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Hendricks Chapel Quilters and Crochet, Knit & Conversation, SU campus organizations, are offering members an opportunity to give back to the local community.

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Five Syracuse restaurants recently received sexual assault response training from Vera House, an organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse.

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No. 16 Syracuse women’s basketball fell to North Carolina State on Wednesday, 77-73, despite Tiana Mangakahia’s 25 points and 10 assists.

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NO CONSENSUS City, county residents are split over what should be done with Interstate 81’s viaduct

By Kennedy Rose news editor

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he future of what to do with Interstate 81 is split along city lines.

Several high-profile Syracuse officials want the community grid, a $1.3 billion option that would knock down the highway’s viaduct that bisects the city, moving traffic to surrounding streets in Syracuse and nearby suburbs. Meanwhile, many county residents and leaders are pushing for a $4.5 billion grid-tunnel hybrid option that would allow high-speed traffic to flow beneath a community grid.

Tensions were high at a DeWitt town hall with Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) Saturday, where hundreds of people heard city and county residents’ arguments on why they wanted a grid, a hybrid tunnel-grid or neither. DeWitt is just east of Syracuse. see i-81 page 4

REP. JOHN KATKO (R-Camillus) hosted a town hall in DeWitt on Saturday with Syracuse and Onondaga County residents to discuss what should be done with Interstate 81’s aging 1.4-mile viaduct, which cuts through the city. Hundreds attended the town hall and addressed Katko. kai nguyen staff photographer

ackerman avenue assault

ackerman avenue assault

SU to hold forum on Syverud voices concern for students Ackerman assault

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

By Jordan Muller

asst. digital editor

Syracuse University will hold a forum on Friday afternoon for students to discuss last weekend’s Ackerman Avenue assault, Dean of Students Robert Hradsky said at a University Senate meeting on Wednesday.

Hradsky, Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado and Interim Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford will attend the forum.

The forum is scheduled for Friday at 4:30 p.m., Hradsky said. The forum will be held in room 001 of the Life Sciences Complex, according to SU’s Student Association.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board early Wednesday morning

published a column online urging SU to “hold an open, public forum for all community members to address off-campus safety and the safety of students of color� following the Ackerman Avenue assault.

Three students were attacked early Saturday morning in what some have called a racially-charged assault. Accounts of the incident by SU’s Department of Public Safety, the Syracuse Police Department, a widely-circulated student statement and accounts from students who were at the party have provided inconsistent or conflicting information about what exactly happened. — Assistant News Editor India Miraglia contributed reporting to this story. jmulle01@syr.edu

Syracuse University officials and faculty members spoke about Saturday’s assault on Ackerman Avenue and gave updates on several university policies and services at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting.

In response to a question about the assault from Senator and political science professor Mark Rupert, Chancellor Kent Syverud said he’s aware of the incident and is concerned for various reasons, including student safety.

Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado at the meeting said that the assault occurred in the Syracuse Police Department’s jurisdiction, but DPS was dispatched anyway. He

said DPS is not involved in the investigation or the collection of evidence, but that SPD has provided some information.

Cameras on Euclid Avenue were reviewed and captured some pictures related to the incident, but the images were not sufficient to identify anyone, Maldonado said. He said the individuals left Euclid Avenue before turning onto Lancaster Avenue and then Redfield Place.

Obi Afriyie, a graduate student and Senator, asked Maldonado why DPS did not release a statement to keep students updated on the assault. Maldonado said DPS has to be sensitive to the fact that the SPD investigation is currently ongoing. “We have to be very careful not to compromise their investigation in any way because a compromise

in the investigation might compromise justice for these students in the future,� Maldonado said.

Keith Alford, SU’s chief diversity officer, said although the investigation is ongoing, more can be done to address and clarify issues surrounding the assault for students, as well as to make students feel safe on and around campus. “We know that we live in a society where hate crime exists, and we see it every day,� Alford said. “We certainly don’t want to see it here.�

Dean of Students Robert Hradsky said there will be a forum for students to discuss the assault on Friday at 4:30 p.m.

During his report at the beginning of the meeting, Sy verud spoke about the university policies surrounding sexual assault see senate page 4

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Off-campus assault The D.O. is continuing to report on the violent Ackerman Avenue assault that occurred Saturday.

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Campus forum SU will host a forum on the assault along Ackerman Avenue for students Friday.

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Veteran services SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families has expanded its veterans services across the U.S. See Monday’s paper

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news to know Here is a round up of the biggest news happening around New York state right now.

NEW STAFFER Christine Elliott, Syracuse’s director of city administration, will leave City Hall by the end of next week. Elliott is moving back to Washington, D.C., where her husband lives and works. Frank Caliva, chief operating officer for CenterState CEO, will join Mayor Ben Walsh’s staff as chief administrative officer. He will oversee the city departments for budget, information technology, finance and assessment. source: syracuse.com

WATER CONTAMINATION Mayor Ben Walsh asked the New York state legislators for $12 million to help prevent algae blooms from contaminating water in Skaneateles Lake. If approved, the funds would allow the city to extend the water intake pipes further into the lake to reach more reliable water.

Skaneateles Lake supplies drinking water to Syracuse and surrounding municipalities.

Queer fashion

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ERIC PRITCHARD, author of “Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy,� spoke at Schine Student Center on Wednesday evening as the Black History Month Commemorative Speaker. Pritchard’s lecture, “Black Supernovas,� focused on black gay fashion designers. He is a professor at the State University of New York University at Buffalo. jessie zhai staff photographer

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Restaurants train to prevent sexual assault

By Annie Benson

contributing writer

Several popular restaurants and bars in Syracuse have participated in a new bystander sexual assault prevention training program launched by Vera House last year.

Restaurants that have already received training are Kitty Hoynes, Funk n’ Waffles, Pastabilities, Blue Tusk and Stoop Kitchen. Vera House, a local organization dedicated to preventing and responding to sexual and domestic abuse, received funding from the state to implement the program in alcohol-serving establishments in Onondaga County.

