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Members of SU community, keynote speaker celebrate MLK’s legacy
By Stacy Fernandez staff writer
Marc Lamont Hill said remembrance is important, but that remembrance, celebration and action all come with a price, and Martin Luther King Jr. paid the ultimate price.
Syracuse University held its 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday in the Carrier Dome with about 2,000 people in attendance. The program began at 5:30 p.m., but the doors for the event opened at 4 p.m. Hill, an award-winning journalist, host of HuffPost Live and a BET News and CNN political contributor, was the keynote speaker for the event.
The MLK Celebration was kicked off by a call-to-order video that presented the history of the celebration, highlighting that SU began this celebration in honor of King in 1985 — a year before MLK Day was made a national holiday.
The video made clear that the goal of the celebration from the beginning was to
create an atmosphere where people from separate roads could come together no matter what their religious affiliation was or what community they came from. It was created to be something with lasting value, according to the video.
The video was followed by a performance of the song, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” — also known as the black national anthem — by the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble. During the song, many audience members stood.
Catherine Kellman, the chairwoman of the 2016 MLK Celebration committee, gave the welcome speech for the program.
She said the celebration was not just about that night. The celebration started over a week ago when a group of students, staff and community members placed ribbons on the trees of the Quad in memory of King on the official day of his remembrance.
A video from Chancellor Kent Syverud — which was created in case his flight was delayed — was played next. The chancellor eventually did make it to the event.
“This past year has been particularly
challenging in our nation,” Syverud said in the video. “Lives have been lost, things have been done and said that have produced unrest in many cities across our country and protest in our streets and on many college campuses.”
Syverud said King would have wanted the SU community to be brave and use the day to educate, remember, forgive and — most importantly — to resolve to do better for the future. He added that SU can and will do this.
After Syverud’s message, the audience bowed their heads for a brief prayer recited by Samuel Clemence, interim dean of Hendricks Chapel.
Spoken word poets and SU seniors Rianne Parker and Mariah Scott then performed the poem, “Say It Loud!” The poem critiqued the disparities between the pledge of allegiance and current issues facing black people in the United States.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which we fall, a broken nation, under God, with the invisible with injustice for
SU to hold DPS dialogues
SU aims to improve community police relations with dialogue
By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor
In an effort to improve the relationship between the Department of Public Safety and the Syracuse University community, the university will hold a series of dialogue circles between DPS officers and students.
Although there have not been any recently reported incidents of DPS harassment or the discharge of a weapon on campus, the dialogue circles aim to focus on building relationships and talk about police and community relations nationally and locally, said Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, dean of the Division of Student Affairs, in an email.
if you go
What: First DPS dialogue circle
Where: Hall of Languages
When: Feb. 9
How much: Free with registration
The idea to hold dialogue circles that address DPS and SU community relations came from two students who worked with the former Dean of Hendricks Chapel, Tiffany Steinwert, Kantrowitz said.
Each of the two dialogue circles will have eight to 12 people, Kantrowitz said. She said dialogue circles in small groups of this size are the “most effective.”
The first dialogue circle will start Feb. 9 and continue every Tuesday until March 8. The second will start Feb. 10 and be held every Wednesday until March 9, said Shannon Feeney Andre, communications manager of the Division of Student Affairs.
SU is also holding a similar series of dialogue circles about race and ethnicity on campus. The dialogue circles will be facilitated by InterFaith Works, a local nonprofit that conducts dialogue circles
MARC LAMONT HILL , an award-winning journalist, host of HuffPost Live and a BET News and CNN political contributor, was the keynote speaker during the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday. liam sheehan asst. photo editor
Bad dates inspire SU student’s card game
By Gabrielle Hughes contributing writer
Kyle Ott is developing a party game with spunk.
50 Worst Dates is similar to fan-favorites Cards Against Humanity and Apples to Apples, except the goal is to combine varying traits and situations for the most heinous date possible. One person could be dating a greasy road trucker who lives with his mom, while another could be dating a “douche-y frat guy” who cries during sex, he said.
“Everyone has bad dates. Everyone can laugh at themselves. Why is no one jumping on this?” Ott, a graduate student studying television, radio and film, said about his game.
The game is now being promoted on KickStarter, but it had humble beginnings. Ott started creating the game in August 2015 after he spent back-to-back weekends playing board games with friends.
“It was 2 o’clock in the morning, I had a piece of paper nearby and a stump of a pencil, and I was like, ‘50 Worst Dates … two decks …’ and then I crashed,” he said. Ott first demonstrated the game
at a local convention in November after Sean Branagan, direc
tor of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, said he felt confident the game could be successful. The first prototype started out as a bunch of index cards and magic markers, Ott said.
“I made the game on bus rides to and from class,” he added. “It was terrible, it was awful, but it worked.”
Now that the startup is on Kickstarter, Ott said he hopes it’ll continue to gain popularity, allowing it to be the game that “lets (him) keep making games.”
Ott joined the game business by chance after working as a freelance writer for card and board game companies, and as a website staff writer while getting his undergraduate degree at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland. The English and history major was content enough with being able to afford guacamole with his Chipotle.
“That’s where I got my start,” Ott said, adding that he never thought he’d be in Syracuse or even making board games. “But clearly something worked out, and I’m loving it.”
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Mayor discusses initiatives
Miner addresses Syracuse economy during city address
By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. copy editor
The city of Syracuse must fight to eradicate a concentration of poverty by creating opportunities, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said during her seventh State of the City address Thursday night.
In front of a crowd at the Southwest Community Center, Miner dedicated her hour-long speech to economic development, investment in infrastructure and education.
“We must actively, thoughtfully and doggedly pursue the future we want for our city and the people who live here,” Miner said. “We must continually commit ourselves to the work of lifting up our community.”
Miner acknowledged in the address that Syracuse was the subject of studies last year regarding the growing rate of extreme poverty and its effects along the racial and ethnic lines.
Syracuse has the highest rates of poverty among blacks and Hispanics in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau data shows 34.6 percent of the population in Syracuse lived below the poverty level between 2009 and 2013.
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The percentage of the population in Syracuse that lived below the poverty level between 2009-13, according to the United States Census Bureau
“It has been sobering to absorb all the statistics that have come to light in 2015, but the truth is these numbers are a confirmation of what most of us have known all our lives,” Miner said. “Our community’s economic and social struggles are nothing new and were part of why many of us chose to engage in public life in the first place.”
Miner mentioned an order she issued last fall that increased the minimum wage for city workers to $15 an hour, saying investment of public dollars should support economic
Partners in crime
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Students receive sorority bids
“Welcome to Bid Day!”
Goldstein Auditorium erupted in screams.
After two weeks of recruitment, the potential new members of the 12 Panhellenic sororities at Syracuse University were finally awarded their bids on Sunday afternoon.
The excitement in the room
was electric; sorority members lined the balcony of the auditorium, singing and dancing along to the music while girls rushed in clutching the white envelopes in which the name of their house was held.
All 12 houses were present during the ceremony, including: Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha
The number of Panhellenic sororities at SU 12
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Students drink more while abroad
By Kennedy Rose staff writer
American students feel more inclined to excessively drink when studying abroad, a recent survey from On Call International has found.
Fifty percent of respondents said they consumed more alcohol when abroad and 11 percent said they’ve “blacked out” more often while abroad than they did when at home in the United State. The study defines “blacking out” as binge drinking “to the point of memory impairment.”
The survey attributes this excessive drinking to the leniency of alcohol consumption laws in other countries. But Syracuse University Abroad staff members as well as a student who has studied abroad claim that being abroad is not the cause.
“I think the fact that the United States’ drinking age is 21 means almost nothing to college students,” said Jenn Horvath, man-
ager of marketing and communications at SU Abroad. She added that American college culture encourages drinking, whether the drinking age makes it legal for students to drink or not.
We do expect you to not act like the binge-drinking, U.S., stereotypical college kid on a study abroad program.
