Guest Commentary: Community transportation is key for senior citizens

By Ray Weaver • November 14, 2012

On Jan. 1 , 2011, the first of the baby boomers began turning 65 years old. Now, almost a year later, there have been roughly 3,050,000 individuals newly labeled “senior citizens.” Every day, until 2029, approximately 10,000 adults will turn 65, making seniors a large percentage of drivers on the road.

Guest Commentary: Opinion writing lacks women’s perspectives

By The Ithacan • November 14, 2012

When it comes to the opinion pages in influential American newspapers, it is still very much a man’s world.

Ups and Downs

By The Ithacan • November 14, 2012

The best and worst of the news

Repeal of media policy is a small step in the right direction

By The Ithacan • November 14, 2012

President Rochon’s repeal of media policy after wide-spread criticism from campus community shouldn’t mark end to dialogue about open governance.

Commentary: Freshman encourages Disney to look beyond ‘Stars’

By Robert Hummel • November 8, 2012

Last week, as part of Ithaca College’s S’park class, I sat in an auditorium of first-year communications students. We had just wrapped up a Skype chat with ABC News anchor David Muir, and the next face that appeared on the projector drew a collective gasp.  Robert Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company,…

Commentary: IC Republicans call for ideological diversity

By Robert Oliver • November 8, 2012

Are you getting a well-rounded education at Ithaca College, or are you being deprived of a full range of ideas?Step onto the college’s campus, and you can’t help but see the progressive bias. In September 2012, IC Republicans completed a study that identified the party affiliation of college faculty who are registered members of a…

Letter to the Editor: Office of Residential Life responds to concerns about housing policy

By The Ithacan • November 8, 2012

I am writing in response to the editorial published last week highlighting some changes Residential Life is proposing for the housing process for spring 2013.

Campus response to election lacks excitement seen in 2008

By The Ithacan • November 8, 2012

When President Obama was first elected in 2008, students rushed the academic quad staging an impromptu victory rally. Four years later, Obama earned a still-historic second term, but the quad remained mostly quiet.

Faculty call for balance of power

By The Ithacan • November 8, 2012

Members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council at Ithaca College are calling for change in the way the college is governed.

Commentary: Chocolate companies bank on child labor for profits

By Jenna Jablonksi • November 1, 2012

Cocoa farmers, who are paid little for what they produce, depend on child slavery for low-cost labor. The U.S. Department of State estimates that more than 100,000 children are enslaved on cocoa farms.

Commentary: Professor calls for solidarity with Colombians

By Patricia Rodriguez • November 1, 2012

My involvement in Colombia began here in central New York when I met a group of activists from the local chapter of the Colombia Support Network, a Wisconsin-based organization created to support Colombian communities and organizations that seek to construct a just social and economic order using non-violent means.

Student groups focus on issues during election

By The Ithacan • November 1, 2012

In the midst of a highly politicized presidential election, Ithaca College student organizations are trading in partisan politics for a real look at the issues facing voters this election season.