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Fast money Dan Maffei has raised more
than $200,000, outpacing the incumbent, Ann Marie Buerkle. Page 6
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Middle ground The Daily Orange Editorial
No-brainer Pulp shares fun and easy, do-it-
Local beliefs Jamesville-Dewitt standout
Board suggests students meet police halfway to keep campus neighborhoods safe. Page 5
yourself costume ideas for guys, girls and couples. Page 7
Politics stir discussion of Mormon faith
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Midfielder charged with DWI
By Kathleen Lees CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney, two Mormon presidential candidates running in the 2012 elections, the Latter-day Saint Student Association at Syracuse University uncovers myths regarding their religion by doing what they know — living their faith. Ryan and Brittany Milcarek are members of the LDSSA. Ryan is a sophomore mechanical engineering student at SU. Brittany graduated from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University and now works as a physical therapist at
SEE LATTER-DAY SAINTS PAGE 6
By Jon Harris ASST. NEWS EDITOR
stacie fanelli | asst. photo editor BRITTANY AND RYAN MILCAREK , a married couple, are Latter-day Saint Student Association members. Ryan is a sophomore mechanical engineering major and Brittany is an Upstate Medical graduate.
Chronicle of Higher Education article on SU still stirring discussion By Dara McBride EDITOR IN CHIEF
Almost a month after The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article criticizing Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s leadership, the article still sparks discussion within the campus and higher education communities. The Oct. 2 article, “Syracuse’s Slide: As Chancellor Focuses on the ‘Public Good,’ Syracuse’s Reputation Slides,” details the philanthropic endeavors Cantor has enacted during her time here, but also states that some SU professors say Cantor “has spent too little time and money on what goes on inside the university’s classrooms, laboratories, and libraries where traditional education and scholarship take place.” For many institutions of higher education, community involvement is a priority, but Syracuse is seen as “pushing the envelope,” said Robin Wilson, author of the article. Wilson’s article, along with a subsequent piece published by The Chronicle, “Syracuse, Selectivity, and ‘Old Measures,’” and a letter from Cantor were published in the
DaJuan Coleman chose Syracuse over Kentucky and Ohio State. Page 16
Syracuse Post-Standard on Sunday, further keeping the item in the news. Cantor did not want to discuss her thoughts on Wilson’s article, but she said she felt there were aspects of it not fully conveyed. Cantor and Wilson spent between two and three hours together when the journalist visited campus in September. Since the article’s publication, both The Chronicle and Cantor have received a number of reaction letters. Cantor said those she has received are congratulatory and supportive. Although the articles are now only accessible to Chronicle subscribers, more than 90 comments have been posted — some point-
ing out SU’s flaws, some offering support to the university. Wilson said this is the largest number of responses she has seen from an article in 26 years. “It seems like the issues at stake in what’s happening at Syracuse are just really deeply felt by many people and in some ways divide faculty and the administration,” Wilson said, adding that not all in the campus community feel this divide. There has also been the suggestion that the comments and published letters are an orchestrated response from the administration. Cantor denied this. A complaint is that the article
INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH
Both faculty and student numbers have increased significantly in the past 10 years. Members of higher education are indecisive on what this means for SU.
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was biased and did not feature enough voices. The article included 11 sources, one anonymous. Wilson said she interviewed more than 50 people, but she was surprised at the difficulty she had getting those at SU to interview with her. She writes about crime in higher education and said fi nding sources to talk to about the university on the record was, at times, more difficult than getting people to talk about illegal activity. Other debates center around the work SU does in the community, sources used in the article and recent changes affecting SU’s image, such as the university leaving the AAU or dropping in US News and World Report Rankings. Some of those who commented said the article did not fully delve into concerns faculty and staff have for the university. Samuel Gorovitz, a philosophy professor, said he has seen the issues raised in the article “hotly debated” among both newer and older faculty members. “They believe lots of what is true and important is not being SEE CHRONICLE PAGE 6
A Syracuse lacrosse player is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest after damaging a car owned by the SU men’s lacrosse head coach early Monday morning. Kevin Drew, a senior defensive midfielder, was charged by Syracuse police Monday on the 1500 block of Lancaster Avenue, confirmed Sgt. DREW Gary Bulinski of the Syracuse Police Department. A police officer observed a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer hit a parked Toyota at 3:31 a.m. on the 400 block of Broad Street. The officer then chased the Trailblazer at speeds of 50 miles per hour. The area speed limit is 30 miles per hour. Once the vehicle pulled over, Drew — the only one in the car — did not follow police commands to get out of the vehicle with his hands up. Drew told police the car belonged to a roommate. The registered owner of the vehicle is men’s lacrosse coach John Desko. Desko told The Post-Standard on Tuesday that his son, Tim Desko, also a member of the lacrosse team, is Drew’s roommate. Syracuse police charged Drew with a total of nine counts, according to police records. The counts were resisting arrest, speeding, passing a stop sign, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, driving while intoxicated, DWI with a BAC greater than .08 percent, aggravated DWI with a BAC of .18 percent or greater and failure to comply with a police order. John Desko released a statement through SU on Tuesday: “We are aware of what happened and fortunately no one was injured. Kevin has been indefinitely suspended from the lacrosse SEE DREW PAGE 6