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SU community members held a silent protest with mattresses and red tape on the Quad to raise awareness against sexual assault on Tuesday.

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cated the number of rape cases reported on campus rose to eight in 2015 from three in 2014.

Six cases were reported in residential facilities, two in non-campus buildings or property and one on public property near campus.

The number of reported cases of stalking also climbed from one in 2014 to 10 in 2015.

Colleges and universities in the United States that receive federal money, including SU, are obligated to publish a security report

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Student thought of fondly SU professor and friend reflect on life of murdered student

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The Chinese government expressed concern Tuesday with the murder of a Syracuse University student from Beijing and called on local authorities to solve the murder as soon as possible.

In a statement released by the Chinese Consulate in New York City, the Chinese government said it has been in contact with Syracuse University officials and local police about the murder. It also said it wants the murder solved as soon as possible to “ensure personal safety and legitimate rights and interests of local Chinese students are not infringed,” according to the statement.

Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan, 23, a junior at SU, was found dead behind an apartment complex in Dewitt on Friday afternoon.

Residents in the Springfield Garden Apartments on Caton Drive called 911 after they heard gunshots in the area.According to Syracuse.com, authorities found Yuan’s car, a black Chevrolet Camero with the license plate “SWAG PIP,” in the parking of the apartment complex.

According to the Associated Press, Yuan posted a letter from August 2015 on a Chinese social media that indicated he had been removed from the university and was permitted to return on disciplinary probation. Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, declined to confirm or deny the report.

“Our thoughts, prayers and condolences are with his family, friends and all who knew him,” Quinn said in a statement. “This is a time of great sorrow for the entire University community, and particularly our international community.”

No suspects have been identified in the case, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department.

Syracuse men’s soccer lost to Albany, 2-1, on Tuesday night. The Orange has gone winless in its third straight game for the first time since Oct. 18, 2013.

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Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan always wore a smile.

“He was funny and talkative, that’s for sure,” said Taylor Arias, who graduated from Syracuse University in 2015. “He brought a smile to anyone and everyone’s face when he walked into a room.”

Yuan, 23, a junior studying mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences at SU, was found dead behind an apartment complex in the town of DeWitt on Friday afternoon. No suspects have been identified in the case, according to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department.

Arias and Yuan met through the SU SummerStart program in summer 2011, when they both lived in Shaw Hall.

Although she said the first week was awkward, Arias’s roommate was outgoing and they sparked a conversation.

“We were kind of laughing at his name and he was like, ‘It’s OK, it’s kind of silly, but just call me that because it’s easier,’” Arias said.

Yuan was adjusting to being away from home, just like everyone else, Arias said.

Although they didn’t have any classes together, the two would hang out with the SummerStart group, eat together and help each other with papers.

The group would stay up late, Arias said, to talk and give each other advice.

Arias described Yuan as calm and collected — a “normal guy” with a well-rounded background. His passion for basketball was evident, she said.

“Everyone knew he loved basketball,” Arias said. “You’d always see him on the basketball court, basketball was his life.”

As the years passed, Arias and Yuan didn’t see each other as often, but always exchanged

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WORK wednesday | ashley bogart

Coordinator works on bike share program

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When Ashley Bogart is explaining something to Syracuse University students, she has to put on her name tag. Many don’t believe she is a working professional because, at 25 years old, she still looks like BOGART some of the students she works with.

Bogart is the office coordinator for student centers and programming services in Schine Student Center. She works with many students both in and out of the office.

“My favorite part of my job is being with the students,” Bogart said. “I’m not very old so the students can relate to me and I can relate to them.”

Since starting the position in February, she has seen a number of changes implemented with the building of the promenade and the introduction of Student Association’s bike share program.

The bike share program has seen a busy first week, Bogart said, with checkouts over the weekend. She said the program is great for students with jobs or classes in places like The Warehouse.

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ASHLEY BOGART is in charge of event planning and checking out bikes to students using the new bike share program. Her favorite part of the job is working alongside students. sam ogozalek staff writer

A lot of students are most surprised when they hear the service is free, Bogart said. The service is provided by SA, so the cost of the program is built into university fees.

With last week’s activity, some of the bikes saw some problems, including loose handlebars. Bogart said the company contracted to fix and maintain them, Mello Velo, has been very useful, coming straight to campus to tweak and correct any problems.

Bogart said she can see the need for more bikes in the future. With the warmer spring weather ahead, she said the program has room to expand beyond the current trial run.

“I think it’s just important that we see growth on campus, whether it be academically, in the landscapes outside or from the programs that we’re implementing for students.”

Spending hours a day in an office working on payroll, event

planning and, of course, checking out bikes to students could be seen as tedious. However, with the changes and the people she is working with, Bogart has found a way to keep it interesting.

“Coming to this university I thought it was so huge, but now it feels so small because everyone is kind of like family,” Bogart said. “Everyone values the same things.” rcgilber@syr.edu

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VP face-off Here’s what Tim Kaine and Mike Pence discussed during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate — the only time the two will match up.

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Raising awareness National It’s On Us Week of Action starts next week. Read what SU is doing to bring awareness to sexual assault​.

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DPS: No evidence of clowns Department of Public Safety official says clowns not threat to community

By Rachel Sandler asst. web editor

Students held a demonstration on the Quad against sexual assault on campus. They wore red tape over their mouths as a symbol of their silence. The demonstration was inspired by the Carry That Weight Campaign at Columbia University. lucy naland senior design editor

SU students protest against sexual assault

By Stacy Fernandez asst. news editor

The Syracuse University Quad was missing its usual conversational hum on Tuesday as students held a silent demonstration on sexual assault issues.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SU community members silently protested rape culture and SU’s handling of sexual assault cases on the Quad.

Trigger warnings were placed around the borders of the Quad that said, “Trigger Warning: Demonstration against sexual assault.”

The demonstration included six propped up mattresses, each with a message spelled out in bright red tape. Among the messages were: “I can hear your silence,” “#noredtapesu,” and “rapists go here.”

People walking by continuously looked over to the demonstration and even stopped in their tracks to read the messages on the mattresses.

Between 10 and 20 people, mostly students, participated in the demonstration at different points during the day. The majority of participants had red tape over their mouths, as an outward symbol of their silence. Roughly half of the protestors were dressed in black, as was encouraged on the event’s Facebook page.

The majority of them stood behind the mattresses or sat in small groups in front of the mattresses — at no point uttering a word to each other.

When people stopped to look at the mattresses, a participant went up to them and gave out the artists’

statement explaining the event.

Ernest Matthews, a financial aid assistant, was among those who stopped to get more information. He said the demonstration is an accurate symbol of what happens in society.

“It certainly draws your attention. You see the obvious notations on the mattresses and it makes you want to find out why,” Matthews said.

Bystanders were encouraged to join in at any point to stand or sit with them in solidarity and were provided with red tape.

The protest was inspired by Emma Sulkowicz’s Carry That Weight and the No Red Tape campaign at Columbia University, according to the artist’s statement released by the event organizers.

The demonstration was meant to symbolize “the pain and out-

rage of living in a university community that does not support sexual assault survivors,” according to the statement.

“Of learning at an institution that lets perpetrators walk free while survivors, activists, and our families must bear the injustice silently,” the statement reads. “Of chanting ‘it’s on us’ when we know that ‘us’ rarely includes perpetrators and their protectors.”

SU is currently under a federal investigation due to its handling of a case of sexual assault.

The protest was not meant to propose solutions, rather its purpose was to call attention to the issue and the narratives put out by the university public relations in the nation, according to the statement. sfern100@syr.edu

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Entrepreneur speaks on ‘indulging in obsession’

By Ali Harford design editor

Bre Pettis said the successful people in the world “who do kickass and cool stuff” are part of their own figurative club. The only thing required to join the club, he said, “is to try to do something awesome.”

For Pettis, that was founding the company MakerBot, which creates easy-to-use 3D printers, and later being the “machine operator” at his newest business,

Bre & Co. The entrepreneur spoke Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel as part of the Syracuse University Lecture series.

