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Uber’s food delivery service, UberEATS, launched in Syracuse on Monday. Ride-hailing services were introduced in the city over the summer.

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MAYORAL RACE 2017

HOWIE HAWKINS has run for mayor, Syracuse Common Council, Congress and governor of New York. alexandra moreo photo editor

LAURA LAVINE is the only candidate to call for mayoral control of the Syracuse City School District. alexandra moreo photo editor

STILL MOVING

STANDING HER

After many election losses, Howie Hawkins pursues Green Party leadership

Republican Laura Lavine fights an uphill battle in a largely Democratic city

By Kennedy Rose

By Jessi Soporito

owie Hawkins walked down Warner Avenue on Syracuse’s South Side.

It was his neighborhood: He’s lived there in the same apartment since the 1990s.

“People in the community keep telling me, ‘Keep trying. Keep running for office,’” Hawkins said. “I get a lot of encouragement.”

Hawkins is running for mayor of Syracuse for the third time in the past 20 years.

He’s never won the seat. But, he has no plans to quit politics any time soon.

“Howie is your Green Party candidate who has great ideals, but for some reason

aura Lavine has lived in her Syracuse home for more than 55 years, near the city’s DeWitt border. Over that time, she’s been able to see and understand the many issues facing Syracuse, she said.

Lavine, 62, is the 2017 mayoral race’s sole Republican Party candidate. She’s currently polling third, behind Democrat Juanita Perez Williams and independent candidate Ben Walsh, respectively.

The Republican candidate faces an uphill battle. In Syracuse, Democrats outnumber Republicans three to one, she said. But Lavine’s not focusing on that

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Report indicates possible cuts to community investments

By Michael Burke senior staff writer

A study assessing Syracuse University’s investments in the city of Syracuse and surrounding central New York region indicates SU will reduce funding for certain community initiatives.

The study, “Syracuse University Impact: Central to Central New York,” published by the university Monday, does not reveal any specific plans for SU moving forward, making it unclear exactly which initiatives could be affected.

But the report alludes to changes SU will need to make regarding its community investments, stating that SU differs from “national benchmark” institutions because it makes large investments in multiple community groups.

The report comes two weeks after Syracuse.com reported SU is diminishing its financial support for the Near Westside Initiative, a project launched in 2006 under former SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor that sought to revitalize one of Syracuse’s lowest-income communities.

The report also hints at possible cuts

to other initiatives started by Cantor, including scholarships for students from underrepresented populations.

The report is divided into two studies: an analysis of the university’s investments and a study of the economic impact of those investments.

The analysis of the investment was commissioned by Enlight Advisors, a Seattle-based consulting firm, while the economic impact study was commissioned by Emsi, an Idaho-based career building company.

Four SU administrators provided oversight of the study: Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and

Innovation Mike Haynie, Vice President for Community Engagement Bea González, Chief of Staff Candace Campbell Jackson and Kevin Quinn, senior adviser to the chancellor for executive communications and public affairs. The university’s chief financial officer, Amir RahnamayAzar, was not among those who provided oversight for the report.

The economic impact report states that, in 2016, SU made $1.1 billion in “total impacts” in the central New York region — which is defined as Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.

SU’s investment in the central New York region totaled about $50 million in 2016, according to the report on community investments.

The report doesn’t specify what each of SU’s investments are, but it notes about $25 million went toward “financial investments” and another $24 million went toward “financial investments with engagement.”

Of the investments that fall under “financial investments,” scholarships for students from underrepresented populations make up $20.7 million. Another see report page 6

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Frontrunners Democrat Juanita Perez Williams and independent Ben Walsh are leading the mayoral election polls.

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CITY-COUNTY MERGER HOWIE HAWKINS AGAINST THE MERGER

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Hawkins opposes the planned merger, and has said the plan will disempower Syracuse residents and consolidate segregation in the city. In a statement on his website, Hawkins said the Consensus report would keep schools and public housing complexes segregated from the county. He does support the other recommendations in the Consensus report. He said these recommendations could be enacted through inter-municipal agreements, not a city-county merger.

LAURA LAVINE AGAINST THE MERGER Lavine, like the other candidates, does not support the proposed plan to merge city and county governments. She has said the report, which was compiled by legislators and community members, “avoided dealing with the Syracuse City School District.” Lavine is a former superintendent of the LaFayette School District.

In response to New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s County-Wide Shared Services Initiative, which requires local governments to find ways to cut costs by eliminating overlapping services with other jurisdictions, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney issued a plan to meet the initiative requirements. Mahoney’s plan includes several suggestions from a report compiled by the contentious citizen’s group Consensus.

$8.7 million$22.9 million Amount of money Consensus estimates could be saved by consolidating the Syracuse and Onondaga County legislative bodies

JUANITA PEREZ WILLIAMS AGAINST THE MERGER Perez Williams has opposed the plan to merge the city and county governments. On the campaign trail, she has said the proposal is undemocratic and will take away the voice of Syracuse citizens. Perez Williams’ website adds that she believes the Consensus report — which included city-county consolidation recommendations — will burden Syracuse residents with debt and isolate impoverished neighborhoods.

BEN WALSH AGAINST THE MERGER Walsh opposes the city-county consolidation plan, but has said he is open to looking at other cost-saving recommendations outlined in the Consensus report. In February, Walsh said he was “open to the idea” of a city-county government merger, per Syracuse.com. James Walsh, his father, was a co-chair of the Consensus commission.

2018 Earliest point at which some city and county services could start consolidating

The merger of the city and county government will never happen under my administration.

Juanita Perez Williams , mayoral candidate illustrations by annie schwartz | contributing illustrator

UberEATS expands to Syracuse

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

UberEATS launched in Syracuse on Monday, offering food delivery from restaurants across the city.

Meals from Syracuse restaurants such as Byblos Mediterranean Cafe, Modern Malt and more are now available for delivery through UberEATS. UberEATS will cover the Syracuse University campus, North Side, DeWitt and downtown areas.

Drivers can sign up to deliver food via Uber’s website. An UberX driver, the standard driver, can sign up for UberEATS and accept both EATS and X pickup requests, per Ridesharingdriver.com.

Syracuse is the second city in upstate New York to get UberEATS, according to a release.

Uber came to Syracuse and the rest of upstate New York last summer, after years of lobbying local and state governments to allow the ridehailing business to operate legally.

Uber was only legal in New York City before July.

Students at Syracuse University said the ride-hailing app was much cheaper to use than traditional taxicabs, and dozens said they use it to travel to bars.

The UberEATS app is separate from the original Uber app, and is available on iOS, Android and the UberEATS website. krose100@syr.edu

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Candidates discuss Additional vaccines to be offered at clinic environment at debate

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

In a campus-wide email Monday afternoon, Syracuse University announced students will have an additional opportunity to receive a third dose of the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine at a clinic in Flanagan Gymnasium on Wednesday.

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Number of students who received a third vaccine at the clinics last week, per Karen Nardella, medical director of SU Health Services

The clinic, which will be open from noon to 7 p.m., comes more than two months after the university confirmed the first mumps infection.

Since the end of August, there have been 29 confirmed and 64 probable mumps cases in the SU community.

The university began distributing a third dose of the vaccine to student-athletes on Oct. 24 and to the undergraduate population on Oct. 26. Wednesday’s clinic is the

third that is open to all students.

