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COLTON JONES, a senior psychology major and rally organizer, leads attendees of the Diversity and Transparency Rally on Monday afternoon on the steps of Hendricks Chapel. About 100 members of the SU community attended the rally, and some marched to Crouse-Hinds Hall following the rally to stage a sit-in.

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Students stage building sit-in 40 students spend night in Crouse-Hinds Hall to protest diversity, transparency issues

By Brett Samuels asst. news editor

Protesters sit in the Crouse-Hinds Hall lobby while Diversity and Transparency Rally organizers meet with administrators in a nearby classroom. Protesters spent the night in Crouse-Hinds Hall.

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So far this semester, Syracuse University students have protested scholarship cuts, campaigned for an Advocacy Center and attended campus forums. At the end of each of these events, administrators spoke and the students in attendance went home.

On Monday afternoon, more than 100 students rallied for diversity and transparency, and eventually talked with administrators.

But this time, they didn’t go home.

Instead, about 40 students will spend the night in Crouse-Hinds Hall, where they plan on staying until Thursday, or possibly later.

The sit-in immediately followed the Diversity and Transparency Rally outside of Hendricks Chapel, which was organized by THE General Body, a coalition of about 50 student organizations

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elections 2014

SU employees give money to political candidates, organizations

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

Syracuse University faculty and staff members donated more than $25,000 to political campaigns and organizations this election season — an increase from past midterm elections.

In 2014, people who list SU as their primary employer have donated a total of $27,220 to political campaigns and organizations, according to data from Syracuse.com/The Post-Stan-

dard and OpenSecrets.org. Democrats have received $16,095 in 56 separate donations for an average donation of $287.41. Republicans have received $11,125 in 18 separate donations for an average donation of $618.06. The average SU donation in 2014 has been $367.84.

Compared to the midterm election in 2010, SU faculty and staff donated $660 more this election year. In 2010, SU faculty and staff members gave $26,560 in total donations with an average donation of $374.08. In 2006, SU

faculty and staff members gave $12,741 with an average donation of $344.35.

Douglas Wolf, a public administration and international affairs professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, gave $250 to Rep. Dan Maffei (D-New York) because he personally knows Maffei, he said.

“When a candidate that I know personally, and with whom I agree on a number of important substantive issues, calls me personally and makes a direct appeal for financial support, I’m

much more likely to respond with support, in comparison to a blind call from an individual or a blanket organization,” Wolf said.

Wolf said growing inequality and the concentration of wealth and the influence of “big money” on politics and governance are important issues when deciding who to give money to.

“I guess it’s ironic that I give money because I object to the influence of money in politics,” he said. Wolf said in total he has donated less this see donations page 8

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TATTOO tuesday | chris makowski

Tree reminds senior to live with strength, hope

By Gigi Antonelle staff writer

Chris Makowski’s tattoo is a daily reminder of how he should live his life: with strength, hope and willingness to grow as a person.

Makowski, a senior health and physical education major and Syracuse University men’s soccer team defender, stresses the importance of learning from mistakes and staying true to oneself every day.

The thick, bright roots at the bottom of the tree of life, which is located on his right bicep, symbolize the idea of holding on to where one came from.

“College is a place to find out who you are. But remembering where you came from and remembering who you are as a person is really important,” Makowski said.

His tattoo also incorporates all four seasons because seasons come and go, as do many life events.

“Seasons don’t last forever and decisions don’t last forever. They don’t make you who you are,” Makowski said.

Makowski describes himself as a

lover of the outdoors, which is another reason why he chose to get the tree.

Although there was not a particular event that triggered Makowski to get the tattoo, he said it is a reminder to appreciate where he’s from and to reflect on the decisions he’s made.

“Tattoos can be a way to draw back on the small things,” Makowski said.

Makowski plans to add to the tattoo to give it a more worldly perspective.

“They’re addicting,” he said, laughing. “Once you get one, you want to get more.”

He said he wants to add water with animals below the roots of the tree, as well as an eagle on top of the tree.

“I stray away from getting tattoos with words because I want to leave them up to interpretation for other people,” Makowski said.

As graduation nears, Makowski has found comfort in his tattoo and in his family.

“With senior year, it’s easy to stress out about what I’m going to do after school,” he said. “My tattoo has been a reminder to not stress out about things.” gantonel@syr.edu

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Taking a stand

The votes are in

More than 50 student organizations joined together on Monday for the Diversity and Transparency Rally.

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Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for Congress and NY Governor.

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SU starts consent campaign

MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2014 On Tuesday, New York voters will go to the polls to cast their ballots in several midterm elections. Two of the biggest races in Onondaga County are the election for the 24th district congressional seat and the New York governor’s race. Here is a breakdown of the two races with information about the candidates.

CONGRESS

By Chelsea Portner contributing writer

DAN MAFFEI

JOHN KATKO Party: Republican Occupation: Federal prosecutor Experience: — U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Prosecutor (1995–2014) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Senior Trial Attorney (1991–1995)

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Party: Democrat Occupation: Journalist Experience: — U.S. Representative (2008–10, 2012–present) — Communications and policy adviser to Sen. Bill Bradley and Sen. Daniel Moynihan

THE POLLS

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Maffei voted for the act and still supports it but has tried to pass amendments to the act. Katko favors replacing the act with a bipartisan bill. Both candidates want to repeal the medical device tax and health insurance company tax, which are part of the act.

Here are the results from two polls conducted by Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard and Siena College over the course of the campaign.

The polls asked likely voters which candidate they favored in the race.

6% 8% 42%

STUDENT LOANS Both candidates want to reduce student loan debt for graduates. Katko hasn’t offered any specific proposals but Maffei supports a “Pay As You Earn” program that allows recent graduates to cap their federal student loan payments at 10 percent of their monthly income as they enter the workforce.

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ANDREW CUOMO Party: Democrat Occupation: Lawyer Experience: — Incumbent New York governor (2011– present) — New York Attorney General (2007–10) — U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997–2001)

HOWIE HAWKINS VS

Party: Green Party Occupation: UPS truck unloader Experience: — Former Marine — Co-founder of the U.S. Green Party — Ran for New York governor in 2010 and received nearly 60,000 votes

Syracuse University has launched a new campaign to help students understand what sexual consent is.

The “Got Consent? Be S.U.R.E.” campaign officially launched at SU last week and held one of its first events “Beat the Blame Game,” an interactive program about sexual assault, on Monday in Schine Underground.

The campaign promotes the idea to be “Be S.U.R.E.” which stands for shared understanding, respect and enthusiasm before engaging in any sexual activity with another person.

Though the “Got Consent?” program has been at SU for years, it has been re-launched this year. The campaign is a combined effort among the Office of Health Promotion, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Student Association, the

THE ISSUES

Here is information and notes from Student Association’s meeting on Monday.

HYDROFRACKING — Cuomo has put off taking a side on hydrofracking until after the election but has proposed spending $5 billion in public money over the next decade to expand renewable energy sources.

— Astorino thinks the decision on hydrofracking should be up to local towns but says hydrofracking could help revive the upstate economyby bringing down energy costs, which would attract more businesses.

— Hawkins would ban hydrofracking in New York.

ELECTION DAY New York Public Interest Research Group representative Brittania Smead reminded assembly members that Tuesday is Election Day. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

THE UPSTATE ECONOMY

“BEAT THE BLAME GAME”

— Cuomo has said he would bring an additional $1.5 billion in state investments and incentives to upstate cities. During his first term, he implemented Start-Up NY, a tax-free program for qualifying businesses tied to state universities, most of which are in upstate New York.

— Astorino wants to streamline the state’s taxing system and start massive infrastructure projects, two initiatives which he says will help create jobs.

— Hawkins wants to make the state a leader in renewable energy and believes building New York’s infrastructure and technol ogy would bring more jobs to upstate.

Assembly member Brittany Moore thanked SA members for attending the “Beat the Blame Game” assembly on sexual consent on Monday night.

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THE POLLS

Party: Republican Occupation: Sportscaster Experience: — Incumbent Westchester County Executive — Westchester County Board of Legislators — Founder of 1050 ESPN Radio in New York

In a statewide poll released on Oct. 22 by Siena Research Institute, Cuomo had a large lead over Astorino and Hawkins.

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A retreat for SA members will be held on Saturday to incorporate new members into the organization, said Assembly Representative Paulina Colon.

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— Compiled by Jessica Iannetta, news editor, jliannet@syr.edu — Graphic illustration by Katherine Sotelo, design editor, kasotelo@syr.edu

SA will be promoting a new campaign called Geek of the Week to encourage assembly members to improve their grades and put more effort into schoolwork.

— Compiled by Alexa Torrens, staff writer, atorrens@syr.edu

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Negative advertisements need to be reduced next election cycle

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he campaigning this election has been excessively negative. It lacked content and may discourage registered voters from getting out to the polls.

Instead of addressing the issues facing the nation and promoting their own platforms, campaigns have attacked opposing candidates. Despite the negative campaigning, it is essential that people vote for the issues that are important to them, especially considering the low turnout rates in midterm elections. In the next election cycle, negative campaigns need to be reduced in order to create a more positive political atmosphere that will encourage higher voter turnout rates.

