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Syracuse University has created a new Infrastructure Institute to work with its schools and colleges to promote and build socially responsible infrastructure.

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The Refugee and Immigrant Self Empowerment organization in Syracuse established a new initiative to promote self-efficacy for young girls.

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David Falk, a storied sports agent, has represented clients like Michael Jordan. Twenty years removed from his prime, meet the man behind the superstars.

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First-time politician Rachel May to use academic, environmental skills as state senator

Frank Howard’s return assists SU

By Billy Heyen

asst. sports editor

Before each of Syracuse’s first four games, Frank Howard shot with untied shoes before sitting out with an injured left ankle.

Last Wednesday, Howard’s shoes were tied. Nov. 21, one hour and 15 minutes before Syracuse tipped off against Colgate, Howard was signing a few autographs with his gray and white sneakers’ laces already knotted up. The shoes being tied meant one thing: Syracuse had its senior point guard back. “Frank’s one of the leaders on this team,� SU junior Tyus Battle said. “Whole year last year, 40 minutes for both of us. It’s great to have him back out there.�

Howard returned, started and played 19 minutes for Syracuse (3-2) in the Orange’s 77-56 win over Colgate last week. Afterward, he said he’s about “60 or 70 percent� of how he felt at his peak this offseason.

Howard averaged the fourth-most minutes in the country last year, but RACHEL MAY upset incumbent David Valesky in the September primaries, then went on to defeat Republican opponent Janet Burman in the November general election for the state’s 53rd District seat. corey henry staff photographer

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University removes romaine lettuce

By Colleen Ferguson asst. news editor

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little more than a year and a half ago, Rachel May came out of a meeting with then-state senator David Valesky that she found “very discouraging.�

Somebody turned to her and told her to run against him in the next election, she said. “I laughed in their face,� she told her audience during a speech at National Organization for Women New York’s annual state conference on Nov. 17.

May, 61, spent her life as an academic, caregiver and volunteer. She never saw herself in the public eye, she said at the conference. She used to be “paralyzed� in front of a microphone or camera. She developed the skills needed to navigate encounters with reporters and constituents when she began going to Toastmasters Orange Orators’ weekly meetings at Bird Library — she called it a campaign in a box.

May would go on to upset incumbent Valesky in September’s Democratic primary. She would then defeat Janet Burman by more than 20 percentage points in the November general election for the state Senate’s 53rd District seat. The SUNY-ESF alumna will begin representing the district, which includes Syracuse University, in January.

She’s a newcomer to the political arena, but May’s experience as SU’s sustainability education coordinator taught her about balancing systems — knowledge she aims to put to use in Albany. She’s also hoping to reduce some of the barriers that exist for first-time candidates so, in 2020, fresh faces like hers can work their way onto a ballot.

The senator-elect is attending five to six com-

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By India Miraglia asst. copy editor

May attended the Buy Local Bash on Nov. 19, where she met with local business owners and merchants. colleen ferguson asst. news editor

munity events a week between now and January, she said. At the CNY Regional Market’s Buy Local Bash on Nov. 19, the self-proclaimed introvert walked around for an hour, getting to know the area’s business owners and merchants. May sampled various food and drink items, browsed collections of clothing and crafts and stopped to speak with each vendor about their work.

May campaigned on a platform emphasizing issues like health care for all, campaign finance reform and an end to partisan gerrymandering, which is the drawing of districts to favor a specific political party.

Her defeat of Valesky in September marked the first time that Valesky, who held the seat for 14 years, had been challenged by another Democrat in a primary.

He did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this story.

Burman, May’s Republican opponent in November, focused on fighting concentrated poverty, creating an equitable tax structure, lowering the costs of government and improving resources for education and farming. Burman did not respond to multiple requests for comment on this story.

May added that regardless of who see may page 4

Syracuse University will no longer serve romaine lettuce following a warning released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.

Last Tuesday, the CDC told consumers to throw away all forms of romaine lettuce because of an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to the lettuce. Thirty-two people in 11 states have become sick from eating romaine lettuce, and 13 of them were hospitalized.

Mark Tewksbury, SU’s director of residence and Carrier Dome operations, said in an email that after the CDC warning was released, SU’s Food Services pulled all items containing romaine lettuce from the university’s on-campus dining see lettuce page 6

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Student reactions SU student groups voice frustration with a new proposal to change federal Title IX laws.

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Economic worries

Graduate politics

Five ZIP codes in Syracuse have some of the highest levels of economic distress in the country.

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The Graduate Student Organization will convene for its final meeting of the fall semester.

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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening in New York state right now.

RESTAURANT CLOSES

The building that housed New Fuji Buffet on Erie Blvd. is for sale after the Chinese restaurant suddenly closed two weeks ago. The 7,500 square foot space, which previously housed Grimaldi’s Ristorante for nearly 40 years, is being sold for $1.5 million. source: syracuse.com

DESTINY STABBINGS

Authorities are still investigating the events that led up to Destiny USA’s Black Friday stabbing. The two victims are not cooperating with police, refusing to provide details. A confrontation between the two men ensued around 4 p.m., and Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler said it’s clear that security responded quickly. source: localsyr.com

TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH

A driver crashed a tractor-trailer into a bridge on Onondaga Lake Parkway on Tuesday around 1 a.m. The driver was ticketed, and the accident left the truck with significant damage. The parkway closed temporarily after the accident, with traffic reduced to one lane in each direction for nearly three hours.

In the spirit

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A 45-foot Norway spruce tree sits in the center of Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse, an annual holiday staple in central New York. The tree was donated by Onondaga County and the Department of Water Environment Protection. A tree lighting ceremony took place Friday.

The downtown ice rink will remain open until March 9. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

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SU founds institute to study infrastructure

By Kailee Vick staff writer

Syracuse University ’s new Infrastructure Institute hopes to train a new generation of students on socially responsible infrastructure and its interdisciplinary applications.

The institute, which is part of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, plans to bring together students from all schools and colleges at SU to deal with current infrastructure

problems across the nation and meet the capacity demands of the country and the world, said Laura Steinberg, one of the founders of the institute.

Steinberg, former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, co-founded the institute in early November with Steven Charney, a Whitman alumnus and chairman of the Peckar & Abramson construction law firm.

She said socially responsible infrastructure is resilient to

We’re in an infrastructure crisis in this country, and I want to do something about it.

Laura Steinberg co-founder of su’s infrastructure institute

future environmental conditions, is consistent with the needs and desires of the community and makes the most efficient use of public funds.

