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Two international students are campaigning for SA president and vice president, bringing the total number of candidates to launch campaigns to five.

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O • High Tide

Technology columnist Aarick Knighton points out the struggles Tidal will have to overcome, but holds out hope that it will succeed in the end.

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P • Snap back

SU students’ clips that are featured on Snapchat’s Syracuse Campus Story are chosen by employees in New York City and Venice, California.

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S • Going pro

Syracuse held its annual Pro Day on Tuesday. Eighteen players competed, including safety Durrell Eskridge, who is projected to get picked in the fourth or fifth round.

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SU, GSO come to agreement Two sides say grad employees can stay on SU health care plan

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

GROWING WiSER

WiSE program supports, encourages female students, faculty in STEM

Following recent feedback from the Graduate Student Organization, Syracuse University announced Tuesday that all graduate assistants will be allowed to remain on the university-sponsored employee health insurance plan “until such time that a smooth transition is determined.”

SU announced last month a new health insurance policy, which requires all full-time matriculated students to carry some form of Affordable Care Act-compliant

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Paris Noir applications re-open illustrations by julianna meddick contributing illustrator

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

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hen Karin Ruhlandt first came to Syracuse University in 1993, she was the only woman in the chemistry department.

Ruhlandt, the current dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was the sole female in the department until the next woman was hired in 2000. Currently, only 16 percent of the faculty members in the chemistry department are women, including Ruhlandt.

Ruhlandt is co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering program, which aims to increase the recruitment and retention of women faculty in sciences, mathematics, engi-

neering and computer sciences. The program also focuses on bringing distinguished women in these fields to SU and assisting students studying STEM subjects with their research projects.

One of the program’s initiatives supports women of color in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, which is the most underrepresented group on the SU campus, Ruhlandt said.

“I think the climate on campus is much more inclusive toward women,” Ruhlandt said of the current atmosphere toward women in STEM subjects. “I think you can tell.

You can feel it.”

Funded by the National Science Foundation, SU ADVANCE

is a program that was created as a result of WiSE. Through ADVANCE initiatives, female faculty members in STEM fields are supported and encouraged throughout their careers, Ruhlandt said.

what is stem?

STEM refers to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

They are fields women are traditionally underrepresented in.

One of the initiatives ADVANCE started is one that accommodates women so that they are able to have both a successful career and a family, Ruhlandt added.

“It’s important to show them that you do not need to choose, that you can have both, and that you can have a fulfilled life with family and kids and a successful career in STEM,” Ruhlandt said.

Ruhlandt said as a woman in STEM she is “certainly a role model for (her) students” in that she demonstrates that it is “absolutely possible to have a successful career as a woman in the STEM disciplines.”

Ashlee Thibaud, a junior biochemistry major, said as a woman in STEM, she has noticed a steady increase in the number of women in her classes and the number of female professors she has.

However, she said, there are instances where she is one of three women and the see wise page 4

Program accepting more students after reversal

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

About two weeks after canceling the Paris Noir program due to low enrollment, the College of Arts and Sciences and SU Abroad announced the reopening of the program’s application period on Tuesday.

The 14-year-old program, co-administered by the African American Studies department and SU Abroad, is a six-credit opportunity that takes students on a fiveweek trip through Paris exploring black literature, art and life. It was cut on March 18 due to low enrollment. A Change.org petition see paris

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WORK wednesday | adam gold

SU alumnus combines love of music, waffles

By Michaela Quigley staff writer

When Adam Gold was a junior at Syracuse University, he and his friend, Kyle Corea, decided to have a funk and waffles-themed house party, where Gold’s band performed funk music and served waffles.

After the party, students began hiring Gold almost every weekend to throw funk-and-waffles house parties.

After graduating in 2007, Gold opened Funk ‘n Waffles, just behind Marshall Street. The founder and owner also opened a second location in downtown Syracuse this past December in the heart of Armory Square.

“For me, making people happy is the whole job. The food industry is the entertainment business,” Gold said. “I’m a funk musician, and I sell people waffles, and both of those things seem to be entertaining.”

To open Funk ‘n Waffles, Gold took over a coffee shop that was going out of business. He was in charge of management and paid the owners royalties for a few years. It cost him $20,000, whereas his second location cost $200,000.

The restaurant’s success took off when it was featured on Food Net-

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Researchers and those involved in the Onondaga Lake cleanup project say the lake has become clean enough for some wildlife.

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ADAM GOLD bought a failing coffee shop and turned it into Funk ‘n Waffles. He was inspired to start his own business after performing funk music and serving waffles at parties. tingjun long staff photographer

work’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

The chicken and waffles and jive turkey dishes were highlighted, and Gold said these two are the most popular dishes among customers.

With two locations and almost 50 employees, 20 of which are cooks, Gold is still expanding Funk ‘n Waffles. For

him, creating new dishes is simple.

“I love to eat, and waffle irons are a really versatile tool,” he said.

Gold added that although he was taking a risk when he started his own business, he said he was only 23 years old and didn’t have much to lose.

As a restaurant owner, Gold encour-

ages others to take risks.

“I believe if you are young and don’t have a lot of things hanging over your head then go out there and risk a little time and money,” Gold said. “You may end up making a living out of making waffles.” maquigle@syr.edu

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A new study authored by an SU professor has shown that the methane found in drinking water in Pennsylvania is not due to fracking.

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The Academic Strategic Plan is now open to comment for the SU community. The open comment period lasts through Friday.

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The Chat & Dine program, which allows students to eat for free with faculty members, has seen increased success since its launch.

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SEXUAL ASSAULT BY THE NUMBERS Students the general body

Last May, Syracuse University closed the Advocacy Center in an effort to realign and centralize its sexual assault support services.

Whereas survivors of sexual assault used to be able to seek support at multiple locations, including the Advocacy Center and the Counseling Center, the services have now been centralized within the latter.

Now, nearly a year after that decision was announced, administrators have said more students are seeking support services and are filing reports involving sexual and rela-

tionship violence. They attribute this partly to the increased conversations both nationally and on the SU campus about sexual assault, leading to increased awareness.

65.9% WHITE 13.4% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

The following is a breakdown of the types of students that have filed reports of sexual and relationship violence this past year, based on ethnicity, sexual orientation, class standing and more.

