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Malik Clement

Malik Clement, Managing Editor

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Ithacan Tries: Syd & Malik rumble with ICTV

By Mei Dennison, Sarah Cochi, Julia Hargreaves, Ava Suffredini, Syd Pierre, and Malik Clement
May 2, 2024
Editor-in-Chief Syd Pierre, Managing Editor Malik Clement and News Editor Prakriti Panwar sat down to talk with President La Jerne Cornish about the current campus climate, including free speech and diversity at the college.

Q&A: President La Jerne Cornish discusses campus climate, free speech, and diversity, equity and inclusion

By Syd Pierre, Malik Clement, and Prakriti Panwar
May 1, 2024
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Sophomore Paris Agiomavritis, who is on the appropriations committee and is the assistant to the vice president of communications, is running for the vice president of business and finance position.

SGC hears from Fall 2024 candidates ahead of elections

April 26, 2024
Junior righty pitcher Dan Allard steps up on the mound in the Bombers' 11–6 loss against the SUNY Oswego State Lakers. The Bombers went through six different pitchers in nine innings.

Lakers' strong first inning drives them past the Bombers

April 17, 2024
Senior Malik Clement writes about how film courses can improve student learning by incorporating more inclusive, hands-on experiences.

Commentary: Hands-on film courses are essential to promoting learning and inclusion

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
April 11, 2024
First-year student Taylor Brunn winds up in a game against Alfred University on April 9. Brunn, first-year pitcher Mady Rowell and senior pitcher Ainsley Rogers had not pitched in a collegiate game prior to this season but have played key roles in 2024.

Collegiate inexperience does not phase Bombers’ tightly connected pitching staff

By Billy Wood, Assistant Sports Editor
April 13, 2024
The Ithaca College softball team surround junior pitcher Anna Cornell after another great pitching performance in the Bombers 8–0 victory against the Alfred University Saxons on April 9.

Bombers face tough 9–3 loss against Big Red

By Flynn Hynes, Senior Writer
April 16, 2024
The Ithaca College softball team surround junior pitcher Anna Cornell after another great pitching performance in the Bombers 8–0 victory against the Alfred University Saxons on April 9.

Bombers soar in game one, but suffer crushing defeat in second against the Saxons

By Khari Bolden
April 10, 2024
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Junior Siddharth Vaada eyes the ball as he gets ready to serve. Vaada only competed in singles but won his match in two sets.

Men’s tennis makes easy work of Red Dragons

By Billy Wood, Assistant Sports Editor
April 10, 2024
The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation has resumed funding the scholarship at Ithaca College. The college worked with the foundation and made a decision together to pause selecting a cohort for last year because the college needed to adjust the proposal to match the new purpose.

BOLD Program returns to IC from year-long hiatus with reshaped focus

March 27, 2024
Gary Clark Jr. released his most recent album, “JPEG RAW,” on March 22, which features notable artists like Valerie June, Kyon Harrold and Stevie Wonder.

Gary Clark Jr. releases album with big features

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
March 26, 2024
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From front, sophomore beam/floor Corey Foster, junior beam/floor Caitlin Pellegrino and their bomber teammates lineup in anticipation of the beginning of the 2024 NCGA Regional Championships on March 9.

Gymnastics takes fourth place at NCGA Regional Championships

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
March 11, 2024
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Children of celebrities are overexposed in social media

Children of celebrities are overexposed in social media

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
March 6, 2024
The BIPOC Unity Center announced plans to merge with the college's First-Generation and MLK Scholars Center Feb. 5.

First-Gen, MLK Scholar and BIPOC Unity Center programs merge after recognizing overlap in student need

By Jacquelyn Reaves and Ryan Johnson
March 6, 2024
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Title IX investigator and prevention specialist departs college, interim to start in March

By Prakriti Panwar, News Editor
February 28, 2024
From left, senior Emma Anderson and sophomore Samantha Gallagher will look to perform this season, as head coach Becky Robinson has her eyes set on the NCAA Division III Championship.

Women's rowing looks to go on another championship ride

February 28, 2024
From, left senior third baseman Ethan Rothstein and sophomore pitcher Jack Colyer have big hopes for this season and aim to win the Liberty League for the third year in a row.

Baseball puts league championship chase into full swing

February 29, 2024
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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released their most recent album Feb. 9, titled "VULTURES 1," which has 16 new songs by the artists.

Kanye West continues to tarnish legacy with ‘VULTURES 1’

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
February 13, 2024
Luke Castellan (Charlie Bushnell) gives Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) his pair of winged shoes that had been given to him by his father, Hermes.

