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The Recognize Us movement held a call to action on Monday and asked people to message Chancellor Kent Syverud’s email about Theta Tau. Page 3

O • Nixon endorsement

Liberal columnist Ryan Golden breaks down why Cynthia Nixon is the best candidate to serve New York state as the gubernatorial race approaches.

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S • Giving back

Who is Syracuse?

Syracuse see pages 6-7 Emily Osman

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Jim and Juli Boeheim have given back to the central New York community for years. Their foundation will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year Saturday.

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Trustees to attend Hendricks meeting

SU has no say over Theta Tau housing

By Kennedy Rose

By Sam Ogozalek and Kennedy Rose

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Members of Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees will attend a forum on Wednesday night along with other administrators, including Chancellor Kent Syverud, in response to the expulsion of Theta Tau. The forum will start at 7 p.m.

Dara Royer, the university’s senior vice president and chief communications officer, did not name which trustees would attend the forum.

She also did not detail where the forum will be held.

The university has been briefing the Board of Trustees on Theta Tau in the past five days, Royer said at a press event on Monday at Manley Field House on SU’s South Campus.

Royer said the university is working with students who called for a meeting to set an agenda for Wednesday’s forum. Recognize Us, a social movement organized last week, demanded that SU host a town hall with the Board of Trustees, Syverud, deans and administrators by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.

Recognize Us held a sit-in at Schine Student Center on Friday morning to protest the university’s handling of the initial suspension of Theta Tau, the professional engineering fraternity.

The group presented Syverud a list of demands, including the town hall.

There’s a possibility more students could be charged with Student Code of Conduct violations as interviews continue during SU’s Theta Tau investigation, Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado also said during the briefing.

DPS still has “a number of interviews” to complete, Maldonado said.

“It’s difficult for me to say, unless I speak to the investigative team, and see what progress they’ve made over the last few hours,” Maldonado said.

DPS had interviewed 39 individuals as of Monday afternoon and recommended charges for 18 students to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities as part of the investigation. That office delivered letters to those 18 students, specifically detailing the violations they were accused of.

Students involved in the Theta Tau videos will face an “expedited and fair” process, which see briefing page 4

Investigation update (FROM LEFT) KENT SYVERUD, BOBBY MALDONADO AND DOLAN EVANOVICH, Syracuse University’s chancellor; chief of the Department of Public Safety; and senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, respectively, spoke during a press briefing Monday at Manley Field House to discuss DPS’ investigation into Theta Tau fraternity members. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

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Students call for campus reform

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Marissa Willingham, a staff member in Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, grabbed the microphone near the end of a Monday night Student Association-sponsored forum in Maxwell Auditorium. She commended students for attending the town hall, held just days after the Theta Tau fraternity’s permanent expulsion from the university.

At the forum, some students shared stories of discrimination they said they’ve experienced during their time at SU. Willingham said she’s heard similar stories before.

“Working in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, this is nothing new,”

Willingham said. “I hear this on a daily basis. Our students feel so much oppression, microaggression, biases coming at them, and they don’t know how to deal with it.”

At the town hall, attended by about 100 campus community members, student leaders from five organizations fielded questions about diversity, on-campus segregation and the nownationally circulating Theta Tau videos published by The Daily Orange in the past week.

The videos depict people at a Theta Tau-sponsored event using racial and ethnic slurs and miming the sexual assault of a person with disabilities. The university suspended and eventually see meeting page 4

BRIAN KONKOL, dean of Hendricks Chapel, moderated the forum in Maxwell Auditorium on Monday night. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

Syracuse University cannot remove students from Theta Tau’s fraternity house because it’s private property, an SU spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Orange on Monday evening.

Onondaga County property records show that the parcel of land Theta Tau is located on, at 1105 Harrison St., is owned by the Tau of Theta Tau House Corp. New York state business records show that Tau of Theta Tau House Corp. is an active entity with an initial filing date of April 1969.

A property in Belleair Beach, Florida is listed as the company’s address, records show.

University policy does not govern this house as it is managed by an external corporation. syracuse university spokesperson

That address, near Tampa Bay, is property owned by Dean and Erin Bettinger, Pinellas County records show. Dean Bettinger, an SU alumnus who graduated in the early 1980s, has been listed as a Theta Tau laurette in the national fraternity organization’s Alumni Hall of Fame, according to PDF documents uploaded to the thetatau.org website.

Bettinger’s post office address was listed in Fayetteville before he and Erin bought the property in Florida, Pinellas County records show. Fayetteville is a suburb just east of Syracuse.

The national fraternity organization’s central office did not respond to a request for comment on Monday evening. Bettinger did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Monday afternoon.

Erin Bettinger also did not respond to a request for comment.

“The chapter house is not owned by the University; therefore the decision about its closure will remain with the local alumni corporation, which essentially serves as the owner and manager of the house,” the SU spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Monday evening. “University policy does not govern this house as it is managed by an external corporation.”

“But to be clear: even though the property is owned by an

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Theta Tau coverage Check out The Daily Orange’s continued coverage of the Theta Tau controversy on Wednesday.

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Student forums Several forums will be held at SU on Tuesday for students to discuss the Theta Tau expulsion.

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theta tau expulsion Since Syracuse University initially suspended the Theta Tau professional engineering fraternity on Wednesday, campus community members have taken to Twitter to share their perspectives on how SU has handled the situation. @N8D351GN

Idk what’s worse, the video or Theta Tau’s “Grand Regent” excusing their behavior by just calling it a skit or a parody. @HVC508

As the mother of a student there, I am deeply saddened by what’s happened. The videos and behavior on the part of Theta Tau is unfathomable - so bad . That being said, most kids are good, and I hope that the resolution and plans put in place work to unite versus divide students. @SJTADDEO

There are no words to describe the level of filth going on in this second Theta Tau video, which shows fraternity members miming a sexual assault of person with disabilities. @DARAGLOSS

Speaking out More than 100 people attended a Student Association-sponsored forum in Maxwell Auditorium on Monday night. Representatives from InclusiveU, Pride Union, the Residence Hall Association, the Student African American Society and the International Student Council answered questions about diversity, the Theta Tau videos and on-campus segregation. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

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Recognize Us calls for Group organizers emails to chancellor host Quad discussion

By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor

Recognize Us, a social movement at Syracuse University that’s advocating for underrepresented groups on campus, asked group members’ “loved ones” to send an email expressing concern in the wake of Theta Tau’s expulsion to Chancellor Kent Syverud.

