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SU’s iSchool is working to expand internet accessibility in Liberia by sending 6,000 internet-equipped backpacks that include phones, laptops and tablets there. Page 3

The Syracuse-based nonprofit organization HearStrong aims to eliminate social stigmas surrounding people living with hearing disabilities. Page 7

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Turn of the century A look back at 100 years of SU’s University College

Troopers to help address violence By Casey Darnell and Colleen Ferguson the daily orange

University College celebrated its 100th anniversary this month. The college has evolved from holding a few night classes in 1918 to serving more than 900 part-time and non-traditional students. molly gibbs photo editor

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he first semester of Syracuse University’s Evening Session began on Oct. 8, 1918. Open to the general public, the Evening Session gave people the opportunity to take SU classes without enrolling at the university. A hundred years and many evolutions later, Evening Session has become University College, an SU college that offers a variety of degree programs, certificates and noncredit courses for part-time and post-traditional students. Evident in the college’s long history is a sense of evolution: The institution has seen many different names, locations,

leaders, missions and programs in its efforts to align its education and services with the conditions of the times. “All of the research that we do here at University College is about the next generation of education,” said University College Dean Michael Frasciello. “We’re always looking forward.” As of fall 2018, 557 undergraduate and 352 graduate students attend SU parttime through University College. “After you have a little bit of life behind you, you actually enrich the classroom,” said Kimberly Cook, University College’s student administrative services operations specialist, and a graduate of the college. “You bring a lot more perspective into your classes.” While University College marks 1918

as its official starting point, the roots of the college stretch back even farther. Starting in 1902, the university offered summer classes for part-time students. Twelve years later, then-Chancellor James Day asked SU professors about the merit of establishing extension classes. That initial inquiry led to the creation of the Evening Session. Almost 300 students were enrolled in the program’s first semester, according to a 1994 article in The Post-Standard. A pamphlet advertising the opening of the Evening Session showed 18 different courses, all held at 7:30 p.m. or later. Most courses were held once a week for 15 weeks. Topics included conversational French, recent developments in American education and English drama. Tuition at the time was $5 a credit. Most of the courses were two credits. Evening Session classes were first held in SU’s College of Law, which was then located at the corner of East Fayette and South State streets. The university advertised the session as a way for individuals to gain the education needed to excel in conditions created by World War I. “The war calls for special training and heightens interest in a knowledge of the world and its affairs. To meet this situation, Syracuse University will open to the general public,” the 1918 pamphlet reads. The Evening Session was renamed the School of Extension Teaching, and in 1930 was renamed again to the School see centennial page 4

New York state troopers will be sent to Syracuse to assist local law enforcement after a series of recent shootings in the city. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced on Tuesday that the state will send 10 state trooper patrols, increase intelligence sharing to the city. State police will work closely with the Syracuse Police Department and develop a working relationship with local officials in the short term, said Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo’s senior deputy communications director. Resources need to be used to find the root causes of violence, Azzopardi said. He added that adding or increasing programs such as midnight basketball or job training will help address the issues that lead to gun violence. Several Syracuse Common Council members expressed mixed feelings over Cuomo’s decision. Councilor Latoya Allen, of the 4th district, which includes the city’s South Side, said she appreciates the governor’s attempt to help. But state troopers may not know the Syracuse environment or the people of the city, she said. “It would be better if we could just hire our own police officers instead of bringing in state troopers,” she said. Councilor Susan Boyle of the 3rd district said she was grateful. “We have a pretty serious problem right now, and we need all the support we can get.” Steve Thompson, councilor-atlarge and former Syracuse city police chief, said that troopers expand existing police patrols in responding to gun or gang violence. Boyle said increasing staff even temporarily would significantly impact the crime and gun violence in the city. Councilor Joe Carni, of the 1st district, said a strong police presence in Syracuse neighborhoods is likely to curb crime. Carni’s district includes the North Side, where a 12-year-old boy was shot last week. The city needs to collaborate more with the county, state and other local government in any capacity, he added. Azzopardi said recent youth fatalities in the city are “unique to Syracuse,” he said. “It’s not one size fits all,” he said. “You can’t just police your way out of this. It’s got to be comprehensive.” casey@dailyorange.com cefergus@syr.edu

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Council to consider pedestrian safety proposal Church wants SU to denounce Theta Tau By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor

Syracuse’s Common Council discussed a proposal to increase the fine for unlicensed snow removal contractors. Councilors raised concerns that the license fee is unnecessary because the city already has laws against illegal plowing. lauren miller asst. video editor By Dakota Palmer staff writer

The Syracuse Common Council will vote next week on a proposal to increase pedestrian safety throughout the city by adding signage and new crosswalks, councilors said at a Wednesday study session. Mary Robison, city engineer, said the engineering department has identified 88 uncontrolled intersections and 60 signalized intersections where they plan to add signs, crosswalks, supervised crossing or rapid flashing beacons. The city is working with the New

She said the project would cost the city no more $326,000, which is only enough money to improve 60 of the 300 pedestrian intersections in the city. Along with pedestrian safety, the Syracuse Fire Department is asking permission to apply for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that would provide funds to purchase more fire trucks. The department would like to purchase three more vehicles. Monds said a fire engine typically costs about $750,000, and the city would only have to pay 10 percent of that price, if awarded the grant.

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Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration is asking councilors to approve an increase in both the license fee for snow removal contractors and the fine for contractors who are not licensed. Corey Dunham, the city’s director of operations, said the mayor’s office wants to amend the fees to ensure that only properly licensed contractors are operating on city streets. If the legislation is passed, contractors would pay $250 for one truck license and $50 for each subsequent truck. The fine for unlicensed trucks would increase from

$150 to $350. Boyle said some of her constituents have said these additional fees would hurt their business. The price of snow plowing for city residents will go up if the penalty amount increases, she added. Councilor at-large Steve Thompson said the city requires contractors to have licenses so that contractors can be held accountable. Dunham said the fine isn’t intended to be a “money grab,” but instead woud compensate for the amount of time the police spend patrolling the contractors. dapalmer@syr.edu

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iSchool works to expand internet in Liberia By Leah Dunne

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Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies is leading a partnership to increase internet connectivity in Liberia. The iSchool has partnered with Imcon International and the Liberian government to increase internet connectivity in the country from 7 percent to 40 percent by 2021. iSchool students developed an internet-connected backpack that allows people to access the web remotely, and more than 6,000 backpacks will be sent to Liberia. Lee McKnight, an associate professor of the iSchool, coordinates the research across multiple schools and colleges at SU. McK-

night, a member of Imcon’s board, connected the company with the iSchool, he said. Imcon works with government agencies to increase internet access and develop internet infrastructures. Rob Loud, the company’s CEO, said the internet backpack is a self-sustaining unit that runs on a high power lithium-ion battery. In Liberia, it can also be recharged with solar panels. The backpack costs between $7,000 and $8,000, and contains communication devices such as cell phones, laptops and tablets. These devices connect to a satellite that allows users to do basic functions such as web browsing and sending emails, Loud said. SU students developed the

backpack and Imcon is refining and commercializing the device, McKnight said. The project aims to provide backpacks to every school in Liberia, McKnight said. Another key focus is promoting connectivity within the health care sector and ensuring that there is infrastructure to access patients’ medical records online, he said. “What started with something as ‘Hey can you help us with a couple schools?’ has grown into something that we really believe can help bring fundamental improvement to a large community,” Loud said. At the iSchool, students have contributed through undergraduate research and capstone projects and developmental work over vari-

ous areas of the project, McKnight said. Faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs are also contributing to the project, he said. Sarah Weber, director of employer and corporate relations at the iSchool, is coordinating parts of the project. Her goal is to ensure SU is prepared for projects in Liberia and around the globe, she said in an email. Loud said the goal of 40 percent internet connectivity by 2021 is attainable with the contributions from SU and Imcon. He said that see liberia page 4

The New York state Conference of the United Church of Christ has called on Syracuse University to further denounce the Theta Tau fraternity in a resolution passed and in a personal letter to Chancellor Kent Syverud. The United Church of Christ, a Protestant Christian denomination, said in the resolution that racism and anti-Semitism are sins. The resolution was passed at the church’s June annual meeting, said New York state Conference Minister David Gaewski in a personal letter to Syverud. The resolution also said the university should address issues such as underfunded programs for minority communities and campus accessibility issues. The United Church of Christ, a self-declared “anti-racism conference,” has about 40,000 members in New York. It called on the university to conduct a “white audit” alongside minority faculty and students to identify barriers to inclusivity. The United Church of Christ in New York has a program called New and Right Spirit which conducts antiracism training. Facilitators who have completed this training helped in drafting the church’s resolution.