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Hughes case manager at su abroad
To prevent excessive drinking while abroad, the SU Abroad program maintains “an ongoing conversation” about the dangers of excessive drinking with students and contextualizes it in the setting of the country the students are traveling to, Horvath said.
Bridget Hughes, case manager
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at SU Abroad, prepares students before sending them to a different country. Since excessive drinking isn’t accepted in other countries, Hughes said the SU Abroad program does pre-departure preparation with students in terms of what is acceptable in the country they’re traveling to and what isn’t.
“I wouldn’t say (excessive drinking is) a problem for students who go abroad specifically,” Hughes said. “I think it’s across the board among all college students. That’s what they engage in when they’re on a college campus.”
Hughes said the SU Abroad program heavily focuses on responsibility within the context of the country.
“We don’t expect you to not enjoy a glass of wine with your host family, because that’s the culture (there),” Hughes said. “But we do expect you to not act like the binge-drinking, U.S., stereotypical college kid on a study abroad program.” krose100@syr.edu
Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near campus this week, according to police bulletins:
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
A Syracuse man, 16, was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to a police bulletin. when: Monday at 2 a.m. where: 503 Eucllid Ave.
HARASSMENT
A Syracuse woman, 17, who lives on Euclid Avenue, was arrested and charged with harassment, according to a police bulletin. when: Thursday at 1 p.m. where: 3100 block of E. Genesee Street
A Syracuse man, 16, was arrested and charged with harassment in the second degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Wednesday at 8:40 p.m. where: 1200 block of Euclid Avenue
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD
A North Syracuse man, 51, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday at 11 a.m. where: 700 block of Harrison Street
A Syracuse man, 37, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and harassment in the second degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. where: 200 block of Harrison Street
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
A freshman in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, 18, was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, according to a police bulletin. when: Tuesday where: The Mount
SOUND REPRODUCTION
A Syracuse man, 22, was ticketed on the charge of sound reproduction, according to a police bulletin. when: Monday at 7:13 p.m. where: 200 block of Westcott Street
PUT UNDER HARASSMENT
A Syracuse man, 25, was arrested and charged with harassment in the second degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 4:55 a.m. where: 100 block of Chester Street — Compiled by Justin Mattingly, managing editor, jmatting@syr.edu, @jmattingly306
Sisters of the Alpha Phi sorority at Syracuse University welcomed members of this year’s pledge class outside of their house on Walnut Place on Sunday after the women received their bids.
Trump best fit to lead GOP heading into election voting
The Iowa caucus is finally upon us and Donald Trump is the best choice for the Republican Party in the 2016 presidential election.
Is he the most conservative candidate? No. Has he made some foolish comments? Yes. But these are not the be-all and endall. In the search for a president, it’s important to look for someone who displays strength during tough times, has superior knowledge of economics and shows passion for the well-being of the citizens of the United States. All of these are traits embodied by Trump more than anyone else in the Republican field.
As a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s esteemed business college, The Wharton School, Trump is the best candidate to fix the economy.
He is a billionaire businessman who has faced adversity from competitors around the globe. Trump has driven his company to greatness in the face of opposition. Hopefully, he will do the same for the country.
As stated on Trump’s website, big corporations who decide to ditch the United States for Chinese labor will be taxed heavily. Apart from keeping more Americans working every year, Trump’s critically acclaimed tax plan will aid middle income families by drastically lowering taxes. He has also pledged to simplify our extremely complex tax code so that more people can understand how much they’re paying and why.
The best part of it all is that Trump has said he is self-funding his campaign. If Trump becomes president, he has the freedom to look out for the common people.
In addition to tax reform, Trump has
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also set the tone for the Republicans on education and illegal immigration. After getting a positive response from voters, several Republicans have piggybacked on Trump’s idea to build a wall between the United States and Mexico as well as to crack down on illegal immigrants already in the country.
No, it’s not constitutional to survey mosques or ban Muslims, and it’s ethically wrong to degrade reporters. So it’s understandable why people may shy away from supporting Trump in his run for president. However, most of Trump’s tactics have been for the better.
In a statement denouncing the Republican hopeful, the Syracuse University College Republicans recently stated, “The GOP could become the party of fear and anger, or the GOP could use this opportunity to redefine itself as the party of reform and opportunity.”
The problem with this reasoning is twofold. First, many Americans fear the national security threats facing the country. Secondly, reform is exactly what Trump is aiming for now. Especially for the Republican Party, the system in Washington is broken, and Trump has demonstrated that he is the one to invoke the much-needed change.
That’s why he is the best candidate to make America great again.
Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and political science minor. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at kdoconno@syr.edu.
liberal Clinton deserves nomination for passion, political experience
When I walk into the booth to make a decision as to who I want to sit at the head of the table, I will be voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As someone respected by both her supporters and opponents, the former secretary of state has always been a tour de force. Essentially, it was her qualifications that got me excited. She was the secretary of state, a senator, a first lady.
Her support for reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, equal pay for women, gun control, ending sexual assault on college campuses, disability rights, the working class and lowering college costs made her a candidate I could get behind. She speaks for the silent and has the power to get things done.
Volunteering at the Hillary Clinton campaign headquarters in Brooklyn this past summer was an experience that opened my eyes to inner workings of a political gamechanger’s campaign and to the beauty of American politics. I was able to see how hardworking, loyal and brilliant Clinton really is.
She makes concerted efforts to work for every American, especially those who have been sidelined, on the issues they care about. She thoroughly does her homework to make informed decisions she can defend with pride. As a feminist, I would be proud to have a woman like the former secretary as the leader of a world that is truly free.
While her main opponent, Bernie Sanders, goes after Clinton mainly for the money she has received in the past from big businesses. Clinton’s source of funding is a realistic concern, but one to which Clinton has responded with the utmost poise, certainty and confidence — characteristics that do not even hover near the Republican candidates.
Republicans zealously go after Clinton
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in the only way that their arguments would have a stand: they attack Clinton for her personality and her past. They go after her for Benghazi, her emails and worst of all, for her husband’s extramarital affairs while he held office. They cannot go after her qualifications, her policy or her accomplishments because she would win that debate.
With her emails in particular, many Republicans have employed a rhetoric that connotes Clinton with negativity and falsification. The email issue is one that is hard to understand and seems to change by the week. It is an issue to watch, but not one to define a decision.
The Obama administration has made huge strides in the last eight years with health care, education, gay marriage, minimizing wars, opening up dialogue about gun violence, among many others. Clinton believes that the progress made on such controversial topics, especially with those on the other side of the aisle, should be built upon rather than gutted and renovated completely, as she believes Sanders is proposing to do.
In contrast, her realistic sense, the result of her experiences in two branches of government, have given her the means to accomplish her goals in Washington and around the world.
So while I’ll be voting for Clinton because I think she will do the most, improve the most and be the most, you should think long and hard about who you’re voting for and why.
Joanna Orland is a freshman newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at jorland@syr.edu.
Trumping the GOP
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Infrastructure aid could boost economy
The United States Conference of Mayors still sees the shadow of recession cast over Syracuse and warns of five more years until an ailing city can get back on its feet.
A recent study conducted by the group focuses primarily on employment and the time it will take for those numbers to return to their pre-2008 levels. Syracuse lost 13,000 jobs in the two-year recession period, a nearly 4 percent decline in the total number of urban employment. Many of these jobs came from the manufacturing sector, and their return is doubtful.
This news came before Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s State of the City address on Thursday in which she announced her plans to focus on repairing the city’s decrepit infrastructure. Miner’s hope is that this initiative will make life in the city both easier for citizens and more attractive to prospective businesses.
Addressing the city’s infrastructure is a bold move to tackle the city’s continuing economic problems. If the city can cash in on the wave of technological advancement, as it is planning to do, it can create a stable infrastructure that has the longevity to span well into the future. Once this problem is confronted, Syracuse will have a strong base to focus on other problems plaguing the city.
