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About 100 members of the Ithaca community gathered at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons to rally in support of the right to an abortion. Protestors held signs that read, “Abortion is a human right,” “Women should have more bodily autonomy than a corpse,” “I stand with Planned Parenthood,” “Safe abortions save lives” and “Not your body, not your life, not your business.” 

Ithaca community protests draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

May 5, 2022

Review: Singles of the week 4/28

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
April 28, 2022
'Re:Mixing' - "me when" with Noah Falk and Rufus Mullhaupt

‘Re:Mixing’ – “me when” with Noah Falk and Rufus Mullhaupt

By Eva Salzman, Eva Salzman
April 25, 2022
'Re:Mixing' - "Mysteries and High Places" with Luke Keller

‘Re:Mixing’ – “Mysteries and High Places” with Luke Keller

By Eva Salzman, Eva Salzman
April 12, 2022
"Crash" proves to be an encyclopedia of pop, featuring a number of iconic artists.

Review: Charli XCX release is everything but a crash

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
March 31, 2022
"Fresh" showcases the dating world for women being a place of danger and risk.

Review: Hulu original movie shows the dangers of online dates

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
March 9, 2022
Ajamu X's section of the "On Our Backs: The Revolutionary Art of Queer Sex Work" exhibition in the Handwerker gallery displays queer literature.

Queer sex work exhibit educates IC students

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
March 3, 2022
Through the writing suffered in season two of "Euphoria" the acting, soundtrack and visual elements make it worth the watch.

Review: “Euphoria” writing takes a big hit

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
March 2, 2022
"Laurel Hell" acts as Mitski's bittersweet farewell to the burden of her success.

Review: Mitski uses ‘Laurel Hell’ as a heartfelt departure

By Eva Salzman, Managing Editor
February 17, 2022
'Re:Mixing' - "In-person Cyberbullying" with Alexis Manore and Frankie Walls

‘Re:Mixing’ – “In-person Cyberbullying” with Alexis Manore and Frankie Walls

By Eva Salzman, Eva Salzman
December 9, 2021
From left, juniors Wallace Petruziello and Athena Rajnai make up the music duo Vestments. The band has not had any opportunities to perform live this semester.

Student musicians rebuild Ithaca College music culture

By Eva Salzman, Life & Culture Editor
December 8, 2021
Singles for the week 11/22.

Review: Singles for the week 11/22

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
November 30, 2021
Column: Horror genre has relied on female sexuality

Column: Horror genre has relied on female sexuality

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
November 17, 2021
Singles for the week 11/8.

Review: Singles for the week 11/8

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
November 15, 2021
Singles for the week 10/25.

Review: Singles for the week 10/25

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
November 2, 2021
"The Velvet Underground" is a beautiful documentary that recounts the role of the eponymous band in the 1960's avant-garde scene in New York City.

Review: ‘The Velvet Underground’ does justice to band’s legacy

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
October 25, 2021
Singles for the week 10/18.

Review: Singles for the week 10/18

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
October 25, 2021
Singles for the week 10/11.

Review: Singles for the week 10/11

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
October 18, 2021
Singles for the week 9/27.

Review: Singles of the Week 9/27

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
October 5, 2021
Column: Separating the art from the artist should end

Column: Separating the art from the artist should end

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture
September 23, 2021
Cultural organizations at IC celebrate and highlight different identities from around the world.

IC cultural organizations celebrate campus identities

By Emma Kersting and Eva Salzman
September 22, 2021
Singles for the week 9/13

Review: Singles of the week 9/13

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 21, 2021
Singles for the week 9/6

Singles for the week 9/6

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 13, 2021
With the return to campus and Ithaca College relaxing COVID-19 guidelines, IC's student run publications are able to print in greater numbers.

Student-run publications make their return to IC

By Alex Hartzog and Eva Salzman
September 8, 2021
Junior Maddy Leitner enjoys a Jonah’s Jive sandwich, one of the plant-based options from Ithaca Bakery on Sept. 6 in IC Square.

Veganism plants roots in campus community

By Eva Salzman and Sydney Brumfield
September 8, 2021
Mara Baldwin, director of the Handwerker Gallery, spent a week in August creating art at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency.