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In the letter to Syverud, Gaewski said that the conference was dismayed by the Theta Tau videos. He said the church hopes that there will be workshops and training for students, staff and faculty at SU. Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, was permanently expelled from SU in April 2018 after videos surfaced showing actions Syverud has called “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.” SU has rolled out several initiatives to try to improve diversity and inclusion since the Theta Tau controversy. As part of SU’s new first-year experience, all students beginning at SU in fall 2018 are required to read Trevor Noah’s memoir, “Born a Crime.” In the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Dean Teresa Dahlberg has started to implement an inclusive excellence council. At various public meetings in the week following the release of the Theta Tau videos, several colleges promised to promote inclusion, including the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Architecture and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert

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of Extension Teaching and Adult Education. Walter Norton, who was director at the time, said the change reflected a growing belief that people should have more education than just high school, according to a Syracuse HeraldJournal article. In August 1946, the college saw another name change as the School of Extension Teaching and Adult Education was reorganized into University College. “As the School of Extension Teaching and of Adult Education it has brought campus teaching facilities downtown to serve the community at large,” a section of the Syracuse Herald-Journal read. “Now it is to place increased emphasis on adult education and also enroll overflow students from the main institution.” Currently, University College is located at 700 University Ave., across from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. But it did not move to that location until 1998. The college used to be located at SU’s College of Medicine, later renamed Peck Hall, at 601 E. Genesee St., until Reid Hall at 610 E. Fayette Street was renovated in 1957 for the college’s use. Before it became home to University College, 700 University Ave. was the Grover Cleveland residence hall for men at SU. University College celebrated the past 100 years by putting together a multimedia campaign that displayed stories of former Univer-

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by providing internet in all schools for children, the next generation of Liberians will be accustomed to connectivity and will be able to continue building a sustainable internet infrastructure for the country. “In this time period our goal is truly to empower, train and employ the local Liberians there to make this self-sustaining,” Loud said. McKnight said expanding internet connectivity to 40 percent in Liberia could incentivize internet service providers to further expand

sity College students. “We always say ‘life gets in the way’ for a lot of our students,” Frasciello said. “So when you’re able to see someone transform their life through this simple thing of a college education later in life … being part of an organization that that’s what we do everyday, it’s really incredible.” Cook, who graduated in 2006, was a single working mother while she was a student. She said she remembers being a student and requesting day care for University College students. While a change didn’t happen before she graduated, Cook said, a few years later the college introduced child care grants. “The employees at University College really empathize with the situation that these students are coming back to school under,” said Lyndy McLaughlin, the college’s digital communications manager and a current parttime SU student. University College is planning to roll out one market-sensitive online undergraduate program each year for the next four years, Frasciello said. The focus of the programs has not yet been determined, Frasciello said, but they will likely be in the areas of communication, health and wellness and business administration. Frasciello said higher education is still evolving and will soon begin to focus more on post-traditional student programming and the expansion of online education “Students today are different than they were as recently as 10 years ago,” he said. india@dailyorange.com | @IndyRow

internet in the country and create a 4G network. After the project is completed in 2021, Imcon will have a minimal presence in Liberia to ensure that the country has the training and resources necessary to continue internet growth, Loud said. “One of the things that was most important with the government officials in Liberia was to know that this wasn’t just one of those ‘feel good’ projects where we throw some money, throw some equipment and then disappear,” Loud said. “They want it to be long-term sustainable and that’s the goal.” lkdunne@syr.edu

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ollege offers the much needed opportunity to learn more about people from around the world and foster global communication. But Syracuse University still isn’t representative of everyone, specifically when it comes to the languages we all speak. ASL has been one of the primary languages used by those who are deaf in the United States, and even outside of the U.S. SU should offer this as a language under its liberal arts core curriculum. As a member of the University Senate, and as the chair for academic affairs in the Student Association, and as a student, I’ve seen the university take steps toward being inclusive — the use of ASL translators at most campus events is a good

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GOLDEN’S RULES example. But that’s not enough. SA President Ghufran Salih has been pushing for this change since her campaign for President began last semester, in April 2018. “ASL is such an important language, with such a rich history and culture, and students should be able to take the course and have it count as credits towards their degree,” Salih said. Currently, SA is organizing a petition for students to sign to bring before the Senate, Salih said. SA is also talking with students who have

taken ASL classes and professors who teach them. For ASL to become a part of the liberal arts core, the work must originate from the College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Curricula — that’s where this change must originate. The university should strive to make the courses on ASL in the School of Education recognized in the liberal arts core curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences. That will prove to community members who use ASL that they are recognized and valued at SU. Ryan Golden is a policy studies and religion dual major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at rjgolden@syr.edu and on Twitter @RyanJGolden.

