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Senior Rita Bunatal, fourth from left, accepts the $20,000 first-place prize in the Business Plan Competition on behalf of her company, Malaika Apparel.

Ithaca College student’s clothing company wins $20,000

By Annie Estes, Staff Writer • April 22, 2016
Malaika Apparel Co., a business created by Ithaca College senior Rita Bunatal, won the grand prize of $20,000 and the audience choice award of $500 at the third annual Business Plan Competition.
Tom Rochon speaks during the Family Weekend Presidential Address Nov. 7 in Emerson Suites.

Students circulate document against Rochon at Family Weekend

By Faith Meckley and Sophia Tulp • November 7, 2015
At several Family Weekend events around campus, POC at IC handed out a document called “The Case Against Tom Rochon” to guests.

Addressing a community with racism and cultural bias

By Marissa Booker, Columnist • October 27, 2015
There is a culture of fear here at Ithaca College.
From left, Bob Kur '70, a former NBC news correspondent; J. Christopher Burch '76 CEO of Burch Creative Capital and co-founder of the Tory Burch women’s fashion label; and Tatiana Sy ’09, director of special events at the Downtown Ithaca Alliance speak at the Blue Sky Reimagining kick-off event Oct. 8, 2015.

Update: Fallout continues from controversial Blue Sky kickoff

By Ana Borruto, Staff Writer • October 21, 2015
Ithaca College students and faculty members are upset following the Blue Sky Reimagining Kick-Off event, which they are calling racist and exclusive. The kick-off has some faculty questioning the entire initiative.
From left, Zane Coffey, a senior environmental studies major; Max Ocean, a senior journalism major; and Dan Minogue, a senior philosophy major, won the Business Plan Competition, which includes a $20,000 prize.

Students’ passion for beer wins Business Plan Competition

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • April 29, 2015
Ithaca College seniors Zane Coffey, Max Ocean and Daniel Minogue received $20,000 toward their company, Subversive Malting & Brewing, at the Business Plan Competition on April 28.
From left: Seniors Andrew Sowers and Stephen Briggs were winners of the innovation track at the Business Idea Competition on Nov. 20. Sowers and Briggs created UV Clipboard, an application that uses cloud storage to copy and paste across devices.

Three student groups succeed in Business Idea Competition

By Yane Ahn, Contributing Writer • December 3, 2014
Twelve groups of student entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas and competed for three possible first-place awards of $1,000 each on Nov. 20.
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