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National Recap: Campus divides over racially charged incident

National Recap: Campus divides over racially charged incident

By Kate Sustick February 20, 2020
A professor teaching at Ball State University will be suspended after calling the police on a black student who refused to change seats.
Lauren Britton and Jennifer Huemmer, assistant professors in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, call for white professors to improve their allyship with students and faculty of color.

Commentary: White professors have responsibility as allies

By Jennifer Huemmer and Lauren Britton February 20, 2020
Our students of color have expressed their concerns about the state of our institution. We must listen. White faculty, we must do better.
Coronavirus does not justify racism

Coronavirus does not justify racism

By John Turner February 13, 2020
This state of mind is toxic because it allows xenophobia to take center stage instead of the well-being of those affected being the main priority. 
Racism does not exempt royals

Racism does not exempt royals

By John Turner January 23, 2020

The royal family has always been an enigma. Although their lives are rather public, there is also a part of them that those on the outside do not get to see. Many are aware of the scandals that have surrounded...

In a letter to the college made public July 31, Ithaca College Theatre Arts Black, Indigenous and People of Color (ICTA BIPOC) listed 10 demands with the goal of ending racist and discriminatory acts in the department.

Theater class reacts to racially charged incident

By Falyn Stempler, Senior Writer December 11, 2019
An interim lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts will no longer be teaching her course after students reported a racially charged incident.
Point/Counterpoint: The N-word in educational settings

Point/Counterpoint: The N-word in educational settings

September 19, 2019

    Racial epithets have a space in the classroom Mahad Olad Paul Zwier is a law professor at Emory University. Last September, he got in trouble for uttering the word "nigger"...

N-word has no place in educational settings

N-word has no place in educational settings

By John Turner September 19, 2019

Necro. Niger. Negro. Nigga. Black. The word "nigger" has never had a positive connotation. Although the spelling of the word has evolved, the feeling of the whip is still the same.  It is believed...

Identity politics go beyond race

Identity politics go beyond race

By Mahad Olad, Staff Writer August 29, 2019

Fact: President Donald Trump's racist and xenophobic rhetoric inspires white nationalism. The recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, were committed by deranged men whose motives ranged...

Paula Ioanide, associate professor in the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity, recently published her essay on privileged students in the classroom as part of a 10-year collaboration on how to combat biases in academic disciplines.

Q&A: Professor publishes chapter on students’ biases

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor April 23, 2019
Opinion Editor Meredith Burke spoke with Ioanide about her chapter, its relevance today and how it relates to her work at the college.
National Recap: Louisiana church fires suspected as arson

National Recap: Louisiana church fires suspected as arson

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor April 10, 2019
Investigators announced April 9 that they believed the fires that consumed three historically black churches in Louisiana were intentionally set.
Junior Marissa Booker writes about the imperialist history of photography and urges professors and students at Ithaca College to engage with this history while discussing media rather than ignore it.

Commentary: Photography is a display of power

By Marissa Booker April 10, 2019
The classroom is also implicated in this imperial power structure as it has risen from the same inequities.
Anna Gardner 19 graduated with degrees in film, photography and visual arts and art history. While at Ithaca College, she was an inaugural Presidential Fellow.

Commentary: White feminists need to do better

By Anna Gardner March 6, 2019
So, what does this mean for Ithaca College Feminists United? I can’t decide our future, but what I hope for ICFU is that it continues to be critical of feminism and vulnerable.
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