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n 2016, six voters in Onondaga County decided that it was time to do something about their political frustrations. As a result, they formed the county’s local subset of New York’s Reform Party. Since then, the group has grown to 47 members, and has determined that voters not registered to a major political party could become potential supporters. This is a smart, strategic decision. In central New York, unregistered or independent voters can now vote for perspective city court judges, and unregistered or independent voters across the state can vote in favor of a preferred attorney general candidate. “New York has some of the most restrictive primaries,” said Grant Reeher, a political science professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. Under New York State law, affiliated voters who want to change their party must generally submit new voter registration paperwork 25 days before a general election.

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This is not conducive to openness or participation. Reeher said this system favors the establishment of two dominant parties: Republican and Democratic. The Reform Party doesn’t have a huge following. But that could change. “It is possible in New York, because so many voters feel disenfranchised, that this idea gains some traction,” Reeher said. The Reform Party is not a disruptive political force, yet. The party, though, shows promise and could provide a means of redefining how parties define themselves across the United States, by reaching out and tailoring messages toward unregistered and independent voters.

Harrison Garfinkle is a communication and rhetorical studies major. His column runs biweekly. He can be reached at hgarfink@syr.edu.

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ike many of her seventh grade peers, Giovanna Deuel has braces and neatlybraided hair, curious eyes and a big smile. If she turns her head slightly sideways, you can see her black headband with a small, rectangular box attached on both sides. It’s a BAHA — a bone-anchored hearing aid — which Deuel has worn since she was four months old. Just after giving birth to Deuel at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, her mother, Nicole Penizotto, noticed something different about her newborn daughter, she said. She asked doctors to take a look, but they weren’t able to complete a hearing test. Deuel didn’t have the ear canals for it. When Penizotto got home from the hospital, she took it upon herself to diagnose Deuel. After researching her symptoms, Penizotto came to the conclusion that her daughter had microtia and aural atresia — rare congenital deformities in the ear that lead to conductive hearing loss. “I was confused, I wasn’t sure what was going on,” Penizotto said. “I didn’t know what to think about it or what to do about it.” With an underdeveloped external left ear and the absence of external auditory canals in both ears, Deuel hears most sounds through her BAHA, which transmits sound waves through vibrations to her skull. Growing up, Deuel said she didn’t always understand why she had different teachers or sat in front of the class. Neither did other kids at her school. see hearstrong page 8

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Orange Central event will bring alumni back to the Hill By Kailee Vick

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Thousands of alumni will make their way back to University Hill on Thursday for Syracuse University’s annual Orange Central weekend, which features dozens of programs, tours and events over the course of the four-day affair. Orange Central is the univer-

sity’s annual alumni reunion and homecoming. Starting on Thursday, alumni will participate in receptions, cocktail parties, tours and a newly added award show, among other things. The events run throughout the weekend, until Sunday morning, with the Forever Orange Brunch. This year’s program features a number of new affinity events, with groups such as SU Ambulance,

CitrusTV, InclusiveU, Hillel and Remembrance Scholars. Nearing its 30th anniversary, several events this weekend are dedicated to the lives lost in Pan Am Flight 103. All guided tours of the Pan Am 103 Memorial exhibit have already sold out, said Cory Miller, executive director of events and affinity programs at the Office of Alumni Engagement. The scholars

will also be hosting a panel breakfast and the new Race to Remember, a university-sponsored 3.5 mile run or walk, on Sunday morning. Other main events include a tailgate on the Quad prior to the football game against the University of North Carolina on Saturday. At the game, there will be an Orange Central cheer section for nearly 1,000 alumni.

