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United States President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to withdraw from the TransPacific Partnership during his first 100 days in office.

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Syracuse University student attempts to look more like President-elect Donald Trump as part of a political art piece that she intends to go viral.

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S • Lydon’s throne

Syracuse sophomore forward Tyler Lydon scored a game-high 26 points on an efficient 11-of-14 shooting, but he couldn’t carry SU for long enough in the loss.

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NORTH CAROLINA 85, SYRACUSE 68

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By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

ISAIAH HICKS (4) and North Carolina dominated Syracuse on the offensive boards, which led to a big disparity in points in the paint and second-chance points. SU made runs, but couldn’t come close enough to secure a win. marisa frigoletto staff photographer

UNC dominates inside, SU still winless on road after 85-68 loss

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

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HAPEL HILL, N.C. – Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim knew it was going to happen. Syracuse players saw it coming, too. The 41-year head coach doesn’t always think numbers tell the story of his team, but they cast an ominous shadow before the Orange faced its toughest test yet.

North Carolina was the best offensive rebounding team in the country heading into Monday night, securing 42.3 percent of its misses, according to Kenpom.com.

Syracuse was one of the worst in the nation on the defensive glass, ranking 301st out of 351 teams, allowing opponents to corral 33.2 percent of their missed shots.

There was little Syracuse could do, if anything, to make sure those numbers didn’t tell the story of this game. But they did, almost to a tee, as the Orange (11-8, 3-3 Atlantic Coast) missed out on its first win away from the Carrier Dome this season in

an 85-68 loss to the No. 9 Tar Heels (17-3, 5-1) in the Dean Smith Center in front of 20,588 on Monday night.

North Carolina grabbed 44 rebounds, the most by a Syracuse opponent this season.

The Orange only secured 24 and gave up 18 on the offensive glass, the second-most it has allowed through 18 games. That, in a nutshell, is how SU failed to add its first signature win to an NCAA Tournament resume in desperate need of something, anything of note.

“We know we’re gonna get beat on the boards going in here,” Boeheim said, “but it was a little bit too much for us to overcome.”

Before Syracuse could even reach the first media timeout, UNC grabbed six boards — three on each end — and jumped out to a 9-2 lead while SU didn’t have a single rebound.

Like clockwork, a member of the Tar Heels’ menacing front line of Kennedy Meeks, Isaiah Hicks and Justin Jackson would corral an offensive board and put it back with ease.

In the first half, all 12 of North Carolina’s

second-chance points came immediately after an offensive rebound.

The Orange was able to trim an early 10-point deficit to three at 20-17, but Syracuse could only find so many answers for a team first in the country with over 46 rebounds per game and a frontcourt that scored 32 of its team’s 42 first-half points.

The result was a 12-point halftime lead for the hosts and a momentum shift entirely in the Tar Heels’ favor right before the break.

“They’re definitely very physical, especially when they get inside position,” Syracuse forward Tyler Roberson said. “… We just have to do a better job of keeping them off the glass. … That was more than I think anybody should get against us.”

After trimming a 15-point deficit to three on the heels of a 12-0 run at the beginning of the second half, Syracuse found itself right in a game that looked out of reach just minutes before. But the visitors were swiftly reminded of why North Carolina is a top-10 see north

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Kent Syverud to address university community

By Michael Burke news editor

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud will give an address on Tuesday afternoon to the campus community inside the Milton Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex.

Syverud will reflect on recent issues and accomplishments at the university in addition to providing updates on different university initiatives.

The speech will essentially serve as a State of the University address, something that used to formally

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exist at SU. Former Chancellor Kenneth “Buzz” Shaw gave the address annually during his time as chancellor to provide updates on university initiatives. The address stopped being held sometime during former Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s tenure.

Syverud took over as chancellor

in 2014. At the heart of his tenure thus far has been Fast Forward Syracuse, his three-pronged initiative aimed at advancing academics and the physical campus.

Syverud’s speech on Tuesday will begin at 4 p.m. mdburk01@syr.edu

Peter Howe had a deep love for his family, teaching and living life to the fullest, friends said.

“I’ve known Peter for probably close to 20 years,” said Donald Dutkowsky, a professor of economics in Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. “I don’t say this lightly: He was a really good human being.”

Howe, an assistant professor of economics at SU, died over Winter Break on Dec. 23. He was 62.

Some of those who knew Howe at the university said they will never forget his respect for others, his dedication to economics and his faith.

After serving in the U.S. Army and then working for 17 years at Miller Brewing Co. plant in Volney, New York, until it shut down in 1994, Howe returned to school. He received a master’s degree in management from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1995 and a master’s degree in economics from SU in 2000.

Howe earned a Ph.D. in economics from Maxwell in 2004, going on to work as a faculty member at both Cazenovia College and SUNY Oswego before returning to SU in 2014.

Stuart Rosenthal, a professor of economics in Maxwell, was Howe’s Ph.D. dissertation adviser and said Howe “loved what he was doing.”

“He was very successful in the classroom,” Rosenthal said.

Jerry Evensky, a professor of economics in Maxwell, remembers Howe most for his treatment of students. Evensky said he has served on the economics department teaching evaluations committee, and one thing that stood out with the evaluations was that Howe was the top-ranked professor in the department for being respectful toward students.

“He was a very happy guy,” said Joe Maleh, a senior economics major at SU who had Howe for two semesters. “You could see he was very passionate about economics.”

Even with a growing family, Howe was able to push through and get his Ph.D. “It was rare to find a completed economic Ph.D. who has children,” Dutkowsky said. “But it’s even rarer — I think he’s the only one — to complete an economic Ph.D. with grandchildren.”

Dutkowsky, Evensky and Rosenthal all noted Howe’s love for his family. He is survived by his wife Joanne Howe, his four children and seven grandchildren.

“He was a good teacher of economics, but a better human being,” Dutkowsky said. sfogozal@syr.edu

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TATTOO tuesday | brendan butcher

Senior’s tattoo symbolizes high school friends

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By Julie McCullough contributing writer

When Brendan Butcher left home for the first time to come to Syracuse University, he knew he wanted to keep his high school friends and memories close to his heart. Before his freshman year of college came around, he and BUTCHER his friends all got matching tattoos.

Butcher, now a senior biomedical engineering major, went to a private high school and became best friends with a group of people from all over. They referred to each other as “The Team” and all wanted to be sure that even when they parted ways, they would always remember the good times they had together. They decided they could do just that if they all got the same tattoo, a physical reminder of what they didn’t want to happen to their group of friends.

“It’s so easy for people to lose touch over time,” says Butcher.

“People go their separate ways and move on.”

Now, he and his friends all have the same decorative “T” displayed on their bodies to remind themselves of The Team. He says that although they would have kept in touch no matter what, it’s nice having the matching mark as a constant reminder of their strong

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BRENDAN BUTCHER has a tattoo of the letter “T” to represent “The Team,” his core group of friends in high school, to remember their good times together. kali bowden staff photographer

support system.

His second tattoo, a geometrical shape with four triangles in it, also connects him back to his roots — but this time with his family.

Butcher and his sister were always close and wanted to get matching tattoos that would signify their strong bond. When they ran the idea past a friend who is a tattoo artist, she came up with a shape that would represent their

entire family with triangles: one for him, one for his sister and one for each of his parents. They fell in love with the concept and immediately got the matching shapes.

Now, Butcher is marked in symbols that bring him back to his roots and foundation. One symbol is linked to the friends that made his high school experience memorable, while the other represents the people who have been

with him from the very beginning.