RACE AND ETHNICITY

8.5% HISPANIC OR LATINO/A 6% MULTIRACIAL 3.7% ASIAN OR ASIAN AMERICAN 1.2% AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE

provided by cory wallack, director of the counseling center and a staff member of the sexual and relationship violence response team.

total: 98.7% (final 1.3% unknown)

raise concerns

THE General Body holds press conference to discuss problems at SU

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

2014-2015 YEAR AS OF MARCH 23: 117 STUDENTS REPORTED TO THE SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE RESPONSE TEAM

130 2013-2014 YEAR:

80 - COUNSELING CENTER 48 - ADVOCACY CENTER *there was overlap between two centers

TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENT WHO FILED REPORTS

LIVE OFF CAMPUS 45%

LIVE ON MAIN CAMPUS 33% RESIDENTIAL HALL/CAMPUS LIVING

FIRST YEAR 18% GRADUATE YEAR 20%

ACADEMIC STANDING

FOURTH YEAR 20%

95% IDENTIFY AS FEMALE 2% IDENTIFY AS MALE

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LIVE ON SOUTH CAMPUS 21%

IDENTIFY AS GENDER NEUTRAL OR GENDER QUEER

81% IDENTIFY AS HETEROSEXUAL

SECOND YEAR 25%

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

5% IDENTIFY AS QUESTIONING 5% IDENTIFY AS QUEER AND/OR FLUID 1% IDENTIFY AS GAY total: 99% (final 1% unknown)

THIRD YEAR 16.8%

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Impact Week to feature International students run on open platform 1st Cuse Conference news editor

For the first time since the fall 2012 semester, the Student Association will host Impact Week, an event aimed at engaging Syracuse University students on campus and in the community.

Impact Week will take place from April 13 through April 19, culminating with The Cuse Conference.

Other events during the week include workshops, panels and service and engagement opportunities.

The event used to take place each semester, but this is the first time Impact Week is being hosted by SA during Boris Gresely’s presidency.

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7% IDENTIFY AS BISEXUAL

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By Brett Samuels

THE General Body is continuing to press the Syracuse University administration on issues raised in the fall, which were highlighted by group members during a press conference Tuesday.

The press conference took place Tuesday in 500 Hall of Languages, and group members voiced concerns with campus issues that they said they feel still haven’t been adequately addressed.

THE General Body, which is a coalition of student organizations, staged an 18-day sit-in in CrouseHinds Hall in November 2014 to protest topics listed in the group’s

Gresely shared the details of Impact Week in a campus-wide email sent Tuesday afternoon, including information regarding the conference.

The Cuse Conference, scheduled for April 19 from 1–6 p.m., is a forum for students and campus leaders to discuss campus issues such as diversity and inclusivity, health and wellness campaigns and student empowerment within university governance.

Chancellor Kent Syverud and his executive team will be in attendance, according to an SU News release.

“This event is meant to allow students to take ownership of their university,” Gresely said in the campus-wide email. blsamuel@syr.edu

By Lydia Wilson asst. news editor

Safet Mesanovic and Gener Romeu Oliva are international students who say they want to give the Syracuse University Student Association a new voice: the student voice.

Running as write-in candidates for SA president and vice president, respectively, Mesanovic and Oliva said SA is an organization that’s supposed to represent all SU students, but this isn’t currently the case. The pair said they believe this is due to SA currently lacking representatives from a variety of majors and functioning as too much of a “closed” organization.

Mesanovic said he and Oliva

have talked with hundreds of students, and many have no idea what SA is about, what it stands for or who the president is.

“About 5 percent of the people we talk to know anything about it,” Mesanovic said.

Of the SA representatives for the College of Arts and Science, the majority are political science or international relations majors, and this leaves a large group of students underrepresented, Oliva said.

Mesanovic is a junior pursuing a degree in economics, and Oliva is a sophomore studying entrepreneurship and marketing. The pair said they would want to diversify SA see mesanovic page 4

national news Here are a few national stories to note from this week.

POLITICS

RUN BABY RUN Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) formally launched his presidential campaign Tuesday, becoming the second Republican to throw his hat in the ring for the 2016 election. Ted Cruz already declared his candidacy. source: the new york times

U.S.

BLACK AND WHITE A white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder Tuesday after he shot and killed a black man who appeared on video to be fleeing from him. source: reuters

GOING DOWN Drivers will see the lowest summer gasoline prices in about six years, a drop of about 32 percent from a year ago to $2.45 a gallon between April and September, the Department of Energy announced Tuesday. source: los angeles times

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paris noir was started in response and, as of Tuesday, received 395 signatures.

SU re-evaluated whether the program can still be offered like any other class, course or study abroad program with low enrollment, according to an SU News release.

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Karin Ruhlandt said in the release the reopening of

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only black woman in her class.

“There’s a sentiment of carrying the entire black race and all of womanhood on my shoulders that sometimes makes me feel pressured to be the best in all of my classes,” Thibaud said in an email.

“This sometimes makes me unwilling to ask for clarification or otherwise get help in class.”

Chante Williams, a sophomore Earth sciences major, said as a woman of color it is easy in the STEM field to feel like “a minority

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gso

health insurance. Current graduate students are scheduled to phase into the new policy for the start of the 2016–17 academic year. The policy will be offered by Aetna Student Health and switching to the Aetna Student Health plan would be a $558.36 cost increase for graduate students, said GSO

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the application period was necessary.

“Paris Noir is a hallmark study abroad program and one that the University wants to see continue for many more years,” Ruhlandt said.

Janis Mayes, the program’s faculty director, will lead more intense recruitment efforts in hopes of getting the 14 necessary students for the trip to go as planned. The program had 10 applicants, three of whom paid their deposits, as of March 23.

“Paris Noir is so much more than a study abroad program; it’s a life-changing experi-

ence for students who otherwise may not have the opportunity to travel and study in Paris,” Mayes said in the release.

Members of the SU community, including alumni, are trying to show the administration they’re concerned about the future of the program and want to see the program be successful, said Roshad Meeks, vice president of educational affairs for the Student African American Society.

“It’s not just about programs being cut.

It’s this idea that programs and students are highly disposable and that certain things like this need to be committed,” he said at a press conference for THE General Body on Tuesday.

Danielle Reed, a junior African American Studies and Spanish major, called the reopening of the application period a win, but said there’s more to be done.

The deadline to apply for the program is April 17.

within a minority.”

“However, being a part of WiSE has provided a community space where I can connect with other minority students in STEM and can discuss issues pertinent to us as well as support each other,” Williams said in an email.

One of the problems women in STEM fields face is the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon in which women gradually drop out of the STEM fields as they progress through their academic careers, said Stephanie Wyatt, program assistant for WiSE. The WiSE program aims to plug the holes

in that leaky pipeline with programs designed to address challenges women face in the field, Wyatt said in an email.

added that a scientific workforce that more closely resembles the demographics of the public is better equipped to address the problems and concerns of a diverse populace.

Ruhlandt said she thinks society is now accepting that STEM fields need to have involvement from everyone, even if it is a slow process.

