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Russell Fearon, an SU senior, created an easier way for people with Type 1 diabetes to check their glucose levels. The wristwatch. was first conceived in July.

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SU is working with Syracuse’s Common Council to create part-time job opportunities for students through the Federal Work-Study program.

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Percent of students who were found fully not responsible after a sexual misconduct-related complaint was filed against them: 12.5%

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By Sam Ogozalek

A list made public in federal court last week as part of an ongoing lawsuit against SU shows how many* formal** Code of Student Conduct complaints alleging sexual misconduct were filed at the university from the 2013-14 academic year to the 2016-17 academic year.

t least 40 students were expelled or suspended from Syracuse University for alleged sexual misconduct over a recent four-year span, according to a once-confidential list of formal Code of Student Conduct complaints.

The list of complaints was made public in federal court last week as part of an ongoing Title IX lawsuit against the university. The document provides an unprecedented look into how SU adjudicates cases of alleged sexual misconduct and sanctions accused students. It also details Code of Student Conduct data that is typically not released to the public.

According to the list, there were 76 formal student conduct complaints alleging sexual misconduct filed from the start of the 2013-14 academic year to the end of the 2016-17 academic year at SU. (The Daily Orange only factored 71 of the complaints into its analysis for this article. See the abovereferenced methodology.)

Aside from the number of expulsions and suspensions, The D.O.’s analysis of the document also concluded that:

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Percent of students who were found fully or partially responsible after a sexual misconduct-related complaint was filed against them: 87.5%

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were specifically filed over allegations of sexual assault. sanctions of disciplinary probation or disciplinary reprimand after facing a sexual misconduct-related complaint. They were not suspended or expelled in these cases. list, a university spokesperson said in an email on Monday that SU does not comment on pending litigation or “discuss documents filed as part of see misconduct page 4

on campus

Former congressman visits SU to discuss climate change

By Abby Weiss staff writer

Former congressman Bob Inglis spoke to the Syracuse University possible conservative solutions to climate change on Wednesday night.

About 40 students gathered in the Hall of Languages to discuss a

proposed carbon tax solution, which would charge carbon dioxide emitters for polluting the atmosphere. republicEn.org, a grassroots movement dedicated to free market solutions to climate change, supports the plan. Inglis is the organization’s executive director.

Inglis served as a representative for Greenville-Spartanburg, South

Carolina from 1993 to 1999 and 2005 to 2011. He started republicEn. org in 2011, and it has since grown into a community of 9,000 people.

His goal is to encourage conservatives to debate solutions surrounding climate change rather than ignore them, Inglis said.

Ben Mutolo, a SUNY-ESF sophomore and republicEn.org spokesper-

son, joined Inglis for the talk. Carbon emissions are causing climate change disasters, but companies who are responsible for the emissions aren’t paying for the damage, he said.

Instead, people are paying for the climate disasters through taxes, Mutolo said. The republicEn.org proposal would force fossil fuel companies to pay for their own emissions.

Mutolo describes himself as an “ardent get-off-your-lawn-conserhis changing home environment in Vermont contrasted with his political ideology, he said.

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Sparking dialogue Alumni of the Arava Institute in Israel spoke at a lecture on environmental peacebuilding in the Middle East. The panelists discussed the Dialogue Project, which brings communities together to discuss how to address issues of environmental justice and sustainability. SUNYESF and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs co-sponsored the event. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

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Council to vote on role in work-study program

By Gabe Stern

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Syracuse University is in talks with the city about including employment opportunities in its Federal Work-Study Program.

The proposal was discussed during Wednesday’s Common Council meeting and will be voted on during Monday’s voting session.

If passed, the city would place SU students in part-time city positions. The city would pay the students, while the university and other participating colleges would reimburse the city at 50%.

The proposal sparked concerns from several councilors who questioned the city’s need for the program.

Councilor Chad Ryan, of the 2nd district, told The Daily Orange

that Syracuse would be “handing away money for no reason” if the agreement passes. He said he would rather spend the money on city residents who are looking for jobs than on students.

“We don’t have trouble getting interns now, not paying them,” Ryan said after the meeting. “We’re just offering up free money.”

The Federal Work-Study Program assists students with financial need in finding jobs. Backed by the U.S. Department of Education, the program partially reimburses nonprofit and community service organizations for student wages. Work study is awarded to students as part of SU’s financial aid package.

Ruthnie Angrand, the city’s director of communications and marketing, presented the agree-

ment in front of the council during the listening session. The city is also in communication with Le Moyne College and is attempting to communicate with Onondaga Community College about the agreement, she said.

The city approached SU around the start of the academic year with the agreement, before reaching out to Le Moyne College and OCC a month later, Angrand said.

Students would work “just like interns” and perform tasks including clerical work, administrative work and special projects, Angrand said. If passed, there would be room for five work-study students in the spring semester, she said.

Angrand said the Mayor’s Office, the city’s communications office and departments like the Bureau

of Information Technology have expressed interest in bringing in a Federal Work-Study student.

“These students are not taking over jobs that already exist,” Angrand said. Students would only be able to work a maximum of 20 hours a week.

Councilor At-Large Khalid Bey remained skeptical of the agreement, particularly because SU students are less likely to be from the area.

Angrand said in an email that she has been in contact with SU’s Office of Student Employment Services.

“There are so many Syracuse City School District scholars who graduate from our city schools and attend area universities,” Angrand said. “When possible, we want these opportunities to be available to them as well.” gkstern@syr.edu

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DPS urges caution after 2 off-campus incidents

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

Two incidents involving perpetrators identified as minors occurred Sunday in areas surrounding Syracuse University, the Department of Public Safety announced in two Wednesday emails.

The first incident took place around 3:15 a.m. on Ostrom Avenue, where a SU student was knocked to the ground and kicked in the head. A second incident involved an individual with no affiliation to SU who was robbed while walking in Oakwood Cemetery around 5:30 p.m. “(DPS) is reminding our campus

community of important tools and strategies,” the department said in one of the campus-wide emails.

“This reminder follows two incidents that occurred last weekend.”

The SU student was walking in the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue when a female suspect — one of three involved in the incident — confronted the student. The student, who sustained a facial injury, reported the incident to DPS. The suspects were identified as minors, and they have been released to their homes.

