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The Buy Nothing Project connects members in the same community to establish a local gift-giving economy. Members post images of the gifts they give and receive on the group’s Facebook page. 

Buy Nothing Project comes to Ithaca

By Sydney Brumfield, Staff Writer • March 17, 2021
Buy Nothing Caption: The Buy Nothing Project connects members in the same community to establish a local gift-giving economy.
Editorial: Students need to be adhering to social distancing guidelines

Editorial: Students need to be adhering to social distancing guidelines

By The Ithacan • November 18, 2020
Students living in Ithaca also need to realize that their actions impact the local community. Even if you live on South Hill, you shop at Wegmans.

IC Theatre Lab stays connected with their community

November 6, 2020

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ithaca College is doing remote learning for the Fall 2020 semester. Ithaca College's only no-cut theatre program Theatre Lab is doing weekly livestreams on Instagram to...

Editorial: BomberTHON highlights importance of giving

Editorial: BomberTHON highlights importance of giving

December 12, 2019
In partnering with the network, the college is not only bringing the idea of community to the college but is also helping to promote philanthropy.
Editorial: New in-house dining plan supports local businesses

Editorial: New in-house dining plan supports local businesses

August 29, 2019
In March 2019, Ithaca College announced its decision not to renew its contract with Sodexo, a food service management company.
Third from left, sophomore Daniel Igoe marches at The Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, Wisconsin, with a group of other costume-clad workers. Igoe began working with the fair two years ago and said he found a community through it.

Q&A: History major time travels with Renaissance fairs

By Olivia King, Staff Writer • August 28, 2019

History has the potential to be highly interactive and relatable given the right circumstances — Renaissance fairs are one way to bring history to life. Fairs often combine crafting, costuming and performance...

From left, grounds crew members Chris Cornwall, Alex Teeter and Rick Marsh spread mulch in a flower bed near the Dillingham fountains. The crew begins spring landscaping in March to prepare the campus for Commencement. The grounds crew is also responsible for removing trash, planting flowers and clearing walkways of snow throughout the year.

Ithaca College grounds crew adds color to campus

By Vivian Goldstein, Staff Writer • April 25, 2019

It’s a spring day and students are out lounging in their hammocks, balancing on their tightropes and sitting on blankets or benches. The campus pops with the colors of spring — freshly mowed green...

Q&A: Professor’s inquiry model promotes community involvement

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor • October 8, 2018
One Ithaca College professor is looking into how teachers can better serve their communities by getting to know the resources they have available.
Paula Younger, executive director of government and community relations, spoke at the April 9 Student Governance Council meeting about the college's relationship with the community. President Shirley M. Collado created Younger's position in the fall of 2017.

SGC discusses college’s relationship with Ithaca community

By Laura O’Brien, Staff Writer • April 11, 2018
“Students don’t know as much about the resources or what it really means to live in the Ithaca community and Tompkins County."
From left, junior Christopher Biehn, Ella Wrolstad and senior Jackie Gansky hold a sign representing one of the main messages the Believe in Love group hopes to address at the event. The Believe in Love team, which encompasses locals and Ithaca College students, have been preparing for the Believe in Love event, which will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. April 22 on The Commons.

IC student plans Believe in Love event to celebrate community

By Meg Tippett, Staff Writer • April 19, 2017
Biehn will make this a reality through the event Believe in Love from 4 to 8 p.m. April 22 on The Commons, featuring speakers and musicians.
From left, sophomores Elise Littlefield and Diamond Watt volunteer at an Ithaca Underground show on Feb. 26 for hip-hop groups Milo, Elucid and Ithaca local, Sammus. The performance at The Haunt, along with many other IU shows, allow Ithaca College students to get involved in the music scene in Ithaca.

Students volunteering in Ithaca Underground build community

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer • March 8, 2017
Ithaca Underground advertises itself as an organization that provides an inclusive environment fostering exploration of artistic style for bands.
The performers sing “Go Down Moses,” a well-known Negro spiritual, during their rehearsal on Jan. 23. Performers sport Kente cloths from Ghana, purchased by conductor Baruch Whitehead.

Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers honor African-American culture

By Jake Leary and Kate Nalepinski • February 8, 2017
The name of the group honors longtime Ithaca resident Dorothy Cotton, an outspoken civil rights figure who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
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