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Experts say a Department of Education proposal could make it more difficult for students to seek loan forgiveness if a college harmed them financially. Page 3

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Pittsburgh has yet to win a game in the ACC, but the Panthers kept on Syracuse for most of Tuesday’s game. In the end, though, the Orange prevailed. Page 16

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Site team to review SU report Middle States to assess SU reaccreditation By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor

KENT SYVERUD, Syracuse University’s chancellor, delivered a speech Tuesday in the Milton Atrium of the Life Sciences Complex. The address essentially served as a State of the University update. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

Syverud updates campus on Academic Strategic Plan, Invest Syracuse

Senate tasked with sexual harassment policy review

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Chancellor Kent Syverud in a speech Tuesday promised that Syracuse University would start to prioritize the implementation of his broad Academic Strategic Plan throughout the spring semester. A large part of that implementation requires that SU deliver on “promises” set out in the Invest Syracuse initiative, he said. Invest Syracuse is a five-year $100 million fundraising plan that aims to support Syverud’s ASP, in part by implementing a $3,300 tuition premium for first-year and transfer students this fall. “By and large, the vast majority of the university will complete strategic planning this summer,” Syverud said. “It is therefore time that we start moving faster from reaction and planning, to proactive implementation of our strategies.” Syverud detailed progress of Invest Syracuse and the ASP, which outlines future academic goals at SU, during an address in the Milton Atrium of SU’s Life Sciences Complex. He delivered a similar speech last year, essentially serving as a State of the University update. Tangible impacts of Invest Syracuse will be felt across campus in coming months, Syverud said. On Tuesday,

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud in a speech Tuesday said a review of the university’s policies governing faculty and student sexual relationships is a priority this spring. Syverud asked the University Senate and college deans to provide recommendations on how to review policies governing sexual relationships between faculty or staff and students. “There is a potential for abusive power in these relationships,” Syverud said. “And we have witnessed that here and we have witnessed it at other universities.” In an address this past December, Syverud originally asked the senate to review how SU governs relationships between faculty and undergraduate students. As the rule currently stands, faculty can have sexual relationships with undergraduates as long as they do not teach, advise or supervise them. Syverud on Tuesday said senators and administrators should provide recommendations on the policy by the end of the spring semester and said it’s important to address the issue as soon as possible. “It’s time to reassess whether or not we have the best policies and practices in place at Syracuse,” Syverud said.

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Syracuse University is awaiting a site visit team to review its recently submitted reaccreditation report that, if approved, will allow SU to continue receiving federal financial aid. The team is expected to visit the university’s campus from March 25 to 28. Accreditation is a process that all universities must undergo every 10 years through an external body to determine if a university complies with certain standards. SU is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a nonprofit accreditation organization. About two years ago, SU began the process of putting together committees to evaluate different objectives set by Middle States, said Rochelle Ford, a chair of the university’s Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Committee. Standards vary from things such as ethics and integrity policy to the student experience. “We really used this as an opportunity to make the university better,” Ford said. “Not just check a box and say ‘hey federal government, give us more money for financial aid.’” SU submitted a final draft of the report in the last month, and the next step is for an external team from Middle States to visit campus and review the university’s report. One member of the Middle States site visit team has already visited SU and given his own evaluation, with plans to visit the SU campus in Florence, Italy later next month to continue his evaluation, Ford said. Accreditation agencies are in place to hold universities accountable for what they are meant to be doing and what they say they will do, Ford said. “One of the things we want to ensure is that students are getting what we said we would deliver to them,” Ford said. The federal government relies on accreditation agencies, such as Middle States, to evaluate how universities are performing so they can receive federal funding aid. “In addition, accreditation offers universities an incentive to maintain accountability with the public and to commit to continuous improvement,” said Paul Gaston, trustees professor at Kent State University and an expert on accreditation. The accreditation process opens doors for innovation by using ideas from peer institutions see middle

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Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening in central New York now. FIRE CHIEF ACCIDENT The Syracuse fire chief involved in an accident that caused minor injuries on Monday has been identified as Colin Duffy. Duffy’s fire rescue SUV was struck by a van at an intersection. He sustained minor injuries.

By India Miraglia staff writer

A policy recently proposed by the Department of Education could make it more difficult for student loan borrowers to seek loan forgiveness if they say a college intended to hurt them financially, experts said. The policy, currently under consideration by members of the DOE’s negotiated rulemaking committee, would significantly affect rules governing loan discharges. Such rules allow students to have their federal loans discharged, or cancelled, if their university or college, “engaged in certain fraudulent conduct or misrepresentation that resulted in harm to the borrower in some way,” said Adam Minsky, a student loan lawyer. Borrower defense rules were not used extensively until education company Corinthian Colleges started to “collapse” in 2014, said Clare McCann, deputy director for federal policy at New America, a think tank. But the rules were originally implemented in the 1990s. McCann previously served as a senior policy adviser at the DOE, during former President Barack Obama’s time in office. Corinthian Colleges, which owned multiple for-profit colleges, closed all of its schools after officials there were accused of lying about job placement records and graduation rates, leaving students without degrees or certificates, according to The Washington Post. In order to handle their federal loans, students affected by Corinthian Colleges started to turn to borrower defense rules as a way to seek loan forgiveness, McCann said. “The Department of Education received tens of thousands of applications for borrower defense relief from students who said they’d been lied to,” she said. “So (the DOE) needed to develop a new, robust process that could handle that volume of claims.” In 2015, the Obama administration started to define what constitutes a lie by a college in an effort to recreate the borrower defense rules. Officials also outlined the steps needed to have a claim reviewed and approved under the rules, McCann said. The rules were finalized the summer before Obama’s term was set to end, Minsky said. “It’s pretty unusual to have a rule published so late in an outgoing administration,” McCann said. The new rules, which were not officially put into place before President Donald Trump took office, were halted by the DOE, as overseen by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Minsky said. The DeVos-led DOE is proposing its own set of borrower defense rules, which would require students to prove their college intentionally see loans page 7

