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INSIDE NEWS

Making the cut The Graduate Student Organization made changes to its budget, resulting in cuts to the use of the Drumlins facilities. Page 3

DIMENSIONAL Candidates offer 3 distinct options for Syracuse mayoral race

Editor’s note: These stories originally appeared on Democracywise, an SU-based website with stories from political reporting students.

INSIDE OPINION

Miner detail The Daily Orange Editorial Board endorses Stephanie Miner for mayor of Syracuse. Page 5

INSIDE pulp

Signs of change A documentary about the decline of handpainted signs was screened at the Red House Arts Center. Page 11

INSIDE spo r t S

Wheels on the bus Freshman Syracuse guard Ron Patterson comes to Central New York with an unusual nickname. Page 20

2013 MAYORAL ELECTIONS KEVIN BOTT

IAN HUNTER

By Maddy Berner

stephanie miner

By John Tummino

Managing Editor

By Marwa Eltagouri

Contributing Writer

Staff Writer

Photo by Emma Fierberg

Photo by Chase Gaewski

evin Bott lives a double life. In one life, he’s Ebenezer Abernathy — a fictitious character Bott uses to provoke political discussion. In the other, he’s a candidate for mayor of Syracuse. And as Bott sees it, Ebenezer has actually helped him develop his candidacy. “If I hadn’t done Ebenezer, I wouldn’t be prepared for this mayor’s thing,” Bott said. “I needed the character because as a person, I didn’t feel confident in articulating a political vision. “It was easy to use Ebenezer as a cloak that would allow me the space in finding my voice.”

hink of him as a Republican. That’s how Syracuse mayoral candidate Ian Hunter is pitching himself to voters. Never mind him being on the ballot as the Conservative Party candidate. Never mind him being thrown off the Republican line by a court order. And never mind the fact the head of the Republican Party in Onondaga County doesn’t take him seriously. “I’m the only Republican on the ballot in this fall’s election,” Hunter said. But Hunter said he’s not necessarily running to promote Republican values. “I want people to

hen freshly elected Mayor Stephanie Miner wanted to change the split between city and county taxes, representatives of anti-urban coalitions told her she wouldn’t get her way. But the opposition was no match for her, said Thomas Buckel, a former Democratic county legislator and long-time friend of Miner who sat in on a meeting between the mayor and the coalitions. “Without raising her voice, Miner dominated,” recalled Buckel. “Not only did they say ‘Fine,’ but they adopted her plan.” It was a classic example of Miner’s style and

staff photographer

see bott page 6

see hunter page 6

f r a t e r n i t y a n d s o r o r i t y a f fa i r s

photo editor

see miner page 6

school of education

Director: AXP ‘exonerated’; Spina names professor chapter will not face sanctions interim dean-designate By Dylan Segelbaum Asst. Copy Editor

More than a month after police arrested a former student living in Alpha Chi Rho on felony and misdemeanor drug charges, Syracuse University’s director of fraternity and sorority affairs said in an interview the chapter has been

exonerated and will not face sanctions. “They genuinely were trying to help someone that they thought needed help,” Eddie Banks-Crosson said. “And it appears to us that young man took advantage of them.” On Sept. 26, Syracuse Police

see axp page 8

By Maggie Cregan Asst. News Editor

The School of Education has a new interim dean-designate: Joanna Masingila, a professor in both the School of Education and College of Arts and

Sciences and chair of the Teaching and Leadership department. She will assume the position of interim dean-designate on Feb. 1. Interim Chancellor Eric Spina said

see masingila page 8