A determined group of students gathered at Free Speech Rock on May 1st, and prepared to start discussion of recent changes at Ithaca College. The Labor Initiative in Promoting Solidarity (LIPS) organized to protest and gather signatures for a petition to deliver to President Rochon.
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Part-Time Professors Need Full-Time Respect
by Alyssa Figueroa April 23, 2012Although students will soon be paying more than $50,000 for attendance, several of their professors will continue to struggle financially to get by. In fact, an average class of students pays nearly $60,000 for a semester-long course, while their part-time professor gets paid only $3,900 to teach it — $1,300 per credit hour.
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I want to talk a lot about the politics of choice. In a society like the United States, where we place so much emphasis on the individual – the individual’s abilities, capabilities, the ‘you can do whatever you want to do’ mentality – I’d like to use the idea of a choice when talking about things.
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On Sundays, my mother’s commitment was to us and the sauce and nothing else. On Sundays, we were a family without financial struggles, a family that could sit down to eat, no questions asked.
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All of the photos of the student and faculty speakers from LIPS’ Occupy the Mic event.
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Putting a Face to the Student Debt Crisis
by Adam Polaski November 21, 2011Last week, I heard stories about the challenges of acquiring student loans, the myths of the glamour of private education, and the crushing realities of an overpriced educational system.
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Breaking the Myths of ‘Occupy the Mic’
by Adam Polaski November 14, 2011On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Labor Initiative in Promoting Solidarity is looking to address the issue of student debt and loans with Occupy the Mic, a speak-out event and discussion.
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Why You Need to Be Part of the Occupy Movement Now
by Alyssa Figueroa October 14, 2011Inaction is a form of action. You are either there with this movement or you are not there with this movement. The time is now to let yourself hope. We may well lose the battle, but if we win, you do not want to have to ask yourself, “Where was I when they needed me?”
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WHAT’S HAPPENING: IC Sodexo Managers Announce Plans for Living Wage
by Alyssa Figueroa April 28, 2011All workers were notified that they would be paid the Living Wage on Thursday, April 28
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Labor Initiatives in Promoting Solidarity organized a week of events to bring attention to the campus fight against Sodexo.
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