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N • By candlelight

The Syracuse community honored the life of Maddox Lawrence, the 21-month-old baby allegedly killed by her father, by the Inner Harbor on Wednesday.

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Liberal columnist Joanna Orland discusses the U.S. “tampon tax” and how its existence unfairly targets disadvantaged, impoverished women.

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S • Last shot

Brianna Butler is one of the NCAA’s most prolific active shooters and is on track to break SU’s program shooting records when the Orange takes on BC on Thursday.

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n a Sunday night at the end of last semester, Delaney Arias was overcome with an overwhelming sense of dread. Her head pounded and her chest tightened. When she closed her eyes to sleep, she could barely breathe. Then that sense of dread seeped into her thoughts and she knew, then, that she was in trouble.

“Why did I come back?” she thought.

“What if I have an attack?”

“What if I fail?”

So she opened up a bottle and popped two pills — 2 milligrams of the anti-anxiety medication Ativan. The effects were almost immediate. The dread that overcame her disappeared and she could think clearly again.

“I can do this,” she thought as she peacefully fell asleep. “I came back for a reason.” see mental leave page 6

Committee to review Hendricks for 1st time in 30 years

By Alexa Torrens news editor

Hendricks Chapel has not undergone a thorough review in more than 30 years, which is one of the reasons the Hendricks Chapel and Dean’s Search Committee will also conduct a review of the chapel’s programs and policies, said Hendricks Interim Dean Samuel Clemence.

It seemed like a logical time for

the chapel to be reviewed, Clemence said, considering there is a search for a new dean of the chapel.

The review of Hendricks’ programs, facilities and finances will help inform the search committee about what is needed in a dean for the chapel, Clemence said. The review would also aid the new dean in having a sense of the future of the chapel and what direction it should go, he added.

REACHING OUT

16 members of the SU community were appointed to the Hendricks Chapel dean search and review committee.

Chancellor Kent Sy verud announced the creation of the review and search committee on Monday when he appointed 16 members of the Syracuse community to the committee.

Clemence is a co-chair of the committee, and Candace Campbell Jackson, vice president and chief of staff at Syracuse University, will be the other co-chair. The committee will be composed of SU fac-

ulty, staff, students, members of the Board of Trustees and members of the larger Syracuse community.

Since the committee has just been announced, Clemence said the review process for Hendricks is still a matter of discussion. One aspect of the process, he said, will be to benchmark SU against similar universities in how they meet their students’ religious needs.

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THIRSTY thursday | lake placid black tie chocolate vanilla porter

Porter leaves harsh, bittersweet aftertaste

By Max Darrow staff writer

It was a windy and cold night when I first tried the Lake Placid Black Tie Chocolate Vanilla Porter. Since Lake Placid’s beers are only available in the Northeast region, I wanted to try one out before I graduate.

I figured a porter on a winter night would be just the right thing to make me feel warm and at ease.

But alas, this one didn’t really work for me.

The bottle is as inviting as the name. It’s dark brown and accentuated with a red reclining chair nestled into a bed of snow making one feel as if they are on Lake Placid themselves.

I took my time on the pour as I didn’t want to distort the head, and man, it looked good. It had a creamy, frothy, thick layer of foam that sat perfectly atop the almost-black beer. The tannish, light-brown head contrasted the dark color beautifully.

The Black Tie Chocolate Vanilla Porter smells delicious, almost like walking into a candy shop. You get a bit of chocolate, a bit of vanilla and then you get a hint of bourbon and sugar. It smells perfect, like

sitting cozy inside during a cold, snowy winter night.

Right when the beer hits your tongue, it is unexpectedly fizzy — too much fizz for me. I had a hard time figuring out what it tasted like, but here’s what I came up with: black coffee and vanilla cola, with notes of chocolate and sugar.

The finish is bittersweet — pretty harsh actually. You know the feeling on your tongue when you have a piece of extra dark chocolate? Well, that’s what you’re getting with this porter.

You also probably wouldn’t want to drink too many of these at a time. It’s heavy, thick and has a pretty high alcohol content at 7 percent ABV. As a college student with a young palate, I’m still a budding beer connoisseur and by no means an expert. That being said, my overall opinion was disapointment.

While I didn’t love this porter, that doesn’t mean it won’t appeal to someone else who prefers something sweet and fizzy. My recommendation? Give the Black Tie Chocolate Vanilla Porter a try this winter because it just may work for you.

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@Danny_A_Frisina I will be going to sleep tonight with a very heavy heart. My deepest thoughts are w/ Maddox’s family. Rest in peace baby girl. #ripmaddox

Rule of law SU expects about 200 attendees for the 15th Annual Diversity Law Day, which will be held on Friday in Dineen Hall.

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Group to advocate for reform NYPIRG chapter to travel to Albany to lobby for higher education reform

By Alexa Torrens news editor

About 150 members of the Syracuse community gathered Wednesday night at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater for a candlelight vigil held for Maddox Lawrence, the 21-month-old whom police suspect was killed Saturday by her father. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

Community members honor baby Maddox

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Becky MonDore, her eyes filled with tears, said she was “crushed” when she heard the news that 21-month-old Maddox Lawrence had been murdered.

So MonDore — who knows Morgan Lawrence, Maddox’s mother, from a high school youth group — decided to organize a candlelight vigil for Maddox.

More than 100 members of the Syracuse community gathered for that vigil Wednesday night at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater, which was decorated with balloons for the event. The vigil, which lasted about 30 minutes, included a series of prayers and a singing of “Amazing Grace.”

Maddox’s father, Ryan Lawrence, was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder in the

death of the child.

At the vigil, prayers were said for Maddox, Morgan, the Lawrence family and the law enforcement agencies that have been investigating the case. A moment of silence for Maddox lasted about two minutes.

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Members of the Syracuse community attended a vigil Wednesday to honor 21-monthold Maddox Lawrence

Richard Ryfun, a pastor at Believers’ Chapel in Cicero, led the vigil. “(The Lawrence family is) suffering very deeply,” Ryfun said as he addressed those at the vigil. “... But they have extended family here that is here for them.”

During the singing of “Amaz-

ing Grace,” which came toward the end of the vigil, a number of those in attendance began to cry and hug one another.

MonDore said she lost touch with Morgan Lawrence after high school but ran into her about a month ago.

They hit it off right away, and Morgan showed MonDore pictures of “beautiful Maddox,” MonDore said.

“We were just rejoicing together,” MonDore said. “And then here we are a month later, with the sad news of this week.”

MonDore added that she can’t take away Morgan’s pain, but said the Syracuse community “can show her support.” MonDore said that was what the vigil was about.

“I just want to hug her,” she said. “... We just love Morgan.

She’s a precious, precious person.”

Ryan and Maddox Lawrence disappeared Saturday night and an Amber Alert was issued on

Sunday morning.

On Monday afternoon, police identified a man wearing a disguise in Baldwinsville to be Ryan.

He was then taken into custody.

Police found a body believed to be Maddox in the Onondaga Creekwalk on Tuesday.

Ryan pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder charge on Wednesday, according to Syracuse.com.

Shortly after the conclusion of Wednesday night’s vigil, rain began to fall. MonDore said it wasn’t a coincidence.

“We have done what we came to do, and I believe God held back the rain,” she said. “We’re going to keep praying for Morgan and that won’t end. So bring the rain.” mdburk01@syr.edu

See dailyorange.com for our photo gallery from the vigil for Maddox Lawrence.

Sociologist talks real nature of hook-up culture

By Stacy Fernandez staff writer

Jennifer Gunsaullus said empowerment is being able to make a choice when you previously weren’t able to.

Gunsaullus, a sociologist, sexologist and frequent speaker about sex and health, presented a lecture titled “Women and Hook-Up Culture: Risky, Slutty, or Liberated?” on Wednesday evening in Goldstein Auditorium. The Syracuse University Panhellenic sororities came together for the lecture, which is a part of the “I Am Enough” week of empowerment.

The entire bottom floor of the

auditorium was filled for the lecture, which focused on the idea of hook-up culture.

Gunsaullus defined hooking up as sexual activity with someone who is not a regular committed partner — in other words, casual sex for the sake of sexual pleasure and physically connecting with somebody else.

Gunsaullus added that part of the risk of sex is a lack of communication and the difficulty of understanding what consent really is.

“Consent is presented as something easy … unless we have ongoing verbal dialogues about our likes, dislikes and expectations and what we want to do and don’t

want to do, us and our partner are making tons of assumptions,” Gunsaullus said.

