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The Women’s Network, a professional development organization at Syracuse University, is expanding to Ithaca this spring. Page 7
Syracuse’s Common Council will vote on funding for the University Hill Bike Network Implementation Project, which could improve bike lanes near SU. Page 3
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SU says SEM 100 met its goals
How SA is working to become more visible
By Catherine Leffert asst. news editor
A Syracuse University survey gauging the success of SEM 100, a new first-year seminar on diversity and inclusion, showed that a majority of students who responded believed the course met expectations and achieved its goals, SU announced Wednesday. Out of the 3,778 students enrolled in the course, 66.1 percent of them responded to the survey, which was emailed to all enrolled students in late October, according to an SU News release. More than 80 percent of those students said they were able to “identify complex sources of identity” and they were able to identify the “differences between implicit and unconscious bias,” which were two learning goals of the course, per SU News.
(ABOVE) TORRE PAYTON-JACKSON, co-chair of SA’s Public Relations Committee, wants to “see SA everywhere.” laura oliverio staff photographer
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(RIGHT) PETER CHOI, co-chair of SA’s Public Relations Committee, said SA had limited outreach in the past. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor
By Gabe Stern staff writer
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fter her first year on campus, Torre Payton-Jackson knew almost nothing about Syracuse University’s Student Association — except that it was big, gave away free football tickets and oversaw other student organizations. Despite not being familiar with SA, she applied during the summer to join its Public Relations Committee after her friends within SA encouraged her to join. Now as co-chair of SA’s Public Rela-
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More than 95 percent of surveyed students said their facilitators maintained an atmosphere of respect and trust and 92.8 percent said their facilitators encouraged everyone to participate in the forum. SEM 100 was a five-week course in which first-year students met once a week to talk about implicit bias, health and wellness. One component of SEM 100 was a shared reading experience, in which all students were asked to read comedian and political commentator Trevor Noah’s memoir “Born a Crime.” Many students previously said in interviews with The Daily Orange that the book was rarely a subject of conversation. Only about half of survey respondents said they thought the classroom activities were valuable to the experience. Several students enrolled in the course and peer facilitators for SEM 100 told The D.O. that, though they thought the idea of the experience was valuable, the course wasn’t well-executed. Provost Faculty Fellow Kira Reed and Dean of Student Success Amanda Nicholson, co-chairs of the First-Year Experience Initiative Steering Committee, both said that there are plans to completely change the course. At University Senate meetings, the two have presented future intentions to restructure the see forum page 4
tions Committee, Payton-Jackson is spearheading a PR movement with cochair Peter Choi to make the organization more visible to the student body. “If you don’t have that friend inside SA, it’s really hard to know what SA is,” Payton-Jackson said. Building SA’s brand is a long-term project. Choi and Payton-Jackson split up the year into two projects that will span each semester. Choi said they spent the fall semester building an “infrastructure of trust” within SA by recruiting new members and externally with the student body by promoting university-wide events.
Payton-Jackson said the first semester focused on planning for the long-term. The SA assembly has largely planned initiatives that won’t be implemented until the spring semester or the 2019-20 academic year. Now, she said she wants to start a branding committee. She wants people to “see SA everywhere.” In the spring semester, the cochairs plan to get to what Choi describes as the “heartbeat” of the student body by gauging what students want to see out of their student government. Academic Affairs Committee Chair see sa page 4
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5 Syracuse ZIP codes still in economic distress By Carolina Espinal staff writer
Several communities in downtown Syracuse ranked 90 or above in levels of economic distress, on a scale from 0 to 100, nationally from 2012 to 2016, according to a report by the Economic Innovation Group. The report, which was released last month, assessed the levels of economic well-being of United States ZIP codes. It included a measurement that combined seven factors: adults without a high school diploma, adults not working, poverty rate, housing vacancy rates, median income ratios, changes in
employment and changes in business establishments. Scores revealed that the same central New York communities have remained distressed, and worsened, when compared to data from 2007 to 2011. Based on ZIP codes, five neighborhoods in downtown Syracuse have distress scores higher than 90: 13202, 13203, 13205, 13208 and 13210. ZIP code 13202 had the highest distress score at 98.4 and ranked No. 6 in the state’s overall distress rank. ZIP code 13210 includes the University Hill area. Robert Ashford, a Syracuse University College of Law professor, said the report brought necessary
attention to the persistent problem of economic distress in the area. The fact that the distress continues to be unevenly distributed along socioeconomic, racial and geographic lines, made worse by unequal educational and other economic opportunities, is also an important takeaway from the report, he added. Juhanna Rogers, director of performance for the Economic Inclusion division at business development group CenterState CEO, said that the statistics of distress skyrocket when intersected with communities of color. Syracuse has the highest concentration of poverty among minority communities in the U.S.
“Communities don’t become economically distressed on their own, especially not in a city like Syracuse,” Rogers said. “There are some systemic things happening that are keeping our communities in that kind of distressed position.” The three main variables measured in the report —the number of jobs, businesses and population — give an ambiguous look, at best, at the distribution of economic prosperity and distress, Ashford said. Looking at the number of jobs without considering the wages, quality and stability associated with those jobs is misleading, he added.
