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The best recipe for a college town — beyond coffeehouses, live music, and browse-worthy bookstores — calls for equal measures of youth, academic vigor, and civic pride. Townies actually appreciate the college crowd, and vice versa. Nestled in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College is embellished with natural wonders. There are gorges all over the place, cascades and waterfalls, and state parks and forests. Wine country is close by, and the town is chockablock with art museums, shops, and places to hear live music.

— USA Today, October 1, 1999

A two-day conference of about three dozen college faculty members from around the country at Drake University ended today far short of its goal. Instead of a plan to "address the hypocrisy in college sports" that could have been presented quickly to campus leaders, the group left with a 12-point "working document" it plans to use as a starting point for another meeting in several months. There were contrasting views on the overall scope of the sessions. "I was looking for much more action," said Terry Knapp, a professor of psychology at Nevada-Las Vegas. "I don't think reform happens in a day," said Ellen Staurowsky of Ithaca College, who has coauthored a book on college sports.

— Washington Post, October 23, 1999

Longview, a retirement complex perched on a hill in Ithaca, New York, on land donated by Ithaca College, is a living laboratory for the College's Gerontology Institute. Longview residents are urged to make themselves at home on the picturesque campus. They attend concerts and sports events. College students and Longview residents in their 80s and 90s perform in an intergenerational choir. The retirees are welcome in classes, too, and some are learning to use the Internet. Longview residents are being matched as "e-mail pals," says Christine Pogorzala, the college's Longview coordinator.

— AARP Bulletin, November 1999