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Public protection DPS officials answer

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students’ safety questions at Monday’s Student Association meeting. Page 3

Baby-step initiatives The decision to allow students

to submit initiatives to Student Association allows for better programs. Page 5

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Island hopping After moving from Jamaica and making

Russia remembered Even without a distinctive plot,

several stops across New England, Hakeem Lecky is finally showcasing his natural abilities on the SU men’s lacrosse team. Page 20

read why Pulp enjoyed VPA’s production of “The Lower Depths” by Maxim Gorky. Page 9

Mechanics of the mind

Tuition rise to aid facility maintenance By Meredith Newman STAFF WRITER

illustration by molly snee | staff illustrator

Experts explain consistent abuse cycle of sex offenders

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By Liz Sawyer NEWS EDITOR

t’s a title you can never escape from. A title so heinous it becomes your identity. Sex offender. “That’s the thing about sex abuse, it’s probably — beyond murder — one of the worst things we can think that could ever happen,” said Allison

Young, director of sexual abuse services at Elmcrest Children’s Center. “Sex with a child is awful, it’s disgusting, it’s despicable. There’s no going back from that. I could never look at someone and say, ‘I forgive you for that.’” Young said sex is a controversial subject on its own, but the topic of sexual abuse is strictly taboo. People don’t discuss it because no one wants to

believe that such acts occur. The issue of child sexual abuse gained national media attention after the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Pennsylvania State University and Bernie Fine case at Syracuse University. After the second scandal was brought to light and a slew of victims stepped forward, the media began to portray

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The money collected from the rise in student tuition for the upcoming 2012-13 academic year will be used to provide more services for students and uphold facilities at Syracuse University, officials said. The tuition will rise by 3.6 percent, equivalent to $1,307, according to the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs’ annual budget report to the University Senate on Feb. 15. “The cost of running a university, like everything else in life, has increased,” said Martha GarciaMurillo, chairwoman of USen’s Budget Committee. The increase in tuition will be positive for students, Garcia-Murillo said, because it is a smaller tuition increase for the university and nationally for private universities. The tuition and fees at private colleges and universities had increased by about 4.5 percent in 2011, according to a report published on the College Board’s website. The increase in tuition will help provide a number of services to students, Garcia-Murillo said. For example, the university is moving to a more digital use of library materials, so students can access the resources anywhere in the world. It will also be put toward maintaining facilities such as classrooms and keeping the same number of students in classes, Garcia-Murillo said. “I don’t think the increase in tuition will have much impact on students with financial aid,” Garcia-Murillo said. Kaye DeVesty, SU’s director of financial aid, agreed and said despite the increase the university provides many financial opportunities for students. Specifically, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs encourages all students to apply for financial aid every year, DeVesty said, due to SU having a strong grant program and numerous outside scholarship opportunities available. “Our financial literacy program, ‘I Otto Know this!’ is almost two

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