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hen speaking in public, it’s not unusual for Chancellor Kent Syverud to reference Syracuse University’s “R1� designation. In his 2019 “Winter Message,� he spent six and a half minutes of a roughly 25-minute speech discussing the classification and major research programs at SU. The term R1, or “Research 1,� may
seem like a mundane, scientific term. But it’s been a driving force behind many of SU’s major strategic decisions, related to academic research, over the course of the last three years. SU recently retained its R1 ranking, a top-level research designation, in part by investing millions of dollars in various initiatives since 2015. SU upped its spending on science and engineering research and development by more than $30 million in just three years, according to Carnegie Classification
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Committee to discuss financial holds concerns By India Miraglia asst. news editor
The University Senate’s Agenda Committee is creating a new ad hoc committee to explore alternatives to Syracuse University policies regarding class registration for students who have financial holds. SU policy states that a student
with a financial hold is prohibited from registering for or attending classes. A motion passed by both the Senate and SU’s Student Association call for the current policy to be changed. The Senate is expected to discuss the issue again Wednesday during its January meeting. It’s governing body’s first meeting of
the spring 2019 semester. At his January 2019 “Winter Message,� SU Chancellor Kent Syverud said Provost Michele Wheatly would work with the Senate to create a committee to propose other options to the current holds system and suggest ways to help students with financial difficulties. During a Dec. 5 meeting, the Sen-
Narrowing the types of conduct actionable under Title IX ... may countenance abusive and objectively offensive conduct. Kent Syverud
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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud on Monday condemned two provisions of proposed Department of Education rules that would force universities to change the way they adjudicate disciplinary proceedings in sexual assault cases. In a Monday letter to Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, which was released in a campus-wide email on Tuesday, Syverud expressed concern with proposals to require universities to allow students accused of sexual assault to cross-examine their accusers in live hearings and narrow the definition of sexual harassment.
ate passed a motion — presented by Crystal Bartolovich, an associate professor of English, and Ryan Golden, SA’s Academic Affairs Committee chair — calling for the creation of the committee. The motion was previously approved by SA in October. “The Syracuse University Senate expresses extreme concern for
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Syverud’s comments come as the Department of Education considers changes to Title IX, a law passed in 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funding. Under the proposed changes, parties in disciplinary proceedings would be entitled to legal representation that would be allowed to cross-examine students and other witnesses in a live hearing. If a student doesn’t have a legal adviser, the university must provide one. “Syracuse University strongly believes that the adjudication procedures in the (proposed rules) would harm students and deter the filing of sexual assault and harassment complaints,� Syverud said in the letter. Syverud said private universities have greater flexibility to develop procedures to best serve student interests and fulfill the school’s educational mission. The chancellor said those goals are not served by changing disciplinary hearings into “adversarial trials.� The proposed changes would also narrow the definition of sexual harassment. The new language suggests that a single instance of “unwelcome conduct� would not form the basis of a Title IX “sexual harassment� claim, Syverud said. Behavior would only be sanctionable if it was see title
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Opioid court A new court was created in Syracuse to help opioid addicts charged with petty crimes. See Thursday’s paper
University Senate The Senate will discuss possible changes to the university’s financial holds policies. See Thursday’s paper
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regional news Here is a round up of the biggest news happening in New York state right now. OUTSIDE INCOME New York state Sen. Bob Antonacci took a job at a Syracuse law firm before a ban on New York lawmakers taking outside income goes into effect. Antonacci will work for the firm Costello, Cooney & Fearon as general counsel, but his salary has not been disclosed. The ban will go into effect in 2020 as a condition of a $50,500 pay raise for lawmakers. source: syracuse.com
CUOMO EXCOMMUNICATION Some Catholic leaders throughout the country have called for New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be excommunicated from the church after he signed a law strengthening abortions rights. The governor also faced backlash from Catholic leaders after he criticized their opposition to the Child Victims Act, which increased the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. source: syracuse.com
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Notes for Brianna The School of Information Studies created a space in the IceBox at Hinds Hall for students to write notes in remembrance of Brianna Herrera, a senior iSchool student who died in a bus crsh Thursday night. “Community is important in tragedy and we hope you’ll come by and simply be together,� Director of Student and Alumni Engagement Julie Walas said in an email on Tuesday. molly gibbs photo editor
The Housing and Homeless Coalition of Central New York is performing an annual count of homeless people in central New York this week. More than 70 people will take the counts, known as “Point in Time.� It’s used to compile accurate data on how many central New York residents live on the streets and in shelters. Last year the survey identified 722 homeless people in Onondaga, Oswego and Cayuga counties. source: syracuse.com
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SUNY Upstate Medical University has chosen Dr. Gregory Conners, a Kansas City doctor, to oversee Golisano Children’s Hospital and to chair Upstate’s pediatrics department. Conners, associate chair of pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, will begin his new position on March 4. Dr. Ann Botash has served as interim chair of pediatrics since May 2018.
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Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization, Student Association and Department of Public Safety installed 50 safety resource signs last week at off-campus locations frequented by students. The installation capped months of talks about off-campus safety by the three organizations. Each sign features contact information for the Syracuse Police Department, SU Ambulance and DPS. The LiveSafe app, SU’s mobile safety alert system, is also promoted on the signs. Obi Afriyie, the GSO senator
sponsoring the initiative, said he once saw an intoxicated student swaying back and forth near Lyons Hall. He said he thought the student could have called for help if they knew who to contact. Graduate students tend to live further off campus, making safety a priority of the organization, Afriyie added. Undergraduates frequent these areas as well, Alex Keegan, the SA member working on the initiative, said. He added that if the signs could help one person be safer off-campus, they would be a success. The initiative cost $4,125. GSO and SA each contributed $1,450 dollars, and DPS funded the
remaining $1,225. Jim French, superintendent of traffic services for the city of Syracuse, helped expedite the signs because they were placed on existing city-owned poles, Afriyie said. SA, GSO and DPS also printed out emergency contact information cards to distribute to students. Afriyie’s original idea was to expand the blue light system on Euclid Avenue, said Bobby Maldonado, chief of DPS. He said informing students of the resources they already have would be a better route. “I think there is some ambiguity amongst our students about who to contact in an off-campus capacity,� Maldonado said.
