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N • Teaming up

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has recently formed partnerships with SU in an effort to brainstorm ideas for economic development initiatives and snow removal.

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P • Voices with a purpose

Liberal columnist Lauren Silverstein commends Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s efforts to increase government loans for women- and minority-owned businesses.

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Hill Communications and PRSSA have teamed up on SU’s campus to create a public relations campaign to raise awareness about pediatric cancer.

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SETTING THE BAR Online program could increase College of Law accessibility, faculty say

S • Getting right

Syracuse softball’s Andrea Bombace spent the past year recovering from a torn ACL, but the mental aspects of rehab were more difficult than the physical.

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Graduate students protest court case

By Bianca Moorman staff writer

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yracuse University’s College of Law is preparing to adopt a new online Juris Doctor program, a pilot project that would be one of the first of its kind in the United States.

Faculty said they expect the program to help students who might traditionally be unable to attend the College of Law. Collaboration between professors and administrators has helped the project evolve from an idea in 2014 to a fully-fledged program, partly taught online and on campus.

The program is expected to be accredited by the American Bar Association and is on track to be implemented in less

than a year, said Nina Kohn, associate dean for research and online education in the college.

The College of Law announced the pilot project’s timeline earlier this month.

The online pilot, set to launch in January 2019, is a hybrid program that will be one of the first in the country to mix both self-paced and real-time online classes with on-campus classes and experiential learning opportunities.

“I think we will be a pioneer,” said Christian Day, a professor in the College of Law. “I think we have the advantage of being the first (online J.D.) school, a fine law school at a fine university, and if we do it right, there will be other schools that will also do it.” see program page 6

Members of a Syracuse University group that’s organizing a graduate student unionization drive protested a Supreme Court case on Monday that could weaken public union power in the United States.

A crowd of about 20 people, including students, gathered to chant, “union, union, union,” outside of the Liverpool Transportation Center on Monday afternoon. A few drivers honked their car horns in support of the protesters, as they passed by.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees case on Monday — a case that could diminish public union power if non-union employees are no longer required to pay public union dues, according to West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

Several states have ruled that public unions must require non-union employees to pay dues because they benefit from union powers.

Syracuse Graduate Employees United and Service Employees International Union support that law, members said. SGEU has recently started organizing a unionization drive in an effort to represent graduate students who work on SU’s campus as teaching or research assistants.

Speakers at the rally said they fear the Supreme Court could vote against unions, and workers will see sgeu page 4

student association

Assembly members elected to committees, boards

By Sarah Slavin staff writer

Special elections took up most of the Student Association’s Monday night meeting, with the assembly electing members to various committees and boards.

About 20 people were elected or confirmed to new positions.

Ten Finance board members were re-elected, and a new member of the Finance Board was also elected. One person who ran for the last Finance Board position was not re-elected. A maximum of 12 people can serve on the Finance Board.

A new member of the Judicial Review Board, four new members of the Administrative Operations Committee, four new members of the Board of Elections and Membership and four new members of the University Senate were also elected.

Sophomore Joshua Rowe joined the Finance Board. Rowe is the current fiscal agent of the Caribbean Student Association.

Vishwas Paul, a freshman economics major, joined the Judicial Review Board.

Freshman Ryan Golden, sophomore Stephanie Hausman, junior Drew Jacobson and sophomore James

Quinn were elected to the administrative operations committee.

During the election of and deliberation regarding the members, the assembly went into Executive Session for about 30 minutes. Only assembly members and cabinet members were present during the discussion, and all non-SA observers were required to leave Maxwell Auditorium.

SA President James Franco said information discussed during the Executive Session wasn’t ready to be made public because it was related to an internal election.

“It wasn’t ready to be public information, but it pertained to the

individuals, and it wouldn’t be fair to have it outside the organization,” Franco said.

The four new members of the Board of Elections and Membership are sophomore Ladin Bacakoğlu, junior Caroline Bauman, freshman Ryan Golden and senior Evanna Ojeda.

Sophomore Ryan Browne, freshman Ryan Golden, sophomore James Pezzulo and sophomore Ryan Thompson were elected to University Senate positions. University Senate is an SU governing body that includes administrators, faculty and students. Students serving in the

senate must be elected through SA.

Other business

SA also approved more than $16,000 for the Committee on Academic Affairs.

National Pan-Hellenic Council President Andrew Fowler and Diasia Robinson, chair of SA’s Diversity Affairs Committee, discussed funding for busses to Washington, D.C. for the March for our Lives rally on March 24. Nothing has been approved yet for that idea, but SA is working on the logistics of the possibility of planning a trip for the anti-gun violence march. srslavin@syr.edu

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Health care forum

The IVMF’s federal policy influence in Washington, D.C. has been growing.

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Graduate students will discuss health care policy at SU during a forum Tuesday afternoon.

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WALSH’S FIRST 100 DAYS

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Councilors table vote on rental registry

College partnerships Mayor Ben Walsh, since his inauguration, has been announcing partnerships with local colleges including Syracuse University. Recently, Walsh said the city would host a Fiscal Summit in partnership with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in an effort to brainstorm ideas to address fiscal concerns in Syracuse. The city is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit in its 2018 budget, finance records show.

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We’ll find new ways to improve efficiency and service delivery, and work with our partners to address the deep structural issues that underlie the city’s revolving deficits.

Ben Walsh

mayor of syracuse

BEN WALSH, Syracuse’s mayor, appointed Maxwell Dean David Van Slyke to his transition team in November.

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NOV. 28, 2017 Walsh announces his full transition team, which includes Maxwell Dean David Van Slyke

DEC. 13, 2017 Director of City Initiatives Greg Loh, an SU alumnus, is appointed

by Walsh

DEC. 26, 2017 Christine Elliot, an SU alumna, is appointed as City Hall’s director of administration

FEB. 16, 2018 Kristen Smith, an SU alumnus, is appointed by Walsh as the city’s corporation counsel

walsh’s first 100 days

Mayor partners with Syracuse University

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Since his inauguration in January, Mayor Ben Walsh has announced multiple partnerships with local colleges, including schools at Syracuse University, in an effort to collect WALSH economic development ideas.

He has also spoken at SU and Le Moyne College for other events, and several members of his administration and transition team were connected to local colleges — including the president of Le Moyne, who served on his

transition team. David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was also a transition team member.

One of the major collegeinvolved initiatives that Walsh has announced is a planned Fiscal Summit in collaboration with Maxwell. Walsh first detailed the summit during his public inauguration ceremony.

“We will convene our city’s anchor institutions, business leaders, the banking community, as well as county, state and national leaders,” Walsh said at the time. “We’ll find new ways to improve efficiency and service delivery, and work with our partners to address the deep structural issues that underlie the city’s

revolving deficits.”

No date has been set for that summit. The mayor graduated in 2005 from Maxwell with a master’s degree in public administration.

