Editorial: Online classes disconnect students

By The Ithacan • March 20, 2013

Online courses cannot substitute for an in-class experience, and students on the Ithaca campus should be encouraged to take traditional classes.

Editorial: The new land of opportunity

By The Ithacan • March 20, 2013

As the IC 20/20 vision plan comes into focus, Ithaca College is setting its sights on the next frontier for American college students: China.

Guest Commentary: Taglit-Birthright alumna calls for Palestinian rights

By The Ithacan • March 6, 2013

I implore the Jewish community to think independently, become informed and do not be fooled into letting prescribed political norms or propaganda constitute an opinion.

Editorial: Reaching out to all students

By The Ithacan • March 6, 2013

For the children of undocumented immigrants, the American Dream may be becoming more of a reality.

Guest Commentary: Understanding why athletes dope will help build clean leagues

By Miranda Kaye • March 6, 2013

A better understanding of the process of moral disengagement might lead to interventions that could assist in further reducing PED use.

Pipeline will fuel America’s economy

By The Ithacan • March 6, 2013

The Keystone XL Pipeline is a common sense energy approach that Obama should approve today.

The more you read the more you know

By The Ithacan • March 1, 2013

  It’s another Ithaca winter and our minds are even more frozen to what’s going on outside these woods. As we sit in class and doze off or hit the snooze on our alarms and start to skip class we need to appreciate the education we’re fed. Instead of sleeping through class or blowing off…

Editorial: Can we bank on higher ed?

By The Ithacan • February 28, 2013

Until Americans prioritize equality in education, we will continue to fall short. Our society will be strongest when our brightest, hardest-working students are able to get a quality education without having to sacrifice their dreams or goals for fear that they will be unable to repay student loans after graduation.

Commentary: Eating locally grown food is more than just a fad

By Chenaya Devine Milbourne • February 27, 2013

Next time you go into a food store, pick up those bananas you always buy and look at the label. Where are they from — South America? Stop and consider how far that banana has traveled, how many pesticides it has been spewed with and how little money the farmer who grew it actually received.…

Commentary: Student volunteers can help reconstruct city

By Jenna Jablonksi • February 27, 2013

Riding into the lower ninth ward of New Orleans during my winter break from Ithaca College felt like crossing a border into another country.

Editorial: Perserve cultural traditions through progress

By The Ithacan • February 27, 2013

Muslim women should be free to honor cultural and religious traditions while also seeking greater empowerment.

Video: Snap Judgement – Should it be acceptable to ask gender-based questions on college applications?

By Shawn Steiner • February 21, 2013

Students share their opinions on whether they think it is acceptable for colleges to ask gender-based questions on their applications.