DPS will respond to any call they receive, but it does not have jurisdiction in off-campus neighborhoods, he said. Paul Smyth, manager of Emergency Medical Services at SU, said that if SUA is out of service, the call will be directed to DPS. This typically happens on breaks when student workers leave campus, he said. SUA may respond to 911 calls if dispatchers feel the call might be coming from an SU student, Smyth said. Afriyie said he hopes to expand the signs to areas such as Nob Hill or Genesee Street in coming semesters. “This is just the start,� he said. pjlineha@syr.edu
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Teen arrested in fatal South Side shooting By Casey Darnell asst. news editor
Syracuse police arrested a 13-year-old boy suspected of killing a 14-year-old girl on the city’s South Side on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Syracuse Police Department. Mya Killeen was shot inside her home in the 900 block of Ballantyne Road on Jan. 22 and later died of her
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Number of teenagers and adolescents who were shot in the span of 30 days from midSeptember to mid-October in 2018 source: cnycentral
injuries. The suspect was arrested on charges of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, according to police. Police responded to a call on Jan. 22 at about 1:30 p.m. reporting a shooting on Ballantyne Road. Killeen was found at the scene, and she was rushed to Upstate University Hospital in critical condition, police said.
The police will not release the suspect’s name or photograph due to his age, according to SPD. The investigation is ongoing. Syracuse just experienced its most deadly year for youth in more than 25 years. In a span of 30 days from midSeptember to mid-October 2018, six teenagers and adolescents were shot in Syracuse, per CNYCentral.
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PETE DAVIDSON INVESTIGATION Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick wants the Manlius police department to reopen its case against “Saturday Night Live� comedian Pete Davidson. Davidson’s car was pulled over in Fayetteville last summer. While a passenger of the car was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana, Davidson was not charged with a crime. Fitzpatrick said he wanted to reopen the case after learning of Davidson’s comment that “Syracuse blows.� source: syracuse.com
FOREVER 21 RENOVATIONS Forever 21 at Destiny USA will close for renovations on Feb. 24. The store is downsizing from two levels to one. It will reopen in Spring 2019 on the mall’s second level. The store opened in 2000 and expanded in 2012. source: syracuse.com
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of Institutions of Higher Education data. That was between 2015 and 2018. SU also tripled its spending on non-science and engineering research and devel-opment in that same time period. The Carnegie classification designated SU as an R1 level research university first in 2015. It retained the designation in 2018. SU’s R1 classification shows it has high research expenditures, doctoral degree con-ferrals and postdoctoral researchers, said Vice President for Research John Liu. The doctoral degree-conferring universities with the highest research activity are classified by the Carne-gie Classification system as R1, and schools with high and moderate research activity are classified as R2 and R3, respectively. Of the United States’ 4,338 colleges and universities, only about 1,100 provide graduate education, and 423 of those are doctoral degree-conferring universities, Liu said. SU recently pledged an additional $1 million in annual funding toward a new Center for Undergraduate Research and $750,000 to a graduate research program, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in his “Winter Message” earlier this month. Both programs are fully funded by Invest Syracuse, SU’s $100 million initiative to improve academics, the student experience and financial aid. Invest Syracuse is also funding the university’s plan to hire 200 new faculty to pursue research. That faculty hiring plan is just one of several recent examples noting a sprawling research support push that SU’s rolled out under the R1 designation. There’s also a new graduate research program, called Research Excellence Graduate Funding Program, will fund about 30 doctoral students with an extra $750,000 annually. Jack Wilson, president of the Grad-uate Student Organization, said the program was designed to boost retention for graduate students, which currently sits at around 60 percent. The grant funding could also help graduate students better afford attending SU, Wilson said. A survey conducted by GSO showed that the vast majority of graduate student employees earned below a living wage from their research stipends.
