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Handshake, a software startup that SU is considering using, has been criticized for sharing students’ private information without their knowledge.

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The first supermarket on Syracuse’s southwest side in more than 40 years had 125 positions to fill. One nonprofit helped locals get those jobs.

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SU’s 1,100 security cameras fit nationwide surveillance trends Story by Chris Libonati | senior staff writer Graphic Illustration by Mara Corbett | senior design editor

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n the bowels of the Department of Public Safety’s offices in Sims Hall, eight 65-inch f lat screen televisions are mounted against a wall. One tracks the different cars out, one tracks information from the LiveSafe application, one tracks calls, one watches the entrance to DPS’ offices and another is typically tuned to CNN. Two dispatchers sit at computer stations with several screens of their own.

Another screen is split four ways. In the DPS communications center, that screen shows four different areas on campus, monitored by four of the 1,100 surveillance cameras Syracuse deploys.

We could SU started implementing camalways eras in 2009. By 2012, it had built a network of 500 cameras. In the last use more four and a half years, the university cameras. added another 600.

Bobby Maldonado “It’s a pretty extensive camera su chief of system that we have here on campublic safety pus,” said Bobby Maldonado, SU’s chief of public safety. “… I suspect there aren’t a lot of schools that have in excess of 1,000 cameras.”

Campus surveillance has become a norm as the technology has become more affordable and security has become a focus after the 2007 school shooting at Virginia Tech.

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Chris Fowler had been living in Austin, Texas, for only three days when a stranger stopped him on the street in the middle of the day.

Fowler said he had no idea what the man could have wanted, until the indiFOWLER vidual spoke up and said, “Hey, man, aren’t we lucky to be living here?”

Now, after spending years in Syracuse, Fowler, who was raised in nearby DeWitt, said he wants to get people that excited about living in his hometown. As part of those efforts, he is running for mayor, recently becoming the eighth official candidate for the office.

As the founder of SyracuseFirst, a group that encourages people to buy from local businesses in the city, Fowler said he is ready to make the economy and the city ’s welfare a priority.

He is one of six Democrats who are seeking party endorsement.

W hile the field is crowded, Fowler said it echoes his enthusiasm for creating a new future for the city.

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“We want people to see Syracuse as a place where there’s an opportunity for them to create a life for themselves that’s meaningful and healthy, and they see themselves as part of what this community could look like,” Fowler said.

Fowler said he has four main goals that he is campaigning on: growing the entrepreneurial community, improving transportation access, supporting arts and culture and creating a culture of customer service within government. He said these would be key in attracting people settling in Syracuse, rather than other popular metropolitan areas.

Fowler founded SyracuseFirst, which connects local businesses for networking opportunities, in 2009.

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Rachel Sadler is already leaving a positive mark on the Syracuse University campus. For the past two months, the freshman has been an on-campus representative for the Little Words Project, a jewelry company that connecs SADLER and empowers women around the world.

The Little Words Project sells crystal-beaded bracelets with a tracking device that allows the wearer to register their bracelet online, pass the bracelet to someone else and follow its story. Each bracelet is beaded with fine-cut Swarovski crystals and features an inspirational word. The wearer simply registers the bracelet on the company’s website and can begin following its journey.

About two years ago, Sadler was contacted by her best friend’s aunt, a member of the Little Words Project marketing team. She offered Sadler a position as a campus representative due to the strength of her social media presence.

“I love my social media. I love Instagram,” she said. “I think (the bracelets are) cute and have good messages … They empower girls which is special.”

As a marketing major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Sadler is pleased to

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be gaining business experience so early on. Her responsibilities include running the Little Words Project Syracuse account, arranging bulk orders on campus and raising awareness for the company through word of mouth. The crystal bracelets run from $22 to $28.

Sadler’s main priority is spreading the word about the company.

This role has pushed her to expand beyond her inner circle to sell to people all over campus. After recently fulfilling a bulk order with her sorority, she has received massive support from her friends and customers encouraging her to continue expanding.

“It’s actually pretty cool because no one knew about it before and now some people do,” Sadler said.

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As the school year is coming to an end, Sadler is continuing to build up the brand here on campus. She hopes to continue her support for the brand back home in Boca Raton, Florida while working at a local retail store.

“The meaning behind the company is essential, there’s a purpose behind it,” she said. cjgreenw@syr.edu

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Diverging viewpoints The Daily Orange will have full coverage of Wednesday’s merger debate in Maxwell.

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Housing program to begin

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Hidden talents FRANCIS MARTINEZ performs a magic trick Wednesday during a talent show hosted by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. The event was held at the Jabberwocky Cafe inside Schine Student Center. The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Division of Student Affairs sponsored the show, which was held as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. tyanna seton contributing photographer

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Syracuse officials to debate possible merger

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

Syracuse leaders are expected to debate on Wednesday night over whether to move forward with a citizen group’s recommendation to merge the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County governments.

James Walsh, a former congressman who represented the 25th Congressional District and government affairs counselor at K & L Gates LLP, and William Byrne, chairman of the board of Byrne Dairy, will debate with Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and Onondaga County Comptroller Robert Antonacci, who both oppose the Syracuse-Onondaga government merger. Walsh and Byrne will argue in favor of the merger.

The debate will start at 7 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Maxwell Auditorium and will be moderated

by Grant Reeher, political science professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

The audience members will be able to ask questions and vote on the issue before and after the debate.

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The debate marks a rare opportunity where both sides of the merger problem will debate face-to-face over the highly politicized issue. Consensus, the citizen group composed of 19 legislators

and community leaders, published a series of recommendations in February calling for government consolidation and laying out plans for saving funds in 16 categories — including law enforcement, courts and economic development.

The 112-page final recommendation report proposed that the city and county governments be combined into one legislative body with 33 legislators. The legislative body would be composed of 29 districts and four at-large representatives. Nine out of the 29 districts would be drawn in combined, citysuburb “hybrid” districts.

The report highlights that the city-county consolidation could generate savings between $8.7 and $22.9 million a year. Supporters of the merger affirm its effort to alleviate Syracuse’s dire fiscal state, which includes a $12.1 million budget deficit in 2016-17 fiscal year.

For the merger to proceed, the recommendation proposes a plan to hold a referendum to be held this year and for the consolidation transition to begin in 2018.

But Linda Ervin, floor leader and representative for the Onondaga County Legislature’s 17th district, dismissed that the legislature could approve a referendum this year on grounds of feasibility.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has thrown in her support to advance the merger effort. During her State of the County address, Mahoney argued that there is “not a single thing” in the Consensus report that will “spell disaster for anyone,” and that people should see it as an opportunity rather than as a threat.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appropriated $500 million for see debate page 4

SU considers switch to controversial software

By Catherine Leffert staff writer

A popular sof t ware star tup that Syracuse University could soon use, designed to connect college students to jobs at companies, is raising concerns about its use of students’ private information, including grade-point averages.

