THE ITHACAN

TWSM: Prospective students tweet about IC admissions

By Kacey Deamer • February 23, 2013

A continuation of our new weekly series, “This Week in Social Media” followed prospective students' tweets about their acceptance, auditions and the waiting process.

Business School holds Marketing Competition

By Lindsey Witmer, Contributing Writer • February 21, 2013

School of Business will be hosting the second annual Sustainability Case Competition in which students in small teams will develop a marketing plan for the New York Sustainability Education Working Group.

Designer’s scarves empower Muslim women

By Megan Devlin, Staff Writer • February 21, 2013

Ithaca College will host Nancy Hoque, designer and founder of sixteenR.com, an online store that sells scarves for Muslim women. Hoque will address the campus Thursday and will speak about the use of the scarf as a tool of empowerment and the evolution of Muslim women’s identities.

Ithaca police crack down on distracted drivers

By Kacey Deamer, Online Editor • February 21, 2013

Ithaca Police Department has received a grant from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee which has begun a new initiative to target distracted drivers.

Deadline approaches for New York fracking

By Mary Slack, Staff Writer • February 21, 2013

The decision on whether fracking will be allowed in New York has state residents divided, putting Governor Andrew Cuomo between a rock and a hard place while deciding whether to approve regulations and allow fracking as the state approaches its Feb. 27 deadline.

Obama initiatives target college affordability

By Frances Johnson, Contributing Writer • February 21, 2013

President Barack Obama puts college college affordability on his agenda and moves forward with initiatives to help students.

College tuition continues to increase

By Kelsey O'Connor, Editor in Chief • February 21, 2013

Ithaca College has announced that tuition next academic year will be $38,400, which is an increase from last year of $1,400.

Students rally for environmental justice at nation’s capital

By Sabrina Knight, Assistant News Editor • February 21, 2013

IC students joined about 35,000 people in Washington, D.C. Sunday to participate in what is known as the largest environmental protest in American history.

Video: Forward on Climate rally

By Michelle Boulé • February 21, 2013

About 50 Ithaca College students traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in what is being called the largest environmental rally in history.

TWSM: 15th Annual Chili Cook-Off

By Ithacan Staff • February 18, 2013

A continuation of our new weekly series, “This Week in Social Media” followed Ithacans' tweets about the 15th Annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-off.

Racial discrimination case has been settled for $200K

By Kacey Deamer, Online Editor • February 14, 2013

The court case of Amelia Kearney and the Ithaca City School District has been settled for $200,000 eight years after Epiphany Kearney was bullied.

Students fight against women’s violence

By Sabrina Knight, Assistant News Editor • February 14, 2013

Senior Shyanne Ruiz talks about how her involvement in the Vagina Monologues has encouraged her to fight against women's violence with the One Billion Rising flash mob on V-Day.