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Syracuse University is the first major private university to endorse a Senate bill that aims to prevent sexual assault at colleges and universities across the country.

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Salt City Dishes hosts an annual crowdfunded dinner to raise money for community projects like snow shoveling, a marching band and a poetry slam series.

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S • Returning the favor

With a self-imposed postseason ban last year, SU beat Louisville.

This year, with the teams in opposite positions, UofL took down the Orange in a 72-58 game.

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University to review services

LOUISVILLE 72, SYRACUSE 58

SU is partnering with TruMann Consulting to assess career services

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Representatives from a higher education consulting group will arrive at Syracuse University at the end of February to begin a review of the university’s career services operations.

Manny Contomanolis and Trudy Steinfeld, who together form TruMann Consulting, will partner with SU officials to review both the career service centers at SU’s different schools and colleges and the centralized Career Services unit, SU Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy said.

Swatted away MICHAEL GBINIJE elevates for a layup against No. 18 Louisville on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Syracuse lost 72-58 to the Cardninals. Last year, after Syracuse self-imposed a postseason ban, SU upset the Cardinals. This time, Louisville returned the favor, a few weeks after also announcing a self-imposed postseason ban. See page 16 for full coverage. luke rafferty staff photographer

Senators talk report on student experience

By Annie Palmer

A new report from a group in the Fast Forward Syracuse initiative details eight areas upon which Syracuse University may mold its mission and vision for students in the future.

The 14-page report, titled “4+4,” was presented by the Academic Strategic Plan’s Student Experience Working Group to the University Senate Wednesday afternoon. The report identifies eight core competencies, using jargon-filled language such as creative, scientific and critical reasoning and applied and collaborative learning competency, among others.

The competencies lay out the types of academic and personal experiences that students can

Liz Liddy interim vice chancellor and provost at su

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We want to make sure we’re providing everything we should … It’s just good business practice.

What is USen? The University Senate is the academic governing body of the university and is made up of faculty, students, staff and administration members. The majority of the work is done in 17 standing committees, which report to the full senate at least once a year.

expect to carry with them upon graduating from SU, said Terra Peckskamp, a co-chair of the group who presented the report to the senate.

“Many institutions, and Syracuse has not done this previously, have a statement or a vision that says, ‘A Syracuse University graduate will or does this,’” said Peckskamp, who is also the director of the Office of Residence Life, after the meeting. “So that’s where the competencies come from.”

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The number of employees who took part in Syracuse University’s Voluntary Separation Incentive Program

Before the workgroup issued its report, Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the senate, sharing key details on the employee buyout program. At last month’s senate meeting, philosophy professor Sam Gorovitz asked the chancellor to release specific numbers on how many university employees took the buyout.

Syverud said 254 employees took part in SU’s Voluntary Separation Incentive Program, which was offered to employees whose combined age and years of service

were higher than 65.

It’s unclear how many staff versus faculty members took the buyout, but Sy verud said that the 254 employees who took the buyout represent 6.9 percent of the total benefits-eligible staff, which totals 3,656. The total benefits-eligible staff represents those who could have taken part in the buyout if they met the requirements of their age plus years of service equaling 65 or more, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU, in an email.

Syverud also briefly touched on the timeline for devising the university’s 2017 budget. In March, the Board of Trustees executive committee will review the budget proposal for 2017, including tuition and room and board pricing. The see usen page 6

Contomanolis and Steinfeld will work with officials in SU’s Divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, representatives from each of SU’s 11 schools and colleges and officials from Career Services to review and ultimately enhance the university’s career services, Liddy said.

Contomanolis is the senior associate vice president for enrollment management and career services at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Steinfeld is the assistant vice president and executive director of New York University’s Wasserman Center for Career Development.

Liddy said it made sense to review career services now because a similar review hadn’t been conducted “in a while.” But there was nothing specific that triggered the review, Liddy said.

“We want to make sure we’re providing everything we should,” Liddy said. “… It’s just good see career

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THIRSTY thursday | evan williams whiskey

Evan Williams Whiskey has smoky aftertaste

By Max Darrow staff writer

Let me introduce you to my friend Jack’s younger brother, Evan.

If you love bourbon but don’t have the money to spend on a bottle of Jack Daniels, then you’ll be happy to meet Evan Williams.

Like any whiskey brand, Evan Williams comes in a variety of f lavors such as cherry, peach and eggnog. Some are more expensive than others, but the basic green label variety I chose is cheap and good.

It comes in a glass bottle — you can get one for $15 — and one sip of it won’t leave you with a nasty hangover the way a sip of bourbon from a plastic bottle can.

Right out of the bottle, Evan Williams looks like a typical bourbon. It’s mainly a golden color with a tinge of amber or caramel added in. It smells like honey, vanilla and caramel, and I got a bit of pecan and walnut too.

As for the taste, I wouldn’t say it’s a smooth whiskey. I normally like my whiskey neat — no ice cubes — but I decided to put one cube in the glass to make it a more

enjoyable tasting experience.

On the tip of the tongue, it’s sweet, and then the finish is a bit sour. The most noticeable part of the finish is the smokiness in the throat and nose — it’ll definitely warm up your throat.

Evan Williams does alright on its own, but it’s best in a mixed drink. So if you’re a fan of mixers, I recommend keeping a bottle on your shelf.

In any drink where Jack is the main liquor, replace it with Evan and you’ll save a pretty penny.

I’ve had Evan Williams as a whiskey sour, I’ve mixed it with Coke and tried it in a ginger ale.

But no matter the combination, I couldn’t tell a difference between Evan and Jack in a mixed drink when I tried them both side by side — they both tasted great.

I recommend picking up a bottle of Evan Williams next time you swing by the liquor store. It’s easy on the wallet, goes well in a mixer — but is drinkable on its own — and looks way more expensive than it actually is. Give it a try, and it’ll warm you up in the cold weather. midarrow@syr.edu

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@SenGillibrand Grateful that @SyracuseU has added their name in support of this critical legislation to end the campus sexual assault epidemic. #CASAct

Verge of merge Read more about the group Consensus’s proposal to merge the governments of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

See Monday’s paper

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SU backs prevention legislation University announces support for Senate’s sexual assault bill

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Syracuse University has endorsed a United States Senate bill to combat sexual assault on college campuses, becoming the first large private university to do so, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced Wednesday.

JENNIFER STROMER-GALLEY, an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, talked about how the Internet changed the promotion of presidential campaigns in a lecture Wednesday in Dineen Hall.

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Professor explains media role in elections

By Siyu Liu contributing writer

Jennifer Stromer-Galley said nobody can explain business mogul Donald Trump’s popularity right now, but it may be possible in another year.

Stromer-Galley, an associate professor in Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies and director for the Center for Computational and Data Sciences, is involved in a project to collect data from the social media presence of each candidate in the 2016 presidential election.

She said she hopes the data she’s collecting will provide clues as to why Trump has gained so much popularity in the polls.

On Wednesday, Stromer-Gal-

ley gave a presentation in Dineen Hall to kick off the 2016 Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media (IJPM) Law, Politics & the Media Speaker Series. Her talk focused on how presidential campaigns have adopted digital technologies and adapted to them strategically over four election cycles.

The first example she gave was about the iconic 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, which was the first televised presidential debate.

“If you listened to the debate, you’d pick Nixon, but if you watched the debate, you’d pick Kennedy,” she said.

After that debate, researchers started to look into how powerful television could be in construct-

ing and conveying images, and in creating a persona which could convince voters to support candidates, Stromer-Galley said.

The 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was the first-ever televised presidential debate

“This debate tells a lot of stories, but the most important one, for researchers, was the realization of the power of television,” Stromer-Galley added.

After television, the Internet was introduced to the election cycle in 1996.

“Bob Dole/Jack Kemp was the first presidential campaign to use the World Wide Web,” StromerGalley said, “and yes, the website is still in operation.”

It was indeed a big step for presidential candidates to use the Internet to promote their campaigns, but they didn’t understand it could do much more, she said.

“Dole’s site and (1996 presidential incumbent Bill) Clinton’s site did not have email addresses, so voters could not email the candidates,” Stromer-Galley said. “As a result, their websites were still one-way communication tools.”

In 2000, candidates were really starting to experiment with interactivity, she said. John McCain’s campaign in 2000 is

Marriage and family department reaccredited staff writer

The marriage and family therapy Ph.D. program at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics recently received reaccreditation after extensive study.

The program was reviewed by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, or COAMFTE, according to an SU News release.

For an academic program to be reaccredited, it must officially

meet the standards of the national organization particular to the field, said Thomas deLara, chair of the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy.