Pettis has made a number of stops during his career, from everything from his time as a puppeteer to serving as the co-founder and CEO of MakerBot and to later starting Bre & Co. Bre & Co harnesses Pettis’s passions for “making things and increasing friendship,” by providing people with a place where they

can buy gifts for their friends.

During his lecture, Pettis covered how he became successful and the values he pursued in doing so as he attempted to inspire his audience to do the same.

Pettis urged “indulging in obsession” as a way for people to discover themselves.

“There’s something interesting that happens when you have an interest in something and you start paying attention to it: You start to figure out what you like,” Pettis

said. “This is probably one of the hardest things to do as a human in the modern world. When we think about what we actually want, for whatever reason we think, ‘Well, I want what she likes or he likes,’ rather than thinking, ‘This is what my soul thinks is cool.’”

Applying this principle is what Pettis said led to him creating MakerBot, a company that enabled his rise to prominence.

He and his co-founders, Adam see lecture page 8

The Department of Public Safety at Syracuse University found no evidence of clowns on or around campus Monday night, despite rumors circulating around campus and on social media to the contrary.

“Clowns are not a real threat to the community,” said Tony Callisto, senior vice president for safety and chief law enforcement officer at SU, at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “There have been no signs of criminal activity and literally no actual evidence that there’s any clowns in the area.”

DPS started receiving calls about clown sightings Monday night on Stratford Street, Sumner Avenue and South Campus, but officers did not find a single person in a clown costume after reviewing video surveillance, interviewing witnesses and patrolling the area, Callisto said.

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news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the world right now: WORLD

STORM ON Hurricane Matthew hit western Haiti on Tuesday with strong winds and rain. The storm, which is now heading to Cuba, also caused the bridge that connected Port-au-Prince with southern Haiti to collapse. source: cnn

CONSOLING TIMES Following through on a promise, Pope Francis on Tuesday visited the region in central Italy that suffered the worst effects from the earthquake that struck the country in August. He consoled survivors and encouraged them to press on. source: npr

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CAMPAIGN TRAIL While campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, former United States President Bill Clinton called Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world,” criticizing the legislation for hurting small businesses. He later walked back his comments. source: los angeles times

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Violent pornography poses threat to healthy sexuality

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ou might’ve deleted your web search history, but you can’t erase the role the internet plays in the growing rape culture in today’s society and the promotion of violence against women.

Syracuse University’s “It’s On Us” campaign invited Amber Morczek, a central New York native studying criminology at Washington State University, to lead a discussion in Stolkin Auditorium Tuesday night on how pornography harms sex lives and the way women are perceived. And given that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, the lecture came right on time.

At the start of her presentation, “Pornography: Normalizing the Relationship Between Violence & Sex,” Morczek said it best: “We’re gonna be talking about some pretty graphic ish.” And, she wasn’t talking about her cat obsession or the pictures in her PowerPoint that proved it, but the harsh reality of what “normal” sex has become as a result of the porn industry.

This increase in readily available violent pornography has changed the dialogue surrounding healthy, consensual sex. Though it is completely normal to watch, pornography is normalizing pain and discomfort for heterosexual women. Porn is a way for people to learn to maneuver their own sexual lives, but aggressive scenarios present within them can impact society negatively.

The porn industry sets an unrealistic standard for real-life experiences that can’t

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possibly compare to this glamorized form of violence. And promoting this adds to the idea that rape is not a serious offense because who is to say that rape isn’t just “rough sex”? Morczek spoke on the effects of partaking in this kind of sexual activity even when consent is present and how that contributes to the larger umbrella of the violent rape culture.

“Things are evolving because people are becoming desensitized to these things,” said Morczek. Violent porn has grown in popularity and severity according to the numbers Morczek presented to the room: 82 percent contains physical aggression, 94 percent of targets of violence are women and 95 percent of women responded to violence neutrally or expressed pleasure.

While it is naive to expect that people will suddenly stop watching porn, it is important to keep the bigger picture in mind: The porn industry will continue to thrive and so will the threat it poses to women.

Said Morczek: “On an individual level, what you do with your body is up to you, but on a macro-level this can be detrimental.”

Ivana Pino is a sophomore political science major. Her column appears weekly.

The full version of this column can be viewed at dailyorange.com.

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Debate shows that ‘Stronger Together’ will be hard to achieve

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wo dads, one stage. That’s how the vice presidential debate went down, in a nutshell.

For those of you who tuned into the vice presidential debate and expected anything more than a makeshift “yo momma” battle , my apologies.

Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, and Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, provided America with a mildly entertaining justification of their candidates’ policy stances on Tuesday. But ultimately, they showed Americans the severity of the polarization between the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. There is no denying that the parties and the

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candidates that represent them have been taking cheap shots and low blows at one another as they race to the White House. What the parties and candidates do not seem to care about, are the implications of the constant name-calling.

This square-off between the vice presidential candidates was less fiery than last week’s presidential debate, but the VP candidates maintained the pattern of perpetual interruptions and and playing the blame game.

Kaine compared Trump’s immigration plan to “deportation nation,” while Pence said

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Clinton and Kaine’s campaign has been an “avalanche of insults.” As much as these sound bites make for a great tweets, what do they accomplish? Nothing, if you ask me.

It got to the point where Pence and Kaine even argued over whose campaign is more insult-based than the other. Watching this, I forgot there was a moderator present.

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in a bad light. Kaine tried to tie almost every issue, from immigration to Aleppo, back to Trump’s refusal to show his tax returns.

Meanwhile, Pence brought up the fact that the Clinton Foundation accepted money from controversial foreign governments.

Of course, in order for things to get done within government, there needs to be some sort of agreement between the Democrats and Republicans. There is no argument there. And in order to have agreement, compromise has to be made within each party. While it is the game of politics to try to prove how one candidate will be more efficient than the other, what both campaigns forget is that eventually, the two parties have to work together to achieve anything.

Clinton’s campaign slogan is “Stronger Together,” and Donald Trump’s is “Make America Great Again,” both alluding to the fact that unification is key to a successful nation. What both of these candidates forget is that in order to achieve this, we need to work together, develop effective policies, and keep our country and its citizens safe.

Partisan bickering and he said-she said arguing will not get us there, but rather, pull us further apart. It is the last thing our country needs right now, but it has become our cold reality.

Will Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” become our next national anthem? Probably not, because I doubt we are never ever, ever getting back together. But regardless of who becomes the next president and vice president, one thing is for sure: they will find it extremely difficult if this level of polarization and partisan bickering persists.

Vanessa Salman is a senior political science major and history minor.

Her column appears weekly.

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Kaine surprises with strong vice presidential debate showing

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efore Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, the general public might have known more about Longwood University than the two candidates who would be debating at the small liberal arts school. But United States Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s time out of the limelight has ended, as the two men participated in a debate that exceeded expectations in terms of both content and entertainment value.

Kaine and Pence, often described as calm, relatable complements to their divisive running mates, engaged in a spirited — and at times hostile — discussion of a wide concentration of issues, from police brutality to foreign policy. Both men asserted themselves as more than merely faceless auxiliary pieces in an election that has thus far centered on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s shared ability to create raucous headlines.

In the scope of this year’s election, this was one of the most politically moderate events so far. This reflects the beliefs of the vice presidential candidates.

Kaine, Clinton’s running mate, is a fairly moderate Democrat. And while Pence, Trump’s running

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mate, is an extremely conservative Republican, his statements and delivery came across as much more reasonable than his running mate’s typically do. In contrast to the explosive first presidential debate, Tuesday’s debate was a political chess match, yielding three key takeaways.

Pence knew exactly what he was doing

Trump has faced a host of criticism throughout the duration of his presidential campaign, a good deal of which stems from the fact that he has no previous political experience. While Pence is not, as he claimed, a lifelong politician — he was first a conservative radio show host — he does have a wealth of experience, which was evident in his performance.

While defending the outlandish statements and policies of Trump would be an uphill climb for any politician, Pence masterfully avoided inflammatory questions and criticisms regarding his compatriot. Despite the fact that some of his deflections, like

falsely stating that the Clinton Foundation only utilizes 10 percent of donation money for aid, were indubitably incorrect, Pence was never stumped.

