THE ITHACAN

Former Ithaca College professor arrested protesting in DC

By Kayla Dwyer and Max Denning • March 4, 2015

Beth Harris, a retired associate professor in the Department of Politics, was arrested along with Ithaca resident Ariel Gold and three others for attempting to block the entrance to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference.

Guest speakers debate academic boycott

By Stephen Adams, Assistant Multimedia Editor • February 27, 2014

The Israeli education boycott debate at Ithaca College came to a head on Jan. 25 when two groups hosted guest speakers with opposite views only one hour apart and across the hall from each other.

Commentary: Consumers unwittingly fuel Israeli occupation

By Luna Olavarria Gallegos • October 2, 2013

How often do you support military intervention in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank? Whether you are aware of it or not, we are bombarded by products supporting Israel’s military occupation and its building...

Interactive: Professors share narratives of lifelong activism

By Kelsey O'ConnorShawn Steiner, Editor-in-Chief and Photo Editor • December 13, 2012

For some Ithaca College professors, protesting is how they do their part to enact change in the local community and in the classroom.

Ithaca College professors apply lifelong activism to classroom

By Kristen Mansfield, Staff Writer • December 6, 2012

Ithaca College professors share their past and present activism experience and how they apply it in the classroom environment.

US must rethink alliance with Israel

By Rachael Hartford • November 29, 2012

If you are a bit confused as to what has been in the news about Gaza lately, you are not alone. And it’s probably because the prevailing US media narrative of what is going on over there is fundamentally skewed. We are being provided news sans the historical context necessary to understand why Hamas and…