The robbery in Oakwood Cemetery involved three male suspects.

One of the suspects appeared to display a firearm. All three sus-

pects were taken into custody by the Syracuse Police Department and charged with robbery. No injuries were reported in the incident.

The perpetrators were immediately apprehended in both incidents.

DPS also suggested tools and strategies that students, faculty and staff can use to facilitate a safe environment at SU in the two emails.

People shouldn’t walk alone at night, and instead should walk in groups and be aware of their surroundings. DPS provides walking escorts for neighborhoods around SU who are located along Euclid Avenue, Walnut Park and Marshall Street. The program is avail-

able daily from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Escorts wear bright orange jackets or vests.

SU also recently expanded its shuttle services to include three shuttles and five additional drivers.

The expanded program is focused on decreasing the wait time for people using the service in the late evening and early morning. The shuttle service runs seven days a week between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Shuttles are available to pick students up and drop them off at places on and around campus. The rides are free for students if they use their SUID. irmiragl@syr.edu | @IndyRow

The Graduate Student Organization Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday opposing a university fee that will charge graduate students’ children and other dependents to use campus facilities.

Syracuse University’s Department of Recreation Services will charge an annual fee of $80 and $120, respectively, for individual and family use of any recreational facility on campus. The fee comes over a month after the opening of the Barnes Center at The Arch.

The GSO Senate demanded these services be free for graduate student dependents.

“I have heard a lot of worries from students’ families saying everyday (their finances) get worse and worse,” said GSO President Mirjavad Hashemi. “And every day something removes access to free services for dependents.”

Graduate students survive on university stipends and are paid as little as $14,000 for teaching assistant work, according to the resolution.

Many dependents of international students are prohibited from working in the U.S. but must live with and support other people with limited incomes, the resolution states.

Hashemi said there was no GSO representation at meetings concerning the proposed fee.

“We are bringing a resolution to the Senate to get graduate student body support for that,” Hashemi said. “Hopefully we are going to reverse this policy.”

An official from Recreation Services said a GSO representative attended a discussion about the cost to students’ dependents but could not give him information about who specifically attended, Hashemi said.

“The real big issue is that we weren’t talked about or consulted about,” said former GSO President Jack Wilson.

Wilson was unaware of discussion about cost to graduate student dependents with representation from GSO while The Arch was being built, he said.

Hashemi also addressed the Senate about a proposal from the National Labor Relations Board to remove graduate students’ recognition as university employees.

“That takes the right of petitioning away. That’s the right that GSO thinks should be protected,” he said.

“Graduate student platforms should be free as possible to organize when they want.”

Other business

The Senate also passed an amendment to the GSO Constitution that allows the Executive Board to nominate graduate student representatives to relevant bodies outside of GSO but within SU. rjchang@syr.edu

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How The D.O. analyzed sexual misconduct complaint list

By Sam Ogozalek

special projects editor

The Daily Orange on Thursday published a report about a list of formal complaints of sexual misconduct made by students at Syracuse University over a four-year span.

Here’s how The D.O. performed its analysis of the data: The list was recently filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York as a six-page PDF, which later was converted into an Excel file.

The D.O. made several editorial decisions on what cases to exclude from its final report.

When calculating the number of formal complaints to use in its analysis, The D.O. from page 1

misconduct legal cases.”

To better contextualize the data, The D.O. asked two independent experts to review it.

W. Scott Lewis, a co-founder and advisory board member of the Association for Title IX Administrators, said it’s hard to establish any trends in the data.

“There’s too much left to reading between the lines,” said Lewis, who is also a partner at the NCHERM Group, a risk management consulting firm that specializes in education policy.

There’s a myriad of unknown facts in each individual case on the list, he said.

(The document only contains aggregate statistics. It does not include personally identifiable information.)

An Ohio-based attorney submitted the list as evidence to a federal judge on Oct. 7 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

The attorney is representing a former SU student who is suing the university. The student is only referred to as “John Doe” in court documents. Doe alleges that he was unfairly

opted to exclude the one complaint of “Discrimination/Assault (non-sexual)” on the list because, even though it was listed as a formal complaint of sexual misconduct, it was also reportedly “non-sexual” in nature.

The D.O. also decided to exclude the one complaint of “Gender Bias” because the team decided that there was likely more than one gender bias incident brought before a University Conduct Board between the 2013-14 academic year and the 2016-17 academic year and it was also not immediately clear why the complaint was included on the list and considered to be sexual misconduct.

In one case, three women filed a formal complaint of sexual harassment against both a man and an unnamed fraternity chapter at SU. expelled from SU in early 2017 after a woman accused him of sexual assault. She is referred to as “Jane Roe” in the lawsuit.

SU created the list of formal sexual misconduct-related complaints in response to a discovery request from Doe’s attorney, Joshua Engel. In court, Engel said he was seeking more data on the complaints to help build his case.

The list includes 15 fields of information.

The D.O.’s analysis of those fields shows that: mal sexual misconduct-related complaints were filed at SU over alleged sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, dating violence and domestic violence. partially responsible for conduct violations after a sexual assault- or sexual harassment-specific complaint was filed against them. sible of alleged conduct violations. by women against men. There was only one case in which a man filed a complaint against a woman. In two cases, a man

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One of the respondents received disciplinary probation and the other was suspended. The D.O. excluded this complaint because it was not clear who received what sanction.

The initial allegations of two other complaints were listed as “N/A.” Those complaints were also excluded. That’s why The D.O. only factored 71 formal complaints of sexual misconduct into its analysis when the list had a total of 76 formal complaints.

One complaint of “Sexual Assault/Harassment” was included in The D.O.’s sexual assault-specific category of complaints. One complaint of “Sexual Harassment/Voyeurism,” one complaint of “Sexual Harassment/ Hostile Environment” and three complaints of “Sexual Harassment/Stalking” were filed a complaint against another man.

Five women filed complaints against other women.

Elizabeth Jeglic, a professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who reviewed the data, wasn’t surprised by most of the information included on the list. The majority of sexual abuse is perpetrated by men on women, she said in an email, so the number of complaints filed by women at SU is not irregular.