More than 3,200 students received a third vaccine at the clinics last week, said Karen Nardella, medical director of SU Health Services, in the email. About 1,600 MMR boosters will be available at Wednesday’s clinic, according to an SU spokesperson.

New York state law requires all students attending college receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, though every SU student who has contracted the mumps has been properly vaccinated, according to health services. Two doses are about 88 percent effective in preventing the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A CDC advisory board last week recommended a third vaccine to people who may be exposed to mumps outbreaks.

The mumps, a highly contagious airborne disease, can cause fever, muscle aches, puffy cheeks or neck and a swollen jaw.

Students who contract or are suspected of contracting the mumps are being isolated from the campus community for up to five days. jmulle01@syr.edu @jordanmuller18

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

With just little more than a week left in the Syracuse mayoral race, the four remaining candidates detailed their stances on climate policy, Interstate 81 and the city-county merger in a debate at SUNY-ESF that lacked the heated arguments of previous debates.

I think that we need to continue to try and be a more walkable and bikeable city.

Ben Walsh mayoral candidate

NBC3 anchors Megan Coleman and Matt Mulcahy moderated the debate and asked about the candidates’ climate and energy policies — a topic rarely discussed at previous debates.

Juanita Perez Williams, the Democratic candidate currently

leading the race in the latest poll, said she disagreed with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.

She said she wanted to consider implementing idling laws in the city, though New York state already has a law that prohibits heavy duty vehicles such as diesel trucks and buses from idling more than five minutes at a time.

Perez Williams said she supports bringing back OnTrack, a failed commuter rail system that ran between the South Side and Destiny USA. It stopped running in 2008, Syracuse.com reported.

The Democratic candidate added she wanted to focus on geothermal energy.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate, said the city needs to implement a public power utility so Syracuse has the “power to choose 100 percent clean energy.”

“I don’t think we’re going far enough,” Hawkins said, referring to the city’s energy and environmental policies.

He added he would support rebuilding the Onondaga Creek corridor and put agriculture in

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AUTOMATIC SCHOLARSHIP Le Moyne College is offering an automatic $10,000 scholarship to incoming freshmen from New York starting in fall 2018.

The scholarship has no income eligibility requirements and will be given out over four years. source: le moyne college

RAIN RECORD Syracuse had a record-breaking amount of rainfall on Sunday at .91 inches. It broke the .62 inch rainfall record for Oct. 29, 1972, and that margin will continue to grow as it continues to rain. source: syracuse.com

CABARET The New York City Council is expected to repeal the Cabaret Law, which bans dancing in New York City bars and restaurants without a license. Only 27 of more than 25,000 establishments in the city have the license. Between January 2016 and April 2017, 36 bars had to pay $40,000 in fines for allowing dancing. source: gothamist

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Clarity is key in SU’s relationship to city With a change in leadership comes a change in policy, and Syracuse University is no exception. When Chancellor Kent Syverud replaced Nancy Cantor at SU’s helm in 2014, he shifted Cantor’s focus on the city of Syracuse to a focus on the broader city-university community.

Syverud’s prioritization of SU and its campus began with big investments under the Fast Forward Initiative. SU’s Economic Investment and Community Impact reports released Monday provide a first look into how those changes may affect the city.

From the Near Westside Initiative to the Connective Corridor, SU’s relationship with the city it calls home has been debated time and time again. Big changes can result in controversy, which is why SU must be clear with straightforward expla-

nations of the reasoning behind any rollbacks of city-focused initiatives.

Unlike the university’s lengthy reports that are often filled with jargon, the investment and impact reports are easy to understand. The reports themselves are short and full of graphics, and they’re both parsed into a two-page, by-thenumbers report.

Though some concepts — such as the “benchmark universities” SU’s community investments are compared to — remain uncertain, this condensed report helps community members accurately respond to its findings.

It’s not yet clear what community investments will be reduced or modified, leaving room for feedback before any decisions are finalized.

After all, these reports’ suggestions should raise a few eyebrows.

It’s mentioned that SU makes

bigger community investments than “benchmark universities” — investments that include access scholarships for underrepresented student populations and longtime institutions such as the Community Folk Art Center.

These potential funding cuts may come down to hard-line numbers with little room for compromise. But if the university is looking to make cuts that reduce scholarships and discontinue long-term investments, it owes the community explicit reasons why.

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Syracuse Crunch’s sexist billboard reflects outdated gender norms

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he Syracuse Crunch recently installed a billboard on Interstate 690 East near downtown Syracuse that might make you question what decade you’re living in.

Like vintage ads of the 1940s and ‘50s, when billboards would urge husbands to reward their hard-working housewives, the Crunch billboard — which appears to have been taken down or moved as of Friday — relies on sexist stereotypes and normative gender roles to sell a product. Its message — “Your wife is hot... cool her off at a Crunch game,” — affirms that advertisers may never learn alienating 51 percent of the population is not a savvy marketing strategy.

In this case, the implication that a wife needs to be taken to a game to be “cooled off” perpetuates the stereotype that without men, women are disinterested in sports. While the Crunch’s focus

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on wives being “hot” was probably supposed to be an attempt at irony given the sport at hand is ice hockey, the billboard implies a woman’s worth is based on her looks, on how “hot” she is. It seems the organization isn’t inviting all its fans to bring their wives to the game, but only those considered normatively attractive.

Crunch media management did not reply to multiple requests for comment or to confirm removal of the billboard. But the fact that this ad was likely OK’d by multiple levels of management prompts discussion.

In the moment of social media campaigns and more candid discussions about the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, this bill-

board feels even more egregious.

It seems no matter how much progress is made, sexism is still ingrained in every aspect of our lives. We are subject to sexist comments not only in the workplace and at our social events, but also on our drive home.

It’s easy to call those offended by this billboard “snowflakes” — but even women Crunch fans think the billboard as sexist. Likewise, they might argue this column proves the success of this ad, that all publicity is good publicity.

That may be true. But it does not excuse advertisers’ continued appropriation of our outrage to promote their products. And until more consumers come forward to resist misogyny, sexism — like sex itself — will continue to sell.

C.C. Hendricks is a doctoral student in composition and cultural rhetoric. Her column appears biweekly. You can reach her at crhen100@syr.edu.

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hawkins people don’t vote for him,” said Serena “Rahzie” Seals, a Common Council candidate for the city’s 4th district.

Seals, a leader of Black Lives Matter Syracuse and Black Cuse Pride — a program for LGBTQ people of color — is running on the Green Party ticket alongside Hawkins.

In a red shirt and jeans, Hawkins accompanied Seals, going door-to-door canvassing, based off a list of voters they compiled with county records.

Even if you don’t win, you can move the debate (forward) on policy.

Howie Hawkins mayoral candidate

There wasn’t much of a routine.

Sometimes, Seals would call, “Howie, there are people who want to talk to you,” from page 1

lavine statistic. She’s thinking about her campaign.

“We had 16 years of failed liberal leadership, and we are worse off than ever,” Lavine said. “I’m going to take my love for my city, my executive leadership experience and do what I can to turn this city around and get it back on the right track.”

She has centered her candidacy around education policy after working in school systems for 40 years, most recently as superintendent of the suburban LaFayette School District.

Her proposal of mayoral control over the Syracuse City School District, though, has been met with controversy. Mayoral control would allow Lavine, if elected, to appoint school board members with the consent and advice of Common Councilors, she said.