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Class cut SU has proposed cutting Wednesday classes and moving them to Fridays. See Monday’s paper
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Syracuse to offer paid family leave By Casey Darnell asst. news editor
Face the music The Contemporary Music Ensemble, organized through the Setnor School of Music, is a collection of smaller arrangements of American and international pieces from recent years. It’s an end of semester showcase that occurs each spring and fall for musicians in the school to play what they have learned throughout the season. gillian farrugia contributing photographer
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Graduate student senate calls for living wage By Richard J. Chang contributing writer
Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization voted to pass a resolution for all graduate assistants and fellows to be paid a living wage at its meeting on Wednesday. After conducting a survey of the graduate student body, the GSO Employment Issues Committee found that 75 percent of graduate assistants receive less pay from the university than the cost of attendance. The GSO had voted at its previous meeting to present a report detailing graduate employee wages to Chancellor Kent Syverud but decided to conduct the survey before sending
the report. The committee asked graduate students to provide an estimate of their salaries from SU. It then calculated the cost of attendance and expenses of graduate students with assistantships based on estimates from SU’s website. Committee members found that the average cost of attendance for graduate students on assistantships was $22,432. The estimated living wage for people in Onondaga County is $22,991, according to a living wage calculator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At an Oct. 31 GSO meeting, GSO senators struggled to come up with a way to approach Syverud about the situation of graduate and
doctoral assistant living wages. Many senators had left the previous meeting before it ended, so the GSO’s executive board postponed finalizing the organization’s position on graduate assistant wages until the Nov. 28 meeting. One senator pointed out that some master’s students in assistantships are given the same assistant work as doctoral assistants but are paid less. Later in the meeting, Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, said he wants to create opportunities for graduate students who are either studying abroad or taking online classes. Hendricks Chapel started a Student Opportunity Fund to help students, mostly
international and graduate students, with need-based funding for academic and necessary expenses, such as medication and rent. Konkol said the word “opportunity� doesn’t restrict the fund to emergency needs. The fund could help students pay for research opportunities and join clubs, among other things. The chapel is also trying to work more with digital communication platforms to bring its services to previously excluded audiences, such as online students. “How can Hendricks Chapel be a value to graduate students?� he said. “That’s something we are thinking of a lot.� rjchang@syr.edu
Council may allocate more funds for bike path staff writer
Syracuse’s Common Council will vote Monday to set aside more funds for the University Hill Bike Network Implementation Project. The plan was laid out in 2008 to establish segregated lanes and “traffic calming measures� in the Syracuse University area. The amendment would change the agreement amount from $264,000 to a total that wouldn’t exceed more than $594,500. This additional $330,500 would cover the construction inspection and detail design costs of the project from C&S Engineers Inc. The network in Syracuse was designed to “link to the community’s greater bike lane and trail system,
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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening in New York state right now. ARMED ROBBERIES
Two teenagers and an 11-yearold were arrested after two alleged robberies in Salina, a small town in Onondaga County. They allegedly robbed a Dunkin’ Donuts and a gas station, held employees at gunpoint and drove away in a stolen car that was later found in Syracuse. The juveniles were charged with robbery and criminal use of a firearm. source: localsyr.com
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By Dakota Palmer
Syracuse will begin providing nonunion city employees with 12 weeks of paid family leave starting Saturday, Dec. 1, Mayor Ben Walsh announced Wednesday. The city previously didn’t provide any family leave, according to a release from the mayor’s office. Employees were allowed to take up to 12 weeks off through the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, but they had to use accumulated vacation, personal and sick time. Then, they were forced to take unpaid leave, per the release. Walsh said in the release that the city needs to compete with the many businesses and governments that already offer paid parental leave. The policy change is Walsh’s first step in improving parental leave for city employees, per the release. Under the new policy, employees can use all 12 weeks at once, take one week off at a time or work with their department head to create a part-time schedule. The leave can be used for a recent birth, adoption or foster placement.
improve bicyclist safety, elevate the priority of bicyclists over cars, and encourage alternative modes of transportation,� per the plan report. The construction of the project is up for bids and will begin during the next construction season in 2019, said City Engineer Mary Robison. There will be bike lanes in the roadway and pedestrian improvements, she added. The council will also vote to allow the Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs to apply for a $15,000 8 80 Cities Wintermission grant to encourage social interaction and physical activity during the winter. Julie LaFave, commissioner of the city’s parks and recreation department, said the department would use the grant money to pur-
chase ice bikes, which are more stable and have blades so they can smoothly go over icy paths. “The idea is to get the senior population, special needs (population), anybody who doesn’t like to ice skate or ride a bike out on the ice,� LaFave said at Wednesday’s study session. LaFave said the city would try to put the bikes in Clinton Square, but they could potentially be used year-round in indoor rinks.
