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The campus community was informed of the incident at 10:49 a.m. Oct. 16 via an email from the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management (OPS). According to the email, the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) is investigating the burglary with support from the OPS. It was reported that someone broke into the building, stole a television and fell asleep in the building.

Ithaca police settles lawsuit with IC alum for $251,000

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
January 22, 2020
From left, freshman Sierra Martinez, senior Nicole Morris and freshman Liam Roberts read an anecdote about Dillingham professors.

UPDATE: College responds to racially charged theater incident

By Alexis Manore and Ashley Stalnecker
December 18, 2019
Freshman Sam Pekola studies in the honors student lounge in the Peggy Ryan Williams Center. The honors program will be moving from the garden level of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center to Mueller Faculty Center in Summer 2020.

Honors Program to be restructured in School of H&S

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
December 11, 2019
From left, freshmen Grace Madeya and Henry Wade, Class of 2023 senators, and sophomore Senator-at-Large Maxwell Powers present the Magazine Sustainability Amendment to the Student Governance Council on Dec. 9.

SGC passes bill to limit printing of on-campus publications

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
December 11, 2019
Cornell University Police received a call of bombs being placed in Law School, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall at 2:12 p.m.

Residence director dies in on-campus residence

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
November 8, 2019
The housing development is being developed by Modern Living Rentals and Visum Development Group, two Ithaca-based real estate companies. The building will be made up of 66 apartment units and 153 total beds.

New housing development aimed towards students to be built

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
November 6, 2019
La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced that Karl Paulnack, dean of the School of Music, and Diane Gayeski, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, will be leaving their positions at the end of the 2019–20 academic year.

College begins national searches for new deans

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
October 23, 2019
Brian Petersen, the new director of the Ithaca College Center for Counseling and Psychological Services, answers questions on his plans for CAPS.

Q&A: New CAPS director discusses future goals

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
October 7, 2019
Students gather outside the Athletics & Events Center, waiting to begin the Convocation ceremony. Bob Dylan and his band will be performing at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 here.

Bob Dylan to perform at Athletics and Events Center

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
September 9, 2019
The new 24-hour call service, called the CAPS after-hours on-call counselor, is available any time that CAPS is closed.

CAPS adds new services and hires new staff

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
September 5, 2019
Wendy Kobler will be the new vice president for institutional advancement beginning Sept. 1.

College names vice president for institutional advancement

By Alexis Manore, Assistant News Editor
July 19, 2019
Junior Jase Barrack played as a goalie on the Ithaca College men's club soccer team. It was announced May 10 that he had died after an off campus incident.

Ithaca College student dies after Off-Campus incident

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
May 10, 2019
Members of OURstory is not HIStory gathered at Free Speech Rock outside of Campus Center to protest the sexual violence against women of color.

Students protest sexual violence against women of color

By Alexis Manore and Ashley Stalnecker
May 3, 2019
The Ithacan is highlighting exceptional seniors from each of the five schools on campus who have done exemplary work in their major and across campus throughout their four years at Ithaca College.

Senior Spotlights: School of Music

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
May 1, 2019
From left, junior Farwa Shakeel, newly elected president of SGC for the 2019–20 academic year, sits with freshman Abby Murtha, incoming SGC Senate Chair for the 2019–20 academic year, at the SGC meeting.

SGC elects senate chair for 2019–20 academic year

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 30, 2019
From left, juniors Emily Bonanno, Morgan Shibel and Gabrielle Picca present their platform presentation April 18. Senior Year is Coming was elected for Class of 2020 senior council.

SGC elections for 2019–20 academic year announced

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
Ithaca College President Shirley Collado presented to the SGC on the five year strategic plan and how the process will look going forward. She emphasized on the importance of community feedback.

President Collado and Provost Cornish discussed strategic plan at SGC

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 23, 2019
From left, junior Farwa Shakeel, sophomore Connor Shea, sophomore Allison Kelley present the platform for their ticket, IC Change, during the platform presentations April 18.

SGC and Class of 2020 council candidates present platforms

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 21, 2019
Sophomore Alex Perry, varsity sports senator, gives a presentation on the Transgender Varsity Athlete Policy Recommendation during SGC's April 15 meeting. The bill calls on the college’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to update its website with a direct policy on transgender athletes. It passed unanimously.

SGC passes bill to add transgender athlete policy to college website

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
Bill Guerrero, vice president for finance and administration, is leaving the college to take the role of vice president for finance and administration at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

VP of finance discusses future of Dining Services with SGC

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Junior senator-at-large Vaughn Golden presents on the Allocations Handbook Revision Act during SGC's April 1 meeting. The bill was sponsored by Golden and sophomore Allison Kelley, senator for the business school. They are both members of the Appropriations Committee.

SGC discusses new event and passes bill to reform allocations process

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
Roger Richardson, associate vice president for the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life, presents on the steering committee's work during one of the forums.

College holds forums to get feedback on Campus Center redesign

By Alexis Manore and Alyshia Korba
March 31, 2019
Examples of catcalls are written in chalk near the Ithaca College Library. They are a part of the Catcalls of Ithaca Instagram campaign, which seeks to raise awareness about forms of sexual harassment that occur on campus.

