Independently owned businesses fuel local economy By Gena Mangiaratti With this year’s arrival of new businesses on the Ithaca Commons, occupancy rates in downtown Ithaca…
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The politics of line-crossing at the School of the Americas By Gena Mangiaratti Carrying a cross with the name of a murdered Latin American woman,…
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Cutting, pasting and whiting out the Bible to fit your worldview By Gena Mangiaratti Last summer, following years of questioning the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
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The history of a struggle for national identity
By Gena Mangiaratti
Kurdistan is a country. Kurdistan is a virtual state. Kurdistan is a bad country. Kurdistan is an illegal country.It all depends on whom you ask.
What is Kurdistan?
When Sirwan Dabagh, a Kurd born in southern Kurdistan, tells people where he is from, he does not always mention the word “Kurdistan.”
“I usually say I’m from southern Kurdistan, which of course, politically correct, would be northern Iraq,” Dabagh said. “However, if the person asking doesn’t seem open-minded and generally educated, I prefer not to get in a conflict and, therefore, tell them that I’m a Kurd from Iraq.”
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Gun ownership and civil liberties By Gena Mangiaratti As I pointed the gun down range, trying to exact the position of the bright red dot…
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College students criss-cross the nation for long-distance-relationships By Gena Mangiaratti On the wall above the desk of Ithaca College freshman music education major Erika St.…
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Limiting the effects of depression in students By Gena Mangiaratti Stressed college students are nothing new—they’re constantly busy juggling school work, extracurricular activities and social…
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By Gena Mangiaratti The Japanese restaurant Samurai is immediately impressive upon walking in. It looks small from the outside, but once inside it extends far…
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We’re taught to work as hard as we can and put grades above all else – to get into college, to get into grad school, to best represent ourselves as people. But in the end, do they really matter? And can fixations on getting every possible point be damaging?
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Why write about Obama’s policies when you can help people stalk his family? By Gena Mangiaratti One of the first instructions Michelle Obama gave White…