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The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Sept. 15 to speak to Reginald Briggs — senior director of Dining Services — about issues with food services on campus. Briggs presented a flyer to give clarity on all of the services offered on campus.

SGC discusses food service changes and issues with Dining Services

By Naomi Martin, Contributing Writer • September 17, 2025
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Sept. 15 to speak to Reginald Briggs — senior director of dining services — about issues with food services on campus. Notable changes include the limited meal swipe exchange hours at Towers Eatery, removal of both the paninis at the Dailies Cafe and build-your-own subs at Eleven Wall Cafe.
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council held platform presentations Sept. 15 in the Klingenstein Lounge on the second floor of the Campus Center for candidates running in the Fall 2025 election. Candidates are able to campaign from 9 a.m. Sept. 16 to 4:59 p.m. Sept 19.

SGC holds platform presentations for Fall 2025 candidates

By James Ambrosini, Contributing Writer • September 17, 2025
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council held platform presentations Sept. 15 in the Klingenstein Lounge on the second floor of the Campus Center for candidates running in the Fall 2025 election. Candidates are able to campaign from 9 a.m. Sept. 16 to 4:59 p.m. Sept 19.
From left, sophomores Bella Phelps and Sam Rock protest held signs on the street corner in favor of the right to an abortion as the sound of passing car horns filled the street in support.

IC students protest against crisis pregnancy centers with End Abortion Stigma

By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • September 15, 2025
About 15 Ithaca College students and members of End Abortion Stigma held signs on the street corner in favor of the right to an abortion as the sound of passing car horns filled the street in support. 
The award recognizes Yeo for his leadership in creating a more sustainable future. Tunku Mohamed Alauddin Tunku Naquiyuddin, a Negeri Sembilan royal, presented the award to Yeo.

Q&A: Senior Ye Hang Yeo wins sustainability award for documentary

By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • September 15, 2025
Senior Ye Hang Yeo — a documentary studies and production, and world languages and cultures double major — won the Influential Leader/CEO in Sustainability Award at the Asia Pacific CEO Sustainability Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in Summer 2025.
A former Ithaca College student, Jonathan D’Agostino, was declared missing by the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Department Sept. 10.

Former Ithaca College student missing

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor • September 12, 2025
A former Ithaca College student, Jonathan D’Agostino, was declared missing by the New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Department Sept. 10. Video footage showed him leaving the IC campus around 6:30 a.m. Sept. 7, according to the missing person release. An IC spokesperson told Syracuse.com he last attended IC in Fall 2023.
Senior Holden Prescott working at the Eleven Wall Cafe. Located in the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, the cafe used to offer build-your-own sandwiches and now offers açai bowls.

Changes to meal exchange program cause confusion

By Isabel Alasio, Newsletter Editor • September 11, 2025
Changes to Ithaca College’s meal exchange program from the 2024-25 academic year to the 2025-26 academic year have surprised students and student employees. Many students are confused about what meal exchange options are currently available and what each cafe serves.
From left, junior goalkeeper Jameson Wong and first-year midfielder Jack Murphy represented Team China and Team Ireland in the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship in Seogwipo, South Korea.

IC lacrosse players take talents to international level

By Isabella McSweeney, Sports Editor • September 11, 2025
After falling short of the postseason, two members of the Ithaca College men’s lacrosse team decided to take their talents across the world to Seogwipo, South Korea to celebrate their heritage and compete in the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship.
The drop of around 200 students enrolled in the School of Humanities and Sciences in the 2022-23 academic year to the 2024-25 academic year shifted H&S from making up 25.86% of the student body to 23.3% of the student body.

Enrollment in School of Humanities and Sciences decreases

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • September 11, 2025
The total number of students enrolled in the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences has decreased continuously between the 2022-23 academic year and the 2024-25 academic year.
Q&A: Jesse Eisenberg talks college career before his visit to campus

Q&A: Jesse Eisenberg talks college career before his visit to campus

By Sheelagh Doe, Life and Culture Editor • September 10, 2025

Jesse Eisenberg is coming to Ithaca College on Sept. 15 as a Park Distinguished Visitor. The Ithacan spoke to the award-winning screenwriter, director, and Emmy and Oscar-nominated actor in an exclusive...

Luca Maurer — executive director for student equity, inclusion and belonging in the Center for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging — said the Center for EIB helps support affinity groups for faculty and staff like groups focused on supporting early career, LGBTQ+ and remote working faculty and staff.

SGC discusses inclusion on campus amid federal pressures

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor • September 9, 2025
The Ithaca College Student Governance Council met Sept. 8 to hear from Luca Maurer — executive director for student equity, inclusion and belonging in the Center for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging — about his office’s efforts to foster inclusion on campus in the face of federal pressures at the council's first meeting of Fall 2025.
Blooms look like blue-green clumps or paint streaks on the surface of the water. Just from appearance, it is impossible to determine whether the blooms are toxic or not.

Harmful algal blooms increase in Cayuga Lake as global temperature rises

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor • September 8, 2025
In the summer months around Cayuga Lake, familiar green clumps can be spotted on the water. These are harmful algal blooms (HABs), potentially toxic growths of bacteria that can harm people and animals. As Earth's temperature continues to rise, HABs reports have drastically increased over the last four decades, making them a more difficult issue to contain. However, the Ithaca community has many ways of managing them. 
Photography by Erin Soltano, Marissa Moschella, and Mei Dennison. Illustration by Kaiden Chandler.

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