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Hundreds march in national demonstration against hate

By Madeleine Davison and Satoshi Sugiyama the daily orange

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tretching the length of the University Place promenade, several hundred students called out phrases such as “we reject the president-elect,” “no human is illegal” and “climate change is real.”

In the largest demonstration against President-elect Donald Trump on campus thus far, Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF community members stopped their daily routines on Wednesday afternoon and walked out to the Quad to protest Trump’s rhetoric on immigration, LGBTQ issues, race and the environment.

At about 3 p.m., community members poured onto the Quad. The crowd soon swelled to hundreds of people, mostly SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff.

Katie Oran, a junior environmental communications major at SUNY-ESF and one of the event’s organizers, said the Department of Public Safety told organizers about 1,000 people took part in the protest.

“I’m excited to see so many different faces here that I haven’t seen before at protests and marches and rallies,” Oran said. “A lot of students who haven’t been actively engaged in organizing are really excited to jump into that right now … and I really hope to foster that kind of activist atmosphere.”

Protesters on Wednesday chanted in support of the rights of various marginalized groups, including LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, women and people see walk

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2 1. SU and SUNY-ESF community members gathered by Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday to start the march. wasim ahmad contributing photographer 2. Protesters marched on the promenade as part of a nationwide “sanctuary campus”demonstration.

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election 2016

How Trump presidency will affect health care for students

By Sara Swann news editor

Women’s health and mental health are “under attack” from the proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act, said Ben Domingo, director of Syracuse University’s Health Services.

The possibility of mental and women’s health care no longer

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Since some SU students will be staying on campus for next week’s Thanksgiving break, read about what facilities and services will be open and when.

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being part of the required coverage under the ACA due to Presidentelect Donald Trump’s proposed amendment of the legislation is a cause for concern, Domingo said.

Domingo said the reduction of coverage for women’s health care and mental health care is one of the potential changes to the ACA that would affect college students the most. He added that both

women’s health and mental health are major parts of the primary care needed for college students.

“People have to be concerned about coverage for women’s health care,” Domingo said. “You have a lot of people who have different ideas in office now about women’s reproductive rights, whether that’s covering birth control or other things that is now mandated under

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Pat Burak serves as the director of the Slutzker Center for International Services and works as a mentor for international students coming to SU. Page 9

the Affordable Care Act.” Beginning this semester, all Syracuse University students were required to either sign up for the university’s ACA-compliant health insurance plan or have their own health insurance meet certain requirements, which included being compliant with the ACA. Throughout his campaign, Trump repeatedly said if he was

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Syracuse freshman guard Tyus Battle has used his life experiences to shape his basketball career. He’s stepped up in the first two games of the season.

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elected he would repeal and replace the ACA. However, Trump recently pivoted from his long-held stance on the ACA by saying he may want to amend the health care law instead of fully repealing it. The presidentelect said he came to this conclusion after meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Nov. 10. see health

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THIRSTY thursday | ginger cosmo

Cocktail pairs well with Thanksgiving dinner

By Monique Iuster staff writer

With Thanksgiving just one week away, I decided it was time to find the perfect holiday drink. After scouring the internet for hours, searching for the perfect alcoholic compliment to a turkey dinner, I finally settled on a ginger cosmopolitan.

Cosmos are usually made with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice. This particular recipe calls for fresh ginger. Here’s how I made it: Muddle up some ginger in a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice.

Next, pour three parts unflavored vodka, two parts cranberry juice, one part lime juice and one part triple sec into the shaker. Then, take a martini glass, rim it with sugar and pour the mix from the shaker into the glass.

The liquid pours light pink and murky, with little specks of lime pulp swirling around the glass once it settles.

I’ll admit, the initial smell of this particular cocktail isn’t especially appealing. The primary aroma that wafts from the glass is definitely the strong smell of plain vodka, however slight hints of lime and ginger gave me hope that the drink may taste better than it smells.

Thankfully, I was right. On first

taste, the drink is full of refreshing fruity flavors. The cranberry juice was the first flavor I noticed, followed by a slight vodka burn.

But the vodka flavor didn’t last long. Before the alcohol could overwhelm my taste buds, the refreshing lime juice and ginger kicked in, leaving me completely refreshed.

The drink is similar to a vodka cranberry with a lime, with an added ginger twist. In addition to the lime and ginger, this drink is made with triple sec, a sweet orange-flavored liquor made from dried orange peels.

The sweetness of this liquor balances out the tart lime juice and puts a nice sweet finish on the vodka.

The presentation of the drink is also very different from a vodka cranberry. It’s served in a cocktail glass instead of a tall glass. You can garnish it with a lime wedge, or plop a few raw cranberries into the glass for decoration.

I personally loved this cocktail, especially because of the refreshing fruity flavor.

These light flavors of this drink pair well with a heavy Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and everything in between. You can serve this drink with your meal or as an aperitif before the food is brought out.

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CORRECTION: In a Nov. 8 article titled “Tough pill to swallow,” Medicare and Medicaid were misstated. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

CLARIFICATION: In a Nov. 16 article titled “Global perspectives,” the Slutzker Center for International Services was cited in reporting that international students make up 10 percent of SU’s student body. But according to Syracuse University enrollment data, international students make up 20 percent of the student population.

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This ginger cocktail is similar to a vodka cranberry with lime, but this version has an added hit of muddled ginger. Light and refreshing, it’s perfect with turkey. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

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To a vote New York Sen. Chuck Schumer was selected as Senate minority leader for the Democrats.

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Service award A student veteran at Syracuse University recently received the SoldierScholar award.

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SA to provide buses Student Association will provide transportation to cities ahead of break

By Baylee Wright staff writer

Rescue mission

Syraucse University Ambulance held its open house event for Syracuse community members Wednesday evening. Visitors could take a tour of SU Ambulance headquarters on Waverly Avenue and the inside of an ambulance. The event took place as part of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Service week. SUA was established in 1973.

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Some facilities to remain open over break

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

For students staying on campus over Thanksgiving break, some services and facilities will remain open.

Among them are bus services, fitness facilities and some dining centers. Thanksgiving break officially runs from Nov. 20 through Nov. 27.

Joseph Lore, director of the Department of Recreation Services, said there will be reduced hours at recreation facilities during the break, but that some will still be open. He added that personal trainers will be available for those staying on campus.

Recreation Services has been reducing hours and making schedule changes during the

break for about 25 years, he said.

“Facility schedules are modified as a result of the decrease in patrons who enter these facilities,” Lore said.

He added that the number of entries has been consistent over the years. There were 140 entries into Archbold Gymnasium on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, the day after Thanksgiving Day, Lore said.

“We typically would see in excess of 1,500 entries into Archbold Gym on Fridays that do not coincide with any type of holiday,” Lore said.

Tim Eddy, associate director of facilities for Recreation Services, said the total number of users of each fitness center for Thanksgiving week in 2015 were: 1,984 students at Archbold, 314 at Ernie

Davis Hall Fitness Center, 123 at Goldstein Student Center and 176 at the Marshall Square Mall Fitness Center.

