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Two Syracuse University student veterans have received awards from the SoldierStrong program to help pay for school fees not covered by the GI Bill.

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Syracuse City Ballet will host its first sensory-friendly performance of “The Nutcracker” to adapt the play for audience members on the autism spectrum.

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S • Time to change

SU finished November without bowl eligibility for the second time under Dino Babers. Beat writer Tomer Langer argues Babers must make a bowl game next year.

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BY CASE SU among multiple universities to experience mumps outbreak

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

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yracuse University, which has had 45 confirmed and 81 probable cases of the mumps since the end of August, is not the only college that’s grappled with an outbreak of the disease in recent years.

A mumps outbreak at the University of Missouri infected nearly 400 students in a 10-month span after the university confirmed a student contracted the disease in August 2016.

By the time a mumps outbreak at the University of Illinois ended in June 2016, 317 students had been infected. And 301 students caught the mumps see mumps page 6

END OF AUGUST Syracuse University officials confirm one student contracted the mumps

SEPT. 5 Students who may have been in contact with the infected student receive an email from SU Health Services SEPT. 28

SEPT. 21 A campus-wide email notifies the SU community of the mumps outbreak after a second student contracts the disease

Confirmed cases: 4 OCT. 2 OCT. 11 Confirmed cases: 13 The Onondaga County Health Department and SU officials hold a press conference on the mumps outbreak OCT. 23 Confirmed cases: 27 Probable cases: 45 SU announces it will hold clinics to provide students with a third dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

Students without vaccination records are excluded from the SU campus at 8 a.m.

OCT. 17 Confirmed cases: 24 Probable cases: 27 Michele Wheatly, SU’s vice chancellor and provost, sends an email to faculty asking them to extend assignment deadlines and provide make-up exams for students infected with the mumps OCT. 26

NOV. 2 Confirmed cases: 34 Probable cases: 73 More than 100 people at SU are affected by the mumps outbreak NOW Confirmed cases: 45 Probable cases: 81

Confirmed cases: 27 Probable cases: 55 The first vaccination clinic at SU is held for the student population NOV. 14 Confirmed cases: 41 Probable cases: 78 The “Bump the Mumps” health awareness event is held on the Quad

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Student released on bail Bingdong Gu still faces several child porn charges

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

The defense attorney for a Syracuse University graduate student who is facing multiple child pornography charges has said it’s “too early to tell” if his client’s case will go to trial.

Bingdong Gu, a 22-year-old GU graduate student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was arrested

by New York State Police on Nov. 15 for allegedly promoting digital images and video of children under the age of 10 years old engaging in sexual acts via the internet, authorities said.

jan. 9 Date set by Judge Rory McMahon as a deadline for Gu’s defense attorney to review the case

Gu was released on bail last week and ordered to give his passport to a court clerk. He faces six felony charges, including three counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child and three counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child. Gu’s bail was $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond. Gu was held in the Onondaga County Justice Center after his arrest.

The graduate student appeared before Judge Rory McMahon for a brief preliminary hearing on Nov. 20 alongside Eric Jeschke, his Syracuse-based defense attorney, at the Onondaga County/City of Syracuse Criminal Courthouse.

Jeschke, in an interview after the hearing, said he initially has until McMahon’s set date of Jan. 9 to review the case. Until then, it’s unclear if Gu will go to trial.

If his case does go to trial, prosecutors would have to prove the children in the images and video Gu promoted were younger than 17 years old for a jury to find him guilty on charges of promoting a sexual performance by a child, according to state penal law, and prove the children were younger than 16 years old for a jury to find him guilty on charges of possesssee hearing page 6

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Graduate students weigh in on the GOP’s contentious tax plan that would affect stipend costs.

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County officials expect Onondaga Lake toxin remediation efforts to wrap up this month.

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on campus

Hackers compete across US

By Shayna Scott

contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Orange Hacker’s Association, a club composed of students who have a passion for cybersecurity, does not break into computers to steal money or information.

The group competes in events across the country, where they work with computer systems and program applications.

The ‘hacker’ term is neutral. It doesn’t mean they are the bad guys; it just means that people like to play with the system and find out how it works.

Kevin Du professor in the college of engineering and computer science

Christmas spirit Thousands of city residents watched the annual Clinton Square Christmas tree lighting Friday night in downtown Syracuse. Stephanie Miner, the outgoing mayor, and Police Chief Frank Fowler attended the event. Ice skating around the tree opened that day. Black Lites, a Syracuse-based R&B and soul band, performed during the lighting. crystal fang staff photographer

maxwell

2 students receive scholarship for veterans

By Catherine Leffert staff writer

Two graduate student veterans in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs were recently awarded a scholarship through the SoldierStrong Foundation, which aims to provide services to student veterans.

Mitch Forbes and Chris Tonsmeire were awarded the scholarship that supplements school fees not paid for by the GI Bill.

Throwing myself back into my studies helped me reintegrate back into civilian life.

It gave me something to focus on.

Chris Tonsmeire graduate student at su

The SoldierStrong scholarship is available to student veterans at the Maxwell School at SU, Georgetown University, Old Dominion University in Virginia and The Veterans Education Foundation. The program has awarded scholarships for the past four years, and each year at least one student from Maxwell has received the funds.

