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The Good Uncle company now cooks your food inside their trucks, with menus designed by critically-acclaimed chef Erik Battes and his team.

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A developer’s plan to revitalize Syracuse’s Inner Harbor will finish at least 16 years after the city awarded it a contract, the company’s CEO said.

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Senators discuss gender wage gap

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Through bonding with teammates, senior SU soccer player Jonathan Hagman finally found his “moments of magic” at SU after failing in Sweden.

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‘THE WAR IS OVER’

By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor

Syracuse University has eliminated the faculty gender pay gap, Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly said Wednesday during a University Senate meeting.

SU invested $1.8 million to make salary adjustments for more than 200 women faculty, Wheatly said in Maxwell Auditorium. The announcement comes almost eight months after the university released a report that found women faculty at SU generally earn less than men.

The report concluded that those pay gaps were universitywide and statistically and economically significant.

“I can assure you that all incidences of statistical significance in pay disparity have been eliminated,” Wheatly said to the faculty Senate body. “We continue to be surveillant, as I mentioned, because of in- and out-migration of faculty. We will continue to keep our eyes on this, and we will rerun the algorithm for this coming fiscal year.”

She added that deans and administrators all worked to fix the faculty salary gap. At the end of Wheatly’s speech, a group of senators gave a two-minute presentation expressing their dissatisfaction with the university’s work and what they called a lack of transparency.

Dana Cloud, a professor of communication and rhetorical studies, said pay between faculty is still unequal. She said part of the reason for that is because the deans of each school and college didn’t properly allocate funds.

In response, Diane Lyden Murphy, dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said she has been fighting for pay equality for 40

DAVID AMBERG sits in his new office on the SUNY-ESF campus where he said he maintains an “open door policy.” He assumed the role of interim president in June after former President Quentin Wheeler’s resignation. molly gibbs photo editor

David Amberg, SUNY-ESF’s interim president, wants to chart a “financially viable” path forward for the college

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or the first time in more than a decade, Colin Beier saw the door leading directly into the SUNY-ESF president’s office wide open.

“I’ve never seen that door open for more than a fleeting moment in the 11 years I’ve now been at ESF,” said Beier, a forest and natural resources management professor.

David Amberg, the office’s new occupant and SUNYESF’s new interim president, said he’s always worked with an open door policy. Setting a “tone of openness and accessibility” has been an essential part of his strategy

since he took over as SUNY-ESF’s interim president in July, Amberg said.

Six months ago, former SUNY-ESF President Quentin Wheeler announced his resignation amid rising tensions between faculty and administrators and pressure from several campus organizations.

The college’s Academic Governance body voted no confidence in Wheeler in November 2016, citing what they called examples of poor leadership and a climate of fear in speaking out against his agenda. The vote didn’t affect Wheeler’s tenure, but it sent a signal about the campus community’s concerns to university stakeholders.

A bill of particulars released in February 2016 see suny-esf page 4

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2 people arrested in connection to SU dorm burglaries

By Colleen Ferguson asst. news editor

The Syracuse Police Department has arrested two people in connection to Aug. 27 burglaries at two Syracuse University residence halls.

Two people were charged with multiple counts of burglary and

falsely reporting an incident.

Abraham Mestre, 19, and Peter Geremia, 17, were each charged with 15 counts of burglary in the second degree and two counts of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree, according to an SPD press release. Neither of the people were SU students.

SU’s Department of Public Safety

AUG. 27 Date of reported burglaries in Lawrinson and Watson halls

notified students of the arrests in a campus-wide email Wednesday.

DPS said in a campus-wide email last week that fire alarms were pulled in Watson and Lawrinson halls in an effort to create a distraction and burglarize unlocked dorm rooms. Personal items, including cash, speakers, headphones, wallets, shoes, jewelry and other items,

were reportedly stolen, according to the email.

An investigation into the burglaries is ongoing and is expected to wrap up in the near future, according to the Wednesday DPS email.

SPD’s Criminal Investigation Division assisted with the investigation.

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Justin Golden, a junior student in the Bandier program, is launching his own record label called JustGold. He signed Millie Go Lightly.

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news briefs Here is a roundup of what happened across New York state this week.

SUNY OSWEGO REMEMBERS 9/11 VICTIMS Students at SUNY Oswego in Oswego County, about 42 miles north of Syracuse, set up an annual tribute to 13 alumni who died in the 9/11 attacks. The university’s Young Americans and Freedom organization and the SUNY Oswego College Republicans worked to place 2,900 American flags on a campus lawn. source: cny central

LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT The city of Syracuse and Onondaga County may pay a total of $500,000 to the family of Brandon Closure, who died in 2015 after he was pushed into a sewer by running water during a flash flood. The family claimed in the lawsuit, which began in 2016, that the flooding on the street was “recurrent, regular and predictable.” source: syracuse.com

PRIMARY CHALLENGE Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner will be able to secure a place on the November ballot for New York governor as an independent candidate. Allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo had initially submitted objections to Miner’s petition signatures but dropped the challenges after failing to provide sufficient evidence. source: syracuse.com

MATT MEDVED (RIGHT), founder of Billboard Dance, speaks with Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program for Music Business and the Entertainment Industries in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, on Wednesday night. The two talked about cross-platform brand building and the future of electronic dance music. gavin liddell staff photographer

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Bandier brings Billboard Dance founder to SU

By Colleen Ferguson asst. news editor

More than 50 people attended a talk given by Billboard Dance founder Matt Medved in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University on Wednesday.