‘Percy Jackson’ and the vindication of Olympus’ heroes

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
February 3, 2024
This search comes after Angélica Carrington, former director of the BIPOC Unity Center, departed the college on Nov. 10 with no statement from the college on the reasoning for the departure.

BIPOC Unity Center announces student committee to assist in search for next director

January 31, 2024
An Ithaca College student filed a civil lawsuit against the college and a former associate dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, alleging that he was sexually abused and harassed by four then-employees of the college. The Defendants in the lawsuit both filed motions on Jan. 22 seeking to dismiss all or a majority of the claims in the original complaint.

Defendants file motions to dismiss claims in lawsuit against Ithaca College

January 23, 2024
Bombers' sophomore guard Cole Wissink picks up graduate student forward Jonny Angbazo as he begins to make his way up the court in the Bombers' 82–66 defeat Jan. 19.

Men's basketball fails to hang on against Engineers

January 20, 2024
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Ithacan Fall 2023 Diversity Report

December 6, 2023
From left, senior wide receiver Sam Kline receives a pass over first-year defensive back Naz Jean-Lubin during the 64th annual Cortaca Jug.

Bombers show up big in fall sports season

By Tess Ferguson, Senior Writer
December 2, 2023
From left, junior guard Logan Wendell drives into the lane from the right wing with Pioneers senior forward Damien Call trailing to his left in the Bombers' 82–71 defeat Nov. 27.

Men's basketball falls short against Pioneers

November 28, 2023
Angélica Carrington, former director of the BIPOC Unity Center, and Radeana Hastings, former program coordinator of the BIPOC Unity Center, no longer work at Ithaca College as of Nov. 10. As of Nov. 14, the college has not announced their departures.

Two of BIPOC Unity Center's professional staff members depart the college

November 14, 2023
Graduate student wide receiver Julien Deumaga goes up and secures a big reception over first-year defensive back Naz Jean-Lubin.

Junior defensive back Sam Tourangeau screams and flexes as he attempts to get the crowd pumped up.

Red Dragons senior running back Ashton Capone lunges across the goaline between a pile of Bomber defenders.

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November 7, 2023
Kurt Jordan, professor of anthropology at Cornell University and director of Cornell’s American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, lead a community discussion about his book that gives a brief history of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people, beginning at the end of the last ice age and ending in 2021. 

Book talk presents brief history of the the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people

November 12, 2023
In 12 games, the Ithaca College men's soccer team doubled its win count from the 2022 season. The team is ranked fourth in the Liberty League as of Oct. 25 as opposed to their eighth-place ranking in 2022.

Men's soccer sees drastic improvement in production

October 25, 2023
From left, senior running back Jalen Leonard-Osbourne celebrates after he trotted for a six yard touchdown run past Garnet Charger senior linebacker Spencer Goldstein in the Bombers' 17–9 victory Oct. 14.

Football earns gritty victory over Garnet Chargers

October 15, 2023
Drake's newest album, "For All The Dogs," features a number of other artists including Drake’s son Adonis, J. Cole, SZA, 21 Savage, Yeat, Lil Yachty and more.

“For All The Dogs” highlights melodic and toxic flows

By Malik Clement, Managing Editor
October 11, 2023
Jason Hamilton, professor of environmental studies, shows the structure of a honeycomb to attendants of Bee Fest, hosted by South Hill Apiaries on Oct. 8

College Briefs Oct. 10

October 4, 2023
From left, junior middle blocker Anaya Prince and junior outside hitter Faith Sabatier leap for the ball in the Bombers' 3–1 win on Senior Day.

Volleyball earns dominant win over Skidmore on Senior Day

October 7, 2023
A recent wave of car break-ins has been reported around the Ithaca College campus throughout the month of September. Public Safety also alerted the campus community Sept. 25 of a suspicious individual who was holding a knife and looking into cars around Coddington Road. The alert said it was unclear whether this individual was connected to the wave of break-ins.

Students encouraged to take preventive measures amid recent wave of car burglaries

October 4, 2023
Cornell made a final offer of $4 million annually, invoking a rally Sept. 18 at Cornell’s Ho Plaza, where about 150 members of the Ithaca community gathered to demand a larger contribution. The public showed its displeasure with Cornell again Sept. 20 at the Common Council meeting where 37 of about 100 attendees gave their input to council members.

Ithaca demands larger monetary contribution from Cornell, Common Council to vote Oct. 11

October 4, 2023
from left, junior defender Landon Hellwig intercepts a ball intended for Saints junior defender Will Baker in the Bombers' 1–0 victory Sept. 30.

Men's soccer bests St. Lawrence in 1–0 victory

September 30, 2023
First-year midfielder Colin Adams looks to advance the ball in the Bombers' 2–0 loss to Hobart College Sept. 27.