Forbes and Tonsmeire were nominated to receive the scholarship by Robert Murrett, a professor of practice at Syracuse University

and a member of the SoldierStrong advisory board.

“Both of them were distinguished members of the United States Army, they both had significant experience, they were deployed,” Murrett said. “... Most importantly they’re both dedicated to additional service which will take advantage of their experience and status as veterans.”

The pair of students said they felt honored and humbled by the see scholarship page 6

county

Local residents divided over deer culling plans

By Gabe Stern staff writer

Syracuse and DeWitt residents are split over ways to address deer overpopulation in the local area.

Culling plans to curb the local deer population come after years of lobbying from an Urban Deer Task Force spearheaded by Brian Underwood, an associate professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Culling generally means shooting and killing deer.

One main concern of deer overpopulation is that it’s tied to an increase in people contracting Lyme disease. Onondaga County has wit-

nessed the largest increase of cases of tick-borne illnesses, in comparison to other areas of central New York. More than 500 of these cases were reported from 2008 to 2015 in the county, compared to only 75 cases from 2000 to 2007, according to CNYcentral.com.

New York state Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter (D-Syracuse) said this number has grown “exponentially” because nothing has been done to curb the deer population since 2013, when the study was originally conducted.

“We have not received the kind of communication that we feel necessary relative to the risks related to Lyme disease,” Hunter said.

“(Lyme disease) is definitely underreported, sometimes undiagnosed, so it affects people in many ways across our community.”

Other deer overpopulation concerns include property damage, automobile accidents and incidents with household pets, according to an Urban Deer Task Force report.

Christine Manchester, sustainability coordinator for the Town of DeWitt and a member of the Urban Deer Task Force, said the overpopulation debate is “very contentious.”

“I think that everybody on the initial task force walked away frustrated,” Manchester said. “It’s a very controversial issue, and it’s often led with emotion instead of

science, (so) if you’re on one far end or the other, it’s really hard to get to a point where everybody is happy.”

This tension is reflected by opposing opinions throughout Syracuse and DeWitt.

Linda DeStefano, the co-founder and president of People for Animal Rights of CNY, said she’s skeptical about the motives of local residents who want to kill deer.

“People are mostly concerned about (damage to) their gardens,” she said. “They have mostly spoken about Lyme disease because it might be a little bit embarrassing to say, ‘Let’s kill a large number of deer in order to protect my tulips.’” see deer page 6

Many people believe that the word “hackers” has a negative connotation, said Kevin Du, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He’s the club’s faculty adviser and a leading cybersee hackers page 6

crime briefs Here is a roundup of criminal activity that happened near campus this week.

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A Syracuse man, 24, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana. when: Tuesday where: 800 block of South Crouse Avenue PETIT LARCENY

A Syracuse man, 50, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Tuesday at 3:22 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse man, 32, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Tuesday at 5:24 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse woman, 24, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse man, 27, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Thursday at 6:55 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Holland Patent, New York, man, 19, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Friday at 4:09 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse girl, 17, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny when: Sunday at 3:05 p.m. where: Destiny USA

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How memes and mumps brought unity to campus When the mumps outbreak hit Syracuse University, the campus could’ve easily devolved into panic.

Instead, initial shock turned into constructive action — and dozens of memes. And SU took that campus culture in stride as it addressed the concerns surrounding the outbreak.

When a campus-wide email confirmed a second mumps case at SU, questions started circulating. Is my classmate out with the mumps? Will classes and activities be canceled?

Why weren’t students notified about the cases sooner?

Still, the mumps never outwardly seemed like a pressing concern for SU students, who made jokes about the outbreak on social media and hosted a mumps awareness event heavily influenced by pop culture and the hit sci-fi show “Stranger Things.”

The Daily Orange Editorial Board initially questioned the delay between the first diagnosis of mumps cases at SU and the campus-wide email. But because SU dealt with mumps cases last fall and in January of this year — Ben Domingo, director of Health Services, recently confirmed — and administrators didn’t want to exaggerate the first case, the university’s decision makes sense.

Once the university consulted the Onondaga County Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administrators took further action.

That calm outlook translated into the campus community, which didn’t exaggerate the severity of the outbreak either.

Although students were more likely to crack jokes about the mumps than spend time worrying about contracting them, SU initiatives encouraged them to take the outbreak seriously. Thousands of students received MMR vaccines at university-run clinics, and SU turned meme culture into awareness with the “Bump the Mumps” event.

It may be too early to measure how effective these efforts were in curbing the outbreak. But the university came together, stayed calm and connected with students along the way.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board serves as the voice of the organization and aims to contribute the perspectives of students to discussions that concern Syracuse University and the greater Syracuse community. The editorial board’s stances are determined by a majority of its members.

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Ending sexual harassment takes combination of laws, culture shift

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he “Me Too” movement began in 2007 as a catchphrase to empathize with sexual assault survivors, particularly women of color. This fall, it returned on social media to incite a critical discussion about pervasive sexual discrimination — including incidents that happen in the Capitol Building.

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Since the Harvey Weinstein revelations, survivors across demographics and industries have come forward with their stories. Now, the issue has reached Congress as allegations surfaced against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. They’ve been matched with exposes about the demeaning process involved in filing a complaint against a member of Congress.