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PTA THIEF The former treasurer of a Solvay Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization was arrested for stealing funds from the organization between January 2012 and November 2016. She will face 16 weekends in jail if she repays the $27,000 she stole. She will also spend five years on probation. source: the daily star

RESTAURANT CLOSED Nick’s Tomato Pie in Armory Square is closed temporarily after a wall fell several inches. The wall was near the construction of a new restaurant, Citronelle, but it is unclear if the construction project caused the fall. Officials attributed the fall to a possible combination of fluctuating temperatures and the building’s age. source: syracuse.com

WATERFALLS DONATED A Manlius man purchased 60 acres of land in Madison County to preserve the Delphi Falls for a nature preserve. Harold Jones, a retired Syracuse University professor, said he bought the land because he feared another private individual would buy it. Jones purchased the land in partnership with the county to transform it into a park.

More than 200 SU community members attended Chancellor Kent Syverud’s speech. The audience comprised mostly faculty and administrators. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

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3 takeaways from Syverud speech By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud on Tuesday provided an address to the campus community in the Milton Atrium of the university’s Life Sciences Complex. In addition to announcements about the Academic Strategic Plan implementation and the university’s review of policies related to sexual relationships between faculty and students, here are three things Syverud said in his speech.

Disability services evaluation

Syverud announced that he’s tasked Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly and M. Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, to start an evaluation this month of the university’s disability services and related policies. The evaluation will include, “process and policy of student hous-

ing, academic accommodations, medical leaves, service animals and other areas,” Syverud said. “I’ve asked that they include members of our disabilities communities at each step of the way, including in designing the review process,” Syverud said. The chancellor said he’s requested Wheatly to assure that SU will make “substantial progress” this semester on assuring that, under the university’s new Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy, “our classroom materials, library resources and many other areas of digital content are accessible to those with disabilities.”

Federal immigration law

With the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program still uncertain, as lawmakers debate over the federal budget, the chancellor on Tuesday said SU “remains steadfast in supporting our undocumented students.” The chancellor said SU has reactivated the Ad Hoc Com-

mittee on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)/ Undocumented Students. Syverud also announced that Evanovich and committee members will hold one-on-one meetings with students affected by changing immigration policy this semester. “I believe it has never been more important that we as a university, and as a community … embrace the ideal that we remain open and welcoming to the whole world,” Syverud said on Tuesday.

Carrier Dome roof

The chancellor announced that he expects the Carrier Dome roof project to take a major step forward in a few months. “I believe we should make a definitive decision on the future of the Dome roof by this summer,” Syverud said. In a December interview with The Daily Orange, Syverud said the Board of Trustees will discuss the project during its May meeting. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT New York state Sen. Jeff Klein was accused of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015. The case is under investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics. The Senate won’t investigate the allegation and has not received a formal complaint. source: newsday

METH LAB EXPLOSION A meth lab explosion in Oneida County led to the arrest of two people on Monday. The explosion caused a fire in the house. Investigators found ingredients and equipment to make methamphetamines as well as meth. Each were charged with multiple felonies. source: wktv

TOP DROPS Uber revealed the top drop-off locations for the city of Syracuse. Five of the ten locations are residence halls at Syracuse University: Day Hall (No. 2), Flint Hall (No. 3), Brewster Hall (No. 4), Sadler Hall (No. 7) and Lawrinson Hall (No. 8). Other top locations include the Syracuse Hancock International Airport and the Greyhound Bus Station at the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center. source: local syr

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initiatives the chancellor announced that Invest Syracuse funds will be used to pilot a new integrated academic career advising model across several schools and colleges, in an effort to improve graduation and retention rates. Career and life coaches will be hired to work directly with academic advisers, Syverud said. “This semester, our faculty will start to receive the funds from the first-ever, I understand, internal research grants program, funded in part by Invest Syracuse,” the chancellor also said. That program, called the Collaboration of Unprecedented Success and Excellence, seeks to bolster interdisciplinary work among faculty researchers. The creation of a shuttle was a campaign promise last spring of James Franco, who is now the university Student Association’s president. Under Invest Syracuse, Syverud also announced that as Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly and SU’s deans finalize the budget and academic planning, SU will start to search for 15 to 25 new faculty “this coming year, and for each of the four years thereafter.” The university has committed to hiring 100 new tenure-track faculty as part of Invest Syracuse. In total, SU wants to cut $30 million

in “administrative spending,” fundraise $40 million and raise $30 million through the $3,300 tuition premium to meet the initiative’s overall $100 million goal. “This university made some tough choices over the last six months in choosing to embrace the program we call Invest Syracuse,” Syverud said. The Class of 2022 will pay more than $13,000 in tuition premium costs, if it takes them four years to graduate. In his speech, Syverud also better detailed exactly how the university plans to raise the total $100 million for Invest Syracuse. For the administrative spending goal, Syverud said SU has identified $5 million in cuts in part by reducing the use of consultants across 14 administrative departments, among other things. The chancellor also said SU is on track to raise the first $20 million for additional financial aid opportunities, of Invest Syracuse’s $40 million fundraising goal, by the end of the current fiscal year. In terms of implementing the ASP, Syverud also detailed the progress of individual school and college strategic plans. Syverud said that all of those plans, under the umbrella of the university-wide ASP, are now drafted and will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees. Syverud announced that another 10 units on campus are currently in the strategic

