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Within his first 100 days in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump plans to reduce restrictions on businesses in the United States.

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Cedric Bolton, who has worked for Syracuse University for 13 years, has solidified his role as a support system and role model for students on campus.

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Cedric Solice’s contributions as an assistant coach for the SU women’s basketball team come from things like working with the SU band and mentoring players.

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trump’s first 100 days

Order banning travel affects SU community

By Rachel Sandler digital editor

Student Association members unanimously approved a resolution calling on SU to become a “sanctuary campus.” The bill was twice previously tabled. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor

CALL FOR ACTION

Student Association assembly urges SU to declare itself a ‘sanctuary campus’ reflects the student body’s hope on campus and their feelings toward this,” he said. “It’s a unanimous vote, which rarely happens in SA. he Student Association assembly on I think it’s important that the 15,000 underMonday night unanimously approved graduate students have shown the chancellor a bill calling for Syracuse University to that this is what we want, this is what we care become a “sanctuary campus.” about and this should happen.”

The resolution, “Call for Syracuse UniverSA President Eric Evangelista said he was sity To Be a Sanctuary excited SA passed the Campus,” passed with bill, saying that it had all 22 assembly mem“been a long time in bers voting in support the making.” of it. The bill, original“I’m happy that the ly submitted by Chair assembly was able to A college campus that adopts policies to of Academic Affairs see a bill in full and protect undocumented students from James Franco and vote on it and have federal anti-immigration laws Assemblyman Marcus their opinion heard on Lane in December, behalf of the student was tabled twice before reaching Monday body, and I look forward to further productive night’s vote. conversations with the chancellor,” he said.

The resolution will be submitted to SU He added the bill will be printed and signed administrators, who can decide whether the by himself and Obi Afriyie, SA’s parliamentaruniversity will declare itself as a sanctuary ian. Evangelista will present it to Syverud the campus. Franco said after the meeting that next time they meet. the resolution is not legally binding and will The sanctuary campus movement encournot make SU a sanctuary campus but instead ages universities to adopt policies that protect sends a message to Chancellor Kent Syverud. students who are undocumented immigrants “I am really happy. I think (the resolution) see sanctuary page 4

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

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what is a sanctuary campus?

As the world was left reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration over the weekend, a petition circulated among academics in opposition of the order. The signatories make a blistering statement against the order, lambasting it as a detriment to research and claiming it will impact others in higher education by tearing families apart.

The signatures, which surpassed 8,800 with 32 from Syracuse University faculty as of Monday afternoon, sent a clear message that academia rebukes the order that bans all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and refugees for 120 days from entering the U.S. “This measure is fatally disruptive to the lives of these immigrants, their families, and the communities of which they form an integral part. It is inhumane, ineffective, and un-American,” the petition reads.

The concerns laid out in the petition are coming to fruition at SU. Fifty students from the banned countries — Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen — have

already been advised not to travel out of the country because they will not be allowed back in.

This measure is fatally disruptive to the lives of these immigrants, their families, and the communities of which they form an integral part.

It is inhumane, ineffective, and un-American. petition being circulated among academics opposing the immigration ban

In addition to those 50 students, the effects of the ban are reverberating through the academic ranks at SU and with SU’s refugee community. Here are the stories of three people at SU affected by the executive order: see order page 7

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Syverud responds to calls to oppose ban

By Haley Kim

asst. copy editor

Chancellor Kent Syverud signaled support on Monday for students affected by Donald Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

That came after more than 260 Syracuse University faculty and students signed a petition calling on him to oppose the order.

In a letter sent to the SU community on Monday, Syverud did not outwardly oppose the ban but listed resources for members of the community who have been affected.

Trump’s order, signed on Friday, prevents people from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the country for the next 90 days, and all refugee admissions for 120 days. Fifty Syracuse University students were advised not to travel outside of the U.S. because of the ban.

“The teaching, learning, and discovery that we do every day involves people from more than 150 countries — and it occurs at

Syracuse University programs and facilities across the United States and around the world,” Syverud said in the letter. “Our work and our contributions are made possible by people from everywhere, including the seven countries specifically identified in the executive orders.”

Tony Callisto, senior vice president for safety, said in a statement on Monday that the Department of Public Safety neither inquires about immigration status of individuals on campus nor assists federal officials in immigration investigations or raids.

That response comes after groups on campus have called for Syverud to name SU a sanctuary campus.

Syverud has also asked Provost Michele Wheatly to evaluate how SU can help “students impacted by changing immigration laws.”

On Sunday, hundreds of people showed up at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport to protest the ban, including Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. The order has sparked other protests across the country. hykim100@syr.edu

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TATTOO tuesday | julia parus

Senior’s tattoo honors cousins with disease

By Julie McCullough contributing writer

Julia Parus loves to talk about her tattoos. Ask her about the wheelchair on her neck or the Bible verse on her ribs, and you will quickly learn all about the disease that has shaped her family, her faith and the way she lives her life.

Muscular dystrophy is caused by a mutation in a gene that interferes with the production of proteins needed to form and maintain healthy muscle. Those who have it experience progressive loss of muscle mass resulting in weakness, and sometimes, loss of mobility. Parus, a senior child and family studies major, has two cousins who suffer from the disease, one of whom is the same age as she is.

“I’ve always been very close to my cousin,” Parus said. “This disease is something my family and I lived with basically every day.”

Raised in a Catholic household, Parus struggled to understand at a young age why her cousin was born with muscular dystrophy and she was not. When Parus sought advice on the subject from her aunt, she recited Ecclesiastes 3:11: “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”

When Parus went to her first church group meeting at Syracuse University her freshman year, the same verse was used as the foundation of their discussion. Now tattooed on her rib cage, the quote continues to comfort her during difficult times.

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N • On the border Experts give their thoughts on President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the Mexican border and what it means for immigration.

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Tyler Lydon didn’t lead the Orange in scoring on Saturday afternoon, but he was arguably the team’s best player, doing a bit of everything in SU’s win.

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JULIA PARUS has always been close with her cosuins who have a genetic disease called muscular dystrophy. She also has a tattoo on her rib cage of a bible verse. kali bowden staff photographer

“I love looking at that tattoo because I know that He truly does do everything for a reason. Every challenge in life is only to make you stronger,” Parus said.

A family friend inspired her other tattoo — the wheelchair on the back of her neck. Her friend frequently doodled the wheelchair, using a heart instead of a wheel, with the words “embrace,” “empower”, and “educate.” When she died of

muscular dystrophy at age 18, Parus and her family were devastated.

“It was so real, because I knew that could happen to my cousin too. People with the disease typically aren’t expected to live beyond age 20 or 21.”

Parus and many of her family members got her drawing tattooed on their bodies shortly after her passing. It serves as a tribute to their friend’s life, as well as a means of educating and spreading

awareness on muscular dystrophy.

“When I look at my tattoos, it brings me joy. I’m so grateful for my friend and cousin being in my life and making me aware of other people and their disabilities, as well as making me not judge people right off the bat,” Parus said. “These tattoos serve as a daily reminder of the lessons they’ve taught me throughout my life.” jlmccu01@syr.edu

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On the decline

Pushing back

A study found that funding given to mental health counselors at universities is stagnant.

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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner called for government reforms in a testimony.

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NEWS

Sanctuary campus Kent Syverud has on several occasions declined to call SU a sanctuary campus.

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DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

89,535 The number of regulations at the time of Trump’s inauguration the Federal Register had documented being published since 1994

source: the hill

Trump recently told CEOs he would be cutting 75 percent or “maybe more” of regulations in the United States

Here are the five biggest banks in the U.S. and their total assets JPMORGAN CHASE & CO BANK OF AMERICA CORP

$2.42 TRILLION $2.15 TRILLION

CITIGROUP INC

$1.77 TRILLION

WELLS FARGO & CO

$1.75 TRILLION

U.S. BANCORP

$.416 TRILLION

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It took Trump only until his 10th full day in the Oval Office to sign an executive order reducing regulations on businesses

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Former President Barack Obama’s Dodd-Frank law institutes more than 225 regulations across 11 federal agencies

source: the hill

44 The five biggest banks in the United States control 44 percent of all U.S. banking assets

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Trump plans to reduce business regulations

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that requires federal agencies to revoke two new regulations for every new regulation they create.

“This will be the biggest such act that our country has ever seen,” Trump said during the signing, according to Politico.

“There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be a normalized control.”

The order will also set a new annual cap on the cost of federal regulations, one official told reporters, per Reuters.