Jeglic said the list likely represents just a snapshot of the true number of sexual assaults that occur at SU. SU published its Survey on Sexual and Relationship Violence this past spring. About 23% of respondents said they had experienced sexual contact without their consent since coming to SU. About 95% of respondents who said they had been sexually assaulted did not file a report with the university.

That 95% figure is “really high” for a school of SU’s size, Lewis said. “‘Wow, what can I be doing to decrease that number?’” he said. “That’s the real question for SU.” sfogozal@syr.edu | @SamOgozalek

included in The D.O.’s sexual harassmentspecific category of complaints.

For The D.O.’s calculations of how many students on the list received sanctions of disciplinary probation or disciplinary reprimand, the team did not factor in one complaint during which a single respondent received disciplinary probation through “informal resolution.” The respondent was eventually expelled after a “Board hearing” in the same case.

The D.O. also excluded one complaint in which there was “insufficient cause” to proceed with charges/no finding(s) of responsibility.

The same method was used to calculate the percent of students who were found fully not responsible of alleged violations. sfogozal@syr.edu | @SamOgozalek

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climate said. “But it became hard to ignore when the well that supplies all the water to my house dried in July, so my family was without water supply for several weeks.”

The tax proposal also calls for carbon dividends, which could provide more of an incentive for the public to emit less carbon, Inglis said. If a carbon tax gets placed on a household, they will get taxed for the amount of carbon used. But they would be paid for the amount they don’t use. Lower use of carbon dioxide would result in fewer taxes and more money returned to the household, Inglis said.

Inglis described his visit to Australia as a “spiritual awakening.” His main motivation, however, came from his son, who told Inglis that he would be a better congressman if he prioritized climate change.

“He said, ‘Dad I’ll vote for you, but you have to clean up your act on the environment,’” Inglis said. “Not everyone has a son or daughter like that, so it is up to you to ask questions and think of solutions.” akweiss@syr.edu

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Applicants can utilize social media

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ocial media was a staple in the childhoods of many college students today. In fact, it was an influential part of the development of the entire generation.

In the years that followed their initial creation, these platforms were used for more than the social interaction for which they were originally intended.

The mainstream populace finally caught on to the invasive techniques used by companies to target consumers — their online activity was being tracked. Most young Americans know this, and yet they’re often shocked and outraged by a popular proponent of that oversight: college admissions.

Colleges looking at your social media presence doesn’t have to be scary, though. If you’re responsible, there are ways you can take advantage of that.

It was always inevitable. There came a time when colleges just couldn’t ignore these vast wells of information any longer. According to a 2017 survey administered by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, 11% of respondents said they “denied admission based on social media content” and another 7% rescinded offers for the same reason.

It’s not just colleges looking at students’ social media, though.

Even students are taking advantage of the very same resources. The 2017 Social Admissions Report found that 37% of students looked in to their prospective college’s social media when trying to make their own application decisions.

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IN THE MIDDLE Sixty percent have liked or followed a school in their consideration set.

It’s important for young social media users to learn about how their social media accounts can be used to advance their eligibility and help them stand out just as much as it can be used against them.

Syracuse University’s director of career services Michael LaMarche said that social media can be a double-edged sword.

“It’s a way for students to market themselves, and there are lots of benefits that come out of it, but there are also lots of ways for people to see negative behaviors and things that could really shed a bad light on you,” LaMarche said.

LaMarche also said the effects of a post can reach further than just your university.

“Kids are doing a thing called Facebook stalking or Instagram stalking, and employers are doing the same thing,” LaMarche said.

“If they’re interested in you, nine times out of ten they’ll look you up on your LinkedIn or social media.”

Fortunately, there are plenty of options available for those looking to make themselves more presentable. First and foremost, everyone should learn to approach social media with much less levity than we’re used to. Although most people use the apps as a casual way of passing time, users’ public posts and activity are just that: public

and available for all to see.

Although the prospect of being judged based off of your social media activity may initially seem alarming and scary, it is ultimately a good thing that our generation should work to accept and take advantage of.

According to LaMarche, a job applicant’s social media activity can be used to their advantage in the same way one would use a resume.

“A resume can only say so much about you. A cover letter can only say so much about you. A couple of 30-minute interviews can only say so much about you,” LaMarche said. “A lot of times, a LinkedIn profile can say a lot about you, and if students use it the right way it can give a lot of information that you wouldn’t be able to get across in just a couple interviews.”

Companies like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and more allow you to build an online persona that, if used carefully, can reflect only the very best parts of your personality.

You can be whoever you want to be and then show that off to others.

Ultimately, the dangers and consequences of having an online persona only reinforce something that was true from day one: social media is a powerful tool, and if people are unwilling to take accountability for their actions on it then they shouldn’t be on it at all.

Dylan Williams is a freshman in the transmedia department.

His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at dwilli39@syr. edu. He can be followed on Twitter @_DylanFox_.

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Cuomo’s use of racial slur unacceptable

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n a radio interview Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used the n-word while quoting a New York Times op-ed about Italian racial slurs.

While his statement was not malicious, it still holds serious weight and reinforces racial norms in this country that many have been trying to change for decades. Cuomo’s use of the word, uncensored, is yet another sign that he is out of touch with the average New Yorker.

New York Assemblyman Charles Barron, an African American activist and former member of the Black Panthers, said the Governor’s remarks were “very inappropriate” and “disrespectful” and said Cuomo “owes the black community an apology.”

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This is not the first time a Cuomo’s views on anti-Italian sentiment has gotten headlines.

In August, a clip of Chris Cuomo, a CNN host and the governor’s brother, went viral showing Chris yelling and getting belligerent towards a man who called him “Fredo” in reference to the movie Asst. Sports Editor Danny Emerman Asst. Photo Editor Elizabeth Billman Asst. Illustration Editor Cassianne Cavallaro Design Editor Nabeeha Anwar Design Editor Katie Getman Design Editor Shannon Kirkpatrick Design Editor Katelyn Marcy Design Editor Emily Steinberger Asst. Copy Editor Richard J Chang Asst. Copy Editor Christopher Cicchiello Asst. Copy Editor Andrew Crane Asst. Copy Editor Gillian Follett Asst. Copy Editor Adam Hillman Asst. Copy Editor Mandy Kraynak Asst. Video Editor Casey Tissue Asst. Video Editor Camryn Werbinski Asst. Digital Editor Izzy Bartling Asst. Digital Editor Arabdho Majumder Asst. Digital Editor Natalie Rubio-Licht

The Godfather. Chris claimed that “Fredo” is a racial slur against Italians and berated the man who was likely just trying to get a rise out of Chris.

The rants about Italian heritage from both Cuomo brothers is out of touch with what matters to New Yorkers and Italian-Americans in this country. Gov. Cuomo will likely spend the next few days defending himself and running the press gambit in defense of his statements while crucial issues in the state go unsolved.

Nick Robertson is a freshman political science and broadcast and digital journalism major. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at njrobert@syr.edu.

He can be followed on Twitter at @NickRobertsonSU.

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SU social scene often excludes LGBT students

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However, these values of inclusion and accepEMILY tance don’t CERRITO necessarily LET’S translate to TA LK the school’s social scene.

For Syracuse students within the LGBT community, fitting in can be harder than it seems, especially when it comes to the social scene. There is more that students on campuses like SU can do to make sure LGBT students feel at home in and out of the classroom.

There is nothing put out about how to treat a queer couple in public. There’s no language about that.

So I think people just genuinely don’t know how to react to stuff like that that’s out of their comfort zone.

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SU graduate Cella Desharnais said aspects of the social scene at Syracuse sometimes felt exclusionary.

“I never really felt comfortable going to a frat party — bars either,” said Cella Desharnais. “If you go out with your girlfriend then you’re getting fetishized by men, you’re getting comments, you’re getting asked if someone can watch or join.

You definitely feel ostracized.”

Many people within the queer community, not only women, find it difficult to have fun in places that are typically very heteronormative. And on a campus where Greek organizations are prominent, it can be even more difficult.

“It seems almost counterintuitive to be gay and also in Greek life because most of our social scene revolves around this very heteronormative structure,” said junior Cate Turner.

Without the ability to let loose comfortably at a frat party, LGBT students often turn to gay-friendly bars and clubs to seek refuge.

“There are two gay bars here, and they’re both not fantastic,” Desharnais said. “But you go there and you

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know you’re not gonna be the only gay one, so it’s a good time to go for that safe space or sense of comfort.”

Aside from LGBT-focused venues like Trexx and Wunderbar that exist off campus, there aren’t many other opportunities for LGBT people to socialize.

Perhaps the lack of queer inclusive party spaces would make sense if the community reflected a lack of queerness, but that’s not the case.

“It’s definitely larger of a community than it seems,” Desharnais said. “It isn’t represented in the way that it should be according to population size.”

College Choice, a site meant to help students and their families research and compare colleges, ranks SU 35 nationally in regards to LGBT friendliness, citing the LGBT Resource Center’s Queer Kickbacks, HoliGay, LGBTQ+ Student Social and Cross Q Connections Discussion Group as noteworthy events that help encourage inclusion.

If SU’s LGBT campus resources are highly regarded, then why is it that LGBT people are still struggling to find a place within Syracuse’s social scene?

The answer can be attributed to a lack of conversation surrounding LGBT inclusion. And while the community within SU, and the greater American society, is definitely trying to advance the conversation, there are many ways in which we have fallen short.

“There is nothing put out about how to treat a queer couple in public.

There’s no language about that,” Desharnais said. “So I think people just genuinely don’t know how to react to stuff like that that’s out of their comfort zone.”

From civil rights cases to sexual assault cases, we’ve seen time and time again how a lack of dialogue can damage a community. It is time that we learn from our mistakes and start a conversation that invites LGBT students into spaces they might not typically be comfortable in.

The SU social scene should be open to all students, regardless of identity. SU students can start that progress by being more openminded about the people they see at parties and by making sure all students feel comfortable having fun at Syracuse.

Emily Cerrito is a junior television, radio and film major.

Her column appears bi-weekly.

She can be reached at ercerrit@syr.edu.

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Keeping track

Local art shows lean political this season

By Diana Riojas feature editor

was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes his sophomore year. Now, he will demonstrate his glucose-monitoring wristwatch at a competition in Washington D.C. emily mcneill staff photograpgher

After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Russell Fearon created a watch that monitors glucose levels

By Cydney Lee staff writer

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ussell Fearon vividly remembers the first time his symptoms were unbearable. As a sophomore at Syracuse University, he traveled back to his Long Island home from school for the weekend and couldn’t swallow his mother’s home-cooked lasagna without taking a sip of water right after.

He always felt thirsty and had lost a considerable amount of weight in a short period of time.

He was the type to wait until the very last minute to see the doctor, but after feeling the weakest he’s

The watch was first conceived in July. emily mcneil staff photographer

ever felt, he knew something was wrong. Then he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Now a senior, Fearon is developing a glucose-monitoring wristwatch that he will demonstrate at the EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator Program. He’ll compete Thursday night at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. With the gadget, Fearon hopes to facilitate diabetes management and create a community for people with diabetes, destigmatizing the disease. see watch page 8

It was only after Katie Shulman created her sculpture pieces, “Soft Body No. 1,” “Soft Body No.2” and “Hard Body No.1” that she decided to never use new materials to create her artwork. Using recycled bra straps, bed sheets from Goodwill and clay, her work mimics bleached coral reefs muted from their former vibrancy.

Shulman isn’t the only artist creating work that connects to trending socio-political issues. Other local art institutes like Light Work are also featuring works that provoke discussions around race. The “Rubbish” exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art, where Shulman’s pieces are on display, looks into the current state of consumerism and waste.

The embracement of these issues comes with an added benefit, said Scott Manning Stevens, director of Native American and indigenous studies at Syracuse University. The hope is that if people are provoked by art from controversial topics, the public will be more engaged. This phenomenon is called presentism.

Though museums are typically nonprofits and can rely on funding from grants instead of net profits, Stevens said museums still aren’t free from economic burdens. One way to promote revenue is by curating relevant pieces that interest the public.

These pieces can be socio-political.