Mayoral control would eliminate board members’ need to run on party lines, better holding the mayor accountable for the state of city schools, Lavine said.

“She has so much experience in the field of education. If she thinks mayoral control is acceptable, I’m all for that,” said Randy Potter, city chairman of the Onondaga County Republican Party.

David Knapp, county legislator of the 12th District, which includes LaFayette, said he believes Lavine’s idea “has some merit” because something “dramatic” needs to be done to improve SCSD. The proposal has been met with opposition. The Syracuse Teachers Association declined to interview Lavine for the union’s endorsement in late September. Union members did interview the other three mayoral candidates, though: Walsh, Perez Williams and Howie Hawkins, who’s running on the Green Party ticket.

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report section of the report indicates those scholarships could face reductions. The report notes that SU differs from “benchmark universities” in that those universities “do not consider access scholarships to be part of their community investment efforts.”

In an interview Monday, when asked if SU strives to be like those benchmark universities, González said the university is “looking for best practices.” González and Haynie, the other administrator interviewed Monday, could not immediately say what the methodology was for determining those benchmark universities, which include some of SU’s peer institutions in addition to non-SU peer institutions.

If access scholarships — such as Say Yes to Education scholarships — are eventually reduced, it wouldn’t be the first time SU has made cuts to such scholarships. The university came under scrutiny in 2015 when, after Syverud’s first year as chancellor, it scaled back Posse Foundation scholarships, which generally go to students from underrepresented backgrounds.

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from across the street. Other times Hawkins would ask people, walking on the street, if they planned to vote or if they knew where their polling station was. A few of Hawkins’ friends embraced him.

The Green Party office is within walking distance of Hawkins’ home, which is halfway down Warner Avenue. Some houses along Warner were boarded up and abandoned.

One house had mail piled up on the porch.

Hawkins still knocked, but nobody was there.

He set his campaign card on the porch, atop the other mail and walked away.

Hawkins ran for mayor twice before, in 1997 and 2005, in addition to a run for city auditor in 2015 against former mayoral candidate, Marty Masterpole.

He has lost more than 20 elections since 1993, also running for the Common Council, Congress and governor of New York. Seals said Hawkins even ran against her father, Thomas Seals, for the city’s District 4 council seat.

Hawkins lost.

“Even if you don’t win, you can move the debate (forward) on policy,” Hawkins said.

Arlene Brodbeck, a neighbor of Hawkins’ and one of his former canvassers, shouted his name across the street. Hawkins handed her his campaign card and asked how she was feeling about the election. Brodbeck said she

wasn’t sure. She was still feeling it out.

“We just need somebody to help out the South Side,” she said, turning to Hawkins.

“You would know. You live down the street.”

Brodbeck has lived on the South Side for the last 11 years. She said the city is threatening to take her home for tax delinquency. She’s had to decide to either eat, pay her utility bills or pay taxes, Brodbeck said.

There are absentee landlords throughout the city who abandon houses, leaving lowincome people in the dust, Hawkins said.

Stanley Pearson, a retired Carrier Corp. employee living on Warner Avenue, complained about the broken sidewalk in front of his house. In the 30 years since moving to Syracuse from Virginia, he hasn’t seen any sidewalk improvements, he said.

Hawkins himself said he lived in more than a dozen apartments when he first moved to Syracuse in 1991. Some had the roofs blown off, others had birds living in them. At one point, he refused to pay rent on an apartment without a roof until the city came to either fix it or give him another place to live, Hawkins said.

Christopher Alexander, sitting on the porch of a house on Warner Avenue, asked, “What’re you gonna do for us if we vote for you?”

Hawkins said he would focus on alleviating Syracuse’s high rate of concentrated poverty.

That would help fight crime and improve the Syracuse City School District, he said.

He has been a longtime proponent for the desegregation of schools, where current education systems lump low-income students together, Hawkins said.

He has cousins who faced segregation in schools during the mid-20th century, Hawkins said.

“I just thought, you know, ‘My friends should have the same rights as me,’” he said.

“So from that age, I was always worried about that issue.”

His life doesn’t solely revolve around politics, though. Hawkins unloads UPS trucks at night to help pay bills. He’s a secretary and treasurer at the Eat to Live Food Cooperative, a community-owned grocery store on the South Side.

Brandi Woolridge, general manager of the co-op, said Hawkins, “definitely puts his hands to the plow.”

She said Hawkins has a well-informed idea of middle- and lower-class Syracuse residents.

He has a better understanding than any other candidate, she said.

“When he’s not running for an election for something, he’s out there doing something,” Seals said. krose100@syr.edu | @kennedywrites

declined to comment for this story. Knapp said mayoral control is “a concern of folks, taking away their vote on those positions.”

“To those people, I’d say, if we were doing well, you’re right, we don’t need bold sweeping action,” Lavine said. “But we’re not doing well. We are limping along. We can’t limp along when 40 percent of our students graduate late or not at all.”

Lavine has also focused on public safety throughout her campaign. The Syracuse Police Department is understaffed by about 65 officers, Potter said.

“Homicide rates hit a record high (in 2016), and police calls, under priority one, aren’t typically getting the responses that they need,” Lavine said.

Improving public safety is key to attracting residents back to the city, she said.

But we’re not doing well.

We are limping along.

We can’t limp along when 40 percent of our students graduate late or not at all.

LAURA LAVINE, a former LaFayette School District superintendent, has centered her campaign around education policy. crystal fang contributing photographer

Lavine also has been outspoken on banning “pay-to-play,” which, according to her website, would prohibit individuals or entities — if doing business with the city, school district or seeking benefits from the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency — from contributing to political campaigns for two years.

“None of my opponents have even touched ethics reform,” Lavine said. “Of course Ben Walsh doesn’t want to do that because his donor list is replete with wealthy developers who got millions of taxpayer dollar benefits from when he was (SIDA’s) executive director.”

In January, Walsh expressed interest in the Republican committee’s endorsement, but after he refused to register as a Republican, committee members voted to support Lavine.

Lavine has frequently criticized Walsh while campaigning. In September, Walsh won the Independence Party line over Lavine as a write-in, despite Lavine being endorsed by the Independence Party.

The Republican candidate, who opposes

the set of recommendations by the citizens group Consensus, noted that Walsh’s father, former congressman James Walsh, was a cochair of the Consensus commission.

As a Republican, Lavine is facing a challenge over the next few weeks. She would have to mobilize the Republican base and appeal to crossover voters to clinch the election, Potter said.

“If you’re happy with the way things are, if you think Syracuse is headed in the right direction, you’re going to vote for Juanita Perez Williams,” Potter said. “But if you’re looking for change, you’re obviously looking toward Laura Lavine, Ben Walsh and maybe Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee.”

The report also indicates potential cuts to community organizations. In the past, SU has invested in community projects such as the Near Westside Initiative, the Community Folk Art Center and Say Yes to Education. The report notes that the benchmark universities do not make “significant financial investments in multiple community organizations.”

Syracuse.com reported earlier this month that SU was pulling its financial support for the Near Westside Initiative. The initiative’s former executive director, Maarten Jacobs, is no longer with the organization.

Marilyn Higgins, SU’s former vice president for community engagement and economic impact, who worked closely with the initiative, retired from SU last year. She then began serving in a consulting role to the initiative, but her tenure in that role is set to expire this month. González said Monday that SU’s partnership with the Near Westside Initiative and other community groups are “naturally winding down.”