Participants of the movement in an interview The Daily Orange said this call to action lasted between 8 p.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Monday.

Liam McMonagle, a participant of Recognize Us, said he believed that when an email is sent to the chancellor, there is an automatic reply, which he said could be because Syverud is getting an influx of emails.

“So it’s just about the number more than anything. but if he does choose to read, and I hope he does, if he does choose to read the unique

and personal concerns, that would be helpful,” McMonagle said of the emails to Syverud.

In an interview with The D.O. on Saturday, Syverud said he met with student leaders on Friday to discuss Theta Tau. McMonagle said as far as he knows, none of Recognize Us’ organizers were present for that meeting.

“That was a meeting yesterday of student leaders from various organizations including Student Association, Hillel, Greek leaders, leaders from African American students, students among, students with disabilities, and so on,” Syverud said at the time.

But Danielle Lippman, a junior human development and family studies major, said the chancellor has not mentioned Recognize Us by name once.

“Like, he says things like ‘protesters’ or ‘marginalized students,’” McMonagle added. ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert

By Andrew Graham and Taylor Watson the daily orange

Members of the Recognize Us movement, a student activist group formed in the wake of Theta Tau’s initial suspension and eventual expulsion from Syracuse University, were on the Quad on Monday to gather suggestions from students on how to “continue the movement,” according to a flier on Facebook.

Group organizers in front of Hendricks Chapel walked around the Quad asking for suggestions. They also asked if they had any concerns about the university and Theta Tau. Theta Tau was expelled on Saturday after the university confirmed that fraternity members were involved in the cir-

culation of videos that showed students using racial slurs and miming the sexual assault of a person with disabilities.

Recognize Us is focused on what the group sees as institutional issues of racism and discrimination at SU, participants told The Daily Orange on Sunday afternoon.

“Although we do want to see Theta Tau be reprimanded and people in the video be reprimanded, we are trying to change the culture on campus that made them feel comfortable doing that on video,” said Liam McMonagle, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major and political science dual major.

McMonagle is a participant of the Recognize Us movement. aegraham@syr.edu twatson@syr.edu

List of demand s Recognize Us, a social movement that formed at Syracuse University last week, presented Chancellor Kent Syverud with a list of demands just before the expulsion of Theta Tau: an explicit apology...no excuses...no bullsh*t

• We want Theta Tau gone from Syracuse University Adminastrators, and Deans by 4/25 11:59 p.m.

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It is not enough to suspend a few bad apples. It is obvious that all of theta tau supports these sick views. Get rid of them. Anything else equals endorsing their views. @JJAYLYNNY

Weak. Even mentioning that it was a skit or parody absolutely does not help. You’re done. Good riddance. @WMTWVIKESFAN77

Not only Theta Tau should never see the light of day ever again, The students should be expelled and prosecuted. @MARYPATRYAN

After 93 years, the professional engineering fraternity #ThetaTau will “never be able to reorganize at #SyracuseUniversity” after this permanent expulsion. 18 brothers have been banned from classes & face suspensions or expulsions. Unbelievable. @BRENDANP_HALL

I just watched the very sad videos taken at Syracuse’s (nowbanned) “Theta Tau.” Absolutely disgusting. There is no place at @SyracuseU (or anywhere!) for that repugnant behavior. @REEVESKD

• We want expulsion of the students in the video and

• A Town Hall with the Chancellor, Board of Trustees,

These students were removed from going to class but not expelled. Disgusting. What is a degree from @SyracuseU worth?

What are they teaching their students. Fire Pres Kent Syverud for enabling racism and hatred on campus NOW #ThetaTau #syracusrUniversity

Recognize Us organized a sit-in at Schine Student Center on Friday morning. jessica sheldon staff photographer

I applaud @SyracuseU for taking step one, expelling @Theta_Tau chapter from our beloved SU, and hope that the due process to which the students are entitled will find them as we see them plainly on the video: guilty of the discriminatory disgrace with which they are charged.

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meeting expelled the fraternity for its involvement in the creation of the videos, which sparked protests and campus-wide dialogue about institutional discrimination.

“I think it’s important to recognize that the video captures everything that we’ve been wanting to say and everything that we’ve been feeling,” said Taryne Chatman, a representative of the Student African American Society and a panelist at the forum. He criticized the gradual release of the videos, saying he believed it caused some to relive trauma.

The D.O. released a recording of the first video on Wednesday night, and released a second video on Saturday. Chancellor Kent Syverud said in campus-wide email Sunday he was concerned the further exposure of “hateful content” would cause “further hurt and distress” to the campus community. Syverud attended the SA forum but left early.

Most of the discussion at the town hall centered around diversity and inclusion issues.

Hanz Valbuena, a member of SU’s International Student Council and a panelist at the forum, said he feels international students are often segregated from other members of the campus community. As a sophomore in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Valbuena said he notices signs of that segregation in some of his classes.

“In many of my classes, where it’s production classes, international students, especially Chinese international students, always … produce productions that are about depression amongst international students, that are about segregation amongst international students,” Valbuena said.

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house external entity, the Syracuse chapter has been expelled from campus and will never be able to reorganize again.”

One PDF document uploaded to the thetatau. org website lists Bettinger as a founding member of the Theta Tau Educational Foundation. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

According to the organization’s 990 form for Fiscal Year 2016, the Theta Tau Educational Foundation had just over $1.7 million in total assets. Bettinger was not listed on the organization’s 990 as a current officer, director, trustee, key employee or highest compensated employee.

As of 2018, the Theta Tau house at SU had a total assessment of $150,000, Onondaga County property records show. There are no sales of the property listed on the county’s website, though.

