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Syracuse Fashion Week kicks off Thursday. The three-night event will feature various local models and clothing from downtown fashion boutiques.

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SU’s University Senate discussed the possibility of conducting criminal background checks for potential faculty hires at its Wednesday meeting.

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2020 graduation won’t be in Dome

By Casey Darnell asst. news editor

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‘Peace of mind’ SU Greek life leaders emphasize rule that aims to prevent alcohol poisoning, sexual misconduct

By Natalie Rubio-Licht asst. copy editor

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yracuse University’s Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council are highlighting a Greek life alcohol policy this semester to prevent hospitalizations and sexual misconduct.

Previously, students in sororities thought they could only drink alcohol provided to them at fraternity parties.

But sorority members who are of legal drinking age are allowed to bring their own alcohol to registered social events, said Emily Barkann, president of the Panhellenic Council.

Barkann said she hopes reemphasizing that current alcohol policy will decrease the number of Greek life members being transported to the

hospital due to alcohol poisoning.

Sarah Mullarkey, vice president of judicial and standards for the Panhellenic Council, said the current policy is also a way to prevent sexual assault and harassment in Greek life.

“I get phone calls or texts every single night that there are events,” Mullarkey said. “It can happen at a bar or a party. We just have to make sure we put a stop to it and we’re being proactive.”

Interfraternity Council President Joe Coopersmith said he hopes the current policy will work toward ending pregaming, or binge drinking prior to a social event. Pregaming creates dangerous situations for everyone at social events and increases risk of medical transport, he said.

Common sources of alcohol,

including kegs, jungle juice and party balls, are prohibited, according SU’s guidelines. Drinking games are also prohibited.

“There’s danger for members, at least for sorority members, to take a cup of jungle juice and not know how much (alcohol) is in the jungle juice, because it’s just a mixture of a bunch of stuff,” Barkann said. “You don’t know how much you’re really drinking, which is problematic in itself, with the additional worry that there’s some kind of drug in it.”

Alexa Lorraine, a senior in the Delta Gamma sorority, said the alcohol policy gives her “peace of mind” when going to parties. She and her friends feel much better having a sense of control over what they are drinking, she said. see alcohol page 4

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SA candidates surprised by low voter turnout

By Abby Weiss and Hannah Graf the daily orange

As election day for Syracuse University’s Student Association approaches, some SA presidential candidates have expressed concern about the number of students who have voted in the election.

Voter turnout was at 12% as of Tuesday night — a 7% drop from last year’s total turnout. Voting, which is done through MySlice, will

end Thursday night.

Presidential candidates Mackenzie Mertikas and Ryan Golden said they expected the turnout to be much higher because SA has worked over the past year to increase its promotional material and visibility.

“I really thought that we would’ve hit 20% at this point,” Mertikas said.

Golden said he expected more voters because of SA Public Rela-

tions Co-Chair Torre Payton-Jackson’s efforts to boost SA’s social media presence.

Both Mertikas and Golden said it’s important for students to vote because SA represents student interests. SA uses the student activity fee to fund registered student organizations, Golden said.

“We’re the student representatives for the university and we are who the university has decided to represent the student body,”

Golden said. “Now it’s time for the student body to decide what they want that to look like.”

Mertikas said that, in the remaining days of her campaign, she will urge students to vote because the president acts on behalf of student opinions.

Presidential candidate Jalen Nash, who works as a features copy editor for The Daily Orange, said in an email that he was not

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Syracuse University’s 2020 Commencement will not be held in the Carrier Dome, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced on Wednesday.

Commencement has traditionally been held in the Dome, but in 2020 it might be held outside, Syverud said at Wednesday’s University Senate meeting. SU will temporarily vacate the Dome by March 1, 2020 while the Dome’s roof is being replaced, he said.

The Dome’s new roof will be built between May and September of 2020. Its current air-supported roof will be replaced with a fixed structure that is more stable. Pictures released by SU show that part of the roof will be semi-transparent, providing natural light for the facility.

The new roof will have a 40-year lifespan — double the lifespan of the current roof, said Amir RahnamayAzar, SU’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, in May 2018.

Maintenance on the new roof will also be less costly, he said.

$118M Amount of money renovations to the Carrier Dome are expected to cost source: syracuse university

SU’s renovation of the Dome will include a vertically hung scoreboard, additional Wi-Fi capabilities, accessibility improvements, air conditioning and a new sound and lighting system. Pete Sala, vice president and chief facilities officer, said in May 2018 that the Wi-Fi enhancements, closed captioning and restroom renovation projects would be completed in summer 2018.

Sala said that SU’s football, basketball and lacrosse seasons will not be affected by the renovations.

The university has previously said it expects to add air conditioning, new concession space and new restrooms by fall 2022.

The renovations are expected to cost a total of $118 million. SU previously announced that more than $6 million in Dome upgrades will go toward Americans with Disabilities Act-related accessibility projects.

The projects will include a new entrance, accessible seating, closed captioning software and five ADA electric door operators. cdarnell@syr.edu @caseydarnell_

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regional news Here is a round up of the biggest news happening around New York right now.

TAX BREAKS Richard Sykes, a developer from RHS Holdings, LLC, applied for $2.6 million in tax breaks for his proposed retail, office and apartment project on Fayette Street in Manlius. The project, called Willowbrook Crossing, would cost $21.7 million. The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency voted to hold a public hearing on the application. source: syracuse.com

BUFFALO DIOCESE Charles Mendolera, an employee of the Buffalo Diocese, was named the Diocese’s executive director of financial administration Wednesday. The previous executive director, Steven D. Timmel, resigned in March. Mendolera began working at the Diocese in 2004 as director of accounting. source: the buffalo news

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CHANCELLOR KENT SYVERUD said the 2020 Commencement could possibly be held outside during Carrier Dome construction at a University Senate meeting on Wednesday afternoon. katie tsai asst. photo editor

By Kennedy Rose news editor

The University Senate discussed a proposal that would require potential faculty members to undergo criminal background checks at its meeting on Wednesday.

Syracuse University currently conducts criminal background checks for staff, but not for faculty.

Thomas Perrault, chair of the Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics, presented the proposal. Perrault said having a clear and transparent hiring process with faculty oversight and comment is imperative.

Several universities, including some of SU’s peer institutions, have criminal background checks for faculty hires in place, Perrault said.

