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P • Soldiering through

Gender and Sexuality columnist Kelsey Thompson discusses how Juanita Perez Williams’ mayoral loss shows why we need women in politics more than ever.

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See which candidates secured seats on the Syracuse Common Council and the Syracuse City School District Board of Education in Tuesday’s election.

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Lorraine Bower wakes up at 5:30 a.m. three days per week to get ready for physical training with fellow cadets. Outside ROTC, she’s an ordinary grad student.

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S • Long way from home

Freshman forward Marek Dolezaj is Syracuse’s first European recruit in 10 years. Even with international experience, Dolezaj has room for improvement.

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WALSH WINS MAYORAL RACE 2017

Independent pulls off historic victory over former SU administrator

By Sandhya Iyer and Sam Ogozalek the daily orange

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en Walsh made history by defeating Democrat Juanita Perez Williams in Syracuse’s general election Tuesday night to become the city’s second mayor-elect to ever be unaffiliated with any major political party.

Walsh, who trailed Perez Williams by about 7 percentage points throughout most of October, suddenly catapulted ahead of the former city attorney in a poll released Sunday.

That poll showed the candidates virtually neck and neck. They were separated by only 2 percentage points, within the 4.3 percent margin of error.

Using close friendships with influential Democrats, GOP members, business owners and executives, Walsh attracted a diverse range of supporters and amassed just over $440,000 in campaign contributions, the most of any candidate, state records show.

“We’re about to undertake a grand experiment,” Walsh said, standing beneath a set of red and blue balloons in the corner of a sprawling, ornate Hotel Syracuse ballroom. “To test whether or not we can set aside politics and instead work together ... to test whether we can shed our decades of old pessimism.”

Hundreds of supporters packed together for Walsh’s election watch party see walsh page 6

BEN WALSH, the independent candidate, talked about his family and bipartisanship in politics in his acceptance speech at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown, known as the Hotel Syracuse, on Tuesday night. He defeated three other candidates to become mayor of Syracuse. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

syracuse mayoral election 2017

Perez Williams, other candidates accept election loss

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Juanita Perez Williams, the Democratic candidate who would have made history as the first Latina mayor in New York state, lost to independent Ben Walsh on Tuesday.

The Democrat received just over 38 percent of the vote.

A Sunday poll, which included 620 respondents, showed Perez Williams and Walsh nearly tied heading into Tuesday’s election. Perez Wil-

liams had a 7 percentage point lead over the independent in October.

Although the Democrat had never run for elected office before, she beat Joe Nicoletti, the party designee, in September’s primary.

Following Walsh’s victory, Perez Williams thanked her supporters in a speech at her election night watch party, held in downtown Syracuse at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology. Surrounded by her family, she made no mention of Walsh and did not officially

We have to move forward. We have to stay proud.

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concede the election.

“We have to move forward and we have to stay proud,” Perez Williams said. About halfway through her speech, her supporters began chanting: “Juanita! Juanita!”

In the weeks before the election, Perez Williams received endorsements from prominent Democratic leaders, including New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

Despite the high-profile endorsements and Democratic Party support, Perez Williams trailed Walsh in fundraising efforts throughout the race. In the most recent financial disclosures, Perez Williams’ campaign had about $50,000 in contributions left to spend — less than half of the money Walsh’s campaign had.

On the campaign trail, Perez Williams repeatedly attacked Walsh for the money he raised from developers. And in a debate Sunday night, see perez

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Convention voted down by residents

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Emotional loss JUANITA PEREZ WILLIAMS, the Democratic candidate in the Syracuse mayoral election, delivered a speech at her watch party Tuesday night after losing to independent candidate Ben Walsh. Perez Williams, who has never run for office, said people should continue to believe in the Democratic Party despite her loss.

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Latoya Allen clinches District 4 council seat

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Democrat Latoya Allen handily defeated challengers Quante Wright, an Independence Party candidate, and Serena “Rahzie” Seals of the Green Party to win the Common Council’s District 4 seat on Tuesday.

District 4 covers portions of Syracuse University’s campus and most of Syracuse’s South Side. The district contains both census tracts noted in a report about the city’s high rate of concentrated minority poverty and parts of the University Hill neighborhood, where some students and professors live.