As a sociologist, Gunsaullus said she has read a lot of the research about hook-up culture, particularly in the past 15-20 years. She said she has seen a lot of headlines implying that hook-up culture is not only a bad thing, but a new thing.

But those headlines are not shown to be based in fact or statistics, said Gunsaullus, who pointed to research comparing 18 to 25-year-olds of the 1980s and ‘90s to current college students.

The number of sexual partners college students have has not changed significantly since then,

she added.

Gunsaullus said sociologist Stephanie Coontz summarizes it best: “Hookups may seem shocking to an older generation unaccustomed to such frankness, but this generation did not invent casual sex or one-night stands.”

She highlighted three perspectives that tend to show up in how headlines talk about hooking up and how research is conducted on hook-up culture at colleges: it’s risky, it’s slutty or it’s liberating, she said.

Gunsaullus went more indepth on each topic and accompanied the lecture with a slideshow with pictures that often got laughs see hook-up

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The Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF chapter of NYPIRG will travel to Albany on Thursday to advocate for higher education reform in the state capital.

Higher Education Action Day is an event held every February

by SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

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Current maximum award through the Tuition Assistance Program

The day in Albany gives chapter members and other students who signed up for the trip the opportunity to potentially sit down with members of the New York state legislature to talk about issues that concern students of higher education, said Conall McNelis, the project leader for the SU/SUNY-ESF NYPIRG chapter’s higher education platform and a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

These issues mainly stem from funding. In Albany, NYPIRG will lobby for reform in tuition hikes

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national news Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories happening around the nation: POLITICS

CRASH THE PARTY Donald Trump showed up uninvited to the Nevada caucus location where conservative talk show host Glenn Beck was speaking on behalf of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Trump made a speech of his own there. source: politico

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MORE SECURITY Apple engineers have reportedly begun developing new security measures to make it impossible for the United States government to break into a locked iPhone.

Apple has refused to help the FBI break into a locked iPhone used by one of the killers in the San Bernardino attack. source: the new york times

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New York state ‘tampon tax’ reinforces class, gender injustice

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unt Flow is coming to town and she is no cheap date.

Women spend, on average, $70-100 every year on pads and tampons, according to The Nation. But that’s not the true cost of a period. There is still the Midol, the heating pads and new underwear and sheets. Then you get hit with the sales tax.

That adds up to a lot of money, money men do not have to spend.

Dubbed the “tampon tax,” the sales tax applied to tampons has been gaining notoriety in the media. But, in reality, the “tampon tax” is just the sales tax that applies to most “luxury” items. In 40 states, including New York, the tax exists.

Although there has been a bill on the table since May that would end the sales tax on tampons and pads in New York state, it is just now gaining traction. A recent New York Times Editorial Board, “End the Tampon Tax,” supported New York City councilmembers who are currently drafting legislation that would end the tax and increase accessibility to feminine hygiene products, especially among vulnerable populations.

While New York state’s efforts thus far are admirable, there should be a push to not only exempt feminine hygiene products from being subject to state sales tax, but to also increase accessibility to these products as a means of destigmatizing a woman’s menstrual cycle.

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In case you were not aware, the menstrual cycle is not voluntary. It is also not fun or exciting. It causes pain, a great deal of inconvenience and, occasionally, is the source of some incredibly embarrassing stories.

As women are forced to pretend that they are never on their periods and that vulnerability does not preside, pads and tampons are taxed because they are not considered necessities.

“If you’re going to exempt prescription drugs or walkers, which are necessary for the people who use them, then you should also exempt these necessary products,” said Kristi Andersen, a political science professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. “The fact that people are already talking about it shows the start of a changing culture surrounding the menstrual cycle.”

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The number of women living below or near the poverty line, according to the 2014 Shriver Report, Women in America

Many women would say that the inclusion of feminine hygiene products under this sales tax is the patriarchy’s way of asserting omnipotence.

Even President Barack Obama, who, just this year, didn’t even know that these products were being taxed, believes that the lack of female representation in politics is partially to blame.

“I suspect it’s because men were making the laws when those taxes were passed,” Obama said in an interview with YouTube personality Ingrid Nilsen.

But the crusade to end the “tampon tax” is more than a feminist effort, its work to end class divides make this section of a tax an important one to abolish.

There are 42 million women living below or near the poverty line, according to the 2014 Shriver Report, who need every penny they earn, including the ones

they are forced to spend on a sales tax for a necessary response to biology. The tax is also ignorant of the fact that white women make 79 cents for a white man’s dollar, Hispanic women, 54 cents and black women, 64 cents, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Worsening these disparities, is the fact that food stamps don’t cover the purchase of pads and tampons. The hygiene products are not a tax-deductible medical expense and are rarely accessible in homeless shelters and public schools.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) sponsored a bill in July 2015 that would redefine feminine hygiene products so flexible spending accounts can be used for their purchase.

If passed, the bill would give New York precedent-status as a leader in this fight to end the “tampon tax.”

While the discussion primarily focuses on the United States, the stigma is borderless. In India, women are considered virtually ”impure” during their periods.

Hungarians pay 27 percent sales tax on tampons, as reported by BBC. Canada abolished its “tampon tax” this past year, the U.K. and Australia are fighting theirs and France is as well, with no legislative luck.

“I hope the issue of the ‘tampon tax’ raises awareness of the particular challenges women face as women,” said Carol Faulkner, professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in an email. “While this country has (mostly) discarded the view that menstruation makes women incompetent or hysterical, we are still a long way from gender and sexual equality.”

This shaming of the menstrual cycle is reinforced by the fact that in United States, former inmates have given accounts that most prison systems do not readily offer pads, and when they do, they don’t account for everybody’s needs. This lack of respect can humiliate women on their periods who bleed through their pads, whose guards withhold tampons from inmates as punishment and whose pads fall off from prolonged wear.

Despite the injustice surrounding the tax, there are still dissenters who believe that women should not be receiving “special treatment” for what, to some people, is merely a few cents.

Historically, New York has believed this to be true: taxing soap and toothpaste,

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which are arguably also necessities. It is an atrocity that 43 states tax toilet paper — let’s fix that problem, too. But first, women need their issue resolved before they are on an equal playing field to fight the taxes that unfairly impact everyone.

As it stands, politics is still fairly homogenous with the effects of a highly-concentrated, male-dominated government having been demonstrated in Utah earlier this month when eight men of an eleven- committee voted to keep the “tampon tax” in place.

However, if a lack of representation is all it is in holding back progress, then it should be a no-brainer to exempt the tax in New York. In doing so, the state would establish itself as a leader toward creating an accepting and more inclusive community, where the needs of the people are met with the respect they deserve.

Moving forward, states can take action by exempting tampons from the sales tax, if it applies, to make feminine hygiene products readily available to low-income women by way of subsidy or mandating their presence in certain public locations, among others.

This is an opportunity for women to have their demands met, to educate the public on human rights and to make strides toward a more equal and accepting society — and New York state should be one of the first to make this happen.

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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Assessments could aid future deans Deans are hired with the goal of meeting a vision for their respective school or college to contribute to a greater framework of success for Syracuse University. But that progress can only be made if the needs of an on-campus entity are explicitly identified at the start.

The Hendricks Chapel dean search committee is poised to conduct an assessment of the chapel’s programs and policies after having not undergone a thorough review in more than 30 years.

The committee will evaluate Hendricks’ facilities, finances and the chapel’s “current and emerging challenges and opportunities,” Hendricks Interim Dean Samuel Clemence said. The review will also compare Hendricks’ to the religious offerings of peer institutions.

The failure to comprehensively assess an on-campus entity for more than three decades is unacceptable. But what should be taken away from Hendricks’ course of

action is the campus-wide measure to review a school, college or entity each time a dean search is being conducted.

The implementation of a routine assessment for university establishments would ensure that each component of student and academic life at SU is up-to-date, equipped for the ways in which industries transform and is aligned with the university’s primary vision and campus culture as closely as possible.

The evaluations would serve as an asset to dean search committees in highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the individual school or college and ultimately draw a conceptual outline of the candidate who would best serve the university community.

In the same way, familiarizing candidates with a comprehensive breakdown of the establishment they are hoping to lead will provide them with insight to the operations at SU and the current state of the campus climate. The assessment

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would also grant potential deans with a sense of direction and the opportunity to form a solid platform based on the institution’s sources of improvement.

The combination of these informed two perspectives would ensure that the selected candidate would be more likely to transition easily into the overall culture of SU and mesh well with current students, faculty and staff without disrupting the current atmosphere.

The College of Law, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the School of Information Studies are in the process of selecting new deans.