Syracuse has disappointingly won the mantle of highest poverty concentration in an urban setting among blacks and Hispanics in the United States, according to the results of study on poverty demographics conducted by The Century Foundation.
In addition to “white flight” to the suburbs and a concentration of public housing in the city itself rather than outlying areas, the Syracuse area proves to be weak
when it comes to supporting the jobs it does have, though fixing the problem is as daunting as it is paramount to the city’s success.
Paul Driscoll, Syracuse’s commissioner of neighborhood and business development, addressed this study in an interview with Syracuse.com conducted in September 2015.
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“We’re just looking to address what cities can do to address poverty. We’re finding we’re pretty limited in what we can do,” he said.
“We deal with the consequences at the local level, but a lot of these problems have to be dealt with at the state and federal level.”
State level assistance is precisely what central New York has been offered as Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced a proposal to award $500,000 grants to New York state’s 10 poorest cities, including Syracuse. This is in addition to $500 million grant awarded to central New York in late 2015 by the state. This stimulus’ purpose is to improve the regional economy and lift people out of poverty.
Indeed it seems state or federal money is something Syracuse can’t get enough of. The city itself is in need of extensive logistical repair including water mains, roads and sewer systems as well as the beefing up emergency services and personnel. These are prob -
lems the city plans to have solved in the coming years, if Miner’s address is realized.
Abdulaziz Shifa, an assistant professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, explained that the lack of jobs is one of the major factors that has caused this extreme poverty rating, as well as Syracuse’s excruciatingly slow economic recovery.
“One explanation for the continued recession is that businesses — specifically industry — take recessions as an opportunity to relocate,” said Shifa.
Moving forward the city should create a reliable, trained workforce from its citizens and take on the problems of unemployment by moving to fix infrastructure to create a conducive atmosphere for businesses of all types and generate local jobs in the meantime.
It is important for our city and community to recognize the causes of our economic strife and work toward preventing future suffering. We must also consider how this recent news will affect both future plans and projects currently in development and yet to be conceived. The Syracuse community must continue down the path our county and state have started on and use the money we’ve been given to invest in human resources to strengthen our infrastructure.
These issues will indeed require much investment and time, but Syracuse must be rebuilt from the bottom up if we are to ever see the return of prominent industry and business.
Theo Horn is a sophomore political science and public policy dual major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at tahorn@syr.edu.
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SU should host State of the University address
Hosting a State of the University address at Syracuse University would provide an opportunity to reflect on, outline and preface chief initiatives concerning the university community.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner hosted her seventh State of the City address Thursday night, falling in line with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in January. And while some peer institutions, including Cornell University and Northwestern University, host student- and faculty-aimed addresses, SU has failed to offer one in recent years.
SU should work to revive the State of the University address at a time when increased “communication” and “transparency” are buzzwords on campus. These terms have been used frequently by students and faculty alike who have cited lapses in accessibility within the administration over the course of the past several semesters.
To require SU’s chancellor to host an hour-long informational speech in Hendricks Chapel at the start of each academic semester would address university-wide initiatives, problems and agendas. This opportunity would also give the university community a chance to hold the administration accountable.
A formal address would differentiate itself from other dialogue spaces on campus by providing the university’s chancellor with an outlet to acknowledge topics that affect the entirety, or major sectors, of the university body rather
than a select group. Because of this, these environments should be meant to share information, as opposed to remaining open to garner input or answer questions.
While this could fuel frustrations regarding a lack of voice on behalf of students, staff and faculty in these spaces, the State of the University disclosure could be followed up with select town hall meetings to answer direct questions that stem from the address.
In this same way, the initiation of a biannual appearance from the chancellor could also peak student interest to engage with small-scale listening sessions and contribute more of their feedback on university matters — something the university has been actively seeking out despite a consistent trend of low attendance to these forums.
On a national basis, the people of the United States turn to the State of the Union for updates to serve the same purpose the campus climate is currently lacking. On a local basis, in no way can reintroducing a State of the University to SU bring any harm.
Facilitating this platform once everyone has returned to campus would allow the chance to reflect on the past semester and provide a primer on a forward-looking note. Even more importantly, to require SU’s leadership to assert the state of university affairs would allow the administration to set the tone of the university with clarity, rather than leave the campus community to question it.
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Library installs machine to self-checkout books
By Stacy Fernandez staff writer
Syracuse University’s Bird Library has recently introduced new self-checkout machines that can be used after the desk staff has left for the night.
Bird is the largest library on the SU campus, housing materials from the humanities and social sciences. Monday through Thursday the main floor of the library is open 24 hours a day with the service desk open from 8 a.m. until midnight, according to the SU Libraries website. This leaves an eight-hour period without any desk staff.
The desk is only staffed until midnight, so if they are in the library and the desk closes they could checkout their own books.
The self-checkout machines were introduced so that students could still check out books during this time gap.
“The desk is only staffed until midnight, so if they are in the library and the desk closes they could checkout their own books,” said Laura Benjamin, the access and resource sharing office supervisor for SU Libraries.
Benjamin said she has also seen a lot
of people using the machines because they don’t want to wait in line or because they want to be self-sufficient.
The checkout machine was installed the week before classes started for the spring 2016 semester.
During that time, Benjamin said the library was transferring over to a new radio frequency identification system (RFID), which combats theft of library materials.
Benjamin said there used to be a selfcheckout machine before Bird Library was renovated last year. But, she said, a lot of students missed the machine and were asking for its return.
There is currently one machine in Bird and one in Carnegie Library.
The machines are located in front of the circulation desks inside each of the respective libraries.
To use the machines, students simply follow the instructions on the screen, Benjamin said.
Since the machine has RFID technology, users can put their whole stack of books inside of it and they will be read all at once, she added.
The machine allows for students to check out and renew books as well as review their accounts to see when books are due or if they have any fines. Fines cannot be paid at the machine, though, Benjamin said. Students need to go to the circulation desk to pay the fine.
There have been no problems with the machine so far, Benjamin said, but there are currently no plans to get more machines.
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all,” was the beginning of the poem.
Black Legacy, an all-male a cappella group, followed with their rendition of the popular song, “Glory,” by John Legend.
Danielle Reed, the first ever student speaker at the celebration, introduced Hill as the keynote speaker of the event.
Reed began with a quote by King saying, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
She then asked the audience to close their eyes, take a deep breath, put their politics aside and imagine a country with no guns — where people see each other as equal and work together to help one another. She said to imagine a country with no prisons or jails — where people realize that locking up millions of people does not solve the root of the problem.
Reed said this imagined society is one that civil rights activists, educators and intellectuals like Hill dream of.
“Marc Lamont Hill’s speeches on social justice and civil rights issues embody this year’s theme of activism and agency for the future, because he critically analyzes where we’ve been, where we are now and where we need to go,” Reed said.
Following Reed’s introduction, Hill
took the stage and said it was amazing that there were so many people in attendance. He was genuinely moved to be a part of the event, he said.
Hill brought the focus to what King’s message and goal was beyond “sitting together like it’s a GAP commercial.” He interjected anecdotes from King himself as well as tying in current issues including the Black Lives Matter movement, the problems facing Flint, Michigan, and the flawed democratic system.
“We live in a country that doesn’t just grow old but that can also grow up,” Hill said.
Hill challenged the audience to imagine a different world without the constraints of what is now and instead imagine what has not yet happened.
If people truly want to make a difference and act bravely, Hill said they must destroy the concept of the self because true bravery is becoming part of an organization or a movement to make a change that is greater than one person.
Hill received a standing ovation that lasted almost a full minute for his speech.
The Unsung Hero Awards were then presented to five members of the SU community. Each person was introduced with a personalized video highlighting and explaining what work they do and why they deserved the award..
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intended to “break down barriers among people and get people to understand each other and their stories,” said Peter Willner, director of the Center for Dialogue at InterFaith Works.