Being presented this year are three awards: The Generation Orange, Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award and the George Arents Award. Aside from the ceremony itself, alumni are invited to join the recipients for cocktails preceding, and an afterparty immediately following. “We really want to make it a celebration of outstanding alumni,” said see alumni page 8

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hearstrong “They weren’t really aware (of my hearing disability), they didn’t know, they thought I was just, like, a regular,” Deuel said. Three times a week, Michelle Chapman, a teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing at Deuel’s school, sits down to help her with schoolwork. Once a month, an audiologist visits the school to help ensure her seating in the classroom and that background noises don’t interfere with her learning. Before every class, she brings a Bluetooth microphone, charged the night before, for her teacher to wear so she can hear every word in class. Chapman said she “could never ask for a better student.” She works with Deuel to not only improve her comprehension and vocabulary skills, but also build her self-advocacy skills and confidence. When she’s not in school, Deuel plays softball, which she’s been doing for five years. She can’t wear hearing aids with the helmet when batting and running bases, so she communicates with coaches and umpires verbally, while reading their lips. The 12 year old is undaunted by her hearing loss — which is part of what’s made her a known figure at the HearStrong Foundation, a Syracuse-based nonprofit aiming to shift social stigmas surrounding hearing loss.

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alumni Chris Velardi, director of digital engagement and communications in the Office of Alumni Engagement. Alumni and students will have the opportunity to engage at events hosted by the individual schools and colleges. Miller said those double as educational opportunities and “every college is stepping up to try and bring alumni back.” The events

“I want to be an advocate,” Deuel said. “There are so many people in this world that are going through what you’re going through and I want you to know that.” Ed Keller, president and founder of HearStrong, said he wants people to stop focusing so much on hearing loss and treating it like a disability, but instead treat it as a form of empowerment. Since its founding in 2013, HearStrong has helped share the stories of more than 180 Champions across the world. The foundation’s newest project, HearStrong Visionary Fund, which launched in September, looks beyond a person’s hearing loss and supports their dreams. Aside from daily challenges, hearing loss can have an effect on a person’s cognitive ability, quality of life, social relationship and overall self-confidence, Keller said. In spring 2017, Deuel decided she was ready to undergo surgery to repair her microtia, which included a series of procedures to recover the appearance of her undeveloped left ear. “It’s very worrisome,” Penizotto said, taking a deep breath. “No matter what your child is born with, or what trouble your child faces in life, they’re perfect to you.” Since then, the two have traveled to New York City more than 20 times for doctor appointments and treatments. Deuel chose a rib-graft method for the repair, which

include the deans’ breakfasts being held by each school. Also integral to Orange Central are its class reunions. While the typical 10th, 25th, 50th and 60th reunions are being celebrated, Orange Central will be debuting its first 44th reunion celebration, with the class of 1974 this year. Another notable class event is the Senior Citrus gathering, for alumni who graduated more than 60 years ago. Miller notes that it “takes a village” to host Orange Central weekend. Planning can be a

GIOVANNA DEUEL is in seventh grade and has used a bone-anchored hearing aid since she was four months old. lauren miller asst. video editor

takes cartilage from her rib and plants it into a skin pocket under the scalp to give the appearance of an ear. Deuel has undergone three surgeries so far, two of which took more than seven hours. Penizotto said those were the longest hours of her entire life. But her daughter’s perspective on

life changed, she said. And Deuel embraces it as a part of her — it’s made her “as strong and determined” as her mom, she said. “It’s not the challenges that define us, but it’s how we respond to those challenges that defines our true character,” Keller said.

year-round process, Velardi added. But to those in SU’s alumni engagement, that’s work well done. Attendance of alumni is increasing every year. Pre-registration showed an 80 percent increase from 2016 to 2017, and will show another increase this year. While Orange Central is often thought of as an alumni-centered weekend, Miller said it truly focuses on the Orange family, which includes students. “I think that people really do bleed Orange,” Miller said of student-alumni inter-

action. “And Orange helps Orange … I continue to see our alumni are willing to do so much to make sure that our students and recent graduates are successful.” When asked what students should do for Orange Central, Velardi encouraged students to take advantage of opportunities to engage with alumni on campus. “Ask them about their Syracuse experience,” he said. “There may be something there that connects with you.”

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Rice University, a private university in Houston, recently announced a new financial aid plan that will give students a full tuition scholarship if their family’s annual income is less than $130,000, and a half tuition scholarship if their family’s annual income is less than $200,000. courtesy of rice university

