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A vigil was held to remember Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham on Wednesday afternoon in Hendricks Chapel. Branham died of cancer Tuesday.

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Seniors Cynthia Wang and Gabrielle Marzolf explore East Asian tattoos in their documentary “Brush and Needle: Tattoo Culture in East Asia.”

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Monster Jam returns to the Carrier Dome on Friday. The Anderson family has assisted in the sport’s development for more than 30 years.

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Omosa, Gomez describe platforms

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

JALEN NASH (LEFT) AND RAYMOND PEREZ are running for Student Association president and vice president, respectively.

Their campaign platform is built on safety, access and communication for students. molly gibbs photo editor

‘COLLECTIVELY INVOLVEDT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

JALEN NASH

RAYMOND PEREZ

uses his relationships at SU to create change

wants to give back to SU’s campus community

By Patrick Linehan

By Patrick Linehan

alen Nash sees the relationships he’s developed at Syracuse University as an important part of his ability to create change on campus. Now, he hopes to put those relationships to use as the next Student Association president.

Nash, a junior political science major, said SA should be a communication facilitator — uplifting student voices and connecting them to university officials. His campaign is centered on three pillars: access, safety and communication.

As SA’s Student Life Committee co-chair, Nash organized a student safety forum on Feb. 18, following the assault of three students of color along Ackerman Avenue.

Nash is currently helping the Department of Public Safety with its efforts to add additional security cameras on Euclid Avenue. He said he hopes the campus can be more proactive when it comes to student safety.

Nash said students of color do not fully trust DPS. Solving the problems surrounding DPS-student relations, though, requires more people than just him and his running mate, he said.

aymond Perez, one of three candidates for vice president of Syracuse University’s Student Association, sees the position as a way to give back to the campus community.

Perez, a junior public health major, said he did not feel comfortable when he first arrived on SU’s campus. He remembers having trouble relating to other people on campus.

Slowly, Perez began to adjust to life on campus with the help of people around him. He gained a scholarship through Student Support Services, a program to aid students who are struggling financially. When his house burned down last year in an electrical fire, students at SU donated money to help Perez replace what he had lost. The Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry provided him with food during his summer classes, he said.

The help Perez received from others eventually inspired him to run for SA’s vice president alongside presidential candidate Jalen Nash.

“People have given so much to me.” Perez said. “And now it’s my turn to give back.”

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Stacy Omosa and Eduardo Gomez, the two candidates for the upcoming Student Association comptroller election, share a common theme in their separate campaigns: using the position of comptroller to help student organizations across campus.

Both Gomez, a junior sociology major, and Omosa, a junior political science major, currently serve on SA’s Finance Board. The board, which the comptroller oversees, is in charge of allocating funding to registered student organizations.

One of Gomez’s goals is to make the Finance Board and comptroller position more accessible to students, he said. Gomez said he wants to make sure that students know the board is a resource they can reach out to.

“I feel like there are many times where I talked to students throughout the campus, and they don’t even know what the Student Association is, and that’s an issue,” Gomez said.

Gomez’s campaign has three main platforms: integrity, support and camaraderie. The integrity aspect, he said in an email, includes ensuring unbiased Finance Board decisions, distributing student funds justly and valuing registered student organizations’ needs equally.

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MILLION Approximate amount of money SA’s comptroller is in charge of allocating source: stacy omosa, member of sa’s finance board

In the area of support, Gomez is focusing on making time for individual concerns, connecting the Finance Board with SA to build transparency and increasing the board’s accessibility. Gomez said he would also advocate for marginalized communities and give RSOs resources to plan events.

“I want to just make sure that we are enforcing a united environment, and just that everyone is building camaraderie and just respect for each other,” Gomez said.

Omosa, the other candidate for comptroller, said a key part of her campaign is the creation of Finance Board advisers for RSOs. Under see comptroller page 6

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Vigil honors Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham Alumni talk race, media

By Kennedy Rose news editor

AMY FALKNER, acting dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, spoke about Branham.

KELSEY DAVIS, a Newhouse senior, said Branham helped her through her hardest times at SU.

RUSSELL LADSON, Branham’s nephew, teared up during the vigil in Hendricks Chapel.

TULA GOENKA (LEFT) AND MEL WILLIAMS hugged next to the trees wrapped in orange ribbons.

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Amy Falkner stood in front of students, colleagues and community members in Hendricks Chapel, wearing blue to honor her friend, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Dean Lorraine Branham. She died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.

Branham loved orange, Falkner said, and she would always wear it. She also loved to laugh. She loved her students. She loved her family. “(An) instigator, an innovator, a jokester. That was Lorraine Branham,” Falkner said.

Branham was dean of Newhouse for more than a decade.

Prior to her time at SU, she was the dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas

at Austin. She spent part of her career as a newspaper journalist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun. Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol spoke first at the vigil.

Everyone connected to Branham hoped that she would recover from cancer, he said. Konkol emphasized the importance of grieving together as a community.

“Perhaps our task is simply to be together,” Konkol said. “(To) receive the freedom that we feel whatever we wish to feel together.”

Falkner spoke next. She called the vigil “a collective hug” for the student body. Students were the reason Branham became an educator, she said.

Branham, as a woman of color in the media, was a “trailblazer,” Falkner. When reading tweets from people who knew Branham, the words “pioneer,” “fighter” and

“fierce” often came up, she said, but “funny” was the best way to describe her.

“What an influencer, and what a memory for us to live by,” she said.

“You cannot work with Lorraine Branham without laughter.”

Kelsey Davis, a senior television, radio and film major, spoke after Falkner. Davis said she had known Branham since she was in high school.

When she considered leaving the university due to poor academic standing, Branham told her that her grades were not a reflection of her worth.

Following the speeches, a moment of silence was held in honor of Branham.

