Following his appearance in court Tuesday afternoon, Syracuse lacrosse player Hayes McGinley issued a statement through his lawyer about an incident on Marshall Street last month where he punched two people. Read more »
McGinley, 20, was arrested on March 14 and indefinitely suspended from the lacrosse team the next day for an unspecified violation of team rules. He will no longer face charges for punching two people on Marshall Street last month if he stays out of trouble for a year. Read more »
Residence Hall Association president-elect Nedda Sarshar was elected as the SA Board of Trustees representative at the meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. Sarshar, the current director of civic engagement for RHA, was selected out of three candidates after a series of assembly discussions and voting. Read more »
Millions of college students arrive on campus each year with a mental illness or mental health concerns. In the 2014 National Survey of College Counseling Centers, 94 percent of directors reported an increase in students with severe psychological problems on their campuses. Read more »
Driscoll, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is now among the 13 members the University Senate approved Wednesday to be on the selection committee. Read more »
SU signed a master agreement”with Benefunder which allows for 20 professors to connect with possible donors through the platform. Read more »
With three Republican candidates and one Democratic contender announcing their involvement in the presidential race more than a year-and-a-half before the general elections in November 2016, the analysis on all of the candidates has just begun. Read more »
Walnut Place and Walnut Avenue will be closed to parking Friday due to Mayfest. Read more »
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Tae Kim, 19, and Jeffrey Yam, 21, have both been charged with hazing in the first degree, a misdemeanor. They pled not guilty in court last month. Nothing was decided and the case is still in the early stages, said James Hopkins, Kim's lawyer. Read more »
For Earth Week, which began last Wednesday, there have already been 22 events, and 34 more have been planned for Monday through Wednesday. Read more »
Earthfest, which took place in the Thornden Park Amphitheater, was held by Students of Sustainability and the Sustainability Division at Syracuse University. Read more »
The Cuse Conference, held Sunday, worked to bring students, faculty and administration together in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium to encourage open dialogue of important issues on the Syracuse University campus. Read more »
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More than 100 members of the Syracuse University community participated in Alpha Phi Alpha’s annual Walk to Remember on Sunday, which raised about $2,000. Read more »
"The Big Event" is organized by OrangeSeeds, a first-year empowerment organization that coordinated the event with the support of the Student Association and its Impact Week. Read more »
Here is a round-up of criminal activity that occurred near campus during the past week, according to Syracuse police bulletins. Read more »
On Friday, Syracuse University announced that Mary Karr, an award-winning poet, will speak at the university's commencement ceremony on May 10. Karr is also a professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program. She is the author of best-selling memoirs “The Liars’ Club.” Read more »
Karr was formerly a poetry columnist for the Washington Post and is the author of best-selling memoirs “The Liars’ Club” and “Cherry,” as well as best-seller “Lit,” the sequel to those two memoirs. Read more »
AJ Abell, Safet Mesanovic, Tatiana Cadet and Jesse Nichols all campaigned as write-in candidates for president, while Seedat and her running mate, Jane Hong, were the only candidates to appear on the ballot on MySlice. Seedat was declared the winner around 1 a.m. Friday, with 24.1 percent of students voting in the election. Read more »
Seedat defeated four write-in candidates who were running campaigns for president. A total of 24.1 percent of the student body voted in the elections. Read more »
The University Senate recommended at its Wednesday meeting that SU create an Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, which would oversee research opportunities and student awareness of those opportunities. Read more »
The recently announced policy that requires all Syracuse University students to have health insurance by the start of the 2016–17 academic year was the result of “deferred maintenance,” Chancellor Kent Syverud said. Read more »
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Brion Neary, a brother of Alpha Chi Rho — the fraternity partnered with the “It’s On Us” initiative — spoke first about how he started the initiative, which is a part of Greek Week. The event, located in the Physics Building, drew more than 200 attendees. Read more »
A 13-person committee of faculty, staff, students and trustees has been created to aid in the search for a new vice chancellor and provost. Read more »
This year's SA election saw the first all female candidate ticket for president and vice president: Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong, respectively. The pair is part of the growing national trend of an increased number of female candidates in college government. Read more »
