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Learning the Jails

Learning the Jails

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • December 8, 2014
Before myself and my comrades began lining up in front of Crestwood Midstream's gates on Route 14 just north of Watkins Glen, I never put much thought into the area jails. I had no clue that there was a jail in Watkins Glen right across the street from the picturesque state park, and I admit to not even knowing that there was a jail in each county. Now I find these various jails to be at an almost constant forefront of my mind.
A jar of silica sand used for hydraulic fracturing

Risky Business

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • November 16, 2014
My heart was pounding as I brushed the excess sand off the jar, and it wasn't because I was risking trespass charges. It was because I knew there was a chance I was risking my life. Once I screwed the lid on, I frantically brushed my gloves off on my pant leg, and then did the best I could to shake the stuff off my pants. A little voice in my head told me that trying to decontaminate myself was futile, that if I had been smart I would have come here equipped with a mask. It could already be in my lungs.
After 3,000, the Climate Marchers arrive at their destination in the nation's capitol

Obama, did you hear us knocking?

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • November 7, 2014
I looked around the crowd and saw mostly familiar faces. Our words were not falling on any new ears, let alone any ears belonging to a person who had the authority to create immediate action and change.
Members of the We Are Seneca Lake resistance movement blockade a truck from entering Crestwood Midstream's facilities.

When All Else Fails

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • October 31, 2014
I clarified to him that our blockade was not going to let anything in or out. "Well, I'm going to open the gates, then!" He declared in a tone that said, 'alright, you asked for it.' The negotiation phase was over; now, they were using intimidation. When he opened the gates, the driver climbed into his truck and lurched forward, blaring his horn.
Editorial: SGA plastics ban needs revision

Editorial: SGA plastics ban needs revision

October 29, 2014

The Student Government Association has passed two bills calling for the ban of single-use plastic water bottles and bags on the Ithaca College campus. The intent of the bills, which were approved on Oct...

The sit-in on Broadway around the Bull

First Amendment Rights Don’t Come First

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • October 3, 2014
...as the excitement from Flood Wall Street died down, I saw that day much differently. I now see how tightly the police controlled us, and, subsequently, how watered-down our first amendment right to peaceably assemble was.
Ithaca locals gather outside the Presbyterian Church, located on the corner of Cayuga and Court streets, before walking for the Ithaca Area People's Climate March, which was held Sept. 21.

Ithaca marches to bring awareness to climate change

By Aisling Brennan, Contributing Writer • September 24, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Sept. 21 in over 150 countries to speak out for climate change awareness. Among the locations hosting marches were Ithaca and New York City.
Junior Ben Tolles inspects a beehive. Over the summer, Tolles worked as a beekeeper for South Hill Forest Products, a project where students farm honey, syrup and mushrooms at the ICNL.

South Hill Forest Products spur student learning

By Mary Ford, Contributing Writer • September 3, 2014
Students involved in South Hill Forest Products are farming honey, syrup and mushrooms in the Ithaca College Natural Lands.

Oil drilling in Yasuni, the last resort for a bleak economy

By Jeremy Li • March 26, 2014

Recently I heard from a professor that Ecuadorian government has granted Chinese Developmental Bank a drilling license for oil on an area in the Amazon jungle. The native people that lived there was...

Audio Slideshow: An Everlasting Earth Day

By Jaclyn CataldiJennifer WilliamsRachel Woolf • April 25, 2013
Although Ithaca College student organizations celebrated Earth Day in the Academic Quad on Monday, activities on campus and at the Ithaca Farmers' Market lasted for 12 days.

A week in photos — April 25, 2013

By Ithacan Staff • April 25, 2013
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From left, senior Jess Wunsch and junior Moriah Petty paint with watercolors for the Bomber Bike Initiative, one of 10 groups that had a table at the IC Water Week event Tuesday in IC Square.

College celebrates World Water Day

By Noreyana FernandoSabrina Knight, Assistant News Editors • March 21, 2013
Ithaca College students dive into water-related issues for IC Water Week, which celebrates World Water Day on March 22.
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