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Phillip Gordon, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke Monday at SU about the nature of the U.S.’s relationship with the Middle East.

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O • Conservative cooking Liberal columnist Mia Tomasello discusses the “Dictator Obama” eggs at Liverpool’s American Diner and how political satire is adding spice to the 2016 election.

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P • Uncensored

An explicit Snapchat story, called Syracusesnap, went viral on the SU campus last October. The snap story raises concerns for some about privacy.

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S • They (z)own you

Syracuse’s 2-3 zone has kicked into another gear since the start of the NCAA Tournament. With the short turnaround opponents have, the zone has been benefitting SU. Page 16

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Report outlines suggestions to improve diversity and inclusion

By Brett Samuels senior staff writer

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iring a chief diversity officer, establishing a permanent diversity and inclusion council and increasing the number of faculty and staff of color are among the 33 recommendations laid out in a report released Monday by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion.

The report includes short-term and long-term recommendations that are divided into three categories. The workgroup suggests short-term recommendations be addressed by the end of the calendar year, while long-term recommendations are given a two-to-

three year window. Several suggestions call for the hiring of additional staff or creation of new positions. Of the 33 recommendations, 11 involve hiring personnel or allocating financial resources to complete a given proposal.

Barry Wells, a co-chair of the workgroup, said in a press release that the recommendations “are highly aspirational,” but added that the university community must be bold in its actions to ensure the university is fully committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community.

Chancellor Kent Sy verud announced the creation of the workgroup last September, though its members weren’t selected and announced

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5 takeaways from workgroup’s final diversity, inclusion report

By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor

The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion released a report on Monday with recommendations on how Syracuse University can increase diversity and inclusion on campus and ensure equality and acceptance for marginalized groups.

Here are five takeaways from the workgroup’s report:

Chief diversity officer The workgroup recommended that the university hire a chief diversity officer who would report directly to the chancellor and be a member of

the chancellor’s executive team. The chief diversity officer, as defined in the report, would be someone who “coordinates, leads, enhances, and in some instances supervises formal diversity capabilities of the institution.”

James Duah-Agyeman currently serves as the chief diversity officer for SU’s Division of Student Affairs, according to the Office of Multicultural Affairs website. He was appointed by then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor in 2006. He is also currently the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Ombuds Office The workgroup suggested the creation see takeaways page 4

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Tattoos remember grandmother, life changes

By Leah Meyers staff writer

Two days after receiving his first tattoo, a major event in Jesse Noll’s life inspired him to get a second one in the same month. The fresh tattoos are on each of his forearms.

Noll, a senior advertising major, saw a movie in his sophomore year interpretation of film class that lingered with him. The film, “The Hours,” is based on the Virginia Woolf story “Mrs. Dalloway,” and although Noll had previously never read the story, it is now his favorite movie.

In the movie, the actress who played Woolf, Nicole Kidman, says the quote, “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” This phrase really struck a chord with Noll.

“For the longest time I would sort of internalize all of my emotions and basically wouldn’t tell anyone anything,” Noll said. “Then, once everything bottled up long enough, I would just kind of explode and have an emotional breakdown.”

It was through this quote from “The Hours” that Noll said he realized this is not the right way to live. He explained that the quote is about attacking problems and life head-on, and it is through this that you find happiness.

Since seeing the movie, Noll has changed his lifestyle and been happier than ever, he said. He tattooed

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JESSE NOLL has two tattoos on his forearms. The first is a quote from the movie “The Hours,” which is based off of the Virginia Woolf story “Mrs. Dalloway.” The second tattoo is a purple geometrical deer, which he had done in honor of his late grandmother. zach barlow asst. photo editor

the quote on his left forearm at the tattoo parlor, White Tiger Tattoo, in Rochester, New York, to remind himself to never bottle his problems up anymore.

He said it is ironic that two days after he received this tattoo during winter break, his grandmother passed away. Immediately, Noll knew he wanted to get another tattoo to commemorate his grandmother. He got it at the end of January.

“My grandma’s three passions in

life were watching baseball, reading books and watching for deer,” Noll said. “I didn’t want a tattoo of a baseball on my arm, and I didn’t want a tattoo of a book, so I decided to go with a deer.”

The tattoo is made of geometric shapes to create a “funky” version of a regular deer head. The head also has purple shading to commemorate his grandmother’s favorite color.

Noll recalled how much his grandma loved to watch the deer whenever

they went on car rides or whenever they were in her backyard. Whenever she would spot one, Noll said, she would make sure to call him over to see. Sometimes his mother would take his grandmother to a local park just to sit and watch the deer by the pond.

“I think my whole family and I kind of obsess over deer a little bit more than most people,” Noll said.

“It’s one of those things that just stuck with me.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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Three things What do you need to know about Monday night’s Student Association meeting? The D.O. can help you out.

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Education king Newly confirmed United States Secretary of Education John King has a lot of plans to reform college affordability and financial aid.

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NVRC lecture A founder of the architecture firm Snohetta will speak at SU Tuesday on why Snohetta should design SU’s veterans complex.

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news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories around the nation and the world: POLITICS

NOT CONFIRMED No matter who wins the presidential election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Republicans would not hold any confirmation hearings on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. source:source: los angeles times

WORLD

TESTING THE WATERS North Korea fired five more shortrange projectiles into the sea on Monday, according to South Korean officials, as part of a series of test shots. These launches have been interpreted as showing defiance in response to annual joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. source: the associated press

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PHILIP GORDON, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, gave his thoughts on the reasons for turmoil in the Middle East, how the turmoil affects the United States and what role the U.S. should play in the region on Monday. liam sheehan asst. photo editor

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Philip Gordon talks US role in Middle East

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

In detailing how he said he believes the United States should deal with turmoil in the Middle East, Philip Gordon refuted strategies that have been put forth by Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.

Gordon, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who served as the White House coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region from 2013-15, said on Monday that the smartest approach the U.S. can deploy toward the Middle East is one more sophisticated than what might be “suitable for debate mode.”

“It’s easier and simpler to call for carpet bombing … or kicking the bleep out of someone,” he said, referring to the plans proposed by business mogul Trump and Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) without naming the candidates. “... But there’s not a quick or easy fix to these questions.”

In a lecture in the Strasser Legacy Room in Syracuse University’s Eggers Hall on Monday, Gordon laid out the U.S.’s interests in the Middle East and the driving forces behind the region’s turmoil. He also provided his perspective on what role the U.S. should play in the region.

Shortly after being introduced to an audience of about 50 people

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Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Gordon said the U.S. should be concerned with the Middle

It’s easier and simpler to call for carpet bombing … or kicking the bleep out of someone. ...

But there’s not a quick or easy fix to these questions.

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East because the U.S. has “very fundamental, core interests at stake.”

Those interests, Gordon said, include terrorism, nuclear issues and energy.

Gordon said terrorism is being driven by dynamics in the Middle East, adding that terrorism affects the U.S.’s “friends and partners” in the region, as well as Western countries such as France and the U.S. itself. He called attention to the November terrorist attacks in Paris and the December terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.

In regard to nuclear issues, Gordon said it’s within the U.S.’s interest to prevent nuclear

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Student presents survey on off-campus safety

By Nina Leeds staff writer

Members of Syracuse University’s Student Association discussed off-campus safety and security, the final report published by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion and the upcoming SA debate during Monday’s meeting in Maxwell Auditorium.

The meeting kicked off with a presentation by Alexander Lynch, a senior citizenship and civic engagement major who created a survey that focused on how SU

can step up to protect students living off campus for his senior

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.

project. Lynch shared with the assembly that between 2013 and 2015, 2,556 crimes were commit-

ted in the University Hill and SU neighborhoods. Most of those crimes were crimes against students, Lynch said.

