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Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft were legalized in upstate New York about a year ago. Some say it’s affecting their businesses and congesting traffic.

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Throughout her career, SU women’s lacrosse goalie Asa Goldstock thrived due to natural ability, but she found consistency this season by playing steady.

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Congressional clash Democratic candidates battle for spot on November ballot

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Regional politicians support Balter run

By Daniel Strauss asst. digital editor

DANA BALTER (LEFT), BILL BASS (CENTER) AND JUANITA PEREZ WILLIAMS (RIGHT) are Democratic candidates vying for the 24th U.S. Congressional District seat.

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By Jessi Soporito asst. copy editor

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uring Juanita Perez Williams’ candidacy for Syracuse mayor last November, Dana Balter volunteered for her campaign. After her defeat, Perez Williams returned the favor by assisting Balter’s current congressional campaign. She even donated $250.

But when Perez Williams passed out petitions and knocked on doors, she said she had a trouble getting signatures.

People just didn’t know who Balter was, Perez Williams said.

Now, both Perez Williams and Bal-

ter are running for the same House of Representatives seat. Balter, a visiting assistant teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and Perez Williams, a former Syracuse mayoral candidate, are campaigning on the Democratic ballot in hopes of defeating incumbent Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) in New York state’s 24th Congressional District race this fall.

Both Perez Williams and Balter have voiced disapproval of Katko. Katko is a two-term incumbent who’s particularly unpopular among local activist groups for voting to approve the Republican

Party’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Balter currently has the endorsements of all Democratic committees in the four counties that make up the 24th Congressional District, which Katko represents.

Some, including Joe Driscoll, Syracuse’s 5th district Common Councilor, said it would have been better for the Democratic party if Perez Williams had decided to run earlier in the race. Perez Williams launched her campaign in early April. Balter began running for Congress in September 2017.

“I physically knew I could do it, but you know, mentally I wanted to make

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Restaurant workers to rally against wage change

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Members of Syracuse’s restaurant industry will protest the elimination of the minimum wage tip credit Monday morning at SUNY-ESF. Gov. Andrew Cuomo originally proposed the elimination of the tip credit as part of his State of the State address at the beginning of this year.

With the tip credit, restaurants in New York state are allowed to pay tipped workers less than minimum wage as long as their tips make up

for those smaller wages.

The tip credit allows restaurants to pay competitive wages to back-of-house workers, such as chefs, by keeping wages lower for front-of-house workers, such as servers and bartenders, protest organizer Maggie Raczynski said.

“Our fear is that if they get rid of the tip credit, they’re gonna cut jobs, they’re gonna cut hours, the prices are gonna increase to a point where they’re gonna alienate the guests,” Raczynski said.

Ending the tip credit would

raise the minimum wage that restaurants must pay servers, bartenders and other tipped workers, but it could cost restaurants thousands of dollars if they maintain the same staffing levels.

Raczynski is a server at a corporate restaurant in the Albany area.

If the restaurant she worked at were to maintain its same staffing levels after the tip credit was eliminated, it would have to pay $105,000 per year in extra wage costs, she said.

Restaurants, on average, have a profit margin of only 5 percent,

Forbes reported.

The Maine legislature reinstated a tip credit last year after facing backlash from restaurant workers when it eliminated the credit in 2015, the Press Herald reported.

Joshua Chaisson, a bartender and server from Maine and an organizer for Monday’s rally, was part of that movement.

Chaisson helped form the Restaurant Workers of America, an organization that aims to protect tipping and tip credits in

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Local politicians voiced their support for Syracuse University professor and congressional candidate Dana Balter at a press event on Westcott Street Sunday afternoon.

Syracuse Common Councilor Joe Driscoll introduced local politicians from Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego counties and shared his own remarks about Balter. She has a network of people throughout the district that are actively working to support her campaign, he said.

About 50 supporters attended the event, held outside of The Westcott Theater, as Driscoll recalled how he met Balter “in the trenches” while they were both organizing against President Donald Trump’s administration.

“In this era of Trump, unity is more important than ever,” Driscoll said. “We need at the congressional level someone who is going to speak for us and listen to us.”

Balter announced her congressional campaign for New York state’s 24th district in September and will attempt to unseat incumbent Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus). Balter is a visiting professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and is currently working toward a Ph.D. in public administration.

Driscoll said the Balter campaign won’t be able to beat Katko by raising more money, so they need tap into “people power” in order to win.

Several speakers expressed concern over Katko’s support for the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017.

Oswego County Legislator Thomas Drumm called it one of the worst pieces of federal legislation that he’s seen, and also said Katko has implemented policies that are out of touch with working people in the district.

Balter said she launched her congressional bid because Katko was inaccessible when she attempted to speak with him about health care issues. Health care reform is now a main focus of Balter’s campaign, and Driscoll expressed his support for Balter’s health care platform.

Balter also said she believed Congress is broken, and that congressional representatives serve corporate interests and party leaders rather than the people from their districts.

“When I go to Washington with you at my back I will disrupt the status quo,” Balter said, as the crowd cheered. dstrauss@syr.edu @_danielstrauss

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Theta Tau expulsion Catch up on the latest Daily Orange coverage of the Theta Tau fraternity’s expulsion from SU. See dailyorange.com

Architecture concerns School of Architecture community members say they’re concerned by faculty misconduct allegations.

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crime briefs Here’s a roundup of crime that happened in Syracuse in the past week, according to police bulletins.

SOUND REPRODUCTION A Syracuse University junior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications was arrested on the charge of sound reproduction. when: Saturday at 7:25 p.m. where: 827 Sumner Ave. GRAND LARCENY A Syracuse man, 56, was arrested on the charge of grand larceny in the fourth degree. when: Saturday at 11:40 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse woman, 19, was arrested on the charge of grand larceny in the fourth degree. when: Saturday at 9:20 p.m. where: Destiny USA TORTURE/NO FEED ANIMAL A Syracuse man, 42, was arrested on the charge of torture/no feed animal. when: Wednesday at 9:05 a.m. where: 311 Elliott St. PROSTITUTION

On the campaign trail DANA BALTER held a press conference Sunday on Westcott Street. Local politicians from Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego counties spoke in support of Balter’s campaign for the 24th U.S. Congressional district seat. Balter, a Democrat and visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University, is challenging Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) in the 2018 congressional race. molly gibbs asst. photo editor

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Ride-hailing services disrupt business, traffic

By Bianca Moorman staff writer

Taxi companies in Syracuse have lost most of their customers, and ride-hailing services are causing traffic congestion in the downtown area since they became legal in New York last summer, some say.