“Any funding to ensure that the students are able to afford to stay here is huge,” Wilson said. Funding decisions were made for the REGF program, but they have yet to be announced, Liu said. Twenty-two departments applied for a piece of REGF funding, he said. “All of the applications that we received were thoughtfully prepared and included a number of excellent ideas for growing doctoral degree conferrals and improving diversity and inclusion,” Liu said Most fields SU conferred doctoral degrees in saw increases in the number of degrees conferred from 2010 to 2018, per Carnegie data. New multimillion-dollar plans related to undergraduate research at SU are also in motion. Cathryn Newton, who will lead the Office of Undergraduate Research, which Syverud discussed earlier this month, said the idea that grants are only available to students researching in STEM fields was a myth — students in all programs are encouraged to apply. “To achieve our goals we have to be able to reach students of all ethnicities, we have to have students with disabilities and we have to have all of the inclusive groups on campus participate in this,” Newton said. “And that will be a measure of our success.” The Office of Undergraduate Research will be located on the second floor of Bird Library. The office will offer thousands of dollars in research grants for undergraduates for summer and year-long projects. About 200 students are expected to receive those grants per year, Liu said, and the number may grow “as those funds are further leveraged.” The Office of Undergraduate Research will also work with university resources to recruit students underrepresented in research to apply for grants. Proposals are due at the end of February, and grant winners are expected to receive responses by March 31, Newton said. There will be another round of grants provided in the fall semester. The undergraduate research program will act as a grant proposal adviser, a grant agency and an institutional resource to help students complete their research, she said. “Shouldn’t it become part of the Syracuse concept that nearly every student can do this during their four or more years here?” Newton said. krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyRose001
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urning Stone Resort Casino recently announced the proposed construction of a new sports betting lounge, and it’s exactly what central New York needs. The announcement follows a May 2018 Supreme Court decision that legalized sports gambling. New Jersey won the landmark case after justices declared a law, which previously banned sports gambling, unconstitutional. Illegal sports betting has grown to become an annual industry of $150 billion, according to USA Today. This staggering number represented billions in lost tax revenue for states, and the Supreme Court’s May ruling was a major win. Central New York stands to gain from the decision. Sports law professor John Wolohan, of Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said he believes that sports News Editor Kennedy Rose Editorial Editor Allison Weis Feature Editor Haley Robertson Sports Editor Michael McCleary Presentation Director Bridget Slomian Photo Editor Molly Gibbs Illustration Editor Sarah Allam Digital Copy Chief Sarah Slavin Digital Editor Maeve Rule Digital Design Director Talia Trackim Video Editor Mackenzie Sammeth Asst. News Editor Casey Darnell Asst. News Editor India Miraglia Asst. News Editor Gabe Stern Asst. Editorial Editor Michael Sessa Asst. Feature Editor Diana Riojas Asst. Feature Editor Kelsey Thompson Asst. Sports Editor Nick Alvarez Asst. Sports Editor KJ Edelman
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n 2017, the office of the New York state attorney general filed a complaint with the State Supreme Court, accusing Charter Inc. of failing to deliver the internet speed or reliability it had promised with its various plans and bundles. Charter Inc. agreed to pay its customers $62.5 million in refunds and provide free streaming services and subscription channels. But, media services companies should do more to make it up to customers after not delivering promised services. These media companies should change practices if they want a good reputation with customers. “The problem it seems to me is that they have systemic unethical practices. Time Warner had contracted to provide fast and reliable internet service and it simply wasn’t doing that and the thing about it, I think is most disturbing to me, apart from not providing the service that they were legally obligated to provide, is that they knowingly kept this information from customers, in affect deceiving customers,� said Dana Radcliffe, an adjunct professor teaching ethics at
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the detrimental effect to education and the student experience imposed by the current practice of financial holds,” the motion read. Out of 15,000 undergraduates, less than 30 holds remain, Sarah Scalese, SU’s senior associate vice president for communications, said in an email. “The staff in the Bursar’s Office stand ready to assist any student, regardless of the circumstances, reach a positive conclusion of the hold,” she said. Bartolovich, who wrote the motion and sent it to SA for review, said in an email that she decided to do so because of personal experiences with students who had suffered from the policy, as well as support from colleagues who were also concerned. She said it’s the norm for universities to use financial holds. That policy, though, doesn’t make sense because it prevents students from attending class while at the same time, in Syracuse’s case, requiring attendance from the first class meeting, she said. From a teacher’s point of view, the holds not only hurt students’ educations, but bring damage to the whole university as a caring community, Bartolovich said. “It would be great for SU to be a leader in saying universities can and should do better by their students than continuing the practice of forbidding registration and attendance for financial holds, especially for students who have already demonstrated good faith efforts to pay,” she said. Golden said the current policy is punishing students financially, and financial holds can from page 1
title ix repeated, he added. “Syracuse University has confronted single, severe instances of harassing behavior in its community that warranted a response and, in some cases, discipline,” Syverud said. “Narrowing the types of conduct actionable under Title IX … may countenance abusive and objectively offensive conduct.” Syverud recommended the DEE amend the
lead to students missing classes that are important to their majors. Another motion passed at the Dec. 5 meeting asked SU to suspend the financial holds policy until a study examining other payment options could be conducted, said Francine D’Amico, a teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. D’Amico presented the motion. Alternatives to SU’s current policy could include a grace period for late payments or a shift to taking payments at the end of the semester, in which the university would withhold a student’s transcript or diploma until payment is received, D’Amico said in an email. D’Amico said in a later interview that since becoming a faculty member in fall 2000, she advised several students each semester who were blocked from enrolling in classes. She said she’s seen a student withdraw for a semester because their financial aid didn’t come in time. “It’s just not a logical way to do things if our goal is to help students complete their academic program,” she said. Bartolovich said she would like to see SU’s current financial policy ended, as well as the implementation of enhanced financial advising and assistance services for students. A delayed payment method would allow students to take classes and be an active student while giving them time to work on their financial situations, Golden said. “I don’t think there’s any real easy solution,” D’Amico said. “I think they all need to be examined to see what the impact on students would be and what the impact on the university’s ability to pay its own bills would be.” irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow
proposed definition of “sexual harassment” to include behavior that is “severe” or “pervasive.” Members of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence, the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services and the Office of the University Counsel reviewed the proposed Title IX changes, according to a campus-wide email from Interim Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford on Tuesday. jordanmuller18@gmail.com @jordanmuller18
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At the Caribbean Students Association meeting on Monday night, more than a dozen students gathered around wooden tables in a Hinds Hall classroom. Conversation bubbled with various suggestions, as the group discussed their upcoming events, ideas for locations and decorations along with what kind of group apparel to order. Before brainstorming on ideas for later in the semester — including brunches, dances in Sky Barn and a possible “field day� on South Campus — the group finalized details for their event this weekend: The Black Lounge. Doors open for The Black Lounge at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday in Goldstein Auditorium. The event is hosted by CSA in collaboration with the Office of Multicultural Advancement and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Admission is free and tickets are available at the Schine Box Office. The idea for the first Black Lounge at Syracuse University came about in 2005, when Cedric Bolton, coordinator of student engagement for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and another colleague, were brainstorming ways to host a celebratory night for students. From that conversation, the event was born — an opportunity to shed light on arts, politics and education through live performances, food, awards and open discussions. Keturah Raymond, president of CSA at SU, said The Black Lounge helps recognize all the talent SU has to offer by giving student performers a platform to showcase their work. CSA hosts events throughout the year, including Flag Party and Caribfest, that have a long-standing history in the organization’s 34-year tenure at SU. “It’s not just about being Caribbean. Anybody can celebrate with us as long as you love your culture, appreciate your culture,� Raymond said. The first Black Lounge took place during the 2006-07 academic year, Bolton said, but wasn’t revisited until 2016. Since then, the Black Lounge has honored student excellence as well as distinguished staff and alumni who have paved the way see black
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or juniors Judah Carter and Hamwattie Heeraman, the quality and taste of college dining hall food is nearly intolerable. Their frustration with campus food options and a shared passion for home cooking lead to a lifelong friendship — and a lucrative hustle. “‘There’s no way that we’re gonna be able to survive eating this food for the next three years,’� Heeraman said, recalling the conversation she had with Carter after a meal in their freshman dorm.
