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Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the retirement of Syracuse University’s Saltine Warrior mascot, which was removed after controversy. Page 3
Conservative columnist Brandon Ross breaks down how to navigate the collegiate waters as a conservative student on a liberal campus. Page 5
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Archbold Gymnasium may be closed until 2019, but there are many fitness alternatives both on and off campus to check out in the meantime. Page 9
Three times this season, Syracuse men’s basketball has allowed an opposing player to sink seven 3s. The reason: a weak spot at the top of the 2-3 zone. Page 16
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Across the board
Women faculty at Syracuse University generally earn less than men faculty, report reveals
Average salaries of SU faculty, broken down by gender
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omen on the Syracuse University faculty generally earn lesser salaries than men faculty, sometimes as little as 77 cents on the dollar, a long-awaited report on SU faculty salaries revealed. The report also showed that, on average, SU faculty members are paid less than faculty at most of the university’s peer institutions. A summary of the report was presented at the semester’s first University Senate meeting, held Wednesday evening in Maxwell Auditorium. LaVonda Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs and chair of the committee that commissioned the report, said at the Senate meeting that funds have been set aside from Invest Syracuse, the university’s $100 million initiative to fund the
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Euclid Shuttle pilot project to launch Thursday the daily orange
The Euclid Shuttle, a new student transportation service for latenight rides in the Syracuse University Hill neighborhood, will officially launch Thursday. James Franco, the university’s Student Association president, on Wednesday said the shuttle will
start making runs Thursday night. An SU ID will be required to board. “We are excited about that kicking off in the first week of the semester,” Franco said, who has advertised the shuttle as a way to improve off-campus student safety. The bus will provide students living in Sadler Hall, Lawrinson Hall and the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex direct transportation to
Lancaster Avenue, Stratford Street and Westcott Street. Franco has said the bus will only make runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The shuttle, a Birnie Bus, will make 10 runs of its route every night between 10:30 p.m. and 3:25 a.m., according to a map of the route posted to Syracuse University’s Parking and Transit Services website. Most shuttle stops are in the
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Syverud addresses faculty By Sara Swann
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By Ryan Dunn and Sam Ogozalek
SUNY-ESF removed three department chairs from their positions last week, abruptly shaking up leadership on a campus where tensions between faculty and university administrators have flared in recent weeks. As the university moves to implement a new policy limiting department chairships to two three-year appointments, David Newman, chair of the forest and natural resources management department; Gary Scott, chair of the paper and bioprocess engineering department; and Donald Leopold, chair of the environmental and forest biology department, were told to step down from their positions in a meeting with President Quentin Wheeler and Provost and Executive Vice President Nosa Egiebor last Wednesday. The president, in a campus-wide email to students Sunday night, said the decision to implement department chair rotations “has a number of advantages such as routine infusion of new ideas and development of
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Euclid neighborhood and northern sections of Main Campus. One stop is also on Madison Street. According to the map, the Euclid shuttle will make a stop at Lyman Hall on Main Campus at 10:30 p.m. before heading toward the Carrier Dome. The bus will circle campus on Irving Avenue before cutting east on Waverly Avenue, near Crousesee shuttle page 6
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud on Wednesday addressed the University Senate to provide several updates on future campus events, SU fundraising goals and policies regarding inappropriate sexual relationships between students and faculty. Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly also spoke to faculty members about the university’s reaccreditation process. Here are four main takeaways from Wednesday’s meeting:
Honoring “Buzz” Shaw
In April, Syverud said the university plans to hold a series of events honoring former Chancellor Kenneth “Buzz” Shaw and his wife, Mary Ann. Although the exact dates see senate page 4
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news to know Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around the state right now. MISSING DOG Police are searching for a dog who fell through ice near the shore of the Seneca River in Clay on Wednesday morning. The black female Doberman fell through the ice, but her owner was injured on the ice and was unable to reach her. source: Local SYR DEER CULLING The Town of DeWitt has started culling deer, and the program will end March 31. The program was approved in October of last year. Antlerless deer will be culled to prevent the spread of Lyme disease, which was at crisis level last year. source: Local SYR STATE OF THE CITY
Syracuse University administrators detailed several policy initiatives, including Invest Syracuse updates, for dozens of faculty members at the first University Senate meeting of the spring semester Wednesday in Maxwell Auditorium. leah degraw contributing photographer
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Saltine Warrior mascot removed 40 years ago By Gabe Stern staff writer
The remains of a 16th-century Onondaga Nation chief named Ogeekeda Hoschenegada were found during the excavation of the old Syracuse University Women’s Building in the late 1920s. The startling discovery of Hoschenegada’s remains became a symbol of indigenous heritage on campus grounds, a historical moment revealing the longstanding ties between the Onondaga Nation and SU. At least, that’s how the legend went. The tale of Hoschenegada, whose name roughly translates to “The Salt Warrior,” was published in a 1931 edition of The Orange Peel, a satirical campus magazine,
according to SU Archives. But even though the story of The Salt Warrior’s remains was later proven untrue, the legacy of the warrior is anything but. The fictitious story went out to garner widespread attention across the university, in large part because of local news sources, including The Daily Orange, reporting the tale, according to SU Archives. The rumor later spread across the student body, and six years after the original article was published in The Orange Peel, the university had a new mascot that lasted for almost 50 years: the Saltine Warrior. On Thursday, it will be 40 years since the Saltine Warrior was removed as SU’s mascot.
