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Starting Monday, Syracuse University students, faculty and staff will be required to change their SU ID logins once a year to strengthen cybersecurity.

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Kevin Hart performed a standup comedy show at Goldstein Auditorium Monday as part of his nationwide college tour.

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SU struggled in the first half of its scrimmage against Carleton Saturday afternoon. Then Rakeem Christmas re-entered the game.

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Rally to promote diversity

By Anna Merod asst. news editor

More than 50 student organizations will join together on Monday to protest issues of diversity and transparency at Syracuse University.

The Diversity and Transparency Rally will take place on the steps of Hendricks Chapel from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The rally is being organized by THE General Body, which was formed in October by leaders of organizations such as the Campaign for an Advocacy Center, SU’s chapter of NAACP, Divest SU, Students of Sustainability and Pride Union.

The purpose of the THE General

Courtney O’Dell, a doctoral student in the religion department, watches her son play. O’Dell and other SU graduate students have struggled to find places for child care and to pay for it. A new grant for child care won’t cover the entire cost. margaret lin photo editor

BALANCING ACT SU graduate students struggle to pay for, find places for child care

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or Courtney O’Dell, affording child care can sometimes be a guessing game.

As a doctoral student in the religion department with two young sons, the costs of child care, food and other living expenses can add up.

In October, Syracuse University announced that it would offer child care grants to graduate students. Full-time graduate students can apply to receive $375 for each child under 6 years old, with a limit of two children per applicant. The deadline to apply for the grant is Nov. 3.

Graduate Student Organization President Patrick Neary said he estimates there are 140 graduate students with children. So far, the GSO has received 48 applications for the grant.

But while the grant is helpful, it doesn’t solve the larger problem of providing adequate

support for those with children. Several university committees and offices are working on long-term solutions to providing child care, but students and faculty say the SU community needs to change the way it views work-life balance concerns.

The grant doesn’t cover the full cost of child care—it would only cover one week of child care at SU’s Early Education and Child Care Center, which would cost $400 per week for her two sons to attend, O’Dell said. On top of that, O’Dell said the center only enrolls 60 children each year among its constituency of students, faculty and staff. Parents are also encouraged to apply to be on the waiting list at least two years in advance, she added.

The center’s biggest weaknesses are availability and cost, O’Dell said. The center operates on a sliding scale, where the less a person see child

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This is not the way responsible people run a university.

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Body and the DAT Rally is to inform the community about the issues different groups on campus face and also to understand how some of these varying issues are similar in certain ways, said Danielle Reed, one of the organizers for the Diversity and Transparency Rally.

Many groups involved in the DAT Rally held protests earlier in the semester about campus issues such as the closing of the Advocacy Center, cuts to the Posse scholarship program and the university’s decision to not divest from fossil fuels. Among all the rallies and protests, about six or seven different lists of demands were given to the administration, Reed said.

“We could kind of understand why the administration wasn’t really paying our demands any mind, when they’re getting a list of

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Mentor takes leadership role in OrangeSeeds

By Alex Erdekian

It wasn’t until Kay Tinder joined OrangeSeeds her freshman that she gained confidence to take the lead.

“I’m not as hesitant to take lead as I used to be or be afraid to speak up,” Tinder said.

Now, the sophomore television, radio and film major wants to pass on her positive experiences to this year’s class as a mentor and an executive board member.

OrangeSeeds is a leadership empowerment program at Syracuse University that accepts a class of about 25 freshmen and transfer students every year. The program helps new students find their niche on campus during their first semester, and in their second semester the group puts together a service project.

While working on the second semester service project during her time as a seed, Tinder said she learned how a group of people with a diverse skill set can collaborate to create something successful. This skill helped Tinder build upon the skills she learned as a mentor and executive board member of OrangeSeeds.

“I had to learn to communicate effectively with different groups of

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people. I learned how to really believe in myself,” Tinder said. “Being on E-board, you really have to learn what your boundaries are. What do you tell the seeds and what do you let them learn from experience? You have to sit on the sidelines and judge when to jump in.”

Tinder has applied the skills she learned from being a seed and a men-

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tor to other parts of her life. She took the initiative to be a founding officer of Delta Kappa Alpha, a new cinematic fraternity. She explained that before OrangeSeeds, she would have just considered pledging instead of trying to take on a leadership role.

Now, one of Tinder’s goals as a

mentor is to help her seeds learn from her mistakes, as well as the things she did right her freshman year.

“I really love my mentees, and I want to be there for them,” Tinder said. “I just want to make sure I’m a resource for them to make their freshman year as good as it can possibly be.” aerdekia@syr.edu

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Coming together More than 50 student organizations are joining together on Monday to protest diversity and transparency issues at SU. See Tuesday’s paper

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crime briefs Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened in the neighborhoods around the Syracuse University campus this past weekend. Criminal activity from the past few days includes disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, loitering and sound reproduction. disorderly conduct A man, 18, of Auburn, New York, was arrested on the charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to a Syracuse police bulletin. when: Sunday at 12:55 a.m. where: Clarendon Street near Maryland Avenue sound reproduction Four State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and a man, 22, of Syracuse, were ticketed for sound reproduction, according to police bulletins. when: Saturday at 12:08 a.m. where: Euclid Avenue near Lancaster Avenue

(from left) Kathy ChU And Hamza Hasan, a sophomore biotech major and an architecture graduate student, pick up trash on Ostrom Avenue on Sunday as part of Trash Pick Up Day, sponsored by Students of Sustainability and the Red Cup Project. margaret lin photo editor

Groups pick up trash to promote cleaner campus

By Sara Swann staff writer

In less than two hours Sunday morning, 10 Syracuse University students filled 30 bags with trash and recyclables collected from residential streets near the SU campus.

The Students of Sustainability at SU organization is working with the Red Cup Project to clean up trash and recyclables, especially red Solo cups, from streets surrounding the SU campus. Every

Sunday in November, students from both organizations are meeting at 11 a.m. in the Climate Change Garden beside the Life Sciences Complex for Trash Pick Up Days.

At every Trash Pick Up Day, students will collect and sort trash into three separate bags: one for red cups, one for recyclables and one for miscellaneous trash items.

This Sunday, Lizzy Kahn, the public relations director for SOS at SU and a senior advertising major, led the group of students around

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We’re waking people up physically with our music and consciously by picking up trash.

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ingston avenues to pick up trash left

over from Halloween celebrations.

“We, as students, have to keep our environment clean,” said Kathy Chu, a sophomore biotechnology major and a participant in Trash Pickup Day. “No one feels responsible for all of the trash so we take it upon ourselves to clean it up.”

Kahn said the trash negatively affects someone or something, whether it’s by polluting Onondaga Lake and the environment’s soil, or the birds harming themselves by

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SU community can change passwords Monday

By Claire Moran staff writer

Starting Monday, all members of the Syracuse University community with a NetID will be required to change their password at least once a year.

“It’s important that each of us has secure login credentials and one of the most effective ways to protect a system is to make those login credentials hard to crack,” said Chris Finkle, communications manager for the Information Technology and Services.

Thirty days before a password is set

to expire, ITS will begin to send each member of the SU community warning emails with instructions on how to change his or her password. People will then have the opportunity to log into MySlice and make the change. If they do not do so before the expiration date, ITS will disable their account, effectively cutting off access to university systems like AirOrangeX, MySlice, SU email and Blackboard.

After the expiration date passes, users will only be able to reset their accounts by calling or visiting the ITS office.

Cynthia Hoalcraft is the manager

of the Identity Management Team within ITS, which administers the system through which NetID users can change their passwords. She said other institutions have similar measures in place to help protect data saved on the system and, more importantly, limit identity theft.

“Our passwords are proliferated through systems as we use them and the more proliferated they are, the more exposure there is,” Hoalcraft said.

Finkle said university email accounts are often targets of phish-

ing, or spam emails that attempt to obtain personal information from the receiver on a false pretext. He said that changing passwords will help reduce the number of phishing scams because it will make most of the data obtained through phishing obsolete.

“By making everybody change their password, we reduce the vulnerability of our systems by making any password that’s more than a year old no good,” Finkle said.