The fraternity’s house is close to the intersection of Comstock Avenue and Harrison Street. Chancellor Kent Syverud’s house is just across the street from Theta Tau. SU’s chapter of Theta Tau was permanently expelled on Saturday. The university confirmed

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versity’s Residence Hall Association and a panelist at the forum, said she believed segregation at SU starts in students’ freshmen experience.

“Not every single freshman is treated the same way,” Ahmed said. She said she feels athletes are prioritized, and white students.

All other students are treated worse, she said, adding that international students are at the “very bottom.”

One student, who spoke up during an openquestion period near the end of the town hall, said she felt SU’s first-year forums were a “joke,” and needed to be improved.

Tori Cedar, a panelist and leader of InclusiveU, a program that gives collegiate opportunities to students with disabilities, said the forums are “very cookie cutter.” She suggested the forums include members of organizations such as the Muslim Student Association and InclusiveU. “I think we need to do a better job with breaking down conversation and talking about real stuff,” Cedar said. “I think we need to start bringing people into these forums that actually have knowledge and real experience on topics.”

Several SU administrators attended the Monday forum, including Syverud, Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly, and Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience.

Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, presented pre-written questions to the panelists before opening the forum to comments from the audience. Konkol asked the panelists, among other questions, what gave them hope.

Chatman said he was hopeful that everyone at the forum wanted change.

“I think there are certain people in this space that are more willing to go after the change than others,” Chatman said. “And that its members were involved in the creation of videos that showed students in Theta Tau’s house using racial slurs and miming the sexual assault of a person with disabilities.

Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado in a campus-wide email on Sunday said SU has removed 18 students from “academic participation” due to the university’s Theta Tau investigation.

Maldonado, during a press briefing at Manley Field House on Monday afternoon, also said DPS has recommended charges to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities as officials prepare to hold meetings with students as part of the university’s investigation. Administrators expect the investigation to take another two weeks.

Recognize Us, a social movement organized last week in response to the university’s handling of the Theta Tau expulsion, has demanded that SU expel all students involved in the videos.

“This behavior involves conduct as well as speech, and conduct is the reason this is part of the student judicial process,” Syverud said during the briefing on Monday afternoon. sfogozal@syr.edu | @SamOgozalek krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites

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TARYNE CHATMAN, a representative of the Student African American Society, answers questions at the SA-sponsored town hall. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

some are, like, here to hear but not to listen.”

Chatman said he spoke up in 2014, during protests on SU’s campus organized by THE General Body. THE General Body, a coalition of student organizations, organized an 18-day Crouse-Hinds Hall sit-in to protest topics in a 45-page list of grievances and demands. from page 1

briefing will take about two weeks, said Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience.

Meetings with the students charged with conduct violations started on Monday

Everything is on the table, from suspension through expulsion.

Dolan Evanovich senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience

Cedar also said she believed everyone at the forum wanted to change the campus community. It was the people that didn’t attend the town hall, she said, that need to be convinced to change SU. “Not everyone is reachable,” Cedar said.

“But we can sure as hell try.” jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

and are expected to conclude Wednesday, Evanovich said at Manley.

“Everything is on the table, from suspension through expulsion,” Evanovich said.

SU will also “bring in” external experts to help conduct the “top to bottom” review of Greek life at the university, he said.

Syverud called for the review last week, and Student Association leaders requested that the university audit Greek life policies on Wednesday, following Theta Tau’s initial suspension.

Evanovich on Monday did not answer a question about whether seniors, who may have been involved in the videos, would be eligible to graduate.

He said it would be up to the University Conduct Board to make and the review board to consider decisions regarding the students. All students charged with conduct violations have an Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities hold on their academic records, he said.

The press briefing ended after aboiut 30 minutes. krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites

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Cynthia Nixon best choice for New York state gubernatorial race Cynthia Nixon will ring in a new era of progressivism as New York governor.

In the upcoming primaries for New York’s gubernatorial race, Democrats will have to choose between Nixon or current Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who represents the old guard of the Democratic party.

New York deserves a future that involves an honest governor working on behalf of every New Yorker, not just the ones donating to their campaign.

Nixon — an acclaimed actress best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes in HBO’s Sex and the City — is an outspoken activist. The first thing a leader needs is a vision, and Nixon has that.

She has a vision of a better New York that puts the welfare of all New Yorkers first, not just those in New York City.

RYAN GOLDEN

GOLDEN’S RULES Cuomo’s vision isn’t for the state, but his own political agenda, while Nixon offers new leadership that highlight the issues with the deepest impact on the most marginalized communities.

Nixon recently posted a video on Twitter, calling for the legalization of marijuana due to the fact that people of color are disproportionately affected by the drug laws dating back to the 1980s. Nixon has also focused her platform on strengthening laws protecting low-income renters and homeowners and focusing on address-

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SA members list initiatives following Theta Tau video The members of the Syracuse University Student Association recognize that our community is hurting and feels unsafe about the recent offensive behavior of members of the fraternity Theta Tau. SA is deeply saddened and disturbed by the actions and is united together against bigotry. SA encourages students to denounce ignorant behavior in our community by accessing the Recognize US Facebook page and refusing to tolerate these behaviors by the campus community. SA hopes that all students and campus organizations on SU’s campus will be in solidarity against this ignorant behavior and bigotry, just as SA is in its support of the #RecognizeUs movement.

Actions SA will take include: • Hosting a student town hall on Monday, April 23 in Maxwell Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. to discuss student concerns in which students will have the opportunity to talk to campus leaders

• Supporting the development of a task force to unify the First-Year Forum that includes discussionbased bias education • Holding the university’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion accountable for the 33 steps it is in the process of taking to foster an inclusive environment • Encouraging students to voice their concerns at SA meetings at 7:30 p.m. on Monday nights in Maxwell Auditorium • Having an SA representative in the SA office throughout the day with extended hours into the evening to hear students’ concerns and how they can take action as an organization. There will be a student assembly representative on-call at all times. Please contact ooafriyi@ syr.edu and scfaram@syr.edu.

