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Syracuse University is launching plans to renew its initiatives to further enhance diversity and inclusion among the student body, faculty and staff.

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Paul Basilio’s Italian Sausage is celebrating 60 years of serving up food to hungry customers at the New York State Fair. The stand is kept within the family.

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Several quarterbacks who have played in the Baylor-style offense have made it to the NFL. But their transition to the pros hasn’t been as smooth as others.

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‘Coach K’

Kenneth Kavajecz goes from small town to Whitman dean

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

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enneth Kavajecz’s toes inch over the Hendricks Chapel stage. His head tilts down, his heart pounds as he looks to the floor below.

He likens this to a view he had had earlier in the summer. For Kavajecz’s 50th birthday, he and his family went skiing. From atop a mountain cliff, with his skis inching over the edge some 13,000 feet in the air, he looked down at the steep drop below. At the time, he felt just what the freshmen before him feel: fear and uncertainty. But Kavajecz ignored those feelings, the rocks and the wind and jumped off the cliff to head down the mountain anyway — just as he’s done all his life.

“Don’t take the (ski) lift back down,” he told his audience of about 700, many of whom were freshmen and soon to begin classes at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

“It’s time to jump.”

Kavajecz knows this. He’s leapt all his life: When he jumped from his small hometown in northern Wisconsin to the state’s largest university. When he jumped from there to the United States Federal Reserve.

When he jumped to two of the world’s top universities.

And when he jumped to Whitman, which, under his leadership, has become a top-ranked business school. see k avajecz page 4

KENNETH KAVAJECZ, dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, has made leaps in his lifetime and with his career — going from living in a small town in northern Wisconsin to making Whitman one of the top-ranked business schools in the United States.

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SU under federal investigation over sexual assault case

By Rachel Sandler asst. web editor

Syracuse University is being investigated by the Department of Education for its handling of a sexual assault case after a former student filed a Title IX complaint with the department’s Office of Civil Rights.

The complaint alleges that the university failed to “respond

promptly or equitably” to a report of sexual assault made on or about May 5, 2015, according to documents obtained by The Daily Orange through the Freedom of Information Act. Further details of the incident were not provided in the request because the investigation is ongoing.

The identity of the former student was also redacted in the documents

provided to The Daily Orange.

The investigation was opened on June 22 after Chancellor Kent Syverud received a letter from the Department of Education notifying him about the complaint and following investigation.

The letter says the investigation will determine if students at SU are “subjected to a sexually hostile environment.” The letter also

states the OCR is a “neutral factfinder” and opening an investigation “in no way implies that OCR has made a determination with regard to its merit.”

Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at SU, released this statement in response to the investigation: “The University recently received a letter from the Depart-

ment of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) informing it that a former student has filed a Title IX-related complaint. The OCR, which is currently investigating more than 245 Title IX-related complaints at other institutions, made clear in its letter to SU that ‘opening an allegation for investigation does not mean that it

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Professor shares love of nature with others

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Jack Gramlich is passionate about preserving the environment and educating others about it. Gramlich is an educator, former nature center director and a member of the Central New York Land Trust.

Gramlich teaches an honors seminar course on the natural history of Onondaga County at Syracuse University, and is a long-standing member of the board of the Central New York Land Trust, which is dedicated to preserving natural areas for future generations to come.

“I teach about the great outdoors,” Gramlich said. “My classes vary depending on the grade level and season of the year — sometimes I’ll take my students to find tadpoles or take guided walks outside. It all depends on the environment around the school.”

Much of his career has revolved around environmental conservation and educating the community about how it’s essential to the earth’s future. Gramlich is a former director of a nature center in Baltimore, coming later to the central New York region to serve on the Board of Cooperative Educational Services until 2005. He has since retired and become a

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JACK GRAMLICH first fostered his love of environment preservation while living in Nepal in the Peace Corp. He translated this into his academic career at Syracuse. jessica sheldon photo editor

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As a young adult, Gramlich lived in Nepal with the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969, where he worked on community development and outreach projects. There he helped to build irrigation canals and local bridges, among many other facilities.

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sized the importance of spending time outdoors.

“I think people don’t go outside enough. I have grandchildren who would be very content to play with video games all day long,” said Gramlich. “People have to go outside and move more!”

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stress enough the importance of protecting the environment.

“Our work in nature is certainly not done — we still have a lot more to do,” Gramlich said. “A lot of good has been happening with the Onondaga Lake, but there is a lot more we need to fix. But I’m optimistic.” ssmore@syr.edu

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New provost in town Find out what Michele Wheatly, who was appointed as SU’s new vice chancellor and provost over the summer, wants to accomplish.

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Changes made for employees Staff member to receive accommodations from SU for overtime pay

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Find your zen DAVIDJI, an internationally recognized meditation expert and stress-management counselor, came to Syracuse University on Monday and Tuesday to lead meditation sessions. On Tuesday, his session was held inside Hendricks Chapel. The event, which was free and open to the community, was immediately followed by a book signing. aaliyah lambert contributing photographer

SU aims to enhance diversity, inclusion

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Syracuse University is launching a series of initiatives aimed at improving diversity among students, faculty and staff.

Many of the initiatives, announced last week, fall in line with the recommendations outlined in a March report from SU Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion.

The initiatives include making SU’s campus more accessible, hiring minorities to faculty positions and establishing a diversity

and inclusion council to support a proposed chief diversity officer.

Each of those were among the recommendations in the report.

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The percentage of new fulltime faculty members hired for the 2016-17 academic year that are people of color

The report suggested that short-term recommendations — which included establishing a diversity and inclusion council —

be implemented by the end of the calendar year.

More details on each of the recommendations were outlined in a recently-released status report.

Other recommendations in the process of being implemented include the establishing of an Ombuds office and strengthening the STOP BIAS reporting system.

Francine D’A mico, the co-chair of the Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion and associate professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said in an SU News release that SU still has

“room to learn and grow” in creating a more diverse community.

“As we continue to evolve as a community, we must continue to take steps and implement processes that make the University welcoming and accessible to all people,” said D’Amico, who did not return a request for comment on this story, in the release.

The university has begun making progress on hiring more faculty members of color: According to the release, 31 of the 70 new full-time faculty members hired for the 2016-17 academic year are see diversity page 6

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Film majors concerned over senior project

By Haley Kim asst. copy editor

The VPA senior film class and faculty are discussing a new, collaborative option for the senior project.

Up until now, film students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts must become writer-directors and manage all

creative, as well as production, aspects of a film during the two semesters encompassing the senior thesis, said Eliot Grigo, a senior in the VPA film program.

Grigo and other students have been advocating for another option, where they would be able to use their respective focuses to become a “chief role” in a project,

Our proposal would not completely dissolve the ways of the past.

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such as director of photography or producer. Students are meeting with faculty on Wednesday to discuss an agreement for the project.

“If you divide and conquer, and really specialize roles, you can make higher quality films with more focus on aesthetic, on direction, on writing, on story and do it

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With implementation of new labor regulation taking place in a few months, Syracuse University officials have been working to make accommodations for its staff members on their qualifications to receive overtime pay.

The Office of Human Resources has been in touch with deans, directors and department heads to make sure they understand the new changes, and the university is abiding by all federal regulations, said Andrew Gordon, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, in an SU news release.

“Our team has received positive feedback about the work we are doing in advance of the December 1, 2016 effective date,” Gordon said in an email interview with The Daily Orange.

Gordon added that the human

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national news Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories happening in the world: POLITICS

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The FBI is soon expected to release a report investigating Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email practice while she was serving as secretary of state to the public.

The report was submitted to the Department of Justice in July. source: cnn.com

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED Gov. Paul LePage of Maine has indicated he may resign in the middle of a term after taking heat for making obscene remarks. The governor has been scrutinized for leaving a threatening voice message to a lawmaker who accused him of being a racist. source: the new york times

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I HEAR YOU Dogs understand what people say, a study showed. Researchers from Hungary scanned brain activities of dogs and found they can understand both the meaning and the intonation of words humans speak. source: the washington post

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k avajecz The day Kavajecz was named the Whitman dean in April 2013, Bloomberg LP ranked it No. 72 among the top undergraduate business schools. Three and a half years later, Whitman is ranked No. 23. It’s an ascent for the business school and Kavajecz, who was a first-generation college student.

