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N • Cyber case

Syracuse University professors debated on Friday the implications the Apple vs. FBI case on breaking into an iPhone will have on cybersecurity.

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P • Sit skiing

Syracuse local Gregg Kuersteiner continues to ski the slopes every weekend by “sit skiing” with the Arise & Ski adaptive winter sports program.

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S • Battle tested

Syracuse held off a furious second-half comeback by Army to escape with a 9-8 win. Syracuse extended its season-opening win streak to three.

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Campus resources aim to address trend in college suicides

Ban fits national trend Use, storage of hoverboards temporarily suspended

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Send Silence Packing, a display organized by Active Minds, appeared on the SU Quad last April. The 1,100 backpacks represent the rough number of college students who commit suicide each year. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

By Brett Samuels senior staff writer

uicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 15-24. But dig a little deeper, and the statistics surrounding suicide are complex, and at times can seem contradictory.

Studies show women are more likely to attempt suicide, but men are more likely to be successful. Suicide rates vary among racial groups. National data shows between 7 and 10 percent of undergraduates will consider suicide during the course of the academic year, but less than 1 percent of those people will attempt suicide.

“What is it about college students that make them different from other age groups in terms of suicide?” said Max Malikow, a psychotherapist who teaches an honors course at Syracuse University on the psychology of suicide. “In some cases, nothing.

“None of this is simple.”

In a 2014 national survey of college counseling center employees, 94 percent of directors reported a trend of an increasing number of students with severe psychological problems. That trend is reflected at SU, where the Counseling Center has seen an increase in the number of students accessing its emergency services.

While suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 15-24 year olds according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is rarely caused by a single factor.

The issue is complex, and experts say colleges across the country have adjusted or added mental health resources as a result of more awareness, or in some cases as a result of suicide clusters. These services, while not always well known to students, are critical in the prevention of suicide as well as in the aftermath of a student death.

Malikow wrote his doctoral dissertation on the topic of suicide. Since then, he’s practiced as a thera-

pist and taught the subject. The things that drive suicide are present in all age groups, he said, but a couple factors separate college students from other groups.

Going away to college often involves a difficult social transition. While some students find that exciting and see it as a great social experience, others don’t always get into the social flow, Malikow said. That can lead to a sense of loneliness and isolation.

Other factors, such as depression, feelings of rage or despair, substance abuse or dealing with a profoundly difficult circumstance can also contribute to why a person might be considering suicide. But the way a younger person views those circumstances differs from those with more life experience, Malikow said.

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“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem,” he said. “But how do we know that a problem is temporary? The advantage to being older is you have enough life experience to see most problems — even profound problems — life experience teaches you that you’ll be able to get over them.”

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Syracuse University has announced a temporary ban on hoverboards on campus because of evidence that hoverboards are prone to catching on fire.

The temporary ban will include the possession, storage and use of hoverboards on university property, according to an SU News release. Firsttime violators of the ban will be issued an informal warning, according to the release.

“The University has conducted a thorough analysis of the early research and has concluded that there exists a serious safety threat to our community,” said Tony Callisto, the Department of Public Safety’s chief law enforcement officer, in the release. “This is the responsible decision to keep our campus safe.”

Callisto did not immediately return an email or phone call requesting comment for this story.

Hannah Warren, the public information officer for DPS, declined to comment beyond the press release.

Robert Howell, the acting director at the Office of Compliance and Field Operations for the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), sent a letter on Feb. 18 urging “manufacturers, importers and retailers” of hoverboards to comply with safety standards recently set

by UL, a science safety company.

In the letter, Howell said that the CPSC could seize hoverboards imported to the U.S. that fail to meet those standards and recall domestic hoverboards that don’t meet the standards.

Howell cited 52 reported incidents of hoverboards catching on fire.

SU is continuing to monitor research being done by the CPSC and the National Fire Protection Association and “will revisit the hoverboard ban as needed,” according to the release. mdburk01@syr.edu @michaelburke47

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MEET monday | alexander vélez burgos

Transfer student writes travel poetry

By Gabrielle Hughes staff writer

To Alexander Vélez Burgos, art means taking initiative. The conceptual artist, aspiring author and activist works to provoke change by challenging art for art’s sake.

Burgos, a student of the world, has studied on three continents.

He transferred from the University of Puerto Rico after his freshman year to major in international relations and philosophy at Syracuse University, then he spent his entire junior year abroad in Strasbourg, France.

Burgos said he quenches his curiosity about the human experience by reflecting on his travels and writing.

Burgos has built a portfolio of poetry he plans to release in the near future under the alias “Juan Van Rosa.”

“I’m infatuated with ideas — what ought to be, what should be, this idea of utopia,” Burgos said, explaining the root of his inspiration.

The poetry is a flow of thoughts, covering three years’ worth of examining cultures and will read like a diary, Burgos said. He first began experimenting with poetry after his musical friends looked to his poems for song lyrics.

The idea of becoming a conceptual artist emerged from a deep

understanding and appreciation for art without necessarily having the talent to physically produce it, Burgos said.

Vision drives his desire to collaborate with artists to materialize the best drawing, mural or performance piece possible, Burgos said.

While researching for an nongovernmental organization internship in Bolivia, Burgos diverted his attention to environmental activism with Sustainable Bolivia, a nonprofit organization working to create a better environment within the city of Cochabamba.

In Cochabamba, which has the most polluted air in Latin America, Burgos realized the demand for awareness and took charge of the campaign’s creative department. His murals and sign-holding performances on the streets warned citizens of the consequences of river pollution.

The fear of having a what-if moment pushes Burgos to remain motivated and delve into his passions with no reserve, Burgos said.

“All my life, I’ve been avoiding becoming an artist because of the fear that society will make you a starving artist,” Burgos said. “The greatest good in life is being happy.

Allow yourself to do what you desire.” ghhughes@syr.edu

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INSIDE N • Trophy prize

A professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry won an award for research excellence.

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S • Wing men

Against No. 7 North Carolina on Monday night, the wings of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone defense will be tested by one of the nation’s best frontcourts.

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Partners in crime The D.O.’s interactive crime map shows a round-up of criminal activity that happened near Syracuse University this week.

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Panelists talk gun rights Experts discuss campus concealed carry laws, shootings

By Chieh Yuan Chen contributing writer

KEVIN DU, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said on Friday that he will be worried about the future of cybersecurity if Apple is forced to comply with the FBI’s demand for access of a locked iPhone. riley bunch photo editor

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Professors discuss Apple vs. FBI legal battle

By Alex Erdekian asst. web editor

Three Syracuse University professors provided different perspectives on the Apple vs. FBI legal battle Friday, but all agreed on one thing: the case has major implications for cyber security worldwide.

The panel, which focused on the order for Apple to help the FBI break into the phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, was held by the School of Information Studies on Friday afternoon in Hinds Hall Room 347.

The three speakers included Kevin Du, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science; Bill Snyder, a visiting assistant professor in the College of Law; and Yang Wang, an

assistant professor in the iSchool.

There were about 40 people in the Katzer Room at the start of the discussion, with more filing in during the panel.

First, can Apple do that? And second, should Apple do that?

Kevin Du professor in college of engineering and computer science

Du discussed the case’s technological impacts, Snyder went in depth into both Apple and the FBI’s legal arguments and Wang focused

on security and information.

On Feb. 16, the FBI ordered Apple to create a version of iOS that would allow the FBI to bypass certain security features, such as the feature that causes the phone to delete its data after 10 failed password attempts, the panelists said.

The new version of iOS would also allow password combinations to be entered into the phone digitally and eliminate the 80-millisecond time delay between guesses, the panelists said. These changes would help the FBI perform a brute force attack to break into the phone, which means that they would be able to enter password combinations continuously at random until one worked, they added.

On Thursday, Apple filed a motion to vacate the judge’s order,

which defended the company’s position of refusing to comply with the FBI’s demand, according to the New York Times.

Du began his portion by posing two basic problems of the conflict to the audience. He asked, “First, can Apple do that? And second, should Apple do that?”

To the first question, Du said, yes, Apple can do that. But for the second question, he said he was concerned about the precedent that the case would set and what the case could mean for the future of cyber security. He said he doesn’t believe it would be a onetime deal, adding that other cases of the government asking tech companies to bypass encryption will be opened in the future.

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City may not have to worry about water quality

By Bridget McAllister staff writer

Earlier this month, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he plans to launch initiatives to ensure the safety of drinking water throughout the state of New York.

Cuomo is assembling a Statewide Water Quality Rapid Response Team, which will be tasked with identifying and solving any possible contamination of drinking water, groundwater and surface water, according to a press release.

