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N • Funny man
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P • Back in the day
Comedian John Mulaney,a former SNL head writer, will perform at SU on Oct. 11. Tickets will go on sale on Monday at the Schine Box Office. Page 3
The award-winning comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” kicked off Syracuse Stage’s 42nd season on Friday and will run through Oct. 12. Page 9
S • Broken mirror
Syracuse was outplayed by a Notre Dame offense that looks very similar to the kind of attack it has looked to be this season. Page 16
newhouse
Studios to open in January By Kait Hobson contributing writer
Although the Syracuse University community is preparing to celebrate the latest additions to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, students will have to wait to use the new studio space. The new studios were originally expected to be completed by June 2014, but are now not expected to be open to students until January 2015. “Some things went well; other things are still behind, which has been a big problem,” said Neal Coffey, the project manager for the renovations.
Out of luck BRISLY ESTIME tries to evade the grasp of Notre Dame safety Elijah Shumate in Syracuse’s 31-15 loss to the Fighting Irish on Saturday at MetLife Stadium. Estime provided an early deep threat for quarterback Terrel Hunt, but the SU offense went stagnant as the game progressed and Hunt’s fourth-quarter rushing touchdown was the Orange’s only offensive score of the day. sam maller staff photographer
Frat defies council’s decision, remains active Kappa Sigma continues to operate after being denied official recognition By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor
After being denied official recognition last spring, an unofficialy fraternity isn’t taking no for an answer. This past April, Kappa Sigma, a national fraternity that hasn’t been present at Syracuse University for around 20 years, applied, but was not given an invitation to become officially recognized. This has not stopped the “re-founding fathers” of the fraternity, who are still actively acting as a fraternity and wish to re-establish Kappa
Sigma on campus, despite the risk of jeopardizing their academic standing. “Going into this, I think we all understood that there was some chance we could get in trouble, but in my mind there isn’t really,” said Peter Decarlo, a senior accounting major and president of Kappa Sigma. “We have a good group of guys who have a cumulative GPA of 3.22 and I don’t see how we’ve done anything wrong.” By pretending to be an official fraternity, the SU Interfraternity Council says Kappa Sigma is endangering recognized fraternities and sororities, which face judicial consequences if the organizations associate with Kappa Sigma. The council also says Kappa Sigma broke several rules when it applied
for official recognition last April. Matt Rose, president of the IFC and a senior public relations and sport management dual major, said that the presence of Kappa Sigma will have no influence on fall fraternity rush. Formal recruitment is set to take place from Oct. 5–10. Eddie Banks-Crosson, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, referred all questions to Rose. Bryan Samimi, vice president of Kappa Sigma and a junior accounting major said the group is not actively recruiting people on campus because members know it’s against the rules. But some recruiting is done through word of mouth and prospective members coming up to them, he said. Kappa Sigma is one of three unoffi-
cial greek life organizations at SU, joining Zeta Psi Fraternity and Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs website. SU’s chapter Kappa Sigma was founded in 1906 and was active up to the mid-1970s. It closed down twice since then due to low recruitment. According to the FASA website, unrecognized organizations that attempt to facilitate member recruitment or member activities may be prohibited from participating in any future expansion process at SU. Individual students who are determined to be in violation of this policy may be placed on a disciplinary status up to and including suspension or expulsion, according to the website. see fraternity page 6
I’m filled with both excitement and terror. We’re going to have to relearn how to do a lot of things, and it’s going to be a little scary at first. Chris Tuohey chair of the broadcast & digital journalism department
Newhouse II had not been renovated since its construction in 1974. Although the technology is in place, the rest of the building requires work. Walls are unpainted, floors are unfinished and the building awaits certain approvals from the Syracuse Division of Code Enforcement. The remainder of this semester will provide the time for faculty to train on the new technology. “I’m filled with both excitement and terror,” said Chris Tuohey, chair of the broadcast and digital journalism department. “We’re going to have to relearn how to do a lot of things, and it’s going to be a little scary at first.” see studios page 8