Gary Singh, a driver for Syracuse-based CNY Green Taxi, said ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft have had a significant impact on the number of customers he’s serving. He said the business has lost 60 to 80 percent of its customers.

Singh said he believes ridehailing services will put taxis out of business. Without student customers, Singh said he doesn’t

know how long his business can keep running.

“If we don’t get the students back … I can’t survive in Syracuse,” Singh said.

There are three major differences between ride-hailing services and taxis, said Syracuse Police Department Lt. David Brown, in an email. Laws regulate where taxis can park and pick up customers. Taxis are easier to identify and their drivers are usually more experienced and more efficient on their routes, which makes it easier for them to get around, he said.

At-large Syracuse Common Councilor Steve Thompson acknowledged that ride-hailing services have hurt some businesses in the city.

“Yes, there is no question that

there’s competition,” Thompson said. “And there’s no question that it’s hurt some of the taxi drivers and some of the taxi establishments and businesses.”

Increased usage of ride sharing services in the downtown area has also caused traffic congestion, said Brown, who works in SPD’s traffic division.

In Syracuse, the downtown area near bars and in Armory Square are common drop off and pick up zones for ride-hailing services. Brown said congestion is an issue primarily when bars close, as large amounts of people leave at once. Drivers block roads while picking up riders, which brings the traffic to a standstill and creates a safety hazard.

Ride-hailing services also park

in places designated for taxis, which adds to congestion, Thompson said.

SPD is currently reviewing the impact of ride-hailing and analyzing options to improve traffic downtown, Brown said. That could including having designated ridehailing pick-up and drop off locations similar to airports, he added.

Thompson said ride-hailing has given drinkers in the city the opportunity use another form of transportation at night. “(Ride-hailing services) are extremely helpful for those who would like to indulge in a few drinks and go out,” Thompson said.

Ride-hailing is still in the early stages, so there is still not enough information to show its economic impact, Thompson said. bmoorman@syr.edu

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3 Syracuse stories you might have missed

by Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Here are some of the biggest news stories from the Syracuse area you might have missed this weekend:

Democrats designate high school teacher for senate seat

The Onondaga County Democratic Committee selected a Camillus high school teacher to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by Rep. John DeFrancisco (R-DeWitt), Syracuse.com reported on Saturday.

John Mannion, a biology teacher at West Genesee High School, received 67 percent of the county committee’s vote Saturday morning.

DeFrancisco announced earlier this week he would not seek reelection for the 50th district’s state senate seat.

Several Republicans have expressed interest in running for DeFrancisco’s seat, Syracuse.com reported. Former Common Councilor Rick Guy is the only Republican who has definitively said he will seek election, per Syracuse.com.

Theta Tau attorney withdraws preliminary injunction request

A lawyer who’s representing five Syracuse University students involved in the Theta Tau videos on Thursday withdrew a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the

university, court records show.

Eighteen students have been removed from “academic participation” as SU continues the Theta Tau investigation, university officials have said. The preliminary injunction was initially requested in an attempt to stop the university’s student judicial proceedings, according to court records.

Four prospective members and one current brother of Theta Tau anonymously filed a lawsuit against SU on Tuesday.

Graduate Student Organization finalizes leadership and budget SU’s Graduate Student Organization re-elected its president and finalized its budget at its last meet-

ing of the 2017-18 academic year.

Jack Wilson, GSO’s current president, was re-elected by a vote of 23 to three at the Wednesday meeting. Wilson said he’ll focus on GSO’s long-term future during his next term as president.

At the Thursday meeting, GSO approved a roughly $409,000 budget that includes funding for service providers, operating expenses and student organizations.

Service providers, such as Student Legal Services, the Slutzker Center for International Services and Graduate Career Services, have all lobbied GSO for funding. About $163,000 of GSO’s budget is allocated to those services. jmulle01@syr.edu

A Syracuse woman, 27, was arrested on the charge of prostitution. when: Wednesday at 5:35 p.m. where: 600 Butternut St. A Syracuse woman, 32, was arrested on the charge of prostitution. when: Wednesday at 5:35 p.m. where: 600 Butternut St. SALE OF CANNABINOIDS A Syracuse man, 35, was arrested on the charge of the sale of cannabinoids. when: Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. where: 303 South Ave. LITTERING AND DUMPING A Syracuse man, 39, was arrested on the charge of littering and dumping. when: Tuesday at 11:05 p.m. where: North Salina Street PETIT LARCENY A Syracuse woman, 20, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 9:30 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Camillus woman, 19, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: April 22 at 2:58 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse girl, 16, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: April 22 at 7 p.m. where: Destiny USA MENACING A Syracuse man, 27, was arrested on the charge of menacing in the second degree. when: Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. where: 511 State St. SEXUAL ABUSE A Syracuse man, 72, was arrested on the charge of sexual abuse in the first degree. when: Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. where: 511 State St. ARSON A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on the charge of arson in the second degree. when: Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. where: 528 Oak St.

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candidates sure that I was confident enough to get back in the ring,” Perez Williams said. “I decided I really felt obligated to do it, so I jumped in.”

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, a group that helps Democratic House of Representatives candidates, had been recruiting Perez Williams for months, according to Syracuse.com.

“We want to make sure we are working with everyone that’s out there. We also very much respect local leaders,” said Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), chair of the DCCC, told Syracuse.com. “But this is a district where we had been recruiting all along, and we had reached out to (Perez Williams) early.”

After launching her campaign, Perez Williams only had 12 days to gather the 1,250 signatures necessary for a spot on the June 26 Demofrom page 1

wages the restaurant industry.

“The reality of our situation is that we don’t need to be saved,” Chaisson said.