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A junior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, 20, was ticketed for sound reproduction. when: Saturday at 1:37 a.m. where: Clarendon Street near Redfield Place

loitering A man, 56, of Syracuse, was arrested on a charge of loitering, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday. No time was listed for the arrest. where: South Crouse Avenue near Irving Avenue criminal mischief A sophomore in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, 20, was arrested on a charge of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday at 5:45 a.m. where: Comstock Avenue near Stratford Street See dailyorange.com for crime updates throughout the week.

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child care earns, the less they have to pay in tuition to the center, according to the daycare’s website.

While this is helpful for graduate students, most still cannot afford the cost of care, O’Dell said. She said the university often assumes graduate students have other sources of income in their household, such as a teaching assistant position.

TAs earn an average of $17,070 per year, but some TAs, such as those in the Visual and Performing Arts department, make as little as $12,155, according to a GSO report.

With other costs of living, such as rent, food and transportation, a TA’s salary can dissolve pretty quickly, leaving little money to pay for child care.

“The assumption is that you have some other form of income through your spouse or another job to be able to afford these spots,” O’Dell said.

With roughly 20 spots available for graduate students at SU’s center and off-campus centers boasting even higher prices, it leaves few options.

Neary said he agreed that the grants aren’t enough to fund child care for an entire semester.

Neary serves on the Child Care Advisory Group, an SU committee of primarily faculty and staff that work to improve child care services. The group devised the child care grant, but is trying to think of more long-term solutions, he said.

The group considered expanding SU’s center, but realized it would be too expensive, he said. It has also considered forming liaisons with other local child care centers, but changes like that wouldn’t be as immediate as creating a grant.

Kal Alston, senior vice president for human capital development who chairs the Child Care Advocacy Group, said the group was formed to

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improve child care access for faculty, staff and students. But she added that members have started to think beyond the two campus centers. The group also hired a consultant to analyze how the university could tap into child care resources in the Syracuse region, Alston said in an email.

While the university is looking at ways to expand its services, Neary said the problem with the current outlook is that people are only openminded to a certain extent.

“There’s a willingness to put resources out there, but we’re not bending over backwards for it,” Neary said.

Groups such as the Child Care Advisory Group and the University Senate Women’s Concerns Committee are realizing this need and have begun to take action, said Marty Hanson, chair of the Women’s Concerns Committee and member of the advisory group.

Last February, the Women’s Concerns Committee issued a motion to create an ad hoc committee on Family-Friendly and Work-Life Balance Concerns, which passed almost unanimously. The motion states that it hopes to address concerns including the “lack of adequate and affordable child care” for faculty, staff and graduate students; “uneven implementation” of maternity and paternity leave policies; and the need to broaden the university’s definition of family.

The responsibilities have now been assumed by the Services to Faculty and Staff Committee, which had been defunct for several years, Hanson said. The group is still forming and finalizing its plans, but they will mostly be family-friendly and work-life concerns, she said.

“We want people when they come to work to be really firm in the belief that their child is taken care of, ” Hanson said.

Holley Benjamin, director of the Early Education and Child Care Center, said though SU’s

services may not be the best nationwide, the community still needs to keep in mind that as a whole, SU is “doing much better than other places.”

She also stressed that the center isn’t formally a day care center, but an education program.

Legally, the center can only be open for nine hours a day, which can sometimes anger faculty and students who want it to be open longer , she said.

“There’s a desire for extended hour care and that’s something I don’t believe in because children shouldn’t be in care for several hours,” Benjamin said. “But family needs are changing and there’s not one better way of changing, but we need emergency backup care and other resources.”

Benjamin said SU could benefit from a work-

life coordinator, similar to Pennsylvania State University, which could handle concerns from faculty, staff and students for child care. But as with most policy reform, it requires more space in the budget, she said.

Beyond policy reform, there also needs to be a cultural change in how work-life concerns are valued, said O’Dell, the graduate student. Female faculty in particular may feel pressured not to discuss their family issues among colleagues because they don’t want to appear weak.

Said O’Dell: “I would like for them to have a discussion about imagining the most difficult situation possible—a single mom with 2 or 3 kids, is that grant going to help them?” apalme05@syr.edu

courtney o’dell, a doctoral student in the religion department, feeds her son. O’Dell and other graduate students face trouble with child care costs. margaret lin photo editor

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Report shows decrease in domestic violence 911 calls

By Lauren Doyle staff writer

The number of domestic abuse calls in Syracuse went down slightly from 2012 to 2013, according to recent report. But the Vera House is still working to prevent those crimes and educate people about domestic and sexual violence.

Vera House is a nonprofit organization with the goal of ending domestic violence and sexual assaults, assisting families in crisis and promoting respect in relationships, according to its website. The organization released its 25th annual report on Wednesday, with statistics about domestic and sexual violence issues. The report also detailed Vera House’s plans for future programming.

From 2012 to 2013, the number of phone calls answered by the Syracuse Police Department related to domestic abuse decreased by 515 calls, going from 10,703 calls to 10,188, according to the report.

Randi Bregman, the executive director for Vera House, said in an email that despite the decrease in domestic abuse calls, issues of domestic and sexual violence still need attention.

The report also included Vera House’s goals for this year, which include increasing awareness and making sure programs like “It’s On Us” and “Coaching Boys Into Men,” stay active. Bregman said the goals were chosen based on evaluation of community needs.

Those programs are geared towards

teaching men to help end sexual assault and relationship abuse, according to the report.

With more men joining every year, the hope is to decrease acts of domestic and sexual abuse, according to the report.

About 489 male participants were educated through Vera House accountability programs in 2013, according to the report.

This is a small decrease from 2012, in which Vera House educated 497 men through its accountability programs.

Vera House has come a long way in the past 25 years and has seen remarkable changes, said Loren Cunningham, the education director of Vera House. About 25 years ago, there weren’t any specialized courts or police departments, and shelter services that were available were not confidential or available to men and trans* people, she added.

“It’s a dramatic change because we weren’t doing primary prevention work 25 years ago.

Back then we were focused on change in response and approach,” she said SU and Vera House began working together when the Advocacy Center was open. Bregman said that Vera House is working to re-define its relationship with different parts of the university focusing on issues of relationship violence and sexual assault. Bregman added that she hopes to continue a close partnership with SU in helping victims and in prevention efforts for many years to come. lmdoyle@syr.edu

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password saying that they need to change their password, it will not include links in the emails. Finkle said this will help distinguish ITS’s legitimate emails from harmful ones that try to imitate ITS. Finkle added that many alumni accounts still exist, but are inactive. Disabling accounts will help weed out the alumni accounts that are not in use and, therefore, help to clean out the SU system.

Julie Elliston, a freshman broadcast and digital journalism major, said she doesn’t think there is much of a threat to SU accounts, but that overall she does not mind the change.

“I don’t really see the point in it. I don’t really

think that there’s anyone trying to hack our MySlice … but I guess if it’s only once a year then it won’t be that big of a hassle,” Elliston said.

Finkle, the communications manager for ITS, said that based on the feedback they’ve received, most people, like Elliston, are supportive of the change. He said, however, that some members of the community are more resistant.

“There are other people who are just incensed that they’re inconvenienced that they have to go change their password,” Finkle said. “They’re more concerned about the inconvenience of having to remember a password and part of me wants to say I get that, but that’s the price of admission for using all these wonderful tools… you need to protect yourself and you need to protect the institution that you work for or attend.” clmoran@syr.edu

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Uber expansion to Syracuse would raise polarizing conversation

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pp-based ridesharing service Uber has expanded to new cities in the U.S. and all over the world as part of a continual effort to increase the reach of its services.

Uber has not yet signaled any plans to expand to Syracuse, but with its hefty $18 billion valuation, a clear intent to expand, it’s reasonable to expect a knock at the door.

Portland, Maine, with a population of just over 200,000, was one of the recent additions. A Portland Press-Herald article from Oct. 2 quoted Billy Guernier, general manager of regional expansion for Uber, saying “We’ve been getting ready for Portland for a number of weeks and months. We have thousands of riders already signed up.”

Our question as SU students might be: when will Uber expand to Syracuse? If the day that Uber wants to set up shop here ever comes — and

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it likely will — then SU students have a responsibility to have an intelligent discussion about how the city should handle it.

We have to admit that we’re an awfully appealing market. A lively downtown scene added in with a vibrant, sprawling college campus suggests a whole lot of opportunity for rides on cold weekend nights. But the advantages of having personal drivers at students’ fingertips almost certainly guarantees an arguably unfair decline for traditional local taxi companies.