SA recognizes that these steps are just a start and will include more actionable goals in the near future.

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ing economic inequality plaguing New Yorkers, especially in Syracuse.

Jordan Lally, president of SU’s College Democrats, argues Nixon is a refreshing face for the Democratic party.

“She’s doing and saying all the right things,” Lally said.

Despite her platform, Democratic party leaders criticize her candidacy due to her celebrity status, likening her to President Donald Trump’s reality television past. Former New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn called Cynthia Nixon “an unqualified lesbian,” erasing Nixon’s bisexuality. But Quinn also tries to use Nixon’s celebrity status to disqualify her in the governor’s race.

Lally said that while experience boosts her credentials, Nixon’s celeb-

rity status doesn’t detract from her ability to create proactive change.

“While I wish she had experience in a lower level of government, no.

Her celebrity status absolutely does not disqualify her,” Lally said.

Experience in Albany would be great, but it’s certainly not a requirement and shouldn’t be mandated for someone to be taken seriously. Look no further to the president of the United States for that.

To say celebrities can’t run for office is hypocritical when you consider how heavily the Democratic party has relied on celebrity activism. They’ve been used by the Democratic candidates for fundraising, advertisements, lobbying, activism and have even been asked to headline major events for nominees.

What separates Nixon from Cuomo is her emphasis on corruption. She’s been bold enough to criticize the Cuomo administration for being soft on corruption, and for being corrupt as a whole.

Cuomo has consistently shown he will only do what is politically expedient. Even then, he won’t go far enough.

Take free tuition, $15 minimum wage, housing, the economy or any other issue and you will see Cuomo is only doing what will make him viable as a presidential candidate, rather than what’s best for the people of New York.

Ryan Golden is a freshman policy studies and religion dual major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at rjgolden@syr.edu and on Twitter @RyanJGolden.

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Professor responds to Theta Tau video I’m writing to express to all students, staff and faculty that I’m shaking with anger, hurt and disgust upon viewing the Theta Tau video posted

by The Daily Orange. I commend The D.O. for posting this video. It was a brave decision to do so.

I want to assure my students that this despicable hatred doesn’t reflect me, or the majority of faculty, staff and students at Syracuse University. I wish I could think of something more productive to say, but I’m overwhelmed with sad-

ness that such racist, homophobic and sexist views were expressed with such amusement by members of our university community.

Sandra D. Lane Professor of public health at Falk College

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Editor’s note: The “Who is Syracuse?” series runs in The Daily Orange each spring to highlight individuals who embody the spirit of Syracuse University. The D.O. selected eight individuals nominated by the SU community. This series explores their stories. t’s hard to find a clutter-free spot in the Communications Design workspace, and Emily Osman’s desk is no different. The Syracuse University junior’s desk is covered with cardboard, paper, tape, posters and packaging material. Various pieces from her current projects and cardboard display cases from old assignments are scattered around the floor.

But Osman’s work isn’t limited to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse. Her designs are found throughout campus with a common theme: working for the greater good.

She’s pursuing a degree in communications design with a minor in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises. Her major entails at least 15 hours of work a week and involves combining advertising, marketing and graphic design skills to create items like posters and product packaging.

Osman is the current vice president of fellowship at Alpha Phi Omega, a community service co-educational fraternity. She also works as a production designer for University Union, a graphic designer for the social media team at the Atlantic Coast Conference network and a design

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associate at Hillel at SU. She’s also vice president of the student chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Growing up, Osman always needed to be creating art — her parents brought a clear backpack filled with coloring books and markers with them whenever they went on family outings. The constant drawing and coloring, which started merely as a way to keep Osman well-behaved in public, I just love the handssparked her interest in art. on projects where By high school, Osman was finding ways to combine her love for art with her I’m really getting out desire to give back to the community. The into the community Long Island native spent time teaching after-school art classes to young kids ... Doing things through her school’s art honor society. like that is what Osman is Jewish and made the most out of her birthday — December 25 — by visiting keeps me going.

Jewish elderly homes to play bingo with residents while others participated in holiEmily Osman day festivities.

“I always wanted to make my birthday more than just Chinese food and a movie,” Osman said.

“I was always involved with things like that in my high school, and coming here (to SU), I needed to continue that.”

Osman joined APO her freshman year to satisfy the desire she had to help her community. She rose through the see osman page 9

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EUNICE PAK assumed leadership of Delta Phi Alpha after the former president unexpectedly stepped down. Friends said that’s just the latest instance demonstrating her loyalty.

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Eunice Pak Through 4 years at SU, this senior shifted from a near-transfer to trusted leader of Delta Kappa Alpha

By Joe Bloss

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Editor’s note: The “Who is Syracuse?” series runs in The Daily Orange each spring to highlight individuals who embody the spirit of Syracuse University. The D.O. selected eight individuals nominated by the SU community. This series explores their stories. ith rattled nerves, Derrick Owens sat alone. He knew no one in the room. He was just an alienated Syracuse University sophomore, waiting around at an information session to learn more about the professional cinematic fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha. Then a recognizable face from class approached.

He had talked to this girl maybe once, but that was enough for Eunice Pak to gravitate toward Owens as, if not a friend, a crutch. She sought a companion as much he did. After entering the session as individuals, the pair became inseparable for a time, texting to meet up before fraternity events so neither had to go alone.

Owens had to take a step back. Pak, it seemed at the

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time, was too nice. “(Did) she have some sort of ulterior motive?”

Owens, now a senior history and television, radio and film dual major, asked himself more than two years ago.

“No. I realized that’s just who Eunice is. She’s someone that is willing to engage with anyone.”

I had nothing to lose ... I realized it was OK for me to not know where I belonged on campus.

Eunice Pak

That engagement altered Pak’s college career, stopping her from nearly transferring out of SU and inserting her into the organization that’s come to define the past two years of her life. Graduation is just weeks away for the senior television, radio and film major, as is the end of her unforeseen tenure as

DKA president. These milestone moments will mark the culmination of a leap out of loneliness and into the trust of lifelong friends.

