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Senior Caroline Peyron, president of ICYAL, said the activity was meant to remind students about their right to free speech and assembly and allowed students to write on a giant beach ball over five feet in height. Later in the day, the situation escalated when some students slashed the ball and argued with the organizers.

Free speech activity causes mixed reactions from campus

By Prakriti Panwar, Contributing Writer October 10, 2022
Ithaca College students engaged in heated discussions Oct. 5 on the academic quad outside of Campus Center around a free speech ball set up by the college’s Young Americans for Liberty chapter
From left: senior Natalie Shanklin and junior Anna Gardner organized the protest and information session in response to Larry Pratt, former executive director for Gun Owners of America, speaking at the college Nov. 9.

Ithaca students engage in political activism on and off campus

By Sam Haut, Staff Writer March 21, 2018
A published study written about in The Washington Post found that Ithaca, along with other college towns like Boulder, Colorado, is among the 365 most politically tolerant metropolitan areas in the co
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