And Congress isn’t just acknowledging this dangerous culture in the entertainment industry or among its own members. Before it calls out problems within its constituency, Congress is sparking a cultural shift from the top down

and correcting sexual misconduct within its own halls.

The #MeToo campaign inspired the House and Senate to mandate anti-sexual harassment and anti-discrimination training.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) capitalized on that momentum and introduced The Member and Employee Training and Oversight On (ME TOO) Congress Act. The bill would increase transparency in the harassment reporting process and implement more ethical parameters for assessing and responding to incidents of sexual misconduct.

The move comes after Gillibrand co-sponsored the bipartisan ME TOO Congress Act, which was introduced to combat sexual harassment and assault on Capitol Hill.

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emerita of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, pointed out how important revamping the complaint process is to changing harassment culture in Congress.

“This is critical for any organization — we’ve seen in the past few weeks how women in all sorts of places have had their complaints ignored or not believed, or worse — that their jobs were jeopardized when they complained about sexual harassment,” Andersen said in an email.

Andersen added that the legislation is important, but that it “can’t solve the problem” since it is broad and rooted in gender roles and practices.

Gillibrand is a prime role model for this cultural shift. She’s a longtime advocate for sexual assault survivors and has taken major steps to combat sexual assault among college students and military personnel.

And she’s continued that commitment by supporting recent accusers

and donating campaign funds she received from Franken to Protect Our Defenders, an organization aimed at ending rape in the military.

held accountable If passed, the ME TOO Act would: • Waive 30-day counseling and mediation periods before a formal complaint can be made • Eliminate non-disclosure agreements as a condition for filing a complaint • Require that members of Congress pay for settled claims for sexual harassment out of pocket • Extend all employer protections to interns, fellows and pages

Bipartisan legislation like Gillibrand’s ME TOO Act is essential in the fight against sexual harassment, but it’s only one facet of the more complex challenge of resisting the prevalent normalization of sexual

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discrimination we face today. The fact remains that those who come forward with stories of sexual assault are often still not believed and even shamed. And politicians accused of sexual misconduct are still elected to office.

President Donald Trump has several allegations of sexual misconduct against him. And recent polls show Moore, who was accused of pursuing underage girls in his thirties, is the top contender for an Alabama Senate seat.

As important as the ME TOO Act is, the greater fight against sexual discrimination cannot stop if it passes. A cultural shift around sexual harassment and sexual politics is needed to combat this issue.

Only then will we truly experience a “watershed moment” in how we combat sexual harassment and assault in the workplace and beyond.

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mumps during an outbreak at the University of Iowa between July 2015 and May 2016.

SU health services officials say the disease is not spreading on campus as quickly as before. But, as the number of mumps infections spike nationwide, SU is one of the latest in a growing number of universities forced to handle the highly contagious disease on campus.

what is the mumps?

Mumps is a highly contagious airborne disease that can cause fever, muscle aches, puffy cheeks or neck and a swollen jaw

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4,980 people contracted the mumps nationwide between Jan. 1 and Nov. 4 this year. In 2016, more than 6,000 cases of the disease were reported, up from about 1,500 cases in 2015. There were less than 500 cases of mumps nationwide in 2012.

Mumps cases reported to the CDC in 2016 and 2017 have primarily been “associated with college settings,” according to the agency.

Brittany Kmush, an assistant professor in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics who studies infectious diseases, said mumps can spread quickly on a college campus because students are interacting in close quarters, such as dorms and classrooms.

But scientists are not sure why the disease has been contracted in such high numbers in recent years.

“Our evidence is limited to fully explain what has happened in the last couple of years,” said Kelly Moore, director of the Tennessee Immunization Program at the Tennessee Department of Health. “If the answer were easy, we would have it by now.”

Moore said researchers believe the mumps vaccine’s effectiveness may wane as people get from page 3

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DeStefano said there are other ways of dealing with Lyme disease, including a study conducted by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. That study focused on nonlethal de-infection of white-footed mice, the main carriers of a bacterium that can cause ticks to carry Lyme, she said.

The task force ultimately found culling was the most effective way to tame the deer population because of the unprecedented density of deer in the two areas, Manchester said.

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scholarship award and are grateful to SoldierStrong and Maxwell for the additional financial aid.

Forbes will finish his executive master’s degree in public administration at the end of this semester. He joined the United States Army in 2012 and was an infantryman in Afghanistan.

In 2014, a small Taliban element attacked his platoon with machine guns and he was shot through both legs, Forbes said. His injuries required many surgeries and physical therapy, and he was medically retired from the army. He received a Purple Heart following those injuries.

As a full-time graduate student and parent to a 1-year-old, Forbes said the money SoldierStrong provided was helpful in bridging tuition debt.

“The purpose of SoldierStrong is to help fill that gap of owing money that the GI Bill isn’t covering,” he said.

Forbes added he has plans to potentially get another master’s degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and then find work in government affairs or communications.

Tonsmeire, who is about to finish his first semester at SU, is pursuing a master’s degree in international relations and public administration after receiving his undergraduate degree in international relations

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older. That may be one of the reasons why the disease has made a comeback in recent years, she added.

To attend college in New York state, students are required to receive two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Most are vaccinated when they are children.

