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Experts say that studies and anecdotes cited as evidence that facilitated communication is a valid practice have critical flaws.

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Conservative columnist Kyle O’Connor commends SU alumna Megyn Kelly for holding her own among conservatives on Fox News.

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Elections 2016

Finding balance SA presidential candidate Eric Evangelista lays out initiatives for campaign

ERIC EVANGELISTA is the longest-serving member of the Student Association. Currently the SA recorder, Evangelista has a detail-oriented focus on initiatives, whereas his runningmate, Joyce LaLonde, has a big-picture view of the organization.

liam sheehan asst. photo editor Editor’s Note: With this week being Election Week for the 60th session of the Syracuse University Student Association, The Daily Orange is profiling the three candidates campaigning for president in the order in which they announced their candidacy.

By Alexa Torrens news editor

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hey’ve only known each other for a few months, but Eric Evangelista and Joyce LaLonde know the differences in how they write emails.

“I do very flowery, long emails,” Evangelista said. “‘Thank you so much for your consideration, I really appreciate it, let me know if there’s anything I can do.’”

“I get to the point,” LaLonde said with a laugh.

Evangelista and LaLonde strike a balance in their

new friendship, their new partnership and their campaign for president and vice president, respectively, of Syracuse University’s Student Association. That balance is built on differences, on opposites that, sure enough, seem to attract.

Evangelista, who is currently SA recorder, studies political science, which is more theoretical, LaLonde said, while she studies policy studies, which is more practical. Evangelista speaks quickly, bouncing thoughts off his own ideas. LaLonde speaks slowly, in short sentences. Evangelista is currently the longest-serving member of SA. LaLonde has never been part of SA. While Evangelista, a junior history and political science dual major, said he knows how to navigate the bureaucracy and the red tape of working with the university administration, LaLonde, a junior policy studies and public relations dual major, doesn’t have

that SA experience, which is what he wanted.

“I really specifically sought out someone who didn’t (have SA experience) because I didn’t want people to say we’re entrenched SA bureaucrats or that we’re too institutional,” he said. “Joyce is bringing that outside knowledge and that outside perspective that I think so many people want.”

Evangelista compared LaLonde’s outsider perspective to that of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and said he, with his institutional knowledge, was more like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Phil Porter, a junior history major who has been heavily involved in SA through his time at SU and has worked on two SA campaigns — including that of current SA President Aysha Seedat and Vice President Jane Hong — said he didn’t want to work on another see evangelista page 4

How facilitators control typing in FC without realizing Editor’s note: This article is a supplemental story to an April 11 Daily Orange story, “Double Talk: Syracuse University institute continues to use discredited technique with dangerous effects,” which examines SU’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion’s history of promoting facilitated communication.

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Janyce Boynton was shocked and confused at the results of a double-blind test designed to determine authorship in facilitated communication(FC). The test clearly demonstrated that she, at the time a facilitator, was the

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The number of methodologically-sound studies that prove FC authorship belongs to the user, according to experts

one controlling the words typed through FC, rather than the nonverbal person she practiced with.

The test came not long after Boynton in 1992 facilitated Betsy Wheaton, a 16-year-old girl from Maine, into accusing her parents of sexual abuse. It indicated that those accusations — along with similar accusations that had been

made against other parents and continue to be made through FC — were and are unsubstantial.

Her surprise and confusion boiled down to two questions: How could it be possible that she was controlling communication without realizing it? And how was it possible that unsubstantial sexual abuse

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TATTOO tuesday | jolanis alexandre

Sophomore’s tattoo reflects love of piano

By Leah Meyers staff writer

When Jolanis Alexandre was 6 years old, her mother put her in piano lessons so she would have an extracurricular activity. At first, Alexandre needed her mother’s reminder to practice. But in high school, Alexandre began to really love the instrument and started working at it herself.

This past August, Alexandre, now a sophomore music performance and political science major, got a tattoo to commemorate her love for music and the piano. It’s a heart composed of a treble and bass clef on her left upper rib area.

A treble clef and a bass clef are two of the most important symbols in reading music, and piano is one of the only instruments that uses both.

Once Alexandre started loving piano, she really threw herself into it. From seventh to 12th grade, Alexandre attended Westminster Conservatory in Princeton, New Jersey, a music school where students met every Saturday to prepare for a college music school.

“Essentially, I went to school six times a week,” Alexandre said.

Throughout her life, Alexandre

participated in classical piano competitions. She won first place in the New Jersey Music Teacher Association Competition as well as the Golden Key International Competition, which she won two years in a row. Because of these wins, she was able to perform in Carnegie Hall and at the Lincoln Center.

Although she is a music major, Alexandre does not intend to pursue music as a career after college. She said that she knew she wanted to continue playing piano at a high level, but never wanted it as a career.

After college, she intends to attend law school, which is part of the reason Alexandre wanted a tattoo to represent her love for music.

“It’s something that I want as a reminder as I go through life and that even though I don’t want to have music as a career that it is something that I do love,” Alexandre said.

Alexandre explained that she loves the connection that music brings to different people of different cultures.

Said Alexandre: “I believe music is universal language, and I’m just happy that I can essentially speak it with my piano skills.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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Students cast votes on 1st day About 11.5 percent of student body voted on first day of SA elections

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

AYSHA SEEDAT talks to the Syracuse University Student Association assembly Monday night. She went over a number of initiatives, including an undergraduate research grant program.

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SA assembly members approve fall budget

By Nina Leeds staff writer

The Syracuse University Student Association approved a final budget for the fall 2016 semester at the organization’s weekly meeting in Maxwell Auditorium on Monday night.

In addition to approving a budget for the fall semester, SA members also discussed an undergraduate research program, the ongoing SA elections, an upcoming reusable bag project and the buses that traveled to the sites of the men’s and women’s Final Four tournaments in Houston and Indianapolis, respectively.

SA recently launched applications for an undergraduate research program it is sponsoring. The organization is continuing the effort after the success of last year’s efforts and is nearly

doubling the amount of funding allocated toward the initiative.

Through the program, about 20 students will be chosen and allocated $1,000 each for research.

Applications for the program close on April 20 at 6 p.m.

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The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 59th session and Aysha Seedat is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

SA President Aysha Seedat said SA is pushing for students who are not studying science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) to apply because she said there are not as many other grant opportu-

nities open to non-STEM students.

SA also approved the final budget for the fall 2016 semester, which included the amount allocated for recognized student organizations (RSOs) that appealed to the SA Finance Board for more money to spend on speakers, events and other activities. The budget was approved at about $75,000.

Seedat also said that SA’s potential reusable bag initiative — which would include distributing a reusable bag to every freshman — has received positive feedback from several officials on campus.

Seedat said it looks as if SA will be moving forward with the initiative and that it could be implemented in the fall 2016 semester.

She added that there is a possibility for a student contest to design the bag.

Seedat also said that the buses that traveled to Houston and Indianapolis, the sites of the men’s and women’s Final Fours, respectively, all made it back to campus safely.

This was a different experience than when an SA-sponsored bus broke down and was delayed for hours on the side of Interstate 81 at the end of Thanksgiving break last semester.

Seedat also reported that students, some of whom spent 64 hours on the bus, have been giving her positive feedback on the experience. She added that she is in the process of creating a report for SU Chancellor Kent Syverud about the buses with the hope that, if SU’s men’s or women’s basketball teams make it to the Final Four next year, a similar initiative can be possible. nsleeds@syr.edu

Experts say evidence supporting FC is flawed Editor’s note: This article is a supplemental story to an April 11 Daily Orange story, “Double Talk: Syracuse University institute continues to use discredited technique with dangerous effects,” which examines SU’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion’s history of promoting facilitated communication.

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Christine Ashby firmly believes that, in many cases, facilitated communication (FC) is a valid method to use.

