Syracuse University

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Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. The city is in the geographic center of New York state, about 250 miles northwest of New York City. The university was founded as a seminary by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, as a college in 1850 and as a university in 1870. Since 1920, the university has defined itself as nonsectarian.^[2] The campus is mostly residential, featuring an eclectic mix of buildings, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque structures to state-of-the-art contemporary buildings.

The university has 897 full-time instructional faculty and 107 part-time faculty, and its libraries have over 3.16 million volumes. In fall 2006, the university had over 12,000 full-time undergraduate students and over 1,000 part-time undergraduate students. As well, the university had almost 4,000 full-time graduate and law students and 2,000 part-time graduate and law students. In 2005/2006, the university granted over 2,600 Bachelors degrees; almost 2,000 Masters degrees; over 300 Juris Doctors degrees; and over 160 Doctoral degrees.

[edit] History

[edit] Timeline

In 1832, the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary was founded by the Genesee Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lima, New York, south of Rochester. In 1849, the Seminary created a companion college named Genesee College. In 1866, the trustees of the struggling college decide to seek a locale whose economic and transportation advantages could provide a better base of support, and three years later,Syracuse, New York was selected. In 1870, the State of New York granted Syracuse University its charter; two years later the - medical school opened, and three years later the Hall of Languages opened and an architecture program was added, one of the early US programs.

In 1874, the university created a bachelor of fine arts degree and in 1876, it began offering post-graduate courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1878 local banker John Crouse gave a substantial gift to construct a new college building. In 1882, Henry Leopold Elsner, M.D. (1855-1916) begans teaching medicine using the German methods of medical education which were based on the then state-of-the-art German model. In 1886, trustee E.F. Holden erected a working observatory as a memorial to his son, Charles Demarest Holden, who graduated in the class of 1877 and died shortly thereafter. In 1887, the university purchased the library of German historian Leopold von Ranke, and two years later it opened the Von Ranke Library. In 1889, Crouse College (The Castle) opened.

• 1890 - The color orange is adopted as the school's official color (replacing the former colors of rose pink and pea green)
• 1891 - Stephen Crane enrolls as a student but drops out after a semester
• 1893 - University benefactor John Dustin Archbold becomes Chairman of the Board of Trustees
• 1896 - Firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith donates funds for the creation of a college of applied science/engineering
• 1903 - The Daily Orange is founded.
• 1905 - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie makes a donation to erect the library that will bear his name
• 1907 - Archbold stadium (donated by John D. Archbold) opens
• 1907 - Sims Hall opens
• 1909 - First doctoral program added
• 1909 - Archbold gymnasium (donated by John D. Archbold) opens
• 1910 - Photograph of Halley's Comet taken from Holden Observatory
• 1934 - Journalism school founded
• 1934 - Harvey Cushing, M.D. (1869-1939), the world’s foremost neurosurgeon, gives the keynote address at the centennial celebration of the medical school and acknowledges the value of Syracuse University’s contribution to the general development of American medical education: "What is historically important is that your school here at Syracuse was the first in New York State and the second in the country [behind only Harvard] to replace the traditional but outworn order of things by progressive exercises for nine months in the year over a period of three years a programme to which other schools quickly followed suit."
• 1946 - Syracuse earns praise from President Harry S. Truman by admitting 9,464 students under the G.I. Bill, tripling enrollment overnight
• 1946 - Syracuse opens cooperative extensions in Endicott and Utica, New York.
• 1950 - The College of Medicine becomes part of the State University of New York system
• 1953 - Yates Castle is razed
• 1956 - Running back Jim Brown scores an NCAA-record: 43 points in the football team's 61-7 rout of Colgate
• 1957 - Syracuse University Research Corporation is founded by the University as the research branch of the school.
• 1959 - The Syracuse Orangemen win the National Championship in football.
• 1961 - Running back Ernie Davis becomes the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy as College Player of the Year.
• 1962 - Manley Field House opens. It is named for Dr. George L. Manley, a University trustee and graduate of the College of Medicine
• 1964 - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications building is dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1966 - Syracuse joins the Association of American Universities
• 1973 - Syracuse University Research Corporation is spun off from the University to become an independent not-for-profit research and development corporation chartered by the State of New York.
• 1974 - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications building II is dedicated by CBS Television Founder, William S. Paley
• 1979 - Archbold Stadium is demolished.
• 1980 - Carrier Dome opens on the former site of Archbold Stadium
• 1986 - WERW, Syracuse University's only free format college radio station, is started.
• 1988 - 35 Syracuse students die in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
• 2003 - Led by freshman Carmelo Anthony, the Syracuse University Orangemen win the NCAA basketball championship, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 81-78
• 2004 - Nancy Cantor is named chancellor, becoming the first female chancellor of Syracuse University.
• 2007 - The long-awaited third building to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications complex is dedicated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