Steinberg and Charney said they want to emphasize interdisciplinary work because of the many areas of expertise that relate to infrastructure. Similar programs at other universities use some combination of business, public administration and engineering, but SU’s institute see institute page 6

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Startup works to improve Syracuse quality of life

By Emma Folts staff writer

The city of Syracuse recently partnered with the San Francisco-based program Startup in Residence and will soon consider proposals from tech companies to solve issues related to waste disposal, crime and housing stability in central New York.

Syracuse and STIR’s 25 other government partners will review applications to develop and test the proposed solutions over a four-month residency program that begins in January.

The program closed submissions on Nov. 14.

Adria Finch, director of inno-

vation for Syracuse, said the city hopes to increase permit transparency and gather data on garbage and debris collection.

Other proposals involve creating an application for a Trauma Response Team — which would inform the community of a violent crime and provide options for support — and another to increase housing stability by addressing the 21-day limit for property owners to handle security deposits to renters. “This is problematic for the low-income renters in Syracuse, who oftentimes rely on that security deposit to put down on the next place that they want to move to,� Finch said.

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Number of governments Startups in Residence has partnered with

The city wants to pioneer a platform similar to Kiva.org, which lets renters crowdfund an interest-free loan for a security deposit, according to Syracuse. com. City officials were also considering a proposal for snowplowing robots, but the proposal did not receive any applicants,

Finch said.

First, STIR works for two months with various local, state and federal governments to identify problems in the community it is working with, said Jay Nath, the co-creator of STIR and a director at City Innovate, which now manages the program.

In Syracuse, this process involved discussing technological solutions to existing problems with department heads, Finch said. She then reviewed the problems with Mayor Ben Walsh, which resulted in an initial list of about 10 problems the city is aiming to tackle. From there, five challenges were chosen for tech

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TEENAGER SENTENCED

Knowledge Powell was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison after shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy in 2017. Powell, who was 15 at the time, shot Akil Williams in the back and then in the face.

Another 15-year-old was charged in the murder, but his name was withheld due to his age. source: cnycentral.com

WATER ADVISORY

Thousands of people in Oswego County are being advised to boil their water for two days after a water main break near County Route 12. Officials issued the advisory because the break happened several feet below the surface and there was a fear that groundwater could have seeped through the busted pipe. source: cnycentral.com

ELECTIONS 2020

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday morning during a radio appearance that he’s ruling out a presidential run in 2020. Though he was pegged as a potential candidate, he said that he’s focusing on his role as governor.

Earlier this month, Cuomo was re-elected for a third term. source: cnycentral.com

TROOPER KILLED

State trooper Jeremy VanNostrand has died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday morning crash on Route 5s in the town of Glen. He was rear-ended around 7:45 a.m., with his vehicle pushed into oncoming traffic.

VanNostrand entered the state police force in 2012. source: cnycentral.com

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people voted for at the polls, her campaign goal was just to get them to turn out. “My whole message was about opening up our democracy and encouraging people to vote whether they were going to vote for me or not,� she said. “I wanted to see a really big turnout. I feel like that’s when our democracy is working.�

A first-time candidate, May said she encountered unexpected hurdles from the campaign timeline, like the voter registration deadline, which in New York is 25 days before the election.

With a September primary, that deadline coincided with the time college students returned to campus, which was too late for students to change their address and register to vote, May said. She saw that she got “a lot of attention� in those last 25 days from the press as a candidate, but at that point, new voters couldn’t register.

The deadline to file petition signatures to get on the ballot also coincided with the exact deadline to file campaign finance reports this year, May added. While raising money and collecting petitions may not be as much work for an incumbent, who’s been raising money for years, it took a lot of effort for a new candidate like May and her staff to juggle both these deadlines at once, she said. “When you run, you discover these things that ‌ really are barriers, kind of subtle barriers that come up all the time that just make it harder for people who don’t have massive resources to get involved and run for office,â€? she said.

Prior to her campaign, May had worked as SU’s campus sustainability coordinator since 2011. She officially left the job on Nov. 19, saying it would be too difficult to keep the job throughout the January to June legislative session as a state senator.

May, who lives two blocks east of SU, expects to be present on campus when she’s not in Albany. She hopes to continue her involvement in local issues, especially those related to sustainability, she said. “I’m looking forward to being a senator for SU as well as for ... a lot of the other important parts of the district,� she added.

During her time as coordinator, May said she helped the SU Showcase evolve into a sustainability-oriented event with intensive workshops and speakers. One event was an activity in which a day’s worth of campus-wide waste was dumped onto the floor of the South Campus sustainability laboratory for students to dissect.

May helped with other efforts on campus, such as divesting from fossil fuels and the Climate Action Plan, which would eliminate SU’s emission of greenhouse gases by 2040, according to its website. These initiatives make May proud of her time as campus sustainability coordinator, she said.

She has asked to be on the Senate’s Energy, Environmental Conservation or Transportation Committees, all of which involve sustainability issues. It is important to have people on these committees who can look at the big picture and aim towards more energy efficiency and environmental responsibility, she said. “Sustainability is about systems thinking,� she said, referring to a problem-solving style of management that emphasizes looking at the way systems interact and work over time. “It’s about understanding the full systems and looking at those systems in a way that, if you’re trying to fix a problem in one part of the system, you’re making sure that you’re not making problems worse in some other part of the system.�

This can apply to issues outside the environmental sphere, like health care, education or criminal justice, she added. One of her goals in Albany is to encourage her colleagues to look at the state government in a more holistic way, working across committees and seeing how issues affect different systems.

About four years ago, May worked with Philip Arnold, chair of the religion department at SU and faculty member of Native American and Indigenous Studies, to write and execute a $90,000 grant proposal in col& ), .#)(É 1#."É ." É %YĆ€()ä"É Ć‘É , .É 1É ) É Peace Center.

While Arnold was surprised May sought public office, he said her attention to detail, organizational skills, collaborative nature and willingness to work with different university and city constituencies — all of which were vital in the Environmental Protection Agency grant’s progression — will serve her well as a state senator. “There aren’t a lot of academics willing to take on that rough and tumble world of politics,� he said. “I think she thinks that the condition of the country is just grave enough.�

In 2001, the May family left St. Paul, Minnesota, and May’s tenured position as a professor of Russian Studies at Macalester College, to live in Syracuse. Her husband teaches *"#&)-)*"3É .É É )3( É )&& ! ĹşÉ " É ,( É É master’s degree in environmental communication from SUNY-ESF in 2003. “In the context of New York government, the fact that I have lived in three or four other states before I came here (gives me) a perspective that people who were born and raised here and never have lived anywhere else in their lives don’t have,â€? she said.