David Hoyne, owner of Kitty Hoynes in downtown Syracuse, said the restaurant’s hosts, bartenders, servers and bussers have all completed the program. After the training, staff members at Kitty

Hoynes encountered and resolved a late-night incident in which patrons needed to be separated by several bartenders. The training helped them handle the situation, Hoyne said.

Hoyne said his restaurant staff has always looked out for the safety of patrons, and the training from Vera House provided the tools and strategies to intervene in a risky situation, he said. “We want everyone to have a safe and healthy time here while still having fun,� Hoyne said.

Another popular late-night spot, Funk n’ Waffles, received Raise the Bar training. Manager Craig Lewis said the training was a positive experience for his staff.

A total of 4,105 cases of domestic violence were reported in Onondaga County in 2017, according to data from the New York

State Division of Criminal Justice.

Women of color as well as members of the LGBTQ+ community are at a greater risk to sexual and domestic abuse, per the data.

The Center for Diseases Control and Prevention’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that about 26 percent of gay men and 44 percent of lesbian women will be sexually abused, physically abused or stalked in their lifetimes. About 47 percent of transgender people will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

A workgroup of restaurants owners and managers who have participated in the program have remained in communication with Vera House to further develop the training program, Brittany Pryor, Vera House’s healthy environment project coordinator, said.

Pryor said that, as the program develops, Vera House aims to expand training opportunities to more restaurants throughout downtown Syracuse and Onondaga County.

A potential sexual assault can be prevented through recognition and successful intervention, Pryor said.

The first session focuses on identifying sexual assault and recognizing sexually aggressive behavior, Pryor said. Staff members are taught intervention tactics depending on scenarios during the second session, she added.

Pryor said the restaurants currently in the program aim to minimize the number of uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situations in the area. “They truly want the best for their patrons and their community,� she said. ajbenson@syr.edu

on campus

Falk College anounces career advising office

By Jaehun Kim

contributing writer

A new office in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is looking to help students transition into career or graduate programs.

The Falk College Office of Career Services, which opened this month, provides student-focused services that include career coaching, skills training and networking, Falk Dean Diane Lyden Murphy said in an email. “Dedicated career staff will help students network their experience to opportunities where they can accomplish real, meaningful work

in their professional area of interest,� Murphy said.

Falk Career Services is located in the college’s Office of Student Services and is headed by David Sly, associate director of Career Services.

The primary target for the new office will be students at Falk, James Byrne, assistant dean in the Office of Student Services, said. He said the office will fit in with the Student Services Office’s goal of helping students adjust to life at Syracuse University and then proceed into a career.

The office will also give support to Falk alumni throughout the course of their careers, Sly said. He said the office will work to connect alumni to

current students. “I hope that the interactions that current students have with the career services staff and with alumni will help ensure their awareness that these services exist for them,�

Sly said in an email.

He said he hopes that working with alumni will inspire them to stay connected with current students and mentor future Falk students.

Sly will identify projects and priorities for the office to work on and assist with the office budget in his new role, he said.

Falk Career Services hosted two events this month — an opportunity fair on Feb. 1 and a networking

mixer last Friday — to introduce students to the services, Sly said.

The office is also planning to host workshops on job and internship applications, as well as building a professional profile online, Sly said in an email. “I hope the long-term outcome of having a Career Services Office right here in Falk is helping to foster a better sense of community,� he said. “A better feeling for Falk students that Falk College is really interested not only in how they do while they’re a student here but also in their success after they leave.� jkim238@syr.edu

JAILHOUSE ASSAULT A Buffalo Common Council committee is considering a $300,000 settlement to a man who was assaulted by a cellblock attendant in the Buffalo police lockup.

Shaun Porter was in lockup in May 2016 for a domestic incident when a cellblock attendant shoved him into a metal door and dragged him bleeding and almost unconscious. Video footage showed that two officers watched but did not intervene. source: the buffalo news

POLICE DRONES The Albany Police Department will purchase two drones equipped with infrared cameras at the price of $52,000. The New York state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services awarded the APD a $100,000 for the two drones, but it’s unclear what the remaining funds will be used for. New York State Police, the Albany County Sheriff’s Department and The New York City Police Department all use drones for surveillance. source: the times union

ANONYMOUS CALLER An anonymous caller alerted the Syracuse Police Department to a man with a gun inside the Uptown Market at 2002 E. Fayette St. at about 9 p.m. Monday. Davion Garbutt, 18, left the store, and SPD detectives chased him on foot to an apartment complex, where he was later arrested. Garbutt was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and criminal possession of a firearm. source: syracuse.com

BIKE-SHARING PROGRAM Gotcha Bike, a bike-sharing company, will provide 200 bikes to be located at 35 sites across Syracuse in April. Annual or daily memberships will be available through an app or the company’s website. Syracuse’s Department of Public Works has not yet announced prices. The city of Syracuse is the first municipality in New York state to partner with Gotcha Bike. source: syracuse.com

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i-81

end of its useful life in 2017, according to New York state transportation officials. Politicians have been waiting for answers on the highway’s future for more than a decade, and continue to wait for a state Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which would give more context on current options for I-81’s replacement.

Residents of Onondaga County urged Katko to think about the environmental repercussions on both sides Saturday.

Proponents of the grid said the center of Syracuse has faced pollutants created by the highway and stop-and-go traffic for too long. Multiple people who spoke against the community grid argued that the traffic rerouted to I-481 could increase noise and air pollution in their towns.

Karen Docter, a member of the DeWitt Town Board, said at the forum that she can currently hear the traffic that rumbles on I-481. She said she worries about truck traffic, bad odors and particulate matter pollution that would come with the rerouting of I-81 to I-481, if only a community grid was implemented.

“The city of Syracuse experiences that now,” Katko said in response.

