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‘SOMETHING THAT UNITES US’
SU community members gathered at the Remembrance Wall on Sunday night to honor the victims of recent international terrorist attacks, including those in Paris on Friday, with a candlelight vigil. Hall of Languages was lit in the colors of the French flag as another showing of solidarity. benjamin wilson staff photographer
SU students abroad detail experiences during Paris attacks By Clare Ramirez staff writer
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ARIS — Just before sunset on Friday, 25 Syracuse University students stepped off a bus and found themselves standing at the base of the Eiffel Tower. It was the first day of a weekend trip to Paris organized by the SU London center, where the students are studying for the fall semester. The iconic French monument was the final stop on a Parisian bus tour, and the end of the tour meant they were free to wander the city as they pleased. Most
stayed near the Eiffel Tower before making their way to the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in France. None of them knew that in a few hours, there would be multiple suicide bombings at the Stade de France. They didn’t know that hostages would be taken at the Bataclan concert venue, resulting in 82 deaths as of Sunday night. They didn’t know that gunmen in a black vehicle would start shooting at customers at bars and restaurants located just a few minutes away from their hotel. The whole world knew what was happening in Paris. They didn’t. see PARIS page 4
Community members pay tribute at vigil to victims of terrorist attacks By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor
With blue, white and red lights — the colors of the French flag — shining on the Hall of Languages Sunday night, the Syracuse University community honored the victims of recent terrorist attacks, including those in Paris. About 150 community members gathered for the candlelight vigil, which was held at the Wall of Remembrance. The vigil was organized by the Remembrance Scholars, who saw connections in the recent attacks — especially on Russian Metrojet Flight
9268 — with the 1988 attack on Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 35 SU students. “No more innocent lives should be claimed in the name of terrorism,” a Remembrance Scholar said during the ceremony. “Tonight we banish all hateful thoughts with our light.” The death toll in the Paris attacks is 132 as of Sunday, according to The Guardian. About 40 people were killed in the Beirut bombing and all 242 passengers on Metrojet Flight 9268 were killed. In total, nearly 400 people were killed in those terrorist attacks alone. After a moment of silence, Marjorie see VIGIL page 6
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Senior works to be a global force of change By Molly Berger staff writer
Maggie Tarasovitch, formerly a self-described “uptight perfectionist,” learned that there’s more to life than school after she went to Ecuador for a reforestation project last winter. Tarasovitch’s trip was a Global Student Embassy (GSE) project through the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Tarasovitch called her experience “life-changing” and the co-founder of the group took note of her passion, entitling her the GSE campus representative for SUNY-ESF and Syracuse University. Now, Tarasovitch, a senior policy studies major, recruits volunteers to participate in the trip to Chacraseca, Nicaragua in May. She said that the trip is perfect for SU students because it’s applicable to so many majors in subjects such as nutrition, Latin American studies, Spanish, international relations and policy studies. “It’s a grassroots program. I’m an example — I went on an ESF trip and
then I was able to bring it here. So we also offer the trip to students who aren’t in the university,” Tarasovitch said. “As long as they’re college-aged and interested, we want them on the trip.” GSE’s mission is to bring back indigenous ways and new organic planting techniques to build a sustainable agriculture program in the rural community of Chacraseca. “From my experience volunteering, I’ve learned that I can be a force of change. I’m one person, but I can truly make a difference,” Tarasovitch said. Though she has another job offer lined up with JPMorgan Chase, Tarasovitch still wants to be involved with the GSE trip after graduation. Eventually, Tarasovitch hopes to move into state government and be a policy maker. Her goal is to work in Washington, D.C. “I want to create change in the world. You can’t just throw money at a problem,” Tarasovitch said. “You really have to look at what’s causing it and what’s going to be the most effective way to fix it.” moberger@syr.edu
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Button up SU is designing a single button feature to its security system that will lock doors on more than 90 buildings on campus. See Tuesday’s paper
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School hosts MLB challenge By Caroline Bartholomew contributing writer
For people who were going to be awake for 12 hours through the night, the “Legit Ballerz” seemed pretty relaxed. They had signed up for this, after all. The team of Syracuse University freshmen came equipped with everything they thought they might need for a night of hard work — pillows, blankets and their computers. The team was participating in the MLB College Challenge, an all-night hackathon event in which students are given a real-world challenge and must apply the skills they’re learning in school to solve it. This year, the task was to create a product that would combat the recent decrease in ticket sales and get fans back into stadiums. The competition was founded six RASHEEDA DAVIS, a senior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, speaks during the “How to be a Professional and Blacktivist” session of the Blacktivism Conference, held Saturday. The event was put on by the SU chapter of the NAACP. riley bunch staff photographer
Conference features activist speakers, panels By Rachel Sandler, Sara Swann and Alexa Torrens asst. news editors
A co-founder of the Black Panther Party and the University of Virginia student who was arrested in a bloody struggle with state Alcohol Beverage Control agents in March were the keynote speakers at Syracuse University’s first Blacktivism Conference. The conference was sponsored by the SU chapter of the NAACP. It began at 9 a.m. and ended at 9 p.m. and took place in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
The inspiration for the conference came from the first Blacktivism conference, which was held at Harvard University in October 2014. The conference featured a lecture, a keynote speaker and several panels and workshops about Blacktivism. Bobby Seale, the founding chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther Party, led off the conference with a lecture titled “Parallels in Activism,” which focused on whether systemic racism in modern society corresponds with society in the 1960s during the civil rights era. “It’s one thing to sit up and talk
about your politics … and promise this and promise that, blah, blah, blah,” he said. “With me, you have to do the real thing.”
what is blacktivism? According to an SU NAACP pamphlet, Blacktivism is “the conscious action, support, and involvement in creating political, social, and economic change for people of the African diaspora.”
Seale said he was inspired when Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Oakland, California in 1962 and talked
about how it was necessary to boycott Wonder Bread because the company refused to hire black people. MLK’s idea of taking action to advance the causes of black people in America in the 1960s inspired Seale to create a year-round tutorial program for youth, he said. In 1966, Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party, along with Huey Newton, because he recognized the “vicious police brutality, murder and killing against civil rights people” who were exercising their First Amendment rights to protest, he said. see blacktivism page 6
SU awards WWII veteran with degree after his death By Sara Swann asst. news editor
Technical Sgt. Forrest Lee Vosler officially became a member of the Syracuse University Class of 2015 on Friday — 23 years after his death in February 1992. Then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt awarded Vosler the Medal of Honor in the Oval Office for his heroic efforts during World
War II. However, Vosler was unable to complete his baccalaureate degree at SU due to the injuries he sustained during his service. After doing extensive research through the SU Archives and pulling Vosler’s transcripts, Patrick Jones, director of veteran enrollment practice at the university, discovered that Vosler had completed all of the requirements to earn an Associate of Arts degree from SU.
