The Ithacan

Accuracy • Independence • Integrity

Even if some of this information is being discussed in faculty meetings, it is insulting to students that they are not aware of this information.

The Ithaca College Student Governance Council hit the ground running this academic year, at its Sept. 14 meeting.

In the end, then, the question is whether Collado’s presidency is going to open the door to sexual abuse, especially of vulnerable people, on this campus.

Those community members who have been at the college longer than four years will think of frustrations that had been building for much longer.

With Trump’s win, it would be a disservice not to recognize the ways in which white hegemony, racism, homophobia, sexism operate and run this country.

The failure of the Office of Civic Engagement is a prime example of an initiative that seemed to be all talk and no action.

This increase in rapes also brings into question how these rapes are being handled by the campus judicial process and Public Safety.

A “safe space” does not have to bear the name for it to be one — it is what the space does for its community that matters.

It is not conducive to intellectual discourse to capitalize on the term “trigger warning” and demand them in every instance of public discussion of sensitive issues.

Rape is not a product of short skirts or too much alcohol — it is a product of toxic masculinity, entitlement and a misunderstanding of sex and consent. More jail time will not solve these deep-rooted, dangerous attitudes about sexual violence.

Though arguments against voting for third parties have persisted throughout many recent elections, voters — and organizations representing voters — should not be cut off from expressing viewpoints either for or against these arguments.

It is crucial that members of the campus community support each other during this time, and that the college prioritize love, support and comfort in the face of violence and despair.