Author Archive

Local music store victim of changing buying trends By Julissa Trevino Tucked away around the corner from Collegetown Bagels on Seneca St., No Radio Records opened about two and a half years ago. It has served as a record store, an art gallery–displaying work by local artists and college students–and a stage for local acts. [...]

Why Welfare to Work isn’t working By Julissa Trevino President Obama recently signed a stimulus bill containing $816 billion in new spending and tax cuts, of which $264 billion (32 percent) is new welfare spending. “This represents about $6,700 in new welfare spending for every poor person in the U.S.,” according to FrontPage magazine. “In [...]

It’s Not Me, Its You Capitol Records, 2009 By Julissa Trevino MySpace pop sensation Lily Allen doesn’t exactly follow up her massively popular 2006 debut Alright, Still with more of the same. There’s something missing in her new album, It’s Not Me, It’s You. While all the right elements are present—insults to guys she’s involved [...]

Miramax Films, 2008 By Julissa Trevino “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty,” says Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character, Father Flynn, in Doubt, as he stands giving a sermon before his parishioners in church. His assertion holds true for the stern and stubborn principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, Sister Aloysius, played [...]

Resurging nationalism in U.S. culture By Julissa Trevino It was practically a riot: people screamed and cheered for the next president in the name of “hope” and “change.” Hundreds of students rallied on the quads of the Ithaca College campus celebrating the election of Democratic nominee Barack Obama. The IC campus became a place of [...]

By Julissa Treviño My So-Called Life My So-Called Life, possibly one of the best shows of the ’90s unfortunately cancelled after its first season, follows 15-year-old high schooler Angela (a pre-Romeo and Juliet Claire Danes) and her dramatic teenage life. She, of course, falls for the cutest guy in school, Jordan Catalano (Jared Leto, long [...]

Sony Pictures Classics, 2008 By Julissa Trevino Baghead is an awkward, unlikely film. Though it is never as funny as it could be, the film is an original, unconventional spoof on films that try too hard to be serious in their ridiculous plots. Writers and directors Jay and Mark Duplass create a short, whacky blend [...]

The benefits of community college By Julissa Treviño Nathanael Baker is a junior writing and computer science major. However, it’s his first semester at Ithaca College. For the past three years, Baker attended Tompkins County Community College (TC3) and transferred to Ithaca this fall semester. “I liked [TC3] a lot because it was a good [...]

Realizing the movement’s failings 40 years later By Julissa Trevino A young woman is lying on the grass with her shirt unbuttoned, open to reveal her breasts, smiling and looking terribly happy to be selling herself. Oh, there is also a Dodge van behind her and the words “Put a Dodge in your garage.” This [...]

By Julissa Treviño Cornell Cinema celebrates legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard this semester with the series Godard in the ’60s. The series features 10 of his films, including A Bout de Souffle, Le Petit Soldat, Bande a Part and Vivre Sa Vie. Debuting as a director in 1960, Godard became known around the world by 1968 [...]