For Syracuse, though, water safety may not present a problem

due to the city’s already existing clean water standards, said Charles Driscoll, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse University.

The city gets its drinking water from Skaneateles Lake in Onondaga County, according to the Syracuse Department of Water’s website. Driscoll said the lake is a very high quality water supply.

“We’re very fortunate in this region that our water is such good quality,” he said.

Skaneateles Lake is so clean that it has what is known as a “filtration avoidance agreement,”

meaning that it is exempt by the United States Environmental Protection Agency from typical water filtration measures, Driscoll said.

While there are particles of algae and clay in the lake, Driscoll said, they are so small that they do not need to be filtered for any health reasons.

The only processing required for the water in Syracuse is the addition of chlorine and phosphate, said Caitlin Eger, a university fellow in SU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Chlorine serves as a disinfectant to remove any potentially disease-causing bacteria from the water, Eger said.

“Once it gets to your house, there’s a little bit of chlorine left in it so … when you open up the tap, you’re not going to have bacteria in your water source,” Eger said.

The only real challenge for Syracuse’s water department is working with the city’s piping infrastructure, which was built more than 100 years ago, Eger said.

According to the Syracuse water department document, the city has phased out much of its lead-lined piping, but some older buildings and houses still contain their own lead pipes. see water page 6

A Texas law that will permit the carry of concealed handguns on university campuses will go into effect on Aug. 1, nearly 50 years after the University of Texas at Austin Tower shooting — one of the first mass killings on a college campus in the United States.

Steven Goode, a professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin and the chair of the university’s Campus Carry Policy Working Group, led a discussion titled “A High-Caliber Education: Gun Rights, Gun Violence, and College Campuses” in Bird Library on Friday about gun rights on campus and the Texas law.

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

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED A junior in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, 23, was arrested on the charges of driving while intoxicated and driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content greater than .08, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 12:59 a.m. where: 700 block of Euclid Avenue SOUND AND MARIJUANA An Auburn man, 20, was arrested on the charges of sound reproduction and unlawful possession of marijuana, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday at 8:15 p.m. where: 400 block of Wescott Street MULTIPLE CHARGES A Syracuse woman, 27, was arrested on the charges of assault in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of a child, according to a police bulletin. when: Thursday at 4:45 p.m. where: 700 block of Irving Avenue —Compiled by Alexa Torrens, news editor, atorrens@syr.edu See dailyorange.com for our interactive crime map.

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Centers that included 275 schools, respondents reported that 125 students committed suicide in the previous year. Eighty-six percent of them had not sought counseling center assistance, according to the report.

Cory Wallack, director of the Counseling Center at SU, said the school has seen a 66 percent increase in the number of students using the center’s services in the last five years, as well as an increase in the number of students accessing its emergency services.

While the center has seen an increase in appointments and use of services in each of Wallack’s 13 years at SU, he said the numbers can be difficult to interpret. The rise doesn’t automatically mean more students are dealing with mental illness, but it could mean students are seeking help more often.

The services offered by most colleges now include measures of prevention, intervention and postvention, which refers to the actions a school takes in the aftermath of a student suicide. Experts say it’s normal for those close to someone who committed suicide to feel guilt, anger or confusion.

Postvention partly aims to help those close to the deceased deal with those feelings.

On the Counseling Center’s website, there is a “crisis help” tab that lists various resources and assistance numbers, as well as a separate page that includes potential warning signs for depression and suicide. In addition, a therapist is available for students with mental health emergencies who walk into the center during the day.

At SU, when a student contacts the Counseling Center saying they are having suicidal thoughts, a staff member will conduct a risk assessment, which will determine a corresponding treatment plan. The focus is on establishing a safety plan and getting the student into therapy, Wallack said.

If a third party contacts the center about a student who might be having thoughts of suicide, Wallack said staff will gather as much information as possible about the student from the third party. If university therapists already know the student, they reach out to them saying someone has expressed concern about their well-being.

If the student is unknown to the staff, the Counseling Center will attempt to connect with the student through the third party, or could ask the Department of Public Safety to do a wellness check and put the student in touch with the center, depending on the urgency of the situation, Wallack said.

The university also partners with St. Joseph’s Hospital, Upstate Medical University Hospital and other local organizations for assistance with additional assessment, treatment and stabilization, Wallack said.

In terms of postvention, Wallack said SU follows many of the guidelines laid out in the Higher Education Mental Health Alliance’s postvention guide. For example, multiple offices are involved in supporting the friends, family and classmates of the deceased, regardless of cause of death. Hendricks Chapel also plays a role in providing an outlet for grieving students following campus tragedies.

In addition, the guide lays out specifics such as how to deal with the deceased student’s social media profiles in the aftermath of a suicide, when it’s appropriate to hold memorial events and how to plan a memorial service and communication with faculty.

“One of the things we know is young people are more at risk for contagion,” said Victor Schwartz, medical director at the Jed Foundation, which aims to prevent suicide and promote emotional health and college campuses. Contagion occurs when a campus death can slightly increase the risk of another person experiencing suicidal thoughts or committing suicide.

While having serious thoughts of suicide occurs each year among 7-10 percent of students, Schwartz said it’s important to recognize suicide is relatively rare among students. Statistics show that for every 1,000 students with suicidal thoughts, one dies by suicide, he said.

There’s no official or orderly way of tracking suicides on college campuses in the United States, but Schwartz said the information researchers do have suggests the suicide rate of college students has slightly decreased.

A study done in 1980 showed that, on average, there were 7.5 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. The latest data, from information gathered between 2004 and 2009, showed that number decreasing to 6.6 per 100,000.

Schwartz added that the suicide rate among people attending college is actually lower than 18-to-25-year-olds not attending college. For that group, the average is about 12 or 13 suicides per year for every 100,000 people. Schwartz said he attributes this decrease to increased awareness, more reporting on the issue and an increased likelihood of students seeking help.

“Schools are providing a richer, more comprehensive array of services,” he said.

While he acknowledged there are societal stresses and an increase in competition on college campuses over the past few decades, Schwartz said schools are doing a better job of getting people to ask for help, and getting them to ask for help sooner. In order to maintain that trend, publicizing a school’s available services is critical, Schwartz said.

Malikow, the therapist who teaches at SU, added that education is an important factor in preventing suicide.

“That education would include telling the friends and associates of anyone who might be suicidal that it’s better to lose a friendship than a friend,” Malikow said, referring to when someone who is having suicidal thoughts may not want a friend to share that information with anyone.

Being familiar with warning signs, knowing what resources are available and advertising those resources and having a memorable help hotline number are all critical in getting help for those who need it, Malikow said.

Kylie Kerker, president of Active Minds at SU, said she believes one issue on campus is that students often don’t know what resources exist that can help them. For example, she said many students might know that the university has a 24-hour help hotline, but they don’t know the number or where to find it among all the other hotline numbers listed online.

As a result, Kerker, a sophomore, set a goal to get the suicide hotline number on the back of SU ID cards before she graduates.

The Counseling Center and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline have numbers for students to call at any hour if they are experiencing mental health issues.

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“Awareness is one of the biggest ways to prevent suicides,” she said. “If you’re going through something and dealing with suicidal thoughts, the last thing you need to feel in that moment is to feel ashamed or stigmatized.”

Increasing awareness for mental illness and the resources available for help or treatment are ways to eliminate that stigma, Kerker said.

One event Active Minds hosted in an effort to increase awareness was Send Silence Packing, which, in April 2015, brought 1,100 backpacks to the Quad to represent the approximate number of college students who commit suicide each year. Each backpack was accompanied by a personal story of a student who committed suicide.

As the display spread out to cover the entirety of the Quad, the number of backpacks could be overwhelming for some and eye-opening for others. For Kerker, the personal stories, which give an emotional aspect to the backpacks and reinforce the complexity of suicide, are what made the display especially powerful.

“You see the diverse backgrounds and experiences and it’s not a cookie-cutter type thing,” she said. “It’s not just one group of people who deal with this. It can affect anybody.” blsamuel@syr.edu | @Brett_Samuels27

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SU’s ban on hoverboards is justified The Daily Orange Editorial Board unanimously supports Syracuse University’s temporary ban on the possession, storage and use of hoverboards on campus due to evidence that the devices are prone to catching on fire.

The ban comes after a federal block on the sale of hoverboards by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) until the technology meets safety standards. The measure followed a statement from CPSC announcing the investigation of “dozens of fires involving hoverboards” in January.

