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Growing from its train station roots, Armory Sqaure has developed into a bustling hub for residents and restaurants. It also houses more than 3,000 people.

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Librarians across New York state are traveling to Albany on Library Advocacy Day to ask lawmakers to bolster funding for public libraries.

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Police identify 2nd crash victim

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Sports Editor Michael McCleary writes that Syracuse basketball fandom shouldn’t play a role in assessing the I-690 crash involving Jim Boeheim.

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‘Weathered the storm’

By Casey Darnell asst. news editor

The Syracuse Police Department will conclude its investigation of the fatal crash involving Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim next week, SPD Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said Tuesday in a statement.

Boeheim fatally struck Jorge Jimenez, 51, along Interstate 690 last Wednesday night. Jimenez died of his injuries and was transported to Upstate University Hospital.

A second man, Osvaldo RiveraOlivo, 49, was also struck by Boeheim’s vehicle but only suffered minor injuries, Malinowksi said.

Malinowski said SPD’s Traffic Section is reconstructing the scene of the crash to determine what caused it. The investigation should be completed by next week and sent to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office for review, he said.

Jimenez was a passenger in a car that crashed into a guardrail on the see crash page 4

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A. Dewitt Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Services will hold Jorge Jimenez’s funeral on Thursday for free, a decision made out of respect to both Jimenez and Jim Boeheim’s family, owner Jan Maloff said in an interview Tuesday.

Jimenez, 51, died after being struck by head coach Boeheim along Interstate 690 on Wednesday night. Jimenez was later pronounced dead and transported to Upstate University Hospital. “We just believe that we’re a caring community and this is such an unexpected event, that we just wanted to step up and show our kindness to the family and our respect to coach Boeheim,� Maloff said. “This could have happened to anybody in our community.�

Maloff made the decision to see funeral page 4

RYAN MCMAHON addressed poverty, infrastructure and economic development Tuesday in the first “State of the County� address since he took over as Onondaga County’s executive. wasim ahmad staff photographer

Ryan McMahon emphasizes Onondaga County’s fiscal success in “State of the County� speech

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nondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon touted the county’s achievements and discussed the power of collaboration between county and city governments on Tuesday in his “State of the County� address.

City, county and state government officials including Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and former County Executive Joanie Mahoney attended the address at Le Moyne College. McMahon replaced Mahoney after she announced in late September that she would be leaving to join SUNY-ESF as its chief operating officer.

McMahon said in his address that the county is in a strong fiscal position. Onondaga County spent $8 million less than it budgeted for in 2018, McMahon said, adding that sales tax growth exceeded the county’s expectations.

The county ultimately ran a $5.7 million surplus in 2018, which will be put in a county reserve account, McMahon said.

The county’s reserve funds now total $71 million, he said. “This is an important milestone for us, as we have weathered the storm of stagnant growth while at the same time cutting property taxes to an all-time low tax rate of $5.04 per thousand,� McMahon said. “Not many governments can say they have cut property taxes for at least eight straight years.�

McMahon praised the Syracuse and Onondaga County governments’ collaborative approach over the recent sales tax sharing see speech page 4

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LAWRENCE K. JACKSON, anchor of NBC’s “Stay Tuned,� and a Syracuse University alumnus, on Tuesday described his journey from being an undeclared freshman at SU to a successful broadcast journalist. aaron kassman staff photographer

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Journalist Lawrence K. Jackson detailed his career since graduating from Syracuse University during a lecture in Watson Theater on Tuesday night.

Jackson, also a host, producer and public speaker, graduated from the broadcast journalism program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2013. He currently anchors NBC’s digital news show “Stay Tuned,� which draws more than 30 million monthly viewers, according to Jackson’s website.

Over the course of his career, Jackson has interviewed many notable figures, including Usher,

Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump.

Those interviews have appeared across media platforms such as ESPN and ABC. Jackson’s talk was the third in the Sankofa Alumni lecture series, which the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of Multicultural Advancement began as part of SU’s Black History Month Celebration, according to SU News. These lectures were created to invite SU alumni of African descent to discuss their careers and achievements after graduation, per its website.

Jackson’s described his career since graduating from SU and showed clips of his work at various broadcast companies. He then had a conversation with Abigail Covington, a member of the student

staff at the Office of Multicultural Affairs who moderated the event.

A question and answer session following the discussion allowed audience members to ask Jackson questions via Twitter.

People tell you to be realistic because they don’t want you to push yourself as far as you can go.

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Jackson described his journey from an undeclared SU freshman

who struggled to get accepted into Newhouse to a successful broadcast journalist. He emphasized the importance of perseverance in the face of rejection, describing his college experience as a series of “no’s� that he had to work hard to overcome. “People tell you to be realistic because they don’t want you to think too big, they don’t want you to push yourself as far as you can go,� Jackson said. “They limit what you’re capable of.�

Jackson also highlighted the idea of “visualizing� goals for future. He explained the importance of having a clear idea of the type of career one aspires to have and being relentless in pursuit of that ambition.

He described his internship at see jackson page 4

Librarians to rally for more funding in Albany senior staff writer

Library advocates from around New York state will gather at a rally in Albany on Wednesday to demonstrate over what increased library funding would mean for libraries and the importance of libraries in the neighborhoods they serve.

The New York Library Association will lead the annual rally on Library Advocacy Day in the state capital. Since 2011, the rallies have resulted in more than $11 million in additional library aid, according to the association.

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news to know Here is a round up of the biggest news happening around New York right now. “RED FLAG� BILL New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill Monday that allows a court to temporarily ban someone from buying or possessing a gun if they are seen as a threat to themselves or others. Police officers, family and school personnel can petition a judge to issue the temporary order. The law will take effect in six months. source: syracuse.com

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A Syracuse University student reported being robbed by two men Tuesday night in the 400 block of Van Buren Street near the corner of Almond Street, the Department of Public Safety said in an email.

