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N • Budget call

The Student Association Finance Board approved a budget of more than $600,000 for student organizations during Tuesday night’s meeting.

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P • Jaw bone

Senior dual anthropology and biology major Soleil Young has always been fascinated by bones and now works with samples from the Smithsonian Institution.

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S • Out of the zone

A man-to-man defense, unofficial debuts from six newcomers and a pair of strong performances by freshmen highlighted Syracuse’s first exhibition game.

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Race to the House Colleen Deacon uses past experiences as foundation for campaign

John Katko looks for return to Congress to continue bipartisan approach

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By Ali Linan senior staff writer

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olleen Deacon has made listening to the people of her district the top priority in her campaign.

Deacon, the Democratic candidate, is running against incumbent candidate John Katko (R-N.Y.) for the congressional seat of New York’s 24th District. The election is Nov. 8.

“Our biggest focus is to get my message out to as many people as we can,” Deacon said. “We are going to consistently let our voters know that I am listening.”

Deacon said she has made it a point to get to every corner of the district to

talk to the people and hear their concerns. The 24th Congressional District covers all of Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties, and the western half of Oswego County.

A recent poll had Deacon behind her opponent by 19 points, but that has not discouraged her in this election.

While the numbers are not in Deacon’s favor, she is running in one of the few remaining swing districts in the country, said Christopher Faricy, a Syracuse University political science professor.

Faricy said the district has switched back and forth between Democrat and Republican hands over the past few election cycles. While this election may see deacon page 4

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

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hen Republican John Katko defeated Democrat Dan Maffei in 2014, he declared that there needs to be a fighter in Washington, D.C. Now, Rep. Katko (R-N.Y.) said his goal in Congress is to lead by example, reach across the aisle and get things done. He characterizes himself as one of the most independent and productive members of Congress.

“I came to Congress to be a strong, independent leader for central New York and have successfully fought hard to bring real results to our commu-

nity,” Katko said in an email. Despite multiple requests for an in-person interview, Katko’s campaign only agreed to answer questions over email.

After two years, Katko now faces a challenge from Democrat Colleen Deacon in the 24th Congressional District race on Nov. 8.

While New York state has been considered a safe state for Democrats in the presidential and Senate races, the congressional district that covers Syracuse, Auburn, and Oswego leans Republican in this upcoming election, according to an analysis by The Cook Political Report, a non-partisan political website.

A Time Warner Cable News and Siena College poll taken between see katko page 4

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WORK wednesday | marcus lane jr.

Sophomore enjoys historic library finds

By Saniya More staff writer

Many students at Syracuse University have a favorite spot on campus.

Marcus Lane Jr.’s favorite corner is in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, where he is a library assistant.

“It doesn’t pay as much as other jobs but I have a lot of flexibility,” Lane said. “I’m in a space that I love — I can detox there.”

At the library, Lane sits behind a desk and helps people check out and look for books, assists with printing and restocks and organizes shelves.

Lane started working at the library in his first semester at Syracuse. He works with the head librarian, Angela Williams, and the head supervisor, Bethshebia Darby, in addition to Betty Reid, the evening supervisor. He said he is close with all three of them.

“I’ve always been there, always had them to lean back on and ask for advice,” Lane said.

He said he plans to work there until he graduates.

The library was first established in 1971, at the same time as the department of African American studies, according to the library’s website. Lane believes it is special because it honors its namesake.

The library has been considered

a “hub,” said Lane, acting as a safe space for black people particularly during activist movements.

It also holds a wide variety of books, which includes a Harriet Tubman collection and documents signed by various black leaders, Lane said.

“Every time I go to restock books, I’m always pulling a book out because I’m interested in what the book is,” Lane said. “I was putting books away for this collection, and I pulled out a book signed by Angela Davis.”

The library is relatively small, especially compared to Bird and Carnegie Libraries. Its small, intimate size is one of the things Lane appreciates most.

One item Lane finds especially special is a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. that was sent to the library years ago. He said be believed the school had invited him to campus and he sent a letter respectfully declining. The letter is sitting in a frame in the library.

Very few people know the Martin Luther King Jr. Library even exists, Lane said, and he hopes that will change in the future.

“When you think about the Ernie Davis statue and other things that we look to that are actually historical on campus, I think the MLK Library should be one of them,” he said. ssmore@syr.edu

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INSIDE N • Grab your gun

The majority of crime guns recovered from people in New York state were from other states, according to a recent statewide gun crime analysis.

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S • Back to basketball

SU played Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, its first exhibition game of the year. Check out three takeaways from the game.

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Election talk Election experts share their insight on the tumultous 2016 election during Maxwell panel.

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@WhitmanatSU @SyracuseU is ranked #3 as best for vets! We are so proud of all our veteran students and alumni!

Campus voices College campuses have seen a rise in student protests beginning in 2014 in light of national climate.

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Potential I-81 plans displayed

By Aline Martins staff writer

Turquoise waters Autumnal hues enliven the turquoise waters of a rare, meromictic lake at Green Lakes State Park. The park, a New York State Park located near Syracuse in Manlius, features two glacial lakes, which are surrounded by upland forest. The lakes are both meromictic lakes, meaning there is no fall and spring mixing of the surface and bottom waters. chase guttman staff photographer

student association

Assembly members approve board’s budget

By William Muoio staff writer

Syracuse University on-campus student organizations have requested more than $1 million for the spring 2017 semester from the Student Association Finance Board.

SA Comptroller Malik Evans said during the organization’s meeting Tuesday night that the finance board had to work to best allocate the funds to

the organizations, since only $635,000 was available.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university.

SA is currently in its 60th session and Eric Evangelista is president.

Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

SA assembly members voted during the meeting to approve the budgets that had been planned by Evans and the SA Finance Board.

Just over 200 bills — composed of completed packages, rejected packages and partially funded packages — were presented for vote to the voting members.

Organizations whose budgets are rejected, including due to missing their budget meeting, have the ability to appeal to the finance board.

Following the approval of the budget, Jonathan Schmidt, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences who was appointed by then-SA President Aysha Seedat to be part of the Campus Climate Survey launched last year, gave a presentation on the survey.

There were 5,617 total students, faculty and staff that completed the survey from Feb. 9 to March 28, which was a 21.5 percent response rate. The

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A line of posters circled the G.W. Fowler High School gymnasium with information about the current two options for Interstate 81 reconstruction: community grid or viaduct.

The high school was open to the public for an informational open house about the options for I-81 on Tuesday.

On each poster the options were compared with the existing elevated highway to show the similarities and differences.

The posters were divided into four groups: I-81 and I-690 interchange, Common Features, Project Alternatives and Alternatives Recommended for Dismissal.

Each group had a collection of maps and data to show the project plans for all aspects of each alternative, ranging from the impacts on pedestrian and bike traffic to the view of downtown.

At the event, representatives from the New York State Department of Transportation and private consultants working on

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election news Here’s a round-up of the biggest election news happening in the U.S. TRUMPED OVER A new ABC News/The Washington Post poll shows Republican Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton by one point — 46 percent to 45 percent. Meanwhile a poll indicating strong enthusiasm for Clinton among like voters dipped by eight points — 52 percent to 45 percent — between Oct. 22 and 30. The enthusiasm among Trump supporters went up from 49 percent to 53 percent during the same period. source: abc news

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SU students help local youth affected by cancer

By Kenneth Mintz staff writer

Last year, then-Syracuse University freshman Anna Olson found out a student group aiding kids whose parents had been affected by cancer was shut down.

Meanwhile, Abigail Hamilton, then-SU freshman marketing and political science major, was eager to re-establish Camp Kesem, a camp for children who have been affected by their parents’ cancer — the same camp Olson also wanted to be a part of.

Camp Kesem is a national organization with nearly 90 chapters led by college students at schools including Cornell University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University.

SU’s chapter of the camp was cancelled in 2014 due to financial issues. Hamilton and Olson wanted to revive it, so they became co-directors of SU’s chapter.

Now sophomores, they have successfully started up the camp and led it into its first summer this past August. Nineteen children from the central New York area attended.

“It was unreal because I didn’t have a normal freshman year because I was spending all of my time invested in this nonprofit,” Hamilton said. “It felt like we were living a dream.”

The campers have an experience just like other children at summer camps — playing games, making arts and crafts, swimming and hiking.