“Through the dialogue process, it’s revealed that people have more in common than in difference with each other,” Willner said. “People get to know each other, hear each other’s stories and build trust to have conversations about often difficult topics, like, for example, public safety on the SU campus.”
When there is a difference between people, he added, it is important to “respect those differences.”
The circles will be led by two facilitators from InterFaith Works who “contain the conversation and keep it moving forward,” Willner said.
“The participants are the real experts in their own stories,” he added. “Dialogue, in a
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empowerment for those who work in the public service field.
On the issue of homelessness, Miner said the number of occupied shelter beds in Syracuse dropped from 600 a night to 380 during the first week of January. Miner said this happened because of the “housing first” model in which professional caseworkers re-house the homeless families with children into permanent housing.
Miner also said veteran homelessness in Syracuse reached “functional zero” status, meaning homeless veterans who are in need of shelter will have access to a support network to ensure permanent housing within 45 days.
On the subject of infrastructure, Miner said the city will pilot sensor technology in the downtown area in the spring to detect leaks and upload the information collected to a web-based system to identify problem locations.
“By detecting leaks before they become breaks, the city will spend less in materials
lot of ways, is the direct opposite of debate.” Willner, who used to work as a senior policy analyst at a nonprofit aimed at improving the justice system, said the dialogue circles are not just “all talk.” People feel heard and listened to at the end of dialogue and recognize assumptions they’ve made about other people, he said.
“Dialogue is not just talk,” he added. “In a lot of ways, it’s the opposite, it’s about listening.”
Although the goal of the dialogue circles is not to implement a new policy, dialogue circles in general can sometimes lead to concrete solutions, Willner said.
“The dialogue process is something where you need to build trust and understanding so you can build the platform on which policy reform, if that’s what might happen, can happen,” he said.
Students can sign up to participate in the DPS dialogue circles at the Division of Student Affairs Website.
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and labor,” Miner said. “This represents a fundamental shift, from an almost entirely reactive approach, to a more proactive management standard.”
Miner added that the city will be using sensors to collect data on the bumpiness and roughness of roads. This data will be used to prioritize street repair.
Miner also said the high school dropout rate fell from 26 percent in 2008 to 16 percent this year, despite the Syracuse City School District meeting challenges such as the implementation of the Common Core, teacher evaluations and underfunding. The graduation rate in the Syracuse City School District is improving, Miner said.
Syracuse officials will hire 25 new police officers in March and 25 new firefighters in April, Miner said.
Additionally, Miner encouraged community members to review a report drafted by the citizen group Consensus that proposed the merging of the administration, the police department and the court system between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.
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SUNY-ESF president names beetle after SUNY chancellor
By Taylor Watson staff writer
The president of SUNY-ESF recently reported the discovery of a new genus and new species beetle — and named it after his boss.
The newly described beetle has the official name of Zimpherus nancae, named after State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher.
“The new species is elegant in appearance and graceful in motion, but the similarity to Chancellor Zimpher ends there,” said Quentin Wheeler, president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in a press release on the SUNY-ESF website.
A species named for a woman ends in ‘-ae’, and “nancae” is pronounced the same as Nancy, Wheeler said. Wheeler presented Zimpher with a framed image of the beetle during a meeting in Albany, according to the release.
“(I) felt (Zimpher’s) attentiveness, as well as her superb leadership of the State University of New York, deserved recognition,” Wheeler said. “For a taxonomist, what better way to say ‘thank you’ than with the name of a new species?”
Wheeler reported the discovery alongside Kelly Miller, an associate professor
at the University of New Mexico, in the December 2015 issue of “The Coleopterists Bulletin,” according to BioOne.org.
The yellow-brown beetle is native to the Amazon Rainforest in southern Venezuela, near the border with Brazil. It was discovered among specimens collected from the rainforest, according to the release.
For a taxonomist, what better way to say ‘thank you’ than with the name of a new species?
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Despite its size of less than one-tenth of an inch in length, it is a ferocious predator of other aquatic invertebrates. Its largest relatives are nearly two inches in length and have been known to attack fish larger than themselves, according to the release.
The discovery of such viscous beetles can be vital in some areas of the world, including China, Thailand, New Guinea and Mexico, according to the release. Situations may become extremely dangerous when people eat preda-
ceous diving beetles, according to the release.
With the naming of a new species comes a holotype, which is a single specimen that serves as an international standard of the species with which the name is forever associated. The holotype of “Zimpherus nancae” is located in the Venezuelan city of Maracay at the Central University of Venezuela’s Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yepez, according to the release.
It is not uncommon to discover new species; about 50 new species are discovered each day, Wheeler said.
This is not the first experience Wheeler has had with discovery. He has named more than 100 new species, according to syracuse.com.
Wheeler has been known to get creative with the name-choosing process. In 2005, he and a colleague named three newly-discovered beetles after then-President George W. Bush, then-Vice President Dick Cheney and then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The beetles were named Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, and Agathidium rumsfeldi, according to syracuse.com.
“I am passionate about species exploration,” Wheeler said. “… Earth’s animals and plants can teach us about better ways to meet human needs while at the same time conserving biodiversity.”
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Kappa Kappa Gamma wore camouflagethemed hats and shirts with the phrase “Kappa Strong,” while members of Gamma Phi Beta wore shirts that read “Nothing shines brighter than a heart of gold” with gold accessories to match.
Once all potential new members were in their seats, the identities of this year’s Rho Gammas were revealed. Rho Gammas are representatives from every sorority that guide potential new members
through the recruitment process. Their identities are kept a secret until bid day, when they are finally permitted to show off their house pride.
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Rho Gammas are representatives from each sorority that guide potential new members through the recruitment process without revealing their sorority identity. Rho Gammas reveal what sorority they are in on Bid Day.
Following the reveal, potential new members were dismissed alphabetically to different classrooms around campus to receive the appropriate Bid Day shirt for their respective sorority. Once the shirts were distributed, potential new members ran from campus to the appropriate house, where sisters were eagerly waiting outside to welcome them.
“I’m really excited for the new pledge class because we’ve got to pass on the traditions and teach them how to be a Theta,” said Haley Murphy, a junior television, radio and film major and sister of Kappa Alpha Theta. Murphy added that she is excited “to
show more Theta love across campus.”
Once the potential new members arrived at their respective houses, hugs ensued, gifts were distributed and photos upon photos were taken in attempt to remember the moment as long as possible.
Dianna Devito, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences who received her bid for Alpha Epsilon Phi, said she is excited for the new connections the greek community will bring her.
“I’m so happy to have a bunch of new sisters to bond with and connect with,” Devito said. brkenned@syr.edu
Kappa Alpha Theta sisters pose on top of a Jeep with floral decorations that went along with the sorority’s theme for the Bid Day celebration. All 12 Panhellenic sororities at Syracuse University had different themes and greeted potential new members on Sunday afternoon with cheers and hugs.
Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters gather outside of their house on Walnut Place with balloons and decorations to welcome new members.
Alpha Phi sisters run to their sorority house after bids were announced in Goldstein Auditorium inside the Schine Student Center on Sunday.
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BEHIND THE SCREENS
The Black Arts Studio creates screen prints, apparel for local Syracuse community
By Alex Erdekian asst. web editor
Rock music blares as a bearded man is hard at work, preparing a printing press for action. Dark-colored graphic T-shirts and posters are scattered on the walls of the studio. A blue and white hand-painted sign reads, “Get Sh*t Done.”
The same process he is engaged in is also used to make the buttons on a microwave, the back defroster on a car or the design on a band T-shirt. Screen printing is a technique that is everywhere, but is rarely thought about by the people using these products.
For Aaron Jenkins, screen printing is more than an overlooked detail — it’s his artistic technique and career. He owns a screen printing shop, The Black Arts Studio, which specializes in printing textiles and graphics. He prints T-shirts, apparel and posters, often for local businesses and bands. This year, he’s set a new goal: creating a print of his own artwork every month.
Screen printing is a process that uses mesh to transfer an ink design onto a surface, using blocks or a stencil.