Uber is bound to be popular with SU students, but we should be intelligent enough to see that

falling in love with a smartphone app could also crumble an existing industry that holds up thousands of jobs. And it’ll do it through escaping regulatory policy and insurance requirements that yellow cabs have to deal with.

Powerful taxi lobbies cringe over the significantly smaller regulatory barriers that Uber faces when it operates. Seattle challenged that inequality by disallowing any more than 150 Uber cars from operating at a given time. Seattle City Council Member Tim Burgess told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in March that this was a move that “would be like prohibiting Netflix to protect Blockbuster.”

Do we place greater value on having a great service available to us, or preserving the livelihoods of taxi drivers in Syracuse who might be at a dead end if their business gets upended?

It’s a fundamental question of American capi-

talism. Life for one could suggest death for another. If Uber comes knocking, a smart conversation here on campus might lead us to agree that new city law requiring background checks and mandatory insurance minimums for Uber drivers would help level the playing field and preserve fair competition for our rides. Maybe we could agree that circumventing city policy on taxis simply by disguising as a “rideshare” company might not be a fair strategy. But would we care about what is fair or what is better?

It’s fascinating just how deep a debate about a taxi can go. And while Uber isn’t here yet, it’s a debate worth having when the time comes. Let’s be informed and prepared enough to discuss it.

Phil Kramer is a sophomore finance and economics major. His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at pwkramer@syr.edu.

letter to the editor

College students should vote in midterm elections on Tuesday Mid-term Election Day is quickly approaching, and we are in the midst of what NBC reporters Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann are calling “The Great American Tune Out.” They are convinced that eligible voters everywhere are simply uninterested in participating in politics; especially with voters under 30—the age demographic that most college students fall into. Only 23 percent of us are expected to turn out to vote for this election cycle.

I see it differently. “Millennials,” as we’ve come to be called, are paying attention. Social media as a news and information resource keeps

us connected to what’s going on in politics unlike any generation before us. We know, and more importantly care, about the world that is beyond our tiny college bubble.

A lot of us are feeling that current politics are really discouraging, which can affect excitement about getting out to vote. Congress can’t seem to compromise on anything, and money in politics gives large corporations and wealthy individuals a much louder voice, not to mention ISIS, the Ebola outbreak, immigration laws and the recent wars in both Israel/Palestine and Ukraine. We may stay away because we

would rather make change on the ground level—through volunteering or creating start-up organizations that induce change that we can directly see and measure.

But if the majority of us decide to not vote, our voices will continue to go unheard. If politicians don’t see us as a demographic large enough to pay attention to, we will not be represented. If we want the issues that we care about to become national issues (like student loan debt, for instance), then we must elect candidates who will bring them to the forefront in both Albany and Washington. The only way that to make

change happen is by uniting ourselves around the issues we, as 18-29 year old Americans, care about on Election Day. The issues that are important to millennials often seem to be vastly different than those important to older generations. So vote tomorrow. Voting is one of the simplest ways to get involved. There will be polls located right on campus on Tuesday.

Jessica Faunce Junior political science and citizenship and civic engagement major; NYPIRG higher education affordability project leader

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List of grievances lacks research, facts The Daily Orange Editorial Board received a draft of a list of grievances from THE General Body on Friday.

Though it should be commended that members of different groups are coming together to share their concerns with the university, some of the claims made were unfounded and seemed to lack adequate research and hard data. THE General Body needs to better understand the limits of what the university — and Chancellor Kent Syverud — can change in a short time and should offer specific solutions to the problems they are presenting.

Students have every right to be upset about these issues. But in order for their complaints to be effective, they need to research and present hard data to exemplify these problems

instead of letting personal emotion dictate grievances. In one section of the document, THE General Body claims that students are often mistreated by Health Services staff members. As proof of this claim, they offered only one student’s anecdote, instead of statistics or facts. Students might also find that their time is better spent going directly to the cause of their complaints — in this case, the director of health services — instead of burying it in a list of grievances presented to administration.

The list of grievances also makes broad connections between the university’s role in marginalized identities and the behavior of SU’s student body.

The list says that Syverud has only visited the LGBT Resource Center for

five minutes, and that the university did not properly address incidents of the vandalism of the Trans* Day of Remembrance and the theft of the #iTooamSU signs. However, diversity issues have been prominent at SU for many years prior to Syverud’s arrival.

It’s incorrect to imply that the chancellor is responsible for marginalizing identities on campus when the broader SU community has consistently struggled under several administrations.

The university administration and members of THE General Body should meet halfway. THE General Body needs to present complaints that are grounded in fact rather than emotion, and needs to present specific solutions instead of broad claims. At the same time, the issue of transparency —

which was included in the grievances — is something the university should improve on. SU needs to do a much better job of making clear its decisions are made, when they are being made

and who is making the decisions.

If both sides can work to improve their role in the conversation, the university as a whole can move forward in making positive changes.

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THE General Body urges students to attend rally protesting changes We are THE General Body; a group of students representing numerous backgrounds, cultures, voices and perspectives. Our birth on this campus has been due largely in part to the new administration and its rushed, undemocratic Fast Forward campaign, which has already shown that it cares much more about campus aesthetics and university rankings than it does about the university’s students, faculty and staff. In a letter written in June, Chancellor Kent Syverud claims that Fast Forward Syracuse will be “prioritizing students,” but of the 93 seats on seven of the campaign’s workgroups, only eleven are students and only six are undergraduates.

Our full—and ongoing—list of grievances may be accessed at thegeneralbody.org. Some of these include: defunding the Posse Program, overriding student and faculty government decisions, closing the Advocacy Center without first consulting the SU/State News Editor Editorial Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Art Director Copy Chief Development Editor Social Media Producer Video Editor Web Developer Asst. News Editor

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University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry community and without adequate substitute services in place, inadequate mental health services and an unsupportive climate for students of marginalized identities. Our concerns have been viewed and treated as a public relations and marketing problem for the university, resulting in far too many listening meetings but far too little action.

In light of these issues, we are holding a rally today demanding diversity and transparency. The administration is treating students as customers rather than people with significant voices and constructive input. It has also been treating its faculty and staff as disposable workers.

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in which they will be voting on new vision and mission statements for SU. This was pushed forward very quickly, without diverse and widespread input, and the new statements deliberately remove the terms “the public good,” “access to opportunity” and “diverse backgrounds.” It is no secret that the new administration seeks to be less involved with the wider Syracuse community, and to replace need-based scholarships with scholarships that tend to go to wealthier students.

Please join us today at the steps of Hendricks Chapel. The rally goes from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.; it will be preceded by musical and spoken word acts beginning at 2 p.m. Now is the time to stand up for a better university. More info: DAT Rally on facebook, #WeAreSU, #CanYouHearUsNow, #RewindSyracuse, and you can also register your own grievances on our website, www.thegeneralbody.org.

On behalf of THE General Body at SU, Colton Jones ‘15, Divest SU and co-president of Students of Sustainability; Kimberly E. Powell ‘15, independent; Chiara Klein ‘14, Divest SU, treasurer of Active Minds; Katie Lynn Farr SUNY ESF ‘15, vice president of Pride Union and brother of Alpha Phi Omega; Fatima Bangura ‘17, NAACP, NABJ, WellsLink Leadership Program, Newhouse peer advisor; Yanira Rodríguez, PhD candidate composition and cultural rhetoric, GSO senator and finance committee member, Campaign for an Advocacy Center; Henry Nelson ‘18: Syracuse Animal Rights Organization, A Men’s Issue, Students of Sustainability, Divest SU; Becca Glaser ‘15, MFA creative writing, Campaign for an Advocacy Center at SU; Ben Kuebrich, PhD candidate composition and cultural rhetoric, Divest SU; Georgia Chaniotaki ‘17,

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trash eating the trash.

In order to make the trash pickup more fun and upbeat, the students played music from their cell phones while everyone worked.

“We’re waking people up physically with our music and consciously by picking up trash,” said Miles Marcotte, one of the founding members of SOS at SU and a junior geography major.

As the students collected trash, they also spread the word about their organization to people who stopped to thank them for their volunteer service.

Kahn said recycling is one of the easiest things a person can do, but only about 35 percent of people in the United States actually recycle. In Europe, 75 percent of people recycle, so if that many people in the U.S. recycled, the environment would be much better off, she said.