Eddy said he expected this year’s turnout to be similar to last year’s.

Scot Vanderpool, manager of Parking and Transit Services, said the Thanksgiving break bus schedules will be on the office’s website soon. As of Wednesday night, it has not been posted.

Vanderpool said Parking and Transit Services will offer South Campus service on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving.

“During the week of Nov. 21, service is reduced on all routes due to less demand,” Vanderpool said. “Since most of our South Campus buses, for example, are

in place to provide service based on students class schedules, the frequency is reduced when classes are not in session.”

He added that the number of students staying on South Campus over the Thanksgiving break has increased slightly.

“We noticed this influx last year, which led us to add the Thursday and Friday services,” Vanderpool said.

Dave Sargalski, director of the Office of Student Activities, said consistent with all breaks, there will be no student events scheduled during the break because most students are not on campus.

Patricia Burak, director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, said the center used to see break page 4

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Syracuse joins initiative to improve efficiency

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

The city of Syracuse has recently been selected to join What Works Cities, an initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies to improve the city’s use of data to make the government work better and more efficiently.

Zachary Markovits, director of city programs at What Works Cities, said open data and the need for data transparency is

becoming increasingly important not only in the government but across all industries.

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Syracuse is one of 55 cities in the What Works Cities community, according to the project’s website

“It becomes a part of how the business is done in a lot of situ-

ations,” Markovits said. “This is why the city’s mayor, Stephanie Miner, is moving in this direction because they are in the vanguard of how we use data in a really effective and strategic way.”

By opening up the data, Markovits said it creates a conversation that can find the efficiency of sharing data, which he said helps the city government work better for the community.

“It’s an element of transparency,” he said. “A city creates a lot

of data every day and the conversation allows residents to know what they have and what’s not there.”

Emily Shaw, a senior analyst at the Sunlight Foundation, one of the initiative’s partners, said the goal is to increase the transparency and accountability of governments by establishing meaningful and sustainable open data policies, which includes making public data more accessible. see initiative page 6

The Student Association has organized bus rides to several cities in the Northeast to provide Syracuse University students with group travel options for Thanksgiving break.

SA buses will go to New York; Boston; Rockaway, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; and Philadelphia. SA made similar bus arrangements 2015 in as well. Shuttle transportation to the Syracuse Hancock International Airport and the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center will also be provided by SA. The bus program has become a popular means of travel for some students, with about 400 people expected to use the program ahead of Thanksgiving break, said Keelan Erhard, co-chair of SA’s

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national news Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening across the country right now: U.S.

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE On Wednesday, a police officer was charged with manslaughter after shooting and killing Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Twin Cities, Minnesota, in July.

Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, recorded the shooting’s aftermath and posted it on social media, where it gained a lot of attention from the media and the public. source: the washington post

BURNING UP More than 80,000 acres of land in the South have been scored by wildfires on Tuesday. The fires for the most part stayed away from cities and towns, but the smoke did carry over into cities, such as Atlanta and Charleston, South Carolina. source: the new york times

IN THE COMMENTS An official from Clay, West Virginia, left her job on Tuesday after posting a racist comment about Michelle Obama on Facebook.

Pamela Taylor, the director of the Clay County Development Corporation, said in her comment: “It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a ape in heels.” source: cnn

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walk out of color. Onlookers gathered alongside the marchers’ route to watch and film the protest.

The rally and march, called National Walkout at SU, was part of a nationwide “sanctuary campus” protest that took place on college campuses across the country, including at Brown University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Pittsburgh, Tufts University and Stanford University.

The National Walkout movement was sparked by an organization called Movimiento Cosecha (Harvest Movement), which seeks to provide dignity and protection for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., according to its Facebook page.

The Syracuse event was organized by students from a group called the Coalition for Justice, which was formed Friday in response to Trump’s election and his rhetoric, Oran said.

The walk-out was intended to pressure university officials to adopt the Coalition for Justice’s list of demands, said Brandon Daniels, a graduate student in the communication and rhetorical studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the International Socialist Organization.

Those demands include preventing officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement from entering the SU campus and keeping the documentation status of students confidential.

A petition asking SU and SUNY-ESF administrators to take steps to shield undocumented students from deportation is being circulated and has garnered more than 100 signatures as of 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

Daniels said he also hopes the movement will prompt broader changes to protect marginalized people and those he says Trump’s rhetoric has threatened.

“It’s more than just putting on a safety pin, it’s actually changing the institutions,” he said.

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health care The specific parts of the legislation that Trump said he would like to keep are the ones that prevent insurers from refusing coverage for preexisting conditions and allow children to stay on their parents’ health care plans until age 26.

In the past, when Republicans in Congress have tried to repeal the ACA, they kept in these two provisions, said John Palmer, a University Professor at SU who specializes in health care financing and federal budget policy.

One part of the ACA that may be repealed is the mandate that everyone in the U.S. has to have health care insurance, Domingo said.

If there was no mandate saying people had to have health insurance, only those who need health care insurance — typically higher risk customers — would buy it, Palmer said.

Younger, healthier people would either not buy health insurance at all or they would sign up for a “bare-bones” plan, he added.

This would create a dichotomy within the health care consumer pool between heavy users driving up the cost of insurance and light users, who may not need as much coverage, paying the same price as heavy users. To ensure there is affordable health care for everyone, Palmer said people have to be required to buy it. from page 3

break offer many different types of programs and activities during the Thanksgiving break, including dinners on Thanksgiving Day with local families. Those activities have been discontinued because most international students will take advantage of the break to travel around the country, he said.

Burak added that this year, Hendricks Chapel along with SU Chancellor Kent Syverud and his wife, Ruth Chen, are hosting an international Thanksgiving dinner on the Thursday before the Thanksgiving

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Alexis Rinck, a senior political science and sociology double major at SU who was also one of the organizers, said college campuses need to be safe spaces for undocumented immigrants and people of marginalized identities.

Rinck, who is president of the SU chapter of Democracy Matters, said she has always been a “political person” but that this issue impacted her in a personal way because of her roots as a Latina woman from California and her relationships with people who are undocumented.

While those gathered were mostly in favor of a sanctuary campus, there were a few dissenting voices.

Shawn Wilson, a senior mechanical engineering major who was wearing a T-shirt that read “Trump will make America great again,” said he feels people who gathered in the protest label all Trump supporters as racist and uneducated.

He said Trump supporters like himself are pressured into not talking about their political beliefs.

“I feel that (Trump supporters) are almost swallowed,” Wilson said of the campus climate at SU. After a few speakers gave their remarks, the crowd began marching toward University Place, down the promenade and around the Carrier Dome, eventually gathering on the SUNY-ESF Quad in front of the Franklin F. Moon Library, where several speakers stood on a concrete wall to give short speeches.

Khianna Calica, a senior television, radio and film major at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at SU, recalled crying in her room the night of the election as the results came in. She said her mother told her, “You sleep tonight, you fight tomorrow.”