Madeline Merwin, former camper and current counselor at the organization, said what sets the camp apart from other summer camps is the bond between

counselors and campers.

Through “empowerment sessions,” which are held at night, campers are encouraged to chat with one another in a comfortable setting. The chats are facilitated by counselors and separated into groups based on age.

“You really understand that you’re not alone with having cancer in your life,” Merwin said.

“There are other kids just like you going through it and you all get through it together.”

Merwin serves as the outreach see camp

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VOTE OF RELUCTANCE House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said even though he has voted for Donald Trump, he has no intention to appear with him on a campaign trail in the final stretch. Ryan’s reluctance casts light on the Republican Party struggling to throw its support entirely behind Trump. source: the washington post

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT Fifty-eight percent of Hillary Clinton supporters say they have a “hard time” respecting Donald Trump supporters, according to a Pew Research Center poll. Forty percent of Trump supporters responded they struggled to respect Clinton. source: politico

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Panelists share thoughts on polarizing election cycle

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

When Chris Pulliam stepped down as College Republican chairman in mid-September, the organization was split in half between those who supported presidential nominee Donald Trump and those who didn’t.

“The Republican Party, for the past several decades, have become a very big tent party,” he said. “And a big problem with why Trump has risen is because our party kind of became a too big tent.”

Pulliam, a senior political science and economics major who described himself as a non-Trump supporter and clarified that he does not speak on behalf of his former organization, was among five panelists who presented their views on this year’s presidential election cycle. The event, “Election 2016: How We Got Here, What Is at Stake,” was held in the packed Strasser Legacy Room in Eggers Hall Tuesday afternoon.

Pulliam also mentioned the difficulty of identifying himself as a Republican on campus.

“Since usually my views are in the minority in a room, I usually get attacked more often by more people so my argument has to be really, really good,” he said.

Philip Klinkner, a professor at Hamilton College, pointed out this election represents a culmination of a process that has been going on since the 1960s that political parties are shifting away from economic issues to ethnocultural issues.

In 2008, a large group of people who were concerned about immigration and their political and social status due to changing demographics, found themselves confronting the reality of Barack Obama — whom they falsely believed was an immigrant and a Muslim — being elected as the president of the United States, Klinkner said.

“To them it was sort of a sum of all of their

fears that they’ve become realized and what better way to bring home to them is the idea that America was changing,” he said.

Christopher Faricy, assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said Hillary Clinton’s ability to develop a strong network of relationships at the state, county and local level helped her campaign outlast a campaign organized by her primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Eric Dunay, president of SU’s College Democrats, a junior architecture major and a former Daily Orange columnist, explained Sanders’ popularity among college students.

Reflecting on the past two presidents, Obama and George W. Bush, the students feel they are left out and the presidents did not solve the issues, he said. Sanders’ candidacy and his messages that were not addressed by Trump and Clinton — such as going to college for free — resonated among the group, he said.

Margaret Thompson, an associate professor of history and political science at Maxwell School, said gender has played an enormous role in this election cycle. The issues of marriage equality, transgender and so-called bathroom law have emerged as a contentious and complicated campaign topic in 2016.

In addition, Thompson addressed SU students in the crowd, reminding them that this is an important time in their political lives. Whether going for or against their families’ political loyalty, she said there are important issues at stake.

“Even if you are not terrifically enthused about the particular candidate or candidates that you have at disposal at this race, I just simply would like to point out that grappling with these kind of things can be really exciting and really challenging and I hope you see some values in that,” she said. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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Childhood literacy program awarded grant funding

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

A program aiming to increase early childhood literacy and kindergarten readiness levels has been granted $50,000 in funding, according to the Syracuse City Common Council.

Imagination Library, a national literacy program, is administered by the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County. Children between the ages 0-5 years old whose parent or guardian lives in Onondaga County are eligible to participate.

After enrollment an age-appropriate book is sent to the participants’ house each month until their 5th birthday — at no cost to their parents.

Kimberly Kemp, program director for early childhood education in the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County, said the funding came from Onondaga County, Syracuse City, CNY Community Foundation, the Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation and individuals.

Country singer Dolly Parton began the program in her hometown in Tennessee, Kemp said. Parton saw that many children were unable to access books as it was a rural community and their parents did not have cars to drive them to the library, so she decided to start the program, Kemp said.

The program started in central New York in May 2010. They first started at the north side of the city where the lowest kindergarten scores were, and then it became a citywide program, Kemp said.

The program went countywide last March, Kemp said. The books sent to participants’

houses also included reading tips for parents.

“The program has been very successful, we have reached 11,000 books in the county,” Kemp said.

She added that the kindergarden readiness scores of the participants have also been affected.

Le Moyne College has been doing research on the project for the Literacy Coalition, Kemp said. The findings of this research have been published in August 2015.

Children who had been enrolled in the program for three years or more had kindergarten readiness scores that were 13.7 percent better than kids who weren’t enrolled, according to the study.

Kemp added that having this funding for the program was beneficial because it showed there was community support for early childhood education and people were aware of the importance of early childhood literacy.

Susan Boyle, a Syracuse Common Councilor, said organizations like the Literacy Coalition are important because they encourage reading at a young level. She said the coalition had literacy volunteers that worked with adults and the immigrant population in Syracuse in addition to Imagination Library.

Boyle said studies show the more books younger kids had read to them, the more words they learned.

She added that Imagination Library was also important in that the more books children read, the better they will do on ELA exams, which will lead to better city school scores. dsahintu@syr.edu

deacon not shift the power in the United States House of Representatives, it can be an indication of the direction the country is going, he said.

The winner of the district will be determined by the party’s ability at the federal level to mobilize voters, Faricy said. If the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign can get their voters to the polls, it would help Deacon, he said.

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed Deacon for the House of Representatives in a down-ballot push for Democrats in Congress. The president said Deacon was a “tough and smart leader,” in the release.

To win the seat, Deacon said her campaign is working hard to talk to as many constituents as they can.

“My campaign is about people,” she said.

“It’s about inclusive, not exclusive.”

On the campaign trail, Deacon talks about her difficult past and her understanding of those who have or are going through hard times.

Deacon graduated from SU with a degree in English. Some of her favorite memories, she said, were going to sports games and hanging out with her friends.

After graduation, Deacon recalled she was met with difficult times. In addition to dealing with her student loans, she had to apply for food stamps and Medicaid. Deacon is also a single mother to her 13-yearold son. The candidate said she believes these experiences have given her an understanding her opponent does not have.

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katko Oct. 18 and 19 shows Katko is maintaining a comfortable double-digit lead over Deacon, with 54 percent to 31 percent, respectively. The poll indicates 27 percent of Democratic voters would cast their ballots to Republican Katko.

The Syracuse Police Benevolent Association and The New York Times are just some of the groups that have endorsed the Republican incumbent over the Democratic contestant.

The New York Times picked Katko over Deacon — who was endorsed by President Barack Obama — because he is “a rare breed of Republican.”

After he arrived in Washington, Katko defied Republican leadership on roll call votes several times: He was one of only three Republicans to oppose a bill repealing the Affordable Care Act, and he objected amendment of a bill introduced by a fellow Republican. The amendment would have terminated the suspension of the deportation of young undocumented immigrants.

Katko’s commanding lead comes in the midst of uncertain times for the Republican Party, which is split in fully committing itself to supporting Donald Trump as its presidential candidate.

Shana Gadarian, an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, said Katko is a moderate Republican whose supporting base is not necessarily the same as Trump’s.

“He’s clearly trying to get re-elected by not being linked to the standard of the Republican Party right now,” Gadarian said.

Katko is running on a combination of the strength of himself as a mainstream candidate, and the party he belongs to, Gadarian said.

Serving as chair of the Transportation Security subcommittee in the House Homeland Security Committee and as an assistant U.S. attorney has worked in Katko’s favor, since terrorism is among the top issues for Republican voters, Gadarian said.

Neither Trump nor Hillary Clinton share his values, Katko said, lamenting the election has devolved into personal attacks and derogatory rhetoric.

“Like many central New Yorkers, I am disappointed with both candidates running for president and have, since the beginning, declined to endorse or support Donald

sented in Congress really gives me the ability to be a voice that hasn’t been there before,” she said.