The lack of recycling bins both on and off campus makes recycling harder, Kahn sad. If there were recycling bins beside every trashcan on campus, more people would recycle simply because of the accessibility, she said.

“We are actually trying to start a recycling campaign in the residence halls because if we can start recycling habits with freshmen then eventually it will continue until everyone on campus is recycling,” Kahn said.

SOS at SU also wants SU to install more water bottle refill stations on campus.

Currently, there are only four refill stations on campus. Ideally, there should also be one in every residence hall, academic building,

dining hall and gym, Kahn said.

“More refill stations will make it easier and more efficient to have a reusable water bottle and students will no longer have an excuse not to have one,” Kahn said. “We want to create an environmentally friendly culture, where students don’t have to buy water and waste plastic.”

After all of the students were done picking up trash on Sunday, many of them expressed how the

More refill stations will make it easier and more efficient to have a reusable water bottle and students will no longer have an excuse not to have one. We want to create an environmentally friendly culture, where students don’t have to buy water and waste plastic.

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event was surprisingly fun and that it felt good to volunteer and help clean the environment.

“Even though there weren’t many students who volunteered today, I am hoping that everyone who saw us today will consider joining us next Sunday,” Kahn said. “Or at least I hope they are more conscious of all of the trash in their environment and their own recycling habits.” smswann@syr.edu

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By Erin McDonald staff writer

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ith Election Day on Tuesday, Syracuse University students have taken time to support the campaigns of local congressional candidates and encourage the community to get out and vote.

Both the College Republicans of SU and the College Democrats of SU have been working to support candidates in the 24th Congressional district — Rep. Dan Maffei (D-Syracuse), and John Katko, the Republican challenger. Both

clubs have been increasing their support for the campaign’s activity as the voting day approaches.

The College Democrats at SU works as an organization to support Maffei, the incumbent, during his re-election campaign. The group has hosted as well as volunteered in several phone banks to reach out to the community and encourage them to vote Democrat, said club president Anthony Rini, a senior international relations major.

The organization works with a field coordinator in the area to be able to volunteer at phone banks and make calls to the community

to encourage people to vote for Maffei, said Sean Kennedy, vice president of College Democrats at SU. As Election Day draws closer, members have participated in last-minute efforts, including a phone bank on Thursday and some individual efforts over the weekend.

The College Democrats has been conducting its work through student-to-student outreach, and has the goal of giving students the resources they need to become informed voters, Rini said. Other activities the group did earlier in the semester include helping potential voters register for the upcoming election.

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College Democrats, College Republicans at SU support candidates, encourage voting before Election Day Rini said most of the feedback the group has gotten during its outreach to the community has been friendly and receptive, however a mix of both positive and negative reactions is expected. An objective that the College Democrats has for next semester is having a speaker come to the SU campus to speak to students, Kennedy said.

On the other side of the aisle, many members of the College Republicans at SU have been dedicating their weekends to supporting the Katko congressional campaign, said club president Marissa Fenning, a junior economics and international relations dual major, in an email.

At one of its meetings this semester, the College Republicans at SU hosted Katko and he was able to speak to members about his campaign and platform, Fenning said.

The organization has been consistently reminding members about being proactive for the upcoming election. That includes discussing the importance of sending in absentee ballots if members are not from the Syracuse area, Fenning said.

Both organizations offer potential benefits for students interested in politics. The opportunity to become involved in events such as phone banks to inform voters and encourage citizens to vote gives students the ability to become involved in the world of politics early, said Kennedy, a senior political science and history major.

Being able to get students, particularly underclassmen, involved in the field and obtain internships is vital to both groups. In doing this, they can be exposed to what a campaign is really like and work their way up the chain by furthering their experience in the political world. This is an important part of the work done this semester, Kennedy said.

The opportunity to be actively involved in campaigns is something Fenning said is beneficial to students.

Said Fenning: “We want to encourage our members to experience grassroots politics first hand.” eemcdona@syr.edu

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rally demands from students every week,” said Reed, a junior African American studies major.

During the rally, the group will discuss a list of grievances that will then be sent to Chancellor Kent Syverud and the administration.

For the first half of the rally, students will use poetry and music to share their personal experiences and their feelings about the university, Reed said. In the second half, starting at 3:30 p.m., students and faculty will speak.

The list of strategic and specific demands will be discussed as well.

Some of the issues mentioned in the list of grievances criticize the sudden announcement to close the Advocacy Center last May and the transition to the new structure for sexual assault resources. The list mentions how the university has ignored the request to take steps toward divestment from fossil fuels, despite the strong support expressed by the Student Association and the University Senate.

The list also criticized the administration for deciding to make cuts to the Posse program this past summer.

The rally will urge the administration to take action on the listed issues, said Ben Kuebrich, a graduate student in the composition and cultural rhetoric program.

Kuebrich, one of the organizers involved in the DAT Rally, said a common trend within the administration is to make a decision without considering the implications of it and then covering it up through workgroups. He said that he thinks the administration needs to consult students affected by these decisions

long before such decisions are made.

“This is not the way responsible people run a university,” he said.

He added that the rally is asking the administration to take more action and saying that SU does not need more workgroups. Kuebrich said another purpose of the rally is to help people understand that the closing of the Advocacy Center, the cuts to Posse and the decision to not divest from fossil fuels are not isolated events. These decisions are part of a trend within the administration to move away from democracy and diversity, which affects all bodies in the university, he said.

Colton Jones, co-president of Students for Sustainability, also said THE General Body doesn’t think workgroups and committees are effective. Jones, a senior psychology major, added that Syverud does not seem involved in the issues since he has not shown up to any of the three listening meetings to address the closing of the Advocacy Center.

Jones said the rally will emphasize the need to listen to the student body’s concerns.

“We have a voice and this voice is important and this voice is what keeps this institution going,” he said. “So [the administration] needs to respect this voice and we don’t want another listening group, we don’t want another working group.

We want [the administration] to actually sit and acknowledge the things that we are saying.”

Reed said if the administration ignores the list of grievances, she thinks students and faculty will continue to protest until their demands are made.

“We would like to think that our chancellor and Syracuse University administration and the Syracuse University Board of Trustees cannot and would not ignore a document submitted by the entire student body,” Reed said. almerod@syr.edu

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Starting next semester, students will be able to take a class based on the popular BBC television series, “Doctor Who.” Although the class is not offered through Syracuse University, it will be taught by Anthony Rotolo, the director of the online masters in communications program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Rotolo said the course will study the history and the significance of the British series, which has been one of the longest running science-fiction series in history.

The show follows a time-traveler called the “Doctor” and his companion in his spaceship. In the show, which is currently in its 12th season, the Doctor regenerates every time he dies.

Comedian Kevin Hart debuts new material during sold-out show

KEVIN HART had the crowd laughing throughout his show. During his set, Hart acted out an encounter with a raccoon that looked at him through a window and pretended to shoot him as it laughed. Throughout his set Hart interacted with the crowd and referenced jokes he made earlier in the act.

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evin Hart is done lying.

Except when the truth isn’t believable, and for Hart, that happens a lot.

Hart, known for his stand-up specials and starring roles in movies such as “Ride Along,” and “Think like a Man,” said he came to this conclusion after a night playing ping-pong at a friend’s house.

Hart said he blacked out and woke up in a panic with 27 missed calls and 46 text messages. He knew his girlfriend would never believe the truth, so he had to lie.

I said, ‘Get up, get dressed, we’re gonna run my car into a wall, then I’ma take a selfie.’

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“I said, ‘Get up, get dressed, we’re gonna run my car into a wall, then I’ma take a selfie,’” Hart said as he detailed which hashtags he was going to use, each one prompting heavier laughter in the audience. “Hashtag another accident, hashtag sh*t happens, hashtag life is crazy, hashtag hope we get a good doctor, hashtag I love my lady, though.”

Hart’s performance in Goldstein Auditorium Sunday night was dominated by the seemingly unbelievable accounts of his own life that fans have come to associate with the comedian.

The comedian talked about his relationships with his children and his father, as well as his upcoming second marriage. For Hart, nothing was off limits.

Syracuse University was Hart’s fourth stop on his college tour, and he kept

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the crowd laughing throughout his entire set made up of brand new material.

Hart took the stage after comedians Joey Wells and Will “Spank” Horton opened the show.