Since moving to the area, May has gotten involved with grassroots urban forestry programs and served on local boards of Zoning Appeals, the Democratic Committee and the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.

Her daughter, Sophie May, 20, said in an

email that she grew up going to a lot of community events in the area with her parents, including the annual Westcott Street Fair, local art shows and theater productions.

Sophie, a junior at Cornell University’s "))&É ) É ( /-.,# &É ( É ),É & .#)(-ĹťÉ - # É when her mother first brought up the idea of running for senator, she seemed hesitant. It felt like a distant idea because she had never run for any public office before, Sophie added. “It was definitely time for her to do something that would really make use of her amazing mine of political and social knowledge and her capability for hard work,â€? she said.

Between now and January, May will hire staffers, do research for the committee she’s assigned to and continue to get to know the people she’s representing. May said she recognizes the importance of being out and about in the community to learn about the small city issues affecting a place like Syracuse, since the Democratic Party in New York is often seen as only caring about New York City, she added.

May said she wants to make sure she’s staying in touch with people she represents. Now is a good time for that since she’s not in a session, she added. “We miss having her around sometimes,�

Sophie said, “but it’s definitely worth it to (see) that (she) has found her calling.� cefergus@syr.edu | @ColleenEFergus2

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AMA campaign validates all genders New York needs to update its voting laws O n Nov. 13, the American Medical Association House of Delegates firmly decided to take a stand on several healthcare policies they believe are ineffective. The AMA is pushing for state and federal population surveys — and databases for government and private healthcare insurers — to include sexual orientation and gender identities.

President Donald Trump’s administration recently considered defining sex as a “biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth.� This blow from the government administration could not have come at a poorer time. In 2017 and 2018, at least 74 percent of known victims in anti-transgender violence were misgendered in media coverage or police reports.

We must support efforts of the AMA in giving the transgender community their deserved validation. “You have one of the most prestigious national organizations that settles medical ideas to come out and say ‘look, sex

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and gender are much more complicated than a binary system’.

It authorizes another perspective,� said Melissa Welshans, a part-time english instructor at Syracuse University.

What this campaign shows us is that there is an importance in dominant communities supporting marginalized communities. For college students, this means that we must do the same for other communities who are not receiving simple rights we deserve.

This especially counts in a community such as SU. In the 2016 campus climate assessment, 1.5 percent of participants openly identified as transgender. Their experiences continue to reflect the marginalization and oppression that the community faces as a whole.

Sixty two percent of SU trans-

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It’s no secret that this campus is dominated by a cissexual and straight community. But like the AMA, we’re at a position where we can truly advocate for change if we come together to enact it. “College students are in a great time in their lives to educate themselves about issues in the world.

They can be active in their communities and people in the real world in ways that wouldn’t be oppressive,�

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In our position of privilege at SU, we must realize that education about people different than ourselves is perhaps the most crucial education we can receive.

Lianza Reyes is a junior broadcast and digital journalism major. Her column runs biweekly. She can be reached at lireyes@syr.edu.

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Local bald eagles should be protected

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was dismayed to read Peter Morrissey’s piece — Syracuse bald eagles are indicators of healthy local environment — dismissing the concerns of people who seek to the protect the bald eagles of Onondaga Lake from human disturbance. The case is not closed on the impacts of a trail on the bald eagles. The opinion of Tom Wittig, on which Mr. Morrissey bases his conclusions, is not beyond dispute.

Mr. Wittig focuses on the impacts human presence might have in winter. As local eagle expert Gerald Smith notes in a letter to the editor published in The Post-Standard, the roost serves important functions for the eagles year-round.

In addition, bald eagles respond differently to humans than to cars and trains. They will be disturbed by regular human movement in their roost, and they will abandon

Murphy’s Island. That would be a great shame.

Mr. Morrissey’s statement that “like it or not, the trail is expected to be built� suggests that the trail is inevitable. It is a glib rejection of the importance of public involvement in official decisions. The Friends of Onondaga Lake Bald Eagles are gaining new supporters every day and building alliances with other concerned groups. The trail is not a done deal, although some public officials are attempting to portray it as such in an attempt to defuse the growing opposition.

I certainly agree that bald eagles have made an amazing comeback, both locally and nationally.

However, they are not to be taken for granted. Our local bald eagle population is unique and has the potential to benefit the area in many ways. People travel from far away

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ew York, one of the most populated states, consistently ranks near the bottom when it comes to voter turnout.

This isn’t a reflection of the people of New York — it’s a reflection of New York’s outdated voting system that makes it incredibly difficult for citizens to fulfill their civic duty. “It’s crucial to have modernized voting laws in a large state like New York because our system sets a precedent for other states�, said Katie Shanahan, president of Democracy Matters at Syracuse University, in an email.

From start to end, the laws in New York make it difficult to vote every step of the way. If you wanted to register to vote in this year’s midterm elections, you would had to have done so over three weeks in advance — New York is one of only 13 states to not allow early voting. And it’s the only state in the country that holds primaries for state offices and federal offices on different days.

These are outdated voting laws in the most literal sense of the word. A law that requires voters change party affiliation almost a year in advance was made in the early 20th century.

The justification was so party bosses couldn’t get all of their friends to change parties right before an election to flip the result. In 2018, this law works to disenfranchise unaffiliated voters who hadn’t decided they wanted to vote in the primary long before it actually happened.

Shanahan said these laws con-

tribute to the extremely low voter turnout rates.

These laws give advantages to incumbents while disenfranchising unaffiliated voters and working class voters. And most importantly, they play a part in the lack of effective representation among elected leaders.

Incumbents in the New York State Senate and elsewhere do not have motivation to change a voting system that is helping them win re-election. Elected leaders who view the well-being of the state as a higher priority than their own re-election would be in support of voting reform, but it appears that New York state elected leaders do not have this view.

New York state currently lags well behind the rest of the country when it comes to voting laws.

Allowing early voting and consolidating primary elections would be a big step, but New York should make the decision to become a leader on voting rights.

If New York can work to pass modernized voting laws, such as same-day registration and even automatic registration, New York can boost voter turnout and be a guiding light to the rest of the country.

