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N • Economic issues
P • Ride on
Read about where the 2016 election candidates in the presidential and New York state election stand on economic issues in the U.S. Page 3
dailyorange.com
This man takes his love of biking and turns it into community service: Jan Mayloff collects, refurbishes and donates old bikes to the Syracuse refugee population. Page 9
S • Flavor of the week
Syracuse football quarterback Eric Dungey and linebacker Zaire Franklin both received honors from the ACC after the Orange’s biggest win of the season. Page 16
Uncommon law
ncaa investigations
‘05-06, ‘11-12 wins vacated By Paul Schwedelson sports editor
Part of the 101 wins that Syracuse men’s basketball vacated following the NCAA’s investigation into the program were every win from the 2005-06 and 2011-12 seasons, an NCAA spokesman confirmed. Syracuse.com first reported the news.
Updated yearly records following vacated wins
CRAIG BOISE wants to increase diversity among students and faculty in Syracuse University’s College of Law — one of his many goals as dean. fiona lenz staff photographer
Dean comes to SU with unconventional background By Alex Erdekian senior staff writer
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is friends describe him as the closest a real person could come to being James Bond. Syracuse University College of Law Dean Craig Boise is a man of many talents. When he meets someone for the first time, odds are it’ll take that person a while to discover his collection of talents — he’s a skilled classical pianist, scuba diver, sailor, motorcyclist, corporate international tax law guru, salsa dancer, world traveler and a former SWAT team member whose roots lie in small-town Missouri. “I don’t think there are many deans who have kicked down doors on drug busts and also played classical piano,” said Andrew Morriss, law school dean at Texas A&M University and Boise’s longtime friend
and colleague. “He’s kind of like the most interesting man in the world from the tequila commercials.” Boise began his post in July after coming to SU from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, where he was also dean. During his deanship, Boise’s main goals are to stabilize the law school financially during what has been a rough patch for law schools nationally, increase the school’s diversity, broaden the school’s education into new territory and increase students’ bar exam passage rate and job placements. “The legal profession has undergone enormous changes in the past decades, and in order for us to produce the most competent and socially conscious attorneys, it’s important for us to have someone like Dean Boise,” SU law professor Aviva Abramovsky said. “It’s a big world out there, and he’s making it possible see boise page 6
crime
Officer was once accused of excessive force By Michael Burke asst. news editor
The police officer who shot and killed an armed black man near Walnut Park last week was once among a group of officers accused of racism and using excessive force while arresting a group of black men. In August 2014, Elijah Johnson, then 20 and of Liverpool, filed a complaint with Syracuse’s Citi-
zen Review Board, alleging that Joseph Mauro and other police officers used racial slurs and beat him during a wrongful arrest at a party that summer. Mauro was identified on Wednesday as the officer who shot and killed Deric Brown, 41, near Walnut Park on Oct. 9 during a traffic stop. Police say Brown first fired shots at Mauro, who then fired at least one round of gun-
shots at Brown. In Johnson’s complaint filed with the CRB, he alleges that four officers assaulted him: Mauro, John Gunsalus and two unidentified officers. Mauro is explicitly named a few times in the complaint. Johnson alleged that at one point, Mauro was among three officers who struck him on his back and his left and right sides in addition to
punching him in the back of the head and the sides of his face. Johnson wrote in the complaint that he believed he was racially profiled by the officers, who were all white. The Syracuse Police Department did not return a request for comment on this story. The incident occurred early in the morning on July 6, 2014, see officer page 4
• 2004-05: 12-7 (15 vacated, 27-7 previously) • 2005-06: 0-12 (23 vacated, 23-12 previously) • 2006-07: 2-11 (22 vacated, 24-11 previously) • 2010-11: 20-8 (seven vacated, 27-8 previously) • 2011-12: 0-3 (34 vacated, 34-3 previously) In 2005-06, Syracuse won the Big East tournament with five wins in five days, led by Gerry McNamara. In 2011-12, the Orange went 34-3 but is now listed at 0-3 for the season. The vacated wins also come from the 2006-07, 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. The NCAA will not require the school to release which games were vacated, but the number of wins in each season had not previously been released. Now it is known how many were vacated in each of those five seasons. The 101 vacated wins will be removed from Syracuse’s record books and in the career win total for head coach Jim Boeheim, an NCAA spokesman confirmed. Following the vacation of wins, Boeheim’s total sits at 884. Opponents’ records, as well as Syracuse losses, are not affected. SU is not required to mention ineligible players in its media guide and notes. Ineligible players’ records will be removed from the school’s record books while individual finishes and awards may be retained, according to the NCAA’s original 94-page report. In 2011-12, Syracuse earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament before losing in the Elite Eight to a Jared Sullinger-led Ohio State team. Center Fab Melo sat out five of the Orange’s wins that season. pmschwed@syr.edu