Since the end of October, SU has hosted seven clinics so students could receive a third dose of the MMR vaccine. Every SU student who has contracted the mumps has been properly vaccinated, though, according to the health services website.

Although a CDC advisory board in October unanimously recommended that people exposed to a mumps outbreak should receive a third vaccine, federal officials also said there was limited scientific evidence showing whether the third dose protected individuals against mumps-related complications, The Washington Post reported.

But is a third vaccine effective?

“The simple answer is yes,” said Patricia Quinlisk, medical director of the Iowa Department of Public Health. But, she added, “It’s obviously more complex than that.”

Quinlisk said the effectiveness of the third MMR vaccine depends on the timing of mumps cases, who the cases are occurring in and whether cases are linked.

A third vaccine is effective, Quinlisk said, if there are multiple mumps cases in a single dorm during a short period of time. If there are isolated cases over a longer period of time, a third vaccine isn’t necessary, she added.

The Onondaga County Health Department only recommended a third dose of the MMR vaccine after it was determined that:

exposed to the disease.

Still, roughly 30 percent of SU students received a third MMR vaccine through the university’s clinics, said Karen Nardella, medical director of Health Services.

• There was high vaccination coverage at SU • Exposure settings, such as schools, colleges and dorms, were likely to cause easy transmission of the disease • There was a high attack rate and transmission of the mumps for at least two weeks

Students have been housed in South Campus apartments and the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center.

If a potentially infected student lives in university housing with their own bedroom and bathroom, such as on South Campus, they can spend their isolation there, Nardella said.

But because some may have roommates, they are asked to wear a mask in the rooms’ common areas.

Students can also spend their isolation at

Brad Hutton, deputy commissioner of public health at the New York State Department of Health, said at a press conference in October that the third vaccine will not stop the mumps from infecting those who have already been said culling is both the quickest and most cost-efficient way to curb the deer population in an urban area where hunting is prohibited.

He added that the task force reviewed all other options related to curbing the deer population.

Still, many feel their ideas were overshadowed by assumptions about how to deal with deer overpopulation.

“I feel our voice has not been heard at any level. At the town level, the village level, the county level or the state level,” DeStefano said.

“There just seems to be this very simple-minded incorrect idea of ‘deer numbers equal more Lyme disease and the only way you’re going to deal with that is (through) killing.’” gkstern@syr.edu

from Florida State University.

He was serving in the Army Reserve during 9/11, after which he decided to volunteer for active duty.

In 2008, Tonsmeire’s vehicle caught fire during an ambush in Afghanistan and he was flown back to the United States. About 10 percent of his body required skin grafts. He also received a Purple Heart following those injuries.

It took about a year for him to recover, and he was then separated from the armed forces. He started college in August 2009.

“Throwing myself back into my studies helped me reintegrate back into civilian life,” Tonsmeire said. “It gave me something to focus on.”

Tonsmeire said he wants to focus on postconflict reconstruction, disaster relief and humanitarian aid after graduation.

Both Forbes and Tonsmeire said SU provides a number of resources for veterans to get funding and assistance throughout their academic careers.

The SoldierStrong organization was founded by Maxwell alumnus Christopher Meeks.

“I think we should be grateful to SoldierStrong for its support and for providing to two very deserving students we have this year to allow them to continue their education in ways that are so heavily focused on continued public service,” Murrett said. ccleffer@syr.edu

SU’s response to the mumps outbreak

Ben Domingo, director of SU Health Services, said the university has handled the mumps before.

“We actually had a few close calls,” Domingo said. “Last fall we had a case, and then we had a few cases in January.”

None of the previous cases were considered an outbreak, he said. But, he added, those cases helped the university plan how it would confront a larger mumps outbreak.

Nardella said SU officials also looked at how the State University of New York New Paltz and University of Missouri handled mumps outbreaks.

SU’s response to the outbreak has included isolating students with confirmed or probable mumps cases from the rest of the campus community for up to five days.

“The minute we were getting cases we were already familiar with the fact that, this fall, isolation was necessary,” Domingo said.

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hearing ing a sexual performance by a child.

A jury might inspect the content Gu promoted or rely on testimony of a medical expert to determine the children’s ages, among other options, per state penal law.

According to state penal law, prosecutors would have to prove that Gu “knew the character and content” of the sexual performances he allegedly promoted for a jury to find him guilty on the child pornography charges.

Promoting a sexual performance by a child is a class D felony, punishable by up to seven years in prison. Possessing a sexual performance by a child is a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison.

In a statement, a university spokeswoman on Nov. 15 said Gu’s been placed on interim suspension. The university from page 3

hackers security researcher.

“The ‘hacker’ term is neutral,” Du said.

“It doesn’t mean they are the bad guys; it just means that people like to play with the system and find out how it works.”

$7,500 Prize won by the Orange Hacker’s Association at the CyberSEED conference

Ashutosh Rana and Dhruv Verma, both cybersecurity graduate students, are members of the group. Rana said he started the club because he wanted to create a community for people interested in cybersecurity.

The club works hard throughout the year to prepare for competitions across the country, Verma said. The competitions are often paired with conferences so students

home, if they can drive themselves, or their family can pick them up, Nardella added.

The university will check on students periodically while they are in isolation, she said.

