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How alcohol complicates the conversation about sexual assault By Amy Obarski It’s Friday afternoon, and you have just completed what you think is the most hellish week of your college career. You had three tests, two papers and a bullshit assignment that your sociology professor required you to submit via Blackboard. You are ready to let [...]

By Amy Obarski Breaking away from her usual finger-style slap guitar, Kaki King delivers a tour de force of intense, musical elements in her fifth, full length album, Junior. Die-hard Kaki fans may be unsettled by this musical shift, but the change is far from disappointing. With the help of two multi-dimensional instrumentalists, Dan Brantigan [...]

Why pilots’ salaries have decreased over the years By Amy Obarski So it’s the 1970s. You are a newly trained commercial airline pilot, and you are a god. People see your uniform, and a sense of admiration fills their eyes as they watch you walk through the airport from one terminal to the next. They [...]

Why We All Resemble Fishing Lures By Amy Obarski First there’s the anticipation. Should I do it? Should I wait longer? What will my parents think? Is it going to hurt? Then there’s the rush. That feeling when the needle touches you and every hair stands on end as it penetrates your skin. And finally [...]

By Amy Obarski Carol Blanche, mother of 14 year-old Justin, was shocked upon the discovery of her son’s extensive collection of Playboy, Penthouse and Skanky Stan’s porn paraphernalia.  “I’ve really never seen this much of it, I mean, there were piles of it that just kept coming out of his closet when I went to [...]

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. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Sundance in 2008. The film addresses the racial and [...]