“This (organization) has done so much for me,” Pak said. “It’s mainly the reason I’m still at Syracuse.”

Pak arrived at SU with a four-year vision. She would major in international relations and figure out the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications half of her dual degree later. She’d be a regular in the Carrier Dome to cheer on the Orange. She’d find a home away from home in one of the social sororities on campus.

She returned home to North Jersey after her freshman year having not realized most of these desires. Pak took a television, radio and film course and found her Newhouse major, and rushing only led her to discover that the social Greek life didn’t suit her. And while the Syracuse-Duke basketball game that winter became a lasting memory, a love for SU sports never stuck.

With her parents wishing she had chosen a school with a more recognizable brand and the feeling that something was lacking in her SU experience, Pak

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By Brooke Kato staff writer

Jon Rahi and Joshua Bonici were playing around with music one day when Bonici started freestyle rapping in French.

“I wasn’t making any sense, but I had good energy and flow,” he said.

So the Syracuse University students, both in the Bandier Program, formed a musical duo and began working on their own music in October 2017. They released their debut extended play “French Vanilla” on Friday and are playing a show to promote the EP Thursday at Spark Contemporary Art Space.

Jersey-born producer Rahi and French rapper Bonici — also known as ADIDA — are roommates at SU. Their friends Noah Rosenberg and George Schaefer manage the duo and have worked closely with them throughout the creation of their EP. Rosenberg created their label, Veravie, with a friend to help other student musicians. But nothing really stuck until Rahi and Bonici decided to make an EP together.

The EP consists of seven songs, some of which were released as singles late last year.

With Rahi’s producing skills and Bonici’s French lyricism, the songs are a twist on American popular music.

“It’s an incredible fusion of American trap and French hip-hop,” Rosenberg said.

Bonici’s musical interest began when his father taught him how to play guitar as a kid 14 years ago in France. He listened to bands like The Cranberries, The Police, Green Day and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

“I created my own music community in Paris,” he said. “I always knew I wanted to get into the music industry, but I had to go to America to find my place.”

After receiving his acceptance at SU, he moved to the United States to pursue an education and career in music and met Rahi through the Bandier Program.

Rahi, who previously worked on Good Charlotte’s label MDDN, said the pair used time between classes and weekends to work on the songs for the EP and were constantly engrossed in music.

“Anytime we had free time, it was devoted to music,” Rahi said. from page 6

osman ranks of the organization and consistently clocks in more than the required 28 hours of service per semester, she said. This year she organized the fraternity’s first formal, which raised money for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, as well as a casino night fundraiser for the local chapter of Teen Challenge, a rehabilitation facility for teenage and adult men battling addiction.

“She’s always there for anyone, not just our brothers or her friends specifically,” said Hannah Gross, president of APO and a junior political science, economics and women’s and gender studies triple major. “And I feel like that translates to the Syracuse community as from page 7

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submitted an application to New York University. She didn’t establish living arrangements for a fall return to Syracuse.

When Pak ended up giving Syracuse one more shot, she moved in with a random roommate on South Campus. But her situation didn’t improve. The bus ride from her apartment to Main Campus built a buffer between freshman-year friends. Her classes were boring. Then, an old resident adviser floated the idea of giving DKA a shot. A professional fraternity, the RA advertised, offered a different experience than a social sorority.

“I had nothing to lose,” Pak said of her sophomore self. “... I realized it was OK for me to not know where I belonged on campus.”

She met Owens. They’re still best friends.

The next semester, spring of her sophomore year, Pak moved in with another member of her pledge class, Isobella Antelis. They still live together. Through DKA, Pak found a circle of friends with similar interests, so she had a

(FROM LEFT) NOAH ROSENBERG, JON RAHI, JOSH BONICI AND GEORGE SCHAEFER are Bandier students who worked together to produce the EP “French Vanilla.”

COURTESY OF ADIDA

Their goal is to create songs that reach audiences in both the U.S. and in Europe. They draw inspiration from American rappers such as Travis Scott and Kanye West and European rappers Damso and PNL. Now that the EP is finished, the Bandier students are excited for people to hear it.

“I hope people give it a chance,” Rahi said.

“Some people might think that because the lyrics are in French they can’t enjoy the music, but I don’t think lyrics should be holding you back from fully enjoying songs.”

But if listeners do understand French, he said, that’s just an added bonus to the experience.

As the school year comes to an end, Bonici has already made plans to return to France for

the summer and perform. Rahi has plans to help other artists develop their sound.

Although they are working on separate projects this summer, they are focused on performing their debut EP in full Thursday at Spark Art Space at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 if bought the day of the show.

a whole. All the work she does for us and within her major, within Hillel, it’s really to empower others, and I think that’s so great and something so admirable about her.”

Through APO, Osman helps to serve food at Temple Concord, a Jewish congregation, to about 75 families to help get them through the week. She was in charge of organizing students from APO to help on Fridays at Temple Concord.

“I just love the hands-on projects where I’m really getting out into the community, and meeting people who need my help more than I need other people’s help,” Osman said. “Doing things like that is what keeps me going.”

Anil Gupta, a junior international relations major and treasurer of APO, has seen Osman’s constant dedication to others.

“Her best attribute is her commitment to

everything she’s involved in. It’s not like she puts one thing or one person over another,” Gupta said. “She just tries to make everyone happy.”

With her knowledge of design, Osman has created advertisements for Hillel activities, apparel and flyers for APO and is in the process of organizing community events for design students through her position as vice president of the SU chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Rachel Aubrey, an assistant professor of communications design who has worked closely with Osman before, said that the junior goes above and beyond what’s expected of her as a designer.

“Many non-designers often think design is about learning the software and executing requests,” she said. “Design is many things — it’s research, problem-solving, concept

generation, audience sensitivity, critical and creative thinking and aesthetic aptitude to name a few. That said, Emily’s design-related skills reach far beyond software capabilities.”

