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Senior Lauren Connelly’s piece “Hidden Voices” sits on display in the Handwerker Gallery.

An artful goodbye: Senior students’ art exhibited in Handwerker Gallery

By Marianna Dunbrook, Design Editor April 16, 2014
Senior students' artwork was selected to exhibit as part of the senior art show "Letters to Our Future Selves" April 17 to May 18 in the Handwerker Gallery.
Cass Spencer, award-winning art and creative director, presented his lecture, “Data Visualization: A conversation about designs, magazines, and journalism in the era of big data,” April 15 to students and faculty in the Park Auditorium.

Renowned art director speaks on data design

By Steven Pirani, Assistant Accent Editor April 16, 2014
Cass Spencer, an award-winning creative and art director, visited the college and gave a lecture on taking advantage of data visualization. Assistant Accent Editor Steven Pirani spoke with Spencer about his career and design philosophy.
A crowd gathers to watch a film screening at the Rochester Fringe Festival last year. Fringe festivals often feature chaotic and unconventional acts. Ithaca will hold its first fringe festival April 24–27 in downtown Ithaca.

Unorthodox theater festival premieres in Ithaca

By Nina Varilla, Staff Writer April 16, 2014
On April 24–27, Ithaca will host its first fringe festival, featuring five different acts. Fringe festivals usually deliver unconventional performances.
Members of IC Greens rehearse their upcoming production of The Laramie Project and its companion piece. The Laramie Project will premiere April 24 in Textor Hall, room 103.

Political club tackles social issues in production

By Alyssa Gilliam, Staff Writer April 16, 2014
IC Greens, Ithaca College's Green Party, is producing a production of "The Laramie Project" and "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," the story of a gay college student named Matthew Shepard who was tied to a fence and beaten to death because of his sexuality on April 24–27.
Kristiina Korpus ’13 speaks April 5 at Ithacon, a comic book convention in Ithaca that was hosted at Ithaca College this year. Korpus spoke about the history of women in comic books and their controversial depictions.

Ithacon speaker discusses female comic tropes

By Tylor Colby, Staff Writer April 9, 2014
Kristiina Korpus '13 gave a talk on April 5 at Ithacon discussing sexism in Japanese anime. Staff Writer Tylor Colby sat down with Korpus to further discuss her thoughts regarding female representation in comic books.
Learn more about the band behind freshman rapper San Williams.

Rapping it up: Freshman rapper relays personal narratives through music

By Evin Billington, Accent Editor April 9, 2014
Freshman rapper San Williams performed at the South by Southwest music festival. Williams' music deviates from many usual staples of hip-hop.
IC Voicestream, a coed a cappella group, performs during the semifinal round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella on March 29 at Rutgers University. The group did not qualify for the final rounds in New York City.

Coed a cappella group performs at semifinals

By Kelli Kyle, Staff Writer April 2, 2014
IC Voicestream, the college's coed a cappella group, competed in the semifinal round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella on March 29 at Rutgers University.
Shape up: Students share their weight-loss journeys

Shape up: Students share their weight-loss journeys

By Faith Maciolek, Staff Writer April 2, 2014
Students reveal how they beat the freshman 15 and got healthy during college.
Break out: College students struggle with acne

Break out: College students struggle with acne

By Jackie Eisenberg, Staff Writer March 19, 2014
Many students still struggle to control their acne issues in college.
Senior Stephanie Lee poses with her painting Jan. 27 in a studio in Ceracche Center. Her pieces are made of newspaper and tar.

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.
Ithaca College students, faculty and Ithaca residents act out the trail of the golden doorknob in senior Ben Ratner’s Web series,  “The Murder Trial of the Golden Doorknob.” The series puts a twist on the annual Golden Doorknob Awards.

Doorknob put on trial in student-produced Web series

By Samantha Guter, Contributing Writer December 11, 2013
Senior Ben Ratner produced an eight episode Web series titled "The Murder Trial of the Golden Doorknob," which puts the golden doorknob, of Golden Doorknob Award fame, on trial.
Junior Zach Briggs poses with his prize money Nov. 14 during Ithaca College’s third annual Business Idea Competition. Briggs won first place in the Lifestyle category for his idea.

Student business ideas rewarded in competition

By Steven Pirani, Staff Writer December 11, 2013
Three students won the third annual Business Competition, and with it, $1,000 each to produce their ideas.
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