1. SU loses eight students/faculty: It was a trying year as eight students and faculty members passed away.

2. 20th Anniversary of Pan Am 103: SU remembered the Pan Am terrorist attacks where 35 SU students were killed when their plane returning home from a study abroad trip exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.

3. Chancellor Cantor’s contract extended to 2014: Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s contract was extended to 2014, which was a previous extension of the 2010 year she was originally promised. This means more time for Scholarship in Action.

4. South Campus robberies: In the spring 2008 semester there were several robberies on South Campus including one with an alleged weapon and a search for drugs. Another incident a student was attacked.

5. RAPE center renaming: The RAPE center was renamed to the Syracuse University Sexual Assault Support Services, which made some students angry because to some the name portrays rape as less sever than it actually is.

6. SA cuts funding for student clubs: The economic slump hit SU and several student clubs were denied funding from SA including several minority groups, which felt left out.

7. SU goes green: As a measure for becoming ecologically savvy SU shut down offices over winter break and suspended mailing paper, grade reports home.

8. Open container violations: After several complaints from University Hill residents, the Syracuse Police Department decided to crack down on students walking around with open alcoholic containers. For about two weekends the black and white police cars lined popular party zones around places like Euclid and violations were handed out left and right.

9. New head of Greek Life: Eddie Banks-Crosson was appointed new head of Greek Life.

10. SU gains several new deans: The College of Arts and Sciences, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, the School of Information Studies, the School of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Engineering all received new deans in 2008, marking a huge generational change in power.

Published on January 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm