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Changing positions The Daily Orange Editorial
Fall flair Dress up your basics with
One day later Big East football coaches and Jim Boeheim give
unoriginality in papers and alerts students to plagiarism. Page 8
Board reflects on how the move to the ACC alters the meaning of being an SU fan. Page 5
vibrant colors and punchy accessories. Page 11
opinions on conference realignment. Page 24
at l a n tic coa st confer ence
Students, staff react to Syracuse decision By Stephanie Bouvia ASST. COPY EDITOR
adan van treuren | contributing photographer
Mobilization
SARAH CORTIERI AND GREGORY MOTES , assistant dean for enrollment management and special academic program instruction in the School of Information Studies and LTC from the U.S. Army Mobile Applications Branch at Fort Gordon, Ga., respectively, speak Monday in the Innovation Studio of Hinds Hall. Motes presented to classes and held a Q-and-A session about the path the Army has taken in adopting smartphone apps. The Army team has more than 75 apps on many different networks.
Project continues halfway into extension By Breanne Van Nostrand ASST. COPY EDITOR
Construction on a massive Carousel Center expansion is still ongoing after the project received a deadline extension in June — its second extension since work began more than four years ago. The Destiny USA project involves the addition of new retail, entertainment and dining options to the existing Carousel Center. When completed, the 2.4-million-square-foot complex will be the sixth largest shopping destination in the country, according to a release from the Destiny USA website. An 850,000-square-foot addition is expected to open in spring 2012, according to an Aug. 11 press release on the Destiny USA web-
site. In the release, developer Robert Congel said contractors have begun finishing elevators, escalators and railings to frame the expansion.
Construction first began on the Destiny USA project in March 2007. Starting in 2009, there was a twoyear delay of construction on the
SEE DESTINY USA PAGE 7
Source: destinyusa.com
Rachel Renock said she was shocked when she heard Syracuse University would be leaving the Big East conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The junior communications design major said she was confused as to why the university would be willing to lose some of its most competitive rivals. “I heard it was because of our football team, but I don’t really understand why the school would sacrifice some of our oldest basketball rivals, like Georgetown, for a football team that hasn't had much success in the past 10 years. No offense,” Renock said. The reaction on campus has been mixed since the announcement Syracuse will join the ACC. Some students are disappointed in the possible loss of rivals such as Villanova and Georgetown, but ultimately students and faculty alike seem to agree that this was a positive move for SU. Ashley Andrew, president of Otto’s Army and a junior communication sciences and disorders major, said that she was initially annoyed when she heard about SU’s decision. “I was upset that we wouldn't have regularly scheduled games with our Big East rivals UConn, Villanova, and most importantly, Georgetown,” she said. “Those games tend to be the most exciting, and they're the games that break attendance records and have the best atmosphere in the Dome, so I'm not eager to see those go.” Andrew has traveled with Otto’s Army to attend out-of-town football, basketball and lacrosse games in the past and said that although the out-oftown ACC games will mean further travel for fans, she believes SU students will still continue to attend them. “Most games won't be as convenient as going to Madison Square Garden, but there are still nonconference games, and some students will make the trip if they have family or friends in the area,” Andrew said. Rodney Paul, economics and SEE ACC PAGE 4
SELECT COMPANY SU and Pittsburgh join 12 other universities in the ACC.
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Clemson
Clemson, S.C.
Duke
Durham, N.C.
Florida State
Tallahassee, Fla.
Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga.
Maryland
College Park, Md.
Miami
Miami, Fla.
North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C.
NC State
Raleigh, N.C.
University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va.
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va.
Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Source: theacc.com