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Uprooted RUTH BANG, a Syracuse University freshman, graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last spring. On Friday, she traveled to the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., where hundreds of thousands of people gathered to protest the gun violence that rocked her South Florida home.

Ruth Bang’s journey to reconnect with her hometown of Parkland in wake of tragedy Story by Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Photos by Kai Nguyen photo editor

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MATTHEW IONESCU (LEFT), FELIPE LINARES AND RUTH BANG discuss what they’re going to wear to March for Our Lives.

ASHINGTON, D.C. — Ruth Bang was studying in a Brewster Hall dorm room, about 1,400 miles from her Parkland, Florida home, when her phone started buzzing with text messages.

The frantic notifications were distracting, Bang recalled, and she didn’t want to check them. They kept coming.

More frequent than usual. Something seemed odd, Bang said, so she looked at the texts.

It was a group chat of friends from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Rumors were spreading that something terrible was happening, but nobody was sure. Within minutes, Bang would learn

from her friends that a gunman had opened fire at the school she’d graduated from last spring. The school that, for the last few years, had been part of her home.

Her little sister, Esther, started texting her during law enforcement’s frenzy to find the shooter. Esther is a student at Westglades Middle School, less than a block away from Stoneman Douglas.

“I love you,” Esther texted Bang, soon after the shooting. “… There is a shooter loose at stoman.”

That Feb. 14 afternoon, 17 people were killed at Bang’s high school in one of the worst school shootings in United States history. She didn’t go to that class she was studying for at Syracuse University.

“The tears kept coming in waves,” Bang said. “I would be OK, and then I would cry, and then somebody would call and they needed someone to comfort them. It just became way too much to take see parkland page 4

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Man stabbed Sunday during ‘large party’ on Euclid Avenue

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Syracuse University students were warned to stay away from a block of Euclid Avenue near campus early Sunday morning after a “non-university affiliate” was stabbed at a large party there, police said.

At about 7 a.m., a Syracuse Police Department spokesman in a press

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release said officers first responded to the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in regard to the stabbing call.

A 20-year-old man was there suffering from wounds to his lip, left shoulder and “lower back area,” police said. The man’s injuries did not appear life threatening. While at the hospital, the man told officers he was at a large party and got into

O • Glimmer of hope

Liberal columnist Lauren Silverstein reflects on her time at the March for Our Lives and the reinvigorated hope she has for the future of American democracy.

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a fight with a group of men at 710 Euclid Ave., police said.

“The victim stated that he did not know who any of the males were, and was unable to provide any suspect descriptions, due to it being dark inside the house,” said SPD Sgt. Richard Helterline. There was no suspect information as of about 7 a.m., police said.

A first Department of Public Safety

notice was sent to the campus community at about 4 a.m. Sunday alerting students to an “assault.” A second notice was sent just before 6 a.m.

Onondaga County property records show that 710 Euclid Ave. is owned by The Housing Associates, LLC. The property was bought by the company for about $150,000 in early 2012.

Officers who responded to the

P • Haircuts for a cause

A St. Baldrick’s fundraiser for childhood cancer research took place at Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub in Syracuse on Sunday. This year, 555 people shaved their heads.

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house Sunday morning found evidence of the stabbing, but “were not provided any additional suspect information,” Helterline said.

The DPS alerts sent Sunday morning were the first sent by SU since a string of police alerts were issued to the campus community in late January after multiple robberies were reported near the university. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

S • Fresh perspective

When SU was on the precipice of missing the NCAA Tournament, the season was a disappointment.

After making it to the Sweet 16, the season was redefined.

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Diversity Week kicks off at SU

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Rallying against guns 1. Juliette Clark attended a sister March for Our Lives in downtown Syracuse. About 1,200 people attended the march, organizers said.

2. Victoria Gonzalez, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student, broke down in tears during the Washington, D.C. rally. Her boyfriend was one of 17 killed in the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida.

3. About 800,000 people attended the national March for Our Lives held on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

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Students reflect on Washington, D.C. march

By India Miraglia staff writer

As she stepped off the bus that had left Syracuse University at 2:30 a.m.

Saturday and arrived in Washington, D.C. at about 9 a.m., Diasia Robinson walked into one of the largest protests in the United States’ history.

At a Student Association meeting earlier this month, Robinson and Khalid Ayaz Khan, co-chairs of SA’s Diversity Affairs committee, asked for funding to transport SU students to the March for Our

Lives, a protest planned in the capital following the violent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead in mid-February.

Khan and Robinson were initially met with mixed responses.

SA members said they were excited about the idea, but unsure about logistics. By the end of the meeting, and after some debate, SA’s assembly approved the funding for four buses: two for the march in Washington, D.C. and two for the one in Syracuse.

In the end, three buses — an

additional bus was approved by SA after the initial meeting — made the trip to D.C. In total, 150 tickets were made available for students. Every ticket was sold.

The idea for the trip came after students reached out and showed interest in March for Our Lives, said Robinson, an international relations major.

After receiving emails and text messages detailing SU students’ desire to go to the rally, Robinson, Andrew Fowler, president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council

at SU, and representatives from Democracy Matters came together to plan the trip.

SA Vice President Angie Pati and SA adviser Sarah Cappella also helped organize the bus ride. Robinson said she was not surprised at all when she learned the trip had sold out. But she was still happy to hear the news.

“I knew a lot of people wanted to come to D.C. and be in such a historic place,” she added.

Robinson said she also had a personal interest in the trip.

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Student fees could increase by $93 next year

By Jessica Andreone contributing writer

SUNY-ESF has proposed an increase to three broad-based college fees, totaling $93 per student, for the 2018-19 school year.

The Intercollegiate Athletics Fee, the Student Health Fee and a Syracuse University services fee would increase by $40, $10 and $43 per student, respectively, according to a slideshow sent to the SUNY-ESF student body earlier this semester.

“Fee revenue is restricted and therefore cannot be used for any other purpose,” per the slideshow.

Tuition at SUNY-ESF as of the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year for full-time, in-state under-

graduate students was $3,335. Outof-state, full-time undergraduates had tuition set at $8,160.

The increase in the Intercollegiate Athletics Fee will allow for stipends to be given to part-time athletics coaches. The stipends would be comparable to those of a high school coach.

“It’s very similar. In high school, you often don’t have fulltime coaches. You have coaches who are teachers or who work in the community and are part-time employees,” said Joseph Rufo, chief financial officer and vice president for administration of SUNY-ESF. The Student Health Fee raise would contribute funds toward a second counseling center therapist.