He seemed to realize early on that not answering certain questions would be more beneficial than attempting to defend Trump at every turn. In terms of political theatre, Pence performed valiantly, yet in terms of actual content, Pence’s rhetoric was fairly empty.

Kaine was not as advertised

In the leadup to Tuesday’s debate, the permeating perception of Kaine was a politically average everyman. He was chosen to not impede the Clinton campaign, but would do little to further its cause.

Yet Kaine came out on the attack from the beginning, saying that he would not trust Trump to control the U.S. military, in which Kaine’s son is a Marine. Kaine also pressed Pence to answer some of the leading issues of the election, namely Trump’s refusal to release his tax history.

After Pence repeatedly ignored the question, Kaine’s unabating queries forced his opponent to promise that Trump would, in fact, release his tax history. The Republican ticket now

has no choice other than to follow through on that promise, meaning that for Trump, a forced transparency seems to be imminent.

Police brutality and race relations came to the forefront

One of the most contentious issues facing the U.S. today is the state of neighborhood relations with the police. Both Kaine and Pence conceded that an increase in community outreach programs would significantly deter crime, based on their personal experiences.

In a rare moment of agreement, both vice presidential candidates stated a desire for criminal justice reform. But Pence refused to acknowledge the presence of institutional racism within the U.S.’s criminal justice system, even when Kaine mentioned the rash of incidents involving police brutality and minorities and the growing demographic inequality that exists in this country’s prison system.

Pence also side-stepped Trump’s recent comments involving stop-and-frisk procedures, while Kaine was ardent in his opposition of a more militant police force.

Final thoughts

The debate was tightly contested and both candidates had strong showings. In an arena where the main objective is often to simply not harm the party’s campaign, a la Sarah Palin in 2008, it can be confidently reasoned that neither Pence nor Kaine hurt their respective running mates.

However, a turning point of the debate occurred when Kaine uttered a sequential catalogue of the most offensive statements uttered by Trump.

Responding to Pence’s claim that he and Clinton have led an “insultdriven campaign,” Kaine said: “Donald Trump during his campaign has called Mexicans ‘rapists’ and ‘criminals.’ He’s called women ‘slobs,’ ‘pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘disgusting.’”

It was a shocking, gutwrenching rolodex of slurs, and it put in perspective how absurd and demeaning parts of the Trump campaign have been. At that moment, Kaine stepped up and delivered a heavy blow to his opposition, one that many did not believe him to be capable of before the debate.

Ryan Dunn is a freshman history major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at rarozenb@syr.edu.

letter to the editor

SU alumnus’ parent urges campus community to vote consciously I am writing to you as the parent of a recent Syracuse University graduate and a former employee of Pan American World Airways.

In this election year one cannot sit on the sidelines or grumble among friends. More so than usual, a vote cast by the student body this year will decide the sort of America they pass on to their children. So it’s not too much to say that everything depends on your making the

right choice.

On December 21, 1988, Libya’s former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, blew Pan American Flight #103 out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland. Among the 270 dead were 35 Syracuse University students and faculty.

This is what Mr. Trump said in February about this brutal dictator: While he was “really bad”, he said, “…his tactics were effective” And “We would be so much bet-

ter off if Gaddafi were in charge right now.” When he said that, Mr. Trump didn’t just broadcast his admiration for Gaddafi…a bad guy who got things done, he also endorsed his tactics, thus depicting all the blood shed as mere collateral damage!

All members of the Syracuse University Community: students, faculty, alumni, employees, and parents of current and former Syracuse University

students must be mindful of the horrific comments uttered

by Donald Trump and how they should be as outraged as I was and take these comments as a personal affront to all.

Has he no shame? He has offended most American’s and has no regard for anyone but himself. His values are not representative of a civil society.

Do not passively sit back and watch this mad man take away

your future. I urge every one of you to register and vote for anyone but Mr. Trump. You are the social media generation; use it effectively to urge your friends and colleagues to stop Mr. Trump.

I want an engaged and enraged Syracuse University community, to help derail any possibility of a Trump Presidency.

Sincerely, Charles Dunn

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Grad student responds to SU professor on Whitman dean firing A response to Professor Jackie Orr For seventeen years, Mastercard’s slogan has been “Priceless…and for everything else, there’s Mastercard.” Even your credit card company acknowledges there are certain things money can’t buy. Should sex also be priceless? In a morally indifferent, capitalist society, perhaps nothing is priceless and nothing really matters as long as there’s consent from both parties. Sex, then, can be just another business transaction. And the best way to improve the transaction, says Associate Professor Jackie Orr, is to legalize, regulate, and tax prostitution.

The problem with this moral frame-

work is that you forfeit your ability to identify actions, conditions, or behaviors like prostitution, slavery, or sexual assault as fundamentally degrading to the human person. Further, prostitution and sexual assault often imply a match-up of stronger on weaker, wealthier on poorer, educated on ignorant. For Professor Orr, this is all okay, as long as Johns follow the rules. Let the lions eat first, as long as they chew with their mouths closed. Good luck.

Professor Orr accurately identifies various major groups supporting decriminalization of prostitution. In theory, “prostitution can be safe, legal, and moral.’” But does this

theory apply to the situation at hand? Is Kavajecz really the “victim… on the altar of heteronormative sexual ‘morality’”? Are we really okay with one of our leaders engaging in something deeply degrading and objectifying toward women in our community?

Let’s move the parts around a bit. Would we be okay with one of our deans paying one of his or her professors for sex, or one of our professors paying one of his or her students for sex? Absolutely not. In both circumstances, the differential of power calls into question the lesser party’s consent. Why should it be any different for Kavajecz’s victim on Salina Street? Does this human per-

son have any less dignity than our professors and students? The differential of power was perhaps even greater. And lastly, would Professor Orr--or anyone else with a stake in this discussion--be willing to do some personal “research” selling sex on Salina St? Well, no, probably not. It’s easier to be an academic, so someone else can absorb the risk.

It’s on US, SU, to call foul whenever the unique dignity of each human person is challenged, especially in matters of sexuality.

Don’t look for an ally in Professor Jackie Orr. Joel Morehouse Masters Candidate in Music, ‘17 Syracuse University

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Kaine, Pence spar at only vice presidential debate

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence quarreled Tuesday night over foreign policy, the economy and a number of other issues during the vice presidential debate.

The two clashed over immigration, terrorism, policing, Russia, Donald Trump’s taxes, Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state, abortion rights and more in the first and only vice presidential debate of the year.

Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and Pence, the Republican vice presidential nominee, squared off at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., for 90 minutes. It came eight days after the first presidential debate between Trump and Clinton. The next presidential debate will be held Sunday night at Washington University in St. Louis.

Often during the debate, the vice presidential nominees attempted to tie each other to their respective running mates.

Throughout the night, Kaine attacked Trump on several issues, including his support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his comments calling women slobs and Mexicans rapists. He also criticized Trump for potentially having avoided paying taxes over an 18-year period, as reported earlier this week in The New York Times.

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The number of years Donald Trump has potentially avoided paying taxes according to the New York Times

Kaine accused Pence several times of being unable to defend Trump.

“I’m happy to defend him,” Pence quipped back. “Most of what you said is completely false.”

On the other side, Pence criticized Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state under President Barack Obama. He called her the architect of Obama’s foreign policy decisions and blamed her for creating the vacuum that allowed the Islamic State to grow, calling the U.S. “less safe” because of her.

Kaine, though, praised Clinton’s time as Secretary of State, pointing out that she helped devise the plan to kill former al-

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yuan

smiles and a friendly conversation when their paths crossed, she said.

“We were different majors, but when we saw each other, it wasn’t like any time passed,” she said.

He was extremely friendly and always had a very happy attitude.

Thomas John su assistant mathematics professor

Thomas John, an assistant professor in the mathematics department at SU, also remembered Yuan for his smile. Yuan

Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The two also debated at length about immigration and refugees. Kaine said he and Clinton would vet refugees on “whether they’re dangerous” and criticized Trump and Pence for wanting to keep Muslims and others from Middle Eastern countries out of the U.S.

I’m happy to defend him.