The survey found that while 84 percent of students said they felt safe walking on campus at night, 82 percent felt unsafe walking off-campus at night.

In order to try and rectify these problems and reduce crime as well as student fears, Lynch has proposed the installation of CCTV police cameras in order to record crimes. The cameras would aim to help assess crimes

and reduce crime in the area, Lynch said.

He said his goal is to install 45 cameras around the intersections that surround apartments off-campus that are mostly inhabited by students. Syracuse police would have access to the footage, he said, and there are talks to grant the Department of Public Safety access as well.

Lynch said he has support for the idea from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s office, the Syracuse Police Department, SU Chancellor

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BUSINESS

SMALL BUT MIGHTY Apple announced on Monday the launch of a smaller mobile device called the iPhone SE. The iPhone SE will have all of the same features as the iPhone 6S, but it will only have a four-inch screen — the same size as the iPhone 5. source: the atlantic

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DRUG BUST An employee for a major airline was caught trying to smuggle approximately 70 pounds of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. Transportation Safety Administration officials found the cocaine after randomly searching the employee, who is not currently in custody. source: los angeles times

HEALTH

HEART HEALTHY Research from the American Heart Association has shown that deaths from heart disease have decreased in the United States in recent years. But about 610,000 people still die from heart disease every year. source: cbs news

SCIENCE

VENTING PROBLEMS A recent study found that today’s carbon dioxide emissions are venting at unprecedented rates.

About 56 millions years ago — 10 million years after dinosaurs went extinct — the carbon venting was about 10 times slower than today’s rate. In 2014, carbon emissions reached a new record of about 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. source: fusion

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report until mid-October. From there, the group met as a whole once a week in the fall semester, and twice a week in the spring semester until March 11, said Francine D’Amico, the other co-chair of the workgroup. It met with stakeholders from across campus, held campus-wide forums and reviewed related documents drafted by other groups and organizations, such as THE General Body.

The first section of recommendations is also the largest and is titled “institutional commitment,” which refers to structural and policy issues that can shape the environment in which individuals and groups work and learn, according to the report.

Recommendations in this section include establishing a diversity and inclusion council, which would represent students, colleges and offices across campus and inform the work of the proposed chief diversity officer.

Other short-term recommendations include restoring staff positions at the Slutzker Center for International Services and the Native Student Program to previous levels, offering free tutoring for all undergraduates to support and retain underrepresented groups and establishing an Ombudsman Office as a confidential resource for faculty, staff and students.

Long-term suggestions under the first category call for the hiring of a chief diversity officer to report to the chancellor and advance the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, as well as the increased hiring and retention of faculty and staff of color and from page 1

takeaways of an Ombuds Office led by an official ombudsman, who would act as an informal, confidential resource for students, faculty and staff to raise concerns about SU and the administration.

Increase hiring of faculty and staff of color and other underrepresented groups Faculty and staff at SU should reflect the

other underrepresented groups.

“The goal should be for faculty and staff to reflect the diversity of our country,” the report states.

report summary Here is a breakdown of the number of recommendations in each of the report’s three sections: Institutional Commitment: 13 Faculty, Staff, and Student Education: 9 Full Access: 11

The second section is labeled “faculty, staff, and student education,” which focuses on the need for those groups to be better versed in issues of diversity and inclusion. Strengthening the STOP BIAS reporting system is one shortterm recommendation, as is enhancing new student orientation to help forge relationships across racial, ethnic, religious and other lines.

Five long-term recommendations are listed in the second section, including the creation of an LGBT studies major, which would involve hiring additional faculty and allocating more funding for the program. Another suggestion is to create and require ongoing faculty and staff development on issues of race, class, ethnicity, gender, disability and more. Similarly, the group proposed developing a mandatory first-year forum or course in diversity and inclusion for all students.

The third and final section is “full access,” which addresses the need for all students, fac-

diversity of the country, the report said. To achieve this, the workgroup recommended the university adopt a standardized set of hiring guidelines using best practices to ensure diversity.

Deans and vice presidents should be responsible for incentivizing increased diversity in their departments, the workgroup said in the report.

The lack of faculty and staff of color was repeatedly mentioned at an open forum hosted by the workgroup in December.

ulty and staff to feel welcome and included on campus. The report notes that this refers to physical access and the overarching idea of being “One University.” Suggestions in this section are largely connected to administrative measures, while the other two sections dealt with personnel and personal interactions.

For example, short-term recommendations include flying the Haudenosaunee flag wherever the American flag is flown on campus, acknowledging at major public events that SU sits on native land and instituting Indigenous Peoples Day as a campus initiative on the second Monday of October.

Long-term suggestions are also largely administrative measures, and include re-examining policies surrounding religious observance and ensuring major university events don’t conflict with major religious holidays. Another recommendation is developing a Physical Access Plan to remove physical barriers and increasing the annual budget for the Office for Campus Planning, Design and Construction for standalone accessibility improvements.

The report notes that while similar efforts on other college campuses to improve diversity and inclusion have failed, they typically didn’t take into account broader societal issues like implicit bias.

“We have, therefore, aimed our recommendations at addressing systemic issues in higher education, as well as those specific to our campus,” the report states.

Diversity and inclusion issues have persisted for years at SU, but recently came to the forefront of discussion in the fall of 2014 when women’s soccer player Hanna Strong

was recorded saying racial and homophobic slurs in a video that went viral around campus.

In the aftermath of the video, students organized campus forums where those in attendance could air grievances or reflect on ways in which they felt marginalized. Those efforts culminated in the university-sponsored Express Yourself forum at Hendricks Chapel, a similar style event where members of the university community had time to share personal stories before breaking into group discussions.

Following the Express Yourself event, five workgroups were formed. Those groups met periodically, and at the end of the spring 2015 semester, group members and university leaders gathered to discuss each group’s findings and recommendations. The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion considered the work of the Express Yourself groups in certain areas.

D’Amico, one of the co-chairs of the chancellor’s workgroup, said in an email that one challenge the group faced resulted from previous efforts to improve diversity and inclusion, many of which were “siloed” and wouldn’t reach the whole university. The group identified a need to better coordinate those efforts, she said.

To accomplish this, she said it will take an ongoing commitment and participation on all levels. She added that some recommendations can be completed within a few months, while others might require more detailed planning to implement.

“Change is a process, not a single event,” D’Amico said. “And this work needs to be carried forward on a continuing basis.”

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year forum class on diversity and inclusion.

The workgroup made two recommendations about educating incoming freshmen about issues of race, ethnicity and other matters relating to diversity and inclusion.

The first recommendation was to change the New Student Orientation curriculum to “deepen understandings and forge relationships across racial, ethnic, religious, and other lines.”

The workgroup also suggested the university create and require that all students take a first-

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Political expression should not be stifled

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or an election season that still has another exhausting eight months to go, creative expression may be the secret ingredient.

A diner in the Syracuse suburb of Liverpool, New York, has recently made national headlines for its snide menu. One can now buy the “Dictator Obama/ NYS Special (King Cuomo)” of two eggs and toast for $3.55 with a whopping sales tax of $27.99. And though a ripe opportunity was missed when the total could have been $66.66 instead of the arbitrary $31.54, owner Michael Tassone also serves “The Anti-Michelle Obama Don’t Tell Me What To Eat Or Feed My Kids” burger, which is ironically a bit of a mouthful.

