The Ithacan

The Black Lives Matter group in Ithaca organized a rally for the Office of Human Rights (OHR) in Tompkins County on Sept. 11.

Students lined the hallway in Textor, protesting Larry Pratt, a conservative gun advocate who spoke at the college Nov. 9.

Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, will speak at the college on Nov. 9 and has made controversial statements about gun-rights.

Following a series of racially charged events, Black Students United at Cornell University interrupted a University Assembly’s meeting.

An Emergency rally was held at the Bernie Milton pavilion on the Ithaca Commons on May 3rd in support of an Ithaca resident arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The contingent faculty union and student supporters of the Students for Labor Action club have begun occupying the Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

Citizens of Ithaca take part in a protest in favor of planned parenthood.

Ithaca community members gathered the evening of Nov. 15 to rally and pray for those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

It was raining as we set out from Union Square, part of a crowd of thousands, raising our collective voice against hate and intolerance.

The City of Ithaca employed rangers to patrol the dams along Six Mile Creek this summer and enforce swimming and cliff jumping bans. Despite the pilot program, city officials said it has only had marginal success in enforcing rules and that violations are increasing as Ithaca College students return to school.

During the Fall 2015 semester, colleges and universities across the country were rocked by student protests addressing racial tensions on campuses. Ithaca College was also affected by these issues, and it is among many other institutions that are now trying to heal their communities while also facing losses in enrollment and retention.