Ithaca College

Greetings and best wishes to everyone as the semester comes to a close. Returning home for winter break can be wonderful and exciting, but sometimes stressful. This new addition to the LGBT Center website provides a list of resources full of information, support and diversion created especially for you during winter break.

Wishing you the best of luck during finals week, and a safe and happy winter break!

Packages that have not been picked up from the resident hall mail rooms, (except for College Circle) by Friday, December 14th will be moved to the Phillips Hall Post Office for pick up during exam week. The Phillips Hall Post Office is open 8- 4:30PM, Monday – Friday. If a package has been moved to Phillips Hall a blue card notification will be placed in your mail box. These packages will be forwarded to the permanent address on file if not picked up by 2:30PM, Friday, December 21st. During exam week, mail will be delivered to all resident hall mail boxes, but the mail rooms (except for College Circle) will not be staffed.

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Our latest "Green Thumbs-Up" is given to the Residence Hall Association for its series of "Energy Challenges" in the residence halls -- a competitive strategy to actively engage our on-campus student population in reducing their energy use.

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Have unwanted textbooks? Give them to the people who need them most. Rotaract is sponsoring a textbook drive with Better World Books.

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I have important news to share. As you will read in the below announcement from the president of Wells College, Michael McGreevey will be leaving Ithaca College to join Wells as vice president for development.

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iMPrint Magazine is proud to present: "iMPrint in Depth: Race in College."

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Patrick J. Weatherhead, KATHERINE E. MUMA, J. Dylan Maddox, Jenny M. Knox, and Kevin W. Dufour. 2007. "Morphology Versus Molecules: Sexing Red-winged Blackbird Nestlings." J Field Ornithol. 78(4):428-435.

View the PDF of the abstract at https://www.ithaca.edu/biology/article_muma07.pdf

A paper titled, "An Image Background Detection Project for a Visual Exploration of DFS and BFS," by Ali Erkan (Department of Computer Science) and computer science major Diyan Gochev '08 was accepted at the 39th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

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After more than 34 years of putting numbers in columns and rows, John Galt, the College's director of the budget, will be hanging up the pencils and spreadsheets at the end of December.

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Great News!

Additional Adobe CLP software was just released. This includes two software applications and one software package available for purchase by Ithaca College students, faculty, and staff through the IC Bookstore.

Adobe released two applications for purchase under this CLP program:

1. Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for Windows XP/Vista or Mac at $109

2. Adobe Flash CS3 Professional for Windows XP/Vista or Mac at $129

The Adobe software package just released is Adobe CS3 Web Premium for Windows XP/Vista or Mac at $249.

This package includes Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Fireworks® CS3, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, and Adobe Contribute® CS3

These items are available to order immediately.

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Join the Park School and the Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts for the opening of Warship Images: The Final Exhibition, a photographic exhibit with a vast array of artwork from Ithaca College's senior Photo Workshop class.

The opening reception will be held Friday, December 14, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at 103 Commons West Plaza, downstairs (under the UPS Store).

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The annual Park School end-of-the-semester student film/video screenings will take place Thursday, December 13, through Sunday, December 16.

All screenings will take place in the Park Auditorium.

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Want a "real" break from hardcore studying from final exams?

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Due to the winter holiday break, time report forms for the pay period ending December 23 must be submitted to the Payroll Office on Friday, December 14, by 10:00 a.m.

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Regular hours end at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21.

The Fitness Center will be closed Saturday, December 22, through Tuesday, January 1.

The center will be open weekdays (Monday-Friday) from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Wednesday, January 2, through Friday, January 18.

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The Styles of Acting class in the Department of Theatre Arts invites you to an evening of Shakespearean, Jacobean, Caroline, and French neo-classic monologues on Wednesday, December 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Clark Theatre of Dillingham Center.

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ATTENTION STUDENTS:

SPRING 2008 online textbook ordering is now active. This semester's online order process started Monday, December 3, and will close on Saturday, January 5, 2008.

To start the online ordering system process, visit:
http://bookstore.ithaca.edu/STORE1/SelectTermDept.aspx

Remember to place your order early to have the best opportunity to obtain used books that can save you 25% over new book prices.

To avoid the Bookstore rush in the middle of January, place your textbook orders prior to Saturday, January 5. The textbook system will not be available for the spring semester after this date.

The African-Latino Society is proud to announce the return of the Winter Wonderland Ball, this Friday, December 14, from 8:00 p.m. until midnight.

Only $5 at the door

Come out this Friday to a classy night of fine food, fun, and a lot of dancing!

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The Princeton Review is giving you the opportunity to voice your opinions of the academic and social life at your school.

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Career Services wishes to remind students that the registration deadline for Network Nights is December 21.

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