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N • Campus frameworkSyracuse University held four student-focused input sessions regarding plans for its Campus Framework plan on Thursday and Friday in Newhouse.Page 3
P • StatuesqueYou know those strange pieces of art scattered around campus? In celebration of International Sculpture Day, Pulp uncovered the stories behind them.Page 11
S • The trainSyracuse women’s lacrosse attack Kayla Treanor broke the school record for career goals this past weekend. She is one of the best to ever play for the Orange. Page 20
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Friends remember late studentHongming Cao seen as optmistic, loyal friend and boyfriend
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By Rachel Sandlerasst. news editor
Hongming Cao and Will Zhao would drive to the Finger Lakes region in central New York almost
every weekend just to see the sky — its open-ness, its calm-ness, its beauty. This sky was something new to both of them, as they were
used to the most industrial parts of China, where the air is often filled with smoke and pollution.
“We don’t have skies like that in China,” said Zhao, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University.
But last October was Cao’s last time driving to the Finger Lake region and seeing that sky. A month before, he had been diag-nosed with a brain tumor, which prevented him from engaging in too much activity. Over Winter Break, he had surgery in his home country of China. Then he died at his home in Shenzhen, China — which is near Hong Kong — on Tuesday. His death came two days before his 22nd birthday.
“He was very easygoing and generous,” Zhao said. “He was like a big brother to me.”
Cao, a junior economics major both in the College of Arts and Sci-ences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was described by those around him as an optimist who loved to tell jokes. In his spare time, he played the com-puter game “League of Legends” and listened to hip-hop and R&B. Cao’s favorite artist was rapper Lil Wayne, said Zhao, Cao’s roommate.
Cao and Zhao met when they were freshmen living in Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex (BBB). They were the only two students from China on their floor. Soon after they first met, the pair became friends and started eating meals, taking road trips and going to class together.
“I am very picky about my friends. Intentionally, I did not want to make a lot of friends
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Who is Syracuse?The series begins with Jeff Rubin and Lorna Rose, SU alums who embody Orange spirit. Meet more individuals who bleed Orange later in the week.Page 3
More than teachingSyverud emphasizes research as element of great university
Plans to improve undergrad experience underway at SU
By Delaney Van Weyasst. web editor
Crammed into a room with 30 other scientists, Samantha Usman listened intently to the voices coming over the conference call.
On the other end of the call, hundreds of other Laser Inter-ferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) research-ers were also waiting expectantly in their respective corners of the world. They were about to “open the box” and find out if they had finally detected gravitational waves — proving Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Usman had dedicated three years of her life to the project after Syracuse University professor and LIGO researcher Duncan Brown hired her as an undergraduate researcher on his team. Now, as a senior at SU, her analysis of the data was the topic of discussion.
After months of testing — and 50 years of SU’s investment — the heads of the program announced that Usman’s analysis
By Annie Palmerdevelopment Editor
As the Syracuse University community begins to discuss implementing the Academic Strategic Plan, one working group has the potential to impact every one of the univer-
sity’s 22,000 students — the group titled the “Student Experience.”The term is often interchanged by academics and administrative
officials with the words undergraduate experience, campus life, student life and other phrases.
About two years ago, while delivering his inauguration address in Hendricks Chapel, Chancellor Kent Syverud boiled the phrase down to a few basic things: “where students live, eat, work, study and interact with each other and the faculty and the community.”
The Student Experience Working Group has plans to look at SU’s campus culture, students’ personal, professional and social develop-ments and other areas. These things make up a “whole student” — a concept that is more possible with university-wide coordination of student services, according to a draft of the Academic Strategic Plan.
In Chancellor Kent Syverud’s inauguration address in April 2014, he listed four goals to improve Syracuse University. This series
looks at the status of those four goals, two years after the speech.
TWO YEARS OF SYVERUDPARTS 1 AND 2 OF 4
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By Gabrielle Hughes staff writer
Lawrence Lin is bringing real-life conversation back into social media. The freshman international rela-tions major and his business part-ner, Quentin Rosso, are connecting world cultures with Savofair.
Savofair is a growing online com-munity with 50 contributors from 13 countries. In October of 2015, Lin and Quenton, also a freshman, real-ized that although Syracuse Uni-versity has wonderful resources for students and burgeoning startups, there is not a flowing dialog between differing cultures on campus.
The idea was to start a platform that provides quality information about cultures beyond the surface, Lin said. Even though Savofair is in its earliest stages, there are already opportunities for meet-ups on campus. In future years, the duo hopes to make international meet-ups available so members are able to find other members in any country during excursions.
Lin and Rosso have been travel-ing to campuses around the nation to start new chapters of Savofair. The word Savofair itself is the roman-tic concoction of wanting a brand
name that transcends multiple lan-guages. The words “savo” and “fair” together mean a collection of knowl-edge. With the intent of quality above all else, Lin refuses to profit from advertisements on the site.
“We don’t want to profit off of stu-dents’ content in a way that obstructs the integrity of the work,” Lin said.
Originally from China, Lin said he is grateful for his parents’ sup-port in his endeavors. He realizes that in Chinese culture, having the permission to travel the world and discover one’s passions is rare.
Lin worked on his first non-governmental organization when he was 14 years old, and has since volunteered with multiple NGOs, including Al Gore’s Climate The Climate Project in Beijing. He credits his sense of initiative to consistently working with men-tors and older colleagues through-out his life.
Even though there are some-times doubts about the success or direction of a project, Lin believes the straightest path to success is following through while keeping one’s objective in mind.
Said Lin: “It is passion. It has to be passion. If not, there is no motivation.”
Freshman connects global cultures online
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LAWRENCE LIN and his business partner Quentin Rosso have been traveling to campuses around the United States to spread the word about Savofair. prince dudley staff photographer
INSIDE N • Walk in the park A SUNY-ESF professor and her landscape architecture students are working to develop a park in Cazenovia.
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S • Offer sheet SU men’s basketball offered scholarships to two players over the weekend, one 2017 player and one 2018 player.
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By Alexa Torrensnews editor
Construction on a car-free, pedestri-an-friendly promenade on University Place is planned to start this summer, while a decision on the renovation and expansion of Archbold Gymna-sium is expected to be announced the week after commencement.
These updates on Syracuse Uni-versity’s Campus Framework plan came Thursday at two open sessions for students to share their input on the promenade and Archbold reno-
vations, which are currently two of the key initiatives under the Campus Framework — one of three initiatives of SU’s Fast Forward plan. The other two components of Fast Forward are an Academic Strategic Plan and an Operational Excellence plan.
The sessions took place in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Com-munications at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday. About 10 students showed at the first session, and two students were in attendance for the second session. Two additional sessions were held on Friday at 2 p.m. and 6
p.m. in Newhouse.Susannah Ross, a representa-
tive from Sasaki Associates — a Boston-based architecture firm that is designing and constructing the University Place promenade — presented the logistics and planned details of the promenade. Then Andrew Elmer, a representative from Kansas City-based architec-ture firm Populous, presented the firm’s designs for the expansion and renovation of Archbold.
SU’s Board of Trustees is expected to make a decision about
the Archbold renovations at its May meeting, and the university will likely announce the decision the week after commencement.
The promenade would encom-pass University Place from South Crouse Avenue to College Place, effectively restricting cars from bypassing through campus in that area, but would have a narrower profile than the street currently has. Bus stops on University Place, including those in front of Bird Library and the Schine Student
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Veterans affairsSee how SU’s handling of veterans affairs has evolved in the two years since Chancellor Kent Syverud was inaugurated. See Tuesday’s paperN
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Week in newsThe D.O. News Department compiled a list of the biggest SU and Syracuse news stories from last week.See dailyorange.com
Partners in crimeThe D.O.’s interactive crime
map shows a round-up of criminal activity that happened near Syracuse University this week.
Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near campus this week, according to police bulletins:
NUISANCE PARTY
Two Syracuse women, 23, were arrested on the charge of nuisance party, according to a police bulletin.when: Sunday at 1:35 a.m. where: 200 block of Westcott Street
PETIT LARCENY
An East Syracuse man, 26, was arrested on the charges of petit larceny and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 10:38 p.m. where: 500 block of South State Street
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
A Syracuse University sophomore in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, 19, was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct, according to a police bulletin.when: Sunday at 1:30 a.m. where: 700 block of South Crouse Avenue
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE VIOLATION
A Syracuse University junior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, 20, was arrested on the charge of a violation of alcoholic beverage law, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 3:10 p.m. where: 1000 block of Harrison Street
OPEN CONTAINER
A Syracuse man, 33, was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday at 8:37 p.m. where: 500 block of Westcott Street
LITTERING AND DUMPING
A Syracuse University freshman in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, 19, was arrested on the charge of littering and dumping, according to a police bulletin. when: Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. where: 1200 block of Erie Boulevard East
HARASSMENT
A Syracuse man, 25, was arrested on the charges of harassment in the second degree and disorderly conduct, according to a police bulletin. when: Monday at 11 p.m. where: 2000 block of Bellevue Avenue
— Complied by Sara Swann, asst. news editor,
See dailyorange.com for our interactive crime map.
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Hula, hulaSyracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students gathered in the amphi-theater inside Thornden Park on Sunday to celebrate Earthfest 2016. The event, which lasted from noon to 6 p.m., included music from local artists, food from Syracuse vendors and lots of hula hoops. liam sheehan asst. photo editor
SU hosts climate conference for Earth DayBy Matt Silvermancontributing writer
United States Secretary of State John Kerry, with his granddaughter sit-ting symbolically on his lap, signed the Paris Agreement on Friday. The accord aims to mitigate the warming caused by man-made global warming, and also includes plans to adapt to global warming’s most drastic effects.
While this monumental event was taking place in New York City, simultaneously in Eggers Hall Room 220 at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, climate adap-
tation experts were gathered by the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs to answer one question: “How do we define and approach climate change adaptation?”
The experts present encom-
passed a diverse group of academ-ics, including a political scientist, a
specialist at implementing climate change modifications, an anthro-pologist and a geographer.
Diana Liverman, a professor in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, was the first to speak.
Liverman brought up the fact that people have been adapting to climate changes for generations. The main difference between those communities and today’s vulnera-ble populations, she said, is that the movement of people is now limited because of borders. Borders limit the response to climate effects on a personal level, she said.
