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program during the summer could help international students adjust to U.S. academics. Page 3
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Syracuse’s 2-3 zone ended California’s season Saturday night, setting up a meeting with No. 1-seed Indiana. | SEE PAGE 10
Cutting ties
Student group urges SU to end relationship with Adidas, seeks to promote fair labor practices
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Happy birthday SU celebrates
its 143rd anniversary on campus and across the country.
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Final fix SU must decide on a longterm solution to its lack of legitimate student housing. Page 5
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photo courtesy of su archives In 2001, United Students Against Sweatshops protested SU’s purchase of apparel from companies with poor working conditions on the Quad. The group, which returned this semester, hopes to end SU’s relationship with Adidas.
By Alfred Ng
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Staff Writer
ore than a decade after a student group organized a naked bicycle ride through campus to protest Syracuse University’s ties with sweatshops, the movement for fair labor practices has made its way back to campus. Jose Godinez, an undeclared freshman in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, re-introduced the United Students Against Sweatshops organization to campus in February after a motivating lecture from visiting Haitian and Honduran sweatshop workers. The group hopes to eliminate SU apparel made in poor working conditions, he said. On Wednesday, the group plans to hold a walk commemorating the 12th anniversary of SU joining the Workers Rights Consortium, an organization that holds corporations accountable and supports workers’ rights by enforcing codes of conduct. As part of the walk, every member will go to the chancellor’s office and drop off a letter explaining what actions they would like to see from the university. This will be followed by a demonstration during which group members will cut an Adidas tie, symbolizing their desire to see SU cut its ties with Adidas. Godinez said he believes the antisweatshop movement on campus died down in the last decade as student protests shifted their focuses toward issues such as the war in the Middle East and the economy, he said. But he said he believes the momentum is right to restart the student organization and help SU put a stop to the many factories see sweatshops page 6
Vice chancellor receives list Memorial service to of final 4 dean candidates honor life of SU student school of m a nagemen t
By Annie Palmer Staff Writer
The search for the new dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is drawing to a close, as the final list of candidates is now under review. Thomas Lumpkin, vice chair of the search committee, said in an email that four candidates have been interviewed for the position: Ken Evans of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma, Urton Anderson of the University of Texas, Ken Kavajecz of the University of Wisconsin and Donna Rapaccioli of Fordham University. Each of the candidates made campus visits that were two days long, Lumpkin said. While on campus, each candidate made a public presentation to the Whitman board and held two days of
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By Jessica Iannetta Asst. News Editor
A memorial service for Jason Morales, a senior sport management major who died last month, will be held Monday afternoon in Hendricks Chapel. The service will be held at 4 p.m. and provide an opportunity for the campus community to remember Morales and celebrate his life, said Thomas Wolfe,
senior vice president and dean of student affairs. “It’s a really important time for the community to come together and show support at this time,” Wolfe said. Morales, who was 23, died early in the morning on Feb. 23 after he was hit by a car in New York City. He left behind a girlfriend and 2-year-old son.
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