“I never thought I’d be here. I really just hoped that I could get through college and find a job,” he said in his fourth floor corner office. “And actually, I was sort of surprised every time that the jobs worked out really well and I actually seemed to do OK. I just keep following one step in front of the other and all the sudden you show up here.”

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he village of Edgar, Wisconsin has a zip code, and not a whole lot else. When Kavajecz was born in the northern Wisconsin town in 1966, fewer than 1,000 residents lived there, according to U.S. Census data.

“There were more Holstein cattle than there were people,” he said. “Going from there to Madison was going to the big city for me.”

From an early age, Kavajecz showed the ambition that has helped him throughout his career. At age 5, he wanted to be president of the U.S. Throughout his schooling, he pulled out his homework right when he got home. His mother never had to tell him to do his work, nor did she ever see a “C” on his report cards. He served as his class president all four years of high school and graduated in the top five of his class.

“His competition was with himself,” said his mother, Carol. “That’s the kind of drive that he had.”

From his father, a real estate broker, Kavajecz learned two values that have stuck with him: Never be late and dress to respect those you meet. That’s why he wore sport coats in high school even though he got teased because of it. That’s why he’s often the first one to arrive at meetings. That’s also why, as Whitman dean, he doesn’t want to be seen in the building without a jacket and tie.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1988, Kavajecz worked at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., where he arrived every day at 6 a.m. to measure the amount of reserves in the banking system. He reported his findings to former chairman Alan Greenspan.

In 1992, Kavajecz left the Federal Reserve for Northwestern University to earn a Ph.D. in finance. Starting in 1996, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School for seven years. Then he worked in a variety of roles at his alma mater, Wisconsin.

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y 2013, Whitman’s Bloomberg ranking had slipped from No. 47 to No. 72.

Faculty said student engagement wasn’t improving. In need of new leadership, the university launched a dean search.

Meanwhile, Kavajecz — then the chair of Wisconsin’s finance department — sought a higher administrative role. He explored several places, including SU. From his visits, he sensed that students were happier at SU than at the other universities he considered.

And when he presented to Whitman faculty, his ideas were considered.

Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, chaired the search committee at the time.

Eric Spina, former SU vice chancellor and now president of the University of Dayton, also interviewed Kavajecz. Both were impressed with his resume, but that alone

KENNETH KAVAJECZ, dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is known around the business school by students and faculty as being sincere and engaged with the community.

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was not what made him the ideal candidate.

Kavajecz’s personality, intelligence and rich past experiences coalesced into a perfect fit for Whitman. Spina recalled the sincerity by which Kavajecz spoke.

As part of the hiring process, Kavajecz interviewed with faculty, presented ideas and spoke in open settings. The roots of those ideas morphed into the Goodman IMPRESS program, Consurtio and Class Act, all of which have come to fruition, enhanced student engagement and driven the school’s rankings.

“It was clear to me that he was very creative and had some good ideas about how to improve the program and increase the rankings,” Branham said. “I think that has definitely come to pass.”

Kavajecz was hired as Whitman dean and began in July 2013.

One day that summer, Kavajecz emailed Amanda Nicholson, a professor of retail practice, to meet with her. Nicholson figured the dean just wanted to introduce himself.

When he sat down, Kavajecz asked Nicholson how Whitman could improve. Nicholson was honest with the dean, explaining that the undergraduates needed attention.

Undergraduate students were rarely mentioned at faculty and curriculum meetings, Nicholson told him.

Kavajecz said he had heard enough, and moments later, he asked Nicholson to serve as associate dean for undergraduate programs.

“That was probably the best day of my life at Whitman,” Nicholson later said. “It was like, ‘You want to fix the undergraduate (program)? Go fix it and I’ll support you.’”

That interaction highlighted Kavajecz’s hands-off, partnership approach. In the first few months on the job, he listened to faculty and staff in one-on-one and group meetings.

He chatted with students of all grade levels.

More than three years later, transparency is still at the core of his leadership style: his office door is usually open, he includes his cell phone number in emails and he greets faculty and staff by their names.

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uring the campus lockdown last October, Kavajecz stood at Whitman’s main entrance. An Orange Alert had gone off, advising the SU community to stay indoors.

Kavajecz had been teaching a finance course, something he’s done even as dean.

But instead of going into his office, he stood at the front door advising students not to leave for fear they could get hurt.

“He reminds me more of a high school principal,” said Joseph Personte, program manager of Impress.

the dean k effect When Kavajecz was named dean in April 2013, Bloomberg ranked the Whitman School No. 72 among top undergraduate business schools. After Kavajecz completed his third year this spring, Whitman ranks No. 23.

Other notable awards and honors include: 1. No. 5 best graduate school for veterans, according to the Military Times 2. No. 44 online MBA ranked No. 44, according to U.S. News & World Report

At Whitman events, he takes pies to the face and crushes students in cup-stacking competitions. He’s gotten to know graduate students over drinks on Marshall Street. He almost always wears a “dapper suit,” said Cindie Adams, Whitman’s executive director of alumni and corporate relations.

At the University of Wisconsin, Kavajecz jumped into freezing lakes — while wearing a suit.

Every winter, Wisconsin participates in “Polar Plunge,” a charity event in which people dive into a freezing lake. As associate dean of Wisconsin’s MBA programs, Kavajecz “led the charge” among his students, said Adams, who worked at Wisconsin with Kavajecz. He was called “Coach K.” “There’s this dichotomy about how he’s dressed to the nines all of the time, not a hair out of place ever,” Adams said. “The other side of him will take a pie in the face or jump in the freezing lake. Work hard, play hard.”

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beige leather briefcase comes with Kavajecz wherever he goes.

“It’s like a Mary Poppins bag,” he said.

“You wouldn’t be surprised if I pulled a lamp out of it.”

Among the items in his bag are: His glasses, a hard drive and a guitar pick. Behind his

desk sits “The Art of War,” which he reads to refresh on leadership qualities. Across the room hang two portraits — one is Joshua Chamberlain, the Union Army’s savior at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Next to Chamberlain hangs a photo of Kavajecz’s grandfather, who taught him how to fish. He had “the patience of a saint,” Kavajecz said. The photo reminds him of his roots back home.

In addition to the curriculum overhaul, Kavajecz helped bring a new culture to Whitman. Giuseppe Castelli, a Class of 2016 Whitman alumnus, noticed this as part of the school’s major shift under Kavajecz.

“He shook everything up,” Castelli said.

“Everything settled after years and years of complacency. He put the right people in the right places and brought this sense of urgency to the school that I didn’t see my freshman year. An urgency and fire to make us a top-notch school.”

Kavajecz greets parents, students and faculty personally. One of Whitman’s cleaners, Rob Manipole, is one of only a few people in the building when Kavajecz arrives around 6 or 7 a.m. The dean often walks by and greets Manipole, known as “Manny.”

“The building looks great.” “The floors are so polished.” “Keep it up.”

When there’s leftover food at events, Kavajecz has told him to dig in.

“He’s the man,” Manipole said.

“I don’t think anyone works harder to make this business school succeed than Dean K,” said Will Geoghegan, assistant professor of management.

But Kavajecz demurred, insisting the recognition go to his colleagues.

Carlos Ferrari, a Class of 2014 Whitman alumnus, met Kavajecz at a banquet, where the two chatted for a few minutes. Months later, they ran into each other in the elevator. Ferrari began to introduce himself, but Kavajecz politely cut him off.

“He was like, ‘No, I know who you are,’” Ferrari recalled. “That was very special.

Someone who had met so many people that night was able to remember you.”

This is the same Kenneth Kavajecz who left the Village of Edgar because he just wanted to go to college and get a job.

