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N • New management
P • Pick of the day
Martin J. Whitman School of Management students and faculty share their thoughts on the newly-appointed interim dean of the school. Page 3
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Celebrate fall by taking a trip to Beak and Skiff Orchard to pick apples —the base ingredient for fall recipes like applesauce and sweet a complement to pork and potatoes. Page 11
S • The stretch
SU football reached .500 on Saturday with its 28-20 win over Boston College. The Orange’s expectations for the season now must change, one beat writer argues. Page 16
Student known as optimist
Remembrance Week 2016 PART 1 OF 4
By Kathryn Krawczyk copy chief
At first glance, Vinny Maugeri was intimidating — tall and stocky with a big personality. But then he’d crack a smile. His infectious smile, and the bear hugs that often came with it, were what Maugeri was known for, said Isaac Chevron, Maugeri’s little in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. “It could be in the middle of a party and Vinny would run up to you and give you the biggest hug,” said Chevron, a junior political science and public relations dual major. “Not just like a big hug, it’s almost like an aggressive hug where he’s hugging you so tight that you’re like ‘C’mon Vinny, stop, go away.’” As much as he’d get mad at the time, those hugs are what Chevron will miss the most about Maugeri. see maugeri page 7
university politics Since the beginning of the Remembrance Scholars program, Judy O’Rourke has led the organization efforts for the week’s events. But this year a new team will take over the program. marisa frigoletto contributing photographer
Handing over
Staff members lead Remembrance Scholars program By Ellen Meyers staff writer
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n the 1988 fall semester, Kelly Rodoski’s freshman year at Syracuse University was like anyone else’s first year in 2016: she lived in Flint Hall, she supported the Syracuse Orange and she attended classes while working toward her English degree. Then on Dec. 21, while she was still in finals week, everything changed when she learned that terrorists bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack killed 270 people, including 35 SU students who were returning from their study abroad program in London. “It was just something that happened on the other side of the world to other people,” Rodoski said. “It didn’t happen to your community.” Twenty-eight years later, Rodoski and two other staff members, Kate Hanson and Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn, are now in charge of the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars program. They are taking over for Judy O’Rourke, who, before retiring in 2015, has been instrumental in organizing the program since its incepetion. O’Rourke is not out of the picture, though. She is still
volunteering and helping the three women transition into their new roles. But Rodoski, St.Oegger-Menn and Hanson have been the ones advising scholars, organizing events and connecting with members of the victims’ families. All three women initially became involved with Remembrance through their primary jobs and O’Rourke’s encouragement. As the senior communications manager for SU’s division of public affairs, Rodoski worked with O’Rourke to publicize Remembrance Week and related events. She said she became more involved with it every year and joined the program’s scholars selection committee two years ago. “You can’t imagine your life or your job without it,” said Rodoski, who now serves as the liaison for the Lockerbie Scholars and handles the publicity. Hanson first worked with O’Rourke when they developed the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising in 2012. Through the center and her job as deputy director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, Hanson began to get involved with Remembrance Scholars and served on the Remembrance Scholars selection committee for two years. Now, she is charge of see remembrance page 4
Syverud discusses Title IX By Sara Swann news editor
Syracuse University’s course of action after being notified of an ongoing Title IX investigation was unclear, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a recent interview. In June, the Department of Education opened an investigation into SU’s handling of a sexual assault case after a former SU student filed a complaint with the department’s Office of Civil Rights. The complaint alleges that the university failed to “respond promptly or equitably” to a report of sexual assault made on or about May 5, 2015, according to documents obtained by The Daily Orange through the Freedom of Information Act. Further details of the incident were not provided in the request because the investigation is ongoing. After The Daily Orange reported the ongoing federal investigation, it was revealed members of the highly-touted Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence were not made aware of
see syverud page 4