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Having moved to South Campus for their sophomore year at Syracuse University, Carter and Heeraman started utilizing their newfound kitchens to cook for themselves and their friends. After tasting their cuisine, friends urged them to begin selling platters — thus bringing their food business, For The Culture, to life. For The Culture offers authentic, home-cooked Caribbean cuisine for students in Syracuse. Some of their menu items and most popular dishes include curry chicken, jerk alfredo, honey buffalo and honey barbecue wings. Students can place see cooking page 8
slice of life
OrangeSeeds concert to support Habitat for Humanity By Christopher Cicchiello contributing writer
The objective was straightforward: create an event from scratch that raised a minimum of $350 to be donated to a local service organization. With the task before them, the freshmen members of OrangeSeeds, a first-year leadership empower-
ment program, set out to create an event rivaling those of past years. And in the eyes of OrangeSeeds’ members, they did. As both a member of the organization and a saxophonist for the band NONEWFRIENDS, freshman music major Jackson Siporin had a vision to hold a benefit concert through OrangeSeeds. His vision
became a reality, and the OrangeSeeds Benefit Show will take place on Friday at 8 p.m. in Panasci Lounge. All proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity. “To be doing this for OrangeSeeds and performing, it’s kind of like a double bonus,� said Siporin, who started planning the event back in November. Being the only music major in
this year’s OrangeSeeds class, Siporin reached out to student musicians across campus — including bands Settle for Sadler, FLOTUS and singer Julia Goodwin — to perform. Each act said they were thankful for the opportunity to support the cause through their music. “I’ve never done a show like this before, so it’s satisfying to put my
name on one that has a purpose,� said Peter Groppe, the lead guitarist for NONEWFRIENDS and FLOTUS. Freshman Jack Ramza, who is also a columnist for The Daily Orange, said that after the OrangeSeeds participated in the “Shack-athon,� in which they built and stayed in wooden shacks on the Quad for a see orangeseeds page 8
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cooking orders by direct messaging the business’ Instagram page. Carter and Heeraman met in SU’s SummerStart — a summer program designed to help first year students acclimate to college life. After eating dining hall food for nearly six weeks before the school year began, the two friends knew right away they wouldn’t be satisfied with the food for their four years, here. “It was trash,” Carter said. “I’m so used to those home-cooked meals . . . I got up here and I couldn’t even find any of that to buy of my own. So I said, ‘You know what? Let’s just try this out.’” Hailing from Brooklyn, Carter started from page 7
orangeseeds night to raise awareness for homelessness, the team voted to donate all proceeds to Habitat for Humanity. In the past, Orange Seeds benefit events have included board game and karaoke nights. With the addition of live music by student groups, this year is the first time the OrangeSeeds members have attempted “an event of this magnitude,” said freshman OrangeSeed Morgan Eaton. Each of the bands performing has their own distinct sound. Groppe described the sound of FLOTUS as a mixture between pop, rap and spoken word. Settle for Sadler, on the other hand, categorizes their music closest to the sub-genre of “Prog-Indie,” said lead singer and rhythm guitarist Rylan Mortensen. Goodwin, a junior music major, said she will be performing covers by artists such as Thundercat, Ariana Grande and Shawn Mendes. She performs with four other instrumentalists, and added there’s a chance she’ll from page 7
black lounge for students today. “Most of us celebrate around food and music,” Bolton said. “By looking at that, we would highlight within The Black Lounge alumni and staff who, over the years, have meant a lot to this community.” Each year, the performers chosen are selected based on student feedback. This year’s lineup features student performers including Creations Dance Company, singers Charity Luster and Simone Ayers and poet Gaelyn Smith. The evening will also feature the band Anomalous People, who performed at last year’s event, along with DJ Maestro,
cooking when he was 10 years old. His mother, a former caterer, rarely allowed him in the kitchen, so he resorted to watching her from a distance to learn the craft. Heeraman, who was raised in the Bronx, also learned from watching her parents. She didn’t cook much at home, but practiced more after coming to college. At the start of each week, Carter and Heeraman plan their menu for the days to come. With Instagram as their main method of outreach, they use the app to post menus and conduct polls for feedback on what customers have a taste for. Once a plan is set, the duo drafts a list of groceries before going to the store. Typically, it takes them two to three hours to cook before customers pick up orders. Since its start last year, the business has perform an original song at Friday’s show. Goodwin was a quarterfinalist on America’s Got Talent, and in November performed a tribute to Aretha Franklin on NewsChannel 9 in conjunction with Funk ‘n Waffles. “I’m excited to be part of this event,” Goodwin said. “I think it’s great what OrangeSeeds does to connect people and I think music can provide a safe space to connect people as well.” Siporin said the bands will be set up in Panasci Lounge in front of the crescent-shaped windows overlooking Hall of Languages, with lights strung up to create an intimate vibe for the show. Although the benefit concert is an accomplishment in of itself, Ramza said, it’s also a precursor to ‘The Big Event,” the largest studentrun day of community service at SU. OrangeSeeds organizes ‘The Big Event” every year. “There’s a lot of stuff to do on campus, but there aren’t enough events where four bands are getting together to actually create something,” Siporin said. “And by coming, you’d be supporting the arts and each band for a good time.” cmcicchi@syr.edu