“I’ve come quite a ways, I would say,” he said. mguti100@syr.edu

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Milk dud What are your thoughts on the ethicality of dairy and livestock events at the New York State Fair?

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s the New York State Fair rolls around again this year, Syracuse University students may see it as an opportunity to eat as much fried food as possible and maybe listen to a set from one of the performers — if they don’t get lost venturing offcampus first.

As the fair celebrates 175 years of showcasing agriculture as well as entertainment, this year’s extensive schedule of livestock-centered events, including beef cattleshowing and dairy cow birthing, will be attractive to visitors to the fair. While educating fairgoers about livestock and the technology involved is admirable, these traditional agricultural events ignore a pressing topic: the environmental degradation resulting from our modern livestock industry.

Most New York state residents think of the recent controversy over the fair’s milk bar prices or Byrne Dairy when think of dairy farms. But right next to the rides and finger foods is a sinister hidden message: what most fairgoers probably don’t imagine is the repercus-

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GO GREEN & KEEP IT CLEAN sions that come with milking cows. Because of the way the fair perpetuates this culture, organizers should reconsider its inclusion and promotion of livestock events.

Behind California and Wisconsin, New York is the country’s 3rd largest milk-producing state as of 2016. Considering the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s lack of regulation in the state in regard to animal waste and manure spills, the expansion of factory farms in the upstate can only hurt the local environment and residents themselves.

Now let’s discuss manure for a second. While large amounts of waste can be used on nearby cropland, excess amounts are often sprayed. This leads to runoff and surface water pollution. A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people, according to the Environmental Protection

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Agency. On these farms, the gases released by manure and manufactured fertilizers pack a dangerous punch: methane is 86 times more harmful than CO2 in terms of global warming potential.

What’s more is that farm workers and anyone involved in the livestock industry — common in New York due to the state’s strong agricultural ties — are subjected to the health risks that come with factory farms’ concentration of livestock excrement. Decomposing waste not only produces an odor, but also various noxious gases — over 160, to be specific.

There is the valid concern that New York would not be able to survive the steep decline in livestock jobs that would come with cutting dairy from our economic diet.

Still, fair organizers and factory farm owners should move toward creating jobs in a more environmentally ethical way.

Of course, the United States’ ingrained dependence on milk itself can be seen as problematic.

While humans shouldn’t necessarily eliminate all dairy products

A cow stands in a pen at this year’s state fair — the 175th celebration of New York pride. nalae white contributing photographer

from our diets, we must be aware of the environmental repercussions of our consumption choices if we are passionate about healing the planet for generations to come — a mission we can confront head-on by limiting how much we patronize livestock events like those at the fair.

The fair was founded on values ofpromoting agriculture and household manufacturers in the state, and that still rings true today.

But ultimately, our dairy industry

no longer sticks to the small-farm traditions of the 19th century. The dairy industry holds thousands of animals in concentrated facilities, powered by cheap fuel and cheap feed while disregarding what is best for the environment. Just some food for thought.

Victoria Chen is a senior international relations major, and an environment and society minor. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at vlchen@syr.edu.

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Event provides school supplies to kids

By Baylee Wright contributing writer

A barbecue event, held last week, provided students from kindergarten to college in Syracuse area school supplies, backpacks and full meals to kick off the school year.

Syracuse resident Mary Nelson led the annual event since this mission’s start in 2002. The Youth Day Barbecue is part of Nelson’s vision for a violence-free city for Syracuse students to flourish in.

This year, she said she collected around 18,000 backpacks and even has some leftover, which she plans to distribute to schools and other agencies.

She began the barbecue in wake of her nephew’s death from gun violence. Her mission has grown greatly since its start, with Nelson expanding her community presence through The Mary Nelson’s Youth Center.

“I don’t think I looked at me to get as far as I can. I looked at it as a way to see these babies walk out prepared for an education,” Nelson said.

Nelson said the center is for resources, which she believes are the key to fighting poverty.

“These blue- and white-collar workers,

they say, ‘Money is going to make our country go around.’ It won’t, resources will,” she said.

Resources like school supplies, training programs, food and life-skill programs are all on Nelson’s agenda as important resources to be available to a community.

If I could get in front of Barack Obama, I would say, ‘Let’s turn this around, let’s fight poverty by providing money to the grassroots, they’re the ones doing the work.

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The center provides a place for students in the community to eat daily, get tutored and learn real-life skills, a reinforcement to the education that they are learning in school — one that Nelson said she believes needs a reform.

“I want to see reform in our schools. No one is talking about the schools,” Nelson

said. “I want to be a resource center, I want to fight this (poverty).”

Nelson said she believes grassroots agencies like her own are the key to fighting poverty, because they are the ones in the communities witnessing the effects of the gap between officials and regular citizens of the community.

“If I could get in front of Barack Obama, I would say, ‘Let’s turn this around, let’s fight poverty by providing money to the grassroots, they’re the ones doing the work,” Nelson said.

Nelson was recently named a fellow, or affiliate, of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise as Robert Woodson’s affiliate.

The center finds grassroots agencies across the world fighting poverty, and Nelson said being named an affiliate was an honor.

Additionally, Nelson said SU community members should get involved in the community.

“We have to bridge that gap, you have to come off that Hill and come into the community,” she said. “If (SU students) come down here and come into the center and see the young kids, they’re going to want to come back.”

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investigation has made a determination with regard to its merit.’ The University takes any Title IX-related complaint very seriously, as we expect everyone on our campus to be treated with dignity and respect. We will assist OCR with their inquiry and share with them the facts and set of actions the University undertook in regard to this case.”

Title IX was passed by Congress in 1972.

The law prohibits any educational program or activity getting federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex. Under the statute, colleges and universities are legally required to respond to reports of sexual assault appropriately.

This is the first Title IX complaint filed against SU since the Department of Education released a letter clarifying and strengthening its guidelines on how schools deal with sexual assault in 2011. Stanford University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Princeton University each have five active Title IX investigations, the most out of any other college or university in the country, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Title IX database. rsandler@syr.edu | @rachsandl

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employees resources office is going through a review and analysis of which staff positions are affected by the change. Staff members, Gordon said, are defined as employees who work in a non-teaching capacity.

The revised Fair Labor Standard Act, a federal law regrading minimum wage and overtime pay, will become effective on Dec. 1.

For SU, the change means staff members whose status is “exempt” will be changed to “non-exempt,” making them qualified to receive overtime pay. Specifically, a new “non-exempt” status employee is eligible to

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faster,” Grigo said.

Nearly every student in the senior film class of 2017, as well as a handful in the junior class of 2018, has signed the letter to faculty outlining this new option, Grigo said. There are about 25-30 seniors in the film program this year.

The proposal came from observations from past senior projects. Not all students are prepared to be writer-directors, Grigo said. Oftentimes, these students grow less passionate about the work they produce, and consequently some projects don’t reach the festival-ready quality students and faculty strive for.

“It’s been something the faculty and the students have always kind of talked about,” Grigo said. “It’s been the white elephant in the room.”

So far, faculty have seemed excited that students are coming together with them to improve the film program, Grigo said.

Alex Mendez, an assistant professor of film, and Owen Shapiro, the film program coordinator, have both declined to comment until after meeting with students.

One concern professors have expressed, Grigo said, is that some students might slack off since they don’t have to manage their own project. However, Grigo said a student’s work ethic probably won’t change regardless of the requirements of a project.

With this new option, students will hope-

receive $47,476 in a year, or $913 per week, which is double the amount of the old overtime rule which allowed a salary of $23,660 in a year, or $455 per week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor website.

“Syracuse University is committed to our employees and providing an exceptional work environment,” Gordon said.

“Like other academic institutions who are required by law to comply with the new federal regulations, we will work diligently to manage the process on behalf of our staff in a fiscally responsible manner before the Dec. 1 effective date.”

In addition to more pay, a non-exempt worker is entitled to receiving benefits such as retaining vacation time, sick time, dis-

ability benefits and parking lot status. A new employee can receive benefits pertaining to the position for which they were hired. Workers moving into a different position will be reclassified.

