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ON THE EDGE
breakdown
Here’s a look at some of the changes outlined in the tentative agreement between
closed shop
Starting in the 2016–17 academic year, part-time instructors who are hired in August 2016 or later will be required to join the union as a condition of being hired.
increased wages for part-time faculty
The probation and post-probation minimum per credit hour rate for part-time faculty increased to $1,200 forprobation faculty and $1,250 for post probation faculty.
reduced probation period for benefit plan
To get access to the modified benefit plan, part-time faculty will be on a probation period of four consecutive semesters, instead of two consecutive academic years.
the numbers
source: su aaup by
money makers
Below are the average salaries for continiuing faculty during 2012–13:
student association
Group to start meal program
By Sara Swann staff writer
Starting in Spring 2015, Syracuse University students can have lunch with SU faculty and staff members for free.
Median pay per course for part-time faculty members at private nonprofit doctoral/research institutions: Great Lakes region: $3,648 All regions: $3,800
source: aaup
Many SU part-time faculty say they deserve better benefits, salaries
the university series
By Meredith Newman managing editor
Precarious — a word that means not securely held or in position, an adjective describing something that is dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
A word frequently used to describe a population of Syracuse University educators who feel they don’t have stable job security or benefits: parttime faculty.
An overall trend in higher education has shown that hiring part-time faculty has become increasingly popular. According to the most recent report from the American Association of University Professors, about 51.4 percent of total faculty in higher education comprise of part-time fac-
ulty. The AAUP also reported that the number of part-time faculty has grown by about 300 percent from 1975 to 2011. At SU, 481 people are considered part-time instructors.
The university differentiates adjuncts from part-time instructors as educators who have full-time employment outside of the university.
But while a majority of the educators on campus are not full-time faculty, many on campus feel adjuncts and part-time faculty aren’t receiving the salaries and benefits they deserve.
Adjuncts United — a union on campus that represents contingent faculty— recently came to a tentative agreement with the university regarding contingent faculty compensation and rights and is just waiting for union members to vote and ratify the agreement.
Samuel Gruber, an adjunct professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the union’s executive committee, said SU has come a long
way in terms of its treatment of contingent faculty. But, he said, there’s still a long way to go.
“What happens is that you have a medieval social hierarchy where you have different levels of instruction and people at the top are getting paid the most and teaching the least, but the people at the bottom are paid the least and teaching the most,” Gruber said. “It creates a distorted and ultimately undesirable system of inequality. The students really suffer from that. I love to teach and I love my students, but I don’t get paid enough to be spending lots and lots of time engaged with them outside of the classroom.
“I have to go out and make money doing other things so that I can afford being an adjunct. And that’s a shame.”
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Laurel Morton says she wouldn’t be currently teaching at SU if it wasn’t for the union.
Now a part-time professor in the
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Morton was previously let go by SU in 2005.
Morton is also the president of Adjuncts United, which was first recognized by the university in 2006. The union is an affiliate of the New York State United Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers.
The negotiations for the third agreement, which if ratified is effective until May 31, 2017, took a majority of this semester, Morton said.
Morton said she is confident that the union’s voting members, which are comprised of about 250 people, will ratify the tentative agreement. While progress was made in the tentative agreement, Morton said she wishes more could have been done.
The new tentative agreement includes changes to the make-up of the union, as well as an increase to the minimum per credit hour rate for part-
With $3,000 approved from the Student Advancement Fund, Student Association created Chat & Dine with Faculty and Staff. Modeled after a similar program at the University of Rochester, Chat & Dine will help students become better acquainted with their professors and other faculty and staff members, said Aysha Seedat, director of student life for SA and a junior policy studies major.
“The faculty and staff members are here for us. They want to hear our feedback on how they can improve. If there are ways to better incorporate technology into something, they want to hear that,” Seedat said.
When the program begins, students who are interested in having lunch with a professor or staff member will fill out a form for Chat & Dine. Within seven business days, the request will be either approved or denied by SA. If approved, the students will be scheduled for a specific Chat & Dine date, Seedat said.
Students will be limited to two Chat & Dine opportunities per semester “so all students can have the opportunity to participate and it is not the same students meeting over and over again,” Seedat said.
Freshmen and sophomores will receive priority when it comes to Chat & Dine “so that they can get a more personal experience with their professors, especially since a majority of them teach large lecture classes,” Seedat said.
“The resources professors and staff members have are infinite,” she said. “They can offer so much more than advice about a student’s career path.”
The tentative days for Chat &
Adjuncts United and SU.
WORK wednesday | john michael
Store owner creates Marshall Street landmark
By Jacob Gedetsis staff writer
John Michael began working at a shoe store in eighth grade and hasn’t stopped since.
Michael opened J Michael Shoes in 1983 and more than 30 years later, the store has become a landmark business on Marshall Street for generations of Syracuse University students.
J Michael Shoes hosts a wide range of apparel, jewelry and shoes for both men and women. Located just off the SU campus, the store is popular among students, locals and alumni.
Michael aims to keep his store stocked with the hottest fashion styles for students on campus.
“You got to keep your eyes open so you can spot the trend because we’ve always said, ‘If it’s hot, it’s here,’” he said.
In middle school, Michael said he “graduated from the school of hard knocks” and attributes his success to the mentors he had growing up.
Michael added that he wants to do the same things for others — he is teaching his son and long-term employees the ropes of the retail
industry.
“I’ve always told people as you’re going up the ladder of success to have one hand up there helping yourself up and the other hand down there helping somebody up behind you, so you have somebody to take your place,” Michael said.
For Michael, seeing satisfied cus -
tomers with smiles on their faces gives him a sense of satisfaction and is the best part of his job. He said opening the shop every day is “like a big show” and that he enjoys coming to work every day.
His advice to students is to pick a job that makes them feel passionate about going to work every day.
In the Oct. 22 article “Students raise donations for local resident living without water, power, electricity,” the name of Metropolitan School for the Arts was misstated. The Daily Orange regrets this error.