These schools, and the greater university, should acknowledge that institutional memory is often short-lived.

But if deans have the opportunity to be in sync with their respective entity from even before they are selected, fundamental progress can be made in the long term at SU.

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Modern student activism should not be unfairly downplayed

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n the 1960s, an era famed for its passionate political activism, The Beatles provided the youth anthem for wanting a revolution to change the world. More than 50 years later, college students are singing the same tune.

A group of Syracuse University students, along with peers from Colgate University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, are pledging solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India, to protest police action against student activism.

The support follows similar demonstrations by SU students who have previously expressed solidarity with protesters in Ferguson, Baltimore and the University of Missouri.

The strength of political activism is clearly growing in power, yet student activists still may not be seen as “revolutionary” by older generations. Undeniably, the overall dynamic of activism on college campuses has changed because being an activist today doesn’t require as much outward dedication or radicalization.

While some students are incredibly passionate about their beliefs, there are also those who can passively support a cause and free ride on the effort of others.

“We were closing down uni-

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versities, marching in Washington and going to Mississippi,” said Susan Wadley, an anthropology professor in SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

“To me even the Black Lives Matter stuff is very, very minimal compared to where we were.”

But any form of political participation, physical or virtual, is better than none. Tula Goenka, a television, radio and film professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications said that young people today are breaking out of apathy.

“Students have been protesting for a long, long time,” Goenka said. “After (the Vietnam War), there was a certain complacency in society, and students were not that actively involved. In the last few years, it somehow seems like the students are once again really engaged.”

As tragic as they were, the deaths of Mike Brown and Freddie Gray have rekindled a sense of social responsibility on college campuses. Without movements like Black Lives Matter, these stories would have gotten lost in the 24-hour news cycle, causing uproar for a few minutes, only to

be promptly forgotten after the next big headline.

In the first wave of civil rights movements, political participation commonly came in the form of sit-ins and joining the Black Panther party. Activism today, however, doesn’t necessarily involve as much rebelliousness or risk. Now, you can support a cause by simply clicking “retweet” or “like” on Twitter.

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The number of signatures on the SU, Colgate University and SUNY-ESF petition expressing solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University, as of Wednesday

Sometimes a hybrid of both types of activism can be one of the best ways to reinforce the persistence and boldness of activists across the country. This was demonstrated on SU’s own campus last year by the studentrun coalition THE General Body, which supplemented older methods of protest, including an 18-day sit-in in Crouse-Hinds Hall, with reaching out to protesters on social media.

While solely showing support through social media seems less passionate, it allows a greater number of people to be involved with social movements. Because

of this instantaneous news through the Internet, students at SU were able to pledge support for students at JNU, Goenka said. As one of more than 60 individuals to sign the petition, Goenka also credits Syracuse’s active South Asia Center.

The international prevalence of issues, including police brutality and inequality, shows that universities now not only have to answer to their own students, but also students both domestically and across the globe. This sense of camaraderie is essential to today’s college experience because it exposes students to real world issues and helps them become a part of something bigger than their own campus bubble.

But while this global reach is beneficial for students seeking support for their respective causes, it can also be dangerous.

Even though it allows for more connections, students are now more likely to get caught up in the heated fervor of instantaneous news or form snap judgments based on 140 characters — which may sometimes be accurate, but sometimes not.

Just take a look at the controversy spurred by “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Although the slogan is now a rallying cry for many activists — even making an appearance in Beyoncé’s “Formation” video — the Department of Justice’s

investigative report on the shooting of Mike Brown concluded that the gesture of surrender could not be confirmed.

While it was ultimately a speculated event based on conflicting witness stories, “Hands up, don’t shoot” instantly gained lots of support, as most young people are drawn to things that go viral. Buzzwords can help social and political movements because more people are prompted to participate, but students should take time to fully educate themselves on an issue before pledging loyalty.

Political expression by students today may not be as gung-ho as previous generations, but activism depends on the context of the era, and it isn’t fair to say that one generation is more passionate than another. Though activism today may not be like a Beatles’ song, political consciousness looks different for everyone.

But what remains the same, and what should always be the primary focus, is that activism is an intellectually active process. It requires students to discover the truth for themselves, rather than accepting what is told to them.

Rashika Jaipuriar is a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at rjaipuri@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @rashikajpr.

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mental leave These moments are rare for Arias now, the moments when the anxiety, depression and panic become so debilitating that a voice inside her head — she calls it “the bad voice” — tells her she’s stupid and worthless.

It’s only after visiting several mental health services on campus, taking a year-and-a-half mental health leave of absence from Syracuse University and staying in an inpatient treatment facility for 15 days that Arias has the tools to deal with the anxiety, depression and panic.

She has the medication. She has a self-care regimen that includes watching “The Office” and painting her nails. She has the unwavering support of her boyfriend. She has the capacity to see the dread for what it really is: an irrational symptom of mental illness, a bad voice in her head.

“I’m so much better now,” Arias said.

“Before I left, I would have stayed up all night.

I wouldn’t have been able to deal with any of it.”

••• rias is one of many students around the country taking mental health leaves of absence from their universities. Increasingly though, students at institutions such as Duke University and Yale University have been finding it difficult to take a mental leave of absence and then get readmitted into school afterward.

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At SU, there is no minimum or maximum time requirement for mental health leave. At SU, a stipulation for readmission is that students enter treatment with a licensed mental health provider, according to the Counseling Center’s website. Students also have to apply for readmission at their home college.

“The policies that I see as problematic are overly intrusive and put challenges on students that are not in place for students that take other (non-mental health) leaves of absence,” said Karen Bower, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer who works with mental health issues on college campuses.

Duke and Brown universities, for example, require that mental health leaves of absence last two consecutive semesters, according to the policies listed on their websites.

“It can be a lengthy period of time that might be more than what the student actually needs,” Bower said.

Reasons for the two-semester requirement may vary, said Victor Schwartz, medical director of the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that works to promote mental health on college campuses.

Some schools might have rigid course sequences, which would make it difficult for students to return after one semester and take classes usually offered another semester, he said.

Schools might also institute a two-semester policy to discourage frivolous leaves of absence, Schwartz said.

“I think there’s a concern from schools out there that students might use a leave as a way of bailing out on a semester that’s going badly because they didn’t do the work,” he added.

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hendricks The committee will begin meeting “very soon” this semester, Clemence said. He added that the committee will likely do some writing over the summer and may meet a few times in the fall before beginning the dean search soon after.

“We’ll hopefully then find a dean that really agrees with what the review process has brought out or is inspired by it so we can attract the very best dean we can to lead us and make the chapel a vibrant, great place to be,” Clemence said.

In addition to reviewing Hendricks’ programs, facilities and finances, the search and review committee will also review the chapel’s “current and emerging challenges

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At the same time, some universities put a cap on the amount of time students can be on leave. Vanderbilt University, George Washington University, the University of Rochester and Boston University — all SU peer institutions — do not allow students to be on mental health leave for more than one year, according to the policies listed on their websites.

Some of the most restrictive leave policies, Bower said, require students to meet certain conditions, such as getting a job or taking classes, if they want to return to school.

Southern Methodist University, for example, requires students wishing to return to campus after a mental health leave of absence to take a class at a community college, get a job or do volunteer work if they want to be readmitted back into school, according to SMU’s website.

The reasoning behind this, Schwartz said, is to ensure that students are in a place to handle the stresses of school when they come back.

At SU, there is no minimum or maximum time requirement for mental leave. Under SU’s policy, a stipulation for readmission is that students enter treatment with a licensed mental health provider, according to the Counseling Center’s website. Students also have to apply for readmission at their home college.

Under the policies at other schools, Arias may not have been able to return to campus after a year-and-a-half mental health leave of absence.

••• hen Arias came to SU as a freshman in 2012, she was excited to start school as a newspaper and online journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She was happy, even, because she started dating Julio Vidals, a freshman who, like her, was from New York City.

But soon she began to have anxious thoughts, and even little things, such as getting out of bed and completing assignments, became triggers for panic and anxiety attacks. So Arias stayed in her dorm, sleeping during the day and crying, or trying to figure out how to breathe during the night.

Both were normal occurrences during her first few semesters on campus.

The more anxious Arias got, the more depressed she became, until her logic became warped and she worked herself into a vicious cycle of thinking about failing and not going to class.

By the end of her first semester, she was put on academic probation.

Vidals, her boyfriend, was with Arias during her first attacks. He would always hold her during her attacks and tell her they would get through it together.