As he moves on and grows up, he is constantly reminded of the people in his life that helped shape him.

All he has to do is simply look down at his arm.

“I think that it’s just a way for me to know that no matter what, or how much we all stay in contact, we will always share that bond,” Butcher said. jlmccu01@syr.edu

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Winter Break

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Some news concerning the SU community occurred over break, including the hiring of a new CFO. See page 7

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner signed a letter calling for the protection of immigrants.

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NEWS

State of SU SU Chancellor Kent Syverud will give an address on Tuesday afternoon to the campus.

See Wednesday’s paper

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DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS: WITHDRAW FROM THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP

news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the world right now.

WORLD PEACE AT LAST? Syrian rebel groups have agreed to attend Russian- and Turkeybacked peace talks in Kazakhstan in hopes of implementing a full ceasefire in Syria. The Middle Eastern country has been ravaged by a civil war for almost six years.

Canada FINDING PARTNERS Within his first 100 days in office, President-elect Donald Trump plans to have the United States back out of the TransPacific Partnership, a trade deal among 12 Asia-Pacific countries

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United States Mexico

Vietnam Brunei

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Australia

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BEARING FRUIT The amount of total world trade the TPP accounts for

MEXICO, $505.6 BILLION

40%

CANADA, $632 BILLION

THE NEIGHBORS In 2013, the total value of trade between the U.S. and the two countries it borders, Canada and Mexico, exceeded $1 trillion source: pew research

source: bbc

370,000

The approximate amount of U.S. jobs in the textile industry existing in 2014

$180,000 The amount of taxes on American exports that would be eliminated under TPP source: the white house

What Trump’s TPP withdrawal would mean asst. news editor

Within his first 100 days in office, President-elect Donald Trump plans to have the United States back out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal among 12 Asia-Pacific countries that would slash tariffs and create new standards in labor and environmental protection.

In a video released in November, Trump called the trade deal, which would impact up to 40 percent of the global economy, “a potential disaster” for the U.S. Trump pledged to instead form “fair, bilateral” trade with countries that would help produce jobs and boost industries in the U.S. Trump was vocal in his opposition to TPP on the campaign trail.

At multiple rallies, Trump dismissed

the trade deal as a catastrophe, including one in Ohio in June 2016, during which he said the trade deal is promoted by special interest groups “who want to rape our country.”

I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and independence.

Donald Trump president-elect of the united states

During his Republican National Convention speech in Cleveland in July, Trump declared TPP “will not only destroy our manufacturing, but it will make America subject to the rulings of foreign governments.”

“I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and independence,” he said.

Similarly he attacked the North American Free Trade Agreement, a free trade deal among the U.S., Canada and Mexico, which was signed under former President Bill Clinton.

TPP negotiations began in an effort to expand a trade deal formed among Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in 2006. The U.S. and 11 other countries started negotiations in March 2010 and concluded the trade talk in 2015,

but Congress refused to ratify TPP. Miriam Elman, an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said in a 2015 email interview with The Daily Orange that the negotiation took years due to numerous “sticking points,” especially with regard to pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical companies and bio-tech industries, Elman explained, wanted their drugs to be protected from biosimilars, cheaper drugs with similar ingredients and effectiveness, while the less developed countries in TPP wanted access to affordable medicine.

Free trade, which usually gains bipartisan support, met fierce opposition during the 2016 presidential election cycle, when both Trump and Democratic candidate see tpp page 7

SU lowers temperatures to cut expenditures

By Lilia Wood staff writer

When students left the Syracuse University campus for Winter Break, the university brought down building temperatures to save energy and money.

Syracuse University’s Department of Energy Systems and Sustainability Management reduced the temperature in campus buildings from 68 degrees to 60 degrees when students vacated their residence halls by Dec. 17.

Temperatures are not lowered further as pipes could freeze, said

Nathan Prior, director of ESSM. “It is a little deceptive with what people want to see with savings because we are not shutting campus down,” Prior said. “We are still maintaining it at a minimum temperature.”

The school’s energy management system is run by a control system that modulates temperatures automatically. Prior said the system is switched to an “unoccupied mode” during Winter Break rom Dec. 17 through Jan. 13. When students returned to campus, temperatures were adjusted to the occupied mode, between 68 and 70 degrees.

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By Satoshi Sugiyama

IN CUSTODY The FBI has arrested Noor Salman, the wife of the Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen.

She was charged with the obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing material support to a terrorist organization.

The machines automatically fluctuate based on the outside and indoor air temperatures, something that affects the amount of energy that the school conserves, Prior said.

Normally, because SU is one of the snowiest college campuses, climate influences the amount of energy the campus can save.

Prior said he’s predicting that the school saved more energy within the past year compared to previous years because the winter has been relatively warm thus far.

There are not yet statistics available on the amount of energy saved this year because Winter

Break overlaps between December and January, so the data goes over two billing cycles and is not analyzed until mid-February.

Prior said it’s important to have human eyes checking on the automated system during the winter months in case of an error that needs human intervention.

Prior added the system gets more automated each year, however, and the goal is to use technology “to be more effective.”

Over the winter months, efficacy is a focus for heating the buildings. Campus buildings are see conservation page 7

LARGE-SCALE CORRUPTION A South Korean prosecutor called for the arrest of Samsung vice president and heir Jay Y. Lee on Monday as part of a broad investigation into corruption allegations against President Park Geun-hye. Lee is accused of ordering Samsung subsidiaries to pay the family of the president’s secret confidante a total of $36 million USD, essentially bribing the cooperation of the president. source: the new york times

SCIENCE FIRE PROTECTION A team of Stanford University researchers have designed a phone battery with a built-in fire extinguisher. If the phone reaches 302 degrees Fahrenheit, a shell melts and releases triphenyl phosphate, a flame retardant. source: bbc

POLITICS STEPPING DOWN President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for National Security Council spokeswoman chose to step back from the position on Monday amid accusations of plagiarism. Monica Crowley, who was named senior director of strategic communications at the National Security Council, has been accused of plagiarizing parts of her book and her Ph.D. dissertation. She did not mention the allegations in her statement regarding the position. source: the washington post

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BUSINESS

PAYING OUT The aero-engine manufacturing company Rolls-Royce agreed to make payments totaling $817 million USD to settle inquiries of bribery and corruption in overseas markets. The payments will be made to the Justice Department in the U.S. and its equivalents in the United Kingdom and Brazil. The deal is still subject to judicial approval. source: the new york times

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environment

States, citizens can enact change under anti-environment Trump

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n Antarctica, an ice shelf the size of Delaware is dangerously close to breaking off, threatening the stability of the entire continent. But starting 2017 with a cracking iceberg isn’t surprising, especially considering a climate skeptic will soon be in charge of the White House.

If anything, the impending loss of the Larsen C ice shelf should confirm climate change is real, but President-elect Donald Trump continues to turn a blind eye to science supporting a warming planet caused by humans. In fact, Trump is already shaping his administration to favor fossil fuels — the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions — despite NASA naming 2016 the hottest year on record.

Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and President Barack Obama’s accomplishments in sustainability.

After coming so far with the refusal of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement and the establishment of 22 national parks — including the Stonewall National Monument in New York — Obama’s environmental triumphs will soon be at risk of reversal.

And so far, divestment from fossil fuels is the furthest thing from being on the minds of Trump’s proposed cabinet.