“It’s a cultural change to be more inclusive.

This is nothing that you do in two years. You have to keep working and working and working,” Ruhlandt said. “We have to support it for many years even if the progress is slow.”

Comptroller Sarah Ledford.

The GSO is also considering unionization in reaction to a perceived lack of transparency from the SU administration, including the decision to implement the new health care policy.

GSO President Patrick Neary could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Dean of the Graduate School Ben Ware said in an SU News release that SU leadership met this week and made the decision to allow all gradu-

ate assistants to remain on the SUBlue employee health insurance plan, “until a transition to the student health insurance plan is deemed agreeable by representatives of both the GSO and the university administration.”

“We would like to work with graduate student leadership on an implementation strategy that meets the health insurance needs of our entire graduate student population, not only those who are eligible for the employee plan because of their

assistantships,” Ware said in the release.

The GSO and the university have also agreed to form a new “Student Health Insurance Benefits Group,” which will be comprised of staff with expertise in health insurance, communications and health services. The group will work with graduate students to review the best options for graduate student employees, according to the release.

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ence and geography major representing Divest SU, said SU’s current plan to divest isn’t enough. SU announced on March 31 that it is formally divesting endowment funds from fossil fuel companies.

Schmidt called on SU to divest all co-mingled funds within the university’s endowment and said Divest SU has another meeting with the administration on Wendesday.

Montinique McEachern, a graduate student in the School of Education, discussed the lack of mental health resources at SU, and said that marginalized students are “the most visible and the most ignored by the university’s mental health system.”

She added that the Counseling Center is “understaffed, underfunded and overcrowded,” and said the lack of resources at the Counseling Center has a negative effect on other resources throughout campus, such as the LGBT Resource Center.

We have to support it for many years even if the progress is slow.

Karin Ruhlandt dean of the college of arts and sciences

The program promotes the idea that inclusion and diversity foster innovation, Wyatt said. She

general body 45-page list of grievances and demands. Tuesday’s press conference focused on issues including divestment and mental health resources.

Danielle Reed, a junior African American studies and Spanish major, discussed the draft of the Academic Strategic Plan released last Thursday and decision-making at SU. “As Chancellor (Kent) Syverud and his administration open up his week-long comment period on their proposed Academic Strategic Plan, we are once again bombarded with the language of ‘excellence, innovation and entrepreneurship,’” she said.

She added that those terms “present the university’s commitment to corporate values over student educational needs, safety, transparency and access and a strong stance against oppression in all of its forms.”

Jonathan Schmidt, a freshman political sci-

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mesanovic representatives so that more majors are represented, such as mathematics or engineering.

Mesanovic is Bosnian, born in Germany and currently lives in Dubai. Oliva is from Barcelona, Spain. The pair said they are running in part to give a voice to international students.

“Syracuse is very diverse, but in reality international students often just stick with each other because it can be hard moving past that barrier when the language barrier is hard enough,” Mesanovic said.

This group’s platform is essentially an open platform meant to represent the ideas of

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the students.

“We think that the students’ interests definitely trump our interests,” Mesanovic said of his and Oliva’s campaign. “We want to give them what they want, not what we think is a good idea.”

The group said they have been carrying this out by meeting and engaging with students on campus on a personal level, asking them what they want to change, or what they would do differently. They said they would carry this method if they were to be elected.

“If we’re having a conversation with someone and they bring up a great point, then we should be bringing these students into SA meetings,” Oliva said. lawilson@syr.edu

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Justice not served Conservative columnist Vanessa Salman calls for Lois Lerner’s indictment due to her role in the IRS tea-party scandal.

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Health and heart Student life columnist Alexa Diaz pushes for better health care coverage for transgender students at SU. See dailyorange.com

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GSO gains ground, should consider union It was appropriate for the university to reconsider the changes to its health care policies in order to better accommodate the needs of graduate students employees. But this change of heart should not force the Graduate Student Organization to rule out the possibility of forming a union; it is an important conversation that should be had, and an option that should be carefully considered.

GSO is currently exploring the possibility of unionizing in response to the perceived lack of transparency from the university’s administration.

A major decision that pushed GSO to consider unionization was the university’s new health care policy, which was announced last month. GSO felt that graduate students were not being valued during the university’s decision-making process. Then on Tuesday, in response to GSO’s concerns, the university decided to make

an adjustment to the plan.

The university respecting the graduate student’s perspective and adjusting its policy is an acceptable response.

The graduate student employees play a major role in the university, acting as a hybrid of students and teachers.

Under the new policy, graduate assistants will be allowed to stay on the university-sponsored employee health care plan until “a smooth transition is determined.” This differs from last month’s proposal, which would have forced graduate assistants to switch to the new student policy provided by SU that would cost graduate students more money and might not cover as many services as employee coverage.

In order to reach an agreement about a new health insurance policy for graduate employees the university and GSO will form a new Student Health Insurance Benefits Group. This partnership is a step in

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the right direction.

But it should not dissuade GSO from deliberating what would be the effect of forming a union. Instead, GSO should consider the needs of various graduate student employees. It would also be wise to reach out to other college campuses where graduate student employees are already unionized or other universities where non-unionized graduate student employees have happy working relationships with their respective university. GSO should not rush into the decision to form a union, and it should not make the decision hastily.

While GSO was successful in getting SU to re-evaluate its health care policy, it should not abandon the possibility of unionization. This step deserves the careful consideration and input from all graduate student employees, and should continue to be discussed in the future.

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Tidal streaming service gives power to artists rather than labels

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fter years of Pandora and Spotify controlling music streaming services, there is finally a new kid on the block.

Tidal, a music streaming service that originated in Scandinavia in 2009, was acquired by Jay Z for $56 million in back January. The company was rebranded and relaunched on March 30 with support from its co-owners — who also happen to be some of the biggest names in the music industry today, such as Beyoncé, Kanye West and Daft Punk. Tidal offers a standard subscription for $9.99 per month and a $19.99 per month version that boasts higher sound quality and music videos.

Tidal is being marketed as the first artist-owned global music and entertainment platform and promises to pay artists more royalties than any other streaming service.

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AN URBAN LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY Tidal represents a much needed shift in the music industry and accounts for the growing access of free music online and the decline in traditional album sales. However, the new streaming company will face an uphill battle to attract subscribers because of its pricing model and the lack of differentiating features from its competitors: Spotify and Pandora. It will be a challenge to convert users in the early stages, but the success of Tidal would be beneficial to the music industry and future artists.

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from its A-list artists. However, Tidal has to prove that it can actually protect its music from being pirated across the Internet, which is by no means an easy task. Album leaks and illegal music downloads have become commonplace online behavior and it would require a large security staff to constantly monitor and prevent pirating.