The startup, called Handshake, has been increasing in

popularity after its founding three years ago. It has so far connected more than 120,000 employers with more than 3.5 million students, according to its website. Inside Higher Ed reported on March 30 that it has found students who do not remember posting their GPAs, let alone creating an account for the database.

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I very much appreciate Handshake’s startup, forwardthinking culture.

Alex Hochman senior director of the career services center at university of san francisco

ing from Symplicity, the current software system that powers OrangeLink, to Handshake in several years, said Susan Ca ll, associate director of employer relations.

From what Call has heard from career ser vice conferences, she said Handshake is more user-friendly than Symplicity. Created by engineering students from Michigan see handshake page 8

A new program offered through Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office will award local governments in New York state up to $20 million to help fund housing improvement and blight elimination efforts over the next two years.

The Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement program will provide funding to governments from 2017-19 so they can improve data systems to spur housing revitalization through new innovation and operational strategies, Schneiderman’s office announced on Tuesday.

“Cities RISE is yet another important step forward as we work to help New York families recover from the housing crisis,” Schneiderman said in a press release. “I’m proud to fund Cities RISE, which will build on our significant work over the past three years – using our settlements with the big banks that were responsible for the housing crisis to revitalize neighborhoods and create safer, more stable communities for New Yorkers across the state.”

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news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the world right now.

U.S. MEA CULPA United Airlines CEO formally acknowledged the airline’s fault in mishandling a situation in which a passenger was forcibly dragged out of an aircraft after he refused to give up his seat in its flight departing Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Sunday. The CEO reversed his tone from earlier statements that defended the airline’s decision to remove the passenger after it overbooked the flight. source: the associated press

WORLD ESCALATION North Korea’s state media on Tuesday warned that at any sign of American aggression, the rogue country would attack the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

As the announcement was made, a U.S. Navy strike group continued to move toward the country. President Donald Trump has called the strike group an “armada.” source: reuters

DIPLOMACY TALK United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed in Moscow as tension rises between the United States and Russia over the recent alleged use of sarin gas on civilians in Syria source: financial times

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housing Municipalities with over 25,000 residents like Syracuse will be able to apply for funding from the program. Cities, towns and villages with high concentrations of poverty will be given preference for the program’s funds, according to the press release.

Syracuse has the most concentrated minority poverty among blacks and Hispanics in the United States, according to a 2015 report compiled by the Century Foundation think tank. Minority neighborhoods south of East Adams Street near Interstate 81, in the city’s center, have a 60-80 percent poverty rate, per the report.

A large percentage of the Syracuse Housing Authority’s public housing is located in this area, with complexes such as Pioneer Homes and Toomey Abbott Towers bordering I-81, the State University of New York from page 1

fowler One of his goals is for Syracuse to have the most new businesses per capita in the country by 2025.

Fowler said that loca l businesses return more income into the loca l economy compared than chain retailers.

On average, chain retailers recirculate about 13 percent of their revenue into the community, while local businesses return 48 percent, according to research from Civic Economics.

If elected as mayor, Fowler said he would try to craft a policy that would incentivize businesses, particularly large institutions including Syracuse University, to purchase supplies and services locally – similar to policies he said have been particularly successful in other cities, like Cleveland.

Cleaning up the appearance of Syracuse is also a top priority for Fowler. He said he

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Upstate Medical University and a portion of Syracuse University’s campus.

Cities RISE is yet another important step forward as we work to help New York families recover from the housing crisis.

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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has previously told Syracuse.com that she believes the city needs help from both the state and federal government in the longwants to bring more public art projects downtown, similar to the pieces along the Connective Corridor. He also wants to beautify some of the dull features of Syracuse, like garbage cans, which could in turn deter littering, he added.

“Why are we limiting ourselves to one stretch of land? If people really enjoy that, lets do more of it,” Fowler said.

Fowler said he has become frustrated about the city and previous leaders because of what he called missed opportunities to improve tra nspor tation.

Fowler said he wants to improve walkability and bike-ability, as well as general access to transportation. In turn, this would improve access to businesses, he said.

An important issue that will face the next mayor is the state’s planned replacement of Interstate 81. Fowler said the city needs to choose the community grid option for replacing the major highway to open communities back up and make it easier for people to walk downtown.

term to address poverty in Syracuse.

The city also has some of the oldest housing stock in the region. Seventy-two percent of single-, two- and three-family city homes were built before 1939, according to a report from the Maxwell Community Benchmarks Program.

A large number of Syracuse children have been poisoned by lead paint — which was banned for commercial use in 1978 — while living in old, deteriorating housing in the city.

Lead inspections and violations have been disproportionately centered in some of Syracuse’s poorest minority communities, such as the Near Westside and South Side.

Housing blight also remains a problem in the Syracuse. The Greater Syracuse Land Bank has been working to demolish “blighted” properties in the city, per Syracuse.com, with the help of about $5 million in grants from Schneiderman’s Land Bank Community Revitalization Initiative.

As of March, Katelyn Wright, the land “We need to create a comprehensive plan that focuses on people, not cars,” Fowler said.

While Fowler, like many other candidates, has never held elected office, he has worked closely with politicians. He worked on the staffs of U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore) and New York state Assemblywoman Joan Christensen (D-Syracuse) and ran for Syracuse Common Council in 2015.

Fowler said this gives him the familiarity with policy and government that would be necessary as mayor.

He said that what the city really needs, though, is change. The city hasn’t changed much in the last couple of decades, he said, which is partly because leadership has been averse to risk.

“I think we need to do things differently.

I don’t come from the political machinery and mechanism,” Fowler said. “This campaign is saying we can do better in Syracuse and we have to do it differently, and part of that is changing the leadership.” dovanwey@syr.edu

bank’s executive director, told Syracuse.com there were 200 blighted properties in the city slated for demolition by the land bank.

The Cities RISE program’s funds are competitive. Only a maximum of 40 New York municipalities could receive funding from the program, per the release. Schneiderman’s office will be partnering with Enterprise Community Partners and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation — two nonprofit organizations focused on creating affordable housing in the U.S. and community development — to facilitate the program.

“This initiative will provide a powerful assist to the state’s cities to enable them to build their capacity to address blight and problem properties, not only to do so more effectively, but to do so in ways that will foster healthier and more equitable communities,” Alan Mallach, a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, said in the release. sfogozal@syr.edu

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debate the central New York region in his 2015 Upstate Revitalization Initiative to support Consensus’ work. He also has proposed a plan to require county executives or county managers to submit a plan addressing reduction of government service duplicates and propertytax savings to respective county legislatures by Aug. 1.

