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SU was chartered in 1870 as a Methodist-Episcopal institution, but opened one year later as a non-denominational school. Its motto is "Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat," which is Latin for "Knowledge crowns those who seek her." The school's official color is orange, which was adopted in 1890.
The school's independent student newspaper is The Daily Orange, which was founded in 1903 and indepedent since 1971. It also has two radio stations: WAER-FM, a NPR affiliate, and WERW-AM, a student-run station, as well as its own closed-circuit TV station, HillTV.
In 1988, thirty-five SU students were killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan Am's regular Frankfurt- London- New York- Detroit flight. On December 21, 1988, it was the target of a terrorist attack that caused the aircraft to explode over the Scottish border town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people. The attac over Lockerbie, Scotland. The students were returning from a study-abroad program in Europe. The school later dedicated a memorial to the students in the center of the campus.
After the retirement of Chancellor Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw at the end of the 2003 school year, the university named Nancy Cantor as its 11th Chancellor and President. Cantor was also named as Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and is the university's first female chancellor. Prior to coming to Syracuse, she was the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also known as UIUC and the U of I (the officially preferred abbreviation), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. It is highly ranked in library and information science, engineering, comp.
The stairwayStairs staircase stairway flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps . Stairways may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straigh to the Hall of Languages , the main building of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the oldest building on campus. The monument to the faculty and students lost on Pan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan Am's regular Frankfurt- London- New York- Detroit flight. On December 21, 1988, it was the target of a terrorist attack that caused the aircraft to explode over the Scottish border town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people. The attac is located in the foreground.