Archive for the ‘Buzz Blog’ Category

A Chat with Award-Winning Author Eleanor Henderson

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by Noreyana Fernando

Eleanor Henderson is a bestselling author and professor of writing at Ithaca College whose debut novel, Ten Thousand Saints, was ranked by The New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2011.

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Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing Remains Heated in New York

Posted on January 30th, 2012 by Kyle Robertson

Read and listen to WICB’s Ithaca Now, covering the hydraulic fracturing debate’s recent developments in New York state.

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Top 5: Holiday-Themed Movies I’m Expecting for 2012

Posted on January 1st, 2012 by Catherine Fisher

It seems like Hollywood won’t stop until it’s exploited every holiday on the western calendar. Here are some holidays I think need a little love — or a multi-million dollar, star-studded movie

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Undocumented Migrant Workers Speak Out

Posted on December 12th, 2011 by Kristin Leffler

From WICB’s Ithaca Now, the full broadcast of undocumented migrant workers in Ithaca speaking out about the troubles of being undocumented in the United States.

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Review: ‘Illuminated Bodies’

Posted on December 10th, 2011 by Meagan McGinnes

Ithaca College hosted its third Main Stage production of the season with Illuminated Bodies, the college’s dance show held only once every four years.

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BuzzSexXx: No Strings Attached

Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Sydney Fusto

I can still remember the day I discovered what sex was. I was sitting on my living room floor, cradling my new Cabbage Patch Kid (remember those?), when suddenly I looked up at my mother and asked, “Mommy, where do babies come from?”

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‘Swidjit’ Makes Buying Local Easier Than Ever

Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Megan Devlin

Megan Devlin speaks with Alex Colket, the 33-year-old founder of Swidjit.com, a new website that uses social networking to encourage a shift towards a localized economy.

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Ithaca’s Tattoos: The Graffiti in Downtown Ithaca

Posted on December 5th, 2011 by Kaley Belval

I looked at the graffiti in Ithaca, and I realized that it was, in a way, the city’s own set of tattoos. The graffiti is something that helps to define Ithaca’s “body,” something that characterizes its “soul”: the people that make up its population.

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DTF, or Don’t Touch Friends

Posted on December 1st, 2011 by A.J. Reffsin

There is a stereotype that guys and girls can’t be just friends. It’s impossible to be best friends without one being in love with the other – or gay. But I disagree with this. There is indeed a happy medium: Best Friends with Awkward Sexual Tension.

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The Politics of Choice

Posted on December 1st, 2011 by Chris Zivalich

I want to talk a lot about the politics of choice. In a society like the United States, where we place so much emphasis on the individual – the individual’s abilities, capabilities, the ‘you can do whatever you want to do’ mentality – I’d like to use the idea of a choice when talking about things.

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