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From left: Senior Shayna Fishkin asks students — like junior Connor Duffy — to donate their meal swipes to give to students at Ithaca College who identify as food insecure through the program Swipe Out Hunger. According to data from the most recent Campus Climate Survey, conducted in Fall 2016, out of nearly 3,000 students who responded, 47 percent reported experiencing financial hardship while attending the college, and 36 percent of those — almost 500 students — reported difficulty affording food.

Students struggle with food insecurity at Ithaca College

By Sophia Tulp, Senior Writer • October 4, 2018
Data from the most recent Campus Climate Survey, conducted in Fall 2016, shows that, out of nearly 3,000 students who responded, 47 percent reported experiencing financial hardship while attending the
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