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Ithaca College is a private Liberal Arts College located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York . Ithaca was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. Today, the college offers a diverse curriculum with over 100 degree programs in business, communications, health sciences and human performance, humanities and sciences, music, and interdisciplinary studies. HISTORY Beginnings Ithaca College was born the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 when a local violin teacher, William Grant Egbert, rented four rooms and arranged for the instruction of eight students. For nearly seven decades the institution flourished in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution, dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college. By 1960 , some 2,000 students were in attendance. A modern campus was built on South Hill in the sixties, and students were shuttled between the old and new during the construction. The hillside campus continued to grow in the ensuing 30 years to accommodate more than 6,000 students. The Modern Era Today Ithaca College is a vital private residential college with a multicultural student body that comes from across the country and around the world, with representatives from almost every state and more than 75 foreign countries, though the student population is predominantly Caucasian. The curriculum that attracts those students is equally diverse: some 2,000 courses in more than 100 programs of study are available in the College's five schools. Ithaca is truly a comprehensive college: the liberal arts offerings of its largest school, Humanities and Sciences, are integrated throughout the programs of study in each of its four professional schools. While the breadth of its curriculum is normally found only at larger universities, Ithaca holds fast to its tradition of close, personal instruction, as evidenced by its low, 12:1 student-faculty ratio. That relationship between students and their teachers is as important in the comprehensive college of today as it was in the conservatory of a century ago. Ithaca students pursue a variety of interests outside the classroom: more than 140 student organizations and clubs flourish; 12 men's and 13 women's intercollegiate athletic teams compete with uncommon success, having won 12 national championships and numerous state titles. The School of Music, now housed in the James J. Whalen Center for Music (which was erected around the original Ford Hall in 1998 ), also gives over 300 concerts a year, most of which are free and open to the public. MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS ''The Ithacan'' ''The Ithacan'' is Ithaca College's official newspaper and the voice of the campus community. It is entirely student run, under the supervision of advisor Michael Serino. Unlike other college publications that come out on seemingly random dates The Ithacan is available in print every Thursday morning and online: {Link without Title} . The Ithacan and its staff have won every major collegiate journalism award in the country, most notably, the Associated Collegiate Press' National Pacemaker Award for the 2004-2005 academic year. The Pacemaker is widely considered as the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism and solidifies The Ithacan's stance as a model for 4-year college weekly newspapers. The Ithacan provides in-depth news coverage of all matters of importance to the Ithaca College student body and its surrounding community including hard news, arts and entertainment and Bomber athletics. The Ithacan has been a staple of the campus community for 75 years and the college's most legimate source of journalism. Ithacan staff writers and editors are held to the highest journalistic standards including tape recording interviews, fact-checking and using multiple sources to provide fair and balanced coverage to all its stories. The Ithacan is the best training for students looking to enter the journalism field (either editing or writing) and is the only publication that closely replicates the atmosphere of professional publications. This similarity is also reflected in the paper's commitment to publishing any story that they consider news-worthy. In the 2005-06 school year alone, at least two articles published in the paper were later determined to be false; the most egregious breach of the paper's jounalistic integrity came in early 2006, when the Ithacan reported on an alleged sexual assault on campus. Upon further investigation, the alleged assailant was found to be innocent of any wrongdoing. Despite this, the paper repeatedly refused to retract the story or even issue a correction. ''iMPrint Magazine'' ''iMPrint Magazine: College Life’s Internet Magazine'' , published from Ithaca College, is published by college students, for college students, about college students. iMPrint strives to inform its readers of national issues and give them the opportunity to voice their opinion and become involved in the discussion. In order to allow readers to make connections across all topic areas, each edition of iMPrint is built around a central theme. This allows the sports fanatic, for example, to understand how issues of the news might affect their favorite team. Beyond providing stories, iMPrint mobilizes information; that is, it allows the reader to become involved in what he or she just read. Whether by linking to a related site, e-mailing a source in the story or leaving a comment for the writer, each article allows the reader to take part in the discussion. Currently, iMPrint only features writers and editors from Ithaca College. In an effort to diversify content, however, iMPrint plans to expand to other colleges and universities ''Buzzsaw Haircut'' ''Buzzsaw Haircut'' was founded in 1997 and is the college's monthly alternative news magazine. It is available in print and online , with three magazines produced per semester on an irregular basis. ''Buzzsaw Haircut'' is produced by the Ithaca College community and printed by Our Press of Binghamton, NY . It is funded by the Ithaca College Student Government Association, the Park School of Communications, and a grant from Campus Progress . Buzzsaw is a liberal-leaning campus magazine that accepts writing from students and faculty. The magazine is published with a monthly theme that directs the content of the main content section, ''Upfront.'' Other sections include ''News+Views,'' covering current events, ''Ministry of Cool,'' which includes reviews of books, music and movies as well as discussions of related pop culture topics, and ''Sawdust,'' the section for satire and cartoons. The magazine exists to inspire thoughtful debate and open up the channels through which information is shared. It supports an op-ed voice and in-depth analysis of current and relevant issues, though little editing or fact-checking takes place. ''Ithaca College Radio'' Ithaca College is also home to two student-operated radio stations. 