Mascot controversy
In 1951, a bronze statue of the Saltine Warrior was placed at the site where its remains were falsely believed to be found, according to SU Archives. It has since been moved in front of Carnegie Library where a muscular chief points his bow to the sky. For many years, the Saltine Warrior was simply a symbol of school pride and the identity of Syracuse athletics did not completely revolve around the mascot. Syracuse was still largely known for what it is today: the color orange. But in the mid-1950s, brothers of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, primarily white men, wore a caricature costume of the Saltine Warrior to football games, according to SU Archives. “The mascot consisted of a
shirtless Lambda Chi brother wearing a fringed leather vest, f lannel pants, brown moccasins, a headdress, carrying a tomahawk and elaborate facial makeup, was worn to emulate ‘war paint,” according to SYR Guide. The mascot would run around the stadium and chant battle cries to the stands. “There were an awful lot of people who were offended by that,” said Stephen Saunders Webb, a professor emeritus of history who worked at the university when the Saltine Warrior was SU’s mascot. “I don’t think anybody felt that this representation did credit to anyone.” Throughout the 1970s, other colleges and universities including
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Professor, Ph.D student detail drone project By Olivia Cole staff writer
A drone project being developed by a professor and Ph.D. student at Syracuse University is one of six finalists in the Genius NY 2018 Competition. The Genius NY competition is the world’s largest business competition for unmanned aircraft systems. The Daily Orange spoke with Utpal Roy, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and Yunpeng Li, a Ph.D. student, to discuss the future of their new company, UsPLM, and the Genius NY competition. The Daily Orange: What inspired you to study unmanned aircraft systems? Utpal Roy: We were working on
smart production for some time, like software, when we had an opportunity last year … New York state is putting a lot of money into this particular area, specifically, in upstate New York. They have chosen it as an important site for unmanned aircraft vehicles. Yunpeng Li: I conducted smart product development research for almost three years. Last year, I was involved with this project funded by the state government, so we did a lot of research in the area. We looked into how we can treat the UAS as a smart system. The D.O.: How are UASs becoming more popular? What are their uses? U.R.: If you open your newspaper or (TV), you will see the UAS playing a big role. Even if you watch a football game, you will see a small thing float-
ing above the players, it’s everywhere. There are two categories of UAS: for military purposes and commercial applications. UAS is getting a big market, and we thought we have the tools to help the people. Y.L.: We also see a lot of other applications, especially in New York state. We have a lot of farms, so a UAS could be used to monitor the crops, spray pollination … the UAS (is) a universal tool in the future. The D.O.: How has SU helped you and your company get to this point? U.R.: We just started, so as a company we don’t know what kind of relationship we will have with the university, it will definitely be very close. Y.L.: During our research, the (Center for Advanced Systems and
Engineering) provided a lot of help with our research. The D.O.: What are the next steps for the company? U.R.: Our thing is that we don’t know yet. This is the first time that we are seeing a real tangible product out of the research. Y.L.: Roughly speaking, our immediate step is to figure out the business case. We already have working research, now we want to build the product. The D.O.: How do you plan on working with the Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneurship program? U.R.: We are technical people. We have very little understanding of the business world. We are trying to get a solid business plan and Blackstone could be a good resource for us. olcole@syr.edu
Mayor Ben Walsh of Syracuse will give his first State of the City address on Jan. 31 at the Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler High School. Walsh plans to talk about improvements in education in the city. source: Syracuse.com WEINSTEIN MONEY Gov. Andrew Cuomo will donate campaign contributions given by Harvey Weinstein to Women’s Justice Now, a women’s rights organization. The donations totaled up to $111,000. Weinstein was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women last year. Crime crime crime. source: CBS 6 Albany TURNING IN A fugitive man turned himself in to the Syracuse Police Department after seeing himself in the “Fugitive of the Week” special on NewsChannel 9. He was wanted for allegedly choking his girlfriend during a fight, and had not returned to domestic violence court after the incident. source: Local SYR WINTER WARMER A local elementary school teacher and her students wrapped scarves around tree branches for those without them to take this week. The teacher and students used the day off of school on Monday to give out the scarves. source: CNY Central FIRST WEEK The new Syracuse Department of Public Works commissioner started his first week on the job with and tons of snow, creating a load of work for DPW. Jeremy Robinson left his job as a manufacturing supervisor to assume the helm under Mayor Ben Walsh. source: CNY Central CUOMO AND TAXES New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a new way to essentially eliminate state income taxes on the wages earned by state residents to help address concerns rasied by the Republican tax overhaul bill passed by Congress last December. source: Syracuse.com
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senate have not been set, the events will coincide with Syracuse Press’ upcoming publication of the book “Syracuse University: The Shaw Years.” Syverud said Shaw and Mary Ann will be visiting campus in April and the Shaw Quadrangle will be rededicated in the former chancellor’s name, along with the new Hendricks Chapel steps.
University fundraising
“Fundraising is going well, that’s the update,” Syverud said, causing several faculty members to laugh. Elaborating further, the chancellor said six months into the year, SU has raised $80.4 milfrom page 1
chairs leadership skills among faculty.” He said Yale University and Cornell University are schools that have enacted similar policies. The three chairs will remain SUNY-ESF faculty members and “will have the opportunity to contribute to College leadership in other ways,” according to a draft of a new major academic plan released by SUNY-ESF last Thursday. In an email to his department’s students Monday night, obtained by The Daily Orange, Newman said he originally believed he would be stepping down as department chair in August. The university administration took “abrupt action, against the advice and overwhelming objection of the FNRM faculty, to make the change immediately,” Newman said in the email. He also said he did not know who the new department chair would be. Multiple SUNY-ESF faculty members said they were concerned about how quickly the three department chairs were removed. “It shows really poor leadership to do it five days before the start of the spring semester,” said Kelley Donaghy, a chemistry professor at SUNY-ESF and former executive chair of the college’s Academic Governance body, in an interview. Students
lion in new gifts and pledges. That’s 57 percent more than this time last year, which was a good year, he said. The university has a goal of fundraising $150 million by the end of the year. The number of donors giving to SU has “increased very substantially,” Syverud said. As of Dec. 31, 2017, the number of donors was up 26 percent compared to the previous year. Fundraising for undergraduate financial aid in connection to Invest Syracuse, in particular, will be a focus of the university this year, Syverud added.
Sexual relationships
At Wednesday’s meeting, the chancellor announced that the Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics will be and faculty are worried they will not have a department chair to speak with if they need issues resolved, Donaghy added. Donaghy said a student in a department whose chair was removed approached her Tuesday morning to discuss unsettled conflicts with a faculty member. Normally, Donaghy would have referred the student to their department chair, she said, but there was no official chair the student could approach. “The students have not been told who they should talk to in the case where they need a department chair,” she said. Leopold, who was also removed last week, said in an interview the spring semester is the most active in terms of administrative duties, adding that “we have some huge things that we’re working on.” He said he believed the rotation plan was a “nonsense” idea that was a cover to remove the chairs from faculty leadership. Leopold added that Wheeler, in last Wednesday’s meeting, “made it crystal clear that he blamed us for his failures.” In another email obtained by The Daily Orange, Newman told colleagues last week that Wheeler said in the Wednesday meeting he needed to “change the dynamics on campus.” Newman also told Syracuse.com on Tuesday that Wheeler said he was tired of
reviewing policies that govern sexual relationships between faculty and students and forming a workgroup for the review, along with members of the Women’s Concerns Committee. Syverud said the committee will also review the section of the faculty manual that focuses on campus climate. The chancellor said he hopes to hear from the workgroup about its findings and recommendations by May. At the December University Senate meeting, Syverud said he suggested that it would be an appropriate time for the university to reexamine all of its programs, policies and processes in these areas “to ensure we’re doing the best we can to address this issue.”
Reaccreditation process
Wheatly provided a brief update on the univerfaculty resolutions criticizing his leadership. Newman declined to be interviewed for this story. Scott, the third chair removed, did not return multiple requests for comment. Tensions concerning Wheeler’s leadership have been brewing at SUNY-ESF for years. Academic Governance, the college’s governing body, voted no confidence in Wheeler in November 2016 after faculty grew increasingly frustrated over the president’s leadership. Last month, Academic Governance passed a resolution calling for increased consultation between faculty and administrators. According to the resolution, administrators have repeatedly failed to consult with faculty on decisions to increase the student population and reduce universitybased financial aid, among other things. And during a faculty union meeting last Thursday, faculty discussed two motions: one requesting Wheeler’s contract not be renewed, the other requesting the United University Professions State Chapter union review the financial situation at SUNY-ESF. The two resolutions will be voted on paper and results will come in February. Wheeler was not made available for an interview on this story. But, in a statement Tuesday night, Wheeler said the three chairs were removed because they had been
sity’s Middle States reaccreditation process. She said this spring is the “final stretch of the process,” after the self-report was presented in December. The Middle States team of peer visitors will be on campus March 25 to 28 “to observe, meet with faculty, students and other constituents, and to determine what they see and hear on the ground matches with what they have read in our self-study report,” Wheatly said. SU expects to receive a decision from the Middle States team in June, the provost said. “Once that hurdle is cleared, the real work begins, as we begin to strategize on how best to move forward on the recommendations in the report,” Wheatly said. smswann@syr.edu | @saramswann
serving longest in their respective positions. The removals, which took place during the winter break, were timed so that faculty, staff and students would be on campus and have access to information, the president said. Faculty needed to be on hand for consultation in selecting the new department chairs, Wheeler added. “Had we waited until the end of the semester, many of our researchers and students would have been off campus for the summer and, perhaps, in the field and largely unreachable,” Wheeler said in the statement. Wheeler said in the campus-wide email to students Sunday night that “a great deal of information circulating on campus is uninformed, inaccurate and misleading.” Despite his removal as chair, and his frustration with the chair rotation plan, Leopold said he and his department have been working toward the success of Wheeler and SUNY-ESF. But he said working as chair “isn’t a whole lot of fun” and he did not receive significant compensation for leading the department. “We’re not trying to be reinstated,” Leopold said. “I don’t want to be a part of this mess anymore.” jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18 hykim100@syr.edu | @haleyykim
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The Euclid Shuttle will make its debut Thursday night as an ambitious Student Association proposal that came to fruition in time for students to cap syllabus week with a night on the town. The free service, funded by Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Invest Syracuse initiative, was initially proposed by Syracuse University SA President James Franco and Vice President Angie Pati as part of their campaign last spring. The shuttle will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights between 10:30 p.m. and 3:25 a.m. In the initial unveiling of the plan, Franco said the shuttle service would increase student safety when traveling to offcampus neighborhoods. Considering Invest Syracuse is centered around improving the student experience on campus, the shuttle service is an appropriate use of university funding to promote student safety as its main priority. And though SU’s Department of Public Safety provides ride escort services, it’s important the administration continually takes strives to protect all students, not just those living on Main Campus.
