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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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Julian DeLucia

Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor

The Dailies Cafe, commonly referred to as the Park cafe, is a popular retail dining location at the college, averaging 450-500 lunch orders per day, according to Dining Services. The cafe also sells pre-packaged breakfast items, salads and coffees.

Park School’s Dailies Cafe faces uncertain future in Fall 2025

By Julian DeLucia and Eamon Corbo
May 1, 2025
Judith Altmann was originally scheduled to speak via Zoom for Yom HaShoah, the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, but the event was changed due to Altmann being hospitalized for heart failure. Attendees wrote cards wishing Altmann well

Hillel hosts card writing event for hospitalized Holocaust survivor

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
April 26, 2025
President La Jerne Cornish joined with over 150 higher education institutions across the country to co-sign a statement, titled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,”It condemns the Trump administration’s, “unprecedented government overreach and political interference,” in U.S. higher education.

President Cornish co-signs statement against “government intrusion” on higher education

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
April 23, 2025
The shifting focus on AI in education is not solely in higher education. According to a 2024 AIPRM report, 54% of grade school students use AI tools for schoolwork with around 60% of grade school teachers claiming to integrate it into their teaching plans. 

IC focuses on increased artificial intelligence initiatives for educational and departmental use

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
April 16, 2025
Ithaca College administrators are pursuing multiple paths to increase revenue, including increasing enrollment.

Ithaca College works to decrease budget deficit through revenue enhancement

April 16, 2025
Junior Marshall Long, co-vice president of ICSFP, reads a speech to a crowd of about 15 people, including President La Jerne Cornish, at Free Speech Rock during the “ICE Off Campus" rally.

IC Students for Palestine organizes rally in support of non-citizen student activists

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
April 14, 2025
On April 5, thousands gathered on the Ithaca Commons to march against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Ithaca community marches against Trump amidst national ‘Hands Off!’ protests

By Julian DeLucia and Eamon Corbo
April 8, 2025
Protesters packed the sidewalks of West State Street and headed toward St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

After the last speaker, the protestors marched to South Meadow Street for a “honk and wave,” lining up and down the street to show their signs and chant to passing cars.

Paul Ortiz, professor in the Department of Global Labor and Work at Cornell University, spoke to the crowd about his experience as a veteran of the U.S. military.

The rally began at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons where protesters gathered to listen to a series of speakers.

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Netpass login now required to view Intercom

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
March 27, 2025
On March 12, union bus drivers and mechanics at Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, represented by United Auto Workers Local 2300, voted 84% in favor of authorizing a strike if it is needed in their current contract negotiation process.

TCAT union bus drivers and mechanics approve strike authorization

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
March 14, 2025
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Angela Davis –– an author, political activist and professor –– and Ithaca College President La Jerne Cornish spoke Feb. 4 in Ford Hall for a conversation event.

Angela Davis speaks to IC about social justice

By Kaeleigh Banda and Julian DeLucia
February 6, 2025
Ithaca community members gather on The Commons to protest the presence of ICE in Ithaca.

Blog: ICE conducts operations in Ithaca, community rallies in support of sanctuary status

By Julian DeLucia, Eamon Corbo, Kaeleigh Banda, and Noa Ran-Ressler
February 5, 2025
As we enter Spring 2025, some staff and faculty departed from the college, into retirement and new opportunities.

IC staff and faculty depart before Spring 2025

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
January 21, 2025
Sophomore guard Jaylon O'Neal pushes up the court for the Bombers.

Bombers edge Red Dragons in home opener

By Peter Nowlan
November 17, 2024
Members of the Ithaca community gathered Nov. 8 to participate in a “Unity Against Facism” rally to discuss what is at stake after the election. President-elect Donald Trump won the electoral and popular vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Community expresses concerns about local issues under Trump administration

By Eamon Corbo and Julian DeLucia
November 14, 2024
Students watch the results of the presidential election crawl in on Nov. 5 at an election watch party organized by the Department of History.

Campus community reacts to results of 2024 general election

By Vivian Rose, Prakriti Panwar, Julian DeLucia, and Matthew Telyczka
November 7, 2024
Junior Caleb Cackowski, vice president of communications, presents at the Nov. 4 town hall. Back row from left, Dante Conde Class of 2026 Senator, sophomore Evan Wasserman, School of Music, Theater, and Dance Senator, and junior Baneet Pukhrambam, International Senator, Manan Maini, Class of 2028 Senator.

SGC holds first town hall of the Fall 2024 semester to hear from students

By Eamon Corbo, Assistant News Editor
November 6, 2024
Press Bay Alley and Court, located on West Green St, is a collection of independently owned small businesses ranging from restaurants to a candle shop. The businesses are supported by the real estate development company Urban Core LLC.

Press Bay Alley & Court: Launchpads for first-time small-business owners

November 22, 2024
Jordan Johnson, Manager of Poured Candle Bar

Jordan Johnson at Poured Candle Bar

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The Ithaca College men's soccer team fell to the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers, 2-1 Oct. 30. From left to right, first-year midfielder/forward Emmett Enriquez and senior midfielder Connor Tierney converge on the ball.

First half surge helps Tigers slip past Bombers

October 30, 2024
The Ithaca College men's soccer team fell to the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers, 2-1 Oct. 30. From left to right, first-year midfielder/forward Emmett Enriquez and senior midfielder Connor Tierney converge on the ball.

First half surge helps Tigers slip past Bombers

By David Schurter, Assistant Sports Editor
October 30, 2024
From left, Vannesa Mpofu, Kat Freeman, Cassandra Raineault and Simret Melak make up the executive board of Girls Who Code at Ithaca College.

New club creates safe space for women in tech

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
October 9, 2024
Self-help and wellness app Sanvello, which was previously utilized by students and employees of Ithaca College, is no longer available after its parent company, UnitedHealth, merged with a telehealth service called Self Care by AbleTo. The app has been replaced by Wysa, another cost-free self-help app for the campus community that features an AI chatbot.

IC replaces mental health app after previous provider sunsets operations

By Julian DeLucia, Assistant News Editor
September 19, 2024
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