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Senior Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief of The Ithacan, reflects on her time reporting on President Shirley M. Collados administration over the past two years and discusses how it needs to work on its transparency.

Commentary: Collado needs to fully practice transparency

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
May 1, 2019
An L.A. Confidential movie poster hung in the basement of the Roy H. Park School of Communications was vandalized with the message believe survivors. The movie starred now disgraced actor Kevin Spacey.

UPDATE: Students react to Kevin Spacey movie poster vandalism

By Cam Sessinger and Grace Elletson
March 29, 2019
The Office of the Provost at Ithaca College announced March 19 that the provost is currently seeking applications for three new positions.

College begins search for new VP of marketing and enrollment

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
March 6, 2019
Freshman Kelly Perkins studied in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance preprofessional program. She died in a car accident March 4.

BREAKING: Ithaca College student dies in car accident

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
March 4, 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.

UPDATE: Car stolen from Ithaca College parking lot found

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019
The Ithaca College Office of Religious and Spiritual Life is working with Inner Harbor to provide grief resources for the campus community.

Student files human rights discrimination complaint against IC

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
February 6, 2019
From left, seniors Kat Walsh and Grace Elletson, community outreach manager and editor in chief of The Ithacan, write about the papers most recent efforts to represent the community in its reporting.

Commentary: The Ithacan completes gender audit

By Grace Elletson and Kat Walsh
December 13, 2018
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.

UPDATE: IC student apologizes for use of racial slur in video

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
December 8, 2018
The School of Americas Watch 2018 Border Encuentro hosted an “Overnight Vigil in Solidarity with the Refugee Caravan” on the Arizona side of the border Nov. 17. The vigil also included a die-in, which protested the deaths and disappearances of those who attempted to cross the southern border. The encuentro was held from Nov. 15 to 18 in Arizona and Mexico.

Students protest violence at the Arizona-Mexico border

By Grace Elletson, Maggie McAden, and Ryan King
November 28, 2018
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.

BREAKING: IC modern languages professor Richard Rainville dies

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
November 9, 2018
Rev. James Touchton, chaplain of the Ithaca College Protestant Community, will resign from his position at the end of Fall 2018, according to a statement Touchton posted in an ICPC alumni Facebook page as well as an Intercom announcement posted Oct. 25.

UPDATE: Community reacts to Protestant Community chaplain resignation

By Grace Elletson and Krissy Waite
October 26, 2018
Grace Elletson and Kat Walsh, editor in chief and community outreach manager of The Ithacan, write about the papers plans to become a more inclusive and representative newspaper.

Commentary: The Ithacan strives to be more inclusive

By Grace Elletson, Kat Walsh, and The Ithacan
October 3, 2018
The Ithaca College Republicans released a statement Sept. 4 after Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an undocumented Mexican farmer, was charged with the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old student at the University of Iowa. IC Republicans released a follow-up statement Sept. 24 admitting that the statement generalized that all undocumented immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans.

IC Republicans slam undocumented immigrants over Mollie Tibbetts’ death

By Grace Elletson, Editor in Chief
September 12, 2018
Snapshot: How to save a piss-poor party

Snapshot: How to save a piss-poor party

By Grace Elletson, Senior Writer
May 2, 2018
Senior Caleb Slater, President of the Ithaca College Republicans, walks through the crowd before a previous speaker event. Slater was one of the main organizers of the Milo Yiannopoulos event.

College prevents Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking on campus

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
April 25, 2018
Juniors Annalise Haldeman Vanessa Zimmerman were both members of Ithaca Colleges Protestant Community. When they began dating, they said they felt excluded from the community.

LGBTQ students say IC’s Protestant Community is exclusive

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
A SWAT team member walks back to his vehicle after responding to a situation where a man barricaded himself in a house on Hudson Street.

UPDATE: SWAT team responds to domestic abuse situation on Hudson

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
November 27, 2017
Nagee Green, pictured in Tompkins County Court on Nov. 6, was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

UPDATE: Green sentenced to 20 years in jail for murder and assault

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
November 6, 2017
Barstool Ithaca is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter that has posted content making fun of rape and commentary about Ithaca College athletes that include sexual references about women.