The price is right Rice University announces full tuition scholarship for students with families earning less than $130,000 per year “The whole point is that those who are applying and those who are admitted from those income ranges are going to be supported in a way that we hope can make education more affordable,” she said. ice University recently announced the launch of a new Nick Jerge, a sophomore mathematics and political science dual financial aid initiative called The Rice Investment. The major at Rice, said the news of the financial aid program cregoal of the move is to make higher education more acces- ated a buzz on campus. He said he texted his mom to check the Rice sible for potential and current students. Thresher, the school’s campus newspaper, to see the announcement. Beginning next fall, the private university in Houston will “I’m not quite so sure she appreciated being woken up in the offer full tuition scholarships to families earning up to $130,000 middle of the night to see the news, but it seemed like a big enough per year, and at least half tuition scholarships deal to warrant sending her a message,” he said. for families earning between $130,000 and The announcement has put a spotlight on the $ $200,000 per year. Families earning less than university, said Doug Miller, the director of news It was really an $65,000 will not only have the opportunity to and media relations at the university. Miller said receive a full scholarship to the university, but the reaction has been “overwhelming” and that effort to help they will also be given grant aid to cover fees people are contacting the school from all over the support low-income world asking about the plan. and room and board, according to a news release from Rice’s Office of Public Affairs. Not only is the Rice Investment expected to students and middle“We’re really excited,” said Yvonne Romero pave way to a college admissions process that income families. da Silva, Rice University’s vice president of eliminates a fear of student debt — a major source enrollment. “It was really an effort to help supof stress among students and their families — but port low-income students and middle-income it also aims to promote socioeconomic diversity vice president of enrollment at rice university families and make the cost of education more on campus. affordable.” “Colleges are struggling to make sure every The school’s admissions process and criteria, corner of society can access higher education, though, will not be affected by the program, Romero da Silva said. and this is one less roadblock for lower- and middle-income stuThe school is expecting a rise in university interest and enrollment dents who are hoping to earn a Rice degree,” Jerge said. applications, but that isn’t the point, Romero da Silva said. icbartli@syr.edu By Izzy Bartling

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cooper and there’s always going to be a market for it.” During the school year, Cooper has less time to work at her craft. Off-days are her best opportunities to open up shop out of her South Campus apartment. Her mother’s clients have included NFL star Brandon Marshall, but Cooper rivals that with a list of her most loyal customers: Syracuse football players. One day two years ago, SU junior defensive back Scoop Bradshaw was walking in Manley Field House. His hair was frizzy, and his locks were tangled. At least it appeared that way to Cooper, who stopped him in his tracks to call him out. “She was like, ‘You need your hair done ASAP,’” Bradshaw recalled. Cooper mentioned she could take care of his hair herself. Bradshaw was skeptical — he said his hair says a lot about who he is, and he doesn’t

mess around with who styles it. But Cooper gained his trust when she said her mother had taught her the craft. That Cooper has dreads, too, solidified her as reliable, Bradshaw said.

She’s the only one I let touch my hair. Scoop Bradshaw su defensive back

Bradshaw came over to her apartment the next Friday, and she spent five hours twisting his hair, Cooper said, because he hadn’t been to a stylist in over a year. When he looked in the mirror later that day, Bradshaw liked what he saw. The result has been a two-year business-like relationship between Cooper and Bradshaw. “She’s the only one I let touch my hair,” Bradshaw said in August, when he scheduled an

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their defense to practice against distinct attackers at contrasting speeds, Williams said. Bowllan believes this helps prepare her for outside hitters who she hasn’t played before. “The best way to improve is … to get a touch on the ball, getting used to different hitters, different styles,” Bowllan said. “Every hitter is different, so the way Santita hits is different than the way Polina hits.” Over the last four matches, Syracuse is 2-2. In the two wins, the Orange averaged more than 15 digs per set. SU sputtered in the losses to Florida State and Pittsburgh, totaling only 12.1 digs per set. Bowllan believes the Orange back line will develop. She knows that with more reps in practice, she and the defense can provide outside hitters with more opportunities to win points. “It’s about working together and having that good team chemistry, back row and front row,” Bowllan said. “If we can have that connection and figure out where people are and what they’re doing, we’ll be better.”

out for the first six games of the season, Hilpert sensed Fulcar’s frustration. He didn’t scream as loudly as the team did to celebrate. He didn’t jump around. He didn’t dance or sing along with his teammates after wins. “You’re a student and you’re an athlete,” Hilpert said. “(When you’re) injured, you lose 50 percent of your life.” Fulcar trained extra time with Syracuse assistant athletic trainer Mike Mangano. He expected a lot from himself, Hilpert said, and he just looked to prove himself. Entering games anywhere from the 29th to 42nd minutes, Fulcar has offered tough defensive pressure, allowed the ball to flow through the midfield and even scored a goal in SU’s 7-0 shellacking of St. Bonaventure Tuesday. Fulcar subbed in for Johnson in both the Colgate game and SU’s road tie with Louisville, but for the most part Fulcar said he’s played a position a little further up near the opponent’s side than he was used to prior to SU. Replacing Jonathan Hagman, who has an attacking mindset as a midfielder, and

