The Ithacan

Review: Nail-biting thriller meets digital landscape

By Patrick Mazzella, Staff Writer • February 1, 2023

"Missing" is a tense, digital thriller filled with well-developed tension and drama, even if it does not quite reach the heights of "Searching."

Editorial: Recent Wi-Fi update caused unnecessary confusion

By The Ithacan • August 31, 2022

The residence hall Wi-Fi system was not nearly ready in time for move-in. The confusion that students faced was preventable.

On the Quad: Thoughts on Cryptocurrency

September 21, 2021

The Ithacan asked students their thoughts on cryptocurrency Sept. 14 on the quad.

DIIS remodels and renames itself as Information Technology

By Malick Mercier, Contributing Writer • October 24, 2017

Digital Instruction and Information Services department at Ithaca College has renamed itself to Information Technology.

Ithaca College DIIS sets deadlines for network upgrades

By Kyle Arnold, Assistant News Editor • August 31, 2016

With a new vision and staff, Ithaca College’s Digital Instruction and Information Services plans to upgrade key parts of the college’s wireless internet service by May 2017, completing an overhaul of the system which began last fall.

Editorial: Network outages create embarrassing situation

March 23, 2016

These outages have been an embarrassment for DIIS and for the college’s brand, which depends on a competent network and navigable system of communication at all times.

UPDATED: Ithaca College network issues affect Internet access

By Evan Sobkowicz and Sophia Tulp • March 8, 2016

Starting on March 6, network issues have been affecting Ithaca College network systems and Internet services managed by Digital Instruction and Information Services.

Mental health research should not be privatized

By Amelia Erikson, Columnist • September 23, 2015

The private sector has greater funding and does not have to jump through government hoops, but its research can also be less available to the public.

ITS surveys students to create five-year strategic plan

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • November 5, 2014

ITS kicked off its five-year strategic plan on Oct. 23 with the first surveys, distributed to a random selection of students, faculty and staff.

Millennials fall short in meeting expectations as “digital natives”

By Kayla Dwyer, News Editor • September 24, 2014

Modern studies and professors contest whether the innate technological abilities attributed to the millennial generation extend into academia.

25 Years of W3: The Internet Crosses a Milestone

By Jared Wolf • March 14, 2014

Following decades of network technology development, a quiet breakthrough was reached in 1991 when Tim Berners-Lee published the first publicly-available website, info.cern.ch. This week is being celebrated...

Cyrus’s twerking vulgarizes dance

By Ramya Vijayagopal • November 21, 2013

Though she has gained recent attention in mainstream media for her twerking and revealing costumes, what people have to be conscious about is Miley Cyrus’s racial power play. Cyrus’s scanty clothing...