Barstool Ithaca raises questions about sports culture at IC

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
October 25, 2017
Roger Richardson will no longer hold the interim chief diversity officer position at the college and will continue in his role as associate provost of diversity, inclusion and engagement.

Diversity officer position search put on hold

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
October 25, 2017
Review: Miley Cyrus earns her place in the spotlight

Review: Miley Cyrus earns her place in the spotlight

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
October 9, 2017
Ithaca College sees lowest enrollment since 2008

Ithaca College sees lowest enrollment since 2008

By Grace Elletson
October 4, 2017
CAPS counselors see 17 to 18 percent of the student population, and in November 2016 there was a 15 percent increase in demand for counseling services, as previously reported by The Ithacan.

CAPS adds two new counselors in attempt to meet student demand

By Ana Borruto and Grace Elletson
September 28, 2017
Nagee Green was found guilty of the murder of former Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire.

Suspect in IC student’s murder awaits verdict in retrial

By Grace Elletson and Sierra Guardiola
September 28, 2017
Rosanna Ferro, the current associate dean at Williams College, was directly appointed to the position of vice president of student affairs by President Shirley M. Collado without a formal search.

UPDATE: Collado brings new leadership and direction to student affairs

By Grace Elletson and Sophia Tulp
September 21, 2017
Ithaca College students are eligible for partial refunds to their room and board for Spring 2020 because of switch to online learning due to COVID-19.

Construction worker suing Ithaca College following injury

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
September 20, 2017
Megan Graham, assistant professor, left, and Rachel Gunderson, former instructor, hug Shoshe Cole, former assistant professor, after signing the final contingent faculty contract March 26.

Faculty union resolves its NLRB lawsuits with Ithaca College

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
September 13, 2017
Those who attended the remembrance gathering took time to relfect at the plaque and tree erected outside of the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise building in memory of former student Anthony Nazaire.

College remembers the life of former IC student Anthony Nazaire

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
September 11, 2017
IC board of trustees lacks gender and racial diversity

IC board of trustees lacks gender and racial diversity

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
September 7, 2017
Shirley M. Collado discussed the sexual abuse conviction during the presidential search process.

Collado talks leadership strategy with student media

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
August 31, 2017
Ithaca College president Shirley Collado condemned white supremacy following the weekend events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Collado condemns white supremacy after Charlottesville violence

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
August 15, 2017
Nagee Green was found guilty of the murder of former Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire.

Green convicted of assault but jury deadlocked on murder

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
June 20, 2017
Nagee Green was found guilty of the murder of former Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire.

Jury to decide fate of IC student’s accused killer

By Grace Elletson and Sierra Guardiola
June 14, 2017
Kurt Lichtman, lecturer in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, dropped the suit he filed against the contingent faculty union.

Faculty member sues contingent faculty union

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
April 25, 2017
Susan Rankin, principal of Rankin & Associates Consulting, the firm hired to conduct the campus-climate survey, conducted two public sessions April 25 to discuss and present the results of the campus climate survey.

Climate survey shows marginalized students struggle at IC

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
April 24, 2017
The New York State Police are investigating an armed robbery of Top Shelf Liquor, a store on Danby Road, that occurred Dec. 27.

Former IC student pleads guilty for possessing child pornography

By Grace Elletson and Sophia Adamucci
April 21, 2017
Public Safety sends out alert on forcible touching

Public Safety sends out alert on forcible touching

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
April 12, 2017
The contingent faculty union held the vote to ratify the contract April 6 in the Campus Center Fishbowl.

Ithaca College faculty union ratifies contract

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
April 7, 2017
From left, John Longtin, an SEIU representative, and Pete Jones, the administration’s lawyer, sign a union contract March 26, 2017. The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union has recently raised concerns that the college is not abiding by the contract it signed in Spring 2017.

IC faculty have mixed reactions to union contract agreement

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 29, 2017
Ithaca College contingent faculty members celebrate as they reach an agreement with the administration regarding contracts during a bargaining session on March 27.

UPDATE: Contingent faculty union discloses details on contract

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 26, 2017
The contingent faculty unions address media at a March 8 press conference. On March 23, the Ithaca College bargaining committee presented the most comprehensive compensation and job security proposal to date.

UPDATE: Unions say strike is still on

By Grace Elletson
March 23, 2017
A demonstrator holds a sign at a rally held to support contingent faculty in February. The contingent faculty unions met with the administration March 21 for a bargaining session but not enough movement was made to impede the scheduled strike.