“The actual printing process
itself, once you get started, it’s like meditation. Once you go through the motion of printing, you don’t even notice the time going by,” Jenkins said. “And at the end you have a final product to show for it.”
Located in the Delavan Center, a multi-use complex near the Nancy Cantor Warehouse with several studio spaces, Jenkins has no shortage of artistic neighbors to chat about his work with. Cayetano Valenzuela is an artist working in the Delavan who is a good friend of Jenkins’ and a collaborative partner.
Valenzuela’s business, Black Rabbit Studio, specializes in handlettering and graphic design. Some of his most popular works are the hand-crafted signs he creates for local businesses.
The neighboring artists’ latest collaboration is The Black Days Project, titled because of the word “black” in both of their business names. The sequence of Jenkins’ work tells a story, while Valenzuela’s pieces each stand alone, but also work as a collection.
Jenkins’ January print is a black and white scratchboard illustration of a burning house with a small part of a fictional story written at the bottom. For the same month, Valenzuela’s
created a four-color drawing of a burning ship with the words “sink or swim” in a gothic script.
For his art, Jenkins typically uses a pen and ink, scratchboard — a material used for etching — or Photoshop. He gets inspiration from album art, and said he likes to incorporate skull motifs into his work.
On Saturday, the pair printed their second pieces. They plan on holding an art show for the project
the neighborhood
Jenkins paired up with neighboring Black Rabbit Studios to create original prints every month, culminating in a year-end gallery.
bought & sold
Prints from The Black Arts Studio can be found on T-shirts and other apparel for local punk bands.
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Many of Jenkins’ clients are people he knows from the punk rock scene, like bandmates Jesse Daino and Graham Reynolds of Recess Coffee House.
at the end of the year and selling all of their prints as posters. Right now, posters are sold online, in each of their shops and at craft fairs.
“It’s a way for us to really push each other to create artwork that people can afford,” Valenzuela said, adding that an original artwork could cost around $200, but a reproduction, such as a poster, typically costs $30.
Even though Valenzuela and Jenkins are neighbors now, their relationship began before they were working in the same building.
Years ago, they both were involved in the central New York punk music scene, with Jenkins in
a band and Valenzuela frequently attending shows. They both draw their aesthetic from grungy, gothic album art, adding another layer to their shared passions of creating art and collecting posters.
Jenkins’ music career in a hardcore metal band Ed Gein was what originally lead him to transition into screen printing. He and his friends named the band after the serial killer because they used to spend weekends watching horror movies. Gein was the inspiration for some of the villains from their favorite movies, such as “Silence of
AARON JENKINS owns a screen printing shop, where he turns out T-shirts
posters
businesses
bands, in addition to his own artwork. He plans out designs with simply a pen and paper, but sometimes turns to a scratchboard
Adobe Photoshop to etch out what’s inside his head. jingyu wan contributing photographer
AARON JENKINS screen prints posters that are sold online, in his shop and at craft fairs. jingyu wan contributing photographer
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SU alumnus travels to Iowa promoting game, podcast
By Kathryn Krawcyzk co-feature editor
With presidential campaign headquarters in Iowa scrambling to prepare for the first caucus of this election season, the last thing they want are strangers stopping by their office. So when Syracuse University alumnus Justin Robert Young, who created the political card game The Contender with John Teasdale, dropped off boxes of the game at every candidate’s headquarters, many weren’t exactly pleased.
“Some campaigns are super excited to see you and to get a free game, and they’re super excited that you came in, and some of them are the absolute opposite,” Young said. He added that some act as if they’d like to say, “Thank you for your game, we’re going to inspect it for anthrax and make sure someone trails you out of the parking lot.”
After The Contender’s successful Kickstarter campaign ended in August 2015 with 950 percent it’s target amount raised, Young continued on the political trail and left his day job to start the one-man podcast “Politics Politics Politics” in October.
Young, who is originally from California, traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday with Teasdale, co-creator of the game, to promote The Contender and get closer to the topics he’s covering in the podcast.
With Monday’s Iowa caucus marking the start of the 2016 primary and caucus season, Young said this is where the fun of the race really starts.
“Politics Politics Politics” brings humor to the political sphere in a way that’s different to most shows. Instead of punchlines that call out the other side’s stupidity, Young said he looks at the “inherent silliness” of everything.
The entire podcast can be summed up in the “poll dance” segment, Young said. In one of the most popular parts of the show, he takes on the voice of a strip club DJ and reads results from the latest polls in a way that makes them sound more exciting than they actually are.
“It’s the spirit animal for the ‘Politics Politics Politics show,’” Young said.
Young said he keeps the show impartial, equally criticizing and defending candidates on both sides of the aisle. He chalks this up to the fact that he loves politics but
side. Eventually, he reached a point where he could make a bigger profit independently.
really doesn’t care about government itself; he’s more interested in the horse race than watching a bill become a law.
Des Moines is the place to be for selfproclaimed politics nerds like Teasdale and Young. When candidates arrived for the Jan. 28 Fox News GOP debate, media sources flooded in to cover it and the caucus. Young said he can’t turn on the radio or TV without being flooded by political ads.
This is especially great for Young, as he said campaign ads are one of his favorite things to dissect on the show.
“It’s like the McRib of television art,” Young said. “It’s not around all the time but when it is, I can’t get it fast enough.”
Attack ads are especially interesting, as candidates say things that could start a bar fight and then respectfully acknowledge each other the next day in a debate, Young said.
But no matter what presidential candidates do, if it gets people talking, Young will probably discuss it on “Politics Politics Politics.” He’s always excited to see what attention-seeking stunts candidates will pull next, especially since so many things they do, don’t fit their personalities.
“This has definitely been the election where, because Obama won twice, everyone wants to put out a backwards hat and outskateboard each other, everyone wants to write the first all-emoji State of the Union,” Young said.
With so many media sources spotlighting Iowa, there’s always an outlet for candidates to try and revamp their image. But this hub of media attention also makes Iowa the perfect place to promote the Contender and build content for “Politics Politics Politics.” Young and Teasdale have kept busy during downtime between the debate and the caucus. They’ve stopped at every candidate’s office to drop off games and worked to generate media attention. Right now, The Contender can only be bought online, but a store in Des Moines placed the first wholesale order so it can sell the game in stores.
“We’re definitely running our own mini campaign around the great state of Iowa,” Teasdale said.
But today, caucus day, Teasdale and Young are ready to just enjoy the craziness of politics.
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the Lambs” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
Out of high school, when Ed Gein was frequently on tour, Jenkins, who had a flair for drawing and art since he was a child, asked himself about printing the band’s T-shirts and artwork, ‘Why are we paying someone else do this? I could do this.’
Soon, he began teaching himself the basics of screen printing and getting part time printing jobs between tours. He took a job managing a screen printing shop, which he had for seven years while doing his own work on the
“The more I learned about (screen printing), the more I realized how versatile it is,” Jenkins said. “It’s a very simple technique in one regard and complicated in another. It’s this crazy mix of art and science.”
To this day, he still prefers to print for local musicians over almost any other clients. He said that if he has the option, he doesn’t take jobs that he’s not interested in, such as printing for sports teams or schools.
“It’s kind of a tight-knit community based around music that I’m mostly printing for,” Jenkins said.
The Black Arts Studio prints for Strong Hearts Cafe, Recess Coffee House, Gorham Brothers Music and local hardcore metal/ punk bands — a list of clients that frequently overlaps with those of Black Rabbit Studio. The two businesses work together, often referring clients to the other so that Jenkins is printing Valenzuela’s designs.
Just like the pair know each other from the punk scene, much of their business comes from it, too. Jesse Daino and Graham Reynolds, Jenkins’ fellow band members, are the owner and manager of Recess Coffee House. The owners of Gorham Brothers Music, a guitar shop just off Erie Boulevard,
were also playing in a band called The Engineer when Jenkins’ band was touring.
