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Experts in New York said Syracuse’s homicide rate could be connected to former city policies and infrastructure in communities of color.

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Moderate columnist Lauren Spiezia details why past Women’s March leaders’ anti-Semetic comments are not representative of the movement.

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The Harriet Tubman House, located in Auburn, offers a detailed look into Tubman’s legacy as a freedom fighter and a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

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Oshae Brissett struggled with shooting in the first half of this season. But after an 18 point performance against Pittsburgh, he’s playing like he did last March.

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greek life

Institutional restructure

Psi Upsilon fraternity apologizes for event

By Natalie Rubio-Licht asst. copy editor

illustration by sarah allam illustration editor

SCSD to reorganize struggling schools amid state concerns

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

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he Syracuse City School District is working to rebuild and reorganize three struggling schools to meet New York growth requirements, after state officials raised concerns about a lack of progress in strengthening student test score numbers, among other things.

In December, New York state placed Danforth Middle School, Westside Academy at Blodgett and Dr. King Elementary School in an intervention program after the schools failed to make meaningful improvements in several areas, including family and community engagement and student performance on state exams for English, math and science.

Schools placed in the intervention program — known as receivership — are overseen by a receiver, or representative of the state. They have 60 days to propose a plan to either be taken over by an independent

receiver or phase in a new school that replaces the old one. The SCSD’s proposal is due to the New York State Department of Education

by Tuesday.

“What the state’s asking us to do is propose a school that’s going to be substantially different in terms of staffing, in terms of leadership and in terms of programming,” said Laura Kelley, SCSD director of school reform.

Twiggy Billue, a local activist whose granddaughter, Geyannah, attends Dr. King, said she got a call from her daughter who had heard rumors about receivership, but the school did not give a complete explanation as to what was going on.

“It’s stressful for all of us. It’s stressful for the teachers. It’s stressful for the parents, but it’s stressful for her,” she said, motioning to her granddaughter. “She has all of these

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university politics

Colleges to help pay for hiring of 200 faculty

By Natalie Rubio-Licht asst. copy editor

A boost to major faculty hiring plans at Syracuse University is possible because of a cost-sharing measure in which individual schools and colleges are helping pay for the hiring of 200 new faculty at SU, Vice President for Research John Liu told The Daily Orange.

SU is set to hire 200 new faculty members, doubling an initial hiring promise, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced during his “Winter Message” last month.

Last June, SU detailed a plan — called Signature Hires — to hire 100 new faculty over the course of five years to strengthen SU’s research programs. The university last year also introduced its Cluster Hires Initiative, a second hiring push to bring in 53 new faculty across seven research domains.

Both initiatives will be paid for

by Invest Syracuse, SU’s $100 million academic fundraising plan, and the university’s 11 schools and colleges, Liu said. The increase to 200 hires is possible because of that cost-sharing plan, Liu said. Invest

Syracuse pays for 50 percent of the total cost of the 200 faculty hires, and the schools and colleges pay for the other 50 percent, Liu said.

The 200 positions announced by Syverud will include hires through both the Signature and Cluster Hires Initiatives, Liu said.

Hiring for the initiatives will be completed in the next four years, Liu said. Searches for positions typically take up to one year, and the searches may not begin until 2020 or 2021, he said.

Because there are multiple positions in each cluster, the Cluster

hires may take two to three years to be fully approved, Liu said.

“The goals of both programs are to provide 21st century education to our students, and to enhance research and scholarly output from our schools and colleges,” Liu said.

The Signature Hires Initiative works to find talent in select research fields, while the Cluster Hires Initiative uses “multidisciplinary approaches” to make hires, Liu said.

Thirty-three positions were approved for the first round of Signature Hires, Liu said. Fifty-three see hiring page 4

Syracuse University’s Pi chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity has issued an apology to the Panhellenic Council and community for its “Bootcamp” competition.

In a letter obtained by The Daily Orange, the brothers of Psi Upsilon said they ended the tradition of “Bootcamp,” saying it created an environment in which women competed for men’s approval.

The letter was addressed to Panhellenic Council President Emily Barkann, and the Panhellenic community. It was sent last month.

Though the letter said Psi Upsilon received sanctions for “Bootcamp,” the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs confirmed the chapter did not violate SU’s Code of Student Conduct.

Today marks a new day for the brotherhood of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and we could not be more grateful.

Brothers of Psi Upsilon

The Interfraternity Council has its own independent peer review process for potential violations of IFC policy, and that process is handled internally by a governing council, said Shannon Feeney Andre, an SU spokesperson, in an email.

Psi Upsilon was previously placed on “disciplinary reprimand” until October 2018 for a conduct violation or violations.

The circumstances behind that action were not immediately clear.

The letter said the fraternity was “enthusiastic” for future mediated discussions with Panhellenic community members.

“Today marks a new day for the brotherhood of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and we could not be more grateful,” the letter said.

Signatories of the letter could not be reached for comment.

The letter was signed by four members of the Psi Upsilon executive board, IFC Director of Educational Programming Zachary Bloch and IFC Director of Public Relations Christopher Rettinger.

— News Editor Kennedy Rose contributed reporting to this article. nrrubiol@syr.edu @natalierubio_

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crime briefs Here is a round up of criminal activity that happened near campus this week, according to police reports.

POSSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER

A Central Square man, 19, was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container. when: Sunday at 12:16 a.m. where: 500 block of Euclid Avenue A Syracuse man, 38, was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container. when: Tuesday at 7:08 p.m. where: 300 block of Slocum Avenue A Syracuse University senior in the School of Architecture was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container. when: Jan. 27 at 11:40 p.m. where: 700 block of Ackerman Avenue A Syracuse University senior in the School of Architecture was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container. when: Jan. 27, at 11:40 p.m. where: 900 block of Ackerman Avenue

PETIT LARCENY A Syracuse woman, 24, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. where: Destiny USA

Honoring the fallen The Syracuse Fire Department held a memorial service at the Firefighters Memorial Park in downtown Syracuse on Sunday to honor firefighters who have died in the line of service. Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the 1939 Collins Block Fire at 225 E. Genesee St., the deadliest fire in the department’s history. That fire resulted in the deaths of nine firefighters. molly gibbs photo editor

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Experts: Inequality correlates with homicides

By Gillian Follett

contributing writer

A year after Syracuse’s homicide rate dropped to its lowest in five years, the number of homicides in the city slightly increased in 2018.

