IC professor, students protest School of Americas By Jackie Simone Patricia Rodriguez wasn’t intimidated by the police forces and helicopters that surrounded the 19th annual School of the Americas protest. She was not afraid that she could be arrested while she called for the closing of the notorious school on Nov. 21-23. She was not [...]
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The Ithaca College Fault Line
Cracks in IC’s social structure By Jackie Simone A typical day at Ithaca College includes running into tour groups of high school students with their nervous parents. Tour guides walk backward and try to project their voices so that the out-of-place crowd can hear vivid descriptions of the college and the myriad opportunities offered to [...]
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By Jackie Simone Red, white and blue crowds erupted in applause and waved signs enthusiastically. Setting a television record, more than 40 million viewers at home watched the mayhem of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions on television screens across the country. Two weeks of rhetoric, alliterative slogans and snide remarks about the opposition party [...]
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