Dan Amrich '93 Makes a Writing Career in Video Games

Before Dan Amrich ’93 became a senior editor at the Official Xbox Magazine he was the writer, editor, and publisher of the 10th Floor Tabloid, a newsletter he produced during his freshman year to report the jokes, one-liners, and antics of him and his floormates in the West Tower.

“I...

On every episode of the CW’s hit show Gossip Girl, plots are twisted, partners are changed, and some killer outfits are donned as Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen compete for the place of queen bee. Among the actors portraying these classy, well-dressed high school students is Ithaca College alumna Amanda Setton ’07.

Setton has gone from student...

If you walk into the Park School of Communications and ask students to respond to the words “documentary workshop,” I can guarantee some amusing responses -- whimpers, alarm (“Are you taking that class? Why are you taking that class?!”), and sighs of relief if the student has survived this difficult course.

Many of the students attribute that difficulty to one...

John Clisham '03 Brings His Horror Film to Xbox Live

John Clisham ’03 is a self-proclaimed computer geek who graduated from Ithaca College with the dream of being a writer and film director. Clisham is living that dream today, watching his short horror film Janitor skyrocket in popularity to become the number one download on Xbox Live. Xbox Live is an...

Matt Cavenaugh '01 didn't always plan on being an actor -- it wasn't until high school, when he saw a production of West Side Story, that he got bit by the acting bug.

These days the Jonesboro, Arkansas, native gets rave reviews on Broadway, and things have come full circle: Cavanaugh will star as Tony in the modern, bilingual production of West Side Story, opening at...