appointment with Cooper so his hair “looked good for the first day of class.” Word spread. In fall 2016, Bradshaw’s teammates asked who was doing his hair. He told them it was a women’s basketball player, Gabrielle Cooper. They hit her up via text, and soon she was doing their hair, too. She charges about $60 per appointment, which usually takes between one and two hours. Last fall, Cooper found herself doing several other football players’ hair, including junior fullback Chris Elmore, also a native of the Chicago area. He now tries to meet with Cooper as frequently as every three weeks, because he has a saying he shares with teammates: If you want to play in the NFL, he tells them, you’ve got to start acting like it. “You look at those guys, they’re wellgroomed, always,” Elmore said. “So we have to try to keep ourselves that way too.” Back in Lansing, Illinois, in May, Cooper was working in tandem with her mother, who

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doubles as her inspiration for hairstyling and personal hero. As the soundtrack changed to a local radio station, which was playing Frank Sinatra’s “High Hopes” — “He’s got high hopes” — Cooper spun around the chair to reach the other side of her client’s hair. Cooper said she has been styling hair since she was about 11 years old, mimicking her mother, who taught herself how to style hair by studying YouTube videos. As a little girl, Cooper began helping her out when needed. But one day, Cooper’s mother, Benji, was overbooked. That’s when Cooper took her first client. She’s been hooked to the craft ever since. “Pass the spray, mom,” Cooper said at her mother’s shop. Her mother smiled back and tossed her the bottle. “This is home,” Cooper said, and then she went back to work, twisting one dreadlock after the other. mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

Delhommelle, who has played a central role in the flow of both the offense and defense in the midfield, has given Syracuse a new element in its defense to tap into with two physical defenders stacked in the midfield. Against Wake Forest, who came into its Oct. 5 matchup against SU the best attacking team in the country, Fulcar said he knew he’d be featured. Wake Forest tended to push upward and attack into the opponent’s third, so to stop it, the Orange called upon Fulcar. He responded, and so did SU, in a 2-0 shutout victory of the then-No. 1 Demon Deacons. In Syracuse’s domination of the Bonnies, Fulcar was subbed out in the 68th minute for John-Austin Ricks. He arrived to the sideline and met a line of SU coaches, who each thanked Fulcar for his efforts. After the game, SU players joked and smiled as Fulcar was approached by TV cameras. They laughed with Fulcar. “Big time!” they yelled. “I take pride in pressing the ball,” Fulcar said, “and just keeping it really simple on offense.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary

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Blocks don’t lead to digs for SU By Adam Hillman staff writer

Gabrielle Cooper learned how to style hair from her mother. She charges about $60 per appointment and her clients include Syracuse defensive back Scoop Bradshaw and fullback Chris Elmore. matthew gutierrez senior staff writer

‘LOC’ DOWN

Syracuse women’s basketball player, Gabrielle Cooper, styles hair in her free time Cooper learned the trade from her mother, Benji Hardaway, and the pair come together ANSING, Ill. — Shortly whenever Cooper is home from after 1 p.m. on a Friday in Syracuse during the summer mid-May, Gabrielle Cooand on breaks. Taking care of per arrived at Naturally hairdos is Cooper’s side hustle Nappy Locs by Benji, the salon run — and her backup plan if her by her mother in this small town. WNBA dreams don’t work out or She walked through the storefront end sooner than she’d like. door, about 25 miles south of ChiAn important part of many cago, and looked around. of her clients’ lives is maintainThe building is nondescript. ing Afrocentric hair, Cooper Inside, there’s no scent of fresh said. “Locs,” short for dreadproducts, no loud music — just a TV locks, is a hairstyle where the in the back of the room and some COOPER poses with grandmother Deborah Smith (left) and mother hair that would be combed or chit-chat. A few barbers and styl- Benji Hardaway (right). matthew gutierrez senior staff writer shed locks on itself, creating ists were occupied with customers. ropelike strands. Minutes after her arrival, Cooper, a junior guard for the Syracuse Cooper said hair can send a message about one’s personality or women’s basketball team, walked over to a window. Then she put on her self-image, and it’s a way to channel beauty. Her three-step process is black apron and went to work. wash, twist then dry, with the end goal of twisting natural hairstyles “Good energy,” she said, opening the blinds to let sunlight in. She “into something beautiful,” Cooper said. She treats each hairdo difbegan to twist the dreadlocks of a woman in front of her, who happened ferently, giving each the sort of attention, care and respect that she to be her grandmother, Deborah Smith. learned from her mom. Save for activities on the basketball court, Cooper’s idea of the perfect Integral to the process is tight twisting. As she twists the hair, she Saturday is spent here, twisting hair. She has been one of Syracuse’s key wants to make it tight so it stays locked and lasts a bit longer. players over the past two seasons, but her off-court passion is styling “I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, getting older, trying to figure hair — specifically, the dreadlocks of men and women. The art is central out what I want to do with my life,” Cooper said. “I have the talent for this, to her life. see cooper page 10 By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

