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International students, who make up almost 10 percent of the student body, share their personal experiences studying at Syracuse University.

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Conservative public figure and speaker Dinesh D’Souza criticizes the changes in the Democratic party and shares his opinion on the recent election.

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Andrew White shot 50 percent from behind the arc, making 5-of10 3s, to lead Syracuse with 19 points in a 90-46 win over the Holy Cross Crusaders.

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In the data

Two years after dismantling of Committee Z, SU launches committee to review faculty salaries

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

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yracuse University’s move last week to launch a committee that will review faculty salary data could begin to quell frustration that has mounted in the two years since SU stopped providing such data publicly in the Committee Z report.

SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly on Thursday announced the creation of the Faculty Salary Review Committee as well as the appointment of 18 faculty members and administrators to the committee. Over the course of the current academic year, the committee will be tasked with reviewing the average salary of faculty members across faculty rank, gender and schools and colleges — similar to the data formerly compiled in the Committee Z report, a public record that compared average faculty salaries across gender, schools and colleges and other factors.

The committee plans to share data with the campus community, though it is unclear to what degree and in how much detail. LaVonda Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs and the head of the committee, said it’s too early in the process to determine how much data will be made public.

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Provost names search committee members

By Stacy Fernández asst. news editor

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced on Tuesday the members of the dean search committee for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

Michael Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, will chair the committee, according to an SU News release.

S.P. Raj, a distinguished professor of marketing and market-

ing department chair, in currently serving as interim dean of the Whitman School.

Wheatly said the position will attract the “best and brightest minds in business education.”

The search for a new dean comes after Kenneth Kavajecz was removed from his position as the school’s dean and placed on administrative leave after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute in the third degree.

These are the members of the committee:

• Cindie Adams, executive director of alumni & corporate relations • Kofi Appiah, professor of accounting practice • Amber Anand, Edward Pettinella Professor of Finance • Alexis Audrine Drickel, graduate representative • Natarajan Balasubramanian, associate professor of management • Craig Boise, dean of the College of Law • Joseph Comprix, chair of the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting and associate professor of accounting • Don Harter, associate dean for

master’s programs and associate professor of accounting • James D. Kuhn ’70, G’72, University Trustee and chair of the Whitman School Advisory Board • Eunkyu Lee, professor of marketing • Deb Leone ’86, G’87, University Trustee • Daniela Lisa ’17, undergraduate representative • Maria Minniti, Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy • Amanda Nicholson, associate dean of undergraduate programs and professor of retail practice sfern100@syr.edu

DA says shooting justified

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

The deadly shooting of an armed man by a Syracuse police officer on Oct. 9 near Walnut Park was justified, said Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick in a press conference Tuesday.

Fitzpatrick said Joseph Mauro, a Syracuse Police Department officer, saw part of a handgun appearing from under Deric Brown’s legs as he approached Brown’s Nissan vehicle during a traffic stop near Walnut Avenue, according to Syracuse. com. When Mauro ordered Brown to show his hands, he refused and reached for his handgun, leading to led Mauro to taking cover at the police car, Fitzpatrick said.

A dashboard camera video, reportedly taken from a Syracuse University van and released by Syracuse.com on Tuesday, revealed Mauro running behind a police car as Brown left his driver’s seat and started to shoot on Mauro. At least five shots were heard on the video.

After exchanging fire, Brown was shot and died from his injuries after being transported to Upstate University Hospital.

Mauro was uninjured.

Based on the video, witness accounts and Mauro’s testimony, Fitzpatrick said the Onondaga County grand jury concluded the shooting was justified, according to Syracuse.com. Brown was a recently hired employee at SU. Fitzpatrick added that Brown fired seven shots while Mauro fired back three shots, according to Syracuse.com. Of the three shots fired, two shots struck Brown, one in his thigh and another in his chest.

Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler said in October that Brown was pulled over because his car’s taillights weren’t on. Brown had a history of weapons possession offenses, being arrested on the charge of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in 1999 and on the charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees in 2004.

In 2014, a Liverpool man accused Mauro and three other Syracuse police officers of using excessive force and using racial slurs during an arrest. The man was later found not guilty of resisting arrest. ssugiyam@syr.edu

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WORK wednesday | patricio rivera

Freshman works for global change at Oxfam

By Saniya More staff writer

For Patricio Rivera, a freshman political science major at Syracuse University, community service is more than an activity — it’s a way of life.

The Miami native is interning for SU’s chapter of Oxfam, a global initiative dedicated to poverty alleviation and individual empowerment. The chapter was founded just over a year ago, and primarily hosts events to educate students on campus about different social issues, like hunger and inequality.

As part of his job as a chapter intern, Rivera helps other freshmen volunteer on campus, communicates with service groups and coordinates events with the chapter’s executive board.

Rivera decided to apply to Oxfam because of its dedication to long-term improvement rather than quick solutions.

“Out of all the organizations here, Oxfam is the only one that really offers relief that is constant,” Rivera said. “I’ve met a lot of people through Oxfam. It’s really cool how all these people are interested in coming together in helping out the community and working on global initiatives.”

One of Rivera’s favorite events he planned was the Ugly Food Challenge in early November. The chapter set up tables in the Graham and Sadler Dining Centers with overripe fruits, showing how many people throw

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PATRICIO RIVERA spends his time at SU’s Oxfam chapter planning events and helping other freshmen volunteer. His favorite demonstration was the Ugly Food Challenge. fiona lenz staff photographer

away food just because it looks ugly. To Rivera, the event was special because he and his team had the opportunity to educate students about food waste.

In addition to Oxfam, Rivera is also involved with the Salvation Army, where he interns for the head of public relations. He serves as a liaison between the two organizations.

One of Rivera’s first experiences with community service and vol-

unteering was in high school, when he founded his own nonprofit, the Break A Sweat Foundation.

“I used to be overweight when I was little. I had to do a lot of counseling so I decided to help out the community,” Rivera said.

Every week, the foundation would host events in a local park or gym. People would pay a $3 entrance fee to work out with a

personal trainer. All proceeds were then donated to a hospital that helps children with weight management and training.

Starting this foundation served as a springing board for Rivera to continue his passion for service into college.

“Just planning that and being the head of that really prepared me for all the service I do now,” Rivera said. ssmore@syr.edu

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Flying high A Syracuse University student is conducting research on drones and their vulnerability.

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On the record A recent audit from the American Bar Association finds issues in half of the law school records.

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Health scare Read about how Donald Trump’s potential changes to Obamacare could affect college students.

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Wheeler addresses faculty

By Haley Kim asst. copy editor

In silence SIERRA MESSINA-YAUCHZY, a senior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, participated in a silent protest on the Quad on Tuesday against president-elect Donald Trump. Since Trump’s surprising victory last week over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, there have been numerous protests both in Syracuse and across the United States. layla molayem contributing photographer

Conservative speaker criticizes Democrats

By Sandhya Iyer staff writer

Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative commentator, traced the historical roots of the Democratic Party and criticized how its image changed from its conception to the current day.

On Monday night during a lecture hosted by Syracuse University’s College Republicans, D’Souza discussed his views on politics, the presidential election and how he believes Donald Trump’s election will impact the United States.

D’Souza was born in Mumbai,

I come from a country where you can honestly say politics doesn’t really matter.

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India, and came to the U.S. as a high school student through a rotary exchange program, toward the end

of Jimmy Carter’s presidency. He attended Dartmouth College and said his interest in politics began when Reagan was president, something he referenced multiple times during the speech.

“I come from a country where you can honestly say politics doesn’t really matter,” D’Souza said.

He was intrigued that self-government actually existed in the U.S. and that people seemed to be able to take charge of their lives, he said.

