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SPRING 2018 // ISSUE THREE EIGHT COUNTS P.12
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letter from the editor
Kit Mallozzi Editor-in-Chief
a word from kit //
Emily Chalon Managing Editor best’s & worst’s / roommate horror story / life hack
Sydney Schwartz Creative Director
shallow alcove interview / upcoming play EDITORIAL/
professors offices
Charlie Sawyer Front of Book Editor Chris Freeman Opinions Editor
eight counts
Rebecca Ahmed Features Editor Erin Williams Entertainment Editor Katie Merken Copy Editor
opinion: giving back to your community MEDIA/
bracket
Mindy Rosenthal PR Director
about to embark on. My “home stretch” will start with the pile of final projects that I classically have decided to put off last minute to do, managing this magazine, and balancing a part time job. Finally, it will end with applying to jobs and hopefully receiving a job offer. Good luck to all of my seniors out there who are about to embark on this journey as well!
Audrey O’Donnell Co-Online Editor April Rink Co-Online Editor
Kit Mallozzi Editor-in-Chief
SPRING 2018 // ISSUE THREE // YOUR STUDENT FEE
STUDENT VOICE
IMPRESSUM
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orientation leaders
The sun is bright and shining in my eyes as I drive my car at 6 PM. Birds are chirping every morning before I even think about waking up. We all know what this means... Spring is in the air. In other words, graduation is upon us. It’s officially that time of year seniors have been dreading since they started their journey as freshmen in college. Commonly known as the “home stretch,” these next seven weeks will be some of the hardest, and yet, most meaningful experiences, we, as seniors, are
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by: anonymous
the o l y m p i c s : BEST THING: all of the gold metals! WORST THING: who even has cable
anymore?
tournament brackets:
SAT, 1:24 AM
Where. R u
BEST THING: we’re dancing!
To rfht
Near band UpsetseV? No!
looking to make money on yours...
we’ v e b e a t e n the m u m p s & the flu: BEST THING: no one died!
Hahahaha
WORST THING: no more mumps
Sooo tired
the s n o w i s sti l l h e r e :
Is traits?
Where?
memes.
BEST THING: a historic moment!
Roghy of bans
Third campus-wide class cancellation in the University ’s histor y! WORST THING: it was on a Friday. W ho even has classes on Fridays anymore?
sen i o r s , you r ’ r e i n you r l a s t f e w wee k s : BEST THING: you can put another
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sentence on your resume! WORST THING: to reiterate: you’re almost done with your undergrad! No more frat parties or rowdy Wednesday nights starting at Faegans and ending at Lucy ’s.
on her four times because she kept having these weird panic attacks and taking shots of vodka because she believed, “that was the only way to slow her heart.” She also let some guy stay in our room when she wasn’t there and I woke up to him watching me sleep. She also got me written up for alcohol use even though I didn’t drink first semester of college lol and she tried to give me pot brownies BU T DIDN’T TELL ME THEY HAD WEED IN THEM. Truly an experience...and she still goes here!”
how to stage a tropical vaca tion by: Jen Glass
AH, VACATION. One part sun, one part sand, and three parts gir ls taking photos that they can post on Instagram with the
caption “take me back” in December. But what happens if you already spent all of your money on Calio’s (and Strong Hearts, and Varsity, and Pastabilities, and Sweet Basil…) and only have about three pennies to your name? How can you fit in with the the hoards of tanned and relaxed gir ls with beachy tresses when you were planning to sit on your couch and watch Grey ’s Anatomy for a week straight? Well, you could go into massive amounts of debt by taking a vacation that you can’t afford. That would probably be pretty fun, actually. I hear Bali is great this time of year...wait! No. You have to save up for adulthood (or something like that). Well, alright. If you must save money, but don’t want to feel left out from the Richie Richersons, here are the simple steps you can follow to stage the perfect vacation.