Students are also delivered food.

After five days in isolation, the student will be allowed to return to campus.

The Onondaga County Health Department in late September ordered SU to “exclude” students from campus who had not submitted vaccination records. Currently, four students remain excluded from campus, Nardella said.

Students can waive New York state’s MMR vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons.

If a person has a suppressed immune system or is taking certain medications, that could qualify as a medical exemption, Nardella said.

The four students excluded from campus will not be allowed to return to SU until at least Dec. 14.

According to Health Services, the excluded students must remain off campus for a minimum of 26 days after the most recent confirmed mumps case. If a new mumps case is confirmed, the 26-day exclusion period starts over.

Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, said faculty members have made accommodations with those four students so that they can finish the semester.

Students have been able to complete coursework online, Evanovich said, and faculty have been following up with students individually.

There have not been discussions about refunding tuition for the students who, by Dec. 14, will have been excluded from campus for more than two months, he said.

Nardella said the spread of mumps at SU began to slow in mid-November, which she attributes to the vaccine clinics and communications from the university about how to prevent the transmission of the disease.

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declined to comment further on his arrest because of the ongoing investigation. The graduate student lived in the 100 block of Remington Avenue, west of South Campus.

The FBI Mid-State Child Exploitation Task Force and Department of Defense assisted state police during the investigation of Gu. Gu, outside the courtroom before his hearing, declined to comment on the case.

Both Jeschke and an Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office representative did not respond to a follow-up request for comment after the hearing.

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can listen to cybersecurity experts.

Du said competitions only last a few days.

There are various competitions where one hacking team attacks another.

Verma said during competitions, the hackers are asked to build secure applications. When the group is defending against an attack, members create an application that blocks a rival team from entering their computer system.

The group recently traveled to the University of Connecticut to attend the CyberSEED conference, which included hacking competitions. In the Application Security competition, the Orange Hacker’s Association ranked second and received a $7,500 prize.

The team also attended New York University’s Cyber Security Awareness Week — the largest student-run cybersecurity event in the world. While there, group members learned more about the law aspect of cybersecurity, Rana said.

The group members don’t need a background in cybersecurity, and Verma said there are no prerequisites to join the club.

“Our goal is really to teach them what they need to know,” he said. sscott01@syr.edu

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nspired by sensory-friendly performances on Broadway, Syracuse City Ballet will host its first accessible version of “The Nutcracker” this season.

The sensory-friendly performance will take place Sunday at 10 a.m.

Tickets are $25 and seating is general admission, allowing audience members to sit where they are most comfortable. The show is an abridged version, running an hour long.

“There are no strict theater rules that people usually have in their minds,” said Rachael Cierniakoski, company manager and ballet mistress. “Whatever happens will happen, and the show will go on.”

This performance is designed to establish an ideal environment for audience members on the autism spectrum. Changes made to the show include reduced sound and stage light levels, elimination of startling noises and partially raised house lights.

The venue will have designated areas outside the main theater for audience members who may need a break from the show. Specially trained staff members and volunteers will be available throughout the performance for families who need assistance.

“It’s a judgment-free zone. You can go and relax, and it’s OK,” said Kathleen Rathbun, artistic director. “We’ll spread holiday cheer to families that really don’t get to do a lot or maybe have never really been in a theater.”

Rathbun was inspired to plan a sensory-performance after her daughter, Claire Rathbun, performed in a sensory-friendly show of “CATS” on Broadway. see nutcracker page 10

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Everson Museum to host 32nd annual Festival of Trees

By Meilin Quinn staff writer

Trees, wreaths and ribbons will cover the walls and floors of the Everson Museum of Art, a longtime tradition for the Syracuse community.

The 32nd annual Festival of Trees begins Thursday with a preview gala and will span for 10 days.

Christmas decor donated from the community will be displayed

throughout the museum. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the displayed holiday decor to benefit the Everson.

About 14,000 to 16,000 people visit the Festival of Trees. The event is the one of largest fundraisers for the museum, usually raising between $40,000 to $50,000.

“There are a lot of people who are working on putting this event together,” said Pattie Miller, chair

During the Festival of Trees, donated Christmas decor including decorated trees and wreaths are on display

of the festival. “There’s a lot that goes into it, and everyone does a wonderful job.”

The 10-day festival will also include a Teddy Bear Tea event, a fashion show, a community party and Santa Saturday.

“We’re very excited about the trees as always, but this year we’re really working hard to promote the other programs that we have for people to come to,” Miller said.

The first Sunday is Teddy Bear Tea at the Hotel Syracuse in the Grand Ballroom.

“People bring their little children.

It’s adorable, and it’s such a special and wonderful event,” Miller said.

The following Tuesday is the Holiday Luncheon and Fashion Show, featuring clothing from Aurora designer Jane Morgan.

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Kathleen said Claire called it “one of the most fulfilling performances that she’s ever done.”

The Theatre Development Fund, known as TDF, is a nonprofit organization that works with Broadway and regional productions to provide materials needed to host sensoryfriendly performances.

This year, TDF has collaborated with the Broadway productions of “CATS,” “The Lion King,” “Come From Away,” “Wicked” and “Aladdin” through their Autism Theatre Initiative.

