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Ithaca College residents line up at Phillips Hall Post Office in Campus Center to pick up their mail. Now, residents are able to get both letters and packages at the same location.

New mail system decreases number of mailrooms on campus

By Phoebe Harms, Staff Writer • September 4, 2018
In an effort to streamline Ithaca College’s mail system, there will now only be two mailrooms on campus, Phillips Hall Post Office and Circles Mailroom, for on-campus residents to pick up both package
Because students are able to order many different products online through services like Amazon, package deliveries to Ithaca College have soared over the years, causing clutter in the mail rooms.

Ithaca College mail services overwhelmed with package increases

By Luke Harbur, Multimedia Editor • December 6, 2016
On Black Friday and Cyber Monday, hundreds of delivery packages lined the Phillips Hall Post Office, where workers struggled to keep up with the haul.
Mail Center Madness: 2,050 packages delivered in one day

Mail Center Madness: 2,050 packages delivered in one day

By Luke Harbur, Multimedia Editor • September 8, 2016

In one day, Aug. 29, the Ithaca College mail center received 2,050 packages. Peter Schlough, manager of Mail Services, said this broke the previous record by more than 200 packages.

Ithaca College freshman Sam Quinones works a shift at Sodexo's cafe in the Roy H. Park School of Communications April 5. Due to New York state's increase in minimum wage, this could mean a higher hourly rate but a decrease in hours for many student employees.

Hours for student employees could decrease as wages increase

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • April 26, 2016
Gerald Hector, vice president for finance and administration, said the college does not yet have a comprehensive plan for how the future minimum wage will be factored into the budget.
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