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N • Giving thanks
P • Holistic leadership
Syracuse University will host a Thanksgiving dinner in Goldstein Auditorium for its international students on Thursday, a week before the official holiday. Page 3
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100 Black Men of Syracuse is dedicated to improving the lives of black youth. It will commemorate its 10th anniversary at a gala downtown this weekend. Page 9
S • Battle won
Tyus Battle scored a career-high 28 points against Iona on Tuesday night to help lead Syracuse men’s basketball to victory. SU improved its record to 2-0 on the season. Page 16
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Tirico wins leadership award By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer
Mike Tirico, an NBC sports broadcaster who previously worked for ESPN, received the 2017 Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media at an S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications celebration on Tuesday. Tirico became the fifth Syracuse alum to win the Glickman Award. Coinciding with the opening of the Newhouse Sports Media Center, the college has honored a sports broadcaster with the award annually since 2013. Bob Costas was the first recipient. Marv Albert, Beth Mowins and Sean McDonough have also won the award.
‘Bump the mumps’ Syracuse University community members gathered on the Quad for the “Bump the Mumps” health fair Tuesday. The event was sponsored in part by SU’s Student Association. Students signed hygiene pledges in hopes of stopping the spread of mumps. There are 41 confirmed and 78 probable cases of the disease at SU. gavin lidell staff photographer
The job is about preparation and observation and always going the extra mile. Mike Tirico glickman award recipient
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How NY politicians are campaigning for 2018 By Sara Swann news editor
For Democrats, 2018 is shaping up to be a good election year — especially for those in New York state — with experts predicting better campaign fundraising for Democrats over Republicans. This is in part due to unsuccessful attempts by Republicans to pass legislation in Congress. But it is also because the Democrats have recruited a lot of “quality candidates,” said Richard Bensel, Cornell University’s Gary S. Davis professor of government. Quality candidates are people who have served in political office before, have run campaigns before or otherwise have political experience, Bensel added. “When (Democrats) recruit these quality candidates, they almost by definition bring with them contacts for potential donors,” Bensel said. This connection to fundraising will benefit Democrats moving forward as next year’s election looms closer.
Many New York politicians will be up for re-election in 2018, including Rep. John Katko, (R-N.Y.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.). Here is a closer look at how they are financing their campaigns and what potential challenges they may be facing in the 2018 election.
U.S. representative for New York’s 24th District race
Next year Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) is hoping to secure his third term serving the 24th district of New York state in the United States House of Representatives. New York’s 24th district includes all of Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties and the western part of Oswego County. The Republican was first elected to office in 2014, when he beat out Democrat and thenincumbent Dan Maffei by about 19 percentage points. In 2016, Katko was re-elected for a second term, securing about 60 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic opponent Colleen Deacon.
Jim Battista, a political science professor at the University at Buffalo, said because Katko did not win his last two elections by very wide margins, 2018 is going to be a challenging year for the Republican. “I expect there are people in Virginia who had won their last election 60/40 and they’re out of a job now,” Battista said. One year out from the 2018 congressional election, Katko has already raised roughly $891,000, according to campaign finance disclosures from the Federal Election Commission. Including leftover money from the previous election cycle, Katko has about $913,000 to spend for his re-election campaign. Katko is more than $200,000 ahead in fundraising totals than the average House member, according to OpenSecrets.org. Much of this is due to the support Katko has received from political action committees. In the 2018 election cycle, Katko has received about 56 percent of his total funds from PACs. That’s just under $503,000.
how much can political action committees donate to campaigns or candidates? Single-candidate PACs = up to $2,700 per election Multicandidate PACs = up to $5,000 per election source: federal election comission
As an incumbent, Katko has received a significant amount of support from leadership PACs. The Majority Committee PAC, which is affiliated with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and the Support to Ensure Victory Everywhere PAC, which is affiliated with Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), have both already contributed the maximum $10,000 to Katko’s campaign. “Being popular among leadership PACs would generally mean he’s somebody that the larger Republican establishment wants
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On Tuesday, Tirico walked across the stage of Newhouse’s Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium to a standing ovation. As Tirico received the award, he embraced McDonough, who also attended the ceremony. “The job is about preparation and observation and always going the extra mile,” Tirico said. Tirico thanked people who helped him get to this stage in his career as he was accepted into a group of award recipients who have helped define the sports broadcasting industry for decades. When Tirico thanked Costas, he paused. He said Costas was one of the main reasons he chose to attend Syracuse University. Thirty years after becoming the first student to receive the Bob Costas Scholarship, Tirico is set to take over Costas’ job as host of NBC’s Olympics coverage during the 2018 Pyeongchang games next winter. “He shows what it takes to be the host of a sports show or any show,” Tirico said of Costas. “Bob brings great flexibility, expertise, personality and he’s real.” Tirico spoke of Costas’ professional mentality and friendly
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