Opponents, including some Syracuse residents and Miner, argue the consolidation would gut city representation in a new city-county government, and that county residents would have substantial power over city residents and control decision-making.

During a press conference in February, Miner shredded the merger recommendation and called it “the worst form of corporate looting.” ssugiyam@sye.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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‘Raise the Age’ law is essential to reforming criminal justice system

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acing charges as an adult — beyond the risk of prison time — heightens at-risk children’s chances of ending up back in that same courtroom later in life. The correlation was finally legally realized when Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the “Raise the Age” bill into law Monday.

Cuomo’s signature means New York no longer stands with North Carolina as a state that prosecutes 16- and 17-year-old children as adults in court. The legislation came after the state senate passed its $153.1 billion budget, which included funding allocated toward raising the age of adult charges from 16 to 18, on Sunday. The senate’s approval of the budget was vital because it recognized the dangerous, self-defeating justice cycle that prosecutes minors in adult courts.

In 2016, 24,625 teenagers aged 16 and 17 were arrested in New York state, and 70 percent of those arrests were on misdemeanor charges, according to data from the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services. These children, despite their age, ran the risk of being prosecuted as adults.

Reforms like the “Raise the Age” law, while necessary and overdue, highlight the current failings of the United States’ criminal justice system.

Nationally, more than 76 percent of all inmates released from state prisons find themselves back there within five years, according to the National Institute of Justice.

This cycle of crime, conviction,

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Starting this sequence at 16 or younger only exacerbates the problem for thousands of teenagers every year — especially those who are black or Hispanic.

These youths make up more than 70 percent of the 16- and 17-yearolds arrested in the state, despite comprising only 33 percent of 16 and 17-year-olds statewide, according to the state’s Report of Commission on Youth Public Safety and Justice.

If convicted, these kids face significant dangers in the prison system. They are more likely to be beaten by the staff compared to the general prison population, and are “especially vulnerable” to sexual assault when in confinement, according to the 2009 National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Report.

They’re also much more likely to face conviction again: About 80 percent of youth convicted in adult criminal court will reoffend later in life, per “The Fourth Wave: Juvenile Justice Reforms for the Twenty-First Century.”

“Raising the age of criminal responsibility is one of the most important ways to improve the lives of youth who come in contact with the justice system,” said Naomi Post, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund-New York, prior to Cuomo signing the bill into law.

In prior years, Post said, the senate was resistant to entertaining the prospect of raising the age, which presented an “insurmountable obstacle” to the proposed legislation’s passage.

This year, she added, the political landscape was “prime” for ensuring the passage of the “Raise the Age” bill.

Raising the age of criminal responsibility is one of the most important ways to improve the lives of youth who come in contact with the justice system.

Naomi Post executive director of the children’s defense fund-new york

Criminal justice reform has always been a challenging subject to address at both the state and

federal levels. Appearing “tough” on crime has always been safer for politicians who are susceptible to the whims of voters, and weakening sentencing rarely helps to garner favor from one’s constituents. “Raise the Age” was — and still is — a controversial proposal for this same reason.

But this debate is not warranted. There are absolutely some violent crimes that merit full adult prosecution, and a child should not get off on murder charges simply because they haven’t turned 18 yet.

But when someone who is not considered old enough to vote, drive without restriction or drink alcohol can be tried in an adult court for a non-violent crime, it’s evident that something is fundamentally wrong with the criminal justice system.

The passage of the “Raise the Age” bill is just one checkmark off a long list of injustices that must be addressed by the state and federal governments.

But while other, perhaps more significant flaws in the criminal justice system must be addressed, it’s important that small but meaningful changes like no longer prosecuting children as adults get the attention and consideration they deserve.

Cole Jermyn is a junior environmental resource engineering major at SUNY-ESF. His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at cdjermyn@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @Cjermyn8.

80 About 80 percent of youth convicted in adult criminal court will reoffend later in life source: the fourth wave: juvenile justice reforms for the twenty-first century

24,625 Number of teenagers aged 16 and 17 that were arrested in New York state in 2016 source: new york state division of criminal justice services

70 Black or Hispanic youths make up more than 70 percent of the 16- and 17-year-olds arrested in New York state source: new york state report of commission on youth public safety and justice

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Reader responds to SA debate discussion It’s rare to see international students represented at high positions here on campus.

Maybe it’s because we are, statistically speaking, a much smaller population compared to American students. Maybe it’s the ever-present cultural and language barrier that we learn to overcome constantly. Maybe it’s just the way things work here in the United States.

So, imagine my excitement when I learned that an international student was running for Vice President of Student Association.

I rarely hear of students like this bravely stepping up to such a position of height and power. I became even more excited when I learned that part of their campaign was to focus on integrating international students with the

rest of campus. I was so excited, and couldn’t help feeling hopeful.

If you have the chance to have your voice represented within your student council, of course you would do anything to vote them into office. It’s part of your membership to the group, and part of your pride as a human being.

But as I ran a camera at the debate last Sunday, trying to listen to Tyler Rossi’s commending remarks of Roy Tin, I felt disappointed. I didn’t hear anything elaborate about how international students would be helped. There were no tangible solutions, only insistence that they would do all they can. Granted, the vice presidents were not able to debate, so I did not hear Roy’s side of his platform. Yet my confidence in the candidate, who I thought best represented students like myself,

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wavered. It seemed as if the pair were only advocating for international students because one of the candidates came from China.

Have I chosen who to vote for? To be honest, I don’t know yet. Despite being bothered by these things, I still thought both the candidates did a good enough job to defend their platforms and beliefs. I want to exercise my right to vote in this university, and to educate myself more on the process. Hopefully, in upcoming days, I will decide who to vote for. Maybe then I will know who will really reach out to the international student population.

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‘Barbaric practice’ Assembly measure seeks to ban conversion therapy

what is conversion therapy?

Conversion therapy is psychological treatment that aims to change one’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. The therapy has been widely discredited.

California, Oregon, Illinois, New Mexico, New Jersey, and Vermont have laws banning conversion therapy for minors

Seventy-six percent of the country’s LGBT population live in a state with no law banning conversion therapy for minors source: movement advanced project

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Ninety-two percent of studies have found conversion therapy to be ineffective and/or harmful, out of 13 studies examined by Columbia Law School that made an empirical determination on the therapy source: columbia law school

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he New York state Assembly recently passed legislation banning the controversial practice of conversion therapy for minors.