D’Souza’s interest in politics continued throughout his life, and he created documentaries, such as the well-known “Obama’s

America” and “Hillary’s America,” in addition to writing books based on his political leanings.

As a staunch conservative, D’Souza said the Democratic party has been “the deadly enemy of the little guy” for years.

“A lot of the story we’re told about American politics is dead wrong,” he said.

D’Souza said even though slavery has been blamed on the country’s founders, Democrats supported slavery and became a party of lynching and segregation.

He went on to say that the Ku Klux

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Study: STIs prevalent among college students

By Catherine Leffert contributing writer

In 2015 the total combined cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in the United States reached the highest number on record, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Americans aged 15 to 24 — the general age of university students — make up the majority of these cases, accounting for half of gonorrhea diagnoses and almost two-thirds of chlamydia

diagnoses, according to the CDC website.

Syracuse University Health Services reported that for the 2015-16 academic year, 9.5 percent of people tested for chlamydia tested positive, 0.96 percent of people tested for gonorrhea tested positive and 0.34 percent of people tested for syphilis tested positive.

But Health Ser vices administrators said a majority of students prefer to get tested for sexually transmitted infections through county hospitals,

Planned Parenthood or their home doctors.

To promote safe sex awareness, Health Services has plans to launch a new program on Dec. 1 called “Safe Sex Express,” an inter-university barrier contraception delivery service.

The program is being funded through a grant.

Students will be able to order external and internal condoms, lubricants, dental dams, finger cots and gloves online from Health Services to be delivered directly to their dorm, free of charge.

“We’re hoping to get that out to more students to increase awareness in STI prevention and pregnancy prevention,” said LeeAnne Lane, a registered nurse and nurse manager of SU Health Services. “In each delivery there will be safer sex education as well.”

Benjamin Domingo, director of Health Services, said testing is the key component of STI epidemic prevention and sex safety. He said testing needs to happen more consistently,

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SUNY-ESF President Quentin Wheeler on Tuesday said he takes full responsibility for his actions and words in the sequence of events leading up to the vote of no confidence.

Wheeler spoke for about five minutes at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s open Academic Governance meeting Tuesday. His address came after the governing body — composed of faculty, staff and students — passed a vote of no confidence in him last week.

“I want to fully acknowledge that I heard the concerns expressed through the vote, through the campus climate survey and through our listening sessions,” Wheeler said.

The vote comes after months of what critics called his top-down leadership style and a climate of fear.

This is the first vote of no confidence at SUNY-ESF, although not the first vote in the SUNY system. Although the vote passed, it cannot remove Wheeler from his position, and is only a signal to university stakeholders.

Wheeler said he wished he could have handled some issues differently, such as not rushing the drafts of the strategic plan and clarifying his understanding of his counsel’s role.

For the future, Wheeler said there will be an elevated focus on relationships, communications, college priorities, shared governance and leadership.

“My sincere hope is that we make today a turning point,” he said. hykim100@syr.edu

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RE-ELECTED House Republicans unanimously approved Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as Speaker for a second term Tuesday.

The vote reflects the party’s attempt to unify as President-elect Donald Trump swears into the Oval Office in January. source: politico

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STABBING Five students in a Utah high school were stabbed by a 16-yearold classmate Tuesday. The conditions of the victims ranged from critical to fair. The suspect stabbed himself in the neck before he was tasered and was also taken into a hospital. source: the associated press

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Research reveals drones Bar association finds issues susceptible to frequencies with half of law schools

By Elizabeth Tarangelo staff writer

While Syracuse University student Eric Jiang was building a drone, he realized it was easily susceptible to interference from radio frequencies.

These are the same frequencies used from music stations to mobile communications.

SU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates was allocated about $8,000 to fund a lab where Jiang works with openended drone research. His work will contribute to the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, a large state-wide plan to build up the economy through the successes of local industry.

Central New York is playing a large role in the development of the unmanned aircraft systems business, hosting NASA’s 2016 Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management convention earlier this month. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International projects the drone industry would create 100,000 new jobs and have an economic impact of $82 billion by 2025.

Kevin Du, an electrical engineering and computer science professor who leads the lab and focuses on software and cybersecurity, said drones are used in a variety of ways, including for delivery and agriculture.

“It’s very useful technology,” Du said.

“The market is continuing to grow, but if we’re going to have what are essentially flying computers everywhere, security is definitely very important.”

Jiang had little experience with drones before this project, but was already an amateur radio operator. He was inspired to experiment with the effect of radio waves after seeing that a Korean company who discovered generation of particular sound frequencies were able to disrupt the stabilization sensors in drones. With radio waves, he witnessed another vulnerability when his drone was flying close to an antenna making FM transmissions and the drone crashed.

Du and Jiang speculated devices including computers and smartphones have a from page 1

salary salary data available. As far as how detailed it gets from there, I’m not prepared to say yet,” she said, adding that there is currently no deadline for the committee’s review of salary data to be completed.

More information about the committee and its plans will be made available after its first meeting, which will be held sometime this calendar year, Reed said.

Faculty across campus have often voiced displeasure with the university’s refusal to share faculty salary data since August 2014.

It was then that, for the first time in almost 50 years, SU opted not to provide the data used in compiling the Committee Z report.

Bruce Carter, chair of the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, said in an October interview that the report was a valuable tool because it allowed SU to look for problems such as gender pay inequities and from page 3

d’souza Klan became the official terrorist organization of the Democrats.

In the 1960s, the parties switched sides, and along with that, many views on certain issues, he said.

“The Democratic Party has never once admitted its own history,” D’Souza said.

He also spoke in length about the recent presidential election, calling the current moment an interesting one in American

shield that blocks such transmissions from interfering with their functionality. In drones, a major design criteria is that they remain lightweight.

Du said the drone contains a large amount of wires that function like antennae, picking up on energy being transmitted in the air over certain frequencies and harvesting the power unintentionally in the circuit, which confuses the drone by disrupting signals.

Thomas Anthony, director of the aviation safety and security program at University of Southern California, said the most recent iterations of hobbyist and semi-pro unmanned aerial vehicles like the DJI Phantom Drone have begun to include programming that safeguards against this exposure, where interrupted signals trigger the drone to simply land or return to a fixed place.

Anthony also highlighted a benefit of the vulnerability to radio frequencies. The frequencies, he said, are being used in blocking techniques to prevent drones being operated by someone with a malicious intent from entering restricted airspace.

He said he believes that the issue is dealing with the jamming of signals rather than shielding from them because that would present additional difficulties with the operator of the drone being unable to access the frequency they’re using to communicate with the drone remotely.

“I think that the key is for the operator to be knowledgeable about their surroundings; there are rules of the road for driving, and there are for the air as well,” Anthony said.

Currently, regulations regarding no-fly zones and operator licenses are controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration. Du said going forward, SU is exploring a partnership with a local company, and he wants to strengthen the drone certification process by adding an electro-magnetic interference requirement.

“We just think that people should be aware that their drones are vulnerable to this security flaw. A lot of this equipment is easily attainable off the shelf, and it’s not hard to perform these attacks,” Jiang said. “My hope is that the work we do here can makes drones a little bit safer.” etarange@syr.edu

By Jordan Muller staff writer

Preliminary results from an American Bar Association audit of randomly selected law schools found that five of 10 schools audited missed a compliance benchmark when reporting post-graduate employment statistics.

The ongoing audit is the ABA’s first attempt to hold law schools accountable for data they provide to the public, according to Law.com.

Law schools have been under fire for misleading prospective students in recent years, highlighting the lack of oversight by the ABA. Law school graduates who claimed they had been given misleading information filed fraud suits against various law schools in 2011. Since then, consumer watchdog groups and the United States Department of Education have put pressure on the ABA to scrutinize law schools’ employment statistics through random audits.