[edit] Historic Buildings

Three buildings on the campus have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These are: Crouse Memorial College, Hall of Languages, and Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

[edit] Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

On December 21, 1988, 35 SU students were among the 270 fatalities and among 189 American fatalities in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The students were returning from a study-abroad program in Europe. That evening, Syracuse University went on with a basketball game. The university was severely criticized for going on with the game, just hours after the attack. The conduct of university officials in making the decision was also brought to the attention of the NCAA. The day after the bombing, the university's chancellor then, Dr. Melvin Eggers, himself criticized for allowing the game to be played, said on nationwide television that he should have canceled the event. Lingering memories of this public relations disaster were likely to have influenced the NCAA cancellation of all football games set for the weekend following the September 11, 2001 attacks.^{[3] [4]}

The school later dedicated a memorial to the students killed on Flight 103. Every year, during the fall semester, the university holds an event known as "Remembrance Week" to commemorate the students. Every December 21, a service is held in the university's chapel by the university's chaplains at 2:03 p.m. (19:03 UTC), marking the exact moment in 1988 the plane was bombed. The University also maintains a link to this tragedy with the "Remembrance Scholars" program, when 35 senior students receive scholarships during their final year at the University. With the "Lockerbie Scholars" program, two graduating students from Lockerbie Academy study at Syracuse for one year.

[edit] Campuses

The university is set on a mostly residential campus, which features an eclectic mix of buildings, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque structures to contemporary buildings designed by renowned architects such as I.M. Pei. The center of campus, with its grass quadrangle, landscaped walkways, and outdoor sculptures, offers students the amenities of a traditional college experience. The university overlooks Downtown Syracuse, a medium-sized city. The school also owns a Sheraton Hotel and a golf course near campus, as well as properties in New York City, Washington, D.C. and a 30 acre (121,000 m²) conference center in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York.

[edit] Main Campus

Also called "North Campus," the Main Campus contains nearly all academic buildings and residence halls. Its centerpiece is "The Quad", which is surrounded by academic buildings, especially those of the College of Arts and Sciences. Most of the roads of the Main Campus are traffic-restricted during weekdays. Some university buildings lie outside of this area, particularly in the urban area north of the campus around Marshall Street. To the south of the main campus is Oakwood Cemetery, of the rural cemetery type that was popular during the epoch. To the east lies Thornden Park, one of the largest parks within the city proper. Medical complexes, along with Interstate 81 border it to the west.

Approximately 5,000 students live in the sixteen residence halls on the Main Campus. Most residence halls are co-ed by room, and all are smoke-free. Some still have gender-specific floors. North campus housing includes singles, open doubles, split (wall-segmented) doubles, and multi-person suites. Residence hall height ranges from three to twenty-one floors.

The North Campus represents a large portion of the University Hill neighborhood. Buses run to South Campus, as well as Downtown Syracuse and other locations in the city. OnTrack also provides service to Downtown and the Carousel Center mall from its station near the Carrier Dome. ^[5]

A few block walk from Main Campus on East Genessee St, the Syracuse Stage building includes two proscenium theatres. The Storch is used primarily by the Drama Department and the Archbold, which is used primarily by Syracuse Stage, a professional regional theatre. The building also includes a black box space, classroom and rehearsal spaces, the Sutton Pavilion, two dance studios, faculty offices and a scene and costume shop.