Lillian Abbott-Hook took the microphone after Docter, arguing against Docter’s statements. She said the traffic and odor’s effect on DeWitt’s property values are not worth the decimation of the 15th Ward.

“It’s fine to keep that pollution tumbling around underneath the viaduct as long as it affects the poor people of the 15th Ward,” from page 1

senate and the university’s decision to stay open during winter weather.

He said the Senate’s Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics Committee; the Office of General Counsel and the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion, and Resolution Services will work to improve the procedure for responding to complaints of sexual assault and harassment against fac-

Abbott-Hook said.

I-81’s construction upended the 15th Ward, a historically African-American neighborhood in Syracuse, and led to the segregation of the city on racial and financial lines, experts said in interviews with The Daily Orange.

Abbott-Hook grew up in Syracuse’s Armory Square before its redevelopment, she said, and she would walk underneath the viaduct to get to Syracuse University. She said her parents worried for her safety whenever she walked beneath it.

“I really feel strongly that we need the grid if we want to compete in the 21st century, economically,” Common Councilor Joe Driscoll, of the 5th district, said in an interview. “We see the cities that are thriving and they don’t have highways dividing them right through the middle.”

County officials, though, say the redirection of traffic could be disastrous during rush hour and overburden I-481.

“The true cost of the grid is not what’s being put out there,” said Damian Ulatowski, supervisor of the town of Clay and president of the Onondaga County Supervisor’s Association.

Both the Onondaga County Mayor’s Association and the county Supervisor’s Association endorsed a hybrid tunnel-community grid option in a letter to New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).

But city officials think the plan is ludicrous.

The New York state Department of Transportation kept the tunnel option on the table despite its cost — a massive bill to foot compared to a $1.7 billion viaduct rebuilding alternative or the $1.3 billion grid alternative, according to state data.

“There’s nothing they can say that will convince me (of) rebuilding the viaduct or building a tunnel — it’s an incredible waste of money,” said Councilor At-Large Tim Rudd, in an interview.

Ulatowski said the tunnel-grid option is the best option for central New York, and it would keep traffic moving through the tunnel while the community grid operates on top. He also spoke at the forum Saturday.

Only using the community grid and diverting traffic to the two-lane I-481 would cause delays all the way out to DeWitt, Ulatowski said, and would even increase the amount of particulate matter pollution in the air due to stop-and-go traffic.

“I think we’re worth every penny of what will probably be a 100-year solution to a failing and crumbling interstate in the city of Syracuse,” Ulatowski said.

The New York state DOT has yet to release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which would outline the potential effects of each option on the surrounding city and county. It was initially promised in January, but state officials say there is currently no exact release date.

Driscoll said he fears the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will never be released.

Several community members at the forum expressed the same sentiment.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh formally stated his support of the community grid multiple times since his inauguration, including in a letter he signed and sent to Cuomo. The Common Council, most of whom also signed the letter in support of the grid, could soon formally declare that support, Driscoll said.

Ulatowski said he respects the position the city has taken, but “there’s more signatures of elected officials on our side.”

Some residents argued against the community grid, for reasons such as traffic, construction costs and a possible destruction of wetlands. Several also said the community grid won’t solve issues of poverty.

Sunny Aslam, a doctor at Upstate University Hospital, said he supports the community grid based on social, economic and environmental reasons. He said he wanted Katko to take a position on the issue.

Katko responded, saying he will take a position after the report comes out.

Another man, a resident of Jamesville named Mike, said he believes the viaduct should be rebuilt, but rerouted to a less populated part of the city near Geddes Street and Court Street. He said the community grid and tunnel were both crazy ideas.

Andrea Jacobs, a DeWitt resident who grew up in Syracuse, supported the community grid. She said she will “gladly sacrifice” a few extra minutes in her car to help the people in Syracuse who “suffer the most.” She also questioned Katko on why he did not first have a town hall in the city of Syracuse. Katko has not yet announced the date or location of the Syracuse town hall, but said he would host one.

“I have three kids here in Syracuse. Why wouldn’t we do the very best to create a sustainable and welcoming city that your children would want to live in, than drive through?”

Jacobs said to Katko. “We want our kids to stay.”

ulty. They will also make sure new faculty go through appropriate background checks surrounding sexual assault.

The Agenda Committee asked for draft recommendations to be submitted by the end of the semester, Syverud said.

With regard to the school staying open during severe weather, Syverud said he asked Senior Vice President for Safety Tony Callisto and Chief Communications Officer Dara Royer to determine how to communicate closing decisions in a more timely and

comprehensible way.

Decisions on whether to stay open are made by the university’s Emergency Management Response Team based on weather reports, how much disruption a closing would cause and the condition of the college, Syverud said.

“I believe those decisions were made in accordance with the protocol,” he said.

“I also believe the university fell short in how it implemented the decisions and how it communicated those decisions with our

campus community.”

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alentine’s Day is supposed to be a day to celebrate love, but it has increasingly become an over-commercialized holiday.

Traditionally celebrated on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day is thought to have been named after Saint Valentine — a saint that authorized marriages in Rome when they were illegal.

Today, the holiday is associated with spending money on gifts and unique experiences for loved ones.

The transformation of Valentine’s Day as a consumer holiday is hazardous to American culture because monetizing love can make relationships feel disingenuous and materialistic.

In America, the average amount that a person spends on Valentine’s Day has risen $60 over the last 10 years due to the recent emphasis of buying gifts for all loved ones — not just a significant other — and the rise of anti-Valentine’s Day. This targets single people by marketing products

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NEITHER BLUE NOR RED geared toward fighting loneliness and practicing self-care.

The rise in spending on Valentine’s Day — whether it’s to buy gifts for oneself, a romantic partner or loved ones — is reflective of the belief that spending money is essential to expressing love.

Charles Lindholm, a retired Boston University professor and expert in both American culture and romantic love, believes that commercialization and consumerism can negatively affect relationships.

