Spring Break
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Vice President Joe Biden to deliver commencement address
By Julia Terruso
Vice President Joe Biden will give the commencement address to the Syracuse University graduating class of 2009. The joint ceremony with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry will take place May 10 in the Carrier Dome.
Chancellor lays out budget plan
By Shayna Meliker
Syracuse University unveiled a 4.5 percent tuition and room and board increase, an 11.3 percent increase in financial aid and a salary freeze for employees making $50,000 or more at a University Senate meeting Wednesday in Maxwell Auditorium. The tuition raise is the lowest percentage increase in 43 years, said Chancellor Nancy Cantor, who spoke after the Senate Budget Committee presented the committee's recommendations.
Students dismayed, angry at VPA administration over program cut
By Bethany Bump
Heated exchange and impassioned speeches overwhelmed a meeting Wednesday when officials from the College of Visual and Performing Arts announced they are cutting the school's surface pattern design program. The announcement was made at a mandatory 11:30 a.
Whitman program helps students launch businesses
By Kelina Imamura
Ryan Bukevicz will not be spending his Spring Break on the beach. Instead, the Syracuse University senior finance and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major is headed to California to try and line up investors for his company, BeVo Media LLC, which tracks and measures Internet advertising revenue.
Task Force to advocate for immigrant rights with vigil
By Julia Terruso
If you go What: Broken Hearts Vigil Where: 100 S. Clinton, Syracuse When: Friday, 5 p.m. Cost: Free A vigil to advocate for immigrant families and end deportation will be held tomorrow at 5 p.m. in downtown Syracuse. The goal of the "Broken Hearts Vigil" is to show support for the Child Citizen Protection Act currently under review in the House of Representatives.
Bill to free students of jury duty
By Sara Tracey
The U.S. Senate is currently reviewing a bill that would exempt college students from jury duty. Bill 2045 states that any person enrolled in and attending school as a full-time student at an accredited public or private school will be exempt from jury duty, upon request.
Faculty members question salary freeze, future budget plans
By Shayna Meliker
A visibly agitated Chancellor Nancy Cantor defended the university's recently presented budget plan against pockets of faculty criticism at Wednesday afternoon's University Senate meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. Cantor faced persistent questioning from the audience about the reasoning behind the budget decisions University Senate announced, particularly the salary freeze for employees making $50,000 or more a year.
