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Here’s what happened this week: Advocacy Center protest, diploma divide, student food cart

Here’s a round-up of the top articles published in The Daily Orange this week:

NEWS

Study Abroad

Starting next fall, SU will no longer grant transfer credit for courses that students take while on a leave of absence to study abroad without a preapproved petition. In order to receive credit, students will have to take abroad courses through SU programs. Click here.

Cybersecurity



SU is using its cybersecurity programs to protect itself from cyberattacks while also training students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science so they can protect others beyond the university in the future. Click here.

Advocacy Center Protest

Members of the SU community protested the closing of the Advocacy Center on the steps of Hendricks Chapel and then outside Chancellor Kent Syverud’s office in Crouse-Hinds Hall. Click here.

SPORTS

Diploma Divide

The need to get, retain and develop the nation’s best soccer players threatens to fracture college soccer into irrelevancy. Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre is at the front of a reform movement pushing for an extended season. He and top players and coaches weigh in on the issue. Click here.

Muscle Matt

After interning at Syracuse and part-time personal training on Long Island, Matt Mancz has worked himself up into building the bodies that make Syracuse Athletics. Click here.

Final Dress Rehearsal

The Syracuse women’s volleyball team has one last set of games to prepare for Atlantic Coast Conference play as it hosts the Otto Invitational this weekend. Click here.

FEATURES

Raices Dance Troupe

The Raices Dance Troupe aspires to educate the community by performing traditional Latin dances such as salsa, bachata and merengue, and putting a Latin twist on contemporary styles. The troupe will perform at Fiesta Latina on Sept. 29, to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. Click here.

Freshman photographer

Chase Guttman’s photography has been featured in multiple publications such as The Huffington Post and Photo District News. As a travel photographer, he has received numerous distinctions, including being named the No. 3 travel photo blogger by USA Today, and has traveled to all 50 states and visited 48 countries. Click here.

Alex Hodgkinson

Syracuse University football player Alex Hodgkinson started a food-cart business, Pinocchio’s Pushcart, on top of Walnut Park. Coming from London, England, Hodgkinson walked on to the football team after his freshman year, and has been planning to open a food business for several years. Click here.





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