She added that more work needs to be done mapping especially vul-nerable communities before the worst warming effects take place.
The next speaker, Debra Jave-line, a professor from the Universi-ty of Notre Dame, talked about the lack of attention political scientists have devoted to climate change.
Javeline said that even though the solutions to climate change are available, implementing them requires a battle between two stubborn political oppositions. Many people are invested in the oil and gas industries, she added, and
Sessions provide plans for Campus Frameworkfast forward
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$50 billion The amount of money
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Editors’ note: “Who is Syracuse” is a series that runs in The Daily Orange every spring. It highlights individuals who embody the spirit of Syracuse University. Members of the SU community were encouraged to nominate people they thought fit this description. This series explores their stories.
By Lizzie Michael asst. feature editor
A utographed football helmets, posters and baseballs rest silhouetted against the bright orange walls of 335 Hinds Hall. A secretary clacks away on her keyboard as
another employee rises to fill his cup from a bubbling water cooler. A large screen against the side wall, with “Sidearm Sports” sprawled across the top, spits out a constant stream of sports statistics and numbers.
And then Jeff Rubin strides in. With the confi-dence of a tech CEO announcing the latest product, he finishes his business call and sits comfortably, with one ankle kicked over his knee.
His navy suit is pristine. An apple watch gleams from around his wrist, but his outfit is humbled by his pink and blue checked shirt and rainbow socks peeking out from his brown loafers.
Rubin is a professor of practice at the School of Infor-mation Studies and CEO of SIDEARM Sports, the lead-ing company for designing college athletic websites. He is also a well known philanthropist, having led the charge to build Plaza 44, a collection of statues of SU athletes Jim Brown, Floyd Little and Ernie Davis.
But, first and foremost, Rubin is an SU fan. From his teaching career to his philanthropic efforts, nearly every aspect of his life revolves around the university.
“No matter where you travel in the world,” Rubin said. “When you’re wearing the block ‘S’ on your shirt or your hat, and you pass another alum, it brings you together.”
From fandom to his own business, Syracuse has played an integral part in defining who he is.
Rubin completed his undergraduate degree at SU 1995 and began SIDEARM in 1996, around the same
time he began his teaching career. He had also just begun his studying for his master’s degree at the iSchool and was looking to grow his company when Cuse.com became his first client. The next year he added on anoth-er school. And then another. By the fifth year, Rubin said they were adding on about 100 schools per year.
Today, SIDEARM boasts nearly 900 clients. Based at SU, the company hires students as part-time employees. Although Sidearm was acquired by Learfield Sports a few years ago, Rubin has stayed on as CEO and said the decision could not have been better.
Of the many people in Rubin’s life, however, few rival his relationship with ex-SU athlete and NFL Hall of Famer Floyd Little. The two were originally introduced through Little’s wife Deborah, who was one of Rubin’s students.
“I’m sitting in my seat in the press box, and this great big bear hug comes around me, and he said, ‘Mr. Rubin, I was told I was supposed to come intro-duce myself. I’m Floyd Little,’” Rubin said. “And I was like the little kid in a candy store. Floyd Little is, like, holding me. This is magical.”
The two immediately hit it off, and soon were attending Heisman Trophy dinners and Super Bowl games together.
“We have just been like two peas in a pod,” Little said. “I love the guy dearly … He’s the kind of guy that just allows you to be you.”
Their relationship, however, extends beyond a typi-cal friendship. Hanging on the wall of Rubin’s office is a large glass case containing every single Floyd Little
SU professor builds legacy as philanthropist, entrepreneur
WHO IS SYRACUSE?
JEFF RUBINJEFF RUBIN is an SU alumnus, professor of practice and CEO of his company SIDEARM Sports, which designs websites for college athletic programs. He is also a massive sports fan, as his office space is covered in autographed sports memorabilia and the walls are painted orange. brigid williams staff photographer
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Which SU football players will you find in Plaza 44? Ernie Daviswas an SU football halfback who became the first ever black athlete to win the Heisman Trophy.
Jim Brownwas a fullback for the Cleveland Browns and was named by Sporting News in 2002 as the greatest professional football player ever.
Floyd Littlewas a halfback for the Denver Broncos after being a three-time All-American at SU. In 2010, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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LORNA ROSESU alumna keeps connection to university, mentors Orange Girl
Editors’ note: “Who is Syracuse” is a series that runs in The Daily Orange every spring. It highlights individuals who embody the spirit of Syracuse University. Members of the SU community were encouraged to nominate people they thought fit this description. This series explores their stories.
By Ali Linancopy chief
Sitting inside a Rochester hotel room during an ice storm, Lorna Rose’s eyes were glued to the televi-sion set. Syracuse University’s Hakim Warrick jumped up, his hand crashing the Kansas 3-point
attempt to the court, sealing SU’s first national title and Rose’s desire to become an Orange.
Financial reasons kept Rose from attending SU her freshman year in 2006, as she decided to attend the State University of New York at Albany instead. However, Rose said she never felt right there. After her grandmother died, the Rochester native transferred to a community college, but again she didn’t feel at home.
Upon realizing this, and on a whim, Rose decided to attempt once again to attend Syracuse. During her interview, Rose recalled her mentioning to the adviser that she had gotten in before. When the advisor realized this, he said that Rose could reactivate her previous acceptance and did not need to reapply.
Finally, Rose got the chance to attend the school she had wanted to go to since that game-saving block by Warrick back in 2003.
Rose would spend the next three years at the SU, where she believes is the “best place to make a difference for yourself.” Now as an alumna, she wants to give back to the university and current students through her mentorship.
Rose claims SU changed her life and she now wants to be
part of changing the lives of current and future SU students. “I don’t know of any other college that could be as
wonderful, or engaging, as SU is,” the SU alumna said. Rose graduated in 2011 as the final class of the College of Human Ecology before it was renamed the David B. Falk School of Sport and Human Dynamics.
Rose is currently finishing her second year as a law student at New England Law in Boston, but Syracuse has left a permanent mark on her. This mark became a literal, physical representation when Rose tattooed a “permanent Pandora bracelet” on her left ankle, with charms that mark significant points in her life. She said her body is a canvas she loves decorating.
Alongside her favorite sports teams and her title crown, a Syracuse “S” is the only part of the tattoo that is in color.
“I told the tattoo artist that, ‘No, it has to be in orange,’” Rose said.
This passion for Syracuse runs deeper than skin surface, as Rose made the long trek from New England to Houston for the men’s basket-ball 2016 Final Four game.
“It was like a big family reunion, but you actually wanted to know the aunt and uncle you never met before,” Rose said. “It was one of the most incredible experiences to be sur-rounded by the energy and passion.”
Rose is described by her friend and fellow SU alumna Allie Curtis as “the craziest, most insane ‘Cuse fan” and “somebody who truly bleeds Orange.”
In addition to going to cheer on the men’s basketball team in its Final Four run, Rose attended the event to support a mentee of hers:
the Syracuse Orange Girl, Meghan Sinisi.The two met while Rose was a judge for Miss Syracuse in
November 2015, where Sinisi ended up taking the crown.Due to NCA A rule, Sinisi did not qualify to attend and
twirl at the Final Four game, but Rose was not so quick to
Five quick facts about Lorna Rose
I don’t know of any other college
that could be as wonderful, or engaging,
as SU is.LORNA ROSE
1. Lorna Rose is from Rochester, New York.
2.Rose graduated from Syracuse University in 2011.
3.Rose was part of the last graduating class of the College of Human Ecology before it became the David B. Falk School of Sport and Human Dynamics.
4.Rose just completed her second year of law school at the New England School of Law.
5.Rose has a tattoo of a Syracuse “S” on her left ankle.
LORNA ROSE graduated from SU in 2011, but still maintains her Orange pride wherever she goes. Besides attending the SU men’s basketball Final Four game, Rose also worked to ensure that Orange Girl Meghan Sinisi, for whom Rose serves as a mentor, could twirl in Houston. brigid williams staff photographer
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Kasich’s sexual assault advice twisted by left-leaning media
The media had a field day taking Donald Trump out of context at his Buffalo rally when he misspoke last
week and seemingly confused the 9/11 ter-rorist attacks with the #711 first responders. And just like Trump was unfairly criti-cized by the press, the media’s attempt to smear Republican politicians surfaced when Ohio Gov. John Kasich gave an answer about sexual assault at a town hall earlier this month during his campaign across the state. A first-year student from St. Lawrence University asked what Kasich would do as president to make her feel safer and more secure regarding sexual violence, harassment and rape. In response, Kasich discussed the importance of confidentiality and access to rape kits. He also added as a piece of advice for her, “Don’t go to parties where there’s a lot of alcohol” in a sound bite that has spelled unwarranted trouble for the campaign. At
face value, Kasich’s statement might have seemed to be in poor taste, but it was actu-ally a respectable comment that fell victim to political correctness and an unfortunate misinterpretation by the public. The problem isn’t with Kasich — it’s the media’s deliberate attempt to take him out of context. While Kasich did make it easy for the press to do so with his specific words in the modern, politically-correct climate, it was immoral of liberal outlets to exploit the situation, knowing full well that Kasich had the best intentions. Kasich’s words don’t blame sexual assault victims for the actions against them — he’s simply giving good advice. Women do have the right to attend parties with alcohol, but they should understand that the choice to get inebriated can make it easier for someone to take advantage of them. There’s nothing wrong with educating youth about the dangers of alcohol-centered environ-ments, which is exactly what Kasich was trying to do. The presidential hopeful, who has two 16-year-old daughters, should be able to suggest that partying isn’t always the best decision to make. Sure, drinking is a major part of college life at schools like Syracuse University and it’s unrealistic to prevent women from being around alcohol. Plus, it’s clear there’s no one at fault in an assault case other than the perpetrator themselves. But that’s not to say that it’s right for men or women to be careless in heavy-partying situations. The media relentlessly attacked Kasich
for being out of touch with the issue of sexual assault and cold-hearted toward its victims. The situation has proven to be part of a larger pattern by the press to paint Republicans, such as Trump and Ted Cruz, as cruel and politically incorrect. Sure enough, the Ohio governor eventu-ally clarified his remarks in a sit-down interview with CNN after taking a lot of heat in the press. Kasich was forced into defending himself, so he explained that he doesn’t mind if there’s a party with alcohol, as long as everyone stays safe. “When alcohol is involved, it becomes more difficult for justice to be rendered,” he continued in a completely logical next step that he should’ve mentioned in his original answer for specification. Combating sexual assault is also not a subject to criticize Kasich on either, as he is seen as a leader in the field. Unlike many other states, Ohio’s last budget rightfully dedicated $2 million to prevention and response training for sexual assaults across college campuses, doubling New York’s allocation. And nearly all of the Ohio’s public and private universities are circulat-ing campus climate surveys to provide a feedback as to how students feel the school is servicing them in regard to sexual assault. But the media blatantly ignored Kasich’s record on sexual assault as a politician. Per-haps if they had taken the time to analyze what he said like they would for a Democrat, they wouldn’t have been so quick to jump to conclusions. These misunderstandings somehow seem to only happen with Repub-licans because the media tends to make excuses for liberals while pretending to be objective. And maybe if more thought was put into Kasich’s critique, they would’ve realized the astonishing statistics linking
alcohol with sexual assault. According to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 43 percent of sexual victimization incidents involve alcohol consumption by victims and 69 percent involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrators. Again, that’s not to say survivors of sexual assault have any reason to be blamed or that women should cease drinking. It’s just important to know that, as Kasich pointed out, intoxication shouldn’t be encouraged either. Alcohol can allow people to commit criminal behavior and put others in very unfavor-able situations — a factor that should’ve been acknowledged by the media. When thought of from the perspective of a parent, Kasich’s comments in Canton weren’t that bad after all. His solution to protect college-age women from sexual assault wasn’t meant to stop them from going to parties with alcoholic drinks — it’s to continue what he’s already done in his home state. Kasich was just trying to offer friendly parental advice, yet critics unfairly found a way to twist his words into sounding callous toward the issue of sexual violence. Kasich’s remarks might not have blown up like they did if the press wasn’t looking for headlines that would sell. The media will do anything to demonize conserva-tives, even if it means taking them way out of context. In this case, Republicans were demeaned for discouraging alcohol use in hopes of ensuring the safety of women. But certainly, it won’t be the last time conserva-tives will be reprimanded by the media for their good intentions.
Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and political science
minor. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at [email protected].
KYLE O’CONNORCALM, COOL AND CONSERVATIVE
The Campus Framework plan’s proposal to centralize Syracuse University’s health and well-ness services places necessary emphasis on accessibility and convenience — key components that will help ensure students are paying proper attention to their mental and bodily health. Andrew Elmer, a representa-tive from Kansas City-based architecture firm Populous, presented the suggested design updates to Archbold Gymnasium and outlined each of the renovat-ed complex’s four levels at student input sessions for the Campus Framework plan last week. Elmer said the renovation would mold Archbold to be a “holistic” health and wellness center on the SU campus. Among other features, the anticipated 18-month project would house the Counseling Center, a phar-macy and a wellness facility designed for treatment purposes. The updates would also resolve problems that currently make Archbold inaccessible for people with physical disabilities. Transforming certain pock-ets of the SU campus into “hubs” to accommodate specific aspects of student life has become a discussion point since the intro-duction of the Campus Frame-work plan. And in identifying Archbold as a primary source for improvement on a campus where related facilities are inconsis-tently spread out, the university administration has rightfully prioritized services that affect the students, staff and faculty members of SU. The move to create an acces-
sible and comprehensive indoor facility would transform SU’s resources by fostering a singular space to meet any personal health needs of university com-munity members. The measure would gener-ate increased motivation for students who may feel more inclined to address their personal mental and physical health needs knowing every-thing can be taken care of in one place. The centralized facility would minimize the stigma surrounding mental health ser-vices because physical exercise resources would be housed in the same building and takes into consideration that year-round outdoor exercise is not feasible during the winter months. If the SU Board of Trustees approves the renovations, the Women’s Building would effectively become SU’s central exercise and recreational area during the construction period. And while the new six-lane lap pool and instructional pool for beginner swimmers are being built in Archbold, the university should keep the reservation-only Sibley Pool in the Women’s Building open for recreational swim to maintain the accessibil-ity and convenience it is working to achieve through the Campus Framework plan. This rational approach — to Sibley and primarily, the Arch-bold renovations — will ensure students are equipped with the proper support to preserve their personal health and wellness during the renovation period and after.
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Gym renovations could transform student life
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AMC texting idea misguided, futile
For a moment only slightly longer than a movie trailer, it looked as if AMC
Theatres were about to be more “buzzing” with millennials — mil-lennials’ phones, that is. Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment, which owns the world’s largest movie theater chain recently told Variety maga-zine that the company considered allowing texting in certain sec-tions of theaters or designating specific theaters for texting to appeal to millennial moviegoers. After facing serious backlash on social media, AMC tweeted out a letter from Aron assuring customers that allowing texting would not come to fruition. While it was a noble attempt, AMC shouldn’t have isolated those out-side of the millennial demographic when putting together its plan. Rather than playing on the tech-nology-addicted stereotype that Aron suggested, AMC shouldn’t have assumed that the rule would make a world of difference to mil-lennials because many of them will arguably text either way. With no real consequences and only the pre-movie message of “please silence your phones” to disregard, moviegoers don’t have much to worry about if they want to play Fruit Ninja while previews are rolling. Usually, it is just an unspoken rule of common cour-tesy that keeps many people from texting during screening time. By considering allowing people to text, AMC was just following the trend of movie theater chains upgrading screens and sound systems, installing luxury chairs and even serving beer and wine in attempts to differentiate themselves from competition. But this proposal to set the company apart should not have come at the expense of alienat-ing its older customers. While consumers aged 17 and under contribute the most revenue to the box office and concession
sales, according to a 2013 IBIS-World report, it is adults aged 40 and over who typically have the highest disposable income of all consumer groups. This means they have the most money to spend on entertainment like movies and are an extremely important customer base to retain. Because of this income gap, millennials are more likely to choose a platform like Netflix over going to the movies or even resort to illegally watching or download-ing movies for free off of the Inter-net instead of actually spending the time and money at the theater. While it is important that movie theaters attempt to regain some entertainment market share from streaming services that younger customers prefer, the last thing the company can afford is to lose its older and more loyal cus-tomer base. This group would have likely slowly evaporated before AMC’s eyes had it gone forward with its proposal to allow texting. Essentially, it would be great for AMC’s business to be able to appeal to everyone, like a social climber. But leaving behind older customers to pursue a consumer group as unreliable as millennials would have sacrificed one set of customers for the other. And yet, even though AMC only would have upset more non-texters than excited those who do text dur-ing screenings, it is important to take a look at the other side of the issue. It is not fair for moviegoers to disrespect theater rules and distract others who are pay-ing full ticket price with their brightly-lit screens, vibrating noises and cell phone rings. Mulling through emails and texting friends for a few hours are not worth the waste of ticket
money. Though they won’t break the bank, ticket prices have only been rising. Last year’s average ticket price was $8.43, according to the National Association of Theatre Owners, which could definitely add up quickly. AMC should also consider that phones may not be the most distracting thing in theater. Rather than the devices that they hold, it could be the audience members themselves. “People do a lot of other things that are very distracting during movies too, like talking, which I think is worse than texting, and eating very loudly,” said Joel Kaplan, an associate dean for professional graduate studies and communications professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse Uni-versity. “So I’m not sure that it’s as big a deal as people are making out of it.” While AMC’s attempt at trying to reel in millennials may not be a big deal, working to appeal solely to the demographic is. Millennials are unquestionably the most tech-savvy generation to date, but it would be ignorant to assume that no adults would take advantage of this rule to check email, play games or even text themselves. Though there is some backlash from traditional customers, the theater chain’s proposal to allow texting during movies may be more welcome in a future where businesses encourage phone use to enhance certain experiences. When that time comes, businesses should be aware and market accordingly — not rely on stereo-types that complicate something as simple as a trip to go see the new Star Wars movie.
Sam Gozinsky is a freshman finance and public relations
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Center, would switch to the opposite sides of the buildings on Waverly Avenue.
Sasaki Associates has also proposed the implementation of heated sidewalks near and along the promenade to advance the melting of snow on sidewalks.
A 24-foot clear zone for emergency access is planned for the promenade in the event that a fire truck or another emergency vehicle must pass through. The promenade would feature student-friendly amenities such as a bike cor-ral in front of Bird Library and a seating area with concrete-based furniture.
Replicas of the furniture are currently placed inside Newhouse I and will be moved
to inside Schine next week. Students can vote for their preferred seats through a form or online through April 29. A link to a survey about the seats will be sent to the student body next week.
The potential redevelopment of the Arch-bold Complex was described in detail by Elmer, who listed out the features of each of the renovated complex’s four levels. Elmer said the renovation is not meant only for recreational activities but also to recreate Archbold as a “holistic” health and wellness center on the SU campus. The renovation will also resolve current problems that make Archbold inaccessible for people with physi-cal disabilities.
The basement level of the complex would have — among other features — a multi-pur-
pose group activity space called a “mac court.”The ground level would be split into a wet
and dry side, with the wet side featuring a six-lane lap pool and an instructional pool for beginner swimmers. The dry side would have a large exercise gym and a health and wellness center that would include a pharmacy. A set of lockers for both faculty and staff would sepa-rate the wet and dry sides of the ground level.
The third level of the complex would have four basketball courts that can also be used for volleyball and other activities, another exercise gym and a health and wellness center designed for treatment purposes.
The fourth level would feature a track, a cardio balcony overlooking the exer-cise gym below and a health and wellness center for mental and body health where
students would have the ability to practice yoga and meditate. The sky bridge con-necting Flanagan and Archbold gymnasi-ums would remain.
Archbold will be open to the university com-munity when students arrive back on campus in August, but it is unclear when construction of the 18-month project will begin, as the Board of Trustees has not yet approved the expansion and renovation of the Archbold Complex.
Should the project be approved, the equip-ment currently in Archbold would be moved to the Women’s Building, which would effectively become SU’s centralized exercise and recreation-al area. This move would result in the loss of three dance studios, so racquetball courts in Flanagan would be renovated to accommodate dancers.
