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From left to right: Olivia “Via” Carpenter ’22, Christopher Morris ’25 and Jamie Hom ’13. The students above made up the panel that spoke at the 20th Anniversary celebration of the MLK Scholars Program at Ithaca College.

MLK Scholars discuss creating community and continuing a legacy

By Mila Ventura, Staff Writer October 31, 2023
A panel discussing the experiences of students participating in the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar Program was held Oct. 24 in Clark Lounge. The panel was organized in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the scholarship and was composed of former and current MLK scholars. Shadayvia Wallace, program director for the MLK Scholar and First Generation Programs, moderated the panel. The second half was an informal mixer where guests could speak to past and current students on a more personal level. 
The Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services used the documentary, “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen,” to start its conversation about LGBTQ representation in media.

Panel discusses LGBTQ representation in media and arts

By Charlie Becht, Contributing Writer March 3, 2021
The Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services used the documentary, “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen,” to start its conversation about LGBTQ representation in media.
From left, sophomore Julia Salvatore and Edd Schneider hold their name plates at San Diego Comic-Con in California. Salvatore's panel focused on head injuries in comic books.

Students discover niche research opportunities at Comic-Con

By Hannah Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer August 28, 2019

In July, an estimated over 130,000 people attended San Diego Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center. This convention, the largest comic convention in the world, offers many activities, and the...

Q&A: Raza Rumi speaks at UN on the dangers journalists face

By Ryan King, Contributing Writer September 25, 2016
Raza Rumi, scholar in residence for the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College, spoke Sept. 16 at a #ProtectJournalists United Nations panel.
Sandra Steingraber gives a presentation on expanded gas storage in old salt caverns on Seneca Lake Feb. 24 at Cornell University. She was the keynote speaker April 13 at an Ithaca College panel, sharing her experience dealing with climate change in Ithaca and at the United Nations in December 2015.

Ithaca College hosts panel on climate change

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer April 16, 2016
Ithaca College’s Textor 102 was crowded with almost 300 students, faculty, staff and community members April 13. Experts offered firsthand accounts of international sustainability efforts, urging audience members to get involved with local efforts any way they can.
Students of color hold signs at the Oct. 24 Black Lives Matter solidarity march. The march began on The Commons and ended at the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School.

Local Black Lives Matter event draws new people into movement

By Melanie De Lima, Contributing Writer October 28, 2015
“Black lives matter.” “I can’t breathe.” “No justice, no peace, no racist police.” Around 300 people chanted these phrases during a Black Lives Matter solidarity march Oct. 24 that started from the Bernie Milton Pavilion on The Commons and went down Seneca and Tioga Streets to Beverly J. Martin Elementary School.
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