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Members of Syracuse University’s Student Association discussed campus issues at a leadership symposium at Clemson University over the weekend.

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Sophomore Matt Steriti didn’t come to the 2016 Pride Union Drag Show to win. But his first time performing onstage as Courtney McGuire was a success.

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S • Rebound

Tyler Roberson took strides out of Jim Boeheim’s doghouse with nine points and 11 rebounds in a loss at No. 8 North Carolina on Monday night.

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NORTH CAROLINA 75, SYRACUSE 70

OUT OF REACH Syracuse hung in it, but ultimately fell to No. 8 North Carolina

Officials reflect on ranking Faculty, staff explain how university received top research ranking

By Delaney Van Wey asst. web editor

ISAIAH HICKS (4) rises up to defend the rim in North Carolina’s five-point win over the Orange in the Dean E. Smith Center on Monday night. Hicks was part of a frontcourt effort that helped UNC keep SU from staging a comeback. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

By Sam Blum senior staff writer

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HAPEL HILL, N.C. — Jim Boeheim thought the play was set up for Michael Gbinije to look for a 3.

The Orange had been trailing the entire second half. Its only lead all night lasted all but 70 seconds. Every run that North Carolina posted and every fever pitch roar from the Dean E. Smith Center was met by SU doing something to silence it.

After Syracuse got a stop with 44 seconds to play, it trailed by three and Gbinije knew how much time he

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Syracuse pulled within six or fewer points five times in the second half — at the 17:38, 8:47, 8:19, 7:42 and 3:45 marks.

had. He felt in control of the possession. He knew a 3-pointer could erase

a wavering but always present UNC lead. But with the Orange trailing by three points and the clock ticking dangerously below 10 seconds, Gbinije passed up a 3 for an out-of-control drive to the basket.

“I didn’t make a good decision given the outcome,” Gbinije said.

North Carolina’s Joel Berry II got the rebound and was fouled with 6.6 seconds to play. He made the two ensuing free throws. The Tar Heels lead was finally permanent. Syracuse see unc page 15

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Students declare candidacy for president, VP

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

A few months ago Eric Evangelista and Joyce LaLonde had never met each other, but on Monday, they announced they would be running as a team for president and vice president, respectively, of Syracuse

University’s Student Association.

Evangelista, a junior history and political science dual major, and LaLonde, a junior policy studies and public relations dual major, announced their campaign for president and vice president for the 60th Session of SA to a crowd of about 30 students on Monday at 11

a.m. in the Maxwell Atrium.

Evangelista and LaLonde met through a mutual friend when Evanglista was looking for a running mate, Evangelista said. That friend, a former member of SA, introduced the two to discuss the possibility of them running together. Now, they are the first

students to announce their candidacy for this round of elections for SA president and vice president.

LaLonde has no experience with SA, but Evangelista is currently the longest-serving member of the organization, Evangelista said.

Since the first week of his see elections page 6

The recognition of a strong research presence on campus is the culmination of years of investment in the research sector by Syracuse University officials.

In the 2015 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, released on Feb. 1, the university was ranked as an R1 institution, putting it among the most elite universities with doctoral programs in the country. Days later, SU announced three of its professors were instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves.

Liz Liddy, interim vice chancellor and provost at SU, said these developments are a sign that the university is moving forward with its goal to become a “pre-eminent studentfocused research university.”

While there is debate in academia about students being sidelined for research, SU officials insisted that teaching has thrived off it. A prospering research program attracts the best faculty, they said, which in turn improves the student experience.

To them, the inclusion of research in future plans for the university will strengthen academics across campus.

The Carnegie Classification, which is reevaluated every five years, is the industry standard for research quality at educational institutions.

In 2010, SU was placed in the R2 designation, which is defined as “higher research activity.”

The R1 designation puts the university in the “highest research activity” category among doctoral-conferring institutions.

Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said the ranking is a “stamp of approval” for the university.

“This is an affirmation of the good research we do,” she said. “You aren’t just bumped up overnight.

This is work you do for years.”

The ranking is the result of the combined efforts of past and current deans, provosts and chancellors, said Peter Vanable, interim vice president for research at SU.

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TATTOO tuesday | jessica bowden

Sign language tattoo honors grandparents

By Leah Meyers staff writer

Jessica Bowden has full hearing ability but was raised in a deaf community. Both of Bowden’s grandparents are deaf, and she spent her whole life either living with them or in her family’s own house just minutes away. It was because of them she decided to learn sign language.

“I always felt different because my grandparents couldn’t hear, so it wasn’t as easy to talk to them at that age,” Bowden said, reflecting back on her elementary school years. “But they were so good with teaching me sign and helping me improve it that it ended up not being so abnormal for me.”

About four years ago, Bowden, a senior writing and rhetoric major, decided she wanted to get a tattoo that honored her grandparents.

On her right forearm, facing her so she can always see it, Bowden tattooed the sign for “I love you.”

On the sides of the hand, Bowden has her grandparents names — “William” and “Kathleen.”

When getting her tattoo, Bowden said she didn’t like any of the fonts that the tattoo artist drew at the parlor, so she had him copy her own handwriting. She chose to tattoo her right arm because her right hand is her dominate signing hand.

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JESSICA BOWDEN decided to connect with her grandparents by learning American Sign Language and getting the sign for “I love you” as a tattoo on her arm. zach barlow asst. photo editor

Her grandfather died when she was a sophomore, so Bowden said it felt good to have a tattoo commemorating him. Her grandmother is still alive and turned 81 this year.

Bowden began taking American Sign Language classes at a community college in Iowa. She said she was frustrated because her professor made her feel as if she wasn’t progressing as much as her

grandmother had praised her for.

When Bowden moved to the Syracuse area, she decided to try again at Onondaga Community College with a beginner ASL class. She learned her signing was actually excellent and was moved to an advanced class, eventually progressing to the highest level of classes.

“I was able to become part of the deaf community and engage

with it,” Bowden said. “You meet so many cool people.”

Also incorporated in her tattoo is a version of a smiley face in sign language, as it’s something her grandparents included on every birthday and Christmas card.

Said Bowden: “I wanted it to be my ‘something special’ within the tattoo.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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County update Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney will deliver the State of the County address in East Syracuse on Tuesday.

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Weather in February 2015 vs. February 2016 Students to address FEBRUARY 2016 FEBRUARY 2015 city issues maxwell

February 2015 was the coldest February since 1902. But it wasn’t so chilly this February. Here’s a breakdown of the changes in weather from February 2015 to February 2016.

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Group members attend leadership conference

By Nina Leeds staff writer

At a leadership symposium held at Clemson University this past weekend, Syracuse University had the highest number of reported sexual assaults out of the universities with representatives at the conference.

Student Association President Aysha Seedat, SA Vice President Jane Hong and a few other members of the organization attended the symposium, where Seedat presented the sexual assault data from a Department of Public Safety report given to her.

At the symposium, each SA member present was designated a specific topic to talk about in collaboration with students from different schools. These topics

included sexual violence, mental health, gentrification, LGBTQ and disability resources on college campus. Seedat focused specifically on sexual assault on college campuses.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 59th session and Aysha Seedat is president.

Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

Seedat told the SA assembly Monday night at the organization’s meeting in Maxwell Auditorium that she hopes the experience at the symposium will help to make this semester’s “It’s On Us” week —

which will be the first week in April — as successful and impactful as it was when Vice President Joe Biden came to speak at SU in the fall.

In regard to the data about sexual assault presented at the Clemson symposium, Seedat told the assembly she does not believe any of the numbers shared by the students at the conference are representative of how many actual instances of sexual assault occur. She added that SU does not necessarily have the highest number of instances of sexual assault.

Seedat also said she hopes the movement against sexual assault is not solely geared toward women.

She mentioned that students from other schools represented at the symposium, such as the University of Louisville, shared that their

schools have resources for sexual assault victims in female bathrooms but not in male ones.

SA Vice President Jane Hong said she worked in a group at the symposium that discussed gentrification, and told the assembly on Monday that there is much to be done to promote community engagement at SU. One idea she shared to promote community engagement was to add incentives within the bike share program, such as providing rewards to people who use the bikes to go out and do work in the community.