Valenzuela said that this group of local clients and business owners share the values of punk culture with him and Jenkins, such as what he described as their “DIY ethic.” Many clients they know from the music scene went on to become self-starters and entrepreneurs. While they all began making music or going to shows, many of them graduated to starting their own businesses and working for themselves. Said Valenzuela: “When we’re young we go to punk shows, and when we’re older we build stuff.”
Joey’s serves up classic Italian fare while offering two options for price and setting
By Casey Russell contributing writer
As a born and raised Italian, dining hall spaghetti and “sauce” makes me weep. So of course, when given the chance to enjoy a real, slow-simmered marinara, I couldn’t possibly say no.
Joey’s Italian Restaurant might be out of the way for most Syracuse University students. It is located on Thompson Road, right off the Carrier rotary on I-90. Younger students or students without a car would most likely have to pay for a cab to get there, which can be expensive. However, any connoisseur of Italian food would definitely not regret going out of their way for one of these meals.
Joey’s offers two styles of dining in the same restaurant. On the ground floor, Pronto Joey’s offers what their website describes as an “an Italian American Bistro.” The atmosphere is modern with a Paris art nouveau touch added by the prints on the walls. Their menu is slightly more casual and cheaper than their traditional menu downstairs, though it still offers most of the same choices. This option is probably better for college students, especially given the price difference.
Downstairs in the basement, which is affectionately dubbed Joey’s Classic, one will find a traditional Italian restaurant. The food is still reasonably priced,
but nevertheless more expensive than upstairs. Down in this traditional venue is where I got my meal.
The atmosphere downstairs is dark, given that there are no windows. Some might find it a little too dim, but personally, I thought it was nice touch. Coupled with the dark paneling and leafy carpet pattern, the restaurant gave off a Godfather-meetsNorth End-meets-speakeasy vibe.
meal breakdown
• Calamari with lemon and marinara sauce
• Stuffed mushroom with goat cheese
• Homemade fettuccine with red sauce and meatballs
The menu is gigantic, both physically and in terms of selection. In addition to standard Italian fare like chicken parmesan, fettuccine alfredo and ravioli, Joey’s also boasts a decent selection of old world Italian dishes. They serve beef and veal braciola, which is a steak-like meat filled with egg or parmesan cheese, as well as cannelloni, which is similar to manicotti. On the menu, there was also a sizeable selection of traditional French dishes, like escargot, French onion soup and a “shrimp francaise,” shrimp sautéed with egg and butter and served with a lemon white wine sauce. I must admit that I thought these dishes were slightly out of place, given the huge emphasis on traditional Italian fare.
I started with some calamari — fried squid — served with lemon and a variation of marinara sauce. The meat was lightly fried and flavorful, but I was not a fan. They were rubbery and chewy, not the same consistency as other calamari I have eaten.
I also tried a piece of stuffed mushroom, filled with goat cheese, peppers, onions, spinach and prosciutto. It was very good, but there was a lot of goat cheese, which many palettes would find overpowering.
For my main entrée, I ate Joey’s homemade fettuccine served with red sauce and a meatball. The sauce was fantastically fresh; I could practically taste an entire clove of garlic on my plate. In traditional Italian fashion, my hands still smelt like garlic after I finished the meal. The pasta was delicious, dare I say even better than everyone’s favorite homemade macaroni at Pastabilities.
The meatball the chefs made was gigantic, bigger than any meatball I’d ever seen. It was tasty, but I wasn’t able to cut it with the side of my fork, a sign that it wasn’t quite as tender as the meatballs I grew up with.
Overall, I deem Joey’s a fine establishment. Their prices may be a little less than affordable, and its location slightly out of the way. But the drawbacks are insignificant compared to its delicious dishes, and it was nice to get out of the dining hall for some real pasta.
Joey’s Italian Restaurant offers a casual dining setting on the ground floor with a modern atmosphere and cheaper food options. In the basement, Joey’s takes on a fancier setting, emulating a traditional Italian restaurant in both its darker decor and homemade pasta dishes. zach barlow asst. photo editor
BRITTNEY SYKES isn’t the same player from two years ago when she averaged 16.6 points, but her reinvention helps Syracuse win . sabrina koenig staff photographer from page 16 sykes
She’s on pace to shoot and make more 3-pointers than she ever has before, and her shooting tendencies will carry onward to Syracuse’s (15-6, 5-3 Atlantic Coast) matchup at No. 17 Miami (17-3, 5-2) on Monday at 7 p.m.
“I had no choice (after my second ACL tear) but to make sure I keep working on my shot,” Sykes said before the season. “… I just wanted to improve on something in my game that wasn’t my strong suit.”
But the transition from her prolific ability to drive to the rim hasn’t been smooth, and Sykes is staring at a field-goal percentage down 20 percent from her last full season. She recently posted an 0-for-8 shooting night against the Cardinals, and has played eight other games this year when she’s made two or fewer shots.
In the waning minutes before playing the Eagles on Wednesday, Hillsman told Sykes to “reintroduce yourself to these people who think you’re not an AllAmerican anymore.”
“And then she did,” Hillsman said after Sykes’ 13-point performance against BC.
“Sometimes you (don’t) necessarily lose who you are, but forget the type of player you are,” Sykes said. “But (Hillsman’s talk) helped me out a lot and it really did bring me back to how I used to be.”
Senior guard Cornelia Fondren still recalls watching the 2012 McDonald’s AllAmerica Girl’s Game featuring two of her future teammates, Butler and Sykes, and being amazed at the latter’s athletic ability. She had never played with anyone who could shoot mid-range shots, get to the basket and block shots like Sykes could.
“It was different seeing a 5-9 guard that can grab rim or dunk,” Fondren said.
And as the two players have grown together over the past four years, she knows Sykes’ game well enough to see she’s played more cautiously this year. There’ve been lapses, like when Sykes sprawled onto the floor to corral a turnover against Jacksonville on Dec. 21, in a game she recorded a double-double in.
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Fondren told Sykes after the play not to worry about her ACL, “just play.” And it’s exactly what Sykes has done, starting every one of SU’s 21 games this season.
Her 16.6 points per game average of two years ago isn’t a realistic mark anymore. But Sykes has reapplied herself as a mid-range and long-range scorer, one who takes advantage of outdated scouting reports trying to prevent her from driving the paint.
“What she’s doing is taking what the defense gives her,” Hillsman said. “All we ask her to do is be aggressive and attack the offense, and take what they give her.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman
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Beat writers answer questions in this week’s roundtable
By The Daily Orange Sports Staff
Syracuse (15-8, 5-5 Atlantic Coast) is coming off a three-point win against Georgia Tech on Saturday. The Orange next faces Virginia Tech on Tuesday. With just eight regular-season games remaining, beat writers Sam Blum, Jesse Dougherty and Matt Schneidman discuss three questions surrounding Syracuse basketball.
1. For a portion of the Georgia Tech game, Michael Gbinije, Trevor Cooney, Malachi Richardson, Frank Howard and Tyler Lydon were all on the court at the same time. How effective can that lineup be if Syracuse continues to use it in the future?
Sam Blum: I don’t think that lineup gives Syracuse the best possible lineup. It gets Gbinije out of the point guard role, but it’s still a somewhat undersized lineup. Howard provides a nice spark off the bench, but I can’t envision him getting more than 10-15 minutes per game. Having Dajuan Coleman or Tyler Roberson in the game gives the Orange a better defensive, rebounding and inside scoring team. That doesn’t mean it won’t be employed when it’s the best option, but it won’t typically be the best option.
Jesse Dougherty: It seems that this “small lineup” will be used more as a Band-Aid than to change the pace of games. Syracuse went to it on Saturday after starting center Coleman fouled out, and it was a good counter to Georgia Tech’s commitment to using its strong frontcourt to pound the Orange inside. The lineup pressured the Yellow Jackets’ guards beyond the 3-point line and made it hard for them to enter the ball into the post. That is one way for it be effective defensively, and there really is no question as to whether it can thrive on the offensive end. But its effect on the game
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the match you get a little bit unfocused,” the freshman said.
