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Members of POC at IC occupy the Peggy Ryan Williams administrative building Dec. 7.

POC at IC begins occupation of Peggy Ryan Williams building

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer • December 7, 2015
A Facebook group for the event was created just before 9 a.m. Dec. 7. The event, titled #OccupyPRW, aims to “demand Tom Rochon’s immediate resignation and reclaim and transform PRW to a safe space for community, education, and healing for the ALANA community and and its allies.”
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon and Tom Grape, chair of the Board of Trustees, speak to each other at POC at IC's Oct. 21 protest. Ithaca College has announced the third-party firm tasked with finding the next president of the college.

Q&A: Trustees discuss campus climate and Rochon’s future

By Aidan Quigley, News Editor • December 4, 2015

Following major protests by student group POC at IC, students at Ithaca College have voted “no confidence” in President Tom Rochon. A faculty no confidence vote is in progress. News Editor Aidan...

Alumnus Dubian Ade, who graduated in 2015, lies down and chants in protest at the POC at IC walkout and die-in that took place Nov. 11.

Commentary: Alumnus explains support for campus protests

By Dubian Ade • December 2, 2015
The people have transformed themselves into the very embodiment of the movement.

Rochon’s comments indicate incompetence and disconnection

By Marissa Booker, Columnist • December 2, 2015
Verbal violence from the lips of the president indicate a lack of connection and compassion for students, faculty, and staff experiences at Ithaca College.
The Ithaca College Student Government Association reveals the results of the student no confidence vote in Emerson Suites on Nov. 30. The SGA has opened an application for students interested in joining the search committee for the next president.

UPDATE: Ithaca College students vote no confidence in Rochon

By Kyle Arnold and Max Denning • November 30, 2015
Ithaca College students have voted “no confidence” in President Tom Rochon, with 71.75 percent of students who voted expressing no confidence.

Update: Student judicially referred for Yik Yak threats

By Faith Meckley, Assistant News Editor • November 20, 2015
Ithaca College has identified a current student as responsible for posting two threatening messages directed at the POC at IC protesters on Yik Yak on Nov. 11 and 12 leading up to the Nov. 14 Cortaca football game, according to an announcement released Nov. 20.
Senior Taylor Graham said white members of college communities should recognize their whiteness and stop leaving it to be undefined and perceived as a normality.

Commentary: Whiteness should be named and contextualized

By Taylor Graham • November 19, 2015
I believe it is important to begin seeing whiteness as something tangible and thus assailable.
POC at IC leads the "Tom Rochon: No Confidence" chant at the walkout that took place Nov. 11 at Free Speech Rock.

Commentary: Campus dialogue has been lost in activism

By Steven Pirani, Senior Writer • November 19, 2015
I fear we are in danger of losing sight of the essential, critical dimensions of argument.
Roger Richardson will no longer hold the interim chief diversity officer position at the college and will continue in his role as associate provost of diversity, inclusion and engagement.

Q&A: Richardson discusses role as chief diversity officer

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • November 19, 2015
"These are not new issues. They’re not new issues for our nation. They’re not new issues for institutions of higher education."

Open Letter: Faculty object to top-down administrative hires

By Ithaca College Faculty • November 17, 2015
We strongly oppose the recent decision by President Tom Rochon to create a "Chief Diversity Officer" position at Ithaca College.
Faculty members hold signs and chant "Tom Rochon: No confidence" during the Oct. 27 meeting in the Athletics and Events Center.

Faculty no confidence teach-in scheduled for Thursday

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer • November 17, 2015
A teach-in focusing on the racial climate at Ithaca College, the no confidence votes in President Rochon and other recent campus issues will be held Nov. 19 in Textor 102 during the noon hour.
Peter Rothbart, chair of Faculty Council, speaks at the Nov. 10 Faculty Council meeting. Rothbart has received criticism for Faculty Council's decision to release the results of the faculty vote of "no confidence" to President Tom Rochon and the Board of Trustees before the rest of the campus community.

Ithaca College faculty no confidence vote to begin Nov. 30

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • November 12, 2015
According to a statement the council released, the vote will be sent out to all eligible faculty voters Nov. 30, and voting will end at 5 p.m. Dec. 11 on SurveyMonkey.
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