Party Remix will be the Student Government Association (SGA) executive board for the 2007–08 academic year, according to election results released yesterday by junior Josh Keniston, co-chair of the elections committee. The party members, junior Aaron Bloom, president; sophomore Caitlin Baran, vice president of academics; junior Monica Marcenko, vice president of business and finance; sophomore…
Party Remix will become the new Student Government Association (SGA) executive board for the 2007–08 academic year, according to election results released this morning by junior Josh Keniston, co-chair of the elections committee. The party members, junior Aaron Bloom, president; sophomore Caitlin Baran, vice president of academics; junior Monica Marcenko, vice president of business and…
Three finalists for provost and vice president for academic affairs selected by the provost search committee last Friday will spend the next three weeks visiting with students and faculty on campus, according to John Krout, director and professor of gerontology and chair of the provost search committee. The candidates, David Gordon, associate provost for personnel…
In response to student safety concerns, the Office of Residential Life will begin locking the main stairwell doors of the Garden Apartments during nighttime hours, according to Zach Newswanger, director of Residential Life. Beginning Sunday, doors will be locked from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m.…
The 20 students whose IP addresses were reported to Apogee last week by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for illegal file sharing have been judicially referred for violation of the college’s conduct code, according to Michael Leary, assistant director of judicial affairs. Leary said Section III-C of the student conduct code holds students…
For the first time in its history, Ithaca College’s Office of International Programs has suspended one of its affiliated study abroad programs. The college’s affiliation with the School for International Training (SIT) was temporarily discontinued March 15 for “safety and security reasons,” said Tanya Saunders, assistant provost and dean of the Division of Interdisciplinary and…
The IP addresses of 20 students or employees of Ithaca College were reported to Apogee yesterday by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for illegal file sharing, according to Dave Maley, associate director of media relations. Apogee, the college’s Internet provider, received prelitigation letters notifying the company of pending copyright infringement suits against its…
Twenty students or employees of Ithaca College received pre-litigation letters today from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for illegal file sharing, according to a statement released by the association this morning. The letters notify the college of a pending copyright infringement suit against its network users and asks college administrators to forward the…
William Schulz, former executive director of Amnesty International USA, has been selected as the Class of 2007 commencement speaker, the college announced today. Schulz led the U.S. section of Amnesty International, the world’s oldest human rights organization, from 1994 to 2006, after serving eight years as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. During…
President Peggy R. Williams signed a letter of intent Tuesday to join the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, an agreement between 84 colleges and universities across the country pledging to make their campuses more sustainable. The agreement, organized by ecoAmerica, Second Nature and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education,…
Calling hours and funeral services will be held this weekend for junior Cassandra Karpinski, who died this week while studying in London. Calling hours are 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, at J.N Boufford and Sons Funeral Home in Manchester, N.H. A funeral service will…
Ithaca College’s board of trustees will meet today in New York City. The board will review tuition for the 2007–08 year, including tuition, room and board; decisions on faculty tenure and promotion; and the status of campus building projects like the Gateway Building, according to Dave Maley, associate director of media relations. Nancy Pringle, vice…