The 400 block of Van Buren Street is located behind the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex on the SU campus. The student said one of the men displayed what looked like a black handgun and demanded the student’s property, according to DPS. The student handed over their food and money, according to DPS. The two men then fled on foot toward Burt Street and away from campus, DPS said. No injuries were reported.

DPS said the first suspect was described as 18 to 20 years old, 5’6� and wearing dark clothing.

The second suspect was also described as 18 to 20 years, 5’8�, heavier set and wearing all black clothing, DPS said.

The Syracuse Police Department and DPS were on the scene and investigating the incident, according to a DPS email.

“We don’t want to be silent and just accept it when they do cut funding,� said Renate Dunsmore, manager of White Branch Library on Butternut Street in Syracuse. “Libraries matter.�

Dunsmore will leave Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. to go to Albany for the rally. At libraries, she said, children learn to read and love reading.

Immigrants, including Syracuse’s refugee community, learn English at libraries, she said.

Dunsmore said White Branch Library caters to the needs of the refugee community in the area, offering free classes in sign lan-

guage and English.

At libraries in Syracuse, jobseekers polish resumes and search open positions. Free internet mitigates the digital divide in the United States, and libraries are hotbeds for thinking, dreaming, studying and staying safe, away from the elements outside, several librarians interviewed by The Daily Orange said.

Librarians said their spaces provide a place for community members of all backgrounds and abilities to congregate, share ideas and learn from one another. Economic differences can be put aside.

Despite some libraries having to cut circulation of bound books due to budget cuts, librarians said they’ve progressed in the digital age. Most libraries offer digital subscriptions to magazines, newspapers, e-book platforms and computer software, such as Microsoft Suite.

According to a 2016 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, about half of all Americans 16 years and older used a public library in the past year, and twothirds said that closing their local branch would have a “major impact see libraries page 4

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LIMO BAN DROPPED New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) eliminated his proposed statewide ban on stretch limousines in his executive budget. The ban was proposed after a crash in Schoharie, New York on Oct. 6 that killed 20 people. source: new york upstate

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speech agreement, which will give Syracuse about a quarter of the county’s sales tax revenue through 2030. McMahon said the agreement will bolster fiscal responsibility for both governments.

The county executive also pledged to increase minority hiring in Onondaga County. By 2022, McMahon said he wants to see minority communities representing 20 percent of the county’s workforce. He said that goal exceeds minority population data.

To reach the 20 percent goal, McMahon said the county will work to recruit workers from the county’s poorest urban, suburban and rural zip codes. The county will also hire a chief diversity officer to develop best practices to diversify the county workforce and help the government and private sector when needed, he said.

“Our administration will not move backwards on this issue,” McMahon said.

The county executive also detailed plans to partner with Walsh on his Syracuse Surge initiative, which includes investment in technology in the city’s South Side neighborhood.

McMahon said a part of those efforts includes a renovation of Syracuse’s Tech Garden and the AXA Towers Plaza. The renovations should be a “priority project” for the community to help create a “true” convention center district in downtown Syracuse, he said.

McMahon is already working on partnerships with municipalities in Onondaga County to consolidate the county’s wastewater and sewer system, which he said are leaky and need immediate attention. He said that he has already signed memorandums of understanding with officials in several towns to pursue consolidation efforts in 2019.

McMahon said he is working to address veterans’ concerns on the cost of burial in the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Currently, he said the cost of a plot in the

cemetery is $500, with an additional $500 cost for spouses or dependents. McMahon said he would push legislation in the county legislature next month that would make burial in the cemetery free for veterans and their dependents.

“While we will never be able to fully repay the sacrifice and commitment they have made for us, the least we can do is make their final resting place easy and affordable,” McMahon said.

Unlike Mahoney and former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, who openly feuded, McMahon repeatedly praised the partnership between his administration and Walsh’s. McMahon said during the address that he wanted the city and county economic development agencies to move under one roof in the Carnegie Library building in downtown Syracuse.

McMahon said the move would send two messages: “One, the city and county are on the same page. And two, we are open for business.”

maintaining one’s identity on-camera rather than emulating other anchors and forming a fake persona.

“There is something about you inherently that makes you just you,” he said. “And it will be the reason you stand out. I challenge people to be exactly who they feel they are.”

After the lecture, Cedric Bolton, coordinator of student engagement in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said he chose Jackson to speak at the event because he personally knew Jackson from his time at SU and knew that

Jackson would provide a compelling lecture.

He added that he was surprised by the growth Jackson has undergone since graduation.

Jackson concluded his lecture by tying it back to Black History Month, highlighting the idea of being true to one’s personal, racial and ethnic identity in their work and using it to strengthen and individualize their journalism.

“Know who you are and know what you bring to the table,” he said. “You have a voice that no one else can imitate.”

“We have free access to the internet, which not all people can afford,” said Jane Kalkbrenner, manager of Betts Branch Library on South Salina Street. “We have access to technology. We have books for people looking to read for pleasure. We had a kid’s event where they could dig in the sand. Everybody benefits from a library.”

Among librarians’ fondest memories on the job: helping immigrants and job-seekers get what they need. Recently, a person walked into Betts Branch Library and asked Kalkbrenner

for help finding employment. She guided him to a resource, and he returned days later to tell her he had gotten the job.

Kalkbrenner said a library is where people of varying classes and races can come together under a single roof. For that reason, she and other library advocates are calling for more funding and support.

“I like being able to help people find what it is to make their lives better,” Kalkbrenner said. “There’s a lot of power in that.”

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crash eastbound lane of I-690, Lt. David Brown of the SPD’s Traffic Section said at a Thursday press conference.