Sponsored by Deborah Glick, the state’s Higher Education Committee chair, the bill would “prohibit mental health professionals from practicing conversion therapy with patients under the age of 18 for the purpose of changing their sexual orientation.” The bill was passed by a vote of 121 to 24.

Conversion therapy is a form of treatment that is designed to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, usually through psychological means.

The therapy has been widely discredited and dismissed as harmful by health professionals.

There are currently six states, along with the District of Columbia, that have banned conversion therapy on minors.

Robin Riley, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Syracuse University, said she understands the dangers of conversion therapy and what effects it can have on anyone, not just minors.

“People who are exposed to it end up feeling deep shame and self-loathing about an aspect of themselves that is unchangeable,” Riley said.

Riley is the director of the LGBT Studies program at SU and said the idea that conversion therapy is an acceptable practice is wrong, calling it “ineffective and cruel,” no matter what someone’s age is.

Glick’s bill, A.03977, was referred to the Assembly’s higher education committee in January, where it was checked for codes and

read within the Assembly.

It has now been referred to the higher education committee within the Senate. This is not the first time, though, that a bill banning conversion therapy has reached the Senate’s higher education committee. Banning conversion therapy has been a topic of discussion within New York state politics for years.

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In early 2015, Glick wrote a similar bill that would have banned conversion therapy.

The Assembly passed this bill. However, it died in the Senate and returned to the Assembly in January 2016.

In February 2016, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced executive actions that would ban public and private health care insurers from covering conversion therapy. This public endorsement drew a reaction from Glick.

“Once again the Governor will take an action to protect LGBT New Yorkers and make New York a safer and more welcoming state for all of us,” Glick said in a statement from Cuomo’s office. “I hope other leaders across the nation will be inspired to follow Governor Cuomo’s lead.”

Glick’s same bill was then passed again by the Assembly in May last year and introduced to the senate. However, it was not voted on and

was referred to the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee.

Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter (NYD) has supported Glick’s bill. Representing the 128th assembly district, which includes Syracuse, Hunter was not part of the Assembly during the vote in 2015, but she did vote in favor of the bill in 2016.

Hunter in an email said she supports the legislation “because individuals have a right to express their (inherent) sexual orientation.”

“A mental health professional who seeks to alter the orientation of an underage patient is contradicting decades of prevailing research that indicates that non-heterosexual orientation is not mental illness,” Hunter said.

The effect of conversion therapy is the primary reason Hunter voted in favor of banning it, she said. Referring to the work done by the American Psychological Association, Hunter said, “attempts to change sexual orientation can pose increased risks of depression, substance abuse, and suicide.”

Conversion therapy has been occurring for decades, but it grew popular as a practice in the late 20th century, through the work of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who was widely known as one of the founders of utilizing conversion therapy to change a person’s sexual orientation.

Nicolosi co-founded the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality in 1992. His ideas and works have received criticism from many health officials, including the American Psychiatric Association.

“Laws should be created that make practitioners of this barbaric practice subject to prosecution,” Riley, the director of the LGBT Studies program at SU, said. wgmuoio@syr.edu

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surveillance The Daily Orange surveyed the U.S. News and World Report’s top 100 national universities — Syracuse ranks 60th — for the number of cameras each has. The 38 that responded average 935.5 total cameras, 7.49 per 10 acres and 4.13 per 100 students. Institutions, including SU, have added layers that they suggest will prevent crimes and help solve them, though peer-reviewed research suggests otherwise.

SU has become one of the most monitored universities among those that responded to The Daily Orange’s requests for data. The university has the 10th most cameras per student and was one of 14 schools that have 1,000 or more surveillance cameras.

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SU had siloed camera systems before installing a centralized system in 2009.

Each school within the university could buy its own cameras and put them up for security purposes. Only some had real-time capability while others created VHS tapes or DVDs. The schools maintained the cameras and the university lacked a universal policy governing them.

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Department of Public Safety and adminis- Ensley Athletic Center. tration to centralize and upgrade the secuSU has exceeded Kearns’ prior threshold. rity system. SU overhauled its IT network, Its current total gives it the third most camallowing the cameras to mesh with new eras per student among SU and its five peer technology. Several committees, with mem- institutions that responded to The Daily bers from various non-academic depart- Orange’s request for data. The two peer ments, analyzed how to put cameras in. institutions ahead of Syracuse — Vanderbilt Tony Callisto, SU’s public safety chief and Marquette — rank first and sixth in from 2006-2015 and current chief law cameras per student among the 38 schools enforcement officer, was not made available that gave data to The Daily Orange. for comment on this story.

There are cameras in public spaces, with According to a report written by one of some capturing off-campus activity. Malthe committees, SU used peer donado said SU placed cameras on institutions as benchmarks for the roof of Ernie Davis Hall and the camera totals. SU reviewed eight Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel I suspect other institutions’ camera totals and Conference Center. No one from the mid-2000s, includthere aren’t actively monitors the cameras, Maling the Rochester Institute of donado said. SU has no cameras on a lot of Technology (80), the University floors of residence halls or in private schools of Rochester (160), Case Westareas, such as bathrooms or locker that have ern Reserve (388), Drexel (265), rooms. He said he’s comfortable with Northwestern (35), Brown (185), the amount of coverage the campus in excess New York University (1,500) and currently has, but also said, “We of 1,000 the University of Pennsylvania could always use more cameras.” cameras.

(300). Former Campus PlanMaldonado and Oakland UniBobby Maldonado ning, Design and Construcversity professor Thomas Lauer su chief of tion director Eric Beattie said say schools upped security after public safety SU didn’t have to rewire many the Virginia Tech shooting in April buildings to accommodate the 2007. A lone gunman killed 33 new technology. people, including himself, in the attack. In Some schools only having a one-time the aftermath, schools added card access, budget to buy cameras spurred SU’s efforts improved public safety departments and to centralize them. Centralizing them insti- added cameras. tutionalized their importance and made “People perceive (cameras), and certhem easier to govern, said Jenny Gluck, tainly people in charge of college campuses, who served on two committees that con- as something that can be done,” Staples, sidered the implementation of cameras and the Kansas professor, said. “It’s like, ‘Well, is an associate chief information officer of what can we do? We can put up cameras.’ academic services.