For now, the bus will provide students living in Sadler Hall, Lawrinson Hall and the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex free transportation to various off-campus locations, including Lancaster Avenue, Stratford Street and Westcott Street. The shuttle’s route ensures students can travel safely to off-campus areas without having to pay hefty prices for ride-hailing services. For the shuttle to best aid students moving ahead, it should prove itself as a reliable resource with the potential to expand its route and daytime availabilities, so students can utilize it after extracurricular events and latenight study sessions — not just for socializing. After all, students shouldn’t have to pay a price for their safety.
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hen you think of student life, people inside the Orange bubble may think of sports games, tender days in the dining hall or jean jackets with fur collars. But what makes student life at SU special — even more so OBI than Tender AFRIYIE Thursday — is STICK TO THE its diversity. STATUS QUO This isn’t limited to racial diversity, even though that’s an important aspect. The diversity that makes Syracuse engaging is the student body’s different interests, mindsets, histories and strengths. Above all, Syracuse is full of student leaders who would rather spend breaks on relief trips to ravaged areas of the world instead of watching “Parks and Recreation” for the third time from their couches. SU is made up of students who pride themselves on their involvement and aren’t afraid to stand up for their views, no matter how they’re received. It’s this strength that makes us so special. Like many second-semester seniors who are about to enter the “real world,” I want to News Editor Sam Ogozalek Editorial Editor Kelsey Thompson Feature Editor Colleen Ferguson Sports Editor Andrew Graham Presentation Director Ali Harford Photo Editor Kai Nguyen Head Illustrator Sarah Allam Digital Copy Chief Haley Kim Copy Chief Kathryn Krawczyk Digital Editor Emma Comtois Video Editor Lizzie Michael Asst. News Editor Catherine Leffert Asst. News Editor Jordan Muller Asst. News Editor Kennedy Rose Asst. Editorial Editor Allison Weis Asst. Feature Editor C aroline Bartholomew Asst. Feature Editor Taylor Watson Asst. Sports Editor Billy Heyen Asst. Sports Editor Josh Schafer
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t a 1992 vice presidential debate, former Reform Party candidate James Stockdale began his opening statements with two key questions: Who am I, and why am I here? Two years ago, I never would have considered myself politically inclined. Even as BRANDON one of the most ROSS consequential FACTS A R E presidential STUBBOR N elections in THING S recent memory unfolded before my eyes, it was all background noise. But as the 2016 election heated up, I began to dig deeper into the issues. I grew fascinated by the complexity and history of the United States government and began weeding out which policies I believed were effective and which weren’t. After going through my own ideological discovery process, it became clear to me that I am a conservative. When people hear someone self-identify as conservative, there’s often an immediate assumption that they defend all of President Donald Trump’s actions as some form of extreme MAGA propaganda. This is not me. I have beliefs that align with the president’s and beliefs that don’t. For example, while the president has expressed interest in repealing DACA, I believe there should be a path to legal status or citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But there also needs to be an increase in border security — regardless of whether or not that means building a wall — to discourage further illegal immigration and
aid in reforming the visa lottery. Political correctness is also a growing issue, especially on college campuses. While boundaries exist, hypersensitivity has limited society’s ability to discuss important issues in depth and has stunted our ability to use logic and reason in certain situations. True boundaries can’t exist if only the most sensitive can decide what they are, so it’s important that efforts are made to reduce which conversations are labeled off limits. And as a journalism student, it was important to me to find an outlet to express my political opinions without censorship, and The Daily Orange seems to be the best place to do it. But even more important to me is to challenge an orthodoxy present at universities across the country. Conservative students exist at Syracuse, and they’re growing in numbers despite the student body’s clear liberal tilt. In a landmark debate last semester between the College Democrats and Republicans, the audience was particularly hostile toward the Republicans, many of whom got booed and shouted at while making their points. Yet cheers were plentiful for the College Democrats. This is not a complaint about the tilt on campus, but it’s a fact that makes me want to write this column. I want to challenge liberal conceptions for the benefit of the student body, so that in their exposure to the other side they can further evaluate where they truly stand on the issues that matter most.
Brandon Ross is a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at bross02@syr.edu.
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proudly say I was able to get involved and leave my mark in the Syracuse community. But there is still so much more I wish I could’ve done and opportunities I wish I could’ve taken advantage of that I didn’t know about until recently. Every school and community has a hierarchy. Some organizations, events and people get more attention than others. My four years as a Cusechella resident have taught me there’s more to student life than what Asst. Photo Editor Molly Gibbs Asst. Photo Editor Hieu Nguyen Special Projects Designer Lucy Naland Senior Design Editor Bridget Slomian Design Editor Casey Darnell Design Editor Kateri Gemperlein-Schirm Design Editor Maddie Ligenza Design Editor Amy Nakamura Design Editor Talia Trackim Asst. Copy Editor Eric Black Asst. Copy Editor Sandhya Iyer Asst. Copy Editor Shweta Karikehalli Asst. Copy Editor Haley Robertson Asst. Copy Editor Jessi Soporito Asst. Copy Editor Kaci Wasilewski Social Media Director Myelle Lansat Social Media Producerr Andy Mendes Asst. Video Editor Rori Sachs Asst. Video Editor Mackenzie Sammeth
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mascot Stanford University, Dartmouth College and Miami University in Ohio moved away from their indigenous based mascots, according to USA Today. In 1976, Doug George-Kanentiio, a member of the Mohawk nation and vice president of the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge, was a student at the University of New Mexico looking to transfer to a school in the northeast. He decided to attend SU because of the potential he saw for an innovative indigenous studies program, particularly because of the university’s location in the heart of the Onondaga Nation. But what he found was quite the opposite, he said. “What came to my attention immediately was the university had a serious problem with its image,” he said, referring to the Saltine Warrior mascot. “It obscured the real history and contributions that Native Americans contributed … (it) stood in the way of the realization of the potential of Native Americans.”
