The Ithacan

Commentary: Public Safety director seeks student input

By Terri Stewart • April 29, 2015

This writing is intended to address the relationship between the members of the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management and our students.

Collective discusses media’s coverage of minorities

By Kira Maddox, Managing Editor • February 9, 2015

In the Collective’s latest discussion in the Assata Shakur Series, students and faculty at Ithaca College came together to observe the tokenizing of black people and other minorities in mainstream media.

Editorial: Students must keep protesting against racial inequality

December 10, 2014

Students at the college should keep protesting peacefully in solidarity with other institutions and cities around the country and world.

Commentary: Students should re-evaluate protest approach

By David and Kathleen Newport • December 9, 2014

We applaud the Ithaca College students who felt compelled to take to the streets of Ithaca recently to protest and to bring light to national issues of racial and social injustice. It brings us hope that,...

Protest organizers issue list of demands for Ithaca College

By Student Organizers • December 9, 2014

Those of us who have been organizing against structural inequality at Ithaca College believe that the status quo is not only untenable but unjust.

Ithaca protesters hold ‘die-in’ for Eric Garner

By Kira Maddox, Managing Editor • December 4, 2014

About 100 people from Ithaca participated in a 'die-in' on The Commons as a vigil for Eric Garner, who died in the chokehold of New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo.

Letter to the Editor: The privileged must get involved with Ferguson

By Rebecca Plotkin • December 3, 2014

What role does an affluent white teenager — literally and figuratively thousands of miles away from the Michael Brown case — play in the wake of the decision against the indictment of Darren Wilson?...

Ferguson crisis leads to ‘Hands Up Walk Out’ rally at IC

By Aidan Quigley, Staff Writer • December 2, 2014

Ithaca College students attended a student-organized “Hands Up Walk Out” rally at 1:01 p.m. on Dec. 1 at Free Speech Rock outside of Campus Center.

Commentary: Police brutality is unacceptable must be addressed

By Sarah Pearson • October 28, 2014

On Oct. 9, exactly two months after Michael Brown’s death, I traveled 875 miles to Ferguson, Missouri, from Ithaca, New York, to attend Ferguson October.

CSCRE discusses the use of social media as a gateway to activism

By Aisling Brennan, Contributing Writer • September 11, 2014

The Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity invited students to engage in a discussion on the role technology plays in addressing race, racism and resistance on Sept. 9 in Clark Lounge.

Point/Counterpoint: Myrick’s new police proposal sparks debate

By John Joly and Svante Myrick • September 3, 2014

Mayor Svante Myrick proposes a police reform act and meets opposition from the Ithaca Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

Michael Brown shooting brings racial inequality to light

By Sean Eversley Bradwell • August 27, 2014

I am a 42-year-old black man with a PhD from an Ivy League university. It doesn’t matter. At various times, I was a younger man who stole from convenience stores, swore in public, listened to loud music,...