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Assault to be discussed at forum

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By Casey Darnell

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Syracuse University’s Student Association and the Student AfricanAmerican Society will host a forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Hendricks Chapel to address concerns about the assault of three students along Ackerman Avenue on Feb. 9. A statement that began circulating among students on social media this weekend accuses SU’s Department of the Public Safety and the Syracuse Police Department of mishandling the assault. The statement, signed by “students, faculty and allies of those affected,” demanded the university issue a written apology to students and that Chancellor Kent Syverud attend the Monday forum. An earlier statement that circulated on social media last week also accused SPD and DPS of mishandling the assault. The authors of the second statement demanded that SU provide a written statement apologizing for “consistent negligence” toward students of color and recognize that the assault was a hate crime. The authors also demanded that SU state a “clear, transparent, and honest plan” to ad-dress discrimination of marginalized students on campus. SA President Ghufran Salih, in an interview with The Daily Orange, said the students’ demands are “doable” and the university should address the concerns about transparency. “These students don’t feel safe on this campus anymore,” she said. “There has been no proper reassurance not only to these students, but to students of color in general on campus.” Salih said SA has invited Syverud to attend the forum, but the chancellor had not responded as of Sunday evening. DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado, Dean of Student Affairs Rob Hradsky and Interim Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford will be at the forum, Salih said. The second statement, which spread this weekend, details the assault in a chronological order. The assault occurred at the end of a birthday gathering at about 12:40 a.m. on Feb. 9, according to the statement. Ten students remained on the downstairs floor of the house when they heard loud noises on the porch, per the statement. Caleb Obiagwu, a junior in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was one of the three students attacked at the party, he said in

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Syracuse women’s basketball defeated Wake Forest, 77-57, but its frontcourt struggled to hold its own against the Demon Deacons on Sunday in the Carrier Dome. Page 12

Pride Union’s Drag Show Finals will be on Feb. 28. Performing in drag offers contestants the opportunity to express themselves in ways no other art form can. Page 7

SU’s Student Association is beginning work on initiatives to make textbooks more affordable, saying costs could be a barrier for low-income students. Page 3

Wake Forest University

Vanderbilt University

University of Notre Dame University of Southern California

University of Miami

New York University

Cornell University

University of Connecticut

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Tufts University

University of Dayton

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The George Washington University

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Southern Methodist University

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Northeastern University

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Lehigh University

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Marquette University

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Georgetown University

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Brandeis University

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Boston University

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Across colleges Spending on lobbying across SU’s peer institutions in 2018

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SU has drastically reduced its lobbying expenditures in recent years

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Food bank to feed families over break By Colleen Ferguson senior staff writer

The Food Bank of Central New York is preparing for an increase in hungry families to feed through its firstever school break box program this week, after families had to stretch their February food benefits during the government shutdown. Nearly 3 million people across the state receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. New York state issued SNAP benefits early last month during the government shutdown.

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I believe that we have not even begun to see the impact of this SNAP crisis in New York.

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yracuse University spent only $10,000 on federal lobbying in 2018, records show. It was the lowest amount of money the university has spent on lobbying in 20 years. The drop follows a trend in SU’s spending on federal lobbying in recent years. The university spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2015, but that spending fell below $100,000 for the first time in 2017. The university’s lobbying expenditures dropped 75 percent in just one year, from $40,000 to $10,000, records show. And over the last 10 years, those expenditures dropped more than 96 percent, down from $270,000 in 2008.

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SU spent less than $5,000 for the first three quarters of 2018, and declared $10,000 in spending for the fourth quarter, according to records in a United States Senate database and a U.S. House of Representatives database.

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Compared to its peer institutions, SU spent the least on lobbying in 2018 — excluding Brandeis University and The George Washington University, which spent nothing on lobbying last year. Northwestern University spent the most in 2018, totaling more than $660,000 in federal lobbying expenditures. Wake Forest University followed close behind, with $600,000 in spending for 2018, federal records show. see lobbying page 4

A winter storm swept across the state the third week in January, just as February’s benefits were delivered, and Syracuse-area schools will start winter recess this week. As a result, people could be going to grocery stores in larger numbers, resulting in food insecure families using their benefits earlier, Sherry Tomasky, public affairs director for Hunger Solutions New York, said. The Food Bank will provide extra food through the boxes, which aim to meet the needs of children not getting school meals during breaks, Advocacy Resource Manager Becky Lare said. The boxes will be available to the Food Bank’s partner agencies. More than 180,000 people in the greater Syracuse area are considered food insecure. Members of local hunger advocacy groups said the food insecure population in Syracuse, and beyond, will feel the effects of the shutdown for weeks to come. Households will inevitably burn through their early benefit very quickly, Tomasky said. On average, throughout the Food Bank’s network, people reported that their benefits last them less than two and a half weeks, Lare said. The early funds in New York weren’t a bonus or increased allotment for beneficiaries of the federal nutrition program. Instead, recipients got their food stamps two to four weeks before their usual arrival, see food

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Ackerman forum SA and the Student AfricanAmerican Society will host a forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday. See dailyorange.com

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Monday protest CNY Solidarity Coalition and other local organizations will protest the national emergency Monday. See dailyorange.com

Town hall Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) is hosting a town hall on Interstate 81 in Salina. See Wednesday’s paper

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crime briefs Here is a round up of criminal activity that happened near campus this week, according to police reports.

CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT A Syracuse man, 47, was arrested on charges of criminal misconduct in the fourth degree, criminal contempt in the second degree, attempted criminal trespassing in the second degree, unlawful possession of marijuana, unlawful fleeing in the third degree, resisting arrest, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and seventh degree, criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree and reckless driving. when: Sunday at 4:27 a.m. where: 1600 block of East Fayette Street MARIJUANA POSSESSION A Syracuse man, 20, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana. when: Saturday at 11:25 p.m. where: 200 Block of Ostrom Avenue HARASSMENT

Boats showcase The Central New York Boat Show came to a close Sunday after several days of showcasing boats from local and luxury retailers at the New York State Fairgrounds this past weekend. Hundreds of people were in attendance, scoping out nautical equipment. The show was sponsored by the Boating Industry Association of Upstate NY. kennedy rose news editor

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SA pushes for better textbook affordability By Hannah Graf

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Syracuse University’s Student Association is in the beginning stages of working on an initiative to make textbooks more affordable for students. SA Vice President Kyle Rosenblum said SA has heard complaints about textbook prices from various students. Particularly for low-income students, the price of textbooks can be detrimental to their education or can hinder them financially, Rosenblum said. “(The initiative) should provide, ideally, different avenues for students to access those textbooks and pur-

chase those textbooks,� SA Public Relations Co-chair Peter Choi said. One option SA is exploring is how faculty can work to find more affordable textbook options for their classrooms, which includes making online copies or older editions more accessible, SA President Ghufran Salih said. “I think professors need to be cognizant of the fact that some students can’t afford textbooks at the moment,� Salih said. “Some students have to wait to get their textbook because they’re looking for a cheaper alternative.� Rosenblum said small mistakes that faculty may make when assigning a required textbook can

be detrimental to students with financial limitations. “For example, if a faculty member doesn’t decide what their textbook is until school starts, then the bookstore won’t have that as an option to rent, it won’t have it for free in the library and that makes it much more difficult for students with financial difficulties to access their textbooks,� Rosenblum said. Salih said textbook affordability will be a long-term project for SA. Publishers are often wary of converting to online versions of textbooks because they make more money selling physical copies, she said. “If we keep going with the

same momentum that we have now, obviously after the shortcomings that we’ve been experiencing right now, I think that this is something that can be fully implemented,� Salih said. She said textbooks could be made more affordable and accessible to students in five to seven years. “There’s a wide variety of reasons that students sometimes won’t even purchase a textbook and won’t get the full academic experience that they’re paying to get,� Choi said. “We really want to encourage students to get the most out of their time here.� hagraf@syr.edu

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News briefs: 3 stories you may have missed By India Miraglia asst. news editor

Here are three Syracuse news stories you might have missed this weekend.

Disability Cultural Center presentations

Three candidates for the Disability Cultural Center director position will give presentations this week as part of a visit to Syracuse University, according to an SU listserv email. Diane Weiner stepped down as director of the DCC in January to take on the role of associate director at the Burton Blatt Institute’s

A Syracuse woman, 31, was arrested on charges of harassment in the second degree, criminal misconduct in the fourth degree, trespassing and resisting arrest. when: Saturday at 8:05 p.m. where: Destiny USA

Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach. Wiener was director of the DCC since it was created in 2011. Huey Hsiao is serving as the center’s interim director, and will continue to do so until a new director is chosen. Kathryn O’Connell will present Tuesday, Stephanie Woodward on Wednesday and Elizabeth Sierra on Thursday. The presentations will be held from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at Bird Library. The theme of the presentations is “What is ‘disability culture?’.� All three presentations are open to the public.

Common Councilor replacement

The Onondaga County Democratic Committee chose Bryn LovejoyGrinnell, the Vera House legal services director, as the next Common Councilor of the 3rd District, Syracuse.com reported. The committee picked LoveJoyGrinnell over four other candidates at a designation meeting on Saturday, according to Syracuse.com. Lovejoy-Grinnell will sit on the Council until the fall, when she will have to run to keep her position. The Council chose to allow the committee to fill the seat in January, Syracuse.com reported. The position became available when

Councilor Susan Boyle, of the 3rd district, took a job with the county under Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon. The Democratic Committee also chose candidates to run for positions including Onondaga County District Attorney, Onondaga County Legislature and seats on the Syracuse City School District’s Board of Education. Councilors At-Large Michael Greene and Steve Thompson received designations from the committee to rerun for their seats, as did Councilors Chad Ryan, of the 2nd district; Latoya Allen, of the 4th and Joe Driscoll, of the 5th. see briefs page 4

A Syracuse man, 32, was arrested on charges of criminal possession of marijuana in the fifth degree, unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal misconduct in the fourth degree and aggravated harassment in the second degree. when: Saturday at 5:47 p.m. where: 1400 block of North State Street RESIST ARREST A Syracuse man, 27, was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, criminal trespassing in the third degree and violating state sanitary code. when: Saturday at 9:00 a.m. where: 1600 block of South Clinton Street DISORDERLY CONDUCT A Syracuse man, 20, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful possession of marijuana. when: Thursday at 6:30 p.m. where: 200 block of South Salina Street CRIMINAL CONTEMPT A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on charges of criminal contempt in the first and second degree, and aggravated harassment in the second degree. when: Thursday at 5:28 p.m. where: 100 block of South Warren Street VIOLATION OF PROBATION A Syracuse man, 29, was arrested on charges of criminal contempt in the second degree and violation of probation. when: Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. where: 100 block of Doctor Martin Luther King West

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assault an interview with The Daily Orange last week. Obiagwu said four white people approached the porch of the house and his friend Jair Walker went outside to see what was happening. When Walker was on the porch a white man yelled, “What’s up n*gger� at him, Obiagwu said. A fight broke out between Walker and two of the four white people, Obiagwu said. Obiagwu and Walker are both black. A third victim was struck with a pistol as he walked out of the house, according to the statement. The three “victims ran away in their vehicle,� per the statement. Obiagwu previously said that he and Walker ran into the house after the woman threatened to shoot Obiagwu. Tyler Smith, an SU student who lives at the house where the attack occurred, in an interview with The D.O. said the gun was a BB gun that looked like a real pistol. The latest student statement’s description of two attackers — one white woman and one white man — matched a previous statement from SPD that said one white woman and one white man attacked three men. The statement said SPD and DPS were “lackluster in their energy to investigate the crime.� But Maldonado said at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting that SPD has jurisdiction over the case. from page 3

briefs Community grid support

New York state Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter (D-Syracuse) released a statement Friday expressing her support for a community grid to replace the aging 1.4-mile viaduct of Interstate 81 in Syracuse. The grid would seize less private property than other options and would be less disruptive, Hunter said in the statement. She also said that land reclaimed from the viaduct would help improve Syracuse’s tax base. “It is clear to me now that our citizens must be more united behind an option if we are to

