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P • Light it up

After many years of work, Syracuse University’s Student Association will finally be implementing a bike share program for the community.

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This year’s three Light Work grant winners speak about how they got into photography, their photo inspirations and the most recent projects they’re working on.

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S • Pack nation

Syracuse men’s cross country’s Colin Bennie has emerged as a leader in his senior year. After a national title in 2015, SU is looking to defend its championship.

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crime

SU worker stabbed to death A university employee died Sunday in Oneida after being stabbed

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

A Syracuse University employee was stabbed and killed Sunday night in Oneida.

Francis Borasky, 35, died following a fight in the Oneida area. He suffered apparent stab wounds and died from his injuries after being taken to the Oneida Healthcare emergency room, per media reports.

The stabbing took place near the corner of Lexington Avenue and Pearl Street in Oneida, according to media reports.

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The search for off-campus housing has been starting earlier and earlier each year. Part of this push to find housing early is due to word-ofmouth from a few students talking to others about looking sooner than actually needed. moriah ratner staff photographer

THE HOUSING GAMES SU students are looking for off-campus housing earlier than ever

By Stacy Fernández asst. news editor

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tudents at Syracuse University have begun their hunt for off-campus housing earlier every year — going as far as looking at apartments over the summer.

Ben Tupper, a Syracuse landlord and owner of rentfromben. com, said when he went to SU in the late 1980s, people would begin casually talking about looking for off-campus housing a little before Thanksgiving break. It was once they returned in late November that the search for housing “spread like a virus.”

Tupper left Syracuse for a while, and when he returned in 1996 to take over his father’s real estate business he found that everybody was now looking for housing around Oct. 15. Tupper didn’t show any apartments before that date, but over the last 20 years that date has crept closer and closer to the beginning of the semester.

Elin Riggs, director of the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services, described the movement to get housing early as a virus. Once a few students begin talking about their search for off-campus housing and telling others they won’t get anything if they don’t start soon, it spreads

to other students and parents, and before you know it people are signing leases, Riggs said.

However, Tabitha Miller, leasing director at University Hill Apartments, said she remembers a specific time peg that prompted students to search for housing.

The last week of August is when the panic really started. Campus Hill Apartments started putting up fliers and students began to get nervous about their housing, Miller said.

“Why is it early? It isn’t a riddle. It isn’t complex,” Tupper said.

“It boils down to that old saying: ‘The early bird gets the worm.’”

There are only a certain

amount of really nice houses that are close to campus and there is no real drawback to looking early, Tupper said.

But Riggs said she doesn’t want students to panic.

“There’s always going to be housing. This year — even in the neighborhood — there was still housing at the end of the summer,” Riggs said.

Riggs said she would prefer for students to learn about the process and take the time to figure out their budget, how this will affect their financial aid, think about what kind of apartment they want and how many people see housing page 4

student association

Absences spur end of meeting

By William Muoio staff writer

The third Student Association meeting of the semester was shortened on Monday since not enough voting members were in attendance.

According to SA rules, there must be at least 50 percent of the voting members present plus an additional person. There are currently 31 voting members in SA, but there were only 14 people present during the meeting — which is three members short.

Because of this, the voting members could not vote on or approve any items on the agenda.

SA President Eric Evangelista said this happens more often than usual due to the board of elections taking place next week. He said the main reason for this was because some SA members “are currently studying abroad, making it impossible for them to attend the meetings.” wgmuoio@syr.edu

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TATTOO tuesday | r.j. enoch

Junior honors family, heritage with tattoos

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By Destiny Reyes contributing writer

R.J. Enoch has ten tattoos in total, but the tattoo with the most meaning to him is on his right arm. Three doves and a rose relate to his heritage and childhood. The ink is in honor of his relationship with his late great-grandfathers and three of his great-grandmothers.

“The doves stand for peace, because when somebody passes it’s peaceful,” he said, “Most people let doves fly when people die.”

The junior industrial design major said he was very close to his great-grandfathers, and has one name next to each of the doves.

The tattoo is quite intricate, and the different aspects are extremely meaningful to Enoch. The clock reads “space time continuum” and lists the time he was born, and the Colosseum on the side pays respect to Enoch’s Italian heritage. Lastly, the owl stands for wisdom and the Bible verse listed below contains his last name.

Although Enoch said he is only a little religious, he still wanted to represent his Catholic upbringing with the a Bible verse. Enoch said he plans to get more tattoos in the future. He, his mother and his stepfather all have tattoos, so he

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INSIDE N • Testing, testing

An expert from Harvard University discusses the technology and politics behind nuclear weapons testing after North Korea’s fifth weapons test.

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S • Getting that money

Senior forward Doyin AkintobiAdeyeye was placed on scholarship. He takes up SU’s 11th and final scholarship for the upcoming season.

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R.J. ENOCH has more than ten tattoos, with many of them honoring and remembering his family and childhood. The quarter sleeve on his right arm is his favorite. kali bowden contributing photographer

said it is really no taboo that he has gotten so many.

Enoch said that all of his tattoos have meaning and he plans on staying true to that by getting more tattoos for his family because they mean so much to him.

“I want to get more tattoos about

my family, probably on my other arm or maybe my back,” he said. “I want to get my grandfather or my father and mother later on, so I’d probably get their names also.”

Enoch got the tattoo on his arm in one sitting, though he said it wasn’t painful. He expressed that

his immediate family members are all very close to each other and he is using these tattoos to embody his life as a whole. He said it is a way for him to carry around a reminder of how close he is with his family.

“It’s just a family thing,” he said. dereyes@syr.edu

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Helping out SU’s Falk College has received a grant to help children in the city of Syracuse cope with their stress and trauma through yoga.

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@CatieOToole Oneida city police have 2 suspects in custody in #homicide investigation #murder #madisoncounty

NEWS

Breaking it down See what aspects factor into the U.S. News and World Report rankings that put Syracuse University in the No. 60 spot.

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news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories happening in the world.

U.S.

CAPTURED A suspect in the Manhattan and New Jersey bombings over the weekend was captured Monday.

Ahmad Khan Rahami was taken into custody after a shootout with police in Linden, N.J. Rahami has been charged with seven counts. source: the new york times

CAPTURED Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma have released a video of the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher on Monday. The video footage shows Crutcher, a 40-year-old black man, was not armed. Police Chief Chuck Jordan said a weapon was not retrieved from Crutcher’s SUV. source: the new york times

Lining up Syracuse University students wait in line on the Quad to pick up their Juice Jam tank tops on Monday. At one point, the line stretched all way from the entrance of Hinds Hall to an area near Bowne Hall. Juice Jam, the annual music festival held in the fall semester, will take place on Sunday from noon until 7 p.m. Rapper Fetty Wap will headline the concert.

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ALL THE GOVERNOR’S MEN New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was aware of a politically motivated, deliberate shutdown of the George Washington Bridge as it was unfolding in 2013, prosecutors said Monday. The allegation was made at the beginning of a trial of two former Christie aides who were accused of conspiring to clog the bridge to harass Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie. source: the washington post

student association

Group to implement bike share program

THREE PERCENT Just 3 percent of adults own 50 percent of guns in the United States, according to a survey of 4,000 gun owners. source: the washington post

By William Muoio staff writer

Syracuse University’s Student Association announced Monday the first-ever bike-share program on campus.

This program, which has been in the works since 2013, will allow students to rent bikes from Schine Student Center and be able to use

them for up to 24 hours beginning on Sept. 26. SA will be hosting an event on the day to commemorate the project.

Students will need a valid SUID card in order to check out the bikes. This program is available for all students, both undergraduate and graduate.

SA Vice President Joyce LaLonde has worked on and

Liaison works with SU Posse scholars

By McKenna Moore staff writer

Following Syracuse University’s termination of contract with both the Los Angeles and Atlanta chapters of recruitment for Posse scholars, Bea González has her work cut out for her.