The university’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development also no longer exists in its current form. It now operates through Hendricks Chapel as the

Office of Engagement Programs. The former office was housed at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse downtown.

But Haynie said the report’s conclusions don’t necessarily mean the university will reduce its overall level of investment in the community, even if some partnerships and programs are ended.

“I would argue that the university community ... wouldn’t want the two of us sitting here making that decision,” he said. “The plan moving forward is, now that we understand the foundation, to engage the university community and have those kinds of conversations.”

The report also calls for the university to align its community investments with the Academic Strategic Plan. Haynie, who has served as the head of the university’s veterans initiatives, said that will include ensuring community investments align with the university’s desire to become a better place for veterans.

“I think that’s part of it. I think it’s bigger than that as well,” he said. “The Academic Strategic Plan is clear, with regard to these pillars of excellence that we aspire to build at the university, it makes sense that at a

high level, as we move forward, we’re looking for opportunities to be synergistic with what we do in the community relative to where we’re going to be making internal investments at the university related to the Academic Strategic Plan.”

The study’s footnotes reveal that two staff members at the university participated in the data collection for the community investments report: Cynthia Carnahan, senior associate director of the Office of Budget and Planning, and Raymond Toenniessen, assistant vice president for veterans development.

González said Monday that she is looking into establishing an advisory board for community engagement at SU to help the university implement the suggestions and conclusions outlined in the report. She said faculty and students often come to her with ideas for community engagement.

“I’m establishing tools,” she said. “One of my goals is to really work at investment tools to understand the impact of the work that we’re doing. But ultimately I see myself as bringing resources together.”

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Republican Laura Lavine said she would consider updating Syracuse’s Sustainability Plan, a policy document drafted in 2012 that is meant to guide the city in ways to “preserve and enhance the local and global environment, reduce the City’s energy costs, and improve quality of life for Syracuse residents.”

She said the city has to reassess what has been done regarding the sustainability plan and what the city needs to do in the future.

Lavine added the city should partner with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry to inform citizens of the environmentally friendly actions they can do in their own homes.

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Walsh, a former city official who negotiated with businesses and developers in City Hall, touted the incentives he helped give businesses to achieve LEED certification when building or renovating facilities.

Unlike earlier debates, the candidates did not clash over each other’s stances on issues such as Interstate 81, the city-county merger proposal and poverty in Syracuse. The candidates explained their stances on these issues Monday night, which mirrored statements they’ve made throughout their campaigns. jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

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AUDREY MILLER (LEFT) AND AMANDA CHOU (RIGHT), secretary and president of Thrive at SU, respectively, will mark the organization’s first year on the SU campus through a parternship with InterFaith Works.

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Thrive at SU works to bridge gap between students, refugee community

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yracuse has one of the largest refugee populations in the United States, yet many students are disconnected from the community that lies just a few miles off campus. Two organizations are coming together to bridge that gap.

Thrive at SU, a registered student organization, is partnering with InterFaith Works of Central New York to host an information session Wednesday. This semester marks Thrive at SU’s first full

year and its first partnership in the city.

Representatives will educate Syracuse University students about the local refugee community and how to get involved with the Center for New Americans at InterFaith Works.

The organizations will also hold a Q&A session and share the experiences of refugees. All members of the SU community are invited to attend the meeting, which will be held in Bird Library Room 004 from 7-9 p.m. “(We’re targeting) those who care about their neighbors, those who care about giving back to the city of Syracuse and those who want to dissolve this image of us being on the Hill and everyone else being at the bottom, of us being in an ivory tower and everyone being away down below,” said Khalid Ayaz Khan, vice president of Thrive at SU. Thrive at SU is a branch of Thrive Projects, a nonprofit community sustainability organization born out of SU. Thrive at SU bridges the gap between the city and the university by partnering

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Activist connects women leaders 2017’s costume trends reflect pop culture

By Kayla Anderson staff writer

Jamie Vinick, a sophomore marketing major, started the Women in Leadership Club, WIL, at Syracuse University as an answer to the lack of professional connection networks for women.

“There wasn’t anything on campus that connected young VINICK female students

to female professionals,” Vinick said.

“I also think that it is important to discuss unforeseeable issues, invisible barriers and unconscious bias that we don’t talk about in the intimacy of a classroom.”

SU students tend to join clubs that are related to their major, leaving Vinick unable to connect with students from other schools.

So, she created an organization that brings women from all majors together.

The concept began after the 2016 presidential election. Vinick said she wanted to bring people

together in a time when everyone seemed to be moving apart. She knew, though, that it would be difficult to get students to come to a non-political political club.

Instead, she broadened the idea and came up with Women in Leadership. She presented the idea to her roommate, Nina Hind, and the two founded the organization.

For the first informational meeting, Vinick booked a small room in Bird Library that held about 100 people, and she expected to attract 20-30 students. What Vinick wasn’t see spotlight page 10

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This Halloween season’s costume trends reflect popular culture with a scary twist. When choosing last minute costume ideas, stay on trend with this year’s most popular costumes and decorations.

Movies like “IT” and “Wonder Woman” and shows like “Game of Thrones” inspired some of the top

sold costumes this year, said Asher Weinstein, marketing manager at Costume SuperCenter.

Weinstein said the most popular costume he’s seen across all ages is Wonder Woman. But the largest trend as reflected in sales came from horror-themed costumes.

“For general themes, were seeing a lot more R-rated costumes,” he said.

For young kids and tweens, the see costume page 10

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Country star Thomas Rhett to perform at Oncenter

By Kenneth Mintz staff writer

Country star Thomas Rhett will perform at the Oncenter War Memorial Arena on Sept.

21 next year as part of his Life Changes Tour.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. in select markets.

The country star will bring Brett Young, Russell Dickerson, Jillian Jacqueline and Carly Pearce to different performances throughout the tour. Brett Young will be one of the featured artists to perform at the Syracuse concert along with another artist who is yet to be announced.

Rhett is best known for chart-toppers such as “Die a Happy Man,” “Make Me Wanna” and “T-Shirt.”

The tour will kick off on April 5 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It will have a spring portion with

a break in the summer and will pick back up in September for its second leg.

“It’s wild to me that next year we will be launching our second year of headline shows and are bringing out some of my favorite artists in music right now,” Rhett said in a press release.

The announcement comes less than two months after the release of his “Life Changes” album. The album was the only country album this year to reach the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s album rankings. The country star launched his first headline arena tour in 2017.

Country music is no stranger to the Syracuse area, hosting stars like Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum and the Zac Brown Band in recent years.

A spokesperson from the Oncenter declined to comment as the concert has not been officially announced locally yet. kmintz@syr.edu

THOMAS RHETT released his album “Life Changes” in September. The Life Changes tour will stop in Syracuse next year. courtesy of thomas rhett

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thrive each year with a different nonprofit organization in Syracuse that supports marginalized communities. In its efforts, Thrive at SU acts as a marketing team for the organization to get the SU community involved.

Interfaith Works is an organization dedicated to diminishing divides between people of different religions, races and ethnicities and creating a more inclusive community dialogue.

The organization has four major programs: Senior Services Program, Center for Dialogue, Interfaith Initiatives Programs and Center for New Americans. Thrive at SU will work specifically with the Center for New Americans, which aids refugees with resettlement.

