thursday, apr. 25, 2024
celebrating 120 years
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N • The Johnson Treatment
C • ‘Make people laugh’
S • Mark’s mindset
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During his 1964 visit to SU, President Johnson worked to gain the support of Newhouse’s newspapers across the country.
After noticing a lack of production companies in the Syracuse area, Jeremy Garelick started “American High” and its internship program.
After switching his mental approach, Will Mark has transformed into one of the best goalies in the country.
‘Sea of change’ SU food service and library workers voted to recognize their union By Ahna Fleming
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asst. news editor
ourly student food service and library workers at Syracuse University voted 99%, or 1146 to 1, in favor of recognizing their union, according to a Wednesday afternoon Service Employees International Union Local 200United press release. The vote was held in the JMA Wireless Dome from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday. The group, which is mostly comprised of graduate and some undergraduate students, announced its plans to begin unionization efforts through SEIU earlier this semester. “We’re so excited these student food service and library workers joined together in our union. Our members will continue to make sure students are well-fed and library services are top notch,” Scott Phillipson, SEIU President, said in the press release. The union will work to improve pay rates, “unhealthy” working conditions and worker-manager relations. Around 750 graduate students work by the hour for SU’s Food Services and 150 students are hourly library workers. A spring 2023 survey from SU’s Graduate Student Organization and Graduate Employment Issues Committee found the pay rate of general food service employees to be $15.30 an hour, with student supervisors earning $16.16 an hour. About 55% of student hourly workers reported having a second job or working in multiple locations, graduate student Bertram Probyn said when he presented the survey at GSO’s February meeting. In the survey, only 4% of food service workers reported feeling that management at their jobs is approachable. see union page 6
Hourly student food service and library workers at Syracuse University voted 1146 to 1 to recognize their union Wednesday, joe zhao asst. photo editor
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Micron formed ‘academic partnership’ ahead of construction By Dominic Chiappone senior staff writer
As a resident of Syracuse for 17 years, Mike Haynie said the central New York economy has not been “inclusive” for decades. But with Micron Technology’s historic investment in the central New York region, Haynie — Syracuse University’s vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation — said he is now excited for the “first time in a long time” about the economic opportunity for his community.
Haynie managed SU’s engagement with Micron as early as November 2021 — 11 months before the semiconductor manufacturing company announced it would invest up to $100 billion in the Syracuse region. After representatives of Micron first visited the university in January 2022, Haynie said SU “set the groundwork” for a partnership. “For Micron to be successful, everyone realized that Micron needed an academic partner, and we were going to position Syracuse University as that academic partner,” Haynie said.
In preparation for Micron’s arrival, SU is expanding the College of Engineering and Computer Science as part of the new Academic Strategic Plan — a roadmap of goals the university aims to implement by 2028. The process of creating the new ASP began in September 2022, a month before Micron announced its investment in the region. Gretchen Ritter, SU’s vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, said the ASP drafting process was designed to be responsive to the “broader
environment,” and Micron was a “big factor” that influenced the university’s plan. In October 2022, Micron announced it would commit up to $100 billion to construct a new semiconductor fabrication facility in Clay, approximately 11 miles away from SU’s main campus. The new facility is expected to create nearly 50,000 jobs in central New York — 9,000 jobs at the plant and an additional 40,000 jobs in the supply chain and construction industries, according to Micron.
Micron’s investment will “transform” the Syracuse region, multiple SU administrators said. “There's a real appreciation that this is a transformative moment for the central New York community … and that we should be good partners in this, both for the benefit of the university and for the benefit of the broader community,” Ritter said. In preparation for meeting the demand for jobs with Micron’s investment, the university is planning to increase undergraduate see ecs page 6