Maryam Seraji, a junior political science major and a transgender Muslim student from Iran, reminded the crowd this week is Transgender Week of Remembrance and that there has been a rise of hate crimes

(FROM LEFT) RACHEL MITCHELL AND LASHELLE RAMIREZ, both SU students, walk together during the protest. camille soriano contributing photographer

after Trump was elected.

“As a trans person of color and a trans Muslim person, I wanted to give a space for some trans voices to be heard,” Seraji said after speaking to the crowd.

Toward the end of the protest, Bryan Sanchez, a sophomore television, radio and film major in Newhouse, took a megaphone and shared his family’s story about moving from Mexico to the United States more than 20 years ago. His father, Sanchez recalled, organized a lunch for Sanchez’s cousin and

his platoon in 2004 and thanked the member for their sacrifices.

When Sanchez heard Trump won the election, he lamented as he recalled Trump calling Mexicans rapists and looters. Seeing the turnout at the protest against Trump and his rhetoric encouraged Sanchez not to give up, he said.

“It’s seeing everyone here in front of me today, coming out and manifesting for this great cause that keeps me faithful in being an American,” he said.

If the mandate is eliminated or other changes are made to the ACA, Domingo said it would make SU’s student health care insurance requirement “a lot trickier.”

“We’re going to have to navigate and figure out what we decide are minimum requirements for the university in order to determine students are in our opinion ‘adequately insured’ — that’s always very subjective,” Domingo said.

Before Domingo came to SU in June 2011, the university did not require students to have health insurance, which was he said was an anomaly. Just a year before, the ACA had been passed and was still being implemented when Domingo started working at Health Services.

He added that it was an anomaly because every major private research institution — with the exception of SU and Baylor University — had a health insurance requirement for students.

As soon as the ACA was passed and implemented, SU had to drop its voluntary health insurance plan and work on making it required for students.

Another change that may happen to the ACA is the allowance of people to enter health care exchanges from different states.

Currently, U.S. citizens are required to buy health care insurance only from companies in their state of residence.

Actual regulation of insurance occurs at the state level, so right now an insurance

company that’s based in Pennsylvania, for example, can’t offer their policies in New York, Palmer said, unless that company meets both Pennsylvania and New York state standards.

“The problem is some states, particularly out West and in the South, have very low standards for what they require and if you start allowing them to market those in New York, people in New York won’t understand,” Palmer said.

The number of health insurance policies people are used to looking at in their home state may increase exponentially — from three or four to about 50 — if the state level health insurance regulation is removed, Palmer said.

And it may be difficult for people to understand the differences in all of these policies, he added.

Republicans feel that opening up the health care exchange for people to buy from any state would increase competition and drive down the cost of health insurance, Palmer said. But then people would have to deal with the added difficulty of choosing from numerous companies and policies, he added.

There are ways to amend and change what is currently included in the ACA, but “none of (the changes) are going to be very satisfactory,” Palmer said.

“That’s why it sort of leads you back to something that is like Obamacare,” Palmer said. “... It’s gonna be hard if they want to offer affordable insurance to all those people who aren’t getting it through an employer

or who aren’t poor enough to get it through Medicaid, to do something that’s very different than what we’ve got now.”

Virtually all legislation that could be passed — including these proposed changes to the ACA — require a Senate supermajority of 60 votes or more because the threat of a filibuster can prevent bills from getting to the floor for a vote, Palmer said.

After the election, the Republicans are projected to hold only 52 seats in the Senate — enough for a majority, but not a supermajority.

Democrats in the Senate have the ability to block legislation they are unhappy with and make Republicans compromise with them.

Palmer said he’s not sure how these potential amendments will play out, but any changes that are made would not go into effect for a few years because the government would have to phase out the current ACA policies to introduce the new ones.

Domingo said he does not think there will be a repeal of the ACA without some sort of plan for its replacement because that would be “political suicide.”

SU is not currently discussing plans for the future if changes are made to the ACA, Domingo said, but as soon as amendments are announced the student health insurance committee will hold weekly meetings to decide what the university should do moving forward.

break. She said she expects more than 400 international students will attend the dinner in Schine Student Center.

Sam Clemence, interim dean of Hendricks, said he is happy to see that the university is holding the international Thanksgiving celebration again after six years of suspension.

“Ruth Chen really has been the driving force to bring it back,” Clemence said. “It would be a delightful evening.”

Hendricks will be open from Monday through Wednesday over break, but will be closed for Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Clemence said, adding that the Hen-

dricks food pantry will also be available during Monday through Wednesday for those in need.

Hendricks holds the international Thanksgiving dinner a week before Thanksgiving Day. He said Hendricks is planning to hold weekly sessions with different chaplains after the Thanksgiving break for people who need consulting services with the election outcome.

Lynne Mowers, secretary to the director for SU Food Services, said all residential dining centers will be closed, but Schine Dining and the Goldstein Student Center are open with select hours.

“Dining centers are closed due to the vast majority of students leaving campus to

spend the holiday with family and friends,” Mowers said. “The operation hours in the student centers and convenience stores are based on historical data of student traffic patterns in the operations.”

Mowers said meal plans are accepted at Goldstein Student Center and Schine Dining during Thanksgiving week.

Students will have a meal swipe deducted from their account when they get to the register and if they choose to go back into the food court for more food, they will either be charged a second meal or will have to pay the regular a la carte price.

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aced with the possible tyranny of a Donald Trump presidency, hope is all many Americans have left.

And with hope in mind, more than four million people have signed a Change.org petition asking the electors of the Electoral College to diverge from Election Day results and elect Hillary Clinton as the 45th president of the United States. But the chances of the election being decided by “faithless electors” are nonexistent, even if one ignores the fact that Clinton already conceded the race.

Historical precedent and current legal consequences indicate that an outpouring of faithless electors is simply not realistic.

Fueled by the perceived anonymity of the electors, there is a misconception that this group only respects its state’s vote to preserve the integrity of the Electoral College. This is simply not the case.

Each political party has their own electors for each state, and only the winning party’s electors cast their ballots in the election’s final stage on Dec. 19. Essentially, when a person votes for president, they are really voting for their candidate’s electors.

Electors are chosen by political parties themselves, usually as a reward for years of service to the party. The majority of electors are everyday people who are selected because they exhibit loyalty and are unlikely to dishonor their affiliation.

Electors are typically unknown to the public because of a clause in the Constitution that dictates that “no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.”

Although it is an extreme rarity, there have been 85 instances of electors intentionally breaking their pledge in the history of the Electoral College, according to FairVote. These votes, while occasionally out of protest, are usually mistakes and have never altered an outcome’s election. The practice of faithless electing is a historical

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outlier, and even in this year’s unconventional election, the odds of an elector crossing party lines is still extraordinarily low.

Since 1990, only two instances of faithless electing have occurred.

In 2000, a Democratic elector from Washington D.C. named Barbara Lett-Simmons refused to cast her ballot as a form of protest against the district’s lack of congressional representation. LettSimmons’ vote would have given Democratic nominee Al Gore 267 votes, which still would have been short of the 270 majority. In 2004, an unknown Democratic elector in Minnesota mistakenly voted for vice presidential candidate John Edwards instead of presidential candidate John Kerry. Kerry would have finished with 252 electoral votes — again, still short of the majority.

