GLOBAL EVENTS		UNIVERSITY EVENTS
Reagan(R)* vs. Carter(D) Triphasic birth control pills developed MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) technology developed U.S. minimum wage = $3.10/hour For 1980, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 7.63% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) World Health Organization announces the eradication of smallpox President Jimmy Carter reinstates draft registration for males 18 years of age Mothers Against Drunk Driving founded in Irving, Texas US copyright law amended to include computer programs President Carter deregulates the banking industry The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors President Carter inaugurates the Department of Health and Human Services Ensign Jean Marie Butler becomes the first woman to graduate from a U.S. service academy accepting her degree and commission from the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Iran hostage crisis continues CNN makes its debut as television's first all-news service First consumer use of home banking by computer at Knoxville, Ten. The American Medical Association’s (AMA) code of ethics adopted; written Dr. James S. Todd (d.1997 at 65)	1980	National Sociey of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter established Carrier Dome opens
The IBM PC launches AIDS identified Alan P. Bell (d.2002) leads a Kinsey study that suggests that homosexuals are born with that predisposition and not influenced by traumatic experiences during childhood development For 1981, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is -4.89% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Generation Y begins Iran hostage crisis ends and 52 hostages are freed. U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls seek abortions; U.S. Supreme Court upholds a law making statutory rape a crime for men only Attempted assasination of President Reagan. U.S. minimum wage = $3.35/hour MTV debutes The U.S. national debt hits $1 trillion Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, VA The Supreme Court requires equal education for non-English speaking students; beginning of bilingual education programs across the country State Supreme Court cases in Massachusetts and New Jersey rule that husbands can be prosecuted for raping their wives Scientists of the British Antarctic Survey identify a depletion of the ozone in the earth’s atmosphere over the South Pole	1981
A Federal judge voids an Arkansas state law requiring balanced classroom treatment of evolution and creationism For 1982, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 0.36% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Astronauts Sally K. Ride and Guion S. Bluford Jr. become the first woman and the first African-American to be tapped by NASA for U.S. space missions Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs the 1st successful heart implant	1982
Star Wars Initiative announced by President Reagan Compact Disc recordings introduced, developed by Phillips and Sony U.S. Supreme Court rules that the government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminate against students U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state & local restrictions on abortion U.S. Supreme Court rules that Congress cannot veto presidential decisions For 1983, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 8.44% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Fred Cohen, graduate student, releases (in a controlled experiment) the world's first computer virus Astronaut Sally K. Ride becomes America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blast off aboard the space shuttle Challenger	1983	Coming Back Together Reunion established Vanessa Williams becomes first African American Miss America Online registration (FSR) implemented, replacing arena-style registration In-person registration center opened
Reagan(R)* vs. Mondale(D) Macintosh computer with mouse is launched For 1984, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 3.33% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Break-up of AT&T U.S. Supreme Court sides with Sony and rules, 5 to 4, that the private use of home video cassette recorders to tape television programs does not violate federal copyright laws U.S. Supreme Court ends the NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts	1984	CASE Center is launched, one of the first New York State centers for advanced technology created to revitalize economic growth through technology transfer.
Microsoft releases its first version of the Windows computer operating system For 1985, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 3.11% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1985	Schine Student Center opens
Breach of arms embargo to Iran exposed Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster United States observes the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr U.S. Supreme Court rules that sexual harassment constitutes a violation of women's civil rights For 1986, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 2.03% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1986	Students establish organization, Undergraduates for a Better Education (UBE) Coming Back Together Reunion 2 Elliott Portnoy is S.U.'s first Rhodes Scholar S.U. and the City of Syracuse settle a five-year dispute over taxes on non-scholastic events in the Carrier Dome; the city keeps $1.2 million in previous University payments but exempts the stadium from real-estate tax; the city gets 75 cents a ticket for major concerts and sports events and is guaranteed at least $100,000 a year
U.S. Supreme Court rules employers may sometimes favor women and members of minority groups over men and whites in hiring and promoting in order to achieve better balance in the work force U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creationism science as well Iran-Contra Affair hearings Black Monday, the stock market crashes For 1987, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 7.17% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) The American Medical Association issues a policy statement saying it is unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person has AIDS or is HIV-positive William Wilson (d.1999 at 51) authors "An Incomplete Education," designed to fill in knowledge lacking in college graduates	1987	Retention and Attrition Committee Report Plus-Minus grading system implemented Definition of undergraduate full-time status changes to exclude students registered for fewer than 12 credits in their final semester of study (Full-time = registration for 12 or more credits)
Terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killing SU and other study-abroad students Bush(R)* vs. Dukakis(D) U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-3 that public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, school plays and other school-sponsored expressive activities U.S. Supreme Court overturns a $200,000 award that the Rev. Jerry Falwell won against "Hustler" magazine and publisher Larry Flynt in a 8-0 ruling that expands legal protections for parody and satire Surgeon General C. Everett Koop releases report declaring nicotine is addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine. For 1988, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 5.38% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upholds New York City law making it illegal for private clubs to exclude women and minorities The antidepressant drug Prozac goes on the market	1988	Summer Bridge Program established Members of the student group, People for Peace and Justice, interrupt CIA recruiters conducting student interviews, distribute leaflets condemning CIA activities, and attempt to place the recruiters under citizen's arrest Registration by mail for incoming first-year students Online registration system used for schedule adjustment during the first two weeks of the semester Playboy magazine officials cause mild furor when they spend several days on campus interviewing and photographing female students
Thousands of students killed in Tiananmen Square in Peking, China America Online (AOL) makes its debut Bush administration announces an indefinite ban on imports of semiautomatic assault rifles Exxon Valdez crashes and spills oil into Alaskan environmental preserve U.S. Supreme Court rules that an employer has the legal burden of proving that its refusal to hire or promote someone is based on legitimate and not discriminatory reasons For 1989, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 1.02% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) U.S. Supreme Court rules that burning the American flag as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment U.S. Senate approves the Americans with Disabilities Act, forbidding discrimination in employment, public accommodations, transportations and communications Berlin Wall comes down; Communist East Germany throws open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West Pennsylvania becomes the 1st state to restrict abortions after Supreme Court give states the right to do so Miss America beauty pageant begins to require that contestants have an issue on which to speak	1989	Coming Back Together Reunion 3 UC policy changes to allow students IUTing to UC to take up to 11 credits in their first semester; previously, the limit was 6 credits Demand Tracking System (DTS) - registration demand for courses is recorded and communicated back to departments during registration Graduation and Attrition reports are distributed to schools/colleges; they become an annual report series
NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players Syracuse, N.Y. jury convicts graduate student Robert T. Morris of federal computer tampering charges for unleashing a computer worm that crippled a computer network For 1990, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is -2.99% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Nelson Mandela is released from a South African prison after being detained for 27 years as a political prisoner fighting against Apartheid Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan announced the government will propose a more informative food-labeling system that would require the disclosure of the fat, fiber and cholesterol content of nearly all packaged foods Millions of Americans join in a worldwide 20th anniversary celebration of the first Earth Day Trustees of all-women Mills College in Oakland, CA vote to rescind their earlier decision to admit men in the face of heated student protests U.S. minimum wage = $3.80/hour U.S. Congress passes and President George Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The 1st gene therapy experiment takes place at the NIH U.S. Supreme Court decision on the right to die U.S. Justice Department sues the Virginia Military Institute to allow young women entry into the 1300-man institute; in 1996 the U.S. Supreme court will uphold the suit The Human Genome Project begins The two Germanys are united President George Bush declares the 90s as "The Decade of the Brain"	1990	First-Year Student Forums in the College of Arts and Sciences is piloted Shaffer Art Building opens
Abolition of apartheid laws in South Africa Operation Desert Storm begins U.S. minimum wage = $4.25/hour For 1991, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 1.89% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1991	Kenneth Shaw named S.U.'s 10th Chancellor Philosophy professor Laurence Thomas spends $108.03 on a quarter-page advertisement in the Daily Orange to chastise students for their academic indifference Mandate implemented that lower-division courses with enrollments of 50 or more students must also have recitations of not more than 25 First-Year Forum sections or comparable course implemented in all schools and colleges Increasing percentage of UC evening classes taught on the main campus
Clinton(D)* vs. Bush(R) (vs. Ross Perot) Rodney King riots in Los Angeles For 1992, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 4.48% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1992	Chancellor's Report on Restructuring Syracuse University (33 Initiatives) Mid-Semester Progress Reports begin Coming Back Together Reunion 4 Academic Advising - School/College create plans to improve and enhance advising Syracuse Academic Improvement Program (SAIP) begins Chancellor's Scholarship ($8,000) undergraduate merit award is introduced Students are given inquiry access to their registration, grades, address & phone information, advisor assignments, and financial information from the Bursar and Financial Aid systems, through dedicated PCs in various campus locations DARS (the degree audit software from University of Miami of Ohio) is implemented; used by some, but not all schools/colleges Transfer credit policy changes to allow acceptance of credit institutions with national accreditation or programs with professional accreditation; previously, credit could only be accepted from regionally accredited institutions. The Muscular Dystrophy Association Dance Marathon celebrates its 20th anniversary and more than $1 million in contributions
World Trade Center bombing For 1993, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 5.49% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1993	1st reporting of graduation rate statistics in compliance with federal Student-Right-to-Know Act; information made available to prospective and current students Formal Concentrations at the undergraduate level are eliminated (minors remain) Expanded exit interview process is implemented Dean's Scholarship ($6000) undergraduate merit award is introduced Center for Public and Community Service opens to promote volunteer service as a fundamental part of the learning experience of students