[edit] South Campus

After World War II, a large undeveloped hill owned by the university was used to house returning veterans in military-style campus housing. During the 1970s, this housing was replaced by permanent two-level townhouses for two or three students each, or for graduate family housing. There are also three small freshman-only residence halls which feature open doubles and a kitchen on every floor. South Campus is also home to the Institute for Sensory Research, Tennity Ice Pavilion, Goldstein Student Center, Skytop Office Building (for administration) and the InnComplete Pub, a graduate student bar. Just north are the headquarters of SU Athletics located in the Manley Athletics Complex. Approximately 2,500 students live on the South Campus, which is connected to the main campus by frequent bus service.

[edit] Downtown

In December 2004 the university announced that it had purchased or leased twelve buildings in Downtown Syracuse. There are two programs, Communications Design and Advertising Design, from the College of Visual and Performing Arts that reside permanently in the newly renovated facilities, fittingly called The Warehouse, which was renovated by Gluckman Mayner Architects. Both programs were chosen to be located in the downtown area because of their history of working on projects directly with the community. Hundreds of students and faculty have also been affected by the temporary move of the School of Architecture downtown for the $12 million renovation of its campus facility, Slocum Hall. The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems is scheduled for completion in 2006. The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company and the Community Folk Art Center will also be located downtown.

On March 31, 2006, the university and the city announced the beginning of an initiative to connect the main campus of the university with the arts and culture areas of downtown Syracuse and the university's new presence at The Warehouse ^[6]. The Connective Corridor project, supported by a combination of public and private funds, had an international design competition. The Warehouse also houses a contemporary art space that commissions, exhibits and promotes the work of local and international artists in a variety of media.

[edit] Rome, New York

Since 2005, the university has offered classes for a Masters of Science in Computer Engineering in Rome, New York. ^[7].

[edit] Former campuses

Triple Cities: Located in Endicott, New York, this former branch campus of Syracuse University, founded in 1946, became SUNY Harpur College in 1950 and later moved across the Susquehanna River to Vestal and became the State University of New York at Binghamton. It is now called Binghamton University.

Utica: Located in Utica, New York and also founded in 1946, UC was founded as a branch campus for returning WWII veterans. This campus remained part of Syracuse University until 1995. Utica College still offers degrees conferred by Syracuse University and continues to have a very similar academic structure. It is officially mentioned in SU's Charter's Article 1, Section 3: "Utica College shall be represented by the President, appointed ex officio, and by the dean of the college, and another representative selected by the college."

Thompson Road: In 1947, Syracuse University acquired a portion of the former US Naval War Plant on Thompson Road in East Syracuse. The L.C. Smith College of Applied Science was relocated to the Thompson Road campus, and the University's relatively short-lived Institute for Industrial Research was also located there. The University sold the property to Carrier Corporation in 1952.

[edit] Libraries

Syracuse University's main library is the Ernest S. Bird Library, which opened in 1971. Its seven levels contain 2.3 million books, 11,500 periodicals, 45,000 linear feet (13.71 linear kilometers) of manuscripts, and 3.6 million microforms.

Prior to Bird Library's opening, the Carnegie Library served as the main library. It was opened in 1907, and now contains the mathematics and science libraries, as well as several classrooms. It was funded by a $150,000 matching gift by Andrew Carnegie. It replaced the library in what is now the Tolley Administration Building. Several other departments also have their own libraries.

[edit] Special collections

Many of the landmarks in the history of recorded communication between people are in the university's collection, from cuneiform tablets and papyri to several codices dating from the 11th century, to the invention of printing. The collection also includes works by Galileo, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Voltaire, Ben Jonson, Sir Isaac Newton, Descartes, Sir Francis Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Malthus, Jeremy Bentham and Goethe among others. In addition, the collection includes the personal library of Leopold Von Ranke. Making sensational headlines at the time, the university had outbid the Prussian government for all 19 tons of Von Ranke's prized personal library which put Syracuse on the bibliothecal map.

The university also has a large audio archive. Holdings total approximately 340,000 recordings in all formats, primarily cylinders, discs and magnetic tapes. Some of the voices to be found include Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, and Oscar Wilde.