“We’re one of the oldest accredited programs in the country,” deLara said. “This program has a … distinguished history, and is recognized nationally for its excellence.”

Once a program has been granted accreditation, it does not have to be renewed for another six years, according to the release.

This is because of the lengthy and

complicated process of receiving reaccreditation, deLara said.

“It usually takes about a year. … Sometimes, it can take longer,” deLara said. “It’s painfully difficult.”

Departments seeking reaccreditation begin by completing a self-study, wherein several hundred pages of documents are compiled, deLara said. This documentation concerns everything from credentials of faculty and staff to the exact learning objectives described and met on course syllabi.

Once collected and sent to

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The Campus Accountability and Safety Act would require colleges and universities to administer anonymous, biannual surveys of students regarding experiences with sexual assault on campus.

Colleges and universities would also be required to publish the results of the surveys on their websites and in their annual security see bill page 8

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falk

By Bridget McAllister

As chancellor of one of the largest private universities in New York state, I know more work on this critical issue is needed.

COAMFTE, a representative from the organization visits campus, typically for one or two days, deLara said.

The organization carefully sifts through all of the information that has been collected and compares it to a national standard for the quality of academic programs in marriage and family therapy, deLara said.

Falk College’s Ph.D. program blends a traditional classroomstyle of learning with hands-on, interactive work, said Dyane

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FORMER UN CHIEF DIES Former United Nations SecretaryGeneral Boutros Boutros-Ghali died in an Egyptian hospital Tuesday at the age of 93. He led the U.N. during years of genocide in Africa and war in Yugoslavia. source: reuters

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LOCKED UP Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Tuesday that the company would fight a court order to help the FBI unlock the iPhone 5c of Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino shooters. Cook said the court order asks for “something we consider too dangerous to create … a backdoor to the iPhone.” source: nbc news

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Merger could bring Syracuse, county necessary modernization

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he United States was founded on the idea that we should strive to be a “city upon a hill.” Turns out one group of impassioned Syracuse citizens are working to embody John Winthrop’s vision.

Consensus, a volunteer commission working toward a better future for Onondaga County, recently put forth a report outlining 51 recommendations for ways in which the city and county governments can consolidate resources. One of these suggestions seems to have overshadowed the rest: a complete merger between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The 19-member group aims to streamline services, including water supply, waste and police forces, to name a few, to cut costs. The commission’s research found that Onondaga County spends approximately $100 million on redundant services. The suggestions encompass five integral areas of Onondagan life that can be improved: public safety, infrastructure, municipal operations, economic development and governance.

At this time, the merger is solely a controversial proposal. But, eventually, the unification of city and county may be necessary for the city of Syracuse. The 36 municipalities in Onondaga County that often overlap in services were created in the 1800s — when horses were the vehicles of choice. Even if it takes years to come to fruition, Consensus is promoting necessary modernization.

If the city and county merge governments, there would be more access to state-sponsored funding due to the greater population under the umbrella jurisdiction and residents would receive a more efficient delivery of streamlined services.

“The whole study is not about a merger — it is about modernizing our govern-

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ment and building the economy,” said Bea González, a member of the Consensus commission and Dean of Syracuse University’s University College. “The merger can be an aspect of it, but does not have to be.”

Onondaga County and Syracuse are suffering from a failure to adapt to changing times: Interstate 81 problematically runs right through the middle of the city, extreme poverty concentration has increased, population has decreased and costs for services are rising. The 36 static and generally disconnected local governments could benefit from a centralized governing body in a step toward thriving again.

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The number of municipal governments in Onondaga County

“(The outcomes the commission hopes to achieve range) from opportunity to improve infrastructure to less problems with water services to a parks system expanding across the county,” González said. “As well as improving road quality, an example everyone could get behind.”

Consensus’ intentions are not without concern. Some have voiced the opinion that the economic incentive of decreased taxes is not substantial enough to want a merger, whereas others do not have faith in the county government to place such a large jurisdiction under its purview. Others still

believe the merger will be divisive, rather than unifying. Minority groups have also raised the concern that they will not be heard, their representation will fade and they will be swept to the side when it comes to political presence.

“It is certain that there would be a huge redistribution of power and the chances of that being beneficial to the people of Syracuse is unambiguous,” said John Yinger, a professor of economics and public policy in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

While these concerns are valid, it seems that many can be cured with participating in the discussion — a current priority of Consensus — with optimism and considering the extent of a county’s financial benefits beyond tax cuts.

The fact that many cities, including Buffalo in 2005, have tried to marry their counties, without realization, is a testament to the necessity and the lack of downside to the ones who are successful.

Maybe the skeptical citizen’s underlying fear is that Syracuse will try to merge with Onondaga County and fail, considering there are some issues that Consensus has not addressed properly, including education. However, the commission has made clear that it has left schools out of the equation, deeming them too important to be thrown into the mix this early in the process.

Let’s say that the merger doesn’t provide all of these positive changes. But even the cases in which cities and counties merged and did not achieve all they had hoped to were not worsened because of the merger itself — instead the stagnancy remained.

And it is revealing that no city and county have ever converged and then broken apart.

This may be the opportunity for Syracuse and Onondaga County to become a

metropolitan area people are happy to live in. This was seen after consolidation in Kansas City, a blue-collar turned trendy city, that has successfully attracted young people who hope to reap the benefits of a stronger government administration.

The whole study is not

about a merger — it is

about modernizing our

government and building

the economy. ... The

merger can be an aspect of

it, but does not have to be.

Bea González

commission member and dean consensus

of su’s university college

There does not need to be a final answer right now — no one likes change and no one likes to pave the way. But the fact that the conversation has begun, and that people are actively participating in the discussion of the city’s future as a means to create a government in tune with the times is showing a shift in culture that was not apparent two years ago when the commission was founded.

This change would be the first of its kind for New York state since New York City’s merger in 1898. It would require a leap of faith from both the government and citizens alike — one that could lead to Syracuse and Onondaga County being a beautiful partnership, one that becomes “the city on a hill.”

Joanna Orland is a freshman newspaper and online journalism major.

Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at jorland@syr.edu.

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Drug use should not affect financial aid Enhancing SU’s career services is joint effort

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ne crime, two punishments: that’s often the case when students with past drug offenses apply for federal financial aid to pursue higher education.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) looks at many factors when determining aid eligibility — income, family background and, even more controversially, drug convictions.

If students are convicted of possession or sale of illegal drugs while receiving federal aid, they automatically become ineligible to receive funding for one to three years, and sometimes indefinitely.

But a group of senators in Washington, D.C. is trying to change that. The new legislation, called the Stopping Unfair Collateral Consequences from Ending Student Success Act (SUCCESS), would repeal the law that suspends aid eligibility for students with drug infractions.

Essentially, it would eliminate the drug record question entirely.

Since 2000, when it was mandated that students disclose past drug offenses on the FAFSA, more than 200,000 students have lost federal aid eligibility, according to Drug Policy Alliance. This phenomenon also plays a role in the college admissions process because many schools ask students to disclose criminal history to ensure campus safety.

Reforming the criminal justice system through these changes in higher education will offer many young adults a second chance at a brighter future. The current FAFSA rule disproportionately harms minority and lower income students, since wealthy families aren’t as dependent on financial aid.

And because recreational drug use is common on college campuses, it is unfair to only punish those have the misfortune of getting caught.

In fact, the National Institute on Drug Use shows that heavy alcohol consumption, including binge drinking, is higher among college students compared to their non-college peers. And according to the same survey, even marijuana use has tripled on college campuses within the past twenty years.

Of course, major criminal activities should be scrutinized and evaluated on a case-by-case basis; however, the majority of college kids are just that — college kids.

And while illegal substance abuse should call for some type of penalty, entire futures shouldn’t be put in jeopardy because of a minor infraction. There’s a difference between occasionally getting high with friends on the weekend and running a drug ring out of your dorm room.

Even the scope of the violations are magnified on college applications and FAFSA because forms often aren’t interpreted

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correctly, said Alan Rosenthal, co-director of justice strategies at the Center for Community Alternatives, a New York state advocacy program for youth justice.

Because substance use disorders are stigmatized, people who suffer with them are often viewed negatively and punished rather than understood as struggling humans, trying to deal with life’s difficulties.

Paul Caldwell associate professor of social work in su’s david b. falk college of sport and human dynamics

Rosenthal explained the complicated nuances of intrastate laws, which may be difficult for even for experienced attorneys to navigate, much less admissions officers.

For instance, two 16-year-old students could commit a misdemeanor drug offense in New York state and New Jersey, but because the age of criminality is lower in New York, it would count as a conviction. But, in New Jersey, that individual would not have a conviction on their record because they would be considered a minor.

