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Syracuse University’s Student Association is finalizing a partnership between a coalition of local colleges and an emotional support text line.

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Central Rock Gym recently opened a location in Syracuse.

The gym, in Franklin Square, offers yoga and cardio activities in addition to climbing options.

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S • Stepping up

Alexa Romero made a name for herself as a freshman pitcher.

With SU losing some supporting teammates, she needs to establish herself as the squad’s ace.

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crime

‘Don’t just dream’

Robberies reported near SU

By Jordan Muller, Sam Ogozalek, and Kennedy Rose the daily orange

Department of Public Safety officers investigated multiple reported robberies Sunday night that occurred near Syracuse University’s Main Campus within about an hour of each other.

Police, just after 7 p.m., received a report of a robbery in the 100 block of Ostrom Avenue. Two additional robberies were reported between 8 p.m. and 8:20 p.m., in the 300 block of Roosevelt Avenue, and the area of Buckingham and Meadowbrook Drive, respectively.

The incidents were connected, police said, and two SU students and a SUNY-ESF student were involved.

One of two suspects in the first robbery was carrying a gun, said Syracuse Police Department Sgt. Richard Helterline, in a press release issued Sunday night.

Police said the first victim was approached by two men who demanded he give them his belongings. The victim handed over his wallet containing cash see robberies page 6

ANGELA RYE, the keynote speaker of Syracuse University’s 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, addressed about 1,600 community members Sunday night in the Carrier Dome.

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CNN personality Angela Rye denounces Trump in speech

By Catherine Leffert

Community members receive Unsung Hero Awards

By Mateo Estling

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ights dimmed as dancers took the stage in the Carrier Dome on Sunday night. Close to 1,600 people sat quietly out in the crowd.

The dancers set into their positions, in camouflage pants and hats, as Martin Luther King Jr.’s voice rang out throughout the venue. Their steps fell in line with each beat of King’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.”

The dance troupe, Young and Talented Hip-Hop Performing Arts Kompany, opened the night of celebration for King’s ideals.

But it wasn’t exactly what the crowd was waiting for. They were waiting for Angela Rye. Rye — a liberal commentator on CNN, lawyer and former executive director and general counsel to the Congressional Black Caucus — urged continued activism and denounced some of President Donald Trump’s controversial actions in a speech Sunday night during the keynote address of Syracuse University’s 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

“Power, the ability to achieve purpose. We want all of us to be able to live on purpose. If we lived on purpose, understanding that we’re truly interdependent, we could move this nation and this world forward,” Rye said. “Power has been used to oppress, so we are afraid of seeking power.”

She spoke about the need for racial equity and acceptance of affinity among all people, and said that interdependence is key to success.

The Carrier Dome celebration is the largest university-sponsored event honoring King in the United States, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a video address displayed Sunday night. Syverud had a delayed flight and arrived late to the celebration.

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everal prominent members of the Syracuse University campus community and volunteers in the surrounding city were honored Sunday night with the Unsung Hero Award.

Unsung Hero Awards are presented annually to people who go beyond their comfort zones and make a difference in the community, but are not widely recognized, said Sylvia Langford, a former Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee chairperson and presenter of Sunday’s awards.

“We seek to honor those who exemplify the spirit of Dr. King’s life,” Langford said. The 33rd annual celebration was held in the Carrier Dome on Sunday.

Chris Burns, who volunteers as a boxing coach at local gyms, was this year’s first winner.

“Coach Chris is a very unselfish person who is dedicated to working with inner city kids,” said Ray Rinaldi, a mentor of Burns, in a video shown at the ceremony. “This is not a job that gets a lot of attention, it’s not a job that makes a lot of money … so I think that it’s appropriate that he is getting some kind of recognition, because he is a very humble guy.”

Ed Beauford and Arthur Harrison, who both worked at the Faith Hope Community Center, which offers boxing and other recreational activities, also won the awards. Faith Hope has become a self-funded center thanks to Beauford, Harrison and other volunteers, according to an SU News release.

Dominique Donnay, a sophomore high school student in the Syracuse City School District, was the first of two student award recipients. As a school leader, Donnay has helped implement healthier lunches in SCSD schools and serves on see awards page 7

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Students upset by removals

By Jessica Andreone contributing writer

Two weeks after a sudden SUNYESF policy change, students at the college continue to question why three faculty chairs were abruptly removed from their positions.

The three chairs were told to step down from their positions in a Jan. 11 meeting with SUNY-ESF President Quentin Wheeler and Nosa Egiebor, the college’s provost and executive vice president.

Several students said they felt university administrators did not give them complete answers as to why the chairs were removed so quickly, and so close to the start of the spring semester.

“My concern is not with the actual decision, but more so with how it was executed. There was very little transparency in the decision-making,” said Christopher Ludlam, a junior bioprocess engineering major. see suny-esf page 4

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“March for Justice” The CNY Solidarity Coalition is organizing a march downtown to protest President Donald Trump.

See Tuesday’s paper

Second meeting Student Association leaders will meet for the second time this semester Monday.

See Tuesday’s paper

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Utility rate increase opposed

By Bianca Moorman staff writer

Celebrating heroes (FROM LEFT) ARTHUR HARRISON, ED BEAUFORD AND KENT SYVERUD, Syracuse University’s chancellor, participate in the Unsung Hero Awards ceremony Sunday night in the Carrier Dome. Harrison and Beauford founded the Faith Hope Community Center, a self-funded center in Syracuse that facilitates boxing and other recreational activities. codie yan staff photographer

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Coalition to launch Crisis Text Line partnership

By Ryan Dunn staff writer

Syracuse University’s Student Association is leading a coalition that’s in the process of finalizing a partnership with Crisis Text Line, a free service that provides help to people in need of emotional support.

The partnership would allow Crisis Text Line to access data acquired through students’ use of the text line. In exchange for the data, the university could market the service as if it created it.

The SA-led coalition includes

four local institutions: SU, SUNYESF, Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College.

SU will be the signing partner in the agreement. Student governments from the other schools have backed the partnership.

James Franco, SA’s president, on Sunday said that as far as he knows the partnership should be operational by the end of the spring semester.

Crisis Text Line can be reached by texting the word “HOME” to 741741. The service, which allows anyone to text a trained volunteer counselor, is available 24 hours per day.

The organization stores data collected from conversations in its Crisis Trends database, which tracks prevalent trends for different issues including anxiety, bullying, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts.

Students from the four coalition schools will be able to access Crisis Text Line by texting the keyword “STRENGTH.” After a certain number of students start conversations with that keyword, a report will be made available.

Students can still access the Text Line without the keyword, but any data collected from the

ensuing conversation would not be included in coalition’s dataset.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 61st session, and James Franco is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are five committees and four boards, which report to the association.

“The student government at Syracuse University and people at

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School administrators detail state funding concerns

By Joshua Carney staff writer

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there’s a need to tackle funding inequities in poorer school districts in his State of the State Address earlier this month, and Syracuse City School District administrators said they agree: The local district needs more help.

SCSD has received significant state funding in the past several years and $13 million has been set

aside from funds for SCSD in the state’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2019.