Tidal is also promoting a HiFi lossless sound quality that is superior to all other streaming services. Both Spotify and Pandora compress their music files and by doing so produce a slightly lower sound quality than Tidal, but the difference is hardly noticeable. In a blind comparison study done by Complex in an April 3 article, the majority of testers correctly guessed which soundbyte had the HiFi sound quality but the same testers said the difference wasn’t nearly significant enough to pay $19.99

per month. And no one was really complaining about either service’s sound quality to begin with.

It will be hard to convince the average listener to pay close to $240 a year for marginally better sound quality.

At the moment, it looks like the company’s plan is to make the wealthiest artists even wealthier, but to be fair, the shift in power from record labels to artists had to begin somewhere.

Tidal may not have the best odds at outlasting its streaming counterparts, but I believe that this isn’t just a crafty business scheme and that the company truly believes in returning the value of music to what it once was.

Jay Z said in an interview with Billboard on March 30: “If...The very least we did was make people wake up and try to improve the free vs. paid system, and promote fair trade, then it would

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Tidal should continue to improve its app’s interface and Tidal’s co-owners such as Beyoncé and Rihanna should use exclusive music releases to turn this new streaming service into a musthave for music lovers.

The renaissance of technological advances over the past decade has caused the music industry to adapt on the fly. While it is a longshot, I hope Tidal turns into the music streaming service that figures out the formula for satisfying both artists and consumers. Not for wealth, but for the sake of music.

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clear Onondaga Lake considered clean following major restoration project

By Hanna Horvath staff writer

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nondaga Lake is finally considered clean enough to be usable, thanks to a mass restoration project that has lasted three years.

Led by the engineering company Honeywell and the habitat conservation and preservation company Montezuma Audubon Center, the cleanup was launched in response to multiple years of pollution and dumping in the lake.

With the pollution came the disappearance of plant and wildlife around and in the lake. However, experts now say the lake has

It was really a tragedy to see this wonderful resource that was utilized by wildlife turned into a dumping ground.

Chris Lajewski director of the montezuma audubon center

become safer and is now usable.

Before the cleanup began, it was one of the most polluted lakes in the country.

“It was really a tragedy to see this wonderful resource that was utilized by wildlife turned into a dumping ground,” said Chris Lajewski, center director of the Montezuma Audubon Center.

A major restoration project that lasted three years has helped Onondaga Lake become usable. The project was launched in 2012 in response to multiple years of severe pollution and dumping in the lake. More events are being planned for the lake. frankie prijatel photo editor

The idea for restoration started in 2012 when Honeywell and Audubon came together to restore the lake itself and the shore surrounding it. Both companies believed the lake was an essential destination for birds in the area, especially bald eagles, Lajewski said.

In order to restore the quality of the water, professionals used a nitrate treatment to inhibit the dangerous levels of methylmercury culminating in the lake. This project was spearheaded by Charles Driscoll, an environmental engineering professor who teaches undergraduate and graduate classes at Syracuse University.

Driscoll measured the mercury levels in Onondaga Lake and used the information to convince Honeywell to add artificial nitrate to the water, limiting the formation of the mercury.

The project has been going on for three years, and will continue in the foreseeable future, Driscoll said. The nitrate addition costs around $200,000 a year, which is paltry

in comparison to the $500 million that the entire cleanup has cost so far, Driscoll added.

“It’s important for the community because it’s a potential important economic driver for the community,” Driscoll said.

Parsons Corporation, alongside other firms, has also helped out with the lake cleanup. Additionally, hundreds of volunteers from the local community have showed up to support the project.

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“It’s a great opportunity to engage the central New York community in this preservation work,” Lajewski said.

Audubon is planning more events in 2015 to encourage the community to continue to show support for the project, including an event on May 16, Lajewski said.

In the next few years, both Honeywell and Audubon plan to continue to monitor the bird population and watch for signs of local vegetation choking due to the influx of new species. Furthermore, Driscoll said they would continue to cap the lake in order to prevent another rise of mercury levels.

Now that the lake is usable, there are plans to make the Onondaga Lake a recreational destination, with the installation of biking and hiking trails in the works. There are also plans to build an amphitheater on one side of the lake near the state fairgrounds.

Overall, the lake cleanup is not only beneficial for the local community, it also serves as an example in environmental conservation for the country, Driscoll said.

“I think it’s an important problem nationally and globally because mercury is very difficult to clean up… This demonstrates that a cleanup can be done,” Driscoll said. hrhorvat@syr.edu

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oh snap Here are a few of the students who have made it on to the Syracuse campus story:

LaNia Roberts freshman painting major

Most known for: Daily weather reports Checks Snapchat: 5-10 times a day Personal Snapchat story views: About 160-170

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Students brand themselves, connect with general public through Snapchat’s Syracuse Campus Story

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Most known for: Fake PSA for a free puppy on the quad; Otto Tunes Snapchats Checks Snapchat: Multiple times every few hours Personal snapchat story views: About 120

Jamaya Powell freshman television, radio and film major

Most known for: Losing her keys and then finding them; zipping her hoodie over her head Checks snapchat: About 7 times a day Personal snapchat story views: About 50

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aNia Roberts was sitting in her room, wrapped in a towel, when her roommate cautiously answered a knock at the door.

The stranger bounced in saying that she had seen “LaNia” written on their door outside and “just had to see if it was the real LaNia.” She chattered animatedly over how much she adored Roberts’ weather reports on Snapchat, a popular social media app, and how excited she was to meet her.

“The only thing I could think was, ‘I’m naked,’” said Roberts, a freshman painting major.

Roberts’ local fame stems from the Snapchat Syracuse Campus Story, a daily 3- to 4-minute selection of pictures and videos featured on the app. Users around the Syracuse University campus can access this feature by turning on their smartphones’ location-based services and submitting their pictures and videos to be featured on the story.

Shannon Kelly, a Snapchat spokesperson, said that from there, a staff of about 20 members in the Snapchat offices in Venice, California and New York City comb through the potential posts to remove posts that are inappropriate or of poor quality. They further trim down the photos and videos to produce a chronological narrative.

The feature was launched at SU around December, but it took a short hiatus before returning in March. Kelly said the campus story was put on hold so the Snapchat

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Roberts had already been doing her signature TV reporter-style weather reports on her personal Snapchat since getting an iPhone in November. Her first weather report was a series of two videos. The first was an ecstatic comment made right as she stepped out of her dorm building on what she initially thought to be “one of the most beautiful days outside.”

“And you know how like when it’s cold but you don’t really realize how cold it is until the wind hits you after

5,500

The approximate number of views that LaNia Roberts’ snaps on the Syracuse Campus Story normally receives

five minutes while you’re walking? Those were the first cold winds that I think I felt in Syracuse,” Roberts said.