Trump’s appointed EPA leader, Oklahoma attorney Scott Pruitt, has sued the agency several times. Pruitt’s stance on

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climate change is similar to Trump’s — that its legitimacy is debatable — and yet he may be in charge of the EPA, which is designed to protect the environment from the threats that climate change poses.

In court, Pruitt often defends dying power plant industries against the Clean Power Plan. The plan, administered by the EPA and started by Obama, is a set of rules that have been in place since 2015 to reduce each state’s carbon emissions. Canceling the Clean Power Plan could undermine the country’s current trajectory to phase out power plant pollution and replace it with renewable energy, a cleaner option.

Likely to join Pruitt in Trump’s cabinet is Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mon.), who is expected to head the Department of Interior. The position could enable Zinke, an advocate of domestic energy, to give fossil fuel industries access to public lands and increase the use of the country’s natural resources. Since Zinke would oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this is bad news for those in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation who are still protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Although Zinke has a past of supporting native sovereignty, it wouldn’t be surprising for him

to favor gas development over indigenous peoples.

And oil is what Secretary of State appointee Rex Tillerson is best known for. As Exxon Mobil’s CEO, Tillerson is in line to become the U.S.’s next chief diplomat, despite having rubbed elbows with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It doesn’t seem like Tillerson would go into the job with good intentions, considering Exxon granted Russia access to oil in the Arctic in 2011, according to CNN. Not all hope is lost, though, because there is a way for environmental progression to continue: state and local governments.

Andrea Feldpausch-Parker, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, isn’t totally convinced “things are doomed.”

“States have a lot more control over their energy systems,” Parker said. “To a degree we kind of know how to function without federal support in relation to climate action, and I think that’s where we’re probably going to have to go back.”

Parker pointed to Obama’s predecessor, former President George W. Bush, whose own administration failed to act on climate.

Environmentalists have always found alternative paths when their federal government deserts them. It’s during times like these, Parker argued, that people are most empowered to act on climate change.

So although Trump’s goal is to weaken

federal agencies with environmental mandates, Parker isn’t scared. She reminds herself that the average citizen also has the powers to inform and spark change.

Just last month, residents of central New York asserted their power when they rallied together to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass the Climate and Community Protection Act. Under the act, New York would commit 100 percent to renewable energy by 2050, fund clean energy jobs and establish regulated limits on greenhouse gas emissions, according to the New York State Assembly’s website.

New York has led climate mitigation policies before and must step up as a leader again.

The state, which suffered an unusual drought last summer, is no stranger to climate-inflicted events. This is why Cuomo needs to push for the Climate and Community Protect Act and object to Trump’s anti-climate rhetoric.

Parker described the Trump era as an environmental hurdle that we must deal with, but added that it’s something that we’ve had to deal with in the past.

So as Trump’s inauguration looms near, environmentalists should get ready to roll up their shirtsleeves. Rome wasn’t conquered in a day, and neither will our environmental policies.

Morgan Bulman is a graduate magazine, newspaper and online journalism major.

Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at mebulman@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @morgbulman.

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Syracuse University lacks on-campus peer listening service

Here’s what SU community missed about sanctuary status

I have struggled with maintaining my mental health over the past three and a half years at Syracuse University. I would have benefited from speaking anonymously with a fellow student when my problems felt oppressive but too trivial to go to a counselor or call a crisis hotline.

Syracuse University should have a peer listening service as an additional line of support within the umbrella of counseling services it offers students. This would empower and support the students who do not always want counseling but need someone to talk to. A peer listening line would offer activelistening services for 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and it would function separately from the Counseling Center.

According to a 2013 Active Minds survey, more than 80 percent of college students felt overwhelmed with all their responsibilities in the past year.

Stress during college is often taken as an unavoidable truism. However, the harsh realities of navigating mental health and trying to find support are nothing to write off or take for granted.

A peer listening service might help prevent students’ mental health concerns from becoming more serious because students would talk through their stresses relatively early on.

There is an oppressive amount of stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness, which dissuades students

Thanks to Donald Trump’s presidential win, college students across the United States have been beseeching their senior administrators to proclaim their institutions as “sanctuary campuses.”

For instance, Movimiento Cosecha, a national organization attempting to lead the sanctuary campus movement, has demanded that all colleges and universities refuse “all voluntary information sharing with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement/U.S. Customs and Border Protection across all aspects of the college/university to the fullest extent possible under the law.” The idea of a “sanctuary campus” stems from the idea of a “sanctuary city.” In theory, sanctuary cities are spaces where city executives strive to shield people who are undocumented from deportation by curbing their cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Many undocumented students, primarily the ones who hold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, are fearful that government agencies and educational institutions will make them vulnerable by exploiting their personal DACA information. While the California State University system has publicized that they will stand with undocumented students and will not work with federal immigration officials, universities like Brown have stated that, “While we

from seeking resources they may need.

A peer listening service is a necessary, accessible, and financially expedient way of adding another node of resources to the ones that currently exist on campus.

With a peer listening service, students would be able to communicate anonymously—which encourages more transparency and less fear of judgment— with peers who likely share their concerns, anxieties, and insecurities.

Several schools in New York State—and others across the country—have peer listening programs that allow students to talk about stresses and concerns anonymously with their peers. These schools include Bard College, the University of Albany, Barnard-Columbia, and Binghamton University.

An additional line of support—other than the 24/7 crisis hotline, for example, which is for emergencies—would provide students with more options. When it comes to mental health, variation in resources is essential because people think, operate, struggle, and recover in different ways.

Students who are on call would listen to callers’ concerns and suggest referrals as necessary but not suggest or advise lifestyle changes as a counselor would.

Many students simply need someone who will provide non-directive, active listening.

Hasmik Djoulakian, Syracuse University ‘17

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wish we could offer absolute protection to members of our community who are threatened by possible changes in policy, it would be irresponsible to promise protections that we cannot legally deliver.” Ironically enough, everyone seems to have forgotten that the federal government operates within the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The privacy of all student education records is protected under FERPA. This Act pertains to all educational institutions that receive federal funding. Additionally, the 2011 memorandum from the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement states that actions such as arrests, interviews, searches and surveillance must not take place on sensitive locations such as schools, colleges, sites of public demonstrations, and areas of worship.

Both, the memo and FERPA, imply that all universities must not share any student information with ICE even when asked, because if they do, they will be in violation of federal law. This conflict between the new “wants” of the Trump administration and the present laws of the federal government automatically brands every college campus, including Syracuse University, as a sanctuary campus.

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gender and sexuality

SU address is big step for transparency Policy shows commitment to trans* students at SU Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Tuesday address to the university community at large is an admirable starting point for the Syracuse University administration to improve intrauniversity transparency in 2017.

The concept of the address echoes the formal State of the University speeches of the past, before the annual events stopped during former Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s tenure. The administration’s decision to hold a campus-wide address provides a platform for Syverud to comment on the most pressing issues relating to the university: its fiscal state and the status of the Fast Forward Syracuse initiative.

The university should be commended for organizing an accessible event that will allow its chief leader to formally and

directly discuss the state of SU with the university’s most important stakeholders: its students, faculty and staff. The address will hopefully allow these community members to narrow their focus on university issues and understand the scope of the ongoing initiatives that will affect the future of SU in respect to academics and campus life.

Syverud’s address will ideally provide substantial updates on these initiatives and actual information regarding SU’s fiscal state, particularly after the university’s controversial decision to construct a multimillion-dollar crosscampus promenade in the fall.

Regardless of the content of Syverud’s message, the address itself is a push forward for transparency. In order for the

administration to genuinely work toward a campus environment with this dialogue, though, it is important for the SU community at large to pull its own weight.