STEP ONE: The L ook
It is TIME to open up Youtube in your browser and type “ beachy waves” into the search bar. You got another tab ready to go? Go ahead and open up Target ’s website and find some fake tanner. Throw out anything in your c loset that isn’t a bikini. I don’t care if your real vacation will be spent in snowy Boston! If it can’t be squeezed into a travel bag that will pass as a carr y on, its gotta go.
STEP TWO: Instagram
You know what they say : if it isn’t on Instagram, it didn’t happen. Conversely, if it ’s on Instagram, it most DEFINITELY happened! Ask your Newhouse friends to hook you up with some quality time with a green screen before you leave for break. Bring up your favorite beachy background and slip on a bikini. Get ready to pose! Don’t forget to change outfits a few times and take plenty of pictures to spread out through the whole week. STEP THREE: Q uestions
Some people may ask why you aren’t posting Snapchat stories of your wonderful vacation. You have two options here. You could, perhaps, launch into a lengthy spiel about how your quality of life is greatly impacted by the constant pressure to document your ever y move and live life for other people. Or you could tell a more believable stor y : the new Snapchat sucks. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! You have staged your entire vacation, start to finish. Have fun...from the comfort of your couch. STUDENT VOICE
LIFE HACK
ROOMMATE STORY / TRENDING
Uostairs
WORST THING: hope you weren’t
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wi t h s t a r t up band S h a l l o w Alcove: Dan Harris, Nick Fichter, Griffin Goode
by: Chris Freeman
How did you come up with the name for your band? For my whole life, I have lived under an attic that has a little hatch with a lookout. It has a little 360 viewing platform and one day, it hit me that I have just lived under this shallow alcove my whole life and I realized that would be a fantastic name for a band, and we just kind of went with it.
What kind of music do you produce? I think that the broadest way to categorize it would be as Indie Folk, but it is influenced by a lot of ver y diverse music tastes. We pull in influences from sludge, as well as experimental and psychedelic rock. At the same time we also really tr y to focus on some of the smaller things, like idiosyncrasies and harmonies and how we can can play around with them. We all have wildly different interests when it comes to the technical side of music, which allows us to create something that we think is really unique.
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finding places to actually perform and get a good crowd. I guess we’re kind of lucky in that regard; we have a great squad and we even got offers af ter playing our first show. From there, we just kept building on the momentum that we had, and we’re still working hard to get even bigger. We all want to be musicians, we all know that we’re in this for the long run, and we’re all willing to risk a lot to become successful. I feel confident in our music and confident in our guys, and I think that the collective spirit we have has gotten us through the hardest part of starting up a band.
WhatTheatre August: Osage County by: Audrey O’Donnell
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NOTABLY has one of
What has being in this band taught you? A huge part of being a good musician is being a good person. Especially when you’re starting out, people aren’t going to want to support you if you’re a total jerk. You have to be friend ly, authentic, and real. Doing those three things will get you far in music.
What advice would you give to someone who is considering getting into music? Go out to shows and meet people. P laying live is one of the most important things you can do and it will get your name on the map. Network as much as humanly possible, because you can always have ideas by yourself, but if you don’t have other people contributing, it ’s going to be hard to get far. Additionally, there’s never going to be a perfect moment to start a project; you won’t just wake up one day and decide that it ’s time to start a band or begin writing music. The reality is that something will keep coming up and you’ ll keep pushing it back.