Syracuse is a sanctuary city, meaning the city protects immigrants from deportation by limiting its compliance with federal immigration enforcement. Center for New Americans is one of two resettlement agencies in Syracuse. They secure housing for incoming individuals and families and assist them in finding jobs and acquiring social security, food stamps, medication and life necessities. In addition, they provide job training, cultural orientations and English language classes.

InterFaith Works has been negatively affected by a series of executive orders from President Donald Trump’s administration regarding immigration, refugees and sanctuary cities. With a cut in its funding, the organization had to cut hours for or lay off 14-15 staff members as of January, resulting in fewer means to accomplish the same goal and serve the same community needs.

“You have entities that have been doing this work for 40-some years saying they don’t have answers for, ‘What is this ban?’ We didn’t know what’s going on,” said Abdul Saboor, the match grant coordinator of the Center for New Americans. “National agencies didn’t know how to respond. People didn’t know what to do with this. It created this atmosphere where people are frustrated with no answers.”

In recent history, Syracuse experienced 70 years of population decline, falling from 197,000 to 146,000 between 1970 and 2000, according to the World Population Review website. Though the decline is evening out, from page 9

spotlight expecting was 180 people to attend.

“It was shocking to say the least,” she said.

“But I think we hit a nerve. Our message really resonates with people. There are so many invisible barriers to women’s advancement.”

Their first guest speakers were a woman CNN anchor and a Stanford University MBA grad who told their professional stories. Vinick finds most of the club’s speakers through LinkedIn. In choosing the speakers, the group tries to touch on different industries.

“We all have different struggles and failures, but we have been able to learn from those failures and grow and apply those to a lot of our successes,” Vinick said. “Acknowledging that although our experiences have been different, it all relates back to gender-related issues.”

In the upcoming weeks, the organization is having a “Mocktails” event for young people

Thrive at SU is a part of Thrive Projects, a nonprofit community sustainabilty organization that originated at Syracuse University.

This semester marks the organization’s first full year on campus. courtesy of thrive at su

Syracuse has relied on immigrants to work and invest in the city. Without refugees and new Americans, Syracuse’s housing market could collapse, Saboor said.

“Forget about the idea that it feels good; Syracuse needs people because we are in decline of population,” Saboor said. “We need people to work, invest, fill in the gaps in terms of the necessity.”

Thrive at SU encourages students to volunteer with InterFaith Works to help raise funds for the organization and assist in its work. The organization also works to make SU students more aware of the university’s surrounding communities.

“The refugee crisis is not new, and it’s not going away anytime soon, because as long as human movement exists it’s still going to be a very dominant issue,” said Amanda Chou, the president of Thrive at SU. “Every small step is a step. We can’t make policy change, but we to network with women professionals, and an SU alumna is flying in to speak to the club members. At the end of the semester, some members of WIL will get the opportunity to go on a trip to New York City to meet women executives at businesses such as Goldman Sachs and Baked by Melissa.

Vinick’s favorite part of the club is meeting new people and learning from the speakers.

“You don’t get this experience in a classroom,” she said. “Gender is a very awkward topic, and it’s important to have a place for people who are going through similar issues to discuss their experiences.”

In the future, Vinick hopes to expand the club to other colleges. She has already had several people reach out to her who want to create their own WIL chapter.

“I want to create a website and then hopefully from there, I want to create a national community,” Vinick said. kander01@syr.edu

can make a change in our communities.”

In addition to setting up students with volunteer opportunities, Thrive at SU hosts an annual Thrive Together Fair in the spring semester, the first of which was held last spring.

The fair is a cultural celebration with organizations and communities from various backgrounds within and outside the university celebrating their cultures. All proceeds from the fair support InterFaith Works.

“SU is a beautiful campus, and there is lots of diversity, but to me, I can see there is lots of discrimination and difficulty between students or between professors because people underestimate the person who is coming from overseas, and they do not understand (them),” said Nada Odeh, a graduate student studying art at SU. Odeh immigrated to the U.S. in 2013, and she said it was difficult for her to communicate with others on a cultural level.

“The best thing to do is to communicate, to from page 9

costume Disney Channel inspires most Halloween costumes. Weinstein said costumes from Disney’s “Descendants” and “Trolls” films are a big trend this year. “Star Wars” also attracted a fan base with Ray and new Jedi costumes.

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When it comes to adults with a wider vice for horror, “Game of Thrones” and “Stranger

understand and to accept what’s going on and accept the person who is different,” Odeh said.

“Anyone who is different is not less or more.

That’s the best way for Syracuse students (to support refugee and immigrant communities).”

Through volunteering with InterFaith Works, Thrive at SU members believe students and refugees can mutually benefit from one another in several ways, including inspiring higher educational pursuits in refugees and new Americans, Chou said.

“We all speak the common language of humanity, and I hope that the university will open up more channels for this type of education to be accessible for them and just to get them excited about education,” Chou said.

“We want to build that bridge not only for volunteering purposes, but also to create this ‘let’s work together and make each other’s lives better’ community.” tntracki@syr.edu

Things” costumes sold very well this season, Weinstein said. Spiderman and “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was also popular. But Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s “IT” was a huge hit for both men and women, Weinstein added.

Animated decorations and projected lights are trending more than previous years.

Weinstein said he usually sees a spike in sales for projected lights during Christmas time.

But this year’s stock of scary attractions revved up this year’s sales.

For last minute tips on Halloween ideas, a mad dash to the store can still save the day. The selection may be less than ideal, Weinstein warned, but there’s still time to have a standout costume this year. With busy schedules it’s understandable for Halloween to creep up and last minute store trips can be stressful, he said.

A piece of advice from Weinstein regarding costumes: “Don’t wait next year.” malansat@syr.edu

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EMERY BERGMANN is a freshman at Cornell University in Ithaca. The fine arts major used her class project as an outlet to express her personal difficulties with her transition to college, making friends and pressure from social media.

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Artfully honest Cornell freshman’s video about college transition goes viral

By Jordan Lazinsk staff writer

W

hen Emery Bergmann arrived at Cornell University for her freshman year this fall, she expected to immediately form friendships and bonds that would last. But this was not the case.

The freshman fine arts major channeled her difficulties finding friends in college into a video that has since gone viral with more than 164,000 views on YouTube since its posting on the “Today” show’s website on Oct. 18.

Bergmann originally made the video as an assignment for her digital design class. The initial assignment was to create a video showing a character’s emotional and/or physical transformation, said Anna Huff, the class’s professor, in an email.

“I thought the best way for me to make a good assignment was to do it about something I felt really strongly about,” Bergmann said. “I often find a narrative being a driving force behind the art I’m working on.”

Huff, who comes from a background in performance art and social practice, echoed the importance of storytelling in art. In class, she discusses how art can serve as a “personal agent” that can be tied into culture, which she explored in her video.

Through storytelling, the assignment gave her the opportunity to explore videography and editing in ways she could not have before.

“By starting with video, now I can really understand how to tell a story in image,” Bergmann said.

“It’s definitely a medium I’m really, really excited about now.”

Although it’s led to great success, Bergmann said she was initially shy to showcase her work and only uploaded it to YouTube because her flash drive didn’t allow for the space.

168,426 Number of views on Bergmann’s viral YouTube video as of Monday night

Bergmann then shared the video with her mother, who subsequently shared it on Facebook. The video spread through social media and eventually caught the attention of “Today” show, which later published an article on the video.

Bergmann has since been contacted by members of the media and other college students asking her to discuss what she shared.