The custom for the pledge to be honored is so strong — very rarely is it disobeyed.

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professor emeritus, maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs

In this case, it would take a considerable turnaround for Clinton to secure the presidency. As of Wednesday night, Trump held 290 electoral votes to Clinton’s 232, making it statistically implausible that more than 30 electors would turn their backs on their party.

In 29 states, an elector’s failure to adhere to their party’s pledge is a criminal offense, ranging from a small fine to a felony. For example, if a Republican elector from North Carolina were to dishonor their

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pledge and vote for Hillary Clinton, their vote would be canceled.

They would also be subjected to a small fine and would be barred from serving as an elector again.

As for the 21 other states, electoral college expert and Syracuse University professor emeritus Ralph Ketcham said he believes that any instance of an elector consciously choosing to oppose historical precedent is unlikely.

“The custom for the pledge to be honored is so strong — very, very rarely is it disobeyed,” said Ketcham. “I don’t think there’s any particular chance of it this time.”

Even if the polarizing nature of the election were to sway electors, Ketcham concludes that it will not be enough to change the end result, stating that, “it will not happen.”

Because of the extreme unlikelihood of a band of rogue electors, it is important to remain hopeful and politically active as citizens.

Just because Donald Trump will become our next president in January does not mean that his disenfranchising campaign promises can be allowed to take effect.

If Trump plans to enact discriminatory policies during his presidential tenure, he must be countered with peaceful and organized action.

Violence and name-calling does nothing but distract from and hinder the cause. Protests must be diplomatic, demonstrations must be considerate of others and disagreements must not be toxic.

As for Trump supporters and anyone who wishes to minimize the fear and anguish felt by millions nationwide: stop. When anyone decries and denounces a group to which someone identifies, it’s an insult to that person’s identity. When the president does so, it can shake someone’s confidence in the entire country. Let people grieve uninhibitedly. And, if possible, try to see things from a place of empathy.

Ryan Dunn is a freshman history major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at rarozenb@syr.edu.

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Campus dinner during break would be valuable While this Sunday marks the official start of Syracuse University’s Thanksgiving break, classes are already getting thinner and campus is quieting down. Nevertheless, there will still be students on the Hill next week.

For the first time in six years, SU will host a Thanksgiving dinner geared toward international students before vacation even begins — The International Thanksgiving Celebration will be held in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium at 7 p.m the Thursday before Thanksgiving.

Samuel Clemence, the interim dean of Hendricks Chapel, said administrators have seen an increase in international students going away for the break, so the dinner is being held before Thanksgiving.

But given the scarcity of dining options and the potential loneliness of spending the holiday on campus, SU should consider a campus-wide Thanksgiving meal during the week of break for students — both international and domestic.

The reduction of SU services during the break is understandable. There is no need to operate at full capacity if only a small fraction of the student body will be present. Still, campus life should not stop because some students choose to leave.

Office of Student Activities Director Dave Sargalski said that as usual, there won’t be any events scheduled over the break. Whether that’s an event as small as a movie screening to break up boredom or as big as a Thanksgiving dinner to beat loneliness, there should be options for remaining students.

The extent and availability of certain Thanksgiving break services are determined by numbers — for example, the number of gym entries Archbold Gymnasium will see on a Friday during break versus on a regular Friday.

But with services like meals or entertainment programming, the university can — and should — send out a survey earlier in the year to gauge interest.

Yes, the buses run, the gym is open, and food is available at Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry as well as Schine Student Center and Goldstein Student Center during select hours. But Thanksgiving is a holiday all about community, and a meal during break would bring the campus community together.

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buses Student Life Committee.

“Tickets sell out, and it’s great to see so many using this program. Not to mention it’s a fun way to get where you need to go since you’re surrounded by peers,” SA Vice President Joyce LaLonde said.

Buses will depart from SU at 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Two buses are sent to New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., while just one bus is sent to both Philadelphia and Rockaway. The buses return the weekend after Thanksgiving.

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initiative Shaw added that the Sunlight Foundation doesn’t directly guide cities on what to do but instead helps them create appropriate data programs.

“We learn about how they govern the management of their data and make recommendations based on that,” Shaw said.

There are variations for cities to integrate the idea of creating a policy structure for open data, she said, adding that the idea behind the policy structure is to help prioritize the data that people want.

Shaw said open data could help achieve several goals, including improving the relationship between the community and the police, creating open data on police practice and creating data-focused conversation around how the city is doing and how people can contribute to the conversation to keep track of issues that matter to city residents.

With the partnership, she said it would make the government resources more accessible to the public.

“The point of open data is to put public data online in ways that have no legal restriction for use,” she said.

from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. SA will also provide returning shuttles on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The shuttles can be picked up behind Schine Student Center and are free to students.

SA utilizes Wade Tours for the buses, and the buses can hold up to 50 SU students. Tickets cost $99 for a round trip and were sold at the Schine Box Office.

“Many students need a dependable, cost-effective way to get where they need to go for the breaks in the academic calendar,” LaLonde said. “With many students headed in similar directions, this service provides that streamlined process.” bawri100@syr.edu

Kristin Taylor, communications associate at What Works Cities, said the project encourages cities to elevate community engagement efforts to improve the living quality in the community.

“Cities can build solutions that engage residents more in the process of what the government looks like,” Taylor said. “Making decisions that are more data-driven ultimately creates more effective programs and more effective services and have the ability to improve the lives of the residents.”

Although there are some cities that are more advanced in using open data and are seeking to expand their “what works” practice, Shaw said the initiative also includes cities that just start with data and evidence. Their ultimate goal is to bring those cities to the next stage of improving open data practice, she said.

Syracuse is one of the 55 cities in the What Works Cities community, according to the project’s website.

Shaw said cities need to go through a comprehensive evaluating process to be considered joining What Works Cities. Only U.S. midsize cities with a population between 100,000 and 1,000,000 are eligible for joining the project, according to the initiative’s website. chchen@syr.edu

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University of California, San Francisco bans sugary drinks from campus

By Kennedy Rose staff writer

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he University of California, San Francisco recently became the first college in the nation to fully eliminate drinks with added sugar from campus vendors.

Drinks with added caloric sugar were taken from the shelves, said Leeane Jensen, UCSF’s director of wellbeing. The school left drinks such as diet sodas and 100 percent fruit juice, but removed non-diet sodas and fruit juices with added sugars like cranberry juice cocktail, Jensen said.

The inspiration for the removal stemmed from one afternoon, when Laura Schmidt, professor of health policy at UCSF, left a seminar on the effects of sugar on health and saw a food court filled with obese patients and their families, with large sodas and sugary drinks in hand, all sold from UCSF vendors.

Schmidt texted UCSF’s chancellor and said she felt like a hypocrite.

