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C • Break the chain
Five constitutional amendments that propose expansions to voting rights and environmental protections are on the ballot for New York this fall. Page 3
The MLS is losing its value. Syracuse has seen 16 of its players drafted into the MLS over the past six years, but that trend may soon come to an end. Page 12
Small restaurants on Marshall Street need students to get by, but they also compete with chain businesses which tailor their menus for college-age consumers. Page 7
Survivors demand change Stand With Survivors Syracuse University detailed 18 demands for administration. Here are SU’s current policies.
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By Karoline Leonard asst. news editor
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tand With Survivors SU, a student-led organization that aims to fight sexual misconduct and rape culture on campus, released a letter and manifesto on Tuesday that detailed 18 demands for Syracuse University administrators. “Rape culture thrives at SU. It is a culture that normalizes sexual violence, and blatantly disregards the wellbeing of survivors,” the group said in the letter. “It is a campus-wide culture, and the SU administration is guilty of perpetuating it.” Members of the university’s Student Activism Engagement Team
have previously connected with Stand With Survivors, a university spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Orange. The team is a group of professors, staff members and other community members that are supposed to help students express their concerns with administrators and provide space to organize. “We are also cognizant that every student experiences the reporting and adjudication process differently and that there is always room to do better,” the statement reads. “We are currently conducting a review to identify opportunities for improvement in training, policies and procedures so we can better support our students.” These demands are broken down into three categories: housing policies, preventative action and specific reforms of see demands page 4
mayoral election 2021
Close to 50% of campaign spending has gone to ads By Kyle Chouinard asst. news editor
Advertisements have made up nearly half of all spending in this year’s Syracuse mayoral race, according to data acquired from the New York State Board of Elections. Incumbent Mayor Ben Walsh, an independent, has spent $199,852.33
on advertisements for his campaign in 2021. Walsh’s advertising made up 45.4% of his total spending. Khalid Bey, Walsh’s Democratic opponent, spent $37,056.94 on advertising during 2021, less than one-fifth of Walsh’s total campaign. His advertising budget only made up 35.4% of his total spending.
Only 49.7% of Republican Janet Burman’s spending has gone toward advertising. She has spent only $5,075.66 on advertising, which is less than 3% of Walsh’s entire advertising spending. Of the nearly $200,000 Walsh has spent on advertisements, his campaign spent 39.4% on cam-
paign mailers. The second largest avenue of advertising for Walsh was television advertisements, which made up 30.9% of his advertising expenditures. In Bey’s advertising budget, his campaign has put 59.4% toward campaign mailers. A little over a quarter of Bey’s advertising budget
has been for television ads. Nearly $100,000 of Walsh’s spending has gone to The Balduzzi Group, which has worked on both advertising and consulting for the campaign. The group has previously worked with the American Civil Liberties Union, Democratic see advertising page 4