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BY ALEXIS MANORE Implementation Committee (APPIC) released its Education Leadership Management and Policy at nonacademic programs profoundly affect the final recommendations for the APP in the “Shape Seton Hall University, said colleges are making lives of our colleagues, friends, students and On the night of Feb. 24, approximately 75 of the College” document Feb. 18. The final cuts in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic alumni,” they wrote in the email. Collado and students gathered and placed candles on the recommendations, like the draft document, but also because of concerns about finances. Cornish did not have more to say to The Ithacan steps of the Ithaca College Library to honor recommend the elimination of 116 FTE fac- “[Ithaca College’s plan] is one of the most after the release of the email. the faculty members who will lose their jobs as ulty positions and 26 departments, programs aggressive cuts I’ve seen in the country,” he said. David Lissy, chair of the Ithaca College a result of the Academic Program Prioritization and majors. In a Feb. 24 email to the college community, Board of Trustees, and Jim Nolan, vice chair (APP) process. Earlier that day, President Shirley Colleges all over the United States have been Collado and Cornish said the changes will occur of the board, also sent an email to the campus M. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and making cuts to faculty and staff positions due to over the next three academic years. community stating that the board voted to sup- senior vice president for academic affairs, ap- decreased enrollment and financial issues exac- “Transformative change is difficult and fre- port the decision to accept the “Shape of the proved the recommended elimination of 116 erbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. quently personal, and we understand that the College” recommendations. full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty positions. Robert Kelchen, associate professor of high- changes to come for our academic programs and The Academic Program Prioritization er education and chair of the Department of the changes that have already happened in our CUTS, PAGE 4

Administration loses arbitration SGC passes legislation case to contingent faculty union opposing faculty cuts

BY MADISON FERNANDEZ BY SYD PIERRE affairs, announced their final decision The American Arbitration Asso- The Ithaca College Student Gov- to adopt the “Shape of the College” ciation (AAA) has ruled against the ernance Council (SGC) passed a document Feb. 24. Ithaca College administration in a resolution expressing no confidence “On Monday, the Student Gover- case involving the college’s action in the “Shape of the College” proposal nance Council voted no confidence in against a contingent faculty member. outlining faculty and program cuts at the Shape of the College Recommen- The AAA ruled that Tom its Feb. 22 meeting. dation,” the SGC said in a Feb. 24 Schneller, assistant professor in the The No Confidence in Shape statement to The Ithacan. “We stand Department of Music Performance, of the College Recommendation by our students and we will continue did not violate the union’s Collective resolution resolves stopping the to advocate for shared governance in Bargaining Agreement (CBA), as the implementation of the “Shape the hopes of promoting student voic- college claimed. In May, Schneller of the College” draft in order es and concerns.” posted an open letter to Intercom on to incorporate more student, The SGC passed the No Con- behalf of the union, titled “Solidarity staff and faculty input. The bill fidence in Shape of the College in a Time of Crisis: A Plea from Your recommends that the college cre- Recommendation resolution with a Contingent Colleagues.” ate a committee composed of five roll call vote of 15–1 with no absten- The letter urged the students, five faculty and five staff tions. Sophomore Austin Ruffino, college’s administration to be representatives selected by the cam- senator-at-large, voted against the bill. creative in its attempts to save pus community to be involved in the At the meeting, Ruffino did not say money amid the COVID-19 pandem- The Contingent Faculty Union urged the administration to be creative in its attempts to save money during the COVID-19 pandemic. decision-making process; establish why he voted this way and has not ic and to support contingent faculty regular meetings with the SLT to responded to requests for comment. ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN members, who are most at risk of create engagement between dif- The bill was sponsored by senior being laid off. ferent groups, like the SGC, the Agnes Scotti, Class of 2021 senator; This letter was posted be- “to privilege the most vulnerable list she received from the admin- Board of Trustees, the Contingent junior Sebastian Chavez, Students fore La Jerne Cornish, provost faculty for these overages so that istration showed a total of 142 Faculty Union, Faculty Council, of Color Coalition senator; junior and senior vice president for ac- those who find themselves jobless contingent faculty. This included 27 Staff Council and the campus com- Jacqueline Laferrier, class of 2022 ademic affairs, announced the in the fall might have a final few full-time contingent faculty mem- munity; and email weekly APPIC senator; and junior Lauren Miller and Academic Program Prioritization paychecks before being laid off bers and 115 part-time contingent updates. Updates for the APP are co-sponsored by junior Kellie Swen (APP) plans to the Faculty Council in August.” faculty members. On average, she currently posted on the Office of the sen and student organizations Itha- in October. Rachel Fomalhaut, lecturer in said there are usually between Provost’s website. cappella, IC Voicestream, IC Second The letter asked for tenured, the Department of Writing, said in 220 and 250 part-time and 60 The bill recommends that these Stage, Students of Color Coalition, tenure-track and non-tenure-eligible a November interview that a total full-time contingent faculty members recommendations be implemented Model United Nations, Ithaca College notice (NTEN) colleagues to “consid- of 77 contingent faculty members in a semester. before President Shirley M. Collado er refusing summer overload credits” were not rehired for Fall 2020. ARBITRATION, PAGE 4 and La Jerne Cornish, provost and LEGISLATION, PAGE 4 and to pressure department chairs She said that for Fall 2020, the senior vice president for academic

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BY OLIVIA STANZL attend and developing a more equitable curriculum. The Ithaca College Department of “Our students are facing microag- Physics and Astronomy has created an gressions, these subconscious digs, Anti-racism and Inclusion Action Plan that add up,” Sullivan said. “I’ve been to combat discrimination and micro- a victim of these as a woman in phys- aggressions within the department. ics. Small numbers of women, lots of Kelley Sullivan, associate profes- biases against our abilities, and they sor in the Department of Physics and build up. They’re hard to deal with. Astronomy, chairs the Anti-racism We want to make sure that not just the and Inclusion Action Team, which faculty but also the students have an includes Colleen Countryman, as- awareness of what microaggressions Members of the Department of Physics and Astronomy have created a plan to combat racism within sistant professor in the Department are, what their biases are and how the department. The 14-page plan includes action items like bringing in diverse guest speakers. of Physics and Astronomy; senior they can combat them.” Oluwasekemi Odumosu; junior Sullivan and Luke Keller, Dana pro- COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY Cyerra Adams; junior Antara Sen; fessor in the Department of Physics sophomore Ted Mburu; and fresh- and Astronomy, have begun to actively community because it has been Throughout Spring 2021, the team of taking steps towards change,” man Matt Weil. The 14-page plan educate themselves on issues relating shown to build retention and improve plans to coordinate DEI discus- Weil said. includes action items for Faculty to diversity, equity and inclusion. students’ success. This grant has al- sions at faculty meetings, work with Odumosu said she hopes that the and Staff Education; Student Ed- In the summer of 2019, the Na- lowed the program to create the STEM student organizations to create infor- department’s plan will encourage oth- ucation; Representation; Student tional Science Foundation awarded residential learning community, have mative poster displays for classrooms, ers to take similar steps. Support; Community; Curriculum Sullivan a grant that provides schol- STEM seminars and award 14 students have the faculty representatives and “All it needs is a few passionate and Pedagogy; and Diversity, Equity arships for high-performing students with scholarships up to $10,000 a year. the department chair work with people,” Odumosu said. “It makes and Inclusion (DEI) leadership. from low-income backgrounds who The action team has also de- administration to hire a student advo- a difference having those things The highest priority items include are committed to pursuing a degree in cided it is important to change the cate in Student Financial Services who written down and having a plan for bringing in diverse speakers, hav- computer science, mathematics, phys- freshman curriculum. Sullivan said will help students understand their the department.” ing DEI discussions at department ics or astronomy. the action team believes the current financial aid opportunities. faculty meetings, helping students Sullivan and her team focused curriculum favors students with a “I’m happy to be getting more OLIVIA STANZL find identity-based conferences to their programming on building a stronger math background than others. education as well as being a part [email protected]

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Second-year graduate student BY ELIZABETH KHARABADZE Nicholas Villane is studying in the Masters of Music in Compo- Some Ithaca College students and faculty sition program at Ithaca College, members are concerned about the future of with the goal of becoming a uni- clubs that are losing advisers due to the impend- versity professor. He already has ing faculty cuts. two acceptances into doctoral The Academic Program Prioritization (APP) programs, which he attributes to cuts include several faculty members who serve his experience in the program. as advisers to student organizations on campus. Out of the five graduate In order to be recognized as a club, student programs that are being recom- organizations need to have a full-time faculty mended for discontinuation, four member agree to be the adviser. are Masters of Music (M.M.) in the Michele Lenhart, director of the Office of School of Music. These programs Student Engagement, said that every year, there include the M.M. in Performance, is some adviser turnover as a result of people Conducting, Composition and leaving the college. Suzuki Pedagogy and String Per- “The Office of Student Engagement can help formance. Each M.M. is a two-year with this process by posting requests to solicit program with 30, 36, 30 and 32 a new adviser for a specific club or sharing the credits required, respectively. list of people who are interested in becoming Students and faculty said they Alyssa Comeau ’20 conducted for the IC Campus Band as a graduate student, but non-major advisers to see if there might be a match on that are astounded by the college’s ensembles may not be able to continue without graduate students like Comeau to lead them. list,” Lenhart said via email. decision to cut these programs, COURTESY OF ALYSSA COMEAU The Ithaca Outing Club is in danger as the especially because the college Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, in the school. This includes History and Composition. started as a music conservatory going to be able to get anywhere which houses the club, is recommended to helping conduct ensembles, fill- Alyssa Comeau ’20 graduat- in 1892. else,” he said. be cut. ing teaching assistant positions, ed from the M.M. in Conducting “To be cutting a big part of Charis Dimaras, professor in Matt Vosler, assistant professor in the teaching non-major classes, teach- program and formerly conducted what makes the conservatory part the Department of Music Per- Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, ing secondary instrument classes, IC Campus Band, an ensemble of the school the way it is was pret- formance, said he also believes is the adviser for the club. His position is also accompanying ensembles and composed of non-major students ty shocking,” Villane said. undergraduate students would recommended to be cut. running social media accounts for and major students practicing Villane said he completed his lose mentors if the graduate He said it might be difficult to find someone the school. secondary instruments. undergraduate studies at Stetson programs are cut. else to advise the club because they would need “With the grad students leav- “It makes me reconsider University in DeLand, Florida. “It cuts the bridge between to have experience leading people in outdoor ing, there’s a good chance that we sending my current high school He said he believes that he has our impressionable younger stu- activities in a safe way. Vosler said he has a wil- will have very limited possibilities students to apply, and that’s just grown more in the last year and dents that look at those graduate derness first responder certification, meaning for offering classes to non-majors, sad,” Comeau said. “I would love a half than in his four years as an students as intermediate exam- he is able to provide first aid relating to injuries which of course runs complete- to say, ‘Go get a degree at Ithaca,’ undergraduate student. ples between us — international that might occur outdoors. ly contradictory to the Ithaca but it’s really difficult for me to do “As a graduate assistant, concert artists — and where they Vosler said he feels like spending time out- Forever plan, which has as one of its that when it feels like the school as to be able to work with are at the moment, and somehow doors has helped students’ mental health, components that schools should a whole doesn’t support that music theory professors really close- are able to imagine now their especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. be more integrated,” said Les ly and be able to learn skills future towards reaching higher grad program.” “With that going away, I really fear that a lot Black, chair of Graduate Studies that I hope to use in my own and becoming more,” he said. of students are going to miss out on those op- in Music and associate professor in classroom in the future was an Graduate students and assis- CONTACT JILLIAN BLEIER portunities that add to the type of experience the Department of Music Theory, [email protected] experience I don’t think I was tants do work behind the scenes that one would want to have at a place like Ithaca College,” he said. Juan Arroyo, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and adviser to the Model United Nations, is among the many Recreation department opposes APP faculty members being cut as a result of the APP. Arroyo said he believes the cuts would have an BY SYD PIERRE impact on student enrollment if Model UN were to be cut. The Ithaca College Department of Rec- “Lots of high school students are totally reation and Leisure Studies (RLS) and the passionate about [Model UN] and they want to community organizations its students work continue in college,” Arroyo said. “Many people with are voicing their opposition to the say, ‘I came to Ithaca College because of the “Shape of the College” recommendations, Model UN team,’ and people stay at Ithaca Col- which recommend the discontinuation of the lege for the same reason.” entire department. Junior Autumn Michels is a member of Mod- The Academic Program Prioritization Imple- el UN and said her time being part of Model UN mentation Committee (APPIC) recommended has provided her with a community. Michels the elimination of the RLS department and its said she is worried about the future of the club. majors, Therapeutic Recreation and Outdoor “I think that Juan makes the team what it Adventure Leadership. is,” she said. “The kind of community that’s felt RLS is housed in the School of Health within the club is because Juan goes out of his Sciences and Human Performance. Some way to make a community in his own house and students, faculty and alumni of the program are in his daily life to involve the club as much as disappointed in the decision and feel that the possible.” elimination of the program would harm the Jennifer Herzog, lecturer in the Department local community. The RLS department wrote a of Theatre Arts, serves as the adviser for the Stu- letter to the APPIC but declined to share it with Juniors Leah Harbison-Ricciutti and Clare Collins, senior Emily Rose and Adelia dent Alliance for Israel (SAFI). Her position is The Ithacan. Alexander ’20 went to California for the Immersion Semester Program in Spring 2020. also in jeopardy due to the APP. Junior Edie McRoberts said she found the BENJAMIN DINOIA/THE ITHACAN Herzog voiced concern about the APP and department after participating in the Jump- the speed at which it was implemented. She start program Experiencing Connections by surprised by the recommendations and thought Ithaca area, including the Ithaca Youth Bureau, said she believed there was not much room for Heading Outdoors (ECHO). She said that be- that the department would get absorbed the Ithaca Children’s Garden (ICG) and the feedback from the community to be considered. cause of this, she added her second major, into another department at the college, not Racker Center. “It’s one thing to hear somebody’s issues, Outdoor Adventure Leadership, and participat- completely eliminated. Elizabeth Klohmann ’88, director of the Itha- and it’s another thing to actually act on them,” ed in the Immersion Semester Program (ISP) “It saddens me for the students who are in ca Youth Bureau, wrote a letter Jan. 29 in sup- Herzog said. “I don’t necessarily feel like these in Spring 2020. the curriculum who found a home for their pro- port of the department. issues were processed in that manner.” ISP is a semester-long, 18-credit outdoor ex- fession, for what they really want to do in their Dan Brown, executive director of the Rack- Herzog said that despite the cuts, she has cursion open to all students at the college. The lives, because it is a question of passion,” Wells er Center, wrote a letter Feb. 2 encouraging the faith in the future of SAFI. She said she hopes trip occurs for the duration of the spring semes- said. college to reconsider the elimination of RLS. the club will continue with a new adviser. ter and students develop outdoor leadership Molly Hajjar, lecturer in the department Erin Marteal, executive director and CEO of Herzog also said she would continue to sup- skills while backpacking, hiking, rock climbing of RLS, said via email that she hopes that the the ICG, also wrote a letter Feb. 1 stating how port the club in any way that she could. and mountaineering. college will find new opportunities for stu- the elimination of RLS would negatively impact “I tell my students on the first day of class “I’m really grateful that I did because I can’t dents to pursue wellness once the department it community partnerships. that by enrolling in my class, I automatically imagine how I would be able to do everything is eliminated. “Ithaca College has always been a care about them — whether they like it or not,” without them. Those opportunities — and all “Recreation plays an important role in main- leader in this regard,” the ICG letter stat- Herzog said. “If I see you and I get to work with the outdoor things that I’ve been able to do taining health socially, mentally, spiritually and ed. “It would be a tragic loss to imagine you on a daily basis, I instantly care about you. because of it — it’s made a super, super huge physically,” Hajjar said. “Empowering students IC, and the City of Ithaca, without this important That’s how I feel about my theater students, and that’s how I feel about my SAFI students.” impact on my life,” McRoberts said. to learn how to build this into their own lives department’s contributions.” Jennifer Wells, assistant professor in the and those around them is a void that will be left Department of RLS, has been teaching at as a result of the recommendations.” CONTACT SYD PIERRE CONTACT ELIZABETH KHARABADZE the college since 2013. She said she was RLS partners with organizations in the [email protected] [email protected] 4 | NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