By Anjani Imanstaff writer
Justice is not a simple word to understand, said Samuel Gorovitz, a professor of philoso-phy at Syracuse University.
In order to achieve environmental jus-tice, Gorovitz, a former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at SU, said people must understand that they are not separate from nature. Environmental justice, he added, takes different definitions for other species and throughout time and generations.
“It’s all interconnected, the surface and beneath,” Gorovitz said. “You mess with one part, you mess with it all.”
Gorovitz was a member of a three-per-son panel that discussed the path toward environmental justice in a complex world on Friday, which was Earth Day. The talk was the third installment of State Univer-sity of New York College of Environmen-tal Science and Forestry’s “Moonlighting Discourse Series.” SUNY-ESF President Quentin W heeler moderated the event, which took place in the Gateway Center.
In addition to Gorovitz, the panel includ-
ed Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, founder of the internationally acclaimed Barefoot College in India, and Meagan Fallone, CEO of Bare-foot College. The college educates illiterate and semi-literate rural villagers in India.
Roy, who was named one of Time maga-zine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2010, said justice begins with respect. He added that people do not show enough respect for the sun, water and soil.
“I’m going to say something about college that you may never invite me back,” Roy said to Wheeler. “School and college give you the arro-gance that you have the answer to everything.”
As CEO of Barefoot College, Fallone has guided the college’s expansion to more than 68 countries. Through her many trips abroad, Fallone said she learned that poor and indig-enous people understand the necessity of and respect for nature.
“We can learn from them,” Fallone said. “We forget that appreciation here in the Great White North because we can buy (what we need) at Kmart.”
Roy discussed the harms globalization poses to rural areas, adding that globalization is an urban solution but a rural problem. Roy used
the example of a village cobbler’s job being sto-len by factories that manufacture plastic shoes in the city. He said plastic comes at the expense of the rural weaving community.
“It’s unjust. It gives me a feeling of anger,” Roy said. “Why can’t we bring dignity back in their lives?”
Roy and Fallone said Barefoot College empowers illiterate or uneducated rural vil-lagers by treating them the same way they treat people who have a formal education. Roy does this because he said he believes vil-lage people are punished by others because they cannot read or write.
Roy added that society is hung up on the idea of certification, which writes off the capabilities of rural villagers. He said he believes that the certification phenomenon will be the destroyer of rural society.
Fallone, who regularly speaks on the power of women as agents of sustainable change and poverty reduction, said on Friday that she believes women have been absent in crafting policy about environmen-tal justice. Though she claims she is not a feminist, Fallone said she wants women to take 50 percent of the seats in Congress, as
opposed to the current percentage of just below 20 percent.
The Moonlighting Discourse concluded a week of SUNY-ESF activities in celebration of Earth Day.
Sophie Renker, a freshman environmen-tal science major at SUNY-ESF, was at first skeptical of the talk show setting, but said she found that the panel was not a lecture
but a discussion with the audience.“I loved the combination of all three
on stage. They created a lot of energy and excitement,” Renker said. “I’m definitely coming back for another moonlight session.”
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But talk to some members of the SU com-munity, and they’ll say the student experience depends on factors that they feel should be addressed before the Fast Forward Syracuse initiative goes into full effect.
One of those factors is centered around top-down communication. If more updates and information could trickle from up high down to the ground level, SU could be closer to the “one university” community members believe it should be, said Nedda Sarshar, an undergradu-ate representative on the Board of Trustees.
“Universities ignore undergraduates,” Sar-shar said. “They ignore them in a really subtle way. It’s like there’s 15,000 (undergraduate) students on this campus and … someone who’s a freshman would say it’s easy to get lost here.”
If students aren’t well-informed, Sar-shar said it can end up affecting their expe-rience on campus.
The problem is a vicious cycle, wherein stu-dents don’t know about certain opportunities, which results in low turnout that the university interprets as disinterest, Sarshar said. Then, the programs sometimes get cut.
What’s often forgotten, she said, is that many changes to student life take time to see. And like most things, it’s a two-way street — where students have to realize that the changes being made actually do affect them personally.
“I see a lot of investment from our administra-tion,” Sarshar said. “You could say that’s because I’m involved, but I do feel that the chancellor and his administration and the people working on the
ground do for the most part believe.” An example of this is the Academic Strate-
gic Plan and the Campus Framework, which Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president of public affairs, said are both aimed at “enhancing” the student experience and campus life.
The framework involves adding new kinds of facilities, as well as improving SU’s “physical character and identity of the campus,” he said.
Thirteen years ago, the university attempted to do virtually the same thing through a Cam-pus Master Plan. The 160-page report details the relationship between the physical quality of the campus and the quality of campus life.
“The Campus Plan deliberately sets out to foster collegiality, aiming to create places that … can facilitate human interaction in an increas-ingly fragmented and complex age,” according to the report.
Patrick Neary, a graduate student and mem-ber of the Operational Excellence Steering Committee, said the buildings on SU’s campus serve as good “framing elements” for students in helping them interact with like-minded groups and peers — part of the student experience that Syverud highlighted.
Senior Vice President and Dean of Division of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz said the office’s Inclusion, Community and Citizen-ship division — which includes things like the LGBT Resource Center — serves as a way for students to build and find community.
Neary said it would be helpful if administra-tors gave a timeline and some kind of indication about what the university’s current priorities are and what’s “next up on the list,” he said.
Some issues highlighted by student organi-
zations seem to get lost in a void, said Univer-sity Senate Student Life Committee Chair Jose Rosado. And most student groups don’t have the power to implement changes on campus — they only provide recommendations, Rosado said.
“When they are brought to light, they stay just as ‘issues that need to be looked at,’” Rosado said. “There doesn’t seem to be concrete solu-tions or initiatives happening.”
THE General Body and university adminis-trators proposed a “policy communication strat-egy” in fall 2014 that would ensure broader com-munication of policy decisions before they’re made. Neary said a policy like this may be tricky to implement because not all decisions com-pletely impact students. Administrators still need to communicate that students can trust them to create those policies, he added.
“I understand it can be frustrating,” Neary said. “But you have to be able to communicate out, ‘Here’s the policy, here’s the changes and here’s why you should care.’”
The university has created several systems for students to provide feedback: About 22 stu-dents serve on Fast Forward committees, 25 students make up the Student Affairs Advisory Board (SAAB) and then there’s long-standing student government bodies such as the Student Association, Graduate Student Organization and the Student Bar Association, among others.
“The dialogue that happens (in the SAAB) not only provides insight to the staff members directly involved in these topics, but also to understanding the holistic student experi-ence,” Kantrowitz said in an email.
Chancellor Kent Syverud said in an inter-view with The Daily Orange that he hopes the
climate survey released this semester will help students communicate their needs to the administration.
Syverud said he’s also been trying to create a “web of communication” through more direct routes, such as getting university officials to talk with deans and students, as well as inviting stu-dent groups to his home throughout the semester.
“But I think the answer is that we all need to be familiar with the student experience — the 360 student experience — not the niche that we see,” Syverud said.
The Academic Strategic Plan proposal also mentioned more collaboration between Aca-demic Affairs and Student Affairs — an improve-ment that Cathryn Newton, dean emerita of the College of Arts and Sciences, said is essential to improving student life.
But student life could also be improved if stu-dents understood how the big, sweeping changes happening on campus affect them directly.
Sarshar said she remembers being a fresh-man and hearing about former Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s Scholarship in Action initiative. No one knew what exactly it did, yet she said the phrase was repeated often.
Sarshar hopes that the university’s next big phrase, “One University,” doesn’t end up that way — all covered up in red tape, she said.
“It’s going to take revolutionary changes to change that,” Sarshar said. “I think maybe in a couple years, we’ll have a student body that — I don’t want to say will trust — but knows that they won’t be wasting their time if they show up and use the opportunities that the administration provides them.”
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By Taylor Watsonstaff writer
The Village of Cazenovia recently joined forces with SUNY-ESF to develop a new park for the community.
Cazenovia, which is about 30 minutes southeast of Syracuse, was conducting a development survey for a patch of land in the community, which led to the idea of creating a new trail connection and playground.
Jocelyn Gavitt, a visiting instructor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, was involved with Creekside Community Park Committee, the planning commit-tee for the park. She teaches landscape architecture design at SUNY-ESF, and offered to run the park development as a design problem in the fourth-year design studio course.
Students produced a variety of ideas that were then presented to the public to receive their input, Gavitt said. Students held a public meeting and pub-lished a website to get an idea of what the community liked and what their concerns were.
After listening to community feedback, Gavitt put together a master plan for the small park that
includes a trail system along Chittenango Creek, an overlook for fishing and an imaginative twist on a classic playground.
“It will have some play structures that are more natu-ral,” Gavitt said. “This is not a playground where you are going to see your typical swings and slides and merry-go-round kind of things, you’ll see more creative ways of doing play, with natural climbing structures.”
This project differs from most that Gavitt has worked on due to its heightened level of community involvement, she said.
“(The park) is truly going to be of the community. This is not one person’s idea,” Gavitt said. “The community process has allowed so many people to have a voice.”
One strong voice, Gavitt said, was that of Betsy Ken-nedy, a member of the Creekside Community Park Com-mittee and the director of the Cazenovia Public Library.
“She had an interesting voice, and since the library is near the park, she will clearly have a lot of uses for it,” Gavitt said.
The park is to be built on Village of Cazenovia property along Riverside Drive, behind the library.
Gavitt said she hopes the site will be prepared this summer and that structures will begin to be implemented.
The village will take on a lot of the burden of construct-
ing the site, Gavitt said. The park will have to be imple-mented in stages as part of a slow community process sustained by a lot of voluntary service. Since the project does not have enough funding to hire an outside contrac-tor, the main responsibility is in the hands of the village and the village engineers, she said.
Funding for the project originated from Project CAFÉ, a student-directed nonprofit organization at Cazenovia High School that is centered on community work. Stu-dents raised a total of $17,751.87 to donate to the park, according to Eagle News Online.
Other funding came from a $26,850 grant written by the Cazenovia Area Community Development Associa-tion (CACDA), according to the CACDA website. CACDA used Project CAFÉ as momentum to get grant money, said Gavitt, who is a member of CACDA.
