Commentary: COVID-19 created new challenges for LGBTQ+ students
I am lucky that who I love, and my gender, has not ended my life, nor worsened my mental health during a time in which everything is unraveling.
I am lucky that who I love, and my gender, has not ended my life, nor worsened my mental health during a time in which everything is unraveling.
President Ronald Reagan ignored the AIDS epidemic, similar to how President Donald J. Trump ignored COVID-19 as it began to sweep across the country.
The realignment of schools, departments and programs needs to be based on the imagination of those who teach, think, research and write — faculty.
With the safety blanket that comes along with the “student” label, college is the perfect space to fully live in the moments of young adulthood.
The SLT has repeatedly stated they took feedback on the strategic plan, but the real decision hinged on a reduction to 5,000 students.
When Ithaca College announced Dr. Shirley M. Collado as our next president in 2017, I (alongside much of the campus community) was thrilled.
Looking around at a college changed by a pandemic, economic decline and administrative negligence, I wonder if I would have made the same decision.
As I grew older, I began to realize a pattern: I tend to have an urge to buy a new pair of shoes every time a romantic endeavor fails.
The administration’s commitment to disaster capitalism has permanently divided our community. Our wounds are deep; they will not be easily healed.
As we watch our community reeling from the current cuts, we should be invested in unambiguously defending tenure as a cherished institutional value.
The restaurant industry, which thrives on tourism and the ability for people to gather together in a space, has been hit extra hard by the pandemic.
It would be strategic for us to work on healing these traumas and learning how to offer each other compassion, even within stark disagreement.