Boeheim swerved to avoid the car and struck Jimenez. The second victim, RiveraOlivo, was hit with a mirror of Boeheim’s vehicle, Brown said at the press conference.

Brown previously told The Daily Orange on Monday that SPD hoped to have the crash scene reconstruction finished by the end of this week. Speed does not appear to be a major factor in the crash, Brown said in a Monday email to The D.O. “At this time, it does not appear driver distraction or impairment was a contributing factor for either driver in either crash,” Malinowski said in the Tuesday statement. cdarnell@syr.edu | @caseydarnell_

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jackson “CBS This Morning” and the day he was allowed to sit behind the anchor’s desk for the first time as a key moment in his visualization of his future.

“When I sat at that desk, I was dead serious,” Jackson said. “I was going to be back to this desk, and I was going to have my name on this wall, and it’s going to be ‘CBS News with Lawrence Jackson.’”

Jackson also stressed the importance of from page 3

libraries on their community.”

There are more than 30 branches in the Onondaga County Library System. Not only do they provide books on the shelves, but they offer readings for children and musical events.

Librarians said libraries are essential to a community’s vitality, and that’s why they’re pushing lawmakers in Albany to consider more funding.

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funeral host the funeral in “about one second,” he said. He first heard of the crash from an AOL notification on his iPhone, and later saw the story on ABC News. He said he felt “horrible” that the crash made national news.

“I just felt bad,” Maloff said. “This is something (Boeheim) has to live with for the rest of his life, and if an ordinary person ... were to be involved in such a tragedy, (the) name wouldn’t have been splashed around the country over it.”

Maloff got in contact with the Jimenez family through the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office and Police Chief Kenton Buckner, he said.

Maloff said he has been in contact with the Jimenez family several times this week but hasn’t spoken with the Boeheim family.

The funeral will be held Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maloff said the funeral is open to the public. gkstern@syr.edu | @gabestern326

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treaming services, video games and social media platforms all compete for our attention, and the battle to occupy consumers’ time is becoming more competitive.

But, consumers need to fight back over this battle for our attention. “We all have a finite number DANIEL of free hours STRAUSS per day, and if IT’S JUST young men stop BUSIN ESS watching TV and move to video games, that’s a problem for the TV industry,� Dmitri Williams, an associate professor of communications at the University of Southern California, said in an email.

After sleep, the average American has 17 hours a day to work a job, prepare meals and spend time on digital products like Netflix, Hulu and Fortnite.

Consumers should start thinking more critically about the content they consume with the time that they have. It has become too easy to over-consume content because of the saturated market.

Accessing content has never been easier, which makes the decision of what to engage with more difficult.

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of the options.

And those options are still multiplying.

Williams said games such as Fortnite have begun to pull people away from watching TV shows because their friends are playing, and these games are keeping people off streaming sites like Netflix for longer periods of time.

In early February, another free-to-play Battle Royale game exploded onto the scene: Apex Legends. Created by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment, the game gathered 25 million users in just one week. Comparatively, it took Fortnite four months to hit 45 million users, according to The Verge.

During the streaming giant’s most recent earnings call, Netflix said it considers the free-to-play Battle Royale game Fortnite a

greater competitor than Hulu or HBO. As of September 2018, Polygon reported that Fortnite has 78.3 million monthly players.

As of January 2019, Netflix has more than 139 million subscribers, according to CNN. Companies are producing too much content, and it’s because of the race for our attention. According to Variety, Netflix tried to put out 700 original TV shows in 2018.

Consumers should think carefully about how they choose to spend their time. Take back control from streaming companies and video games. Your time is valuable, spend it wisely.

Daniel Strauss is a senior finance major and public communications minor. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at dstrauss@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @_danielstrauss.

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am writing in response to The Daily Orange article titled, “Startups partner with Syracuse to tackle city issues,� by Gillian Follett. I need to applaud the city’s initiative in moving forward with creative companies that are innovative and not along its history of nepotism. Even more exciting, Zivics is a local company beginning in Syracuse. The article states they are utilizing technology to address specific challenges in Syracuse.

I support the need for new construction and renovations in the city, as well as increasing funds access to lower income city residents, decreasing the rate of violence and increasing community engagement.

I have worked in Syracuse for nearly a decade and have participated in many community events, but have often wondered where the sense of community is. To me, this city has been divided despite its efforts to connect and many inner-city groups’ focuses.

Unfortunately, I think that this discourages people from becoming — or remaining — engaged. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that the city is choosing to help its citizens move forward and together through innovative community initiatives to support them. I look forward to see how this will aid with our community connectedness.

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Outing Club to host film festival

Since its original development in the 1980s, Armory Square continues to evolve

By Kelsey Thompson asst. feature editor

For some students at Syracuse University, sub-freezing winter temperatures and high speed winds are best avoided by staying indoors.

But for SU and SUNY-ESF students in the Syracuse University Outing Club, those howling winds signify the call of the wild.

This Friday, SUOC will partner with No Man’s Land Film Festival for its second year, featuring film screenings and panel discussions with local recreationists, along with a bake sale and prize giveaways. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics Grant Auditorium.

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oday, Armory Square is home to 33 restaurants and about 3,800 residents.

But that hasn’t always been the case.

When George Curry and Robert Doucette first proposed the idea of developing Armory Square in the early 1980s, they got a lot of confused looks. “Did we have people ask us what the hell are we doing?� Curry said. “The answer is yes, (they said) you’re nuts!�

Curry, a landscape architect and distinguished teaching professor emeritus at SUNYESF, along with Doucette, co-founder of Paramount Realty and president of Armory Development & Management, first came up with the idea while out to dinner one night, Curry said.