Ashby is the director of Syracuse University’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion, where FC is regularly promoted and practiced. The institute’s website outlines several studies that Ashby and other institute officials point to as evidence that authorship in FC is controlled by

the nonverbal people who use it, not the facilitators.

They use those studies and specific anecdotes to dispute double-blind studies that have strongly indicated that FC authorship belongs to facilitators.

But experts say that the studies cited by institute officials are deeply flawed, and that the anecdotes are unreliable as evidence.

Among the research cited on the institute’s website are a

1996 study, “An investigation of authorship in facilitated communication,” and a 2000 study conducted by German researchers.

The 1996 study was conducted by researchers Donald Cardinal, Darlene Hanson and John Wakeham.

The study consisted of 43 FC users being shown a randomly selected word from a list of 100 words while their facilitator was kept out of the room. The facilitators were shown see evidence page 8

As of 8:25 p.m. on Monday, there had been 1,634 votes — which accounts for 11.5 percent of the student body — casted in the Syracuse University Student Association elections, said Tracey Ford, the chair of SA’s Board of Elections and Membership.

There are three pairs running for president and vice president: Eric Evangelista and Joyce LaLonde, Charlie Mastoloni and Jessica Brosofsky and Andrew Brendel and Tom Duszkiewicz.

In the race for comptroller, Malik Evans, James Franco and Kevin Gonzalez are running. Students can also vote for assembly representatives who will speak on behalf of students in their home college or school.

In total, 24.1 percent of the student body voted in last year’s election. Current SA President Aysha Seedat and Vice President Jane Hong received 1,903 votes, or about 55 percent of the vote.

Students can cast their votes for SA positions on MySlice until Thursday. Also on the ballot are resolutions for two bills: one on the decision process for prospective cabinet members and one on the establishment of a director of diversity affairs within SA. mdburk01@syr.edu

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evangelista campaign. But he decided to work on Evangelista and LaLonde’s because he “honestly and earnestly” believes in their campaign.

“I’ve known them separately since day one of my freshman year, and I cannot think of two people who are better qualified to do this,” Porter said. “… Their strengths, their passions really do work well together. I’ve seen this firsthand for the last two months.”

Another difference between Evangelista and LaLonde — aside from Porter’s descriptions of them as an SA “insider” and “outsider,” respectively — is how they approach their platform, CARE, which stands for “Committed to collaboration, Anti-discriminatory, Ready for reform and Excited for excellence.”

If we can extend library hours to 12 or 1 a.m., on Fridays and Saturdays, that’s progress.

Eric Evangelista candidate for sa president

The collaboration and anti-discrimination platforms reflect LaLonde’s “big picture” approach to leading the student body, Evangelista said, whereas the reform and excellence aspects are more on his end of the spectrum since they involve “smaller, minute details that when changed will make a huge impact on the lives of students on campus.”

Initiatives that have been worked on or passed under Seedat and Hong, such as the bike-share program, the push to increase accessibility at the Carrier Dome — which LaLonde called “non-negotiable”— and the installment of heat lamps at campus bus stops, are all initiatives Evangelista and

(FROM LEFT) ERIC EVANGELISTA AND JOYCE LALONDE, candidates for Student Association president and vice president, respectively, announced their campaign in late February in Maxwell Hall. zach barlow asst. photo editor

LaLonde plan to continue.

“I know a couple of the other candidates have said they don’t want to do that, or that they want to reexamine the initiatives,” Evangelista said.

“We’re examining them now,” LaLonde added. “Proactively.”

Some of those original initiatives, like Evangelista, are more detail-oriented, while others, like LaLonde, are big picture, longterm. These initiatives are largely based on conversations the candidates have had with recognized student organizations (RSOs).

By the end of their term, Evangelista said he and LaLonde would like to have about 50 initiatives of their own.

Evangelista, who once served in SA as director of RSO outreach — a title created for him by former SA President Boris Gresely — said reaching out to students and obtaining data and survey results is something SA has

let “fall to the wayside,” adding that he plans to bring back data collection.

As an intra-university transfer student from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Evangelista wants to install a branch campus of the SU Bookstore at The Warehouse, where many VPA students take classes. He’s in favor of extending library hours, and said he would love to propose 24/7 at Bird Library, adding that he’s cognizant these changes don’t simply happen overnight.

“If we can extend library hours to 12 or 1 a.m., on Fridays and Saturdays, that’s progress,” he said.

Evangelista is also in favor of improving printing capabilities for SU students. In Maxwell and Eggers halls, he said, there are no printers available for use by undergraduate students.

One big picture initiative LaLonde, an

orientation leader with University 100, wants to launch is the expansion of the first-year forum into a lecture and dialogue-based system that would focus on one aspect of campus life each week. For example, one week representatives from the Office of Multicultural Affairs or the Counseling Center may come in to talk about the services those campus hubs offer.

Then, later in the week, students would break into smaller groups to have conversations about issues that pertain to the office, such as diversity or mental health.

On the Counseling Center itself, Evangelista said he and LaLonde, in a reflection of her big picture thinking, want the university to move the Counseling Center closer to campus, in a place that is safer than near Greek Row, and reform it from the inside as well to make it more accessible to students.

One way Evangelista said they can realistically do that is to extend the center’s hours so it does not close when many students are just getting out of classes for the day.

And while Evangelista and LaLonde acknowledge that some of their initiatives may not be able to come to fruition in the year that they will be in office, they stressed the importance of planting seeds for future leaders.

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The number of months since Eric Evangelista began working with the Student Association

“And you know, I get that it’s only student government. I think 20 years from now we hope to have made an impact that’s going to be sustained on this campus and really do something,” Evangelista said. “A lot of people say that, ‘It’s just student government.

What does it matter? Who cares?’ but if we are able to do something that’s 20 years from now really significant, that’s really great.” atorrens@syr.edu

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yracuse native Megyn Kelly deserves more credit at a time when equitable reporting is few and far between.

Before all of the lights turned on and the cameras flashed, the Fox News host earned her B.A. in political science at Syracuse University. Despite now being one of the most prominent women in modern media, Kelly recently told Variety magazine that she is unsure about her future after Fox News’ contract for “The Kelly File” ends in 2017. She explained her hesitancy is rooted in the “brain damage” that comes along with being in the public eye during primetime news.

But the idea of Kelly leaving should be concerning because she is one of the only commentators that challenges traditionally conservative ideas for healthy debate. Her balanced perspective ultimately raises the bar for what comprehensive reporting should be in a television cycle riddled with biased news — an accomplishment that deserves more recognition.

While Fox is generally known to have a conservative bias and viewership, Kelly has stood out among her peers as a true independent with no affiliation to any political party. She has even noted before that her colleagues, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, have been outward with their personal beliefs during shows.

Not only does Kelly add a stern element to primetime television as a woman at the top of a field primarily dominated by men, but she doesn’t pander to conservative guests on her show like Hannity and O’Reilly, making her a fitting candidate for the Fox News “fair and balanced” model of reporting — a goal that is rarely met.

In this way Kelly sets the example that just because someone may be more conservative, it doesn’t mean that they have to

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come down hard in a certain way on every issue. More fair debates about whether or not conservatives are in the right should take place on Fox News. And “The Kelly File” promotes that type of essential moderate environment rather than an unquestioned safe haven for conservative ideas.

Unlike many of her colleagues at Fox News, Megyn rarely lets her own political ideology influence her reporting which is refreshing in today’s vastly polarized political arena.

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“Megyn’s charming personality and hard-hitting journalistic talent is a combination that makes her a force to be reckoned with in the world of television news,” said Julia Porterfield, the founder and editorin-chief of Red Millennial, a conservative commentary site. “Unlike many of her colleagues at Fox News, Megyn rarely lets her own political ideology influence her reporting which is refreshing in today’s vastly polarized political arena.”