Hub Brown, associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity, said after the ceremony, in Hendricks, that although he understood Branham’s cancer would be difficult, her death feels very sudden.

“We all had been missing

Lorraine for quite a while, even before yesterday,” Brown said.

“We’re all just going to try and recover together.”

A procession followed the vigil and attendees tied orange ribbons to the trees outside of Newhouse 3.

The ribbons waved in front of the First Amendment, which is written across the side of the building.

Taylor Epps, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major, said she’s hurt that Branham will not get to see her graduate. Epps said she works to make Branham proud, and that she felt empowered seeing a woman of color in a powerful position.

“Everything that I do from here on out, from the minute I walk back into Newhouse, is for Dean Branham,” Epps said. “My path would have been so different had I not had Dean Branham to guide me through it.” nrrubiol@syr.edu @natalierubio_

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SU raises $40 million for financial aid, scholarships

By Casey Darnell asst. news editor

Syracuse University met its goal to raise $40 million for scholarships and financial aid, SU announced on Wednesday.

The university raised the money through Invest Syracuse, a $100 million academic fundraising initiative, six months ahead of schedule, according to a Wednesday SU News release.

SU will seek additional funds to create more scholarships, invest in need-based aid programs and reduce loan debt at graduation, per the release.

Invest Syracuse was created in 2017 to improve SU’s academics, student life and financial aid opportunities. SU has already finished some initiatives, including the Euclid Shuttle, the Graham Fitness Center and hiring more staff at the Counseling Center.

The $40 million investment in financial aid is designed to allow SU to offer more competitive aid packages than other universities and to reduce the number of students who choose another university because of SU’s cost, according to the Wednesday release.

SU created a $3,300 tuition premium for freshman who started at SU in fall 2018 — making the total tuition estimate

$50,320. The premium will fund $30 million of the total $100 million Invest Syracuse goal.

Sixteen of SU’s peer institutions charge more than $50,000 in tuition per year.

About 75% of SU students received some type of financial support in the 2017-18 academic year, according to SU’s admissions website. cdarnell@syr.edu @caseydarnell_

Five Syracuse University alumni spoke about their personal experiences as people of color in the media industry for the final panel of the Race and the Media Symposium.

The alumni, recent graduates of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, detailed their struggles with being people of color in the newsroom, microaggressions and self-doubt at the start of their careers at the Wednesday panel.

Jim Shahin, an associate professor in the magazine, news and digital journalism department, took several minutes to honor Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham, who died Tuesday. Branham initiated the symposium this year, he said.

“I think it’s a living testament to Dean Branham, who had a deep commitment to diversity,” Shahin said.

Washingtonian reporter Elliot Williams said the responsibility of changing culture in newsrooms should not fall on the shoulders of journalists of color. Both Washington, D.C. and the Washingtonian have complicated histories with the city’s black residents, who comprise nearly half of the city’s population, he said.

“I didn’t move to D.C. to become the Jackie Robinson of journalism,” Williams said.

His fear of messing up also affected his early career. Williams feared if he was too honest, he would be known as a brash black man, or that he would write too much about black city residents and be branded as “that black writer.” His work now often features black Washingtonians, which helped expand the magazine’s audience beyond its traditionally white, affluent readers.

Brooke Lewis, reporter for the Houston Chronicle, told the story of a piece she did on a convicted man who turned his life around. She met him while he was still incarcerated, reported on him following his release and wrote about his funeral when he was killed during a hurricane.

“I realized this career path is bigger than me,” Lewis said.

She encouraged students to not let doubts or frustration hold them back in the media industry.

Daniel Taroy, a 2013 graduate, said he was shocked when he came to SU and saw the stark difference in diversity on the campus and his hometown in Orange County, California. He said he had few white friends while growing up, and he saw the most white people he’d ever seen at SU. It was at that point that he realized what his career in media would most likely look like.

He now works at Vanity Fair, which he said has transformed under the leadership of Radhika Jones. Under former Editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, the magazine had a very white, old-Hollywood vibe, Taroy said. Jones has hired more women and people of color, and the magazine probably would not have see alumni page 6

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Golden, Vick, Omosa should lead SA next year

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t’s time for a new direction; the right direction. Monday’s debate made it crystal clear that only three candidates have the dedication, and direction, to ensure meaningful change; Ryan Golden, Kailee Vick and Stacey Omosa.

We need executive officers that will lead with passion and poise, vision and vigor and most importantly, the objectivity to navigate the complications that come with the power of Student Association positions. At SA’s Monday debate, Ryan Golden, Kailee Vick and Stacey Omosa argued for realistically approaching adversity. Having spent a year in the SA cabinet, I know firsthand how challenging the executive branch can be. But that’s exactly why we need executive officers that will advocate for students with the logic and emotion necessary to convey our position. Unfortunately, not all the candidates recognize this necessity. At the debate, some asserted emotion was an enemy. That simply isn’t true; emotion is the hallmark of conviction. Emotion enhances objection and powers protest. A candidate that doesn’t believe emotion serves a vital role in leadership is unfit to lead a campus community plagued with issues like sexual assault, racism, homophobia and ableism.

We need leaders that are not afraid to place their duty to the student body above their defer-

ence to the administration. Ryan Golden, Kailee Vick and Stacey Omosa embody that commitment. When the university failed to address the seriousness of the Ackerman Avenue attack, Ryan Golden wrote a resolution condemning the university’s lack of action. When SA authorized “Cuse Can!” without oversight, Ryan Golden, Kailee Vick and Stacey Omosa publicly condemned the lack of transparency, inclusivity and commitment to community engagement.

But what have we heard from their opponents? On Monday, we heard some of the other candidates don’t believe advocacy is even a part of being an executive officer. Instead of advocating for you, they’ve offered you three-word slogans with too much fluff and not one single obtainable policy proposal. It’s those kinds of empty promises that will lead to future policy blunders, like Cuse Can!’s quarter of a $1 million disaster.