Osman said her dream job is to one day be a designer for the NHL because she likes that the NHL supports a lot of community organizations. She grew up a New York Islanders fan and played boys’ hockey in her hometown because there were no co-ed hockey teams. She played club hockey at Syracuse for a while, too.

Eventually Osman put down the stick to focus on designing, and it’s been worth it for her.

“It’s just crazy to see something go from being on my 15-inch computer screen — to see it actually existing, makes it all worth it.”

reason to stay.

When Owens studied abroad in Prague a year ago, Pak finished her semester in London and plotted course for Prague just to stay 12 hours and catch friends’ final film screenings.

Owens knew that was a sacrifice.

Chris Sechler, a senior television, radio and film and information management and technology dual major who roomed with Pak during their junior year, recalled countless instances of Pak giving “brutally honest advice” over pho. Antelis pointed to Pak’s cooked dinners and meme-sharing, which seem to constantly brighten gloomy days.

“If she considers you a friend, she’s always going to be there,” Antelis said. “It’s those people she cares about, she puts her whole heart into that friendship.”

Perhaps no friend at SU can count Pak among their most loyal associates like Duncan Lambden, a senior English and textual studies major.

Lambden entered the 2017-18 academic year as DKA’s president. Pak served as vice president.

Lambden hardly knew Pak before they ran unopposed. He worried about their dynamic,

but Pak smoothed that over within days. Her trustworthiness was clear when Pak ensured the current leadership maintained access to the fraternity’s bank account after the yearly power-transition caused confusion with the bank. That was the job of the president and the treasurer. Pak helped anyway.

“Nobody would have blamed her for not stepping up,” Lambden said. “... It’d be very easy as a senior to gloss over and treat (DKA’s members) as one entity, but I can tell she goes out of her way to make connections with each of them and make them all feel welcome.”

That much is clear in Pak’s focus on diversity, not just in DKA’s recruiting process but in the film industry in general. The fraternity now has a diversity panel that engages the entire chapter at weekly meetings, and a diversity chair position will be installed next semester.

By that point, Pak will be gone. She’ll have finished four years at SU that didn’t follow the blueprint she laid out after high school. She’ll have left the Greek home she never saw coming. Commencement will be one of her first times back in the Carrier Dome since that game against Duke University her freshman year.

“But I found my group of people, I found my family, my place at Syracuse,” Pak said. “There is a place for everyone. Regardless of what Syracuse has as a reputation, there is a place for everyone to find a home.”

I realized that’s just who Eunice is. She’s someone that is willing to engage with anyone.

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But in the middle of their two-semester term, Lambden left his post to tend to personal matters. The decision was sudden. In her final semester as a college student, with a job hunt in full swing, Pak took over.

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Alicia Hansen knew exactly where she was supposed to be. As soon as the Boston College batter hit the ball, the center fielder ran to her spot. Hansen stood directly under the ball, but as she looked up, she couldn’t find it.

She shifted her glove to block the glare of the sun, hoping to see the ball better. It didn’t work. The sightline to the ball was blocked by Hansen’s glove for the last 10 feet of its drop.

Until the ball landed on her forehead.

Hansen wasn’t wearing a hat or sunglasses.

She never does. She is one of the few Syracuse (26-18, 8-11 Atlantic Coast) players to not wear a hat during games. Many players wear at least a hat or sunglasses to keep the sun from impacting their play –– but if a player chooses to not wear them and makes an error as a result, it’s the player’s fault, Hansen said.

“If I was wearing sunglasses or a hat and then I missed that ball then it probably wouldn’t have been as big of a deal because I was wearing something to try and block the sun,” Hansen said. from page 12

devendorf him, including the players.”

Devendorf said his interactions with community members and the people he meets stick with him the most. In December, a family with a newborn arrived in Syracuse from Puerto Rico. Following Hurricane Maria, one of the worst natural disasters on record in Puerto Rico, the family came to Syracuse without many winter clothes. They spoke little English, Devendorf said, and his coat drive helped them dress warmly and made their “transition a little smoother.”

Vincent Schoonmaker, a Chief Information Officer at AmeriCU Credit Union, is a Syracuse men’s basketball season-ticket holder. He ran into Devendorf at the Melo Center. When he heard of Devendorf’s charity ideas, he offered for AmeriCU locations to be drop-off spots for donations.

“Does the offer still stand?” Devendorf asked him a few weeks ago. “Would you be willing to be collection centers for the drive?”

Schoonmaker said yes, especially after from page 12

boeheim due to inexperienced family and friends as managers and inadequate planning or lack of ability to draw contributions, according to ESPN. “We raise a million dollars a year in Syracuse for charity and most coaches can’t raise $100,000,” Boeheim said. “So we’re very fortunate.”

Juli said that when she first met Boeheim at a Kentucky Derby party in 1994, he was already underway in paving a path for their foundation. As an assistant coach in the early 1970s, Boeheim said he organized some early visits to Upstate, which had asked SU Athletics to visit sick patients. In March,, Syracuse players visited sick children in Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Through the 2000s, Boeheim and Juli discussed forming a charitable foundation. They had given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Upstate and Coaches vs. Cancer, Boeheim said. One day in June 2009, they filed paperwork to create the nonprofit foundation that bears their name.

Jeff Rubin, CEO and president of Sidearm Sports, said he set up the foundation’s website, which does not include many of the organizations the Boeheims donate to. Those include Jowonio School, an inclusive preschool in Syracuse, and David’s Refuge, a place for respite for parents with children who have special needs or life-threatening medical conditions.

The foundation has largely focused on children, with initial programs centered on providing internships for local high school students, sneakers to children who can’t afford them and refurbishing basketball courts in partnership with the Carmelo Anthony Foundation.

Juli’s role has grown — “she’s making calls for the foundation all of the time,” said their

SU head coach Mike Bosch recommends his players wear something to block the sun. He always checks what the sun will be like on game day. Whether Syracuse is on the road or at home, Bosch likes to get to the field a day early and see how the sun hits the stadium.

section 3.10.1 of the ncaa softball handbook Visors and caps are uniform accessories, may be mixed, and must be of the same predominant color and worn as intended by the manufacturer.

