The Ithacan

On the Quad: what are your plans for spring break?

By Christian Gratto, Abigail Singer, Hunter Holmes, and Emma Brown • March 6, 2024

Christian Gratto returns to the Quad to ask members of the Ithaca College community how they're spending their spring break.

Editorial: “Wellness days” do not alleviate college stress

By The Ithacan • March 24, 2021

We are overcoming a pandemic, collegewide changes and individual challenges of life. All of us need more than one day to even begin recovering.

Rediscovering Old Loves for Happiness

By Kylee Roberts, Blogger • March 26, 2016

Lately, I've actually found that I am most happy and productive when I have a lot on my schedule.

Editorial: Network outages create embarrassing situation

March 23, 2016

These outages have been an embarrassment for DIIS and for the college’s brand, which depends on a competent network and navigable system of communication at all times.

Installment Twelve: Time

By Linda Vallancourt, Blogger • March 8, 2016

As a very regimented person, I enjoyed watching as the crosses slowly accumulated each day.

College Briefing: Nov. 13

November 17, 2014

Activist to encourage locals to enact change From Nov. 17–19, Colombian activist Marylen Serna Salinas will come to Ithaca and speak with community activists about the small farmers’ movement, or...

Editorial: Residence halls to stay open during Thanksgiving and spring breaks

September 24, 2014

Beginning this year, all residence halls and apartments will be open during Thanksgiving and spring breaks. The decision came after the Office of Residential Life saw an increase in the number of student...

Students use break to fight for causes

By Sabrina Knight, Assistant News Editor • March 20, 2013

Don Austin, assistant director of community service and leadership development, discusses his experience at an alternative spring break, where participants focused on environmental issues such as hydraulic fracturing.

Make or break

By Elma GonzalezErica Palumbo, Assistant News Editors • March 8, 2012

For sophomore Yiwei Zhu, spending spring break in Florida last year meant a lot more than basking in the southern sun.