who is set to play a 1990s-2000s dance R&B sound mixed with contemporary hits. The Black Lounge is catered by SU Food Services, who will be serving baked chicken, sweet yams, salmon, vegetables — including string beans — along with cakes and lemonade. Raymond knew she wanted to help plan this year’s Black Lounge after attending last year’s. For her, CSA has made campus a more welcoming place for Caribbean students. Freshman Haniyah Philogene, an international relations and broadcast and digital journalism double major, agreed. She joined CSA after attending one of their events last semester, where she immediately felt at home. “It was a beautiful welcome onto campus, and then on top of that, it helped to see that the
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grown to the point where Carter and Heeraman can no longer personally deliver meals. Their clientele has branched out to students at Onondaga Community College, Le Moyne College and even people in Utica. “At first, our main target was the minorities who know about the noise that we’re making. But, if we’re doing everything ‘for the culture,’ then we want to include everybody,” Carter said. Despite being the only two that handle business operations, the juniors said they’re thankful for their friends’ support. Carter said their friends often order food and help spread the word about the business. Carter’s longtime friend and roommate, Omaree Emmanuel, can attest to that. For him, For the Culture offers food that makes
people feel at home. “I enjoy it … They give you a variety of Caribbean food that you don’t (normally) get,” he said. Emmanuel added that he’s proud of Carter and will always support everything he does. Carter and Heeraman said For the Culture is a significant endeavor, putting them in touch with their Caribbean roots, Barbadian and Guyanese, respectively. Their food business allows them to blend their two cultures, while also sharing it with the Syracuse community. “This is homemade food, made with love,” Carter said, with Heeraman in agreement. “Every time that you walk into the house, you’re hearing music, we’re dancing while we cook … it’s just (good) vibes.” cmlee100@syr.edu
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president was Haitian,” Philogene said. “I was able to connect with my Caribbean culture despite being so far away from home.” Nicholas George, a senior information management and technology major, appreciates CSA for similar reasons. Having been raised with Caribbean culture, George said he “lives and breathes” dancehall music, and wasn’t sure where he would find his comfort zone at SU. “I feel like I just found my family here,” George said. “And it just made me want to continue to push and promote so we can bring awareness to it on campus, because a lot of people don’t know the power that Caribbean people have here on campus.” The students, staff and alumni being rec-
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ĂŹ ĂŹ , a former Syracuse University student and Coronat Scholar, left SU to pursue her rap career in New York City. Her latest single, “Juice,â€? can be heard on SoundCloud. She learned to blend vocal skills and poetry in high school and says her music style is evolving. courtesy of des the problem
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hen Destinii Donawa was a young girl, her father would pick her up after school and take her to a local Caribbean radio station in New York City, where he was the DJ. Years of doing homework next to him while listening to intricate percussion blasting throughout the station shaped her taste in music — and inspired her career as a rapper. Donawa, also known as “DES the problemâ€? was originally accepted to Syracuse University as a Coronat Scholar, SU’s competitive scholarship program whose recipients receive a full-tuition scholarship to the RenĂŠe Crown University Honors program. But DES said she decided to transfer to Brooklyn College to pursue music, while also being able to help support her family financially. The decision to transfer wasn’t easy — it was a yearlong personal debate as she weighed the pros and cons. Although she’s met amazing people at SU, DES said she found it difficult to travel between Syracuse and New York City, as she began booking more gigs back home. “I was one foot in and one foot out,â€? she said. “I had to make the decision that was best for me and commit.â€? Prior to SU, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, famous for its star alumni, including rapper Nicki Minaj and singer Liza Minnelli. It was there where she blended her poetry skills with vocal singing. Artists like PARTYNEXTDOOR, Noname and Earl Sweatshirt influenced DES’ early R&B sound. While she enjoys each artist’s individual sound, she said she’s still exploring the kind of tracks and aggression found in YouTube videos of women battle rappers. While her first single, “Juice,â€? has an upbeat tone, the project was inspired by a darker point in her life. The sum-
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mer before her second year at SU, DES was struggling to find a job to help supplement her family’s income. “Because I was going through that depressive state, (the song) was kind of me lifting myself up,� DES said. Although SU has a prominent rap scene today, losing an artist like DES only diminishes women rapper representation, said Victoria Payne, DES’ sophomore year roommate. She added that, despite knowing other artists at SU, DES was one of the few women she knew on the campus scene.