Chancellor Kent Syverud, Vice Chancellor for Veterans and Military Affairs Mike Haynie and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Karin Ruhlandt presented the degree to Vosler’s son, Steve, who accepted the degree on his father’s behalf, in a ceremony on Friday at the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs. “I think that if he were here today, he would be deeply humbled and he would say, ‘I really don’t
deserve this,’” Steve said in an interview after the ceremony. During his service in the war, Vosler’s plane was shot down, causing him to suffer serious injuries to his eyes, legs and arms. Despite these injuries, Vosler was still able to tend to the wounded tail gunner, repair the damaged radio equipment and send a distress signal before the plane see vosler page 4
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crime briefs Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near the Syracuse University campus this week, according to police bulletins: HARASSMENT An Oswego man, 23, was arrested and charged with harassment in the second degree and disorderly conduct at Saturday’s football game against Clemson, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 3:30 p.m. where: Carrier Dome OPEN CONTAINER A Syracuse man, 40, was ticketed on the charge of possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Thursday at 8:30 p.m. where: 300 block of Waverly Ave. TRESSPASS A Manlius man, 23, and a Penfield, New York man, 21, were arrested for trespassing, according to a police bulletin. The Manlius man was also arrested for resisting arrest while the Penfield man was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to a police bulletin. when: Thursday at 12:30 a.m. where: 500 block of Westcott St See dailyorange.com for our interactive crime map.
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PARIS ••• Linda Kalnina was sitting in a restaurant in Paris when she checked her phone and saw missed calls from administrators and staff members at SU London. “I knew it was sort of not a good sign, because usually when we do the field trips, our phones are pretty silent,” said Kalnina, field studies coordinator at SU London. Kalnina was sitting with the other chaperone for the school’s Paris trip, Linda Harkness, the health and wellness manager at SU London. When they heard about restaurant shootings near the Place de la République, they immediately called the hotel, only to be told by the main desk attendant that it was just a “small shooting” and was nothing to worry about. Regardless of the shooting’s magnitude, its proximity to the hotel couldn’t be ignored. Kalnina began calling the students on the trip one by one while Harkness sat across from her with a pen, marking off which students answered their phone and which calls went to voicemail. They repeated this routine until they got ahold of everyone. “The worst was when I called Charlotte (Klass). She picked up the phone, but then a second later, her tone changed 180 degrees completely,” Kalnina said. “She said they were getting evacuated, and the only thing we could say to them was, ‘OK, be safe, stay in touch and get back to the hotel.’” Klass, a junior child and family studies major, was at the opposite end of the Place de la République, where one of the shootings occurred. She and three other girls had just sat down and ordered at a restaurant when Kalnina called her. It had been barely five minutes since Klass and the girls got to the restaurant when officers dressed in full riot gear and holding large guns came inside. Klass said they began speaking in French, and everyone at the restaurant simultaneously got up and started to leave. “The girls and I just got up and grabbed each
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mlb challenge years ago by SU School of Information Studies alumni Josh Frost, Joe Kanakaraj and Mike Hoffman — all of whom work at MLB Advanced Media — to give students a taste of what they could expect when working in the fields that they are studying in college. The “Legit Ballerz” discussed creating an app that would award points for physically attending baseball games that also included other features like being able to order food and merchandise directly to their seats. Brothers Aaron and Nate Whitman, Francisco
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vosler crashed into the North Sea. Jones, along with several others at SU, worked with Syverud so that Vosler could be properly recognized for his achievements at the university. After evaluating Vosler’s transcript, Jones said in an interview after the ceremony that the decision to award him with a degree went
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other and began pushing our way out the door, and then ran and power-walked back to the hotel,” Klass said. Courteney Larocca, a junior magazine journalism major, who was with Klass, said she remembers seeing large crowds of people and hearing the sirens of numerous police cars and ambulances upon exiting the restaurant.
We can see the death toll rising on the TV and after each break, we’d just see more numbers, because that’s the only thing that we could understand on TV: the numbers. Charlotte Klass junior child and family studies major
The girls couldn’t figure out what was happening because they don’t speak French, Larocca said. She said she had no idea how severe the situation was until the girls returned to the Hotel Americain, which is around the corner from the Place de la République. The group spent the rest of the night contacting family, friends and fellow SU students to see where everyone was. They packed their suitcases as a precaution, and continued to research information about the attacks online, since all the news on the TV was in French. “We can see the death toll rising on the TV and after each break, we’d just see more numbers, because that’s the only thing that we could understand on TV: the numbers,” Klass said. ••• Annika Gullahorn and Lucy Rose Morgan got off the bus and climbed the stairs of the Eiffel Tower to take in a view of Paris at twilight. After enjoying the view from the top, the two junior acting majors had plans to visit the Louvre and take a walk to the Notre Dame Cathedral area to sightsee. The Metro had
missed its stop at République, and the girls got on a train by another line when they found themselves suddenly being ushered out of the train station. There were police officers on the platform and train, all yelling “Exit, exit!” in French. The two girls held hands and sprinted out of the station. “We thought it was a bomb threat in the way that they were yelling at us,” Gullahorn said. Gullahorn and Morgan used SU London maps to try to get back to the hotel through side-streets, because the main streets were blocked off. Their phones were dead, so they didn’t have any way of finding the news. But there was also no way to contact their family, friends or the school chaperones to let them know where they were. At some point, a French woman who spoke English gave them directions to the hotel. She asked the girls if they knew about the shootings, but gave no details as to what exactly happened. She told them one thing: get indoors immediately. By the time Gullahorn and Morgan got within a few blocks from the hotel, the streets were completely empty. Empty cars sat in the middle of the street, abandoned by their drivers. The scene prompted the two of them to run the rest of the way back to the hotel. At half past midnight, Gullahorn and Morgan were the last two students to return to the hotel that night. Morgan’s dad, who had been calling the hotel all night, called the front desk just as his daughter walked in. That was the moment that Morgan and Gullahorn learned about the attacks that happened throughout Paris that night. Morgan said it’s hard to fully come to terms with an event so grand, and so close to where she was. It’s unfathomable the magnitude of the suffering that Parisians have to experience, she said. “But you can feel the camaraderie of the city and the energy of the city,” Morgan said. “It’s solemn and it’s grieving, but there’s a kind of quiet strength and resistance to anyone who tries to beat them down.”
••• Throughout Friday night, administrators and staff members at SU London remained in contact not only with the chaperones and students on the school-sanctioned trip, but also with other students who came to Paris on their own trips. Everyone was advised to remain where they were and stay indoors until it was safe to return to London. Harkness, who has worked with SU London for more than 10 years, said she has never experienced anything as serious as the Paris terror attacks. She and Kalnina said despite the events, the way the students showed they cared for them and for each other made their jobs as chaperones a lot easier.
TIME OF CHAOS On Friday night, French President François Hollande declared a nationwide state of emergency for France. This state of emergency could last up to 12 days. Hollande vowed to take revenge on those who were responsible for the attacks on Paris. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks, but whether or not this claim, but the attacks are still under investigation. source: vox
“I was proud and also immensely gratef ul that nobody was freaking out or having a hissy fit,” Harkness said. “For so many reasons, if we could have handpicked a group of students, I’m not sure we could have picked a better one.” Alexa Abdalla, a senior English and textual studies major, said her heart sank when she first realized how close the attacks were. Abdalla always wanted to visit France, and because she isn’t French, she said she never felt a real connection to the country. That is, until she lived through this tragedy with the people of Paris. “It wasn’t like tourists and citizens. It was just people not knowing what was happening,” Abdalla said. “We lived through it together and were confused and scared together, and that’s something that unites us.” clramire@syr.edu | @clareramirez_
Romero and Connor Peterson — all “Legit Ballerz” members — said they were excited about the experience, but didn’t really know what to expect. The alumni created the competition after collaborating with Jeff Rubin, an associate professor of practice in the iSchool and CEO of SIDEARM Sports, and Julie Walas Huynh, director of academic advising and student development at the iSchool. “I’d like to think that people who have done this event and go on to do this kind of work in the real world can go back and say, ‘Hey I did that and that’s really how it works,’” Frost said. Hoffman, the vice president of software engineering at MLB.com, said the challenge is a great
way to get students engaged and to learn real life lessons for the workforce. He added that this competition can serve as a recruiting pipeline. Ben Romy, a Class of 2012 alumnus who works as a web developer for MLB.com, was on the challenge’s winning team in 2011. His participation in the competition led to an internship and eventually a job at MLB.com. He was also one of the judges and mentors for this year’s competition. In the end, Kevin Spector, Josiah MacDonald and Adrian Hatch from the team “Ocean’s Three” won first place for their idea of a FitBit-like bracelet that tracks rewards, location services and spending capabilities. The band
would be customized for a person’s favorite team and their home stadium. As the winning team, “Ocean’s Three” will have the opportunity to travel to the MLB. com headquarters in New York City to re-pitch their idea to all of the MLB.com executives. The other three finalists were “The Wildcats,” “The iScholars” and “SIXEN,” two of which were made up of freshmen. “I was so excited for the freshmen finalists,” said Huynh. “It’s intimidating competing against seniors and grad students, and I’m so proud of them for even signing up. They dream so big and have so much confidence and enthusiasm.”