For 1994, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 4.77% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1994	Retention and graduation - School/College generate plans to improve undergraduate retention Seana LaPlace becomes the first African-American woman elected president of the Student Government Association MSPRs expanded to include a grade option, to be used at the discretion of faculty, to provide a grade in addition to the satisfactory/unsatisfactory progress designations Leaves of Absence and Withdrawals from the University are redefined. "Leave of Absence - Student-initiated" - designates all student-initiated leaves (previously students who left voluntarily but intended to return to the University were identified with the Withdrawal action) "Withdrawal - University-initiated" - designates all University-initiated leaves (for academic, judicial, or medical reasons) Students are given access to grades by phone
For 1995, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 2.96% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1995	Classes are not scheduled to meet in recognition of the Islamic holy day, Eid Ul-Fitr, for the first time Coming Back Together Reunion 5 Statement on Advising is issued Students given access to their class schedules by phone Registration by phone is implemented for graduate students Otto becomes the University's official mascot
Clinton(D)* vs. Dole(R) (vs. Ross Perot) An estimated 200,000 participants, most of them schoolchildren, gather at the Lincoln Memorial to protest government cuts for social and educational programs San Francisco becomes the first city in the nation to sue the tobacco industry For 1996, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 4.76% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) U.S. unemployment rate is 5.6% President Clinton endorses a national registry to track sexual predators as they cross state lines U.S. Supreme Court orders the Virginia Military Academy to admit women or forgo state support The Citadel votes to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school A U.S. federal advisory panel concludes that high doses of standard birth control pills are safe and effective when used as "morning after" pills following unprotected sex U.S. minimum wage = $4.75/hour Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service, begins A cloned lamb, named Dolly (d.2003) after Dolly Pardon, is born in Edinburgh Scotland A 9,300 year-old skeleton is found at the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA; It became known as the "Kennewick Man" Report issued showing that cervical cancer in women is linked to the human papilloma virus (HPV) The Board of all-male Virginia Military Institute votes to admit women President Clinton signs the new telecommunications bill into law; it includes a subsidy program, "E-Rate," to provide schools with a connection to the Internet Oprah Winfrey, TV show hostess, makes remarks against eating beef on her national program that leads Texas cattle ranchers to file suit against her President Clinton signs a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in (Megan's Law)	1996	Options Program is established S.U. receives the nationally prestigious Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for demonstrating successful innovative faculty development programs that enhance undergraduate education
U.S. minimum wage = $5.15/hour For 1997, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 2.98% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1997	Chancellor's Task Force on Student Retention is established The Division of Student Support and Retention is established Academic Renewal policy is implemented (3.0 R&R) The transcript fee is eliminated Chancellor's Feinstone Grants for Multicultural Initiatives are established Syracuse Area College Community Coalition developes a comprehensive plan to balance enforcement with environmental and educational change. The partnership of community prevention groups, local neighborhood associations, law enforcement agencies, liquor licensees, community agencies, and colleges and universities uses education and enforcement to develop community standards for reducing the harmful and destructive consequences of substance use
President Clinton is impeached, but remains in office For 1998, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 6.22% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1998	Substance Abuse Prevention and Health Enhancement, Twelve-Point Plan is implemented Coming Back Together Reunion 6
For 1999, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 7.30% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	1999	Judicial System Standard Sanctions Program is established Web registration is implemented; phone registration is available to all students Conversion of Student Records to PeopleSoft HRSA system Use of DARS as a degree-audit option is discontinued as the PeopleSoft system is implemented Founder's Scholarship ($12,000) undergraduate merit award is introduced Outside scholarships do not affect loss of aid money given by S.U.
G.W. Bush(R)* vs. Gore(D) For 2000, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 2.09% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	2000	Phone registration and inquiry is discontinued as cost prohibitive; is replaced by web functionality University completes the seven-year Commitment to Learning campaign and exceeds expectations by raising $370 million for student scholarships and other high-priority needs
Terrorists' attack on twin towers, New York City, and the Pentagon 9/11/01 Enron scandal For 2001, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 1.59% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good) Power crisis and rolling blackouts in California	2001	Mental Health Incidents of Students, Division of Student Affairs Protocol for Response is established
Iraq war begins For 2002, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 0.20% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	2002	Coming Back Together Reunion 7 Bias-Related Incidents, Division of Student Affairs Protocol for Response is established
SARS spreads from Asia to the U.S. and Europe For 2003, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 3.57% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	2003	Amicus Curiae brief, S.U. joins institutions filing in support of Michigan Affirmative Action case before the U.S. Supreme Court Development Advisory Council (DAC) established The Lumina grant is awarded with the purpose of allowing a comprehensive three-year study of existing student preparation and transfer programs The Orange Grove is established
G.W. Bush(R)* vs. Kerry(D) For 2004, the annual growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 3.30% (2% growth is considered good; 3% growth is considered very good)	2004	Inaugural year of Chancellor Nancy Cantor as S.U.'s 11th Chancellor
At 6:10 a.m. (CDT), on Monday, August 29, 2005, the eye of a tropical cyclone known as Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaque-Mines Parish, Louisiana, just south of New Orleans	2005	Coming Back Together Reunion 8 Less than 72 hours after landfall, Chancellor Nancy Cantor extended an invitation to affected students to continue their educations at Syracuse University while their stricken campuses recovered. 180 students from Loyola University, Tulane University, and the University of New Orleans took advantage of the offer