“So I get out my phone again, and I’m walking, my hair is blowing, wind is going everywhere, and I was just like, ‘I take it back. F*ck this. I don’t like this no more.’”

This initial weather report got a positive reaction from her friends on Snapchat, so Roberts slowly began to create more weather reports on an almost daily basis.

“It’s so weird because I did not know what I was doing back then,” she said. “I did not know what I was creating.”

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will be the first to admit that I am glued to my phone. If I’m not asleep, I am checking Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram.

Obviously, critics would label me as the worst kind of millennial — the kind that’s missing out on real life KATE BECKMAN because KEEPIN’ IT I’m so CLASSY concerned what’s going on in the digital world.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting to stay up-todate on happenings in the world. But every now and then, and I notice a negative side effect of my love affair with social media: FOMO. FOMO, or fear of missing out, happens to the best of us. We see a friend’s Instagram post of a brunch we weren’t invited to or a blurry Snapchat story of a party and that familiar feeling of “OK, thanks for the invite” creeps in. I noticed recently that after watching the Syracuse Campus Story, my feelings of FOMO were increasing. People were on the quad throwing Frisbees, day drinking at Castle and playing with dogs. That’s not to say I wasn’t doing anything fun, but I wasn’t doing all of the things I saw on the Campus Story.

Because social media is an integral part of our lives, by association, FOMO is too. Which is why it’s important to ask, it bad for us? And I don’t mean a “chocolate is bad for you” sort of thing. I mean, a “this could affect your mental health” sort of thing. Per usual when I don’t know the answer to something, I decided to look to science and previously conducted studies to find the truth.

In 2012, researchers at Utah Valley University interviewed 425 students about how they felt when they saw friends’ lives on Facebook. After tracking how much time the students spent on the site, researchers found the more time students spent on Facebook, the more they thought their friends had better lives.

A study published in 2013 from the University of Michigan suggests a link between FOMO and negative see beckman page 10

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snapchat So by the time that the Campus Story came back to SU, Roberts had already been at the daily weather reports for four months. As time went on, she found that the Campus Story almost always selected her story each day.

Students have recognized her all across campus, at parties and everywhere in between. And every time she’s on the campus story, Roberts can see the amount of views it has gotten, which she said is usually around 5,500. Roberts can also see the number of people who screenshot her posts, though she can’t see their names.

Once, she was asked if she was the one running the Campus Story or was best friends with the person who was. Her response to them is that she is as clueless as everyone else is when it comes to the Campus Story selection process.

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beckman emotions. It tracked participants for two weeks and showed that the more people used Facebook, the less satisfied they felt with their lives.

Another study published in 2013 by German researchers showed similar results. After studying 600 people who logged into Facebook, the researchers discovered that one in three people felt worse after logging off. The scientists said that users’ most cited reason for feeling worse was comparing themselves to their friends. The second most common reason was having fewer likes, comments and activity compared to friends.

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Roberts said. “But I don’t see it that way at all... I just see it as me being able to put a smile on someone’s face.”

Anthony Rotolo, a social media professor, loves Roberts and what she does on Snapchat, despite the fact that he’s never met her.

“She is the type of person who shares content that makes you feel better for just no more than 10 seconds of your day, and I think that shines through,” Rotolo said.

Rotolo said Snapchat’s popularity is a result of peer motivation to be on the same network, despite the daunting user interface. He said the app’s extremely simple design adds a steep initial learning curve for users.

“As a social media professor, I can’t tell you how many times — countless times — people have said to me, ‘I just don’t understand how to use Snapchat. I open it and I don’t know what to do,’” Rotolo said.

Despite this, Rotolo feels that features such as the Campus Story make the app more appealing to

a wider audience. It allows users to observe and be a part of the Snapchat community passively, which is how most social networks become popular.

But according to a July 2014 Snapchat presentation for potential marketing partners, the most effective aspect of Snapchat is its likeness to a real-life conversation. It highlights the fact that there is an active and conscious physical engagement via your finger’s touch on the app’s screen, and an emphasis placed on paying attention since the message content disappears in a matter of seconds.

Snapchat, the presentation said, psychologically makes you feel like you are physically engaged in a one-way conversation with whoever’s photos or videos you are watching.

Said Roberts: “Sometimes we just need that break in order to smile about something, about anything. So I think that’s what makes a good campus story — when it’s just full of smiles, full of laughter.”

Studies show that Facebook use contributes to negative feelings that basically define FOMO. That research, though, had more to do with what people saw on Facebook rather than how they used it. It was seeing what others were doing without them that was a major contributing factor to feelings of social inadequacy.

There aren’t as concrete of studies about Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat, but considering we use those apps to see what our friends are doing, we can possibly assume the information applies there too — especially with Snapchat, where we see posts that people might not want to put on other social media. So instead of just seeing a filtered picture of a beach, we see the videos of parties we

weren’t invited to as well.

FOMO is real, and it’s definitely heightened by how much time we spend on social media. But trying to stop it is sort of a catch-22 — delete your social media accounts, and you’ll miss out even more on what’s happening in everyone’s world.

And let’s be real, it’s not practical to be non-existent online if you’re trying to get a job or internship. We’ll probably never get over FOMO, but it’s comforting to know that everyone else feels it too.

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Kate Beckman is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears every week in Pulp. You can reach her at kebeckma@syr.edu or follow her on Twitter at @Kate_Beckman.

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Sold-out fashion show comments on national education issues, industry standards

By Lauren Porter staff writer

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he eighth annual Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone fashion show will encompass more than just the latest styles and designs — it will comment on education issues and criticize current industry standards.

The sold-out show, which will incorporate the theme “School Daze: Fashion and Education,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III on Friday.

Carla Lloyd, the co-founder of the Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone, is the show’s creative director and helped develop the concept for the show.

“For a fashion show to occur in a communications school in my view, it should look at the current discourse that is going on within the mass media,” said Lloyd, who is also an advertising professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Connecting the national conversation of literacy among K–12 students regarding standardized testing, curriculum and the debate of the cost of college, Lloyd recognized that those subjects need to be evaluated on a different platform.

“We take on a critical issue that seems to be a hot topic in the mass media and this year, in my view, it was education,” she said.

Incorporating the theme into the show involves eight segments of displays that reflect real-life education issues. These range from an in-depth look into school uniforms to a feature of original clothing by fashion design students for sizes 12 and up.

The latter element of the show is one that co-student director Hannah Ballinger is especially proud of, since it incorporates full-figured models into the show.