through the same process as it would for someone earning a degree today. Steve said his father struggled with his disabilities, but he overcame them and provided well for his family. He added that he also set a good example in his community. Vosler dropped in and out of school for 17 years while trying to earn his degree from SU. However, his disabilities ultimately prevented him from obtaining his degree. Steve said he remembers his father studying
at the dining room table during his childhood because that’s where the lighting was best. During the ceremony, which lasted about 20 minutes, Syverud emphasized the importance in recognizing that Vosler’s degree was not an honorary degree — it is an earned degree. Syverud added that this ceremony is a big deal for SU because the university does not compromise requirements for its degrees. “It is extremely unusual this much later to confer a degree, and it required careful histor-
ical research and painstaking documentation to make sure that every requirement had been met and every ‘I’ had been dotted and every ‘T’ had been crossed,” Syverud said. Syverud said Vosler’s story will be told on the SU campus to hopefully inspire those in the SU community. Vosler was recognized as the Hometown Hero during Saturday’s football game against Clemson University.
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SU should consider ‘check in’ system Syracuse University should consider implementing a safety tool that would give students the option to “check in” on mobile devices during campus emergencies. The system could be modeled after Facebook’s safety check, an option that was activated during Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. More than 4 million people used the tool to mark themselves as “safe,” “unsafe” or “not in the area.” The safety check then generated statuses that would appear on their friends’ news feeds and notifications, according to CNN. For SU to consider installing a system based on Facebook’s model would be a progressive move to create an additional option for students to be able to notify their emergency
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contacts, as listed on Myslice, during a campus lockdown or other dangerous situation. If the university were to move forward with the creation of this safety tool, it must ensure that the process of “checking in” is a quick, easy-to-use process for students to use in potentially high-stress situations. This could be achieved by incorporating the option into the Orange Alert system, in which students would receive a text asking them to respond with their SU ID. Once the student’s SU ID is received and accounted for in the system, their family members would be notified of their safety by email and/or text message. Because students’ first instinct in an emergency situation may not be to reach out to their families via
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the Orange Alert system, “checking in” should not be required of students. Instead, the system should act as a supplemental resource for students to communicate the status of their safety with their families. While the creation and implementation of a university platform of this type is not immediately needed on the SU campus, it is a viable option for the university to consider for future use, and could even become a project for students in the School of Information Studies. But if the university is to implement a “check in” system, it must ensure the process acts as a streamlined opportunity that is useful for students as an efficient resource in emergency situations on the SU campus.
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Amandla Stenberg showcases diversity, feminist ideals in comic
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ue, one of the few characters of color in “The Hunger Games,” quickly became a fan favorite for young girls. But actress Amandla Stenberg took the spirit of representation one step further with the debut of her first comic earlier this month. “NIOBE: She is Life” features a young female black warrior named Niobe, who is half-human, half-elf and follow the typical narrative of a chosen hero saving the world. But what makes this comic unique is that it is not only written by a woman of color, but it is illustrated by African-American Marvel artist Ashley A. Woods. The lead character is based off of Stenberg, who said she relates to the warrior because of their similar racial backgrounds and lifelong quest to discover her inner power and strength. With Stenberg and Woods at the helm, having such big names behind this comic will hope-
fully contribute toward a greater cultural change in the role of women of color when it comes the artistic side of comics and how women of color are represented. In this way, Stenberg’s comic represents an important goal: women of color should not only be consumers for the comic book industry, but should play a pivotal role in narratives where their voices have all too often been unheard. Stenberg does this by successfully targeting girls who are like her – girls who are often misrepresented and fed ideas of what women should look and act like. Her character of Niobe challenges the common “white savior” narrative that is repackaged in legends, stories and modern movies.
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She created a character who inspires empowerment, especially for girls who don’t usually see themselves represented in the mainstream. “She is on a path to a destiny that will test her faith and her will, something we can all relate to,” Stenberg said in a statement. “But there’s never been a character quite like her — one who shatters the traditional ideal of what a hero is. We need more bad*ss girls!”
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The character of Niobe is more than a tribute to young girls of color, but also to intersectional feminism.
Stenberg has been passionate for raising awareness about cultural appropriation and intersectional feminism, as demonstrated in her video project “Don’t Cash Crop On My Cornrows” earlier this year. People of color in general are not heavily represented in comics. A few heroes come to mind, including Blade and Storm, however these are very few figures in the vast number of illustrated warriors in comic history. Stenberg’s comic proves to be a way in which women of color can control how they are represented in comics, considering women of color are often fetishized in illustration. Niobe is not a caricature of sexuality as many women in comics are, as she does not wear “sexy” clothing in the released images of her, and she doesn’t feature exaggerated body proportions. The focus of Niobe promotes a holistic view of who she is, and does not seek to have a following based off
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of her looks. This is something mainstream comics should take note of. This is not to say that a woman’s sexuality should be shunned away in comics, but when the vast majority of female heroes are wearing revealing clothing, and are drawn by males, it contributes to misogynistic ideas about women. In following Stenberg’s example, more writers and illustrators of color will no doubt inspire a trend in which more women are telling their stories and breaking the tradition of having one type of hero or warrior placed on a pedestal. But in giving young girls and boys another choice for a diverse hero, Niobe is already changing the world. Elaina Crockett is a senior television, radio and film major and African American studies minor. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at ekcrocke@syr.edu.
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Sexual assault victim shares experience in presentation By Joanna Orland contributing writer
It took Jennifer Nadler 13 years to admit that she was sexually abused during her childhood. Nadler, an adjunct professor of English as a Second Language at Onondaga Community College, gave a presentation entitled “No More Sorrow, No More Silence: The Voice of a Survivor” on Thursday in the Falk Complex. Her presentation was part of the National Week of Action, a part of the It’s On Us initiative, a national educational campaign launched by the White House. “I can’t stand the word ‘story’ when it comes to sexual abuse,” Nadler said. “If anything it’s not a story, it’s history. So today I share with you my truth.” Nadler’s truth began when she moved in with her aunt and uncle at age 12. Her parents had moved from Queens to Long Island, and she wanted to finish seventh and eighth grade at her Catholic middle school. Shortly after moving, her uncle began sexually abusing her, and it continued regularly for two years.