But her willingness to call out conservatives has been cause for controversy. Most famously, it is her rivalry with Republican Party frontrunner Donald Trump, who will be visiting the city of Syracuse

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From the perspective of a Trump supporter, it’s impressive that Kelly didn’t give in to Trump’s demands after receiving backlash and even that “The Kelly File” was still popular on a conservative network while critiquing many of Trump’s stances. Though the case could be made that Kelly was too critical of Trump, it shouldn’t be disregarded that she has rightfully discussed his campaign in both positive and negative lights.

Both sides of the argument have merit for conservatives, but that doesn’t take away from her journalism. If anything, Kelly’s name — rarely heard among famous graduates from SU — should inspire those who may pursue careers at popular political outlets such as CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. When SU is brought up in conversation, often times, the same names are tossed around. But the same students that admire the likes of Bob Costas and Marv Albert should follow in Kelly’s approach of not relentlessly hammering home the same rhetoric 24/7 that millennial audiences are tired of.

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SU should re-evaluate communication method It is inexcusable and equal-parts embarrassing for Syracuse University as a research institution to stand behind facilitated communication (FC) despite it being a potentially life-destroying practice that has been empirically debunked.

FC was popularized in the United States by Douglas Biklen — the former dean of SU’s School of Education. Now, faced with 25 years’ worth of evidence discrediting the practice, the university’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion upholds the misguided belief that FC is a valid method of communication for nonverbal people.

The practice, in which a trained “facilitator” supports a “user’s” arm, finger or shoulder to point to letters or type out messages using a keyboard, is dangerously misleading and allows facilitators to have people with disabilities “consent” to sex or even their own death, which can result in instances of rape and murder.

As recently as 2015, SU’s institutional failures were put on national display in the high-profile Anna Stubblefield case — a case experts have said would likely never have happened if not for SU’s practice of FC. The case found Stubblefield guilty of aggravated sexual assault after she followed FC instructions she had learned at SU’s where she had received certification as a facilitator.

For SU to be at the forefront of such a practice is as jarring as it is counterintuitive, considering the university makes outwardly apparent calls to be associated with diversity, inclusion and accessibility and that nonverbal users of FC are primarily individuals with disabilities including autism, brain

damage and cerebral palsy.

The institute’s website outlines several studies officials use as evidence to defend the method. But Jim Todd, an Eastern Michigan psychology professor, referred to the flawed research cited by SU as “some of the most incompetent studies in development disabilities.”

SU prides itself on being a top-tier research institution and should therefore recognize this massive error in judgment as an opportunity to realign itself with substantive findings and re-evaluate the space on this campus for the practice of FC. But for facilitated communication to continue to be institutionally reinforced as a valid practice in a dark and essentially unknown field of study on campus should bring nothing but shame to the university.

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facilitators abuse allegations are so frequently made through FC? It was at first difficult to grasp. But it eventually began to make sense to Boynton, who then quickly abandoned FC. The method was popularized in the United States by Douglas Biklen — the former dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education — and is still practiced at SU’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI).

And then you get overly protective and you have that thought in your head that maybe they’ve been abused.

Janyce Boynton former facilitator

Experts such as Howard Shane, a speech pathologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, say that a facilitator’s ability to control authorship in FC without noticing is because of an “ideomotor effect.” More commonly referred to as Ouija board effect, it occurs when people have motor activity without being consciously aware of it.

Boynton described the process: “When you’re facilitating, you’re so distracted by other things. You’re carrying on conversations, you’re asking and answering questions, you’re trying to look at the person to see if they’re looking at the keyboard,” she said.

“Your brain is so engaged that you lose sight of what’s happening with your

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hand,” Boynton continued. “... It actually goes away rather quickly. And that’s what makes it feel like it’s working because the more you practice it, the more the movements feel really fluid.”

But many still wonder why it is that unsubstantial sexual abuse allegations are made during FC as frequently as they are.

There are several theories, but Boynton believes there are two main reasons.

For one, there is a strong link between children with disabilities and sexual abuse. Children with disabilities are about four times more likely to suffer from abuse, according to a study conducted in 2000 and published in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect.

“So it’s already on your mind,” Boynton said. “I think that’s part of it.”

Adding to that, facilitators believe they have a close, emotional relationship with the people they work with, Boynton said.

That’s in part because during FC training workshops, facilitators are told that the FC users are trusting the facilitators to help them speak out, Boynton said.

“So you get this sense in your head that you’re the only one this person trusts,” Boynton said. “And then you get overly protective and you have that thought in your head that maybe they’ve been abused.”

“It’s a circle,” she added. “I believed the communication was coming from her and then I was reacting as a person, like, ‘Oh my god, this is really happening to her. It must be really serious.’”

Boynton also described that process in her 2012 paper, “Confessions of a Former Facilitator.”

Shane, who co-authored a 1998 study which demonstrated the ideomotor effect in FC, said that Boynton’s paper perfectly “captured it.”

“You’re expected to believe (the person has been abused) and then, bam, the accusa-

tion happens,” he said.

At the time Boynton facilitated Betsy Wheaton into the allegations of abuse, FC had been practiced in the United States for several years. It was hard for her to accept that, for all that time, FC hadn’t been a valid method, even when trained facilitators such as her practiced it.

But it became easier for Boynton to understand when she thought back to the FC workshop, held at the University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, at which she was trained.

The workshop lasted only two days, Boynton said. It was mostly lectures and, when she actually practiced FC, she practiced with others attending the workshop, rather than with a nonverbal person who is supposed to need FC. “Then the instructor goes around and checks everyone off and then we were set free and good to go,” she said. “Not even, ‘You need to follow up with this.’ It was, ‘You’re certified. You can go.’”

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The training she received could be tied indirectly to SU. Leading the workshop was Alan Kurtz, the coordinator of education and autism at the University of Maine Center. In 1990, Kurtz took Biklen’s first graduate course on FC, according to an email sent from Kurtz to Boynton which Boynton shared with The Daily Orange.

Jim Todd, a psychology professor at Eastern Michigan University who has long worked to debunk FC, has also attended FC workshops in an effort to become an expert

on the method.

One training session he attended was led in part by SU institute officials Marilyn Chadwick and Sheree Burke. Todd had similar experiences as Boynton and also said that the workshops “don’t train people to do what they claim that facilitated communication is.”

The conversation stops in your head. And it’s just you.

And you’re like, ‘Holy sh*t, I’m moving this kid’s hand.’

Janyce Boynton former facilitator

“They claim facilitated communication is just backward pressure to prevent the person from being impulsive,” Todd said.

“You avoid any influence and if the person is starting to repeat letters, you prevent them from doing that. They don’t train that.

When people do exactly what FC is supposed to do, those are the parents that claim they couldn’t make it work.”

But it was because of the training she received that Boynton believed in FC. She believed what the trainers were saying and believed it enough to practice it.

All of that was stripped away, she said, when she was tested.

“The conversation stops in your head,” she said. “And it’s just you. And you’re like, ‘Holy sh*t, I’m moving this kid’s hand.’ And it’s not an easy thing to admit that you went through all that time talking to yourself.”

“It was really emotional and at times it’s still emotional,” she added. “You don’t want to hurt people, and I did.” mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

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OR $9.25

WI $7.25 MN $9.00

SD $8.55

ID $7.25

WY $7.25

UT $7.25

CA $10.00

CO $8.31

IL $8.25

KS $7.25

OK $7.25 AZ $8.05

NM $7.50

AK $9.75

GUAM $8.25

This map shows the current minimum wages in effect as of Jan. 1,, in each state in the United States. California and New York state have recently passed bills to increase those states’ minimum wages to $15.