About ten servers gathered in Joey’s Restaurant in Syracuse, crafting signs from poster board to hold at a rally on Monday morning. Organizers said more than 200 people will testify at the hearing at SUNYESF on Monday, and a large portion of those testimonies will be provided by restaurant workers, such as Leslie Verstringhe.

Verstringhe is a server from the Panorama Restaurant and Lounge in Rochester who has worked in the restaurant industry for 15 years.

She said she fears people will lose their jobs, fewer people will go to restaurants and that small businesses will close down.

“It’s going to hurt us instead of helping us,” she said. “My income is going to go down instead of increasing.”

Several restaurant workers said they disagreed that the issue was related to women’s

cratic primary ballot. Perez Williams submitted more than 3,200 signatures by April 12.

Perez Williams said she had almost 60 volunteers and a dozen paid DCCC members help her get the necessary amount of signatures to get on the ballot. Signatures must come from active Democratic Party members.

“The fact that Juanita got so many signatures in such a short period of time would lead one to think that maybe some of them aren’t (valid),” Driscoll said. “I know Katko will definitely be trying to scrub those petitions hard to make sure she doesn’t get on the ballot.”

In mid-April, Diane Dwire, an Onondaga County Democratic Committee member, claimed that 2,400 of Perez Williams’ signatures were invalid. Perez Williams’ opponents said many of the signatures listed the wrong addresses or were not people registered to vote in New York state, Syracuse.com reported. The New York State Board of Elecrights and sexual harassment.

In his address, Cuomo said tipping disproportionately affects women and people of color, and that it subjects tipped workers to higher rates of sexual harassment than workers who aren’t reliant on tips.

“Do I think that it doesn’t happen anywhere? No. It happens everywhere in every industry,” Raczynski said. “And if you are in a position where you’re being sexually harassed, and it’s being allowed by your boss, that’s a bad situation and you should get out of it.”

The servers will make their way to SUNYESF’s Gateway Center, where several of them will testify at a New York State Department of Labor hearing Monday morning.

Nancy Ohara, a server at Joey’s in Syracuse, shared similar sentiment to Verstringhe. She’s worked as a server for 45 years. She said the restaurant business does not need the minimum wage increase for tipped workers.

“There’s nothing wrong. It’s not broken.

Don’t fix it,” Ohara said. krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites

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tions will review the objections and could disqualify her from the Democratic primary, per Syracuse.com.

Driscoll said he believes the candidates will struggle to win rural counties in the district.

Cities in the 24th district, including Oswego, Sterling and Clay, are not as Democratic nor as urban as Syracuse, Driscoll said.

I decided I really felt obligated to do it, so I jumped in.

Juanita Perez Williams

congressional candidate

At a press event for Balter on Sunday, Cayuga County Legislator Keith Batman said Balter had “broad” and “deep” grassroots support. Balter

has been returning to Auburn and Cayuga counties to meet with groups and talk with constituents since her first debate there, Batman said.

“We are indeed unified behind one candidate,” Driscoll said. “And that candidate is Dana Balter.”

The event, held in front of the Westcott Theater in the rain, drew about 50 supporters.

Speakers included Driscoll, Oswego County Legislator Tom Drumm and Onondaga County Legislator Chris Ryan.

Balter also has the backing of some at Syracuse University. Just days after Perez Williams announced her candidacy, the SU College Democrats voted by simple majority to endorse Balter. The organization endorsed Perez Williams during her 2017 mayoral bid.

– Asst. Digital Editor Daniel Strauss contributed reporting to this story.

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Restaurant workers gathered Sunday to make posters to protest the possible elimination of the tip credit in New York state.

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Institution reform necessary for progress

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s an active member of the Recognize Us movement, I found that the Hendricks Chapel forum organized on Wednesday went according to plan for Syracuse University administrators. But more must be done for SU to accomplish true, campus-wide reform in the wake of Theta Tau’s expulsion.

The forum was organized in response to demands made by Recognize Us in April. One of the demands was that SU host a town hall with members of the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Kent Syverud, administrators and deans.

I’m glad SU has made funding available for off-campus students to request Title IX evidence transcripts for free. That decision was announced during the forum, in response to an audience member’s question. But that isn’t enough. SU must focus more on fundamental, institutional restructuring.

SAM NORTON A NOTHER WOR LD IS POSSIBLE

Anything less than this won’t solve the myriad of issues that have been brought up by students following the expulsion of Theta Tau. THE General Body won concessions in 2014. And here we are, four years later, angry about some of the same issues brought up by that organization.

I’m tired of this routine of protest, appeasement, apathy and protest again. It’s time to break the cycle. This will require tough questions that could make people uncomfortable. And questions that weren’t addressed during last week’s town hall must be addressed.

Questions unaddressed by SU surround topics such as the university’s investments in military tech-

nology and military communities, its investments in Central America and the Caribbean Islands and some of the Department of Public Safety’s concerning practices.

Diversifying DPS by hiring more women and people of color won’t fully address the police force’s policy. We need SU to commit to a full audit of DPS, led by students.

We need more of a commitment to this full restructuring. Anything less isn’t good enough. The administration is prepared to pacify students with small types of reform because they want the pressure to stop.

But it’s not going to stop. Real restructuring requires real discomfort. It’s our job as students to make the administration increasingly uncomfortable.

Sam Norton is a senior advertising and psychology dual major. He can be reached at sanorton@syr.edu.

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VPA student responds to Theta Tau video By now, our campus has been rocked by the recent release of a video by the now-expelled engineering fraternity, Theta Tau. Student organizing and protests continually put pressure on the administration to reprimand the perpetrators and take concrete steps to changing campus environment, in which many marginalized students experience hostility. After watching the second Theta Tau video released April 21, I was deeply disturbed and disgusted. I had an idea of what to expect after watching the first video, but I was still shaken to my core as I watched a group of men act out a gang rape on an individual depicted as developmentally and physically disabled.

Like the first video, this was laden with slurs. The men laughed as they described how they would “light rape” the “brain-dead” individual, “retarded in his wheelchair.”