The midterm turnout rates in 2010 were 42 percent, which is 17 percent lower than the 2012 presidential election, according to FairVote.org. It is arguable that midterm elections are as important as presidential elections because of their effects on the

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50 SHADES OF BLUE implementation of the platforms of the president.

If citizens only know the negative aspects of candidates, they’re less likely to be inspired to vote. In the future, candidates should focus their campaigns on the issues and avoid the unsubstantial campaigns of this election.

These criticisms of personalities rather than policy have been exemplified in attack ads this election cycle. According to a study conducted by Wesleyan University, ads for both House and Senate races are becoming more negative. From 2012–14, the percentage of negative campaign ads jumped 20 percent.

Democrats were more likely than Republi-

cans to run negative advertising. In early September, 70.5 percent of ads run on behalf of Democrats were negative in contrast to 39.5 percent of ads run on behalf of Republicans being negative. Our party shouldn’t be the villain. In future elections, Democratic candidates and their independent support groups need to drastically reduce the number of negative ads.

Negative attack ads are more memorable, but according to the Journal of Politics, viewers are not more likely to vote for a particular candidate, or vote at all based on attack ads.

Attack ads are counterproductive for American politics, especially considering that research shows that they are unlikely to be effective. Instead of personal attacks, ads need to discuss the issues at hand and aid voters in making informed decisions when casting their votes. Perhaps if campaigns did not focus so heavily on attacking their

opponent, voters wouldn’t feel like they were choosing between the lesser of two evils.

Considering the current disapproval of politics as a whole, it is important that campaigns focus on the positive aspects of their candidates in order to get voters to the polls.

The negativity in modern American politics detracts value and effectiveness from the political system. When deciding what candidate to support today, voters should put attack ads and the lack of substance at the back of their minds and vote for issues that affect their daily lives. And in future elections, attack ads and negative campaigning should be avoided and should focus on informing voters on critical issues instead of personal flaws.

Rachel Potter is a senior political science and sociology major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at repotter@syr.edu.

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DAT Rally informed campus, successfully presented demands

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his fall semester at Syracuse University has been nothing short of busy when it comes to student activism. From protesting the changes made to the Advocacy Center to the impromptu yet focused meeting in the Goldstein Student Center following the Hanna Strong video, student activism evolved into a series of protests, meetings and now, the

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Diversity and Transparency Rally.

With the many efforts of students to unite in the wake of unwarranted changes on campus,

the DAT Rally was the strong culmination of this large-scale student effort and introduced the new coalition THE General Body to the campus at large. It combined many student issues into one major event and it helped to articulate what specifically students are fighting for on campus, which is an essential component to making a lasting impression on administration.

On Monday, over 100 students and faculty gathered outside of Hendricks Chapel for this rally, which aimed to draw attention to some of the closed-door decisions made by the university, such as the closing of the Advocacy Center, defunding of the Posse Program and the decision of the university to not divest from fossil fuels. The rally also aimed to draw attention to issues of discrimination and privilege on campus and make clear that those issues are not the individual problems of students, but rather exist as structural changes that the university can move to change.

THE General Body, a combination of students from various organizations and colleges on campus, worked to organize the rally. The group held a series of meetings throughout the semester to organize ideas, create a list of demands and present a more united front to the campus community.

Ultimately, the DAT Rally was the reveal of student efforts during a time of uncertainty throughout the campus community.

Among the many works that THE General Body has created thus far — including a website and social media accounts — one that stands out as the most effective is the list of grievances and demands created. The 43-page document illustrates and sets deadlines for administration the changes that should be set in place.

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Although extensive, the document is profound in clearly articulating exactly what issues students see, how they should be solved and when they need to be solved by. With this list, the case can no longer be made that students have no direction in what they are fighting for. The list of demands, in addition to the sit-in held in Crouse-Hinds Hall, make a bold statement that students are not backing down and are finally following through on the changes they want to see at this university.

The various movements on campus including #ITooAmSU, #SpeakUpSU and #DivestSU are essential — and even long overdue — in addressing some of the most pertinent issues on campus. However, creating a united and clear movement of social change on a college campus that is a breeding ground for ideas, leadership and intellect can be difficult. Ideas can become overcrowded and misdirected due to the amount of things that students are passionate about and want to see change. But the DAT Rally brought a sense of cohesion and clarity to the many concerns that students have.

The DAT Rally simultaneously accomplished informing the campus at large about issues on diversity and inclusion, while also shed light on the work that THE General Body is doing. Ultimately, it set the stage for what could be the future of Syracuse University. If THE General Body is to serve as the representation of the united front of SU students, the DAT Rally was an event that made these motives clear and could leave a lasting impression on this campus.

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I’m all for a good protest and making progressive changes at Syracuse, but the #DATRally is clearly having a collective action problem.

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Unruly behavior will not spur change The Daily Orange Editorial Board supports THE General Body’s grievances about transparency and agrees that there should be more student input allowed in decisions.

But we cannot condone the unruly and unprofessional behavior exhibited at the DAT Rally and on social media prior to the event.

Leading up to the DAT Rally — in addition to sharing information about the actual event — THE General Body Twitter account tweeted memes of Chancellor Kent Syverud.

The first meme was a picture of Syverud overlaid with the words “I don’t always make closed door decisions, but when I do I close essential student resources and budget cut programs that benefit marginalized students.” Another meme of the same photo read “Wait, I’m the Chancellor? I thought you said canceler.” The use of memes comes off as extremely immature and exhibits the irrational fixation

on vilifying the chancellor. This childish approach to university problems will not command respect from administrators.

This poor behavior escalated at Monday’s rally. What could have been a chance for students to appear calm and willing to listen instead turned into a mob incapable of compromise. A video posted by a member of THE General Body validates concerns about the group’s conduct. Throughout the clip of a standoff at Crouse-Hinds Hall, THE General Body can be heard erupting into boo’s and chants as administrators try to communicate with them.

If these students wanted to be taken seriously, they should have behaved professionally instead of yelling at administration.

When General Counsel Daniel French told students that members of the chancellor’s executive team were prepared to meet with as many students as possible in Schine Stu-

dent Center, students refused. THE General Body’s inability to compromise led to less students being present to meet with administration.

THE General Body instead stormed Crouse-Hinds Hall and as a result only around 20 students were able to meet with administration.

We are not diminishing the work put into compiling the 43-page document of grievances and solutions proposed by THE General Body.

But given the behavior exhibited at the rally and on social media, we question if this is the right group of students to communicate with the administration. Effective discussion requires compromise, respect and rationality. Regardless of personal issues students have with the administration, letting emotions drive discussion will only result in a group of angry students booing and chanting. Volume does not equal strength.

Apathy will certainly never

spur change. But THE General Body’s behavior on Monday was another extreme of irrational and disrespectful conduct that will not command respect. There’s a stark

difference between impassioned activism and trying to yell louder than anyone else. At Monday’s rally THE General Body didn’t seem to realize that difference.

women and gender

Apple CEO’s announcement should inspire activism, legislation

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ast week, Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook became the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company when he came out in Bloomberg Businessweek.

Holding one of the highest positions in one of the most dominant tech companies makes Cook an influential figure. By coming out, he could help people who have been afraid to come forward with their sexual orientation.

But while Cook will be an inspirational figure for those who have ever struggled to come out, there is another conversation that he should — and can — inspire. There are still 29 states that allow an employer to fire an employee based on their sexual orientation according to Policy Mic. 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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While an openly gay CEO might seem progressive, but until those 29 states no longer allow employees to be fired based on sexual orientation, there is still a long way to go.

Having a face to the cause gives the public someone to rally for. Though as a high-profile CEO it’s unlikely Cook would be fired, there are thousands of employees that could be fired. As more and more states are allowing gay marriage, this needs to be another point of focus. It is simply outdated and homophobic to allow more than Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. Feature Editor Asst. Feature Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Asst. Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Design Editor Design Editor Design Editor Design Editor Design Editor Design Editor Asst. Copy Editor Asst. Copy Editor Asst. Copy Editor Asst. Copy Editor Asst. Copy Editor Asst. Copy Editor

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half the states in the country to let this law stand.

Currently, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 is sitting in the House waiting to be passed. This would make it unlawful for employers to discriminate against someone for their “actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity” in the hiring and firing process.

In his statement in Bloomberg Businessweek, Cook said: “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist

on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”

Though he doesn’t consider himself an activist, his words could inspire activism that could make pushing forward this bill a priority.

If it got out that someone was fired for being gay — even in one of the states where it is legal — there would likely be public and media outrage. This bill that is waiting to be passed seems like a no-brainer. The fact that there were overwhelmingly positive responses to Cook coming out shows that many people in our society would likely commend Congress for finally taking the obvious step toward equal rights for gay people in the workplace.

In his statement, Cook said our

culture is becoming more tolerant and that as a country, we are moving toward marriage equality. He’s right about that, which is why this is an important next step.

As a high-profile CEO, Cook coming out is positive for many obvious reasons.

He will inspire many to not be afraid to come out, as he said, and could help some feel less alone. But him coming out could have a much larger influence if it fuels conversation and spurs action regarding gay rights in the workplace.