Also at the meeting, SA Community Engagement Chair Alexis Cardwell discussed Impact Week, an event aimed at giving students the opportunity to volunteer in the Syracuse community. see sa page 4

Community expresses concern about merger

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. copy editor

Community members expressed strong skepticism about the potential for a merger between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County governments in a town hall meeting Monday night.

About 60 people filled a room in the Southwest Community Center to participate in a community-wide discussion led by

the citizen group Consensus. The group, composed of legislators and community members, issued “Options Report and Preliminary Committee Recommendations” in late January. In the report, the group made preliminary recommendations to create a new citycounty government that would allow towns and villages to “optin” to the new government.

The 83-page report also listed dozens of challenges and recom-

mendations in five different categories: infrastructure, public safety, municipal operations, economic development and governance.

Four representatives from Consensus moderated the meeting.

The town hall meeting was divided into two parts. The first 40 minutes were spent on a presentation on the current state of governance in both Onondaga County and Syracuse. The presentation also included examples

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Geography department pairs with city to solve infrastructure problems

of consolidation in other cities.

In response to concerns raised in previous meetings that minority groups would lose their representation if a merger were to occur, Kevin Schwab, a Consensus member, showed that in Indianapolis, the proportion of black legislators increased from 7 percent prior to a consolidation with Madison County to 24 percent eight years after the merger in 1978. see consensus page 4

Syracuse University’s geography department and the city of Syracuse’s Innovation Team have partnered up to allow undergraduate geography students to innovatively address infrastructure problems in the city.

Syracuse’s Innovation Team was formed after the city received a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to form a team that would creatively approach a solution to one of the city’s problems: infrastructure, according to an Innovation Trail article.

Through the foundation, which was established by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 12 cities across the United States were selected to receive grants to address a specific problem in the city, according to the article.

To begin its work, the Syracuse team will focus on issues with infrastructure, according to the article, but will later gravitate toward other issues the city faces.

Jamie Winders, a professor of geography at SU, said the team’s goal “is really to bring together

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news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories happening in the nation and the world right now: POLITICS

SPEAK UP Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke for the first time during oral arguments on Monday about a case involving gun rights and the Second Amendment.

Thomas, who is notorious for not asking questions from the bench during oral arguments, shocked the reporters and court watchers who were in the courtroom at the time. source: business insider

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IN FRONT OF MEDIA A University of Virginia student who was arrested in North Korea two months ago gave a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday. He tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a banner from a hotel in Pyongyang. It is not known whether he was forced to speak. source: cnn

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Author reflects on, reads from book about late partner

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

Before her death, Gloria Joseph’s late partner, Audre Lorde, asked Joseph to write a biography about her.

“I asked her, ‘What do you want this biography to do?’” Joseph said. “ Her response was, ‘To leave a story of who I am, and all my complexities, and to make the quality of my life so irresistible for the people who share my visions.’”

Joseph, a widely regarded black feminist icon, visited the Community Folk Art Center in Syracuse on Monday evening to read from and discuss her biographical piece, “The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde.” The audience in the center’s gallery were surrounded by pictures depicting black womanhood.

Her visit was part of the Democratizing

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consensus The second part of the meeting was opened up to community members to ask questions and raise concerns.

A man from Syracuse said he does not see how the merger would work, pointing out that the city would lose its representation in a new city-county government, while towns and villages would have the option to “opt-in,” which he said would trigger regional conflicts.

Another man said he is concerned that if the merger happened, residents in Onondaga County would have substantial power to control decisions about Syracuse operations.

In response to this concern, Schwab said a majority needs to vote in favor of the consolidation in two separate referendums — one for residents of the city and another

Knowledge Project, which is co-sponsored

by Syracuse University’s Department of African American Studies, the Cultural Foundations of Education Program, the Humanities Center, the Intergroup Dialogue Program, the LGBT Resource Center, LGBT Studies Program, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration and the Department of Women’s & Gender Studies, according to an SU News release.

Joseph has been regarded as a “living, radical, feminist legend,” and has spent the last 60 years confronting sexism, injustice and homophobia, according to the release.

Lorde, Joseph’s late partner of more than four decades, described herself as a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” and wrote poems and essays that addressed issues of racial injustice, according to the release.

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for residents of the county who are not residents of the city. Schwab said if constituents vote down in one of the two referendums, the merger will not take place.

A woman from Syracuse said she is in favor of “exploring” ideas of the consolidation.

“We have to try something different,” she said, adding that some fiscal situations in towns and villages in Onondaga County are “unsustainable.”

The audience repeatedly brought up questions on why there are no specific blueprints as to what a potentially merged government would look like and how it will be created. The Consensus members said that in other cases, showcasing models of government during merger discussion failed in other places.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned in late February that there would be “a serious problem” if a talk over the merger between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga

introductions, a traditional African ceremony was held to honor “the presence and wisdom” of the two elders present, Joseph and the spirit of Lorde. Joseph was then introduced by Chandra Talpade Mohanty, a professor of women’s and gender studies and head of the gender studies department at SU. Mohanty began her introduction with a quote by author Henry Giroux: “Stories are important. They keep us alive. In the ships, in the camps, in the quarters, field, prisons, on the road, on the run, underground, under siege.”

Mohanty then said she believed Lorde’s spirit would grace the audience as they remembered her, and then welcomed Joseph to the stage.

Joseph read sections from her book, which is a biography of Lorde that brings together a wide range of authors and activ-

County fell apart, according to syracuse.com.

Alfonso Davis, a community activist, said that although he likes Cuomo, he would describe the tactic Cuomo used as “bullying.”

Davis added that he would like to see discussions on the merger include education and clarify what the structure of a new city-county government would look like.

Sharon Owens, a member of Consensus and one of the moderators of the discussion, said after the meeting that distrust between city and county residents has been expressed at the series of meetings about the merger.

“This is evoking emotion,” Owens said.

“People are very protective of their community, their constituents. They are protective of their way of life.”

Community input for the report was extended to from March 16 to May 1, said Consensus member Melanie Littlejohn. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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ists who submitted essays, reflections, stories, poems, memoirs and photos to reflect how Lorde’s life inspired many people.

One section Joseph read was about a speech Lorde gave while accepting an award and how it had an immediate impact on the audience listening.

“This section really tells you about Audre’s impact in terms of resisting oppressions,” Joseph said.

Joseph also answered questions from the audience about Lorde, her relationship with her, her craft and the presence of spirits in her life. She said she believes in the presence of spirituality in all aspects of life, whether it be religion or not, and said she believes spirits greatly affect people.

“That’s the best I can do until the spirit moves you,” Joseph said at the conclusion of her speech. dsahintu@syr.edu

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Impact Week, which is currently being planned by SA and the Residence Hall Association, will take place from April 1-7. Either SU men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim or his wife, Juli, of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation, are expected to be the special guest speaker at the week’s closing ceremony in Schine Underground.

Cardwell mentioned the possibility for a field day during Impact Week that would be a collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club and SU Athletics. She said she has discussed the possibility with Juli Boeheim.

If that event gets finalized, Cardwell said the date should be announced after Spring Break.

Also at the meeting, Francois Acosta was elected to the general assembly to represent the College of Arts and Sciences. nsleeds@syr.edu

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wenty-eight new central New York recruits graduated from the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office Regional Police Academy on Friday, but they won’t be able to improve public safety if no one takes them seriously.

A New York state appeals court recently found that an unnamed Dewitt police officer overstepped his legal boundaries in 2012 for chasing a man with a Taser. But the details of the case prove it to be a perfect example of how the criminal justice system went after a police officer rather than the person who was guilty of the crime.

It started with a simple traffic stop: Darren Hightower, a Syracuse man, was legally pulled over for having overly tinted windows. The officer testified that he approached the car and asked Hightower questions.

Hightower began to appear nervous and was reaching into his pockets.

He then told the officer, “You’re harassing me,” and walked away while discarding bags of cocaine.

After telling him to stop, the officer pursued Hightower with a Taser and brought him into custody.

The appeals court found that the officer didn’t have enough legal reason to suspect anything of Hightower other than his illegally tinted windows. They also ruled that the bags of cocaine couldn’t be used as evidence because the officer didn’t have the right to chase after Hightower in the first place. This came after Hightower plead guilty to his charges in court in December 2012.