Trump, a frequently outspoken critic of business regulation, also told several CEOs on Jan. 20 that his administration would be cut-

ting 75 percent or “maybe more” of regulations in the United States.

While it is unclear what Trump means by his promise, Business Insider reported the president did not specify whether he was referring to a 75 percent cut in the cost of regulations or the total number of regulations in the U.S.

There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be a normalized control.

Donald Trump president of the united states

Issuing the executive order shows the president has only just begun to fulfill promises made on the campaign trail and comfortably take his position as a businessfriendly, anti-regulation president.

Within the first few days in office, Trump also issued two presidential memoranda — executive actions that take less precedence than an executive order — lessening regulations for manufacturing sectors in the U.S. and freezing new federal regulations from being published.

The “Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing” memorandum, issued on Jan. 24, directs executive departments and agencies to expedite reviews and approvals of the construction or expansion of manufacturing facilities in the U.S.

The memorandum also orders a reduction in the number of “regulatory burdens” on domestic manufacturers. It instructs the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to work with other department heads to reach out to companies in the U.S. over a 60-day period to ask what the federal government can do to make permitting easier for businesses.

The other presidential memorandum issued by Trump is a common action taken by first-term presidents, who try to make sure no regulations that were reviewed by the outgoing administration are immediately implemented during the new presidency.

Reince Priebus, Trump’s chief of staff, signed the memorandum.

It is similar to the one Rahm see regulations page 4

city

Airport renovations could benefit economy

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

The city of Syracuse could see economic growth after Syracuse Hancock International Airport undergoes another round of renovation this year.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the airport renovations earlier this month, saying the construction project could bring about 900 new jobs to Syracuse and central New York. There will be jobs created in construction during the renovation and in terminal concessions and airport services after

the renovation.

The state will contribute $35.8 million to the project, with Onondaga County contributing $1 million and the Federal Aviation Administration $9.1 million to the project, said Christina Callahan, the airport’s executive director. The Syracuse Airport Authority will also contribute $2.9 million.

The upgrades to the airport include a wide-scale redesign of the terminal, a new regional aviation history museum, a new exterior facade and a new glass pedestrian bridge above the passenger drop-off area, according to a press

release from Cuomo’s office.

“People who are coming here are going to benefit from a facility that is modern, upgraded and offers the types of the amenities that travelers want,” Callahan said. “It’s the first and last impression of our community (and) it’s important to us that we leave a positive and memorable impression on passengers.”

Currently, about one million travelers come to Syracuse each year, according to the airport’s website.

The airport still has its roof and mechanical system that was built in 1962, which needs to be replaced

because it has exceeded its useful life expectancy, Callahan said.

Turing the airport to a brand-new facility, she added, would attract new airline services.

Michael Wasylenko, a professor in the department of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, said the airport is due for an upgrade and that he believes the renovation will enable the airport to welcome more flights from different cities to Syracuse.

“The transportation funds can (not only) get the personnel

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student association

Probe into president continues

By Will Muoio staff writer

A final verdict regarding the investigation into Student Association President Eric Evangelista’s alleged violation of the SA constitution will be made Friday.

SA’s Judicial Review Board chair Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti provided the update at SA’s assembly meeting Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium. Al-Sulaiti said Evangelista committed a “possible and potential constitutional violation” by appointing a co-chair of public relations without opening applications to the student body.

Evangelista appeared in front of the JRB on Monday for a judicial hearing, but the meeting was kept private. If Evangelista is found guilty of having violated the constitution, he will have the ability to appeal, Al-Sulaiti said.

Evangelista allegedly violated the SA constitution by not acting on the assembly’s request to send a campus-wide email calling for applications for the public

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

U.S. BOY SCOUTS The Boy Scouts of America will begin accepting transgender boys into its programs, the group announced Monday. It will enroll children based on the gender stated in applications, rather than its previous policy of using birth certificates. A spokeswoman said the change reflects the national conversation surrounding gender.

It will be effective immediately. source: the associated press

MASSIVE DONATIONS The American Civil Liberties Union received $24 million in donations in less than 48 hours over the weekend. This adds up to more than six times its average yearly donations. Celebrities took to Twitter to call for donations, pledging to match very large sums if users tweeted their donation receipts. The ACLU is currently working to fight President Donald Trump’s refugee ban. source: wired

WORLD FACING CHARGES Alexandre Bissonnette, a FrenchCanadian university student, was charged on Monday with six counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder after he attacked a Quebec City mosque Sunday night. Bissonnette allegedly shot and killed six men and wounded 17 others. source: reuters

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Study: Funding for mental health services levels off

By Kenneth Mintz staff writer

While mental health needs in college are on the rise, the funding given to counseling centers remain stagnant, a recent study found.

The Center for Collegiate Mental Health recently released its 2016 report, compiling data from more than 400 university and college counseling centers. The report focused on students who sought treatment or other support in the 2015-16 academic year.

The report found that anxiety and depression continued to be among the highest mental health concerns for college students, while academic distress, eating concerns and family distress cases are decreasing.

Rates for prior mental health treatment, the report also indicated, remain steady for the sixth consecutive year. On average, counseling centers are providing 28 percent more

“rapid-access” service hours per client and 7.6 percent fewer “routine” service hours per client over the last six years, per the study.

Cory Wallack, Syracuse University’s director of Counseling Services, said in an email the Counseling Center has seen growth in the number of visits since the 2010-11 academic year, jumping from 1,685 to 2,101 during the 2015-16 academic year.

Counseling Services has increased the number of group therapy sessions, something Wallack said is one of the most effective forms of counseling for college students.

SU also offers emergency service for patients who are suicidal, facing potential academic failure or having psychotic thoughts.

Wallack said the center has been focused on the prevention and education aspects of mental wellness. With help from SU Counseling Services, Office of Health Promotion, Student Association and the student orga-

city

Miner calls for government reform in Albany testimony

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner called on New York state legislators to enact different types of government reform to fight corruption in a testimony to the New York State Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Monday.

Miner said she wants to see the LLC loophole closed, “comprehensive” contracting oversight and a modernization of the elections system in the state, according to a transcription of her testimony provided by her press office.

The LLC loophole allows companies to give large campaign contributions in state elections. Limited liability companies can give up to $150,000 annually in New York elections, and individuals can create LLC entities to give money. The loophole is the result of a 1996 state Board of Elections decision.

The mayor said that in 2016, she also spoke before the committee about corruption and “raised issues about how the state allocates

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regulations Emanuel, then-President Barack Obama’s chief of staff and now mayor of Chicago, signed in 2009.

But some key differences in the new memorandum are highlighting Trump’s aggressive stances on regulation. The Priebus memorandum states that federal agencies have to postpone regulations that have been published but have not yet taken effect.

Emanuel, however, asked them to “consider” postponing regulations. The new memorandum also targets guidance documents, which are advisory recommendations from federal agencies, not laws.

The regulation memorandum has received mixed review from companies. While some companies have lauded the freeze, other businesses and workers are planning to fight in support of certain regulations.

Trump’s action also froze a wide range

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airport coming down here, but visitors,” Wasylenko said. “It would have a very good economic impact for us as a region.”

He added that both businesses and residents can benefit from the upgrade because having a better airport makes Syracuse a more attractive place to live. Businesses — especially service industries such as contracts, retail and postal services — will come along with people and workforce to Syracuse, Wasylenko said.

Onondaga County spokesman Justin Sayles said it’s important for any airport or

its economic development resources.”

“Sadly, since I last appeared before you, the headlines have been dominated by an intersection of these two issues: corruption in our state’s economic development programs,” she said to the committee.

She told the committee she supports different contracting reforms, including the creation of a “Database of Deals” that would allow the public to see the total value of all subsidies awarded to different businesses. She also said she supports making the voting registration process easier in the state, per the release.

Miner also told the committee the state’s decisions directly impact the city of Syracuse and corruption has a “corrosive influence on our democracy.”

“Corruption of our state’s economic development programs is the symptom of a more systemic problem, a government that has become increasingly insulated from the will of the people,” she said, according to the transcription. sfogozal@syr.edu

of other different regulations. Notably, the memorandum halted several regulations that would have required new checks for airplane fuselages that commonly crack.

One regulation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration lowers the amount of beryllium that workers are allowed to be exposed to while on the job. Beryllium is a metal that if frequently inhaled or touched can result in a type of lung disease or cancer. Another rule that was halted would tighten the restrictions on the shipment of crude oil on railroads.

The president also pledged to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act, a fiercely debated financial regulatory measure that was created following the 2008 financial crisis during his first 100 days.