The ABA’s review, made public in August, revealed that only five of the 10 schools audited could meet the ABA standard that required 95 percent of post-graduate employment records to be supported by proper documentation. The audit analyzed law schools’ data for the class of 2015.

The ABA reviewed law schools’ reported employment data and required the schools to provide documentation in support of their statistics, according to a 2014 ABA memo.

If the ABA found evidence that more than 5 percent of employment data was incomplete, inaccurate or misleading, the school would be flagged and could later be subjected to an in-depth review by a third-party.

The audit results are still being analyzed, and the ABA has yet to release a final review of its findings. William Choyke, a senior strategist for the ABA, declined to comment on the audit.

Although half the schools audited missed the compliance benchmark, Kyle McEntee, executive director of Law School Transparency, said watchdogs and prospective law students should not be alarmed.

“Most of the misreported data is a result of clerical errors,” he said. He added that errors in the first year of an audit are nor-

mal because law schools do not know what information the ABA is looking for.

McEntee said schools that missed the compliance benchmark should only be subject to further scrutiny if there is evidence that the schools intentionally misreported facts.

Bill Adams, deputy managing director of the ABA, said in a memo that there were data issues with two of the 10 schools.

“The two schools that appear to have created their documentation after the fact raise more serious problems, but they may also be able to explain that what we perceive is not accurate,” Adams said in the memo.

In addition to the review of 10 randomly selected schools, the ABA reviewed law schools’ websites and randomly contacted individual graduates to see if their employment status matched what was reported by the school they graduated from.

The Syracuse University College of Law was selected for a random graduate review but was not audited by the ABA, said Kim Wolf Price, assistant dean and director of career services at the College of Law. She added that the school was never contacted after SU’s post-graduate employment data was sent to the ABA. Like the random school review, Adams said in the memo that most data issues in the random graduate review were a result of minor clerical errors.

The ABA has only penalized two law schools for misreporting data, according to Law.com.

In 2011, Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law and the University of Illinois’ College of Law were sanctioned and fined for misreporting students’ grades and LSAT scores.

The ABA did not review law schools in previous years because audits are expensive and time-consuming, McEntee said. The ABA used the fines from the University of Illinois’s violations to fund the recent law school audits.

McEntee said he thought the audits are a step in the right direction to curb fraud in law schools’ data reporting. The ABA now needs to look at ways to hold law schools accountable for the data they present on their websites, he added. jmulle01@syr.edu

pay inequities across ranks in different departments as well as across schools and colleges.

“And then we could create a plan to address those kind of problems,” he said.

The creation of the new committee could represent one of the first steps in acknowledging faculty concerns that have built over the past two years, particularly if the data that is eventually made public is similar to the Committee Z report data. “(The Faculty Salary Review Committee) will replace the Z report because faculty feel that there has been no transparency,” said Deborah Pellow, a professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a member of the committee.

SU stopped sharing the Committee Z report because of concerns stemming from an antitrust lawsuit regarding the sharing of law school faculty salaries, SU Chancellor Kent Syverud has said.

Though Syverud has not specified which

lawsuit in particular drove those concerns, it appears to be a reference to a 1995 complaint brought by the U.S. Justice Department against the American Bar Association. A settlement in the case prohibited the ABA from disseminating salary data for deans, administrators, faculty and staff at law schools.

Carter, though, said the area of concern in the lawsuit Syverud has referred to “isn’t at all” similar to how SU faculty salary data was shared in the Committee Z report.

Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president of public affairs, did not return emails requesting more information about SU’s concerns over the lawsuit Syverud has referenced.

It isn’t uncommon for employers to shy away from sharing salary information because of legal concerns, said Andrea Johnson, an expert in gender pay equity for the National Women’s Law Center.

But Johnson added that such concerns are generally unjustified, and that transparency in salary data is useful because it sheds

light on pay disparities.

“It’s really just about giving employees information so they can go to their employers and remedy these problems,” Johnson said.

Once the Faculty Salary Review Committee begins its work, members will be given a chance to provide their input on how much information the committee should disseminate to the campus community, Reed said.

Ravi Dharwadkar, a member of the committee and professor of management in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, said he isn’t sure what the value of making detailed salary information public would be.

He added that the committee’s main purpose will be to look at the salary data and, if there are problems, make decisions to fix them.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing what the data looks like, because we really don’t know,” Dharwadkar said. “Once we look at that, then we can come to some conclusions.”

political history. He pointed out that from the 1820s through much of the 20th century, the American political system has been dominated by a single party.

In addition to the presidency, Republicans next year will control the House of Representatives and the Senate.

D’Souza added that because the Senate confirms judicial appointments, and Trump has the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice, the Republican Party could potentially dominate all three branches of government.

D’Souza admitted that even leading into election night, there were an array of forces in favor of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. He said the “three big megaphones of America” — academia, Hollywood and the media — all worked to support her.

Yet Trump still won.

“Which of us thought we’d be saying that?

I certainly didn’t,” D’Souza said.

He also stressed the idea that he thinks Trump isn’t trying to remake conservatism, but is trying to reform the Republican party as a whole, something that D’Souza said he

feels needs to happen.

On the night of the election, rather than a feeling of elation, D’Souza said he simply felt relief.

He said the past eight years didn’t really offer much growth and felt as if Obama was standing outside of U.S. looking at the country like a “petulant child.” He added that, in his eyes, Hillary Clinton would’ve been even worse.

“I think (Trump will) bring some refreshing changes to America,” D’Souza said.

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Despite panic, Clinton’s message can’t be forgotten

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e cannot revert.

A week in “Donald Trump’s America” and the country’s unity is crumbling at our feet. Part of the nation is either mourning or revolting, but this is not the approach that should be taken.

This election should not break the nation’s pride in freedom — and that starts with echoing the legacy of Hillary Clinton.

Clinton is a well-qualified politician and the first woman presidential candidate that could have been the president for all. But in classic American fashion, she was unfairly tossed around in a cynical, selfish, patriarchal system.

And while there is not a driven woman crusader as presidentelect and many minorities do not currently have a leader they can trust, Clinton’s message of equality when the odds were stacked against her cannot be forgotten.

As a history professor specializing in U.S. women, sexuality and social movements at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Carol Faulkner agreed.

“Women’s lives have changed dramatically over the last 40 to 50 years, but we are still so far from including all women in American public life,” said Faulkner in an email. “The presidency is just one political position, but it is a powerful symbol.”

Given Clinton’s loss, now, more than ever, is the best time to get involved. Sadly, Clinton will likely not run again, but we cannot forget the progress she made. Not only did she represent women, but she was a woman even for those who did not support her. As for Americans using Trump’s victory as fuel for the future, Faulkner said she is hopeful.

There have been several calls to action since the election result was announced. Elle magazine published an article, “Don’t Cry. Organize,” which outlined Hillary’s dedication to feminism over the past 25 years. One line in the article sticks out: “A movement that has been focused on Hillary as the brightest hope for the feminist apotheosis of a first female president must now regroup and refocus.”

Likewise, activist groups have formed. 100 Women of Color came together to send a message to the world: Rebuilding the nation starts now. Teresa Younger, CEO of Ms. Foundation, and Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, vowed to organize the next 100 hours and first 100 days to rally for women of color to engage in leadership and end racial violence.

Margaret Thompson, a Syracuse University associate professor of history and political science specializing in women’s history, does not relieve Clinton of some mistakes she made throughout

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FEARLESS, FIERCE AND FEMINIST her campaign. Still, she recognizes that Clinton has been viewed through a gendered lens and that this is another obstacle facing young women looking to get involved in politics.

