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N • Campus politics
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud recently approved a set of five recommendations detailing methods to improve SU’s campus climate. Page 3
O • Safe haven
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P • Family artillery
Liberal columnist Kyle Smith urges people to reassure the safety of asylum seekers and protect the cultural identity of Syracuse. Page 5
With thousands of attendees, the NYSACA hosted its 53rd annual September Syracuse Gun Show, carrying on a deep-rooted history in central New York. Page 11
S • Catching on
Ben Brickman enlisted in the Marines out of high school and took a winding route to arrive at Syracuse, where he’s a walk-on wide receiver. Page 16
on campus
Professor announces campaign By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor
Come together MARISA GUZMAN AND ANNA RUPERT, dance instructors at Guzman’s dance studio, perform flamenco during the Westcott Street Cultural Fair in Syracuse on Sunday. The fair is an annual celebration of the diversity of the neighborhood through visual and performing arts, food and activities geared toward families and students. angela santos contributing photographer
on campus
Students march to support DACA program By Sam Ogozalek and Jordan Muller the daily orange
“Education not deportation.” “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” “The people united will never be divided.” Those were among the chants about 60 protesters shouted as they marched across the Syracuse University campus just minutes before a football game kicked off in the Carrier Dome Saturday. The marchers — students, alumni and community members — rallied to protest President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this month to phase out the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.
My future relies on this. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish college. Evelyn Angamarca su student and daca recipient
A few carried makeshift signs made from paper and cardboard boxes. Some of the signs read: “Defend DACA,” “They are here to stay” and “Rad Hombre.”
Without the program, many fear DACA recipients will be deported. DACA was introduced by former President Barack Obama in 2012. The program gave amnesty to undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children. Evelyn Angamarca, an SU student who attended the protest, is a DACA recipient herself, she said. “My future relies on this,” Angamarca said. “I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish college.” The march began at Schine Student Center, passed near Hall of Languages and ended in front of the Life Sciences Complex. Several marchers knew friends or family directly affected by Trump’s plan to
end the program. Rally attendees also walked across the Quad near Hendricks Chapel before swinging toward the Dome. John Sardino, associate chief of the Department of Public Safety, followed closely behind. The Dome’s concrete walls amplified chants. Football fans looked on with shocked facial expressions. One man had to be restrained by his family after running toward students shouting, “They can’t tell me what to do.” Another man yelled expletives at the marchers before turning back to the Dome. Daisy Carangui, a rally organizer, said she was initially frightened see daca page 4
A Syracuse University professor has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., in congressional midterm elections next year. Dana Balter, a visiting assistant teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and BALTER Public Affairs, announced her candidacy at the Westcott Cultural Fair on Sunday. “The people I love, the country I love, the values I love are all being threatened and I cannot stand idly by,” said Balter, 41, in a statement posted to her campaign website. Balter is an organizer for the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group that opposes President Donald Trump’s agenda. Her campaign platform focuses on universal health care, “providing an equitable fully-funded education for every child” and criminal justice reform, according to Syracuse.com. The assistant teaching professor supports Medicare-for-all, per Syracuse.com. She also wants to protect natural resources and “responsible stewardship of the Earth.” Katko, an SU alumnus who defeated Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon in 2016, has held two terms in office representing New York state’s 24th Congressional District since 2014. The congressman helped launch a House of Representatives suicide prevention task force on Friday, according to the Auburn Citizen. Earlier this year, Katko split with party leaders to vote against the Republican health care bill aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act. The chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said the committee will still emphasize that Katko has supported ACA repeal efforts previously, according to Syracuse.com. “I hear from so many people who are frustrated, angry and scared,” Balter said on her website. “They are feeling threatened by our current administration and ignored by our current representative.” Balter’s expertise focuses on education policy, public finance and government accountability. She attended the University of Connecticut as a graduate student, according to the website. “I truly understand the kinds of battles that families are fighting every day and the need for humane government policies that can help them,” Balter said on her website. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783