In August, González, dean of University College, was appointed as the new formal liaison between the Posse Foundation and the university. As such, she will work with the university and the foundation to support Posse scholars on campus, assist faculty working with

them and choose each year’s newest Posse from Miami.

“I’m trying to reset the Posse relationship on our campus,” González said.

The Posse Foundation recruits and trains public high school students with outstanding leadership and academic abilities each year to become Posse scholars.

Alexandria Pritchett, a Posse alumna who attended SU, stressed that cultural and economic backgrounds do not play a part in the selection of Posse scholars. However, SU seems to have used the see posse page 6

finalized the bike-share program, which is listed as a top priority on the SA initiatives page on its website.

SA President Eric Evangelista said he is pleased to see this initiative being completed, recalling how the program has been worked on since he joined SA during his freshman year.

The bikes have been in Syra-

cuse for a few months, however details have yet to be finalized.

Evangelista also announced that SA will provide top administrators a comprehensive report regarding mental health on campus, in accordance with Mental Health Awareness Week. This will be led by LaLonde and Kelsey May, co-chair of community engagement. wgmuoio@syr.edu

falk

College set to launch master’s program

By Kenneth Mintz staff writer

The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics has announced the addition of a master’s of science in public health over the summer — and students have already jumped on board.

Only two students are enrolled, but the program will be launching in its fullest capacity in fall 2017, said Brooks Gump, graduate program director in Syracuse University’s public health department.

Ivan Castro, a graduate stu-

dent in Falk, described it as a “soft launch,” meaning that since the program won’t officially start until next year, he is still fulfilling requirements to complete the two-year program.

Since some of the already established M.S. in global health courses overlap with the M.S. in public health core classes, Castro is filling several requirements that will transfer over to the M.S. in public health in the near future.

Felicia Otero, director of see public

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INNOVATION THAT EXCITES United States federal regulators have officially supported driverless cars from a safety standpoint. The government issued guidelines to balance business interests and safety. source: the new york times

WORLD

CUTTING SHORT The Syrian military ended a fragile ceasefire agreement Monday.

The military then immediately started attacking rebel-controlled areas in the city of Aleppo. source: the new york times

SUCCESSFUL TEST North Korea has successfully conducted a ground test of a new rocket engine, the state media said. The country carried out an underground nuclear test earlier this month. source: bbc news

SOLUTION FOR REFUGEES World leaders have uphold a declaration urging more coordinated and humane response in addressing the refugee crisis at the Summit for Refugees and Migrants at United Nations on Monday. source: associated press

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falk

Grant to help local kids cope with trauma

By Joseph Pucciarelli contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Falk College received a $24,942 grant last week that will finance its initiative to assist preschoolers who have been subjected to violence and trauma in Syracuse communities.

The program, developed by the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, will utilize yoga to help young children manage stress, said Rachel Razza, the project director. The teachers will be trained by trauma-informed scholars as well as the Syracuse Trauma Response Team. Teachers will learn skills in workshops that will then be implemented in the classroom with students ages 3 to 5.

“Sometimes (the kids) don’t get opportunities to be silent … and it’s fun … (it’s) presented in a way where they are curious and interested,” Razza said.

The 20-minute sessions of yoga will provide an opportunity to learn stress management at a young age. The preschoolers will learn breathing techniques and other simple aspects of yoga, allowing them to regulate themselves and hopefully help alleviate the negative impacts of trauma, Razza

said. Overall, the program aims to provide children with skills that go beyond the classroom and can be utilized in everyday life.

Those types of grants are first identified by the Falk research center, Razza said.

This particular grant was presented by the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York. The organization routinely funds projects with an aim to improve the outcome for disadvantaged families.

Kara Williams, senior program officer at HFWCNY, said she and others at the organization are excited about the proposal. She said they hope to see positive effects of mindfulness techniques when used with young children who have been exposed to trauma.

Initially, Razza said the project was intended for the Southwest Community Center. Program developers wanted to be able to include the parents and target all different ages of children. When the developers became aware of the grant’s restrictions, they changed the project to target children from birth to 5 years of age.

Preschoolers from the P.E.A.C.E. Inc. Head Start Merrick school — an organization that has previously worked with Falk — were chosen for the program, Razza said.

This specific school was chosen based on

demographics to best target low-income families and children exposed to trauma.

The program is split up into three phases in order to lay out a simple, comprehensible program.

The first phase includes the training sessions where teachers will learn the necessary skills to execute the program in the classrooms, Razza said. Aside from simple yoga instruction, teachers will also learn methods to better handle trauma-impacted students.

The second phase will be the actual implementation of the program, Razza said.

The 20-minute yoga sessions will run twice a week for eight weeks. The class will be offered during the fall and in the spring, as to include more students.

The third phase will be a follow-up period where students will have the opportunity to share their experiences, Razza said. Teachers and families will be offered additional resources from the trauma-informed scholars and Trauma Response Team.

Members of HFWCNY are eager to see the results, Williams said. If effective, they would think about using this program as a model and potentially implementing it on a larger scale.

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stabbing Borasky was a general maintenance employee in SU’s Physical Plant, according to the university directory.

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The approximate distance in miles Oneida is from Syracuse University

“Syracuse University is saddened to hear of the tragic passing of Francis Borasky, a longtime member of our campus community,” said Pete Sala, SU vice president and chief campus facilities officer who manages the Physical Plant, in a statement to media outlets. “Our thoughts, prayers and condolences are with his family and friends during this difficult time.”

A GoFundMe page has since been created for Borasky’s family. He was married with two sons and had worked at SU for at least 15 years, according to the page.

Police have identified and charged two suspects in the stabbing, though their names have not been released. Both are being held at the Madison County Jail, according to Syracuse.com. mdburk01@syr.edu

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housing they will live with.

Students should make those decisions beforehand so when they go out to look, they are confident and can make their decisions quickly, Riggs added. If students don’t do all of this and confer with their roommates and parents, she said, that’s when the panic and sense of urgency sets in.

“If I had the influence to control the process, I would say that February or March would be a good time,” Riggs said. “I think it’s time for you to live on campus for a semester, I think it’s time for you to go home for the winter and talk to your parents about it and it’s around the time when you have to decide how the housing process goes and whether you’re going to live on campus or not.”

With knowledge comes power and with power comes confidence. The more confident you are walking through the process, the less likely you are to feel like you are being taken advantage of or that you will get taken advantage of.

Elin Riggs director of office of off-campus and commuter services

Tupper said the earlier start time has nothing to do with the landlords. He would prefer for it to begin in late October, since it would give him the added time to sort out any repairs that need to be made.

“Usually I have a few weeks of downtime in September, but this year I’ve been working every day of the week,” Miller said.

Tupper’s tenants had until Sept. 1 to renew their lease. Similar to other off-

With the introduction of luxury apartments to the university area, students have lined up outside of the Park Point apartments to reserve their spot, even having their parents hold their spot in line. kali bowden contributing photographer

campus landlords, Tupper gives students an incentive to renew their lease early. If they renew by Aug. 15 or Aug. 30, they will receive a discounted rate. The sooner Tupper knows what houses will be on the market, the sooner he can start showing them to students.

After Tupper or a member of his staff shows a student an apartment, they allow them to put any apartment they are interested in on hold for 24 hours. During this time Tupper said he urges them to read over the lease, email or call him with questions, talk to a family member and go to SU Student Legal Services.

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services is available to help students, but they won’t know you need help unless you ask for it, Riggs said.

“With knowledge comes power and with

power comes confidence,” Riggs said. “The more confident you are walking through the process, the less likely you are to feel like you are being taken advantage of or that you will get taken advantage of.”

Riggs added that SU Student Legal Services will review a student’s lease for free.

One-third of students “make their parents proud” and follow Tupper’s instructions to go over the lease, another third have a responsible leader in the group that takes care of reviewing the lease and the other third don’t read and don’t ask.

With the introduction of new luxury buildings, it could affect the off-campus neighborhood a little bit in how people look for apartments and at what time, Riggs said.

Last week while she was driving, Riggs saw

a tent outside of Park Point, a luxury apartment complex located on Comstock Avenue, and she said people camp out there and even get their parents to wait in line for them.

“You would think I would say, ‘Oh, this is making my job tough. This is making it harder for me to rent. All this new fancy stuff is coming up and I have older houses. Uh oh, uh oh, Rent from Ben is going down,” Tupper said.

Tupper said every year for the past three years he has rented out all of more than 140 apartments 15 percent faster than the year before. As of Sunday, he had already signed about 90 leases.

University Hill has also signed most of their leases with only 28 apartments left out of about 310. sfern100@syr.edu | @StacyFernandezB

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gender and sexuality

It’s OK to remain a virgin in college amid SU hookup culture

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espite what Snapchat might make us think, not everyone needs to know your story — particularly one that is told from between the sheets.

Syracuse University alumna Lianne Stokes embodies this philosophy. In her recently published memoir “Below Average: A Life Way Under The Bar,” Stokes recounts her life in New York City in a less Carrie Bradshaw-ish way and discusses her decision to lose her virginity, which happened to be around her 30th birthday.

SU has a prevalent hookup culture which can make college a confusing time. On the fine line between adolescence and the real world, college students have all kinds of opinions thrown at them about what to do with their life.

Once you add sex into the mix, it becomes even more difficult to know how to make the right decisions.

Of course, we won’t accomplish anything in our own sex lives by criticizing the sexual decisions of our peers. But it’s important to remember that making fun of vir-

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gins is just as bad as slut-shaming.

Not everyone waits for the love of their life to swoop in and steal their v-card, but the waiting game is OK, too.

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Percentage of women in college who said they were not sexually active, according to a study done by New York Magazine and SurveyMonkey.

One’s decision to abstain from sex might stem from personal insecurities, religious beliefs or perhaps they just haven’t been in the right setting. Whatever the reason is for refraining from sexual activity, every reason is valid.

Joseph Fanelli, an instructor in SU’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics who teaches courses on human sexuality and

relationships, said that the sexual empowerment that came about in the 1960s should have been about the freedom to choose.

“I always felt that if this was really a sexual revolution and we were fully liberated sexually, then we would have as much right to say ‘yes’ as to say ‘no thank you,’” Fanelli said. “But that never happened.

The sexual revolution focused on one’s choices to have sex, but it never affirmed and empowered those who said they would wait.”

Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than going home with your best friends after a night out and ordering Calios. And most of the time, we don’t even really know what happens behind closed doors. Forty-one percent of women and 49 percent of men in college said they were not sexually active, according to a survey conducted by New York Magazine and SurveyMonkey. Thirty-nine percent of those surveyed confessed that they were virgins.

These numbers are real, and who’s to say they don’t apply to

students right here on the Hill.

“Still in 2017, a lot of young people feel a lot of peer pressure to engage in sexual activity whether it’s hooking up, f*ck buddies or friends with benefits — that pressure is real. A lot of the pressure comes from within,” Fanelli said.

The sexual revolution focused on one’s choices to have sex, but it never affirmed and empowered those who said they would wait.

Joseph Fanelli instructor, david b. falk college of sport and human dynamics

It is possible to resist giving in and Stokes is a prime example of that. It’s important for young people to remember that sex should

never be a means of proving your worth to your partner. It should be a matter your own comfort level.

Some people believe that “losing your virginity” should be in the perfect place, at the perfect time, with the perfect person because once it’s gone — it’s gone.

But I like to think that losing your virginity is more of a rite of passage. It is not the end of an era, it is the beginning of self-discovery as a sexual being.

Sex is meant to be enjoyed by those who want to partake, not to pose an uncomfortable obstacle for those who haven’t had that experience yet. Stokes shows us that it is possible to avoid the pressure of SU’s hookup culture and that sexual empowerment is about a whole lot more than not being “slut-shamed.” It is crucial that as a school, we respect everyone’s decisions when it comes to what we do with our bodies.

Ivana Pino is a sophomore political science major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at ivpino@syr.edu.

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SU should guide off-campus housing With the houses leased by local landlords and luxury apartments lining university-area neighborhoods, Syracuse University students have a number of off-campus housing options to choose from.

But with variety of choice comes more stress and greater competition, particularly in recent years — what was once a task for after Thanksgiving Break has turned into searches in the early part of fall semester.

For most of SU’s sophomores and juniors, this house hunt would be the first time they are conducting their own searches for housing, signing their own leases and making their own payments. And because they have not been through this process before, it would be easy for rental companies to take advantage of these students.

As undergraduate students embark on this first critical adult

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decision, it’s important that the university is vigilant in helping its student body make that decision.

Despite the fact they are looking to live out of SU’s jurisdiction, these students should still be protected and looked out for by the university.

Though local real estate websites and landlords should do their best to be upfront with SU students when it comes to safety and the criminal activity in the respective neighborhoods, these outside parties do not have the same responsibility that university resources do.

Located on 760 Ostrom Ave, SU’s Student Legal Services, for example, helps students wade through the legalese of housing contracts. And nearby on 754 Ostrom, Off-Campus and Commuter Services also helps with the housing hunt by providing

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students with information about residential concerns.

But university resources can offer more in the way of tangible outreach to students in this hectic housing climate. For example, OCCS used to hold an apartment housing fair, but no longer does so. If the university were to host a “how-to” event, many SU students’ concerns could be addressed and they would be better equipped for the process.

It is understood that the push to secure housing early on isn’t so much a matter of deadlines, but a benchmark set by the students in what is the result of social pressures to become fully independent and beat the stress of worrying where to live in the next year. But any efforts the university can make to be a guide would benefit students greatly as they take on the housing market.

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DoE announces online resources for students

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

The United States Department of Education has announced the launch of a new online set of programs to help students affected by college closures.

The resources, which can be found at NextStepsEdu.org, will match students with financial aid counselors to provide advice and guidance as the students take their next steps, per a press release.

Advisers in the program will take questions by email, phone and text messages from students “about academic, financial aid, and federal loan discharge options,” according to the release. Advisers are education professors who will be screened and trained before being hired.

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posse program to further the diversity on campus.

“It’s just the pool you’re drawing from, especially in Atlanta Public Schools. The makeup is very, very different. That’s kind of what makes Posse neat,” said Paige Banks, a member of Posse Atlanta’s first graduating class at SU with Pritchett.

While it is not an affirmative action type of scholarship program, the founder used the diversity of scholars as a marketing strategy to form partnerships with universities, Pritchett said.

“That got us in the door, but it’s so important to prove every day that that’s not why we’re here and that’s not how we stay,” she said. “Me walking into a room and saying I’m a Posse scholar doesn’t make me great, watch me work and you’ll know.”

“Here at the Department we won’t stop working to ensure ITT students remain inspired to pursue the promise of a higher education,” said U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell in the release. “I am grateful to the Beyond 12 and NASFAA teams for their leadership, creativity and commitment to aiding students affected by school closures.”

To launch the programs, the department has teamed with Beyond 12, a nonprofit that aims to increase the number of low-income students in college, and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Beyond 12 CEO Alexandra Bernadotte said in the release that the organization is helping launch the program because of an “urgent need” to support students affected by the closure. mdburk01@syr.edu

That is part of the reason González is excited to step into the position of formal liaison.

“I just want to bring clarity regarding the relationship and the mission of the program,” she said.

Though that diversity is not a requirement, González said she believes it is an important part of achieving the Posse mission.

“One of the values of Posse, and the values of the university, is engaging with people you normally wouldn’t agree with and doing it respectfully,” she said.

The Posse Foundation reports that 63 percent of Posse alumni are underrepresented minorities, with more than 60 percent of alumni being black, Hispanic or Latino.

González said she became acquainted with the foundation during THE General Body sit-in of fall 2014. That, she said, is when she started to pay more attention to the group. Part of their protest involved dis-

University hires VP for development from Cornell

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

A longtime Syracuse University fundraiser has been named as vice president for development.

Sixteen-year fundraiser and development strategist Sean Scanlon will oversee the fundraising initiatives for a variety of SU institutions such as athletics and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, according to an SU news release.

He will also be in charge of handling giving groups including the Office of Annual Giving, Office of Planned Giving, Office of Family Giving, the Regional Major Gifts Office and the New York Regional Major Gifts Office.

He will assume the role on Oct. 17.

Scanlon, who was appointed by SU’s Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer Matt Ter Molen, said in the release he is happy to be a member of the SU community and thrilled to work with the alumni network.

He is currently working as an associate dean for alumni affairs, development and corporate relations at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Prior to that he served as senior director of development and philanthropy at Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology from 2008-14.

During his tenure, he contributed to an increase of donations to the lab from $6 million to $14 million and the lab’s donor base increased from 27,000 to more than 80,000, according to the release. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

satisfaction with the termination of recruitment in the Posse chapters in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Hanna Richardson, associate deputy director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and one of the mentors to Posse scholars on campus, said the scholars were extremely disappointed to hear of the terminations.

“It was a process they moved through in their own emotional worlds. I encouraged them not to take it personally, because it certainly wasn’t about them,” Richardson said.

González noted that the Posse scholars were particularly saddened to lose the chance to host other academic leaders from their community on campus.

González and Richardson said the amount of funding it takes to bring three new Posses onto campus each academic year was the reason for the terminations.

Originally, SU agreed to pay the four-year, full-tuition scholarships of 10 students from each of the three cities they signed up with: Los Angeles, Atlanta and Miami.

“I think it was unusual in the first place to take on three Posses at once,” Richardson said.

Bringing three cities on board in the first go-around was abnormal for the foundation, too. Richardson said one Posse is the norm for universities in their first few years.

“Posse is a resource-intensive program,” González said. “If you want to do it right, you have to have the right amount of resources in place. The number of Posses you have in place has to match your abilities to support the students.”

The University College dean felt that a part of the termination could be attributed to the university’s inability to deliver a program for three cities that met or exceeded the ideal set forth in the signed agreement.

“We are in recalibration mode,” González said.

González added that it is her goal to keep improving Posse so there is the possibility of recruiting in Los Angeles and Atlanta once again.

“It’s too early for that conversation,” she said.

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faculty mentor on a thesis.

SU has already managed to form programs within related fields, including a B.S. in public health, an M.A. in addiction studies, an M.S. in global health and an M.A. in public health, a joint program between SUNY Upstate Medical University and SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Castro, one of the two students in the new master’s program, said practice-based studies like the existing M.A. in public health program are great, but the research component of the M.S. will help him move toward a doctoral program if he decides to take that route.

The program offers two tracks — biostatistics and global health — and Castro said once he completes his official transfer to the new M.S., he will declare a global health track.

M.S. in public health programs have a strong graduate placement in governmental health organizations at all levels — local, state and federal — as well as organizations such as the World Health Organization, Gump said.

Castro said he hasn’t entirely narrowed down his career goals, but he would like to work with implementing and evaluating programs in the United States or internationally to help those whose basic health needs are not being met.

public health admissions at Falk, said in an email that the program has gained exposure at graduate school fairs across the country. Faculty members attend about 30 fairs annually, but the admissions department also uses digital and email campaigns, direct mail and college paper advertisements, she added.

“We are looking for students who can handle the academic rigor of the program and are well suited for a research-based approach to a public health graduate program,” Otero said.

Prospective students are required to submit GRE General Test scores, Otero said, along with letters of recommendation and a 3.2 minimum GPA during bachelor studies.

The staff is also targeting students by sending flyers to students who have taken the Medical College Admission Test, Gump said.

Gump, who came to SU five years ago, said he has been working very closely with Otero to raise interest in the program and attract top students since the program has come to fruition.

The program aims to foster the studies of roughly 15 to 20 students, Gump said, which may take five or more years to build.

The overall class sizes will be kept relatively small in the long run, he said, since each student is required to work directly with a

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By Michael Burke asst. news editor

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arlier this month, North Korea claimed that for the fifth time it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon.

Countries including the United States, Japan and South Korea have condemned the test, describing it as a threat to the world’s stability.

The Daily Orange spoke with Matthew Bunn, a professor of practice at Harvard University with a research focus on nuclear energy, about North Korea’s latest test and the future of nuclear weapons across the globe.

The Daily Orange: Is there reason to worry about North Korea as a legitimate nuclear threat?

Matthew Bunn: Of course. North Korea is one of the most extreme dictatorial regimes in the world. They routinely threaten to turn South Korea and sometimes the United States into a “sea of fire.” They’re working on ballistic missiles that would be capable of carrying nuclear weapons that could probably already threaten all of South Korea.

They’re working on missiles to threaten the United States. They routinely conduct provocations, when you think from sinking a ship to shelling an island, et cetera. I’d say it’s probably going to be the top nuclear risk the

next president is going to have to cope with.

The D.O.: Speaking of the next president, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has sometimes on the campaign trail seemed to express an openness to nuclear weapons. What do you think of his position?

M.B.: His position on nuclear weapons is totally incoherent and to the extent it exists is contrary to the bipartisan consensus that has existed for 50 years. He is actively questioning whether we will be there to defend our allies, and actively saying it would be OK for our allies to develop nuclear weapons of their own to protect themselves. And that is completely contrary to the policy that both Republican and Democratic presidents have been pursuing for half a century, or more.

But more to the point, I think that the reality is there are still a lot of nuclear dangers in this world. And the next president is going to have to cope with them, and that’s going to require very sober presidential judgment. And as far as I can tell, there’s only one of the two (major party) candidates running who has ever shown any sober judgment in real international crises, so I think it’s a dangerous world that the next president is going to have to cope with on the nuclear front and other fronts.

Voters need to seriously think about what

they actually think about the judgment or the impulsiveness of one candidate versus the other.

If you look at the Cuban missile crisis, a strong majority of Kennedy’s advisers were telling him he needed to conduct airstrikes followed by an invasion. And we now know there were already nuclear weapons in the country, which we did not know at the time.

And had that advice been followed, we probably would have had a nuclear war and our civilization might no longer exist. So the fact that Kennedy was the president that he was, made a big, big difference.

The D.O.: Along with North Korea, where else across the world do you see nuclear threats?

M.B.: There’s a whole set of nuclear dangers facing the world at the moment. You have in North Korea an unpredictable dictator armed with a couple dozen nuclear weapons that are a growing nuclear stockpile, trying to extend the range of his missiles to be able to reach the United States. …

Also in Pakistan you have some of the world’s most capable terrorists in the same place with the world’s fastest growing nuclear arsenal, which raises concerns.

You have terrorists who in the past have pursued nuclear weapons, like al-Qaida, and we don’t know — we have some hints of

nuclear interest of the Islamic State, but we don’t know they have the focused nuclear weapons program like the kind al-Qaida had. But if they did turn to nuclear weapons, they have more money, more territory, more control, more people, more ability to recruit experts globally than al-Qaida at its strongest had.

You have Iran, which while … the nuclear deal greatly reduces the risks imposed by its nuclear program for the near-term, there are a lot of issues about whether that deal will survive and many of its restraints expire over eight to 15 years after the deal went into effect. And there’s going to be a lot of action needed to make sure the deal keeps working and to figure out what to do after those key restraints expire.

In the case of the United States and Russia, we still have thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at each other. And it’s a more dangerous and conflict-prone relationship than we’ve had in 30 years. …

Barack Obama, oddly, he is both the president who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his soaring disarm in rhetoric and the president who has laid out literally a $1 trillion program to revitalize every respect of the U.S. nuclear stockpile. So there’s a lot on the nuclear agenda. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

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This year’s Light Work grant winners talk inspirations, recent projects

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The Light Work grant has been around for more than twenty years and provides financial resources for local artists to continue their photography projects and gain exposure among art galleries. This year’s winners were Robert Knight, Lida Suchy and Marion Wilson. courtesy of light work grant winners

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Knight began his art career studying architecture, and turned to photography to learn more about his craft. He said taking pictures helps him understand architecture and allows him to explore some of his creative interests.

Originally from Boston, Knight moved around the east coast before settling in Clinton, New York. He has been an assistant professor of art at Hamilton College for the past two years, and spent that time working on his photo portfolio with the hopes of one day qualifying for the Light Work grant.

His photographs focus on different religious spaces and the people living around them.

“I was really interested in the space and how they really give you a sense of community and identity,” Knight said.

Knight recently traveled around Europe while on sabbatical, discovering and photographing houses of worship that experienced some sort of change over the past few years. He said it takes him a while to decide on a location, but once he decides on the right place he spends days there, photographing the rooms, the people and the services.

When looking for locations, Knight said he focused on the dominant religion there, because he said it

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very semester, artists from around the country apply for the Light Work grant. The $3,000 grant is given to photographers to expand on their current projects and gain exposure among local curators and gallery owners.

Founded in 1973, Light Work is a nonprofit located in Watson Hall, and is dedicated to helping photographers get their next big break. Associate director Mary Lee Hodgens said it “helps emerging and under recognized artists” and is a “transformative” experience.

The grant program was created just two years after Light Work came into fruition, and is one of the longest-running programs of its kind in the U.S. The grant gives artists a chance to be seen in both Light Work’s gallery and its annual contact sheet, which is sent to art galleries around the country.

This year’s grant recipients are Robert Knight, Lida Suchy, and Marion Wilson. From photographing up-close images of botany to capturing abandoned churches around the country, these three artists use their storied backgrounds and vast art experience in their work.

is the most representative of the community, be it a church, mosque or synagogue.

“I’m interested in the juxtaposition between culture and religion, and the common themes among the spaces, in addition to the populations who use those spaces” Knight said.

When approaching a shoot, Knight said he attempts to capture as much movement and motion as possible, whether it be participants knelt down in prayer or standing in praise. He said he tries to focus on “how participants make the space theirs.” The most important aspect of photography is making the images visually appealing to the viewer.

Lida Suchy Suchy draws from many inspirations for her work — most notably her background. She is part of a Ukranian refugee family.

For the past 20 years, Suchy has been photographing the inhabitants of a small village in Western Ukraine. She said she focused on the individual villagers — creating a “composite portrait of the community.” She said growing up, her parents would tell her stories of Ukraine and she had always wanted to visit and photograph the memories they described. see light

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Exploring non-westernized areas is vital for abroad experience

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he last few days of my weeklong break between classes due to Eid al-Adha was spent alternating between schoolwork and exploring a little more of Jordan.

After spending four rather touristy days on a private beach along the Jordanian seaside, I was ready to get back to experiencing the real Jordan — whatever one interprets that to be.

To me, that means pushing myself to do things like taking walks along the crowded, shop-

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SHUKRAAN AMMAN, JORDAN filled streets near my house. Many of my program peers haven’t even explored their neighborhood, let alone gone to unfamiliar places.

Everyone studying abroad should strive to explore the city and country they live in, even if you feel that social norms may prevent from doing so.

One way I got to know Amman a little better this week was when

I met with my language partner.

This program requirement helps my peers and I practice Arabic and learn more about the community while our partners have the chance to improve their English skills.

The first time I met my partner, she introduced me to her wonderfully noisy family and friends.

Circassian by descent, she and all of her girlfriends spent a lot of time speaking in a very fast, joyful version of Jordanian Arabic.

After a meal of Mansaf, the

national dish of Jordan made with meat, rice, almonds and a special yogurt sauce, we went on a drive outside of the city to the beautiful surrounding land around Amman.

Later that night, my entire extended host family took some of my friends, my roommate and I for a game of paintball in the city of Salt, Jordan. As we drove into Salt, the hills broke off into a cliff where we could see Palestine on the other side.

I spent the next few days camped out in my favorite coffee

shop down the street in order to do homework with access to strong Wi-Fi, a luxury I really only get at the AMIDEAST center.

As I have come to expect from my host family, we were invited to another family activity of soccer in the suburbs of Amman. I didn’t realize how serious the game was until four of my host cousin’s friends, who all happen to be in professional soccer leagues, showed up.

In all of the traveling and

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light work “I want to confront the image built up from the recollections of my parents with one of my own,” she said.

When she’s photographing her subjects, Suchy said she focuses on the person and their long-term relationships with the others living in the village. She said that though her clothing and belongings signaled her status as a foreigner, her ability to speak the language and her connection to the village through her parents helped her break the wall and get immersed in the town’s culture.

Besides interviewing and photographing her subjects, Suchy teaches art at Onondaga Community College. She said teaching has influenced her work in a way that she can take her art and her art practice and translate it back to her students. Suchy said she is always learning new things through photography, lessons she can teach her students.

Some of the best advice she can give her art students relates to developing work over time and making it their own.

“Everybody has their own voice, and it takes a while to find that,” she said. “My voice comes from my background.”

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abroad exploring I did this week, I tried to steer clear of the parts of Amman that are known as the Western areas. Instead of spending the day on Rainbow Street, a street of high-end shops that cater to western tourists, I chose to go downtown where alleyways host street vendors — many locals do their own shopping here.

Little decisions like the ones I made this

Though her work focuses primarily on her past, Suchy said she is always looking to expand her work and capture more of the villagers in the future.

Why? “Because that’s life,” she said. “It’s exciting and vibrant and always changing.”

Marion Wilson Wilson, a professor in Syracuse’s School of Education, focuses her photographs around an unlikely subject: moss.

The artist calls her work a “cross between art and botany,” placing microscopic pieces of moss on painted sheets of Mylar, or plastic sheets. The result is a photograph that looks like a microscope slide.

Wilson began her art work as a painter over 20 years ago, and has adopted photography for the past two. She said she first learned and became passionate about moss when taking a botany class taught by an ESF professor, Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Wilson began traveling around the United States photographing different species of moss, and later applied for the Light Work grant as a way to continue the series.

“I enjoy looking at things that are overlooked and in the margins of our society,” she

week are what make the experience of living in a different country richer. I find the sights, shops, people and even the smells to be special. Especially when the prices of the items in the stores don’t silently push locals with lower incomes away while simultaneously greeting westerners with their tourist dollars.

Being included as one of few American students who study abroad in the Middle East is considered by some to be an accomplishment by itself. I, however, think a sense

said. “Moss is actually the first form of plant life and exists in something as little as dew.”

Besides the fragility of the species itself, Wilson said she was attracted to the fact that moss is the only plant that can dry out and come back to life, which she says connects to Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.

“There has always been an element of spirituality in my work,” she said. “It’s part of my upbringing, the ritual of going to church and learning all these different stories. The idea of something that exists and doesn’t exist, something that is concrete and not concrete at the same time — that’s a big part of my work.”

There is also an element of political activism in Wilson’s photographs. Outside of teaching, she engages with the city of Syracuse through multiple community services projects geared towards teaching inner-city kids about art.

Wilson said photographing something many people consider insignificant “asks us to pay attention.”

Despite the challenge of finding new subjects that photography brings, Wilson said she has no plans to stop anytime soon.

“I constantly am seeing and learning new things,” she said. “I’m always stunned by what I haven’t seen before.” hrhorvat@syr.edu

of accomplishment comes in observing and experiencing many different ways of life in the country you study in.

The ability to reflect on those experiences and being willing to share them with people in your home country is what, I think, makes the study abroad experience come full circle.

Katelyn Faubel is a junior newspaper and online journalism and international relations dual major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp. You can email her at kmfaubel@syr.edu.

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Fashion industry perpetuates black stereotypes

Text by Ibi Lagundoye contributing writer

Photos by Connor Bahng contributing photographer

Naomi. Iman. Tyra.

Names that elicit feelings of nostalgia, a bygone supermodel era. But more importantly, an era of inclusivity.

Three of the biggest names in modeling at the height of the ‘90s were black, and most importantly, featured on the runway and in campaign ads alike. Since then, we’ve seen a decline in black model representation, and an even further decline in representation among Asians, Latinas and other ethnic minorities. Time and time again, we are bombarded with images of similar white faces who seem to be the only option in conveying a message of what it means to be ‘beautiful.’

In addition to the messages of ideal beauty standards, we are presented with how people of certain ethnicities should dress.

Why is it that when we do see black models or other models of color, they are almost always in streetwear or urban campaigns for brands? Or they are stereotyped and modeled in ‘exotic’ or ‘tribal’ looks because that’s what a designer sees when they look at black models.

One of the most prevalent arguments designers and casting directors make about their model decisions is that it’s “not their aesthetic,” according to a Vogue article published in 2014.

In a recent New York Times article titled “Fashion Week’s Shift Toward Diversity,” author Ruth La Ferla wrote a first-hand account from the front-row of New York Fashion Week. At the Zac Posen show, she spoke with former model and agent Bethann Hardison who said, “Zac set the tone for the rest of the week.” His decision to cast 25 Black models was bold, successful and necessary for fashion.

Posen demonstrated his fashion worldview as not just being exclusively white models in couture, but that it included black models in couture who are just as capable of conveying an image of beauty and grace that white models are so often portrayed as having.

In the same article, La Ferla spoke with designer Lamine Kouyate of Xuly.Bet. He mentions that he wants to cast an all-black show, but that it was proving difficult due to the inexperience of some of the models and lack of black models at agencies. The experience was frustrating: “Since the 1970s, women of color have given input to the industry,” he said.

The supermodels of that era were in fact very influential, but over the years, that influence waned and gave rise to a new class of models. A new class that was decidedly less diverse and inclusive than before.

Fashion marketers have taken notice of such a dilemma and are trying to double their efforts in reaching black consumers, and becoming more inclusive. While this is encouraging, it raises the risk of making it seem like labels are only increasing diverse

campaigns to up their bottom line.

One of the biggest issues facing labels and trying to be inclusive is the risk of pandering or “tokenism.” Fashion consistently takes from black culture and others, but in terms of influence, there’s no other group that’s produced more influence.

Even designer Tom Ford, as quoted in a Vogue article, said, “it’s the dominant culture,” in reference to black culture, hip-hop especially. But in using and appreciating that culture, fashion companies don’t want to exclusively use black models or models of color for a singular aesthetic.

Instead, the companies only see black or non-black consumers of color in one way, which alienates them. Black consumers are, “the ones who want to wear the clothes…be reflecting back to them versions of themselves on the runway,” said Kevin Amato, a casting guru, said in the New York Times article.

This idea of reflection is key in understanding how companies project onto their potential consumers. If brands only view a certain demographic as one way, it causes alienation.

For example, one could criticize rapperdesigner Kanye West for designating his streetwear clothing to be featured only on black and multi-racial models. Some have argued against West’s decision to only cast black models, most notably seen at his Yeezy Season 3 show at New York Fashion Week.

On one hand, West’s brand, Yeezy, is a streetwear brand. The clothes are minimal, sporty yet lux at the same time. Thus, his decision to mostly cast black models could be seen by some as perpetuating the stereotypes that black models fight to break. Yet, he is giving models of color opportunities to work, which might not be normally available to them.

Casting directors and model agencies alike should begin casting African-American models in roles typically designated for white models, such as “preppy” styles. The classic American looks as exemplified by Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren are attainable by black models and can be achievable, as seen in these photos.

African-American models can wear and model the same looks as their white counterparts. To achieve the featured looks I would suggest investing in quality pieces such as tailored button downs, handmade bags, and watches.

From runways to print campaigns, there has been a longstanding tradition of emphasizing the Eurocentric beauty standards that plague the fashion world and the globe at large. But in recent years, we have seen a shift in perception, and people speaking up about the very real lack of color in major fashion shows.

From these challenges we have seen change — models Chanel Iman, Imaan Hammam, Fei Fei Sun and Liu Wen walk for major brands and houses. Though these women are making strides and garnering attention that they so deserve, it’s important that we expand the conversation. ialagund@syr.edu

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Annie Bozzo fills in as serving specialist for Syracuse

By Jake Falk staff writer

With Syracuse’s lead over Northwestern becoming unstable due to back-to-back attack errors by Anastasiya Gorelina and uncertainty from the serve position, head coach Leonid Yelin subbed in two players.

In came setter Annie Bozzo, whose job was solely to correct the second problem.

Due to the graduation of four seniors, Bozzo, a serving specialist, was still trying to establish her place on the court. With Syracuse (1-9) then off to a 1-6 start and coming off one its toughest, yet season-defining losses to then-No. 17 Penn State, the Orange was still trying to solve its inability to serve with consistently.

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Annie Bozzo averages 0.14 service aces per set, good for fourth best on the team

“Coach has been really adamant about our serve,” Bozzo said, “and serve receive and getting that first touch so that we can run our offense.”

Many serves have hit the net, gone too long or, in some cases, skewed to the left or right, costing the team valuable points and killing momentum that Syracuse might have had in the process.

Bozzo, who is a natural setter, has played sparingly during the season, mostly as a back-up setter behind Jalissa Trotter, who solidified the position early in the year.

Even without a defined position, Bozzo still wanted to play in whatever capacity that she could.

“Wherever coach needs me I’ll play, I’ll be

ready,” Bozzo said. “I’ve been training more on defense, more on serve receive, and my serve has gotten a lot better this year.”

Bozzo’s serve is fast and low to the net, allowing her to separate herself from other servers and cause more attack errors from the opponent, usually in the form of aces.

With that improved and consistent serve, Yelin has designated Bozzo as a serve specialist and found a role for her on a team that has most of its positions locked up. Last year, Bozzo played setter and libero, a defensive specialist, but this year, Yelin changed things up.

“In the last tournament (Nebraska Invite), we tried different things, you know (with) so many new people,” Yelin said. “We didn’t even know (if ) the systems (were going to) work well for us … so we wanted to use other two (setters Dana Valelly and Bozzo) if not (at) setter (and) see what else they doing good.”

Following the tournament, Yelin had inserted her as a serve-specialist against Penn State to try to disrupt the momentum that shifted the Nittany Lions’ way as they were easily handling Syracuse’s serves and turning them into points. When Bozzo subbed in, Penn State still handled the ball, but her play was more effective than her fellow servers.

“You kind of have to just take a step back and realize, ‘This is my job, I’ve been ready, I’ve been training for this moment,’” Bozzo said. “Just look at it like any other game and just go in and do your job.”

When Yelin put Bozzo in against Northwestern needing a spark on serves, Bozzo took her position in the top right corner of the court and with a jump forward, served the ball. It was an ace.

She had done her job. jafalk@syr.edu

ANNIE BOZZO played as a setter last year but hasn’t been able to crack the lineup there as frequently. Instead, she’s seen playing time as a serving specalist who can keep the ball low to the net resulting in aces. sabrina koenig staff photographer

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Garrett Adcock balances football, 2nd year of law school

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

It took only three years for Garrett Adcock to graduate with a biology degree from the University of New Mexico. But with two years of football eligibility remaining, he needed something else to do. More of a challenge, something more to work toward. So, he chose to pursue law.

“Hey, I have this crazy idea,” he told his adviser about two and a half years ago. “I want to apply to law school.”

Adcock was one of only nine FBS players who

had earned a bachelor’s degree as a junior. This year, he’s the lone senior football player in the country enrolled in his second year of law school.

The redshirt senior right tackle is also an integral force for the Lobos (1-2), who come off a 7-6 record and bowl game appearance in 2015.

A true freshman in 2012, Adcock earned eight starts and appeared in 12 games. He started 10 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2014.

He missed most of last season with injuries, but again is starting on the offensive line this year.

About two years ago, the New Mexico coaching staff had a “long” discussion but agreed

GARRETT ADCOCK earned his undergraduate degree in just three years. Because of a redshirt year, he had two years of football eligibility left and has spent the past two years in law school working toward a degree. courtesy of new mexico athletics

Adcock could manage law school’s academic load with football. He had graduated with a 4.03 GPA, and in 2015, NFL.com rated him as the fifth-smartest college football player. The coaching staff didn’t hesitate, even if it meant his classes would conflict with team activities.

A usual day for Adcock starts at 6 a.m. with treatment, breakfast, team workouts and practice. After, he grabs lunch and is in class from 1-5 p.m. He reads 50-70 pages a night. Some days, he prepares legal briefs or presentations.

When the Lobos travel, he often pulls out a book “as thick as a brick” to catch up on reading, said Jack Lamm, a redshirt senior on the Lobos offensive line who lived with Adcock for three years. Adcock tutored Lamm in calculus, and has also helped other teammates in their classes.

“You see some guys on their phones, on their tablets watching shows,” Lamm said of team flights and bus rides. “And then you see Garrett with a 3-inch textbook, leather bound fancy writing on the side, reading page after page.”

One day last semester, Adcock turned in a brief for a law class. Then he gave an oral argument in front of an attorney. Then he skedaddled to football practice, donning a suit, briefcase in hand. He “rushed into practice, breathing hard,” and got ready to train, before changing back into a suit later that day for another law class.

“It hit me like damn, this is pretty crazy,” Adcock said. “It’s not normal, but a lot of fun.

I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

By the time Adcock arrived at elementary school, he was at a high school reading level,

his mother said. Adock’s kindergarten teacher, Clara Wetherford, said “he always wanted to help” other students with assignments.

She’d often tell him not to do work for others.

At age 15, he began taking online classes through a local community college. On weekends in high school, Adcock rarely partied.

Instead he studied and worked out. He graduated as valedictorian of his class with a 4.6 GPA. Now, he spends holiday breaks in Ghana, where his family opened a hospital and school.

He came into college credit equivalent to one academic year. He’s now a finalist for the Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships, which let some of the top college students in the country study for two years at Oxford University. After he graduates from law school, the three-time Mountain West Academic All-Conference player wants to get an MBA or study medicine.

Two weeks before classes started his freshman year, Adcock phoned Derek Sokoloff, senior academic coordinator for athletics at UNM, to introduce himself and inquire about how he could earn his degree as fast as possible.

On one of his first days of that semester, Adcock walked into Sokoloff’s office with a checklist.

He had circled the classes he wanted to take and mapped out his degree plan, along with additional summer classes he wanted to take.

“I’m like, ‘You’re a freshman and you’ve basically just done my job,’” Sokoloff said.

“From Day 1, he has hit the ground running.

It’s insane what he can do.” mguti100@syr.edu | @matthewgut21

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bennie participated in other sports in neighborhood recreational league but preferred to play for their school, and cross country was the first sport offered.

“I wish we could say some poetic thing that pulled us to running,” Graham said.

“But really it was the first thing we could do and we started and just loved it ever since.”

Their competitive paths at Wachusett ended up crossing for one year when Bennie was a freshman, Jeremy was a sophomore and Graham was a senior. The three of them did more than just run together, as they were all mainstays on the school’s ice hockey team.

Eventually though, the brothers separated. First it was Graham and then Jeremy who graduated. Bennie, who his whole life had followed in his brothers’ footsteps, was alone.

“When you’ve always had one or two brothers to compete with, you have a special camaraderie you can always rely on,” Lisa Bennie, his mother, said.

“His senior year … that was a big transition for him, to do it on his own, without a brother or two.”

Still, Bennie managed to grow as a runner. Both Jeremy and Graham pointed to the same moment as the turning point when they realized he’d be able to run at a collegiate level.

Bennie was set to run in the two-mile state championships in outdoor track during his junior year. Going into the competition, most predictions didn’t have him winning the race, Jeremy said. There was one runner leading the pack most way.

In the final 50 yards, Bennie turned up his speed to a level neither brother had seen before and won the race.

“If he can do that, then what will he be able to do next year and the year after that?”

Graham remembers thinking after the race.

“If he can find that inside himself, where he can just keep digging and keep digging, nothing can stop him.”

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Offers started coming in and Bennie knew that he wanted to attend a school where he could compete at a high level and also recreate, to the greatest extent possible, the literal brotherhood he felt when doing so back home.

He went to visit Syracuse with his parents. About 20 minutes into the car ride back he told his parents that he knew SU was the place for him. Before they had even gotten home, Bennie called the Syracuse coaching staff and committed.

Fox referenced last season’s Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State as Bennie’s breakthrough as a runner at Syracuse. Martin Hehir and Justyn Knight, the team’s top two runners at the time, didn’t compete, and it was just the second race of the season.

He went out and won the race.

“He beat some good guys from Michigan, some good guys from Penn State and he just looked awesome,” Fox said.

Normally reserved and quiet, Bennie

locks in and becomes laser-focused and intense during races. Both brothers agreed that, even though they were all naturally competitive, Bennie had the “extra edge”.

Fox knows Bennie is a fantastic runner but sometimes pokes fun at him for all the intensity he brings.

As Hehir, Knight and Bennie started finding success running together they became known as Syracuse’s three-headed monster.

At some point, Knight and Hehir compared themselves to a cheetah and a gazelle after they ran well at a meet, two incredibly quick and powerful animals.

When Bennie didn’t get an animal comparison, another member of the team asked Fox which one he was. Fox thought for a moment, and then decided: a pit bull.

“That kind of sums up another side of Bennie’s approach to running hard. He’s all business,” Jeremy said.

Despite the jokes, Bennie was improving

(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) JEREMY, GRAHAM AND COLIN BENNIE all grew up running together, leading their high school team. The brothers have a tight connection and it’s something Colin has replicated at Syracuse.

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because he could finally reproduce the team companionship that he missed from his days running with his brothers.

Both Jeremy and Graham said that the connection they see the Syracuse team hold is stronger than any other one they’ve seen or ever been a part of, excluding their brotherhood connection.

Although Hehir and Knight were clearly at a higher level than Bennie at the beginning of last year, he never felt less important than them. He knew that they counted him as much a part of the team’s success as their own individual actions.

“They make it that there aren’t any shadows,” Bennie said of his teammates. “They make it so everybody gets the spotlight.”

Bennie remembers the moment Fox came into the Syracuse’s tent after the national championship, telling the team they’d won.

He doesn’t remember much after that, only that it was the greatest feeling he had ever had after a sporting event, calling it the culmination of his running career.

After celebrating with his SU teammates, his new family, Bennie went and embraced with his parents and brothers. The normally fierce and serious runner was grinning from ear-toear long after the race had already ended.

“Colin had the national championship trophy in his hand and you can see Colin’s cheeks are starting to sag from smiling nonstop since they found out they won,” Jeremy said.

This year with Hehir gone, Bennie and Knight are expected to be the leaders for Syracuse. In the preseason, he was named one of the five fastest runners to know by the NCAA. Bennie started running because of his brothers, but then there got a point where could no longer run with them. But at Syracuse he’s once again found the support system that helped him because as good as he is.

“I think that’s part of the reason why he’s had as much success as he’s had in Syracuse,” Lisa said, “and why the team as a whole is so successful.

“I think he’s found a new group of brothers.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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Ellison earns co-DB of the week honors

By Jon Mettus asst. sports editor

Syracuse safety Daivon Ellison was named co-ACC defensive back of the week after recording a career-high and team-high 11 tackles in Syracuse’s (1-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) 45-20 loss to South Florida (3-0) on Saturday in his first career start.

Ellison started in place of injured safeties Antwan Cordy, who is out for the season, and Kielan Whitner, who did not dress for the game and is out an undisclosed amount of time. He forced a fumble in the first quarter against USF — his first career forced fumble, which came a week after he snagged his first career interception against then-No. 13 Louisville’s Heismancandidate quarterback Lamar Jackson.

Ellison ripped the ball away from South Florida receiver Rodney Adams, but the Bulls recovered the ball. He returned the interception against the Cardinals 50 yards and set up the Orange for a field goal try with just seconds left in the half.

“Daivon is big time,” Whitner said prior to the South Florida game. “He’s been doing great things. I look at a lot of the things he does in his game and kind of want to model

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babers faced a third-and-5 at South Florida’s 40-yard line. Quarterback Eric Dungey tossed the ball to running back Moe Neal, who then launched it downfield to Dungey.

The quarterback-turned-receiver had to jump in the air and only tipped the ball with his hand before being hit hard.

Babers said after the game that he would call the play again and elaborated on Monday that it could have resulted in a touchdown if Neal’s throw had been sharper.

“The ball was in the air a little bit longer than it has been in practice,” Babers said.

“If the air would’ve been taken out of the

those things in my game.”

Ellison’s 11 tackles (8 solo and 3 assisted) in the South Florida game were the most by a Syracuse defender in a game this season.

He only had one tackle this year coming into the game and had just seven in eight games played as a freshman in 2015. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

DAIVON ELLISON was named the co-Atlantic Coast Conference defensive back of the week. Against South Florida, he racked up a career-high 11 tackles, starting at safety for the injured Antwan Cordy and Kielan Whitner. bryan cereijo staff photographer

ball and it would’ve been a little bit more of a line and he caught the ball — based off of his running skills and speed — he probably would have scored and we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

Defensive mistakes a result of old habits Syracuse’s defense has been heavily exploited by the likes of Louisville and South Florida. Even Colgate drove down the field for a touchdown on its first drive of the season (with the help of a running into the kicker penalty).

SU has allowed 649.5 yards per game against FBS teams, good for last in the country. The next closest is Texas Tech, which allows 612 yards per game to FBS

teams, and only three teams allow 600 or more yards per game.

The Tampa 2 defense that the Orange runs is designed to limit big plays, but Syracuse has consistently given up long touchdown plays in the last two games.

“It has to do with habits,” Babers said. “…There’s stretches where guys are doing it exactly right and then all of sudden they have a flashback. And they you say ‘Hey, you did it right three times in a row. Why did you do it wrong the fourth time?’ And it’s like ‘Coach, I don’t know.’ Well that ‘I don’t know’ is that they’re used to doing it a certain way and we got to get them out of the old way.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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Daivon’s day Syracuse football safety Daivon Ellison was named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s co-defensive back of the week.

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Moving up?

Syracuse men’s soccer is 7-0 to start the season. SU could rise to No. 1 in the nation with the new rankings released Tuesday.

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You got served Syracuse volleyball’s Annie Bozzo She has found a new role on the team, emerging as a serving specialist for the Orange.

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RUNNING WITH THE PACK Colin Bennie rediscovers brotherhood and camaraderie at SU

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SU awards walk-on full ride Senior forward Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye earns SU’s last scholarship

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he 2009 dual cross country meet between Wachusett and St. John’s (Massachusetts) High Schools was coming to an end and three green jerseys were leading the way — brothers Graham, Jeremy and Colin Bennie.

As the course turned to its final 100 yards, the three brothers ended up running alongside one another, almost shoulder to shoulder, and crossed the finish line, claiming the top three spots in the race.

The Bennie brothers ended up claiming the top spots in the first three dual meets of the season and leading the way for Wachusett’s cross country team, where they spent one year together.

“It was unbelievable. It was a fantastic year,” Jeremy, the middle brother, said.

“Every day we were hanging out after practice, going home doing everything together.

We were living the dream.”

Colin Bennie, the youngest of the three, is now a cross country runner at Syracuse.

He finished eighth in last year’s national championship — second among SU runners — helping the team to its first national title.

Bennie will be an instrumental part of the team’s success this season, head coach Chris Fox said.

By himself, Bennie is a talented runner.

He’s also such a fierce competitor and is so locked in at his races that Fox has dubbed him as “the assassin” and a “quiet killer.”

But Bennie’s running career has never been about himself. He started running and fell in love with it because it’s something both his older brothers were doing, feeding off the camaraderie they provided. After losing that bond when they left for college, Bennie has managed to replicate it as much as possible with his teammates. It’s led to his own success as well as Syracuse’s.

Both Bennie and his brother Jeremy got into running because Graham, the oldest brother, started doing it in sixth grade for his middle school. All three of them could have

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Syracuse senior forward Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye has been put on scholarship, SU Athletics spokesman Pete Moore told The Daily Orange on Monday morning.

The Orange has now reached its limit of 11 scholarships for the 2016-17 season. The NCAA limit is 13, but SU is two below that after losing three in the initial sanctions from two years ago and winning one back in its appeal.

A k intobi-Adeyeye wa lked onto the team before the 2014-15 season. He is 6-foot-6 and weighs 230 pounds. Two seasons ago, he primarily served as a practice opponent for Rakeem Christmas.

Christmas heavily credited Akintobi-Adeyeye for his drastic improvement during his senior season.

Akintobi-Adeyeye has played sparingly in the last two seasons and saw action in six games for a total of seven minutes last season.

His primary sport before coming to SU was swimming, but his height drew the interest of SU’s coaching staff in need of a practice big man.

Syracuse’s other 10 players on scholarship are freshmen Tyus Battle, Taurean Thompson and Matthew Moyer, sophomores Tyler Lydon and Frank Howard, redshirt sophomore Paschal Chukwu, senior Tyler Roberson and redshirt seniors Andrew White, John Gillon and DaJuan Coleman.

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3 things Babers said before UConn Syracuse-Notre Dame kick time set for noon

By Jon Mettus

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would come later in the week.

Here are three things he did say.

‘I’ve been down a little bit’

Dino Babers addressed the media at his weekly press conference on Monday, ahead of Syracuse’s (1-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) matchup with Connecticut (2-1, 0-1 American Athletic) at 1 p.m. in East Harford, Connecticut on Saturday.

Babers gave no updates on injured players, including safety Kielan Whitner and center Jason Emerich, who did not dress for the loss to South Florida. He said information

When Babers was asked about how he keeps his players upbeat despite a 1-2 start to the season — the two losses coming by sizeable amounts — he responded by expressing his own feelings.

“I have not been up in spirit,” he said. “I’ve been down a little bit. I really have.”

Syracuse’s players don’t realize how close they are to making the transition, Babers said. “All

they do is, ‘Hey we’re 1-2. Yada yada yada.’ And look at themselves not in a good light.”

Babers said he doesn’t think the team is as bad as the Louisville game and that he sees it as good as the first quarter against South Florida in which the Orange jumped out to a 17-0 lead.

Eric Dungey “probably would have scored” with a better throw from Moe Neal With 20 seconds left in the first half and down 28-17, Syracuse

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By Chris Libonati asst. sports editor

Syracuse (1-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) will play Notre Dame (1-2) at MetLife Stadium at noon on Oct. 1, the ACC announced. The game will be the last game played at MetLife for the time being. It will air on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

The Orange has played three games at the stadium, which also

hosts the Jets and Giants, against USC in 2012, Penn State in 2013, and Notre Dame in 2014. SU has yet to win a neutral site game at MetLife since the series started.

In Week 5, Syracuse will play at Connecticut, and Notre Dame will play home against Duke. The Fighting Irish fell out of the top 25 after starting the season No. 15. SU has not beaten UND since 2008. cjlibona@syr.edu