In other business
Councilor Chad Ryan, of the 2nd district, asked Syracuse Auditor Marty Masterpole to address concerns about compensation of staffers at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Masterpole said that, about one month ago, he received a complaint from an employee at the
parking contractor who no longer needed health insurance coverage and wanted to receive a higher rate, and the parking company told the employee that was not an option. Masterpole said the council passed the Living Wage Ordinance in 2012, which states that an employer must pay its employees $12.19 an hour if the employer provides health benefits or $14.40 an hour if the employer does not . Council President Helen Hudson said the council might need to reassemble the Living Wage Committee in order to ensure employees of other applicable companies received their proper wages. “Bad news is it happened for probably up to six years,� Masterpole said. dapalmer@syr.edu
William “Breadman� Sullivan, a DeWitt bodybuilder, admitted to drug charges and holding his wife captive during a domestic dispute in what is being considered the largest cocaine bust in Onondaga County history. Authorities found hundreds of pounds of marijuana and $3 million worth of cocaine. Sullivan is still facing federal charges for the marijuana seized. source: syracuse.com
DRUG BUST
Syracuse’s Department of Public Works has started salting road in preparation for snowfall. Residents of some neighborhoods were frustrated on Nov. 16 when a limited number of DPW employees were working on the roads during a major snowfall, DPW Commissioner Jeremy Robinson said. On Wednesday, the city had more than 100 employees clearing and salting the roads. source: localsyr.com
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Ryan Golden, who is a columnist for The Daily Orange, said building a brand has been difficult for SA in the past because the campus community only knows SA for the initiatives the organization puts on. “It’s been tough to do (that) without any kind of social media presence, without any kind of real effort being done to promote ourselves,” Golden said. At one of the first assembly meetings of the semester in September, 21 new members were elected — a number that Board of Elections and Membership Chair Sophia Faram said doubled the size of the assembly. In the following weeks and months Payton-Jackson and Choi found several unused social media accounts for SA. Both said they created consistency in SA’s online presence by making one main account for Facebook, from page 1
report In October, Syracuse’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to a 19-year low at 3.5 percent, which was slightly lower than the New York state rate of 3.6, according to the New York State Department of Labor. Deka Dancil, president of the Urban Jobs Task Force and program director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse, said economic distress and poverty in Syracuse is partly due to a lack of equal access to well-paying jobs as opposed to unemployment. Someone earning the minimum wage in Syracuse is probably not going to be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment or average living expenses, Dancil said. An annual income of $28,760 is needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Onondaga County, according to a report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Full-time workers earning the minimum wage of $10.40 fall short of that necessary annual income needed for basic housing. “If you bring good-paying jobs back into the city and allow people who live in the city
Instagram and Twitter. Payton-Jackson said all of SA’s posts on social media have the same layout. In November, she and Choi unveiled the rough draft of a potential new SA logo to the assembly. The logo got mixed reactions. “We shouldn’t be changing our logo to be recognized,” said assembly member Josh Shub-Seltzer, who is a photographer for The Daily Orange, at a Nov. 12 meeting. “We should do more to be recognized.” Two weeks later, two new logos were passed by the assembly. Choi said SA’s limited presence in the past stems from a lack of effort. The PR chairs used a “variety of avenues” to reach the student body this year, he said. This combines face-toface interaction with online engagement. Multiple members praised the little changes the organization has made about the way it reaches students. By putting polls on SA’s Instagram page, Payton-Jackson has garnered to make some decent money to make a living wage, that will increase our local economy. It’s a no-brainer,” Dancil said. Dancil said that, while human service agencies have started trying to find solutions, these take the form of initiatives and programs that appear to be tackling the problem but don’t help people become self-sustainable. The initiatives fail to show people how to attain a higher-paying job, learn about financial literacy and reach a higher level of education, she said.
$28,760 Annual income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Onondaga County
source: the national low income housing coalition
“The perspective or the input of those affected are not taken into consideration when these programs are created,” Dancil said. To alleviate economic distress, Dancil said
more than a dozen responses regarding topics such as students’ thoughts on the SEM 100 curriculum, speakers the student body wanted to see on campus and whether SA should adopt a new logo. A suggestion box outside the SA office in the basement of Schine Student Center has been used to receive student feedback for years. After the box was moved to the main lobby of Schine, the organization has been able to get more responses, SA Vice President Kyle Rosenblum said after an Oct. 29 assembly meeting. SA plans to place four to eight more suggestion boxes around campus next semester. Many members of SA discovered the organization through personal connections or from SA leaders reaching out to different clubs. SA President Ghufran Salih decided to run for office after being an orientation leader with former SA President James Franco and Vice President Angie Pati, she said. Not knowing what SA was for most of his there needs to be more accountability and a reevaluation of programs that are ineffective. She added that it is necessary to introduce cultural competency training for policymakers and leaders and seek the input of those directly affected by economic distress. Ashford, who teaches a course on inclusive capitalism and democracy in SU’s Reneé Crown Honors Program, said that shifting the focus from the symptoms and trends in economic distress to the underlying causes is important to better understand and address the problem. Rogers said her division and CenterState CEO challenge those in the community that have and those that are invested in the change to come together to form creative solutions. The critical parts of development for the city and region lie in a community that has been kept out of access and opportunity in relation to business and workforce for a long time, Rogers said. “I really think Syracuse has a mix of people, a mix of cultures, a mix of difference that can be a beacon of light and culture in central New York,” she said.
