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INSIDENEWS
Split semester Almost halfway through his term as
Student Association president, Neal Casey has received mixed reactions. Page 3
INSIDEOPINION
INSIDEPULP
Festive dress Vicki Ho gives readers
Painting a story SU students collaborate
music-festival-inspired style ideas for MayFest. Page 4
with Say Yes to Education to illustrate children’s books. Page 11
INSIDESPORTS
Frozen Despite the popularity of ice hockey in Central
New York, Syracuse has never created a Division I men’s program. And the hurdles presented make it unlikely to happen in the near future. Page 28
Chancellor views award, logo update By Katrina Koerting STAFF WRITER
shijing wang | staff photographer
Sustainable songs
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LAURA SCHWECHERL, KAILA MCINTYRE-BADER AND DAN PIRELLO, members of the indie pop band Big Tree, perform Wednesday night in Jabberwocky Cafe in the Schine Student Center. The concert was part of weeklong events leading up to SU Showcase, “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” which will take place May 2. The band also spoke Wednesday afternoon at the loading dock of Ernie Davis Hall about filtering vegetable oil to fuel its touring van. The band released its extended play, Home(here), last summer.
MAYFEST 2011
Police presence, weather could affect crowds By Michael Boren ASST. NEWS EDITOR
Although university officials expect Friday’s MayFest weather forecast of showers and temperatures in the 50s to put a damper on Euclid Avenue crowds, police are still planning area patrols. This is the second year MayFest will be held as a university-sanctioned event with free beer, food and live music from 1 to 6 p.m. in Walnut Park. Crowd sizes on Euclid, where
Students submitted a proposal Wednesday morning to give a new look and name to Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship. The award has existed for 20 years. The proposed rebranding included a new name and the creation of a logo for the award, which is given annually to outstanding groups and five individuals who are involved with civic engagement. The logo has a series of crescents that fade from orange, symbolizing SU, to purple. Underneath was the proposed new name of the award: the Chancellor’s Award for Universal Scholarship and Engagement, or CAUSE. Twenty-two communications design juniors in a design project management class presented their marketing and rebranding campaign for the award to a crowd in
students have traditionally partied, dropped last year due to improved police enforcement, but city and university officials are still preparing for student activity in the area. The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services will distribute a letter Thursday from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner reminding students that police will continue to enforce city ordinances on Friday during the MayFest celebration. A sheet detailing what the city
ordinances are will also come with the letter, said Darya Rotblat, director of the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services. City ordinances commonly enforced in the Euclid area include open container violations and noise ordinances. The Department of Public Safety, the Syracuse Police Department and Chestnut Security will monitor the Walnut event. The tradition of MayFest began April 24, 2007, when a student started
a Facebook group calling for people to party on Euclid. A crowd of more than 3,500 students lined the sidewalks, according to an article published in The Daily Orange on April 7, 2010. Classes were not in session because that day was meant to be a day off for students to celebrate their academics. In 2008 and 2009, thousands of students continued to party on Euclid. Last year, however, Syr-
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Entrepreneurial minor to begin in fall semester By Christina Levin STAFF WRITER
A new entrepreneurial minor will be offered to Syracuse University undergraduates beginning in the fall, through the efforts of four different schools. The minor — information technology, design and startups — will provide entrepreneurs with the resources to “create a business idea, flush it out and then turn it into a real business,” said Kyle McShane, a master’s student in the information management program. The program is a collaborative effort among the School of Information Studies, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, L.C. Smith
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