92 WICB 92 WICB is a fully-functional, FCC-licensed station that operates at 7500 Watts at 91.7 on the FM band. The majority of its programming falls under the modern rock category. While broadcasting modern rock, the station is run similarly to a commercial modern rock station, with the inclusion of playlists planned by the programming and music departments that include leeway for listener requests and DJ choices. WICB also broadcasts a City Rhythms programming block on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Programming on these nights ranges from mainstream hip-hop and R&B, to underground, downtempo, and other lesser-known genres of what is generally considered urban music. In addition to a lunchtime Jazz show, WICB broadcasts a number of other specialty shows throughout the week. These shows, which usually run 2-3 hours in length, come from genres such as blues, broadway, jam band music, and "homeless" music, that is not normally heard on the public airwaves. WICB has a reputation in the entertainment and news industries as a strong training ground for students. Alumni of the station are numerous within the radio, record label and artist management businesses. 106 VIC 106 VIC is an internet radio station which also broadcasts on ICTV 16 when that station is not otherwise programmed. Approximately 60% of its programming consists of an "alterna-lite" format, which is a mix of alternative rock and singer/songwriter-style music, which is programmed by the music and programming departments. The rest of its programming consists of specialty shows, programmed by student DJs, which are more representative of a typical college station. The station also hosts an annual 50 Hour Marathon, where two DJs stay awake for fifty hours straight to raise money for a local charity. The marathon, which is simulcast on 92 WICB and ICTV 16, typically involves events such as concerts, scavenger hunts, and remote broadcasts around Ithaca. ''Journal of Race, Culture, Gender and Ethnicity'' Also at Ithaca College is the ''Ithaca College Journal of Race, Culture, Gender and Ethnicity''. Founded in 2004 by several Ithaca College students, this academic journal welcomes student work that explores complexities of such topics. The journal is available in print and online . ATHLETICS Ithaca College's sports teams were originally called the Cayugans, but the name was changed to the Bombers in the 1930s. Sources credit an '' Ithaca Journal '' sports columnist with giving the Bombers their name when he compared Ithaca's Baseball team to the New York Yankees (which are affectionately known as the "Bronx Bombers"). In recent years, there has been an ongoing debate among students and faculty on changing the name of the college's teams. Many people consider the name "Bombers" to have jingoistic connotations that do not fit well within the liberal atmosphere of Ithaca College and the city of Ithaca. Others do not believe the appellation to be offensive in any way, and some have presented the idea that the title honors Air Force pilots of WWII (around the time that the teams were given the name). It is a common subject on the editorial page of ''The Ithacan''. Ithaca is a member of the NCAA's Division III, the Empire Eight Conference, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference . Ithaca has one of Division III's strongest athletic programs. The Bombers have won a total of 15 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports. Most recently, the women's crew team won back-to-back NCAA Division III championships in 2004 and 2005 . The Bombers play the Cortland Red Dragons for the Cortaca Jug , which was added in 1959 to an already competitive rivalry. The matchup is one of the most prominent in Division III college football. Ithaca is also home to a large number of club sports. There are over 60 teams and many are very competitive; competing against other colleges in leagues and tournaments. PRESIDENTS Current president Ithaca's current president is Peggy R. Williams. President Williams assumed the presidency of Ithaca College on July 1 , 1997 . She is the College's seventh president and its first female president. Williams came to Ithaca from Lyndon State College , where she had been president since 1989 . She had previously worked at Trinity College in Burlington, Vermont , as associate academic dean, chair of the business and economics department, and associate professor. She also held various positions within the Vermont State Colleges system. Before entering the field of higher education, Williams was a social worker for the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and the Monroe County Department of Social Services in New York. Williams holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from St. Michael's College of the University Of Toronto ; a master of education degree from the University Of Vermont ; and a doctorate in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University . A native of Montreal , Williams has lived in the United States since 1968 and is a citizen of both the United States and Canada . A little known fact about Williams: she is an award-winning yo-yoist. 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