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freshman year, Rosenblum got involved with the Health and Wellness Subcommittee last year after he heard Franco and Pati speak to a student organization he was part of. Rosenblum said SA’s biggest accomplishments of the year so far have been internal. SA looked at how to increase its connection to the student body, he said, and for the first time, recognized student organizations can request a liaison from SA to speak with the organization directly. Both Salih and Rosenblum, along with Faram, have made efforts to engage new assembly members by creating new positions within the body. But Payton-Jackson said that this semester as a whole was mostly a preparation for coming months. “Next semester, we’re going to have a lot more to say and a lot more to do,” she said. “We’re going to actually put our faces around campus, and we’re going to become more of a resource.” gkstern@syr.edu
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forum course, making it a three-credit liberal arts course. If approved by the Senate, the course would replace an existing humanities or social science course in all non-College of Arts and Sciences majors. During the presentations, Nicholson said that a first-year experience to discuss implicit bias and inclusion is now a standard among SU’s peer institutions and other New York universities. Nicholson said in September that the unified first-year experience was already being planned before the release of the Theta Tau videos this spring, but the controversy accelerated its campus-wide introduction. Chancellor Kent Syverud called the fraternity videos “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.” SEM 100, as part of the first-year experience, was organized during the summer, according to emails sent to the student body by Syverud. ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert
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yracuse University students should make an effort to shop local. This holiday season, campus community members should opt to ride the free Connective Corridor bus downtown instead of traveling to Destiny USA. Spending your holiday cash locally ensures your money stays in the city’s economy and supports area job creation. The Onondaga Small Business Development Center, which helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality, helped create more than 300 jobs last year. But, going to Destiny USA can hurt local startups that support many jobs. “Somebody opens a restaurant in Destiny, and now the corner restaurant that serves a similar menu struggles,� said Mike Cartini, a certified business adviser who works
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MONEY SPEAKS. PEOPLE TALK. with the small business development center. Luckily, Syracuse has a bustling downtown area. The area boasts retail boutiques, unique dining, and outdoor activities that make downtown a great spot to be. This holiday season features some special window art displays and a new 10-foot tall star in Perseverance Park. “Downtown Syracuse has a lot to offer,� said Alice Maggiore, communications director for the Downtown Committee of Syracuse. SU offers a free Connective Corridor bus that runs from College Place to downtown Syracuse every
30 minutes. That means it’s incredibly easy to get off campus without searching for or paying for parking, or using an Uber. Austin Zwick, an assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University, and a former city planner in Toronto, said foot traffic is everything. The more SU students go downtown, the better the area will be. An increase in the overall foot traffic would be great for the city as, the more people spend their time in an area, more goods are exchanged, and more businesses pop up. As downtown Syracuse continues to grow, students have an opportunity to spend time and dollars where they really matter.
Patrick Linehan is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism and policy studies dual major. His column runs biweekly. He can be contacted at pjlineha@syr.edu.
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his August, a bomb was deployed against a school bus killing 40 children in Yemen. The bomb was made by United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin. On a surface level, this may not appear to have any connection with our community here in Syracuse. However, Syracuse University is complicit in the war in Yemen because of its connections to Lockheed Martin, another major Syracuse employer. The US-backed Saudi led coalition is perpetuating the war in Yemen, now entering its fourth year. The coalition receives arterial support from the US which has allowed them to target Yemeni civilians and enact a blockade, producing near-famine conditions. Lockheed Martin has recently been awarded more than $481 million-dollar deals from Saudi Arabia. The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVFM) at Syracuse University has developed a clear relationship with Lockheed Martin. In the past five
years, they have donated in excess of $1.5 million to IVFM university programming. IVFM’s advisory board includes a Lockheed Martin vice president. Financial ties also extend beyond the IVFM. In 2006, Lockheed Martin gave $250,000 to Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science to attract high-performing engineering students. We find SU’s relationship to Lockheed Martin particularly troubling since SU’s strategic plan includes a reinvigorated “Commitment to Veterans�. We are not suggesting that this is not an admirable goal or that the above programs should not be financed. However, we find it contradictory that this ambitious effort at veteran support receives funding from a defense contractor that profits off placing these people in the context of war to begin with. We are concerned that these donations enable Lockheed Martin to generate good-will while it profits off the lives of veterans, military
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n idea sparked by Sheryl Sandberg’s TED Talk and book “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead� is now a Syracuse University club that’s spreading to campuses beyond the Hill. Jamie Vinick, a junior marketing and finance major and political science minor, began The Women’s Network last year with the goal of supporting women and empowering them to lift up one another. Now, a year later, the club
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will be expanding to Cornell University’s campus in the spring, and becoming a national organization. Vinick said she was raised with the mentality that she could do anything she set her mind to, but that was much different than how her grandmother was raised. Her grandmother was forced to choose between becoming a nurse or a teacher. The difference in career options between generations made Vinick think society, in terms of women in the workforce, had progressed greatly. But when she read the statistics, she realized that wasn’t the case. In her shock, Vinick was motivated to create The Women’s Network. She said she knew there were already several women’s organizations established on campus, but she still felt that there was a need for a club like hers. “I knew the market was saturated, but I still wanted a share of it,� she said. After going door to door in residence halls and handing out fliers, the first meeting drew more than 180 people in attendance. Now, there are 17 board members and more than 100 women in attendance at every meeting. “The goal is to diversify the workplace and get more women into positions of power,� Vinick, the president, said. To achieve that goal, each meeting highlights different themes. They discuss how to overcome barriers in the workplace and empower one another, as well as issues such as earning internships and scholarships. Despite members having different see network page 9
Robert Shetterly’s portrait series to be displayed at Schine By Morgan Tucker contributing writer
