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N • New York, New York
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P • Sweet tooth
New York Times columnists Charles Blow and Ross Douthat spoke on social inequality at the third University Lecture of the semester on Tuesday. Page 3
In honor of National Dessert Day, Pulp breaks down four different options from various bakeries around Syracuse to satisfy your sweet tooth. Page 9
S • New beginnings
Alex Hodgkinson decided to leave the Syracuse football team in early August to continue playing rugby — and has emerged as one of the best players on SU’s club team. Page 16
ROLLING IN
Syracuse University enrollment has been steadily increasing since 2003 A look at enrollment since 2003
Gender
The Syracuse University student body has consistently grown over the past 13 years, peaking this academic year.
Nearly 55 percent of SU students are female, according to SU data.
21,789 21,492 21,029 20,829 20,407 19,638 19,366 19,084 19,082 18,734 18,247 18,639 18,604
YEAR
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SU ENROLLMENT TOTAL
More than 50 percent of the SU student body in the 2015-16 academic year is white, according to university data.
101
1,834 424
AMERICANI INDIAN OR ALASKA
16
1,370 1,620 1,872
1,569
8,413
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISPANIC OR LATINO
532
11,360
NONRESIDENT ALIEN
By Alexa Torrens 8,323
6,873
UNDERGRADUATE 11,603
By the numbers
4,243
1,233
WHITE
TWO OR MORE RACES NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER ASIAN
124
1,157
KEY
FEMALES
UNIVERSITY TOTAL
7
UNDERGRADUATE
UNIVERSITY TOTAL
*458 RACE/ETHNICITY UNKNOWN
*660 RACE/ETHNICITY UNKNOWN
80% GRADUATION RATE
92% RETENTION RATE
graphic illustrations by tiffany soohoo design editor By Katelyn Faubel asst. copy editor
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hancellor Kent Sy verud began his address at a University Senate meeting in March by telling the senate body that admissions were up in all the schools and colleges at Syracuse University. Almost seven months later at a
Senate meeting held on Wednesday, the result of increased admissions showed when Syverud said SU had enrolled 100 more students than expected for the 2015-16 academic year. The higher enrollment is due to a lower rate of admitted students who don’t end up attending SU, Syverud said on Wednesday. “Normally, there’s a significant
group of students who deposit and then don’t come,” he said at the meeting. “Lower melt is a great thing because it means people want to be here, but it does mean we end up with a slightly larger class.” The head count of total students at SU for the 2015-16 academic year is 21,789, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. The total enrollment for fall
Otto’s Army tickets for bus trip to SU game at UVA made available Tuesday
MALES
10,183
A breakdown of 2015 SU ethnicity
Students get tickets to bus ride
of the 2014-15 academic year was 21,492, according to an SU fact sheet. SU enrollment has been steadily increasing since the 2003 fiscal year. According to a 2013 SU financial report, total enrollment had increased from about 18,600 students in fiscal year 2003 to about 21,000 students in fiscal year 2013. The university planned the 13 percent increase in the see enrollment page 6
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Three minutes before tickets for the Otto’s Army trip to the Syracuse University and University of Virginia football game were available, the line of students waiting for tickets barely reached the main lobby of the Schine Student Center. Most students walking into the box office area sideswiped the line to use the restrooms, and 10 minutes after the box office began giving away the tickets, the line was completely clear bar a few sporadic ticket buyers. Fifty-one tickets were available Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m. for the game, which will take place at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. The tickets were available free of charge and on a firstcome, first-served basis for SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students. One ticket was still available as of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Schine Box Office closed at 5 p.m. Last year, students began lining up at the Carrier Dome around midnight to purchase tickets to the Otto’s Army trip to the SU game against the University of Notre Dame at MetLife Stadium, and about 130 students were at the Carrier Dome Box Office when it opened at 6:45 a.m. This year, Aidan Tinelli, a sophomore information management and technology major, said he simply went to class, came to Schine and got in line to get his tickets. Tinelli said he was unable to get tickets last year for Otto’s Army’s trip to MetLife Stadium to see the game. Tinelli said the lack of students in line could be attributed to the rainy weather and added that he didn’t think there were less students see otto’s
army page 6