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policy He also said there has been a “truly remarkable awakening,” with dozens of women speaking out against sexual abuse in the workplace, academic settings and athletic settings. In the past year, there has been an unprecedented number of women who have publicly recounted their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse. Dozens of women have shared their stories through the #MeToo Movement, which expanded rapidly after entertainment executive Harvey Weinstein was publicly

It’s time to reassess whether or not we have the best policies and practices in place at Syracuse. Kent Syverud syracuse university chancellor

KENT SYVERUD said Invest Syracuse funds will be used throughout the semester to support new programs. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

planning process: the Office of Research; enrollment management; the Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services; facilities and deferred maintenance; the Division of Communications and Mar-

keting; the Office of Government and Community Relations; SU Athletics; Hendricks Chapel and University College for part-time and online education.

accused of sexual assault in October. Tarana Burke, a civil rights activist, originally started the #MeToo Movement in 2008 as a way for young women to speak out about sexual harassment and assault. Other universities have also moved to review similar policies due to the national outcry against sexual harassment and assault. Earlier this January, Chancellor Carol Folt of the University of North Carolina said the school would be reviewing its policies regarding sexual harassment and assault, according to The Daily Tar Heel. Syracuse University was subject to a federal investigation in June 2016 after a gradu-

ate student filed a Title IX complaint alleging the university failed to “respond promptly or equitably” to a report of sexual assault. The case is still open, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education Title IX tracker. In 2014, the university also closed the Advocacy Center, which supported students that experienced sexual assault. The center’s services were integrated and dispersed among other offices including the Counseling Center, Office of Student Assistance and Office of Health Promotion. That change created frustration among students and a petition was created that amassed several thousand signatures.

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Syverud should deliver 2nd speech update Chancellor Kent Syverud’s address to the Syracuse University community Tuesday clarified the statuses of key initiatives, including Invest Syracuse. But with tuition hikes and spending cuts on the horizon in the name of the student experience, university leadership should provide clear-cut updates through these kind of speeches more than twice per year. In addition to Invest Syracuse, Syverud’s speech covered sexual assault policy reform and the newly introduced Euclid Avenue shuttle system. The address comes after a similar event in early fall during which Syverud laid the groundwork for Invest Syracuse, a fiveyear fundraising initiative that aims to raise $100 million to fund academic programs. These addresses are essential to keeping the greater Syracuse community up to date on issues directly changing their own communities on campus, immediately and long-term. When Invest Syracuse officially rolled out in late July, the “funding vehicle” came with vague goals and called for loosely undefined budget cuts in support of the Academic Strategic Plan, one section of Syverud’s Fast Forward Syracuse initiative that outlines long-term goals for SU. Following the announcement came a series of information sessions detailing Invest Syracuse and other projects sprinkled throughout the fall. But these forums tend to answer surfacelevel questions and rarely offer substantial updates, which is why SU should host another comprehensive campus update toward the end of the spring semester. A higher frequency of speeches directly from the chancellor boosts SU’s administrative transparency and fosters more open dialogue for community members to critically evaluate the academic and financial actions affecting them most. The effects of Invest Syracuse will touch core pockets of Syracuse University’s campus: students, staff, faculty and administrative offices. But before these stakeholders can buy into — or at least grasp — a sweeping venture the administration is convinced with be worthwhile, SU’s leadership should invest in communication by investing its time.

What Democrats have to do for 2018 I have a suggestion for the national Democratic Party in terms of what its message should be for the 2018 and 2020 elections. Back in 1987, I heard Bill Clinton give a speech in which he said something that I really agreed with. He said “People have ‘rights’ and responsibilities.” He said that Democrats seem to focus too heavily on their “rights” and seem to believe that they shouldn’t and don’t have any “responsibilities.”

He said that Republicans seem to focus too heavily on their “responsibilities” and seem to believe that they shouldn’t and don’t have any “rights.” He said that Democrats should say that the federal government should help people who struggle financially and in return for that assistance, people should be expected to lead responsible and productive lifestyles. That includes giving something back to the country and

taxpayers in return for receiving that assistance even if that only means doing volunteer work if they cannot find a job. This way, no one is receiving “something for nothing.” I believe that “Rights and Responsibilities” is a winning message and campaign theme/ slogan for the Democrats in 2018 and 2020.

Sincerely, Stewart B. Epstein Rochester, New York

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It’s time college students get comfortable with the uncomfortable The tone of discourse in the everyone-you-love-is-beingaccused-of-sexual-assault era is intense at best. It’s intimidating to say anything when even a simple Facebook post can see backlash. That’s why I’m here. Raised in the Phillippines with a Catholic school education, it was only when I came to the United States that my understanding of the gender dichotomy was smashed into pieces. I’m not an expert. But I love to learn and analyze the occurrences behind certain events to see what they might mean for people like you and me, especially when discussions about gender and sexuality don’t stop at the fight for gender equality.

