Archive for the ‘Access’ Category

While most American policy negotiation is limited to legislative offices and lobbyist statements, a burgeoning involvement from community organizers has for some transformed the healthcare battle into a humanitarian issue.

The hilly campus of Ithaca College features hundreds of stairs, which doesn’t make getting around easy for students with limited mobility.  Although newer facilities are completely handicap accessible, older buildings still pose problems, and the college is not legally reuired to renovate buildings constructed before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  [...]

Labor Initiatives in Promoting Solidarity organized a week of events to bring attention to the campus fight against Sodexo.

How WikiLeaks offers new format for global spread of information By Matt Honold “WikiLeaks is truly a revolutionary development in terms of democracy and transparency,” said Jeff Cohen, professor of journalism at Ithaca College and founder of the Park Center for Independent Media. “It’s an amazing use of new technology that opens a door to [...]

Easy ways to access free perks from rewards programs By John Vogan In a struggling economy with rising food and gas prices, not to mention the increasing cost of college tuition and living expenses­—the cost to attend Ithaca College is estimated to be $48,132 next year—what student wouldn’t want free perks and benefits? While many [...]

Timmy Complains about ‘Basic Human Rights’ Being Taken Away From Him By Dylan Clark Last Monday night, 6th grade Ithaca resident Timmy Williams flipped the channel to MTV to watch his favorite program, Jackass.  But instead of seeing Ryan Dunn shoving a toy car up his ass, he saw something he deemed to be far [...]

By Catherine Fisher Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, leaves his office early Friday afternoon and heads home with a spring in his step. His website has given people across America the luxury of getting movies dropped off right in their mail box, single handedly causing the collapse of local video stores across the country. [...]

rule-breaking women scorned by men having to wait in longer lines By Abby Sophir Lauren Anderson waits patiently in line for the bathroom. She counts to 50 in her head in an attempt to distract herself from the growing sensation in her abdomen. She counts the women and girls in front of her in line: [...]

Sam McCann Ian Murphy provided us with one of the best examples of access to power earlier this year with his prank call of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker.  The stunt showed exactly who has a direct line to our elected officials: the rich and powerful.  Now Murphy himself is running for Congress as a Green [...]

By Ryan Sharpstene If in the past month you’ve found yourself stopping for a minute staring inside the large front windows of South Cayuga Street’s newest eatery, Culture Shock, you’re not alone.   It’s hard not to stop on the busy side street to the Commons when you notice the new neon-green painted walls, disco [...]