Allen swept the election with 68 percent of the vote. Seals and Wright garnered about 10 percent and 20 percent, respectively, Khalid Bey, who won his bid for

an at-large council seat Tuesday, previously represented District 4.

Timothy Rudd, a Democratic candidate, also took an at-large seat.

Bey received about 36 percent of the vote, and Rudd earned about 37 percent.

Allen, a youth program organizer who works on the South Side, has said she would frequently hold free “Coffee With My Councilor” events to discuss District 4 residents’ concerns.

“You have to deal with each different area (of the district),” Allen said in September. “But, at the same time, you treat everybody’s issues as a priority.”

She defeated two other Democrats, Michael Greene and Christopher Montgomery, in a primary this September. In a previous interview, Allen said she would promote economic development

and job growth if elected. She would also promote more open dialogue between Syracuse residents and SU students living off campus, Allen has said.

Allen has said she supports a “community grid” option for replacing a deteriorating section of Interstate 81 that bisects District 4 and the Pioneer Homes public housing complex, a low-income community split in two by the highway’s original construction in the 1950s and 1960s near the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.

Many kids living at Pioneer Homes suffer from asthma, Allen said in September, and officials must keep that in mind as they plan out the project. Dust and other debris could be unsafe, both Allen and Seales said in September.

In other district races

Incumbent Joseph Carni, who serves as chairman of the council’s intergovernmental service consolidation committee, was re-elected to his District 1 seat. Chad Ryan, an incumbent and longtime resident of Tipperary Hill, was re-elected to his District 2 seat.

Susan Boyle, chair of the council’s education and human development committee, was re-elected to her District 3 seat. Joe Driscoll, a local activist who endorsed Ben Walsh for mayor, was elected District 5 councilor. He was not challenged.

Helen Hudson, a former at-large councilor, was also officially elected council president. She was not challenged for the position, which was left vacant by outgoing president Van Robinson. sfogozal@syr.edu

New York state residents once again voted against holding a constitutional convention, a proposal that’s drawn contention on both sides of the aisle.

The convention would have allowed officials to amend small sections of the constitution or completely rewrite the entire document.

Amendments have to be approved by the New York State Legislature before officially becoming law.

New York hasn’t hosted a constitutional convention since 1938.

Opponents of the convention argued the process could damage labor protection laws and allow lobbyists and special interest groups to rewrite sections of the document in their favor.

Advocates of the convention, though, have said the process could spur much-needed reform and improve laws protecting civil rights.

Carl Heastie, Democratic speaker of the New York State Assembly, opposed the convention. And, across the aisle, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan also opposed the convention.

— Contributing writer Charlie Sawyer contributed reporting to this story. krose100@syr.edu

regional news Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the state right now.

INDICTMENTS More than 60 people were indicted between Oct. 19 and Nov. 2 in Onondaga County, according to county district attorney’s office records. They were indicted by grand jury action. source: syracuse.com

MARCHING BAND The Cicero North Syracuse marching band won the U.S. Bands A Class National Championships, beating more than 40 other bands from around the United States. The band is composed of 129 students in grades seven to 12. They are undefeated for the second year in a row. source: syracuse.com

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Board of education incumbents sweep election

The New York Department of Transportation and the Thruway Authority will install 12 snow measuring systems around the state to monitor snow fall. The department and authority coordinate plowing and road salting to ensure road safety.

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Three city school board incumbents all secured another term Tuesday night as Syracuse residents overwhelmingly voted to support Democratic commissioners.

Patricia Body, the Syracuse City School District Board of Education’s vice president, is a retired social worker. She was re-elected Tuesday. Body ran on a platform to reduce suspensions and change school culture. Body, a Democrat, appeared on the Working Fami-

lies Party and Women’s Equality Party lines.

Elected in 2009 and again reelected in 2013, she’s the longest serving SCSD board member.

Derrick Dorsey, the incumbent SCSD board president, campaigned on a platform of increasing safety for students, teachers, administrators and visitors. He also secured re-election. Earlier this month, Dorsey said he would seek more state funding for the district.

Dorsey said the district needs more funding to better serve refugee and immigrant students. He

graduated from a school in SCSD. David Cecile, an incumbent board commissioner who won re-election Tuesday, centered his campaign around offering SCSD career technical programs and improving student transportation. He was first elected in 2013. Before joining the board, Cecile worked in multiple Syracuse schools for more than 25 years.