Senators asked Perrault about the specifics of the possible plan, but Perrault was unable to detail them because there was no policy

written. Margaret Thompson, an associate professor of history and political science, asked whether the type of crime the potential hire was convicted for would be taken into consideration. Perrault said the committee has raised that question, but it is impossible to comment without a policy written out.

“We’re not necessarily endorsing it, but it does bring faculty in line with what’s been going on with staff already,” Perrault said.

Tina Nabatchi, a professor of public administration and international affairs, asked what problem requiring criminal background checks would solve. In response, Chancellor Kent Syverud referenced a policy the Senate passed banning consensual sexual relationships between undergraduate students and faculty.

“There is a concern that, as we hire new faculty, we should have some concern for our students,” Syverud said.

Syverud said the university should be worried about faculty being fired from one university for misconduct, especially relating to students, only to be hired by a different university.

It does bring faculty in line with what’s been going on with staff already.

Thomas Perrault university senate committee on academic freedom, tenure and professional ethics chair

Nabatchi argued that faculty members shifted around quietly would most likely not have a criminal record, so they would not come up on background checks.

She also questioned SU officials on problems with employee

tax forms at the meeting. Nabatchi said faculty members on a 12-month pay option, versus a nine-month option that omits summer months, have seen irregularities in their W-2 tax forms.

Changes in the payroll calculation and disbursing system in the middle of 2018 led to dramatic differences in 2017’s and 2018’s taxable social security wages, Nabatchi said.

SU has hosted information sessions to explain changes to payroll, Nabatchi said. She said the sessions have been helpful, but this is not the first instance of issues with personnel systems.

Nabatchi said SU’s payroll office implemented a new system last year without testing it, resulting in employees receiving incorrect wages for months on end and only being informed by their college’s budget managers that they were being paid incorrectly. She called on SU administrators to address see senate page 4

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Senate considers online student representation

By Richard J. Chang staff writer

Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization discussed how to represent graduate students who take online classes and are not on SU’s Main Campus during its Wednesday night meeting.

Currently, no online student can be a GSO Senator, according to the GSO’s constitution.

Senators said they want to amend the constitution to include a resolution allowing online graduate student to participate in the Senate through online video chat and for online students to elect senators.

If online students are allowed representation in the Senate, they will be required to pay an additional student fee ranging from $15 to $20 per student, GSO President Jack Wilson said.

Senators said they wanted to survey the online graduate students to give them a say in the debate. Wilson said he cannot contact online graduate students to offer them a chance to decide if they want representation in the Senate. Senators asked why Wilson was unable to reach out to online students, but he did not clarify.

Several senators were concerned about a body of on-campus senators deciding a student fee for graduate students who do not yet have representation. The discussion on the constitutional amendment was moved to the GSO meeting on April 28, when it could be finalized and voted on.

Wilson said online students make up one-third of all graduate students at SU, and that number is quickly increasing. He expects SU’s online students population to

eventually be larger than the oncampus population.

Many online graduate students interested in online representation are from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Wilson said. In a previous meeting with online Newhouse students, he said an issue was the lack of externship locations outside of New York.

Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke at the Senate meeting to hear the concerns of graduate students. Syverud said the new facilities SU plans to open, like the Barnes Center at The Arch, will benefit graduate students.

Multiple senators said that, with the current health insurance for graduate students, prescription medication and mental health are not covered by a co-pay. One senator said it discourages students from seeing professionals

for mental health care.

Senator Anthony Walker of the Employment Issues Committee asked Syverud about the wage and benefits that graduate employees receive as compensation. Syverud said he will work this year with graduate students to come up with a plan for wage and benefits of employees.

The chancellor added that he doesn’t want to create anything too quickly and make a poor decision.

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The Employment Issues Committee is seeking feedback from other GSO committees on a proposed survey draft about SU’s ombuds office. The survey will be sent to all graduate students to gather opinions on student life, including graduate employee wages and health care. rjchang@syr.edu

Baptist minister and author Angela Sims was named president of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, making her the first woman president of the school and the first African American woman to head any college in the Rochester area.

Sims’ appointment becomes effective July 1. source: democrat and chronicle

NEW JOB New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged federal officials to look into the closing of more than 20 Friendly’s restaurants across the United States on Wednesday.

Schumer said the company ignored a federal law that requires employers to inform employees of large-scale layoffs at least 60 days in advance. Fourteen Friendly’s in upstate New York shut down with little notice earlier this week. source: syracuse.com

DRONE WINNERS Italian drone company Sentient Blue Technologies won the $1 million GENIUS NY prize at the competition in Syracuse.

The company develops micro gas turbines to power drones.

ResilienX from Syracuse, EagleHawk from Buffalo, Vermeer from Brooklyn and Civdrone were runners-up and were each awarded $500,000. source: syracuse.com

GOLD STAR TUITION The New York state Assembly Higher Education Committee voted to hold a bill that would offer free college tuition to families of military service members killed in the line of duty.

A co-sponsor of the bill said fewer than 500 students in New York would be eligible. The program would have paid for children, spouses and financial dependents of military members killed to attend SUNY or CUNY schools. source: syracuse.com

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alcohol “If we’re going to go into a party and choose to drink alcohol it’s nice to know where it’s coming from, know who’s been handing it and know what you’re drinking,�

Lorraine said.

Greek chapters at SU are not allowed to provide alcohol during events, but students of age can bring their own drinks, according to SU’s social event guidelines for Greek life. People in the Greek community, though, are under the impression that alcohol must be provided by the fraternities, Coopersmith said.

The culture behind alcohol has been ingrained for so long in Greek life that the current policy has not been enforced, he said. “These are cultural changes and misunderstandings that have accumulated for from page 1

candidates available for an interview because he will spend the rest of the week engaging with students. Golden and Mertikas said they have spent the election season reaching out to different student organizations about how to best represent them.

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Percentage of students who had voted in the SA election as of Tuesday night

Mertikas said she and her vice presidential candidate, Sameeha Saied, recognize that they cannot represent every student at

years,� Coopersmith said. “It needs to be planned, and there needs to be steps to move forward.�

Though there was no recent change to the policy, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs has worked to reemphasize existing rules this year, SU Director of Communications and Media Relations Shannon Feeney Andre said. “The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs wanted to ensure chapters were reminded of these guidelines as they are required to adhere to them,� FASA said in an emailed statement to The Daily Orange.