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In August of 1977, when George-Kanentiio sat down with Chancellor Melvin Eggers in hopes of discussing ways to remove the Saltine Warrior, the response he received took him a bit off guard, he recalled. “I’ve been waiting for you,” George-Kanentiio said Eggers told him, at the time. Eggers died in 1994. He said Eggers had long been willing to take steps to remove the Saltine Warrior as the university’s mascot, but lacked the organized representation needed to act on his vision. George-Kanentiio said the two decided to create the Native American Student Organization on campus, and collaborate with the Iroquois Confederacy. Despite this, support for the mascot continued, with the backing of SU alumni. “Do away with the Saltine Warrior and you will do away with Alumni enthusiasm and support across the country,” said a written statement by alumnus Harry McKinnon Jr., addressed to Melvin Mounts, the vice president of university affairs at the time, according to SU Archives. Mounts received statements of support for keeping the mascot from dozens of alumni and organized groups, including the Beta Theta Pi alumni association, the sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta, the Chi Omega fraternity and the entire Panhellenic Conference at the university, according to SU Archives. George-Kanentiio said he contacted the Onondaga Nation and arranged a meeting between the brothers from Lambda Chi Alpha and indigenous students. To the surprise of the brothers, they were welcomed as guests, he said. “It wasn’t going to be us against them,” George-Kanentiio said. “We were going to find a way to convert the student body, the faculty and the alumni and particularly the fraternity to our way of thinking.” It was later announced that the spring semester of 1978 would be the last for the controversial mascot. from page 1
shuttle Hinds Hall. Eventually the bus will head north down Walnut Avenue, where several fraternities and sororities are located, then cut east again on Madison Street. The shuttle will then head south on Ostrom Avenue toward Euclid Avenue. “We wanted to … bring all of the neighborhoods together to make a more unified campus,” said SA Vice President Angie Pati on Wednesday. Nine stops are currently listed on the Parking and Transit Services website. But Franco on Wednesday said another stop will be added to the bus route at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Livingston Avenue. The shuttle will be financed by the Invest Syracuse initiative, a $100 million fundraising plan that aims to support academic changes on campus. Chancellor Kent Syverud on Tuesday, in a speech at the Life Sciences Complex, said the Euclid Shuttle is being piloted. Syverud met with SA to discuss the shuttle, Franco said Tuesday. Franco made the promise of
“The amazing thing that happened is that when we were leaving (Onondaga), everyone was talking,” George-Kanentiio said. “The Lambda Chi brothers shook the hands of the native students, and they said they agreed with us. They became our very good friends after that.”
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Regina Jones, the assistant director of SU’s Native Student Program, has the statue of the Saltine Warrior as a screensaver on her computer. She said she takes pride in the fact that the Haudenosaunee man who posed for it had a descendant that ended up attending SU. Kacey Chopito, who is largely in charge of indigenous relations on campus, said he makes it a point to stop by the bronze statue while giving a tour of campus during the new indigenous student orientation. “We use that to tell the story of how native students on campus, the administration and student body is working to move beyond (the) racist mascot,” Chopito said. “We try to use it as a learning tool to show that we can move forward from these racist portrayals of indigenous people.” A new Haudenosaunee Promise scholarship that offers free tuition to students living on Haudenosaunee territory has increased the indigenous student population, said Saunders Webb, the professor emeritus. Visible from the bronze statue of the Saltine Warrior, a purple Haudenosaunee flag flies in front of Hendricks Chapel, alongside the American flag and university flag. The university now celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day, rather than Columbus Day, and tributes to the Onondaga Nation are often made before major campus events. Professor Scott Manning Stevens, the director of Native American and Indigenous Studies, called these installations “symbolic, but highly significant.” A new council on diversity and inclusion was created by Chancellor Kent Syverud and took the initiative on most of these projects for indigenous inclusivity. Forty years after he helped abolish the Saltine Warrior mascot, though, George-Kanentiio said he failed in his goal to expand SU’s indigenous studies to its full potential while he was at SU. “We were not a single-issue group,” he said. “We wanted Syracuse to become the Harvard of native studies. We wanted Syracuse to offer innovative programs that are not offered anywhere in the U.S. today — like native music, filmmaking, broadcasting, science and biology.” George-Kanentiio, whose daughter and niece both attended SU, said he has seen flaws in the indigenous studies curriculum, including not enough indigenous professors teaching indigenous studies. He said he has hopes of speaking to Syverud about the academic potential an increased number of prospective indigenous students can bring to Syracuse. “We can make SU shine in terms of academics,” George-Kanentiio said. gkstern@syr.edu
establishing a Euclid Shuttle a central component of his successful SA presidential campaign last spring. “It should, at its best — and we will monitor it closely — provide frequent and reliable transportation,” Syverud said. The current list of Euclid Shuttle stops on the Parking and Transit Services website are below: • College Place at Lyman Hall • Intersection of East Raynor Avenue and Irving Avenue • Intersection of Irving Avenue and Waverly Avenue • Intersection of East Adams Street and Walnut Avenue • Intersection of Comstock Avenue and Madison Street • Intersection of Euclid Avenue and Livingston Avenue • Intersection of Euclid Avenue and Lancaster Avenue • Intersection of Westcott Street and Jerome Street • Intersection of Stratford Street and Ostrom Avenue sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783 rarozenb@syr.edu
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salaries Academic Strategic Plan, to address the inequities. SU’s goal is to make any necessary salary adjustments so that they take effect in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. “That doesn’t necessarily mean that all salaries will change,” Reed said. “We should have a realistic expectation.” On the tenure-track side of SU’s faculty, the committee found gender pay gaps among faculty at the professor and associate professor ranks, with women making about 89 and 94 percent of the salaries that men at those levels earn, respectively. At the assistant professor rank, women professors make slightly less than men. The gaps are larger among non-tenuretrack faculty, where women professors, associate professors and assistant professors make 77, 83 and 83 percent of what men earn, respectively. The report also includes a regression analysis that found those pay gaps are each statistically and economically significant, even after controlling for other variables such as academic area, years of experience and years of seniority. Sarah Pralle, an associate professor of political science and member of the Senate Committee on Women’s Concerns, said she wasn’t surprised by the report’s findings. “This is common in a lot of fields,” she said. “But I’m very reassured that finally people are paying attention to it.”
The report noted that the committee did not have access to all variables that may contribute to salary differences, such as faculty performance. Moving forward, deans of each of the university’s schools and colleges will work with the Office of the Provost to review and potentially correct salary discrepancies between men and women faculty. “The report generates many important questions,” said Barbara Kwasnik, a professor in the School of Information Studies and a member of the committee. “It was meant as a starting point for discussion and action and leaves a great deal of the follow-up to the individual schools and colleges.” The gender pay gap is bigger in some of SU’s schools and colleges than it is in others. The schools with the largest salary discrepancies include the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, the School of Education and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “Equitable treatment is a foundational element of an academic community like ours,” said Gene Anderson, the dean of Whitman, in an email. “The report should be a catalyst to address the gaps identified by the analysis and ensure our community is one where everyone feels valued for their contributions.” Joanna Masingila, dean of the School of Education, said she plans to advocate for raises for her faculty if it’s clear that some are underpaid because they are women. The
deans of Falk and Maxwell — Diane Murphy and David Van Slyke — did not return requests for comment. The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of SU’s schools and colleges, is the only school or college that the report indicates doesn’t have a gender pay gap. Women professors and women assistant professors in the college make slightly more than men, while women associate professors make slightly less than men. The levels of equity are unclear across certain ranks in some schools and colleges, such as full professors in the School of Architecture and Whitman, as the report does not include average salaries for groups with fewer than five individuals. In Whitman, for example, there are 11 tenure-track professors that are men but only one woman. In addition to the gender pay gap, the report also reveals that SU faculty earn less than faculty at the university’s peer institutions. The report compared SU faculty salaries to salaries of faculty at two different groups of peer institutions: members of the Colonial Group, a consortium of 14 private colleges and universities established to exchange data; and 24 members of the Association of American Universities Data Exchange. Compared to the Colonial Group institutions, SU professors, associate professors and assistant professors make 84 percent, 91 percent and 85 percent of their peers’ average salaries, respectively. Compared to the AAU institutions, SU professors, associate professors and assistant professors make 78 percent,
88 percent and 82 percent of their peers’ average salaries, respectively. “Clearly there’s work to be done here in the future,” Ravi Dharwadkar, a professor in the Whitman School and member of the committee, said during Wednesday’s meeting. SU Chancellor Kent Syverud noted Wednesday that SU has traditionally had lower tuition rates than its peers, adding that tuition revenue is the main funding source for faculty salaries. “If our tuition has systematically been more than 10 percent below our peers, and has been for decades, which it has been as far as I can understand, it is entirely predictable as a macroeconomic manner what will happen,” he said. “If our goal is to have a competitive faculty and to have competitive faculty salaries, then we have to have competitive revenue sources.” As part of Invest Syracuse, tuition for incoming first-year and transfer students will include an extra $3,300 premium in addition to annual tuition rate hikes. Masingila, the School of Education dean, said she feels encouraged, based on her conversations with Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly and other university leaders, that the report will spur “positive action” at the university. “I think the message from the provost and the chancellor is that they’re taking this very seriously and they want to work to address any kind of inequities that are on campus,” Masingila said. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47
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The new workout plan Archbold Gymnasium is closed until 2019, but that doesn’t mean you have to ditch the gym By Kathryn Krawczyk copy chief
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his semester, Syracuse University students have lost the largest fitness resource available to them: Archbold Gymnasium. It’s closed down for a $50 million renovation to become a state-of-the-art fitness facility called “The Arch,” which SU estimates won’t open until fall 2019. But don’t fret in the meantime if you’re not big on the gyms in Ernie Davis Hall or Marshall Square Mall. This quiz will help you find fitness options that suit your price, transportation situation and workout needs.