Said Michael: “Having your own store is the way to go. You put love into it and you get the rewards. It’s like mowing a lawn — you get all done and you see it, it looks all perfect — or you wash your car, and it’s all nice and shiny. It’s the satisfaction.”
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JOHN MICHAEL shows off the wide selection of watches at his store, J Michael Shoes, on Marshall Street. Michael opened the store more than 30 years ago. erin carter contributing photographer
N NEWS
@Geo_Cuse
Created as our group capstone project for GEO 491, GeoCuse relays to current and prospective SU students our undergrad program experiences
Scan it
Hancock International Airport is getting a new device for scanning passengers for weapons or explosives hidden under clothing.
See Thursday’s paper
Alternative option
Helping hands
The Office of Engagement Programs’ annual Thanksgiving food drive ends this Friday. All donated food will be distributed to families in need in the Syracuse community. See Thursday’s paper
Here is a round-up of news happening around the nation and the world this week.
POLITICS
VOTED DOWN
The United States Senate voted down the legislation proposed by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) to create the Keystone XL Pipeline which would deliver 830,000 barrels of oil a day from western Canada into the U.S. The $7.6 billion pipeline failed to pass in the Senate on Tuesday by a 59 to 41 vote.
source: washington post
U.S.
STUDENT DEATH RULED A HOMICIDE
The death of Hannah Graham, a University of Virginia student, was ruled a homicide on Tuesday, but the cause of death is still unknown. Graham disappeared on Sept. 13 after a night out with friends and was missing for a month before officials found her remains on Oct. 18.
source: usa today
BUSINESS
prijatel asst. photo editor
(LEFT) AMBER CANAVAN , a senior environmental science major at SUNY-ESF, and her husband, Ryan, eat field roast, a vegetarian grain meat at Nifkin Lounge on the SUNY-ESF campus. The Thanksgiving Potluck was put on by the Syracuse Animal Rights Organization and was held on Tuesday. The event was a pre-Thanksgiving party and provided a chance to try vegan cuisine.
Council to vote on snow-shoveling fine Monday
By Jacob Gedetsis staff writer
The Syracuse Common Council will again consider a $50 fine for some Syracuse residents who do not shovel the sidewalks in front of their property during its meeting next week.
Common Councilor Bob Dougherty sponsored a similar ordinance last year, but it failed in a 7-2 decision. This year Dougherty has insti-
tuted two major changes that he hopes will help the bill pass.
Under the new proposed legislation, residents will be issued a written warning and be given 24 hours to clear their sidewalks before receiving the fine. The proposed ordinance also only applies to major city streets or to streets near schools. If passed, the ordinance would be phased in over four years starting in the Southwest district of the city and adding
one quadrant each year. Residents in the area surrounding Syracuse University would be the last to see the effects of the ordinance.
“A lot of this is about getting kids to school, this is what prompted me to do this in the beginning. I think that kids should be able to safely walk to school, along with all other pedestrians should be able to safely walk around during the winter,” Dougherty said.
Dougherty said he believes proper snow removal is an issue that still needs to be addressed. Safety is his No. 1 concern, he said, citing that people decide to walk in the streets when the sidewalks are covered in snow, and as a result endanger both themselves and drivers.
Meagan Alcorn, a senior biology major who rents an apartment on Ackerman Avenue said she supports the fine.
Students create website about geography major
By Ali Linan staff writer
Syracuse University senior geography students have launched a website that aims to expose a wider range of people to the topic.
Potential geography majors, whether they be current SU students or prospective students, will now be able to visit GeoCuse.com and learn
about the major from an undergraduate geography major’s point of view.
As the capstone project for the GEO 491 senior seminar course, a required class for all geography majors, the 17 senior geography students worked throughout the semester to put together a website that was revealed at a launch party on Tuesday in Maxwell Auditorium at 7 p.m.
The launch of the new website is
in connection with National Geography Awareness Week and the attendees were able to play geography related games and win prizes as the students showed what they have been working on the entire semester, said Emma Edwards, a senior geography and policy studies dual major.
The idea to build the website came from Anne Mosher, the professor of the course and mentor for the proj-
ect. Mosher said students wanted to express what geography was so they went out and did a lot of research.
Students gathered information on the major, interviewed faculty and alumni and found geography based content. People can expect to find all of this information on the website.
“The website was designed to expose potential geography majors,
PLAYING DIRTY
A senior executive at Uber suggested on Monday that the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media.
source: the guardian
TECHNOLOGY
NEW EMAIL SERVICE
IBM is launching a web-based email service to compete against Google. IBM will offer Verse to individuals and hopes to sell a commercial version to businesses.
source: the wall street journal
HEALTH
STRESSED OUT
Stress affects young women with heart disease more than it affects young men with heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers from Emory University said the effects of psychological stress may be the reason why women with heart disease are more likely to die from heart attacks than men with heart disease.
source: medical news today
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Science fiction can bring awareness to real events
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta Space Probe became the first ever device to land on a comet. The project is an attempt to further understand the creation of life on earth by analyzing comets, which are known to contain the essential elements for creating amino acids.
Leading up the Rosetta’s landing last week, the ESA partnered with Platige Image to create a fact-based, science fiction-like short film meant to draw awareness to the project.
This ties into a bigger debate — the debate over the purpose of using sci-fi films to spread awareness about current issues. In the end, if the purpose is to generate awareness for something, any downsides of dramatizing an event are outweighed by the number of people it can interest who might have never cared before.
In an interview with members of the film production crew, one member’s words stuck out to me regarding this debate. He said, “I’m very surprised you need something like this at all now. Mankind sends a probe into space to catch a comet and land on it. And we need a great director, film and actors to convince people it’s interesting.”
It is disheartening to think about people being interested in the mission solely after seeing its promotional film. However, it doesn’t matter.
More scientists have begun to use science fiction to further convey their points. Critics of this approach say that the content may seem outlandish and far-fetched, thus giving the opposition an excuse to disregard the core message and miss the point.