The FAFSA form, along with many college applications, is too standardized to account for variation in recorded illegal drug involvement and student history. This discrepancy unfairly leaves students in the gray area of the legal system.

And with millions of students applying for college admission and financial aid in the United States, if gatekeepers were to implement this bill, it would stop these futures from falling through the cracks.

It can be argued that SUCCESS is a “free pass” for these students to escape the repercussions of drug use.

However, young people are still legally and morally responsible for their actions and they still have a wave of other obstacles to face, including a damaged permanent record and respective school policies.

It’s easy to view these students as criminals on the surface, but substance abuse can be a serious problem for some students, which is often intertwined with mental health struggles. Substance abuse can be a coping mechanism for

stress, depression and anxiety. On the flip side, it can also amplify mental illness due to the pressure of snap judgments from college officials and financial aid officers, in addition to the overall social stigma.

Paul Caldwell, an associate professor of social work in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, said this victim-blaming and the denying of opportunities to these students ends up costing society more in the long run.

“Because substance use disorders are stigmatized, people who suffer with them are often viewed negatively and punished rather than understood as struggling humans, trying to deal with life’s difficulties,” Caldwell said, in an email.

And as Rosenthal said, the greatest number of drug convictions are for the lowest level offenses, such as possession of marijuana, an offense that costs a fine of about $100 for first time offenders. Though it seems like a small amount, it can end up costing thousands of dollars in financial aid and leave a dent in a student’s overall educational ambitions.

Recreational drug use is notorious on college campuses, and it is naive to think otherwise. As said best by Caldwell, “A person who is already struggling with complicated life problems becomes further disadvantaged by being denied opportunities, like support for education.”

Rather than criminalizing them, empathizing with these students is the key to reform. They should be seen as young people who have their whole lives ahead of them, not delinquents who erred once only to be punished forever.

Rashika Jaipuriar is a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major.

Her column appears weekly.

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A routine assessment of Syracuse University’s career services offerings is essential to the postgraduation success of students.

But it is equally the responsibility of the student body to make the most these resources during their collegiate careers.

Representatives from TruMann Consulting, a higher education consulting group, will arrive at SU later this month to begin a review of the career service centers of SU’s 11 schools and colleges in addition to the centralized Career Services unit in partnership with university officials.

Manny Contomanolis, the senior associate vice president for Enrollment Management and Career Services at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Trudy Steinfeld, the assistant vice president and executive director of New York University’s Wasserman Center for Career Development, will use data and informational interviews to provide SU with constructive feedback on how to enhance on-campus career services operations.

At this time, there is not a fixed process the university follows to assess career resources.

In this case, a lapse was identified and university officials are now working closely with experts to solve it. By evaluating the individual career centers of SU in addition to the more encompassing system of Career Services, the university is paving the way for a cohesive environment across the dis-

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tinctive atmospheres of each school and college.

But career assistance is one of the most important services a university can offer, considering students earn a higher education with the common end goal of attaining a position in a given industry. And because the availability and expectations of these jobs are subject to the fluidity of the job market, the adaptability of on-campus resources should be comprehensively gauged on a regular basis — a measure that should be implemented by the university.

As a shared responsibility, students should also work to ensure they are informed of the employment realities in their respective fields by taking advantage of these resources.

Not only would this engagement aid students in their prospective careers but, in a system of checks and balances, would prove to be another way to measure the effectiveness and general student satisfaction with these services.

This collaboration would also safeguard that students in distinctive situations do not fall through the cracks, considering those in dual programs may be seeking a balanced career between two different fields.

While the components of securing employment differ greatly between different schools and colleges, a joint effort to enhance and utilize career services between Syracuse University and its students would establish a progressive system that would prepare all students for life beyond the hill.

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Group expands outreach program to Syracuse schools

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

A Student Association outreach program that educates students in the Syracuse City School District on topics including marijuana usage, peer pressure and contraception is expanding to more schools this semester.

Syracuse Students Teaching Healthy Habits (SSTHH) is a program that aims to inform students in the Syracuse City School District in making well-informed choices when dealing with those type of issues.

“The program is encouraging outreach into our local community by integrating Syracuse students into education curricula,” said SA President Aysha Seedat.

The program was initiated in fall 2015 in Edward Smith Elementary School, said Obarima-Yaw Opoku Afriyie-Baah, a sopho-

more in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the administrative coordinator for the program.

Sometimes all you need is one person to believe in you in school, and we hope to get there through this program.

Aysha Seedat sa president

This semester, Afriyie-Baah said, the program will be implemented in three more schools: H.W. Smith PreK-8 School, Grant Middle School and Clary Middle School.

“After positive feedback from students and teachers alike, it is our desire to further expand the program into more schools within the Syracuse City School District,” he said.

Afriyie-Baah said the program allows SU students to go into the classrooms at middle and high schools to guest lecture on agesensitive issues such as peer pressure and drug awareness.

“In the Syracuse City School District, only about half of the students who start middle school will end up graduating high school.

Many will fall into illegal activity,” AfriyieBaah said. “SSTHH is designed to show students that ‘Hey, you are no different from us.

We do not know the pressures and struggles you deal with, but you can be successful.’”

The program consists of three categories of lesson plans, which differ based on the ages of the students in the classroom, Afriyie-Baah said.

One lesson for middle school-aged students explains the dangers of marijuana, Afriyie-Baah said. Another one for high school students aims to inform students of the various available forms of contraception.

There is also a lesson plan designed for students with special needs, which focuses on aiding students in forming and maintaining healthy friendships, Afriyie-Baah added.

“Sometimes all you need is one person to believe in you in school, and we hope to get there through this program,” Seedat said. “Students need inspiration, and we want to encourage these students to stay in school by practicing healthy habits, and far along, go to college.”

Any interested SU or State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students are eligible to participate, Seedat said. dsahintu@syr.edu

Study finds 1 in 4 female students experience sexual assault

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

An average of one in every four female college students experience sexual assault during their undergraduate years, according to a study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

The findings were comprised of the responses of 15,000 women and 8,000 men from nine universities who filled out surveys in March 2015, according to the study, which was released on Jan. 20. The names of the participating schools were not revealed.

The study showed that on average, 21 percent of female undergraduates and 7 percent of male undergraduates said they had been sexually assaulted since starting college.

An average of 4.2 percent of female undergraduates said they had been sexually assaulted during the 2014-15 academic year.

“The one-in-four statistic is something

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entire Board of Trustees will then approve the budget in May. Peckskamp said she hopes to also present the 4+4 report to the Board of Trustees in May. To do that, she said the report must first be evaluated by the university community.

The process will move quickly so that SU is ready to be evaluated starting in the fall for accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The commission makes sure that higher education institutions meet certain standards, and a mission or vision for students is one of the requirements, Peckskamp said. Several of SU’s peer institutions, such as Cornell University and Georgetown University, are Middle States accredited, according to the commission’s website.

The senate also heard from the Committee on Instruction, wherein Committee Chair Robert Van Gulick discussed a meeting with SU Athletics. The meeting came after the Senate Agenda Committee requested it focus on the NCAA infractions in the athletics department.

The Committee on Instruction chose to look into academic support services and academic integrity in the athletics department, eventually meeting with Tommy Powell, the assistant provost for student-

we are very familiar with. This statistic is not surprising — it’s real,” said Marissa Blanchard, one of the co-founders of the Girl Code Movement and management and broadcast and digital journalism dual major at Syracuse University.

There was also some disparity in the results reported in the study, with the sexual assault experience rate ranging from a high of one in two at some of the schools that were surveyed to a low of one in eight.

“The main issues with these statistics is that sexual assault is the most underreported crime,” Blanchard said. “Many universities do not have strong reporting systems in place, or discourage survivors from reporting.”

The findings of the study reflect similar results found in other studies about sexual assault on college campuses. For example, a study from the Association of American Universities found that 23.1 percent of female

athlete development.

Powell described the current state of academic support services, noting that the number of tutors for student-athletes has grown from 35 to 140 in recent years.

Student-athletes are also in good shape relative to the NCAA’s definition of Academic Progress Rate: all teams currently have a 94 percent success rate among their athletes, Powell said.

The progress rate describes whether or not students are on track to complete their degree in four or five years. It does not, however, reflect graduation rates in the athletics department, Van Gulick said.

“In fact, it’s not set up in such a way that it’s pegged on graduating in four years,” Van Gulick said, adding that he would like to see specific graduation data from the Senate Committee on Athletic Policy.

The report listed several other requirements for student athletes who are seniors, as outlined by the NCA A. These requirements include that student athletes must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, be registered for 12 credit hours per semester and complete 80 percent of their degree by the end of their fourth year of college.