After the devastating terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in 2001, Robert Shetterly felt a personal responsibility to report the truth. Seventeen years later, Shetterly has painted more than 200 portraits in his “Americans Who Tell the Truth� series, which portrays social justice advocates from around the country. For the first time, all 238 portraits will be displayed from Nov. 29 to Dec. 14 at Syracuse
University ’s Schine Student Center. Shetterly will also be giving a lecture on “Americans Who Tell the Truth� as a part of the SU fall 2018 University Lecture Series on Thursday in Crouse College at 7:30 p.m. “I didn’t know if I would ever see it all in one place,� said Shetterly, who said he’s grateful to SU for the opportunity. Shetterly graduated from Harvard College in 1969 with a degree in English literature. After taking a drawing class, he discovered he was “more interested in the kind of ambiguity
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he said, as art prioritizes the “hunger to go deeper into life.� Shetterly’s values of art are distinguished through his “Americans Who Tell the Truth� series. Committing to the education and voice of young people, Shetterly has painted historical American icons like Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, along with many contemporary figures such as Tarana Burke. He said every figure relates “to the struggle to make the ideals of our country from our declaration, our constitution, real see lecture page 9
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network majors and interests, Vinick said she’s forged friendships with people she wouldn’t have met otherwise. In addition to meetings, the club also invites high-profile speakers to campus to talk about obstacles they’ve faced in their careers. “I have taken a lot from when the speakers have shared about what it’s like to work in a male-dominated atmosphere, and how to really stand up for yourself in the workplace,” said Isabella Taglioretti, sophomore health and exercise science major and the volunteering coordinator on the club’s board, in an email. “I also value the pieces of advice that the speakers have told us at the end of each meeting.” Last year, the organization hosted a networking trip to New York City, where they met with Baked by Melissa, CNN, NBC and Elizabeth Arden. Vinick said the trip exposed students to different careers and made them realize the paths they could take in the future that they might not have otherwise considered. Taglioretti said she enjoyed the trip because it allowed her to practice her networking skills and envision where her career could potentially go in the future. She believes it’s important to have women’s clubs like this on college campuses
because it helps women connect with each other. “It allows young women to learn about gender-related issues and biases, and provides them with an opportunity to develop networking and leadership skills,” she said. Remy Boyer, a junior studying advertising and information management and technology, and the head of advertising on the board, earned her internship at a public relations agency through the networking she did while on the New York City trip. “It brings girls together on campus that might not have otherwise known each other,” she said. “It opened doors for me, which is why I believe in this club.” Vinick said that after being in the club, she hopes that people understand the importance of supporting other women and that they will reach out and mentor other women — something she believes can be really powerful. She said the organization has changed her life and hopes that other women’s lives can also be changed, either directly through the club or through being empowered by other women. “It’s given me more confidence and courage,” Vinick said. “I think some people think success looks like a straight line, but I’ve realized it looks more like a jungle gym.” bnkato@syr.edu
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lecture for everybody.” Joining Shetterly for his lecture will be two individuals whom he painted, Richard Bowen and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Bowen, a professor at the University of Texas, Dallas, was formerly a senior vice president at Citigroup. He acted as a whistleblower to Citigroup’s defective mortgage sales for years, even testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission when Citigroup employees weren’t being held accountable. “There were coverups in all links of the government,” said Bowen. Hanna-Attisha is a professor and pediatrician within Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital. She was heavily involved with the Flint Water Crisis, acting as a whistleblower like Bowen. Hanna-Attisha worked against the state’s efforts to call to attention the lead levels within Flint’s water system that was risking children’s lives. As director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, she is an activist for children’s health who suffer from harsh living conditions. Bowen and Hanna-Attisha were chosen
by Shetterly for their continuous efforts of social justice advocacy. Both said they admire Shetterly’s work and were honored to be chosen as subjects for his project. “I feel like you could see kind of the weight of the children on my shoulders,” Hanna-Attisha said, remembering when she saw her portrait for the first time. Bowen said the portraits are meant to encourage young people to speak out against injustices they see. “His work is magnificent and it really has been a way to highlight so many incredible people in the country who have made a difference,” Hanna-Attisha said. “It’s so important that we teach lessons and provide role models to younger people.” “Americans Who Tell the Truth” advocates for the idea that we are all on a “common journey,” Shetterly said. “History isn’t healed until we all begin to tell something of the same story.” Shetterly’s portraits encourage young people to channel their passion and courage to help create change, as they move forward. “What this exhibit shows is their own history that has given them the things that this country promised to give them but didn’t,” Shetterly said. mctucker@syr.edu
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Holiday harmony Hendricks Chapel to host annual event ringing in the holidays this weekend By Meredith Clark staff writer
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he annual Holidays at Hendricks will ring in the holiday season this weekend with performances from Syracuse University’s choral and instrumental ensembles. The event will take place on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel, and will feature five all-student choirs from the Setnor School of Music — including the Hendricks Chapel Choir, Syracuse University Singers, SU’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble and SU Women’s Choir — as well as instrumental performances from the SU Brass Ensemble and from University Organist, Anne Laver. José “Peppie” Calvar, assistant director of choral activities in the Setnor School of Music, has been the artistic director for Holidays at Hendricks for six years. As artistic director, Calvar is in charge of programming all of the collaborative pieces, coordinating the movements of every ensemble, assembling the program and interfacing with all the directors. “I am sort of chief cook and bottle washer when it comes to everything that happens on stage,” Calvar said. His responsibilities are pretty significant — Calvar has already started making arrangements for next year’s event. But this year, Calvar hopes to exhibit the diversity that’s present on campus. “The season gets so overwhelmed with Christmas music and there’s so much more out there,” he said. “I appreciate that a lot of that music is pretty high quality and that it’s perfect for this venue, for this group of people, both our singers and our audience.” Calvar said one of the main goals of Holidays at Hendricks is to usher in the new season. The other is to provide performance opportunities for Syracuse students — this year, about 160 students will be performing. Students in the various music ensembles rarely get to perform together, Calvar said, adding that they rarely get to perform for such a large, live audience.