Getting the students and the community involved is what made the park possible, she said.
“Being in the place and time where you can generate that kind of excitement by getting the students involved with their creative ideas and seeing how that energized the community was a perfect combination,” Gavitt said. “The students got people thinking and motivated and the community really wants to get behind the park.”
because I thought relationships and friend-ships are unnecessary and meaningless,” Zhao said. “But Hongming to me was a per-son I could share everything with, all my secrets — and I did.
“No matter how mature I feel about myself at any certain point in my life in college, he could always solve a problem in a very quiet, efficient and peaceful way. He was a master at solving problems,” Zhao said.
Marvelle Meng, a graduate student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said in an email that when she first met Cao he told her some jokes. She thought he was hand-some and fun. They started dating soon after.
“Hongming was a positive and optimistic man, who always spread his smile to people around him,” Meng said. “I was moved by his positive energy and smiles. He lived without
worries, and always looked forward.”After Cao and Meng started dating, Zhao said
it was obvious that they cared about one another.“I could see from his eyes sometimes how
he loved her,” Zhao said.When Cao returned to school for the
spring semester after having surgery, Meng said Cao was in a lot of pain. The medi-cine he would take would make him vomit and unable to eat. He became quiet, Meng said, because he could not hang out with his friends as much as he did before the surgery.
“He became stronger to face the unfair-ness of life,” she said.
A memorial service for Cao will be held on Thursday at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The service will be filmed and sent to Cao’s parents in China, according to an email sent out by the Slutzker Center for International Services. The center will close that day at 3:30 p.m. so staff can attend the service.
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had indeed detected a gravitational wave.“This was incredible,” Usman, a physics
and math double major, said. “I was so excited, jumping around like a small child with 30 other collaborators in the room, and nobody cared because it was awesome.”
Research-based learning experience for undergraduates — such as Usman’s work with LIGO — is one of the facets of research at SU that Chancellor Kent Syverud has championed in his two years at the helm of the university.
Syverud has made it clear that empower-ing research excellence is one of his top pri-orities. During his inauguration speech — his first public address as SU’s chancellor — he made a point to address research and has since worked to hire research-focused administra-tors, make key partnerships and develop a culture of appreciation and collaboration in the research sector on campus.
“I care about teaching, but my expe-rience is that a university is more than great teaching, and great teaching requires that a lot of the people in the university be engaged in the discovery of ideas that they’re teaching about,” Syverud said in a recent interview with The Daily Orange.
New provost
One of the chancellor’s most recent — and possi-bly his most important — steps toward research excellence was hiring Michele Wheatly as SU’s next vice chancellor and provost.
Wheatly has a background in physiology and has done extensive research. She has received continuous funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) over the last 30 years that has totaled $25 million, according to an SU News release.
This background in research will allow Wheatly to more easily understand the needs of researchers in the science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics (STEM) fields and what it is like to deal with institutions like the NSF, said Laura Lautz, an associate professor and researcher at SU.
“That’s a learning curve she doesn’t have to figure out,” Lautz said.
Lautz is another success story for the
research sector at SU. While her focus is in hydrogeology, she and a team of faculty brought in a $3 million grant from NSF in 2015 to implement a graduate student-training program.
The program, called EMPOWER, or “Educational Model Program on Water-Energy Research,” helps train graduates to enter into careers outside of academics. The team at SU won the award during its first year, beating out 252 other proposals to be among the eight funded.
Lautz said Eric Spina, the former vice chan-cellor and provost, was instrumental in secur-ing this funding. She went to him to explain why the administration’s support of the pro-gram was needed and how a financial supple-ment from the university would allow the program to reach its full potential. Spina was immediately supportive, Lautz said, which gave a significant boost to their proposal.
“The provost’s office is really essential for shaping the research mission of the univer-sity,” Lautz said. “And we’ve had an interim provost for a really long time.”
Having an interim vice chancellor and provost has made it difficult to move forward with long-term plans, Lautz said. But she said she is now excited to see what direction Wheatly takes the university and what fields she will prioritize.
Wheatly said in an interview with The Daily Orange that her next steps are to work with the vice president for research and SU’s academic deans to identify strengths and areas with potential “that are good for Syra-cuse University across the board.” This is also something Syverud mentioned in his inaugu-ration speech two years ago.
“I think it’s going to be very important at Syracuse to identify which priority areas become differentiators for us because the higher education space is very crowded these days,” Wheatly said.
Partnerships
To overcome the limitations of being one person with many goals, Syverud strength-ens his outreach by forming partnerships and alliances, said Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
“I know he’s very keen on improving the undergraduate experience,” Ruhlandt said. “I know he’s very keen on raising the research profile at the university. And I have exactly the same goals.”
Syverud has overseen the hiring of three major players in research during his time at SU: Wheatly, Ruhlandt and Teresa Dahl-berg, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The search for a new vice president for research to replace Peter Van-able, the interim, is underway.
“It’s really exciting,” Vanable said of the new hires. “It generates a lot of enthusiasm on campus and sets the stage for what hap-pens at the department level.”
Syverud has also formed partnerships by
reaching out to other institutions. In January, SU created a $1.5 million equip-
ment proposal for NSF, for which the univer-sity had to match 30 percent, Ruhlandt said. To disperse this financial burden of almost $500,000, Syverud helped make connections on and off campus.
While the proposal originated in the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, before long the Max-well School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the State University of New York Col-lege of Environmental Science and Forestry and the State University of New York Upstate Medical University all supported it.
Ruhlandt said Syverud was critical in mak-ing these partnerships, which also improved the proposal’s chance of acceptance because it increased the number of people who would benefit from the investment.
“By creating partnerships like that, you strategically enhance the research infrastruc-ture on campus, which benefits the students and the faculty,” Ruhlandt said.
Culture
By putting research high on his agenda, Syver-ud has also increased its prominence in cam-pus culture, which officials said is important in attracting and keeping high-quality faculty.
Vanable is currently helping to conduct interviews for the associate dean of research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and he said officials are talking to high-caliber candidates who are telling them they are excited to come to SU because of the univer-sity’s commitment to research.
“That might seem like a no-brainer, but believe me, people respond to those who are essentially in charge of allocating resources and guiding faculty hiring,” he said.
The chancellor has also worked at recogniz-ing faculty for their achievements, which helps maintain a positive environment for research-ers, officials said.
For example, Syverud sent an email to the university community commending the award Lautz’s team received, which she said was “really validating.”
Undergraduate research has also been important part of the research culture under Syverud.
Early on in his tenure, the chancellor helped raise $1 million for the Science Equipment
Excellence Fund, which paid for new, state-of-the-art lab equipment for undergraduate teaching labs. Vanable said the fund fulfilled a serious need for undergraduates.
“We have really excellent rates of engage-ment for students working closely, one-on-one with faculty, really bringing what I would describe as almost a liberal arts experience but with some of the most impressive scientists in the world,” Vanable said in an interview with The Daily Orange.
To provide more undergraduate students — particularly those outside of STEM fields — with opportunities to conduct their own research, the central administration partnered with the Student Association on its undergrad-uate research stipend program.
SA started the program, which provides undergraduate students who are accepted with a $1,000 stipend to support summer research at SU, in 2015. SA was only able to support seven students out of the 150 that applied during the first year, but a $10,000 contribution from the Office of the Provost and a $5,000 contribution from the Office of Research will help support a total of 25 students during the summer of 2016.
SA President Aysha Seedat said the program has been “wildly successful” for participants and has taught students that research can be just as valuable as an internship.
Both Seedat and Usman, the undergradu-ate LIGO researcher, said there still needs to be more funding and support provided for undergraduate researchers. Usman acknowledged the SA program, but said $1,000 was not enough.
“There’s more support for graduate stu-dents, and I understand why it’s there, but I think that … for a university that has far more undergrads, there needs to be just as much sup-port for them,” Seedat said.
Leveraging success
Although Syverud has led the university for only two years, major developments have occurred under him, including the discovery of gravitational waves and earning a top tier research ranking on the industry-standard Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
These successes, along with his new hires and partnerships, have bolstered his appearance in the public eye, but officials have said they could not have been achieved without years of research investment that occurred long before he arrived. Syverud said he has plans to build on these suc-cesses, though, in his pursuit of research excellence.
On the recent Carnegie ranking, Syverud said: “We’re certainly going to use it to help recruit and retain the best students, faculty and staff here, and it’s something that will be widely recognized as a badge of honor for the university, but we’ve got to keep moving up. Our competitors are going to be competing as well, so we have to keep getting better.”
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corporations spend millions of dollars to counter any effort to change the status quo.
Regardless, Javeline said adaptation will eventually become necessary because there isn’t enough being done to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
She said figuring out what motivates a com-munity to act on climate change is one oppor-tunity that political scientists often overlook. Another of these overlooked opportunities, she added, is assuring that any foreign assistance the U.S. gives to other countries to combat climate change is spent correctly.
This foreign aid is usually under the direction of the U.S. Agency for Foreign Development (USAID). Edward Carr, a for-mer adviser to USAID, was at Friday’s event to discuss that topic.
Carr contributed to a project in Mali called
Nationale De La Météorologie Agrometeo-rological Advisory Program, which advises Malian farmers about when to plant their crops, and which type to plant.
Carr said the program increased crop yields by over 30 percent.
In total, Carr said, $50 billion is being devoted to climate adaptation in the new Paris Agreement. This large sum of money will help developing countries industrialize sustainably, he added.
The final speaker was Don Nelson, an anthropologist from the University of Georgia. The theme of Nelson’s lecture was that climate change and its effects are defined by inequity. He said climate change exacerbates current problems, and the trend will continue.
Nelson said the people who are going to be most affected by climate change lack the same voice of those who are contributing to it.
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StreamlineTV columnist Kyle Stevens explains how May is the most boring month thus far in 2016 as far as what is coming to Netflix.See page 15
Road tripAutomotive columnist Zac Palmer talks about how to get your car ready before heading home at the end of the semester.See dailyorange.com
On the big screenFilms are meant to be seen in a theater. Movie columnist Erik Benjamin takes a look at all the theater options in Syracuse.See page 15
AS ITSTANDS
Explore campus through these six well-known Syracuse
University statues
Text by Madeleine Buckley staff writer
Photos by Liam Sheehanasst. photo editor
Across the Syracuse University campus, sculptures are scattered around the quad, in courtyards and in academic buildings. There are over 20 of them, ranging from modern steel pieces to lifelike bronze
statues. Some have been in place for over 60 years, while others are just over a decade old.