Julia Smith is a junior newspaper and online journalism and sociology dual major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at jcsmit11@syr. edu and followed on Twitter @jcsmith711.

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CVS eliminates Apple Pay service in stores across nation

By Conor Ried contributing writer

Apple Pay is trying to eliminate the need for a wallet, but some companies are not allowing its use in their stores.

Students hoping to use the Apple Pay system cannot use it at the local CVS on South Crouse Avenue after the CVS Health Corp. announced on Oct. 25 that it would not allow customers to use Apple Pay at its stores. Apple Pay, a program that allows shoppers to use an iPhone 6 or Apple Watch to pay for products from various stores, was released on Oct. 20.

CVS is currently partnering with stores including Rite Aid and Wal-Mart on their own digital wallet called Current C.

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Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team and the Office of Student Assistance.

The idea for “Be S.U.R.E.” was developed “to help students understand what consent is, what it isn’t, why you need it and how to ask for it,” said Katelyn Cowen, Office of Health Promotion director.

Currently, volunteers involved with the campaign have been in the Schine Student Center promoting the cause, said Eric Nestor, associate director for the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The Panhellenic Council will also be helping to promote the campaign in the coming weeks, and more

Apple Pay seeks to eliminate the need for traditional payment methods and, thus, a wallet. The program is considered a virtual wallet. Other virtual wallet programs have been developed in the past, but have not caught on.

The product is backed by many big-name companies including JPMorgan Chase, Macy’s, Nike and Bloomingdale’s, according to Apple’s website.

Brian Sheehan, an advertising professor, said he believed CVS had adopted a “wait-andsee” approach with the product.

Jason Dedrick, a professor in the School of Information Studies, said he thinks Apple Pay will try to create an ecosystem of merchants and customers. Merchants and customers are engaged in a chicken-and-egg scenario with Apple Pay and other forms of digital wallets, he

said. Neither customer nor merchant wants to be the first to make the change, because they want to see if the product will be successful and do not want to waste money on a product that may not work, Dedrick said.

Many people are likely to have concerns about the security of Apple Pay given recent iCloud breaches, Sheehan said. Dedrick added that there have also been security problems with Home Depot and other companies, which Apple will have to address.

Sheehan said another potential issue for companies like CVS will be that it has to update software to accommodate for Apple Pay. Despite setbacks with companies like CVS, Sheehan said he thinks the product has the potential to be successful.

“Apple has a very legitimate chance in succeeding in a mass migration from cash to the digital,” he said. “There is also a huge advantage to having the name Apple, which is associated with hallmark products that everyone buys.”

Dedrick said if Apple Pay wants to succeed, it will need to expand its services to other kinds of smartphones such as the Android.

“What would increase Apple Pay becoming widely accepted is doing what Apple did with iTunes. Originally iTunes was only compatible with Macs, but once the product was made compatible with PC, an even larger market was opened up,” he said. “So with Apple Pay there would be a need to make the product available on the Android so even more costumers use Apple Pay.”

events like this will occur in coming months.

Officials from the collaborating groups said Hill Communications, a student-run public relations firm at the S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications, has also partnered with the campaign. The students involved at Hill Communications helped to develop the new slogan, “Got Consent? Be SU.R.E.” Nestor said he believes SU provides a great platform to begin conversations and start programs that encourage students to ask for consent when engaging in sexual activities.

“It is important that we work to get students talking about consent, understanding what consent actually means and understanding everything that it includes,” Nestor said. “Discussing issues related to consent and sexual violence

will be occurring throughout the academic year.

Hopefully, the more students we can engage, the more students talk to each other about it.”

Sexual consent is becoming a growing conversation on college campuses. While some students may be aware of the idea of sexual consent, aspects of what define consent are changing. The need to inform students about how to determine what qualifies as consent is more present than ever, Cowen said.

“There are myths and misperceptions about what consent is and knowing when you have it. It is incredibly important to understand consent, because initiating sexual activity without first obtaining consent is a crime and violation of the code of student conduct,” Cowen said. “It is each person’s responsibility to be sure they obtain

consent before initiating any sexual activity.”

Cowen added that “Got Consent?” will begin to slowly integrate itself into campus and become more actively promoted, especially during the spring semester.

Jill Sneider, the sexual and relationship violence prevention coordinator in the Office of Health Promotion, said she believes that campus-wide, the interpretation of what truly defines consent needs to be expanded.

“The campaign, therefore is designed to saturate this campus community with a variety of opportunities for students, faculty and staff to broaden their awareness and understanding of what sexual consent actually entails,” Sneider said.

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Slow and steady Tortoise population rises in islands after near extinction, SUNY-ESF study shows

By Claire Moran staff writer

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n the 1960s, giant tortoises on the Galapagos island of Espanola were on the brink of extinction, but now according to a recent study there are enough turtles on the island to survive on their own.

James Gibbs, a conservation biology professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, is the lead author of the study, which was published on Oct. 28 in the journal PLOS ONE. The study chronicled a 40-year project headed by the Galapagos National Park Service that attempted to save the Espanola tortoises by breeding them in captivity and rereleasing them onto the island.

“This particular study was important to document that we can also correct our mistakes and recover and rebuild,” Gibbs said.

“These species can be recovered from the brink of extinction … it’s really important for species like this that are system engineers.

They’re not just intrinsically interesting. They do very important things in the environment and so it’s important to recover them, not just the right thing to do.”

Two thousand tortoises were re-released onto the island in 1975, but Gibbs only got involved in 1994. He and his team analyzed data from the National Park Service and found that only half of those tortoises remain today. This number is still enough to ensure that humans can remove themselves from the conservation process and allow the tortoises to thrive on their own.

Johannah Barry, president of the Galapagos Conservancy, said the success of the organization’s work is due to its observations of the Galapagos Island as a whole.

“So we’re looking at plants and animal interactions, we’re looking at soil composition, we’re looking at all of the things that add up to make the survival of, let’s say, a charismatic species like the giant tortoise successful,” Barry said.

Gibbs agreed that one of the things that made this project special was the emphasis on

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the ecosystem as a whole. He added that the ecosystem still has a long way to go.

“Forty years might sound like a long time, but it’s a wink of an eye relative to the centuries its going to take for the tortoises then to bring this ecosystem back into shape and to restore it,” Gibbs said.

There’s an aspect of conservation that’s not elegant, not glamorous, that the public often doesn’t want to know about, but there’s really no choice — either tortoises or goats.

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Part of the reason the ecosystem is so depleted is because sailors introduced goats to the island in the 1800s. These goats destroyed the native vegetation that the tortoises relied on for food, leading to the tortoises near

extinction and a shift in the composition of the island’s ecosystem. The tortoises could not have been re-introduced without the effort to exterminate the goat population that was completed in the 1990s.

“There’s an aspect of conservation that’s not elegant, not glamorous, that the public often doesn’t want to know about, but there’s really no choice — either tortoises or goats,” Gibbs said.

Susan Parks, a biology professor at SU, said that because human intervention endangered the giant tortoises, the project’s repopulation of a major species on an island is a good sign of progress.

In fact, because of the success of the Espanola experiment, scientists hope to introduce Espanola tortoises onto other islands with extinct populations that were similar to the Espanola species. In a few months, scientists will release 200 Espanola tortoises onto the island of Santa Fe. Similar projects will be carried out on other islands in coming years.

“There’s not many examples where we can actually recover a species to the point of simply being able to stop helping them, but that’s the case here,” Gibbs said. “We can step out of the picture, but I think it is relevant and I think it’s possible to do other places.” clmoran@syr.edu

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donations year than in 2008 and 2012, which were both presidential elections.

The race between Maffei and Republican challenger John Katko, a former federal prosecutor, has received $18,770 in total funds from SU faculty and staff.

Maffei, the incumbent, has received more money from SU faculty than Katko. Maffei received $11,895 from 51 separate donations, which averaged to $223.24 per donation. SU faculty and staff members have given $6,875 to the Katko campaign in 13 separate donations for a $528.85 average.

Catherine Bertini, a public administration and international affairs professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said she has participated in elections since she was 13 years old and said her first campaign financial contribution was as a college senior when she gave $20 to a U.S. Senate candidate.

“At the time it was a lot of money to me but I was very proud to do it,” she said.

Bertini donated $1,000 to Sen. Thad Cochran

(R-Mississippi), who first took office in 1978 and is now seeking a seventh term as a U.S. Senator. Bertini said she has known Cochran for more than 30 years and said her contribution to him was during the Republican primary in Mississippi, which Cochran won in a runoff election.

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, School of Education and School of Architecture are the only schools to not have an employee donate money. Outside of political candidates, SU employees have given money to five political organizations, including ActBlue, the Democratic National Committee Services Corp. and the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee.

Carl Schramm, who serves as a University Professor, also said close ties played a role in determining who he was going to give money to. Schramm donated $2,500 to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and said he’s been friends with Ryan for many years.

“I know he shares my concerns in particular over the failure of the economy to produce good jobs for young college graduates and for minorities, especially young black men,” Schramm said.

Schramm said the key for his decision-mak-

ing comes from concerns with the economy and “containing what I view as the unconstitutional overreach of the federal government.”

