Seniors should revel in post-graduation uncertainty

By Elizabeth Sile • May 4, 2011

For the first time in my life, I’m embracing the fact that I don’t really have a plan.

Alum warns students about unpaid internships

By Emily Gallagher • May 4, 2011

Students! You are right to question unpaid internships, because they are seriously questionable. I am an Ithaca College alum who’s been in the workforce for five years.

System success

By The Ithacan • May 4, 2011

There was one step missing in the registration process for students this semester — the fight with HomerConnect.

Withholding information

By The Ithacan • May 4, 2011

Besides initiatives to create a college brand, mascot and the new vision this year, Ithaca College is also forming a wall of silence between the administration and college community.

Well-rounded education

By The Ithacan • April 27, 2011

As part of the IC20/20 plan, all schools at Ithaca College will come together to establish a core general liberal arts education. As long as it doesn’t take away from the culture of the professional schools and departments, the initiative should give students more of an interdisciplinary education.

Senior films confront racial tensions and stereotypes

By Jalisa Cruz and Christina Byrant • April 27, 2011

In the cinema production concentration, students spend four years waiting to make their senior thesis film. The culmination of technical and creative skill sets are fleshed out on the big screen after an entire semester of production. For two emerging female filmmakers, one black and one Hispanic, this was the semester to risk it all.…

Students travel to DC for conference on genocides

By Rachel Merkin • April 27, 2011

Last week a group of Ithaca College students traveled to Washington D.C., to attend an “activist bootcamp.”

Joint effort

By The Ithacan • April 27, 2011

Besides connecting science fiction and women’s studies, last week’s “Pippi to Ripley” conference brought together professors and students.

Organization to show support for American military

By Krista Robb • April 20, 2011

Often the many miracles the United States military perform for us every day are forgotten. They fight for our freedoms, fight for our safety, but most importantly they fight for our lives.

Student successfully uses Medical Amnesty Policy

By Zach Smyser • April 20, 2011

Ithaca College passed a Medical Amnesty Policy last year to encourage students to call for help in alcohol and drug related emergencies. The policy prevents you from getting in trouble for calling for medical assistance in alcohol poisoning and overdose situations. Being someone who has personal experience with using this policy, I’m surprised at how…

Evaluating DC

By The Ithacan • April 20, 2011

After only two students enrolled in the Washington D.C. program for Fall 2011, Ithaca College decided to suspend the program. Now the college needs to spend the fall semester figuring out why there is such little interest to study in our nation’s capital — especially as it moves forward to create a center in New…

Creating a conversation

By The Ithacan • April 20, 2011

The United States is facing an epidemic of student suicides. Since the 1950s, the number of college suicides has tripled. Nationwide, 1,100 students commit suicide each year.