But for the regulars at American Diner, these items may not come as a surprise. With the restaurant’s exterior reportedly decorated with “Don’t Tread on Me” flags and signs that read “Repeal the SAFE Act” — a reference to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2013 gun control law — it is obvious what kind of niche it caters to.

And perhaps if one didn’t take the hint on their way in, the menu encouraging legal carry and premeal prayer reveals the particular brand of conservative politics being served at American Diner.

While some rightfully find the diner’s humor a desperate, inflammatory and even politically incorrect call for attention, these same critics in all likelihood find guilty pleasure in political humor that is more synonymous with their own beliefs. Those that find themselves left of center on the political spectrum may often relish in the comedy of late-night television programs including The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. So rather than condemn the diner for a form of creativity that may be perceived as extreme, it is only fair that we encourage the full gamut of political humor, despite variation in quality or accuracy.

It is the American Diner’s outlandish expression that adds

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the spice to an election season that is as contentious as it is alarming.

So why stop at two menu items when one can have their pancakes stacked short, tall or “ten feet higher” with a side of Donald Trump’s “no problem there” huevos rancheros? There are so many possibilities, all of which we should embrace. And if the humor doesn’t sit well with your stomach, owner Michael Tassone suggested to Fox News earlier this month that you can go to Denny’s.

I wouldn’t get too offended by the snark. It has become obvious that Tassone doesn’t quite put his money where his mouth is when it comes to his perceived conservative orthodoxy. Syracuse. com reported that he was arrested in 2011 for welfare fraud and New York state is currently waiting for him to pay back more than $25,000 in Medicaid benefits that he and his wife illegally received by failing to disclose their income.

But if we ignore the blatant hypocrisy, the creative expression in the naming of breakfast foods points to a democratization of art that is increasingly popular as it is engaging. In fact, the American Diner’s customer base has grown since the press popularized his menu’s additions, with Syracuse. com reporting that some customers drove from 20 miles away with the sole intention of supporting a like-minded establishment.

Visual artist and Duke University associate research professor Pedro Lasch said that a political humor strategy like American Diner’s “dictator eggs” has become “part of the fabric of American culture and mirrors a trend in the art world of politicized art that is highly sought after by museums.”

This statement is made obvious by the wild popularity of perhaps the most-beloved contemporary artist, Banksy: their art is often not clever, inventive or distinct, but

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it bluntly confronts viewers with politically-contentious messages that prompt dialogue in citizens who may not have access or even interest in the high art world.

Banksy’s art is simple and reproducible, but notorious nonetheless due to its socially-engaging nature.

With the unexpected rise of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump practically sparking an anti-Trump renaissance with a panoply of works including street art, poetry, piñatas and even sex toys, it is obvious that people value this popular channel of expression.

As seen by Tassone’s example, you don’t have to be an artist to partake in such creative endeavors. An Ohio farmer recently used manure to spell out “NO TRUMP” on his farm, demonstrating the full potential of any given citizen to creatively imbue their political frustrations into their respective trade.

And while Trump is undoubtedly a new and easy target for this kind of fun, Lasch said these interpretive responses “stem from a long history of artistic and cultural strategies in addressing political matters.”

Perhaps because politics is taboo in casual conversation, people are looking for socially acceptable outlets of involving others of congruent beliefs. And with the ever-increasing polarization of political parties in an especially provocative election cycle, many may be driven to share their vexations in oblique ways in the effort to unite those similar views.

It may be too generous to call American Diner’s dishes works of art, but the attempt at creative political dialogue, whether it’s attention-seeking or not, certainly has cultural benefits. If a business wishes to brand itself in such a way, we should encourage, challenge or altogether ignore it, but never stifle it.

Mia Tomasello is a junior environmental communications major at SUNY-ESF. Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at atomasel@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @MiaTomasello1.

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Ambitious report could spur tangible results If there is any facet of campus life at Syracuse University that should be confronted ambitiously, it is that of diversity and inclusion structural frameworks.

The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion released a report Monday outlining 33 recommendations to help “sustain an inclusive, accessible campus of opportunity for a richly diverse student body” at SU. Hiring a chief diversity officer, establishing a diversity and inclusion council and expanding the choice of identification options — including gender pronouns and preferred names — on university platforms were among the proposals laid out in the report.

But the suggestions should not be minimized as niche and disregarded as too idealistic by both administrative members who assess the report and students who are constituents under it. The specifics of each proposal are certainly opportunities for discussion, but there should be a holistic understanding that the recommendations were composed on the basis that not each suggestion will be implemented.

The perception of the report as an unrealistic approach may stem from privileged standpoints. Based on personal factors, some students that may not be able to immediately empathize with the fact that even one proposal and the greater consideration behind it have transformative potential for the campus experiences of their peers who have more marginalized identities. And these mea-

sures are not all that far-reaching when small-scale actions — like preferred name change opportunities — have the ability to make a tangible difference in the lives of these students.

what is the chancellor’s workgroup on diversity and inclusion?

The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion was created to address issues and develop solutions pertaining to the creation of a more diverse and inclusive campus climate.

The workgroup consists of 22 university community members and is similar in structure to that of the Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy.

It is this rightfully in-depth and upfront nature of the demands that perfectly positions the administration to make the next move. Paired with the report’s acknowledgment that similar proposals have failed at other institutions, thoughtfully evaluating the feasibility of these suggestions at SU should be clearly communicated to keep the campus community informed of their status.

Not each one of the recommendations will prove to be applicable to the majority of the campus community. But all of them should be thoroughly assessed rather than disregarded as naïve when there is opportunity for progress within the scope of the SU campus.

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Newly confirmed education secretary talks student debt

By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor

United States Secretary of Education John King knows how daunting the student loan repayment process can be. That’s because he is still paying back student loans himself.

“Even though I was confirmed as secretary of education this week, I’m still paying off loans for the graduate degrees that helped me get here,” he said on a conference call with college reporters on Friday.

Less than a week after he was confirmed by the Senate, King conducted the call to speak about the issues of college affordability and student loans. King was joined on the call

by Ajita Menon, a senior policy adviser for higher education at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Tad Mitchell, the undersecretary of education.

King, who was previously deputy secretary of education, was confirmed by the Senate on March 14 with bipartisan support. King’s predecessor, Arne Duncan, announced he was stepping down in October.

King is currently traveling to colleges around the country to talk about the issue of college affordability. This week he’ll be in San Francisco as part of the College Opportunity Across America Tour, he said.

When King was nominated last month, President Barack Obama said King would continue the administration’s efforts to make college more affordable, according to The Washington Post. These efforts include a Pay As You Earn repayment plan for borrowers who have taken out federal student loans.

Under the plan, which became available in December, borrowers can cap their monthly loan repayment at 10 percent of their monthly income. Debt is also relieved after 20 years.

“You will never have to spend more than 10 percent of your income on monthly loan

JOHN KING, the United States Secretary of Education, has made several strides to improve college affordability.

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payments if you enroll in one of these plans,” King said. “That’s huge.”

In New York state, borrowers enrolled in a federal Pay As You Earn repayment plan can also enroll in the state’s Get On Your Feet program, which allows up to two years of student loan relief, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in January.

King also touted a part of the federal PAYE program, which forgives student loan debt after 10 years for borrowers employed in public service positions.

Another initiative that is a priority for the Obama administration is simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), King said. Part of that includes making the FAFSA available earlier — which King said will happen this year — in order to allow people to use tax returns from the year before their most recent filing and shorten the time it takes to finish the form.

“We’ve cut down the time it takes to com-

plete the FAFSA quite significantly to where it can be completed in as little as the time it takes to watch a TV show,” he said.

