The Ithacan

Faces and Stories

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • June 7, 2014

In Fort Garland, Colorado, we had a stay day and camped for two nights across the street from the old fort, which is now a museum. On the second day locals came to visit us at the museum, and we spoke...

Commentary: Student discovers benefits of fracking through research

By Stephanie O'Brien • November 6, 2013

Before coming to Ithaca College, my knowledge of fracking was limited to what I had seen in the 2010 premiere of “Gasland,” a documentary by Josh Fox full of memorable footage of flammable drinking...

The Sky is Pink

By Lewis Kendall • September 24, 2012

Josh Fox, director of the Oscar nominated film "Gasland," released a second, shorter documentary over the summer.

Mock wedding pokes at fracking corruption

By TinaMarie Craven, Staff Writer • April 19, 2012

Protests that rail against fracking are not uncommon within the City of Ithaca and on South Hill, but the activism took a different spin Thursday afternoon outside the Campus Center as IC Frack Off hosted a mock wedding to symbolize what members call a corrupt, close relationship between gas companies and the government.