The Ithacan

The Ithaca College provost has made an announcement addressing a number of Public Safety–related proposals recently put forward by President Tom Rochon.

In response to campuswide discussions regarding alleged racial aggression by Public Safety officers, President Tom Rochon acknowledged the issue in a statement to the campus community Sept. 6.

Resident assistants at Ithaca College are protesting what they are calling racial profiling and harassment by Public Safety officers against students of color.

Around 11 p.m. May 25, 2014, Lawrence*, then an Ithaca College sophomore, was tackled by an officer from the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management, while another forced his hands behind his back because he did not take his hands out of his pockets.

Approximately 40 staff positions at Ithaca College will be cut during the current fiscal year.

A TCAT bus was involved in a single vehicle accident on the Ithaca College campus.

After electing to unionize in May, Ithaca College part-time faculty members have identified increased compensation as a major priority heading into negotiations after spending the summer forming a bargaining committee.

Ithaca College part-time faculty successfully elected to unionize May 28 with an overwhelming majority.

The Ithaca College Class of 2015 graduated in the college’s 120th Commencement ceremony May 17 at Butterfield Stadium.

Dominick Recckio’s ticket, IC*NSYNC, narrowly won the Ithaca College Student Government Association Executive Board election April 24.

IC*NSYNC narrowly edged out IC Your Voice and IC Friends in the 2015-16 Ithaca College Student Government Association Executive Board election.

New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton sent a letter April 23 urging President Tom Rochon and the Ithaca College Board of Trustees to respect the right of Ithaca College part-time faculty to organize and vote to form a union.