Rufo said that, after establishing a

counseling center several years ago on the SUNY-ESF campus, there was a need for another staff therapist, due to growing demands.

“It won’t fully pay for, but it will help support the cost of a second staff therapist,” Rufo said.

Fee increases for SU services, labeled as “Other Broad Based” fees in the slideshow, will cover the required costs for access to SU’s fitness facilities, ambulance program and libraries, among other things.

The “broad-based fee” is higher at SUNY-ESF than at other State University of New York schools because SUNY-ESF has a connection to a major private university, SU, and access to its services, unlike many other state colleges.

“With that increase, we will be

recovering the entire cost of providing those services,” Rufo said.

In the next five years, these broad-based fees, as well as the college fee and technology fee, are projected to increase. The fees will match the expected rise in costs for providing services.

The proposed fee increases, along with five-year projected increases, will be sent to SUNY administration to be reviewed before they are either modified or approved. At present, the athletics fee is $140, the health fee is $315 and the SU fee is $860 for fulltime students.

“It’s difficult, really, to project what is going to happen five years from now,” Rufo said. jlandreo@syr.edu

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Syracuse University’s Student Association kicked off the second annual Diversity Week with a Pride Parade on Sunday. Hosted in Schine Student Center, the parade featured food, music and a photo booth with props.

Senior SA members Diasia Robinson and Khalid Khan, co-chairs of the organization’s diversity affairs committee, said Diversity Week’s mission is to create a space for inclusivity on campus and celebrate a diverse campus community with events for everyone.

The second event of Diversity Week is a comedy show on Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Schine Underground. Two SU students will be the opening act for stand-up comedian Anish Shah.

“The comedian is from an eastern Indian background … and we truly believe he can connect to a certain population of the student body,” Khan said.

On Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Schine Atrium, students can also pay $2 to participate in DPS “Pie-in-the-Face,” according to SA’s Facebook page, as part of Diversity Week. All proceeds of the event will go to the Dunbar Center, a community organization dedicated to fighting poverty and inequality.

“We understand that a lot of DPS officers and students have this tension between them,” Khan said. “We want to do this to work toward a solution for that.”

A #nohate candlelight vigil will be the last event of the week.

The vigil will be held Thursday evening on the steps of Hendricks Chapel. Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, is scheduled to speak Thursday.

“It’s also a response to safety on college campuses,” Robinson said. “With what happened in Charlottesville, students in the South felt unsafe on their college campuses, so we want to reaffirm Syracuse University as a place for no hate, no discrimination and no place for white supremacists or any sort of violence.”

Several people were injured and one person killed during clashes between white nationalist groups and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia last August.

All events are accessible and made to be as inclusive as possible, Khan said. “(The parade is) a great way to celebrate pride,” said Sophia Faram, chair of SA’s Board of Elections and Membership. “I’m looking forward to a lot of the different events we have and really meeting all different types of people, and just getting to enjoy how diverse of a campus we truly have.” jmsopori@syr.edu

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parkland in all by myself.”

But Bang, an SU freshman, had to. She was the only person among her high school friends who enrolled for college in Syracuse.

She spent the night after the shooting checking on students in Florida, talking to her friends at colleges across the country and watching the news. She didn’t sleep.

The next morning, Bang felt people at SU continued their lives as if nothing happened.

At her Parkland home, hours away even by airplane, mothers and fathers had just lost children, girlfriends lost boyfriends, football players lost a coach and students lost a teacher.

Bang hadn’t made friends at SU who she could comfortably discuss her emotions with, but she and her old high school classmates stayed in touch almost constantly, she said. In the weeks following the tragedy, Bang would grapple with the shooting by connecting mostly with that group of Stoneman Douglas friends.

Like her, Bang’s Parkland friends spread across the country felt increasingly isolated in their college communities even as their connections to each other and their Florida home grew stronger. They’d text, FaceTime and call each other, but the distance from home and their schedules made it hard to come together to reflect on their hometown’s tragedy in the same place.

That was until March 24 — the March for Our Lives, in Washington, D.C.

‘Once an Eagle, always an Eagle’

Pencils, paintbrushes and markers were strewn across the hotel room table. It was about 1 a.m., 11 hours before the D.C. March for Our Lives was set to start. The march would be a massive protest of gun violence organized primarily by Stoneman Douglas survivors.

Bang, four of her Stoneman Douglas friends and another graduate had just started sketching the posters they wanted to bring to the rally on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bang showed Matthew Ionescu — a friend of hers from Parkland — a concept of her poster that had a textbook drawn on it.

The friends sketched, ordered pizza and joked about video games and the Syracuse

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men’s basketball team’s Sweet 16 loss to Duke a few hours before.

If someone had looked in the room a year earlier, they might’ve thought it was full of high schoolers pulling an all-nighter to finish a history project. But between the bottles of paint, the jokes and the upbeat Spotify playlist on someone’s laptop, the group peppered their conversations with discussion about the shooting.

Could the Broward Sheriff’s Office have done more to stop the tragedy? Should they call a planned Monday protest at Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Florida) office a “sit-in,” a “lie-in” or a “die-in?” Should they draw an AR-15, the gun used in the shooting, on one of their posters?

Bang said it was comforting to be among high school friends she could openly discuss the tragedy with. Discussing the shooting with people outside the Parkland community, many recent graduates said, was difficult. People just didn’t understand what it meant to have a connection to the Stoneman Douglas Eagles. “‘Once an Eagle, always an Eagle’ has literally never been any more true until this happened,” said Sydni Lazarus, who graduated in 2016.

Liam Hutton, who graduated with Bang and now goes to Emerson College in Boston, also had to confront the tragedy without high school friends nearby. He tried to keep his connection to the town quiet while at Emerson, he said. He didn’t want the attention.

When Emerson students planned a walkout to protest gun violence and honor the victims of the Parkland tragedy, Hutton said the experience felt surreal.

At SU, Bang said she’s bonded with her roommate over fashion and art. She joined Delta Sigma Pi, the professional business fraternity. Still, her Parkland friends were the people she confided in in the weeks after the shooting. At least in their group chat.

“We just loved to talk and express what we felt,” Bang said. “The people we trusted most with what we felt, and who would understand it most, is who we turned to.”

In the weeks that followed the shooting, Bang said it was hard to mourn on her own. She said she has felt the SU community lacks concern for what happened at Stoneman Douglas.

“There’s no awareness, and there’s no con-

cern,” Bang said. “So many times I’ve mentioned I was from Parkland, Florida, and the weirdest questions come out of that.”

Bang’s friends shared her sentiment. People have asked them if they knew the shooter, or if they knew people that died. Once, someone asked for a selfie.