“The problem with the regulation that we have right now is that you can’t do anything,” Trump said during his meeting with CEOs, according to NPR. “It’s out of control.

It’s gotten out of control.”

nization Active Minds at Syracuse University, the university launched Mental Health Awareness Week this past October.

Delaney Arias, communications chair of the SU chapter of Active Minds which works to increase mental health issue awareness, took a year and a half off from SU for inpatient treatment and therapy. The junior newspaper and online journalism major, who is on her second leave of absence, first sought treatment on campus in 2012.

Arias said she thinks that many students choose not to seek counseling because of factors such as a lack of time, the desire to put academics over health and the stigma that comes with seeking mental health support.

“Also, there’s this weird culture in college where people brag about how many hours of sleep they didn’t get or how hard they work themselves so they’re not taking care of themselves,” Arias said. “It’s to say practic-

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sanctuary from deportations and other federal antiimmigration laws. It was triggered in response to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Trump has pushed for mass deportation policies and tighter border control.

Several universities, including the University of Pennsylvania and Drake University, have declared themselves a sanctuary campus while others have declined to do so. Hundreds of SU community members in November participated in a march across campus as part of a nationwide protest supporting sanctuary campuses.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 60th session and Eric Evangelista is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

SU’s Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution of its own in November calling for SU to become a sanctuary campus. The GSO also passed a resolution at the last University Senate meeting on Jan. 18 urging Syverud to clarify the university’s stance on undocumented students and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program led by former President Barack Obama shielding undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. who entered the country as minors from deportation.

Syverud did, however, previously sign a petition to continue to support DACA. Despite pressure from some university community members to declare SU a sanctuary campus, Syverud has declined to do so.

ing self-care makes it look like you’re not working as hard as other students.”

She added that students should let their professors know what they are going through, especially if they need to go to an appointment instead of taking an examination.

Ashley Stauffer, project manager for Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University, said she has found that some professors will understand students’ mental health needs and will offer alternative options for assignments.

“Clinicians at counseling centers don’t really have a lot of time to do any research, so this project really helps counseling centers do some research with minimal work on their part,” Stauffer said. “So I’m pretty excited to be able to do that, and also having an impact on college counseling centers and helping students.” kmintz@syr.edu

During his address to the campus two weeks ago, Syverud expressed support for undocumented students but said the meaning of a sanctuary campus is unclear. In an email disseminated to the university community last December, Syverud said the university “simply cannot ignore federal laws.”

Tony Callisto, senior vice president for safety and chief law enforcement officer, said in a statement on Monday that the Department of Public Safety neither inquires about the immigration status of individuals on campus nor assists federal officials in immigration investigations or raids.

There are potential consequences if SU does choose to become a sanctuary campus. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) introduced a bill on Jan. 12 stripping funding for colleges committed to becoming sanctuary campuses. Trump also issued an executive order that withholds federal funding from “sanctuary cities,” such as Syracuse.

Walt Donner, a GSO senator from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs who was involved with the GSO sanctuary campus resolution, said he has been working with the administration on the issue. He said the university is interested in seeking input and willing to work with the student body on the issue. He added that the resolution is “an articulation of priorities” that the university can use as a tool to assess its policies.

He said he was ecstatic with SA’s passage of the resolution.

“It is a great showing of support for DACA students, our dreamers and also the immigrant community in Syracuse in general,” he said. “I think it’s encouraging that the student body is looking to work with the university administration on how we can help members of the community that may be at risk with the current policy changes.” ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal —Staff Writer Will Muoio contributed reporting to this story.

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municipality to make it easy for business to be conducted in their areas. The airport is the “welcome mat” for Onondaga County and central New York, he said, adding that he believes the message passengers will get from the airport following the renovations will be a better reflection of what the community has to offer.

Callahan said the project is expected to be complete in two years.

“The facilities that will result from the investment will encourage and welcome business travelers to come (to) Syracuse and Onondaga County,” he said. “It makes it a much easier choice for folks to decide where they want to come and do their businesses.” chchen@syr.edu

ERIC EVANGELISTA, Student Association president, will present SA’s sanctuary campus bill to SU Chancellor Kent Syverud. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor

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Sanctuary or not, university needs to protect undocumented students

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leven days in and President Donald Trump has signed more than 10 executive orders — one of which concerns “sanctuary” cities like Syracuse.

The executive order threatens to strip federal funding from cities that have declared themselves as “sanctuary.” But, under the 10th Amendment, the federal government cannot force state government to enforce federal law. This includes forcing state police to unlawfully hand over any undocumented immigrants.

It is unclear how or if Trump will be able to actually follow through with these threats. Nonetheless, this dramatic decision spurs confusion about what this means for sanctuary campuses.

Despite some pressure from the university community, Chancellor Kent Syverud has withheld any official declaration that Syracuse University is a sanctuary campus. But he also reassured the university’s responsibility to its students — no matter their immigration status — in his speech to the SU community earlier this month and in a campus-wide email sent Monday.

If being a sanctuary campus means SU will protect its undocumented students and help them develop the roots for a successful future, then SU should be a sanctuary campus. But if SU is willing to take these measures

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without declaring itself a sanctuary campus, that works, too.

“Sanctuary” is just a word, and words don’t have meaning if there’s no action behind them.

This is why the simple action of declaring SU a sanctuary campus isn’t as important as the student body thinks it is. The most pressing task for Syverud and his administration is to reinforce and create policies that legally and financially support and protect undocumented students.

Some school officials may worry about the risk of losing federal funding but, Christopher Lasch, an associate professor of law at the University of Denver, said there is no current condition attached to grant funding that requires campuses disclose all their students’ information to federal immigration officials.

And the United States’ sensitive locations policy discourages U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement involvement at locations such as hospitals, religious institutions and schools.

“The value that they add to our community is more important than enforcing immigration laws,” Lasch said. “So, as a general rule,

ICE doesn’t currently do any enforcement at those locations.”

A clarification of the term “sanctuary campus” and the potential consequences of becoming one need to be explained to the university community before any decision can be made.

It’s unclear, to some, whether a sanctuary campus simply means a safe and welcoming environment or a space immune to any interference from ICE.

what is the 10th amendment?

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The term “sanctuary campus” itself shouldn’t be taken at face value because it only communicates the idea of a movement that allows “all members of the community to understand that this is a sanctuary where people’s dignity and their status is respected,” said Marcus Lane, a sophomore policy studies major at SU who wrote the Student Association’s resolution to become a sanctuary campus, which is still up for a vote.

The values of a sanctuary

campus are all fine and dandy, but what’s really important are the policies that reside underneath the name, because that’s what will actually make a difference.

There are policies that already exist that protect students and their information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prevents schools from disclosing students’ personal information, whether it be age, sex, medical history or immigration status, Lane said.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, enacted under former President Barack Obama’s administration, protects undocumented individuals who arrived in the country as minors and have since enrolled in education from being deported. If Trump decides to rescind the policy, undocumented students risk deportation.

In any case, SU should financially support undocumented students through scholarships, which would allow them to keep their seat at the university in the event that their federal aid is taken away.

SU should also work to provide accessible legal counsel to those who find themselves in a situation with ICE. And the university has a responsibility to its students to withhold any personal information unless presented with a warrant.

Due to the ambiguity of the Trump

administration’s intentions for immigration policy, it’s difficult to predict any financial consequences of becoming a sanctuary campus. But there is definitely cause for concern, considering Trump has hit the ground running with executive orders.

In the email sent to the SU community on Monday, Syverud reassured students, faculty and staff that the university will support those affected by Trump’s executive orders against immigration. Tony Callisto, senior vice president for safety and chief law Enforcement officer of SU, also sent a campus-wide email telling the community that DPS will not involve itself in immigration matters without legal directives.

Thankfully, Syverud has shown the SU community that a conversation about our threatened students has begun, and hopefully he will make good on the promise of an internationally inclusive university.

Even if sanctuary isn’t in our name, if Syverud truly means he will stand by and support our undocumented students, SU better be prepared to stand by its entire student body and face Trump’s administration — policies locked and loaded.

Aishwarya Sukesh is a freshman magazine journalism and psychology dual major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at aksukesh@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @AishuSukesh.

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Students should stand up for city, others in uncertain times Like many Americans, I spent the days following Nov. 8, 2016, in a death spiral of distress, fear and anger. After fretting for my friends and fellow writers, I began to consider what awaited the undergraduate students at Syracuse. My instinctual response was jealousy. I thought about how nice it would be to spend the next few years in a bubble of cheesy dorm events, basketball, latenight existential crises, and Frisbee sessions on the quad. (Even term papers don’t seem that bad when compared to stress-reading Medium articles about the likelihood of a nuclear holocaust.) But then I

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remembered the resistance movements that were borne out of Berkeley and Kent State and the University of Missouri. I saw another direction for our school.

