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oct. 19, 2017 high 71°, low 46°
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N • Mumps update
dailyorange.com
P • Age-old game
Syracuse University’s vice chancellor and provost has asked faculty to possibly extend assignment deadlines for students affected by mumps. Page 3
Sixty men and women make up the Syracuse Gray Wolves hockey team, which was formed in 1989, plays in Skaneateles and hosts players over the age of 50. Page 11
S • Alone in goal
SU women’s soccer head coach Phil Wheddon is a world-class goalie coach. He knows how lonely the position is, so he works closely with his own goalies at SU. Page 20
Mayoral money
on campus
A look into the money behind the Syracuse mayoral race average campaign contribution size *
key
money raised since campaign began *
laura lavine ben walsh juanita perez williams vote green syracuse, which supports howie hawkins average campaign contribution size
outside syracuse contributions (percent)**
$499.62 $423.81 $284.54 $59.52
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money raised since campaign began
$109,416 $365,746.26 $179,814.73 $8,332
Story by Jordan Muller
asst. news editor
* The Vote Green Syracuse committee raises money for Howie Hawkins and three Common Council candidates. The money raised by this committee is shared between the four of them. ** The percentages caluclated do not include unitemized contributions, as they do not publicly disclose names or addresses.
Graphics by Ali Harford senior design editor
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n the race to collect donations, Syracuse mayoral candidate Ben Walsh has a comfortable lead over competitor Juanita Perez Williams as their campaigns enter the final weeks before November’s general election. The independent candidate, despite narrowly trailing Democrat Perez Williams in a recent poll, has received more than twice the amount of donations she has, according to New York State Board of Elections financial disclosure records filed last month. Walsh enters the last weeks of the 2017 mayoral race with just under $366,000 in campaign contributions, per his most recent disclosure, while Perez Williams has collected about $180,000. Republican Laura Lavine, currently third in a recent election poll, has raised roughly $109,000. The Vote Green Syracuse committee, which supports Green Party candidate Howie see election page 8
Boost the ‘Cuse tops donor goal By Jordan Muller asst. news editor
Boost the ‘Cuse, Syracuse University’s first 24-hour fundraising campaign, brought in more than $1,765,000 in gifts from about 3,560 donors, exceeding its donor goal by 190 percent. The event, which began at midnight Tuesday and ran through the day, aimed to raise money for SU initiatives and programs, including Invest Syracuse. University officials said the numbers from the fundraiser were higher than they expected. “The goal we set was 1,870 donors,” said Sean Scanlon, vice president for development. That number was met early in the day, Scanlon said, so the team set a new goal of 3,044 individual donors. The new goal was also exceeded by the end of the day. Just under 50 percent of donors who gave money to the university were alumni, according to the Boost the ‘Cuse website. About 20 percent were faculty, 7 percent were SU parents, 6 percent were SU board members, 3 percent were students and 2 percent were “friends.” Others donors, including students, contributed to the fundraiser on the Quad, in Schine Student Center and in Bird Library, said David Wishart, assistant vice president for philanthropic engagement. “The reason we want students to participate is because we’re all trying to build that greater brand of what Syracuse is,” Scanlon said. One part of building the brand is contributing, he added. Different units — which included see fundraising page 7
university senate
Report addresses LGBTQ issues By Michael Burke senior staff writer
A report compiled by the Syracuse University Senate Committee on LGBT Concerns, made public this week, underscores issues affecting LGBTQ campus life and calls for increased resources to be allocated to certain pockets of the LGBTQ campus community. A presentation of that report, as well as a vote on a motion to amend the official charge of the committee, was originally scheduled to be held during Wednesday’s Senate meeting in Maxwell Auditorium.
Both the presentation and a vote on the motion were tabled until next month’s meeting, but the committee report and the text of the motion were shared with senators prior to Wednesday’s meeting. The motion calls for the committee to be renamed the “Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Asexual Justice and Advocacy” and for Senate bylaws to “more accurately reflect the work of the committee.” The report outlines the committee’s work during the 2016-17 academic year and provides details about SU’s LGBTQ campus life.
The committee report revealed, among other things, that Department of Public Safety officers are not required to participate in LGBT bias training and that the LGBT Resource Center was not invited to participate in accepted students and student recruitment programming events last year. The report notes that SU was rated 3.5 out of 5 stars by the Campus Pride Index report, an indication of how LGBTQ-friendly a campus is, in a 2016 assessment. The CPI report found that housing and residence life, as well as recruitment see lgbtq page 7
university senate
Syverud, Wheatly report on salaries, investments By Michael Burke senior staff writer
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and Provost Michele W heatly each addressed the University Senate at its meeting Wednesday in Maxwell Auditorium, touching on issues ranging from SU’s community engagement to faculty salaries. Here are three takeaways from their reports to the Senate:
Faculty salary data
The committee that was formed last fall to review faculty salary data will release a report detailing its findings later this month, Wheatly said Wednesday. In April, the university announced that the committee expected to release its findings by Oct. 1. Wheatly did not explain the reason for the delay in her remarks to the Senate. “I look forward to sharing the see usen page 8