About 1,000 students at Ithaca College (IC) staged a walkout from their classes Wednesday afternoon to protest college president Tom Rochon and numerous allegations of racist incidents on campus this semester. Students participating in the Solidarity Walk Out, organized by People of Color at Ithaca College (POC at IC), first rallied around Freedom Rock outside...
The Ithaca College (IC) student government unanimously voted no-confidence in President Tom Rochon Monday night following weeks of contention over allegations of racism and discrimination at the school. The resolution, passed by all 11 members of the Student Government Association (SGA), calls for an online student body vote later in the month, with results to...
The Student Government Association (SGA) at Ithaca College recently voted to create an online reporting system for microaggressions. This bizarre system would collect the demographic information of the supposed micro-offenders. It is puzzling how exactly the collection of racial data will aid in fixing a manufactured problem whose advocates say pertains to race. Josh Kelly...
It has been a tough two weeks for student assemblies. On Feb. 9, nine Cornell Student Assembly representatives wrote a letter to the editor of the Cornell Daily Sun stating that they are “tired of acting as a wall between the students and the administration without being given real power.” Ithaca College’s Student Government Association (SGA)...
Ithaca College students want the Native American Studies minor to be changed to an indigenous studies minor in the name of greater racial inclusiveness.
Another extended Monday Reading Madness to help with your exam week procrastination. – Forget Wilson Farms, someone tried to rob the 99 cent store on Elmira road last week. – Has anyone seen this missing Ithaca statue? – As Lynah shuts down for a couple of months, another kind of hockey is catching on in...