Writer: Alexa Díaz
Duck: Alexa Díaz
Editorial Editor | Fall 2015-Spring 2016; Managing Editor | Fall 2016-Spring 2017; Editor-in-Chief | Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Read More »
SASSE to challenge the gender binary in annual 'Vagina Monologues' performance
Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment will host its 14th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday. The programming has been adjusted to be more inclusive of nonbinary and transgender communities. Read More »
Díaz: As The D.O. embarks on another ambitious fundraising campaign, we want to be more transparent about our goals
D.O. editor in chief Alexa Díaz discusses recent fundraising ventures at The D.O., including the $17,000 campaign for the 2017-18 school year. Read More »
The best reads published by The DO this year
As summer kicks in, here is a look back at the top pieces of journalism published by The Daily Orange during the 2016-17 academic year. Read More »
Meet Alexa Díaz, the next editor in chief of The Daily Orange
With a strategic plan in place and a digital operation in full force, Alexa Díaz hopes to build on The D.O.'s lengthy history of success while best preparing staffers for the industry today. Read More »
Díaz: After one of the largest Paloozas in the event's 15-year history, current staffers are left with a newfound motivation and appreciation for The DO
Alexa Díaz, current managing editor of The D.O., reflects on D.O. Palooza 2017 and the ways in which The D.O. staff was inspired by the 51 alumni who came back to 744 Ostrom Avenue for the annual event. Read More »
Syracuse residents see opportunity, risk in the upscale student housing boom
The increase in off-campus student housing developments in Syracuse has some university neighborhood residents concerned the projects will flood the local market due to a local student population that isn’t seeing any significant growth. Read More »
Diaz: Efforts to archive The Daily Orange’s past editions start from the ground up
Alexa Diaz, current managing editor of The D.O., offers an update on the digitization of older papers and explains the in-house archiving project that kicked off this fall. Read More »
How 9/11 changed academic programming at Syracuse University
Before 9/11, Syracuse University didn’t have an Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism, a Middle Eastern Studies department or offer courses in Arabic language. Here’s how those programs came to be at SU. Read More »
Gallery: See the weekly progress of summer construction on the Syracuse University campus
See the weekly progress of construction or renovation projects on the Syracuse University campus, including the building of the University Place promenade. Read More »
See the results of a survey on alcohol use taken by Syracuse University students
The survey was administered using a paper questionnaire the week before and the week after Spring Break for the “A Sobering Reality” project. Students in three 300-level news reporting classes at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications approached students to ask them to take the survey, which was anonymous. The students who administered the survey were instructed to approach people they didn’t know in a variety of locations on campus. Read More »
Semester in Review: The most popular Opinion editorials of fall 2015
Check out the top Opinion editorials of The Daily Orange during the fall 2015 semester. Read More »