Twenty-four homicides were reported in Syracuse in 2018, Syracuse Police Department Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in an email.

There were 21 homicides reported in 2017, the lowest number in five years.

Sandra Lane, a professor of public health and anthropology at Syracuse University, said a large factor behind Syracuse’s high homicide rate is its high poverty rate.

Syracuse “is the ninth most

racially segregated metropolitan area in the country,� according to a 2014 report by CNY Fair Housing, a nonprofit working to end housing discrimination.

Lane said the most number of homicides occur in impoverished and racially segregated areas in Syracuse.

A number of historical factors contribute to Syracuse’s hypersegregation, said Robert Rubinstein, a professor of anthropology and international relations at SU. He said that city policies enacted decades ago put communities of color at structural disadvantages.

The construction of Interstate 81 and the destruction of the

Living in neighborhoods in Syracuse affected by gun violence is ... like living in a war zone.

Sandra Lane

su professor of public health and anthropology

15th Ward, a historically African American neighborhood, concentrated poverty in starkly defined neighborhoods of color, he said.

Rubinstein said The Rockefeller Drug Laws, a series of statutes enacted in 1973 that enforced harsh punishments for drug possession, were also a key factor in the increased number of homicides in neighborhoods of color.

The laws disproportionately affected black community members, who were incarcerated at much higher rates than white Syracuse residents, Rubinstein said.

Upon their release, their criminal record became “a barrier to their reintegration in the city,� making it difficult for many African Americans to vote or find housing or employment, Rubinstein said. see homicide page 4

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SA assists students affected by shutdown

By Abby Weiss

contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Student Association has promoted financial assistance and other services to students affected by the recent partial government shutdown.

The shutdown ended Jan. 25, but President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government again, unless congressional leaders provide millions of dollars in funding for his controversial border wall.

SA President Ghufran Salih, in a recent interview, said she was affected by the government shutdown. She spoke to students

who said they received their tuition reimbursements late and their parents couldn’t send money for them. “From hearing that, (Vice President Kyle Rosenblum) and I said this is something that needs to be addressed, and these resources need to be put out in front of students,� Salih said.

Salih and Rosenblum listed several university services that could help students on SA’s social media and in a campus-wide email last week. Those services included the Student Opportunity Fund of Hendricks Chapel, the financial aid and student assistance offices, as well as SU’s

Counseling Center.

The Student Opportunity Fund of Hendricks Chapel was created to help cover costs for students struggling to cover their basic needs or unanticipated costs, Rosenblum said in the campus-wide email. The program will help students better focus on their coursework and maintain their academic progress, he said.

The Office of Student Assistance performs a similar function — helping students who are dealing with food insecurity or can’t afford their textbooks, Rosenblum said. “Sometimes asking for help is

scary, and you think it’s a moment of weakness, but it’s not,� said Salih, in an interview. “The reason Student Association is here is for the students, and I want to make sure that every one of them knows they can come to us.�

Rosenblum said he hopes that marketing these resources will help students in the case of future government shutdowns. “It’s not talked enough about how the government shutdown can really affect students in different ways, and it’s very important that we’re making all the resources available as possible,� he said. akweiss@syr.edu

A Syracuse man, 23, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 5:58 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse woman, 19, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 5:58 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. where: Destiny USA CRIMINAL CONTEMPT A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on the charge of criminal contempt in the first degree. when: Thursday at 4:13 p.m. where: 500 block of South Crouse Avenue PROSTITUTION A Syracuse woman, 57, was arrested on the charge of prostitution. when: Tuesday at 2:48 p.m. where: 100 block of Mary Street A Syracuse woman, 41, was arrested on the charge of prostitution. when: Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. where: 500 block of Catherine Street DISORDERLY CONDUCT A Syracuse man, 26, was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct. when: Tuesday at 11:39 p.m. where: 200 block of Slocum Avenue ATTEMPTED MURDER A Syracuse man, 24, was arrested on the charges of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first and second degrees, menacing in the second degree and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, Syracuse.com reported. when: Sunday at 4 a.m. where: 200 block of Lawrence Road E., Salina

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schools questions … She’s just generally concerned, will there be a place at King for her?”

Kelley said the district is looking to close Danforth and reopen it as an expeditionary learning middle school. Expeditionary learning focuses on student achievement in three main areas: knowledge and skills, character and high-quality work, according to a district presentation.

The SCSD began implementing expeditionary learning changes this year by hiring a principal with experience in the area and recruiting staff specifically to support the change, Kelley said.

At Westside Academy, the district is hoping to create a STEM school that will allow students to receive high school credit while still in middle school, Kelley said. The school would partner with Le Moyne College, she added.

Kelley said a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics elementary school centered on project-based learning is being suggested for Dr. King. She said the goal is to create a pipeline to the new regional STEAM high school Mayor Ben Walsh proposed last month.

“We want our students to be competitive for those spots too,” she said. from page 3

homicide These historical factors are directly responsible for the city’s current homicide rates, said Mindy Thompson Fullilove, a professor of urban policy and health at The New School at the Parsons School of Design.

“This combination of factors has undermined the social and economic strengths of neighborhoods that keep the peace,” she said. “It’s in that context that you see explosions of violence.”

Rubinstein said residents of these neighborhoods feel as though they’ve been abandoned by the city and turn to violence as a

This year, the district began implementing changes in its middle schools under the direction of Executive Director of Secondary Schools Pamela Odom, Kelley said. SCSD also implemented LANGUAGE! Live, a nationwide literacy intervention program for students to improve their reading skills.

