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An alert from the Ithaca College Alert Emergency Notification System sent at 7:55 p.m. Feb. 16 informed the campus community that the Office of Facilities’ crews are treating roadways and walkways on campus.
Extreme ice and snow prompt emergency weather alerts for Tompkins County
By Kaeleigh Banda, News Editor • February 16, 2025
On Feb. 16, the Ithaca College Alert Emergency Notification System sent out two emergency notifications to students, faculty and staff via phone call, text and email to give updates about the extreme ice and snow in the area. 
On the Quad: Should Valentine's Day be a holiday?
On the Quad: Should Valentine’s Day be a holiday?
By Emma Anderson, Emma Lenhard, and Sammie Macaranas
Reporter Sammie Macaranas went on the quad to get a tally on whether or not Valentine's Day should be a holiday.
President La Jerne Cornish spoke to members of the campus community in Emerson Suites. Cornish discussed budget balancing and ways to support vulnerable members of the community.
State of the College discusses work to close IC’s budget deficit and the impact of executive orders
By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager
Ithaca College administrators shared updates about their efforts to close the college’s budget deficit — guided by the administrative analysis study conducted with the Huron Consulting Group — at the State of the College meeting Feb. 11 in Emerson Suites. 
 At the event, attendees had the opportunity to buy a copy of “King: A Life” from Odyssey Bookstore. Eig signed copies of the book after the event.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Eig speaks at Tompkins County Public Library
By Isabel Alasio and Kaeleigh Banda
On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: A Life.” In 2024, the Martin Luther King Jr. biography won a Pulitzer Prize. Eig spoke to attendees about his years of research and King’s work as a civil rights activist and preacher while also uncovering who King was as a person. 
Harry Shuldman ’08, died in a car crash Jan. 26 during a wildlife trip in Uganda.
Ithaca College community remembers alum Harry Shuldman
By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager
The Ithaca College community remembers Harry Shuldman ’08, who died in a car crash Jan. 26 during a wildlife trip in Uganda. Shuldman was a staff member for The Ithacan who went on to work as a copy editor for The New York Post. While at the college, Shuldman majored in cinema and photography with a concentration in screenwriting, according to April Johanns, coordinator of student and external relations in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. 
Public Safety Logs 2/5-2/9
Public Safety Logs 2/5-2/9
February 18, 2025
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Brian Bienus squares off with his opponenet. His technical fall was one of nine bonus point victories for the Bombers.
Bombers blank the Red Dragons in late-season duel
By Jacob Infald, Sports Editor • February 14, 2025
The Ithaca College Bombers shut the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons out in a dominating 51-0 victory Feb. 12 at Ben Light
Mat Fournier's new book, “Dysphoric Modernism: Undoing Gender in French Literature," uses his French education and personal experience as a transgender man to unravel the concept of gender binary.
Q&A: Mat Fournier dives deep into gender constructs with new book
By Sadie Evans, Staff Writer • February 15, 2025
Mat Fournier, associate professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures and an affiliate member of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Ithaca College, published a book in November 2024 titled “Dysphoric Modernism: Undoing Gender in French Literature.”
Editorial: ICE sets aim on undocumented immigrants as it enters sanctuary cities
Editorial: ICE sets aim on undocumented immigrants as it enters sanctuary cities
By The Ithacan February 6, 2025
Ithaca is one of many sanctuary cities in the United States. Sanctuary cities are meant to be a haven for immigrants seeking refuge;
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