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Feast your eyes on this Syracuse University expands its art gallery
Taking care of business With its 29-3 win over Akron the SU football team
and the University of Montreal reports adolescents who smoke may be at risk for depression. Page 9
to Thursday’s opinion column. Page 5
with latest SU art exhibit, “4x4”. Page 13
gets to 1-0, as expected, for the first time since 2003. Page 24
Lost in transit SU cushions college costs, students elsewhere forced to transfer By Susan Kim
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ast winter, Kimberly Grindle saw a counselor for the first time. “My anxiety was such a level that I was making myself sick,” she said. “I just had been getting broken down every day.” Grindle developed problems with anxiety when she realized how much debt she had accumulated — about $17,000 — while attending three semesters at Emerson College. Though financial aid had covered about 60 percent of her tuition, Grindle expected to pay $7,000 a semester, in addition to personal expenses. Even working 20 hours a week during the academic year wasn’t enough
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dave trotman-wilkins | contributing photographer Jill buckvar (left) and sara massarsky, a students in the School of Architecture, sit in the living room of their fully-furnished Park Point apartment. The complex of luxury apartments, opened this semester with 226 beds in two- and four- person options.
Park Point’s luxury impresses residents, attracts future occupants By Stephanie Smith Contributing Writer
Across the street from students sweating out hot temperatures in Haven Hall, students at the newly leasing Park Point Syracuse apartment complex are receiving air conditioning, Internet, cable, full kitchens and free coffee. The 226-bed luxury housing complex is located on the corner of Comstock Avenue and Marshall Street, with the option of either living in a two or four bedroom apartment. Students can choose a 10 or 12-month lease and are able to renew their lease because Park Point has a firstcome-first-serve policy, with current residences getting top priority. “We are just so happy to be part of the Syracuse University community,
and we’re thrilled about the response and interest we’ve received,” said Wendy Roche, marketing director for Park Point. “Our residents are top notch, and we couldn’t be happier.” It costs $855 per month for a four bedroom apartment with a 12-month lease and $949 per month with a 10-month lease. A two bedroom apartment costs $905 per month. Applications are available for download on the Park Point website and are currently being accepted for next fall. Roche said she has heard students plan to camp outside of the complex to get their names first on a list for these apartments. Park Point includes accommodations, such as heating and air conditioning, a washer and dryer, personal landline, utilities and a fit-
ness center. Roche said new residents have so far enjoyed what amenities the apartment complex has to offer. “We have already had a resident barbecue and have other functions planned so our residents can get to know each other better,” Roche said. “Everyone really loves the private courtyard, resident lounge and fitness center — and they keep telling us how luxurious everything feels.” Roche said she has heard positive feedback via the apartment’s Facebook page. “As one of our residents said on our Facebook page, Park Point Syracuse is ‘exclusive, well-equipped, suited for mature, on-their-own students,’” Roche said. Jill Buckvar, a current Park Point resident, said living on Main Cam-
pus in a luxury apartment building was an asset and took away some of the stress of dealing with university housing. “Not only are these apartments located in such a convenient area, but they take the stress out of the moving process since everything is set up previously upon the students’ arrival,” Buckvar said. Buckvar said Park Point’s amenities have made her happy with her choice for housing this year. “Accommodations, such as free coffee in the mornings and fitness center, can help any student’s day go by with more ease and less stress,” Buckvar said. “I absolutely love my apartment and am very satisfied with my choice.” sasmit12@syr.edu
SU handles fluke overenrollment By Dara McBride Asst. News Editor
Had Danielle Moon, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, known Syracuse University’s acceptance rate beforehand, she said she wouldn’t have been as nervous waiting to hear from the school last spring. “I was kind of surprised,” Moon said about learning she had been admitted. “But I was really excited.” Of the 22,925 students who applied to Syracuse University for fall 2010, 13,694 were admitted, putting SU’s acceptance rate at 59.7 percent — higher than most other private schools. The school had a target of
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