Sharon View, a friend of Deacon’s, has known her since she was a child. View, who has also worked on Deacon’s campaign, said her understanding of struggling is something that sets her apart from her opponent even if it is a different type of struggling.

The female perspective, View said, is one that is needed in Congress. She said the different perspective would be good for Washington.

Deacon has been open about her struggles, including paying off her student debt just last year. Because of it, she has made the decreasing of the federal student loan rate a priority.

“I want to make sure that students have the ability to go to school without having to worry,” Deacon said.

She said she would work to lower the interest rates on student loans and allow for loans to be consolidated.

The candidate has previously worked for current U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) for six years. Deacon said while she was working for the senator, she was the eyes and ears for her.

“I know what our challenges are. I know what our issues are,” she said. “But I also know the potential that we have here and I truly want to make a difference for this district.”

Deacon said she believes the difference starts with getting young people to vote.

She said younger people bring fresh ideas and should be more involved in the process and engaged with what is happening around them. She said people should get out, vote and make their voices heard. avlinan@syr.edu

Trump or Hillary Clinton,” Katko said. “… I cannot support Hillary Clinton, but Donald Trump has not and will never earn my vote.”

On the issue of swelling student loan debt that surpassed $1.3 trillion earlier this year, Katko stressed he would be working across the aisle to pass legislation and reforms to provide more educational opportunities.

Syracuse University students graduated with an average of $34,584 in debt and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students left the school with $25,399 in debt on average in 2014, according to the Institute for College Access and Success.

During Katko’s first term in the House of Representatives, he co-sponsored bills that would discharge bankruptcy due to student loans, enable refinancing federal student loans multiple times and broaden Pell Grant eligibility. But these pieces of legislation, all of which gained sponsors from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, have not passed the House of Representatives.

Katko said Clinton’s plan to make students from households earning less than $85,000 per year eligible to attend an instate, four-year public college or university without tuition, is fiscally irresponsible.

Regarding poverty, Katko has advocated for funding of the Summer Food Service Program, which provides free meals to children from low-income families during the summer months. He also supported Community Services Block Grants, which funds local agencies to fight poverty, stimulates low-income communities and encourages low-income families to become self-sufficient.

Syracuse is the 29th poorest city in the United States; 31 percent of Syracuse residents live below the federal poverty line.

One in two children in Syracuse live in poverty, according to the United States Census Bureau data released in September.

When it comes to women’s reproductive rights, the pro-life supporter has a mixed voting record during his first term on Capitol Hill.

Although he supported the bill to remove government funds from Planned Parenthood in 2015, he opposed the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act that would grant states an authority to cut funding to the organization in the same year.

If re-elected, Katko said he will continue to work with his colleagues on both sides of the aisle — advocating for policy protecting constituents of the 24th District. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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Congressional debates should still remain on NY voters’ radars

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ith the seemingly endless hype of the presidential debates, it is important to remember the effect local politics can have on both our own community and the country as a whole. Colleen Deacon and Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) will meet this week for their second of three debates during their campaigns for the House of Representatives seat for New York’s 24th congressional district.

These debates are make-orbreak for Deacon, as increasing public recognition of her campaign is something she has struggled with throughout the election. Katko simply needs to appear knowledgeable and connected to the district, as his incumbency represents a significant advantage, especially

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The number of points favoring Katko over Deacon, according to a recent Time Warner Cable News/Siena College poll

In the first debate, Deacon and Katko discussed issues including infrastructure spending, the Islamic State group and

campaign finance reform. While neither candidate is above the usual political spin, the TV studio setup of the debate forced them to respond directly to the questions, rather than resort to one-liners about one another.

This straightforward question-and-answer format should continue in the final two debates.Both candidates frequently stumbled over their words in the first debate and struggled to appear as polished on camera as the professional politicians we are used to seeing.

But their imperfect nature lends an authenticity that can improve both candidates’ credentials as a voice for central New York.

Barring significant blunders by either Deacon or Katko, it is unlikely these debates will have

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any overwhelming impact on the election. But they do offer a chance for both candidates to increase their visibility with voters and to explain their platform and policies in a more direct manner than political ads.

Yes, these debates aren’t as exciting as their presidential counterparts. There will be no “Saturday Night Live” spoof of a Deacon-Katko debate, no Twitter live-stream or real-time fact checking. Voters are not going to tune in expecting a knock-downdrag-out like the presidential debates, and there is little in the way of media “hype.” But that doesn’t discount the debates’ value and importance.

Voters should watch these debates not because they’re entertaining, but because they offer substantive

exchanges between two candidates in our important moderate district.

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Deacon and Katko will debate in WSTM-TV studios in Syracuse.

Where: Channel 3 or Channel 5 on CNYCentral TV When: 7 p.m. Thursday

How voters choose on Nov. 8 should be based on the policies of these two candidates and which one voters feel can more effectively govern. These debates offer the perfect opportunity to learn just that.

Cole Jermyn is a sophomore environmental resource engineering major at SUNY-ESF. He can be reached at cdjermyn@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @Cjermyn8.

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Student voice key to better game attendance Whether it’s free admission, season tickets or a point system, Syracuse University continues to look for ways to attract larger crowds at sports games. But Syracuse can’t get there without collaborating with student leaders who can make it happen.

SU Athletics is weighing its options to combat the drop in student attendance at SU games. As it stands now, SU charges students $219 for a men’s basketball and football package for at least 10 years. But Syracuse is looking to supplement that with a point system incentivizing students to attend games.

Schools such as Florida State University give students the opportunity to earn points based on activities, such as showing up to games or livetweeting and Instagramming.

Perks range from free merchandise to better seats.

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what is otto’s army?

Otto’s Army is Syracuse University’s official student section. It is the student component of SU Athletics.

The group started in 2006.

The concept of a point system was brought up under former SU Director of Athletics Mark Coyle. After he left, negotiations with Otto’s Army have been put on hold and SU Athletics’ failure to keep Otto’s Army and Student Association in the loop for the future of student ticketing is concerning.

Otto’s Army has since met with Associate Athletics Director for Business Development Anthony Di Fino four times to no conclusion. SU Athletics

director John Wildhack has not communicated to Otto’s Army whether he supports a point system. To develop a system that not only works but reflects the interests of student body — which is crucial when student interests in Syracuse sports appear to be waning — SU Athletics needs to coordinate with the two organizations in place to address these issues.

There are two main issues at stake: what pricing plan works in favor of both the students and the teams and how Syracuse can get its student section to show up for its sports games. SU Athletics should prioritize the fact that campus leaders such as SA President Eric Evangelista and Otto’s Army President Johnny Oliver could contribute a perspective similar to the student body’s as the department searches for solutions.

This issue should not be placed on the backburner, and substantive discussions between the key players need to happen so there’s a decision before next football season.

At Thanksgiving time last year, Coyle, SA and Otto’s Army were close to nailing down a flat student fee of $100 for football and men’s basketball as way to reel in students on game day.

This illustrates that it is possible for SU Athletics to collaborate with student organizations.

With Wildhack at the wheel, SU Athletics should have a vested interest in discerning whether a reduced student athletics rate or a point system is the best option for bringing tailgaters full circle to Syracuse games. And it should do so with two other key student players in mind.

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members who implemented the survey still felt like the students were represented even though the response rate was not at the level they hoped, Schmidt said.

Of the 1,160 total respondents who said they felt personally humiliated within the past 12 months by someone, accounting for 20 percent of those who participated, Schmidt said.

Twelve percent of those surveyed had an unwanted sexual interaction and consent, which includes rape on campus.

Of those, 91 percent did not report the unwanted sexual content, Schmidt said.

The complete statistics from the survey are available at survey.syr.edu and also can be viewed on MySlice, which includes the questions asked.

Co-Chairs of the Student Life committee Anjani Ladhar and Keelan Erhard spoke about the returning and new initiatives that they have been working on during this semester.

The duo spoke about the Chat and Dine initiative, encouraging people to get involved and saying the program is a

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good way to meet with professors. They also talked about the free buses available for students wanting to go to Target or Wegmans biweekly from 12-4 p.m., as well as roundtrip buses during Thanksgiving for students.

Free menstrual hygiene products will become available in five academic buildings, and students will be able to access a Link Hall desktop from their own personal computer using the software that are in the buildings starting Friday, Ladhar said.

