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N • Environmental plans Within his first 100 days in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump plans to scale back environmental restrictions and prioritize American jobs. Page 3
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Environment columnist Morgan Bulman explains how a Loopthe-Lake Trail around Onondaga Lake could threaten the lake's bald eagle population. Page 5
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Freddie Crittenden excelled in his senior year of high school after hitting a setback his junior year. After getting hurt last year, he's back and looking for redemption. Page 16
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MARYAM EL-HINDI AND DINA ELDAWY, co-presidents of SU's Muslim Students' Association, said they believe Donald Trump's presidency has given people a platform to spread Islamophobic ideas. For them, it's important to educate other people about Islam as a peaceful religion.
Dark days
In Trump presidency, local Muslims face uncertain future
Text and photos by Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor
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ada Odeh recalls how, in late 2011, Syrian regime soldiers boarded her 10-yearold daughter’s school bus. They were looking for rebels, she said, and pointing their guns at the kids. “Every time (Ali and Mariam) were going to school, I was so scared they might not get back,” Odeh said, referring to her two children. At the time of the incident, the family was living in Damascus, the Middle Eastern nation’s capital. Following the encounter on the bus, with the safety conditions deteriorating in the city, Odeh left Syria in early 2012. The country was beginning to slip into one of the most catastrophic civil wars in history. With their lives in jeopardy, Odeh and her family immigrated to the United States, where
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in recent years their lives have changed for the better. But following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the country, Odeh said they again face uncertainty similar to what they felt in Syria more than five years ago. Odeh and her children came to the U.S. in 2013 after spending a year and a half in Dubai. She received a scholarship from the Jusoor Scholarship Program — a program aimed at providing educational opportunities to Syrian youth — and began attending Syracuse University as a graduate student. She is now in the museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Things have been working out for Odeh in the U.S: She found a new home, an internship and a job. But with Trump's inauguration, members of Syracuse's Muslim community, like Odeh, are worried about what his presidency see muslims page 6
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Officials clash over nomination Maxwell professor aids Trump transition By Jordan Muller and William Muoio staff writers
Student Association officials clashed Monday over SA President Eric Evangelista’s decision to appoint a public relations cochair without opening applications to the general student body. The cabinet position was left unfilled after cabinet members and assembly members voiced their disapproval of the nomination. Also at Monday’s meeting,
the first of the semester, a vote was again tabled on SA’s bill calling on Syracuse University to declare itself a “sanctuary campus.” Nicole Sherwood, a senior public relations major, was nominated by Evangelista to fill the vacant PR cochair position. The point of contention at Monday’s meeting stemmed from applications not being opened to the student body as well as from Sherwood’s inability to attend SA meetings because she has a schedule conflict. Sherwood was unable to attend Monday night’s meeting.
Obi Afriyie, a junior selected studies in education major, said he believed Sherwood was qualified for the position but was concerned about her appointment because of her inability to attend meetings. “Someone from PR has to be here at every single meeting,” Afriyie said. “I don’t like the idea of picking someone just to pick them.” Janine Bogris, a junior public relations major, said that the vacant position should be opened up to applications from see nomination page 6
By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor
The United States witnessed the successful transition of power last week as former President Barack Obama transferred the reins of the country's federal government to President Donald Trump. But for Sean O’Keefe, University Professor at Syracuse Universi-
ty's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the transition is far from over. As one of six senior advisers for the National Academy of Public Administration’s Presidential Transition panel, O’Keefe has been providing recommendations on challenges of public governance and public administration to both Trump’s and Democratic
see transition page 6