THE ITHACAN

Mental health slurs are considered microaggressions

September 9, 2014

Hopefully at this point in your life, you have come to understand that using words like gay, retarded and ghetto as adverse adjectives is not appropriate.

Student Government Association states goals for 2014–15

By Kayla Dwyer, News Editor • September 2, 2014

The Student Government Association executive board that was elected in May 2014 has centered its 2014–15 agenda on a key concept: inclusion.

SGA task force meets to discuss microaggressions

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • April 30, 2014

Students, faculty, staff and administration attended a presentation hosted by the Ithaca College Student Government Association about the ongoing issue of microaggressions on campus April 25 in Textor 102 — the third of its kind and the first that administrators have attended.

Guest commentary: Residential behavior betrays code of conduct

By Kelsey Johnson • February 26, 2014

People are defined by the communities they are a part of, so how do students react when their chosen college community fails to live up to the standards that it has set? Ithaca College’s code of conduct...

Letter to the editor: Quote misrepresents perspective

By Arit Ntekim • February 19, 2014

In last week’s story, “SGA pushes for campus inclusion and release of survey data,” I was asked to express my feelings about microagressions on campus. However, I found that my quote did not provide...

Editorial: The solution is more inclusion

By The Ithacan • February 19, 2014

The creation of an SGA task force and the prevalence of microaggressions indicate a need to address campus inclusivity.