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Each year University Union organizes the annual Juice Jam Music Festival. The students who run UU take up to four months to organize the event with nearly 100 active members. Page 7
Experts on crowd control and stadium safety weigh in on the Carrier Dome’s new clear bag policy that’s being introduced at sporting events this fall. Page 3
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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced last week that SU won’t make a public commitment to not invest in private correctional facilities despite calls from the University Senate, Student Association and Graduate Student Organization. The Senate, SA and the GSO all passed resolutions during the 201718 academic year calling on the university to “publicly commit to not investing directly in for-profit prison companies and their major suppliers now and into the future.” In a September letter addressed directly to Janice Dowell — a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ philosophy department who has spearheaded calls for the divestment commitment alongside a group of faculty — Syverud said the university wouldn’t make a public commitment to not invest in private prisons. illustration by audra linsner asst. illustration editor
New forum aims to unify first-year experience, address ideas from global perspective By Daniel Strauss asst. copy editor
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very new student on Syracuse University’s campus this fall is enrolled in SEM 100, a five-week seminar designed to confront implicit bias and promote health and wellness and communication skills. Students will begin the course in late September, about five months
after the initial suspension of the Theta Tau fraternity, which was eventually expelled for the creation of online videos showing members engaging in behavior Chancellor Kent Syverud has called “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.” Amanda Nicholson, SU’s assistant provost and dean for student success, said the unified first-year experience
was already being planned prior to the Theta Tau videos, but the release of the videos accelerated its campuswide introduction. Planning for the updated first-year experience began in November 2017, Nicholson said. The book, Trevor Noah’s memoir “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood,” was chosen in March 2018. see forums page 4
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3rd suspect arrested in SU dorm burglaries By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor
A third person was arrested in connection to reported burglaries at two Syracuse University dorms in August, accordHOLLINGTON ing to a Syracuse Police Department press release
Wednesday night. Akil Hollington, 24, was arrested for 15 counts of burglary in the second degree and two counts of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree. GEREMIA Two other people — Abraham Mestre, 19, and
Peter Geremia, 17 — were arrested last week on the same charges. None of the three men were SU students. On Aug. 27, fire alarms were reportedly pulled in Lawrinson and WatMESTRE son halls and unlocked rooms were burglar-
ized, according to a campus-wide email from SU’s Department of Public Safety at the time. The fire alarms were reportedly used as a distraction so that people could enter rooms and take items such as laptops and cell phones, SPD said. SPD and DPS collaborated on the investigation. ccleffer@syr.edu @ccleffert
We’re not just hoping our university will commit to divestment, but that ... they’ll do so publicly so that we can inspire other universities and entities that have large endowments Janice Dowell su philosophy professor
“Given our robust sociallyresponsible investing policy and practices the Committee will not make public declarations about any individual prospective investment, including — but not limited to — private prisons,” Syverud said in the letter, which Dowell said she received about 30 minutes before the Sept. 5 Senate meeting. The group of faculty raised concerns over the treatment of prisoners and the role they say private prison facilities play in contributing to racial and economic inequality. They initially asked the university if it had any direct investments in for-profit prisons, specifically whether or not the university endowment owns stock in a major facility operators such as see divestment page 6
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Visa problems A new federal policy requires some international students to renew their visas annually. See Monday’s paper
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Shuttle update Student Association officials give updates on the Euclid Shuttle initiative. See Monday’s paper
Budget drop Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney will be releasing the county budget. See dailyorange.com
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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening in New York state right now. LOCAL HURRICANE AID
Fifty members of the New York Air National Guard will head to southern states and assist with the response to Hurricane Florence. Some of the team departed as early as Wednesday afternoon. source: cny central
ONLINE DOG LICENSING
The city of Syracuse will begin online dog licensing, with a third-party company processing the licenses for $20 or less per dog. The city estimates that less than 15 percent of local dogs are licensed, meaning that pets could end up in a shelter if they go missing. source: localsyr.com
NORTH SIDE STABBING
A 25-year-old Syracuse man stabbed another man in the face Tuesday night, then fought with the officers who arrested him. The suspect and victim appear to be strangers, and it’s the second stabbing the suspect has been arrested for this year. source: syracuse.com
UPCOMING FLU SEASON
Setting the agenda Dozens of students attended the first Graduate Student Organization meeting of the semester in Crouse-Hinds Hall to discuss finances and updates to the group’s constitution. President Jack Wilson also discussed concerns from students who said their names may no longer represent their gender but were publicly available on MySlice and Orange Success. corey henry contributing photographer
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Clear-bag policy is effective, experts say By Micah Castelo
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Syracuse University’s recently implemented clear-bag policy at the Carrier Dome is an effective safety measure, crowd management experts said. The policy, announced in August, requires that bags brought into the Dome be see-through, plastic and under a certain size. It went into effect during the first SU home football game last Saturday. Bags brought into the stadium can be no larger than 12-by-6-by-12 inches. Attendees can also bring a one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag, a hand-sized bag for personal items, a diaper bag or a bag for medically-necessary items. Gil Fried, an expert on stadium safety and risk management, said clear-bag policies aren’t new to college stadiums. Fried, a sports management professor at the University of New Haven, said many of these policies are modeled after the NFL’s stadium bag policy, a practice certified by the Department of Homeland Security as an effective anti-terrorism technology. “It’s efficient and effective for people evaluating what’s inside the bag,� Fried said. “It’s a solid measure.� Currently, 13 out of 15 schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference have implemented a clear-bag policy. Duke University has a no-bag policy, while Boston College still permits bags for search. Having a clear bag would force attendants to check and make sure
Local doctors said this year’s flu vaccine will be updated after a “rough� flu season in 2017. More than 3,000 flu cases were reported in Onondaga County between October 2017 and May 2018. SCHOOL LOCKDOWN