[edit] Art collection

SU has an impressive permanent art collection of over 45,000 objects from artists such as Picasso, Rembrandt, Hopper, Tiffany and Wyeth. Art lovers can enjoy seeing more than 100 important paintings, sculptures and murals displayed in public places around campus. Notable sculptures on campus include Anna Hyatt Huntington's Diana, Jean-Antoine Houdon's George Washington, Antoine Bourdelle's Herakles, James Earle Fraser's Lincoln, Malvina Hoffman's The Struggle of Elemental Man and Ivan Mestrovic's Moses, Job and Supplicant Persephone. SUART Galleries

[edit] Academics

[edit] School of Architecture

The Syracuse University School of Architecture, founded in 1873, is the fourth oldest program of its type in the United States and is traditionally located in Slocum Hall- a building completed in 1918 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Bachelor of Architecture program is ranked third nationally and number one on the East Coast , according to the 2007 survey of the Design Futures Council.

[edit] College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences, was established in 1870 as Syracuse University's founding college. Today, The College remains at the center of undergraduate learning at Syracuse, where all University students take classes. It includes 3,400 students and 530 faculty in a university of 12,500 total undergraduate students and 1,360 total faculty.

[edit] School of Education

Syracuse University's School of Education, founded in 1906, a national leader in improving and informing educational practice for diverse communities, is committed to the principle that diverse learning communities create the conditions that both enrich the educational experience and provide opportunities for all to realize their full potential. The School of Education pioneered the inclusion movement in the United States, making way for all learners to participate fully in mainstream classrooms and other inclusive learning environments.

[edit] L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science

The L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, founded in 1901, offers 35 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. U.S. News & World Report ranks the overall graduate program in ECS in the top third of schools of engineering that grant degrees through the Ph.D. In 1958, the Institute for Sensory Research was established under the direction of Dr. Jozef Zwislocki (now Distinguished Research Professor of Neuroscience and a member of the National Academy of Sciences), who developed a community of faculty, staff, and students that is world-renowned for multidisciplinary studies of the structure and function of sensory systems. From this community, the undergraduate program in bioengineering was established in 1971. ECS's computer engineering and bioengineering programs, both established in 1971, are the second-oldest programs of their kind in the nation.

The Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering was created in 1984 under the leadership of Dr. Bradley J. Strait, professor of electrical engineering who served as dean of the college from 1981-1984 and 1989-1992. The Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, an interdisciplinary center for high performance computing followed in 1987, and the Center for Hypersonics, supported by NASA to focus on studies in air and space travel, was created in 1993. Among its recent achievements, the College unveiled a $4.5 million environmental systems complex in Fall 2001. This facility provides sophisticated research and teaching facilities for programs in environmental, chemical, civil, and mechanical engineering programs.

In May 2001, a consortium of colleges and universities, led by the College, was awarded $15.9 million by the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Research to fund the establishment of the New York Environmental Quality Systems Center at Syracuse University. Also in 2001, the College received a $3 million grant from NASA and the State of New York to establish the Advanced Interactive Discovery Environment for Engineering Education, a state-of-the-art virtual learning environment.

[edit] School of Information Studies

The Syracuse School of Information Studies, is a leading center for innovative programs in information management, information policy, information science, information systems, information technology, and information services. The School of Information Studies offers professional degree programs at the undergraduate and master's levels as well as a research degree at the doctoral level. The School of Information Studies traces its origin to 1896, with the first library science course offerings at Syracuse University.

The American Library Association accredited the degree in 1908, while the program was still part of the College of Liberal Arts and an independent School of Library Science was established in 1915. Anticipating the coming of the information age, and recognizing libraries as part of a broader information landscape, the faculty renamed the school in 1974. Educating students for a variety of careers in the information economy, the school offered the country's first master's degree in information resources management (1980), and later began a graduate program in telecommunications and network management (1993).

Today the School of Information Studies's graduate programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report: #1 for Information Systems, #2 for Digital Librarianship, #3 for Library and Information Science, and #4 for School Library Media ^[8]. The School has also helped University of Mysore, India, to set up the International School of Information Management (ISiM).

[edit] Martin J. Whitman School of Management

The original College of Business Administration was founded in 1919. The school was renamed to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management in 2003, in honor of SU alumnus and benefactor Martin J. Whitman. The school is home to an average of 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year.

A new state-of-the-art building for the Whitman School of Management was opened in January of 2005. Covering 160,000 square feet, the new building includes 22 state-of-the-art classrooms, 40 undergraduate graduate breakout rooms, a 200-seat auditorium, a three-story, a 4,000-square-foot Grand Hall, an Investment Research Center, and a cafe.

