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N • Tech talk
The School of Information Studies announced on Monday its convocation speaker for this May. It will be a class of 2003 alumna who works at Gogobot. Page 3
O • Southern hospitality Liberal columnist Eric Dunay wants Alabama to obey federal legislation and enforce marriage equality across the state without any further contest. Page 5
P • By the book
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SU professor Antonio Casale published a novel, “Winds of Love” based off the relationship of a couple he met at Syracuse in the 1970s. Page 9
S • Main point
Alexis Peterson has developed into Syracuse’s main scoring option from the point guard position in her second year with the Orange women’s basketball team. Page 16
What’s in a name?
President calls for reconsideration of proposed name change, organization to maintain title of Student Association
Groups aid in quitting smoking Tobacco cessation groups to prepare for tobacco-free policy By Zeena Saifi contributing writer
JAMES FRANCO, an SA representative, stands at a monitor in Maxwell Auditorium that displays a proposed resolution to change the Student Association’s name. The assembly reconsidered the resolution Monday. chase gaewski staff photographer By Alexa Torrens and Will Norris staff writers
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he Student Association’s proposed plan to change the name of the organization to Student Government Association was short-lived. Following a call for the reconsideration of the name change by President Boris Gresely, the new name, SGA, was struck down by the assembly at Monday night’s SA meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. SGA failed to receive the two-thirds majority vote needed to pass during the revote, which means the organization’s name will remain Student Association. Gresely said he reconsidered the bill because he wanted to give the assembly the chance to hear about the legacy and influence that the SA title has had for a very long time. Gresely acknowledged that SA has been the longest-standing name in the organization’s history. “It would be nice if we could keep some consistency,” he said. During its 71-year history, the organization has functioned under several names. Although the titles — including Joint Student Government, Student Government, Student Government Association and SA — may seem repetitive, they individually reflect the organization’s goals and purposes.
STEPHEN THOMAS raises his hand during a discussion of the proposed name change. chase gaewski staff photographer
The 58th session of SA voted last week to change the organization’s title back to the Student Government Association. The SA assembly originally supported the proposal because many members said they felt it was time for SA to make students aware of what the organization see sa page 6
Sixteen people have registered for the second tobacco cessation support session for faculty, a program that has been very successful so far, its director said. “A lot of the people that are still attending the first session have already quit smoking,” said Cynthia Cary, director of smoking cessation at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. “And we still have two weeks left.” The second group will begin meeting on March 2. The group will meet every week and the instructors will help the participants get through the process of quitting tobacco smoking. Cynthia Cary, director of smoking cessation at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, runs the program and is in charge of the sessions. She said she anticipates additional enrollment in the program as the implementation date for a tobaccofree campus gets closer. She said that the content of the classes will remain the same for the second session, but the discussions might change in order to tailor it to the needs of the participants. On Nov. 11, 2014, SU announced that it will become a smoke-free campus in an effort to promote public health. Angela Herrera, a junior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major, said that she thinks this new trend aiming to limit tobacco smoking is great. “At first it started with the new smoke-free campus policy, then CVS stopped selling cigarettes and now this support group,” she said. zssaifi@syr.edu