The Ithacan

Ithaca community welcomes Afghan refugees to Cornell

By Olivia Stanzl, Assistant News Editor • February 9, 2022

Diana Ayubi arrived in Ithaca months after escaping Afghanistan as the Taliban gained control of the country.

New independent media director brings international perspective

By Ryan King, Staff Writer • September 23, 2018

The PCIM is a small department in the Roy H. Park School of Communications that helps students find internships in independent media, brings speakers to campus and hosts the Izzy Awards.

International Recap: Taliban attacks increase in Kabul

By Meaghan McElroy, Opinion Editor • January 31, 2018

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, said the recent attacks were in response to Trump’s promises of a more aggressive military campaign in the Middle East.

Commentary: Trump needs to end this protracted war

By Raza Rumi • August 30, 2017

This is not the time to send more soldiers but to wrap up a protracted war through diplomatic and political means.

Q&A: Raza Rumi speaks at UN on the dangers journalists face

By Ryan King, Contributing Writer • September 25, 2016

Raza Rumi, scholar in residence for the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College, spoke Sept. 16 at a #ProtectJournalists United Nations panel.

Talib Kweli shakes up diversity dialogue during campus visit

By Taylor Long, Senior Writer • February 14, 2013

There was something special about the energy in Emerson Suites last Thursday as Talib Kweli took up the mic not to rap, as some students had expected, but to discuss the hip-hop industry and the role of the artist in society.