Men's soccer suffers shutout against Hobart

September 28, 2023
From left, Bombers' graduate student defender Brendan Lebitsch looks to push the ball down field with junior forward Kaleb Steward trailing.

Men's soccer breaks even against Fredonia

September 3, 2023
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International students find insurance process frustrating

By Prakriti Panwar, Assistant News Editor
February 22, 2023
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On June 6 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued a statewide air quality health advisory for fine particulates carried in smoke from Canada wildfires. The entire Northeast United States was affected and residents were advised to stay inside.

Canada wildfires cause air quality issues across Northeast US

June 11, 2023
President La Jerne Terry Cornish and David H. Lissy Chair of the Board of Trustees clap for Francesca Infante-Meehan at the end of her speech to her graduating peers

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Ithaca College will recognize undergraduate students in the Class of 2024 in a commencement ceremony and graduate students in the Class of 2024 in a commencement and hooding ceremony during the weekend of May 18–19, 2024.

College shares commencement plans for Class of 2024

November 8, 2023
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From left, graduates Sheila Wallis, Bea Tria and Cora Payne celebrate at the end of the 2023 commencement ceremony held May 21 in Glazer Arena.

Commencement ceremony held to honor graduating Class of 2023

May 22, 2023
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“You see a student like Rugie [Baldeh], bright, engaged, raising provocative issues, always in the conversation and then one day you come to class, and she's staring out of the window,” Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, professor in the Department of Politics, said. “You can't even continue teaching. It's impossible. … Just watching my students in class when they go through a situation like that is literally heartbreaking.”

Student racially profiled and wrongfully fired from Walmart

May 8, 2023
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Donations given to Ithaca College on April 25 for its annual Giving Day surpassed the amount raised in previous years. This year, some organizations and programs offered new opportunities for giving.

Giving Day 2023 raises record amount for annual fund and student opportunities

April 26, 2023
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Recapping the Ithaca Forever Strategic Plan and 116 faculty reductions

April 19, 2023
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Ithaca College athletes get blunt about NCAA marijuana policy

By Aidan Charde, Sports Editor
April 19, 2023
From left, Union's sophomore catcher Nahnny Sobetzko attempts to tag sophomore first baseman Cynthia Ehrenfeld, who scored off of the run.

Softball strikes out Union in home doubleheader

By Aidan Charde and Ryan Collins
April 16, 2023
Although no physical bus hub has been built yet, Ferguson said the DIA will consult the survey along with other bus hubs surrounding Ithaca, like Burlington, Vermont, Binghamton and Corning, New York, for ideas.

Downtown Ithaca Alliance plans to create a new bus hub

April 12, 2023
The Center for IDEAS also announced dates for focus group sessions for students to be involved in the name change process.

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August 21, 2023
Scott Doyle, director of Energy Management and Sustainability, said the charger at Circles Community Center went down recently and he and his team are looking into what caused the issue.

College looks to expand electric vehicle charging on campus

April 5, 2023
Students gathered around Free Speech Rock outside of Phillips Hall to listen to faculty members' stories, reflections and concerns with the institutionalized discrimination on Ithaca College's campus.

IC Rise Up works with faculty members in solidarity walkout

March 31, 2023
Students gathered around Free Speech Rock outside of Phillips Hall to listen to faculty members' stories, reflections and concerns with the institutionalized discrimination on Ithaca College's campus.

IC Rise Up works with faculty members in solidarity walkout

March 31, 2023
The summary was shared Feb. 1, 2023, with music faculty and staff, and participants remained unnamed. In the summary, faculty and staff without tenure and faculty and staff of color expressed feeling silenced and ignored by senior faculty.

Cultural review in former School of Music exposes tension among employees

March 22, 2023
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Junior Arthur Robbins-Geller looks down at his phone. Slang terms are often exchanged between people through dialogue and online spaces and have evolved since the beginning of time.

Students 'rizz' up vocabulary with day-to-day slang

March 8, 2023
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Butterfield Stadium is one of two natural grass football fields in the Liberty League. However, Ithaca College announced in November that the field would be replaced with an artificial turf surface.

Planned turf field at IC to contain toxic chemicals

February 8, 2023
From left, graduate student guard Luka Radovich drives into Dutchmen senior forward Chris Lovisolo toward the basket.

Men's basketball rallies from halftime deficit to defeat Union

February 4, 2023
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From left, sophomore guard Logan Wendell from the Bombers shoots over senior guard Patrick Walker of the Statesmen.

Men's basketball drops conference competition against Hobart

January 29, 2023
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Former president Collado received $172,796 payment before layoffs

By Elijah de Castro, Senior Writer
January 25, 2023
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