Take climate change for example.
In a July 29 New York Times opinion piece, George Marshall, founder of the Climate Outreach Information
AZOR COLE
DARE TO BE A FORCE OF NATURE
Network, argued that climate fiction, an emerging genre commonly referred to as cli-fi, will “reinforce existing views rather than shift them.” This is a generalization and to assume this statement to be absolute would be a mistake.
This way of thinking assumes that people already have firm stances on environmental issues. Some certainly do, but for many, apathy prevails. Science fiction has the power to spur curiosity through special effects, apocalyptic plot lines and dramatization in a way much different from reading through scientific reports. It depends on the person, but surely the addition of sci-fi will not deter anybody who already believes in issues such as climate change or the significance of space exploration.
In the case of the Rosetta mission, the short film “Ambition” is perhaps the best example of sci-fi being used to promote a cause yet. Of course, it features incredible special effects, but what sets it apart is that it is focused, working to actually explain the Rosetta mission to the viewer. As the ESA describes it, the film “turns science fiction into science fact.” By not making any extravagant predictions, “Ambition” diverts attention from what may or may not happen back to what is happening right now and instead raises awareness for the mission. In this regard, the film is a success. Any sci-fi film that intends to teach its viewer something should follow suit.
Azor Cole is a junior public relations major and geography minor. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at azcole@syr.edu.
Not over yet
Conservative columnist Chris Pulliam discusses why the GOP should reintroduce the Keystone XL pipeline legislation.
See dailyorange.com
Make it snappy
Technology columnist Aarick
Knighton discusses the pros and cons of Snapchat’s new money sending feature, “Snapcash.”
See Thursday’s paper
letter to the editor
Protest disrespected Pan Am victims
I was saddened to see a photograph on dailyorange.com depicting the Wall of Remembrance as a stage for a rally, and even more so, protesters standing on the memorial. It is disheartening to
editorial board
know there are people on this campus so disrespectful of the memory of our students murdered in the bombing of Pan Am 103 that the desecration of the Wall of Remembrance has come to be
acceptable behavior for our faculty, staff and students.
Kathleen N. Foley,Project Director College of Visual and Performing Arts
Sidewalk ordinance should be passed
The Daily Orange Editorial Board encourages the Syracuse Common Council to pass an ordinance that would fine Syracuse residents who do not shovel the sidewalks in front of their properties.
Next Monday, the Common Council will reconsider a $50 fine for residents that live on main roads or live by schools who don’t shovel their sidewalks. Under this proposed ordinance, residents will be issued a written warning and will then have 24 hours to clear their sidewalks before receiving the fine. The proposed ordinance will be implemented over four years starting in the Southwest district and adding one quadrant per year. Residents that live near Syracuse University would be the last
to be affected by the ordinance. Though it would be years until Syracuse University students would see the effects of this ordinance, the ordinance would be positive for Syracuse students — and the entire city — for multiple reasons. It would be easier and safer for students to get to main campus from surrounding areas if the sidewalks were clear of snow. Many SU students commute to campus by foot and walking through snow-covered sidewalks is not just inconvenient, but dangerous because of black ice and uneven ground. If the Common Council passes the ordinance, it will be beneficial for the neighborhoods surrounding the university.
For college students, the only opposition to this ordinance could come from laziness. Homeowners or renters should be responsible for taking care of their residences, and that should include clearing the sidewalk so people walking by are not inconvenienced or injured. The $50 fine is necessary to provide some type of consequence. And the 24-hour grace period provides the opportunity for residents to shovel their sidewalks to avoid the ticket.
The Common Council should pass this ordinance on Monday to set into motion an eventual city-wide rule. SU students might not embrace having to shovel more snow, but clear sidewalks will be a welcome change.
“It’s sometimes dangerous walking to school, because sometimes you have to walk in the road and there are cars going both ways,” Alcorn said. “If you don’t impose the fine then people won’t do it, and $50 isn’t that bad but it will make people shovel.”
Dougherty said part of owning a property whether you are a resident, landlord or business is accepting the responsibilities of maintaining that space. This includes mowing one’s grass, keeping the property in good condition and in this case, shoveling the sidewalk.
He said he also hopes this will cause commercial businesses to be more mindful when
My problem last year, this year and forever is going to be this: that the biggest sidewalk owner in the city is the city. If the city isn’t going to clear its sidewalks … If we aren’t going to do that, then how in the world could we fine others that don’t?
Jean Kessner common councilor at-large
plowing-out their parking lot. When parking lots are cleared, plows often create large snow embankments on the sidewalks and on street corners, a fineable offense.
In 2013–14, Syracuse received 132 inches of snow, according to GoldenSnowball.com, a website that tracks snow accumulation in New York cities. The most snow Syracuse has accumulated in a single year over the past 10 years was in 2010–11 when it received 179 inches, according to the website.
Common Councilor At-Large Jean Kessner, who was undecided as of Monday night, said she appreciates how diligent Dougherty has been working on this issue and agrees that something needs to be done. But has one fundamental problem with the ordinance.
“My problem last year, this year and forever is going to be this: that the biggest sidewalk owner in the city is the city. If the city isn’t going to clear its sidewalks … If we aren’t going to do that, then how in the world could we fine others that don’t?” she said.
Kessner said to set an example it must start with the city, but noted that a financially-strapped Syracuse would be unable to take on a project of that size.
“Bob Dougherty is someone that has pursued this diligently, and I really appreciate that, and like he said at our meeting, ‘the snowiest city in the country, we have got to get a better grip on this,’ so how do you get people to do this?” Kessner said.
Dougherty added that if anyone had a real issue with fulfilling the requirements outlined by the ordinance to call him or the Common Council and those accommodations would be made.
Said Dougherty: “We are still going to have problems: with vacant houses, with some city property ... nothing is ever going to be perfect, but in this case definitely something is better than nothing.”