Lindholm said, “The building of a whole commercial enterprise on top of the experience of falling or being in love certainly demeans the experience.�

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Social pressure can make people feel like they have to have a perfect Valentine’s Day. By scrolling past Instagram pictures of couples on expensive dates with elaborate gifts, individuals can feel inclined to join in to prove to their followers that their Valentine’s Day was better than their friends.

Lindholm also emphasized that mass commercialization can heighten people’s desire for love by making it appear that love can be expressed through money.

Feb. 14 should not be a day for corporations to fill their pockets.

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n the wake of the Theta Tau videos, Syracuse University has implemented the SEM 100 seminar, a course that aims to promote a respectful campus community. The seminar is for first-year students who are required to meet once a week for five weeks to discuss topics related to diversity and inclusion.

While SEM 100 was successful in accomplishing the goals the university outlined and was deemed a success by SU, more should be done to continue the conversation about diversity and inclusion at SU. “To me, teaching about diversity and inclusion is really about being able to understand and incorporate empathy into your life,� said Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. “Really being able to understand that just because you have your perspective, somebody else may see the world differently, in part because they have different News Editor Kennedy Rose Editorial Editor Allison Weis Feature Editor Haley Robertson Sports Editor Michael McCleary Presentation Director Bridget Slomian Photo Editor Molly Gibbs Illustration Editor Sarah Allam Digital Copy Chief Sarah Slavin Digital Editor Maeve Rule Digital Design Director Talia Trackim Video Editor Mackenzie Sammeth Asst. News Editor Casey Darnell Asst. News Editor India Miraglia Asst. News Editor Gabe Stern Asst. Editorial Editor Michael Sessa Asst. Feature Editor Diana Riojas Asst. Feature Editor Kelsey Thompson Asst. Sports Editor Nick Alvarez Asst. Sports Editor KJ Edelman

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The Office of Residence Life on campus is a great example of that.

Resident advisers are required to complete Conversations About Race and Ethnicity as part of diversity and inclusion training. CARE is designed to have participants explore their racial identity, understand the experiences of others and identify social systems of oppression.

Expanding CARE is a tangible thing SU can do to maintain the momentum they have, following Theta Tau, in fostering a more comfortable and inclusive campus community.

This program has an established history of talking about topics such as privilege and racism and what that means for people of different backgrounds.

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SEM 100 was already being planned before the release of the Theta Tau videos last spring, but that controversy accelerated its implementation.

Starting SEM 100, permanently expelling the Theta Tau chapter from campus and suspending students involved in the videos were great first steps by SU. But all of that should only mark the beginning of actions taken by the university. These examples show efforts of good faith, but to really accomplish and make a change in the overall culture at the university, more substantive actions are required.

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Acts of kindness displayed at SU

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Common thread Quilting, crocheting and knitting clubs at Hendricks Chapel weave connections among SU community members

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he first rule of quilting? There are no mistakes. You can fix anything.

At least, that’s what Judith O’Rourke, program coordinator for Hendricks Chapel Quilters, believes.

Hendricks Chapel Quilters is a volunteer group, made up of students, faculty and community members, that creates quilts to donate to organizations like the American Red Cross, Vera House and Crouse Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

For more than 25 years, the quilters have been meeting in the basement of Hendricks Chapel. While the patterns, fabrics and designs of each quilt may have changed, the goal of the group remains the same: helping those in need with handmade art.

Christine Signy, a coordinator for Project Advance and a member of Hendricks Chapel Quilters, thinks it’s the hard work that goes into making a quilt that people appreciate the most. “A group of strangers have put their time and effort into something to make you feel loved and cared for,� Signy said. see hendricks page 8

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Vagina Monologues to run Friday, Saturday

By Brooke Kato

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In Jabberwocky Cafe, an intimate space cozied with plush chairs in Schine Underground, the cast of The Vagina Monologues rehearse for their upcoming performances. Some craft posters with glitter and colored pencils, while others intently watch peers perform each monologue.

The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler in the 1990s, is performed at institutions across the United States every year. At Syracuse University, Students

Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment put on the show each year, with 27 featured roles.

The monologues will be performed at Hendricks Chapel on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., with 90 percent of the proceeds going to the Syracuse Planned Parenthood and the remaining 10 percent to women in prison, detention centers and formerly incarcerated women.

Crystal Letona, a senior who just transitioned out of her role as SASSE’s president, is the director of this year’s production. Before joining SASSE, she said she came to SU

as an “ignorant freshman.� But after she was exposed to the organization at the activities fair her first semester on campus, she said she became more informed and educated. “It’s been such a radical political awakening being in SASSE,� she said. “It’s a space where I can really grow, not just as a feminist, but as a leader, as a person, as a human caring for others.�

Freshman Marie Pascual, graphic designer for the organization, agreed with Letona’s sentiments. Joining SASSE has been a learning experience, she said,

because her family didn’t talk about vaginas openly, but now she feels she can without being judged.

It’s a safe space, added junior television, radio and film major Francesca Ortega. The organization explores topics that aren’t normally discussed and she said that joining SASSE allowed her to get comfortable with the word “vagina.� “Hearing ‘vagina’ from different voices and tones is awesome,�

Ortega said.

The goal of the Vagina Monologues is to normalize women’s

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For many Syracuse University community members, the campus represents a second home. Students and staff walk by the same buildings, with the same people on the same routes to class, and many have their favorite spots to study and eat. Occasionally, a stranger’s action interrupts the everyday routine — and the benefits can be striking. “Kindness is more than this fluffy idea of buying coffee or helping someone out,� said Brooke Jones, vice president of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. “It’s actually a life-changer. When you receive, commit or witness an act of kindness, and when you care about someone, that’s more valuable than any dollar amount you can place on kindness.�

Jones said an act of kindness doesn’t necessarily entail giving money. A “hello� to a stranger or a smile at the store qualify, too.