“Why are we making profits off of products that we, as scientists, are saying are harmful to health?” Schmidt said. “We really need to change the environment if we want to change health.”

Schmidt and Jensen led the initiative to remove drinks with added sugar from UCSF’s campus.

People are still allowed to bring their own drinks with added sugar to campus and to the hospital, but on-campus vendors will no longer sell them, Jensen said.

“We can’t really rip things out of people’s hands when they’re at home or with their families and friends,” Jensen said, “But we certainly can model a healthy environment.”

School officials are being careful to ensure the removal of sugary drinks is called a “healthy beverage initiative,” rather than a ban, Jensen said. Calling it a ban would make people feel the school was constraining individual choice, she said.

The initiative was also voluntary. Even corporate vendors like Jamba Juice, Subway and Panda Express are participating in the

initiative, Jensen added.

“There’s a pretty strong spirit of collaboration on this because it was voluntary,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt said she found that no vendors on campus are losing money and an on-campus survey showed an 80 percent approval rating in the first month of the removal.

Researchers at UCSF, including Schmidt, are measuring how removing sugary beverages from campuses affects the health of people who consume these beverages daily.

They want to see if people are drinking or purchasing sugary drinks more often now that they aren’t offered at UCSF, Schmidt said.

The researchers will measure changes in body weight, BMI, cholesterol and blood sugar, Jensen said.

The effects of sugar, especially liquid sugar, on the human body are staggering, Schmidt said. She said the liver and pancreas take the hardest hits from added sugar in drinks. Drinking one can of soda a day is nearly the equivalent to the full dietary

recommendation of sugar, Schmidt said.

Schmidt said there is research that shows how sugar can be addictive, but the addiction is “dose-dependent.”

UCSF hasn’t moved to ban sugar-laden foods as well because foods do not impact health as directly as drinks, Jensen said.

Though some solid foods may have high sugar contents, they give organs more time to process the sugar, Schmidt explained.

Traditional methods of promoting wellness on campus were not working over the years, Jensen said. She found conventional wellness efforts like massages or lectures on healthy eating with nutritionists were ineffective and only brought in an average of 10 students.

“We worked so hard to get 10 people and we have 30,000 people on our campus each day,” between the campus and the hospital, Jensen said.

The most important thing to Schmidt was creating a culture of health at the university. She said it is imperative that UCSF stops selling products they know are harm-

ful to health.

Jensen called the initiative to remove drinks with added sugar the next “lowhanging fruit” after tobacco, when it comes to public health.

“It’s pretty much what tobacco used to be before it became abnormal to smoke,” he said.

UCSF is working with other UC schools as well as other universities around the world to integrate the initiative into their own campuses.

“This is how we can get critical food and beverage reform into places that matter,” Schmidt said. krose100@syr.edu

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PAT BURAK is the director of the Slutzker Center for International Services and teaches an honors course on Russian literature. Burak works with international students on a daily basis and often helps them solve crises.

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Mother, mentor Slutkzer Center director accommodates international student body

By Rachel Sandler asst. web editor

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at Burak stands alone outside Goldstein Auditorium, hints of dark circles under her eyes. Everyone else — the 100-plus students required to go to the international student orientation — is inside listening to a presentation about going to school in the United States for the first time.

“I’m tired,” Burak said, taking a deep breath.

“I got a call last night at two in the morning from a student in China.”

The student, she explains, forgot an important immigration form in Syracuse when going home for summer break. Without it, immigration officers in China wouldn’t let her board her flight. So the student called Burak in tears, asking her to fix it, to untangle the oftentimes complicated web of immigration policy and bureaucracy that comes with being an international student.

“I was on the phone until five in the morning trying to help her,” Burak said.

And she did. The student was eventually able

to get on a plane and come to Syracuse University to start the new year.

Burak, the director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, the primary hub of resources for international students at SU, deals with these types of crises from international students on a daily basis. When a student has an immigration issue, Burak knows what to do. When a student is in the hospital, she drops

20% 4,244 international students are currently enrolled at SU, which equals 20 percent of the total student population source: syracuse university enrollment data

everything to visit them. When a student needs help moving in or out, Burak drives up and helps them pack or unpack herself.

“What if it were my own kid?” Burak said. “I would want someone to care.”

While individual student crisis management is a major part of Burak’s job, she also uses her clout as Slutzker Center director to bring international students to the attention of institutional forces at SU. Internationalization, the idea that campus should increase and support both international students on campus and domestic students abroad, is a key pillar in Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Academic Strategic Plan, something Burak was a part of creating. From her recommendation in the strategic plan, a council on internationalization with Burak on it was formed.

Burak is doing this job as the number of international students on campus is increasing. Total international student enrollment has more than doubled in the last ten years, according to Slutzker Center data. And just this year alone, there are 4,244 international students enrolled at SU — that’s 20 percent of the total SU population.

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Lead singer of Spiritual Rez discusses upcoming show

By Maldika Randive staff writer

Toft Willingham, lead singer and guitarist of reggae fusion band Spiritual Rez, spoke with The Daily Orange about the band’s origins and its new album and music video, ahead of its performance at Funk ‘n Waffles downtown Friday.

The Daily Orange: Let’s start by talking about how Spiritual Rez was formed. Where, or how, did you guys meet?

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burak starting to finish, Burak, still standing outside Goldstein Auditorium, spotted a student walking toward the auditorium doors.

“Are you supposed to be in there?” Burak asked, pointing to the auditorium.

“I just have a question,” the student responded.

He told Burak he’s living in an South Campus apartment, but he’s having trouble with his roommate. He knows someone living in a dorm on main campus whose roommate disenrolled.

Could he live with his friend on main campus?

“I need the name of your friend and the student who’s no longer living there,” she said.

He gave them to her and she scribbled the names down in a notebook.

“I’ll look into it,” Burak told him.

By the end of international student orientation that afternoon, Burak walked away with at least two other names written in her notebook.

And even though she’s the one in charge of it all — international student orientation, the Slutzker Center — Burak still has notebooks with names of students who once asked her for help.

“If a student comes in and they are in the middle of some kind of crisis, whether it’s academic or emotional or something just happened in their lives, Pat is always willing to talk to

Rez at Berklee College of Music as freshmen.

The bass player and drummer, Ian and Jesse, and I formed it there and it sort of evolved over the years while we were in college. We started playing at house parties and throwing big parties in our college houses, in Allston, Massachusetts, which is kinda like a college student ghetto. That’s where everyone would go from all the colleges in Boston to party. So, we started as a party band just in the basement, and then we sort of grew into the clubs, and we were playing nicer venues. When we

graduated, we were like, “Let’s take this show on the road.” We started touring, and that’s pretty much how it was formed.

The D.O.: If you were to describe your music to someone who’s never heard it before, how would you describe it?

TW: It’s a high energy, reggae rock dance party, basically. It’s horn-driven, and we play rock music, we play reggae music, we play ska.

It’s very multi-genre. If we really had to attach a name to it, it would be reggae fusion, but it leans on the reggae rock side, I would say.

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them,” said Max Wojnowski, a front desk advisor at the Slutzker Center.

