Indie Ithaca

By The Ithacan • October 7, 2010

Even though local and traditional journalism outlets have been shrinking recently, the Ithaca community is still receiving coverage — thanks to local independent media outlets.

International Demand

By The Ithacan • October 7, 2010

As the number of international students increases at colleges and universities across the country, Ithaca College still lags behind.

Networking connections

By The Ithacan • September 29, 2010

This weekend, the Ithaca College campus will be buzzing with students and alumni spanning more than 50 years. Last year, the college decided to move Alumni Weekend — typically in July — to the same weekend of homecoming. This saved the college money and also allowed current students to meet with former ones. The college…

College continues volunteering with local elderly

By Christine Pogorzala • September 29, 2010

We live in a society where negative stereotypes of aging and older people are common and where young and old people are often separated physically, socially and psychologically. Ithaca College’s interactive partnership with Longview now spans a dozen years and offers many opportunities to overcome barriers to intergenerational understanding.

Muslims face religious discrimination in US

By Edward Wycliff • September 29, 2010

To deny the proposed Muslim community center to be built only blocks away from the World Trade Center site pushes America into a dark place — a place where we persecute many for actions of a disconnected few. It is a slippery slope to reject Muslim Americans their constitutionally bestowed rights to freedom of religion.…

Green learning

By The Ithacan • September 29, 2010

On Sept. 17, Ithaca College provided a green learning opportunity for the college community that went beyond the classroom. The college hosted the Clean Energy Summit: Re-Imagining Upstate New York’s Energy Future to examine the future of clean energy in New York state. In a crowded room in Emerson Suites, a panel and several speakers…

Death penalty makes redemption impossible

By Steven Champion • September 23, 2010

The public, with its hunger for revenge, does not want to hear about personal acts of atonement by people who have been sentenced for a crime. Acts of atonement by the condemned are usually viewed as a ploy to save his or her own life — not as a genuine act of redemption.

Vacant no more

By The Ithacan • September 23, 2010

The newest hot spot at Ithaca College was nothing but vacant space a couple of months ago. But the college has successfully turned the empty floor into a well-used student space now known as tc lounge.

Measuring satisfaction

By The Ithacan • September 23, 2010

This year, Ithaca College decided to participate in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” survey to better assess employee satisfaction. When the results were released, the college was not listed as a great college to work for.

Dialogue on Middle East conflict needs to continue

By Katie Zimmerman • September 22, 2010

My interest in the Israel/Palestine conflict began in an International Relations class in which we briefly touched on the debacle that is the Middle East. I was both fascinated and frustrated with the complexity of the issue. The human rights violations committed by both parties were infuriating.

Media portrays commentator Glenn Beck inaccurately

By Brandon Kurtz • September 15, 2010

Simply mention the name Glenn Beck on Ithaca College’s campus and watch the snickers and sneers of those around you as if you are an individual of low intelligence for whom they have pity. Many on the campus consider the political commentator Glenn Beck an idiot, a crazy man or a fearmonger.

Americans shy away from social involvement

By The Ithacan • September 15, 2010

In the personal realm, most Americans are thoughtful, caring and generous. We try to do our best by family and friends. At times we’ll even stop to help another driver stranded by a roadside break­down or give some spare change to a stranger. But too often, a wall separates each of us from the world…