Start Parking passes are way too expensive
Do you have a car, or a fitness buddy with one?
Just call me driven You’ve got a lot of options. What’s your workout style?
So that means you’re a public transit aficionado
Pure strength building
There’s already a Centro pass in my pocket I work on my own schedule
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I walk to class No one told me Syracuse uphill — both ways would be this cold
Wacheva Cultural Arts Center Westcott workouts
Are you big on workout trends?
Keep it traditional Give me an adventure
I’ll go every day as long as I have workout variety
YMCA Downtown
Metro Fitness No-nonsense exercise
If it’s new, I’m going to try it I keep it old-school
Central Rock Syracuse
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Climbing to new heights
Big-city fitness
O Yoga and Syracuse Yoga
Cost effective & close by
CHAARG
Student-run & social
How do you want to build those muscles?
How much encouragement do you need to work out? Ask me again after another nap
Something mind- clearing
Namastay fit
Edge Strength and Conditioning
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SU graduate student directs ‘Boeing Boeing’ comedy By Sarah Slavin staff writer
Central New York’s newest play has taken flight in the play “Boeing Boeing.” On Jan. 12, The Central New York Playhouse in DeWitt premiered its newest comedy. “Boeing Boeing” is a traditional farce — silly and fast-paced with an unlikely plot. The story follows Bernard, an architect simultaneously engaged to three women at once. Each of these women is a flight
attendant from a different country, and Bernard struggles to keep them a secret from each other while keeping a cool head. Director Noelle Hedgcock said the reason she chose to direct “Boeing Boeing” was because it was a farce. “It’s a really fun show, and it’s a name people know, and I thought on the stage it would work really well at The CNY Playhouse,” she said. Hedgcock is a graduate student at Syracuse University studying
English. She started working at The CNY Playhouse in 2016 as an actress, but directing has always been a passion of hers. Hedgcock’s dedication inspires the actors, including Liz Stanistreet, who plays Gretchen, one of Bernard’s fiancées. She said Hedgcock gives the actors a lot of freedom to play with the characters the way they wanted. And it doesn’t hurt that Stanistreet is convinced her role was meant for her.
“I’ve been (in) a range of different shows, I’ve done Shakespeare, I’ve done musicals, I’ve done dramas, but this is definitely my favorite because I love comedy,” she said. “And my role (as) Gretchen, I didn’t know she was a dream role until I got the role. I just love playing her.” There are only six people in the cast, which has allowed them to grow closer both on and off stage, said Derek Potocki, who plays Bernard. “It’s a really good show, this cast
has really bonded with each other, and our chemistry really shows,” he said. Amid the comedy, Potocki said the show delivers a valuable message: women’s empowerment. The cast and crew are mostly women. “In the last year, I’ve done seven shows and every one of them had a female director, and that’s amazing,” he said. “That’s made me really proud about the community around here and I think that shows a lot.” srslavin@syr.edu
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fitness CHAARG
Being stuck on campus doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of Syracuse’s workout scene. For $45 per semester, CHAARG delivers weekly workouts to SU and takes members off campus for in-studio classes. It’s all aimed at helping college students find ways to be fit and healthy in their everyday lives, said Karleigh Kowalski, an inclusive elementary and special education senior at SU who leads the student-run SU chapter. Every Tuesday night, CHAARG brings a local workout teacher to SU, or members will go to a studio for classes such as barre, cycling and strength training. Members can also join a small group for weekly student-run sessions, and they have access to socials, including smoothie nights and nutritionist talks. Everything is included in that once-a-semester fee. To try out the program, join CHAARG for a sample studio spotlight at 8 or 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Hall of Languages 500.
Slacking is not allowed at Metro Fitness. This locally owned joint will call home and check in if you miss a workout. Even if you’re not booking a personal trainer, Metro can tailor a workout regimen to meet your schedule and workout goals. Starting with a fitness evaluation, members get a personalized health plan and periodic check-ins with a professional. It upends the idea of “people just showing up to the gym, hoping they get it right on their own,” Metro trainer Loren Starnes told The Daily Orange last February. If you’re looking for something a little less intense, Metro offers traditional gym memberships with access to classes, saunas, health screenings and more — and its website promises student rates. Get to Metro via the Sy 30 and Sy 40 buses in about 20 minutes.
Edge Strength and Conditioning is a small, locally-owned gym. To Edge’s owner, Ryan Vollmer, that’s what sets it apart. “It’s not like a CrossFit class where they’re trying to kill you,” Vollmer said. “We’re trying to make it functional and fun and get results that way.” Vollmer described a client who wasn’t comfortable on anything except the elliptical at big, corporate gyms. But she’s able to do much more in Edge’s personal, supportive environment. Edge offers bootcamp and barbell classes alongside yoga and personal training, and there are also a limited number of open gym memberships, none of which require contract. Every class promotes what Vollmer called a “unique, friendly environment.”
Central Rock Syracuse
117 Harvard Place Tucked behind Boom Babies and across the street from Recess Coffee, Wacheva Cultural Arts is a cultural hub in the Westcott neighborhood. Wacheva founder Biboti Ouikahilo brought the rhythm of the Ivory Coast, where he toured with the country’s national dance company, to Syracuse in 2003. Music bumps from Wacheva’s studio six days per week — that is, if Ouikahilo isn’t shouting out the beats himself. He teaches African dance and drum classes. Other teachers at the studio offer yoga, Zumba and classes in other styles of dance. Student pricing cuts the price of a class down to $7, and it’s within walking distance of SU.
340 Montgomery St. The Downtown Syracuse YMCA is one of the closest fitness options to campus — and one of the cheapest. “We’re right down the hill and we’ve got a great mix of old-school Y and lots of features people might not realize are inside the building,” said Stefanie Noble, the Y’s director of marketing and communication, in an email. Inside the Y, there’s an indoor track, swimming pool and multiple fitness rooms. Classes and rec sport leagues can bring even more variety to your workout and are all included in a $30-per-month young adult membership. Personal training, karate and other high-intensity classes are available for additional fees. Even transportation to the Y is free if you hop on the Connective Corridor bus, which stops at College Place. It’s about a 20-minute ride, making the Y one of the most accessible options for anyone without a car.