SCSD board members serve fouryear terms and are paid $7,500.

Michael Hunter ran on the Conservative Party line. Hunter said his family has always lived in Syracuse, and he and his chil-

dren attended SCSD schools. He’s a plane refueler at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport and chair of the Onondaga County Conservative Party.

Darlene Medley is a Syracuse native who ran on the Working Families Party line. Medley, during her campaign, said she wanted to improve SCSD transportation because some students, every day, had to walk up to 2 miles to school.

— Staff writer Eshalaxmi Barlingay contributed reporting to this story. krose100@syr.edu

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TRAIL TABLED The Onondaga County Legislature has tabled a decision to extend the Loop the Lake Trail circling Onondaga Lake to Murphy’s Island. The decision came after a controversial move to extend the trail to the land originally promised to the Onondaga Nation, as well as concerns for local wildlife. source: abc news 10

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Women’s voices can tackle mansplaining rhetoric in politics

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ven though Juanita Perez Williams didn’t win Syracuse’s mayoral race, she still smashed the gender and racial biases that have kept women of color out of government for too long. And her loss spreads a bigger issue: the lasting need for more women in government positions.

With the Trump administration rolling back guaranteed employee birth control coverage and slashing Obama-era protocol for sexual assault reporting on college campuses, women need a seat at the table like never before. The time for niceties is long past, and the reparations start when we get more politicians who are women in office.

Cara Luddy, an illustrator and campaign organizer for Syracuse’s Ladyfest, said intersectionality is the key ingredient in making politics accessible and beneficial to constituents.

In an email, Luddy said that representatives must both represent and resemble the demographics they’ve been elected to serve.

“We can’t have a majority of old, white men making decisions for everyone. We need multiracial, multigender representation in our government,” Luddy said. “Women and other marginalized groups have been underserved for far too long and desperately need

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room for women at the table, we also need to make an effort to make room for LGBTQ+ voices and for POC.” 24.8% WOMEN

to have a government that will protect their interests.”

After last year’s presidential election that left many American women reeling, this year’s local elections and the 2018 midterm elections could be the catalyst for proactive change. At the recent Women’s Convention in Detroit, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) made it clear women need to get “off the sidelines” and into office. And some are already leading the way.

Perez Williams lost an election that could’ve made her the first Latina mayor in New York state, a fact that still showcases the power of proactive women speaking up, standing out and demanding representation. If women participate in the political process as both candidates and voters, Luddy said the result could be extraordinary. But that process needs to begin from the ground up.

“To get women engaged in politics, they need a platform to voice their opinions, and community groups are a great place to start,” she said. “If we can make

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Women have been elected to more positions in state politics, but they’re still a long way from equal representation.

More political representation by women, whether they’re in the Capitol Building or in Syracuse City Hall, means women will have greater control over issues that directly affect them personally and their demographics. When women have to compete with politicians who are men over reproductive issues or workplace discrimination, the conversation quickly becomes an instance of mansplaining instead of fertile ground for change.

And the mansplaining rhetoric cannot be tolerated any longer.

“Men, intending to protect and cham-

pion women end up speaking on their behalf, instead of letting them speak for themselves,” Luddy said. “The results are patronizing and counterproductive.”

If men truly want to defend women, they must allow women to defend themselves. And women have shown they’re more than capable of doing such. Women are no strangers to adversity in general, and especially not to the struggle of making our voices heard over men’s protests.

American women’s resilience and grit is the result of years of clawing our way to the top of a ladder that should’ve been accessible from the get go.

We’ve become complacent with the asterisk stuck next to the promise of “We the people,” signifying that our representation is symbolic at best. Government is derived from the consent of the governed, so women deserve to use their voices and votes to consent to a government that sees us as individuals, not as gendered statistics.

The glass ceiling is still firmly in place.

But the cracks are growing from the pressure of millions of women with dreams, ambition and the votes to make change a reality.

Kelsey Thompson is a junior magazine journalism major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at katho101@syr.edu.

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walsh at the iconic hotel, cheering and whistling beneath a set of chandeliers as DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” blasted from a set of speakers. People started to chant “Let’s go Ben” at about 11 p.m.

The independent candidate won just under 55 percent of the electorate, garnering a total of 13,013 votes. Perez Williams received 9,105 votes. The last time a mayoral candidate won the election running on a minor-party line was in 1913. That was Louis Will, a Progressive Party candidate.

