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N • Second video
Syverud said he was concerned the Saturday release of a second Theta Tau video would cause “further hurt and distress” to the SU community. Page 3
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S • Late surge
Who is Syracuse? Syracuse see pages 8-9 Lawrence Moten
Kristen Unangst
With Syracuse’s women’s lacrosse tied during the second half, sophomore Emily Hawryschuk took control and led the SU offense to 11-straight goals to end the game. Page 16
SU students say Theta Tau videos are the latest example of a discriminatory campus. It’s a culture, they say, that’s
NOT NEW
TAYLA MYREE, an organizer of the Recognize Us movement, wipes away tears as Chancellor Kent Syverud addresses protesters on Friday morning during a sit-in at Schine Student Center. jes sheldon staff photographer
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n a 350-word message to the Syracuse University community, Chancellor Kent Syverud acknowledged the university’s shortcomings and pledged to improve. That message came in November 2014 at the end of weeks of protests by THE General Body, a coalition of students and other SU community members upset with what they called a racist and generally discriminatory campus culture. Prompted in part by cuts to a scholarship program designed to improve
By Michael Burke senior staff writer
campus diversity, the students organized an 18-day sit-in that fall — Syverud’s first full semester as chancellor — inside CrouseHinds Hall, home to SU’s upper-administrative offices. Syverud said in the message that he admired and respected the students’ passion. He apologized for the way the university had
communicated decisions. He said SU would work to bring “continued action and resolution” to address the students’ concerns. “We will do better,” he wrote to end the message. Three and a half years later, inside Schine Student Center on Friday, Syverud again faced student protesters. In the aftermath of the publication of videos that shows individuals in the house of SU’s Theta Tau chapter — which was expelled by the university Saturday — see campus
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SU will not release student names Recognize Us outlines goals of movement By Kennedy Rose and Daniel Strauss the daily orange
Dean of Students Robert Hradsky on Sunday night said Syracuse University will not publicly release names of the students who are suspended, expelled or acquitted of code of conduct charges in relation to the university’s investigation into the Theta Tau fraternity. During a forum in Hendricks see forum page 7
By the time I found out about the forum here, I had erroneously concluded that it was an opportunity, after the session earlier in the day … for students to be free of my presence. Kent Syverud
syracuse university chancellor
By Sam Ogozalek news editor
The Daily Orange met with four participants of the Recognize Us movement on Sunday afternoon to discuss the group’s long-term goals to address systemic issues of racism and discrimination at Syracuse University. Recognize Us formed in
response to the initial suspension of Theta Tau, the professional engineering fraternity that has since been permanently expelled from SU. It organized a sit-in at Schine Student Center on Friday morning to protest the university’s handling of Theta Tau. On Wednesday night, The D.O. published a video showing see movement page 7