They extend beyond the centsto-a-dollar argument. They’re not just topics we see on the news or on social media. They’re the topics that are difficult to talk about. Syracuse University’s 2016 Campus Climate survey indicated that 714 respondents — or 12 percent of the pool — said they experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact. And 25 percent of the respondents who explained why they didn’t report relationship violence described doubts with the effectiveness of the reporting process, according to the survey. Even when provided with a variety of campus resources, students still find difficulty in trusting the system. And these

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GIVING YOU “THE TALK” issues don’t just affect college students, either. Within the state of New York, sexuality education is still not mandated. Local school boards can choose to make it a requirement, but it’s not always a guarantee. If academic institutions don’t choose to have sexuality education, they run the risk of children and young adults lacking the education necessary to make safe decisions with regards to sexual activity. These problems only are the

beginning of what we will discuss here together. Gender and sexuality discussions make me uncomfortable, and that’s exactly why I want to involve myself in them. There’s enormous privilege that comes with being a cisgender woman. But beyond issues of gender identity and dichotomies are the pervasive dangers of eurocentric beauty standards, or the correlations between women of color and higher probabilities of poverty and depression. And the impacts of society’s gender and sexuality standards don’t only apply to women. For men, the exposure to toxic hypermasculinity running rampant in mainstream culture damages

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Mayor extends innovation team funding through 2018 By Quinn Gawronski staff writer

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and Bloomberg Philanthropies have agreed to extend funding of the city’s innovation team into 2018. The innovation team, or I-Team, was established under former Mayor Stephanie Miner in 2015. It was formed to identify ways to improve government policy. The team was responsible for saving the city WALSH more than $1.2 million in infrastructure costs and winning $750,000 in New York state infrastructure grants since 2015, according to a press release from Walsh’s office. It was funded through a $1.35 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies that from page 3

loans lied to or mislead them. “Students will not have access to information to even begin to prove that their school intended to mistreat them,” said Charlotte Hancock, program director for the progressive think tank Generation Progress, in an email. “If it becomes regulation, from page 1

middle states to better SU, said Mark Milliron, co-founder of Civitas Learning, an organization that analyzes educational institutions. Gaston said that, generally, accreditation is a “prompt for innovation.” But because this is a subjective process that goes through various committees and teams,

was intended to last through the end of 2017. Bloomberg Philanthropies has funded innovation teams in more than a dozen cities, according to the organization’s website. Though the innovation team is technically not a part of the city’s government, it’s based in City Hall and reports to the mayor. Adria Finch, director of Syracuse’s I-Team, said the team has previously faced minimal challenges in the past due to its “access to the administration” and assistance from the mayor. Overall, she said, different departments in Syracuse’s government have been open to trying new ideas and accepting help from the team. Finch said she has noticed impacts of the team’s work. “People aren’t afraid to change the ways we’re doing things,” Finch said. “People realize that just because we’ve always done it this way, (it) doesn’t mean it’s the right

thing to do.” Each year, the innovation team addresses one prominent challenge facing the city. In 2015, the team focused on issues of infrastructure in Syracuse and developed 13 initiatives to address roads, sewers and water lines. The I-Team’s priority in 2016 shifted to fostering equal economic opportunity for residents, primarily through housing. The five-member team plans to continue its work in 2018 by creating a new “performance office” and using citizen input to decide their area of focus, Finch said. The performance office will work with every department in the government, she said. She described the performance office as a tool to measure performance and productivity of various city operations and then assess where there could be room for improvement. Residents of Syracuse can submit and vote on the issue that will become the inno-

vation team’s priority this year. Finch said she believes the use of residents’ input will expedite their work, as the team could have a narrower area of focus in a shorter amount of time and develop plans early. Ideas can be submitted to the I-Team’s website until Jan. 24. The most popular ideas will be released to the public and there will be a voting period of two weeks. The finalist submissions will go to Walsh’s desk for a decision, which is expected to be announced at the end of February. Walsh, in a statement, said he supports the team’s decision to include residents’ ideas in the decision-making process. “This is among the first of what we anticipate to be many opportunities for the people of our city to be involved in decision-making processes that impact them and our community at large,” Walsh said.

the proposal will mean that the chance of mistreated students actually getting the relief they are entitled to, under the law, is virtually nonexistent.” The DOE’s negotiated rulemaking committee is in its second negotiation session, with its third and final session scheduled for midMarch, Hancock said. This round of negotiations appears to be particularly contentious, she added.

McCann said she thinks it’s unlikely the proposal will be passed after the three negotiation sessions, and will instead have to be published as a proposed rule, which would require it to go through another public comment period to become official. “People are just too far apart on what they think is an appropriate system for processing borrower defense claims,” she added. Borrower defense rules apply to for-profit

and nonprofit colleges. However, more fraud and predatory practice happens in the forprofit sector, Minsky said. If passed, the proposal “will affect the most direct and official process for defrauded students,” Hancock said. McCann said she expects the DOE to submit an official policy proposal regarding the rules by Nov. 1 of this year.

disagreements about certain objectives arise, Milliron added. “The problem is in any time with these human systems you get a conservatism that will slow down innovation,” Milliron said. “At the same time, you also have the ability for universities to push each other in this process and learn from each other.” Milliron also said the standards of accreditation agencies are laid out clearly for the uni-

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lmost a year after the Trump administration first announced a plan to cut federal funding for the arts, central New York-based cultural organizations are continuing to operate despite some uncertainty about potential funding obstacles. Light Work Gallery, Syracuse Stage and the Onondaga Historical Association have benefited from the National Endowment for the Arts, and radio stations like Syracuse University’s WAER and the State University of New York at Oswego’s WRVO have been funded, in

part, by Community Service Grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The administration’s full 2018 budget proposal, released in May 2017 and passed in October, included cuts to “nearly all of the $971 million funding for four cultural agencies,” including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to The Washington Post. The visual and aural arts in central New York have obtained portions of their funding from both the NEA and CPB since both organizations began in the 1960s, according to Syracuse.com. Several members of the Syracuse art community said putting this funding