The day after the shooting, Bang didn’t go to class. Her professors let her miss a day, she said, but that was it. She said she needed more time to mourn and grieve. Time she didn’t get, she said, at least from people in upstate New York.

“That was really frustrating to me,” Bang said. “It’s still hard to pay attention in class.”

Bang had to wait about a month, until SU’s spring break, before she could travel to reconnect with the Parkland community in person.

Not all of her friends had time off from school at the same time, but they all said the community was different when they visited.

People are closer. And they’ve started talking about how lucky they are to live in a wealthy community.

When Felipe Linares, Bang’s boyfriend and fellow Stoneman Douglas graduate, visited the high school, he said he noticed the boundaries between cliques of students had broken down.

And when he ran into a teacher at a Florida farmer’s market who was known among students for being strict, she gave him a hug.

“That first hug that you get when you come back is completely different, because it’s like seeing someone in a different light,” Linares said. “You’re not in the same position as the last time you saw them.”

As the March for Our Lives neared, many Parkland community members decided to rally in their hometown, rather than in D.C. Still, the day before the march, Bang and her friends started seeing people from Stoneman Douglas in the nation’s capital — their old teachers and friends and families they hadn’t met since they graduated.

More than 1,000 miles from Parkland, a community started coming back together to stand up against the violence that shook their home.

‘We decide that our voices can be heard’

Bang’s entire family traveled to D.C. for the

March for Our Lives. She and her mother, who had flown to Syracuse to meet with Bang the day before, rented a car and drove south from SU. Her sister and father drove north from Parkland.

They’d be joined by other Stoneman Douglas alumni, families, teachers and current students.

More than 800,000 people would also descend on D.C. to rally between the White House and Capitol Building. And around the world, more than 800 similar marches would be held, all to protest gun violence and demand stricter gun regulation.

Bang arrived on Pennsylvania Avenue a few hours before the rally was scheduled to start, carrying a poster depicting a “children crossing” sign. Part of the sign was painted over in red, so it said “children dying” instead.

As Bang and dozens of Stoneman Douglas community members made their way into the rally, protesters in the standing-room only crowd parted to let them through. The Parkland group chanted, “Who are we? MSD!” During the rally, Bang said she broke down in tears. She said the event was closure, to an extent. But it was also a start.

“I think that was empowering, more than anything,” Bang said. “We can really make a difference in our own communities. And I think we take a little bit of that strength back and we go back to our homes. Whether it’s UCF, or Maryland or Syracuse and we decide that our voices can be heard.”

After the march, she said it would still be difficult to go back to SU, away from the Parkland friends she could talk face-to-face with about the shooting. But she had new friends in New York, too. People she said she thinks she’ll learn to love and trust.

While in the crowd in D.C., Bang spotted a handful of people wearing SU apparel. She knew buses sponsored by the Student Association had brought in people from the university. A friend from SU had texted her, asking to meet up at the march.

“It’s empowering to know that there’s more people who care (who) I just couldn’t find because the campus is so large,” she said.

“Knowing that there’s people that are there, whether it’s just one or two or whether it’s thousands, it means a lot.” jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

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March for Our Lives was 1st time I felt hopeful since Trump took office

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ASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite the gun violence epidemic and tensions surrounding gun control legislation, Saturday’s March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. reassured me about the future of American democracy.

From the moment I boarded a bus sponsored by Syracuse University’s Student Association, I felt a buzz of excitement for the moments to come. The magnitude of attending a national event like March for Our Lives is almost indescribable. Being surrounded by people who came together for the sole purpose of protesting gun violence in schools was empowering beyond measure.

“My grandfather had a dream that his four little children would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” said Yolanda Renee King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter, in front of the more than 200,000 attendees at the D.C. March for Our Lives. “I have a dream that enough is enough. And that this should be a gun-free world. Period.”

Gun control shouldn’t strictly be a Republican or Democratic issue. It’s only March, and there have been, per CNN, 17 school shootings in which an individual was hurt or killed in the United States in 2018. That speaks volumes. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, no

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Confronting gun violence requires a cultural overhaul

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he Syracuse March for Our Lives on Saturday featured strong appeals to government solutions, voting and open collaboration with the police.

And while some leftists don’t like the march’s lack of radicalism, every activist has to start somewhere.

SAM NORTON Complaining A NOTHER that the WOR LD IS marchers didn’t POSSIBLE stand behind organizations such as Black Lives Matter in past protests and aren’t connecting police violence to mass shootings is counterintuitive. If we as leftists want to see young activists organizing for a better world, we need to give them the tools to do that — not show up late and tell them they’ve been doing it wrong.

Political activism relies on a learning curve, and we must be patient with advocates.

When individuals become politically aware, they usually respond with action. They don’t wait to act until they can pass a pop quiz on the Communist Manifesto.

Something affects their lives to such a degree that they feel compelled to do something about it. And so they do.

People who become politicized in a relatively short period of time do what’s familiar to them. In the United States, our general understanding of politics is that we vote people into office, we tell them what we want and, if we’re lucky, they do it.

New activists take cues from the institutions around them.

They’ll follow the rituals of political

participation because they don’t have any other options on the table.

When people get emotional and tell you to vote, it’s not because they’ve considered all the options and think that’s the best one. It’s because voting seems like the only option.

To build a better world, we must develop alternatives to the institutions that dominate public life. That means being visible and accountable in cultivating the world we want to see. If leftists are active in building a better world, we’ll have more legitimacy than the institutions that oversee this violent, destructive reality. The new activists looking for a guiding light will be overwhelmed by our brilliance.

My favorite speech of the Syracuse event was unplanned. A woman who lost her son to gang violence discussed the incompleteness of policy solutions. She said we need to move away from a culture of violence.

She was making this appeal to community leaders. But we can all be community leaders. We can choose to mobilize against capitalism, mass incarceration and violence, rather than throw our support into a political race based on corporate greed, lobbying and sponsorship. We can acknowledge our power and act on it without their help.

Let’s be clear: We don’t want an end to gun violence, but all violence, period. Only regulating guns is like slapping a Band-Aid on a broken bone. We must deal with the deeper issues of systemic violence and the effects it has on society at large.

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LAUREN SILVERSTEIN

ONLY SUBSTANTIATED OPINIONS one should justify our politicians prioritizing NRA money and access to guns over children’s lives.

At Saturday’s march, we as students were in awe of what we were part of. We knew it was going to be powerful. But to cry alongside the survivors of the Parkland, Florida shooting; to listen to the realities of gun violence as told by Chicago youth; and to mourn the deaths of those lost in the 2012 tragedy at

Sandy Hook Elementary School was heart-wrenching.

