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Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on Tuesday for a four-hour symposium on the NFL changes brought about by the lockout. Page 3
a waste fine that caused an environmental disaster and shut down a small town. Page 5
candid portraits at a bus stop in downtown Syracuse. Page 7
Students raise awareness on homelessness
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University Union given $1.4 million at meeting
By Matthew Kovac Staff Writer
After depriving themselves of food to eat, tents to sit in and electronic devices to play with, students huddled together Monday evening for the Sleep Out on the Quad event. Students working with Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group campaigned to raise awareness for hunger and homelessness from 5 to 10 p.m. Monday. The main purpose of NYPIRG is to make people aware of social and environmental issues, said Ted Traver, NYPIRG project coordinator. Traver said there are 20 campus chapters across the state raising awareness about related social issues. Approximately 10 demonstrators were present at the event at 7 p.m., but Traver said he expected another dozen or so to filter in and out throughout the night. The demonstration was meant to attract students campus-wide to raise awareness for hunger and homelessness, which more than 800 people suffer from in the Syracuse area, according to a NYPIRG news release. To accurately mimic the lives of the homeless, demonstrators were adamant in only accessing non-electronic materials, having nothing to eat and sitting on cardboard. Some students, when passing, slowed down to see what the demonstration was about. A few others sat on the Quad with the demonstrators to show their support. “The simulation of homelessness is what we’re trying to make aware,” said Maya Kosoff, co-coordinator of the event and a sophomore magazine journalism major. “There is real disconnect between the university and the city.” NYPIRG, which sponsored the event, also encouraged students to donate nonperishable food items to support the hungry and the homeless. Bria Morse, co-coordinator of the event and a freshman nutrition science major, said canned goods and items that don’t require much cooking see nypirg page 4
sophomores to take on bigger roles for the Orange to make a deeper postseason run this season. Page 16
By Rachael Barillari Staff Writer
After more than an hour of debate, the Student Association passed a controversial bill, the Designation of Surplus Funding, at Monday night’s meeting. The bill proposed that SA award University Union with a little more than $1 million in the next five years. The bill was passed with a vote of 45 to 10 at the meeting held at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Neal Casey and Jeff Rickert, SA president and comptroller, respectively, presented the bill. The bill stated that SA received approximately $1.42 million in excess student fee
funds from the Syracuse University Division of Student Affairs. This was brought to the attention of Casey and Rickert last spring, but the general assembly learned about it for the first time at the meeting. The money accumulated from excess rollover funds, usually put back into the general SA pot to be distributed for programming, was instead put in a separate account during the last several years. The reason for this separate account, its accumulation and the failure to bring its existence to the attention of SA is unclear. The uni-
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The amount, in millions, awarded to University Union at Monday’s meeting.
He said it kristen parker | asst. photo editor (from top) Neal Casey and Jeff Rickert, Student Association president and comptroller, respectively, field questions about the Designation of Surplus Funding bill presented at Monday night’s SA meeting. SA Assemblymember David Woody was outspoken against the bill during the meeting.
“It’s a huge step forward for us and for our abilitiy to really engage the student body and put together more large-scale frequent events.” Neal Casey
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Many members provided different viewpoints of the pros and cons of the Designation of Surplus Funding bill.
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The two wrote and presented the bill without fully communicating with other SA members.
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Carr declares candidacy to students in Schine Monday By Meghin Delaney News Editor
At 11:45 a.m. Monday, Taylor Carr announced his candidacy for Student Association president to the general student body. Behind a podium in the Schine Student Center, Carr, chair of the Student Life Committee and junior public relations major, outlined his experiences in SA so far, named four separate goals for his presidency and responded to criticism voiced by his opponent. Carr spoke for about five minutes
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to about a dozen people. In his tenure at SA, which began the second semester of his freshman year, Carr has worked as the assistant director of the Non-Traditional Student Commission, the director of advocacy of the Residence Hall Association and the chair of the
Student Life Committee. “All of these experiences and opportunities and many more have led me to decide to run for Student Association president. I have titled my campaign ‘We are SU,’” he said. “It is a reminder that we the students make this great campus what it is.” As students who hold stock in the success of Syracuse, Carr said, students must remember they owe it to the university to make it better. Carr proposed mandating community service hours for SA
members if elected president. Carr touched upon different bills he has worked to pass while at SA, including co-authoring last year’s cyberbullying resolution. The administration is looking into implementing the changes set down in the resolution, he said. Carr was also instrumental in helping coordinate the free buses to Wegmans and Target. One of the goals Carr hopes to accomplish if he is elected president is bringing a stronger voice to nonsee carr page 4