Spring Break
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New policy limits student class options
Budget cuts remove popular electives from fall schedules
By Ryan Balton
While students were gearing up to return to campus, some found out they would have one fewer class to worry about. Classes such as Wine and Beer Appreciation and Human Sexuality are no longer available to State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students - and those already enrolled found out these changes last Wednesday.
Cantor supports national debate on lower drinking age
By Megan Saucke
The current legal drinking age is not working, according to a statement signed by Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor this summer. She and 127 other higher education leaders joined the Amethyst Initiative, a group calling on the government to rethink the law.
Opening SA meeting focuses on transportation
By Tom Auchterlonie
New transportation systems - on and off campus - topped the agenda at the Student Association's first session meeting in the Maxwell Auditorium Monday night. SA announced its plans and proposals to an audience that included approximately 10 new attendees. Shuttle Buses Introduced at the meeting was a new program to provide roundtrip shuttle bus service from Syracuse to New York, Boston and Philadelphia during Thanksgiving Break.
Don't mind the mess
University-wide construction work creates new detours on campus
By Shayna Meliker
Syracuse University students returned this week to a campus in transition. The changes include a new dorm building, classroom facilities and an athletic center. The Daily Orange takes a look at the six latest projects - totaling $255.5 million - currently in the works at SU.
Drinking age debate sparks reaction
By Rebekah Jones
StaiSean Lyew thinks that if 18 year olds can enlist in the army, they should be able to drink. Lyew, a senior finance and marketing major, is 22 years old, but if the Amethyst Initiative had been enacted earlier, he could have been drinking four years ago.