University stakeholders who hope to see the administration address certain issues should either attend Syverud’s address or watch the provided stream, think critically of what is said and have questions.

By showing up to the address, SU community members will send a signal to the administration that people are invested in decisions that affect the university at large.

Yes, transparency transcends a much-needed and long-awaited direct address from the head of the university. But a legitimate culture of transparency requires stakeholders who are willing to not only voice their opinions, but make sure they are seen and heard.

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hat do you prefer to be called?”

To many, the question may seem unnecessary.

But for trans* individuals, it can be a matter of life and death. To address this concern, Syracuse University enacted a new preferred name policy earlier this month that allows students to input a chosen name to appear on MySlice, Blackboard and SUmail.

The policy, which was created with support by the LGBT Resource Center and the Student Association’s Student Life Committee, is a major victory for trans* members of the SU community.

This new option to choose an alternative name corrects a glaring problem with the previous system — before the policy, students were exclusively referred to by their “official” names on class and grade rosters, even if those names did not reflect their gender identities.

“The preferred name policy addresses the fact that class rosters, email and Blackboard all based their information off of a student’s birth name, which could pose a problem for trans* folk,” said Keelan Erhard, co-chair of the Student Life Committee, in an email. “It will make the first day of class much easier for trans* students as the professor will call them by their preferred name rather than their birth name from the start.”

Previously, trans* students faced the possibility of constant misgendering by faculty and peers — whether from class rosters or SUmail accounts. Not only is it degrading to have to correct their professors or classmates, no trans* student should experience having to constantly justify their identities. Such pervasive references to birth names also put trans* students at risk of being publicly outed. And, for trans* students, being outed can have devastating consequences.

While mainstream visibility for trans* people is higher than ever before, the fact remains that it is simply not safe to be trans* in the United States.

Trans* individuals, and particularly trans* women of color, are at a much higher risk of violence than cisgender people. In fact, the number of trans* individuals murdered reached a record high this past year. In 2016 alone, at least 27 trans* people were murdered, according to The Advocate.

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ubiquitous presence in the lives of trans* people, and it can be closer than expected. The city of Syracuse, unfortunately, is no stranger to anti-trans* violence.

In 2008, trans woman Lateisha “Tiesh” Green was shot and killed outside a house party in Syracuse by an attacker motivated by anti-LGBTQ sentiments, according to Syracuse.com.

Green’s murder is a reminder of how dangerous rhetoric against trans* individuals can be. Whether or not trans* students face direct violence, they are subject to the same deadly ideas — that their identities are false and their bodies disposable.

Thankfully, the new preferred name policy shows that SU is moving in the right direction.

SU joins other universities such as Cornell, Georgetown and Northwestern in adopting similar name policies. The decision to allow students the autonomy to choose how they are referred to demonstrates the administration’s commitment to meeting the needs of trans* students. But the fight for trans* inclusivity is not yet won on SU’s campus.

Erhard, the co-chair of the Student Life Committee, said the lack of gender-inclusive housing and gender-neutral bathrooms are among the issues still unaddressed by the university. While mixed-sex housing exists on South Campus, there currently is no gender-inclusive housing option for first-year students.

“SU housing should designate a gender-neutral floor, floors, or building accessible to incoming freshmen in order to make the campus more trans-friendly,” Erhard said.

The successful implementation of the new preferred name policy serves as an example of SU’s movement toward transaccessibility. But the policy also reflects how far the university has to go. After all, for many trans* members of the SU community, the option to choose their own names isn’t simply “preferred.”

It’s absolutely mandatory.

Gene Wang is a junior public relations major and women’s and gender studies minor. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at gwang19@syr.edu.

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o l l o w i n g the intervention of hackers in the 2016 presidential election, the United States government recently said it was confident Russia was behind the attack. U.S. President Barack Obama imposed a series of sanctions against the country, including the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and their families from the U.S. He also shut down two facilities occupied by the Russians in New York and Maryland while imposing nine new sanctions on specific Russian intelligence organizations and individuals.

The Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks seemed to target Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party as a whole in the recent presidential election.

Experts have speculated that Moscow sought to influence the results of the election and help Donald Trump.

In 2015 and 2016, emails and documents were leaked from Democratic National Committee servers, and the information that was leaked negatively affected Democratic candidates in around 12 congressional races in addition to the presidential election, according to The New York Times.

The hackers managed to enter Republican systems as well, but did not release

that information, said Kristi Andersen, professor emeritus of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

In response to Obama’s actions, President-elect Trump downplayed Russia’s involvement in the hacking, but acknowledged Russia was behind the attack during a press conference on Wednesday. Trump has worked extensively to create an image of having a positive relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Brian Taylor, political science professor at the Maxwell School who studies Russian politics.

Trump has discussed changing U.S. policies regarding Ukraine and NATO and has appointed members to his administration — such as Rex Tillerson for secretary of state and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn for national security adviser — who have friendly relationships with Russia and have appeared on Russian state-sponsored television.

Despite the conflicts the cyberattacks created, experts believe Trump will not try to change the public image he has created about his relationship with Putin. Andersen said she finds it interesting that the positive view Trump has developed with Putin has caused many members of the Republican Party to have “hugely more positive views of Putin.”

It remains to be seen whether Trump

knew about the cyberattacks as they were taking place. Taylor said it is hard to speculate because he said Trump’s behavior has been unpredictable throughout the campaign. Taylor also said he thinks of it “more as a willful willingness on the part of Trump to not believe uncomfortable information.”

Much of the evidence about how the alleged hackings were conducted is expected to remain as classified information.

“More information cannot easily be provided (to) the public – the classification is required to preserve the secrecy of the sources and methods we used to learn about the hacking,” said William Banks, professor of law and of public administration and international affairs, in an email. “It creates a dilemma that is difficult to resolve.”

Experts agreed that the nine sanctions President Obama announced in retaliation for the cyberattacks were primarily symbolic and that they shouldn’t have a significant impact on U.S.– Russia relations.

“The impact was on the Dems, not on the voting or voting machines,” Banks said. “Because the impact was not destructive nor especially disruptive, the U.S. responses had to likewise be measured and restrained.”

However, Taylor said he predicts other measures of retribution, that the public isn’t aware of, are being

taken as well.

Taylor added that he doubts Trump will lift the sanctions when he becomes president, saying that divisions within the legislative and executive branches will make it something that he will not want to rush into. If Trump were to reverse the sanctions, Taylor said it would just call more attention to the issue and that it would be better if he didn’t address it at all.

Taylor said the Russian government “sees (the cyberattacks) as a response to what has been done to them.”

The relationships between the U.S. and Russia began to deteriorate in 2012 when Putin returned to power.

Taylor said Russia blamed many negative world events on the West, such as the revolution in Ukraine, the Arab Spring, the Panama Papers and Russian doping prior to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Russia viewed those events “as a western hand,” particularly a United States hand, behind the actions and therefore deemed the cyberattacks justifiable, Taylor said.

Andersen said relationships with Russia are difficult in general but necessary to maintain.

“They are an old enemy in a way, but a country that’s important and that we need to get along with,” Andersen said. ssiyer@syr.edu

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nology. Rahnamay-Azar is replacing Louis Marcoccia, who retired last June.

Kent Syverud concludes his tenure on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust

SU student faces vehicular manslaughter charge

Chancellor Kent Syverud concluded his tenure as a trustee on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust at the end of December. He was one of two trustees who were responsible for overseeing a $20 billion trust distributed to individuals and businesses affected by the 2010 oil spill on the Gulf Coast. Syverud concluded the six-year tenure as the trust was brought to an end after completing its tasks.