SA officials have the duty and disposition, the platform and power to effectuate change for all students of every race, color, creed, socioeconomic status and sexual or gender identity on this campus.

I’m voting for Ryan Golden, Kailee Vick and Stacey Omosa, because it’s time for a new direction — the right direction.

Iris Guzman Co-chair of SA Community Engagement Committee

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Off-campus surveillance not sufficient

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ollowing the Ackerman Avenue assault earlier this semester, the Syracuse University community has been working toward solutions to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. The Graduate Student Organization and the Student Association proposed that more closed-circuit television, or CCTV, security cameras should be installed off campus.

CCTV surveillance is not a preventive measure, it’s a retroactive one.

If installed, the cameras would be managed by the Syracuse Police Department. Video evidence would allow the department to continue to keep Syracuse streets safe, but it fails to address how the SU community is affected when criminal activity occurs nearby.

While security cameras can be useful for identifying suspects, their effectiveness is limited. Videos only become practical after crimes occur. Even when active camera operators alert police, the time it takes for authorities to be alerted gives criminals time to get away.

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“The notion of the prevention of crime with this technology is that the presence of the camera will act as a deterrent to criminal behavior ... But most crime is committed by people on an impulse, under the influence of drugs, or frankly, those who are just not very bright,” said William Staples, founding director of the Surveillance Studies Research Center at the University of Kansas, in an email.

He added that video surveillance is inconsistent in providing evidence or helpful information to authorities.

Also, silent video footage leaves too much open to interpretation for law enforcement authorities.

When considering who manages the footage, we need to think about how it will be perceived and what actions will be taken with those perceptions in mind. If videos land in the hands of someone with

Jennifer Bancamper is a sophomore English and textual studies and writing and rhetoric double major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at jbancamp@syr.edu.

Bald eagle resurgence a win for state

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ver the past few weeks, Onondaga Lake visitors have reported bald eagle sightings. Recently, 80 birds were seen over Onondaga Lake, and across the state there have been a record-breaking 323 breeding pairs of bald eagles reported this year.

While surprising, these bald eagle sightings are a huge win for environmentalists and a reflection of the conservation efforts at both the county and state level.

And, the arguable resurgence proves that passing environmentally-focused legislation is as important and effective as ever.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) efforts to tackle environmental issues in New York state have had a major influence on the

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preconceived assumptions about criminal identity, they may make rash conclusions based on the fraction of the incident they see.

The Department of Public Safety and SPD claim that the Ackerman Avenue assault was not a hate crime, but the circumstances of the incident imply that it was racially-motivated.

“Poor image quality, limited camera angles and a ball cap or hoodie can limit suspect identification,” Staples said. “And when functioning with such limited knowledge, operators develop a set of working rules and tend to find suspicious behavior in the usual suspects: groups of men, teenagers and people of color.”

Increased surveillance is not the appropriate response to the Ackerman Avenue assault. This is a deeper issue that requires us to address why some students on our campus don’t feel safe.

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BE K EEN G O GR EEN health of many species — and bald eagles have long been considered endangered. But as the Onondaga Lake has been cleaned up, bald eagles have returned.

“State efforts to limit exposure to lead contaminants, legislation limiting DDT, as well as the management and restoration of habitats have all really helped the population in (the) region bounce back,” said Shannon Farrell, an assistant professor at SUNY-ESF. In the 1980s, Honeywell International Inc. was sued by New York state for contaminating the lake. eì 0)%7)ì-2'09()ì=396ì83;2ì3*ì residence and any relevant affiliations eì 34-'7ì7,390(ì4)68%-2ì83ì8,)ì Syracuse area eì )88)67ì7,390(ì238ì-2'09()ì%2=ì personal information pertaining to other people unless it is relevant to the topic at hand, which will be decided at the

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Let’s learn from this success and continue to use policy to better the environment.

Emily Cerrito is a sophomore television, radio and film major.

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“The entire university has to be collectively involved in the mission,” Nash said.

Nash and his running mate Raymond Perez, a junior, said they are best equipped to organize these efforts because of the relationships they have formed with members of DPS, SU’s administration and students from all over campus.

Nash said he has worked with Bobby Maldonado, DPS’ chief, and Keith Alford, interim chief diversity officer, in the past. When concerns come up, Nash and Perez said they could reach out to SU administrators with ease.

“They have good outreach and widespread connection,” said Jeffrey Peterson, Nash and from page 1

perez Perez has no experience in SA, but he’s involved with several other groups. He’s a member of Lambda Upsilon Lambda, a multicultural fraternity. He also worked behind the scenes of the Recognize Us movement last spring, which was created after the release of videos, obtained by The Daily Orange in April 2018, showed students in the Theta Tau house engaging in behavior that Chancellor from page 1

comptroller Omosa’s plan, each of the 12 Finance Board members would be assigned to at least 10 or 20 organizations to provide support and answer questions relating to the budget process.

She also said she would like to put rollover funds back into the hands of the Finance Board and under the finance codes. Currently, rollover spending, which comes from unused money from the previous academic year, only needs approval from the president, vice president and comptroller to be used.

A majority of the rollover spending would be put toward student organization allocation and programming, as well as to subsidizing

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Perez’s campaign manager.

Nash met Perez before either of them started college classes. They met on the first day of SummerStart, an extended orientation program for incoming first-year students.

Although the two did not spend time together regularly, they remained friendly.

Nash said Perez was the best person to match his passion about the university.

Nash is connected to the university in other ways, too. His parents attended SU, a legacy that he said he was excited to continue. Since his sophomore year, he has been a member of the Student Advisory Council, a group of students that offers advice to SU officials regarding the student experience.

