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INSIDENEWS
INSIDEOPINION
Anchors aweigh Chancellor Nancy Cantor
Say what? Jessica Smith discusses
explains how SU contributes to the community through student involvement. Page 3
the differences between British and American English. Page 5
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INSIDESPORTS
Identity crisis Syracuse Stage kicks off its 20102011 season with “No Child...,” a play with one actor portraying 16 different characters. Page 9
Breakneck speed Thanks to a blitzing rushing attack, Syracuse trounces Colgate 42-7. Page 20
h a bi tat f or h u m a n i t y
Fundraiser tops past attendance By Alexandra Hitzler CONTRIBUTING WRITER
andrew renneisen | contributing photographer SUZANNE WILLIAMS, the executive director of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, Inc., speaks in front of Hendricks Chapel at the end of ShackA-Thon, an annual fundraising event held by the campus chapter of Habitat. She said the group hopes to build four to five houses this year.
SU Abroad adds center in Turkey, expands program to eight regions By Andrew Swab STAFF WRITER
Erika Wilkens-Sozen was studying for her master’s degree at Syracuse University when she met a young man from Turkey. The two eventually decided to take a trip back to Turkey together. “We spent time in Istanbul, where he showed me his favorite haunts, as well as took a trip to one of the gorgeous village resort areas on the coast of Turkey,” Wilkens-Sozen said. After the visit, not only did Wilkens-Sozen fall in love with the rolling countryside of Turkey, she fell in love with the Turkish student, who is now her husband. Wilkens-Sozen is the first director
of SU Abroad’s newest center in Istanbul, Turkey. Based out of Bahçeehir University, where her husband is a professor, the new center will offer students a chance to learn about a crossroads of culture and politics first-hand. “You see veiled and unveiled women walking side by side in the streets,” said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, the director of the Middle Eastern studies program at SU. “You see a citizenry that has become more confident about their role in global politics, thanks to their flourishing economy.” Istanbul, a city of more than 12 million people, is located on the southern
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This year’s Shack-A-Thon had the largest student turnout since the annual event began in 2008, attracting more than last year’s 200 participants. “For the past three days, we have seen hundreds of students participating,” said Maureen Finn, co-coordinator of this year’s event and sophomore public communications major. “While some came to help out during the day, a lot of the students spent the nights in the shacks.” Finn said the exact number of participants was not available, but she had definitely seen a few hundred at the event, which took place from Wednesday through Friday. Members of the Syracuse University/State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry chapter of Habitat for
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Work-study funding cut by 20 percent By Erin Scialabba CONTRIBUTING WRITER
On the first day of classes, Georgie Martinez went to Archbold Gymnasium to figure out his work schedule. Instead, Martinez found out he had been fired. “They took me off the listserv without telling me,” said Martinez, a senior in the College of Human Ecology. Martinez, the father of a 3-yearold daughter, had lost his Federal Work-Study award after having Work-Study his entire college career. This year, Syracuse University earned about 20 percent less WorkStudy funding than previous years, said Youlonda Copeland-Morgan,
HOW MUCH IS WORK-STUDY DOWN FOR 2010? • SU earned about 20 percent less Federal Work-Study funding than previous years • An extra $600,000 allocated to Federal Work-Study in 2009 accounts for the difference • Estimated total cost of the 2010 - 2011 academic year: $51,960 • Estimated total cost of the 2010 - 2011 academic year for international students: $55,326 Source: syr.edu
associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid. The cut, coupled with the loss of stimulus funds, caused SU to deny the money to some students who had previously received the award. “The biggest reason why students are seeing a cut is because last year,
we got an extra $600,000 from the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,” Copeland-Morgan said. The entire $600,000 was allocated to the Work-Study program, a financial aid initiative aimed to help students pay tuition through part-time
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