One such email Bergmann received was from the president of student affairs at George Washington University, who informed her the video would be shared in the future with all GW students and faculty to better understand the

college transition.

The video has been shared by other Cornell students, as well. Bergmann said comments her video received on Reddit reassured her, but she was concerned that her message was taken too literally. She had friends, but it wasn’t what she expected.

“I had just made this video for myself,” Bergmann said. “It was amazing that I wasn’t the only one going through this, and it was a really nice feeling to see that there are so many people out there that thought the same.”

These sentiments were echoed by Cornell freshman Aashna Saxena, Bergmann’s suitemate and one of the actors in the video. “This resonates with everyone,” Saxena said. “We’re freshmen letting other people know that there are people out there who are going through the same thing.”

Bergmann said her dream job is to be an art director in movies or video games. Part of the reasoning for her aspirations is that she would be able to continue to work with videography and other digital media.

“I can take bits and pieces and put it together (in digital media),” Bergmann said, “and that’s definitely easier for me … because I think pretty visually.”

The artist said she doesn’t want to limit herself to video.

“I want to make sure I don’t get caught up in one thing,” Bergmann said. jslazins@syr.edu

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Syracuse’s success comes from last year’s loss to Pitt

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

The kick-start to Syracuse’s upswing this fall began in the Heinz Field visitors locker room 11 months ago. After the Orange’s season-ending loss at Pittsburgh last November — the end of a second-straight 4-8 season for SU — head coach Dino Babers did not allow any other coaches in the locker room. He spoke to only the players, then he asked the seniors to leave and addressed only players who would return this year.

Babers’ message: “Everybody wasn’t on board.”

“There’s the saying, ‘What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say,’” Babers said Monday morning. “They were saying the right things, they weren’t doing the right things.

And I think I have a team full of guys doing the right things.

“And this is where we’re at.”

Where Syracuse is at is a significantly more opportune position than that of last year.

Through eight games, SU (4-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) has the same record as it did this time a year ago. But the 2017 Orange have beaten the defending national champion, stayed within striking distance against Top 25 opponents in LSU, North Carolina State and Miami on the road, and has not lost by more than 11 points all year despite facing one of the most difficult schedules in the country.

On Saturday afternoon at Florida State, Syracuse will have a chance to snap a ninegame losing streak against FSU and beat the

plunging Seminoles (2-5, 2-4) for the first time since the teams’ first meeting in 1966. This Syracuse upswing, Babers said, is rooted in the Heinz Field locker room last November.

“When we lost that Pittsburgh game, and the way we lost it, that was a very emotional time for the team and I,” Babers said. “... I think that’s where we planted the seed, put some fertilizer down and then coming break in spring ball, and the things we did in the summer, we needed to water it and put a lot of sun on it.”

Two weeks ago, Syracuse thrust into the national spotlight with the Clemson victory, one of the biggest in program history. At thenNo. 8 Miami, one of only five remaining undefeated teams in FBS, Syracuse pulled to within one point in the fourth quarter.

Babers said it all traces back to the Pitt game last year. Shortly after that game, Babers looked at the podium in front of him and paused before his postgame press conference.

“I gotta stand here after all that?” he said jokingly.

By “all that,” Babers meant a near fourhour affair that included 165 plays, 1,312 yards, nine punts, 19 kickoffs, 20 touchdowns, 58 first downs and Syracuse’s defensive collapse. The Orange broke the program record for points allowed, 76, a mark that stood for 125 years.

The defensive miscues were a microcosm of the season. In 2016, SU finished 122nd out of 128 FBS teams in total defense and lost its final four games of the season.

“It’s going to get better,” Babers said after the game.

Eight games into Dino Babers’ second season with Syracuse, his team’s record is the same as last year, 4-4. todd michalek staff photographer

“The thing you have to remember is that this year the players were thinking and next year they won’t be,” Babers added.

Now, here is Syracuse, two wins away from guaranteed bowl eligibility and only 2.5-point underdogs on the road at Florida State, the No. 3 team in the Preseason Top 25.

Other notes from Babers’ weekly press conference:

• Babers said sophomore defensive lineman Kendall Coleman probably could have

played at Miami on Oct. 21 at about 65 percent. “I think we’re going to get Coleman back,” for the FSU game, Babers said.

• As for fellow defensive lineman Josh Black: “We’ll have to see about Joshua.”

• Graduate transfer safety Jordan Martin has played the last two games with a cast, contributing mostly to special teams. “I don’t think Jordan’s going to be able to be with us.

I think he’s going to be pretty much done.” mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

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Defense improves, as the Orange has always said it would

By Billy Heyen

asst. digital editor

After 541 minutes and a program record sevenstraight shutouts to start the season, Syracuse finally allowed a goal. Then-No. 16 Wake Forest finally found the back of SU’s net on Sept. 16.

Even while SU’s defense impressed on paper, the defenders themselves weren’t content.

“Honestly, our defense can be way better still. We still need to keep working on it,” said Roos Weers, a junior back, after the seventh shutout came against Albany on Sept. 10.

“Against ACC teams that have a little bit more speed than Albany I think we’re still not good enough so we need to keep working on that.”

No. 12 Syracuse (12-5, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) has since tied another program record after shutting out No. 24 Pacific on Sunday, getting its 11th shutout of the season. Since the seven from page 16

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Dungey and the three other quarterbacks on SU’s roster, virtual reality provides an alternative approach to watching film. For head coach Dino Babers and his staff, it’s a selling point for potential quarterback recruits.

“We dipped into that world, so to speak, and our young people enjoy it,” Babers said. “It’s the way you guys play with your video games, and they attest that it helps to bring them along mentally faster.”

Yet the VR isn’t exactly like video games.

During practice, the footage is filmed on a special Kodak camera specifically made for recording an image in every direction. The camera looks like a tiny pod and is elevated above the players on a stick. Austin Beehner, the team’s director of video operations, usually holds it and follows the quarterback. It captures sound, too, so users can hear receivers calling out route adjustments or defensive backs communicating coverages.

To watch that film, the quarterbacks go into Lewis’ office. One wears the VR headset and experiences the play from the viewpoint of the quarterback as the camera shot it. When he moves his head and therefore his line of sight, the picture in his headset corresponds. Everyone else in the room sees the same thing on a projector. It’s an expanded viewing experience compared with the traditional angle that is similar to what fans see on television.

clean sheets in seven games, SU has had four in its last 10. Even though the Orange has blanked fewer opponents, Syracuse’s defenders feel like the defense has improved from the beginning of the season. The Orange’s shutout rate has declined as its opponents have become stronger.

During the shutout streak, just three of Syracuse’s seven opponents were ranked at the time SU played them: No. 25 Pacific, No. 8 Boston College and No. 21 Albany. In the ensuing 10 games, eight of the Orange’s opponents have been ranked, including three in the Top 10.

“All the ACC teams are so good, every ACC team can beat each other,” Lies Lagerweij, a senior back, said after Wake Forest.

The improvement defensively may have shown itself best in a loss. When then-No. 4 Virginia came to J.S. Coyne Stadium on Oct. 14, the Cavaliers led the nation with 5.38 goals

per contest. That day, UVA scored just two in a one-goal victory. UVA’s leading scorers, Tara Vittese and Pien Dicke, came to Syracuse ranking first and third in the country in goals, respectively, averaging well over one a game.