FROM CUTS, PAGE 1 college is cutting faculty positions, FROM ARBITRATION, PAGE 1 especially those in the School of In a Feb. 24 All-Staff Meeting, Humanities and Sciences, because Dave Maley, director of pub- Brad Hougham, associate provost she majored in sociology during lic relations, said that there was a for faculty affairs and co-chair of her time at the college. reduction of 34 full-time equivalent (FTE) the APPIC, said the APPIC proposed “The top-down and dismissive positions among the contingent faculty from the minimum possible FTE elimi- approach of the APP does not re- Fall 2019 to Fall 2020. nations in the draft document, so flect the spirit of my alma mater,” He said some of this was a result of reducing the numbers further was Wolfe said via email. a drop in enrollment, the closing of the not possible. Some faculty members have Los Angeles program for Fall 2020, the He said that the APPIC lis- also come together to create an pause on faculty sabbaticals and Center tened to the feedback the campus American Association of Univer- for Faculty Research and Development community provided and that one sity Professors (AAUP) chapter released time awards and the filling of pre- concern from the campus commu- to fight the cuts, push for shared viously vacant full-time lines, some of which nity was the ability of departments governance and advocate for were filled by contingent faculty. to deliver curriculum after the cuts academic freedom. “It’s a really big drop, and we do have have been made. Dan Breen, associate profes- concerns, especially because the administra- Hougham said there was a de- sor in the Department of English tion has been so hostile,” Fomalhaut said. sire for the college to retain all of and president of the IC AAUP The union said Schneller received a let- its faculty, departments, majors chapter, said it has not yet been Senior Shoshanna Maniscalco lights candles at a Feb. 24 vigil by ter of warning from Cornish accusing him of and programs. formally recognized. the library in honor of faculty members who will be terminated. violating the CBA by calling for a strike. Ac- He said the lack of changes is Breen said the administration ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN cording to Article 12 of the CBA, “The Union not because the APPIC did not lis- has yet to recognize the petition. agrees that it will not call, instigate, engage ten to the feedback. “The response of the college population of the IC community.” capacity to provide introductory or participate in, encourage, approve or en- “This is not because the community hasn’t been appreciat- Zack Ford ’07, former president education on U.S. Politics but also dorse, nor will it permit any Faculty member feedback was not considered ed as fully as it should be,” he said. of the Student Government Associ- conflict the college’s commitment to in the bargaining unit to call, instigate or or wasn’t sincerely requested,” Breen said the chapter is com- ation, now known as the Student fostering a community that can participate in, any strike; sympathy strike; Hougham said. municating with the national Governance Council, and secretary ‘provide all community members sit-down; slow-down; demonstration that Concerns Continue to Grow AAUP organization to figure out its of the Alumni Association Board of with opportunities to develop, interferes with or disrupts the fulfillment of College community members next steps. Directors, said that no one wants to debate and critically evaluate their duties as educators as a result of the have been concerned about the Jenna Mortenson ’19, former lose faculty members and programs strategies to address complex prob- Union or bargaining unit Faculty members’ APP process, specifically the lack vice president for campus affairs but that the college urgently needs lems,’” the letter stated. action; withholding or delaying any grades, of shared governance, the speed for the Student Governance Coun- to make change. Sophomore Clare Martin said academic evaluations or other required doc- of the process and the lack of cil (SGC), said she was familiar “It’s important not to turn ob- they felt like the administration uments as a form of concerted activity (as financial transparency. with the strategic plan from her jections to this proposal to negative dismissed student concerns with defined by the National Labor Relations Act); In a Feb. 24 statement, the Open time as a student but thinks that feedback that hurts the college,” he its decision. or any interference with or stoppage of work the Books coalition expressed its it is being implemented at a faster said. “It’s true that this is painful “They’ve decorated this email by bargaining unit Faculty members. Any frustration with the approval of pace and more extensively than and simultaneously true that it’s with so much fluff language, they’re bargaining unit Faculty member engaging in the plan. The coalition stated that she expected. She said some of good for the college.” putting so much emphasis on using any conduct prohibited by this Article may even though the plan has been ap- the important documents, like the On Feb. 23, the American Po- ‘our’ and ‘community,’ and it just be subject to immediate disciplinary action, proved, it is still working to stop draft “Shape of the College” docu- litical Science Association wrote feels like they’re trying to avoid the including discharge.” the cuts and push for shared gov- ment, were unavailable to alumni, a letter to Collado and Cornish anger that’s going to come from the The union stated that it was not calling ernance and financial transparency. which she found frustrating. that opposed the terminations of students they’re so blatantly ignor- for a strike but rather suggesting that con- Hundreds of alumni have joined “I love Ithaca, and I’m happy to Alex Moon and Juan Arroyo, assis- ing,” Martin said.“The fact that the tinuing faculty members consider a voluntary the group “IC Alumni Against sing its praises to everybody, and tant professors in the Department plan that’s going to cut so much is reassignment of summer overload credits to Austerity,” which is working to I loved my experience there,” she of Politics. called ‘Ithaca Forever’ is the biggest contingent faculty members. encourage alumni to take action said. “I think it felt a little jarring “The termination of employ- joke I’ve ever heard.” “If our suggestion were followed, the against the cuts. to put so much time in and see ment for Drs. Alex Moon and same classes, taught by qualified IC instruc- Samantha Wolfe ’11 said she that certain recommendations and Juan Arroyo would severely un- CONTACT ALEXIS MANORE tors, would be offered without adverse is disheartened to hear that the data weren’t available to a whole dercut both the department’s [email protected] impact on the student experience,” the union stated in a June Intercom post. “Instead of calling for a strike or work stoppage, we were asking for more work, not less.” FROM LEGISLATION, PAGE 1 Additionally, the union stated that the clause does not apply to tenure and NTEN Futures, Ithaca College Democrats, IC Votes, faculty at the college because they are not Ithaca College Planned Parenthood Generation members of the bargaining unit. Action and Passion Project. The union argued that this suggestion did “We understand that cuts are somewhat not interfere with teaching duties because inevitable in the survival of educational in- overload credits totaling over 24 credit hours stitutions,” Scotti said. “However, when in an academic year are voluntary. you don’t include students or faculty in the Schneller said he was threatened with fu- decision-making process, it doesn’t represent ture disciplinary action “up to and including like shared governance, and it doesn’t prove termination,” and the administration asked that the higher administration is really on for the union to retract the open letter. The our side.” union filed a grievance, stating that Schneller Students, faculty and alumni at the college was discriminated against for exercising legit- have expressed their disappointment in the rec- imate union activity. According to the union, ommendations. Alumni and programs that are Cornish denied the grievance. The union slated to be cut have written letters opposing then took the matter to arbitration with the cuts. The Open the Books coalition has held the AAA. five protests on campus. Students and faculty The Ithaca College Student Governance Council passed the No Confidence in the Shape The arbitrator found that Schneller’s ac- tions did not warrant disciplinary warning, members have created petitions. A survey from of the College Recommendation at its Feb. 22 meeting. It also passed two other bills. the college has been ordered to expunge the the Faculty Council showed that a majority of COURTESY OF THE STUDENT GOVERNANCE COUNCIL participating faculty members are resistant to warning from Schneller’s file. the cuts. evaluated prior to the recommendation; The bill was sponsored by the same sen- “Their decision to pursue a lengthy and Scotti said she wrote the bill as a formality explanations of how the “Shape of the College” ators, individuals and organizations that costly legal fight, at a time when ostensible and as one of the only ways she could commu- will allow the college to overcome current fi- sponsored the No Confidence in Shape of the financial constraints are being used as a jus- nicate with the SLT. nancial issues; the cause of the college’s current College Recommendation resolution. tification for mass terminations among staff She said that she did not expect anything financial status and a breakdown of SLT salaries Chavez said the bill was written to gain more and faculty, displays a clear error in judge- to happen as a result of the bill because the per IRS Form 990, the tax form the college is transparency for the campus community. ment and management,” the union stated in administration has not listened to previous required to file that reports the results of its “Not all of us have the knowledge to under- a Feb. 18 press release. requests to delay the cuts and has not respond- financial operations. The Form 990 for previous stand the financials, but it should be easy for Schneller said the campus community ed to previous calls to change the makeup of fiscal years are publicly available for viewing. our students to have access to those financials needs to continue to resist the APP. the committees. The college has denied requests from The Itha- and easy for our faculty members to have access “It is important for the campus commu- The SGC also passed the 2021 Ithaca Col- can to release the current salaries of the SLT. to those financials,” Chavez said. nity to recognize the gulf that separates the lege Financial Transparency recommendation, As previously reported by The Ithacan, The SGC debated including the section administration’s public rhetoric from its actu- which encourages the college to release a Collado has publicly said that she and other about the SLT salaries in the bill. Senior Carleigh al behavior,” Schneller said via email. breakdown of the fiscal health of the college. members of the administration have elected Strange, School of Music senator, said she was Emily Rockett, assistant counsel in the In Fall 2020, the SGC passed a similar bill — to reduce their salaries for the 2020–21 fiscal worried about the response that section would Office of the General Counsel, said to The the Fall 2020 Tuition Transparency Request year. Although the salaries for the current fis- get from the SLT. Ithacan in a June interview that the col- Bill — which recommended that the SLT pub- cal year are not known at this time, members “As much as I would love to know what these lege wanted the union to talk directly with lish information about the cost of tuition for of the SLT froze their salaries for the 2019–20 salaries are, I think that this is a perfect excuse the administration rather than posting on Fall 2020. The administration declined to enact fiscal year. This means that they did not take a for them to look at this recommendation and Intercom. this request. salary increase from the 2018–19 fiscal year to say, ‘Absolutely not, I’m not going to share that “I think a factor that doesn’t come The SGC passed the 2021 Ithaca College the 2019–20 fiscal year, Dave Maley, director of information, no way,’ and then discredit the en- through in Intercom is that the college and Financial Transparency recommendation public relations, said. Thus, with the voluntary tire recommendation,” Strange said. the union have labor management commit- tees that meet to discuss issues,” she said. with a vote of 16–0 with no abstentions. The salary reductions in place, the 2020–21 fiscal bill recommends that the college release fi- year salaries are presumably lower than the re- CONTACT SYD PIERRE CONTACT MADISON FERNANDEZ nancial information, like options that were ported 2018–19 fiscal year salaries. [email protected] [email protected] THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 NEWS | 5 Open the Books protests against cuts UK COVID-19

BY JORDAN BROKING cases found For the fifth time in the last BY ALYSHIA KORBA three months, students lined Two more cases of the U.K. variant the crosswalk by the Peggy of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ryan Williams (PRW) Center to Tompkins County. protest the Academic Program Pri- Both individuals are in isolation, and all oritization (APP) process. At this close contacts are in quarantine. Both cases demonstration, they held a banner were identified following travel, according that stated, “The APP is a virus.” to a Feb. 22 press release from the Tomp- “It’s a virus of its own,” se- kins County Health Department. The cases nior Chris Griswold said. “It’s were identified through Cornell University’s something that’s going to cause COVID-19 testing lab as a part of its services detrimental harm to many, many for the Cayuga Health System and Tompkins people at this institution and in County, the department stated. The health this town.” department has notified the regional New The Open the Books co- York State Department of Health and the alition is a group of Ithaca New York State Wadsworth Public Health College community members ad- Laboratory of the cases. vocating against the proposed There have been a total of six cases of program and faculty cuts. Approx- the U.K. variant in the county. The health imately 12 people attended the department announced the first case protest at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 22. Some Jan. 15. Another three cases were identified protesters taped off two doors at Feb. 3. The U.K. variant was first found in the main entrance to the PRW Cen- New York state Jan. 4. As of Feb. 20, there ter with yellow caution tape and were a total of 136 U.K. variant cases identi- red danger tape. The group also Students voice their opposition to the faculty cuts at a protest organized by the Open the Books fied in New York state. lined up posters outside the doors coalition Feb. 22. Protesters held a banner at the crosswalk outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center. According to the Centers for Dis- to the PRW Center that read, “Stop JORDAN BROKING/THE ITHACAN ease Control and Prevention (CDC), the cutting” and “Decisions Made Here U.K. variant is a more contagious variant May Be Hazardous.” approximately $15 million from the will not terminate any tenured termination have added their of COVID-19. In January, experts in the Griswold said the coali- endowment annually. The college or tenure-eligible faculty members. names to a list that is circulating U.K. stated that this variant may be asso- ciated with an increased risk of death as tion is calling for financial has not responded to The Ithacan’s This leaves non-tenure eligible, on social media. compared to other variants of COVID-19, transparency because students requests to disclose the administra- part-time per-course faculty, adjunct White said she took classes with but more studies are needed to confirm this do not know the administrators’ tion’s current salaries. faculty and faculty employed by term two of the professors on the list finding, the CDC stated. current salaries nor do they have Seniors Maria White and Jenny appointments to be recommended and said the close-knit relation- clarity regarding how endowment Lema also attended. Lema said one for termination. Frank Kruppa, Tompkins County public ships she and others have with their health director, advised residents to contin- money can be spent. of her concerns with the APP is fac- Nationally, faculty of color tend professors is the true defining “We want our institution, who ulty of color being fired. She said to hold adjunct positions with- ue to follow COVID-19 guidelines. point of her education. “We are confident that we successful- claims they value diversity and eq- she and others have reached out to in colleges. In an opinion piece “When I think about the uity and inclusion, to be held to a the administration asking if there for Inside Higher Ed, President ly identified and isolated the cases in this most positive aspects of my situation,” Kruppa said. “This is a more higher standard because they told was any clear indication of what Shirely M. Collado and La Jerne IC experience, it really comes us they would be held to that high- help will be given to the faculty Cornish, provost and senior vice contagious mutation of the virus, and we down to the relationships with need to be vigilant. We all still have a part er standard,” Griswold said. members of color who were recom- presdient for academic affairs, the professors and supporting During the InFinity presenta- in stopping the spread and must continue mended to be fired. Lema said that stated that more than 70% of the them and showing up for them tion Feb. 22, Bill Guerrero, vice they have not heard back yet. to diligently wear masks, avoid crowds and college’s contingent faculty mem- because they’ve shown up for us,” president for finance and admin- “As a Latinx person, I can’t find bers were white. keep distance from one another.” White said. istration, said the endowment any faculty and professors that I can Some of the faculty mem- is approximately $390 million. relate to,” Lema said. bers who were notified that their CONTACT JORDAN BROKING CONTACT ALYSHIA KORBA He also said the college draws The college has stated it positions are recommended for [email protected] [email protected]