Melvin Stith, dean emeritus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Michael Stocker, a professor of ethics and political philosophy and Schramm are tied for the largest single donation in 2014. Stith donated $2,500 to ActBlue, a democratic political organization, Stocker donated $2,500 to Off the Sidelines, another democratic organization and Schramm donated the same amount to Paul Ryan.

David Driesen, an University Professor at the College of Law, gave $500 to Maffei in 2014 and said he did so because of personal ties and because Maffei supports infrastructure spending.

Maffei has received less than half of the amount of donations from SU faculty and staff than he received in the 2012 election cycle. During the 2012 election cycle, Maffei received $21,150 from SU employees compared to the $11,895 this year.

This is Maffei’s fifth time as the Democratic nominee for the House of Representatives in New York’s 24th district. In 2006, a midterm election, he lost to incumbent James Walsh, despite receiving $6,050 compared to Walsh’s $2,750 from SU

faculty and staff, according to OpenSecrets.org.

In 2010, another midterm election, Maffei lost to Republican Ann Marie Buerkle, but received $9,550 in donations from SU employees compared to Buerkle’s $2,750.

Both Driesen and Thomas Fondy, a biology professor, said they don’t support candidates who think the government should do nothing.

“We need someone who believes in adequate government,” Driesen said.

“I support Dan Maffei because he actually is trying to advance government doing stuff for people,” Fondy said.

Fondy has given $5,200 to Maffei throughout this election cycle — the maximum amount one individual can give to any single candidate. Fondy also gave $1,000 to Aaron Woolf, who is the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in New York’s 21st district.

Fondy said it’s important for citizens to be politically engaged and support candidates that “actually do work.”

“People need to have government that represents them and works for them and I’m trying to support that,“ he said.

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Here’s a breakdown of how SU faculty and staff donated to political campaigns during midterm elections. This year’s 24th Congressional District race between Rep. Dan Maffei (D-Syracuse) and challenger John Katko drew more money than Maffei’s race against Ann Marie Buerkle in 2010.

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$223.24 avg.

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$21,400

$6,875 $528.85 avg. $9,550

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$5,160 $356.67 avg.

$469.09 avg.

$353.70 avg.

$2,750

$374.08 avg. $550 avg.

$18,770 $293.20 avg.

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Voters to decide future of 3 propositions on Tuesday

By Ali Linan staff writer

When New York state voters go to the polls on Tuesday, they will be able to vote on three propositions in addition to voting for candidates running for office.

The statewide ballot proposals will be placed on the back of the voting card to be voted on. The first two propositions call for constitutional amendments, while the third focuses on money distribution for school technology. “(These propositions) have hardly been talked about,” said Martha Lacy, a retired Syracuse citizen who has shown concern with the lack of public knowledge of the propositions. It is important for students at Syracuse University that are voting to know about the ballots and what they are voting for, she said.

Proposition 1 outlines new state redistricting procedures. After the census takes place every 10 years, district lines are redrawn, said Kristi Andersen, a political science professor at SU. The first proposition will be a new way of drawing district lines. Instead of allowing district lines to be a completely legislative decision as laid out in the Constitution, the proposition would create a legislature-approved committee of redistricting commissioners, she said.

$30 million bonds will allow for equalized access to technology in all K-12 schools, but it’s weird because you don’t bond for things that will lose value.

Kristi Andersen political science professor at su

This proposition has been greatly discussed and debated because the outcome determines how district lines are constructed and ultimately has an effect on how political decisions are made and who makes them, she added.

Joan Johnson, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Syracuse Metropolitan Area, said the current layout for redrawing district lines allows for incumbents to remain in office and outside runners don’t have a chance unless the incumbent retires.

“If people vote this down, the legislation will most likely think ‘well they must be happy so we won’t do anything to change it’,” Johnson

said. “Others think the proposition isn’t big enough and they want a real, valid commission separate from the legislature.”

There’s a lot of debate on this proposition, Andersen said. Proposition 1 is so talked about that many people don’t even know there are other propositions on the ballot, she said.

2010 new york voter turnout: Forty percent of registered New Yorkers voted on Election Day — the lowest voter turnout of any state. Minnesota had the highest turnout (55.4 percent)

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minnesota Andersen and Johnson both think Proposition 2 will pass easily. Proposition 2 allows for legislative bills to be sent electronically to the state legislature’s office, said Andersen.

“Up to now, according to the Constitution, every bill must be printed and placed on the desks of the state legislature,” said Johnson. By doing it electronically, it not only saves money, but also helps the environment, she said.

The third proposition also stirs up some debate.

The Smart School Bond Act of 2014 allows for the sale of state bonds of up to $2 billion to provide money for improving learning and opportunities in both public and non-public schools in New York.

“Thirty million dollar bonds will allow for equalized access to technology in all K-12 schools,” said Andersen, the SU political science professor, “but it’s weird because you don’t bond for things that will lose value.”

By the time the new technologies are paid off, they will be obsolete, she said. Instead Andersen suggests that states should give resources to schools to improve the learning environment.

But these resources should not involve the state going into to debt to give every student an iPad that will decrease in value by the time the state is able to pay off the incurred debt, she said.

There is a lot of debate on Proposition 3.

Opponents say that because technology is improving so rapidly, it does not make sense for the proposition to pass, Johnson said. However, it is for the schools and the kids, and because of that many people might side with the yes vote, she added.

This one is a toss-up, said Andersen. avlinan@syr.edu

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rally on campus. The rally focused on the lack of transparency in the administration in relation to decisions about the budget and about campus services. Many who attended the rally then marched to Crouse-Hinds — home to Chancellor Kent Syverud’s office, the Office of Admissions and classrooms — to deliver a document with grievances and demands to administrators.

Students, faculty and staff gathered near the front of Hendricks Chapel beginning at 3:30 p.m.

The theme of the rally was unity, and attendees chanted in unison between each speaker.

“This institution is going backwards,” African American Studies Professor Linda Carty said to the crowd. “We have to be clear that what we want is to be heard.”

Dan Hernandez, Student Association speaker, added that it’s important that the administration knows the problems of the student body.

“Our time for change is now,” Hernandez said.

At about 4:30 p.m., more than 50 rallygoers marched down to Crouse-Hinds Hall, carrying signs and chanting along the way, to deliver a document of grievances and demands to administrators.

But when they arrived, students were met with locked doors. Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, Dan French, general counsel for SU, and John Sardino, associate chief of the Department of Public Safety, were waiting for students at the main entrance.

French told the group that senior administrators would be willing to meet with students in the Schine Student Center, where there would be space for all of the protesters. But the students declined.

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not going to go to Schine,” one protester said.

The group remained outside while French and Quinn told the group that they wouldn’t be allowed to meet in Crouse-Hinds. Protestors asked to be let inside so they could meet with administrators on the sixth floor.

“Yeah, we’re not going to do that,” French said.

At about 5 p.m., rally-goers found a way inside through a back entrance, and gathered in the lobby of the building. Students sat down on the lower level of Crouse-Hinds, and filled the cubicles along the stairway. Signs were draped over the railing that read, “Is this a school or a corporation?” and “In unity there is strength.”

Around 5:15 p.m., about 20 students went into a classroom to meet with a group of administrators about the document of grievances and demands. Some of the administrators in the small group meeting included Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina, Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, Director of Athletics Daryl Gross, French, Sardino and Quinn.

Syverud was not in attendance, as he was in New York City on Monday. Shortly after the protesters arrived at Crouse-Hinds, Quinn said the administration was aware of the rally but was not sure what would happen after the rally.

As some students and administrators discussed the document and what the next steps would be, many protesters made plans for an extended stay in Crouse-Hinds.

Yanira Rodriguez, one of the rally organizers, said the plan was to stay in the building until Thursday, when the Board of Trustees will meet and vote on a new mission and vision statement.

The protesters also hope to hear from Syverud.

“We’re not going away until we get a public statement from the chancellor,” Rodriguez said.

In addition to the grievance document,

Zach Ulrich, a physics and neuroscience graduate student at Tulane University, joins an SU friend in the DAT Rally on Monday. frankie prijatel asst. photo editor

Rodriguez said there is an action plan with dates of implementation. The group wants the chancellor to acknowledge that plan, she added.

When the meeting finally broke up at about 7 p.m., students established that they would stay the night, and another meeting with the administration would be scheduled for this week, possibly Tuesday. Before students could officially set up for the evening, officials from DPS and fire safety laid out rules for spending the night in the building.

DPS Chief Tony Callisto told students that the fire chief said the lobby and surrounding cubicles in Crouse-Hinds could accommodate 40 people, and the protestors would be able to stay. He said they were notifying the 911 call center that people were occupying the building, so if a fire alarm went off, they’d be allowed back in. In addition, there would be DPS staff in

the building throughout the evening.

“We want to make this a safe and comfortable place for you guys,” Callisto said, adding that students would not be allowed to leave and come back and would need to show an SU ID in order to stay.

Students made plans for the evening that included designated study time, and time to plan out the next steps for meeting with administrators. As the day drew to a close, Farrell Brenner, one of the rally organizers, said the rally and sit-in were successful, but there is still a long way to go.