1. THE WIZARD OF OZ ran at Syracuse Stage from Dec. 1 to Jan. 7. The Stage receives some federal funding, 2. THE RUBY SLIPPERS NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL took place after a performance of the Wizard of Oz. 3. THE THREE MUSKETEERS, like other Stage plays, is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. Photos courtesy of Syracuse Stage

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Emily Mahana walked into the pageant room in Corning earlier this month and immediately felt out of her element. “I just walked in and I didn’t MAHANA know what I was doing, I was an outsider,” she

said. “I texted my mom when I got there and I was like, ‘Mom, I don’t know what I’m doing. Maybe this was a mistake.’” Mahana left that room with a crown and the title of Miss Upstate New York. Although it was her first pageant, she emerged victorious. Mahana, a senior civil engineering major at Syracuse University, had always wanted to enter a pageant, but until this year it had only been an aspiration. During the summer,

she saw a pageant taking place at an apple festival near her hometown of Cicero. She saw that as a sign, and began her research. By October, Mahana was officially entered into the pageant, but school remained her priority. She didn’t begin to prepare until after finals week, leaving just three weeks for her to dive into pageant life before her first major competition. She had three sessions with a coach from Fit to Reign, a pageant coaching agency

in Syracuse, in which she learned to walk and pose. SU students have a history of success in the pageant: Allie Curtis, former Student Association president, held the title of Miss Upstate New York in 2013. She was unable to attend this year’s pageant because she is in basic training for the reserves, according to a press release sent by Kate Symons, a Miss Finger Lakes Volunteer. Lorna Rose, SU alumna and former Miss Finger Lakes 2009, hosted

the event, per the release. The composition was broken down into five sections: a oneon-one interview with a 5-judge panel, an opening number dance routine, swimsuit, talent and evening gown. Mahana has been practicing Irish dance for 14 years, so she was confident in the talent portion. She performed a soft-shoe step dance to a unique rendition of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” for that part of the

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on the chopping block has only served to underscore the importance of the arts. Stephen Butler, executive director at CNY Arts, said he thinks the funding question has more than just fiscal implications. “Symbolically, when the government sends a message that funding the arts is not important, then the corporations and foundations tend to follow suit to a certain extent,” Butler said. “So, whether or not (organizations) are relying on the actual dollars in the government funds, the message is equally important and creates an equal hardship.” Central New York organizations, including Syracuse Stage and museums across the region, may notice little to no effects this from page 9

pageant competition, according to the release. But evening gown was a section she was nervous for. “I really wanted to not look like I was a beginner,” Mahana said. “But watching back the video they took, I was really proud of myself. I think I did a really good job for it being my first one, so that was the most exciting part for me.” Holding the title of Miss Upstate New York means that Mahana will be making appearances at various community events throughout the region, with her first being at the SU women’s basketball game this Sunday. She hopes to use her crown to inspire young girls to participate in the STEM field. In her path to becoming an engineer, Mahana said she saw a lack of female role models in the field. She feels that if more young girls and women advocate for it, there may be an increase in female involvement in the field. “I’m excited to get involved with Girl Scout troops and elementary and middle

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year. Shows and exhibitions are planned almost a year ahead, so funding has been secured and budgets have been set, said Joseph Whelan, director of marketing and communications at Syracuse Stage. There are doubts this budget will have any significant effect on more established organizations. Syracuse Stage, which has a budget of about $6 million per year, has received about $70,000 from the NEA over the last decade, Whelan said. Whelan said Syracuse Stage is supported on some level by the NEA but is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts to a much greater degree. “People who are trying to give ballet classes in rural Oklahoma, people who are trying to keep small museums open in town — these are the people who the NEA can make a real difference with,” Whelan said. school kids to speak to them and show them what I am doing as a student and what possibilities are out there if they decide to stick with their math and science courses,” she said. “It’s cool to learn math and science. It’s cool to be nerdy.” After graduating in May, Mahana will either enter graduate school to pursue a master’s degree in structural engineering, or take a job offer at an engineering consulting firm in Liverpool. Her pageant win has left her selfassured for the future. “The fact that I kind of just stepped into this without really knowing what was going on and won the title, it’s given me a huge sense of confidence in what I can do moving forward,” she said. Now, she is working to improve her timemanagement skills as she balances school work with the demands of being a pageant queen. She’s already begun training for the Miss New York pageant, to be held in Buffalo in June. Mahana is keeping up with the news more intently, and likes to listen to NPR podcasts to prepare her for interviews with judges. She’s also using a personal trainer to get in shape for the pageant and is meeting with previous regional pageant winners for some advice on

While he may be optimistic about the future of Syracuse Stage, he said not every organization is in a position to feel the same way. Butler, the executive director at CNY Arts, said he thinks it’s been part of the Republican Party’s policy platform to not fund the arts regardless of how that funding impacts the federal discretionary budget. “So it’s not really a matter of fiscal responsibility as much as it is adhering a policy point of view,” Butler said. There have been some efforts to assuage budget cuts, and artists living in socially conservative parts of the country sometimes receive grants. But liberal-leaning cities receive the most funding, with arts groups in New York City topping the list, according to The New York Times. Shane Lavalette, the director of Light

Work, said seemingly tragic things can create positive change. “It’s clearly not an administration that holds the arts in high regard, and yet the arts are such a significant part of America’s identity,” he said in an email. “Artists have always discussed social and political issues in their work, but at the moment it seems to be driving the arts in a way that we may not have seen for some time.” When the government message that the arts are not important, it only seems to amplify the importance of the arts, especially for central New York, Whelan said. “The arts humanize us,” he said. “The arts are the only place you can come and see your life represented, the lives of others represented in a way that connects you to them.” ktsampah@syr.edu

