Multimedia

MULTIMEDIA | An Orchard’s Battle Against a Changing Climate

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MULTIMEDIA/SCIENCE | Weather editor Nicole Collins visited with LIttletree Orchards to chat with Amara Steinkraus, operations manager, about the total wipeout of last year’s apple crop. Although Ithaca is known for its fluctuating weather patterns, climate change has further increased this variability, forcing the city to adapt to new challenges. A late frost last May caused many apple orchards to lose most — if not all — of their harvest. Some farms reported a loss of as much as 95 percent of their crop. Hosted by Nicole Collins Filmed by Heilani Kim Edited by Heilani Kim, Marian Caballo Produced by Nicole Collins, Heilani Kim

Dining

Three Must-Get Fall Flavored Treats

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With fall’s arrival, there’s nothing more exciting than looking at new seasonal treats. It’s always been a joy for me to look at the innovative additions to restaurants’ and cafes’ temporary seasonal menu. So, I decided to visit local eateries and try out some of their seasonal items, focusing on pumpkin and apple. Collegetown Bagels — Pumpkin Bar
Starting off with this iconic treat, the pumpkin bar is a three layered dessert bar with a graham cracker base, cream cheese frosting in the middle and a layer of pumpkin spice cream cheese topped with whipped cream. The pumpkin bar looks nothing but delicious and offers a great variety of flavor.

apple

MALPASS | Today’s Keynote and You

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Today is Apple’s Keynote Event, where they release all their new products, which means I get a whole new set of things to be angry about. Am I being a little preemptive considering that no specs have been officially announced? Probably, but it’s really either this or another political column people, and personally if I have to write one more line dedicated to this election I am going to vomit. Plus, it’s midterm time and I haven’t even gotten my Halloween costume in order, so just let me unwind with a little Apple bashing.  Just to prove that I’m not a total hack, I’ll stick to the rumors that have been all but officially confirmed.

Columns

MALPASS | Save the Audio Jack!

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As long-time readers (i.e my parents) might know, I take music pretty seriously. Usually, this has alienated my friends who chalk it up to another one of my pretentious behaviors and usually that’s a fair assumption. Because, realistically speaking, it doesn’t matter if you’re listening to your favorite artist on CD or streaming it, at 320 kbps or lossless quality, with open-backed headphones or five-dollar earbuds. If you’re enjoying the music, then you’re enjoying the music, no two ways about it. However, you do have to be able to listen to the music to begin with.