Do you have any big projects coming out soon? We have an EP that recently came out! It ’s been the culmination of a lot of hard work; we mixed it in our dorms, recorded it with one microphone, a few instruments, and a lot of hours of work. I think it ’s going to be great to get this out, and from here on out we’re just looking towards the future and seeing where we go from there. Sound like a cool band to follow? Follow them on Instagram and Facebook @shallowalcove
photo by sammie steinberg
the highest ranked theatre programs in the countr y, but what is often swept under the rug is the immense amount of artistic talent that lies in the students who are studying other subjects. To highlight these talents, there are plenty of student-run, University-funded organizations in which students have the opportunity to showcase what they may not be able to in their day-to-day academic routine. One of these special organizations is W hatTheatre. W hatTheatre is an organization that is all-inclusive, inviting students from any academic background to come and audition. Often shortened to “ W hat ”, this organization typically puts on two shows a year – one musical and one straight play. This spring, director Kelly Poleman is bringing the show, August Osage County to W hat ’s diverse resume, following W hat ’s fall musical piece, Theor y of Relativity . August Osage County is a straight play about a broken family coming together for a reunion in their small Oklahoma hometown. The truthful dialogue written by Tracy L etts portrays the hardships families go through, and moves past the stereotypical familial mold to illustrate an honest representation of a complex family. “I think when people see the show on any stage they can empathize with it,” said senior Harris Rothfeld. “ They ’ ll laugh and cr y because they can relate.” I was able to chat with director Kelly Poleman about her experience thus far, her love for theatre, and her goals moving for ward. As a Television, Radio, and Film major, her studies mainly revolve around the entertainment industr y and visual stor ytelling. But before she was a Syracuse Orange, she was active in her high school’s theatre department, which is where her love for the arts initially flourished.
Why did you pick this show? I picked this show in particular because A) I’ve done it before, I did it my senior year of high school and it ’s one of my favorite plays ever. B) I think the characters are so complex and interesting and C) I really love how it ’s a female-driven play, because I feel as though so many theatrical pieces are ver y much male driven. It ’s such an interesting play that highlights so many important topics.
How did the casting process go? I was really happy and excited with how the casting process went. I was ner vous at first because it is such a hard show to cast. All of the characters are so layered and difficult to play – especially because they ’re such a wide range of ages and issues that pop up throughout and I want them to be well portrayed. But I’m so excited and we got so many great, talented people that came out just from our first couple of read throughs, I’ve already been reassured of the decisions we’ve made. I’m so excited to see where it will go!
What’s the most important thing you do as a director? The cast dynamic is so important in a show like this, and even just seeing how ever yone is coming together in these first few rehearsals we’ve had, I’m already liking how the cast seems to be meshing well together. I am tr ying to emphasize the importance of working in a comfortable and creative atmosphere so that ever yone will feel comfortable pushing their boundaries and really experimenting with their characters while getting to know them on multi-levels. I have a good feeling about the end result of this show, and highly encourage ever yone to come out and see it!
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and I just wanted to be a person who could do that for other people,” says Ahmed. W hile the organization’s main focus is Welcome Week ever y August, the group stays close all year. They encourage one another to pursue their passions and be exposed to new organizations and events that they may be interested in. Matthew W itek explained that if it was not for the other OLs, he would have never danced for OttoTHON last fall or applied to be on the executive board this year. The Syracuse University Orientation L eaders just welcomed new members to bring their team to an even 44 members, a symbolic Syracuse number that is maintained ever y year. “I think the coolest thing is seeing the numbers come out for OL later in the year. Kids come out and talk about how much we meant to them. That is always cool to know it is more than moving kids in,” says W itek. To these new Orientation L eaders, Reed leaves last, parting words of wisdom. “First and foremost, to know your purpose. I think we are ser ving a huge university community and the 44 of us need to be representative of that in a way,” Reed says. “ Trust your teammates to know your purpose and accomplish that instead of just being focused on wearing the orange polo and the attention that you gain with the new students. I think it is more important to do your job.”