Wells and Horton joked about the college experience, and both comedians gave shout-outs to members of the crowd. Wells shouted out the students by year, joking about the mindset of students of different ages. Horton’s roll call wasn’t as innocent. The self-described pervert took roll call by bra sizes and gave a shout out to everybody on academic probation.

When Hart walked out on stage, the sold-out crowd erupted in screams and cheers. Audience members stood on their feet as Hart grabbed the microphone and egged them on.

“Make some f*cking noise,” Hart shouted as the crowd screamed even louder.

Hart immediately endeared himself to the audience, responding to the high-pitched yells and shrieks of his many fans. He did so by mocking them in his own nasally, high-pitched voice, stretching out vowels as he spoke, “Oh my god.” After a quick back-and-forth with the fans, Hart went straight to his performance.

“There’s no sense in wasting your time,” Hart said. “Let’s get to the f*cking jokes.”

Fanta Dicko, a junior information management and technology major, said she enjoys Hart’s comedy because it appeals to everyone.

“I loved the performance. I think Kevin Hart — his audience is a big range — so everyone laughs at his jokes,” Dicko said. “It’s just so funny.”

From raccoons, to “The Conjuring,” to Starbucks, to disappointing birthday gifts from his children, Hart seemingly had an opinion on everything — and was eager to share it.

Hart transitioned seamlessly between jokes, building one off the next. He could barely get through one of his profanity-riddled tangents without being interrupted by the crowd’s laughter.

At the beginning of the show, Hart listed off the reasons he needed to move before getting married. After explaining how he had to “move around a bunch see hart page 12

We can, in a sense, be like the Doctor and travel back in time to experience the series.

Anthony Rotolo director of the online masters in communications program

The course, which has a curriculum, is available for any SU student to take as an independent study class, and students can petition to have the class count toward their degree.

Rotolo added that because of a worldwide interest in the class, the course will also be opened as a Massive Open Online Course, and the same content will be available and free online for anyone in the world.

“We’ve had registrations from the UK, Portugal, all around North America — those are just off the top of my head,” Rotolo said. “It’s overwhelming, but it’s excellent.”

There were approximately 100 students listed to take the class roughly 24 hours after Rotolo opened registration Oct. 26 through his website. In the first 48 hours that registration was open, the number increased to 350 people. see doctor

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of wildlife” before moving to the suburbs, Hart detailed a strange encounter with a raccoon.

“He was on two feet, he put his hand on the glass — I was like oh sh*t — he saw me and he said, ‘Ha ha ha, bang bang,’ the f*cking raccoon shot at me, bang bang, then he grabbed his dick and walked away.”

Many of Hart’s punch lines were repeated throughout his set, and each time he referenced his previous jokes, the crowd shouted along with him.

Donovaun Bialose, a sophomore psychology

major, appreciated the level of interaction Hart had with the crowd. ““I really loved it. The material was really original. It was fresh — he had a lot of callbacks.

It was a good time,” Bialose said.

Along with his cleverly crafted jokes, Hart’s over-dramatic actions were also appreciated by the rowdy audience. As Hart delivered his lines, he almost always accompanied them with a theatrical facial expression or movement.

The crowd reached the height of their laughter when Hart described the life of a man with no kneecaps, detailing the struggle of walking by waddling around the stage. Then Hart escalated the situation, describing the man

JOEY WELLS opens up for Hart along with Will “Spank” Horton. The comedians gave members of the audience shout outs and joked about college life.

bowling. But what drew the most laughter is when Hart imagined the man having sex.

“Get in here and get some of this lock-knee dick,” Hart said, thrusting his body forward while keeping his legs completely straight, letting his microphone hang from his waist and slap against his thighs. “He looks like he is skiing on that ass.”

After cracking jokes for almost an hour,

Hart finally concluded his set and the crowd rose to their feet.

But Hart wasn’t done with the audience just yet. The comedian had everybody stand and took a “Syracuse selfie” with the crowd.

“This is my comedian rock-star sh*t,” Hart said, as he thanked the crowd and walked off the stage to a loud ovation. bskrisel@syr.edu | @brendan_krisel

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great restaurant has the ability to transport you to another culture. An authentic experience transforms a meal into a journey to another country. Roji Tea Lounge on East Washington Street provides everything you need to be taken away to a country steeped in tradition.

On the outside, a large window with a soft gray banner lets you know you’re at Roji. The lounge is housed on the first floor of a brick building. It’s easy to pass this place on the street because it looks like every other building downtown. But once you’ve entered, it’s easy to see the appeal.

The interior is cozy and inviting, with a handful of tables, chairs and couches covered with sheets. A calming playlist sets the mood in the background. There’s very little lighting, with a few candles placed sporadically around the dining

room. It’s a welcomed change to have natural light fill a space in a restaurant.

A more traditional Japanese lounge feel is around the corner from the front dining area.

Pillows and low tables fill this space, with the continuing brick wall creating a great modern feel.

Shoes aren’t allowed in this part of the lounge.

Roji, a tea house, offers an enormous selection of fresh, loose leaf teas. There is something for everyone, whether that’s a black tea, bubble tea or even a green tea. They also offer a great selection of snacks and food to go along with your selection.

A fermented tea, called pu-erh, was my first taste of what Roji had to offer. I was told it had a strong, pungent taste that many people can’t handle. But it was relatively mild and tasted like a simple black tea. It was earthy and paired well with the food I ordered. There was also quite a lot of tea — every order was served in a large pot of 16 ounces. The price reflected that, with some teas costing upwards of 8 dollars.

Another tea I ordered was a black milk tea, which falls under the bubble tea category. That tea was sweeter and thicker than the first.

Tapioca balls represent the bubbles in the tea and give it great texture and depth. It’s a good alternative to a simple loose leaf tea.

The snacks were also a strong point at Roji.

Ramen with tofu was a great lunchtime accompaniment to the tea. The broth was rich and had a meaty note to it. Steaming ramen noodles were served next to tofu and bok choy. The dish was filling and tasty and hit the spot on a chilly day.

Another noodle dish on the menu was just noodles with a peanut sauce. The noodles were served with fresh raw veggies, cilantro and peanut sauce poured right on top. This was my favorite dish because the noodles had an interesting, almost gelatinous, texture that absorbed a lot of the sauce, which was fantastic. It was also really filling and substantial.

Traditional snacks like mochi balls, adzuki

bean jelly and onigiri (rice balls) fell a little short of the mark, though. Mochi is made from sticky short grain rice, and adzuki beans are small reddish beans with an outer shell. The mochi balls and the bean jelly were a little bit of an afterthought and didn’t taste as fresh as they could have. The rice balls were also the same way, tasting a bit bland with a hard texture.

I was hoping for more of a statement from these two dishes. The final item I ordered was a simple pumpkin pie, which, although unusual for a teahouse, was a tasty and sweet end to a great dining experience.

Roji offers an escape from everyday life. It’s a space to just relax and unwind, to read a good book or to hang out with friends. The food is delicious and filling, and the tea selection will certainly make you come back to try them all.

In a city that’s cold and snowy, it’s nice to find a place that’s always warm. rythakor@syr.edu

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Birkin bag stays relevant after 30 years, despite expensive price

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n the world of accessories, there’s nothing remotely similar to the Hermès Birkin bag.

Handmade by old-school craftsmen in a historic Paris atelier, the bags are the best money can buy with a rich history and lasting value.

Hermès has been in the news recently for producing a small number of smelly Birkins.

The Boston Globe referred to the news of the bad batch as “scent-sational,” and that’s exactly what it is. Although only a small number were produced and sent out to stores, they cost upwards of $20,000. That’s no price to pay for a bag with a stench similar to skunk, or in worse cases, marijuana.

Hermès has yet to comment on the issue, and the company is known for letting rumors like this linger and contribute to the mysterious aura surrounding the legends of the bag.

The Birkin turns 30 years old this year, but its star power isn’t fading in the least. If anything, the steady stream of celebrities carrying Birkins and their appearances on TV shows like “Sex and the City” have created a new generation of Birkin-worshippers, myself being one.

The desire for Birkins is strongly influenced by the fact that people want what they can’t have. It’s impossible to flip through Vogue or scroll through Style.com without seeing Victoria Beckham or Kim Kardashian carrying one, maybe even two, Birkins.

I worked for a woman who had two different Birkins and treated them like her children. The attention she gave her bags was fascinating.

They’re so hard to come by, and to own two is a rarity. I would gaze at them for minutes at a time.