“There are very few opportunities for parents with kids or adults on the spectrum to go and enjoy something together,” said Lisa Carling, director of accessibility programs at TDF. “(At autism-friendly performances) they can just relax, they don’t have to explain behavior or feel uncomfortable about any atypical outbursts.”

The Autism Theatre Initiative shares its ideas and methods in working with theaters across the nation with its sensory-friendly performances. The program worked with Syracuse City Ballet by providing resources and guidance throughout the planning process.

In addition to sharing insight about adaptations to the performance itself, the Autism Theatre Initiative assisted Syracuse City Ballet in developing a story guide to help audience members understand the plot of “The Nutcracker” and its characters. The story guide is emailed to ticket holders from page 9

everson Engaging Neighbors, which will include entertainment from a local Nepalese dance troupe, an Indian youth dance troupe and a Jewish Klezmer band.

“One of the missions of the museum is to have greater community involvement and visibility, and the museum’s mission is to really bring more people from diverse backgrounds, of diverse ages, into the museum,” Miller said.

Everson reached out to community orga-

before the show so families can learn about the show beforehand.

“We want everyone to enjoy live theater,” Carling said. “Atypical behavior should not be a barrier to coming into the theatre and being part of an audience.”

The adaptations for the sensory-friendly performance are all technical, so none of the choreography changes. This allows the audience to still “get the full impact of the show that they’re coming to see,” Cierniakoski said.

This is the first time Syracuse City Ballet will host a sensory-friendly performance. The ballet had discussed its plan with Syracuse Stage, which has collaborated with the Autism Theatre Initiative in the past, to host sensoryfriendly shows.

“We called (Syracuse Stage) and asked them if there’s anything we should change and they were so willing to share that information with us,” Cierniakoski said. “I feel like if these arts organizations keep working together then we can make it accessible for everybody.”

The addition of the sensory-friendly performance and immense talent of the company makes this year’s performance different than any other year, Rathbun said. She said “The Nutcracker” is an ideal show for a sensoryfriendly performance, and added that the ballet plans to host one every year.

“It’s ideal because the minute you walk in, it’s the holiday season, and it’s just magical,” Rathbun said. “It’s fast-paced and fun, and everybody loves it, so it was a perfect match.” hrober03@syr.edu

nizations including Catholic Charities and InterFaith Works to donate tickets for refugees and other members who benefit from their work. The event aims to bring the community together and “introduce them to the Everson” and other cultural institutions, said Barry Miller, Pattie’s husband.

“Anytime we can take a cultural institution like the Everson and open its doors a little wider and pull people in who might not otherwise come, I just think that those are opportunities that we should take,” Barry said. mpquinn@syr.edu

The Everson Museum of Art’s festival will sell holiday trees, wreaths and ribbons to raise money for the museum. wasim ahmad staff photographer

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stocks games of the season, Dungey proved he was among the best quarterbacks in the conference and deserves one more shot to lead this team to a bowl game.

Yet while Dungey’s strengths boost SU, his greatest flaw is a big part of what has held this team back in recent years. Dungey can’t stay healthy. He hasn’t played a full season yet. And for the first time next year, Dungey will have a quarterback behind him on the depth chart who is, in all likelihood, good enough to keep the starting spot if an injured Dungey puts him there.

That would be Tommy DeVito, the highlytouted recruit who spent this year as a redshirt. With that behind him, there is no reason not to play DeVito should Dungey go down.

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This is another position where SU is losing decorated seniors. Zaire Franklin has led the defense for three years and will be gone. Parris Bennett amassed 225 tackles the past two seasons. Jonathan Thomas provided a versatile presence with the ability to cover the slot when needed. And graduate transfer Austin Valdez offered valuable experience and flexibility.

They’re basically the only guys SU sent out as linebackers in 2017, and they’re all gone.

What’s left is a mystery. Franklin said this season that current sophomore Andrew Armstrong could play now if he had to and would excel, but Franklin had no reason to say otherwise. Shyheim Cullen has done well on special teams and could step into a regular defensive role. After that, some younger guys like redshirt freshmen Nadarius Fagan and Tyrell Richards have the chance to earn plenty of snaps. Incoming freshman Juan Wallace has potential, too.

Don’t be surprised if SU does what it did with Valdez and looks to bring in someone besides the incoming freshmen.

SU is losing two of the best receivers in program history and will be forced to replace them with players who are unproven at best.

The unknown here is what could be scary for SU, considering how heavily it relies on the passing game to score points.

Both Steve Ishmael and Ervin Philips, owners of plenty of program receiving records, will graduate. Devin C. Butler and Jamal Custis will have a chance to own the two outside receiver spots. However, neither could gain a firm grasp on the one open slot this year and there’s no guarantee they’ll do any better a year from now. Custis has been in the program for four years already.

Other contenders in the positional battle, which offers plenty of room considering SU loves to throw four or sometimes five receivers on the field at a time, include freshman Nykeim Johnson, who earned his first career start against BC; Sean Riley, who handled

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the Orange, while the Terps top scorers were Seth Allen (22 points) and Dez Sells (15 points).

Syracuse (5-0) faces its toughest challenge of the young season when it plays Maryland (6-1) Monday night in the Carrier Dome as part of the Big 10/ACC challenge. The Orange is coming off a 72-64 win over Toledo on Wednesday, while the Terrapins most recently beat New Mexico, 80-65, on Saturday.

