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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...

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...

Cutting programs like Deaf studies affects the entire campus community

Cutting programs like Deaf studies affects the entire campus community

By The Ithacan April 18, 2025
Programs like Deaf studies don't just teach language — they teach empathy, advocacy and accessibility. So why are they the first to go? Ithaca College’s recent decision to pause its Deaf studies minor has sparked concern among students, faculty and advocates for inclusive education.
Funding the arts is funding the future

Funding the arts is funding the future

By The Ithacan April 3, 2025

Children use art for both learning and self-expression before they learn how to express their feelings aloud. Kids draw and paint to understand their surroundings and even learn their letters through song....

Ithaca College Dining needs to focus on consistency

Ithaca College Dining needs to focus on consistency

By The Ithacan March 27, 2025

Ithaca College’s Terrace Dining Hall has seen some notable changes throughout the 2024-25 school year, with a remodel, and serious improvements in its offerings and events. However, while many of these...

Scholarships for minorities level the playing field

Scholarships for minorities level the playing field

By The Ithacan March 26, 2025

Over 50 universities across the country, including Ithaca College, are under federal investigation for alleged racial discrimination. IC is one of 6 schools being investigated for scholarships that potentially...

Queer art has shaped the world and how we see it

Queer art has shaped the world and how we see it

By The Ithacan March 21, 2025

During the Harlem Renaissance, queer Black artists and writers helped shape American culture, even as they faced persecution from the very same government that was supposed to protect them. Decades later,...

Ithaca must stand with TCAT workers for a fair deal

Ithaca must stand with TCAT workers for a fair deal

By The Ithacan March 20, 2025

Ithaca’s Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit system may soon come to a standstill, but not because of any mechanical failures; the workers who drive and keep the buses running are being pushed beyond...

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