The district also does walkthroughs to assess how the school is performing in areas including note-taking strategies and organization, Kelley said.

“We’re really just trying to share the good practices and get rid of the ones that aren’t getting us any results,” she said.

Dr. King, Westside Academy and Danforth were all first identified as being in receivership in 2015, which was when the receivership model was first put into law.

Kelley said the data used by the state’s DOE to determine the schools that should be put in receivership was from the 2017-18 school year — before the results of the initiatives could be seen.

In 2015, the state put 15 other SCSD schools into receivership, a number that will decrease to five in the 2019-20 school year, Kelley said. Thirteen of the district’s 36 schools are currently in good standing, she said.

Receivership status is based on a 100 percent demonstrable improvement index, or how much the schools improve based on way to give them a feeling of control.

“Their group has to take care of itself because the city has not been a reliable source of protection and support and provision of services,” Rubinstein said.

Poor quality education in neighborhoods of color has resulted in more teens and young adults becoming involved in violent activities, said Timothy Jennings-Bey, the trauma response director at United Way of Central New York.

Ten people aged 19 or younger were killed in 2018 — Syracuse’s highest homicide rate among youths in 25 years, Syracuse.com reported.

Jennings-Bey said individuals can develop “street addiction,” a theory he

certain qualifications, Kelley said. She said schools that are at 67 percent or more cannot be considered for receivership, while ones that are below 40 percent automatically get an independent receiver.

DOE Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has jurisdiction over whether schools that are between 40 and 66 percent are placed into receiverships, Kelley said.

Dr. King, Westside Academy and Danforth had 48, 53 and 47 percent growth since 2015, respectively. All three schools made improvements in school safety and providing extended learning times, but they struggled to improve state testing scores.

Before being alerted to the three schools’ receivership status in December, Kelley said the district knew they were in the middle area, but wasn’t sure what would come of it.

“It was disappointing, upsetting,” she said.

“But you know, a little bit of a jolt to think about how to do things differently going forward.”

The district presented the plans for the three schools to the Syracuse Board of Education on Wednesday. While receivership law states that the school district’s superintendent has final say in how a school handles receivership, Board Vice President Katie Sojewicz said Superintendent Jaime Alicea has kept the board up to date with the progress being made.

“We’re informed every step of the way, and developed that suggests young people from violent neighborhoods are pushed toward becoming involved in violent activity.

To work toward reducing violence, trauma among adolescents must be addressed, Lane said. Many teens in neighborhoods of color personally know someone who was a homicide victim, she said.

She said teens who live in those neighborhoods often don’t receive the counseling or grief support they need to manage their trauma.

“Living in neighborhoods in Syracuse affected by gun violence is for many people, in terms of mental health, like living in a war zone,” Lane said. gifollet@syr.edu

our superintendent would certainly take any questions or feedback and bring that back to his staff,” she said.

The board approved all three plans, according to minutes from Wednesday’s meeting.

The district also met with SCSD staff and Syracuse community members to go over plans for all three schools, Kelley said. At a Danforth community information session, people gave feedback on special education programming, parent engagement, the new school’s name and its budget, among other topics.

Dr. King faculty expressed concern about their future employment and positioning at the school during its information session last week. According to receivership law, at least half of a school’s newly-created positions must be filled by senior staff from the receivership school.

Community members also said at the session that they were worried their voices weren’t being heard while the district was developing its approach to receivership.

Kelley said people are nervous about the receivership and have many questions, which she said is why the district has tried to provide as much information as possible.

“We have some really great kids and we have to be strong for them and let them know that no matter what happens, the school’s not going anywhere. It’s gonna be there,” she said. irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow

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hiring positions in all 11 schools and colleges were approved for the Cluster Hires Initiative in November.

Signature Hires is meant to enhance SU’s R1 research classification, Provost Michele Wheatly said in an SU News release.

“As an international, student-focused research university, we are committed to growing the research enterprise; increasing discoveries, innovation and impact; diversifying our faculty; and enhancing our national and international reputation,” Wheatly said. nrrubiol@syr.edu

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March not overshadowed by its leaders New York is right to defend women’s health O n Jan. 19, thousands of protestors in Washington, D.C. and in more than 300 cities in total participated in the third annual Women’s March. Just before this year’s march, though, media outlets reported that leaders of Women’s March, Inc., a group that formed before the first march in 2017, allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks during a planning meeting in November 2016.

The comments were allegedly made by Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez, two of the organization’s four board members. Both women have denied the reports, but the controversy has caused some progressive groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center — a national civil rights advocacy organization — to dissociate themselves from Women’s March, Inc. The allegations, while represent extreme discrimination, do not represent the organization, Women’s March, Inc., as a whole.

In this situation, the group’s leaders are solely at fault, and the true goals of the Women’s March should not be overshadowed nor muddled by this problem.

Voices of a few powerful people should not drown out the thousands of other activists determined to defend women’s rights.

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NEITHER BLUE NOR RED

The explicit mission statement of Women’s March, Inc. is centered around inclusion, uniting diverse communities, promoting education and engagement and fostering respect. Its platform encompass a variety of issues including gender equality, reproductive rights, rights for immigrants, rights for people with disabilities and fighting gun violence.

Nada Odeh, one of the organizers of the 2019 Women’s March in Syracuse, said the march overall is, “... a thing that unites the community, so that hate said about anyone based on their race or anything else is unaccepted.�

The Women’s March has been rightfully accredited with putting intersectional feminism — the belief that women’s equality is achieved through justice for other marginalized groups in society — on the public agenda. By doing this, there has been a massive push to support black and LGBTQ rights within the movement, as well as in mainstream politics.

The foundation of the movement is built on positive themes of social change and inclusion of all people — supporters of the organization have these principles to live by and demonstrate, regardless of statements

made by Mallory and Perez.

Odeh said she believes that the movement stresses inclusion for all people.

If the entire movement was condemned solely based on the actions of two people, we would delegitimize the movement and take power away from supporters of the women’s rights movement.