The lack of women in the industry is something DES is aware of. She said while men rappers can be signed and become famous for their standard talent, women rappers have to be three times as talented or be hyper-sensationalized. She cited Cuban Doll’s use of guns in her videos, like “Let it Blow,â€? as an example of this. Instead, DES resonates with multifaceted artists such as Princess Nokia, who she said utilizes elements of black culture and feminism in her style. For DES, artists who have a “double personalityâ€? are the most interesting, as many can be seen as cross-sectioning different subgenres in rap. “I know people like to draw the line of what makes a rapper and what makes an artist, (but) I’d rather be known as a rapper who can make music,â€? DES said. Since dropping “Juice,â€? DES said her style has changed. Now elements from trap music and darker tones — inspired by her high school vocal training of Franz Schubert’s composition of “Ständchenâ€? — will be bounced back from sounds found in “Juice.â€? DES’ childhood friend, Maya David, said she has gained more confidence since her first show. David recalls one performance where the wrong track played, throwing the amateur rapper off. “I could see it in her eyes she was forgetting the words,â€? David said, adding the incident has only made DES more resilient in her performance. “She never really shys away.â€? Now, DES said, she’s focused on dropping more singles and continuing to experiment with new beats, as well as an album she hopes to release by the end of 2019. “I’m going to find my style,â€? she said, “even if that means having no style at all.â€? dianar@dailyorange.com
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sellers the first one hidden. She was never caught. “She just moves really, really quick,” Waters said. “So I was like, ‘wow.’ And she has really long legs, too.” When she moved from South Carolina to New Jersey her sophomore year of high school, she landed a spot on the Manchester basketball team. The 2014-15 season was Manchester’s best in three decades. After Sellers graduated, it went from 15 wins to five wins the next year. Sposato said she still holds an “iconic” role in school history. Her number, 20, has not been worn since she left. It didn’t matter if she were exhausted, Sposato said. With their fast pace style of play, she normally was. But when the team needed her late, she would kick into from page 12
defense net. Munroe’s shot was deflected and finished by Anonda Hoppner. On one play in the second period, Bellefontaine tracked back on defense to help freshman defenseman Shelby Calof double team a Cornell forward in the deep corner. The trap led to a turnover and counter-attack. Bellefontaine recorded four blocks in the game. “Because they have a lot of speed on their team,” Bellefontaine said, “(And) a lot of skill, they like to dangle around players, so it was very important for us to be in the right place at the right time so they wouldn’t get by you.” To go up 2-0, winger Emma Polaski got back on defense to capture a steal in the neutral zone. The ensuing back-and-forth combination between her and Abby Moloughney on the from page 12
cornell been outscored 47-13 in those nine contests. SU’s last win outside of CHA came on Oct. 13, 2017, against Providence. At first, Tuesday night started differently. In warm ups, Brooke Avery flapped her arms to a remix of “Breaking Free” from High School Musical. While gliding around the Syracuse half, she rolled her neck, keeping loose. The Orange had “nothing to lose,” Lauren Bellefontaine said, and they capitalized on that mentality early. In the first period, Bellefontaine dropped the puck off for Allie Munroe at the hash mark, and the senior defender circled the net with it. She then threw the from page 12
golubovskaya that match point at deuce with a backhand which caused Kerr to commit an error. A few games later, Golubovskaya completed the comeback and hit a backhand passing shot to win the match and give Syracuse a 3-1 lead. The Orange (4-0) have relied on Golubovskaya, who at times last season would implode near the end of matches — she’s walked off the court, and had tears in her eyes after poor performances — to act as one of its key finishers this season. The 92nd ranked singles player in the country has “unbelievfrom page 12
blocks attempt opponents take while he’s on the floor. Hughes ranks third on Syracuse (14-6, 5-2 Atlantic Coast) in blocks (12) behind Paschal Chukwu and Oshae Brissett, and he picked up a careerhigh three against Miami. In the nine games Hughes has blocked a shot, the Orange have won all but one. Hughes always aligns in one of the two wing positions along the backline of SU head coach Jim Boeheim’s 2-3 zone. He’s shorter than either of his usual opposite wings, but Hughes more than makes up for a slight height disadvantage with his athleticism and anticipation. “He’s got a good spring, and when he gets a running start on people, he can go get it,” Boeheim said after SU’s win over Miami. Syracuse’s senior point guard Frank
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another gear. “It’s a great thing when your best player is also your hardest worker,” Sposato said. “So the rest of your team is working their butts off because you have a girl who’s a stud, who’s all out sprinting and coming early and putting the time in.” She ran track before she moved states, though only in the outdoor season because of basketball. She threw discus — not every meet, she was just “playing around” — and nearly broke a school record on her first throw. She’s also ran the 60 meters in 7.37 seconds which Hegland called “exceptional” for a 400-meter runner. Sposato believed that even if she was taught volleyball, she would’ve been the best player on the court. Hegland wishes there was more time in each season so he could have really seen what she could do. At Manchester, a fast time in the 400-meters in her junior year caught the attention of schools like Syracuse. Hegland said the more the staff
learned about Sellers, the more they liked her. “The fact that she was playing basketball and playing at a high level, that helped her,” Hegland said. “She picks up on new things really quick ... She’s a very adaptive athlete.” Some Division II schools offered to bring her in for both basketball and track. But Sellers said she recognized that while her passion was basketball, her talent was track. She could do more with it. When Sellers got to SU, she had to make adjustments. Running indoors for the first time, she had to learn how to cut into lanes quicker, as well as adjust to different lengths. “Mentally it kind of messes you up, whereas outdoor you’re just running one lap and indoor is two laps,” Sellers said. But she fit in quickly, becoming All-ACC in indoor, not outdoor. Hegland was impressed with how well she faced the steep learning
curve. As the only senior female sprinter on the roster, it’s now her turn to help the younger runners make their adjustments. “She always has a plan and a goal not only for herself, but for the whole team,” Alexis Crosby, a freshman teammate, said. “So it’s been an inspiration to be around her and to just learn from her.” While Sellers specializes in the 400-meter run, she has been used elsewhere — and has found success. She finished second in the 200meter race in the 2017 BU Valentine invitational. In the 2015 Cornell Greg Page Relays, she won the 300-meters. But no matter what Sellers does, her philosophy remains the same. “Everything I do, I have to make sure I do it in excellence,” Sellers said. “Because if I do it in excellence, then the team will follow that excellence.”
