Commentary: Students should re-evaluate protest approach
We applaud the Ithaca College students who felt compelled to take to the streets of Ithaca recently to protest and to bring light to national issues of racial and social injustice.
We applaud the Ithaca College students who felt compelled to take to the streets of Ithaca recently to protest and to bring light to national issues of racial and social injustice.
Native American Studies is essential to understanding the violence of colonialism against black and brown people here in the United States.
While some institutions provide outreach to Native students, the retention rates are diminishing due to a lack of awareness and failure to implement programs that integrate Native students into a predominately white institution.
Those of us who have been organizing against structural inequality at Ithaca College believe that the status quo is not only untenable but unjust.
With more rallies planned, The Ithacan looks back at how the Ithaca College community responded to the issues surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
On Dec. 4, Ithaca College protestors marched to the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, where they confronted Ithaca College President Tom Rochon.
About 100 people from Ithaca participated in a ‘die-in’ on The Commons as a vigil for Eric Garner, who died in the chokehold of New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo.
Over 300 Ithaca College students took part in a die-in protest on Dec. 4 in response to the death of Eric Garner by chokehold on July 17.
This week over 200 Ithaca College students withstood cold temperatures and gathered to demonstrate with students and others across the country and around the world, sharing their reflections and personal stories about how police brutality and violence affect them.