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 At the event, attendees had the opportunity to buy a copy of “King: A Life” from Odyssey Bookstore. Eig signed copies of the book after the event.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Eig speaks at Tompkins County Public Library
By Isabel Alasio and Kaeleigh Banda February 12, 2025
On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: A Life.” In 2024, the Martin Luther King Jr. biography won a Pulitzer Prize. Eig spoke to attendees about his years of research and King’s work as a civil rights activist and preacher while also uncovering who King was as a person. 
Harry Shuldman ’08, died in a car crash Jan. 26 during a wildlife trip in Uganda.
Ithaca College community remembers alum Harry Shuldman
By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager
The Ithaca College community remembers Harry Shuldman ’08, who died in a car crash Jan. 26 during a wildlife trip in Uganda. Shuldman was a staff member for The Ithacan who went on to work as a copy editor for The New York Post. While at the college, Shuldman majored in cinema and photography with a concentration in screenwriting, according to April Johanns, coordinator of student and external relations in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. 
Susan Bassett ’79, Ithaca College’s director of athletics, was the first president of Women Leaders in Sports and has held leadership roles in collegiate athletics for over four decades. Bassett announced she will retire at the end of the spring 2025 semester.
Bassett to retire at the end of Spring 2025
By David Schurter, Sports Editor
Susan Bassett ’79, associate vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at Ithaca College, announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Following an ICE arrest of an undocumented immigrant in Ithaca on Jan. 30, more than 100 members of the community gathered on The Commons on Feb. 2 in support of the county’s sanctuary status.
Local ICE presence prompts community action
By Noa Ran-Ressler, Managing Editor
On Jan. 30, reporters from the Ithaca Voice and the Ithaca Times shared information about the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Ithaca. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, ICE arrested Jesus Romero-Hernandez at Tompkins County Department of Social Services. 
Angela Davis –– an author, political activist and professor –– and Ithaca College President La Jerne Cornish spoke Feb. 4 in Ford Hall for a conversation event.
Angela Davis speaks to IC about social justice
By Kaeleigh Banda and Julian DeLucia
Angela Davis –– an author, political activist and professor –– spoke Feb. 4 in Ford Hall for a conversation event titled, “We Are Because They Were: An Evening with a Living Ancestor.” Over 600 people filled the concert hall and over 700 people watched the livestream. 
Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, told the council that beginning in Fall 2026, the college’s academic calendar will include a three-day Thanksgiving break — Wednesday, Thursday and Friday — to replace the traditional five-day break. Stein
SGC discusses changes to the Fall 2026 academic calendar with provost
By Aela Shaw, Staff Writer • February 12, 2025
Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, met with the Ithaca College Student Governance Council at its Feb. 10 meeting to discuss upcoming changes to the college’s academic calendar, scheduling grid and the Academic Policy Committee. SGC also heard from Cliff-Simon Vital, interim director of the BIPOC Unity Center, about this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Campus Wide Celebration Week, held Feb. 10-16.
Pitchers Sean Minnick (left), Reed Bailey (middle) and Ryan Kane (right) look to bounce back from elbow surgery and make an impact for the baseball team.
Back on the mound: Pitching trio set to make anticipated return to action
By Jacob Infald, Sports Editor • February 11, 2025
The Ithaca College baseball team has had plenty of success in recent history as it has won the last three Liberty League C
IC Mixed Lunar New Year celebrations for The Year of the Snake, with coloring and crossword puzzles. This event was held at the ALS Lounge in West Tower.
IC students celebrate Lunar New Year amid lack of college events
By Sheelagh Doe, Life and Culture Editor • February 12, 2025
Fireworks, parades and huge dinner reunions with family and home-cooked meals usually mark an important holiday for Asian students:
Editorial: ICE sets aim on undocumented immigrants as it enters sanctuary cities
Editorial: ICE sets aim on undocumented immigrants as it enters sanctuary cities
By The Ithacan February 6, 2025
Ithaca is one of many sanctuary cities in the United States. Sanctuary cities are meant to be a haven for immigrants seeking refuge;
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