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Race to City Hall

Qina Liu — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:04 +0000

Ithaca mayoral candidates, including Svante Myrick, Janis Kelly, Wade Wykstra, Christopher Kusznir, and J.R. Clairborne, agree to disagree on local issues

Svante Myrick Wins Democratic Primary for City of Ithaca Mayoral Primary

Qina Liu — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:15:20 +0000

Svante Myrick, a 24-year-old member of the Ithaca Common Council, is leading as the democratic City of Ithaca mayoral candidate after winning Tuesday night’s primary.

WHAT’S HAPPENING: A Return to New Orleans

Qina Liu — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:36:13 +0000

As I learn more and more about New Orleans and the effects of Hurricane Katrina, I keep asking myself, what is wrong with humanity? By definition, humanity is characterized by humanness or benevolence, but how is it humane to knowingly flood a city? (It’s like reading Watchmen, knowing that Adrian Veidt is plotting the end [...]

Preparing for the shocks

Qina Liu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:06:44 +0000

Shock Doctrine author Naomi Klein coming to Ithaca By Qina Liu While the chaos theory says “something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world,” award-winning Canadian journalist Naomi Klein subscribes to a different ideology, one where “only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real changes.”

After the Debris Clears

Qina Liu — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:42:34 +0000

Fighting compassion fatigue in Haiti and New Orleans By Qina Liu First there are the news reports, projecting the dilapidated houses, the masses of human suffering and recent wreckage. Then, there are the floods of information on benefit concerts, charities and what the average person can do to help. After a week, a month or [...]

Nobody’s Perfect, You Better Work it

Qina Liu — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:17:16 +0000

In capitalistic America, the Dream has always been wealth, power, beauty and fame. But how far is too far in pursuit of this?

Troy Davis: The Next Tom Robinson

Qina Liu — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:48:15 +0000

Murder case reveals continued racism By Qina Liu In the flurry of the Alabama courtroom, a thick blanket of humidity clung to the sticky wooden pews as occupants waited for the jury’s verdict. The defendant, Tom Robinson, represented by lawyer Atticus Finch, was a black field-hand accused of raping 19-year-old Mayella Ewell. Hours later, Robinson [...]