New art, including these permanent outdoor sculptures as well as paint-ings and murals, is being added to the university’s collection every year, said Domenic Iacono, who has served as director of Syracuse University Art Galleries for 10 years.
The history of these pieces are documented on plaques next to each sculpture, Iacono said, and QR codes located on the plaques provide more information. In addition to providing further information about the sculp-ture, the codes grant access to a map that shows where you are on campus and where to find other artwork.
Monday marks the second annual International Sculpture Day, a celebra-tion created by the International Sculpture Center to commemorate the art of sculpture worldwide. Throughout the day, artists and institutions throughout 20 countries will hold special events and exhibitions.
Here are a few of the sculptures located around the SU campus:
1. Six Curved Walls
In 2004, only three years prior to his death, sculptor Sol DeWitt completed “Six Curved Walls,” a sculpture designed as part of the “Exploring the Soul of
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Six Curved Walls Saltine’s Warrior
Abraham LincolnMoses/Mestrovic Sculpture Court
Oracle’s Tears
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Syracuse” initiative announced during for-mer chancellor Nancy Cantor’s inauguration.
The SU alumnus built these six, 12-foot high walls to represent the breaking down of barriers between the university and the surrounding community. This is one reason why this sculpture is the favorite of Jona-than English, an assistant professor in the Setnor School of Music.
“I’ve seen kids playing down there and students playing down there,” he said. “I’ve heard some people say that’s where they kissed their boyfriend or girlfriend for the first time. And that’s exactly, I think, what this artist wanted.”
2. Saltine Warrior Before there was Otto the Orange, SU sport-ed a variety of mascots, including a goat named Vita and a Roman-style gladiator. One of these mascots was the Saltine War-rior, a fictional Native American chief whose remains, according to legend, were found near Steele Hall.
This mascot stayed with SU from the early 1930s to the late 1970s. In 1951, the senior class funded a statue of the warrior. The students of the renowned sculptor and SU professor Ivan Mestrovic competed for the opportunity to design and create the sculpture, and the win-ner was Luise Clayborn Kaish.
While the Saltine Warrior was retired in 1978 following protests by Native Ameri-can students, the statue remains in front of Carnegie Library.
English sees this sculpture as a positive representation of the school’s progressive decision to remove Native American imag-ery from the sports teams.
“Not only do I think it is an amazing sculp-ture and an amazing piece of art,” he said. “It is something we can be so proud of at Syra-cuse University, in that I think we were the first institution that literally retired using a Native American image as a mascot because so many people found it demeaning.”
3. Moses/Mestrovic Sculpture Court The Mestrovic Sculpture Court, located between Shaffer Art Building and Bowne Hall, is home to three sculptures by Croa-tian artist Ivan Mestrovic.
One of these sculptures, titled “Moses,” was originally intended to be the center-piece in a New York City memorial to Holo-caust victims in the early 1950s. However, the memorial was never installed due to monetary reasons and conflicts with the city’s park commissioner.
Mestrovic himself was a European Jew during World War II. Some of his family members were killed in the Holocaust, said Iacono, while Mestrovic was detained and jailed by the Nazis for his work.
According to university archives, former chancellor William Tolley was informed that Mestrovic was “ill and unhappy” in 1946. Tolley then offered Mestrovic a job teaching sculpture at SU, a position Mestro-vic held from 1947 to 1955.
4. Abraham Lincoln Between Maxwell, Eggers and Tolley halls sits a statue of Abraham Lincoln. This sculp-ture, created by James Earl Frasier, is not the original but a full-size bronze cast. The original statue is located in Jersey City, at the established eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first coast-to-coast highway in America.
According to an article published by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Martin H. Bush, an instructor in Maxwell’s history department, purchased the entirety of Frasier’s collection for SU fol-lowing his death. It was then that they recast Lincoln. He was then instilled in 1968, with-out celebration.
“He is a little younger, he’s beardless, yet (Frasier) portrays him where you can see the weight of the world is on his shoulders, for what’s going to happen,” Iacono said.
Within the next few months, the Lin-coln statue will be undergoing renovations and receiving a new pedestal. The original pedestal, Iacono said, was made of concrete and has not weathered well. The new base, however, will be made of granite.
5. Oracle’s Tears Oracle’s Tears, located outside the Shaffer Art Building, was built by Rodger Mack in 1999. Mack spent 34 years at SU, first as a sculpture professor and later as the first director of the School of Art and Design in VPA. He helped to establish this program, which was split into separate schools of art and design in 2015.
Stephen Zaima, associate dean of global studies in VPA, said this specific sculpture is a “result of the expertise we have on this campus,” as well as a sample of modernist, outdoor sculpture with a touch of surrealism.
“There’s a certain kind of whimsical nature in that work,” Zaima said. “(Mack) uses elements in there that are a sort of eclec-tic and interesting mix, and it is, technically, a really good example of that kind of work.”
[email protected]—Co-Feature Editor Kathryn Krawczyk,
[email protected], contributed reporting to this article.
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This statue, “Job,” is sitting in the Mestrovic Sculpture Court at Syracuse University and was created by Croatian artist Ivan Mestrovic. liam sheehan asst. photo editor
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The Sakana-Ya Sushi Bar is located in Armory Square and while the prices are slightly higher than sushi restaurants found on Marshall Street, the menu has a large variety of high quality options which range from bento boxes to dumpings to pad thai to sushi rolls. kelli mosher staff photographer
How I roll Sakana-Ya Sushi Bar offers alternatives to GrubHub staples
By Casey Russell staff writer
When most Syracuse University students are craving Califor-nia rolls or a big bowl of salted
edamame, Oishi Sushi and Bleu Monkey Cafe are the eateries of choice. However, Japanese food at Sakana-Ya Sushi Bar offers an upscale version of what GrubHub con-noisseurs are already familiar with.
Because of its location in Armory Square, Sakana-Ya’s prices are higher than the typi-cal student can afford. The food is objectively better than Marshall Street takeout, but still expensive enough to turn some college-age cus-tomers off, though they do have half-price sushi on Monday and Wednesday. This restaurant is great for a date or if your parents are in town.
Sakana-Ya has an extensive menu. It has teriyaki, pad thai, udon, edamame, bento boxes and a huge selection of sushi — includ-ing standards and house specials.
Overwhelmed by the choices, I decided to go with a bento box. Included in the box were shrimp and vegetable tempura, gyoza and shumai dumplings, seaweed salad, ika salad, a choice of entrée and a choice of sushi. I also ordered a house special mango sushi roll, as well as a hot cup of green tea.
The tempura was breaded lightly in Panko and fried just enough in oil to add a salty crunch while keeping the original flavor. The shrimp was the slightest bit too rigid. Perhaps it was overcooked, or perhaps
since Syracuse is an inland city, the shrimp itself wasn’t of amazing quality. The veg-etable tempura included bell pepper, sweet potato and zucchini, which was my favorite.
Gyoza is a beef dumpling, fried crisp. This one was different from the one I once had before at Dolce Vita World Bistro — it was much crunchier and the flavor of the dump-ling was heavier, probably because of the red meat. I would assume the Sakana-Ya’s gyoza are more traditional.
I preferred the shumai to the gyoza. It was a steamed dumpling, and I believe the dough was rice-based, giving it a lighter feel.
Standard Chinese shumai is usually made with a pork filling, but the Japanese variety uses shrimp. The shrimp in the dumpling was flavorful, and I wish I could have eaten more.
The seaweed salad was surprisingly one of the highlights of the box. With its crunchy texture, it was almost like eating salty, chilled spaghetti squash. It did have that sea salt, algae-like taste that only a day at the beach or a fresh-caught fish has. The after-taste was manageable, though I did wish I had an after-dinner mint or a pack of gum.
Ika salad is chopped and steamed squid. I can imagine many people turning up their
noses at something like that, but I love Italian fried calamari, so I was OK with eating it. The meat itself was a little tougher than I expected, half as tender as the best calamari I’ve eaten.
As an entrée, I ordered chicken teriyaki, served with baby corn, green peppers and car-rots. Usually when Americans order teriyaki sauce, they expect a thick brown glaze with a viscosity similar to honey. However, Sakana-Ya’s sauce was much more watery. I liked that it wasn’t so thick because it allowed the ten-derness of the chicken to shine through.
For the sushi in the bento box, I ordered a simple California roll. It was thick — the biggest California roll I’ve ever seen. The Sakana-Ya chefs did an excellent job making sure the sushi was the best it could be, as it was probably the best California roll I’ve ever had. Be sure to try it with the wasabi, pickled ginger and extra soy sauce.
The mango roll was a spicy tuna roll topped with thin mango slices and a sweet mango syrup. Eating this with ginger and soy sauce was my favorite combination of the day. The spicy tuna, sweet mango, tart ginger and salty soy sauce combined on the palate in one big explosion of flavor.
I would love to try some of the other items on the Sakana-Ya menu, mainly because I like trying new foods, and not because Sakana-Ya provided a truly outstanding meal. But before I go back, I’ll have to make sure my parents are in town so I wouldn’t have to pay for it.
Sakana-Ya Sushi Bar offers half priced sushi on Monday and Wednesday and its bento boxes can be filled with many foods. kelli mosher staff photographer
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Syracuse-area movie theaters create individual experiences
All year long, I have written about various topics in the film industry, including what movies are in
theaters now to what the hot new trend of the future will be. One thing I don’t often write about, however, is the literal experi-ence of going to a movie.
Part of the reason I love film is the magical experience of actually going to see one. Nothing beats being in that dark theater with a friend or loved one, expe-riencing a story together. Plus, the smell of popcorn is an added bonus. If you want to catch a movie in Syracuse, you actually have more options than you think.
Naturally, the first movie theater people will think of is the Regal Cinemas at Destiny USA. It’s a huge theater, but that’s not always a bad thing. Regal Cinemas is very clean and has auditoriums, both big and small.
