The Ithacan

Ithaca College junior Usman Ishaq and senior Ezgi Irmakkesen will use their bodies and rhythm to encourage dialogue among survivors of sexual assault.

You can now listen to “In My Own Words” on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify and Google Podcasts!

Like many colleges and universities around the country, Ithaca College’s number of reported rapes has risen the past few years.

It was a cloudy Sunday morning in Ithaca on Oct. 7. A small group of students on campus gathered near Muller Chapel to pray.

The former doctor was convicted little over a month into Perry’s time as CEO of USA Gymnastics. Perry took the position in December shortly after Nassar pleaded guilty to the accounts of abuse.

“having worked in the broadcast industry for over a decade, I knew firsthand what it was like for women to be behind the scenes,” Guest said.

This begs the question, “why are people more inclined to give women who are alleged sexual abusers the benefit of the doubt?”

Students marched as part of Take Back the Night, a worldwide movement dedicated to protesting acts of sexual, domestic and relationship violence April 27.

IC Second Stage hosted “The Vagina Monologues” the global V-Day organization and raised $270 for the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County.

A program of this magnitude and importance needs to be mandatory in order to be impactful.

Senior writer Ana Borruto sat down with Koenig to discuss her first semester in this role, her future goals as Title IX Coordinator and her thoughts on the #MeToo movement.

“What we are is a global community of survivors committed to healing as individuals and as a community,” Tarana Burke said on Feb. 4.