The Syracuse City School District kept students in classes for almost two hours Wednesday morning after the FBI traced a threatening post on a gaming website to a Syracuse IP address. The FBI and sheriff’s deputies identified a student as a suspect. The student told authorities he posted the statement as a joke. source: journalstar.com
DIOCESE SETTLEMENT
A sex abuse survivor has rejected a $300,000 settlement offer from the Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Kevin Braney, the victim, was offered the sum in July after the diocese found his claims to be credible. Bishop Robert Cunningham created a program in February to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse. source: syracuse.com
SKULL FOUND
State police reported that they are investigating the discovery of what could be a skull behind a dumpster in LaFayette. The police have yet to confirm the object is a skull, and if it is, whether it’s human or animal. source: syracuse.com
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See-through bags that meet the new bag restrictions can be purhcased for $3 at Syracuse University’s bookstore or on the Quad during game days. photo illustration by dan lyon staff photographer
they’re not bringing prohibited items inside a stadium, Fried said. He added that it also protects the safety personnel searching the bags from potential accusations of
stealing and from touching something that might be dangerous. “It’s also the right countermeasure to speed up processes in an industry that becomes more and
more complicated and tedious in its safety policies,� said Marcel Altenburg, senior lecturer of crowd safety and risk analysis
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The Syracuse Police Department found a 16-year-old boy stabbed on Teall Avenue while responding to a reported fight Tuesday. The victim was taken to Upstate University Hospital, and police said they do not think his injuries are life-threatening. source: syracuse.com
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“We started with this idea that we wanted to do a shared reading to pull the students together when they come back on campus,” she said. SU doesn’t currently offer a crosscampus course for all first-year students. SEM 100 is a non-graded course that will be evaluated as pass/fail. The class will be connected to each college’s anchor course, or introductory class. If a student fails SEM 100, they will fail a portion of their anchor class. To develop the course, the steering committee tasked with designing the seminar needed to find a course prefix that had enough flexibility to create the unified first-year experience. The SEM prefix was able to do that. Initially, the shared reading was going to be voluntary, Nicholson said. After the Theta Tau controversy, the committee decided it should be mandatory for all first-year students. Trevor Noah’s memoir, what the course is centered on, details “The Daily Show” host’s experiences as a child of a black mother and white father in a country where governmentmandated racial segregation persisted until the mid-1990s. Noah will speak at SU in January 2019 as part of the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. According to the SEM 100 syllabus, Noah’s book was chosen because “it addresses ideas of identity, belonging, diversity, inclusion, health and wellness, from a global perspective.” The university provided every incoming student with a copy of the book free of charge. Students will meet each week for shared reading discussions led by a lead facilitator and a peer facilitator. The lead facilitators are a current faculty member, staff member or graduate student, and peer facilitators are current students. Faculty and staff were also hired as training facilitators to teach other facilitators how to conduct the discussion sections. Twenty trainers of facilitators and about 400 facilitators have been hired. khristian kemp-delisser, the director of the LGBT Resource Center at SU, co-chaired the
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subcommittee on shared reading and helped develop the five-week course for the students. kemp-delisser said first-year experience trainers will oversee a four-hour training for facilitators. The trainers will also offer ongoing support and troubleshooting to the facilitators, kemp-delisser added. Applicants were asked to give a statement about diversity, and few were turned away due to the need for facilitators and the quality of people that applied, kemp-delisser added. Karen Hall, the assistant director of civic engagement and academic advising in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been working with students as a training facilitator during the summer. “I’m doing it because it’s not enough. It’ll never be enough,” she said. “It’s an ongoing process that we all have to be involved in.” Dan Harris, a correspondent and anchor for multiple programs on ABC News including “Nightline,” will launch the first-year experience with a speaking event at the BeWell Expo in late September. Harris once had panic attack on air, and is the author of “10 Percent Happier,” a book about meditation mindfulness. The expo will include a health and wellness fair to showcase the university’s services to new students, Hall said. Students’ pass/fail grades will be based off journal assignments, engagement and attendance, according to the syllabus. SEM 100 will meet once a week and run from the end of September to the end of October, Hall said. But the course will not be permanent — the University Senate’s Curriculum Committee must propose and approve all new classes. kemp-delisser said the new first-year experience is not a sustainable model and, eventually, the goal is to merge the curriculum of the first-year forum into each college’s anchor course. At the end of the course, students will receive a course evaluation and that data will be used to improve the course in the future. “This is definitely a year we are learning from the process,” they said. — News Editor Jordan Muller contributed reporting to this story. dstrauss@syr.edu | @_danielstrauss
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Downstate divide evident in primary Newsprint tariffs were excessive, duly rejected T he exact downstate border of upstate New York is undefined. If you ask five residents, you may get five different answers. But, no matter where you believe upstate New York truly begins, one thing is perfectly clear — the region isn’t discussed enough when it comes to state politics. Two weeks ago, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and challenger Cynthia Nixon, of the Working Families Party, faced off for their first, and last, debate before the Democratic primary is held Thursday. A good indication of what state issues politicians and commentators care about was on display. In questions asked at the debate, only two New York cities were mentioned: New York City, where about 43 percent of the state population lives, and Albany, where the state capitol and governor’s mansion are located. Other areas may have received a passing note, but not nearly enough to indicate to voters that upstate issues were important. When voters from across the state go to the polls Thursday to vote for the Democratic nominee for governor, a significant portion of those voters will be choosing without knowing what either
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candidate has to say about issues important to them. The debate between the two candidates was the only chance voters had to see them face-to-face. It’s important to acknowledge that there are reasons why gubernatorial candidates choose to focus their attention on New York City, especially when those candidates are seeking a nomination from the Democratic Party. If you look at the 2016 election results in New York state, most upstate areas voted Republican. Even in November, during the 2018 midterm elections, FiveThirtyEight forecasts that a majority of upstate congressional districts are at least “likely Republican� seats. The physical separation between upstate New York and New York City represents an ideological divide. Kristi Anderson, a professor emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said that understanding allows candidates to strategize around the divide.
