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N • Saving up
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P • On the market
Lights were turned off and temperatures were reduced in buildings during winter break as part of an SU initiative to save resources. Page 3
Graduate business students teamed up with a local shop, Side Hill Farmers, to help develop its business strategies. Page 11
S • Holding on
Syracuse saw its 18-point halftime lead chopped in half, but regrouped to get the win over Virginia on Sunday. Page 20
student association
Gresely plans for semester By Jessica Iannetta staff writer
After one year as Student Association president, Boris Gresely can’t imagine how other presidents served just two semesters. “I think that two semesters is not enough. And the reason why is that the first semester you spend that entire semester networking, building relationships,” he said. “And then that last semester is the campaign semester which is very hard as well, because all the attraction is somewhere else.”
Because we know that it’s our last semester we have a bigger drive to accomplish what we want to do. So we’re holding people much more accountable.
Dome opener CHRIS MANDRY, a Syracuse University alumnus, celebrates with other band members and Otto the Orange during the Orange’s 70-57 victory over the Florida State Seminoles in SU’s Atlantic Coast Conference home opener Sunday night. Trevor Cooney led the team with a season-high 28 points. The Orange improved to 12-4 on the season, and is now 3-0 in ACC play. sam maller staff photographer
Boris Gresely sa president
Luckily for Gresely, he doesn’t have to fit all his plans into just two semesters. Due to a change in the SA constitution, Gresely is the first and only student to serve three semesters as SA president. His third and final semester starts Monday night with the first SA meeting of the year. Serving three semesters is something Gresely has always planned for and he campaigned on a three-part plan to reform, redirect and reconnect SA. With their final semester in office, Gresely and the rest of the 58th session are working to complete several long-term initiatives while looking ahead to the next session as SA elections take place. In Fall 2013, Syracuse University students voted to ratify a new SA see gresely page 6
Chancellor’s Workgroup members discuss report By Brett Samuels news editor
Members of Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy say their work is complete, but are hopeful that students, faculty and staff will do their part to make the group’s recommendations a reality. Chase Catalano, director of the LGBT Resource Center and a co-chair of the workgroup, said the group is working to set up a day and time to meet with the chancellor and discuss the report. Beyond that, he said there are no plans for any more meetings.
The workgroup was created on Sept. 22, and consisted of 13 members of the SU community. Catalano and Dawn
We intentionally did not number or rank the recommendations because they are each important. Chase Catalano co-chair of the workgroup
Johnson, a professor in the School of Education, served as co-chairs of the
workgroup. Following nearly three months of meetings, research and interviews, the group submitted its final 77-page report to the chancellor on Dec. 17. In the report, the group identified gaps in services for victims and survivors of sexual and relationship violence on campus, and proposed a set of both short-term and long-term recommendations for improving campus and community culture. Catalano said members of the workgroup met weekly until the middle of November, at which point they began meeting twice a week. “We met with various administrators, attended the Division of Student Affairs listening meeting, talked with
various student groups and conducted our own focus group, then began the writing process,” Catalano said. Catalano said the group developed ideas for recommendations throughout the entire process, and members were in complete agreement about everything included in the final report as a recommendation. “We intentionally did not number or rank the recommendations because they are each important,” Catalano said, “and only made the distinction between short-term and long-term recommendations based on the work and infrastructure required to achieve the recommendation.” see workgroup page 6