Syracuse’s projected budget deficit for the 2017-18 fiscal year is $16.5 million, finance records show. Projections also show that Syracuse’s reserve funds could be exhausted within two years, Walsh said during his “state of the city” speech.

The city has also announced a partnership with SU’s School of Information Studies and AT&T to launch a civic “hackathon,” in which residents have the ability to brainstorm ideas to help Syracuse improve its snow removal policies.

“It starts with us. We’re excited to involve our community in not

just the enforcement, but in the long-term solutions needed to improve the way we handle snow,” Walsh said in a university press release. “A better snow plan can improve commuting, safety, and pride in our city.”

Cash prizes for the hackathon are $3,500, $2,000 and $1,500 for winners of the competition. Project ideas are due by Thursday.

The winners will be announced next week.

“Our faculty and students are deeply engaged in using data to address a wide range of issues, including the use of data for civic good. I am looking forward to seeing the solutions that all of the teams propose,” said Elizabeth Liddy, dean of SU’s iSchool.

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Etan Thomas speaks at Tanner Lecture event staff writer

Etan Thomas, a former Syracuse University basketball player, spoke about his new book at Hendricks Chapel on Monday and athletes voicing their opinions on social issues in the United States.

As the first speaker of the THOMAS Spring 2018 Tanner Lecture series, Thomas talked with Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute,

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By Anthony Dabbundo

Consideration of a law that would require interior inspections of certain rental properties in Syracuse has been delayed by the Common Council as the city’s recently appointed corporation counsel reviews the legislation.

Mayor Ben Walsh appointed Kristen Smith as corporation counsel after his first appointee for the position resigned earlier this month. The corporation counsel acts as the city’s top lawyer, advising the mayor and the council on an array of legal issues.

Councilor At-Large Khalid Bey, who proposed the legislation in January, said on Monday that the Walsh administration also asked for the delay to ensure that the code enforcement department can enforce the new inspection requirements.

Current city law requires owners of rental properties with one or two families to be on Syracuse’s rental registry. The application process includes an exterior inspection of the property for the owner to receive a Rental Registry Certificate.

The proposed legislation would add interior inspections as a requirement. Owners have a right to refuse the interior inspection, Bey said, but code enforcement can petition a judge for a warrant.

Bey said he expects the Walsh administration to enforce the legislation on an “as-needed basis,” such as when a property was rehabbed, is dilapidated, or has previously received code violations. The code enforcement department will not demand to inspect every one- or two-family home and will only look for health hazards, he said.

“If you can sift through the politics and cut all of that extra stuff out, we’re just simply trying to provide a service to people who haven’t had the service for years,” Bey said.

about the backlash he said he thinks many athletes, including Colin Kaepernick and LeBron James, have recently received for speaking out about issues such as police brutality.

His book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” features more than 50 interviews with athletes, coaches, executives and families of victims of police brutality.

“I wanted to do something special for the athletes of the future … to see the amount of courage it takes for them to stand up for what they believe in,” Thomas said.

Thomas, who played for Syracuse from 1996 to 2000, played in the NBA for 11 years. He has also

participated as an activist and has published four books about social and political issues surrounding athletes.

“His books have heightened awareness about issues of social justice equality, advocacy and mental health,” said David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. “No Tanner Lecture speaker to date has done more to leverage their visibility and publicly encourage many on America’s most pressing issues.”

In his latest book, Thomas interviews well-known athletes who took public stances on controversial issues in the U.S. He spoke with

NBA guard Dwyane Wade. Wade’s Miami Heat teammates wore hoodies in honor of Trayvon Martin in March 2012.

Thomas also spoke to Carmelo Anthony, who marched in Baltimore to protest the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015. Anthony led Syracuse men’s basketball team to its only NCAA championship in 2003.

The Tanner Lecture speaker also said he met with families of the victims of police brutality, including the mother of Trayvon Martin and the sister of Eric Garner. Garner was killed in 2014 on Staten Island after a police officer

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UPSTATE UNEMPLOYMENT

Syracuse ranked No. 15 out of 20 on a list of the highest unemployment rates in upstate New York cities and towns with a 10.7 percent rate. Binghamton, Newburgh, Utica, Rochester and Poughkeepsie had higher unemployment rates than Syracuse. source: new york upstate

SCHOOL BUDGET DEFICIT

The Syracuse City School District is facing a $24 million budget deficit in its 2018-19 budget, despite a $7.8 million increase in state aid. The district plans to use $12 million from savings to cover costs. source: syracuse.com

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not get a chance to bargain for fair wages in the future.

“There was great opportunity to create an event with the grad students at Syracuse University, who we had a rally with about a month ago or so, against the Republican tax bill,” said Scott Phillipson, president of SEIU Local 200United.

SEIU hosted a rally with SGEU last November to denounce the GOP tax plan and announce the graduate student employees’ union drive.

Brandon Daniels, a graduate student studying communication and rhetorical studies, and a member of SGEU, said the Janus case is a threat to union workers across the U.S. No matter what happens with the case, Daniels said people will still organize protests.

“We are still going to fight for good working conditions in union jobs,” Daniels said.

“That is in favor of having a union for graduate student workers.”

Rev. Emily McNeill from the LaborReligion Coalition of NYS, who also from page 3

walsh Walsh also delivered Le Moyne College’s 2018 Madden Lecture at the start of the month, and many members of his administration haves ties to both SU and Le Moyne.

Walsh, for example, in December appointed the head of the city corporation counsel office, Frank Price, who previously served as a past board member of the Le Moyne College Board of Regents.

Price, who received a law degree from SU’s College of Law, recently announced he would be stepping down from his new position, according to Syracuse.com, but Walsh has already announced that Kristen Smith will fill his place.

Smith — a lawyer at Bond, Schoeneck & King — also received a law degree from the

attended the rally, said standing up and speaking out for what people believe in will bring about change.

McNeill said labor unions, in the 20th century, demanded fair wages and safe labor conditions. But McNeill said fast food workers and teachers in West Virginia are still fighting for those same requests today.

Teachers in West Virginia striked Monday after negotiations over the weekend failed to end a walkout.

The group also protested what they said was SU’s treatment of graduate student employees. Phillipson said it’s a shame that SU administrators make more than the student employees.

“He went and got an education, he finished that education, he’s trying to get ahead in life and he is making poverty wages at Syracuse University,” Phillipson said of Daniels.

Graduate student employees, on average, make less than a living wage in Syracuse, which is $22,031 annually, before taxes.

Daniels said graduate school may soon only become accessible to people from wealthy families because graduate student employees are paid less and less each year.

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Thomas’ book also detailed how, after the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, the entire WNBA wore “Black Lives Matter” shirts during warmups.

