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City-wide ordinance limits party activity
By Carrie Schmelkin
Syracuse Mayor Matthew Driscoll officially signed the Nuisance Party Ordinance, which was put forth by the Syracuse Police Department and the Syracuse Common Council. The ordinance, which was promoted by the Southeast University Neighborhood Association and Syracuse University, details a list of reasons the Syracuse Police can use to break up parties.
Friends, faculty unite to remember Day Hall resident
By Sean Costello
The sudden death of freshman Babak Najafi Sunday was answered by the Syracuse University community yesterday at a ceremony of remembrance. Approximately 100 people attended the ceremony, many of them students. While Hendricks Chapel has been dressed up for the holiday season with red bows, evergreen garland and wreaths, university staff made their remarks in front of the red poinsettia-bordered stage standing at a plain lectern with a single candle burning to their right.
Rwandan genocide survivor to speak of experience harboring natives in hotel
By Katie Walsh
At a time when the world was silent, Paul Rusesabagina listened. Rusesabagina opened the doors to the hotel he managed in Rwanda when genocide broke out in 1994. Many nations, including the United States, turned away from the Rwandans' pleas for help, but Rusesabagina single-handedly sheltered more than 1,200 people.
SU Board of Trustees issues statement regarding HillTV, Cantor
By Laura Van Wert
The Syracuse University Board of Trustees Executive Board announced on Monday its position regarding Chancellor Nancy Cantor and the recent decision to re-establish HillTV by the University Hearing Board. The Executive Board concluded several things from their review of both Cantor and the University Hearing Board's decision, according to the SU News Service bulletins.
Autopsy reveals cause of death
Babak Najafi, the Syracuse University freshman psychology major who was found dead Sunday Afternoon in his room in Day Hall, died as a result of the hardening of his arteries, according to the Onondaga County medical examiner's office. Najafi's autopsy revealed that his arteries hardened due to coronary arterial sclerosis, a chronic heart condition, said Mary Jumbelic, the chief medical examiner for Onondaga County.
