The Ithacan

State of the College discusses work to close IC’s budget deficit and the impact of executive orders

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • February 14, 2025

Ithaca College administrators shared updates about their efforts to close the college’s budget deficit — guided by the administrative analysis study conducted with the Huron Consulting Group — at the State of the College meeting Feb. 11 in Emerson Suites.

Photo Essay: Ithaca community members organize three rallies against ICE and in support of sanctuary status

By Lucia Iandolo, Photo Editor • February 13, 2025

On Jan. 30, Jesus Romero-Hernandez was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Tompkins County Department of Social Services. Community members came together to promote unity and protest against ICE’s presence in Ithaca. There were three demonstrations, two taking place on The Commons and one in City Hall.

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.

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.

Ithaca College community remembers alum Harry Shuldman

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • February 12, 2025

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.

Local ICE presence prompts community action

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Managing Editor • February 6, 2025

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 speaks to IC about social justice

By Kaeleigh Banda and Julian DeLucia • February 6, 2025

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.

Blog: ICE conducts operations in Ithaca, community rallies in support of sanctuary status

By Julian DeLucia, Eamon Corbo, Kaeleigh Banda, and Noa Ran-Ressler • February 5, 2025

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted operations on Jan. 30 in Ithaca. One arrest was made of an individual recently released from the Tompkins County jail.

Museum of the Earth faces closure

By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • February 5, 2025

The Paleontological Research Institution and its connected locations — the Museum of the Earth and the Cayuga Nature Center — are at risk of shutting down after the institution’s donors, who have not been revealed publicly, did not fulfill a large donation. In an effort to save the museum, Cornell University students, senior Emily Cavanaugh and doctoral candidate William Hooker started a petition and letter-writing campaign to gather support for the museum to get the attention of prospective donors.

SGC discusses Fall 2025 housing changes

By Aela Shaw, Staff Writer • February 5, 2025

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Feb. 3 to discuss upcoming changes to first-year student housing selection for Fall 2025. SGC was joined by Stanley Bazile, vice president of Student Affairs and Campus Life; Laura Davis, director and interim assistant dean of Students in the Office of Residential Life; and Eileen Roth, assistant director for Residential Education and Assessment in Res Life.

IC community remembers former professor Julian Euell

By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • February 5, 2025

Julian Euell, former associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Ithaca College, died Jan. 4 at the age of 78. Euell –– known as “Dr. Only,” by his students, friends and colleagues to honor his commitment to expand representation –– was the first African American professor to receive tenure at Ithaca College.

Q&A: Louis Pratt receives the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for service work

By Reese Schenkel, Proofreader • February 4, 2025

After accumulating over 4,000 hours of service work since 2019, sophomore Louis Pratt was awarded the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Pratt collected these hours through his local chamber of commerce and Students Against Destructive Driving, a student-run certifying organization that promotes safe driving decisions.