Most of what you said is completely false.

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But Pence said the U.S. should “err on the side of safety and security of the American people” when it comes to deciding whether to allow refugees in the country.

“We can’t know for certain who these people are,” he said.

On the subject of immigration, Pence said a Trump administration would “reform the system we have” after securing the border and getting rid of illegal immigrants “who have overstayed their welcome.”

Kaine criticized Trump for proposing mass deportations and said a Clinton administration would pass bipartisan reform to provide immigrants with a path to citizenship.

In one of the night’s only shifts to a social issue, the Virginia senator and Indiana governor also sparred over abortion rights.

Pence blasted Clinton’s pro-choice stance, saying he “can’t conscience” supporting partial-birth abortion and advocated for pro-life legislation.

Kaine, though, said abortion should be a woman’s decision. He condemned Trump’s previous position, which the Republican nominee has since walked back, that women who have abortions should be punished.

Pence said he and Trump “would never” punish women for having abortions, prompting Kaine to ask why Trump previously said he would.

“He’s not a polished politician like you and Hillary Clinton,” Pence said. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

took a math course this summer taught

by John.

“He always had a smiley face,” John said.

“He was extremely friendly and always had a very happy attitude.”

Yuan was a focused student, John said.

He would talk to John frequently, and paid attention and followed along in class.

One thing that stood out about Yuan was how respectful he was, John said.

“Each question he would ask — this is perhaps somewhat unique — he would always say ‘Sir,’” John said.

John ran into Yuan at the beginning of the semester. Yuan asked if John was teaching another higher-level course that Yuan could attend.

“He was a smart kid, you know,” John said. “He could’ve been quite valuable and productive in society, so it’s an unfortunate early loss.” tnwatson@syr.edu

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report years of statistics and other security information to be included in the report.

Nikki Cooter, regulatory compliance at the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services who compiled the report, said she was not surprised to see more cases of sexual assault and relationship violence reported.

“There has been a lot of conversation and a lot of focus about sexual assault and relationship violence, a lot of court cases,” she said. “… People are talking about it more.”

Bobby Maldonado, DPS chief, said the reported cases have gone up not necessarily because of more sexual assault incidents on campus. But rather, he said, more people are reporting incidents as they are encouraged to do so through campaigns such as nationwide It’s On Us and New York state’s Enough is Enough.

Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, said in an email that multiple awareness campaigns on campus, printed materials listing sources available for help and news coverages about these issues have helped students to “destigmatize and generate conversation” about the issues and provide options about how to report.

In 2015, United States Vice President Joe Biden visited SU to bring attention to the issue of sexual and relationship violence on college campuses as part of the It’s On Us campaign.

SU, however, is currently under federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for its handling of a sexual assault case. The investigation was launched after a student filed a Title IX complaint, but SU did not inform the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence of the investigation.

As for drug and liquor law violations, the number of referrals and disciplinary actions have gone up by double digits.

There was an almost 43 percent upswing for drug violations — from 87 in 2014 to 124 cases in 2015 — and about a 13 percent jump for liquor during the same period, from 900 to 1,020 cases. The increases come as SU saw about a 67 percent decrease in disciplinary referrals for drug law violations and about 28 percent in liquor law

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clowns Clown sightings have become prevalent around the country since the end of August, when a report surfaced of a clown trying to lure children into the woods in South Carolina. Since then, there have been clown sightings in at least 10 different states, according to CNN. In most cases, these turned out to be hoaxes, people dressed up in clown costumes to play a prank or false reports.

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The number of phone calls the Department of Public Safety received on Monday night related to clowns. Most of the calls were asking for confirmation and only a few were to report actual clown sightings.

The clown sightings made their way to upstate New York last week. Several Syracuse children, including a 10-year-old boy who was walking to school in North Syracuse, told police they had been chased by three clowns, according to Syracuse.com.

Police have not found the suspects, accord-

violations between 2013 and 2014.

The number of arrests related to drug law violations on campus, meanwhile, went down in 2015 from nine to 13 in the previous year.

Kantrowitz said drug and liquor law violations consequences have remained consistent throughout the last few years.

As far the surge in the number of reported cases, Tony Callisto, senior vice president and chief law enforcement officer, said more DPS officers are notified of violations through people such as resident advisers.

Cooter said the security report only includes incidents that happened in the aforementioned areas — on campus, residential facilities, non-campus building or property and public property near SU — into account. Any crime committed outside that area is not included in the report even though it is reported to an institution, she said.

“So, for instance, somebody reports to the public safety (department) having been raped and they are in an off-campus apartment, that’s not going to be in these numbers because we don’t have any control over that geography,” Cooter said.

Including the number of cases outside the geographic constraint is in violation of the Clery Act, she said.

Cooter also pointed out that variation exists in how crime is defined. DPS’s annual security report uses definitions on crimes and violations specified in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program that is adopted by the Clery Act. The definition of rape, though, has been expanded by the Violence Against Women’s Act amendment in 2013, and New York state law includes references on delineation of rape and sexual assault with an object.

“So things that might be classified as one thing under the New York state law would actually have different classification under the Clery (Act),” she said.

Going forward, the university will use the report as a crime prevention tool, Callisto said in a follow-up email.

“Syracuse University reviews crime and incident data on a regular basis and uses the data to determine where to assign resources, like security and safety precautions such as DPS patrols, crime prevention programming and other educational efforts,” Callisto said. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

ing to Syracuse.com.

Callisto said the SU clown sightings and the ones reported by Syracuse.com last week were unrelated.

DPS received about 40 calls about the clowns Monday night, Callisto said. Most of those calls were concerned people looking for answers or third party reports. Only a few of the calls were people who said they had seen a clown themselves.

The department investigated an incident where a student called DPS after she heard someone who she thought was a clown trying to open the door to her South Campus apartment, Callisto said. DPS, like the other clown sightings in the area, found no evidence that a clown was in the area.

“They heard clown information from their friends and just connected the two,” Callisto said. “At this point all there is conjecture.”

DPS will take every report of a clown seriously, Callisto said, but he noted that under New York state law, dressing up in a clown costume is not a crime. He added that anyone calling in a clown sighting as a prank will be charged with filing a false report and cautioned students to have a “reasonable response” in how they react to clown sightings. rsandler@syr.edu

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HUNT Syracuse police seeks funds for K-9 bomb detection unit

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

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he Syracuse Police Department is seeking an approval from the Syracuse City Common Council regarding an application for a $15,000 grant to strengthen its K-9 unit.

Common Council Majority Leader Steven Thompson said in an email that the grant — which will be provided by the United States Department of Homeland Security — would enable the unit to purchase the equipment it needs to enhance explosive detection capabilities.

Legislation asking for the Council’s permission is expected to pass through the Council by Wednesday, said Common Council Minority Leader Joseph Carni.

“I am wholeheartedly in favor of this (legislation),” Carni said. “This is a great thing. Our K-9 has a very valuable asset to the city and to the police department and it is very important that we have this.”

He said he was initially concerned of whether the funds would be jointly used by the city and the Onondaga County, both of which share the same facility.

Carni said Thompson, who is a public safety committee chairman, initially proposed the legislation. But Carni was not sure whether the legislation assures the funds would be efficiently used in a joint K-9 training facility run by the city of Syracuse and Onondaga Country for more than 20 years.

Specifically, based on Carni’s understanding, he said he did not get an answer on whether the city and the county would continue its relationship after receiving the grant and wanted to make sure the city would have access to the facility. Those concerns were addressed after Carni reached out to the county, he said.

Charles Warren, a trainer and owner of Collective K9 Dog Training in Syracuse, said dogs have the outstanding ability to detect explosives that technology cannot keep up with.

While a human possesses only 5 million olfactory receptors in the nose, Warren said the average dog has 300 million. In addition, he said people only have one airway that brings air in and out, whereas dogs have two separate chambers within their nose, one for breathing and another one specifically for scent and smell.

A dog’s ability to use nostrils separately, Warren said,

makes the animal exceptional in identifying smell.

