you charging for parking on the weekends?”  This year, I vowed to take some space from the progressive, college-town culture I live in. My livelihood depends on locals buying...

There is no ethical or responsible way to use artificial intelligence

There is no ethical or responsible way to use artificial intelligence

By Michael Smith October 8, 2025
Michael Smith discusses the environmental impacts of AI use and how society needs to rethink its use of this technology.
First-year Samuel Radcliffe discusses the consequences of continual overuse of Artificial Intelligence use on the human brain.

Artificial Intelligence is eroding critical thinking skills

By Samuel Radcliffe September 25, 2025

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has fundamentally transformed the way we work. Despite the potential benefits and increased productivity it offers, there is still public wariness towards...

Narges Kasiri, professor in the Department of Management, explains how the School of Business built its online and social media presence, with students at the forefront.

Real-world experiences facilitate effective learning

By Narges Kasiri September 25, 2025

School of Business’s Social Media Success Story At the Ithaca College School of Business, we often talk with our students about the power of data-driven decision-making. Over the past year, we turned...

Haley Miller discusses right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk's death and the long overdue conversation on gun violence.

Public responses to varying attacks show why gun violence must be addressed

By Haley Miller September 20, 2025

Once again, another act of gun violence. Charlie Kirk, a right-wing youth activist, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University Sept. 10. This act of violence occurred during a rally while Kirk was speaking...

AI on campus: Navigating the new normal in school

AI on campus: Navigating the new normal in school

By Isabella Bogosel and Narges Kasiri May 1, 2025

Artificial intelligence is rapidly weaving its way into campus life, and our community is learning to navigate it in real time. In a multi-week research project, our Advanced Decision Making with Analytics...

Diminished expectations create disengaged students

Diminished expectations create disengaged students

By Lorien Tyne, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2025

I came to Ithaca College for The Ithacan because decades of passionate students built a legacy worth committing four years contributing to. It is this newsroom and the people that give it life that have...

Classrooms must adapt for the incoming usage of AI

Classrooms must adapt for the incoming usage of AI

By Charles Phipps April 18, 2025

Artificial Intelligence  has revolutionized the way our world works. It has made it much easier to gain direct access to questions people may have and it works even faster than the Internet. With that...

International students face the burden of being grateful

International students face the burden of being grateful

By Sonya Mukhina April 18, 2025

Watching injustice from afar is always difficult, but being torn between two worlds and still expected to be grateful for it is even worse. As we face a massive shift of political narratives around the...

Women's March Madness deserves more spotlight

Women’s March Madness deserves more spotlight

By David Schurter, Co-Sports Editor April 10, 2025

College basketball is one of the country’s most popular sports, due in large part to the annual postseason tournament: NCAA March Madness — featuring the likes of 64 teams together in one bracket....

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