June 5, 2023
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Editorial: Chief diversity officer position is questionable

By The Ithacan | Apr 20, 2016

The college already has a role that fulfills this job description: the associate provost for diversity, inclusion and engagement.


Editorial: Student body should select student trustee

By The Ithacan | Apr 20, 2016

Like in any other representative system, it seems natural that the student body would select its own representative.


Editorial: Conversation on assault has gender problems

By The Ithacan | Apr 13, 2016

Prevention strategies revolve mostly around what women should do to mitigate their risk and not enough on cultivating a respectful culture.


Editorial: Youth must turn energy into informed votes

By The Ithacan | Apr 13, 2016

Youth voting is making the long-awaited upturn, but we cannot make it for the wrong, misguided reasons.


Editorial: SGA must address senator attendance issues

By The Ithacan | Apr 6, 2016

The focus on numbers has made little difference by way of legislative power, but instead has recruited more senators who need harshly worded emails to prompt them to show up.


Editorial: Resident Assistants have problems beyond money

By The Ithacan | Apr 6, 2016

There needs to be a better work-life balance — the kind that RAs are supposed to promote among their residents.


Editorial: Rochon adjusts his focus for final tenure

By The Ithacan | Mar 30, 2016

Based on President Tom Rochon’s stated priorities for the year-and-a-half remainder of his tenure, one conclusion is for certain: He has finally seen some light.


Editorial: Microaggression mishap warrants conversation

By The Ithacan | Mar 30, 2016

The best response is not finger-pointing or censorship, but free and open conversation.


Editorial: Network outages create embarrassing situation

By The Ithacan | Mar 23, 2016

These outages have been an embarrassment for DIIS and for the college’s brand, which depends on a competent network and navigable system of communication at all times.


Editorial: Shared Governance group fails to motivate campus

By The Ithacan | Mar 23, 2016

Having no clear vision to propose to the community provides little motivation for people to get involved and contribute to this vision — a vicious cycle of counterproductiveness.


Editorial: Educators should address media career gender gap

By The Ithacan | Mar 9, 2016

The numbers are there; we need only encourage those budding communicators to stay on their paths and pursue the careers they want in media.


Editorial: Tenured faculty must represent minorities

By The Ithacan | Mar 9, 2016

Colleges nationwide need to be more forthcoming with data on their tenured faculty to ensure that we prioritize maintaining a diverse professional environment.