“If you are in a closed stadium, if someone squirts a perfume on the opposite side of the stadium (and) if the dog is on the other side of the stadium he can smell the scent, and not only smell the scent, but (also can) tell what individual ingredients are in the scent,” Warren said.

Most police departments, he said, don’t look for puppies and dogs older than 4 years for financial sustainability. Instead they are seeking so-called “green dogs” that range in age between 7 months old and 1 year old.

The cost for breeding and training depends, but it is somewhere between $1,500 and $3,500.

Warren added that unlike dogs that are kept as pets for regular households, K-9s must also possess strong nerves to deal with high level of stress. But at the same time, he said, these dogs are not afraid of encountering a situation like a shooting or an explosion because they are trained to make association to gunshots or loud noise as the start of a game.

“What most dogs see as stressors, these dogs see as excitement as part of the game,” Warren said. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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BRE PETTIS, an entrepreneur and co-founder of 3D-printing company MakerBot, provided his keys to success Tuesday. hieu nguyen contributing photographer from page 3

lecture Mayer and Zach Smith, thought MakerBot was at first going to be “a side thing.” Instead of working an hour a week, as Pettis originally thought, he was working “100 hours a week” because he wanted the project to succeed.

Pettis’s advice for achieving success is to break from the normality of society and to pursue innovation, he said.

“If you do something completely stupid, completely absurd, completely weird, almost always you will encounter something completely innovative that actually is relevant in the normal world,” Pettis said. “Try to figure out a way to contribute to society that brings you happiness. Uncover your ability to do things.”

In his work life, Pettis said he prefers an intimate setting of a diverse group of employees. He said he would never want to be in a leadership position at a company and be

unaware of what people are doing. Knowing his employees personally helps Pettis to avoid bumps in the road, he said, adding that relationships with his employees and friendships in general are important to his ideology.

“Make deep friendships when possible,” Pettis said. “Have a group of people that you have a mutual understanding with.”

That value is what Pettis said helped him create Bre & Co. In launching the company, he said he wanted to answer a specific question: “How do we get more goodness in the world?”

He said he felt products that are made “by the millions for the millions” are “meaningless and disposable,” so he decided to create something he believed has meaning.

“I made a website where people can give other people really awesome gifts that make them feel recognized,” Pettis said.

Said Pettis: “You can either buy things made with craftsmanship, or don’t buy anything at all.” akharfor@syr.edu

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Weird taste Junior Bandier student Iain Standing produces music he describes as avant-garde, postpunk and no wave.

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Prior commitments Election humor columnist Josh Feinblatt explains why vice presidential debate ratings were so low — no one wanted to be there.

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In the early-to-mid 1900s, Joseph G. Kren crafted baseball bats in Syracuse that were used by greats of the game including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Kren was posthumously inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

Iconic wooden bat brand, crafted in Syracuse, is making a comeback Text and photos by Joe Bloss asst. copy editor

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cuffs cover the barrel of a wooden baseball bat. Its handle shines with the polish provided by the countless fingers that have gripped it, its knob engraved with the letters “SU,” its top end blackened by all the times it was put down in the dugout more than half a century ago.

All of these characteristics take a backseat, though, when compared to the name burned into the shaft of the bat.

“Kren’s Special.”

It’s a name that left an indelible mark on baseball history from right here in Syracuse.

But it doesn’t carry the nearly the same recognition as a Louisville Slugger.

This particular bat, found in the Syracuse University archives, is believed to have belonged to Donald E. Merrow. Merrow was a graduate of the College of Business Administration, now the Martin J. Whitman School of

Management, back in 1941. A neat artifact from SU sports’ past, but just a drop in the ocean of the millions of bats crafted by Joseph G. Kren.

Kren could turn out bats in 1/180th of the time competitors took.

Kren’s bats were used by some of the best hitters to ever play the game: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner, Frank Frisch and Rogers Hornsby, just to name a few. For the first half of the 1900s, Kren hand-turned bats with a mastery others couldn’t come close to. What took most three hours he could do in 15 minutes.

It’s that high level of quality Robert Rosenberg is trying to bring back to the sport he loves.

About a year ago Rosenberg, president of Harpen Brand Holdings, LLC of West Long Branch, New Jersey, acquired the rights to the Kren brand.

He’s already introduced his version of “Kren’s Specials” to some independent league hitters. And if everything goes right with getting MLB approval, it could be a more than $50,000 annual investment that brings the Kren name back to the big leagues.

“We’re not looking to replicate the same exact bats,” Rosenberg said. “We’re just using the brand as a way to educate people on the history of this iconic brand and to make bats of the highest quality.”

Rosenberg said he’s working with a top bat manufacturer to produce the bats. Once they build up enough of a following, and get licensing, insurance and manufacturing logistics approved by the MLB, the bats will be legal in the minor leagues. With success there, the hope is players will then continue to use Krens as see baseball

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Weinermobile comes Lil Wayne scheduled to perform to Syracuse campus at SRC Arena in November

By Alison Boghosian asst. copy editor

For the past three months, Christian Blatner has traveled over 12,000 miles through 13 different states. But he didn’t do it in a car — he has been driving a 27-foot hot dog on wheels through cities and down highways in the Northeast.

Blatner is one of 12 recent college graduates hired to drive a Weinermobile, the promotional vehicle for

Oscar Mayer, shaped like a giant hot dog. There are six Weinermobiles traveling across the country in their respective regions, stopping in various locations for the public to enjoy.

On Tuesday, Blatner’s mobile was parked on the Syracuse University campus outside of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

“It’s an American icon,” Blatner said. “Everyone knows it. We are a PR agency on wheels — we talk to see weinermobile page 10

By Rachel Gilbert feature editor

Rapper Lil Wayne will perform at the SRC Arena and Events Center on the Onondaga Community College campus Nov. 18, according to an OCC announcement released Tuesday.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday 10 a.m. for OCC students and Friday 10 a.m. for the general public on

Etix and at the SRC Arena box office on the OCC campus. Tickets cost $25 for OCC students with ID and the general public can purchase tickets for $45. Floor seats cost $65.

Lil Wayne is one of the most successful recording artists of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. This includes 15 million albums and 37 million digital downloads, according to the announcement.

He has collaborated with

artists including Jay Sean, Wiz Khalifa, Justin Bieber, Madonna and Fall Out Boy. Born Dwayne Michael Carter, the artist cycled through stage names including Shrimp Daddy and Baby D, before settling on Lil Wayne, according to iHeart radio.com. During high school, he had different musical interests, playing cymbals in marching band and starring in a theater production of “The Wiz.” rcgilber@syr.edu

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weinermobile people all day, we do a lot with the media.”

Weinermobiles have been racking up publicity for Oscar Mayer for 80 years, since 1936 when Carl Mayer, Oscar’s nephew, created the first vehicle. For the past 29 years, the company has recruited recently-graduated college students to be a “hot dogger,” a driver of one of the trucks, Blatner said.

He was selected out of about 12,000 people who applied for one of the coveted positions. And to Blatner, there’s no better job he could have taken.

“I’m getting paid to travel across the country,” he said.

The other driver of the Weinermobile, Kayla Kawalec, is the one who arranged for them to make a stop on the SU campus.

Kawalec had met Les Rose, a broadcast and digital journalism professor in Newhouse, during her time as a student at the University of Florida. When she found out her Weinermobile would be visiting the Syracuse area, she told him she could potentially drive over to SU when they had free time. They arranged for the Weinermobile to park on campus for several hours for students to see and enjoy.

Kawalec said that the Weinermobile’s main purpose is to set up at retail events where Oscar Mayer products are sold, allowing people to play games, take photos and sometimes even see the inside of the vehicle.

She said the mobiles also participate in fairs, festivals and parades. While the main purpose of the Weinermobiles is to promote Oscar Mayer, both Kawalec and Blatner stressed that they are also intended to bring joy and excitement to people across the country.

“A lot of people will say they saw it at their local parade when they were 10 and now they’re 60 and haven’t seen it since,” Blatner said. “It’s super nostalgic and brings them back to childhood. We hear those memories and are also making new memories for the 5-year-old walking up to the mobile for first time. It really transcends all generations.”