This case stands as a downfall in our criminal justice system and law enforcement deserves more support from citizens, the courts and politicians than they’re receiving now.

Many police officers may have the perception that American society has turned its back on them. They believe that the people — even our president — only want to address police brutality rather than take a stand on violence against the police. With that kind of cultural attitude, the police won’t be able to enforce the law.

From the facts that were given in court, there should have been enough cause to pursue the charges against Hightower.

When the policeman made a legal traffic stop, he had the right to

temporarily detain Hightower.

This “Terry Stop” would have allowed the officer to ask questions in which Hightower wouldn’t have had to respond. However, in this situation, Hightower doesn’t have the right to walk away from the officer. This is especially true since Hightower reportedly dodged the questions aimed at him, though the court ruled the opposite.

What’s really unbelievable is that the story gets worse. Law enforcement found out during a nine-month multi-agency operation that Hightower had involvement in a million-dollar cocaine ring. His arrest was part of a larger drug pipeline. Supposedly, the felons brought the cocaine from New York City and Buffalo and had the intention of selling it in the central and upstate New York area, as reported by CNY Central.

Pulling out a Taser may have been an overreaction, but the law doesn’t allow Hightower to evade once pulled over, and the bags of cocaine gave the officer a reason to bring him in. This would be a totally different and unacceptable story if the officer was aggressive enough to do lasting damage to Hightower and would have been another case of wrongful police brutality on black Americans.

But that doesn’t mean we should make it easier for drug offenders nor does it suggest we should let the police get away with murder.

“Yes, definitely, there is a much greater awareness of and concern about police violence (and the costs of aggressive policing) in our communities over the last two years,” said Lauryn Gouldin, an associate professor of law at Syracuse University, in an email.

This heightened judgment of the police force likely stems from the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, in recent years in which the community reacted to the shooting of Mike Brown in 2014 by officer Darren Wilson, who was not indicted, and the national aftermath of the court decision.

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Regardless, Hightower was found to have cocaine on him.

And the appeals court must have known about the larger operation that caught nearly 40 people involved with the trafficking effort. However, the court still ruled that the Dewitt police officer overstepped his legal bounds for being too suspicious and the cocaine charges were dropped.

This should’ve been a common sense decision because there’s no reason to keep a man like Hightower, with several drug convictions, on the streets. Communities will no longer be secure when criminals like Hightower are not in prison for their actions, considering Syracuse. com found that Hightower does not appear to be imprisoned at this time.

Gouldin said the Hightower decision follows a prior New York Court of Appeals case from 2012, People v. Garcia, which held that nervousness and furtive movements were not sufficient to permit an officer to ask the defendant whether he had committed any crimes.

“The suppression of the evidence is required by Garcia, which says that the officer lacked the requisite suspicion to continue questioning Hightower because just acting nervous (or) evasive isn’t enough,” said Gouldin. “If the officer lacked that suspicion, then Hightower was free to leave the encounter with the officer. If Hightower was free to leave the encounter, then, of course, the Taser was too much.”

The United States criminal justice system needs to wake up and realize who the force for good is. Felons shouldn’t be let off to roam the streets, and police officers shouldn’t be criticized for their duty because that would prove to be a danger for society.

While there have been too many police officers that have gotten away with horrific acts against civilians, the Hightower case is a part of a bigger picture to handcuff law enforcement’s hands behind their backs. It’s tough enough for officers to carry out their role, so lawmakers shouldn’t make it any harder.

Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and political science minor.

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Owners have right to boot illegally parked cars The city of Syracuse should preserve the right of local property owners to boot illegally parked vehicles in their lots, not dissolve it.

The Syracuse Common Council agreed Monday to withdraw a proposed law that would impose fines or jail time for owners that use boots on vehicles that illegally park on their property. But Councilor Steve Thompson, who proposed the legislation in February, said he plans to reintroduce the law with more specific language in the future, as reported by Syracuse.com.

The legislation comes in response to community complaints that date back to last year regarding the Westcott area, where several private property owners — primarily businesses — have been booting vehicles. The measure to stop the booting has since been supported by Mayor Stephanie Miner and Police Chief Frank Fowler, who have argued that the boots exploit car owners through expensive fees — the boots generally cost $150 be paid to the owner to remove — and lead to unnecessary conflicts.

Syracuse does not currently have legislation that prevents private lot owners from booting a vehicle and those restrictions should not begin with this proposed law. As long as notice is given through proper and explicit signage, private property owners in Syracuse absolutely reserve the right to boot illegally parked cars that may be detracting from their businesses or occupying space that does not belong to them.

In these cases, those who subject themselves to fines are not even owed a reason or explanation and owners can do as they please with the property. The city government should table the legal fight in recognition of the fact that it does not have the authority to interfere in a situation in which owners are simply exercising their rights to protect their property, not actively trying to exploit the public.

Although the fines may be costly in some cases, which a driving factor behind the city’s legislation against the use of boots, the legislative process shouldn’t offer baseless sympathy to vehicle owners who knowingly placed themselves in the situation.

City leaders should acknowledge that when a vehicle owner makes the conscious decision to park in a private lot with visible signs that clearly explain the consequences of unlawfully occupying the space, the vehicle owner is accepting the fines and chance of being towed that come with parking on private property.

The city of Syracuse should not move forward with this legislation that would place limitations on the rights on property owners — rights that shouldn’t be subject to regulation in the first place. And rather than petition on behalf of those who believe they can get around the law, the city government should work to protect its citizens whose properties are being taken advantage of.

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research Vanable, who officially started in his position on Jan. 1, said many of the recent developments happening in the research sector are results of the hard work of his predecessor, Gina Lee-Glauser.

“You don’t just wave a wand and see rankings reflect increased research productivity,” he said.

The discovery of gravitational waves is indicative of that, Vanable said, because it took many years to accomplish. He described the discovery as a testament to the value of long-term investment in research, which he said is how institutions climb in rankings.

Vanable said he could not yet provide an exact breakdown of how the university evolved to earn the R1 ranking, but public files developed by the Carnegie Classification show that SU improved across a range of categories.

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The 2010 classification reported that SU spent $30,560 in science and engineering research and development expenditures — one of the variables doctoral institutions are judged on. The 2015 classification reports the university spent $48,034 in the 2014 fiscal year.

The university also increased its science and engineering research staff, which the analysis describes as postdoctoral appointees and other non-faculty research staff with doctorates. The 2010 classification reported the university had 46 of these staff members, which grew to 65 in the 2015 classification.

Liddy, Ruhlandt and Vanable all said that another one of SU’s strengths — which is not included in the classification — is engaging undergraduate students in research and still maintaining the quality of teaching.

“It is expected that all the researchers teach,” Ruhlandt said. “When we interview people for faculty positions it is made clear

that instruction is expected.”

Some in academia have voiced concerns, though, that an increased focus on research ultimately devalues teaching. A study from Northwestern University found that average and below-average freshman students found it more difficult to learn from tenure-track professors in their introductory courses.

SU officials insisted, though, that a strong research faculty has improved the student experience on campus.

Ruhlandt said Duncan Brown, a physics professor at SU and one of the scientists who helped discover gravitational waves, teaches a large introductory-level astronomy class and “is an absolute rock star in the classroom.”

The university also takes the time to include undergraduates in this cutting-edge research, Ruhlandt said. Most bachelor of science degrees require some undergraduate research, which Ruhlandt said is key to the student experience.

“You don’t need to worry about undergraduate research to get the R1 ranking,” she said. “But we certainly do.”

Moving forward, Liddy said the administration is looking to continue prioritizing research. To do so, it has added the continued support of research to the Academic Strategic Plan, which is part of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Fast Forward initiative.

Liddy said that has to be a part of the plan if the university’s goal is to become a student-focused research institution.

This commitment to research will also help attract top-notch faculty, Vanable said.

In turn, students will get even better teachers, she added.

“They’ll realize that the timing is good,” Vanable said. “That coming to SU now means joining a faculty where research excellence is an expectation and that your strong research efforts will be rewarded.” dovanwey@syr.edu

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elections freshman year, Evangelista has been involved in SA, he said. Throughout his time with SA, he has served as vice chair of student engagement and director of recognized student organization outreach. Now, he is the SA recorder.