counterattack led to Polaski’s team-leading tenth goal of the season. Another one of SU’s best chances started on defense. Early in the first period, defenseman Allie Olnowich won possession in the back and angled a pass off the board perfectly to Polaski streaking through an open space in the neutral zone. Later, forward Victoria Klimek got two breakaway chances by leaking out after defensive stops. Cornell’s Grace Graham cut Syracuse’s lead in half nine minutes into the first period with a wrist shot from the slot. Syracuse’s defensive strategy faltered further when two forwards missed assignments in the D-zone to open the third period on a Cornell power play, which made it 3-2. A miscommunication on the back end led to Cornell’s fourth goal, where goalkeeper Allison Small (25 saves) couldn’t hold on to a shot under pressure. A minute later, an
over-the-top lob pass found a streaking Amy Curlew for a breakaway which she finished. “The most glaring aspect of the third period was they were more fit than us,” Flanagan said. “They just looked like they were wheeling pretty good and were making crisp passes, and they just seemed to have more energy.” With Kristen Siermachesky (upper body) and Lindsay Eastwood (illness) watching from the bleachers, SU played Logan Hicks, typically a forward, heavy minutes in the back. Dakota Derrer, another SU defenders it relied on earlier in the year, ended her Syracuse career with a concussion on Nov. 5. Hicks last played defense as a freshman before transitioning to forward, but she said she was comfortable. “Everybody was helping out,” Hicks said. “We were really focusing on … getting everyone involved in the d-zone, making sure we got it out
and not getting stuck in our own end too long.” On one play, a Cornell forward had a step on Hicks through the blue line, but Hicks recovered and cut off the angle, eventually deflecting her shot off the boards. Hicks recorded two blocks in the game. The Orange contained one-on-ones in the first two periods, but struggled as the game progressed because of fatigue, Flanagan said. Big Red forward Maddie Mills, who leads Cornell in goals with 14, entered the game ranked 18th in the country in points. The SU defense limited her to just one shot on goal. The Big Red, who average an 11th-best 3.15 goals per game, entered the third period with two scores before exploding for three in the third. Head coach Paul Flanagan attributed their slow start to being “half asleep.” Cornell woke up, and Syracuse’s defensive strategy fell apart.
puck in front, and it bounced off Anonda Hoppner and in. Polaski extended the lead a little over four minutes later with her 2-on-1 strike. “We were really pumped to get the lead and were like, ‘We can do this,’” Bellefontaine said. Cornell responded just over a minute later through Grace Graham. SU goalie Allison Small got a piece of Graham’s slot one-timer along the ice, but it wasn’t enough to keep the puck out. Victoria Klimek had a breakaway chance to extend the lead in the second, but the Big Red tied the score with the frame’s only goal. A deflected wrist shot from the point gave Small no chance. Cornell then took its first lead of the night a little more than five minutes into the third
with another wrist shot from the blue line. Later in the third, Cornell def lated the Orange with a fourth-straight goal. Small thought she covered the puck, but it slipped in front for Micah Zandee-Hart to rocket home. The Big Red scored one more on a breakaway, as Amy Curlew went five-hole after a forehand-backhand move. “After they got a few goals, we held back a little,” Bellefontaine said. “We were playing scared.” Tuesday was not the first time Syracuse has blown a lead, and its inability to play a full 60 minutes haunted it again. Against RIT on Nov. 16, the Orange lost 6-4 after leading 4-2 going into the third. The Orange played even with Cornell for the first 40 minutes, at times outplaying a team with multiple former national U-18
players. But in the third, a combination of mental and physical downfalls allowed Cornell to take over. Stretch passes up the middle, a play Cornell continuously used, started opening up. Syracuse players became lazy in the defensive zone. And on Cornell’s power play goal, they didn’t react properly, Flanagan said. Avery and Hoppner credited the loss to a mental block. Syracuse lost confidence in the third period, they both said. Avery added that the Orange don’t react well to goals against them. It’s hindered them all season, and Tuesday night was no different. “We need to figure out how to play comfortably with a lead and not get so wound up if they score,” Avery said.
able potential,” head coach Younes Limam said. She’s 2-0 when she drops the second set of the match after winning the first, and owns a 3-1 singles record this season. Golubovskaya isn’t afraid of standing up on the baseline and taking balls early. She would rather go for winners than extend the rally, and Limam said he doesn’t want her to change that attitude. “When you play tennis, you’ve got to make mistakes,” Limam said. But against Columbia, Golubovskaya said when she trailed, she focused on putting the ball back into play and maintained at least a four-shot rally before attacking. Last season,
she struggled when she extended the points. Three of her eight losses in the spring were three-setters, and she had a 3-3 overall record in the deciding frame. With last spring season over, Golubovskaya showed improvement in the fall. She started stringing together back-to-back performances, Limam said, going 6-3 in singles and 8-3 in doubles. Against the Lions, her coaches told her to not be afraid of aiming down the middle or to Kerr’s forehand. It worked, and Golubovskaya picked smarter moments to attack. Golubovskaya’s first two singles matches this year lasted all three sets. She won against
Brown in the season-opener 12-10 in the third set tiebreak. “I’m just telling myself that this shot is the right shot to do, just trust myself and that’s all I need to do,” Golubovskaya said after the Columbia match. Her play so far this season has inspired confidence from her teammates. Senior and top singles player Gabriela Knutson called Golubovskaya “a fighter.” “Knowing that she just won’t give up no matter what,” Knutson continued. “It just sends us a huge message as to where her heart and mind is.”
Howard remembered Hughes showing off an innate shot-blocking ability last season in practice while the East Carolina-transfer was unable to play. In 2016-17, Hughes finished fifth at ECU in total blocks despite missing eight games due to injury. But Howard wasn’t sure if the rim protection against his teammates would translate into games. After all, Howard said, it was only practice. But midway through the season, Hughes’ blocking has shown. Against Miami, Hughes got a piece of Johnson’s jump shot early in the first half. Then, with about a minute until halftime, UM’s 5-foot-7 Chris Lykes sliced through the lane and attempted a scoop shot. Hughes, positioned near the left block, clobbered the ball away from the basket and into the courtside seats on the far side of the court. Hughes’ second block resembled a number of his denials this season: An opponent gets inside or past SU’s center, and Hughes slides
inside from his wing spot to block a shot from the side or behind. “He’s a jumpy guy, always anticipating,” Brissett said earlier this season. “He’s really smart, on the defensive end and the offensive end.”
dunk attempt and “swatted that,” Howard said. Hughes’ other multi-block game this season came against Arkansas State on Dec. 22. First, he rotated to the paint after ASU’s point guard drove and sent away 6-foot-8 Salif Boudie’s dunk attempt. Then he did it again, another dunk attempt from Boudie stifled. Howard referenced Hughes’ ability to generate “momentum plays.” Hughes hits 3s, dunks on people and blocks shots. Because of those plays, Hughes has most frequently set the Carrier Dome crowd into frenzies. So when Hughes is defending a break 1-on-1, out in front of Howard, the senior knows he doesn’t need to get in Hughes’ path. He knows Hughes will be the one to make the play. “I might try to slow up a little bit because if I see him running, I know he’s gonna get that,” Howard said. “You’re just trying to find the ball after.”