King did not mention the Federal Perkins Loan Program, which provides low-interest federal student loans to borrowers with “exceptional financial need,” despite calling on Congress on March 9 to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. The act expired in October and provides more than $1.1 billion for career and technical education programs in the U.S. for students in grades 7-12 and in post-secondary institutions, according to a release from the Department of Education.

The program expired in October, and Syracuse University has lobbied members of Congress to reauthorize it. Eric Persons, the associate vice president of government and community relations at SU, told The Daily Orange in October that about 25 percent of SU students use the Federal Perkins Loan Program.

The Education Department release outlined four of the Obama administration’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Federal Perkins Loan Program, including “effective alignment” with the labor market; enhanced collaboration between secondary and postsecondary institutions, employers and industry partners; increased accountability to better academic and employment outcomes for students; and local and state innovation in career technical education (CTE). CTE is the name for “what we used to refer to as vocational education,” King said in the release.

In an effort to boost the credibility of CTE programs, King also announced on March 9 the launch of the CTE Makeover Challenge, a competition sponsored by the Education Department that will equally divide $200,000 among at most 10 award recipients to “transform classrooms or available space in high schools into places where students have access to the tools to design, build and innovate,” according to the release.

King said on the conference call that the Obama administration is also working to crack down on private companies that scam students into paying unnecessary fees for services that are free through the Department of Education. These services, he said, include charging money for lowering or capping monthly loan payments, consolidating loans, seeing if a borrower qualifies for loan forgiveness or getting advice on getting out of default.

The Obama administration has issued cease and desist orders to these companies that run “debt relief scams,” King said. Sometimes, he added, companies would even use the Department of Education logo to con borrowers.

Undersecretary Mitchell said there is active discussion in Congress about refinancing programs that would extend protections under federal loans to private loan borrowers. rsandler@syr.edu

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, shown here in Syracuse in 2013, has worked with Cuban President Raúl Castro to reconcile the historically hostile relations between the United States and Cuba. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928, when then-President Calvin Coolidge traveled there.

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A NEW FRONT Professor explains why President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is historic

By Caroline Bartholomew staff writer

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resident Barack Obama on Sunday became the first United States president in office to visit Cuba since 1928.

Even though Cuba is only 90 miles from the coast of Florida, the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. has been hostile since Cuba was taken over by a communist government in 1959, according to The Washington Post.

In 1960, the U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba that halted all exports and further damaged the relationship, according to The Post. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, there was a confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba, but former President John F. Kennedy successfully stopped the attack. Afterward, Americans were prohibited from traveling to or doing business with Cuba.

The relationship has only began to change recently during Obama’s presidency,

according to The Post. Fidel Castro, who led Cuba as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and as president from 1976 to 2008, was succeeded by his brother Raúl in 2008, and Raúl and Obama have been working to mend the relationship between their countries.

As of 2013, more than 1.1 million Cuban immigrants live in the U.S, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Many Cubans immigrated during Fidel’s reign, beginning in 1959. They make up 2.8 percent of the U.S. immigrant population, and make up the seventh largest immigrant-origin group in the country, according to the institute.

To learn more about Obama’s historic visit, The Daily Orange interviewed Matthew Cleary, an associate professor of political science at Syracuse University who specializes in Latin American politics, democratization and ethnic politics.

The Daily Orange: Why is Obama’s visit to Cuba important?

Matthew Cleary: Since the early 1960s, Cuba and the United States have not had

normal relations because of the Cuban alliance with the Soviet Union because of the Cold War. It’s important because Cuba is the only country in Latin America that doesn’t have normal diplomatic and economic relations with the United States, and the president needs to change that.

States has imposed an economic embargo on Cuba that originated in the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960s. Even though the countries are neighbors geographically and millions of people of Cuban descent live in the United States, we currently have very limited economic relations with Cuba.

The D.O.: Why is he going now?

M.C.: I suspect that the president views our

The D.O.: Are there any groups that oppose

relationship with Cuba as an anachronistic legacy of the Cold War, and he believes that it would be important for his legacy to do something that would change that relationship and alter the long-term course of U.S.Cuban relations in the future.

The D.O.: What kind of relationship does

Obama want to establish between the U.S. and Cuba?

M.C.: I’m sure that the president has diplomatic, economic and political motivations.

Clearly the normalization of economic relations is one of the most important facets of his attempt at policy change. The United

the meeting between the U.S. and Cuba?

M.C.: There are important differences of opinion on the normalization of relations with Cuba, both in the United States and in Cuba itself. There is significant opposition in the United States primarily — but not only — from the Republican party, who argue that the current Cuban regime does not deserve the normalization of relations because of its hostility toward the United States and its continuing human rights abuses toward its own citizens. I take it that the meeting is also controversial among Cuban human rights and pro-democracy groups for the same reason. cbarthol@syr.edu

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Gordon added that even though the U.S. isn’t directly importing oil from the Middle East, much of the world still does, which he said can directly impact the U.S. “So it would be wrong to conclude that the United States can just turn away and whatever happens in the Middle East, stays in the Middle East,” Gordon said.

Gordon then went on to outline “three core trends” that explain the instability in the Middle East. Those three trends, Gordon said, include an erosion of state institutions and leaders — such as Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen and Saddam Hussein in Iraq — growing sectarianism in the region and divisions in the Sunni world.

Gordon said, for the most part, those issues aren’t U.S. creations or things the country can control.

“There’s a tendency to assume that the United States controls everything and can prevent or bring about anything that it wants,” he said. “I think my experience … is that, that’s not always the case.”

He added that successfully intervening in the Middle East is “really hard” to do.

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he said, before mentioning three things he said he believes the country should aim to do: deal with the Syrian civil war, contain Iran and defeat the Islamic State (IS).

In Syria, Gordon said the U.S. should consolidate the ceasefire that is currently underway and build on it in a way that would save lives in Syria and be in the U.S.’s own interests.

Additionally, Gordon said the U.S. needs to both monitor Iran’s potential development of nuclear weapons and ensure in the long run that the nuclear deal can be a basis for change in Iran.

In dealing with IS, Gordon said the U.S.’s approach needs elements of “hard power” — such as the airstrikes the U.S. has launched — as well as reforming the politics that have led to the development of IS by reducing the number of people it can recruit.

Those can be complicated tactics, Gordon said, before contrasting those tactics with the suggestions that have been made by Cruz and Trump, saying that those proposals are “bumper sticker material.”

But Gordon said he expects that the extreme ideas being brought up now in the contentious primary season won’t ultimately be a part of the next administration’s foreign policy.

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The project is expected to cost nearly $500,000, with each of the proposed 45 cameras costing about $11,000. Lynch said the installation process should be able to be completed within about three to four months once the project is finalized.

Lynch also told the assembly that he proposed the creation of a Community Safety and Security Analyst to Syverud. The Community Safety and Security Analyst would, among other responsibilities, be in charge of coordinating the university’s efforts to implement programs and initiatives that serve to increase student safety, Lynch said.

Also at Monday’s meeting, SA Vice President Jane Hong addressed the assembly regarding the final report published by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion, which was released to the public on Monday. Hong, who has served on the workgroup since October, discussed key aspects of the report with the assembly. She said the workgroup focused its energy on making sustainable changes.

The report contains 33 recommendations, both short- and long-term, but Hong shared that “(the workgroup) could have typed up a 100-page document if (it) wanted to, with all of the recommendations

that (it) had.”