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Salih said she believes the assault was a hate crime. When asked if SU should refer to the assault as a hate crime, Salih said the university isn’t investigating the incident, but the investigating parties should call it a hate crime. She added that there are inconsistencies in the statements released by DPS, SPD and the two statements from students. The communication from DPS has been “unsatisfactory,� Salih said. SA initially wanted to set up meetings between Maldonado, DPS commanders and students affected by assault, Salih said. But SA instead decided to host community forum to address stu-dent concerns, she said. Salih said the university and DPS should clarify the jurisdictions of campus and city police. Maldonado told Salih in a meeting that DPS officers can patrol the Euclid neighborhood only as pri-vate citizens, she said. “That’s something that should be changed and talked about a lot more,� Salih said. The SA president said students on campus have been concerned about the relationship be-tween students of color and law enforcement. Students of color have said for years that their parties get shut down more often than parties hosted by white students, she said. “I hope that from this forum there can be productive, actionable steps we can take to start ad-dressing these prevalent problems,� Salih said. cdarnell@syr.edu | @caseydarnell_

have any influence with the state decision makers,� Hunter said. “I support the community grid alternative because I believe it will benefit our residents, and our region, the most.� Other politicians have declared their support for the grid, including Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, New York state Sen. Rachel May (D-Syracuse), Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D-Cicero) and Common Council President Helen Hudson. Local leaders, business people and activists signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in support of the grid last month. Hunter said the other two I-81 replacement options — a viaduct rebuild or a tunnel — would require years of “instructive construction.� irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow

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lobbying Peer institutions’ median lobbying spending was roughly $270,000 in 2018, excluding Brandeis and George Washington. That is more than 26 times the amount SU spent last year.

Title IX

SU most recently spent $10,000 in the fourth quarter of its calendar year, lobbying Congress on “proposed regulations related to Title IX and accreditation,� records show. Chancellor Kent Syverud recently condemned proposed changes to Title IX that would change the way colleges and universities handle disciplinary proceedings in sexual assault cases. The proposed changes would entitle legal representation to parties involved in disciplinary proceedings, and the university would have to provide a legal adviser to a student if they did not have one. Legal representatives would be allowed to cross-examine students and witnesses in a live hearing, under the proposed changes. “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. Tim Drumm, who on behalf of SU lobbied the Title IX issue at the end of 2018, was made SU’s main lobbyist mid-way through 2017. from page 1

food bank Tomasky said. Most food pantries provide people with enough food for three days, assuming each patron eats three meals a day, Lare said. Even with February’s food stamps and help from a pantry, this leaves people potentially turning to an emergency food network earlier than usual, given the circumstances, she added. Temple Society of Concord, a food pantry, is one of few area pantries that allows people to

Other activities

The university also lobbied on issues of taxes, education and veterans in 2018, including for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The Higher Education Act, first enacted in 1965, was created to offer financial assistance to colleges and universities. It was last reauthorized in 2008. Veterans-related programming and legislation were also areas of interest for SU in 2018. SU was named the best private school for veterans on a 2019 list by The Military Times. The university hosts the Institute for Veterans and Military families, a resource center for veterans and their families. The IVMF works with local governments to provide resources through its AmericaServes program. It also has career training and entrepreneurship programs, among other things. A state and local lobbying report from New York’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics, detailing January 2018 to June 2018, showed no lobbying expenses from SU. The report from July 2018 to December 2018 is still processing, records show, so it’s currently not publicly known how much the university spent at the state and local level, in that time. Local lobbying reports dating back to 2011 show a drop in lobbying expenses from SU, from more than $8,000 spent in 2011 to just $2,234 in 2017.

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come on a regular basis, as opposed to limiting patrons to a certain number of times a month, Suzanne Wass, co-chair of Temple Society of Concord’s food pantry, said. Wass estimated that as many as 80 to 90 percent of the people using the pantry are also SNAP recipients. The pantry primarily receives its food from the Food Bank, as well as some bread products from Panera Bread and Bruegger’s Bagels, Wass said. “If we get more people coming, then we’ll give them food,� she said.

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t’s Black History Month, and we should be active in celebrating a group of people who are often overlooked in the United States — black women. It doesn’t take much to learn about great women who might not be at the forefront of our attention. Powerhouse women such as Toni Morrison, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Anne Moody, Grace Hamilton and Millie Bailey have made significant contributions to the world we live in. But, moving beyond celebrated leaders of the past, Black History Month is also about celebrating the black women around us now. The activists, mothers, educators and students at Syracuse University. It’s about recognizing the “miracle working black mothers who can make a feast from empty kitchen cupboards, put their children through college working low-wage and dead-end jobs and who, despite their circumstances, make sure that their children have safe homes,� said Danielle Taana Smith, a professor of African American studies at SU, in an email. “In many instances, these black women are invisible in the public arena.� The lived experiences of these

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IDA B. WELLS’ DAUGHTER strong women shouldn’t be ignored. And we’ve already started to turn words into action. Movements such as #SayHerName highlight women victims of police brutality. The movement and hashtag were created due to media representation of police brutality heavily focusing on men of color but not women of color. Clearly, social media has amplified many people’s voices. But we can do more. “Every time we speak up and speak out, we take back our power,� Smith said. “Silencing is a tool of oppressors.� It’s critical to be active in educating yourself. We, as students, hold that responsibility. By saying, learning and recognizing the names of the black women who started and now continue the fight, we are doing our small part to amplify their voices.

JewĂŠl Jackson is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at jjacks17@syr.edu.

amala Harris kicked off her presidential campaign on the principle of progressive policy, announcing her candidacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Democrats MADELINE seem to be so JOHNSON focused on SLIDE TO beating PresiTHE LEFT dent Donald Trump in 2020 that any criticisms of Democratic Party candidates are viewed as divisive to the party. But in order to beat Trump, there needs to be a progressive candidate that can withstand valid criticism. It’s fair, then, to point out that Harris is not really a progressive. She’s just another liberal promising radical change. And, considering her contradictory record, I believe she’s not as progressive as she claims to be. “The difference between progressive and liberal remains murky. Democrats have been drawing a distinction between the two since the late 1980s, partly in response to the label ‘liberal’ acquiring a negative association among many,� Grant Reeher, a professor of political science at Syracuse University, said in an email. Harris’ supporters have reason to believe she is a progressive.

