The Ithacan

Q&A: Student wins the Hometown Hero award for LGBTQ advocacy

By Vivian Goldstein • January 21, 2019

When Ithaca College freshman Ethan Cepeda received the New York Daily News’ 2018 Hometown Hero Award, he didn’t even know award existed. Suddenly, on Nov. 2, his mother and sister were accepting the...

Ithaca College SGA releases first draft of student bill of rights

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • September 22, 2015

The first draft of a student bill of rights was released by the Ithaca College Student Government Association Sept. 17 and will be available for comment by the campus community for the duration of the first semester.

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.

First Amendment Rights Don’t Come First

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • October 3, 2014

...as the excitement from Flood Wall Street died down, I saw that day much differently. I now see how tightly the police controlled us, and, subsequently, how watered-down our first amendment right to peaceably assemble was.

Snap Judgment– supporting same sex

By Emma McQuade • April 2, 2014

What resources should the college give to support same-sex married employees, besides tax returns?