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After she graduated from Le Moyne College, she began teaching middle school. It was there, when she was faced every day with students who were the same age she was when she was abused, that Nadler began to realize that she had to address the psychological effects of her abuse, she said. Nadler said her Type A personality is why she found solace in a book called “The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.” The book provided a list of steps — a list for Nadler to check off as she crossed each mark. She wanted to heal herself. But healing is not linear, Nadler said. Nadler acted out to cope with the pain, she said. She found herself deep in a hole, and began the healing process by checking into a hospital. She said she tried all sorts of therapies and quit her job to make healing her full-time profession. After leaving the hospital, where she faced her past head-on for the first time, Nadler said she was grappling with coming to terms with it all. She would clean her house and scrub each shower tile with a toothbrush, but the dirt
never seemed to fade. She said she later realized this was an outward manifestation of what was going on inside her. Nadler talked about the idea of the locus of control, the psychological notion that people feel they control what happens to them. She was a child during her abuse and felt it was her own fault what happened. She said this is why children are often afraid to come forward. After 13 years of silence, she told her friends, family and her parents about the abuse. She decided to report it to the police, but she was aware that she had missed the statute of limitations by only one year. She said she did it in case any other survivors of her uncle’s abuse came forward. Looking back on the day she reported her abuse to the police, Nadler said she walked outside of the station, looked at the American flag and “finally felt a little freedom.” After much grief — for the innocence lost, for the child who was not protected, for everything that was and never would be — Nadler said she was finally able to get in touch with her anger.
Following 13 years of serving time for a “crime” she did not commit, Nadler said she was finally able to see that what had happened was not her fault. Her abuser was an adult and she was a child. This was her “light bulb moment.” The band Linkin Park was also a solace for Nadler throughout the healing process, she said, and served as a soundtrack during her lecture. She learned that the lead singer, Chester Bennington, had too been a survivor of sexual abuse as a child. As for forgiving her abuser, Nadler said she has. To her, forgiveness is not letting bygones be bygones. “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and to discover the prisoner is you,” Nadler said. Nadler added that conversations about sexual abuse are changing. As a child, Nadler said she was never really educated about sex and her body. However, as a survivor and as a parent, her 8-year-old son is already well educated about the fact that his body is his own. “The message of today is that we can change the culture,” she said.
incident which brought into the movement. Johnson, 21, said he felt like a slave when he was arrested in March. In the altercation with three officers, shackles were put on Johnson’s legs and handcuffs on his wrists. As he was slammed to the ground, blood poured down his face. In response, Johnson screamed, “How could this happen? I go to UVA.” A video of Johnson’s arrest outside of a bar near the UVA campus went viral, prompting him to become an advocate against police brutality and
member of the Black Lives Matter movement. When he recalled the incident, Johnson said it “shattered his sanctuary” at UVA where he worked for years to assimilate and adapt at the predominantly white institution. He later said that sanctuary never existed because he had to give up part of himself: his blackness. “No matter what I did, I would always be an African American male,” he said. Johnson added that although he was a victim of police brutality, the future of the Black Lives Matter movement should focus on non-physical forms of violence against the African American community, like housing discrimination and failing public education systems. “I am sometimes afraid that the Black Lives Matter movement is boiled down by some to be just a protest against physical violence on black bodies by police officers,” Johnson said. Throughout the day, there were several panels and workshops discussing topics of the education system, race in the media, black feminism and the future of activism. At a panel about the status of black children in the current education system, Marcelle Haddix, the chair of the Reading and Language Arts Center in the School of Education, said the state of the system is “not good” for black children. Haddix said in order to improve the system, there should be more teachers of color, a
change in the way people think about police and security in schools and a regard for the individual child and the child’s family. At a panel about race in the media, Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham said almost 50 years after the civil rights riots of 1967, white peoples’ perceptions about people of color are still coming from stereotypical images of people of color portrayed by the media. Angela Robinson, a news anchor and Class of 1978 graduate of Newhouse, said it is her responsibility as a black news anchor to bring balance to the way the black community is portrayed in the media. During the “Black Feminism” panel, Ife Olatunji, a visual anthropologist and one of the panelists, said twerking is a feminist movement that allows women to express their sexuality and reclaim their bodies. Olatunji and the other two panelists also discussed what it means to be a black feminist. The day’s panels ended with one focused on the future of activism and featured DeRay Mckesson, an American civil rights activist who participated in the Ferguson protests, as one of the three panelists. The consensus of the panel was that the fight for justice is not over and it is important to continue moving forward with more activism.
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to those whose news were not as good as mine.” She added that she is grateful for the outpour of support from people all around the world. Paris is the capital of art, romance, astronomy and more, she said, and now it has become a target for terrorists. “I don’t know what their message was and I don’t care,” she said. “It is all of mankind that they betrayed by taking the lives of people who were not doing anything but spending some time together with their friends and family after a week of work.” Galelli ended with a call for peace and unity in response to not only the attacks in Paris, but to the many recent atrocities around the world, including the bombing in Beirut.
VIGIL Galelli, a French teaching assistant in the languages, literatures and linguistics department, said in a soft voice that she still isn’t able to fully process how many people were killed in Paris. A small ribbon with the colors of the French same colors was pinned to Galelli’s scarf. Galelli said she was watching television and grading papers Friday night when she got a message from her mom. She told Galelli not to worry. Her sister was safe. “I was very fortunate enough to hear the news in this way,” Galelli said, as she started to cry. “All my thoughts go to the people who were still waiting to hear from their loved ones and
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ON THE WILD SIDE Station at SUNY-ESF receives sable antelope to add to extensive wild animal collection
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he Roosevelt Wild Life Collection at SUNY-ESF, which features many different animal specimen, recently received a full-mounted sable antelope as a donation from a Syracuse University alumnus. The collection, created in 1919 as a part of the Roosevelt Wild Life Experimental Station, is located in SU’s Lyman Hall even though it is a part of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Paul Haczela, a Class of 1957 SU alumnus, has donated a couple dozen specimens, some of which are located in the Gateway Building, said Ron Giegerich, an instructional support specialist in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology who has been working as curator and manager of the collection for 38 years.
It’s important because there have been great strides in conservation so what happened to the passenger pigeon won’t happen again. Ron Giegerich
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Haczela’s most recent donation is a sable antelope, which he collected from a ranch in South Africa because it was breeding with its sisters, according to a SUNY-ESF Office of Communications release. The alumnus has traveled and hunted all over the world, in places like New Zealand, Russia, Alaska, Botswana and Zimbabwe, according to the release. The collection, which is named after former President Theodore Roosevelt, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in a few years, has received some very significant donations over the course of time — some dating back to the early 1900s. It has accumulated more than 1,600 bird specimens collected over 100 years and continues to get donations on a regular
Paul Haczela, a Class of 1957 Syracuse University alumnus, has donated a couple dozen animal specimens, some of which are located in the taxidermy display in the Gateway Building on the SUNY-ESF campus. margaret lin staff photographer
basis. Each of these donations has details on when, where and who collected the specimen. In addition to the sable antelope, Giegerich said another significant piece of the collection that was donated by an SU alumnus came in 2000 when George Finck, a Class of 1955 SU graduate, donated a passenger pigeon to the college. Giegerich said the pigeon donation was significant because this breed of pigeon went extinct in 1914. “It’s important because there have been great strides in conservation so what happened to the passenger pigeon won’t happen again,” Giegerich said. Giegerich, a graduate of both SU and SUNYESF, worked in the Fish and Wildlife Service
mammal division at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., which got him interested in museum work. By chance, a job opened up at SUNY-ESF when he was very young and he has been working at the collection ever since. Giegerich said one of the things that has brought him great satisfaction is that he has been able to acquire for the college a lot of different specimens. He added that another neat experience has been his interactions with students. Through his work, Giegerich has taught students museum techniques — how to preserve specimens, how to care for a museum and what data they need to collect to make a viable scientific specimen. “Student interaction has been very key and very rewarding,” Giegerich said.