The leaders of local marches have taken on the mission of the Women’s March and the call for activism in stride, focusing on problems in their own local communities.

Odeh said her planning team for the Syracuse march had a discussion about whether or not to cancel the march amid the allegations. “We’re not connected to them (Women’s March Inc.) directly, we just share the name ... We decided we should not stop, and we wanted this march to reflect all religions and ethnic groups in Syracuse,� Odeh said.

The major social change that the Women’s March has spurred in the United States proves that the movement is a force to be reckoned with, and its work will not be overshadowed by two individuals.

Lauren Spiezia is a freshman newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at lespiezi@syr.edu.

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ew York state has taken a monumental step in defending the access to reproductive health products for women, with the recent passage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) touted Reproductive Health Act. The Reproductive Health Act passed through the state’s Legislature on the 46th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. “The RHA is ensuring access to safe and legal abortion. This helps to promote women’s equality and equal footing in society, and from a health perspective it helps reduce racial disparities in health care outcomes as well as reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates which has definitely been an issue that has been highlighted within recent years,� said Dawn Gresham, New York state Sen. Liz Krueger’s health policy analyst.

Reproductive health is an important human right that should be protected by our government. The Reproductive Health Act is a perfect example of officials taking that responsibility seriously.

Prior to the Reproductive Health Act, doctors in New York could be criminally charged if they performed an abortion after the 24th week of pregnancy, if the mother’s life wasn’t in danger.

The new law puts an end to those criminal penalties.

The Legislature has also moved

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LEFT IS RIGHT DIRECTION to end job discrimination related to women’s reproductive health decisions, under the Boss Bill, and has given people open access to obtaining contraception under the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act. One of the main arguments against the Reproductive Health Act is that the expansion of abortion care conducted by nonmedical practitioners includes nurses, physician assistants and licensed midwives. Under New York legislation, non-medical practitioners have the ability to perform medical procedures under a licensed physician’s supervision and authorization, which includes early abortion care. “Advanced practice clinicians are required to have a professional relationship with a doctor whose scope of practice includes abortion, which makes them qualified to perform certain types of abortion care that is derived from their education and training,� Gresham said, though.

Having accessibility to certain types of health care should not be criminalized — it should be viewed as a right.

Brittany Zelada is a junior communications and rhetorical studies major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at bezelada@syr.edu.

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‘Saturday Academy’ supports city youth

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The Harriet Tubman Home, located in Auburn, offers vistors on opportunity to explore Tubman’s central New York roots and her work as an Underground Railroad conductor. matthew gutierrez senior staff writer

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UBURN — Harriet Tubman was born enslaved. She was never able to learn how to read or write. She was beaten as a child by a mistress who slept with a whip under her pillow.

And as an Underground Railroad conductor, she moved during the night while saving dozens of people who were enslaved.

Tubman, known as “the Moses of her people,� was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 1800s. She escaped and moved to Auburn, and she led roughly a dozen expeditions into the South, freeing hundreds of slaves. At the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, Tubman and the Underground Railroad come to life.

With February marking Black History Month, the home offers a way in which visitors can honor the legacy she left behind in

the greater Syracuse area. “Let’s go inside,� said Harriet Tubman Home tour coordinator, Christine Carter, on a recent afternoon. “These are the grounds Harriet helped many people to freedom and good health.�

Tubman lived in Auburn until her death in 1913. After she led people who were enslaved to freedom, she opened a home for people who were elderly, sick or living with financial concerns, Carter said. She risked her life and others before settling in Auburn in 1859, when central New York became a center for progressive thought, abolition and women’s suffrage.

Tours of the property, about a 40-minute drive from Syracuse University, give visitors an intimate walk through her life. The tours last an hour and begin with her life story, before a walk on the property. During three separate tours recently, guides carefully see tubman page 8

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SU student develops BuzzFeed show on IGTV

By Ryan Baker

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Stefanie Grafstein has always had a passion for incorporating BuzzFeed into her life, reading posts and taking quizzes throughout high school.

Now a junior at Syracuse University, she has found a new way to become more involved with the company.

Last December, Grafstein was selected as a participant in a new VerticalU video creation workshop,

established through a collaboration with Instagram and BuzzFeed.

Before applying for the workshop, she crafted her social media skills through the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ “Buzzfeed: Future Media Skills� course. Her new show, “ReCollections,� is set to premiere in New York City on Feb. 28.

Grafstein said she first heard about the vertical video workshop through Maycie Timpone, the direc-

tor of social media at BuzzFeed, who came to speak at the class taught by Jennifer Grygiel, an assistant professor of communications at Newhouse.

In her freshman year of college, Grafstein wrote community contributor posts for BuzzFeed, but said they didn’t go anywhere until she took the BuzzFeed class. “We learned what Buzzfeed looked for in a writer, in order to get promoted on the site,� she said. She added that she became one of BuzzFeed’s top

trending contributors.

Grygiel said the course changes each year, focusing on trends in the industry. This year’s theme is “publishers returning to publishing.�

Students in the class start out by conducting a landscape analysis surveying the media climate and doing a BuzzFeed property case study to develop their research skills. At the end of the course, students create a content

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For Jerome Walker, co-founder of 100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc., seeing the community’s youth trapped in cycles of miseducation, incarceration and crime inspired him to want to make a difference.

Reflecting on the founding of the Syracuse chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc., Walker said he saw local youth lacking “direction or a sense of purpose.� “(Adults in the community) wanted to do something but weren’t sure what to do,� Walker said. “This gave them a vehicle to get involved in volunteerism and help shape the future for our young people.�

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100 Black Men of America Inc. carries the motto: “What they’ll see is what they be.� Founded in 1963, with its national headquarters in Atlanta, its mission is to “improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African-Americans.� The community service organization currently consists of more than 116 global chapters, with more than 10,000 members spread across the world.

The Syracuse chapter was founded in 2006 by Walker and Walter Eiland. 100 Black Men of Syracuse, Inc. has helped organize summer camps and wellness initiatives, along with financial literacy and mentorship programs.