And they do that because it’s a concrete “If you don’t have an institutional budget type of thing.” to maintain them and keep them updated, Staples and Lauer say no scholarly evithen you can’t use them,” Gluck said. dence supports the conclusion that cameras Outside firms held focus groups and prevent crime. In September 2016, Lauer assessed the school’s security, ultimately and two other Oakland University profesrecommending the installation of a central- sors published a report in the Criminal Jusized security camera system. tice Policy Review that, based on data from Students generally responded that they a sample of 336 U.S. universities, concluded would like implementing cameras because security cameras had little to no effect on it made them feel safe, Gluck said. Some violent or property crime on campuses. who participated said they’d seen cameras At the end of an interview, Gluck pulled in their high schools and had become used a Panasonic camera with a gray, boxy body to them. and a small black camera head from a shelf A committee determined a phase-in pro- in her office. Cameras like the one she cess would be best, given that a security pulled from the shelf are from before SU system would be expensive to install at once. upgraded its system. Some still record, but The same committee developed a 15-part others don’t. priority list with the first part being resi“In general we leave them up because dence halls. It took two years, between 2007 it’s still a deterrent,” she said. and 2009, before the university installed cjlibona@syr.edu its first 168 cameras at the entrances to each residence hall and in Hinds Hall. SU installed another 332 in the following three years. The committees also determined the camera system would need to feed to the DPS communications center.

In 2007, while the project was being researched, DPS Technology and Security Services Manager Michael Kearns told The Syracuse University has 1,100 Daily Orange that SU would need more than 1,000 cameras to cover the campus. security cameras. Fourteen schools SU had broken ground on three buildings of the 38 that responded to a request at the time — the Carmelo K. Anthony from The Daily Orange for data have Basketball Center, the Center of Excellence more than 1,000 cameras. and the Life Sciences Complex. It has built or purchased eight buildings since, including Ernie Davis Hall, Dineen Hall and the

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“At my school (career services is) not going to upload the GPAs, and if a student wants to put their GPA, they can,” he said.

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If students’ grades are being released without their permission, as reported by Inside Higher Ed, the institutions could be in violation of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal privacy law that protects student records maintained by an institution, said Helen Garrett, University of Washington registrar and FERPA expert.

“Handshake is not subject to FERPA, institutions of higher education receiving Title IV funding are,” said Helen Garrett, University of Washington registrar and FERPA expert. “So in terms of FERPA, (Handshake) would suffer nothing.”

Garrett noted it is unlikely that career services would be able to release GPAs, because the registrar usually protects that information.

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By Connor Fogel staff writer

A Price Rite opened on the southwest side of Syracuse last week. For over 40 years the area had no supermarket, it was commonly referred to as a food desert. Aside from owning the building where the Price Rite stands Jubilee Homes, a nonprofit working to improve the quality of life of those living in the southwest community, played a major role in filling the open jobs. stacy fernández asst. feature editor

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imothy Kirkland happened to be at the right place at the right time. The hiring manager for Price Rite was in the office of Jubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc., a local nonprofit. Unafraid to give people an extra push, Cherylene “Twiggy” Billue, on staff at Jubilee, prompted him to go up to the manager and introduce himself. So he did.

Kirkland went up to him with confidence, giving his name and an elevator pitch as to why he should be hired. Subconsciously, he said some of the phrases he often saw posted around the Jubilee office.

Other employers dismissed him because of the felony on his record. They said it wouldn’t be held against him, but then they would never call him back.

A few days after meeting the Price Rite manager, he got a call for an interview.

After two years of unemployment, Price Rite hired him.

“They gave me a second chance,” Kirkland said.

Now Kirkland works 20 hours a week while pursuing a degree at Onondaga Community College. With his father battling Alzheimer’s disease and his mother living with lupus, the extra income makes a difference.

Kirkland is just one of the 125 Price Rite employees who received help from Jubilee, which aims to improve the quality of living in the Southwest side of Syracuse. About eight years ago, Executive Director Walter Dixie began the process of bringing a supermarket to Syracuse’s southwest side, an area long described as a food desert. Jubilee acquired a former

Loblaws supermarket on South Avenue in 2009 for about $350,000. The nonprofit was awarded a $1.2 million grant by New York state to subsidize the supermarket’s development, Dixie said. Price Rite came into the picture in 2012 and had its grand opening April 2.

what is a food desert?

An area without easy access to fresh, nutritious food. Typically, food deserts occur in poor urban areas, though they can exist in rural areas as well.

Billue said that coming in, Price Rite knew they needed about 125 employees and wanted to hire directly from the neighborhood and Syracuse community.

“We’re happy to be here, and we’re happy to give the opportunity for people from the neighborhood, and the community work with Price Rite because we’re a company that offers a career,” said Neil Duffy, president of Price Rite.

They worked with neighborhood associations including Jubilee, the Southwest Community Center and State University of New York Jefferson Community College Extended Learning Center to put out the word about employment opportunities.

“That made it a lot easier for us to be able to get people that were excited about the opportunity and into our offices to fill out the applications,” Billue said.

Billue’s Build to Work program, started in 2015, removes barriers that make finding and keeping a job difficult. The program provides 40 hours of soft skills, life skills and work readiness training over

the course of two weeks. Prior to Price Rite, the program helped 68 people find jobs since its launch. At least 50 percent are encroaching on a year of employment while the others, hired more recently, have been employed for upwards of a month, Billue said.

When applications for Price Rite went out, not enough people were applying.

“Well, let me work my magic,” Billue said.

Billue put the direct link for the application on Facebook and prompted people to apply. After a slow response she posted pictures of the “now hiring” sign on the side of the Price Rite building.

“All of a sudden there were 1,500 applications,” Billue said.

Price Rite directed applicants to fill out their forms in Jubilee. Billue was doing her own screening and vetting of potential employees while also helping human resources in their process.

For Price Rite, Jubilee’s approach wasn’t to have specific training sessions, but rather to provide an open space that provided computers, internet and people to help with the application. As much as people use their cell phones and tablets, Billue said using one to apply for a job isn’t easy. Many only had internet access through phones. Jubilee’s computer space lessened the digital divide that may have prevented some from getting a job.

Price Rite’s human resources specialist told Billue at the inaugural ribbon cutting on April 2 that she “singlehandedly helped us hire all 125 folk.” The ribbon is currently prominently displayed on their conference table, a reminder to the work done and the work to come.

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When coming to Syracuse University, Sam Axelrod thought his music industry classes would be straightforward — learning about the industry, taking notes and studying for tests. He wasn’t expecting a class specifically devoted to promoting concerts.

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ music industry program offers a live music promoter class. Twenty students taking a class through the music industry or Bandier programs work throughout the semester to plan, promote and put on a concert. The class has also been taught in recent years, resulting in CUSEapalooza in 2016 and ZestFest in 2015.

“Juice Box,” this year’s concert, takes place at the Westcott Theater on April 12. Doors open at 7 p.m., followed by nine acts of different styles: hip-hop, acoustic, pop punk and funk rock.

“Everybody is involved in their own way,” Axelrod, a junior music industry major, said. “Some people do artwork, some people find bands, some people reach out to (publications), some people are more logistical on the day of, but it’s a whole big class project.”

