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N • It’s a bid
Female Syracuse University students literally rushed to their new houses after receiving their bids in Goldstein Auditorium on Bid Day. Page 3
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P • Screen time
Syracuse local Aaron Jenkins first got into screen printing to print T-shirts and art for his band. Since then, he’s opened his own shop and even prints his own artwork. Page 9
S • Three’s company
Syracuse has become more than just a 3-point shooting team, adding dimensions to its game. The Orange proved as much in its win against Georgia Tech. Page 16
SU to hold DPS dialogues SU aims to improve community police relations with dialogue By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor
In an effort to improve the relationship between the Department of Public Safety and the Syracuse University community, the university will hold a series of dialogue circles between DPS officers and students. Although there have not been any recently reported incidents of DPS harassment or the discharge of a weapon on campus, the dialogue circles aim to focus on building relationships and talk about police and community relations nationally and locally, said Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, dean of the Division of Student Affairs, in an email.
if you go MARC LAMONT HILL, an award-winning journalist, host of HuffPost Live and a BET News and CNN political contributor, was the keynote speaker during the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday. liam sheehan asst. photo editor
Members of SU community, keynote speaker celebrate MLK’s legacy By Stacy Fernandez staff writer
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arc Lamont Hill said remembrance is important, but that remembrance, celebration and action all come with a price, and Martin Luther King Jr. paid the ultimate price. Syracuse University held its 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday in the Carrier Dome with about 2,000 people in attendance. The program began at 5:30 p.m., but the doors for the event opened at 4 p.m. Hill, an award-winning journalist, host of HuffPost Live and a BET News and CNN political contributor, was the keynote speaker for the event. The MLK Celebration was kicked off by a call-to-order video that presented the history of the celebration, highlighting that SU began this celebration in honor of King in 1985 — a year before MLK Day was made a national holiday. The video made clear that the goal of the celebration from the beginning was to
create an atmosphere where people from separate roads could come together no matter what their religious affiliation was or what community they came from. It was created to be something with lasting value, according to the video. The video was followed by a performance of the song, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” — also known as the black national anthem — by the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble. During the song, many audience members stood. Catherine Kellman, the chairwoman of the 2016 MLK Celebration committee, gave the welcome speech for the program. She said the celebration was not just about that night. The celebration started over a week ago when a group of students, staff and community members placed ribbons on the trees of the Quad in memory of King on the official day of his remembrance. A video from Chancellor Kent Syverud — which was created in case his flight was delayed — was played next. The chancellor eventually did make it to the event. “This past year has been particularly
challenging in our nation,” Syverud said in the video. “Lives have been lost, things have been done and said that have produced unrest in many cities across our country and protest in our streets and on many college campuses.” Syverud said King would have wanted the SU community to be brave and use the day to educate, remember, forgive and — most importantly — to resolve to do better for the future. He added that SU can and will do this. After Syverud’s message, the audience bowed their heads for a brief prayer recited by Samuel Clemence, interim dean of Hendricks Chapel. Spoken word poets and SU seniors Rianne Parker and Mariah Scott then performed the poem, “Say It Loud!” The poem critiqued the disparities between the pledge of allegiance and current issues facing black people in the United States. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which we fall, a broken nation, under God, with the invisible with injustice for see mlk
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What: First DPS dialogue circle Where: Hall of Languages When: Feb. 9 How much: Free with registration
The idea to hold dialogue circles that address DPS and SU community relations came from two students who worked with the former Dean of Hendricks Chapel, Tiffany Steinwert, Kantrowitz said. Each of the two dialogue circles will have eight to 12 people, Kantrowitz said. She said dialogue circles in small groups of this size are the “most effective.” The first dialogue circle will start Feb. 9 and continue every Tuesday until March 8. The second will start Feb. 10 and be held every Wednesday until March 9, said Shannon Feeney Andre, communications manager of the Division of Student Affairs. SU is also holding a similar series of dialogue circles about race and ethnicity on campus. The dialogue circles will be facilitated by InterFaith Works, a local nonprofit that conducts dialogue circles see dialogue page 6