One of its more popular programs is “Saturday Academy,� held Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Syracuse Academy of Science High School. Teaching elementary and middle schoolers, the program aims to help students develop emotionally, academically and socially.

The curriculum includes classes on black history, economic empowerment and life skills, along with traditional tutoring services. “It helps the young people’s confidence when we let them know that they come from a DNA of greatness,� said George Lynch, an instructor at the academy. “A lot of see academy page 8

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tubman crafted her story, including key details in her life. They said she was not a “slave.� Rather, she was enslaved. They said what was “done to her,� not what “she is,� to fully showcase her plight.

Herbert Ruffin II, an associate professor of African American history and chair of the African American Studies department at SU, led several trips to Tubman’s home for his students. He wanted the visits to complement his course readings and discussions with a “3D layer� to the class. Last fall, he brought his students to the play “Possessing Harriet� at Syracuse Stage. “The message with Harriet is that across humanity, people have gone through traumatic situations. Some continued to be themselves from page 7

academy students leave with a lot of insight, self-love and self-awareness. They start to love themselves because their history is far greater than what society teaches us.�

Lynch said he leads his classes as an open conversation. He encourages his young students to discuss topics such as handling conflict and saving money. He said the structure of the course gives them an opportunity to develop their own thoughts and share ideas with the group. “These young people are the future,� Lynch said. “They dictate where we’re heading as a people. We should want to equip them with the best tools to navigate society.�

Walker leads the black history class at the academy. While many traditional curriculums begin “African-American history� with the Emancipation Proclamation and end with the civil rights movement, Walker said this class attempts to offer a more expansive view into history.

The lessons discuss much earlier time periods, exploring ancient kingdoms like Egypt and Mali alongside prominent historical figures such as Mansa Musa and

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and stay really strong,� Ruffin said. “Harriet got hit in the head at a young age, causing occasional blackouts. She persevered. She was an iconic freedom fighter.�

Syracuse’s ties to Tubman are numerous.

Not only did she live near SU for decades, but there’s a picture and quotation of hers in Sims Hall, where the African American Studies department resides. Douglas V. Armstrong, professor and chair of anthropology at SU, has been in involved in a series of surveys and excavations aimed at gaining a better understanding of Tubman and the Home for Aging African Americans. He’s taken SU students to digs at the property, as well.

To begin tours in Auburn, visitors learn about Tubman’s life. By the age of six, she was separated from her mother when she was rented out to take care of children and to work in the fields and the forest. Guides explain that, at Cleopatra. Walker said he wants to emphasize the importance for kids of understanding their history. “Our history has to be told in its entirety,�

Walker said. “Once a people lose their history, they no longer exist.�

With classes such as these, the Saturday Academy aims to provide students a positive representation that they may not encounter throughout the week, said Drake Harrison, president of the 100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc. He added that it’s important the academy provides support to students who may not receive it during the regular school year — to how to be a good citizen, husband, brother.

Programs such as these aim to advance the organization’s legacy of service and mentorship. “We’re all responsible for giving back and pulling someone forward,� Harrison said.

As a recently-elected president of the chapter, Harrison’s goals are to continue building the organization by developing a strong relationship with the community, continuously guiding youth. “It takes 100 black men to raise 100 young men,� Harrison said. janash@syr.edu

age 12, Tubman intervened to keep her master from beating an enslaved man who tried to escape. She was the first African American woman to serve in the military.

Harriet lived a beautiful life in central New York.

She was one of the greatest people to have lived.

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“Harriet lived a beautiful life in central New York,� said Rev. Paul Carter, a tour guide. “She was one of the greatest people to have lived.�

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buzzfeed development pitch. “Over the course of the semester, we are gearing students to survey the field and develop new ideas about media: where it is heading, where it can be successful, where it can make money,� Grygiel said.

Grygiel said they invite BuzzFeed employees to co-teach the class and Grafstein showed interest when the social media director came in and explained the VerticalU program.

For Grafstein, the application process was lengthy. She said she had to fill out a physical application in addition to making a presentation pitching a show to be featured on IGTV for Instagram. She made it to the second round of the process and, after a video interview, was selected as one of 18 participants in the workshop.

Grafstein was flown to Los Angeles on Dec. 3 for the workshop, where she developed her show and met with the CEO of BuzzFeed “ReCollections,� which focuses on extreme collectors and their psychological reasoning for collecting things, Grafstein said.

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she wandered the streets under Confederate control and learned from their enslaved population what their troop placements were. She helped many troops find food, shelter and jobs in the North. She gave herbal remedies to black and white soldiers dying from infection and disease. “The Syracuse area was at the center of abolition,� Ruffin said. “Slave catchers dared not come here. We need places like the Tubman home, where people can get a sense of what happened and have a cultural understanding.�

Among her lasting lines were those centering on liberty and justice for all people, including people of color and women. “I started with this idea in my head, there’s two things I’ve got a right to, and these are, Death or Liberty,� Tubman once said. “One or the other I mean to have.� mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

magazine, news and digital journalism at Newhouse, agreed, and said many younger people may be primarily consuming video vertically on their devices, and this concept is altering interactions on platforms beyond Instagram.

The assumption used to be that filming vertically would never be considered an optimal method, Takahashi said, but increased mobile phone usage raises a question to challenge that notion. “If they’re watching on a smartphone — rather than in a movie theater — vertical video may actually be the best experience to offer,� he said.

Takahashi said that, while it is too early to determine whether vertical video will be a success, he acknowledged that Instagram’s outreach to creators and influencers has been smart and aggressive enough to help take the format to the next level.

Grafstein said she believes the new content on BuzzFeed’s IGTV channel will help boost viewership. “I love BuzzFeed,� Grafstein said. “I love writing for BuzzFeed and just decided to jump on the opportunity.� rybaker@syr.edu

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Health and pleasure Frisky February aims to promote importance of sexual health, pleasure regarding sexual health, Salce said, is that it only pertains to sexual safety and issues of consent. She added that while these issues are significant for college stuespite chilling temperatures, things are heating dents, it’s also important to talk about sex in a positive, up at Syracuse University’s Office of Health Pro- non-heteronormative manner. motion with their annual Frisky February series.

