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Syracuse University officials announced that statistically significant gender pay gaps have been eliminated across all schools and colleges, except one. Page 3
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After a rule change in the offseason, Syracuse men’s lacrosse has been confused by referees’ interpretation of the crease-dive policy. Page 12
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ackerman avenue assault
No updates on assault of 3 SU students By Emma Folts
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jane satter and amy buhrmaster chanted, “Yes means yes, no means no,” and “Syracuse unite, Take Back the Night,” as they marched from Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday. corey henry staff photographer
‘Everyone’s problem’ SU community rallies to bring awareness to sexual, relationship violence
By Emma Folts and Natalie Rubio-Licht the daily orange
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ubre Dean waited eagerly in the pews of Hendricks Chapel for the start of Take Back the Night 2019. Though Dean was there to represent the Syracuse University Student Bar Association and Women Law Students Association, the event was personal — Dean lost a family member to domestic violence. “I think starting early with spreading knowledge of how to prevent it and how to see the signs for young people is so important,” said Dean, a second-year law student. Dean, along with about 200 more students, gathered for the Take Back the Night rally on Wednesday night, an annual event
that brings awareness to sexual and relationship violence. Marches, speeches and rallies are held on campuses and in communities around the world throughout April as part of the annual event, according to the Office of Health Promotion. This year’s event was co-organized by the Office of Health Promotion, Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment, known as SASSE, and SU’s chapter of It’s On Us, a sexual and relationship violence prevention organization. Senior Amy Buhrmaster spoke at the beginning of the event, at Hendricks Chapel. Buhrmaster shared her experience of telling several of her men friends that she had been groped and touched at a bar during spring break.
“This conversation could have gone several ways: they could have made jokes, completely changed the topic, or sat there in awkward silence,” Buhrmaster said. Instead, one friend asked if it was just as bad at SU, to which she replied, “Oh, yeah.” Another friend said they were sorry, and that they didn’t know the reality of the situation. She said it can be difficult for someone to realize the prevalence of an issue when it’s not personally experienced. It wasn’t that her friends were unaware that such experiences were happening, but they didn’t know how bad it was, she said. “For once, I wasn’t starting the conversation,” Buhrmaster said. “I wish more men would have these conversations.” see protest page 8
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Cabinet members criticize ‘Cuse Can!’ event By Casey Darnell asst. news editor
Student Association members are criticizing SA leaders’ transparency about the cost and planning of the upcoming “Cuse Can! It Starts With Us” event. Three students — SA President Ghufran Salih, Vice President Kyle Rosenblum and Comptroller Ambrose Gonzalez — approved $242,000 for “Cuse Can!” Several SA cabinet members said they are frustrated because they were ignored or not consulted in the planning of the event. Cabinet members also said they disapprove of the event’s cost and content. University Union is marketing the April 9 event as a “day-long
celebration of community, diversity and activism.” It features a stand-up comedy show by Tiffany Haddish, a concert with Pusha T and Flipp Dinero and two panels. Salih and Rosenblum worked with UU and the National Pan-Hellenic Council to plan “Cuse Can!” Quincy Nolan resigned at Monday’s Assembly meeting from their position as SA’s co-chair of diversity affairs, which is a cabinet position. Nolan said Pusha T has used homophobic slurs and that LGBTQ voices were ignored in the planning of the event. In an interview on Wednesday, Nolan said Salih and Rosenblum told the SA cabinet months ago that they were planning an event focused on community engage-
ment and diversity. “I was saying there needs to be queer voices in the planning, especially from our Resource Center,” Nolan said. “Ghufran said that they were going to take special precautions to make sure that any artist they bring is queer-friendly.” Both Salih and Rosenblum initially agreed to phone interviews with The Daily Orange on Wednesday, but then said they had prior engagements and would only respond via email. In response to a question about SA members’ concerns about transparency, Salih said the number of people involved in the planning of “Cuse Can!” was on a “need-to-know basis.” “When dealing with artist contracts, confidentiality is of
paramount importance,” Salih and Rosenblum said. “These contracts are legally binding documents that could be jeopardized if information were to be released publicly prior to an official announcement.” Student Affairs Committee co-chair and presidential candidate Ryan Golden said he understands UU wouldn’t want to jeopardize its relationship with a performer. But he added that Salih and Rosenblum should have made sure they weren’t the only SA members making decisions. “They should have asked the cochairs for community engagement and diversity affairs to sign those NDAs at the very beginning and bring them in on the conversation,” see cuse
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There are no updates in the investigation of the Feb. 9 assault of three students of color on Ackerman Avenue, according to a Syracuse Police Department official. “Nothing has changed at this time,” SPD Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in an email to The Daily Orange. The assault occurred almost two months ago at a party along the 800 block of Ackerman Avenue. Syracuse University students at the party said four white people perpetrated the attack, with one of the assailants shouting a racial slur and another striking one of the victims with what appeared to be a gun. On March 28, it will be 47 days since the assault occurred. No arrests have been made. A spokesman for the SPD did not disclose any updates concerning the investigation in early March following multiple emailed requests for comment from The Daily Orange.
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Number of days since the Ackerman Avenue assault
SU’s Student Association and Student African-American Society held a public forum on Feb. 18 in which students criticized both SPD and the Department of Public Safety for a lack of transparency and communication regarding the incident. Several students, including SA President Ghufran Salih, expressed concern over the extent of DPS jurisdiction. SA later condemned the university for not publicly referring to the assault as racially-motivated. DPS released a map Sunday evening outlining their law enforcement jurisdiction, which includes SU’s main and south campuses, as well as Drumlins Country Club. The parameters of DPS authority extend to all property-owned, controlled or administered by the university, per the DPS website. The release comes after a Feb. 19 email from SU officials which said SU was working to create a map to clarify which policing department would respond to students’ noise complaints. Students at the forum also said DPS shuts down parties hosted by students of color more often than those hosted by white students. esfolts@syr.edu | @emmafolts