One of the short-term recommendations Hong discussed was offering free tutoring for all undergraduate students across campus. “(SU) is the only university in the (Atlantic Coast Conference) to charge students for tutoring and that is pretty remarkable,” Hong said. “We think that this is an easy solution to offer free tutoring because it’s ridiculous that based on your socioeconomic status you have an advantage over other students when really everyone is just trying to do well in their classes.”

One of the long-term recommendations Hong discussed with the assembly was hiring a chief diversity officer. She said many universities that are successful in the area of diversity and inclusion have someone in that position and have an office devoted to supporting a mission to make their university as diverse and inclusive as possible. “(SU is) kind of late in the game with not having this position,” Hong said.

The chief diversity officer would report directly to the chancellor and would help administer programs aimed at benefitting the overall university community, Hong said.

SA also discussed the upcoming debate it will be hosting. The debate will take place on March 28 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Stolkin Auditorium inside the Physics Building. It will take the place of the SA meeting that night. nsleeds@syr.edu

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Snap no more X-rated Snapchat stories banned at SU, persist at other colleges

By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor

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n a Saturday night in October 2015, Julia Baker, a freshman at Cornell University, took a break from studying to check her phone. She opened a snapchat featuring Syracuse University and began to watch.

“Oh my gosh, Syracuse is so much crazier than us,” Baker said to her friends.

Soon, they were viewing the exploits of SU students on the popular social media app, shocked at its vulgarity and unable to look away. The Syracusesnap story, which is a series of pictures and videos that can be viewed for 24 hours, had a near constant stream of sex, drugs and money.

They saw people snorting lines of cocaine next to wads of $100 bills, people brandishing bags of marijuana, people with bongs, people rolling joints, people with bottles of prescription drugs and alcohol.

Then, there were sexually explicit images. There were semi-nude and fully nude men and women shown before, during and after sex. There were pictures of women lying face down on beds in their underwear or wearing nothing at all, with the captions “pre-smash” and “post-

smash” — before and after sex.

Baker was both entertained and shocked by Syracusesnap. She wanted to get on the story and thought no one would recognize her if she submitted something that didn’t show her face. Many pictures of the women on Syracusesnap showed their bodies, but not their faces, keeping the snaps relatively anonymous.

“I thought it could be just another thing we could laugh and joke about,” she said.

So Baker took off her shirt, wearing only a bra, grabbed her friend’s pet lizard and laid it on her chest. What resulted was a photo of Baker from the chin down with a bright green lizard atop her cleavage. She then sent the picture to the Syracusesnap account and soon after, it showed up on the story, for all of Syracusesnap’s followers to see.

“We obviously wanted to keep on enough clothing so that it wasn’t terrible, so that’s why I decided to just keep a bra on,” Baker said.

Syracusesnap went viral on the SU campus starting on the weekend of Oct. 23, 2015. By the end of the weekend, it was eventually shut down by Snapchat. The Snapchat story was shut down and banned because it violated the company’s Com-

munity Guidelines, which state that illegal activity, pornography and invasions of privacy are prohibited.

Right before it was shut down, there were messages on the Syracusesnap story informing users that it would be moving to Yeti Campus Stories, another social media app created in 2015 where the sex, drugs and parties would not be censored. Users were encouraged to download the app to see the “full story.”

No one has come forward as the creator of Syracuse Snap.

Syracusesnap was different from the official Campus Story that automatically pops up on users’ phones when they’re at or near SU. The difference between the two is that the Campus Story is moderated

by Snapchat itself, not the university, said Sarah Scalese, associate vice president in the division of public affairs at SU. Syracusesnap was not affiliated with SU’s official Campus Story. It was a “rogue” Snapchat story of sorts, said Nancy Jo Sales, a journalist for Vanity Fair who wrote about Syracusesnap in a book that was released at the end of February. Other colleges and universities nationwide had or currently have similar ones.

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Celebrity models dominate fashion world, magazine covers

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his Is How Gigi Hadid Does Casual Friday” “Is That You, Kaia Gerber?

Cindy Crawford’s Mini-Me Goes Blonde for a Day” “Why Kendall Jenner’s Courtside MakeUnder Is a Game-Day Win” On Vogue.com, where all of these headlines are from, there is a category of articles called “Models.” There are also categories called “Celebrity Style” and “Celebrity Beauty.” But even though the three headlines above are about models, they’re found in these latter two celebrity categories.

Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner essentially ran Fashion Month this year, completely taking over the media. There were fewer, but still a significant amount, of articles dedicated to model Bella Hadid, Gigi’s younger sister. Kaia Gerber, supermodel Cindy Crawford’s 14-year-old daughter who has already become a well-known model herself, also stole the media spotlight.

These models, who are all dominating the high-fashion runway and photo shoot scene,

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snapchat “A lot of these images were very degrading and exploitative of women,” Sales said.

“There were pictures of girls passed out on the floor with their butts showing. I don’t know for sure, but is the average girl that you know going to post a picture of herself passed out on the floor with shot of her butt? Probably not, right?”

LaNia Roberts, a sophomore painting major and a popular fixture on SU’s official Campus Story, said she was exposed to another, more sinister side of campus, that she had never encountered before Syracusesnap. She said she was mostly sad — and a little scared — after watching the story.

“I saw all these lost teenagers and

aren’t just stuck in the modeling world — they also seem to be taking over the celebrity scene.

They are idolized by young girls, they have millions of followers on social media and their looks are being copied and written about as more than the typical “model off-duty fashion” stories.

These girls are being recognized for much more than their runway walks — they’re the new stars.

Supermodels were also idolized and popularized in the ‘90s when “The Big Six” reigned: Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford. These supermodels are still household names, but after their decline, there wasn’t a new group to take their place. That’s where the celebrities came in.

The rise of celebrities in fashion can be

credited to Anna Wintour, who became editor-in-chief of Vogue in 1988. In the late ‘90s, Wintour decided that the supermodel era was over and put Madonna on the cover of Vogue — the first celebrity cover model.

She continued the trend over the next few years, and it stuck. Actresses, singers and other well-known stars became the norm for fashion magazine covers.

This past year, Jenner and Hadid have consistently landed covers on other magazines and international editions of Vogue — Hadid has 11 international Vogue covers and Jenner has eight so far. Neither has landed the cover of American Vogue yet, but only time will tell if they soon will.

The interesting thing about these celebrity models, though, is that they are both models and celebrities in their own right. Jenner grew up on reality TV with the Kardashians, and Hadid’s mom is Yolanda Foster of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Both girls are regularly featured in their respective family reality TV programs. So although they are both

talented models, they’ve found celebrity fame through other outlets. Even Gerber, who isn’t on a reality TV show, rose to the spotlight through her famous mother.

Despite the fact that all these girls are gorgeous and undoubtedly talented at modeling, their prior relationships with the media have likely helped them get to where they are today.

Since the world has already been exposed to them as celebrities, they can easily blend the worlds of celebrity and model.

There is a new line of what classifies a celebrity versus a model. And in a world where every star seems to be doing it all, the line is extremely blurry. When the next cover of Vogue features a celebrity-model, we won’t know if it is due to their model fame, celebrity fame or maybe a perfect combination of both.

However you classify them, one thing is certain: they are the new It girls.

young people that have money but are exposing their bodies to campus,” Roberts said. “It made me sad that people were valuing drugs, sex and money over respecting your body enough so that you’ll only share it with the people that mean the most to you.”

Even though Syracusesnap was a shortlived, viral phenomenon on campus, some think social media companies, such as Snapchat, need to do more to protect young women from invasions of privacy and non-consensual photo sharing.