“She was judged on a different set of standards and that’s an issue women face generally and she faced it on this (political) context and I find that troubling,” Thompson said.

“It’s frustrating, obviously, as a professional woman who teaches young women who wants to tell my students and encourage them to pursue their dreams. I think this is very frustrating to see that these double standards do exist.”

Like Faulkner, Thompson underscored the importance of getting involved.

“I think it is important that young women realize that while a lot of things have gotten better since I was your age, a lot of things are still problem and there is a lot of things for your generation to do now and in the future,” Thompson said.

She was judged on a different set of standards... and I find that troubling.

Margaret Thompson professor, maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs

As seen in the message of Faulkner, Thompson and Clinton herself, this is not a time to panic and lose our feminist heads. We need to spread a message of morality. Love will always trump hate, as long as there are people fighting for all of our rights.

People need to unite and show Trump the great nation he has to represent, not drastically alter.

For as long as there is a demand for human equality, then Hillary’s campaign will live beyond her run for the presidency. It lives on in daily routines and ways of life.

In this way, while Hillary may have “lost,” her message wins.

Unity is crucial. Clinton isn’t going anywhere. The people who support her and mourn her loss aren’t going anywhere. We are here and we will continue to stand up for what we believe in. We cannot let this election extinguish the fire that sparked Clinton’s revolution in the first place.

Myelle Lansat is a junior magazine journalism major and policy studies minor. She can be reached at malansat@syr.edu.

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Salary committee a start to transparency Syracuse University ceased to release its annual Committee Z report two years ago, a report that served as a public breakdown of SU faculty salaries by college, gender and rank. As of last Thursday, this resource seems to officially be making a much-needed comeback.

Initial reports in October that University Senate had no timeline for addressing the data gap since Committee Z reports stopped.

But now, SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly has announced the creation of a Faculty Salary Review Committee as well as 18 committee members.

what was committee z?

Up until 2014, the SU committee released an annual report publicly outlining faculty salaries across college, rank and gender. This data was provided in compliance with the American Association of University Professors.

As The Daily Orange Editorial Board has expressed before, the information that was presented in

the original Committee Z reports provided a valuable public tool for the university community.

Moving forward to replace the committee-report dynamic and increase transparency in regard to SU’s faculty payments can only improve the campus community.

Being upfront about faculty pay keeps the community in the loop and provides data to evaluate whether SU is competitive with its peer institutions.

The report will also support internal accountability: Bruce Carter, a chair of University Senate’s fiscal affairs committee, said the report could shed light on pay inequality across colleges and genders. If the information is made public, looking at the intersection of SU college and gender would be helpful in determine if there is a gender wage gap at SU. Again, the university is unsure as to how much it will reveal about faculty salary data and is working out the details. Still, it’s forwardlooking that SU has moved to bring back the data Committee Z provided and should push for the fullest disclosure of faculty salary

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New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has earmarked $28.3 million for a grant that aims to decrease the number of motor vehicle crashes within the state of New York. Cuomo said the grant will be allocated to enhancing highway safety programs. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor

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ew York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $28.3 million grant to reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes in the state.

The funding, announced at the beginning of this month, was in the form of federal highway safety grants that have been awarded to 550 programs throughout the state of New York to improve overall highway safety, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office.

Cuomo said the funding will strengthen New York highway safety programs by providing resources for training, education and enforcement initiatives for the communities, according to the release.

“By helping New Yorkers mitigate dangerous and reckless behavior behind the wheel, these programs will help improve highway safety, prevent avoidable tragedies and save lives,” Cuomo said.

The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee would be distributing the funding in the form of grants to state, local and nonprofit agencies to support different types of initiatives, according to release.

These actions included initiatives by law enforcement agencies to target dangerous driver behaviors that included participation in the nationwide Click It or Ticket seat belt mobilization initiative. Funding was also given to child passenger safety education,

car seat checks, the distribution of seats and setting up of child seat fitting stations.

Highway safety grants were also given to state, local and nonprofit programs that covered additional traffic safety efforts. These efforts included education initiatives, drunk and drugged driving enforcement, traffic records improvements, trainings, crash reconstruction and railroad crossing safety.

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Gene Cilento, assistant to regional director and public information officer of the New York State Department of Transportation, said in an email the number of crashes that resulted in driver fatalities were few and far between.

“Recently there was a crash on Route 481 north of Syracuse that resulted in 3 fatalities; this crash was caused by a driver going the wrong way and crashing head-on into a vehicle traveling in the correct direction,” Cilento said.

He also said roadway design was not a contributing factor in the crash, which, at the moment, appeared that the wrong way driver had intentionally crossed

the median and drove around several vehicles.

Another fatality, which occurred over this past summer, was due to a driver pulling into traffic without seeing a rapidly approaching car, he added.

The city of Syracuse, like other cities, has its share of vehicular crashes, with most of them not directly attributable to the design of a section of highway, Cilento said. Without data from other cities, it’s impossible to say whether Syracuse had more or less motor vehicle crashes than neighboring cities, he added.

“The most common contributing factor to motor vehicle crashes is driver error, or driver inattention,” Cilento said. “In our snow-prone area, weather can also come into play.”

He added the existing design of Interstate 81 in and around the Interstate 690 interchange was a contributing factor resulting in a higher-than-statewide average accident rate. Narrow shoulders, tight curves and short merging sections all increased the potential for crashes.

The State Department of Transportation has been working on a plan of how to rebuild I-81. The four options it came up with were replacing the highway with a new elevated viaduct, knocking down the elevated span and rerouting through traffic around Syracuse on Interstate 481, digging a tunnel to replace the viaduct or just continuing to do routine maintenance on the existing highway, according to the DOT 2015 Scoping Report. dsahintu@syr.edu

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and added that the best direct way to prevent the spread of STIs are barrier contraceptives, which are contraception methods that are used only during sexual intercourse, such as a diaphragm, cervical cap, male condom or female condom.

He added that regular testing is best way to prevent the spread of STIs on a community level. Some STIs are absent of symptoms and can be very serious if left in the body for a long time.

There is often a stigma surrounding STI testing, which discourages people who may be asymptomatic from getting tested, Domingo said. Factors such as being in a monogamous relationship or being primarily concerned with birth control are other aspects that discourage young people from getting tested, he added.

“I think young people are obsessed with birth control in all forms and protecting themselves from pregnancy, when really they should be thinking about protecting themselves from contracting health risks,” he said.

Lane said Health Services encourages safe sex, as opposed to abstinence.

Condoms, lubricants and dental dams are always available for free pickup inside the Health Services building, located at 111 Waverly Ave. “We are promoting safer sex. We are not going to even try to promote abstinence because it’s very unrealistic,” Lane said.

“However, there are students who do follow that rule. So we are encouraging communication so that students talk openly about it and move forward when they’re ready.”

Dr. Stanley Friedell, an OB-GYN and an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University, said STIs have always been prevalent among the

younger generation because younger people have more casual, unprotected sex.

Friedell said when you have intercourse with somebody you’re having intercourse with every person that person has been with.

To explain the recent increase in STIs, the CDC has cited two main factors, especially in the younger population, Domingo said. The first is that the funding for STI testing has been cut in half since 2008, he said.

“Another, which is no surprise, is the ‘Tinder effect,’” Domingo said. “It’s the hookup sites like Tinder, hooking up with somebody is as convenient as ordering a pizza.”

Health service professionals said SU students can stay safe from STIs by using barrier contraception and being regularly tested, even if they are asymptomatic, or not showing symptoms.

“Just get tested. It’s overkill, it’s redundant, it’s not original, but it’s really the message,” Domingo said. “Do yourself a favor and get tested.” ccleffer@syr.edu

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Musician’s legacy The late Leonard Cohen has left behind a music legacy, music columnist Emera Riley writes.