He encouraged Arias to go to the Counseling Center at the end of the first semester of her freshman year. After going twice, the Counseling Center referred Arias to The Psychological Services Center, which is staffed by doctoral students in the psychology department on campus.

After weekly appointments at Psych Services, she had a diagnosis: clinical depression and general anxiety disorder.

She was prescribed anti-anxiety medica-

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and opportunities.”

One of these challenges, Clemence said, will be making Hendricks a “central and vital” part of the campus.

Clemence said he would like there to be more “vibrant” religion programs at the chapel and for students to feel like they’re welcome to come to the chapel — whether it be for services, musical programs or for People’s Place.

He added that the chapel is a “safe place” where students, faculty and staff can meditate, pray or talk to chaplains about things that may be bothering them.

“The chapel is at the heart of the campus geographically, right at the center of campus,” he said. “And I think we’d like to have more students come to the chapel.” atorrens@syr.edu

tion and antidepressants from the psychiatrist in Health Services. But the medication didn’t always work well with her body or mind.

Arias continued to skip classes and not complete assignments, while still attending weekly therapy sessions at Psych Services.

The therapy helped, she said, but she sometimes thought about taking more medication than her prescribed dose, or cutting herself. But she never did.

“I thought I could always just take all my pills at once and be over it with it,” she said. “But then I was like, ‘What’s the point in dying?’”

Arias decided to take a mental health leave of absence at the end of her sophomore year. She went to the Office of Student Assistance and a counselor sat down with her and helped her fill out the paperwork. She said SU’s services were “great” about the process.

“I still felt this darkness,” Arias said.

“And I thought, ‘I can’t do this every semester I’m here.’”

••• early six months after Arias returned home, her mom checked her into an inpatient facility at the Columbia University Medical Center because her anxiety and depression were still present. The inpatient ward was called 9-Garden North, or 9GN for short, Arias said.

She stayed there for 15 days. Woke up.

Took meds. Ate. Did activities. Ate. Did activities. Slept. Repeated.

Arias became known throughout the facility for painting people’s nails right before lunch. There would be lines of people, she said, waiting for her to paint their nails.

She was put on more medication: Cymbalta, Klonopin and Gabapentin. She was re-diagnosed: panic disorder and major depressive disorder.

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Vanderbilt University, George Washington University, the University of Rochester and Boston University — all SU peer institutions — do not allow students to be on mental health leave for more than one year, according to the policies listed on their websites.

At 19, Arias was the youngest person at 9GN. All of her friends were older. There was Lindsey, the bipolar former heroin addict who would sneak Arias muffins at lunchtime. There was John, an older man who was obsessed with saying “yowza” and “oh girl.”

There was Nancy, an 80-year-old woman who kept a cat colony in the city.

Vidals, her boyfriend, visited Arias every day he could.

She was released when the therapists and psychiatrists at 9GN felt like Arias was not a danger to herself. When her mom wheeled her out the building — it’s hospital policy for patients to be in a wheelchair when they’re discharged — Arias started weeping.

“I did it,” she cried to her mom. “I did inpatient.”

It still took her about a year to be in a place

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hook-up culture from the crowd.

In the section about risk, Gunsaullus mainly spoke about the way that hook-ups are related to binge drinking. She said research has shown about 50 percent of hook-ups involve binge drinking.

On the topic of being slutty, Gunsaullus said it is ironic that women are highly sexualized and desired for their sexuality, but criticized when they want to be in control of their sexuality. Gunsaullus urged the crowd to be sexual under their own terms.

The liberation topic of Gunsaullus’s lecture focused mainly on how women feel sexually and why they have sex. She cited

where she could still come back to school. She found a regular therapist, and learned to break down her thoughts and target which ones triggered attacks. It’s a process she still uses today.

It feels like I’m seeing things completely differently than before I left. There’s no longer this dread every time I wake up in the morning.

Delaney Arias sophomore at su

The readmission process back into SU was smooth for Arias. She went to the Counseling Center and received a list of therapists she could see in the area. She wrote an impassioned plea to the Newhouse Academic Standards Committee to explain why she would be a great student.

“My academics were affected by my mental illness but not by my will or passion for my major and journalism,” she wrote in the appeal letter. “I had to try my best to stick it out but built up the courage to get help for myself. I am now ready to return and truly put my best foot forward and complete my education.”

Newhouse accepted her back into school for the fall 2015 semester, after a year and a half on leave.

••• n a Friday night at the beginning of January, Arias and Vidals walked into a generic beauty supply store near the entrance of Destiny USA. Inside the store, Arias’ eyes got wide. She spotted some shelves with assorted nail polish, ordered by color and style.

Occasionally, she said, seeing nail polish will remind her of her time at 9GN, especially when she does people’s nails.

Arias has more than 20 vials of nail polish sitting in her South Campus apartment, also arranged by color and style. They’re an important part of her self-care routine when she gets anxious or stressed. At home, she has more than 200 bottles.

As Arias browsed the shelves with her pink-for-Valentine’s-Day nails, Vidals tapped her shoulder and pointed at single bottle of nail polish titled “Cute as a Button.”

Vidals then pointed at her.

They smiled at each other and laughed.

Arias is on her way to being happy for the first time in a while. She’s starting to go to weekly therapy again, and she’s starting to make friends and go outside her room.

“I’m so proud of her,” Vidals said. “It gives me tears sometimes.”

She’s also joined Active Minds, a campus organization that works to raise awareness of mental health issues on campus.

“It feels like I’m seeing things completely differently than before I left,” Arias said.

“There’s no longer this dread every time I wake up in the morning.”

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a 2007 study by the University of Texas at Austin that found there are 237 reasons why people have sex. These reasons fall under four categories: physical, emotional, goals and insecurity. She added that it is important that women have sex for the reasons that feel right to them.

Toward the end of the lecture, Gunsaullus highlighted the importance of sexual empowerment and learning to take back your power even if it makes you vulnerable.

“The more vulnerable we are, the more authentic we are, and the more vulnerable and authentic and mindful we are … the happier we are in life,” Gunsaullus said.

As the lecture ended, the crowd collectively began to yell, “I am enough,” with Gunsaullus joining in. sfern100@syr.edu

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(FROM LEFT) ANGELA JIN AND NISHIKI MAREDIA, students at Boston College and the University of Texas at Austin, respectively, started a T-shirt company called the 1950 Collective, focused on One Direction and feminism. The name of the company came from the distance between their colleges: 1,950 miles.

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Two students create feminist, One Direction T-shirt company

By BreeAnna Poshek staff writer

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wo friends, one enrolled at Boston College and one at University of Texas at Austin, have initiated an all-female T-shirt company that has earned about $200,000 in revenue in its first year.

Angela Jin, a junior marketing major at BC, and Nishiki Maredia, a sophomore government and history major at UT, are exactly 1,950 miles away from each other, which was the inspiration for their company’s name, 1950 Collective.

“We wanted it to be as personal as possible,” Maredia said. “I think we were planning a trip between the University of Texas and Boston College when we realized that we’re exactly 1950 miles apart.”

The company specializes in making products with focuses on One Direction and feminism. Maredia said she and Jin were at a One Direction concert when they noticed that the products available were not very in-tune with what fangirls wanted.

“We approached this niche market as actual fangirls rather than a company

exploiting it,” Jin said.

Jin said the idea of social justice — and specifically feminism — is prevalent in the efforts of 1950 Collective. She added that the pair wants to focus even more on feminism in their future lines.

We approached this niche market as actual fan girls rather than a company exploiting it.

Angela Jin junior marketing major at boston college

From the outside perspective, boybands and feminist concepts may seem like a strange juxtaposition of subjects to build a brand upon, Jin said, but the contrast is purposeful.

“I think it’s actually very complementary. People don’t understand that fan girls have other interests. They stereotype them as ditzy, young or un-opinionated. People assume that me and (Nishiki) are like that

too,” Jin said. “Girls are multidimensional, and having their interests crosslinked in one, safe place is important.”

Jin added that that from a business standpoint, women’s work is often discredited, or women are not taken seriously. She added that women can be “just as, or more” successful than men, and “shouldn’t have to apologize for it.”

Mareida said she doesn’t like it when people tokenize feminism, or boast the messages without really supporting the cause, which she said sometimes happens on social media or in pop culture.

“We support women of all kinds through our use of diverse models and artists, we are educating young girls about feminism and being successful business women and we donate part of our profits to importance causes.”

Both Jin and Maredia send out regular emails to teach girls about how to be successful in business. They also donate 10 percent of their monthly profits to different organizations, Jin said, which was one aspect of the business that both girls said they always knew they wanted to do.