Jennifer Gr ygiel, a communications professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said she’s not surprised it took Snapchat a few days to shut down the story. But, she said, Snapchat should have acted faster to become aware of the content that violated its

own guidelines.

“I would personally like to see big social media companies step up and find some more solutions to reviewing content because seconds matter in the digital space,” Grygiel said. “The longer that content sits out there, the worse it can be.”

Snapchat did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

On the surface, it looked as if Syracusesnap was just like every other rogue campus Snapchat story, but at other schools, some of the creators came forward. This was the case at University of California Los Angeles, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Iowa State University. No one has claimed responsibility for Syracusesnap yet.

Scalese, associate vice president in the division of public affairs at SU, said the

administration could not comment on Syracusesnap because the university is in no way connected to the account.

Sales said it’s impossible to know who created Syracusesnap without access to Snapchat’s servers.

Even though Snapchat has shut down explicit Snapchat stories at many schools, other accounts under different names have appeared in their place. Sundevil_nation became Sundevil.nation and rutgersnudes eventually became ru.snapyak.

Syracusesnap has not been revived, but the story still exists on Yeti. A quick view of the story shows a tamer version of its predecessor on Snapchat. Yet, keep watching and there are still photos of nearly naked women — even though Yeti’s own terms of use say that nudity is prohibited.

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TO A TEE Give new life to old graphic tees with these four revamped college outfits

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raphic tees were once our favorite middle school way to show off our personality, but now that we’re in college, the trend is all grown up. Trade the oldschool rhinestones and glitter for minimalist

typefaces, chic phrases, black-and-white photographs and funky band logos on your favorite tee and draw the kind of attention to your look that’s bound to get a conversation going.

With designer labels such as Acne and 3.1 Phillip Lim bringing graphic tees to the runway, you can never run out of inspiration for how to wear this season’s It item. Pair them with anything from skinny jeans to maxi skirts to cargos, and look to It girls of the past and present for fresh ways to style your tee.

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vintage pretty Look to one of the most stylish Old Hollywood icons, Audrey Hepburn, for inspiration on how to bring her classic look to the present. Cigarette jeans were a staple in her closet, as they’re easy to wear and go with everything. Pay homage to the style legend by pairing her image with none other than her jean of choice. The slim-fit goes well with a perfect pair of pointy heels or ballerina flats, plus a structured blazer that takes your easy graphic tee up a notch to business casual. Just be prepared for a roundtable discussion of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at your next meeting thanks to your conversation-starting tee. Swap the cigarette pants for a swingy midiskirt and swipe on a red lip to transition from work to date night.

retro cool Retro tees were made for bell-bottoms.

Channel your inner ‘70s babe in a breezy tee that can be easily tucked into classic flares. Complete the look with black-andwhite converse or your favorite pair of retro sneaks to keep your ensemble playful. Tall and leggy girls, you’re in luck, because bellbottoms add crazy length while playing up your best feature. Go even more on-trend and find bell-bottoms with frayed hems to make your look especially breezy. Can’t find a pair? Check the thrift store and DIY. Look to ‘70s icons such as Farrah Fawcett and Debbie Harry for a tomboy cool that looks more “one of the boys” rather than “The Brady Bunch.” Keep your accessories to a minimum with carefully-selected rings and allow your hair to fly free like those fabulous girls of the ‘70s.

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Throw on your best vintage band tee and slip on a slinky skirt for an edgy-meetssexy ensemble that can take you from the concert hall to the bar to a night on the town. The older and more worn the shirt, the better. Rocker accessories like heavy metal rings and bracelets complement the edgy zippers on the skirt. Pair this look with a lightweight cross-body bag that won’t distract from the rest of your ensemble. The tee is bound to get a conversation going with another cute music fan across the way, and before you know it, you’ll be swapping numbers just as fast as you swapped trivia facts.

For maximum fun, don’t forget to finish off the look with your best pair of ankle boots made for walkin’.

mod squad Button-up minis are all the rage in the British street-style circuit. Girl it up with a femme tee emblazoned with a chic quote.

Mini skirts are all about accentuating the legs, so make them appear even longer with a pair of preppy pointy-toed loafers.

Check out It-Brits such as Alexa Chung and Suki Waterhouse for inspiration on how to take looks like this to the next level.

Suede is this season’s fabric and can make any outfit look like you put in a little extra effort without trying too hard. This look can transition from the classroom to the street with the right accessories, such as a bracelet stack, or go for drama with a widebrimmed hat. You’re bound to have all eyes on you with this.

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Alexa Radziewicz was in her South Campus apartment on Feb. 27, nervous about the next day’s game. After Syracuse got off to a quick 4-0 start on the season, sweeping two doubleheaders against largely inferior opponents, the Orange was set to face its toughest challenge to that point, then-No. 7 Northwestern.

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All of a sudden, her phone lit up. It was a text message from SU defender and senior captain Mallory Vehar, telling her that she was going to do a great job the following day.

“It meant a lot that she texted me and let me know that she was there for me,” Radziewicz said.

Syracuse won that game, 16-12. While the game was a largely back-and-forth contest, Lasota was a total nonfactor, as she didn’t manage to get off any shots.

Inside Lacrosse ranked Radziewicz as the 19th best incoming freshman. Her play has improved as she’s gotten more comfortable and she’s helped No. 3 SU (7-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) strengthen an already formidable defensive unit that’s been the

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Radziewicz always had a strong support system at home with her parents and her older brother, Cody, who now starts for Johns Hopkins at midfield. The two would practice together, with Cody trying to dodge and his younger sister trying to stop him.

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He’s been a big part of why I love lacrosse,” she said.

The coaches have noticed Radziewicz’s skillset, praising her top-level speed. Gait singled her out when asked about defenders who had stepped up recently.

The upperclassmen have noticed her quality of play, too. Junior Kaeli O’Connor has been impressed with the rookie’s athleticism and confidence, and cited the Northwestern game as an impressive performance by any defender, let alone a freshman.

“We’ve asked her to shut off plays and she’s done that, we’ve asked her to clear the ball and she’s been great,” Gait said.

Radziewicz said the team has embraced her so far and that her teammates are helping her feel at home.

The one area that she wants to improve on moving forward is being more vocal on the field. Gait has said that his team’s defensive success is due to the unit’s fantastic communication, and O’Connor said that the biggest difference from last year was how much better they were at talking together as a team. But as Radziewicz continues to get more and more comfortable, that part should come too. tdlanger@syr.edu

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10 facts about 11th-seeded Gonzaga before SU matchup

By Sam Fortier asst. copy editor

Gifted with facing No. 15 Middle Tennessee State instead of perennial power Michigan State, No. 10 seed Syracuse ended Murfreesboro, Tennessee’s 15 minutes of fame with a 75-50 win on Sunday.

And just like that, a Syracuse team that was on the bubble a week ago found itself in the Sweet 16. Now No. 11 Gonzaga is another one of Syracuse’s obstacles on its path to the Final Four.

Get to know a bit about Syracuse’s next opponent with some facts about GU:

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1. The Other Fighting Irish: Early in the

school’s history, the Gonzaga football team was called the “Blue and Whites” or “The Fighting Irish.” Despite initial skepticism, Google told me there’s a rich Irish history in the Pacific Northwest. In 1921, perhaps before it became a cliché, a reporter wrote that Gonzaga “fought tenaciously like bulldogs.” Bam, the school had a new mascot.

2. Pistol Packin’ Mama: Bing Crosby,

the crooner most famously associated with songs about Christmas and your gun-toting mother, attended Gonzaga for three years, but did not earn his degree.