Both shared an interest in urban development and design and had the idea of creating an all-inclusive place to live, eat, shop and work — a 24-hour experience, Curry said,

which was uncommon for smaller cities at the time. Curry and Doucette started by buying and renovating the Labor Temple Building at 309 S. Franklin St., with the help of the architectural firm Crawford & Stearns. Since 1985, the first floor has been home to the restaurant Pastabilities, while apartments occupy the building’s upper levels. “It had really nothing, I think, to do with investment in terms of money, it had to do with an investment in an idea,� Curry said. “The idea was to basically to show people that there was the possibility and there was a desire on some people’s part to live in the downtown.�

Before becoming Armory Square, the area was known as Walton’s Track, said Robert Searing, curator of history at the Onondaga Historical Association. Searing said the Syracuse section of the Erie Canal opened in 1821, which brought commerce to the city, and the area officially became the City of Syracuse in 1848.

Armory Square gets its name from the armory first built in the 1850s, which housed

National Guard units and a cavalry unit. The cavalry unit practiced at the armory right up until around World War I, and Searing said old stables can still be seen on one side of the building. Since 1992, the armory has been home to the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology.

In addition to activity from both the armory and Erie Canal, the railroad also brought business to Syracuse. Armory Square was previously a train station, with many of the old buildings once used as factories and warehouses that merchants could easily get their goods to railroad depots, Searing said. One of the oldest buildings left standing in Armory Square today — including those that hold Kitty Hoyne’s Irish Pub and Empire Brewing Company — were built in the 1860s or soon afterward.

With the decline of the railroad around the 1930s, though, Searing said many factories and businesses closed, and warehouses were left vacant and abandoned. see armory

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Riot Ten, Crankdat to play Westcott Theater

By Joey Pagano

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DJ Riot Ten has only one message for concertgoers: “My sets are not for the faint of heart.�

Ahead of his trip to The Westcott Theater on Friday night for his concert with Crankdat, Riot Ten said he’s visiting fans throughout the United States and Canada to expand his fanbase that’s predominantly overseas. Crankdat’s manager, Dave Rishty, said his group

has the same opportunistic mindset coming in.

Wes Johnson, the marketing director for Creative Concerts, said audience members should bring the energy, because the hope is to create an electrifying atmosphere. “They should expect a party,�

Johnson said, in an email. “Crankdat and Riot Ten are headlining multiple music festivals throughout the US (and) they’ll get to see some of the Syracuse locals who are devoted to our music scene.�

The event, sponsored by Creative Concerts, is part of a winter tour for both artists. Riot Ten is recognized worldwide — he’s toured nearly every continent and is associated with some of the most well-known names in dance music, including DJ Snake and The Chainsmokers. Crankdat has gained popularity by creating remixes of songs by Drake and Travis Scott, among others.

Riot Ten is no stranger to Syracuse. In his 2018 Hype or Die

world tour, he visited the city and said he fell in love, adding, “it’s time for a return.�

For Crankdat, The Westcott Theater performance will be his first visit to the city. “We really wanted to hit some towns that neither of us had been to,� Rishty said in an email. “And since neither of us have been to Syracuse, it felt right to tackle it together for the first time.�

Rishty added the duo aims to see riot

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No Man’s Land helps break the cycle, inspiring women to get outside and participate in these truly awesome, lifechanging experiences. :%2Ï )2%= suoc president

No Man’s Land Film Festival is an all-woman adventure film festival based out of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Beyond a shared love of nature and outdoor activities, the festival aims to foster interest and change “through a uniquely female lens.�

Given the outdoor industry’s oftenhypermasculine views of athleticism and outdoor recreation, the goal of the project, launched in January 2013, is to leave definitions of femininity and womanhood undefined and open to personal interpretation.

Megan Gorss, a junior natural resources management major at ESF, has served as the vice president of SUOC for the past two years. One of her main roles as vice president of the organization includes planning club events. It was by chance that she stumbled across No Man’s Land Film Festival last year while listening to one of her favorite podcasts, “She Explores.�

The growth of the festival within the last year alone, Gorss said, is apparent through the options of films offered at this year’s event. “They have so many more submissions of films, and so much more variety in them. It’s pretty neat,� she said.

Evan Genay, the president of SUOC, said the club’s collaboration with No Man’s Land is an opportunity to diversify the kinds of films club members are exposed to.. “As a man, I have had a lot of opportunities to recreate outside,�

Genay said in an email. “No Man’s Land helps break the cycle, inspiring women to get outside and participate in these truly awesome, see festival page 8

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During the late 1970s, an artist community began to form, Searing added, but otherwise, Armory Square remained mostly empty.

“Much of the rework of downtown is often accompanied by some sort of gentrification,” Curry said. “But that wasn’t a real problem because most of the buildings were empty, so it wasn’t a matter of moving certain populations out of a neighborhood or a certain group of retailers out of a neighborhood.”

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Genay said that in the two years he’s been part of SUOC, the organization has helped to cultivate his passion for the outdoors, along with giving him the “confidence, strength and character” to exceed in other areas of his life.

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riot ten give people an unforgettable experience. He said they “put on a hell of a show start to finish” and they separate themselves from other performers with how they enliven the venue.

Riot Ten, who was in Mexico City for a concert just last week, said that he brings the same amount of energy to every show but remains committed to creating an environment suitable for everybody.

“It’s all about the community and all are welcome,” he said in an email, “whether you like to headbang and break the rail, or you like to chill back and just vibe out to the visuals and music.”

Riot Ten said that if you have never heard of him, you should head over to his Spotify or SoundCloud pages to listen to his music and decide if you like it. But he also added that those platforms don’t give a full idea of the environment at these events.

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Square because of its vacancies. But as the area continued to develop, she saw the potential for the location to have a neighborhood-like feel.