Nick Turner is a senior political science and policy studies major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at nturner@syr.edu.

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institute will involve all disciplines, Steinberg said.

Charney said the institute is working on creating educational opportunities for students, including new courses and research projects.

SU’s “highly collaborative schools and deans” make it a good location for the institute, Steinberg said.

SU’s institute could shift the academic community’s attention to infrastructure, Charney said. It also has the potential for global impact, he added.

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“The institute could eventually help find ways to deliver water treatment facilities in third world countries,” he said.

Steinberg said she’s frustrated that the country hasn’t gotten far with efforts to improve its infrastructure, and she said SU’s institute may be able to solve those issues.

“I want to help train students to manage, design, finance and plan infrastructure that addresses the crumbling state of our infrastructure,” she said. “We’re in an infrastructure crisis in this country, and I want to do something about it.” knvick@syr.edu

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lettuce facilities. Dining centers will offer spinach, iceberg lettuce and spring mix instead, Tewksbury said.

“Food Services will adhere to the warning until the CDC indicates romaine lettuce is safe for consumption,” he said in the email.

There have been two reported illnesses from the lettuce in New York. In Canada, 22 people from Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick have been affected by the same strain of E. coli, according to the Public from page 3

startup companies to address in their proposals, she said.

Once challenges are established, the problems are shared with entrepreneurs and innovators around the world, Nath said.

We have more problems than we actually have time to solve.

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A request for proposals was sent out in early October, and applications will be reviewed this week by a committee of five people selected by Walsh, Finch said. The final selected group of tech companies and startups will be decided by the second week of December, she said.

“Hopefully we will end up with four finalists, one for the four problems that we received,” she said.

Governments and startups collaborate through a residency program that involves first creating a project plan, Nath said.

Health Agency of Canada.

This outbreak of E. coli comes a year after an outbreak that involved an E. coli strand with the same genetic fingerprint as the one affecting romaine lettuce today presented itself in leafy greens in the U.S. and Canada.

The investigation into the current outbreak of E. coli is ongoing, according to the CDC. Federal health officials said on Monday the most likely source of the lettuce contamination comes from growing regions in northern and central California, The Washington Post reported. irmiragl@syr.edu

From there, they work together over four months to understand the issue through media research, then design, build and test a solution. The goal is to have a working solution for each local problem, Nath said. If achieved, the final stage of the program involves negotiating a contract for the project.

“Our role during that whole process is to facilitate and make sure everything’s moving forward,” he said.

Nath created STIR in 2014 with then-San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. Nath, who was the city’s chief innovation officer at the time, said they created the program with the idea that local communities face challenges that are complex and difficult to address.”

“Our communities have so much talent in them, whether it’s Syracuse (or) San Francisco,” Nath said.

Syracuse joined STIR in summer 2017, Finch said. Cities applying to the program must have a commitment to solving problems within the community, Nath said.

Other factors include prioritizing innovation and working with the community.

Finch said joining the program was a way to leverage outside help to get additional work done. She hopes this partnership will ultimately help create a better quality of life in Syracuse, she added.

“We have more problems than we actually have the time to solve,” she said. esfolts@syr.edu

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n the corner of Burt Street and South State Street resides a building whose ceiling is decorated with crisscrossed strings of flags from around the world.

Blackboards, bookshelves, posters and handprints adorn the walls. Every Sunday at 3 p.m., girls in colorful hijabs and skirts walk through these doors, under a sign that reads “RISE.” Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE), a local nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting selfsufficiency for members of the refugee and immigrant communities in Onondaga County established the Women’s Empowerment Initiative in 2013. Among the employment and education services that RISE provides, the Women’s Empowerment Initiative focuses specifically on two disenfranchised groups: women and youth.

The program serves girls from middle school to young adulthood. Many of the girls come from a Muslim background and find that the difference in customs and sex and gender roles create challenges when they come to America.

“Here, this is their space and kind of their community center, and they can ask any kind of questions,” said Associate Executive Director Isabelle Kallman, who oversees all programs at RISE. She meets with the girls every Sunday for two and a half hours. The group explores different empowerment themes each month through curriculums, interactive activities, art projects and guest speakers.

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hour-long yoga with the group, translating different poses into larger concepts for the month. She’ll teach downward dog and plank for lessons on strength, balancing poses for focus and snake or cobra pose to communicate the idea of flexibility in mind and body.

For a class on leadership, Kallman may split the girls into teams where one person in each group wears a blindfold and guides everyone from point A to point B. The game encourages them to work together while delegating one person to lead.

Student volunteers from Syracuse University once brought in mirrors for the group to learn about self-esteem. Everyone drew a self-portrait in a positive light before going around and sharing what they most liked about themselves.

Every activity has a theme and a goal, Kallman said, but it’s never rigid. The curriculum is constantly evolving to provide a comfortable space for the girls to learn the new culture.

These hands-on interactions also help the girls forge and strengthen their bond with one another. It’s a community that crosses identity lines, where they come together all as women, and not as individuals belonging to this group or that group, said Erica Kokoszka, a recent SU alumna who now serves as education director at RISE.

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With many of the women at RISE from a Muslim background, that first visual of a hijab can create prejudices and biased assumptions, in which case they’re “othered” immediately from just their appearance, said Kokoszka.

All the girls enrolled in the program are in school, and the Sunday afternoons they spend together are a time when they can talk about shared unique experiences or obstacles. “They have all kinds of challenges, and getting that support within their community can be really effective,” said Kallman.

Kallman has also recently begun working on activities that can incorporate the mothers, as well. As their children become more fluent and culturally assimilated in school, the parents, who don’t speak English as well, can begin to feel disconnected.

“Every teenager goes through that (rebellion phase) anyway,” Kallman said. “And then, if on top of that, you could speak more English than your parents, or you knew more about things here just from going to school or being more out in the community, you sort of have this leg up.”

Kallman added that the kids’ assimilation can create a divide with their parents, who don’t have the luxury of going back to school and need to work to sustain the family.

RISE recently held its annual year-end fundraiser on #GivingTuesday. The donations would help fund programs like Women’s Empowerment Project that support field trips, transportation, snacks and supplies, and the upcoming Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference in February, a one-day see rise page 8

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OAD to host 1st year-end formal City cafe, brewery to open next month

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For students, the end of the semester is packed with final exams and projects. One way students can decompress as they prepare for the busy weeks ahead is one of the last Orange After Dark events of the semester.