IN $7.25

MO $7.65

AR $8.00

AL $7.25

LA $7.25

VA $7.25

MD $8.25

MA $10.00 RI $9.60 NJ $8.38

D.C. $10.50

NC $7.25

GA $7.25

SC $7.25

FL $8.05

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DE $8.25

WV $8.75

TN $7.25

NH $7.25

CT $9.60

PA $7.25

OH $8.10

KY $7.25

MS $7.25

TX $7.25

HI $8.50

NY $9.00

MI $8.50

IA $7.25

NE $9.00 NV $8.25

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ME VT $7.50 $9.60

ND $7.25

MT $8.05

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The year New York state will start conducting an annual analysis of the economy in each region to determine whether a temporary suspension of the scheduled increases is necessary

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A NEW MINIMUM

Professor discusses impact of minimum wage increase in New York, California

By Caroline Bartholomew staff writer

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s part of New York state’s 2016-17 state budget, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that promises an increase in minimum wage from $9 to $15 per hour in New York City and its surrounding areas by 2021. On April 4, California Gov. Jerry Brown also announced that state will raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022.

To find out what impact raising minimum wage might have, The Daily Orange interviewed Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, a professor of economics who specializes in labor economics. Flores-Lagunes is also a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, which is an international organization that researches the labor market and its related policies.

The Daily Orange: How will the increase in minimum

wage affect California and New York’s economies?

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes: The effects of raising minimum wage is a fairly controversial subject because the most credible studies that have been produced find very different results. In terms of the effects of minimum wage on employment, some of the studies find that there is potentially no effect on employment, which is what most people against minimum wage focus on. Some studies find positive or no effects, and other studies find very small but negative effects on employment. You have those studies being cited by both proponents and people against raising minimum wage.

Something important to keep in mind in the case of California and New York is that the minimum wage increase is going to be phased in over a relatively long period of time so based on that, my assessment is that there is not going to be

any big effect on employment. That is not to say there won’t be people who lose their jobs, but we aren’t talking about effects on every single person who receives minimum wage.

The D.O.: Is this good or bad for the economy in the long run?

going steady New York state’s minimum wage law gradually increases the minimum wage over a number of years. Here’s when New Yorkers will see a $15 minimum wage.

Large businesses (11 or more employees): Dec. 31, 2018

Small businesses (10 employees or fewer): Dec. 31, 2019

Workers in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties: Dec. 31, 2021

Workers in the rest of the state: $12.50 on Dec. 31, 2020. The minimum wage will continue to increase to $15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor. source: gov. andrew cuomo’s office

A.F.L.: Usually, the short-term effect would be larger than

the long-term effect. What that means is probably in the longterm, there might not be any effect at all. Over time, inflation goes up — even though it has been very low inflation in the last few years — over time it goes up a little bit and that eats up some of the gain from the increase in minimum wage. Also,

the economic agent of the workers and the firm adapt over time — they have more time to make adjustments.

The D.O: Could higher wages result in less jobs and more unemployment?

A.F.L.: Nothing dramatic, I don’t think there is going to be any effect, definitely not at the state level but there might be some region that is more affected than others, and usually it will depend on the characteristics of the economic activity in the different regions. Overall, I think that the effects are going to be minimal.

The D.O.: Do you think other states will follow?

A.F.L.: Yes, I think so. You hear President (Barack) Obama talking about raising the minimum wage and he has proposed this probably two or three different times, but Congress has not acted or taken up any discussion about this. With states like California and New York, and perhaps over time other states following suit, my guess is that the federal minimum wage will also have to be adjusted upwards. Probably not at the level of these two states, but adjusted up a little.

The D.O.: Do you think the areas with the increase in minimum wage will see an influx of people trying to get jobs there?

A.F.L.: My sense is that it’s not going to be a big deal because people act not only on things that already happened, but also based on expectation, and I would say that the expectation is that the minimum wage will increase in other states as well and if people realize that — especially since it’s costly to move to New York City, for example — then it will not be worth their move to take advantage of the higher minimum wage if in a few months or a year there will be adjustment upwards where they live. cbarthol@syr.edu

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Asian-American students reflect on discrimination at SU

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

One Asian-American Syracuse University student spoke of a time a classmate was surprised that she could speak English. Another mentioned a time when a fellow student assumed that he wasn’t able to understand an English reading. A third said he’s been asked where “he’s really from” when he’s told people he’s from the United States.

A small group of SU students and faculty gathered Monday evening in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons room for a discussion about microaggressions against Asian- Americans on campus and why they occur. Harjot Kaur, the community development manager for the New York City-based

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evidence the list of 100 possible words before entering the room.

In all, 3,800 trials were conducted across the 43 students, with each being tested 90 times.

Of those 3,800 trials, the correct answer was typed 9.6 percent of the time, which FC advocates see as evidence that the practice works.

But in the same study, a correctly-spelled wrong word was typed more often — slightly more than 11 percent of the time.

“That tells you the facilitators are guessing,” said Jim Todd, a psychology professor at Eastern Michigan University.

In the 2000 German study, translated to “Facilitated Communication for Persons With Severe Communication Problems,” six out of seven student subjects were able to correctly solve multiple choice tasks through FC,

Sikh Coalition, led the discussion, which was co-sponsored by SU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and South Asia Center.

Kaur defined microaggressions as incidents of everyday discrimination. Microaggressions often consist of comments that are unintentionally offensive, said Emera Wilson, the associate director of the South Asia Center, who attended the event.

The issue of microaggressions on college campuses is rooted in bullying during grade school and high school, Kaur said.

She said when bullying against AsianAmericans occurs during those years, it sets the norm and funnels into microaggressions later in life.

Kaur thus said for microaggressions to be more easily prevented, incidents of bullying

must be ended in grade school and high school, where she said it is easier to detect and intervene during such instances.

according to the ICI website. But the same person who came up with the test materials also served as the facilitator, Todd said.

“These are not just methodologically unsound,” Todd said of that study and the rest cited by the institute. “These are some of the most incompetent studies in development disabilities.”

“All of the research that’s been done that supports FC, it’s completely flawed,” added Howard Shane, a speech pathologist at Boston Children’s Hospital who earned his Ph.D. at SU. In addition to the 1996 and 2000 studies, Ashby and other officials also frequently point to specific instances of people using FC before ultimately becoming independent typists.

One such case is that of Jamie Burke, who has used FC since he was 5 and, according to the institute’s website, can now type independently.

“To me the question is, how do people not

see that FC is real?” Ashby said. “How do they discount that?”

Experts discount it by arguing that correlation does not equal causation, and that Burke’s linguistic progression is fairly typical of people with moderate to severe autism.

Shane — who in addition to having a Ph.D. in speech pathology is also the director of the Autism Language Program at Boston Children’s Hospital — said that most of the nonverbal children he works with are ultimately able to achieve independent typing through his program.

“If someone’s going to be a typist, they don’t need somebody to facilitate them,” he said.

But Ashby and other leaders at the institute see it differently, opting to declare quantitative and anecdotal cases similar to Burke’s as evidence of FC effectiveness.

And though they build up studies such as the one conducted by Cardinal, Hanson

If this happens in a school hallway, you can see that ... But if this happens on a college campus, there’s nothing that you can really do.

Harjot Kaur community development manager for the sikh coalition

“If this happens in a school hallway, you can see that,” she said. “You can report it immediately. You can get someone to step in and document it. … But if this happens on a college campus, there’s nothing that you can really do.”

Kaur added that another issue pertaining to microaggressions against AsianAmericans is that they are made against an “entire wide-casted net.” People believe Asian-Americans all have the same religions, values and dialects, Kaur said.

“But there is no single Asian-American experience,” she said.

Monday evening’s discussion was followed by the unveiling of the Anti-Asian Hate Crime Exhibit, located in Bird. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

and Wakeham, they also consistently disregard the roughly 40 empirical studies that have seemed to debunk FC. It’s an approach that can be traced back to the ideology of Douglas Biklen, the former dean of SU’s School of Education and who founded the institute.