“It really gives efficacy to their work and it creates the kinds of bonds that cannot be explained using words,” he said. Abigail Tubis, a sophomore communications science and disorders major, is excited to perform in a choir ensemble at Holidays at Hendricks for the first time, considering it’s one of the chapel’s largest events. She said the audience can expect a wide range of diversity from the performances. For her, Holidays at Hendricks isn’t just a celebration of Christmas, but a celebration of being merry and being kind. “There’s stuff from all over the world, and not just about Christmas,” Tubis said. “There’s one (song) entitled ‘Jerusalem,’ which is Jewish obviously, and I’m excited about that because I’m Jewish.” Anne Laver is an assistant professor of organ at the Setnor School of Music and the SU Organist. She will be performing one five-minute organ solo, as well as accompanying the combined choirs. While Laver spends hours rehearsing for the event, she also assists her students in preparing for Holidays at Hendricks. Samuel Kuffuor-Afriyie, one of Laver’s students, is a junior organ performance major in the Setnor School of Music and will be performing the prelude to the event. Both Kuffuor-Afriyie and Laver are excited for the large crowd that Holidays at Hendricks brings. Laver said attendees can expect a packed house, but they should also expect a welcoming atmosphere of “goodwill.” “I think that’s one of the nicest things about Holidays (at Hendricks),” Laver said. “People walk away feeling ready for the holidays.” While the performers and artistic directors want audience members to walk away feeling ready for the holidays, they also hope attendees walk away from the chapel feeling lighter. “We’re in kind of a dark world right now,” Tubis said. “Our job is to spread light and that we are capable and deserving of every positive thing the world has to offer, so we want to share that.” mclark18@syr.edu
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Syracuse prepares for 1st NCAA tournament appearance By Eric Storms staff writer
Sunday night, Syracuse crowded into a film room in the back of Manley Field House to watch itself qualify for the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball tournament for the first time in program history. Senior Amber Witherspoon jumped out of her chair while most other players threw their hands up in celebrations. Many whipped out their phones to take pictures of Syracuse in the bracket on the screen. But Monday, the fun stopped. “It’s a business trip,” senior and All-ACC second team member Witherspoon said. “Ultimately it’s a great memory and it’s great that we can go down in history, but at the end of the day it’s still a business trip, we have to do what we have to do.” Syracuse (18-8, 14-4 Atlantic Coast) will play eight-seeded Yale (19-4, 13-1 Ivy League) at 5 p.m. on Nov. 30, at Penn State, the first of what the Orange is determined to make several tournament games. The winner of Penn State vs. Howard at 7:30 p.m. will play the winner of Syracuse’s game on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. Syracuse, which is 36th in rating percentage index, matches up with Ivy League champions Yale, which rank 41st in RPI. But nothing about SU’s opponent stuck out to Orange head coach Leonid Yelin. “Every team you know who has made the 64 from my previous experience, they are good,” Yelin said. “Otherwise, they wouldn’t make it. Even some people think, ‘Yale is in the Ivy League’ but they are dominating in that league and they are getting a lot of really good players from all over the nation.” The only opponent Yale and Syracuse have had in common this season is New Hampshire. On Aug. 31, Syracuse beat New Hampshire in straight sets 3-0. On Sept. 7, New Hampshire beat Yale 3-1.
SANTITA EBANGWESE is second on Syracuse with 237 kills this season. The senior from Rochester has never played in a NCAA tournament game for the Orange. matthew devirgillio contributing photographer
“You don’t want to have people feel pressure,” Yelin said. “I said, ‘Enjoy this moment, guys. You got it, out of almost 360 teams, you’re there. Be happy. Just go there, lose there, just have fun playing ... And whatever happens, happens. But please, you will be able to play the way you know how to play. Don’t think it happens if you’re going to be tight. You’re not going to demonstrate what you’re actually capable of.’” While SU boasts All-ACC first team member senior Santita Ebangwese, the Orange have largely been driven by fellow first team
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time had passed, Brissett returned to the floor to open the second half with the layup from Howard. On Syracuse’s next trip down the floor, he assisted right back on a Howard 3. Brissett scored SU’s next two points as well, after being fouled and making both of his free throws. At the other end, as multiple Syracuse players battled foul trouble, OSU’s big man, Kaleb Wesson, got caught in the paint. Brissett could’ve held back to avoid a fourth foul, but instead he swung his right arm. He got all ball. “He put it out there, and he exposed it,” Brissett said. “I just felt like I made a great basketball play right there.” The Orange came right down after Brissett’s block, and Howard found him at the top of the key. Brissett rose and drained his second 3 of the game to put the Orange up six and silence a raucous Ohio State crowd that had been fired up coming out with a halftime lead and a banner-raising ceremony for former Buckeyes coach Thad Matta. “Obviously he hasn’t made the 3s, but he made a couple big ones tonight, for sure,” Boeheim said. There was 17:40 left when Brissett made that 3. He drained two more free throws and scored once more at the rim before the game was finished. He added four second-half rebounds and three second-half assists. When Brissett picked up his third foul in the first half, Boeheim was incensed. He tore at his sport coat, as if to half-rip it off, and had a long conversation with one of the officials. From there, all Brissett could do was sit on the bench until halftime. But Brissett didn’t commit a foul in the second half and was on the court for OSU’s final shot, an air-balled 3 from the right corner. It fell right into his arms. He handed the ball off and watched the clock run out as he jogged toward half court. In the first half, he had no choice but to save his energy. As the buzzer sounded on the game, Brissett could save his energy. He’d already made the difference.