“Other than (one or two apartments), there wasn’t a soul down there,” Korteling said. “The vision was that it just had this charm about it that didn’t exist in the other areas of downtown at the time.”

Korteling and her husband rented an apartment in 1985 and were some of the first people to both live and work in Armory Square, she said. Now, Korteling sees lots of joggers, people walking dogs and even some baby strollers.

“It’s a sign of life that they’re actually living downtown and making their lives down there, and not just commuting,” Korteling said.

The continuing development of Armory Square led Jim Dauphin, owner of the boutique Midnight Sun, to open his store in Armory Square in 2014. The original Midnight Sun is located in Oswego, but Dauphin said he opened a second location in Syracuse because

he wanted to expand his market.

“I love being here,” Dauphin said. “It’s a really fun place. It has such a nice vibe down here and business owners and people are just really nice. It’s like a community down here.”

One thing Dauphin said he would like to see more of in Armory Square, though, is students.

Since the Connective Corridor Project was finished in fall 2015, that development has been a work-in-progress. The project is intended to connect Syracuse University with downtown through bicycle lanes, walkways and a Centro bus route, which includes a stop in Armory Square.

Along with the Connective Corridor and the legalization of ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft across New York in June 2018, Alice Maggiore — the director of communications at the Downtown Committee of Syracuse — said SU’s Nancy Cantor Warehouse’s proximity to Armory Square has also helped to introduce students to the neighborhood.

The Downtown Committee of Syracuse,

which works like a not-for-profit neighborhood business improvement district, began in 1975 and set a precedent for other business improvement districts in New York state, Maggiore said. The revitalization of Armory Square served as a point of reference for other New York towns to follow, Korteling added.

“It’s been a tremendous experience to have been part of the renaissance of a downtown, especially when they do a look-back and look at the side to side photos at the different time periods (to see) what came to life after a stretch of years,” Korteling said.

With the success of the revitalization of Armory Square, Korteling added that she thinks there’s the potential for it to work anywhere.

“It does take a lot of heart and soul with entrepreneurs and those that support small businesses,” she said, “because small business owners are truly a good piece of what brings back life to a city.”

people doing interesting and revolutionary things in adventure sports. It’s a moment of acceptance into a culture, and a conversation, that often goes without invitation.

“I know talking with some of the panelists who spoke last year, multiple people went up to them afterwards basically to thank them for saying things that other people had been thinking, or that they had talked to their friends about,” Gorss said. “People feel this way, but to see it in such a public arena — it’s

really validating.”

This sense of validation, she added, extends beyond just No Man’s Land. The beauty of SUOC, Gorss said, is the camaraderie established within its members and the outdoor community.

“I can say pretty unequivocally that SUOC has changed my life,” she said.

One of her most distinct memories within the organization was when she went caving underground with two of her clubmates. During their trip, she got stuck in a squeeze slot — a

cave opening with narrow horizontal space.

One of her friends, an experienced caver, helped keep her calm and talked her through her heightened anxiety. The other, without hesitation, extended their leg so Gorss could climb over the spot and free herself.

“Knowing how willingly they were to help — if I ask for help, someone will be able and willing to help,” Gorss said. “And that’s been really wonderful.”

of Riot Ten and his tour. His two “Hype or Die” albums thus far have helped him make a name for himself. He has 120,000 followers on SoundCloud, and a remix of one of his songs — “Till We Die” featuring Lit Lords — has been played over 83,000 times in a month and a half.

Knowing that number is only going to increase, Creative Concerts saw this as an opportunity for the Syracuse community to experience two music creators who are on the rise.

“Not everyone has the time and money that goes along with going to big music festivals,” Johnson said. “We try to bring that experience right here to Syracuse.”

The concert being on a Friday night only adds to the excitement, Johnson said, adding that it means a lot to host these performers on the weekend, because they’re often tied up in the major cities on the weekends.

“People from Rochester and Buffalo travel, so there’s always lots of new faces and people from all walks of life come out,” he said. “It’s a sort of culture that most people aren’t aware of, but one that a lot of people end up falling in love with.” gfpagano@syr.edu

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Ï , an acting professor in Syracuse University’s department of drama, is the artistic director of Building Company Theater. The company is currently housed in SALTspace, a performing arts center owned and operated by the Near West Side Initiative. dan lyon asst. photo editor

A human approach SU Drama professor Stephen Cross connects art, science through theater programs

By Haley Robertson

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or acting major Weston Barnwell, performing an original theater work at Upstate Medical University made him see his theatrical training in a new light. The project helped him realized that Broadway isn’t his end goal. “I think there’s power in intimate storytelling, and small venues, and telling stories to people who need the stories told,� he said, “as opposed to a wealthy New York crowd.�

The show, called “Prognosis: Poor,� was developed through improvisation by Building Company Theater last fall and starred Syracuse University drama students. Based on a true story, the show was performed at Upstate Medical University for medical professionals and other community members.

Through experimental theater and educational programing, the Building Company Theater aims to help people understand how that art form can foster dialogue outside of traditional theater settings.

Stephen Cross, artistic director of Building Company Theater and an associate professor of acting at Syracuse University, said he was introduced to concepts of arts in community engagement settings while working with the Irondale Ensemble Project. He later moved back home to Canada, where he started a “sister� Irondale Ensemble in Nova Scotia.

When Cross moved to Syracuse to begin teaching at SU, he said he wanted to continue this kind of creative ensemble work to help develop a kind of theater that’s reflective of the communities it’s being presented in.