In its inaugural year, the OAD year-end formal offers an opportunity for students on campus to throw on their favorite attire and dance the night away with friends. The dance, open to all students, will take place on Friday at 10 p.m. in the Regency Ballroom at the Shera-

ton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center.

Attendees can expect an elegant, prom-like atmosphere with balloons, high top tables and a photo booth. DJ Maestro — who provided the playlist for OttoTHON a few weeks ago — will be playing music.

The Sheraton will cater appetizers that students can eat throughout the night. Kaleigh Young, an OAD event board member, hinted at a potential “signature mocktail” to complete the event’s theme.

Nikki Bracci, the OAD event board member in charge of organizing the formal, said there will also be a special guest appearance.

“Otto’s going to be there,” she said. “We are trying to get Otto in a bow tie.”

Although Otto is dressing up, attendees aren’t required to. Every student who comes can dress however they choose, whether that choice is a ball gown or sweatpants.

While some formal dances expect attendees to come with a date, OAD’s event doesn’t require it. Young anticipates seeing many couples and friend groups, especially because the formal is an opportunity to spend the night together before leaving for the holidays. see formal page 8

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A new shop will soon join the brewing scene in Syracuse, and Peaks Coffee Company is tightening the bolts to set its cafe in motion.

Cazenovia-based Peaks Coffee will warm up Syracuse’s coffee drinkers this winter with an expected opening date in December or January, said Samuel Bender, the 25-yearold co-founder and co-owner.

With his wife and co-owner/ manager, Kelsey, Bender is working

toward the opening of Peaks — a “communal space to foster teamwork and friendship” — at 1200 E. Genesee St. “I’m glad we started this young,” said Bender a former nursing student. “We both have experience as baristas and began our wholesale space/cafe in Cazenovia in 2015.”

But Bender said it was time to move on from Cazenovia and back to his and Kelsey’s native roots. As their first venture closed shop this past August, the see coffee page 8

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The idea of the formal grew from the success of OAD’s “Black Panther” screening this past February. The students loved how they could dress up and spend the evening in a more elegant environment, so OAD brainstormed how they could offer more events similar to the movie premiere.

“This campus likes formals,” said Courtney Jones, associate director of the Office of Student Activities, “and this is an alternative of sorts to those in Greek life.”

Benders set their sights on their hometown of Syracuse.

Peaks aims to provide a casual space for people to enjoy different styles of brews and raise the level of the experience it brings, Bender said.

The idea for a cafe first took shape in 2014, and the backyard-roasting of beans in a cast-iron skillet led to the birth of Peaks. It was Kelsey’s vision to have her own cafe. But the trajectory of their journey and inspiration for their coffee shop came through their struggles.

“Kelsey and I have been through a tough phase of depression and anxiety,” Bender said.

On their website’s founders page, they write that Kelsey’s father told her “life is about enjoying the peaks and enduring the valleys.”

These words that Bender’s father-in-law shared when his daughter was at her lowest point was the motivation for the brand name, Bender said, and what they have endured has helped them establish their dream project and kept going.

“My goal with being so transparent about my mental health is to be an example of someone who has been in a hopeless place, but has overcome it and built something amazing,” Kelsey said in an email.

When she looks at the way Peaks has shaped up, she says she is nervous — as fear of failure is sometimes unavoidable — but the excitement of her dream coming true burns brighter.

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I want everyone to feel like they’re going to have the best night of their lives.

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The OAD event board members are predicting a great turnout and are confident in attendees’ feedback. Young said she thinks the dance will be one of the best events of the fall semester. The event promotes OAD’s goal as an organization to provide students fun, safe and inclusive ways to spend their weekends for little-to-no charge.

“I want everyone to feel like they’re going to have the best night of their lives on a random Friday in November,” said Bracci, who has spent the last few months organizing the event to live up to the standards that students expect from OAD events.

If the night is successful, OAD hopes to make the year-end formal an annual event and will help expose students to other events that they offer, including their upcoming Pancake Breakfast Stressbuster and their Late Night Movie series.

Tickets can be purchased at the Schine Box Office for $3, which includes admission and food. jpleveil@syr.edu

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forum in partnership with local organizations to bring workshops and guest speakers to girls.

The Women’s Empowerment Initiative has invited guest speakers in the past from institutions such as SUNY Upstate Medical Univer-

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light and dark coffee roasts along with single origin and blends. Peaks’ beans have been sourced by Bender from countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Guatemala and Honduras, among others.

“We are offering coffees that are sweet, clean and balanced to both regular customers as well as wholesale,” Bender said. “There will be clarity in flavour and a seasonal rotation of menus.”

The menu will also include breakfast, lunch and perhaps an early dinner, Bender said. Diners can expect paninis, toasts, sandwiches, pastries and a variety of teas from Chicago-based Spirit Tea and kombu-

cha from New York-based Yesfolk Tonics.

Nate Cochran, the East Coast sales manager for Spirit Tea, met Bender two years ago at an event at ReAnimator Coffee where he worked. One thing led to another, and Spirit began supplying tea to Peaks in Cazenovia.

Since then, their bond has been forged.

“I am excited for Sam,” Cochran said.

“Peaks is looking good. We will be supplying around 15 tea varietals of single origin and some new arrivals in December or January.”

And with the new year just around the corner, Kelsey said there’s plenty of brewing for Syracuse to warm up to.

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“They feel pressured sometimes that they’re supposed to step outside their cultural box and become this leader in the community,” said Kallman. “Not that they shouldn’t want to do that, but you shouldn’t feel pressured.”

This fall, some of the girls experienced apple picking or visiting pumpkin patches

for the first time. They did sun salutations on yoga mats and drew mandalas. Through every activity, the girls gained confidence to be their own person.

“Anytime that I can help them gain selfesteem and leadership skills in the community is a win, and we do see that,” Kallman said. jpeng04@syr.edu

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TRADITIONAL TWISTS La Patria Cafe serves up authentic Latin cuisine in the historic Hawley-Green neighborhood

The La Patria Cafe menu features dishes with Caribbean and European influence, as well as specialty rums, with added twists.

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family would refer to the Dominican Republic,” she said. “To me, it symbolizes something more because it means homeland.”