The idea is for people to “feel seen, heard and cared,� Jones said, regardless if the act is self-care — blocking out more time for sleep or exercise— or a word of encouragement toward someone else.

On Wednesday morning, a couple of SU residence halls encouraged residents to perform an act of kindness before heading out to class. In Booth Hall, Resident Director Kirby Gibson sat in the lobby, with markers and paper hearts laid out on a table so people could write inspirational messages to be posted around the hall later this week. “People need to be able to hear kind things. The smallest act can go a long way for someone,�

Gibson said. “We really thought about ways in which our community itself can help continue to pour kindness out to the rest of the world.�

With Valentine’s Day on Thursday and Random Acts of Kindness Day on Sunday, The Daily Orange asked students, professors and faculty for some of the most memorable acts of kindness they’ve initiated, received or witnessed.

Aileen Gallagher, assistant professor of magazine journalism

Gallagher’s father died on Oct. 5, 2014, when she was on sabbatical. She spent the last month of his life with him away from Syracuse. While gone, she shared the bad news with friends and coworkers. When she returned home, the community she’d built in Syracuse since moving here in 2010 acknowledged her pain. A stack of mail was waiting for her at home. “Each note was a hand reaching into the darkness,� Gallagher said in an email. “People are always so afraid that they’re going to say the wrong thing, but the only wrong thing is silence. Four years later, I see kindness page 8

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hendricks Hendricks Chapel Quilters isn’t just for expert sewers. In fact, many of the members joined the group as beginners. Sheila Milden, a facilities manager for SU’s Campus Planning, Design and Construction, joined the group because they aren’t serious quilters.

“I took a long time to join because I didn’t think I was that good of a quilter,” Milden said.

“They will teach you what you need to know. And if it doesn’t come out right, the person receiving it doesn’t know what it’s supposed to look like.”

For Milden, quilting has become a personal experience. After her mother died, she gathered all the fabric she left behind and made a quilt for her granddaughter, who had never met Milden’s mother.

“That not only meant something to me, but to see her playing on it, it’s kind of nice because you know mom’s watching,” Milden said.

Yet for many of the members, quilting is a way to de-stress from their hectic schedules.

“You concentrate on this and everything else goes away,” O’Rourke said.

For these women, quilting is not just sewing, but a subversive form of artistic expression.

O’Rourke cited times in United States’ history when quilting was an integral part of society.

“Quilts during the Civil War very often were used in the Underground Railroad,” she said.

“Different patterns meant different things. Go this way. This is a safe house. Don’t stop here.”

Quilts have also proved useful in times of tragedy. Signy sent a quilt to Pulse nightclub in Orlando after the June 2016 mass shooting there.

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kindness have written more condolence letters than I would like. And in every note I hope that the recipient is buoyed, as I was, if only for a moment.”

Donald Dutkowsky, professor of economics

A few years ago, Dutkowsky was teaching ECON 203 in a large lecture hall. A woman student who sat in the front row told him that she had to go home to Chicago for a “family issue.” Dutkowsky offered to help, but her visits became more frequent. She was missing longer stretches of class. Then, with the student’s permission, her mother called to say “the family issue” was the student herself, who was dealing with homesickness.

During one class, Dutkowsky said he pulled the student aside and encouraged her to “do whatever she needed to do to go forward with her life, with support and without judgment.”

Years later, she wrote him an email explaining she enrolled at a college near home and had made Dean’s list several times — as an economics major.

“I live for those moments — to help someone through a rough patch and see them make it afterward,” Dutkowsky said.

Kent Syverud, chancellor of SU

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issues, said Simone Girma, a senior and member of SASSE. “I didn’t know there were so many ways to interpret a vagina,” said Girma, laughing.

Senior broadcast and digital journalism major Hannah Rovito — who is performing her monologue for the third year in a row — said the stories of the Vagina Monologues are ones not normally shared in the mainstream media.

Her monologue, “The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy,” tells the story about a sex worker who finds joy in her job. Rovito added that this is different from mainstream portrayals of sex workers.

Danielle Lippman, a senior human development and family science major, shared similar sentiments about her monologue, called “Hair.” Lippman’s monologue is about reclaiming pubic hair and fighting back against that stereotype forced onto women, she said.

For Lippman, a sexual assault survivor, it’s

affected by the Quebec City mosque shooting in January 2017. And The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was used to celebrate the lives of those who have died from AIDS-related diseases and shed light on the epidemic.

“You couldn’t ignore something that covered the Washington Mall,” O’Rourke said.

“You can’t ignore that.”

Crochet, Knit & Conversation is another Hendricks Chapel engagement program that allows students to learn how to crochet and knit items from hats to scarves, while also having deep conversations about school, careers, relationships and their futures.

Syeisha Byrd, director of the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel, started the program four years ago after noticing her students’ peaked interest in knitting. Byrd, who has an open-door policy with her students, saw this as an opportunity for them to decompress, while also giving back to the community.

“It gave me time to teach people to crochet and have deeper conversations about whatever it may be,” Byrd said. “It was just a space for faculty, staff, mainly students to come together and socialize, talk and make things.”

Crochet, Knit & Conversation has donated items to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse, the Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry, Syracuse Rescue Mission and Meals On Wheels. Each organization, Byrd said, is always thankful to receive a handmade item from the group.

“They’re happy to receive something that’s handmade,” Byrd said. “I always hear handmade is so much better than machine made, because people know that love was put into it.” mclark18@syr.edu

said colleagues covered for him cheerfully, and without hesitation.

“This kindness helped all of us enormously,” Syverud said in an email.

Charisse L’Pree, assistant professor of communications

When L’Pree saw a student putting coins in a restroom tampon machine, she noticed that they were struggling. To help, L’Pree offered some supplies from her own stash.

“Given our discussions regarding women’s health and the pink tax, it was an important moment for me,” L’Pree said. “On that note, I might put a sign on my door, ‘Ask me for pads and tampons.’”