I hope that each student here — undergraduate, professional, and graduate — takes the current political situation as impetus to become a little braver and more inquisitive. I hope all of you stand up for the greater community of Syracuse, a sanctuary city whose history is indebted to its immigrants.

I hope you do not rely on your professors to teach you everything that matters.

If you are reading Hannah Arendt for your philosophy course but not attending

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protests, then you are missing out. If you leave your business ethics at the door when your business ethics class ends, open your eyes.

I firmly believe that our shared pursuit of higher learning at this university calls us to help one another.

My feelings have only strengthened now that 50 Syracuse students have been advised not to leave the country out of risk of deportation. These students are not “our friends” or “our neighbors.” They are us. Don’t think of this as a fight for some distant strain of idealism. We are fighting to save ourselves.

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Experts weigh in on potential effects of Donald Trump’s proposed wall along Mexican border

By Sandhya Iyer staff writer

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nited States President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order calling for the construction of a controversial wall along the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump needs congressional approval to authorize the building of the wall, and experts agree that because Congress currently has a Republican majority, the president will have little problem getting support for his plans.

The length of the border between the U.S. and Mexico is approximately 2,000 miles long. Almost 700 miles of fencing already exists along the border. There are several remote areas along the border that don’t have border fencing.

Since 2000 there have been more than 65 border walls built around the world, said Corri Zoli, a research assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

“We’re entering a new period of retrenchment of nationalism,” she said.

The construction of Trump’s wall is estimated to cost around $12-$15 billion, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Trump has said he expects Mexico to pay for the wall. However, Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto has frequently said his country will not pay for the border wall.

“The Trump administration is not initiating this on its own, even though it’s been a part of campaign rhetoric,” said Zoli, “We already have a significant investment in border fencing.”

Trump has discussed taking cuts from remittances to pay for the wall, but it is likely that the necessary funds for the project will come from U.S. taxpayers, said Gladys McCormick, an assistant professor of history in the Maxwell School.

Even though talks about the wall have strained U.S.Mexico relations, McCormick said she doesn’t think the wall itself will have a big impact on U.S. relations with other Latin American countries.

Changes to immigration laws and renegotiating free trade contracts will have a bigger impact with other countries, McCormick said.

McCormick also said there might be unintended consequences of the wall, especially with environmental impacts. She said there are delicate habitats along the border that play important roles in migration of wildlife and the growth of flora and fauna. Construction of the wall will cause “catastrophic” environmental destruction, she said.

Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, said that until about the 1980s, immigration from Mexico was circular.

This meant, she said, that immigrants would come to the United States to work, but would eventually return back to Mexico. After 1994, with the Clinton administration’s introduction of Operation Gatekeeper, which increased the number of border patrol agents and upgraded their equipment, the border became more militarized.

People still came to the U.S., but they have now stopped leaving, she said. “(The wall) in some sense encourages people to stay because it makes it more expensive and dangerous to get here,” said Lutz.

Zoli said that many immigrants still enter the U.S. illegally, and the southern border tends to be more insecure than other borders.

“Part of the problem is that the Mexican government doesn’t have the resources or political will to police the border on their side,” Zoli said.

She added that the wall will not only tackle immigration issues, but also threats to national security. Zoli said the wall acts as a type of prevention strategy, adding that former President Barack Obama deported more immigrants than any other president before.

“That’s a pretty traumatic way of dealing with immigration,” she said.

Despite acknowledging that deportation strategies have improved over the last decade, Zoli said prevention strategies are more sound and humane than others, such as deportation.

McCormick disagreed, saying Trump is “scapegoating a group of people” for American problems.

“The sad thing is he made it a premise of his campaign,” she said. ssiyer@syr.edu

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order Mehrzad Boroujerdi, chair of the political science department at SU

For Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Trump’s executive order affects him both personally and professionally.

Boroujerdi’s 71-year-old mother is out of the country with a green card. Over the weekend, he was unsure if his mother, who is from Iran, would be able to travel back into the country.

“The prospect of her not being able to come visit us and my children is deeply offending,” Boroujerdi said.

Green cards were originally included in the ban. But amid national outcry as legal residents were being detained at airports, the Department of Homeland Security announced Sunday they would review green card holders on a “case-by-case” basis to see if they are “a serious threat to public safety and welfare.”

As a faculty member at SU, the ban means that Boroujerdi and others at the university have to scramble to adjust their plans with scholars and researchers from the seven banned countries. Next week, Boroujerdi said, the university planned to host a scholar who has been imprisoned in Iran. Boroujerdi would not give the scholar’s name or more information, citing safety concerns because

the scholar has been politically persecuted.

“It’s a serious infringement on our academic rights,” he said.

“I felt like I was not alone, that there are good people around and there are people who think differently,” he said.

The plans were set. Rouzbeh Berton’s parents were going to see him graduate from SU. Berton has not seen his parents in more than seven years. In the time he has been at college, he never traveled or wanted his parents to travel. There was always a part of him that feared something might go wrong with his visa. Or that one of his parents could not get a visa.

This May, he thought, he would change course. Berton would try to get his parents visas so they could come from Iran to see his graduation ceremony.

Now, after Trump’s executive order has banned travel from Iran for 90 days, Berton’s parents do not have enough time to secure travel visas. In other words, his parents cannot come to the U.S. to see their son graduate and get his Ph.D. “With this executive order, everything is ruined,” Berton said.

Berton was at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport along with hundreds of others on Sunday to protest the executive order. He said it was especially heartwarming to see people who aren’t immigrants support people like him. Even though the ban is keeping his family from visiting him, he said the protest made him feel hopeful.

Khadijo Abdulkadir stepped forward, a megaphone in hand. She fumbled with the buttons for a few seconds. Hundreds surrounded her, eagerly awaiting what she had to say.

“It means so much, you have no idea how much it means to me, especially speaking on my personal experience,” she said Sunday in front of protesters at the Syracuse airport.

The Syracuse protest was one of many at airports around the country. Protesters held signs with messages of support to Muslims and refugees. Abdulkadir is both.

Her voice cracking, Abdulkadir began to explain her story, in broad strokes, to the protesters. Her aunt and uncle are refugees from Somalia living a Kenyan refugee camp.

For 10 years, they had been going through the process of becoming refugees. Recently, they had been classified as such and had been assigned for settlement in Syracuse.

On Friday, just after Trump signed the executive order, Abdulkadir’s aunt and uncle were on a bus to Nairobi. They were booked on a flight to the U.S. in two weeks. Then, without warning, the bus turned around and took them back to the refugee camp.

“I would talk more,” Abdulkadir said to the protesters. “But I can’t. Thank you for your support.”

Rouzbeh Berton, a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering

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“The JRB will treat any and all violations of the Constitution and the Bylaws seriously and considers this act intolerable.”

relations co-chair position, according to a copy of the violation notice obtained by The Daily Orange. Evangelista originally appointed a student to that position without opening applications to the student body.

“Failure to execute Assembly’s decision is a clear Constitutional violation per Article IV (4.2) which states: The President shall be responsible for executing the decisions of the Assembly,” the violation notice states.

Here are other highlights from Monday’s meeting: Evangelista’s meeting with the Student Success Council was the most discussed topic during his report. One of the purposes of the council is to increase retention rates and success rates at Syracuse University.

“There were a lot of interesting things brought up that I didn’t know leading up to the meeting,” Evangelista said.

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Khadijo Abdulkadir, junior in the College of Arts and Sciences

Evangelista added that he and the council also discussed standardizing transfer processes for students wishing to move between colleges at SU. Additionally, SA Vice President Joyce LaLonde is finalizing a Department of Public Safety survey that will be shared with students, she told the assembly during a brief address. She also said she is working to form a mental health reporting group and asked for help from assembly members to report on the topic.

Parliamentarian Obi Afriyie said in his report that he hopes to promote more work

Abdulkadir is a full-time student at SU and has been a refugee in the U.S. for nine years. Before that, she was born in the same refugee camp where her aunt and uncle are today. After a five-year vetting process, she and her family settled in Syracuse.

In an interview before the Syracuse protest, Abdulkadir said her situation is particularly dire because her aunt and uncle are sick. Her uncle lost his eyesight while living in the refugee camp. The corrective surgery is expensive and almost inaccessible in Kenya.