by: Allison Ingrum
THREE HOURS LATER, and your family ’s car is
finally almost at the top of The Mount. You are shaking with ner ves, and your parents are even more so. You are so close, yet so far away from the independence you were promised by leaving for college. From around the corner comes someone wearing the brightest orange polo you have ever seen. They come up to the car, and answer ever y question your parents ask, because you are too embarrassed to do so. SPRING 2018 // ISSUE THREE
The Syracuse University Orientation L eaders are often the first people you and your family talk to when you arrive on campus. W ith the sole job of making you feel comfortable, no matter what that means, the OLs aim to make your transition to Syracuse seamless. “I think it is really important for us to be ver y approachable and I think that is what we look for when we inter view too. Someone who is approachable and comfortable enough
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in themselves that new students will want to come up to them with problems that they have,” says senior and head Orientation L eader Brittany Reed. “ We can’t generalize a whole need for 3,600 students coming in, so just making sure you are available and not necessarily be able to answer ever y question, but to always know where to point new students if they do need additional information.” Being such an influential group of students, they aspire to appeal to each member of the freshman class by being diverse in an effort to better the freshmen experience. W hether that means age, race, nationality, or anything regarding their identity or upbringing, the OLs aim to be representative of the freshman class, making them more comfortable during their transition into college. Aside from moving you in, Orientation L eaders are known for the abundance of energ y they bring to ever y situation. D uring that first week of school, you are bound to see someone in an orange polo smiling and exerting more energ y than ever before. Rebecca Ahmed, a sophomore Orientation L eader, recalls the OLs at her freshman convocation. “ The energ y they had was feeding the crowd and I think the crowd was giving it back to them in a way, so it was just kind of all this energ y feeding off of each other
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Eight Counts by: Rebecca Ahmed photos by: Brian Fees
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1. Over the Loudspeaker Hearing her name over the loudspeaker is something Elena refers to as a few seconds overtaken by pride. W hile it is frequently drowned out by a roaring crowd, it becomes a unifying moment that she shares with her team.
2. Dancing in the Dome
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3. SUDT and SUWB
The Syracuse University Dance Team is comprised of 16 tough and overtly talented ladies. From hours of rehearsal per week to electrifying energ y on the court, being a part of this team is no task deprioritized. W hile the commitment may seem over whelming, Elena Tiderencel, a second year “Lady Orange,” says it is worth ever y minute. I chatted with Elena after the last basketball game of the season, which was the last time she would be performing with the current team. Ripe with nostalgia, she recounted eight things that made her experience unforgettable.
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Traveling with the women’s basketball team gets the Lady Oranges off Cuse Island, and onto foreign territor y. W hile dancing off home court just isn’t the same, it reminds them that bleeding orange is not confined to our little bubble.
4. Nationals - Enough Said. Getting to compete again reminds Elena of her early days dancing, when she was four years old, curtsying on a stage for the first time alongside her best friend. Though an earnest production of “Stars of Tomorrow ” and competing against the best dance teams in the countr y are two drastically different scenarios, one thing holds true: all eyes are on her and the rest of her team. And they won’t disappoint.
Elena has been building confidence from that first performance at four years old. Years of training and performing solidified her talent. She can confidently say that ever y person on her team has earned a spot, as she did.
6. Self-Critiquing However, confidence does not mean that she is completely settled. To improve, Elena, alongside her team, knows that performances are rarely perfect. They are always striving to do better, push more limits, and generate as much energ y from the crowd as humanly possible. Individually, Elena has translated the importance of self-critiquing to her life outside of dance, in both schoolwork and career ventures. In this way, dance has “found a way ” into ever y aspect of her life.
7. Time management Being on the dance team is not light on the schedule. That being said, being present physically and mentally at ever y event means that time management is key. Meticulously organizing her schedule is what keeps Elena sane, and as any of her teammates can agree, is necessar y.
8. A Place Last, but certainly not least, it gave her a home on campus. Like team dynamics from “Remember the Titans,” “ The Sand lot,” or “Scooby Doo,” the Syracuse University Dance Team is no different. Lady Oranges push each other to do their best, critique each other for their benefit, and most importantly, support their undeniable dedication to Syracuse University.
