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Monday Mile walking trail series opens
INSIDE NEWS
A warm welcome Seven members were added to Student Association’s general assembly. Page 3
By Casey Fabris ASST. NEWS EDITOR
INSIDE OPINION
Voting values Students with new right to vote must be prepared to exercise their voting strength. Page 5
INSIDE PULP
Wishing and hoping The Dream Factory makes dream come true for Syracuse girl suffering from lifelong illness. Page 9
INSIDE SPORTS
Dream school Syracuse commit Tyler Ennis will achieve a lifelong dream when he takes the Carrier Dome floor in 2013. Page 16
OUT OF THE DARKNESS After surviving the Aurora shootings, Stephen Barton refocuses on future Text by Marwa Eltagouri Photos by Andrew Renneisen THE DAILY ORANGE
H
e was just one face in the panicked crowd. One among swarms of people piling out of the second-
floor Colorado theater’s exit, frantically making their way toward the stairs that would carry them through the main lobby and out its freeing doors. SEE PAGE 4
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner walked a one-mile trail through downtown Syracuse starting at City Hall as part of her proclamation that Monday, Sept. 10, be named “Move It Monday.” The announcement coincides with the opening of a series of mile-long walking loops located around the city of Syracuse, local parks and the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, according to a Sept. 10 press release. Miner presented the proclamation on Monday afternoon in front of a trail beginning at City Hall, and walked the mile-long loop alongside city and county officials, according to the release. Each loop is marked with a sign reading “The Monday Mile.” The goal of the mile-long trails is to get people in the community active, and the trails are part of the Healthy Monday campaign. Healthy Monday is a national campaign that encourages people to be more active, eat healthier and quit habits that endanger their health, such as smoking. Syracuse University alumnus Sid Lerner founded the campaign, according to the Healthy Monday Syracuse website. SU participates in Healthy Monday through programs such as Meatless Monday and the campus’ version of Move It Monday, which offers free exercise classes to students. The Lerner Center for Public Health, named for the SU alumnus that started Healthy Monday, worked with the mayor and county executive’s offices, city and county parks, SUNY Upstate and SU to “sign” 10 1-mile loops, Thomas Dennison, director of the Lerner Center, said in an email. “By creating literal stakes in the ground, we are creating an environment that supports movement and being active,” he said. Bob Dougherty, Syracuse common councilor, said he felt the mile-long loops were a great idea and are important to the community due to the value of exercise. “Anything that gets people out doing stuff is a good idea, that’s what I would say,” Dougherty said. “I’m a pretty active person, I ride my bike all over the place.” Dougherty bikes regularly for
SEE MOVE IT MONDAY PAGE 6