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The College of Arts and Sciences is planning for the anticipated destruction of SU’s Physics Building as part of a multimilliondollar infrastructure project. Page 3
Syracuse men’s lacrosse has struggled this season to limit opponent runs, often getting blown out or letting teams back into games. Page 12
Acoustic duo Whitney, electronic group SALES and SU student singer-songwriter Charlie Burg played Wednesday night during UU’s Bandersnatch concert. Page 7
‘Truth to power’
architecture
Concerns discussed at forum Dean says SU cannot take legal action against anonymous allegations By Jordan Muller asst. news editor
More than 100 Syracuse University campus community members marched down Marshall Street on Wednesday during the annual Take Back the Night rally. The rally started at Hendricks Chapel. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor
Take Back the Night draws dozens to rally against sexual assault, rape culture By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor
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yracuse University seniors Nathalie Pollack and Gabrielle Krawczuk shouted and jumped down Marshall Street together. They had been together since freshman year, when they were roommates. They were together years ago at the hospital, after Pollack was sexually assaulted. They were together when Pollack reported the assault to the police and SU’s Title IX office. And they were together again Wednesday night, marching down the streets near campus as part of Take Back the Night, an annual rally and call to action to stand against sexual assault, interpersonal violence and rape culture. “I know that no one should be made to feel as insignificant as I did that night,” see rally page 4
university senate
3 takeaways from college leadership reports By Sara Swann
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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly both provided several updates to the University Senate during the faculty body’s Wednesday afternoon meeting. Here are three key take-
SU is on track to make appropriate salary adjustments proposed by its deans, Wheatly said. All schools and colleges have submitted their individual reports, so salary adjustments will be evident at the start of the next fiscal year on July 1, the provost said. “The data analysis that brought
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Faculty salary adjustments
the inequities to light has laid a foundation for changes yet to come,” Wheatly said. “We are committed to keeping track of trends and ongoing conversations with deans as they go through the budget process each year.” The provost added that meetings with deans are being held to discuss what factors may have con-
tributed to the pay disparity. The university has provided bias training to all deans and has hired additional staff members in the provost’s office that have expertise in diversity, inclusion and women’s issues, Wheatly said. These new staff members will assist with identifying implicit bias in search see reports page 4
School of Architecture students voiced concerns during a forum on Tuesday about Syracuse University professors who were anonymously accused of alleged misconduct on a nationally circulated Google Sheet that was sent to the school’s undergraduate body listserv last weekend. The spreadsheet includes about 150 professors from across the country who have anonymously been accused of “alleged misconduct involving physical contact, harassment, or threats.” The Tuesday architecture forum in Slocum Auditorium, planned before the spreadsheet’s release, was originally intended to be a discussion about general student concerns and design studio culture. Instead, the event mostly focused on the Google Sheet, which included on its list three current and two past SU architecture professors accused of misconduct that ranged from inappropriate touching to inappropriate comments about students’ appearances. None of the current SU professors accused of misconduct responded to multiple requests for comment Wednesday afternoon. Two School of Architecture professors were accused of inappropriately touching female students. One anonymous commenter alleged a current professor touched their collar when they were alone with the professor, according to the Google Sheet. Two anonymous commenters alleged the same professor had made comments about students’ physical appearances. Two anonymous commenters accused a former architecture professor of being “touchy,” with one commenter alleging the professor often touched their hands and arms. Michael Speaks, dean of the School of Architecture, said in a Wednesday email to the school that he was aware of the Google Sheet and found it concerning. Speaks also said that ensuring members of the school’s community are “welcomed, supported and empowered is intrinsic to our academic vision and mission.” “I am disappointed to learn that some of our community members have had experiences that contradict these values,” he said. Speaks said it “became obvious” after the Tuesday forum that the School of Architecture “must come see forum page 4