SA President Eric Evangelista was the SA final member who spoke at the meeting, discussing some of the work that he has done on campus. He met with administrative officials this past week and also spoke with landlords and Department of Public Safety regarding the off-campus camera security initiative.

Evangelista also confirmed that there will be buses funded by SA to give students who registered to vote a chance to go to local polling locations. There will be buses from Goldstein Student Center to Drumlins Country Club and from Day, Flint, Sadler, Lawrinson and Brewster, Brockway, Boland halls to Toomey Abbott Towers. wgmuoio@syr.edu

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camp kesem chair and attended the camp at the University of California, Davis, when she was in sixth grade after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She attended the camp for five years and became a counselor in training.

Over the course of the free weeklong camp, Merwin said the bond between campers grows strong through activities like the “messy games,” a food fight that involves products such as jelly, whipped cream and ketchup.

“We just try to make it a fun and memorable week for these kids who really have to grow up and deal with the parent’s illness and helps them kind of be a kid again,” Hamilton, co-director, said.

What brought Hamilton and Olson together was the fact they both have parents who have battled cancer: Hamilton’s father was diagnosed with brain cancer and Olson’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hamilton participated in George Washington University’s camp when she was in

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the project made themselves available to answer any questions residents had. There were engineers present to explain the structural side as well as representatives from different offices to talk about some of the impacts on the community.

Sherry Stouffer from the Department of Transportation’s Office of Right of Way was at the meeting answering questions about the impacts each project would have on real estate.

With the viaduct option, up to 35 properties may be impacted, she said, and with the community grid option about five properties would be affected. The Office of Right of Way would help the people who own or reside in these buildings, Stouffer added.

“Relocations are very personal,” Stouffer said. “So we try to work with them every step of the way and help with what they might need.”

Ideally, within 18 months of the start of the project, the people in each of the buildings affected will be relocated. But sometimes it may take longer, Stouffer said.

Mark Honis, one of the managers of the eighth grade, five years after her father was diagnosed. Olson had not attended a Camp Kesem before.

“My cancer journey was a very difficult time for Anna,” Olson’s mother, Nancy, said.

“I believe that taking on the role of codirector has been a part of her healing process. She is able to pay it forward and make a difference in someone’s life.”

Camp Kesem faced many challenges in its first year back at SU. The first hurdle was a $10,000 fundraising goal by late November.

“It was quite a feat because I believe we had about eight people on our executive board at the time,” Hamilton said. “And all of us were freshman except for one person, so that was crazy.”

The organization began to take shape as attendance grew upwards of 50 at every meeting. The executive board sifted through hundreds of counselor applications for 25 positions.

Joshua Boucher, a volunteer coordinator and a sophomore aerospace engineering major, was responsible for recruiting counselors. He reviewed applications looking

I-81 project from the Department of Transportation, said while much of the material at the event focused on engineering, the decision on which option the New York Department of Transportation ultimately selects is based on social, environmental and economic impacts.

Gene Cilento, public information officer for the Department of Transportation, said to ensure people’s opinions have been considered, there have already been a significant number of public meetings since talks of new I-81 construction began in 2010 — at least 30 large-scale and dozens of smaller group meetings.

“It’s about 50/50,” Cilento said. “Some people want the elevated highway to remain because it’s convenient. Other people don’t want to see the elevated highway remain where it is because it divides the community and provides better access to certain destinations.”

The New York Department of Transportation should make a decision by early next year, but the ultimate decision is up to the Federal Highway Administration, Cilento said. Then construction should take between four and six years, he added. amarti22@syr.edu

for several distinct characteristics: intelligence, enthusiasm and leadership.

Boucher said he thinks the kids’ influence on him was greater than his on them.

Even though college students like himself complain about studying or doing laundry, the campers had a different perspective on life, he said.

“These kids aren’t struggling to get out of bed or feeling sorry for themselves,” Boucher said. “Every day, they woke up, played harder than anyone I’ve ever seen, and laughed louder than any laugh I’ve ever heard.”

The organization raised $30,000 leading up to the camp in August, Hamilton said, adding that was attainable since the executive board gained the support of counselors and the campus community.

“I had a couple campers tell me that it was the best weekend of their summer and that Kesem changed their lives,” Olson said. “To actually know that we are making a difference in these kids’ lives is great.” kmintz@syr.edu

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OUTSIDE THE LINE Most firearms uncovered in New York originate out of state

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

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early three-quarters of all guns recovered by New York state law enforcement originated outside of the state, and nearly nine out of 10 recovered handguns used by violent criminals come from other states, according to a recent analysis released by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The report gathered the purchase history of the nearly 53,000 crime guns recovered by law enforcement in New York from 2010 to 2015.

Only 6 percent of guns were recovered from a possessor who was also the original purchaser, according to the report.

“New York’s strong gun laws are being undermined at every turn by lax laws in other states,” Schneiderman said in the release. “Even as we work to make our streets safer, the illegal guns most often used in violent crimes continue to pour into our state.”

In the Syracuse area specifically, law enforcement recovered 2,267 guns during the past five years, with about 60 percent of the region’s guns originating in a state other than New York.

About 25 percent of the recovered guns were from two Syracuse zip codes. There were 241

guns recovered in ZIP code 13204, including the Near Westside and the Lakefront. There were 330 guns recovered in ZIP code 13205, including part of the South Side and the Valley, according to the report.

Mike Serrao, a 28-year Syracuse scout and the owner of Butternut Sport Shop, said the pattern of guns coming from another state is because it’s more difficult to buy a gun in New York, where buyers need to have a permit and pass a background check.

“In other states like Ohio, Florida and Georgia, you can just walk in with your driver license and buy a gun,” Serrao said, adding that he thinks the rules should be the same across the country.

Serrao also said there are many federal laws existing already that would enforce the state laws, but he said he thinks the state should work with the federal government to reduce gun trafficking.

“There are a lot of New York state laws that don’t keep you safe,” Serrao said. “It’s just lawabiding citizens not able to have guns.”

Serrao said he thinks United States President Barack Obama’s approach to having more personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives monitor if the gun shops are violating the law is not helpful. Instead, he said ATF agents should be placed on the streets to

search for gunmen.

Katherine Christoffel, professor emeritus at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the situation in New York state is not unique because gun trafficking also affects Illinois and other states with stricter laws.​ “​A s long as guns can get to the place and time of violent interactions, the odds of gun death and injury go up,” Christoffel said.

An important step, she added, is to better interdict and prosecute traffickers.

“That will be aided by repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, restricting access to information on gun sales to law enforcement and other legal processes,” Christoffel said. “This is inconsistent across jurisdictions.”

The best solution, she said, is to apply effective and stricter laws based on the experience of other states and countries. Christoffel said measures like waiting periods, background checks, safe storage requirements and practical experience needed for carrying licenses at the national level could be implemented to address gun trafficking.

“There will always be efforts to smuggle weapons,” Christoffel said. “But there are ways to manage this more effectively.”

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Bone to pick

Senior studies 100-year-old bones on tuberculosis project SOLEIL YOUNG is currently studying bone dental calculus with samples from Irish New York City residents from a period between 1892-1920. She has always been fascinated with bones and began working at SU’s Garza lab when she was still in high school. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

the historical and social context behind it throughout the rest of the year.

By Tobi Thompson staff writer

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or Soleil Young, a senior biology and anthropology major, physical appearance, general interests and academia all seamlessly blend into each other.

She is an intersection of fashion, biology, activism and anthropology. She wears thick, black-framed pointy glasses, a septum ring, a beanie and a denim dress donned with a large Remembrance Scholar pin.

“She has a real talent for crossing boundaries and disciplines,” said Shannon Novak, an associate professor of anthropology at Syracuse University. “She clearly comes at topics from a very diverse — humanistic, scientific and activist — background. It’s really impressive.”

Young’s latest scientific efforts are rather niche.

For her anthropology honors thesis, she scrapes bone dental calculus — a form of hardened dental plaque — to extract DNA for research and signs of tuberculosis. Her samples come from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. She hopes to finish molecular study of the calculus by the end of November and then wants to focus on

“There’s a lot of factors when you’re just working with regular samples that are problematic, but when you’re working with ancient DNA, it’s like a lot of unknowns.”

