Tuberculosis is believed to have been affecting humans since approximately 7000 BC. Most Americans do not worry about TB because of its rare occurrence and regular screening throughout the United States. However, almost a third of the world’s population is thought to be infected with the disease. Because it remains prevalent, Prof. David G.

The sound of about 300 bikes whizzing along Cayuga Lake indicated it was no ordinary day in Ithaca. Beginning early Saturday morning, approximately 300 cyclists participated in the 11th Annual Ride For Life in hopes of raising money to combat AIDS. 

Billed as a ride, not a race, riders had the option of biking 50, 85 or 100 miles. The website of the organizer, Southern Tier AIDS Program, Inc., states that each returning rider commits to raising $500 in the fight against HIV/AIDS. First-year riders and those under 18 must raise $300. Riders could raise the funds through a variety of ways; many riders chose to create a website to solicit funds.

Tragedy strove to reverse itself in Byron Suber’s dance piece, Bach Solo Cello Suite No. 1, Circa 1986. Dancers in black fell to the ground one by one, like birds shot in midair — only to rise again, flinging their skirts with a death-defying joy.

Suber’s dance piece was performed at the State Theatre last Saturday for The Ithaca Ballet’s Winter Repertory Performance alongside with pieces by other choreographers. Bach Solo Cello Suite No. 1, Circa 1986 was an exercise in contrasts.

Dancers whirled together simultaneously with a frightening vigor — producing a dizzying juxtaposition of chaos and order. Neo-classical balletic movements jostled with modern dance techniques for a place in a piece where life and death are intimately intertwined.