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Sophomore Samantha Epstein spent the summer of 2017 in Thailand as a pre-veterinary biology major. After her trip, she returned to campus and declared a new major: communication management and design.

Student switches from science major to pursue passion

By Silas White, Staff Writer • April 18, 2018
Sophomore Samantha Epstein said she found she was most passionate about the connections she made with both the other students and the locals in Thailand.
Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, The Post tells the story of how The Washington Post decided to publish the the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

Review: ‘The Post’ is predictable but well-produced

By Aidan Lentz, Staff Writer • January 22, 2018
If nothing else, Spielberg has made another solid film tailor-made for history classrooms all across the country.
Former student Emily Bautista, to the left in a solid blue dress, and the current cast of Miss Saigon during opening night curtain call. The play takes place during the Vietnam War era.

Q&A: Former theater student makes her debut on Broadway

By Olivia Riggio, Staff Writer • October 11, 2017
I was kind of planning on transitioning to communications. When I got “Saigon,” that’s when I left school and that’s what got me back into theater.
Mary Beth Tinker, an advocate for youth rights and the freedom of speech, spoke to the Ithaca College community about her past experiences regarding the freedom of speech.

Free speech activist discusses importance of First Amendment

By Brontë Cook, Contributing Writer • September 20, 2017
When she was 13.Mary Beth Tinker and fellow classmates in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended for wearing black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War.
Junior and senior MLK Scholars traveled to Da Nang, Vietnam, over winter break with a focus on the relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam and community service. The scholars held an event April 21, which was part of a discussion series by the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity.

Commentary: MLK’s message extends into global injustices

By Ciara Lucas • January 26, 2016
The pain and suffering that is happening in Da Nang, Vietnam in 2016 is precisely what Dr. King was trying to avoid.
Norman Solomon is an author, journalist and activist and an associate of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a media watch group. He presented and engaged in a Q&A at Ithaca College on Sept. 10.

Q&A: Journalist and activist discusses whistleblowers

By Daniel Hart, Contributing Writer • September 16, 2015
In general, media with a progressive perspective is higher quality now, with less rhetoric and more clarity.
During the two-year civil war, two million Syrian civilians have been internally displaced or have fled to neighboring countries, including Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon.

Negotiations with Syria help put potential U.S. attack on hold

By Michael Tkaczevski, Assistant News Editor • September 12, 2013
President Barack Obama addressed the nation Tuesday to justify intervening in Syria, to force Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish his chemical weapons, which Assad agreed to do under threat of a U.S. cruise missile strike.

Interactive: Professors share narratives of lifelong activism

By Kelsey O'ConnorShawn Steiner, Editor-in-Chief and Photo Editor • December 13, 2012
For some Ithaca College professors, protesting is how they do their part to enact change in the local community and in the classroom.
Ithaca College professors apply lifelong activism to classroom

Ithaca College professors apply lifelong activism to classroom

By Kristen Mansfield, Staff Writer • December 6, 2012
Ithaca College professors share their past and present activism experience and how they apply it in the classroom environment.
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