Soleil Young senior biology and anthropology

Novak, who helped Young with her proposal for the Smithsonian, said Young has been in all of her classes and has always had an interesting take on a topic that others may not bring up.

Over the summer, Young received seven samples from the Smithsonian to run a pilot test of TB in dental

calculus, which is the mineralized plaque from calcium phosphate. The process traps DNA and adheres to the teeth, so calculus cannot be removed by brushing.

When Young finished her pilot study with the seven samples, she wrote her proposal to the Smithsonian, and it was approved.

“It was really scary in the beginning because I had no idea if it was going to work or not,” Young said.

“I kind of convinced myself it wasn’t going to work.

There’s a lot of factors when you’re just working with regular samples that are problematic, but when you’re working with ancient DNA, it’s like a lot of unknowns.”

She knew there has been a lot of work in using dental calculus for research. There have also been a lot of procedures in finding tuberculosis in DNA, but Young decided to try combining the two methods into this new one for her honors thesis.

Last week, Young visited private access areas of the Smithsonian to retrieve six particular individuals’ samples from the Institute’s Huntington collection to carry out her dental calculus molecular theories in tracing TB. These bodies are from the 1892-1920 see young page 10

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Trump, Clinton supporters describe aftermath of election results

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he following two anonymous letters sent to The Daily Orange are fears and claims made by voters as to what they believe will happen under the presidency of the candidate they are against. ...

Dear Daily Orange, I am a mother of 15 children, all age 15, and I’m voting for Hillary.

Why? I love Hillary Clinton. Who

JOSH FEINBLATT

JUST WAIT TIL KANYE 2020 cares if she can’t use her email?

Neither can I, in all honesty.

I hate Donald Trump. Why? Because I’m scared. I’ll be honest, I pretend to understand most of the issues on a complex level, and I know Donald Trump does the same.

If he’s elected, I’m sure nuclear war would break out within weeks. He’d probably nuke Germany or something. Don’t we like Germany now?

Also, I hear that if he was elected president, we can pretty much kiss Florida goodbye because global warming would take it out.

Floridians, you need to vote to make sure your state doesn’t sink.

As for his policies on immigration, I understand he wants to build a wall to keep illegal immigrants

out, but I’m from the northeast so I have no reason to support this because it doesn’t affect me whatsoever. But, who knows where he’ll stop building the walls? He’ll probably build a wall to stop Americans from fleeing to Canada.

Also, the fact that he doesn’t pay taxes annoys me. If he doesn’t pay taxes, would he just pat everyone on the back who evaded taxes?

It sure seems like it.

My biggest concern is that

he’s disrespectful towards human beings. He’s said that if he killed a man on Fifth Avenue his supporters would still stay behind him. Was he telling us something? Has he killed someone and was just trying to test the waters with reactions and backlash? Someone should look into that.

Sincerely, A Mother Who Wakes Up Her Children From Screaming at the Debates

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young timeframe in New York City.

Young said an 1854 law called the “Bone Bill” applies to this collection, because graverobbing was a large problem. The bill stated that individuals who died in almshouses — which housed poor people — or hospitals and did not have the funds for burials would have their bodies donated to medical collections.

what is dental calculus?

It’s similar to plaque on teeth and is caused by saliva accumulation. It traps DNA on teeth and can’t be removed with brushing.

The Huntington collection at the Smithsonian is composed mostly of marginalized ethnic groups or immigrant groups because those were most often the people whose families didn’t have enough money to bury them.

Young’s samples come from the Huntington collection’s six Irish-Americans bodies that still had teeth. from page 9

feinblatt ...

To Those Who Will Listen, It’s all a conspiracy. If Hillary Clinton wins, it’s been rigged. If Donald Trump wins, it’s completely legitimate. It’s like that time when Donald Trump was in WWE and he got knocked out by Stone Cold Steve Austin. That part was rigged and fake. But when he hit Vince McMahon, that was totally real.

I don’t believe the rich should pay taxes.

I pay taxes now, but I’m going to be rich some day so I don’t want to pay the government.

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“You’d be surprised by how many skeletons don’t have teeth,” she said.

She added that although TB is not very common in the United States, it is the leading infectious disease worldwide, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is evolving rapidly. So the TB bacteria are combating antibiotics and will be able to overcome modern medicine.

“It’s going to become a huge issue in the foreseeable future, and it’s very hard and expensive to treat,” she said. “We’re trying to say that being able to study the genetics of TB across larger timespans can give a greater understanding of its evolution, which is applicable in modern health today.”

Typically, scientists study TB in bones through lesions that are left on the rib, but Young said only about 10 percent of people with TB will have developed bone lesions. Another problem is that ribs are sometimes missing from collections for a variety of reasons.

Young said her molecular biology study on the dental calculus is an easier way to study TB, because, unlike other methods, it does not ruin the integrity of the bone. The worry of ruining the integrity of bones is

why researchers are usually hesitant in using bones for new sample studies, she added.

As for guns, Hillary will take them away.

Increased background checks make it harder for me to get my gun and I need it without delay.

Somebody is going to break into my house and I can’t wait to shoot them to protect myself.

Hillary would make me buy an alarm system.

Do we want that type of president?

If Hillary is elected president, Planned Parenthood will replace maternity wards. That’s a fact. Babies could be terminated before, during, or after pregnancy. Why is Hillary so against children that she’s trying to kill them all? Does she not want new babies to be born? What if those babies found the cure to cancer? We don’t know what those babies could do.

Isupport Trump because I hate life and it’s not my fault. People are stealing my jobs.

I deserve all the jobs and I’m not getting them because other people are taking them.

Part of the reason I hate Hillary is because she’s a woman. She doesn’t have the balls to send my son to war. She’ll try to peacefully negotiate it, like she did in Iran.

Hillary should be in jail. Her emails have been reviewed by the FBI and come back negative of any legal wrongdoing, so she should be put in jail. But they said she was careless with them, and that means it was illegal and she put our national security in danger.

She also did Benghazi. If jail isn’t the place

“Soleil is a driver in crafting her own interests, for sure. That’s something I’ve been impressed by: finding a way to integrate all of her interests into this project. That is rare, especially at the undergrad stage.”

Jessica Comstock biology ph.d candidate

From a very young age, Young knew she liked the study of bones. She said she enjoyed visiting a cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin, as a child. In high school while living in Syracuse, she started doing work in SU’s Garza

Lab, part of the SU department of biology.

From there, Young immediately knew that she wanted to double major in biology and anthropology. Through the Garza Lab, she met Jessica Comstock, a Ph.D. candidate in biology. Young frequently goes to Comstock for advice in sequencing DNA and lab studies.

“Soleil is a driver in crafting her own interests, for sure,” Comstock said. “That’s something I’ve been impressed by: finding a way to integrate all of her interests into this project.

That is rare, especially at the undergrad stage.”

Young’s work in the lab with Comstock is how she met another Ph.D. candidate biology student: Caitlin McDonough.

McDonough said she enjoys Young’s presence in the lab, along with her wealth of esoteric knowledge. She described Young as “positive in a spooky, dark way.”

This spooky attitude is something Young shares proudly. She is a fan of “The X-Files” and enjoys working with teeth, but said she would not want to work as a dentist.

“I would never want to work with people who are alive,” Young said. “I like to work with the dead.” tathomps@syr.edu

for Hillary Clinton, I don’t know what is. If she was elected president, we’d be stuck with Tim Kaine because her imprisonment is imminent, and if nobody else is willing to see it, I’ll have to take matters into my own hands.

Those are my fears, don’t try to reason with me.

Sincerely, A Voter in My Own World Who Thinks His Vote Has a Lot More Weight Than Any of the Other 300 Million Plus Americans

Josh Feinblatt is a sophomore television, radio and film major. You can follow him on Twitter @josh_is_fein or reach him at jfeinbla@syr.edu.

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JOEY WEINBERG is originally from Los Angeles. His father plays guitar, so Weinberg grew up around music, but he didn’t start seriously recording his original songs until recently.

He wants his music to be a surreal experience for his listeners and compares his sound to that of “Stranger Things.” nalae white staff photographer

Senior uses simple electronic keyboard to create dream-like, other-worldly music

By Leah Meyers staff writer

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oey Weinberg has only been creating music for a few months and consistently repeats that he is not that good. To any other ear, he sounds almost professional.