Last fall, Oleksiy Anokhin, a Ph.D. student from Ukraine, needed to go to the doctor. But, like most international students, he didn’t have any experience navigating the U.S. healthcare system. He had no idea what to do and where he could go without spending a fortune. But he felt he could talk to Burak because the Slutzker Center, he said, is his second home on campus.

“It’s difficult to get good advice from students here about that, but she (Burak) gave me amazing advice,” Anokhin said. “She’s an amazing leader, a real leader. She’s one of the most inspirational people at this university for me.”

A cough sounds in the Huntington BeardCrouse classroom. It’s that time of year.

“Here,” Burak said, handing an unopened pack of Halls cough drops to the student who coughed. She saw them at CVS and bought them in case someone needed them.

Standing in front of her students, Burak steps into a world where magical realism and prose collide. She teaches a small honors class, The Power of Evil in Russian Literature, which she calls her escape from the world. Still, her motherly nature shines through during class as well — rewarding, scolding and being constantly aware of everything her students are doing.

Empathy lives in both of Burak’s worlds, the one where she’s leads the Slutzker Center and the one where she teaches Russian literature.

And it’s her willingness to pay attention to the small stuff — like buying cough drops because she thinks someone may need them — is what draws students in.

for class because of her mental health, Burak drove to the student’s apartment and drove her to the Counseling Center herself.

The lecture continues after the student takes the cough drop. Then Burak asks her to read a passage from “The Master and Margarita,” a classic piece of Russian literature by Mikhail Bulgakov.

“What do you think is happening in this passage?” Burak asked the class.

“I think it means he’s really hungover,” a student responds.

“You know for Russians, that really isn’t that surprising,” Burak quips back.

The class laughs.

Toward the end of class, Burak asks the room to think about a sentence in “The Master and Margarita.”

Septa felt the light in the bedroom, already weak enough to begin to fade.

“Okay, what do you think the light symbolizes?” Burak asks.

“The light symbolizes life?” a student slowly responds, unsure of the answer.

“Yes, yes. That’s exactly right,” Burak said, smiling and nodding her head. “Yes, yes.”

Her small expression of encouragement bring visible confidence to the student, but just as quickly she turns the page, and the class marches on.

If a student comes in and they are in the middle of some kind of crisis, whether it’s academic or emotional or something just happened in their lives, Pat is always willing to talk to them.

Max Wojnowski front desk adviser at the slutzker center

The relationships she builds with students go beyond books. Last fall, when a student last year repeatedly didn’t show up

Syracuse show?

TW: Yeah. We’re playing Funk ‘n Waffles, which is a great venue. It’s run by our homeboy Adam Gold, who is in Sophistafunk, he owns it. So we’re boys with Sophistafunk, and Adam, and that whole crew, and we love what he’s doing with his business. Great waffles, great food, lots of support for live music, original live music that’s out in the scene. We love playing there. mnrandiv@syr.edu

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COLORS Barnes & Noble to host Coloring and Coffee event

By Divya Murthy staff writer

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ick Bennett estimates that Barnes & Noble now carries more adult coloring books than children’s.

The Barnes & Noble on Erie Boulevard has been catering to this new trend. For about a year and a half now, their patrons not only want to read their regular magazines and books, but also want to draw and color. The surge in adult coloring inspired the store to provide an outlet in the form of a new activity: Coloring and Coffee.

This Sunday, Barnes & Noble will host its November Coloring and Coffee session at 1 p.m. The event is exactly what it sounds like: coffee and coloring enthusiasts can drop by for an afternoon to channel their artistic instincts while sampling a range of coffees from the Barnes & Noble Cafe.

“The event came to be because of the phenomenal popularity of adult coloring books,” said Nick Bennett, community business development manager at Barnes & Noble Syracuse.

Coloring and Coffee makes a monthly appearance at the store, usually on the third Sunday of the month — this Sunday’s will be the last for this year. Visitors only need to bring their creativity, as Barnes and Noble provides all the coloring books and arts supplies.

The additional promise of free coffee samples is also incentive for people to come to the event. The cafe serves Starbucks drinks and is currently offering a Spiced Sweet Cream, Narino 70 Cold Brew and Mexico Chiapas.

If college students are looking for a little bit of stress relief, they may find being creative and detail-oriented helps break up the day and some of the stress from upcoming exams.

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Originally intended to be a one-hit wonder, Coloring and Coffee wasn’t originally planned to happen monthly. Every summer, the bookstore puts on an event called Get Pop Cultured. The event provides activities to educate people about pop culture. One year, the store was asked to arrange adult coloring as one of the activities.

“We decided to give it a try and it was very popular,” Bennett said. “Because of its popularity, we wanted to keep going for it.”

The success of Get Pop Cultured, coupled with the rise in adult coloring book sales, pushed the store to pursue the idea of hosting a coloring event, Bennett said. Eventually, Coloring and Coffee just “sort of blew up and people were coloring all over the place,” Bennett said.

“The idea was that people can come and share their passion for coloring,” Bennett said. “It’s also fun, therapeutic and stress-relieving.”

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Dasha Foley, a sophomore entrepreneurship major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, agrees. She also liked the added bonus of caffeine.

“I love coffee, especially free coffee,” said Foley. “I feel like coloring would be a nice stress reliever to this very tumultuous week.”

An important factor in the success of Coloring and Coffee is the wide audience it draws, especially in a college town.

“If college students are looking for a little bit of stress relief, they may find being creative and detailoriented helps break up the day and some of the stress from upcoming exams,” Bennett said. “I could say it’s definitely suited to some college kids.”

College students have various avenues for channeling their stress; Bennett, an SU alumnus, said he himself was more oriented to music than “traditional art.”

However, Bennett pointed to the success of Coloring and Coffee and its universal appeal to all interests.

“It truly has popularity among many different kinds of people — it’s a very diverse audience, as far as age ranges and gender go,” Bennett said. “Anybody who is into art has shown up, but it has appeal to almost everybody.”

With changing seasons and trends, Coloring and Coffee sessions occasionally try to set a seasonal theme. Most of the time, however, they go with ever-

green designs that strike a chord with audiences.

Some students at Syracuse University like Shazif Shaikh, a sophomore aerospace engineering major, were surprised Barnes & Noble had an outlet in Syracuse, but were instantly excited by the idea of Coloring and Coffee.

Shaikh said his hometown of New York City has a bookstore called Strand with “a bunch of coloring books.” But if Barnes & Noble was doing something similar, then there is definite motivation for him to pop by.

“I think it’s a phenomenal idea,” Shaikh said.

“Coloring has really become something you don’t do after a certain point, and now it’s become very relaxing. And coffee, who doesn’t love a cup of joe?

It brings three of my favorite things together, coffee, books and coloring.”

Bennett reflected the same ideas. “It hits on a multitude of levels of what people are looking for,” he said.

“It can be a very social experience for those who are into the same thing for different reasons.”