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college students said they experienced unwanted sexual contact. SU is not a member of the AAU, according to the AAU website.

Blanchard said most sexual assualt survivors do not report the incidents to police due to various reasons, such as the fear of not having anyone believe them, the pressure of having concrete evidence as “proof” and the discouragement they receive from universities for wanting to report their cases to the police.

“Recent studies show that most schools haven’t even investigated a sexual assault case in over five years,” she added. “When I see a school has zero reports, that’s a huge red flag that something is seriously systematically wrong at that institution.”

SU has not been subject to a Title IX investigation for sexual assault since at least April 2011, according to data collected by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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career services business practice.”

After Contomanolis and Steinfeld arrive at SU, they’ll begin to sift through data and visit the different career centers on campus, including Career Services, Liddy said.

They’ll also conduct informational interviews with current students and alumni about their experiences with career services at SU, Liddy said. Additionally, the consultants will reach out to employers of SU graduates to garner feedback regarding how prepared those students were for their jobs, Liddy added.

Contomanolis and Steinfeld will then provide SU officials with feedback on the positives and negatives of the university’s career services operations and give recommendations on things that SU should consider changing or making adjustments to, Liddy said.

Liddy said she expects the university to release a report on the findings before the end of the semester.

TruMann Consulting was recently chosen to assist in the review after a round of Skype interviews with finalist consulting firms, Liddy said.

“You can get huge firms to do this, but these people, they’re academics and I think they’re experts at this,” she said. “... It’s a good fit.”

Contomanolis said in an email that he

November and spoke about sexual assault prevention as a part of the “It’s On Us” campaign, a national effort from the White House that works to end sexual assault on college campuses.

Blanchard said awareness campaigns like “It’s On Us” are “great but not enough,” as awareness can only go so far. She added that the biggest issue in combating sexual assault is implementing efficient reporting procedures.

“The current system sends survivors to many different locations on campus, forces them to tell their story and relive it several times, and often does not lead to a conviction,” Blanchard said about sexual assault procedures at universities across the country.

She added that there is no incentive for universities to report these cases.

Blanchard said her biggest piece of advice to survivors of sexual assault is to ask for help or talk to someone in the Counseling Center. dsahintu@syr.edu

could provide no additional comments beyond the original SU News release announcing the partnership.

Christopher Sedore, SU’s senior vice president for enrollment management, said in an email that the Division of Academics Affairs’ role in the process will be to work to ensure that its “efforts are aligned to help our students achieve their aspirations.”

“The teaching, learning, research, and service that defines our schools and colleges is the cornerstone of preparing students for life after Syracuse,” he said.

Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, SU’s senior vice president and dean of student affairs, said in an email that the Division of Student Affairs’ role will include “offering insight, sharing recommendations, meeting with TruMann Consulting, and coordinating efforts to gather input from students, faculty and staff.”

Officials from Career Services did not respond to an email requesting comment.

Liddy said the overarching goal of the review process will be for SU to figure out the best way it can provide “basic services such as expertise and counsel” to its students.

“The university sees this as a high priority to the students and to students’ parents that when we bring (students) here, that we educate them well-rounded and we ensure that they’re ready for a successful future,” Liddy said. mdburk01@syr.edu

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Books4Equality, a student-run nonprofit based at the University of Vermont, provides free textbooks and other school supplies to UVM students. The nonprofit paired up with UVM’s bookstore manager to advance the program across campus.

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program at the University of Vermont is offering free textbooks to students, and there is no catch.

That’s what students usually ask first when they hear about Books4Equality, said Ben Kaufman, the CEO of the nonprofit and a first-year graduate student studying natural resources at UVM. Books4Equality is a free, non-profit library created at UVM with an online database for anyone to search, view and borrow donated books, he said.

Kaufman started Books4Equality with two friends, Alex Perkins and Javier GarciaBernardo, a little more than a year ago. The database currently holds about 1,800 books and other supplies, such as iClickers and calculators, Kaufman said.

“I was walking around campus, and I found a pile of old textbooks that said ‘free’ on them,” he said. “It just showed me that people don’t understand the value of their textbooks. They just see the price that the bookstore will give them — if they’ll give them any.”

The Books4Equality team has recently been working to get recognized as a student club at UVM, Kaufman said. Part of that process required them to find a faculty adviser.

Kaufman chose UVM’s bookstore manager, Jay Menninger, as Books4Equality’s adviser despite Kaufman’s original intent to remove the “middle man” in the buyback process, which in this case was the bookstore, he said.

“I don’t see them as competition. I see them as an additional option for students,” Menninger said.

“If a student needs to sell the book back to our store for cash, that’s their decision. If they want to donate it to Books4Equality, that’s also their decision.”

Menninger added that he was honored that the students chose him as their adviser. He said he had seen somewhat similar programs to Books4Equality before, but added that these students’ passion was different from those in the others.

The students had really done their research, Menninger said, and were doing it for no pay. Books4Equality also had no budget and received positive feedback from the students, Menninger added.

Kelly Molloy, the team’s social media and marketing director, said students are frequently caught off-guard when they find out that the program is truly free with no additional requirements.

“The response is overwhelmingly positive.

During the tabling we get to really engage with the students, and they’re kind of blown away,” Molloy said. “It seems surprising that something like this hasn’t already been put in place at other universities with the mounting concerns about textbook

prices, and it just makes sense to put our resources together to address the problem.”

Books4Equality has also worked on getting donation boxes in all of the residence halls at UVM, as well as initiating a donation competition between the fraternities and sororities on campus, said Connor Dermody, the team’s student outreach intern.

Looking forward, Books4Equality is welcome to opening new chapters at other universities, Kaufman said.

He added that he will not be reaching out to other universities because he doesn’t want to force the partnership, and he thinks that the program will work better if there are students on the campus that are passionate about seeing it through.

If the program expands, Molloy said the team will have to adjust its methods on social media to accommodate new chapters since its platform is currently centralized at UVM. She added that it will be key for Books4Equality to get feedback from other schools’ social media staffs to find out what methods work best for their respective university.

“The reason it’s doing as well as it is on our campus is because the guys who started it were enthusiastic and they really care about it. That’s what it takes,” Menninger said. “I hope other people give it a try.” blposhek@syr.edu

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stromer-galley a perfect example of a presidential campaign adapting to digital media strategically, she added.

“After winning New Hampshire, there was a splash page on McCain’s website that asked visitors to donate in order to keep the campaign alive,” Stromer-Galley said.

She added that the splash page helped McCain raise more than $500,000, all from

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reports, according to a summary of the bill published on the U.S. Congress’s website.

The bill would also authorize the federal government to impose penalties on institutions that fail to follow Title IX requirements regarding sexual violence, according to the bill’s summary.

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reaccreditation Watson, one of the program’s instructors, in an email.

After learning the academic and ethical theories inherent to an open-ended field like therapy, the program transitions into application of these ideas, Watson said.

“Students … engage in role plays to help them put that thinking into practice,” Watson said.

Under supervision from faculty and more advanced students, students participate in an interview process to determine their readiness to dive into fieldwork, Watson said. She added that students who pass

small donors, which was “unbelievable at that time.”

President Barack Obama’s campaign harnessed the power of simplicity, StromerGalley said. Instead of overwhelming readers with tons of information, his website created a clear message for a call-to-action, she added.

The Obama Dashboard is an example of how to organize supporters and transform them into more votes, she said. The Dashboard allows people to create teams, schedule events or look for events and also create

online groups, where supporters can chat with each other, she added.

Stromer-Galley said this platform helped the Obama campaign effectively organize manpower.

“The key in the networked era is interactivity, which is the ability of not just to receive information, like in the broadcast era, but also to become producers, reactors and amplifiers of the information we receive,” Stromer-Galley said.

SU Chancellor Kent Sy verud said in a press release from Gillibrand’s office that SU is a national leader in combating sexual assault.

“I am fortunate to work with a dedicated team of student, faculty and staff leaders who strive to make Syracuse a safe campus, and be ahead of the curve in working to prevent sexual assault,” Syverud said in the release.

“As chancellor of one of the largest private

universities in New York state, I know more work on this critical issue is needed.”

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and co-sponsored by Gillibrand and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), was introduced in the Senate on Feb. 26, 2015.

There are currently 34 co-sponsors of the bill — 21 Democrats, 12 Republicans and one Independent. Presidential candidates and senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Bernie Sanders

(D-Vt.) are both co-sponsors of the bill.

“I am grateful that Syracuse University has added their name in support of this critical legislation,” Gillibrand said in the release, “and I will continue fighting to get this comprehensive, bipartisan bill passed to ensure campus sexual assault cases are handled with the professionalism and fairness students deserve.”

this interview process can begin taking clients while still being supervised by a faculty member.

