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Last Chance to VOTE

Contributed by Doreen Hettich-Atkins on 10/11/06 

Friday, October 13 is the last day to register to vote in the General Election on November 7. Your registration forms must be postmarked by October 13.

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The Early Bird Gets the Gourmet Meal!

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A SPECIAL REMINDER: Ithaca College faculty, staff, and students are invited to a campus wide celebration, today, Thursday, October 12, to launch the CAMPAIGN FOR ITHACA COLLEGE: MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

Here are details of what promises to be a remarkable day.

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Please note that the location for today's Business School reception has changed to the Dillingham Center Lobby. The reception from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.will feature displays of the new building. At 6:00 p.m.,hear brief remarks by Dean Susan Engelkemeyer. Business student leaders and faculty will be on hand to answer questions.

This week in Rec Sports...

Contributed by Sarah Hawkins on 10/11/06 

Upcoming events this week in Rec Sports.

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Assistant Professor Kim Gregson was interviewed by the Baltimore Sun concerning the recent purchas of YouTube by Google.

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As announced recently in Intercom, many users of the IC email system will be required to make changes to their email program settings by October 25th.

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Are there computers or network laser printers in your area scheduled for replacement this spring under the Technology Renewal Program?

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Rent-a-Rower

Contributed by Becky Robinson on 10/10/06 

Do you have odd jobs that need to be done around your house? On Saturday, November 4, you can rent the services of 2 to 42 student crew athletes to help get the job done.

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An interdisciplinary symposium on "Science and Enduring Mystery" will convene at Binghamton University this weekend, October 13-14. Lee Bailey (recently retired from IC's Department of Philosophy and Religion) will be an invited speaker at the event, exploring topics from his recent book "The Enchantments of Technology."

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Occupational Therapy Faculty Member, Carole Dennis, presented two related papers recently.

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Junior and senior H&S students with outstanding academic records and financial aid eligibility are invited to apply for the Fred L. Emerson Humanities Collaboration Award that supports faculty/student collaboration on scholarly projects in the Humanities. The deadline to submit a formal proposal for spring semester projects is November 3.

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The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity announces its annual Prize in Ethics Essay Contest 2007.

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Mead Loop, associate professor and chair of the Journalism department, was appointed to a two-year term as a director of the National Scholastic Press Association and Associated College Press, which work to improve student media in colleges and high schools.

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On Thursday, November 2 at 7:00p.m. in the Park Auditorium, IC will present a public screening of "An Inconvenient Truth", the acclaimed documentary about global warming. This film screening will be followed by a faculty-led discussion forum about climate change, global warming, sustainability, and personal action.

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Campus Dining Services is inviting students to help stop hunger and lend a helping hand to those in need right in our own community by taking part in a special Cans Across America promotion from October 16 - 18, 2006 in the Terrace Dining Hall.

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According to pianist and music critic Richard Cameron-Wolfe, “If there is a ‘short list’ of 21st-century composers to watch, I sincerely believe that Jennifer Higdon must be included.” On Sunday, Oct. 15, Higdon will lecture about her music. The talk will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Iger Lecture Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. On Monday, Oct. 16, faculty and student musicians will perform several of Higdon’s works in a free concert beginning at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall in the Whalen Center. The program will include the full symphony orchestra, a marimba ensemble, and members of Kulmusik, a contemporary chamber ensemble.

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Deborah Montgomery-Cove, a professor of music performance at the Ithaca College School of Music, will present a free evening exploring the music of Poulenc on Sunday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall. Pianist Charis Dimaras will collaborate.

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Jeffery Meyer, the new conductor of the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, will lead a free concert on Friday, October 13 at 8:15 in Ford Hall. Meyer, who also conducts the St. Petersburg (Russia) Chamber Orchestra, has chosen a program including Dvorak’s seventh symphony, Brahms’s “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” and Jennifer Higdon’s “Loco.” Higdon is this year’s Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition at Ithaca College.

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This is a reminder that there are two more demonstration sessions of student polling systems that are being considered for campus-wide use:

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