Abdulkadir hoped her uncle could receive the surgery in the U.S. Her aunt is also sick, but Abdulkadir declined to go into further detail.

“They are really powerless,” she said.

“And so am I.” Abdulkadir still hasn’t called her aunt and uncle because she “can’t bear the sadness.”

“Until now I haven’t even called them. Do I tell them that, sorry, after 10 years you’re not able to join us? I had my aunt calling me before this and asking me: ‘What should I bring?

What should I buy?’ I told her to just come — that’s all we care about,” Abdulkadir said.

The future of Abdulkadir’s aunt and uncle is unknown. She isn’t sure if they will be settled in the U.S. once Trump’s refugee ban is lifted after 120 days.

“For 10 years they’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting,” she said. ”I don’t even know how we will go on.” rsandler@syr.edu

among assembly members, and wants to introduce an open forum to allow assembly members the opportunity to voice any ideas or initiatives to cabinet members.

Chair of Academic Affairs James Franco spoke about his committee’s work, most notably by introducing a midterm extension pilot that will be launched this year. The plan is to have E.S. Bird Library open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a two- to three-week period.

“This is something we’ve been trying to work on the entire year,” Franco said. wgmuoio@syr.edu | @WillMuoio

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MENTOR MAN

Cedric Bolton acts as support system, role model for students

Publisher discusses diversity

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

CEDRIC BOLTON has been working with students since he himself was an undergraduate at Western Washington University. After college, he began his career at the University of Minnesota and came to Syracuse University 13 years ago. codie yan staff photographer

black history

month series

develop programs for students and work with them directly.

Bolton first started his SU journey in the Office edric Bolton once had a basketball coach who of Multicultural Affairs when his wife was offered helped him stay focused, make good choices a position as a women and gender studies profesand become a leader on and off the court. sor 13 years ago.

Bolton is now this type of mentor for students One of his main goals became designing cultural who come through his door. Heading the Black celebrative months, each one specific to distinct History Month committee and running programs cultures so he could be sure to cover them fairly like Verbal Blends Poetry have and find strong faculty experts made Bolton, the coordinafor each. tor of student engagement for “I started to understand the Syracuse University’s Office of culture of SU and figure out Multicultural Affairs, a supwhat I can do here,” Bolton said.

That’s one of the reasons port system and role model

By Bolton’s third year he for many. was organizing various comwhy I put so much effort He is motivated to invest mittees and began reaching in his students by people like out to other organizations on into students, if you put his coach, who influenced and campus to help plan events. good energy into people, guided him growing up.

For Black History Month “If you put good energy into in particular, events include they’ll put good energy people, they’ll put good energy a commemorative lecture, into someone else. It’s into someone else. It’s like payperformances at the Black ing it forward,” Bolton said.

Lounge — which highlights like paying it forward.

Bolton first immersed himemerging black artists in the self into community projects as campus or community — and Cedric Bolton an undergraduate at Western the Sankofa lecture series, coordinator of student Washington University. He where accomplished alumni engagement at the office of served as the vice president return and speak to students. multicultural affairs of diversity for the Associated Abigail Covington, a Students — the university’s offisophomore writing and rhetcial governing body — and the vice president of the oric and sociology double major, is one of the Black Student Union. students helping Bolton with the preparations After college, Bolton wanted to continue with for Black History Month. this type of involvement, so he took a position Covington, the social media intern for the Office in the African American Resource Center at of Multicultural Affairs, started working with the University of Minnesota where he could see bolton page 10

By Alison Boghosian staff writer

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Central New York Vision is a weekly newspaper that covers local and regional news in a way that is relevant to the black community in Syracuse.

Its mission statement explains that the paper works “to foster self-awareness, build community and empower people of color to reach their greatest potential. Further, CNY Vision seeks to present a balanced view of relevant issues, utilizing its resources to build bridges among diverse populations; taking them from information to understanding.”

The Daily Orange talked with CNY Vision’s publisher and editor Dave McCleary about the paper and giving a voice to minorities.

The Daily Orange: How did you become involved in the paper?

Dave McCleary: We run a paper in Rochester called “The Minority Reporter.” I started that publication in 2007. We were getting a lot of readers from Syracuse, and because we’re a weekly paper there were a lot of online readers. A lot of readers were emailing us and saying they wanted to have a paper like this in Syracuse. Back then Syracuse had Urban CNY, an online monthly publication. I don’t know if it still publishes anymore. We were already covering a lot of local news, so in 2009 we started exploring the Syracuse area and started CNY Vision.

Often times minorities don’t always have a voice in some of the issues that are happening.

Dave McCleary cny visions publisher and editor

The D.O.: How has your experience

with Central New York Vision been?

D.M.: The paper has been a wellreceived paper, and we have a continuously growing readership. What we have done over the years is that we pretty much became more of a daily online and weekly print publication. A lot has happened with the media and the switch to the digital platform over the years. Now on our digital platform we publish more daily news, and then we compile some of them and put them on our weekly print paper.

The D.O.: What is the purpose of CNY Vision?

D.M.: We exist to inform the minority community, primarily the African American community, of issues that exist and provide information that we think is important.

Often times minorities don’t always have a voice in some of the issues that are happening. We aim to represent the minority community in some of these issues by talking to city officials and members of the see cny

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movie

‘A Dog’s Purpose’ controversy ushers film into artistic irrelevance

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his weekend the film “A Dog’s Purpose” was released, and by all accounts, drastically underperformed. The film had everything it needed to succeed: family elements, an effective marketing campaign and a subject matter anyone can attach themselves to.

One small problem, though: As heartwarming as the film may or may not be, its production appeared to be quite the hostile environment for our furry friends. A few weeks ago, TMZ leaked footage of a clearly petrified dog being forced into choppy water, despite demonstrating every objection to the stunt. Naturally, the internet’s pitchforks came out, and now “A Dog’s Purpose” is suffering with low box office receipts and a stronghold from PETA. In the long run, though, this controversy only expedites the inevitable: this film being forgotten.

In the past, I have taken a strong position against boycotting films due to the morals of their authors. I would feel no guilt buying a ticket

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to “The Birth of A Nation,” despite director and star Nate Parker being accused of rape at Penn State, though he was eventually acquitted. I could muster up the ability to buy a ticket to “Hacksaw Ridge,” despite some of the truly terrible comments Mel Gibson has stated. When all’s said and done, though, I feel the situation regarding this movie is actually a little different.

While Nate Parker’s actions are far, far worse than the idea of making a dog swim in a wave pool, his actions happened years ago and were not remotely within the context of his film.

The video footage that is outraging millions of Americans, though, happened on the set of “A Dog’s Purpose,” so by purchasing a ticket to this movie, you are helping to finance that specific treatment of animals. If this movie is a smash

hit, there will inevitably be a direct to home video sequel, and the lack of backlash will likely mean similar treatment of animals on set. Ultimately though, this whole argument is moot, as this film would have never been a smash hit.

I love dog movies just as much as the next person, but if we look at the history of this genre, there has never been a sustaining classic.

Yes, “Lassie” is talked about with nostalgia, but it’s never really revisited. “Marley and Me” hit the zeitgeist hard when it came out, but have we ever spoken about it since? “A Dog’s Purpose” is a film that is being released in the last week of January, a historical dead zone in the yearly release schedule. This is the time of the year where movies are released that are essentially just fine, as people aren’t really flocking to the theaters right now, and if they are, they’re probably trying to see an Oscar film. Naturally there are exceptions, like “Split,” but on the whole, this trend still exists.

Additionally, this film is the emotional equivalent of a “Saw” movie — pulling out

your heart, putting it back and then just ripping it out again with the reincarnation of dogs. Films this over the top and corny never really last. The book “A Dog’s Purpose” is sold at airports all over America, and within three months of this film hitting home video, it will be on the $5 rack at Target. Ultimately, I believe you should see a film if the story speaks to you. Yes, there are often moral gray points, and they’re probably even grayer with this film. The truth is, however, that this controversy only slightly hurt the film’s performance.

Instead of “A Dog’s Purpose” being referred to as “that dog movie,” it’s simply “that dog movie with the upsetting video tape.” See it, don’t see it — it doesn’t matter. Society will have moved on in no time.

Erik Benjamin is a sophomore television, radio and film major. His column appears weekly in Pulp. You can email him at ebenjami@syr.edu or follow him @ embenjamin14 on Twitter.

abroad

Anti-Muslim culture in London mirrors western values, Trump

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hroughout the first week of Donald Trump’s presidency, a lot has changed in the United States. After the executive order banned citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., chaos broke out — not just in the country, but around the world.