Nash works as a global media fellow at the

Blackstone LaunchPad, an entrepreneurship hub at SU, and was a Literacy Corps tutor for three years. He is also an assistant copy editor in The Daily Orange’s feature section.

“I’m very involved in campus, not because I want to get personal glory.” Nash said. “It’s because I grew up genuinely caring about the school, deeply. I want my kids to go here.”

Access to opportunities at SU is not distributed equally among students, Nash said.

He said he hopes to form relationships with organization leaders to help them spread the word about opportunities and wants to create a centralized place for students to find out more about those opportunities.

Nash said he plans to create more spaces like the Student Advisory Committee,

allowing for more communication between students and SU’s top decision-makers. He said administrators should be represented at every SA meeting so they can better understand students’ concerns.

No matter the outcome of the election, Nash and Perez said they will continue to try to make SU a more accessible, connected and safer university. It’s not about him and Perez, Nash said.

“We think in order to be a great leader, you have to serve your community,” said Nash.

“You can’t have ego in that.”

DISCLAIMER: Jalen Nash is an assistant copy editor in The Daily Orange’s features department.

He does not cover Student Association, report for or edit with The D.O.’s news staff.

Kent Syverud has called “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.”

Perez helped organize protests in front of Syverud’s house and in Schine Student Center.

He also worked to develop the demands that Recognize Us presented to the university.

Perez isn’t normally in the spotlight – running for SA vice president is stepping out of his comfort zone, he said. In doing so, he said he hopes to help other students who don’t feel comfortable at SU.

“Syracuse right now is at a point where there is a lot of work that needs to be done,” he said.

“And we have to work together to lift it up.”

Nash and Perez are running on three campaign pillars: access, communication and safety. He said he wants to make sure everyone can access the opportunities SU has to offer. Students, for example, might not know about services like the Office of Multicultural Affairs or Student Support Services, Perez said.

Jeffrey Peterson, the pair’s campaign

manager, said Nash and Perez are looking to increase students’ awareness of SA. He said they want students to know that SA is a resource they can turn to.

Perez said that, while he has never felt comfortable approaching SA himself, he will work to make the organization a comfortable space for all students by forming relationships across campus.

“For me, my passion is the help others and to make our community better,” he said.

some Student Centers and Programming Services rooms so that groups can use them for free, Omosa said. Changing the way rollover is controlled would give more money to serve RSOs, she said.

“This a diverse institution in the sense that we have varying interests,” Omosa said. “People that cater to different causes, different ethnicities, sexualities, different groups on campus.”

For transparency, Omosa said she wants to send weekly emails to RSOs with funding amounts to let them know how much money is allocated to student organizations and how much is left to be allocated. Omosa said she also wants to create cheat sheets for organizations applying for funding so they have a better understanding of what could get their

event budgets denied.

Gomez said the position of comptroller is important to him because he wants to inspire others. He said he felt like he was never expected to be at a school like SU and that he wants to motivate others who may feel that same way.

Omosa said there has not been much focus on the position of comptroller, despite the fact that the comptroller is in charge of about $4 million dollars a year plus rollover funds.

Organizations are directly affected by the amount of money they are allocated by the comptroller and the Finance Board, she said.

“The comptroller really shapes the culture of Syracuse University,” Omosa said. “They shape the type of events we have here.” irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow

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alumni had that 10 years ago.

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, another panelist, is a reporter for Indian Country Today.

While she was reporting at other organizations, she said she had to fight to get indigenous stories told. Indigenous people represent only 0.2% of media employees, she said.

Bennett-Begaye said indigenous people want to be represented as people, not 19th century caricatures. She added that she was called a racial slur when walking yesterday.

“I can’t believe it’s 2019 and slurs like that are being called,” Bennett-Begaye said. krose100@syr.edu

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On Thursday, Syracuse University Art Galleries will highlight the works of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Master of Fine Arts thesis candidates in “PLANS ARE CANCELLED,� an art exhibition curated

by Scott Vincent Campbell. “PLANS ARE CANCELLED,� spread out among three exhibition spaces, includes the works of 24 artists and explores reexamination and shaping of reality. The exhibition venues, as part of the Coalition of Museum and Arts Centers, include SUArt Galleries, Point of Contact Gallery and Community Folk Art Center.

The title of the show reflects that although there are negative connotations behind canceled plans, the opportunity for new plans to better fit people’s current situations can be celebrated.

Rebecca Forstater, a studio art graduate student, will be showcasing her work in this exhibit. She said this show should be seen as an opportunity for the community to experience, rather than just the artists. “This is call for an opportunity to envision new futures,� she said, in an email, “and to examine and rethink the world and society we inhabit.�

E. Garrett Bryant, another artist whose work will be displayed in “PLANS ARE CANCELLED,� is not only proud of his own work, but also the work of his fellow artists.

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Many artists in this senior class, he said — including up-and-coming ones — are rejecting material culture and elitist art-world traditions and transitioning to alternative forms of art. He added that art has something for everyone. “The group of students currently graduating are making quality artwork that can be shown anywhere,� he said, in an email. “Our work speaks to contemporary disaffection, internet culture, identity politics, and the American Dream.�

Along with “PLANS ARE CANCELLED,� two additional galleries will open this weekend: “Sound and Color,� focused on musicallyinspired student works, and “Winslow Homer: Women and American Society During the Civil War Era,� which features a combination of student research, curatorial writing, original paintings and paintings by 11 different artists, said Associate Director Emily Dittman, in an email. see exhibits page 8

The studio manager of Shanghai Tattoo in Shanghai, China, who chose not to disclose their name for the student documentary project, displays her neck tattoo. courtesy of gabrielle marzolf

THINKING BOLD Student documentary project explores East Asian tattoos as a stigmatized counterculture

exploration of the distinct practices of both Japanese and Chinese uring winter tattoo artistry, as well brea k, Sy raas how its stigmatizacuse Universition has helped to cultity seniors Cynvate its identity. thia Wang and GabriWang and Marzolf elle Marzolf found studied together in SU’s themselves rushing Central Europe proto transfer trains in gram in fall 2017, where Shanghai, laden down Wang got her first tatwith two cameras, too of Picasso’s “Dove of four extra batteries, Peaceâ€? done in Poland. portable battery-pow“It looks good, but ered lights, boom and anyone could have done lav microphones, a it,â€? Wang said. “It’s just tripod and additional something that anyone camera lenses. could have printed off the The task, Wang said, internet that it doesn’t was physically daunting matter who did it.â€? and mentally draining, ĂŹ $ adjusts her camera and microphone before filming This past Octocourtesy of cynthia wang ber, Marzolf said the but its drive was simple: with Mummy Studio tattoo artists in Beijing.