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Global perspective About 10 percent of Syracuse University’s student body is composed of international students, according to the Slutzker Center for International Services. International students experience SU through the lenses of their individual backgrounds. In light of International Education Week from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18, here are some of their stories.

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fter his high school basketball practices in Kiev, Ukraine, Sami Al-Abed followed the same routine. He’d duck inside his car, drive home and return to his room for a night of studying and eating. When he left Kiev, his love of basketball was the only routine he carried to SU — but he also brought a desire for new experiences.

Although he had studied in an American school system in Kiev, the undeclared freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences was still hit with culture shock when he arrived at Shaw Hall. He couldn’t comprehend why people added “How’re you doing?” right after asking “What’s up?” It was strange to even interact with people after classes instead of going straight home.

“The community lifestyle is very different; here I have to actually talk to people,” Al-Abed said. But the community-based lifestyle that was once unsettling would soon grow on him, especially when he joined a club basketball team at the gym.

Al-Abed is the son of a Palestinian father and a Ukrainian mother, and the experiences of his Palestinian ancestors play a big part in his drive and devotion to an education in the United States. For U.S. residents, going to college is almost a natural step, he said. But things don’t work the same way in Ukraine.

“Back home not everybody goes to college. It’s a really huge opportunity

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for me to go to college in the United States,” Al-Abed said. “My parents really worked hard to be able to afford this experience for me, so I am putting in 100 percent to give back to my family.”

Al-Abed has built his Syracuse family in his basketball team, SU’s Slavic and Ukrainian clubs, and his girlfriend from back home in Ukraine — a sophomore in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

He has found a home in Syracuse, a college he took a risk in applying to. He had applied to several colleges in England, but Syracuse was the only one in America he applied to.

Said Al-Abed: “I made the decision to come here, and I don’t think I’ll regret it because this is a really great experience to be in.”

••• hen Saif Ali Mirza first came here from Islamabad, Pakistan in the fall of 2015, it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

“At the start, it was really hard adjusting to everything,” Mirza said. “I had a single (room), so I didn’t have that roommate I could become friends with.”

Mirza didn’t quite connect with his floormates, although he said he is an outgoing person. It seemed to him like all his floormates did was stay in their rooms.

“I miss all the late-night get-togethers I used to have with friends back home,” Mirza said.

All his friends and family were two oceans away, and Mirza now found it difficult to connect with people who had different interests from his.

“I’d just stay in my room,” Mirza said. “And it would be 5 or 6 p.m. in the

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The Easy formed when Anthony brothers Connor and Brandon teamed up with their long-time best friend Eric O’Mara and Shay O’Ryan, a singer they met at a Funk ‘n Waffles open mic night. With band manager Jake Bartalo, an SU student, The Easy started playing outside bars on Marshall Street. kali bowden staff photographer

Childhood friends start band, play shows at popular student party venues

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rothers Connor and Brandon Anthony had been best friends with Eric O’Mara long before they decided to make music together — they were in the same third grade class in Cicero.

Brandon started playing guitar because a friend got him into it, while O’Mara began playing percussion in fourth grade but hated the structure of band class. By middle school, he decided to continue learning percussion at his own speed. A few years later, O’Mara and a friend wanted to learn to play Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” With a piano as the main element of the song, O’Mara convinced Connor to learn to play.

“He was so against it,” O’Mara laughed.

“I was so against it,” Connor agreed.

He added that he used to sit cross-legged at his tiny piano at home, staring at his computer in an attempt to try and figure out how to play, practicing for hours. Eventually, he got the hang of it.

But none of them know how to read music.

To this day, Connor, Brandon and O’Mara are all self-taught and play from memory.

When Connor and O’Mara went to The State University of New York at Oswego for their freshman year, they began taking their music more seriously. This would lead to them attending open mic nights with Brandon at Funk ‘n Waffles on the Hill, where they would eventually meet their vocalist, Shay O’Ryan.

“Shay was up on stage doing his thing, and immediately we were all like, ‘Yo, he’s good,’” Brandon said.

O’Ryan began writing poems when he was 11, knowing he would one day turn them into

actual songs. He only began singing last year, but always knew that he had a knack for it. While his main focus used to be hip-hop and rap, he decided to focus on singing when someone suggested he would be good if he worked towards it.

O’Ryan was open to the idea of performing with the group, and the band became The Easy.

The Easy then began performing in the alley between popular Syracuse University bars Hungry Chuck’s and DJ’s on the Hill every Thursday night. These performances began to generate attention and got the group a decent following. One of those early fans was SU senior Jake Bartalo, also an employee at the Westcott Theater. He now manages the band.

“Jake was standing outside rocking with us for like 20 minutes and he came up and was like, ‘You guys want to play at the Westcott?’ And we were like ‘Sure!’” Connor said.

Since playing in the alleyway, The Easy has now upgraded to concerts at other venue: a house party last Friday on Euclid Avenue, Funk ‘n Waffles downtown Wednesday, and warming up for headliner The Hip Abduction at the Westcott Theater last Thursday.

On Thursday, the group performed a mix of both original songs and covers including Mac Miller’s “Knock Knock” and Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.” Besides their original “Deja Vu,” which can be found on SoundCloud, the band is known to just get onstage and jam.

Fans have compared Shay O’Ryan’s vocals to those of Chance the Rapper, but he said he’s tired of hearing the comparison. kali bowden staff photographer

The Easy’s members like to consider themselves artists who produce “jazz-hop,” which they define as a mix between jazz music and hip-hop, although they also have a flare of R&B. O’Ryan’s voice has been compared to Chance the Rapper’s, although he’s fed up with hearing it.

Bowing his head down in amused frustration, O’Ryan said, “No comment. New people will come up to me and I’m like waiting for it, waiting for it, waiting for it, ‘You sound like Chance.’ F**k.”

Although The Easy’s biggest goals for the year are to headline a Westcott show, book bigger venues and grow their fan base, the group is also working on generating an EP. “For a while people were like, ‘Where can we hear you?’ and it was frustrating because they couldn’t. So we’re just trying to get everything that we have, just out, however that may be,” said Connor.

The band gets together often, just to jam and come up with different ideas, but they admit it’s more serious than it is fun. The group has about 15 ideas for songs, but their biggest downfall is not having a place to record professionally.

“We try to make a lot of personal strides towards that,” Brandon said, including that although they record in their house, they still use decent equipment.

But above all, The Easy is about chemistry. During their jam sessions, they just sit down and play. Because they have all learned to work well together, their music ends up sounding cohesive as well.

“Shay fit right in with that,” said Connor.

“With all the people I knew growing up here, it’s like he grew up with us too.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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s a child, I spent a lot of time lying on the carpet in front of my parents’ wall of records, just listening. They had everything: Neil Young, The Beatles and, of course, Leonard Cohen. Cohen kind of freaked me out — the deep voice coupled with the dark album were both traumatizing and tantalizing. He’s unlike any singer I’ve experienced since.

When a musician dies, there is an emotional response. It’s like losing a friend you grew up with. Listening to their albums might bring back a particular moment in time, or just how you felt when you first heard it. The loss isn’t just of the person, but the result of their creations. Think about it: Leonard Cohen will never write another song.

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students evening here, so I couldn’t talk to anyone back home because they were all asleep.”

But Mirza soon came out of his shell over time, as he spent time with people he met in his classes, clubs and people from the same background.

“I started fitting in and feeling like I belong here,” Mirza said, who now draws no distinctions between his American friends and Pakistani friends. He hopes to rush a fraternity next semester, an experience not available in Pakistan.

“That bond that you develop with the brothers is definitely a different experience,” Mirza said. “It’s not something you have back home.”