“They can just deal with upstate or just deal with downstate. You don’t have people talking productively, and competing, to figure out policies for the entire state,� Anderson said. If a political line between the two was ever drawn, it would exist right at the New York City border. Looking toward the future, there’s certainly a potential for politicians running for state office to make upstate or even central New York a key part of their campaigns — candidates just have to make the effort to show upstate voters that their message applies to everybody, not just those downstate. On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will cast their vote in the primary. Many of those voters will do so even though they may have little idea of where the candidates stand on major upstate issues. A democratic society works best when voters feel invested in elections, and the New York gubernatorial election has shown that the candidates are invested in only a select number of voters. Nick Turner is a senior political science and policy studies major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at nturner@syr.edu.
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n Saturday evening at Arthur Ashe Stadium, 20-year-old Naomi Osaka runs towards the net, looking overwhelmed, showing her emotions for the first time in the hour and nineteen minute drama-filled tennis match. She just became the first Japanese (player) to win a grand slam singles title — but that’s not what fans will remember. What they will remember is articles like USA Today’s “Blatant sexism costs Serena Williams the grand slam title.� Disrespectfully, the reporter does not give credit to the fact that Osaka won the first set in just over a half an hour and only made five unforced errors. Osaka earned her points through perseveringly answering all of Williams’ advances with a strong groundstroke game, quick footwork, and a calm, level-headed composure, as she shut out any distractions coming from the other side of the net and from the pro-Williams crowd. Instead of praising Williams’ fight, we should respect Naomi Osaka for
acting more like a veteran athlete than her 23-time Grand Slam winner counterpart.
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Had I behaved like that on a tennis court, I would have expected to get everything that happened to Serena. Martina Navratilova
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This is tennis, a very emotional sport, and sometimes we get mad. It’s natural, but the way we handle ourselves afterwards, and how much we let a referee’s decision affect our emotions and attitude can determine the rest of the match. I personally have had many hot-headed emotional outbursts that have clouded my judgment, and my coaches and I are constantly working hard every single day to stop them
from happening at tournaments. As tennis players, we all know the code violation rules. After the first warning Williams received for coaching, I would’ve been mad too. But as a professional tennis player, for her to keep bringing up the decision for long past an understandable time frame, is disrespectful to the sport and rude towards the opponent. In a New York Times interview, 18-time Grand Slam champion, Martina Navratilova said, “Had I behaved like that on a tennis court, I would have expected to get everything that happened to Serena. It should’ve ended ‌ with the point warning, but Serena just couldn’t let it go.â€? Personally I have also disagreed with referees’ decisions, but in order to curb my emotional outburst that could cause a point violation, I had to let it go. Male and female tennis players alike will compose themselves and swallow up their pride for the sport we all love and the opponents we respect, something Naomi Osaka is a champion at. Gabriela Knutson SU Tennis
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arlier this year, President Donald Trump’s administration imposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint companies, effectively raising the price of newsprint on all United States newspaper companies. Trump imposed tariffs acting on the complaint of one U.S. papermill, to help them compete with the lower cost of Canadian newsprint, but ended up hurting the entire industry. North Pacific Paper Company, the U.S. papermill who filed the complaint, is notably owned by New York City hedge fund One Rock Capital Partners. The tariffs raised newsprint costs for publishers by as much as 32 percent, according to Syracuse.com. Fortunately, though, the U.S. International Trade Agency in August voted to eliminate the tariffs. Unfortunately, the tariffs, by that point, had already done a considerable amount of damage, leading to layoffs and reduced printing in cities across the country. Hurting local newspapers and journalists is unfair to our society and bad for the U.S. Small community newspapers became particularly vulnerable to spiked costs and were likely to feel the heat from a number of newsprint producers. From 1950 to 2005, gross U.S. newspaper revenue rose from $20 billion to $65 billion.Yet, during the past decade, revenues have fallen to $19 billion, according to the Pew Research Center. In a dying market, simple economics tells us that increased costs will lead to a recession in the industry. Fewer journalists and fewer jobs in the newspaper industry would hurt entire communities. “The tariffs would have been like a pneumonia virus entering an elderly ward,� said Vin Crosbie, an adjunct professor and senior consultant on new media at Syracuse University. He said that newsprint is a newspaper’s second greatest
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divestment CoreCivic or The GEO Group. University officials told the group that SU has no direct investments in private prisons or their suppliers, Dowell said. Syverud reaffirmed the university officials’ statements in the letter last week. But Dowell said she believes the public commitment to divestment could encourage other universities to divest as well. “We’re not just hoping our university will commit to divestment, but that in addition they’ll do so publicly so that we can inspire other universities and entities that have large endowments,” she said. Dowell said all three resolutions by the university’s shared governance bodies were passed by wide margins. After the resolution was passed in the Senfrom page 3