Several courses are taught using materials provided by the Roosevelt Wild Life Collection: an ichthyology course about fish, an ornithology course studying birds, an etymology course on mammals and a herpetology course on amphibians and reptiles. All these specimens and species are housed in the collection, Giegerich said. The Roosevelt Wild Life Collection hit a lull in the 1950s, Giegerich said, and was absorbed into the Zoology Department of SUNY-ESF before being reinstated in 1999 by former New York state Gov. George Pataki. The collection is thriving now, Giegerich said. “It is important to know that we are strong and moving forward,” he said. acalwis@syr.edu
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Orange Girl achieves goal of being crowned Miss Syracuse
MEGHAN SINISI first competed in a beauty pageant when she was 3 years old. The first crown she won was Miss Liberty in March 2015. Now, as Miss Syracuse, otherwise known as SU’s Orange Girl, is working to help the local community. She continues to advance her platform, which focuses on acceptance of children with autism. drew osumi staff photographer By Delaney Van Wey asst. web editor
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hen Meghan Sinisi heard her name called, she was beaming. Her mother, on the other hand, was crying and shaking so much she could not take a picture. Sinisi was just crowned Miss Syracuse 2016.
She is better known to some as a different Syracuse icon: the Orange Girl. She has twirled for Syracuse University since her freshman year, and uses it for the talent portion of her pageants. Despite a busy schedule, Sinisi said juggling these commitments is worth it because they bring her closer to the community. Since being crowned on Nov. 8,
she has been actively involved both in the community and with her platform advocating for children with autism. Sinisi isn’t new to pageant life. The junior communication sciences and disorders major performed in her first pageant at age three. March was her first stab at pageants since her debut as a toddler. It was then that she took the title of
Miss Liberty 2015, which qualified her for the Miss New York pageant. “I had no idea what I was doing,” Sinisi said. “I thought it was going to be an experience to learn from for the next one.” However, Sinisi went into her latest pageant, the 2016 Miss Syracuse Triple Crown, set on winning Miss Syracuse. Although all local titles are
equal, Sinisi said Miss Syracuse was important to her because it’s most recognizable and would allow her to do more work in the community. Although she knew she wanted to do pageants before coming to college, Sinisi held off on competing freshman year until she knew how to handle being the Orange Girl on top of classes. see miss
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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ lacks pre-release hype
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eeing a movie in “The Hunger Games” series used to be a movie-going spectacle. Each installment was a cultural event and there was little doubt whether or not it would dominate the box office. A new Hunger Games movie used to be a huge deal. It was only three and a half years ago that the first one
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JUST LIKE, MY OPINION, MAN debuted, but it seems like forever ago that the hype around this series made headlines. It might come as a surprise to
some of you that the final movie in the series, “The Hunger Games: Mockingay - Part 2” arrives in theaters this Thursday night. While it is still likely to do well at the box office, there is an undeniable feeling that most people have already moved on from this movie series. Some of this can be blamed on the studio, Lions-
gate, for not advertising as heavily as it did for the previous films. However, the careers of the actors, especially the main trio, put the series in a strange cultural context. The success and popularity of Jennifer Lawrence made for perfect promotion of the early films. She became the star of sarcasm
and a first-choice role model for young people. At the same time she starred in “The Hunger Games,” she shot movies where she was married to Christian Bale and others where she fell in love with Bradley Cooper. To people watching, she separated herself from the role of Katniss
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miss syracuse Her mother, Lori Sinisi, said her and Sinisi’s baton coach, Debbie Bernhart, advised her against doing pageants in her first year for similar reasons. They encouraged her to do research for preparation instead. Her sophomore year was a different story. Sinisi said she decided she was ready to compete after watching the 2015 Miss Syracuse Triple Crown Competition last November. Lori Sinisi recalled telling Bernhart, “I don’t think we can hold her back this year.” Sinisi got to work preparing for the pageant by picking a talent, reading up on current events and crafting a platform. Choosing twirling as her talent was a no-brainer, she said. Although ready to compete for Miss Liberty, Sinisi said she was still nervous about being new to the pageant circuit. She said she feared the girls would be catty, but she actually made friends. “It’s amazing how the girls take each other under their wings,” said Lori Sinisi, who has attended all of her pageants. “It’s really inspirational.” These new friends helped her feel more comfortable competing for Miss New York, Sinisi said. It was a major pageant, as the winner would be able to compete in Miss America. Although she didn’t win, she said the experience was still rewarding. Now that she is Miss Syracuse, she is eligible to compete in the statewide competition again. “I knew some of the girls were much more experienced than I am. Some have been
MEGHAN SINISI has been twirling as Syracuse University’s Orange Girl since her freshman year. During the Miss Syracuse pageant, Sinisi showcased her twirling abilities during the talent portion and was crowned Miss Syracuse 2016. drew osumi staff photographer
doing pageants for five years,” she said. “I was still a little upset about not making the top 15, though.” Despite setbacks, Sinisi said she continues to do pageants because they help her give back to the community. Since being crowned Miss Syracuse, she has made a variety of appearances in the community, including handing out handmade cards to veterans at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center on Veteran’s Day. Sinisi said the most special moment in her pageant career was when Gavin Bach, a child with autism she spends time with, hugged her. It was a major moment for Bach because he, like most others with autism, does not like physical contact. Sinisi chose to advocate for autism awareness and acceptance under the slogan, “Different Pieces to the Same Puzzle,” as her platform when she got involved in pageants in 2015. Sinisi said her original platform vision was to increase awareness about autism, but it has gradually moved toward improving acceptance of children with autism. She has raised money for organizations, but her latest focus has been on helping Bach.
Bach’s family has been raising money for years to buy him an autism service dog. Sinisi said she heard about Bach’s story and decided she had to help. Earlier this year, she reached out to the family and held a talent show to benefit them in April. She said she has another project in the works, although she cannot share details yet. Desiree Bach, Gavin’s mother, said she was amazed that a complete stranger cared about their cause. As of now, Sinisi has raised around $200 for Gavin, but the Bach family knows she is planning to do more. “She’s made a world of difference for us,” Desiree Bach said. Now, Sinisi said she is looking forward to fulfilling her duties as Miss Syracuse. She said she hopes to partner with more local businesses and start new projects, as well as continue with her platform. Although Sinisi has to find time for her crown, her role as Orange Girl, two jobs, a sorority and classes, she said it’s all worth it when she is able to give back to Syracuse. “Miss America isn’t about me,” Sinisi said. “It’s for other people.”