“We put our money where our mouth is,” Maredia said.

Jin added that it didn’t matter how big or small the business was because even if they only made $1,000 total, they wanted to donate some of that to causes that meant important things to them.

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10% The percentage of 1950 Collective’s profits that go toward feminist organizations every month

“My mom and dad are from India, where it is hard to get an education growing up, especially for women,” Maredia said. “One month we were able to send around 70 girls to school for the year with school supplies.

That was incredible to me.” blposhek@syr.edu

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Speaker talks importance of citizen engagement in community

By Siyu Liu contributing writer

At 90 years old, Charlotte Holstein has fulfilled her parents’ commitment to lend a helping hand whenever and wherever they can.

Holstein’s Russian immigrant parents often used a Russian phrase,“Tzedakah,” which she said loosely translates to “charity,” but the real meaning of the term is “justice.”

“As a child, I was required to give Tzedakah, and my earliest memories of that was giving my bed (and) my favorite part of a chicken to visiting fundraisers of a Jewish educational institution,” Holstein said. “I also had to give them the pennies I saved to their fundraising efforts.”

It wasn’t until much later in her life, Holstein said, that she began to understand what her parents were teaching her and what she was supposed to be absorbing.

Now, Holstein, who will turn 91 in September, doesn’t see age as an obstacle in her leading role as founder and executive of Forging Our Community’s United Strength

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nypirg and The New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), McNelis said. The chapter hopes to meet with Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter (D-Syracuse) and State Sen. David Valesky (D, IP) in an open forum discussion for about 20-30 minutes each, McNelis said.

Tuition hikes have continually gone up at the same time the state continually cuts funding, McNelis said. He added that while tuition usually covers roughly 40 to 45 percent of costs on college campuses, tuition hikes and state funding cuts have increased that percentage to about 60 percent, so students are paying for more than just their education.

NYPIRG will also advocate in Albany

Greater Syracuse, or F.O.C.U.S. Holstein, who is often called “Chuckie,” spoke about citizen engagement and the missions of F.O.C.U.S. at Dineen Hall on Wednesday. She is the second speaker for The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media (IJPM)’s eighth annual speaker series.

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F.O.C.U.S. was formed 18 years ago, and forums have been held every month for the past 18 years

F.O.C.U.S., Holstein said, is a citizendriven organization that uses citizen creativity and citizen engagement to impact change in central New York. The organization enables citizens, organizations and the government to work together to enhance the quality of citizens’ lives and their economic futures, she said.

“A vibrant democracy needs engaged citi-

for more funding from TAP, a program created in 1974 to assist students with funding for higher education. The maximum award from TAP is $5,000, McNelis said. The initial amount of money the program awarded students increased through the 1980s, McNelis said, but eventually stopped.

“Five thousand dollars gets you, what, like maybe a class or two here?” he said with a laugh. “… It makes little to no difference. I might be paying for one class or college textbooks.”

In Albany, NYPIRG will push legislators to increase TAP’s maximum award funding to $15,000 or $20,000, McNelis said.

“We really have a chance to have our voices heard and most importantly to us is putting a face to the name, so to speak. You

zens who understand the rights and responsibilities of being an American,” Holstein said.

She said she thinks government should work harder on engaging more citizens in decision-making.

Holstein said F.O.C.U.S. achieves citizen engagement through six c’s: celebrator, convener, clearinghouse, capacity, communicator and catalyst.

F.O.C.U.S. members are “celebrators” because every year they name someone who has been active in the communities and works with citizens as a F.O.C.U.S. Wisdom Keeper, Holstein said.

She added that the F.O.C.U.S. members are “conveners” because they bring groups together. They are “clearinghouse” because they will often have contracts with government agencies to find out what citizens want to know about certain issues.

“We’re capacity builders,” she said.

“We’re not only building capacity with people who work at the government, but those who want to learn about government.”

As “communicators”, Holstein said

F.O.C.U.S. members have hosted forums every month for the past 18 years. They are “catalysts,” she said, because they took their thoughts and ideas out to the public 18 years ago when F.O.C.U.S. was originally formed.

know, we are college students, we are going through these problems right now,” McNelis

McNelis said the meetings are effective because at the very least, students get to have hands-on conversations with the legislators. But, he said, changes in funding for college tuition is probably not something students will see for another year or two.

“To me, it’s an effect that we probably won’t see until down the line, but to me there’s no other way — it’s the best way possible to go about it as long as we’re talking about it hands-on,” McNelis said.

He added that Higher Education Action Day is an opportunity for NYPIRG and individual students, and said that while it may not directly affect their college tuition, it could eventually help with graduate school costs or college costs for their siblings and children.

We really have a chance to have our voices heard and most importantly to us is putting a face to the name, so to speak.

Conall McNelis project leader for nypirg’s higher education platform

said. “If we wrote them an email, they’d be like, ‘OK, very nice, yadda yadda yadda.’”

A vibrant democracy needs engaged citizens who understand the rights and responsibilities of being an American.

Charlotte Holstein executive director of f.o.c.u.s.

In partnership with University College at Syracuse University, F.O.C.U.S. also offers a free, 8-week interactive course of study on how local government is organized and how services are funded and delivered, Holstein said. sliu122@syr.edu

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True Religion

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Abroad columnist Claire Moran discusses what she’s learned about religion while studying and traveling around China.

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Red Flag

A documentary by SU’s Office of Electronic Media Communications was nominated for a New York Emmy.

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PULP

Data Mining isn’t just an invasion of privacy, Sex and Health columnist Isabella Ong discusses how it’s impacting public health.

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WHICH MUSIC VENUE ARE YOU?

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Is it possible there is a perfect music venue out there for every person?

Take this quiz to see which popular Syracuse concert spot you match with on a musical level, and before long you’ll be singing, “oh baby baby, we belong together.”

Text by Gabrielle Hughes staff writer

Graphic illustration by Lucy Naland design editor

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Is your style sicker than the beat Beyoncé sneezed on? no

weezer

Which is your ideal date?

mozart

Do you prefer Saint Motel or Weezer?

yes

no

Who’s the musical genius of all time? kanye

Do you find yourself dancing in the mirror and singing in the shower?

yes

Is this why you’re hot?

vending machine candy and a rock concert

dinner and a show

yes

Would you climb every mountain and follow every rainbow if given the chance?

Are there embarrassing photos of you in your old Dance Team costume?

is that a thing?

saint motel yes If you’re sticking around for the summer, check out the new Lakeview Ampitheater for outdoor concerts.

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what?

until i find my dream

How often do you tell people you’re vegan? whenever i’m not listening to this band you haven’t heard of

f shed

westcott

funk n’ waffles

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The F Shed is like the kid who sits by himself on the bus with headphones until he DJs the spring dance and is suddenly the sickest lone wolf at school.

Instead of bumming around nearby Destiny USA, blow the roof off this EDM-centered venue with an energetic house party vibe. Depending on the show and whether you opt for the VIP section, tickets range from $20 to $70. Don’t be surprised if you see a couple of 40-year-old legends getting loose in a crowd of college students. Age is but a number when you’re dancing, and no one can resist the pumping vibes of the F Shed.

Are you ready to rock? This recently renovated concert hall may have the intimacy of a converted movie theater, but that doesn’t stop concertgoers from having a wild time. Featured acts appeal to all audiences, ranging from big names like Skrillex and Grace Potter to unknown gems. Nestled in the conveniently located Westcott neighborhood, there are plenty of places to eat and drink before the show. Ticket prices usually fall between $10 and $30, which is incredibly fair for the total concert experience. Come for the music, stay for the chaos and cap it off with a visit to the bar.

Got a hankering for chill vibes and next-level breakfast foods?

This waffle house-gone-funky is a favorite among students.

Even Guy Fieri couldn’t resist the crazy flavor combinations and trendy atmosphere created

by SU alumni. The underground restaurant features professional and amateur local artists on the daily. Tickets typically take form in the cost of your food, so expect to pay approximately $10 unless you go back for seconds.

If you were a fan of the cafe in Disney’s “An Extremely Goofy Movie,” dust off your thickrimmed glasses, mellow out and dig in at Funk ‘N Waffles.

This family friendly hub for entertainment offers highclass shows and professional acts. Home to the Syracuse Opera, traveling performers, Broadway tours, comedians and so much more, the Oncenter is a hotspot for culture. Whether you’re an opera aficionado or a regular Joe hoping to get a dose of NYC-grade amusement, the Oncenter offers a variety of attractions for all ages and fans.

