On Sunday night, Matt Pond emerged onto the small Castaways stage in less-than-glamorous rock star fashion, sporting a broken leg and crutches. According to the band website, the frontman broke his leg after a show earlier in the week, and missed his September 14 and 15 gigs for surgery. Nevertheless, he came out strong and [...]

Only in Ithaca can a “pedestrian mall” boast shops and cafes with names like House of Shalimar, Ithaca Hemp Company, and Maté Factor (to name a few) all in a mere two blocks of hippie heaven. Home to the largest human peace sign ever assembled, the first local currency system ever created in the United [...]

Springtime is here, and as Ithaca goes through its awkward transition into warmer weather (seriously, can we wear normal shoes or should we don rainboots in preparation for a flash flood?), a new and more climate-appropriate wardrobe might be necessary. Yet after a disappointing trip to the mall and a glance through Urban Outfitters, shoppers [...]

Style on the Slope Ithaca weather is bipolar. Should you dress for spring or for blizzards? What if it starts snowing in the middle of a formerly spotless day? Even if it is sunny and mild outside, what about all of the slush on the ground? When it comes to shoes, flats are a definite [...]

Ithaca Mayor Carolyn Peterson announced that she will not be running for a third term. She is nearing the end of her second four year term as mayor and tho past Ithaca Mayors have only served eight years, she has been encouraged to run again. One outstanding accomplishment of Mayor Peterson was being named to [...]

As a senior, I’ve done the unthinkable and decided against taking wines this year.  Despite the outrage of my friends and the indignity of leaving yet another box unchecked on Cornell’s “161 Things” list, I have yet to regret foregoing this so-called “rite of passage”.  In fact, I’ve found an Ithaca-approved alternative to two hours [...]

They are called the Lynah Faithful. Hundreds of students gather outside, often waiting for hours to purchase Red men’s hockey season tickets. Men’s hockey is a cultural phenomenon at Cornell, and Lynah Rink stands as a microcosm for a mutual identity among college students; a sense of pride and unity among the other 13,000 undergrads [...]

Sam Sveen.  A math major? No.  A genius? Perhaps.  Scandinavian? Yes.  A musical revolutionary? Definitely. Slope: So do you mind if I paraphrase some of what you say?  It’s hard to remember word for word with a pen and a pad. Sam Sveen: Sure, as long as you make me sound like an a**.  Just [...]

A warm spring evening is one of the best times to go to a concert. The Ithaca weather gods were kind enough to grant us one of those evenings last Monday, April 19th, and it coincided, almost uncannily, with a great line-up at the quaint and intimate coffee house/musical venue of The Shop. Family Portraits, [...]

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grassrootSound_ep_04 03_18_10 For this show I thought it would be appropriate to address the sustainability movement as a lifestyle movement, to realize that almost everything we do is implicated in environmental sustainability and social sustainability. Building a sustainably aware community is key to realizing, supporting and engaging sustainability. I’ll speak with Liz Walker, the co-founder [...]