Chef Thomas has been cooking for 13 years and said she is excited to be a part his holiday season brings the gift of Latin cuisine to the Syra- of La Patria as it makes its mark on the city. To her, the food and the challenging cuse food scene with the new addition of La Patria Cafe. The nature of restaurants are what keeps her motivated. restaurant, opened earlier this month, features classic Latin “Restaurants are an ever-evolving and changing animal, so it has always dishes and traditional flavors. But for the restaurant’s owner, been fun for me to learn the skill and be adaptable enough to change at any given Clara Cedeño, and chef, Amy Thomas, they hope to put their moment,” Thomas said. “Cooking here at La Patria has definitely brought about own spin on timeless dishes. that energy that I love.”

Growing up in a traditional Dominican family, Cedeño said she developed Both Cedeño and Thomas said they are eager to try new things with a strong fondness of food from a young age. Through her time spent around the cafe. The drink menu, they said, will likely begin with a more typical friends and family in the kitchen, she said she gained more lineup, but in time, the cafe will introduce drinks with a appreciation for the art of sharing and preparing food.

Caribbean tie including a variety of tropical rums. The “The kitchen was always the heart of our family,” Cedeño said. cafe will also be making its own chorizo, hoping to give “The holidays were always special — it was where all the women “The kitchen was patrons a taste of home. were in the kitchen making everything from scratch.”

Cedeño and Thomas said they want to give patrons always the heart of meals When working in the information technology business, that have a personality of their own, while also not Cedeño found herself losing passion for her job. She decided the family ... it was steering too far from the menu’s Latin roots and flavors. to get her MBA from Syracuse University, but it did little to rethe cafe will incorporate Latin flavors into their where all the women While energize her interest in the field. After graduating last Decemmix, the menu will also introduce European flavors from were in the kitchen Spain and Portugal. ber, Cedeño left the IT business and found her cafe building.

La Patria Cafe is situated in a quaint little neighborhood that making everything La Patria, they said, has a lot in store for customers to try, Cedeño likened to a small business hub. The area is a blend of busibut they expect the empanadas to be an ongoing staple. from scratch.” nesses, cafes, restaurants and residential homes.

“Our empanadas are in the Dominican style, but we Much like the neighborhood, Cedeño relates her cafe to her take a little liberty with being creative in how we treat the 0%6%ì )()¢3ì “home.” She said she hopes patrons will feel as if they are at a filling,” Thomas said. owner of la patria cafe friend’s house, having a meal and enjoying themselves.

La Patria Cafe is welcoming both the upcoming holiday For Cedeño, the cafe’s combination of chic looks and traditional comfort has season and icy weather with open arms. Thomas hopes the restaurant found the happy medium for its ambiance. The eatery is lined with pieces and will be a meeting place for families by accommodating bigger gatherings decorations Cedeño and her family have found during their travels — and many and more private dining. more holding both sentimental and familial value.

“The holidays have always meant rekindling those old connections, especially “Everything here has a tie to something,” Cedeño said. “Our logo is based off with family and friends who don’t always live in the same place,” Thomas said. of a painting here that features a lizard. The lizard or gecko has a strong prevaThe cafe will also sport a festive look, with decor that “will speak to the lence in Latin culture, so I wanted that to be in our logo.” holidays,” as well as bringing a warmth and coziness to visitors. Cedeño and The cafe’s name, La Patria, also holds special significance.

Thomas agreed that “it’s all about family.”

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howard for SU’s first four games, he played zero.

His return helps the Orange all over the floor: running the point, moving Battle to his natural position and defending at the top of the zone.

“He’s a great point guard, a great leader,” forward Oshae Brissett said. “He helps us on the court, telling us where to be. Something breaks down, he’s smart out there, and he knows what it takes on the offensive end to get a quick bucket if we need it. I’m just glad to have him back.”

When Syracuse lost two games in 24 hours at Madison Square Garden, Howard watched and noticed the “ball sticking,” meaning SU didn’t move the ball well around the perimeter. When a player caught the ball, he’d dribble for a while or try to beat his man one-on-one.

Against Oregon, Brissett traveled twice on the perimeter under limited pressure. Both times, he had a simple swing pass he could’ve made but jumbled his feet instead.

Howard knew in his return he wanted to keep the ball moving. Of his five assists, an SU game-high for the season, four led to 3-pointers. Howard assisted on three-straight possessions to Elijah Hughes and Battle twice, sparking a 9-2 second-half run.

“He made a couple really smart plays to start the second half,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “Got the ball back to Elijah and got it to Tyus. Got a couple 3s because of it.”

With Howard back on the Syracuse lineup, Boeheim nixed Battle’s usage at point guard that had been a necessity during the Orange’s

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first four games. Though Battle didn’t play point guard against Colgate, through five games he’s accounted for 33 percent of SU’s point guard minutes, per kenpom.com. That changed how Battle played, taking him out of spots he thrived in last year and leading to games where he shot 3-for-10 and 4-for-10 from the floor.

But with Howard back, Battle can play off the ball. Multiple times against Colgate, Howard swung the ball to Battle on a wing, and the 6-foot-6 guard stepped once before blowing by

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and smirked, “is an interesting outcome.”

to recommend Ewing to him, but he and Falk got into a “screaming match” about Ewing leaving college early, an argument Thompson ultimately won, and Ewing stayed for his senior season.

Falk represented Ewing upon his graduation the following year and would direct the rest of Ewing’s career.

Years later, Thompson called Falk into his office.

“Son, you have a problem,” Falk remembered the legendary head coach said as Falk walked in.

Falk, then in his mid-40s, grew nervous.

Thompson waited for him to respond, but Falk was quiet.

“You want people to like you, don’t you?”

Thompson asked.

Of course he did. It was a basic human instinct, Falk said to him. “Not in your business,” Thompson said. “If that bothers you, quit the business. Stop worrying if people like you and start worrying whether your clients respect you. If people don’t like you, that’s an occupational hazard of your job.”

Thompson’s advice ran through his mind.

He wanted to argue, but Thompson was right.

Falk couldn’t be normal. He signed Thompson’s star center and future No. 1 overall pick Ewing. Then, Falk had the platform.

“It was like a right of passage,” Falk said.

“John put me in the game and forever changed my career.

“And the fact that my deal for Ewing ($3.3 million in his first season) was so much better than the deal Dell did for Jordan,” Falk paused

ƀƀƀ ordan wanted Falk to leave Proserv to be his own personal agent in 1987. Coming off his third season in the NBA, Jordan averaged 37.1 points for the Chicago Bulls the year prior, the highest single-season average since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962. He was well on his way to becoming one of the best basketball players of all time.