Students in the Ph.D. program spend a one-year internship providing therapy services for people in the Syracuse city community, said Lisa Tedeschi, the program’s internship placement coordinator.

Tedeschi said some students take more than one internship to gain specialized experience and resume building.

Students in the internship stage can be placed in schools, hospitals, behavioral health clinics or private practices, Tedeschi added.

This is because marriage and family therapy is a complex field, Watson said, and

working in a variety of environments helps students adapt to a variety of clients.

Watson added that the family and therapy program emphasizes that therapists must understand themselves to understand the clients they work with.

“Our program focuses on knowing how our attitudes, values and life experiences influence out work,” Watson said. “Generally, these issues are related to our family of origin and cultural experiences.”

As it continues to expand its curriculum, the marriage and family therapy program is keeping its eyes toward the future and focusing on how it can improve, Watson said.

“I believe our department is flexible,” Watson said. “Our department chair continues to challenge us to grow.”

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UP TO THE PLATE Salt City Dishes hosts crowdfunded dinner to advance community

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Poet talks political poetry Roger Reeves examines American landscape in spring reading series

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Every year, Salt City Dishes funds community projects by holding a dinner where applicants pitch ideas to further local endeavors to the attendees. courtesy of salt city dishes

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fter graduating from Syracuse University, Stasya Erickson liked the city and people of Syracuse so much, she ended up staying and having her now nearly 1-year-old son. But Erikson wanted to do something more — she wanted to devise a project that would allow her son to be proud of the city he’s from.

This led her to create Salt City Dishes, or DISHES, a crowdfunded dinner that unites local residents through food, live music and projects that affect the Syracuse community. Since the nonprofit’s debut in January 2011, the organization has funded nine community projects, ranging from a volunteer snow shoveling

brigade to a poetry slam series to a New Orleans-style brass band.

Erickson, now a co-director of the organization, has helped it grow from a strictly art-based event to a community project that works to enrich the lives of Syracuse residents.

What is DISHES?

Salt City Dishes is a crowdfunded dinner that unites local residents through projects that impact the Syracuse community.

“If you want to see people just having a super good time in late February, it’s a really good place to

get a taste of that,” Erickson said.

This year’s event will be held Feb. 21 at All Saints Parish near Manley Fieldhouse. Four competing groups will present their project ideas in front of the crowd.

Attendees pay $20 for admission to sample local food, wine and music, and they vote on the project they want to win.

DISHES then donates the proceeds earned from admission to the winning projects: First place receives $2,000, and second place is given a prize of $500, according to their website.

Sarah McIlvain, a volunteer with the program since its inception, said there’s more freedom in having the attendees choose who they want to donate to.

“You’re not being knocked over the head, saying support heart disease, support cancer

Since the nonprofit’s debut in January 2011, the organization has funded nine community projects. Some projects include: A volunteer snow shoveling brigade A poetry slam series A New Orleansstyle brass band concert

and feeling guilty not doing it,” McIlvain said. “They like the concept of letting people decide what they’re going to support.”

Local photographers, videographers, chefs and musicians are among the volunteers helping to produce the annual event, according to its website.

The projects that don’t receive funding still benefit from the exposure DISHES provides, Davis said. After giving a five-minute pitch, sign up sheets see dishes page 10

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hat has made me most aware that I am abroad has been the little things I don’t think about while living in America, yet miss while I am here in China. These things range from the lack of the websites I used to stream music or TV shows from, to the simple lack of squirrels.

Animals in Asia are a little different than in the United States. One of the things that first hit me was the

CLAIRE MORAN IN CHINA, GEORGETOWN STILL SUCKS number of stray and feral dogs on the street. While most of them are well-behaved and don’t seem to be too mangy, I am not used to walking down the street and seeing dogs without leashes everywhere.

One student on our trip car-

ried chicken nuggets with her through mainland China and fed the various dogs that she saw.

None of them bit her.

Another animal that is normal here, but rare in the States is the monkey. I don’t see them when I am walking around in downtown Hong Kong, but we went on a hike in the mountains and saw a few.

They are used to humans and were just hanging out on the side

of the road like squirrels do in the U.S. It was a cool experience because it was a concrete example of something that is exotic to me but run-of-the-mill here.

My most interesting abroad animal experience so far was riding elephants in Thailand. It is one of those things that people say you have to do, and I don’t disagree. If you are in Philadelphia, you see

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Roger Reeves sat at a booth in the Sheraton Hotel, his hands whirling as he named his favorite poets. His eyes cocked upward, he quickly bulleted off a long list: Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Terence Hayes and so on — his answers both fast and forceful.

Later that afternoon, the same energy would be displayed at the first Raymond Carver Reading of the spring semester.

Reeves’ work has been published in magazines such as Poetry, American Poetry Review and Tin House, and his first book “King Me” was named one of Library Journal’s “Best Poetry Books of 2013.”

The book, which he read from at the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium, examines issues of love, masculinity, poverty, class and race relations through Reeves’ intense descriptions.

Before his reading, Reeves sat down with The Daily Orange to talk about his craft, the tensions in America’s political landscape and more.

The Daily Orange: You are often coined as a socially-engaged or politically-engaged poet. Do you view yourself in that way?

Roger Reeves: I think to be politically engaged is to be a love poet.

I think you love people if you are politically engaged, though, you can also hate people and be politically engaged — i.e. Donald Trump.

He hates a lot of people, but maybe it’s just his public persona that hates people. But yeah, I view myself as a politically-engaged poet, as well as a poet that is interested in other things — interested in nature, interested in the collision … If we think about the fact that people are being lynched outside in trees. Like to me if I am writing a lynching poem I am writing a nature poem — I see myself as a nature poet as well. And when I am writing an elegy, writing an elegy is the highest form of love, so I am a love poet. So I feel like I am a nature poet, a love poet, a socially-engaged poet, a politically engaged poet — but I don’t see these things as being mutually exclusive but really see them intersecting with each other. It is really

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dishes are available for attendees to jot their names down, network and offer support.

“There’s not really much like it in the Syracuse community where you can find a way to fund your idea and actually make it actionable,” Erickson said. “It’s an opportunity to be creative, fund and reimagine Syracuse.”

DISHES is not just a two-hour evening of food and forum. After the event, the funded projects are brought to life. Last year’s winner, New Orleans-style marching band Second Line Syracuse, used its grant to energize the streets of Syracuse with live music and various celebrations.

Four months after winning, the group held a parade to celebrate International Make Music Day. Earlier this month, it held a Mardi Gras block party celebration downtown, according to the DISHES website.

Annalena Davis, a co-director of DISHES, said one of her favorite parts of the event is being involved from the fall applications process to when the food is served.

For a project idea to be considered, it must

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reeves hard to just be one type of poet, because the world doesn’t exist on one plane.

The D.O.: Your poems are being taught in classes at Syracuse University, and something that comes up a lot is your density and intensity of your images. What do you think that adds to your work versus something that students may view as more “accessible?”

R.R.: I think it is accessible because you can see it. It’s so funny — we talk about accessibility in poetry, the language there is pretty

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demonstrate an element of pride in the city of Syracuse, Erickson said.

The idea for DISHES was developed in 2010 during a “pretty raw brainstorming session” at the Roji Tea Lounge on East Washington Street. The original thought came from Rachel Somerstein, a former director for the organization, after she was inspired by a similar dinner she had attended in Brooklyn, New York.

In past years, DISHES named winners such as The Forget-Me-Nots, a chorus providing persons with dementia opportunities to practice and perform music in front of an audience. In 2014, second place went to Westside Walks, a volunteer snow shoveling brigade that clears sidewalks in the Westside that need the most attention.

Organizations like those are the reason that Erickson said DISHES is so important to the Syracuse community.

“At the event, I think you’re finally like, ‘Oh, this is why I put in all these hours to make DISHES happen, because it’s a really powerful event with lots of great ideas,” Erickson said. “People in the community are getting a chance to be heard, and that’s very moving.” mguti100@syr.edu

plain in a certain sense, but what I am asking you to do is think about the juxtaposition. And I think when you live in different places or when you see America with different eyes, you start to see the juxtapositions for instance when you can stand next to extreme poverty and extreme wealthy.

I would be in places in Rio de Janeiro, and you would see children huffing from discarded bottles. They would break off caulking, and they would take dry ice and activate the caulking and get high off of that. They were like 8 years old and you would see them next to clubs that people would come out after a night of partying …

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moran the Liberty Bell. If you are in Thailand, you ride elephants.