He’s got a good spring, and when he gets a running start on people, he can go get it. Jim Boeheim su head coach
The “craziest” block Howard’s seen out of Hughes was his third and final against the Hurricanes. Hughes went up with Johnson on his
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Syracuse falls 5-2 to No. 6 Cornell
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By Arabdho Majumder
Elijah Hughes thought he was going to get dunked on. Midway through Syracuse’s game against Miami on Jan. 24, Hurricanes’ guard Zach Johnson — who had transferred from Florida Gulf Coast’s “Dunk City�— prepared HUGHES for a 1-on-1 fast break against Hughes. But Hughes jumped alongside him anyways, meeting Johnson at the rim as he cocked the ball back in his right arm. Hughes’ right hand overpowered Johnson’s and pushed the ball away. There would be no poster: Only a rejection. “I’m thinking so fast, I don’t really know (if I got it),� Hughes said. “... (I’m) just going off instinct trying to get it.� Of the top-32 players in the ACC in block percentage, only one is shorter than the 6-foot-6 Hughes, per Kenpom.com. The redshirt sophomore blocks 2.7 percent of each field goal
Emma Polaski cut into the offensive zone with Abby Moloughney to her left with the puck on a 2-on-1. As the defense shaded too far toward her, Moloughney flipped a pass to Polaski in the slot. Syracuse’s leading scorer had space and capitalized, firing the puck home between the goalie’s pad and blocker. The goal gave the Orange a 2-0 lead in the first period, but Cornell wasn’t rattled. SU head coach Paul Flanagan said his team caught the Big Red sleeping, but following the second goal, they woke up. No. 6 Cornell (14-2-5, 11-2-1 ECAC) fired back with five unanswered goals, and Syracuse (6-182, 6-5-1 College Hockey America) fell, 5-2, to another ranked opponent in its last nonconference game of the regular season, dropping its record in such matchups to 0-13-1. The Orange also lost their ninth-straight game to a ranked opponent, and they have
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fast break KADEJHIA SELLERS scored 1,039 points in high school basketball, the most of anyone in her school’s history. She decided to pursue track instead. elizabeth billman staff photographer
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Kadejhia Sellers was a basketball star. Now, she leads SU’s sprinters
By Danny Emerman staff writer
Despite the 5-2 result, Syracuse — for even a short period — demonstrated a formula to beat faster, stronger and more talented teams. By committing to a defensively oriented gameplan predicated on forwards skating back on the defense and generating chances on counter-attacks, Syracuse (6-17-2, 6-5-1 College Hockey America) took an early 2-0 lead on No. 6 Cornell 14-2-5, 5-2-1 Ivy League) before losing momentum and surrendering five unanswered goals. “Just trying to adapt to their speed,� center Brooke Avery said of the commitment to pinching back on defense. Center Lauren Bellefontaine, who was key in dropping back on defense and winning the puck in the neutral zone, set up Syracuse’s first goal. Four minutes into the game, she dropped off a pass on the left wing for Allie Munroe, who carried it behind the net into Gretzky’s office and put a wraparound shot on see defense page 10
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hree seconds were left on the clock. Manchester Regional High School (New Jersey) was down by one. The ball was in Kadejhia Sellers’ hands, like it always was at the end of games. The star basketball player would graduate Manchester as the all-time leading scorer with 1,059 points. And Manchester just needed two. Head coach David Sposato still remembers what happened next vividly. Sellers dribbled the length of the floor, through the entire defense for a game-winning layup as the buzzer sounded. “For most people to dribble the length of the court in such a short period of time while being covered would be impossible,� Sposato said. “But due to her sheer speed, she was able to do it.� Sellers has taken her speed to the next level, now a senior leader for Syracuse in track and field. She received All-ACC honors in 2016-17. That spring, she placed third in the 400 meters at the ACC Championships. Last season was highlighted by a win in the same event at the Boston University Valentine Invitational. Her raw athleticism and leadership make her the runner she is. “She’s the kind of kid that I’d love it if she had eight years of eligibility and we can go ahead and play with her being a 60-meter runner one year and play with being a 200-meter runner one year,� Syracuse assistant coach Dave Hegland, who coaches the sprinters, said. “I just think she could do a lot. She’s got a really wide range of abilities.� Sellers’ mom, Patsy Waters, remembers when Sellers was little and played outside, developing the versatility that would propel her. During games of hide and seek, Sellers would sprint and be see sellers page 10
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Sophomore improves match finishing By Arabdho Majumder asst. copy editor
Sofya Golubovskaya bent over at the baseline, hands on her knees. Her face was a mix of frustration and desperation. It wasn’t the first time that look appeared in the third set. She had just double faulted at 40-30, giving match point at deuce to Columbia’s Jennifer Kerr.
When you play tennis, you’ve got to make mistakes. Sofya Golubovskaya su sophomore
Unforced errors were followed by shouts in Russian. After a backhand into the net, she slapped her shoe twice with her racket. “I just told myself that I need to calm down and to figure it out so I wouldn’t lose this match,� Golubovskaya said after the contest on Jan. 20. The Russian sophomore saved see golubovskaya page 10