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Blackface, racist images found in SU yearbooks A D.O. review of more than 100 years of “The Onondagan,� SU’s yearbook, found at least 20 racist images printed Written by Kennedy Rose news editor
Research by Casey Darnell, Emma Folts, India Miraglia, Kennedy Rose and Natalie Rubio-Licht the daily orange
Editor’s note: The following article contains disturbing images and descriptions of racist content. Examples of the photos of blackface appear on page 6 of The Daily Orange. Discretion is advised. Over the course of more than 100 years of publication, Syracuse University’s yearbook contained racist photos and illustrations — including blackface, a recent review by The Daily Orange has found. During the course of its review, The D.O. found the following: Ć€É (É *").)-É ) É & % É #(É É 3 , ))%-É ,)'É ĹąĹšĹąĹľÉ .)É ĹąĹšĹśĹ¸ĹşÉ )-.É *# .#)(-É ) É & % É 1 , É #(É 3 , ))%-É ,)'É ." É ĹąĹšĹľĹ°-ĹşÉ Ć€É É ' $),#.3É ) É & % É - -É #(É ." É 3 , ))%-É 1 , É #( &/ É on pages dedicated to SU chapters of Greek organizations. Ć€É )/,É - -É ) É , #-.É ,# ./, -ĹťÉ )( É #(-. ( É ) É ,)1( É and at least five photos of people in costumes stereotyping Asian cultures. The D.O.’s review took roughly a month and started in early March after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D)’s medical school yearbook was published by dozens of media outlets across the United States. Northam’s yearbook page had a photo of a person in blackface and another person dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The governor initially said on Feb. 1 that he was one of the people pictured on the page, but has since denied being in the photo. Northam has also resisted calls to resign. Following the Northam reports, USA TODAY analyzed ĹšĹ°Ĺ°É )&& ! É 3 , ))%-É # (.# 3#(!É , #-.É )(. (.ĹťÉ #( &/ #(!É blackface and mock lynchings. SU was not noted in USA TODAY’s report. The D.O.’s review, though, found several cases of blackface, racist caricatures of black people and white students dressing as people of other races in SU’s yearbooks. The D.O. could not identify or locate people depicted in the see yearbooks page 6
NICK GIARRUSSO began collecting sneakers when he was 14 years old. Now, he owns Ambition Upstate, a sneaker and clothing store in Syracuse. aaron kaasman staff photographer
Community kicks By Diana Rojas
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he TV blared inside Nick Giarrusso’s streetwear store in Syracuse the day after the shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was murdered outside his Los Angeles clothing store. Giarrusso sat on a wooden stool as a customer stared at the screen, the two talking about how Hussle was a champion for his community. Ambition Upstate relocated near Armory Square in May 2018. Since moving, the store has become a microcosm for mainstream music, fashion and
Armory Square store helps drive Syracuse sneaker scene sneaker culture, while also featuring locally-crafted products. The store also fosters a fashion community that extends beyond the boundaries of Syracuse.
Giarrusso said he first began collecting shoes and observing street style when he was playing travel basketball around the United States at 14 years old. Seeing different styles from Florida and California helped him develop an eye for style outside of Syracuse. But it wasn’t until he was in his early 20s that he saw the potential of his shoe collection having a true business value. In 2014, Giarrusso was working at Tully’s Good Times in Liverpool as a busboy when he saw a man at the mall flip his Jordan 11 Retro Concord shoes for double its initial $125 value. Soon after, see sneakers page 8
student association
Former SA presidents detail rollover spending, regulations By Casey Darnell asst. news editor
Student Association is expected to vote Monday night on a bill that would restrict the use of rollover funds after several SA members criticized the planning and funding of the “Cuse Can! It Starts With Us� event. SA’s current bylaws require the president, vice president and comptroller to vote on the use of rollover funds, which is money left over from the previous academic year. Funds
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The Daily Orange has gathered four stories you may have missed over the weekend including Syracuse University’s 2019 Commencement speaker announcement. Page 3
accumulate in the rollover account as student organizations return money to SA if events are cancelled or the cost is overestimated. Events or initiatives funded through rollover are not currently required to follow SA’s finance codes. The proposed bill would give the organization’s Finance Board the final say on rollover spending as an effort to prevent an abuse of the funds. Several SA representatives said at an assembly meeting on April 1 that the bill was too restrictive.
Stacy Omosa, a member of SA’s Finance Board and comptroller candidate, presented the bill with Parliamentarian Drew Jacobsen at the April 1 meeting. SA President Ghufran Salih, Vice President Kyle Rosenblum and Comptroller Ambrose Gonzalez made the decision to spend $242,000 of SA’s rollover funds on “Cuse Can!� Comedian Tiffany Haddish and rappers Pusha T and Flipp Dinero performed in Goldstein Auditorium on Saturday.
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Rock and metal bands including Of Mice & Men, Dead American and Hands Like Houses will perform at The Lost Horizon on Saturday night. Page 7
As part of her campaign, Omosa proposed redistributing 60% of the rollover funding back to the Finance Board so that it can be allocated to registered student organizations. The Finance Board allocates between $3 to $4 million from student activity fees to RSOs every year, she said. Gonzalez, SA’s comptroller, said in a text message that the rollover account for the current academic year had approximately $300,000 before “Cuse Can!� Gonzalez said
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SU men’s lacrosse defender Nick Mellen has established himself as a top defender. On Tuesday, he’ll face his biggest test of the season in Cornell’s Jeff Teat. Page 12
he, Salih and Rosenblum have spent rollover funds on initiatives like ASL interpreters. “We use that to fund campus wide initiatives that benefit the student population,� Gonzalez said. “We don’t typically give back funds to the finance board since that’s not how the process goes.� James Franco and Angie Pati — SA president and vice president for the 2017-18 academic year — used rollover money to fund “Cuse For see rollover page 6