The university’s decision to prohibit hoverboards is a practical move made on precautionary grounds, considering the safety risks the luxury items could pose to the campus community. The

measure, and the formal warning that will be given to those who defy the rule, should be accepted by the university community as a rational effort at a time when hoverboards are not a necessity by any means and are a source of valid safety concerns.

Some may protest the ban because other modes of transport, such as cars, also pose a danger to the surrounding area. And while individuals should work to protect their rights, it is important to acknowledge that SU, as a private university, made an informed decision to put the safety of students, faculty and staff before a developing technology that has yet to meet national safety standards.

More than 30 institutions have barred the use of hover-

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boards on university property, according to an SU News release.

And it was responsible of SU to join them. In cases involving safety, it is important for action to be taken before potential injuries occur so the university can stay ahead of the curve.

It is easy to talk about these hazards in theory, but, in reality, they pose a tangible risk that could endanger the well-being for members of a highly-populated area like SU and create room for lawsuits against the university.

Hoverboard technology is still working to find its footing among college students. But in the meantime, the devices should be viewed as luxury items that fall under university jurisdiction and nothing more.

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New York state should disregard rash paid family leave bill

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ew York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s admirable attempt to provide 12-week paid family leave for workers is rightfully a hard pill to swallow for employers.

Cuomo attended a rally in Rockland County last week in a follow-up to the proposal he initially made in his State of the State address in January, where he elaborated on why he believes paid family leave should be a focus for the state.

The New York State Assembly voted on and passed the Paid Family Leave Act in early February and it is currently waiting on a vote from the Senate. However, the same bill was shot down in 2015 by skeptical senators who stand as the last barrier before the governor can sign this bill into law.

Cuomo has cited that the costs would be a small price to pay for workers: a 70 cent weekly stipend would create a state fund to cover a portion of that worker’s pay while they are on leave — 50 percent of that weekly pay is set to rise to 67 percent by 2021, according to the New York State website.

Though paid family leave is a measure that should absolutely be introduced into the economy, Cuomo’s plan to implement it to New News Editor Alexa Torrens Editorial Editor Alexa Diaz Sports Editor Matt Schneidman Feature Editor Rachel Gilbert Feature Editor Kathryn Krawczyk Presentation Director Chloe Meister Photo Editor Riley Bunch Head Illustrator Devyn Passaretti Copy Chief Ali Linan Development Editor Annie Palmer Digital Editor Jon Mettus Social Media Director Jacob Gedetsis Video Editor Nick Coggiola Web Developer Brendan Winter Asst. News Editor Michael Burke Asst. News Editor Rachel Sandler Asst. News Editor Sara Swann Asst. Editorial Editor Caroline Colvin Asst. Feature Editor Alex Archambault

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IT’S NOT PERSONAL, IT’S BUSINESS York statewide is headstrong and ignores many costs that could end up hurting the state more than it could help. If not abandoning the plan altogether, the state government should find a way to mitigate the hidden costs of this venture if it’s ever to benefit New York’s 7.5 million private sector workers, according to the U.S. Census, and their families.

Looking at other examples of paid family leave legislation in the United States, only Rhode Island, California and New Jersey provide compensated time off for family matters, a period that exceeds no more than six weeks.

Whether Cuomo is genuinely advocating for 12 weeks — or simply shooting high so he can negotiate it down — is unknown. But what is certain is that the current proposal isn’t feasible because of this unexpectedly high amount of time off as well as the other economic pitfalls including an increase in payroll and additional taxes.

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University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was clear to express that such a reform would be more complicated than a simple 70 cent weekly payment.

“When you look at things like this, there’s all sort of extra costs associated for businesses: ‘Is this part of a compensation package?’

Et cetera,” Kubik said.

These externalities for businesses are contrary to Cuomo’s incessant assurances that this will cost these employers nothing. He insists that since the payment covering workers’ leave would generated from a statewide workers’ fund, businesses will be free to use wages they would be paying to the employee on leave to hire any additional temporary staff or provide overtime.

As easy as this might be for jobs with low entry requirements, small businesses and professions that require specialized labor training are sure to have lengthy hiring processes or require the business to pay overtime to its remaining workers.

A Glassdoor Economic Research study estimated that in 2014, a typical hiring process in the United States can take longer than three weeks. That is not to mention the time, money and energy invested into training new

and impermanent employees.

On a larger scale, it could add more uncertainty to businesses’ prospects about moving into New York or starting out here. One must simply take a tour of our very own central New York to see that this region of the state is in no position to turn away business.

The kind of reform Cuomo is seeking would, and most definitely should, be better served on a national basis, rather than forcing New York business to suffer while the nation plays catch-up. Surely pride is not worth the potential fall.

The initial benefits of paid family leave seem obvious: the ability to spend time with loved ones in times of change, crisis and misfortune. For many, deciding between losing one’s job and missing out on important time with loved ones is not a choice workers should have to make in an ideal world.

Thus, those who support the family leave bill have a good reason to do so, but in the trying economic times we’re in, it’s better to play it safe. These concerns have led many New York institutions, including The Business Council, to oppose the idea at this point in time.

There is a current law in the books, the federal Family Medi-

cal Leave Act, that guarantees 12 weeks of unpaid family leave to workers and exempts small businesses with fewer than 50 employees from complying. This is a fair compromise between providing for the worker and protecting fledgling businesses. The state should bide its time and stick to the status quo, at least until the question of paid leave is addressed on a national level.

“Things like this can cause ripples for the larger state economy.

New York is not unique in looking at this and there are reasons that other states haven’t adopted policies such as (paid family leave),” Kubik said.

The bottom line is that this reform is long overdue for New York. The problem is that as long as New York stands virtually alone in this venture, it is vulnerable to losing and alienating businesses from its borders.

With the local economy already facing a litany of state and federal labor laws and externalities, heaping more on could tip the scales for struggling businesses.

Theo Horn is a sophomore political science and public policy dual major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at tahorn@syr.edu.

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‘How to Get Away with Murder’ producer talks diversity

By Stacy Fernandez staff writer

When asked what she currently does, Erika Green said that she tells stories — in addition to being the baddest b*tch in the room.

Green, a supervising producer on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder,” took part in a Q&A at Syracuse University on Thursday as part of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Leaders in Communications 15th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media. The conversation was held in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, which was filled to capacity.

Hub Brown, an associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity at SU, introduced Green.

Last year, he said, Green won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series and was nominated for another award in the same category for 2016.

Brown added that Green had previously worked on the writing staff of CBS’s “The Mentalist” for six seasons, during which she was

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apple But Du also emphasized toward the end of the panel that Apple being forced to weaken its own software and technology is as big part of the issue as the privacy concern. He said he thinks Apple should provide the information to the FBI if the company can do so without damaging its own product.

a part of the Writers Guild of America’s inaugural Writer Access Project. She also participated in the CBS Women’s Writers Showcase.

Charisse L’Pree, an assistant professor of communications at Newhouse, moderated the conversation with Green.

Green said she originally started her career on a completely different path, first in the hospitality industry and then in business.

While her path to entertainment was not direct, it has impacted her writing, she said.

“It sort of informs you as a human being because you have all of these experiences … I don’t think I could be a writer today had I not taken all of these twists and turns,” Green said.

She said having to continually coursecorrect throughout life made her nimble as a writer because she also has to coursecorrect in her writing.

L’Pree then turned the conversation to focus on Green’s experience on “How to Get Away With Murder.”

Green said she wanted to be part of the show from when she read the pilot episode because it was “weird and dark” and told the

stories of pragmatic people. Her interest was also piqued, she said, because on TV, stories with anti-heroes who are non-white heterosexual males are rarely seen.

Green said the writers’ room for the show is probably the most diverse group she has seen in her life, especially in comparison to “The Mentalist,” where she was the one person of color on staff and one of a few women.

In the writers’ room for “How to Get Away with Murder,” Green said everyone is bringing their own experiences and their own issues, which opens conversation that wouldn’t be able to be had if the underrepresented writers were the minority in the group. “(The writers’ room) is eye-opening, it is interesting, it is vulgar and it’s dirty and then it always results in something interesting happening on screen,” she added.

One of the episodes that Green is proudest to have written on, and for which she is nominated for an NAACP Image Award this year, was the fourth episode of the first season. The episode is titled “Let’s Get to Scooping.”

At the end of the episode, protagonist

Annalise Keating, played by Viola Davis, takes off her wig and removes all of her makeup. The idea behind the episode, Green said, actually came from Davis, who decided that if she was going to take her makeup off she wanted to take everything off, including her wig.

“When she took off that outer layer of armor that she goes to work with on a daily basis, where she took off the wig, where she took off her eyelashes … we wanted to make it so that she was taking off the outside armor so she could gear up for war in her house,” Green said.