Part of Salce’s role as a peer educator is serving as a Frisky February is a month-long initiative in rec- team leader in OHP’s sexual health and pleasure diviognition of Sexual Health Awareness Month aimed sion. Along with providing educational resources on at “raising awareness and knowledge about different the human anatomy and information regarding healthy aspects of sexual health,” per its website. The series masturbation practices, other members of her peer kicked off Friday with a Sexual Health Fair hosted by educator team focus on issues regarding how to “pick SU’s Student Association, featuring games, prizes and up” people in a healthy and consensual way. on- and off-campus sexual health resources.

“You know, because it’s cuffing season,” she said Michelle Goode, the Health Promotion specialist for with a laugh. “It’s to do it in a respectful manner, even sexual and relationship violence prevention, said that if you’re not intending to be in a long-term relationship. for every event that participants attend, You still have to treat them with some their names will be entered into a raffle kind of respect.” for a variety of sex-positive prizes, Salce said that Frisky February including sex toys and contraceptives.

Everyone should is especially important for members OHP staff, peer educators and of SU’s community because of issues know things about regarding sexual assault and consent community members are invited to take part in educational seminars sexual health and on college campuses. She said that for and guest speaker events centered some students, consent can become pleasure, and around topics such as sexual health, a misconstrued concept, especially consent and individual self-care, given what they hear and see in mainthey should feel featuring partnerships with SU’s media. comfortable going to stream chapters of It’s On Us, Safer Sex For some people, Salce said, their Express and Students Advocating someone about it. sexuality is an integral part of their Sexual Safety and Empowerment, identity and should be embraced. She -:-%22%ì %0') among others. said that, even for those who don’t ohp healthy relationships and Vivianna Salce, a senior communiidentify as sexual beings, it’s still sexuality peer educator cations sciences and disorders major important to have an awareness of and healthy relationships and sexuality peer educa- their sexual autonomy and the rights that come with it. tor at OHP, initially got involved with the office’s peer “There are some people who are very sexual and some education program her freshman year at SU. She people who aren’t,” she said. “Even if you aren’t super said that she was inspired to join the education team sexual, it’s still good to know about it.” because of her own positive experiences with sexual One of Salce’s hopes for this year’s series is that it will education in her New Jersey high school, and wanted teach community members that sexual health is more to share the knowledge she had gained to the greater than just a vital component to their safety and wellbeSyracuse community. ing — it can be a source of pleasure and enjoyment, too.

“I felt like I was pretty educated compared to my “Everyone should know things about sexual health and peers, and I thought it would be cool to further my pleasure, and they should feel comfortable going to someknowledge,” she said. “In other states, they just teach one about it,” she said. “It’s not something to be ashamed abstinence, or they don’t teach about birth control or of. It’s something that’s really empowering when you do STIs, which I think is really important.” learn about it.”

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SU drops 2nd-straight match to Boston College, 4-3

By Eric Storms staff writer

Syracuse reached its highest ITA ranking in program history on Wednesday, coming in at No. 10. Since then, the Orange (4-2, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) have lost two-straight games.

Following a loss on Friday to No. 19 Virginia, SU couldn’t get by Boston College (7-0, 1-0) on the road Sunday in Chestnut Hill, 4-3.

Things got off to a rocky start for the Orange as Boston College’s duo of Dasha Possokhova and Elene Tsokilauri took down SU’s Sofya Golubovskaya and Sofya Treshcheva, 6-3. While Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez were able to win their match, 7-5, Dina Hegab and Guzal Yusupova would then drop their matchup to give up the doubles point.

No. 43 Knutson then struggled against BC’s Yufei Long, losing in straight sets, 6-4,

6-4. Already up 2-0, Boston College collected another point as Ramirez lost in three sets.

Ramirez won her first set 6-3 before losing the next two, 6-3 and 6-4, respectively.

But then SU made a run. No. 92 Golubovskaya took Kylie Wilcox into three sets and won 6-4. Yusupova also was forced into three sets but came out with a critical 7-5 third set win. Down 3-2, Treshcheva pulled out a win in straight sets — 6-3, 6-2.

That put the match in the hands of Hegab and Boston College’s Laura Lopez. Hegab won the clinching point in both matches last week, but couldn’t muster a comeback on Sunday. She lost in two sets — 7-6, 6-3 — giving BC the 4-3 match win.

Syracuse will look to get back on track next weekend in Seattle for the ITA National Indoor Championships. estorms@syr.edu

sissoko at the burgeoning skills that her knee injury stunted. Her past three games have featured a 1-of-6 performance, eight failed attempts from beyond the arc, a streak of sevenstraight points and her first career 3-pointer.

But before she can find “consistency,” she needs more time.

“I need to develop my skills more,” Sissoko said. “I need to train.”

Sissoko, No. 18 Syracuse’s (17-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast) 6-foot-1 guard-turned-forward — the No. 11 recruit in 2019 according to espnW, who gained buzz in the preseason when a photograph showed her above the rim, seemingly primed to dunk the ball — has showcased her skills since her return on Jan. 17. She’s shot 5-for-16, but added a 4-of-6 performance in SU’s win over Virginia. On Jan. 23, Sissoko said that she is “85 (percent)” back. After the Orange’s win against the Cavaliers, she said she’s at full health.

I’m kind of tall and versatile. I can do both.

I can shoot the ball. I can play in the paint. I can drive. I can run.

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SOFYA GOLUBOVSKAYA (RIGHT) won her singles match in three sets Sunday. Despite that, Syracuse dropped its second-straight match. max freund staff photographer from page 12

brissett working toward, and what he could be. But in truth he was underwhelming. He squandered layups and floaters by getting to the rim at will. Then he wouldn’t finish.

I feel like I have a quick first step and I can get past guys. Being in a shooting slump now, my main focus is scoring inside.