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know your rights
CNY
Fair Housing to hold conference about housing rights, discrimination
By Anagha Das staff writer
Syracuse is the ninth most segregated metropolitan area in the United States, resulting in housing segregation and discrimination.
Housing discrimination in Syracuse is just one aspect of CNY Fair Housing’s “The Changing Face of Opportunity” Conference and Luncheon on Wednesday held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Syracuse. The half-day conference will also feature Slate Magazine’s Jamelle Bouie, civil rights attorney Michael Allen and housing consultant Alys Mann. There will also be a workshop geared toward the changing housing needs of people with disabilities, said Karen Schroeder, assistant director of CNY Fair Housing.
“We wanted to make it as interesting as possible,” Schroeder said. “Segregation and race rela-
tions are pretty topical at the moment and we thought this conference would be interesting.”
The main goal of the conference, which Schroeder expects to draw 150 people, is to educate people on their housing rights and responsibilities.
CNY Fair Housing is an independent, non-profit dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination through the law, educating the community on rights and responsibilities in the housing market and advocating for the creation and support of diverse neighborhoods.
CNY Fair Housing has done one conference similar to this one in the past, but wanted to do a conference based on their goals in housing and urban development.
CNY Fair Housing has dealt with discrimination, familial status issues and university neighborhood cases. There are increasing issues related to race and gender identities and sexual harassment. Most of the calls they receive are from the Syracuse community, Schroeder said.
website was learning the coding and how to actually build a website, said Kerry Wolfe, a senior geography and magazine dual major and staff writer for The Daily Orange.
“We get between 300–350 calls per year with complaints dealing with housing. Sixty percent of these calls are from folks with mental or physical disabilities,” Schroeder said.
Discrimination in housing is prevalent, said Yan Mei Jiang, a CNY Fair Housing public relations intern.
“People should be responsible for the way they are treated and learn the facts behind everything,” Jiang said. “I think it’s also important for every person in the community to know they have national as well as local rights in
iar with their rights as renters or homebuyers and are more willing to make a phone call, Schroeder said. She added that only 2 percent of all discrimination cases are ever reported, according to a national statistic.
“If people are very challenged with money, their choices are fairly limited. We have a lot of new Americans coming here who may not be familiar with their rights,” Schroeder said.
whether current students or high school students, how amazing and interesting geography can be as a discipline,” said Andrew B. P. Barrows, a senior biology and geography major. With the help from mentors and the SU Online Learning Services, the 17 senior geography major students built the website. The project required the students to learn the program Expressions, SU’s version of WordPress, and place their content on it. The most challenging part of the whole
“It was something, I personally found very difficult,” she said.
SU Online Learning Services helped the students whenever they had question. Barrows said it was a huge asset during the project, since many students didn’t have past experience with the technology.
In addition to learning how to code a webpage, the geography students enjoyed the fact that they not only learned a lot of things about
People should be responsible for the way they are treated and learn the facts behind everything.
Yan Mei Jiang
the place they live in.”
Citizens of Syracuse are a little more famil-
their major, but also about each other.
“We learned how to think about geography in a different way and appreciate the major more,” Edwards said. “We were all geography majors, but we all had different interests in geography so it was interesting to see different perspectives.”
The class broke down into work groups of geographical interests, each student taking part in two sections of the website, Mosher said. “The students had to work together outside of the classroom as they did research for their pages, so they really learned how to work together,” she added.
“We made long-lasting friends because of
To help gage some discrimination cases, CNY Fair Housing sends out what they called “paired testers” to houses if they receive complaints from a neighborhood. They send out two people who look the same on paper. The only difference, for example, would be that one person would have children and the other wouldn’t. They then see if the testers are treated the same, said Schroeder.
Jiang added that she is looking forward to the segregation workshop during the conference.
Said Jiang: “I know that there is a lot of minorities living in Syracuse, and I want to learn more about the history of where minorities stay and about the discrimination that is occurring in the area.”
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this project; it was like our final bonding experience,” Edwards said.
The students said they hope that the hard work they put into this website, will continue after their class is over.
“The university has a geography website, but this is one from an undergraduate’s perspective so we hope SU will recognize it and use it once it is in place,” Mosher said. “It is different from the typical university language website, so we think it will attract more students because it is information coming from a student.”
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time faculty.
“... I wanted them to take the lead (in higher education) and empower the adjuncts on campus,” she said.
Sonya Williams, the executive director of Human Resources Services at SU, said in a statement that the university and Adjuncts United are currently negotiating the next agreement and will “communicate with campus once the Labor Agreement has been ratified.” •••
Jessica Posner doesn’t tell her students she’s an adjunct professor. She says she wants them to value her and her labor more than the institution she works for does.
Posner, who’s currently in her second year as
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chat
& dine
Dine to take place are on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, located between Bird Library and Watson Hall, will host the students, faculty and staff members meeting for lunch, Seedat said.
Groups of two to four students paired with
an adjunct, taught five classes last year which is considered a full-time load in her department, transmedia. She earned $17,229.45.
She’s a 2008 SU alumna, has $100,000 in student debt and doesn’t qualify for benefits. For Posner, it’s not about matching the compensation full-time faculty receives, it’s about adjuncts not being “exploited.”
“I think there’s fear in speaking out against the administration or challenging anything at the university,” she said. “I think there’s a fear for action since there is a potential for repercussion.”
Adjuncts being paid an “obscenely” low amount of wages and having little job security are trends that are seen all across higher education, said Matt Huber, a member of the Labor Studies Working Group, which is an interdisciplinary group of SU faculty.
Equity is a problem on campus because
one faculty or staff member will be arranged for each Chat & Dine luncheon, Seedat said.
The groups will eat lunch in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center’s first floor dining area. Students can order off the menu with their choice of an entrée and an appetizer or a dessert, said Kelley Champa, assistant director of food services at SU.
“It sounds like a great program and it’s simple — that’s what makes it nice, the fact that it’s
many students and full-time faculty aren’t aware of the issues the contingent faculty face, Huber said. Since contingent faculty are contracted out to just teach, they can “often become invisible,” he said.
