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bright, early & wet monday HI 67° | LO 52° august 25, 2008 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF SYRACUSE , NEW YORK men’s basketball INSIDE NEWS Open for art Michelangelo Players exhibit draws large crowd at opening in Shaffer Gallery. Page 3 cleared of charges By Melanie Hicken SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Following 10 months of negotiations, miscommunication and grand jury and campus investigations, three Syracuse University men’s basketball players have been cleared of both criminal and university charges that they sexually assaulted a female stu- INSIDE dent last fall. PULP Sophomore basketball players Jonny Flynn, Rick Jackson and Anto- Rare gems daily orange file photo nio “Scoop” Jardine and a fourth male Eleven SU stu- NANCY CANTOR agreed to and signed a contract over the summer to lead Syracuse University for next 10 years. SU student were cleared of university dents major charges on Aug. 15 by an SU Judicial in jewelry and Affairs panel made up of faculty and metalsmithing staff. in the College The judicial affairs decision fol- of Visual and lowed an Aug. 2 decision by an Onon- Performing Arts Chancellor’s contract extended to 2014 Page 17 daga County grand jury that rejected two university committees. sion, Cantor will lead SU overall for the campus and criminal charges against Flynn, Contract allows “I was grateful to have for 10 years, a year and a the community,” said Jame- Jackson and Jardine after the three Cantor to work the chance to renew my and half longer than the average son Fleming, a junior broad- testified in a grand jury hearing. The my family’s commitment to American college president, cast journalism major. “I fourth male student was not a part of on university the university and proud that according to a 2006 survey think she should be in a posi- the grand jury investigation. the trustees recognized the by the American Council on tion to continue to contrib- The female student withdrew from initiatives work we are doing,” Cantor Education. ute to the community. This SU last spring and will not return, her said. Cantor plans to increase campus and community need SEE assault PAGE 7 By Rachel Eldridge The Board of Trustees’ faculty positions and cre- someone with her vision, no ASST. NEWS EDITOR Compensation Committee ate new undergraduate and matter what title she has.” Chancellor Nancy Cantor is and the Executive Committee graduate programs. Her Projects encompassed here to stay - at least until were involved in the voting goals include expanding stu- by Cantor’s Scholarship in 2014. process. Students, professors dent scholarships and finan- Action campaign include Student stable This summer, Syracuse and faculty members did not cial aid, in addition to plans expansion of the SU Abroad INSIDE University’s first female have input in the decision. to upgrade Bird Library and program, an increase in chancellor accepted a con- Cantor’s current contract the Schine Student Center, financial aid available to after being hit SPORTS tract extension that was was set to expire in 2010. she said. students and development of Any hope? unanimously agreed upon by With the contract exten- “I think she’s done a lot SEE cantor PAGE 6 by drunk driver With its head coach’s job on By Lauren Bertolini the line, SU STAFF WRITER enters football Bloc Party to headline season with A Syracuse University sophomore plenty of ques- crossing Comstock Avenue on foot tion marks fifth Juice Jam concert was hit by a fellow student’s car early Page 24 Saturday morning. By Shayna Meliker to bring Bloc Party,” said A silver Jeep driven by Melanie ASST. NEWS EDITOR Kelly Bertog, UU’s executive Diaz, a junior in the College of Arts Bloc Party will headline director of concerts. “Their and Sciences, struck Matthew Lax, a University Union’s Juice agent was honest — he said student in the College of Visual and Jam Sept. 7, as announced they’ve turned down many Performing Arts, at approximately Friday. It will be the band’s offers to play at colleges.” 