This video, like the first one, was

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sickening all the way through. Both videos enforce the oppression of marginalized students with the use of slurs. It’s unbelievable to see these men laugh off and belittle white supremacist ideologies that have led to systematic genocide and killings throughout history.

The ableism this second video perpetuates is particularly malicious when one considers the epidemic of sexual abuse in disabled communities. According to a 2005 survey by Disability Justice, approximately 80 percent of women and 30 percent of men with developmental disabilities have been sexually assaulted. Half of developmentally disabled women who experience sexual assault experience it more than 10 times. These assaults have a devastatingly low report percentage: 3 percent of these crimes are reported to authorities. Sexual assault is underreported in every aspect, but 3 percent seems par-

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ticularly mortifying as this crime is committed so frequently in this community.

In my years as a townie and a student, I’ve never seen a frat house on campus that was wheelchairaccessible. This speaks volumes about the type of bodies they want to recruit, who they allow to be their “brothers” and which types of humans they see as valuable. As many marginalized students have already pointed out, it’s not just the fraternities or only the videos. Rape culture, ableism, racism, sexism and LGBTQIA+ hatred and anti-Semitic attitudes have long plagued this campus. It’s time for the university to confront these issues head-on with real changes, instead of student activism doing all the work for it whenever marginalized students are put in harm’s way.

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SU Senator: Students should be allowed to speak On Wednesday afternoon, following the emergence of the vile Theta Tau video, the faculty senate meeting was joined by dozens of students, mostly students of color.

They were understandably angry about the content of the video and the broader patterns of bigotry and exclusion of which it’s a part. They no doubt expected us, in our role as senators involved in shared university governance, to listen to their concerns and take action. Many of the students wanted to address the senate, and waited patiently for their turn to speak. We, as senators, owed them our attention.

Instead, what they got from us was an appalling display of arrogant indifference. The Senate Parliamentarian (who insures adherence to parliamentary procedure) and the Chair of the Agenda Committee (who is charged with running the meeting) were more concerned with following Robert’s Rules of Order than allowing students an opportunity to voice their opinions. While some students were permitted to address the senate, many others who had waited patiently were denied the opportunity to speak. As stipulated by Robert’s Rules, senators were given priority over (non-senator) students, and some made comments that can only be interpreted as dismissive and patronizing. Others simply wanted

Delta Kappa Alpha reacts to Theta Tau videos In light of recent events, the Omicron chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha at Syracuse University wants to stand in solidarity with the Recognize US SU movement and the students of Syracuse who are affected by the video. As a community of storytellers, we understand that language and the meaning behind our words is important. We stand with the students of Syracuse who feel angry and hurt. We feel the same and we’re with you.

We recognize that we are part of the Professional Fraternity Council that housed Theta Tau before their suspension, but we condemn the views and ideas expressed by Theta Tau. We don’t stand for bigotry, racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, ableism or any of the behavior seen in the recently released video. We don’t condone

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Rules and procedure are important. In normal times, they facilitate democratic decision making. But these are not normal times. Our campus has been affronted with a video that represents a deep-seated culture of racism, misogyny, homophobia and ableism of which our university is a part. Students are justifiably outraged. We as senators had an obligation to halt normal procedure, put rules aside and create a space for students to voice their concerns.

We needed to listen, and we failed.

Parliamentary procedure, codified in the arcane Robert’s Rules of Order, was employed by senate leadership to prevent students from speaking.

Even if this was not the intent, it was the effect, and in the end, there’s no difference. After it became painfully clear that they wouldn’t be permitted to speak – to participate in this supposedly democratic forum as members of the university community – the students walked out en masse.

Who can blame them?

Fellow senators: If you believe that following Robert’s Rules is more important than allowing students to express themselves after a hateful act on campus, then you are part of the problem.

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hazing, nor would we ever want to create an environment where such bigotry is tolerated. The type of behavior exhibited is unwelcome and unacceptable both on our campus and in any community. We need to hold each other accountable for our conduct.

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The Office of Health Promotion is now accepting applications to be a peer educator for the 2018-19 academic year!

Peer educators inform fellow students on a range of topics related to health and wellness by leading and facilitating programming on campus with different classes, organizations and groups as well as assisting with the planning of campus wide initiatives.

There is a minimum time commitment of 3-5 hours a week, which includes a weekly meeting, training, time in the office, and helping to provide programming.

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Cosmatic is a band of SU freshmen that formed last semester. The band members said the underground music community is unlike anything they’ve experienced before, and without the scene, they would not have reached a large audience in the Syracuse area. courtesy of cosmatic

Hidden rhythm Off-campus, underground music scene gives student musicians a place to grow

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Editor’s note: Some of the sources in this story requested that only their first names be used so they do not risk losing access to their music venues.

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n a smokey attic on a recent weekend night, students vied to get one step closer to a floor-level stage. Twinkle lights hung from the ceiling, illuminating the crowd’s face as they waited, shoulder to shoulder, for music to start.

On Saturday night, The End music venue held its final show of the semester. This time it was attended by performers Toast, Charlie Burg and Clairo.

Spots such as The End make up Syracuse University’s underground music scene.

Big Red and Space Camp are also among the more popular music venues for students to see others perform their latest work. But Treehouse, a venue which appeared on the scene last semester, is creating a new outlet for electronic dance music on the Hill.

SU junior Lorenzo, a DJ and producer who hosts events at Treehouse, see music

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Kelsey Davis’s interest in video production began her sophomore year of high school, when she made music videos and basketball highlight reels for her friends. Her freshman year at Syracuse University, she found a group of friends who shared her creative talents.

“I’m a big learner, I think I take influence and inspiration from everything around me,” said Davis, an Atlanta native. “I think just being a creative, that’s really natural for me.”

In the spring of 2016, Davis, a junior television, radio and film

major, had the idea to combine her video production skills with her friends’ art and poetry talents. To monetize their collaborative work, Davis formed CLLCTVE, a transmedia production agency.

CLLCTVE creates digital content for clients while helping freelance artists develop business skills, said Ryan Williams, cofounder of CLLCTVE. As a senior nutrition science and dietetics major and certified personal trainer, he combined his passion for fitness with Davis’s passion for music and content creation.

