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Snowy revival This weekend’s Winter

Payback Syracuse avenges an earlier loss to

Yogathon event to raise money for breast cancer awareness. Page 3

argue SU can be more inclusive while remaining competitive. Page 4

Carnival stems from an SU tradition dating back to 1929. Page 9

Villanova by beating the Wildcats 69-64 Monday. Page 16

Donations to United Way break record By Meghin Delaney Asst. News Editor

Syracuse University and community members broke a fundraising record with their donations to the 2010 United Way campaign. During the 2010 campaign, more than 300 volunteers, consisting of students, faculty and staff, and 765 donors raised $214,300, a 7 percent increase from the amount raised in 2009, said Sara Miller, associate director of SU News Services. More than 40 fundraisers contributed to the campaign, including the Dollar Day at the Dome in November, which helped raise $17,516, Miller said. United Way’s mission is to increase

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jenny jakubowski | staff photographer Staff members of “SA Today” work on computers in the CitrusTV studio in Watson Hall on Monday. Food Works will close in May when CitrusTV and radio station Z89 acquire the space to expand operations. Building plans include a CitrusTV edit bay and Z89 voiceover room.

CitrusTV, Z89 to expand, replace Food Works By Michael Boren Asst. News Editor

The Food Works grocery store in the basement of Watson Hall will become a thing of the past in May when CitrusTV and radio station Z89 acquire the space to expand their organizations. Rising membership in CitrusTV and requests from both student-run organizations to acquire more working space have led to the expansion into Food Works, which sits between Z89 and CitrusTV. “Our membership is growing rapidly, and we only have so much equipment and so much space,” said Ben Slutzky, CitrusTV’s general manager. “And we’re somewhat cramped in that space.” CitrusTV needs more videoediting stations and meeting space,

as membership has jumped from between 200 and 250 people last year to more than 350 members this year, Slutzky said. CitrusTV students contacted Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s office for several months about the possibility of expanding into Food Works, he said. Last Monday, Peter Webber, SU’s director of auxiliary services, confirmed the expansion to Slutzky. Funding for the CitrusTV expansion will probably come from SU and the station’s alumni, Slutzky said, and costs will not affect the student activity fee. Station members are hoping to build a new edit bay to allow four or five additional video editors to work on stories at once, but complete plans are still in the works, Slutzky said. Crews may knock down walls and

“Our membership is growing rapidly, and we only have so much equipment and so much space. And we’re somewhat cramped in that space.” Ben Slutzky

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add new doors as part of the expansion, he said. For Z89, the expansion will allow for another voiceover room and additional space for students to meet and create ideas, said Alex Brewer, former general manager at Z89 and a staff member at CitrusTV. The Z89 station currently holds one production studio, one on-air studio and four computers in the back. There are between 80 and 100 people

on staff, and even though everyone is not there at once, computers clutter the space, Brewer said. “All the time it’s way overcrowded, and there’s a need for computers to edit stuff,” he said. Brewer said he expected it to take one to two years to plan an expansion into Food Works, not several months. Syracuse University officials will redistribute items from Food Works see expansion page 6

DPS heightens awareness of recent larcenies By Dara McBride News Editor

Isa Cueto noticed a spike in on-campus larcenies. “People are always coming by and saying they left stuff, and it’s gone now,” said Cueto, a junior management major who works at the information desk in the Schine Student Center. Cueto said many students have approached her for more information at the desk, but she doesn’t think there is an increase in larcenies — just that people are noticing them more, and the Department of Public Safety is emphasizing the crime. Since Jan. 1, DPS has reported 42 larcenies in the university area, according to DPS crime logs. Thirty of the 42 have occurred in buildings on University Place, Crouse Drive, College Place, University Avenue, Waverly Avenue, Marshall Street, Sims Drive and Stadium Place.

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