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N • Free speech guardian
dailyorange.com
P • The big picture
Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, was presented with the Tully Center Award for Free Speech for his work on articles based on leaked NSA documents. . Page 3
Famed photographer Gregory Heisler joined the Newhouse faculty this semester. Heisler‘s photos have been featured in magazines such as Time and Esquire. Page 9
S • Ben’s turn
With Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime out for Friday’s game against Louisville, Ben Lewis just got much more important for the Syracuse offense. Page 20
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it out Posse program changes shock, empower current SU scholars By Anna Merod and Katelyn Faubel the daily orange
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illustration by tony chao art director
hen Posse scholars and mentors gathered at a welcome back event to celebrate the beginning of a new school year, the celebration fell short when Andria Costello Staniec, the Syracuse University Posse liaison, announced cuts to the program next year. “Everyone started asking a lot of questions on why the program was being cut, but she couldn’t answer the questions, because she was just the messenger,” said Brittany Ortiz, a sophomore and SU Posse scholar from Miami. The university announced about a month ago that SU would now only provide scholarships for future Posse scholars from Miami and would stop
scholars from Atlanta and Los Angeles. But following a protest of the decision on Sept. 19, administrators announced they were rethinking the changes and on Monday decided to continue the Atlanta Posse for one more year. Although the changes will not affect current Posse scholars, the uncertainty surrounding the program has strengthened the Posse community on campus. “This experience makes us even more motivated to be known on campus and to progress in the community as a whole,” said Ryan Bolton, a Miami Posse scholar and freshman computer science major. The Posse Foundation, which began in 1989, is a nationally based scholarship program with 51 partner colleges and universities, said Matt Fasciano, chief officer of operations see posse page 8
Officials work to resolve Yom Kippur, football game conflict By Jen Bundy staff writer
Members of the Syracuse University community are working together to accommodate students in advance of Friday’s football game, which conflicts with Yom Kippur for the second consecutive year. On Friday, Syracuse will face off against Louisville at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome, only a short walk from Hendricks Chapel where services for Yom Kippur will be held.
“Kickoff times for both the football game and Kol Nidre services are essentially the same,” said Zach Goldberg, president of the Hillel Jewish Student Union Board. Kol Nidre is a specific, soft-spoken service held during Yom Kippur that is one of the most sacred within the Jewish faith, Goldberg said. This is not the first time the SU football schedule has conflicted with the Jewish holidays. Last year the football scheduled overlapped with Yom Kippur as well, Goldberg said.
“I am a little disappointed that this problem arose again this year,” he said After last year’s scheduling conflict, several groups including Hillel at SU, Hendricks Chapel, SU Athletics, Student Association and administrators came together to discuss how to prevent this from happening in the future. Once it became clear the conflict would occur again, the university and the Athletics Department were involved in helping to accommodate the religious services without disruption. The pre-game celebrations usu-
ally held on the Quad and on the steps of Hendricks Chapel will be
The largest crime was that some parties didn’t have all the control they wanted. Brian Small executive director of hillel
moved to the Life Sciences and Technology building and signs will
be posted indicating that services are occurring and foot traffic will be diverted away from the Hendricks Chapel entrance, said Brian Small, executive director of Hillel at SU. Small said he provided SU Athletics with a list of the upcoming 2014 Jewish holidays, which prompted the Athletics Department to file a formal accommodation request with the Atlantic Coast Conference. When the 2014–15 football schedule was released with the very see yom
kippur page 8