Issues

Megan Devlin speaks with Alex Colket, the 33-year-old founder of Swidjit.com, a new website that uses social networking to encourage a shift towards a localized economy.

On September 24, the Ithaca community spoke out against rape and victim shaming by holding a local Slutwalk, an international victim’s rights movement. See and hear footage from the march.

The sexualization of female Halloween costumes

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 25 million Americans are restricted in life by disabilities, and according to the Council for Disability Awareness, 1 in 4 of present 20-year-olds will be disabled before they retire. But even 20 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled people continue to face significant roadblocks to success.

The art of non-verbal communication

Family and friends are deeply concerned

Living in the bounds of racial parentheses

Calling all witches and wizards! Are you currently searching for immortality? Can’t seem to find that pesky Sorcerer’s Stone? Sick and tired of viciously preying…

From listening to the dozens of testimonials from Ithaca’s event, it became clear that for many, SlutWalk is not about reclaiming the word “slut.” Rather, it’s more important for women to “reclaim” their bodies — to declare that they are allowed to experience pleasure.

In the past several decades, spiritual existence has grown to become much more widely accepted. So when there’s something strange in the neighborhood….who you gonna call?