Posts Tagged ‘Ithaca College’

You Don’t Have a Friend in Me

29, Dec 2009

When it comes to Facebook, what’s more important: Having a large network of “friends” whom you don’t know? Or a smaller well-connected group of individuals with whom you have real relationships?
I consider myself a friendly person, but that’s no longer the case when it comes to Facebook. After careful thought and deliberation, I’ve decided to [...]

Wedding Weekend in Saratoga Springs

14, Sep 2009

My wife and I have known our friends Maureen and Mike for as long as they’ve known each other. We were there the night they met five years ago at an Ithaca College happy hour in Washington, D.C. Even though all four of us graduated from the same college, it was only after we moved [...]

Ithaca’s Tower Club Closing Its Doors

4, Apr 2009

Ithaca College: The Towers, originally uploaded by aimeedars.
Ithaca College announced this week that it is closing the Tower Club restaurant, a unique place on campus located on the 14th floor of the East Tower, overlooking beautiful Cayuga Lake, the city of Ithaca and the rolling hills of Tompkins County.
The decision to close the Tower Club, [...]

How My Life Changed 11 Years Ago

13, Feb 2009

Eleven years ago today Missy and I went on our first date — if you can even call it that. We were hanging out at a college party on South Hill in Ithaca, N.Y., with her friends on a typical Friday night. Not exactly glamorous, but certainly a life-changing event.
Even though Feb. 13 doesn’t hold [...]

The Ithacan Wins Pacemaker Again

3, Nov 2008

My college newspaper, The Ithacan, won the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism for print and online again this year at the National College Media Convention in Kansas City, Mo. The awards, known as the Pacemaker and Online Pacemaker, are among the most prestigious in the country.
Ithacan adviser Michael Serino has details. Congrats to him and [...]

When a Radical and Conservative Agree

10, Oct 2008

Only at Ithaca College could a radical professor and conservative alumnus find political agreement. I was stunned to see long-time Ithaca writing professor and self-proclaimed radical Fred Wilcox agree with my assessment of the college’s political leanings.
Editor in chief Erin Geismar writes in this week’s Ithacan about a former professor’s claim that her political views [...]

Ithaca College Copes With Credit Crisis

3, Oct 2008

The financial crisis isn’t isolated to Wall Street and Main Street. It’s also having an impact on academia. Today I received a letter from Ithaca College President Tom Rochon explaining my alma mater’s attempt to grapple with these challenging times and dwindling endowments. At Ithaca, the problem is complicated by a lower-than-expected enrollment this year.
The [...]

The Ithacan Collects More Awards

11, Sep 2008

There aren’t very many constants at a college newspaper. But at The Ithacan, the weekly paper at my alma mater Ithaca College, there are two: a consistent streak of winning national awards and a dedicated adviser committed to excellence.
At last week’s Society of Professional Journalism conference, The Ithacan collected yet another award, this time as [...]

A New Outlook on My Fantasy Life

7, Sep 2008

David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
The past month has not been kind to me in fantasy baseball. After trading for Carlos Lee and Carlos Quentin this summer, both were lost to season-ending injuries. I was coping with Lee’s injury just fine, but Quentin’s came during the first round of playoffs. Meanwhile, [...]