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langer struggling again. He missed a potential gametying kick against FSU and ended the year making just four of his final nine field goals.

The most reoccurring concern was Dungey’s health. Dungey left portions of the game against the Seminoles. He came back and gutted through the rest of the matchup. After the game, though, he was seen with a boot on his right foot.

Last season, Dungey suffered an apparent head injury against Clemson and never returned. He bulked up in the offseason in an effort to be better equipped for the grueling season. Babers, who said he took out any designed running plays for Dungey in last year’s matchup against Clemson, took the training wheels off his quarterback and decided not to limit him at all this year.

Even though he was much stronger, it was clear that Dungey physically wore down as the season progressed. By the 10th game, Dungey was done.

Still, this year should have been different.

Backup Zack Mahoney showed that he could lead SU’s offense in last year’s finale against Pittsburgh, when the Orange scored 61 points.

With the defense’s improvement, and two of the final three games at home, there was still hope for the Orange.

SU got off to a strong first half in the next

that jumps out about Maryland is that it has already played seven games. Like SU, the Terrapins are a young team with the three sophomores leading the team in minutes per game.

UMD is a balanced team, ranking 54th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 30th in adjusted defensive efficiency, per Kenpom.com.

Maryland’s best win was a 79-65 triumph over Butler, but it also lost a game to St. Bonaventure in which it shot just 5-of-23 from deep.

Maryland scores in a variety of ways, and excels at drawing fouls, getting 24 percent of its scoring from the free throw line, per Kenpom.

UMD also succeeds at getting second-chance opportunities, ranking as the second-best team game against Wake Forest, taking a 38-24 lead. That game was the last time Syracuse would hold a lead all season. The offense scored 29 points over the final 10 quarters of the season. The defense, which had held every opponent to 35 points or fewer through the FSU game, allowed more than 40 points in each of the final three games.

“Obviously, we had a bad season,” said wide receiver Steve Ishmael after the Boston College game. “(Babers) knew that the seniors cared, we cared. We really wanted to win, but things happen.”

As opposed to last year, those seniors — Ishmael, Bennett, Ervin Philips and Zaire Franklin — were far and away the strength of the team. Each one of them improved this season, like they were supposed to, in the second year under Babers.

Next year, Babers is tasked with finding replacements for two of the top receivers in Syracuse history and the only four linebackers who regularly contributed.

Dungey won’t have a free pass, either. Despite his penchant for missing time, SU’s quarterback never really had a threat of getting replaced by Mahoney or third-stringer Rex Culpepper.

But next year Tommy DeVito will be active.

The freshman quarterback and highly ranked recruit redshirted this season, but there’ll be nothing preventing him from entering games next year if Dungey goes down. And if DeVito

in the country in offensive rebounding percentage (the Orange ranks third).

The one weakness for the Terrapins is turnovers. They’ve averaged a whopping 17.1 turnovers per game. About one of every four possessions for the Terps ends in a turnover, per Kenpom, a mark that ranks near the bottom of the country. On the other side, they’ve only forced opponents — which have included lower-level opponents like Maryland Eastern Shore and Jackson St. — to just 11.6.

How Syracuse wins the game:

Get more possessions. That means continuing to secure offensive rebounds while preventing Maryland from doing the same. It also means forcing UMD into turnovers. It might be a sloppy game between two young teams, and getting extra chances to score will be key for SU. plays at a high level and rallies community support — something he’s seemingly already done without taking a snap —Dungey’s job won’t be guaranteed.

(Babers) knew that the seniors cared, we cared.

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Babers hasn’t mentioned DeVito recently but did say last Monday that he was looking forward to have Dungey back by next year.

Babers is keeping the faith for 2018, too.

“I don’t feel like that is the end of what we’re going to do. I think this is the beginning,” Babers said during his opening statement after the BC game. “I really believe that the 2018 season is going to be something that we’re going to be talking about here for a long, long time.”

Later in the press conference, Babers declined to offer specifics on what Syracuse fans should expect for next season. He referenced the growth and maturity over the offseason.

Here’s what I’ll say: Fewer than six wins

Kenpom odds: Kenpom gives Syracuse a 54 percent chance to win.

Stat to know: 50.5

More than half of Syracuse’s possessions have been ended by one of either of the starting guards, Tyus Battle and Frank Howard.

Player to watch: Anthony Cowan, guard,

No. 1 Cowan leads the Terps with 15.3 points per game, 33.3 minutes per game, and he’s shooting at a 49.1 percent mark. He’s lived at the free throw line this year, making 6.7 free throws a game this year. He does have weaknesses from deep (32 percent) and has 25 assists to 20 turnovers so far. tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

next year will be unacceptable.

It’ll be Dungey’s task — arguably the Orange’s best returning player, and, Babers said, SU’s “heartbeat”— to lead the team there.

His career arc at Syracuse, despite his eyepopping numbers, has been one big “what if?”

Babers likes to say that the games in November are the ones fans remember the most. By those standards, Syracuse fans have very few memories of Dungey playing football. For him to change the script on his career, he’ll need to be active and effective in 2018.