Although she has never been involved in SA, LaLonde said she has participated in several organizations on the SU campus and in the Syracuse community, including University 100, the Boys and Girls Club and Nourish International. She is also an Orientation Leader.

LaLonde said in an interview with The Daily Orange that she thinks her and Evangelista’s relationship is “very unique in the balance that we have” because of the institutional background Evangelista provides through his SA knowledge and experience, and her experience with various student organizations and campus life.

“Just balancing those two, I think that’s very unique and brings a different perspective to Student Association that’s needed,” LaLonde said.

The pair’s campaign platform is called CARE, which stands for “Committed to collaboration, Anti-discriminatory, Ready for reform and Excited for excellence.” Evangelista and LaLonde said they have organized their platform and all of their policy positions under these four sections.

If elected, though, Evangelista said he and LaLonde will each be in charge of their own initiatives.

“What’s really great about Joyce and I, besides working really well together and just really, really respecting each other so much, is that we have very different viewpoints on a whole variety of issues, which means that we are not only able to cover more of what the students care about … but we are also going to be able to address different types of issues that we see as being important,” Evangelista said.

Evangelista and LaLonde said that if elected into office, they will continue the initiatives that current SA President Aysha Seedat and Vice President Jane Hong have

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geography people to think about ongoing, difficult issues for cities and think outside the box.”

Winders, the chair of the geography department, said the team will use various types of geospatial analysis to see infrastructural issues in a different light and get an overall picture of Syracuse’s problem with infrastructure. For the project, Winders is collaborating with Jonnell Robinson, an assistant professor of geography at SU, and undergraduate students in the community geography program.

Students at SU will also work with Robinson to do much of the “hands-on” work,

(FROM LEFT) ERIC EVANGELISTA AND JOYCE LALONDE spoke to members of the press after announcing their campaign for president and vice president, respectively, of the 60th Session of SU’s Student Association. zach barlow asst. photo editor

worked on during their tenure. Seedat and Hong have worked on several initiatives during their tenure, including implementing a bike share program, increasing Carrier Dome accessibility for people with disabilities and adding heat lamps to all of the campus bus stops.

“I think it’s really important that Eric and I are coming in, and we’re not gonna just dictate all these new things that are ours,” LaLonde said. “It’s so important to have this smooth transition.”

One of the issues Evangelista said he would like to see addressed is the fact that Bird Library closes at 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, whereas Kimmel Dining Hall is open until 3 a.m. on the same days.

He added that he would also like to see increased printing capabilities in every academic building on campus for undergradu-

ate students at SU. LaLonde said one of her favorite initiatives that she is working on for the campaign is the concept of SU as one university. She has attended meetings held by the Chancellor’s Working Group on Diversity and Inclusion to better understand what it means to be a member of the SU community, she said.

She added that she also wants to tie this initiative into the accessibility of resources on the SU campus. She said she wants to see the freshman year forum that includes freshmen from all schools and colleges allow different resource centers the opportunity to give presentations about the services they offer.

One of the resource centers LaLonde would like students at SU to know more about is the Counseling Center because she said access to mental health care is “super important.”

“How can we make the Counseling Center come to the students and how can we make them be there for us in a better location?” LaLonde said. “… If that’s not the answer, then how can we work with the Counseling Center to get the students care on or off campus that they need? It’s just really important and something that’s often overlooked when it cannot be.”

LaLonde said she is also passionate about bringing the SU campus to the greater Syracuse community, and vice versa. She said it’s important to give back to the community “that’s done so much for us.”

“There’s a whole host of things that we want to work on, but we’re just trying to scratch the surface right now as we’re getting into the nitty gritty of the campaign,” Evangelista said.

which includes mapping out infrastructure and digitizing maps to grasp the big picture, Winders said.

does the work of improving social conditions in the city,” said Andrew Maxwell, the Innovation Team’s director.

With help from Robinson and SU student interns, Maxwell said geospatial analysis could help determine how to maximize the effectiveness of taxpayer dollars and community investment into the city’s infrastructure.

Maxwell said the collaboration between the city’s Innovation Team and the geography department’s faculty and undergraduate students will “lead to a greater degree of effectiveness and sophistication in our work, and also how we do geospatial analysis and other forms of analysis that would help our work here in the city.”

“For us at the department and SU, this

is a win-win situation,” Winders said. “The kinds of research we’re doing and the kind of things we teach about, it’s very important that they have a real-world impact or social relevance.”

She added that the skills geography students at SU gain through this kind of experience are applicable after graduation. This type of project, she said, fits into a mission of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs’ curriculum: public engagement.

Winders said the project is “a great example for us of one of the ways that thinking like a geographer can help address these intractable problems that cities have.”

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Robinson, who could not be reached for comment, is the city of Syracuse’s community geographer and a geography fellow with the Innovation Team.

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(FROM LEFT) HILLARY CLINTON AND MARCO RUBIO are both hoping to beat their opponents on “Super Tuesday,” when 12 states and one territory will vote in the Democratic and Republican primaries and caucuses. On Tuesday, 1,460 delegates are up for grabs. photos courtesy of clinton press office and rubio press office

Professor discusses how candidates will fair in Super Tuesday primaries, caucuses

By Caroline Bartholomew staff writer

welve states and one territory will vote in presidential primaries and caucuses on Tuesday, which is dubbed “Super Tuesday” since more states vote and more delegates are awarded them than on any other day in the primary season.

In all, 1,460 delegates — 865 on the Democratic side and 595 on the Republican side — are at stake Tuesday.

States holding primaries include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. States holding caucuses include Alaska (Republican only), Colorado (Democratic only) and Minnesota. American Samoa’s caucuses will also be held on the Democratic side.

Candidates to watch out for on Super Tuesday include former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), business mogul Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Ahead of Super Tuesday, The Daily Orange interviewed Shana Gadarian, a political science professor at Syracuse University, to learn more about the day and what effects its results will have.

The Daily Orange: What effects will Super

Tuesday have on the election?

Shana Gadarian: Super Tuesday is one day in a very long set of primary elections. The

way in which Democrats and Republicans pick who their nominee is going to be for the presidential election is to go through this process of multiple primary elections that determine how many delegates each candidate will receive from that race, and then by the end of elections, the idea is that one candidate will emerge with the majority of the delegates that it would take to get the nomination. … The thing that’s different about the Democrats is they determine the number of delegates by how much you win by, but then there’s this other institution called the super delegates, who are people in the party who don’t need to rely on what people in the state say, they get to decide for themselves regardless of who people in their state vote for. Many of the super delegates have pledged to support Clinton when it comes to the convention. They’re not bound to do that and they can change their mind. If Bernie Sanders wins big on Super Tuesday and then all the way down the rest of the races, it could change their mind.

The effects of Super Tuesday will actually depend on who wins and by how much.

Part of what winning does is it gives you a number of delegates. It also sends a signal to people who have not voted yet about the momentum of a candidate — who’s in it to win it — and whether or not they’re viable to go all the way to the convention.

The delegate mass becomes more difficult for Sanders if Clinton wins big, but it doesn’t mean Sanders can’t put in a good showing, especially if young voters turn up, which are

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part of the core of his constituency.

On the Republican side, it’s different because there are five candidates. Donald Trump has the most delegates, but Rubio and Cruz are actually not that far behind.

Who decides to stay in the race and who drops out probably won’t happen until after March 15, when there’s another set of elections, but if Trump wins big in all of these states tomorrow, then the argument for momentum is going to be really tough for Rubio and Cruz to say, “Well we haven’t won these states, but we’re still viable.”

The D.O.: Does Cruz have to win Texas to stay in the race?

S.G.: There’s a path for Cruz to win the nomination that doesn’t require him winning Texas. I think it would be hard for him to stay in much past the end of March without winning Texas. Cruz has not been known to hold the party line, so overall it would be better for the Republican Party to coalesce around one candidate, but Cruz is known to

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not always do what the party wants him to do. Even if the party is pressuring him to get out if he doesn’t win Texas or Oklahoma, it still seems like he’ll stay in, at least until he runs out of money or staff.

The D.O.: How big of a threat does Trump actually pose?