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If Syracuse is going to keep riding this stretch through February, Brissett will have to score. In the free-throw line area, his go-to moves — a pump fake or quick jab step — make him hard to guard. His face-up game out of the high post, where he makes snap judgments, will need to keep progressing. He can’t look to draw contact at the rim.

“He’s most effective in the high post,” senior point guard Frank Howard said.

“You can do all the plays, all the scouting you want, it’s different when he’s in those spots in front of you. We want him to be aggressive and give him space. His involvement there has led to our better shooting percentage.”

When he faces his defender, he has options: Step into or across the man’s body, look to shoot a 10-footer, drive toward the basket, kick to a shooter on the wing, or dump off a pass to a baseline cutter. His strong outings against Boston College and Pittsburgh don’t mean he’ll thrive against bigger bodies, but he was the lone bright spot Jan. 26 in a 22-point loss at Virginia Tech.

“We are trying to get him the ball in the high post,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said Saturday. “I thought Paschal Chukwu started out great … They stay with him and keep him blocked out, which gives Oshae (Brissett) a chance to drive and get to the basket.”

At 6-foot-8, Brissett can rally his team by grabbing rebounds — he leads the team with 7.6 boards per game — and by racking up highlightreel dunks and blocks. Asked if he’s ever doubted himself during cold stretches, he said “no, no.”

Asked to assess Brissett’s overall game, Syracuse assistant coach Gerry McNamara said: “He’s still really just scratching the surface.”

With Howard and freshman guard Buddy Boeheim heating up from deep, Brissett doesn’t need to shoot 3s. For now, players said his versatile skill set fits best inside the arc, where he can go to work and give SU’s frontcourt any advantage it can get.

We’ve seen, close up last March, that Brissett can change the game on one of college basketball’s biggest stages. Selfreplication appears to be in store.

Matthew Gutierrez is a senior staff writer for The Daily Orange where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mguti100@syr.edu or @matthewgut21.

The freshman said that improving her health was her biggest goal, the tallest barrier between her and the best version of her on-court self. As she develops her complementary skills, Sissoko’s performance against Virginia gave a peek at her fullest form.

“I’m kind of tall and versatile. I can do both. I can shoot the ball. I can play in the paint. I can drive. I can run,” Sissoko said.

“I’m very aggressive and I need to be able to shoot the ball because sometimes they wait for me to shoot the ball because they know that I’m aggressive and stuff.”

Sissoko started the season with an established trait: her size. Assuming Gabrielle Cooper’s role at the top of the Orange’s fullcourt pressure, her long arms and quick feet disrupted offenses ability to get up the court — especially against lesser teams like North Dakota, Bucknell and Kansas State, when she racked up three steals in the three games. But between a nine-point performance against North Dakota in the season opener, an 85-49 blowout win from SU and an eight-point outing against Kansas State, the freshman scored just seven points in three games, shooting 2-of-9.

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the Orange. With the conference’s parity, Syracuse (6-18-2, 6-5-1 College Hockey America) has hope with eight CHA games remaining in the season to compete for a conference championship.

“I think a lot of us are similar in the CHA,” SU junior Allie Olnowich said. “Each team knows they’re the underdogs when playing other teams. That’s the way it’s always been, so when we play each other, it’s all about who wants it more, who’s gonna go the hardest, and that makes the physicality go up, the games get more intense.”

Syracuse scheduled the most games against top ranked opponents out of any CHA team, hoping to learn from the best, head coach Paul Flanagan said. “Maybe we can take a page out of their book,” Flanagan said after 6-1 and 9-1 losses to No. 1 Wisconsin in early December.

The main difference between the top national teams and CHA rivals is the disparity in skating skills, affecting the speed of the game. Flanagan hoped scheduling faster, more talented teams in the beginning of the season would make SU more “battle-hardened” for conference play.

“You’re fighting for every point,” Flanagan said of CHA play. “That’s the big difference.”

Against faster opponents, Syracuse learned how to “think ahead of the play” and make quicker decisions, Flanagan said. Compared to the top teams, CHA play

buckled as she slid up court. She fell to the ground and, suddenly, her growth stopped.

“She’s still getting back,” Gabrielle Cooper said on Jan. 29. “You’re not going to jump into a rhythm like that.”

She received surgery to repair her left knee when the Orange returned to Syracuse from the Cancun Challenge, and was a non-participant in practice until early January. She tried to do all she could: shooting, dribbling, anything to keep the time off from being wasted. But every drill that involved movement got “in (her) head” and she exercised caution when working back to form, Sissoko said. After all, she had to relearn everything.

Just under three weeks prior to her return, she participated in a limited capacity in practices. Sophomore forward Digna Strautmane often shot after team drills, so Sissoko, Veronika Vorackova, Emily Engstler and MariePaule Foppossi all joined in. From there, the freshman added 30-minute shooting sessions before and after practice. Sissoko said she tried to shoot 200 times each drill and focused on only one type of shot — 3-pointers one day, midrange another — to manufacture consistency. By the week of her return, she knocked down multiple-straight 3-pointers in practice with a crisp form.

The Orange slowly worked Sissoko back, but come their bout with Miami, Miranda Drummond was hampered by a “freak” calf injury and Sissoko was placed in the starting lineup. She showed flashes of her old self — a putback on an offensive rebound that led to a shooting foul — but reinforced some early-season struggles with a clank against the bottom of the backboard on a layup and an overall hesitance with the ball on the perimeter. Multiple times, Sissoko was given free space beyond the arc as Miami defended the drive and either forced a pass inside or gave up the ball to the top of the key.

“That’s a shot she has to take. Kadi is a great player, she’s been out for only two months and she’s played a total of 11 minutes in two months,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said after SU’s loss to Miami.

“She’ll get back in the flow and she’ll make shots and she’ll be aggressive.”

