The Ithacan

IC library opens Bloomberg Terminal for access to financial information

By Kai Lincke, Staff Writer • March 8, 2023

The School of Business opened a Bloomberg Terminal on Feb. 15 in the college’s library to make the terminal’s resources more accessible to all students.

Commentary: Shopping locally strengthens community connection

By Brianna Ruback • October 30, 2019

Making the conscious decision to shop locally has far-reaching benefits that popular online and chain stores just don’t offer

City of Ithaca economic index reaches record-breaking high

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • September 6, 2016

A monthly economic review of the City of Ithaca by the Ithaca College Department of Economics reported that the business index reached a record-breaking high during the month of July due to a boom in job growth and in the hospitality sectors.

Marijuana should be legalized to revive the economy

By Jeremy Li • February 2, 2014

Marijuana has been legalized in Washington and Colorado, Hawaii might as well be the next state to join the group. Recently a Hawaiian legislator presented a bill to legalize the production and the export...

Jamaican art student meshes photojournalism with painting

By Tylor Colby, Staff Writer • January 29, 2014

Senior Stephanie Lee, an art major with a minor in still photography and a native of Jamaica, is attempting to bring her home country's economic issues to light through her senior art thesis.

Default? What default?

By Gillian Nigro • October 9, 2013

It’s week two of the government shutdown and the country’s next crisis is fast approaching: the prospect of a debt default on Oct. 17. But, never fear! Our brave Republican leaders in Washington tell...

It’s time to stop the sequester

By Rachael Hartford • March 1, 2013

Without further congressional action, on March 1 the sequester will take effect and will impose drastic across-the-board federal spending cuts that are meant to be evenly divided over a nine-year period and bring in a projected $1.2 trillion. These austerity-like cuts will decrease tax revenue and increase spending on benefits programs, like unemployment, further causing…

Budget discussion must move forward

By Rachael Hartford • December 14, 2012

President Barack Obama’s election victory was met almost immediately by a panic over the economy pulling a Wile E. Coyote and running off then edge of the cliff, realizing there is nothing beneath it and then subsequently hurtling downwards into oblivion. The “fiscal cliff” is a term that has been used to describe a bundle…

High hopes for legal marijuana in Colorado and Washington

By Kari Beal • November 15, 2012

The legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington may force Mexican drug cartels to take a hit and bring money into the U.S. economy.

Video: Snap Judgment – Most important issues in presidential campaign

By Tiffany Ruff • October 22, 2012

As the presidential campaign draws closer we asked students what issues they thought were most important in the presidential campaign.