Walsh, 38, has deep Republican roots.

Syracuse’s mayor-elect is the son of former GOP congressman James Walsh and grandson of a Republican mayor, Bill Walsh. In an act of “youthful rebellion,” Walsh rejected his family’s political dynasty by registering as an independent after watching personal attacks unfold as part of “party politics.” He was 18 years old, at the time.

Perez Williams, throughout the race, received dozens of high-profile endorsements from labor unions and powerful state officials, including New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Former Vice President Joe Biden also endorsed the Democratic candidate. But that wasn’t enough.

Paul Allen, a founding member of the Upstate Jobs Party, sat at a Hotel Syracuse table before results were released, chatting. In August, Walsh submitted 2,439 petition signatures to the county’s Board of Elections and qualified to appear on the Upstate Jobs Party line. The Upstate Jobs Party, branded as an anti-establishment group, formed in 2016.

“Walsh, for all of his life, has been very passionate about the future of Syracuse,” said Allen, who’s also a permaculture farmer in Cortland. “We’re really blessed.”

Lee Glover, a North Side resident who attended the Hotel Syracuse party, said Walsh will “turn Syracuse around,” in part by filling Syracuse Police Department vacancies.

Sarah Murphy, a Westside resident who’s a registered Democrat, said she chose to vote for Walsh because she thinks he truly cares about Syracuse.

“I think a lot of people in politics see politics as the end. It’s all about winning and losing, and being loyal to your party,” the mayor-elect recently said. “And that always turned me off.”

At the beginning of the year, without a path to the ballot, Walsh initially expressed interest in the local GOP committee’s endorse-

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ment. Some committee members, though, refused to consider the former city official as a potential candidate because he wasn’t a registered Republican.

Walsh was eventually endorsed by the Reform Party in May and, after launching a write-in campaign, defeated Republican candidate Laura Lavine in September’s primary to snag the Independence Party line.

As ethics reform became a topic of debates, Walsh’s relationship with major city real estate developers was scrutinized by opponents in one of the mayoral race’s few points of contention.

For about six years, Walsh served as executive director of the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency, which can provide construction projects grants, bond financing and property tax exemptions.

Several wealthy developers who brought projects before SIDA during Walsh’s time at City Hall contributed thousands of dollars to his campaign. Executives and companies connected to a construction management firm, hired as general contractor for the redevelopment of Hotel Syracuse, donated more than $14,000 to Walsh’s campaign, state records show.

The former deputy commissioner of Syracuse’s department of neighborhood and business development played an instrumental role in that multimillion-dollar project, one developer recently said. “(I) ask for your help and partnership in restoring Syracuse back to its rightful place as a great American city,” Walsh said in his victory speech. “Where prosperity is not the privilege of a few but instead shared by us all.”

Walsh centered his candidacy around economic development. On the campaign trail, he frequently said, if elected, he would push for more mixed income and mixed use construction and use his connections to Syracuse’s business community to promote job growth.

At mayoral forums, Walsh took an optimistic tone when discussing the future of Syracuse, a city known for the most concentrated minority poverty in the United States, a large budget deficit and aging infrastructure.

Standing in a crowd of friends, family and Democrat politicians, mostly drowned out by applause, Walsh smiled and looked up. “(We will) test the theory that we are, in fact, at our human best when we stop trying to get ahead by knocking others down,” Walsh said. ssiyer@syr.edu | SandhyaIyer9 sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

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Hendricks Chapel dean officially installed Tuesday

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A large crowd filled the Hendricks Chapel pews on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the installation of Brian Konkol, the seventh dean of the chapel.

University administrators read speeches praising Konkol and expressed excitement about his installation on behalf of faculty and students. The Hendricks Chapel Choir performed selections such as “Spiritus Sanctus” and “Hlohonolofatsa,” a favorite of Konkol’s.

David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, spoke about the energy Konkol brought to his position.

“He brings an old-soul wisdom and calmness matched by energy and a sense of urgency for meaningful engagement,” Slyke said.

Student Association Vice President Angie Pati noted that when she first met Konkol, his “electric aura was energizing.”

“He’s a dean of connectivity. He makes you stop, think and reflect on how you are connected to the world around you,” Student Association President James Franco said.