Finding China and two began discussing Japan’s remote tattoo parlors and getting a glimpse into the coun- Wang’s tattoo experience in Poland, along with each of their Asian terculture world they represented, one needle stroke at a time. heritages. During this conversation, Marzolf said, they addressed Wang and Marzolf will present Wang’s honors capstone docu- the “tug of war� between their Asian ancestry and American nationmentary “Brush and Needle: Tattoo Culture in East Asia� at the ality and began conceptualizing the documentary.

Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on April 18 at 5:30 p.m. The screening Marzolf — a television, radio and film and political science dual marks the culmination of months’ worth of research, travel and see tattoos page 8

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tattoos major — said she was intrigued by the possibility of doing ethnographic research overseas and documenting their findings on film.

Paired with Wang’s upcoming honors thesis project, the two collaborated to take their concept to the next level.

“I’ve always been very interested in tattoos, in body modifications,” Wang said. “We came up with this idea — what if we looked at the culture of something that’s stigmatized?

Something that contributes to the mainstream culture, but the mainstream society doesn’t claim it?”

Unlike in the United States, tattoos in some East Asian countries are considered tabooed forms of artistic expressions that can cost people their jobs and ability to shop or dine in public stores and restaurants. One of the artists they spent time interviewing, Takashi Yamamoto of Fukui, Japan, was once kicked out of a cafe simply for having tattoos.

Because of the different cultural values related to bodily preservation and censorship, along with connotations of tattoos being synonymous with gang activity, Wang said tattoo culture is more of an underground industry.

While selecting tattoo parlors to profile, several of the shops she and Marzolf reached out to for interviews declined and said they wanted to keep practicing, fearing the documentary would jeopardize their artistic chances.

“It was kind of whoever would take us,” Wang said. “We knew we wanted to look at China — we wanted to look at Shanghai and Beijing, because Beijing is like the old capital heartland, and then Shanghai is very much the from page 7

exhibits “Winslow Homer” is named after an artist who engraved wood and depicted women throughout the Civil War era. SU professor Wayne Franits, whose expertise is in art and music histories, said “Winslow Homer” represents the roles women

cosmopolitan, very open and modern city.”

One of the common misconceptions that some people have of East Asian countries, Wang said, is that they all are culturally synonymous. For Japanese tattooing, Wang said one of the more prominent artistic styles is tebori, something she said is similar to what many Western people think of as stick-and-poke.

With regard to Chinese tattoo practices, she added that different cities reflect divergences between traditional influences and more modern adaptations.

“Beijing has a lot of traditional painters whose technique is really grounded in Chinese calligraphy, in Chinese traditional painting with watercolors,” she said. “In Shanghai, they’re really punk rock.”

For Marzolf, this difference in stylistic practices was reflected in the tattoo artists, as well. In Shanghai, many of the artists profiled maintained a punk aesthetic and were much more extroverted. She added that for many of their Beijing subjects, they were a lot more private about their artistic backgrounds, instead letting the works speak for themselves.

“They’re someone who’s going to go against the grain and they’re someone who doesn’t really care what people’s opinions are of them,” Marzolf said, “and you’re going to guess that they’ve had some history of being ostracized or feeling like an outsider.”

As the two prepare for the screening of their documentary in the next few weeks, there’s both a sense of relief at finalizing the project along with the anxieties that come with sharing your work with a wider audience.

This documentary — “my baby,” as Marzolf referred to it — is about so much more than the

inks adorning someone’s skin.

For Asian Americans, Wang said there can often be manifestations of internalized racism that extend from having a dual identity.

“It was something that I spent all of my childhood struggling with and now I’m reclaiming it, like ‘Oh, I’m Chinese.’ But I’m not,” Wang said. “It’s an important part of my perspective, but the way I see the world and the way I frame things are still shaped by my experiences growing up in the west.”

A hard pill she had to swallow during their process making this documentary, Wang said, was the realization that she is just as American as she is Chinese. While it

held during the Civil War era.

“The exhibition exemplifies women’s roles by literally illustrating them in a number of the prints on display,” he said. “(The roles) range from making parts of uniforms, to caring for the wounded, to the production of armaments to the staffing of so-called sanitary fairs.”

Franits studied some of Homer’s prints with students from his senior seminar. Ditt-

man said the research and curatorial writing from their projects will be featured throughout the exhibition, which is supported by the department of art and music histories in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Franits, who mainly focuses on 17th century Europe in his research, said he enjoys learning about the American Civil War and exposing students to important art works.

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was difficult to acknowledge, she said it has been fundamental in opening the door to greater conversations regarding her heritage, perspectives and identity.

Beyond the moments recorded on tape, Wang’s experiences in East Asia have also been permanently documented in other ways: a side tattoo she received while overseas, featuring watercolor flowers and the Chinese characters for ‘chun yu xiao xiao.’

Yu Xiao is her Chinese name.

“It made me realize there’s a whole gap in experience you can’t really bridge,” she said.

