Success with addressing campus racial issues varies nationwide

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • April 27, 2016

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.

IC MLK Scholar alumnus explains why students are protesting

By Joseph Ewoodzie • February 3, 2016

Allowing students of color into the house does not mean that they have the same educational opportunities as their white peers. The students are in arms because they understand this, perhaps even more than administrators.

Collective momentum: College activists drive institutional change

By Faith Meckley and Sophia Tulp • January 28, 2016

Students protesting the racial climate at Ithaca College are not the only ones finding a collective voice with which to address institutionalized racism. In a tumultuous fall semester, at least 75 other colleges and universities have begun bringing their demands for change to their administrations.

POC at IC issues demands, confronts Rochon at walk-out

By Elena Piech and Parita Desai • December 11, 2015

The familiar “Tom Rochon; no confidence” chant took a new form at POC at IC’s “Demands Walk-out” Dec. 11. POC at IC summoned Ithaca College President Tom Rochon to the stage at Free Speech Rock outside of Campus Center during a walk-out to hear a formal list of demands, with the crowd chanting: “Tom Rochon, resign.”

Students at other schools show solidarity with Ithaca College

By Melanie De Lima, Staff Writer • November 11, 2015

Students at other colleges and universities are joining in solidarity with racial protests at the University of Missouri and Ithaca College.

Ithaca College students seize the stage

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor • October 28, 2015

Approximately 40 students, led by members of the POC at IC group, stormed the stage Oct. 27 during the college’s “Addressing Community Action on Racism and Cultural Bias” event and expressed “no confidence” in Ithaca College President Tom Rochon.

POC at IC holds rally at Ithaca College admissions event

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor • October 24, 2015

Members of the POC at IC group assembled around 8 a.m. today at the Dillingham Fountains chanting “Tom Rochon; no confidence.” “No more dialogue; we want action,” as they awaited tour groups of prospective students and their parents as part of the Ithaca College Fall Open House.

Ithaca College faculty and students join Seneca Lake protests

By Kyle Arnold, Contributing Writer • September 16, 2015

Activists protest the use of caverns for storage of natural gas and blockade the entrance to the Crestwood plant.

Ithaca residents hold vigil in honor of Freddie Gray

By Kira Maddox, Editor-in-Chief • May 5, 2015

At 7 p.m. May 4, more than 50 Ithaca residents attended a vigil on South Aurora Street near The Commons in honor of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department on April 12.

Thank You, Climate Hero

By Faith Meckley, Assistant News Editor • April 26, 2015

On April 20th, Heather Doyle plead guilty to her actions at Dominion's Cove Point LNG export terminal in Lusby, Maryland on Feb. 3, in which she trespassed onto a construction site and scaled the arm of...

Postponed … Again

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • February 21, 2015

While the powers of Reading and Schuyler County have realized that sending the We Are Seneca Lake protesters to jail is costly and only fuels our movement, many in my activist cohort believe that Judge Berry's hesitance to sentence me runs deeper than that. They joke that he sees me as an incarnation of his own young granddaughter, who, according to Berry, refuses to speak to him when he sends people to jail.

Find the Time

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • February 14, 2015

College is extremely stressful. It leads us to binge eat junk food, drink spastic amounts of coffee, pull all-nighters and spend countless hours in front of computer screens without exercise. And many of us, myself included, feel our future careers hinge on the quality of our performance in these four years. Talk about pressure.