Why it’s important to give back to your community by: Justine Legg
W hen I decided to leave my hometown of San Antonio, Texas and come to Syracuse University, I did ample research on the Syracuse community. I saw the statistics: One in two children in Syracuse live in poverty. Syracuse had been ranked #1 in the United States in concentration of people of color living in poverty. Seeing statistics like these from the outside looking in, I think it would be easy for anyone to make assumptions about the city and its people. However, before my arrival on campus in Fall 2016, I knew that I needed to see and experience this community for myself. This is where SU Literacy Corps and the Mar y Ann Shaw Center for Public & Community Ser vice came in to play. I had not previously visited SU before deciding to attend, so when I started to obser ve my new environment, it was easy to see the divide between the privileges of the University and the rest of Syracuse. Walking amongst all of this privilege while being aware of the state of the community did not sit well with me. Thus, I started as an SU Literacy Corps tutor during my
first semester, and I soon realized how special, strong, and resilient the Syracuse community and its people were. I began as a tutor at Hillside, an after school center for high school students. This experience was unique in that I, myself, had just graduated high school a few months prior, and I was now both a tutor and a mentor to students who were so close in age to me. Hillside gave me great insight into the Syracuse City Schools and it laid the foundation for what would become my passion for education. In Spring 2017, I was still tutoring at Hillside and also became an SU Literacy Corps intern in the Shaw Center, which I still am today. My intern experiences have opened my eyes to the array of opportunities for SU students to be involved off The Hill. In Fall 2017, I began working at Dr. King Elementar y where I still tutor. Dr. King Elementar y has solidified my passion for working with youth and I believe that I’ve learned more from my 24 second graders than from any class I have ever taken. The young population in
Syracuse is strong and intelligent, and I am humbled and honored to work with them. As a student who is present in the community, I suggest that ever y student at SU should stop into the Shaw Center and see what various opportunities it has to offer. Based on conversations I’ve had with friends from other colleges, it seems rare for a school to have an entire office of professional staff and interns who are dedicated to bridging the gap between a university and its outside community. Syracuse is a ver y compelling and diverse place with so much to offer, and choosing to consistently step off campus and learn from the community and its people is the best decision I’ve made as a college student.
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It all comes down to the four minute routine, artfully planned and precisely executed. “Just looking around and seeing all that spirit. Like there’s all these people here from one school and its the school I go to,” she states, is invigorating. She continues to say that it is much less ner ve-racking when you are surrounded at all angles. Unlike being on stage performing at a dance recital, the crowd at the dome - with all the cheers, sways, and ripples of orange - become part of the performance.
5. Confidence
Women’s Rugby 10. A snow day v. A 72 degree day in March when you skip all your c lasses 11. Officer Friend ly v. The F lying Busman 12. WERW v. Z89 13. FYP v. Musical Theatre Majors 14. The Warehouse v. Comstock Art Facility 15. Kent v. James Franco 16. Blackboard v. MySlice 17. Downtown Syracuse v. Erie Blvd 18. Human Sexuality v. Beer and W ine Appreciation 19. Ernie Davis F itness Center v. That makeshift g ym in the Women’s Building 20. A gossip filled lunch at Faculty v. tender day at Ernie 21. Pastabilities v. Francesca’s 22. Syracuse Sunsets v. L eaves changing in the Fall 23. Otto the Orange v. 24. Mayfest v. Juice Jam 25. The Corner Store v. Orange Hill Liquor 26. A warm Natty Light v. an ice cold Keystone 27. Kubal v. Starbucks mobile order 28. Carnegie v. Bird Q uiet Room 29. Football Season v. Basketball Season 30. The Marshall v. Park Point 31. East Adams v. Castle Court 32. The Daily Orange v. Jerk Magazine
1. W hitman v. Newhouse 2. The Mount v. Lawrinson, Sadler, and BBB 3. Orientation L eaders v. Orange Seeds 4. Calios v. Jimmy Johns 5. Schine Snack Wraps v. Schine Q uesadillas 6. Tapingo v. GrubHub 7. Lucy ’s v. DJ ’s 8. Syracuse Falls v. Syracuse Springs 9. Syracuse Women’s Basketball v. Syracuse
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As you all know, March is the season of brackets. W ith Syracuse well on their way to the Sweet 16, we decided to make a bracket all about us. W hen you’ve finished your bracket DM a photo to @studentvoicesu on Instagram and we’ ll vote. We’ ll feature the winning bracket in our next issue.