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Facing the unknown The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team opens its season Sunday against Albany at 2 p.m. The Orange, ranked No. 7 in the preseason, is searching
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for a new identity after graduating seven All-Americans in the most successful class in NCAA lacrosse history. The Daily Orange breaks down everything you need to know about the upcoming season, including the players who will be stepping up to starting roles and predictions for Syracuse’s finish in the regular season and NCAA tournament. See insert.
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Tuition to rise slightly for 2012-13 academic year By Beckie Strum STAFF WRITER
The university will raise tuition by about 3.6 percent for the 2012-13 academic year — a relatively small increase amounting to around $1,307. The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs delivered its annual budget report and recommendations regarding Syracuse University’s financial health to the University Senate on Wednesday evening. The presentation offered the first public look at SU’s budget for the upcoming year, including
WHAT IS USEN?
University Senate is an academic governing body with powers such as proposing policy on grading, student life and athletics, among many others. It also approves new curricula and recommends faculty for promotion. USen meets once a month Wednesdays at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.
SEE USEN PAGE 10
brandon weight | staff photographer KARL ROVE, deputy chief of staff for former President George W. Bush, spoke in Goldstein Auditorium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Rove addressed the crowd for 30 minutes before fielding audience questions.
Rove discusses Obama, elections By Kathleen Ronayne DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
President Barack Obama was the topic of choice for Karl Rove on Wednesday during a talk in Goldstein Auditorium. “It is going to be a very close, very hard fought race. But if you look at the numbers, it shouldn’t be close,” Rove said, launching into statistics on Obama’s approval ratings. “No president’s ever been re-elected in the modern era with numbers this low a year out.” Rove addressed the crowd for 30 minutes on what he views as the failures of the Obama administration and the big issues for the 2012 election. He then answered audience questions on topics ranging from his involvement with the super PAC American Crossroads to the difference between national politics and Texas politics to Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The College Republicans hosted the event. The audience filled about half of the auditorium, and many audience members were not Syracuse University students. Out-of-control spending, unemployment and government overreach with the health care bill were the
focus of Rove’s critique of Obama. He showcased his deep political knowledge by getting specific on the issues and tossing out statistics while remaining conversational. Rove began by citing unemployment numbers under the Obama
“No wonder the country’s got grave financial difficulties.” Karl Rove
FORMER DEPUT Y CHIEF OF STAFF FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
administration. By those numbers, he said, this is the worst recovery of any national recession since World War II. The reason? “Maybe because we tried to spend our way out of it,” he said. This led into Rove’s next major critique of Obama and what he said is one of the biggest issues for 2012: tackling the deficit. The president, he said, is unwilling to take on entitlement spending. He also blasted the president and Congress for not pass-
ing a budget before the start of the fiscal year, something he said has not happened since 2007. “No wonder the country’s got grave financial difficulties,” he said. Rove’s passion ignited when addressing the health care law, which he views as an ineffective government overreach that will increase both costs and the deficit. The president’s statistics on the number of people without health insurance, 45 million, is a shocking number, he said, but one that is misleading. The true focus should be on the working poor, about 5 million or 6 million people who don’t have health insurance. “Maybe we oughta be focused on designing health care answers to help them, not to discombobulate everybody,” Rove said. The solution, he said, is giving help directly to the individuals, not to their employers.
Faculty call for more transparency from university administration By Beckie Strum STAFF WRITER
One message to the central administration stood out at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting: more transparency. “A recurring theme has been transparency in almost all of the comments,” said Samuel Gorovitz, a philosophy professor and often out-
spoken university senator. In nearly every topic of discussion at Wednesday’s USen meeting, faculty and staff called for more transparency from the Syracuse University administration. Some professors called for more data and documents when it comes to university finances, others wanted more inclusion in
SEE TRANSPARENCY PAGE 7
SEE ROVE PAGE 8
The Daily Orange sits down with Karl Rove for a Q-and-A session on Page 8. For more Rove coverage, see Page 3.
ankur patankar | presentation director THOMAS KECK, political science professor and parent of children at the university day care center for six and a half years, said he is upset with the way the transition of the day care service was handled.