Protesters propped up signs marked with phrases including “GRANNIES FOR GUN CONTROL” and “I’m a student from Texas and even I want gun control.” Seeing thousands of diverse people come together, hold up signs and protest peacefully was special.

Attending March for Our Lives was the first time since the Trump administration took office that I felt as if the country wouldn’t stand for gun violence any longer. I finally feel hope for the radical change we’ve needed for years.

The old, NRA-money-loving white men in power aren’t the

future of our country. Yolanda Renee King and Parkland activists Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg and Cameron Kasky are. We can’t let this dialogue end after media coverage of it dies down. We must continue to voice our dissatisfaction and take action by using our democratic privilege to vote these people out.

In the words of Gonzalez: “Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job.”

Lauren Silverstein is an undeclared freshman in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at lsilve03@syr.edu.

letter to the editor

NY should cast its ballot for Early Voting Earlier this year, the Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association formally endorsed Early Voting in New York state.

The support for this voting reform was nearly unanimous within our caucus. The time is now for New York state to enact this vital reform. For five years, New York has remained in limbo on the question of early voting and the corresponding funding. During that time, we’ve seen other states not only enact early voting, but in many cases, expand its usage.

Here are now 37 states, the vast majority of the country, that allow their citizens the option of casting votes before Election Day. It’s time for New York state to become the 38th state.

In our modern day society, there’s more pressure than ever

on our time. We have single parent households and dual income households trying to balance the needs of long work hours with childcare and school activities.

Commuters face delays that are out of their control. Family and medical emergencies can further put demands on our already limited time. The concept of only voting in a single 15 hour period on a Tuesday in November is antiquated and doesn’t take into account our modern needs. Early Voting is one of the most vocal demands of citizens coming to our Board of Election offices in the days leading up to Election Day. They see other states have this convenience and want that option here in our state.

The Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association urges

the New York State Legislature to pass funding for Early Voting in this year’s budget and commit to funding in the years to come. By passing Early Voting this year it will allow the Boards of Elections to implement Early Voting in 2019. It’s important that we don’t delay another year.

Early Voting should be perfected for the 2020 presidential election season, where fervent turnout is expected. The time is now for New York to join the vast majority of the country and pass Early Voting in this year’s budget.

If you also want Early Voting, it’s important your state representatives hear from you.

Call them and demand that Early Voting legislation and funding is passed this year.

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protest “After hearing about what happened at Parkland, I too had this sort of frustration in me,” she said. She said she feels gun control and school safety is an important topic to talk about.

The fact that it was an event for students organized by students felt “so powerful,” Robinson added.

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students that wanted to participate.

“We wanted to make sure it was organized as precisely as possible, so that everything would go smoothly and everyone would have a good time while fighting for something they believe in,” she said.

She added, though, that the bus trip taken to the 2017 Women’s March provided a source of reference that helped the process along.

There were some concerns about Saturday’s crowd control, safety and traffic, but knowing that similar bus trips had been successful in the past helped SA to plan around those issues, Robinson said.

During March for Our Lives, Robinson said she felt a sense of fullness, seeing others who were as passionate about the issue as she was.

Media reports indicated more than 800,000 people attended the rally on Saturday.

“I just like seeing different types of people, who are really from all over, come out to support this effort. It was a great crowd to be a part of,” she added.

Watching Martin Luther King Jr.’s 9-year-old granddaughter speak on a stage on Pennsylvania Avenue was one moment from Saturday that particularly stood out for Robinson, she said.

Robinson added that she thought it was

powerful that someone so young was participating in the event, and overall was impressed by the amount of younger kids who spoke about the topic of gun violence.

The buses arrived back in Syracuse at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Robinson said that, on the ride back, many students expressed a desire to stay in Washington longer. As for herself, Robinson said she was encouraged to continue supporting the movement.

“It shows that you can never be too young to make a difference,” she said of the students who spoke Saturday afternoon. irmiragl@syr.edu

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LEXI KERR, Miss New York International 2017, took part in the fundraiser by shaving heads. The Sunday fundraiser at Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub was expected to bring in more than $500,000. molly bolan staff photographer

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air dropped to the floor as quickly as pints were filled during the St. Baldrick’s event at Kitty Hoynes Irish Pub on Sunday. Voices strained to be louder than the razors shaving hundreds of heads for childhood cancer. But there wasn’t a sound when cancer survivors, family members and allies took the stage to testify about the cause.

Kitty Hoynes has been the No.1 fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s for the last two years, earning $541,481 in 2017 and $4.6 million since its first event 14 years ago, not including this past Sunday, said Chow Downey, head coordinator and host of the event.

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DEBBIE WEEKS, whose daughter beat cancer, was emotional while her daughter spoke. molly bolan staff photographer

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Syracuse University had its 148th birthday on Saturday, and the Forever Orange Student Alumni Council is preparing events for this upcoming week to celebrate.

Forever Orange Week will consist of activities designed to bridge the gap between students and

alumni, emphasizing ways students can become leaders on campus and highlighting the importance of the SU alumni network.

Kennedy Patlan, Forever Orange Student Alumni Council chair of events, said the team prepares for the week by brainstorming which activities will serve the Syracuse community best. All events will be advertised to students through

social media and emails from Forever Orange Student Alumni Council members and the Office of Alumni Engagement, per the Alumni Association website.

“It’s exciting to see a student’s journey from the first time they step on campus to commencement,” said Megan DiDomenico, assistant director of young alumni and student engagement. “Our program-

ming allows them to reflect on their time here as they prepare to graduate, while emphasizing the many ways in which their connection to SU lasts a lifetime.”

She added that this week gives current students a better understanding of how strong and passionate the Syracuse alumni program is. DiDomenico finds it rewarding to see students come

together and see the council’s hard work turn into a great week for students.

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fundraiser the idea for the organization came about in the old-fashioned Irish way: over a couple of drinks in a pub in 1999. Kenny, alongside a group of 17 men, set out to raise $1,000 a head for childhood cancer research and ended up raising $104,000.

Eighteen years later, the organization is in every state in the union and 28 countries worldwide, and has raised $325 million dollars, Kenny said.

“The people who survived and those who don’t, we keep them in our minds and pray for them every day,” Kenny said in his testimony.

At just four days old, local resident Meghan Weeks and her parents were told she had ganglioglioma — a tumor that would be benign in adults, but at Meghan’s age was cancerous. At seven days old, Weeks started chemotherapy. She was pronounced cancerfree when she was a year old.