12:50 a.m., said Sgt. Tom Connellan of first appearance at a North The English indie rock the Syracuse Police Department. American college event. The band released its first album Diaz was arrested at the scene and concert, now in its fifth year, in 2005, going platinum with charged with driving while intoxicat- will be held at South Cam- “Silent Alarm.” The group’s ed after officers from the SPD detected pus’s Skytop Field from noon new album, “Intimacy,” will promotional image from vice records an odor of alcohol while discussing to 6 p.m. be released Oct. 27. BLOC PARTY, British indie rock band, is set to headline the incident with her, Connellan said. “It was really a no-brainer SEE juice jam PAGE 8 this year’s Juice Jam with Ra Ra Riot and Talib Kweli. SEE lax PAGE 6 Bin-ology 101: Containers Paper Plastic Bottles Junk Mail Glass Jars Newspaper Milk Containers Magazines & Catalogs Metal Cans Pizza Boxes Aluminum Foil Cereal, Pasta Boxes, etc. Recycling is not molecular biology. But you do have to follow a few simple rules. First, separate your recyclables into two groups: containers and paper. This is an open-book pop quiz, by the way, so feel free to refer to the above list for guidance. Next, if you live in a dorm, please drop off your recyclables at a designated room for trash and recyclables. If you live at Skytop or Slocum Heights, please use the centrally located recycling dumpsters. If you live in off-campus housing, please place your OCRRA blue bins outdoors for curbside collection. Lastly, for the answers to all of your recycling questions (including “how to get 2 blue bins”) visit: www.OCRRA.org. MONday page 3 August 25, 2008 NEWS the daily orange michelangelo summer in review rare works The School of Information Stud- ies has launched the Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information Management, a part-time doctoral on display program. The three-year program is set to appeal to professionals hoping to enhance their career by developing it in a distance learning format. SU started the program because studies at SU gallery showed better-trained executives are in demand. By Abram Brown The S.I. Newhouse School of Public STAFF WRITER Communications’ Tully Center for A record number of attendees - more Free Speech published a study this than 700 - attended the Syracuse Uni- summer in The News Media & The versity Shaffer Art Gallery opening Law. The study found that one-third of “Michelangelo: The Man and the of military bases don’t allow public Myth” earlier this month. The exhibit access to military court schedules, so features more than twice the amount people didn’t have enough informa- of Michelangelo works displayed any- tion to attend proceedings. Military where else in the country. bases that did provide docket infor- “If you add up all the pieces (by mation in the study still declined to Michelangelo in the U.S.), it is less give details such as the names of those than a dozen involved and the criminal charges. drawings,” said iF YOu GO The College of Arts and Sciences Gary Radke, a What: introduced a new master’s degree professor of fine Michelangelo program in forensic science. It will arts in The Col- Exhibit involve a semester-long seminar lege of Arts and Where: Shaffer taught by the Onondaga County Sciences. Art Gallery chief medical examiner. Students Radke was When: Any day before October will spend time at crime scenes, the one of the people 19 (Closed morgue and the crime lab. The pro- responsible for Mondays). gram will begin in fall 2009. There is bringing the How much: also a forensic science minor avail- exhibit to Syra- Free able to undergraduate students. cuse. After a 32-year career at Syracuse The exhibit COMING University, Horace H. Smith, the asso- opened Aug. 12 THURSDAY ciate vice president for undergraduate and is centered The Daily studies, retired. Smith played a large on 14 original Orange takes part in the development of student drawings using a an in-depth look at the retention policies and program at SU. number of medi- Michelangelo Smith has held multiple positions at ums, including works and the SU, including professor of adolescent pen, pencil and man behind psychology and director of the Higher chalk. The works the art. Education Opportunity Program. are accompanied Smith’s involvement helped enhance by several paintings by various art- programs such as SummerStart, the ists, most of which are portraits of Office of Disability Services and the Michelangelo. Tutoring and Study Center. Radke worked with SU Art Gal- After the unexpected death of politi- lery director Domenic Iacono to bring cal journalist Tim Russert, the S.I. the exhibit to SU. The two worked Newhouse School of Public Commu- with Pina Ragionieri, the curator of nications honored the broadcaster the Casa Buonarroti, a private foun- posthumously at the Mirror Awards dation located in Florence, Italy. Flor- luncheon on July 23. Russert, host of ence is the homestead of the famous NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died at age artist and still houses many of his 58 of a heart attack. Newhouse award- works. ed him the Fred Dressler Lifetime Radke previously worked with Achievement Award for the contribu- courtesy of su art gallery Ragionieri and approached her sever- tions he made to the industry over the ‘Michelangelo: The Man and The Myth’ is currently on exhibition in the Shaffer Art Building until Oct. 19. al years ago about bringing a Michel- course of his career.