Spacious arenas, grand stages and professional entertainment are all yours for $30 to $70, but student tickets varying from $3 to $12 are often available in Schine.

Broadway babies, rejoice. You might not be able to catch a matinee of “Hamilton” here, but this Syracuse staple is your closest option to a Broadway theatre.

The Landmark Theatre embodies classic grandeur and offers the exhilarating experience of seeing a live theatrical performance. The ambiance alone suggests you may or may not have a chance encounter with the Phantom of the Opera. This center of the arts features traveling national tours of musicals, as well as niche shows. For $35 to $65, you can walk down history lane, enjoying old-world murals and top-notch concerts.

Average ticket cost: $20-75 Upcoming acts: Hardwell ft.

Kill the Buzz and Thomas Newsome (March 4)

Average ticket cost: $10-30 Upcoming acts: Jimkata ft.

Vaporeyes and Casa Roja (Saturday)

Average ticket cost: free-$10 Upcoming acts: Knowledge and Noteified (Friday)

Average ticket cost: $10-30 Upcoming acts: Fall Out Boy ft. AWOLNATION and PVRIS (March 6)

Average ticket cost: $10-30 Upcoming acts: Experience Hendrix (March 16)

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Film created by SU staff nominated for NY Emmy Award

By Lizzie Michael asst. feature editor

Last year the late journalist David Carr was honored with the i-3 award as part of the Mirror Awards at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. SU’s Office of Electronic Media Communications was tasked with creating a five-minute documentary in his honor. But after rounding up Carr’s friends and colleagues from The New York Times, editor Meg Lynch said the office ended up with 28 minutes of content they wanted to include.

Instead of simply throwing the extra footage away, the crew submitted the “fat version” of “Remembering David Carr” to WNET, the largest PBS market in the country. They also sent it to the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts

and Sciences, which awards the Emmys.

After airing on Public Broadcasting’s WNET, the documentary was nominated for an Emmy. The winner will be announced at the March 19 ceremony.

Stephen Colbert, journalist Jake Tapper, SU professor and author Mary Karr, actress Lena Dunham and journalist Gay Talese are all featured in the documentary. But of the 11 interviews featured in the documentary, director Stu Lisson said actor Tom Arnold’s was particularly memorable.

Arnold sat inside the Joseph I. Lubin House in New York City, but as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, construction noises from the building next door began to drown out his voice.

“Before I know it, he’s 6-foot-2, he’s standing up at his seat, microphone hanging at his side, and said, ‘What’s that noise? Let’s

go find out,’” Lisson said.

To Lisson’s delight, the interview was able to continue on schedule when the head of the construction crew agreed to stall construction.

Lisson said when they finished, almost on cue, the jackhammering started up again.

“That’s the power of movie stars,” Lisson said with a laugh.

To create the film, Lisson and Lynch reached out to The New York Times’ executive editor Dean Baquet for sources. Carr had had such a strong influence on his peers, Lisson said, that when they called to request interviews, not a single person said no.

“We were really excited about him because he’s the legendary New York Times reporter, who everybody knows about, who everybody loved,” Lisson said.

One person interviewed was Bob Thomp-

son, an SU professor and the director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture.

“Not only did I enthusiastically say yes, but then a week later when (Stu) hadn’t made the arrangements yet, I kept calling in saying, ‘When are we going to do the David Carr?’” Thompson said. “I was begging Stu to have the interview done.”

Although EMC has been nominated for Emmys before, Lisson said the New York chapter is the most competitive in the country and it is an honor to simply be recognized.

Thompson attested to the quality of the film.

“I have to say I really like that documentary. I thought it was really beautifully — it was so professional and had beautiful production values,” Thompson said. “I mean, all the stuff they do is really, really good.” emmichae@syr.edu

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Companies should rethink maternity leave, data mining policies

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ow, more than ever, society lacks privacy. If I search online for a condom brand, that brand will show up on my Facebook feed as an advertisement. Data mining has become a huge tool in marketing specific brand items to individual users.

But this mining doesn’t just get turned into harmless Facebook ads. It also applies to larger institutions, such as workplaces. These companies track what you eat, where you shop and even whom you vote for in order to monitor and make decisions about your health.

Christina Limpert-Leclercq, a women and gender studies professor at Syracuse University, said this invasion of privacy could allow companies to classify employees with certain

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health conditions and make predictive suggestions to help manage their health care.

“From what I can tell, businesses hire data mining companies like Castlight Health Inc. to direct and shape employee decisions about health care, including reproductive health.”

Limpert-Leclercq said.

These companies fear having to give maternity leave, so to prevent losses, they will fire a female employee before she conceives.

Limpert-Leclercq said these private sector

companies are more interested in accumulating clients and a making a profit for the shareholders than in women’s health.

“Data mining companies claim to want to ‘empower people to make better choices,’ but Castlight limits their in-house network of providers and services, so the notion of individual choice becomes a ruse,” she said.

In comparison with other advanced economies, the U.S. does not mandate paid maternity leave at the federal level for new mothers. New mothers are given zero weeks of paid leave and 12 weeks of protected leave.

Contrast this to Estonia, which allows 108 weeks of paid leave and 180 weeks of protected leave. The unfair maternity system in the

workforce speaks on a larger scale of female reproduction. When society diminishes a woman of her humanity, procedures are created to continue this dehumanization.

Corporate organizations should not fire their workers based off profitability. It’s unethical and reinforces many ideals — such as a woman’s place is not in the workforce.

The U.S. needs to better protect women’s reproductive rights. Stop this invasive method of figuring out a woman’s fertility as it only harms our ladies and is really nobody else’s business other than her own.

Isabella Ong is a sophomore television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp. She can be reached at iong01@syr.edu.

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GREEN DAY Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub prepares for Green Beer Sunday

By A.J. Gersh staff writer

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ennis Coleman, the 36-year-old general manager of Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub, is a part of a family deeply rooted in the pub business. In 1933, after the repeal of prohibition, Coleman’s grandfather, Peter A., founded the bar that currently resides on South Lowell Avenue. Coleman is one of three sons to manage Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub. His father, Peter J., began his career while still in his teenage years and eventually became manager. About 52 years ago, Peter J. came up with a way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style: He created the Syracuse-wide famous Green Beer Sunday. This year’s event kicks off with a parade at noon Sunday at Coleman’s.

“It was originally a small one-room bar,” said Coleman. “My father took over probably 60 years ago. He started working here when he was 18. He turned it into more of a restaurant and what it is known as today.”

Due to not being able to celebrate on the holiday itself due to the influx of business on that day, his father created the event as a clever marketing ploy that turned into a St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza. Coleman said his father wanted to make sure that he and his employees not only got a chance to celebrate, but also got to make the most out of a holiday that embraces beer.

Serving green beer on a Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day has since become a tradition at Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub. Since its inception, Green Beer Sunday has been a way for Syracuse to kick off shamrock season.

Coleman said Green Beer Sunday has evolved from a way to get more people into the pub to one of the biggest and most fun days of the year.

“It’s kind of wild, but when you’re running a bar, you’ve got to do some crazy, unconventional things to drum up business.

I think it is pretty awesome that he tried it and it just took off,” Coleman said.

Coleman is excited to kick of this year’s St. Patrick Day season in style. With good weather predicted, Green Beer Sunday is expected to attract a crowd of up to 2,000. A main event that Green Beer Sunday offers is the Green Beer Parade, which happens right outside Coleman’s Pub. “Some people come for the parade and then they leave, but we are normally around a couple thousand,” Coleman said. “If we have a nice day like we are supposed to this year, a lot of people will stay. It could be very big.”

The parade consists of a few floats, Irish bagpipe performances, Irish step dancers and the green beer truck.

The truck is the biggest attraction of the day. The Coleman’s tanker truck holds 10,000 gallons of green beer.

Coleman says that the green beer truck is the heart and soul of the parade, as everyone wants their shot at drinking a St. Patrick’s Day-themed brew.

Coleman stressed that Green Beer Sunday is an awesome way for the Syracuse community to come together and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. He believes it’s something the community looks for each year and gets everyone ready for spring.

The block-and-a-half parade begins at noon. There will be live music courtesy of the Mere Mortals at 3 p.m. outside.

“I think Green Beer Sunday is a good excuse for people to go out, have fun and have a good time,” Coleman said. ajgersh@syr.edu

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KELLY CROSS was indefinitely suspended by head coach Gary Gait last season, but has provided depth in SU’s midfield in 2016. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

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Kelly Cross walked to the sideline and huddled around a team she was not a part of until a few weeks before.