specifically tabbed the lack of depth as the reason why SU fell short in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season. Through seven games, Hillsman has experimented with different lineups to mesh the newcomers into the program. Ten players have registered double-digit minutes and a bucket per matchup, four of which are first-year players. The influx has resulted in better defensive pressure and more transition opportunities. He’s turned away from mass substitutions and has tried to match-play styles, Hillsman said. SU’s forward-heavy lineup that utilized its length, mainly by inserting 6-foot-2 guard Kadiatou Sissoko at the top of the defensive press. Different types of lineups will be com-
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surge points, said the defense energized an SU offense and lifted them out of a seesaw battle. “Second half, we felt a lot more comfortable taking contact,” he said. “We’re all locked in on both ends, and the shots started to fall.” The victory functions as a boost to Syracuse’s already-underway NCAA Tournament resume, which factors in nonconference performance. The win against No. 16 Ohio State, on the road, also bumps the Orange to two games above .500 and provides belief that SU could enter ACC play at 11-2, given it takes care of the remaining seven nonconference opponents on its schedule. Howard is working back into the lineup following ankle surgery. From the top of the 2-3 zone, he didn’t provide the activeness that made him last year’s ACC stealsper-game leader. He said he still needs about a week before he’ll be 100 percent. But he did cover ground and hit a jumper that silenced the OSU crowd in the second half. He did call plays from the top of the key in a more spaced-out Orange approach. And he did provide security at the point, committing zero turnovers. The win is all the more encouraging given
member and ACC Freshman of the Year Polina Shemanova. Shemanova leads the Orange in kills with 425, almost 200 ahead of Ebangwese who has the second most with 237. “As a freshman, this is all new for me but I’m really excited because it’s the first time we made the NCAA tournament,” Shemanova said. “We did our best and it worked.” Despite the historic year for the program, the Orange still enter the tournament as an underdog. In Syracuse’s region alone stands No. 1 Stanford, No. 8 Penn
State, No. 9 Creighton and No. 16 Washington State. Ebangwese said the role is something she loves. And for the seniors it’s not about just making the tournament. It’s not even about trying to win one game. The Orange want to prove something about the program and put the team on a path to make the tournament on a consistent basis. “We don’t want to make this just a one time thing, a Cinderella story,” Ebangwese said. “We want to create a legacy.” estorms@syr.edu
monplace, Hillsman said. SU will look to enforce its strength in numbers on Thursday against No. 20 Minnesota (5-0), which has nine players averaging more than 10 minutes per game. Syracuse’s depth has allowed Hillsman to enact the ideal version of his team. “It allows us to play faster,” Hillsman said. “I don’t think in any way has it changed the way we play except make us better. We’re all excited about getting more players in and concentrate on what we do and do it harder, do it faster and do it better. Factoring in new pieces has been easier this season, Hillsman said, because the Orange returned all five of its starters from a year ago. In the preseason, sessions splintered into “review and install.” Mangakahia led the first-team unit in the offense she spent a year
mastering. Then the second unit walked on the floor and Hillsman had to teach schemes. The talent disparity between the Orange’s bench and it’s opponent’s has materialized in the team’s bench points. Syracuse averages 31.7 bench points per game, often doubling its opponents point total. SU has won the battle between subs in all but one of its contests. Cooper saw this first-hand on Nov. 24 as the Orange toppled the Blue Demons. Redshirt sophomore Kiara Lewis checked in in the third quarter of a two-possession game. After an immediate Miranda Drummond steal, Lewis sprinted up the floor and eased in a layup, pushing the lead to seven in an eventual overtime win. “It’s a good problem to have,” Hillsman said. “That means you’re talented.”
SU’s frontcourt fended off a formidable OSU team. The defense, despite foul trouble turning some of the game into a free-throw contest, became more active. This coincided with OSU falling ice-cold from deep — 6 for 22 from 3 in the game — in part because the SU defense crept up a couple of feet higher. Just a couple.
tion Sunday in 2016. A road loss at Wisconsin, plus other nonconference losses to St. John’s, Connecticut and Georgetown, were key factors in SU’s NIT fate during the 2016-17 season. Last December, the Orange lost to Kansas but picked up a meaningful road win at Georgetown. So while it’s only one game in November, the outcome Wednesday provides a signal of SU’s capability to play in road environments. The OSU victory is the only road matchup of Syracuse’s nonconference slate, and the Orange don’t play away from home again until conference play begins Jan. 5 at Notre Dame. Against the Buckeyes, the Orange came to life midway through the second half. With 11:36 to play and the score even at 45, backto-back Carey penetrations-and-kicks generated layups for forwards Brissett and Elijah Hughes. Hughes, who dropped 18 on 4-for-9 shooting from deep, drilled a 3-pointer from the wing. The SU bench stood up. Next, Battle hit a jumper and soon SU had a 10-point lead, the momentum in its favor. Despite the towel waves, the gap stayed there for good. With a few seconds left, the only unified noise came from one place way upstairs: section 306.