SU’s policies do not allow attendees of registered parties to bring more than six alcoholic beverages, and none of those beverages can exceed a 7% alcohol content. All Greek life members who are over 21 years old are given wristbands to show that they allowed to drink at parties. Members are not allowed SU. She said wants to let the students speak through them. “If we were to be elected to president and vice president, it’s not about us,� Mertikas said. “It’s not about pushing forward our agenda, it’s about pushing forward the ideas of students.�

Golden said that, while he and his vice presidential candidate, Kailee Vick, are not the best representatives for students of color because they are both white, their No. 1 goal is to create a coalition of student leaders with backgrounds different than theirs. “We need to involve other organizations on campus that are just as passionate about the issues that affect the student body,� he said. “And Kailee and I have promised that if we win, we are including every student organization that wants to be included in the conversation.� akweiss@syr.edu hagraf@syr.edu

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to share drinks and can only drink what they brought with them, per SU policies.

The North-American Interfraternity Conference requires all alcohol to be less than or equal to 15% alcohol by volume. Four Loko, a caffeinated malt beverage, is the only alcohol under 15% ABV that is prohibited.

The rule only applies to events registered as alcoholic. No chapter is allowed to purchase alcohol using chapter funds, according to the guidelines.

The Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council will also evaluate the security services they use for parties, Barkann said.

For registered social events, fraternities and sororities use Chestnut Street Security Inc. At an event, a security team will make sure all drinks that people bring fit SU’s guidelines and check for prohibited sources of alcohol, said Meredith Conway, president of sorority Delta Phi Epsilon. The

security team can shut down a party if any of these guidelines are broken, she said.

If someone is caught violating the alcohol policy, they will be brought to the attention of the Panhellenic Council to discuss possible sanctions, Barkann said. The council has been more understanding when people are caught violating policies because many members don’t know the policy, she said.

Conway said she learned about the rule during training at the beginning of the semester, and that she was unaware of the current policy prior to becoming president of Delta Phi Epsilon. “It’s definitely going to be slower to implement, and that’s not to say people don’t want to bring their own stuff or don’t like the policy, but more of understanding what they can and can’t bring,�

Conway said. nrrubiol@syr.edu | @natalierubio_

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The search committee for the School of Information Studies dean has interviewed multiple people and is inviting three candidates to visit the campus in mid-April, Wheatly said. She expects the search to come to a conclusion at the end of the academic year, she added.

Wheatly said the first round interviews for the dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science will begin in coming weeks.

senate issues with personnel systems. “We are seeing a continuing pattern of practice and behaviors from our personnel systems that are distressing at the least, and quite frankly, disloyal at the worst,� Nabatchi said.

She said she was not complaining about the changes themselves, but rather how the changes were made without consultation from the people the policies affect.

Jean Gallipeau, SU’s comptroller, apologized for a lack of communication over the summer. She said her department has been working to meet with faculty members and provide answers to FAQs to help people better understand the program.

Syverud and Michele Wheatly, vice chancellor and provost, also gave updates on searches for multiple SU leadership positions. Syverud said he has met with the committee and finalists in the search for a chief diversity officer.

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ThriveCash aids financial security

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hriveCash thinks they have the answer for students who secure amazing internships, but don’t have the savings for a down payment on housing.

ThriveCash is a “fast cash” app.

It gives students the ability to receive up to 25% of the salary they’d earn during the first three months of their internship. All they have to do is provide an internship or job offer letter.

Many college students struggle with personal financial management. An October 2018 study by the Brookings Institution, a research group and think tank based in Washington, D.C., found that undergraduate students in the United States have low levels of financial literacy.

The service ThriveCash is dramatically better than current financing options. Credit cards and student loans charge high, compounding interest rates. But ThriveCash is different. It leverages students’ future income, and allows students to access an affordable line of credit which hasn’t existed before.

MaryAnn Monforte, a professor of accounting practice at Syracuse University, said many students haven’t needed to seriously budget their money before, “Where we’re at technology wise has eliminated a lot of the manual financial bookkeeping that we used to need to do.”

College students today have difficulty building traditional credit and many are bogged down by student loans. ThriveCash is trying to create a new way for students to access money, and it could foreshadow a

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major shift in how younger, debtheavy generations will use loans.

ThriveCash is a novel concept.

It’s way different from credit cards and traditional personal or student loans. It also plays a much different role, with more specific use cases.

Deepak Rao, co-founder ThriveCash and Stanford University alum, said he had a tough time accessing traditional financing tools — especially as an international student.

With ThriveCash, college students can apply for a loan and schedule their payments through a mobile app. Students start making payments around the time their job starts.

ThriveCash targets students with internships and jobs lined up, international students and students from low-income families who need money for college extras.

On ThriveCash’s website, the service is marketed as a way to pay for housing, tuition and other bills. It’s also marketed as a way to pay for traveling, spring break and Greek life fees — all extra expenses that could lead students into financial trouble. Rao said he believes it’s OK for students to spend money on these types of activities, if they do it responsibly.

“We have enough visibility into their finances to make that decision on their behalf,” Rao said.

According to Rao, ThriveCash conducts what’s known as a “softpull” on applicants’ credit. This type of check has no impact on a borrower’s credit score. But this allows ThriveCash to see their outstanding debts. Rao said that if an applicant has a significant amount of outstanding credit card debt, they could be turned down.

ThriveCash doesn’t charge compounding interest like traditional and student loans do. The high interest rates on student loans can lead students to paying back much more than they borrowed, which can create a heavier financial burden for much longer.

“We never give more money than people can responsibly pay back,” Rao said.

Rao and his team use data and analytics to determine the optimal amount of money to offer students.

Everyone receiving a loan from ThriveCash receives the same interest rate — 12%. Interest rates on private student loans can vary depending on credit and cosigners.

Students need to be sure they’re prepared to budget their expenses before they use a service like ThriveCash. If prepared, ThriveCash can offer a much more attractive alternative to traditional loans or credit cards.

Daniel Strauss is a senior finance major and public communications minor. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at dstrauss@ syr.edu and followed on Twitter @_danielstrauss.

letter to the editor

Past SA ticket is for Mertikas, Saied

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s Student Association elections begin, there are no better candidates to represent this University next session than Mackenzie Mertikas, Sameeha Saied and Stacy Omosa.

This slate of incredibly accomplished and extremely qualified women will be able to govern the Student Association with pragmatism, represent many viewpoints and backgrounds in serious discussions and elevate other student leaders on campus toward a shared direction of reform at Syracuse University.