Growing up in Los Angeles with his guitar-playing father and a family grand piano, Weinberg was always surrounded by music, but it was not until his freshman year of high school that he began writing his own.

Influenced by electronic indie, dreamwave and psychedelic artists like Neon Indian, Purity Ring and early Coldplay, Weinberg decided to bring his songs to life just a few months ago. Through online tutorials and a whole lot of trial and error, he said he has finally got the hang of it, although he admits that he is still learning.

Two summers ago, Weinberg, a senior sport management major, taught himself a bit of music theory and from there, learned how to play the piano. He now has a miniature electronic keyboard which he plugs into his computer system. He uses this method to create almost all his sounds, including simple guitar chords.

Last summer ago he picked up a bass,

learned how to play and has been in love with the instrument ever since. Although his bass remains at home, stored with his father’s collection of a dozen guitars, Weinberg hopes to someday plug his bass into his recording system as well.

Weinberg has released two demos on SoundCloud. But now, he spends most of his time working on an EP, which he expects to release next year when he has more experience.

A common theme in his music are analogies of light and darkness, a motif Weinberg used to craft his stage name: One With Shade.

“I have battled through some personal issues,” Weinberg said. “When you are in the light you should never forget where you came from.”

This idea of darkness is exemplified in Weinberg’s original “Lucid Dream,” where he repeats the lyrics “save me now” throughout the song. Weinberg’s vocals represent the title of the song, as they produce a dreamlike vibe, but his vocals aren’t a dominating force.

“When I put my music together, I don’t think of the voice as the main part of the song.

I just think of it as one part of the whole feel of the song. I think the main part of the song, or what I’m trying to get out of the song is

atmospheric vibes,” Weinberg said.

Weinberg’s goal for his EP is to create an experience for the listener. He wants to take the listener out of their current reality and create an “out of body” experience. He compares this listening experience to that of the soundtrack of the Netflix original “Stranger Things.” His goal is for each song on the EP to connectively flow together, so each song must be placed in a specific order.

When you are in the light you should never forget where you came from.

Joey Weinberg senior sport management major

In addition to the all-encapsulating experience he aims to create, his music is genre-busting.

Fellow friend and musician Will McCann helps Weinberg with his music, even though the two have different tastes. McCann plays jazz trumpet, but prefers electronic dance music when listening on his own. The two

used to run a music blog together, but they now live in different states, so the blog is on hiatus. Weinberg will send McCann his music in return for constructive criticism and minor tweaks.

“He’s making dark electro…and I don’t just like dance music electro, I like all kinds of electro,” McCann said. So the tunes he’s making is in the genre I have listened to a lot.

So I can compare what I’ve heard work in the pass and toss him thoughts and ideas that might fit in the track he’s working on.”

Weinberg has been friends with Colby Conetta and Matt Russo since freshman year. They prefer various types of rock music, different from Weinberg’s music, but they’ve noticed the influence of different genres in Weinberg’s music.

“He likes and has an appreciation for many different kinds (of music), including what Colby and I like, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it influenced his music in some way,” Russo said.

Weinberg’s favorite band is Twenty One Pilots. He admires how the lead singer performs.

Said Weinberg: “I just envision myself performing with passion, and losing myself in the music.” lmeyers@syr.edu

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How Syracuse can make a bowl game as a 5-win team

By Chris Libonati asst. sports editor

Let’s not mince words: The easiest way for Syracuse football to make a bowl game is by being a six-win team. But if that doesn’t happen, some five-win teams could make a bowl game, too.

SU has a good probability of winning at least one of its final four games. Although it faces No. 3 Clemson and No. 19 Florida State, the Orange also plays North Carolina State, a team that lost to Boston College this past week, and Pittsburgh, which narrowly lost at home to Virginia Tech. To get to five wins, SU would likely have to split the latter two.

Getting to six games would probably also mean having to sweep those two games.

Five-win teams have been a bowl fixture since 2012, when the NCAA introduced a rule that if bowl games couldn’t be filled, a team that finished in the top five in the academic progress rate, or APR, could be invited to a bowl game. Each team is given a score for its academic performance. Until last year, that method had sufficed.

Only 77 teams finished the 2015 season at 6-6 and eligible for a bowl game. The five in the APR all reached bowl eligibility. The NCAA then clarified its rule and said the top five five to seven teams in terms of APR would be eligible to fill slots. Syracuse (4-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) could take advantage of the rule this year, especially with a tough slate ahead. Currently, CBS Sports and SB Nation do not have Syracuse in, and ESPN hasn’t released an update to its bowl projections since SU’s bye week. SU plays Clemson (8-0, 5-0) in Death Valley on Saturday, a game Dino Babers said the Orange would need a rock and a sling shot to win.

There are 40 bowl games this season, meaning there are 80 slots for 128 teams in Division I FBS football. Prior to the 2016-17 season, the NCAA further established a rule that all 6-6 teams must be selected for bowl games before 5-7 teams. Last season, the 5-7 teams selected included Minnesota, Nebraska and San Jose State. Each team won its respective bowl game.

This season, however, seems to have set a pace in which the NCAA will be able to fill out

its bowl slate. So far, 37 teams have become bowl eligible and reached the requisite six wins. Another 23 teams have reached five wins. Nearly all of them will have four chances to get to six wins, and, of those teams, ESPN’s Football Power Index projects each of the 23 to get more than six wins. Ten, however, are projected to finish with fewer than seven wins.

Those 10 would be the most likely to fall short of six wins. Only four are projected to finish with fewer than 6.5 wins: Maryland, Arizona State, Akron and Eastern Michigan. It would help SU if none of those teams reached the six wins. SB Nation projects each to make a bowl. CBS Sports has all but EMU in a bowl.

SB Nation and CBS Sports have 20 teams and 21 teams in bowl games that haven’t yet reached five wins. The former projected Boston College would be the only 5-7 team in.

There are currently 18 teams ahead of Syracuse in APR who have yet to qualify for a bowl.

Three are 2-6 (Illinois, Michigan State, Missouri) and unlikely to get to five or six wins.

Three are 3-5 (Duke, Utah State and Notre Dame). According to ESPN’s Football Power

Index, Utah State and Notre Dame are on the fringe of a five-win season. Six of those teams are 4-4 (Northwestern, Vanderbilt, North Texas, Central Florida, Boston College and Indiana). All of them are projected to get five wins. Assuming all the five-win teams ahead of Syracuse become bowl eligible (there’s six: Georgia Tech, Air Force, Stanford, Navy, Maryland and Kansas State), there’d still be six teams ahead of SU in the APR rankings.

If 2016 replicates 2015, three spots would be available for 5-7 teams. The Orange would need at least seven of the nine 3-5 and 4-4 teams to not get to five wins.

All the math sets up a year similar to former head coach Scott Shafer’s first season.

In 2013, Syracuse beat Wake Forest to get back to .500 and then went on to win two of its last four against Maryland and Boston College. To beat B.C. and get to 6-6, SU needed a last-second drive.

Only time will tell whether Syracuse can reach bowl eligibility again. It may be unconventional, but SU might need only one more win. cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

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Sack bolsters Syracuse offense heading into postseason

By Josh Schafer staff writer

Editor’s note: Syracuse field hockey head coach Ange Bradley has declined to partake in interviews with The Daily Orange following several requests. As a result, she isn’t quoted in this story. The Daily Orange aims to provide in-depth coverage of all SU sports and part of that coverage comes through speaking to head coaches. The D.O. will continue to request Bradley for interviews.

When Liz Sack first stepped foot on Syracuse’s campus as a sophomore in high school, she was relieved to see bare winter ground. Two hours later, Sack trudged through 6 inches of snow to her car with doubts about attending Syracuse.

After her varsity high school coach pushed her to give it another chance, Sack returned for a camp prior to her senior year. She decided that although it may be a reach, Syracuse fit best.

“I thought if I don’t challenge myself now, when am I ever?” Sack said. from page 16

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back into the lineup, but one thing was clear as SU mounted its comeback: The offense ran much smoother in the first half with Gillon.

Howard started the game as expected, but a flustered SU team couldn’t figure out anything offensively. Not all of that was Howard’s doing, but the speedy Gillon was the spark plug Boeheim hoped he would be. The fifth-year transfer from Colorado State finished with nine assists and worked his options on the floor.