Unfortunately, there was no elephant sanctuary close to where we were staying in Patong, so we had to resign ourselves to booking an all-inclusive outdoor adventuretype tour. While the tour included elephant riding, it didn’t treat its animals well, and we felt bad for patronizing this establishment.

There have been a number of articles published about the ethics of most elephant-riding places in Thailand. We knew about the articles and the poor treatment of the animals, but that knowledge could not possibly compare to seeing it firsthand.

The elephants were chained and one even had barbed wire on one of his legs. As we rode, the trainer who rode with us hit the elephant if it was not going fast enough. At one point, I saw an elephant in the shade not working and I was glad that they gave the elephants breaks, but the trainer told me it was baby so, presumably, it is not working yet.

The worst moment of the day was when

You have all these instances when you have two different things next to each other, so I am interested in putting them together and starting some type of conversation. So the density is actually because life is dense in that fashion. But are we paying attention to that density?

The D.O.: Students often have a pushback when they read poetry in a formal setting — they say they don’t “get it.” How do you respond to students who say they don’t “get it?”

R.R.: You know what is really funny about this? I challenge somebody to listen to a rap song for the first time, any rap song,

one elephant was forced to play the harmonica while spinning a hula hoop around its trunk as part of a show for the tourists.

It’s worth noting that there are places in Thailand that treat animals well. One tiger sanctuary close to us allowed tourists to take pictures with tigers that had not been drugged. The website of the place claimed that the tigers were well-trained and used to humans so they did not need to be tranquilized. Unfortunately the prices were too steep, and we did not get the chance to go.

I haven’t done a lot of research about the ethics of elephant training in Thailand and how it compares to the treatment of animals at similar facilities in the U.S. I am sure that both places have their problems.

Overall, I don’t know if I am glad I rode elephants while in Thailand. Like I said, it’s a quintessentially Thai experience, but the moral and ethical dilemmas that it poses really impacted the moment.

Claire Moran is a junior broadcast and digital journalism and international relations dual major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp. She can be reached at clmoran@syr.edu.

and tell me exactly what is happening.

They can’t do that, but they feel seduced to listen to it again, they feel seduced by something. I think that you should just read twice — we are thinking about poems as information, we are thinking about it like, how do I build this desk? But that’s not what’s happening. The implicit pedagogy of a poem is how did I better understand something that seems ununderstandable, what is difficult. Poetry is interested in the difficult. I would say to students if they are listening to rap, they can understand poems … jagedets@syr.edu | @jacobgedetsis

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odels with their locks tied up in beer cans and hair dos set on fire have all graced the stage of Blowout Fantasy Hair shows in the past. This year, with the theme “Once Upon A Time,” there’s no telling what outrageous hairstyles will make their way to the Landmark Theatre on Sunday.

The 6th annual Blowout hair show will bring in hair salons from all over central New York to compete for cash prizes and publicity, with awards including best makeup, best presentation and the overall Blowout Champion.

But the event doesn’t just aim to promote salons and interesting hair. The main goal is raising money for the

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organizer of the Blowout show, ACR Health, a nonprofit organization that provides a range of support services and programs for people in the community.

Moe Harrington O’Neill, associate development director for ACR, said ACR Health first heard of a similar event in Buffalo and decided to hold a version of its own. She said that since salon owners were often single, uninsured women — a demographic ACR Health helps — this event is especially relevant.

“I’m excited to see everything come together,” O’Neill said.

“It’s also really about bringing awareness to our youth center.”

All proceeds from the event will go to ACR Health’s youth program, which supports LGBT individuals from ages 8 to 30.

This is the first year Blowout will be held on the main stage of the Landmark Theater. This increased space will accommodate the 12 salons participating, up from just five the first year. The event has grown every year since its conception, and O’Neill said ACR Health quickly learned that they had too much going on to contain in their past venues.

Last year, the theme of the competition was “Vegas” and judges from the Syracuse area included members of the Syracuse Crunch Hockey team. But this year, judges are coming up from New York City to judge the theme of “Once Upon a Time.” O’Neill said her department chooses the theme by making a list of ideas and then drawing one out of a hat.

After the theme is chosen, interested salons gather a team of stylists. Each team then gets a model and will “create crazy, out of the box hairstyles,” O’Neill said. These wild ideas are all left up to teams to envision.

“It really depends on what you are in the mood to do,” O’Neill said. “It’s crazy when you see some of these looks come down the runway. It’s my fifth year, but I’m still astonished at the looks and the creativity that lives in these salons.”

This competition is just as fun for the competitors as it is for organizers.

Stephanie Dunitan, a stylist at Bijou Salon in Skaneateles, said she likes the competition because she can be as creative as she wants.

Heather Chalone, a nail designer at competing salon Marny and Co. Hair Studio, said she has a lot of fun creating crazy styles.

It’s my fifth year, but I’m still astonished at the looks and the creativity that lives in these salons.

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“I’m excited to see what other salons will create,” Chalone said.

Besides the main competition, guests can also enjoy food and drinks at Blowout, and the VIP lounge will feature different themed tables in addition to an open bar. O’Neill said there will a table featuring pieces from a local glassmaker and one where ACR Health can discuss its work with guests.

Overall, O’Neill said she is excited not only to judge the event, but to enjoy how many people show up and have fun.

“I love being able to bring new people to the table. This event kind of steps outside of our donor base and brings new people to a new organization,” O’Neill said. “I’m thankful people come to this event and love it.” hrhorvat@syr.edu

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KAYLA TREANOR has taken over for Kailah Kempney as Syracuse’s draw control specialist and is already excelling at the position. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

By Liam Sullivan staff writer

In the summer before Kayla Treanor’s sophomore year of high school, her travel team, The Albany Elite, stared down the second half of a game without a goalie.

Without someone in the crease, Treanor responded at the draw circle. She won eight straight draw controls to start the second half and proceeded to score a goal off each ensuing possession.

“She helps all of us no matter what and it’s team first,” sophomore Riley Donahue said. “… But she’s just so skilled, it’s dangerous. She’s a matchup nightmare.”

19 Kayla Treanor set a single-game school record by winning 19 draw controls in SU’s season-opening win against Loyola

Now in her senior season at Syracuse, Treanor has once again been faced with filling a team’s needs, and again, it’ll be in the draw circle. Kailah Kempney took the draw for two seasons but graduated last May, leaving an opening for head coach Gary Gait to fill with none other than the two-time Tewaaraton Award finalist and first-team All American.

In the first game of last Sunday’s doubleheader sweep for No. 3 Syracuse (2-0), Treanor won 19 draw controls. The total is the single-game school record and fifth-highest in NCAA Division I history. This weekend, she can add to the history she made against Wagner (0-1) at 12 p.m. and Marist (1-0) at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Carrier Dome.

“I’m just looking forward to helping any role I can, and I think we’re just getting started,” Treanor said.

Last season, Treanor took a few draws in games, winning the third most on the team with 22. Having Kempney, who won a team-high 186 draw controls, SU didn’t need to move Treanor into the draw circle and break up her goal-scoring rhythm.

After Kempney graduated, Gait opened up competition in practice to find a replacement. Treanor won the position after proving she could use the skills that make her so effective on the attack to be just as successful on the draw, her hands.

With quick hands that allow her to fire

shots, Treanor is able to create on the draw by putting the ball in multiple positions, all away from opponents. Against Loyola, Treanor was able to go backward, forward and behind her with the draw.

“If you’re winning the ball, you have the chance to start some fast breaks and that’s the most important thing is getting the ball,” Gait said. “We went with our best draw player and right now that’s Kayla.”

With the premier scoring option taking the draw, the offense will look slightly different than in years past. Though Treanor still scored four of SU’s 17 goals against Loyola, other members of the attack will need to fill in down low.

But now, Treanor can showcase her passing ability and take the next step. Gait said that taking the draw will showcase the depth of her talent.

While Treanor says it’s just about filling a role, by doing just that, she has the opportunity to cement her legacy at Syracuse.

“She’s poised to be the best we’ve ever had here,” Gait said, “and we’ve had some pretty great players.” lpsull01@syr.edu

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Julia Chandler adapts to switch from guard to center

By Jon Mettus digital editor

Julia Chandler put her back to the basket and tried backing down her defender to get closer to the rim for a shot. She took a few dribbles, turned as the pressure collapsed and bounced the ball out of bounds over the baseline.

But her next time with the ball, the 6-foot-2 center hoisted a shot from the right wing beyond the 3-point line and buried it while getting shoved in the chest.

“That’s actually my biggest transition,” Chandler said, “when to do stuff. Fit my style of play into this offense.”

