The Ithacan

Longtime volleyball coach announces retirement

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • March 19, 2024

Ithaca College Athletics announced March 18 that longtime volleyball head coach Johan Dulfer has decided to retire.

Ivy League football players culminate conference careers in Dream Japan Bowl

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • February 7, 2024

A cultural experience and a culmination of collegiate football careers occurred in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 21, 6,752 miles away from Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca. This was not an average Ivy League football game — this was the Dream Japan Bowl.

China’s leadership grab on climate change

By John Tagliani • November 26, 2020

With most news this year eclipsed by the global pandemic, it was easy to miss China’s declaration in September of carbon neutrality by 2060.

National Recap: COVID-19 vaccine shows success in U.S. tests

By John Turner • November 17, 2020

A second COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be effective in preventing illness following the contraction of the virus.

Costumes, candy and COVID-19: Halloween festivities adapt to the pandemic

By Ithacan Staff • November 1, 2020

Halloween is usually the time of year that brings people together to dress up and go door to door at strangers’ houses. Kids dressed in an array of costumes walk around their neighborhoods digging through...

National Recap: Pope Francis appoints America’s first Black cardinal

By John Turner • October 27, 2020

Pope Francis appointed Wilton Gregory to the position of cardinal, making him the first Black American to receive this position.

Q&A: Professor releases documentary on racism and gentrification

By John Turner, Opinion Editor • October 17, 2020

I just want people to have more awareness on these issues. A film like “America Street” extends awareness.

Kamala Harris, hypocrisy and the black professional class

By Zachary Myles, Staff Writer • March 6, 2019

America does not need another black face wearing a white mask. We had that for eight years with Barack Obama.

Softball coach plans to retire after 31st season

By Matt Vander Plaat, Staff Writer • March 5, 2019

Ithaca College softball coach Deb Pallozzi has announced that she will retire at the conclusion of the 2019 season, her 31st at the helm.

Commentary: U.S. dependence on Saudi oil causes major conflict

By Chris Jones • February 20, 2019

The US-Saudi relationship is a toxic one, based in faulty economic and diplomatic premises that have the United States supporting a tyrannical government for obtuse and increasingly regress reasons.

Review: “High Flying Bird” shoots and scores

By Noa Covell • February 19, 2019

The new Netflix film “High Flying Bird,” which was shot completely on an iPhone, delves deep into the relationship between sports and the politics of the United States’ capitalist society. With...

National Recap: El Chapo found guilty of all charges

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor • February 13, 2019

Following a three-month trial, drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán — better known as El Chapo — was found guilty on all 10 counts of drug trafficking Feb. 12.