It wasn’t that Falk was reliant on his company, but he didn’t want to commit to one client, even someone with the stardom of Jordan.

He built connections while representing both Jordan and Ewing, but Falk stayed with Proserv with two requests to Dell: pay accordingly and don’t lie. Dell was doing both — making secret deals behind Falk’s back and paying other agents more than him, Falk said. In 1992, Falk found out and quit on the spot.

Dell fired back and offered him four times what Falk was previously making.

“He could’ve offered me 40 times what I was making,” Falk said. “I had crossed the bridge.”

The prime of Falk’s career, which he said was between the early 1980s and late 1990s, was coming to a close. Jordan and Ewing’s playing days were winding down, and Falk considered retirement. But in 1999, Falk reached out to one last projected NBA draft first overall pick, Duke’s Elton Brand.

Other agents promised Brand a sneaker contract and millions in endorsements, Brand said, but Falk knew that wouldn’t be possible for a big man like him. In a room with Brand and his mom, Daisy, Falk spoke to them the only way he knew how — blunt but truthful.

He told Brand he wouldn’t get a sneaker deal

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press the top of the press with SU’s guards flanked behind and beside her. When she spots an opportunity to trap, she attacks the ball-handler along with the Orange’s nearest guard.

This often flusters the opposing guard and leaves her no choice but to pass the ball away. But because of Sissoko’s length, the pass has to be thrown high, not directly to a teammate. When the pass is floated up into the air, other Syracuse players have more time to run underneath and intercept it.

This often turns into fast-break points, like the play against North Dakota.

Both Cooper and Sissoko agree that the zone press look with the freshman at the top is SU’s most effective. While Cooper is the longest-tenured member of Syracuse’s starting lineup, Sissoko is part of SU’s bench unit, which is playing a more significant role for the Orange this season.

Only two players played 10 minutes or more

a defender and into the lane.

When running the point, Battle didn’t have frequent opportunities to catch and utilize his explosive first step. Howard pushes Battle to his natural position and lets him do just that; SU’s leading scorer from a year ago scored 16 in the second half to help SU pull away from the Raiders.

“I knew he would have a game tonight,” Howard said last Wednesday. “I told him, ‘I’m gonna make sure you have a game.’ Try to put him in the best spots and make calls where he’s best at.”

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off the bench last year, forcing the starters to take on most of the load on the court. This season, Syracuse features five players off the bench that average double-digit minutes.

Instead of the starters having to press for most of the game, their backups provide a similar intensity defensively.

“When you know that you have a sub coming in after so many possessions, you’re in a position where you’re like ‘okay, I can go hard these three four possessions, coach is gonna come get me,’” Cooper said.

While SU has been somewhat selective with its press this year, partially due to playing three of the best point guards in the country, its early success is already apparent. As the Orange gear up for the second half of their nonconference schedule, they’ll hope to further improve the up-tempo defense.

“I think that our players are plenty capable of pressing more,” Hillsman said. “We probably will end up pressing a little bit more as the season goes on...It’s been great.” erblack@syr.edu | @esblack34

no matter where he was drafted. Falk left the one-hour meeting in Durham thinking he had lost the client. But the Brands bought in.

“We loved that,” Brand said. “My mom really loved that, she was kind of the same way.

But that’s just who he is.”

Falk called Brand one of the greatest players he’s mentored because Brand always listened. If Falk told him to read a certain book, he would. And Brand followed his business instructions. He knew Falk’s past successes, his older clients and their net worths, so he respected Falk’s knowledge.

“We became brothers,” Brand said.

“Like he could’ve been my father figure, but we were brothers.”

When Daisy, Brand’s only parent growing up, died in July 2014, Falk made her funeral a priority. It wasn’t in his job description, but Brand spotted Falk in the crowd of people.

After, the two embraced. In 2016, when Brand told him he wanted to retire and live a simple life, one with yoga and taking care of his kids full-time, Falk challenged him. He thought Brand would get bored, and waste his talents.

After serious consideration, Brand, like he had always done, listened to Falk and took a job in a G League affiliate’s front office. Two years after retiring from the NBA, Brand is now the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers.

“He was right,” Brand said, “I knew I wouldn’t be alone and that I could do it. David’s a big reason why I did.” ƀƀƀ n his office earlier this month, Falk multitasked signing checks and talking on the phone with one of his close friends. He men-

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Syracuse’s defense missed Howard, too.

On two separate occasions earlier in the season, when Brissett was asked about Howard’s absence, he was quick to remind reporters that Howard led the Orange in steals last season (1.88 per game). With no Howard, a shorter, 6-foot-3 Jalen Carey or 6-foot-5 freshman Buddy Boeheim would play the top of the zone with Battle. Buddy has mentioned time and again that he wants to improve his defense, and he hasn’t displayed the lateral quickness of Howard.

After allowing teams to average 63.8 points per game a season ago, the Orange had allowed 70 points in three-straight games (and 80 points in two) before Howard’s return. Colgate scored 32 points in the first half, knocking down eight 3s. But the Orange slowed the Raiders in the second half, limiting them to 56 for the game.

Howard recorded three steals in his return, including one in the first half, where he took the ball away, pushed up the floor to the left side and kicked it across to Battle on the right wing for a 3.

On Nov. 6, Brissett said of Howard’s return on defense: “Once we get him back out there, it’s gonna be even worse for other teams.”

When Syracuse plays at No. 16 Ohio State (6-0) on Wednesday, Howard will head out for warm-ups with his shoes tied, again.

After SU’s worst start to a season since 1987, Howard’s return was exactly what the Orange needed.

“He was really playing the best I’ve seen him play this summer,” Boeheim said. “We’ll just try to get him back there.” wmheyen@syr.edu | @wheyen3

tioned voting the previous day and bantered about the Washington Wizards starting a losing streak. Falk wanted to schedule a day that week to golf but wanted to “figure things out casually.”

He’s still busy. Falk represents multiple clients, highlighted by the Wizards’ Otto Porter Jr. and the Toronto Raptors’ Greg Monroe.

With his partner Danielle Cantor, Falk stills flies around the country to games and advises his clients to shoot more 3s or slim their weight down. But the two don’t plan on signing too many new clients in the future.

And even after the success, not all clients buy in. Last year, the Indiana Pacers’ Victor Oladipo was in the market for a new agent. The Maryland native asked FAME to pitch him. After flying to Florida, the former second overall pick stopped Falk 10 minutes into their meeting.

