Duck: Alexa Díaz
Editorial Editor | Fall 2015-Spring 2016; Managing Editor | Fall 2016-Spring 2017; Editor-in-Chief | Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Read more »
Writer archives: Alexa Díaz
SASSE to challenge the gender binary in annual 'Vagina Monologues' performance
Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment will host its 14th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday. The programming has been adjusted to be more inclusive of nonbinary and transgender communities. Read more »
Díaz: As The D.O. embarks on another ambitious fundraising campaign, we want to be more transparent about our goals
D.O. editor in chief Alexa Díaz discusses recent fundraising ventures at The D.O., including the $17,000 campaign for the 2017-18 school year. Read more »
The best reads published by The DO this year
As summer kicks in, here is a look back at the top pieces of journalism published by The Daily Orange during the 2016-17 academic year. Read more »
Meet Alexa Díaz, the next editor in chief of The Daily Orange
With a strategic plan in place and a digital operation in full force, Alexa Díaz hopes to build on The D.O.'s lengthy history of success while best preparing staffers for the industry today. Read more »
Díaz: After one of the largest Paloozas in the event's 15-year history, current staffers are left with a newfound motivation and appreciation for The DO
Alexa Díaz, current managing editor of The D.O., reflects on D.O. Palooza 2017 and the ways in which The D.O. staff was inspired by the 51 alumni who came back to 744 Ostrom Avenue for the annual event. Read more »
Syracuse residents see opportunity, risk in the upscale student housing boom
The increase in off-campus student housing developments in Syracuse has some university neighborhood residents concerned the projects will flood the local market due to a local student population that isn’t seeing any significant growth. Read more »
Diaz: Efforts to archive The Daily Orange’s past editions start from the ground up
Alexa Diaz, current managing editor of The D.O., offers an update on the digitization of older papers and explains the in-house archiving project that kicked off this fall. Read more »
How 9/11 changed academic programming at Syracuse University
Before 9/11, Syracuse University didn’t have an Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism, a Middle Eastern Studies department or offer courses in Arabic language. Here’s how those programs came to be at SU. Read more »
Gallery: See the weekly progress of summer construction on the Syracuse University campus
See the weekly progress of construction or renovation projects on the Syracuse University campus, including the building of the University Place promenade. Read more »
See the results of a survey on alcohol use taken by Syracuse University students
The survey was administered using a paper questionnaire the week before and the week after Spring Break for the “A Sobering Reality” project. Students in three 300-level news reporting classes at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications approached students to ask them to take the survey, which was anonymous. The students who administered the survey were instructed to approach people they didn’t know in a variety of locations on campus. Read more »
Semester in Review: The most popular Opinion editorials of fall 2015
Check out the top Opinion editorials of The Daily Orange during the fall 2015 semester. Read more »
Diaz: SU should sell only domestic apparel due to environmental concerns
First came divestment. Then came Earth Day. Now is the time for Syracuse University to have its official apparel made exclusively in the United States.… Read more »
Diaz: Minority students’ feats should not solely be attributed to ethnicity
Any time a student of color is accepted to a university, regardless of the university’s prestige, it is likely that they will encounter the argument… Read more »
Diaz: Administration should accommodate LGBTQ concerns
The administration has made noteworthy improvements within the past year in relation to responding to the concerns from students, faculty and staff about how to… Read more »
Diaz: Administration should listen to the concerns voiced by students when deciding policies
As one semester winds down and the university looks to improve next year’s experience for students on campus, the administration should address the concerns that… Read more »
Diaz: Campus mental health services lack proper promotion, accessibility
Colleges are scrambling to re-evaluate mental health resources after several university students have taken their lives in the past academic year. Arizona State University has… Read more »
Diaz: Universities must advocate on behalf of the oppressed student, not the oppressive organization
In the past week, gross acts committed by fraternity members in the forms of hate speech and blatantly offensive actions have surfaced in the news… Read more »
Diaz: University must reevaluate spending habits, better compensate adjuncts
National Adjunct Walkout Day posed as a nationwide statement of solidarity for part-time faculty members. Professors across the country were vocal about the current injustices… Read more »
Diaz: Adminstration needs to be transparent in dealings with divestment
With February came Black History Month, the commercialized classic of Valentine’s Day and the national observance of awards shows. February also hosted the first Global… Read more »
Diaz: SU community should attend events on sexual assault
The past week has been a progressive one for Syracuse University — it was a week full of events focused on raising awareness for sexual… Read more »