Bruce Carter, an associate professor of psychology at SU who specializes in child development, said he knows Biklen well and that the former dean was never an advocate for empirical methods such as experimentation.

“There was this kind of sense that anything that’s qualitative is good and anything that’s quantitative is bad and even a sense that it was evil,” Carter said. “... But of course, people who take that perspective still use microwave ovens and drive cars and do a variety of other things that are the result of empirical research.” mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

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Students create music app SU seniors design music-sharing platform, forum called Darkchart

By Nina Moll contributing writer

The ever-growing world of music can all fit in the palm of a hand, but is scattered across different apps.

In combining two of the most used music sharing apps, Alec Ellin, the co-founder of Darkchart, has been working on a solution.

In a couple of weeks, Ellin, a senior television, radio and film major, will release the music app, but only to a select few people. This exclusive, invite-only launch aims to create a community dedicated to music before it’s available to the rest of the world.

what is darkchart?

Darkchart is a music app created to act as a social media platform for music sharing as well as a forum to discuss music.

Here is a breakdown of the music app:

TUNING IN illustration by devyn passaretti head illustrator

Syracuse-based podcasts address wide variety of topics

By Kathryn Krawczyk, Lizzie Michael and Rachel Gilbert the daily orange

V

ideo may have killed the radio star, but podcasts are bringing the audio-only medium back.

Podcasts are similar to radio shows, but there’s no need to tune in at a certain time. Instead of twisting a dial, listeners swipe to apps like Stitcher and Soundcloud, download a podcast, and listen at any time.

Then came Serial, the mystery-solving NPR show that turned “podcast” into a household word. On Tuesday night, “Serial” co-creator Sarah Koenig will discuss the creation of the iconic podcast as part of Syracuse University’s University Lecture Series.

But creating a podcast doesn’t require a sound-proof studio or NPR airwaves. With just a microphone and an idea, anyone can create a podcast and post it online.

•••

The title of Kelvin Read’s “In the Closet” podcast doesn’t have more than one meaning.

It’s simply a description of where he records his shows.

When Read decided to start a podcast last November, he found that his large closet made for good recording sound. Since then, the senior television, radio and film and finance dual major has turned out 22 episodes of “In the Closet” from his makeshift studio.

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In the closet, no topics are off limits. Read tackles subjects from sports to movies to First Amendment rights.

Read typically gathers topics from friends and people on campus — and frequently

brings those people on the show. For one show, Read had a roundtable discussion based on the Star Wars movie. On another episode, he did a show with his dad, who he described as “an interesting character.”

In one of his favorite shows, Read met up with Roy Gutterman, an associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, to take on a more serious topic. They discussed freedom of speech, especially in the wake of protests at the University of Missouri, in 2015.

“Being on a college campus, it’s a huge place for activism,” Read said. “It was really enlightening and really cool that people listening could gain perspective and learn their rights under the First Amendment.”

Since graduation is quickly approaching, Read said he’s had to slow down on podcast production. But because he’s running his own show, he’s had the freedom to do this.

“It’s not based on viewership like a radio show,” Read said. “It’s a fun, self-motivated medium.” see podcasts page 10

Darkchart’s music features are a combination of Soundcloud and Spotify.

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Users of the app can choose which other individuals to follow in order to tailor recommended music.

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Darkchart allows users to create and share, as well as discuss playlists.

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Ellin explained the concept of Darkchart in three parts. First, it combines Soundcloud and Spotify.

Second, it makes sharing music with friends simple by letting you choose where artist recommendations come from. Third, they make it easy to create, share and talk about playlists.

25,000

The number of subscribers Alec Ellin had on his music blog, thelaidbacklife.com, after a year and a half of existence

The app has been tested inhouse in order to make sure it works correctly and efficiently without any bugs or issues. Once opened to the general public, Darkchart will serve as a social media platform to share and discuss music. see darkchart page 10

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podcasts And after he graduates, Read plans to move to Los Angeles. He’s not sure who will appear on the podcast, but he is sure of one thing: The show will keep going.

••• In 1903, Pope Leo XIII recorded an audio clip of him reciting the Ave Maria. He passed away before the recording was released in 1904, and was never able to hear his recitation broadcast on a public airway.

More than a century later, this audio clip can be heard through the public radio module Sound Beat.

Sound Beat is a daily 90-second radio show that allows listeners to hear archived recordings of everything from vaudeville music, to spoken word poems, to iconic speeches. All recordings come from the Belfer Audio Archive, a division of the Syracuse University libraries.

Each episode focuses on one audio clip ranging in time from 1890 to 1990 and beyond. The show was created and developed

by SU employees, and was launched in 2011.

Jim O’Connor, head writer and producer of Sound Beat, said the goal of the show is to explain each recording’s place in audio history. Sound clips are accompanied by a backstory of the artist, a related story or other bits of information.

The show airs in about 360 different radio markets in North America and reaches approximately 5 million people, O’Connor said. Additionally, each day’s show is posted online as a podcast.

“It’s hard — unless you’re listening to NPR all day long, you might miss our show,” O’Connor said. “We’re using the podcast medium for people who like us on the radio, but can’t catch us because of our format.”

It is important to understand the place in history each audio clip has, O’Connor said.

For instance, the recording of Pope Leo XIII was the first recording many listeners in 1904 had ever heard.

“It’s kind of lost on us now, because we’ve grown up listening to the voices of dead people,” O’Connor said. “But for people at that time, it was staggering. So much so that is was billed and advertised as ‘Science

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darkchart Ellin has been writing a music blog for over six years, thelaidbacklife.com, which he used to share new music with his friends. Over the course of a year and a half, his blog blew up and Ellin had over 25,000 subscribers.

“I was obviously very excited about that and I realized that people actually really want to hear the music I am finding and my thoughts on it,” he said.

Through his blog, Ellin was hired to help out in the A&R (Artists and Repertoire) Department at Sony in the summer of 2014. He finally was able to see just how the music industry works. His job involved scouting the internet in order to find great new music and artists that hadn’t been signed yet.

While he was working there, Ellin created a list with at least 50 new artists that he recognized as hidden gems. He found a huge range of artists in different music genres and after repeatedly showing the artists to his boss, who was a rock and roll fan, he felt disappointed when his artists were overlooked and not signed.

“I kind of got discouraged from this system that they had set up at the label,” Ellin said. “In the meantime, I was still running the blog and seeing how cool it was to be able to get music spread online.”

About a year and a half ago, Ellin along with the other co-founder of Darkchart, Prodan Statev who recently transferred to NYU,

triumphs over death.’”

In this way, Sound Beat allows people to hear history come alive, if only for a minute and a half.

••• Connor Hakan hauls a 50-pound bag of equipment around campus every other week, hunting for somewhere to record and film his podcast. “The Super Gaming Podcast” has been live for nearly a month, and was inspired by podcasts Hakan had listened to throughout high school.

“A lot of the times in high school when I didn’t really have a lot of true friends, the people I was listening to on the podcasts I thought of as friends in some way,” Hakan said. “Even though I didn’t have any direct social interaction with them, listening to their opinions, I would get really excited every week.”

Hakan is the creator and host of “The Super Gaming Podcast” which discusses news and topics in the video game world.

Each one- to two-hour episode is available on Soundcloud and YouTube in both audio and video format.

The gaming podcast has a fairly small following. Hakan said this is because the twohour broadcasts have a very niche audience.

Segments presented on television or radio only scrape the surface of a topic, Hakan said, but podcasts hosts go in-depth on a topic of their expertise. He added that broadcast journalism is more robotic, whereas his creation is more of a random stream of consciousness.

“I think that’s the only way you would be able to listen to something for two hours is if it is real people talking and there’s some real social interaction going on,” Hakan said. “With hard news, there’s not that much real interaction going on.