600 N. Franklin St. Syracuse’s first climbing gym aims to add excitement your workout. Central Rock opened its doors at the end of December, bringing a giant indoor space full of rock climbing walls to downtown Syracuse. You’d have to drive to Albany to find another climbing gym of this size, said Nate Farrington, a climbing manager at Central Rock. Since Central Rock opened, Farrington said traffic in and out of the gym has been nonstop. He credits it to the fun and adventure you get while still getting exercise. “I can’t stay motivated going to a normal gym,” Farrington said. “This kind of stuff is way more engaging for me.” All levels of climbers can take belaying, bouldering and other skills classes or grab a day pass and just get climbing. And if you’d like to balance climbing with a traditional workout, Central Rock also has an exercise gym and yoga classes. That’s all included in a monthly $55 membership, discounted for full-time college students.
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Metro Fitness
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6181 Thompson Road, Suite 803 There’s no shortage of yoga options on and around campus. Some for-credit classes still have openings on MySlice, and SU’s Department of Recreation Services offers a week of free fitness classes from Jan. 21-26. And off campus, plenty of gyms offer yoga classes alongside standard fitness offerings. But a few studios around Syracuse are devoted solely to the practice, and they feature a variety of yoga classes tailored to different fitness levels. Syracuse Yoga offers a handful of different classes focused on movement and flow, and they run from 9 a.m. until the evening. O Yoga has two locations: one that’s accessible by bus in downtown Syracuse and one that’s a bit further away in DeWitt. From early morning sunrise yoga to late-night Yin, O Yoga packs in multiple classes each day at both locations. Even if those yoga terms are a mystery, there’s still a draw for these studios: student pricing. College students get their first class free at Syracuse Yoga, and 20 percent off on packages after that. At O Yoga, college students get 15 percent off drop-in classes and a variety of class packages.
Urban Life Athletics
1003 W. Fayette St., fourth floor With a pitch-black room, strobe lights and loud music, Urban Life Athletics almost looks more like a nightclub than a fitness studio. And that’s just what it’s going for. “A lot of students go to the gym, hop on the elliptical, hop on the treadmill, do their quoteunquote cardio,” said spin instructor Dan Distefano. “What we’re trying to sell is not just fitness, but the fun, nightlife-style atmosphere of it.” Urban Life offers spin, CrossFit and highintensity interval training classes. Each class has what Distefano described as a Benjamin’s on Franklin twist, similar to what you’d find in a big-city fitness studio.
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1,000 words Lashelle Ramirez’s photo, “Quarry Loc,” won “Best of Show” at the 2018 Transmedia Photography Annual. SU art photography seniors worked with Light Work to prepare pieces for the exhibition, which remains on display through March 2. Many of the photos focus on identity and self-examination. courtesy of lashelle ramirez
Art photography seniors express identity through their work As a museum curator at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts, Tognarelli said she has “learned to appreciate a lot of styles.” While judging the photos in this year’s or Syracuse University’s art photography students, the work exhibition, she observed a common theme. doesn’t stop once the shutter has snapped. Printing, framing “The ones that I picked tended to have a focus on identity and examiand mounting images for exhibitions are critical skills, as color, nation of self,” said Tognarelli. “There definitely is a narrative going on texture and choice of paper can influence the way an image is perceived. in each one of those images, and it’s really up to the viewer to figure out The 2018 Transmedia Photography Annual opened Tuesday at that narrative, since you don’t have the artist available to tell you what Light Work Hallway Gallery. Throughout the fall semester, SU art pho- their intent was.” tography seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts worked The Transmedia Photography Annual is designed to give art photograwith Light Work to prepare a select number of pieces for the exhibition. phy students an opportunity to develop the skills needed to prepare their Lashelle Ramirez won “Best of Show” for their work for an exhibition. Students collaborated with the photograph “Quarry Locs” on Saturday, Dec. 16. The Light Work staff to print, frame and mount their pieces. image captures an anonymous subject “awash in “An image is really different when it’s on a screen and brown color variations and compositional movement,” when it’s printed on the wall,” said Susannah Sayler, an as described by Paula Tognarelli, juror of the exhibiThere definitely is associate professor in the department of transmedia. “That tion, in her judge’s statement. kind of experience is really good for them to see how impora narrative going Ramirez’s winning photograph is part of their senior tant it is to get that level of presentation to the highest level thesis, which is centered around gender identity. As somein terms of printing and framing.” on in each one of one who identifies as nonbinary, Ramirez said gender The editing process, when photographers select those images. identity has always been a significant part of their life. their best images, can be challenging for photographers “A lot of people think labels are bad, but someof any level, Sayler said. The art photography program Paula Tognarelli times they’re not, and that’s what inspired my work encourages students to develop relationships with museum curator and — embracing the label that fits me,” said Ramirez. their peers so they can edit and critique each other’s exhibition judge Ericka Lynne Jones-Craven, Danielle A. Brown work beyond the classroom. and Nora Alexandra-Young were awarded “HonorFor Alexandra-Young, feedback from her peers has able Mentions” for their photography. been beneficial throughout her time at SU. Alexandra-Young’s image “Horse” shows her younger “I’m constantly asking the people in my class sister with a horse in a grassy field. The photographer’s close relationship with and people I trust about my work, and they’ve always been really her sister and interest in researching adolescence inspired this image. supportive,” she said. “I think that it’s really important to have “I raised her in a way, so I see a lot of me in her,” Alexandra-Young said somebody that can judge your work and also knows where you’re . “I don’t want to do self-portraits, so she’s kind of the closest thing I have coming from.” to myself.” The Transmedia Photo Annual will be on display until March 2, Tognarelli was particularly drawn to Alexandra-Young’s photo because 2018. Toward the end of the semester, seniors will have the opportunity of the compassion and connection it conveys through the “exhilarating ges- to showcase more of their work in a solo exhibition. ture” of the girl’s hand on the horse’s heart as she gazes off into the distance. hrober03@syr.edu By Haley Robertson asst. copy editor
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women’s basketball
Road struggles highlight SU’s inconsistent ACC play By Nick Alvarez staff writer
For a Syracuse team replacing 86 percent of its scoring from a year ago and 80 percent of its starting lineup, the 2017-18 Orange squad still resembles last season’s. The scoring load has been carried by two players — Tiana Mangakahia and Miranda Drummond — and the team has struggled early on in conference play, specifically on the road. “We have nine, 10 newcomers on the court playing in one of the best conferences in the country,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “… It’s tough to win on the road.” SU has four losses, all of which have occurred away from the friendly confines of the Carrier Dome. One was a neutral-site game, and the rest have been on the courts of conference opponents. Last year, Syracuse won just one of its first four conference road games. Hillsman doesn’t think it’s an issue. He argues that his team has no bad losses and even one upset win. But SU still hasn’t cracked the Associated Press Top 25 poll and it currently sits eighth in the ACC standings. When Syracuse (14-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) travels to Coral Gables, Florida to take on Miami on Thursday night and returns home to face Pittsburgh on Sunday, it has a chance to defeat two of the lesser teams in the conference and find the consistency it has lacked so far in conference play. Last year, SU played then-No. 14 Miami following two conference road losses and routed the Hurricanes, 81-48, in the Carrier Dome. Since then, Miami has graduated three starters and is 10th in the ACC. “We’re there most of those games and we have a chance to win at the end of the game,” from page 16
