Editor-in-Chief Lorien Tyne and News Editor Kaeleigh Banda spoke with Ithaca College President La Jerne Cornish about how IC is responding to institutional financial challenges and political pressures from the federal government.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Kaeleigh Banda: Two of the college’s scholarships are under investigation right now for alleged racial discrimination, and you recently attended an SGC meeting and stated, “We will comply with the law when it’s the law, but it’s not the law yet,” regarding those anti-DEI efforts. Can you just expand on what you meant by that?
La Jerne Cornish: The only criterion for eligibility for each of those scholarships is that you are…


































