Editors’ Comment
Bon appetit. It is time to take a bite out of Buzzsaw.
People come and go, seasons change, but food is always there. It comes in many forms and is used for different purposes; it permeates all aspects of our lives.
Food listens to you. Food understands. Food won’t leave you alone right before prom and go with Ashley instead. Food won’t pressure you into doing that thing in bed that you really don’t like doing but will agree to on special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries.
Three Oreo cookies have a total of 7 grams of fat, 14 grams of sugar and 160 calories. Three in every 20 women at Ithaca College have experience with some type of eating disorder. Despite the notable exis- tence of eating disorders and body image issues on college campuses, there is little official research on the subject (Eating Disorders on Campus, pg. 17).
Overeating may cause stomachaches, but what happens when it’s society that’s consuming too much? The freeganism movement is a loosely organized response to American consumerism and overcon- sumption. While freeganism has its roots in a San Francisco-based anarchist theater group from the ’60s, today it reaches far beyond the City by the Bay (Trash to Treasure, pg. 20).
People can make a living just cooking food, whether tending a hot dog stand on a street corner or commanding the kitchen of four star bis- tro. It can be a job for some, but for others it is an all-consuming way of life, with each dish a work of art. The lives of those who make the magic happen in the kitchen aren’t as prim and proper as the maitre d’s and servers on the front lines. Food holds them in its inescapable grasp. (Chef Life, pg. 30)
Twenty Ithaca College students discuss the weirdest foods they’ve ever eaten, and the responses range from the mundane to the exotic (20 People, 20 Weird Foods, Seesaw).
So sit back, relax, turn off the Food Network, and enjoy.
Issue Contents
News & Views
- Ithaca Mayor Seeks Change in Police Department by Evan Popp
Proposal recieves mixed reviews from community and IPD - Another Day in the Dog House by Maddison Murnane
Life as a carhop in (way) Upstate New York - (Lack of) Equality in the Journalism Industry by Taylor Barker
Unfair prospects after graduation - FYRE Diversity Speaker Misses Mark by Michele Hau
Lightheated atmosphere takes away from serious issues - Porches Opened to Local Bands by Robyn Schmitz
Festival serenades two Ithaca neighborhoods - Portrait of a Barista as a Young Woman by Jamie Swinnerton
Lessons from behind the bean counter - Ukrainian-Russian Conflict by Jacob Ryan
Looking at the roots of the issues
Upfront
- Eating Disorders on Campus by Alexa Salvato
Improving the conversation about body image issues - The Right to Eat by Natalie Shanklin
Inequality limits access to healthy food - Hopping on the Diet Bandwagon by Taryn Cordani
The ins and outs of some of America’s most popular food fads - Trash to Treasure by Charlotte Robertson
Exploring the freegan fight against overconsumption - Controlled Chaos by Gillian Wenzel
Living with an eating disorder - The Skinny Equals Pretty Myth by Courtney Ravelo
A journey to find individual beauty - Eating Behind Bars by Sabina Leybold
The politics of correctional nutrition - Unspinning the Meaning of the O-Word by Max Ocean
Corporatization has redefined organic food - People Used to Eat Some Strange Stuff by Ethan Cannon
A look at some of history’s weirdest cuisines - The Wacky Snacks of China by Lisa Laffend
A six-month romp through the food of the Far East - Chef Life by Connor Shannon
Addiction to the kitchen - The Real Food of Spain by David Owens
Mexican food need not apply - Buzzsaw Takes a Sip…Of the best bars in Ithaca by Rachel Maus
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Aphex Twin – Syro by Robert S. Hummel
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Restaurant Review: Red’s Place by Olivia Pastella
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Jack White by Hristina Tasheva
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Front Bottoms Concert by Kate Nalepinski
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Blue Ruin by Tyler Macri
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Tennis – Ritual in Repeat by Lisa Laffend
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Boyhood by Train Schickele
- RAW FROM THE SAW: Spoon — They Want My Soul by Jon Roberts
- BuZseXx: The Vanilla Cupcake Blowjob by Anon
- Oasis by Samantha Brodsky
- Her Moral Victory by Amanda Livingston
- Hijab and Hoodies by Jodi Silberstein
- If I Could Tell You by Alexis Farabaugh
- Luxuria by Elizabeth Charles
- Noche by Gabriella Jorio
- October 4th by Meghan Cafarelli
- Automaton by Olivia Smialek
- Soy Fotosintesis by Emma Taubenfeld
Vegan’s Swear off all Food because Plants Breathe Too - Our Favorite #firstworldprobz Food Edition by Arlana Shikongo
- A Bread Bowl Filled With Betrayal by Derek Marinaro
Homeless man outraged when free meal contained gluten - Fortified with Bullshit by Timothy Chappell
A memoir - Sit Back, Re-Lax, and Enjoy Your Flight by Alex Bingham
Genius prankster leaves laxative brownies for flyers - Gluten Free as a Bird by Kelly Twardziak
Strange Eating Rituals Destroy Relationships of Students - Too Chill to Chop by Rachel Mucha
McDonald’s cashier wins after forgetting every mystery basket ingredient - Buzzsaw asks why…it rains every damn year for Applefest by Rachel Maus
- Not Lovin’ it for Long by Kayleigh Jones
McDonald’s limited-time items’ permanent side effects - Eatable Basket Creations by Rachel Maus
- People for the Epic Trolling of America: PeTA Admits They Were Just Messing with Us by Monica Chen
- Brains not Grains by Jackie Kazim
Rise in cannibalism attributed to NBC show - Confessions of the Undead by Chris Thomas
Tales and trials of a zombie playing a zombie - It’s Cannabutter, Y’all! by Lizzy Rosenberg
Paula Deen makes a comeback with line of edibles