Despite being the third-tallest player on the team, only behind the 6-foot-4 Day sisters, Chandler is in unfamiliar territory playing center. She’s a big player more used to covering and shooting from the wing than battling under the basket. Chandler’s high school background is at guard, not at center, but she logged double-digit minutes down low in each of the Orange’s last two contests with backup center Bria Day out due to injury.

As her role on the court increases, the

freshman is looking to be more consistent and comfortable, starting on Thursday when the No. 23 Orange (20-6, 10-3 Atlantic Coast) hosts No. 10 Florida State (21-4, 11-1) at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

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“Sometimes I have really good games and sometimes I’m like — you know,” Chandler said. “I think it’s now just being consistent being in this new role that I’m in.”

Chandler’s biggest reason for being on the court, head coach Quentin Hillsman said, is

her shooting ability, which creates matchup problems for opposing defenses.

Half of her 26 makes have come from 3-point land. While the team’s other two centers, Briana and Bria Day, each shoot at least 50 percent from the field, Chandler shoots just 36.6 because of her long-range shots.

“She’s had a couple games where she stepped in and made some shots,” Hillsman said.

In the opening quarter against North Carolina State on Sunday, Chandler hit a 3 and then a jumper in a span of a minute, but didn’t take a shot the rest of the game. She had five and seven points in losses to Notre Dame and Louisville, respectively, at the end of January, but then was scoreless in three of the next four contests.

One of the toughest adjustments to playing center has been running down the middle of the floor in transition, Chandler said, rather than staying on the wing for a 3. One time a pass from Brittney Sykes flew over Chandler’s head because she wasn’t looking for it.

“It’s so difficult because they’ll be on the same line as me,” Chandler said of her teammates running down the court with the ball, “and I have to turn my head like 180 (degrees)

to know if they’re passing it to me or not.”

Though she’s used to playing outside, Syracuse, which has taken the fifth-most shots in the country, thrives on offensive rebounding. The Orange is third in the country with 19 offensive rebounds per game and starting center Briana Day leads the conference individually.

Chandler, though, hasn’t grabbed an offensive board in her last six games and has just two rebounds total in that span. When she played guard in high school, she was the “safety” that stayed back and didn’t crash the boards, but stopped the opponent’s fast break instead.

“Sometimes I’m just saying (to her) ‘You’re a freshman, but you just got to go crash and rebound,’” SU forward Taylor Ford said.

The emphasis for Hillsman, though, isn’t on right now and the effect that Chandler’s transition to center can have on SU’s last three regular-season games. It’s on the future.

“The more she plays, the more comfortable she’ll become,” Hillsman said. “... She can get through the season and continue to get game reps and progress her way through the rest of her career here.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

softball

In 1st season at the helm, Mike Bosch has team buying in

By Jack Upton staff writer

For almost an entire summer, the only person on the Syracuse softball coaching staff was Mike Bosch.

On June 3, 2015, Syracuse Athletics announced that long-time head coach Leigh Ross would resign. Two assistants also left the program. Only Bosch, who knew that he wanted to stay with the Orange, remained. Alone, he handled all of the program’s recruiting.

“It was a one man show,” Bosch said. “It was me and the road for the most part.”

Bosch went through stretches of 30 days where he’d be on the road meeting with recruits for 24 of them. While the staff might’ve been at a disadvantage in numbers, Bosch was happy

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louisville think we played pretty well, and the second half I think we just broke down, basically.”

After Syracuse and Louisville played lackluster first halves, the Cardinals built a permanent lead around the basket. Then Syracuse went with its “small lineup,” with four guards around undersized center Tyler Lydon, and the Cardinals started burning the Orange from deep.

Damion Lee hit three 3s on his own to help Louisville build a 49-40 lead with 11:50 left. The defense that had been the backbone of SU’s fivegame win streak, and 8-2 stretch since Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim’s return from suspension, was ripping at the seams.

In the second half alone, Louisville gathered eight offensive rebounds, scored 13 second-chance points and 34 points in the paint.

Syracuse scored 31 total points in the secondhalf. Chinanu Onuaku — the younger brother of former Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku — was SU’s toughest matchup inside and finished with 13 points, 15 rebounds (seven of which were offensive) and four assists.

With any chance of a comeback slipping through the Orange’s fingers, Onuaku caught the ball on the left block, backed down Lydon

about Syracuse’s recruiting class. In August, he was officially named head coach after his interim tag was lifted.

SU (1-3) travels to Atlanta for the Big 10-ACC Challenge beginning Friday. With two games each against Ohio State and Purdue, Syracuse will continue to mesh under its first-year head coach.

“I felt I was the right person for the position,” Bosch said. “I had done a lot of recruiting, knew a lot of our players and could move the program in a positive direction.”

Bosch reached out to different coaches across the country to get their thoughts on potential assistants. He spent the majority of his first week as head coach on the phone.

He said he mostly contacted coaches in the South Eastern Conference, including

and deftly bounced a no-look pass behind his back for a Trey Lewis layup that bumped Louisville’s lead to 16 with 8:45 to go.

“We forced them to take a little bit tougher shots in the first half and they missed that in-between shot,” Boeheim said. “... In the second half they really still missed it, but they got it back. That was probably the difference.”

Last February, Syracuse had self-imposed a postseason ban and upset No. 12 Louisville at home. It stood as the Orange’s best win of the year but was really just another hollow result in a forfeited season. And now, 364 days later, the scripts are completely flipped and Louisville returned the favor.

Then it was Syracuse’s Rakeem Christmas, whose senior season was dashed by a self-imposed ban. Now it was Damion Lee and Trey Lewis, the Louisville fifth-year seniors, combining for 29 points while creating space in the middle of the Orange zone.

This time, Louisville was the team playing for everything and nothing all at once, and SU learned how dangerous a combination that can be.

“It was just a bunch of different things,” said Lydon of what did the Orange in. “Just not making the right rotations on defense, getting offensive rebounds, it was just a mixture of things.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

Florida’s Tim Walton, Alabama’s Pat Murphy and LSU’s Beth Torina.

Bosch added Alisa Goler, who was a star softball player at Georgia, and Kristyn Sandberg, who was a graduate assistant the last three seasons at LSU after also playing her at Georgia.

Goler and Sandberg, along with being college teammates, are both players on the Pennsylvania Rebellion of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league.

Senior pitcher Lindsey Larkin praised the staff’s positivity and open mindedness. She feels more comfortable in what she describes as a “teaching atmosphere” instead of a “scared atmosphere” that was present last season.

Fellow senior pitcher Jocelyn Cater said that the team underperformed the last two seasons and that the last coaching staff wasn’t

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takeaways Stockman, a 7-footer off Louisville’s bench, chipped in six points in 10 minutes. On the other end, Dajuan Coleman, Tyler Lydon and Tyler Roberson combined for a meek 15 points while shooting 6-of-15 from the field.

“That’s for the coaches to decide,” Michael Gbinije said of whether the frontcourt needs to be more involved in the offense. “We all could have played better tonight.”

2. Michael Gbinije is human after all With 13 points on Wednesday, Gbinije remains the only ACC player to have scored in double-figures in all of his team’s games this season. He also finished with seven rebounds, tied for a team-high, and five assists.

But a string of uncharacteristic mistakes stood out in an otherwise solid performance for the SU point guard, who appeared bothered by Louisville’s pressure at times and rushed his shot when granted slivers of space.

Gbinije missed three layups with varying degrees of “openness”, one of which was completely uncontested and came when Syracuse was trying to claw back in it in the second half. He also threw an errant pass way over the head of Roberson at the start

necessarily maximizing the team’s potential.

“We have really really good players,” Cater said. “The best wasn’t being brought out of us, and I think the new coaching staff revamping the program definitely helped everybody because they believe in us again … we trust them a lot more, they know what they’re doing.”

The Orange, who didn’t make a conference tournament last season for the first time since 2004, are looking to revamp a program coming off a season in which it lost six more games than it won.

And with a brand new coaching staff, Syracuse has a better chance to flip the script.

“It’s really uplifting,” Larkin said. “I know all the seniors sat down and talked about it.

We’re just really excited for this year.” jfupton@syr.edu

of the second, which energized the home crowd coming out of the halftime break.

“Mike didn’t play as well as he’s been playing,” Boeheim said, on a rare occasion that he pinpointed a pair of Gbinije mistakes after a game.

3. Frank Howard isn’t just a stopgap guard With solid court vision and a calm approach to playing point guard, Howard is making himself a regular part of Syracuse’s rotation in recent games.

The freshman played a season-high 23 minutes in the loss to the Cardinals, and his services were needed against a Louisville team that likes to full-court press guards. Howard finished with six assists, tying a season- and career-high, and Boeheim was encouraged by his performance before adding that he has improvements to make on defense and in creating scoring opportunities for himself.