S.G.: He certainly has a path to the nomination since he’s been polling well in many of the Super Tuesday states. I think a lot of the rhetoric from the Trump campaign has been really damaging to the state of political discourse in this country. His routine use of racial epithets and making remarks about Muslims that are disparaging and throwing out protesters has brought this discourse to kind of dangerous levels. There is a concern that this continuation of political violence against political dissenters and scapegoating immigrants and Muslim-Americans could actually lead to violence against individuals, so that is certainly a concern. cbarthol@syr.edu

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COURTNEY MCGUIRE took an hour and a half to put on makeup for the show and then prepared her clothes for the numerous costume changes during the performance. Despite having little time to rehearse and having never performed in drag before, McGuire won Pride Union’s 14th Annual Drag Show. hannah wagner staff photographer

FIT FOR A QUEEN Sophomore drag queen reflects on performance and gender identity

By Danny Mantooth asst. copy editor

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he first time Matt Steriti dressed in drag was as a sophomore in high school, when he went to a Halloween-themed party in a maid’s outfit.

“I just remember a lot of people there who didn’t know me, even people who did know me, thinking I was a girl,” he reminisced. “I loved it because as someone who sometimes questions gender identity and doesn’t follow a very strict line, it’s exciting to be a girl sometimes.”

Steriti, a sophomore musical theater major, performed as Courtney McGuire, who was one of five performers in Pride Union’s 14th

annual Totally Fabulous Drag Show on Friday.

Despite it being her first time performing in drag, McGuire won the competition.

dressing room 2 hours: The amount of time it took Steriti to do makeup and get dressed for Pride Union’s 14th Annual Drag Show.

Although she appeared calm onstage, McGuire said she experienced some anxiety before the show.

“I got really nervous because it’s weird to be working on a project where you’re kind of the producer, director, performer,” McGuire said.

It took him about two hours to transform from Matt Steriti into his alter ego, Courtney McGuire. Most of that time, he said, was occupied with applying “big and bright” makeup.

He said he started by contouring his face, using foundation and highlighter. First, he applied a darker color under his cheekbones and jawbone. Then, he added a lighter color to his forehead and the area above his cheekbones. The whole process helped his face appear more feminine, he said.

“It’s sort of manipulating the way the light hits your face,” he said.

An hour and a half later, McGuire dressed in the various outfits she would reveal one-bysee mcguire page 10

Food truck PB&J’s Lunch Box moves to permanent home

By Maxine Williams contributing writer

Three weeks ago, PB&J’s Lunch Box could only be found on the road. Now, the food truck has expanded into a permanent home at 989 James St., inside the Imperial Gardens Apartment Building.

PB&J’s cuisine was described by owner Pat Orr as “comfort food.”

They serve a variety of sandwiches,

including their signature grilled PB&J., supplemented by fresh soups made daily, and other specialty items.

In the past, PB&J’s new location was home to food truck Street Eats.

When Paul Cox of Street Eats was ready to move out of the location, he contacted Orr and asked if she would like to rent the space. Since there was a precedent of food trucks in the location, and since she could expand her business, Orr said yes.

But until Cox called, Orr didn’t plan to open an actual restaurant.

“If you had asked me in December if I would be owning a restaurant in 2016, I would’ve said, ‘Are you nuts?’” Orr said.

Orr decided to start the food truck five years ago after leaving her photography business and has never looked back. She said she wanted to do something she really enjoyed, and all she could think of was cook-

ing. This prompted her to buy the truck and start her business.

Now in their third week in the new location, Orr couldn’t be happier with what her decision.

But for the new restaurant to work, Orr had to make a lot of changes. With the help of executive chef Kelly Robertson and a few others, she said she renovated the entire space without having to hire anyone.

“With help from family and

friends, we turned the place around in eight days,” Robertson said. “I love what we’ve done with the place.”

Christianna Braun, a counter cashier and delivery attendant, was hired when the restaurant opened.

She said the best part of her job is the customers she’s met.

Said Braun: “We get so many different awesome people, and it’s a lot of fun to work here.” mswillia@syr.edu

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Designers should create both figure flattering, artistic fashions

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ex sells. In high fashion though, so does the opposite.

Fashion is odd in that it serves two extremely different purposes: On the one hand, clothes should flatter the body, make a person feel sexy and give them an aesthetically pleasing appearance. But on the other end of the spectrum, fashion is an art form that should push boundaries. Clothes should be creative, original and visually interesting.

It ‘s hard for designers to embrace both aspects of fashion, but maybe they shouldn’t have to. Artistic fashions are criticized by outsiders as being impossible to wear, whereas designers who make flattering designs are said to lack innovation.

The 2016 fashion shows in Milan have

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mcguire one on stage.

McGuire said one on-stage change didn’t go exactly as planned. Two backup dancers helped her slip into a long red dress while the rest formed a wall in front of them.

When the wall was about to break and she hadn’t finished the change, one of her dancers yelled, “Stop,” just in time.

The crowd didn’t appear to notice the pause, as the routine continued seamlessly and concluded to raucous applause.

But Steriti said he didn’t care about winning.

He just wanted to perform in the drag show.

Steriti grew up in a conservative family and went to a private, all-boys Catholic school with “a bunch of rich, upper-class white boys,” he said, who were very heteronormative.

As a result, Steriti said he didn’t get a chance to explore his identity. He would often “push the boundaries” of his school dress code, earning him sideways glances and silent judgment.

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PROBABLY WEARING PAJAMAS displayed a variety of designs so far. At Gucci on Wednesday, there was a lot going on — puffy shoulders, boxy dresses, ruffles on ruffles — but sex appeal was not part of the equation. The collection worked for “Vogue Runway” fashion critic Sarah Mower, but was so outrageous that it probably won’t make its way into real life.

At the Versace show in Milan on Friday, models sauntered down the runway in slinky dresses, crop tops and low necklines — Mower declared in her review, “sexiness is back at Versace.” These clothes are still

When Steriti’s older friends graduated, they told him about college drag shows. So when he arrived at Syracuse University, he immediately began researching its show.

As a freshman, Steriti couldn’t participate because of a drama department rule barring freshmen from performing at any show. But once he learned about the show, Steriti said he wanted to be a part of it.

“It just always was exciting to have an opportunity to wear makeup, to wear dresses, to dress like a girl and not face judgment,” he said, admitting that there will always be some judgment.

When Steriti asked friends to help him with his performance, they were eager to participate.

Steriti said the team choreographed the entire routine in only one to two rehearsals.

Once McGuire was selected to move on to the finals, her routine grew from three performers to 11.

Markcus Blair, a second-year transfer musical theater major, said Steriti asked him to come on board about a week or two before

fashionable, but are they less creative? I don’t think so, but that is why some designers choose to avoid flattering the body — they want their shows to be about the clothes.

In terms of customers — high-end consumers and everyday shoppers — there are different labels for those who choose either aspect of fashion. For a dressy occasion, the girl who shows up in an edgy pantsuit is cool but trying too hard, and the other girl who shows up in a tight dress is hot but has no taste. It is hard to find a balance of looking good without being “basic” and unstylish.

A popular blog called Man Repeller by Leandra Medine addresses the issue of “fashionable” yet unflattering clothes. She writes that a man-repeller is, “she who outfits herself

in a sartorially offensive mode that may result in repelling members of the opposite sex..”

Although Medine embraces her style with humor, she acknowledged in a post last December that if she feels like wearing tight clothes once in a while, she’s doing it for herself.

Clothes can be figure-flattering and still push the limits of fashion. It’s fine for designers to hide the body , but they need to remember that artisitic fashion is is displayed on it.

Fashion needs to find a middle ground.

A tight dress does not have to be sexy, and a sexy dress does not have to be unfashionable.

the finals. Even though the group didn’t have much time to rehearse, Blair said Steriti made the entire process “so easy and so fun.”

an honest way to express identity.

“Drag to me means freedom to be whoever you want to be, whatever you want to be, to open people’s eyes to art and performance,” she said. “It’s a way to put on a character in order to live out your fantasies or dreams that you might not do when you’re a regular boy or regular girl.”

While Milk said she identifies as twospirit, Steriti said he’s still struggling with discovering his own gender identity.

But the support Steriti’s received — both from people he knows and people he doesn’t — gives him the confidence to feel less like the outcast he thought he was in high school.

Now that he’s becoming more comfortable with who he is, Steriti said he has begun to see himself as normal.