Weeks testified in an open letter to cancer, and said she doesn’t take good days for granted because the bad days outnumber the good.

Even though she was one of the 80 percent of children who survived childhood cancer, her life is still anything but normal with five doctor appointments per week. Sunday was her 24th birthday.

Emma Stuart, 18, and her mother Kristin, 48, sat together and held hands as razors shaved their heads in honor of their friend Weeks and other loved ones who have dealt with childhood cancer. Each woman tied her hair in four ponytails — to ensure maximum length —and planned to donate their locks for wigs.

For 11 years, Jason Cornish, 40, has participated in the event. He got involved when his from page 9

forever orange interntional relations double major Isabella Corieri.

Matt Stedman, a senior information management and technology major and the council’s current president, said he joined the council because he wants to help SU continue

The largest donor in Sunday’s fundraiser at Kitty Hoynes was a first-time participant who raised more than $28,000. molly bolan staff photographer

wife was pregnant with their first child.

“I’m glad to do it, pay it forward and help out any way I can,” he said. “Even if a little bit of money I helped raise can go toward finding a cure, then it was worth it.”

When Michele Suarez, 49, stood up from the chair with a bald head, her friends shouted “you’re beautiful!” Six years ago she was dared to shave her head for St. Baldrick’s and has continued to do so ever since. She raised $700 this year.

“I can’t imagine, as a parent, having to go through a kid being sick. I’m shaving my hair in solidarity for kids,” Suarez said.

Each employee and hairdresser volunteered their time on Sunday for the cause. A range of people, including the Miss New York International 2017 winner, were shaving heads.

One of the youngest getting a shaved head was Hunter Dawley, 22 months old, for the second year in a row. His first-ever haircut was during the event last year.

Thirteen-year-old Joshua Smith held up a photo of a young boy that his aunt babysat for while his head was being shaved for the eighth time. The boy in the photo died of childhood cancer.

“I want to stand with every kid with cancer — no one deserves this, and we’re here for them,” Smith said.

Bailey Teachman, 22, shed a tear standing up from her seat after having her head shaved for the first time.

“Women shouldn’t feel they have beauty standards they need to meet with their hair,” she said. “It’s a sign of strength to let go of your

to grow. He appreciated the fact that the council realized there are other ways to give back besides donating money.

Stedman is most looking forward to the Orange Circle Award Ceremony because it’s an opportunity to recognize those who go above and beyond in philanthropy, he said. He wants students to understand how great donors are and encourage them to give back to SU so that

others can have the same opportunities they did.

“Forever Orange Week is ultimately a time of appreciation and giving,” Patlan, a senior advertising, citizenship and civic engagement and women’s and gender studies triple major, said. “I think that culture is something that is often seen on this campus, but this week’s theme is really all about bringing that culture to the forefront. It’s about looking back, while also considering ways

hair, and I have the ability to do anything a man can do.”

She added, “Cancer doesn’t discriminate against gender.”

For the third time, Madeleine Barstow, 12, shaved her head on Sunday, raising $2,000.

“It doesn’t matter what you look like, it just matters what’s on the inside,” Barstow said.

St. Baldrick’s is the second largest contributor to childhood cancer research behind the United States government, but Tim Kenny said that isn’t enough.

“That shouldn’t be the case, the government should be way more ahead of us,” he said.

The day’s largest donor, raising over $28,000, participated in the event for the first time this year. Mike Ziemann, 58, is the bar manager at Swallows Tavern in Syracuse.

“Let’s hope we find a cure this year so we never have to do this again,” he said.

Dr. Melanie Comito is the division chief of hematology and oncology at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and has seen the impact St. Baldrick’s donations have. Thanks to the organization, Comito has been able to keep 60 different studies open full time, including an infant brain tumor study.

“We have to keep doing these things so that every child can go off and you’d never know they were ever treated and looks like every other child,” Comito said.

A total of 555 people shaved their heads on Sunday. The Kitty Hoynes St. Baldrick’s fundraiser set a goal of $500,000, but they expect to exceed that.

Said Downey: “We made a commitment 14 years ago, and we will keep going until there is no more childhood cancer in this world.” malansat@syr.edu

we can all improve our campus.”

Patlan said that although students are already involved on campus, this week emphasizes the importance of appreciating everything Syracuse has to offer.

“This week really epitomizes the spirit of philanthropy, and I love that about it,” she said. analbert@syr.edu

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Chefs at Otro Cinco on Warren Street will prepare a four-course meal at Chef Challenge Syracuse on Monday. The ingredients are unknown to the chefs until an hour before guests arrive for the meal. gillian pelkonen staff photographer

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Murray and Rhoades agreed that food connects people. Starting the challenge helped them realize they could use the event to elevate the city of Syracuse as a foodie destination, Rhoades said. One of their goals with the Challenge is to start a conversation between chefs, farmers and foodies.

Clement Coleman, a chef from Otro Cinco who will be participating in the challenge, said he was immediately intrigued by the idea.

“We use seasonal ingredients and always cook with what we have, and I feel like that’s what a good restaurant should do,” Coleman said. “So when Josh introduced the idea, I thought it would be a slightly more enhanced version of what we already do here — plus it should be a lot of fun.”

Like with Food Network’s “Chopped,” the baskets will include “wacky” ingredients. But it’s not a competition.

“It’s wintertime, and winter in upstate New York is a time where you get a lot of root veggies,” Coleman said. “It’s going to be a lot different than going to the supermarket and making meals from that. Participants will be experiencing the flavors of the soil and the farms nearby them.”

Coleman hopes that along with the fun, the challenge will act as a vehicle for bringing participants and spectators a message

o Josh Rhoades and Ashley Murray, Syracuse may just be one of the next foodie destinations.

The two are the minds behind Chef Challenge Syracuse, which is central New York’s take on “Chopped.” A local restaurant is chosen and chefs cook there using local ingredients, all of which are a mystery until an hour before the guests arrive. The chefs then plan a four-course meal, using all the ingredients, to feed about 30 people.

The next Chef Challenge is being held Monday at Otro Cinco, a Spanish and Mexican restaurant on South Warren Street. For Rhoades and Murray, bringing the cooking Defi Cuisine (opening soon) event to Syracuse is all about linking locals Salt City Grille Eden (opening soon) with their food.

Eleven Waters Dark Horse Tavern “We’re trying to reconnect people to the The Fish Friar Office of the Syracuse Mayor place that our food comes from and the Grover’s Table The Print Hub steps that are taken to get it to our plates,” Cocaire at the Wayside Grindstone Farm Murray said.