“To be honest, one of the best parts has been working with those girls (and) giving the opportunity to everyone to be a model and be in a show — not just a selected few based on the way they look,” said Ballinger, a junior fashion design major.

Supermodel Emme, who is also a Syracuse University alumna, will also be at the show to judge the students’ designs. The Class of 1985 graduate will headline the event and will select a winning look that she will wear on a red car-

The eighth annual Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone fashion show will incorporate the theme “School Daze: Fashion and Education.” The show will begin at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III on Friday. courtesy of boying huang

pet appearance.

According to the Newhouse website, the student designers have had the task of working with dress forms donated by New Jersey-based company Wolf Form Co. in sizes 16, 18 and 20. Their designs will be revealed in the closing segment.

Lisa Prywes, communications director for the Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone, is working with multiple outlets to make sure advertising and publicity goals are continuously met.

“We’ve worked with TNH (a student-run advertising firm) to create the poster, and it’s also the cover of our program,” said Prywes.

She added that other student organizations

have been vital to the show’s planning, having worked on videography, social media and other promotional elements.

As the preparation for the fashion production is coming to an end, Ballinger said she feels happy to be involved in what she thinks

can make a big change.

“This fashion show isn’t just about entertainment,” she said. “We are definitely showing something that hasn’t been seen everywhere before, and I love that I can be a part of that.” ljporter@syr.edu

class schedule Friday’s show will be split into eight segments that reflect different issues. Here are a few of them:

• “Standardized testing” – This segment will look at school uniforms more in depth.

• “Rebel with a cause” – This segment will examine moments in history where youth rebelled against the status quo by using bold looks.

• “And the winner is…” – This segment will showcase movies that caused fashion movements.

• “Fashion without limits” – This segment features original clothing designed by fashion students for sizes 12 and up.

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women’s lacrosse

Irish use aggressive style of play to knock off Orange

By Chris Libonati staff writer

With less than a minute left in the first half, Syracuse attack Halle Majorana was knocked down on the doorstep of a goal, on the right side of the crease.

The push fit right in what was already an aggressive game.

Except there was no call.

Notre Dame rushed the length of the field and SU defender Mallory Vehar returned the favor, knocking down Fighting Irish midfielder Caitlin Gargan. Instead of taking a free-position shot, Gargan passed the ball.

As her teammates counted down the seconds left in the half, UND attack Rachel Sexton got a shot past SU goalie Kelsey Richardson to beat the first-half buzzer.

“One-goal games — there’s a lot of goals you think about after,” Vehar said. “I think that goal, she shot it last couple seconds, no one was really expecting it to go in.”

The goal was partly a result of Notre Dame’s aggressive play. No. 6 SU (9-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) lost to the No. 13 Fighting Irish (8-5, 3-3), 12-11, in overtime on Tuesday in the Carrier Dome. The Fighting Irish out-fouled the Orange 41-28 and pressured SU into its worst clearing performance since Feb. 25 against Connecticut. The Fighting Irish’s aggressive game plan — UND pushed the ball in transition and forced SU into mistakes on clears — bled into its play and snapped SU’s rhythm.

“We pushed the fast break, that was part of our game plan against Syracuse. This time out was to get them in unsettled situations,” Notre Dame head coach Christine Halfpenny said, “because once they got settled in that high pressure, I thought they did a really good job.”

On both of UND’s first two goals, the Fighting Irish pushed the ball from end to end, burning the SU defense in transition.

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notre dame “Treanor was getting double teamed, triple teamed so that really helped me get open and she found me and I luckily made it,” Gait said.

The Orange won the next draw and SU attack Riley Donahue went on to cut through the middle, then ripped a shot off the post.

SU midfielder Gabby Jaquith charged toward the cage and had her shot saved from just a few feet out, but was fouled on the play. She fired high to the right on the free position, but O’Sullivan was there for the save.

“It’s just stepping up to that line knowing what you’re going to do and have confidence in it,” Gary Gait said. “… We stepped up to the line and we just said, ‘I’m going to run in and I hope I can shoot the ball in the net.’”

Notre Dame took the ball the other way and scored, but a late goal from Erica Bodt

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In just over six minutes, Notre Dame took a two-goal lead.

It was aggressive on both ends. Less than 10 minutes into the game Vehar was issued a yellow card because she swung her stick at UND midfielder Molly Cobb. In 66 minutes of game time, the teams combined for a total of 69 fouls.

Notre Dame tried pushing SU’s tempo on clears. SU brought Richardson out of the net, reaching the opposite 45-yard line and even into the Fighting Irish’s restraining box at one point.

“I think they kind of shredded it in the beginning,” Halfpenny said, “and when we started pushing some pressure to their goalkeeper, that started to put a little bit of a kink in the system.”

The adjustment forced SU to clear the ball without Richardson coming out of the net as much. SU head coach Gary Gait said the Orange made mistakes by overthrowing the ball. To start the second overtime period, Richardson launched a clear into the SU bench, sending the Notre Dame bench into a frenzy.

“We’d be running upfield and they’d be running toward us, they’d get in good position and they’re very good stick checkers and they made some very good checks,” Gait said.

“They were all over us and we were caught off guard, not protecting our stick a lot.”

The goal at the end of the first half, sparked

by UND pushing the tempo, was unexpected, Vehar said. Gait moved onto the field to talk to the referees, motioning at the scoreboard.

On the other side of the field: pure jubilation.

Halfpenny turned to her players, mouth gaping, screaming and clapping. Some of her players had already spilled onto the playing field.

Before Vehar talked about whether the first-half goal was deflating or if the Orange would like to have the play back, SU attack Taylor Gait answered the question with a whisper to Majorana.

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But in the first overtime period, Notre Dame scored two goals within a minute and 18 seconds. “Relax, Gary,” a Notre Dame fan yelled as Gait shouted at the referees from the sidelines.

Devon Collins brought SU within a goal, but the Orange couldn’t find a way to tie it again. Majorana tried to fight through the middle, Bodt sailed a shot over the net on a free potion and Treanor was stopped on her late chance.

Only a minute and a half remained and SU was finally out of chances.

Halfpenny turned to the fans in the crowd and waved her arms up and down, yelling “Let’s go.” As the seconds ticked off the clock, the Notre Dame bench counted along.

The buzzer sounded and the Fighting Irish sprinted onto the field. Notre Dame defender Barbara Sullivan ran and jumped into O’Sullivan’s arms before throwing her stick across the field in celebration.

“I felt like it was March Madness,” Halfpenny said, “but we’re in April now, and it’s lacrosse.”

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O’Hara returns to SU rotation after injury, adds depth to staff

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Sydney O’Hara pounded her glove as she left the mound Friday against North Carolina, trotting toward the dugout after recording her fourth out of the day.