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Syracuse University named Amir Rahnamay-Azar as its next chief financial officer.

He will be responsible for SU’s administrative and finance tasks, such as monitoring the treasury, investments, finance and comptroller, and the budget. He was CFO for nearly three years at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He was also the senior vice president for administration and finance at the Georgia Institute of Techfrom page 3

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Hillary Clinton took stances against TPP. American business interest groups have given their seals of approval to the trade deal.

But labor unions and working-class voters were against TPP. Both Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Clinton’s challenger in the Democratic primary, tapped into their frustrations and anger toward wage stagnation and declining American manufacturing sectors as part of fast-moving globalization.

The trade pact was part of President Barack Obama’s effort to make the U.S. “pivot” to Asia. But after Trump pulled off

A Syracuse University student was charged with vehicular manslaughter and a DWI, per media reports.

The New York Daily News reported on Jan. 7 that Tanbir Islam, a senior information studies student at SU, crashed into a minivan in the Bronx on Jan. 5. A passenger in his car was killed in the accident and Islam fled the scene before showing up at a hospital for medical treatment, according to the Daily News.

Title IX investigation update

Representatives from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights will be visiting the SU campus regarding the Title IX investigation into the university, the university announced on Thursday in an email distributed to SU community members.

SU is under federal investigation pertaining to the university’s handling of a sexual assault case. Two community meetings will be held for an upset victory in November, his announcement of U.S. withdrawal signifies the demise of one of Obama’s key foreign policies.

For TPP to go into effect, it needs to be ratified by at least six countries that constitute more than 85 percent of the gross domestic product of the TPP-participating countries, according to NBC News. U.S participation is thus a must for the TPP to remain alive.

With the U.S. in retreat from committing itself to the trade deal, experts have speculated that China, which did not sign TPP, is poised to fill the power vacuum in world trade that is essential to the global order. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

students, faculty and staff on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 at 2:30 p.m. and 9:30 a.m., respectively. The meetings will be held at the Schine Student Center in room 228B. There will also be time slots available for discussing sexual harassment and sexual assault issues with the representatives on those two days — from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 24 and 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Jan. 25.

SU is among about 300 colleges and universities nationwide that are under Title IX investigations. The investigation will determine whether the university is a “sexually hostile environment” to its students.

Biden receives Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Syracuse University College of Law alumnus and United States Vice President Joe Biden received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction in a surprise ceremony at the White House on Jan. 12. President Barack Obama lauded Biden for his public service, describing him as “one of the most consequential vice presidents in American history.”

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conservation warmed by steam power, said Tom Reddinger, director of steam operations.

SU operates an independent steam station. Steam is delivered to buildings in a similar manner as water and electricity, in which a meter keeps track of the amount used per building. The school has boilers fired by natural gas that produces steam, which is then distributed along seven miles of underground piping at 100 pounds per square inch and 550 degrees.

The high temperature ensures that neither mold nor mildew pose an issue despite

the medal and saying it is “truly deserved.”

Biden visited SU in November 2015 to address sexual assault on college campus as part of the “It’s On Us” campaign.

Syverud announces search committee

Syverud on Dec. 19 announced the members of the search committee for a senior vice president of communications and marketing.

The vice president will lead a communications and marketing division and be responsible for overseeing branding, web and social media and communications at the university.

Here are the members of the committee: • Lindsey Callahan, graduate student representative • Eric Evangelista, undergraduate Student Association president • Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience • Deborah Henretta, alumni representative • Lawrence Kramer, University Trustee • P. Raj, interim dean, Martin J. Whitman School of Management • Michael Tirico, University Trustee • Kathleen Walters, University Trustee ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

the moisture, Reddinger said.

During the winter months, lower building temperatures mean less steam energy usage, which directly correlates with natural gas savings. Reddinger said that because 40 percent of the steam output continues unaffected at off-campus locations, the steam operations are similar over Winter Break to semester operations. Energy usage is also dependent on outside temperature.

Despite the recent warm weather, Reddinger said there’s still more time to go.

“Winter isn’t over yet,” he said. “Our prime production months are January, February and March.” lawood@syr.edu

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TAYLOR ROGERS has recently devoted much of her artistic output to Donald Trump-inspired work. She even cut off her ponytail in an effort to look like the president-elect for a film she produced in the style of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” which famously became a scathing commentary on Nazi Germany.

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aylor Rogers cut off an entire ponytail of hair in order to look more like President-elect Donald Trump — or Donny, as she calls him.

When Rogers finds something she truly cares about, she fully commits.

As part of a final project from an art class last semester, Rogers, a sophomore studio art major, created a video in the style of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” a film that condemned the rise of Adolf Hitler and what he stood for. Roger’s version uses the same speech from the film, but she does it dressed as Trump, her now short hair slicked back and with fake tan all over her face.

“I wanted to show people the similarity between Hitler’s rise to power and how Donny has risen,” Rogers said.

Many artists with a left-lean have become hyperaware of issues within the United States since Trump first began to gain traction in the political sphere. As the disbelief of his election begins to calm, more artists, including those who never identified as political, have reacted through the means they know best — art.

The first piece Rogers created that included Trump was a canvas with a background made up of the torn up pieces of significant U.S. documents, including the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence and famous speeches by figures like Abraham Lincoln and Susan B. Anthony.

On top of the words is Trump’s face painted with a thick red paint, his hair giving off a bright sheen from the gold spray paint.

“I told myself, okay, that one is the ‘one and done’ because he’s not going to become president.” Rogers said.

Four Trump-related pieces later, Rogers doesn’t see an end in sight. She is currently working on remaking and perfecting her version of “The Great Dictator” with the intention of it garnering viral attention.

While Rogers said she doesn’t have any plans to create more Trump related pieces, she is sure throughout his time in office something will happen or will be said that

JUAN CRUZ, the artist-in-residence at the Near West Side Initiative and an SU alumnus, is originally from Puerto Rico and painted a mural at La Casita Cultural Center.

will bother her enough for her to react with an art piece.

I wanted to show people the similarity between Hitler’s rise to power and how Donny has risen.

Taylor Rogers sophomore studio art major

But just creating art isn’t enough, said Natalie Boucher, a sophomore studio art major. In the Trump era, artists have to push themselves to show their work publicly rather than just exhibiting it in private galleries and shows since doing so would only reach a very specific audience.

A few weeks after election day, Boucher

put up a memorial piece on the Syracuse University quad commemorating the shooting that occurred over the summer at the Pulse gay nightclub on Latin night in Orlando.

She recalls with a break in her voice the fear and loneliness she felt when she heard the news for the first time.

Boucher was working at an Irish pub in her Massachusetts hometown when the news started running across the television screen.

Given the town’s conservative tendencies, as a queer individual she couldn’t be “out” at work and didn’t have anybody to talk to after the shock of the news.

“This was the first time that I actually truly felt scared for my life,” Boucher said.

Her dad lives in Florida and when she visits him, she frequents gay clubs. She said she could directly see herself as having been one of the victims of the shooting.

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“The Bachelor” continued Monday night chronicling the contestants’ battle for the heart of Nick Viall, this season’s bachelor.

Lacey Mark, a Syracuse University alumna who graduated in 2013, has been on the show this season. This week, she kept a low profile.

Here are the five most important moments from Monday’s episode.