weak spot the key even as he kept knocking them down, finishing with a game-high 35 points. Therein lies the issue for Syracuse. Boeheim often refutes the claim that his zone is worse against 3-point shooting teams than a man-to-man. But so far this season, the Orange hasn’t been able to make up for the blind spot in its zone: the top of the key. “You’ve got to leave somebody open, it’s usually the guy at the top,” Graham said about the 2-3 zone. “They just were doing their zone principles I guess.” When a guard initiates offense down the middle of the floor, there are three natural passes for him to make. He can throw it to either wing or try and fit it into the high post. Either way, the zone shifts and collapses toward the strong side. If the guard who threw the initial pass gets it right back, opponents can catch Syracuse from page 16
perks each student that walks through the Carrier Dome doors. The rewards points turn into “Syracuse Bucks” with 100 points equaling one buck. Students can track how many bucks they’ve earned on the app and then exchange them for prizes. The big-ticket items listed for the launch are an Apple Watch (750 Bucks) and two courtside tickets to the men’s basketball game against North Carolina (300) on Feb. 21. Other items students can earn include four courtside tickets to the women’s basketball game against Duke on Feb. 15 and a Dino Babers-signed helmet. Students will also be able to participate in trivia, polls and other challenges to win more points and in turn, more Syracuse Bucks. “We are going to keep adding,” Di Fino said. “It’s not, ‘We have 10 things and they are set for the year.’ We are going to keep adding to keep things fresh.” Last year, Syracuse set its attendance record in a game against Notre Dame. On Sunday, Doors will open an hour and a half ahead of the 2 p.m. tip-off and come with several benefits for early birds. The first 200 students to arrive on Sunday will receive a five-dollar concessions
Hillsman said. “… We have to finish the game and be tougher.” The Orange sprinted out to its best start in eight years (11-0) before falling to thenNo.5 Mississippi State in Las Vegas on Dec. 21. After being outpaced by the Bulldogs, 76-65, SU bounced back with a win against UNLV to close out its non-conference schedule. But since then, the Orange has sputtered, tallying a 2-3 record to start conference play. In its first conference matchup against then-No. 2 Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, the Orange were gashed down low and allowed 48 points inside the paint. Mangakahia was the only player to score more than 15 points but committed eight turnovers. Despite leading by one in the third quarter, the Orange allowed a 10-0 Irish run and ended up losing by 15. After the contest, which took place on Dec. 28, Hillsman said his team had to do a better job of closing out games. Three days later against Virginia in Charlottesville, SU’s offense wilted in the fourth quarter and connected on just four of 14 shots. Mangakahia, again, was the majority of SU’s offense but she shot just 33 percent from the field and committed 12 turnovers, five of which came in the final frame. The back-to-back losses marked the first time in three years that SU started conference play 0-2. After the game, Hillsman again noted that his team couldn’t close it out. The 12-year head coach cited a play down the stretch, with SU down by a possession and UVA at the freethrow line, when J’Kyra Brown missed but the Cavaliers got it back after the Orange couldn’t secure the rebound. Syracuse returned home and won its first in between zone shifts, thereby creating an opening to get off a shot. Virginia’s Ty Jerome hit two 3s on back-to-back possessions this way early in that game’s second half. Of the three players to hit seven 3s against the Orange this year, Stewart is the only freshman. Stewart said that the game against Syracuse was the first time he’d seen a team use exclusively zone defense against Pitt this season. When the Panthers were preparing for the zone, Stewart said that he noticed the top of the key would be open. He hit multiple 3s from that area, which helped him find his rhythm on the way to a career-high 23 points. Stewart’s sixth 3-pointer came with almost 15 minutes late in the game but his seventh came with less than three minutes left. The Orange might have found one way to slow down the hot shooters during the Pitt game. Stewart felt that the zone began playing higher up, which made the Panthers change their offensive game plan. voucher while the first 5,000 fans to arrive, student or not, will be handed a free t-shirt. All students who attend will be entered into a raff le to win a PlayStation 4 or a pair of tickets reserved in the first five rows for the student section for the men’s basketball game against North Carolina. Ten sets of tickets will be distributed in all.
It’s not, ‘We have 10 things and they are set for the year.’ We are going to keep adding to keep things fresh. Anthony Di Fino syracuse associate athletics director for business development
Students with the premium or elite student ticket package that attend Sunday’s game will be entered to win an Apple Watch. “It’s probably the biggest game of the year from an athletic side in terms of how much support we give something like this outside of that Clemson football game,” Di Fino said. jlschafe@syr.edu | @Schafer_44
Still undefeated at home, Syracuse is looking to secure its first away conference win at Miami. The Hurricanes are 2-3 in conference play. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor
two conference games of the year in the Carrier Dome against Georgia Tech and then-No. 11 Florida State. Those victories came off two stellar scoring outbursts from Mangakahia and Drummond that Hillsman isn’t “trying to figure out.” “When I’m not having a good day or Miranda isn’t,” Mangakahia said, “I think we can all step up and contribute.” On Jan. 14, against North Carolina State, Mangakahia and Drummond were limited to 27 combined points and no other scorer reached double-digits. The Orange led at half, but still were outrebounded and fell in Raleigh, North Carolina. SU’s upcoming stretch would be an oppor-
tune time to find the steadiness it has needed and get above .500 in the ACC. SU’s next five opponents are a combined 6-18 against other teams in conference. After Miami and Pittsburgh, Syracuse faces Clemson, Boston College and Virginia Tech. Two of those games, Miami and Boston College, will be away from the Carrier Dome and test the Orange’s ability to close out games on the road. If Syracuse looks to prove itself as an upper-echelon team in the ACC, it will need to. “It’s a long conference season,” Hillsman said. “There’s a lot of basketball left to play. We’re trying to stay healthy and get through these games and compete at the highest level.”
Junior point guard Frank Howard and freshman Howard Washington said that Syracuse tried to resort to more of a matchup zone. If the ball entered the high post, their first reaction was to find Stewart and make sure somebody checked him. The guards would leave the player in the high post for center Paschal Chukwu to deal with until they could recover. Still, Howard said that part of the initial issue is a lack of focus from Battle and him, who sometimes struggle while playing nearly the entire game. “I think we kind of get lazy a little bit sometimes, not really identifying shooters,” Howard said. “We’ve got to be engaged every play. When we fall asleep on those plays, those are big for us. And that momentum switches a lot for us. Because we kind of fall asleep on defense sometimes. We’ve got just to be engaged. I think we’re getting better on that.” In the Orange’s next game against Boston College, it’ll have to contend with Jordan
Chatman, who is sixth in the ACC in 3-point percentage. Chatman hit two 3-pointers in both games against Syracuse last year. Three games later, SU will once again have to face Virginia’s Kyle Guy, seventh in the conference in 3-point percentage. Syracuse has found enough offense to win two of its three games in which one opposition player hit seven 3-pointers. But for an Orange team that has been unable to crack 60 points in its last two home games — one against a bottom-feeder in the league and another against a Notre Dame team without its two best players — it’ll need to end that trend. The blueprint has been set by Syracuse’s opponents — let your best shooter get hot near the top of the key. Now, it’s the Orange’s job to answer. “We need to pay attention to the scouting report,” Battle said. “We need to understand the scouting report. We just lost (Stewart) too many times.”