Lincklaen House Visit Syracuse Rhoades, who grew up in Vermont, Villa Verona Vineyard Downtown Committee of Syracuse said he used to eat things like overcooked The Stoop Kitchen chicken over a bed of pre-packaged peas.

The Mission Restaurant But he’s come a long way with his cuisine Otro Cinco and has since found more appetizing ways to enjoy food.

“It was kind of my mission to show Josh the world of food that I loved,” Murray said, “and he really took to it.” about a dining experience.

It all started when Rhoades and Murray began experimenting with the “The medicine that I would like to be snuck into the teaspoon of sugar is to way they cook and eat. It turned into a collaboration with Grindstone Farm to educate the community and promote the idea that going out to dinner can be chalcultivate Chef Challenge Syracuse, which they envisioned as being a fun way lenging, and the challenge can be a part of the experience,” he said. to engage the Syracuse community with local culture. The first challenge came The challenge takes place Monday at 4:30 p.m. for those who already have tickets. to Salt City Grille in November 2017 as a culmination of their passion for good The restaurant will still be open for regular diners, too. Murray and Rhoades plan on cuisine and love for the city. having more of the events in the upcoming months.

“Josh and I showed up there, but we didn’t really know what we wanted from the “Anytime you can bring food to the table, you bring much more than a meal,” challenge just yet,” Murray said. “Soon we realized that we could make the challenge Rhoades said. “You also bring so much joy.” bigger and keep promoting local food and businesses.” ltoney@syr.edu

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second half make to have success and we did and that got us back on another run.”

More often than not, second-half performance has been an indicator of No. 9 Syracuse’s (6-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) success. SU has outscored opponents 24-12 in the second frame en route to a 2-1 record in its last three outings. Despite losing in overtime against Notre Dame, a late 7-2 run powered the Orange in its most recent outing. A strong gameplan and willingness to adjust will be imperative when SU visits No. 11 Northwestern (6-3, 1-0 Big 10) and its 11th-ranked defense (9.13 goals per game) on March 26 in Evanston, Illinois.

Junior attack Nicole Levy called the Orange “a bit of a second-half team,” following the Cornell win, but couldn’t provide an explanation as to why. A few days later, sophomore Emily Hawryschuk tried to answer.

“Maybe some games, it’s defense-heavy in the first half,” she said. “By the time we do get the ball in the first half, we’re trying and we don’t really get that rhythm going yet. Second half, all over the field, I think everyone steps up so we have more opportunities with the ball.”

Seemingly all season long, Syracuse has had trouble earning possessions. The new draw control rules and loss of standout specialist Morgan Widner to a knee injury has impacted the Orange at the faceoff X. SU’s lack of possessions has held back the offense at times, Hawryschuk said.

Syracuse usually spends the first 30 minutes testing out its gameplan and waiting for the break to enact any changes. During ingame breaks, the attackers meet with Gait while the defense is instructed by associate head coach Regy Thorpe and assistant coach Caitlin Defliese.

At the half, SU has “one big team meeting.” The purpose of a larger conversation is to encourage players to point out opponents’ tactics and recommend modifications to the coaching staff and teammates. Many times this season, Gait has pointed out Syracuse’s depth as an advantage.

Syracuse’s second-half performance has helped it come out on top. In the Orange’s last three games, it has outscored opponents 24-12 after halftime, going 2-1 in those contests. max freund staff photographer

Rotational players know they will be utilized in the second half, so they make sure to understand the blueprint. Their fresher legs can exploit the opposition, as they did on March 16 against Harvard. Five different Orange players, including two non-starters, scored on a 6-0 run that keyed a 20-13 blowout of the Crimson.

“Going into halftime,” Hawryschuk said, “we know everything that’s happening and going on and look at it all and second half we

know what to do.”

Asa Goldstock and Hannah Van Middelem, Syracuse’s main goalies, often head back on the field earlier than others to face shots. In addition to extensive film review sessions, both Goldstock and Van Middelem use the halftime break to discuss where shooters are aiming on free-position shots. If one of them had allowed a few goals in the top corner during the first half, they are more conscious of that fact in the second frame.

Following one of the toughest stretches in the country, SU is in the midst of a five-game stretch on the road. After almost every game, Gait has said Syracuse looks to build off its success and create a stronger gameplan during practice. But this season, some of the most significant improvements have come in the middle of games.

“It’s the last half,” Hawryschuk said, “last 30 minutes of the game, and we need to show up.” nialvare@syr.edu

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Syracuse overcomes ‘disrespectful’ Louisville in 5-2 win

By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer

Emotions were running high inside Drumlins Country Club.

Syracuse’s Anna Shkudun and Louisville’s Tiffany Huber started a shouting match early in the second set of a tight match at fourth singles. Huber tried to claim a let point — a mulligan — as a stray ball from a different court came onto her court as she missed a return.

The umpire sided with Shkudun, and the SU graduate student was awarded the point.

Shkudun had lost her last two singles matches, both decided by a handful of points.

This time, Shkudun served out both sets comfortably, 6-4, launching No. 32 Syracuse (12-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast) to its first home win of the season against a ranked opponent. The Orange defeated No. 48 Louisville (13-5, 3-4), 5-2, on Sunday, overcoming the difficulties of playing an unconventional team with multiple players who the Orange said were disrespectful.

Shkudun and Gabriela Knutson both said that UofL players needled SU throughout the match. It was up the Orange to set the distractions aside and just play tennis.

“They definitely try to do whatever takes from page 16

wildhack SU, where he first stepped foot as a freshman in 1976. He also looked ahead to his goals, the ACC Network launch in 2019 and a possible naming rights deal for the Carrier Dome.

Wildhack’s answers have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

The D.O.: How has your ESPN background informed your plans for SU’s future?

J.W.: The one thing at ESPN is I was so involved in college sports because they’re such an integral part of the company. I had experience in negotiating with all five Power 5 conferences, the NCAA. Through that, I got to know the various commissioners of the Power 5 conferences, I got to know several of the ADs, and that just gave me a good broad perspective of college athletics. I stayed connected to university in a variety of ways.

The D.O.: What were the top three or four goals you had coming in?

J.W.: What was really important for me was to convey to the staff my passion for Syracuse University and wanting to be here. Obviously there had been a lot of change in the athletic directors over the past 24 months. It was really important for me to let people know I want to be here, happy to be here, and that I’ll from page 16

langer Tournament for the third time in four years, marking another unfulfilling season. Instead, within the span of three games in five days in two cities, the Orange redefined its season.

“They’ve had an incredible end of the year,” Boeheim said after the Sweet 16 loss. “I’ve never been any more proud of a team for what they’ve done in this last 10 days.”