The former SU basketball player said he was first introduced to sports activism by his mother at a young age. Thomas, during his speech, added that he hopes to continue the legacies of Bill Russell, Kareem AbdulJabbar and John Carlos.

Russell, who played for the Boston Celtics during 11 NBA championship runs, participated in the 1963 March on Washington.

Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time NBA champion, has frequently written about politics. Carlos is a former Olympics athlete who participated in 1968 Black Power protest salute.

Thomas said athletes have both the power and responsibility to stand up and bring important issues to the forefront of conversations.

“If you use your position to speak out about something, make sure you can back it up,” Thomas said. “When you do speak out about something, you have people who will try to discredit you.”

The longtime NBA player invited his 12-year-old son, Malcolm, onto the stage to recite a poem he wrote about Kaepernick. Malcolm voiced concerns about the NFL’s treatment of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who has been criticized for kneeling during the National Anthem.

“If they continue to blackball Kaepernick from the NFL, we need to not just whisper, not just threaten, but actually boycott,” Malcolm said. amdabbun@syr.edu

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College of Law. Christine Elliott, who was appointed as City Hall’s director of administration, holds a master’s in public administration degree from SU. Corey Driscoll Dunham, who was appointed as Walsh’s director of operations, formerly worked in intergovernmental affairs at SU, according to Syracuse.com.

Director of City Initiatives Greg Loh, a top official in the administration, holds a bachelor’s degree from SU in political science and public relations.

Members of the Walsh transition team were also connected to universities in Syracuse. Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura was one of the leading members of the team, and Van Slyke was a member of the transition team that specifically analyzed Syracuse’s finances. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

ETAN THOMAS AND GRANT REEHER, a former SU basketball player and an SU professor, respectively, spoke at the Monday lecture.anthony dabbundo staff writer

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Women, minority-owned businesses deserve support

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ommunity support is crucial for any local business, and women and minority-owned small businesses are working to ensure that government officials aid in the effort to make their dreams a reality.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand LAUREN (D-N.Y.) has SILVERSTEIN proposed an ONLY SUBSTANTIATED amendment to the Small OPINIONS Business Act that will help small business owners who are women or minorities receive government loans. The addition, referred to as the Microloan Modernization Act, would increase the limit on outstanding loans to intermediary lending organizations, ensuring opportunities for these business owners to receive government loans. Although a final decision on the act has not yet been made, it has already been received and read by the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said a spokesperson for Gillibrand’s Syracuse office.

Allow me to paint a picture for you. Thirty-nine percent of business owners in the United States are women, according to the 2017 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, yet less than 5 percent of women receive government loans.

A 2010 study conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce revealed that loan denial rates for minority firms were about three times higher than non-minority owned firms.

This picture, unfortunately, is one of inequality for women and minority small business owners.

But while these statistics show a disparity in resources for these businesses, many of these business owners have found success through their own means.

There are networks of support for small business owners here in Syracuse that are ready to assist local entrepreneurs.

Rosemary Mondo, a local business owner, started her travel and wellness company, Via Mondo, in 2014. Like many others, she didn’t have a government loan to get started, and faced many challenges in starting her business. She found

support in business organizations in Syracuse, including the Women’s Business Opportunities Connections of Advancing Women in Business.

“I’m finding that if you get connected with different organizations, or different networks,” Mondo said, “that Syracuse responds.”

Mondo said she hopes the proposed amendment will lead to something “almost like a rebirth of Syracuse.” Supporting local businesses is essential to the economy, because that’s what’s at the core of the smaller New York towns we know and love.

“I imagine that this is where this (legislation) is coming in, is that they’re realizing that we have to start down again, right from the beginning,” Mondo said.

And Gillibrand seems to have similar ideas. In a press release, Gillibrand said fixing the economy starts with “rewarding work and entrepreneurship again,” calling the bipartisan bill “a good place to start.”

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New York state must preserve SAFE Act Women March in Seneca Falls sent letters to federal and state legislators asking them to take positive actions to stop gun deaths. Since the beginning of this year, Everytown for Gun Safety reported 18 school shootings, seven of which were during school hours. According to Gun Violence Archives, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 was the 30th mass shooting of 2018.

New York can be proud that it’s a national leader with the SAFE Act, and we applaud that legislation. It helps protect

domestic abuse victims, addresses mental illness, keeps schools safe and includes anti-violence provisions. We know there are those in the State Legislature who are working to undermine our security by weakening and even repealing the SAFE Act. We ask that our central New York legislators support the SAFE Act to keep us secure.

At the federal level, we know elected officials are willing to compromise our safety by making it easier for gun owners from other states to carry their concealed weapons into New York. Congressional

representatives this session just voted in favor of H.R.38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. They also voted to repeal restraints on persons with certain mental illnesses from accessing guns by voting in favor of H.J.Res.40 in February 2017.

That legislation passed and was signed by the president.

We ask that our elected officials support actions that protect New Yorkers from intentional killing with guns and accidental shootings by gun owners.

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Percentage of women business owners who receive government loans source: 2017 state of women-owned business report

This amendment has potential to be a great starting point for minority and women-owned businesses, and it should be communicated to local business owners. But this is only the beginning. Dialogue about supporting local entrepreneurs needs to continue until equality can visibly be seen in the distribution of government loans.

Women and minority small business owners have been fighting for themselves and for each other for years through local organizations in Syracuse. It’s time the federal government starts fighting for them, too.

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Professor emeritus appointed to EPA advisory committee

By Jessica Andreone staff writer

Myron Mitchell, a SUNY-ESF professor emeritus, was appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Board of Scientific Counselors earlier this month to advise the agency on its research programs.

Mitchell said he would be lending his expertise by commenting on and suggesting changes on reports for EPA programs that MITCHELL cover the areas of air, climate and energy.

“I have the ability to comment on EPA policy,” Mitchell said. “I have a specific role and my role is to give advice. And, hopefully, that advice would be unbiased. It’s based on my knowledge and recommendations.”

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program At least 50 percent of online classes are taught in real time, and all of the classes are taught by College of Law faculty, said Kohn, who spearheaded the push for the program.

Students would take a total of six classes on the SU campus over the three years and three months it’s expected to take to complete the online J.D., according to the program’s website.

William Mitchell College of Law, a law school in St. Paul, Minnesota — now known as Mitchell Hamline School of Law — was the first school to adopt the hybrid J.D. degree accredited by the ABA. After the implementation of the J.D. pro-

Office of Research and Development, which conducts scientific research within the EPA, according to the agency’s website. The ORD has six research programs that assess environmental health research needs.

Mitchell said the Air, Climate and Energy research program is currently focusing on developing new ideas related to research program plans. In the summer, the team will discuss the plans and meet in the fall to provide feedback on the plans to the EPA. “As far as I am aware of, I am the only ESF or (Syracuse University) faculty member which is currently sewrving on this particular subcommittee,” Mitchell said.

