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Smartphone technology affects social and academic lives of students

Smartphone technology affects social and academic lives of students

By Kayla Dwyer and Shakirah Ray • October 29, 2014
With each wave of technological innovation is a risk of dependence, but smartphone technology presents new challenges for students.
Junior Nick Filippini sleeps in a chair at 2:30 a.m. Oct. 15 in the library during the week many students had midterms.

Studies indicate the need for sleep prioritization

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • October 22, 2014
Studies indicate there is a need for a culture shift toward an attitude supporting the need for sleep for working adults and for college students.
Editorial: Millennials do not live up to digital natives expectation

Editorial: Millennials do not live up to ‘digital natives’ expectation

October 1, 2014

Members of Generation Y, better known as millennials, are supposed to be naturally adept with new and rapidly evolving technology. However, a 2010 study done by the Pew Research Center says only 24 percent...

Adam Banks, associate professor and director of writing, rhetoric and digital media at the University of Kentucky, encourages the audience to utilize social media to voice their opinions and bring attention to social issues of race, culture and ethnicity.

CSCRE discusses the use of social media as a gateway to activism

By Aisling Brennan, Contributing Writer • September 11, 2014
The Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity invited students to engage in a discussion on the role technology plays in addressing race, racism and resistance on Sept. 9 in Clark Lounge.
Phuong Nguyen, assistant professor in the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity, speaks at the opening event of last semester’s CSCRE discussion series on March 6 in Emerson Suites.

Adam Banks to kick off technology and race discussion series

By Ramya Vijayagopal, Assistant News Editor • September 3, 2014
The annual themed discussion series within the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity is back, this time exploring technology-related issues and the relationships among race, racism and technology.

So technology makes education better, am I right Mr. President?

By Jeremy Li • February 4, 2014

President Obama has recently pledges to implement a $750 million worth initiative called ConnectED to enhance technology for 99% of the students in the U.S. within five years, according to an article published...

Editorial: Education: still loading

Editorial: Education: still loading

By The Ithacan • October 22, 2013

Outside the context of higher education, Wi-Fi is a luxury that keeps society constantly “plugged in.” But on a college campus, Internet access is a necessary tool for professors to teach their students. For...

The film and prints received from the local shop that still is able to send out film.

Did the “one hour photo” speed the death of film?

By Shawn Steiner, Photo Editor • October 30, 2012
The lack of quality in one hour photo shops may have led to a faster demise of film in the consumer world.
From left, Robert Sullivan, director of the honors program, Sonali Samarasinghe, international visiting scholar in honors, and Jason Freitag, associate professor of history, share a laugh at the welcoming event for Samarasinghe Sept. 19 in the Klingstein Lounge.

Sri Lankan visiting scholar shares experience

By Kristin Mansfield, Staff Writer • October 1, 2012
Sonali Samarsinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist and human rights activist, was welcomed as an International Visiting Scholar in Honors to Ithaca College on Sept. 19.

Watch Yourself, Wrist Watches

By Lara Bonner • October 4, 2011
A friend recently told me that people made fun of him for wearing a wristwatch because he carried a cellphone. I hadn't ever really thought about this before—how obsolete wrist watches have become. When someone asks me if I know the time, I automatically reach for my pocket and check my phone for the answer,…
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