Konkol chose his brother, Eric, who is head coach of the men’s basketball team at Louisiana Tech University, to speak on his behalf.

His brother told stories of the two growing up and sharing bunk beds for 16 years.

He also described Konkol’s involvement in athletics, clubs and church.

“When Brian loves something, he’s all in, 100 percent,” Eric said, before sharing a humorous anecdote about Konkol’s obsession with professional wrestling when he was 10 years old.

He ended on a serious note, saying he believed his brother will be just as dedicated to SU. “I know when he’s in love. I can tell you he has fallen in love with this chapel and this university,” he said.

The actual installation took place after a reading of Luke 11:1-4 by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The chap-

lains of Hendricks Chapel performed a ritual, with all members laying hands on Konkol and reciting the words: “We accompany you, you accompany us, may our lives unfold with joy.”

The student representatives of the Spiritual Life Council presented Konkol with the Charge of Office. Then, Chancellor Kent Sy verud officially named Konkol the dean of Hendricks Chapel.

The chancellor presented him with a gift — a 1725 copy of “The Luther Bible.”

Syverud joked that it was a heavy book for a “heavy responsibility.”

I know when he’s in love. I can tell you he has fallen in love with this chapel and this university.

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Konkol concluded the event with his own speech, where he emphasized the importance of building “habits of the heart.”

“It’s important to consider the importance of habits, important to recognize the power of habits. Habits shape, guide and even define the totality of our lives,” Konkol said.

Konkol described his own experience with his late grandmother, who instilled in him the habit of taking two minutes of an hour-long Sunday service to say the Lord’s Prayer.

He also emphasized the importance of working together in the Syracuse University community. He said people come to Syracuse not for the weather but instead to “learn, love and expand knowledge through the opportunity to be ‘orange’ together.”

“I’m convinced that the pearly gates of heaven must be painted with orange,” he said. nedjan@syr.edu

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SU professors weigh in on climate change refugee program

By Shweta Karikehalli staff writer

Last week, New Zealand’s Green Party leader, James Shaw, announced the country is considering a new visa category for people displaced by climate change.

The Daily Orange spoke with Robert Wilson, a Syracuse University professor of geography with expertise in climate history and climate change politics; Peter Wilcoxen, an SU professor of public administration and international affairs; and Thomas Perreault, an SU geography professor, about this initiative and why it could be important right now.

The Daily Orange: What would be a current example of a climate change refugee?

Robert Wilson: Some experts have argued that the Syrian Civil War, that has been going on for five or six years, was partially caused by a severe drought in Syria around 2006 to 2009.

Basically the sequence of events was that people argued there was a severe drought in that part of the Middle East, people lost their farms and moved to cities in Syria, so all the people moving from the countryside to the city caused social instability and that in turn led to the civil war.

Some people have said that these people are ultimately climate refugees. Not necessarily everyone agrees with that, but that’s the clearest example, lately.

D.O.: Why has granting people visas because of climate change been a contro-

versial issue?

R.W.: It’s hard to identify what a climate change refugee would be. Take the example of a hurricane. Scientists are telling us that hurricanes are probably becoming stronger because of climate change.

It’s not necessarily that hurricanes are caused by it, but they might be more intense because of climate change. So let’s say that a hurricane hits an island and destroys homes and displaces people. Are they displaced due to climate change? Indirectly, probably. Climate change is making natural disasters that would’ve happened anyway, worse.

There are going to be people who have to leave those areas for that, who aren’t going to be able to come back.

Thomas Perreault su geography professor

Thomas Perreault: I think a measure

like this is really important and wish more countries would consider this. New Zealand is particularly progressive in terms of its social

and environmental policies so it’s not surprising. It’s also relatively sparsely populated, but there are even more countries that are more sparsely populated that haven’t done that.

I think you also have to be careful about isolating certain causal factors of immigration or migration out of areas. In many cases, climate change will be one of many factors that drive this and it will be very difficult to identify climate change as the only cause.

D.O.: What are the complications from climate change that could drive someone to seek asylum somewhere else?

R.W.: Flooding because of sea level rise. It’s clear that sea levels are going to rise significantly over the next century and that’s going to displace a lot of people. This is particularly true in island nations in the Pacific Ocean. The estimates are somewhere between three and six feet. Another one I think would be stronger hurricanes, and the third would be severe drought.