It’s a transaction.”

The junior broadcast and digital journalism and political science double major said that although his show is just for fun, he may keep producing it forever.

Hakan believes podcasts are more accessible than radio.

“Podcasts will eventually replace radio as the new medium,” Hakan said. “This is the future — radio is dying.” pulp@dailyorange.com

were brainstorming a way to make sharing music much more simple and efficient.

Statev and Ellin met while taking COM 400: “Trendspotting in Digital Media,” and started hanging out because they shared a love for technology and design.

They discussed the idea of Darkchart a lot while Ellin was in the process of building it. Statev told Ellin he would be willing to drop all of his other projects in order to join Darkchart.

Since then, they have worked together to build the app. After they put their own money into Darkchart and formulated all of the different aspects of the app, they have been reaching out to big names in the industry.

They’ve built a “dream team” of advisors, including Ellin’s former boss from Sony who was vice resident of A&R. They also have the support from the former CEO of Virgin Records and another manager in the industry.

“Basically, we are just trying to get a good mix of thoughts throughout the industry to observe what we are doing and give feedback,” Ellin said.

After graduating, Ellin plans on moving back to Los Angeles in order to fully invest his time into Darkchart and expand it to its fullest potential.

“We are trying to build it up before I graduate and start building the hype over the summer,” Ellin said. “Hopefully, it will be full-scale by the end of the summer.” njmoll@syr.edu

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SPRING INTO STYLE

Amp up your spring style with the latest “It” accessories

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Text By Hannah Malach staff writer

Photos By Doris Huang staff photographer

K

eeping up with the latest trends goes way beyond the actual clothing. When picking outfits, we tend to forget about the importance of our accessories.

They can provide a pop of color, they can show off your personality and most importantly, they can turn any basic look into a creative, standout ensemble.

Whether it’s a bag, phone case, belt or pair of earrings, accessories can make or break an outfit. This season, designers have upped their game by creating groundbreaking statement accessories and proving to us that sometimes, it really is all in the details. Here’s how you can channel some of the runway’s most knockout “maximalist” accessory trends for spring and summer 2016.

1. BEJEWLED

Embellishments of all shapes and sizes were quite popular in Milan, whether it was shiny sequins at Gucci or metal accoutrements at Dolce & Gabbana. This vintage Stella Page piece perfectly echoes these trends with its jewelinspired stones and collage detailing. The bag features

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Frida Khalo imagery, and the artsy style is similar to Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele Romanticism movement while designing this season’s collection.

Although top handle bags like this one tend to run a bit on the smaller side, they’re a sophisticated, '50s-inspired alternative to the night-out clutch. However, you could easily rock a piece like this during the day — I’d pair it with some ripped denim, a patterned blouse and flat leather boots for a hippie-chic, retro '70s-style look. Try a local vintage store to find a bag reminiscent of the one pictured, although Nasty Gal and ASOS always have some great options if you’re looking for something a bit more modern.

2. METALLICA

Metallics have been seen on practically every spring runway from Chanel to Louis Vuitton. A shiny shade of gold, silver or pewter makes a great statement bag or shoe, like this pair of Doc Martens. Embrace another popular style of the season — the oxford — by donning a similar style to the ones pictured. I love these shoes because, like any other pair of Docs, they’re very comfortable and perfect for a day of running around campus.

These shoes are great for making a statement, and surprisingly, they match with plenty of outfits. Try a floral dress and tights for some girly flare, or for a more edgy look, try some leggings, a hoodie and a camouflage jacket.

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If you want to directly mimic the shoe trends from the runway this season, I suggest skipping the sock and going barefoot. If your shoes are new, you might have to tough it out with some blisters, but hey, fashion is pain.

3. SHADES OF SERENITY

One of Pantone’s colors of the year, serenity is a gorgeous — and surprisingly neutral — shade of light blue. While serenity has been seen more on the couture runway than the ready-to-wear, that doesn’t mean that it’s not a perfect spring color to incorporate into your everyday wardrobe.

This leather bag from Rebecca Minkoff echoes the serenity shade perfectly, while also functioning as an adorable and practical day bag. The purse is large and spacious, featuring many hidden pockets perfect for some spare change or an extra lip product (because you can never have too many).

To add a little something more to your bag, I suggest a pompom keychain like you'd find on Kendall Jenner's purses. What I love about Minkoff’s bags are their superb quality for a pretty reasonable price — you don’t have to spend over $200. If you’re not a fan of this particular style or shade of blue, Minkoff has a varied selection of bags in many different colors. For the spring and summer months, another pastel shade would be prime.

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O’Connor’s aggressive play anchors Orange defense

By Sam Fortier asst. copy editor

On Kaeli O’Connor’s third day competing in Austria, all because her friend’s teammate was too old for the event, she found herself pushing a teammate in a bobsled toward an icy drop she had two days to prepare for.

Her job was to push the small missile hard enough to skitter the 870 meters of frozen track in less than 55 seconds. In her only official run ever for the Junior World Championships — she said she went to the hospital before the second run for the stomach flu she could no longer grit out — O’Connor finished 10th of 12 teams.

The initial action struck O’Connor as similar to the sled pushes she did at high school track practice. Years later, when she focused solely on lacrosse, she’d still be doing the sled pushes on recommendation from her offseason trainers.

That’s because O’Connor’s game has always been about raw power.

“She’s tenacious,” assistant coach Regy Thorpe said. “… Just a really strong girl.”

O’Connor’s foray into bobsled didn’t last, and now the junior defender is a key piece in the SU (11-3, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) defense that’s kickstarted a four-game win streak.

Her toughness has helped Syracuse control its games in the midfield and not allow opponent’s second chances, whether via her 11 caused turnovers or 21 groundballs, both of which are second best on the team. It’s important for SU to maintain its advantage of grabbing 52 percent of available groundballs because SU forces the same amount of turnovers as opponents and turns the ball over more.

“I always box out first,” O’Connor said of the key to getting a groundball, her specialty. “As soon as the ball hits the ground, you have to commit. If you hesitate for even a second, someone else is getting it.”

The aggression led to too many fouls early in the year, Thorpe said. But now she’s putting herself in better positions defensively to pick up groundballs cleanly, which is “a huge asset” because it allows the offense — ninth in the nation with 13.79 goals per game — more time to work.

The key to groundballs, players said, is boxing out to get a clean scoop at the ball, and O’Connor, at 5-foot-4, is one of the shortest defenders on the team and has that leverage.

Both Thorpe and defender Brenna Rainone said both described her as “relentless.”

“She’s just very tough on the field with other teams,” fellow defender Brenna Rainone said. “... She’s really fun to play with.”

Two years ago during a fall ball scrimmage, Thorpe noticed O’Connor collecting every groundball. Again and again, she picked it up and cleared it.

“She was probably a little lower on the depth chart (then),” Thorpe said, “but then she sprung out of nowhere carrying it up.”

In the two years since, O’Connor has started every game. But now the coaching staff is asking O’Connor to not just clear, but attack past riders and potentially dish out man-up assists. She said she’s still uncomfortable doing it, especially in close games, and isn’t concentrating on offense.

That’s just how O’Connor, the daughter of two collegiate lacrosse players, grew up.

She began playing defense young and never practiced shooting, opting for drills in stick skills and groundballs. Her two rough-housing brothers taught her to be rugged. She played football with them in middle school.

The first word that comes to her mind when describing her style of play is “aggressive.”

“My mindset is I get (the groundballs) or I foul,” O’Connor said. “The 50-50 balls are the ones I like going for, and the ones I have to get it.” sjfortie@syr.edu

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ciferri dodging against long sticks,” Ciferri said. “… You just have to be ready for it.”

Ciferri plays short-stick defensive midfielder for No. 9 SU (6-3, 1-2 Atlantic Coast), which visits Cornell (4-5, 0-1 Ivy) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.