THE FACES OF AUSTERITY BY HARRIET MALINOWITZ York is “just unthinkable,” as he’d lose child custody along with language acquisition, linguistics — this is my world. I trained their daily routines. my whole life to do this, and I love teaching,” he said. Over 30 years ago, he worked in management and analytics Beyond that, the college is, he said, “my livelihood, my re- for the New York City government, which gave him expertise in tirement.” Although he is unlikely to find another job in his budgets and insights into the college’s current plans. field, leaving the area is not a viable option because his life “Who would want to send their kid to a downsized partner is a tenured professor at Cornell University. “My life college when they can spend the same amount of mon- is here.” ey on another one that’s not?” he asked. “I wish they Often, he bridges the campus–community divide would just stop gaslighting us about the whole process, as faculty adviser to the student group Intercambi- pretending it’s grassroots and community-led and instru- os. The group engages in conversational practice with mentalizing cherished progressive values for a narrow, Spanish-speaking members of the Ithaca community and teach- POLITICAL THEORY EXPERT FEELS GASLIT discredited marketplace strategy. We’re academics who es English as a second language to area farmworkers. pay attention to language and the ways it’s used to Pedro is also faculty adviser for the Ithaca College group Alex Moon, assistant professor in the Department of Politics, manipulate, but they’re treating us like consumers or Big Brothers Big Sisters, which provides mentoring for is 56 and has a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He has taught gullible voters.” at-risk children, and he chairs the advisory board of its courses about U.S. politics, political theory, constitutional law local chapter. and the Supreme Court for 21 years at Ithaca College. When he is not engaged in those pursuits, he plays guitar He participates on panels and gets interviewed on and bass in local rock bands. issues related to elections, campaign finance and why students “I teach because I love that moment when you get do not vote. your students to understand that the culture and world In addition to having served on the Faculty Council and they live in is just one among others or when they diversity task force, Moon is active in several profession- read past what’s on the surface of a text and engage in al associations, regularly presenting papers, organizing critical thinking.” conferences and governing as an elected officer of the Associa- He said he feels strongly that the best thing about the col- tion for Political Theory. lege is its faculty and that the college would have been better He is currently working on a book about the epis- served had decisions been left to them. temic duties of citizens — what they need to know to be He stressed that faculty would not focus on “corporate viable political actors and respond to others who spread COMMUNITY TIES AT RISK OF BEING LOST thinking” that prioritizes “putting millions into marketing to falsehoods, are unreasonably credulous or choose to high schoolers and making the campus look good. To watch remain ignorant. Sergio Pedro, 56, assistant professor in the De- this blow be dealt to the college is heartbreaking.” Moon loves teaching, reading and writing, and being a poli- partment of Modern Languages and Literatures, is tics professor at the college is his dream job. He fears he’ll have Portuguese by origin and is a specialist in 17th century Spanish This series aims to put human faces on the faculty mem- to leave academia, causing him to feel “disoriented, depressed literature. He has taught in the Department of Modern Lan- bers who have been notified of their termination as a result and anxious.” guages and Literatures for 15 years and also teaches language of the Academic Program Prioritization process. Faculty He has a 12-year-old daughter and is “super worried about and linguistics. members interested in sharing their stories can reach out to losing [his] house and disrupting her life, as well as her feeling The elimination of Pedro signals the potential end of the Harriet Malinowitz, lecturer in the Department of Writing, like her world is precarious.” Moving away from upstate New linguistics minor at Ithaca College. “Language and literature, at [email protected]. 6 | NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 COLLEGE BRIEFS

SGC to hold student town hall fees of the farm property, which is located with- to get suggestions and feedback in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy homeland. The Ithaca College Student Governance New York state does not recognize Cayuga sover- Council (SGC) will hold a Student Town Hall at eignty, and the community will lose its property 6 p.m. Feb. 25. This is the first SGC town if it is unable to raise $116,000 by April 16. If the hall, and the event will take place virtually. goal is not met, the money raised will be used Students will have the opportunity to ask to help the Cayuga people relocate within their questions, share ideas and give feedback to homeland. Donations can be made at https:// the SGC. The link to register for the Zoom www.gofundme.com/f/save-cayuga-share-farm. meeting is at https://bit.ly/3pzZJDO. Sports media program releases Nominations open for award Spring 2021 speaker series lineup honoring faculty excellence at IC The Sports Media Program has announced Ithaca College is accepting nominations its lineup for its Spring 2021 speaker series. for the President Shirley M. Collado Faculty The first speaker will be Chris Barriere ’11 at Award for Outstanding Contributions to the 1:15 p.m. Feb. 25. Ivan Dashkov ’11 will speak Ithaca College Community. The $5,000 award at 1:15 p.m. March 11. Felicia Hall Allen will is given to a faculty member who exemplifies present at 1:15 p.m. March 25. Alex Falk will speak at 1:15 p.m. April 1, and Mandy Gut- Collado’s vision of excellence in education, mann will speak at 1:15 April 8. These events demonstrated through an inclusive approach are free and open to the college community and to practices of teaching, reasearch or leader- prospective students. People interested in at- ship on or off campus. The award is intended to tending can contact Ellen Staurowsky, professor support the professional development of the re- in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and cipient to enhance their capacity for leadership. Studies, at [email protected], or senior Indi- The award is made possible by donations from ra Varma at [email protected]. Gloria Hobbs, honorary alum and trustee of the college. IC students and alumni promote IC gets icy for Spring Welcome event Faculty at the associate professor rank or inclusivity at virtual reading event above are eligible for the award, whether they Ithaca College students and alumni are are tenured or continuing contract. Facul- promoting a more inclusive educational From left, freshmen Cassidy Gallivan and Olivia Waguespack ice skate at the ty members can nominate candidates for the environment for transgender and nonbina- Skate Across Campus Spring Welcome event Feb. 20 on the academic quad. award. Self-nominations are also accepted. Let- ry youth with a virtual book reading. Families, Spring Welcome events will continue on campus through Feb. 27. ters of support from colleagues at the college or children and all members of the community are ANA MANIACI MCGOUGH/THE ITHACAN outside the college are expected. The recipient invited to attend the reading, which will include of the award is expected to give a talk as a part of books like “When Aidan Became a Brother” by the Provost’s Colloquium series. Kyle Lukoff and “My Rainbow” by DeShanna Resilience in a Pandemic” series. Panel to discuss representation Nominations must include a CV from the Neal and Trinity Neal. This event is a part of the The next speakers in the series will be of LGBT individuals in media nominee, a nominator’s statement and letter of sixth annual Jazz and Friends National Day of Susan Salahshor, assistant professor and The Center for LGBT Education, Outreach support. Complete nominations are due on or School and Community Readings. Ithaca College program director of the Physician Assistant and Services is hosting a panel discussion on before April 2. students and alumni will read the books aloud Program, and Melodie Kolmetz, director of LGBT representation in media and the arts at and facilitate discussions after the readings. The didactic education and assistant professor 1 p.m. Feb. 26. The panel will discuss how Fundraiser aims to collect money event will be held at 4 p.m. Feb. 25. Register for in the Physician Assistant Program. LGBT representation impacts LGBT and to support indigenous community the event at https://bit.ly/3qLxMdy. This event will explore tools to help peo- non-LGBT professionals, and how it effects The Groundswell Center for Local Food and ple ground themselves during uncertain times everyone who consumes media and the arts. Farming is collecting donations to support IC Gerontology Institute to host caused by the pandemic. Panelists include Ashton Muñiz ’14, the Cayuga SHARE Farm. SHARE stands for discussions on managing stress The next meeting of the discussion se- Jessie Earl ’14, Isabel Galupo ’14, Calvin “strengthening Haudenosaunee-American re- The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute ries will be held at noon Feb. 25. People who Kasulke ’13 and Stephen Tropiano ’84, lations through education.” The fundraiser is is collaborating with the Finger Lakes Geriatric would like to attend can register for the event at program director of the Ithaca College Los looking to collect $120,000 to cover taxes and Education Center to produce the “Stress https://bit.ly/3klSa2J. Angeles program. PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENT LOG SELECTED ENTRIES FROM FEBRUARY 8 TO FEBRUARY 14

FEBRUARY 8 the Ithaca Police Department. The alarm. The officer reported the officer reported three persons were Officer Bryan Verzosa responded. officer reported that the person alarm was caused by burnt located and issued a conduct warning FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL was located. Security Officer Kevin food. Master Patrol Officer Waylon for being in the area after hours. The MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS LOCATION: West Tower English responded. DeGraw responded. officer escorted the persons out of RELATED SUMMARY: Simplex reported a fire the area. Master Patrol Officer Bryan LOCATION: Terrace Dining Hall alarm. The officer reported the alarm FEBRUARY 11 Verzosa responded. SUMMARY: A caller reported a was caused by burnt marijuana. Offi- FEBRUARY 9 PETIT LARCENY UNDER $50 person passed out. The officer reported cers were unable to find the source of MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS LOCATION: U-Lot FEBRUARY 14 the odor. Master Patrol Officer Bryan RELATED SUMMARY: A caller reported that the person declined medical assis- Verzosa responded. LOCATION: Whalen Center for Music an unknown person entered a vehi- CHECK ON THE WELFARE tance. The person was transported to SUMMARY: A caller reported that cle and stole a parking permit. Patrol LOCATION: East Tower the hospital by friends. Sergeant Don MEDICAL ASSIST/ILLNESS an individual was feeling lighthead- Officer Mayra Colon responded. SUMMARY: A caller reported third- Lyke responded. RELATED ed after passing out. The officer hand information of an individual who intentionally harmed themselves. LOCATION: Circle Apartments reported the person declined medical SCC DANGER TO SELF PETIT LARCENY OVER $200 The officer determined the person SUMMARY: The Tompkins County 911 attention. Master Patrol Officer Waylon LOCATION: The Campus Center LOCATION: West Tower Center reported a person complain- was not an immediate threat to them- DeGraw responded. SUMMARY: An officer reported SUMMARY: A caller reported that an ing of stomach pain and requested selves or others. Master Patrol Officer that persons were climbing on unknown person stole a bike from a transportation to the hospital. The MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT Bryan Verzosa responded. the entrance overhang between the bike rack. Master Patrol Officer Bob officer reported one person was trans- LOCATION: Farm Pond Road north stairs. The officer reported the Jones responded. ported to the hospital by ambulance. SUMMARY: A caller reported a prop- OFF-CAMPUS INCIDENT persons were given a warning for con- LOCATION: All Other Patrol Officer Mayra Colon responded. erty damage motor vehicle accident duct code violation. Patrol Officer Joe SUMMARY: A caller reported that FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL involving a deer. The officer report- Opper responded. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF ed that grounds was contacted for an individual was sexually assaulted LOCATION: Circle Apartments MARIJUANA at an off-campus location by a the removal of the deer. FEBRUARY 12 SUMMARY: Simplex reported a fire LOCATION: East Tower known person. The officer re- alarm. The officer reported the alarm SUMMARY: A caller reported two FEBRUARY 10 SCC ACTS OF DISHONESTY ported that they turned over the was caused by burnt food. Sergeant information to the Ithaca Police persons in possession of drug par- LOCATION: Unknown Location Don Lyke responded. aphernalia. The officer reported ASSIST CORNELL POLICE SUMMARY: A person found a driv- Department for investigation. Patrol that the items were secured and the DEPARTMENT er’s license and turned it over to the Officer Joe Opper responded. Office of Residential Life will refer LOCATION: All Other Office of Public Safety. The officer Full public safety log available two persons for unlawful possession SUMMARY: The Cornell Police De- determined the driver’s license was ACCIDENTAL PROPERTY online at www.theithacan.org. of marijuana. Patrol Officer John partment requested information fictitious. Master Patrol Officer John DAMAGE Norman responded. regarding two persons involved in a Elmore responded. LOCATION: Hilliard Hall suspicious incident on the Cornell SUMMARY: A caller reported a KEY ASSIST ITHACA POLICE University campus. Master Patrol FEBRUARY 13 group being loud and possibly DEPARTMENT Officer Waylon DeGraw responded. setting off fireworks. Officers met SCC – Student Conduct Code LOCATION: All Other TRESPASS NO DEGREE with residential life staff who V&T – Vehicle & Transportation SUMMARY: Tompkins County Dis- FIRE ALARM ACCIDENTAL LOCATION: Academic Complex reported the noise was from a AD – Assistant Director patch requested information on a LOCATION: Circle Apartments SUMMARY: An officer reported -per known individual who was banging person reported missing through SUMMARY: Simplex reported a fire sons running in the building. The on the entrance door. Master Patrol IFD – Ithaca Fire Department OPINION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 7