Professor Daniel Mastronardi teaches the course and works as the promoter for the Westcott Theater and the F-Shed at the Market, both local music venues.

“He’s brought us through a whole bunch of stuff,” Axelrod said. “He has us go to two concerts a semester — one at the Westcott, and one at the F-Shed — so that we can look and feel it out, kind of understand what different venues are like.”

Axelrod says it’s nice to get hands on and figure out the logistics of the concert — calculating costs and profits, learning about venues and analyzing the time table of promotion.

Students in the class sell tickets for the show for $5, and the artists performing sell tickets for between $5 or $7. Axelrod explained that the artists can sell the tickets for whatever amount they want because the artist can pocket the amount made after $5, which can support the “upand-coming bands and small hiphop acts” to develop their music.

“Juice Box” will feature a variety of acts. Pop-punk band Poproxx will kick off the show around 7:15 p.m., followed by hip-hop artist Saint Iago.

Acoustic acts Todd Anastos, Charlie/ BEG and Riley Mahan will bring a softer sound to the show, and then rapper Mélan will perform. The final three acts consist the band Sky Club, hip-hop artist Phil the Artist and, to close out the show, funk-rock band FLOTUS, Axelrod said.

“What I am most excited about is seeing the first act step up,” Axelrod said. “To look around, see who came, who we got, how many tickets we actually sell. All that kind of stuff. Seeing it all come together at once will be the culmination of everything.” cbfogel@syr.edu

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“As long as they have long lines, they will have a need to keep everyone on shift, which will always create positions,” Billue said.

When some of the applicants went through the first round of interviews they were some of the most disheartened people Billue had ever seen. They didn’t trust the process and got used to every answer being a hard “no.”

“I think that I physically talked, as long as I was in the office, to every single person that was interviewed to say, ‘Put your smile on,

go in the bathroom and fix your hair, girl,’ or ‘You better go in there and do your thang!’”

Billue said.

In the second interview they would come in a little more put together, and by the time of orientation they would have a smile on their face after not having anything to smile about for a while. Then they would get the job. “’Miss Twigs, we got our first checks,’” she said with her voice cracking from emotion, recalling what the newly hired employees would tell her.

She now walks into the supermarket almost every day. Every time they see her, they say thanks in the form of a hug. sfern100@syr.edu | @StacyFernandezB

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IN THE NUDE Local band balances gigs, full-time jobs 1

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few years ago, Mim Readling moved to Syracuse from Ithaca and didn’t know anyone. Eager to start playing music again, she logged onto Craigslist Musicians and posted an ad searching to start a low-fidelity band reminiscent of The Raveonettes or CocoRosie.

One response stuck out of the crowd: Eric Lanious enjoyed the same bands and lived right down the street from her. Readling and Lanious both play guitar, and after an awkward first encounter, they began getting together once a week to write songs. The now-close friends consider their original music as a creative challenge more than anything else.

The duo decided to go electric after adding drummer Phil McAndrew. All the band needed was a bassist, and Readling was set on having a female bass player.

Shauna Roloff was already a friend of Readling’s, and although she did not know how to play, she owned a bass, and that was good enough for them. Luckily, Roloff found the instrument was easy to learn. The band of four is now The Nudes, and they have been playing together for four years.

Lanouis said Readling’s voice can be compared to that of Joni Mitchell, whose music, along with that of Neil Young, plays a major influence in the band’s sound. Both Readling and Lanious write the music for the band, but their writing approach is different, making the collaboration an original sound.

“I can tell which songs I wrote and which songs he wrote because structurally they’re really different.

Like mine are pretty straight forward and melodic and almost have a formula and Eric’s are f*cking weird,” Readling said with a laugh, adding that what she meant was that Lanious has more abstract thinking.

“I like noisy, messy guitar bands,” said Lanious.

The band agrees that the best songs are songs that the two have collaborated on together.

“He’ll come up with a really cool guitar part, and Mim kind of makes it into a bigger picture,” said Roloff.

The lyrics for The Nudes’ songs — a band name sparked from the group’s minimalistic vibe and a painting that Lanious has in his basement — stem from influences from the band’s everyday life, including wacky things Lanious’s children have said.

Each member of the band has a full-time job.

2 1. ERIC LANIOUS (LEFT) AND MIM READLING (FAR RIGHT) are the primary songwriters for The Nudes, but each take a different approach to the process. 2. READLING’S songs are straightforward and melodic, while Lanious’ are more abstract. Together, they produce the band’s signature sound. nalae white staff photographer

Readling and Lanious are high school teachers while Roloff is a nurse and McAndrew is an illustrator.

These commitments force the band to be practically planted in Syracuse, with maybe an occasional trip to Ithaca or Rochester. In Syracuse they have performed at an array of venues, including at Otro Cinco April 11 and the opening night reception for “How I Learned To Drive” at Syracuse Stage on April 7. In addition, they performed at Rock for Reporters last week in Schine Underground, Spit House, Scarier Dome, Spark and Funk ‘n Waffles.

McAndrew draws flyers for many of The Nudes’ shows. Not touring does not bother the band at all, and, in fact, they love performing at the same venues over and over.

“It really strips away a lot of ego because there’s no point. Like we’re playing at the same three restaurants in front of three of our friends who are the only ones who really give a sh*t anyways you know?” said Readling.

“I would be totally happy if we didn’t even play shows and just got together,” Roloff said.

“Yeah, I just like having these guys at my house to play and it’s fun,” Lanious said, agreeing with his bandmate.

Although the band agrees creating music is for pleasure and not something serious, they have recorded music as well. Their latest recording was a collection of six songs released on Bandcamp almost exactly a year ago.

When other people hear The Nudes’ music on Bandcamp, they think the band is very chill and quiet, when it reality their live music is quite loud. That’s what makes a venue like Otro Cinco the perfect environment for the band.

“I think like everyone who works at Otro is in a band,” said Lanious.

Said Roloff: “We get to play music with our friends at a restaurant where all our friends work.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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Texas native Morgan Burkhardt’s rise fueled by Widner thrives at faceoff mother’s book suggestion

By Kaci Wasilewski staff writer

A Texas native, Morgan Widner isn’t the typical women’s lacrosse player. She didn’t start playing until after most athletes develop their stick skills. But she grew up right as the game did.

“A lot of people say my class paved the pathway for the girls below us,” Widner said. “You’re looking at my class, two of us went to play D-I and now you’re hearing about eighth graders committing to schools like Syracuse, Georgetown. A long time ago that would’ve been a dream for us.”