Though Mitchell no longer teaches at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, he’s still involved in some research areas and is an adviser to graduate students.

According to a SUNY-ESF press release, Mitchell is an internationally recognized bio-

geochemist and ecologist. His research involves terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems processes, sulfur and nitrogen cycling, acid precipitation in the Adirondacks, and Hubbard Brook longterm research, according to the press release.

gram, the school found an increase in applications from students who couldn’t otherwise attend law school, per TwinCities.com. SU faculty said they also expect to see improved accessibility at the College of Law with the addition of the school’s J.D. “We hope to reach a group of qualified students for whom a residential program is impossible,” said Kathleen O’Connor, executive director of SU’s online education program. “For instance, there are a good many of students who would like to have a J.D., be an attorney, practice law — but they cannot leave the obligations that they have at home.”

These students are likely to be older with well-established career paths, faculty said.

“They will probably be established in their communities, with good careers to

date,” Day said. “All of those things augur well for success, because of their maturity and their professionalism at the present time in their careers.”

The initiative has experienced widespread support from faculty, mainly because the online and residential programs are “basically mirrors” of each other, O’Connor said.

“The online J.D. students will have the same academic standards as our residential students,” Kohn said. “They will be required to take all the courses our residential students take, and with the same admissions criteria that we have in our residential program.”

Students with online J.D. degrees are currently unable to sit for the New York State Bar exam, which certifies them to practice law in the state. SU’s College of Law is hopeful that

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Korea, central Europe and New Zealand, per the press release.

He served on the SUNY Research Foundation Board as vice chair and serves on the National Science Foundation funding panel, according to the press release.

There are only 12 members on the Air, Climate and Energy subcommittee. Other subcommittees of the scientific board are Chemical Safety for Sustainability, Sustainable and Healthy Communities, Homeland Security and Safe and Sustainable Water Resources.

“We are very excited about Dr. Mitchell’s position on this EPA advisory committee,” said Mark Lichtenstein, chief of staff and chief sustainability officer of SUNY-ESF, in an email.

Lichtenstein said it’s a “very unique” honor for a SUNY-ESF faculty member.

“I’m sure it’s not the first time ESF has had a faculty member receive an honor like this,” Lichtenstein added, though. jlandreo@syr.edu

graduates will be able to take the New York State Bar exam in the near future, according to the online J.D. website.

The ABA does not accredit online programs without special permission from the school. In order to offer the new program, the College of Law had to bring in a legal education expert to assess the potential for the program, Kohn said. As implementation of the online program approaches, Kohn said the program has been “vetted to an extent that law schools are not.”

Kohn said she expects other schools will follow SU’s lead in the near future.

“Our goal is to create a model for law schools,” she said. “A lot of law schools are interested in moving into the online stage, but the model we’re creating here takes us to the next level.” gkstern@syr.edu

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Cancer survivor, SU students promote childhood cancer awareness

By Colleen Ferguson feature editor

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rin Elliott sipped her tea at Cafe Kubal on a cloudy Friday morning. The shop was crowded, so she had to talk over customers to discuss plans for her upcoming 20th birthday brunch with her friend John Fisher.

A year ago, this would have been impossible for Elliott. As she started her second semester at Syracuse University in January 2017, her voice couldn’t reach volumes louder than a whisper. Her vocal chords were recovering from damage they’d sustained during a thyroid cancer removal surgery.

“It’s really weird to come back to school now and think about where I was a year ago,” she said.

Elliott, now a sophomore, is in remission and working with student groups to promote awareness for pediatric cancer. Hill Communications has partnered with the Public Relations Student Society of America at SU for this year’s Bateman Competition to create a public relations campaign for With Purpose, a national advocacy group focused on pediatric cancer. The groups and Elliott hope the campaign will educate the SU community about cancer and make it less scary for people to talk about.

Fisher, a sophomore public relations major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is an account associate for Hill Communications, SU’s student-run PR firm. Every year, PRSSA takes on a client and builds that client a public relations campaign from scratch, he said, and people from Hill Communications work on PRSSA’s team.

The information Fisher has learned while working on this campaign has shocked him — like the fact that only four new treatments for childhood cancer have been FDA approved in the last 30 years, and one in five kids diagnosed with cancer will not survive, according to With Purpose’s website.

“That’s the shock that I think they want, to get people involved,” he said.

Realizing how prevalent the disease is changed his perspective as well.

“It could be me, it could be one of my friends. … It was one of my friends,” he said, gesturing across the table to Elliott.

Fisher and Elliott became friends through First Year Players, a student performer group.

Since she started college, Elliott has been dealing with cancer and its effects. During a routine physical before she came to SU to pursue a degree in public relations, Elliott’s general practitioner checked her thyroid gland and found a nodule. The day before she flew to the East Coast to start school, she had her first biopsy, and then another one the day after she came home for winter break in December 2016.

Just after Christmas that year, Elliott, who was 18 at the time, was relaxing at home when her family got the call. On a scale of one to five with five being the most potentially cancerous, the nodule on her neck was a five. She had no family history of cancer.

In early January, Elliott left her home in Fresno, California, and see with

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ERIN ELLIOTT, who is in remission after battling thyroid cancer, said she thinks people are generally afraid to talk about cancer. katie reahl staff photographer

from the studio

Rapper and climate activist to perform at the Westcott

By Tighe Gugerty

contributing writer

Most teenagers aren’t thinking about saving the world. That isn’t the case for 17-year-old Xiuhtezcatl Martinez.

The Colorado native has been an outspoken advocate for environmental protection, social justice and indigenous peoples’ rights since an early age. This engagement led him to write his bestselling book, “We Rise,” and landed him audiences such as the United Nations. Now he’s leading a lawsuit suing the federal government for inaction on climate issues.

The Daily Orange sat down to chat with Martinez, who goes by his

first name onstage, about the issues that matter to him today.

XIUHTEZCATL will perform at The Westcott Theater on Monday.

The Daily Orange: Can you tell me what your new album is all about?

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez: I’m working on a record called “Break Free.” I’ve been making hip-hop now for several years. This project has been the last year in the making. … The music is a method of storytelling that is talking about a wide range of different topics. A lot of it is looking at how art and music can play a role in building movements and fighting for change. It’s an introduc-

tory album to my word. It’s my first hip-hop record.

we rise XIUHTEZCATL published his book, “We Rise,” in September to advise people on how to get involved in social justice issues

The D.O.: How do you blend your

activism with your music?

XM: I’ve been working on the front lines of climate, environmental and indigenous rights since I was, like,

6 years old. This is even before the music. One thing that I’ve seen in the world today is that young people, our generation, we’re not trying to be activists. … A lot of us are apathetic and disconnected. I feel that music is a way to wake people up, bring people together. … You look at everything that is happening in the world today — from gun violence to our climate crisis to social injustice — things are really hectic, and we need change really fast.