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at Manchester Metropolitan University, in an email. Altenburg, who has been consulted about stadium queues by professional sports leagues, said a safety process that only takes two to five seconds per person can save a lot of time in big events or stadiums, such as the 49,250-seat Dome. He also said that setting size limits for the clear bags could prevent attendees from carrying bags that are too big to fit underneath seats, lessening the risk of blockage to aisles and emergency routes. Approved bags will be sold for $3 across campus, including at the university’s bookstore and on the Quad on game days. All season ticket holders will get a clear bag per two tickets, per an SU News release. David Sa, president of Otto’s Army, said in a Facebook message that the organization is considering giving out clear fanny packs. But he said fans might not like the clear-bag policy. “I feel like the initial reaction is that they’re restricting what goes in the Dome, and typi-
ate, the vote moved up to SU’s Board of Trustees. The board considered the resolution, but rejected it in May and would not agree to make a public statement, Dowell said. The group has asked for the board to revisit the issue in the fall, and to allow someone from their group to give a brief presentation on for-profit prisons. Both of those requests were rejected, and the earliest the university will consider to revisit the issue is next summer, Dowell said. “Because of the lack of such direct investment, Syracuse University’s current endowment has minimal involvement with private prisons — and that minimum is by and large through index investments that would be imprudent to unwind,” the letter said. SU’s endowment is supervised by the Investment and Endowment Committee of the Board of Trustees. SU’s 2017 endowment was roughly $1.2 billion. dstrauss@syr.edu | @_danielstrauss
cally, people don’t like change,” he said. Sa added that the new policy might cause problems if students are coming from class and have their backpacks with them but can’t bring them inside. Attendees may get upset because of privacy concerns, Fried said, if they are carrying personal items they don’t want other people to see out in the open. “But the risk of major catastrophe is so large that it outweighs privacy concerns,” he said. Altenburg said he hasn’t seen any evidence that the clear-bag policy could affect game attendance. He said, if communicated correctly, a clear-bag policy may encourage people to attend a game because security checks will be faster and venues will be safer. He also named other technological solutions that can increase safety and processing speed, such as using magnetometers and radio wave screening to detect weapons. There will be walkthrough metal detectors at all entry gates at the Dome. During this screening process, attendants will also be asked to remove all metal objects from their body, per the release. mjcastel@syr.edu
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SWEET LINEUPS Here’s what you need to know about the five artists performing this year at Juice Jam By Lydia Niles feature editor
This weekend is University Union’s annual Juice Jam Music Festival. The highly anticipated lineup will feature rap artists A$AP Ferg and Playboi Carti. Here’s what you need to know about all of the performers before they hit the stage.
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Each year, University Union hosts the Juice Jam Music Festival. The student-run organization recieves funding from Syracuse University to bring big names to the stage. paul schlesinger staff photographer
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JUICE How University Union organizes Juice Jam four months before artists take the stage
hen DJ Medasin last-minute canceled his performance at last year’s Block Party because he was, ironically, too sick to perform, SU students immediately demanded answers. University Union’s public relations team already had a backup plan in place. “I have a crisis folder,” said Lauren Crimmins, a junior dual public relations and psychology major and the director of public relations for UU. “We’re just kind of always ready because the student body wants to hear something as soon as they know something’s up.” Since its founding in 1962, UU has provided SU with concerts, comedian performances, lecturers and movie screenings. Juice Jam, SU’s annual concert series to kickstart the fall semester, is one of the biggest events of the year. Juice Jam 2018 will feature a star-studded linesee juice
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GHOSTS OF JUICE JAMS PAST
Whether they didn’t show up or took selfies with fans, these artists still haunt the Juice Jam stage By Brooke Kato asst. copy editor
As students anticipate A$AP Ferg and Playboi Carti’s performance at University Union’s 2018 Juice Jam Music Festival, we take a look at the last 10 years of Juice Jam and where the artists are now.
Ugly God
Ugly God took the Juice Jam stage last fall, where he repeatedly sang
his iconic phrase “thanks, Ugly God.” The rapper’s most wellknown song is his 2016 hit “Water,” which has more than 118 million listens on Spotify. Ugly God notoriously put a lizard on his nose — like a nose ring — in a Vine video that has 520,000 views on YouTube.
students — especially those who had purchased tickets to just see him — disappointed. Fetty Wap is most well-known for his song “Trap Queen.” Since his no-show, he has released multiple singles and a full length album, titled “Zoovier.”
Fetty Wap
After taking the stage at Juice Jam in 2015, Big Sean went on to release two more albums: “I Decided,” and “Double or Nothing,” a collab-
The rapper failed to show up to perform at Juice Jam in 2016 because of travel trouble, leaving
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orative album with fellow rapper Metro Boomin. His most popular songs in recent years are “Bounce Back” and “Moves.”
Dillon Francis
Four years after performing on Skytop field, the EDM artist has released singles just this year in anticipation for his upcoming album. Francis released “Say Less” featuring rapper G-Eazy in see artists page 9
Anne-Marie, born Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson, is an English singer and songwriter. She was born in Essex, England, but didn’t emerge onto the music scene until 2013. During the next two years, she developed her artistry and was featured on several tracks. The 27-year-old artist released her first single in 2015, and one month later it peaked to number two on the UK charts and was eventually certified as platinum. Her biggest career move yet came with her debut studio album “Speak Your Mind,” which was released earlier this year. AnneMarie currently has 28,011,262 monthly Spotify listeners.
A$AP Ferg
A$AP Ferg, born Darold D. Brown Ferguson, Jr., started his rap career early in his hometown of Harlem. Ferg’s career took off when he joined rap group A$AP Mob. From there, his debut single “Work” was featured on the group’s 2012 mixtape “Lords Never Worry.” The 29-year-old rapper released his debut album “Trap Lord” in 2013 after signing with RCA Records. Later that year, he won the BET Hip Hop “Rookie of the Year” award. Since then, Ferg has produced two more solo albums, with 9,909,558 monthly Spotify listeners.
