Syracuse University

Following is the latest information from Syracuse University of campus
activities following Tuesday's terrorist incidents.

At 3 p.m. today, Thursday and Friday in Hendricks Chapel, Chancellor Kenneth
A. Shaw, Hendricks Chapel Dean Thomas V. Wolfe and University Spokesman will
give a daily briefing of campus activities following Tuesday's incidents in New
York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. The University community is
encouraged to attend.

Chancellor Shaw's address to the University community, originally scheduled
for Thursday afternoon has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 4:15 p.m.
in Hendricks Chapel.

Blood Drive Update

Due to a tremendous turnout at the Maxwell
School Blood Drive, walk-ins without an appointment cannot be accepted until at
least 3 p.m. today. The blood drive has been extended until 5 p.m. today in an
attempt to collect donations from all volunteers. There are other blood drives
taking place this week. On Monday, ROTC is sponsoring a drive in the Schine
Student Center. Please call 443-5624 to make an appointment. On Sunday the Red
Cross is holding a drive in the ONcenter downtown from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more
information about these and other blood drive efforts, you can reach the Red
Cross at 1-800-272-4543.

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will host a community
candlelight vigil at 4 p.m. today on the ESF Quad. Participants will proceed to
Hendricks Chapel. Information tables for students, faculty and staff of ESF are
open at Bray Hall, the Alumni Lounge in Marshall Hall and Moon Library. Phones
are available for ESF students to make long-distance and local calls in the
Alumni Lounge in Marshall Hall. Televisions are also be set up in the Alumni
Lounge.

The Student Association will host a candlelight vigil beginning at 8 p.m.
Wednesday on the steps of Hendricks Chapel. The program will include: a brief
speech by Ben Riemer, Student Association president, words from a representative
of Hendricks Chapel, an open invitation to students to speak to the assembly, a
brief walk around the campus, closing words from a representative of Hendricks
Chapel.

A parking lot in the Dome West Sector of the campus, the VAH lot, will be
temporarily closed to provide a landing site for helicopters bringing victims
from the terrorist attack in New York City to hospitals on the University Hill.
A request to provide a site was received by the University yesterday late in the
afternoon. Faculty, staff and students are being redirected to nearby lots.

The Syracuse University Volunteer Organization and the Center for Public and
Community Service are accepting donations for the United Way September 11 Fund
today at the Schine Student Center. Monies collected will be forwarded to aid
victims of Tuesday's incidents.

The Student Association's "Sheets of Expression" will continue today through
5 p.m. on the Quad.

The Newhouse School will host an open forum for students at 7 p.m. Wednesday
in Studio B, NCC II to discuss Tuesday's events.

Classes at University College, Syracuse University's unit for part-time
study, are being held as usual Wednesday.

Phone lines are available in Steele Hall Rooms 304 and 306 and in the Schine
Student Center for students to make local and long-distance phone calls.

An estimated 2,100 students participated in residence hall meetings Tuesday
night with Residence Life staff and University counselors. About 800 students
filled the Alibrandi Catholic Center for a special Mass at 10 p.m.
Tuesday.

For those who want to talk about Tuesday's incidents, counselors for students
are available through the Counseling Center at 443-4715 during the day and
443-2666 after 5 p.m.; the chaplains of Hendricks Chapel are available at
443-2901; and the Employee Assistance Program is available for faculty and staff
at 443-1087.