The only way we are going to mobilize people is if we utilize things like art, innovation, technology, economics — these different worlds that aren’t always represented.

The D.O.: Do you think you would

want to become a musician fulltime, or would you like to split your time between your activism and your musicianship?

XM: I think that they go very hand in hand. For example, there are a lot of actors and actresses that do both really well, like Leonardo DiCaprio, who’s super involved socially and politically but is still one of the most successful actors of all time. I think that definitely I want to do both moving forward and never really separate the two.

The D.O.: What do you think is the most pressing issue facing society today? see XIUHTEZCATL page 8

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with purpose traveled to Florida to have her thyroid surgically removed. The cancer was too advanced to wait any longer for treatment.

With classes starting just weeks after the surgery, Elliott’s mother, Dawn, said the idea of not sending Elliott back to SU didn’t cross their minds.

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Number of new childhood cancer treatments approved by the FDA in the last 30 years source: with-purpose.org

“It never occurred to us not to send her back,” Dawn said. “We figured she has friends there, (Upstate Medical University) is there.

Looking back on it, it was kind of strange to send her on a plane with no thyroid.”

Dawn described their philosophy as: “One day at a time, don’t make drama out of this, we’ll just take this as it comes.”

Elliott had reasons to be stressed when she returned to school. The surgery had damaged her vocal chords and left her with a voice that she described as high and wispy — “a mix between a Muppet and an 80-year-old smoker.”

She wanted to continue her life as it was, but that was hard. The stress of not knowing the extent to which she’d be able to speak or sing again took an emotional toll on her, she said.

Elliott found broaching the subject with professors to be hard. She said this makes the work that Hill Communications and PRSSA

JOHN FISHER AND ERIN ELLIOTT met through First Year Players and are working together to raise awareness about pediatric cancer. katie reahl staff photographer

are doing for With Purpose essential.

“It’s really important that this is happening, and I am ecstatic that With Purpose was chosen for the Bateman Competition,” Elliott said. “I think that ‘cancer’ is such a word we’re afraid of, and we’re afraid to talk about it.”

The Bateman Competition takes place on campuses across the U.S. Fisher said having students work with these organizations helps spread the information more effectively.

“College campuses can kind of be an enigma for certain organizations, especially if they don’t have students on campus working with them,” Fisher said. “There’s something that even a 20-year-old in college can do to help.”

He said building a brand on social media — something he used to see as trivial — makes a big difference in creating awareness for groups like With Purpose.

Elliott will spend the rest of this semester continuing the recovery process. She’s transitioned to taking a thyroid hormone and takes several pills a day now, in addition to attending routine screenings to check her progress. This summer, she’ll have another screening, and if it goes well, she’ll be considered cancer-free.

In the meantime, she’s resumed voice lessons and will get to use her voice on the FYP executive board, as president of Game Club and while working with SU’s chapter of Camp Kesem, an organization that operates summer camps for children with a parent affected by cancer. She’ll continue working with Fisher and the Bateman team to promote With Purpose as well.

Fisher said there will be on-campus fundraising events at SU for With Purpose and encouraged students look out for those.

Said Fisher: “Having someone here that experienced it makes telling this story that much more effective. This is what happened to (Erin), this is what’s happening to children across the country, this is what we can do.” cefergus@syr.edu | @ColleenEFergus2

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xiuhtezcatl XM: I personally think that climate change

is the most important issue in the world at the moment because of how much it interconnects to every other issue we see in front of us.

If you look at climate change in the way that it affects social justice, people who are most affected by climate change are poor communities of color and marginalized communities, both in the United States and worldwide.

The D.O.: One of your big goals is a class action lawsuit against the government. Could you talk about that? What is the status of that?

Do you think it will be successful?

XM: We filed the lawsuit in 2015 against the Obama administration because this is a lawsuit not using political parties but holding leadership accountable. Myself and 20 other youths sued the government for violating our constitutional rights of life, liberty and property (and) failing to adequately respond to climate change. … This isn’t just us going to the streets and saying, “We want change! F*ck Trump!” We want tangible actions, we want solutions that matter to really build infrastructure for future generations.

The D.O.: Could you tell us about your new book?

XM: In September I published a book called “We Rise.” It’s a call to action. It’s a response to the anger and awareness to the issues worldwide. It is written for people who don’t know how to really get involved or those who want advice on how to get engaged. Climate change is used as a case study and a lens. … It’s a very well-rounded piece of literature that’s all about building movements and empowering leaders from whatever position you are in society.

The D.O.: I know you are a big advocate for indigenous people’s rights. Does that factor into your music? Do you incorporate those sounds and customs into your own music?

XM: For sure. I’m from Mexico. My heritage and family are from Mexico City. I spit in Spanish a lot, I have several verses on the album that are half English and half Spanish. I also spit in just Spanish and my native indigenous language. That’s a lot more difficult because it is so frickin’ hard. There’s also a track on the album called “Sage Up” that’s got my boy, who is Lakota and Ojibwe, who has the most ridiculous singing voice.

It’s like tribal trap — it has the biggest, fattest trap beat with these crazy indigenous vocals.

It’s woven in, but it’s not traditional. It’s very modernized in a really dope way. tgugerty@syr.edu

XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ, a 17-year-old rapper from Colorado, advocates for environmental change and social justice. He is working on a new album, “Break Free,” and published his book “We Rise” in September.

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bombace appointments and rehab. The recovery continued beyond that period, with Joy periodically visiting as the initial 10-12 month prediction for her healing decreased to nine.

As the team moved on without Bombace, Faith Cain said the players knew without instruction they’d need to escalate their play. Cain and Sydney O’Hara, who’d embarked on a career year, batting .476 and earning national attention, were forced to fill Bombace’s first base role.

O’Hara, who had played only one season at first base since turning 12, was stunned by the development. She soured at the thought of the infield, but relating to the impact her forearm injury had on her sophomore season, filled Bombace’s spot anyway.

Unable to travel with the team over the next three months, Bombace spent more time with trainers than her squad.

“I got so stir-crazy,” she said. “It was insane. I wanted to do this, this and this, and I knew I couldn’t do that. I had to keep myself busy because being away from softball was definitely the biggest downfall.”

Head coach Mike Bosch reminded Bombace to live in the process, to slow down and appreciate the moment instead of the overall long road that faced her. That included countless days in the training room, 12 road trips she could not join and a period where she wasn’t allowed in the dugout at home games, her father said.

That, Bombace said, made her appreciate the sport in a new way.

“Being in the moment brought me back to the little girl who loved the game first,” she said.

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coleman Though Coleman isn’t in the place he envisioned, he’s happy he has a chance to thrive.

Even if it’s difficult.

“If you look at my story,” Coleman said.