She followed it with a quiet showing against Duke after joining the reserves, but against Virginia, Sissoko showed her full repertoire. A three from the left corner. A floater in the lane. A layup on a drive from the perimeter. After seven-straight points, the Orange finally saw the height of Sissoko’s offensive game. While the 3-pointer remains “not her best shot,” she is still working to regain all of her per-injury athleticism.

She hasn’t dunked since she was 15 — the photo earlier in the season was only “close” — but once she’s back, she wants to introduce that to her game, too.

“I’m just focusing on getting back,” Sissoko said, “and after I will see (about) dunks.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary

has a “bump-and-run” style, typically with less advanced systems and passing.

Leading scorer Emma Polaski described conference play as “more gritty, more hardworking.” That may be, Olnowich said, because CHA players are often overlooked in the recruiting process by the top teams.

During the first weekend of March, all six teams — Mercyhurst, Lindenwood, Penn State, RIT, Robert Morris and Syracuse — will compete in the CHA Tournament, with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Mercyhurst is the last CHA team to win a NCAA tournament game and advance to the Frozen Four, in 2014. This season, Mercyhurst, the highest nationally ranked team in the conference, has the 16th-best RPI out of 35 D-I schools.

The Orange have made the CHA Championship three of the last four years, but they haven’t won any of them.

“I think we’re just sick of it,” defender Dakota Derrer said earlier this season.

SU hasn’t won the tournament in the 11 years of the program’s existence. Now, Syracuse sits in third place with 13 points in the conference, six points behind first-place Robert Morris. Still, SU knows the deal: if they beat a couple CHA teams in a row, they’ll finally compete in an NCAA tournament game.

“We know each other,” Olnowich said, “We know the players, we know how they play, we know what’s on the line, we know we might see them come playoff time.” dremerma@syr.edu

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women’s basketball

Sissoko’s offensive game is advancing

By Michael McCleary sports editor

Kadiatou Sissoko stood on the perimeter and eyed the basket.

She jabbed, twitched, faked.

Everything but shoot.

Down low, Maeva D j a l d i -T a b d i muscled with a Miami defender.

The jabs didn’t work as neither SISSOKO defender budged.

Sissoko had a shot — the same one she hit attempt after attempt in practice the day before — but maybe Djaldi-Tabdi had a better one.

Sissoko’s forced pass to the inside, and the ensuing glare from Djaldi-Tabdi in the Orange’s 84-71 loss to Miami in the Carrier Dome on Jan. 23, exposed the rawness in Sissoko’s offensive game. But recent games have also provided a glimpse

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CHA play could help SU save its season

By Danny Emerman

OSHAE BRISSETT scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds in Syracuse’s 65-56 Saturday win over Pittsburgh. Brissett recorded his fifth double-double of the season, as Tyus Battle and Elijah Hughes had off scoring days. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

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ITTSBURGH — Oshae Brissett’s jumper hit the side of the backboard and Pittsburgh pushed up the floor, looking to pounce. “Oh come on,� Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said after Brissett’s ugly miss. The Oakland Zoo, Pitt’s student section, got louder.

The portable bleachers behind the basket rocked. The Orange’s double-digit lead had shrunk to six.

Amid all the chaos of the road sellout, Brissett sought a still moment. At the free-throw line Saturday night, the Zoo chanted “U-S-A!� to Brissett, a native of Canada. He ignored them — he’s dealt with this kind of mockery before — and proceeded to swish his first free throw. He clapped his hands, holding them out in front of him. While making his way back on defense, he blew a kiss and waved his right arm for the whole section to see.

It was an indication that he was comfortable and confident, finishing with 18 points and 12 rebounds in Syracuse’s (16-6, 7-2 Atlantic Coast) 65-56 win over the Panthers. It was his first double-double since Jan. 5 at Notre Dame. Brissett and his teammates agree that he’s capable of a double-double every night. Last offseason, Brissett tweaked his shot looking to make himself a more complete player. But early this season, he hadn’t showed signs of improvement from his breakout freshman year: his finishing was suspect, his outside shot inconsistent. Very little was reminiscent of last March during the NCAA Tournament when he averaged 17.0 points and 9.3

rebounds per game.

Over the past couple of weeks, out popped the Brissett of 11 months ago. At long last, he’s RUNNIN’ DOWN starting to play like the Brissett of the Sweet 16 A DREAM run. Forget his shooting struggles. His recent emergence, particularly in the high-post area, bolsters an SU interior with little presence. His renewal means more than just balance. It means more spacing.

It means he can thrive and an otherwise iffy offense can cobble together more baskets inside the 3-point line. Should the Orange — winners of nine of their last 11 — parlay their recent success into the final weeks of the season, Brissett will be a lead reason. “I feel like I have a quick first step and I can get past guys,�

Brissett said Saturday. “Being in a shooting slump now, my main focus is scoring inside.�

He’s shooting just 39.8 percent from the floor and 28.0 percent from deep this season. Against Pitt, he made 6-of-8 free throws.

More important: He got to the line that many times in the first place. He attempted one 3-point shot on Saturday, an indication that he realizes the deep ball isn’t working at high volumes. Not now, anyway. He was 6-of-9 from the field, because the shots he did take were smart and unforced near the basket. “For a while, I was looking to get fouled and go to the freethrow line,� he said.

In November, at Madison Square Garden, one NBA scout noted Brissett’s projected draft stock had dipped from 33rd to 80th, a likely undrafted prospect. You could see what he was, what he was

MATTHEW GUTIERREZ

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staff writer

Last weekend, Syracuse’s 5-2 loss to Cornell cemented the end to a nonconference slate that saw the Orange go 0-13-1. But this isn’t a new trend. The program has won just two nonconference games in the last three seasons to 33 losses. Against top-10 teams this season, SU has lost all 10 of its contests, too.

We know the players, we know how they play, we know what’s on the line, we know we might see them come playoff time.

Allie Olnowich

su junior defender

The good news for Syracuse is that only one other College Hockey America team, Penn State, has beaten a top-10 team — the six CHA schools went 1-28-5 against ranked teams. The second half of the CHA standings are among the bottomsix in the country in RPI, including

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