O’Hara’s face up next scrunched in concentration at Leigh @ Binghamton Ross’ appearance @ Bearcat Sports from the dugout.

Complex Wednesday, 3 p.m. (DH) The head coach clapped her hands enthusiastically, encouraging the sophomore who was returning to the pitching circle for the first time in three weeks.

“Syd’s a very good pitcher,” Ross said after the game. “… She needed to get out there… We grew a lot today.”

O’Hara, a pitcher and first baseman, expects to throw for Syracuse (14-19, 1-7 Atlantic Coast) as it faces off against Binghamton (12-11, 3-2 America East) in a Wednesday doubleheader in Vestal, New York starting at 3

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pro day well,” Hickey said. “… Typically a lot of the guys only get like three or four … a lot of them pop up a week before the draft right before the

p.m. Though still limited as she recovers from what she said was “an overuse of the forearm,” O’Hara will add depth to a pitching staff that needs more of it.

Last season, O’Hara led Syracuse in the circle going 16-12 with a 3.83 ERA and 159 strikeouts over 153.2 innings of work as the team’s primary pitcher. This year, there were supposed to be more pitchers to compliment her. And with Friday being O’Hara’s return along with the first collegiate start for freshman AnnaMarie Gatti, that depth may have finally arrived to complement Jocelyn Cater.

“When we get our pitchers rest, success follows,” said Mike Bosch, the assistant coach in charge of the pitchers.

Finding out from doctors that she couldn’t pitch devastated O’Hara. She said she almost cried since no one has ever told her that she was unable to play softball before.

After the initial reaction, O’Hara set her sights on rehab and helping her team anyway she could. To recover, O’Hara didn’t pitch and instead rested her arm, icing frequently.

She continued to play in the field and went

on an offensive tear at the plate. Heading into the doubleheader against UNC on Friday, O’Hara had been hitting .306 with 15 RBIs, nine runs scored, five home runs and a double over the last 12 games.

In her return, O’Hara surrendered only two hits, but three runs with it. She walked the first batter to begin the seventh inning, and soon with a fielder’s choice and a hit batter, there were two runners on base. O’Hara left a ball hanging and North Carolina’s Jenna Kelly capitalized, hitting a three-run home run.

Still, O’Hara thought it was a growing experience, saying that she needed the outing.

“I hit my locations and my speed was there,” O’Hara said about her return. “All the hits they got, they got because they’re a good hitting team.”

Over the 76 2/3 inning stretch between Friday and O’Hara’s last appearance on the mound, Cater pitched 51 innings and four other pitchers combined for the other 25 2/3.

Bosch said that Cater threw “a little more innings than we’d like” and believes that now

SU will be more dangerous.

Cater and O’Hara throw the ball with different styles, Bosch said. O’Hara throws right-handed and Cater left-handed which, while elementary, is a different look that can confuse hitters.

draft so we’ll see what happens.”

He’ll take a day off on Wednesday to continue recovering from the illness then return to his hometown of Murrysville, Pennsylvania at the end of the week or beginning of the next, where he’ll be for the draft.

Said Hickey: “A goodbye is going to suck but

at the same time I’ll be at home … waiting for the draft and just keep preparing.”

guide him in his next step.

Said Rodgers: “Anytime you can say you’ve never been a problem off the field, it’s not going to hurt.”

Long snapper Rodgers works to draw attention from NFL teams Sam Rodgers knows the likelihood is slim since there hasn’t been a long snapper drafted into the NFL since 2008.

“A late-round draft would be a dream come true,” Rodgers said. “But you’ve got to look at the reality and hope that you get called for free agency.”

Still, Rodgers is controlling what he does best, and what would be the reason a team picked him up — flinging the ball from distance.

Hicks said Rodgers has NFL-type snap times.

And in addition to being the only student-athlete serving on the search committee for the new athletic director, Rodgers is working to achieve the small chance someone at his position has of latching on with a professional team.

“The only thing that Sam doesn’t do probably perfect is he doesn’t run real fast,” Hicks said. “Other than that, Sam Rodgers is the kind of kid you want your daughter to date because he does everything else perfect, and he’s a pretty good snapper, too.”

On Tuesday, Rodgers snapped the ball 24 times for scouts, excluding warm-ups. He replicated 14 punt snaps and performed 10 field-goal snaps, he said, in addition to running and lifting, which Hicks said he did well — 19 bench-press reps of 225 pounds — for a 244-pound player.

Rodgers mentioned that he talked with scouts from the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers, and also chatted with others on the sidelines in between drills.

On top of trying to become a pro, Rodgers is the lone student-athlete of 10 members on the search committee for SU’s new director of athletics. He said it’s a role he earned because of the body of work he’s put in at Syracuse over the past four years, both in the classroom and the community.

He added that there are no real specifics as to when the committee meets and what he’s looking for in the next athletic director, but that he’s just looking to give his input when needed.

Rodgers is simply relying on his past to

I hit my locations and my speed was there. All the hits they got, they got because they’re a good hitting team.

Sydney O’Hara su pitcher/first baseman

It’s the addition of last year’s ace but more importantly, a piece that will add another dimension to an SU team in need of one.

“We’ve been shorthanded for a few weeks,” Bosch said. “And now hopefully we can get a jumpstart with their return.” lpsull01@syr.edu

Syracuse players reflect on Pro Day Cameron Lynch Lynch jumped 35 inches for his vertical and liked his shuttle but did not have his time, he said.

While Pro Day showcased his physical ability, Lynch listed his strengths as his “leadership, tenacity, always being on time, dependable.

“Like I said, other than that, let the chips fall where they may and we’ll see what happens.”

Brandon Reddish Reddish said he didn’t even ask for his times following SU’s Pro Day. He was nervous and tried to block everyone out. He didn’t speak to any of the scouts, just said, “‘Hey,’ and that’s it.”

Dyshawn Davis SU’s Pro Day was one of the latest of all NCAA Division I schools, which gave him a chance to put on weight.

“Having a late Pro Day could be a benefit or it could also harm you,” Davis said. “For me and my situation, I wanted to gain weight, so I weighed in 227 today, that’s the most I ever weighed.”

Jarrod West West’s real drama came before Pro Day, when West said he almost needed SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester to throw to him if former SU QB Ryan Nassib wouldn’t have been able to make it. But West made sure he had his good friend and former roommate in Syracuse to help him show off. “(West’s agent) asked me if I could ask any of the older quarterbacks and I know one of the best quarterbacks in the country,” West said.

“I gave Ryan a call, and as soon as I called, he was all for it.”

