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Dean Lorraine Branham, 1952-2019 Community remembers Newhouse dean as innovative, strong By Casey Darnell, Jordan Muller, Kennedy Rose and Gabe Stern the daily orange
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LORRAINE BRANHAM, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, died Tuesday. A vigil for Branham will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel. colin davy staff photographer
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
orraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, died Tuesday following a battle with cancer. Friends and colleagues of Branham said they remember her innovation as a leader, her sense of fun and her nononsense attitude. “She was someone who was like steel on the inside and cotton candy on the outside,” said Johanna Keller, an associate professor in the news, magazine and digital journalism department. Branham stood out as a candidate for dean in 2009. The search committee interviewed about a dozen candidates when Branham visited Newhouse, Keller said. She said the search committee felt like Branham was starting to lead them even during the interview. As soon as Branham left the room, Keller told the search committee they had
STUDENT ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS 2019
RYAN GOLDEN
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VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
KAILEE VICK
By Andrew Crane
By Andrew Crane
yan Golden sat inside the Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina and looked around, astonished. It was 2008, and the Coliseum was packed as then-Sen. Barack Obama led one of his rallies during his presidential campaign. Obama discussed income inequality, health care and how people shouldn’t be treated differently because of face-value differences. Give voices to minorities, don’t bury them. Promote change, don’t stall with the status quo. It’s a similar tactic Golden, a sophomore, said he brings to his campaign for Student Association president 11 years later. Golden and his running mate Kailee Vick seek to bring about change through activism. Some priorities — a Department of Public Safety review, limiting textbook costs and increasing queer representation — are the same issues
ailee Vick’s school district superintendent pointed out every place she could get shot from. Every angle a bullet would hit her. Just after February break during her senior year of high school in Rochester, Vick wanted to organize a walkout following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It started with a meeting between her school’s administration and other peers, but school officials wanted instead to do a gym assembly. Vick pushed even further. Vick’s mother made orange T-shirts for gun safety awareness. The superintendent was against the protest, though, according to Vick. She wanted to march around the school’s track, so school officials parked a bus there to block it off. Yet every time Vick encountered pushback, she found a way
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SU’s Student Association is sponsoring an internship with Student Legal Services to assist people going through the Student Code of Conduct process. Page 3
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RYAN GOLDEN (LEFT) AND KAILEE VICK, a sophomore and freshman, respectively, are running a campaign based off activism inspired by national politics. molly gibbs photo editor
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Business columnist Santiago Hernandez argues that Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 plan to break up big tech is flawed, but is also a step in the right direction. Page 5
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Syracuse men’s lacrosse crushed rival Hobart on Tuesday, 17-5. The Orange held the Statesmen to zero goals in the second half and went on a 12-0 run. Page 12