There’s no close second in the handbag category — the Birkin dominates as a status symbol.

According to Reuters, the bags start at the not-solow price of $9,000, and according to TheRichest, one can cost upward of $200,000. Hermès built buzz around the bags by keeping production numbers low and selling only to VIPs or celebrities. Many people who purchase the handbags are from page 11

doctor who Rotolo said that a unique aspect of the class is its large emphasis on looking at the show from “the perspective of the digital age,” as people today might not know the cultural or historic context that the series addresses.

“Because of digital technology… we can appreciate the timeless series in a way that would not have been possible 10 years ago,” Rotolo said. “Speaking in ‘Doctor Who’ terms, we can, in a sense, be like the Doctor and travel back in time to experience the series.”

The class involves lectures incorporating clips, images and documents to keep the focus on “Doctor Who.” But during each class session, Rotolo said students will also have to participate interactively through Twitter and have a trivia element, during which students can win prizes.

Sophomore film major Mike Suchmann signed up to take the class because of his interest in the show he considers to be timeless.

“I just want to discuss in detail the TV show and talk about something that can be mindless and fun and turn it into something intelligent, because there really is a lot of intelligence in the show,” Suchmann said.

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The price is undeniably a shock factor. Some people spend more on Birkins than others make in a year. This fact is really confusing because after all, it’s a handbag. After a lot of research, I understand why Birkins are so special. I don’t think being in pursuit of a rare, expensive bag is elitist or materialistic. If you’re into fashion and luxury, you become fixated on the idea of the Birkin, and that’s that.

The fashion industry is very set on luxury and focusing attention on the highest quality items from season to season. It makes sense for there to be an outlier price-wise, such as the Birkin, which may be the same amount of money as someone’s luxury car or annual income.

If a Birkin is something you swoon over, work toward it, and maybe someday you’ll be one of the lucky few. You’re investing in the history and tradition of Hermès, a powerful brand. It isn’t simply a handbag.

Hermès won’t sell just anyone a Birkin. The brand doesn’t use decade-long waiting lists like many think, but they encourage interested customers to establish a relationship with a sales person. Then, said sales person will help them try to get the bag. This process is code for “spend money in the store, and you’ll get a Birkin.”

What’s special about the bags isn’t the stigma that comes along with them or the celebrities that carry them, but the lasting value they hold.

They become more precious as time goes on.

The price tag isn’t the only famous thing about the Birkin bag. The world’s most coveted handbag carries a lot: style, class and a whole lot of history.

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For two years, Rotolo worked extensively on researching and reading about the series. He is currently trying to get the course listed as part of the SU curriculum, but it is an ongoing process.

“Eventually, it may be something students can take the normal way,” Rotolo said. “But until then, I didn’t want to wait any longer to do this.”

Sophomore theater design and technology major Jessica Crawford said she heard about the class on Facebook and wanted to take the class because she is a big fan of the show.

“It’s a great dynamic to try,” Crawford said.

“It’s not just a class to sit there and geek out about ‘Doctor Who,’ but to basically make the ‘Doctor Who’ world real and analyze it like everything else.”

Crawford added that she’s not sure what she expects from the class. Even though the show might be confusing because it involves a lot of science and time travel, Crawford hopes that the class will help in terms of making things clearer.

Rotolo said he hopes students can apply what they learn and make it relevant in their lives.

“I hope the ‘Doctor Who’ class will continue that tradition of unlocking possibilities and opening minds,” Rotolo said. “For a teacher, there’s nothing more valuable than that.”

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SU offensive line can’t shake injury bug in loss to Wolfpack

By Jesse Dougherty sports editor

Injuries and inexperience turned Syracuse’s offensive line into a revolving door.

Jamar McGloster made a one-play collegiate debut at the start of the third quarter, Michael Lasker played right guard after Nick Robinson left the game with a lower-body injury and backup center Jason Emerich played the position in the fourth quarter.

It made it nearly impossible for SU to establish the run game and in turn, Syracuse was forced into the passing game where collapsing pockets awaited freshman quarterback AJ Long.

“With all the different front fives we were putting out there,” SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester said of the offensive line, “it must have been a record trying to find the right combination.”

Syracuse’s Thursday injury report listed Robinson, the team’s starting right guard, as doubtful and starting left guard Rod Trudo as questionable. Both started in the Orange’s (3-6,

1-4 Atlantic Coast) 24-17 loss to N.C. State (5-4, 1-4) in the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon.

But Robinson didn’t practice all week and was replaced by Lasker in the second quarter, a move that didn’t do any favors for an already hobbled offensive line.

Long was sacked eight times and the Orange rushed for 38 yards on 37 rushing attempts.

“There were some guys who were just unable to get the job done,” left tackle Sean Hickey said.

“When you’re in the game you are supposed to execute and it’s not an excuse to blame our loss to the injuries.

“If you are in the game you are supposed to execute. If you can’t execute then we have to get the next guy in there.”

What Syracuse struggled with was finding the right replacement.

Lasker practiced in Robinson’s place all week, Lester said. But the line never meshed, leading to an anemic offensive performance outside of two touchdown possessions at the end of the first half and beginning of the second.

While Lester said Long made the wrong read on his first interception which was

returned for an 82-yard Wolfpack score, he also faced backside pressure and had to make a quick decision. And as the game wore on and the prospect of the Orange running effectively lessened with every down, the Wolfpack regularly blitzed six or seven while its secondary held its own.

Syracuse has one game against Duke before a much-needed bye week, and will need to win its last three games for a shot at

a bowl game.

Shafer said he’s never seen a unit with this many injuries at the same time, but the offensive line has to figure out a way to create holes for running backs and sustain a pocket regardless of who is on the field.

Said Shafer: “But no one else that’s playing us cares so we’ve got to find a way to go to war and that’s what we’re going to do.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

PRINCE-TYSON GULLEY (23) had little room to run in SU’s loss to N.C. State as players cycled through an injury-battered offensive line. logan reidsma staff photographer

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carleton cheered his two-handed dunk and the 62-58 lead it provided.

Boeheim clapped too, as Christmas leapt from the hoop to get back on defense before the whistle blew for a media timeout. “So that kind of brought us down but we were still hype,” Christmas said.

Carleton was done deflating the Orange.

The Ravens only made one more 3 the rest of the game. Syracuse had gotten all the points it needed from its center.

He’d already given SU the dominance in the paint it needed to tighten up its defense. And on offense he either heaved balls across the Carleton defense or barreled through it himself. Christmas drove from the right elbow, finished and drew a foul to close Carleton’s lead to 50-47 with 12:48 to play.

“I mean when he’s going and he gets it down low, people have to respect him and cover him and it’s going to open up more for other players,” senior guard Trevor Cooney said. “In the second half he was excellent. That’s what we want out of Rak.” At halftime, Boeheim told his players to get the ball to Christmas in the post, where he was able to score and facilitate the offense.

SU tied the game at 52 when Tyler Roberson buried a shot from just inside the right wing. Coo-

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patterson Boeheim also added that Patterson was a part of Syracuse’s best defensive lineup in the game — a “small” one that included Patterson and Cooney in the guard spots and Michael Gbinije on the wing, with Gbinije playing point guard on offense.

“Just setting the tone on defense and get breakout dunks,” Patterson said of what he was looking to do. “I wanted to play well and knock down shots when I was open.”

Patterson assisted on a Gbinije 3 at the 12:40 mark of the first half and hit his first off a quick swing pass from Gbinije three minutes later. Then he played sparingly for the rest of the half and Syracuse went into the break trailing 39-30.

Out of the break, SU continually worked the ball inside to senior forward Rakeem Christmas, who drew double teams and facilitated the offense from the post. He tried kicking out to Cooney a few times, but Cooney finished 0-for-4 from beyond the arc and 0-for-6 from the field.

That shifted Christmas’ attention to Patterson, who benefited from the increase in touches.

With under 17 minutes left in the game and Syracuse trailing by four, Patterson got a skip pass from Christmas on the right wing and buried a 3.

He hit another 3 off a cross-court pass

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franklin bowl team and excitedly asked Lynch about it.

“He didn’t even know,” Franklin said. “I was all excited to tell him and he didn’t have a clue it even happened. So from there on I was thinking I’m just going to follow Cam and if Cam does it, I’m going to do it.”