“For the labor rights of adjuncts, grad students and other precarious populations on campus to get better working conditions on campus, it’s going to require tenure-track faculty and tenured faculty to speak up on their behalf,” Huber said.
Since contingent faculty members don’t have administrative duties, they’re not really part of the decisions made on campus, said Mark Grimm, a part-time instructor in VPA. Grimm said he doesn’t pay too close attention to campus initiatives, such as Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Fast Forward Initiative, because he simply can’t afford to.
“I get his emails every week, but I have other
uncomplicated,” Champa said. “Both students and faculty will be able to benefit by getting to know each other on a more personal level.”
Jen Chen, a senior chemical engineering major, said she thinks Chat & Dine is a great opportunity for SU students to take advantage of.
“Eating lunch with your professors, especially in a small group, can make them seem more personable and less intimidating,” Chen said. “I
things going on,” Grimm said. “I’m busy, I have to actually survive and pay bills.”
With the current trend of universities shifting to create more adjunct positions, SU is currently at a crossroads in terms of what direction it will go, said Eileen Schell. Schell, an associate professor in writing program, wrote the book “Gypsy Academics and Mother Teachers,” which focuses how it’s more common for women to be part-time writing faculty members than men.
It’s going to be important to see how many adjunct positions will be added at SU, Schell added. While the raises for part-time instructors over the years have been promising, Schell said the overall contracts will need further improvement.
“If we want to fast forward into the future, then we need to fast forward into thinking who will be in front of the classroom,” she said. mhnewman@syr.edu | @MerNewman93
would definitely participate in Chat & Dine.”
In the future, if all goes well, SA plans to expand the program so even more students, faculty and staff members can benefit, Seedat said.
“It’s about more than just faculty and staff who can be there for students as mentors,” Seedat said. “Students can learn so much from the faculty and staff here at SU.”
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The start of this freezing weather always makes me question why anyone still lives in Syracuse
WINTER IS COMING
Text by Eliza Weinreb staff writer
Just for laughs
Comedian John Mulaney will come to Syracuse University and perform a show at the Goldstein Auditorium on Wednesday night. See Thursday’s paper
it’s going to be an incredible slam... We’re celebrating five years of #takethemicpoetryslam and we hope to see your face in the place.
Brace yourselves, Syracuse. The cold weather is back, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your style. Pulp has you covered on how to stay warm and look trendy with a crucial winter accessory — beanies.
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Beanie Type No. 1
DETAILED
Add pop to your outfit by wearing an embellished or detailed beanie. Some embellishments include: studs, jewels, crochet flowers and beads.
HOW TO STYLE IT:
Girls: Avoid bold prints and details to prevent a busy or clashing outfit. Plain colors won’t distract from your beanie.
Guys: Wear monotone colors, like black pants, sweater and shoes, to make the beanie a focal point in your outfit.
Beanie Type No. 2
FLUFF BALL
Beanies with a fluffy pompom at the top — appropriately named ball top beanies — are the perfect winter accessory. Hats use a variety of different pompom styles, including fur (or faux fur), yarn and wool, and typically come in a thick knit stitch, keeping your ears warm and your outfit trendy.
HOW TO STYLE IT:
Girls: Wear a ball top beanie with a maroon, lilac, olive or blush knit oversized sweater, leather leggings and black booties.
Guys: Style with a dark wash jean shirt, black jeans and suede desert boots.
Beanie Type No. 3
PLAIN/BASIC
The basic beanie comes in all colors and styles. They can be fitted or slouchy and complement a number of different hairstyles. For this winter, wear beanies in colors of the season: oxblood, mauve, orchid, royal blue, cobalt, cognac or mustard. Of course, the traditional black, white and grey are always chic choices.
HOW TO STYLE IT:
Girls: Wear with a thick patterned scarf, distressed jeans, a moto jacket and Chelsea boots.
Guys: Wear the beanie with a plain T-shirt partnered with a plain or printed coat, joggers and high top sneakers
Take the Mic Poetry Slam’s 5th year celebrates spoken word
By Brendan Krisel asst. feature editor
For Cedric Bolton, the mic represents life.
verbal blend take the mic poetry slam Where: Schine Underground When: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. How much: Free
“Students should want to take the mic in life. The mic represents a metaphor for life in general, and by taking it, it’s saying, ‘I am working hard to achieve something,’” Bolton said. “So that mic belongs to every poet that takes the stage, and if you understand that, then your words will speak volumes.” Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program organized by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, is holding its Take The Mic Poetry Slam on Thursday night in the Schine Underground.
People don’t expect them to be that competitive but poets bring their best work, their most striking lines,
and their hardest talent — they go hard.
Brandon McDuffie
sophomore communications and rhetorical studies
major
This semester marks the fifth anniversary of the Take The Mic Poetry Slam. Bolton, who created Take The Mic as a way to bring attention and excitement to spoken-word poetry on campus, said he is proud that the event has seen growth and success over time.
“Five years is a landmark. You know, poetry in a sense does not always stay stained in one local space. When you look at community poetry programs, they’re always
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moving from location to location,” Bolton said.
During the slam, a panel of five judges made up of mostly graduate students will judge each poet on the basis of originality, stage presence and timing, Bolton said. But even though awards are handed out, Bolton said each poet who competes is still important.
“Just because someone puts up a number doesn’t devalue their work. You’re in a competition where you’re giving out third, second and first place, but that doesn’t say to any one of the poets that are on stage that day that their work is not significant,” he said.
Verbal Blend has held two weekly writer’s workshops in the School of Information Studies
what is slam poetry?
A slam is a poetry competition, in which poets perform original works to be judged by selected judges or audience members. Marc Smith started slam poetry in Chicago during the late 1980s and the movement re-energized the poet community.
source: www.poets.org
to prepare writers for performance poetry and to build their confidence, Bolton said. The slam serves as a culminating moment for these poets.