The undergraduate program is currently ranked #41 among business schools nationwide by the US News & World Report 2008. The school offers several fields of study, including: accounting, finance, marketing, supply chain management, entrepreneurship, and retail management. The entrepreneurship program is ranked #9 by the US News & World Report 2008, and #13 by both the Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review 2007. The supply chain management program was ranked #10 in the nation by Supply Chain Management Review. Also, the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting was named #10 in the nation by The Chronicle of Higher Education ^[9].

[edit] College of Law

Founded in 1895, the College of Law is one of only four law schools in Upstate New York (the other three being Albany, Buffalo, and Cornell). It was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1923 and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. As of the 2007-2008 academic year, 675 students were enrolled in the College of Law.

The College of law has been ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report for its trial and appellate advocacy program and is an emerging leader in the relatively novel field of National Security Law. In addition, the law school is one of the few privileged law schools that edits an official American Bar Association publication, The Labor Lawyer. The College of Law is home to the New York State Science & Technology Law Center and the New York Prosecutors Training Institute. It also maintains a chapter of the prestigious Order of the Coif, of which only 80 of the more than 190 ABA accredited law schools are a member of.

The law school offers joint degree programs with, among others, the top-ranked Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the highly regarded S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. It offers a special first year program in international law and summer internship/externship opportunities in London, Amsterdam, and Geneva. Students may also qualify for specialized certifications in such areas of study as Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, and Property Law.

The College of Law is located on the edge of the Syracuse University Hill adjacent to the Carrier Dome in Ernest I. White and Winifred MacNaughton Halls. Its library is called the H. Douglas Barclay Law Library. The library is a congressionally designated depository for federal materials and also houses a collection of former Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson's artifacts and documents.

[edit] Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, founded in 1924, was the first school to offer a graduate professional degree in public administration and the first to bring together the social sciences for public administration education. Maxwell is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the nation's top graduate school for public affairs^[10].

[edit] S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse University established one of the nation's first schools of journalism, now known as the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in 1934. Newhouse alumni include Ted Koppel, Steve Kroft, Bob Costas, Fred Silverman, Marv Albert, Len Berman, Mike Tirico, Maria Sansone, Pete Yorn, Mark Tinker, and many others.

[edit] College of Visual and Performing Arts

Founded in 1873, VPA contains the School of Art and Design, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Department of Drama, Setnor School of Music, and Department of Transmedia. Together, these five areas offer a total of 36 undergraduate programs and 26 graduate programs. The college is located in seven different buildings on campus and in the University’s downtown Syracuse building, the Warehouse. Origins of the college date to 1873, when the College of Fine Arts opened at SU. The college was the first degree-conferring institution of its kind in the United States. Its first alumnus graduated in 1875 with a bachelor of painting degree.

[edit] Graduate School

Founded in 1911, the Syracuse University Graduate School oversees all academic policy, graduate degree and certificate program modification and development, and the professional development programs for graduate study at Syracuse University.

[edit] College of Human Ecology

Founded in 1918, the former College of Human Services and Health Professions offers bachelor's (B.S.), master's (M.A., M.S.W.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Child and Family Studies, Hospitality and Food Service Management, Marriage and Family Therapy, Nursing, Nutrition, Sport Management, Selected Studies, and Social Work, as well as a certificate of advanced study in Human Services Management.

On December 6, 2007, the college took on an identity change, changing the name of the school from the College of Human Services and Health Professions to the College of Human Ecology. [4]

[edit] University College (Continuing Education)

University College offers a variety of degree programs, certificates, and noncredit courses in formats tailored to the busy schedules of part-time students. Courses are offered in the evenings, on weekends, online, and through short residency programs. During the summer, courses are offered during the daytime. In addition to serving the academic needs of students pursuing their degrees part-time, UC also offers award-winning workforce training programs and sponsors community service programs.

[edit] College of Medicine

Founded in 1872, the SU College of Medicine was (along with Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan) among the first to institute a graded medical instruction program, with definite pre-clinical and clinical years. In the 1890s it was again (along with Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Penn, and a few others) among the first in America to organize its curriculum according to the so-called "German model," with intense scientific and especially laboratory training for students in the first two years, and rigorous clinical training on rounds thereafter. The school was sold to the State of New York in 1950 and is now SUNY Upstate Medical University.