It’s Franklin’s soak-it-all-up mindset that Lea, Lynch and graduate assistant and former SU linebacker Siriki Diabate all praised him for.

From the start of training camp, Lea had Franklin learn the inside and outside linebacker spots in the Orange’s base 4-3 set and said that he came in asking questions and

ney got the assist on the play for handing the ball off to the sophomore forward, but Christmas led to it with his cross-court passing. He also found Ron Patterson for two 3s on a pair of skip passes.

Cooney shot 0-for-6 in the game. Syracuse’s young guards could crash the boards and box out as best they could, but they couldn’t control the contest. Christmas took more drives to the hoop than Cooney and insisted on having the ball like no other player on the court.

Without Christmas, SU was just playing out an exhibition. Christmas and the fast-break play gave the team a sense of comfort, Gbinije said. And with him, the Orange returned to running and winning.

“Yeah, he was playing,” said Boeheim when asked what the biggest difference was for Christmas from the first half to the second. “He wasn’t sitting. It’s hard to score — I’ve never seen anybody score from sitting over there.” jmklinge@syr.edu | @Jacob_Klinger_

RAKEEM CHRISTMAS scored 13 points in the second half of SU’s win over Carleton on Sunday. The senior was in foul trouble for much of the first half. margaret lin photo editor

from Christmas.

“Ron Patterson is a natural-born scorer,” Gbinije said. “He has a shoot-first mentality, a shoot-only mentality, and he just proved what he’s capable of. He’s a good shooter and it’s kind of fun to pass him the ball knowing he’s going to make shots.”

After another 3 and five minutes went by, Patterson deflected a Phillip Scrubb pass at the top of the arc, gathered his balance and drove all

the way down the court for a two-handed dunk.

For the first time since the game’s first 30 seconds, Syracuse had a lead — made possible by a guard who averaged 2.8 points and 5.4 minutes per game last season.

Those figures already seem far in the past.

“I just wanted to show them I can play, I can shoot, I can play defense,” Patterson said.

“Whatever they need, I can do any of it.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

RON PATTERSON sparked SU’s second-half comeback on Sunday. He hit 4-of-5 from behind the arc and finished with 15 points in the win. margaret lin photo editor

wanting to do extra film sessions whenever he could. Franklin’s currently settled in at middle linebacker while playing a lot on special teams, but said he won’t be confined to one spot moving forward.

Lea transitioned Hodge into the center of the defense this season and said that Franklin has the ability to put himself on a similar track.

“He’s got a natural knack for the game and the next thing for him is just demanding the attention of his teammates,” Lea said. “No matter if you’re playing the middle or not, you have to be able to talk and that will come with time. He still has some time.”

Diabate playfully says that he sings too much Drake and needs to cool it with the love songs.

After a Tuesday practice two weeks ago, Franklin pulled Lea aside and asked his coach how to deal with being away from family for so long. He likes Syracuse, but says he never wants to go this long without a Wawa hoagie ever again.

There’s still a freshman side to Franklin.

But after getting his first career sack against Wake Forest and finding himself on the field in crunch time at Clemson a week later, Franklin showed he can handle the fast track with his breakout performance against N.C. State.

“I was so proud of him,” Lynch said of Franklin’s performance. “ ... He’s a sharp young man and I’m looking forward to seeing what he’ll do with this program.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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postgame playbook the big three The three teams that stand between Syracuse and bowl eligibility. duke Saturday, 12:30 p.m.

The No. 22 Blue Devils (7-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast) are fresh off a 51-48 win at Pittsburgh.

They’ve put up at least 30 points in all but one of their victories this season, boast the second-best scoring defense in the ACC and have won 14 of their last 16 regular-season games.

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Nov. 22 2 The Panthers (4-5, 2-3), like Syracuse, beat a pair of nonconference opponents early in the schedule. And the Panthers, like Syracuse, have fallen apart since. Pittsburgh has dropped five of its last six games and has allowed more than 50 points in each of its last two losses. The Panthers still could have defeated Duke on Saturday, if kicker Chris Blewitt had made his 26-yard field goal attempt as regulation expired.

Nov. 29 Voted to place sixth out of seven in the Atlantic Division in the ACC’s preseason poll, the Eagles (6-3, 3-2) upset then-No. 9 Southern California in mid-September and lost by just four to Clemson on Oct. 18.

Although BC hasn’t strung more than two wins together yet this season, the Eagles are third in the Atlantic Division and secured bowl eligibility with a 33-31 win at Virginia Tech on Saturday.

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It’s like Monty Python.

Remember that Monty Python show where the guy loses his arm, loses his other arm, loses his leg, he’s still fighting? That’s our kids right there. We’re just running out of arms and legs.

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been the healthiest this season, which is why there is not as big of a dropoff to that side.

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79 Prince-Tyson Gulley hasn’t scored since Week 1 and here are his rushing breakdowns by direction from Week 1 and Saturday’s loss to N.C. State.

RUSHING WEEK 1

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left The left side of SU’s offensive line has

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middle What’s been missing for Gulley is big

With SU approaching N.C. State’s red zone, the Wolfpack defensive end dropped into coverage and intercepted AJ Long’s pass. McKever took off to his right, picked up his blockers and cruised into the end zone to sever the Orange’s momentum and put NCSU ahead for good.

runs and he had that up the middle for the season’s first touchdown against Villanova.

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right The right side of the line has been the most banged up, which is why Syracuse generally shies away from running there.

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zero full circle Syracuse and N.C. State’s rushing yards by quarter.

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Syracuse tallied just 38 rushing yards on the day and Gulley offered little help in that department. Behind a porous, tattered offensive line, the fifth-year senior took 15 carries for a mere 28 yards and ran backwards for a 9-yard loss on the Orange’s first drive.

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Syracuse defense turns in solid performance in loss to UNC

By Paul Schwedelson staff writer

Two and a half minutes into overtime, North Carolina had a four-on-two opportunity stopped just outside Syracuse’s 18-yard-box when defender Erin Simon intercepted a pass.

Less than a minute later, Maddie Iozzi blocked a shot taken by UNC’s Summer Green.

But in the sixth minute of the extra period, Green dribbled along the right sideline and sent a cross on the ground and right in front of the goal for an easy one-touch finish by Paige Nielsen.

The Orange (5-10-4, 2-7-1 Atlantic Coast) competed with No. 5 North Carolina (12-2-2, 9-0-1) for over 95 minutes before losing 2-1 in overtime in its season finale at SU Soccer Stadium on Sunday.

After surrendering a goal in the 17th minute of the game, SU’s defense defended the Tar Heels’ forwards by winning tackles and forcing them to play on one side of the field at a time.

“To take North Carolina to overtime is a moral victory in itself,” Syracuse head coach Phil Wheddon said. “Unfortunately it doesn’t

show up on the stat sheet, but I thought our players worked really, really hard defensively.”

The Orange was eliminated from postseason contention over two weeks ago, but Wheddon said his team has still been practicing with enthusiasm.

Entering Sunday’s game, SU’s game plan was to keep the Tar Heels from opening up space with cross-field passes.

“If you allow them to knock the ball around and keep switching the point of attack all the time, they’re a very dangerous team with a lot of pace,” Wheddon said. “If you allow them to do that, they can expose you. I thought that we took that away from them at times.”

Throughout the entire season, Syracuse’s defense competed with some of the nation’s top teams — then-No. 13 Notre Dame, then-No. 2 Florida State and then-No. 24 Clemson. Before Sunday, the Orange hadn’t scored a goal since Oct. 4 while its defense held those teams to just two goals or less.

Once again, SU’s defense only broke down twice, but it still wasn’t good enough to earn a

positive result.

“It’s really frustrating,” senior Alexis Koval said, “just because you put in that much effort for that long and it doesn’t come off your way

If you allow them to knock the ball around and keep switching the point of attack all the time, they’re a very dangerous team with a lot of pace. If you allow them to do that, they can expose you.

I thought that we took that away from them at times.

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at the end.”

With about five minutes before halftime,

a pass was sent over the heads of Syracuse’s defensive players and into the middle of the 18-yard-box. Center defender Taylor Haenlin sprinted back and slid to kick the ball to the side of the field.

At the start of the second half, Syracuse went 10 minutes before having an offensive possession on North Carolina’s side of the field.

The Orange struggled to clear the ball out of its own end and the Tar Heels earned two corner kicks in that span.