George Saunders, New York Times bestselling author, professor of English

In 1981, Saunders graduated with a degree in geophysics from Colorado School of Mines. He arrived at Syracuse in 1986 with $300, having taken no English classes.

He had been admitted to the graduate Creative Writing Program, though, an act on which he often reflects.

“I only had an engineering degree and had more or less let that degree expire and had been bumming around the country,” Saunders recalled, “working in a slaughterhouse at one point, as a roofer, and as a doorman in Beverly Hills — so it was a risk, and a kindness, to let me come to SU.” — Feature Editor Haley Robertson contributed reporting to this story. mguti100@syr.edu

crucial for the Vagina Monologues’ message of empowerment to spread and be heard. That reclamation of self-love and empowerment is what SASSE advocates for, she added.

Letona said that empowerment and “being woke,” though, has become trendy. Participating in organizations such as SASSE and bringing conversation of feminism to the table makes a person a feminist, she said, not only going to marches and protests.

People will go to events such as the Women’s March just to take a picture with their “edgy sign,” Pascual said, but that’s not what’s important. She said the conversation should begin there, at events with other people who are passionate about similar issues, so participants can make collective change.

The Vagina Monologues is an opportunity to discuss feminism, Letona said, and she hopes SASSE can help people be more politically informed.

“It’s important to remember that even though ‘woke’ is cool right now, being conscious and aware is forever,” she said. brookekato@gmail.com

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‘Native Gardens’ play brings love, satire to Syracuse Stage

By Lyle Michael staff writer

Community and human relationships are under the spotlight in Syracuse Stage’s production of “Native Gardens,” running Wednesday to March 3. The contemporary satirical play has earned its place on American Theatre’s Top 10 MostProduced Plays List this season, and will later be presented at Geva Theatre Center (March 26 to April 21) and Portland Center Stage (May 18 to June 16) as part of a three-way co-production.

“My hope is that people will take a moment to ponder what it takes to be a better neighbor,” said Karen Zacarías, award-winning playwright, in an interview for Syracuse Stage’s newsletter, StageView.

Melissa Crespo, the director of “Native Gardens,” first met Zacarías in Washington, D.C. a few years ago, after having been a fan of hers for years prior. When the opportunity to direct the play at Syracuse Stage arose, Crespo did not hesitate.

“It is a wonderfully inclusive comedy and very relatable,” she said.

She was excited to work with the “talented, smart and funny” cast, made up of Monica Rae Summers Gonzalez and Erick González, who plays a young Latinx couple, and Anne-Marie Cusson and Paul DeBoy, who play their white neighbors. The two pairs clash over property and cultural issues in a historic Washington, D.C. neighborhood.

The production also features five actors from the Latinx community in central New York who portray gardeners, and other supporting characters, who remain on the periphery of the action.

Their silent presence, Zacarías said, serves “to make a point about who’s actually changing the landscape and who’s doing the work.”

Crespo’s creative team includes design veterans, Shoko Kambara and Dawn Chiang, along with newcomers such as Lux Haac and Elisheba Ittoop.

“The all-women creative team is amazing,”

ERICK GONZÁLEZ (LEFT) AND MONICA RAE SUMMERS GONZALEZ portray Pablo and Tania Del Valle — a couple in Syracuse Stage’s production of the contemporary satirical comedy “Native Gardens.” courtesy of michael davis

said DeBoy, who portrays Frank Butley for his second appearance at Syracuse Stage, following his 2016 performance in “The Christians.”

“And Melissa (Crespo) is so easy to work with, she has a great handle on things.”

He added that he’s looking forward to the long journey that “Native Gardens” will take the cast on.

“I definitely think the play says a lot about what’s going on now — people putting up walls, casting aspersions, the concept of ‘the other’ and the divisions that exist,” DeBoy said.

Joseph Whelan, director of marketing and communications at Syracuse Stage, said the audience can expect a fun night at the theater and a chance both to step away and analyze the issues currently affecting American society. “‘Native Gardens’ is perfect to make us laugh in this cold winter season,” Whelan said. “It is satirical and deals with borders and boundaries, sexism, perceptions of the Latinx community, class privilege and the assumptions we make in a light-hearted, funny and accessible manner.”

From Syracuse Stage to Geva Theatre Cen-

ter, the excitement for this play is palpable, said Mark Cuddy, artistic director of the flagship Rochester performance space.

The theater had worked with Zacarías previously on “The Book Club Play” and Cuddy is confident that “Native Gardens” will resonate with audiences.

“I was familiar with this play,” Cuddy said, “and believe it fits in perfectly with the new plays that we focus on here which work to unite and strengthen the community.” lymichae@syr.edu

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Syracuse’s bench underperforms down the stretch of loss

By Eric Black

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Tiana Mangakahia crashed to the floor, sliding past the baseline before coming to a stop near the basket stanchion. Gabrielle Cooper and Miranda Drummond rushed to her side, offering to help her up, but Mangakahia waived them off.

She was in the middle of her 38th minute in the game and just picked off a pass before getting fouled to shoot the potential game-tying free throws. They’d have to wait though. She needed a break.

“I was tired,” Mangakahia said. “When the whistle blows, you can take a breath and breathe.”

Poor play by No. 16 Syracuse’s (18-6, 7-4 Atlantic Coast) reserves forced SU head coach Quentin Hillsman to play his starters more minutes, including a season-high 38 by his starting point guard. While Syracuse’s bench produces more than 40 percent of its points this season, the Orange’s bench on Wednesday scored just 18 points on 27 percent shooting in their 77-73 loss to No. 12 North Carolina State (22-2, 9-2).

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wolfpack later, after four missed NC State 3s in-a-row, it pushed inside.

On some possessions, Wolfpack guards held the ball on the wings and waited for the weak-side player to cut, creating multiple looks. Others, NC State beat SU up the floor in transition. Hillsman called out passing lanes and shouted at SU defenders, telling them to drop closer to the rim.

