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Bus stop Centro continues to work on its
Politically correct Scott Collison argues the
Making noise The Syracuse-based band Silent Fury makes a
Off the deep end As the Syracuse swimming and diving program
Republican congressman’s sex scandal is more about stupidity than immorality. Page 5
new GPS pilot program. Page 3
name for itself in the local rock scene. Page 9
comes to an end, former team members and coaches look back on what the time spent in Webster Pool meant to them. Page 20
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Alpha Chi Omega looks to move on By Dara McBride News Editor
Alpha Chi Omega members are looking to move past the emotional decision to close the Lambda chapter at Syracuse University. “My biggest desire is to try to support the women as they try to move on,” said Marsha Grady, national A Chi O president. Members of the Lambda chapter were informed of the decision to vote to close the chapter Jan. 27 because of “risk management issues” after being put on probation last spring. The closure went into effect Jan. 28, the first day of spring sorority recruitment at SU. Grady would not reveal any specifics as to why the Lambda chapter closed. A chapter closes either because of risk management issues, which includes hazing and drinking problems, or overall chapter issues, such as financial problems or low membership, Grady said. A vote to revoke a chapter cannot be undone through an appeal, although the chapter can typically return through recolonization after four years, according to national A
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Comeback The university would need to express an interest in A
Chi O returning to campus for recolonization to occur. But returning to a campus after a charter has been revoked does not typically happen until after four years. Then, the national council and university would have to work together for the chapter to return.
Career program to aid student veterans By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor
A new program that could affect dozens of students back from the armed forces at Syracuse University will allow post-9/11 veterans to prepare for technology careers through their laptops. The Technology Education Certificate program will be offered online for free to post-9/11 veterans and prepare them to work in service and global technology companies like JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to a Tuesday SU News Services release. JPMorgan Chase collaborates with SU under the Global Enterprise Technology program, which teaches students about the global economy.
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andrew renneisen | staff photographer guy nordenson , a professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton University, gestures toward his slideshow Tuesday in Slocum Hall Auditorium. Nordenson has worked on at least 100 structures, including one in Rome.
Engineer displays building designs, discusses architecture By Breanne Van Nostrand Staff Writer
As structural engineer Guy Nordenson displayed pictures of the Jubilee Church in Rome, he spoke of its qualities and the construction process that took place to create such a unique building in a residential Italian neighborhood. The church is a white, curved structure with concrete walls that are able to selfclean and remove dirt and pollution from the air, said Nordenson, the structural engineer for the Jubilee Church. Though the construction of the church
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was lengthened due to the contractors’ tendency to place a single concrete block in the morning and another at night, he praised the energy and deliberate construction process that ensued. Nordenson presented his lecture “Patterns and Structure” Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. The event was cosponsored by Syracuse University’s School of Architecture and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science. Nordenson is a professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton University and began his own structural
• Guy Nordenson studied at MIT and the University of California at Berkeley before beginning his career as a draftsman in the joint studio of R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi in 1976. • He established his own structural engineering firm, Guy Nordenson and Associates. • He received the AIA’s 2009 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement Award. • Nordenson has worked on more than 100 projects during his career, including the Museum of Modern Art expansion in New York, the Disneyland parking structure in California and the Jubilee Church in Rome.
engineering firm in 1997. During Tuesday’s lecture, Nordenson referred to a slideshow displaying a few of the more than 100 structures he has worked on. “Many minds come together on these projects, and unique occurrences contribute to architecture,” Nordenson said. “There is an energy in collaboration.” Nordenson was invited to speak at SU because of his knowledge of both engineering and architecture, said Sinead Mac Namara, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who is involved in planning the lecture. Nordenson’s successes provide students with a view of both studies, she said. In addition to the Jubilee Church, Nordenson was the structural engineer for the Museum of Modern Art expansion in New York City. Working with a Japanese architect, Nordenson designed a 60-foot wall of windows supported by solid steel bars for the museum, and he noted the extreme challenge for such a small structure. The design was difficult because the steel see nordenson page 4