SU in the News: Friday, March 12, 2010

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Syracuse University Senior Associate Vice President for Communications Sarah Scalese issued the following statement:  “The individual in question is no longer a student at Syracuse University. Syracuse University does not tolerate sexual and relationship violence of any kind, including incidents that…

Kent Syverud, Syracuse University’s Chancellor and President, wrote a commentary for U.S. News & World Report called “Universities Need to Better Serve Military Students and Veterans.”

What this means, said Joel Kaplan, associate dean of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, “is that no one in that community will be covering, on a regular basis, school board meetings, city council meetings, the cops and the courts. Democracy, as we know it, is about to die in Youngstown.”

“It’s never OK to recreate painful oppressive events, even in the name of education,” said Mara Sapon-Shevin, a professor of inclusive education at Syracuse University, who said teachers risk harming their students’ sense of belonging, safety and inclusion. “One would never simulate an Indian massacre or having Jews march into the ovens.”