The act will cover overtime pay protections to 4 million workers within the first year since its implementation, according to the Department of Labor website.

The FLSA was updated as President Barack Obama directed the Department of Labor in 2014 to make changes in regulations related to overtime payment standard. Obama and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced the final rule in May this year.

fully be able to find more passion in working on a specific role, he said.

Grigo added that having the faculty’s 100 percent support behind their plan is the No. 1 priority for the students, and they only want to better achieve the goals of the gradebook.

“Our proposal would not completely dissolve the ways of the past. It gives you the option of doing something new, something more specialized,” Grigo said. “Students will always be able to revert back to ‘I want to be a writer-director.’”

The proposal is a delicate issue, Grigo

said. He added that talks have mostly been an internal school issue. Nothing has been officially agreed on yet, but he said he hopes the dialogue students and faculty have been having inspires other students.

“If people see that, you know, VPA identified some very specific small issues that they want to tackle … any department in the school can look at this and say ‘Hey! Maybe we can also come together with the faculty and the administration and make our program better from the inside,’” Grigo said.

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“Diversity in our faculty is equally important as diversity in our student body,” said LaVonda Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs, in the release. “As more students from underrepresented groups pursue higher education, it is mission-critical that our faculty and our staff reflect the changing demographics as well as support and inspire a new generation of students to effect change and shape social transformation and progress.”

Additionally, SU began improving accessibility on campus over the summer. The Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction upgraded facilities — including bathrooms and auditorium seating — to make them more accessible.

We must continue to take steps and implement processes that make the University welcoming and accessible to all people.

We’ve accomplished much but we recognize there is always room to learn and grow.

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Pete Sala, SU vice president and chief campus facilities officer, said in the release that other similar upgrades will be made.

“While there is still much work to do, I am proud of what the team has accomplished thus far and I look forward to continued collaboration as we collectively work to improve access for all,” he said.

Also in the release, Syverud said that he is “committed to bringing these short-term recommendations to life.”

“Diversity is critical to 21st-century success,” Syverud said in the release. “The strength of this university, as a whole, comes from embracing the unique talents, history and perspective of every individual on this campus.” mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

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ERIC KINGSON, a professor of social work at Syracuse University, ran for representative of New York state’s 24th Congressional District, but lost to SU alumna Colleen Deacon in the June primary. Now Kingson is taking a break from politics to focus on his teaching and his family.

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fter a discussion with his wife and son two summers ago, Eric Kingson began questioning what he wanted to do with his future: he decided to run as representative of New York state’s 24th Congressional District. “‘Maybe if I was younger’ was my first thought when my wife brought up the idea.

She told me to think on it overnight, and when I work up in the morning, I realized I did want to do it,” said Kingson, a professor of social work at Syracuse University.

Kingson ran as a progressive on the Democratic ticket, focusing his attention to issues such as preserving social security, debt-free college, fighting voter suppression and universal health care, according to one of Kingson’s own campaign advertisements.

“I ran because I felt and continue to feel that the Democrats have not been as explicitly clear about the values they represent or the importance of engaging people in politics,” Kingson said. “I would say that I was the only clear progressive.”

Kingson lost to SU alumna Colleen Deacon on the Democratic ticket in June. Kingson received 32 percent of the votes, while Deacon won 48 percent of the votes, according to the NY State Board of Elections.

While Kingson ran to win and was disappointed by the loss, he said he doesn’t have any regrets. He added that the loss has some rewards: he and his family vacationed in Alaska, he was able to be more attentive after his daughter gave birth to their second grandchild

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and he will now get to go back to teaching.

Even though running for the office was a privilege that not many people get to experience, Kingston said, he does not think he will be running for political office again at this time.

Still, the SU professor said he plans to stay active in politics as a co-chair for the Social Security Coalition and hopes to write articles and blog posts about his experience running for office.

If he were able to go back in time, Kingson said he would have gotten out earlier, distinguished himself from his competitors as the true progressive and hired more staff earlier on to see more success in his campaign.

He also received direct endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), which he said he

greatly appreciated but wished would have come out earlier in his campaign.

Other setbacks to his campaign were him getting pneumonia, waiting to announce endorsements until the official announcement that he’d be on the ballot and issues with the signature collection to assure his place on the ballot, which took up nearly three weeks, Kingson said.

One key thing Kingson said he got out of his experience was a strong appreciation for local level politics. Experiences at community meetings showed him that democracy still works at a local level.

“At the end of the day, members of Congress are just people. They have different views but all of them can use themselves to

stand up for basic decency,” Kingson said.

“There is a lot of things they can do at the community level that are powerful, like reengaging young people in politics in a positive way and bringing those local voices forward.”

In the upcoming election for New York’s 24th Congressional District, Kingson said he will support Deacon and he will be voting for her.

“She’s a very kind person, which goes far with me. We have our disagreements but, at the end of the day, we are both Democrats and I will support her,” Kingson said.

“There are a lot of times I would like to see her go further than she does but at least I know she will be fall on the right side of votes on key issues.”

He added that he believes John Katko, the Republican nominee for the primary, is a nice guy, but he is much too conservative and moderate for his taste.

In the presidential election, Kingson said he will be voting for Hillary Clinton.

He was a strong proponent for Sanders and encourages other Sanders supporters to vote for Clinton.

“A lot of them seem to be thinking about voting for an independent or not voting at all, and I can understand that instinct,” Kingson said. “But any vote we get for Hillary, from my point of view, is more than a vote for her, it’s a vote for rejecting fascism and a future for this country which does not represent the values we fought for as a democracy.” blposhek@syr.edu

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JOHN “SET” CERIO began working as a cook at Basilio’s Italian Sausage in the 1980s. He quit the job for a number of years when he got a full-time day job at Price Chopper. He still visited the fair during those years, and everyone tried to persuade him to return. When he retired, he finally agreed.

Meet at Basilio’s Sausage stand celebrates 60 years of serving food at the New York State Fair

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elighted screams and whoops of joy echo across the fairgrounds from the midway, punctuating the soft sounds of sizzling food rising from Paul Basilio’s Italian Sausage.

Workers clasp notepads, waiting to take the next order while mounds of onions and peppers sit waiting to be de voured, their aroma drifting out into the summer haze.

Valerie Basilio is hugging fairgoers: children, adults, regulars. She has been greeting her customers for as long as she can remember — she never misses the fair.

Basilio’s Italian Sausage has been a staple at the fair since opening its doors in 1956, marking 2016 as its 60th anniversary. The concession stand is one of the oldest on the fairgrounds, second only to Baker’s Chicken Coop, and still operates out of the original wooden building it started in.

“People always say, ‘I’ve been coming here since I was a kid, now I come here with my children and their kids,’” Valerie Basilio said.

The business is held together by three generations of the Basilio family. Paul Basilio founded the business, his daughter Valerie, as she described her job, “signs the checks,” and Paul’s granddaughter Madison works behind the counter.

For two weeks every August, Paul Basilio sits off to the side, watching as the business he built thrives.

Opening day of the fair this year, the 87-year-old was wandering around the fairgrounds with no shirt on with his daughter and granddaughter chasing him, begging him to put one on.

Every now and then he ducks into the kitchen, stopping only to pose for pictures with “his fans.”

PAUL BASILIO started the sausage stand in 1956. The company was originally named after Paul’s brother, Carmen Basilio, a boxer famous for beating Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee Stadium.

“People come here now, to see him,” Valerie Basilio said. “He’s the oldest living concessioner here.”

Originally, the stand was named Carmen Basilio’s Italian Sausage, after Paul Basilio’s brother. Carmen Basilio was a famous boxer, featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated numerous times and famous for beating Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee Stadium in 1957.

Since then, the business has been handed down generation to generation. Valerie Basilio has been working the stand for nearly her entire life and her daughter has not missed a fair yet.