“But it’s really important to acknowledge it, because then we can talk about it.” katho101@syr.edu | @writtenbykelsey

SHENG, a tattoo artist who did not disclose his full name to the filmmakers, designs upcoming projects inspired by calligraphy and watercolor art. courtesy of gabrielle marzolf

On another level, the mission of the exhibit is to demonstrate the various roles that women were engaged in during the Civil War and to give an idea of America’s social, cultural and political climate during the 1860s and 1870s, Franits said. He added that it provides a satisfying opportunity to showcase Homer’s work. gfpagano@syr.edu

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ERIC ALDERMAN, owner of The Stoop Kitchen, has announced plans to expand the restaurant by adding a new retail bakery down the street. The bakery is expected to open in mid-May and will feature baked goods, along with food and breakfast items. haley robertson feature editor

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wenty five years ago, running a restaurant was Eric Alderman’s side job, while he worked as a full-time attorney. Today, he has plans to expand The Stoop Kitchen — typically known as simply “The Stoop.”

The Stoop Kitchen has announced it will open a new retail bakery, called The Toast Syracuse, in mid-May. The bakery will be located three blocks away from The Stoop Kitchen’s current location on West Fayette Street. The Toast Syracuse is owned in partnership with The Toast Canastota, a restaurant and bakery located about 30 minutes outside of Syracuse.

Alderman said the idea behind opening a new location was primarily that he wanted to expand the bakery and make his products available to more people in the community.

“My first priority is expanding the bakery before we expand the restaurant,” he said. “Restaurants are far more complicated — the baking process is as complicated as anything when you’re making world-class bakery products.”

The Stoop Kitchen currently operates as a bakery and cafe that’s open Wednesday through Friday at 7 a.m. and at 9 a.m. on the weekends. Alderman said it can be difficult to find qualified bakers, but after discovering The Taste Canastota, he found a company that fit his needs. Last year, the two companies started a partnership and The Stoop Kitchen began selling their baked goods in their bakery.

Now, The Stoop Kitchen will do all of its production of goods for The Stoop Kitchen’s bakery, The Toast Canastota and The Toast Syracuse at the new location. They will also be selling food and

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breakfast items there.

Alderman said he always wanted a bakery. He made it a priority to add it to The Stoop Kitchen after it reopened in 2016. He said it reminded him of a specific bakery from his childhood — the Snowflake Bakery.

“You can ask so many people my age, and even younger, who will tell you the best thing they could get on their birthday would be a snowflake whipped cream cake,” he said.

For Alderman, the restaurant and bakery isn’t just about the food.

While the food they prepare is important, he said, the customer always comes first and he likes to give people a memorable experience.

“I wanted that kind of a bakery that was a community bakery that people loved to come in, they loved to gaze,” he said. “And we established that, we’re still

one of a kind.”

Jennissa Hart, manager of The Stoop Kitchen, said the new bakery needed to open in order to make more room for the production of the baked goods. She said that once The Stoop Kitchen partnered with The Toast Syracuse, they realized they needed their own production space to grow in the way they wanted to.

Hart added that Alderman is always moving and has plans to keep growing as a business, and this is just one aspect of those goals.

“You can’t ever expect that what you see now is ever going to be the end of what Eric Alderman is doing,” she said. “He’s always moving, he’s always growing, he’s always trying to figure out what’s next.”

Kylie Starkey, owner of The Toast Canastota, said at her restaurant they only have one oven and that they work from midnight to 8 a.m. with “very mini-

mal equipment and space.” She said the new location will be helpful because it will have three convection ovens and a triple-deck oven.

“We really love what we make, we want to get it out there any way we can,” Starkey said.

For her, working with Alderman has not only been a way to expand their business, but also a way to grow.

“It’s been great, he’s able to offer a lot of help, like a lot of advice in areas we aren’t very savvy in,” she said. “So it’s definitely nice to have that person there.

Before we were doing it on our own.”

There will be seating outside the storefront when it gets warmer, he said, adding that they will be opening another bakery in close proximity to Syracuse University next fall. The SU bakery won’t only sell pastries and breads, but also pizza which brings Alderman back to his roots.

The Stoop Kitchen originally opened in 1994 as The Stoop. Instead of having a downstairs bakery and restaurant with an upstairs dining room like it does currently, The Stoop was solely located upstairs.

Below it was a pizza place called Slices.

“It was speakeasy type place that focused on a tequila bar with a small comfort food menu and live entertainment four nights a week,” Alderman said.

He said his two loves are tequila and pizza. Now, he has found a way to incorporate both into his restaurant: one through the pizza at the upcoming SU location, and the second through his tequila bar, which Alderman said has more than 100 different types of tequila.

“His dream has always been bigger than just The Stoop Kitchen,” Hart said.

“It’s never just been those four walls.” srslavin@syr.edu

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anderson and assembled what would soon be the family’s truck. Other drivers, noticing the trash on the track, laughed at Dennis. His retort served as inspiration — “I’ll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it!” “(They) were the engineers,” Adam said. “(Dennis) would build it, break it, fix it and make it better.”

After upgrading to his first monster truck, known for its red highlights, Dennis gained a cult following. He rivaled Bob Chandler, the well-known driver of Bigfoot, and further popularized the sport. Some battles were even televised on ESPN. But Dennis’ successes often left Adam and his siblings without their dad for months. As a child, Adam often woke up hearing Grave Digger’s engine charge toward the next show.

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seebold primary-progressive (a constant condition that gradually worsens from contraction).

The symptoms come in various ways: some lose the ability to walk, others temporarily lose function of their arms and more wake up with no vision in one eye, uncertain they will gain it back. The cause’s reach has suffered because the disease is generally nonfatal in healthy adults. For Robert, his secondary-progressive state limited his daily activity and forced him to retire early.

“I don’t get around real well,” Robert said.