Mertikas and Saied have developed a platform similar to ours just one year ago. We need to acknowledge their commitment to this work and putting students’ interest first. Mertikas and Saied also hold experiences that they can bring to their respective positions to

better areas such as health and wellness, community engagement and financial accessibility. At the debate last week, Mertikas and Saied made a point that as leaders, they will make it a priority to listen to those whose backgrounds or identities they cannot identify with. Finally, we believe Mertikas and Saied both pioneer and demand transparency and accountability among the association and the university, respectively.

We consider Stacy Omosa a close friend, and we thank her for her contributions to our campaign last year. There is no one at this university with the knowledge of the financial codes, the experience with large sums of money and the passion to thrive in this position than Omosa. Her comprehensive platform is among one of the best seen this election season. We want

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to commend her for listening to students over the past few weeks and adding reform to her platform such as a 60/40 rollover policy and ensuring the Finance Board has a SUNY-ESF representative.

Mertikas, Saied and Omosa have the chemistry to effectively lead the Executive Branch of the Student Association together and with the best interest. We are proud to #StartTheWave and entrust our student fee to someone who #ChecksAndBalances. We look forward to casting our votes over the next few days and telling others to do the same.

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n light of recent events on campus, many members of our community have taken a stand against injustice. And yet, many still wonder how they can make a broader impact on the world. What can we do to address suffering, violence and oppression beyond our immediate communities?

Since early 2017, I have been following news of targeted attacks against LGBT people in Chechnya, a federal republic in southern Russia. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and personal testimonies, a report from April 2017 by the Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta alleged that people across the region were being abducted, detained, tortured and killed due to their perceived sexual orientation.

For two years, the Russian LGBT Network has been working on the ground to provide support and protection to victims of the ongoing violence. So far, the group has helped over 150 people flee the region and find safety somewhere else — even if only temporarily.

Yet, conditions have not gotten any better. Resources are rapidly dwindling and LGBT people remain extremely vulnerable.

Just last December, reports of a new wave of crackdowns emerged, inciting renewed concern. While the world turns its back on the

continuing persecution of LGBT people in Chechnya, we can no longer be silent.

This letter to the editor is a call to action. We must learn to recognize that attacks on LGBT people in Chechnya are directly related to intolerance against LGBT people — and other marginalized communities — in the United States and on this campus. If the purpose of a liberal arts education is to cultivate globally-minded citizens, we should be finding ways to fight injustice beyond our campus community.

To students, faculty, and staff who want to act in a meaningful way, please consider donating to the Chechnya Crisis Appeal.

Gay Star News is organizing this fundraising campaign in partnership with the Russian LGBT Network, and proceeds will go to activists who are helping people flee the region in search of safer conditions.

It’s time we reckon with the structures of oppression that affect us on this campus, and that will continue to affect us once we leave. Our commitment to social justice shouldn’t stop at graduation. It’s necessary that we carry it forward with us into the world.

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Each year, OrangeSeeds plans and organizes “The Big Event,” Syracuse University’s largest student-run day of service. A team of 24 firstyear students will lead this spring’s event, taking place Saturday.

The Big Event begins at 9 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel, during which volunteers will receive breakfast and a presentation from the event’s opening speaker. Students will then be sent to various nonprofits throughout the city via buses for two hours of volunteer work.

This year, OrangeSeeds has partnered with more than 17 nonprofit organizations in the city of Syracuse including Vera House, The Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, RISE and the Ronald McDonald House Charities, among others.

Diego Luna, an OrangeSeeds member, said The Big Event’s wide reach helps to benefit multiple organizations in Syracuse.

“It’s basically a huge community service event,” Luna said. “But instead of just focusing on one or two local nonprofits, we try to do as many as we can to benefit most, if not all, the Syracuse community.”

In order to plan and set up for the event, the first-year OrangeSeeds members split up into three committees: logistics, marketing and community relations.

CJ Sevola, head of the logistics committee, said his responsibilities included facilitating meetings, organizing the bus schedule and food, and making sure committee members stay on task for their duties.

Jenniviv Bansah and Bianca Pineda both worked on the marketing committee tasked with spreading the word and motivating people to attend.

The Big Event also includes the SUNY-ESF community — part of Bansah’s job was to reach out to ESF students, as well.

The purpose of The Big Event, Bansah said, is to break down the “barrier of fear (and) misunderstanding” between the SU campus

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Midnight Sun in Armory Square is one of the participating boutiques in Syracuse Fashion Week. The event kicks off Thursday and features local designers, shops and artists.

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his weekend, local shops, designers and performers will showcase their artistry on the runway. The annual Syracuse Fashion Week is a three-night event featuring various themes each evening, presenting different eras and tastes in fashion.

Since its start in 2014, the event has grown into an annual series of often sold out shows to fundraise for the Food Bank of Central New York. Its mission is to raise funds and awareness for hunger and food insecurity in the area, said Lisa Butler, the event’s creator and executive director. Syracuse Fashion Week has raised more than $10,000 to date — equivalent to about 30,000 meals the Food Bank can provide.

This year, the fashion week spans three nights, each with a separate theme and location. The show kicks off with the Spring Fling at Aloft Syracuse Inner Harbor hotel on Thursday at 7 p.m. see fashion page 8

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Junior studying sport analytics takes passion, skill to MLB

By Taylor McCloud contributing writer

On a late night in early March, five computer screens, two bigscreen TVs and one projector screen were spread out across the room in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.

One student slouched in a desk chair while another stared at a scribbled-on whiteboard.

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Colby Olson lay on the floor in the middle of it all. Each screen — and student — waited for Kyle Liotta to find the correct data set and line to fit it for his baseball analytics team.

Liotta, a junior sport analytics major and Falk peer advisor, was the captain of this team. And much like Major League Baseball analysts who recently began their 2019 season, they were using statistics and analytics to solve on-field problems.

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travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the Diamond Dollars Case Competition.

The competition, which his team nearly won, pit groups of college students from across the country against each other, to solve problems or answer questions pertinent to baseball’s analytical landscape.

Sponsored by the Society of American Baseball Research, the competition allowed college students to present their own research to a

panel of MLB executives.

Having now participated in four competitions, two in both Phoenix and New York, Liotta is no rookie on the scene. But participating in these competitions is just the tip of the iceberg for Liotta’s relationship with the game.

Growing up just outside of West Point, New York, Liotta has always gravitated toward baseball. He began playing in little league, continuing see baseball page 8

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fashion When Syracuse Fashion Week first began, there were only a handful of stores or designers that participated. Now, they have a large hair and makeup team, and casting calls for models, with more than 150 of them walking the runway this year.