Valerie described how she would bring a motorhome

each year and park it near the stand. She gave birth one April and worked the fair in August. She would work, then return to the motor home to breastfeed her daughter Madison.

“All I remember my whole entire life is the fair,” Madison Gregoris said.

Each year, without fail, Valerie and Madison return to the fair, working up to 16-hour days. Valerie rarely takes a break — if she’s not greeting her favorite customers, she’s poring over paperwork or interacting with the workers in the stand, all of whom are clad in black uniform shirts see basilio’s page 12

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This fall season welcomes the return of favorite big budget dramas like “NCISs,” “CSIs,” “Law and Order,” “Chicago PD,” “Chicago Construction,” “Chicago Cubs,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Wind,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Sky” and “Chicago Improv.” Three of the Chicago shows are actually real — no joke.

They will accompany returning comedies such as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “New Girl,” “Modern Family” and “2 Broke Girls.”

Unfortunately, fans will not see some good shows due to network cancellation, such as “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” “Black Sails,” “Maron,” “Vinyl” and “Comedy Bang! Bang!” Some of these will air their final episodes this fall.

Plus, in a few overlooked but interesting notes, “Big Brother” added an online-only fall season, and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” will have a crossover episode with “New Girl” in October.

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Though there are no new original feature films coming to Netflix this month, at least five documentaries will become available to watch over the next few weeks, including:

“Chef’s Table” This docu-series from David Gelb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) follows famous chefs around their restaurants and daily lives.

“Amanda Knox” Almost a decade after Amanda Knox began her four years in an Italian prison for a murder she was later acquitted for, Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn interviewed Knox as well as the prosecutor of the case to retell and uncover some enlightening parts of the worldwide story from 2007.

“Audrie & Daisy” Netflix purchased the rights to this documentary after a strong showing at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles three cases of rape and the impact these crimes had on the lives of the young victims and the communities around them.

“White Helmets” Here’s what’s coming to Netflix this September:

“Narcos” Season 2 – September 1 One of Netflix’s biggest hits of 2015 will return with 10 more episodes. This drug crime show chronicles the rise of Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the war on drugs in North and South America.

Season 2 begins with Escobar’s famed escape from prison.

“Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills” – September 23 This is Shlesinger’s third Netflix special (War Paint – 2013, Freezing Hot – 2015).

Netflix curates its standup specials well, producing hours for Ali Wong, Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, Anthony Jeselnik, Bo Burnham, David Cross, Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney and Mike Birbiglia. Shlesinger will take the title for most Netflix specials when this premieres, and you can expect even more standup comedy in your sug-

This documentary seeks to enlighten outsiders about the state of the Syrian Civil Defense, their beliefs and their mission to rescue people from the attacks in their country.

“Extremis” This will be Netf lix’s first short documentary. Directed by the Oscar and Emmy nominated Dan Krauss, the show will depict families dealing with tough decisions as loved ones near the end of their lives.

September marks the return of serialized courtroom dramas and big budget comedies, but Netflix has plenty of alternatives to the big network shows.

Check back in at the end of the month for a review of the September premieres and a preview of what’s to come in October.

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CLEM COLEMAN works as a chef at a local Mexican resturant, Otro Cinco. On the side, he is the frontman in a vintage punk band, Methodist Bells. This fall, the band plans to release its second LP, called “Esso” as a homage to the nostalgic nature of gas stations.

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BELLS AND WHISTLES Local band prepares for release of sophomore album, “Esso”

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lem Coleman plans to host an album release party for local Syracuse band Methodist Bells in the same studentloved Mexican restaurant he works at as a chef, Otro Cinco. Coleman acts as the lead singer of the indie band, balancing his work as a chef with his music endeavors.

The album is expected to be released within the next few months, five years after their first complete album was released. The album, named “Esso,” will feature their songs “Baby Bruiser,” “Keep On the Cunning Side of the Street” and “Long Before I Leave This World,” all original singles that listeners can find released on the band’s website.

Coleman said “Esso” is going to be better than their last album, “A 1000 Miles of Turpentine. “ One of the differences between the newest record and their last begins in the recording process. “1,000 Miles of Turpentine” was recorded in the basement belonging to Coleman’s friend, Rob Coye.

“It was truly a labor of love on his part and it shows,” Coleman said.

“Esso,” on the other hand, was recorded on an analog two-inch tape at MoleTrax Studios on the Near West Side of Syracuse by artist Jeff Moleski.

Coleman said that recording straight to tape was a wonderful idea, and produced a better sound.

“There were more surprises and gifts throughout the listening process on the

record, within these songs,” Coleman said.

Coleman shared another new track they haven’t released yet, titled “Alice in the Sky.” Like the band’s other singles, the song sounds like something out of a transistor radio.

The band had hoped to create a Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood feel, and with fellow band member Leah Rizzo providing backing vocals, Coleman succeeded in creating a 1960s vibe in the song. However, when the band joined in during rehearsal, the song turned into a mix of western and ‘80s rock.

Besides Coleman and Rizzo, the band consists of guitarist Maurice Love, keyboardist and guitarist Jeremy Allen, bassist Adam Ast and drummer Damian Allis. They play all over the Syracuse area, at venues such as SubCat Studios, Al’s Wine and Whiskey, The Lost Horizon and Funk n’ Waffles.

The title of the album, “Esso,” is a reference to the Exxon Mobil Corporation. Besides just liking the way the word sounds, Coleman says that he also likes the way that gas stations have a nostalgic feel to them, especially the way they look in old photographs.

“I like the thought that there’s an old liter of gasoline out there in some rusting tractor that was sold as Esso gasoline but that it still might power up and engine and make it run for a few minutes,” Coleman said.

In fact, nostalgic photographs are a big part of the records that Methodist Bells produces. Looking through their discography, each album or single cover seems to be handselected with care, as if the wrong picture

would misrepresent the group entirely.

The last three singles released in July are represented with a black and white photograph, automatically making the song walk with a nostalgic feel. However, Coleman said nostalgia can be “a tricky thing.”

“I don’t long for some bygone day when the world was a better place because honestly, that notion is lie,” he said.

As hard as he tries to make the music that is fun and exciting for today’s ears, Coleman said he always winds up producing songs that sound dated and faded. He said the black and white pictures are his way of pointing out this nostalgic feeling before someone else does.

Coleman is unsure how the next album will be available, although all of Methodist Bells’ current music is available currently on their Bandcamp page, along with an album from Coleman’s last band, King Vidor.

With all of the various music streaming websites and apps, Coleman said it’s hard to keep up these days and he is leaning towards making the new record vinyl, which would uphold their vintage image.

The vinyl album would also include their latest digital album, “Fan Fiction,” a record of four songs created in 2015 at More Sound Recording Studio in Syracuse.

“I am proud to have recorded in More Sound and at MoleTrax,” Coleman said. “The people in those outfits are all very cool and talented beyond words.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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Canadians are actual root of immigration problems in U.S.

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onald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again,” which hints at the fact that America is currently not great. He and many of his supporters blame Mexican immigrants for the U.S.’s lack of greatness, saying that they’re stealing American jobs.

But why do we care about Mexican immigrants when the numbers show they tend to lead in low-skill jobs? Canadian immigrants, on the other hand, are who we should really feel threatened by. They’re taking the biggest and most important jobs out of the hands of the Americans who deserve them.

The first, most evident, example of the Canadian invasion is the abundance of Canadians in the American music industry.

Three of this year’s biggest names in music were all born in Canada: Drake, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd.

How are Americans supposed to pregame, dance and make love to the music of these men, respectively, when they were not born in the United States of America?

So, you’re wondering how can you escape from these Canadian musical brainwashers? Don’t turn to television and movies, because our northern neighbors are all over those platforms too.

“Deadpool” was a great movie, wasn’t it?

Now, imagine Ryan Reynolds hadn’t stole that job from a hardworking American actor. Someone who could’ve done it justice.

Someone like Ben Stiller.

Wish the hunky superstar and the fawning starlet in “The Notebook” weren’t from another land?