The DJ, producer, curator and

Rochester native discussed the “long and winding road” that led him to where he is now: heading Billboard’s dance/electronic music department, which he started in May 2015. He also shared thoughts on building cross-platform brands and the future of dance music, which he

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It’s the music that is most closely tied to technology, and technology is always driving music forward.

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Inner Harbor project could finish 16 years late

By Casey Darnell asst. news editor

Cor Development Co.’s project to revitalize Syracuse’s Inner Harbor will finish at least 16 years late, the company’s CEO said at a Common Council meeting Wednesday.

Syracuse awarded Cor a contract in 2012 to build residential and commercial properties on 28 acres surrounding the Onondaga Lake harbor. Cor originally planned to finish the $350 million project in five to seven years. Cor CEO Catherine Johnson said at the meeting that the project will be completed within the next decade “under perfect circumstances.”

The Inner Harbor remained unutilized for decades as Syracuse’s industry declined. But it is located

only a few blocks from the city’s economic hubs — Destiny USA, the Central New York Regional Market and Franklin Square.

Johnson made an appearance at Wednesday’s meeting because Cor requires city approval for the installation of a sewage and water main under North Geddes Street, Iron Pier Drive and Salt Shed Drive.

Cor will pay for the utility work, but the city will own both lines when they are completed.

The roads will be built in phases as the company completes construction on its planned properties, Johnson said. Cor plans to have two mixeduse apartment buildings ready for occupancy by Oct. 1, she added.

After completing those two buildings, called the Iron Pier Apartments, the company will move

onto another two luxury apartments nearby that are expected to be completed in three or four years.

In May, the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency renewed its contract with Cor, which includes $44.6 million in tax breaks for the company, until 2021, according to Syracuse.com The previously industrial area will be redeveloped into a mixed-use neighborhood with both residential and commercial properties. The Aloft hotel opened in 2016, but many of Cor’s buildings are still in the planning stage, including office and retail space on the east side of the harbor.

When completed, the waterfront project will include more than 150,000 square feet of retail space and restaurants, as well as office

space totaling more than 130,000 square feet, per Cor’s website.

Councilor returns after medical leave.

Common Councilor Chad Ryan, of the 2nd district, attended Wednesday’s meeting after four months of substance abuse treatment in Florida, according to Syracuse.com.

“I hope everyone can understand that I needed to do this for myself for my long-term health. I’m back and I can honestly say I’m better than ever,” Ryan said after the meeting, per Syracuse.com Council President Helen Hudson removed Ryan as chair of the council’s public works committee in August after he missed several meetings, according to Syracuse.com. cdarnell@syr.edu @caseydarnell_

MENTAL HEALTH CLASSES This school year, districts across New York state are required to include mental health and wellness in their curricula. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation mandating the new requirement in 2016, making New York the first state to require mental health education. The Mental Health Association is helping schools implement the new curriculum. source: spectrum news

CLEAN TRANSPORTATION New York state will put the nearly $128 million from its portion of the settlement in the suit against Volkswagen for cheating emissions standards toward the state’s energy initiatives. Basil Seggos, commissioner of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, said the money will aid New York in its transition to a clean transportation system. source: wamc

CAR SEAT INSPECTIONS New York state is offering free child car seat inspections to parents and caregivers during September in Cortland, Oneida, Oswego and several other counties. Certified child passenger safety technicians will train people how to properly secure children in car safety restraints. source: cny central

NYS FAIR ATTENDANCE RECORD The Great New York State Fair broke attendance records from all years before with a total attendance of 1,279,010. Last year’s attendance broke previous records with 1,161,912. Sept. 1 brought in the most people during the fair’s 13-day run. source: syracuse.com

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suny-esf listed Wheeler’s failures with SUNY-ESF’s strategic plan, obtaining funding and managing financial resources and his relationship with the Board of Trustees.

And in January 2018, the administration’s controversial decision to remove three department chairs days before the start of the spring semester also contributed to tensions on campus. AG prepared to make a second vote of no confidence last March as the Graduate Student Association and the faculty union called for Wheeler’s contract to be terminated prior to his resignation.

After a tumultuous year, Amberg’s message to the campus community is clear: “The war is over.”

“Peace needs to be returned to the kingdom,” he said. “We need to resume to speaking to each other with respect, compassion and heart.”

Amberg came to SUNY-ESF after serving since 2014 as the vice president for research from page 1

senate years, and was able to raise salaries for women faculty in her college. But she said she isn’t sure how other colleges decided how funds were divided.

Lori Brown, an architecture professor, said she thinks that there should be a yearly review of pay equality.

Other business Associate Provost LaVonda Reed and Assistant Provost Amanda Nicholson gave a presentation on the redesigned firstyear experience for the fall 2019 semester, which USen will vote on later this academic year.

They also spoke about the short-term program in place this year, which requires all new students to read comedian Trevor Noah’s “Born a Crime.” Noah will speak at SU during the annual Martin Luther King Jr.

at the State Univeristy of New York Upstate Medical University, according to a release announcing his interim appointment. Amberg will remain in the interim position for one to two years, as the process for choosing the next permanent president gets underway.

But even though he’s stepped into the new job of leader, Amberg said he never anticipated being called to be president of a college.

“I’m very much a scientist,” he said.

