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wednesday
oct. 29, 2014 high 57°, low 43°
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N • Back in town
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P • Making strides
Comedian John Mulaney has rescheduled his performance at Syracuse University and will come to campus to perform stand-up on Nov. 19. Page 3
After her mother died one year ago, sophomore Joyce LaLonde has been actively advocating for breast cancer awareness to honor her mother’s memory. Page 11
S • Using protection
Syracuse football uses Guardianhelmet covers in practice to help protect against concussions and other injuries along with other teams around the country. Page 20
SU aims to Firm presents campus survey findings grow drone research University joins with other colleges in hopes of receiving COE distinction By Rob Romano staff writer
Syracuse University is part of team of universities aiming to become leaders in drone research. The universities, led by Georgia Institute of Technology, applied earlier this year to receive a Center of Excellence distinction by the Federal Aviation Administration for unmanned aircraft systems, more commonly known as drones. If chosen for the distinction, SU could be
Given that this is a new industry, it’s very young, we don’t know where it’s going quite yet, there is a lot of innovation that needs to take place. Eric Persons associate vice president of government and community relations at su
able to do more drone research and possibly incorporate drones into the university curriculum. In the university’s most recent lobbying report, filed last Monday, SU reported $70,000 in total lobbying activity for the third quarter of 2014, which included lobbying efforts on SU’s drone research. SU faculty contacted congressional leaders, such as Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), to ask for their support and to let them know about the application, said Eric Persons, associate vice president of government and community relations at SU. On Oct. 22, Schumer urged the FAA to accept the application from SU’s group. Schumer’s office could not be reached for comment. If the group that includes SU see drones page 5
maggie dolan, a staff member of Sasaki Associates, presents the findings of the survey sent to Syracuse University students, staff and faculty this semester to collect information for the Campus Master Plan. More than 3,000 people responded to the survey. margaret lin photo editor
Sasaki Associates addresses results of Campus Master Plan survey firm working with Syracuse University on its Campus Master Plan. Sasaki Associates hosted two meetings on Tuesday in Hendricks Chapel to explain and answer questions about the results of a campus survey, which
By Anna Merod asst. news editor
Security and transportation were two of the most pressing issues presented on Tuesday by the design
results are in A survey about campus planning was sent to the SU community earlier this semester and the results were presented at two forums on Tuesday. Here’s a breakdown of who responded to the survey.
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1. other: 24%
7. whitman: 5%
2. vpa: 17%
8. ischool: 5%
3. arts & sciences: 15%
9. education: 5%
4. newhouse: 7%
10. falk: 4%
5. engineering & 12 computer science: 7% 6. maxwell: 6%
11. architecture: 3% 12. law: 1% 13. graduate: 1%
was sent out to SU students, faculty and staff earlier this semester. Sasaki Associates is a Massachusetts-based architecture and design firm. The survey garnered 3,005 responses and 45 percent of the responses were from students, 39 percent were from staff and 16 percent of the responses were from faculty. Around 80 people attended the first meeting held at noon, but most of the participants were staff and faculty members. When Ricardo Dumont, the principle of Sasaki Associates, asked attendees to raise their hand if they participated in the survey, a majority indicated they had. The College of Visual and Performing Arts was the college with the highest amount of participants in the survey with 495 responses. Maggie Dolan, a staff member of Sasaki Associates, answered questions from the audience at the end
of the presentation and said students who work at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse indicated that they don’t feel connected to main campus. Kelsey Corbishley, a senior interior design major, said after the forum that she thought the reason VPA gave the most responses is because students have to go downtown to the Warehouse every day. She added that students commonly face safety and transportation issues when they go to the Warehouse. Most students who go to the Warehouse opt out of taking the Centro buses, because it takes about 45 minutes to get to class that way, Corbishley said. “Because of driving we all have to find places to park downtown, which leads us to unsafe areas,” she said. “I mean my car, plenty of my friends’ (cars) have been broken into.”
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