Imagine someone like Ben Stiller in that role instead of Ryan Gosling and an anthropomorphized T-Rex instead of Rachel McAdams. We could have had “Night At The Museum” in 2004 instead of 2006. It’s a shame we had to wait those two extra years.

Even many of the “American” comedic greats are from Canada: Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Martin Short and many

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more. Those are roles that could have put hilarious American comedians to work. Imagine Ben Stiller instead of all those Canadians.

Stiller is so versatile. It’s really a shame.

Worst of all, it feels like Canada is leading a coup on our government. Remember that crazy, sweaty, cocaine-using Toronto mayor Rob Ford? He captured the continent’s attention with his antics, but Americans are supposed to be the ones who elect people who really shouldn’t be in office.

How are we, the country that elected a man to govern one of our largest and most important states based solely off of his muscles, accent, and ability to say “I’ll be back,” letting Canada elect the weirdos?

Canada just elected the cool, sexy, super young, liberal Justin Trudeau as their prime minister. Less than 8 years ago, we elected the cool, sexy, super young, black, liberal Barack Obama. Now we’re choosing between uncool, unsexy, old, white Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Look, some people may have a problem with immigrants who don’t assimilate into our culture. But that’s not the problem with Canadians.

The biggest issue is that we can’t tell them apart.

A new young star comes up the ranks, and the U.S. is happy to embrace them, but the moment they say “about” as “a boot,” we should be hanging our heads in shame. Canadians are basically the same as us, except they speak French because they have to try and be better.

Our priorities aren’t straight. We need to stop inviting Canadians into our countries to take our jobs and steal our spotlight. We wouldn’t even need to build a wall to stop them, just a border patrol to politely warn them about our lack of free healthcare and Tim Hortons.

Josh Feinblatt is junior television, radio and film major. His column appears weekly in Pulp. He can be reached at jfeinbla@syr.edu.

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VALERIE BASILIO is the manager of the sausage stand. She makes the trip to the fair every year from South Carolina to “sign the checks.” from page 9

basilio’s proudly reading “Paul Basilio’s State Fair Sausage, best at the fair since 1956.”

Basilio’s operates almost without written records. There is no set recipe for the sausage, Valerie said. Each year, the staff will taste the meat and add seasoning as needed. If something needs changing, it happens in the opening days of the fair.

This year, more fennel was needed but Valerie said they “nailed it.”

Nothing is recorded at the stand — no recipes and no official list of employees.

Everything at the stand operates within a close-knit circle. There is no job application. Each year, Valerie Basilio pulls out her phone and texts her friends to ask if they are coming back to work this year, friends that have become family.

The family atmosphere extends beyond blood ties. The cooks serving up the food have been around for nearly as long as the stand.

Gary DiGeorge, a cook at the stand, said working the fair each year acts as his vacation. He began working for Basilio’s when he was 15. Now, he has spent 43 years serving up food to customers that line the benches of the green tables on either side of the stand.

The toughest part of the job, DiGeorge said, is the heat. He flipped his hands over, tough from years of working the stove, revealing scars and a heat rash from his cooking gloves.

DiGeorge sees repeat customers every year. He said the stand is characterized by jokes and pranks each staff member pulls.

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Crowd favorite: “One loaded,” a giant sausage sandwich with peppers and onions

Valerie Basilio described how she had been caught on tape being scared by a giant fake rat. She spun round and chopped off the tail with a nearby machete. The next day, it was a cook’s turn to be pranked.

One after another, each employee said they were there for the jokes.

“Who really wants to be here for minimum wage?” Valerie Basilio said. “We just sit here and laugh.”

John “Set” Cerio, another one of the cooks, echoed this sentiment. Cerio began working the fair in the ‘80s but had to stop when he got a full-time job.

“When I was working at Price Chopper, I would come up a couple of times to see everyone,” Cerio said. “They would hold up the tongs and say, ‘ready for work?’”

When he retired two years ago, he was

asked to return and immediately accepted.

After 60 years at the fair, however, the stand has seen some changes this year. In 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo set aside $50 million for renovations to the fairgrounds, and the Lakeview Amphitheater opened.

The changes to the fairgrounds have hit business hard, Valerie said. No longer do late night concertgoers trail past the stand, looking for a sandwich for the ride home.

Basilio’s has been trailing in profit margins this year and Valerie blames the renovations to the fairgrounds.

“There was a time when there was only restaurants on restaurant row, and we would have people six deep,” Valerie Basilio said. “We were making money hand over fist, it’s not like that anymore.”

People always say, ‘I’ve been coming here since I was a kid, now I come here with my children and their kids.

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Despite the changes, the Basilios still see the lighter side of things. Madison and Valerie laughed as they recalled Paul trying to adjust prices. Madison joked that her grandfather still wants to charge 1930s prices.

But Valerie said the store and those who work there will survive whatever comes their way.

“I think I’m invincible, just hardcore, I don’t let anything get me down,” Valerie said. I feel like I’ve taken some real punches in my life and just nothing gets me over.”

In addition to working the stand every summer, Valerie works two jobs. She wants to ensure Madison will have no student loans after she graduates.

Valerie said she makes a decent living, decent enough to come back to the fair every year for a vacation working at the sausage stand, laughing with her friends, family and especially her customers, the people that keep Basilio’s alive by coming back, year after year.

For Paul Basilio, the reason why people come back is obvious: “It’s clean, and I’m here,” he said.

For Valerie Basilio, it goes a little further: “It’s tradition. It’s tradition to meet here, it’s tradition to eat here, it’s tradition to work here,” she said.

“We haven’t moved so when people want to meet, they know where we are,” Valerie said. “Meet at Basilio’s.” rcgilber@syr.edu

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Roundtable: Storylines, bowl games and darkhorse players

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff Syracuse’s season kicks off on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome against Colgate. Dino Babers will make his Orange head coaching debut as SU begins its 2016 campaign in search of its first bowl game appearance since 2013.

With the season just days away, beat writers Chris Libonati, Jon Mettus and Matt Schneidman answered three questions about Syracuse.

1. What is the biggest storyline to watch in the Colgate game?

Chris Libonati: Will Syracuse get Villanova’d? I personally don’t think they’ll have to grind out a win over the Raiders like SU had to against ‘Nova in the 2014 season opener, but I think that’s the worry this week.

Colgate has a solid run game and teams that can grind down opponents and play keep away are effective against faster-paced teams. That said, I don’t think that’s the way the game will go. If Syracuse does get Villanova’d, I generally don’t think the rest of the season will be headed in the right direction.

Jon Mettus: Tempo. Tempo. Tempo. Just exactly how fast is this offense with these players? And how good will it be? A great performance against Colgate has to be taken with a grain of salt. But a flop is major cause for concern. This team is going to rely heavily on the success of its offense and a bad performance against an FCS team in Babers’ first game would signal a long and painful year.

Matt Schneidman: The biggest storyline to keep an eye on is if Babers’ offense can open eyes as much as it’s been advertised to be able to. Is Orange really the new fast?

Even if it’s against Colgate? To squelch any doubt about whether Syracuse’s players can fit into his Baylor-style system, SU will need to trounce Colgate through Eric Dungey and the passing game. Players have been saying all camp “you’ll just have to wait and see” when asked about how fast the offense is.

Well, the time is here. Now let’s see it.

2. Syracuse will reach a bowl game if ...

C.L.: ... You stop asking me this question. I don’t know whether SU will. It’s easy to fire off hot takes about how Syracuse is a fringe bowl

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team, but the reality is that no one has seen what this team will look like within the schemes that Babers rolls out. The secondary struggled last season, but it will be playing within a new scheme. Although the offense should improve, it is also playing in an entirely new scheme. I find it unlikely Syracuse makes it to a bowl but it could with a few breaks going its way.

J.M.: ... It wins six games. And for that to happen, a lot will have to go right. Eric Dungey will have to emerge as one of the top passers in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Dontae Strickland and Jordan Fredericks will have to lead a consistently good rushing attack. The defense will have to master the art of bending, but not breaking.

