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Alyssa Figueroa ’12 |
Hey guys!
I'm Alyssa, and I am a sophomore Journalism and Politics double major, and I am also in the Honors program I love writing, and I have written for all the publications on campus (The Ithacan, Buzzsaw Magazine, 360 Magazine, and Imprint), as well as for the Ithaca City School District in which my articles appear in Ithaca Journal and the Ithaca City School District Newsletter.
When I am not writing, I attend Society of Professional Journalists meetings! But wait! I do other activities not related to journalism! I am involved in Colleges Against Cancer (CAC), where I help create events in order to raise money for cancer research and attend Relay for Life as a captain of a team each year. I also tutor kindergarten children at a local elementary school, as well as participate in IC After Dark, where I volunteer to work for events that promote safe, fun activities for students on the weekends. I am also a member of IC Human Rights Club, where we discuss human rights issues going on around the world.
Writing or volunteering, everything I do is because I want to make some kind of difference in the world.
E-mail with any questions at afiguer1@ithaca.edu
11/11/2009
Who belongs in the United States? What really is a border? Can we get along peacefully with a culturally different person without in some way assimilating him or her into our culture? These were just some of the thought-provoking questions asked at the first event of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity’s (CSCRE) discussion series.
9/19/2009
Just a month after moving to Ithaca, first-year students are settling in, making friends, and calling Ithaca home. Watch our video of students moving in at Ithaca College, and read how one freshman is doing as she begins to settle into college life.
11/2/2009
Check out the hilarious satirical news headlines brought to Ithaca College by writer Seth Reiss of the Onion.
10/12/2009
A chance meeting at a Red Cross center with a young couple who’d filmed Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a camcorder led two filmmakers to direct and produce Trouble the Water, an Academy Award-nominated documentary which screened to a packed house at Emerson Suites last month.
6/11/2009
Unique partnership brings students and seniors together: Last fall, Sabrina Higgins ’09 traveled to Longview, a residential senior community in Ithaca, twice a week to teach Harold Sweet, 95, how to use a computer. When they began he didn’t even know how to turn it on, but after a few weeks he was e-mailing with his family. “He didn’t...
4/28/2009
There’s no place like Ithaca College’s HOME.
Located in Terrace 3, HOME (Housing Offering a Multicultural Experience), is one of many specialty-housing communities open to incoming students. Every year HOME welcomes first-year Park and MLK scholars, international students, and students who have specifically applied to be part of the community.
Benjamin Litoff...
4/12/2009
When FLEFF intern Siobhan Cavanagh '12, a cinema and photography major, met film director John Valadez, she could not believe how truly interested he was in talking with her. “We talked about my intentions in going into film, and we talked about his experience and breaks in the industry,” she said. “It was really awesome to meet an award-winning director who is actually...
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