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“We guarded the 3-point line better than we have all year,” Boeheim said. “Somehow after that bad start, we did start to defend.” Over the past three seasons, Syracuse’s nonconference road performances have proven to be indicators of not only how the Orange does in conference play, but also whether Syracuse makes the NCAA Tournament. A title victory at the Battle 4 Atlantis became a resume boost on Selec-
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Second-half surge leads Syracuse over Ohio State in the Orange’s first road win of 2018 By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer
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OLUMBUS, Ohio — From the top of Value City Arena, up in section 306, several dozen fans in orange rose to their feet. Their applause could hardly be heard across the building. Syracuse had pulled away, ever so slightly. Three sections below, amid the loud roars and white towels whipping in the air, Tyus Battle found a moment of calm. Up six with a minute left, he crossed over at the top of the key. He eyed an opening down the left side of the lane. Two dribbles left and a floater high fell through off the glass followed. The crowd fell into an anxious hush. Hundreds of Buckeye fans filed for the exits. What happened Wednesday night demonstrated the progression of a rested, reloaded Syracuse. Battle, in his best all-around performance of his junior season, scored a gamehigh 20 points. In its 72-62 victory over No. 16 Ohio State (6-1),
the Orange (4-2) defense played its best game of the season, which doubles as its best performance since March. Despite three players fouling out, Syracuse held on to tally an early road win. “We really needed this,� said Battle, who added a pair of assists and three boards. Syracuse, in its first unfavorable venue since a Round of 32 win over Michigan State in March, entered the break down, 31-29. But sophomore forward Oshae Brissett (14 points, two 3s) and freshman point guard Jalen Carey (4-for-4 from the line down the stretch, plus three assists) initiated a second-half surge that sent SU past the Buckeyes, a No. 5 seed in last season’s NCAA Tournament. Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim couldn’t put a finger on what led to SU’s 72-point outing, other than an 11-for-24 showing from 3-point range and a good bit of defense. “This was the first time I’ve seen us play the way we need to play,� Boeheim said. “That’s a good sign.� Senior point guard Frank Howard, who scored eight see surge page 10
women’s basketball
Increased depth aids Orange early in season By Nick Alvarez staff writer
Quentin Hillsman predicted the blowout loss before it happened. It was November 2016, and Syracuse was in the third-game of a threeday tournament against DePaul. Gabrielle Cooper slogged to the court. A freshman at the time, she noticed her teammates fatigue during pregame warmups. The ensuing 108-84 rout was a formality. Last week, in the Cancun Challenge, SU again prepped for then-No. 16 DePaul to end a three-day tournament. It played two games in the two days prior, yet Cooper identified
the team’s upbeat energy. Syracuse’s depth had factored into another early-season contest. Despite wasting a 15-point lead and needing a Tiana Mangakahia buzzer-beater in overtime, the Orange prevailed. “You had those games the last two years where you know that third game was going to be difficult,â€? Hillsman said. “I felt in the third game this year ‌ we came out on the right end.â€? No. 12 Syracuse’s (6-1) five-game winning streak, which includes two wins against ranked opponents, is a byproduct of the depth it’s yearned for in years past. Hillsman see depth page 10
KIARA LEWIS scored 13 points off the bench for the Orange Nov. 6 against North Dakota. paul schlesinger staff photographer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Syracuse’s first possession of the second half, Frank Howard drove and Oshae Brissett slid along the baseline. Howard picked out Brissett with a bounce pass, and Syracuse’s sophomore forward finished at the rim. After the referees’ whistles held Brissett to the bench for the majority of the first half, he didn’t sit during Wednesday’s second half. After his foul trouble kept him to one first-half shot, he was one of three Syracuse players in double digits in the second. “He just got going right away in the second half,� SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “Made a couple good plays, couple good drives. Got to the basket.� On a night when three SU players fouled out, Brissett’s bounce back from three first-half fouls helped Syracuse (4-2) upset No. 16 Ohio State (6-1) at Value City Arena, 72-62. He played five minutes in the first half but all 20 in the second half. That allowed him to raise his three first-half points with 11 in the second, and it allowed SU to pull away from the Buckeyes and get a much-needed, early season statement win.
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Points scored by Syracuse forward Oshae Brissett in the second half of Wednesday night’s win
“Coach said in halftime, he said, ‘Oshae you have the most energy out here, you haven’t played much, now go out there and show it,’� Brissett said. “That really stuck with me starting the second half. I knew I was a guy that could spark the energy for the guys. And I did just that.� Less than five minutes into the game, Brissett had tallied two fouls: first on a contested rebound and then pushing in the post. Boeheim pulled him for about five minutes, but SU’s head coach put his sophomore back in midway through the first half. Less than two minutes later, Brissett chased a loose ball alongside OSU’s Kyle Young and dove. While a replay appeared to show Young yanking Brissett’s arm down, the SU player was called for the foul. He sat out the remaining 9:59 of the first half. “Once I got those three fouls, being out there and still staying in the game, keeping myself mentally focused because I knew I was gonna go back in,� Brissett said. After about 40 minutes of real see brissett page 10