Handwerker Gallery director awarded prestigious art residency

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 8, 2021
Singles for the week 9/3

Singles for the week 9/3

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 6, 2021
'Re:Mixing' - "Ladder to the Stars" with Arleigh Rodgers

‘Re:Mixing’ – “Ladder to the Stars” with Arleigh Rodgers

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 1, 2021
With all of the ensembles, acapella groups, choirs and dance companies at Ithaca College, it can be easy for students looking to get involved in the arts to get overwhelmed. 

IC Student shares artistic opportunities on social media

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
September 1, 2021
Singles for the week 8/27

Singles for the Week 8/27

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
August 30, 2021
Downtown Summer Concert series returns to Ithaca Commons

Downtown Summer Concert series returns to Ithaca Commons

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
August 25, 2021
Singles for the week 8/20

Review: Singles for the week 8/20

By Eva Salzman, Life and Culture Editor
August 23, 2021
"Happer Than Ever," "SOUR," "Planet Her" and "CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST" are the defining albums of the summer 2021 music season.

Review: Summer 2021 album releases

By Emma Kersting, Eva Salzman, and Khami Auerbach
August 23, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 4/26

Review: Singles for the week 4/26

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
May 2, 2021
If there’s one thing “McCartney III Imagined” proves, it’s that McCartney isn’t afraid of the changing times — the album is shiny and new.

Review: Album scores with rerelease

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 28, 2021
Junior Gaby Tola, artistically known as neptunemuse, dances in a botanical garden in Miami for the "Jungle Flame" video.

Student crafts music video about queer love and friendship

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 21, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 4/12

Review: Singles for the week 4/12

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 19, 2021
Column: How Lil Nas X danced away from hip-hop's heteronormativity

Column: How Lil Nas X danced away from hip-hop’s heteronormativity

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 13, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 4/5

Review: Singles for the week 4/5

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 13, 2021
Singles for the week 3/29.

Review: Singles for the week 3/29

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
April 5, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 3/15

Review: Singles for the week 3/15

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
March 21, 2021
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s newest album, “L.W.,” mixes sounds of the band’s previous albums while still experimenting.

Review: Psychedelic rock band releases flowing album

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
March 14, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 3/8

Review: Singles for the week 3/8

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
March 14, 2021
Will hyperpop die like disco?

Will hyperpop die like disco?

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture editor
March 8, 2021
Singles for the week 3/1

Singles for the week 3/1

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
March 8, 2021
Singles for the week 2/22

Singles for the week 2/22

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
March 1, 2021
“Get a Good Look Pt. 1” is a cut-and-paste Sports EP with little experimentation. This EP is indistinguishable from the band’s previous works.

Review: Indie album lacks lyrical substance

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture editor
February 26, 2021
Art Preparator Brian Quan and senior Annie Shaw are working hard to prepare the Handwerker Gallery for its opening Feb. 24.

The Handwerker Gallery opens its doors once again

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture editor
February 23, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 2/15

Review: Singles for the week 2/15

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
February 21, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 2/8

Review: Singles for the week 2/8

By Eva Salzman, Life & Culture Editor
February 14, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 2/1

Review: Singles for the week 2/1

By Eva Salzman
February 7, 2021
Vogue cover undermines Black trailblazers

Vogue cover undermines Black trailblazers

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
February 4, 2021
Review: Singles for the week 1/25

Review: Singles for the week 1/25

By Eva Salzman, Assistant Life & Culture Editor
February 1, 2021
Made for rock, Miley Cyrus kicks her way back into the music scene with her latest album, “Plastic Hearts.”

Review: Miley Cyrus follows her heart into rock ‘n roll

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
December 8, 2020
False allies among indie artists create mirage of safe space

False allies among indie artists create mirage of safe space

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
December 3, 2020
Country artists defy genre's conservative foundations

Country artists defy genre’s conservative foundations

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
November 5, 2020
Q&A: Professor publishes essay on nature in medieval writing

Q&A: Professor publishes essay on nature in medieval writing

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
October 27, 2020
“As Long As You Are” by Future Islands combines dreary lyrics that contrast with gorgeous instrumental backgrounds. But overall the album can be difficult to listen to in one sitting.

Review: Dreamy album from synth-pop band lacks cohesion

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
October 21, 2020
Nepotism in indie music industry leads to unequal footing

Nepotism in indie music industry leads to unequal footing

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
October 15, 2020
“A Perfect Crime” follows the investigation of the 1991 assassination of Detlev Rohwedder, a German politician and manager of the Treuhandanstalt, the government agency established to privatize East German enterprises. The show sparks new ideas about a crime that investigators determined to be a cold case. 