EMILY MAHANA was crowned Miss Upstate New York this month when she competed in her first major pageant. She’s now training for another. courtesy of emily mahana

pageants and life itself. “I have met so many people in the pageant industry here in the region that have really taught me so much about not only the pageant system, but what it means to be a successful woman,” she said. If Mahana wins the title of Miss New York,

she’ll advance to the Miss America pageant to be held in Atlantic City this September. “It sounds crazy to me, thinking about being in the Miss America Pageant and being Miss New York,” she said. “But I think it is something I have to keep in mind and set as a goal for myself.” tnwatson@syr.edu

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POSTMODERN JUKEBOX will bring its show to the Palace Theatre in Syracuse on Sunday. The group is known for taking hit songs and giving them a classic twist. Its take on Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” has been viewed more than 42 million times on YouTube. courtesy of concord music group

‘Musical time machine’ Performance group blends past with present as it jazzes up modern hits By Erin Gavle

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t a Postmodern Jukebox show, time periods collide. Flapper dresses shine under the stage light, Old-Fashioned cocktails are flowing and smartphones record sounds both modern and of the past and present. The group, also referred to as if you go PMJ, is largely recognized for the way they stylize chart-topping pop songs with musical genres of the Postmodern past. The group’s fans have embraced Jukebox this amalgamation of the old with Where: Palthe new. On Sunday, PMJ will be ace Theatre performing at the Palace Theatre. When: SunFor their live shows, performers often day at 6 p.m. wear vintage attire and costumes, How much: and oftentimes the fans arrive more $30-$100 dressed up than the band. According to featured singer Sara Niemietz, “It really is a musical time machine.” The group is officially known as Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Bradlee, a pianist and arranger, founded PMJ in 2011. What started with YouTube videos shot in his living room evolved into a large collective of performers, over 15 albums, merchandise and international tours. Niemietz sees PMJ exposing crowds to a style they don’t often see. “I know that Scott really appreciates that art form,

and it’s been a really great platform for getting (tap dancing) kind of more out, you know, in the public eye,” Niemietz said. Some of their covers include a blues version of Charlie Puth’s “Attention,” a doo-wop arrangement of Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” and a jazzy performance of Radiohead’s “Creep,” which has racked up over 42 million views on YouTube. PMJ’s viral social media videos scored them an invitation to perform at the Kennedy Center and a PBS documentary that aired last year. Before that, Scott Bradlee gave a TEDx Talk in 2014. Their cast of performers includes American Idol alumni, Broadway stars and singers and dancers they’ve found through social media casting calls. While many of PMJ’s restyled arrangements come about collaboratively, Niemietz considers Bradlee to be the driving force behind the arrangements and vision of the group. Two years ago, Niemietz emailed him a video of her singing. Along with the video was a message expressing her appreciation of their work, and asking if Bradlee wanted to “try getting together and jamming sometime.” He agreed, and Niemietz began recording online music videos and touring with his group. Along with the live music and vocals, several PMJ arrangements include a dance element, something Niemietz finds unique about the group. “I’ve gone to a lot of concerts and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one where there’s a tap dancer,” she said. Plus, the dancers encourage the audience to get on

their feet. “It’s very much a party,” she said. In her experience, even at venues with seating, after a few songs the audience winds up on their feet. “You’ll see people in their 80s that are dancing because they love the music and it reminds them of an earlier time in their life,” Niemietz said. “But then you’ll also see people who are much younger and maybe don’t have as much jazz knowledge, but they know all the lyrics to The Chainsmokers’ song and they’re dancing to that.” That particular scene is especially likely to play out when the group comes to Syracuse, where The Chainsmokers’ lead singer Andrew Taggart attended college. Because Postmodern Jukebox is composed of a rotating cast of performers, the members of each tour vary, but Niemietz estimates that the “PMJ family” has grown to more than 70 singers, musicians and dancers. On this upcoming tour, Niemietz said there’s also a couple of people she hasn’t even met yet. “It’s never really the same thing twice,” Niemietz said. “It’s kind of always changing based on new arrangements that are coming out, different singers that are on the road at that time.” Niemietz suspects the combination of old and new is what appeals to so many performers and audience members. “I think it’s kind of an opportunity to escape from the day-to-day and kind of feel like you’re in a different time,” she said. Tickets range from $30-$100 and are available at postmodernjukebox.com/tickets. ekgavle@syr.edu

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Syracuse drops game at in-state rival Colgate, 2-1 By Anthony Khelil staff writer

Syracuse (6-14-2, 5-4-1 CHA) began its threegame stretch of games away from Tennity Ice Pavilion today as it faced off against instate rival Colgate (20-3-1, 10-2-0 ECAC) in Hamilton. The game was tied going into the final period before SU ultimately fell to the Raiders, 2-1.

