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Ithaca's Bercuvitz, Corning's Lawson winners at Section 4 XC meet
New achievements were added to strong legacies Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Section 4 cross country championships at Chenango Valley State Park in Chenango Forks. Ithaca High School senior Tsadia Bercuvitz won the Class A girls race for the third year in a row , lifting the Little Red to a repeat team title. Her time of 18 minutes, 9.8 seconds was nearly two minutes ahead of anyone among the four girls races, which came from Class B winner Madison Novotny of Maine-Endwell (20:07.5). Corning's boys repeated as Class A team champion behind a first-place finish from Christopher Lawson, who joined older sisters Jessica and Sarah as a sectional titlist in the sport. Nikhil Datta of Class C Chenango Valley finished in 16:04 for the top overall boys time. The other boys winners were Vestal's Tyler Hayes in Class B, and Delhi/South Kortright's Jaden Lewis in Class D. All three were part of team titles. The other girls winners were Clara Little of Chenango Forks in Class C, and eighth-grader Madison Farberman of Groton in Class D. Chenango Forks was originally credited as Class C girls champion, but the scoring was later changed and Afton/Harpursville/Bainbridge-Guilford ended up the winner with
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Commentary: Ithaca College’s three-school model is private equity thinking at its worst
Editor’s Note: This is a guest commentary. The opinions do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board. Ithaca College’s proposed restructuring from five academic schools to three is a poorly conceived, short-sighted and intellectually lazy idea. But the thinking behind this reorganization is troublingly familiar. Ithaca...
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Ithaca College’s proposed academic restructuring sparks conversation and concern
Ithaca College announced Oct. 13 that it began planning a potential academic restructuring to address student needs and to realign the size of the college’s administration with the size of the student body. The proposed restructuring has sparked conversation, understanding, confusion and concern across the IC community since it was announced.
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Editorial: Ithaca College’s proposed school merger must consider alumni
Editor’s Note: The opinions presented in this editorial do not necessarily reflect the views of every editorial board member. Ithaca College’s proposed school merger could affect more than current students, faculty and staff. The college should consider whether consolidating schools truly makes administrative sense, but should also consider how the proposal could affect the reputations and identities of its five schools, and therefore how it could impact its relationship with alumni.