“I think it’s always good when you have somebody coming off the bench and can push the tempo and offensively,” fellow fifthyear transfer Andrew White said. “… I think

From being unsure about attending a toptier program to playing in 67 of 82 possible games, the senior forward has faced challenges over her four years at SU. Since switching to forward after her sophomore season, Sack has accumulated 25 points. She’s started in all but two games for No. 2 Syracuse (14-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast) this season, cementing her spot as a forward for the potent offense.

“Going into here I remember telling (SU head coach) Ange (Bradley) that I wanted to be pushed out of my comfort zone,” Sack said. “Which 100 percent has happened.”

Following her sophomore season, Sack had surgery on both legs to fix injuries sustained during the year. After coming within a goal of a national championship in 2014, Sack was tasked with not only injury recovery but also adjusting to a new position.

Sack spent that summer rehabbing at Syracuse since she wouldn’t have been as diligent working out at home, she said. She received custom workouts from Corey Parker, the team’s strength and conditioning coach.

But something still didn’t feel right. Sack was always a defender who played technically sound, without utilizing the flash of some her teammates. This made her transition to forward especially difficult, as SU’s forwards are expected to think outside the box and find creative ways to put the ball in the net.

Sack met with assistant coach Tara Zollinger last seasonbefore facing then-No. 10 Virginia in late September to sort things out.

“It was kind of like a coming to Jesus kind of meeting,” Sack said. “Alright, this is what I’m here for, stay the course.”

In the next game following the meeting, Sack scored her first collegiate goal, marking the start of Sack’s return to consistent play. She went on to start every game for Syracuse in the NCAA tournament, including a pair of two-goal performances against UMass and Princeton.

Now in her senior season, Sack’s relentlessness drives her success. Opposing teams fail to get the ball across midfield without a challenge from the former back. “(I am) definitely more willing to take

risks because I have more experience at that position,” Sack said. “Risks at that part of the field are so much more welcomed than risks in the back part of the field.”

In Syracuse’s most recent game against Indiana, Sack patiently waited for the defense to make a move. As an opponent began her backstroke, Sack changed of direction and intercepted a pass.

“It’s always dangerous when Liz enters the forward third for us with speed,” junior back Lies Lagerweij said. “Especially if she lifts that ball off the carpet, you know it’s going to be dangerous.”

Later in the game, Sack challenged the defense. She swooped the ball off the turf and juggled it on her stick. She worked past three defenders, into the circle. As the field opened up, Sack allowed the ball to take a single bounce before slapping it into the top corner of the net.

For the second straight year, Sack is heating up as the Orange enter the postseason.

But this year, Sack doesn’t have to step outside her comfort zone to make plays.

he did a really good job speeding us up.”

In the final minutes of the opening stanza, Howard fumbled a rebound attempt headed his way. IUP recovered possession and sent another errant shot headed Howard’s way. The loose ball ricocheted off Howard’s ankle and out of bounds.

“You stand right here!” Boeheim screamed as he stepped onto the court.

“When you don’t make the play,” Howard said, “you should expect that.”

Battle led Syracuse with 16 points and a 4-for-5 shooting night from 3.

He sunk his first collegiate shot from 3 with a clean look at the basket, and continued to deliver as SU climbed back into the game. Thompson, a fellow freshman, logged 15 and chipped in six points. Multiple times

Tuesday night, he did well to create space under the basket with his 6-foot-10, 225pound frame.

“I think Taurean is more advanced than most freshmen forwards,” Boeheim said.

“He’s probably our best mid-post player.”

Tyus Battle and Taurean Thompson impressed quickly

There was no question as to who the Orange’s biggest offensive threat was Tuesday, let alone the player who made the best impression in their Carrier Dome debut.

SYRACUSE 83, IUP 65 NAME Tyler Lydon Tyus Battle Andrew White III Tyler Roberson Paschal Chukwu Frank Howard John Gillon Taurean Thompson Dajuan Coleman Matthew Moyer

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Syracuse hasn’t executed many corner kick chances

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

One of Syracuse’s premier strengths has been its Achilles Heel as of late, and it has kept the Orange off the scoreboard and outside the upper tier of the national landscape.

SU generates the second-most corner kicks in the conference (105), only six behind North Carolina’s 111. The Orange’s knack for creating opportunities from the corner flag is one of its best assets, but its recent inability to capitalize on them has hindered the offense.

The fifth-seeded Orange (10-3-3, 3-2-3) will likely produce more than its average of 6.6 corner kicks per game against 12th-seeded Pittsburgh (2-12-3, 0-6-2 Atlantic Coast) in the first round of the ACC tournament on Wednesday. Syracuse is without its best header of the ball in Miles Robinson, though, because he’s serving a one-game suspension.

Whether Syracuse can convert on its presumed bevy of chances from the corner may determine whether the it has to sweat out a game that it should win with ease.

“Obviously it’s been a little bit of a while since we scored on corner kicks,” said leftfooted senior Liam Callahan, who takes the in-swinging corner kicks from the right side.

“I think it’s been a little more difficult just because teams expect us, that they’re looking for us to score on corner kicks … because we’re so dangerous on them.”

In four of Syracuse’s first six games of the season, SU scored off a corner kick. Johannes Pieles headed home an overtime game-winner off an Oyvind Alseth corner against Loyola Marymount, Robinson got on the end off an Alseth corner in a 3-2 win over St. John’s, Alseth scored

directly off a corner in a 2-0 victory over North Carolina State and Pieles slotted home a Callahan corner kick in a 1-0 win against Hofstra.

The most potent area to send in a corner kick is at the near post, Callahan said. There, typically only one defender stands against the inside of the post and the cluster of players is more toward the middle of the goal. When Callahan or Alseth whips the ball in with a low trajectory to the near post, center defender Louis Cross makes a crossing run toward the ball.

“When you get that flick on, it’s really unpredictable whether it’s going to go in the net or in the box and scramble around,” Callahan said.

But as of late, Syracuse hasn’t manufactured any threat on corner kicks, let alone the spot where it’s most dangerous. In the last seven games, since a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame, the Orange has taken 43 corner kicks and scored only once. That’s compared to five goals on corner kicks in the first nine games of the season.

Callahan and Alseth both stressed the need for an improved service into the box.

Neither aims for a specific player, though Robinson normally finds the ball on his own.

“The quality hasn’t been as good as we would have hoped,” Alseth said. “We need to step that up, especially at this part of the season where most games come down to just a goal, a set piece could be the difference.”

Syracuse has scored on 4.9 percent of its corner kicks. And since UND ended Syracuse’s unbeaten start on Sept. 23, the Orange is far from its head coach’s desired output from the bulk of corner kicks his team generates.

“If we score one corner a game, we’ve done pretty well,” Ian McIntyre said. “It will be an important part of us down the stretch.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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tickets As part of last year’s discussion around the point system, officials talked about including a $100 athletic fee into the general student fee that would replace the way students purchased season tickets. They would be automatically enrolled in the fee and have to opt out, which was met with some questioning over whether the student athletic fee would benefit the broader student body.

TICKETED Check out how Syracuse handles basketball and football ticket packages for students 1)

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Football and men’s basketball combination package costs $219 per year Men’s basketball only package costs $199 per year su package does not include games over winter break

“The fee’s been flown under the radar with the change of leadership,” Oliver said.

Since last spring, Otto’s Army has met with Di Fino about four times. Di Fino said a program is coming to SU in the next few weeks but declined to specify exactly what it would entail or when it would launch.

The talks have included the possibilities of the point system — how it would work at SU, how students would redeem points and what rewards would entail.

Students who attend games could earn free T-shirts, better seats and entry to select closed practices.

John Wildhack, Syracuse’s director of athletics, has not expressed to Otto’s Army whether he supports a point system, Oliver said. The first-year director of athletics made a “brief appearance” at a recent meeting.

Around the ACC, point systems are not

uncommon. Several conference schools run point systems, while SU charges students $219 for a men’s basketball and football package. Syracuse has offered the plan in its current format for at least 10 years, said Jeremiah Maher, SU’s associate athletics director for ticket sales and operations.