3. Size doesn’t matter: With an under-

graduate enrollment of just around 5,000, Gonzaga is the smallest school still left in the NCAA Tournament — fewer than half of Villanova University, the second smallest.

4. A world record, maybe: Kyle

Wiltjer reportedly holds the world record for the longest behind-the-back shot in history, according to a video posted by a YouTube user “Kyle Wiltjer.” There’s reason to be skeptical with a record as unverifiable as this, but it is impressive to watch.

5. Down by the river: Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, the winningest active coach by percentage at .809 (466-110), enjoys fly fishing, according to the school’s site.

6. Ahead of its time: Gonzaga, the college, was established in 1887. Washing-

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dougherty Boeheim’s ability to modify it on the fly and the Orange’s sheer length make the zone an ideal formula for Tournament success.

Forget surviving, the zone has Syracuse contending as it prepares for its matchup with 11th-seeded Gonzaga in Chicago on Friday night. Somehow the facet of SU that everyone sees coming makes it hard to prepare for and even harder to beat.

“We knew the zone was good but playing live out there against it, they do a good job denying the wings, playing up on wings, they play the middle, their wings are long, their bigs are athletic,” MTSU forward Darnell Harris said after his team shot 29.7 percent from the field Sunday.

“It’s like we just couldn’t score over their length and we couldn’t make shots, so it bothered us a lot today.”

That is the dilemma that teams, starting with the Bulldogs, have to overcome: the difference between preparing for the zone and then actually playing against it.

This seems like a simple concept that could be applied to any facet of the game, but Boeheim and the SU coaching staff tweaks the zone throughout a given game like they’re playing chess with a child. Effortlessly. At will.

Dayton wanted to play inside-out through 6-foot-11 center Steve McElvene,

GONZAGA knocked off third-seeded Utah and SU knocked off NCAA Tournament Cinderella Middle Tennessee State to advance to the Sweet 16. The two teams will play in Chicago on Friday around 9:40 p.m. logan reidsma senior staff photographer

ton, the state in which the college resides, achieved statehood in 1889.

7. Dimes: NBA all-time assists and steals

leader John Stockton passed on offers from Idaho and Montana to follow in his family’s footsteps at Gonzaga. His grandfather Houston had been a football player for the Bulldogs and his father Jack also attended.

and SU denied McElvene the ball to make that near impossible on its way to allowing only 50 points. Middle Tennessee State runs its zone offense from the wing to the corner, and the wings of the zone fanned out to defend passes to the corner and forced the Blue Raiders to consistently drive the ball on its way to 51 points. At times it was Tyler Lydon waiting in the paint, and at others it was Dajuan Coleman. Lydon finished with a career-high six blocks. Coleman finished one below a season-high with two.

“Our zone is a little bit different and people aren’t used to seeing our zone,” Boeheim said after Syracuse’s win over Middle Tennessee State. “They see zone, but they don’t see the zone the way these guys play it. So that’s always a little bit of an advantage for us when there’s just a one-day turnaround.”

To this point, I’ve consciously avoided all the lame zone wordplays and now need to get them out of my system. Syracuse is forcing its opponents to zone out. Syracuse’s opponents are out of their comfort zones. Syracuse’s opponents can’t escape the O-zone. Man, that last one is bad.

And, not to be forgotten, Syracuse is in a zone. Literally, figuratively and at the perfect time.

Jesse Dougherty is a Senior Staff Writer at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at jcdoug01@syr.edu or @dougherty_jesse.

8. Like a saint: Gonzaga is named after

Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian aristocrat who died while caring for the victims of an epidemic and was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1605. “Beatified” means the church acknowledges that you went to heaven. He became a saint a century later.

9. Imported Goods: Gonzaga, like Syra-

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morrison In the opening quarter, Morrison stood open on the right wing behind the arc before point guard Alexis Peterson found her and Morrison launched a shot that hit nothing but net.

The next time down the court, Peterson hesitated near half court as Albany’s press closed in, then jumped and threw an overthe-head pass across the court from left to right to Morrison, who was standing in the same spot. She got off the quick shot again and made it.

In two shots, Morrison turned Syracuse’s five-point deficit into a one-point lead with less than two minutes to play in the first quarter. She erased the Great Danes’ final lead of the game.

“Maggie Morrison hit some tough shots for us,” Hillsman said.

Albany’s defense was playing a zone, as expected. But that zone extended aggressively out to the 3-point line and Syracuse’s shooters. On the Orange’s ball screens, defenders would run over top and take away the immediate 3-point shot as first priority. When the Orange would cycle the ball around the arc, the Great Danes’ defenders would often be there to try to tip a pass away or pressure a shooter before she even caught the ball.

cuse, has a pretty strict seven-man rotation but none of them are from the state of Washington.

10. I love it when they call me Big Poppa: Spokane, Washington, where Gonzaga is located, hosted the first Father’s Day celebration in 1910.

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Not only did Syracuse not get close to 50 3s, it didn’t even reach its average of more than 30 attempts per game, finishing with 27.

“They really extended out,” Hillsman said. “They took some shots away that we would normally get. They really got good rotations in the defense … they really were tremendous on defense.”

What did work for getting shooters open was Peterson, Morrison said. The point guard would dribble through double-team traps near the half-court line and hit the player that was left often with a pass.

Morrison’s last 3 of the day came on a cycle around the edge of the 3-point line that she shot as soon as she caught.

Albany’s Imani Tate crashed into Morrison sending her back a few steps, but she was still able to get the shot to fall.

The basket gave the Orange an 18-point lead, its biggest lead of the day, in the closing seconds of the third quarter.

This wasn’t like the Duke game when Morrison came in and hit seven 3s on her way to a game- and career-high 25 points.

But it was the small boost off the bench that SU needed.

“We need to have someone who can come in and make plays and do good things for us,” backup center Bria Day said. “And I think that she really did that.” jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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schneidman were instructed to watch the game with our backs against a wall so as to clear a path through the tunnel, so tip-toes were necessary to see the action.

First Xavier’s Edmond Sumner was called for an offensive foul with five seconds left. Then Wisconsin inbounded the ball and called timeout with exactly two seconds on the clock as it crossed half court.

A nearby arena staff member informed us that Northern Iowa and Texas A&M were in double overtime. Wait? UNI led by 12 with 44 seconds left. We were about to watch arguably the best finish of the NCAA Tournament, and we were missing a potentially monumental collapse at the same time.

We couldn’t see the players’ lower halves from our vantage point, but we were roughly 10 yards away from the nearest corner behind the 3-point line. Koenig caught the inbounds pass, secluded himself to that corner and hoisted a fadeaway 3. It didn’t even touch the rim as it dropped through the net.

Koenig raised his arms and let out a yell that was drowned out by the pro-Wisconsin crowd. Staffers sprinted past us into the tunnel to begin postgame preparations.

The Badgers’ bench lifted its hero in the air feet away from where we stood, Jesse’s face expressionless for a good minute before I reminded him we had stories to finish and we jogged back to our computers.

And then we found out the Aggies had won. Within minutes, a buzzer-beating 3 to upset a No. 2 seed and the worst collapse in college basketball history by the Tournament’s potential Cinderella.

This whole sequence, the 500 or so words preceding this sentence, spanned about 15 minutes. We spent four days in St. Louis and the madness, the same one that perfectly typifies the more common name for the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, was captured in our last hour of the 96 or so we spent half way across the country this weekend.

Two days prior, Jesse and I were watching the last three games of the night, Michigan-

Notre Dame, Texas-Northern Iowa and Cincinnati-St. Joseph’s. The first was tied, but the Fighting Irish pulled away for a seven-point win. Then Jesse fell asleep. With less than 20 seconds left in the second game, I pestered him until he woke up. Then Paul Jesperson etched his name in NCAA Tournament lore with a banked-in halfcourt buzzerbeater to win by three and Jesse had the same expressionless awe on his face.