The amount of foundational aid a district receives from New York is determined by the state aid formula, a determination of what funding the state should be providing to a district. A percentage of that number is taken based off what the state is able to afford.

There is still a $35 million to $40 million gap between what the district needs and what the state can afford for SCSD,

though, said Kate Skahen, the district’s comptroller.

“I think collectively the state could do a better job,” said Linda Mulvey, the district’s chief academic officer. “It’s difficult to prioritize in an urban district because you’re talking about life differences and level of need.”

The state aid formula does not take into account the amount of low-performing schools in a district or the concentration of need in urban areas, Mulvey said.

“The most important thing

the state could do is recognize the increased need in urban districts,” Mulvey said.

The concentration of poverty is the most critical factor shaping the educational environment in Syracuse, Mulvey said.

About 80 percent of the city’s annual operating budget comes from the state in the form of foundation aid, Skahen said.

One of the district’s primary focus areas for applying for new funds is building out early childhood literacy

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Syracuse residents could see their electricity and gas bills go up if a proposed rate increase is implemented by National Grid in the next few months.

Several local groups, such as the Syracuse United Neighbors and Alliance for a Green Economy, oppose the proposal. Representatives for the organizations said they believe the rate hike will negatively affect low-income residents.

Gwen Chaffin, community organizer for SUN, said the group feels “awful” because Syracuse residents already have high heating and electricity bills. Those bills will become more expensive as rates go up and the weather gets colder in Syracuse, Chaffin said.

The New York Public Service Commission, a state agency responsible for managing utility rates, must approve the proposal. If approved, the rate increase will take effect in April or May, a National Grid spokesperson said.

The rate increase, proposed by the electric utility company, would total an average of roughly $16 per year in additional costs after the third year of implementation. The rate would be phased in over the course of three years.

The proposed hike would increase electric rates by about 3 percent in the first year and 4 percent in the second and third years, see national

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crime briefs Here is a roundup of criminal activity that happened near campus last week.

TRESPASSING A Syracuse man, 53, was arrested on the charge of trespassing. when: Tuesday at 8:25 a.m. where: 100 block of College Place PETIT LARCENY A North Syracuse woman, 55, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse woman, 19, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Wednesday at 1:13 p.m. where: Destiny USA Three Syracuse women, 19, 20 and 21, were arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Thursday at 7 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse boy, 16, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 8:35 p.m. where: Destiny USA GRAND LARCENY A freshman, 18, in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics was arrested on the charge of grand larceny. when: Thursday at 4 p.m. where: 100 block of College Place

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uneasy with the shake-up because the department had been preparing to welcome almost 50 international students next fall.

The department has also been planning to launch a new major with multiple concentrations, Goodman said.

Autumn Elniski, a bioprocess engineering Ph.D. candidate, said the shake-up was difficult for graduate students.

“My projects are all with the department chair,” Elniski said. “So, now my group of graduate students are going in, not knowing exactly what they are supposed to be doing because our chair has now been removed and replaced with an interim chair who has never really worked with us before.”

suny-esf In a campus-wide email to students on Jan. 14, Wheeler said the decision to implement a policy limiting chairs to two three-year appointments, “has a number of advantages such as routine infusion of new ideas and development of leadership skills among faculty.”

The three chairs — David Newman of the forest and natural resources management department; Donald Leopold of the forest biology department; and Gary Scott of the paper and bioprocess engineering department — were removed because they had been serving longest in their positions, he said. They will remain on as SUNY-ESF faculty.

In an interview with The Daily Orange on Jan. 18, Wheeler said all chairs at the university will eventually be rotated out.

Ben Taylor, president of the college’s Undergraduate Student Association, said students were primarily concerned with the timing of Wheeler’s decision and the lack of communication surrounding the department chair shake-up.

Students got an email about the chair removals days after faculty and staff first received notification, Taylor said, which resulted in students first hearing about the issue through Facebook.

“They should have done it the same day as the rest of campus,” Taylor said.

Some students, such as Molly Devlin, a junior biotechnology major, were concerned with how quickly the department chairs were removed, months before they were initially scheduled to step down, in August.

She said the action seemed unnecessary and that she still had questions about the university’s decision.

Other students were concerned about potential issues with programs directed by the department chairs who were removed by college leadership.

Neil Goodman, a junior paper engineering major, said members of the paper and bioprocess engineering department are

My concern is not with the actual decision, but more so with how it was executed.

Christopher Ludlam junior bioprocess engineering major

Taylor said when SUNY-ESF makes decisions he knows will be controversial, he tries to make sure administrators speak with students.

About 350 students attended a town hall with Wheeler and other administrators on Jan. 18, where they asked questions about the department chair removals and other university issues.

Though Taylor said administrators were able to clarify some student questions, he added that students seemed disappointed overall with the answers they received.

Ludlam also said he hoped the meeting would have provided clarity about the department chair removals, but instead it only made him more confused. He said he felt administrators had a hard time responding

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to questions directly.

Students repeated similar questions, Devlin said, and she felt Wheeler did not answer them thoroughly.

“It kind of seemed like he was talking around stuff,” she said.

Wheeler said in the Jan. 18 interview that he understood why people might be upset by the decision to remove the three department chairs based on partial information. Some information about the removals was withheld “out of respect for individuals” and not to embarrass “anyone,” he said.

As a group, department chairs have not been fully engaged in a “deliberative, collaborative process as part of senior college leadership,” Wheeler said in the interview.

“I can’t help but feel the students have little influence on the vision of the president,” Goodman said. “That said, I fully recognize it’s not the students’ job to run the college, but now more than ever I get the feeling Dr. Wheeler simply doesn’t care what we think, say or do.”

Devlin said professors have continuously urged students to speak up about matters within the school throughout her time at SUNY-ESF, but she doesn’t know how student voices can be heard and that it doesn’t seem to do anything when students try to be active.

Ludlam said that, although he believed students were respected as a group and the college gave students a “seat at the table,” he felt administrators treated students as inferiors.

On Friday, SUNY-ESF’s Graduate Student Association released a statement expressing “disappointment” in the university’s decision to remove the department chairs.

If the removals occurred with greater consideration, the university could have avoided frustration on campus, according to the statement.

Taylor said the Undergraduate Student Association is in the process of collecting student feedback in a Google Form. The organization will base future decisions based on that feedback, he said. jlandreo@syr.edu

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partnership Syracuse University are supporting you and anything that you need mental-health wise,” said Angie Pati, SA’s vice president.

Pati said SA wanted to be sure that health and wellness organizations around campus were on board with the partnership. The association secured the backing of the Office of Health Promotion, Office of Student Assistance and the Counseling Center, she said.

It’s still not clear who would have access to the data report if the project were to be finalized.

The Crisis Text Line requires partner institutions to have at least 35,000 students in order to ensure anonymity. Because SU does not have that many students, joining forces with other local schools became a necessity.

Jared Wolf, the Crisis Text Line’s media manager, said the minimum requirement was set so data can be completely anonymous.

“We want to be sure that there’s enough variety, velocity and volume of data that we are providing value to Syracuse and the other partners,” Wolf said.

Crisis Text Line had received roughly 3,700 conversations from people located in Onondaga County, he added.

