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Classifi ed information Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the
Food for thought Scott Collison suggests
Color scheme Pulp’s spring fashion guide
Forward progress Rick Jackson started building his game in
Pentagon Papers, spoke about parallels between the Papers and WikiLeaks. Page 3
a student-run food co-op may solve campus grocery woes. Page 5
Salary rank at SU similar to past years
injects last season’s toneddown palate with bolder hues and prints. Pages 9-12
Philadelphia playground leagues. Now, in his final season at Syracuse, he’s the most dominant inside player in the Big East. Page 20
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By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR
The average compensation of Syracuse University faculty for the 201011 academic year ranks 35th out of 67 in a group with comparable institutions, according to the annual Committee Z Report released March 3. SU slipped four spots in the rankings from 2009-10. The average compensation of full-time faculty this year was $117,800, a 0.7 percent increase over the prior year. In 200910, the average compensation for fulltime faculty increased 2.8 percent from $113,800 to $117,000, according to the 2009-10 Committee Z Report. Compensation includes the amount of salary and value of benefits, such as retirement and medical and dental insurance, among others,
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Photographer works to prove climate change By Rachael Barillari CONTRIBUTING WRITER
James Balog’s team photographed a chunk of glacier ice — so large it could fit 3,000 U.S. Capitol buildings inside it — breaking off into the ocean. It was the largest break off of glacier ice into the ocean ever caught on film, and Balog showed the footage to Congress. But not even that could convince all politicians of climate change, as some use ideology to back their beliefs instead of knowledge, Balog said. “It is trench warfare at this point,” he said. Balog, an environmentalist and photographer, spoke Tuesday to a full audience in Hendricks Chapel
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The Syracuse Center of Excellence, located at 757 E. Washington St., is a leader in developing and accelerating innovations, specifically relating to energy and environmental systems. The building, which is owned by the university and built on university-owned property, serves as a display case for research done by faculty and students at Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
One year after its opening, Syracuse Center of Excellence serves as showcase for SU environmental research Text by Katie McInerney EDITOR IN CHIEF
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d Bogucz, executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence, finds the location of his office “sacred.” Looking out from the third floor of the CoE building onto Almond Street and Erie Boulevard East, the property doesn’t appear spectacular, surrounded by dirt, construction fences and work trucks. But more than 100 years ago — when Erie Boulevard was Erie Canal and Syracuse was the typewriter manufacturing capital of the world — Lyman Smith owned and ran the Smith-Corona Typewriter Factory on that corner. And in 1901,
when Smith needed mechanical engineers for his factory, he donated $75,000 to Syracuse University to create what is now known as the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science — the former home of the CoE. Bogucz, who served as the dean of the engineering school from 1995 to 2003, said the location is special because the technologies of the engineering school are coming back to their original home. Last March, the CoE opened its doors with a two-day long celebration ceremony featuring more than 1,400 guests. But the dedication didn’t mark the start of research and advancement — the center had existed without a permanent home for nearly a decade. Only a year ago
did it finally get the $41 million home to display the research that hundreds have worked on for years. The CoE develops some of New York state’s most innovative prototypes and research of better and more efficient energy and environmental systems. In June 2002, then-New York State SEE COE PAGE 8
The center capitalizes on research already conducted on campus and sometimes funds companies to encourage specific projects. In the history of the Center of Excellence, most research has been done on the SU and ESF campus by students and professors.