As an international student in both the United States and the United Kingdom, all I could do was observe the wreckage from my tiny bedroom, thousands of miles away.

Muslims may just be one of the most vulnerable and discriminated against demographic groups in the world. The attitude towards Muslims in the U.S. got me thinking about the Muslim population here in London. Islam is the city’s largest minority religion, forming about 12.4 percent of London’s population, as reported by the Muslim Council of Britain. Sadiq Khan became the city’s first Muslim mayor less than a year ago.

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This semester, I am taking a course titled “Islam and the West.” Rather than attempting to pinpoint who is right or wrong, the course aims to provide us with an understanding about how the West influenced Islam and vice versa, as well as to breakdown common assumptions about the religion and the West as a whole.

In my first class, my professor asked us all an interesting question: “Why is the Middle East called the ‘Middle’ East?

Through whose perspective is the Middle East middle?”

It doesn’t take a genius to decipher how much Europe and the Americas have shaped the way the world operates

today. In the case of the Middle East, the region was given the name because it was between the defined West and the Asian region, which comprised the East. Despite these boundaries, Australia remained a Western region, even though it was closer to Asia than to any other area.

For the remainder of the class, my professor presented various rather difficult topics for class discussion, such as what the religion meant to us, what our perceptions about Islam were and what we hoped to learn throughout the semester.

Several of my other classmates confessed to knowing very little about Islam as a religion. Others said they were taking the class because they wanted to understand why Trump is doing what he is doing.

The political science courses at SU London are a whole new experience because we study the United States and other countries from a different perspective.

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Bolton when the Black History Month committee began preparations back in October.

“He pours a lot into this and makes sure the students have what they want,” she said.

“He has been overworking for this.”

Bolton is a caring figure, and this is in part why the Office of Multicultural affairs exudes a feeling of home to Covington.

It’s the place she goes every time she has a break in her day, often just to hang out.

But for many students like her, the significance of the OMA goes even deeper.

The roots of the space can be traced back to student activism in the 1970s, Covington said, when students of color didn’t see a place for themselves on campus.

“They protested and created a space for the OMA and that brought about what we have now — a space for students who might not have had one otherwise,” she said.

The office creates room for important relationships and new doors to be opened for students, Bolton said, and he welcomes students who come in wanting to talk when a program engages or inspires them.

“You want students to know they have support, they have resources,” Bolton said.

Covington said all of Bolton’s efforts in the office and towards celebrating Black History Month are especially important for students of color on campus.

“The history of black people as a whole

is so important to the narrative of American culture, so we have to make sure that it doesn’t get neglected on campuses,” she said. “If you don’t make a platform for yourself on campus you won’t get heard.”

The Black History Month committee is aiming to bring attention to the month-long celebration and make sure students feel supported in their culture and their identity. Bolton works to empower students in other ways as well, most notably through Verbal Blends Poetry, a

group that provides a safe space for students to share their stories and poems.

The inspiration for this group came from Bolton’s time at the University of Minnesota where he was leading a black poetry group. Seeing its success with providing a platform for student voices, SU asked Bolton if he would be willing to start something similar on campus. He agreed, and the group is now in its 10th year.

But supporting students’ passions is

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The D.O.: Why do you think is it important

This can go a long way of people getting along with each other, and officials making more informed decisions.

The D.O.: How is CNY Vision’s approach to news different from that of the mainstream media?

D.M.: First of all, it is a matter of who’s represented in that particular article. Many times the mainstream media focuses on the majority of

cny vision minority community about them. Through this we can maybe become informative to some of the city officials we talk to and they can take minorities into account when moving forward with the decisions they make.

CEDRIC BOLTON has been described as caring, hardworking and empowering by the people he works with on campus.

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to give voice to minorities?

D.M.: Minorities have a long history in this country. Politically and socially we’re a part of the community — and yes, we are one community. The purpose here is not to discriminate and to separate ourselves. If you bring people to form a dialogue about these issues, that can bring understanding.

Because we aren’t in the country, it is easier to have a more open and critical mind towards the place we live in. Besides this, most of my professors are not American.

In this particular course, my professor is Italian and has lived in the Middle East for a while, thus bringing a more diverse perspective to what I already know.

It’s easy to get caught up in American patriotism, nationalistic pride, and the confusing blend of politics with religion when living in the U.S. If there is one thing I have learned after two weeks in the European continent, it is that conflict looks much simpler if it’s observed from the outside.

But the view isn’t all that great from here.

Saniya More is a sophomore majoring in international relations and broadcast and digital journalism.

Her column appears weekly in Pulp.

She can be reached at ssmore@syr.edu.

nothing new to Bolton.

Miracle Rogers, a senior health and exercise science major, has known Bolton since her freshman year. When Bolton saw her dance at several campus events including the Martin Luther King Jr. dinner, he asked her to help run a modern dance workshop as one of the Black History Month events.

“He knows how to bring special gifts out of people when they don’t know they have it,” Rogers said. “He knows how to find it even when they don’t see it within themselves.”

The purpose of the workshop is to highlight styles of dance that students might not be familiar with or exposed to.

Rogers believes in the importance of exposing students to the parts of black culture they might be unfamiliar with, whether that be food, dance or certain traditions.

This value is also important to Bolton, Rogers said. One symbol that is very important to him is the Sankofa bird, which represents the idea that learning from the past ensures a strong future.

“He’s very big on never forgetting where you come from and where you’ve been,” Rogers said.

Bolton’s mission is to use his position to help students reflect on the past and appreciate in the present. He continues to advocate for learning as much as possible about important figures and traditions.

“There’s a lot of richness in all of our cultures,” Bolton said. “We have so much that we have created, and if we don’t bring that to life — it’s just a missed opportunity.” ajboghos@syr.edu

the population. Often times, in that story there might not be minority voices. Therefore, when reporting we can have interviews with various African American members of the social and governmental spectrum. The important thing here is that they’re being represented. We’re going to try to find what is their perspective of the issue covered and how it affects them. dsahintu@syr.edu

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Fashion’s Conscience has been a prominent promoter of diversity in fashion since it was founded in 2001. In those 16 years, it has afforded students of any modeling skill level to walk in their inclusive and exciting annual spring fashion show. connor bahng staff photographer

WALK THE WALK Campus fashion group holds model auditions, promotes diversity

By Annie Zeina

contributing writer

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s students made their way to the top floor of Hall of Languages on Friday afternoon, what is typically a hushed academic environment turned into something more fierce. The room was encapsulated with heart-thumping music, 4-inch heels and a catwalk that would make Naomi Campbell proud — just a typical day for a model call.

Fashion’s Conscience held its annual auditions while on the lookout for fresh faces to walk in its annual spring fashion show. Students from every year showed up to put their best foot forward. But, just a tip, make sure it’s left foot over right foot.

For a model, the opposite is considered a big no-no.

Although the fashion show is not a professional gig, for many this is just the entry-level experience they need to further their modeling career — with the hopes of transcending them from Instagram to the runway. In fact, many alumni have managed to launch a modeling career post academia. Just this past fall, Syracuse University alumna Kiera Henderson walked in Kanye West’s Yeezy season 4 show in New York City.

FC has made fashion diversity a prominent presence at SU since 2001, making it the first and only minority-based fashion organization on campus, according to SU’s OrgSync through the Office of Student Activities.

Although originally aimed toward fashion

design majors, the organization has opened its door to all students who are interested in fashion, modeling and pursuing a career in the industry.

The audition room was relaxed as model committee members lounged about the panel table — eating, telling jokes, listening to music and dancing as they awaited the next audition. Model Committee Chair Billie Owens assures that this is the environment she wants to establish for the models: Be comfortable and don’t overthink it. Having run FC model auditions for the past two years, she knows what is takes to gather potentially 35 models to walk in this year’s show.

“A lot of people are intimidated by model calls because when you hear ‘model call’ you assume very tall and very thin,” Owens said.

“We are looking for confidence, and that you are willing to put yourself out there in front of people you don’t know.”

As the next model entered the room for her audition, members situated themselves around the panel table. “We are ready whenever you are,” said one of them.

Tysheena Adams took her position at the far end of the room. She shook out the nerves, rolled her shoulders back and fixed her eyes on the wall beyond her, avoiding all eye contact from the judges. “Crazy in Love”

by Beyoncé blasts through the speakers.

Assurance graced her face — she has certainly strutted to this anthem before.

