Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

When problems at home affect performance in the workplace By Samantha Brucker After waking up to her 6:30 a.m. alarm, taking a shower and eating her breakfast, Megan left her house to go to school, half surprised to see her father’s car still in the driveway. She surmised that once again, he had called into [...]

Space savvy fam teaches us how to live 1950s style By Sarah McCarthy The year is 2062. The sidewalks move and fold-up flying cars travel through the sky. The standard workday lasts three hours, three days a week, and the hottest vacation spot this year is on Venus. Sylvester Stalone has completed his latest project, [...]

Chipping Away at the Family Therapy Stigma By Jocelyn Codner   Jesse Grossman, a 17-year-old Ithaca High School student, has been to personal therapy, family therapy and even spent a little over a week institutionalized in a mental hospital. And yet, he has no qualms with talking about his or his family’s experiences. “I’m pretty [...]

Trophy wives out-trophy their wives By Daniel Haack On Aug. 16, 2008, three months after the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, two smiling brides in Zac Posen outfits were being wed in an intimate ceremony in Beverly Hills. On one side of the aisle was Ellen DeGeneres, the 51-year-old Emmy [...]

Students rethink what it means to feel at home By Megan Blarr   Where do you live?” Seems like a simple question, right? Well not if you’re a student going away to college. Suddenly, things seem a lot more complicated. As a freshman, I’ve had some adjusting to do since move-in day a month ago. [...]

Exploring transracial adoption in America By Emily Stoner Whenever Karen Wasserman gets a speeding ticket, a million things run through her mind. Pull over in a well-lit area, not on a dark side street where there might not be witnesses. Make sure your hands are where the cop can see them. Don’t make any sudden [...]

An Ithaca Family Cooks Up Some Love By Julissa Treviño Inside DeWitt Mall, next to the Bookery and across from Past Times, sits Dino’s Mediterranean Deli — a family-owned and  -operated business recently opened in August 2008. Dino’s is like many other places in Ithaca in that it’s a small family business. But Dino’s isn’t [...]

Why write about Obama’s policies when you can help people stalk his family? By Gena Mangiaratti One of the first instructions Michelle Obama gave White House aids upon moving into the historical mansion was to let the girls make their own beds. For the two Obama daughters, Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11, the household rules [...]

Examining religion’s influence on large family size and the “Quiverfull” lifestyle By Adam Polaski While checking out the booths at the South Dakota State Fair a few months ago, Bruce and Diane Crevier came across a caricature artist drawing cartoonish sketches of fair attendees. They approached her and expressed their interest in a drawing, asking [...]

by Erin Irby Upon entering Cornell’s Willard Straight Hall, there’s an undeniable sense of unconscious time travel. The bright red seats, wooden stage, and the neoclassical wall paintings create an atmosphere that blends the historic dimensions of theatre and cinema. Even the bathrooms, with their antique door handles and porcelain sinks, are a throwback to [...]