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Sandra Steingraber gives a presentation on expanded gas storage in old salt caverns on Seneca Lake Feb. 24 at Cornell University. She was the keynote speaker April 13 at an Ithaca College panel, sharing her experience dealing with climate change in Ithaca and at the United Nations in December 2015.

Ithaca College hosts panel on climate change

By Annika Kushner, Staff Writer • April 16, 2016
Ithaca College’s Textor 102 was crowded with almost 300 students, faculty, staff and community members April 13. Experts offered firsthand accounts of international sustainability efforts, urging audience members to get involved with local efforts any way they can.
Elijah Breton graduated in 2016 as a member of the Blue & Gold Society. His majors, sports studies and communications studies, will be affected by the proposed Academic Program Prioritization cuts.

Ithaca College students and area youth run for political office

By Mark Prowse, Staff Writer • April 6, 2016
Elijah Breton, senior sports studies and communications studies double major, recently announced he will be running for District 65 of the Maine House of Representatives in the November 2016 election season.
Guest commentary: Ithaca activism does not excuse students’ complacency

Guest commentary: Ithaca activism does not excuse students’ complacency

By Luna Olavarria Gallegos • April 16, 2014

An active community is nothing without those who fight for social justice to keep democracy in check and maintain a fair and safe environment. Ithaca has a plethora of social movements that are sparked...

Melissa Richmond, an Elect Her facilitator from Washington, D.C., and outreach manager at Running Start, speaks to students at Elect Her "Ithaca Women Win," a professional development program held Feb. 22 in Clark Lounge.

OSEMA holds first Women Leader Series

By Kayla Dwyer, Assistant News Editor • February 26, 2014
To kick off National Women’s History Month, Ithaca College will host the first-ever Women Leader Series, which includes professional development programs for enhancing the college’s female student leadership.
Editorial: Jail must move beyond bars

Editorial: Jail must move beyond bars

By The Ithacan • February 26, 2014
The Tompkins County jail expansion is going forward, but the government must still be pressured to move from incarceration toward rehabilitation

ITHACA TODAY: Thursday, Feb. 20

February 20, 2014
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College community members protest against jail expansion

College community members protest against jail expansion

By Elma Gonzalez, Special Projects Manager • February 19, 2014
Ithaca College students attended the meeting where the Tompkins County Legislature voted against a moratorium on the expansion of the county jail.

ITHACA TODAY: Tuesday, Feb. 18

February 18, 2014
Your guide to what's happening in Ithaca.
Junior Kayla Young and James Ricks, member of the Shawn Greenwood Working Group, attend a teach-in about the Tompkins County jail project.

Community groups object to jail expansion

By Candace King, Staff Writer • November 7, 2013
Community groups across Tompkins County are mobilizing to question an approved $900,000 county jail expansion project, which would increase the co-ed facility by seven additional beds, allow for internal renovations and strengthen its security and control systems.
More than 20 Ithaca locals gathered near Rep. Tom Reed's office on East MLK Street on Tuesday. They criticized the tension in federal government, which caused a shutdown just minutes before midnight.

Ithaca residents criticize Reed for supporting government shutdown

By Noreyana Fernando, News Editor • October 2, 2013
Ithaca locals and students took to the streets Tuesday opposite the office of Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., on East Martin Luther King, Jr. Street to voice their opposition to a government shutdown.
The Tompkins County Workers Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature

Workers’ Center rallies for the Living Wage

By Sage Daugherty, Online News Editor • September 18, 2013
The Tompkins County Workers' Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature

ITHACA TODAY: Tuesday Sept. 17

September 17, 2013
The Ithacan Online's top news and events for Tuesday, September 17
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