Neal Abrams, chemistry professor and AG student life committee chair, said he first met Amberg during an AG meeting in late July. He described his style as “very approachable.”

“There is a notable shift in the interaction in a very, very positive way,” Abrams said. “He’s asking us questions, engaging us, trying to tackle some of the problems that we have and really looking for everyone to weigh in on good solutions.”

Abrams said that Amberg had a “positive view” on solving issues of classroom and research space “without having to be angry at one another or think that one person is trying to take over another person’s area.”

James Quinn, president of SUNY-ESF’s Celebration in January.

Professor Janice Dowell also urged the university to publicly announce that it had divested from companies involved in the private prison industry. For more than a year she has pursued a public statement from SU and the Board of Trustees committing to never invest in companies involved with private prisons.

Syverud, in response to Dowell, said that the Board of Trustees will not commit publicly to divesting from companies with possible connections to private prisons.

He referenced an email he sent to Dowell, in which he said, “Given our robust socially-responsible investing policy, the (Investment and Endowment Committee of the board) will not make public declarations about any individual prospective investment, including — but not limited to — private prisons.” ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert

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Undergraduate Student Association, said in mid-August that he’s primarily communicated with Amberg through email. He said he’s concerned with Amberg maintaining and promoting SUNY-ESF’s “spirit” with SU and other places around the world.

In 2003, SUNY-ESF created a strategic planning guide called Vision 2020 that listed seven goals, each with its own targets, for the college to achieve in the next two decades. The plan was updated in 2015 to bridge the college’s current needs and the original 2020 target date.

In his office on the second floor of Bray Hall, Amberg pointed to a large three-ring binder on the shelf above his desk. It held all the college’s strategic planning compiled during the last four years.

“The last several years have seen several rounds of strategic planning that didn’t culminate in a plan that was implemented,” Amberg said. “But a huge amount of really great analysis and work was done.”

Now, at the request of SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, SUNY-ESF will conduct another round of strategic planning that

administrators are tentatively calling the “ESF Discovery Challenge,” Amberg said.

Under this plan, the college will examine previous strategic planning reports to identify three to five target areas that impact its research, education and outreach missions to undergo development and receive $200,000 a year from SUNY for three years, Amberg said. SUNY-ESF would also plan to fundraise around those target areas.

The concept of the ESF Discovery Challenge was modeled after a 2009 report called “Framework for the Future” done by Johnson while she was provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University.

Amberg’s work over the next year or so will involve maintaining a connection to Syracuse University and finding a “financially viable” path forward that increases the quality of teaching and increases the impact of research to engage external stakeholders, he said.

“It’s going to take a little time,” Amberg said. “That past is never very far away.”

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Public must help save Onondaga lake

SU student defends Recognize Us’ methods

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raveling to Onondaga Lake shouldn’t be too high on your list of fun things to do in the hot Syracuse weather this week. It was once known as the most polluted lake in the United States, and a representative of the Onondaga Nation says toxic remediation efforts there haven’t gone far enough.

But fortunately, you now have a chance to comment on the mess at Onondaga Lake, and demand further change.

It’s been close to 20 years since Solvay Process Company, now known as Honeywell International Inc., was first sued by New York state in the late 1980s under the Superfund law for contaminating the lake.

And as part of its cleanup project, Honeywell is hosting a public comment period on its Onondaga Lake site until Sept. 24. Residents are encouraged to reach out to Tracy Alan Smith, a representative of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, to raise concerns, ask questions or provide insight on Onondaga Lake.

Joe Heath, an environmentalist who has been the Onondaga Nation’s general counsel since 1982,

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said 27 dangerous chemicals have been found in the lake.

Those chemicals — some of which include mercury, cyanide and arsenic — were found to be highly carcinogenic and harmful to the health of both people and wildlife living near the lake.

Culturally significant sites of the Onondaga Nation are located near the water.

“Historically, the comments make little to no difference in the ultimate remedy selected. The

residence and any relevant affiliations

(DEC) will publish what they call a responsiveness summary, but we call it an evasiveness summary,” Heath said.

It’s important, now more than ever, for local residents to exercise democratic rights and comment on Honeywell’s project and the past destruction of a once beautiful central New York destination.

Emily Cerrito is a sophomore television, radio and film major.

Her column appears biweekly. You can reach her at ercerrit@syr.edu. discretion of The D.O.’s editor-inchief and managing editor

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4 protest by the Recognize Us movement asking the University administration for stronger action to eliminate racist, sexist and ableist culture on campus, and the accompanying coverage about the legal actions of the Theta Tau students. I’m writing to respond to your editorial which says that “the activist group Recognize Us needs to change its approach if it wants to best advocate on behalf of marginalized students” (Sept. 5).

Your piece does not articulate clearly, to my reading, what is counterproductive about the group’s mode of protest, except for disparaging the small size of the demonstration. You write that the group should go for “a more collaborative approach” and imply that the demonstrators are not “communicating with the university.”

I support both the cause of Recognize Us as well as the methods.

Your main argument seems to be that the movement should be more civil and less confrontational. I am reminded of critics of Black Lives Matter protesters who complain that shutting down highways is

too inconvenient a way to protest, and even taking a knee during the national anthem is bringing politics where it does not belong.

Disruption is the purpose of protest, and it is communicative.

If the university administration wanted to, as your article quotes the protesters as suggesting, “fund scholarships not frats” or “prioritize the actual experience of marginalized students on campus,” a collaborative approach would be called for and useful. But the university administration has the power over how money is spent on campus, and protest is the tool of those who lack power.