Loud Luxury
Loud Luxury is a DJ duo featuring artists Andrew Fedyk and Joe Depace. Based in Los Angeles, the group originally formed in Canada, where Fedyk and Depace met. In 2017, they produced a remix of DJ Martin Garrix’s song “Scared to Be Lonely,” which put them on the music scene. Loud Luxury has 18,061,065 monthly Spotify listeners and some of their most popular songs include “Body” and “Love No More.”
Omar Apollo
Omar Apollo was born in Indiana and still lives there full time, but he’s traveling internationally with his current tour, W.A.N.T. The indierock artist is still early in his career, but his 2018 album “Stereo” has been well received, with 1,078,045 monthly Spotify listeners.
Playboi Carti
Playboi Carti, born Jordan Terrell
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SOCIAL DIVIDE Instead of waiting to capture the perfect moment, put your phone away, try taking it all in without social media By Cydney Lee music columnist
Social media is at the forefront of our daily routines. Users have become obsessed with the attention gained from posting an artsy Instagram photo — going to extreme lengths just to get that perfect angle. While social media is a good way to stay in touch with friends and family, it enables us to lose sight of our surroundings and enjoy what is right in front of us. This idea is most overt at concerts. No matter who’s performing, there always seems to be a sea of phones above the crowd. Many artists are aware of this habit and have publicly discussed their frustrations. Back in 2013, Prince implemented “Purple Rules” at one of his New York City shows — prohibiting photography, video and the use of phones during his set. Some artists are going as far as to having people’s phone collected upon arrival at concerts. Yondr helps artists create a phone-free experience with their lockable from page 7
juice jam up. Headlining the concert are rappers A$AP Ferg and Playboi Carti, supported by artists Anne-Marie, Loud Luxury and Omar Apollo. The event will also have activities including a rock-climbing wall, a silent disco, airbrush tattoos, inflatables and art installations. Crimmins said she hopes this year’s lineup is everything the student body was hoping for. “I think in the past it’s been hard for students to feel like they can communicate with University Union and tell us what they’re feeling about different lineups,” she said. “And we really want to create that dialogue this year and be as open as possible.” UU is able to gauge those student demands from page 7
lineup Carter, grew up in Riverdale, GA, where he began rapping at an early age. The
phone pouches. Artists such as the The Roots, Alicia Keys and Childish Gambino have utilized the Silicon Valley-based company’s product to reinforce the importance of being in the moment and enjoying the show. “I wanted to give people an experience. I think telling people to put their phones away really forces a person to be present,” Gambino told Yondr. Too many people are wrapped up in getting all of the pictures and videos needed to obtain social media validation later on. OK, cool — A$AP Ferg and Playboi Carti performed at your school and you were there. I can already see the freshmen doing this now, as a way to stunt on their high school friends. At the end of the day, y’all just look like clout chasers. I digress. I’m not going to sit here and act like I’m totally exempt from this bad habit, because I don’t. I am just now more aware of my phone usage at the shows I attend. I usually only record my favorite songs and even then, I only record 30 to
40 seconds of it. It doesn’t make sense to pay money for a show just to go and watch it through my iPhone screen and not even look at the videos I recorded afterward. But, that’s just me. As Juice Jam approaches, I feel like this is an important thing to consider. I know it’s impossible to have everyone do a social
media blackout for the day, but just hear me out. Put your phone down and enjoy the experience. Maybe record only a couple songs, but go back and actually listen and watch the artists perform. Take note of their stage presence and energy — the way they connect with the audience. Be present.
by regular polling through email surveys. “We want to represent the student body as best as we can, so we use exactly what the students want to see to determine who we bring,” said Noah Rosenberg, a junior in the Bandier program and UU’s concerts director. Deciding which artists perform is just a small part of what goes into planning campus-wide events. The average event takes about four months to plan — including drafting lineups, reaching out to multiple agencies and coordinating the multi-level logistics. “It’s always a couple months out because there’s so many moving parts to all of these festivals,” Rosenberg said. “Obviously, the most fun and, I guess, glamourous part of it is booking the artist, but that’s like a tenth of the work that
really goes into it.” Committee positions for Juice Jam are voted in at the end of the previous semester. Positions such as technology research or silent disco specialists are responsible for research, collecting data and presenting pitches for each event. These positions are under UU’s nine executive boards: cinemas, concerts, public relations, social media, marketing, design, performing arts, collaborations and productions. Crimmins said the days leading up to an event are always stressful. “We’re all excited for it, but there is a lot of stress that comes with being the people that represent what the student body wants and making sure that’s put on,” Crimmins said. “It’s a lot of pressure, but we’re here
because we’re passionate about it and we want to do it.” Students join UU because of the opportunities for experience in entertainment planning, design and marketing. UU Vice President Kyla Perlman said the organization currently has 70 members, but they’re expecting to have about 120 by the end of the semester. Every new addition, whether they’re a freshman or a senior, starts as a general member and can then apply to be an e-board member. “We’re very gifted in the fact that we’re able to use money to really bring what students want to see and best use our outreach and our resources to help and to entertain,” Perlman said.
21-year-old rapper signed to underground label Awful Records in 2012, but it wasn’t until 2015 that his music gained traction on Soundcloud with his singles “Broke Boi” and “Fetti.” Later, after signing with
A$AP Mob’s label AWGE, Carti released his debut mixtape in 2017, putting him on the music map. Now, the rapper has 7,090,867 monthly Spotify listeners. Carti has also modeled in several high-
fashion shows, including Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 5. The rapper is also an influencer in the fashion world, named the “leader of youth style” by GQ.
