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Honest Abe The screenwriter for “Lincoln”
More than rivals Students are entitled to
All dolled up “Hello, Dolly!” comes to
discusses the complexity of writing about Abraham Lincoln for the silver screen. Page 3
more details on the Big East exit fee. Page 5
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Buccle up Baldwinsville, N.Y., native
Syracuse’s Mulroy Civic Center Theaters for three nights only. Page 11
Jason Grilli has the Pittsburgh Pirates on the verge of the NLCS. Page 16
A ‘REASONABLE’
COMPROMISE
University senators, administration develop Big East exit fee agreement
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By Dylan Segelbaum ASST. COPY EDITOR
yracuse University Athletics could pay at least 25 percent of the Big East conference exit fee: the $7.5 million cost for switching conferences that sparked debate in the spring. “I’m willing to say, given the assumption of what the university’s priorities and desires are, this is about as good a deal as we could get,” said Craig Dudczak, chair of the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, which reached
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a compromise with the administration about the exit fee. This will be presented during the senate’s Wednesday meeting. The Board of Trustees initially approved having non-athletic areas pay most of the exit fee, arguing that the move to the Atlantic Coast Conference would benefit the entire university. But in April, the senate passed a resolution calling for SU Athletics to absorb the cost. In May, the board put its plan on hold, and allowed representatives from the administration and senate budget committee to negotiate. Part of the disagreement seemed to be
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about principle: if athletics was to benefit from joining the ACC, why should SU’s schools and colleges be charged most of the cost for switching conferences? After a series of seven meetings during the summer, the committee now accepts the switch to the ACC benefits the entire university financially. And though not everyone is in agreement, members of the administration and senate budget committee who worked out the compromise say the proposal is reasonable. Dudczak said committee members
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Entrepreneurial beat Pop Culture columnist Jarrad
Saffren discusses the importance of business ventures in the hiphop industry. dailyorange.com
ALLOCATING THE FEE
ORIGINAL PLAN SU Athletics pays $375,000 (5 percent). Responsibility centers, which are areas of the university that generate revenue, pick up $7.125 million (95 percent) during a 10-year period.
AGREED UPON PLAN
SU Athletics anticipates it will receive $14 million in revenue this fiscal year (Fiscal Year 2014) from its ACC membership. This is about a $6-$7 million increase from the Big East anticipated distribution for the last fiscal year. (Fiscal Year 2013) SU Athletics pays $1.875 million (25 percent) at the very least. The rest of the responsibility centers pay $5.625 million (75 percent) at the most during a 10-year period.
Lit cigarette causes fire in HBC ventilator By Annie Palmer ASST. NEWS EDITOR
A brush fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon in a vent outside of Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, forcing students in the building to leave their classes. The fire started when someone flicked a lit cigarette butt into one of the air ventilators on the ground between HBC and the Hall of Languages, said John Stubbs, Syracuse Fire Department district chief. The lit cigarette fell into a pile of mulch and leaves, sparking a small brush fire, he said. The fire department received a call about the fire at about 3 p.m., Stubbs said, at which point two fire trucks and one mini-engine arrived at the
scene. All fire department personnel left the scene at 3:30 p.m. Earlier that day, a fire alarm went off in HBC at 2 p.m., said Ryan Hackett, a sophomore political science and international relations major. When the fire alarm went off again at about 3 p.m. for the actual fire, Hackett said he and other students in HBC left the building slowly, believing it wasn’t serious. “We turn around and we see a white smoke coming below HBC, and the fire truck shows up, and they started charging the hoses trying to extinguish it,” Hackett said. He described there being a light amount of smoke, but still noticeable. Though classes located in the base-
ment floor were told to evacuate, no one was injured and no classes were canceled, Stubbs said. The amount of smoke emitted by the fire was most likely compounded by wind, making the fire appear much worse than it was, Stubbs said. He advised students to become more careful of where they deposit their cigarettes. “The fire could have been prevented if students were allowed to smoke in more areas on campus,” said Colleen Kepler, building coordinator of HBC. “Smoking near the side of the building like that is a fire hazard.” Kepler said the university used
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sam maller | asst. photo editor A Syracuse Fire Department investigator responds to a call about a fire in an air ventilator outside of HBC on Tuesday afternoon. People in the building were evacuated. There were no injuries.