Tritou returned to the baseline and served the match out comfortably, running her opponent all over the court before Tritou’s opponent’s last shot fell into the net.
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The Orange’s No. 4 singles player continued her stride to the front of the court and received her handshake from an opponent
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as the game lagged down the stretch Saturday and the Orange was tasked with dipping to the depths of an arsenal it had rarely explored through 22 games.
“You have to play defense in a zone,” Boeheim said. “It’s not some freakin’ magic trick here.”
Georgia Tech’s previous lowest point total in conference play was 64. Syracuse reset that to 57, almost 20 points below the Yellow Jackets’ season average and
can be duplicated by other SU lineups, so I wouldn’t expect it to be a regular look unless Coleman or another big fouls out and Jim Boeheim sees the need to speed up the game.
Matt Schneidman: After the game on Saturday, Boeheim acknowledged that the “small” lineup wasn’t bad. He wanted to get a big, Roberson, back in the game for the final stretch, but that lineup held Georgia Tech scoreless as Syracuse erased a four-point deficit in the final stage of the game. If Boeheim uses it in the future it can certainly be effective, especially if Howard continues to be the heady passing-savvy guard that we’ve seen of late. I don’t think the lineup is one we’ll see any more than we did on Saturday, though, because Howard’s ceiling is only about 15 minutes per game and Coleman can only foul out of games with six minutes remaining so many times. If Coleman can avoid fouling out with a significant portion of the game left, there’s no reason at least one of him or Roberson wouldn’t be in against an ACC team. Still, the lineup showed it can be effective against a physically superior team, so there’s no reason it can do the same against a team weaker in the lane if Howard continues to penetrate the paint.
2. Has Malachi Richardson truly proven that he is the player Syracuse needs him to be down the stretch?
S.B.: Yes. He’s been Syracuse’s best player. He scores in bunches and is impossible to limit for 40 minutes, even if he struggles for stretches of games. He’s made a slew of big shots down the stretch of games — if it weren’t for him, the Clemson and Virginia losses would have looked a lot worse. He gets to the line, hits 3s and creates his own shots better than anyone else. I would say he’s grown up a lot from the player that
three years older.
Syracuse (3-0) coasted to a 6-1 victory over a Cornell (2-1) team that didn’t play any freshmen. The Orange played five freshmen between the singles and doubles roster and they contributed three points on singles and a key win on doubles.
An underclassman tandem of Tritou and sophomore Nicole Mitchell rolled to an easy 6-3 win over a team consisting of a junior and a senior. Their win left the door open for Syracuse to score on doubles after freshmen Dina Hegab and Gabriela Knutson dropped a 6-4 decision in the No. 2 match.
Graduate Anna Shkudun and junior Valeria Salazar won their doubles match, when the latter slammed home an overhead on match point, giving SU an early edge in the meet.
only the seventh time SU has allowed fewer than 60 points in 23 games. The Orange held GT to a field-goal percentage 7 percent lower than its season average and a 3-point clip 9 percent lower than its season average.
On top of a stout defensive effort, Syracuse shot 46.9 percent from 2-point range while it took its fourth-fewest amount of 3s on the season. In the final 10:26, Syracuse restricted Georgia Tech to 10 points while only one 3-pointer accounted for a sliver of SU’s final 13 points.
“It wasn’t falling for us so we were
couldn’t make shots early in the season, but he’s still the same player. I think that’s a testament to the consistent maturity he’s had since the season started.
J.D.: Richardson’s ability to get the rim has made him a consistent scoring threat, and that also makes him a reliable, downthe-stretch option for Syracuse. There will still be growing pains as his freshman season wore on, but the natural inclination for defenders to fly at the 3-point line late in games lends itself well to Richardson’s ability to go off the dribble and draw fouls in the paint. Then factor in his established shooting stroke and you have a player who, however young, can shoulder a scoring load in crunch time if teams choose to drape defenders on Gbinije and Trevor Cooney.
M.S.: Richardson has played games where he’s been nonexistent one half and a standout the next. On Saturday, he just happened to come alive when Syracuse needed it most and he did it in three different ways. He hit the 3 that brought Syracuse within one, converted an and-one that Boeheim highlighted after the game and knocked down free throws with seconds remaining in a situation he’d faltered in before. Syracuse doesn’t need him to do that, per se, because Gbinije and Cooney are capable of scoring in spurts to carry the Orange down the stretch. But Saturday, if anything, showed what the freshman can do in terms of carrying the team if he needs to.
3. What questions must Syracuse answer with eight regular-season games left?
S.B.: Right now pretty much all of the rotation players are playing their best at the right time. Cooney is having the best in-conference stretch of his career. Richardson hasn’t been a cold streak since before the new year. Roberson has been
Knutson and Hegab both responded to their slip-up in doubles with straight-set victories in singles. The former’s 6-2,
We’re young but the girls on this team have a lot of experience. They might be freshmen, but they know what they’re doing out there.
Younes Limam su head coach
6-3 drubbing against a junior in the No. 3 match.
“I was really on top of my game,” Knutson
able to get in the lane and make plays and make things happen,” Trevor Cooney said. “But I mean our defense picked up, we knew we weren’t making shots so we had to get stops.”
Georgia Tech struggled to pound Syracuse’s thin backline via passes through the top of the zone like opponents have so often done. Gbinije cut off bounce passes headed to the middle of the paint. Dajuan Coleman neutralized the ACC’s best rebounder in Georgia Tech’s Charles Mitchell. Malachi Richardson and Gbinije, two of SU’s best 3-point shooters, put a seal on the game
“plugged-in.” Coleman has shown steady improvement, which is all you could hope for. Howard is coming off a career game. And Lydon is showing how good of a shooter he can be. The biggest question is how sustainable it is. The Orange is still a sevenman team, and that’s always going to be tenuous. Things are going great right now, but my biggest question is if the Orange are designed to make that last.
J.D.: I don’t think there’s any question the Orange “must” address with 23 games in the books, but there are small kinks in the offense that could get smoothed out in the coming weeks. Gbinije is the team’s best player, and SU is at its best when the ball is in his hands, but do lineups with Howard or Cooney handling the ball give Gbinije a better chance at scoring? That’s something that will materialize as competition stiffens and teams start to see SU almost solely relying on the high ball screen when Gbinije is at the helm of the offense. If teams cue on that and sell out to stop Gbinije from being effective, how will Syracuse adjust to put its best player in scoring situations without comprising the flow of the offense? Gbinije’s talent and value to this Orange team is no secret, and this could become a hot-button topic as SU makes its tournament push.
M.S.: Syracuse’s biggest question with eight games remaining that has seemingly gone unanswered is how will Coleman stay out of foul trouble. We saw what he’s capable of even when he is bogged down by foul trouble. Imagine if that left-handed hook gains traction when he doesn’t have to go to the bench every five minutes. If Boeheim calls someone “tremendous” and they still pick up five fouls, then something is definitely going well. Now it’s up to Coleman to stop putting his hands on people in the post so he can inch back to a reliable center who’s not attached to a short leash.
said. “I was hitting everything I wanted to.” She comfortably played the power game she’s accustomed to. Knutson sent her opponent running from alley to alley with groundstrokes until she charged the service line. From there, Knutson staked herself to a 6-3, 3-0 advantage by ripping forehand winner.
Hegab contrasted her doubles counterpart with a precise, spin-driven game in the No. 6 match. Tied 4-4 in the second set, Hegab went out to midcourt for a return and unleashed a slice backhand that died out at the other service line.
Her opponent didn’t even try to return it.
“We’re young but the girls on this team have a lot of experience,” said head coach Younes Limam. “They might be freshmen, but they know what they’re doing out there.” cplucey@syr.edu
from the foul line.
It wasn’t the conventional Syracuse that has come to rely on the deep ball from a guard-heavy lineup, even as Boeheim played four of them for part of the final five minutes.
