The Ithacan

Ithaca College hosted environmentalist and lawyer Maya van Rossum for a presentation on environmental degradation, protections and protections.

“This is about environmental cinema, or this concept of bioregional cinema. It is a concept that comes out of environmental activism,” Matt Holtmeier said.

But this apathy will only hurt the community in the end, as the effects of climate change are indifferent to whom it impacts.

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.

Maybe it’s just me but….
Does anyone else find the anthropomorphization of animals by commercial agribusiness disgusting?

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.

…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 College senior Kaela Bamberger took part in a 350 mile bike ride this summer to raise awareness of the effects of the fossil fuel industry.