D.O.: What types of people would be affected by this issue?

T.P.: The vast majority of refugees we have seen in recent years migrate either because of economic issues or because of conflict. What is expected because of sea level rise in particular, and also prolonged drought areas, is you’ll see an increase in the number of people who are essentially displaced because of environmental reasons.

We think about the recent hurricane season — Puerto Rico, parts of the Virgin Islands, Barbuda — some of the islands were absolutely devastated. There are going to be people who

have to leave those areas for that, who aren’t going to be able to come back.

D.O.: Is there a need for the United States to consider this policy as well? If so, what is the possibility that the United States would consider doing this?

R.W.: I think what is happening in New Zealand is also something that particularly wealthier countries are going to have to address. It’s clear that people in poorer countries are going to be displaced by climate change, so the question is what are wealthier countries going to do?

Are they going to accept refugees or are they going to build walls and implement legal barriers to prevent them coming? This is a fundamental issue that we will be dealing with in the 21st century.

There are a lot of places that are going to be lost due to climate change because of (sea) level rise. There will be people displaced in the U.S. due to sea level rise. Parts of Miami, New York City, Louisiana — all these low-lying areas are at stake.

There could be an internal displacement of people. Internationally, where are people going to go? Certainly the election of Donald Trump shows there is a strong anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. I wouldn’t expect the Trump administration to allow climate-affected people into the U.S. To them, there can’t be such a thing as climate change refugees because in their views, climate change isn’t real. skarikeh@syr.edu

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perez williams Perez Williams and Republican candidate Laura Lavine accused Walsh’s campaign of launching a “whisper campaign” about Perez Williams’ temperament. Walsh denied there was a whisper campaign.

Before the polls closed Tuesday night, Perez Williams’ supporters who gathered at her watch party in downtown Syracuse said they were “apprehensive” about her chances of being elected. But many said they hoped she could pull off a victory.

The mood turned solemn at the watch party after about half the ballots were counted, when Walsh pulled ahead. Many stared at the election results projected on the wall in silence as music played in the background.

Perez Williams, a Navy veteran and former attorney, was quick on the campaign trail to cite her Latina heritage and childhood in poverty — a story she said “resonated” with Syracuse residents.

Bill McClellan, who worked on Perez Wil-

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liams’ campaign, said her personal traits and professional qualifications made her the best person for mayor.

“Unfortunately … that’s what was defeated,” he said.

The grandchild of Mexican immigrants, Perez Williams grew up in Southern California. After college, she served as an attorney in the Navy before taking a job as the regional director of the New York State Education Department.

She also worked at Syracuse University as associate dean of students, but left her position in 2008. Perez Williams in an interview declined to comment on the end of her career at SU, but then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor said in 2012 Perez Williams and other student affairs administrators were fired after the university received complaints about the student affairs office. Other SU administrators said they believed Perez Williams was let go in retaliation for her involvement in a sexual assault judicial hearing that included three men’s basketball players.

She re-entered public service after

HOWIE HAWKINS, the Green Party candidate, has lost more than 20 elections. He conceded the race at the Syracuse Polish House. hieu nguyen staff photographer

leaving the university, taking jobs in the New York State Attorney General’s office, Syracuse City Hall and the New York State Department of Labor.

The Democrat launched her mayoral bid in March.

“The message of the working people didn’t prevail,” said Mark English, the Onondaga County Democratic Committee’s chairman, in a speech after Perez Williams’ loss.

Perez Williams on the campaign trail said she would prioritize the city’s poverty issues, fill the remaining police officer vacancies in the Syracuse Police Department and entertain the idea of a gun court where all gun crimes would be heard by a single judge.

Howie Hawkins, a Green Party candidate, and Lavine, the Republican candidate, conceded the election early Tuesday night.

Hawkins, who has unsuccessfully run for elected office more than 20 times, centered his campaign around lowering Syracuse’s high poverty rate.

“We didn’t get the results we wanted,” said Hawkins, standing in a corner of the Syracuse

Polish Home, a private club on the city’s Westside. Hawkins held a watch party there with other local Green Party candidates.

Lavine, a former superintendent of the LaFayette School District, focused on education policy throughout the race.

