1901
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Key Note,
produced by students of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, becomes
the first student newspaper at what will later become Ithaca College.
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October 15,
1926
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Once-a-Week
succeeds Key Note as the campus newspaper.
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January 8,
1931
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First Ithacan
printed.
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September
1967
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The Ithacan
produces a special civil rights issue.
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February
21, 1969
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Board of trustees
unanimously approves a student proposal to proceed with establishing
the Ithacan as an independent publication. This means that
the College will have no financial obligation to or editorial control
over the paper.
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July 21,
1969
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Ithaca College
president Howard Dillingham signs an agreement severing ties between
the College and the Ithacan. The Ithacan purchases office
and photo equipment from the College and pays $250 a year for office
space and utilities. In exchange, the College pays a subscription
fee to have the paper delivered on campus.
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August 22,
1986
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Editor in chief
Elissa H. Vendig ’87 signs an agreement with the College to affiliate
the newspaper with the School of Communications, effective January
1987; the students maintain full editorial control, and their budget
is managed through the school.
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Fall 1989
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The newspaper
moves from its Landon Hall office to room 266 in the new Roy H.
Park Hall. Suffering from hardware and software problems, the paper
cannot begin publishing until October 26.
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Fall 1990
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College hires
its first full-time manager, Paul Heaton, to oversee newspaper operations.
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January 1991
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Ithacan moves
to its current office in Park 269.
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January 21,
1991
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Staff members
returning for the spring semester publish a special eight-page edition
of the Ithacan following the outbreak of war in the Middle
East.
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Summer 1992
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Summer Ithacan
begins biweekly publication.
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March 25,
1993
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Ithacan prints
a story reporting on sexual harassment claims made by several female
students against a professor, who is dismissed the following month.
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Spring 1993
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Ithacan begins
offering off-campus subscriptions.
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1993
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The Society
of Professional Journalists gives the Ithacan its Mark of
Excellence Award: Ithacan wins SPJ’s first place for the
best college all-around nondaily newspaper in the Northeast. The
paper continues to win this award every year except 1995-96.
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1993-94
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In what some
call its finest year ever, the paper is a finalist for the National
Pacemaker Award for overall excellence, presented by the Associated
Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.
ACP also gives the Ithacan first place for general excellence.
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association honors the paper with
a Silver Crown Award.
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1994
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The editorial
board of the Ithacan, led by editor in chief Jeff Selingo ’95, creates
an Ithacan Scholarship Fund, which provides outstanding staff
members with a one-year scholarship. For the first time the paper
publishes the salaries of administrators, including that of President
James J. Whalen
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November
3, 1994
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Ithacan prints
a story following the investigation of a professor accused of plagiarism.
Newspaper editors analyze his book and find 39 sentences that are
identical to those in previously published books. They also find
22 sentences that vary only in punctuation and 117 lines that are
"very similar."
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1995
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Summer Ithacan’s
last year. Paul Heaton leaves the paper; Michael Serino takes on
the advising position
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1995-96
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The Ithacan
is the only weekly newspaper to win
a Gold Crown
Award, the highest honor bestowed by the CSPA
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January 1996
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The Ithacan
starts posting weekly edition online.
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April 10,
1997
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Just hours after
the regular weekly issue hits the stands, the College announces
the hiring of Peggy Ryan Williams as the College’s seventh president.
The Ithacan prints a two-page special issue to announce it.
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1998
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The
New York Press Association gives the Ithacan third place
for overall excellence and third place for design in the 1997 Better
College Newspaper Contest.
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1999-2000
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The Ithacan
starts posting breaking news stories and sports updates online
before print publication appears.
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2000
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The
NYPA gives the Ithacan first place for overall excellence,
first place for design, and second place for online excellence,
as well as the "best in the state" award in its 1999 contest for
college newspapers.
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February
2001
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The Ithacan
receives the Silver Crown for 1999-2000 from the CSPA, and the
NYPA again honors the paper with its "best college newspaper in
the state" award.
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