Wolf said the University of Alabama had also launched a student-led partnership, adding that the school’s counseling center holds access to the data.

The center is free to share data with the university’s student government, which is leading the marketing efforts.

Pati said she hopes the data will help SU’s Counseling Center tailor their resources to student needs.

“I think it should be the Counseling Center looking at this information,’ Pati said. “I think they should have access to this information so that they can ... analyze it to provide resources.” rarozenb@syr.edu

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UU masters on-campus spring movie screenings Amid a competitive and exciting Oscars race, University Union has curated one of its best free, semester-long movie lineups in recent years.

The spring 2018 lineup features a wide range of blockbusters and Oscar-nominated films, including “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “The Shape of Water” and “Coco.” The lineup covers more diverse genres than in previous semesters — a welcome change of pace from UU’s typical stack of romantic comedies and action films.

With movies at Regal Destiny USA averaging more than $13 per ticket, it’s important that Syracuse University and UU provide free and low-cost entertainment to students who may not be able to afford pricey trips to the theater. The UU screenings are financially accessible at no expense to the quality of the films, which are representative of varying audiences.

With awards season underway, it’s encouraging to see UU exposing more students to an assorted movie selection. But while the films included in this semester’s schedule are distinct in their own right, UU should continually seek lineups that are more inclusive of minority-

directed productions, non-white communities and showcase storylines across spectrums of ability, gender, financial status, political affiliations, sexuality and religious beliefs, among other identities.

With the success of weekend movie screenings in the past, UU should consider encore weekends for some of the larger titles in the mix, especially given the limited seating in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, where the movies are screened. UU should also advertise its film screenings more universally across campus and on social media, not just in the Schine Student Center or freshman residential halls.

So kick back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Culture, acceptance nourish student life

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s an institution, Syracuse University boasts its acceptance of diversity. SU describes our campus as “an environment of inclusion and diversity, providing opportunity for anyone and everyone who seek it.”

While I commend this progressive stance, it’s important SU understands the difference between accepting and understanding. There is beauty in our differences. Diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and other identities is what makes us who we are.

Despite its status as a popular search term, culture seems simplistic to me. Complications arise when we create labels for lifestyles and identities different than our own, placing both ourselves and others in exclusive boxes. Culture is made up of attitudes, beliefs, characteristics and values that create someone or something. And regardless of whether we identify with these principles, learning how to not only live with diversity — but embrace it — is important now more than ever.

In The New Yorker’s “The Meaning of ‘Culture,’” Raymond Williams describes culture as

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ALWAYS LEARNING, ALWAYS WRITING having three meanings. That is, “culture as a process of individual enrichment, as when we say that someone is ‘cultured,’” “culture as a group’s ‘particular way of life’” and “culture as an activity … that might be encouraged by a Ministry of Culture.”

We must talk about culture and what it encompasses at SU so it doesn’t get erased. The way we interpret culture is changing as we become more cognizant of the identities in the American melting pot, and we must address the erasure and belittlement of minority populations. This country is ridden with tense cultural relations that could be traced to the 2016 presidential election, but this tension has always been churning in the background of our democracy.

Either way, it’s become acceptable in the U.S. to state one’s prejudice or racism without any consequences. We’ve reduced

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ignorance and hate speech as privileges under the First Amendment, which our “politically correct” culture has made us too sensitive about. But what people need to remember is the future is the now, and we’re the next leaders.

As SU students, we should take pride in our diverse and accepting community. But we can’t begin to let our comfort make us complacent and unaware. There are racial undertones and microaggressions on campus, and the only way to move forward is to decide to confront them.

My goal as a Student Life columnist is to make sure everything I write about is relevant to members of the SU community. From topics as seemingly mundane as fashion to weightier topics like race, I want this column to be an exploration of everything that comprises our identities.

And by talking about our differences, maybe we’ll realize just how similar we truly are.

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News briefs: What you might have missed this weekend

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Here are the biggest news stories from the Syracuse University campus and around the city you may have missed this weekend.

Joseph O. Lampe dies

A former chair of SU’s Board of Trustees died Thursday. Joseph O. Lampe, who graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in speech and dramatic arts in 1953, led the board from 1998 to 2004. Lampe also served as a Life participant on SU’s Facilities Committee.

“Joe was everything one could hope for in a Trustee, and then some,” said current Board of Trustees President Steve Barnes, in an SU News release published Sunday. “His deep commitment to the University spanned a lifetime, and his service and leadership on the Board stands as an example for all of us who were fortunate to know and work with from page 1

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In the keynote speech, Rye recounted her childhood. Her mother was an educator and her father was an activist. She said she was taught that activism was required to speak on behalf of those without a voice.

Rye’s father still carries a bullhorn in the trunk of his car and has signs on big whiteboards in her parents’ garage, she said.

“When people used to ask me if I was an activist, I used to say, ‘No, not at all. My dad’s the activist. He’s the agitator and I’m the advocate,’” Rye said in an interview before the celebration.

With a changing political climate, Rye said she now believes it’s necessary to be an activist.

Rye has to get out of bed every day, she said. If it was possible to stay in bed when things weren’t going her way, Rye said in her address, she would have been in bed since November 2016.

“Donald Trump with his damn wall and sh*tholes for countries,” Rye said. “That’s not my words. And, it’s disgusting. It hurts every time I say it, but that’s what he said. The real sh*thole is his mouth.”

Before the event, Rye said King would be disappointed in the leadership of Trump but proud of resistance and activism in the U.S. “(Trump) isn’t just trying to undo the legacy of Obama, but rather the very legacy of from page 3

national grid respectively, said Virginia Limmiatis, a media representative for National Grid’s central New York division.

$2.22 National Grid’s proposed rate increase for electricity source: national grid

An average gas rate would increase by 2 percent in the first year and 4.5 percent in the from page 1

robberies and other personal items.

The first suspect was described as a black man, about 20 to 30 years old and 6-foot-3 with a large build, wearing a black ski mask, brown hooded sweatshirt and pants. The other suspect was described as a black man about the same age, 5-foot-10 with a thin build, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans.

The suspects fled south on Ostrom Avenue in what police said was a light-colored SUVstyle vehicle.

DPS and city police investigated the first incident, according to the first of two campus-wide emails sent to the SU community Sunday night.

Police asked students to stay away from the area.

him. On behalf of the Board, I offer our deepest condolences to his wife, Shawn, and their entire family.”

Lampe served on SU’s $300 million Commitment to Learning Campaign Executive Committee and the national committee for the Campaign for Syracuse, according to the news release.

The former board chair also served on the College of Law Board of Visitors and the Chancellor’s Council.

“Joe modeled ethical behavior in all his work and expected the same of all who were affiliated with his university,” said former SU Chancellor Kenneth “Buzz” Shaw. “As a leader, he understood and respected the unique and important roles of the chair, the Board, the Chancellor and the faculty.”

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About 800 people crowded into the former Post-Standard building in downtown Syracuse on Saturday night for an inaugural ball civil rights that Dr. King fought so hard for,” Rye said, accompanied by shouts of agreement from the audience.

Rye also addressed Mayor Ben Walsh’s stances on the sanctuary city issue. Rye said she has progressive views on immigration because she’s from Seattle, a sanctuary city.

Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, last year, declared Syracuse a sanctuary city.

Walsh has said he supports the policies established by Miner, but has still expressed hesitation in calling Syracuse a sanctuary city.

The speaker added that she believes some people are just trying to make a better life for themselves and their children.

“I will fully endorse and support, shout it from the mountaintop, sanctuary cities because people deserve protection,” Rye said in the interview.

She said while people keep asking for justice, she thinks that’s the wrong answer. Justice is rooted in fairness, which Rye said she believes the U.S. is lacking. People need equity before they can have equality, she said.

Rye listened to King’s 1965 SU speech and said she will keep something from that speech as her mantra this year.

“We will win our freedom,” King said in 1965. “And I want us to realize that that is still a possibility.” ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert

second and third years, she said.

This joint proposal between National Grid and the PSC would cost residents an additional $2.22 per month for electricity and an additional $1.20 per month for natural gas heating, according to a press release from National Grid.

Limmiatis said National Grid hopes the rate hike will help fund some rebuilding of its infrastructure. This includes delivery infrastructure of electric and gas services, she said.

At present, current rates are frozen until the proposal is approved or denied.

Chaffin said SUN sent 2,000 postcards to Albany, the state’s capital, in opposition of the rate hike.

“People in the community call it National Greed — people talk about National Greed.

They have been upset for a long time and this rate hike will not help the company’s reputaThe first email was sent at about 8 p.m. It was the first public safety notice of the spring 2018 semester.

About an hour later, DPS sent a second email notifying the campus of two additional robbery reports. Police asked that people stay indoors in the area of the 300 block of Roosevelt Avenue and Buckingham Avenue and Meadowbrook Drive, southeast of the University Hill neighborhood. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office also assisted in the investigation of those incidents, police said.

The 100 block of Ostrom Avenue, the location of the first reported robbery, is just south of East Genesee Street. jumlle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18 krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

hosted by Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration, according to Syracuse.com.

The ball was a fundraiser for Walsh’s campaign committee, which raked in more than $520,000 during the mayoral race last year, according to Syracuse.com. The newspaper reported that the mayor likely raised at least $100,000 thanks to the ball.

According to Syracuse.com, the committee spent about $10,000 two weeks ago for the event.

$2.28 million donation

A Syracuse University life trustee and his wife have donated more than $2 million to SU to help fund an “invention accelerator” and the establishment of a new research center at Link Hall.

The university on Friday announced that William “Bill” F. Allyn and his wife Janet “Penny” Jones gave $2.28 million to the university, inspired in part by the $100 million Invest Syracuse fundraising plan.

The money will be used by the College of Engineering and Computer Science as part

of the college’s “Transforming Our Future” plan. The college wants to increase student enrollment on campus by 20 percent, “in areas demanded by the workforce” to more than 3,000 students, over the next 10 years, according to the plan.

The Allyn family’s donation will help fund the Bill and Penny Allyn Innovation Center, which will be situated in the southern portion of Link Hall, according to an SU News release. Of the total donation, $2 million will go toward the innovation center project, according to the release.

An additional $280,000 from the family will be used as funding for Invent@SU, a sixweek invention program for undergraduate students to design, prototype and pitch product ideas.

“This gift advances two of our key institutional priorities. It strengthens services for student success and supports innovation,” SU Chancellor Kent Syverud said in the release. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

RAICES DANCE TROUPE, a student group, performs merengue Sunday night during the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. codie yan staff photographer

tion,” said Howie Hawkins, a local activist who has voiced support for publicly-owned power utilities.

Hawkins campaigned for mayor this past fall on the Green Party ticket.

Chaffin said she also fears there will be more shut-offs — energy or heating services turned off because residents could not pay bills. She said this will affect those with poorly insulated houses.

“There are going to be more shut-offs because people will not be able to pay their bills and that would ruin their credit. It is not going to be good. It is going to be a hardship,” Hawkins said.

Jessica Azulay, program director of the Alliance for a Green Economy, said the plan will negatively affect low-income households and harm the environment.

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funding programs. Early childhood literacy coaches have been hired to assist teachers with applicable skills.

The addition of staff positions is the primary expenditure, Skahen said.

“So, for us the challenge is every year we don’t know what state funding is going to be, and because so much of our budget depends on state funding, we can’t plan to expand programs, we can’t plan to necessarily maintain things at the same level because just doing that costs money,” Mulvey said.

The school district, though, still faces rising costs of accommodating its needs,

in this case, will have to pay for is going in the wrong direction,” Azulay said.

The Energy Affordability Program, which cuts monthly energy bills for eligible lowincome customers, will continue, according to a press release from National Grid. The rate hike will also help create more than 250 jobs in the next three years, per the release.

The Alliance for a Green Economy will have to focus on advocating for people in the community, as a rate hike will affect lower-income residents, Azulay said.

“This rate proposal has a low-income division, but it’s those people that are working above the threshold but not rich … lower income workers, those are the people that are going to get hit the hardest and face the choice between heat and groceries,” Hawkins said. bmoorman@syr.edu

officials said.

“A big expenditure for urban schools has become student support services.

We have a lot of high-need families that have barriers to accessing education and need things like acceptable mental health services and other supports,” Mulvey said.

Cuomo has addressed the funding inequities impacting school districts across the state, Skahen said, and she remains optimistic for the SCSD. “As one of the poorest districts in the state, we’re certainly hopeful that the governor will recognize the challenges we face here and allocate funding accordingly,” Skahen said. jcarney@syr.edu

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awards various district committees.

“I saw the flyer for the award, and I felt that for Dominique, it just described him,” said Jami Freeman, who nominated Dominique for the award, in a video shown in the Carrier Dome. “He works very hard and he’s very dedicated to helping make a positive change.”

The other student award recipient was SU’s Keenan Lewis, a student in University College, who has worked on a radio program that focuses on topics such as mental health and education. Lewis also coordinates community events, such as a drive to send cards to military servicemen and their families.

“Keenan is very humble, so he would probably not even call himself a leader,” said Maria Lewis, his wife and radio partner. “He would probably just say, ‘I’m just a helper’ and his radio and TV program inspires and empowers the community.”

The final award recipient was Robert Wil-

son, SU’s director of student support services, who has worked with first generation students in Syracuse.

We seek to honor those who exemplify the spirit of Dr. King’s life.

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“I’m a first generation student, I come from a working family,” Wilson said. “We try to provide an opportunity for students who might not otherwise get this opportunity.” mtestlin@syr.edu

BLACK LEGACY A CAPPELLA sings a faith song Sunday during the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

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As the biggest mall in New York state, Destiny USA is home to more than 250 sites for shopping, dining and entertainment, and about 26 million people visit the mall each year.

Besides the standard restaurants, retail stores and outlet sites Destiny offers, there are plenty of other options for indoor entertainment during the bitter cold winter, including a go-kart track, an amusement park and an escape-the-room attraction. Here’s a breakdown of some of the coolest places to keep warm this winter.

RPM Raceway

The RPM Raceway is an adult go-kart facility that offers a quarter-mile racetrack with electric vehicles that can reach speeds of up to 45 mph. The go-karts are safe enough for racers to use with no prior experience, but lessons can be scheduled for those interested in honing their skills.