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artists 2017, which is one of his more popular songs in recent years. This year, he headlined various music festivals, including Thrival Music x Arts festival and HARD Summer.
Kendrick Lamar
A year following the release of his album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City,” Lamar took the stage at Juice Jam in 2013. Well-known songs by the rapper include “Backseat Freestyle,” “King Kunta” and “HUMBLE.” His critically acclaimed album “DAMN.” won Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards this year and he received a Pulitzer Prize in Music for the album this year.
Tim Bergling, known by the name Avicii, performed at the 2011 Juice Jam. His top songs according to Billboard are “Wake Me Up,”
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Ra Ra Riot
Hailing from Syracuse, Ra Ra Riot performed at the annual music festival in 2008 after the lead singer attended the previous year. Wes Miles, Ra Ra Riot’s vocalist, was in town performing at Funk ’n Waffles in 2007, and happened to stop by Juice Jam, according to an article written by The D.O. that year. He was impressed by what he saw and went on to perform at the event the following year. Since the indie rock band’s performance, they have released three studio albums – “The Orchard,” “Beta Love” and more recently in 2016, “Need Your Light” – as well as two EPs.
Childish Gambino
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UU had trouble securing an artist for Juice Jam in 2009 because of a conflict with MTV’s Video Music Awards, according to a story written by The D.O. that year. Despite the scheduling difficulties, UU secured Girl Talk to perform. Gregg Michael Gillis, who goes by the stage name Girl Talk, is a DJ and, following his appearance at SU, he released both a LP and an EP before performing at Coachella in 2014.
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Juice Jam’s 2012 event sold the most tickets in the concert’s history up until that year – 8,500 to be exact. Gambino — whose real name is Donald Glover — is not only a singer and rapper, but he’s also an actor, comedian, writer and director. In the subsequent years following Juice Jam, the multifaceted artist released two albums titled “Because the Internet” and “Awaken, My Love!” This year, he released “This is America,” a song with an accompanying music video embedded with metaphors about political issues in America, according to Time Magazine, and it hit number one on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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BIG SEAN performed at University Union’s annual Juice Jam in 2015. The rapper is known for his song “Bounce Back.” daily orange file photo
“Hey Brother” and “Levels.” Since his performance, he released two studio albums and went on two concert tours, as well as performed at various music festivals. The DJ died on April 20 this year.
Passion Pit
For the first time in Juice Jam’s seven year history up until 2010, tickets sold out, according
to an article by The Daily Orange that year. The lineup included Lupe Fiasco, Passion Pit and Super Mash Bros. Passion Pit is most wellknown for their album “Gossamer,” released in 2012 following their performance at Juice Jam, and was listed at number 18 in Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2012 list.
Girl Talk
Third Eye Blind
In 2007, this American rock band took to the Juice Jam stage. In an article published by The D.O. announcing the lineup, a student criticized the band picked as a “corny” choice of music. However, the band is well-known for their platinum self-titled LP from 1997, which included the chart-topping song “SemiCharmed Life.” They most recently released an album titled “Dopamine” in 2015 and performed at the Governors Ball Music Festival this summer. bnkato@syr.edu
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Syracuse’s youth produces inconsistent performances By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer
Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley stood on the touchline and snapped her fingers, repeatedly. “Pressure! Pressure!” she yelled. She plead for the Orange to increase its intensity in a game that had been decided against Vermont. Syracuse won, 4-1, but Bradley admitted that her team had a long way to go. “We’re slow right now and this is youth,” Bradley said after opening day. “And we’ve got to get pressure on the ball.” No. 12 Syracuse (3-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) features nine freshmen and eight sophomores on the 2018 roster, leaving just five upperclassmen — Bradley’s fewest number since 2008. This season, six of Syracuse’s eight goals, and all five assists, are from underclassmen. But with youth comes inconsistencies, Bradley said. Sophomore goalkeeper Borg van der Velde has stepped up as a key communicator from the back. Van der Velde and senior Roos Weers work as a tandem to read the game and sense danger before it arises. Van der Velde can be heard calling out to players on the pitch. She helps organize the defense and fill in the gaps, pushing them forward when possible. “It’s helping direct people to read things and move to respond around them,” Bradley said. Weers is the only upperclassmen to register points. She’s scored two goals from penalty corners this season, but both were set up by freshmen Tess Queen and Kira Wimbert. Wimbert, a Germany native, stressed fitness as the biggest obstacle in her transition, a challenge she’s embracing and actually enjoys. Queen played at Middletown High School, a
small school in Smithsburg, Maryland, where she said the competition level wasn’t great. Her club team, Washington Wolves, best prepared her for the leap to SU. There, she learned from her coach, Joann Engstrom, a former U.S. National team player. Queen said no amount of preparation could prepare her for the ACC, which has five top-10 teams in the NFHCA rankings. On opening day against Vermont, SU’s new talent was on full display. SU scored four goals, all scored or assisted by freshmen, including a backhand finish by Laura Graziosi and a rebound tap-in from Wimbert. That afternoon, Bradley went into the locker room at halftime wanting more from Syracuse. In the second half, Wimbert connected with sophomore and leading goal-scorer Chiara Gutsche. Wimbert came into space with a diagonal run, drawing both defenders before pivoting and finding Gutsche. The pass appeared out of reach, but Gutsche dove and converted the chance. Watching that goal, it seemed as though the two had been playing together for years. “I wasn’t expecting to play that much to be honest,” Wimbert said after the first game. “I’ve had an up-and-down preseason.” Against Virginia and Connecticut, the two highest ranked opponents the Orange have faced this season, the youth showed in critical moments. The freshmen duo of Queen and Graziosi connected on a penalty corner routine to put SU ahead with 7:11 to play. Virginia found the tying goal less than a minute later. In double overtime, an odd-man attack allowed the Cavaliers to find the goal and hand Syracuse its first loss. “That can’t happen, period.” Weers said. “We just need the maturity there and we need
LAURA GRAZIOSI tallied two goals and an assist in five games this season. She’s one of 17 underclassmen on Syracuse’s roster. max freund asst. photo editor
to close it off.” Playing No. 1 UConn last Sunday, the margins between the teams proved thin. Twice, the Orange failed to box out in the penalty area, Bradley said. The Huskies scored both times. Freshman Sasha Bull’s errant entry pass was intercepted and turned into a goal seconds later. Bull is one of three freshmen to start every game, and she played every minute Sunday against UConn.