Blatner said this is not the first time a Weinermobile has been on a college campus.

Since the drivers are all recent graduates, they visit campuses frequently in the second half of the year to recruit for their positions. He said they will often go in and speak at career fairs, or to classrooms of marketing, advertising, public relations and journalism students.

He said the job responsibilities typically attract students interested in these fields — Blatner was a journalism student himself — but that anyone with an affinity for talking to people, traveling and spreading enthusiasm could be right for the job.

Blatner and Kawalec will be continuing the Weinermobile’s journey around Syracuse and its surrounding areas in the next few days. On Thursday, they will be parked from 12-5 p.m. in the East Syracuse Walmart located on Basile Rowe.

On Friday, the vehicle will visit the Walmart on East Avenue in Central Square, and then they will be bringing the festivities to Cicero on Sunday at the Walmart on Brewerton Road.

Kawalec is especially glad they were able to make this stop on the SU campus.

“We are excited we were able to come onto campus today and surprise everyone and spread joy,” she said. “The Weinermobile is about surprises and bringing it places you wouldn’t expect and just making peoples’ day.” ajboghos@syr.edu

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Junior works for on-campus music studio, creates multiple-instrument recordings

By Leah Meyers staff writer

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ain Standing learned how to play guitar at age 10, and from there, he became jack of all musical trades. As a junior in the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, Standing can also play the bass, drums, theremin, guitar and can sing. Although he has used these talents to play various roles in different bands throughout the years, Standing is currently working on his own solo project.

For the music he is currently producing, Standing records on individual instruments and then puts the sounds together in the studio to create a song. He classifies his music as avantgarde, post-punk and no wave. His music is noisy, a bit harsh and a little bit left of center.

Growing up, Standing was surrounded by music. His mother encouraged him to listen to classical music in order for a more complete music education. However, it was his dad that bought him three CDs to listen to when he first started learning how to play guitar: ACDC’s “Back in Black,” Queen’s “Greatest Hits” and a musical comedy CD from a small Upstate NY band called Blotto. These would be the songs that would inspire Standing’s career in music.

Although Standing can recognize that his father has great taste in music, he is happy that he began steering away from this classic rock when he started learning how to play additional instruments.

Four years after he mastered guitar, he took up bass, and a year after that, the drums. As Standing got older, he was able to dissect the music that he listened to and really cue in on the individual parts of the songs. This made him begin to explore more obscure genres of music that people his age were not listening to as much.

“There’s something funny about liking really esoteric weird music,” Standing said.

“The music that I do is not conducive to a major interest.”

While Standing was in a band, he wanted to keep pushing, find new things and create a new sound. But he and his bandmate had different business practices, and they deemed they were not a good fit for each other.

From there, Standing began making music on his own, and because he is the only one making music of this kind, he was able to put himself out there. Some of his current musical influences include Preoccupations, Bauhaus, Swans and Tim Hecker.

Katie Canete, a friend of Standing’s and fellow Bandier student, said that Standing is always introducing her to new music.

“Iain truly does explore and enjoy many genres. He can talk about hip hop, rock, indie, pop punk, pop classical, harsh-noise, metal, post-punk. I think the fact he’s interested in a lot of styles is reflected in the music he plays himself,” Canete said.

As a Bandier student, Standing is taking a studio management class, which gave

IAIN STANDING knows how to play four different instruments: bass, drums, guitar and theremin. Growing up on classic rock and classical music, the junior is currently working on his own solo project.

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him the opportunity to become a student manager at Belfer Audio Archives right next to E.S. Bird Library. As a manager, he acts as a teaching assistant to a younger class and makes sure they are using the studio correctly. It also means he has free access to the studio, and he often helps his friends create their music while also working on his own.

Although Standing loves to perform, he has not performed in a very long time.

“I have jokingly Brian Wilson tendencies,” Standing said. “I don’t plan on self-destructing and I’m not anywhere close to popular or close to writing songs as good as Brian Wilson did, but I do get very much in my head.”

Standing said he wants to find people to collaborate with him, and who would be willing to go onstage and improvise music.

However, a lot of college students don’t like the added pressures of improvising, and that discourages him from pursuing it further.

Some of the music he would perform require a full band, where others are just him.

However, as friend and neighbor on South Campus, Maggie Dickson is helping him put on a show later in the year. Dickson said that most of the shows will probably be at Spark Contemporary Art Space in Syracuse, and that she and Standing hope to utilize a lot of local talent, specifically hoping to partner with the local art scene.

“We think it could be really cool to feature local university visual artists and pair

the shows with the local and university musical talent,” Dickson said.

As for Standing’s solo performances, he envisions setting up his peddle board, theremin and guitar and just playing, controlling the feedback with the pedals. The two joked about even putting Standing’s amp on a skateboard onstage and having Dickson push it back and forth with a stick to create obscure sounds.

There’s something funny about liking really esoteric weird music. The music that I do is not conducive to a major interest.

Iain Standing junior bandier student

Although instruments are his first passion, Standing began singing as well, out of necessity. He has been taking vocal lessons for four years, and openly admits he is not very good.

However, Standing idolizes singers like Nick Cave and Michael Gira who are very emotive, which masks the fact they cannot sing very well.

“There’s something endearing about the guy who just gets up there and does it and doesn’t have the best voice,” Standing said.

Standing’s music fits cohesively with Halloween right around the corner; he even proclaims his love for horror movies and body horror. When he creates music, he likes to write about a lot of dark material, such as the conflict of humanity versus nature or an unknown being. He also likes to discuss human versus human conflict and puts ideas in the light that many people may not think about.

Although he admits that it may be cliche and edgy, some of this material includes sex and love, which Standing said is “disgusting yet wonderful.”

Though he only has one song up on Spotify currently — an instrumental track recorded on a bad microphone to add to the uncomfortable, yet melodic Standing sound — he is working on a larger project which consists of multiple songs.

After interning for Ba Da Bing Records this past summer, Standing’s goal is to start his own record label. However, he wants to keep releasing music, and ultimately perform because performing is his favorite. Standing is the ultimate rock ‘n roll performer, utilizing all parts of the stage and even jumping on his drum set.

“I like the place you go to,” Standing said, about being onstage. “I like being up there and just feeling uninhibited…There’s also this point where you glaze over and you’re very in the moment, and when you’re taken out of it it’s disappointing.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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baseball bats they’re called up to the majors.

Reviving old brands isn’t new to Rosenberg.

Early last year, he did the same for the Esterbrook pen brand — which last year he told USA Today was the fifth trademark ever issued in the United States. He sold the Conklin Pen Co. in 2009.

These restoration projects have become somewhat of a regularity for Rosenberg since studying intellectual property trademarks in law school. And if he succeeds again, this time infiltrating a tight wooden bat market, Ron Gersbacher will be surprised.

“Good Luck,” Gersbacher said.

Ron Gersbacher was the first and only man to ever serve as team historian of the Syracuse Chiefs. He held the position from 1985 to 2014, and spent five of those years as the team’s president. A native of Syracuse’s north side, he knew Kren’s sons well.

Six original Kren bats are displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame

According to a 1931 article in the Syracuse Herald, Kren was born in Vienna in 1868, and came to America in 1887 after serving as a wood turner’s apprentice in Germany. He married in 1896 and would have four sons — Henry, Frank, Joe and Walter — but he also fell in love with America’s pastime.

Kren worked at a manufacturing company. Gersbacher spoke of how during lunch

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breaks, Kren would craft bats for the kids playing outside with mere sticks. Eventually the secret got out that this man made a bat better than most everyone else. SU and the Syracuse Stars — a St. Louis Cardinals farm team — began using Kren bats.

In 1913, Kren had enough of a clientele that bat turning could become a full-time gig. The Kren Bat Company was born. For 40 years, Kren, his sons and a few hired hands became small but strong players in the wooden bat market. They gave Louisville Slugger a run for its money, making sometimes upwards of 100,000 bats in a year, according to Kren’s obituary in the Post-Standard.