With Thanksgiving coming as a welcome break for many students, Coloring and Coffee is a lighthearted start for those staying in Syracuse this weekend. Like Bennett said: “It’s a great opportunity to come, relax a little bit and enjoy yourself in the company of others who do the same thing.” dmurthy@syr.edu

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battle was around 6 or 7 when his family moved to a new town in New Jersey. His father, Gary Battle, helped sell his sons on the move by pointing out the new home was located within 100 yards of an outdoor court — easily visible from inside the house.

Tyus took advantage, getting in his “10,000 hours,” Gary Battle said.

“I just like to spend time by myself thinking, going to the gym, stuff like that,” Battle said.

The invested time led Battle to the United States Under-17 team in 2014, which won the gold medal on a trip to Dubai. That’s Battle’s response when asked about his favorite vacation before quickly clarifying his statement. “Not really a vacation but the best travel destination I’ve been to.”

Basketball is business. Battle doesn’t go on many vacations with his family. He spends his holidays in the gym with his father and younger brother. His dad coached him from third grade until ninth grade and has trained him his whole life. He’s the one Tyus credits most for his level-headed demeanor. from page 16

penalty kicks on his practice notes, to determine who the first five will be. Against Clemson this year, SU trotted out Kamal Miller, Sergio Camargo, Jan Breitenmoser and Kenny Lassiter before Clemson ended the game without Syracuse needing a fifth taker. Nanco, who McIntyre dubbed the team’s best penalty taker, was injured and therefore didn’t take one against the Tigers.

“You can never manufacture that kind of pressure in practice,” McIntyre said. “You from page 16

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Team USA’s coaches lauded his professionalism. When it was time to perform, Battle was as focused as anyone on a team that included Duke’s Harry Giles and Jayson Tatum and Kansas’ Josh Jackson, the top three recruits in the 2016 recruiting class, per ESPN. Battle was ranked No. 35 in the class.

The athletic guard came off the bench for Team USA, taking on a similar role he’ll likely have with the Orange this season. He can jolt the team when called upon.

“He was the guy we turned to as a coaching staff,” said Eric Flannery, an assistant on Team USA. “And I think those guys are undervalued.”

On Tuesday night against Holy Cross, Battle subbed in and missed his first two shots. Four minutes later, he assisted an Andrew White 3, stole the ball on the ensuing possession and knocked down a triple at the other end. Syracuse was riding a 13-3 run and Holy Cross was forced to take a timeout with the game getting out of hand.

Battle simply walked to the sideline and nonchalantly nodded at assistant coach Gerry McNamara.

In practice though, Battle comes out of

his shell. He constantly competes with fellow guard John Gillon. Who can shoot better? Who can win one-on-one? Who can make better off-ball cuts? Gillon described him as one of the most confident people he’s met. He has a vibrant personality, Gillon said, but it’s not over-the-top.

can also have a number of guys that during the run of the game, things can happen as well. It’s not a perfect science, but there is some kind of thought process that goes through it … You can have an idea of guys that you want … but things can change as well.”

The head coach says there are 10-12 players he trusts to take a penalty. Two Sundays ago, Camargo stepped to the spot with less than five minutes remaining in regulation and Syracuse trailing, 1-0. He slotted the penalty home, but then missed his penalty in the shootout.

For the senior transfer from Coastal Carolina, he chooses which side he’s kicking to before the kick and tries to deceive the goalie as much as possible with hip and eye movements. Nanco, who has a ritual of taking three steps back and two to the left after he places the ball, normally goes to his right but switches it up on occasion since he believes opponents have seen film of him going right.

McIntyre doesn’t instruct players on how to take a penalty or give his team a detailed scouting report of which way the goalkeeper

tends to dive. Against the Tigers, SU faced a goalkeeper in Brady Allardice who didn’t play in regulation but was brought on just to save penalties. McIntyre said he tries not to overload players with information because “It’s like telling Shaquille O’Neal, ‘This is the way to shoot a free throw.’”

“We had some guys, who I would say are much better than me and some other guys that actually took the PKs but weren’t feeling that day,” Camargo said. “Some other day, maybe I’ll feel the same way.”

Ishmael was a surprise scratch last Saturday, and Babers said that it was a nagging injury that slowed him down as the week went along. Quarterback Zack Mahoney said that Ishmael was a full-go in practice yesterday, but Babers refuted that today saying that he started yesterday’s practice but didn’t finish it.

Babers declined to expand on what Byrne

was dealing with. Byrne took a shot to the head was lying on the ground for several minutes before he was be helped off the field.

“Well,” Babers said, sighing, “I think we’ve gotta leave that stuff all up to the ACC thing. We’re not supposed to be talking about injuries.”

“You saw the tape, you saw the game. I’m just gonna leave it there and you can see the (injury) report on Thursday.”

well Zack played, Zack should be the guy that goes up first,” Babers said. “But we haven’t decided yet, have to still see how everything fits in the game plan.”

In his first start of the season, Mahoney went 14-for-25 for 190 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

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Average points per game Tyus Battle has racked up through the first two games of his Syracuse career

“I don’t think he’s a quiet guy,” Gary Battle. “I think he’s selective in what he does.”

After leading Syracuse with 16 points in a preseason exhibition against Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Battle said, “I thought I played alright.”

Being self-aware didn’t come easy to Battle. He improved in the area during his junior year because his right foot was broken in two places. He couldn’t play so he spent time in the weight room and packed on 30 extra pounds.

Mahoney will probably start if Dungey is out

Leading up to last week’s game, the quarterback situation for SU was murky. It was unclear if Dungey was going to play, and which of the two backups — Mahoney and Austin Wilson — would start in his place was also a mystery. Mahoney was second on the depth chart all year, but it was Wilson who came on in Clemson when Dungey left.

Mahoney started last week, but both were listed as backup options on this week’s depth chart. Babers said that based on last week’s performance, Mahoney would probably get another shot.

“Well I think right now, based off of how

It was the step back that Battle needed.

It helped him gain perspective and better grasp the mental side of the game. His dad constantly preached that basketball is mostly mental. The injury helped Battle learn to stay even-keeled.

“That was the biggest turning point of my life,” Battle said. “… It got to me a little bit. … I just learned how important the game was to me and how quickly it could be taken away from us.”

Battle’s dream was just to get an offer to play in college. In one day during his freshman year of high school, he received three.

All of a sudden, he realized his hideaway was turning into a stage.

He doesn’t hesitate to let the ball fly when catching a pass in the corner or when he has an open lane to the basket. He’s aware of the situations he’s in. He balances the job he needs to accomplish and the attention he attracts.

“During this whole process of basketball, there’s going to be a lot of ups and downs,” Battle said. “But if you just stick the course, play your game … things will turn out alright.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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Dalvin Cook is better than Babers thought

FSU’s junior running back currently ranks second in the ACC and ninth in the country in rushing yards per game, with 124.2.

In the conference, he trails only Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Heisman favorite who torched SU’s defense in Week 2.

After seeing Cook on tape though, Babers saw that the star running back is even faster and better than he first realized.