Widner, a defender and draw-control specialist, is one of only 10 players on No. 11 SU’s (11-4, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) roster not from New York. She is the furthest from home on SU’s roster. Despite her background, she’s developed into a crucial piece for the Orange. The freshman has started every game for Syracuse this season.

When Widner was in middle school, her friend’s father decided to get the girls involved in lacrosse. They already had a background in soccer but were interested in trying something else. Brian Sapp, who also coached his son’s team, got his daughter and her friends involved.

“We were like ‘Yeah, we’re best friends,’” Widner said. “We were athletes, so we were like why not?”

When Widner first started playing, most of the teams in her age bracket were private schools. Being a relative newcomer among well-established programs meant that Coppell (Texas) High School didn’t get good at women’s lacrosse until Widner arrived.

The school had one of the first four high school women’s lacrosse teams in the Dallas area. It was established in the early90s, but didn’t make it to a state final until 2010, when Cowgirls won the Division II championship. While the girls had the athletic ability, they were missing some of the

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cornell The win also signified the program’s best 10-game season start since 2011. Syracuse senior attack Jordan Evans (five points) and redshirt freshman attack Stephen Rehfuss (four) led Syracuse in the blowout.

On the possession before the hit on Bomberry, Cornell’s freshman star Jeff Teat dished out his fourth assist of the first quarter and opened up a 4-2 lead. CU had won three of its past four games and the country’s No. 1 team had lost in six straight weeks. The upset seemed possible.

“We can play with these guys all day!” Cornell’s associate head coach Peter Milliman yelled at his team coming off the field.

The Big Red didn’t score again for 27 minutes.

After the hit, with Syracuse on a 30-second man up, a Sergio Salcido pass found Bomberry alone by the crease and the junior cashed in from his favorite spot on the field to pull SU within one.

Bomberry nodded to the sideline, where Salvatore looked at the ground.

Bomberry was not made available to the media postgame.

“We were very anxious to start,” SU head coach John Desko said. “The man-up slowed us down and we got it fairly quickly. … Cornell came out and really competed. It was a good win for us tonight.”

After a nine-minute lull, Evans scored by himself when he dizzied Cornell’s Walt Gahagan and beat Knight to his right side.

The Orange offense exploded for three more unanswered goals in the last 1:59 of the first half — including another one from Evans — and wrested back control to take a 7-4 lead into halftime.

Syracuse senior faceoff specialist Ben Williams, mired in a career-worst season at the X, did not let up on CU freshman Paul Rasimowicz. Williams won the first four second-half faceoffs and Syracuse scored off each of them.

necessary skills to compete.

“When it comes to stick skills,” Widner said, “we’re not as apt just because the culture is so different.”

Widner’s freshman year of high school brought two new faces to the program: Georgetown graduates and former lacrosse players Molly Ford and Kelsi Bozel. The two helped turn the program around and even came up with the idea of travelling for spring break.

Instead of playing the few good teams in Texas, Widner’s team traveled to California, North Carolina and Maryland to face tougher opponents. They faced multiple future Division I players in those matchups, including Widner’s future teammate and Charlotte (North Carolina) Catholic product, Natalie Wallon.

“At first, it was kind of a shock,” Widner said. “But it was kind of a cool feeling like we can hang with these girls.”

It wasn’t until the end of her junior year that the Texas native realized she could play at the collegiate level. By that time, most Division I lacrosse players had committed. Her high school coaches saw something special in her and told her to go to camps. There, she caught the eyes of SU head coach Gary Gait.

“We love Texas kids,” Gait said. “We saw her through one of our former assistant coaches who was coaching her club team.

She set us up with her and said she had very good draw skills and she could be a very good draw player for us.”

Widner switched to the draw at the end of junior year after playing defense for her entire career. She has been successful at Syracuse on the X with 122 draw controls, the most in the NCAA. “One thing about Texas,” Widner said, “they teach you about true grit, digging down deep, kind of having that little bit of aggression.” klwasile@syr.edu

Between 1:59 in the second quarter and 11:29 in the third, there were six possessions. Williams won every one for the Orange and his teammates cashed in every time.

“Cornell got tired,” Evans said.

Three minutes later, Bomberry and redshirt freshman attack Stephen Rehfuss finished the 10-goal barrage and Cornell’s chances for an upset. When Colton Rupp snapped the Big Red’s goal drought about a minute later, the CU fan section golf-clapped.

Only one young boy bothered to stand up.

Late in the third quarter, an illegal body check from Cornell’s best defender stirred tension that had lie dormant since the Bomberry hit. It was the sixth of 13 penalties. Even after the game had ended, referees hit SU reserve midfielder Devon Sullivan with a minute-long unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

“I didn’t think it was that chippy, to be honest. It’s Cornell and Syracuse,” Big Red head coach Matt Kerwick said of the rivalry in its 102nd edition on Tuesday. “Thirteen penalties? Back in the day, that would’ve been nothing.”

In the third quarter, as the game grew more futile and Syracuse maintained its eight-goal lead as the clock ticked away, the more the whistles blew. Referees assessed Bomberry two penalties, unsportsmanlike conduct and cross-check, each a minute-long early in the fourth quarter after he fought with Cornell defender Marshall Peters. On the sideline, Desko became red in the face as he spoke to his twice-whistled attack.

Desko put in his reserves and got the same returns. Redshirt sophomore Tyler Ford, mere seconds into his fourth game this season, got blindsided with a vicious shoulder from Cornell’s goalie Knight.

Ford had also cross-checked one of Knight’s teammates seconds before. Both went to the sidelines with penalties.

As Knight walked off the field, message delivered, Bomberry followed the goalie’s walk all the way back to the sideline. sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

By Josh Schafer staff writer

This past summer, Karen Burkhardt nagged her daughter about an inspirational book she should read. Its bland white and grey professional-looking cover didn’t interest the Syracuse utility player. Rachel Burkhardt was busy training for her third season as Syracuse’s right fielder, not joining her mother’s book club.

But after just two hits in the first nine games of 2017, Burkhardt spiraled into a slump. During the next road trip, Karen received a picture from her daughter flaunting her latest purchase. It read “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth,” the book that Karen had recommend.

“There are so many parallels between life as a student athlete and business lessons,” Karen said. “I just thought (the book) would be something that she would enjoy and have some takeaways that she could relate to, especially with softball.”

For Burkhardt, this season was supposed to be a step forward. But after starting 41 of 52 games in her sophomore season, Burkhardt stalled at the onset. She tallied only four hits in her first 17 games. Over her next 14 appearances, Burkhardt reached base 15 times. Despite her struggles, her .259 batting average is the best of her career. She has four hits in the last three games for Syracuse (19-15, 3-9 Atlantic Conference).

She’s finally finding her stride, despite her rough start.