Basic research into the company’s history will tell you that operations were run in the factory built in the Krens’ backyard at 114 Beecher St. Clips from the Herald will tell you that the factory tragically burned down overnight in a 1939 fire, accruing $25,000 in losses and putting Kren Bats in jeopardy. Luckily, the company was able to move to a building at 212 Bear St. and continue producing bats, and even police billy clubs, for several more years.

But that research won’t tell you what made that rekindling of the business possible. Gersbacher will.

“As soon as Louisville Slugger, which was of course the main manufacturer of bats in America, heard of their loss, Louisville automatically shipped them a truck load of wood to put them back in business,” Gersbacher said.

“I remember Mr. Kren (Joseph’s son) telling me that through the kindness of Louisville’s heart — because (the Krens) were a good competitor, not a big competitor — they put them back in business again very quickly,” Gersbacher said. “That’s an unbelievable story and when I heard of it I went, ‘Ha, that’ll never happen again.’ It’s amazing it happened the first time.”

Ironically, it’s Louisville Slugger that might have contributed to why Kren isn’t a household name today. Contracts existed that didn’t allow players to pose and often play with other

After Joseph G. Kren died, his sons sold the Kren company and donated his tools to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

bats, so Kren never really had a chance to reach the level of a Louisville Slugger.

But that didn’t stop some of the game’s heroes from taking swings with Kren’s Specials.

A Jan. 15, 1927 headline in the Syracuse Herald reads, “Babe Ruth Homers Are Born Here.”

Some stories claim when The Bambino broke his bat, he would mail it to Kren, and Kren knew that meant he needed to send Ruth a new one.

And there’s a reason Kren history hasn’t fully survived the test of time. Over the years, many bats were burned as firewood. When Kren died at the age of 86 in 1953, his sons sold the company. They got rid of thousands of remaining bats, and donated his tools to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, where they, along with six bats, still remain today.

It’s a legacy David Haas, the man behind the Syracuse history Instagram account, would like to see publicized in more places than just baseball’s greatest shrine. He recently posted a series of pictures about Joseph Kren, and was stunned to find that the current owner of the original Kren property at 114 Beecher St. was

totally unaware of the story sitting on his land.

“There is no historical sign at either (Kren’s) old home or the old warehouse,” Haas said. “It would be cool to get one from the state or the city to just indicate the history and all his accomplishments that state Joe was able to get all these athletes into our city to buy his homemade product.”

That’s not to say that Kren’s adopted city hasn’t given him the praise he deserves. Two years before he died, he was honored as the Man of the Year by Holy Trinity parish. Big names came to commend him: Mack, Wagner and boxing champions Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney were among those in attendance. In 2000, Kren was posthumously inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.

Gersbacher, who brought Kren’s son Joe to the enshrinement of his father in 2000, wanted to make clear that the older Joseph Kren was anything but average.

Said Gersbacher: “It’s a great story, it’s a great family, and it just ties these people to some of the biggest names in baseball.”

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Cohen finds her fit for Syracuse as 3rd-string goalie

By Andrew Graham staff writer

Debra Cohen didn’t intend for her daughter Ady Cohen to play hockey. She wanted to teach Ady how to skate because it’d be a fun thing to do. Ady wasn’t even old enough to be in elementary school and she already found what she loved.

Except it was on the other side of the rink. “‘I want to do that,’” Debra Cohen recalls her daughter saying when Ady Cohen saw people playing ice hockey.

Ady Cohen was born in Serov, Russia in June 1998. She was adopted by Syracuse alumna Debra Cohen seven months later.

The latter brought Ady Cohen to New York and then to Boynton Beach, Florida three years after that. The past stops and Debra Cohen’s influence have shaped the freshman as she settles into Syracuse’s (0-2) thirdstring goalie spot.

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albany Team. Instead, Albany prevailed.

The Great Danes didn’t make it easy for Syracuse. They scored less than three minutes in, applied defensive pressure all game and kept Syracuse’s defenders on their toes.

“We just weren’t ready for it,” Alseth said.

Syracuse has played Albany in each of the last four seasons, and entering Tuesday had outscored the Great Danes 8-2. This time, Albany finally broke through.

Her hockey career began with playing alongside boys despite her male teammates’ doubts about her ability. Although it was nerve wracking for her mother since the boys were so much bigger, she admits in the long run it has likely helped Cohen’s play. They shot harder and played physical, but Cohen was always up for the challenge in net.

In her first few years, Cohen played forward or defender. But she was enamored by what goalies wore.

“I liked the equipment — ­­ that was my rea-

son for starting (to play goalie),” Cohen said.

Growing up in Florida, she was often caught cheering on the NHL’s Florida Panthers. Cohen also rooted for the Los Angeles Kings and saw a game in person during her middle school years.

“One day I woke her up just like any other day getting ready for school, but then we drove to the airport and got on a plane and watched the Kings play in the playoffs in L.A.,” Debra Cohen said. “Ady even got to meet (Kings goalie) Jonathan Quick who she loves to watch.”

By the time Cohen was in eighth grade, she was given the opportunity to play hockey at Gilmour Academy in Cleveland, Ohio for the next four years. She took the chance to play at an all-girls high school in the north, even after spending her eighth grade year playing on a high school team.

Accompanied by her mother, Cohen moved to Cleveland and enrolled in Gilmour

ready to attack the transition from playing with boys to girls for the first time.

“It was a big change for me,” Cohen said.

“The whole environment in Cleveland was a lot different than Florida so it took a year or two to settle in. The guys are obviously more physical so I was always getting knocked around. With the girls I saw a lot of better playing time.”

Once she was at Gilmour, Cohen started to receive more attention from colleges looking to recruit her, including SU. What Syracuse’s coaching staff didn’t know, though, was that Cohen’s mother received her doctorate from Syracuse in 1996. She and Ady disagree about who first led her on to Syracuse — Ady claims she started to look at Syracuse without her mom telling her, but Debra says she guided Ady toward SU. “I thought it would be a good idea for her to visit Syracuse and she really felt Syracuse was a good fit,” Debra said.

The Great Danes’ defense was sharp, denying runs toward the goal, cutting off passes and blocking attempted shots. Until Syracuse defender Kamal Miller scored before the end of the half, Syra cuse had generated a few quality looks but had not capitalized on any of them.

With Miller’s score came optimism. He struck a rebound into the net from straight away for just his first goal of the year and fourth of his career. The sophomore galloped in excitement.

“I thought we’d go back and win the game,” Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre said.

But that was all the Orange could do. In the closing seconds of the first half, Sergio Camargo didn’t square up a ball on a quality look from the left side of the field. It fell softly into the hands of Great Danes goalkeeper Danny Vitiello.

As players walked off the field, Camargo stood in that spot for several seconds, hands on his head. He pressed his hands to his thighs.

“Just didn’t get the right power on the ball,” the senior said. “Hit it over him. That’s the way my night went. Couldn’t put it in the back of the net.”

Since its historic start, Syracuse has lagged. And it won’t get easy easier. On Friday, Syracuse travels to No. 8 Louisville to play yet another top 10 team — what will be its third in two weeks. A trip to No. 5 Clemson comes at the end of the month.

After the game-winner, Syracuse goalkeeper Hendrik Hilpert fetched the ball and boomed it down field.

Interiano looked at the ball he had just drilled home, held his arms out wide and jogged to celebrate with his teammates — a sight that was painful enough itself for Syracuse.

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sophomore Adnan Bakalovic were the closest ones nearby. Interiano had time to take a touch and slot the ball inside the left post with 15 minutes left, ultimately extending the Orange’s winless streak to three games.

“They threw I think like four or five guys in the box and we were poor to stay with our men.

It just kind of bobbled around and fell right to his feet,” Ricks said. “It was bad on our part.”

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of the best defenses in the country Tuesday night, and turned in a serviceable performance, by his standards, in No. 3 Syracuse’s (8-2-1, 2-1-1 Atlantic Coast) 2-1 upset loss to Albany (5-3-2, 0-0-1 America East) at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.

“I think I played decent, but definitely could’ve played better ...” Ricks said. “I always put it on myself if we don’t win.”