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EDITORIALS Is ten seconds of fame Allyship must continue worth years of damage? beyond designated spaces ou can only hear phrases so much about the resistance to the APP at the college. ike its predecessors, this Black His- of racism that have come about as a result before they become meaning- Getting coverage in a national outlet for the tory Month was yet another cop-out of the pandemic. Students of color at the less. “Transparency” and “shared community’s response is one thing, but writing for non-Black Americans to proclaim college have been fighting for racial justice for governance” have been reliable an opinion piece full of the same tired tropes L allyship without action. “Allies” who years. There have been countless instances of go-tosY for President Shirley M. Collado through- to save face is another. Time and time again, it posted a black square to their social media feeds racial bias and discrimination at the college, out the Academic Program Prioritization is evident where the administrations’ priorities over the summer seem to be silent now, despite and, many times, students’ voices have (APP) process. lie. PR stunts like this feel like a last-ditch effort racial injustice continuing to surge. been disregarded by other members of the Collado’s empty promises have helped her to save enrollment. Black and Asian Americans are more likely campus community. build a facade for the external press. This past In the commentary, Collado and Cornish to report adverse experiences due to their race The college is not known for its proactive spring, Collado was featured on the likes of write about the inequities between tenured and or ethnicity since the COVID-19 pandemic be- anti-racism. In Fall 2020, it was disappointing MSNBC and Bloomberg about Ithaca College’s tenure-track faculty versus contingent faculty. gan, according to the Pew Research Center. As to see that it took a public callout from Ithaca potential reopening in the fall. The plan was They write, “We hope that this reality will in- the pandemic continues, it would be a failure College Department of Theatre Arts Black, In- unsuccessful, but at least the president got a lit- vite a conversation among faculty about faculty to not recognize the violent racism hurled at digenous and People of Color (ICTA BIPOC) — a tle publicity. While the failure to bring students legislation and whether they wish to continue Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) in- group of students and alumni — for the college back to campus for Fall 2020 was immensely to privilege tenure and tenure-eligible status dividuals. A national coalition, Stop APPI Hate, to address these issues. While it is reassuring to disappointing — especially after it was touted moving forward.” What use does a conversation received over 2,000 accounts of anti-Asian hate see students take agency, it is frustrating that the to national media outlets — the change was about this have after the fact? across the nation between March 19, 2020 and burden relies on them to take matters into their understandable. Things were out of the At the end of the commentary, Collado and Dec. 31, 2020. own hands. administration’s control. Cornish reflect on their identities. The col- As a predominately white institution, As allies, the fight for racial justice must be in- What’s less understandable, and definitely lege’s leadership has unfortunately triggered it is even more important for those with tersectional. The work does not end when social more in the administration’s control, is the APP. attacks that are rooted in systemic racism and privilege at Ithaca College to take a stand media moves on. Allyship is a constant process The speed of this process has overwhelmed sexism, which are completely unwarranted. against these issues. Members of the campus of listening, learning and advocating. Allowing students, alumni, faculty, staff and the admin- However, there is a difference when the campus community, especially those who are not people hateful rhetoric to justify any kind of violence, istration alike. It’s been obvious that over the community is asking to be heard and involved of color, must not remain ignorant to the acts verbal or physical, is abusive. last four months, the administration has not more in these decisions. Letters, protests and been open to discourse with the campus com- testimonials are not attacks. They offer perspec- munity. So, instead of directly addressing the tives on an egregious process that ruptures the LETTER TO THE EDITOR campus community, the logical answer is to stability of the college and our trust within. OR provide a 1,500-plus word op-ed to the national In order to do right by our students and our GUEST COMMENTARY press … Right? institution, the administration should start by On Feb. 18, Collado and La Jerne Cornish, listening and taking the campus community’s Letters must be 250 words or fewer and emailed or dropped off provost and senior vice president for academ- anger into consideration rather than dismissing by 5 p.m. Monday in Park 220. Commentaries must be ic affairs, published a commentary about the it to a national readership. It’s the least they can 500–650 words. Must be written by an individual or group who necessity for the cuts in Inside Higher Ed, a do after approving the cuts. We deserve candid has an educated opinion or is an authority on a specific subject. well-known education publication. Just days conversations, not a strategic press release that Send to [email protected] or to the opinion editor before, the same outlet published a story attempts to repair the college’s reputation. [email protected]. 8 | OPINION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

IC AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS (AAUP) PETITION REGARDING APP, FEBRUARY 2021 Ithaca College AAUP petitions to reject cuts Response and Petition re: College must be reduced to an en- to research agendas by individual academic freedom by effectively man- primary responsibility in de- APPIC Recommendations rollment of 5000 faculty members. Pedagogy is also dating curricular changes through termining the criteria for The Ithaca College chapter of the Rationale: an important element of academic the reduction of the faculty by identifying the individuals whose American Association of University 1. Shared governance: freedom, which the College ac- between one fifth and one quarter, appointments are to be terminated. Professors (AAUP) urges the Col- Shared governance entails mean- knowledges in the ICPM 4.4.1 (2), thereby guaranteeing that curricula These criteria may appropriately lege’s Senior Leadership Team and ingful participation in the processes citing the AAUP’s treatment of cannot be delivered as they present- include considerations of length the Board of Trustees to reject the of decision-making and implemen- ly exist. Departments and programs of service. recommendations submitted by the tation, not merely of information will be forced to change their The responsibility for identifying Academic Program Prioritization Im- gathering. While it is certainly the curricula in response to the rec- individuals whose appointments plementation Committee (APPIC). It case that Ithaca College faculty ommendations because present are to be terminated should is our view that the proposed faculty were able to contribute feedback curricula cannot be staffed at such be committed to a person or reductions in these recommenda- to the APPIC as it was in the process dramatically reduced levels. group designated or approved by tions violate at least three crucial of composing its recommendations That the institution 3. Terminations of appointments: the faculty. AAUP principles, and are harmful and after seeing the draft recommen- The primary rationale pro- Yet the College community has to the future of the institution, dations first circulated on Jan. 13, may have the vided by the APPIC for the been told repeatedly that we are namely those of shared governance, this does not in itself constitute authority to perform recommended reductions is financial. not presently in a condition of of academic freedom, and those shared governance, according to In section 4c of “Recommended In- financial exigency; certainly, no relating to the termination of the AAUP. Similarly, while faculty a certain action stitutional Regulations on Academic faculty-elected or faculty-appointed faculty appointments. Our explana- certainly contributed to the Strategic Freedom and Tenure,” the AAUP as- body has participated in a deter- tion of each of these claims follows Plan, faculty were not consulted on does not therefore serts that faculty appointments may mination of financial exigency. In on the succeeding pages. the decision to reduce the un- mean they have an be discontinued as a result of fi- addition, the campus communi- We call upon the Senior Leader- dergraduate enrollment of the nancial exigency only after all other ty has not been informed of any ship Team and the Board of Trustees College, nor has it been explained to obligation to avenues have been explored: specific alternative proposals or to take the following actions: the campus community why it is perform that action. There should be an elected fac- possibilities that may have been 1) Reject the APPIC recommen- necessary for the College to serve ulty governance body, or a body considered, nor have faculty par- dations fewer students. In “The Role of the - Ithaca College AAUP designated by a collective bargain- ticipated in the identification of 2) Return to the APP process with Faculty in Budgetary and Salary ing agreement, that participates criteria for the elimination of the following changes: Matters,” the AAUP has affirmed in the decision­ that a condition positions. AAUP does not pres- A) A reconstituted APPIC, that “The faculty should partici- of financial exigency exists or is ently take a position on the which should include seats for ten- pate both in the preparation of imminent and that all feasible question of whether these ured, TE, NTEN, and contingent the total institutional bud- alternatives to termination of reductions are permitted by the faculty members get and (within the framework appointments have been pur- terms of the Ithaca College Policy B) An extended timeline, to allow of the total budget) in deci- academic freedom in the 1990 Pol- sued, including expenditure of Manual, primarily because it is our for more wide-ranging engagement sions relevant to the further icy Documents & Reports, as is one-time money or reserves as view that this question is beside during a time when the majority apportioning of its specific fiscal curricular design, which the Col- bridge funding, furloughs, pay cuts, the point. That the institution may of faculty will be back on campus divisions (salaries, academic pro- lege acknowledges implicitly in the deferred-compensation plans, have the authority to perform a and to allow for faculty members in grams, tuition, physical plant and following section by linking early-retirement packages, deferral certain action does not therefore positions slated for discontinuation grounds, and so on). The soundness curricular design with instruction of nonessential capital expendi- mean that they have an obligation to retain their employment during of resulting decisions should be and locating both explicitly within tures, and cuts to noneducational to perform that action. the worst of the pandemic enhanced if an elected representa­ the faculty’s purview: “the faculty programs and services, including C) Release to the IC community tive committee of the faculty have primary responsibility for such expenses for administration. In January, a group of of a document detailing a full and participates in deciding on the fundamental areas as curriculum And further: faculty members began work- comprehensible assessment of the overall allocation of institutional and instruction” (4.4.1.1). While it Judgments determining where ing together to form an AAUP College’s financial picture, includ- resources and the proportion to be is true that vacant TE and tenured within the overall academic pro- chapter at Ithaca College in ing audited financial statements devoted directly to the academic lines revert to the Provost’s Office, gram termination of appointments response to the impending Ac- with breakdowns by department or program.” No faculty members were the general purpose of this reversion may occur involve con­siderations of ademic Program Prioritization planning unit, line-item details of appointed or elected to APPIC, and is reallocation rather than elimina- educational policy, including af- (APP) cuts. The AAUP works to projected revenues and expenses therefore the faculty have not fully tion. As such, current practice does firmative action, as well as of advance academic freedom and over the next five years including participated in the process of deci- not in our view serve as an apposite faculty status, and should therefore shared governance in higher ed- administrative salaries and new sion-making or implementation. model for the reductions proposed be the primary­ responsibility of the ucation. Dan Breen, associate hires in administration, endowment 2. Academic freedom: in the APPIC recommendations. faculty or of an appropriate faculty professor in the Department of performance, total liquid assets, The notion of academic Instead, these recommenda- body. The faculty or an appropriate English, is the chair of the and a clear justification of why the freedom does not extend simply tions infringe upon the faculty’s faculty body should also exer­cise IC AAUP.

GUEST COMMENTARY Community needs updates on administrative cuts BY MICHAEL TWOMEY deliver an ever-expanding curriculum. In fact, faculty cannot be hired with- I retired from the English department in out administrative approval. What’s being 2017 after teaching at Ithaca College for 37 suppressed in “Shape” is that all increas- years. In that time, the college went through es in the number of faculty over the years several rounds of “rightsizing,” so the current occurred with the administration’s bless- situation is all too familiar. ing. What’s also being suppressed is that the The “Shape of the College” recommends administration can and does create new some changes that have been needed for a administrative positions without any approval long time. It makes sense to streamline the by the faculty. In 2007, Ithaca College named Michael Twomey a Charles A. Dana Professor of admissions process so that students don’t feel If the college is losing students, what Humanities and Arts. Twomey retired from the Department of English in 2007. pressured to enter with a declared major. And about the role of the Admissions Office? COURTESY OF MICHAEL TWOMEY it makes sense to reduce the number of credits From Fall 2018 to Fall 2020, the full-time required in some majors so that students can equivalent enrollment declined by over 1,200 cuts will have on education at the college. continue at the 100-level only. more easily take courses outside their majors — an unprecedented drop of 18.8%. The These cuts will force immediate and drastic The cuts target the lowest-paid, most without an overload. Likewise, a 3/2 load for document seems to assume that Admissions curricular changes upon a greatly reduced easily released faculty. In contrast, faculty, a four-course load for students and a can’t help the college recover from the pan- faculty. The remaining faculty will have well-compensated administrators — whose common class schedule for the entire college demic or adapt to changes in the college-age to scramble to cover courses taught by salaries can be seen in the Form 990s filed are all improvements. demographic. And how can the Division released colleagues, and in some cases, with the IRS — are not mentioned in “Shape.” However, the document tells the same of Philanthropy and Engagement attract they will be forced to revise majors and Do they get to keep their jobs and their bene- old story about cutting the faculty without donations to a college that is so drastically minors. This will have to be done quickly fits, even though over the past 10 years it was a word about cutting the administration. reduced from what it was? As reported by so as not to disadvantage students. At best, the the IC administration that allowed the faculty The document alleges that a major reason The Ithacan, a member of the Facebook cuts will be disruptive, but at worst, IC’s educa- to grow and the number of students to shrink? for “rightsizing” is that “as the student body group IC Alumni Against Austerity is quoted tional diversity will be seriously compromised. At the very least, the faculty and students de- decreased and the faculty increased in re- as saying, “We are people who can literal- To cite one example, students taking courses serve an open and full accounting of whether cent years, the curriculum proliferated ly support the institution, and if they make in the Department of Modern Languages and there will be cuts on the administrative side of without consistent oversight and was not Ithaca unrecognizable to us essentially, that’s Literatures will now be limited to four tradi- the college. guided by a particular collegewide vision.” not something that we’re going to be con- tional European languages (French, German, The faculty is here implicitly being made vinced to support.” Spanish, Italian). Arabic, Hebrew, Latin and MICHAEL TWOMEY is a retired Dana professor. responsible for increasing itself in order to A major problem is the impact these Linguistics will be gone, and Chinese will Contact him at [email protected]. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 OPINION | 9