“It definitely helped me learn a lot playing against guards who picked up 94 feet,” Howard said of the Louisville game. “It definitely helped me learn how to protect the ball, and going forward I can definitely use this game as something to refer back to as how to beat the press.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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How SU meshes its wealth of international players

By Charlie DiSturco staff writer

As Younes Limam walks up and down the courts, watching his team closely, he looks around and sees players from all over the world. Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Ukraine and the United States.

The team, comprised of nearly all freshman — only three players returned from last year’s roster — has won all six of its meets this season. Barring any injuries or sickness, all but one of SU’s singles matches are played by these overseas players. Four of SU’s six doubles players are foreign.

25,413 Syracuse’s five international recruits’ hometowns are a combined 25,413 miles from SU, a distance longer than the circumference of the Earth

“We’re recruiting from all over,” the second-year head coach said.

And Syracuse has been able to compete at a high level with foreign players. This year, the Orange has already defeated two ranked teams in No. 72 Tulane and No. 58 Columbia. Because of SU’s 6-0 start, the Orange’s best since 2009, the team recently found itself jumping from unranked to No. 62 in the nation.

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Atlantic Coast Conference opponent, on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Drumlins Country Club.

While Limam did handle some recruiting aspects at Rice, he now has the final say in recruitment matters at Syracuse. He has branched out globally, taking risks on professional players and seeing if they translate well. “(With) tennis being a global sport, having other very good players playing overseas, if we can attract those players, then why not?” Limam said.

The Orange’s five international players have combined for a 22-5 record in singles play so far this year. Anna Shkudun is the No.1 doubles and singles player for the Orange and is currently a graduate student.

While she is technically not a freshman, this is her first year of tennis in America.

“I played professional for 10 years, and after, I decided to come to ‘Cuse,” said Shkudun. “The coach texted me, and I saw a very good opportunity in my life to get a degree in America and practice with a good team and good coaches.”

Shkudun is not the only one that was actively recruited from playing professionally. Limam and the previous Syracuse coaching staff all had a part in bringing over each and every overseas player — all of which were among the top at their age and country.

Gabriela Knutson was recruited by former Syracuse head coach Luke Jensen. Libby Mesh, Hegab and Maria Tritou were recruited from Israel, Egypt and Greece, respectively.

“It just varies. Every situation is different,” Limam said. “We reach out to some players overseas, they reach out to us as well.

We take it from there.” csdistur@syr.edu

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piroli “Nick’s not real flashy,” Siena head coach John Svec said after facing Syracuse on Saturday. “He does exactly what he is supposed to do and not necessarily what Coach is telling him. He’s not a robot by any means, but he’s a very intelligent player.”

Piroli missed most fall practices because of another injury and, though he watched film to learn the offense, he’s still only in the early stages of his on-field SU career.

In the season opener, he committed one of Syracuse’s 18 turnovers, a number Orange head coach John Desko said was too high.

But Piroli’s skill set allows him to contribute right away.

“He kind of dropped out of the sky for us,” Desko said, “and anytime you get a player that comes in that’s going to start for you, it’s certainly a bonus.”

Last season at Brown, he had 10 goals and

24 assists while playing alongside 62-goal scorer Dylan Molloy. Now Donahue replaces Molloy, and Piroli’s calming presence fits even better with Syracuse’s slower pace. Carthage head coach Kirk Ventiquattro likened him to the director of a symphony.

“He was born to be the facilitator offensively,” Ventiquattro said. “He knows that Dylan Donahue gets the ball, and he gets the ball to Dylan Donahue.”

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Piroli said he’s trying to improve his all-around game.

He knows he’s not “an athletic specimen” so he relies on his intelligence.

In a blowout win, Piroli didn’t have to flash his full arsenal, but he did show his progression on a team looking to replace five of its top six scorers from last season.

“We’re testing his learning curve to get used to things in a real hurry here,” Desko said. “So I think as he gets more experience, he’s going to do better and better.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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men’s lacrosse

Nick Piroli settles into role at SU Transfer attack works as feeder in offense

By Paul Schwedelson asst. sports editor

Nick Piroli shuffled toward the sideline, luring his defender, and passed to an open Nick Mariano, who fired a shot past Siena’s goalie.

Then, Piroli camped out in front of the cage while defenders scrambled to cover Dylan Donahue. Piroli coolly caught Donahue’s feed and quickly stuffed a goal into the net.

Finally, as defenders sagged into a zone, Piroli unleashed a bounce shot into the opposite corner of the net.

Piroli recorded two goals and one assist in his Syracuse debut and displayed his smarts and scrappy mentality that make him a fit for the Orange’s passing-based offense.

DAJUAN COLEMAN and Syracuse struggled down low against Louisville Wednesday night. The Cardinals scored 34 points in the paint in the second half, which were three more than the Orange scored from anywhere in the half. luke rafferty staff photographer

Syracuse gets dominated down low in 72-58 loss to No. 18 UofL

By Jesse Dougherty senior staff writer

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OUISVILLE, Ky. — To put an exclamation point on its excavation of the Syracuse zone, Louisville staged a pseudo dunk contest as the game wound down.

First, Trey Lewis dipped into the paint and lobbed an alley-oop that Jaylen Johnson threw down one-

handed. A play later, Lewis stopped just inside halfcourt and tossed another lob that Donovan Mitchell met well above the rim and dunked even harder than Johnson.

Mitchell’s finish stretched the No. 18 Cardinals’ (20-6, 9-4 Atlantic Coast) lead to 17 with just over four minutes left before the hosts coasted to a 72-58 win over the Orange (18-9, 8-6) at the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday night. The

dunks kept coming after the backto-back alley-oops, and a team and crowd wounded by a self-imposed postseason ban announced earlier this month was offered a one-night relief from the bigger picture.

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The Cardinals came out slow, but seized a sustained a secondhalf lead by pounding the ball inside and crashing the offensive glass. Louisville finished with 50 points in the paint to the Orange’s 20, and its balanced attack was simply too much for the SU zone to handle for 40 minutes. The loss snaps a five-game win streak for Syracuse, and improves Louisville to 16-1 at home this season.

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men’s basketball

What we learned from SU’s loss to Louisville

By Jesse Dougherty senior staff writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Syracuse rode a five-game winning streak into the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday, but couldn’t become the second team to beat Louisville at home this season.

The No. 18 Cardinals (20-6, 9-4 Atlantic Coast) were simply too big and too balanced for the Orange (18-9, 8-6), and coasted

to a 72-58 win. That snapped a five-game winning streak for SU, which is now 8-3 since Jim Boeheim’s return from a ninegame suspension in early January.

Here’s what we learned about Syracuse in its first loss since Jan. 24.

1. Syracuse’s frontcourt is not in the clear Louisville scored 50 points in the paint, 34 of them coming in the second half, and out-rebounded Syracuse 41-30 after the teams

were nearly even in that category after the first 20 minutes.

And while the Cardinals’ size and talent could make it reasonable to view these results in a vacuum, they’ve also lost two rotational big men — 7-foot center Anas Mahmoud and 6-foot-10 forward Mangok Mathiang — to season-ending injuries.

SU head coach Jim Boeheim said it was the first time in 10 games that his team was that bad on the defen-

sive glass, and that led to Syracuse’s biggest loss of the season.

“We didn’t do anything on the boards, and I think that was a big part of it,” Boeheim said. “... I thought again, we got beat on the boards pretty badly and that was the big difference in the second half.”

On the defensive end, Cardinals center Chinanu Onuaku lit up the Orange for 13 points and 15 rebounds (seven offensive). Matz see takeaways page 14

I like that style, I try not to turn the ball over a lot. I try to stay patient so I think that style kind of plays well with me.

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“I like that style, I try not to turn the ball over a lot,” Piroli said.

“I try to stay patient so I think that style kind of plays well with me.”

Piroli brings the smooth skills he honed at Carthage (New York) High School and throughout his career at Brown to SU. The graduate student attack transferred from the Ivy League school because of the league’s redshirt rules. Despite sitting out his junior year with an injury, Piroli had no eligibility left. Now, Piroli is getting his final chance with the No. 5 Orange (1-0), who host No. 12 Albany at 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Carrier Dome.

While Donahue, who scored 50 goals last year, is the unquestioned leader of the offense, Piroli provides a dynamic that was lost when Kevin Rice graduated. Though his exact role will be filled by the combination of Piroli, Donahue and Jordan Evans on attack, Piroli’s best skills are similar to Rice’s: being patient, being smart with the ball and being able to find the right teammates.

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