Junior public relations major J’lessa Wallace joined the group during her freshman year but was too nervous to participate in Take The Mic. Wallace said she performed during the fall semester of her sophomore year but messed up her poem. After putting a lot of hard work into practicing, she won first place in the competition last semester. Through her involvement
in the program, Wallace knows exactly how competitive it can get.
“Slam is competitive by nature, and I already know the type of poets that exist on this campus,” Wallace said. “It’s important to keep in mind that if you fail to prepare, then you prepare to fail. I already know what type of competition I’m going up against, and it’s really amazingly talented people.”
Wallace is currently practicing her poem for the final days before the show. Other poets, such as sophomore communications and rhetorical studies major Haywood McDuffie, are also looking forward to this year’s slam, knowing that everyone will be putting forth their best work.
“Slams are always just the most competitive thing,” McDuffie said. “People don’t expect them to be that competitive, but poets bring their best work, their most striking lines and their hardest talent — they go hard.”
Although all the poets will perform their best work, they share very different stories. Bolton said one of the greatest things about Take The Mic is the diversity of the topics the poets discuss. Love, death, campus life and social issues are just a few of the topics Bolton expects to be covered. As an example, McDuffie said his poem addresses school shootings in America.
McDuffie added that he has never met somebody who hasn’t enjoyed a poetry slam and that even if you don’t like traditional poetry, a slam is a completely different experience.
“This isn’t like Robert Frost or Shakespeare — it’s slam,” McDuffie said. “So slam is like hard facts: it’s striking lines, it’s hip-hop, it’s singing, it’s a bunch of different things and you pour it into one central talent, and it’s just really exciting to see that unfold on stage.” bskrisel@syr.edu | @Brendan_krisel
From the runway
STATE MIND OF
Student focuses on mental disorders for senior collection
By Clare Ramirez asst. feature editor
Miranda Watson, a senior fashion design major, grew up in an “artsy” household — her mother has been an active painter for 40 years and her father owns a landscape design business. Watson has cultivated a love of art through her interest in fashion design and has since studied in London through Syracuse University Abroad. The Daily Orange spoke with Watson about her fashion inspiration and her senior collection.
The Daily Orange: How would you describe your personal style?
Miranda Watson: I guess I’d describe it as pretty casual. I really like the trend of menswear as womenswear, like looser clothing and not too much color, and just pretty comfortable skinny jeans and T-shirts. Nothing too outrageous.
The D.O.: How does your personal style differ from your style as a designer?
M.W.: I definitely find myself differentiating some things that I design. For my senior collection, I definitely want to kind of bring it back to neutral colors like blacks, whites and grays, which I definitely find myself doing a lot in my design.
The D.O.: When did your interest in fashion begin?
M.W.: Definitely in middle school, maybe eighth grade, ninth grade. As for my interest in fashion — I mean — I love clothes. I really love the artistic aspects of it and how it’s really an art form. It’s how you see people every day
wearing their clothes, but it’s like, ‘Why are they wearing it? What story are they trying to tell through clothes?’ That’s what I love about it — that it really tells a story.
The D.O.: What’s the fashion scene in London like?
M.W.: I think London is such a different experience from America, and it’s so much more experimental and a lot more colors and wacky kinds of styles. Learning about how they dress and seeing people in that environment versus just online was really awesome.
The D.O.: What was your favorite piece of clothing that you’ve designed?
M.W.: Last year for our junior show, we had cocktail dress-inspired project. We had to make a little black dress — an interpretation
of that. I made this shift dress, but it was all different patches of leather. It was a pretty simple dress, but it was beautiful and really fun to make with all the patchwork and fabric, so I loved that.
The D.O.: Who is your favorite designer?
M.W.: My favorite is (Issey) Miyake. He’s a Japanese fashion designer who’s been around for years, but he’s very experimental and uses a lot of technology and has even created his own technology. He takes pleats and uses them in such interesting ways to make shapes, but when you put them on, it transforms you. It’s just so innovative and different, and he’s able to sustain a brand while having so many ideas behind it, which I definitely admire.
The D.O.: What are you planning for your
senior collection?
M.W.: For my senior collection, I wanted to focus on mental disorders, such as depression. Just about how well these things physically affect the brain and what differentiates “normal people” from these people we categorize as having mental illnesses.
The D.O.: How were you inspired by these mental illnesses?
M.W.: It really started with reading this book, “The Wisdom of Psychopaths.” My friends had recommended it to me, and I found it so fascinating. These kinds of disorders are still kind of taboo, and people don’t really talk about them. And I kind of wanted to bring them into the forefront and expose them through clothing.
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MIRANDA WATSON stands on the rooftop of her apartment in New York City. She wears a printed kimono jacket, which she designed herself. Watson considers her personal style as casual and comfortable. courtesy of miranda watson
Orchard leans on past to excel as Utah defensive end
By Connor Grossman staff writer
Nate Fakahafua walked up to the doorstep of the Orchard family’s house in an old, dirty basketball uniform with nowhere else to go.
His brother had just been evicted from his apartment, leaving him without a roof over his head. His mother had called Katherine Orchard before, asking if Nate could stay with her family. Katherine and her husband Dave Orchard — Nate’s basketball coach at the time — have five kids of their own in addition to a handful of others they had welcomed in before.
Katherine said no. But Nate, as a 6-foot-1 12-year-old, was undeterred.
“Are you here to stay?” Dave asked him. Nate said he was.
“He looked like he needed somewhere to be,” Katherine said. “So we just threw him in the shower, put some clean clothes on and that was it. He’s lived here ever since.”
For someone who was forced to grow up much faster than most 12-year-olds, Nate, who is black, moved in with an all-white family in all-white neighborhood, used sports as his outlet and took their last name a year ago. He committed to the University of Utah as a sophomore in high school and six years later, he’s a senior defensive end for the Utes leading college football with 16.5 sacks.
As a senior, Nate Orchard commands respect from his teammates as a captain, just as Katherine and Dave demanded the same from him. Chores were done on Saturday mornings in the Orchard house and a bedtime wasn’t an option. The structure and expectations led him to Utah where he’s realized his football dream.