This episode was the first time Green gasped in awe at seeing something she had written on the screen, she said.

She added that she wants to continue to tell stories that make people react and encourage more diversity in the hiring of writers and actors.

“I want to be able to add to the conversation and make people go, ‘damn, yeah, she did that,’” Green said.

Snyder went through the legal facets of the case during his portion of the panel.

A major factor of the legal argument for the case is the All Writs Act, Snyder said.

The act, which dates back to the 18th century, authorizes the government to issue orders they deem necessary. Snyder said Apple’s argument against the All Writs Act is that the demand the government has proposed is too burdensome.

Apple is also arguing that the demand vio-

lates its First Amendment rights, Snyder said.

The company argues that if the government can’t prohibit speech, they also can’t compel speech, he said, adding that Apple claims that writing code is a form of speech, and therefore, the company can’t be forced to produce it.

Snyder said he doesn’t think that Apple has a strong legal case in either of these instances.

He made it clear that in the end Apple won’t have the option to continue resisting if it loses the legal battle.

“It’s not up to Apple, but whatever it is at the end of the day, they don’t have the option to say, ‘We’re not going to do that,’” Snyder said. “Google did that with France, Yahoo did that with (the European Union). This is

the law. Apple doesn’t make the laws.”

Wang started off his portion of the panel by explaining that this issue is not a new conflict, and said it will become increasingly prevalent as society’s dependence on technology grows.

He listed off the implications of the case: cellular devices becoming less secure, hackers becoming better equipped and government having consent to search anyone’s phones for whatever reason.

In his closing statement, Snyder asked a fundamental question to the audience about the implications of the case: “What’s on the balance — the risk for providing this?”

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Obama’s estimates for the number of these shootings that occur are “highly inflated.”

She added that the FBI has a different definition of mass murder, which requires that four or more people be killed. Schildkraut said, for example, a shooting incident that leaves two people dead and 20 others shot should not be counted as a mass shooting because there aren’t enough deaths.

“We don’t have a national database of mass shootings the same way that we do with anything else,” Schildkraut said. “There are no real legitimate statistics.”

William Beese, a junior chemical engineering major at Syracuse University who took part in the discussion, said SU’s Department of Public Safety has a video regarding campus emergency preparedness, but added that not many people know about it.

Beese said SU should put more efforts into raising the awareness of campus safety. It should be a continuous process rather than only educating students during orientation at the beginning of freshman year, Beese said.

“Being aware of it makes everyone in the room safe — even just one person,” Beese said.

“We need to spread this out a little more.”

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He added that the number of students who will be qualified is low.

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Whether Cuomo’s initiatives have been influenced by the recent scandal in Flint, Michigan, is unclear, said Aditi Padhye, a graduate student of environmental engineering at SU. “The timing can be questioned, but it is very possible that they had it in the works,

and because of the scandal it’s just moving faster,” Padhye said Governments that don’t take an interest in their citizens’ health also run the risk of losing the community’s trust, Driscoll said.

“In the case of Flint … it was a breach of trust,” Driscoll says. “The whole community there has completely lost faith in their leaders.”

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n associate professor at SUNY-ESF recently presented a campus-wide seminar after being honored with the school’s award for exemplary research.

Giorgos Mountrakis received the 10th annual State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Exemplary Researcher Award in May 2015.

The Exemplary Researcher Award recognizes excellence in research, publishing and active involvement with graduate and undergraduate student research programs, according to a press release on the SUNY-ESF website.

Mountrakis presented a campus-wide research seminar on Feb. 11, entitled “GeoEnvironmentalism: Engineering an Equitable and Sustainable Future,” highlighting his work that the award recognized, according to the SUNY-ESF website.

Mountrakis was nominated for the award by his colleague Lindi Quackenbush, who is also an associate professor at SUNY-ESF. Quackenbush was on the search committee

that hired Mountrakis, and now the duo serves as the participating faculty in the geospatial information science and engineering department, Quackenbush said.

When Quackenbush saw the call for nominations, she said she figured that Mountrakis would be an excellent candidate based on the work that he does.

“He is incredibly driven,” Quackenbush said, “He is able to take an idea and find a lot of big picture applications.”

Mountrakis said he was pleasantly surprised by Quackenbush’s nomination.

“I was not aware I was nominated by my colleague Dr. Quackenbush, and I was really surprised to find out that I received this honor during a faculty governance meeting in front of all of my faculty colleagues,” Mountrakis said in an email.

The award provides a $5,000 research stipend that can roll over for three years, according to the release. Mountrakis said that he is still undecided on how he will use the funds.

Mountrakis is trained as an engineer, he said, but his research branches out to other disciplines including ecology, forestry and

social and computer science.

The nomination letter for the award, written by Quackenbush, highlighted Mountrakis’ research in environmental monitoring using remote sensing methods and geographic methods and in environmental decision systems.

“He’s had some individually quite impressive projects, but when you put that project followed by the next project, overlapping with a third project, it is quite remarkable,” Quackenbush said.

Mountrakis’ work has been published in various journals and books, and he has presented his work in national and international conferences, according to Quackenbush’s letter of recommendation.

When asked if he had a favorite area of research, Mountrakis said, “While it is difficult to choose among your own children, I think our work integrating satellite with socioeconomic data is an exciting path.”

Mountrakis has also accumulated a large amount of funding for his research. He has secured grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the United States

Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Syracuse Center of Excellence, according to the letter of recommendation.

Mountrakis also founded the Intelligent Geocomputing Laboratory at SUNY-ESF, according to the letter of recommendation.

“It was important for our students to have a place where not only can they conduct research, but also support each other,” Mountrakis said of the lab.

The lab has 11 workstations devoted toward the research activities of graduate students in Geospatial Science and Engineering, according to the letter of recommendation.

On top of conducting and publishing research and securing funds, Mountrakis supervises one postdoctoral researcher, four doctoral students and three master’s students, according to the letter of recommendation.

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CHRISTOPHER WEISS AND GREGG KUERSTEINER prepare to hit the slopes. Kuersteiner began skiing as a child and has been skiing for 45 years. Eleven years ago he returned to the mountains, this time in a sit ski. He is described by many as one of the fastest skiers on the hill.

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regg Kuersteiner skidded down the mountain, arms flailing, before coming to rest, entangled in the orange netting lining the slope. He waited patiently for someone to come and pick him up.

Kuersteiner isn’t like most skiers on Toggenburg Mountain. He has muscular dystrophy and makes his way down the mountain in a sit ski with a small team to guide him and pick him up, should things go wrong.

Dusting the snow off his goggles, his procession carried on. Kuersteiner led the way, guided by the reins tethering him to his guide and a snowboarder bringing up the rear.

“Luckily, I had a leg up on most people, or so to speak, because I’d skied standing so I already knew how to do it, just not on my butt,” Kuersteiner said.

Arise & Ski adaptive winter sports program is one of the oldest of its kind in central New York. Founded in 1995 by Syracuse native Christopher Weiss, who acts as Kuersteiner’s guide, the program works with people with a variety of disabilities

including spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, traumatic brain injuries, cerebral palsy and more. For Kuersteiner, the program has allowed him to revisit his favorite childhood sport and pass on the tradition to his children.

“Gregg grew up skiing his whole life and when his disability started limiting his abilities, he didn’t want to ski, because he thought it wouldn’t be the same,” Weiss said. “Finally his brother, who was a volunteer here at the time, convinced him to come and he’s been coming ever since.”

The Arise & Ski program at Toggenburg is the only one of its kind in the area. Skiers with the program range from experienced skiers like Kuersteiner to beginners.

Kuersteiner first revisited skiing after a 10-year hiatus. He picked it up again 11 years ago when his first daughter was 2 years old. He has now been skiing for 45 years and laughed that his children still haven’t caught up to him in speed.

Skiing runs in Kuersteiner’s blood.

His father, Rudi Kuersteiner achieved the highest level of ski school qualification ever awarded and was a ski school director

for many years. Gregg didn’t have to pay for a lift pass until he was 40 years old.

Although his father died before Gregg’s children were born, he said he believes he’s carrying on the family legacy. Although his dad didn’t get the chance to see Gregg sit skiing, Gregg said he would approve, adding that “he was a little bit nuts too.”

Weekend ski trips to Toggenburg are now a family affair for the Kuersteiners. Gregg will head up the mountain with a team from Arise & Ski while his three children tackle the smaller slopes. His wife Melissa holds down the fort at the base of the hill.

Melissa described her husband of 16 years as a thrill seeker. She laughed, recalling the first time they went out.