Often, Stevens said, people believe museums serve as a place to store historic artifacts that may not have the most relevance. But, he added, by museums becoming more culturally aware, their function for being places to promote conversation becomes more apparent.

Shane Lavalette, the director at Light Work, said the growing presence in political work stems from the tensions generated by the 2016 presidential elections.

He added that while Light Work has always collaborated with artists from underrepresented minorities who consistently create political

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from the studio

Curator honors printmaker with lecture about artwork, method

By Christopher Scarglato staff writer

A spacious room meticulously organized with slim metal cabinets surrounds the lower half of the walls, and colorful, print-made paintings fill the upper half. In the center is a massive granite island with smooth wooden corners. On it lays a piece of driftwood curator Emma Geiler brought in.

Geiler, who graduated from Syracuse University in 2018 with a master’s degree in museum studies, hosted a lunchtime lecture about

her curated work of surrealist artist Boris Margo. She stood on the far-right corner of a granite block, while printmaking art enthusiasts listened to the details of the lecture.

As the gallery’s digital archivist, Geiler said her interest in Margo’s work started after she stumbled upon his work from the many hours digitizing art pieces. She mentioned that seeing Margo’s unique shape design piqued her interest and when she had to choose a topic for research in class, she thought Margo would be a good choice.

Margo was an adjunct professor

at SU in the ’60s and was a specialized surrealist artist who focused on printmaking. The Boris Margo exhibit is currently open for the public at the Shaffer Art Building.

According to the gallery’s print study, while Margo was walking in New York City, he found a piece of wet and dirty celluloid.

After picking it up, he realized an impression the celluloid was left on his hand. The print then inspired him to experiment with the celluloid material in creating a plastic plate for printmaking.

Margo believed the new process,

called Cellocut, was the newest development to printmaking since the Renaissance.

Through one of Margo’s family members, Geiler said, it was discovered that Margo used pieces of driftwood in his printing. Geiler then pointed to the large piece of driftwood as an aid to represent the model.

The former SU graduate student said her favorite piece was “February,” due to the complex wood print design with a blue background and how the dark shape in the middle represents a piece of driftwood.

After the lecture, the audi-

ence, specifically her former professor Andrew Saluti, asked Geiler questions.

Saluti is an assistant professor in the program of design and runs the graduate program for museum studies. He mentioned that SU is one of the few places that have any major collection or information about Margo.

“Margo is important because he was very innovative and he affected other artists in his generation.

Which is why he deserves more recognition,” said Saluti. see lecture page 8

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watch Since changing his diet and monitoring his blood sugar levels, a process he initially felt alone in doing, the device helps combat the uncomfortable feeling for himself and people with diabetes.

“When I first got it, I felt so alone and isolated,” he said. “I didn’t know anybody who had it or anybody who was in that position.

Going around looking at people, you would never know if they do or if they don’t.”

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas creates little to no insulin — a hormone that transports blood sugar to cells, which is then used for human function. Without insulin, blood sugar builds up in the bloodstream causing high blood sugar levels.

The type Fearon has is less common than Type 2 and is typically diagnosed in children, teens and young adults. Fearon said that to his knowledge, no one else in his immediate or extended family has either type.

Fearon said he feels that the current bloodchecking process which uses needles and other tools draws too much attention.

“Having the hidden (watch) is really cool because it’s privacy,” Fearon said. “But especially for me just starting out, not knowing anybody and feeling super alone, this would be amazing because then you recognize that from page 7

exhibit work within the organization, he sees them leaning more political.

Currently, Light Work is featuring photographer Nicola Lo Calzo, whose exhibit is a research-based project on the local history of the Underground Railroad in central New York.

While the work looks at the tunnel system, Lo Calzo said the work can also be connected to the 400-year anniversary of 1619, when slavery first arrived in America. The anniversary first became popular when The New York Times released the like-named project earlier this year.

Lavalette said while sometimes these are happy accidents when the work of

there are other people who have this.”

The mechanical engineering major first thought of the idea for this product when he participated in Invent@SU in July. After interning during his first two college summers, Fearon wanted to try something new and more entrepreneurial.

He partnered with his fellow SU student and industrial design major, Ricardo Sanchez, to brainstorm an invention to pitch for the competition at the end of the program.

The two were able to combine the skills they learned from their respective majors to do research and build a prototype for the watch.

“We thought of a few ideas, but once it came to me, it was love at first sight,” Fearon said. “It was exactly what I needed.”

Despite not placing at the end of the competition, Fearon networked with other inventors and executives which opened new opportunities for him to continue developing his product. He gained mentors on and off campus who have guided him throughout his endeavors.

Fearon is appreciative of the help and guidance he has received, as he did not expect the amount of support and recognition he has accumulated. Much of this has come from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Blackstone LaunchPad and SU’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers where he is the treasurer. an artist coincides with current events or issues, most of the time the artist is responding to its own environment.

When Shulman was working on the pieces for the Everson exhibit, she began seeing headlines that the world only had 12 years before it sees irreversible climate change.

It was this anxiety, and the climate change movement of this year, that motivated her to have this stance, she said.

While the exhibit “Rubbish” pinpoints the problems around single-use plastic and waste, Shulman said her work isn’t explicitly political by nature. But she said she does believe audience members can sense her political values from the materials she uses.

“We’re sort of moving through this political landscape that is vibrating so harshly,”

In a way, Blackstone LaunchPad has become Fearon’s campaign headquarters. One of his advisors and the executive director of Blackstone LaunchPad, Linda Dickerson Hartsock, said that she was moved by Fearon’s story.

“It struck me that he was an amazing innovator and inventor,” she said. “The LaunchPad really wanted to work with him to turn him into an equally amazing entrepreneur.”

Interim assistant dean of inclusive excellence for the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Karen Davis, has known Fearon since he was a freshman. She said he arrived at Syracuse with top-notch skills and is proud that he pursued his passion to try something different.

“That’s one thing I can say about him for the whole four years,” she said. “It looks as though he’s got some goals out there, and he’s putting the pieces to the puzzle to achieve those goals.”

Three weeks after Invent@SU, Fearon participated in the World of Money business pitch competition where he was then recruited to participate in the upcoming EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator Program founded by the American Heart Association.

