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oct. 28, 2014 high 76°, low 54°
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N • On the run
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P • Runs in the family
The “Run Scared” fun run/walk took place on the Quad on Monday afternoon. Students dressed up in costumes to run or walk the one-mile loop. Page 3
Through events like “A Run for Their Life,” the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of CNY, Inc. continues to raise funds locally. Page 11
S • Juk-kan do it
Syracuse men’s soccer is enjoying a historically successful season. Ian McIntyre’s associate head coach works behind the scenes to make it possible. Page 16
Groups share sexual assault services concerns Students complete benches By Sara Swann staff writer
Every day, Syracuse University students express their innovation and creativity in different ways. Ryan Pierson and Sally Zheng decided to express theirs in a park bench. Pierson and Zheng, both fourthyear industrial and interaction design majors, were selected as one of the 13 individual or group finalists for SU’s Fast Forward competition because of their project, Park Bar, a modified bench.
VICKY WANG, a student representative in the chancellor’s workgroup, sits with other attendees at the third listening meeting, held Monday to allow community members to voice concerns about the restructuring of sexual assault services at SU. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor By Annie Palmer staff writer
In order for the Syracuse University student body to heal following the closing of the Advocacy Center, there must be a sense of community established in the Counseling Center and campuswide. This was a strong sentiment expressed by groups of faculty, students and some members of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy at a listening meeting Monday afternoon. The meeting was held in the Schine Student Center and involved small group discussions on areas such as issues and concerns about sexual violence services on campus, gaps in services and campus culture in relation to sexual and relationship violence. Graduate students from the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration helped lead the six groups by taking notes on ideas and then sharing them when the groups reconvened. Only a handful of
undergraduate students were in attendance at Monday’s meeting. The Advocacy Center was designed to welcome victims of sexual and relationship violence because it allowed students to interact with counselors on a more casual basis, said Vicky Wang, a member of the chancellor’s work group and a graduate student in the earth science program. But the Counseling Center is not designed to be welcoming. It requires students to go through many formalities to speak with a counselor, such as scheduling an appointment, and the waiting room doesn’t encourage connection between people, she said. “It’s not very welcoming for people to drop in, whereas the Advocacy Center space was deliberately arranged to be welcoming,” Wang said. “I think that’s very important.” Victims of sexual and relationship violence may also hesitate to use the Counseling Center because of its location. During the campus culture discussion, one group expressed concern over the center’s location on Walnut
see meeting page 8
For this project in particular we wanted to make sure that every step of it was connected to Syracuse, underlining the city and school’s codependent relationship. Sally Zheng fourth-year industrial and interaction design major
BECCA GLASER, a creative writing grad student, holds a sign while attending the listening meeting. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor
“People love to work outside when the weather is nice but sitting on the ground with your laptop, or on a bench with it on your lap is just not as comfortable or productive,” Pierson said in an email. “If you are looking to enjoy a lunch or coffee break outside, the same issues apply.” As a solution, Pierson and Zheng introduced their Park Bar bench design for the SU campus in order to compensate for lack of seating on the Quad. Park Bar, a combined seating and table unit, see park
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