Each scored that day, but just once, and the Orange held UVA more than three goals below its season average. Heading into that game, SU defender Claire Webb had discussed an emphasis on double teams against the Cavaliers lethal duo. In SU’s last three games, its defense has taken on a different look than it had for most of the season. Against Drexel on Oct. 15, the Orange played Lies Lagerweij, an All-American back, at forward. Then, a week later at Penn, she sat out with an undisclosed injury. And last Saturday against No. 24 Pacific, Lagerweij played a majority of her minutes at forward again. She’d been a part of the backline most of the season but with the

During the summer, each quarterback took about 15 reps with the headset in daily sessions. Lewis was in control, starting and stopping the video and discussing with the players what the next move should be and why.

For Mahoney, the greatest aid VR provides is tactical. He used it to learn the intricacies of plays and how specific concepts match up with certain defenses. Now equipped with that in-depth knowledge, he looks at four plays he knows SU will run in a game and tries to devise what other plays it can run to supplement them.

Because he has the VR experience, he hopes to see something schematically that coaches can’t.

“Anytime you can get a different look of what you plan on seeing, instead of just what you continuously watch, it helps,” Mahoney said. “... I try to be a leader and try to be as much of a coach to everyone that I can be.”

Culpepper, though, said the VR has helped his overall game. After redshirting his first college season a year ago and not cracking the twodeep depth chart so far in 2017, he hasn’t had a ton of reps in the pocket. By being able get some with the headset on, as well as watch his teammates’ views while they wear it, has helped his vision as a quarterback develop, he said.

“Your eyes are how you see, but they’re also how the defenses sees what you’re looking at — using them to look off instead of bringing more defenders in,” Culpepper said. “Eric, when he drops back, he looks this guy off but seeing something else out of the corner of his eye, that’s really what I was trying to mimic.”

As the starter, Dungey gets enough live reps that he prefers traditional film over VR. He hasn’t used it much at all during this season.

Last year, though, he was able to put on the VR when he was hurt. His body couldn’t participate in game-like reps, but his mind could.

Its impact was far greater than the simulation of the graphics of the VR system former offensive coordinator Tim Lester implemented when Dungey was a freshman, which was more “Madden” than ThunderVR. “The jump just from that is like Nintendo to Xbox,” Dungey said.

XOS also has four NFL clients and four college basketball clients utilizing ThunderVR, but it’s not alone in combining VR and sport.

STRIVR is a competing company and started the VR trend in 2014, two years before XOS introduced ThunderVR. It also has worked closely with the Stanford football team, and head coach David Shaw is credited as an early adopter of VR in football. Defending national champion Clemson is a STRIVR client as well.

Babers said he was “standoffish” about the idea at first, but eventually gave in to Lewis’ pleading to try the new technology. Now, it’s helping out those in charge of his fast-paced offense in more ways than one — and making the idea of coming here to replace them all that more attractive.

“If it’s going to help a position come along quicker, and get more experience,” Babers said, “I’m all for it.” jtbloss@syr.edu | @jtbloss

position shift and injury.

Freshman midfielder Florine Hogendoorn played center back at Penn, a game in which the Orange surrendered three goals in regulation for the only time this season.

Bradley felt that the team’s biggest improvement has come in communicating and understanding lines of pressure better. When the defenders are on the same page in how they press, she said, it prevents the opposition from getting in behind SU’s defense. Senior midfielder Laura Hurff said that a big gain has come in preventing the ball from getting behind the backline.

“I think we’ve been working hard to just try and keep people out of our 25 and keeping them out of our circle entries,” Hurff said. “And I think that’s improved greatly from the beginning of the season to now.” wmheyen@syr.edu | @wheyen3

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mumps recommend a third dose for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for people who may be exposed to mumps outbreaks. Nearly 3,200 students received the vaccination last week when the stations were set up all across Syracuse campus. The stations also commandeered Flanagan gymnasium.

Two doses of the vaccine are 88 percent effect, according to the CDC. Symptoms can last for about two to three weeks, according to the CDC. Among SU students affected by the mumps are members of the SU men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. Both teams cancelled fall season events recently, including the alumni events planned.

To avoid an outbreak on the SU football team, Babers said players are encouraged to get vaccinated. They are not required.

“We talk about how important this month is and we don’t want anybody to not only get sick,” Babers said, “but to have a guy sick and get the rest of the team sick … (then) you have to shut the rest of the team down. And then you miss out on an opportunity in life that you may never get back again because you do or do not take a shot.” mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

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recruiting feel Babers hasn’t entirely lived up to. Just like Scott Shafer before him, Babers assured everyone in attendance that recruiting at SU begins at home in New York.

“Any time you start recruiting around any great academic institution,” Babers said on Dec. 7, 2015, “you need to start in your backyard.”

I don’t know what his priorities are. Maybe he’s not trying to recruit New York kids. Maybe some high school coaches in New York aren’t a priority for him.

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Since then, Babers has brought in three New Yorkers — Eric Coley from FayettevilleManlius High School, Cameron Jordan from Half Hills Hollow West High School and Luke Erickson from Greene High School — in his 28-player 2017 recruiting class. In Babers’ 2018 recruiting class, which has 16 commits, there are currently three New York commits: Trill Williams from Archbishop Stepinac High School, Qadir White from Cardinal Hayes High School and Gabe Horan from Charles W. Baker High School.

Despite Babers’ modest gains in New York recruiting, coaches acknowledged that Power 5 coaches can’t be expected to pursue every prospect in their home state. Babers will ultimately recruit the players he wants, and they understand that. In Babers’ view, he said Syracuse has “done a good job” recruiting New York in the nearly two years he’s been head coach.

“We’re doing the best we can,” Babers said

on the ACC coaches teleconference on Oct. 18. “... We’re trying to recruit the best players out of the state of New York possible.”

However, some coaches, like Burns and Sheeler, wish Babers maintained relationships with New York coaches. If Babers isn’t actively pursuing a player, Burns said, he can become distant. Coaches are accustomed to occasionally hearing from Syracuse’s head coach, multiple coaches said.

“I don’t know what his priorities are,” Sheeler said. “Maybe he’s not trying to recruit New York kids. Maybe some high school coaches in New York aren’t a priority for him.”

While some coaches feel like they’re at the bottom of the list of Babers’ priorities, Joe Martillotti, the head coach of Lawrence High School on Long Island, doesn’t feel like he’s on the list at all.

Martillotti coached former SU running back Jordan Fredericks, who as a freshman under then-head coach Shafer in 2015, led Syracuse in rushing yards (607). Yet the next season, after the coaching change from Shafer to Babers, Fredericks found himself behind not just Dontae Strickland on the depth chart, but then-freshman Moe Neal as well. During that season, frustrated at a lack of playing time, Fredericks asked Martillotti to help him figure out what to do. So, Martillotti said, he called the football office.

After repeated calls and no answer from Babers, Martillotti said, he finally got in touch with Mike Hart, the then-running backs coach. Hart told him to speak with Babers, because Hart said he didn’t decide the starters. Syracuse’s head coaches before Babers, namely Doug Marrone and Shafer, had always returned Martillotti’s calls, he said.

Yet, Babers did not and the situation became “standoffish,” Martillotti added.

“To not get a phone call back,” Martillotti said, “it’s just completely disrespectful. As far as I’m concerned, I will never send another kid to Syracuse. … I think the guy is, to put it bluntly, a complete piece of sh*t.”

Babers declined to respond to Martillotti’s comments.