“It’s amazing to see how he’s taken his life in his own hands and made it what he wanted it to be,” Maegan Orchard, Nate’s wife, said. “It could have gone one way or the other and he worked his butt off to make it the way he wanted it to be.”
Nate typically leaves the house each morning between 6 and 8 a.m., and tries to be home by 10 p.m. He begs Maegan to keep their daughter, Katherine, up late enough so he can
see her. Katherine’s named after the woman who took Nate in when it looked like he didn’t have a home.
His concept of family comes from the Orchards, who took him to the beach for the first time and taught him what sunscreen was. He couldn’t muster more than a doggy paddle in the ocean and got caught in a rip tide. He was forced to leave the beach in an ambulance after being rescued. Katherine and Dave paid the medical bill in cash because they didn’t have insurance for him.
That spurred the Orchards to start the process of making Nate their legal son.
Now he loves being a father and, with all the time spent away from his home each day, he’s become a similar figure for Utah’s younger players. He’s taken freshmen with him to play basketball and barbecue to make them feel at home, something that took him 12 years to find.
“When these younger guys came in, I wanted to show them the ropes right away,” Nate said. “I want them to know they’re not here alone and there’s a lot of loving and caring people around here.”
It’s his paternal instincts that led Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham to distinguish Nate as the “leader of leaders” on the team. Nate calls player-only meetings on Thursday mornings by sending out team-wide texts.
He stands in front of the team with his fellow captains and runs down what everyone needs to do to prepare for the upcoming game, and declares where the team needs to be mentally to succeed. He’s revered by his teammates for his ability to lead and manage himself, something he does better than guys who don’t necessarily have as many responsibilities.
“It’s almost like he’s been a grown man since he got here as a freshmen,” fellow captain and defensive back Brian Blechen said. “Even guys who don’t have a wife or kids at home still look up to him as their role model.”
It’s all been embedded into Nate since he was a filled-out, tight-lipped 12-year-old walking up to the Orchard’s front door.
It’s his complicated upbringing that allows him to see life through a different lens today, a perspective he’s unbelievably grateful for.
“It was a difficult situation for me growing up,” Nate said. “But I wouldn’t change it for the world because it’s made me the man I am today, the father I want to be.
“It’s the reason I love the game so much.”
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have allowed him to play this season, from summer classes to taking some required classes next semester. Chong even sent a two-page email to a professor asking to do an independent study.
But nothing could be done to avoid a oncea-week class he would have had to miss and a twice-a-week class that meets at the same time as SU’s practices.
He’s been with us for three years. You can’t take that away from us.
Skylar Thomas su defender
In June, Chong visited his mother in Singapore, where she was doing business. His decision was made and a conversation with her confirmed it.
In mid-July, Chong visited Syracuse on his way back to his home in Brighton, Michigan. Though SU head coach Ian McIntyre wasn’t in the team’s offices when Chong came by, Chong told the head coach his decision when the two spoke on the phone that night.
“They were completely understanding of it,” Chong said. “They’d known I’d been struggling with school and the mix of an engineering major and soccer. So, they respected it. They honored it.”
Chong told his senior classmates and then the rest of the team.
They still consider “Chongy” part of the
team — especially the senior class that Chong said, in a way, rebuilt the program. It’s a group that bonded over prank wars during freshman year on the third and fourth floors of Ernie Davis and grew during golf outings at Drumlins Country Club.
“Once we found out that Drumlins was free with your SU ID, we went out as much as we could,” said former SU goalkeeper Andrew Coughlin, now the starting goalkeeper at Canisius College. “It was for bragging rights until the next time we went. It was pretty competitive, but none of us were very good.”
Before the seasons changed this year, Chong and Murrell went to Drumlins three or four times a week after Chong’s classes and after Murrell finished training. Sometimes after playing nine holes, they would sneak over and play holes 16, 17 and 18.
The group also took trips to Toggenburg Ski Resort in Fabius, New York. Last year, Chong, Makowski and goalkeeper Matt Stith took a four-day trip to ski in Killington, Vermont.
“He’s been with us for three years,” SU defender Skylar Thomas said. “You can’t take that away from us.”
Before the Oct. 31 Senior Night ceremony, Murrell told Chong he wished Chong could walk out onto the field with the team’s seniors.
“He’s still here and he’s still around the team,” Murrell said. “He goes to every game. Even the cold and rainy ones, he’s there supporting. He’s always going to be, at least in my head, a part of the team.”
And for Chong, that won’t change.
“If they get an NCAA game nearby, I’ll drive,” Chong said. “I will easily drive. I will keep on supporting them.”
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media day on Oct. 17.
Hillsman and SU forward Taylor Ford, a teammate of Butler’s on Exodus NYC and at Nazareth (New York) High School, knows opponents will shade defensive sets toward Butler’s side of the floor.
But Ford’s seen Butler prepare for the increased attention. Over the years, Ford said, Butler has quickened her shooting release so defenders can’t get set.
“The timing of (her shot) is ridiculous,” Ford said.
At Nazareth, Butler’s practice routine included a shooting drill in which she received passes and took jump shots without looking at the passer. Regardless of where she was on the floor or where the passes came from, Butler’s eyes were fixated on the basket.
“I’ve never seen anybody ever do that before,” said teammate Sadie Edwards, now a guard at Connecticut. “To this day, I haven’t seen anybody do it. She would do that and make six, seven, eight, nine, 10. All net. Any time you can shoot like that, it’s a rare thing.”
Edwards said that even though Nazareth had a roster filled with skilled players, coaches challenged Butler in particular.
With Butler, Edwards and fellow transfer Destini Feagin initially ruled ineligible for inadequate proof of parental change of address, the trio couldn’t practice with the team.
But Butler continued to put up extra shots in the gym and work on her handles. At Nazareth, Feagin said, coach Robert “Apache” Paschall called Butler the “silent assassin.”
