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N • On the issues
O • Crack the glass
Read about where the Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential and New York elections stand on gun policy and gun legislation. Page 3
dailyorange.com
P • Common ground
Gender and Sexuality columnist Ivana Pino explains how the media’s relentless criticism of Hillary Clinton points to how far feminism still needs to go. Page 5
S • Empire building
Seven unrelated people own a house together and instead of piles of dirty dishes or unpaid bills, they’ve created a cooperative community. Page 9
Syracuse men’s soccer has drawn several players from the Empire United Development Academy. Past, present and future players have come from the club. Page 16
LEANING LEFT
SU community members frequently donate to Democrats Here is a look at the federal political donations made by Syracuse University faculty, staff and administrators to Democrats and Republicans since 2003.
SHOWING SUPPORT 27 (9.7%): The number of those who donated to primarily Republicans or committees supporting Democrats
277
3 (1.1%): The number of those who donated to another political party or a nonpartisan committee 247 (89.2%): The number of those who donated to primarily Democrats or committees supporting Democrats
The number of different Syracuse University faculty, staff and administrators who have made individual federal political contributions since 2003, excluding donations to joint fundraising committees, according to Federal Election Commission data
INDEPENDENT DONORS $110,547.65 (25.0%) to Republicans
$442,796.97
3 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Republicans 1 SU administrator donated to a nonpartisan committee 90.5 percent of individual SU donors contributed to Democrats
9 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Republicans
$328,805.72 (74.3%) to Democrats
Jan. 1, 2009 - Dec. 31, 2012 95 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Democrats 12 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Republicans 1 SU faculty member donated to another political party
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88 percent of individual SU donors contributed to Democrats
Jan. 1, 2013 - Sept. 30, 2016 129 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Democrats
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20 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Republicans 1 SU staff member donated to another political party
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2002 YEAR
By Michael Burke asst. news editor
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38 different SU faculty, staff and administrators donated to Democrats
91.3 percent of individual SU donors contributed to Democrats
PERCENTAGE OF FACULTY WHO IDENTIFY AS LIBERAL
graphic illustration by lucy naland senior design editor
May 2003 - Dec. 31, 2004
94 different SU faculty, staff and administrators gave to Democrats
$3,443.60 (0.07%) to other parties
FURTHER LEFT
ucla’s higher education research institute
Here is how SU community members have donated in the past four elections.
Jan. 1, 2005 - Dec. 31, 2008
The amount Syracuse University faculty, staff and administrators contributed in individual federal political contributions, dating back to 2003
Here is how the percentage of faculty nationwide who identify as liberal has increased since 1990.
IN THE PAST
uring the 2008 election cycle, just two Syracuse University faculty, staff or administrators donated to Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s campaign. Forty-two donated to the campaign of Democratic nominee Barack Obama. That election was the clearest example of a long-term pattern at the university: Faculty, staff and administrators have donated overwhelmingly more often to Democratic politicians rather than Republican politicians over the last four election cycles, a review of Federal Election Commission data revealed. It reflects a national trend, one in which the number of liberals in academia far outweighs the number of conservatives. Across the country, liberal faculty outnumber their conservative colleagues by about five to one, according to data compiled by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute.
2008
2014
86 percent of SU individual donors contributed to Democrats
Experts who study the phenomenon have come to different conclusions about the degree to which it matters. Some say it has negative consequences in research and possibly influences learning in the classroom, while others have downplayed its importance. At SU, more than nine times as many faculty, staff and administrators have contributed to Democrats compared to those who have contributed to Republicans over the past 14 years. Since 2003 — the oldest FEC data available — 247 faculty, staff and administrators have made individual federal political contributions to Democrats or committees supporting Democrats, excluding donations to joint fundraising committees. Meanwhile just 27 have donated primarily to Republicans or committees supporting Republican candidates in that time. The left-leaning tendency has been consistent over each of the four major election cycles in that time, something experts said has been true across most college campuses. see elections page 4
suny-esf
Vote of no confidence upcoming By Haley Kim asst. copy editor
The SUNY-ESF community is preparing for an upcoming vote of no confidence in President Quentin Wheeler. The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Academic Governance body is meeting privately Tuesday to discuss the resolution, which would not remove Wheeler from his position but would be a strong indication of the community’s views of him. “If the resolution passes, it’s on him to do something to bring us together,” said Kelley Donaghy, a chemistry professor and former executive chair of Academic Governance. “And if the resolution doesn’t pass, then it’s on the faculty and campus to find a way to work with him going forward.”
180
The number of Academic Governance members who can participate in the vote
Donaghy said there are about 180 members of Academic Governance who can participate, which includes high-ranking faculty, 30 professional staff members and 16 students. Claire Dunn, SUNY-ESF’s director of the Office of Communications, said voting will be done by a secret electronic ballot in a two-week period after the meeting but declined to comment further until the process is complete. Discontent with W heeler’s presidency has been building since early 2015, when faculty and students began to feel Wheeler lacked knowledge about the university’s values and grew frustrated with the strategic planning he was implementing, according to a timeline written by Donaghy. The f irst “f lashpoint ” occurred in March 2015, after Wheeler, who was appointed as president of SUNY-ESF in January 2014, announced the hiring of a new administrative position: college chief of staff. There had been no search committee or input from the community, according to the document.
see suny-esf page 7