Ithaca community members rally for reproductive rights

By Alyshia Korba, Senior Writer • October 6, 2021

Community members from Cornell University, Ithaca College and the greater Ithaca area rallied for reproductive rights Oct. 2.  

Students protest faculty cuts with sign display at PRW

By Jordan Broking, Staff Writer • February 23, 2021

The Open the Books coalition held a fifth protest demanding financial transparency regarding faculty and program cuts.

IC community holds protest against upcoming faculty cuts

November 16, 2020

Students for Labor Action hosted a rally Nov. 14 at Ithaca College to protest the Academic Program Prioritization process and impending faculty and staff cuts.

Americans rally, protest and cast their votes

By The Ithacan Staff • November 5, 2020

Rallies, protests and early-voting lines highlighted the weeks leading up to the 2020 general election. With voters able to send in their absentee ballots weeks ago and increased early voting in some states,...

Back the Blue rally generates counterprotest

October 29, 2020

On The Commons, two nonviolent protests chanted at each other. One was a Back the Blue rally, organized for the Ithaca Police. The other was a counterprotest for Festival Against Hate. Read the full...

National Recap: Protestors call for reform following Daniel Prude’s death

By John Turner, Opinion Editor • September 7, 2020

Protests continued for the fifth night in Rochester, New York, with protestors calling for police reform in light of the death of Daniel Prude.

IC students participate in protests against police brutality and racism

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • June 27, 2020

Ithaca College students are participating in protests across the country to speak out against police brutality and racism against Black individuals.

Ithaca community gathers to protest police brutality

By Madison Fernandez, Editor in Chief • May 31, 2020

Floyd’s death has been a catalyst for people around the nation to come together to protest the killing of black individuals.

Q&A: Ithaca resident reports on trial for local media outlets

By Brontë Cook • November 13, 2019

Garry Thomas, an Ithaca resident and professor emeritus of anthropology at Ithaca College, spent the month of October in Brunswick, Georgia, reporting on the trial of the King Bay Plowshares 7 .

Students fight against climate change at Global Climate Strike

By Falyn Stempler, Senior Writer • September 22, 2019

The Ithaca College Eco-Reps led hundreds of students, faculty and staff downtown to meet up with the larger event occurring on The Commons.

Students protest sexual violence against women of color

By Alexis Manore and Ashley Stalnecker • May 3, 2019

The protest, “Walk Out: The Fight for What’s Right,” was run by OURstory is not HIStory: Femmes of Color Embracing our Truths, an organization that was created this semester.

Locals protest Trump’s national emergency declaration

By Ryan King, Assistant News Editor • February 18, 2019

Some locals took to the Commons Feb. 18 to protest President Donald Trump’s recent declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on