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A library recently opened in the suburbs of Syracuse. Although the effort took five years to complete, the community now has greater access to the library than before. Page 3
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A gondola was built to transport people between the fairgrounds and the Lakeview Amphitheater. Take a look at what else is new at the 171st Great New York State Fair. Page 11
Many players have been ruled medically ineligible because of concussions. But the NCAA has yet to take a stance, leaving the decisions up to colleges. Page 16
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Summer projects complete Official: Construction fulfilled goals of the Campus Framework By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor
KEVIN TREADWAY was accepted into the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs earlier this year. His family, though, had no car and virtually no savings. Living in central Florida, Treadway had to fight to get to Syracuse. ally moreo photo editor
Kevin Treadway was on the brink of homelessness in Florida. Today he’s starting his first day of classes at SU. By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor
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he family had been driving almost nonstop for the last two days as they rounded a corner on Interstate 81 in upstate New York. Kevin Treadway and his mother, Cathy Clark, watched as Syracuse started to roll into view. It was about 11 p.m. and city lights filled the horizon. They had driven 1,264 miles away from a humid cul-de-sac in central Florida, wedged between Tampa and Orlando, near wetlands and strange cow pastures filled with palm trees.
It was a mad dash for sure. My mom was in total, bone-crunching agony for most of the trip. Kevin Treadway syracuse university freshman
“It’s just amazing, beautiful,” said Treadway about Syracuse. “It’s such a different atmosphere.” Treadway was born nonverbal. Doctors mistakenly diagnosed him with a range of different mental disorders, including schizophrenia, before determining in 2006 that he has Asperger syndrome. Treadway, 18, can now talk. He loves to read. He graduated summa cum laude from the Florida Virtual School and, earlier this year, was accepted into the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study history. His family, though, had no car and almost see treadway page 10
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Developer: Student housing complex on track By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor
A multimillion dollar student housing project that forced the popular bar Hungry Chuck’s to temporarily close earlier this year remains on track, a developer said. “I’m not worried at all,” said Jared Hutter, an owner of Syracuse 727 LLC, a real estate develop-
ment company that Syracuse head basketball coach Jim Boeheim is a partner in, Hutter added. Chuck’s and several other businesses along South Crouse Avenue, including the Orange Crate Brewing Co. bar, were demolished in May to make room for Syracuse 727 LLC’s new eight-story luxury student apartment building called The Marshall. In an interview with The Daily
Orange, Hutter confirmed that Chuck’s will not be a tenant at The Marshall. Steve Theobald, Chuck’s owner, originally planned to move into the new building. Jerry Dellas, president of the Crouse Marshall Business Improvement District, said he heard Theobald is still looking to a rent a spot for Chuck’s either on the Hill or farther off campus. Theobald did not respond to
requests for comment. Dellas sold Syracuse 727 LLC the property where Chuck’s was located for $2.5 million, Onondaga County property records show. Syracuse 727 LLC also paid more than $4.5 million for an adjacent property owned by 727 South Crouse LLC, records show. “This area is just going to look great,” said Dellas, who also is the see south
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This summer, multiple projects ranging from bathroom to classroom upgrades were completed as part of Syracuse University’s Campus Framework, a set of guiding principles for physical campus improvements. “The Campus Framework speaks about where we want to go in the future and what are some opportunities that we’d like to take on or what makes the most sense,” said Pete Sala, SU’s vice president and chief facilities officer. The Campus Framework, along with SU’s Academic Strategic Plan, helps “shape, guide and manage the Syracuse University campus environment and its physical form in support of the university’s mission,” according to the Campus Framework website. The National Veterans Resource Complex will be the first large scale Campus Framework project to be completed, Sala said. The university is still working with architects to finalize the complex’s design and is in the early stages of the permitting process, he added. Sala said utility work on Waverly Avenue was the largest project completed this summer. Water mains and sewer lines were replaced on the street. Hundreds of construction workers were hired for various projects across SU’s campus, with 95 to 98 percent of them being local, Sala said. Updates to restrooms in Haven, DellPlain and Day halls were completed this summer, Sala said. The university will replace all restrooms with “pod” style bathrooms compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. “Our students call our campus home for nearly nine months a year so it’s important we offer them living quarters that make them feel at home and where they can thrive academically and socially,” said Eileen Simmons, director of Housing, Meal Plan and I.D. Card Services, in an email. Simmons said the newly completed bathroom upgrades help to accomplish that goal, tying into the Campus Framework’s goal to “foster student success through a holistic residential experience.” Some of the construction projects outlined in the Campus Framework see construction page 4