We flipped the channel seconds later, and Isaiah Miles hit a 3 to put St. Joe’s up two.

Cincy stormed down the court and Octavius Ellis tied the game with a dunk at the buzzer, but the refs reviewed and ruled it no basket. More madness in less than a minute.

I watched Middle Tennessee State knock off perennial national champion Michigan State, again abandoning my story to hopefully witness history. I did that, and then saw Tom Izzo and Denzel Valentine pass by inches away, and minutes later each tear up at the podium.

The endless buffets, the hoards of reporters from across the country in one room, the excess of media availability and handful of NCAA-mandated rules were all far from what accompany a game in the Carrier Dome.

They were all subplots to the madness.

We witnessed firsthand arguably the biggest upset in Tournament history. We witnessed firsthand a shot that will be played on highlight reels for eternity. And while we were covering a team that most said didn’t even deserve to be in the Tournament that is now in the final 16, the biggest collapse in college basketball history and more hysteria, heroics and heartbreak spread across the country.

And that’s just the first four days of the most entertaining three weeks in sports.

There were veterans in St. Louis, reporters that acted like they’d seen it endless times before and they probably had. But for those who hadn’t, it now makes sense why this is called March Madness.

Matt Schneidman is the Sports Editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at mcschnei@syr.edu or @mattschneidman.

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Phanstiel Lecture Tuesday, March 22 4 p.m., Schine 304 This year’s lecture features Jim Carrick G’98. The CEO of LPA Software Solutions and member of Syracuse University’s iSchool Board of Advisors will discuss the benefits of giving back to one’s community and why he believes it’s so important.

Orange Circle Awards and Reception Tuesday, March 22 Immediately following Phanstiel Lecture, Schine 304 Be there as we honor members of the SU community who have done extraordinary things in the service of others. Our 2016 recipients are Tumay Tunur, Ph.D., leader of the Moving Through Possibilities program; OttoTHON, the student-run organization that raises awareness and funds for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital; and Matthew Zeller G’06, founder of No One Left Behind, a nonprofit that helps combat translators as they pursue U.S. residency.

National Orange Day Thursday, March 24 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Schine Atrium Wear Orange and come by Schine for a slice of birthday cake and a photo with Otto. At 12:30 p.m., we’ll share the results of Orange Around the World, our campus-wide service project honoring SU’s military alums!

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Check out some facts about Gonzaga, SU’s next NCAA Tournament opponent. SU and the Bulldogs tip on Friday.

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SPORTS

SU defender Alexa Radziewicz has been progressing in her first year at SU and has become the team’s best freshman defender.

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In the bonus Although Dajuan Coleman isn’t lighting up the stat sheet, he’s proven to be effective in SU’s NCAA Tournament run.

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Morrison bolsters SU shooting

By Jon Mettus digital editor

Syracuse didn’t hoist at least 50 3-pointers as head coach Quentin Hillsman predicted, which would have been a program record. It didn’t make the 14 or 15 that he said would’ve put it in a good spot to win, but it also did better than the four made 3s that, he said, likely would’ve meant a loss.

The promise didn’t do much, but it did do one thing: it gave Maggie Morrison the assurance needed to let shots fly.

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Percent of her 3s Maggie Morrison hit against Albany. She was the team’s most efficient 3-point shooter in the game.

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But I can probably also guess you haven’t seen too much of: Syracuse.

“Sometimes our games aren’t the most fun to watch maybe,” said SU guard Frank Howard.

“But we have fun no matter what.

Winning’s fun.”

You can thank the Orange’s 2-3 zone for that, even if Dayton and Middle Tennessee State would

much sooner try and get Jim Boeheim’s signature defense outlawed from the game altogether.

You can also bet that SU prefers it this way — its wins being boring, nondescript — as its zone smothered the Flyers and Blue Raiders this past weekend and helped it comfortably avoid the madness

No flex zone Syracuse has held its first two opponents in the NCAA Tournament to just 31 percent from the field.

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that’s filled much of the bracket.

With a 19-point win over Dayton on Friday and a 25-point win over MTSU on Sunday, 10thseeded Syracuse (21-13, 9-9 Atlantic Coast) has averaged the fewest opponent points per game (50.5) of any Sweet 16 team and is tied for second in highest average margin of victory (22). It’s not the first time the 2-3 zone has anchored an unlikely Tournament run — start with 2013 — and it certainly won’t be the last. The quick scouting turnarounds for opposing coaches, see dougherty page 14

4 days in St. Louis define the madness of March

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T. LOUIS — On one screen, No. 11 seed Northern Iowa pulled away from thirdseeded Texas A&M in the second half, all but etching its place as the third double-digit seed in the Sweet 16. Around the other, a cluster of reporters gathered to watch a delayed feed of the Xavier-Wisconsin game taking place right outside the media workroom at the Scottrade Center.

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My beat partner Jesse Dougherty and I were both finetuning our sidebars off Syracuse’s 25-point thrashing of Middle Tennessee State that ended some two hours prior. We were on deadline, but the group gathered

around the TV slowly grew.

I hopped up from my chair and saw Wisconsin point guard Bronson Koenig bringing the ball up the court with the Badgers down 63-60 and less than 15 seconds left. A deafening roar flooded from the arena into the back room while Koenig still dribbled atop the key on the screen. Sure enough, seconds later, he sunk a 3-pointer to tie the game against

the second-seeded Musketeers with 11.7 seconds remaining.

The deadline for our stories wasn’t too far from then, but we had to see the finish. Jesse was reluctant, his Tyler Lydon story closer to completion than mine on Tyler Roberson, but he gave in and we briskly walked around the corner and through the tunnel the teams ran through. We

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T. LOUIS — If you’ve mostly been following the NCAA Tournament through highlights and your six social media accounts, the casual way, I can probably guess what you’ve seen.

Bronson Koenig’s gamewinning corner 3 for Wisconsin.

Rex Pflueger’s game-winning tip-in for Notre Dame. Paul Jesperson’s game-winning half-court heave for Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa’s historic collapse on Sunday. A good amount of Buddy Hield. An excessive amount of Charles Barkley.

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Syracuse 2-3 zone is keeping the madness at bay

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Check out the breakdown of SU’s eight 3-pointers against Albany in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32.

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TYLER LYDON (20) AND MALACHI RICHARDSON (23) have accounted for four of Syracuse’s 13 steals in the NCAA Tournament so far.

Syracuse held Dayton and Middle Tennessee State to just 31-percent shooting from the field. margaret lin senior staff photographer

Coming off one of her worst shooting performances of the year against No. 13 seed Army on Friday, Morrison rebounded to be the most efficient player from behind the arc on Sunday. She shot 3-of-5 from 3-point land and finished with 11 points. In Syracuse’s win over 12th-seeded Albany on Sunday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in team history, Morrison paced its 3-point shooting. She was a viable threat off the bench for the fourth-seeded Orange (27-7, 13-3 Atlantic Coast) on Sunday and will be when SU heads to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to face first-seeded South Carolina (33-1, 16-0 South Eastern) on Friday.

“I think I went 1-for-whatever, which is pretty bad,” Morrison said of her 1-for-13 showing in the Round of 64 against Army. “(Hillsman) said it in the press conference. ‘We’re shooting 50 3s today, so just let it fly’ and you know that puts a lot of confidence in us to shoot out of our slumps.”

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