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Harris has made efforts to reduce implicit bias in law enforcement. She also supported a bill that would make lynching a federal crime and a data initiative that provided information on deaths that occurred in police custody. But Harris has also opposed a bill that would require the California attorney general’s office to independently investigate cases of fatal police shootings. And, Harris did not support statewide regulations in California for police officers to use body cameras. The Democratic Party needs a candidate who always advocates for social justice, not a candidate who does so on certain occasions.

Harris’ campaign is monumental — she is only the third black woman, in history, to run for the presidential nomination of a major political party in the United States. If Harris were elected, she would be the first woman president. After a divisive election in 2016, it’s important to question how progressive Harris is, and if she represents the entire Democratic Party.

Madeline Johnson is a sophomore international relations and magazine journalism major and a Spanish minor. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at mjohns38@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @johnson_madeli.

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Ï was one of the four performers voted as top acts at the Drag Show Prelims on Thursday night. The annual Drag Show Finals, hosted by Syracuse University’s Pride Union, will take place Feb. 28. sophia farram contributing photographer

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‘Feel so seen’ By Hattie Lindert

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n Thursday night, Schine Underground buzzed with anxious activity, set to the reverberating pop beats of Lady Gaga, Kesha and Carly Rae Jepsen. Various foldout tables held overstuffed makeup bags, glistening gowns and wigs of all colors, textures and lengths. The eight drag performers who were awaiting their time on stage worked together to prepare themselves for the show ahead, fixing each other’s makeup and dress. As members of the audience started filing in and taking their seats, the performers began to quiet down, entering their own worlds. The lights dimmed to a deep glowing pink. Drag Show Prelims were underway. This year marks the 17th annual Drag Show for Syracuse University’s Pride Union, a tradition that Quincy Nolan, the organization’s president, has a special attachment to: The first time Nolan performed in drag was at the Drag Show two years ago. Growing up gay in rural Pennsylvania, Nolan said that he originally stayed away from drag, and other feminine clothing or behaviors, in order to protect himself from judgement. Although he was an avid fan of the popular VH1 series “RuPaul’s Drag Race,� Nolan said he never thought drag was something he would do. “Then I bought a 99 cent tube of lipstick and thought I was

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everything,� he said, laughing. “It just snowballed from there into what I do now.� These days, Nolan performs as Bella Fantasia, a name inspired by the play “Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,� a classic in the LGBTQ community and beyond. Nolan said as he has grown as a drag performer, he has moved away from wanting to solely look like a woman and has embraced the androgyny of Bella Fantasia. A highly coveted asset in traditional drag is “fishiness,� a term in drag community vernacular that describes the ability to “pass� as a woman. Nolan said one of the things he wants to highlight in this year’s Drag Show is the diverse versions of drag that deviate from the traditional “fishy,� feminine form. “Having people be able to express themselves in these ways that make them feel so seen and inspired and valid, I just think it’s really beautiful in a way no other art form can offer,� Nolan said. Rachel Ayala, who performs as Javier El Jugador, said performing drag has allowed her to be someone she wants to be. Ayala is a drag king, a masculine form of drag that rose into prominence during the 1990s. She was the only drag king who competed in the Drag Show Prelims on Thursday night. see drag

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Winter Carnival kicks off this week Student photography honored at Light Work By Joey Pagano

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Syracuse University’s Winter Carnival is returning to brighten up the gloomy winter season. The festival opens Tuesday morning and runs through Feb. 23, aiming to offer a variety of activities to help students put on their winter jackets and enjoy the cold weather. Originating in the 1930s, this annual event has coexisted with Syracuse Winterfest for decades, while remaining an integral part of the spring semester at SU. But despite its storied history, the carnival has evolved a lot over time. “Originally, the event was created to motivate students living on South Campus to get over their

winter blues,� said Carly Kaplan, member of the SU Traditions Commission executive board, in an email. “Over the decades, it has slowly moved to main campus.� Kicking things off with hot chocolate on the Quad on Tuesday at 9 a.m., the carnival will feature both indoor and outdoor activities, including the Winter Carnival Dinner to celebrate opening night and laser tag to wrap up the week Saturday night. Throughout the week, students can take a ride downtown to see what Winterfest has to offer if they wish, or stay on campus for a chili cookoff, ice carvings, snow sculptures, human dog sled races and more. Mackenzie Mertikas, chief of staff at the SU Student Association,

said between this year’s overall theme and its events, there’s a lot to look forward to. “We are in love with our theme this year — Club Penguin — so that’s definitely one of the more exciting things for us,� she said, in an email. “The chili cook-off is super fun because all the recipes that are made are submitted by students and staff.� Kaplan also praised the cookoff, which will take place on Thursday at 11 a.m. on the HBC patio. “It’s the best day of the semester,� she said. �Who doesn’t love trying 10 different chili’s?� Tuesday’s Winter Carnival Dinner, available on campus, begins at 4:30 p.m. Students can fuel

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By Bridget Froding contributing writer

With the push of a shutter-release button, a moment is captured and frozen in time. Syracuse University’s art photography students are very familiar with this action, studying photography and the way stories can be told without words. For 10 seniors majoring in art photography at SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, their hard work has paid off as their photographs are currently on display at the Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition in the Hallway Gallery at Light Work.

Barbara Tannenbaum — the chair of prints, drawings and photographs and curator of photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art — judged the artwork, carefully selecting the Best of Show and honorable mentions. Mollie M. Crandell, Charlotte Lester and Siyaka Taylor-Lewis were each granted an honorable mention award for their photographs. Tyanna Seton won Best of Show for her piece that was inspired by her relationship with her father. The untitled video incorporates still images, audio and video to formulate an “emotionally nuanced tale (that) doesn’t offer see exhibition page 8

