Apple Fest from above

Apple Fest is an annual event for Ithaca, N.Y. Hundreds of people from Ithaca come together to experience the beginning of the fall season. Everything from pie to cider to thai food, to earrings to drawings to ferris wheels, are in the commons for one weekend in September.

Devin Zuckerman's apartment is located on the commons. The view from her apartment gives a whole new look to Apple Fest. Zuckerman sits on her window to check out the scene going on below her.

People mill by in front of the band that supplies music and entertainment for the crowd this drizzly Saturday afternoon.

Learn about downtown Ithaca and all the events it has to offer

The Hair Chronicles

It’s another dread for Kate Noonan, 20, a junior biochemistry major at Ithaca College, as her roommate, Devin Zuckerman, 19, a sophomore writing major at Ithaca College, sits behind her to add another dread to her hair during a break from homework Monday afternoon. Noonan has been working on her hair since freshman year, when she put in the first braid. "I just never took it out," she says. "Now it's turned into a dread, and I keep putting additions on."

Learn how to make your own dread locks

Cascadilla Falls

With only a few weeks left of the beautiful Ithaca summer left, many students at Ithaca College make their way to the various falls and gorges the town has to offer.

Often the hardest part about going to the gorges in Ithaca is actually finding them. With a little bit of patience, a bit of time, and a lot of adventuring, the sites are, without a doubt, worth it.

Jess Guido, a junior at Ithaca College, walks along Cascadilla Falls during a late afternoon on September 19.

Cooking up a storm

While living off campus is appealing to students for a variety of reasons, one of the best things is being able to cook on your own time. With the recent outbreak of Swine Flu in Ithaca, NY, a balanced diet is said to be one of the best things you can do to take care of yourself. Eating in an apartment as opposed to a dining hall with germs everywhere is a great idea to stay healthy.

Sophia Ozanbaugh, a junior Culture and Communications major from Philedelphia, PA, prepares herself a homecooked meal Monday night in her apartment.

Plenty of foods are cheap and easy to make, such as rice and beans, pasta and sauce, broccoli, and salad.

Follow the initiative: cook your food, stay healthy, and always keep a clean kitchen!

Henry Louis Gates incident

Hello everyone,

Here is my first post of this snazzy little blog of mine! My entire goal for this blog is to bring you lots and lots of photographs. Through a photojournalism class, the Ithacan, previously working for the Eagle-Tribune as a photojournalist, and working as a second shooter for weddings, there are many different aspects of photojournalism to explore. I hope I never run out of pictures to take, and this is one way to make sure that happens.

This first post is about the Gate’s incident over the summer has left students at Cornell University talking about the problem of racial profiling. The event, in which an African-American professor from Harvard University, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested under the accusation of breaking and entering into his own home by a white police officer, has caused a lot of controversy. Students at Cornell University had plenty to say on the issue.

Brian Sherman, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, believes that the police officer was quick to jump to conclusions. Sherman, from Westerville, Ohio, contemplates the issue and deduced that it was “not entirely the police officer’s fault,” but that they both added to the extremity of the situation.

Bill Ye, from Los Angeles, California, a first-year graduate student in law, thinks different sociology patterns were involved. “I think it was really just a big misunderstanding. Subconsciously, though, it is very possible that the cop was absolutely falling into racial profiling.” Ye, who admitted to not being fully aware of the entire situation, doesn’t think anyone is ultimately to blame, but both parties could have stood down, and both made it a much bigger scene than what was necessary.

A calm and mature approach to a situation like this is of utmost importance. Joanna Smith, a freshman from Miami, Florida, says “I believe that both were quick to jump to conclusions about the other… you must approach something like that with a clear and level head, on both of their sides.”