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Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution supporting all future student protests during its Wednesday meeting. Page 3
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Liberal columnist argues that students should consider public service involvement after graduation because it encourages civic engagment. Page 5
See how to make peppermint chocolate bark with chocolate, trail mix and a candy cane. The recipe is quick and simple to make and can be shared with friends. Pages 10-11
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From Final Fours to programshaping departures, read about the 10 moments that defined Syracuse athletics in the 2010s as the decade comes to an end. Page 12
Kathleen Walters is first woman chair of Board of Trustees By Emma Folts
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KATHLEEN WALTERS doesn’t remember there being any women in Syracuse University’s math department in the 1970s. Now, she serves as the first woman chair of SU’s Board of Trustees. corey henry photo editor
athleen Walters doesn’t remember there being any women in Syracuse University’s math department in the 1970s. Though her mother didn’t attend college, Walters said she wouldn’t have noticed the gender gap in her classes. She was raised in a family that wouldn’t notice or discuss such disparity. Her father, a lawyer, “forgot to mention” that women at the time weren’t welcome in all professions. And no one at SU placed limits on Walters’ aspirations. “I am who I am today because there was nobody that told me that I couldn’t be who I am today,” Walters said. Today, Walters serves as the first female chair of SU’s Board of Trustees, which oversees the university’s institutional decisions and fiscal policies. Appointed to the role in November 2018, Walters only sees herself as chair — no woman qualifier attached. Walters, a graduate of the Class of 1973, chose to attend SU because she believed the university was diverse and championed individual freedom. At the time, SU was progressively changing certain rules, like the closing times of dorms. In 1965, SU student Cindy Bailey lobbied see walters page 6
Kathleen Walters chair of su’s board of trustees
november hate crimes
Students gather for Hendricks Chapel vigil after hate crimes By Chris Hippensteel staff writer
After the campus experienced a series of hate crimes in November, more than 100 Syracuse University students, faculty and community members gathered at Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday to reflect. They stood on the steps of Hendricks Chapel in attendance of the Community Peace Vigil. The vigil was meant to help overcome the hate and pain of at least 16 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents reported on or near SU from Nov. 7 to Nov. 21. “Today, we gather because the past weeks have brought with them tremendous pain, followed by shock, grief, anger, fear and frustration,” said Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, in his opening statement. The series of racist incidents
sparked the creation of the black student-led #NotAgainSU movement, which held a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days. The protesters presented Chancellor Kent Syverud with a list of 19 demands to meet by Nov. 20. If Syverud did not agree to the demands by then, the movement said they would call for his resignation. When Syverud declined to sign student demands at a Hendricks Chapel forum seven days into the sit-in, #NotAgainSU protesters walked out. The next morning, Syverud signed 16 of the protesters’ demands as written and recommended changes to the remaining three. #NotAgainSU continues to call for his resignation. On Wednesday, two weeks after the protesters walked out of the chapel, Konkol called for attendees to reflect on the events that reached a
fever-pitch on those same steps. “Believe it or not, the clouds will clear and the sun will rise,” Konkol said as rain and sleet began to fall on the crowd. After Konkol’s opening remarks, religious leaders from the Syracuse community addressed the crowd. Michael Balanoff, president of the Jewish Federation of Central New York, urged the university to call out hate speech and said that hateful language has no place on campus. Pastor Phil Turner of Bethany Baptist Church commended Syracuse students for combatting racism and encouraged them to continue to speak out. “Evil does not come at convenient times,” Turner said. “Evil comes when you’re busiest. For the student, it comes in the middle of finals week.” Imam Amir Duric, Muslim see vigil page 6
Students and community leaders condemned hate speech at a Hendricks Chapel vigil. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor