Sept. 26, 2016

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N • Go for a ride

P • That’s my jam

After three years of work, Syracuse University’s Student Association has finally unveiled its bike share program for the university, which will begin Monday. Page 3

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See photos of Tove Lo, Marshmello, D.R.A.M., LOLO and Stephen, who rocked the stages of Juice Jam 2016 — despite the absence of headliner Fetty Wap. Pages 8-9

S • Still bleak

Despite a record-setting performance by Amba Etta-Tawo and a Syracuse win, the Orange showed several deficiencies on both sides of the ball Saturday afternoon. Page 16

FETTY FLOP

Juice Jam disappoints after headliner runs into travel complications

Friends remember SU worker Francis Borasky died last week after a brawl with teenagers in Oneida By Satoshi Sugiyama Asst. news editor

Francis Borasky had a Dunkin’ Donuts hot coffee cup in his hand every day when he came into work at 6 a.m. — when most of the Syracuse University community is asleep. From 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekBORASKY days, Borasky worked on various tasks such as replacing lights and hanging bulletin boards for academic buildings as a general maintenance employee at the SU Physical Plant. Borasky died on the night of Sept. 18 after an apparent brawl with two teenagers in Oneida, according to Syracuse.com. The suspects were arrested the next day. As of 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, a GoFundMe page — created to raise funds for Borasky’s funeral costs and other legal expense — has collected $11,720 from 212 people.

Juice Jam crowds seemed to be enjoying the day's events, but hearing University Union announce that Fetty Wap would not headline the festival dampened the excited mood at Skytop Field on Sunday. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor By Joe Bloss asst. copy editor

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ob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” played through the speakers at Skytop Field, but the feeling that every little thing was going to be alright had quickly evaporated. Juice Jam headliner Fetty Wap was already more than 15 minutes late to the stage, and with his history of bailing on gigs, fears that he would do the same Sunday began to form. Those fears were validated when Mercy Lavado, Office of Student Activities’ faculty adviser to University Union, took the stage to announce that the rapper would not be appearing as scheduled. Juice Jam was over. Anger ensued. Boos immediately rang out before Lavado could finish breaking the news. Students yelled obscenities at UU staff. Rocks were hurled toward the stage. It was an ugly ending to an otherwise overwhelmingly successful day. LOLO and Stephen gave opening performances

that seemed to satisfy the thin early crowd. Producer Marshmello had the main stage audience going wild. Rapper D.R.A.M. doubled down on the energy by bringing his hit single “Broccoli” to the indie stage. Pop star Tove Lo and her band gifted the crowd with music from a forthcoming album, and after capping her set with fan favorite “Habits (Stay High),” it was time for Fetty Wap to end it all with a bang.

This whole day was amazing, Fetty would have just been the icing on the cake. Keely Higgins uu assistant public relations director

“This whole day was amazing, Fetty would have just been the icing on the cake,” said Keely Higgins, UU assistant

public relations director. Instead, travel complications led to Fetty Wap never making it to Skytop Field. He originally planned on driving, but ended up taking a jet. And by the time he arrived in Syracuse, it was already too late. UU couldn’t push back the set to accommodate the rapper’s late arrival because their permit only allowed the event to go on until 6 p.m. They had no choice but to call off Fetty Wap’s performance. “The basics are that he arrived late and we couldn’t push the show and we did everything we could and we are no happier about it than every other student in the crowd,” UU co-concert director Erin Singleton said. Singleton said she was unsure of whether UU would still be obligated to pay Fetty Wap, and that the matter would have to be renegotiated. It was a nightmarish ending to a long setup process. Since May, Singleton and her co-director Rico Pedraza have put see juice

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Francis would give you his shirt off his back even if he didn’t know you. Dave Peryea friend of francis borasky

“He was a big-hearted person,” said Tom Watson, a general maintenance supervisor who worked with Borasky at the SU Physical Plant. “He would do anything for anybody. If anybody ever needed help, he was always willing to come help you.” Borasky loved his work, SU football and basketball, deer hunting, fishing and most of all his family, Watson said. Dave Peryea, Borasky’s best friend, said in an email that Borasky loved his family — his two young sons, Keagan and Kolby, and his girlfriend, Cassy Mills. “A family man and always put them first, Francis would give you

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