— Compiled by Asst. Sports Editor Sam Blum, sblum@syr.edu, and Staff Writer Chris Libonati, cjlibona@syr.edu

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eskridge who he is.” After Tuesday’s Pro Day, though, Hicks acknowledged he saw improved speed and positioning from the safety.

Hicks added he’s heard from 16 or 17 teams about Eskridge and that a connection Hicks has to an NFL team told him the team wanted to draft Eskidge if he’s still available in the fourth round.

“I thought he did a really good job. I was really impressed with the way he ran his 40,” former SU safety Ritchy Desir said about Eskridge’s Pro Day. “I like the way he ran, I was really impressed.”

Eskridge said he had two drops on Tuesday that he was upset with, but rated his overall performance an eight out of 10. He said he’d hear on Tuesday night or on Wednesday morning, which teams had reached out to his agent regarding their interest.

He planned to travel back to Boca Raton, Florida to continue training at SP Sports in preparation for the draft in late April.

His decision to make that jump to the draft was a joint one. He talked within his family. He got information from Hicks. He got information from the NFL. He thought a lot about the decision and isn’t looking back now.

NFL teams love Eskridge’s 6-foot-4, 205pound frame to compliment his speed. Regardless, there’s also people who feel there’s room to grow in an Orange uniform. But no matter what other people say, he’s confident in his future.

“I just felt I had all the tools to become a safety at the next level,” Eskridge said. “I felt like I was ready mentally and physically. I thought I did as much as I can here at Syracuse.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

SEAN HICKEY battled through a stomach flu over the past week, but said he felt better for SU’s Pro Day. He’s worked out with five NFL teams. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

SAM RODGERS would be the first long snapper taken in the NFL Draft since 2008 if he is drafted. However, he understands it’s unlikely. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

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Mound visit Sydney O’Hara is back on the mound for Syracuse softball after a rest period. She adds depth to a staff in need of it.

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Be aggressive Notre Dame pressured Syracuse women’s lacrosse all game, causing just enough turnovers to allow UND to squeeze out a win.

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Four is less Syracuse tennis has had no success whatsoever at the No. 4 singles spot in tennis. The Orange is 0-10 combined at the position.

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PRO DAY ‘15

ROUGH DRAFT

By Jon Mettus staff writer

DURELL ESKRIDGE addresses the media after SU’s Pro Day on Tuesday. He is projected by CBS Sports to be taken in either the fourth or fifth round of the NFL Draft. He opted to forgo his senior year after he made 47 tackles and had one interception last season. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

Eskridge discusses leaving early, looks ahead to professional future

By Sam Blum asst. sports editor

D

urell Eskridge has heard that he could have used another year at Syracuse.

Whether it was NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. or even his own strength coach Will Hicks, he knows that every time a player leaves early there will always be people that say he shouldn’t.

“I just don’t let that bother me, I don’t worry about what Mel Kiper has to say. I don’t worry about what any other analysts have to say,” Eskridge said. “I’m looking forward to what the general managers, the head coaches and the defensive back coaches have to say.”

Eskridge was defiant in his first public comments since deciding to leave Syracuse a year early to pursue an NFL career. The safety spoke to the media following his SU Pro Day performance on Tuesday at the Cliff Ensley Athletic Center and looked toward his professional future. He currently projects as a fourth- or fifth-round pick, according to CBS Sports.

Eskridge — who was third on SU with 47 tackles in his final season — said his 40-yard dash time improved from 4.57 seconds to around 4.50, and that he’d had workouts with the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans.

“I gave him the facts. I wanted him to come back,” said Hicks, SU’s assistant athletics director for athletic performance. “… The decision really comes down to the kids.”

I gave him the facts.

I wanted him to come back… The decision really comes down to the kids.

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Hickey, teammates try to impress at Pro Day

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Sean Hickey was “a little bit of a nervous wreck” coming into Syracuse’s Pro Day on Tuesday, said Will Hicks, assistant athletics director for athletic performance.

Six days before, he came down with a stomach virus, which he dealt with until Sunday. Hickey had to receive IV fluids and dropped from his 309-pound weight at the NFL combine to 301 pounds.

He didn’t work out on Thursday, but did the rest of the days despite “feeling like crap.”

“I rolled my eyes right when I got this, I said ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Hickey said.

Hickey battled through residual effects of the illness and was able to increase his bench press repetitions. He felt fatigued during the bench press and 40-yard dash, but said the rest of the drills went well.

“I just wanted to come out, prove

I’m healthy … and put up some good numbers,” Hickey said.

Hickey managed 27 inches with his vertical, which he expected, then moved onto the bench press, where he tired quicker than he expected, despite ultimately topping his combine total.

“Typically I try to go to 33 or 35 without stopping,” Hickey said. “I went to 30 or 31 and then I took my break.”

He didn’t participate in the 40-yard dash at the combine because of a hamstring injury. On Tuesday, he tired toward the end of his first attempt, but was able to get into the 5.1-second range, Hicks said.

Hickey said he displayed his athleticism in the short shuttle and threecone drills, but thought he could’ve improved his broad jump distance.

He was expecting three attempts, but only got two.

Hickey has had five workouts with individual line coaches, he said, and has a sixth set for Saturday.

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Kayla Treanor lined up at the 8-meter mark with 1:45 left in the second overtime period and notre dame 12 Sy racu se syracuse 11 t r a i l i n g by one.

She twirled her stick and tapped her back foot.

As the whistle blew, Treanor charged toward the net and ripped a low shot that Notre Dame goalie Liz O’Sullivan stopped with her leg. For the 10th time in the game, Syracuse couldn’t score on a free position shot and this time it was its last chance.

“We certainly had plenty of opportunities,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “I sort of feel a little bit like a broken record on that one.”

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PERCENTAGE SU SHOT ON FREE-POSITION OPPORTUNITIES. THE ORANGE MADE 2-OF-12 ON THE EVENING.

Every time the Fighting Irish pulled ahead, Syracuse was able to find an answer, but never took a lead of its own in the second half. Five times Syracuse trailed by two goals but the No. 6 Orange (9-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) couldn’t convert on late-game chances and fell to No. 13 Notre Dame (8-5, 3-3), 12-11, in front of 570 fans in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday night.

“It really was who was going to get that last one to go in the back of the net,” Notre Dame head coach Christine Halfpenny said.

“It could have gone either way.”

Notre Dame started the game with two quick goals, but SU countered and netted four in a row before UND scored a buzzer-beater to tie the game at four at halftime.

Later in the second half, the Fighting Irish pulled ahead 9-7 before SU midfielder Taylor Gait scored twice on off-ball cuts to the net. On the second, Gait’s defender fell to the ground and pounded her hand into the turf after the goal went in with five minutes left in the game. see notre

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