“I don’t even think I’m supposed to be here right now.”

Early in life, basketball became his sanctuary.

Basketball meant safety as his friends got involved with crime. And basketball gave him a chance.

In his first year at Syracuse, Coleman suffered an MCL injury. He injured the same knee the next season, missing almost two years. When Coleman arrived at Syracuse, he didn’t think he’d be there long, dreaming of the NBA. Three years into his college career, he questioned that path.

The thing that guided Coleman to Syracuse could help him no more. After his second knee injury, Coleman started thinking about “plan B” if basketball failed.

“In high school, I was always artistic,” Coleman said. “I like to draw a lot. Create stuff with my hands.”

So, he started creating. With the money he was supposed to use to eat, he purchased

said in general players usually enter the five stages of grief when they suffer a season-ending injury: shock, denial, anger, bargaining and acceptance.

“The loneliest place in sports is the trainer’s room,” he said. “For many injured athletes, that’s where you spend a lot of time while your teammates are practicing and moving forward, and it’s just lonely.”

Spencer lauded Dr. Bryan Hainline, the NCAA’s chief medical officer, for acknowledging mental health as the top issue affecting college athletes. But Spencer added there’s more work to be done.

“There’s still a stereotype out there toward mental health, a stigma out there toward mental health,” Spencer said. “All across the country, we’re doing a better job of beginning to tear that down.”

He expressed the need for support groups, so athletes like Bombace can connect with fellow competitors attempting to return from injuries. Psychologists meeting with coaches, signs in the facilities and administration initiative are key, too, he said.

“The sports medicine staff refers studentathletes to the athletic department’s sponsored counselor,” a Syracuse Athletics spokesperson said of SU’s policy via email. “There is not a formal support group.”

Rejoining her team in the dugout became Bombace’s therapy.

She coached O’Hara and Cain through first base fundamentals from the bench during home games while the Orange rolled to a 31-19 record. When O’Hara left her heel on the bag, Bombace urged against it, so she wouldn’t get injured by a runner crossing first. Bombace yelled to Cain, pointing out where she had to be for coverage on various plays. She assumed a role of coach more than player.

But still, a sense of separation persisted.

“It’s really tough to stay connected because

BOMBACE is batting 1-of-13 in seven games this season. She’s been a designated hitter in four of the games.

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you can’t play with them,” said O’Hara.

Bosch spoke with trainers often, because they met with Bombace more than he did.

Bombace’s father urged her to do more than required in each step of her physical recovery.

She heard everything except the announcement of her name in the at-bat circle.

“Losing the whole last year was very hard on (Bombace),” her father said. “It took a toll on her emotionally … but she accepted it … almost nine months of not swinging, not throwing, not seeing pitches come in. It’s a lot.”

To help, O’Hara met Bombace at Syracuse coffee shops during home stands while Bombace attended home games and practices, but could not participate.

Alexa Romero and Hailey Archuleta, who Bombace said entered this season coming off injuries too, supported her. They addressed her

concerns and helped her around her apartment.

“They were my support system,” Bombace said.

Bombace is still reacquainting herself with the movements of softball. But she’s taking the comeback slowly, getting used to seeing pitches come in again and trying to reestablish what she’s done her whole life.

She hasn’t left the yard in a game in more than a year, but simply returning to the field has brought a smile back to her face.

“It’s basically starting back from zero,” Bombace said. “When you first start playing softball, you have to start from zero, you can’t go to 100, so you have to go back through the movements, back through the practices, back through the drills that you know best and you hope it’ll help you in the end. It’s a grind, definitely a grind.”

Photoshop. He watched YouTube tutorials and taught himself to use the software. On flights to road games, there was no internet, so he spent time playing with it.

That first creation appears on many of his products now, but he said there are more stored on his computer. The logo draws from his life experiences. It’s inspired by the McDonald’s AllAmerican logo, which Coleman was named as a high-schooler. Across the middle is a silhouette of New York state, representing Syracuse, the place he’s lived his entire life. The backdrop, the symbol for world peace, is vibrantly painted.

With all the tension in the world, he said he thinks his brand represents a cry for peace.

When Coleman started Night Grind, he had $300, he said. He used it all to print shirts for friends. It was a risk, but the positive feedback gave Coleman the courage to move forward with the company.

He remembered an offer from Brandon Steiner, an SU graduate and CEO and founder of Steiner Sports, to contact him whenever Coleman needed help.

Coleman met with Steiner following a talk Steiner gave at SU. Steiner was intrigued with the idea because he was familiar with Coleman’s

story and thought the brand was authentic to him.

“People forget how and why they got invited to the party,” Steiner said. “Figure out what this party is and who you’re planning it for.”

Steiner played outside adviser for Coleman. He made sure that Coleman was going in the right direction with the brand.

“He got hurt and he never gave up … The night grinders never let a bump in the road put them on the side of the road,” Steiner said.

“He’s got to relate to those people.”

The next step was building the brand. Kimmel introduced himself to Steiner at another talk at SU, impressing Steiner with the work he had done in his two years as an intern for the United State Olympic Committee. Kimmel’s name stuck out because the work he did in the consumer product area was exactly the experience that Steiner thought Coleman needed as he began to build his brand online.

Coleman was on board right away because of Kimmel’s preparation — Kimmel presented a PowerPoint with his ideas in their first meetup.

The partnership started quickly, and the two developed an online presence for Night Grind.

Kimmel said the two have yet to spend any money on marketing because the Night Grind

Instagram quickly became a compilation of Coleman’s friends wearing the products. Among those featured are former Syracuse players Tyler Lydon and Jerami Grant and current players Oshae Brissett, Howard Washington and Frank Howard.

As the brand’s reach expands, “Night Grind” has never stopped being true to who Coleman is.

“Being a night grinder is about what you’re doing when others aren’t watching,” Kimmel said.

That mindset followed Coleman from a young age, when he couldn’t have imagined being in the position he is today.

When the camera stopped flashing at the Carmelo center and everyone turned their backs, the ball was still in Coleman’s hand. The basketball part of his life was over, and his new chapter looks promising. Still, he kept shooting until he made another basket. He never stops working, even if nobody sees it.

“I always said that if I did make it to the NBA, that would give me the money to build a business. Now that I don’t really have that much money, my mindset is still to build a multi-million dollar business,” Coleman said.

“It’s just going to be a little harder.

“But, that’s what Night Grind is all about.”

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Multiple scorers fuel Syracuse’s top-ranked offense

By Michael McCleary asst. digital editor

Riley Donahue often brushes off opportunities to talk up her scoring abilities. Coming into the season, she was supposed to be a problem for opposing defenses. After Donahue led the Orange in goals a season ago, many expected 2018 to bring much of the same. But, in the preseason, all she could talk about was her team.

“Offense is everywhere,” she said of her team more than two weeks prior to SU’s season-opening matchup against Connecticut.

