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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.

Editorial: People should responsibly engage with news media

September 30, 2015
Engaging with the media is a two-way street with an unspoken dialogue.
Henry Chan, right, a previous employee of the TC Lounge, which was shut down at the end of the 2014 academic year, is pictured with a group of Ithaca College students. Chan died Sept. 15.

Commentary: Student remembers TC Lounge employee

By Emelia Breen September 30, 2015
If you were a regular, or just an occasional visitor, to the TC Lounge, you would’ve encountered the jokes and smiles of Henry Lee Chan.
In light of recent court decisions on same-sex marriage, it has come into question whether there should be a push for LGBT diversity in the workplace.

Commentary: Workplaces should advocate for LGBT diversity

By Cory Young September 30, 2015
When I think of what LGBT diversity in the workplace refers to, I first have to check myself at the door.
Chris Allinger, WQNY’s Q Country radio show host, walked around Tompkins County to raise money and awareness for the Food Bank of the Southern Tiers BackPack Program.

Q&A: Radio host walks across county to raise money

By Kyle Arnold, Staff Writer September 30, 2015
If we filled my backpack, we could fill the kids’.
Planned Parenthood became the center of a polarized debate after the release of controversial investigative videos. Several Ithaca College students have become engaged in the discussion.

Point/Counterpoint: Planned Parenthood still under fire

By Liz Alexander September 23, 2015
People don’t want to talk about abortion, but it is what we need to be talking about.
Editorial: College students should not own prohibited pets

Editorial: College students should not own prohibited pets

September 23, 2015
Owning a pet on campus is prohibited, and students should respect this rule for both themselves and the well-being of the animals.

Editorial: Intellectual Property Policy needs student input

September 23, 2015
Students already pay the college through their tuition, which entitles them the right to all resources the college can offer for their creative work.
Junior Menalie Hyde was selected to be the Residence Hall Association representative to the recently created Council on Diversity and Inclusion, which is intended to address diversity and racial bias issues on campus.

Q&A: RHA member is appointed to college’s diversity council

By Natalie Shanklin, Opinion Editor September 23, 2015
"I hope in the future that maybe this council will have an impact on the way that Public Safety officers interact with the students."
Marie Gottschalk, author and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and her colleague Adolph Reed Jr. engaged an audience in a Q&A about mass incarceration in the U.S. on Sept. 17 in Emerson Suites B.

Q&A: Author and professor talks about mass incarceration

By Jenna Mortenson, Contributing Writer September 23, 2015
"At the end of the day, we could send fewer people to prison and give them shorter sentences. The solution to the problem is very simple."

Mental health research should not be privatized

By Amelia Erikson, Columnist September 23, 2015
The private sector has greater funding and does not have to jump through government hoops, but its research can also be less available to the public.
Editorial: First-generation students should have program

Editorial: First-generation students should have program

September 16, 2015
These students deserve to have a program and a community that can provide them with the support that every student needs.
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