With senior Tom Grimm injured, Ciferri has stepped up as SU’s top short-stick D-middie. He’s had to be ready to perform the same way he has to be when opposing teams try to exploit him.

Ciferri has developed skills to thrive on the defensive end after playing in a more offensive role in high school. Part of it had to do with getting stronger. Part of it had to do with getting faster. Another part had to do with understanding the game.

“There are smart, efficient ways of playing defense that cut down on expending all of your energy,” Ciferri said.

By studying opponents’ tendencies, Ciferri conserves energy as he plays a more prominent role. When the ball is behind the net, he knows he has to twist his hips in the right direction and lift his stick in the correct passing lane. If he doesn’t, he might be making himself work harder than he has to.

In practice, Ciferri works on shortening his steps and chopping his feet to help him better prepare to defend players one-on-one. It helps him get into a better defensive stance so the opposition doesn’t just sprint right by him.

After scoring 30 goals and recording 23 assists as a senior at Ithaca (New York)

High School, Ciferri planned on playing more offensively at SU. But after immediately shifting to the defensive end at SU, he changed his mindset from being a scoring threat to a player that does the opposite.

“It’s a lot of the behind-the-scenes work and not a lot of glory,” Ciferri said. Syracuse head coach John Desko said on Monday that he expects Grimm to return at some point this season, but didn’t specify when.

In Grimm’s place, Ciferri has stepped up even more in the past couple games.

“He’s one of our leader’s on defense right now,” Desko said.

When Ciferri first joined the Orange, he weighed 150 pounds. According to this year’s roster, he weighs 178 pounds.

Bulking up was one of his goals, and he’s accomplished it. Another piece to the puzzle of developing as an effective defensive midfielder and being able to stop bigger offensive players.

“He was kind of a beanpole when he got here,” Desko said. “He had to get stronger, get a little bigger, put a little more weight on to cover some of the big middies out there. I think he’s done a very good job with that.”

Grimm went down against UND and hobbled off the field a week and a half ago.

Throughout the season, several players have had to replace others: Tim Barber for Nick Piroli, Evan Molloy for Warren Hill and Devin Shewell for Barber.

Now Ciferri is on that list, too.

“It’s just another guy who we need to fill a void for,” Ciferri said. “The next guy has to step up.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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fortier But since then she’s scored in all 12 games but one — including four goals in the big 12-11 win at No. 2 Notre Dame. She’s also been versatile, her 15 assists are third on the team, and her 26 tallies rank fourth in the nation’s ninth-best offense.

Biggest Disappointment: Boston College loss over Spring Break

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SU in it late against Maryland and a lastsecond stop to beat UND, and not-so-much, slipping and falling to allow an own goal and making the game-losing turnover against Florida. Her play could dictate as much as anyone else the expiration date of Syracuse’s season.

leaky ceiling Allie Murray has saved 41.4 percent of the shots taken on her this season.

No player’s play has significantly declined, so the biggest letdown of the year so far was 60 inconsistent minutes in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, when the Orange was upset, 13-8, after plenty of rest on the road against thenNo. 16 Boston College. For the first time this season, the Orange never held a lead and lost the draw. Defender Haley McDonnell said the whole team felt frustrated and confused even while the game was still happening.

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Biggest X Factor: Allie Murray Allie Murray arrived after taking a year off from the game with an aggressive style that assistant coach Regy Thorpe knew would lend itself to both spectacular plays and empty-netters. She’s been solid, keeping

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langer faceguarded teams’ top option, from Northwestern’s Selena Lasota to Duke’s Kyra Harney. She’s been a big reason why top goal scorers haven’t managed to pad their stats against the Orange this year.

Biggest Disappointment: Number of fouls SU’s staunch defense looks to wreak havoc on its opponents, but sometimes it shoots itself in the foot by causing too many fouls.

SU leads the ACC by a wide margin with 34.29 fouls a game. The extra fouls are also part of the reason why SU is giving up a pretty high 5.6 free-position attempts per game, with opponents scoring 25 percent of their goals off those attempts. SU needs to limit its foul count moving forward so it doesn’t concede easy goals.

Biggest X Factor: Allie Murray Allie Murray has had spectacular moments this season like when she made a save with 15 seconds left to preserve a one-goal victory over her former team, Notre Dame. She’s also

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sullivan been a reliable piece on the offense, rounding out the dangerous attack of Treanor, Halle Majorana and Riley Donahue. She’s managed to score 41 points, as many as Donahue and just five short of Tewaaraton Award Watch List member Majorana’s total.

Down the stretch of ACC play, defenses are sure to key to Treanor and Majorana. A lot of the attack’s success in the crux of conference schedule will rest on Levy’s shoulders.

Biggest Disappointment: Loss to Boston College A 13-8 loss to the No. 16 Eagles seemed to come out of nowhere in the middle of the season for SU. The disappointing loss cut some of the team’s momentum and marked the third dropped game in its last five. In its weakest performance of the year, the Orange tallied a season-low two assists. It’s the first time this year that Syracuse never held a lead, and it’s also the first time that an opponent won more draws than SU did.

X-Factor: Allie Murray Allie Murray’s performance will determine SU’s postseason success. The Notre Dame-

Attack: A This unit is a four-headed monster of Halle Majorana, Riley Donahue, Levy and Treanor, each of whom have scored 26 or

had very poor moments like when she turned the ball over and gave up the game against Florida. Her play the rest of the way will be key in the Orange’s success down the road.

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more goals. The team averages 13.79 goals per game, good for 13th-best in the nation despite playing one of the tougher schedules against athletic, rangy defensive teams like Maryland, Florida and Duke.

game win streak. That excludes the 10-10 suspended game against Canisius in which the Orange allowed three goals in the last eight minutes before the game was stopped due to weather.

Midfield: A-

Goalies: B+

No one in Syracuse’s midfield stands out statistically, but the unit has turned in solid play all season, Gait said. Kelly Cross, Taylor Gait and Erica Bodt, on the Tewaraaton Award Watch List, have led the unit in charge of dropping back in Syracuse’s complex defenses and pushing its potent offense up the field. Cross, who returned this year after a suspension, has played in 14 games but started just one. She’s chipped in 15 points and in a way symbolizes the whole midfield’s production this season.

This is really a grade for Murray, who’s played 684 of 840 possible minutes (81 percent) in the cage for the Orange and the only time she comes out has been the ends of non-competitive games. Gait said the coaching staff has Murray aim for a .500 save percentage, and Murray’s near that pace at .414 currently. But really, other than the aforementioned mistakes, she’s come up big for the Orange in key moments.

Defense: BThe defense has been spectacular at points, going 14-for-14 on the clear while holding No. 7 Virginia to eight goals. It’s also had lapses during the losing stretch, allowing 13 goals to Boston College. A lack of communication and bad fouls, Thorpe said, has hurt Syracuse’s defense so far this year, but it’s mostly righted the ship on a four-

has been paramount this season. After the Connecticut game, head coach Gary Gait said that he thinks that getting consistently strong play from the middies is what would put SU over the top. And he’s seen that of late. Taylor Gait has recorded five points over the last four games, all wins, after having just one point combined in SU’s three

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Syracuse averages 34.3 fouls per game, which ranks first in the ACC.

Attack: A Syracuse’s best unit this season has been its offense it’s been absolutely dominant for much of the season. Led by Tewaaraton Award Watch List members Treanor and Halle Majorana, the SU offense has averaged an impressive 13.79 goals a game this year.

Throw in Riley Donahue and Nicole Levy, and the SU offense features four players with at least 40 points — something it hasn’t had in any of the last three seasons.

Syracuse’s starting midfield of Taylor Gait, Erica Bodt and Emily Resnick have combined for 16 points during the Orange’s current four-game win streak.

losses this season, while Eric Bodt, who’s also on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, also has five after recording just two over the team’s rough five-game stretch. If the middies keep up this level of play, this grade and SU’s success will improve.

