PostSecret has served as an anonymous way to express either painful or whimsical aspects of you life. It is cathartic and personal, which provides a sense of comfort. To Write Love On Her Arms at Ithaca College utilizes the general idea of PostSecret in their own organization in order to bring people who have felt serious pain together.

Health care amendment excludes abortion coverage
By Alyssa Figueroa
One may not initially consider the hidden consequences of the “abortion bans” included in the health care bill recently passed by the House. At first glance the idea of universal health care sounds wholly inclusive. After all, those who cannot afford health care, mostly people from the middle [...]

Exploring the increasingly popular form of invisible advertising
By Christine Loman
In the summer of 2001, 40 beautiful women whispered “save me” into the ears of men in San Francisco, dropped business cards into their pockets and promptly disappeared. The question, “Is it just a game?” was found scrawled in red lipstick on bathroom mirrors. Men dressed [...]

Limiting the effects of depression in students
By Gena Mangiaratti
Stressed college students are nothing new—they’re constantly busy juggling school work, extracurricular activities and social relationships. So while the recent upward trend in students who seek on-campus counseling may hint at an increase in stress levels, it is more likely that people have become more willing [...]

Invisible Children exposes the crisis in Northern Uganda
By Augie Craig
“My heart is beeping,” a little boy explains to the camera as he tells how he and his brother were kidnapped, forced into military service in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), an armed guerilla group seeking to overthrow the government in Northern Uganda. He goes on, [...]

Corporations’ influence on fair coverage of the health care debate
By Cassandra Leveille
Newsflash: the American public is in support of the public option. Results from a recent poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal and CNN released on Nov. 24 indicated that 57 percent of Americans supported a public option in conjunction with private health insurance, [...]

Tracking los desaparecidos in Argentina’s Dirty War
By Briana Kerensky
The people of Buenos Aires, Argentina love to complain about their government. When Argentina’s current president, Kristina Fernandez de Kirchner, makes a decision people don’t agree with, they quickly take to the streets to voice their discontent. On any given day multiple groups of protesters walk toward [...]

Conservatives: Stifling intellectual discussion since Eden
By Samantha Schles
We all remember back in 2007 when everyone was talking about the so-called dangerous anti-religious film The Golden Compass. That controversy goes back a long time to its book version of the same name, written by Phillip Pullman.
“[The Golden Compass] isn’t just a book that promotes atheism. It [...]

The debate over gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale heats up

By Jacquie Simone
As drilling companies are waiting to push water and chemicals into the ground through hydrofracking, activists are pushing back. Recently, community members have been speaking out against natural gas drilling in Tompkins County, fearing it will negatively affect the environment and possibly [...]

“Three is a charm, two is not the same,” Britney Spears croons on her latest pop hit, “3,” “I don’t see the harm, so are you game?”
Threesomes have seen a recent surge of attention in the mainstream, between Spears’ melodic ode to them and a highly publicized hook-up among characters of The CW’s Gossip Girl.
However, [...]