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drag show “Javier is a lot of the character qualities that I do have, but they’re a lot stronger when I work as him,” Ayala said. “Rachel has anxiety, but Javier doesn’t.” For Connor Feliu, who performs as the ghostly Victorian woman, Mother Superior Jeanne de Anus, drag is an opportunity to express a heightened version of himself. A philosophy major at Le Moyne College, Feliu said he’s especially interested in the academic and historical side of drag. “Drag is the ability to intrinsically express a subversive identity,” Feliu said, “in a place where I don’t have to worry about getting beaten up for it.” The term “drag” has been associated with from page 7

carnival themselves at Brockway, Graham, Ernie Davis, Shaw, Sadler and Goldstein Dining, with the evening’s menu including a hot chocolate station, a variety of soups and fresh breads and butters. After the dinner, students can go to Schine Underground for Trivia Night at 8 p.m., with groups of twos and fours competing for prizes. From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday from page 7

exhibition resolution, but it does hold out hope,” Tannenbaum said in her judge’s statement. At first, Seton didn’t plan on sharing her very personal composition. “It was going to sit on my computer forever if one of my classmates hadn’t encouraged me to show it,” Seton said. “So, I didn’t make it in hopes to get reactions from a larger audience, I made it from the heart.” Seton added that she finds inspiration for her artwork in the prevalent social injustices that people of color live through in the United States. Her father’s incarceration caused a troublesome

the queer community since the 1920s; when the dangerous nature of bars and clubs for queer people at that time instigated the rise of “drag balls.” These events came in the form of parties where dressing in a feminine way was the norm. Drag as a performance art dates back to the 1950s, coinciding with the rise of bars catering to the queer community. Although drag is not exclusive to the queer community, Nolan, Ayala and Feliu all said that as queer individuals, it offers them a strong sense of kinship. After all the performers had their moment on stage, contestants Kalinda Kelly, Daphne, Donna Tendo and Helga Felga were voted as top acts by the audience. All four will perform in the Drag Battle Finals, which will be hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, Pearl and Shea Couleé.

Raul Hernandez, an SU acting major who performs as Kalinda Kelly, competed in drag for the first time at the Salt City Drag Battle in January. Hernandez said one of the things he loves most about drag is the camaraderie the drag community offers. For his performance at prelims — a burlesque-style dance set to a cover of Britney Spears’ “Oops!...I Did It Again” — Hernandez wore a flowing greyblonde wig that his drag mother, who became his mentor after the Salt City Battle, styled specifically for him. “Traditionally, drag is a place where freaks can be freaks,” Kelly said. “People bond in the fact that you can’t really bond anywhere else.” This year’s Drag Show finals, to be held on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, will be Nolan’s final drag performance at SU, something he describes as his “pinnacle moment.”

For Nolan, the show will be the culmination of a college career deeply integrated within SU’s queer community. On top of his role as president of Pride Union, Nolan is the editor-in-chief of The Out Crowd, SU’s only student-run LGBTQ publication, an LGBT studies minor and Student Association’s Chair of Diversity Affairs. Even more-so than his own performance, Nolan said what excites him about presenting the Drag Show is the ability to create a space that welcomes queer people and encourages them to feel proud of who they are. “Maybe someone seeing this kind of performance will be able to love themselves in a way they didn’t think they could,” Nolan said, “because now they see other queer people doing things they didn’t think were possible.”

and Thursday, there will be giveaways and free food in Schine Atrium to celebrate the Winter Carnival Days. Festivities will wrap up Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, with the A Cappella Council presenting its signature Cozy Cappella performance. Hot chocolate and cookies will be available at the concert. There’s also a full slate of events scheduled for Friday night. At 8 p.m., Plant Night will take place in Goldstein Auditorium, where

students will be able to make their own terrarium. Students are then invited to participate in the Glow in the Dark Late Night Skate Night from 9:30 p.m. to midnight at South Campus’ Tennity Ice Pavilion. Students are also encouraged to bring their orange pride to Goldstein Auditorium on Saturday night for laser tag, where the SU-Duke basketball game will be screened in the background. Seeing the week play out is exciting for the

student organizations that helped facilitate this event, Mertikas said. “We’ve been planning this week since October,” she said, “so it’s always really cool to see our ideas come to life.” The longstanding SU tradition, Tradition Commissions members said, embodies everything that SU is — there’s a long history, a sense of community and a group of people who help continue its traditions.

relationship between the two — but with the help of her art, she said she was able to establish a sense of peace about their relationship. “I guess it speaks to my hopes at the time of rebuilding our foundation and letting him know I am understanding of his circumstances, and love and support him no matter what,” Seton said. Like Seton, Catherine Doherty’s photography was also motivated by a social issue. Her thesis is a series about sexual assault and its effects on the victims, aiming to shed light on the #MeToo and #WhyIDidntReport movements that have swept the nation. “As a woman and someone who has experienced it, I think it’s really important to make

work about it,” Doherty said. For art photography students, collaboration and feedback from one another is essential. These students become a family, encouraging each other to produce their best work and give advice on how to improve. For many of the students involved, this is the first opportunity to have their art professionally exhibited. Laura Heyman, an associate professor in the department of transmedia, said the students’ ability to have their photographs displayed at the gallery in Light Work is crucial to their success in the future. The students were also able to work alongside members of Light Work in preparation for the exhibition. John Mannion and Victor

Rivera, Light Work staff members, attended classes to discuss with students which images should go in the exhibition, Heyman said. In regard to Tannenbaum serving as the juror, Heyman added how important it is for a successful individual in the field of photography to see the students’ compositions. Although the event can be seen as the seniors’ farewell, Heyman said that the exhibition is not so much an end, but a new beginning. “We encourage them not to think about it as the last thing, but rather the first thing,” Heyman said. “It’s their first way of working on a project the way that a professional artist would work on a project.”

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STRUGGLE TO SIMPLIFY Watsky chooses to embrace combination of hip-hop, jazz and pop music By Kerri McAneney contributing writer

Ï! #, a musician and slam poet, will perform at The Westcott Theater on Saturday. He’s best known for his raps on Epic Rap Battles of History, along with his appearances at The Kennedy Center and the NAACP Image Awards. photo courtesy of george watsky

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he music industry’s finger is often on the pulse of many up-and-coming trends. George Watsky is both embracing these changes and using them to his advantage. With a blend of hip-hop, pop, rock and jazz, Watsky is taking his music on the road for the COMPLAINT tour, with 30 stops across the country, including a performance at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. The musician has risen in popularity within the digital music sphere with his raps on Epic Rap Battles of History, portraying William Shakespeare, among others. He has also appeared on the NA ACP Image Awards and at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Watsky said that people who come to Saturday night’s show at The Westcott can expect his same style of music and performance, as well as a cross-section of all of his work. “It’s this intersection of hip-hop and jazz and rock and pop music,� he said, regarding the tour’s sound. Watsky released his fifth studio album, “COMPLAINT,� in mid-January. While he said it maintains a similar sound to his past records, he added that he tried to simplify things this time around. While remaining loyal to a signature style that fans have come to love, his track “Limo 4

Emos,� showed off his signature hip-hop and pop vibe, falling in line with his entire body of work.