The models “come from all walks of life,” said Butler. Some are aspiring models who want to pursue this as their career, while others want to participate as a hobby. Designers with specific visions for their collections bring their own models as well.

Butler said some of the designers and shops reached out to her, while she discovers others on her own. As the fashion show has evolved, so has the list of brands and designers. Some return each year.

The list continues to grow as more participants show interest.

The Spring Fling venue, the Aloft Syracuse Inner Harbor hotel, is new this year. Butler said she stumbled upon it one day and was drawn to its modern flare and color. There, the show will focus on spring fashion like bathing suits and casual wear. One participant in the show is “Sea Culture,” an eco-conscious brand that combines recycled plastic with cotton. from page 7

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baseball all the way through high school. A New York Yankees fan, he would — and still does — hop on a train to the Bronx for a game or two each summer, but he doesn’t limit himself to only watching his favorite team.

Liotta has been to 24 of 30 active MLB ballparks, along with two which were taken out of commission. Last summer, he and his father flew to California and drove up and down the state, catching a game at each of the five active parks.

While Liotta acknowledges that these types of trips are great ways to spend time with his family and see the country, he keeps a business-like demeanor about it.

That seriousness can be seen elsewhere, too. Ryan Scimone, a close friend and former roommate, said Liotta is always work-

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Armory Square boutique Midnight Sun will also be participating in the first night’s showcase.

Jim Dauphin, owner of Midnight Sun, said he’s most excited to see the boutique clothing on the runway because it’s fun and a way to gain exposure for the neighborhood. However, he wishes there was more engagement with the Syracuse University community.

By attending these fashion shows, students can see what downtown has to offer, Dauphin said, and they might be more inclined to interact with the city beyond campus.

On the second night of the fashion week is the Underground Show at Marisa’s Fortress of Beauty, which will feature a runway show of lingerie and clubwear for a 21 and older audience.

“It’s very sexy,” said Butler. “It’s a huge hit and it sells out every year.”

The evening will present fashion through the decades. Each designer is expected to showcase a different decade.

The Salt City Burlesque troupe will be wearing lingerie-inspired ensembles, said Talia Shenandoah, the founder of the troupe. The collection includes a mix of classic burlesque reveals, she said, as well as other models showing “peekaboos” of what could be beyond their costumes,

which can take hours to create.

In the past, Shenandoah had the opportunity to showcase her own work as a designer for Syracuse Fashion Week. But this year, she encouraged the whole troupe to get involved. “ We wanted to pay homage to the heyday of burlesque,” said Shenandoah, referring to the ‘40s and ‘50s. “It’s a way to show people who haven’t seen or heard of us that we exist and have something fun and exciting to offer.”

The RockaBetties – a group who dresses in vintage clothing – will also participate in the Underground Show, and they’re particularly excited about the charitable aspect, said founder Miss Lizzie DeVille. In the past, the group has gone to community events and donated the money they raised to local charities. DeVille said they recently went to Motorama, a local car show, and charged five dollars for a picture, donating the proceeds to a veteran’s charity.

“It’s really exciting and quite an honor to be a part of an event that’s so well-known in the central New York area and something that raises such a massive amount of funds for a local charity,” she said.

At the Underground Show, the RockaBetties will wear vintage ‘50s swimsuits. DeVille said the performance will have an interactive

element, as they will be throwing beach balls into the crowd.

The RockaBetties are also involved in the last event of the week — the Fashion Week Gala at the Landmark Theatre. The gala will feature streetwear, gowns and more. DeVille said that each of the RockaBetties will be wearing a different style gown, which she is looking forward to.

Every year, Syracuse Fashion Week hosts a show at the Landmark Theatre, Butler said, which is her favorite building in Syracuse because of its beauty. She tries to avoid more common spaces like hotel rooms or spaces for typical events, finding them “mundane and boring.” She likes interesting spaces.

In addition to intriguing spaces, Butler also looks for interesting collections. As a fashion designer herself, she says seeing the clothing on the runway is what she looks forward to seeing each year.

“I really like to be surprised by what the designers bring. That’s where my passion lies,” she said. “I always get a sneak peek.

I can see some sketches or they’ll send me a picture, but when I finally see the full collection on the runway with hair and makeup and their vision realized, that’s definitely my favorite part.”

University itself is kind of a bubble,” Sevola said. “And a lot of times students don’t get out of that bubble and see the community that they’re now a part of.”

Bansah and David Williams, another member, said they were looking for opportunities to get involved and make an impact as soon as they both arrived on campus. That eventually led them to OrangeSeeds.

Bansah said someone had told him OrangeSeeds is a gateway for opportunities on and off campus.

Williams arrived at SU with a similar desire, he said, and came to campus “looking for different organizations that strive to empower leadership.”

Pineda said OrangeSeeds hopes to spread its passion for community service on to

others. She said that volunteering can be extremely rewarding — even when people are reluctant to do the work at first.

“We just want to share that positivity and love for service,” Pineda said.

“Because it really does make you see the community differently and makes you see the campus differently.”

ing on something.

“The three years I’ve known him, he’s always had his laptop open, working on something,” Scimone said. “Even when there’s sports on TV, he always has his computer open to a spreadsheet, filling out teams by player region.”

Liotta has created multiple spreadsheets separating MLB players by different categories. While one may be based on where certain players were born — known as the player region — another might be based on where certain players went to college.

Once a spreadsheet is complete, Liotta takes one of two routes: he either moves on to the next one, or enters his created rosters into a video game and tests out how they would fare in an MLB season.

Liotta has presented his research to high-ranking baseball officials from major league camps.

David Meluni, an assistant teaching

professor in the sport management department at SU, has accompanied Liotta and company in Phoenix. Because of a handful of sales-related obligations, he wasn’t as directly involved with the competition as the students were, but he acknowledged that the sky’s the limit for groups participating in these kinds of competitions.

“When they’re presenting and they’re competing,” he said, “it’s going to intrigue someone from the Royals or Diamondbacks to say ‘this is what we’re thinking, but look at what these students are doing.’”

Liotta is unsure of his future in the sport. Despite applying and interviewing for multiple summer internships with professional franchises this year, he considers his other experiences more influential.

In 2018, he spent four months interning at DKC, a public relations firm in New York City. There, he grabbed data from social

media and used various coding languages and computer programs to analyze clients’ audiences. That type of data manipulation, despite having no connection to baseball, is what Liotta wants to do.