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Internet about this movie is centered on Katniss. The only ensemble they show off are the adults: Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Donald Sutherland now get more press and more airtime on trailers than Hutcherson and Hemsworth. When you Google “The Hunger Games,” one of the first articles is about how Donald Sutherland, an old man, didn’t know what The Hunger Games was until he was asked to read the script. That’s the biggest story the week of the last installment of a huge movie franchise? Seems like we stopped caring about this series long ago, even though it was just 2012 when the series looked like it was as big as Harry Potter. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” probably has nothing to worry about at the box office, and the lack of buzz might do little to hinder the financial success of the movie. But compare it to the final movie in the Harry Potter series or the Lord of the Rings and it’s strange at how little this movie means to pop culture right now.
stevens so well, so fast that Katniss now seems too old and nothing like the innocent and raw 16-yearold girl she was in the first movie. For Lawrence, this is fantastic for the trajectory of her career, but when it feels like she has already left Katniss behind, it’s hard to convince people that they shouldn’t do the same. Unlike Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have done pretty much nothing outside of The Hunger Games in the last three years. Lawrence’s success might have taken away some of Katniss’ youthfulness, but at least she brought more attention to the franchise. The lack of starring roles for these two boys mean they’re less marketable for the finale. In the first few movies, many of the promotional posters and videos were focused around the two boys. Maybe they were trying to play up the love triangle, or maybe they wanted to promote the young shiny faces. Whatever it was, they definitely stopped doing it. Every piece of video, poster or piece of
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PIZZA BY DESIGN Peppino’s offers freshest pizza in Syracuse
Peppino’s imports all of its flour from Naples, Italy, and makes its dough the same way it did over 100 years ago. The method makes the dough both soft and delicate, like a pastry, and is used in all of its 14 different pizzas. kelli mosher staff photographer By Callie Weinstein staff writer
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aged meats and a variety of cheeses and vegetables. Step four is to accessorize your creation with premium toppings. Options include grass-fed steak and free-range chicken. Step five is my favorite: “Watch us bake your pizza.” You get to see your pizza being made in the flame-fired oven at over 700 degrees. The best part about this is that the pizza is ready in just about two minutes. The last step is to add finishing toppings, like fresh arugula, shaved Parmesan-Reggiano and sweetie drops. The first thing I tried was the fried dough with cinnamon and cannoli dip. Yes, I know, dessert before dinner — it was the right thing to do and it was exceptional. The fluffy dough covered in cinnamon was a delicious treat. The cannoli dip could have used some chocolate chips in it but I still really enjoyed this dessert. I also got to sample the Neapolitan cookies, which were fresh and tasty. Now, for the real reason why I came to Peppino’s: pizza. I tried three different kinds of pizzas and could have finished them all. No shame. They were that good. The thin wheat crust and melted cheese coupled together with tender toppings were indescribable. It’s difficult to explain the quality of the pizza until you try it for yourself. First, I tried a piece of the “Drunken Chicken Pie.” If you’re a meat lover, this is the way to go. The pie has a tomato sauce base. It is topped
with whiskey glazed chicken, bacon, mozzarella and is finished in a goat cheese and barbecue drizzle. The sweet to salty ratio was on point. Next I tried the “Quattro Carne.” This meaty pie also has a tomato sauce base and is accompanied by mozzarella, chorizo, aged pepperoni and capicola. Topped with prosciutto di Parma, ricotta crème and sweetie drops, this was pretty overwhelming for my taste buds to handle. The ricotta crème was a bit too sweet and creamy to be mixed with meat. It was an interesting combination of flavors but was a bit too funky for me. I also had the pleasure of sampling something that is not on the menu yet: The “Deep
Fried Pizza.” This has a pizza crust base and is built with marinara and mozzarella. It is finished in the oven with a mild char taste. This pie was incredible. Usually fried dough makes my stomach turn, but I didn’t feel the ache after eating it. The dough tasted fresh and light. Not only does Peppino’s offer healthier options, but it also carries gluten-free pizza along with non-dairy, vegan cheese. In addition, it has sprouted wheat dough, which is the most digestible. The quality of the food can’t be beat — this is the freshest tasting pizza in Syracuse. caweinst@syr.edu
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Syracuse shuts out Wake Forest behind Leah Levert By Matt Feldman staff writer
Coming off a 3-1 win at Duke Friday night, Syracuse (20-7, 11-5 Atlantic Coast) ended the weekend with a 3-0 victory against Wake Forest syracuse 3 (12-16, 4-12) in a game that lasted just an hour wake forest 0 and 18 minutes. The Orange took the first two sets 25-16 and then commanded the Demon Deacons again in the third, 25-13. Sophomore Leah Levert led the way for the Orange hitters, posting 12 kills, one short of her season high. She also added 11 blocks on defense. Senior Nicolette Serratore held the back line in the victory, grabbing 14 digs for
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notre dame Oyvind Alseth header that would have found the back of the net, if not for Notre Dame defender Patrick Berneski, who knocked it away at the goal line. Notre Dame’s best chance came when Irish midfielder Patrick Hodan juked past Orange midfielder Juuso Pasanen inside the box and clanged a shot off the left post. “We talked about not coming here and sitting back and trying to absorb pressure,” McIntyre said. “… We took the game to them, we were excellent in the first half.” Just more than a minute into the next half, Julian Buescher intercepted a pass 25 yards away from the net. He sent a through ball to Polk making a run into the box and the forward tapped it to the left — just wide of a charging keeper and into the net. When Notre Dame’s Connor Klekota got a similar chance about 15 minutes later, SU
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princeton more on the back end.” With its signature ball reversal around the back of its defense, Syracuse relayed the ball up the field to Laura Hurff. She found Serra Degnan alone around the top of the circle, and as Princeton’s defense regrouped and charged to defend Degnan, she passed to Sack just in front of the goal. Sack collected the pass and flipped the ball into the right corner of the cage as goalkeeper Anya Gersoff lunged the opposite direction. After seeing her shot find its mark, Sack let out a long yell and hugged Degnan as their teammates mobbed to celebrate. Eleven minutes later, Alma Fenne found herself alone at the top of the offensive circle. Two defenders swarmed to her, but Fenne squirted a pass around the pair of Tigers. Sack reached out with her stick and redirected Fenne’s pass past Gersoff and into the cage. She let out an exuberating yell and punched through the air with a clenched fist. Sack allowed herself a few seconds of visi-
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goalkeeper Hendrik Hilpert charged and stuck out his right knee for the hockey-like kick save. “We scored maybe a little bit too early,” Polk said. “Then we kind of had to absorb a lot of pressure.” With about 10 minutes left, the Orange began to pack it in. Notre Dame threatened, but each chance was sent away by SU’s defense. In the Orange locker room after the game were Skylar Thomas, Jordan Murrell and Matt Stith — a trio of players from last year’s roster that made the trip to watch the team play. Syracuse lost nearly 70 percent of its scoring from 2014 and its entire back line. The Orange had to replace Hermann Trophy finalist goalie Alex Bono with two freshmen in net. But on Sunday, the Orange did something last year’s team, ranked No. 1 at one point, could not. “It’s been a real roller coaster, but what a wonderful way to finish,” McIntyre said. jrmettus@syr.edu
ble happiness before trotting off the field for Princeton’s timeout. “Serra’s a really amped up person so she was just like keeping me amped up,” Sack said. “She’s really, really excited and she’s really good for … getting everyone in the zone and keeping everyone pumped up like that.” SU dominated the entire game, outshooting Princeton 14-3 and totaling five penalty corners to the Tigers’ one in the first half. Fenne’s goal to start second-half scoring only two minutes and 42 seconds after the half put the Orange further in control. After Russell scored with 17 minutes remaining to bring the lead to 5-0, Bradley raised her hands high over her head and clapped. Just as Sack had been affixed with concentration on the task at hand, Russell’s goal seemed to finally allow Bradley to take a breath and relax, confident her team was about to advance to the final four. “We have a lot of confidence in each other,” Fenne said. “I think that’s the strength of this team as well. We believe in each other and we’ll keep doing that toward the next game.” lpsull01@syr.edu
