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 Newsreel
A periodic compilation of references to Ithaca
College in the nation’s media.
Every new form of communication and news dissemination
goes through a gradual evolution, says Christopher Harper, a
journalism professor at Ithaca College and author of a book on
news and information in the digital age. First, he says, "geeks
in garages" develop new forms of communication. The resulting
new medium — whether it’s the newspaper, telegraph,
telephone, radio, or TV — becomes a mass medium but is then,
in turn, challenged by the next new medium to come along. "They
get a new threat," says Mr. Harper, "and they find
a niche."
— Wall Street Journal, Nov. 16, 1998
In the past few years, some 30 retirement communities
have opened in college towns. Here in Ithaca, New York, both
Cornell and Ithaca College are using a community as a way to
study aging: a living laboratory for students in gerontology
courses. "Their attitudes about aging have changed, their
attitudes about their own selves as older people have changed,
and their attitudes about what they want to do in life have changed."
[John Krout, Ithaca College Gerontology Institute]
— ABC World News Tonight, Dec. 8,
1998
The Pepsi Generation strolls the quad at Syracuse
University, where Pepsi holds a soft-drink monopoly at SU’s
Carrier Dome, dining halls, bookstore, and 150 campus vending
machines. Coke has cornered concessions at Hamilton College and
enjoys exclusive peddling rights for the Real Thing at Colgate
University. Soft-drink giants Coke and Pepsi are making hard-sell
pitches for exclusive business at colleges and universities throughout
central New York. Some colleges aren’t sold on the idea.
"To date we have decided to give students and others on
our campus community the opportunity to choose" from more
than one brand, said Dave Maley, a spokesman for Ithaca College.
"For now, we’ve decided that [an exclusive deal] is
not appropriate."
— Syracuse Post-Standard, Dec. 14,
1998
David Boreanaz may look like an angel, but
he plays a ruthless vampire kept in check by a temporary soul.
He plays Angel, the object of stake-wielding Buffy’s romantic
desires on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which airs Tuesdays
at 8:00 p.m. on the WB television network. Boreanaz, 27, said
he will complete this season of Buffy before launching
his own series, Angel, in the fall. In his real, non-vampire
life, Boreanaz was born in Buffalo but considers home to be Philadelphia,
where his father, Dave, is a weatherman at ABC affiliate WPVI.
After graduating from Ithaca College, Boreanaz moved to Los Angeles
and took acting lessons, but got his big break while walking
his dog. A talent agent spotted him through a window in a Hollywood
neighborhood, which led to a part playing Kelly Bundy’s
boyfriend on Married . . . with Children. He also made
a TV movie, titled Men Don’t Lie, and films including
Aspen Extreme and Best of the Best 2.
— Washington Post, Dec. 27, 1998 |