On the topic of communication, I’ll note that, as a transfer student new to campus, I did not know the protest was happening Tuesday evening or I would have been there. The protest certainly communicated a message to the university administration. And, even better, it communicated the presence of the movement to the student body by being an event worthy of coverage by your esteemed publication.

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bandier said other parts of the world have already made a cultural constant.

Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program for Music Business and the Entertainment Industries at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, led the discussion, which lasted about an hour and a half. He started by asking Medved about his career path.

I started to realize everyone wanted to be associated with Billboard’s brand.

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Medved wrote about music for his high school paper, then attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He intended to pursue a career in music journalism and started DJing during his senior year, he said.

While studying for his undergraduate degree, he spent time on a journalism residency in South Africa. He said the experience gave him a “strong desire to create a social good.” It was also where he first got into house music.

Medved has traveled to Australia, Nigeria, Milan and Berlin and said he has developed an appreciation for different types of music around the world. Medved was a consultant for a conflict resolution organization called Search for Common Ground in Nigeria, where he also reached more than 6 million listeners as a resident DJ at Africa’s largest radio station.

At one point in his career, Medved was attending law school by day and producing music by night. He said he kept writing

“out of pure passion” for music blogs. He took a job as a freelance writer for Billboard, where he wrote stories on artists he said he believed in, such as Martin Garrix, Tiesto and Galantis.

“I started to realize everyone wanted to be associated with Billboard’s brand,” he said.

He said Billboard drove him to create a space for up-and-coming electronic and dance artists to get the “meaningful stamp of approval” they need to gain traction in the industry. Now, he said, dance is one of the fastest growing vertical markets at Billboard.

Dance music will continue to rise in popularity in domestic markets, he said.

“It’s the music that is most closely tied to technology, and technology is always driving music forward,” Medved said.

Medved said new artists often clamor for Billboard’s attention, but part of his strategy is to have Billboard partner with the artists at the most impactful point in their career trajectory. That means having them build a fan base in blogs first and align with Billboard after, he said.

Medved described dance music as being ahead of the curve in cross-platform promotion.

When fans hear a group such as The Chainsmokers with a female artist featured, they assume the band consists of just the female artist, Medved said. The Chainsmokers have used marketing strategies to show the personalities of the band members and to attract a fan base with video on social media platforms, he said.

In the streaming era, he added, passive listening has become common. Listeners don’t know anything about the artist they’re hearing, but editorial content can help elevate an artist’s story.

The modern-day Billboard brand is about much more than the magazine presence, Medved said. Video, digital content and social media presence are all just as important.

“In order to survive and adapt in this climate, you have to wear multiple hats,” he said. cefergus@syr.edu @ColleenEFergus2

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Good Uncle food now prepared by criticallyacclaimed chef

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rik Battes defies gravity in the kitchen — literally. As executive chef at Morimoto in New York City, he served levitating umami crackers.

Now, the decorated chef is taking his culinary superpowers to the Good Uncle kitchen.

“If he can serve food that floats, I think he’s going to be OK making food for our college students,” said Wiley Cerilli, co-founder and co-CEO of Good Uncle.

New this semester, every Good Uncle meal is prepared by Battes and his team — some of whom come from Michelin-star backgrounds. Good Uncle no longer has partnerships with NYC restaurants such as Sticky’s Finger Joint and Ess-a-Bagel. Instead, the entire menu is curated by Battes himself.

But the chef’s culinary background isn’t in burgers and pasta.

His experiences are rooted in a range of ethnic cuisines, including executive chef roles in Michelinstarred French and Japanese restaurants. After 17 award-winning years in the fine-dining industry, Battes said he proved everything he needed to prove to himself in that world.

“Being a chef in some ways is fairly limiting. You know, it’s just ‘What’s the new duck garnish that we’re going to serve for this season?’” he said. “It got kind of repetitive.”

Cerilli was captivated by Battes’ creativity and aptitude for food science. He added that Battes’ ability to adapt quickly and learn new cuisine types was the perfect fit for Good Uncle.

“One thing that I’ve really come to appreciate in Erik is that it’s not just about mixing this ingredient and this ingredient,” Cerilli said. “He talks to us about why our food is better, and a lot of it comes down to science.”

Battes said he sees “tremendous opportunity” in see good

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Bandier student signs 1st artist to his own record label

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When prodigal music manager Justin Goldman seeks new talent, he said he only wants people who make music a priority and want to be the biggest artists in the world.

Goldman, a junior in Syracuse University’s Bandier Program, is launching his own record label,

JustGold. Goldman — alongside his partnership with the music distribution service, Caroline — has already signed his first artist: London-based singer Millie Go Lightly.

Goldman first encountered his future client at a friend’s apartment, when his friend played a leaked record featuring Millie Go Lightly.

“I was like, ‘Who’s this girl?

(She’s) so good,’” Goldman said.

$7,650,000 Amount of revenue the U.S. music industry earned in 2016, according to Billboard Magazine.

“Two weeks later I was signing her.”

Working in the music business runs in the Goldman family genes.

Justin said he finds inspiration from his dad, Ben — who runs a music consulting business — and his grandfather, Elliot, who has since retired from his own career in the music industry.

“I was always in the studio and just listening to alternative music,

rock, pop music since I was a baby, so I was kind of born into it,” he said.