[edit] College of Environmental Science and Forestry

The College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), founded in 1922, operates its academic campus adjacent to Syracuse University. It was established as the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. The residential-life program for ESF students is operated by SU. ESF students live in SU housing, have full access to SU libraries, and students at both schools have full access to courses. Students take part in joint commencement exercises, and ESF students may participate in all SU student activities excepting NCAA sports.

[edit] SU Abroad

The university has offered multiple study abroad programs dating since 1911. SU Abroad, formerly known as the Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA), currently offers programs in Beijing, Florence, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Strasbourg, Santiago, Berlin, and Istanbul. ^[11] SU Abroad offers a wide range of courses, often integrating coursework and fieldtrips with the host city.

Since 1959, SU Florence has been hosted in the Villa Rossa, a building constructed by a noble family, the Gigliucci, in 1892. The Villa Rossa houses the administrative offices, eleven classrooms, the computer lab, a student lounge and study areas. The garden area, recently renovated, is now connected to the garden of the Villino, home of the SU Florence library.^[12] The Villino, which was built in 1884, covers 420 square meters on four floors. While the building serves primarily as the home of the library, it also houses an audio-visual room a faculty and TA lounge, and the media lab and slide library.

Established in 1975, SU’s London center is widely regarded as the city’s most comprehensive study abroad program. Faraday House was renovated to include new classrooms and faculty offices, an auditorium, student and faculty common rooms, a writing center, computer clusters, design and multimedia studios, and wireless Internet access.^[13]

Students in the Madrid program choose from three pre-semester seminars ("Mare Nostrum," "Eurovision," and "Azahar"), in which they tour different countries throughout Europe. Following these two-week courses, the students return to Madrid, where they spend the remainder of the semester. Most students live with a Spanish host family.^[14]

[edit] Student life

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Syracuse Orange

Syracuse University's sports teams are officially known as the Orange, although the former (until 2004) names of Orangemen and Orangewomen are still affectionately used. The school's mascot is Otto the Orange. The teams all participate in NCAA Division I in the Big East Conference. The men's and women's basketball teams, the football team, and both the men's and women's lacrosse teams play in the Carrier Dome. Other sports facilities are located at the nearby Manley Field House.

[edit] Archbold Stadium and the Carrier Dome

Thanks to a $600,000 gift by Syracuse University trustee and Standard Oil President, John D. Archbold, what was publicized as the “Greatest Athletic Arena in America” opened in 1907. Designed to resemble the Roman Coliseum and to never become outdated, Archbold Stadium became a trademark of Syracuse football. The stadium formed a massive oval, 670 feet (204 m) long and 475 feet (145 m) wide. It was 100 feet (30 m) longer and only 22 feet (7 m) thinner than the Carrier Dome and more than 6 million Orange football fans passed through its gates.

From 1907 to 1978, Archbold Stadium was the home of SU football. Archbold opened up with a bang when the Orange defeated Hobart 28-0. It went out in style 71 years later with an improbable victory over second-ranked Navy 20-17. Syracuse posted a record of 265-112-50 at Archbold and it housed many great teams. It was home of the 1913 squad who was invited to play in the prestigious Rose Bowl and outscored its opponents 331 to 16. The 1959 team also called Archbold home en route to SU’s only National Championship.

In 1978, SU fans said good-bye forever to the historic stadium. Archbold was demolished to make way for the new on-campus facility, the Carrier Dome, which opened in 1980. The Carrier Dome is the largest dome college stadium anywhere.^{[citation needed]} The roof of the Dome is inflatable, with several air compressors working round the clock to maintain its structure. It has a seating capacity of 50,000. It is the only domed college stadium in the northeastern U.S..

[edit] Media organizations

The school's independent student newspaper is The Daily Orange, founded in 1903 and independent since 1971. The D.O. Alumni Association [5] just celebrated the paper's 100th anniversary.

