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Junior English major Justin Henry created The Ithaca College Chronicle, an online magazine that has sections devoted to news, opinion, essays, fiction and poetry.

Q&A: IC junior launches magazine to bridge political divides

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • February 1, 2017
Staff Writer Daniel Hart spoke with Justin Henry about his new magazine, political divides in the community and his experiences as a journalist.
Katelyn Harrop ’16 and Emma Rizzo ’16 were compelled to start "Over It!" after the Presidential Election and subsequent strife divided the nation.

‘Over It!’ brings together IC alumnae for political podcast

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • January 31, 2017
Two Ithaca alumnae took their passion for journalism and social justice to create the politically charged "Over It!" podcast.
Fiction writer Dana Spiotta has written “Lightning Field,” “Eat the Document,” “Stone Arabia” and “Innocents and Others.” She will be visiting the college Nov. 28 in Clark Lounge.

Dana Spiotta to speak about relationships and technology

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • November 16, 2016
To conclude this semester’s Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, the Department of Writing will welcome fiction writer Dana Spiotta.
Fae Dremock, assistant professor in the environmental science department, leads an Alluvian meeting Nov. 3. The online student-run environmental journal's next issue, "Cohesion," will focus on the connections among different environments.

Environmental journal Alluvian plants its roots on IC campus

By Daniel Hart, Contributing Writer • November 9, 2016
Alluvian, which is published each season, is Ithaca College’s only online student-run environmental journal.
The Movie Poster Store and it's owner, Aaron Pichel, have until Oct. 31 to pack up and move out before the building is demolished for the Harold's Square project — an 11-story, multiuse edifice, which has been delayed for almost four years.

Small businesses flee as big construction returns to The Commons

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • October 26, 2016
“It’s not just a business,” Pichel said. “It’s also been a social experiment both for those of us behind the counter and those on the other side of the counter.”
The School of Business renovated the Center for Trading and Analysis of Financial Instruments to give students a more real-world workplace setting.

Business school trading room renovated to embody Wall Street

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • October 17, 2016
The Center for Trading and Analysis of Financial Instruments has been renovated this year to more closely resemble a Wall Street trading room.
From right to left, Sophomore Anna Gardner reads to 5-year-old Cecilia and her three-year-old sister, Olivia. Nearly every Thursday and Friday Gardner can be found in the children's section of the Tompkins County Public Library at a miniature desk reading to young kids — just one of many volunteer programs Gardner is a part of.

IC volunteers: Sophomore fuses volunteer work into daily life

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • October 3, 2016
“She understands not only the value of service to community members,” he said, “but Anna also understands how service is integral to a student's learning process."
A national debate over whether trigger warnings should be used in the classroom has become prominent in higher education, and opinions vary on the usage of trigger warnings at Ithaca College.

Ithaca College community weighs in on trigger-warning debate

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • September 14, 2016
“I had no way of knowing who in my class maybe had survived rape, had been subjected to some kind of sexual assault, who maybe had been subjected to something they had forgotten about,” Plante said.
As Tompkins County experiences the worst drought since monitoring began in 2000, Ithaca College is increasing its efforts to conserve water, both through the Office of Facilities and The Office of Residential Life. One of the measures facilities has taken is a 50 percent reduction of the height of the Dillingham Fountain.

Severe drought persists in Ithaca as students return to campus

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • August 31, 2016
With over 25,000 students returning to the Ithaca area, Ithaca College is in the process of assessing long- and short-term water conservation efforts in the midst of the worst drought in Tompkins County since 1999. Despite recent rain, the drought is still in effect.
One year later, some concerns remain about CAPS

One year later, some concerns remain about CAPS

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • April 29, 2016
In Spring 2015, many students needing services at the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services had to wait two to three weeks to see a counselor. A year later, the wait time has diminished, yet students still have concerns in other areas.
Ithaca College freshman Sam Quinones works a shift at Sodexo's cafe in the Roy H. Park School of Communications April 5. Due to New York state's increase in minimum wage, this could mean a higher hourly rate but a decrease in hours for many student employees.

Hours for student employees could decrease as wages increase

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • April 26, 2016
Gerald Hector, vice president for finance and administration, said the college does not yet have a comprehensive plan for how the future minimum wage will be factored into the budget.
Ithaca College's spring 2016 peer mentors through the Office of State Grants, pose outside in February. The peer mentors assist in the Higher Education Opportunity Program, a program that supports academically and economically disadvantaged residents of New York state in achieving a postsecondary education.

Ithaca College peer mentors assist in the Office of State Grants

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • April 25, 2016
After benefiting greatly from financial aid, many Ithaca College students have been prompted to assist their peers in similar circumstances succeed academically as peer mentors in the Office of State Grants.
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