In early February, the team had yet to play its first game, but preparation began by playing inter-squad scrimmages. Moments before, amid the shouts inside the Ensley Athletic Center, the senior assisted on a goal, distributing to players she’d known for years but hadn’t been teammates with in months.

The midfielder was indefinitely suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules in late March 2015. Four days before announcing her suspension, Cross was the driver of the car that crashed into the Mount Olympus steps. Cross was allowed to practice in the spring during her suspension, but couldn’t travel or play in games. By August, she was no longer enrolled at Syracuse.

“She’s gone through a lot,” assistant coach Regy Thorpe said. “We’re very proud of her. I think most people would maybe pack it in and transfer. She dug her cleats in and did her stuff off the field in the community that she needed to do to come back.”

About 13 hours before the crash, in one her best career games to that point, Cross scored a hat trick, picked up five ground balls and forced two turnovers at then-No. 7 Northwestern, which beat then-No. 5 Syracuse 11-10. After working to return to the place she was at before the suspension, Cross gets the chance to follow up last year’s performance when she sees the Wildcats again Sunday as No. 2 Syracuse (4-0) hosts No. 7 Northwestern (1-1) at noon.

In Cross’ return, she’s started only one of the team’s four games, but scored five goals and grabbed three groundballs. It’s a continuation of the success she saw in her first year contributing for the Orange as a junior. Before the suspension, she started

all 11 games, scoring 14 goals and assisting on six, ranking fourth on the team in points.

“She came right back to where she was beforehand,” said teammate Riley Donahue. “She’s been very consistent, as she was last year.”

Cross declined an interview for this story.

She is concentrating on moving forward, Cross said through an SU spokeswoman via email, and she’s focused on this season after addressing what happened and working through it with her family and teammates.

After the time off, coaches and teammates have seen her work hard to get to where she was before by running extra sprints and working outside of practice.

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“You can train on your own but it’s not game speed,” Thorpe said. “The offense she knows. She’s got chemistry with the players. But now she’s getting herself into really good game shape.”

In her incremental improvements, she’s worked her way back to the player head coach Gary Gait calls one of his best midfielders. Her return, he said, strengthens the defense and scoring of his squad.

Through that extra work, both coaches said that Cross has developed into a vocal leader for the team. Donahue said Cross has brought “positive energy,” directed players both on the field and off and led a team that includes her sister, freshman Julie Cross.

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Storylines to watch as Syracuse begins spring practices

By Paul Schwedelson asst. sports editor

The next step of the Dino Babers era began on Tuesday when Syracuse held its first spring practice. Babers replaced Scott Shafer as the Orange’s head coach when he was hired on Dec. 5. After spending two years at Eastern Illinois and two at Bowling Green, Babers has a 37-16 record as a head coach.

Here are some key storylines to keep an eye on during spring practices, which last until SU’s spring game on April 2.

1. The hurry-up spread offense and the quarterback’s role The most notable piece that Babers brings with him to Syracuse is his offensive scheme.

He worked on the staff at Baylor under head coach Art Briles from 2008-11. Briles’ uptempo scheme helped bring the Bears to national prominence.

Last season, Syracuse used an offense built around the option play. While Babers will likely keep the quarterback in shotgun often, it’s a far cry from the scheme that former offensive coordinator Tim Lester ran. After Tuesday’s practice, quarterback Eric Dungey said he won’t be running nearly as much as he did last season.

Dungey missed the last three games in 2015 and took several hits to the head throughout the year while scrambling out of the pocket.

2. Defensive end depth Syracuse doesn’t have any defensive ends with collegiate experience at the position.

Spring ball provides an opportunity for the

Orange to sort out who could potentially fill the void left by a host of players that are no longer with the program.

Redshirt-freshmen Jake Pickard and Kenny Carter are SU’s only returning defensive ends, but neither played in a game as true freshmen in 2015. Syracuse has moved linebacker Kenneth Ruff, a freshman who enrolled a semester early, and tight end Trey Dunkelberger to the Orange’s weakest position.

At the conclusion of last season, Luke Arciniega announced that he wouldn’t be using his final year of eligibility after suffering several injuries over the course of his career. Ron Thompson declared for the NFL Draft despite having another year of eligibility, and Amir Ealey and Qaadir Sheppard were both dismissed from the team.

That leaves a hodge-podge of players looking to fill the spot.

3. Where the ex-hybrids will play Lester used a position called the hybrid, where a skill-position player would line up either in the backfield as a running back, the slot as a wide receiver or on the wing similar to a tight end. Ervin Philips, Ben Lewis and Dontae Strickland played the position last season. Though Lewis decided to forgo his final year of eligibility due to health concerns, Philips and Strickland return from the group.

At the first practice, Philips worked with the wide receivers while Strickland worked with the running backs. After, both Philips and Strickland said it’s easier for them to focus solely on one position instead of preparing to line up in multiple spots.

News and notes • Junior linebacker Zaire Franklin wore a red jersey in practice on Tuesday, meaning that he was limited. When asked about a potential injury, Babers didn’t specify why he had the jersey on, only disclosing that it’s up to the medical staff.

• Syracuse’s offense wore orange practice jerseys on Tuesday while the defense wore white and quarterbacks wore black. Under Shafer, the offense would wear green, the defense would wear red and quarterbacks and limited participants wore white. pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

ERVIN PHILIPS is one of SU’s former H-backs that will switch positions this season with the departure of SU’s last coaching staff. dave salanitri staff photographer

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Shkudun rides improved serve to No. 42 ranking

By Matthew Gutierrez staff writer

ANNA SHKUDUN has made small adjustments to her serve this season and has become the No. 42 singles player in the country. zach barlow asst. photo editor

Not much was working for Anna Shkudun on Sunday afternoon. Virginia’s Danielle Collins caught Shkudun off guard with a drop shot after a series of hard hits in the first set — one Shkudun would eventually lose, 6-1.

But down 3-1 in the second set, Shkudun uncorked a serve that whistled by Collins, the No. 3 singles player in the country, who looked at the line judge in disbelief. Two games later, still down, Shkudun powered a perfectly placed serve that tied Collins up like an inside fastball sawing off a hitter’s bat.

Twice, a Shkudun serve ricocheted off Collins’ handle, shooting straight up to the ceiling of Drumlins Country Club. Each time, Collins threw her hands to her side in frustration as the ball came down from its launch. Although Collins cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory, Shkudun dominated one part of the game: her serve.

“I would have to say (the serve) is one of my favorite shots,” Shkudun said. “The final result of the match depends on how I serve.

If I feel confident with it, I’m pretty sure that I will play the match good, lots of aces.”

In her first year at SU, Shkudun, a graduate student, has tweaked her power shot leading her to a No. 42 singles player ranking and 6-2 singles record. Her serve, has helped Syracuse (7-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) to its highest ever ranking by the International Tennis Federation — No. 33, nationally.

Shkudun can deliver hard serves, but also expertly place them. She can hit it wide, leaving her opponent no option other than to stretch toward the ball. She can aim to the body and handcuff her opponent. She can serve down the middle of the court and

eliminate her opponent’s angles.

“It’s really nice to be able to practice against her because you know once you get into a match,” sophomore Nicole Mitchell said, “you’re not going to have anyone who’s going to be able to serve that well.”

Of SU’s eight matches, seven have been indoors, which Shkudun said people have told her adds 3-5 miles per hour to her serves.

Yet, Shkudun has “no idea” how fast she can serve. She’s never had it clocked and nobody’s ever told her the speed of it. Head coach Younes Limam estimates it tops out at over 90 mph.

Shkudun’s jumping higher at the start of her serve, which has allowed her to connect her racket with the ball a couple of inches higher, and tossing the ball a couple of inches out in front of her. Both have added power and velocity to her serve.

“Her serve has been there for her the whole time,” Limam said. “It’s just a matter of trusting it more and really using it as a weapon.”

Until two years ago, Shkudun was constantly toying with her serve. It’s always been powerful, she said, but never consistent. She worked with several coaches in the Ukraine, her home country, but each coach would say something different than the other and advise her to make adjustments. One told her to change her body movement. A second adjusted her leg positioning. Another the height of her toss.

“My serve was unstable, you know?” she said, “because all the time you have to change the movement, it’s not good.”

Two years ago, while playing tournaments in the Ukraine, Shkudun found what meshed for her. Despite the adjustments she’s made this season, Shkudun has largely stuck to it and is reaping the benefits. mguti100@syr.edu

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butler on Thursday at 7 p.m., she’ll surpass her own high watermark.