Building Company Theater works with local organizations — including Hopeprint, Center for Community Alternatives and Syracuse OASIS — to develop education programs that are based in theater exercises. “It’s not just about going and sitting down in a chair and watching a show,� Cross said. “There is theater that is more participatory, there’s theater that has a much softer, or more flexible, relationship between participants and doers.�

The frameworks for these programs have been developed by Cross and other artists who work with Building Company Theater, including junior theater management major Greg Mytelka. The curriculum for some of the programs is based on teaching practices from Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of the Oppressed� and Viola Spolin’s “Theater Games for the Classroom,� Mytelka said.

Like Barnwell, working with Building Company Theater has also opened Mytelka’s eyes to some concepts not extensively covered in class, such as drama therapy and applied theater, Mytelka said. “It’s really just made me a more mindful and cre-

ative person,� Mytelka said. “I really gained a much deeper appreciation for theater as an art form and for the way you can use theater beyond a physical stage.�

One to three times a month, medical residents at Upstate go to the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex as part of the Education Through Theater Arts program, developed by Cross and Stephen Knohl, a professor of medicine and the residency program director at Upstate.

Through workshops drawn from physical and improvisational theater, ETTA aims to help medical professionals reconnect with the humanities to strengthen relationships with patients. The exercises guide residents through group activities that help participants take time to breathe, listen and be in the moment, Cross said, in order to improve communication.

The motivation to develop ETTA, Knohl said, stems from acknowledging the shortcomings of physicians, who are sometimes seen as poor communicators by dissatisfied patients. “Medicine is both a science and an art. Sometimes I feel we are so focused on the science that we forget the art,� Knohl said in an email. “We can’t heal and we can’t comfort what we don’t understand.�

This past weekend, Sue Henderson-Kendrick, Upstate’s director of graduate medical education, along with Kay Frank, Upstate’s strategic program evaluator in the department of medicine, presented the ETTA model at the Innovations in Medical Education Conference in Los Angeles.

Frank stressed the importance of communication in regard to patient safety. She said this issue inspired her doctoral dissertation topic after experiencing miscommunications with medical staff when her father was struggling with colon cancer.

After conducting patient satisfaction surveys, Frank’s research revealed that ETTA is making a difference at Upstate. Frank and Henderson-Kendrick are continuing to gather data in hopes to bring the program to other residency programs beyond internal medicine. “We’re importing a more humanistic characteristic into this hard science,� Frank said. “It’s changing the way we do medicine.�

Theater, in its varied forms, has the ability to address difficult topics in a way that gives people the opportunity to observe and process the material from a distance, Cross said. “(Theater) is about play. And once you start to play, then you can get some kind of objectivity about things,� he said. hrober03@syr.edu

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north carolina overtime win at Duke. The Tar Heels wanted to play at a fast clip, and the Orange showed they could match that almost basket for basket. They were in the game, right there on the cusp, for 39 minutes and more.

Yet the Orange fell victim to the root of their issues against UNC: rebounding. The Tar Heels won the battle on the boards, 46-25, a margin of 21.

In seven of the teams’ last eight meetings, UNC has smacked SU on the boards. The Tar Heels had more second-chance points than from page 12

boeheim some, even, attaching a fake allegiance to an unnamed victim.

A question addressed to the Onondaga County DA began: “It’s no secret you’re one of the biggest SU fans out there …” I was shocked: I wondered what kind of narrative they were pursuing. Is it: Will this accident affect the way you paint your face Orange on Saturday, DA? Is it: Will you forgive Boeheim and root for the Orange, DA? Is it: Will you forget about the incident and focus on the game, DA? On the phone a day later, Brian Hernandez, Jimenez’s son, didn’t want to feed into the same story he’d seen written over and over again. He knows about the crash. He was told all the details. He wanted someone to ask about his Dad. It’s OK to show support for both of these people. John Violanti, a faculty expert on police stress at the University at Buffalo, said Boeheim, based on a National Comorbidity study, runs just about an eight-to-12 percent risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder — commonly known as PTSD. But it can be triggered by the simplest of reminders. Traumatic stress for Boeheim could appear anytime from immediately after the crash to five months later, Violanti said.

Syracuse in each of their last seven matchups, averaging 17.4 per contest.

The 9 p.m. game opened with a fast Syracuse start. Junior forward Elijah Hughes drilled 5-of-9 3-point attempts, finishing with 15 points. SU tallied 13 first-half assists and turned over the ball only three times. Much like the Duke upset a month ago, the Orange traded baskets with a high-powered, balanced offense. They attacked off the dribble and knocked down shots. Scoring came in multiple ways from multiple sources.

But in the second half, the crowd “ooh’d” at Coby White’s nifty crossovers and deep 3s.

They rose to their feet after an and-one that

stunted Syracuse’s momentum. Next, a White lob to Garrison Brooks — who slammed the ball with two hands — sent the arena into delirium.

On the boards, UNC quietly tacked on chance after chance. They elongated possessions and took time off the clock, swiftly moving the ball along the perimeter and through a rotation of big men near the Carolina blue paint. North Carolina, which Boeheim called “probably the hottest team in the conference,” leads the country in rebounds per game.

It’s won 11 of its last 12. Syracuse opponents, meanwhile, have rebounded nearly a third of its own misses. Therein appeared to be

This also extends to the three others in the car with Jimenez at the time of the crash, who seemingly provided similar help.

Scott Sabella, an assistant professor of counseling in UB’s department of counseling, school and educational psychology, with a background in family coping, said there’s no greater aid than a close support group, one that the Boeheim’s should feel and the family of Jimenez should see with the help of a now-closed GoFundMe campaign that raised nearly $13,000. For Boeheim’s recovery, it requires that he veer off cognitive dissonance or inconsistent thoughts about his own self-image, Sabella said. All the reports and members of the community told him he did everything he could. His next step to healing is to believe they’re true.

“Based upon what we know today,” SPD Chief Kenton Buckner said on Thursday, “we have a tragic accident that resulted in a gentleman’s death that happened to involve a high-profile individual.”