The lyrics signaled Adams to take the first step. The wheels began to turn as she thought about everything that she was

doing. Her face, her feet, her hands all working together to capture a moment and a feeling. Her walk was like a relationship between the trumpets and her feet as they worked together with the music pounding throughout the hallowed room. Although she may have wanted to, she fought to avoid walking on the beat — another common mistake models make on the runway.

“Look up, be proud and make sure you don’t stumble,” said Adams with a laugh.

“Don’t forget the three-second rule. Pose for three seconds and always step back on one foot to turn around.”

Although it may have seemed like the audition is where the nerves settle in, many experienced models would agree: Save your nervous energy for the runway.

“The nerves come the day of the show,” said Powel Deslandes, a sophomore who walked in last year’s show. “Before you go out there, you just take a big deep breath and honestly just think about yourself.”

Deslandes showed up to the audition ready for his second effort to walk in this year’s show.

Even with no professional modeling experience, he still aspires to creatively challenge himself as a model with the help of fashion genius Kanye West. After all, that is what FC is all about.

“It gives you the opportunity to bring your creative abilities, how you feel and how you dress and incorporate that into an organization like this,” Deslandes said. “If you don’t really model, this is a shot for you to see if it is the lifestyle for you.” aczeina@syr.edu

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SU climbs back into AP Top 25 poll, slots in at No. 24

By Tomer Langer sports editor

After being unranked since Jan. 2, Syracuse (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast) got back into the AP Top 25 Poll, slotting in at No. 24.

In weeks past, the Orange’s strong play got it a lot of votes, frequently ranking near the top of teams that received votes but weren’t ranked. In the past week, SU beat then-No. 14 Miami at home and went on the from page 16

lydon his 21 points came within the final three minutes, 11 of which came from the foul line.

“Everybody was concerned about him playing center when he came here, but he’s really one of the best we’ve had in there,” Boeheim said. “He’s been phenomenal, and nobody’s going to give him any shots.”

Lydon’s best play of the game and arguably the flashiest of his brief Syracuse career happened when he f lushed home with one hand a Tyus Battle missed 3-pointer. At the time, SU only led by two with just over eight minutes left. It was the first time Florida State had cut Syracuse’s lead to two after the Orange led by 18 at half, but Lydon delivered, as Syracuse has grown accustomed to.

“It was nothing because that’s what he does,” White said. “All day, every day … I was just like, ‘There he goes. Tyler Lydon.’ That’s what I knew he could do.

That was a huge, huge play, just Tyler being Tyler.”

“Tyler being Tyler” stretches beyond making highlight-reel plays and canning jumpers from anywhere on the court. It extends to the intangibles — the plays Syracuse has been missing but the ones it found

road to beat then-No. 19 Virginia Tech. The Orange now has four wins against ranked opponents this year, the most in a regular season in program history.

Six other ACC schools are ranked in the Top 25: Florida State (6), Notre Dame (7), Louisville (9), Duke (15), Miami (16) and North Carolina State (19).

Syracuse hosts unranked Pittsburgh (129, 3-5) on Thursday night. tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

in its biggest win of the season.

“I think it really came down to our guard play. John, he was really composed down the stretch which helped out a lot,” Lydon said, “and across the board I think guys just kept their heads and played tough.”

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Tyler Lydon has six double-doubles this year while also averaging 1.5 blocks per game, a clear sign of his versatility

Lydon won’t pinpoint himself, especially when White is hitting from everywhere and Gillon closes out a game like he did. But the truth is, with his ability to affect the game in a myriad of ways when it matters most, Lydon can be Syracuse’s best player even when it doesn’t seem like it. mcschnei@syr.edu | @mattschneidman

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Orange defense vaults team to conference contention

By Nick Alvarez asst. web editor

Before Syracuse won five of its last six conference games, its season neared collapse. The Orange had conceded 15 goals in three games.

On Dec. 10, then-No. 4 Clarkson rattled off three goals in the second period en route to a 4-1 victory. At Boston College on Jan. 4, SU blew a two-goal lead when a four-goal BC burst in the second frame and the Eagles won, 4-3. Then on a trip to Ithaca, New York, Syracuse gave up at least two goals in every period in an eventual 7-2 Cornell rout.

“You can tell when it’s going to happen to us,” SU forward Jessica Sibley said. “On the bench you can feel it.”

To earn a first-round bye, Syracuse (1011-5, 9-3-2 College Hockey America) will need to prevent teams from scoring in bunches. Four times this season, the Orange defense has allowed at least three goals in a single period. After losing to Cornell, SU head coach Paul Flanagan made a pact with his team to end their losing ways.

The Orange has since outscored its opponents 21-6, winning four straight conference games before splitting a weekend series against No. 7 Robert Morris last weekend.

“It was instant,” SU defender Dakota Derrer said of the pact’s influence. “… Everyone was well aware.”

The last two seasons, the Orange has made a late-season push that launched it

into the CHA championship game. This season, Syracuse wants to do the same.

Over the last six games, the Orange has imposed a new defensive game plan. Flanagan has prevented his team from giving up many goals by preaching a “defense-first” mindset and “mixing it up a bit.”

SU has emphasized clearing pucks in front of the net. By doing this, SU goalie Abbey Miller has seen a lower percentage of highquality shots. Along with clearing the puck, Syracuse has tried to establish a strong forecheck and transition game to score more goals, as SU did in its 5-1 victory over conference leader RMU on Saturday afternoon.

Another point of emphasis is clearing the puck from Syracuse’s defensive zone.

This has proven crucial to SU’s success. The Orange didn’t clear the puck in last Friday’s 3-1 loss to RMU. “Any chance you can get, get it out,” Derrer said. “… Once we start turning it over, it ends up in the back of our net.”

The Orange has six conference games left to catch first place RMU. If Syracuse can follow through with its pact, it will have for the third straight year a shot at its first-ever CHA title.

“I think since then, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence,” Flanagan said of the wins that came after the pact. “I think they start to realize how important every game is.”

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CEDRIC SOLICE has been in many roles for SU, including assistant coach during the team’s first-ever championship appearance. sam ogozalek asst. news editor from page 16

solice basketball and how organizations operate. “(I learned) the insides of pro-level coaching, what it takes to play at that level and how disciplined they are,” Solice said.

Solice worked with the team’s head coach, NBA legend Alex English, who retired in 1991 as the league’s seventh leading all-time scorer with 25,613 points. Solice also worked with Ime Udoka, a Lowgators star in 2004 before playing five seasons in the NBA. Udoka is now an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs.

By surrounding himself with these basketball minds, Solice learned how to mentor players.

“Everybody has certain needs, and you have to individualize, at the same time trying to find where it fits the mission of the team,” Solice said. “Because if they’re more comfortable outside of the team, the more comfortable they will be with the team.”

In 2006, Solice came to SU as a master’s student in the Setnor School of Music in 2006. Justin Mertz, SU’s director of athletic bands, said Solice studied deeply.

While pursuing his degree in instrumental conducting, Solice joined the SU women’s basketball team as a graduate manager. He became responsible for assist-

ing the coaching staff with all facets of practices, helping players with individual workouts. It was Solice’s first-ever role in college athletics since playing at CSU nearly a decade earlier, but a job that he had been prepared to take.

“These players have their own individual missions and needs,” Solice said, “whether it’s a performance deficiency or a personality deficiency, and all of those needs needed to be addressed differently.”

Solice began visiting his former music teacher, Mertz, and helped train the drumline of the SU marching band. Solice also started working with Mertz in scheduling traveling pep bands at NCAA tournament games that the women’s team was playing in — organizing travel, lodging and other logistical hurdles for the group.

“Cedric is extremely intelligent and talented in a lot of different areas,” Mertz said.

“You see that in the fact that he’s training as a musician, but he makes his living off of college athletics. He’s a very good educator, and he’s a very good person, so he’s a great mentor for our kids.”

“It was just a tremendous learning pot, and I really enjoyed the experience,” Solice said. mjfel100@syr.edu

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Isabella Slim now playing most minutes of SU career

By Tomer Langer sports editor

Isabella Slim hears her name announced in the starting lineup and runs through a tunnel of her teammates. The game starts and she goes to her spots on the court, the outside of the 2-3 zone on defense and the corners on offense trying to stretch the floor.

That routine has been consistent for Slim throughout her entire career, each of the 125 games she’s played and started in. What’s become different is how long she’s staying on the court.

In the previous three years, Slim averaged 12.5 minutes per game, with her career average dropping by about a minute from her freshman to her junior year. But this year, she’s playing 26.6 minutes per game.

“I was hoping I was going to play more,” Slim said, “and I kind of knew I was going to play more. I didn’t expect to play this many minutes, but I’m not complaining.

