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From left, Mayor Svante Myrick and Dennis Nayor, acting chief of police of the Ithaca Police Department, brief the media Sept. 4.

One man arrested, one at large after downtown Ithaca shooting

By Sierra Guardiola, Senior Writer September 4, 2019
A victim has been identified and one man is in custody after a shooting occurred the morning of Sept. 4 on Green Street near The Commons. 
Alisar Awwad, right, talks with junior Mirza Abdul Ahad Rauf, left, before taking his photograph. On Facebook and Instagram, Awwad documents subjects’ images and experiences of beauty as people of color.

Photo campaign redefines Eurocentric beauty standards

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor May 1, 2018
Awwad compiled what makes participants feel beautiful and what beauty means to them, highlighting the experiences of people of color on campus.
Senior Dominic Tibbetts won $10,000 on The Price is Right, which aired March 23.

Q&A: IC student discusses winning on ‘The Price is Right’

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor March 28, 2018
This episode featured an entire audience of college students who were given the chance to win prizes and money to go toward their education.
The Intermediate and Advanced Drawing classes collaborated with a biology research lab to study oral microbiomes and how they tie into into a persons understanding of their identity.

Art and biology students participate in creative collaboration

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor March 21, 2018
“In making art, ideally you know what is happening in your world,” Sarah Sutton said. “Understanding current science for art students is really important.”
From left, actor Eric Hambury, juniors Emma Beedenbender, Casey Schoch and sophomore Charlie Simmons worked together to produce a short film titled Dead Weight, which landed a contract with Amazon Prime.

Student-made film receives prime deal from Amazon

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor March 7, 2018
Amazon offered junior Casey Schoch a five-year contract for her short film that she made in Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction, titled 'Dead Weight."
Sophomore Alison Walker interviews Jonathon Schindler with the help of sophomore Kelly Baffoni for her documentary film Facebeater. Her film won Best Documentary Film at the second annual Student Film Festival.

Student Film Festival provides real world exposure

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor February 7, 2018
“It’s definitely fun to go to your local art house cinema and see your work up on the screen,” junior Anna Gardner, programming director for The Studio said.  
Sophomores Unagh Frank, Mia Reingold and Brianna Ruback hold up the Spoon University sign. They are all members of the colleges chapter, which gives college students the tools to write, photograph, create videos and host events focused on food.

Club focuses on food to bring community together

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor February 6, 2018
Spoon University is an organization that gives college students the tools to write, photograph, create videos and host events focused on food.
Mike Zilvetti, a sophomore integrated marketing communications major, has curated his own clothing brand. Barbed NYC is a lifestyle brand influenced by skateboard culture, hip-hop culture and New York City.

WATCH: Students use creativity to cultivate clothing brands

By Cameron Coughlin and Sierra Guardiola January 31, 2018
“Make sure you’re making something that’s personal,” freshman Simon Gardner, co-creator of KAVAS, said. “Something you can hold onto for a long time.”
The Ithaca College Habitat for Humanity club traveled to South Carolina Jan. 15-19 to partner with the East Cooper affiliates for Habitat to finish building a house for a single mother and her daughter.

College chapter of Habitat for Humanity turns house into home

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor January 30, 2018
“You can have a large group of people and get the same amount of work done as a small group of passionate people,” Gabby Picca, chair of marketing, said.
Saviana Stanescu Condeescu, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, was a panelist at the Theater and Resistance Symposium in New York City Jan. 12. Her play Waxing West is also featured in the Womens Voices Theater Festival in Washington D.C. Jan. 19 to Feb. 10.

Q&A: Assistant professor seeks activism through art

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor January 28, 2018
The people that you reach, the community that you build, the voices being heard by as many people as possible, is what motivates me and what keeps me going.
WATCH: Student band to take the stage at global music convention

WATCH: Student band to take the stage at global music convention

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor January 25, 2018
The Aaron Rizzo Band is influenced by blues, rock, R&B, pop and hip-hop. The band was selected to perform at the 2018 NAMM convention in Anaheim, California.
Then-freshman Margaret Mowrer participated in the 2017 MLK Day of Service offered through the Office of Student Engagement and Multicultural Affairs. The Day of Service concludes the MLK Week Celebration each year.

Day of Service to conclude MLK Week Celebration

By Sierra Guardiola, Life and Culture Editor January 24, 2018
A large part of King’s message was to find a way to serve the cause you are passionate about, Austin said. This can resonate with students, he said.
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