The Daily Orange

SA debates MayFest strategies

Abstract:
Syracuse University students want a day off in the spring, and they gathered at Monday's Student Association meeting to discuss how to go about getting it.

This student initiative comes in response to Friday's announcement that the university will reinstate classes on the day of SU Showcase, April 19....

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posted 10/27/09 @ 3:49 PM EST

It's amusing to keep seeing people refer to Mayfest as "bringing together students" and "breaking down barriers". What a crock of shit.

I'm all for not having class, but to say Mayfest does anything in the way of desegregating Syracuse is a downright falsehood. We shouldn't lie to ourselves: Syracuse has a huge segregation problem, and Mayfest has no effect on that problem whatsoever.

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