SU is still too slow reading the game and understanding which spots to be in, Bradley said. The game against Connecticut gives Syracuse a model to build toward as the season progresses. “Connecticut is the gold standard, they’re number one,” Bradley said. “We’ve got more opportunities to get out there and mature and practice and get better.” amdabbun@syr.edu
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Orange revamp practice routine to solve service struggles By Adam Hillman staff writer
Syracuse seniors Jalissa Trotter and Santita Ebangwese couldn’t stand the idea of graduating without a chance in the NCAA tournament, which neither have reached in their first three seasons. A few days before the start of July practices, the two seniors spoke about how to reach the level of a tournament team. “We wanted to figure out what the team was missing on the court to help us win,” Trotter said. “As upperclassmen, that’s our job.” The setter and middle blocker came to a decision: SU needed to improve its serve, Trotter said. Last season, Syracuse (2-3) averaged 1.18 aces per set and ranked No. 197 out of 334 in from page 12
injuries on both multiple SU defenders had opportunities at the ball. Lantry held his own, yet the vocal differences were apparent, Miller said. Miller, who said that vocality is perhaps the most important part of the success of the defense, noted that Lantry is currently one of the quieter players on the field. Lantry said he was tired, too. By the end of the half, he noticed he was slowing down. It was a hot day, and Hofstra is a tough opponent for a debut, Miller said. Lantry didn’t anticipate the physicality the college game would bring. A center back in his high school and club playing years, the converted left back had to do one thing more than he ever has before: Run. “He played well. We won,” Breitenmoser said. “Everything’s fine.” Despite the learning curve for some, Goldhar found much more comfort in his debut. Already having recorded his first career goal — a go-ahead goal the same day Lantry and Ricks received their starts against the Pride — Goldhar assisted on a goal in the eighth minute against Cornell by fellow-freshman
the country. The Orange also lost Annie Bozzo and Belle Sand, two of last season’s top four players in aces. When SU returned from its summer break the first week of July, Trotter and Ebangwese introduced their plan to the rest of the team. Everyone agreed: Serving was the missing link. At first, SU’s players took practices slow. With everyone adjusting from summer vacation, they played serving games that weren’t “too strenuous,” Trotter said. At the beginning of every summer practice, each Orange server spent at least 10 minutes working on improving her motion. Two days a week, SU focused solely on serving, whether that was where to hit the ball, the toss or how they jumped, junior Aliah Bowllan said. As summer progressed, each player repeatforward Ryan Raposo. Goldhar said he didn’t get a meeting with the coaches. He just saw his name in the starting lineup the day before. Goldhar and Breitenmoser both acknowledged SU strategizes on a game-to-game basis. Now, injuries have opened spots up. The mindset is no different. “Just get the job done,” Goldhar said. As SU lined up its starters for introductions against the Pride, Lantry stood alongside his teammates in relative anonymity. The freshman was making his first start, his first playing appearance and his No. 26 jersey was unverifiable on SU’s roster at the time of the game. It’s a week to week battle for starting jobs, Lantry said, and with injuries there’s seemingly always one up for grabs. “It led to me getting a chance to step up and show what I have,” he said. At the time, he didn’t expect it to be a weekly thing — Lantry hasn’t played a minute in a game since playing over 60 minutes against the Pride — but even without the matching number on his backpack to prove it, one thing was for certain. “So … I’m 26,” Lantry said. “Not a big deal.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @MikeJMcCleary
edly fired a serve against the wall of the Women’s Building so they could perfect what part of their hand hit the ball. They introduced a toss, ensuring that the ball apexed where they could reach it at full extension. After about 10 minutes, the team incorporated the net, Trotter said. Despite the offseason effort, Syracuse has struggled. In the first five games, the Orange served 14 more errors than its opponents. Overall, SU has 19 aces — to 48 errors. SU ranks 304th in the country in aces per set (.95). “When we have good serves … we’re much more successful and much more likely to be in system and actually get the point back,” Bowllan said. “When we struggled in serving, we had tighter games and it was tougher for us to get the ball back.” from page 12
broadcasting Fink said. “So I was like maybe it is a possibility.” Sheridan had a similar experience when she met Mowins at her WAER Hall of Fame induction. Previously Sheridan had considered play-by-play but was scared because she hadn’t seen the success of other women. Meeting Mowins made her dream seem more attainable. While at SU, Sheridan called games for both WAER and the ACC Network. Working on the sidelines for the ACC Network, Sheridan received “awkward” comments. People said she looked nice. They said to smile more. “People would be like ‘Oh, you don’t look like you want to be behind the camera. You should be hosting shows,’” Sheridan said. “They want to put you in a specific role.” It happens to distinguished broadcasters, too. On Sept. 10, Mowins called the LionsJets Monday Night Football season opener. Her voice projected into about 10.34 million homes. Twitter had thoughts about it. “I would rather jump head first into a wood chipper than ever listen to a game commentated by Beth Mowins,” one tweet read. “I’m sure