And that’s just the beginning of the puzzle. But that’s not going to happen. Success this year should not be measured by a bowl game appearance or win. Four wins should be good enough.

M.S.: ... Nope, I couldn’t even think of a good

joke to put here. Babers himself has said give this team a year to get its feet under them in his tenure, and I wouldn’t consider it an underachievement if SU won four games this year. Right off the bat there are four losses to top 20 teams, and the rest are toss-ups, if that. I will say if the defense pulls the wildest trick out of its back pocket, maybe the Orange pulls off a miracle and wins six games. But I don’t see that happening.

3. Who is a dark horse player that could step up for the Orange?

C.L.: Sean Riley. Generally, Syracuse’s depth isn’t great. That should give Riley a shot at playing time at inside receiver when Syracuse subs off Brisly Estime or Ervin Philips. Riley is built in the mold of those two players, and he definitely has the speed to replace them without much of a drop off. We’ll see whether his skills are up to par, but I tend to think Riley will fit in well.

J.M.: Syracuse is going to run through a lot of players because of its pace, which leaves plenty of options for a dark horse. My pick is Riley.

He’s the smallest player on the team, but Riley earned plenty of praise and looks throughout training camp. He has the speed and agility, but a breakout year will depend on how refined his route running and catching ability are.

Expect to see Riley at inside receiver plenty when Estime or Philips need a blow.

M.S.: He’s a dark horse now, but won’t be for long once people get to know him. Maryland grad transfer Amba Etta-Tawo will start at wide receiver for the Orange and likely be Dungey’s secondary target behind Steve Ishmael. Dungey has vowed to stay in the pocket more which means more passing. And it’s the team’s second receiver who may get the most looks if teams are honed in on Ishmael. Etta-Tawo is fast and big, and should make a name for himself early.

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Syracuse garners top spot in national preseason rankings

By Jon Mettus asst. sports editor

Coming off its first national championship, Syracuse men’s cross country has been ranked No. 1 in the preseason U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll. The women’s team is No. 15.

The men’s squad garnered 11 of 12 firstplace votes and was slotted 20 points ahead of perennial powerhouse Oregon. The Ducks received the other first place vote, but landed 20 points behind the Orange and ranked No. 2.

The SU men are returning four runners from their seven-man roster that competed in the national championship. Juniors Justyn Knight, Colin Bennie and Philo Germano and senior Joel Hubbard are all back.

They finished fourth, eighth, 39th and 47th overall in the championship, respectively.

Knight, Bennie and Germano were AllAmericans last year.

The only scorer from the title run not returning is Martin Hehir. He signed a pro-

fessional deal with the Northern Arizona Elite, a track and marathon team based in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Aug. 24.

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Syracuse is returning four runners from its seven-man roster

The women’s team slots in as the thirdhighest Atlantic Coast Conference team. It is returning three of their seven runners from the championship race. Sydney Leiher finished the highest on the team, taking 68th. The women are coming off their second-best season in program history after a 12th place finish.

Syracuse is one of seven schools to have both its men’s and women’s teams in the top 15.

The Orange’s season starts at the Harry Lang Invitational on Sept. 3 in Hamilton, New York. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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pros

Take a look at the passing yards put up by each collegiate starting quarterback playing for head coaches Art Briles and Dino Babers over the years.

3,809

5,050 4,293 4,309

4,200

4,946 3,855

3,823

3,501

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3,131

3,173

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ROBERT GRIFFIN III

2,104 ROBERT GRIFFIN III

1,786 NICK FLORENCE

2,091 ROBERT GRIFFIN III

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KEVIN KOLB

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they’ve often been forced to learn different styles that don’t align with what they were previously used to. The gaudy numbers they put up in college can be inflated.

The dynamic is multi-faceted. Players coming from the Baylor system have a steeper professional learning curve. And then in the pros, quarterbacks are being pigeonholed to run a system they’re not used to. But if they didn’t put up monster stats in college, they may never have gotten a shot to reach the professionals.

“I learned coverages from Coach Babers,” Garoppolo said in an email, “and learning that helped me transition to the NFL.” Because the scheme is based mostly on reading one or two defensive players on any given play, quarterbacks don’t quite learn to go through their progressions as well as those in pro-style offenses. But on tape, Dulgerian said he saw Garoppolo move to his third receiver often and still deliver accurate passes.

However, when former Stephenville quarterback Kelan Luker began his collegiate career at Southern Methodist in 1999, he was overwhelmed. He had just helped the Yellow Jackets set high school football yardage records.

The Mustangs ran a pro-style offense and Luker said it took players about two to three years to learn the 2-inch thick playbook. Comparing his experience to those moving from the Baylor offense to the NFL, he said quarterbacks shouldn’t become starters immediately.

“They wanted me to start as a freshman, I just didn’t know how that was possible,” Luker said. “There was just so much information.”

The offense is only used by a handful of college teams, and defenses aren’t as well prepared for it compared to schemes they face often. It’s meant to take advantage of certain matchups by spreading four or five receivers as wide as possible and having the quarterback choose whether it’ll be a pass or a run after the ball is snapped. Whichever option the defense shifts toward, the quarterback chooses the opposite.

The potential problem for quarterbacks upon reaching the NFL, though, is that coverages are better disguised so it often takes third and fourth reads to find an open receiver.

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“It’s a copycat league. A lot of people do the same things,” said Sterling Doty, a former offensive lineman who played under Briles at Stephenville and Houston. “… It’s just the NFL’s done it so long one way, it’s hard to get them to change that mindset.”

Neither Briles nor Babers have a physical playbook since the concepts are easy enough to understand without writing them down.

Receivers running routes on opposite sides of the field sometimes mirror each other, another example of less sophistication than in the pros.

The simplicity has paid short-term dividends. Two seasons ago under Briles at Baylor, Petty threw for 3,855 yards, but most came on throws to his first progression, Dulgarian said. Under Babers in 2013, Garoppolo threw for 5,050 yards at Eastern Illinois.

The difference was that Garoppolo was able to convert passes when plays broke down and multiple receivers were covered.

That tipped off scouts to think he could transition to an NFL offense and explains why he was a second-round pick, Dulgerian said.

When Petty was drafted in the fourth

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round in 2015, ESPN analyst Todd McShay explained that Petty would have to learn how to run plays out of a huddle, take snaps under center and read both sides of the field.

NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock praised Garropolo’s quick release — a key trait for quarterbacks in the Baylor offense to deliver the ball once the mismatch is identified — when he was taken in 2014.

Petty has never started an NFL game, but competed for the New York Jets’ backup spot this preseason. Garoppolo is slated to fill in for the first four games this year while Tom Brady is suspended.

Griffin III was the NFL’s 2012 offensive rookie of the year but didn’t make a start last season. He’s expected to start for the Cleveland Browns this season.

Kevin Kolb and Case Keenum, both of whom played under Briles at Houston, survived as NFL journeymen, but neither has started for a full season.

“All these guys were quarterbacks in this offense,” Babers said when asked about the transition to pro-style offenses. “So which

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quarterback are you referring to that can’t make the National Football League?”

While the style these quarterbacks played in college allowed them to attract professional attention, none have reached the status of multi-year full-time starter.

“As this offense grows and more and more people learn how to run it and it continues to expand to other schools,” said Bowling Green quarterback James Knapke, who played for Babers the past two seasons, “I think you’ll see a lot smoother transitions for guys playing in this offense.”

Syracuse is that next school on the list and Dungey is the next quarterback to join the group. The Baylor offense has already proven it can send players to the NFL. But as of now, the transition has left several quarterbacks searching for a legitimate reputation as a pro.

Dungey could be the one to change that. pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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Opponent preview: What to know about the Raiders

By Jon Mettus asst. sports editor

All-time Series: Colgate is Syracuse’s third-most played opponent with the 67th installment of the series coming on Friday. Even though the Raiders haven’t beaten the Orange in the 15 games since 1950, Colgate has just barely gotten the best of the series with a record of 31-30-5. The series was much more of a rivalry in the past that included a war of pranks between the two schools.

