Callaghan: ESF’s Trailhead Cafe supplies students with local, organic meal...
It’s been a long time coming, but “stumpies” are rejoicing over a new way to kill time and fill their bellies – the Trailhead Café. With a menu covering all different tastes, the eatery supports local,...
View ArticleSaffren: Next SU chancellor should focus on standards for admissions,...
CLARIFICATION: The full tuition to attend Syracuse University was unclear. The full tuition referred to the total cost of attending, not just tuition. The 5-percent increase in tuition rates from the...
View ArticleBethel: Discrimination against transgender child challenges Colorado’s...
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement has conquered many milestones since the start of its first gay rights organization, The Society for Human Rights, in 1924. But the effort has not yet...
View ArticlePrinting credit should be raised, standardized
All Syracuse University students are expected to utilize their printing quotas to meet the demands of their respective courses. Though this credit amount varies depending on which school or college in...
View ArticleSmith: Exposure of sexist jokes causes firestorm within industry
Developer and self-professed “technology evangelist” Adria Richards has ignited an online firestorm concerning women in the field of technology. Richards used Twitter to call out two male attendees who...
View ArticleHodge: Younger population grateful for traditional, modern views
I hold the door for people. I am the type who keeps it open, unintentionally causing the individual I’m holding it for to awkwardly run inside. Most say, “Thank you.” But there are the few who don’t...
View ArticleEnding social divisions duty of all students
As students at Syracuse University, we have entered an environment composed of individuals who represent many backgrounds, histories and heritages. But instead of immersing ourselves in the diversity...
View ArticleSwenton: Section Three of DOMA should be overturned to begin ending...
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning two cases that will shape the progress of gay rights in this country. The court would be wise to avoid repeating the mistakes of Plessy...
View ArticleRockler: North Dakota’s anti-abortion legislation represents incompetent...
Last week, North Dakota legislators enacted the nation’s strongest abortion restrictions. The new law forbids abortions after six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Regardless of viewpoints...
View ArticleO’Hare: Comprehensive plot in ‘Games of Thrones’ makes show more relevant to...
Winter is coming. That’s what we’ve heard for two seasons of “Game of Thrones” (2011). This doesn’t only mean the weather, it alludes to hardship and darkness, and it looks as though it’s finally...
View ArticleSaffren: Student activists apply pressure to multinational corporations where...
Global corporations like Adidas and Nike are in a perennial “race to the bottom,” where companies outsource production to the most underdeveloped countries with the lowest wages. Consumers can’t fault...
View ArticleSmith: IMF exploits nations, middle class on behalf of international bankers
Last week, the International Monetary Fund gave the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, a member of the European Union, an ultimatum. The Cypriot government had to come up with $7.5 billion to...
View ArticleUU continues using unofficial data collecting method despite SA legislation
Throughout my time at Syracuse University, University Union has not only catered to a relatively small set of musical genres in booking its large spring performances, but it has also distributed its...
View ArticleSA’s internal issues must stop distracting members from focusing on student body
At the end of last year, the Student Association spent nearly $4,000 on a formal, violating its own budget rules. That made me angry. Now, SA has been getting attention because of another mistake. In...
View ArticleDialogue ignited by downtown billboard should not be censored by university
In calling for the discontinuation of a “provocative” billboard downtown, some university faculty are working to silence dialogue about white privilege and racism. The billboard was created by a class...
View ArticleCallaghan: Extending Keystone XL pipeline will only increase fossil fuel...
The Keystone XL pipeline has gone through delays and controversies since it was first proposed in 2008. With the executive decision approaching this fall on the pipeline’s second application, it is...
View ArticleSA’s lack of transparency continues
Transparency doesn’t happen behind closed doors. And it certainly doesn’t start there, either. The Student Association delivered its constituency, the students of Syracuse University, a disservice...
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