Dear President Rochon,
Your commentary, “Policy won’t hinder media access,” published in The Ithacan on October 11th, explains your decision for instituting the Student Media Access Policy, but it does not cover any new ground.
More to the point, it does not address the broader concerns many students, faculty, and staff have raised about this policy and its method of implementation, namely, growing centralization and bureaucratization, a preference for administrative unilateralism and fiat, and the inculcation of corporatist attitudes at the college. We feel these trends hollow out the culture of openness, collegiality, and trust that has evolved at Ithaca over the past two decades and which we would like to see strengthened.
Instead of “tweaking” this policy, we ask you to rescind it forthwith and to meet with students so that the college can learn how best to serve their interests as journalists. This would be a demonstration of your commitment to open conversation and shared governance that would be heartening to a currently very discouraged college community.
Jonathan
Ablard,
Associate
Professor,
History
Barbara
Adams,
Associate
Professor,
Writing
Susan
Allen‐Gil,
Professor,
Environmental
Studies
and
Science
Stewart
Auyash,
Associate
Professor
and
Chair,
Health
Promotion
and
Physical
Education
Kimberly
Baker,
Assistant
Professor,
Sociology
Marlene
Barken,
Associate
Professor,
Marketing
and
Law
Asma
Barlas,
Professor
and
Director,
Center
for
the
Study
of
Culture,
Race,
and
Ethnicity
Mary
Bentley,
Associate
Professor,
Health
Promotion
and Physical
Education
Elizabeth
Bleicher,
Associate
Professor,
English
Dan
Breen,
Associate
Professor,
English
Karin
Breuer,
Associate
Professor,
History
Pablo
Calvi,
Assistant
Professor
of
Journalism
Changhee
Chun,
Associate
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography
&
Media
Arts
Jeff
Claus,
Associate
Professor,
Education
Jeff
Cohen,
Associate
Professor
and
Director,
Journalism
Vivian
Bruce
Conger,
Associate
Professor
and
Chair,
History
Kelly
Dietz,
Assistant
Professor,
Politics
Craig
Duncan,
Associate
Professor
and
Chair,
Philosophy
and
Religion
María
Di Francesco,
Associate
Professor,
Modern
Languages
and
Literatures
Zillah
Eisenstein,
Distinguished
Scholar‐in‐Residence,
Politics
Jason
Freitag,
Associate
Professor,
History
Chip
Gagnon,
Associate
Professor,
Politics
Linda
Gasser,
Assistant
Professor,
Management
Jennifer
Germann,
Assistant
Professor,
Art
History
Claire
Gleitman,
Professor
and
Chair,
English
Carla
Golden,
Professor,
Psychology
Belisa
Gonzalez,
Assistant
Professor,
Sociology
Marlena
Grzaslewicz,
Pendleton
Chair,
Cinema,
Photography
&
Media
Arts
Beth
Harris,
Associate
Professor,
Politics
Christine
Haase,
Administrative
Assistant,
Philosophy
and
Religion
Sandra
L.
Herndon,
Professor
Emerita,
Park
School
of
Communications
Naeem
Inayatullah,
Professor,
Politics
Paula
Ioanide,
Assistant
Professor,
Center
for
the
Study
of
Culture,
Race,
and
Ethnicity
Timothy
Johnson,
Professor,
Music
Theory
Jennifer
Jolly,
Associate
Professor,
Art
History
Ron
Jude,
Associate
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography,
&
Media
Arts
L.
Leann
Kanda,
Assistant
Professor,
Biology
Luke
Keller,
Associate
Professor
and
Chair,
Physics
Tom
Kerr,
Associate
Professor,
Writing
Don
Lifton,
Associate
Professor,
Management
Janice
Levy,
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography
&
Media
Arts
Granger
Macy,
Associate
Professor,
Business
Michael
Malpass,
Dana
Professor,
Anthropology
Catherine
H.
Michael,
Communications
&
Legal
Studies
Librarian
Jerry
Mirskin,
Associate
Professor ,
Writing
Barbara
Morgenstern,
Associate
Professor,
Television
and
Radio
Stephen
Mosher,
Professor,
Sport
Management
and
Media
Hormoz
Movassaghi,
Professor,
Finance
and
International
Business
Nicholas
Muellner,
Associate
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography
&
Media
Arts
Abraham
Mulugetta,
Professor
of
Finance
and
International
Business
Tom
Nicholson,
Associate
Professor,
Media
Arts,
Science,
and
Studies
Elisabeth
Nonas,
Associate
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography,
&
Media
Arts
Mary
Beth
O’Connor,
Assistant
Professor,
Writing
Shaianne
Osterreich,
Associate
Professor,
Economics
Patricia
Rodriguez,
Assistant
Professor,
Politics
Susan
Rosenthal,
Associate
Professor
&
Chair,
Management
Gordon
Rowland,
Professor,
Strategic
Communication
Gwen
Seaquist,
Professor,
Marketing
and
Law
Todd
Schack,
Assistant
Professor,
Journalism
Cyndy
Scheibe,
Associate
Professor,
Psychology
Thomas
Shevory,
Professor,
Politics
Arturo
Sinclair,
Assistant
Professor,
Television
and
Radio
Steven
Skopik,
Professor
and
Chair,
Cinema,
Photography &
Media
Arts
Peyi
Soyinka‐Airewele,
Associate
Professor,
Politics
Chris
Sperry,
Director
of
Curriculum
and
Staff
Development,
Project
Look
Sharp
Maura
Stephens,
Associate
Director,
Park
Center
for
Independent
Media,
Journalism
Raj
Subramaniam,
Professor,
Health
Promotion
and
Physical
Education
Thomas
Swensen,
Professor
and
Chair,
Exercise
and
Sport
Science
Alicia
Swords,
Associate
Professor,
Sociology
Michael
Trotti,
Associate
Professor,
History
Jason
Tucker,
Lecturer,
Writing
David
Turkon,
Associate
Professor,
Anthropology
Michael
Twomey,
Charles
A.
Dana
Professor
of
Humanities
and
Arts,
English
Fahri
Unsal,
Professor,
Marketing
and
Law
Gladys
Varona‐Lacey,
Professor,
Modern
Languages
and
Literatures
Rachel
Wagner,
Associate
Professor,
Philosophy
and
Religion
Zenon
Wasyliw,
Professor,
History
Fred
Wilcox,
Associate
Professor,
Writing
Patricia
Zimmermann,
Professor,
Cinema,
Photography
&
Media
Arts