The family connections have also been beneficial for networking and finding internships, Goldman said.

Goldman got his start a year and a half ago when he first started managing an up-and-coming rapper, Yung Gravy. From there, with the help of Jacqueline Saturn, the see bandier page 8

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Good Uncle. The company hit a milestone with half a million orders during the past academic school year — all of which was used to collect data about student behavior, said Dylan Gans, who leads Good Uncle business development.

After listening to student feedback, the Good Uncle team set new goals to help keep their menu fresh, balanced and consistent across campuses, Gans said.

Last semester, food was made-to-order in the local Good Uncle kitchen. Now, all meals are prepared by Battes’ trained team of chefs in two regional kitchens: one in central New York, and one just outside of Philadelphia.

From those regional kitchens, the meals are driven to and assembled in each campus market. The Syracuse location no longer has a full kitchen staff because hot meals are cooked in the delivery truck itself. Good Uncle’s increased mobility now allows the business to operate with a smaller staff and fewer resources.

By working faster and more cost-effectively, Cerilli said he believes the team has “perfected the ability to launch a market.” The most recent being in Maryland, which grew faster in a month and a half than Syracuse did in two years, he said.

Next fall, Cerilli plans to be operating at 100 college campuses.

“I’ve never felt more confident in the model,” he said. “I’ve never felt more confident that this is the future.”

Good Uncle’s new business model means “there’s no limiting factor” about where they can launch, Cerilli said. The company recently opened up at Colgate — located in a small college town that doesn’t even have a Starbucks.

Cerilli said that as Good Uncle spreads along the East Coast — and eventually the rest of the nation — keeping the food consistent across campuses is crucial. With food preparation now happening in a couple of regional kitchens, Good Uncle no longer needs to train chefs for each campus they launch in.

Battes said that he’s still learning the nuances of food delivery, but the preparation

now president of Caroline, Goldman went on to sign rapper Lil Gnar in April.

He said the one piece of advice he follows is that artists may come and go, but if you sign the best talent, it will lead to the most success. Goldman also finds guidance and inspiration from Solomon Sobande, manager of the late rapper XXXTentacion.

Sobande said Goldman is loyal and conducts business with a high level of integrity.

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bandier

I was always in the studio and just listening to alternative music, rock, pop music since I was a baby, so I was kind of born into it.

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GOOD UNCLE’S new business model includes preparing meals in a regional kitchen then cooking food in delivery trucks. molly gibbs photo editor

process is not much different than restaurantstyle food. The co-founder said one of his goals for Good Uncle’s food is quality ingredients prepared by talented chefs.

One of the new menu items is customizable bowls. Students can choose a base of crispy tofu, grilled chicken, roasted salmon, seared steak or veggies, then add toppings and dressings. The bowls are packaged in plastic containers with compartments for each of the ingredients.

Battes has also added queso and buffalo chicken dip to the menu — two of his favorite “guilty pleasure dishes.” Good Uncle’s research shows that Syracuse students seek healthier options, but Battes wants a balance of healthy and indulgent foods on the menu.

“I mean that’s the one thing about college students … they’ll tell you that they want to always eat healthy, but then they’ll order mac

‘n’ cheese and chicken fingers,” he said.

Good Uncle opened for the semester Sept. 1 — nearly a week later than expected. Meredith Lewis, a sophomore advertising major, was frustrated that the meal plan service didn’t start until Sept. 3. As of now, non-meal plan members can’t order dinner until 8 p.m.

She tried to order breakfast on Tuesday morning, but the kitchen was closed until 5 p.m. Lewis said that there’s typically a few dishes sold out by dinner time. Some of her favorite dishes from the old menu are no longer available, including guacamole and Halo Top ice cream.

It’s been less than a week since Good Uncle’s fall launch, so the company is still working out the kinks. With all the changes that took place over the summer, Cerilli said customer feedback is always appreciated. hrober03@syr.edu

“Justin is one of the smartest young managers in the business,” said Sobande, who considers Goldman a brother.

But Goldman’s path hasn’t always been so smooth. One of his greatest challenges as a young executive is being taken seriously by more seasoned industry professionals. Still, he isn’t letting his age hold him back — he tries to surround himself with people who mirror the person Goldman wants to be, such as his father, Sobande and Saturn.

The entire experience of managing JustGold has been surreal for Goldman, but he said he’s not wasting any time letting it soak in. Goldman is already looking toward the future — one in which he hopes to “catch a couple hit records” and create a label “where artists feel like they can come and they can thrive no matter what.” mclark18@syr.edu

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STRANGE DAVID FULLER stars as Christopher Wren in Central New York Playhouse’s production of “The Mousetrap,” which opens Friday. The play is a murder mystery written by Agatha Christie, and follows a group of seven people trapped in an English countryside manor. courtesy of ab photography

Central New York Playhouse revives British classic

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he latest play to stop at the CNY Playhouse, “The Mousetrap,” is somewhat familiar territory for its director, Dan Stevens — he played Detective Sgt. Trotter in the production 42 years ago.

“It’s an opportunity to come back and revisit it and see how it has stood up to the test of time,” Stevens said.

“The Mousetrap” is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous murder mysteries. The play holds the Guinness World Record for the longest uninterrupted run of a show, performing in London’s West End more than 27,000 times over the course of 65 years.

