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T H E I N DE PE N DE N T S T U DE N T N E W SPA PE R OF S Y R ACUSE , N E W YOR K
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ASyracuse shorterUniversity wait decreases
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size of wait list by 21 percent. Page 3
incoming students SU isn’t for the faint of heart. Page 5
around campus reigns supreme. Page 13
competitions aren’t legal in New York. Not yet, at least. Page 32
univ ersit y senat e
Changes to Maxwell fuel debate By Beckie Strum ASST. NEWS EDITOR
isabel alcantara | staff photographer LARRY ELIN , a professor of public communications and University Senate committee chair for Academic Affairs, mentions the “Whitepaper” outlining changes to the relationship between the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Library plans to rearrange space to make room for books By Laurence Leveille STAFF WRITER
The progress and plans to address storage issues in Syracuse University’s libraries were reported at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting for the first time since Nov. 11. Ian Gallagher, chair of the Sen-
ate Committee on the Library, briefly presented a written report that said the committee discussed various aspects of the library including off-site storage and the addition of research databases. Eileen Schell, the Senate Agenda Committee chair, also brought up the possibility of changing
the USen process, based on feedback that was collected during the past couple years. A main concern with E.S. Bird Library and Carnegie Library is that shelves are currently full in both libraries and at off-site facilities. According to the Library Committee’s
report, the shelves of Bird Library are at 98 percent capacity despite recommendations that shelves should be filled at a 75 to 80 percent capacity to facilitate browsing and keep books in good condition for a longer period of time.
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Plans to distance the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs from the College of Arts and Sciences sparked heated discussion at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting. “Clearly make Maxwell its own school and separate the professional from arts and science, that would be my thought,” said Mark Brown, a senator on the Curricula Committee. “But there will be lots of disagreement about this.” Debate erupted after Larry Elin, a professor of public communications, was asked to speak briefly on the “Whitepaper” after his report. The Whitepaper is a preliminary outline of the changes to the relationship between Arts and Science and Maxwell. The changes are meant to make Maxwell a more autonomous school within the university, which is currently associated with Arts and Science. Changes include creating an undergraduate program exclusively in Maxwell and drafting bylaws for Maxwell that will give its faculty more decision-making powers.
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Death by Skytop ruled suicide; name not released Follett’s to launch textbook-rental By Beckie Strum ASST. NEWS EDITOR
The cause of death of the body found in the woods behind the Skytop offices Friday was suicide, said Sgt. John D’Eredita of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department. The body was identified as a 25-year-old man from Onondaga County, D’Eredita said. The man was not enrolled at Syracuse University. D’Eredita did not know if the man had ever gone to SU, he said.
Onondaga police were not releasing the name of the deceased as of Wednesday morning. The sheriff’s office has also chosen not to release the method of suicide. But the man was not killed from jumping from the water tower, and there was no foul play involved, D’Eredita said. “There were no suspicious circumstances,” D’Eredita said. The man died within 24 hours of being found, D’Eredita said. His body was found Friday at around 12:30 p.m. by an SU adjunct profes-
sor who was jogging along a path in the South Campus woods, Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh told The Daily Orange on Friday. The body was removed from the scene and transported in an unmarked ambulance to the medical examiner at around 2:50 p.m. on Friday, Walsh said. The scene was cleared and opened for public use after the body was removed. The body was 10 to 15 feet away from the path on which the adjunct was jogging, Walsh said. It would SEE SKYTOP PAGE 7
program for SU students in fall By Meghin Delaney STAFF WRITER
Follett’s Orange Bookstore will offer a textbook-rental program for Syracuse University students, called Rent-A-Text, beginning in fall 2010. “Rent-A-Text is our latest costsaving program. It was created to make a large-scale impact on affordability. The cost of education, specifically the cost of course materials, has been in the spotlight recently,”
said Elio DiStaola, the director of public and campus relations for Follett Higher Education Group. The bookstore in Marshall Square Mall offers new and used books for student purchase. It will include the rental program in addition to the buyback program that already is in place. The program will allow new and used books to be rented online and in stores in the fall. Beginning
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