But that tragic accident caused loss, the worst pain that a family can feel, Sabella said.

For the family of Jimenez, acceptance won’t do them any good. They know they did nothing wrong. Now they are simply left with a void.

On the way to the Carrier Dome on Saturday, I was in another Uber, gripped in another conversation about Syracuse.

“I hope (the fans are) respectful to Boeheim,”

my driver said. “I hope they don’t cheer. He’s not that type of person. He doesn’t want that.”

Finally, someone looked beyond basketball.

That’s not what this was about, not ever. After the game, Boeheim was asked how he felt. But he — as he should have — said it didn’t matter.

The moment of silence for Jimenez, before the game, came at the tail-end of thundering cheers as Syracuse introduced Boeheim out of the tunnel. Boeheim offered just his arm and a slight grin at the crowd that had been there to support him, and always has. It became clear what would be the lasting memory of that game, a hero’s welcome for Boeheim, a crowd behind their coach grieving.

“This is never going away,” Boeheim said.

“Tuesday it’s not gonna be any better. It’s not gonna be any better next week. It’s not gonna be any better next month. It’s not gonna be any better next year. But it doesn’t matter how I feel. It matters how the family feels.”

For Boeheim, there was no loss of support, but for the family of Jimenez, the gripping pain will extend to their barbecues, baseball games and fishing trips, attempting to fill a gaping hole. Don’t forget about their side of this tragedy.

Michael McCleary is the sports editor for The Daily Orange where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mmcclear@syr.edu or @MikeJMcCleary.

a mismatch that tilted in UNC’s favor.

Crashing the boards is an art — UNC generally crashed three or four players Tuesday night — and its length and size helps. Players timed their jumps and picked spots they predicted the rebound would go.

Three games remain on the Orange’s regular-season schedule. They showcased at UNC a balanced offense that could score when they needed to. But twice in the past two games, they’ve led a top-five team at halftime. Twice, they’ve started fast. Twice, they haven’t kept pace in the second half, letting a pair of possible top-five upsets fade away. mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

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takeaways Brissett missed the free throw on an and1. Time and again, in key moments, UNC consistently made its free throws while SU could not. Brissett missed all five of his free throws, and Syracuse as a whole shot 13-for-23. North Carolina finished 34-for-37.

Tyus Battle’s takeover not enough

Nearly 25 minutes into the game, Tyus Battle had just six points as North Carolina began to pull away. Syracuse desperately needed its star to takeover. It’s become a trend similar to that of last season: SU needs Battle to lead the team. If he struggles, the Orange fall with him. In a six-minute span, Battle scored 17 points.

He made a fading 3 in the left corner, converted an and-1 3 at the top of the key and had success at the free throw line.

North Carolina kept on scoring, and its offense moved the ball around quickly creating plenty of open shots. Syracuse, meanwhile, relied on Battle, who finished with a team-high 29 points. But one player could not push the Orange over the top, as UNC eventually outlasted SU. csdistur@syr.edu | @charliedisturco

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Gary Gait was known for his finesse. Syracuse’s all-time leading goal scorer dazzled with shots and passes. He became a men’s lacrosse legend. But none of Gait’s success would’ve happened without box lacrosse, he said. The British Columbia native played professional box lacrosse for 17 years, starting at four years old, and has become an expert in the game.

Gait, 51, now incorporates the sport that brought him national championships and professional acclaim as a head coach.

For the second consecutive year in a row with “having fun with practice,” No. 4 Syracuse (4-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) used box lacrosse — a five-on-five, condensed and fast pace version of the sport — in the final weeks of preparation leading up to 2019’s season. It’s helped enforce nonverbal communication, ease pick-and-roll opportunities, work in tight spaces and open up backdoor chances, Gait said. Three weeks into the season, the results have shown with the Orange scoring 12 or more goals in all five of their games.

“Lacrosse is all about creativity, behind the legs, behind the back, and Gary loves that stuff,” redshirt junior Morgan Alexander said.

“Box lacrosse creates it.”

Remnants of the game have slowly trickled into SU’s attack this season. Stuck in a tight space close to the goal against Binghamton, Alexander swung a no-look shot behind her back to score, something that was emphasized to her in box lacrosse, she said.

When Emily Hawryschuk was faceguarded Sunday by Northwestern’s Nell Copeland, she used off-ball screens to create open player-on-goal opportunities for her teammates. And as Hawryschuk

and freshman defender Sarah Cooper ran a give-and-go off a Coastal Carolina turnover, their communication during the play set Cooper up for her first collegiate score.

Slowly, Division I’s men’s and women’s lacrosse has tried to incorporate some box skills into it, Gait said. But with frequent obstruction, shooting space and dangerous play penalties, the crossover is limited. That’s why shooting with creativity is so coveted, Gait said.

With only 20 total practices before last season and the cancelation of fall ball, a focus on the field game became more imperative. But with more time heading into this year and a plethora of offensive talent known for its tricks, Gait set aside time for box again.

Box lacrosse features five attack, who are called “runners,” and five defenders.

Because the field is played in a hockey box under ice with a goalkeeper in hockey pads, the game requires improvisation because of its tight spaces.

Instead of Goldstock keeping her stick next to her helmet, she holds it like a hockey stick — one hand on the stick, another following the ball. With a shorter net, she shifts with her hips. Goldstock gets hit more, but it gives her more repetitions at stopping shots close to the net.

It’s given Goldstock a new approach to goalkeeping, she said. And for her counterparts on the field, it’s made their offense more adaptable. Hawryschuk splits double teams more. Resnick started to play closer to players on the attack. Alexander got tougher near the crease from it. It’s made SU’s offense multidimensional.