One of the things I love about the theater in Destiny is that because there are so many screens, you can catch both the biggest blockbuster and a new indie film. Regal actu-ally makes a pretty valiant effort to bring smaller-platform films to Syracuse.
Though one is quick to think of Regal as the go-to movie theater, it is not the only option. ShoppingTown Mall is not as busy, but its movie theater is surprisingly nice. Like Destiny, it is also a Regal movie theater. This means you have the amenities that come with a professional theater chain.
While Destiny is great for an entire night of entertainment with the various restau-rants and shops, the Regal at ShoppingTown is a great option if you just want to see a movie without any of the hassle. The theaters are extremely nice and renovated, and you will be
able to relax more than you would at Destiny. Beyond megaplexes, there are also nice
options in Syracuse for a smaller, local feel. You can find such a small theater at the Manlius Art Cinema. Here there is only one screen, and generally only one show time per day. The theater is extremely long but not huge, and the concession stand is limited.
With that said, tickets and concessions are significantly cheaper than they are at the big chains, and I can say from personal experi-ence that the popcorn is delicious. They only take cash, but there are ATM’s conveniently located in the area.
Finally, while we already have these great options, a new theater called Movie Tavern will be opening in Syracuse this summer. I anticipate Movie Tavern becoming a great success, as they will tout reclining seats and food that extends beyond the traditional concession fare.
While you might need a car to get to Manlius Art Cinema or ShoppingTown, there is always a bus to Destiny on the weekends. Movies are meant to be seen on the big screen, and though sometimes you may feel landlocked on campus, there are plenty of options if you want to see a new film you’re excited about.
See dailyorange.com for the full version of this column.
Erik Benjamin is a sophomore television, radio and film major. You can
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tv
Few Netflix additions leave room for competition’s success
KYLE STEVENSJUST LIKE, MY OPINION MAN
Each month of the year so far has been big for Netflix. In January, shows like “Parks and Recre-
ation,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “New Girl” added new seasons. In February, Netflix originals like “Fuller House” debuted, movies like “Dope” and seasons of shows such as “Better Call Saul” and “Mad Men” became available. “House of Cards” season 4 owned March, and sea-son 2 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” has dominated April so far.
May is the first boring month of the year for Netflix.
Headlining this month for Netflix is sea-son 2 of “Grace and Frankie.” While the show is hilarious and does not get the press credit it deserves for bringing Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston together for a TV show, it hardly calls for the same excitement as the previous four months.
This small number of additions is not necessarily a bad thing, as it also means not much is leaving. “Full Metal Jacket” and “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and headed out, but they’re movies you’ve either already seen or have been around long enough that you should’ve watched them by now. The only big show leaving is “Scrubs,” but all nine seasons of the show have already been on Netflix for a few years.
It is hard to tell what really is a bad month or a good month for Netflix from a business perspective. They release no data or ratings about any shows or movies.
Apart from expiring contracts with large studios, the additions and subtractions don’t get explained to the public.
So it is entirely possible that months like this are great for business. Let people catch up on the shows released in the past few months, long for something new, and then have another big month later in the year.
However, Hulu and Amazon are taking advantage of this off-month for Netflix by upping their share in the streaming game.
Amazon Prime has acquired the rights to several titles, including “Boardwalk Empire,” “True Blood” and “When Harry Met Sally,” as well as titles on demand.
Hulu keeps going about it in its own way, making small-budget shows without promoting them and making episodes of TV shows available the day after their original air date.
Netflix’s boring May might mean nothing, but it could lead to a lot of space for Amazon and Hulu to continue gaining ground.
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trading card ever sold. And sitting in front of the entrance to the Ensley Athletic Center is a nearly 12-foot high bronze statue of Little, along with statues of Jim Brown and Ernie Davis, that Rubin helped create.
The statues are known as Plaza 44, as each renowned athlete honored wore the coveted number while playing at SU. Rubin had the idea for the statues about two years ago when he realized he wanted to give back
to the university in a more substantial way.“(Students) know 44 is important, but a
lot of students couldn’t tell you why. I think 44 is the fabric of our institution …” Rubin said. “I could then argue that athletics is what brings us all together, and these guys are what made Syracuse athletics. We are all Orange because of them.”
The unveiling was on a snowy November day. In attendance was Julie Walas-Huynh, the director of academic advising and student engagement at the iSchool and coach of the Otto the Orange program. She said tears were shed that morning, as the immortalization of the leg-end of 44 is incredibly important to SU’s history.
Although Plaza 44 is arguably Rubin’s larg-est philanthropic effort, it is by no means his first. Juli Boeheim, co-founder of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation, said Rubin has been incredibly generous. She remembered one time when, after a game, Rubin pulled her aside and handed her an envelope with a check inside that literally brought her to tears.
“Gosh, he is amazingly generous,” Boeheim said. “Whether that’s through his business, lending his talents for people like us who need that, with a website or just writing a check, he is incredibly generous.”
Rubin’s legacy at SU has grown beyond his classroom, beyond the Carrier Dome and beyond his orange office in Hinds Hall. As his eyes passed from the three miniature Plaza 44 statues he has on a shelf to his vast wall of tickets hanging by the door, he gave a slight chuckle and a nostalgic smile.
“Every one of these memories, every one of these games I’ve been too, every one of these events was work,” Rubin said. “And every one of those was fun.”
give up.“I asked her that if she really wanted
to go (to the Final Four game), I’d see that she would twirl one way or another,” Rose said. And both Sinisi, via the free student buses provided by SU’s Student Association, and Rose, by plane, arrived in Houston.
The two, through a lot of research and phone calls, were also able to get Sinisi a chance to twirl at the Lone Star Veteran Association 4 Miler, where Rose recalled people from Hawaii going up to Sinisi and saying, “You’re the Orange Girl? I signed your petition to come here.”
Sinisi called Rose her role model, saying that Rose is always there to lend a helping hand.
“(Rose) is involved in so much, but she always puts others before herself,” Sinisi said.
This sentiment was echoed by Curtis, who said Rose puts her heart into everything she does for her mentees. So much so, that Rose made it over to Syracuse for a night to watch Sinisi receive the Syracuse University
Spirit Award at the 44 Stars of Excellence Gala on April 20.
Rose said she found it to be incred-ibly satisfying seeing somebody she
cares about and saw so much potential in live up to it.
In addition to being a support system in the crowd, Rose helps her mentees with writing resumes and brand building.
In Boston, Rose is the business manager for a DJ, where she helps find appearances and prepare media inter-views, as well as give fitness and styling tips to help her mentees get the most out of their engagements.
W hile she no longer lives in Sy ra-cuse, Rose w ill a lways hold Sy racuse close to her hea r t.
Said Rose: “‘Cuse, of course, is the love of my life and will always be my home.”
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ROSE
It was like a big family reunion,
but you actually wanted to know the aunt and uncle you never met before.
LORNA ROSEon attending the men’s basketball
final four game
Five quick facts about Jeff Rubin
1. He’s deathly afraid of mayonnaise.
2.He’s never ridden a New York City subway or any subway.
3.As of Monday night, he had never tasted cantaloupe, melon or guacamole.
4.He is obsessed with colorful socks.
5.He wears orange as many days of the week as possible.
Take the crown
Lorna Rose has been in several pageants during the three years she competed. She won the Miss Finger Lakes title twice, once in 2009 and again in 2012.
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Syracuse released its post-spring depth chart Friday afternoon. Here are four observations based on the depth chart.
1. Two deepAntwan Cordy is positioned ahead of Chauncey Scissum at free safety, and Kielan Whitner is ahead of Rodney Williams at strong safety. Cordy ended the 2015 season as Syracuse’s starting strong safety with Whitner as his backup, but with Cordy moving over to the free safety position, Whitner moved into a starting spot.
Williams swapped positions from backup free safety, which is where he ended the 2015 season, to backup strong safety. Neither Whitner nor Cordy started the spring football game.
2. Run it backSophomore Dontae Strickland is listed as the starting running back after coming out with the first team at the spring football game on April 2. Sophomore Jordan Fredericks is listed behind Stickland. Freshman Moe Neal and redshirt senior George Morris round out SU’s third and fourth spots, respectively.
Last season, Fredericks led Syracuse with 107 rushes for 607 yards and was second on the team with four rushing touchdowns. Strickland had just 21 carries all of last season for 81 yards in the hybrid position. Fredericks is listed at 215 pounds, which is seven pounds heavier than he ended last season.
3. Tight (end) raceSenior tight end Cameron MacPherson is slotted as the starting tight end ahead of senior Kendall Moore and redshirt senior Josh Parris, who has been SU’s top tight end the last two seasons. Parris was expected to lead the group heading into next year, but is now down to third on the depth chart.
MacPherson and Moore played with the first and second teams, respectively, during the spring game with Parris being limited due to injury. Moore has moved around between offensive line and tight end during his career with the Orange.
4. Over the hillJacob Hill is listed as a backup wide receiver after being a backup running back last season. He practiced with the running backs and wide receivers during the spring.
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Syracuse returns 80.4 percent of its tackles from
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TACKLES RETURNING
Number of players on Syracuse’s roster who have started at least one game.
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Syracuse returns 1,813 (92.6 percent) of last
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RUSHING YARDS
RETURNING
post-spring depth chartSyracuse released its first depth chart of the post-spring season on Friday. It’s also the first depth chart released since Dino Babers was hired as head coach on Dec. 5. The Orange returns 30 players who have started at least one game in their careers.
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and without playing on good teams you don’t get as many opportunities as I’ve been so fortunate to have.”
Fans already knew Treanor’s next goal would break the record. After her first goal, the public address announcer let everyone know Treanor had tied it. Then there was a false alarm of sorts, too — a Treanor goal was disallowed at halftime but not before it was announced as her record-breaking goal.
Yet, after Treanor’s actual record-breaking goal, the fans gave half an ovation. Treanor ran back to the draw circle before the crowd’s clapping could even really start. As fans clapped, she hardly looked around. She just patted the pocket of her stick and waited for the referee to place the ball between her and Morissette.
“Definitely with the momentum of the game, that goal,” Treanor said of how sweet the goal was, “We needed a score, we were not doing well in the second half and we needed a score.”