Shooting had always been her calling card, but never to Hillsman’s extreme. Butler had to assimilate herself to the Orange’s offense before becoming its catalyst. That meant believing a contested 3 was more valuable than driving to the basket.

“Butler has a God-given stroke,” Sykes said. “You very rarely see a player that has such a smooth, sweet stroke that she does.

It is just pure. There’s no glitches to it. It’s one motion. You would pray to have a stroke like that.”

Hillsman identified Butler as a reluctant shooter coming into his program, and in turn she only put up six shots in her collegiate debut. She attempted more than 10 shots in only eight of 32 starts as a freshman.

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depth expected back “pretty quick,” but as of Sunday, Desko didn’t know whether or not he’d miss any games.

Redshirt sophomore attack Matt Lane stepped in when Barber had to move positions to replace Piroli. Freshman attack Devin Shewell entered when Barber went down.

If both Piroli and Barber can’t go, Lane and Shewell will likely be in the starting lineup when the No. 3 Orange (2-0) faces Army on Sunday in the Carrier Dome at 4 p.m.

“You probably saw somewhat of the pecking order today,” Desko said after the game on Sunday, “with Shewell and (Nate) Solomon, and we want to get (Gale) Thorpe in also.”

Lane was the first in. Standing in a circle near midfield, he towered over the rest of the starting lineup. At 6 feet 7 inches, the tallest

But the stat sheet speaks to Butler’s evolvement, how an initial shooting hesitancy confined her to average seven points per game as a starter. Now she’s averaging 15 shots per game to complement her 14 points a game.

Her role doesn’t come without its perils, and Butler’s abundance of shots taken has led her to miss an NCAA-worst 216 3-point attempts. But Hillsman never steered her away.

“I think it should be easy,” Hillsman said of being a shooter. “If you were a player and the coach said, ‘Shoot the ball every time you touch it and I don’t care if you make it or not,’ I don’t see that being pressure.

“If my coach told me to shoot the ball every time, I wouldn’t ever have an assist. Ever.”

Despite assists actually leading to points, Hillsman demands Butler be on the receiving end, not giving.

He references former Orlando Magic forward Dennis Scott as Butler’s NBA

player in the Carrier Dome used his size to his advantage, muscling past a 7-inches shorter Albany midfielder, Ky Tarbell, before tossing the ball to Shewell for a goal.

Lane finished with two goals and two assists on the day.

“I really just took it as any other game,” Lane said of his first career start. “I was just happy to be out there and help the team win.

I don’t really think I was that successful.”

Just over a minute into Shewell’s one half of play, he had already scored. SU caught Albany keeper Blaze Riorden out of the cage going after a groundball and Shewell cut to the net and caught a pass from Dylan Donahue for the goal.

Shewell ended the game with two goals on six shots.

“I thought he fit in very well,” Desko said. “One of his strengths is his shot. … He’s finding the back of the net as a freshman and

comparison. Scott led the league in 3s in the 1995-96 season but averaged less than three assists per game. Butler averages less than two.

They’re both high-release shooters who can roll out four to five makes in a row, SU’s head coach said. Butler prefers instead to pattern her game off childhood icon Ray Allen and reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry.

Both specialize behind the arc, but what piques Butler’s interest is what comes before the shot.

She studies how they read screens and set themselves to shoot in traffic.

“The hardest part … is when a team’s really overplaying you for shooting,” Butler said.

“They see you as a 3-point shooter so they try and run you off your spot and make you have to do other things off the dribble to get the 3-point shot off.”

In Syracuse’s “program-changing” win over then-No. 10 Florida State on Thursday,

You probably saw somewhat of the pecking order today with Shewell and (Nate) Solomon, and we want to get (Gale) Thorpe in also.

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that’s a good thing.”

Solomon, another freshman, was next off the bench after Shewell and Thorpe, a redshirt freshman, followed in the final minutes of the game.

Desko has praised Thorpe, labeling

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Butler wove around a Bria Day screen to her left that blocked guard Emiah Bingley.

The senior set her feet at the top of the arc, staring down 6-foot-5 center Kai James, and unleashed her shot just above James’ outstretched right arm.

Butler banked the ball through the net.

It capped off a 12-point, 4-for-7 3-point shooting performance in the first quarter. But she didn’t make any of her eight attempts the rest of the game.

Butler’s performance was just an average one by the game’s end. At halftime it was good, but after the first quarter it was great. It’s the life of a shooter, and it’s the only one Hillsman’s ever wanted her to live.

“Coach had so much faith in her shot and he knew the potential she had to be a pure shooter and the shooter she is now,” Sykes said. “That credibility behind the number 13 is just forever going to be in the books.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @ConnorGrossman

him as a scorer and saying he’d be the first player on the field on offense in the man-up situation. But because Donahue and Jordan Evans, both left-handed, were the two attacks remaining, righties Shewell and Solomon got the nod before the left-handed Thorpe to add variety to the lineup.

After Syracuse’s first game, a win over Siena on Feb. 13, Desko answered a question on if his players were all healthy with one word: “Yes.” One game later, it took six sentences, 75 words, and the sentiment was more a matter of “we’ll see.”

“They’re our future,” Desko said of Shewell, Solomon, Thorpe and others on Feb. 13.

If Piroli and Barber can’t return for Sunday, they’ll also be the present. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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LET IT FLY Butler and SU carry 8-game win streak into matchup with BC

by the numbers

By Connor Grossman asst. web editor

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rittney Sykes’ eyes widened recalling the statements from head coach Quentin Hillsman three years ago. Standing with fellow freshman Brianna Butler at the time, their new head coach’s instructions were clear, and directed at Butler. “’I don’t care if (the opponent) has their hand in your face,’” Sykes remembered Hillsman saying. “‘You shoot the ball.’”

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342 Brianna Butler

Alexis Peterson

Brianna Butler’s hit 342 3-pointers in her career. She leads all active players nationally in the category.

Alexis Peterson averages 5.3 assists per game, which ranks second in the ACC.

You very rarely see a player that has such a smooth, sweet stroke that she does.

It is just pure. There’s no glitches to it. It’s one motion. You would pray to have a stroke like that.

the lineup Here are the top three scorers from Syracuse (orange trim jerseys) and Boston College (black trim jerseys) heading into their matchup on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Conte Forum.

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Alexis Peterson

Brianna Butler

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Kelly Hughes

Mariella Fasoula

Nicole Boudreau

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on the glass SU grabs rebounds 60.6 percent of the time compared to BC’s 43.4 percent.

energy efficient Here’s a look at SU’s points per possession during its current eight-game win streak.

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Hillsman delivered his demands at the softspoken, 5-foot-11 then-freshman whose recruiting pitch was predicated on her taking 300 3s and making one-third of them. She wasn’t used to taking every shot, only certain ones in space.

But Hillsman admired Butler’s high release.

He applauded her smooth stroke that lent itself to consistency. He believed she was the best shooter in the country.

The message became increasingly clear: Don’t shoot, don’t play.

That’s how Butler became the country’s most prolific 3-point shooter.

“I just took into it,” Butler said of her specialized role. “I’ve always been able to shoot, and I was just putting up more shots.”

She heeded her coach’s vision, and the senior guard has logged more minutes than any Syracuse player in the last four years en route to becoming the NCAA Division I active leader in career 3s. Butler has the three best 3-point shooting seasons, by field goals made, in program history. With three makes from behind the arc for No. 18 SU (22-6, 12-3 Atlantic Coast) against Boston College (14-13, 2-12) see butler page 15

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SU relies on emerging backups in absence of starters

By Jon Mettus digital editor

Tim Barber stood on the sideline, clutching his helmet in his hand.

The starting midfielder, who had started at attack in place of an injured Nick Piroli, just watched as his teammates played.

“It’s a luxury, I mean, for our whole team,” Barber said on Feb. 18 — three days before the game.

“If someone goes down, you have people that you can pull down from the midfield. … You don’t miss a beat.”

But Barber had been flattened with a helmet-to-helmet hit at the

end of the first half against Albany on Sunday. He stayed on one knee as the teams jogged off the field and stayed on the sideline when the game resumed.

Syracuse knew it’d have to replace 63 percent of its scoring coming into the season, including its entire starting midfield. But

what it couldn’t have known is that just a game and a half into the year,

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Percentage of Syracuse’s starting lineup that has been injured

it’d have to replace two starters sidelined with injuries.

Piroli, a graduate attacker, is “week-to-week” with a lowerbody injury, head coach John Desko said, and he expects to have him back before the end of the year. Barber, a senior, is

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