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Increasing parking permit prices can burden students more than just financially

Increasing parking permit prices can burden students more than just financially

By The Ithacan September 20, 2025

Ithaca College has raised the cost of upper-class student parking permit prices from $152 to $225 for the 2025-2026 school year. The costs of both first-year and graduate students’ permits have not...

Haley Miller discusses right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk's death and the long overdue conversation on gun violence.

Public responses to varying attacks show why gun violence must be addressed

By Haley Miller September 20, 2025

Once again, another act of gun violence. Charlie Kirk, a right-wing youth activist, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University Sept. 10. This act of violence occurred during a rally while Kirk was speaking...

IC needs to better communicate with students

IC needs to better communicate with students

By The Ithacan September 11, 2025

In the wake of Ithaca College’s new dining implementations, many students have been left wondering where they can get their next meal on campus. Though none of the cafes on campus have moved locations...

Verifying news from social media is critical to stop the spread of misinformation

Verifying news from social media is critical to stop the spread of misinformation

By The Ithacan September 10, 2025

The way we experience the world has greatly changed with the emergence of social media. Even how we learn about the world, i.e., the news has evolved throughout time. Newspapers first emerged in the early...

Universities should provide clarity on extra costs

Universities should provide clarity on extra costs

By The Ithacan August 28, 2025

For many, affording to stay enrolled in college can be a great challenge. The average full-time undergraduate student pays about $1,240 a year just on course materials like textbooks. A Gallup and Lumina...

Children's media aids in addressing difficult topics

Children’s media aids in addressing difficult topics

By The Ithacan August 28, 2025

Adults still remember the shows they grew up with: the bright colors, the catchy songs and their favorite childhood characters. What they do not always realize is how those characters follow them and continue...

AI on campus: Navigating the new normal in school

AI on campus: Navigating the new normal in school

By Isabella Bogosel and Narges Kasiri May 1, 2025

Artificial intelligence is rapidly weaving its way into campus life, and our community is learning to navigate it in real time. In a multi-week research project, our Advanced Decision Making with Analytics...

Diminished expectations create disengaged students

Diminished expectations create disengaged students

By Lorien Tyne, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2025

I came to Ithaca College for The Ithacan because decades of passionate students built a legacy worth committing four years contributing to. It is this newsroom and the people that give it life that have...

Revoking visas and status limits students’ expression

Revoking visas and status limits students’ expression

By The Ithacan May 1, 2025

The President Donald Trump administration's recent actions targeting international students should not be seen as ordinary immigration policy. The termination of students’ legal statuses and visas are...

Effective activism needs to go beyond social media

Effective activism needs to go beyond social media

By The Ithacan May 1, 2025

Generation Z is often hailed as “the activist generation,” but social media has complicated what activism looks like. In recent years, major humanitarian crises have gone viral, only to be forgotten...

Holocaust survivors' stories teach important lessons

Holocaust survivors’ stories teach important lessons

By The Ithacan April 25, 2025

This week, students from Ithaca College were preparing to attend a powerful event: an in-person talk with a Holocaust survivor. But, just days before the visit, the speaker, Judy Altmann, fell ill and...

The future of our climate depends on affordability and accessibility

The future of our climate depends on affordability and accessibility

By The Ithacan April 24, 2025

With the Ithaca College campus observing Sustainability Week and the broader community coming together for Earth Day, it’s a time to reflect not just on environmental progress, but on the deeper meaning...

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