Strike still on despite union bargaining session with college

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 22, 2017
Sophomore Dominique De Lisle, an Ithaca College CSTEP student poses for a picture with Senator Jesse Hamilton at Advocacy Day on Feb. 14 — a day where HEOP and CSTEP students around New York state went to Albany to rally for more funding for state funded scholarships.

State scholarship program may lose funding for next fiscal year

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 21, 2017
Amy Goodman, the third inductee into the I. F. Stone Hall of Fame, spoke at the eigth annual Izzy Awards in 2016.

Ithaca College Izzy Award recipients announced

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 20, 2017
The contingent faculty unions have announced that they will strike on March 28 and 29 if a contract agreement is not reached.

Contingent faculty unions announce strike date

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 9, 2017
Ithaca women join in on A Day Without a Woman strike

Ithaca women join in on “A Day Without a Woman” strike

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 8, 2017
Rachel Gunderson, instructor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, addresses media at a press conference that the contingent faculty unions will be filing an unfair labor practice lawsuit against Ithaca College.

Unfair labor lawsuit filed against Ithaca College

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 8, 2017
A protestor holds a sign at the Feb. 24 rally held by the Ithaca College contingent faculty unions. The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management have threatened legal action against the unions if they continue to protest at the front entrances of the college.

Public Safety warns union representative of legal action

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
March 1, 2017
Part-time, full-time contingent faculty and supporters hold protest outside of the main campus entrance on Feb. 20, 2017.

Faculty unions rally to send a message to prospective students

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
February 20, 2017
Conservative and liberal students have known to clash in the classroom at Ithaca College but the intellectual diversity debate has taken a new spin since the presidential election of Donald Trump.

Students struggle for intellectual diversity at Ithaca College

By Grace Elletson and Samantha Mendiguren
February 15, 2017
Megan Graham, assistant writing professor, along with faculty and student supporters, announced Feb. 14 that the strike vote had passed — giving the unions authorization to take actions up to and including a strike against Ithaca College.

IC contingent faculty vote to authorize strike

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
February 14, 2017
Brody Smith, an attorney representing the college from Bond, Schoeneck & King, speaks to the Ithaca Town board to dissuade them from taking away fire protection from Ithaca College at a public hearing held Feb. 13.

Public hearing held on rescinding fire protection from IC

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
February 14, 2017
The contingent faculty union members give a news conference Dec. 8 initially announcing the possibility of a strike vote.

Contingent faculty to hold strike vote on campus Feb. 13–14

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
February 8, 2017
This announcement follows the committees decision to close the search in December to ensure the confidentiality of the candidates.

IC presidential search adds input from campus community

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
February 1, 2017
Pictured above is a rally held Jan. 28 in the city of Ithaca in response to President Donald Trumps rhetoric toward immigrants. On Jan. 27, President Trump signed an executive order severely limiting travel from seven predominantly muslim countries into the United Sates.

Trump’s immigration order impacts Ithaca College community

By Erin Conway and Grace Elletson
February 1, 2017
The Class of 2016 celebrates commencement in May 2016.

Graduation speaker announced for Class of 2017

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
January 26, 2017
Pictured above is a previous rally held for the contingent faculty unions. Since it was held on Oct. 19, the part time–faculty union has made progress in negotiations with the administration but still remain stuck on compensation — the one issue that might send them to strike.

Ithaca College prepares for possible contingent faculty strike

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
January 25, 2017
Rochon reflects on tenure as president at All-College Meeting

Rochon reflects on tenure as president at All-College Meeting

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
January 24, 2017
Terri Stewart, director of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, will be leaving the college to take a new job at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York.

Public Safety director takes new job

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
January 12, 2017
Sarah Grunberg, a contingent faculty member, is pictured above briefing media on the unions plans to initiate a strike vote early next semester if the administration does not respond to their demands.

Contingent unions may hold strike vote next semester

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
December 8, 2016
Trumps Universities: What Trump means for higher education

Trump’s Universities: What Trump means for higher education

By Ana Borruto and Grace Elletson
December 7, 2016
Pictured above is a previous rally held for the contingent faculty union. On Dec. 8, the union will be holding a press conference to discuss the possibility of holding  a strike vote next semester.

