The Ithacan

While a Climate Action Plan Reassessment Team has been in place since 2017, it must make the current administration’s intentions for sustainability more clear.

Ithaca College announced April 3 that President Shirley M.

But the college should be more clear in describing where the money for these new positions is coming from.

It would be irresponsible for us to attempt to facilitate these conversations, for which we do not have the qualifications or experience.

Those of us distributing the stickers were clear in our messaging that they were available but not expected or required.

What is clear is that the article should be spurring thoughtful discussions about sexual abuse, power and journalistic ethics.

If Ms. Collado was such a strong candidate, the search committee and the board had a responsibility to be forthcoming regarding this issue from her past.

In the end, then, the question is whether Collado’s presidency is going to open the door to sexual abuse, especially of vulnerable people, on this campus.

The case is undoubtedly complex, meaning our response must be complex and nuanced as well. Anything less would be a moral failure on the part of the campus community.

efore we pass judgment on Dr. Collado’s character, let’s remind ourselves that the accusations arrived anonymously. 

President Collado was transparent throughout the hiring process and beyond, though to varying degrees with different constituencies.

Hiring a president in total secrecy isn’t just unfair to the campus — it’s unfair to the president, who comes into office crippled by the community’s lack of ownership in the decision.