Freshman Kyle Gurrieri filled Robinson’s spot in the starting lineup and played defensive midfield while Mo Adams, played right back for the first 20 minutes. On Albany’s first goal, Great Danes forward Nico Solabarrieta left Gurrieri on the ground near the corner flag before his cross was parried away by SU goalie Hendrik Hilpert, who deflected it to the feet of Leo Melgar. Melgar one-timed his volley into the net to give Albany a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the game.

Gurrieri subbed out for Ricks about 15 minutes later, and the latter firmed up a Syracuse defense that didn’t allow a shot on goal for the rest of the first half. Ricks said he grew up playing center back, so his move from right wing to right back didn’t thrust him out of his comfort zone. Ricks is much smaller in stature than Robinson, and even normal right back Cross, so his 6-foot frame lends itself better to being a distributer rather than the aerial threats Robinson and Cross are.

“As soon as (head coach Ian McIntyre) pulled me up, I knew that I needed to make an impact,” Ricks said. “(Robinson) has always been kind of a big presence back there, so it’s definitely hard not having him.

But we’re a good enough group of guys that we should be able to handle this game.”

For SU, though, there was one more threat it couldn’t handle.

On a cross into the box that landed right at the feet of Jonathan Interiano, Ricks and

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After the game, senior captain Liam Callahan consoled Ricks. The freshman sat on the bench with his warmup top draped over his head and a defeated look on his face.

The tournament Robinson is playing in goes until next Tuesday. SU visits No. 8 Louisville on Friday. Ricks may fill the void on the back line again, this time against one of the country’s best teams with the Orange’s backs already up against the wall.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity for Miles … we’ve got good players so it provides an opportunity for other guys to step up,” McIntyre said. “Some inexperience out there tonight but they’ll be better for this, as perverse as that is and as tough it is right now.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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field hockey

Bleakney uses speed to emerge as go-to threat

By Josh Schafer contributing writer

Jennifer Bleakney burst through Pennsylvania’s defense and carefully handled the ball while initiating Syracuse’s offense. She dished the ball to Annalena Ulbrich, who set up Laura Hurff for the goal.

Bleakney didn’t record an assist in the Sept. 25 matchup, but she orchestrated the play with her speed.

Her ability to create plays has been the key to Bleakney’s emergence as a go-to forward for Syracuse (10-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) this season. After not tallying a point in her inaugural season with the Orange, Bleakney ranks tied for third on the team with five goals this year and also has an assist.

“I have a lot of speed on a lot of people,” Bleakney said. “It’s what I try to use on opponents.”

Bleakney’s sophomore campaign has brought success. In SU’s first two games, she scored three goals.

The 5-foot-1 Bleakney is unable to utilize size like many of her teammates. Instead, the Maryland high school state champion track star uses her speed to blow by defenders and to get the ball to open space.

“Jen is really good at throwing the ball and going forward,” forward Elaine Carey said.

“When Jen attacks on … goal, no defender in the country is going to catch her.”

Bleakney often utilizes what’s called the “throw and go” technique in field hockey.

Similar to the “dump and chase” strategy in ice

hockey, the play begins with a forward dumping the ball deep into space and then flying past her defender to receive the ball behind the defense. For quick players like Bleakney, this technique can be very effective.

Bleakney’s raw speed appears on the field and also in offseason training sessions. This past summer, Bleakney broke the SU conditioning test record, boasting a time of 5:46 in the 2-kilometer test, 10-year head coach Ange Bradley said. Iona Holloway, who played at SU from 2009-12, previously held the record, according to Bradley.

“She blew (the conditioning test) out of the water,” Bradley said.

As a state champion in the mile back in high school, Bleakney remains fitter than most of her counterparts. She’s often the first to trail a play from behind and work her way past exhausted defenders.

Bleakney displayed her opportunistic ways in a goal earlier this season against Wake Forest. As Demon Deacons defenders meandered back to the defensive zone, Bleakney sprinted through the middle of the field waiting for her opportunity to pounce on a loose ball. As the ball sprang free off Wake Forest’s goalie, Bleakney pounded a drive to the back left of the net from open space to give the Orange a 3-1 advantage.

“She is able to sustain (her speed) for such a long period of time,” Carey said. “She can do one of those big massive sprints, someone else might have to be taken off the field after but she’s so fit that she can just do that repeatedly.” jlschafe@syr.edu

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Finding her fit

Bounce back

Ady Cohen had strong Syracuse connections even before becoming the backup goalie for the SU ice hockey team.

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Jennifer Bleakney has emerged as a go-to forward, using her speed to cause problems for opposing defenses.

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S PORTS

The climb Amba Etta-Tawo has emerged as one of the top receivers in the country. His journey to the top has come after tragedy.

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acc

Conference releases new sites

By Jon Mettus asst. sports editor

IN THE DOG HOUSE Albany upsets No. 3 Syracuse men’s soccer, 2-1

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

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LBANY, N.Y. — There was little celebration. There was no signature mob in the corner of the field. But as soon as Jonathan Interiano connected with the ball, there was no doubt.

Interiano’s 75th-minute goal stunned Syracuse. A cross from the right corner booted around until it landed on the turf, right at Interiano’s foot. After the Albany senior forward poked home eventual game winner, he ran toward midfield and kissed his bicep muscle.

The score lifted the Great Danes (5-3-2, 0-0-1 America East) to a 2-1 upset victory over No. 3 Syracuse (8-2-1, 2-1-1 Atlantic

Coast) Tuesday night at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. What could have been a tune-up for Syracuse’s high-octane offense against Albany’s mediocre defense — the Great Danes entered Tuesday ranked last in their conference with a 1.67 goals-against average — was anything but.

“We didn’t get anything right tonight,” senior midfielder Oyvind Alseth said.

“Everything was off.”

The Orange, since starting the season 8-0 for the best start in program history, has gone its last three games without a win — something that had not happened since October 2013. It’s just the third time in 30 regular season nonconference games since joining the ACC in 2013 that SU didn’t win.

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men’s soccer

Ricks serviceable in place of Miles Robinson

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

ALBANY, N.Y. – Albany head coach Trevor Gorman didn’t find out that Syracuse would be without arguably its best player, center back Miles Robinson, until lineup cards were exchanged shortly before kickoff.

U.S. Soccer announced Friday that Robinson was among the group selected to the U-20 National Team for its upcoming games, but Gorman prepared as if the first-team freshman AllAmerican from a year ago would be in Albany Tuesday night.

“I’m not studying that much to

be honest with you,” Gorman said.

“We knew they’re good. Whether they’re missing one, two or three players, they’re going to be good.”

In Robinson’s place, freshman John-Austin Ricks shouldered the brunt of the minutes on the back line. Senior Louis Cross played the entire game at Robinson’s center

back spot, while Kamal Miller stayed at his usual left-back post and Ricks played 70 of 90 minutes at right back. Ricks has seen sizable minutes this season, playing in all 11 games and starting four, but none of those were in place of Robinson.

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The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced new locations (and for some, new dates) for most of its 2016-17 neutral site championships that were previously scheduled to be held in North Carolina.

The only sport still up in the air is women’s basketball. The conference is “still working to determine and finalize that, but we should have something on that relatively soon,” Steve Phillips, an associate director of communications, said in an email.

The locations and times are as follows: • Women’s soccer — Nov. 4 and 6 at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

• Women’s swimming and diving and men’s diving — Feb. 13-16 (change from original date) at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta.

• Men’s swimming — Feb. 27-March 2 (change from original date) at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta.

• Women’s golf — April 13-15 (change from original date) at The Reserve Golf Club in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.

• Men’s golf — April 21-23 at Musgrove Mill Golf Club in Clinton, South Carolina.

• Men’s and women’s tennis — April 26-30 at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

• Baseball — May 23-28 at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Kentucky.

All of the sites except the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center will be hosting an ACC championship for the first time.

The conference announced on Sept. 14 it would move all the neutral site championships located in North Carolina because of House Bill 2, which most notably forces everyone in the state to use the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate and prevents transgender people from using the bathrooms of their associated gender. The announcement came two days after the NCA A announced it would relocate its seven championship events from North Carolina.

The ACC will keep all its championships scheduled to be held at campus sites in the state, though.

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