Editor: Keith Davis Writers: Dave Maley, Mike Warwick Publisher: Office of Public Information Volume 22, No. 7   November 15, 1999

Newsreel A periodic compilation of references to Ithaca College in the nation’s media. Think back to your college years: remember when your leisure-time pursuits were both fun and economical? Regardless of how high tuition fees may climb, thousands of college campuses still offer one of the best ways to check out relatively inexpensive, if not free, activities — and most of them are open to the public. With both Cornell University and Ithaca College sharing rank in Ithaca, New York, it’s no wonder the little town within New York’s Finger Lakes region is called the nation’s most enlightened. Since 1892, when it opened its doors as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, Ithaca College has valued practice and performance as a primary teaching method, which is why the school offers a concert, theater production, or lecture nearly every day throughout the school year, most for free. — Endless Vacation, September–October 1999 A few colleges, particularly elite ones, just try to integrate life lessons into a freshman seminar on an academic subject, but most make orientation the centerpiece of the life-skills curriculum, mixing tutorials on how to take proper notes with sessions urging students to join campus clubs. The trend stretches from community colleges to selective liberal arts campuses to large research universities, every place from Ithaca College to the University of Maryland to the Air Force Academy. — New York Times, October 15, 1999

Created by Andrejs Ozolins. Updated 12. Nov. 1999