A few minutes later, Haenlin got in a footrace with UNC’s Emily Bruder down the sideline. Haenlin deflected the ball, but didn’t alter Bruder’s path toward SU’s goal. From just a few yards to the side, Bruder’s shot hit the outside of the net for a Syracuse goal kick.

And though the back line conceded a goal that decided the game, it gave the Orange a chance to run with one of the countries top team.

“I think (the defense) really did amazing,” junior Maya Pitts said. “I think Taylor did a really well job today containing their forwards.” pmschwed@syr.edu

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No. 5 North Carolina edges SU on overtime goal in last game

By Liam Sullivan staff writer

Syracuse had been scoreless for 521 minutes and 41 seconds before finally finding the back of the net Sunday afternoon.

But against the No. 5 team in the country, one goal just wasn’t enough.

Despite scoring for unc

2 the first time in five syracuse 1 games and four weeks, Syracuse (5-10-4, 2-7-1 Atlantic Coast) lost its season finale, 2-1, in overtime to No. 5 North Carolina (12-2-2, 9-0-1) before a crowd of 563 fans at SU Soccer Stadium on Sunday. The Tar Heels scored in the sixth minute of overtime, ending the Orange’s season with despair.

“Obviously we’re disappointed with the loss. I thought that we did enough to come away with at least a tie,” SU head coach Phil Wheddon said. “In fact, we had those chances in the first half that should have been converted and then we come away with the win.”

The game reflected some of the overarching themes of the season as the team once again

struggled to create offensively, recording only three shots. The team finished with only one win — a 3-0 win over Boston College on Oct. 4 —in its last eight games.

The Orange approached the UNC game with a different offensive game plan that previous games. Because of UNC’s pressing style of

We did have a couple more opportunities and we just didn’t finish it. We still need to work on our final-third (passing), but overall it was just the missed opportunities.

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defense, Wheddon said his team knew it wouldn’t have the time or space to play a more possession-based game, the plan was to play more balls over the top and ahead to attackers because of UNC’s pressing style of defense.

“We had to bypass the midfield and get the ball forward quickly, which I thought we did,” Wheddon said.

Senior forward Alexis Koval thought that the approach worked well, but was still unsatisfied with the team’s performance in the finale.

“We did have a couple more opportunities and we just didn’t finish it,” Koval said. “We still need to work on our final-third (passing), but overall it was just the missed opportunities.”

SU freshman forward Alex Lamontagne had some good opportunities to tie the game for SU in the first period, following the Tar Heels score 16:38 into the game.

Within less than two minutes, two of Lamontagne’s shots went awry. On the first chance in the 23rd minute, she used her speed to separate herself from all of the other players and with two defenders trailing her, she shot from the top of the 18-yard box. But the ball went about 10 feet over the top of the goal.

Soon after, Lamontagne created an opportunity for herself in the box, dribbling around a few defenders. She shot again, but this time the ball went left of the goalpost.

Syracuse only mustered one second-half shot, but it found the elusive back of the net.

The Orange’s Stephanie Skilton was about 10 yards away from the net with two defenders on her, so she threaded a ball diagonally forward to Maya Pitts who was waiting at the top of the 6-yard box. Pitts quickly shot it and the ball snuck past UNC’s Lindsey Harris to even the score in the 72nd minute.

“We took our chances — or we tried to,” Pitts said, referencing the team’s capitalization of their limited opportunities.

With the Orange failing to create offensively after Pitts’ goal, Paige Nielsen’s score in the sixth minute ended the contest.

When asked what he thought about the season as a whole, Wheddon said he was “disappointed,” the same adjective he used to describe the loss.

“If we fought like (we did today) every game and had that intensity every game, it probably would be a different story,” Wheddon said.

“But it goes without saying that we just aren’t finishing our opportunities and that’s been our nemesis all season long.” lpsull01@syr.edu

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Freshman LB Franklin gives look into future with strong performance

By Jesse Dougherty sports editor

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ZAIRE FRANKLIN has had an expanding role as a freshman this season. On Saturday against N.C. State, he was second on the team with eight tackles, including one for a loss. logan reidsma staff photographer

aire Franklin doesn’t hide his Philadelphia roots.

He frequently wears a fitted Phillies hat, tries to catch every Eagles game and rattles off North Philadelphia cross streets like he’s reciting the alphabet.

But when the Eagles played the Colts on Sunday Night Football on Sept. 15, Franklin wasn’t watching. He was trying to get his homework done so he could get enough sleep for a 6 a.m. linebackers meeting.

“I saw the Eagles won,” SU linebackers coach Clark Lea said to him, while smiling, on Monday morning.

“I was happy he knew they played and that I had to miss it,” Franklin said.

“Because when you’re in the mix, it’s not like being a normal freshman. You don’t get to ease in, you just have to go fast and learn as you do it.”

In a lot of ways, the freshman linebacker hasn’t had a chance to mature as a college athlete. But that didn’t stop Franklin from giving Syracuse (3-6, 1-4 Atlantic Coast) a look into the future in its 24-17 loss to N.C. State (5-4, 1-4) on Saturday. Rotating with sophomore Marqez Hodge at middle linebacker for crucial chunks of time, Franklin recorded eight total tackles — the second most on the team — a tackle for loss and forced a fumble that was recovered by the Wolfpack.

And with Syracuse needing to win its last three games for bowl eligibility, Franklin showed he’s capable of filling the holes the Orange will have in the middle of its defense

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going into next year.

That’s when starting outside linebackers Cameron Lynch and Dyshawn Davis — as well as Josh Kirkland and the injured Luke Arciniega — will run out of eligibility, leaving Franklin as one of the top young options for an evolving linebacking corps.

“We talk about it all the time, Parris (Bennett), me and the rest of the guys,” Franklin said of the spots that will be open next year. “You look around the linebackers room and you see four people leaving and you know it’s your time to step it up.”

When Franklin took his official visit last January, Syracuse was coming off a Texas Bowl victory and Lynch was

We talk about it all the time, Parris (Bennett), me and the rest of the guys. You look around the linebackers room and you see four people leaving and you know it’s your time to step it up.

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his host.

The two were riding the South Campus bus and Franklin was scrolling through Twitter on his phone. He saw that Lynch — who currently leads SU with 73 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks — had made the All-ACC see franklin page 17

Christmas leads 2nd-half comeback Patterson pours in 4 3s

By Jacob Klinger asst. sports editor

Rakeem Christmas watched Syracuse’s zone get tugged side-to-side and shot over. With the increasingly anxious Carrier Dome crowd and Jim Boeheim, he watched SU’s guards carleton 68 fail to get syracuse 76 around screens and watched Carleton shooters bury 3s.

Christmas saw the Ravens turn the Orange’s 2-3 zone inside out

with passes from the baseline to players cutting to the basket he couldn’t protect. He was on the bench and in foul trouble.

But when he returned to the floor after halftime, he never left. The holes in the Syracuse defense closed up and he filled the one in the middle. Christmas pushed the team out of a halfcourt game it was losing and into one of runouts and dunks that it won 76-68 in front of 7,812 on Sunday afternoon.

And when the game did settle he fought for, demanded and fully deserved the ball. Mixing power

moves with court vision, Christmas finished with 13 points — all in the second half — 3 rebounds and two assists while fueling a run past Carleton that SU hoped, then knew was coming.

“Rak in the second half was just a totally different guy,” junior guard Michael Gbinije said. “We kept giving him the ball and he showed the physical beast that he could be.”

With 7:39 left in the game, Christmas lingered with two hands on the rim in front of the Syracuse bench, shouting along with the fans who see carleton page 17

By Jesse Dougherty sports editor

Syracuse needed a shooter to punish Carleton’s double-down man-to-man and claw back in the second half.

And instead of Trevor Cooney answering that call, sophomore guard Ron Patterson caught fire in the second half.

“I told everybody in (the locker room), ‘Ronnie about two days a week makes every shot,’” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said of Patterson. “The other five, he misses most of them, so this

was one of the two. We don’t have any more games this week, so we don’t have to worry about it.

“He picked today.”

With Cooney and freshman Kaleb Joseph starting in the backcourt, Patterson made his case for minutes in the Orange’s 76-68 exhibition win over Carleton in the Carrier Dome on Sunday. He poured in 15 points and hit 4-of-5 3-point attempts, three of which came in the second half and fueled the comeback against Canada’s four-time defending national champions. see patterson page 17