Mr. Steal Yo Girl

Picking up on last week’s cliffhanger, viewers anticipated the rose ceremony had been postponed due to Danielle L.’s prize of having a group date with the Backstreet Boys. Viall seemed a bit jealous that he was no longer the only the only guy around, seemingly having to compete for the women’s attention.

“Thank God all of the Backstreet Boys are happily married,” Viall said.

A Not-So-Sweet Surprise

Corinne, who’s become this season’s villain, tried and failed to seduce Viall with a move normally reserved for movies. While Viall was bonding with one of the other contestants, Corinne prepared to seduce him. She approached him wearing nothing but a trench coat, and had him lick whipped cream off her body. Viall wasn’t completely into it and escaped the situation by calling over another contestant.

Corinne, trying to hold back tears, started venting over her failed attempt, saying she had ruined the chances of them having a relationship were ruined and that she just wanted to go home. What may have really hurt her chances was that after the drama, she fell asleep and missed the rose ceremony. Oops.

A Cause for Concern

Viall’s date with Vanessa was going well, as they seemed to be enjoying a zero-gravity

simulator as they punctuated their conversation with make out sessions. But once they began to come down from the simulator other things came up — literally.

Vanessa threw up in a bag just a few inches away from Viall. Rather than being grossed out at the sight, Viall comforted her and even gave her a kiss on the mouth afterward. Even Vanessa seemed taken aback by the post-puke peck.

Need for Attention

During the track and field date, Dominique said she felt like Viall was favoring all of the other girls over her. Her fellow contestants told her not to get fixated on this — after all, there are about a dozen other women seeking his attention. Once she did get alone time with Viall, she took the opportunity to confront him about her feelings, bringing up problems Viall hadn’t known existed. While he listened to what she had to say, ultimately he said he wouldn’t be able to give her what she wants.

Nanny Diaries

As in previous episodes this season, Corinne was a recurring character in this episode, and while she generally gives off a sexy vibe, the other contestants learned she has a childlike side. As seen in the season premiere, Corinne doesn’t perform a lot of the tasks adults generally perform independently — instead, she has a nanny to take care of her as her father trains her to take over the family business.

One of the contestants confronted Viall with the news, expecting for him to have some kind of reaction, but he didn’t seem to care. Vanessa, infuriated by his lack of concern, expressed that she wasn’t judging Corinne, but that she does question what his intentions are with the women on the show.

The next episode of “The Bachelor” will air next Monday, January 23 at 8 p.m. sfern100@syr.edu | @StacyFernandezB

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e haven’t seen the craze of the supermodel since the 1990s with legendary faces like Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss plastered all over every magazine or campaign and walking in every major runway show in the world.

But history tends to repeat itself, and now in 2017 a rebirth of the modern day “social” supermodels have taken the spotlight. For example, the “Big Three,” comprised of Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid.

Within the past year, the narrative of what it means to be a supermodel has taken a turn. The ideal model of yesterday was 5’10, thin and had sculpted cheek bones. But now, the fashion world seems to be more open when it comes to body diversity. It might be too soon to make a total call, but this year could be the year of the plus-size supermodel.

Already, two plus-size models have snagged major magazine covers —Ashley Graham on British Vogue and Iskra Lawrence on Self. It’s not often that two plus-size models have landed on the cover of major magazines at the same time and on different continents. This seems to be proof that on a global scale, the fashion industry is taking notice of the progressive changes of diverse women in fashion.

The label “plus-size” model dates back to the early 20th century. By the late 1920s, clothes were mainly made at home or by a tailor. It wasn’t until the boom in industrial growth that the mass creation of garments created advertising and the sizing scale.

Women who did not meet the straight and slender figure of the time were deemed stout. In 1922, the popular women’s clothing brand Lane Bryant introduced the term “plus,” referring to clothing which was then coined in advertisements as “Miss Plus Sizes.”

The term eventually turned into the familiar term — plus-size.

The demand for more body-friendly clothing is increasingly prominent in department stores. The same goes for the demand in diverse body sizes in the media and the fashion industry.

With this demand comes the desire to modify the labels given to women above a size 10. The fashion evolution over the past century has turned “plus-size” into a noun. In the past, the term had been used to describe clothes.

The fight for plus-size inclusion is not about discriminating the well-known modern models of today, but rather to have a melting pot of size. Although it has taken decades for plus-size models to make their mark in the fashion world, some have defeated stigmas that said they could never rival the top models of today.

In 2011, the late Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani made history and raised eyebrows by putting three plus-size models in lingerie on the cover of the magazine’s June issue.

Being the mother of all Vogue magazines, people took notice of the risky cover art for Vogue Italia and furthered the conversation of body diversity in the industry.

Designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, John Galliano and Christian Siriano have taken note and included plus-size models in their shows. Siriano, for example, dedicated his entire New York Fashion Week show to having women of all sizes present his clothes on his runway. Conversation then turned into action as models such as Campbell, Lawrence and Graham continue to carry the banner for plus-size models in the industry this past year.

Graham rebelled with the rest of the world’s top supermodels in 2016, landing possibly every major magazine known today: Maxim, Glamour, Self, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and, maybe most historically, her appearance as the first ever plus-size model to land on the Sports Illustrated cover.

Although much of the world has been celebrating Graham landing her British Vogue cover, there were several major designers who refused to provide clothes for the 28-year-old’s cover shoot.

Heading into 2017 with models like Graham and Lawrence only makes this progress something to look forward to. The industry seems to be looking to make size diversity a rule, not an exception.

Modeling agencies, designers and magazines are opening their doors to a variety of women, but including one plus-size model on a runway does not make for a diverse fashion industry.

Rather, celebrating all body types that make the fashion industry what it is today will make for a more welcoming industry and communicate a message that the fashion industry is an empire of art that celebrates beauty of all types. aczeina@syr.edu

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artists knew she not only had to make a reactionary piece, but also that it had to be big and public enough that people would be forced to listen to her message.

The piece is composed of three white canvases placed side by side with rainbow paint splatters streaking down. The length of the splatter represents the length of the life organized in ascending order.

The painting took over eight hours to complete. She spent about 10 minutes on each name, with 49 in total, making sure to take her time and reflect on the life of that person.

Boucher’s pieces had never been so accessible to the general community, but the election changed that.

“It pushed me to go outside of what I usually do, which is making my art very personal, and make it public and make it other people’s business since that’s what they’re doing,” she said.

Boucher and Rogers both noted that since Trump began to gain power in politics there has been a necessary rise in art activism.

Rogers noted that artists are a necessary part of activist movements.

“I feel like we’re wallflowers because we look at things differently and are able to bring (issues) to life so people can visualize it at and feel it,” Rogers said.

Outside of SU, politicized art created by local artists has been spotted around the city of Syracuse.

La Casita Cultural Center, a Hispanic cultural center in Syracuse created by the College of Arts and Sciences at SU, houses a mural in its indoor balcony. The mural was created by Juan Cruz, a Puerto Rico native who graduated from SU in 1995 and is now the artist in residence at the Near West Side Initiative.

When Cruz was asked to paint the balcony he was told to do whatever he wanted, so he decided to take the opportunity to make a political and social commentary on the crisis in Puerto Rico — a topic widely ignored during the election and rarely spoken about by Trump.

When people see the painting they notice a colorful sky, clumps of palms and a Puerto Rican monument called “El Morro.”

NATALIE BOUCHER is a sophomore studio art major. One of her big projects in the fall was a painting that honored the victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting.

