Editing Ithaca College (section)

==Student life==

===Media and publications===

* ''The Ithacan'' is Ithaca College's official weekly newspaper that is written, edited and published by students. ''The Ithacan'' and its staff have won over 200 major collegiate journalism awards and is generally recognized as one of the top student-run newspapers in the country.{{whom|date=July 2022}} Most notably, the newspaper is a consistent recipient of the Associated Collegiate Press' [[National Pacemaker Awards|National Pacemaker Award]]; it has received the National Newspaper Pacemaker Award six times and the Online Pacemaker Award nine times (both most recently in 2015).<ref name="Ithacan">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/awards/ |title=Awards {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Ithacan|first=The|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113729/https://theithacan.org/awards/|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> The Pacemaker has been widely considered the "Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |title=Washington Square News wins Pacemaker |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013029/http://thevillager.com/villager_80/washingtonsquarenews.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Ithacan'' is also a five-time recipient of the Gold Crown Award from the [[Columbia Scholastic Press Association]], most recently receiving the award in 2016.<ref name="Ithacan"/> ''The Ithacan'' was also ranked #3 on the 2018 [[The Princeton Review]] Best College Newspaper list.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |title=Ithaca College and Cornell University make Princeton Review's 'Best Colleges' ranking |work=The Ithaca Voice |access-date=2017-08-02 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802003345/https://ithacavoice.com/2017/08/ithaca-college-cornell-university-make-princeton-reviews-best-colleges-ranking/ |archive-date=2017-08-02 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ithaca College Television|Ithaca College Television (ICTV)]] is the world's oldest student-operated college television channel. Broadcasting since 1958, ICTV is available to 26,000 cable households.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |title=Happy Birthday, ICTV! |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214245/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/happy-birthday,-ictv-4759/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is also one of the most awarded student-run television stations, with its news program, ''Newswatch'', receiving best news telecast accolades from organizations including the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. The show also received ICTV's first College Emmy Award from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |title=Awards |work=ICTV |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519190401/http://ictv.org/about/awards/ |archive-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> ICTV is housed and operated in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. Approximately 15 to 20 production teams operate simultaneously, utilizing around 400 volunteers each semester. Programming varies by semester, but typically includes news, sports, entertainment, scripted, and podcast programs.
*[[WICB]] is a student-operated, 4,100 watt FM station that serves Tompkins County and beyond, reaching from northern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario, with a potential audience of over 250,000. The majority of programming on WICB – which broadcasts from 91.7 on the FM band – is modern rock, but the station also airs a number of specialty shows, which includes a number of genres (including blues, Broadway, jam band music and "homeless" music) that is not normally heard on public airwaves. Recently, readers of the Ithaca Times voted 92 WICB "Best Radio Station." WICB has also won the MTV U's Woodie Award for Best College Radio, while the Princeton Review ranks WICB the number one college radio station in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wicb.org/about.php |title=92 WICB Ithaca |author=WICB-FM |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208101153/http://wicb.org/about.php |archive-date=2013-12-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college |title=Ithaca College - Admissions, Rankings, Financial Aid |website=The Princeton Review |access-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041415/https://www.princetonreview.com/schools/1023296/college/ithaca-college|archive-date=2017-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
* VIC Radio<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vicradio.org/ |title=VIC Radio |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403044157/http://vicradio.org/ |archive-date=2016-04-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> is Ithaca College's second student-run radio station. Previously available on 105.9 FM, VIC Radio is now an online-only radio station. It is most well known for its annual 50 Hour Marathon,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://50hours.org/ |title=50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329163417/http://50hours.org/ |archive-date=2016-03-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> in which four DJs broadcast for 50 hours straight to raise money for local community organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |title=VIC Radio Celebrates 25th 50 Hour Marathon |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214345/http://fuse.ithaca.edu/vic-50-hour-marathon-a-hit-19458/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Buzzsaw Magazine'', formerly ''Buzzsaw Haircut'', was founded in 1999 and is an independent monthly alternative magazine written, produced and distributed by Ithaca College students. It is a progressive publication with a goal to "publish original creative journalism, commentary and satire that works to deconstruct society, pop culture, politics, college life and dominant Western beliefs." The faculty adviser is media critic [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]], who is also the founder of the college's Park Center for Independent Media. In 2011, the organization added a new multimedia section to Buzzsaw, titled Seesaw, dedicated to creating documentaries, radio pieces, interactive graphics, and other multimedia pieces to complement the print and online magazine. ''Buzzsaw'' has also won a number of national awards, including the Campus Alternative Journalism Project's award for "Best Sense of Humor" and the Independent Press Association's Campus Independent Journalism Awards for "Best Campus Publication with a Budget Under $10,000" and "Best Political Commentary."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |title=History |work=Buzzsaw Magazine |date=11 August 2009 |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525234107/http://www.buzzsawmag.org/about-us/about/ |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Park Productions is a professional production unit within the Roy H. Park School of Communications which allows students to collaborate with faculty and industry professionals to create interdisciplinary media projects. Park Productions partners with community organizations, government agencies, and higher education institutions and has produced over 200 titles including documentaries, feature films, shorts, commercials, museum exhibits, television programs, educational, corporate, and web-based media. Awards and juried screenings include LA Webfest, Mexico International Film Festival, CINE Awards, Chicago International Film Festival, Official selections at Miami, University Film and Video Festival, Cinema in Industry Awards, Multiple International Communicator Awards, Oberhausen, Montreal, Palm Springs, and Hudson Valley Film Festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Zachary B.  |last=Briggs  |url=http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |title=Awards & Screenings |publisher=Park Productions |access-date=2014-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214339/http://www.parkproductions.org/awards--screenings.html |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Distinct Magazine'' is self described as Ithaca College's "fashion magazine devoted to the style and culture of the students on campus...[it aims] to break gender and social class stereotypes in the fashion world, and to build a safe space for people to express themselves."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |title=- IC Engage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013544/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/distinct-ic |archive-date=2019-03-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first issue was released online in 2016. The magazine is separated into five content sections: Fashion, Beauty, Life, Culture, and Health and Fitness. ''Distinct'' is released in print twice a semester (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer editions). 
*''Embrace'' is an IC magazine that aims "to create a platform in which underrepresented students are able to see a representation of themselves on campus and within society."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |website=ithaca.campuslabs.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |title=- IC Engage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013609/https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/embrace |archive-date=2019-03-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> The magazine is separated into content sections: LGBTQ+, Fashion, Politics and News, Mind Body Spirit, Personal Narratives and Alumni Highlight. It was first published in February 2016.

