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How a substance abuse clinic gets people clean by helping them take drugs By Andrea Bichan In Vancouver, British Columbia, one substance abuse clinic stands out above the rest as a voice for change in drug policy. Insite, based in Vancouver’s downtown East Side, is North America’s only “safe injection” facility.  What this means is [...]

Middle Cyclone Anti Records, 2009 By Andrea Bichan Last year, Ithaca’s indie elite flooded the State Theatre to see Neko Case perform. During the concert, she played three songs off of her then-upcoming album, Middle Cyclone: “I’m An Animal,” “Prison Girls” and “Pharoahs.” Since then, all in attendance have been anxiously awaiting the record’s arrival. [...]

The ‘philosophy of mind’ trend in current movies By Andrea Bichan The magazine you’re holding in your hands right now is not real. In fact, you’re not real. Nothing is. Everything you know, everyone you’ve ever cared about simply does not exist. You’re in a computer simulation, or someone else’s dream. Maybe you’re somebody’s creation, [...]

By Andrea Bichan On Oct. 1, 2008, the Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously to declare Ithaca, N.Y. a “community of sanctuary” for active-duty service members and veterans who wish to protest the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The resolution is a reaffirmation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, granting freedom of speech [...]

By Andrea Bichan The media frenzy surrounding the 2008 presidential election is enormous, and often overwhelming. One cannot escape the constant flow of information. As a result, the American public has become intimately acquainted with the candidates, knowing everything from Barack Obama’s relationship with his pastor to the details of John McCain’s divorce. Surely in [...]