The NCAA doesn’t mandate headgear.

Under section 3.10.1 of the NCAA softball handbook, “Visors and caps are uniform accessories, may be mixed, and must be of the same predominant color and worn as intended by the manufacturer.” For SU, the predominant color used on hats and visors is blue. hearing of Devendorf’s efforts with Syracuse legend Derrick Coleman in Detroit. Devendorf grew up about 45 minutes from Flint, a city that’s faced a water crisis since 2014 when state-appointed officials began using Flint River for tap water rather than the more expensive Detroit water system.

A 2016 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that the percentage of Flint children with elevated levels of lead in their blood doubled after the switch. Devendorf led a drive in Syracuse to deliver water to residents in Flint. He also played in a charity game in Flint two years ago.

With each effort, from charity basketball games to coat drives, Devendorf said he generates moments of hope. That is why he plans to continue his drives for years to come.

“I was around people growing up where a coat wasn’t easy to come by,” Devendorf said.

“I know what it feels like to be close to that.

Even for Flint, it hits home. It affects you.

When it’s up close and in your face, it’s a whole different effect.” mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

daughter, Jamie — while Boeheim said he has cut back. Still, Jim Carrick, a board member and longtime friend of Boeheim, said he occasionally sees Boeheim pull out his calendar. In the offseason, he fills days with three to four speaking engagements and trips to local charities or hospitals.

“The work they’re doing off the basketball court has probably been the most impressive thing of their resume,” said Syracuse assistant coach Gerry McNamara, who added that speaking at the gala as a player was one of his “most enjoyable memories as a player at SU.” A few years ago, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse were facing financial uncertainty. Funding was low and the buildings were in need of repair, said Patrick Driscoll, its executive director. Then came the Boeheim Foundation.

That relationship helped form the Boeheims’ charitable giving to the Boys & Girls Clubs for the past several years. They have donated $50,000 or more each year to the clubs, Boeheim estimated, including the funding for new courts.

“We’ve done a lot of repairs that nobody sees, the roofs, the plumbing,” Boeheim said.

“When we started with them, they needed all of that. They were about to close. They didn’t have money to fix the buildings. We fixed all of the structures, redid all of the courts, put bleachers in.”

Three rooms at the Hamilton Street Boys and Girls Club have been repainted with money provided by the Boeheim Foundation. The facelift has livened up the building, Driscoll said.

“Coach has made it a call-to-action for folks to step up and support the Boys & Girls Club,” Driscoll said.

The Boeheim Foundation’s annual Hoops for Hope event runs at Drumlins Country Club every October. Players and coaches, including

On March 31 against Boston College, one Syracuse player did go a different route in hat color: In game two of a doubleheader, pitcher AnnaMarie Gatti entered the circle wearing a camouflage hat with an orange S on the front.

Her dad can be superstitious, she said, which is why she wears the hat. During previous seasons, Gatti wore a camouflage hat during home games and each time she wore it, she pitched well. Most notably, she wore it her sophomore year against then-No. 19 Notre Dame, when SU ended the Fighting Irish’s 19-game winning streak.

“It probably didn’t have anything to do with the hat,” Gatti said. “Clearly, because I had been throwing games without it earlier in the season, but every time I threw in that hat I would have a good game.”

The Boston College game in March was the first home game Gatti threw this year. It was also the first game her parents attended.

Her dad asked why she wasn’t wearing her hat.

Gatti didn’t know where it was, she said, and she hadn’t been wearing it all season.

“I was warming up and he like threw me this hat,” Gatti said. “It was way different than the camo one. He was like, ‘Maybe this will

bring something good.’ I was willing to try it.”

She ended up throwing one of her worst games of the season, allowing seven hits and a season-high eight runs in the 12-2 loss to Boston College. The next time she was in the circle at home, Gatti wore a blue visor.

Alexa Romero, Syracuse’s other main pitcher, never wears a hat. When she pitches, her arm gets very close to her head, and a hat would get in the way. She wear sunglasses instead.

Hansen wore a hat once in her sophomore year when she was playing second base but at one point during the game, she looked up to catch the ball and felt constricted, she said. All she could see was the brim of her visor.

Usually, both of Hansen’s outfield sidekicks — Bryce Holmgren in left and Toni Martin in right — wear a hat or visor. Martin never wears sunglasses because she never did growing up. But she almost always wears something to block the sun.

“Whether I wear a hat or a visor,” Martin said, “it just depends on what my hair looks like that day.” klwasile@syr.edu | @kaciwaz

ERIC DEVENDORF (BACK LEFT) poses at a coat drive held at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse in December. courtesy of eric devendorf

Boeheim, sit with members of the Boys and Girls Club over dinner and chat about life, Driscoll said. The children fire questions at Boeheim.

“When did you start playing basketball?”

“What do you like about the Boys & Girls Club?”

“How many years have you coached and where are you from?”

Boeheim has looked back to his early years growing up in Lyons. Sometimes, he talks about how he was doubted when he arrived as a walk-on for the Orange. He persisted and never gave up, Boeheim tells the kids. Other times, he thanks family members and members of the program.

Forty-eight steps take you to the top of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Stairway of Hope from the Upstate Cancer Center lobby. When Juli hears of the patients who walk the stairs despite the severity of their illness, she said she cries. They do this not because there’s no elevator, but because patients say the stairs remind them of hope.

The foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to cancer research at Upstate alone, said Eileen Pezzi, vice president for development at SUNY Upstate Medical University. But patients who have met players at the hospitals said the visits, signed posters and phone calls mean the most. Once, during the Summer Olympics a few years ago, Boeheim nudged Juli to text a patient in the hospital, just to check in with him.

“I can’t remember them saying no to a visit,” Pezzi said. “Sometimes our patients get direct calls from Jim or Juli. There are times we don’t even know and they both show up to see somebody.”

One of Boeheim’s closest friends at Golisano is Zach Haggett, a 17-year-old boy with a rare disease called mucolipidosis, which has prevented him from developing physically to full stature.