FACULTY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (FCEC) SURVEY RESULTS, FEB. 16, 2021 Majority of faculty survey participants reject cuts PROCESS: Numerous faculty members stat- Following the release of APPIC’s ed that the recommendations are “Shape of the College” draft, depart- taking on too much at once, in too ments, curriculum committees, and compressed a period of time. Many academic policies committees were wished to see the process slowed invited to provide feedback. Honor- down so that the college community ing our institutional commitment to could explore alternative paths and inclusion, and having been told that study how the recommendations not all departments on campus had will impact the curriculum. “Curric- opportunities for ample discussion, ular redesign,” one faculty member Faculty Council conducted a survey noted, will be a significant invest- in order to identify what percentage ment of faculty resources. “Faculty of faculty are persuaded of the ap- who remain will bear a significant propriateness of the “Shape of the burden of [that] labor.” College” recommendations, and Many of those who responded to ascertain whether the draft has stated that the APPIC process was the faculty buy-in necessary to be not inclusive or in line with the successfully implemented. principles of shared governance. In The survey ran from Febru- particular, faculty felt that the rec- ary 2nd to February 10th. Faculty ommendations essentially mandate were invited to indicate whether curricular changes, without faculty The Faculty Council issued a survey to gauge faculty support for the recommended faculty cuts listed they support or oppose the draft input. Some who had been involved in the “Shape of the College” draft. Pictured is a Faculty Council meeting held Sept. 5, 2017. as a whole, and to submit written in the early APP process expressed FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN feedback. Below, we offer an over- frustration at seeing little evidence view of the survey’s findings, and of their work in the recommenda- taken into account when terminat- leadership with a summary of the the College can make clear-sight- our own conclusions as the Faculty tions. One faculty member noted: ing faculty; that re-hiring practices faculty response to the APPIC rec- ed decisions about its appropriate Council Executive Committee for “I would love to see a deeper and be adopted should the college’s ommendations, recognizing that long-term size at a moment when Faculty Council. more frank, open discussion that position change; and that the objec- this survey is far from scientific and the picture is clouded by COVID. RESULTS AND SUMMARY: includes students and affected tives of subsequent phases and their does not capture all faculty voices. Ethical concerns have been raised 319 faculty participated in faculty… It feels like there is a dis- timelines be made available. Some chose not to fill it out at all about the termination of many long- the survey. Of those, 71 faculty connect between the people ‘on the Several faculty members and those who support the recom- term, dedicated faculty and staff in a indicated that they support the ground’ and SLT, and I am hopeful expressed support for the rec- mendations were less likely to add a dire economic moment. And many recommendations (22%); 248 fac- that the gap can be bridged, and the ommendations, with one faculty comment in the text box. Neverthe- see the reductions as untethered to ulty indicated that they oppose the rifts… can be repaired.” member noting: “I support the less, we think that what the survey a clearly articulated vision for Itha- recommendations (78%). Faculty noted too that the rela- proposal not because I think it’s does capture is important to hear, ca College. (We recognize that the The most frequently repeated tionship between the “Shape of the perfect, but because it is our best as faculty buy-in will be essential for reductions aim to make the college comment offered by faculty who College” draft and Ithaca College’s option for long-term stability,” and the work that must be done in the financially sustainable, but that in participated in the survey is that mission and vision is unclear, with tells those who think otherwise to coming years to adjust to and imple- itself is not a vision.) the community should be provid- some asking: What will IC look like “WAKE UP.” Others remarked that ment these many changes. The FCEC urges the SLT to do ed with a rationale for the specific when these cuts are made? How are they had already provided feedback There was no possibility, of everything in its power to address cuts; lacking that, they are unsure the cuts specifically tied to IC - For in other venues, and thus were not course, that a process of downsiz- these questions and concerns— what the broader strategic thinking ever? Some faculty also saw a lack providing more here. ing could happen without pain. openly, directly and, ideally, in is behind the plan. Many are not of economic analysis and financial Finally, at least one faculty But faculty are asking searching venues where give-and-take is pos- convinced that the APPIC recom- transparency regarding the reasons member provided feedback on the questions that go beyond the sible—so that we can move past this mendations are, in fact, strategic. for and impact of each recommen- Faculty Council survey itself, noting predictable sadness, and it would moment of great strife and come As an example, one faculty member dation. Many continue to express a that it would be dangerous to as- benefit us all to hear them answered. together as a community that is noted: “I had truly believed that desire to more fully understand the sume that these results speak for all We have learned that large num- collectively focused on providing ‘academic prioritization’ and the choice of 5000 as the size of the stu- faculty. Specifically, Faculty Council bers of faculty remain unconvinced the best possible educational expe- concept of ‘don’t waste a crisis’ were dent body, which is the clear driver Executive Committee was asked to that the APPIC process has been rience for our students. meant in earnest and that the pain of revenue and, therefore, the over- present the survey findings with the inclusive of faculty voices, or stra- of the layoffs would also allow for all economic position of the college. utmost care. tegically driven by curricular need. Sincerely, new curricular opportunities… this Some offered specific sugges- CONCLUSIONS: Many remain puzzled about the basis Chris McNamara, Chair, and the report suggests a simple… irrepa- tions for alternative paths, asking Our goal in conducting this for the undergraduate target num- members of the Faculty Council rable… weakening of the college.” that the timing of the pandemic be survey was to provide the senior ber of 5000, and question whether Executive Committee

GUEST COMMENTARY A price too big to ignore: The cost of Ithaca College

BY MAILLI MCCORMACK I wasn’t able to work because I had already lost two jobs that I depended on, and I needed As a student from a low income back- to keep my 72-year-old father, who was work- ground, the price of higher education is no ing on the frontlines during a pandemic, safe. secret. I spent my first year at Ithaca College Come winter, communication with finan- under insurmountable stress, worrying about cial aid services was touch and go. I was told how I’d pay for school. I kept my financial situ- to fill out different documents and forms, all ation extremely private, as it brought me much in hopes of maneuvering my situation to a bet- Sophomore Mailli McCormack created a GoFundMe campaign to help pay for her shame. This was a mistake. I ignored my bill ter, more reasonable place. There were many tuition. She hopes to foster open dialogue about the price of higher education. because I didn’t know how to pay it, and I was times when I was asked to do something, I ANA MANIACI MCGOUGH/THE ITHACAN too afraid to ask for help. would do it, and then I would be told there I spent my years in high school dedicated was more that needed to be done. and community showed up for me more than sometimes the only way out of the poverty to my family as my mom was going through As frustrating as this was, I can’t even I could have ever expected. I also decided cycle and oppressive forces that hinder our a psychotic break. I had little to no guidance, blame the people I was communicating to take out a private loan in addition to my socioeconomic mobility. and I take responsibility for some of that. with. They had little to no power in being federal loans. Although I most likely won’t We cannot talk about promoting diversity When I attempted to resolve my outstanding flexible and adaptive to my financial state, be able to pay off my debt, buying a degree and inclusivity when institutions are actively balance over the summer before attending the even if they wanted to. It was a matter of offers a chance of a better life — one with restricting an entire economic class of people. fall semester, I was told that I would have to administrative bureaucracy. more agency. I’m only scratching the surface of a far more cover about $23,000. I found that as I communicated with higher This is not an issue unique to Ithaca complex issue of class intertwined with a I was advised by financial aid services to offices, including President Shirley M. Colla- College. This is a national crisis that every multitude of other social and political issues. take a leave of absence, find a job and make do, the rules and documents that constrained educational institution must address. The Although I can’t offer much of a solution so money to pay my balance out of pocket. This financial aid services became increasingly cost of education only continues to rise, long as capitalism reigns, I hope telling my was a slap in the face. I had already com- malleable. The structures that we accept as and as the wealth gap exponentially increas- story inspires others to engage in this kind modified my trauma, emotions and learning just “how things are” revealed themselves as es, the accessibility to education narrows. of dialogue. disability in hopes of getting help. Such neglect- arbitrary and unnecessary. Still, I had to find a Contemporary jobs require contemporary ful advice did not help me. But, I took a leave way to pay for my education. education. Although earning a degree doesn’t MAILLI MCCORMACK is a sophomore politics of absence anyway, knowing I couldn’t afford Terrified for my future yet filled with humil- guarantee you a secure job that pays above major. Contact her at the semester. iation, I made a GoFundMe. My friends, family minimum wage, pursuing higher education is [email protected]. 10 | OPINION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

GUEST COMMENTARY Radical communion in the face of austerity At the beginning of this month, Forever” won’t change the impact the U.S. Department of Labor that they will have on the college released a report revealing that community. institutions of higher education When management tries to have eliminated 650,000 jobs sell the idea that there’s just not since February of last year. This enough to go around, a com- is a 13% workforce reduction mon strategy is to emphasize and over a one-year period — a shocking exacerbate the existing campus divi- devastation to those who rely sions. Our college’s administrative on the industry for their live- policies, whether witting or not, lihoods, as those of us on the rely on a divided campus from chopping block know here at conception to implementation. Ithaca College. The strategic plan depends Financially, this strategy makes upon scarcity-model tactics that little sense as the elimination of split and isolate, even as it touts dedicated faculty and staff will interdisciplinarity and inclusion impoverish curriculum and student in its outward-facing rhetoric. For experience, while also failing to alternatives, we can start by ameliorate deficits caused by the looking at resistance-shaped pol- continuing COVID-19 crisis. But, icies adopted by institutions like as our administration likes to Hampshire College or, more recent- remind us, these problems loomed ly, Oberlin College. long before the pandemic’s exis- tence. And this is true, though not in the way that they mean it: questionable management strat- egies in the areas of enrollment, yield and retention have made We have come Ithaca College an outlier in the to see each other The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Leadership Committee commends the community for its larger higher ed landscape. solidarity amid the faculty and program cuts. Pictured is a contingent faculty rally from January 2017. Whereas institutions in New York again as human FILE PHOTO/THE ITHACAN state saw, on average, a 4.1% dip in enrollment in Fall 2020, beings in need of, with each other (so much cry- confidence and vision each day, and true shared governance. See Ithaca College experienced a more than anything, ing), the college community has with their tenaciousness and what your remarkable peers are 17% loss in enrollment according managed to find some solace in unwavering sense of right doing at @icopenthebooks and to recent National Student real connection. solidarity. To overcome the and wrong. @icalumniagainstausterity. Clearinghouse data. institutional silos that separate To our colleagues who feel And to the administration, if In a very public and recent - Ithaca College Contingent us. We have come to see each oth- helpless in the face of these impend- you’d like to participate in truly defense of their austerity plan, Faculty Leadership er again as human beings in need ing decisions, please realize that dismantling the status quo, just the president and provost insist Committee of, more than anything, there is an alternative to slow take the elevator down three that they “are driving systemic real connection. death by austerity, but it must floors, to where those students are change that dismantles the status We should be looking to the be demanded. It must be cam- standing out in the wind and cold quo” by “interrogating systems of students in these times — the paigned for and hard won. and snow, asking to be heard, established power.” But their aus- brilliant, beautiful, steadfast stu- Resistance is not futile and demanding an alternative to terity measures are precisely the dents who are being told these power structures are not business as usual, and listen to what status quo, taken from a playbook There is, however, a silver lin- cuts are being made in their names. set in stone, as the recent they have to say. used by countless college admin- ing to our school’s predicament. They have taken it upon arbitration case that was fought istrations employing corporate And this comes, perhaps, from themselves to defend us — through and won by the union against The IC Contingent Faculty management styles poised to ex- the alchemy of shared pain. Between rallies and social media campaigns the administration demonstrates. Leadership Committee acerbate racial, gender and class all of the Zoom classes and and outreach that spans the coun- So come out to the next AAUP James Miranda inequities and solidify power in department meetings and virtual try. They are fighting for their chapter meeting to see how you Rachel Fomalhaut the hands of the managerial class. committee work, between mentors, educators, friends and, can help or the next contingent Tom Schneller Magical rebranding of austerity navigating childcare disasters and in at least one case, their parents. faculty union committee meeting John Burger cuts in the guise of “Ithaca pandemic depression and crying They humble us with their if you’d like a sense of agency Mark Baustian

GUEST COMMENTARY Zoom classes are harmful to student mental health BY DEENA HOUISSA The stigma of mental health in the Unit- I have lived with social anxiety and bipo- ed States is still a pretty big issue, and lar disorder my whole life. Keeping in control mental health awareness is very important. of my anxiety and mental health in I have parents who are both immigrants general has been pretty difficult for from Tunisia. Opening up about my men- me, especially in the age of Zoom. tal health wasn’t the easiest thing to do. Feeling like nothing is certain ampli- In most Arab countries, talking about fies my anxiety. How many COVID-19 mental health isn’t even a thing. The usual cases are in Tompkins County? How will I view of mental health in my parents’ home meet up safely with that cute guy I asked country is, “Pray it away. It will probably out on Discord with the pandemic go away.” Freshman Deena Houissa explains how the shift to Zoom during COVID-19 affects going on? How does one feel in With everything virtual, although the her mental health and how she deals with social anxiety and bipolar disorder. control when the world around me is physical aspect of social interactions ELEANOR KAY/THE ITHACAN so confusing? is gone, I still feel anxiety when I’m Having a therapist helps a lot when it on a Zoom call. I still feel that pain- about myself than the actual classes that me. I have many friends who are comes to dealing with my mental health ful feeling in my heart when I’m called I’m in. supportive of me and my mental health, issues amid a pandemic. She helps me on in class randomly. I still have to show Zoom fatigue is also too real for me. I which helps significantly. unpack a lot of these uncomfortable feel- my face in all my classes, and talk to feel like I’m staring at a screen all day and Everything almost feels unnatu- ings that I have been bottling up for a people when I have no idea how they will don’t get actual work done, considering ral when dealing with my mental health long time. Because of COVID-19, being react to my existence. I know this everything’s online. I take my medica- online, because this is the first time able to meet people in person isn’t a pos- sounds a bit dramatic to some, but this tions, which subdue my symptoms, and I’m dealing with everything like this. I sibility. I find it pretty difficult to connect is how it feels. My palms still sweat, I still have regular therapy sessions, but this am learning to adjust, but most impor- with people through the Zoom calls, but feel light headed when I’m in a bigger anxiety still is an overwhelming issue tantly, others need to be more aware of it’s a start. I met most of my friends on lecture. These are all downsides to for me. With social anxiety and bipolar these issues. the internet, but what sucks having anxiety. These things used to disorder, it’s hard to tell when I’m go- the most is that I can’t meet up affect me even when COVID-19 did not ing to feel amazing and when I might DEENA HOUISSA is a freshman journalism major. with them. exist, but now it’s amplified. I think more feel like the whole world is against Contact her at [email protected]. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 THE ITHACAN | 11 FOR RENT Close to IC, 3, 4, and 5 bedroom apts on Coddington Rd. Call (303) 883-2378 for details. Fully furnished, D/W, W/D on site.