Faculty union to hold press conference on possible strike vote

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
December 7, 2016
James Nolan 77, pictured above, addressed the campus community at a forum held Dec. 6 about the closure of the presidential search.

Forum held on presidential search closure

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
December 6, 2016
Pictured above, Tom Rochon, president of Ithaca College, will be stepping down from his position Spring 2017. However, after initial promises that the Board of Trustees would have picked a president by Fall 2016, the search has been moved back and the president will be announced in the Spring.

IC presidential search finalists will no longer be public

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
December 2, 2016

Man found dead near Ithaca College Los Angeles campus

By Grace Elletson, News Editor
November 30, 2016
About 100 people gathered on The Commons to hold a vigil in support of the Standing Rock tribe defending their land from a pipeline project.

Native American group holds vigil to defend natives’ rights

By Grace Elletson and Kayla Dwyer
November 16, 2016
In light of a protest held on Oct. 19 to rally community support behind the contingent faculty, the part time–faculty union and the full time contingent–faculty union have gone back to the negotiating table with the administration after an announcement earlier this month that negotiations would cease until they received a counterproposal.

Union returns to bargaining with receival of counterproposal

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
October 26, 2016
Pictured above is a previous rally held for the contingent faculty union. On Dec. 8, the union will be holding a press conference to discuss the possibility of holding  a strike vote next semester.

Community rallies in support of contingent faculty union

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
October 19, 2016
Members of the Ithaca College part time–faculty union walked out of negotiations with the administration Sept. 23 after receiving what they said was a disappointing counterproposal on compensation. On Dec. 8, the union announced that it may hold a strike vote at the beginning of next semester.

Part time–faculty union ceases negotiations with administration

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
October 7, 2016
Members of the Ithaca College part time–faculty union walked out of negotiations with the administration Sept. 23 after receiving what they said was a disappointing counterproposal on compensation. On Dec. 8, the union announced that it may hold a strike vote at the beginning of next semester.

Update: IC part time–faculty union, administration far apart in talks

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
September 23, 2016
Vedat Demir studied at Ithaca College as a visiting scholar-in-residence between 2012–14. Now, hes been arrested and placed in Turkish prison after he was thought to have been an accomplice in the failed military coup which took place in Turkey on July 15.

Former IC visiting scholar imprisoned by Turkish government

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
September 21, 2016
In the center, Deborah Rifkin, associate professor in the Department of Music Theory, supports the passing of the APC policy regarding student evaluations at the Sept. 6 Faculty Council meeting.

Ithaca College Faculty Council passes two academic policies

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
September 7, 2016
From left: Kyle Stewart, president of Ithaca College Republicans, and Michael Pyskaty, vice president of Ithaca College Republicans. Their club made an unprecedented decision Aug. 30, when it released an announcement stating that it would not endorse Donald Trump as the Republican nominee in the presidential election.

IC Republicans organization will not endorse Donald Trump

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
September 6, 2016
Despite signage prohibiting swimming and increased patrols by the City of Ithaca along popular gorges, violations continue even with attempts to better enforcement.

Illegal behavior continues at Ithaca gorges despite patrols

By Annika Kushner and Grace Elletson
August 31, 2016
Two Ithaca College Circle Apartments were broken into Aug. 16, the most recent contributions to a year with more crime in the Circles apartments than the previous year. Both of the apartments that were broken into Aug. 16 were accessed through unlocked sliding back doors such as the one pictured above.

Crime increases at the Ithaca College Circle Apartments

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 31, 2016
Pictured fourth from left, Tom Swenson, chairman of Faculty Council, said he has concerns with the proposed shared governance draft sent out to the campus community in an email Oct. 24.

First Faculty Council meeting tackles old and new ideas

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 24, 2016
Linda Petrosino ’77, M.S. ’78, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, has been the dean of the School of HSHP since 2012 and has facilitated the development of programs, partnerships and strategic goals.

Q&A: Linda Petrosino discusses role as IC interim provost

By Grace Elletson and Sophia Tulp
August 24, 2016
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon addresses the Class of 2020, referencing the college’s commitment to education, engagement, dialogue and learning, at the annual Convocation ceremony held Aug. 22 in the Athletics and Events Center.