A greater percentage of freshmen and sophomores buy ticket packages than do juniors and seniors. Herein lies one of the athletic departments’ greatest challenges: implement a system that draws students through Carrier Dome turnstiles.

“We need to look at ourselves from a marketing standpoint and say what more can we do to get the students there?” Di Fino said. “What’s going to make them walk into that game?

“I can’t see what it is, it hasn’t been announced yet,” Di Fino said, adding, “we are looking into programs that will help us do that and really bring that drive back to the student section that was once there.”

That drive has lessened across the country. Student tickets have trended down nationally, according to analysis by The Wall Street Journal. From 2009 to 2014, student attendance of public colleges with top programs decreased 7.1 percent.

Even at perennial contender Michigan, student ticket sales plummeted 40 percent in 2014.

At Georgia Tech, students pay an annual activity fee of $127 that grants them entry to all home football and basketball games.

The school has considered a point system but has not implemented one because the university’s student government organization has one of its own, said Rick Thorpe, Georgia Tech’s athletic director for sales and fan experience.

Boston College runs a point system titled, “Gold Pass.” For $199, students can attend all BC home events. For high-demand games, students with the most points are given prioritized seating location.

Miami charges students a $138 annual athletic fee, granting students admission to all Miami home events. This plan, and Georgia Tech’s, are considerably cheaper than that of Syracuse and other ACC schools.

Florida State runs a “Spirit Rewards Program,” in which students tally points when they complete activities. Attending games — which are free — is just one activity. Connecting a student’s Facebook account, posting photos on Instagram using an official hashtag and tweeting at games all garner points. Students with higher point totals get better seating at games, said Rob Wilson, FSU’s associate athletic director.

The traditional point system has had its pitfalls. Four years ago, Louisville tested out one of its own: “Cardinal Chase.” It lasted only one year because students swiped their IDs at events then left just to rack up the points, said Erika Fitzgerald, the school’s assistant ticket manager.

UofL, which is “always” looking at other Division I schools’ student ticket programs, got its current model — one similar to that of SU — from a little due diligence.

Prior to the 2014 season, Louisville athletics staff members phoned their counterparts at Michigan, among other schools.

Intrigued by the Michigan system, Louisville gave it a shot. In its third year, the program mirrors systems at Indiana and Kentucky. UofL attendance jumped more than 30 percent in its first year.

“Literally you name, we’ve tried it,” Fitzgerald said of the school’s trial runs.

Di Fino, SU’s associate athletics director for business development, has looked to other ACC schools and peer institutions outside of the ACC, including Georgetown and George Washington, in efforts to improve the SU student package.

“Are we fair?” Di Fino said. “We’re looking at that now. We’re on the right track, but we’ve got a lot of work to do.” mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

AROUND THE ACC Check out how seven different ACC schools handle distribution of student tickets for athletics.

Georgia Tech $127 activity fee grants students entry to all home events and complements a points system run by the school’s student government organization Boston College $199 fee grants students entry to all home events. Students collect points with each event. Points can be redeemed for better seating at men’s basketball games.

Miami $138 athletic fee grants students entry to all home games Florida State $237 athletic fee built into tuition and fees grants students access to all games. In an effort to increase attendance, FSU rewards students who attend games with Nike gear, priority seating and other prizes.

Louisville $210 season ticket package for football and men’s basketball Duke Free admission to all events, including men’s basketball. Students line up for hours outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium and are admitted on a firstcome first-serve basis. There is no guarantee of entry.

Virginia Tech $147 standard season ticket package for football and men’s basketball games

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Howard appears in court Ex-SU player Naesean Howard’s lawyer misses appearance

By Paul Schwedelson sports editor

For years, Syracuse Athletics has run a standard season ticket package in which students pay a flat fee of either $199 or $219. In the coming months, SU plans to roll out a new student ticket program mirroring that of universities around the ACC. daily orange file photo

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yracuse Athletics officials last year zeroed in on creating a point system for student attendance at sporting events. Then-athletic director Mark Coyle and his chief deputy headed collaborative meetings with key student leaders to discuss the possibility.

But with the university’s third athletic director in as many years, the process has grown internal with the athletic department pursuing the idea — on its own accord.

“With Coyle, we knew we were going to make the move to some sort of point system,” Otto’s Army President Johnny Oliver said. “The change of leadership has derailed the whole process.”

The idea of a point system is very much alive. By the start of next football season, SU Athletics hopes to adopt such a program, which incentivizes students to attend athletic events through prizes. SU Athletics is exploring a point system because of its success at other Power 5 schools, said Anthony Di Fino, SU’s associate athletics director for

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business development.

“It’s a priority for us that we get the point system up and running for our students, especially if we go to a student activity fee,” Di Fino said. “It’s just a matter of implementation.”

A point system at SU was first considered under Coyle’s management. His departure meant plans in the works between Otto’s Army, the student section, and Syracuse Athletics were halted.

Representatives from Otto’s Army met with Coyle several times in the months leading up to his leave. The last meeting occurred one week before Coyle left for Minnesota in May. Coyle, whose tenure lasted 11 months, supported a points system idea that would attempt to increase student attendance at SU sporting events. The program would serve as incentive for students to attend all athletic events, not just football and men’s basketball games. Coyle, the Student Association and Otto’s Army were close to a concrete plan. see tickets page 15

Former Syracuse football player Naesean Howard’s lawyer didn’t show up to a brief hearing for his trespassing charge on Tuesday afternoon.

The hearing was pushed back to a date not yet determined.

When Judge HOWARD Kate Rosenthal asked Howard who his lawyer is, he said did not know the answer.

Irene Aurora Flores previously represented Howard, who is in custody. A person who answered the phone at Flores’ office on Sept. 29 said Flores was no longer Howard’s lawyer.

Howard will have another court hearing for his first-degree assault charge, punishable of up to 25 years in prison, on Monday at 2 p.m.

Rosenthal said, “this is the least of your problems,” in regard to the trespassing charge.

The assault charge came as a result of Howard allegedly stabbing former teammates Chauncey Scissum and Corey Winfield at a South Campus party on April 16. Scissum was stabbed in his neck, upper chest, shoulder and lip while Winfield was stabbed in the lower back, abdomen and wrist, police said.

After being arraigned for that charge, Howard unlawfully remained on Syracuse’s campus, causing the trespassing charge.

Howard was dismissed from SU’s team in 2014. pmschwed@syr.edu

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SU plays man-to-man, 6 players make debut and more

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

Syracuse began its exhibition slate with a 83-65 win over Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome. With six first-year players logging minutes for SU, it took the Orange a while to settle down before storming past the Crimson Hawks by halftime.

There was man-to-man defense, plenty of debuts and a stark contrast of play at the point. Here’s a breakdown of Tuesday night’s storylines.

Syracuse played man-to-man defense — and it didn’t work

SU head coach Jim Boeheim hinted his team might do “some more things” on the floor this season, and he wasn’t kidding. Syracuse spent much of the first half pressing on defense as it tried to catch up, but the stranger sight came as SU settled on defense.

The Orange set up in manto-man defense right at the onset. That left SU as the only attendee in the Carrier Dome that saw what was coming, but the scheme backfired. IUP picked

apart SU defenders who chased IUP around the court. Crimson

2,559 Number of days since Syracuse last ran man-to-man defense. Orange head coach Jim Boeheim last ran it against Le Moyne in an 82-79 loss on Nov. 3, 2009.

Hawks shot 50 percent in the opening 12 minutes to open up a

15-point lead at one point.

IUP’s Blake Danielak hit a 3 near the top of the arc as Coleman failed to play catch up, a play that repeated itself three times as Syracuse’s stalled on all fronts.

“It doesn’t mean we can’t play it, but we can’t play it against a team that brings our center out there,” Boeheim said.

Paschal Chukwu tried to extend his 7-foot-2 frame to alter Jacobo Diaz’s shot, but the shot never came.

Chukwu passed, and Diaz laid in the bucket. SU returned to zone in the

second half to its benefit.

John Gillon could be the spark plug SU hoped he’d be

After sinking to a 15-3 deficit in just under five minutes, Boeheim had seen enough of his starters. He sent Taurean Thompson, Matthew Moyer, John Gillon, Tyus Battle and Chukwu in as an entirely new unit on the floor.

“It was sloppy,” Frank Howard said.

The starters slowly integrated see iup page 12