'''Syracuse University''' (or SU) is a [[New York]] [[private schools|private]] [[university]] chartered in 1870 by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal Church]].<ref>http://www.syr.edu/aboutsu/chronology/1870.html</ref> The school is located in Syracuse, New York. It currently ranks #50 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>
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'''Syracuse University''' (or SU) is a [[New York]] [[private schools|private]] [[university]] chartered in 1870 by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal Church]].<ref>http://www.syr.edu/aboutsu/chronology/1870.html</ref> The school is located in Syracuse, New York. It currently ranks #50 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> It is also home to two top ranked colleges, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship. Syracuse is well known for its extreme liberal bias among both faculty and student, often allowing professors to teach classes purely to give them a platform for socialist causes.