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N • Over the years
The nutrition science and dietetics program in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is celebrating its 100year anniversary this year. Page 3
O • #MeToo
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P • All of the lights
Gender and Sexuality columnist Kelsey Thompson discusses how #MeToo breaks the silence around sexual harassment and builds strength in numbers. Page 5
Syracuse University students and faculty will come together Thursday to bring Hindu culture to campus through Diwali, a celebration of lights. Page 9
charting the course
S • Born to run
From soccer to baseball, Paige Stoner always used her speed in sports. Now, she is trying to chase down lofty goals with Syracuse women’s cross country. Page 16
fraternity and sorority affairs
Delta Tau Delta frat suspended By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor
The Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter at Syracuse University has been suspended after multiple violations of the organization’s policies, including hazing incidents, per a release from the national organization. All chapter operations have ceased, said Jean Lloyd, brand communications manager for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity’s national organization.
sept. 27 JOANIE MAHONEY, Onondaga County’s executive, has endorsed candidates in local and state races belonging to both major political parties. Her motto is to put politics aside and focus on governing. gavin liddell staff photographer
County executive strives for fresh start with Syracuse’s next mayor By Satoshi Sugiyama copy chief
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o matter who wins the Syracuse mayoral race this November, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is ready to craft a relationship with the city based on its needs, she said. If the new mayor’s administration is open to it, Mahoney would like to find priorities and ways for the county to support Syracuse’s prioritized goals, she said. She already knows and has relationships with all four mayoral candidates. “We are all looking forward to a clean slate, a fresh start opportunity to work with a new city administration to find some creative ways to address some real chronic problems,” Mahoney said. The relationship, though, between Mahoney and current Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has been particularly
strained over the years, stemming in part from the Carrier Dome’s development. In one of the most recent examples of animosity between Syracuse’s mayor and the county executive, Miner criticized Onondaga County for being silent on issues such as the “sanctuary city” movement this April. But how Mahoney — the most powerful Republican to hold public office in Onondaga County, first elected executive in November 2007 — will try to develop a relationship with an incoming Syracuse mayor is nothing new, according to her conviction: Put politics aside and focus on governing. Her job as county executive, she said, is to keep people safe, ensure infrastructure is in good shape and provide an adequate safety net. Earlier this year, a group composed of city leaders, called Consensus, released a government service consolidation see mahoney page 4
state
Colleges address food insecurity with pantries By Madeleine Davison staff writer
When Nelson Tirado III was a student at Buffalo State College, his financial aid helped with tuition, but it wasn’t always enough to cover a meal plan. Some days, Tirado did get enough food to eat. Tirado said as a man of color, feeling unable to provide for himself took a toll on his pride and self-esteem. His mental health suffered as well. “In my sophomore year in college, it came down to a point of
suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts,” Tirado said. “And I wanted to jump from a bridge in the back of our campus … from my perspective, it takes your manhood, it takes your ability to understand that you can succeed even through your challenges. It takes away everything from you.” Tirado, who graduated in 2015 and now works at Onondaga Community College, is just one of many college students and graduates across the country who have faced food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined as
“the lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food,” according to a 2016 study published by advocacy groups including the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. The study — a survey of about 3,800 students at 34 colleges in the United States, including Syracuse University — concluded that 40 percent of white student respondents had recently experienced food insecurity, while the figure was even higher for black students, at 57 percent.
“There is a racial injustice going on ... in terms of who is receiving equity in terms of food security and job security,” Tirado said. Frank Vernon, an affiliate scholar with the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, said this racial disparity generally holds true across studies on food insecurity among college students. Being hungry in class can make it harder for students to concentrate and learn, Vernon said, which can jeopardize students’ grades and chances of graduation.
see insecurity page 7
The date SU Delta Tau Delta members were notified of the chapter’s closure The university’s Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities is currently investigating the fraternity to determine the extent to which the Code of Student Conduct was violated, per Laura Sanders, director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at SU. Members of the Gamma Omicron chapter of Delta Tau Delta were notified of its closure on Sept. 27. Hazing reportedly occurred at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house in March 2017, according to the Department of Public Safety’s daily crime log. The incident was reported to DPS on Oct. 3, per the crime log, and DPS referred the case to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities on the same day. Incidents of hazing occurred during the spring 2017 semester, according to the national organization’s release. SU’s Fraternity and Sorority Affairs’ Community Expectations guidelines say “no chapter, colony, student or alumnus shall conduct nor condone hazing activities,” even if permission or approval is given by the person being hazed. Those guidelines define hazing as any situation intentionally created to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule, on or off fraternity premises. Sanders said the university has a zero tolerance policy toward hazing. The Interfraternity Council’s Peer Review Board put the fraternity under investigation for hazing in 2006. krose100@syr.edu