Despite a rocky start, Mirza would gladly do it all over again.

“It’s a big change. But you soon get used to it and start liking it,” he said. “I wouldn’t change any of it.”

••• hen Yulia Safiulina touched down in the U.S. to pursue her education, participation grades, a lack of public transportation and American football were all alien concepts. But Syracuse wasn’t Safiulina’s first U.S. experience. At the age of 14, she left her home and family in Moscow to do two years of high school in San Diego.

“I was the only international student in the whole school,” said Safiulina. “It wasn’t diverse at all, so people there were very excited when I first came there.”

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after their death. But the truly great ones leave behind a body of work that will continue to be relevant, and continue to be played.

I will always listen to “Hallelujah” and think of Cohen. So many artists have covered it successfully: Jeff Buckley, who reigns as the king of covers, along with Keaton Henson, John Cale, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and even Kate McKinnon on “Saturday Night Live.” Some would cover it unsuccessfully — a cappella group Pentatonix and artist Kate Voegele never learned the dangers of over-singing when covering this classic. Though Cohen probher home and school — she had to walk an hour and a half each way. And she did not have a car like many of her schoolmates.

After spending too many days waking up at 4 a.m. to make it to a 6 a.m. class., her parents bought her a car. That same Nissan sedan took her from San Diego to SU, where she is now a junior studying political science and psychology.

Even after two years in an American high school and university, Safiulina finds the U.S. system a strange one to navigate.

“In Russia ... you go to same building, with the same teachers the whole 11 years.

They were my people,” said Safiulina. “Here you pick classes and you have different people in different classes.”

For Safiulina, going from seeing the same faces at the same school to seeing new ones every day was a big change. The way Americans spoke and behave — more excited and emotional than Safiulina was used to — fascinated her.

“In Russia, if you have nothing to say, you just don’t say it,” she said. “Here, people say it even if they don’t have anything to say. In Russia, there’s no small talk.”

Although she misses her family, her city, and her cat Hector, Safiulina appreciates the opportunities SU has given her.

“I like college here more because not only do I get to see the American system, I also get to see international students because it’s a diverse place,” Safiulina said. “I wanted to get a different perspective and world views.”

••• ukhmeet Singh, a graduate student from Mumbai, India, fell in love with Syracuse’s promised snowfall even before he came to New York. But the snow was only one of many perks drawing Singh to SU. “I’ve always wanted to live in New York,”

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ably got tired of everyone using his legacy to kill off characters in TV shows, I’ll still listen to it and cry.

Cohen was also a poet who wrote about life and faith and love. It was his dissatisfaction with his literary career that led him to move to the United States and become a singer; but he still published novels and books of poetry throughout his career as a musician. I like that he did both.

He never did stop grappling with death and his last album, “You Want it Darker.”

Much like Johnny Cash’s final album, it was a struggle with death. Cohen wrote a letter to friend and muse Marianne Ihlen two days before her death, stating, “Well Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that

I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.”

The album is almost like a eulogy, a fantastic farewell with Cohen’s deep voice narrating the whole thing.

This year, he retracted his previous statements about death, stating instead that he wanted to live until he was 120. I wish he had. I feel the same for Prince, for Cash, for every musician I listened to growing up, in my heart they live on forever — in my parent’s records, in every cheesy character scene to the soundtrack of “Hallelujah,” and through his poetry. Cohen may be gone, but his music is still here. It’s sad, but sort of beautiful, I believe.

Singh said. “People are very friendly and well-treated over here.”

Apart from the amiability of New York residents, Singh valued the benefits of an education at the School of Information Studies, which he said was the best in the U.S. But Singh almost never finds time to enjoy New York beauty to the fullest. He juggles multiple responsibilities as an intern at the Blackstone Launchpad in Bird Library and a student supervisor for the Department of Public Safety. Coupled with his jobs are his studies as an information management major for a certificate of advanced studies in data science.

Packed as his schedule is, Singh appreciated the independence and freedom Syracuse has awarded him with being able to make his own decisions, big and small.

Singh does suffer from the occasional bout of homesickness; he hasn’t been home for a year and a half. But he said to gain something, one has to lose something.

“I’m from a metropolitan city, so you see people of hundred different religions, castes, languages, coming together,” Singh said. “Sometimes I miss that, but this has been good for me.”

and everything together,” Vesterman said.

“I started to look for disabilities programs and I ended up here.”

Vesterman is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in education, teaching and leadership, along with disabilities studies.

SU’s Slutzker Center for International Services played a big part in alleviating Vesterman’s fears and giving her confidence a boost.

“I didn’t have to go to the international orientation and that was the time I realized that Syracuse University was the right place to choose because whatever difficulties I might meet, there will be a solution,” she said.

Leaving behind her other son, her support systems and family in Israel, Vesterman was unsure of how accommodating the campus would be. But Syracuse didn’t disappoint.

“I like the Syracuse history connected with disabilities,” Vesterman said. “This is one of the first places in the world accommodating people with disabilities and that’s why I’m here.”

Winters with her wheelchair challenged Vesterman, but she was mollified by the warmth of its residents.

“What struck me the most is when you open to door and people you don’t know just smile at you and say hi. I find that wonderful,” Vesterman said. Initially bewildered by strangers greeting her, Vesterman soon loved the general niceties around her.

“Having a disability here is easier than having a disability in other places,” Vesterman said. “More curb paths, more knobs on the door — but also more acceptance.”

Her loyalty to Syracuse has grown through her ties to the Slutzker Center and her experience meeting people of diverse cultures.

“I’ll be proud to be an SU alumna eventually,” Vesterman said.

••• or Ph.D. student Clara Vesterman, her move from Israel in 2013 was accompanied by more than just a student visa and Frequent Flyer miles — she came with her 17-year old son and a hip disability.

The former Israeli foreign services diplomat was diagnosed with chronic hip dysplasia at the age of 35. But that didn’t stop the mother of two — her other son still lives in Israel — from wanting to continue her studies, and she began researching universities.

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Pieles battles way back into Syracuse’s starting lineup

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

In his first weekend of college soccer, Johannes Pieles tallied an assist, a multiscore game and a game-winner in double overtime. Then he notched another gamewinner against Hofstra and helped break a scoreless first half with a nifty pass against No. 15 Boston College.

Pieles had accounted for half of Syracuse’s goals three games into the year.

“When he came over people were thinking like, who’s this guy?” senior midfielder Oyvind Alseth said.

That soon changed for Pieles, who hails from a small town outside of Munich, Germany. The 6-foot-1, 173-pound freshman forward had been one of Syracuse’s most dangerous threats. But for the second half of

the year — until SU’s Atlantic Coast Conference tournament game at Clemson — he had been scrapped from the starting lineup.

Back at starting forward, Pieles could bolster Syracuse’s (11-3-4, 3-2-3 Atlantic Coast) offense like he did early in the season, when he earned the starting job over redshirt junior Kenny Lassiter. The Orange begins the NCAA tournament Sunday at 2 p.m. at SU Soccer Stadium against either Dartmouth or St. Francis Brooklyn.

Pieles’ unpredictability and fearlessness made him invaluable for Syracuse early on. His impact had been at the center of an SU unit off to its best start in program history. He started in all but one of the Orange’s first 12 games.

He would often call for the ball in or around the 18-yard box. He’d receive it and either glide it to open teammates or look for an open space to dribble. But Pieles’ style of play also made him more likely to make

mistakes, part of why he lost his starting spot after SU’s loss at Louisville last month.

Playing up front, Pieles has conceded some balls and missed defensive assignments and missed wide on shots. Pieles hasn’t scored on his last 22 tries and hasn’t recorded a point since Sept. 16. SU defender Mo Adams, pointed to the ACC’s defenses as to why Pieles’ production slowed.

