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O • Remembrance awareness
C • Western hospitality
S • Garrett’s growth
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Our columnist argues Remembrance Week should inspire more student initiative to honor memories year-round.
Inspired by their Western roots, Xavier and Jackson Carrier host line dancing events in Xavier’s South Campus backyard.
Garrett Holman has developed into Syracuse’s starting center back despite limited minutes last year.
Legacy in transition Program future uncertainty persists for former Remembrance, Lockerbie Scholars
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Syverud declines Trump’s ‘compact’ By Griffin Uribe Brown social media editor
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud said SU won’t sign President Donald Trump’s higher education “compact” during the University Senate’s Wednesday meeting. Syverud presented a short address to the senate before answering questions on the university’s response to federal policies, during which he said SU won’t sign the compact. “In its current form, no, Syracuse University is not going to sign the compact. There are parts of the compact that are sensible, including, for example, related to veterans and military-connected students,” he said. “I know some universities — not Syracuse — are meeting with the White House on the compact.” On Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine universities.
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Former Lockerbie and Remembrance Scholars expressed uncertainty about the future of Syracuse University’s Lockerbie Scholarship program. lola jeanne carpio contributing photographer (top) | calysta lee staff photographer (left and right) | courtesy of chris jennison (middle)
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hen Anna Newbould learned Syracuse University would reinstate the year-long Lockerbie scholarship program, she was “pleased,” but skeptical whether the change would actually take effect. Newbould was a Lockerbie Scholar during the 2024-25 academic year, along with Cameron
Colville. The two had thought they were the last to experience the year-long program. “I’m really happy that it has been reinstated, but it’s kind of still a bit of an unknown,” Newbould said. In May, SU announced it would reinstate the year-long Lockerbie Scholarship for the 2026-27 academic year. The program, which brought two students from Lockerbie Academy in Scotland to SU each year in memory of the Pan Am Flight 103 victims, had been cut months earlier in favor of a shorter model.
In September 2024, the Lockerbie and Syracuse Trust revealed plans to replace the scholarship with a week-long immersion trip for 10 to 12 Lockerbie Academy students, bringing more students to campus. The 10 to 12 students are in their last year of secondary school, unlike previous scholars who were college freshmen. The trip coincides with Remembrance Week, Oct. 19–25, allowing Lockerbie students to help organize events honoring the 270 victims of the see remembrance page 4
The compact, a set of demands from the Trump administration, would require universities to implement administration-set policy on topics like transgender students, international enrollment, tuition and standardized testing in exchange for priority access to federal funding. Most colleges have rejected it. Syverud said the Board of Trustees and the SU community would decide on signing an amended version of the compact, given he will step down at the end of the academic year. After Sy verud’s remarks, the senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution cementing the role of see usen page 4
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Lockerbie Scholars reflect on Pan Am Flight 103 connections By Brenne Sheehan asst. news editor
Even though this year’s cohort of 10 Lockerbie Scholars wasn’t alive for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, they all agree their connections to the attack, and in turn, Syracuse University, remain strong. Young people in Lockerbie, a town with a population of 4,000, don’t just
“learn” about the tragedy that killed 259 passengers and 11 bystanders, James Johnson, one of this year’s Lockerbie Scholars, said. “It’s like talking, you’ll never remember when you learned how,” Johnson said. “You just grew up with the fact that the worst terrorist attack in Europe happened over the skies in your town.” This is what makes the group’s trip to Syracuse during Remembrance
Week “fascinating,” but emotionally challenging, Brian Asher, the scholars’ head teacher, said. “Being here makes all of that quite raw, because then that makes the connection real,” Asher said. “It’s hard to put into words, but it’s been their life, and to be here is very precious.” This is the first year SU has hosted 10 students. Since 1990, two Lockerbie college freshmen have
received a full scholarship to attend SU for their first year, which SU will return to in 2026. The group of scholars from secondary school Lockerbie Academy was selected through a “competitive” application process, according to SU’s website. The group arrived in Syracuse Monday and spent their time touring campus, walking around Destiny USA and attending SU’s
Remembrance Week events. On Wednesday, they joined SU’s 35 Remembrance Scholars for “Sitting in Solidarity,” where they sat for 35 minutes reflecting on those who died in the attack. For the visiting scholars, the trip has brought fascination with aSyracuse’s size and diversity. But many scholars have found Remembrance see lockerbie page 5