Fearon is currently one of nine finalists in the competition. Of the nine, he is the only competitor with a product-based idea and is the only college student in the competition — something he hopes to use to his advantage.

Shulman said. “I am not a person who makes political work, but I can show you my values through the way I work.”

As Syracuse museums continue to lean on either side of the political spectrum, one thing is clear: it can bring a bottom-up effect.

If artists are influenced by the world around them, this can affect what is curated in museums, which can increase attendance and thoughtful discussion, or even action.

“Sometimes it tries to act as an escape from current problems,” Stevens said. “And other times it tries to highlight them and maybe even provoke a proactive response from the viewer to go out and do something.” ddriojas@syr.edu

“College has so many opportunities to meet people, so many connections,” he said.

“I can’t imagine any of these people having the Blackstone LaunchPad, like a group of entrepreneurs who are like-minded like me and are working on their own thing.”

A panel of judges Fearon will be pitching his product to is comprised of CEOs and executives, like Leyonna Barba, the executive director of JPMorgan Chase, and Lawrence Griffith, the founder and CEO of Digital Factory, whose work has led to technology like Android Pay and Apple Pay. Fearon said he plans to use his youthfulness and positive energy to liven up the room when he pitches his invention.

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Fearon has his nerves under control and is ready to be a fresh face in the competition.

“My name is Fearon for a reason. I try not to get over-anxious about things like (this),” he said. “I’m just going to do what I can do, do what I’ve been practicing. If they love it, they love it. If not, I’m going to keep working.” cmlee100@syr.edu

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lecture Upon looking at one of Margo’s pieces, printlover Helen Neville said she didn’t know about Margo until the lecture, but she was drawn to his technique and was fascinated at the colors and how Margo used driftwood in his printing.

Neville also mentioned that Margo created pieces that “we are all attracted to, something that captures our attention, whether it be color or light.”

After all art pieces were examined, taken a snapshot of and all obscure questions about Margo’s work were asked — the lunch lecture came to a close and the lecture-goers wandered out of the building. cscargla@syr.edu

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Lauren Bellefontaine looks to build off 1st-year success

By Mitchell Bannon staff writer

Lauren Bellefontaine couldn’t stop shaking when she skated onto the ice for her first Syracuse game. It was during pregame warmups on Sept. 29, 2018, and the freshman “almost passed out a few times.”

There was no way she could’ve expected to win the College Hockey America Rookie of the Year. She couldn’t have expected to become the Orange’s first line center, a penalty killer, a power play specialist and one of the stars of SU’s first ever conference title.

Bellefontaine was entrusted with significant ice time at five-on-five and on special teams — responsibilities that gave Bellefontaine confidence in herself and her ability to play at the collegiate level.

“It made me say: ‘Okay I can do this,’” Bellefontaine said. “If the coaches trust in me I can trust myself.”

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jackson “I don’t look at it that way,” Babers said.

“With the success that Trishton’s having, I wouldn’t be surprised if he started getting some double coverage down the road.”

Jackson has been on the other end of 57 (26.5 percent) of Syracuse’s 215 passes this season. That is testament enough to his case as the Orange’s paramount pass catcher. While Jackson’s had more than a quarter of SU’s passes thrown his way, the next closest player is Taj Harris, who sits at a 15.3 percent target share. Harris has as many targets as Jackson has receptions.

Pile on Jackson’s statistics midway through the season — 499 receiving yards, 33 catches and six receiving touchdowns — and the stat sheet paints a clear picture.

This season, Jackson’s caught touchdowns running fly routes, hooks, posts, slants and even took a smoke screen for a touchdown against Western Michigan, gliding away from three defenders.

On that play, Jackson turned on the line of from page 12

brenner the best ability to turn her into an attacking outside back for us,” Adams said.

Adams knew when she took the job she’d be without four players for the entire season, Adams said. Two of the four were defenders.

The new coaching staff didn’t initially tell Brenner their plan to move her to the back, but Brenner remembers Adams reminding her, “fitness is all in your control.” In the months leading up to her departure for SU, Brenner ran “whenever she could.” She ran up hills, 100-yard sprints at Suffern High School and ran up and down her road.

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volleyball and stuck with it for the first time this season.

Prior to Sunday, Syracuse (5-8, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) constantly shifted formations and personnel in search of an effective combination. But against Virginia, the Orange made no substitutions until the final set, when the match was nearly over.

It was a stark change for the Orange: In its match against Duke on Oct. 6, SU made constant personnel changes and utilized nine players, as middle blockers Dana Gardner and Izzy Plummer were the only healthy players not to play.

“We showed up and we played for three straight sets,” Williams said after the win over UVA. “And it’s the first time this year we played three straight without huge lulls in between.”

One reason SU has rotated so many players is because of injuries. Liberos Aliah Bowllan and Berkley Hayes, outside hitters Kendra Lukacs and Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk and

ishing in her first season in Syracuse, registering seven goals and 20 points while simultaneously being one of the Orange’s most defensively reliable forwards. But that was then. A season removed from her rookie success, Bellefontaine said she understands she is expected to take a step forward. She isn’t concerned with a sophomore slump but understands there are “sophomore expectations.”

For a freshman who came into Syracuse and experienced immediate success, Bellefontaine’s beginnings with the Nepean Jr. Wildcats, a hockey academy in Canada, was not as smooth.

Wildcats coach Bruce MacDonald said he always knew Bellefontaine would be an elite player, but she initially struggled to translate her talent into production. She’s experienced success at every level, both in hockey and soccer, but her early stumbles frustrated her, MacDonald said.

“I personally wasn’t having the best years of my life,” Bellefontaine said. “So it was really difficult for me to be the best that I could be.”

After “cutting the negative things out of her life,” Bellefontaine said, and focusing on the goal of playing ice hockey collegiately, her play on the ice improved.

Bellefontaine’s progression has given her the opportunity to lead as a sophomore. With the absence of Allie Munroe and Brooke Avery, Bellefontaine will be expected to improve on her rookie season to fill the void.

“She is basically the starting center most nights,” Flanagan said. “She plays a ton, plays half the game.”