Review: Netflix docuseries stirs up cold case

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
October 6, 2020
Sufjan Stevens’ “The Ascension” combines Stevens’ familiar spirituality with a new electropop twist. The songs are heartfelt, but the existentialism grows tiring by the midpoint.

Review: Musician mixes spirituality with electropop

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
October 5, 2020
The Flaming Lips' new album, “American Head,” is existential and psychedelic sounds. It sounds like a trippy twist of Pink Floyd, David Bowie and The Beatles.

Review: Album combines cultural criticism with witty lyrics

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
September 27, 2020
As lovers of art and pop culture, the Life & Culture section wishes to highlight Black creators whose intentions were not solely to inform. Creative work can often have just as much of an impact on those wishing to diversify their media consumption.

Spotlight on films, TV, books and music by Black creators

By Antonio Ferme, Arleigh Rodgers, Avery Alexander, Dariene Seifert, Eva Salzman, Frankie Walls, Liam Conway, Lucas Jafet, and Maddy Martin
September 20, 2020
Five Ithaca-based museums, including Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery, have developed plans around New York state’s guidelines for museum reopenings. The Museum of the Earth adapted its temporary exhibit "Bees! Diversity, Evolution, Conservation" into a virtual experience in light of the COIVD-19 pandemic.

Ithaca museums curate reopening plans during pandemic

By Eva Salzman and Maddy Martin
September 18, 2020
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion flex femininity in 'WAP'

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion flex femininity in ‘WAP’

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
September 17, 2020
The Killers’ latest album, “Imploding The Mirage,” delivers feel-good music with bombastic tones. However, the album sometimes shines too brightly.

Review: The Killers flexes excellent, dynamic new album

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
September 7, 2020
In his latest album "Limbo," Aminé uses his storytelling skills to contemplate the difficulties of growing up and the search for meaning in his own life. Although the album covers heavy topics, the music is bright and playful.

Review: Rap artist copes with adulthood and meaning of life

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
September 2, 2020
Rising alt-pop star Dominic Fike's new album, "What Could Possibly Go Wrong," is an excellent album full of anthemic tracks and confessional lyrics. His music can be equated to Frank Ocean's with a sound distinct and personal to Fike.

Review: Alt-pop artist bends genres in captivating album

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
August 22, 2020
The Psychedelic Furs, 29 years after its last album, has released "Made of Rain," an entertaining but overall disappointing album. While the beginning of the album is pleasant and enjoyable, the middle may lose the listener's interest.

Review: Comeback album falls short of expectations

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
August 21, 2020
TikTok dances spotlight pop music and small creators

TikTok dances spotlight pop music and small creators

By Eva Salzman, Staff Writer
July 9, 2020
"Earth" by Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien, known as EOB is fresh and organic, complete with an electronic soundscape and dreamy vocals. EOB's tracklist is full of peaceful songs with strong musical journeys.

Review: Album journeys through vivid synth landscape

By Eva Salzman
May 21, 2020
"Do You Wonder About Me?" is Diet Cig's latest, harrowing album that uses witty and vulnerable lyrics that catapult it to success. Occasionally the album's back tracks are too simple to be noteworthy, but this overall matches the band's trademark style.

Review: Vulnerable lyrics empower Diet Cig album

By Eva Salzman
May 15, 2020
"The New Abnormal," the first album from The Strokes in seven years, is nostalgic of the '80s and will keep longtime fans satisfied.

Review: The Strokes delivers striking addition to discography

By Eva Salzman
April 26, 2020
While Grouplove sticks to its same techniques and sound, the band brings its listeners upbeat, catchy lyrics and dance-worthy songs.

Review: Grouplove creates dance tunes with catchy lyrics

By Eva Salzman
April 8, 2020
"The Slow Rush" is a departure from band Tame Impala's usual, psychedelic style. Funk influence and impressive lyricism boosts the album's quality.

Review: 70s-inspired album rushes away from band’s roots

By Eva Salzman
February 26, 2020
Green Day changed its sound for new album “Father of All...” The changes give the album a more pop-rock feeling, setting it apart from the band’s most well-known work.

Review: Album is a refreshing twist on bands traditional style

By Eva Salzman
February 19, 2020
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