Oladipo didn’t think Falk understood that he was a “great player.” Falk wasn’t going to let that slide.

“No, you’re not a great player,” Falk said to him at the time. “You’ve never made the AllStar team, once. You’re a great talent, and you need me to teach you how to be a great talent to a great player.”

Falk didn’t sugarcoat it. He didn’t want unrealistic goals for a potential client, even if it was detrimental to the pitch. Oladipo left the meeting and chose elsewhere.

Last season, Oladipo proved Falk wrong.

Oladipo led the projected mediocre Pacers to a playoff spot while posting career highs in points and field goal percentage. And he made the All-Star team.

“I could’ve let it go,” Falk said of Oladipo, “but that’s not my nature.” kjedelma@syr.edu | @KJEdelman

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An honest living David Falk’s storied career as a sports agent came from his bluntness with clients, himself

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Kadiatou Sissoko and Tiana Mangakahia swarmed Melissa Dailey, preventing the North Dakota guard from seeing the rest of the court.

Panicking, Dailey attempted a pass toward the opposite side of the court, but it was tipped and picked off by Gabrielle Cooper, who immediately shuffled the ball to Mangakahia.

Just as quickly as Mangakahia caught the ball, it was out of her hands, off to Sissoko, streaking down the middle. The freshman converted the fastbreak layup, finishing a sequence that lasted just four seconds.

Sparked by a full-court zone press, traps and ensuing scores have become commonplace for No. 12 Syracuse (6-1). A year after sitting in the middle of the pack in the Atlantic Coast Conference with just under 8.3 steals a game, the Orange now average 10.4 and have 73 on the season, a mark that’s good for 21st in the country. While last season Syracuse utilized a man-to-man press more often than not, newcomers this season have allowed SU to break out more zone pressure.

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ASHINGTON, D.C. — David Falk reclined back in a swivel chair in front of his glass desk on the ninth floor of his Chevy Chase office suite.

Memories of a 40-plus year career as a sports agent surround Falk’s office, filled with Michael Jordan memorabilia, one-ofa-kind props from the movie Space Jam and countless pictures with clients like Patrick Ewing and Boomer Esiason lining the walls.

One of professional sports’ landmark agents knows what some outsiders think of him. Some saw the agent as too brash, controlling the top athletes in the world with the snap of his fingers. Falk admitted it’s true. He’s told his clients to turn down nine-digit contracts, and once, intervened 48 hours before the wedding of Dikembe Mutombo because his wife-to-be wouldn’t sign a prenuptial agreement.

Falk, 68, doesn’t regret any of it. He’s honest with his clients because it’s in their best interest. They know him as the most respected agent in sports. The one who told them to lose weight. The one at their parents’ funeral.

But most importantly, the one who won’t lie.

What started as a dream in his freshman year dorm at Syracuse University turned into representing players like Jordan and Ewing for their entire professional careers.

Even if his honesty put him at a disadvantage and cost potential NBA superstars as clients, he never sugar-coated anything.

That’s who he’s always been. And why, in an industry known for empty promises and deceit, he’s risen to the top. “I go to work and represent the creme of the crop,â€? said Falk, founder of FAME. “I want to do the best because I feel like I work for the best. And if that means being harsh, I’m going to tell them what they need to hear. I just believe in that.â€? ƀƀƀ n 18-year-old Falk got up from his bed on the ground floor of Kimmel Dining Hall and wandered the halls during movein day at Syracuse in 1968. He walked down the hall and poked his head into room 20, the dorm of two Syracuse basketball players, Greg Kohls and Paul Piotrowski.

Their brief interaction turned into the three hanging out on Marshall Street and Falk regularly giving them pointers on their play the night after games. Falk loved the game but lacked his new friends’ skill. So Falk started to mentor them, Kohls said.

When they needed a tutor, the two bypassed university recommendees and asked Falk to help them stay on track for graduation.

An economics major who operated as a “sports encyclopedia,� Falk told Kohls and Piotroski he wanted to become a sports agent a couple weeks into their friendship. It seemed odd at first, but it made sense: Falk just had to do the same thing he’s done for Piotrowski and Kohls, but on a professional level. “It wasn’t going to be easy,� Piotrowski said. “But if anyone could do it, it was him.�

When Falk broke into the business,

In this press, we need to be on the gap, we wait for the player to dribble, the ball to come and trap the ball.

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he realized being a sports junkie had no importance. Falk was at a “competitive disadvantage,� he said, because he didn’t have anything that set himself apart from other young agents wanting high-profile clients. Falk spent the early part of his career researching and developing a formula of rudimentary analytics, a number that identifies the monetary values of his clients. “I didn’t give a damn what other people were getting,� Falk said.

It wasn’t well-received because it was a new line of thinking in the industry, but he needed something to persuade top clients to trust him.

Donald Dell’s Proserv, one of the first sports management firms in the U.S., hired him and gave him the opportunity to pitch top clients.

After a few minor clients and John Lucas II, an all-American point guard at Maryland, Falk aimed higher. His two senior partners had a relationship with North Carolina, specifically with head basketball coach Dean Smith, so all Falk did was fly down and meet him. At the time, Smith coached one of the best players in the country, then-junior Michael Jordan, who won ACC player of the year that season. Dell negotiated Jordan’s rookie contract, five years for $6 million and a $1 million signing bonus, and Falk wasn’t given the credit.

A year later, Falk landed his first marquee client on his own. Falk represented Georgetown head coach John Thompson who he thought could sway the Hoya’s top prospect, Ewing, to sign with Falk. Thompson promised see falk page 10

“We have so much length,� SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “We’re not having to go out and really press up man-to-man full court now because we can really keep the ball in front of us with our size and our length.�

One of the players giving Syracuse added size this season is Sissoko, a six-foot-two forward out of Paris.

With two steals against North Dakota, Sissoko’s length allows her to cut off passing lanes and gaps in the floor easily. But the learning curve for Sissoko with the zone press has been steeper than that of her teammates’ because of her past experience with full-court pressure. She’d never been part of a zone full-court press before coming to Syracuse, where she has thrived in Hillsman’s defensive system. “It’s different than France, where you’re used to playing man-to-man defense,� Sissoko said. “In this press, we need to be on the gap, we need to wait for the player to dribble the ball to come and trap the ball, so I wasn’t used to it.�

Despite being the second-tallest player on the team, Sissoko’s athleticism lets her defend guards without a problem. Normally, she stations at see press page 10