In practice, head coach Leonid Yelin implemented repercussions for struggling players. If players missed a serve, they sat on the sideline until the game was over, Bowllan said. The competition and stress forced players to worry about every nuance of how they hit the ball, their motion and the toss, just like they had worked on over the summer. Player by player were eliminated until there were two remaining: sophomore Ella Saada and freshman Keeghan Andrews. Andrews raised her arm to smack the serve. It floated through the air and slapped the middle of the netting, not landing over the net. Saada, who has the second most service errors on the team with seven, won. “If you don’t have a serve, you don’t have game,” Saada said. adhillma@syr.edu
her vast playing experience got her that job…” “Look I’m not saying some women don’t know football,” another tweet read. “I know a lot that do. Some know football as much or more than some men I know. But having a woman do play-by-play announcing for Monday Night Football is asinine. Borderline unwatchable.” “Oh, no, is it women’s tennis? Is it HGTV?” asked one user. “No, it’s NFL football. The sports bar and grill is screaming: get that woman off the air. Looking for the radio broadcast of Monday Night Football.” Others complained Mowins’ voice was annoying or high-pitched. Some suggested they’d watch the Spanish broadcast despite not being able to understand it. “What they’re really saying is: I’m not used to hearing a female call a game,” Potts said. “And I’m uncomfortable.” Nonetheless, Mowins will call countless more games. Mendoza and Burke will too, while younger broadcasters like Sheridan and Fink watch on. It won’t be easy. But it’s progress. “You put parameters on yourself,” Meyers Drysdale said. “You don’t let other people put parameters on you.” klwasile@syr.edu | @Kaci_Waz
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Injuries force Orange to use depth By Michael McCleary asst. sports editor
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Women in sports broadcasting inspire the next generation By Kaci Wasilewski asst. copy editor
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aura Sheridan entered the booth and reached for the headset before the University of Vermont men’s soccer game on Sept. 7. “Oh, I’m sorry,� a man in the booth said. “We’re just waiting on the play-by-play broadcaster.� “That’s me,� Sheridan said, putting on the headset. Sheridan, a 2018 graduate of Syracuse University, started calling games for the Catamounts at the beginning of the fall season. Three weeks into the season, people in the booth still don’t recognize her. And that’s not uncommon. A 2016 statistica.com study showed the gender distribution of journalists among different news topics in the United States. On top of the chart was sports, where 89 percent are male and 11 percent are female. Women are fighting the numbers. In 2015, Jessica Mendoza became the first female to call a Sunday Night Baseball game. ESPN’s Doris Burke was the first full-time female NBA analyst. Last fall, Beth Mowins became the first woman to call a Monday Night Football game in 30 years. “You have to see it to be it,� said Keri Potts, ESPN PR senior director and SU Class of 1999. “If girls only see growing up, a sideline reporter role, and they want to be in sports, that’s what they gun for.� The first example for younger broadcasters was set in 1979. Ann Meyers Drysdale tried out for the Indiana Pacers. The first woman ever to try out for an NBA team was also the first one cut. She stayed with the Pacers, though, and set a standard by becoming the first female to call an NBA game. “I’ve been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, and people have given me opportunities,� Meyers Drysdale said. Meyers Drysdale, an NBA Hall of Famer, continued to report on the WNBA, the women’s basketball NCAA tournament, volleyball, softball, baseball and the Olympics. Nearly 40 years later, Syracuse sophomore Jenna Fink watched Michele Tafoya on the sidelines during Sunday Night Football and considered sideline reporting. Seeing Mowins call NFL games gave Fink another route to look into. “I was like, play-by-play is kind of an option now, I’ve seen (Mowins),� see broadcasting page 10
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Michael Lantry had a sense of what was going to happen. A few days before Syracuse matched up with Hofstra on Sept. 2, SU coaches sat Lantry down in an office. Kamal Miller sustained a grade one sprain in his right knee the game before against Portland and would sit out against the Pride. Prior to the meeting, Lantry hadn’t played a minute in college and he also didn’t have a No. 19 jersey — a misorder from SU left him with only a home jersey, which forced him to switch numbers. But the Orange gave him something he said “surprised� him: A start. “They told me don’t be nervous,� Lantry said, “it’ll be alright.� Syracuse (3-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) has experimented with spot starts early on in the season due to injuries. Though SU head coach Ian McIntyre raved about the Orange’s depth early on in the season, SU’s hand was forced to use its reserves early on as Miller and, more recently SU points leader Tajon Buchanan, went down with knee injuries in the early part of the schedule.
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Number Michael Lantry was suppossed to wear but never did because he wasn’t ordered an away jersey
Both missed just one game each — Buchanan missed SU’s matchup with Cornell — and it resulted in starts from Lantry and freshman Hilli Goldhar, respectively. John-Austin Ricks made his first start of the season against Hofstra and SU employed four players on defense when Jan Breitenmoser sustained a hyperextended knee. Lantry filled in Breitenmoser’s position and Sondre Norheim slid to center back in place of Miller, leaving Ricks to start at right back. “We’ve kind of had to chop and change a bit,� McIntyre said. “We have some different players, like my dad used to say, ‘Horses for courses.’ We can kind of shuffle the deck a little bit. Sometimes you’re forced to.� SU has received mixed performances in the trials. Against Hofstra, the duo of Ricks and Lantry had noticeable lapses. Ricks missed multiple headers and even whiffed on a clear attempt near midfield, all of which led to Pride possessions. Two of those mistakes resulted in goals, albeit see injuries page 10