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tuesday
nov. 11, 2014 high 64°, low 45°
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N • Honoring the day
P • Full house
Syracuse University has a number of events planned to honor students, faculty and alumni who have served as part of Veterans Day on Tuesday. Page 3
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Clark’s Ale House reopened on Nov. 1 in a new, larger location boasting an expanded menu that will please both new customers and old regulars. Page 9
S • Scrub scrimmage
Syracuse pulled away from and ultimately beat up on the Division III Adrian Bulldogs on Monday night in the Orange’s final preseason game. Page 16
dat rally
SU, group negotiate demands By Brett Samuels asst. news editor
Syracuse University administrators met with student protesters on Monday to finish going over demands of THE General Body, a student coalition that has camped out in Crouse-Hinds Hall for over a week. During the two-hour meeting in the Crouse-Hinds Hall lobby, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina, Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz and University College Dean Bea Gonzalez discussed several demands with members of the group. (from left) omar torres and josh tully prepare their gear prior to boarding a helicopter for a jump at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The photo was taken by a veteran who is currently in SU’s military photojournalism program. courtesy of larry e. reid jr.
Moving
SU continues to improve services, become leader in veterans affairs
up the ranks By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor
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alking through the Quad was “hell” for Charles Preuss. “I’m looking at 15 people, looking at their pockets, looking at where their hands are and I did not want to go through the Quad. I was like speed walking through the Quad because of my PTSD and anxiety and stuff,” said Preuss, a student veteran and vice president of Student Veterans of America at Syracuse University. “In the classroom, I always had to have my eyes on the door. I ended up sitting in the front of the classes so I couldn’t see anybody in front of me because then I wouldn’t be able to pay attention to the teacher,” he said. “How would teachers know I’m a veteran unless I tell them? They don’t.” Preuss served seven years in the United States Army and is one of 322 student veterans on the Syracuse University campus. As a student veteran, Preuss has been faced with issues
relating to his time in the service, but says the resources SU offers to veterans have helped. SU has been a leader in veterans affairs since World War II and Chancellor Kent Syverud has recently called for an initiative to make SU the best school in the country for veterans. A study conducted by Laura Steinberg, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and a Corri Zoli, director of research at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, found that the biggest barrier for transitioning service members is fear. “So you can take a young man or woman that may have spent three to five years while serving in Afghanistan and they’re more scared of coming to a college campus than they are serving in Afghanistan,” said Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for veterans and military affairs at SU. Haynie said the wall between student veterans and non-veteran students is one that causes some of the most trouble at SU. “It’s this whole idea of feeling like you fit in and that is the biggest barrier here at Syracuse.
How do we create an environment where veterans can come here as students and feel like they’re part of the SU community?” he said. Both Preuss and Daniel Piston, a student veteran who studies health and exercise science at SU, said that the age discrepancy between the average college student and student veterans is a problem. “It puts you at a completely different level as to what your responsibilities are in life,” Piston said. Serving veterans is not new for SU. Following World War II, SU Chancellor William Pearson Tolley served on the Presidential committee that drafted the original GI Bill. Tolley enacted a uniform admissions program, which ensured all military personnel were admitted to SU upon returning from war. By the end of 1947, SU ranked first in New York state and 17th in the U.S. in veteran enrollment. But since then, SU has dropped in the rankings of veterans affairs. In September, College Factual, a website that helps prospective college students, ranked SU the 348th best school in the country for veterans, but 114th in best quality. In Syverud’s inauguration address in April, he said he see veterans page 6
The things we’re committing to we’re committing to because we believe in them. Eric Spina vice chancellor and provost
The discussion was a continuation of a meeting with Spina, Kantrowitz and Gonzalez held Sunday evening with students who spent the weekend in Crouse-Hinds. Progress was made on some issues, while other demands remain unresolved. “This was the most productive meeting we’ve had so far,” said Danielle Reed, a junior African American studies major and member of THE General Body. Several topics were discussed at Monday’s meeting, including reinstating the Multicultural Spring Program, requiring diversity training for certain groups on campus, increasing pay for graduate students, reversing cuts to the Posse program and administration signing a non-retaliation agreement. see sit-in page 8