During a summer at the New Hampshire State House, Ben Savard sorted through mail and emails sent to New Hampshire’s governor: concerns and thank yous were transcribed into concise messages, death threats were handled by someone of a higher authority and the weekly Pixar or Disney-themed postcards from a random Florida resident were put into an entirely separate file. The following summer at Florentine Films, Savard helped make a database of all the images ever used in a Ken Burns documentary, read over scripts and answered phones. And so was the life of an unpaid intern.
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On the night of Aug. 25, 20-year-old Keith Shumway attacked a uniformed officer. Keith reached through the car window and ripped the gun from the officer’s duty belt and fired a shot that grazed the officer’s leg. The injured officer called for backup.
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As I went to start this article, I opened a Word Document, typed the topic I planned to write about and immediately went to my Twitter, all while I Facebook stalked classmates and spoke on the phone to my boyfriend. This multitasking is my normal routine while trying to get anything of importance done.
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Poor 20-something year-old men. Actually, let me clarify. Poor 20-something white, middle-class, heterosexual males. This particular group of “privileged” individuals have been under siege for a while in American society.
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Student sustainability activists challenge Sodexo and push for real local, sustainable dining at Ithaca College with the Slow Food movement
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The complexities of job security and free speech at Ithaca College
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When I was 12 I walked into my living room at the exact moment my sister stepped off a chair. The rope snapped up around her chin like headgear. She broke three of her teeth when her jaw hit the edge of my mother’s antique trunk.
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I can still remember the day I discovered what sex was. I was sitting on my living room floor, cradling my new Cabbage Patch Kid (remember those?), when suddenly I looked up at my mother and asked, “Mommy, where do babies come from?”
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When I tell people that one of my favorite singers is Kelly Clarkson, I usually get one of three responses: a) “Oh … Why?” b) “Wait, the girl from American Idol?” or c) “My preteen sister loves her!”
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Union battle, fare increases and budget cuts for Ithaca’s bus service