Abbey Miller saved 30 shots in Syracuse’s loss to Colgate on Tuesday

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Edith D’Astous-Moreau. Miller had 30 saves for the game, but a goal by Colgate’s Shae Labbe at the 12:30 mark of the third period put the Raiders on top for good. Syracuse has had trouble against the Raiders of late, last defeating Colgate in the 2014-2015 season. Colgate was first to score, as Jackie Leone scored on an unassisted goal at the 17:45 mark of the second period. Six minutes later, the Orange answered with its lone goal via a power-play score by SU’s Brooke Avery, her ninth goal of the season. SU was outshot by the Raiders 32-21. The Orange was successful on the penalty kill, killing all four of Colgate’s opportunities. The Raiders were able to deny the Orange on five of its six power-play opportunities, though, and Colgate’s Liz Auby was able to save 20 of SU’s 21 shots on goal. The Orange has lost seven of its last eight games. Syracuse takes the ice again at conference rival Penn State this weekend. amkhelil@syr.edu

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Emily Engstler, Syracuse’s secondhighest recruit in its class of 2018, was named to the McDonald’s All-American game on Tuesday. The 6-foot-2 wing is the No. 11 recruit in ESPN’s 2018 HoopGurlz recruiting rankings. She attends St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows, New York. Engstler will play on the East squad in the game alongside the game’s tallest player, 6-foot-7 Sedona Prince, the No. 12 recruit committed to Texas. Syracuse assistant coach Tammi Reiss shouted Engstler out on Twitter. No player on Syracuse’s roster played in this game in high school. Also in Syracuse’s 2018 class are No. 10 recruit Kadiatou Sissoko from France, No. 28 guard recruit Kenza Salgues from France and No. 71 point guard recruit Taleah “Noo” Washington from Maryland. The girls game takes place at 5 p.m. on March 28 at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on ESPN2. The boys game takes place afterwards on ESPN and features Syracuse men’s basketball commit Darius Bazley.

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Through the first four games of ACC play, freshman point guard Howard Washington was averaging two minutes per game. It seemed like his only way on the floor was to provide a very quick breather to Howard or Battle, or if either one was in foul trouble. But against FSU he played a career-high 24 minutes and Syracuse deployed its threeguard lineup for a good chunk of the first half. On Tuesday, Washington again checked into the game early in the first half, replacing Tyus Battle who sat for a few minutes. When Battle came back, Washington stayed on, with SU again giving its three-guard lineup a look. The Orange scored five quick points when Washington was in, and the Buffalo native added two steals. But the offense stalled with the threeguard lineup in, scoring no points. On one play, it appeared that both Howard and SU head coach Jim Boeheim were frustrated with Oshae Brissett not getting into the high post properly. Washington was subbed out with 7:22 left in the first half and didn’t play the rest of the game. tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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To slow Mangakahia down, the Seminoles sent an extra defender to the top of the key when she dribbled around a ball screen. If they didn’t show her a double team, the Seminoles hedged the screen hard, slowing Mangakahia enough to let her defender try and fight through the screen.

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the main scorer and fed Drummond. One way or the other, game by game, Mangakahia can fill whichever role is needed of her. “ W hen I’m not having a good day,” Mangakahia said, “we can all step up, we can all contribute.” Dan Olson, the director of girlsbasketballreport.com, which is partnered with ESPNW, ranked Mangakahia as the top junior college point guard when she was at Hutchinson Community College. Then, she was entirely pass-first, and Olson called her the “purest of point guards” and a “distributor.” Earlier this season, Mangakahia fit that bill. She started the season with a six-point, 10-assist outing against Morgan State, and didn’t dip below 10 helpers until the ninth game of the season — a 79-39 blowout against Colgate in which Mangakahia played a seasonlow 28 minutes. Now, though, Mangakahia looks to pass or score based on what she sees from a defense, she said. Against GT, the defense “sagged” when she came off screens. This gave her room to move downhill and attack the basket. Three days later, Florida State went out of its way to stop Mangakahia, so she beat them by helping Drummond light it up. Against FSU, the defense dictated Mangakahia’s play, Hillsman said.

wholly ineffective. On the first possession, Pitt easily broke the pressure and, though it missed, the Panthers grabbed three consecutive rebounds. Pitt’s pressure came on the glass, and that’s where the Panthers garnered extra chances to catch up to a Syracuse offense that began to roll when ball movement picked up with its highest usage of the three-guard lineup this season. The Orange needed Howard Washington, coming off a career-best performance Saturday at Florida State, to inject some energy on a night when Battle started slowly. Still, Battle served as the catalyst he’s been all season. From 9:46 to 2:37 in the second half, Battle contributed a 3-pointer and a tough layup as part of a 14-2 run that stretched the Orange’s lead from two to double-digits. SU maintained that distance as Stewart hit another triple and Boeheim, just as displeased as he had been earlier, called another timeout to talk things through with his team. Boeheim stayed mostly seated after the run, knowing his team was secure. He stood up with five seconds left and watched as Stewart hit another layup, but by this time it didn’t matter. As the clock wound down, he put his gray suit jacket back on and put the collar down. He turned and headed toward the postgame line to shake hands. Then he sighed and headed toward the locker room. On a night when things should’ve been easy, nothing was.

But by choosing to doggedly focus on Mangakahia, the Seminoles left others open. “I did feel like they weren’t letting me get into the lane as much,” Mangakahia said. “… when teams start to take away something, you try something else.” When she is forced into passing, Mangaka-

hia has excelled at making defenses pay — 11 times this season, she has racked up at least 10 assists. Some passes come in the form of driveand-kicks, when Mangakahia will crash into the lane, causing the defense to collapse and letting her feed an open shooter. In other instances, she’ll bounce a pass to a back-cutting Drummond. When she looks for the bigs down low, Mangakahia will float a lob, letting the lengthy Digna Strautmane or Amaya Finklea-Guity grab it. “I just try and do whatever the defense gives me,” Mangakahia said. “Against Georgia Tech I felt like I could attack them, and I stuck to that.” During a five-game stretch starting in December, Mangakahia failed to eclipse 10 assists in any contest. However, she averaged 24.4 points per game over that span, the most of any Syracuse player. One of those games was a 12-point, nineassist outing against UNLV on Dec. 22, but the day before, Mangakahia scored 20 against then-No. 5 Mississippi State. A week later, on Dec. 28, she poured in 26 in South Bend, Indiana, when SU faced then-No. 2 Notre Dame. Then, it was 44 against GT. It seemed Mangakahia was poised to continue her hot scoring, to fill it up every game, almost at will. But Florida State decided to slow her scoring, so she decided to pass. aegraham@syr.edu | @A_E_Graham