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Fort Drum soldiers spend all-access weekend at Syracuse By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor
Capt. Greg Durso stood on Syracuse’s sideline just more than an hour before the Orange played No. 1 Clemson. He and SFC Shane Hankey made their rounds behind the white lines, now guests in SU’s home. Durso has hosted the players and coaches at his, Fort Drum, but Saturday was his chance to be a fan. “That’s the partnership, right?” Durso said. “That we show them what we do as our team, the army, and they’re showing us what they do here.” Syracuse has ventured to the upstate New York military base the last four summers, advancing a partnership with the soldiers that started in 2012. Saturday was Durso’s second trip to the Carrier Dome this season — he and the soldiers came down for SU’s game against Wake Forest — but this was the first all-access weekend for the troops. The Orange (3-7, 1-5 Atlantic Coast), wearing 10th Mountain Division patches on the upper left corner of its jerseys, fell to the topranked Tigers (10-0, 7-0), 37-27. But observing the on-field product just scratches the surface of what Durso is trying
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Friday night, Durso and the soldiers talked to the team at its 8:00 meeting. They helped check beds, ate breakfast with the team Saturday morning and attended player and coach meetings. They oversaw activity in the training room, locker room, joined on the bus ride to campus and attended the silent prayer in Hendricks Chapel on the team’s walk to the Carrier Dome. Before the game, soldiers led Syracuse out of the tunnel, flanking the Orange with a 10th Mountain Division flag on the right and an
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or a moment, however fleeting it was, Syracuse was where the college football world was watching. This wasn’t like anything SU had seen this season — not in its thrilling overtime win against Central Michigan or even a triple-overtime loss to Virginia. This year has been defined by its drama — in both wins and losses. For a moment, every bad thing that debilitated the Orange the past six weeks didn’t matter. Syracuse was living in that moment. And what a moment it was. Arms of jubilation reached to the top of the Carrier Dome when Juwan Dowels picked off a pass right next to the Syracuse sideline. Everyone rushed to jump on him. The Loud House reached its highest pitch. It was SU’s ball, down seven, with just 18 minutes to play in the game. “That moment was very special,” Dowels said. “It was a good moment for all of us … We just got so excited, probably a little too excited … it’s against the No. 1 team.” The script of Syracuse’s season has seemingly been one of ups and downs. But its
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tried imitating Herkimer Community College teammate Peter McAvoy’s Scottish accent. The team cracked up when Korab butchered the dialect with a mix of his Yonkers accent. He’s taken several steps out of his comfort zone, from Albania to Yonkers, Yonkers to Herkimer, New York, Herkimer back to Albania and then Albania to Syracuse. Each step since arriving to the United States has pushed him closer to the image his parents had when they moved here, further distancing himself from his home country.
It has to be the right time … Sometimes things happen for a reason. Ian McIntyre su head coach on korab syla
At Syracuse, the senior doesn’t have any possessions from Albania. His name, Korab, coming from the highest mountain in Albania, is the only thing reminding him of his past. It’s a past he doesn’t plan on revisiting long-term, but one that’s molded him for the future. “Life in Albania wasn’t that great, so like, anything better you’re appreciative of,” Korab said. “Not necessarily for the American Dream, just for a better life.” ••• Unpaved roads and bunkers dotting the Albanian countryside are visible remnants of a 50-year communist regime that ravaged the nation. Out of boredom, Korab occasionally walked to the nearest bunker from his house and climbed on the mushroom-shaped, concrete structure. Slits allowed him to peer in, but he never entered. Korab found joy climbing the dormant structure that served its use only in the country’s painful past.
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trajectory had taken an undeniable downward turn. On Saturday, though, bowl contention didn’t seem relevant. The 41-17 loss last week and the 45-21 loss the week before was an afterthought. It was fun in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, for a moment. It was what big-time college football felt like. But the reality of Syracuse’s (3-7, 1-5 Atlantic Coast) season was inescapable in a 37-27 loss to Clemson (10-0, 7-0), the best team in the nation. “It’s a hard one to swallow,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said. “We were in a position where we could play and beat this team. We needed another stop there or another play there in the fourth quarter to get it done. We were close.” Syracuse played down to its reputation in the game’s first two minuets. Three plays and 36 seconds had seemed to cook the
Changing from a government-based economy to a free-market economy similar to the U.S., squeezed the country through economic growing pains. Ibish and Ajshe Syla decided to ditch the poverty-stricken country in July 2006, also leaving their three-story house that often hosted their family gatherings. “My family thought it would be better,” Korab said. “… Like it wasn’t much of my choice. They did it for me and my brother.” Within three or four days of moving, the Sylas had a house. Korab didn’t realize he could play soccer since teams weren’t affiliated with Albanian schools. He consciously hung around American kids to learn English, and said they had to explain “everything” to him. “It was probably annoying for the kids,” Korab said. “Because they’re like, ‘Oh, I have to explain this to him now?’” Despite not fully knowing how to look for a job, he was hired at a valet service. He valeted luxurious private events and drove Mercedes, Ferraris and even a Tesla, which he said rides as quiet as can be. But he cared about the cars and mansions as much as he cared for the big buildings in New York City — very little. ••• Korab and Ilir Cunmulaj, his neighbor and teammate at Saunders Trade and Technical (New York) High School, set up a free kick against Clarkstown South (New York) High School. “Watch, this one’s going to go in,” Cunmulaj remembers Korab saying. From 40 yards out, Korab scored. The goalie was expecting a cross. Despite two years of not playing school soccer — he played for FC Westchester, a club team — Korab started on the varsity team in his sophomore season. After a 29-goal, 18-game senior season, Korab had no plans after high school because he didn’t understand the process of applying to colleges. He thought he’d work a 9-to-5 job or play professionally in Europe.
Orange. A Deshaun Watson 64-yard pass. A Wayne Gallman 11-yard touchdown run. And then a Zack Mahoney fumble on the first play from scrimmage. It was Clemson ball, up 7-0, and just 23 yards from tacking on some more. But a combination of Mahoney and the Syracuse defense led the Orange back. SU made the big plays, the kind that make you hold your breath until its finally over. The first was a forced fumble at the start of Clemson’s third drive. The next was a 28-yard run by Ervin Philips immediately after. It was that story all day. SU had two more takeaways than Clemson. It had five plays of 28 yards or more. Those are the kind of plays that get you wins. The kind that gave this game a novel type of excitement. “They had guys that wanted this win and want to prove themselves,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said. “We had to work for it and fight hard … They fought today. “That’s just the nature of where we are right now.” Syracuse fought back after the game felt
over at halftime. A third-and-11 from SU’s own 2-yard line turned into a 28-yard strike to Steve Ishmael as Mahoney took a big hit. Five plays, 70 yards more, and it was a onescore game. Clemson and Syracuse traded field goals — two Tigers kicks made up an entire second-half offense. The Orange was alive, and so was a fan base that just hours ago was more obsessed with Shafer’s job security than the game before them. Riley Dixon punted it away with 5:57 left to play and Syracuse down 10. The white flag was raised. With each first down the crowd got thinner. With each tackle the roar of the crowd got fainter. For a moment — a fleeting one at that — Syracuse seemed to own the college football world. But as the game ended, it was right back to where it started. Another loss tacked onto a two-month long stretch. Another bowl-less season to piggy back the one before it. For a moment, none of that mattered. But then that moment ended.