“I think we grow up in a society where you’re kind of brainwashed into believing that you have to be one way,” he said. “If you’re told you have to be this way, you’re going to think something’s wrong if you’re not.”

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Milk is a Syracuse native who formerly competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she finished in 9th place.

Claire Sorlie, a sophomore musical theater major, who helped Steriti with the choreography, echoed those sentiments.

“It blows my mind that he feels so comfortable in his own skin,” Sorlie said. “I love the fact that I have Matt in my life.”

When he becomes Courtney McGuire, Steriti said he’s able to explore a side of himself — a gender identity — he didn’t realize existed.

“It’s all very strange because at first it was just a character,” he said. “The more I do it, it’s less of a character and more a side of me.”

Milk, the show’s host and a former contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race, said drag is

Jackie Homan is a sophomore magazine journalism major. You can reach her at jahoman@syr.edu or follow her @jackie_homan on Twitter.

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FLAWLESS High fashion makeup works perfectly for everyday looks

Text By Taylyn Washington-Harmon staff writer

Photos By Dorris Huang staff photographer

The wrap-up of spring New York Fashion Week signals the launch of new trends heading our way in the fall. With beauty often overlooked at fashion shows (which can be just as painstaking to put together as the outfits) it can be easy to get stuck in the same old makeup rut. Get ahead of the curve with four of the most iconic — and totally doable — beauty looks that you can sport inside and outside of the classroom.

GRUNGE FROM 1 GIRLY RODARTE

Rodarte is famous for bringing Victorian glamour and feminine fantasy to the runway, so this look is perfect for those interested in making an impact with their makeup using as few products as possible.

Start with a clean slate for foundation and dust your brows with a pencil or pomade slightly lighter than your natural hair color. Then, gel them in a manner that looks a bit disheveled. Go over your lashes lightly with a brown mascara and modestly dust your cheeks with a pale blush.

For the finishing touch, add a deep wine-red lipstick. If you don’t own a darker shade, line your lips with black eyeliner first, go over your lips with your favorite red and blend for your perfect grunge lip.

This makeup complemented the “leather n’ lace” ensembles featured on the catwalk and works best with edgier outfits.

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Graphic lids allows you get crafty with liner skills while keeping your look modern with a retro spin. For beginners, outline the shape of your eyelid with pencil liner and follow lightly with a dusty gray or black eyeshadow to conceal any mistakes. For the more experienced beauty guru, use liquid eyeliner to create sharp cuts for a clean look. Apply your darkest mascara, and, for an even more ‘60s look, false lashes.

Go bold with your brows in a shade that matches your hair color or even one shade darker. Paint your lips with a matte dusty pink that’s natural but not too nude. To increase the drama, match your blush to your lip color. This collection featured the classic turtleneck in unexpected colors and fabrics, so don’t be afraid to pair this makeup with your next go-go inspired getup.

BEAUTY FROM 3 BARBIE JEREMY SCOTT

Jeremy Scott is well known for all-out color and camp on the runway. Go with Barbie’s favorite makeup shades, cotton candy pink and baby blue, to match this upcoming season’s look. Apply a light pink eyeshadow directly to the lids followed by a light blue above the crease. Fill in the crease with a darker blue and line your eyes with a similar shade. Use your darkest

mascara on your top and bottom lashes.

Keep your brows neat, mimicking the iconic doll’s, and dust your cheeks with your pinkest blush — just enough to show, or else you’ll risk drifting into clown territory. A bright fuchsia lip completes the look. Scott went with beehive ‘dos, graphic tees in cheeky colors and tiger-striped sweater dresses, looks only a doll could love. So come on, Barbie, go find your Ken and party.

GLAM FRO 4 GOTH FENTY X PUMA

Rihanna brought “health goth,” high-end athletic wear with goth elements, to the runway in her latest collection for Puma.

To channel this look, you’ll need five products at most. Keep your skin fresh and matte and fill in your brows with black or dark brown to create a sharp shape. Line your waterline with a chunky kohl liner in black, bringing it upwards to form an

upside-down cat eye. Dust lightly with a glittery black shadow for a smoky effect.

Use your same kohl, or better yet, a black matte lipstick to complete the look. To take it up a notch, add glitter to the center of your lips to make them appear fuller, since dark colors make the lips look smaller. Bring health goth to the streets with your favorite all-black athleisure and look so cool, even RiRi herself would have to do a double take. twashi01@syr.edu

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Syracuse relies on youth under new coaching staff

By Jack Upton staff writer

In each of the last three seasons, including this one, Syracuse has not had more than four seniors on the team.

This season, 13 of the Orange’s 19 players are underclassmen.

“We have a lot of young talent,” SU head coach Mike Bosch said. “We’re just trying to see how that young talent is going to develop.”

So far this season, that talent has been tested often. Three of the four players who have started every game are underclassmen. Freshman Hannah Dossett is tied for the team lead in homeruns, doubles, hits and RBI’s, while sophomore Rachel Burkhardt leads the team in runs.

Bosch stressed attention to detail in Syracuse’s fall league and believes he and his staff have helped the team break things down from a technique standpoint.

With an entirely new coaching staff taking over after the resignation of 10-year head coach Leigh Ross, Bosch and his staff have an opportunity to instill its methods into SU’s (6-7) seven new freshmen.

“Coming in as a new staff we’re obviously going to do things a bit differently,” Bosch said. “With new players, we had an opportunity to really establish that with those players. Pretty much all they know is what we do.”

Bosch commended the team’s upperclassmen for teaching Syracuse’s group of freshmen.

In 2016, “the staff” includes seniors Jocelyn Cater and Lindsey Larkin and sophomore AnnaMarie Gatti.

When Bosch, formerly the Orange’s pitching coach, is busy with other players, he leans on Cater and Larkin to mentor the young pitchers. If there’s something Bosch can’t do, he’ll have

those three help out.

While Gatti is just a sophomore, her ability matches that of the other two. She leads the team with 41.1 innings pitched, 24 strikeouts and three complete games, and she’s recorded a fantastic 2.61 era through eight appearances this season.

Larkin believes that the new coaching staff’s teaching mindset has allowed younger players to grow.

“They don’t get angry with you even if you don’t know what you’re doing,” Larkin said. “We’ll use it as a learning experience and move on from here. … Watching the program grow and seeing where we are today is exciting.”

Bosch said he has preached to his players that it’s important to get better every day. By extension, if the players are improving, the program can move forward, too. Sandberg preached a similar message, saying that as a young team, it’s simply important to steadily progress even as Syracuse hovers around .500.

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“We have to just have a goal of outworking our opponents,” Sandberg said. “We know that everyone else that we’re playing is trying to get better, we need to get 1 percent better everyday.”

While Bosch and Sandberg understand it’s a process, neither mentioned that they felt at a disadvantage relying on their young talent.

“All those things meshing together,” Bosch said, “has helped us to go from just a young team, to a good team.” jfupton@syr.edu

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roberson from deep in a 75-70 loss to No. 7 North Carolina (24-6, 13-4) on Monday night, Roberson reemerged as a presence under the basket.

He corralled a game-high 11 rebounds, his most in six games when he posted 15 rebounds against Virginia Tech on Feb. 2. Roberson wasn’t inspired, and publicly said he wasn’t swayed by Boeheim’s stern words. But after missing the first shot of the game for Syracuse, he smothered a Trevor Cooney missed 3 and laid in his own shot.

He rebounded in every sense of the word, and turned his season back around after Boeheim provided a dead end.

“It’s all mental,” Roberson said. “You’ve got to keep playing hard and tell yourself you got to like take it to another level. I think if you do that you’ll be fine, and that’s what I tried to do.”

The Orange only shot 5-of-20 from behind the arc, and started the game as cold as it ended, missing three open looks in the opening two and a half minutes. Roberson grabbed the missed Cooney 3, but couldn’t beat UNC’s Justin Jackson on the subsequent rebound attempt off a Tyler Lydon miss.

But he recovered to corral Brice Johnson’s miss on the other end, contributing to his positive sequence opening the game and seven total rebounds through just over the opening eight minutes. It equaled his total combined from the past two games.

As Syracuse continued to hang with the Tar Heels in the early going, Roberson nabbed

another Lydon shot that clanked off the iron.