Last year, the Orange had a deep and experienced bench unit, led by Cornelia Fondren (26.6 minutes per game), Maggie Morrison (15.0), Bria Day (12.0) and Taylor Ford (10.9). Day is the only one still around.

The forced minute redistribution has made the power forward integral for this year’s Syracuse (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast).

In the preseason, there were thoughts Slim would be the one to receive an uptick in minutes. SU head coach Quentin Hillsman stressed how his team needed to rely on its veterans with such a young bench. Carla Norris, Alexis Peterson’s aunt, said that from what she had heard, seen and believed, this was going to be Slim’s year to breakout.

There has been some inconsistency, like getting 14 rebounds in a loss to Georgia Tech then nabbing just one against then-No. 14

Miami. But the coaching staff still trusts her.

“I think Isabella … she knows our scheme,” assistant coach Tammi Reiss said. “She knows our defense, and she can shoot the ball.”

But Reiss also added she thinks it’s been tough for Slim to adjust to her new role simply because she’s never played that many minutes in her career.

Slim herself has said one thing she’s tried to do better is divide her energy. She used to just come in and give everything she had, knowing she wouldn’t play too much later on in the game. Now, she wants to have the energy to maintain a consistent level when the third and fourth quarters roll around.

Slim hasn’t necessarily had a breakout year. But she’s been averaging career-bests in field goal percentage (30.1), 3-point percentage (28.6) rebounds (4.3) and points (5.0).

She averages about one made 3-pointer per game, and her ability from long range is her main contribution when she’s on the court.

TAlongside the other starters, she opens up lanes, usually camping on the 3-point line opposite of Gabby Cooper, allowing driving lanes for Peterson and Brittney Sykes.

“It helps us,” Sykes said of having Slim on the court more. “It gives us more leadership.”

Still, even with Slim’s improvements, there have been times that SU’s needed more. Reiss has regularly talked about needing to find another scoring option to alleviate the scoring load for Peterson and Sykes. Although her 14 rebounds against GT were big, she went 0-for-5 from the field and scored just two points.

Whether Slim ends up taking on more of a consistent scoring load remains to be seen. For now, she’s trying to make the most of the opportunity.

“It’s just really exciting to be playing a lot,” Slim said “… I just want to contribute to help my team win.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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Coaches talk SU-N.C. State game

By Connor Grossman and Paul Schwedelson the daily orange

Ahead of the Syracuse-North Carolina State game Wednesday night, SU (13-9, 5-4 Atlantic Coast) head coach Jim Boeheim and Wolfpack (148, 3-6) head coach Mark Gottfried joined the ACC coaches teleconference. Here’s a brief recap of they said.

Looking ahead to the Wolfpack

PLUG HIM IN Cedric Solice has become a do-it-all type for Syracuse women’s basketball 16 seasons, during which Syracuse went 54-16 and reached its first-ever national championship game. n the spring of 2001, Cedric Solice When Solice joined the Lowgators pracpicked up a call from an old mentice team in 2001, he and the rest of the unit tor. Solice had just completed his ran plays against the starting defense. basketball career at Charleston “All you have to do is hit the first shot, Southern when Rob Ross, his former then you’ll be fine,” Ross told Solice. athletic trainer at CSU, asked him if “Don’t worry, the ball will be there in he could join the NBA Development your hands, and all you have to do is League team he coached. The North catch it and shoot.”

Charleston Lowgators, now known as “A’ight,” Solice said. the Florida Flame, needed a player for On the squad’s first offensive set of its practice squad. the day, Solice ran off a double-staggered “He goes, ‘Hey man, screen and caught a pass as I need you to come in and he turned toward the hoop. practice,’” recalls Solice, He heaved up a shot. The ball Syracuse’s director of prohit the rim, rattled around the gram management and Cedric is extremely intelligent and talented edges, then fell through the development. “I said: ‘Nah in a lot of different areas. You see that in the net. man, I am not coming to play Soon, the Lowgators no with those guys. Those guys fact that he’s training as a musician, but he longer needed Solice to play. are pros.’”

That’s when he joined the makes his living off of college athletics.

“Listen, just show up and team’s staff, a “tremendous” you’ll be fine,” Ross told him. opportunity to learn about Justin Mertz su director of athletic bands Solice is grateful for the see solice page 14

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call he received from Ross to join the Lowgators’ practice squad. The opportunity positioned him around basketball and organizational minds from different backgrounds, setting him up for his current role at SU (15-7, 6-3 Atlantic Coast).

Solice came to Syracuse in 2006 after playing and working for the Lowgators from 2001-2004. Solice was named the women’s basketball director of operations in 2009 and helps handle recruiting and scheduling.

He served as an assistant coach for the Orange in the 2012-13 and 2015-

men’s basketball

Lydon can still be top player without scoring

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

In back-to-back blowout losses to North Carolina and Notre Dame, Tyler Lydon was a rare bright spot and undoubtedly Syracuse’s best player.

The sophomore scored a combined 50 points in those two games, shot 67 percent from the floor and hit 56 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc.

Despite the Orange’s downfalls against both ranked opponents, Lydon stood out because of his numbers in the scoring column.

Saturday’s 82-72 win against then-No. 6 Florida State told a different tale. Lydon finished third on the team in scoring with 14 points behind Andrew White’s 24 and John Gillon’s 21.

Yet the sophomore still might’ve been SU’s best player. He doesn’t always need explosive scoring nights to do that, possessing a knack to make a sizable dent on the game in other facets over the course of a full 40 minutes.

“I’m looking at what really is important and he was just good on defense, he blocked shots,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim

said. “He’s one of the best defensive players we’ve ever had in the middle, anybody. He’s really probably better than some of the great centers we’ve had because he covers more people, more ground and can still block shots.”

What Boeheim referred to was Lydon’s six blocks, which tied a career-high (all six came in the first 13:13 of the game). He also grabbed 11 rebounds, which were the second most he’s tallied in a single game this season. Add on 14 points on another efficient outing from the field — 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from deep

and 100 percent from the line — and Lydon was Syracuse’s most balanced player on Saturday.

Granted, the most obvious contender would be White. His 24 points led Syracuse, and he also chipped in nine rebounds and four steals. But take a closer look and Lydon secured three more offensive rebounds than White for an SU team that doesn’t exactly excel in that area, committed two fewer turnovers and disrupted the Seminoles with his bevvy of blocks more than White did.

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Freshman guard Dennis Smith Jr. has not only been N.C. State’s star — he’s been one of the best players in college basketball’s deepest conference. Smith Jr. leads the ACC with 6.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game, complemented by his 19 points per game, which ranks fifth in the conference.

N.C. State has also been one of the steadier shooting teams in the ACC. The Wolfpack’s 47.7 percent shooting clip from the field is fifthbest in conference play. After beating only Pitt and Virginia Tech in its first seven ACC games, N.C. State pulled a stunner and upset Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium last Monday. They’re more than capable of getting the same result against the Orange on Wednesday.

“When they play well, they can beat anybody,” Boeheim said.

“They’ve demonstrated that.”

Can Syracuse be fixed on the road? Boeheim thinks so

It was only a matter of time before one reporter on Monday’s teleconference questioned Boeheim about Syracuse’s dramatic home and road splits. The head coach ran through the basics that have been beaten down: Poor defense, OK offense, no wins.

But then it was posed to Boeheim: Can those problems be addressed at this point in the season?

“We’ve fixed it,” Boeheim said.

“Our defense is better. Our offense is better. We were much better. But the last two road games against North Carolina and Notre Dame, they’re tough teams to beat at home anyway.

“I think we’re better. Is it good enough? That’s what we’ll see. I don’t know that. I don’t know if it is or not.”

Defending 3-pointers

N.C. State is allowing opponents to hit 33.7 percent from 3-point range, which ranks 10th in the ACC and 109th in the country. Gottfried said it’s an area that could use improvement because his team has been focusing more on defending inside rather than outside.

In N.C. State’s last three games, it’s progressively allowed more 3-pointers each time. The Wolfpack gave up six 3s in a loss to Wake Forest, eight in a win at Duke and 12 in a 25-point loss to Louisville.

Syracuse is shooting 3s at a 38.6-percent clip, which ranks fourth in the ACC and 41st in the nation.

“I think we just need to get to shooters better,” Gottfried said.

“We’re trying to take penetration to the paint a lot. When you try to take one thing away, sometimes you’re vulnerable in other areas. But I think we can do a better job there.” cgrossma@syr.edu pmschwed@syr.edu