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Editorial: Supporting free speech is essential in higher education

Editorial: Supporting free speech is essential in higher education

By The Ithacan • May 2, 2024
Throughout history, college students have been at the heart of social movements. From nationwide sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement to more local movements, like protests advocating for the removal of former Ithaca College president Tom Rochon, students’ voices have consistently been a catalyst for change. Today, students’ right to free speech is being threatened nationwide.
From left to right, Junior Richard Martin and panelist Sabri at the Feb. 18 Side-by-Side event in Williams 225. The event was hosted by Ithaca College Students for Justice for Palestine and was in response to Hillel’s original Side-by-Side event.

Alternate “Side-By Side” panel organized by student group engages in dialogue

By Ryan Johnson and Vivian Rose • February 21, 2024
Ithaca College Students for Justice in Palestine (ICSJP) held a panel discussing the impacts of Palestine, the Israel-Hamas war and Zionism at Ithaca College and the wider Ithaca community. The Feb. 18 panel was attended by about 35 students, faculty, staff and community members.
Sophomore Quincey Fireside was one of the students who participated in the sit-in. Five days before the event, Fireside — president of Ithaca College Students For Palestine (ICSFP) — took to the ICSFP Instagram, sharing posts tweeted and retweeted by speaker Uriel Abulof that they said, in an Instagram post, “downplay the reality of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people.”

Students organize silent protest to boycott speaker for Hillel event

By Makai Yllanes, Assistant Video Editor • February 7, 2024
Approximately 40 students sat outside Textor Hall in a silent protest to boycott Uriel Abulof, instructor in the School of Continuing Education at Cornell University and an associate professor in the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University, for the Side-By-Side discussion Feb. 6.

‘On the Same Page’ – Season 2, Week 1

January 29, 2024
Hosts Emma Kersting and Kaeleigh Banda dive into last week's top stories in News, Sports, and Life and Culture by interviewing the Ithacan's reporters to get a closer look at Ithaca College and beyond campus.
Featured speaker Ross Brann, professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, gave a lecture and facilitated a discussion session called “Understanding Events in Israel and Palestine: A Historical Perspective" at Ithaca College.

Academic departments facilitate lecture and discussion session about Israel-Palestine history

By Mei Dennison, Staff Writer • December 4, 2023
The Departments of History and Politics at Ithaca College co-sponsored the discussion event  “Understanding Events in Israel and Palestine: A Historical Perspective,” Nov. 30 in Williams Hall. The featured speaker was Ross Brann, professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University.
A picture taken from Israel's southern city of Sderot shows smoke rising during Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday Oct. 29.

Ithaca feels the social and cultural impacts of the Israel-Hamas war

By Vivian Rose and Lorien Tyne • November 1, 2023
The Ithaca College community — like many communities around the world — has felt the impacts of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, especially following the current war. After Hamas led an attack in Israel on Oct. 7, killing hundreds of civilians, Israel began retaliation Oct. 13, which is ongoing and has shut down Gaza. 
Why I support the BDS movement on campus

Why I support the BDS movement on campus

By Mahad Olad, Staff Writer • April 10, 2019
There are countless examples of activists who’ve had their professional and personal lives destroyed for speaking out against the discriminatory practices of the Israeli state.
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