The Ithacan

Ithaca College President Tom Rochon spoke at a special all-college meeting March 5 regarding the college’s economic and structural future.

The College announced March 2 tuition for next year will be $40,658, a 2.85 percent increase from this year.

Ithaca College raised $735,249 in the first IC Giving Day on Feb. 26, receiving gifts from 2,306 donors.

Beth Harris, a retired associate professor in the Department of Politics, was arrested along with Ithaca resident Ariel Gold and three others for attempting to block the entrance to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference.

Due to an electrical cable failure, multiple Ithaca College buildings are without power and have closed including Williams Hall, Muller Chapel, the entire Campus Center, Gannett Center, including the library, and the Whalen Center.

Academy Award winning actress Geena Davis will be visiting the Roy H. Park School of Communications at the end of the month in the newest installment in the Park Distinguished Visitor Series.

A water main break at South Aurora and Pleasant Street has shut down the street corner while crews attempt to repair the break.

Kid Ink’s newest album, “Full Speed,” bungles his genre with inconsistent style and lack of lyrical prowess.

President Barack Obama’s free community college program could potentially hurt Ithaca College’s enrollment.

A Cornell staff member was hit by a TCAT bus on Jan. 26, on the heels of a Cornell senior being hit and killed by a car in the early morning of Jan. 24.

At the Jan. 20 Ithaca College Faculty Council meeting, members spoke about the upcoming budget deficit, a new plan to meet with the Board of Trustees twice a year and the potential for a new CAPS employee.

The deadline for faculty to turn in final grades has been moved from Dec. 24 to Dec. 30.