===Greek life===
Historically, various independent and national [[fraternities and sororities]] had active chapters at Ithaca College. However, due to a series of highly publicized [[hazing]] incidents in the 1980s, including [[List of hazing deaths in the United States#DK-Ithaca|one that was responsible for the death of a student]], the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/ |title=Going Greek: Unaffiliated Greek organizations gain popularity at the college {{!}} The Ithacan|last=Billington|first=Evin|website=theithacan.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035539/https://theithacan.org/accent/going-greek-unaffiliated-greek-organizations-gain-popularity-at-the-college/|archive-date=2018-08-28|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{as of|2024}}, professional coed music fraternity [[Mu Phi Epsilon]] is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations?query=music |title=Organizations - IC Engage |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2024-09-29}}</ref> Previously, three other recognized music and performing arts houses also existed on campus:

*[[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]] (Delta Chapter) - became inactive in 2024 
*[[Sigma Alpha Iota]] (Epsilon Chapter) - became inactive in 2024
*[[Kappa Gamma Psi]] (Iota Chapter) - became inactive in 2008

It is highly unlikely any of these houses will ever be reactivated at Ithaca, due to the college's policy on Greek life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |title=7.1.8 Greek Life Policy - Volume VII: Students - Ithaca College Policy Manual |publisher=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827205937/https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/general/070108/ |archive-date=2018-08-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>

However, there are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and therefore not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution [[Cornell University]], subject to the rules of each individual fraternity or sorority. Some Cornell-affiliated Greek organizations actively recruit Ithaca College students.

There are a few unaffiliated fraternities that some Ithaca College students join - ΔΚΕ ([[Delta Kappa Epsilon]]), ΑΕΠ ([[Alpha Epsilon Pi]]), ΦΚΣ ([[Phi Kappa Sigma]]), ΦΙΑ ([[Phi Iota Alpha]]), ΛΥΛ ([[Lambda Upsilon Lambda]]), and ΚΣ ([[Kappa Sigma]]). There are also unaffiliated sororities including - ΓΔΠ ([[Gamma Delta Pi]]), ΠΛΧ ([[Pi Lambda Chi]]), ΦΜΖ ([[Phi Mu Zeta]]), .<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |title=Campus Cutie(s!): Delta Kappa Epsilon Iota Chi |work=Her Campus |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035616/https://www.hercampus.com/school/ithaca/campus-cuties-delta-kappa-epsilon-iota-chi |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |title=Inside IC's underground fraternity: Kappa Sigma |date=2016-09-02 |work=Ithaca College |access-date=2018-08-27 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035615/https://thetab.com/us/ithaca/2016/09/02/inside-ics-underground-fraternity-kappa-sigma-729 |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|title=The Ithaca College Greek System|date=November 24, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807190325/https://ithacating.com/2008/11/24/the-ithaca-college-greek-system/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music===

Ithaca College is well-known for its music school, and offers many diverse opportunities to perform music, whether it be with ensembles within the official [[Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance|School of Music, Theatre, and Dance]] or student-organized organizations dedicated to performing music outside of the official School of Music.

The School of Music offers many audition-based ensembles, such as [[symphony orchestra]], [[chamber orchestra]], [[wind ensemble]], [[concert band]], multiple [[choir]] ensembles, multiple [[jazz ensemble|jazz ensembles]] ranging from instrumental to vocal, as well as several other chamber groups focusing on a multitude of instruments. The School of Music also offers multiple opportunities to perform [[opera]] works, such as the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Ensembles {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance/student-resources/music-students/music-ensembles |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The school also offers several non-auditioned ensembles, such as the symphony orchestra Sinfonietta, as well as several non-auditioned ensembles for band, jazz, and choir opened up to non-music majors. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance also showcases multiple audition-based productions a year, typically featuring multiple [[musical theater]] productions and an [[opera]].<ref>{{cite web |title=School of Music, Theatre, and Dance {{!}} Ithaca College |url=https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance |website=www.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Outside of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, there are several student-run [[a cappella]] groups on campus, which include:
* [[IC Voicestream]], founded in 2002, is the college's premier all-gender inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - IC Voicestream |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ic-voicestream |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Ithacappella, founded in 1996, is the college's only all-male identifying a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Ithacappella |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ithacappella |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Premium Blend, the college's only all-female aligned a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Premium Blend |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/premium-blend |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Tone Cold, an all gender inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Tone Cold |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/tonecold |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* Pitch Please, the college's only non-auditioned all-gender a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - Pitch Please |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/pitch-please-a-cappella-group |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
* NUVO (New Voices), founded in 2024, is the college's [[BIPOC]] inclusive a cappella group.<ref>{{cite web |title=IC Engage - NUVO |url=https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/icnuvo |website=login.ithaca.edu |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>