Midfield: B+ The stars on the other units oftentimes overshadow the midfield, but its success

Defense: A-

transfer has been wildly inconsistent this season, but has shown flashes of greatness.

Which Murray will show up for postseason play? That’s the question and a big one at that. There’s lots of potential for Murray and her aggressive style to anchor an already strong Orange defense, but the likelihood of another costly Murray mistake looms.

ball on the offensive end are directly responsible for SU’s success this season.

Attack: A The four-headed monster of Treanor, Majorana, Donahue and Levy keeps defenses up at night. Treanor and Majorana both rank in the top five in the ACC’s points-per-game leaders and underclassman Donahue and Levy supplement the two Tewaaraton Award Watch List members with scoring of their own. If opponents can count on one thing moving into postseason play, it’s that SU will score — the only question is who?

Midfield: ASU’s unsung heroes, the midfield has let the offense shine while conjunctly allowing the defense to avoid the spotlight this season.

Taylor Gait and Erica Bodt have allowed the Orange to control possession and chipped in with scoring of their own at times. Although the midfield won’t get much credit, its propensity to both control play and keep the

Largely, SU has had a lot of success this season

Defense: B+ Looking at the numbers, the Orange defense has performed well this season. Allowing only 8.9 goals per game due to a staunch

cashing in Halle Majorana ranks sixth in the country in free-position percentage at 66.7 percent. On 15 free-position shots this season, she has scored 10 goals.

66.7 backer zone, SU’s physicality cuts opponents down before even allowing opportunities to shoot on goalkeeper Murray. With an ACC-high 34.29 fouls a game, there’s still

Draw: A Syracuse has nabbed 61 percent (207-of342) of available draws, which is the team’s best mark in three seasons. Considering Treanor was thrust into the role just this season after the graduation of specialist Kailah Kempney, and had won just 48 draws across three previous seasons, her teamleading total of 120 has been crucial to the Orange controlling possessions, and games.

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limiting opponents to just 8.9 goals per game.

The unit has had some struggles on the clear this season and, as detailed above, penalties and giving up free positions are a problem. But other then that, the defense has been very strong this year led by its core group of veterans.

Goalies: B+ This grade largely reflects Allie Murray, who’s been SU’s primary goalie all year. And as detailed above, there’s really good Allie Murray and there have also been glimpses of really bad Allie Murray. Overall this year, the good has outweighed the bad, and if she continues playing at the level she’s played it the last few games, this grade will also go up.

Draw: ATreanor had big shoes to fill after Kempney left, and she’s largely done a good job over the course of the season as the main draw specialist. But SU’s draw success has slowed in recent weeks. In the Orange’s last four ACC games, their opponents have actually won the draw battle, 52-48. SU has managed to go 3-1 in those games, but it’s definitely something to monitor moving forward. tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

room for improvement. Opponents are scoring on 42.5 percent of all free-position shots they’re awarded — a number that must come down if SU wants to be successful in tight games against top-tier opponents.

Goalie: BAs detailed above, Murray’s play has been inconsistent at times. Her goals against average of 8.68 ranks 10th best in the ACC, and her save percentage is ninth best. But Murray has shown flashes of greatness as she did to help Syracuse hold on in a 12-11 win against her former school, Notre Dame.

Her range of play deserves averages neither a high mark nor a low one, because as a whole her body of work appears average.

Draw: A Treanor assumed primary responsibility for the draw this season and has shown that she’s just as lethal in the circle as she is around the crease. Her 9.23 draw controls per game lead the ACC. By dominating in another facet of her game, Treanor continues to make defenses pay with her elite stick skills, quick hands and ability to pass out of the draw. She kick-starts most Orange possessions and also finds a way to finish them.

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Women’s lacrosse beat writers evaluate Syracuse with superlatives, grades

Syracuse came into the season with high expectations after returning its core starters, starting the season ranked as the No. 3 team in the country as well as being picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference in a preseason coaches poll. The Orange did have some questions to address though, namely who would replace draw specialist Kailah Kempney and how would Allie Murray fill in at goal.

After a stretch when it lost 3-of-5, the Orange is back on a four-game winning streak. Here’s how the team stacks up midway through the season.

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MVP: Kayla Treanor

MVP: Kayla Treanor

MVP: Kayla Treanor

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Anytime a player leads your team in goals, assists, shots, draw controls and is second in groundballs, she’s your most valuable player. Treanor is one of the nation’s best, but every year the senior has been at Syracuse her season has been cut short of a title by Maryland and Terrapins’ superstar Taylor Cummings. This season, and possibly Treanor’s legacy, will be defined by how far she can carry the Orange.

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This is pretty straightforward. Kayla Treanor has been one of the most dominant players in the entire country over the last few years and this year is no different. She leads the team in both goals scored and assists, good for 11th in the country and second in the ACC. She also took over for Kempney in the draw circle and has been dominant there too, winning 9.23 draws per game, good for second in the country. The Orange will go as far as Treanor can take it.

Biggest Surprise: Nicole Levy If the No. 7 recruit in the country can be a surprise, Levy certainly has been. Head coach Gary Gait said he didn’t know what to expect from his freshman this season, especially after he said her nerves showed opening weekend after missing her first four shots.

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Biggest Surprise: Alexa Radziewicz It would have been very easy for the highly touted freshman to get lost on a defensive unit that’s littered with experienced upperclassmen. But Radziewicz has stepped up and made her presence felt this season. She’s

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The two-time Tewaaraton Award finalist, Treanor demands the bulk of the defense’s attention every time she steps on the field. Even when faceguarded, Treanor finds a way to create for herself and teammates, leading the team in both goals scored and assists for ranks of eighth in the country and second in the ACC in points. She’s been dominant at the draw as well, winning 120 draw controls herself while Syracuse has only allowed opponents to win 135 as a whole. If Treanor continues to perform at this level, she will lead Syracuse far in postseason play and cement her places as the best player in program history.

Biggest Surprise: Nicole Levy Dubbed a “super freshman” by head coach Gary Gait before the season’s start, Levy has

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PG Joseph transfers to Creighton Paolo Ciferri steps up in place of Tom Grimm

By Jesse Dougherty senior staff writer

Former Syracuse point guard Kaleb Joseph will transfer to Creighton, his AAU coach told The Daily Orange on Monday.

Joseph just finished his sophomore season, in which he largely sat on JOSEPH the bench after

starting as a freshman. In that first season, Joseph played 27.3 minutes per contest while averaging 5.9 points and 3.8 assists per game.

This past year — with fifth-year senior Michael Gbinije starting at point and freshman Frank Howard being the first and only guard off the bench — Joseph played six minutes and averaged 0.8 points per game.

Preston Murphy, an assistant coach at Creighton, was a “big factor” in the decision for Joseph to go to Creighton, Vin Pastore,

Joseph’s AAU coach, said.

He came to the Orange as ESPN’s 50th-ranked recruit in the Class of 2014, and was the heir to Tyler Ennis’ point guard spot after Ennis left for the NBA after one season. Now he’s the third player to transfer from SU since it lost to North Carolina in the Final Four on April 4, joining center Chinonso Obokoh and walk-on Christian White. jcdoug01@syr.edu @dougherty_jesse

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Paolo Ciferri took it as a slap in the face. Eleven goals allowed to Johns Hopkins. Sixteen allowed to Duke.

S e vent e en to Notre up next D a m e .

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three consecutive losses. Ciferri, who is “always the one getting picked on,” took it personally.

As one of the only defensive players on the field with a short stick, other teams target Ciferri.

It’s a constant battle he wasn’t expecting when he joined Syracuse four years ago. But the redshirt junior now knows what’s coming.

“Most teams won’t even bother

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