The plot follows seven people trapped in Monkswell Manor, a home in the English countryside, during a snowstorm. A policeman arrives unexpectedly, claiming one of them is connected to the murder of a woman in a nearby house. As accusations fly, suspicion rises among the guests.

Mollie Ralston, the owner of the Monkswell Manor, where the play takes place, is played by Jennie Russo. Russo was inspired to audition for the production because of her own adoration

for British murder mysteries, a trait she shares with her mother. As someone without an affinity for accents, taking on a leading role as a British woman was no small feat.

“Getting to where I felt at least 80 percent comfortable with the accent helped me be able to move past that and get into her thoughts and feelings,” Russo said.

Working with Stevens as the director was also a draw toward the production, she said. The two had previously worked together in a company that specializes in murder mysteries.

Opposite to Russo’s character, Strange David Fuller, who plays Christopher Wren, fell in love with “The Mousetrap” as a teenager. He said that there isn’t a bad role in the show and would have happily played nearly any of them. But playing Wren made the experience all the more personal: It’s the first time Fuller has played a seemingly queer character, since he came out, Fuller said.

“I get to explore some of the boundaries that absolutely hadn’t been a part of my life previously,” Fuller said.

“A lot of people think that Christie is very one-dimensional,” said Jack Carr, who plays Giles Ralston. “We have all learned that that is not the case. You can bring your own experiences

to it, and it has many, many layers.”

Carr said he originally wanted to play Mr. Paravicini because he felt the part was closer to his own personality — an “eccentric, old, affable kind of guy.” But when Carr first saw Simon Moody’s audition for the part, he saw the character as frightening. Moody’s performance was a completely different take on the same role.

“You can bring to this your own interpretation,” said Moody. “Christie’s lines allow you that flexibility.”

Stevens said one of the best parts of putting on the production is watching the actors do new and different things with their classic characters. The play is “shocking,” he said, and is perhaps best known for its plot twist ending — an ending Stevens believes is the best of any murder mystery.

“People hear about it and want to see it,” he said. “We all want to be frightened, we want to be thrilled and we want to get out of ourselves.”

Rounding out the cast is Stephen Shepherd as Detective Sgt. Trotter, Keith Arlington as Major Metcalf, Alyssa Otoski as Miss Casewell and Nora O’Dea as Mrs. Boyle.

“The Mousetrap” opens Friday at CNY Playhouse. hklinder@syr.edu

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hagman work and commitment brings.” Before Hagman scored game-winners, he was a role player at best. His path — having his confidence torn down, then built back up during his first season — makes him the latest in a long line of international standouts for the Orange.

“He just grew as a player and as a person in those first couple months,” Oskar Sewerin, his former teammate, said. “I think he kept on going on the same path that many of the other European players that have been in the same shoes before him.”

A few elements contributed to Hagman’s lackluster first year.

Consider the hype: Months before Hagman stepped on campus, his name floated around Syracuse practices. Hagman played in the youth academy of top Swedish club AIK Fotboll. After reviewing Hagman’s film and meeting with him once, associate head coach Jukka Masalin offered Hagman a scholarship.

Back in Syracuse, Masalin, a Finland native, bragged about his new acquisition to his “boys” — Europeans like Louis Cross (England), Oyvind Alseth (Norway) and Sewerin (Sweden). Cross said Hagman came in with a “big reputation.” They also knew, however, that the freshman they called “Haggis” wouldn’t make an immediate impact.

“I think we all had really high expectations,” Alseth said. “We knew he played at a high level in Sweden. He showed flashes of what he could do. … But I think Jonathan would be the first to tell you that he wasn’t the most prepared.”

Consider the place: Hagman traveled to the U.S. once before enrolling. He recognized Syracuse only as an east coast city. Hagman relied on his father, Anders, throughout the whirlwind early practices. Hagman shuffled from international student check-in to countless meetings, to room assignments, to more meetings.

“I was just sitting there and listening to people,” Hagman said. “It was a lot to keep track of.”

Anders provided a “calmness.” Their first

night in Syracuse, they went to Pastabilities, not knowing its popularity beforehand. Two days later, though, Hagman watched his dad start the journey back home, leaving Hagman alone and underprepared.

Masalin was “alarmed” to find Hagman out of shape when the team arrived for the preseason. He didn’t recognize the same player he boasted about months earlier.

Consider the language barrier: Hagman had studied formal English, a mandated course in Swedish schools, since the first grade. He handled himself in the classroom but felt lost on the pitch.

Teammates recalled Hagman acting shy.

He wasn’t vocal in practice. Hagman said he was “anonymous.”

Hagman depended on words SU teaches all its international players in a “crash course.”

Terms like “squeeze up” created problems.

Syracuse deploys a 3-5-2 formation, with an emphasis on pressuring the opposition.

Squeezing up means making the field smaller to force a turnover. Hagman knew the literal definition of squeeze but was confused on how it applied to a defensive tactic.

Hagman sought and found “calmness” by talking to Sewerin in Swedish. He called home more too. But the language gap materialized in his day-to-day life. He repeated stories to teammates that didn’t understand him. They stared back at him blankly. He couldn’t find the right words.

“You get frustrated with yourself and with the other people,” Hagman said. “I am speaking English. I’m not speaking a foreign language.”

On the pitch, Hagman battled for playing time in a crowded midfield during his freshman season. In 11 games, he didn’t register a point.