It was, however, a Syracuse that flashed dimensions on both ends that it hadn’t before. “If we do those things,” Gbinije said, “making shots is just going to be a plus for us.” Matt Schneidman is the sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mcschnei@syr.edu or @matt_schneidman
played five freshmen in its 6-1 win over Cornell on Sunday.
Salazar paces Orange in return from Saturday rest
By Charlie DiSturco contributing writer
Valeria Salazar stepped up a couple of feet on the court. She dug her feet in, ready for her opponent’s return. The ball came and, as it seemed to be headed toward her partner, Anna Shkudun, Salazar stuck out her racket and deflected the ball to the other side of the court.
Salazar yelled “point!” and instantly ran to hug her teammate at the service line. As they walked to the net to shake the opposing team’s hands, they were still holding onto each other with grins on their faces.
“The last match wasn’t very good, and we didn’t play very well the first doubles match either,” Salazar said, “so we were happy that we finally played better.”
I think (Valeria and Anna) are one of the best teams in the country. They’re very talented. They both feed off of each other.
Younes Limam su head coach
Despite being down 40-15 in the final game, Salazar and Shkudun were able to string together a comeback. Combined with strong serves and being vocal with one another on the court, the duo was able to give Syracuse (3-0) its first point of the meet. The Orange never looked back, beat-
ing Cornell (2-1), 6-1, at Drumlins Country Club on Sunday. Shkudun and Salazar have now played three matches together this season, losing just once.
“I think (Valeria and Anna) are one of the best teams in the country. They’re very talented,” head coach Younes Limam said. “They both feed off of each other.”
While she did appear in the doubles match against Liberty yesterday, Salazar sat out during the singles match to rest and ice herself. The day off did not leave her rusty, proving so in her performance on the court on Sunday.
“If anything (the day off) helped. I got surgery during the summer. It’s kind of a chronic injury, I can’t do anything about it,” Salazar said. “We were just trying to save myself so I can last throughout the whole season.”
After Salazar and Shkudun’s doubles win to put Syracuse ahead of Cornell by a point, Salazar focused on her singles match. In the first set, the game was back-and-forth.
The lead fluctuated often and, at times, Salazar made little mistakes to let her opponent creep back in. Other times, the ball landed just out of bounds, and when Cornell’s Dena Tanenbaum raised her finger, Salazar questioned her and became flustered. Whenever a similar situation happened, associate head coach Shelley George was right there to calm down and refocus the junior.
“After every point’s over with, you basically say let it go, let’s start over,” George said. “You have to basically start it up each time. It’s just reminding (Valeria). She’s got good habits on the court.”
All the fans shifted their attention to the
singles match between Salazar and Tanenbaum. The players who had finished, or did not play, crowded around and cheered
return that Tanenbaum failed to hit over the net. Salazar smiled, as Tanenbaum dropped her head down in anger.
Salazar finished the game strong and walked away with another singles win to add to this season’s undefeated singles record. The junior has become one of the more reliable options for Limam and Syracuse, as she is penciled in at No. 1 for doubles and No. 2 for singles.
on each point. The phrases “Go Red!” and “Go Orange” were screamed over and over. Ahead 6-5 on the tiebreak, Salazar hit a
“(Valeria) was awesome today. Valeria is a gamer,” George said. “Whatever the situation is, she’s going to give her best effort. Good things come from a fighter like that on the court.”
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Games it took for Valeria Salazar and Anna Shkudun to clinch the doubles point for Syracuse
VALERIA SALAZAR winds up for a groundstroke in a previous match. The junior returned from a Saturday resting period to guide SU. daily orange file photo
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TYLER LYDON (LEFT) AND TREVOR COONEY (RIGHT) helped hold Georgia Tech to its lowest scoring output of conference play.
cuse made only six 3-pointers, but stout defense and attacking the lane were enough in the win. logan
men’s basketball
The 3-pointer is no longer life or death for Syracuse
With a sweeping declaration, Jim Boeheim injected flare into a team that lacked it. A dozen 3-pointers set as the desired minimum. No postseason last year, little expectations this one. With NCAA investigations still at the forefront of Syracuse basketball, a 3-point-savvy approach gave it a respite from everything else.
In two exhibition games, Syracuse made 26-of-61 shots from beyond the arc. An astronomical number of makes and takes over a two-game stretch compared to last season, even for scrimmages. In the early going, Boeheim said the Orange would live and die by the long ball.
SU has benefited from the 3 (shooting 11-of-23 in a twopoint win against Duke) and suffered from the 3 (shooting
5-of-26 in a 12-point loss to St. John’s). The Orange has also lost to Clemson and Virginia despite making 13 deep balls in each game. But in Saturday’s 60-57 win against Georgia Tech, a team Boeheim called one of the better ones in the league, Syracuse (15-8, 5-5 Atlantic Coast) made only six 3s and showed dimensions it hadn’t before.
“Tonight wasn’t necessarily about hitting 3s,” Tyler Lydon said after Saturday’s win. “It was more on the defensive end and just getting to the basket.”
Nine times this season Syracuse has made fewer than 10 3s
against a Power 5 opponent. Only three of those have been wins, one Saturday, one against Boston College — who sits 0-8 in the ACC — and one against Connecticut in a game Syracuse made a seasonhigh 24 free throws.
The Orange escaped against Georgia Tech because of late
free throws, but only made half the total it had against the Huskies. SU was also facing an opponent, unlike the Eagles, whose five conference losses had come by an average of just 5.2 points per game. Syracuse’s early-season identity faded
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Brittney Sykes still reshaping game in return
By Connor Grossman asst. web editor
The closer Brittney Sykes inched to 1,000 career points, the harder it became to dodge the text messages and tweets sharing the same idea: Get your thousand tonight. Just seven points away before playing Louisville on Jan. 25, she only mustered three in a blowout loss. Finally, against
Valeria Salazar helped the SU tennis team improve to 3-0 a day after she sat out part of a match for resting purposes.
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Boston College two days later, Sykes poached an errant pass and charged toward the basket to complete her mission.
She released her layup early, causing a brief moment of concern, but subsequently bumped it off the backboard and through the net. Sykes became the 25th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau, a height reached in large part
because of two electrifying seasons from the Sykes of old, the one that used to have two healthy ACLs.
“She’s a very strong person,” senior guard Brianna Butler said.
“I don’t know if many people can go through what she has done and been able to bounce back.”
Sykes’ style of play was perfectly molded to head coach Quentin Hillsman’s schemes:
Quick feet to consistently execute defensive presses and an explosive lower body to push the ball through the paint on a fast break or in transition.
Now she admits she’s entered a right of passage as a basketball player with a repaired ACL. Sykes has become more of a shooter, lacking the same strength and trust in her legs.
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By Chris Libonati asst. sports editor
Former Syracuse defensive tackle
Jay Bromley, who was reportedly accused of trying to rape a woman at a New York City hotel on Saturday, will not be charged, according to the New York Daily News.
The Daily News also reported that Bromley’s accuser told police she consented to oral sex, but that “something took place that she didn’t want to take place.” When Bromley left the hotel, the woman was reportedly on the hood of his car.
Bromley reportedly met the woman on Instagram and asked her to meet him at the Hyatt Herald Square Hotel.
Now a New York Giants defensive tackle, Bromley played in all 16 games in the 2015 NFL season and started four. He played for Syracuse from 2010-13. The Giants selected Bromley in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
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tennis
Freshmen help Orange to 3-0 start
By Chris Lucey staff writer
After breaking serve late in the second set of her singles victory against Cornell, freshman Maria Tritou started toward the net with an outstretched hand. Upon arrival, Tritou was met not with handshakes, but measured confusion from the linesman and her opponent.
I was really on top of my game. I was hitting everything I wanted to.
Gabriela Knutson su freshman
Winning the break had only put her up 6-5; Tritou had one more game to go.
