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A student rode her bike into a stationary Connective Corridor bus at College Place on Tuesday afternoon. The student was taken from the scene in an ambulance. Page 3

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Students in ARC 552: “Politics of Public Space” are the creators of public space installations that have received local and national media attention. Page 9

S • In his head

Syracuse freshman guard Frank Howard has built the foundation of his game on basketball knowledge. The D.O. profiles him in part three of its freshmen series. Page 16

VETERANS SERIES

OVER TIME

YEARS OF SERVICE

1944 Chancellor William Tolley, who was once a student veteran himself at SU, announced a uniform admissions program that ensured all military personnel admission to the university upon their return from war.

PART 2 OF 2

A look at SU’s history in veterans affairs since World War II

1946 SU admitted 9,464 veterans, nearly doubling the size of the student body overnight. 1947 SU was ranked first in New York state and 17th in the U.S. in veteran enrollment. 1952 The Defense Comptrollership Program was founded at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The program trains civilians to work in finances for the army. 1963 The Military Photojournalism Program was first offered at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Syracuse University has been a leader in veterans affairs since the World War II era, when the chancellor created a uniform admissions program that led to 9,464 veterans joining the student body. courtesy of patrick jones Editor’s Note: Since the end of World War II — 70 years ago — Syracuse University has been a leader in veterans affairs. This is two-part series looks at the university’s relationship to the second world war. By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

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n 1918, Syracuse University freshman William Tolley received 15 credits at SU through the Student Army Training Corps program, which provided veterans college credits for their military education. In 1944, Tolley, then the chancellor of SU, was a member of a presidential committee that formed the basis of the GI Bill, which supported about 2.3 million student veterans between 1945 and 1950 upon their return from duty in World War II. Tolley continued the university’s dedication to veteran affairs when he announced the “uniform admissions program,” which granted all military per-

sonnel admission to SU. The university admitted 9,464 veterans at the start of the spring 1946 semester, nearly doubling the size of the student body overnight. The new students were housed in 900 Quonset huts, barracks and trailers across campus. By 1950, SU had swelled from a small school of about 5,000 students to a university of 17,000.

It’s a plethora of different resources that pretty much are set in place for all student veterans on campus. Charles Preuss veteran and junior in the ischool

“(The GI Bill) made education available to the masses. It changed our country,” said Patrick Jones, SU’s director of

veteran enrollment practice. “It changed American universities from little schools to bigger schools, but not just the size, but the diversity of offerings and the diversity of types of students who came.” Today, 70 years after the end of WWII, SU continues its historic connection to veterans through the Institution of Veteran and Military Families, which helps veterans with employment and post-service obstacles, and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, which focuses on ensuring the academic success of student veterans at SU. Individual schools and colleges within SU also offer military-related programs. These programs include the Defense Comptrollership Program in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, which teaches civilians to learn how to handle finances in the army, and the Military Visual Journalism program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, which teaches active-duty sailors see veterans page 6

2007 The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities was founded at the Whitman School. 2009 The Veterans Resource Center was opened by University College. 2011 The Institute for Veterans and Military Families was launched to help veterans deal with the social, economic, education and policy issues affecting them. 2014 Chancellor Kent Syverud said in his inauguration speech that the improvement of veterans affairs would be one of his goals as head of the university. 2015 The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs opened in January.

Report discusses speech By Justin Mattingly news editor

If Syracuse University can prove that its educational mission is being hindered by an occupation of a public forum space, the university is “entitled” to end a protest, according to a recommendation from a workgroup on free speech. The workgroup was created in February in response to resolutions passed by the Student Association, Graduate Student Organization and Student Bar Association in fall 2014 that said SU’s current computer and electronic policy is vague, broad and stifles academic freedom. The workgroup delivered its report to Chancellor Kent Syverud at the end of September. The Daily Orange obtained a copy of the report, which has not been

see report page 8

Tickets to see Biden run out By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

There are no more tickets available for Vice President Joe Biden’s Thursday speech in Goldstein Auditorium, according to if you go Vice President Joe a Schine Box Office repreBiden’s speech Where: Goldstein sentative. Auditorium Tickets When: Doors open were made at 9:30 a.m. on available Thursday How much: Free Tuesday at with ticket 9 a.m. and were scheduled to be distributed from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday. Space for the event, which is student-focused, is

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