But those close to Hagman said he came into spring practice in 2016 as a “completely new person.” Masalin distinguished him as the team’s fittest player. Sewerin noticed Hagman’s grasp of English idioms, like “What’s up?” and realized Hagman adjusted just like Sewerin had at the University of New Haven two years prior.

Hagman forced English into his life. He and Andreas Jenssen, his roommate from Norway,

made a pact to only speak English to one another. Hagman did the same when he hung out with other Scandinavian teammates. The team competed in FIFA, cards and Settlers of Catan, a board game in which players colonize a fictional island. The games served two purposes: to build chemistry and to develop European players’ English. Slowly, Hagman acclimated himself in the environment he once feared.

“It was doing things like that to basically embarrass yourself a little bit if you lost,” Alseth said. “That helps you with getting to know people, getting comfortable around the other guys.”

You get frustrated with yourself and with the other people. I am speaking English, I’m not speaking a foreign language.

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The comfort level off the field spurned confidence on it. By his sophomore season, coaches and players now saw the Hagman they heard about before his arrival. He appeared in the first three games of the 2016 season, recording an assist in a double overtime victory over Loyola Marymount.

Sewerin tabbed Hagman as an “attackingminded” player in the midfield. In his freshman year, Hagman played it safe, Sewerin said, often avoiding risks. He didn’t trust himself.

Versus St. John’s on Sept. 4, 2016, he had to.

Hagman expected to start against St. John’s but again found himself on the bench. But instead of focusing on his inability to crack the lineup — the self-doubt he dwelled on so often behind him — he prepared for opportunity.

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celebration pile.

“Behind that celebration is three years worth of hard work and dedication and upset and downs and lows,” Allen said. “As a team, we’ve stuck together, we’ve worked through lots. That celebration was because we made history and we’re so very proud to represent England and the honor that is.”

After training with the marines and winning the bronze medal, Allen is back with the Orange and making an impact.

Against Northeastern, in her second game back with SU, Allen drilled a onetimer into the upper right corner of the goal in the 82nd minute to give the Orange the 1-0 advantage.

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linemen want to play.

If all of the 17 offensive lineman listed on the team’s roster participated, and no exceptions were made, the group could play with eight participants on each team and one substitute. The O-line, which averages 300.1 pounds, sometimes invites guests to join the game. Most recently, 282-pound fullback and defensive tackle Chris Elmore was invited to a game last season.

“Walking football is probably the best way to (bond),” guard Sam Heckel said. “This year is kind of like, we all kind of just know each other … which is great to see.”

The linemen don’t know how long the tradition traces back. Aaron Roberts, a redshirt senior guard, remembered playing during his freshman season in 2014. Heckel said “it’s gone on for a longtime” and believed it was played while Macky MacPherson played at SU from 2010-13.

Regardless of when the game originated, when asked who the best player is, all the lineman are quick to highlight themselves.

“I don’t want to toot my own horn,” Servais quipped, “but I’m pretty good.”

Senior left tackle Cody Conway said he’s the best player. “It’s not even close,” he added. Heckel

himself a few feet from the box. After a deflected header, he played the ball down and volleyed it top-shelf, capping off a 3-2 win with his first career goal. Hagman sprinted to the corner flag and teammates bombarded him.

After the game, Hagman led a chant in the SU locker room, an honor typically awarded to a top performer. In a postgame party, his teammates serenaded him with a personalized tune: “Johnny Hagman, you’re the the love of my life,” they sang.

“It meant so much to me,” Hagman said. “In that moment, I knew I could do it. … I think I understood that was the turning point. It was the best feeling in the world.”

In his sophomore year, Hagman started 16 games. He finished tied for second on the team in points.

Hagman prophesized a similar fast-start in his junior year. He scored the equalizer late against St. Louis in the season opener and tallied five goals in seven games. Yet, he didn’t record a point in the team’s last nine contests.

Syracuse went 2-6-1 in those games, en route to its first losing campaign in six years.

Hagman doesn’t know why he sputtered.

He felt the similar pang of disappointment.

But this time, he knew his teammates could help. After bad losses, like a lifeless performance against North Carolina State on Oct. 6, the team gathered and rewatched the game hours after it concluded.

“You have to turn it into something positive,” Hagman said. “We knew we had a good team, it just didn’t work.”

This past August, Hagman hopped back on I-81 with teammate Hendrik Hilpert and saw the sign again. Like the last time, he thought about his future. And again, he tried not to. The MLS, his next step, represents another adjustment period. But in that moment, he focused on the homestretch of his collegiate career and pushed forward. He knew where he was headed.

“I’ve been through final fours,” Hagman said. “I’ve been here when we didn’t make the tournament. I can learn from that and help the new guys get settled. I can tell them to be patient because it doesn’t happen right away.” nialvare@syr.edu

Harvard, Allen came off the bench and played limited minutes. Wheddon planned to ease Allen back into the team and reacclimate her to the American college style of play, which is more of an “athletic game,” Wheddon said.

“The international game is far more tactical,” Wheddon said. “There’s a lot more time on the ball, you have to think more about how to break a team down. College soccer is an athletic game. It’s run, chase for as long as you can.”

In her return to the college pitch, Allen commanded the midfield by directing the forwards to maintain the shape of the formation and the backs to stay “tucked in,” junior forward Sydney Brackett said.

“She’s very much our central rock,” Brackett added. “So it’s good to have her back.” dremerma@syr.edu

took the question in a different direction.

