Student Association began the week with a proposal to make syllabi available sooner and X Ambassadors made hump day fun for once. Get your Friday right by checking out the best and worst of news this week. Click on the headings to read the full story.

 

Bravos

Syllabi before registration

Student Association is moving forward with a new policy that would make class syllabi available online before classes. The policy would be campus wide and would allow students to make more informed decisions about their classes. SA President Aysha Seedat and SA’s Academic Affairs Chair Sonia Suchak are both behind the initiative and said the costs of books and varying workloads lead many students to rearrange their schedules in the first few weeks of class under the current system. The proposed policy would give students the ability to make these decisions during registration. They are encouraging students to make their voices heard on the matter with this survey.

 

X Ambassadors

 

Music columnist Isha Damle did not miss a second of Wednesday night’s with X Ambassadors and Tribe Society, the first Bandersnatch concert of the year. The crowd went wild for Tribe Society’s flutist and X Ambassadors’ Casey Powell, who Damle said “was pretty much the life of the party.” She said the band’s most famous song, “Renegades,” was extremely high energy for both the crowd and band, but one of the highlights was the more relaxed vibe of “American Oxygen.” Check out this gallery for photos from the sold-out concert.

 

No. 1 spot

 

SU field hockey moved up to the No. 1 spot in the latest NFHCA Coaches poll Tuesday morning. This is the first time the team has achieved the top spot in the national rankings since 2012. Undefeated, the team allowed only one point last weekend when they played Cornell and Monmouth. Look out for their games this Friday and Sunday when they face Louisville and Indiana on the road.

 

Boos

Climate Change

 

Judith Enck, a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry on Tuesday. Her speech, “Climate Change: A Call to Action,” covered the issue of climate change and what governments, groups and individuals can do to slow its effects. Enck sat down with The Daily Orange before her presentation and said that, while climate change is real, it is not irreversible. She also said she believes Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF could both install solar panels and run on solely solar  energy.

 

London’s fast food

Abroad columnist Jack Rose wrote this week about the Americanization of food in London. After taking a trip to Milan and Venice, where he ate “genuine cuisine,” Rose said he realized he has mainly eaten a lot of sandwiches while abroad instead of immersing in the local food culture. He said this is because London is saturated with fast food places, which are cheap but unhealthy choices. He included that Pret A Manger is the fast-food chain he sees the most even though The Guardian reported that there were more McDonald’s in 2013.

 

Bombarded recruits

 

With the growth of  Twitter, athletic recruits are now constantly flooded with social media outreach by both fans and coaches. This has become both a burden and a source of pride for recruits. On one side, they are motivated by fans who already see them as part of the team. Some SU fans go so far as to make Photoshopped images of the recruit in which it looks like they are already part of the team. Coaches also have more access than ever because NCAA rules on social media are less restricted than other forms of communication. All of these influences impact teenagers who are making major life decisions and now have to grapple with the constant attention directed at them.

Published on October 9, 2015 at 4:07 pm

Contact Delaney: dovanwey@syr.edu