Bellefontaine feared her strength and size could limit her success in 2018. After a summer of harder workouts and heavier weights, she feels stronger and faster than she ever has.

Bellefontaine only became a full-time center a few years before coming to Syracuse. She grew up as a defender and winger but is now honing her craft at the faceoff circle. Bellefontaine has won 50 percent of her draws on the year, four percent above the team’s average. She said her strategy is to wait for the opponent to put her

stick down first in order to position herself for the draw, allowing Bellefontaine to knock her opponents stick before sweeping the puck back to a defender or winger.

“I put all my weight into those faceoffs,” Bellefontaine said. “Because winning a faceoff starts off the whole shift.”

Last year, Bellefontaine led Syracuse forwards in blocked shots. Stepping in front of shots earned her reputation as one of the best defensive forwards on the team and a role on the Orange penalty kill unit.

Immediately after her rookie season ended, Bellefontaine met with the coaching staff to see where she could improve. Despite expanding her game and filling nearly every role she was asked as a freshman; the coaches were still looking for more.

“There’s definitely a lot more pressure on you compared to being a new freshman,” Bellefontaine said. “You have to be that leader for those freshmen coming in.”

scrimmage at the snap, moving to the screen pass Tommy DeVito delivered. He turned upfield with no blockers in front of him, split the cornerback and linebacker before stiff-arming a WMU safety into the turf and sprinting down the sideline for a score.

“He can do a whole bunch of things that almost forces the defense to have two people on him,” DeVito said. “I can throw the ball to him on the line of scrimmage and he’s going to make a play, take it to the house.”

Besides using his speed and lateral quickness to blend into Syracuse’s screen game, Jackson assumes a more traditional downfield role of an outside receiver. Earlier in the WMU game, Jackson tracked a deep ball from DeVito over his left shoulder, slowed his feet and adjusted to the location. The redshirt junior let the hit from a defensive back propel him into the endzone while he secured the catch.

There’s little doubt Jackson possesses the athleticism, size and skills necessary to be an inside-outside, every-down receiver. But Jackson’s booming production hasn’t equaled a booming offense for

the Orange.

Against North Carolina State, when SU’s offense managed to cobble together 10 points, he had his highest single-game target share of the season: 15 targets, 38.5 percent. And that’s not to say Jackson’s usage is detrimental by nature. He received 30.6 percent of SU’s targets a week before against Holy Cross, a game the Orange won by 38.

Ultimately, Syracuse isn’t necessarily scheming as bluntly as “get 86 the ball” so much as looking at individual matchups on each play, Babers said Monday. Syracuse views Jackson as an advantage in most oneon-one matchups with cornerbacks and DeVito has targeted him accordingly.

But, to Babers point, a defensive audible or double team on Jackson can change who is the No. 1 target on any play at any point. That doesn’t change the underlying truth: Syracuse’s passing game runs through Jackson.

“A lot of the time that’s the matchup that we get,” DeVito said. “For some reason they like to have some guys covering him and we really like that matchup.”

But Jackson said he needs to do more off the field before he considers himself in that light. Almost every player spoke to a different level of intensity in practice this week, more focused film sessions and better player-to-player accountability across the board. Jackson was among them.

“I think that’s where Coach Babers wanted to see me improve,” Jackson said. “And I think I’ve been improving in that.”

Syracuse is at a critical point in its season. With three wins and a balanced backend of the schedule in play, the Orange’s season depends on how it responds from a gutting loss to North Carolina State.

Jackson should maintain his pace, currently on target for 998 yards by the end of the season, but if he succeeds with his improvement then maybe he can be a stabilizing force in a flailing offense.

And if Jackson cements himself as the alpha in SU’s passing game and helps drag the Orange to a bowl, no one will ask who Syracuse’s No. 1 receiver is.

the beep test – running 21 yards back-andforth 40 times at timed intervals.

Brenner began training with the defenders but first appeared for SU in the midfield.

Following an injury to another one of the team’s defenders, Jenna Tivnan, Adams was forced to start the freshman at outside back in her second-ever collegiate match against Siena on Aug. 29.

The Orange won 3-0, and Brenner has stayed back there ever since, starting all but one match. She’s usually played on the left side, sometimes switching with Clarke Brown so that the freshman is not overmatched against a top ACC forward.

While playing in a new position doesn’t help, she’s felt this way for a while, Brenner said. And it results in lapses of focus like the

one she had while marking Dupont on Sunday.

“It’s hard, especially being a freshman,” Bennett said. “But she’s not a freshman anymore. We don’t have classes on the field.”

As the match wears on, though, Brenner’s talent becomes more apparent. Adams will

middle blocker Abby Casiano have all missed time with ailments. Yelin said the injuries have affected formations and game plans in almost every game, often making changes right before matches depending on who was available to suit up.

After qualifying for its first NCAA tournament berth in program history last season, roster turnover has led to constant lineup experimentation for Yelin. Eight players from last year’s roster graduated or transferred, while only six freshmen have come in to fill out the SU roster.

Against Wake Forest on Oct. 4, SU was bolstered by Lukacs’ first appearance of the season, as she returned from an injured shoulder. With shoulder limitations and Bowllan still sidelined, Lukacs played libero.

Still, the senior’s return didn’t solve all of the Orange’s issues. After dropping the first set, Yelin switched from a 6-2 formation to a 5-1 in the second. With a 6-2, SU plays with two setters behind its four frontline players, but with their 5-1, a backline setter pushes up to form a five-person front row.

“When you have a 6-2, it’s kind of just everybody has a responsibility,” Williams said. “But as soon as the setter is involved (in a 5-1), people kind of freak out a little bit more.”

The change had an immediate effect as SU took the set, with setter Elena Karakasi moving further forward into a frontline role, taking on a more aggressive role. Karakasi often teamed up with middle blockers and outside hitters to take away attacking lanes.

As a front line setter offensively, Karakasi manipulated defenses by rising up to receive passes, sometimes sending kills into soft spots of opposing defense, but more often dishing passes to SU’s hitters.

The threat Karakasi poses either freezes opposing blockers or draws them in, allowing the Orange’s hitters clearer attacking lanes with less blockers to stuff their hits, Williams said.