MATTHIEU DORA, a Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus, scales a 45-foot wall at Central Rock Gym, which offers climbing, yoga and fitness classes for athletes of all expertise levels.

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n an unassuming brick building that was once a powdered milk factory, Central Rock Gym recently opened its Syracuse location. The exterior betrays the interior, where 45-foot rock walls stretch up, and patrons lift weights in a brand new fitness facility. On a Saturday afternoon, the gym was alive with climbers on almost every wall.

Manager of Climbing Nate Farrington walked around the gym in a pair of ice climbing boots, stopping to chat

with different climbers. A Central Rock employee was giving a tour to his family but paused to introduce them to Farrington.

“Thanks for coming,” Farrington said as he shook hands with each family member. The sense of community at the gym is palpable, with small groups of climbers watching friends and strangers alike scale the huge walls.

The gym, located at 600 N. Franklin St., gives Syracuse area residents a nontraditional way to break a sweat during a time of year that makes outdoor exercise especially unappealing. Climbers can meet workout partners and see climbing page 10

If you’re a thrill seeker or speed enthusiast, (the raceway) is the safest way to go fast without getting a ticket.

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RPM Raceway has three levels of racing difficulty: juniors, nonlicensed racers and adult riders. During the winter months, the number of racers increases because of the large dirt racing community in the area, said Tim Farrance, the manager of RPM Raceway. The sound of the cars attracts people strolling through the mall, too, Farrance said.

The raceway offers monthly promotions. A “Beat the Winter Blues” promotion will be active for the rest of January. It gives members a 50-percent discount on their next race if they put up the fastest lap time.

“If you’re a thrill seeker or speed enthusiast, (the raceway) is the safest way to go fast without getting a ticket,” Farrance said.

The raceway is open from noon to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 11 p.m. on Fridays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.

WonderWorks

A setting team at the gym assembles new routes on the walls every few weeks to give members fresh challenges each time they come to climb. The gym also offers day passes with rental gear for casual climbers.

WonderWorks is one of Destiny USA’s most popular entertainment sites, with more than 100 hands-on exhibits and activities, including LaserTag Combat Zone and Canyon Climb.

Laser tag gives groups a chance to compete against other opponents in a see destiny page 10

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climbing experience new challenges every time they come in for a climb.

“I know it can seem like a kind of individual sport because you’re on a wall by yourself,” Farrington said. “But the fact that someone else is belaying you, you’re literally trusting that person with your life — and it develops, purposefully or not, a really deep sense of connection.”

Farrington, a Syracuse native, had been waiting years for a gym like Central Rock to open in the area. He’s been involved with the Syracuse University Outing Club for the last decade, which is how he was able to get started in sports like rock climbing, ice climbing and mountaineering.

Many members of SUOC are involved with the gym as both employees and patrons. from page 9

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Canyon Climb is the world’s largest suspended indoor ropes course at 70-feet tall with three separate levels. There are about 80 obstacles for its users to overcome throughout the course. It’s WonderWorks’ most popular attraction, said WonderWorks manager Nicole Montgomery, adding that the park’s best quality is its inclusive age range. “(Anyone) can have a good time and get a really

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Climbing partners Noah Anderson and Evie Brooks, both members of SUOC, said Central Rock is a great place to meet people besides the climbers they already know.

“A lot of climbers in the area already know each other, and those who don’t, we’re all super friendly to them,” Anderson said.

He recounted a time when Farrington introduced him to someone new to the gym and asked if Anderson and Brooks would climb with her.

“Now, not only do we have a new friend, we have a new climbing partner,” he said.

The gym offers both roped climbing and bouldering, where climbers scale freely across the walls without any harnesses or ropes. Rock climbing’s rising popularity is reflected in the International Olympic Committee’s decision to include the sport in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Central Rock Gym is a chain that grew out of Massachusetts and is opening more locations

to meet growing demand for the sport.

In fall 2018, Central Rock will open a gym in Rochester, a boon for the Rochester Institute of Technology’s climbing team. For now, though, they enjoy climbing in Syracuse.

“It’s pretty exciting,” said Chuck Caikoski, a senior on the RIT climbing team. “This is the closest gym that has rope climbing.”

Before Central Rock opened in Syracuse, the team would drive two and a half hours to a gym in Burlington, Ontario, to access the facilities they need to train for USA Climbing competitions.

The gym also offers opportunities for training beyond climbing. Yoga classes are offered several times per week, in addition to cardio and climbing fitness classes, all of which are covered by the membership fee.

Rock climbing is the ideal sport for anyone struggling to find the appeal of a traditional gym, Farrington said.

“You come here, you’re hanging out with friends, you’re on the wall for a while, and then suddenly you’re like ‘Oh yeah, I’m sweating,’” he said.

With a full-time setting team assembling new routes along the walls every few weeks, members can expect to find a challenge regardless of how often they visit the gym. For those who are just getting started in climbing, day passes, rental gear and introductory belaying classes are available.

Isaac Jo, a Central Rock employee and SUNY-ESF alumnus, has been climbing for 10 years. He encouraged anyone with an interest in the sport to give it a shot.

“Just do it, just go for it. If you have a fear of heights, that’s great,” Jo said. “You can conquer your fear, it’s a great workout and we have student discounts. It’s an accessible and affordable way to get in shape.” mfbolan@syr.edu

good value for the money they pay for fun memories and entertainment,” Montgomery said.

WonderWorks as a whole is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Laser tag hours are the same Fridays through Sundays, but Monday through Thursdays laser tag hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Escape the Mystery Room

Escape the Mystery Room is an activity where participants are locked in a room for 50 minutes and have to solve riddles to get out of the room before time is up. There are nine rooms with ranging difficulty levels in the attraction.

In the Escape From Alcatraz scenario, participants are locked in a prison cell and tasked with following clues to break out of jail between the guards’ shift change.

The attraction is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. aebyrne@syr.edu

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Cooking with soul North Side teaching restaurant reopens with Savannah-based cuisine

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mid this harsh winter, Syracuse’s North Side just got a little warmer with some southern soul food.

Last week, Onondaga Community College’s teaching restaurant and entrepreneur incubator, With Love, reopened on North Salina Street with their third menu. This time around, Venus Likulumbi crafted a menu with Filipino and Congolese influences that reflect her roots.

Likulumbi, the restaurant’s newest entrepreneur-in-residence and a Syracuse native, grew up around a host of different cultures. Her aunt was from the Philippines and introduced her to Filipino cooking techniques as well as traditional dishes like lumpia and adobo.

Likulumbi’s mother whipped up spinach stew and fufu, some of the Congolese dishes of her father’s origins.

“I remember coming in the house and having Cambodian, Turkish dishes because people (my mother) knew, she brought them in, and we all sat while she cooked,” Likulumbi recalled. “My mother always opened her doors.”

The collection of lessons and experiences went with Likulumbi when she lived in the South. She she spent 20 years living in Savannah, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, working in Southern restaurants. This experience provided her with the

opportunity to exchange ideas and methods with local chefs, expanding her culinary repertoire.

After catering events and venturing into real estate, Likulumbi moved back to Syracuse 18 months ago with an abundance of new influences.

