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First-year student Glenda-Avril Galloway, member of Sister 2 Sister, hosted a dress competition at the Lotus Banquet. After contestants showed off their dresses on the runway, they cheered as Galloway and co-host junior Noeline Luyindula took the reins in a mock-runway.

Lotus Banquet ignites unity amid DEI attacks

By Gianna Izzo, Staff Writer • April 16, 2025

Now in its fourth year, the Lotus Banquet returned to Emerson Suites on April 12, offering women of color at Ithaca College a space to celebrate their identities at a time when national discourse continues...

The Black Artists United jazz fundraiser featured 14 different live performances from student musicians. The event encouraged a cocktail attire dress code and offered food and drinks.

Mocktails and music fill Nabenhauer Hall for BAU Live Jazz Fundraiser

By Sheelagh Doe, Co-Life and Culture Editor • October 9, 2024
Nabenhauer Hall was glowing with excitement Oct. 6, when Black Artists United hosted an evening of jazz where 14 performances by BIPOC student singers were spotlighted amid a cocktail attire night of food and fun. BAU is an organization at Ithaca College that aims to showcase the talent of the BIPOC community on campus by hosting events and performances, such as their annual cabaret fundraiser. 
Seniors Nour Elshikh and Kashief Scott dance at the BIPOC Unity Center’s Kick-back.

BIPOC Unity Center hosts a Kickback

By Jacquelyn Reaves, Newsletter Editor • February 8, 2024
Ithaca College’s BIPOC Unity Center hosted a Kickback event on Feb. 2 as a part of their monthly events for the campus community First Fridays.  The goal of the event was to showcase the multiple multicultural affinity organizations on campus. The Kickback was filled with 18 student organizations like “PODER: Latinx Student Association,” “Brothers for Brothers'' and the “Asian American Alliance” among many others. 95 people attended the event.
Eden Strachan ’21, author and founder of Black Girls Don’t Get Love, poses with her book, “Black Girls Don’t Get Love.” Strachan hopes to empower Black girls.

Alum works to empower Black girls with media campaign

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Former Newsletter Editor • March 22, 2023
Proms, roses, tiaras, sugar, spice and everything nice. What started from a class at Ithaca College has evolved into a multimedia organization with a central message: Black girls deserve love too.
Editorial: BIPOC students are rising up against discrimination

Editorial: BIPOC students are rising up against discrimination

By The Ithacan • March 8, 2023
Discrimination on Ithaca College’s campus came to the surface thanks to shared experiences from BIPOC students.

IDEAS Students of Color Retreat

By Leila Marcillo-Gomez and Ray Milburn • February 1, 2023

The Ithacan Diversity Report 2022–23

The Ithacan Diversity Report 2022–23

By Zhannz Gomez, Former Community Outreach Manager • December 8, 2022
This year, The Ithacan is revisiting last year’s diversity report. The new diversity report was formulated by the current community outreach manager.
Sophomore Ares Garcia details his experiences in the classroom as a BIPOC student. Garcia argues that lived experiences BIPOC students share in class discussions should be given serious consideration.

Commentary: BIPOC experiences belong in class conversations

By Ares Garcia • September 21, 2022
I’m tired of having my oppression intellectualized by white students and faculty. I’m tired of hearing “life’s not fair” from white students discussing class structure.

IDEAS Welcomes Students Back

By Maggie Bryan • August 31, 2022

Senior Mariana Batista addresses the complex topic of unpaid internships through the lens of hidden systems of white privilege.

Commentary: Unpaid internships enable white privilege

By Mariana Batista • April 7, 2022
Our society’s history of systemic racism has made it difficult for BIPOC to move up the financial and corporate ladders. The white privilege hidden in unpaid internships is yet another barrier.
'The Intersection' - A Conversation with Angel

‘The Intersection’ – A Conversation with Angel

By Frankie Walls, Managing Editor • November 17, 2021

 The Ithacan · 'The Intersection' - A Conversation with Angel Sohu In this week’s episode, host Frankie Walls sits down with Angel ’21 to discuss her experience as a woman of color and how there...

Editorial: BIPOC students on campus deserve to have a safe place

Editorial: BIPOC students on campus deserve to have a safe place

By The Ithacan • November 4, 2021
If the college wants to see more diversity and an increase in BIPOC students, it needs to step up and be creative
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