That’s the way it’s always been for Treanor. Even as Treanor walked into the press
conference, she donned a sweatshirt that read “NCAA lacrosse.” She’s always looked ahead, because how she defines herself, at least publicly, is how her team performs. And what she wants is the NCAA lacrosse championship that has so nimbly slipped
out of SU’s grasp the last three seasons. Regardless of the postseason, regardless
of how Treanor judges her success, regardless of whether attaining the goals record was a bucket-list item or not, Treanor has changed the game all while innovating the work of former SU players Katie Rowan, Alyssa Mur-ray and Michelle Tumolo. All while making Syracuse into an elite program.
Sure, part of that is having Gait, possibly the greatest men’s player of all time. But Treanor has been with the program for more than 20 percent of its existence and has molded it as much as any player before her. Her stick skills are almost unparalleled now or in the sport’s history and she hasn’t just been one of SU’s best players ever, she’s been one of the sports’ best players ever. A championship and a Tewaaraton Award would
cement her legacy. There’s no doubt about that. But as the final stretch of Treanor’s
career reaches its end — a stretch she’ll surely use as a benchmark — what she has done to this point should be recognized.
Chris Libonati is an asst. sports editor at The Daily Orange where his column
appears occasionally. He can be reached at [email protected] or @ChrisLibonati.
KAYLA TREANOR continued her historic senior season on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. It started with passing Alyssa Murray for second all-time in SU career points and then, against UofL, she became the 11th highest goal scorer in NCAA history. She’s positioned herself to break into the top 10 with the conference tournament approaching. hannah wagner staff photographer
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Kayla Treanor’s record-setting goal total for Syracuse places her No. 11 on the all-time goal-scorers list in NCAA history. Only 20 goals
separate her from the second place on the list.
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softball
Syracuse drops rubber game of series to Louisville, 6-2By Matthew Gutierrezstaff writer
Syracuse (25-21, 9-11 Atlantic Coast) could not take the rubber game of a weekend series at Louisville (32-10, 13-5) Sunday afternoon, falling 6-2 at Ulmer Stadium.
The Orange and Cardinals split Satur-day’s doubleheader.
Syracuse pitcher AnnaMarie Gatti was sharp early, retiring the first seven hitters and holding UofL hitless through three innings.
But Gatti could not get out of the fourth
inning. After inducing a groundout, she allowed a single, a walk and a pair of dou-bles. With one out in the inning and UofL up 3-0, Jocelyn Cater relieved Gatti, get-ting the next two batters on groundouts to end the frame.
In the fifth, Louisville’s Brittany Sims doubled to right center, scoring Megan Hensley and Jessica Adell to make it a 5-0 ballgame. UofL tacked on another run in the sixth.
Gatti took the loss, allowing three runs in 3 1/3 innings of work.
SU scored both of its runs in the sixth, when outfielder Maddi Doane led off the
inning with a walk. After Corinne Ozanne singled and Sydney O’Hara reached on an error, Andrea Bombace scored Doane on
a fielder’s choice. Two batters later, Alicia Hansen singled home O’Hara to make it 6-2.
Louisville ace Maryssa Becker allowed just one earned run in her complete-game effort, earning her 19th win of the year. Becker also beat the Orange in game one on Saturday, tossing a complete-game shutout.
Despite having one more hit than Lou-isville, the Orange was just 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
Syracuse’s next game is at Albany (29-12, 9-1 American) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
track and field
Syracuse splits team to compete in 4 separate competitionsBy Byron Tollefsonstaff writer
Syracuse split up again to attend four differ-ent events this past weekend — the Auburn War Eagle Invitational, the Virginia Chal-lenge, Cornell’s Upstate Challenge and Princeton’s Larry Ellis Invitational.
Freddie Crittenden led the way for the Orange at the Auburn War Eagle Invita-tional, posting a personal-best time of 13.48 seconds to win the 110-meter hurdles. It marks the third-best time nationwide this season and is just 0.04 seconds off Jarret Eaton’s school record set in 2012.
Syracuse showcased its depth in the 110-meter hurdles as David Gilstrap (14.16) and Richard Floyd (14.24) finished sixth and
seventh, respectively, in the finals.The Orange produced two top-10 fin-
ishes in the 400-meters. Kadejhia Sell-ers finished third at 54.49 seconds, and Brittany Belo crossed the line in seventh at 55.73 seconds. In the 100-meter dash, Shaina Harrison took seventh with a time of 11.79 seconds.
Tia Thevenin continued Syracuse’s run of top-10 performances at Auburn by placing third in the 100-meter hurdles at 13.57 sec-onds. Jabari Butler leaped to 2.06 meters in the high jump to finish ninth. Winston Lee took 12th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.56 seconds.
At the Virginia Challenge, Justyn Knight finished second in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:39.23, which broke the school
record he set last year. Knight was edged out by defending NCAA indoor mile champion Henry Wynne from UVA. Adam Palamar finished fifth in the event with a time of 3:40.49 seconds.
Colin Bennie took fourth in the 5k with a time of 13:45.77, his personal best in the outdoor event. Dan Lennon crossed the line in 22nd at 14:23.95.
Syracuse sent a combination of sprinters, jumpers and distance runners to the Cornell Upstate Challenge.
Four members of the Orange competed in the 400-meters. Shasche Allen topped the group in second at 1:01.24. Natalie Zazzara, Maya Perry and Nia Gibson were close behind, finishing fifth, ninth and 11th, respectively. Emily Nist finished 13th in the
5k at 4:57.18.Syracuse also sent a trio of distance run-
ners to Princeton’s Larry Ellis Invitational, where Margo Malone managed a 10th-place performance in the 1500-meters with a time of 4:29.12.
In addition, three SU runners finished in the top 15 in the 5k. Maura Linde led the way for the Orange, finishing seventh at 16:59.54. Rebecca Skodis (17:06.54) and Mary Malone (17:18.09) finished ninth and 14th, respectively.
Next weekend, in what will be its final weekend of racing before the Atlantic Coast Conference outdoor championships, the Orange will split up at the Penn Relays, the Payton Jordan Invitational and the Big Red Invitational.
Save for one third-inning explosion against Louisville, Syracuse
batted just .111 in three games on Saturday and Sunday with runners
in scoring position.
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The Peach StateSyracuse men’s lacrosse will play in the ACC tournament in Georgia on Friday. Find out how lacrosse is growing in the Peach State.See Tuesday’s paper
Not in the cardsSyracuse lost the rubber game of a three-game weekend series to Louisville on Sunday. The Orange is now 9-11 in conference play.See page 19
Where they standCheck out Syracuse’s post-spring depth chart. The Orange returns 30 players who have starting experience in their careers.See page 17
men’s basketball
SU offers 2017, 2018 players
KAYLA TREANOR broke the Syracuse school record for goals (251) on Saturday in a 13-10 win over No. 7 Louisville. She also added three assists in the win that clinched the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. hannah wagner staff photographer
A group of Louisville players gathered in the concourse of the Carrier Dome after the team’s 13-10 loss to Syracuse. Maybe UofL’s biggest individual loss that
led to its defeat was at the draw circle, where Kayla Tre-anor helped SU win 16 draws. The Cardinals won nine.
Louisville’s Kaylin Morissette, who has won the most draw controls per game in the country, walked up to a group of teammates and a few parents after the game.
“Keep being strong on the draw,” the parent said to Morissette.
“I’ll do my best,” she respond-ed before posing for a picture.
But most players’ and teams’ best has hardly been enough to beat Treanor this year or ever in her career. On Saturday, Treanor even won 12 draws to herself compared to Morissette’s four. And the senior SU attack piled that on top of her two goals and three assists.
“Today I looked at, a couple goals break the record, but to have 12 draw controls against the No. 1 draw control person in the country, who only had four, was amazing,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “So, I thought that was her biggest feat of the day was dominating the top draw control person in the country.”
This is the time of year when Treanor should be able to
look back on all she’s done, because over the last four years she’s proven to be one of the best women’s lacrosse players
ever. In addition to leading Syra-cuse to the win on Saturday, she broke the career record for goals at Syracuse.
That record was a long time coming for a player who has been No. 5 Syracuse’s (14-4, 5-2 Atlantic Coast) best for the last two seasons. Now is the time to understand what Treanor has done, independent of this postseason, is nothing short of amazing. In addition to being second in career points and first in career goals, she’s helped SU get to each of the last three seasons’ final weekends. But instead of looking back, Treanor def lected to her teammates.
“I guess I feel really lucky to have played here and to have played with such good players because there’s a lot of people
before me that set the path,” Treanor said, “and without my teammates I would have never gotten these opportunities
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Hameir WrightSyracuse has offered Class of 2017, four-star forward Hameir Wright, per Scout.com.
The Albany (New York) Acad-emy product is listed as a small forward on Scout and a power for-ward on ESPN.com. He is listed at 6-foot-8, 205 pounds by multiple recruiting sites.
Wright holds offers from defending-champion Villanova, George Washington, Cincinnati and Dayton. He is ranked 59th in ESPN’s Class of 2017 top 60 and is graded an 87 by the site. Recruiting sites list him between the No. 3 and No. 5 player in the state of New York for his class.
The Orange currently does not have any verbal commitments in the 2017 class and has offered three other forwards in the 2017 class: Jordan Tucker, Kevin Knox and Mohamed Bamba.
Villanova has had a strong presence at Wright ’s recent games, per Scout.
Simi ShittuSyracuse has offered a scholarship to five-star power forward Simi Shittu, according to Scout.com. Shittu is the third player in the Class of 2018 to receive an offer from SU, per Scout, joining center Nazreon Reid and small forward Louis King.
The 6 -foot-8, 210 -pound Shittu is ranked as the ninth-best player in the class by Scout, as the eighth-best by 247Sports.com’s composite rankings and as the 13th-best by ESPN.com. All three sites list Shittu as a five-star prospect.
Shittu is originally from Bur-lington, Ontario, in Canada and currently attends Montverde (Florida) Academy. The Orange currently does not have any verbal commitments in the Class of 2017 nor 2018 though it has offered sev-eral players in recent weeks.
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TRAIN STOPHow Treanor’s career should be viewed thus far
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Kayla Treanor became Syracuse’s career goal-scoring leader with two goals against Louisville on Saturday. Here are the top five goal scorers in program history.
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