Late in the half, the Orange defense fed off a Raven Fox field goal and drew two turnovers with their press. Tiana Mangakahia ended the half with a 3 off a high-screen and gave SU a 37-35 lead at the break.

let them down against the Wolfpack. In a game in which NC State played just two bench players and neither of them scored a point, SU’s bench rotation failed to make any significant impact on either end of the floor.

In turn, players like Mangakahia and Digna Strautmane played more minutes than usual, and their play suffered down the stretch.

“Missing shots, we’re fouling them in the paint, we missed some layups, missed some free throws down the stretch,” Hillsman said. “...When you play that way, it’s gonna bite you.”

All season long, Syracuse has had consistent strong play from its bench players. After redshirting last season, Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi has been Syracuse’s best post scorer this year and the first big off the bench. Against NC State, her struggles from the field (3-of-9 shooting) limited her playing time to just 15 minutes. Kiara Lewis, a transfer from Ohio State, also failed to find her shot against the Wolfpack. The point guard came into Wednesday’s game averaging 8.1 points, fifth-best on the team, but made just one of her seven shots and none of her three 3-pointers.

Eventually, the struggles and sluggishness

prompted Hillsman to insert Raven Fox into the game to serve as a spark. Fox had played just 76 minutes this season but was inserted to inject life into a Syracuse team that desperately needed it.

“Just (needed) some energy,” Hillsman said. “She came in, she got a really good crash down when they had a dump down...You put your players in the game, put them in position to where they could be successful, and do the best they can do.”

But Fox’s energy did little to aid Syracuse’s offensive deficiency that transpired late in the game. She missed her first two shots before hitting a third, but she was taken out after just two minutes and never reentered the game.

The absence of Kadiatou Sissoko also hurt SU’s bench against the Wolfpack. The France native, who was in of the better stretches of her freshman season, missed Wednesday’s game after her surgically-repaired knee swelled up after Sunday’s game against Boston College.

Against an NC State team that out-rebounded the Orange by 16, Hillsman could’ve used another presence in the paint.

As the second half drew on, Hillsman increas-

ingly lacked options when he looked down his bench. Oftentimes, he glared down the sideline at his players as if he was about to make a substitution, but instead would turn away, back to the court, without making a change.

That forced Mangakahia to take on much of the scoring load herself. She scored 10 of Syracuse’s 16 fourth-quarter points, including a steal and layup that cut SU’s lead to two. But that was the closest the Orange got the rest of the game as the Wolfpack pulled away.

After catching her breath on the ground, Mangakahia missed the first of two free throws that could’ve tied the game. On the following possession, she dribbled past a defender and looked open for a layup but was caught by a NC State defender who blocked her shot.

Her scoring burst, and Syracuse’s chances at its first home victory against a ranked team, were gone.

“When we get a bit more of a rest throughout the game, it helps us in the end,” Mangakahia said. “Coach obviously has trust in us...we just couldn’t get the win.”

While the Carrier Dome crowd stood and clapped, waiting for SU to make its first bucket in the third, Kiara Leslie notched a three from each side of the court, flipping the score. The Orange answered with two 3s of their own. But despite SU’s efficient shooting, NC State’s sustained success inside proved the difference.

“We gotta do a better job of trying to control the paint,” Hillsman said. “... They just kind of overpowered us.”

The Wolfpack took advantage with timely 3s when Syracuse hedged the paint. As the margin widened, Hillsman told his team that NC State was winning with its game plan. He also told Mangakahia to take over.

Mangakahia scored Syracuse’s first five points of the fourth quarter. She assigned her-

self with stopping Leslie, who finished with six 3s. SU pivoted away from the paint on offense, utilizing pick-and-rolls with its star guard.

Mangakahia finished with 25 points in 38 minutes, but couldn’t consistently beat the top scoring defense in the ACC. The Wolfpack inched away with from the line, tallying 17 makes to the Orange’s nine.

Repeatedly, the SU’s fans and bench rose with extended arms, complaining about whistles.

In half-court sets down the stretch, red jerseys drove past white and flicked assists to open forwards, who were then fouled. Two more eventual Leslie free throws iced it.

Two weeks ago, Hillsman stated his team’s initial goal: Be a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament, and therefore, host a first-round

matchup. When the NCAA released a rank of which teams currently held the top-16 slots on Monday, the Orange were left off the list.

Wednesday night’s opportunity against preemptive two-seed North Carolina State opened a four-game home stretch that if SU swept, it would pave the road to a March contest in the Carrier Dome.

After SU’s second loss in its last three home games, Hillsman still didn’t rule out hosting. But he acknowledged Syracuse harmed its chance.

“This was a great opportunity to beat a ranked team on our home court,” Hillsman said. “... We just gotta win games. We understand what the urgency is.”

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that the plays are there and the shots are open. But Wednesday was an entirely different offense than in recent weeks, underperforming against one of the lesser defenses they’ll see the rest of the season.

With signature wins at then-No. 1 Duke and at then-No. 16 Ohio State, Syracuse is on pace to make the NCAA Tournament — despite four nonconference losses. Still, this was a game SU wanted to win badly. Six games remain on the regular-season schedule, including No. 16 Louisville and No. 2 Duke next week, followed

by No. 8 North Carolina and No. 4 Virginia.

The other two games — at Wake Forest and at Clemson — come on the road in early March.

Far from easy wins.

Which made SU’s chance against the unranked Wolfpack all the more significant.

Syracuse had won 10 of 13 games, but the Orange met a once-ranked ACC foe. While NCSU’s defense ranks dead last in the conference, its starting lineup features a trio of guards — C.J. Bryce, Markell Johnson and Braxton Beverly — who each make more than 38 percent of their 3-point attempts. NCSU shot 3-of-12 from deep in the first half and finished the night 5-of-18.

