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Alicia Wood, pastor of University United Methodist Church in Syracuse, promotes acceptance and inclusivity through community service and faith. Page 8
Students with disabilities have trouble finding accessible housing off campus in the University Hill neighborhood, citing older buildings and high rents. Page 3
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A year after a Sweet 16 run, Syracuse men’s basketball could use Oshae Brissett and his offensive potential to perform well in the NCAA Tournament. Page 12
Symbol of solidarity
student association
Golden, Vick announce candidacy By Gabe Stern
asst. news editor
Syracuse University students Ryan Golden and Kailee Vick announced their candidacy for Student Association president and vice president, respectively, in a letter of intent released Tuesday afternoon. Golden, a sophomore policy studies and religion major, currently serves as co-chair of SA’s Academic Affairs Committee and has served in the Assembly. Vick, a freshman international relations major, is the director of relations with the Department of Public Safety for SA. She has worked as a staff writer for The Daily Orange. Golden previously wrote as a columnist for The D.O. In their letter, the two vowed to support and advocate for a review of DPS, which students called for after the assault of three students on Ackerman Avenue. SA has condemned SU for not recognizing that the attack was “racially-motivated” and passed a bill calling for a DPS review. SAADIYA SHEEKH-NUUR ties a white ribbon to a tree outside of Hendricks Chapel as an act of remembrance for the victims of the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. corey henry staff photographer
Nearly 100 SU community members gather to remember Muslims killed in New Zealand shootings
By Natalie Rubio-Licht asst. copy editor
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bout 100 Syracuse University community members surrounded the steps of Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday evening for a vigil to honor the victims of the Christchurch, New Zealand shootings. On Friday, 50 people were shot and killed in two Christchurch mosques by 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant of Australia. The vigil was organized by the Muslim Student Association, the Islamic Chaplaincy and Hendricks Chapel representatives. The purpose of the vigil was to remember the victims and to call attention to
Islamophobia, said sophomore Hamza Hamid, chief strategist for MSA. “We can’t just leave it alone and not talk about it and forget it,” Hamid said. “People from different faiths and different backgrounds are coming to here to show that we stand together.” Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol spoke first. He called the vigil an act of “intentional remembrance” for lives lost in the massacre. Konkol described the shootings as shocking and significant. He said the sadness he and the campus community feels comes from the vulnerability that many students experienced following the event. “We know deep down that such hatred see vigil page 4
university politics
SU government relations team restructured By Kennedy Rose news editor
Syracuse University’s lobbying spending dropped to an all-time low in 2018, but university leaders say that number does not indicate a decline in the university’s government involvement. SU’s lobbying expenditures dropped 96 percent over the last 10 years, from $270,000 in 2008
to $10,000 in 2018, federal records show. The money not spent on lobbying goes into building a team to better reach lawmakers through advocacy, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation Mike Haynie told The Daily Orange. Advocacy allows SU to engage lawmakers before legislation is drafted, while lobbying argues for a position on a specific piece of legislation, Haynie said. The
move away from lobbying toward advocacy marks a shift to a more relationship-driven government approach, he said. “The more advocacy and lobbying we do, the dollars go down,” Haynie said. In 2016, when Haynie was asked by Chancellor Kent Syverud to lead government relations, SU did not have a government relations team and would often outsource lobby-
ing work to outside organizations. SU also had little to no relationship with any government entities, he said. The university had a strained relationship with former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s office, Haynie added, and the university would not contact any federal representatives unless it needed something or if there was an emergency. see lobbying page 4
We want to bring the message that has been echoed by countless campus leaders for the past several years. Ryan Golden and Kailee Vick sa president, vice president candidates
“As President and Vice President, we would rather spend our time taking the message that students have already repeated through the General Body protests, through Recognize Us, and now the Ackerman Assault and advocating at the top of our lungs that students must be heard,” the letter of intent read. THE General Body was a coalition of more than 50 student organizations at SU that organized an 18-day sit-in Crouse-Hinds Hall during the fall 2014 semester. The group called for action on topics ranging from financial transparency to better mental health services and more training on marginalized identities and experiences. Recognize Us was a student coalition that organized protests on campus in spring and fall 2018 following the expulsion of the Theta Tau engineering fraternity. SU expelled Theta Tau for its creation of videos that Chancellor Kent see election page 4