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IN S ID e o p i n i o n
Talking it out The U.S. Supreme Court hears
Fit for print Printing quotas must be
oral arguments about the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marraige. Page 3
IN S ID e p u l p
Making a difference An award-winning SU
raised and standardized for students at SU. Page 5
professor speaks about social work. Page 9
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IN S IDEs p o r t s
In the nation’s capital
Stinging memories Twenty-six years ago,
The Daily Orange provides coverage of Syracuse’s practice and media opportunity in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
SU officials threaten to cut ties with Adidas
st uden t a ssoci at ion
PR director steps down, not enrolled
By Alfred Ng Staff Writer
Syracuse University has taken action regarding athletic-wear company Adidas’ refusal to pay severance to more than 2,500 factory workers. Officials within SU Auxiliary Services sent a letter to Adidas on March 1 issuing a warning about the international corporation’s inaction at a factory in Indonesia. When the owner of the PT Kizone factory fled Indonesia in January 2011, more than 2,800 workers were left without $3.3 million in severance pay, according to the Worker Rights Consortium, a labor rights monitoring organization that SU joined in 2001. While other companies that use the factory, like Nike, have paid $500,000 in reparations to the workers, Adidas has continued to stay silent on the situation. “It is the conclusion of Syracuse University that adidas, by failing to remedy these violations, is in possible breach of its licensing agreement with the University,” said SU Associate Director of Auxiliary Services Jamie Cyr and Associate Director of Athletics and Director of Marketing Marc Donabella, in the letter. The letter stated that while the university values its licensing relationship with the Adidas brand, the school’s mission to enforce labor standards takes precedence. Cyr and Donabella ended the letter by saying university officials will contemplate terminating the licensing agreement between SU and Adidas if action is not taken in 90 days. “The university will take into consideration every action we can. We can remove all Adidas goods from the bookstore. When Adidas submits a design, we can withhold approval, which means they can’t produce it,” Cyr said in an interview with The Daily Orange. “We’re lending a voice to show our disapproval of the situation’s handling by Adidas. It’s one of those things where there’s strength in numbers. see sweatshops page 8
Indiana broke Orange hearts in the national championship. Page 16
By Debbie Truong Enterprise Editor
Parallel lives Students’ choice to predominately interact with those of similar backgrounds creates divide on campus By Madina Toure
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Staff Writer
or Kishi Animashaun Ducre, the issue of identity solidarity on campus is oftentimes framed as an exclusively AfricanAmerican issue.
Ducre, an assistant professor of African-American studies, has
been teaching about segregation since 2006. In one course, she asks students to document the way in which the Syracuse University campus creates boundaries for students. “Our neighborhoods and where we come from are segregated, and we come to a space where we maintain those same boundaries, and the university physically itself maintains these types of boundaries and don’t necessarily challenge them,” Ducre said. Students, professors and faculty members alike agreed multiple factors contributed to people staying within their affinity groups, including race, gender, class, program of study, sexual orientation and housing. They also noted that the university has taken a number of steps to address the issue. But they all agreed the only way for
SEE DIVISION, PAGE 6 illustration by micah benson | art director
The Student Association’s public relations director has resigned after serving in the organization without being enrolled in classes. Colin Crowley initially notified upper-level SA cabinet members that he could not enroll in spring classes due to financial reasons early in the semester, but was permitted to continue serving as director of the public relations committee in a non-voting capacity. Crowley said he officially resigned from the position Sunday after he was alerted to a bylaw in the Registered Student Organization guidelines that disqualifies non-students from holding a cabinet title without being enrolled at the university. Crowley, who is a former columnist for The Daily Orange, began the semester with the intention of being a fully matriculated student, but said he was unable to get his finances in order before the Feb. 4 financial deadline to drop courses. After realizing he would not be able to return as a student, Crowley said he met with SA President Allie Curtis and Chief of Staff PJ Alampi to discuss his position within the organization. In that conversation, Crowley referred to a passage in the RSO handbook that states “persons may be admitted to associate membership in a recognized student organization if its constitution and by-laws so provide.” Associate members are allowed to provide input to student organizations, but about half a page later, the handbook states, “associate members may not hold office, vote or otherwise conduct official organizational business.” Crowley said he missed the latter entry in his initial reading of the handbook and was made aware of it recently. He resigned from SA and as president of College Democrats see crowley page 7