“Obviously it’d be awesome to work for a baseball team,” he said. “But I don’t even necessarily want to work in sports. I just want to work with data analytics.”

Right now, however, his focus is on the game. He attended the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month and the competition required nearly all of his attention soon thereafter.

The preparation for the competition was grueling. He and his team spent five straight days working on their presentation — but it was baseball and numbers, and he wouldn’t have had it any other way.

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First Year Players, Syracuse University’s first-year and transfer student theater organization, will open its production of Disney’s “Newsies” Thursday at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. The musical features tap dancing, a multi-story set and a live orchestra. courtesy of erin gavle

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or three nights only an ensemble of student men, but I’m trying to make sure people understand that performers will don wrinkled shirts, vests and she’s a powerful woman,” Wasson said. soot-covered faces to transport audiences to 1899 Katherine’s strong and independent demeanor is further Brooklyn, when newsboys took a stand against the highlighted by her costume, which was created by junior rising price of newspapers.

Isabella Falcione. As costume designer for the show, Falcione Members of the cast and crew in Disney’s “Newsies” will said she was able to create a sophisticated look through share this story with the campus community Thursday intimate details and borderwork. through Saturday at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. First For other characters, Falcione enjoyed exploring details to Year Players, a theater organization with more than 180 accurately reflect the time period — using suspenders, colored members, has worked since the beginning of the fall semes- socks and mixing patterns to create the perfect look. The worn, ter to prepare a show — and a creative space — for first-year yet vibrant attire Falcione has fashioned for the newsies fits and transfer students. well with the show’s setting, said Daniel Preciado. As co-artistic “FYP is like a big family and a community for a lot of peo- director, he oversees all aspects of the creative design, including ple,” said Hannah Fleager, public relations director for FYP. the set and lighting.

This year, students have flexed their performance muscles The stages of emotion experienced in this musical are while preparing for “Newsies.” And after further highlighted by musicians in the pit months of rehearsal and hard work, they’re orchestra. The emotion of the piece shifts ready to share it with the community, said from energetic, eight-minute dance breaks CJ Santosuosso, director of the show. to more somber moments. All of these feelIt’s like nothing With a pit made up of both music and nonings are expressed through song and dance, music majors, with a cast of diverse performwe’ve done before said Gabriel. ers, Santosuosso said this show has everySince many people auditioned for and nothing this thing it needs to be an exciting production. instrumental parts which weren’t included “It’s like nothing we’ve done before and in the original composition, Pit Manager campus has seen. nothing this campus has seen,” SantosuosEvan Lewis said it took additional effort to ì %283793773 so said. transpose parts to fit the new instruments, “newsies” director While brainstorming the group’s crebut the result was worth it. ative vision, Santosuosso said FYP wanted Another way FYP has added its own twist to throw the stigmas surrounding the show out the window. to the original musical is by having the crew perform in the The original screenplay was written solely about men show, as well. This idea originated back in June, when Sannewsboys, Santosuosso said, but FYP’s adaptation removes tosuosso was on the phone with Kaitlyn Menegio-Stahl, the the focus on gender. Their production focuses on young people show’s stage manager. Santosuosso said they had always talked asking for a spot at the table and for their voices to be heard. about wanting the crew to feel more involved in the show.

For cast members, “Newsies” is not only a show of the past “The goal is to have a good experience,” Santosuosso but a reflection of contemporary times. Madeline Wasson, added. “I think if you asked any crew member, this is more a cast member, said the show echoes what’s going on in the about just moving set pieces for them.” world right now. To her, it conveys a different perspective on For Preciado, what has come as a result of such a hardrelevant issues regarding the current political environment. working staff, cast and crew members is what he’s most Wasson’s character, Katherine Plumber, embodies many of proud of. the feminist aspects of today’s culture, she said. She is a driven “That’s the thing about FYP. Everyone works so hard reporter and activist, alongside the newsies. While she plays for something so fleeting just because in three days, you get the main character’s love interest, Wasson said Katherine’s to experience a whole array of emotions,” Preciado said. “I role has been strengthened in FYP’s new take on the show. think that the audience will be able to get that same energy “A lot of times in Disney movies, female characters get that we work towards giving to everyone else.” washed over as just the love interests that are there for the icbartli@syr.edu

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boeheim outside, play the sport he loved and give his golfers a few pointers.

“It was a way to get some money,” Boeheim said in 2016 on the Golf Channel. “That was when I played probably the best golf I’ve ever played. People thought we never lost because I phoned in the scores. I only phoned in the scores when we won.”

Boeheim, 74, has won hundreds of games as the Syracuse men’s basketball coach.

He’s led SU to five Final Fours and the 2003 national title. But among the basketball circles, he’s known as one of the more elite golfers. Assistant coach Gerry McNamara’s played with him about 10 times and said Boeheim’s “swing is pure.” SU Director of Athletics John Wildhack called him a “very good player.” Coaches and administrators say Boeheim downplays his game, but he can hit the ball fluidly and maintains a quality short game.

“Beautiful swing,” Wildhack said last year.

Boeheim shared a cordial relationship with his players and “was one of the guys,” Ganotis, who was on the team from 1971-73, said. But Boeheim was closest with Brad Chapman. On road trips, they were roommates. When the team piled into a van for a road trip, the seat next to Boeheim was reserved for Chapman. As long as Chapman was ready to compete on match day, Boeheim allowed he and the team to do what they wanted.

Once, at a matchup in Cortland, Boeheim challenged Chapman. Boeheim bet him $5 that he couldn’t shoot 75 or better. Chapman shot 75, he said.

“No, no,” Boeheim told him. “The bet was you had to break 75.”

“I’m like, ‘Come (on),’” Chapman recalled.

“I got a little loud on him. The next day, he threw five bucks with dust on it across the bar at me. Like, thanks Boe.” Chapman’s bond with Boeheim was so strong that he became the only one to call him “Boe.” Today, Chapman still refers to the 74 year old as “Boe” and greets him as such when they reunite on the golf course or in the Carrier Dome. Chapman said he can’t remember the last time he called

him Jim. “His way of keeping an eye on the team was keeping an eye on me,” Chapman said.

“I never really saw Boe get upset about anything back then.”

