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the independent student newspaper of syracuse, new york Orientation Guide ‘19 N P S SPONSORED BY SU’s Archbold Gymnasium will Freshmen can choose from Syracuse men’s basketball spent reopen as a health and wellness hundreds of clubs on campus and 10 days in Italy this August, complex featuring rock climbing get involved in the SU community going 4-0 in its exhibition series. walls, an esports gaming center early in their college career, The Orange won their last three and a pet therapy room. seniors said. games by atleast 40 points. Page 3 Page 7 Page 16 2 aug. 21, 2019 dailyorange.com today’s weather about a.m. p.m. noon [email protected] The Daily Orange is an independent newspaper published in Syracuse, New [email protected] York. The editorial content of the paper — which originated in 1903 and went hi 84° lo 64° [email protected] independent in 1971 — and its online platforms are entirely run by Syracuse [email protected] University students. 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All in no way a subsidy or associated with Syracuse University. All letters will be edited for style and grammar. contents © 2019 The Daily Orange Corporation # BLENDED TO FUEL YOUR PASSION. DEWITT, NY 5743 Widewater Pkwy © 2019 Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. Summer work Moving in Standing up Student Association’s new Phi Gamma Delta is relocating to A new state law has empowered leaders used the summer to the house of an expelled fraternity Syracuse tenants to argue prepare for the academic year. and Zeta Psi is returning to SU. wrongful evictions. See Monday’s paper See Monday’s paper See dailyorange.com NNEWS dailyorange.com @dailyorangePAGE 3 on campus Dining SU’s new health and wellness complex opens this fall options, ofces relocate By Emma Folts asst. news editor Much of Syracuse University’s Schine Student Center closed in May for renovations to the building. Student resources and dining options have temporarily moved to other locations. The renovations are scheduled to be complete in August 2020. Here’s where students can find those relo- cated services while renovations continue throughout the 2019-2020 academic year: Dining options Schine Dining is closed during construction, but other on-campus dining spaces will have longer hours and more food options for students, according to an SU News release. SU Food Services person- nel who worked in Schine will also move to other on-campus locations during construction. Kimmel Food Court, found in ARCHBOLD GYMNASIUM, SU’s main fitness center, has been rebranded as the Barnes Center at The Arch. Counseling Kimmel Hall, will open earlier to and health services will now be available at the center. courtesy of romy weidner serve breakfast and lunch. Pages Cafe and Food.com — located in Bird Library and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, respectively — will serve additional menu items, including quesadillas, the release said. Fresh facility Once the center’s renovations are finished, students will be able to choose from more diverse dining By Gabe Stern SU’s Counseling Center and Health Services ofces were options and utilize expanded seat- asst. news editor moved over the summer to The Arch, which is between ing in Schine. Improved dining ser- Carnegie Library and the Carrier Dome. Health Services vices was the change most requested ne of Syracuse University’s biggest priorities acts as the university’s main health care center and includes by students during discussions for years has been the renovations to Archbold a pharmacy. The move places the facilities in a more central regarding Schine’s renovation, said Gymnasium. The university’s main gym has location on campus. They were previously located on Wal- Dolan Evanovich, senior vice presi- been closed for more than a year as it undergoes a nut Place and Waverly Avenue, respectively. dent for enrollment and the student Omultimillion-dollar renovation project. Both the Counseling Center and Health Services por- experience, in an April interview This fall, students will finally get a glimpse inside the tions of the complex are open, but the recreation side is with The Daily Orange. university’s eforts. Archbold Gymnasium will reopen slated to open by the start of the fall semester. About 7,000 for the start of the semester as the Barnes Center at the square feet have been added to the original Archbold Study spots Arch — an expanded health and wellness complex that building, which was built in 1908. The Arch will feature Construction to Schine will expand consolidates several facilities that were previously scat- a multi-floor fitness center, two 48-foot tall rock climb- the building by 8,600 square feet, tered across campus. see arch page 6 with the additional space dedicated to student activities. The renovated center will feature an event space, see schine page 6 state on campus County awaits final decision on I-81 Resource centers to By India Miraglia be torn down with trafc redirect- Trafc that currently uses the asst. news editor ed along city streets. I-81 viaduct would be redirected hold freshman events I-81’s future has been discussed to Interstate 481, which would Interstate 81 serves as the main and analyzed for a decade. NYS- be designated as the new I-81. By Natalie Rubio-Licht guide. The mixer will be held on route of north-south trafc through DOT’s recommendation is far from A large stretch of I-81 would be asst. digital editor Aug. 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Bird Syracuse. For Syracuse University a final decision. Here is a break- renamed as the “Business Loop Library, Room 548. students, I-81 is the main route to down of what’s happened since the 81,” a route that will lead trafc Cultural organizations and resource The cultural centers will also Destiny USA, New York state’s larg- report was released. into Syracuse’s downtown busi- centers at Syracuse University have hold a welcome fair Aug. 29 from 4 est mall, and the Syracuse Hancock ness district before returning to planned events and programming p.m. to 6 p.m. on the Quad. Ameri- International Airport. April: Report details the freeway on the other side of for first-year students who are mak- can Sign Language interpretation The highway was built in the logistics the city. ing the transition to SU’s campus will be provided at both events. 1950s and reached the end of its The community grid — expected to The other two options con- this fall. Here are a few other programs usable life in 2017. The New York cost $1.9 billion and take 5 years to sidered by NYSDOT’s report — a To start the year, the LGBT and events to keep an eye on this fall. State Department of Transporta- construct — would level the exist- complete rebuild of the viaduct and Resource Center, Disability Cultur- tion released a report in April that ing viaduct and redirect trafc onto a tunnel — were predicted to cost al Center and Ofce of Multicultural LGBT Resource Center recommended the community city streets, according to the more more and take longer to construct Afairs will host a welcome mixer to Bird Library Suite 548 grid option to replace the viaduct.

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