Last Time They Played: Syracuse running back Delone Carter scored four touchdowns and led the Orange to a 42-7 dismantling of Colgate on Sept. 25, 2010. The win put SU at 3-1 and marked the first time since 2003 the Orange had won three of its first four games. Syracuse piled up 437 yards (260 on the ground). Carter finished with 14 carries and 172 yards.

The Colgate Report: The Raiders will be Syracuse’s first ranked opponent, albeit ranked in the Football Championship Subdivision. They’re coming off a 9-5 season that ended in the FCS football quarterfinals — one of its best runs in program history. Colgate returns nine offensive starters and eight on the defensive end.

“This is probably one of the most experienced football teams that we’re going to play

all year,” SU head coach Dino Babers said.

Colgate is a running team that relies on several ball carriers out of its shotgun readoption offense. Four players ran the ball at least 120 times last season with the leader, Jake Melville (the quarterback), averaging 76.6 yards per game. The team averaged 206.4 yards on the ground per game. The Raiders threw only two interceptions all season, best in the FCS. How Colgate beats Syracuse: Colgate will have to control possession, the clock and run the ball to win the game. The Raiders will have to bully the Orange’s defensive line and keep the ball out of SU’s offense’s hands.

Even if all that goes well, Colgate will still have to hope for a catastrophic breakdown of the offense that Babers has been installing for the past nine months.

Stat to know: 67.4 percent Colgate had a 67.4 percent success rate on fourth down attempts in 2015, going 31 for 46. The Raiders averaged more than three fourth down attempts per game and ranked eighth in the FCS in conversion percentage.

Player to watch: Jake Melville Melville accumulated 3,625 yards last season, including 2,552 passing and 1,073 rushing yards. With that total, he accounted for 66.6 percent of Colgate’s offensive yards. He’s the gatekeeper of the offense, deciding whether to hand the ball off or not. jrmettus@syr.edu | @jmettus

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defensive line been Syracuse’s hitch when it comes to offseason criticism of the defensive line. On the other, it’s right where the players waiting for their chance in the spotlight want to be.

“I just want people to be like, you watch Syracuse, you know, ‘OK, the D-line is bringing it,’” Samuels said. “No matter what age, no matter nothing.”

The two “veterans” of the unit are both redshirt sophomores. Samuels was a consistent starter last season and Slayton started five games. Aside from Samuels at nose tackle, don’t expect to see the same player at any of the other three spots up front.

Sophomore Steven Clark will get significant minutes. So too will Pickard, presumably, once his injury fully heals. Then there’s graduate transfer De’Jon Wilson at defensive end and freshman McKinley

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Williams and sophomore Anthony Giudice up front to provide some depth. Slayton, too, may even shift back inside if the Orange has enough to cover on the outside.

“Me and Chris are definitely the vets,” Samuels said. “(The young guys) are ready for it, just as much as we were ready for it.”

Slayton has the potential to be a breakout star on the defense. He’s the strongest player on the team and showed flashes of domination last season, recording six tackles for loss, good for fourth on the team.

“I’m just trying to be comfortable playing end, you know what I’m saying?”

Slayton said.

Like the unit he leads, Slayton isn’t offering anything extravagant. He and the three others who will line up beside him Friday night aren’t in the position to make those statements given last year’s struggles.

But this is a new year. And the defensive line just wants people to wait and see. mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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SU D-Line has a lot to prove

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

Babers Offense Series PART 3 of 4

PROS AND CONS

How playing in the Baylor-style offense affects quarterbacks’ transition to NFL Text by Paul Schwedelson sports editor

Photo Illustration by Jessica Sheldon photo editor

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yracuse has used six different quarterbacks over the past two seasons. The Orange ranked 13th in the Atlantic Coast Conference in total offense last year. Its offensive play-calling has come under scrutiny.

Enter Dino Babers, who has repeatedly beamed about the offensive scheme he’s bringing to SU. And the team he’s leading, especially his quarterback, can be molded.

Starter Eric Dungey still has three years of eligibility remaining. Babers has said there’s no doubt that over time, the system will work. That means Dungey could join a select group by the time his Syracuse career is over.

Kevin Kolb, Robert Griffin III, Jimmy Garoppolo and Bryce Petty all spent multiple seasons in the Baylor-style offense and put up video game-like numbers. Griffin won the Heisman Trophy.

But they’ve also all had up-and-down stints in the NFL. Griffin, Garoppolo and Petty still have chances to improve and match their college success.

“Scouts like to see them in a pro-style system because you see them run what they’re going to run in the NFL,” said Mark Dulgerian, an NFL Network researcher and scout for Optimum Scouting. “I don’t

want to say they can’t be successful, they just haven’t practiced making some of the reads and some of the throws that they’re going to need in the NFL. “It’s just a lot more difficult.”

Stacking up

Here’s the completion percentage put up in the NFL by each starting quarterback playing for college head coaches Art Briles and Dino Babers over the years.

Jimmy Garoppolo, 64.5% Robert Griffin III, 63.9% Kevin Klob, 59.5% Case Keenum, 56.7% Dungey has the chance to be the next in line. And if he enters the NFL, the same question that follows his predecessors will almost undoubtedly follow him. Can he handle the complexity of NFL offenses?

The style that Babers learned while coaching under Art Briles at Baylor from

2008-11 has a stigma of being “simple.”

That’s because it is — or at least it’s simpler than some “pro-style” schemes.

Fewer quarterback responsibilities have led to quicker decisions and faster passes. The movements become instinctual and allow teams to pick defenses apart.

The scheme was created by Briles in 1990 at Stephenville (Texas) High School, and one of Briles’ core principles was to keep it as easy as possible to learn.

Unlike many NFL schemes, there aren’t traditional three-, five- and seven-step drops and a significant amount of the reads are done on option plays. Most of the time, the quarterback lines up in shotgun while standard NFL systems feature the quarterback under center.

Briles was recently fired at Baylor after allegedly covering up several players sexually assaulting students.

According to a review by Philadelphiabased law firm Pepper Hamilton that presented findings of fact to Baylor’s board of regents, “football coaches and staff had inappropriate involvement in disciplinary and criminal matters or engaged in improper conduct that reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules.”

The offense that Babers is using at Syracuse is friendly to quarterbacks.

Almost too friendly.

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First Ron Thompson left for the NFL Draft with a year of eligibility remaining. Then graduate transfer Gabe Sherrod backed out of his Syracuse pledge to join Michigan State. And when Jake Pickard dressed in sweats for a recent practice, it couldn’t seem to get any worse for the Orange’s defensive line.

Pickard, who was listed as a first-teamer on the post-spring depth chart, is now a backup wearing a brace on his left knee. The only freshman starter, Kendall Coleman, jumped him on the depth chart and 296-pound Chris Slayton shifted from defensive tackle to the outside to help Syracuse at arguably its most depleted unit.

“If you’ve got a son or a friend who’s playing defensive end, get excited,” first-year SU head coach Dino Babers said. “Buy some tickets because they’re going to be in the game.”

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Syracuse has zero players who played snaps at defensive end in 2015

For a team that ranked 12th out of 14 teams in the conference in rushing yards allowed per game, and last in average opponent yards per rush, losing three starters on the defensive line — Thompson, Donnie Simmons Jr. and John Raymon — certainly didn’t help. Instead, Syracuse will rely on an 18-year-old who’s never played a collegiate snap, a converted defensive end who put on eight pounds as he was supposed to anchor the interior with fellow defensive tackle Kayton Samuels this season and a host of others to plug the gaps in SU’s first line of defense.

On paper, there’s not much to believe in. But the defensive line is out to provide exactly that.

For starters, an ESPN article is pinned on the wall inside Syracuse’s locker room, Pickard told Syracuse.com. It ranks each of the Atlantic Coast Conference front sevens. The Orange is dead last.

It’s no surprise given the turnover and youth, two elements that leave more unknowns to be proven than sure bets. On one end, that’s see defensive

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