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1. He appeared on the final season of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry in 2007, while a freshman at Emerson College. 2. He won The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in 2006. 3. He was named by “The Next Big Sound� as a “Big Sound of 2011,� alongside industry names such as Mac Miller, Kreayshawn and Skrillex. 4. His 2010 self-titled album peaked at #7 on the iTunes hip-hop charts. 5. He’s performed three times at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Watsky admits he’s struggled to simplify his music, which is typically a fusion of multiple different styles and genres. However, he said he didn’t struggle to come up with music

for his newest album. Along with his music, Watsky said he’ll be performing some of his original poetry. With this set as one of his biggest headlining tours to date, music and poetry aren’t the only things fans on the tour have experienced. While playing a show at The Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado on Jan. 30, fans could experience the show live in virtual reality, made available through some of the major VR headsets, including the NextVR App for Oculus Go. This was a new venture for Watsky to spearhead. He said his motivation for trying to mesh his music with VR was for one simple reason: his fans. “It’s kind of the impossible burger,� Watsky said, adding that the virtual reality is an artificial way of creating real moments for his fanbase. He was first approached about shooting a VR show during his last tour, he said, and looked forward to maintaining the excitement of a live show while making it more accessible for his fans of all abilities. With five studio albums under his belt, Watsky said he considers himself a writer for multiple mediums. While he has still been focusing on his music, he said he wants to continually experiment and try something new, with plans to complete a novel in the coming future. kmcanene@syr.edu

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Knutson moves to No. 2 in career wins at SU, clinches win By Andrew Crane staff writer

Leading 5-3 in the second set, Gabriela Knutson suddenly jogged over to her bench after Harvard’s Erica Oosterhout overhand smash went out of bounds. Knutson playfully tossed her racket onto the seat, smiled and reached into her blue Babolat bag and pulled out another one. Knutson’s strings broke during the previous point. She was forced to lob the ball with her busted racket because she had no other choice. Knutson watched helplessly as Oosterhout lined up an overhead return. But the ball went out. “It was so funny because she just shanked it,” Knutson said. “I was like ‘Ha.’ My lob was super loose.” But Knutson’s smile stayed. Her aggressiveness in both singles and doubles allowed her to overpower slower Harvard opponents. It was also career win No. 162 for Knutson, which propelled her into second place in all-time SU wins for combined singles and doubles wins. The SU senior clinched a 6-1 team victory for No. 19 Syracuse (6-4, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) over Harvard (6-4) and won her fourth consecutive singles match after dropping her previous three. “It was just a matter of time and couldn’t be prouder of her and happy for her,” SU head coach Younes Limam said, “She’s always the one who goes the extra mile and does the extra things to be as prepared as she could be.” Knutson’s day started alongside Miranda Ramirez, similar to how it often has over the last three years. And their match ended similarly to how many prior points had been earned on Sunday with Knutson smashing an overhand volley past a diving Natasha Gonzalez. Aggressive net play was something that Syracuse worked on after they lost five-straight doubles points. SU’s top pair saw right away that they could exploit a slower Harvard duo. Knutson said that one stigma of women’s doubles matches is that it’s played all from the baseline. Knutson’s overhead smash was the pairing’s third match point, and Ramirez’s forehand return on Gonzalez’s serve allowed Knutson to step up toward the net with her arm outstretched. The previous point, Knutfrom page 12

frontcourt get their inside game going to start the second half. Mangakahia fed Amaya Finklea-Guity deep in the paint after the center had secured post position, but her righty post hook was met with 6-foot-2 Ivana Raca’s third block of the game. Wake Forest scored the first points of the third quarter, but then Kiara Lewis found Mangakahia for a 3 to get the Orange on the board. WFU’s tallest player, 6-foot-4 Maya Banks, dominated SU’s defense. She scored seven points in the third quarter alone, leading her from page 12

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a deflection and turnover on the baseline adjacent to the SU bench. “It’s always good to have depth in your team and I think they did good coming in,” Mangakahia said. “Especially on defense.” With the bench unit in the game, Syracuse moved the ball with ease, stuck with all its defensive assignments and started to shift the momentum. Though SU’s poor shooting kept Wake Forest in the game, a quick dish to the inside or outside allowed the Orange to maintain control of a game it never trailed — nor did it come close for a majority of the game. from page 12

harvard almost simultaneously. After a streak of losing five-straight doubles’ points entering Friday’s match, the Orange have now won the point in back-to-back matches. Mesh won her second-straight match, 6-2, 6-1 and her third of her last four. With Sofya Golubovskaya and Sonya Treshcheva battling injuries, Mesh has held her own at sixth singles.

GABRIELA KNUTSON lost four-straight matches at one point earlier this season. On Sunday against Harvard, the Syracuse senior won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, over the Crimson’s Erica Oosterhout. corey henry staff photographer

son was jammed on her backhand from the corner and it went out. Close to the net, the senior converted. Three games earlier, Knutson waited patiently at the net and lined up a Harvard defensive lob. Her volley split the Crimson pair, both standing behind the baseline, and bounced high above Gonzalez and Oosterhaut’s outstretched arms. “The typical women’s doubles is like even having two girls at the baseline which is not what we want to do at all,” Ramirez said. “We want to close, we want to finish at the net, we want to take charge of our points.” In singles, up 4-2, Knutson was a point away from breaking the Crimson senior. Oosterhaut fired a serve, and Knutson’s return barely touched the back line. Oosterhaut swung at the ball on a short-hop, and her forehand went out. Afterward, Oosterhaut glared at the line, as Knutson flipped the score card from four to five. Knutson dropped the next two games, but recovered to go up

one set, halfway toward her historic win. During a back-and-forth second set, Knutson was never able to pull away. Some Knutson shots found the back line, some found the sidelines. At times, her aggressiveness got the best of her. Knutson went up 4-2, but lost threestraight points and lost a break opportunity. Then at 5-3, her racket broke. Knutson said she was nervous because it took her a couple of points to get used to the racket. In some of the most important points late in the match, she said she didn’t “have time” to adjust. At 40-all, match point, her backhand shot was too short. Five points later, at match point again, Knutson pranced behind the baseline. She took two steps forward and met Oosterhaut’s serve with her racket extended. The next shot by Oosterhaut grazed the top of the net and bounced out. Knutson smiled and walked up to the net. For the 162nd time in her SU career, she shook hands a winner. “I wouldn’t expect anything less,”

