How TV brings families together By Erin Irby The Simpsons weekday syndication was a nightly habit more engrained in my day-to-day life than brushing my…
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The Family Issue
Family is a word that is often said but not often considered. With seemingly half of America freaking out about the “destruction” of the nuclear family, with more families eating dinner separately or from the microwave, with our parents calling us at least five days a week, and with our aunts and uncles friending us on Facebook, family is a constant presence in all our lives. We can’t get away from it. But what does it mean, exactly—family? Read More -
Pregnant teens remind us of the American dream By Cody Norton MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, a reality program which premiered in June 2009, is only…
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Ithaca College did not properly prepare for a large incoming class By Bryant Francis As the fall 2009 semester began, Ithaca College found itself host…
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By Amy Obarski Independent documentary filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal visited Ithaca College to screen their film, Trouble the Water, on Sept. 15, 2009.…
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By Amelia Blevins “No, you lift from the bottom and I’ll pull it up.” “Wait, what if we lay it down on its side and…
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By Sarah Kasulke Cortland resident Edward Wormsly woke up Wednesday morning to find his childhood dreams on his front porch, dead, next to a copy…
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How Local Buddhist Monks Form Familial Bonds through Communal Living By Kacey Deamer Four men dressed in orange robes, a handful of students and 12…
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Does the new location retain all the feel of the old? By Anne Gould Northgraves After two years of feeling at home in the tiny…
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The pros and cons of adopted kids searching for biological parents By McKenzie Wall Imagine that you are three years old playing in the living…