“I think that’s something that people haven’t maybe seen a lot of from her, but she can really handle the ball,” Edwards said. “... What’s so dangerous about her is that she can hit a pull-up jump shot, too. If you bite on the first move and you’re on your heels, she will make that shot.”
Last season for the Orange, Butler scored a career-high 29 points when it upset No. 12 Texas A&M, scored 25 in a loss to No. 24 Arizona State and scored 22 in an upset of No. 6 North Carolina. Without Sykes in the team’s five-point loss to No. 10 Kentucky in the Round of 32, Butler scored a team-high 15.
“She got very few wide-open looks as we got to the second half of our conference schedule,” Hillsman said. “After that Texas A&M game, it was over for her getting clean, open looks at the basket. She had a tremendous year playing in the mid-range and also getting to the rim and also creating opportunities for her teammates.”
Last season, Butler averaged 14.5 points a game and led SU in scoring 14 times, taking 69 more shots and playing 79 more minutes than any other player. She was also first on the team in steals and second on the team in assists per game.
In SU’s 2014 season opener on Sunday against Fordham, the junior played through a bruised left knee she suffered last week in practice and scored five points in an SU win.
It was only a slight glimpse of Butler’s potential as the Orange waits for Sykes to return.
“She’ll rise to the occasion and be a great leader,” Edwards said. “There was never a challenge that was too great for her. I think she’ll turn a lot of heads and show how special of a player she really is.”
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BRIANNA BUTLER will shoulder the scoring load with Brittney Sykes, SU’s 2013–14 leading scorer, out recovering from a torn ACL. hannah wagner staff photographer
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Mystery man
Tyler Roberson is still finding his role for the SU men’s basketball team, and his former coaches say he can do a lot of things.
See Thursday’s paper
The tackle Sean Hickey could have gone to the NFL at the end of last season, but decided to play one more year and anchor SU’s offensive line.
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OUTSIDE MIDFIELDER
Keeps on giving
SU soccer head coach Ian McIntyre bought 250 tickets for the home NCAA tournament game on Sunday. They’re not for him. See dailyorange.com
By Jacob Klinger asst. sports editor
With the season winding down and bowl eligibility gone, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer is looking to the team’s younger players.
SU (3-7, 1-5 Atlantic Coast) has two games remaining, starting with Pittsburgh (4-6, 2-4) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Heinz Field. In those contests, Shafer is looking to see the younger players on his team further tested in a game environment as they try to send SU’s seniors off with some wins, he said on his weekly Tuesday teleconference.
So you’ll still see an opportunity to watch the kids practice that haven’t played a ton of football up front, which is always big.
remains close to SU after leaving team to focus on academics
By Josh Hyber staff writer
rant Chong sat in the bleachers at SU Soccer Stadium and watched as Syracuse’s nine seniors, one by one, were honored on Senior Day. Chris Makowski, his roommate. Nick Perea and Trevor Alexander, his former pregame passing partners. Jordan Murrell, his golfing buddy.
From several rows behind the SU bench, wearing a sweatshirt and ski cap, Chong watched his friends and former teammates receive accolades for commitment and dedication to SU soccer.
women’s basketball
A senior, Chong played for the Orange from 2011–13 and was a key reserve last season. But in June, the midfielder chose to step away from the team to focus on his chemical engineering degree. SU players still consider him part of the team, though, and Chong will follow the Orange’s postseason run from the stands and through streaming online feeds.
“I came to this school saying, ‘I’m going to be a student-athlete,’” Chong said two weeks ago, while sitting in the lobby of the Life Sciences Complex. “But I almost felt like I was just an athlete with soccer and the amount of time it took. I
class action
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loved every second of (soccer). But it really wasn’t that hard of a decision.
“I’ve played soccer my whole life. I wasn’t getting tired of it, but I just needed to move on and start focusing on school a little bit more.”
Chong, though, tried desperately to prolong his playing career. With the help of SU Athletics academic coordinator Mark Trumbo, Chong thought of several ideas that would
SU looks to Butler for production with Sykes out
By Josh Hyber staff writer
For Brianna Butler, the pressure that comes with becoming a team’s primary scoring option is nothing new.
During a stint with the AAU team Exodus NYC, Butler was in a supporting role behind guards
Bria Hartley and Jennifer O’Neill — McDonald’s All-Americans and the team’s go-to scorers.
But Hartley left for Connecticut and O’Neill for Kentucky in the same summer, leaving Butler with the ball.
“I had to really step up, pick up the slack and become more of a
leader,” Butler said.
And it’s a similar predicament to the one Butler currently faces.
No. 23 Syracuse (1-0) will travel to face Duquesne (0-1) at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and Brittney Sykes will still be recovering from her torn right ACL and meniscus.
Since Sykes was the Orange’s leading scorer last season, defenses will now focus on Butler, now a junior, who was SU’s second-leading scorer from a year ago.
“She’s going to have to shoot the ball for us,” Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman said at the team’s
Scott Shafer su head coach
Shafer said he is particularly looking for lesser experienced guys to see time at quarterback and on the offensive line.
“I think any time you get a chance to find a lot out about young quarterbacks, it’s a good thing,” Shafer said. Freshman quarterback AJ Long was limited in the bye week after missing loss to Duke on Nov. 8 with a nerve issue in his arm. SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester said Tuesday night that Long will start if healthy.
Shafer also said some previously injured offensive linemen have a chance of returning in some capacity.
Right guard Nick Robinson and offensive tackle Michael Lasker joined already-sidelined right tackle Ivan Foy in missing the Duke game. Jason Emerich took the majority of snaps at center with regular starter John Miller injured.
Left tackle Sean Hickey and left guard Rob Trudo have also been fighting through injuries this season.
Said Shafer: “So you’ll still see an opportunity to watch the kids practice that haven’t played a ton of football up front, which is always big.”
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academics. He still attends every game and his former teammates still consider him a part of the program. luke rafferty staff photographer