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together to produce the content just made us realize that this is a no-brainer, why wouldn’t we work together?” Williams said.

Davis and Williams have worked with over 30 freelancers to create editorial, video, digital and print content. They seek out students and other young professionals looking for real-world experience working with clients. Their past clients include Coke Music, the YMCA and Land Rover.

Today, the agency is focused on growth. Davis and Williams are looking to expand their team with new talent that is motivated to pursue their creative passions. The first question the duo asks in interviews: What do you want to do for the rest of your life?

“That’s what’s going to want to

make you wake up in the morning and work for CLLCTVE because you know in the back of your head that it’s parallel to what you already want to be doing,” Davis said.

Davis and Williams first decided to work together while at a party, when Davis asked Williams if he wanted to be on board with the project. Two weeks later, they had partnerships secured and CLLCTVE’s website was up and running.

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music scene said that as an underclassman, he was bored with what the party scene had to offer. A few years later, as an upperclassman, he decided to create a space that was something the audience could experience.

“Sometimes artists will pull people they know from the audience and they’ll jam together on stage,” he said, adding that the intimate venue is what allows for those moments to occur.

Joe, an artist who regularly performs at Treehouse and helps Lorenzo plan events, got his musical start at Redfest as a freshman.

The junior SUNY-ESF student describes Treehouse as low-key because it doesn’t have as much of a presence as other venues, but it has the power to bring students from both SU and SUNY-ESF together.

“There’s a plethora of different artists and a melting pot of styles,” Joe said. “This is really an after-party spot because other (parties) close or shut down and people kind of just end up here.”

The pair said that underground venues such as theirs are how student artists in Syrafrom page 7

company CLLCTVE. He said his ability to brainstorm and execute ideas complements Davis’s content creation talents.

“We really know how to finesse and know how to hustle, and I think that’s what’s made us successful thus far over the past few years … just not taking ‘no,’” Davis said.

The greatest challenge CLLCTVE faces is balancing the business with school, Davis said.

Many days are filled with client meetings and video and photo shoots — plus classes.

Last Wednesday, Davis and Williams left for New York City at 6 a.m. for meetings with artists and other industry leaders including Jonathan Jackson, co-founder of Blavity and one of Davis and Williams’s advisers.

“They sort of have a very, very clear operating connectivity as CEO and COO,” said Jack-

cuse can develop their brand and sound.

FLOTUS, a band on campus, started to do just that after winning SU Battle of the Bands.

Starting off at house venues, FLOTUS picked up every opportunity to perform at intimate shows to connect with audiences.

The band’s next steps will be to expand the underground music scene by opening a new venue next semester. FLOTUS’ members said it will be a space for people to unwind and connect with other students.

Shallow Alcove, with freshmen Dan Harris and Griffin Goode on guitar and vocals, and Nick Fichter on vocals, synthezier and bass, said they owe everything to the underground music community, especially Space Camp.

“It’s all about the music at houses,” Goode said. “This underground scene helps with development of artists and it gave us the space to develop.”

But first, artists have to get into the scene.

“You don’t just join. You have to be accepted,” he said. “But once you’re in, you’re in.”

As soon as the Bandier Program student trio broke into the scene, they recorded an EP in their dorms. Harris said if there’s one thing he’s learned from the underground communison. “I think that they balance each other.”

For Williams, his education is rooted outside the classroom — he said he’s gained more exposure and networking experiences in the last two weeks than he has since he came to Syracuse.

“You don’t have to sacrifice your passions or put them off to the side and strictly just focus on what’s going on in that classroom because there’s so much more going on outside,” Williams said.

Davis and Williams will work full time to grow CLLCTVE this spring in their home cities of Atlanta and Brooklyn, respectively. This fall, they are launching CLLCTVE MINDS — a program that helps students get academic credit for the work they do with CLLCTVE. Said Williams: “Don’t let your present circumstances dictate your ability to pursue your passions.”

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ty, it’s that students can do it all by themselves, and they don’t have to be professionals.

Two seniors who started making music as freshmen, Danial Fridliand and DJ Jason McGill, have 5,000 hits on SoundCloud and worked various events, including silent discos at Juice Jam and Mayfest. They marketed themselves on Snapchat QR codes across campus, creating a brand for themselves despite being out of the Bandier circle, which dominates the community.

“There shouldn’t be a cap on who runs the scene, there should be diversity and students want variety,” Fridliand said.

Another band playing underground venues is Cosmatic. The freshman band formed last semester and has been playing at local venues.

The band met Lorenzo at Treehouse, and he’s mixing its upcoming EP. The scene is intimately interconnected.

Students help others grow through creating a new venue, collaborating on their next project or just playing music together.

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Goodman, who works for The Westcott Theater as a graphic designer, said everyone is extremely trusting. Underground venues provide bands with gigs and trust the musicians to show up and perform well.

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laire Bloss couldn’t believe what SportsCenter just told her. For some unfathomable reason, Seton Hall had decided to part ways with its head men’s basketball coach, Louis Orr, after a 2005-06 season in which his Pirates finished 18-12 and made the NCAA Tournament. Claire spewed comments of disgust, some colorful enough that they will not be revealed in this column.

Across the room, my friend Steve muttered an observation.

“My grandma doesn’t even know what a basketball is,” he said.

Mine did. Claire, or Nana as we called her, was not a Seton Hall hoops junkie. She knew her sports, though. Stacks of Sports Illustrated piled up at home. There was rarely a golfer on the PGA Tour she hadn’t heard of.

But it was her knowledge of and passion for Syracuse sports that trumped all. That was why she fumed when Orr, a forward on Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse teams in the late 1970s, got the boot at Seton Hall.

Nana lived in East Syracuse with Jim Bloss, her husband of nearly 60 years, until she died suddenly in the spring of 2013. Jim, whom we called Pop, died a year later. They had been in this city for nearly their entire lives. Jim worked at Carrier after his Navy days and would later usher in the

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Dome for years. The last time I saw Pop, I told him I would be the first Bloss to attend SU. My venture into The Daily Orange’s sports section came three years later. It has been a brief but memorable tenure. Throughout this past year, I have often thought about what it would have been like to share my up-close view of SU Athletics with my grandparents.