Since the switch against Wake Forest, Karakasi has largely continued in her frontline role, often combining with freshman Marina Markova. Markova has transitioned from her normal position as an outsider

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occasionally switch to three defenders to allow Brenner — along with opposite outside back Brown — to push forward in a more natural position, joining offensive rushes.

Against Pittsburgh on Sept. 20, Brenner drove down the sideline and into the box to draw a penalty kick in the 61st minute. This resulted in SU’s lone goal in a 1-1 draw.

Three weeks later, she was again one of the catalysts in a pivotal Syracuse comeback. She helped the Orange earn six corners in the second half. Brenner then delivered the corner on Meghan Root’s equalizer in a dramatic 2-1 win.

“I think just playing and practicing you get more comfortable,” Brenner said, “but I think I still have a lot to learn.” tnolan@syr.edu

hitter to SU’s premier middle blocker. She utilizes her 6-foot-4 frame to thwart opposing team’s attacks and has a team-high 19 blocks since moving to the middle in SU’s Oct. 6 match against Duke.

Despite the positional shifting, SU still had no wins to show for its effort. But, with Bowllan’s return from her ankle injury last Friday against No. 3 Pitt, Syracuse found the solution to its lineup conundrum, at least for one set.

Behind what Williams called one of Bowllan’s best games in an Orange uniform, Syracuse found itself with an unexpected set point, up 24-23 in the first set. Though SU failed to convert the set point and lost in straight-sets, it was a building block for Sunday’s win against Virginia, Bowllan said.

The Orange are as healthy as they’ve been all season, and now, they have a formation that works.

“Whether I’m here or not, whether someone else is here or not, and pray that that doesn’t happen,” Bowllan said. “I think it’s still a team sport, it’s not just one person.” athamer@syr.edu

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rising up

He leads Syracuse receivers in every category, but Trishton Jackson said he’s not a No. 1 receiver yet

By Andrew Graham senior staff writer

TRISHTON JACKSON has become the No. 1 receiver option for Syracuse, with almost 500 receiving yards this season. He leads SU in targets, as well. corey henry photo editor

JACKSON transferred from Michigan State in 2018, but has quickly become quarterback Tommy DeVito’s favorite target, leading SU in receptions with 33. max freund staff photographer

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t’s become almost an expectation that Syracuse teams under Dino Babers will produce a 1,000yard, dominant inside-outside receiver. In essence, a true No. 1.

Though Jamal Custis (906 yards) missed that statistical mark last year, his two predecessors atop SU’s wideout depth chart — Steve Ishmael in 2017 and Amba Etta-Tawo in 2016 — surpassed it. Every week, they could be counted on to soak up more targets than their colleagues and turn those targets into more catches, yards and touchdowns, too.

Trishton Jackson is next in Babers’ wideout pipeline. Through six games, the Michigan State transfer seems on his way to joining the lineage of top-flight receivers at SU. “Just an every down receiver, can play everywhere,” Jackson said of what constitutes a No. 1 wideout, “Certain formations, can play in the slot. Can be out there, always on the field running routes, blocking for the running backs.”

Jackson has been all those things for Syracuse (3-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) midway through its season. He leads the Orange in catches, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and target share — the percentage of SU’s passes that are thrown to him. But Jackson, by his own admission, isn’t yet a true No. 1 receiver. That’s because, he said, he’s still working to become a better leader off the field and perfecting the off-the-field trappings of being an elite wideout.

“I think I’m definitely on the right track,” Jackson said. “Definitely some things I need to clean up to be the actual No. 1 receiver in our offense.”

Three weeks ago, Babers wasn’t ready to anoint Jackson as SU’s No. 1 receiver. When asked this Monday about Jackson’s outsized role in Syracuse’s passing game relative to other receivers, Babers demurred. see jackson page 10

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Kailey Brenner learning new role Orange tinker lineup to win more contests

By Tim Nolan staff writer

Nicky Adams threw her arms up in frustration and walked toward the SU bench.

Freshman Kailey Brenner had lost her mark of Miami’s leading scorer Tia Dupont. Dupont then redirected a floating cross with her left foot past Lysianne Proulx and into the bottom right corner to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead.

Twelve minutes later, Sydney Brackett subbed in for Brenner, who trotted dejectedly over toward the bench. Adams motioned for Brenner to take a seat between her and assistant coach Kelly Madsen.

The head coach put her arm around Brenner, speaking softly and gesturing to the part of the field where Dupont made her run from.

“I’m consistently talking to her and keep her motivated,” Adams said of Brenner, “but at the ACC level a lot goes on the student-athlete in terms of maturity and discipline.”

It’s been an up-and-down freshman campaign for Brenner, who has started all but two matches at outside back this season for the Orange (3-82, 1-4-1 Atlantic Coast). But like senior defender Taylor Bennett, Brenner has yet to start at forward, the position she was recruited to play. Brenner worked all offseason to make herself as versatile as possible, but Adams said “growing

pains” still remain.

Brenner played her freshman and sophomore year of high school at Suffern (New York) High School. She then spent her final two years in New York City FC’s Development Academy, keeping her out of high school competition. She amassed 74 goals and 55 assists across those four years.

But since Nov. 14, 2018, the day she signed her National Letter of Intent to play for Syracuse, former head coach Phil Wheddon wanted her to be a forward. Adams had other ideas for Brenner when she took over the head coaching job in March 2019.

“Based off of lack of numbers and lack of backs, I think that she had see brenner page 10

By Alex Hamer staff writer

Syracuse head coach Leonid Yelin likes to make substitutions and tinker with his lineup. He’ll usually play up to nine players and rotate through almost everyone who’s healthy.

But on Sunday, he played his starting six almost the entire match, with the only substitutions coming deep into the third set.

“We were winning, right?” assistant coach Derryk Williams

said of the lack of subs. “The girls that were on the floor were playing hard, they were making good decisions.”

On Sunday against Virginia, Syracuse played arguably its most consistent and complete game of the season, earning its first home win. The Orange led from start to finish with suffocating defense that limited a Virginia squad to just 21 total kills, only two more than Polina Shemanova had individually.

Yelin found a winning lineup see volleyball page 10