“He literally fell at my feet at PJ Dorsey’s (a local Syracuse restaurant) because it was all wet,” Melissa said. “It took five of us to get him up so he always says that he ‘fell for me.’”

Gregg has been in a wheelchair for nearly five years and has been “doing things he shouldn’t” ever since.

He mows the lawn in the summer and accompanies his children on bike rides. He has even fashioned a plough for the front of his wheelchair so he can clear the driveway.

However, skiing opened up more doors for Gregg. He described the experience of freedom on the slopes.

Weiss agreed that the therapeutic value is what keeps people coming back. He said that often, the best reactions to the feeling that comes from hurtling down the slopes comes from family members, and Melissa agreed.

“When he was able to start doing it and go fast like he used to, just the smile he got and the excitement was just wonderful,” Melissa said.

“It’s hard when you’ve got a lot of things you used to be able to do taken away from you.”

As Gregg flew down the slopes, the mountain was filled with his infectious, booming laughter. Each time he fell, a new quip emerged from the snowy mess of skis tangled on the hill.

Gregg said when he is on the hill, his family doesn’t have to worry about him because there is someone else to pick him up.

“He’s so used to it, he starts laughing when he falls so you can’t help but laugh along with him,” his daughter Elise chimed in. “He doesn’t let pain get the best of him.”

Arise & Ski is home to a lot of firsts for adapted programs.

Christopher Weiss said he wrote the first ever educational article on how to tether a bi-ski, a type of sit ski. The program coordinator designed a balancing frame used at the adapted learning center.

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Despite the occasional hiccup, Gregg is one of the more skillful sit skiers with the program. He said it took him only one run to learn the art of sit skiing. Weiss added that each skier has their own goals and the program operates on three principles.

“We want to have fun, we want to be safe and we want to be teaching something, or have a student learn something,” Weiss said.

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Newhouse commencement speaker discusses theater

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When Stacey Mindich graduated from Syracuse University, she didn’t think she would end up being a theater producer.

Mindich, a 1986 alumna, graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in magazine journalism, and began her career as a reporter for The New York Times.

In the course of her 20-year career as a journalist, she also worked for the magazine Town & Country, where she was a senior editor, and freelancer.

It was only about 10 years ago that she changed course and began producing Broadway plays and musicals. The Tony Award-winning producer was recently chosen as this year’s Newhouse convocation speaker and will receive the Commercial Theatre Institute’s Robert Whitehead Award in March, honoring her achievements as a producer.

The Daily Orange spoke with Mindich about being chosen as the Newhouse convocation speaker and her transition from journalism to theater.

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when you were chosen as the Newhouse

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writing all the time — just not quite with a byline.

of the blue, and I was very surprised … I initially felt really guilty because I was a journalist for so many years, and then I became a theater producer. When the dean first asked me, my first thought was, “but I left the field.” But she made me realize that what I do is another form of storytelling, that I’ve always been in the storytelling business, and I’ve really kind of managed to combine my love of theater and writing and stories and journalism. More and more, I find that the theater reflects true people, and how these authentic stories wind up on Broadway …

The D.O.: What was the transition like from

Stacey Mindich: It literally came out

The D.O.: While you were at Newhouse,

did you ever think you would end up as a theater producer?

S.M.: No. Never. Never ever, ever. My old beloved professor, Bill Glavin, who is sadly no longer with us, always used to say that the great thing about magazines is you can choose a subject you love, and write about that. I guess that always stuck in my head. I’m not exactly writing journalism anymore, but I certainly find myself

being a journalist to a theater producer?

S.M.: It actually wasn’t that much different or difficult because being an editor at a magazine, especially a senior editor where you’re in charge of a variety of sections, you tend to use the same skills that you use in putting together a show. A show is just a larger, more costly, sometimes much more dramatic kind of venture. You’re looking for the right writer — the right idea — and pairing that person with an illustrator in a magazine, or pairing the writer, the composer and the director in a show. You’re nurturing it, and you’re helping it grow. In magazines you edit, but in theatre, you guide and make advertising decisions …

Once the show is running or the magazine is out there in the world, you’re just constantly looking for new audience members, and you need to have a battery of ideas every single morning of your life. It’s very similar in some ways, and surely after I made the transition, I actually felt very much at home.

The D.O.: You’re producing “Hughie,” which

opened on Thursday with Forest Whitaker making his Broadway debut. How has that been?

S.M.: It’s been an unusual project. It’s an old forgotten Eugene O’Neill play, and it’s only an hour long, so most people are surprised because shows are usually longer. As far as Forest, he hasn’t been on the stage in 30 years, so it took him a long time to sort of get used to it … With these big starry revivals, the star only stays for 14 or 16 weeks, so it’s less of an emotional investment and more of a kind of exciting flash in the pan …

The D.O.: In terms of convocation, do

you know what you’re going to talk about come May? S.M.: Oh, I am so not ready to think about that … But I think the sort of natural thing is to talk about storytelling in all of its forms — how I did it as a newspaper journalist when I was first out of college, then I went into magazines where it was a different form, and in theater where I was telling it in a more live action way.

In choosing the stories that I want to tell, it feels very much like journalism to me … clramire@syr.edu @clareramirez_

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This month’s roundup of changes to Netflix selections

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his March will not be the busiest month for Netflix. Big new shows such as Fuller House and Love debuted in February, and perennial hit Orange is the New Black does not return until June.

House of Cards leads the line with a Friday release date, and the rest of the month is left to medium-sized TV shows in return seasons.

The lack of new content in the middle of the month is fortunately matched by a short list of titles leaving the streaming site. The select Ted Talks Netflix currently streams, but won’t be available after this month. This is a good month to spread out your binge watching, or as Freddy from House of Cards would put it, slow bleed it for better taste.

House of Cards: Season 4 (Friday) Netflix’s biggest show returns at the beginning of the month, and here lies the reason the rest of the month’s debuts feel underwhelming. There’s no need to ruin new content by releasing it underneath the powerhouse of their most popular show. You’ll be seeing Frank Underwood as the top suggested banner ad when you log onto Netflix for most of next month. President Underwood does not like to share his viewers.

Daredevil: Season 2 – March 18 The R-rated side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe returns starring Charlie Cox as the blind lawyer-turned-super hero of Hell’s Kitchen.

Daredevil was one of 2015’s biggest Netflix shows, and despite the fact it came from Marvel, its success was somewhat unexpected.

Daredevil has, by far, the most gratuitous

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kuersteiner participants. He said sometimes they won’t even strap on their skis since even spending time in the snow can bring out a positive reaction.

Like other participants, Gregg said he faces a few challenges when skiing. If he goes too slow, he is more likely to fall over. When the stabilizer behind him changes, they both have to adapt and work together.

The team plays a crucial role in Gregg’s weekly Saturday ski trips. They help him onto the chairlift, pick him up when he falls

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violence of any Marvel show or movie. By pushing its boundaries with an older target audience, Marvel discovered that people will really watch whatever they produce. On with the entertainment world domination.

Trailer Park Boys: Season 10 – March 28 Netflix continues its run of show revivals with the beloved Julian, Ricky and Bubbles.

The show came back in 2014 after six years off the small screen for its 8th season. Both of the first two Netflix seasons (the show’s 8th and 9th) got fantastic reviews, and its 10th is sure to continue the success. It is unclear whether or not it has been renewed for a 10th season, but season 10 has not been marketed as a finale, and this show never seems to have trouble with new content.

Leaving: All of the Ted Talks Not much leaves Netflix next month besides the bevy of Ted Talks that you can watch on YouTube anyway. Other than those, March will not lose any important movies or TV shows to binge before they’re gone.

Netflix has no interest with competing against itself, so its leaving most of March for the reign of Frank Underwood and House of Cards.

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over and make sure other skiers don’t get in the way of the juggernaut team.

Gregg described the guide as a boat anchor, adding that because Weiss is behind him, he has no idea what he’s doing but he “drags him pretty well.” He said the sit ski, as it’s closer to the snow, is like being in “a race car.”

After numerous trips up and down the mountain, Kuersteiner retired to the Foggy Goggle bar for a bite to eat and a drink with his family. His son made the trip up the big hill for the first time that day.

Kuersteiner may be fast, but his children are starting to catch up.

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Darwin Cafe changes its menu every day as it is inspired by its customers. The cafe welcomes feedback and suggestions from all of its patrons and will then use them to make its own, specialty sandwiches.