To this point, her team-first tendencies have proven to be right. Donahue, with three goals so far this season, ranks ninth on her team in scoring. But the number is not a result of Donahue’s struggles.

No. 7 Syracuse (3-0) continues to get scoring throughout its lineup to power its top-ranked offense. The Orange are tied with Vanderbilt with an NCAA-leading 19.67 goals per game.

Many on Syracuse expect the scoring to be a common thread as the depth and constant

substitutions by SU have consistently provided the opportunities for players to score.

“We definitely are a threat,” attack Nicole Levy said. “We will have a long list of scorers.”

The Orange has had no trouble with scoring in the early going. In SU’s first three games of the season, the fewest number of players to score in a game was nine against Oregon. In Syracuse’s other two matchups — versus Connecticut and Albany — SU had 12 goal scorers in each game.

Syracuse’s diverse attack features many multi-goal scorers. Against the Huskies, the Orange had six players score two or more goals, with four of those players registering three or more goals in the game. The output was similar against Oregon, when Syracuse had six two-plus goal scorers and two threeplus goal scorers.

That is in slight contrast to some of the Orange’s season opener last year. In the 2017 debut against eventual-national champion Boston College, SU only had four players score more than two goals with eight of its 18 total goals coming from two players.

Levy cautioned that the high-scoring games won’t necessarily continue as Syracuse’s schedule becomes tougher, but she still thinks the Orange will get contributions from many players.

When asked if the high scoring numbers are a result of the multitude of lineups the Orange use, SU head coach Gary Gait grinned.

“Yeah,” Gait quipped, “we play a lot of players.”

But Gait doesn’t attribute the scoring to any new game plan. He instead has noticed that the attacking style of his midfielders is creating a more “balanced” scoring group.

“I think we’re almost even for the first time in a long time,” Gait said “Our middies and attack are scoring almost at the same pace.”

This year, the Orange has gotten 28 goals from its midfield compared to 31 from the attack. That’s 9.33 goals per game from the midfield. Comparatively, last season the Orange only got 4.81 goals per game from its midfield as three attacks dominated SU’s goals leaderboard.

The midfielders are starting to notice the difference. With the quick lineup changes

and free movement, it’s easier for midfielders to make it up and down the field, which creates for more opportunities, junior midfielder Neena Merola said.

Freshman Sam Swart is seeing the opportunities early in her SU career, as well. Tied with three people for fifth on SU’s scoring list, the midfielder went as far to make a prediction that “everyone will evenly play, evenly score.”

While it remains to be seen whether or not that will hold true, Gait seems to be keen on the idea of having midfielders contribute more to Syracuse’s offensive production.

“We’ve been in the past attack driven,” Gait said. “Now, I think the middies are really coming into their own and starting to step it up.”

As SU’s scoring evolves, it’s finding the win column frequently. SU’s presumed scoring leader in the preseason, Donahue, isn’t dominating the way she did last year, but so far she hasn’t had to.

She’s just glad to see her preseason prediction come full circle.

“It’s great to see,” Donahue said. “It’s great to go out there and really put everything together.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary

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“I just kind of decided, let me mess around with this,” Varello said. “I kind of just played for fun.”

What began from boredom turned into a hobby and eventually a passion. Varello’s mother, Joann, signed him up for lessons, and soon after Varello was a member of the New York State School Music Association performing in recitals.

“It was pretty intense,” Varello said. “I did (NYSSMA) for four or five years.”

Eventually, though, piano lost priority as his lacrosse career budded into stardom.

“For Danny to have a release, be able to take his mind of stuff, not think about grades, or lacrosse or being recruited,” Schomburg said, “it’s got to be a great release, mentally to go to that place.”

Like Schomburg, very few people who know Varello were aware he plays the piano.

Growing up, few of his friends knew, and it was mostly just his family and close family friends that knew of his talent. And even fewer knew that he played in recitals and did NYSSMA. He keeps everything on the “down low,” Varello

varello black and white keys, the sound of the piano filling the air.

For Varello, now the starting faceoff specialist for No. 12 Syracuse (2-1), music has always been an escape from the stresses of school and sport. This past summer, he picked up painting. For someone that has spent his entire life training to be a lacrosse player, the arts offer a sanctuary from the rigors of life.

“He’d get all mad at me if I texted you some of his paintings or recordings of his piano playing,” Joe said. “He’s very gifted.”

Varello never intended to play the piano. His parents never taught him or forced him to take lessons. An old piano that belonged to Varello’s grandmother sat in his living room “collecting dust,” Varello said. It was just a decoration.

Until one day, without any provocation, a bored Varello sat down on the bench and played.

said. He doesn’t want his teammates knowing he performs in piano recitals.

But Syracuse players found out anyway. The night before a road game, if the team went out to a restaurant, Varello would look to see if it had a piano. And if it did he would play for the audience.

“It’s funny,” Varello said. “I don’t really like performing and I don’t really like playing for people a lot. I think the reason why I get excited about seeing a piano is it’s probably way nicer than the one I have at home.”

During summer 2017, in between his freshman and sophomore year, Varello also picked up painting. He remembered driving by a Michaels craft store and seeing a few canvasses in the window. Like piano, he thought, “Why don’t I give painting a shot?”

Varello paints abstract art, mixing and blending colors in his own style. The first painting that he made was a red and black abstract piece.

“It’s pretty cool,” Varello said. “I’m going to paint a little more over the summer, see if I can

get better colors.”

The arts allow him to see lacrosse in different ways, Schomburg said. Varello has always been analytical. He doesn’t have to be told things twice, Schomburg said, and he’s able to self-diagnose himself, Joe added.

The faceoff position is one which can lead to massive frustration, Schomburg said. And when that happens, specialists struggle. The key is thinking about what you can fix.

This past Saturday against Army, Varello struggled mightily at the beginning of the game at the faceoff X. He lost nine of his first 11 attempts and was subbed out for senior faceoff specialist Seth DeLisle. In the final three overtimes, Varello came back going three-for-three and helped lead Syracuse in its 11-10 win against then-No. 9 Army.

“He’s so creative,” Schomburg said. “And that helps you to be better at the X. I don’t know anyone else that thinks the way he does.” mdliberm@syr.edu

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Syracuse players rollerblade for exercise and bonding

By Eric Black

asst. copy editor

Skytop Road on Syracuse University’s South Campus isn’t the most ideal terrain to rollerblade.

That’s why, earlier this hockey season, freshman forward Victoria Klimek took a tumble while skating down the hill. She was still learning, fellow freshman Kristen Siermachesky said.

But that didn’t make it any less funny.

“It was a huge wipeout,” Siermachesky said. “(But) she’s improved.”