Ramirez said. After the match, when asked what wins No. 161 and 162 meant to her, she was confused. “Really, what does that mean?” she asked. Knutson knew she entered Sunday with 160 wins, but wasn’t aware of where that stood. Her next question: “Who is number one?” was answered with Jana Strnadova, who has 40 more wins than her. “It’s OK,” Knutson said, knowing that top spot is almost impossible for her to achieve in her final collegiate season. After defeating Oosterhaut, she sat down and threw a towel around her neck. In the Syracuse record books, that win will keep her name etched as No. 2 in the future. But on Sunday, it was a clinching singles point, one that won Syracuse its second-straight match. “At the end of the day … it could be my 140th win, or my 170th,” Knutson said, “but if the team isn’t winning, it doesn’t really matter.”

team to its best period of the game and cutting its lead to just seven entering the fourth. “It’s different watching on film, you actually don’t know how big they are until you look down in warmups,” Mangakahia said. “I think their size helped them a lot, especially their defense on our posts, they were doing well on defense.” It took until the fourth quarter for Syracuse to make a significant adjustment. After a Digna Strautmane 3-pointer increased the Orange’s lead to 12 with 8:23 to go, Hillsman called a timeout. In the huddle, he discussed a better way to defend the Demon Deacons’ offense. Syracuse incorporated more match-up elements to its 2-3 zone for a solidified rebounding effort.

Hillsman also made sure his team took away Wake Forest’s offense at the high post, where it had been having success. The switch forced the Demon Deacons to make a game-low four field goals in the frame. SU changed its game plan on offense as well. By the fourth, the Orange had made 11 3-pointers, prompting Wake Forest to be more aggressive in guarding the perimeter. In turn, Syracuse finally had success inside. Pump fakes drew block attempts and allowed for drives to the rim. Double teams led to open cutters to the basket. After scoring 14 points in the paint in the first three quarters, SU scored 14 in the fourth alone.

Following the game, Hillsman said his team was playing solid, but not great. They still have rebounding and defensive issues. On Sunday, against a Demon Deacons team that came into the game 1-10 in the ACC, “solid” was enough to win. With a matchup against No. 6 Notre Dame next Monday and postseason play looming, solid won’t be good enough. “I think we don’t realize the amount of size we have sometimes,” forward Emily Engstler said. “It’s not the same team as last year. Yeah, (size) had a factor in the game, it always will, but at the end of the day, I think we can matchup just as they can matchup us.”

Kiara Lewis and freshman Emily Engstler led the unit. Lewis slashed through defenders and hit outside shots. Though she didn’t contribute much offensively, Engstler’s four blocks anchored a shaky interior defensive unit. On one play, Engstler blocked a jumper at the top of the key and Cooper picked up the deflection as Engstler broke up court. The pass, which was too long for Engstler, slipped out of the hands of the freshman and she slowed her sprint to a jog as the ball tumbled out of bounds. She looked off to her side and sneered, but a few plays later, on a defensive rotation, she got her hand on another jump shot. No room for error this time: she simply pounded the shot out of bounds.

“Blocks are random. It’s really in the moment kind of thing,” Engstler said. “Just doing whatever I can to help get stops on defense.” After the bench unit made its impact, SU went on a 9-2 run and didn’t look back. But the onslaught wouldn’t end until Fowler got her shot. Mangakahia tried everything: she handed the ball off to her, she cleared out the defense, she jumped to plead her to attack the basket. “Let’s go!” she yelled. So, Fowler followed. The senior pump faked and took a dribble off the right elbow. She jumped, turned and fired a pass inside to Djaldi-Tabdi. Just a short jumper stood in the way of Fowler’s first addition to the stat sheet this year. And DjaldiTabdi delivered.

Sunday’s game reassured many of the concerns the Orange have brought up all season long. The shooting hurt. The defense struggled. The rebounding suffered. But when the game came to a close, Fowler stole all of that attention, and SU players left the court with a smile. “It’s always good just to have those players that work just as hard as you, and do everything that you do, get that opportunity,” Mangakahia said. Though at drastically different moments of their Syracuse careers, both Engstler and Drummond’s eyes glossed beside her. Said Drummond: “It’s great to see her out there every day.”

“I think everybody puts in the work and deserves to play,” he said. “So, we’ll get to that when we get to it.” Yusupova pulled out a close first set, 6-4, with a strong forehand to the back corner. She dominated after the first set, winning 6-4, 6-0. Hegab’s match ended fifth among the singles, but the outcome was never in much doubt. She won 6-2, 6-3. And Knutson defeated No. 75 Erica Oosterhout 6-4, 6-4 despite having a string of her racket break while up 5-3, forcing her to switch to a new

one and adjust to it. Knutson’s doubles and singles wins moved her to No. 2 all-time in Syracuse history, with 162. Masha Tritou was the lone point dropped on Sunday. She lost in a super tiebreaker. “It’s incredible,” Knutson said of the dominant performance. “We really needed this, especially after the losses. I was hoping we would get it, and it makes me really happy.” Sweeping wins at home this weekend, the Orange now have momentum built back up for a long stretch of road games including

three Atlantic Coast Conference games. SU rebounded from four straight losses entering Friday’s game, having played a tough schedule of three top-25 teams in that stretch. They won’t play at home again until March 15. “We know that we’re going to have our hands full on Friday, and Sunday against Notre Dame on the road,” Limam said. “I’m glad this weekend went well and the girls got a lot of confidence from it.”