“The first few games he didn’t know what to expect,” Adams said.

Pieles earned a start at Clemson, though, after he and Kyle Gurrieri, who’s played in each of SU’s last three games, stayed in the gym for extra sessions. McIntyre rewarded Gurrieri with the opportunity to travel with the team and Pieles with the start. At Clemson, Pieles just missed a shot on goal that could have won the game.

The play mirrored the maturity and skill

Pieles showed from the first week, when he anticipated a fast-break opportunity after Liam Callahan found a ball near midfield.

Pieles broke toward the 18-yard box while Callahan passed it to Kenny Lassiter. Lassiter hit Pieles in stride, leading to a two-man game.

Pieles split the middle before rifling a scorcher back to Lassiter in the box. It was an advanced play for the freshman, who had sensed the break several passes earlier.

Despite his hiccups, Pieles’ nine points places third on the team and his 35 shots are second only to senior forward Chris Nanco’s 51.

“Well, anytime somebody scores a couple of goals and gets the game winner in overtime, that’s not a bad way to start your opening weekend at Syracuse,” head coach Ian McIntyre said. “And he’s still finding his feet. He’ll get sharper. He’ll get better.” mguti100@syr.edu | @matthewgut21

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Brooke Avery fights through growing pains after transfer

By Nick Alvarez staff writer

Five minutes into the first period of Syracuse’s second win of the season, Brooke Avery called for the puck as she skated along the blue line.

As she focused on the incoming pass, Avery failed to notice the lurking defender.

The two collided and SU’s opponent, Lindenwood, corralled the loose puck and took it into its offensive zone. Avery laid on the ice, and after a minute passed, she rose and skated to the bench hunched over.

The SU forward found herself at the wrong place. But in her next line shift, Avery was back on the ice showing no signs of the collision she endured.

“She’s a little up and down. A little rollercoaster at times emotionally,” SU head coach

Paul Flanagan said. “But I can see it starting to level off.”

Avery, like former Orange goalie Jenn Gilligan, transferred to Syracuse from New Hampshire entering her junior year. In her first season at SU, Avery has become a part of a Syracuse (3-6-3, 3-2-1 College Hockey America) team that has struggled to find wins early in the season. After lacking playing time, Avery believes that regardless of the growing pains, she is at the right school.

A few years ago, the redshirt junior was recruited by UNH and SU. Opting to stay close to home, Avery chose UNH, approximately 45 miles from her hometown. Over her 36 games in 2014-15 as Wildcat, Avery tallied one goal and one assist. In her first 11 games for the Orange, Avery already has two goals. She’s one of only six players to have multiple goals this season.

Avery redshirted her sophomore season at UNH. Looking for a combination of competitive hockey and challenging academics, Avery joined the Orange with the intent to transfer into the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications next semester.

“It has been a difficult transition for me, but sometimes it is easier to just play hockey,” Avery said.

Avery uses her large frame and rugged mentality to make an impact anyway she can. In the first six games of the season, the Orange averaged 23 shots a game.

Struggling on offense, the team began to shoot more pucks in order to pressure the goaltender and allow forwards to crash the net and knock in rebound shots. The change in strategy has allowed Avery to thrive. In its last six games, the Orange has averaged 30

shots per game and Avery has scored twice.

“You can see she has her moments where she lets loose and plays,” Flanagan said.

At UNH, Avery was used to playing a slower style of hockey since UNH’s Whittemore Center Arena is 15 feet wider than SU’s Tennity Ice Pavilion, Flanagan said.

“It’s a lake at Whittemore,” Flanagan said.

Avery has benefitted from the smaller dimensions as she can utilize her 5-foot-10 body to impose herself on defenses.

A smaller rink forces players to react faster.

For Avery, the tighter confines of Tennity allow her to just play and not worry about the challenge that accompanies transferring programs.

“She’s starting to grasp it,” Flanagan said.

“Given some time, she can have a big impact on her team.” nialvare@syr.edu

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Romine leads Air Force after semester away from Academy

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

On a play-action pass at the 1-yard line, Nate Romine rolled out to survey his options.

When he didn’t see any open receivers, he tucked the ball and dove toward the end zone. Two defenders sandwiched Romine and another sideswiped the quarterback.

Before a doctor told him he had torn his ACL and MCL, Romine walked into the trainer’s room thinking he’d be fine. Later, he learned he’d be out the remainder of the season.

“The perfect storm unfortunately happened,” Romine said. “I felt a painful sensation in my legs for 30 seconds. When I got the news I was like, ‘Oh crap.’ To have the doctor tell you ‘Hey, your season’s done,’ it’s a whole different mindset you got to get in.”

A little over a year later, the pain has eased. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound quarterback has Air Force (7-3, 3-3 Mountain West) rolling to another year of bowl eligibility.

The knee injury derailed his junior season, forcing him to leave the academy for a semester via a medical turnback, but the Falcons’ signal caller now is responsible for 13 touchdowns and only four interceptions in his senior campaign.

“He’s gone through a treacherous, extensive rehab,” Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun said. “He’s a fighter. He’s what you want.”

Romine came into the 2015 season thinking he’d pilot the offense. He started the first two games, running for more than 100 yards in the season opener. But the Week 2 injury set him back.

He gave himself only that night to sulk

over it. For six weeks, he was locked in a brace and on crutches. He’d perform quad exercises, leg raises and air squats for hours each day. Around the time of the surgery, Romine had to take midterm exams and write a few papers. He could sleep only an hour or two per night, and four hours became a good night’s rest.

“It was like ‘Groundhog Day’,” he said, referencing the Bill Murray movie.

As a result, Romine’s grades slipped.

His military ranking, which determines the order of merit for jobs upon graduation, also fell. He decided to take a semester off via a medical turnback, similar to a redshirt season except the player must withdraw from the Academy for a semester.

If Air Force’s superintendent approves, the player is granted a ninth semester and fifth year of athletic eligibility.

Romine lived with a sponsor family off campus in Colorado Springs, paying rent and buying his own groceries. His contact with Air Force coaches was limited, and he could not participate in team activities. His minimal contact with the academy revolved mostly around rehabilitation with school trainers.

He showed up to therapy sessions at 9 a.m. and didn’t leave until 5 p.m. Following his surgeries Sept. 18-19, 2015, he worked on anti-gravity machines, non-impact walking and light lifts. He stayed with his host family until mid-December, watching Falcons games in the stands with his parents because he wasn’t allowed on the sidelines.

Weeks later, Romine got back in the weight room. He graduated to agility drills

NATE ROMINE tore his MCL and ACL during Air Force’s second game in 2015, but has accounted for 13 touchdowns this year. courtesy of air force academy athletics

and jumping the next spring. Last May, he got his full strength back.

“As soon as he could get up on one leg, he was in the weight room,” said senior offensive lineman Dylan Vail, who’s known Romine for four years.

Romine’s emergence as a force at quarterback has been a reflection of several factors.

Next to the help of Romine’s parents and trainers, nobody may have been as important in his recovery than Kale Pearson. A former Air Force quarterback, Pearson sustained a similar injury to Romine’s in the 2013 season opener. He rebounded to get the starting job for his senior year in 2014.

Pearson handed Romine the book by Drew Brees, “Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity,” which the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl MVP quarterback penned about his recovery from an injury. Romine also read Tony Dungy’s autobiography, “Quiet Strength,” and “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” The books helped carry Romine through months of rehab.

“There were times I thought I wouldn’t be able to play again,” he said. “Now, I don’t really think about it. I just go out there and play ball.” mguti100@syr.edu | @matthewgut21

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lydon the basket to equal his production from a game ago, and more importantly, map out a plan to feast inside the rest of the game.