Boeheim’s ex-players see one constant in his coaching style from the golf course in the 1970s to the basketball court in 2019 — competitiveness. Even when he lost, he’d figure out a way to say he won, former golfers and friends said. Even in a tie scenario, they said Boeheim would say he won because he, for example, played a better back nine than everyone else.

About 10 years ago, Boeheim and his former assistant, Mike Hopkins, golfed at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. Hopkins had a bad day. Boeheim offered assistance and tweaked his motion. Boeheim was so frustrated that Hopkins wasn’t improving, they quit, though.

But Boeheim was more patient with the players he coached on the SU golf team.

While some opponents had uniforms, team bags and caddies, the Orange got just a few golf balls before each match.

“It was a low-budget kind of team,” said Ed Mazza, a former SU golfer. “I honestly think that the reason he coached the team was so there could be a team.”

Mazza also said there was something distinct about the way Boeheim played: He went fast. Very fast. Some days, Mazza remembered driving the tee box first. Yet while Mazza’s ball was still in the air, he said Boeheim would already be teeing off.

Growing up, he spent full summer days on Wayne Hills Country Club, a 10-minute drive from his house. His parents were big golfers, and he fell in love with the game as a kid in the central New York countryside. He still loves golf and plays at charity events during the off-season. He’s also a member of Onondaga Golf & Country Club, a short drive from his Fayetteville home. After all these years, a golf club sits in Boeheim’s office at the Carmelo K. Anthony Center.

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curry of shots off and they’re not really falling, not all of them so I just got to keep working on that.”

Curry’s worked with Kasemeyer since his freshman of high school at Calvert Hall College (Baltimore) High School, where Kasemeyer is the team’s offensive coordinator.

Kasmeyer noted Curry’s biggest improvement since he’s first met him was strength development, but this summer he coupled that with technical practices. Over the past summer, Curry worked with Kasemeyer through Gotskillz Lacrosse, where Kasemeyer trains lacrosse’s top shooters.

I think he’s a world team guy ... his game is tailor-made for it and he doesn’t do anything but get better every year.

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This year, Curry’s moved his hands further away from his body to elongate the shooting motion, therefore generating more power.

Kasemeyer compared it to a rubber band: the further back you pull the band, the more velocity upon release.

Curry’s shooting motion is different, too.

With time and space, Curry’s shooting more overhand. It provides more options in changing planes, Kasemeyer said, like starting with a stick high and shooting the ball low, or starting with the stick on the right and shooting to the left. Shooting overhand also limits the goalie’s ability to read the shot’s direction.

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hansen Hansen has tried to time her steals better by running as the pitcher turns to pitch, junior Toni Martin said. In practice, Hansen will stand on first base with one of the Syracuse pitchers on the mound. Just as they release the ball, either Kramer or Shippy will clap, signaling Hansen when to run. This builds in the muscle memory to time her jump as soon as the pitcher ends her windup.

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to fruition in her last two matches — both singles wins — for No. 31 Syracuse (12-9, 5-7 Atlantic Coast), and has created a new aspect to her game for her professional aspirations.

“I’m not ready to stop playing yet, I feel like I’m still improving and have a lot of potential,” Hegab said. “I’m not planning on stopping anytime soon.”

In mid-December, Hegab met in head coach Younes Limam’s office with assistant coaches Shelley George and Len Lopoo. Hegab’s last semester of eligibility neared, and as the four met to discuss what she could improve, they agreed Hegab had to “refine” her serve.

Before serves, though, it started with returns. Hegab needed to line up and execute return patterns that set up her strength — the forehand. The first matches during which that change flourished were against Michigan and Purdue in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend, Hegab said. She clinched both with three-set wins, and used her “comfort zone” to exploit Alyvia Jones and Alex Sabe’s weaknesses. The two couldn’t return Hegab’s forehand when the senior played the points properly.

Now that Hegab knew how to exploit serves, she needed to play off hers. Too many times, Hegab’s toss brought her forward and disrupted her balance, resulting in serves that either missed the service box or went into the net.

“Sometimes in a match ... you’re not feeling your serve, and you have to fake it until you make it,” Limam said.

Hegab knew that wasn’t a blueprint for long-term success. She might get away with an inconsistent serve for now, but needed to plan

can follow it all the way through the motion.

When it’s overhand, the goalie can’t see the ball until it’s being released.

“You usually try to go far pipe,” Curry said, “change your plan, drop your shoulder a little bit.”

Kasemeyer had Curry perform normal shooting on the run drills, but instead of traveling six or seven yards in a few strides after catching the ball, Curry stretched his steps. Stepping eight or nine yards in the same amount of paces meant a bigger step into his motion. Over the course of the off-season, Kasemeyer estimated Curry went from shots in the upper 80s to the low 90s in miles per hour.

In Syracuse’s most recent game against Cornell, Curry caught a pass about 14 yards out from the goalie. With a moment before a defender came, he switched from his left hand to his right and stomped nearly three yards forward. His stick swung through and rocketed the ball into the left corner of the net.

“He’s got a good first step,” Desko said.

“He’s got good speed after the first step which gives him distance from the defender. And the bottom line then is, hit the back of the net. And I think he worked hard at that.”

And there’s more to add to his game. Kasemeyer thinks with Curry’s speed, which forces defenses to slide, and the more powerful shot he could be scoring six or seven points a game. Curry wasn’t fond of his 1-of-12 shooting performance against Duke, despite scoring the game winner.

Kasemeyer wants to work on inverting Curry, meaning he’d dodge from an attack spot though playing midfield. And he wants him to learn the step-down shot once more, this time left handed.

“I think he’s a world team guy,” Kasemeyer said. “I’ve said since his junior year of high school, his game is tailored made for it and he doesn’t do anything but get better every year.” jlschafe@syr.edu | @Schafer_44

think it really plays into her personality well.”

The senior’s work has paid off and Doepking said Hansen has become one of the best base runners on the team. In the first inning against Notre Dame on March 30, Hansen’s speed made an impact. She dropped a bunt just as UND pitcher Payton Tidd shifted her gaze toward another runner headed to third. Hansen reached first with ease, changed direction and dashed to second. Before third baseman Melissa Rochford’s throw reached the bag, Hansen was ruled safe.

“It all just comes back to the aggressive mindset,” Hansen said. “If I was out there, I know coach wouldn’t have been mad at me for trying.” adhillma@syr.edu

for tennis after SU — something she expects on pursuing, she said.

Hegab began to bend her left elbow more when she tossed the ball instead. She extended her right arm further and met the ball at its highest point. The ball remained closer to her body and didn’t pull her momentum forward.

