The Ithacan

At this year’s 20th annual 4-H Duck Race, 1,856 yellow rubber ducks twisted around a swirling, above-ground swimming pool at a local family home.

Ithaca High School will host the Gus Macker Tournament Sep. 7 and 8 to raise money for the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.

IC students chanted “Together we fight to take back the night” as they marched into the GIAC on April 26 for the annual Take Back the Night march.

This is the event’s fourth year but is the first to involve formal collaboration with Cornell University and Ithaca College students.

The event was an opportunity for the black community to reflect on the achievements of the Black Lives Matter movement and mourn the lives lost.

Junior Shannon Davis began his college career as a member of the wrestling team. Now, he is perusing professional boxing.

The film festival, part of Latinx Heritage Month, began Sept. 20 and runs until Oct. 15, showing 11 films at local venues.

Community members shared their stories as survivors and allies for victims of sexual violence at Ithaca’s Take Back the Night event on April 25.

Staff writer Nick Marcatelli takes a look inside the life of Harmony Graves and how she become a record-breaking sprinter.

Ithaca College students attended the meeting where the Tompkins County Legislature voted against a moratorium on the expansion of the county jail.

Tompkins Library to host presentation on Mandela
The Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with Cornell University’s Africana Studies and Research Center, the John H.

Baruch Whitehead, associate professor of music education, received the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award on Jan. 18.