The issue wasn’t NCSU’s offense, which produced 73 points. Wednesday night, it was SU’s offense. Sophomore forward Oshae Brissett, who’d posted threestraight double-doubles, got into foul trouble early. He finished with two points and five rebounds. Sophomore forward Marek Dolezaj added 10 points.

Wednesday night, Syracuse had no answers. The Orange shot 35 percent from the field and 20 percent from deep. The Orange were relegated to a makeshift lineup — 10 players saw the floor in the first half for the first time all season. The new faces didn’t produce, and the mainstays didn’t do much of it either. “Air ball! Air ball!” the NCSU student section yelled after Elijah Hughes bricked a 3-pointer.

After a late Howard air ball 3-pointer — one of several Syracuse forced shots early in the shot clock — the NCSU students again echoed, “Air ball!” while SU retreated back on defense, well aware offensive stagnancy and missed shots had proved costly.

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offense The Orange fell, 73-58. Senior point guard Frank Howard represented the lone bright spot, scoring a season-high 21 points. He was the only SU player to knock down a 3-pointer.

Everybody else combined for 37 points.

Syracuse and NC State play distinct styles, one with a 2-3 zone that likes to go slow, the other an up-tempo, man-to-man unit that likes to run. A lot. When the Orange have controlled tempo and slowed the pace, they’ve positioned themselves to win. Not Wednesday. The pace was slow, favoring the Orange, and they still struggled to score.

Syracuse didn’t generate much offense in the half court, scoring a large chunk of its points off 20 NCSU turnovers.

Junior guard Tyus Battle didn’t shoot until nine minutes into the game and didn’t record a point until the seven-minute mark in the first half. He finished with seven points for a Syracuse team that’s dropped two of its last five.

20 Percentage of shots Syracuse made from the 3 on Wednesday night.

Frank Howard had all five.

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Syracuse hasn’t reached the 70-point mark in any of its last four games, two of which were wins against the conference’s weaker teams (Boston College and Pittsburgh). Ranked teams loom in the coming weeks, and they’ll come on fast with defenses that don’t relent.

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Offense shut down in loss at NC State

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Oshae Brissett’s early foul trouble and Tyus Battle’s struggle to score brought Syracuse to a screeching halt. There was usually nowhere to go, no room to run. It started with a series of early misses, continued with stagnant ball movement and accelerated with contested miss after contested miss.

The Orange was shaken.

The end result left Syracuse with little to show on the scoreboard Wednesday night at PNC Arena. SU (17-8, 8-4 Atlantic Coast) couldn’t crack the North Carolina State (187, 6-6) defense, which entered the game ranked dead last in the conference in points allowed per game.

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men’s lacrosse

Tucker Dordevic out for season

By Michael McCleary sports editor

Syracuse sophomore midfielder Tucker Dordevic has been ruled out for the season, SU head coach John Desko announced Wednesday afternoon.

Dordevic aggravated a foot injury in a practice in the week following the Orange’s scrimDORDEVIC mage against Yale. The injury will require “a procedure,� Desko said, and though rehabilitation will potentially give Dordevic enough time to return toward the end of the 2019 season, Desko expects the now-sophomore to use a medical redshirt season to maintain his three remaining years of eligibility. “We feel it’s a big loss for us,�

Desko said.

Dordevic started all 15 games in the midfield for the Orange as a freshman last season, the most starts by a true freshman offensive player in more than a decade, per SU Athletics.

He recorded 20 total points, including 15 goals and five assists.

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TIANA MANGAKAHIA posted another double-double for Syracuse on Wednesday, scoring 25 points and dishing out 10 assists. It wasn’t enough, as the Orange dropped their second game in the last three contests. corey henry staff photographer

No. 12 NC State controls No. 16 Syracuse, 77-73, in first major test of homestand the arc. Postgame, multiple players said SU let a ‘W’ slip away. Hillsman questioned his rotation. NC State, lacking one starter, established the balanced n Tuesday morning, Quentin Hillsman laid scoring SU has predicated the 2019 season on. out the blueprint to beat North Carolina State. “They kind of played the game at the pace they Behind him, his players wanted to play,� Hillsman said. practiced it. Shooters loft“...Early, I thought we did a solid ed 3-pointers on a side court after job. ... In the second half, we didn’t practice as Hillsman talked about really make shots.� the importance of a high-paced Miranda Drummond kicktempo. Minutes before he walked started the first with an unconout of the tunnel for Wednesday tested 3. The Orange continunight’s contest, Hillman repeated ously fired from deep, attemptthe same message. ing 10 3s in the frame. Syracuse For two quarters, his team played its style — shooting, runexecuted. And for two quarters, ning, pressing — and NC State it faltered. The latter sinking No. initially obliged.

16 Syracuse (18-6, 7-4 Atlantic NC State clanked its deep tries.

Coast) against No. 12 North Percentage of NC State’s points Syracuse’s press forced tipped Carolina State (22-2, 13-2), 77-73, passes and turnovers. After one that came from graduate gaurd in the Carrier Dome. SU pressed giveaway, Emily Engstler drove Kiara Lesile the entire game, shot 37.5 perthe lane, turned and dished it to graphic by anna henderson cent from 3 and scored nearly Drummond for a 3. The visitors digital design editor 20 more points than the best called a timeout, and Hillsman defense in the ACC allows per game (56.5). Yet, the walked onto the court while shaking his fist. pace slowed in the second half and the Wolfpack NC State’s offense continued to pass the ball benefited because of it. in-and-out of the paint, taking contested 3s early in Syracuse has been inconsistent against ranked possessions when its bigs couldn’t get positioning. opponents, pairing terrific showings with abysmal Eventually, the Wolfpack’s shots fell. shooting nights. Wednesday night was different.

In the second quarter, junior guard Aislinn Days after its best offensive performance of the sea- Konig — who entered the game with a 40.0 shooting son (96 points) against Boston College, SU executed percentage from behind the arc — knocked down a its deep ball offense but went 14-of-39 from inside step back over Gabrielle Cooper. A few possessions

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