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days off 3-3) on Jan. 24. Boeheim sees this as a crucial time to rest his taxed players. “We need practice days,” Boeheim said. “This team more than any team I’ve had at this stage of the year, we really need some days of practice.” Boeheim wants to address the offense, which has stagnated much of this season. The Orange are one of the worst teams in the nation from beyond the arc — shooting just 31.9 percent, even when factoring in Frank Howard’s hot hand — and the offense overall ranks as Boeheim’s worst unit ever in effective field goal percentage on KenPom.com, which began tracking in 2002. The Orange currently have an effective field-goal percentage of 47.5, which ranks 297th in the nation. The goal, Boeheim said, is to “make sure we understand what we’re trying to do.” He pointed to Florida State, when Battle had a career-high 37 points, as the moments when one player can carry the offense. But that cannot happen regularly, the team understands, because the workload has taxed the sophomore. When asked if the heavy minutes load had taken a toll, Battle demurred. He said he’s in good shape and playing a high volume of minutes required more mental toughness than physical, but he’s still looking forward
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to the days off. “They’ll be much needed,” Battle said. “I know I need it.” Boeheim emerged from Syracuse-Pitt with one positive: When Syracuse struggled early, players other than Battle or Howard stepped up. “We’ve got a long way to go offensively,” Boeheim said. “I think these few days will help us.” Players themselves, such as Battle and freshman forwards Oshae Brissett and Matthew Moyer, see the break as a chance to hone in on defense, Syracuse’s identity and the crux upon which the Orange must operate if it’s to upset stronger teams down the stretch. “We’ve let down on our physicality and a lot of teams have out-rebounded us,” Brissett said. “If we win those rebounding battles, if we move the ball, we’ll win these games.” Three times this season, SU has allowed a shooter to hit seven 3-pointers in one game. Most recently, Boeheim tore his suit jacket off in exasperation as Pitt’s freshman guard Parker Stewart camped at the top of the key and lit it up. Battle understands the importance of closing on those shooters. But he’s not overlooking the rest aspect, either. “This break is going to be great,” Battle said. “I can’t wait. There’s going to be a lot of ice baths.” sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR
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Road woes
Strength in numbers
Syracuse women’s basketball hasn’t won yet on the road in ACC play. See page 14
Syracuse ice hockey has given playing time to all four of its goalies this season. See dailyorange.com
S PORTS
Backer out Linebacker Troy Henderson is departing as a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility left. See dailyorange.com
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football
SU’s ACC schedule released By Andrew Graham sports editor
Syracuse football’s 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference schedule was released by the conference Wednesday, completing the Orange’s slate of games for the fall. SU takes on eight conference opponents — four each on the road and at home — and will face two foes from the ACC Coastal division (Pittsburgh and North Carolina). At home, Syracuse takes on Florida State, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Louisville. On the road, it will visit Clemson, Pitt, Wake Forest and Boston College. Syracuse’s defense has allowed three players from three different teams to make seven baskets — each from behind the arc — demonstrating a weakness the 2-3 zone allows at the top of the key. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer
POINT OF
CONCERN By Tomer Langer
senior staff writer
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he Carrier Dome crowd groaned loudly every time Maryland’s top 3-point threat Kevin Huerter caught the ball in the second half against Syracuse in late November. When Kansas’ Devonte Graham kept knocking them down in early December in Miami, he imitated Syracuse alum Carmelo Anthony’s three-to-the-dome celebration by hitting his head with three fingers. On Tuesday night, after Pittsburgh’s Parker Stewart kept drilling 3-pointers, Orange head coach Jim Boeheim turned back to the bench and slammed down his suit jacket. “Our best players have got to know what guy is making shots,” Boeheim said after the win over the Panthers. “There’s one guy making shots, you cannot let that guy shoot.” Syracuse’s (13-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) opponents are shooting 33.3 percent from behind the arc, a slightly above average number both nationally and in the ACC. SU is allowing just 63.6 points per game, the 19th mark in the country. But the Orange’s opponents are getting 39 percent of their points from the 3-point shot, the 12th-highest
The top of the 2-3 zone has been a weak spot for SU
mark in the country per Kenpom.com. Part of SU’s issue has been one opposing player getting hot — and getting lost by the SU defense. Huerter, Graham and Stewart each knocked seven 3-pointers against the Orange. Part of what sparked their hot shooting days is uncontested looks from the top of the key. And if the Orange wants to stay in games while compensating for a lackluster offense — the Orange averages 70 points per game, 281st in the country — it’ll have to stop opposing players from knocking so many in from deep. “Obviously we didn’t,” Boeheim answered when asked what adjustments were made against Stewart. “Obviously we haven’t,” he added about the season long trend, “so we need to.” Huerter burning the Orange was left a bit overlooked because it came during Syracuse’s best win to start the season, improving to 6-0. Boeheim spent more time postgame talking about how the Orange would have offered Huerter if it still had all of its scholarships. Boeheim did acknowledge that the defense lost Huerter a bit, but the level of concern seemed low. The next game, against then-No. 2 Kansas, was different. Every time Syracuse tried to make a run, Graham would stop it with a bucket. Several of his 3s came on uncontested looks from the top of see weak
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SEPT. 15 Syracuse starts its Atlantic Coast Conference slate in mid-September when Florida State visits the Carrier Dome
Conference play opens on Sept. 15 when the Seminoles come to the Dome. In total, Syracuse went 2-5 against the seven conference opponents it faced in 2017 that appear in the 2018 schedule. North Carolina is the only team on Syracuse’s 2018 ACC schedule that SU didn’t face in 2017. Along with eight conference matchups, Syracuse opens the season with two nonconference games — at Western Michigan on Sept. 1 and against FCS Wagner in the Carrier Dome a week later. SU also takes on Connecticut at home on Sept. 22 and Notre Dame in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 17. Seven of Syracuse’s 12 opponents on the 2018 schedule made a bowl game, while SU did not. The 12 teams combined for a 82-69 record in 2018, good for a .543 combined winning percentage. aegraham@syr.edu @A_E_Graham
men’s basketball
SU to begin perk system Sunday Syracuse welcomes week off between games By Josh Schafer
asst. sports editor
Syracuse Athletics is attempting to break the SU attendance record for a women’s basketball game for the second-straight season, on Jan. 21 against Pittsburgh. This year, SU hopes its students will be the difference maker. On Sunday, when Syracuse (144, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) hosts Pittsburgh (9-9, 1-4), student attendees will participate in Syracuse Athletics’ student rewards program for the first time. The point-based system will reward students that attend SU athletic events. Once students accumulate enough points,
they will be able to claim a multitude of rewards.
$5 Value of the concessions voucher given to the first 200 students to arrive at the Carrier Dome on Sunday
“It’s going to be fun,” said Syracuse Associate Athletics Director for Business Development Anthony Di Fino. “We are
catching up to what a lot of the other schools have done. We worked with Otto’s Army and we worked with a lot of people to make sure we got this rewards program in place.” The system tracks students’ points through the official Syracuse Athletics app called “Syracuse Orange.” The point system will award 100 points to students for each event they attend. Certain games will be marked as “bonus” days, Di Fino said, meaning on those days students will get additional points for attending the event. On Sunday, SU Athletics will grant 1,000 reward points to
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By Sam Fortier
senior staff writer
Jim Boeheim subbed out star guard Tyus Battle early in the first quarter of a tie game against Pitt on Tuesday with no fouls, and it took even Battle aback. “I was really surprised,” Battle said. “But it felt good a little bit.” Battle enjoyed the breather because Syracuse’s iron man averages more minutes per game in ACC play (40.5) than there are minutes in a regulation college basketball game (40). Battle checked back in two minutes later on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome, but
the respite, albeit brief and unusual, foreshadowed the days of rest to come. As Syracuse (13-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) hustled off the court and into the locker room after escaping lowly Pittsburgh (8-11, 0-6), it walked into a seven-day break, the longest stretch without a game the Orange will have for the rest of the season. After a four-game losing streak — each a competitive game SU saw slip away in the final minutes — Syracuse entered its week-long layoff by finally earning a win. SU does not play again until it hosts Boston College (13-6, see days
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