When Carissa Matthews gives tours to prospective Syracuse University students, she tells them if SU doesn't have a club to fit their fancy they can create one. They can get a few friends together, fill out some paperwork and become a recognized student organization.
Syracuse University hired two new deans since students departed for Spring Break. Ann Clarke, associate dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was promoted to dean Friday by Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina. Lorraine Branham, director of the journalism school at University of Texas at Austin, was named dean of the S.
A $56 million revitalization project in the community west of Armory Square isn't expected to happen over night. In fact, the endeavor could take upward of five years. But with a group effort and partnering of community organizations into the Near Westside Initiative, progress is being made every day since it started in September.
Free weights are of "100 percent" importance to freshman George Bova's workouts at Archbold Fitness Center. But if he tried to visit the Marshall Square Mall (MSQ) Fitness Center to replicate that workout, he would be out of luck. The MSQ Fitness Center, which has been successful in averaging approximately 1,500 students per week in its second semester on campus, does not offer any free weights, said Joseph Lore, director of the Department of Recreation Services.
Campus Cabaret, an event sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, started Tuesday with eight acts, but ended with seven. Sophomore Caleb Sheldon was disqualified from the event Tuesday night by RHA for making "homophobic remarks and alluded to cutting himself and he said the f-word several times," said Victoria Simpson, director of social programming for RHA.
The Syracuse Sports Management Club has had a busy semester. The group is prepared to hold its third annual Charity Sports Auction this spring - with notable items like two tickets to Game One of the 2008 Major League Baseball World Series and an autographed baseball by Pedro Martinez from the New York Mets up for grabs.
Between 14,000 and 17,500 people are trafficked annually, and an estimated 200,000 American children are at high risk of being part of this modern-day form of slavery, Saejung Lee said while speaking in Eggers Hall Wednesday. Lee, an immigration attorney at the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV), gave a presentation called the "Intersection of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence," subtitled, "Experiences of Hmong Victims in the Heartland.
In an effort to reduce the number of plastic bags used at Syracuse University, the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization will sell organic bags in the SU bookstore starting the Monday after Spring Break. Each year, the bookstore purchases more than 100,000 plastic bags, said Carolyn Kissane, vice president of communications for SIFE.
Jennifer Dietsch sat in the student union at Bowling Green State University studying for an upcoming test when a faculty member approached and thanked her for her visibility. Dietsch was wearing a black triangular facemask and rainbow cape draped over her tie-dye T-shirt.
