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SU grants to redesign downtown
By Michael Boren
Syracuse University announced to city officials Aug. 28 that it would pledge $2 million in state grants to create an "interactive streetscape" along the Connective Corridor, a cultural strip connecting downtown Syracuse with University Hill. The initiative will bring new landscaping, lighting, outdoor furniture and active space to the outside of the Symphony Place development downtown.
Animal rights organizations protest campus KFC
By Erin Corbett
The Syracuse Animal Rights Organization held a public protest against Syracuse University's support of KFC Corp. Monday afternoon. The protest focused on improving KFC's treatment of chickens and removing the restaurant chain's presence on campus. Student representatives and community volunteers of the group, including one individual dressed as a bright yellow bird, demonstrated outside Kimmel Hall, home to a campus KFC.
Students camp out to sign leases
By Daniel Bortz
Spencer Ganz and Scott Weinberger will do almost anything to sign a lease for the apartment they want, even if that means camping out in front of the office of Campus Hill Apartments or having an older brother send chocolate-covered strawberries to Campus Hill employees.
Beyond the Hill Briefs
Grad student runs for city council in Arkansas University of Arkansas graduate student Sarah Lewis is currently running for a position on City Council. Lewis, a Ph.D. candidate in environmental dynamics, supports incentives for programs focused on sustainability and environmental improvement in the surrounding community.
Sheraton allows students to video home
By Lena Budd
Lucy Miller sent a free video postcard Monday to her father, and another one to a friend studying abroad in Spain. Miller, a senior television, radio and film and English and textual studies major, took part in the first Global Out of the Office Day, hosted by the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center.
