Kaiden Chandler
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On March 11, Ithaca College began requiring a Netpass login to view Intercom. Students, staff and faculty, as well as retirees, will still receive occasional alerts and Intercom round-ups three times a week in their email inbox and can log in for full access.
Since Intercom was first created in 2003, it has served as a digital bulletin board for the college. It is the main place where the college’s community members can share news, stories and information. Announcements, events, lectures, concerts and more are all found on Intercom.
David Maley, director of public relations, said via email that Intercom was always intended to be for the IC community, though the general public has previously had access to it.
“There has been an escalation over this past year in people from outside of the Ithaca College community directly contacting — and in some cases harassing — faculty or staff members who have posted Intercom stories, raising safety concerns for them,” Maley said. “This has happened several times over the past few months but to respect the privacy of the affected faculty and staff members, we are not going to disclose the stories that were involved.”
Maley said user privileges have not changed, and the college community is still able to post and view Intercom the same as before.
“As a result [of the harassment] it was decided to move Intercom to the secure [Netpass] login, as is used for other internal Ithaca College processes,” Maley said.
Maley said under the new system, alumni will no longer be able to view Intercom, however there are multiple other sources to receive college news. Alumni will still have access to the IC News website, ICView Magazine, alumni and department newsletters as well as the various event calendars available.