Syracuse (12-20-2, 11-8-1 College Hockey Association) players rollerblade whenever they can, especially during the earlier months of the fall semester. It’s a fun way for them to do their weekly flush rides, performed every Sunday to keep their muscles loose, but also provides a good method of transportation for players living on South Campus. It also serves as a way for the younger and older players on the team to hang out during the offseason.

“When I first came here I didn’t really think anyone was gonna be rollerblading,” sophomore defender Logan Hicks said. “We

rollerblade to soccer games, down to campus or to get food. It’s really fun, it’s a nice place to do it. It’s Syracuse, our campus is really hilly.”

Hicks said the first week she got to campus she noticed most of the upperclassmen were rollerblading, which prompted her to buy new rollerblades. The Scottsdale, Arizona, native played street hockey growing up. At Hicks’ home, there was always the problem of the weather being too hot during the summer to play. In Syracuse, Hicks and the Orange struggle with snow.

Weather isn’t the only obstacle for Syracuse in its efforts to rollerblade, though. With many of the roads on South Campus lacking sidewalks, the players usually have to skate in the streets, which have been a dangerous place.

Former goalie Kallie Billadeau once missed time after getting in an accident on Skytop Road, head coach Paul Flanagan said. She was on her scooter when a car cut her off, forcing her to sit out a couple of weeks, Flanagan said. He’s glad that his players stay active and rollerblade when they can, but worries about their well-being on the roads.

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“I think it’s awesome, as long you’re careful,” Flanagan said. “The last thing we need is anybody getting picked off by some crazy driver.”

When the team decides to rollerblade it usually doesn’t have a destination in mind. The players will often meet together with their rollerblades, start skating somewhere, and follow whichever path they wind up on, Siermachesky said. When they do decide where to go, besides going to campus or soccer games, they’ll often blade to Manley Field House and the Stevenson Educational Center to do schoolwork.

Rollerblading has become a favorite method of transportation for the team’s flush rides in lieu of biking or running, which have been performed more commonly in the past. Flanagan prefers his players bike on the Onondaga Lake Park bike trail, which he made sure to point out is paved, but doesn’t mind that his players branch out in their flush ride techniques. Some players still bike, but the rollerblading movement among the hockey team is here to stay.

“We love skating,” Siermachesky said. “You’re also working the muscles that you skate with.”

The similarity between rollerblading and skating is one of Flanagan’s favorite parts of the activity. He’s pointed out in the past that things like biking and running are beneficial for hockey players.

Rollerblading is a low-impact activity that doesn’t put as much stress on the players’ joints as running, according to livestrong.com. Biking, meanwhile, isn’t nearly as aerobically demanding as rollerblading, not to mention as fun, the players said. Flanagan said he worries and wants his players to temper their easygoingness while rollerblading across campus, but that hasn’t stopped him from promoting the activity.

“With our sport you’re skating all the time,” Flanagan said. “Rollerblading and skating, that’s a little bit of cross training.

I think it’s kind of neat. I wish more people around here were doing it.”

Syracuse’s season may be nearing its end, but after its final game, SU’s players will just step outside and trade ice for pavement.

They just have to watch out for traffic. erblack@syr.edu | @esblack34

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Back on base For Andrea Bombace, recovery from torn ACL was mind over matter

By Bobby Manning staff writer

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ANDREA BOMBACE is coming off nine months of recovery after tearing her ACL on Valentine’s Day in 2017. Bombace had four RBIs in the one game she played in before injuring her knee at the start of her sophomore season. courtesy of su athletics

men’s basketball

our innings into Andrea Bombace’s sophomore debut, on Feb. 10, 2017, she knocked a two-run home run to claim a 6-4 lead over East Carolina in Syracuse’s season opener.

The Orange won 9-6 and Bombace, following a four RBI season debut, seemed poised to build on her nine home run, 27 RBI freshman campaign when SU finished 27-26.

But four days later, on Valentine’s Day, in the midst of one of SU’s final fielding drills, Bombace tore her ACL. The injury forced her to slide backward to the first time she took the field, before throwing 63 miles-per-hour in an eighth grade combine, faster than any other competitor; before committing to Syracuse (7-5) in ninth grade; before falling in love with softball over basketball and soccer.

“The feeling, it was confusing,” Bombace said. “But tough, because you’re dealing with getting told you might not be able to play the game that you love for a long period of time.”

Bombace’s nine-month recovery proved more mental than physical. Enduring the separation from her teammates on the field was harder than the rehab she had to undergo.

She’s returned to the field in 2018, batting 1-for-13 over seven games, four as designated hitter, two as a pinch hitter and one at first base. She also received a redshirt, granting her sophomore status, her father, George Bombace, said.

He remembers the call he received one year ago. His daughter said four words: “I got injured today.” On March 9, she’d undergo surgery facing the unknown. Not knowing if she’d get her year of eligibility, or more importantly her ability to play, back, the uncertainty overtook her pain.

Bombace’s mother, Joy, moved in with her in Syracuse for a few weeks following the operation to bring her to doctor’s see bombace page 9

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Former SU player creates brand Piano, painting provide escape for SU’s Varello

By Michael McCleary asst. digital editor

Dajuan Coleman picked up a basketball and started to dribble.

He was in the gym long before the camera arrived.

His entire life, his basketball talent defined him. But, that day Coleman was more concerned with what he was wearing on COLEMAN his chest.

“You can’t really sit back and let it come to you,” Coleman said.

“Everything in the world is just not going to happen the way you think it’s going to happen.”

He unzipped his jacket to show off the design underneath. Coleman, a former five-star basketball prospect, has moved onto a new frontier with his clothing brand, “Night Grind,” following the end of his basketball career at SU last year. The brand captures Coleman’s essence: to always keep working, even when things don’t go your way.

The company, which has been active since late 2017, is financed and managed entirely by Coleman and current SU student Ethan Kimmel,

whom Coleman was connected with last fall to help grow the brand’s online presence. Night Grind currently sells shirts, jackets, hats and pants. The two aspire for more, including incorporating women’s and children’s lines once it gains more capital.

“Our dream is to have everything,” Kimmel said. “You can’t build faster than you’re growing.”

Coleman’s five years at SU were defined by knee injuries. To him, it was nothing but a tiny setback. The NBA was a dream of his, but so was building something for himself. see coleman page 9

By Matt Liberman staff writer

Matt Schomburg and his daughter visited Danny Varello and his family in their home in Kings Park, New York. While visiting, Varello’s father Joe asked Schomburg, the Varello brothers’ faceoff coach, VARELLO

if he wanted to hear Danny play the piano. Schomburg never knew Varello played, and even remembered saying, “Danny doesn’t play the piano.”

“What can you play?” Schomburg asked Varello.

“I don’t know,” Schomburg remembered Varello replying. “Tell me a song and I’ll play it.”

Moments later, Varello played away, his fingers riding across the see varello page 11