Blog-Proj Results:
Blog-Proj #7
https://theithacan.org/news/breaking-ic-extends-spring-break-and-holds-classes-online/
This is unfortunate news that has swept the country the past few weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ithaca College is just the latest school to indefinitely extend its spring break and begin remote learning. According to the article, Ithaca will hold their classes on Zoom and Sakai. I myself have been using Zoom for one of my classes, as well as to talk with friends, but I haven’t heard of Sakai. Like everywhere else around the country, Ithaca has also cancelled all of its non-essential events involving large gatherings. This article at the time was breaking news, but the information wasn’t unknown. The purpose of the article was to continue to keep the Ithaca community informed through a fluid situation.
https://theithacan.org/news/ic-to-use-remote-learning-instruction-for-remainder-of-semester/
This article was a short follow up to the previous one posted above. The article confirmed that Ithaca will continue with remote learning for the remainder of the semester. The article also included that their commencement will be postponed until August, and that the school has yet to determine how the school will pay student employees. The Ithacan did a good job getting information about the events out to their readers. As a big publication like they are, people may be counting on them as the main source of information involving news about Ithaca College.
Blog-Proj #4
https://theithacan.org/news/ithaca-college-students-photograph-australian-bushfires/
This article is unique, because it profiled two Ithaca students who traveled to Australia to photograph the bush fires that have been decimating the continent. I liked this article, because it shares the experiences of two students within their college community, attempting to make a difference in the world outside their college. The article covered everything well, from the journey and struggles of the two students, like the local authorities refusing to take them along to battle the fires, to the impact the bushfires have had on Australia overall. Ryan Bieber, the reporter behind the article also did a good job of getting quotes from multiple people, such as the students who travelled to Australia, an environmental professor from Australia, and a former Ithaca student and news staff member who was living in Australia.
https://theithacan.org/media/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-and-tumble/
This wasn’t an article, but I thought this was a really cool way to report on a tradition between Ithaca and Cortland State’s gymnastics and wrestling teams. The video did everything potential article would do, by showing the environment of the events and highlighting the key athletes. By choosing to report on this event via video is a good way to show the audience the environment without having to describe it. I also like how the staff got the perspective of both Ithaca and Cortland State athletes, and how they put the results of all of the events at the end of the video. Maybe in the future, UNE can report on events that go on around campus and the local community.
Blog-Proj #3
https://theithacan.org/sports/bouncing-back-womens-basketball-rebounds-from-slow-start/
I liked this article, because this is a kind of story I hope to produce one day while at UNE. A simple story profiling Ithaca’s Women’s Basketball team, detailing their early struggles, to their rise to the top of their conference. Like Ithaca College, UNE has a great athletic program, with many teams that dominate the completion, but you don’t hear about it much unless you really follow athletics. Even quick stories like this one, that highlight past games, key players and moments from the season, and what’s ahead and the team’s expectations, can bring even more exposure to many athletes that deserve to have their individual and team awards written about.
https://theithacan.org/opinion/faculty-and-administration-need-to-communicate-not-argue/
This article is an editorial from The Ithacan staff that comments on the tensions and lack of communication between faculty and administration concerning micro aggressions in classrooms throughout many different areas of study. The editorial briefly laid out how the issue arose, including a meeting on January 30, where the issue about how “administration is not providing enough guidance on how to solve the problem of micro aggressions in the classroom,” the article said. One faculty member spoke out in frustration and the meeting boiled over to faculty talking over each other, according to the report. The editorial ended with the staff calling out faculty and administration to take a step back and examine how they are approaching the situation. The staff decided to end the article with the quote, “The only way for the community to grow is through open dialogue and willingness to learn. If faculty and the administration continue to refuse to partake in both, the college’s challenges will continue to grow, and both administrators and faculty will be at fault.” This is a good way for the news to summarize how the student body is feeling about this particular issue, and can potentially be a call to action for members of the faculty and administration.
Blog-Proj #2
https://theithacan.org/news/music-students-struggle-with-demanding-culture-and-courses/
This article, posted on February 6th, focuses on the mental struggle on students enrolled at the Music School at Ithaca College. This stuck out to me, because as a student-athlete, I can relate to having to combat my rigorous schedule everyday. The headline was strong and immediately drew me in. The reporter also did a good job getting input from multiple students and the school’s dean on the schedule and what the college does to assist students with their mental health. Some of the students shared their struggles such as sophomore Bailey Mack who stated, “Taking a break can be seen as laziness, especially in such a competitive environment,” (Stalnecker, 2020). She would go on to include that the school’s environment was a supportive one. The school’s dean Karl Paulneck recognized that life isn’t going to be easy for music students in their future careers while talking about the services the school offers to help its music students, such as programs like Let’s Talk and the Mental Health Awareness for Musicians Association (MHAMA).
https://theithacan.org/news/cornell-student-quarantined-with-coronavirus-symptoms/
On February 5, 2020, it was reported via email by Cornell administrators, that a student at nearby Cornell University was quarantined with coronavirus symptoms. The student wasn’t identified but the reporter, Cora Payne, stated the student is receiving medical attention from the Tompkins County Health Department. Payne also reported that Ellyn Sellers-Selin, a director at the Office of Counseling and Wellness, sent out an email to the public informing as much as she could about what we know about the coronavirus. She also urged students to reach out if they are concerned, and to stay at home if they do not feel well.
Blog-Proj #1
https://theithacan.org/news/grubhub-to-come-to-towers-marketplace/
On January 29, 2020, it was reported that the Towers Marketplace, which is a retail dining option for students at Ithaca College in New York, was partnering with GrubHub to allow more students to have access to the dining options at the hall. The partnership will allow students to order food from their phone and go pick it up. This is useful, because the Marketplace usually has long lines, according to a student who was interviewed, and the app could eliminate those lines or accelerate the process of disseminating the food. The school wishes to include a delivery service in the future which could create more work for employees. Senior student Sam Koch stated in the article that he “wouldn’t make use of the service unless it was delivered,” and it can save him at times from cooking at home. The article stated the staff was to undergo a stress test on January 30, but at the time of publication, the results of the test were unavailable.
https://theithacan.org/news/final-candidates-for-dean-searches-to-be-on-campus-in-march/
Ithaca College is looking for two new deans to head two of their colleges. Karl Paulnack and Diane Gayeski, deans for the School of Music and Roy H. Park School of Communications have both decided to step down at the end of the academic school year. The college will use the engine Witt/Kieffer in the search for the new dean at both colleges. The first interviews with applicants will begin to take place in February and the finalists will be on campus for the open meetings sometime in March. According to the article, Paulnack was the dean of the music school since 2013 and had been a faculty member since 1986 and helped create the piano curriculum. Gayeski graduated from Ithaca College in 1974 and had been the dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications for the past ten years.
