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Syracuse UniversityFacilities Facts & Statistics

Location
Syracuse, NY
Undergrads
13,040
Tuition
$36,300
Admission Difficulty
Average
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Facts & Statistics

Service & Maintenance Staff
723
Campus Size
200 acres
Student Centers
  • Goldstein Student Center
  • Schine Student Center
Campus Library?
Yes
Main Libraries
  • Architecture Reading Room
  • Barclay Law Library
  • Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive
  • E.S. Bird Library
  • Geology Library
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
  • Mathematics Library
  • Science and Technology Library
Popular Places to Chill
  • Archbold Gym
  • Bird Library First Floor
  • Eggers Café in Eggers Hall
  • Life Science Atrium
  • Panasci Lounge in Schine Student Center
  • The Quad (middle of campus)
Bar on Campus
None
Bowling on Campus
None
Coffeehouse on Campus
  • Pages
  • Slocum Café
  • The Warehouse Café
Movie Theater on Campus
None, although on weekends there are movies played in Watson Theater and Huntington-Beard Crouse Lecture Hall.
School Slang
  • Campus D: Campus Delivery, the University-run delivery service. They charge your meal to your Supercard and deliver to dorms.
  • The DO: The Daily Orange is the student-run campus newspaper. It is the most widely read college newspaper in the country.
  • The Dome: The Dome is what SU students call the Carrier Dome, the place where SU's men's basketball, men's lacrosse, and football teams play home games.
  • The Dot: This is the nickname for food.com, the dining area located in the Newhouse School.
  • Frat Row: This is the name for the portion of Comstock Avenue between Euclid Avenue and Dellplain Hall. Many parties, especially ones attended by freshmen, are in this area.
  • The Ghetto: This generally refers to the communities directly surrounding the SU campus. More specifically, the area around the Brewster/Boland dorms and beyond Comstock Avenue.
  • K-Rads: This is the nickname for Konrad's, one of the better-known bars near the SU campus. Before it closed, it was a favorite hang out for many SU students.
  • The Mount: This term is a shortened version of Mount Olympus Drive. The Mount is the street where two dorms, Day and Flint Halls, are located. It is situated on the top of a big hill, and it is generally known for housing some of SU's richer freshmen.
  • M-Street: M-Street is a shortened term coined for Marshall Street. M-Street is the place where many bars and restaurants that are directly next to campus can be found.
  • OCC: These are the initials of Onondaga Community College, which is the community college located in Syracuse.
  • The Quad: This is the area in the middle of the SU campus. It is a grassy, park-like place (when it isn't covered with snow) where students go to relax, play Frisbee, and hang out.
  • Red Shirts: This is a friendly nickname for people who work for Residential Security (RSAs). These individuals sit at the entrance to all dorms on campus checking ID cards from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day. They can be identified by their red shirts, hence the name.
  • South: A shortened term for South Campus, this is the area of Syracuse that is south of the main campus, and it houses many students in apartment-like dorms.
  • The Toilet Bowl: This is a nickname for Haven Hall. It acquired this name because of its striking resemblance to the bathroom fixture.
  • Townie: This term refers to a local resident of Syracuse. It can often be seen and used as a negative term.
Traditions
  • 44: The number 44 has been worn by nine football players, three of which have earned All-American honors (Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, and Floyd Little). The number was also worn by both Derrick Coleman and John Wallace, two of the greatest basketball stars in SU history. For this reason, the number 44 has come to encompass all that is successful with both SU sports and Syracuse University in general. As you might have noticed, all numbers having to do with SU were changed to begin with 44, and the zip code was changed to 13244. It is somewhat of a lucky, if not legendary, number for students and faculty alike at SU.
  • Block Party: This is a weekend event in April that brings a top musical talent to SU, as well as sometimes having carnival-type rides. The Block Party has been diminishing in recent years.
  • The Color Orange: The color orange was adopted by Syracuse University in 1890, making it the only college in the country at the time with one official color. Although orange might not be the color of choice for some of the SU students today, it certainly beats the color scheme it replaced: pea green and rose pink.
  • Crouse Chimes: The chimes on top of Crouse College building were installed in 1889 and renovated in 1981. Now, the chimes can be heard twice a day, and sometimes more on special occasions.
  • Otto the Orange: The issue of this school mascot is one deeply-rooted in history. The first mascot of SU was the Saltine Warrior, which remained as such until 1978 when Native Americans complained it was disrespectful to their culture. After the Saltine Warrior was abandoned, SU began a lengthy search for a new mascot. Their first selection was a Roman warrior-type character that year who was dismissed after the first football game that SU lost. After that, SU proposed ideas ranging from a troll to a "Beast from the East" monster and even an abominable snowman. Eventually, they decided on the Orangemen, but in 1995 the administration proposed changing it to a wolf. This decision was met with disdain from the student body, so in 1997 it was made official that the team was the Orange, and Otto the Orange would remain the University's mascot.
Urban Legends
  • In 1931, the Orange Peel, the SU newspaper at the time, published a story about the unearthing of the skeleton of a famous Indian Chief and his valuable artifacts on the SU campus. The story was later deemed a hoax, but the Saltine Warrior, as he was known, remained the Syracuse University mascot until 1978. Now there is a statue of the Saltine Warrior in front of Carnegie Library.
  • Students, since freshman year, have mused over the fact that there may be underground tunnels connecting many buildings on the SU campus. This would be great, not to mention extremely convenient, considering the weather in Syracuse. However, the only confirmed connecting tunnels are between Day and Flint Halls, Lawrinson and Sadler Halls, and Brewster and Boland Halls. No tunnels have been found to interconnect between all of the halls.
  • There is an old stone bench next to the Hall of Languages built in 1912. Legend has it that if a couple kisses on the bench, they will eventually marry.
Favorite Things To Do
Eat and dance at Funk N' Waffles(located on Marshall Street), attend athletic games (football, basketball or lacrosse), lounge on the Quad. Generally during the week, students are busy with work, homework, and attending class. However, during certain times throughout the year, there are campus-wide lectures that students may attend, concerts in the Shine Underground, basketball games during the spring semester, football games in the fall, and playing sports on the Quad at the end of the year. Most students also find Marshall Street quite convenient and a hip place to go for food and shopping. Although, it is not really apart of the University, it does sit within the University boundaries.
Student Organizations Web Site
students.syr.edu/glel/recognizedorganizations.html
Clubs and Organizations on Campus
This represents a sample of each type of student organization. For a full list, you can visit the Web site or call (315) 443-2718.
Student Activities Offered
  • Choral groups
  • Concert band
  • Dance
  • Drama/theater
  • Jazz band
  • Literary magazine
  • Marching band
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theater
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Student-run film society
  • Symphony orchestra
  • Television station
  • Yearbook
ROTC
Air Force ROTC: Yes
Navy ROTC: No
Army ROTC: Yes

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