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Let’s Name Things for What They Are, Shall We?

By Christina Tudor • April 19, 2016

*This post is in response to the recent Public Safety Alert, which can be viewed here. Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault (because that’s what it’s called) A couple of days ago, my phone buzzed...

Editorial: Conversation on assault has gender problems

Editorial: Conversation on assault has gender problems

April 13, 2016
Prevention strategies revolve mostly around what women should do to mitigate their risk and not enough on cultivating a respectful culture.
Throughout March and April, the Difficult Dialogues Symposium will be hosting a series of events focusing on rape and sexual assault on campus.

College to host series of events on sexual assault and rape

By Tyla Pink, Staff Writer • March 9, 2016
The Difficult Dialogues series looks to engage students in difficult conversations, with this year’s focus being on campus rape and sexual assault.
Tiffani Ziemann, Title IX Coordinator, receives complaints of sexual harassment, sexual assault and discrimination at Ithaca College. The office of Title IX will receive an increase in funding for the 2016–17 academic year, the first time it will have a dedicated budget.

Options for reporting sexual assault at Ithaca College vary

By Jessica Ferreira, Staff Writer • March 2, 2016
The report of two rapes, which took place between August and October 2015 and appeared in the Feb. 4 Public Safety Log, has brought increased attention to Ithaca College’s policies for victims of sexual assault and harassment.

Report reveals increase in reported rapes at Ithaca College

By Sara Kim, Staff Writer • October 7, 2015
The number of reported rape cases and drug abuse violations increased from 2013 to 2014, while reported liquor law violations decreased, according to the 2015 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released by the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management on Oct. 1.
Editorial: Bystander program is a step in right direction

Editorial: Bystander program is a step in right direction

September 30, 2015
All too often, sexual assault takes place when it could be stopped if a friend or bystander knew how to stop it.
Andrew Kosinuk, crime prevention and community events liaison for the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, said the announcement for active shooter training was sent to remind the campus community of the resources available to them.

Peer-educated bystander training coming to Ithaca College

By Sophia Tulp, Contributing Writer • September 30, 2015
The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County and the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management are collaborating to bring the national sexual assault–prevention program “Bringing in the Bystander” back to Ithaca College this semester with peer education–based training, beginning next week.
SGA President Dominick Recckio; Kyle James, SGA vice president of academic affairs; Karina Magee and Gianna Boccanfuso, Feminists United co-presidents; Spectrum President Erin Kohler; and Chris Kelley, IC Athlete Ally president, signed the letter addressing the R.A.D. course.

Commentary: Students address Rape Aggression Defense course

By IC Athlete Ally, Ithaca College Feminists United, Spectrum, and Student Government Association • August 26, 2015
Rape and sexual assault are campus issues that affect students. We demand to be part of these conversations and these decisions.

Editorial: Community leaders absent at Take Back the Night

April 29, 2015
It was problematic that very few community leaders were present at Take Back the Night.
Participants listen to a speaker at Ithaca Take Back the Night on April 24 at Dewitt Park in Ithaca.

Ithaca community takes back the night

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • April 26, 2015
On an unseasonably cold April night, more than 50 Ithaca College students participated in a march from the college into downtown Ithaca to take part in Ithaca Take Back the Night 2015.

Do You Know Your IX? Nine Facts about Title IX

By Christina Tudor • March 29, 2015

Trigger Warning: Discussion of Campus Sexual Assault When I was at NYFLC, I attended a panel on campus sexual assault, Title IX, and activism around the issue. I’m embarrassed to say that I only...

From left: Michael Kelly '14, junior Jacob Irvin, freshman Hamish Gibbs, and seniors Mali Golomb-Leavitt and Emma Edwards of Syracuse University sit in protest in Crouse-Hinds Hall, the administrative building.

Syracuse University students protest administrative changes

By Aidan Quigley, Staff Writer • November 12, 2014
Over 300 students from more than 50 student organizations at Syracuse University have joined together to protest a range of administrative actions.
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