To tell them about the conversations I had with SU football players or my courtside seat at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament (even if their Big East heritage might have been opposed).

To have these conversations would have been the latest SU sports memories shared with my grandparents. As kids, my brothers and I bought them a small Otto doll that sang the SU fight song when you pressed his hand.

We abused that feature during visits to the point that my grandparents probably wished the damn thing never left the store. Now, with a dead battery, that Otto sits on the corner of my desk, Pop’s “No Smoking” pin from the

Carrier Dome attached.

Pop and I watched the 2013 NBA Draft from his Eastwood living room. All day I had hyped up the idea of my hometown 76ers selecting SU’s Michael Carter-Williams. Five picks went by. The Sixers took Kentucky forward Nerlens Noel at No. 6.

Four more selections passed. Still, CarterWilliams remained. David Stern waddled to the podium.

“With the 11th pick in the two-thousandand-thirteen NBA draft, the Philadelphier Seventy-Sixes (yes, he said it like that) select…”

C’mon, commish. “...Michael Carter-Williams from Syracuse University.”

Ohhhh, man. Pop was nearly 81. Medical circumstances kept him fairly quiet at that point, but you could see the excitement on his face. He laughed. His eyes lit up. That said enough.

Carter-Williams went on to win Rookie of the Year and get traded less than a year after that. Whatever. That night provided a special memory that had nothing to do with the birth of The Process.

Many months after draft night, CarterWilliams’ replacement put a basketball through a hoop in Pittsburgh. It had no business going

in. We’ve all seen it a bunch of times. As soon as Tyler Ennis hit that buzzer-beater, my father, Peter Bloss, said we had to call Pop. Pop, again, didn’t offer much of a response. I’m not sure he could handle that kind of excitement.

Peter — called Jim and Claire’s nothing because he is not the oldest, youngest or a twin — has gifted me countless sports memories, from dropped foul balls to Final Fours. He and my mother are my most dedicated readers (check out their Facebook feeds for evidence). For these things I am grateful.

As much as Peter enjoyed my run with D.O. Sports, his parents would have even more.

They could have been right across town to chat about that wild win over Clemson or my road trips to southern cities that take football a little more seriously.

It would be foolish and unhealthy to wish that I could change that. Instead, it’s enough to appreciate new memories that build upon the old. And be thankful for the people who gave me that foundation here in Syracuse, even if they were gone before I arrived.

Joe Bloss is a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column will no longer appear. He can be reached at jtbloss@syr.edu or on Twitter @jtbloss.

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he first time it happened, I looked in horror from the baseball to my partner playing catch.

My eighth-grade arm had twitched in the middle of throwing. I wound up as I had so many times before, extending my arm behind me, rocking back then forward, but by the time the ball got just behind my ear, my arm felt heavy and jerked SAM seemingly on its own.

FORTIER The throw had landed PURELY FOR nowhere close to him, just a SPORT few yards away from me and way to the left. He guffawed, thinking I was joking, until he saw my face.

“The yips” are a sudden, inexplicable loss of fine motor skills, rare but not unheard of.

They pounce without explanation, defy medical treatment and shatter self-confidence.

Within a year, I had quit baseball and realized the anxiety also overtook me on the basketball court, but only during games.

As a high school sophomore, on junior varsity basketball, three concussions became the perfect excuse to sidle away.

The doctor OK’d playing again, but I thought about the next season, varsity. Free throws.

Full gyms. Nope. Whenever anyone asked why I stopped, I told them my head wasn’t right, the time commitment was too much, anything but the truth.

I stopped playing because I was ashamed.

The shame of not being able to throw or shoot turned the games I once lived for into prolonged opportunities for public humiliation. The shame of failing teammates, noticing their reactions after screwing up, felt like I had betrayed them. The shame of being afraid prevented me from telling almost anyone about it.

This wasn’t about losing a core piece of my identity, which was always going to happen.

I was never a scholarship athlete. Instead, I bowed to fear. It prevented me from being my idea of being a teenager, playing high school sports with the friends I’d grown up with.

I worried what else fear could take from me. One summer, seemingly every Red Sox game I watched with my dad had a Volkswagen commercial in which a father teaches his son to throw a baseball. The father is terrible, the son could be too. At night when I slept, I dropped into a nondescript suburban front lawn, airmailing tosses to a faceless, red-haired boy.

I tamped down my uncertainty, and when I got to Syracuse, The Daily Orange helped

fill a void. I wrote one story, then another and another. I earned a staff writer job, spent hours at 744 Ostrom Ave. and learned to chestbeat with the fanboys of WAER, the radio station we play against in Media Cup, the annual battle of egos at the Carrier Dome.

This was my chance to confront the fear that once stopped me from playing the sports I loved. Freshman year, I hurried a shot at the end of a blowout loss. I felt a familiar heaviness, then relief when the ball grazed the rim. I didn’t have to explain another air-ball.

The yips never fully disappeared, reminders cropping up at inopportune times. In Manley Field House for an interview, a player asked me to toss her a ball. My throw whistled above her head, and she laughed. I underhanded everything after that. In an intramural game, I air-balled two free throws.

By senior year, our D.O. class still hadn’t won Media Cup. I never scored and grew increasingly anxious from missing open looks.

This year’s Media Cup was about the seniors beating WAER, but it was also my last meaningful game. The night before, antsy, I went to the Women’s Building with two teammates.

We shot around for an hour, and I missed almost everything.

When the ball tipped the next night, the crowd behind us made everything, including my anxiety, bigger. Early in the game, I got the ball and everything blurred. A teammate set a screen, I dribbled right once or twice when fear ran into muscle memory. I rose up to shoot from just inside the top of the arc.

The motion felt as it always had. My arms lumbered. Air came in sips. Everything moved too fast. But, somehow, this shot went in. I ran back on defense, scowling to suppress a smile — as intent to conceal what the moment meant now as I had been the hurt in high school.

I didn’t attempt another jumper all game.

I didn’t need to. When the buzzer echoed through the Dome, I held the basketball and wondered how I could feel such shock and joy and sorrow in a moment so fleeting.