However, on the ACC coaches teleconfer-

ence, Babers insisted that the notion he was unavailable was untrue.

“Anyone who wants to come see me in my office can,” Babers said. “Anyone that wants to call me can speak to me. But I’m not going to talk about a rumor. No comment.”

It’s on coaches to maintain contact with Babers, Monilich said, even if their teams field plenty of DI talent. Babers “doesn’t think it’s fair” to recruit a player who likely wouldn’t play just because they’re from New York.

Still, there are DI-caliber recruits from New York potentially getting overlooked or missed, multiple coaches said. Troy had two players attend a Syracuse camp and officially visit, and one even ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash at the camp, Burns said. Yet that player still hasn’t heard anything from SU. “It’s his thing to offer whoever he wants,” Burns said. “If you think the guys can’t play there, that’s fine.”

Anyone who wants to come see me in my office can.

Anyone that wants to call me can speak to me. But I’m not going to talk about a rumor. No comment.

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Babers and his staff tends to recruit areas where they have historically found success, said Jason Collins, head coach at Rush-Henrietta High School, in an email. In 2015, Babers’ final recruiting class at Bowling Green, he committed eight players from talent-rich Florida. So far in Babers’ 2018 class, he has five players from Florida schools.

Detroit also became a primary target for Babers while he coached at Bowling Green, and that trend has seemingly continued. During the bye week, at least five players from

the area tweeted that they received Syracuse scholarship offers.

Despite the perception, a majority of coaches expressed most players and assistant coaches enjoy working with Babers, and that they take no exception with Babers personally or how he handles his program. Players particularly “really like him and respect him,” said Robert Treacy, head coach at Columbia High School. Babers helped his own cause by upsetting defending national champion and then-No. 2 Clemson, which coaches said will greatly help future recruiting efforts.

Nationwide in the class of 2018, there are 27 players from New York verbally committed to a DI school, according to roadtosyracuse.com, a New York State Sportswriters Association website dedicated to in-state football recruiting. Rutgers leads all schools with seven commits.

One of Syracuse’s three commitments is White, a four-star offensive lineman and No. 3 prospect in the state. The two players ranked higher than White, five-star tight end Jeremy Ruckert from Lindenhurst and four-star offensive lineman Matthew Jones from Brooklyn, are both verbally committed to Ohio State. Babers letting any top-level players from New York slip away, Burns said, is a little surprising.

“I would like to think that if you’re coaching at Syracuse,” Burns said, “(you’d want) the best kids in New York state to stay.”

Not every high school coach in New York produces DI talent every season, and the ones that do understand that coaches will pursue the players they want, regardless of geography. High school coaches grapple with this every time one of their players get recruited. Columbia High School only has one DI player every few years, Treacy said, but he will always host Babers if he wants to at least take a look.

“Our door is always open to whoever wants to visit,” Treacy said.

The same is true at other schools, coaches said, but they’re still waiting for Babers to walk in. aegraham@syr.edu | @A_E_Graham

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Ella Saada returned from an injury to help lead Syracuse’s resurgence in conference play.

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Clean sheet Hendrik Hilpert was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after blanking No. 1 Wake Forest.

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FOOTBALL RECRUITING SERIES

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RECRUITING ROCHESTER

“PASSIONATE” Joseph Corley West Genesee

SYRACUSE ALBANY

“DETERMINED”

“LEADER”

Jason Collins Rush-Henrietta

“ENERGY”

“ENTHUSIASM”

Brian Treacy Columbia

“DISTANT”

Greg Sheeler Shaker

Keith Molinich Pittsford

Zack Gobel Averill Park

The Daily Orange spoke to more than a dozen high school football coaches in New York state and asked them to describe Dino Babers in a word. A sample of their responses and teams are shown on the map above.

“CONFIDENT” Bob Burns Troy

Dino Babers promised to recruit New York state when he got hired. Nearly 2 years in, he’s received mixed reviews.

Story by Andrew Graham asst. sports editor

Graphic by Ali Harford senior design editor

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t the New York State High School Football Coaches Association clinic in February, coaches gathered to hear Dino Babers, Syracuse’s head coach and the keynote speaker. They wanted to learn about the implementation of his trademark up-tempo offense. The talk was sold to high school coaches, one of them said, as an offensive lecture.

“He’s an offensive guy that put up all these big numbers at Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois,” said Bob Burns, head coach at defending AA state champion Troy High School, “and I was interested in listening to, schematically, how he attacks defenses. ... He really didn’t go over any of that.”

The Daily Orange interviewed 14 high school football coaches from New York state about Babers and how he

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recruits players from New York, choosing coaches Babers seemed likeliest to interact with regularly. Included are those from major metropolitan areas like Rochester and Albany, those who have sent a player to Syracuse in the past seven years or who have produced a Division I football player in the last decade.

Generally, high school coaches view Babers as a good coach and person who has improved Syracuse’s on-the-field product while fielding a team of “high-quality young men,” as Pittsford High School head coach Keith Molinich put it.

Yet, for the most part, coaches were left desiring more contact and focus from Syracuse. They feel there isn’t a “priority” on New York players, said Shaker High School head coach Greg Sheeler. Talent, Molinich said, has gone “overlooked.”

Several noted he seemed disconnected from New York high school football. They also feel he under-recruits the state by not prioritizing in-state DI talent, Sheeler added.

This disenchantment stems from a pledge Babers made at his introductory press conference in 2015 that coaches see recruiting page 15

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Syracuse QBs use virtual reality Babers: Players should receive mumps shot

By Joe Bloss

senior staff writer

Rex Culpepper stood in the office of Syracuse’s quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator Sean Lewis’ and spun in a circle. It was January 2016 and, for the first time in his life, the quarterback new to campus had a virtual reality headset fixed around his cranium. He had to find out if he could actually observe this temporary world in a full 360-degree view.

He could, and just about every day this past summer, he did. Culpepper saw the passing lanes and

Syracuse’s offensive line from the perspective of the pocket. Looking down, he studied the quarterback’s footwork. When he turned around, he sometimes noticed players on the sidelines dancing, because the all-encompassing camera is always watching.

“When I came here and found out that we had VR, I was impressed because it’s so cutting edge,” said Culpepper, now a redshirt freshman. “Nowhere I had ever visited had virtual reality. Knowing how much emphasis these coaches put on the quarterbacks is like, ‘Wow, this is a big deal.’”

Syracuse (4-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) uses ThunderVR, a 2016 add-on for the larger Thunder video platform created by a company called XOS, which SU has worked with for more than a decade. Roughly 80 percent of Power 5 schools use XOS for their primary film system, but only slightly more than a quarter of those schools use the ThunderVR, said Chris Taylor, XOS’s marketing coordinator. Louisville and Virginia Tech are the only ACC teams besides Syracuse with ThunderVR. For Culpepper, starter Eric

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By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

Syracuse players are encouraged to get vaccinated for the current mumps outbreak on campus, head coach Dino Babers said Monday morning.

“We’ve taken shots,” he said. “It’s not mandatory. Our guys do what they do.”

In August, the mumps broke out at SU. There have since been 27 confirmed and 45 probable cases of the mumps among mem-

bers of the university community.

There are also two probable cases outside SU. On Monday afternoon, Syracuse University Health Services sent an email to students advising them to visit the third measles, mumps and rubella booster clinic this Wednesday in Flanagan Gymnasium.

Last week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board unanimously voted to see mumps page 14