The Ithacan

Accuracy • Independence • Integrity

I wanted to provide the campus community with some information and reassurances following the Sept. 2 Commentary by Matan Berman.

Ithaca College is planning to install a bus shelter outside of Roy H. Park Hall. The decision was made after students requested the shelter.

In an effort to be more inclusive, Ithaca College has installed over 100 all-gender bathrooms on campus over the course of several years of renovations.

The Campus Center Planning Board is a new student group that aims to hold events at the Campus Center. The Campus Center is undergoing a redesign.

Facilities, grounds and maintenance staff plow and salt paths and roads for the Ithaca College campus, starting as early as 3 a.m.

The Office of Civil Rights delivered a resolution to the college in 2015 following an investigation into a confidential complaint of inaccessibility against the college filed in 2009.

“The issue is not making more spaces. It’s making them appealing to students,” Kane said. “We need to focus on that.”

The Menstrual Products Bill proposes to eliminate the 25-cent fee and make menstrual products available in every restroom on campus.

“There was a golden era of sustainability on this campus, and we’re not in it anymore,” he said.

The Center for Trading and Analysis of Financial Instruments has been renovated this year to more closely resemble a Wall Street trading room.

This year, several outdoor gathering spaces will be built on campus as one of the first installments of Ithaca College’s Master Plan.

Rothschild Place, a temporary structure on Ithaca College’s campus built in 2004 to house department overflow, has been operating under a temporary occupancy permit since its creation. However, the college applied for and was granted a permanent occupancy permit for the building Aug. 2. Despite this change, there are no plans at this time to renovate or build a permanent structure.