A few weeks later, I threw a ball and the yips reappeared. Still, something had changed during Media Cup. When that shot left my hand, the fear that kept me from moments like this went as well. That night, I got to play one last game with the friends I grew up with.

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Sam Fortier was a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column will no longer appear. He can be reached at sjfortie@syr.edu or on Twitter @Sam4TR.

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was surprised when I got the email, mostly because I forgot it was supposed to be coming. It was April 17, 2015, and I was sitting alone in my freshman-year dorm room in Booth Hall, looking for any way to distract myself from an upcoming astronomy test.

The subject line read: “Welcome to Baruch College!” The content TOMER of the email detailed my LANGER acceptance for the Fall L’CHAIM 2015 semester to the Manhattan-based school, one that’s roughly a 40-minute subway ride away from my home in Queens. I had filled out the application to transfer from Syracuse three months earlier.

Now, I’m incredibly fortunate to have so many great friends at Syracuse, some that I’ve met and worked with at The Daily Orange, and still another group that includes my roommates and an extended group that’s basically my roommates. They’ve made my time here more incredible than I could have ever imagined.

I’ve offhandedly mentioned a few times to my friends — nearly all of whom I met sophomore year or later — that my freshman year was tough. I never seriously talked to most about how close I was to leaving. Or about the times when finally managing to get out of bed felt like the day’s biggest accomplishment. About the days when all I felt was sad and worthless.

I was depressed. It affected every part of my life. I couldn’t make many new friends, I struggled to keep in touch with old ones and I had some of the worst grades I’ve ever had, in any level of schooling.

My passions lost their luster. I’ve always been a big sports fan and always loved comedy, too. The day before my COM 107 final I was as down as I’d ever been. I tried to watch the New York Giants game and the previous night’s “Saturday Night Live,” two things that almost always made me happy. On that day, neither did. I could barely study. All I could do was sit in my bed, exhausted by how terrible I felt. I scraped by with a C on the test.

Seemingly worse was the stigma. I refused to believe that anything was truly wrong. It took months to schedule an appointment for the counseling center.

When I finally went and saw someone I knew in the waiting room, I lied and said I was there for a class assignment.

A month ago I told one of my closest friends about my freshman year and told him I might write about it. Even then, I refrained from using the word “depressed,” and he noticed. It stemmed from a weird sense of shame, as if I couldn’t say how I felt because then I’d be devaluing the experiences of those who’ve been diagnosed with clinical depression. He correctly told me that was the way to wrong to think. Thanks for that.

My story, while unique to me, isn’t particularly uncommon. There are plenty of college students who struggle with adjusting to the new environment. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five Americans experiences mental illness in a given year.

NBA All-Stars DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love talked about it this year. I’ve had friends tell me their freshman year sucked, too.

At first I didn’t say anything because it was difficult. It still is. But I generally don’t mention it now because I no longer feel that way.

There are moments where doubt and sorrow creeps back in, as they do for most people. I’ve largely learned to deal with it— through sports and comedy, including a healthy dose of self-deprecation — and can truthfully say that for the last few years, I’ve felt consistently better than I did back then.

So I’m not writing this to get anything off my chest, or for any pity. This is actually making me open up far more than I feel comfortable doing.

Instead, I’m writing this because a little less than four years ago, I desperately needed to read it. I needed to know, from someone I could relate to, that things would improve.

Journalists write with the hope that their piece will have an impact. This is no different. If you feel down, talk to someone about it. If you feel like you don’t really have someone to turn to, just like I did, then I welcome you to turn to me. I truly mean that.

My email and Twitter are below. I’d love to hear from you. If you’re in the area, I’d love to meet you in person.

As I’m lucky enough to constantly be surrounded by love, from friends I came so close to never meeting, I realize my struggles with mental health never truly defined me.

Things did get better.

And if you’re struggling now, I know one day you’ll realize that too.

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Tomer Langer was a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column will no longer appear. He can be reached at tdlanger@syr.edu or on Twitter @tomer_langer.

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goldstock Syracuse’s recent defensive struggles, which often leave Goldstock without a chance.

Finding that improvement became a mind game for Goldstock.

Countless hours of film and a full offseason of experience under her belt, she realized she needed to simplify things.

During games, Goldstock said that she works GOLDSTOCK on keeping her mind clear to avoid poor decisions and anxieties near the ball. She does this by staying tight to the net to improve her reaction time on shots.

She focuses on setting her feet and allowing the shooter to come to her to improve her leverage to make the save.

44 Asa Goldstock’s save percentage this season

On March 20, Goldstock had one of her best performances of the season in the Orange’s 14-7 domination over Cornell. Goldstock stood outside Schoellkopf Field with a smile. She had just tied a career-high with 16 saves without seemingly moving at all.

The sophomore held firm that it wasn’t poor shooting that was her opposition’s undoing. Instead, on a dreary Tuesday night, Goldstock cast a light on her seasonlong attempt at growth.

“I think personally it was kind of just me not being my old self,” Goldstock said on March 20. “That’s something I’ve been practicing.”

Those strategies haven’t always worked.

And sometimes, her old tendencies put her in bad spots.

Four days after she hit most of her clears in one of her best performances of the season, some of the sophomore’s struggles returned.

Against Maryland on March 11, following a save, Goldstock looked quickly toward the sideline and then burst up field, cradling left and right as she panned the field for open SU players down field. She made it out all the way to the opposing 45-yard line before attempting to loft a clear to one of her teammates.

The pass was intercepted, which sent Goldstock running with reckless abandon down to the unguarded goal. While the Terrapins didn’t convert, Goldstock exemplified tentative play for the remainder of the game in what was SU’s first lopsided loss of the season.

While Goldstock’s goal this season has been to stay more focused in the net, Gait said the next task is to work on her decision making when she leaves the net following a save.

“Get a rest,” Gait said. “Then you got a better shot of making a save the next time.”

Goldstock’s kryptonite has been “doing too much,” Gait said. So, this year, she has installed confidence in her defense, allowing her to breathe. Results have followed.

Senior defender Mia DiBello said Goldstock excels at “zoning in” prior to games, evidenced by her body language on the field.