“You take what’s good out of the box,” Gait said, “take it to the field when you can, and it can make a perfect team.” kjedelma@syr.edu | @KJEdelman

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Takeaways from SU’s loss to UNC

By Charlie DiSturco senior staff writer

JIM BOEHEIM attended Saturday’s home game between Syracuse and Duke. The matchup took place less than 72 hours after Boeheim struck and killed a man on Interstate 690. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

Leave SU fandom out of Interstate 690 tragedy

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riday, I was riding an Uber back to my apartment after having dinner with my family. My driver and I started to discuss Syracuse. Syracuse basketball, that is. But in this city, if you mention something about a game between the Orange and the Duke Blue Devils, no one asks you to clarify what sport you’re talking about.

In this unfortunate case, our conversation was obliged to shift.

Two days earlier, late at night on Wednesday, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man, Jorge Jimenez, on Interstate 690. It’s an event Boeheim has said will stay with him forever. It won’t get easier, he said, no matter how much time passes.

My driver started to complain. He mentioned he heard Jimenez’s family spoke out that day about Boeheim’s decision to coach. Well, what was he supposed to do? The driver asked, as if he knew the answer before doubling back. “Well, I guess if I killed someone, I wouldn’t go to work a few days,� he concluded.

Boeheim described the pain as “unimaginable.� Of course it is. Someone lost their father, their friend, their neighbor, and another is left with the fact that he might have ripped all of

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that away. From the moment after impact Wednesday, Boeheim seemed to do all the right things, according to the Syracuse Police Department.

After the Duke game, he made the proper remarks. People let him know that, as they always will.

This is never going away ‌ But it doesn’t matter how I feel.

It matters how the family feels.

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But as the story developed, it revealed harsh realities about what happens when one side of an accident contains “the most beloved person in central New York,� as Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick referred to

Boeheim. Perpetrated by some shoddy reporting and a sometimes uneven fan culture, the online coverage of this incident from both the media and the viewing public almost squashed the victim’s side of the narrative.

We should not blame Boeheim: This was an unfortunate tragedy, and he should be commended for everything he’s done in response.

We should understand he and his family’s pain.

But we must not forget that someone lost their life, someone lost their friend, someone lost their Dad. When assessing the I-690 tragedy, out of respect for the Boeheim and Jimenez families, leave Syracuse basketball fandom out of it.

As the news broke Thursday, “Boeheim� made its way into every headline, including those of The Daily Orange’s. It always will. That is not an exploitation of his status as much as it is an acknowledgement of his figure. But at the SPD press conference on Thursday, the 43-year Hall of Fame basketball coach’s eminence seemed to overshadow the details of the crash.

Question after question came, which echoed the bevy of tweets that came out in support of Boeheim, and

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A loose ball found its way to Coby White, alone by half court. He scooped the ball and ran into open space, rising up for a dunk. Just seconds before, he nailed a 3 from the right wing to give North Carolina a six-point lead over Syracuse. His breakaway dunk off a turnover was the dagger in the No. 5 Tar Heels’ (23-5, 13-2 Atlantic Coast) 93-85 win over the Orange (18-10, 9-6) on Tuesday night inside the Dean Smith Center. In a game where Syracuse constantly remained in striking distance, even leading by three at halftime, White was the stability UNC needed on offense, adding a careerhigh 34 points in the win. UNC has now won 11 of its last 12 and continue to be the hottest team in the ACC. Here are three reactions from Syracuse’s loss.

The Coby White show

Throughout the entire game, there was one player in complete control. It didn’t matter where it came from: the free throw line, beyond the arc, inside the paint. Freshman Coby White was finishing and with ease. After adding 15 points in the first half, White opened the second frame with a pair of 3s. He finished an and-1 inside the paint a minute later. The North Carolina offense revolved around White. He was either running the point or using off-ball cuts to open up 3s on the wing. The result was a 34-point showing from the freshman, who finished shooting 64.3 percent from the field, 54.5 percent from 3 and a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

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Number of points Tyus Battle had 25 minutes into the game on Tuesday

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Free throw problems

men’s basketball

Syracuse can’t hold on against North Carolina

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In his final year at Kansas, Roy Williams’ squad fell to Syracuse at the 2003 NCAA National Championship.

When Williams met SU head coach Jim Boeheim for a handshake and hug at center court, Boeheim told him: “You’ll be back someday.�

He came back and won — delivering three national titles at UNC, five Final Fours and earned himself a Hall of Fame induction. He’s had enormous success, and his teams have dominated Syracuse since the Orange joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013-14. Williams and UNC have beaten Syracuse again and again and again.

And again.

The Tar Heels’ (23-5, 13-2 Atlantic Coast) 93-85 win on Tuesday night against Syracuse (18-10, 9-6) at the packed Dean E. Smith Center was no different from many of their others. They extended their winning streak over SU to eightstraight games, bullying SU on the boards and dictating a scoring pace that couldn’t be matched. Few coaches have had Syracuse’s num-

ber like Williams. He’s 8-2 against the Orange with UNC. The latest punch: an eight-point victory in late-February this season, when Syracuse came into a loud building looking for its fourth Top-25 win of the season against a team that had won 10 of its last 11. The Orange put on their best offensive show since their 95-91 see north

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While Syracuse jumped out to a hot start, leading the majority of the first half on the back of its shooting — 52.9 percent from the field and 47.1 percent from 3 — North Carolina remained in striking distance.

The reason? Free throws. The Tar Heels went 19-of-21 from the charity stripe in the first half. That success continued in the second half, while the Orange were unable to answer. Nearly halfway through the second frame, Elijah Hughes had a chance to tie the game at 65, shooting two at the line. Instead, both his free throws clanked off the rim. With SU down three and under eight minutes left, Oshae see takeaways page 10