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Shoppers line up outside Trader Joe’s new location at 744 S. Meadow St. during the store’s grand opening Feb. 19. Some customers waited in line for hours before opening. ASH BAILOT/THE ITHACAN Nautical grocery store drops anchor Trader Joe’s new Ithaca location opens

BY ARLEIGH RODGERS Courant said, she works at the cash register, unpacks daily deliveries and stocks shelves. The words Ithacans have been waiting to Senior Jules Baumann is also part of the hear: Trader Joe’s has docked ship in Ithaca. Ithaca Trader Joe’s Crew, though this isn’t On Feb. 19, shoppers lined up outside the first time she has worked at the store. the store at 744 S. Meadow St. to scour the From May to August 2020, Baumann worked newly installed, tightly packed shelves. When at the Trader Joe’s Denville, New Jersey, Samantha Maione, a store leader called a Mate, location, where along with being a crew mem- arrived for her shift at 6:45 a.m., she said she ber, she created shelf tags for products and saw customers already waiting in anticipation. designed signs in chalk for outside the store. Word of a Trader Joe’s in Ithaca surfaced Inside each store is a painted mural, and the in March 2020 when the Ithaca Voice report- Ithaca location features images of Ithaca attrac- ed that a location in Ithaca was in its early tions like Buttermilk Falls, Cayuga Lake and stages of development. Locals have expressed even East and West Towers. their desire for the grocery chain to open a Employees like Courant and Baumann store in Ithaca, even forming social media have been preparing the store since the groups like “Ithaca Needs A Trader Joe’s,” beginning of January. now renamed “Ithaca HAS a Trader Joe’s.” The “I’ve worked in retail before, but I’ve store’s opening was confirmed Jan. 26, mak- never worked a job where there was so ing it the 29th store in New York state and the much of a focus on customer interaction 515th in the country. and just making sure that the customers feel Ithaca College senior Natalie Smith said really welcomed,” Courant said. she arrived at Trader Joe’s on opening day Courant said that when she was hired, her around noon, where she sought out nut but- hourly pay was $16 per hour. Because of the Trader Joe’s employees celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 19. The store’s ters and dried mango in the bustling store. As pandemic, the hourly rate has gone up $4 be- hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day except Sundays, when it is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. someone who does not eat gluten, dairy or cause of Trader Joe’s hazard, or “thank you,” ASH BAILOT AND MIKAYLA ROVENOLT/THE ITHACAN refined sugars — something she posts about pay. Wages were initially increased $2 per hour on her health food Instagram, @nataliesnat- at the start of the pandemic, with another $2 paying for all her current expenses, namely Joe’s would come to Ithaca because of the uralfood — Smith said she is excited to have a per hour added in February 2021. Courant groceries and rent, she does not find Trad- economic toll the pandemic took on grocery Trader Joe’s to buy ingredients for the recipes. also said that when she and her co-workers re- er Joe’s products within her price range. stores. Locally, GreenStar was hit particularly “Their products are unique, and you can’t ceive the COVID-19 vaccine, they will be paid She said she spends approximately $100 hard as a result of the pandemic. The store get them anywhere else,” Smith said. “Every for two hours of work per dose. on groceries per month, half of a cost she said in December 2020 that for the past six time I go to Trader Joe’s, the workers are just Baumann, who lives off campus, said she splits with her roommate. They buy most months, it had experienced an average loss of so nice and helpful.” plans to switch her grocery shopping to Trader of their groceries at Price Chopper, the $55,000 per week. Grand openings are special, Maione said, Joe’s from Wegmans because she likes the op- Dollar Tree or Walmart, she said. Lewis said that instead, she would go to so to celebrate the opening of a new store, tions and pricing of Trader Joe’s better. As an Other community members will not Trader Joe’s for its flowers and specialty, des- certain products around the store were employee, she also receives a 20% discount. be shopping at the store. Monica Lewis, a sert or seasonal items. Before she moved to comped for lucky shoppers, and the first “Our store makes it so accessible, between two-year resident of Ithaca and associate dean Ithaca, Lewis and her family lived in St. Louis, 1,000 customers also received a free reusable all of their frozen meal options, and those are for alumni affairs and development in the Missouri, where she frequented the store. Trader Joe’s bag. The Ithaca location’s enough to give you ideas for what you can College of Arts and Sciences at Cor- “There’s a consistent high quality to their hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day except make even using their fresh stuff,” she said. nell University, said she will stick to her products and a novelty factor that actually hits Sundays, when it is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. “I think that students in general are going to usual rotation of buying groceries from the right mark,” she said. Chanel Courant ’20 graduated in Decem- be really excited just to have a Trader Joe’s.” Wegmans, GreenStar Co-op and the Ithaca ber and still lives in Ithaca, so she applied Affordability is a relative term. Sophomore Farmers Market. CONTACT ARLEIGH RODGERS to be part of the Crew. As a Crew member, Bianca Sessegolo said that because she is Lewis said she was skeptical that Trader [email protected] 14 | LIFE & CULTURE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 Handwerker Gallery opens hybrid exhibitions

BY EVA SALZMAN many students came back this semes- During Ithaca College’s remote ter, because of the desire for access. semester in Fall 2020, the Handw- And, you know, intimacy, like being erker Gallery could not provide in space with others, even with the students with the in-person art constraints that we have to work viewing experiences that so many ap- around to be safe.” preciated. With students on campus Like many other galleries for Spring 2021, the Handwerker is have done during the pandemic, preparing for gallery-goers to return the Handwerker Gallery will be to the space. sharing a portion of the show The gallery will be featuring two on its social media accounts. exhibitions, running from Feb. 24 Each day, the gallery’s social to April 9. “Do it (home),” curated media accounts will feature a set by Hans Ulrich Obrist, will offer an of instructions from the artists interactive aspect. The exhibit en- of the “do it (home)” exhibi- courages viewers to enter the tion. Virtual galleries will also be artists’ world by following a set available for both exhibitions on the of instructions the artist created. Handwerker’s website. “A CLOSER LOOK” will feature Senior Carly Hough, a Handw- work from 13 artists who were erker Gallery monitor, said they are originally part of a permanent art looking forward to getting back into collection created for the college the gallery space. between 1963 and 1972. This re- “I love working there,” Hough vived exhibition pulls works from said. “I really love the location of the the collection that have relevance gallery because I feel like I see a lot within the context of the events of people when I work, and I really of this past year. miss having events there and getting When it was announced that the to work with artists.” fall semester would be completely Hough said they hope students remote, Mara Baldwin, director of who have not been into the gallery the Handwerker Gallery, adapted will take the opportunity to go in. From left, art preparator Brian Quan and senior Annie Shaw prepare the Handwerker Gallery for its the gallery to be accessible virtually. “I think that sometimes people are opening Feb. 24. The gallery held virtual exhibitions and events throughout the fall semester. The virtual exhibitions featured a little intimidated by the gallery, like FRANKIE WALLS/THE ITHACAN 360-degree virtual scroll photographs not sure what it is and not sure if you that gave viewers a detailed view of have to pay to go in,” Hough said. “So she and her staff are ready to Sophomore Ellen Chapman said saw it as a place to relax. each exhibition as if they were walking I hope that people who haven’t been work hard to ensure these reg- she plans on returning to the gallery “I really enjoy the fact that the through the gallery. in before will be like, ‘This is an op- ulations are followed in order when it reopens. Handwerker is a nonjudgmental Now, with students on portunity I should really take to go see to keep the gallery open. “I’m just looking forward to the space,” she said. “I went there alone campus for the spring semester, some art.’ And I hope that it can be like “The gallery is a small space, but Handwerker reopening,” Chapman a few times, and it was really nice Baldwin is looking forward to bringing a way for people to de-stress.” it’s also pretty easy to keep an eye said. “It’ll be nice to have anoth- to just look at the art. There isn’t the traditional in-person experience The gallery will be adhering to on things,” Hough said. “I have er spot on campus to visit, plus I any pressure to try and interpret or back to the gallery. the COVID-19 safety regulations a feeling that most people at like going to see other people’s art. explain it, you can just stand “I hope that people are able that the college has put in place Ithaca are going to be pretty It’s important to appreciate their there and be like, ‘That’s pretty,’ to find some joy and insight inex- in order to keep visitors safe. respectful of that. I’ll definitely miss hard work, even if they don’t and that’s enough.” periencing the gallery and doing This will include the addition of getting to have big events in know you are.” something that seems more normal,” markers on the floor to indicate there, but I’m just happy to be in Before the pandemic, Chapman CONTACT EVA SALZMAN Baldwin said. “I think that’s why so a 6-foot distance. Baldwin said the space at all.” said she frequented the gallery and [email protected] Local musicians boogie for State Theatre fundraiser

BY PARKER SCHUG Maddy Walsh, lead singer of Maddy Walsh The annual Boogie Shakedown celebration & The Blind Spots, said that for performers, is typically held during a chilly Ithaca Memorial this is an opportunity to reunite — even if it Day weekend. However, this year, Boogie Shake- is over a screen. down is becoming Boogie for the State, a virtual “I remember when we first started playing, event to celebrate local music and raise money there were a few musicians who had babies, and for The State Theatre of Ithaca. now there’s this whole other part of the party,” The Shakedown will take place at Walsh said. “There’s a bunch of kids running 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and will showcase performanc- around, and they all know each other from hav- es from over 10 local bands. Since 1998, ing been at this party for years and years.” Boogie Shakedown has been a backyard The State Theatre opened in 1928 and is lo- get-together for Ithaca musicians and their cated in Downtown Ithaca. families. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, live Doug Levine, executive director of the performances have mostly been put on pause. State Theatre, said many live event venues are The State Theatre has adapted to a virtual setting struggling amid the pandemic. Nearly 90% to maintain the tradition. The concert, which of independent concert venues are at risk of will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube, is closing their doors due to the pandemic, ac- free to watch, but donations will be encouraged cording to a June report from the National throughout the event. Independent Venue Association. Viewers can expect performances from artists Boogie for the State is not the theater’s first who have graced the Boogie Shakedown stage effort to keep itself afloat. In November, the “Boogie for the State” is the name of this year’s virtual Boogie Shakedown concert in the past, like Plastic Nebraska, Maddy Walsh theater launched the Save Your Seat campaign. and fundrasier for the State Theatre. The concert will be streaming 7 p.m. Feb. 28. & The Blind Spots, Sim Redmond Band, Johnny Supporters had the opportunity to purchase a MIKAYLA ELWELL/THE ITHACAN Dowd, Mary Lorson and Billy Cote of Madder customized plaque to be placed on one of the Rose, Common Railers, The Small Kings, The theater’s seats. With 1,600 seats in the theater, “It’s a beautiful old-fashioned theater and a smooth, good stream.” Rungs, Janet Batch, The Sutras and Don Bazley the goal was to raise $160,000 to cover the nice concert space,” Bernhardt said. “I’d hate to Walsh said she is looking forward to not only and The Moles. deficit from not hosting a show since March see a space like that shut down.” participating in the concert but also watching Brian Fiorello, manager of Plastic Nebraska, 2020. The State Theatre announced that it met In an effort to make Boogie for the State run other performances. said it is important to keep the spirit of local mu- its goal Dec. 30. smoothly, each performer pre-recorded their “We’re happy to submit a musical contribu- sic alive amid the pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, students from Ithaca performances. All of the performances will be tion from ourselves, but I love tuning into the “This area is big with original local music and College would attend concerts at local music edited together for the livestream. other bands, and that’s sort of the joy of this music festivals, so [Boogie Shakedown] was kind venues like the State Theatre and The Haunt, lo- “One thing that we learned is with true particular festival, party, is that musicians get of the first gathering of people, and you started cated near the Ithaca Farmers Market. The Haunt live streaming, there’s a lot of risk and a lot of to watch other musicians bring their stuff to the to get that first taste of music and a little mini was sold last year, and the demolition of the stress involved because so much can go wrong, stage,” Walsh said. “To see them and hear them music festival,” Fiorello said. building began the week of Feb. 22. but when you have people recording them in again will be a total joy.” Many in-person festivals in Ithaca last year Junior Brooke Bernhardt attended a Walk the advance, you get the good take,” Levine said. were canceled or shifted to virtual programming Moon concert at the State Theatre in 2019 and “Then you can put it all together, and the way CONTACT PARKER SCHUG because of the pandemic. said she would be sad if the theater had to close. we stream it out, we kind of ensure that it’s a [email protected] THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 REVIEWS | 15 Netflix rom-com ties up trilogy in a bow POPPED MOVIE REVIEW: “To All the Boys: Always and Forever” Netflix CULTURE BY ELIJAH DE CASTRO Lara Jean’s friends. Lara Jean, now a senior, is Similar to many recent Net- hearing back from colleges she flix rom-coms, the experience hopes to go to. Her number one of watching “To All the Boys: Al- choice is Stanford University, ways and Forever,” is like eating where she hopes to attend with Films help reflect a giant bowl of powdered sugar Peter. But after visiting New York in one sitting. If viewers are into University on a senior trip to that, then more power to them. New York City, Lara Jean decides on presidency If not, they must avoid this film at the East Coast might be in her all costs. future. The dilemmas that the film BY ELIJAH DE CASTRO “To All the Boys: Always and presents are barely enough to pass For too many Americans, the Jan. 20 Forever,” the final film in the “To as drama. While most high school inauguration of President Joe Biden invited a All the Boys” trilogy, picks up seniors question their college quasi-return to normalcy. But the core prob- where its predecessors — “To All choices, the candy-coated atmo- lems that led to the election of Donald Trump the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and sphere of the series doesn’t give the are overwhelmingly worse now than they were “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love audience enough room to bask in November 2016. So with the Trump train You” — left off. Lana Condor in the emotion that should come derailed for at least a few years, there is time reprises her role as Lara Jean, with it. for America to ask itself some important a diffident, high-achieving high The previous two films in questions. How did we get here? And, most schooler. In the first film, Lara the series have also done this importantly, where do we go from here? Jean’s life changed when letters film the disfavor of wrapping For me, the best way to answer these ques- she had written and addressed, their plot threads up in a pleas- tions is by revisiting some films about Trump’s but not sent, to her childhood ant bow by their credits. When presidency that came out during his term. crushes were mailed by her Lara Jean goes through relation- The first and most obvious film worth toothy-grinned sixth grade sister ship troubles with Peter, the revisiting is Michael Moore’s 2018 documen- Kitty (Anna Cathcart). One thing audience knows they will be all tary “Fahrenheit 11/9.” While “Fahrenheit led to another, and she ended right in the end. Even when 11/9” does feature a character study of Trump, up with smoking hot jock Peter Lara Jean questions her college Moore’s renewed anger is directed at the gut- Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) as her decisions, there isn’t anything less Democratic elites who opened the door first boyfriend. Their relationship long term that changes who she to Trump. In a showman-esque fashion similar is tested in the second film, leav- is. She is, in effect, the same per- to Trump himself, Moore aims his crosshairs ing “Always and Forever” to wrap son as she was in the beginning of at the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill things up. the series — just as kind, just as Clinton, other corporate Democrats and The The films’ world is squeaky hardworking and just as lovable. New York Times-led mainstream liberal media. clean, carrying a perpetual fal- By the end of the film, everything Although a stylistically unexceptional film setto that brings out its goofy falls together perfectly for her — for Moore, “Fahrenheit 11/9” pokes Democrat- version of reality. The characters ironically while Lara Jean’s voice- ic viewers in the ribs and tells them: “Hey! We’re who populate Lara Jean’s high- over tells the audience how messy supposed to be the good guys.” The character school are all conventionally and difficult life is. of the corporate Democrats is revealed when attractive and conventionally hap- Perhaps looking too deep into Moore displays how Obama came to the rescue py. Pseudo-melancholic pop music it is the problem. Maybe eating of Michigan’s now-criminal Republican Gover- plays over every scene. Lara Jean that bowl of sugar is what some nor Rick Snyder after he poisoned the people narrates her relationship with audiences want. For that, “To All of Flint, a city with a majority Black population lines that can only be described the Boys: Always and Forever” will and over 40% of residents living below the as ripped from a 14-year-old’s work like a charm. But for fans of poverty line. Tumblr page. legitimate coming-of-age movies Adam McKay’s 2018 film “Vice,” which un- There is something worth that show the grungy, imper- fortunately generated just as much buzz as noting about the actor who plays fect lives of young people — former Vice President Dick Cheney himself, Peter, as well as most of the ac- more along the lines of “Eighth is worth revisiting. In acerbic scenes dripping tors at the high school — they’re Grade,” “Lady Bird” and “Dazed with irony, “Vice” explains how Cheney used all adults in their twenties. Per- and Confused” — “To All the dangerously corrupt methods — favoring the haps the filmmakers haven’t seen Boys: Always and Forever” is unitary executive theory, dodging the Feder- what high schoolers look like, best forgotten. al Advisory Committee Act and redefining the but Peter, played by a 24-year-old, “To All the Boys: Always and Forever,” is squeaky-clean and misses the mark of a legitimate coming-of-age story. vice presidency — to expand the powers of the does not look like an 18-year-old. CONTACT ELIJAH DE CASTRO executive branch. COURTESY OF NETFLIX The same goes for almost all of [email protected] By wielding these powers, Cheney formed policies that led to the rise of Trump. Bush and Cheney continued the multi-decade tear of deregulating big banks resulting in the Great Recession, which many have cited as part of Trump’s anti-establishment populism. And of Acting anchors historical film course, the endless wars in the Middle East that Cheney got the U.S. into were ripe for MOVIE REVIEW: “Judas and the Black Messiah” Participant Media Trump’s isolationist promises. “Vice,” among other things, successfully depicts Cheney as the Sith lord we remember him to be. Finally, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” the wiser big brother of the first “Borat” film, BY JACKSON NOEL parabolic title all the more heartbreaking. The makes fun of it all — conspiracy theories, right- film follows O’Neal from petty carjacker to FBI wing terrorism, social media influencers, the In 1968, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover ex- informant working undercover in the Black COVID-19 pandemic and the White House. claimed that the FBI would do anything in Panthers with aching detail. It is the ultimate film of the Trump era, its power to “prevent the rise of a ‘messiah’ Even though the film reaches highs, the showing the uncomfortable truth of the dys- who could unify and electrify the militant script moves through several stale, detect- “Judas and the Black Messiah” is an topian, dysfunctional version of America we Black nationalist movement.” As presented in able beats to earn them. The inclusion of FBI intense and emotional historical film. feared. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” does “Judas and the Black Messiah,” the target agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) gives the COURTESY OF PARTICIPANT MEDIA what all political art should do — capture the of this message is clear: Fred Hampton, narrative a cliched antagonist. His scenes show time in history it finds itself in, leaving the au- chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party — cartoonish villainy that undermines the com- dience with a portrait of America exactly how here played superbly by Daniel Kaluuya. plex dynamic of O’Neal and Hampton. O’Neal’s much pain that all he can do to survive is put it was in October 2020. However, the FBI needed evidence to depiction falls short at points as well, with its up a stern face in front of others. Whichever film we watch, reflecting on put a bullet in Hampton, so they sent Bill O’ lack of depth exhibited through his character “Judas and the Black Messiah” may not the Trump era will be necessary to save our- Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) to gather proof that constantly reminding the FBI that all he cares provide a definitive account of the Black selves. In many ways, the Trump era made our Hampton was a violent combatant. So be- about is the paycheck. Panther party, but it is the film for today. Great problems clearer than ever before — a broken gins the painfully relevant biblical tragedy of However, Kaluuya and Stanfield anchor political films extend to conversations beyond government, the manipulative powers of Big Hampton’s death. these characters in deep humanity that only the screen and administer an extra splash of Tech, racial injustice, a pandemic and climate Hampton and O’Neal should be fighting fantastic acting can provide. In a powerful cold water. “Judas and the Black Messiah” is destruction. Now we just have to solve them. on the same side. Early on in “Judas and the scene, O’Neal must lie about not working as an something even more special than a standard Black Messiah” — directed by the talented FBI informant. But as soon as he’s alone, his political potboiler — it is a potential award win- Shaka King — O’Neal is the target of police defense disappears, and tears stream down his ner with something germane to say. POPPED CULTURE is a weekly column, written by Life hostility. The two have a common enemy face. For anyone who has followed the news for & Culture staff writers, that analyzes pop in unjust policing that holds them down, the last few years, the pain that Black individ- culture events. Elijah De Castro is a sophomore CONTACT JACKSON NOEL writing for film, T.V. and emerging media major. making the betrayal that lends the film its uals face is recognizable. O’Neal has faced so [email protected] Contact him at [email protected]. 16 | LIFE & CULTURE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The abbreviated encyclopedia of Ithaca College student culture Six things to know about student life and legends