Seebold’s donation is just one of many campaigns that MS Hope for a Cure takes on as it prepares for its fourth day-long event, MS Hope Day on April 7. After being inspired by his birthday campaign, Seebold was inspired.

One day, he wants to create his own nonprofit.

Ever since he was a kid, Seebold had been connected to various causes. He dedicated some high school games to his aunt, Ellen, who had breast cancer, and helped raised money for a former high school classmate who died of cancer.

was jealous of the attention his dad received as his popularity rose.

In the last five years, as Adam’s work schedule has significantly lightened, he’s understood Dennis’ work schedule, and why he wasn’t always around. Grave Digger provided for the family and soon grew into a family business. Adam joined as a crew member for different teams before getting in a car for the first time in 2005. Two years later, he replaced Dennis for Grave Digger’s 25th anniversary after Dennis suffered a shoulder injury.

For his current routine, Adam typically flies out to shows on Thursday after dropping his sons off at school. Throughout the week, drivers and crew members transport each truck from venue to venue. Adam sometimes sees families in the stands and misses home.

“It is great to be able to come home and have a life,” Adam said. “You can have a life outside of (Monster Jam).”

Krysten, on the other hand, graduated high When he was in middle school, his parents received a check in the mail from Family Legacy Missions International, an organization where donors can fund the welfare of a child in Africa. Seebold signed up without telling his parents, and used his allowance money for his first donation.

Now at Syracuse, Owen calls home three or four times a week. He doesn’t worry how his father is dealing with his condition anymore — he just calls to talk. A few days before the Orange’s matchup with Army, Seebold sent a text to his parents.

“Hey, I just started a fundraiser for MS for my birthday,” Seebold texted. “ACC Network just interviewed me for it. Watch it at halftime.”

From their home in Texas, Robert and his wife, Brandie, sat on the couch in their living room and flipped on their Apple TV. Owen didn’t score or assist in the game, and he hardly appeared in Syracuse’s 10-8 win.

But he graced the screen at halftime. At home, Robert’s eyes swelled.

“I consider myself pretty lucky,” Robert said, “to have a kid with that kind of heart.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary

school in 2015 and a year later she was in Paxton, Illinois for Monster Jam University, a training school. She loved graphic design and the art brandished on each truck, but then she received a phone call from Monster Jam executives. They wanted her to be the face of the new Grave Digger. She had never driven before but she considered her pioneer father and all-star brother.

“I literally said, ‘Yes,’ out of nowhere,” Krysten remembered. “I felt there was no way I could turn down an opportunity like that. ...Three years later, I’m still doing it.”

Since her start, the sport has become more innovative and challenging. Gone are the “iron giants.” Instead of car-jumps, steam-rollers and head-to-head races, now there are twowheel skill competitions, freestyle trick circuits and backflips. Drivers challenge each other, displaying new skills like balancing a truck on its nose for 30 seconds. Dennis, who retired in 2017 after injuries from a failed from page 12

hokies in its comeback win against Notre Dame.

With 17 seconds before the first half whistle blew, Levy was in a scrum. Surrounded by black jerseys in front of the goal, her white uniform stood out as she twisted her stick and found the net to give SU a four goal lead.

It was the start of SU’s longest scoring run since VT’s own goal. Coming out of the half, Carney converted on a free position shot.

Then, the freshman assisted Hawryschuk on the junior’s 50th goal of the season.

Then, Syracuse started to foul, leading to player down and free-position opportunities.

“We had some cross checks, some sticks got close to the head,” Gait said. “They made the calls. We went man-down a few times.”

The Hokies were set up for multiple scoring opportunities. A foul by Ella Simkins led to a VT free position shot. SU goalie Asa Goldstock saved it, but, moments later, a foul by freshman Sarah Cooper led to another free position attempt for the Hok-

backflip in Tampa Bay, joked to Krysten that he “got out easy.”

Krysten’s schedule is different than Adam’s. As a part of the Triple Threat Series, she performs more often than Adam.

The extra reps can be an advantage at bigger events. Her dedication has paid off. She’s climbed the standings in each of her three seasons while Adam has remained near the top.

Two years ago, Krysten traveled to Helsinki, Finland, for her first event overseas. Even though she was replacing a veteran driver, some fans recognized Krysten. They asked her about her journey, her family and her love for Monster Jam. A first-hand look at the effect of her family’s legacy.

“My dad built Grave Digger out of junkyard parts in his backyard and these people know who he is and know who I am,” Krysten said.

“Monster Jam has taken my dad’s creation all over the United States and all over the world.” nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez

ies. This time, the ball found the net and SU’s lead was down to four.

Twice more as the clock wound down Virginia Tech was awarded a free position shot. Both were overshot. The first was intercepted by SU defender Kerry Defliese. The second time, though, the ball flew past the end line. Players from both teams rushed to the spot where the ball exited the field of play with their sticks outstretched. Virginia Tech was awarded possession and that quickly turned into a goal.

The Hokies were down by two with a minute and a half left. Hawryschuk won the draw control for SU, but VT caused a turnover on Tyrrell. They cleared the ball and scored with the clock stopped at 30 seconds.

Hawryschuk was at the draw again. She won it and SU played keep away for the final seconds, leaving Virginia Tech just out of reach of an upset.

“It was a game that literally went down to the last minute,” Hawryschuk said. “Coming out with a game where we played the full 60 minutes is awesome.” klwasile@syr.edu | @Kaci_Waz

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men’s lacrosse

Seebold raises money for MS

By Michael McCleary sports editor

ADAM ANDERSON (CENTER RIGHT) started driving Grave Digger 15 years ago, a truck created by his father Dennis (center left). Ryan (far left) and Kysten (far right) have also started driving in Monster Jam. photo courtesy of monster jam

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dam Anderson used to hate it when his father, Dennis, pushed one of his toy cars out of line growing up.