TAYLOR ROGERS was originally only planning to make one Trump-inspired piece of art, but when he won the election, she decided to keep making political art.

Cruz said his mural is a reflection of what people want to see. They notice the beauty and not the realities that are happening. The meaning of the mural is hidden similarly to the situation in Puerto Rico — in full view behind many beautiful things, he said.

The only way he could complete the wall was if he could integrate his feelings on his homeland.

“The reason, nobody knows, that the sky is very red as a candle is because in my theory what is happening in Puerto Rico ... is like hell,” Cruz said.

The two palm woods also take part in the message of Cruz. There is one that stands still and the other is folded, as if it were carrying a heavy weight.

Although patrons have contacted Cruz to see his beautiful paintings, he said he no longer paints for the beauty of it.

“I left that a long time ago. I now try to express how I feel and to put symbols in everything I do,” Cruz said. “It may look one way but it means something else.”

Carrie Valenzuela, a printmaking artist and owner of Amaranth Press and Bindery, has taken a more direct approach in spreading her reaction to politics, specifically since Trump won the election.

For months she felt a queasiness that she couldn’t get rid of as she saw Trump’s ideologies become more popularized, and the feeling peaked when — to her disbelief — he was elected.

Less than a week later she went to her printmaking studio and created a print with the words, “The enemy is indifference, speak out before it’s too late.”

One by one she had inked each print, marking up all of the bright paper she could find around the studio.

After cranking out more than 50 in a single day, Valenzuela put up the prints in her apartment building and workplace and gave some to her friends and family. She hopes her message inspires people to take action in any way they can.

“I had to do something,” Valenzuela said.

“This is what I can do. I can put a message together in the form of a print to help some tiny bit because action has to come from each individual person.” sfern100@syr.edu | @StacyFernandezB

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north carolina team, and why it has now beat the Orange in five straight games.

SU only trailed by six after back-to-back mid-range jumpers by Tyler Lydon, but Meeks easily tipped in a missed 3 from Jackson. Two North Carolina possessions later, Lydon dropped a rebound in his grasp and Luke Maye hit a mid-range jumper seconds after. That’s essentially how this one went for Syracuse, opportunities to capitalize slipping out of its grasp and North Carolina making SU pay with ease.

“We knew what we were going to get tonight,” Syracuse shooting guard Tyus Battle said. “We knew what North Carolina does. They like to live on the boards.”

The Orange couldn’t trim its deficit lower than seven in the final 13:20, and just like Syracuse’s season-ending loss to UNC in the Final Four, the game spiraled out of reach in the latter part of the second half. Despite Tyler Lydon scoring 26 points on an efficient scoring night and SU showing flashes of going on possible game-changing runs, Syracuse still couldn’t pull off a win.

Following this one, Syracuse trailed into the tunnel with plenty of games remaining, even if it feels like time is quickly running out. mcschnei@syr.edu

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lydon “It can’t just be one guy,” senior forward Tyler Roberson said. “In order for us to win against great teams like North Carolina, we have to all play well.”

Only once did the Orange seriously tease an upset, charging into the second half with a 12-0 run that cut the Tar Heels’ lead to three. Lydon was the catalyst, corralling a rebound and sinking a 3 to kick-start the run. When North Carolina regained its lead and stretched it back to eight, Lydon answered with consecutive jumpers to slice the lead back to six.

He seemed to have answers for anything UNC threw at him, successfully hoisting shots over UNC’s guards when Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks sealed off the paint and finding space underneath the hoop

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ing night,” Gillon said on Saturday, “but we played such good defense I didn’t have to score at all this game.”

On Gillon’s first shot of the game with only 1:07 gone, he had a floater rejected

by Justin Jackson. Boeheim immediately summoned Frank Howard from the bench, who in short order returned to the sideline following a sloppy turnover near midcourt.

He didn’t come back into the game.

So when asked what Gillon did to earn 38 minutes to Howard’s one, Boeheim answered bluntly.

“What’s the difference?”

Andrew White is still fairly onedimensional

Even though White scored 15 points, 12 of

LYDON attacked off the dribble with vengeance throughout the game, especially in the second half. Nearly half of Syracuse’s production came from the sophomore in the final 20 minutes, even as UNC contested him. marisa frigoletto staff photographer

when they didn’t.

“It was kind of a mismatch problem with him,” senior guard Andrew White said. “(North Carolina) was really big inside, so he was able to get his perimeter game going a little bit.

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Tyler Lydon had 18 of Syracuse’s 38 points in the second half, accounting for nearly half of the Orange’s production in the frame

“That was something we expect of him …

He showed a lot of offensive ability.”

But the problem about this Syracuse team is that it consistently needs so much more them coming in the second half, they all came on 3-pointers.

White continues to struggle creating his own shot, and is often the benefactor of screens and his ability to find an open space when his teammates are pressured. Rarely have we seen the fifth-year senior create his own jumper off the dribble or finish a drive to the rim. “(Justin) Jackson did a great job,” Boeheim said of the UNC forward who guarded White. “White had at least four really good opportunities getting to the basket and nothing happened.”

Granted, he’s still providing SU with substantial scoring numbers, but the expansion of his game would do wonders for a Syracuse offense that couldn’t do enough to overcome rebounding woes against the Tar Heels. mcschnei@syr.edu

from Lydon than his marquee offensive nights. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim has been in a season-long bind defensively, and once again he called on Lydon, officially listed as a forward, to play significant minutes as SU’s center.

Taurean Thompson played 12 minutes, and Dajuan Coleman never left his seat on the bench, just like he has in all of conference play (with the exception of one minute against Miami). Left to fend for himself down low, Lydon played all but one minute and performed as well as any of SU’s defenders on a night when they were outrebounded by 20. He and Roberson collected more than 60 percent of Syracuse’s rebounds, highlighting more voids in a Syracuse team with plenty of them.

“He was just on,” Roberson said of Lydon. “… He just wasn’t missing. He was playing defense, and he played a really good game.

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superlatives STUDS: Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks

No two players were more responsible for UNC’s win than its big men. Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks tortured Syracuse in the paint, combining to shoot 15-of-23 and tally 35 points. SU’s frontcourt, largely Tyler Lydon, Tyler Roberson and White, was no match for the 6-foot-10 Meeks and the 6-foot-9 Hicks. As the Orange consistently crept closer to the Tar Heels’ lead, Hicks stalled Syracuse’s brief runs.

7-1

Syracuse was 7-0 when senior forward Tyler Roberson played more than 24 minutes until Monday night at No. 9 North Carolina. Roberson logged 27 minutes and snagged a team-high eight boards, but it wasn’t enough.

Early in the first half, Theo Pinson found Meeks sandwiched between Roberson and Lydon. The UNC senior elevated between the two defenders and flushed down Pinson’s feed to make it a 20-14 lead for the hosts. Both Meeks and Hicks also lent a significant hand on the boards, helping North Carolina crush Syraucse, 44-24, in the rebounding column.

DUD: Syracuse’s frontcourt JOHN GILLON scored only four points on 1-of-7 shooting from the field Monday night against No. 9 North Carolina. marisa frigoletto staff photographer

By at least one metric, North Carolina entered Monday night as the best offensive rebounding team in the country.

We just fell a little short.”

Boeheim agreed with Roberson’s sentiment about falling a “little short,” despite the final 17-point deficit. The veteran head coach thought it was SU’s best road game of the year. Yet, at least on the scoresheet, Lydon’s outing was the only overwhelmingly positive item.