BY ANTONIO FERME, ARLEIGH RODGERS, AVERY ALEXANDER AND MADDY MARTIN Ithaca College has inhabited many forms. Be- fore the college settled on South Hill, there was the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, a music school founded IC Square once contained a pub and in 1892 that ran out of four rented rooms in a house on coffeehouse that sold alcoholic drinks. East Seneca Street. ANNA MCCRACKEN/THE ITHACAN Over the decades, the music conservatory slowly took over old downtown theaters and rooms above storefronts. On South Hill in 1960, the first campus building — Egbert Union, now called the Campus Cen- ter — was erected. Since then, the campus has continued to grow, and with each generation of students comes new traditions and stories. This year’s new students spent their first semester off campus and therefore have not had the chance to hear the urban legends and histories passed among students. The Ithacan’s Life & Culture section has compiled a list of stories, terms and traditions that stu- dents should know about the college’s culture as they settle into campus life.

Pubs before “The Pub” “The Pub” is a common nickname used by students to refer to IC Square, a campus food court in the Campus Center, but there is some history to this nickname. According to the Feb. 12, 1987 edition of The Ithacan, the pub and coffeehouse sold non-alcoholic drinks from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and alcoholic drinks from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Roger Eslinger, former director of Campus Center Student Activities and Conference and Event Services, worked at Ithaca College until 2002. Eslinger said the first on-campus pub was located on the floor below where Towers Marketplace currently is. He said that in the early 70s, the pub moved to the second floor of the Campus Center, then called Egbert Union, where it re- mained until 1986. Eslinger said students used to walk down from the library around 9:30 p.m. to enjoy drinks at the Before the pandemic, the Saturday before finals week was Kendall Day, Egbert Hall pub before heading back to their dorm a day of partying. Kendall Avenue fills with students throughout the day. rooms for the night. FRANKIE WALLS/THE ITHACAN “It was never the big go-to,” Eslinger said. “It was the pub to connect with students in a more casual Eric Howd, assistant professor in the Department of never a drunken crowd, ever.” setting outside of class, Eslinger said. Writing, graduated from the college in 1990 and said he The pub was student-run, with students working “The power structure was taken away when the fac- remembers playing keyboard in his band at the pub and as servers, bartenders and managers. Eslinger said ulty member wasn’t standing at the head of the class and coffeehouse when he was a student. Howd said there that working in the pub was as much an education- being all-powerful,” Eslinger said. “When he came to the was a triangular stage located in the corner near where al experience as it was a job. Workshops were held Egbert Hall pub, everybody was on equal ground, and Ithaca Bakery is today. to teach student employees about management, that was done on purpose.” “It was just a blast,” Howd said. “It was really sad communication and teamwork. In the mid-80s, Egbert Hall underwent a reno- to see [the pub and coffeehouse] go, but I can see Faculty members would make brief appearances in vation, Eslinger said. IC Square was why they took away the alcohol and the stuff completed in 1987. like that, and I kind of like referring to it as The Feb. 12, 1987 edi- ‘The Pub’ still.” tion of The Ithacan Now, The Pub is officially called IC Square, a food explains that the pub court-style dining area with no alcohol in sight. and coffeehouse concept was imple- Introduction to Partying 101 mented to make Every college town has a bar that students flock to the space inclu- on the weekends — and sometimes the days preceding. sive to students Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, two popular go-tos for who were both students at the college were Moonies Bar & Nightclub under and over and Silky Jones, both on the Ithaca Commons. 21 after the drink- Silky Jones — known for its LGBTQ nights on the first ing age was raised Thursday of every month — permanently closed earlier from 19- to 21-years this year. The future of Moonies is uncertain, said senior old in 1985. Henry Feigen, who is a DJ associated with Moonies. Senior Shane Fox said the bars are an essential part of the undergraduate social experience at the college. “They were the places you went to meet people, and it helped you socialize with your

Students started an urban legend that the Textor Ball will come loose from its pedestal and roll down the hill should a virgin ever graduate from Ithaca College. ANNA MCCRACKEN/THE ITHACAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 LIFE & CULTURE | 17

parties per se,” he said. “Near the Peisner said she tried to call campus security, but her end of the semester, there’s a phone didn’t have any service, so she had to yell to one lot of exams at that point that of her friends to call them for her. I prioritize.” “It wasn’t really scary because I was on the Kendall Day was first floor,” Peisner said. “If the elevator dropped, not thrown in 2020 it would have dropped, like, a foot, and I would because of the have been completely fine. But it was a pretty COVID-19 pan- interesting experience.” demic and because Teachout said they don’t think the elevator the majority of is really haunted. students were “It’s one of those silly things that people make not living in up because sometimes it’s more fun to blame Ithaca after Spring extraterrestrial beings and spirits and energies rather 2020 classes than just saying what it is,” Teachout said. transitioned online. Don’t jump in the fountain before graduation … Textor Ball The Dillingham Fountain, with its five geysers The sculpture that overlooking Cayuga Lake, is one of the most iconic stands proudly atop features of Ithaca College. The fountain is also a lo- Textor Hall has been cation rooted in tradition, as every student looks the source of hypothesis forward to plunging into them on graduation day and folklore for students ever for Senior Splash. A student since it was installed back in 1967. Teachout, a president’s host, said the hype who jumps in the The structure goes by many names, in- for Senior Splash starts during the campus tours fountains before cluding the Textor Ball, the Fish and even the before students are even enrolled. Part of the tour Senior Splash is allegedly golf ball from the gods. While the official title of the involves warning prospective students not to jump cursed not to graduate. sculpture is the Textor Disc, that fact has not dissuaded into the Dillingham Fountain before Senior ANNA MCCRACKEN/THE ITHACAN curious students from their speculations. Splash or risk not graduating due to bad peers,” Fox said. “It was a staple for all of the students who One of the urban legends surrounding this ambig- luck, Teachout said. went to the college.” uous piece of art is the story that if a virgin graduates Teachout said the president’s hosts speculate that the While Ithaca College does not recognize any Greek from the college, the ball will come loose and roll down story was created by the administration to limit the num- life, fraternities like Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), Delta the hill. ber of students jumping in the fountains. Kappa Epsilon (DKE) and Kappa Sigma (KE) run off The structure was created by Jack Squier, an artist, “It makes your Senior Splash a little more special,” campus. Greek life was banned from campus after Cornell graduate and former Cornell professor. Teachout said. “You finally get to jump in with your a student died in 1980 as a result of hazing during a In an interview with The Ithacan in 2014, Squier said entire class and have that moment of finally being Delta Kappa fraternity’s initiation. If students want to the sculpture was created by embedding a steel frame in done, even though it’s usually freezing cold and not experience Greek life, they typically make foam, encasing it in resin and fiberglass and then cover- really worth it. But it is worth it because it’s the thing the trek to Cornell University. ing the structure with aluminum leaf. that they marketed to you since going on “It’s an abstraction based on a series I did called your first tour.” Kendall Day ‘Heads,’” he said in the interview. “This was a big ver- Howd said that in his days as a student, there was Crushed beer cans strewn across a field. Drunk sion of one of them. [I] decided to call it a Disc to keep no story about jumping into the fountains resulting college kids. Kegs open to celebrate the end of a se- it from sprouting mustaches.” in bad luck. Howd said that seniors jumped in the mester. This is Kendall Day, the annual block party fountains during graduation, but it was not an event on Kendall Avenue, a road behind the South Hill Rec- The Ghost of East Tower Past organized by the school. Jumping into the fountain reation Way trail. The party is attended primarily by The elevator doors don’t open sometimes. They stop became a part of Senior Week in 2000 to limit injuries and students from the college. on random floors without being prompted. Sometimes, property damage, according to the college. On the Saturday before finals week in May, stu- they just stop working entirely. With all the mechanical dents celebrate the end of classes and sometimes issues the residence hall East Tower elevators have, it’s CONTACT ANTONIO FERME the warm weather. no wonder students say they’re haunted. [email protected] CONTACT ARELIGH RODGERS Kendall Day is a “darty” — a “day party.” Kendall Senior Carley Teachout said they lived on the 11th [email protected] Day-related celebrations began in 2008, when Adam floor of East Tower their freshman year. Teachout said CONTACT AVERY ALEXANDER [email protected] Young ’09 and a group of friends hosted the first massive they would frequently walk up 13 flights of stairs to CONTACT MADDY MARTIN party at 164 Kendall Ave. Twelve years later, the celebra- avoid the elevators altogether. [email protected] tions have become a day of tradition similar to Cortaca, “It always stopped on the 9th floor, and then it would the annual football game between the college and SUNY randomly go all the way to the 13th floor and not stop Cortland. at all,” Teachout said. “And then it would go all the way Senior Alessandro Vecchi said the event is humor- back to the ground floor. It was weird things like ous to him because of the timing — partygoers head that that would leave you scratching your head. to the event, typically inebriated, a few days before fi- You’re waiting for it and the lights start flash- nals week starts. But Vecchi said that having the event ing and then you go, ‘I’m going to take during the daytime actually allows for studying the rest the stairs.’” of the day, if necessary. Teachout said students in East “I think it reminds people that while academics is Tower became more cautious of a priority for most people, it’s okay to take a day for the elevator after a room on the yourself,” he said. “It’s the weirdest way of saying, 10th floor caught fire in Spring ‘Self-care is good.’” 2018. Water damage from the Kendall Day has had a long history with police. In sprinklers made the elevators 2015, there were six arrests for disorderly conduct — even less reliable. approximately 3,000 people attended — as well as con- “It was at that point sumption of alcohol under the age of 21. I personally had given Senior Kate Sinclair said she remembers going to up on the elevators and Kendall Day in 2018, her freshman year, with some stuck to walking up the friends on her floor of West Tower. stairs,” Teachout said. “I feel like people will definitely go hard on Kendall Junior Jennifer Peis- Day,” she said. “It’s so crazy thinking about that now ner said she lived on the with COVID, having that many people in one congregat- sixth floor of East Tower ed space. But I feel like it, especially as a freshman, … her freshman year and once [was] a new sense of freedom.” got stuck in the elevator for Not everyone participates in the morning’s festivi- 30 minutes. She said she went ties. Richard Ramos ’20 said he did not participate in into the elevator, the doors Kendall Day while at the college. shut, the elevator moved a foot “I’m not the type of person that goes to too many and it stopped.