Instead, his club coach, Brian Robinson, linked Korab with Herkimer Community College. Two to three weeks before Herkimer’s season started, Korab gave head coach Pepe Aragon a call.
tacted his family without Korab knowing. A month into the trip to Albania, McIntyre called him. “It has to be the right time,” McIntyre said of Korab coming to SU. “… Sometimes things happen for a reason.” Korab wasn’t back in time for the 2013 season. In Syracuse, he saw what his parents wanted for him — a college education. McIntyre worked with him over the phone to ensure an October return from his sabbatical. “I think he came back with this enormous fire in his eyes,” Cunmulaj said. “… He said, ‘I’m going to go hard. I’m going to go to Syracuse and do something big. I’m really going to do it this time.’”
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“I went there thinking they’re not going to be very good,” Korab said, “and probably the coach was thinking I’m not going to be a good player because he just called me to try out. He usually recruits players.” In two seasons with Aragon, Korab won a national championship. He jumped from being a relative unknown to the National Junior College Athletic Association player of the year. Nights he spent alone training on fields in Yonkers materialized into a commitment to Syracuse. ••• In a week and a half, he decided to go back to Albania alone because he missed his extended family. He only told his immediate family and a friend or two. “I was very worried because I know how the Albanian state is,” Cunmulaj said. “So I said, ‘You know, Korab, do what you want to do and you’ll be great.’” The plan was never to stay long-term, but nobody could talk him out of leaving the states. He lived with his sister, rotating to his uncles’ houses every week or so. Pickup games with old friends and soccer tryouts filled his time, while most friends had stopped playing organized soccer. Many worked dead-end jobs or didn’t work at all, which made him want to get an education. It’s what Korab’s parents wanted to protect him from. Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre con-
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••• The clock dripped past 5 p.m. 5:05, 5:10, 5:15. Then, 5:30, a half hour past when he’s supposed to be here. Just a year and a half ago, Korab arrived at Syracuse. He was tightlipped to start, just like on his visit in the spring of 2013. Juuso Pasanen, who hosted Korab, saw flashes of a jokester. It’s taken time to show signs of settling in. Nearly two years at Syracuse. Nine years in the United States. Finally he’s showing signs. Pasanen said if a teammate can’t find their shorts, Korab will say, “Those shorts,” giving the teammate a bit of hope he had found them. “Yeah?” the teammate asks. “No, never seen them before,” Korab responds. The clock crawls … 5:30, 5:35, 5:40. Finally, at 5:45, accompanied by a T-shirt, shorts and slip-on sandals on a dreary day, he saunters into the SU Athletic Communications office. He’s dealt with the uncertainty of his life circumstances by letting things fall in place, and now he’s moving at his own pace. After Syracuse is over, he doesn’t know what he’s going to do. The uncertainty has crept up before and it stalks him now. But this time, it guides him to a future instead of back to his past. cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati
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KORAB SYLA, a native of Albania, has settled in nine years after he moved to the United States in July of 2006. He’s moved four times since then, with each move inching closer to the life he wouldn’t have been able to live in Albania. logan reidsma photo editor
Korab Syla moves on from hectic past to find comfort at Syracuse By Chris Libonati asst. copy editor
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he train Korab Syla was riding kept going until he finally realized it wasn’t destined for Yonkers, New York. He lost track of time, hopped off the train and tried another. No luck. Both took him to parts unknown in New York City, at least to a 16-year-old who moved to the United States just three years prior. After jumping trains for about
two hours, he found the one heading to Yonkers with help from strangers. “I was just nervous,” he said, “because you don’t really know anyone.” Around 8 p.m., he arrived home to his parents’ asking where he’d been. He lied and told them he stayed longer than expected in New York City. All that mattered was that he reached home. ••• A 13-year-old Korab arrived to John F. Kennedy Airport from Albania in 2006. On the car ride from JFK to
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Yonkers, he marveled at the New York skyscrapers, if only for a second, and became just a ripple in a wave of 8 million people. He lacks a material love of cars, houses and buildings because it contradicts his upbringing in poverty-ridden Albania. “I just looked at everything,” Korab said, “it’s not so special.” Those that know him best have dissolved the long-ingrained timidity guarding sarcasm that emerges once he’s comfortable. He once see syla page 15
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SU advances to final four with win over Princeton By Liam Sullivan staff writer
Liz Sack jogged off the field with a subdued expression across her face. Princeton had just called timeout 14:56 into the first half and the junior forward made her way to the outskirts of Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley’s huddle, swigged some water and caught her breath with her hands going to her knees several times during the minute-
long break. As Syracuse made its way back onto the field, Lies Lagerweij exchanged a high-five with Sack and Caroline Cady yelled words of encouragement to Sack with a grin. Other than a smile and slight nod in Cady’s direction, there was no way to tell Sack had scored two of Syracuse’s three first-half goals. “I think (the goals) certainly changed (the game’s tempo). It’s just nice to see results on the
board,” Sack said. “…Just being able to have a visual of what we can do is really nice and then you move off that.” Sack put a pair in the cage within the game’s first 15 minutes to lead No. 2 Syracuse (19-1, 6-0 Atlantic Coast) past No. 16 Princeton (11-7, 6-0 Iv y League), 5-0, Sunday in the second round of the NCA A tournament. Sack’s performance came one day after scoring two goals in the first-round game
and now her postseason goal total, four, has surpassed her regular season mark of three. SU dominated all facets of the game, especially offensively as it outshot the Tigers 28-6 and also notched an 11-2 differential in penalty corners. “Statistically we dominated and we finished on the backside,” Bradley said. “…Today we got the finishing and we moved really well. It was just see princeton page 12
Head coach Ian McIntyre paced up and down the sideline. The entire Syracuse bench was on its feet as just seconds remained. The final whistle emptied the bench, and players formed a few separate huddles around the SU players on the field. Notre Dame players sat motionless on the grass as the biggest group swarmed Syracuse forward Ben Polk. “When I heard there were 10 seconds left on the clock, the relief was insane and then the euphoria was crazy,” Polk said. “It’s pretty surreal right now.” With his third goal in two games, Polk lifted No. 13 Syracuse (13-5-3, 3-4-1 Atlantic Coast) over No. 9 Notre Dame (11-4-5, 4-2-2), 1-0, to win the ACC tournament. A team that was unranked in the first five in-season coaches’ polls this season, winless in four games against ranked opponents during the regular season and a No. 7 seed coming into the conference tournament was able to take down the No. 2, 3 and 4 seeds en route to the first ACC title in team history. Syracuse was the lowest seed to ever win an ACC men’s soccer championship. With its first conference title since 1985, the Orange earns an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It will find out its seed during the selection show on Monday at 1 p.m. The first round begins on Nov. 19. “If you had said at the beginning of the year that we could,” McIntyre said before pausing, seemingly in disbelief, “… we set our goals to get into the ACC championship, but after that you have tough competition. “You’re part of history now. Your name appears on the trophy moving forward so I couldn’t be more pleased.” On a windy day in South Bend, Indiana, Syracuse came out firing. Within the first 20 minutes, SU had already amassed eight corner kicks, which were all fought off by the Irish. The Orange finished the half with nine shots, including an see notre
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