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SOUP FOR YOU Darwin Cafe’s sandwiches and soups are better than chain restaurants

By Casey Russell staff writer

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hen you’re in Armory Square and you’re in dire need of a sandwich fix, you can always go to Subway — or, you could hit up Darwin Cafe not even a block away for a more satisfying and delicious lunch. Not only is it always better to support a small local business than the large chain, in my opinion anyway, but trying something new is definitely worth the extra few dollars over a $5 foot-long.

Located on North Clinton Street, Darwin’s is a bit of a hike from Armory Square — about five blocks away, around the corner from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. The walk in the bitter Syracuse cold is not fun, but the food is definitely worth the extra effort.

From the curb, the restaurant looks pretty sketchy. The storefront is small, simple and definitely doesn’t do justice to the food inside. As with lots of small businesses with non-existent curb appeal, the real beauty of the restaurant is inside.

Darwin Cafe is unlike any other restaurant I’ve ever eaten in because the menu changes daily. That’s right, every day a new sandwich is added to the menu. It is inspired by its customers, and encourage them to give feedback. A large chalkboard sign posted in the restaurant even says, “Let us know if you’ve had ‘the best sandwich ever’ … it just might end up on our board.”

Claustrophobics may want to have a friend order for them — Darwin’s is the tiniest sandwich shop I’ve ever seen.

There’s an aisle wide enough for two peo-

Price: 5/5 Total: 4.5

ple to stand in line to order, and the same thing to pick up. During the lunch rush, it was packed like a tin of sardines, and I could hardly move. There is a miniscule seating area with three tables, but they are literally touching each other, so I suggest making plans for carry-out.

Six sandwich options were available, including one that had already sold out by the time I got there at noon. I ordered the “Hungry Like The Wolf,” a roast beef sandwich, some butternut squash soup and a side of bread.

on the menu “Hungry Like A Wolf” Roast Beef Sandwich, Butternut Squash Soup, Side of Bread

The food was ready in about 5 to 7 minutes, faster than Panera in my experience. The staff was very friendly when they handed me my sandwich. I had been pouting a little because of the biting wind, so one of the workers tried to cheer me up. Their friendliness went a long way.

The butternut squash soup was thick and had a grainy texture — it was obviously homemade. There were chunks of squash in it along with hints of tomato and celery. I can’t decide if I enjoyed it more on its own or dripping it over the bread.

Darwin Cafe has a signed copy of a

picture of “The Soup Nazi,” a character in NBC’s 1990’s sitcom, Seinfeld. The Soup Nazi was famous for his delicious soup and his extremely strict ordering policy. It is my humble opinion that Darwin’s soup would have made The Soup Nazi proud.

The sandwich too was delicious. The “Hungry Like A Wolf” was made with roast beef and served with American and cheddar cheese, sautéed bell peppers, mushrooms and onions, A1 sauce and mayonnaise, all on a sesame bun.It was a combination I hadn’t tasted before. It was strange, yet satisfyingly rich and tangy at the same time due to the pairing of the cheese and the A1. The mushrooms were quite good.

Sadly, I was too full to eat the whole sandwich and kept most of it for leftovers.

I wish I’d gotten some extra soup for leftovers too.

The only thing I would caution customers about when coming to Darwin Cafe is its hours. The cafe is open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on weekdays only.

In fact, the first time I tried to visit the cafe, I arrived too late and it was closed.

However, in true small business fashion, Darwin Cafe will go to any lengths to satisfy its customers.

According to its website, “if you are running late and it’s close to closing time, give us a buzz 373-0484, let us know you’re coming, and we’ll get you served.”

I highly doubt Subway or Panera would be half as generous.

Darwin Cafe serves fantastic food that is definitely worth the extra effort to get there on time. I would go again in a heartbeat.

cmrussel@syr.edu

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men’s lacrosse

Donahue finishes with season-low 2 points in win

By Paul Schwedelson asst. sports editor

The player Syracuse’s offense revolves around was reduced to a secondary role.

In No. 3 Syracuse’s (3-0) nail-biting 9-8 win over Army (2-2) on Sunday, Dylan Donahue only had one goal and one assist and didn’t record a point in the game’s final 29 minutes or a shot in the final 20. “(Donahue) was definitely one of our options in that last quarter,” SU head coach John Desko said, “and I wish we had gone to it one or two more times.”

Twenty days since Desko rested Donahue in two scrimmages and said he’s the only player on the team with nothing to prove before the season, the senior was blanketed by Army defender Austin Schultz. After scoring five goals and dishing nine assists in the first two games, the Black Knights turned him from SU’s offensive quarterback to just another player on the field.

Donahue’s best play came and went in the first quarter. With the Orange trailing by two, he set up behind the net and in front of Schultz. When he charged around the left side of the crease, Schultz couldn’t keep up and Donahue stuck the ball into the far top corner, cutting Army’s lead to 3-2. Syracuse went to its go-to player to end the Black Knights’ early momentum and begin a six-goal run.

But as the game progressed, Schultz caught up to Donahue, used his body positioning to push him away from the middle and rarely allowed Donahue to turn the corner and get to the goal.

“Dylan Donahue’s one of the best attackmen in the country,” Army head coach Joe Alberici said.

With Schultz manning Donahue by himself, the rest of the Black Knights defense settled in. Since they didn’t have to slide, defenders stayed close to Syracuse’s off-ball weapons and clogged up passing lanes.

They were forcing the Orange to dodge to score, rather than draw a slide, but SU is best when it passes the ball quick. And Donahue is best when he can set up other players.

“He’s such a smart player and he’s always taking what the defense gives him,” Alberici said on Wednesday. “… The minute you start spending all your energies on him, he’s going to start getting the ball to the right person.”

The only other time Donahue cleanly beat Schultz, with five minutes left in the third quarter, the defensive slide never came. Donahue dipped low to the ground under Schultz and created space to get to the goal. Except his shot went right into the goalie’s stick and players on the Army bench jumped forward, nearly onto the field. Donahue lay on the turf as Syracuse barely held onto its one-goal lead.

With 10 minutes remaining and the Orange up by two, Donahue backed down his defender before the ball got knocked out of his stick. He went to the sideline and Desko gave him instructions to get a better shot, one that was never attempted.

Donahue was continually stopped on the doorstep, so SU had to rely on others and got outscored, 5-2, in the final 29 minutes.

“We kind of played into their hands a little bit,” Donahue said. “Not going to take away credit from them, but yeah, it’s definitely challenging.”

Except Donahue and Syracuse never did adjust even though the Orange was able to win its first close game of the season. pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

recruiting

Gabriel Sherrod to transfer to SU, provide depth at DE

By Sam Fortier asst. copy editor

Former Delaware State defensive end Gabriel Sherrod will transfer to Syracuse, he announced on Twitter on Sunday evening.

The 6-foot-4, 255-pound graduate transfer played wide receiver for the Hornets until 2014, which is when he moved to defensive end. Last season, Sherrod ranked second in all of the Football Championship Subdivision with 2.3 tackles for loss per game (25 total).

In nine starts in 2014, Sherrod had 46 total tackles, 7.5 for a loss, and five sacks.

Sherrod’s announcement came hours after Syracuse dismissed redshirt freshman Kenny Carter on Sunday morning. Carter was the fourth player dismissed this offseason after junior offensive lineman Alex Hayes, and rising sophomores Amir Ealey and Qaadir Sheppard.

Sherrod’s transfer helps an Orange defensive line that, until now, did not have a returning player who had played a snap at defensive end in college.

Ron Thompson left early for the NFL Draft, Donnie Simmons ran out of eligibility and Luke Arciniega chose to end his career. Between those three players, SU is tasked with replacing 87 tackles (20 for loss), 12 sacks and eight forced fumbles at the defensive end position.

SU returns redshirt freshman Jake Pickard and recently shifted two players to the position, redshirt junior Trey Dunkelberger

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into the post.

And even if Syracuse doesn’t need to beat UNC for an NCAA Tournament bid, an upset over the Tar Heels could all but guarantee one. The chances of SU doing that rest in how well it can defend North Carolina’s multi-pronged attack.

“Look, the ball is going to get into the high post. We know that, they know that,” SU shooting guard Trevor Cooney said Saturday.

“When it does get there we just need to be active. Guards have to get out to shooters, the center has to press up on the high post and the wings need to drop. It’s not simple maybe, but we know what we have to do.”

As Cooney pointed to, there is a formula to defending teams that score all over the court.

But there a lot of moving parts: The guards have to go from denying the ball into the high post to locating shooters. The wings have to go from pressing up on those shooters to clogging the passing lanes to the short corner. The center has to defend the high post, especially if the player is a threat to shoot like Johnson, but not go too early and leave the paint wide open before

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n’western the nation’s best offenses without a shot for nearly 10 minutes. Simultaneously, NU went on a 5-0 run and put SU in a two-goal hole, the deepest of its season.