With her weight held back, Hegab could follow through completely on the serve with her wrists.

“It gave me the chance to control the court better in the point,” Hegab said. “And be offensive instead of defensive.”

As Hegab approaches the end of her eligibility, she reached out to the coaches about the next step. She still needs to take classes next semester, but can’t play with the team, so Limam told her she could practice alongside the team next year with Lopoo volunteering to play simulated matches. Eventually, she’ll need to find tournaments to play in, Hegab said. When she does, she’ll utilize the serve she’s spent the last four months working on.

“It’s just kind of fine-tuning it so she can get it back to where it needs to be,” George said.

It took a combination of Limam, George and Lopoo to fix Hegab’s serve. They advised her to not finish the serve if she didn’t have a good toss because she could always reset.

As Hegab served for the first set against Pittsburgh, the match Limam called her “best” since making the change, the senior swung her left arm up. Reaching its maximum height, Hegab locked her knees to follow through, but the toss was too far away for her. Two weeks ago, she would’ve still served it, anyway. Instead, she let the ball bounce in front of her. Reset.

Hegab had spent the bulk of her season retooling her serve. There was no rush this time, eventually she’d get it over the net. arcrane@syr.edu

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JIM BOEHEIM has been the head basketball coach at Syracuse for 43 years. But from 1966-73, Boeheim was also the head coach of SU’s golf team, while doubling as assistant basketball coach. photo courtesy of su archives

Jim Boeheim’s early days as SU’s golf coach displayed elements of his competitiveness

By Matthew Gutierrez and David Schneidman the daily orange

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hen Jim Ganotis arrived at Syracuse, he thought about joining the golf team. Ganotis was a quality golfer on the junior level, and he wanted to keep playing at the college level. He went to Manley Field House to talk with the team’s young coach, Jim Boeheim.

“I’m glad you came,” Ganotis recalled Boeheim saying. “We have a tournament tomorrow. Be here at 7:30 in the morning.

“He was really astute with things that he would predict, as far as abilities of players,” Ganotis said later. “I say to everyone now, ‘Listen closely to what the coach says.’”

I honestly think that the reason he coached the team was so there could be a team.

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former su golfer

People have been listening to what Boeheim has to say since the 1970s, when he doubled as an assistant men’s basketball coach and golf team head coach. He made $2,000 to lead the golf team, for which he played as a student at SU for two seasons.

As the university’s last golf coach, Boeheim’s intensity on the basketball sidelines did not translate to the golf course. The slight age difference between him and his players allowed for a lighthearted, laid-back environment that included going out to bars on road trips, betting on pick-up basketball and staying in hotel rooms together. There weren’t official uniforms and the equipment shed was scarce. Boeheim could simply be see boeheim page 10

Before his college lacrosse trainees return home for the summer, shooting coach Torre Kasemeyer spends his Saturday nights watching game film.

He calls players on Sunday with feedback and they discuss off-season goals. Through CURRY five games, Kasemeyer saw the same themes in Brendan Curry’s game. The sophomore saw himself as a facilitator, Kasemeyer said, and his speed often forced slides and opened passing lanes.

With a quick first step, Curry could always shoot on the run.

But what if he modified his release motion, changed the pacing of his stride and stepped into slides?

“You can be a 20 goal scorer and stay where you are,” Kasemeyer said. “Or you can be close to a 30 and pick this up.”

When Curry left campus for the summer, SU head coach John Desko told the rising sophomore to improve his shooting. He favored a sidearm on the run shot, and still does sometimes in moving situations. Last year, Curry had played hero for Syracuse against North Carolina when he scored two goals in the final minutes of regulation and assisted the overtime winner.

But Kasemeyer saw the opportunity for Curry to build on his usual sweep down the right alley. And that training — combined with an injury to midfielder Tucker Dordevic — vaulted Curry’s production to a projected second-team All-American midway through the season while leading the midfield in points (27) ahead of the Orange’s game on Saturday against North Carolina.

“My shooting’s been subpar,” Curry said after scoring on one of 12 shots against Duke. “I’m getting a lot see curry page 10

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Hansen’s speed increases steals Better serve helps Hegab take next step

By Adam Hillman staff writer

When Syracuse head coach Shannon Doepking first looked at the statistics from the 2018 season, she was stunned.

Then-junior Alicia Hansen had only 10 stolen base-attempts.

In 2019, Hansen’s last for the Orange, DoepkHANSEN ing decided to make Hansen’s speed a priority.

So, after a practice at Skytop Softball Stadium in the fall of 2018, Doepking and assistant coaches

Vanessa Shippy and Miranda Kramer asked Hansen to improve her base running. She needed to attempt more steals.

“I think when you get a player like Alicia who can do it on both sides of the ball… what you get is someone who buys in really, really quickly,” Doepking said.

Through 37 games this year for Syracuse, Hansen has stolen 16 bases. Four away from her seasongoal of 20. Doepking noticed Hansen’s speed and athleticism and it’s paid off. The senior is first on the team by six steals for Syracuse (1720, 6-6 Atlantic Coast), after being third on the team with nine last year. Hansen has benefited from a

team-wide mindset that promotes aggressive play.

“It was just a whole new mindset for me because the team prides itself on if you’re aggressive and make a mistake, we’ll talk about it,” Hansen said. “If you don’t make the mistake, you can’t get better.”

Entering the season, Doepking and Shippy pushed Hansen to take more bases compared to last year.

In 2018, Hansen totaled just 10 steal attempts in 50 games. She’s nearly doubled her total to 19 attempts in 13 fewer contests. Whether stealing second base or trying to score on a shallow single, Hansen knew she had to be faster, she said. see hansen page 10

By Andrew Crane staff writer

As Dina Hegab locked her knees, she tossed the ball to its maximum height — higher than she did before.

As it descended, the ball brushed the strings of her racket. The next thing her serve hit was the net’s mesh.

It was late in her doubles match HEGAB against North Carolina State on March 31, and Hegab’s

serve was off, but for her, that was OK. The senior wanted to try something new — a two-week-old approach to the serve that held her back all season.

Throughout her final season for Syracuse, Hegab has focused on making small changes to all aspects of her serve. It started with reading and returning opponents’ serves better and transitioned to capitalizing off her own. Hegab committed to tweaks in her serve that would cut down on faults and only had one in last Friday’s win against Pittsburgh.

Her new serve technique has come see hegab page 10