Often wearing eye black that streams down her face, she rarely smiles as she strides slowly across the field to her spot her in goal.

Against Florida on March 7, Goldstock had to do very little. She made saves when she needed to, but as SU exercised its dominance, she often had her back to the play,

ASA GOLDSTOCK, SU’s goalkeeper, has seen an improved save percentage and fewer turnovers this season. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

watching the play on the large screen overhead and waiting for her opportunity.

“We all talk to each other and I think (steadiness) comes with it,” junior defender Alexa Radziewicz said, “being relaxed and knowing she can trust us and knowing we can trust her.”

It’s been a focus of Goldstock’s for a long time, whose steady goals have led her to

experiment with new things. Last year, for the first time in her career, Goldstock wasn’t at the top and a lack of consistency held her back from turning her best moments into lasting success. But this year was different.

“Nothing really else is coming to the field with me anymore,” Goldstock said. “I’m just leaving it. It’s just for lacrosse.”

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quickly enough, she said. With experience, though, Martin’s technical mistakes have diminished and production has gone up.

Martin’s increase in production has given Bosch more freedom to move her around in SU’s batting order. When Sammy Fernandez’s injury kept her out against Niagara on April 18, Martin batted second and Alicia Hansen moved to the lead-off position. In all three games of the North Carolina State series the next weekend, Martin batted ninth.

Last season, Martin’s lack of production at the plate limited her playing time, and she started less than half of the Orange’s 50 games.

Now, the sophomore is a regular starter and has become an expected contributor at the plate.

“I’ve tried it before in practice, it doesn’t work for me,” Hansen said about Martin’s stance. “It works for her, I’ve seen so much improvement from (Martin). Her changing her approach and stance has done a lot.”

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results. This season, Martin boasts a .280 batting average along with five doubles, three triples and a home run. Last season, Martin recorded a .255 batting average and just three extra-base hits. The swing-shortening tactic, while not used by other SU players, is common in college softball to help hitters like Martin, Bosch said.

“Look at her results. She’s increased her average since last year and had more success,” Bosch said. “She’s not alone, this is not a Syracuse-only thing. If you turn on ESPN, ESPNU, Big Ten or SEC Network, you’ll see a number of other teams using this approach.”

To get comfortable using the stance by the start of the regular season, Martin worked in practice to perfect the execution of each step. Early in the season, there were a couple instances when Martin wasn’t prepared to swing because she didn’t pull the bat back

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TONI MARTIN finds balance in her batting stance by faking a bunt before a pitcher winds up. jordan phelps staff photographer

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A NEW FOCUS Asa Goldstock has steadied her play as a sophomore goalie

By Michael McCleary asst. digital editor

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It’s just focus. Stay in the game, that’s my goal.

Asa Goldstock

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sa Goldstock walked slowly out of the halftime tunnel on April 22 against Louisville alongside Neena Merola and Riley Donahue. Her stick rested on her right shoulder as the rest of the team trailed behind with slight hops in their jog as they passed her, blocking her from view.

She could have been lost in the crowd. She offered no emotion as she walked and stood with two seniors, whose Senior Day ceremony earlier that day was dedicated specifically to honoring them. But her dark blue helmet served as a reminder that the goalkeeper never leaves the spotlight. With the score tied at eight, Goldstock needed to stand tall in net for one more half for SU to pick up its first Atlantic Coast Conference win.

For Goldstock, standing out has never been the issue. Her past tendencies have produced her best moments, but the sophomore still felt the need for a change to the way she’s always played.

While she’s excelled at making the tough plays she said goalies don’t always make, her goal this season was to perfect the simpler things. She needed to wait back, to be patient.

In 2018, Goldstock said she needed to be more steady.

“It’s just focus,” Goldstock said. “Stay in the game, that’s my goal.”

The emphasis on steadiness and focus is something new for Goldstock, who has built her livelihood with a playing style so unorthodox that she can’t think to compare herself to any other goalies. Last season, the then-freshman struggled to put together all of her talents.

The faster Division I game made her “jumpy” habits less effective, she said.

Long clears and aggressive play worked against her and she struggled to stay consistent on a game-to-game basis last year.

While her talent showed, in some games it led to disaster. In 2017, she was second on the team in turnovers (29) and, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Boston College, the thenfreshman allowed 19 goals in an overall poor performance for SU. But this year, Goldstock has seen a steady rise in her save percentage — increasing from .412 last season to .440 this season — despite see goldstock page 11

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Martin revamps batting stance to develop as a hitter

By David Schneidman staff writer

Toni Martin is tall. At 6-foot, she ranks behind only Faith Cain (6-foot-1) as the tallest player on Syracuse’s roster.

It hasn’t always helped her at the plate.

As a freshman, Martin’s long swing resulted in missing high MARTIN velocity pitches,

and she finished the year with 14 hits in 55 at-bats. She needed to improve the timing of her swing, Syracuse head coach Mike Bosch said. In the months prior to this season, SU’s coaching staff helped Martin restructure her batting stance to make timing her swing easier.

“Since I’m really tall, I have these long limbs, it takes a lot for my body to get through the zone and my swing to be nice and short,” Martin said. “My swing would be really long, and I’d be late on the ball a lot.”

Martin has used her revamped

Look at her results.

She’s increased her average since last year and had more success.

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batting stance ever since, which has led to doubling her plate appearances and hits from last season. The sophomore’s improved timing has given Syracuse (28-19, 9-12 Atlantic Coast) another consistent hitting threat, something she rarely embodied during her freshman campaign.

While Martin’s numbers at the plate still don’t pop out on a stat sheet, her newfound comfort at the plate and confidence in her swing has raised her ceiling significantly.

“I immediately started hitting better,” Martin said. “I feel much

better at the plate.”

The stance, while effective, is unorthodox. Once Martin steps in the batter’s box and sets her feet, she positions her bat normally, over her right shoulder. As soon as the pitcher puts the ball in her glove and begins her windup, Martin fakes a bunt. A split second before the pitcher releases the ball, Martin repositions her bat over her shoulder before swinging or taking the pitch.

The stance forces Martin to shorten her swing, which has led to better see martin page 11