Ithaca College Convocation ceremony welcomes Class of 2020

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 23, 2016
Sarah Grunberg, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, and Brody Burroughs, lecturer in the Department of Art, met with members of the administration Aug. 16 as part of ongoing negotiations about key contract provisions including benefits, wages and job security.

Part-time faculty and administration continue long contract talks

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 21, 2016
Emil L. Cunningham speaks at the Rankin & Associates presentation when consultants came to Ithaca College Feb. 2 to outline their plan for the next campus-climate survey. The college has announced the survey will be open from Sept. 27 to Oct. 28. for participation.

Ithaca College plans second campus climate survey release

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 21, 2016
Public Safety investigates two break-ins at Circle Apartments

Public Safety investigates two break-ins at Circle Apartments

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor
August 18, 2016
From left: Peter Rothbart, chair of the Faculty Council and professor in the Department of Music Theory, History and Composition, and Tom Swensen, professor and chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, participate in the last faculty council meeting of the academic year.

Ithaca College Faculty Council selects new leadership

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
May 11, 2016
Vince DeTuri, director of the Integrative Core Curriculum, has been in the position for a year. Hes spent his time trying to pass more policies to better the ICC and work with professors to create more ICC classes. However, student and faculty criticism still exist that the ICC has flaws that arent being addressed.

A year into ICC director position, DeTuri working toward change

By Anna Lamb and Grace Elletson
May 8, 2016
Tanya Saunders, assistant provost of international programs and extended studies, said Ithaca College is planning to cut more than half of its study abroad programs for the 2017–18 academic year. Currently, the college has 249 affiliated study abroad programs available to students. The revised list has 68 total, 22 of which are new programs.

Ithaca College plans to cut more than half of abroad programs

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
May 3, 2016
Junior Tate Johnson addressed the crowd of an anti-racism rally held Dec. 11 at Free Speech Rock at Ithaca College, during which attendees voiced their criticisms of President Tom Rochon. Rochon was called upon to speak at the event.

Success with addressing campus racial issues varies nationwide

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
April 27, 2016
A popular Twitter account used by Ithaca College students — IC Crushes — was suspended the morning of April 18.  IC Crushes is a Twitter account that allowed students to submit “crushes” about other students anonymously through a Google document.

Popular Twitter account IC Crushes suspended

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
April 18, 2016
Carla Golden, professor in the Department of Psychology, spoke to the Ithaca College Faculty Council at its April 5 meeting about concerns she had with the phased retirement. At the meeting, the council addressed confusion around whether or not faculty members lose the rights of tenure when they begin the process of phased retirement.

Faculty Council addresses tenure rights for phased retirement

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
April 7, 2016
John Rosenthal, council member and professor in the Department of Mathematics presented the summary of the approved budget for the 2016–17 fiscal year to the council at the March 22 meeting. Rosenthal said he was concerned with the ambiguity of where and how much money is being spent for each school.

Faculty Council criticizes lack of budget transparency

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 30, 2016
Ithaca College part-time faculty and students from Students for Labor Action pose for a photo outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, after the part-time faculty met with Ithaca College administrators April 15.

Part-time faculty union faces some pushback in negotiations

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 23, 2016
Chris McNamara, Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinic Director in the physical therapy department, updated Faculty Council on the progress of the Shared Governance Task Force at the March 1 meeting. The part-time faculty union contract and the proposed changes to the Meal and Entertainment Policy were also discussed.

Faculty Council to create committee to address union concerns

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 9, 2016
Derek Adams, assistant professor in the Department of English, talks to the audience at the Nov. 11, 2015 teach-in in Textor. Adams was one of three faculty members that POC at IC demanded receive immediate tenure.

Newly tenured IC professors do not include POC at IC’s picks

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 2, 2016
Members of the Ithaca College Student Government Association — Senate Chair Marieme Foote; Kyle Stewart, vice president of communications; and Chief of Staff Carlie McClinsey — speak at the Feb. 8 SGA meeting. McClinsey, among other students at the college are trying to help women break through roadblocks to political equality.

Ithaca College students work for political equality for women

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
March 2, 2016
David Turkon, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Ithaca College, died July 17. 

Faculty Council picks criteria for presidential search members

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
February 22, 2016

Faculty town hall meeting attendees discuss campus issues

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer
February 17, 2016
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