Before Syracuse got to do anything, it had to wait. It ended its season in the second round of the ACC Tournament with a loss to North Carolina on a Wednesday night. It had nearly four full days until the selection show.

Oshae Brissett said that he spent that time in limbo, uncertain about whether SU would appear in the Tournament. He didn’t know if the team had done enough.

It was a mentally exhausting time. Syracuse was coming off four losses in six games over three weeks. Brissett, Howard and Tyus Battle were in the top five nationally in minutes played per game, a move made out of necessity because of SU’s razor-thin rotation. Syracuse racked up the road wins it was missing last year but finished under .500 for the first time in the ACC. The numbers told a blurred story.

Then, Syracuse’s name was called. The confusion was resolved. The mediocre resume had proven just enough.

“It felt like you were given a second life,” Brissett said. “That’s what really moved us, that’s what really pushed us to play so well.”

to win,” Knutson said. “Usually I say that in a respectful way but they kind of play dirty.

They cheer obnoxiously and don’t respect the game enough.”

The antics began with the doubles match featuring Knutson and Miranda Ramirez.

Their opponents, Mariana Humberg and Abbie Pahz, frequently mixed in the drop serve, an underhand slice serve short in the court.

The Cardinals’ pair also mixed in unusual formations, sometimes with both players starting in the forehand corner of the court prior to the serve. Once the serve was hit, the server would then run over to cover the other half of the court, a tactic seldom used. During the points, the Louisville pair used slice forehands, drop shots and plenty of guile.

Ramirez and Knutson struggled with their unorthodox opponents in the opening few games of the match, and found themselves trailing 3-2. Then, Knutson’s and Ramirez’s power took its toll, as the top pair won, 6-3.

SU clinched the doubles point moments later as Shkudun and Sofya Golubovskaya won, 6-2, at second doubles.

“I look at it with a little bit of disrespect, is that really what you have to do to win?” Knutson said. “I’m just really happy we were able to

overcome that.”

Knutson had no issues with her opponent at first singles, winning 6-2, 6-3. She was unhappy with Pahz, who played third singles on the court next to her. Pahz was screaming excessively during her match with Golubovskaya, Knutson said, trying to distract both Golubovskaya and the other matches on the court. With the courts in close proximity, sound reverberates throughout Drumlins whenever someone shouts. At one point, Louisville assistant coach Kevin Fulton asked the umpire to tell the crowd to calm down its cheering during points.

On the other side of Drumlins, Ramirez and Shkudun both dealt with odd moments in between points and games.

“Honestly it seems like they were a little bit disrespectful to us,” Shkudun said. “They were pretty loud, they were going to the bathroom in the wrong moments.”

Towards the end of the first set, Huber took a bathroom break to try and halt the momentum Shkudun had gained, she said. Even after she faltered late in sets against Clemson and Wake Forest in last week’s matches, Shkudun bested Huber with efficient serving and controlled aggression off the forehand wing. On Sunday, Shkudun’s win meant a fourth point for Syra-

cuse and a fourth win in conference play.

At second singles, Ramirez struggled against Humberg’s guile and shot making and quickly found herself in a 6-2 first-set hole.

Just when she seemed out of the match down 4-2 in the second set, she found a new gear.

Ramirez battled back to take a 5-4 lead in the set as she smashed multiple forehand winners in a row. Then, her opponent called the trainer. Humberg had the trainer look at her hand, and made Ramirez wait another minute plus before the ensuing game. Ramirez went on to drop the second set and the match in a tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6.

“They tried to change the momentum and take some long breaks here and there,” head coach Younes Limam said. “But I’m pleased with how our team handled that.”

Limam declined to comment specifically on whether he thought the Louisville players were out of line or unprofessional.

Syracuse could have succumbed to the antics and allowed them to impact the match.

By focusing on what it could control, the Orange picked up its second ranked win of the season, with four of its next five matches against ranked opponents.

be here a long, long time. Then we had to round out my senior team.

I also wanted to get to know the people, listen, learn and ask a lot of questions. I had a lot to learn. I still have a lot to learn. I got to know people, establish a relationship with all of the coaches. But coach Dino Babers in particular because I didn’t hire him. We kind of laughed that we’re in an arranged marriage, so let’s make it work.

The D.O.: You told Bloomberg this month

amazing. Great brand. They have great equity with their consumers. I have great admiration with them. We used to miss it when we’d go back to Connecticut for the school year. Now we get to go 12 months of the year.

The D.O.: As far as upgrading facilities, what sort of update can you give? Could we expect any new upgrades soon?

J.W.: We made some modest modifications to softball this year, part of which is to get ready for the launch of the ACC Network in 2019. We really need to work on more of a holistic plan at some point for renovations. We’ve always got our eye on our facilities and what we can do to enhance them because that’s clearly an important element.

The D.O.: Speaking of the ACC Network, what update can you give there? What are you most excited about with its launch?

J.W.: ESPN was the partner with the network. They have to go out and get the network cleared and get the network distributed.

They’re going to put their horsepower behind that. What really excites me is the opportunity it’s providing kids in Newhouse to get involved in live events sporting production. We’re doing that now. Which is great. It’s a tremendous hands-on experience for Newhouse kids. I look forward to expanding on that.

next couple of years?

J.W.: There’s a number of things we want to do. The good news, there was a lot already in good shape. Our biggest upside is football. It’s incumbent on me and my staff to give Babers the time he needs to turn the football program around. We want to compete at the highest level. Are we putting enough resources behind them so they can compete at an ACC championship level? That’s what we’re here to do.

that you are against paying college athletes and the one-and-done model. You also defended amateurism. What else would you like to add to that?

J.W.: I don’t think one-and-done works for anybody. If somebody is good enough to turn pro out of high school, and that’s what they want to do, whether it’s the NBA or G-League or international, they should be able to do that. Some type of baseball policy would be good. Same thing with agents. We need to remodify the existing policy there and the summer recruiting season. The FBI investigation should be a catalyst for change.

The D.O.: Could you expand on compensation and athletes?

J.W.: Basically for the vast, vast majority of Division I schools, football and men’s basketball are the anchors to support the other programs.

I would be fearful, very fearful, what would happen to the non-revenue-producing sports.

The D.O.: Can you provide an update on the status of a possible naming rights deal for the Dome?

J.W.: It’s premature at this point to get into that until we have a better sense of what we know what the renovation would include.

The D.O.: Maybe the Wegmans Dome?

J.W.: I am a big Wegmans fan. That place is

The cover photo of Syracuse men’s basketball’s Twitter account is a photo from 2016, when SU made a similarly unexpected Tournament run, going all the way to the Final Four.