“I thought he was really, really good, but I didn’t know how fast he was until I saw the Clemson game, and I saw him run away from the Clemson secondary people,” Babers said.

“We couldn’t run away from the Clemson secondary people. He’s probably one of the fastest, or the fastest, back we have in the conference.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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Sykes diversifies offensive game as 3-point threat

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

After more than 50 percent of Syracuse’s 3-point production from a year ago has graduated, guard Brittney Sykes is trying to replace some of SU’s points.

The 3-point reliant defending national runner-up needs consistency from long range. Sykes wants to knock down 3s more frequently than in previous years. Should she expand her game, whose strengths revolve around her driving ability, she could boost No. 14 Syracuse’s (2-0) offense and open up the floor for her teammates.

“If Britt can shoot the 3, now you can’t back off and take her athleticism away,” Syracuse assistant coach Tammi Reiss said. “You’ve got to play her and she’ll blow right by you.”

She hit only 21-of-91 (23 percent) 3s last year.

She went 0-for-3 during her redshirt season, 6-for-18 (33 percent) in 2013-14 and made only 13-of-61 (21 percent) her freshman season.

Over the summer, Sykes stayed for both of Syracuse’s training sessions, hoisting 500 3-pointers a night. Sykes knows that, with a long range game in her repertoire, she could open up lanes, make it harder for teams to double-team, and clog the middle. Sykes went 2-for-5 from 3 on opening night against Rhode Island.

Sykes hopes to create 3s on her own off the dribble, something she’s always done with her more-polished midrange game. All summer, Sykes didn’t tweak her form at all, Reiss said.

Instead she worked on driving the shot with her legs, and jumping and landing in the same spot.

“Everyone thinks it’s this,” Reiss said, gesturing a flick of the wrist. “It’s not. It’s this,” she added, pointing to her lower half.

The 5-foot-9 guard will catch and rise up, where before she’d catch and maybe jab step because she wasn’t a 3-point shooter. Senior point guard Alexis Peterson, who put up 28 and 19 points in SU’s first two games, has said Sykes as a 3-point threat would open up the floor for her.

“Brit would say, ‘I’m a slasher, I’m not good at this, I’m not going to just chuck up 3s,’” Reiss said. “Well, now she’ll let it go.”

Less than 2 minutes, 30 seconds into the regular-season opener, Sykes drilled two 3-pointers. On her first, she stood still, held her follow through and raised her hands in the air.

Thirty seconds later, she spotted up in the corner and swished another before blowing a kiss.

Sykes has never shot better just two games into a season. Still, she sometimes looks slightly hesitant from deep. She airballed an open 3 from the wing against Siena and has passed up a few open shots to a guarded Gabby Cooper, who’s just 7-for-32 from deep. Asked whether he thought Sykes may force some 3s early on or hesitate to launch, Quentin Hillsman was blunt.

“Definitely not,” the head coach said.

“She’s worked too hard on her shot all summer not to come and be confident with that.

When she’s open, shoot the ball.”

Entering her final season at Syracuse, Sykes wanted to be a 3-point threat. She wanted to get to the rim at will. And she wanted to carry Syracuse as an All-American. Through two games, she’s emerging as a threat from deep.

“It’s been one of those things like, when you add that, ” Hillsman said, “the game has changed.” mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

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Syracuse women’s basketball’s Brittney Sykes plans on being more dangerous from 3 this year.

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TYUS BATTLE has the fourth most minutes on Syracuse this season. The 6-foot-6 freshman guard has a knack for getting to the rim and a lengthy wingspan that makes him a solid fit in SU’s 2-3 zone. He enjoys spending his downtime on the basketball court. liam sheehan staff photographer

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yus Battle prefers to be alone and he has a smile that can light up a room. He’s not flashy with his emotions on the court, but he’s been expected to star at Syracuse since first committing. He analyzes his role in the game, while still relying on his basketball instincts to make plays.

Those dualities in Battle’s life have groomed him for the opportunity to be a key contributor on the No. 18 team in the country. He’s come off the bench in the Orange’s (2-0) first two games, but is averaging 23.5 minutes, fourth most on the team. And in a year in which Jim Boeheim has

BATTLE GROUNDED Freshman guard ready to emerge after lifetime of learning through basketball

men’s soccer

more depth than any in recent memory, Battle epitomizes it with his multifaceted skillset that includes a nifty driving ability and a wingspan that can create problems for opposing offenses.

“He didn’t come in looking like a freshman.

He didn’t have that young boy look,” sophomore point guard Frank Howard said. “Clearly he’s strong, physical guy. But even in his actions on and off the court, he didn’t act as a freshman.”

The basketball court is Battle’s sanctuary and his favorite place on campus to spend his downtime is at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. He said he’s quiet in nature. And that’s where he can find his solitude.

It’s been his getaway since he was little. Battle see battle page 12

football

SU preps for PKs in postseason Babers gives update on injuries, quarterbacks

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

Hendrik Hilpert slowly walked off the goal line, his lips pursed with no expression on his face. Clemson mobbed nearby, as the Orange prepared to board a flight back home, its chance at back-to-back conference titles no longer alive.

Penalty kicks haven’t been kind to the Orange over the past year.

After a shootout victory against North Carolina in the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals, SU has lost its last two shootouts — both to Clemson — with one coming in last year’s Col-

lege Cup semifinal and one coming two Sundays ago in the ACC tournament quarterfinal.

With the NCAA tournament opener for the Orange on Sunday, penalty kicks are once again a possibility if the game is tied after 110 minutes. The only time No. 8-seed Syracuse (11-3-4, 3-2-3 Atlantic Coast) can face No. 3-seed Clemson, its Achilles heel in shootouts, is the national championship game.

For now, either Dartmouth or St. Francis (Brooklyn) will venture to SU Soccer Stadium for a secondround tilt, and Syracuse will hope for better fortunes on penalty kicks if the game reaches that point.

“We’ve grinded out a lot of games this year and last year,” senior forward Chris Nanco said, “and we’ve been unlucky in penalty kicks.”

Head coach Ian McIntyre considers several different factors when choosing his penalty-kick takers. He keeps count of each player’s percentage when the team practices penalties during the postseason while also relying on whether or not a player feels comfortable to take the spot kick come shootout time.

If there are more than five players who believe they are ready, McIntyre uses his discretion, mainly based see penalty

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By Tomer Langer asst. copy editor

Syracuse (4-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) plays its last home game of the season at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday when it takes on No. 17 Florida State (7-3, 4-3). The Orange is coming off a 35-20 loss to North Carolina State, while the Seminoles crushed Boston College, 45-7, last Friday.

Here are three things SU head coach Dino Babers said on the ACC coaches teleconference on Wednesday.

Injury updates

The Orange missed two key starters on offense last week when both quarterback Eric Dungey and wide receiver Steve Ishmael sat the game out. Additionally, center Colin Byrne — who has been the starter since Week 3 after senior Jason Emerich hurt his shoulder in the second game of the season — had to leave last week’s game with an injury.

Dungey was knocked out of the Clemson game in the first quarter see babers page 12