He handled a missed alley-oop attempt from Gillon, maintaining the wherewithal to come down with the ball and score on the way back up. He drew a pair of fouls around the hoop, converting on 3-of-4 freethrow attempts. He did almost everything he hadn’t been, and missed only one of his five shots in the first 20 minutes.

“He’s going to learn throughout the course of the year,” White said, “when you’re the red X on everybody’s scouting report, you have to be able to find ways to get yourself going. Get cheap buckets and provide what your team needs.”

Exiting the tunnel after the halftime, the lone remaining objective for Lydon remained beyond the 3-point arc. He tried only once in the first half, and it was his only shot gone awry. Lydon said last week that his success from deep needed to happen “naturally.” That didn’t mean he couldn’t help himself beforehand, which he did before Syracuse’s Monday practice. from page 16

white middle of the first half.

“He’s gaining our respect as a shooter,” sophomore guard Frank Howard said.

“That’s what he is, he’s a shooter.”

Once the competition gets stiffer, White knows he’ll be even more important. Boeheim said after the game that expectations have to be tempered before SU reaches that point in the schedule. But for now, the Syracuse coaches encourage White to be the offensive weapon he was against Holy Cross. The more he creates for himself, the more it will open up the offense.

Under the watch of assistant coach Adrian Autry, Lydon jogged back and forth between both corners behind the arc.

Three team managers shagged rebounds as Lydon consecutively shot a pyramid seven from each corner, meaning he shot and consecutively made seven, six, five, four, three, two and finally one 3 from both spots on the floor.

With a solid offensive game already padding is stat line, Lydon’s 3-point work came to quickly fruition in the second half. On a dish from Frank Howard, Lydon heaved a 3 just feet from the far corner he spent most of the time before Monday’s practice in. The shot fell, and Syracuse’s bench rose in celebration.

“I’m pretty hard on myself,” Lydon said, “but I try to let it go. I knew my offense was going to come. “… You always think about what happened in the past and you try and move on from it.”

If nothing else, that’s what Tuesday’s blowout illustrated: Lydon moved on. Fittingly it was on the day he joined college basketball’s elites on the Wooden Award watch list, and he looked like he belonged.

Not only on the list, but as the focal point of Syracuse’s offense. cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

“Good teams will take that guy away,” Boeheim said referring to White, “so you got to have other people. But he’s a good player, a very good shooter, a very good shooter.”

From the moment White joined Syracuse, he knew he’d have a big role on the team. His coaches told him that from the get-go.

He subbed out with 13 minutes to play. By then, there was nothing left to prove.

After the game, White was asked if he views himself as the X-factor of the Orange.

“I think it’s a little early now to be saying that,” White said, “but I’m just trying to come in and do my job.” pmschwed@syr.edu | @pschweds

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BACK IN FORM Tyler Lydon scores 17 points, grabs 6 rebounds in 90-46 win

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

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fter seeing Tyler Lydon score only two points in Syracuse’s season opener, Jim Boeheim was quick to identify the root of the sophomore’s struggles. Lydon had yet to make a shot in three games behind the arc (including two exhibitions), so the head coach’s remedy was simple: Get closer.

“He’s more effective when he’s around the basket,” Boeheim said of Lydon after SU’s win over Colgate last week. “He’s not really getting a lot of looks out there, they’re guarding him.” “… He’s got to get on the offensive boards a little bit better and when he gets it down there, he’s got to finish.”

By the end of No. 18 Syracuse’s (2-0) 90-46 dismantling of Holy Cross (0-2), Lydon fulfilled every one Boeheim’s words, sinking 6-of-7 shots and totaling 17 points. The first 10 came in direct vicinity of the basket, punctuating a performance rivaled only by Andrew White’s 19 points.

Against Colgate, Lydon’s shooting slump reared just feet in front of the Raiders’ bench, as the sophomore whiffed on a pair of 3s. Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome, Lydon found himself repeatedly in the same spot. But this time, he cut. He drove. He moved.

Anything to distance himself from a dismal shooting night, and it worked.

“I was trying to get after it on the boards and just play my game,” Lydon said.

That meant almost completely abandoning the 3-point shot early, and cheating toward the basket at times against mismatched defenders. It didn’t take long to realize he could easily pierce his way through the Crusaders’ protection, and his first points of the night came on a third-chance play.

John Gillon heaved an errant 3-pointer that Tyler Roberson scooped up, and he subsequently missed a short jumper. But there was Lydon, rooted under the basket, standing taller than every defender Holy Cross dispatched to the floor. Lydon elevated and dropped in see lydon page 15

TYLER LYDON went 6-for-7 from the field, scoring 17 points in SU’s victory on Tuesday night. He had only two points last game. liam sheehan staff photographer

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White’s 5 3s fuel Syracuse in win Lydon makes Wooden Award watch list

By Paul Schwedelson sports editor

Holy Cross knocked down the first basket of the game. But on Syracuse’s first possession, Andrew White answered with a 3 of his own, erasing the Crusaders’ only lead of the game.

Within the first 12 minutes, White had nailed four of his five 3-pointers. He served as a safety valve for an offense that is still putting the pieces together. And while Syracuse has options at every position, White was the constant of the Orange’s offense early on.

He barely celebrated each make. That’s because he expects the ball to fall through the net every time he launches it from deep. That’s what he was brought in to Syracuse to do.

“Andrew was geared up tonight.

He was ready to go,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said. “He’s a shooter. He was focused and obviously that’s what he does.”

White finished with 19 points on 5-of-10 shooting from behind the arc in No. 18 Syracuse’s (2-0) 90-46 win over Holy Cross (0-2) in the Carrier Dome. The fifthyear graduate transfer from Nebraska played 25 of the game’s first 27 minutes and sat out the final 13 as the Orange cruised.

White dazzled with the shooting ability that allowed him to shoot 41 percent from deep last season. But for him, this is a new year on a new team and he expects even more.

“My motto is, if I shoot a shot, it’s supposed to go in,” White said. “… My coaches and my players expect for the shot to go in when

I attempt it. That’s why every day I prepare as if that’s my job, because that is my job, to make shots for this team.”

Holy Cross played zone against Syracuse and within the first few moments of the game, White knew exactly what spots would be open. Between the wing and the top in the half-court set and in the corners or on the wings in transition. It just came down to his teammates getting him the ball.

All five of his 3s were assisted.

Against Colgate in the season opener, White put up 17 points but went only 2-for-7 on 3-pointers.

His five 3s showed the part of his game that makes him the dynamic wing scorer that he is. Three of his triples came as Syracuse broke the game open with a 18-3 run in the see white page 15

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

The spotlight on Syracuse continues to shine brightest on Tyler Lydon. The sophomore was named to the John R. Wooden Award preseason top 50 list on Tuesday.

The Wooden Award is considered the top honor in college basketball, given annually to the best player.

Lydon is SU’s only representative on the list. He’s one of 12 Atlantic Coast Conference players — more than any other conference — and one of 11 sophomores to make the watch list.

Lydon entered this season as the Orange’s most-hyped talent. The 6-foot-8, 223-pound forward was Syracuse’s sixth man last year, aver-

aging just over 10 points and 30 minutes a game in 2015-16. With SU’s three best scorers from last season gone, he should have an abundance of scoring opportunities this year.

In two exhibitions and a regular season game, he’s yet to make good on those chances. He scored two points against Colgate last Friday and has made only one 3-pointer.

Lydon has already been named to the Naismith Player of the Year watch list and preseason All-ACC Second Team. The Wooden Award watch list will be updated twice more before trimming down to 15 players that will be voted on near the end of the season. The winner will be announced on April 7. cgrossma@syr.edu