Playing in a makeshift arena, Adam carried monster trucks through the air.

Last December, nearly 30 years later, Adam’s young sons put on a show in the family’s North Carolina home. Adam used an iPad for a jumbotron and a Bluetooth-compatible microphone to play music. Still, that didn’t mean Adam could move the trucks. He had to pay attention, Dale and Luke pleaded. They were trying to teach him.

They performed tricks and instructed their dad to it himself, just with his truck: Grave Digger. The 12,000-pound wrecking ball that acts as his desk. In a way, his children were embracing Monster Jam’s new era.

“There was not even a thought in the world that a 12,000-pound truck could do a backflip,” Anderson said.

Now, backflips are routine. And Grave

As Monster Jam has grown, so has the Anderson family legacy

By Nick Alvarez

asst. sports editor

Digger is synonymous with Adam and the entire Anderson clan. Dennis started driving in the 1980s as Monster Jam catapulted into the mainstream and his family soon followed. Adam first drove in 2005 at 18 years old. His sister, Krysten, began three years ago as the first female driver of Grave Digger.

Dennis is helping his youngest son, Westin, break into the business. His other son,

Ryan, is currently second on the Stadium Series I scoreboard driving Son-uva Digger.

And as Krysten finds her way, Adam has used his fatherhood to appreciate his own upbringing. When they compete this Saturday in the Carrier Dome, it’ll be the next step in the sport’s evolution. One that’s been defined by Andersons.

“People are less interested in the destruction, the damage and the chaos,” Krysten said. “They’re more interested in the skill set and the skill level in what we can do.”

It started with Dennis taking his kids off-roading during their summers in North Carolina. But eventually, Dennis always had to get back on the road as a one-man driver and crew, Adam said. He hauled merchandise up and down interstates and connected with fans.

His first “mud truck” was built with spare parts. Dennis cobbled together scraps see anderson page 10

women’s lacrosse

No. 3 SU fends off Virginia Tech in 14-13 win

By Kaci Wasilewski asst. digital editor

From the time Emily Hawryschuk scored the 14th and final goal for Syracuse, to the time the final whistle blew, Syracuse committed 11 fouls. They were fouls that put the Orange down a player, fouls that led to free-position shots and fouls that led to Virginia Tech goals in a game decided by one point.

It was the second time this season the opening draw took place over a gold circle with CMB overlapping in the middle instead of standing over an orange block “S.” Last time the Orange played

at Christian Brothers Academy, they came back against then-No. 12 Notre Dame. On Wednesday, SU almost discovered what it felt like to be the Fighting Irish in SU’s 10-9 win. The Hokies (8-6, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) staged a comeback, but No. 3 Syracuse (13-2, 5-1) outlasted VT and won by one point, 14-13.

“We hung on, we did what we needed to do to get the ‘W’ and made it exciting for the fans, again,” SU head coach Gary Gait said.

Syracuse started the game in a similar fashion as most games this season: scoring early and scoring a lot. Within a minute of Haw-

ryschuk winning the opening draw, Mary Rahal scored. Then Megan Carney, Vanessa Costantino and Meaghan Tyrrell scored within a minute of each other, and SU was up by four.

When they were up 5-1, a shooting space penalty gave Nicole Levy a free-position attempt. She wound her stick a few times waiting for the whistle. When it came, she passed to Rahal who was running toward the goal. Rahal caught the ball but soon lost it and Virginia Tech’s goalie scooped it. Cradling it a few times, her stick tipped back too far and caused an own goal, giving the Orange a 6-1 advantage.

Virginia Tech’s own goal was a turning point. Moving forward, SU was unable to run up the score and struggled to keep Virginia Tech from scoring.

After the Hokies responded to the own goal, and SU netted one more, the Orange suffered 12 dry minutes. During those 12 minutes, the Hokies brought it within three.

Prior to Wednesday, SU hadn’t allowed an unranked team to get within six goals going into the second half. The Hokies did, almost going into the half three goals behind the Orange, similar to SU

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Robert Seebold didn’t want to make a big deal of it all — he certainly didn’t want people to feel bad for him. So when he called his children downstairs and sat them on the couch, he just stated the facts.

“I’m just going to be a little differSEEBOLD ent,” Robert said.

He ensured he’d be fine, that the family would get through this. But, just a sophomore in high school, Owen Seebold was confused. His father’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis immediately led him to expect the worst.

Seebold ran up to his computer for answers: What happens to him? How will it affect him? Will my father die?

“At first it wasn’t more of a ‘How can I help?’ It was more of a ‘How’s he feeling?’” Seebold said. “I think I wanted to help immediately, but I don’t think I realized how much I could help — as I do now.”

Four years later, Seebold scrolled through a Facebook notification asking if he wanted to start a fundraiser for his birthday. In honor of his dad, a former member of the 1988 Syracuse national championship team, Seebold started a campaign to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. The original goal was set at $500, according to Seebold’s Facebook page, but the donations closed with $9,023 raised before Robert’s former teammate Brett Jefferson added $10,000 of his own.

$19,023 Amount of money SU men’s lacrosse attack Owen Seebold has raised for MS

As the campaign grew in publicity, Syracuse men’s lacrosse featured Seebold at halftime of SU’s Feb. 24 matchup with Army. Though Seebold has yet to record a point in seven appearances this season, the success of the fundraiser is representative of the platform given to student athletes around the country, increasing the importance of individual activism.

“I’m not a star player or anything like that,” Seebold said. “I wasn’t really expecting for it to be that popular.”

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that creates lesions on a person’s brain and spine. The disease strips the nervous system of its outer-lining and limits the brain’s ability to move certain parts of the body. MS manifests differently in everyone it affects, and there are three forms of the disease: relax-and-remitting (recurring but nonconstant symptoms), secondaryprogressive (a form that gradually develops worsening symptoms) and see seebold page 10