That team, like this season’s team, was limited to a seven-man rotation. At the end of that run, Boeheim said, “I’m more satisfied than I’ve ever been in any year that I’ve ever coached with a possible exception of the year we won it all.”

Still, it was different. The 2016 team’s two lead guards at the top of the zone, Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney, were returning seniors who had been active contributors the year before. This season saw Frank Howard playing consistent starter minutes for the first time and Tyus Battle, who only had one year of experience.

The Final Four team had three contributing rookies who were all Top 100 recruits. The Orange didn’t have a single Top 100 recruit coming in this year.

In 2016, one of those freshman (Malachi Richardson) was a key starter, another (Tyler Lydon) was SU’s sixth-man and down-thestretch player and the third, Howard, was a change of pace guard.

In 2018, Syracuse had Bourama Sidibe who, although technically part of the seven-man rotation, had to battle through knee tendinitis that will require offseason surgery. It had graduate transfer guard Geno Thorpe, who unexpectedly left the team in late November, and freshman guard Howard Washington, who tore his ACL in late January.

Couple the Orange’s personnel limitations with its sometimes-maddening inability to

score, and it seemed unlikely that SU would fit the bill of a Tournament team that could make some noise.

“Like coach said before, this year could have been bad with the adversity we hit,” Frank Howard said. “But we fought through.

Guys just played with hearts.”

It started on the back of its defense, one that was even stronger than its already-regular season level. Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts, who was scouting the Syracuse-Duke matchup from press row after the KU victory in the prior game, said that the zone in March was much different than the one Kansas had seen in early December.

The narrow victory over Arizona State in the First Four from Dayton was a sign of how the SU defense could slow down an offense. But just that win wasn’t going to draw any 2016 comparisons.

The win over TCU and zone-killer Jamie Dixon two days later was impressive. It forced a Horned Frogs team that was strong from 3 to constantly doublethink whether taking a 3 was the correct decision. Still, advancing past the Round of 64 didn’t constitute a run.

Then came Michigan State, the four-loss juggernaut playing in its home state to a preseason-ordained championship-or-bust mentality. Syracuse rose to the occasion.

Its defense elevated itself past one of the best teams in college basketball and into the national conversation. It elevated Syracuse’s season from average to anything but.

“Obviously with this group I think that sometimes we forget that we had seven guys

I had a lot to learn. I still have a lot to learn.

John Wildhack

syracuse director of athletics

The D.O.: What’s on your agenda for the

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and one of them has got a bad knee,” Boeheim said. “So for these guys to do what they’ve done, I think it’s an amazing thing.”

Fans have already started clamoring about how excited they are for next season. How three new recruits, including two in the Top 40, will help fortify this year’s team that showed so much heart. Jon Howard would probably agree.

But already focusing on the future now is a mistake. To start, there are no guarantees that a deep Tournament will signal success the next year with new players coming in — just look to last season for evidence.

And thinking of what the 2019 team can do is inherently a disservice to the improbable run this season’s team accomplished.

Kenpom had Syracuse losing every game of the Tournament. Before the Tournament started, FiveThirtyEight.com gave SU a 27 percent chance to make the Round of 32, and just a six percent chance to make the Sweet 16.

The Orange didn’t have any new tricks up its sleeve. It had to win purely with defense. It had to run out the same group for nearly the entire game.

That scrappy group didn’t have any more help like Jon Howard wanted. But a five-day stretch made the season one worth celebrating.

“It’s been seven guys all year,” Boeheim said. “It hasn’t been just a few games. It’s been all year. And they deserve an unbelievable amount of credit.”

Tomer Langer is a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange. He can be reached at tdlanger@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @tomer_langer.

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With an NCAA Tournament run, SU redefined its season and

Made it count Syracuse’s improbable postseason run ended in the Sweet 16 on Friday night when it lost to Duke, 69-65. The Orange earned the final at-large bid to the Tournament.

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MAHA, Neb. — The sound of clapping hands filled a quiet CenturyLink Center. It came nearly 10 minutes after the final buzzer blared.

After Allen Griffin put his hand on the back of Frank Howard’s head while leading him into the locker room. After Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim walked away staring at the ground, the last one to leave the court, officially signaling the end.

The original source of the clapping was Jon, Howard’s father. Eventually others still in the stands around him, family and close friends of the Orange players, joined in.

“We had a hell of a run,” Jon Howard emphatically yelled.

It drew more applause and a “thank you” from several rows back and a few seats over, a spot held by Syracuse Director of Athletics John Wildhack.

TOMER LANGER L’CHAIM!

It’s been seven guys all year. It hasn’t been just a few games. It’s been all year. And they deserve an unbelievable amount of credit.

Jim Boeheim

Jon Howard kept clapping. Then, before he left, he added one other thought.

“If only we had one more player,” Jon Howard said, “to get these kids some rest.”

Syracuse’s (23-14, 8-10 Atlantic Coast) season ended on Friday night in a 69-65 loss to Duke in the Sweet 16. Recently, that used to be par for the course with this program — in the five seasons from 2008-2013, SU made the Sweet 16 in four of them.

This year was different, though. Getting here required leaning on a seven-man rotation with only six truly healthy players, on a team that ranked 338th per Kenpom.com in experience.

The Orange was the last team selected for an NCAA Tournament berth, dangerously straddling the line that could have ended with SU being out of the NCAA

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Q&A: Wildhack talks SU athletics Syracuse thrives in 2nd half of games

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

OMAHA, Neb. — About an hour before Syracuse played Duke on Friday night, The Daily Orange sat down with Director of Athletics John Wildhack. The former ESPN executive has worked in the position at his alma mater for nearly two WILDHACK years. Wildhack reflected on his time as a student at see wildhack page 14

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JOHN WILDHACK, pictured on the right in 2017, attended Friday’s Syracuse-Duke Sweet 16 matchup. colin davy staff photographer

The Syracuse attack walked onto Schoellkopf Field for the second half of the Orange’s matchup against Cornell on March 20 with a directive: Stop forcing passes to the middle of the field.

SU coughed up the ball seven times in the first half and let an underpowered Big Red team keep the contest close. Gary Gait and SU’s coaching staff hoped that

fewer passes into crowded areas would limit turnovers and prevent Cornell from getting fast-break chances. Even though Syracuse had more giveaways in the second frame (nine), it held the Big Red to a pair of second-half scores. The scheme change hadn’t worked perfectly, but it did enough to ensure a victory.

“We were talking it out,” Gait said afterwards, “and trying to figure out the adjustments we need to see second

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