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2 SU commits recognized By Billy Heyen

asst. sports editor

Syracuse commit and No. 9 recruit Darius Bazley named to McDonald’s AllAmerican game

TYUS BATTLE dribbles by a Pittsburgh defender toward the basket. Battle scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, when Syracuse outscored the Panthers, 32-23. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

Scraping by By Sam Fortier

senior staff writer

.im Boeheim turned to the bench, raised his eyebrows and stuck both his arms out behind him. His suit jacket fell and he grabbed it with his right hand. He pinwheeled the jacket and Syracuse’s director of basketball operations, Kip Wellman, seated to the right of Boeheim’s chair, ducked away. Boeheim spiked the nowballed-up cloth into his chair. From start-tofinish, his technique on the suit-jacket stripand-spike wasted no movement.

Syracuse needs secondhalf push to down lowly Pittsburgh, 59-45

The dejected, de-jacketed Boeheim returned to his position a few feet up on the sideline in his white dress shirt and reassumed the position he’d been in nearly all night: Standing with his arms above his head and his mouth wide-open, pleading for his team to get big and grab a rebound. His wish came true, sort of. Syracuse (13-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) grabbed enough rebounds to stamp out Pittsburgh’s (8-11, 0-6) pesky offense and escape with a 59-45 win on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome. see pittsburgh page 14

Darius Bazley, Syracuse’s top commit in next year’s class, was named on Tuesday to the 2018 McDonald’s All-American game. The 6-foot-9 forward attends Princeton (Ohio) High School in Cincinnati. ESPN currently ranks Bazley as the No. 9 player in the 2018 class. Bazley will play for the West team in the game, alongside Oregon commit Bol Bol and Duke commit Cameron Reddish. The top two recruits in the country — Duke commit and No. 1 R.J. Barrett and uncommitted No. 2 Zion Williamson — will be on the opposing side for the East team. Bazley committed to Syracuse in July and signed his national letter of intent in November. Bazley is one of three current commits in Syracuse’s class of 2018, along with Jalen Carey and Buddy Boeheim. Syracuse has had four incoming recruits play in the All-American game since 2011. Malachi Richardson was most recent, playing in the 2015 contest. DaJuan Coleman played in 2012 and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. In 2011, both Rakeem Christmas and Michael Carter-Williams featured in the game. The McDonald’s All-American game is being played at the Philips Arena in Atlanta on March 28. It tips off at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

Class of 2018 Syracuse commit, Emily Engstler, named to McDonald’s AllAmerican game see all-americans page 14

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Takeaways from SU’s win over Pitt Mangakahia mixes passing and scoring By Tomer Langer

senior staff writer

After going into double overtime with then-No. 23 Florida State in its last matchup, Syracuse (13-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) struggled to get much going early against Pittsburgh (8-11, 0-6). The teams combined to shoot just 38 percent in the first half as the Orange went into the break with a five-point advantage. Syracuse eventually managed to pull away late for a 59-45 win to snap its four-game losing streak. Here are three reactions from the game.

Feel it still

Tyus Battle played a season-high 50 minutes in the Orange’s loss to the Seminoles. The game actually pushed his minutes per game aver-

age in ACC play to 41.2 — more than the standard 40-minute game. TV broadcasts claimed that Battle was under the weather heading into the game. Either way, Battle was noticeably a bit weaker to start Tuesday‘s game. On one play he made a move to drive baseline, but his floater weakly fell off the side of the backboard, not even reaching the rim. Later, he had a wide-open look from deep. His 3-point attempt was on line but not strong enough, barely grazing the front of the rim and falling straight down. He missed his first six shots of the game and entered the break with just four points. Halftime seemed to get Battle a little bit back on track. He was five-of-eight from the field and scored seven points in the frame. His 3-pointer out of the under-eight

media timeout seemed to inject life in the Orange, which went on to open up a 10-point edge.

How long

Freshman Panthers guard Parker Stewart came into the game averaging just 7.4 points per game, the fifth-highest mark on the team. He’d hit 30 3-pointers in 18 games, shooting at a 36 percent clip. Stewart hit two 3-pointers within the first five minutes of the game. By the end of the night, Stewart accounted for more than half of Pitt’s offense by himself, as he knocked down seven 3-pointers and had 23 points, both career highs. Although Syracuse has been solid on defense for most of the season, this was the third time see takeaways page 14

By Andrew Graham sports editor

Three days after Tiana Mangakahia torched Georgia Tech to the tune of a career-high 44 points, then-No. 11 Florida State tried to clamp down on SU’s dynamic point guard. When Mangakahia seemed to slip free of her defender thanks to an on-ball screen, the Seminoles sent help to hedge hard and force the point guard to find an outlet. FSU wasn’t going to let Mangakahia beat them. She still did though, dishing 13 assists, namely to Miranda Drummond, who racked up 38 points and led the Orange to an

upset win. “It’s about what we needed,” head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “We needed all 44 points for us to win the game, and she went out and did that. The next game, they kinda sat on her a little harder and she just found her teammates.” Roughly halfway through her inaugural season with Syracuse (14-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast), Mangakahia has shown an innate ability to flip the switch from scoring to passing. On Jan. 4 against the Yellow Jackets, it was her turn to pile on point after point. Against FSU, she quickly realized she couldn’t be

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