Syracuse then gave up its lead at the start of the second half, but got it back with the run.

“They were able to capitalize,” Northwestern head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “When we gained some momentum (at the end of the first half), we let down and that really hurt us. Each time we got momen-

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the wing drops down.

After losing at Virginia on Jan. 24, SU head coach Jim Boeheim said his team’s interior defense was “non-existent.” The Cavaliers, which beat the Tar Heels in Charlottesville this past Saturday, worked the Orange inside and out despite having less offensive talent than the Tar Heels.

Fifteen days earlier, when UNC beat SU, Hicks came off the bench to lead UNC w ith 21 points, Johnson had 16 and doubled a previous career-high with eight assists, and Meeks, starting at center, made his return from injury to score an efficient eight points in 14 minutes.

North Carolina finished with 46 points in the paint. And that was all while Paige, UNC’s top-scoring guard, finished with three points.

The Tar Heels can beat the Syracuse zone in all kinds of ways, and Lydon and his teammates are hell-bent on it not being that same high-low play. The slim possibility of an upset depends on that. The margin for error will be minuscule.

“It’s all about the wings and I think we’ll improve there,” Lydon said. “We have to focus on shooters but then make sure we are quick to drop down and defend that pass. We have to always be moving. I think that’s it, always moving.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

tum, their key people stepped up.”

Amonte Hiller’s statement held true for most of the afternoon, and when Majorana began the run with 23 minutes left.

When she scored, the normally-subdued Gait pounded his left hand against the head of the orange lacrosse stick in his right.

He’d been animated all afternoon. Moments earlier, he and assistant coach Regy Thorpe became furious, jumping up and down and yelling, when Gait said he saw an official ignore Northwestern’s use of an offside substitution. But he quickly returned to his usual measured pacing and

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DEFENDING THE HIGH POST When the ball is entered into the high post, the center of the 2-3 zone needs to press up to defend it. That will especially be the case on Monday night if that player is North Carolina’s Brice Johnson, who can hit a mid-range jumper.

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DEFENDING THE SHORT CORNER When the ball goes to the high post, the player will turn and face the basket and the first option is to bounce a pass into the short corner since the center is out of the paint. That means the wing on that side needs to quickly drop to defend that pass, something SU didn’t well against UNC in January.

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DEFENDING THE WING SHOOTER When the wing drops, there is a possiblity that a shooter will be left on the same wing. The guard on that side needs to quickly get to that shooter because the wing is now responsible for defending the short corner.

light claps as his players pulled away. Treanor, his best player, said that while SU got the same good chances all afternoon, finishing them distinguished the run.

But, contradictory to Amonte Hiller, it was players outside the usual rotation who helped sustain the offensive spurt.

Two goal came from Taylor Gait, who to that point had only played in three of SU’s four games and scored two goals. Both goals Sunday came on nearly identical plays. Taylor faked her defender to the left, then cut hard to the middle and received a pass from Erica Bodt. Then, in a quick turn-and-fire

motion, Gait helped SU fortify its third lead after coughing up the first two.

Nicole Levy, a freshman who Gait said struggled shooting in her first weekend, doubled the number of her career goals with the other two tallies in the 5-0 run. Levy’s first goal continued a 2-minute, 45-second span in which SU scored three times to widen its lead to 12-8, a deficit Northwestern never overcame. Her last concluded the run. “(Syracuse) saw some holes in our defense,” Amonte Hiller said. “They found them and just put away the opportunities.” sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

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called for interference.

Mariano had shoved Army’s Luke Poulos, who was trying to set a pick, once, getting the attention of the referee, then twice, drawing the foul. Desko yelled at Mariano as Mariano crouched on the sideline and 27 seconds later the Black Knights scored in a man-up situation.

“In a close game like this, we don’t need to create extra-man opportunities.” Desko said. “… We weren’t happy with the play as coaches.”

On SU’s next offensive possession, Paolo Ciferri skipped a pass to Dylan Donahue off the turf and out of bounds, despite Donahue only standing about 10 yards away. Army took advantage again.

The Black Knights defense wasn’t sliding much, and forced Syracuse’s players to dodge to score. Sometimes SU lost the ball on a dodge.

Other times, the Orange forced passes into traffic that never met their intended targets.

“Our D did a great job,” Army head coach Joe Alberici said. “Those guys executed the game plan in the half field very, very well. … I think the stats kind of say what these guys did.”

After falling behind by four goals, the Black Knights scored five of the next six to tie the game 8-8 with just four and a half minutes left in the contest.

Barber made himself the hero by putting Syracuse ahead with 3:27 left, scoring on a top-corner shot on Army goalie AJ Barretto after curling from behind the cage. But he also coughed the ball up in the final minute, giving the Black Knights another chance to tie the game.

If not for a matter of a few inches, they could have.

“We’re going to learn from that,” Desko said.

“We’re going to show the film about these guys. … We’ve got to get back out there tomorrow, show the guys the mistakes that we made and then turn around and refocus.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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Tritou wins singles and doubles matches in win over UND

By Matthew Gutierrez staff writer

Syracuse’s Maria Tritou lofted a ball toward the opposite baseline and it soared above the heads of Notre Dame doubles pair Jane Fennelly and Allison Miller.

Both Fennelly and Miller were playing near the net, and they watched Tritou’s lob flutter in the air like children staring at a lost balloon. It landed behind them, right on the baseline.

Point: Syracuse.

To win the match minutes later, Tritou split the middle with a hard forehand that left Fennelly and Miller looking at one another.

Match: Syracuse.

“Our coach had told us to go between them,” said Nicole Mitchell, Tritou’s doubles partner. “We didn’t do anything special.”

But thanks to Tritou, who contributed in half of SU’s four wins, No. 33 Syracuse’s (8-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast) 4-3 win over No. 30 Notre

Dame (8-4, 3-1) was special. Entering Sunday, the Orange was winless in five matches against the Fighting Irish dating back to 2001. UND was the highest ranked opponent SU had edged since 2011, when it defeated then-No. 25 Yale.

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Notre Dame’s national ranking heading into Sunday’s matchup.

UND was the highest ranked opponent SU’s beaten since 2011.

“It’s a huge step forward for our program,” SU head coach Younes Limam said.

After Tritou and Mitchell won their doubles match, Tritou trotted over to Drumlins Country Club court 5 and made quick work of Notre Dame’s Mary Cross in consecutive sets, 6-3, 6-2.

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Tritou, a freshman, improved to 6-2 in singles play with the win over Cross. But her game wasn’t clicking on all cylinders.

Several of her backhands ended up in the net. She yanked some forehands out of bounds. After one unforced error, she hit a ball into the fence behind her and it trickled onto an adjacent court. Notre Dame’s Monica Robinson had to pause before serving, bend over and pick it up.

After tapping her racket and slapping her thigh, Tritou found a way to win against the left-handed Cross. To counter the spin on Cross’ serve, Tritou often crept up near the service line like she would against a right-handed player. Normally, Tritou said she stays back and uses her baseline game to dictate points. But she thought that moving up eliminated time for Cross’ serves to curve and gave Cross a look she probably wasn’t accustomed to.

“Her serves were just different from what I’m used to,” Tritou said. “That was weird.”

At 4-2 in the second set, Tritou powered a hard serve that Cross had to stretch for just so that she could return it with a weak floater. Tritou anticipated it by creeping up about 15 feet, and whacked a forehand winner. Up 5-2 in the same set, she hit two down-the-line backhands before unleashing a cross-court backhand that was several racket-lengths out of Cross’ reach.

“You push people off the court, you open up (the) court, give yourself space, attack,” said volunteer assistant coach Len Lopoo.

“She’s very good about moving forward.”

Lopoo said Tritou’s baseline game is her staple. She hits clean forehands and backhands from the baseline, which means she almost always hits the ball in the center of the racket. This can penetrate opponents and push them back, which is exactly what happened on Sunday.

“Her footwork was tremendous,” Lopoo said.

“That’s exactly what she should be doing.” mguti100@syr.edu

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In Gbinije’s last matchup with North Carolina, the Syracuse point guard tied for his lowest scoring output of the season with 10 points, and he shot 0-of-6 from 3, which was one missed 3-pointer shy of tying his worst game behind the arc. Coming off his best game of the season, Gbinije has a chance to continue his roll — he scored 34 points against North Carolina State and shot 8-of-13 from 3 —

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In Lydon’s last six games, he’s only missed scoring double digits in one and recorded his two highest scoring outputs — 21 against Pittsburgh and 20 against Boston College — this season. Early in the season, Lydon was criticized for not taking more shots, but he’s taken double-digit shots in just three of the last four games, but tallied that many in the 21 games prior. Syracuse will rely on Lydon against UNC’s forwards, a trio that is one of

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arms, a challenge the 2-3 zone will pose.

playing in the high post.