The gastronomic mixing of cultures that Likulumbi grew accustomed to as a child helped shape the foundation for With Love’s new offerings. Filipino influences are evident with the lumpia repolyo, while the Kool-Aid pickles have both low country and Latinx origins.

The heart of the menu, though, remains soul food.

“Soul food is the cuisine of making do,” Likulumbi said. “Basically, you open up your back door and anything that flies, swims, crawls or walks can be on your table.”

This distinctive style of the food is not to be confused with the archetypal depiction of general southern cuisine.

“The recipes are African recipes that were derived in the South and then spread across the United States as soul food,” Likulumbi said.

Forget fried chicken — meat is not the focal point of the soul food diet as everyone assumes, she said.

In fact, meat was typically smoked and used merely for flavor since the yard greens, rice and beans that form the basis of soul food are bitter alone.

Black-eyed peas, cornbread, smashed potatoes and green beans sit alongside entrees such as meatloaf terrine — the menu’s lone entree with

meat — fried green tomato napoleon and lady pea stew. This concise menu will change from time to time during the six-month period in which this style of food is served.

Mason jars adorn each setting, channeling the famed Southern sentiment, while beverages include peaches and green iced tea and Salt City coffee. Alcohol is not offered because of the restaurant’s educational environment.

Every meal can be finished off with the ambrosia creme brulee. The menu itself even asserts that the irresistible dessert will “make you fat and happy.”

As for her future after With Love, Likulumbi said she would like to open up a bed and breakfast in Syracuse. She loves the local region and is accustomed to entertaining guests.

Program manager Adam Sudmann launched the restaurant in December 2016. With Love, Pakistan was the first iteration of the instructional eatery, headed by immigrant chef Sarah Robin. Last fall, chef Nancy Aye brought Burmese cuisine to the 435 N. Salina St. location.

The three chefs are now linked together through a framed photo they all signed on the wall, which states that every meal was cooked with love.

A young woman on a date looked down at the crisp salmon croquette and crimson Kool-Aid pickle on her plate, then locked eyes with her date and said, “I am so glad we came here.” aglehner@syr.edu

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romero By 2008, two years later, they were competing for the travel state title in her age group.

In the final inning of the state championship game, the score was tied with two outs. A runner stood on second and Romero was up to bat. She made contact with the ball, sending it between the legs of the first baseman before it eventually rolled under the fence for a groundrule double.

“I got the MVP award,” Romero said. “I still have it. It’s in this little glass thing, it was really cool. It was amazing to me because we won states.”

Under her dad’s tutelage, she didn’t just build her softball skills, but more importantly found her place as a pitcher.

After her first year playing softball, Romero approached her parents. She wanted to pitch. Her parents said absolutely not, citing the time and difficulty as factors behind not becoming a pitcher. But with few positions for a left-handed softball player, Romero eventually convinced her parents to let her try it. from page 16

strautmane on Sunday at Conte Forum. Syracuse tallied 16 offensive rebounds to the Eagles’ five, and won the overall rebounding battle 38-25.

Syracuse hit its “target number” of 3s in the game, 10, Hillsman said. SU is 11-1 in games it makes at least 10 3s.

Boston College never led in the game.

SU pulled away behind a big second quarter from beyond the arc. Strautmane canned three 3s in the frame and Gabrielle Cooper added two of her own. The Orange won the second quarter, 21-10, and led by 14 points at the half.

Strautmane was joined in double figures

by Tiana Mangakahia and Amaya FinkleaGuity. Mangakahia scored 19 points to go with seven rebounds and nine assists.

Finklea-Guity, a freshman playing near

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“She wanted to do it. In elementary school, it was fun,” Andrea said. “Everybody that young, they want to pitch, they want to catch. They all want to try and do different things. And then when (Romero) got to middle school, it started to become more serious.”

It was in middle school that Romero started to second guess her choice. The competition became harder and most of the pitchers on the travel team traded the circle for other parts of the field.

For a few months, Romero took a break from pitching, her mother said. She used to cry every time she pitched. Romero said her friends were good at it without trying even as she had to try hard.

“You’re either all in or you’re all out,” Andrea said. “I would say out of all her friends that were pitchers, probably 95 percent quit at that age.”

She only took a few months’ hiatus from pitching, though, and when she returned, it took her a while to fully enjoy the position.

It wasn’t until her sophomore year of high school that Romero broke out as a pitcher. Her dad hung up his head coaching hat and Joe Bruley, one of the coaches of the Eaglecrest her hometown of Dorchester, Massachusetts, scored 11 points and added six rebounds.

“She had a really good crowd, high school team was there, all of her family was here,” Hillsman said. “It was good for her to come out and have a good showing coming back home.”

Syracuse entered the game at Boston College undefeated at home in conference and winless on the road. Behind a career-day from Strautmane, the latter half of that is no longer true. SU has a road conference win.

Strautmane has new career highs in points and made 3s.

Now officially in the second half of its conference schedule, Syracuse is off the schneid on the road.

“It’s just about growing up, we have a very young team, playing on the road is tough,” Hillsman said. “The more experience we can get playing on the road, the better off we’re gonna be. wmheyen@syr.edu | @Wheyen3

(Colorado) High School Raptors, took over in helping Romero grow as a pitcher.

“Sophomore year is when I got really good at (pitching),” Romero said. “I fell in love with it. It’s so bad for me to say but I love being the center, being in the middle. I love having control of the game. I love having the ball. I’ve become a ball hog.

“I love having the ball.”

Romero knew she wanted to play softball in college when she was 8 years old. By the time she was in high school, her parents pushed her into attending recruiting camps as a way to get exposure. Romero wore a bright pink shirt at each camp to stand out.

When the offers rolled in, Syracuse was the highest-caliber team to reach out. After she came to campus and walked into the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, she knew it was the place she wanted to be.

On Feb. 10, 2017, Romero stepped into the circle while donning a Syracuse jersey for the first time. Facing then-No. 10 Georgia, Romero pitched six innings, tallying three strikeouts while allowing 11 hits and six runs. Her parents watched from the stands, crying. They didn’t expect her to be pitching so early in her

college career.

“We threw her right into the mix and started her against Georgia our first weekend out,” Bosch said. “A lot of freshmen would probably be a little nervous and she probably was a little bit nervous doing that too. I think she grew a lot that weekend, she got some experience that really helped her through the ACC season.”

Despite living in Colorado, Romero’s parents plan on following the team on the road this season. They’re renting an RV and planning on attending numerous road games, usually played in warmer weather than Syracuse and less likely to be canceled.

Back in middle school, Romero took a break from pitching. In high school, she finally broke through and found her college of the future. In her sophomore year at Syracuse, her parents will get plenty of opportunity to see her shine in the circle. “(Romero’s) a hard-worker. She wanted to be successful more than she was successful,” Andrea said. “So she put a lot of hard work, a lot of sweat and tears into it. I feel like a lot of kids are born talented athletes but she created that in herself.” klwasile@syr.edu | @kaciwaz

DIGNA STRAUTMANE, pictured here on Nov. 10, set a career high with five 3-pointers Sunday after entering the contest with 14 in 21 games. codie yan staff photographer

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Syracuse beats Columbia 5-2 to avenge loss last season

By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer

With three competitive matches in a decisive third set, Syracuse needed just one more win to close out the match and gets its revenge on Columbia.