The residents of East Tower theorize that the dorm’s faulty elevators could be haunted. MOLLY STANTON/THE ITHACAN SPORTS 18 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 STEPPING UP TO THE BASE Softball player goes off the grid for experiential remote learning

BY CONNOR GLUNT first hike on Mount Washington when she was her mind to anything, she’ll go in 100%,” From paddling down the rushing white- 5 years old. Maistelman has backpacked and Quintana said. “I know when it is time to start waters of Idaho to scaling the steep canyons hiked throughout her childhood, so she did training again, when she does get back on of Utah, sophomore softball player Miriam not find these experiences daunting — rather, campus in the fall, she’ll be ready to go.” Maistelman left Kostrinsky Field behind this she said they offered her a more productive Although hiking is something Maistel- year to canoe, climb and hike through the way to spend her time compared to online man has loved since a young age, it has not wilderness out West. classes. Maistelman is an environmental stud- taken the spot that softball has in her heart. “I think it’s the athlete in me that ies major at Ithaca College, and she said that Since she has not been able to train or do any searches for that rush,” Maistelman said. “It’s working on the tree farm has taught her about workouts during her NOLS and WWOOF pro- pretty taxing and demanding and challeng- forestry, logging and sustainable farming. grams, she said she cannot wait to get back to ing, but I’ve just chased that desire. For me “A standard education is beneficial for most the game. right now, I would just be distracted [with students, myself included, but I have gained “Softball, for me, is all I’ve ever really online classes].” a wealth of knowledge through this experi- known,” Maistelman said. “I love it. I want to Maistelman initially planned on taking a ence,” Maistelman said via email. “With NOLS, stay in shape and keep up with my ability by gap semester during Fall 2020 to backpack I was able to acquire more technical skills, practicing and training. It’s a part of me, and and hike from Idaho to Arizona, but she network with people like me and experience it’s something I always want to do.” expanded the semester into a full year when a rugged and brutal aspect of the wilderness The softball team is training on campus she was offered a job to live and work on a that gave me a deeper understanding of myself this semester. Quintana said that although it tree farm in Washington. Maistelman began and my potential.” would be ideal to have the whole team togeth- her expedition with the National Outdoor For someone who has her sights set on er in preparation for its season — which the Leadership School (NOLS) canoeing in Ida- hiking in Banff, Alberta, and backpacking the Liberty League has not yet made a decision ho then backpacking through Utah and Appalachian Trail, the NOLS and WWOOF about — she believes Maistelman made the Arizona. The farm she works at partners with programs provide Maistelman with the ex- right choice taking a gap year. Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms perience she needs to be prepared. Now “I thought the experience she was getting (WWOOF), an organization that provides her she’s spending her final days in Washington outside the classroom was worthwhile,” Quin- a place to live while she logs and maintains wrapping up her work with WWOOF before tana said. “I think being remote, just being the health of the forests surrounding her farm. traveling home to Wisconsin. Once the sum- on a computer for her classes in the fall, just NOLS is a nonprofit school that focuses mer rolls around, she will be off to Arizona wouldn’t have been a good fit, so I was excited on outdoor learning experiences. WWOOF is until August to work with the Arizona Con- to hear her so passionate.” a program that places WWOOFers on farms servation Corps, clearing and maintaining the During her canoeing and hiking trips all around the globe to learn and practice paths of national parks. during Fall 2020, it was hard for Maistelman sustainable living. When Maistelman is at home, she will be to stay in touch with her teammates. Sporadic Maistelman is no stranger to the great out- back to preparing for the upcoming softball service and delayed communication allowed doors. She first enrolled in a NOLS program in season. From going to batting cages to refin- small windows for her to reconnect with her eighth grade. She has also continued to pur- ing her fielding ability, there will be no time friends from Ithaca, making it difficult to catch sue her passion for backpacking ever since her to waste. up on the missed time. One of her teammates, “When I’m at home is when I’m really able fifth-year Frankie-Ann McCauley, found a to train again,” Maistelman said. “I have a facil- solution to share what she wanted to tell ity where I’m able to hit and throw and work Maistelman even when she did not have on my velocity, my hitting, my glove work and cell service. When McCauley thought of all of those different variables. … But in terms something she wanted to share with Maistel- of skill, whenever I’m home, I’m going to have man, McCauley said she wrote it down in a to take advantage of my time and resources to notebook and shipped it out to Wisconsin. make sure I’m still with it.” McCauley said she is excited that Maistelman has stayed in contact with Maistelman had the opportunity for these softball head coach Hannah Quintana since experiences, but she is looking forward to the team had its Florida trip interrupted by Maistelman’s return to South Hill. the outbreak of COVID-19 in Spring 2020. The “There seems to be this timeline and pres- two have talked about Maistelman’s academic sure from society of when you need to get and athletic futures as well as the opportuni- your degree, when you need to be in school, ties that could stem from Maistelman’s work and it’s not that cut and dry,” McCauley said. over the last six months. Quintana said she “All these opportunities are presenting them- thinks Maistelman will be up to speed when selves to her at this point in time, and we she returns to South Hill. can’t say that they’ll be there five years from “She’s someone that when she commits now. … When it’s the right time for her to COURTESY OF MIRIAM MAISTELMAN come back, she’ll be here, and it’s going to be so exciting.” When Maistelman does return in the fall, it will certainly take some adjusting. The cool autumn seasons of Ithaca do not share many similarities with the dry deserts of southern Arizona, and her days will no longer be spent on outdoor adventures. Instead, most of her August will involve preparing for the upcom- ing softball season and getting back into the pattern of being a student-athlete. “I think I’ll be able to find a way to have that balance of working and recreation and traveling,” Maistelman said. “I have the en- tire month of August off before I go back to South Hill, and I think I’m going to be spend- ing a lot of that time just getting myself back into the headspace of being a student-athlete and familiarizing myself with the details and Sophomore softball player Miriam Maistelman works in Cochise, Arizona, in my skill.” Maistelman climbs up a ledge in November 2020. She took a gap year from Ithaca College to backpack. CONTACT CONNOR GLUNT COURTESY OF MIRIAM MAISTELMAN [email protected] Vantage, Washington, in February. COURTESY OF MIRIAM MAISTELMAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 SPORTS |19 Students develop creative media team

BY DANIEL KING A group of Ithaca College students with just a couple of cameras and a few years of experience have teamed up to snap pictures of athletes in ac- tion to spruce up the Bombers’ social media accounts. The Office of Athletic Com- munications is composed of OUT OF BOUNDS associate director Justin Lutes EMILY ADAMS and athletic communications associates Dan DeCaria and Brid- get McCann. Previously, each There is no such team’s social media accounts were run by individual team coaches or managers and Lutes. In Feb- thing as the GOAT ruary 2020, sophomore Peter When Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Bucca- Raider approached Lutes with neers to victory in Super Bowl LV, he secured an idea to have a student-run his position as one of the most successful creative content team. Raid- football players of all time. Brady has seven er is now the manager of Super Bowl rings and holds NFL records for creative content for the Office most career wins, playoff wins, passing yards, of Athletic Communications. Sophomore Peter Raider takes a photograph during a lacrosse team practice Feb. 10. He passing touchdowns — and that’s just to name The group started with seven serves as the manager of creative content for the Office of Athletic Communications. a few. students and ran its first project ANA MANIACI MCGOUGH/THE ITHACAN After the Buccaneers’ resounding 31–9 during the 2019–20 basketball win against the Kansas City Chiefs, who were season with live social media the group disbanded. for Bomber Sports then reshares of creative media. She attends strong favorites before the game, social media campaigns during games. The “Through the fall, I knew I the post to drive traffic to that practices for gymnastics, wres- was inundated with the dreaded “Greatest Of team is now made up of 19 wanted to start this team back particular sport. tling, women’s soccer and both All Time” (G.O.A.T.) debate that erupts after students and is divided into up, but I was trying to think of “They’re putting an empha- men’s and women’s dive teams. any iconic athlete performs well. Not only is two groups — one that creates the best ways to do so,” Raider sis to build out the brands of She said said the team is al- determining a G.O.A.T. a Sisyphean task, but the photographs, videos and said. “Before classes started, I our teams by providing them ways looking for students who it also consistently excludes women and graphics and one that works started to build up a team, and it with the content,” Lutes said. are interested in helping to athletes from less popular sports. with teams to build a social all came together. It’s all working “We haven’t been able to produce content. Following the Super Bowl, ESPN’s media schedule and post the out really well.” play games, so I’m excited to “There’s no better times to SportsCenter posted an image on social me- created content. Lutes said the team has spent see where it goes when we get make mistakes than the time dia depicting professional athletes who are However, COVID-19 threw time contacting each team’s back into competition.” that you’re in college,” Fruhling considered to be the G.O.A.T. It included Brady, a wrench in the students’ plan. coaching staff to identify who Lutes said the Bombers said. “The biggest thing I could LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and The team anticipated it would runs its social media accounts. Sports Instagram just reached say to any freshman is to jump at Muhammed Ali, among others. Serena Williams start creating content for the The student team then works 6,000 followers and gained more any place or opportunity in front was the only woman portrayed, and her image 2020 spring sports teams’ social with whoever is running the than 200 followers this past of you.” was tucked in the shadows at the back corner. media accounts, but after the account to produce content semester alone. The G.O.A.T. debate overwhelmingly cele- college sent students home in then post on their respective Senior Emma Fruhling is CONTACT DANIEL KING brates the athletes who have the most publicity March 2020, Raider said most of platforms. The primary account one of the assistant managers [email protected] behind them. Casual sports fans think that Tom Brady is the greatest athlete to ever live because they see him play football every weekend for months each year. They do not watch Simone Biles nail moves that no other gymnast can Coach uses social media to help players attempt. They do not watch Diana Taurasi be- come a top-five scorer in the WNBA at age 38. BY EMILY ADAMS They don’t watch Sarah Sjostrom set six individ- ual world records in women’s swimming. After Ithaca College canceled fall sports Everyone has a different interpretation of for the 2020 season due to COVID-19, what it means to be the “greatest.” It becomes second-year graduate student Anna Botti- even more challenging to compare athletes no, a graduate assistant for the field hockey across eras within single sports. It can easily team, missed the game she loves. Since Bot- be argued that Brady is not even the greatest tino could not be on the field working with athlete to ever play football. Peyton Manning the Bombers, she took her coaching skills has more league MVP awards, Joe Montana was online in the forms of one-on-one Zoom undefeated across four Super Bowls and Aaron training sessions and a new Instagram Rodgers has stronger stats. There is too much account called Field Hockey Training nuance to isolate a true “greatest.” Collective (FHTC). It is also nearly impossible to equate suc- Bottino played field hockey at the Uni- cess in one sport to another. Tom Brady has versity at Albany as an undergraduate, and won more Super Bowls than any other quarter- she reconnected with her former teammate back in the history of the NFL, but he has won Kelsey Briddell to create FHTC. The pair those titles on some of the most talented teams posts content three to four times weekly, in the history of the NFL. Brady’s lack of speed aimed at teaching young field hockey play- and weak run game are major flaws, but through- ers both the physical and mental skills of the out his career, he has had all-star running backs sport. The account launched Jan. 15 and cur- Second-year graduate student Anna Bottino, graduate assistant for Ithaca College to fill the gaps. Michael Phelps has 13 individ- rently has 180 followers. Briddell said FHTC field hockey, co-created Field Hockey Training Collective with a former teammate. ual gold medals won completely on his own ability, but Phelps also does not face the ad- will hopefully continue growing, as it is still PAIGE TOLAN/THE ITHACAN ditional challenge of leading and organizing a in the beginning stages. team. There is no reasonable way to compare “It’s not where we want it right now be- awareness to mental health that, to be Bottino said. “I definitely want to be able those different types of greatness. cause it’s really new,” Briddell said. “We’re honest, I really didn’t have before she arrived. to incorporate more athletes and find Greatness can also be defined outside hoping that with consistency of the things She has really helped the players recognize more creative ways to train remotely as we of competition. Tom Brady has failed to that we’re posting and the quality of them, the importance of it.” work through everything and in our make any significant contributions to social that will end up gaining more attention and Bottino said her favorite part of the current circumstances.” justice causes that have always been an more followers. I think it can be so much big- account is the Sunday Coffee Talks on Insta- Wahila said Bottino’s involvement in field essential part of sports. Tommie Smith and ger than it is right now.” gram Live every other week with someone in hockey beyond the college’s team has been John Carlos made enormous sacrifices when Bottino, a graduate student in the the field hockey world. helpful for the Bombers to see and engage they chose to protest racism at the 1968 sports psychology program at the college, On top of co-managing FHTC and help- with as well. Olympic Games. Allyson Felix has been a starts the week with Mindfulness Mondays, ing to coach the Ithaca College field hockey “She’s working to provide an environ- trailblazer for the rights of pregnant sharing tips for improving mental wellness team, Bottino is holding individual virtual ment where any student-athlete — high professional athletes. Billie Jean King paved and performance. training sessions via Zoom for field hock- school, college, anybody — can see,” the way for women athletes to receive equal Kaitlyn Wahila, head coach of the Bomb- ey players ages 6–17 all over the country. Wahila said. “Whether you’re working pay. The greatness of those athletes and so ers field hockey team, said that Bottino’s She helps them improve technique through on your mental health, your individu- many like them transcends winning records or knowledge of mental health and mindfulness exercises that can be done in an athlete’s al skill, recruiting advice, she’s to bring stat sheets — and shouldn’t that be what it is have been a huge contribution to the pro- basement or living room. She said the train- it all together and offer this platform all about? gram during her time as a graduate assistant. ing helps players work on their skills amid where student-athletes can show up and “She is just so mature beyond her pandemic restrictions, and it keeps her en- learn something.” years and has been so grounding for our gaged in the game. OUT OF BOUNDS covers sports beyond the playing CONTACT EMILY ADAMS field. EMILY ADAMS is a senior journalism major. team,” Wahila said. “She has brought an “I love working with young kids,” [email protected] Contact her at [email protected]. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 THE ITHACAN | 20

Sophomore Abby Marraccino performs a dive at diving practice Feb. 19 at the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium. The team held an intrasquad swim meet the next day. ABBEY LONDON /THE ITHACAN