Jackson has scored in double digits in North Carolina’s last six games and shot 59 percent in the last three games. He’s a wing that’s shooting just about 28 percent from the 3-point line, but has found success down low.

His 12.4 points per game rank second for the Tar Heels and his 3.2 assists per game rank third. Jackson can create his own shot, and he is effective at shooting over outstretched

778 61.8 30.6

Number of days since Syracuse has beaten North Carolina. The Tar Heels are 3-0 since losing in the Dome in 2014.

North Carolina averages 83 points per game, 61.8 of which comes from 2-pointers, the second highest rate in the country.

The percentage that Syracuse’s opponents shoot from 3, making SU the best perimeterdefending team in the ACC.

Clemson 9-7 (16-12) Virginia Tech 8-8 (16-13) Georgia Tech 7-9 (17-12) Florida State 7-10 (17-12) N.C. State 4-12 (14-15) Wake Forest 2-15 (11-18) Boston College 0-16 (7-22)

SU gets most of its scoring from the five players who get the most minutes. Here’s the breakdown.

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game trends The Tar Heels grabbed eight offensive board in a win over SU on Jan. 9. Here’s how UNC’s fared on the offensive glass in the 12 games since first squaring off with the Orange.

20

25

TREVOR COONEY

18.4

TYLER ROBERSON 18.8 TYLER LYDON

12.9

BENCH

14.1

10.7

19 17

17

17

14 12

13

10

UNC’s bench gets about 30 percent of its points from its bench, unlike Syracuse. Check out the split.

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15

15 11

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5 NCSU

WFU

VT

BC

L’VILLE

UND

BC

PITT

MARCUS PAIGE

11.7

JOEL BERRY II

14.7

BRICE JOHNSON

20.2

KENNEDY MEEKS

9.0

BENCH

1

0

MICHAEL GBINIJE

MALACHI RICHARDSON

Pittsburgh 9-7 (20-8) Syracuse 9-7 (19-10)

Johnson leads North Carolina in both scoring at 16.9 points per game and rebounds at 10.4 boards per game. The Tar Heels use a mix of Johnson, Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks on the block, but Johnson is the best of the three. The forward shoots 62 percent from the field and 76 percent from the free-throw line. In his first matchup with Syracuse, he doubled his career high with eight assists by

stats to know

by the numbers

Here’s a look at where UNC and SU rank in the ACC standings heading into the matchup.

North Carolina 12-4 (23-6)

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MIAMI

NCSU

UVA JUSTIN JACKSON

14.8

29.6

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SPORTS

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SYRACUSE 9, ARMY 8

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men’s basketball

SU to be tested by UNC attack As Orange travels to Chapel Hill on Monday, SU will face a top 10 team

By Jesse Dougherty senior staff writer

DYLAN DONAHUE (17) had his role reduced from quarterback of the offense to just another player wearing an SU jersey Sunday. He scored five goals and tallied nine assists in his first two games, but posted just one of each. riley bunch photo editor

double-edged

Syracuse overcomes sloppy play to edge Army, stay undefeated

By Jon Mettus digital editor

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ith 33 seconds left in a one-goal game, Syracuse head coach John Desko wanted the ball in Tim Barber’s stick.

Coming out of a timeout with possession and the lead, all Barber had to do was outrun the Army defense and dish the ball to an open teammate to stall — simple, but not easy.

Army doubled Barber and drove him to the turf as he raced toward the far sideline. The Black Knights picked up the ball and carried it the other way. Army’s Cole Johnson cocked back and fired a shot with seven seconds left that hit SU

goalie Warren Hill’s stick then ricocheted off the post and bounced back into play.

As soon as I heard it hit off the pipe I got scared for a second there. But it popped out and luckily it didn’t go in.

Warren Hill su goalie

“As soon as I heard it hit off the pipe I got scared for a second there,”

Hill said. “But it popped out and luckily it didn’t go in.”

No. 3 Syracuse (3-0) just barely avoided an upset in a 9-8 win over Army (2-2) in the Carrier Dome on Sunday. The Orange gave up 12 turnovers, committed four penalties that led to three goals, and its overall sloppy play contributed to an Army comeback in the second half. Thanks to a goal by Barber with just three and a half minutes left in the game, Syracuse still came away with the victory.

“We knew that Army was going to come in and play for 60 minutes,” Desko said. “… We got maybe a little comfortable when we got up by four goals in the third period and, as expected, Army crawled back into

the game.”

A week removed from putting up 59 shots against then-No. 12 Albany, Army held SU to 30 compared to the Black Knights’ 34.

SU’s Ben Williams was dominant on the faceoff again, winning 13-of19 at the X. But twice, Syracuse was called for an offside violation heading into the offensive zone and Black Knights players were able to pick up a handful of errant passes by the Orange, preventing the face-off wins from turning into shots.

One minute into the second half, Syracuse held a 7-3 lead. SU had scored twice since the break and appeared as if it could cruise to a win until midfielder Nick Mariano was

see army page 14

women’s lacrosse

Syracuse uses 5-0 spurt to edge Northwestern

By Sam Fortier asst. copy editor

Syracuse had just let its led slip away for the second time, and it seemed poised to do so for a third.

syracuse 16 northwestern 12 The Orange had used a 5-1 run to take a two-goal lead into halftime, but now it was reeling. Coming out of the break, two of Syracuse’s sticks

were deemed illegal. SU, whistled all afternoon for 53 total fouls, had to kill off two minutes down two players, one being Tewaraaton-finalist Kayla Treanor.

Northwestern scored with two seconds left on the penalties, then tied the game minutes later when Sheila Nesselbush put away her third goal of the day. Groans from the stands became audible, the usuallyanimated sideline hardly moved and history — SU had beaten NU twice in 14 tries — wasn’t with the Orange.

But 41 seconds after Nesselbush’s goal, All-American Halle Majorana tipped the seesaw back in the Orange’s favor. The score added to her team-leading total and began the 5-0 run that helped No. 2 Syracuse (5-0) outlast No. 7 Northwestern (1-2), 16-12, in the Carrier Dome on Sunday. The Wildcats threatened to barge back into the game late after the run made it 13-8, but that spurt proved too large a barrier as NU never reached 13 goals.

“We were fired up,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “This was a great win for us. We’ve had a lot of losses to them in the past and it was nice to step up and finish this game.”

Syracuse began with three goals in as many minutes, and it seemed as if the Orange would dominate like it had in its four games this season. But Northwestern wrested back control, helped by an own goal by SU goalkeeper Allie Murray, by holding one of see n’western page 14

Tyler Lydon doesn’t remember much from Syracuse’s home loss to North Carolina earlier this season. It was nearly two months ago.

The Orange has won nine conference games since, and it’s a little easier to think about those wins.

But when defending the Tar Heels’ vaunted frontcourt came up — specifically in the high post and short corner — Lydon recalled one specific thing about the Jan. 9 game.

up next VS North Carolina at Dean E. Smith Center Monday, 7 p.m.

In the final 8 minutes and 15 seconds, North Carolina shot 12-of-13 from the field and made 10 shots in the paint. A handful of those in-paint buckets came on one high-low play. A pass to Brice Johnson in the high post, a quick dump down to Isaiah Hicks in the short corner, and a dunk.

Johnson, Hicks, dunk.

Tic, tac, toe.

“Yeah, we’re really going to look at that play and try to improve in how we defended it,” Lydon said after Syracuse beat N.C. State on Saturday. “I mean we have to look at that.”

The Orange (19-10, 9-7 Atlantic Coast) will take on No. 7 North Carolina (23-6, 12-4) at the Dean E. Smith Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, and the backline of its zone will again face its toughest test of the season. While it is UNC’s frontcourt — made up of Johnson, Hicks, Kennedy Meeks and Joel James — that makes it one of the country’s top teams, it’s the Tar Heels’ offensive diversity that can dizzy the zone.

Because of perimeter threats like point guard Marcus Paige, Justin Jackson and Joel Berry, the wings of the 2-3 have to manage shooters on the wings and lurking big men in the short corners at the same time. When Johnson gets the ball in the high post, it’s nearly impossible to defend all three options of either shooting himself, skipping a pass to the wing or bouncing a pass see unc page 14