Instead, it got two.

Dina Hegab raced out to a quick 6-1 win in her opening set before dropping the next.

The errors started piling up for Hegab, who lost the second 6-2. With two sets split, Hegab found her first-set form, winning the final four games of the match to officially clinch a thirdconsecutive victory for SU.

We lost to them last year, and it really motivated us this year to come out and take over on all of the courts.

Miranda Ramirez su sophomore

A few seconds later, Masha Tritou let out a huge roar. A match that appeared perilous at the latter half of the second set was turned around as Tritou focused more on tennis and less on her arm injury which hampered her performance for much of the first half of the match.

Tritou trailed 4-6, 3-4, before receiving treatment during a changeover on her right arm.

After the treatment, she won the final three

games of the second set and immediately took control of the decisive set with a 2-0 lead. Tritou went on to win the match 6-1 in the final set.

Syracuse (3-0) continued its winning streak to open the season with a 5-2 home win over Columbia (2-1), a team it lost to 6-1 on the road at the start of last season. While Gabriela Knutson continued her dominance this season, Miranda Ramirez, Hegab and Tritou turned the tables on the Lions after losses last season.

“As a coach, you’re always worried, and you try to see what’s happening on all of the courts,” head coach Younes Limam said. “We knew they weren’t going to go away and that there would be a lot of close matches.”

Knutson set the tone atop both the doubles and singles ladder. First, she partnered with Ramirez in doubles, winning 6-3. Knutson stepped inside the baseline multiple times on the return, thumping backhands down the line and crosscourt. This aggressive return set the tone for Knutson and Ramirez, who took control of the set when they fought off two break points up 4-3 and consolidated the break they earned in the previous game.

After her win in doubles, Knutson rolled over freshman Christie Wan in singles without dropping a game, 6-0 6-0. Last season, Knutson was the only SU player to win in singles.

Ramirez may have had a new opponent, but she remembered last season’s match all too well. Playing second singles last season as well, Ramirez lost 6-4 in the third set. This year, she was determined not to repeat that result.

“I think now I have more experience,” Ramirez said. “We lost to them last year, and it really motivated us this year to come out and take over on all of the courts.”

In the first seven games of the match,

Ramirez found herself playing right into her opponent’s hands. The two battled through numerous long rallies, and neither player could get the upper hand on the return. After a changeover meeting with associate head coach Shelley George, Ramirez stepped up another gear. With three consecutive forehand winners, Ramirez finally claimed the elusive break of serve at 4-3. She comfortably closed out the set with a hold, dropping only one point in the final service game.

From that point forward, she was in con-

trol, moving her opponent Jennifer Kerr all around the court, controlling the match with her feet rarely leaving the baseline.

With shorter points, Ramirez won the second set 6-1.

“When coach came over, we talked about it and I started playing more aggressive and more towards the corners,” Ramirez said.

With two easy wins to open the season, Sunday was the first difficult matchup of many to come for SU. And in its first true test of the season, the Orange passed. amdabbun@syr.edu

GABRIELA KNUTSON AND MIRANDA RAMIREZ each won their singles matches on Sunday during SU’s 5-2 win against Columbia. max freund staff photographer

ice hockey

Syracuse finds consistent offense from 3 underclassmen

By Eric Black

asst. copy editor

Entering the season, head coach Paul Flanagan knew he’d have to rely on seniors Stephanie Grossi and Alysha Burriss for a large portion of Syracuse’s offense. The roommates are two of SU’s top four scorers from last year.

The other two, Emily Costales and Heather Schwarz, are gone.

Costales transferred to the University of British Columbia-Vancouver. Schwarz is playing professionally in the National Women’s Hockey League with the Boston Pride. Both Grossi and Burriss are on pace for the lowestscoring seasons of their respective careers, but that hasn’t sunk the Orange.

When Dakota Derrer’s career ended in November, Syracuse (9-15-2, 8-5-1 College Hockey America) was left to replace 42 percent of its scoring from last year’s team.

With its seniors not meeting expectations, SU has turned to three second-year players for offense. Redshirt junior transfer Brooke Avery, redshirt sophomore Lindsay Eastwood, and sophomore Kelli Rowswell make up three of the Orange’s top four scorers this season, coming through on offense when the team has from page 16

stepback offensive players. Defenders are jamming up the middle of the paint. Drives all of the way to the hoop have become scarce.

And yet when guarding Battle, defenders don’t always know what’s coming. He has a strong ability to give the illusion that he is going all of the way to the basket on line drives. He can navigate to the rim when he’s not double-teamed, and he relies on the stepback jumper more than anyone at Syracuse.

“A lot of guys are worried about me getting by them,” Battle said, “so I just use their momentum and I stepback. They’re still going back. It just gives me open space. That’s all I need, a little open space.”

Battle can change speeds but is a fairly limited ball handler. He shoots many pull-up jumpers but he doesn’t always release at the optimal part of his jump, sometimes releasing on the way down. He has a reliable pull-up

needed them most.

“Grossi and Burriss, those two kind of struggled early on,” Flanagan said. “All of a sudden, who’s gonna emerge … I’m not gonna say that we’re shocked, but it’s a little unexpected. It’s great to see. If anything, you want some people to step up, and they’ve done that.”

While Eastwood leads the team in assists with 14, Rowswell has been a jack-of-all trades for SU. Sitting second on the team in goals (seven) and fifth in assists (six), Rowswell has taken a team-high 69 shots this season. But it’s been Avery who’s stepped up the most, leading the team in both goals (10) and points (17).

After tallying six points in 33 games last season, Avery’s nearly tripled her scoring output in seven fewer games. In her second year with the Orange after beginning her career at the University of New Hampshire, Avery has blossomed into the go-to scorer for Syracuse playing alongside Rowswell, one of her linemates.

“My current line with Brooke and Emma (Polaski) is kind of an odd line,” said Rowswell. “We just talk, communicate after every shift. We have the same mindset. We just want to score.”

In recent weeks, Syracuse has tried out dif-

ferent combinations of lines and even shuffled starters at goaltender. Against Mercyhurst this weekend, Flanagan tried out two different starting lineups despite winning on Friday.

With all of the shuffling in its lineups of late, SU has found consistency in two pairings on offense — the seniors, Grossi and Burriss, and the duo of Rowswell and Avery.

The Orange has “mixed and matched” in order to try to find combinations that work the best around the staple pairings. Fortunately for Flanagan, a player like Eastwood has found success no matter who she’s played with. Her ability to find teammates in open positions has resulted in a rise in her assist total, up five from last year, as well as more playing time.

“Lindsay, I’m not really surprised there, she’s out there a lot,” Flanagan said. “I think that there’s a lot more for Lindsay, there’s a lot of potential there for her to not only add to her assist total, but she can really shoot it.”

Despite her significant team lead in assists, Eastwood credits her teammates for creating the scoring opportunities. By being in the right places at the right times, she said, all she does is keep her head up and find the open lane.

