Department of Residential Life

Editorial: Housing decisions must account for student needs

By The Ithacan • April 17, 2024

Ithaca College prides itself on being a residential college. However, this translates to students being required to live on campus for at least three years before moving off campus. While in an ideal world, this may result in fostering community, the realities of on-campus housing are less than ideal.

Commentary: IC Must Deliver on Substance Free Options

By Linnea Carchedi • August 31, 2022

I did not expect my decision to live a substance-free life in college to impact my experience as much as it had started to.

Editorial: Recent Wi-Fi update caused unnecessary confusion

By The Ithacan • August 31, 2022

The residence hall Wi-Fi system was not nearly ready in time for move-in. The confusion that students faced was preventable.

Commentary: Frustrations toward Ithaca College are misplaced

By Claire Thompson • August 24, 2022

As the need for work that minimum wage workers do on campus piles up, especially with an increase need for sanitation measures and an effort to reduce food insecurity on campus, it’s vital that wages

Editorial: New alcohol policy stifles safe drinking behavior

By The Ithacan • August 31, 2016

A policy like this that targets alcohol paraphernalia does nothing to protect students against the dangers of drinking. This rule against having alcohol paraphernalia in a dorm room is misdirected in trying to promote safe drinking, and will neither motivate more students to be cautious about drinking nor deter them from drinking.

IC Residential Life approves increased alcohol restrictions

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • August 31, 2016

Ithaca College administrators approved additions to the college’s “Residential Life Rules and Regulations” that prohibit the presence of empty alcohol containers and other alcohol paraphernalia, and are now in effect for the 2016–17 academic year.