“We’re going to get specifics down tonight, and hopefully we’ll be able to work with administration to make this campus more transparent,” she said.

For now, Crouse-Hinds Hall will remain home to about 40 protesters. blsamuel@syr.edu | Brett_Samuels27

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Alumnus to discuss new book Elliott DeLine’s “Show Trans” examines transgender issues

Local organization teaches youth reading, writing skills

By Alexa Diaz staff writer

Text by Brendan Krisel

For Elliott DeLine, growing up in Syracuse was cold, boring and lonely. But the city molded him into a writer.

“I am inspired to write by dissatisfaction with life and caffeine,” said DeLine, an award-winning transgender author, in an email. “I wanted to write about my own experiences because it seemed nosey to write somebody else’s memoir. Somebody had to tell my story and I figured it might as well be me.”

DeLine’s latest book, “Show Trans,” was published Oct. 1 and is described as a novel based on his own experiences with “sex

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hen Sherri Williams goes to a Barnes & Noble, she notices the sketches of famous authors on the wall.

There’s Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and many more.

They’re pretty much all white men, said Williams, a Ph.D. student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, which poses a danger for young students.

“So you get the subliminal message that the writers that are important and the voices that are important are white men, and not every student is a white man,” she said.

On Nov. 1, Williams hosted a writing workshop at the Writing Our Lives conference in Syracuse for the fourth consecutive year. Writing Our Lives is an organization dedicated to creating a space for young, typically African American, students to write creatively and to learn that their voice matters.

“Writing Our Lives shows them it’s really important just to document their experiences, just to get their feelings out, just to write about whatever they feel because that is important, regardless of the semantics or the grammar or the structure of it,” Williams said. “Just their experience, their lives and the things that they care about are important, and they

ZION WILLIAMS-ROWZEE attends the Writing Our Lives conference with his mother, Brandi Williams, and participates in a discussion of documentary ideas.

live and learn Writing Our Lives teaches its students more than traditional reading and writing skills. The program holds the belief that sometimes other forms of written communication are better for expressing one’s ideas. These mediums include:

• Photojournalism • Music composition • Comic book writing • Spoken word poetry

I wanted to write about my own experiences because it seemed nosey to write somebody else’s memoir.

Somebody had to tell my story and I figured it might as well be me.

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should be documented.”

The theme of this year’s conference was “Youth lives matter,” which was chosen because of the growing trend of youth movements nationwide, said Marcelle Haddix, the founder of the program.

“We’re kind of building on the momentum and the energy TIFFANY CURTIS, a graduate student at Syracuse University, hands out iPads so every student can use the hashtag #truthaboutusis. nationally and globally, where young people are organizing in ways to resist systems of oppression and power in their communities by raising their voices through writing and public speaking,” said Haddix, Lives” conference. the director of the English education program in the School of Education.

Since then, the conference has evolved into a program. This year, Writing Haddix started Writing Our Lives in 2009 after moving to Syracuse in Our Lives started to feature after-school programming four times a week, 2008. She said during her first year in Syracuse, she got involved in commu- offering workshops on a variety of different genres of writing including music nity events regarding educations and families. After hearing parents’ dissat- composition, social media, photojournalism and spoken word poetry. isfaction with the school system and experiencing her own frustrations, she Brandi Williams, a second year doctoral student in the literacy education decided to be a part of the solution. program, is involved with Writing Our Lives and helps organize and facilitate Haddix began to host writing workshops at a library in the Southside of the after-school program, which takes place at the South Side CommunicaSyracuse and building relationships with local teachers and librarians. When tions Center on South Salina Street. she had built enough interest in 2009, she organized the first “Writing Our see writing page 12

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addiction, sex work, navigating the MSM scene, a trip west, dissociative identity disorder and the struggle to find love, connection and self-actualization as a non-binary trans person,” according to DeLine’s website.

DeLine is returning to SU’s campus Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Eggers Hall to talk about and read from his newest book.

A 2012 Syracuse University alumnus, DeLine is also the author of “Refuse,” a fictional novel, and “I Know Very Well How

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writing “The point of the after-school program is really to present and create a space where students are able to hone in on these critical literacy skills as well as just being presented with a space that provides them to be creative in a different way that they may not receive in school,” Williams said.

The smaller, more focused nature of the afterschool workshops provides more consistency for the students, Haddix said. This allows students to develop a stronger connection with the program.

This year, SU undergraduates also played a

Writing Our Lives shows them it’s really important just to document their experiences, just to get their feelings out, just to write about whatever they feel because that is important.

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large role in the Writing Our Lives conference.

Haddix, who teaches an honor’s class about youth writers and activism, brought her class to the conference to help facilitate the workshop.

Both Ronald Taylor and Rachel Brown-Weinstock volunteered with different groups of students, and while their job was to help empower the students, they ended up being empowered in the process.

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Brown-Weinstock, a sophomore sociology, policy studies and citizenship and civil engagement triple major, said she didn’t realize how much passion young students could have until she heard the spoken word performances at the end of the conference.

Taylor, a senior political science and policy studies double major, had a similar experience.

A spoken word poet himself, he said he never realized how many talented middle and high school students there were in Syracuse.

During the workshop Taylor helped facilitate, students were tasked with writing spoken word pieces and recording them over music.

Taylor said a particularly memorable part of the conference is when one student that was initially shy performed her poetry.

“The way she really just spoke about her experiences, and even start to break down in tears a bit, was really powerful because it was cool to see the students who really hadn’t had the opportunity to open up and express her experiences,” Taylor said. “She was given the platform to do so and then being told that her experience matters.”

While Haddix said it’s difficult to trace the success of Writing Our Lives in traditional ways such as test scores, she knows that on an individual level, the opportunities the program provides for young people to express themselves has made an impact on their lives.

Said Haddix: “Having opportunities to see yourself as proficient in an area changes everything for you. It changes what you see as your possibilities and opportunities in life when people are constantly shutting the door on you.

So it means a great deal for young people to be in spaces where they are affirmed, and where they are seeing possibilities.” bskrisel@syr.edu | @Brendan_Krisel

SHERRI WILLIAMS, a current PhD candidate in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, discusses how hashtags can create social movements.

(FROM LEFT) JOSANIQUE EVERSON AND REBA HODGE write a personal essay. Everson is a sophomore at Corcoran High School and Hodge is a doctoral candidate at SU.

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(FROM LEFT) JOHNNY PFLIEGER AND KEVIN MCCALLUM describe the band as more fun than serious. The band released its first EP in May. courtesy of allen chiu

Four-piece band Conroy Blanc draws inspiration from 1960s, 1970s California surf music

By Isha Damle staff writer

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ithout the TV show “Rocket Power,” Conroy Blanc would never exist.

The band, named after a character from the Nickelodeon show, formed last April after four friends at Syracuse University started playing music together. Guitarist and vocalist Adam Greenberg said the character represented the members’ personalities well.

“I think it kind of encompasses us. He’s kind of goofy, and we’re kind of goofy,” said Greenberg, a junior television, radio and film major.

“And it’s a cool name.”

Last May, Conroy Blanc released its first EP, “Dad, I’m Trying,” which was recorded in the span of one day in the bedroom of one of its members. Greenberg, who runs local cassette tape label Shammy Tapes, released 20 tapes of the EP via his label, which are currently sold out. The EP is also available for streaming on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

Johnny Pflieger, the band’s bass player, said the EP’s title came from a running joke within the band, in which members would refer to each other as “Dad” when someone was being authoritative. The EP features four songs with memorable titles like “50 Cent Shot At My Uncle.”

Pflieger, a junior television, radio and film major, said the band doesn’t aim to make any particular statements with its music, and sees it more as a creative outlet. He said most of the riffs they create come together quickly because the band members listen to similar music.

“It’s just little pop songs. They don’t mean much, and I think that’s what we go for,” Pflieger said. “We don’t want them to mean too much. We just kind of put stuff together and it sounds cool when we’re writing it.”

The group, a self-described “surf-y speed pop” band, is greatly influenced by what Greenberg referred to as the “surf psychedelic movement in California” of the 1960s and 1970s.

“The joke’s that we’re a surf rock band in

Syracuse, so a lot of our lyrics are about the beach and other summery stuff, and, you know, it’s below freezing out,” Greenberg said.

The band’s last performance was at the WERW Launch Party on Sept. 20. They often perform shows at parties and in the basement of Greenberg’s home.

“I like playing live a lot,” Pflieger said. “It’s a lot of fun. It’s a total rush. You feel gross and disgusting and excited, and it’s cool.”

As a band formed by a group of friends, every member of Conroy Blanc agreed on one thing — the hardest part about being in the band is getting everyone together to practice and make music.

Since all four members of Conroy Blanc will be studying abroad in the spring, the band plans on releasing another EP before the end of this semester. The group’s members will be living together in the same house for their final year at SU, and plan on continuing making music next fall as well.

Henry Schoonmaker, the band’s drummer and “gig facilitator,” said that Conroy Blanc’s dynamic

as being both friends and musicians has made being a part of the group a positive experience.

“Having a good time with my bros, playing shows, having something physical, having music that I can say is mine, is cool, is gratifying,” Schoonmaker said. “(I like) just how organic it is and how open to creativity it is.”