“You can’t really pinpoint a person,” Heckel said. “You can name a great role player, that’s me. I do everything extraordinary. I bring the best defense.”

Heckel — who claimed to have scored 10 touchdowns in a 90-minute game — added tat since athleticism is banned, the game plays to his strengths. He mentioned Conway as a top quarterback, Roberts at receiver and Redshirt senior Keaton Darney “all around.”

“It might be me, to be honest with you,” Roberts said of the game’s best quarterback. “I’m nice at a receiver. I try to switch it up, you know what I’m saying? But I can get the ball there. I like Colin, Colin Byrne is nice at quarterback, Dakota (Davis).”

The biggest discrepancy, of course, comes back to the main rule. Roberts called out Conway and Servais as two of the most common cheaters. In a game with no athletic movements, gaining an edge is easy. As the ball approaches, players speed up their slant route or break too fast on the ball from the safety position, Roberts said.

Heckel described how he cheats: “Try to be as athletic as possible, without anyone knowing. Do little hops on defense. They all know it, but what are they going to do.” jlschafe@syr.edu | @Schafer_44

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Jonathan Hagman finds his place at SU after experiencing self-doubt early in his career

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hite letters on a green sign paralyzed Jonathan Hagman. After a late-night flight from Sweden to New York, Hagman had piled into a rental car with his dad and started the trek to a city and a program he barely understood.

A tidal wave of self-doubt washed over him. He was young and nervous, he said later. Just outside of Binghamton, on Interstate 81, Hagman pinpointed the source of his unease in block letters: “Syracuse.”

“I don’t think I actually was ready to

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go, mentally,” Hagman said. “That was the first time I felt this was real, ‘Now I’m actually here. Soon I’ll be in Syracuse starting my new life.’”

Hagman, now a senior, originally came to Syracuse because he never earned the pro contract he dreamt of in Sweden.

Within 10 days of his life’s goal slipping away, he committed to SU, like many see hagman page 10

European players before him. Since then, he’s become one of Syracuse’s (2-1) top producers. He’s totaled 11 points (five goals) in back-to-back seasons. A strong fall from Hagman could lead SU back to the NCAA Tournament, which it missed for the first time in four years last season.

It can also bring him to Major League Soccer next spring, where recent Orange draftees like Miles Robinson and Mo Adams have thrived.

Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre called Hagman an “example of what hard

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SU linemen play ‘unathletic’ football at practice

By Josh Schafer sports editor

Offensive linemen are known for being one of the quirkiest position groups in football, which often leads to strange off-the-field traditions. In Wisconsin, the linemen enjoy Campfire Sauce at Red Robin. Last season, Central Flor-

ida offensive linemen bonded by wearing one shirt for all of training camp before their undefeated 13-0 season.

Before pre-game walkthroughs, usually one day prior to kickoff, Syracuse big men play 7-on-7 football, a skill position form of football which eliminates both guards and tackles. When the “cows,” as the

lineman have referred to themselves, play the mini game, it takes an opposite form.

Rule one: No athletic movements.

“Big man football, yeah, that’s one of our traditions before a game,” redshirt sophomore center Airon Servais said. “It’s called fat man ...”

He paused and corrected him-

self: “It’s walking football. It’s a lot of fun.”

The game, which senior tackle Cody Conway described as “just an unathletic version of football,” is exclusively for SU offensive lineman. It’s not always the traditional 7-on-7 and takes the form dependent on however many players see linemen page 10

Allen returns from U-20 World Cup

By Danny Emerman staff writer

Georgia Allen’s mother couldn’t watch. As her daughter lined up the penalty kick, Liz Wesley “stared down at the concrete and waited for either the cheers or the groans” from the crowd, she said.

“Is this for the win?” Allen asked the referee.

“Yes,” she answered.

As her teammates stood side by side with their arms draped over each other’s shoulders, Allen stared down France’s keeper from the edge of the box, left foot in front of her right.

At the U-20 FIFA World Cup consolation game on Aug. 24 in Vannes, France, the only thing separating England and the bronze medal was 12 yards. Wesley heard her daughters’ right foot strike the ball. Then, cheers.

Allen returned from the U-20 World Cup in time for Syracuse’s (3-2) loss to Harvard on Aug. 30.

Three days later, she scored the game-winner for the Orange against Northeastern. While with England, she trained with the Royal Marines and won a bronze medal.

That improved her mental strength before her third season with SU, Allen said.

About a month earlier, Allen crouched a mile deep in an unknown forest alongside Royal Marines and her teammates, all armed with paint guns.

Allen and her teammates remained in position as marines shouted instructions. Her team was split into two groups for a search-and-destroy type drill; the teams were tasked with finding a rogue marine and eliminating him with a paintball.

For three days and nights, Allen and her teammates slept in the tents they pitched and underwent “intense” training with the Royal Marines to build character and mental strength, she said. “(The marines) exemplify everything you aspire to be as a human being,” Allen said.

“Humility, courage, determination, so humble at the same time.

Just to be training alongside them was inspiring.”

As she was taking her penalty kick, she recalled her training with the marines and the “get the job done” mentality they instilled.

“Going into the tournament, we knew what teamwork meant,” Allen said. “We knew what fighting for each other meant in real life, so it was easy then to translate that onto the field.”

After the goal, she sprinted toward the sideline, where her teammates had been lined up. In jubilation, she pounded the English shield patched on her chest.

She embraced her teammates and ended up at the bottom of their see allen page 10