Joining Forces

By The Ithacan • September 15, 2010

The Ithaca College community proved once again that when one of its own is in need, it steps up to help. This past summer, a car accident left pianist Joshua Oxford ’07 paralyzed from the neck down. But on Saturday, Oxford’s friends, including current students and faculty, came together to raise money and show support…

Giving blood, saving lives

By The Ithacan • September 15, 2010

Ithaca College students are being asked to roll up their sleeves and donate blood — another way to give back to the local and national community.

Proposed Muslim center dishonors 9/11 deaths

By Megan Blarr • September 9, 2010

Televisions show the streets of Lower Manhattan packed with passionate Americans both for and against the Muslim community center known as Park51. In one corner, supporters raise signs that read “Defend Muslims” and “Stop Islamophobia.” Opponents chant, “USA, USA!” in another.

Politicians need to find alternative to offshore drilling

By Christina Konnaris • September 9, 2010

There’s no doubt offshore drilling for oil is dangerous. The implications for the environment, the people employed by the industry and those inhabiting surrounding areas are all equally disastrous and harmful.

Privacy trumps knowledge

By The Ithacan • September 9, 2010

Last week, The Ithacan reported seven football players were suspended from the first game of the season because of a violation of team and athletic department rules. In the same issue, The Ithacan also reported that four students were judicially referred for a college code violation of hazing. Ithaca College refused to release any additional…

Green machine

By The Ithacan • September 9, 2010

Going green pays off. For the 2009-10 academic year, Ithaca College saved $1.6 million in its utilities budget because of a decline in electrical consumption. Carl Sgrecci, vice president of finance and administration, said electrical consumption has declined because of energy conservation measures across campus. Examples include installing energy-efficient lighting fixtures and upgrading heating and…

Students can help improve college’s LGBT resources

By Catherine Kirchhoff • September 2, 2010

Ithaca College was recently ranked with five stars for being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly. The college was one of 19 universities in the country to receive five stars, but I wasn’t too surprised by the ranking. I have worked with The Office of Residential Life to help establish a learning community on campus for…

Generation Y encouraged to break tradition

By Melanie Breault • September 2, 2010

Why are 20-year-olds taking longer to grow up? This is what Robin Marantz Henig asked readers of the New York Times Magazine, while citing that we 20-somethings are traveling and avoiding commitments instead of starting careers and having families. We are no longer following the traditional “timetable for adulthood” of “completing school, leaving home, becoming…

Learning links

By The Ithacan • September 2, 2010

The Ithaca College Integrative Curriculum (IC2)will be linking students and curriculums across campus this year, acting as the initiative it was intended to be when it was first announced.

Working out a new vision

By The Ithacan • September 2, 2010

Before Ithaca College’s newest vision, “IC2020” is finalized, President Tom Rochon’s administration must be on the same page regarding task forces for the college’s future.

Study finds colleges lack understanding of Title IX

By Ellen Staurowsky • August 26, 2010

For the past 18 years, I have had the privilege of teaching the course “Gender Issues in Sport” to students at Ithaca College. Our unit on Title IX and its impact on federally funded school athletic programs is always a bit of a roller coaster ride, with the end result being a moment when some…

Basic rights absent in Bedouin communities

By Kiera Lewis • August 26, 2010

This past May, I was invited to be part of a team of Yale University interns working in the Negev Desert for a non-profit to more adequately combat gender-specific issues in Bedouin communities. This organization, Amerat Al-Sahara, or Princesses of the Desert, was created by a Bedouin woman nearly 10 years ago to combat cultural…