One specific connection Eastwood looks

for each game is Avery by the crease. Being a bigger player allows Avery to gain position by the net and deflect passes she receives from Eastwood for scoring chances. Avery’s ability to find the top corner of the goal, said Rowswell, is another asset that’s allowed her to lead the team in scorer this year.

Three weeks ago, during a series against reigning CHA champion Robert Morris, Burriss tallied two goals in the first game and Grossi scored two the next day. Entering this past weekend’s series against Mercyhurst, the two had combined for just one goal since.

On Friday, they each recorded a goal and assist before being shut out on Saturday. If Syracuse hopes to find its groove before the playoffs, it’ll likely need more consistency from its seniors.

In the meantime, its three breakout underclassmen will handle the scoring, and others may be waiting for their opportunity to step up.

“It could be anyone, next week it could be someone new,” Eastwood said. “It’s just the way it works sometimes, and I’m never really surprised, because I think anyone on this team could lead the team in points.”

game and rise on his jumper, and he has said his stepback is best in the mid-range, about 15 to 17 feet from the basket. He has the strength to take the shot from closer to the 3-point line, too. Just ask Georgetown, against which he hit longer stepback jumpers in an overtime victory last month. He finished with 29 points in the game.

Battle said the focus with any good stepback

he decelerates, with the ball in his left hand. He gets low, his right shoulder driving toward the defender’s chest. He hops back to lift up into his shooting motion.

“This year, he has to create pretty much everything he gets,” Gary Battle said. “He has to use it a little more than he wants.”

To have enough energy with the shot, Battle said he has to get low to the ground in his drive.

This way he can transfer the momentum to his hop back, which he relies on almost exclusively in one-on-one situations. It’s an isolation mechanism, usually utilized off the dribble against a defender close enough to necessitate the backward movement.

If Battle notices his man is tight on him, he said he can hop as much as two feet back. That drastic hop back makes it difficult to remain balanced and still rise up high enough to lift the ball above a defender’s arms. Mastery requires diligent practice: Battle may take up to about 75 stepbacks in a single shooting workout, his father said. The next step in his

shot’s progression is shooting off the right dribble, a challenge for most righties who mostly push off the right foot when driving left. Shooting off the right dribble would require stepping off his weak left foot.

Freshman forward Oshae Brissett said he also wants incorporate the stepback jumper into his game because it gives him space and time to shoot, which he said creates a sense of calm. It didn’t take long for Brissett, who averages 14.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, to pick up on Battle’s go-to shot. Last summer, in one of the first scrimmages, Battle went to his stepback jumper over and over. Everyone on the court knew it was coming, but “nobody could really stop it.”

“Tyus is just so fast, so strong,” Brissett said.

“If he gets his shoulder on you, then you’re automatically going back and he’s stepping back. It’s money every time. That’s something he can use no matter who’s guarding him.”

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Tyus Battle’s father, Gary, said Battle takes about 75 stepbacks in a typical shooting workout

lies in giving the defender the feeling that he will drive all of the way to the rim. That’s when

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Revenge game Syracuse tennis lost last season to Columbia but avenged the loss Sunday.

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Forever young Syracuse ice hockey is relying on the scoring of three underclassmen this season.

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‘Magic cream’ Masha Tritou needed her right arm treated in the middle of her comeback win Sunday.

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Alexa Romero didn’t always love pitching. Now, she enters her sophomore season as Syracuse’s top arm.

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ALEXA ROMERO knew she wanted to play college softball when she was 8. Now a sophomore, she’s set to be the Orange’s best pitcher. courtesy of su athletics

By Kaci Wasilewski asst. copy editor

lexa Romero was at a karate tournament. It was one of the sports Romero’s parents signed her up for in elementary school in an attempt to combat her shyness. She was at the tournament while both her parents were at work.

She was alone and felt stranded. She didn’t want to be there. She called her mom to pick her up.

“Later that day, my mom was like ‘If you don’t choose a sport, I’m going to choose one for you,’” Romero said.

Her younger brother was playing T-Ball at the time and it looked more appealing to Romero than ballet classes. Her parents bought her a glove and signed her up for softball.

More than 10 years later, in her first season at SU, Romero went 12-7. She struck out 155 batters, including a career-high 12 against Pittsburgh in midApril. Now, a sophomore at Syracuse, Romero enters the season as SU’s ace.

“As the season went on she got stronger and stronger,” SU head coach Mike Bosch said of Romero’s freshman campaign.

Romero grew up in Aurora, Colorado less than a half-hour outside Denver. With travel teams few and far between, Romero’s family formed their own team.

Most of the travel teams in Colorado at the time were far away from the Denver area and the one team in the area had a coach who wasn’t what the Romero family wanted for their daughter’s softball coach.

They were also tired of playing the same few teams over and over again. To solve their problem, Romero’s father, Larry, and one of his friends took charge.

“My husband and his best friend both had grown up playing baseball,” Romero’s mother, Andrea Romero, said, “and they kind of went into it like ‘Hey, yeah, we can easily coach girls’ softball.’ It didn’t take long for them to realize it was very different.”

The coaches were in place and members of the local recreation teams joined up. The Colorado Magic travel team was created. In their first season, they only won once and Romero wasn’t at that game. see ROMERO page 14

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women’s basketball

Battle’s stepback proves solid

SU smacks BC 75-57

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

Last week, Gary Battle was standing in a North Jersey gymnasium, watching his 9-year-old daughter, Gigi, at a basketball practice. A thought rushed in his head.

“Right about now, when Tyus was her age,” Gary Battle said, BATTLE “he had just started to work on his stepback.”

About 10 years ago, Battle was toying around with a basketball at a high school near his home in New

Jersey. That’s when Battle — who has become Syracuse’s best player — successfully took his first stepback jumper, almost prematurely. He had just begun to possess the ability to screech to a halt when driving, allowing him to stepback with enough separation to sneak off a jumper. He displayed the shot in Syracuse’s most recent game, a 60-55 win Saturday afternoon at Pittsburgh, where he scored 14 points.

Tyus’ father, Gary, chuckled at the notion that little has changed for his son’s “big-time” shot. It drew raves among spectators at his middleschool games, given that it is a skill few players use with any regularity at any age, Battle and his father said,

let alone grade school. Here is Battle now, a sophomore guard for Syracuse (15-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast), the team’s leading scorer (19.7 points per game) still sticking to what he calls his “goto” shot: the stepback jumper.

It developed naturally, matured through high school and has become the single most important shot for an Orange team searching for an NCAA Tournament berth.

Given SU’s struggles to generate offensive movement, it is increasingly important for Battle to take the shot and knock it down consistently.

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By Billy Heyen

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Digna Strautmane entered Sunday with a career high of two made 3s in a game. Her career high after SU’s win over Boston College: five.

We needed that, we were starving for (a win).

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“Got her going early, she got some good looks and she knocked them down,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said.

Syracuse (17-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast) picked up its first ACC road win, 75-57, over Boston College (6-15, 1-7), behind a career-high 25 points from Strautmane. All four of the Orange’s conference losses have come on the road. But four first-half 3s from Strautmane made sure that wouldn’t become a winless 5-for-5.

“We needed that,” Hillsman said. “We were starving for one.”

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