“I started off rough,” Burkhardt said. “It was not how I wanted to start and nowhere near what I was capable of doing. I’m still trying to get back to that.”

The trip to Barnes and Noble initiated Burkhardt’s reemergence to the Syracuse lineup, though the effects weren’t immediate.

In her first trip with Duckworth’s book in her backpack, Burkhardt was given a

gold opportunity to break through. Against No. 3 Florida on Feb. 24, with two down and runners on the corners, SU head coach Mike Bosch pinch-hit Burkhardt, an at-bat that turned into one of the “most embarrassing hits ever.” A dribbling grounder right back to the pitcher didn’t score the run. Syracuse’s scoring opportunity was tarnished, and Burkhardt’s drought prolonged to four games.

The right-handed batter started the next game for Syracuse in the Citrus Classic against Liberty. In three at bats, she mustered only one hit.

“It was really frustrating,” Burkhardt said. “I thought to myself I’m putting in the work I’m doing everything why am I not successful?”

Duckworth provided the answer. In the book’s opening stages, Duckworth recalls her dad telling her she wasn’t “the brightest star in the constellation.” Duckworth went on to become a New York Times bestselling author through perseverance and passion for her craft, or, as Burkhardt put it, “through the grind.” The ideals are repeated ad nauseam in the book.

Burkhardt resonated with the message and recommitted. She stayed for additional work after practice, and she completed additional sets of sprints and hitting sessions.

Since struggling in the Citrus Classic, she’s started in nearly half of SU’s games, including the opening game of Syracuse’s most recent series against then-No. 2 Florida State. With the bases loaded, Burkhardt ripped a groundball off the shortstop’s shin, scoring a run. Sophomore third baseman Hannah Dossett knocked in two runs on the next at-bat, sending Burkhardt to third.

Syracuse had tied the game at four with the ACC’s top team.

More importantly, Burkhardt was back.

“She’s started to have a better viewpoint of what she’s doing,” Bosch said. jlschafe@syr.edu

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evans created more open looks. He tied the game up at four by running against his defender and using his speed and body to gain enough space to shoot and score with ease. “(Evans) attacked his matchup,” Cornell head coach Matt Kerwick said. “… The key with them is you can’t chase stick and you can’t expect to put the ball on the ground against their offense.”

Other times, he knew the when the defense would slide and found himself running off-ball into open space. Senior midfielder Sergio Salcido charged toward the net and, as defenders collapsed on him, found Evans waiting next to the net. He caught the pass, ran in front of the net and scored.

His facilitating didn’t falter, either. After

a Cornell shot hit off the post and bounced 60 yards in the opposite direction, Evans ran at the sideline. He missed the rebound, but was the closest player to the ball.

Catching the defense off-guard, he quickly scooped the ball and threw a 20-yard pass in front of the net toward Solomon. The sophomore attack scored the third of 10 straight Syracuse goals.

“The attack in general, but especially Jordan,” SU head coach John Desko said, “thought they understood who Cornell was and how they liked to slide.”

And while everyone did play well, it was Evans who was the main threat against Cornell. When attention shifted to Syracuse’s other threats, Evans wasn’t hesitant. He rose to occasion, ran the offense and became the player he was once expected to be. csdistur@syr.edu | @charliedist

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BRENDAN BOMBERRY celebrates by pumping his fist after an Orange goal. The junior scored two goals on the day, both of them coming in Syracuse’s 10-0 run that started with less than three minutes left in the first quarter and carried until the start of the third quarter.

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No. 1 SU uses 10-0 run to dominate Cornell, jump out to best start since 2011

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t was a little shove on that re-ignited Syracuse’s offense, delivered from Cornell’s Brandon Salvatore to SU’s Brendan Bomberry. It looked like normal jockeying around the crease on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome, but seconds later Bomberry was standing over Salvatore being restrained by fellow attack Nate Solomon amid a shoving mass of orange and red and white-andblack stripes.

Moments earlier, trailing 4-2 with 4:09 to go in the first quarter, Bomberry had attempted to scoop up a rebound when CU goalie Christian Knight bowled Bomberry over with a Superman lunge as Salvatore shoved him too. The hit incited a near-brawl and a run that gave the Orange a lead it wouldn’t relinquish in its 15-8 victory Tuesday

night inside the Carrier Dome.

Syracuse and Cornell opened Atlantic Coast Conference sportsmanship week by playing each team’s most-whistled game of the year, combining for 13 penalties totaling 12 minutes. In explanation, sophomore attack Nate Solomon shrugged and simply said, “They’re our in-state rival.”

No. 1 Syracuse (9-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) went on a 10-goal run to pulverize unranked Cornell (3-7, 2-2 Ivy) in its first game as the nation’s top-ranked team. The Orange survived seven penalties for 6:30 to avenge its 10-9 overtime loss at Cornell last season.

“We’ve got to get Cornell back for last year,” SU senior defender Scott Firman said before the season. “I never really liked them. My brother played Colgate hockey, so we grew up with a hate for Cornell.” see cornell page 14

men’s lacrosse

Jordan Evans ascends into starring role in Orange victory

By Charlie DiSturco asst. copy editor

Jordan Evans’ role had changed.

The attack, who for most of his career was always looking to score, had to adjust. So as the season’s progressed he became more of a facilitator, passing rather than trying to create his own shot.

But on Tuesday night in Syracuse’s 15-8 win over Cornell, he became more than that. Evans used his body and dodged more. He created open looks for himself. Other

times, he took a step back and worked the ball around the offense, looking for the best opportunity to score.

Top-ranked Syracuse (9-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) used a 10-0 run to pull away after trailing early.

Evans scored all three of his goals in that stretch, proving himself instrumental in the win over Cornell (3-7, 2-2 Ivy), 15-8, on Tuesday night inside the Carrier Dome.

Then win marks SU’s best 10-game start to a season since 2011. Evans finished the game with his first multi-goal performance since Feb.

He’s got great vision and knows where everyone would be in the offense.

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“He’s got great vision,” Solomon said, “and knows where everyone would be in the offense.”

Evans played more comfortable than he had in the previous six games. He was held goalless two separate times and never had more than two points in a game.

Oftentimes, other options would lead the way for SU. Nick Mariano took the bulk of the shots or Brendan Bomberry used his body to create offense in front of the goal.

Even unlikely names like Jamie Trimboli or Matt Lane broke out to guide the Orange in its stretch of seven one-goal games.

But on Tuesday, he had the vision that was shown in the season opener against Siena and then again two weeks later versus Army.

He knew when to make the pass and when to dodge and shoot In all but two games this year — Siena and Cornell — Evans has shot the ball four times or less. On Tuesday night, Evans’ physicality see evans page 14