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Senior Cyerra Adams provides insight as a Black woman on campus. She argues that Ithaca College must be supportive and transparent to the Black student community.

Ithaca College hides behind a thin veil of equity

By Cyerra Adams • September 14, 2022
My sexuality was becoming the forefront of what people wanted to know about me, and I was being forced to think about it more and more, even though I didn’t want to.
Daisy Rosas Vargas, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, was highlighted in a YouTube episode of Chemists in the Kitchen, where she discussed how to deal with the spice of chile peppers.

IC chemist uses cooking to promote diversity

By Evan Miller, Staff Writer • September 7, 2022
Honey and dried guajillo chiles was the dish that Daisy Rosas Vargas, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Ithaca College, prepared in an episode of the “Chemists in the Kitchen."
Michael Benitez Jr., vice president for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Metropolitan State University of Denver, came to Ithaca College on Aug. 21 to give a keynote presentation about anti-racism and advocacy work.

IC Day of Learning continues with keynote on anti-racism

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • August 23, 2022
Students and employees filled Emerson Suites on Aug. 21 for a continuation of the IC Day of Learning — this time about anti-racism and advocacy work.
Angélica Carrington, director for the Center for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Social Change  (IDEAS), said by providing culturally validating spaces, the center works to empower marginalized students.

SGC talks student advocacy and hosts two guests speakers

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • March 30, 2022
Two guest speakers joined SGC at its March 28 meeting and imparted information about student advocacy, mental health and housing.
Junior Rayaa Anglada discusses her multiracial identity and what. it is like to see people with homogeneous friend groups. She urges people to form diverse friendships.

Commentary: Interracial friendships are crucial to society

By Rayaa Anglada • March 3, 2022
The way to a more accepting society is through interracial friendships. To understand other cultures, you have to talk to them, befriend them
The event, held Feb. 14, was part of the Difficult Dialogues: Cultivating Cultures of Belonging Symposium — an event created to facilitate discussion of complex and controversial subjects by bringing guest speakers to campus to address challenging subjects.

Guest speaker gives presentation on equity in education

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Staff Writer • February 16, 2022
Raja Gopal Bhattar, a diversity, equity and belonging strategist, spoke at IC about incorporating equity, inclusion and belonging into education.
From left, seniors Neha Patnaik, Haley Anderson and Julia Batista were awarded the title of Most Promising Multicultural Students and accepted into the American Advertising Federation program.

IC students accepted into multicultural advertising program

By Jillian Bleier, Staff Writer • February 2, 2022
Three seniors have been accepted into the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Students program for the 2022 year.
Sophomore Gianny Guzman is the Fall 2021 opinion editor of The Ithacan. She shares her personal experience with financial aid and the community at Ithaca College.

Commentary: Ithaca College fails BIPOC students again

By Gianny Guzman • December 8, 2021
I felt like the college only cared about me when it wanted me to enroll and afterward I was disregarded and fell immediately through the cracks. 
The findings of The Ithacan Diversity Report shows that 33.4% of The Ithacans board is represented by persons of color (BIPOC) and 51.9% of the board identify as heterosexual.

The Ithacan Diversity Report 2021-22

By Ithacan Staff • December 8, 2021
This Ithacan Diversity Report serves as a benchmark for future use as The Ithacan sets a standard of transparent reporting for its newsroom.
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
Senior Mary Turner urges the college to reconsider allowing the esports club to participate in first-person shooter games because they allow for a safer and more diverse environment for female or female-identifying players.

Commentary: First-person shooter games are vital for diversity

By Mary Turner • September 29, 2021
I will be harassed for being a woman playing video games. If I have a more “feminine” username I receive threatening messages from both enemies and allies.
The scholarship was established for incoming journalism, sports media or documentary studies students in the Roy H. Park School of Communications who demonstrate financial need and represent historically underrepresented communities.

Sophomore receives inaugural Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Staff Writer • September 2, 2021
Ithaca College sophomore Damani Madir is the inaugural recipient of the Iger-Bay Endowed Scholarship.
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