IC student begins campaign to combat catcalling in Ithaca

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
March 27, 2019
Erin Forquer, psychologist at Cornell Health, pictured in an Athletic Training Office, one of the rooms on Cornell’s campus aside for Let’s Talk. She said they have it in that room to attract more student athletes.

CAPS develops new counseling program to better serve students

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
March 19, 2019
Sophomore senator-at-large Elijah Nishiura presents the Civic Engagement Bill to the SGC during its Feb. 25 meeting. The bill requires the SGC to purchase 400 stamps to provide to students for free during election cycles.

SGC passes bill to provide free stamps for absentee ballots

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
February 26, 2019
Freshman Sebestian Chavez was elected senator-at-large by the Sudent Governance Council. The council is still looking to fill twelve empty seats on the counsil as quickly as possible.

SGC fills positions while many remain vacant

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Approximately 25 percent of faculty responded to the survey. Faculty and experts have been critical of the results because they lack representative data that encapsulates enough experiences of faculty.

Experts and Ithaca College faculty critical of survey results

By Alexis Manore and Elizabeth Henning
December 12, 2018
William Guerrero, vice president of the Division of Finance and Administration at Ithaca College, discusses plans to increase affordability and address student concerns surrounding meal plans and residential halls.

VP of finance presents plans to increase affordability to SGC

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
December 12, 2018
From left, Senior Research Analyst Elijah Earl, Chief Analytics Officer Yuko Mulugetta and senior President’s Fellow Anna Gardner discuss the National Survey of Student Engagement. This survey has previously struggled to garner enough student responses to yield legitimate data.

SGC gives feedback on response rate of upcoming student survey

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
December 4, 2018
From left, Junior Matthew Feiler, Hillel’s religious life co-chair; and Senior Rachel Steinmetz, president of Hillel, present Hillel's proposed bill to the Student Governance Council. The bill, which focuses on holiday accommodations, was tabled at the Nov. 12 SGC meeting.

SGC discusses religious holidays bill and changes to TCAT route

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
November 13, 2018
From left, senior Seondre Carolina, SGC vice president of business and finance; freshman Abigail Murtha, senator for the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance; and sophomore Allison Kelley, senator for the business school at the Nov. 7 SGC meeting.

Religious leader presents new initiatives to SGC

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
November 7, 2018
Hierald Osorto, director of religious and spiritual life, speaks at the open forum held with IC Color and members of the college administration Oct. 30. The event was held in the Athletic and Events Center.

Tensions rise during LGBTQ forum

By Alexis Manore and Erika Liberati
October 31, 2018
From left, senior SGC President Alyse Harris; junior Farwa Shakeel, SGC vice president of academic affairs; and senior Senate Chair Joe Anthony Cruz at the Oct. 29 meeting. The SGC discussed the college's policies on student-faculty relationships, the recent increase in tuition and mental health transport.

SGC discusses student-faculty relationship policies

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 31, 2018
Members of the Ithaca College and local community attended a vigil in Muller Chapel Oct. 28 held to honor the victims and survivors of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Oct. 27. Eleven members of the Jewish community were murdered at the scene.

Hillel hosts vigil to honor victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 30, 2018
embers of Eliminating Abortion Stigma and Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes discuss abortion rights at a speak out event hosted by Ithaca College Planned Parenthood Generation Action.

Speak out held for abortion rights

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 24, 2018
Senior Laura Waxman, a BOLD scholar, spoke at the event “Engaging Mental Health in People of Color (EMPOC)” to discuss the mental health of people of color Oct. 11.

BOLD scholars discuss mental health of people of color

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018
Multiple police departments, including local and state officers, raided several Ithaca bars during the month of September. The raids were part of a crack down on underage drinking and use of illegal IDs.

Police raid downtown Ithaca bars for illegal IDs and underage drinking

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 10, 2018
Costa joined the college in September 2018, and his last day will be Sept. 4. Pringle, who retired in June 2019, preceded Costa in these roles.    

SGC discusses new sexual harassment laws

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 3, 2018
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, led a discussion event “The Future, Still: Constellations of Indigenous Resurgence,” as the first installment of the CSCRE's 2018-19 discussion series.

Professor discusses issues faced by indigenous peoples

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
October 1, 2018
Approximately 50 students attended the event, which took place at Free Speech Rock outside of Campus Center at 1 p.m., to show their support for Christine Blasey Ford, who came forward with allegations that Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault her, and Deborah Ramirez, who claims Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party.  

Students walk out in support of sexual assault survivors

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
September 25, 2018
Senior Kylee Roberts, vice president of communications for the Student Governance Council, discusses a new initiative to increase interactions between SGC senators and their constituents.

SGC plans for new bill to add gender neutral bathrooms in Park School

By Alexis Manore, Staff Writer
September 25, 2018
TCAT received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration through the Low or No Emission Vehicle Program — established in 2016 — to invest in electric buses. TCAT is the only bus system in New York to be awarded the grant, receiving a total of $2.29 million.

TCAT receives grant for energy efficient buses

By Alexis Manore, Contributing Writer
September 18, 2018
The event was held in the Taughannock Falls Room in Phillips Hall, at which nine students, all running unopposed, gave speeches about why they are eligible candidates for their respective positions on the SGC Senate.

Prospective SGC senators present platforms

By Alexis Manore, Contributing Writer
September 12, 2018
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