The group describes itself as more of a fun band than a serious one, and Pflieger said everything from the band’s name to the group’s dynamic reflects this.

Pflieger said that the band “jams” and that songs form naturally when the band gets together to collaborate. He added that the group works well together because they spend so much time together.

Guitarist Kevin McCallum, a junior double major in music industry and art history, has one message for listeners.

“If you see Conroy, you’re going to have some fun,” McCallum said. “You’re going to have a good time.” idamle@syr.edu

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deline I Got My Name,” a novella. His work has also been featured in the Modern Love essay series of The New York Times, in The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard and in Original Plumbing Magazine.

While growing up in Syracuse, DeLine said

Elliott’s writing also helps people with similar experiences feel less alone.

Elliott honestly shares his struggles and his insights, and this sharing helps us all feel our common humanity beyond our gender identities or orientation.

Dana Spiotta former professor of elliott deline

the community was largely unsupportive of LGBTQ individuals. However, he said the most resistance he experienced was among members of the LGBTQ and trans* communities.

“We are largely horrible to one another.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure this out, when I considered myself an activist,” DeLine said. “I can confidently say I have no idea how to change it, beyond individuals being brave enough to stand against the crowd and tell the truth.”

Although attending SU may have indirectly influenced his work, DeLine said coming back to the university to conduct a reading of

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“Show Trans” on Tuesday will be an interesting experience.

“It’s kind of bizarre and awkward, but I’m hoping it goes well,” DeLine said.

Dana Spiotta, an associate professor of English and textual studies, is a former professor of DeLine’s who will join him for a discussion about his work after the reading.

Spiotta said DeLine’s timing is great, and she is happy to see more trans* people sharing their stories.

“Elliott’s writing also helps people with similar experiences feel less alone,” Spiotta said in an email. “Elliott honestly shares his struggles and his insights, and this sharing helps us all feel our common humanity beyond our gender identities or orientation.”

Spiotta said DeLine’s work contributes to a safer LGBTQ environment on campus and in the community. “Show Trans” can help people who often want only to define and reduce marginalized identities get over their stereotypes and misconceptions about trans* people.

DeLine is currently the vice president of CNY for Solidarity, Inc., a nonprofit that works to provide resources and support to the LGBTQ community and marginalized individuals in the Syracuse area.

The organization also advocates for those who are often obscured by the larger LGBTQ community, with an emphasis on the intersectionality of classism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of oppression, according to the organization’s website.

Harvey Teres, an associate professor of English, said DeLine was his best student.

Teres said DeLine distinguished himself from other students by writing insightful, stylistic essays and impressed him with sensitive and

smart comments on the books they studied in class.

Teres said it is pleasing and always slightly surprising when former students become writers due to the risk involved, but commends DeLine for his hard work and growing

SU alumnus Elliott DeLine has made a name for himself as a transgender author. DeLine grew up in the Syracuse area and said the city molded him to be a writer. He will return to SU to discuss his new book “Show Trans.” Below are the two books DeLine wrote prior to “Show Trans:”

— “Refuse” is a fictional comingof-age narrative that follows a female-to-male transsexual protagonist who criticizes middle class conformity and is obsessed with achieving fame.

— “I Know Very Well How I Got My Name,” a novella and the prequel to “Refuse,” details the hardships of being a young transgender person and the myths surrounding bullying and abuse. success.

“In Elliott’s case it’s especially gratifying because I know he wrestled admirably with issues of sexual identity and many wider moral and social matters, and what better way to work your way through them than to create fictive, virtual worlds in which you can dive in and explore them thoroughly,” said Teres in an email. “Elliott’s fiction will likely be a gift to many readers here in Syracuse and beyond, and no doubt a source of strength to him as well.” adiaz02@syr.edu

Parents’ visit results in role reversal, responsibility

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IT’S LIKE AMERICA, BUT SOUTH strangers that I didn’t understand. Now, I was the one reminding them to guard their backpacks against pickpockets on the metro.

My parents were proud that I knew the city so well and that I could navigate the city with my language skills. This felt obvious to me.

I’m not sure why they were so impressed, but I appreciate their pride like always.

Ordering food at restaurants became little adventures with my parents. On the first day, my dad tried speaking English to the servers.

This worked, more or less, with our entrees.

When the server came to see if we wanted any more drinks, my dad responded, “Yeah.” The server gave him a weird look. Ten minutes later with no drinks, I realized she thought he said “Ya,” which would have meant “Enough” or “No more” in Spanish.

I’d translate the menu for them, but sometimes I’d just order what I think they’d like.

I’d then converse with the server while my parents curiously tried to understand what we were saying.

At first, my parents weren’t used to following my “parenting.” During the first days of the trip, my dad would speak English with the servers. But after mixing up “mucho

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heard my familiar nickname calling me from the international arrivals section of the Santiago airport.

“Dani Louuu!”

I quickly saw my parents and I ran to embrace them. After five and a half months in South America, seeing familiar faces made me choke up a bit with emotion.

After clearing my throat and getting into a taxicab to take us to a hotel, I quickly shifted into my role of translator for the rest of the week. I told the taxi driver the directions for the hotel and negotiated a price. My parents — who speak no Spanish — were amazed.

I was amazed at their amazement. Speaking Spanish and navigating Santiago has become my life since I arrived in mid-July.

Daily things, like navigating the metro, holding conversations in Spanish and learning about this city and its 7 million residents, became impressive feats to my parents.

Little things, like the street dogs roaming around or the Alpaca-fur scarves in the tourist shops, were quirky oddities to them. They could walk around the hotel’s neighborhood and be fascinated by everything — the church next door, the KFC around the block, the mini market on the corner — whereas for me, this is another normal day in Santiago.

This week was a weird role reversal of power in a way. When I was the kid, they chose what I ate. They had conversations with

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gusto” and “me gusta mucho” a few too many times, he realized he should relax and let me take the reins.

It was fun leading around my parents, even though I had the added responsibility.

Being the tour guide and translator for them made me realize how much I’ve learned since I started my study abroad experience. For starters, I can use a map.

When we went to the seaside port city of Valparaíso, they were content with hanging out in the touristy shops of the port. But because I already knew the city, I took them through the twisted, winding streets to show them the colorful art lining the roads. We went up stairs, down stairs and through little side streets to make our way around the hilly city.

My parents doubted that I knew where I was. It was when we arrived at the beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean and the city that they realized that I knew the directions all along.

It felt strange to lead around the role models that I normally follow, but doing so made me realize that maybe I know Chile better than I had thought.

Danielle Roth is a junior majoring in magazine journalism and international relations.

She is following her desires for good food and adventure in Santiago, Chile. Email her at dlroth@syr.edu or tweet at her @danielleroth_.

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Verbal commit Gomez looks to replace Murrell at left defense

By Matt Schneidman asst. copy editor

Jordan Murrell has started all 70 games he’s played in his Syracuse career, only missing two over four years.

And when the left-sided defender graduates after this year, there will be a void at a position head coach Ian McIntyre hasn’t had to worry about for the past four seasons.

Enter Chris Gomez.

Ranked 21st among high school seniors by College Soccer News, Gomez, like Murrell, is a left defender with a knack for advancing into the attacking third. SU’s top verbal commit brings a near carbon copy of one of Syracuse’s best players — both height-wise and with his playing style — and the Jamison, Pennsylvania native is expected to fill the shoes of a fouryear starter right when he steps on campus.

“I talked to Mac about it with my parents and he expects me to come in 100-percent ready to just contribute to the team right away,” Gomez said. “I’m looking to come in right away and have a starting spot.”

Murrell ranks third on the team in points with 10 and has contributed six assists, which is tied

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field hockey native who has played in every game for Syracuse this season.

Annalena Ulbrich — a 5-foot-10 back from Hannover, Germany — has become a mainstay for the Orange in defense while adding 10 goals, all on penalty corners, with the most powerful shot on the team. Joining Ulbrich in the class is Dutch native Lieke Visser, who has started all but one game and leads the team in assists.

The contributions and adjustments of players like Ulbrich and Visser help Syracuse and fellow ACC teams see the value in integrating international players, who often are equipped with a different skill set than domestic players, into their systems.

“If you go and watch hockey in Germany, or Argentina, or the U.S., you’re going to see different styles of hockey,” Zollinger said. “The Argentines are known for their great stick work and speed while Germany is known for having very sound and smart defenders.

“It comes down to looking at the individual though, and whether they have a skill set that will contribute to the style of play we have.”

Zollinger also successfully recruited Jill Giesen and Lies Lagerweij on her trip. Most families welcome her into their homes and let her make her pitch, Zollinger said. While she said most parents are understandably hesitant to relinquish their daughters, the players’ aspirations extend far beyond the field.

This was exactly the case for Samantha Tra-

for fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The senior has not only been an integral part of an SU defense that posted 11 shutouts in 17 regular sea-

I talked to Mac about it with my parents and he expects me to come in 100-percent ready to just contribute to the team right away. I’m looking to come in right away and have a starting spot.

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son games, but also a key contributor to the attack.

