Barillari: Obama's hopes for societal progress exhibited, practiced at SU
Progress. An accomplishment, a necessity. What we should embrace and never resist, what we should cherish and never refuse to accept. It is putting one… Read more »
Writer archives: Rachael Barillari
Barillari: With New Year’s resolutions, SA officals look to better student life in 2013
There is no better day to start fresh than Jan. 1. The brink of 2013 is upon us, and as the New Year’s Eve tradition… Read more »
Barillari: SA candidates’ ideas still valid, should be explored even after voting ends
Winning the Student Association presidential election will not stand as Allie Curtis’ greatest challenge. Though campaigning, making pledges and harvesting favorable opinions are difficult tasks,… Read more »
Barillari: Internal complications hurt all governments, especially student versions
In any organization, especially a governing body, the internal structure and leaders in place reflect the results that body produces. Whether those results are economic… Read more »
Columnist endorses Alampi based on one-on-one student connections
PJ Alampi has not always been so connected. In fact, high school in his New Jersey hometown proved to be a challenge for the now… Read more »
Four SA presidential candidates bring varied options to students
Two years ago, a single individual ran for Student Association president. In 2011, the race became contested as the number of candidates doubled. This year,… Read more »
SA comptroller candidate brings right ideas, but DeSalvo has experience
Several weeks ago, Stephen DeSalvo thought he would easily claim a second term as Student Association comptroller. He soon made a discovery that would alter… Read more »
Social media in elections, including SA, can take away from bigger issues
Before you cast a ballot in support of your favorite presidential candidate on Election Day, you are probably going to “like” his Facebook page and… Read more »
Creating a cohesive education plan would help candidates gain youth vote
President Barack Obama was too passive in his responses, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lacked specifics in his plans, and minutes into it, the moderator… Read more »
Lustig follows in path of former SA presidents with 1-term presidency
Though Dylan Lustig’s presidency is distinctive from his predecessors’, he will follow Student Association leaders before him in one traditional aspect: being a single-term president.… Read more »
Getting involved in local politics easy way to learn how the real deal works
For the majority of undergraduate students at Syracuse University, this is our home away from home. Though we collectively represent every state in this country,… Read more »
Bill to explain tier system deserves support from assembly, student body
Stephen DeSalvo knows what needs fixing. During the spring 2012 Student Association budget meeting, DeSalvo, the SA comptroller, entertained a barrage of questions from student… Read more »
Building SA representation back up must be a priority for members, all students
The Student Association is supposed to be the voice of the entire undergraduate student body at Syracuse University. In its ideal form, the organization brings… Read more »
SU campus must mobilize, vote in the 2012 election
Barack Obama. Mitt Romney. The 2012 Presidential Election. You hear these words daily on television, in class or from a passerby on the Quad. You… Read more »
Meet your Student Association key players; learn plans, goals for semester
Every politician is a politician because he or she believes, or at least says, that it’s possible to make your world a better place. Politicians… Read more »
Incoming students share key trait: Right to representation
As the latest addition of Orange men and women, the one factor you all share is your enrollment at Syracuse University. You hail from different… Read more »
The diplomat: Robert Solonick
Walking through Automotores Orletti, an Argentine prison camp from the Augusto Pinochet regime, Robert Solonick felt sick. Bullet marks dotted the walls. The floors were… Read more »
Student Association : Carr steps down from chief of staff position
Student Association Chief of Staff Taylor Carr resigned Monday due to his frustrations with the organization and its current leadership.'We have strayed away from our… Read more »
Alumna instrumental in Philadelphia Inquirer earning Pulitzer award
A Syracuse University alumna and former editor in chief of The Daily Orange served as co-editor on The Philadelphia Inquirer's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into widespread… Read more »
University Senate : Senators discuss athletics, international student aid
Adequate assistance to international students is not supplied by Syracuse University, according to a report presented at Wednesday's University Senate meeting. This has proved heartbreaking… Read more »
Virus prevents Mac Internet access
Macs are no longer the virus-free computer. Security researchers discovered a new computer virus infecting at least half a million Macs -approximately half of them… Read more »
Boba Suite Tea House to remain open; employees see spike in sales
After a spike in business during the past two weeks, Boba Suite Tea House owner Glenda Nunez announced Sunday the shop will remain open on… Read more »
Student loan rates to double in July
Student loan interest rates will double July 1 for about eight million loan borrowers. Each year, almost eight million low- and moderate-income students receive federally… Read more »
Student Association : CitrusTV, Rock the Dome denied funding
CitrusTV and a Rock the Dome concert proposed to take place next fall received zero funding from the fall 2012 Student Association programming budget.During the… Read more »