November has proved to be SU’s kryptonite under Babers. On the first day of the month this year, on the ACC coaches teleconference, Babers was asked about the Orange’s stretch against top conference foes.

“We think that we’re getting better but we’re not good enough,” Babers said at the time. “We need to … maybe sometimes start winning some of those close games against some of those opponents.”

“Maybe” won’t cut it for the program rebuild. After the Clemson game, I argued that Babers no longer had to ask for “belief without evidence,” his trademark request since he was hired here two years ago. I stand by that. But going into his third season, Babers no longer should be allowed to ask for that.

It’s time for consistent evidence, not just a one-hit wonder. tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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Terps in town SU will host Maryland on Monday night in the Dome. Here’s what you should know about the Terps.

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After a monumental upset of then-No. 2 Clemson in the Carrier Dome on Oct. 13, Syracuse looked poised to stay hot down the stretch and thrive in Year 2, just like head coach Dino Babers promised. But a struggling defense and injured quarterback left SU limping to another 4-8 finish. alexandra moreo photo editor

Broken promise

Despite Dino Babers’ assurances that it wouldn’t, Syracuse ended this season much like the last

D

ino Babers seemed confident in his answer. Syracuse sat at 4-4, fresh off a competitive road loss at Miami the week after shocking the country and upsetting thenNo. 2 Clemson.

Last season, the Orange was 4-4 before losing the last four games. In his press conference after the Miami game, Babers was asked to identify what would make the end of this year different.

“The biggest difference is our quarterback is still standing,” Babers said. “Last year, we didn’t have him.”

This year, there ended up being no difference.

Just like last year, Eric Dungey got hurt playing in the ninth game of the season. Just like last year, he missed the last three games of the season. Just like last year, the Orange lost every game in the month of November and finished the season 4-8.

The 2016 season was a step forward, as the Orange began its rebuild under a new head coach.

The 2017 season kept SU stuck in place.

TOMER LANGER L’CHAIM

Babers was justifiably given the benefit of the doubt after his first year. He promised improvement in Year 2, and he had the track record for doing just that during his time at Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois, improving both team’s records in the second season.

At Syracuse, Babers didn’t deliver. The lack of tangible improvement leaves Babers, Dungey and the whole program at a crossroads heading into a make-or-break season next year. The Orange failed to meet self-set standards in its program restoration. To avoid the hot seat, and to validate his statistics, Babers and Dungey need to lead Syracuse to a bowl game next season.

“When you look at what we’re doing…” an

optimistic Babers said after the BC game. “I think you’re going to see drastic improvement.”

That improvement seemed like it was coming this year. All of SU’s first four losses this year — including three on the road at Louisiana State, North Carolina State and Miami — ended within one score. SU’s third-down defense was first in the country and the unit as a whole was playing at a higher level and regularly holding opponents in place. They gave an offense that started most games off slowly the opportunity to play catch-up.

“Of course the record may not seem like we got better,” senior linebacker Parris Bennett said. “But honestly, though, the games felt like we were a way better team.”

It felt that way through most of the Florida State game. That is until last season’s mistakes — the same ones Syracuse were supposed to outgrow this year — returned.

It initially came in senior kicker Cole Murphy

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Stock watch: Quarterbacks up; linebackers, receivers down

By Joe Bloss

senior staff writer

Syracuse (4-8, 2-6 Atlantic Coast) lost its fifth straight game on Saturday as Boston College (7-5, 4-4) left the Carrier Dome with a 42-14 win. The loss marked the end of a disappointing season in which the Orange, for the fourth straight year, failed to earn a bowl invitation.

All season long, we’ve assessed each week’s game with a stock watch, where top performers went up and those who struggled went down. In

that same light, here’s a crack at which positional groups SU fans will want to buy-in on heading into next season, which head coach Dino Babers promised will be “one to remember.”

Stock up Defensive backs

This was a group in 2017 that had to adapt from the get-go when safety Antwan Cordy — arguably the team’s best athlete — suffered a seasonending injury in Week 1. Plus, grad transfer safety Jordan Martin only made it through a little more than

half the season before suffering an injury of his own against Clemson.

Redshirt junior Rodney Williams was reinserted as a starter with sophomore Evan Foster. With those two at safety, and sophomores Scoop Bradshaw and Christopher Fredrick returning at cornerback, there is experience returning. Add Cordy and redshirt freshman Ifeatu Melifonwu, who has impressed in practice this year, and SU will have depth. Competition can only help.

Defensive line

When the SU defense was at its best, this was where it all got started.

Think back to the big win against Clemson, and the image of redshirt junior Chris Slayton slamming quarterback Kelly Bryant to the turf and knocking him out of the game. SU had four sacks for 30 yards that game.

But in the last three games of the year, SU had just three sacks total.

When the front wasn’t getting initial pressure, the rest of the defense struggled. Opponents hanging 64, 56 and 42 on SU tells you all you need to know.

For SU, the hope is that the defen-

sive line that returns just about everyone will look more like the unit it was earlier in the season. Both Kendall Coleman and Josh Black should be able to start clean with no injuries. Slayton will be primed for a big senior year. And everyone else will have another year to get bulkier and more experienced.

Quarterbacks

You have to assume Eric Dungey will own the starting spot in his senior season. Before missing the final three see stocks page 12