Though McIntyre shifted to a three-back system this year, wing backs Murrell and Tyler Hilliard still have a tendency to get forward.

They just also have to track back when necessary since there isn’t a second center back to slide over and fill a gap.

“He’s that type of person that’s always getting forward,” said Jalil Blalock, a teammate of

vers, a senior back at the University of North Carolina. At age 11 she decided she wanted to leave her hometown of Harare, Zimbabwe to come study in the United States, and if fortunate enough, play field hockey.

She left Zimbabwe in 2010, leaving

If you go and watch hockey in Germany, or Argentina, or the U.S., you’re going to see different styles of hockey.

The Argentines are known for their great stick work and speed while Germany is known for having very sound and smart defenders.

It comes down to looking at the individual though, and whether they have a skill set that will contribute to the style of play we have.

Tara Zollinger su assistant coach

behind a country economically ravaged with not so much as a fully stocked grocery store around her.

So on her second day in the United States

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Gomez’s on the Philadelphia Union’s Academy team. “… Always has a work rate and doesn’t rely on others to get back for him and gets back for himself.”

Only two freshmen — Julian Buescher and Danny Apajee — have played for SU this year, with Buescher playing almost all of every match and Apajee getting brief minutes in two games. Gomez, though, may be ready to take on a role more along the lines of Buescher’s with his prior experience.

He said he’s had plenty of high-level time, not only with his PDA team, but also with the United States Under-18 national team, with whom he’s been traveling out of the country for a while now, he said.

“I have a lot of experience under my belt,” Gomez said. “I feel a little bit of pressure but I’m 100 percent confident in myself, I’ll be able to get the job done.”

Taking the spot of Murrell will be no light task, but Syracuse may have found a first-year player capable of doing so.

Associate head coach Jukka Masalin has touched on the benefits of a 14-win regular season, one of which includes attracting five of College Soccer News’ Top-150 players in the

class of 2015.

“We’re gonna add a couple exciting ones for next year,” Masalin said.

when she was sent to the store to pick up bread, it was a first-world experience she didn’t see coming. Overwhelmed by endless aisles and bread options, she panicked and had to leave the store, she said.

“It’s so surreal,” Travers said. “Everything is much bigger, much better. Everything works.

“It’s hard to explain because not one thing is the same.”

The fear of the unknown can be the biggest recruiting obstacles that coordinators like Zollinger face. Syracuse was the best option for Ulbrich and her family, she said, but pent-up excitement quickly dissolved into tears as she prepared to depart.

“I was so nervous,” Ulbrich said. “I remember when I left home and had to leave my whole family and all my friends, I was crying and so nervous.”

Disregarding the massive lifestyle changes outside of field hockey international players encounter, the biggest venture into uncharted territory is the heightened amount of physical fitness required to play in the United States.

Every international player in this year’s SU freshman class said it was the hardest part of their transition.

Zollinger and SU head coach Ange Bradley recognize the challenge it presents to players who may consider themselves unprepared, but they encourage the players to treat the opportunity like the most highly esteemed one they could have in their own country.

“Our hockey is more aggressive and physical here,” Bradley said. “The intensity of training is much better and I think our training is a

much more high-performance environment.

“Almost as if you were playing on a country’s national team.”

That opportunity is considered the pinnacle of one’s career, and the one most international collegiate players find themselves working to make. This past summer, Syracuse junior forward Emma Russell was named to the Ireland Under-21 national team. She’s also played on the U-16 and U-18 teams for Ireland.

UNC head coach Karen Shelton expressed how valuable of an experience that is for any player and how the U.S. game will still be here for them to play when they return. It’s an opportunity she can’t hold her players back from, she said, and she’s thrilled to see them pursue an elite level of hockey.

“We want kids that dream of making their national team, the Olympics,” Shelton said.

“We encourage their participation in all those national teams, anytime they can play at the higher level, we’ll encourage it.”

While SU’s five international freshmen broaden their games and enjoy spending their leisure time trying to understand Americans’ obsession with peanut butter and cinnamon, they’ve left no uncertainty about their abilities on the field.

“For first-year players, yes,” Bradley said when asked if the recruiting Class of 2014 was the most talented group of international players she’s had. “But I’m excited to see where they’ll all be in their fourth years.”

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Syracuse has five verbal commits in College Soccer News’ Top-150 players for the Class of 2015.

Defender Chris Gomez tops the list of SU’s incoming crop, ranking 21st in the nation.

• No. 21 – Chris Gomez – Defender – Jamison, Pennsylvania • No. 47 – Miles Robinson –

Defender – Boston, Massachusetts • No. 107 – Austin Aviza – Goal

keeper – Medway, Massachusetts • No. 142 – Adnan Bakalovic – For ward – Syracuse, New York • No. 147 – Morgan Hackworth – Midfield – Wallingford, Pennsylvania The Orange’s top addition, though, is primed to fill the spot of a constant that Syracuse fans have become accustomed to.

Said Gomez: “Obviously having Jordan leave is a big loss so I’m looking to come in and jump right in.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Barrolle excels despite lack of size in comeback sophomore year

By Paul Schwedelson staff writer

On the first play of his first fall practice at Texas Lutheran University, Marquis Barrolle ran by a defender with a change of direction, then beat another by hurdling over him.

The entire Bulldogs coaching staff turned and stared at each other in astonishment.

“At first, I was like ‘Oh snap, this is kind of easy,’” Barrolle said.

After averaging 5.7 yards per carry through his first six games last year, Barrolle’s freshman season ended due to a thumb injury.

And so far in 2014, Barrolle has outperformed the standard he set last year. Through eight games, he is second in Division III in rushing yards with 1,327 and tied for ninth in touchdowns with 13. But what makes Barrolle stand out most is his size — 5 feet, 4 inches and 150 pounds.

“He’s like a bar of soap with legs, that’s what we call him,” left tackle Matt Hochstrasser said.

What Hochstrasser called a “slippery” style of running earned Barrolle the nickname.

I told everybody that came through here, I said y’all are missing out on a great opportunity to get somebody that can really help your program.

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He hides behind his offensive lineman, making it difficult for defenders to spot him.

He finds ways to turn broken plays into positive yardage and often times, sticks his hand on the ground to keep his body from falling.

“He has an uncanny ability to have his feet knocked out from under him and end up on his feet and still running,” TLU head coach Danny

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Marquis Barrolle is in good company of people who stand 5 feet, 4 inches tall or under.

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Padron said. “It’s just remarkable.”

To practice his balance, Barrolle strategically walks along curbs and tries not to fall off.

He’s been doing this since he was 6 years old and it simulates tiptoeing the sideline.

In team drills, Barrolle doesn’t stop running until he’s 50 yards down the field, Padron said.

Nearly everyday in practice, Barrolle makes plays that impress his coaches, Padron added.

Growing up, Barrolle wanted to be like his father, who is 6 feet tall. But Barrolle is closer in height to his mother, who is 4 feet, 11 inches, and has come to grips with it.

“No, not at all,” Barrolle said, when asked if his height frustrates him.

Graig Hesseltine, Barrolle’s varsity head coach at Ingleside (Texas) High School, saw him play for the first time when he was in seventh grade.

Barrolle took a toss to the left side, avoided four would-be tacklers, bumped into another defender, put his hand on the ground for balance, spun around and kept running.

“I knew something was pretty special about the kid,” Hesseltine said.

As a freshman, Barrolle would have made varsity, but an injury kept him off the team. In each of the next three years, he led the team

race standings Each week, members of The Daily Orange staff pick five college football games in a competition called “Race for the Cases,” which boils into an end-of-the-semester shindig. Here are the standings through Week 10 of the college football season. See how your favorite Spongebob character is doing below.

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in rushing.

Hesseltine has coached players that went to Division I schools and said Barrolle was just as talented as any of them. Despite his success in high school, Barrolle wasn’t offered a D-I scholarship.

“I told everybody that came through here, I said, ‘Y’all are missing out on a great opportunity to get somebody that can really help your program,’” Hesseltine said.

In high school, Barrolle would run up walls, do front flips, back flips and handsprings, Hes-

seltine said. Years later, he is still impressing people with his agility and athleticism.

With two more seasons to continue to grow and get stronger in college, Padron said he thinks Barrolle might have a shot at making it to the NFL. Regardless of his future plans, Padron said Barrolle has already made a statement as a successful college football player.

Said Padron: “I don’t think he has to prove anything to anybody anymore.” pmschwed@syr.edu

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Smith struggles with position change, communication for SU

By Chris Libonati staff writer

Head coach Leonid Yelin knew he had a scholarship available for the 2014 season. While he recruited, he found right-side hitter Stacey Smith at the University of Georgia.

Yelin had no intentions of starting Smith after her transfer to Syracuse, but due to injuries at outside hitter, he’s been forced to start her six times this season and play her at a position she’d never played before.

It hasn’t been successful for Smith and the Orange. Her lone season for SU (8-15, 1-10 Atlantic Coast) has disappointed Yelin as she’s finished four contests with more attack errors than kills — most recently against Louisville on Friday.

Smith played two positions in four years at Georgia: middle blocker initially and rightside hitter in her last two years. But she’s struggled to develop her footwork and communication at outside hitter with the Orange.