[edit] Student representation

Founded in 1957, the Syracuse University & SUNY-ESF Student Association [6], represents the undergraduate students of both SU & SUNY-ESF as a student labor union (not a student government). The SA, through the Student Assembly, oversees the allocation/designation of the Student Activity Fee (begun 1968/69). The SA-SGA Alumni Organization [7] maintains the history and an organizational timeline on its website. The graduate students at Syracuse University are represented by the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) while the law students at Syracuse University are represented by the Law Student Senate. Each of the three organizations elects students to serve in the Syracuse University Senate, which also includes faculty and staff and is chaired by the SU Chancellor.

[edit] Religious organizations

• Alibrandi Catholic Community
• Baptist Campus Ministry
• Campus Bible Fellowship
• Campus Crusade for Christ[8]
• Hillel Jewish Student Union
• Hindu Students Council
• Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship
• Student Buddhist Association
• Syracuse Christian Fellowship-An Intervarsity Chapter
• Syracuse University Lutheran Student Association
• Unitarian Universalist Students

[edit] Fraternities and sororities

The Syracuse University fraternity and sorority system offers organizations under the Panhellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council, the Latino Greek Council, the National Multicultural Greek Council, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

SU currently recognizes the following active IFC social fraternities on campus:

The earliest fraternities chartered at the university were: Delta Kappa Epsilon (1871), Zeta Psi (1875), Psi Upsilon (1875), and Phi Kappa Psi(1884). In the early 20th century, other fraternities were chartered, including Phi Gamma Delta(1901), Sigma Chi (1904), Alpha Chi Rho (1905), Sigma Phi Epsilon (1905), Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1907), Delta Tau Delta (1910), Zeta Beta Tau (1911), Acacia (1911), Pi Kappa Alpha (1913), and Sigma Alpha Mu (1913). In the interwar years, new fraternities inlcluded Theta Chi (1928) and Phi Iota Alpha (1931). Post-WWII fraternities include Alpha Epsilon Pi (1947) (rechartered 2002), Alpha Tau Omega (1950), Tau Kappa Epsilon (1962), Delta Chi(1967), Phi Beta Sigma (1975), and Theta Nu Xi (2003).

SU currently recognizes the following active Panhellenic social sororities on campus:

The first sororities chartered at the university were Alpha Phi (1872), Gamma Phi Beta (1874), Kappa Alpha Theta (1889), Pi Beta Phi (1896), and Delta Delta Delta (1896). In the early 20th century, new sororities included Delta Gamma (1901), Alpha Xi Delta (1904), Alpha Chi Omega (1906), and Alpha Epsilon Phi (1919), and Phi Sigma Sigma (1927).

[edit] Alma Mater

The SU Alma Mater was written by Junius W. Stevens (1895) in 1893 and is based on the then-popular song Annie Lisle. It was first sung under the title "Song of Syracuse" by the University Glee and Banjo Club on March 15, 1893. The song includes three verses, but only the first verse is commonly sung.

According to the 1997-1998 "Syracuse University Student Handbook," author Junius W. Stevens recalled "while I was walking home across the city an idea for the song came to me. I had often noticed how the setting sun lighted up the walls of Crouse College long after dusk had fallen over the city and valley. As I walked through the empty streets, the words of a song took shape in my mind. By the time I reached home, the song was finished."

Where the vale of Onondaga
Meets the eastern sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On her hilltop high.
Flag we love! Orange! Float for aye-
Old Syracuse, o'er thee,
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory.

When the evening twilight deepens and the shadows fall,
Linger long the golden sunbeams on the western wall.
Flag we love, Orange,
Float for aye,
Old Syracuse o'er thee!
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory

When the shades of life shall gather, dark the heart may be,
Still the ray of youth and love shall linger long o'er thee'.
Flag we love, Orange,
Float for aye,
Old Syracuse o'er thee!
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory

The university also has a fight song entitled "Down the Field," commonly played after SU scores in athletic matches.

Down down the field goes old Syracuse
Just watch those backs hit the line and go thro'
Down down the field they go marching
Fighting for the Orange staunch and true
Rah rah rah!
Vict'ry's in sight for old Syracuse
Each loyal son knows he ne'er more will lose lose
So we'll fight, yes we'll fight and with all our might
For the glory of old Syracuse

[edit] Alumni

Main article: List of Syracuse University People

[edit] See also

• List of Chancellors of Syracuse University
• Burton Blatt Institute

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Syracuse University
• The Daily Orange

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