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Bench a bright spot in win over WFU By Michael McCleary sports editor

AMAYA FINKLEA-GUITY was one of Syracuse’s forwards who struggled Sunday against the Demon Deacons. The sophomore had five points and four rebounds in the 20-point win. max freund staff photographer

WAKE-UP CALL No. 16 Syracuse’s frontcourt struggles despite 77-57 win over Wake Forest

By Eric Black

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aeva Djaldi-Tabdi stationed herself on the left block and squatted, backing down Wake Forest’s Raegyn Branch. She pivoted right before turning over her left shoulder with a shot attempt, but Branch was there to block it. The center hustled back on defense and into the paint, but committed a foul. On Syracuse’s next possession, Djaldi-Tabdi got another chance. Again, she was stuffed. She grabbed the offensive rebound and went up, but was denied again. Fourteen seconds later, her field goal didn’t hit the rim. A giveaway led to her being subbed out, having totaled four missed shots, a turnover, and a foul in just three minutes. Djaldi-Tabdi’s struggles epitomized the inconsistent post-play that the Orange have been suffering of late. A game after SU’s forwards combined to shoot 11-of-37 and

allowed 28 points in the paint, No. 16 Syracuse (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast) struggled to make an impact inside Sunday in its 77-57 win over Wake Forest (10-15, 1-11). The Demon Deacons dominated the Orange by the basket, blocking six shots and grabbing 18 offensive rebounds that led to 32 points in the paint. SU’s 13 3-pointers, including nine in the first half, helped propel it to victory, but the win had its share of difficulties. “Size always matters down there in the post,� SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “We just wasn’t getting a body on them. They had 12 (offensive rebounds) in the first half ... 12 is way too many in a half.� Wake Forest’s rotation, which featured five players 6-foot-1 or taller, proved to be an issue on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Syracuse struggled to push inside shots over the Demon Deacons’ forwards. In turn, it shifted its offensive game plan to the perimeter. SU drained three 3-pointers in the opening 84 seconds, prompting Wake Forest to

call a quick timeout. Led by Miranda Drummond, the Orange hit five triples in the first quarter alone. The Demon Deacons kept pace by corralling seven offensive rebounds in their own poor shooting quarter (5-of-20). While SU’s shooting kept it ahead of Wake Forest, its defense prevented it from allowing the lead to grow. The frontcourt’s rebounding struggles correlated almost directly to Syracuse’s guards’ defense on its full-court press. When the Orange used the press, the Demon Deacons sliced through it easily. After getting up court, Wake Forest often had opportunities that left SU outnumbered. Even if a bad shot went up, it was hard for Syracuse to box out because of the numbers disadvantage. “We have no scheme for that, we can’t box out 3-on-2, it’s just tough to play that way,� Hillsman said. “Having them play in unsettled situations, it’s tough to box out when you play unsettled.� After scoring 31 of its 39 first-half points outside the paint, the Orange tried again to

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tennis

No. 19 Syracuse dominates Harvard in 6-1 win By Eric Storms staff writer

A slicing shot to the corner from No. 67 Miranda Ramirez was too far out of reach for Harvard’s Rachel Lim, by two steps. The Syracuse junior dominated the first set 6-1, but struggled in the second, quickly down a break at 3-0. Her shot toward baseline, after rattling off six of the next seven games, completed her comeback. “I wasn’t too worried at all,�

Ramirez said. “I had to refocus and make sure I didn’t let her get any more of a lead than what she had.� Ramirez’s straight-set win gave Syracuse a 2-0 lead after taking an early doubles point. But she wasn’t the only one to sweep her opponent on Sunday. Shortly after, Libi Mesh and No. 48 Gabriela Knutson also won in straight-sets, and Dina Hegab and Guzal Yusupova followed in similar fashion. No. 19 Syracuse’s (6-4) dominance in singles play overpowered Harvard

(6-4) less than two hours after the match started.

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Number of players who won in straight sets Sunday in SU’s 6-1 win

“They have about the same players they had the year before,

so we knew what to expect,� SU head coach Younes Limam said. “I think they went about their business as usual with a lot of focus and intensity, and I think it helped us get through the day.� In doubles, Knutson and Ramirez won convincingly, 6-2, with the winning point coming on a Knutson overhead volley smash past Harvard. Less than 30 seconds later, Hegab and Yusupova wrapped up a 6-1 victory to clinch the point

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The play that energized the crowd happened after the game was decided. As the seconds dwindled down in Syracuse’s (19-5, 7-4 Atlantic Coast) 77-57 win over Wake Forest (10-15, 1-11) in the Carrier Dome, the Syracuse bench and spectators went silent as SU’s longest-tenured senior set in a shooting form at the right elbow of the free throw line. She had electrified the crowd just a play earlier with a dish to Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi on the right baseline for a short jumper. But this time, she got free space of her own. So, as the arena, her teammates and coaches beckoned, Brandi Fowler rose up. “And she bricks it,� SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. He tilted his head down and grinned. She should have made that, he joked. In a game where the Orange’s continued shooting struggles once again materialized, their starters got off to slow starts and regular contributors disappeared from the score sheet. Defensive rotations, timely shooting and the occasional uplift with a contribution from a four-year walk on prevented No. 16 Syracuse from a tumble toward futility — it was a compounding of weeks of struggles for the Orange, as its biggest test of the season against No. 6 Notre Dame nears. The SU bench scored 28 points to Wake Forest’s 10 and made an impact rebounding, defending and moving the ball. “I think that was the biggest thing for us tonight,� Hillsman said, “we were just trying to keep fresh legs in the game.� Well before SU took the court Sunday, Hillsman experimented with a multitude of lineups. Beyond the usual starting five that’s taken the court all but once this season, injuries that have hampered forwards Miranda Drummond and Kadiatou Sissoko forced Hillsman to dig deeper into his bench unit. Prior to the season, players and coaches praised the versatility the Orange would have with the depth on its roster. SU returned all but one player from last year’s rotation, and at all levels — inside and outside — the Orange added new contributors that would likely give it options at any point of the game. As injuries continued to plague Syracuse, those replacements have come in the form of Isis Young and Raven Fox, who expected high usage at times a season ago. Against Wake Forest, Young played an extended time in the first half as heavy-usage players struggled to find a groove. Gabrielle Cooper shot 1-of-8 from the field and missed all six of her attempts from beyond the arc. Young checked in and hit two quick 3s, including a shot that bounced off every part of the rim and the top of the backboard. She checked in and forced

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