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Ithaca College faculty and students join Seneca Lake protests

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.
More than 50 Ithaca-area residents hold a die-in protest on South Aurora Street near The Commons.

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...

From left to right: Climate Marchers John Abbe, Kelsey Erickson, Michael Clark, Jane Kendall, myself and Jimmy Betts

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.
A photo of me climbing at the Ithaca College climbing wall.

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.
The March prepares to enter the BP oil refinery in Whiting, IN.

Oil workers on strike

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer February 9, 2015
Just yesterday, about 1,400 workers from two more oil refineries — BP's Whiting and Toledo, Ohio operations — joined the strike, now 11 refineries strong. The Climate March walked through both of these refineries. I imagine some of the very same workers we spoke to in Whiting are now risking their livelihood to demand better working conditions.

Do humans cause climate change? Let’s vote.

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer January 23, 2015
Can you imagine what would happen if our representatives sat down to vote on whether homosexuals are born with their sexuality or if they choose it? Or what if there was a vote deciding that, despite hard numbers clearly demonstrating women are paid less than men for the same work, this was not actually the case?
Learning the Jails

Learning the Jails

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer December 8, 2014
Before myself and my comrades began lining up in front of Crestwood Midstream's gates on Route 14 just north of Watkins Glen, I never put much thought into the area jails. I had no clue that there was a jail in Watkins Glen right across the street from the picturesque state park, and I admit to not even knowing that there was a jail in each county. Now I find these various jails to be at an almost constant forefront of my mind.
Ithaca College community joins national protests (links)

Ithaca College community joins national protests (links)

By Max Denning, Online News Editor December 6, 2014
With more rallies planned, The Ithacan looks back at how the Ithaca College community responded to the issues surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Letter to the Editor: The privileged must get involved with Ferguson

By Rebecca Plotkin December 3, 2014

What role does an affluent white teenager — literally and figuratively thousands of miles away from the Michael Brown case — play in the wake of the decision against the indictment of Darren Wilson?...

Left: Danielle Reed, a junior at Syracuse University, speaks at a press conference held Nov. 13  outside the Hall of Languages during the 10th day of THE General Bodys protest. Right:  Students protest the Student Media Policy on Oct. 12, 2012 in the lobby of the Peggy Ryan Williams building. President Tom Rochon rescinded the media policy a month later.

Syracuse protests: the implications for Ithaca College

By Aidan Quigley and Kayla Dwyer November 19, 2014
The atmosphere between the protestors and Syracuse University’s administration has taken a turn in the third week of protests amidst negotiations.
Editorial: Syracuse University students should keep protesting

Editorial: Syracuse University students should keep protesting

November 19, 2014

More than 300 students at Syracuse University have been valiantly protesting decisions the administration made that have denied students access to an array of campus services. Unfortunately, students are...

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