Instead of looking outside the perimeter to dish the ball, he lifted the ball high above his head and reached for the basket.

Kennedy Meeks bodied up against Roberson as he rose toward the basket, and fouled the SU forward as the ball sunk through the net to give SU its first lead of the game.

“He just battled tonight,” Michael Gbinije said. “He gave us an inside presence at times … and it’s nice to just have some interior scoring.”

Against the Tar Heels’ dynamic offense, Syracuse tried compensating for its inability to slow down UNC in the second half by shooting quicker and more frequently.

He fed Richardson for a corner 3 midway through the second half, and immediately took off across the baseline to reach the basket. His hands met Richardson’s miss almost simultaneously, but he ended up turning the ball over.

Roberson caught up to Richardson’s miss, but even with a game-high six offensive rebounds, couldn’t keep up with the frequency of misses. He single-handedly couldn’t chase down the lead. But what he could do was rebound. And he rebounded to keep SU within reach, and once again grab ahold of his season.

“That’s what he’s been doing all year for us,” Richardson said of Roberson’s performance. “I think he got away from it these past few games. I think it was a wake-up call, and we need him to do that.

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No. 2 SU’s pressure defense will be tested against No. 3 UF

By Tomer Langer asst. copy editor

Selena Lasota ran up field with the ball following a Syracuse foul on Sunday. The Orange jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first three minutes, and the leading goal scorer for then-No. 5 Northwestern was trying to sneak in a rapid counter-attack score.

She seemed to have a wide-open path to the goal, but then the green turn was filled with white jerseys and grey sticks.

The suddenly flustered Wildcat tried to lob a pass toward a teammate up ahead, but she overthrew her badly and the ball rolled out of bounds. And just like that, the Orange regained possession.

“I think they’re a very physical team and they definitely work on being aggressive in the style of defense they play,” Kelly Amonte Hiller, Northwestern’s head coach, said after SU beat her team 16-12.

With All-Americans and Tewaaraton award watch lists members Kayla Treanor and Halle Majorana, it’s easy to focus on Syracuse’s potent offense. But defense has arguably been the No. 2 Orange’s (5-0) backbone this year, and it will again be key against No. 3 Florida’s (4-0) high-powered offense at noon in the Carrier Dome on Tuesday. The Gators have scored 14.75 goals per game, which ranks 12th in the nation heading into the matchup.

The Orange plays a zone defense predicated on pressuring its opponent’s attack. If there’s not a clear opportunity, the defenders don’t always risk their position to try and intercept the ball. The unit just wants to make sure the other team always know that it’s there.

“We want to put a lot of pressure on the

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offense, kind of chaos is all we want,” redshirt senior defender Mallory Vehar said, “we don’t want people to get comfortable.”

On Feb. 21, Syracuse played two games in one day against Wagner at noon and Marist at night. The starting defensive line only played the first half of each game. Wagner only scored two goals in the half. Marist tallied just one.

Syracuse returned its entire starting defensive group form last year, with no player younger than a junior as part of that group.

“We’re not starting from scratch,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “We’re just elevating their knowledge and understanding of what we’re trying to get done.”

Gait and several Orange players also credited new goalie Allie Murray for its goals against average of 6.8, which is currently the 14th best mark in the country. Murray’s play as a goalie mirrors that of the defenders.

She often steps well out of the goal circle in order to fight for ground balls or to take away shooting angles away from players. Gait said the Notre Dame transfer’s style of play is exactly the kind of approach he wants from a goalie anchoring this defense.

The same physicality also earned Syracuse a whopping 53 fouls against Northwestern. A week earlier, when the Orange faced Marist, SU was called for 39 fouls while the Red Foxes were called for just eight.

But Syracuse is unapologetic about its physicality. After the Marist game, Majorana and Treanor started laughing when they saw the discrepancy in foul calls. After the Northwestern game, Gait said that it didn’t matter that his team was called for so many fouls, that it was just the flow of the game. Junior defender Haley McDonnell even thinks that it’s a key part of the unit’s success.

And against a strong offensive team like the Gators, the Orange is confident it will be able to make the Florida attacks uncomfortable.

“We don’t have any elaborate plans,” McDonnell said. “We stick to what we know and we’re good at that.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

HALEY MCDONNELL and the Syracuse defense have been pressuring opposing offenses into turnovers and poor shooting chances.

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recruited players for the press as it becomes a bigger part of the Orange’s identity.

The key, players said, is paying attention to Hillsman on the sideline. If he calls “fist,” it’s a man-to-man press, Cornelia Fondren said. But whether his fists are pointed up or down determines whether to trap in the frontcourt or bait the opposition to get to half court before applying the pressure. If the call is “red,” SU’s defense traps as much as possible before half court. “Green” means to only feign the pressure. On any given possession, the entire package could change.

Players on opposing teams have asked SU guard Brittney Sykes how the Orange does it.

All she could do was chuckle. It’s tiring just to break a press for a full game, Sykes said, and even more challenging for offenses when it’s hard to detect what the Orange is doing.

“It’s almost like boxing. You keep hitting them in the body and eventually they’re going

to lower their hands and you finish them,” Hillsman said. “... then we go on these 10-0 runs that blow the game open.”

In its biggest win of the season on Feb. 18, Syracuse forced Florida State, a team that averages 17.4 turnovers per game, into 10 first-quarter turnovers. In that quarter alone, the Orange varied its defense by disguising pressure on some possessions and attacking ball-handlers right as they crossed half court on others.

FSU head coach Sue Semrau said her team was “shell shocked” by Syracuse’s press.

Boston College head coach Erik Johnson had to switch who handled the ball. Clemson head coach Audra Smith said SU plays like sharks that smell blood.

Syracuse’s press has been a major part of one of its most successful years in program history and now it carries the Orange into the postseason.

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must win,” Gbinije said. “Every loss is going to hurt us.”

oft-used “game-by-game” or “just trying to win” rhetoric. But after the loss on Monday, players weren’t shy about the importance of what Saturday’s game at Florida State means. SU beat the Seminoles 85-72 at home on Feb. 11.

“It’s a must win,” Trevor Cooney said, bluntly.

“It’s big. I was just telling (the team) it’s a

Malachi Richardson played “passive” in the first half

of the opening four minutes with an and-one driving to the basket. But he also shot just 2-of-8 from the field after the break and was called for a blatant, and costly, offensive foul by shoving his defender to create space when SU was down three with 1:35 remaining.

“I thought in the first half he was passive,” Boeheim said. “… His size hurts us at forward, rebounding situation, but next year you won’t have to worry about that.”

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press full game and the zone defense improved. As the Orange stuck with the press, it improved.

By now, the press has several formations: 1-2-2, 2-1-2, 2-2-1 or man-to-man. And the Orange has several wrinkles within each one: attack before half court or behind it, apply the pressure or only create the illusion, trap from the front or trap from the rear.

“We used six players in practice to go against it,” Pittsburgh head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio said after the Panthers committed 26 turnovers in a 23-point loss to SU on Jan. 14. “Constantly trapping and they’re just relentless.”

With an experienced guard-heavy lineup, Syracuse’s athleticism and length makes it a fit for the press. Each year, layers have been added and Hillsman has

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The freshman forward took just one shot in the first half and recorded no assists and one rebound in 17 minutes. He almost never had the ball in his hands. He hit one 3-pointer.

When he did so in the second half, it came with little success. He scored the only points

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basketball

POSTGAME PLAYBOOK hero

the big three Losing by five on the road to No. 8 UNC is respectable for SU, but here are three discouraging signs.

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The Tar Heels took 25 3s on Monday night — making only six — which played very well into Syracuse’s hand.

But the Orange couldn’t capitalize on UNC’s poor shooting due to its poor defensive rebounding. North Carolina pulled down 19 offensive rebounds, the most any team has finished with against SU this season, and essentially attacked Syracuse’s 2-3 zone with second-chance opportunities.

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piling up

Michael Gbinije and Malachi Richardson, SU’s primary driving options, finished with a combined 11 turnovers. Gbinije had seven on his own, one below a season-high that came in a loss to Miami on Jan. 2. Richardson finished with four giveaways, a product of an errant pass and a few out-of-control drives to the lane.

These two players are the Orange’s best bet to create off the dribble, but UNC’s high-pressure man-to-man got the best of them.