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Fulcar’s return from injury bolsters defense By Michael McCleary asst. sports editor

Julio Fulcar’s heart pounded his chest as he entered the game in the 30th minute of Syracuse’s Sept. 24 matchup with Colgate. Playing in his first action of the year, the freshman surveyed the crowd at SU Soccer Stadium. “I was like, ‘I’m just playing another game,’” Fulcar said. In every game that Fulcar’s

appeared, SU (7-4-2, 1-3-1 Atlantic coast) hasn’t lost. The Orange have gone 4-1-2 since the start of the Raiders game, with Fulcar not appearing in SU’s double overtime road loss to Virginia Tech. After returning from a left quad strain sustained prior to the season, Fulcar has provided stability in the SU midfield, offering fresh legs, physical defense and crisp passes. Midfielder Hugo Delhommelle and goalkeeper Hendrik Hilpert

dubbed Fulcar “the new version of Mo Adams,” a former Syracuse star midfielder who left for the MLS at the end of the season last year. Fulcar has contributed to the Orange’s defensive efficiency over the past seven games. Since his first playing time, SU has allowed just five goals, compared to 11 in the six games prior. “He’s here for a reason,” Delhommelle said. “He wants to play.” Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre noticed Fulcar’s

physicality as a defender when he started recruiting the Watertown, Massachusetts native. The Orange had contacted Fulcar late in the process last year, Fulcar said, and didn’t reach out until the winter months after the SU season. In club for the USSDA Boston Bolts, Fulcar played the center defensive midfielder role, which is currently employed at SU by Djimon Johnson. When a quad strain kept Fulcar see fulcar page 10

When Miami barely tapped the ball over the net in the second set last Friday, Syracuse players weren’t ready. Both junior Aliah Bowllan and senior Jalissa Trotter stood flat footed and the ball smacked against the wood floor of the Women’s Building. The two upperclassmen stared at each other in confusion. The Syracuse (10-6, 6-2 Atlantic Coast) defense hasn’t kept many plays alive. The Orange enters this weekend ranked No. 281 in digs per set, averaging 13.35. While Trotter said that communication is to blame, SU head coach Leonid Yelin doesn’t understand the defensive shortcomings. He believes that since Syracuse ranks No. 7 in blocks per set, the back line has no reason to perform so poorly. “We’re partially good on defense if we’re talking about blocking,” Yelin said. “I think we should be much better because our first defense line block is pretty good.” In Syracuse’s most recent match, it once again had defensive lapses. SU won the opening two sets, but Florida State stormed back to force a fifth. On the opening point of the final set, FSU sophomore Taryn Knuth lept into the air on a back slide play. Bowllan crept to the left, on the opposite side of the benches. Knuth, noticing her slight shift, pounded the ball to the right of the sliding Bowllan.

13.35 Digs Syracuse averages per set

The Orange totaled 69 digs in all five sets, slightly above its season average. It also allowed 72 kills, 41 of which came in the final three sets. “Last weekend, I think we struggled a little bit defensively,” assistant coach Derryk Williams said. Ahead of home matches against North Carolina and North Carolina State, SU targeted defensive positioning as a weakness in practice. The drill begins with a fake block scenario. The coaching staff places a broom near the net to represent a blocker, Williams said. Next, they set up the defense either in the 6-2 formation, where Bowllan and two others stand in the back row, or in the 5-1, where only two people are behind the blockers. Once in position, the outside hitters fire balls at varying speeds to different parts of the court. Freshman Polina Shemanova may blast a spike down the line, forcing Bowllan to sprint over and dive to keep the play alive. In other instances, to remain unpredictable, senior Santita Ebangwese may run a slide hit and lightly tap it over the net. The Orange wants

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