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Ithaca College’s Lighthouse Christian Fellowship hosts its annual Easter Egg Hunt

By Mei Dennison, Christian Gratto, Sammie Macaranas, Lucia Iandolo, Ava Suffredini, and Emma Brown • April 4, 2024

Ithaca College's Lighthouse Christian Fellowship hosted its 3rd annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 31, with over 200 students participating.

Editorial: Muller Chapel must be a space for all students

Editorial: Muller Chapel must be a space for all students

By The Ithacan • March 19, 2024
For many students across campus, faith is a central part of their daily life, identity and being. Muller Chapel has the potential to act as a space for growing this faith. Furthermore, it should be a space for students to gain a sense of community and comfort, no matter what they believe. The college must continue to invest in programming for all faiths at Muller Chapel to create a stronger sense of community and acceptance on campus.
Chaplin Yasin Ahmed, director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Ithaca College, presided over the memorial service that was held for sophomore Shea Colbert Sept. 13 in Muller Chapel. Colbert's friends, sophomores Paige Turcotte and Liam Whelan, spoke at the memorial and encouraged those who were grieving Colbert's passing to not be sad because Colbert would not have wanted that. 

College community mourns death of student at memorial

By Clare Shanahan, Assistant News Editor • September 14, 2022
Rain fell over the Muller Chapel on Sept. 13 as members of the Ithaca College community gathered to remember sophomore Shea Colbert, who died unexpectedly in a car accident Sept. 10.
At the age of 85, Hannah Wechsler is one of the few older adults still alive who survived the Holocaust — and are willing to talk about it. Wechsler has told her story thousands of times — to children, teenagers and college students across America. As of 2020, there are only 400,000 living Holocaust survivors. 

Holocaust survivor shares her story with Ithaca College

By Elijah de Castro, News Editor • May 4, 2022
On May 3, Hillel at Ithaca College invited Hannah Wechsler to tell her story to about 150 members of the campus community.
For Spring 2022, there is a one-credit meditation class offered called Meditation: It's Not What You Think, where students learn about different practices of meditation.

IC community unwinds with meditation events

By Matt Minton, Staff Writer • March 31, 2022
For Spring 2022, there is a one-credit meditation class offered called Meditation: It's Not What You Think, where students learn about different practices of meditation.
Scott Fried, an HIV and AIDS activist, said he plans to further speak about his personal experience with HIV, as well as discuss his personal guidelines for surviving life on Nov. 10 and 11. Fried also plans to speak at a talk-back for a preview of RENT, hosted by the Department of Theatre Arts on Nov. 10. Ithaca College Theatre is putting on a production of RENT during the 2021–22 season. The show is running from Nov. 13 to 18. 

HIV and AIDS activist shares powerful message with IC community

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Staff Writer • November 10, 2021
Scott Fried, an HIV and AIDS activist, delivered a powerful message on accepting one’s identity to the Ithaca College community Nov. 9 in the Muller Chapel. 
Uriel Abulof, associate professor at Tel-Aviv University and visiting associate professor at Cornell University, spoke at the public conversation hosted by Hillel at Ithaca College at Muller Chapel Nov. 2.

Guest speakers discuss ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict

By Clare Shanahan, Staff Writer • November 3, 2021
Experts whose lives have been shaped by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine spoke about the conflict at an event on Nov. 2.
Senior Maria White, president of IC Food for Thought, is one of the students who is helping to manage the food cabinet.

New food share cabinet added on campus

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • May 5, 2021
A new food sharing cabinet located outside of Muller Chapel aims to give students food while reducing the stigma of using a food pantry.
From left, Hierald Osorto, director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual life, and Interfaith Program Assistant Jalen Lisbon, sit inside Muller Chapel on March 24.

Religious groups continue to create community amid pandemic

By Elizabeth Kharabadze, Staff Writer • March 24, 2021
Although the college is open for both online and in-person instruction for Spring 2021, religious organizations continue to meet virtually.
Prior to the pandemic, Anne Stork, assistant professor in the Ithaca College Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, led qi gong practices in Muller Chapel every Thursday. Throughout the summer and continuing into the fall semester, Stork has instructed online qi gong sessions.

Professor hosts empowering virtual qi gong practices

By Parker Schug, Staff Writer • September 30, 2020
Anne Stork, assistant professor in the Ithaca College Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, leads qi gong practices in Muller Chapel in Thursdays.
Luca Maurer, Director of LGBTQ Education, Outreach and Services speaks at the Trans Day of Remembrance gathering Nov. 20. The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services hosted the event.

College holds memorial honoring lives of transgender people

By Cora Payne, Staff Writer • November 20, 2019
The Ithaca College community gathered at Muller Chapel Nov. 20 for a memorial for transgender and gender-nonconforming people who lost their lives.
The Shower of Stoles Project on display in Muller Chapel shares the stories of LGBTQ people of faith.

Muller Chapel displays Shower of Stoles Project exhibit

By Alyshia Korba, Staff Writer • November 20, 2019
The Shower of Stoles Project, a project organized by the The National LGBTQ Task Force, is on display in Muller Chapel until the end of November.
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