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BRICE JOHNSON

stone cold

Following North Carolina’s lead, the Orange also had a slow shooting night from 3. SU finished 5-for-20 from beyond the arc. Gbinije went 1-for-6, Trevor Cooney went 2-for-7, Richardson went 1-for-4 and Tyler Lydon finished 1-for-3. For a team that predicates its offense on perimeter shooting, one or two makes here or there would have made all the difference. Jim Boeheim has repeatedly said Syracuse needs to shoot well to win, and that was certainly true against a very talented UNC team.

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Johnson kept up his double-double pace against Syracuse, scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, five of which were offensive. The UNC power forward shot 60 percent from the field, the highest percent of any player who took more than five shots.

Johnson has recorded double-digit points in 11 of the last 12 games.

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North Carolina grabbed 19 offensive rebounds, which is the most SU has given up this season. The Orange also grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, a respectable total.

Michael Gbinije finished with seven assists and seven turnovers in the loss. The assists were two below his season-high of nine and the turnovers were one below a season-high of eight.

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(19-11, 9-8 Atlantic Coast) hung with No. 8 UNC (24-6, 13-4) on the road, but dropped a 75-70 decision to keep itself on the proverbial NCAA Tournament bubble.

Syracuse shot 5-of-20 from 3, but recorded 32 points in the paint. It allowed 19 offensive rebounds, but UNC only scored 16 subsequent points.

“If you’re not on, you’ve got to do the other things,” SU guard Trevor Cooney said. “And we did the other things today. We just couldn’t make that one shot or one stop at the end.”

Cooney hit two 3-pointers in the span of 25 seconds after not making one in nine days. But on the next possession he shot an airball. There was 2:37 left in the first half and he wouldn’t make another field goal the rest of the game.

Tyler Roberson showed from the outset that he was back to the high-volume rebounder and scorer that he’d been when he’s at his best. He posted nine points and 11 rebounds.

But a chance to cut into a nine-point lead was wasted when he caught an open lob and the shot bounced off the front rim.

Gbinije made two big momentum plays.

The first was a putback, and-one dunk off

They made a concerted effort to get it inside.

But we did a good job of keeping it from the inside, but when they shot it they got it back too many times.

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a missed Cooney 3. The second was a stepback shot from behind the arc to cut the lead to one with 2:23 to play. But he also committed seven turnovers and missed the other five 3-pointers he shot.

SU made some plays. It hit some shots. It made some important stops. It had four runs of four points or more in the second half. It found momentum but then saw it slip away.

“I didn’t care how. I didn’t care if we shot the ball well. I didn’t care if we’d rebounded well,” UNC head coach Roy Williams said. “I just wanted to look up on the clock and see we had more points.”

The 6.6 seconds left on the clock wasn’t enough to do anything. Malachi Richardson pulled up from 3 with hardly anytime before the buzzer and his shot hit off the rim and that was it.

It took all 40 minutes for the Tar Heels to know that a lead it held for 38 minutes and 50 seconds would finish safely in their grasp. Syracuse played far from its best game against North Carolina, and still it competed into the final minute.

“I thought we battled them very well for a long time,” Boeheim said. “… They played with a lot momentum, got the lead and we just battled back, showed a lot of heart.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Richardson scored 10 points, but only shot 3-of-9 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3. In addition, he grabbed just two rebounds and only one steal. Richardson also tallied four fouls in the game.

He’s averaging 13.1 points per game this season and has shot 37 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3 for the season.

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women’s basketball

SU press stymies offenses No. 17 Syracuse ranks 1st in the nation in forced turnovers

By Paul Schwedelson asst. sports editor

TYLER ROBERSON recorded double-digit rebounds for the first time since Feb. 2 when he grabbed 15 against Virginia Tech. His efforts weren’t enough, as Syracuse got outrebounded and lost a tough 75-70 game on the road to UNC. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

RECHARGED

Tyler Roberson took steps in the right direction in loss to No. 8 UNC

By Connor Grossman asst. web editor

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HAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tyler Roberson did all he could to clean up Syracuse’s messes.

He stood under the basket as Malachi Richardson heaved up a 3 in the opening minute of the second half, with North Carolina’s lead boosted up to seven.

The shot clanked off the iron and rested into Roberson’s hands.

He quickly dished it out to Michael Gbinije, also trying to predicate Syracuse’s hopeful comeback on long-ball attempts. Gbinije’s prayer wasn’t answered from behind the arc, and Roberson couldn’t get between Dajuan Coleman and his third personal foul.

The 6-foot-8 forward could only get between the Tar Heels and 11 missed shots, and his team-leading effort still wasn’t enough to get in the way of a third loss in four games.

“I thought (Roberson) was good,” head coach Jim Boeheim said. “This was a perfect game for him, they don’t block out so he’ll go and get some rebounds and he did that tonight.”

Nine days after Roberson’s head coach said he wouldn’t play a minute if Boeheim had “anyone else,” and two days after playing a season-low 14 minutes, Roberson stayed on the court for 34. As the Orange (19-11, 9-8 Atlantic Coast) repeatedly missed see roberson page 12

getting back Tyler Roberson finished with 11 rebounds in the loss to North Carolina, nine less than his total across SU’s last five games.

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What we learned from Orange’s road loss to UNC

By Sam Blum senior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Syracuse (19-11, 9-8 Atlantic Coast) hung with No. 8 North Carolina (24-6, 13-4) at the Dean E. Smith Center on Monday night, but didn’t shoot or rebound well enough to collect a win. Four players scored in double figures for Syracuse, but the Orange finished a combined 5-of-20 from 3.

Though the Orange only allowed 16 second-chance points on the 19 offensive rebounds it

gave up, the ball was constantly in UNC’s hands and it prevented Syracuse from building on the momentum it was able to establish throughout the game.

SU head coach Jim Boeheim said he was proud of how his team battled, but lamented the missed shots and the poor defensive rebounding as the difference in the game.

Here are three things we learned about the Orange in the loss.

Forcing UNC into taking 3s didn’t really help

North Carolina scored just 19.6 percent of its points from behind the 3-point arc coming into the game, per Kenpom.com, which was good for 343rd in Division I. When the two teams paired up in January, SU forced the Tar Heels to shoot just 3-of-16 from 3, but UNC ran its offense through the high post and was able to dominate.

The Tar Heels took 17 3-pointers by halftime and made six. Three of them immediately followed an SU score. And even when North Carolina was forced to miss, the ball

often found its way to a white jersey and the possession restarted.

“They made a concerted effort to get it inside, and we did a good job of keeping it from inside,” Boeheim said. “But when they shot it they got it back so many times.”

Syracuse players believe Saturday is a must-win Boeheim and the Orange players often shy away from talking about big-picture postseason hopes. They often go back to the

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One fist or two. Thumbs up or down. Red or green.

No matter what Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman signals, the appearance of the Orange’s full-court press, at first, is the same. Then it shifts.

Then chaos sets in.

Then-No. 10 Florida State committed 28 turnovers. ThenNo. 16 Miami had 26. Then-No. 12 Duke coughed the ball up 32 times. Syracuse’s full-court press is nearly impossible to game plan for.

The Orange leads the country with 25.5 forced turnovers per game. That’s given it had nearly five more possessions than it averaged a season ago. It’s also the most since SU averaged 28.5 forced turnovers per game in the 1979-80 season. It all stems from 40 minutes of deception.

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Average number of turnovers Syracuse causes per game in conference play, which is 0.4 higher than its average all season

“It’s kind of like a football game in a sense where you have this team that’s giving you different looks and different blitz packages,” SU assistant coach Vonn Read said. “You don’t know where the traps are going to come from and it can really frustrate our opponents.”

On Thursday, No. 17 Syracuse (23-6, 13-3 Atlantic Coast) earned a double bye in the ACC tournament by blowing out Boston College and forcing 33 turnovers. SU’s 23 regular-season wins tied a program record and its 13 conference wins set one. And a big portion of the Orange’s success comes from a full-court press that’s rarely been cracked this season.

Syracuse fully committed to the press a few years back because it wanted to reduce the time it spent in its 2-3 zone. Read said instead of having to sit back for nearly 30 seconds, SU only has to sit back for 15–18 by pressing.

Hillsman had Syracuse press the see press page 14