“I’m used to hitting off of one foot. The slide approach which is kind of like a layup in basketball and the two-footed approach on the outside is totally different,” Smith said. “It’s the normal volleyball approach, but it’s not what I’m used to.”

For the slide approach as a right-side hitter, Smith stepped left, right, left and leaped using her left foot, finishing the play with a spike.

Outside hitters launch using two feet. It involves a four-step approach in which Smith starts on the right foot before alternating feet, jumping off both and plucking the ball out of the air and spiking it.

When Yelin recruited Smith, SU had four hitters in Gosia Wlaszczuk, Nicolette Serratore, Valeriya Shaipova and Silvi Uattara.

Since then, Wlaszczuk was converted to setter and Serratore and Shaipova suffered season-ending injuries.

Smith has played in 67 of the Orange’s 86 sets as SU has searched for an option to complement Uattara. They haven’t found her.

Wlaszczuk’s rapport with Uattara, Shaipova and Monika Salkute is naturally better than the one she has with Smith too, as they’ve played together nearly three years.

“I know what (other teammates) can give me, I know how they’re handling pressure. Before we had (Shaipova). (Smith) wasn’t even practicing on the side with me,” Wlaszczuk said.

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Meanwhile, Smith has only been with the team for a summer and three-quarters of the season. Building a relationship with a setter in less than a year is difficult, but adding a mid-season position change ratchets up the difficulty. Wlaszczuk playing setter for the first time in her career increases the difficulty.

Against Louisville on Friday, Smith appeared to start her approach to the net and stop around the 10-foot line, caught in limbo.

Wlaszczuk then set a ball to the 10-foot line and Smith could barely jump off the ground as she pounded the ball into the Cardinals blocker’s hands.

First of all, I wouldn’t set (to) her, too. How am I supposed to feel? Why am I setting (to Stacey)? I said, ‘Gosia, you feel she’s somebody who’s struggling, leave her for a while.’ Find out when you know its going to be a good situation, one block and you know she’s going to crush it.’

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“First of all, I wouldn’t set (to) her, too. How am I supposed to feel? Why am I setting (to Stacey)? I said, ‘Gosia, you feel she’s somebody who’s struggling, leave her for a while.’” Yelin said. “Find out when you know its going to be a good situation, one block and you know she’s going to crush it.’”

Yelin wants Smith to emerge as an option to make it harder for other teams to game plan. Uattara and Wlaszczuk are established options, but having Smith and Salkute would make SU’s attack more lethal.

The head coach believes the team could have success offensively. But time is running out for Smith and SU’s season.

Said Yelin: “If Stacey was giving us more as a hitter, (it) would be (a) huge help. And hopefully, someday it’s going to happen.” cjlibona@syr.edu

STACEY SMITH (LEFT) has had trouble adjusting to her position at outside hitter and has been thrust into the starting rotation because of injuries. Head coach Leonid Yelin hasn’t held back when expressing the struggles she’s faced. kelli mosher staff photographer

Graduate student Stacey Smith has struggled to adapt to her switch to outside hitter. Her .070 hitting percentage (kills subtracted by errors, divided by attack attempts) ranks fourth to last out of all Syracuse players who have played in at least 17 games. Here’s how her attack percentage has ranged game to game: .667 .444

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and Estime, who are considered SU’s most explosive receiving options at H-back, against North Carolina State on Saturday due to lower-body injuries for each. He did throw a touchdown to Ishmael for the third time this season, but he looked to West as his primary receiver.

Long hit West for 17 yards on a first down on the Orange’s first drive, but the drive stalled out and he didn’t catch another pass until the second quarter. He caught a 35-yard pass in another fruitless drive, then hauled in a 30-yard catch in double coverage before Long connected with Ben Lewis five plays later for SU’s first

score. He also caught an 8-yard pass to start Syracuse’s second and final touchdown drive.

While Ishmael wasn’t as big of a factor as West in the game, he did catch five passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. Long harped on West and Ishmael when asked about the receivers in his postgame press conference and West’s game against the Wolfpack could be the first step in adequately passing the torch. “(West) hasn’t had the ball thrown to him as much as he’d like or as much as the offense would like,” Long said. “Having him and Steve, I mean those are two of the best receivers in the ACC, one graduating and one that is up-and-coming.

I think he definitely gets overlooked a little bit.” jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

JARROD WEST recorded a career-high 161 receiving yards on seven catches against North Carolina State. He’s provided a reliable deep threat for an SU team lacking one, and will look to help the Orange rescue its bowl eligibility. logan reidsma staff photographer

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SU earned the commitment of Chris Gomez, a defender who’s likely to contribute in attack for the Orange men’s soccer team.

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Stacey Smith wasn’t supposed to play as much or as out of position as she has for Syracuse volleyball this season.

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New year Last season, SU men’s soccer missed out on the postseason.

Now it’s a national contender with the ACC tourney approaching.

See tomorrow’s paper

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Syracuse field hockey reaches into Europe for influential recruits stretching the field

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WR West looks for solid finish

By Jesse Dougherty sports editor

Syracuse field hockey currently has six players from Europe who have helped the Orange maintain its status as a top-10 team. Here’s how the six players have fared this season:

Jarrod West isn’t particularly fast or big, and doesn’t have a sparkling resume.

But he is the most experienced player on a Syracuse wide receiving corps that has been without top receivers Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime for much of the season, and showed that off against N.C. State on Saturday.

“Jarrod’s one of the best receivers in the country. That was on display today,” freshman quarterback AJ Long said after the game. “He made plays that he hasn’t shown in the past. He’s given the opportunity and he’s just doing what he’s capable of.”

West, a senior, doesn’t have much time left to keep doing that. Syracuse

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germany Jill Giesen has appeared in five games for SU this season as a midfielder and defender. She and freshman Annalena Ulbrich are the only two Syracuse players from Germany, living about 150 miles from each other.

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Annalena Ulbrich has been an imposing force in nearly every facet of the game for the Orange. A premium defender who often stands as the last line of defense in front of the goalie is also Bradley’s preference to take penalty corners. She’s been immaculate in those opportunities, scoring all 10 of her goals off penalty corners.

netherlands Lieke Visser has made significant contributions in her initial season, with head coach Ange Bradley starting her in 16 of 17 games this season. Her talented passing and ball handling ability has resulted in 17 assists this season, tops on the team.

(West)’s one of the best receivers in the country. That was on display today. He made plays that he hasn’t shown in the past.

Lies Lagerweij saw an expanded role on the team at the conclusion of the regular season. Her only starts came in the last three games for the Orange and her patience was rewarded as she scored four combined goals in her last two games. Lagerweij and Visser live about 45 miles apart in the Netherlands.

ireland Emma Russell has emerged and established herself as a program cornerstone in her third season on the pitch. The forward and co-captain leads her team in goals with 13, with four of them being game-winners.

She has been a mainstay for the Orange on the field, playing in every game the last three seasons.

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scotland Jessica Ross has squeezed playing time out of every contest in her rookie season. Ross has yet to score her first collegiate goal, but she can be expected to have an increased role next year with the departures of forwards Kati Nearhouse and Lauren Brooks.

By Connor Grossman staff writer

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hen Lieke Visser arrived in Syracuse from Bunnik, Netherlands, she was handed a two-page list of English field hockey terms she had to learn in time for her first game. While the rules of the game transcend geographical bor-

ders, she learned first-hand that the verbiage does not.

“Everybody was screaming and yelling English words and they had terms for things I had never heard of before,” Visser said. “They were yelling and I was just standing there thinking, ‘OK, what do you want me to do?’”

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1 Jill Giesen (freshman) Essen, Germany

4 Lies Lagerweij (freshman) Delft, Netherlands

2 Annalena Ulbrich (freshman) Hannover, Germany

5 Emma Russell (junior) Enniskerry, Ireland

3 Lieke Visser (freshman) Bunnik, Netherlands

6 Jessica Ross (freshman) Dundee, Scotland

occurrence is common one in the initial weeks of training camp as international players try to adjust to their new life in the United States. For most international players, field hockey is the only line of continuity from their homes an ocean away.

Syracuse (13-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) has strived to smooth the transition and is leading the

way this season with its latest international recruiting class.

SU recruiting coordinator Tara Zollinger journeyed to Germany and the Netherlands to scout and eventually reel in four of SU’s five international commits that have debuted for the Orange this season. Zollinger also recruited Jessica Ross, a Dundee, Scotland see field

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AJ Long su quarterback

has three games left and needs to win all three to garner bowl eligibility. Its 24-17 loss to North Carolina State on Saturday puts it in a tangible hole. But he did turn one of his final games — bowl or not — into a noteworthy performance, catching seven passes for a career-high 161 yards while providing a reliable deep threat.

“Definitely not satisfied with that,” West said. “I felt like there were a couple of times where the team was depending on me to break one of those and I didn’t do that today.”

In the first two times Long played without Broyld and Estime — against Florida State and Wake Forest — he turned to fellow freshman Steve Ishmael as his go-to option. A week later, he connected with Broyld four times for 49 yards and also had Estime as an option, albeit sparingly, in the Orange’s loss to Clemson.

Then Long was without Broyld

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