“Zach’s not a big fan of crowds and coach (Boeheim) isn’t a big fan of questions,” said Zach’s mother, Brenda. “They gravitate toward each other. We’ve had the pleasure of talking.

Zach called Juli herself, thanking her, too.”

On the team’s last visit, Zach talked with Boeheim about Juli. He joked about how he was a bigger fan of Juli than her husband. For Christmas last year, the Boeheims gave the 17-year-old a framed photograph of Boeheim and Zach, signed by the head coach. Zach cried when he received the photo, which now sits in his bedroom.

The Boeheims, who have raised millions in the last 10 years, have found a way to use philanthropy to make a difference. Through the years, they’ve sent smaller donations to several organizations.

For several years, they have given about $5,000 per year to the YMCA of Greater Syracuse to fund an urban swim initiative. The Y’s swim program targets urban areas like Syracuse and is designed to cut the number of drowning deaths among minorities, said Stefanie Noble, director of marketing and communication at the Y. Noble said some minority children in Syracuse are not given opportunities for swim lessons and water safety. The Boeheims have given about $25,000 to the Y, which allocates the money to compensate the water program’s instructors.

“They keep donating,” Noble said, “and we keep appreciating it.”

The Boeheims have worked to maximize their philanthropy without seeking much attention. The couple mostly avoid large organizations, instead providing people in need with financial support. For them, it’s not about signing big checks and building a brand for Syracuse basketball.

“This,” Juli said, “is something we never want to let go of.” mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

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JIM BOEHEIM poses with members of the Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse, one of the groups the Boeheim Foundation donates to. The foundation has donated $50,000 or more each year to the clubs, including funding for new basketball courts. courtesy of the boys & girls club of syracuse

The charity stripe Jim and Juli Boeheim created a foundation in 2009 to lessen inequality and research cancer

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

T

ucked away on the second floor of the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center is a closet with a bare fluorescent light and stacks of paper on a desk. The area sits off in the corner of a film room, and the door to “Storage 208A” is usually open. There’s no sign, no giant checks. A few sheets of paper on the floor printed with “Boeheim Foundation” are the only visible suggestion that a growing charitable foundation is housed there.

The room functions as the headquarters of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation, the nonprofit side job led by Syracuse’s head coach of 42 years and his wife Juli. They have raised money in central New York for decades, but their philanthropic efforts took off when they started the foundation in 2009.

Back then, Juli led the organization from a glass table underneath a television in their kitchen.

“Nothing flashy,” Juli said.

The foundation’s largest fundraising event is Saturday. At the “Basket

Ball” at Turning Stone Resort, the Boeheims will offer a subtle reminder of the extent to which they’ve given.

In donations from the Boeheims themselves and hundreds of donors, the foundation has raised about $100,000 per year to the Make-A-Wish Foundation; about $5 million to the American Cancer Society over the past decade; and between $5,000 and $25,000 to about 50 other organizations per year, according to Boeheim and interviews with dozens of recipients of the contributions.

The Boeheim’s approach to philanthropy is a focus on local, small organizations that could use the money and the push.

The giving is emblematic of the Boeheims’ vision to lessen inequality in the Syracuse area and promote cancer research. Syracuse’s Hall of Fame coach has said he believes programs like the Boys & Girls Club are a solution to poverty in places such as Syracuse. He said “everybody” is affected by cancer, including himself. He survived prostate cancer in 2001 and his mother died of leukemia in 1977.

“We get a lot of support from the community,” Boeheim, 73, said. “So for us to give back is a powerful thing. Very powerful thing.”

Foundations run or started by sports figures have historically failed see boeheim page 11

men’s basketball

Devendorf gives back to Syracuse with clothing drives

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

With NBA dreams, Eric Devendorf hoped to rise from the Detroit area to high school power Oak Hill Academy, through Syracuse University and to the pro ranks.

But he went undrafted in 2009 despite ranking 14th on SU’s alltime scoring list with 1,680 points.

He used to give less thought to giving back to the community, he said. That was his former self. He visited local hospitals in Syracuse as part of a team tradition, but he said he hadn’t taken it to heart until recently. After playing seven seasons in the then-NBA Development

League and overseas, he returned to Syracuse in 2016 as the Orange’s assistant strength coach.

And Devendorf gave up his dream of playing professionally so he could be back in Syracuse with his two daughters. He starred for Boeheim’s Army last summer and fulfilled his late father’s wish two seasons ago. He came back to SU because he wanted to prioritize family over work and be more associated with his daughters’ lives. Now he wants to prioritize giving back.

At 31 years old, Devendorf is known nearly as much for his community involvement as his on-court work. He helped raise

$10,000 for Flint, Michigan for its water crisis. Sometimes he trains local children who cannot afford basketball lessons. He has spoken at local schools. He led a shoe drive last fall. He plays in charity basketball games, including a wheelchair basketball game held last Thursday.

This week he launched a spring cleaning, where anyone can drop off gently-used clothing at five AmeriCU Credit Union locations in Syracuse, Liverpool, Camillus and Fayetteville.

“Just kind of a spur-of-themoment thing, man,” Devendorf said. “Just trying to help as much as I can in the community. I wanted

to better the community, better myself. It makes you feel better to help people who are less fortunate.

Hopefully this keeps getting bigger and bigger. I want to continue the drives for years.”

For two to three years, Devendorf has led coat drives in Syracuse.

He’d come into work at the Carmelo K. Anthony Center and talk about how he helped collect 100 coats or how an underprivileged family thanked him for clothing, said Katie Kolinski, a former Syracuse graduate assistant.

Devendorf estimates his drives have helped locals donate hundreds of winter coats. Many of his drives center on a specific

article of clothing, like winter jackets. His current drive is focused on men’s and women’s clothing, including everything from button down shirts to golf polos to pants. The event will culminate May 19 at the Ukrainian National Home on West Fayette Street. From 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Devendorf will hand out clothes. Former Syracuse forward Matthew Moyer tweeted this week that he will contribute to the effort as well.

“Eric’s been great in this community,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said last week. “He does most of it on his own. We all support see devendorf page 11