White scored 15 points off five 3s, but struggled to create his own shot against a rotating group of North Carolina players, often having to rely on running off screens and getting looks on catch-and-shoot situations to try and be productive. Tyus Battle also pitched in 13 points, but didn’t do much outside of SU’s second-half 12-0 run when he had a pair of steals and two baskets. Lydon was largely all Syracuse had on Monday.

When it’s just Lydon, it’s just not enough. cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

Kenpom.com calculated UNC’s offensive rebounding rate at 42.3 entering the game, the highest of any team. The Tar Heels certainly looked the part against Syracuse, outrebounding SU 18-6 on the offensive glass. Combine that with a 46-20 advantage on points in the paint, and the game shaped up to be a nightmare for the Orange’s frontcourt.

Roberson was Syracuse’s best — and at times, only — threat to level with North Carolina’s rebounding game. He led SU with eight rebounds. Otherwise, the Orange’s presence in the paint was thin.

Meeks and Hicks were paramount in UNC’s assault on Syracuse, who scored six of North Carolina’s first nine points of the game in the paint to set an immediate precedent. UNC finished the first half shooting 60 percent in the paint.

HIGHLIGHT: Tyus Battle’s four minutes of heroics

Undoubtedly, the best stretch for Syracuse was at the start of the second half. The Orange went on a 12-0 run to cut a 15-point deficit to three in about three and a half minutes. Leading the way was Tyus Battle, who paired a couple steals with two buckets to stymie the Tar Heels while SU went on its run.

LOWLIGHT: Andrew White’s third turnover

With SU valiantly trying to catch up in the second half, White’s third turnover significantly halted his team’s run. After Syracuse went on a 12-0 run at the start of the second half to cut the deficit to three with 16:27 remaining, Meeks picked the ball from White almost six minutes later. That began a possession that led to a pair of UNC free throws, putting UNC ahead by 12, and the game away for good. cgrossma@syr.edu

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POSTGAME PLAYBOOK not enough

they said it

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It was probably our best road game. It doesn’t look like it with the final score.

We knew what North Carolina does. They like to live on the boards.

You’re almost getting as old as me, that’s how you get to those numbers.

Jim Boeheim

Tyus Battle

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The percentage of SU’s second-half points that Tyler Lydon and Andrew White combined for

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Syracuse’s 68 points against UNC is the team’s first total under 70 since its blowout loss to St. John’s on Dec. 21

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SU POINTS SCORED

The percentage Syracuse shot from 3-point range, but UNC outshot the Orange 51 percent to 44 percent overall en route to its 17-point victory

su head coach on what he told unc head coach roy williams about getting win no. 800

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Number of SU wins away from the Carrier Dome this season.

SU is 0-6 when not at home and has lost by an average of 12.5 points per game.

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CORNELL BOSTON COLLEGE

PITTSBURGH

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VIRGINIA TECH NORTH CAROLINA BOSTON COLLEGE

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Offensive rebounds for North Carolina, the most Syracuse has allowed in a single game since opening night on Nov. 11

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Final Word

Sea of blue

Beat writers discuss the Orange’s loss in the postgame podcast from North Carolina.

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S PORTS

Check out the best sights from the game against No. 9 UNC in our postgame gallery.

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Battle ground Tyus Battle’s intense workout regimen has helped him improve his play on the court.

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ONEMAN BAND Tyler Lydon’s solo act not enough to save SU in loss to No. 9 UNC

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

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HAPEL HILL, N.C. — With Syracuse’s comeback on life support in the second half, Tyler Lydon provided the same jolt he’d been delivering all game. The sophomore positioned himself near the top of the key and buried a long jumper, cutting SU’s deficit to 10 with about 11 minutes to go.

On his way back down the court, Lydon placed one finger over his mouth, shushing a sellout crowd counting down the minutes to Roy Williams’ 800th head coaching win. It was about the only moment all night from Syracuse that warranted posturing. Because even during Lydon’s last-ditch, 18-point second half effort, the Tar Heels convincingly shut down the Orange.

“I don’t really care how I played,” Lydon said.

“My shot was falling, that was great. But we didn’t win, so it doesn’t matter.”

The dynamic, 6-foot-9 sophomore was a oneman show for the Orange on both ends of the floor.

Lydon led his team with 26 points, and his seven rebounds was second-most for the visitors. But given what SU has shown in this strenuous season, one-man shows often don’t translate to wins, and it didn’t on Monday evening in North Carolina. No. 9 UNC (17-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) easily dispatched Syracuse (11-8, 3-3), 85-68, leaving SU winless in its six games played outside of the Carrier Dome. see lydon page 14

TYLER LYDON scored a game-high 26 points Monday night against No. 9 North Carolina as Syracuse’s lone true threat from both beyond the arc and inside. marisa frigoletto staff photographer

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What we learned from UNC loss Superlatives from SU’s loss to No. 9 UNC

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – For the fifth straight time, North Carolina got the best of Syracuse. The latest edition came in a Final Four rematch that the No. 9 Tar Heels (17-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) won, 85-68, over the Orange (11-8, 3-3) in the Dean Smith Center on Monday night. UNC outrebounded SU by 20 overall and 12 on the offensive glass.

Here’s what we learned from Syracuse’s 17-point loss.

Even the Orange’s best showing away from home wasn’t nearly good enough

Syracuse has certainly laid some eggs away from the Carrier Dome this season, most notably a 50-point dud at Madison

Square Garden in a two-point loss to Connecticut and a 15-point defeat to Boston College at Conte Forum. The Orange is 0-6 outside the Carrier Dome.

Even though Monday night’s loss to the Tar Heels tied SU’s largest defeat on the road or a neutral court this season, head coach Jim Boeheim stressed the silver lining his team can take away from its eighth loss of the season.

After all, SU shot 41.7 percent from deep and over 44 percent from the field. SU is still the best foul-shooting team in conference play (81.9 percent). And despite getting clobbered on the boards, Syracuse held UNC to below 30 percent from 3-point range and chipped significantly into doubledigit deficits on several occasions.

“I thought we played the best that we’ve played all year on the road. When you make a couple mistakes against them, they take advantage of it,” Boeheim said. “It doesn’t look like it with the final score, but I thought we showed a lot of good things.”

Syracuse has a problem at point guard that doesn’t have a solution

For the second straight game, John Gillon struggled on the offensive end. On Monday night, he shot 1-of7 from the field and scored only four points. The difference from SU’s 23-point win against Boston College, in which the fifth-year senior scored four points on 1-of-6 shooting, was that this time Syracuse couldn’t afford it.

“I know I didn’t have a big scor-

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By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Every time Syracuse teased that it could pull off an upset of North Carolina, the ninth-ranked team in the country found a window of opportunity. Most often in UNC’s (17-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast) 85-68 win over Syracuse (11-8, 3-3), that window was in the Carolina blue-colored rectangle under the Tar Heels’ basket. The Orange defense withered down low once again. A surge in the seocnd half, led by Tyler Lydon and Andrew White, wasn’t enough for the Orange to pull off the comeback.

Here’s the best and worst of what happened Monday night in the Dean Smith Center.

Big Moment

With Syracuse’s hopes of an upset collapsing quickly, John Gillon fed an alley-oop to Andrew White.

The 6-foot-7 senior leapt high and quick, but couldn’t handle the quick pass. The ball spit out of his hands and into North Carolina’s.

Justin Jackson took possession on the offensive end and was fouled with 3:36 to go, officially putting to bed any comeback aspirations for SU, which faced a 78-64 deficit at the time.

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