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IC Hillel, the Center for IDEAS and the college’s senior leadership collaborated to hold the “IC Day of Learning: Grappling with Antisemitism” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m Feb. 28 in Emerson Suites.

Day of learning held in response to antisemitism on campus

By Caroline Grass, Staff Writer • March 2, 2022
In between classes Feb. 28 the campus community engaged in an open dialogue about antisemitism in response to symbols of hate found on campus.  
Senior Julien Sobel shares his reaction to the recent findings of swastikas drawn into glass and scratched on a poster on Feb. 3 and 8. He voices his dissatisfaction with college's response to individualized symbols while broader conversations remain unaddressed.

Commentary: IC’s response to swastikas enables ignorance

By Julien Sobel • February 10, 2022
marking these symbols as individual acts with "no place at Ithaca College or anywhere" acts only as repression of broader concealed problems
Christopher Hanna, a senior at Cornell University, writes that students should encourage both local colleges to not become complicit in spreading symbols and dialogues of hate.

Commentary: Ithaca’s complicity in symbols of hate

By Christopher Hanna • February 13, 2019
It is our duty to constructively hold these centers of power to account as they entrench themselves in abhorrent practices across the Central New York region.
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