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Please sign the petition if you believe Ithaca College should follow California's example and ban single-use plastic bags in favor of more sustainable paper and reusable bags!

http://www.change.org/p/ithaca-college-ban-plastic-bags-and-disposable-plastic-water-bottles-from-being-sold-at-stores-and-vending-machines-on-campus

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Are you a member of the Green Party? Socialist Party USA? Another Progressive group? Do you value Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice, Environmental Wisdom, Non-Violence, Decentralization, Economic Justice, Feminism and Gender Equity, Personal and Global Responsibility, Respect for Diversity, and Sustainability?

If the answer is "yes" to any of those questions, please come to the info meeting of the IC Greens, the only Progressive political group here on campus! The meeting will be at 7pm on Wednesday, September 3rd, in Friends 309. We are looking for both members and officers. If you can't make it but are interested, please email us at icgreens@ithaca.edu to let us know!

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The Greens Theatre Project is proud to announce auditions for RENT!

Auditions:
7-10pm, Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 in JJWCM 3302.
6-8pm, Thursday, September 11th, 2014 in JJWCM 2105 (Iger).

Sign up for an audition time here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FYK2RpprRPczhOz633EPQmeViMWheOZHQuTxpwej9Fo/edit?usp=sharing

Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song in the style of RENT. Bringing your own accompanist is preferred, but one will be provided for you if need be. If you require an accompanist, please bring sheet music for them to play.

Facebook Event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/764914476903861/

Performances will be on December 11th-13th, 2014.

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The fixIT shop will be closed on Monday, September 1st. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:00am.

Please visit our website for details on hours, services, and rates at www.ithaca.edu/its/help/fixit/.

Friends 110
607-274-3000
fixit@ithaca.edu

The Ithaca College Flu Vaccine "Point of Dispensing" (POD) event for all faculty and staff scheduled to take place on September 11, 2014 has been postponed due to vaccine availability.  The new date for the POD exercise will be Thursday, October 30, 2014.  This exercise is important to help prepare the College to respond to any event threatening the public health and safety of its faculty, staff and students.

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IT'S TIME, CLASS OF 2016!!!! IC SENIOR WEEK IS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF JUNIOR CO-CHAIRS!!!!

 

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Sociology faculty Bhavani Arabandi (assistant professor), Stephen Sweet (associate professor) and Alicia Swords (associate professor) published “Testing the Flat World Thesis: Using a Public Dataset to Engage Students in the Global Inequality Debate”.

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If You Like It, Lock It

Contributed by Crystal Young on 08/29/14 

Submitted on behalf of David Dray, Deputy Chief for Public Safety and Emergency Management

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Are you interested in playing softball with a well established and competitive organization? If you think you may be interested come visit our table at the student organization fair and/or our interest meeting. 

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A Huge Thank You From HSHP

Contributed by John Sigg on 08/29/14 

I want to extend a huge thank you to all who were involved in the renovations of Hill and CHS this summer.

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Do YOU like being involved?

Contributed by Carter Smalley on 08/28/14 

How sweet is that?

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You're invited to Hillel's private pool party on Sunday, August 31 at 7 pm at the Outdoor Pool. Join us for DJ music and free food. This event is free and open to everyone, but you need to use the pass code "Hillel" to get in.

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Welcome back to Ithaca! Every Friday night, Hillel at Ithaca College offers a short Shabbat service in Muller Chapel (6 pm) followed by a tasty dinner at the Terraces Dining Hall Kosher Kitchen (7 pm).

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Mara Alper’s documentary art Sacred Waters of Bali screened at the Westbeth Gallery in New York City from May – June. It was exhibited in the “Time Frames Marking Time” multi-media exhibition that featured 19 artists who engage time as a palpable presence. The show was curated by Elisa Decker and Barbara Lubliner. The video can be viewed on Mara’s Vimeo channel at http://vimeo.com/channels/maraalper/89910746  It is part of a longer work in progress about water in Balinese rituals and in their complex irrigation system.

Because of her work in Bali, Mara was invited to give a talk on “Exploring Culture Through Filmmaking” in June at the Cornell seminar “Global Competency and the Arts”  presented by the Einuadi Center for International Studies.

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Rearranging Learning Spaces

Contributed by Rob Gearhart on 08/28/14 

NMC On the Horizon > Rearranging Learning Spaces + DISCUSSION
Wednesday September 3, 2014 – 11:00-12:30 – in the CFE (Gannett 316)

Join the TELE Collaborative in a discussion about Rearranging Learning Spaces with a panel of thought leaders brought together by the NMC (New Media Consortium).  The one-hour NMC session will be held in the Google+ On Air platform and broadcast live on YouTube.  It will be followed by an IC discussion in the CFE.

Sign up through the Register Here Now! link at the IC Events Calendar

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Visit with representatives from Kaplan Test Prep and get your GRE, GMAT, MCAT, and LSAT questions answered! Spin the prize wheel, get cool stuff, and be entered to win a Kindle Fire HDX!

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The Student Leadership Institute is happy to announce that registration is now open for Block 1 of the Fall semester. We have a full line up of amazing sessions, so log onto OrgSync and go to the SLI Portal to check out the events listings.  Block 2 sessions will be posted on October 13. Here are few things to keep in mind:

 

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 Alright guys, it's time once again to prepare your most ear-shattering high notes, get ready to rock out, and give us all you've got because Ithacappella, Ithaca College's only all-male a cappella ensemble, is ready and waiting for you to blow us away... And it's your last day to sign-up!!!

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Heather Dichter, assistant professor in the Department of Sport Media and Management, co-edited the recently published book Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945

The book explores the role sports has played in driving political and cultural change in the world over the past seven decades, examining landmark events including the United States' boycott of the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union and the end of apartheid in South Africa. 

For more information or to buy this book, click here

Are you interested in studying abroad? Come learn more about your options at our various info sessions, starting next week.

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