The Republican candidate, jabbing Walsh at debates, said she would ban “pay-to-play” politics. She proposed blocking elected officials from awarding contracts, grants, loans or tax breaks to campaign donors for two years.

“We know what the problems are, now we need to work on solutions. Let’s do what we can to help our new mayor to get Syracuse back on track and bring it back to life,” said Lavine, though, in a room at the Strada Mia restaurant on Syracuse’s Westside, as about 50 supporters cheered her on.

The Republican candidate only received 589 votes Tuesday night. Hawkins, meanwhile, received 970 votes, garnering just about 4 percent of the total electorate.

— Staff writers Catherine Leffert and Jessi Soporito contributed reporting to this story. jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

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By her bootstraps LORRAINE BOWER wanted to join the military out of high school, but her mother had doubts. Instead, Bower went to college. Once she got her degree, Bower still wanted to serve. After three years in the Army, she’s now an ROTC cadet and graduate student at SU. codie yan staff photographer

Lorraine Bower strikes balance between graduate school, ROTC Veterans Series 2017

By Andrew Graham asst. sports editor

L

orraine Bower is not good with maps, especially not the standard-issue military maps. Unlike a road map where there’s bare-bones information — roads, towns, county lines — the maps she uses have grid coordinates identifying where you actually are, color codes for types of terrain and elevation lines to identify hills, ridges and valleys.

So when Bower did a land navigation exercise for the first time in roughly three years, she was wary. She double and triple checked her grid position as she searched for a bright orange flag somewhere in the woods. Eventually, she see bower page 10

BOWER and other ROTC cadets attend labs on Fridays to practice real-world military tactics and skills. codie yan staff photographer

BOWER wakes up at 5:30 a.m. three days per week to do physical training on the Quad or in the Dome. codie yan staff photographer

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‘What If...’ film to explore effects of childhood abuse

By Jony Sampah

contributing writer

The effects of childhood trauma, including physical and sexual abuse, are explored in “Resilience,” a featured documentary that will be screened in Syracuse on Wednesday.

The film will conclude the Gifford Foundation’s “What if…” film series in partnership with ArtRage Gallery, the Onondaga County Health Department and Syracuse

City School District Parent University. It will be screened at the Institute of Technology at Central on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free and will be followed by a discussion session.

“Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and was directed

by James Redford and written by Jen Bradwell. In light of recent studies on the biological effects of child abuse, the film explores

There is a connection more generally between substance abuse in families, and abuse and neglect of children.

Larry Lewandowski

professor of psychology at syracuse university

the severe effects manifested later in life.

Dr. Indu Gupta, the county health commissioner, originally requested the film be screened for the foundation’s event because of Onondaga County’s opioid addiction problem, said Maria Senecal-Reilly of the Onondaga County Health Department. The county recently received a state government grant of $1.8 million to fight the crisis.

“Studies have shown child

abuse leads to drug abuse later on in life, including opioids,” SenecalReilly said.

The aim of the film is to make residents of Syracuse more aware of the issue and ties into the film series’ overarching theme.

“There is a connection more generally between substance abuse in families, and abuse and neglect of children,” said Larry Lewandowski, a professor of psychology at Syracuse University. see film page 10

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bower reached a road and knew the flag was somewhere on the other side. The only problem was the thick brush of undergrowth, tree branches and mud she’d have to plow through.

Standing just about 5-foot-2, Bower trudged in and began searching. She reached the point marked on the map, but no flag.

Look left, look right. Still no flag.

She began to doubt herself, worrying she could’ve been off by a whole grid — the equivalent of 1 kilometer. Then, Bower heard one of her squad mates speak up. The flag was in the tree above her.

“There’s an old joke that there is always a lost lieutenant,” Bower said.

That was a normal Friday for Bower, a graduate student in the Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship and cadet in Syracuse’s ROTC program. A standard week for Bower includes three early morning physical training, PT, sessions, a Friday “lab” for her ROTC coursework and a full slate of graduate level courses.

Balancing everything is hard, but for Bower, it’s worth the early mornings and hectic days.

“I’ve always wanted to serve my country,” Bower said. “I love the sisterhood and brotherhood that you have. You don’t get that with other jobs.”

Three mornings every week, Bower is up at 5:30 a.m. — 0530, for her — to get ready for PT. While the weather is still semi-nice and there’s no snow, cadets gather on the Quad to begin their workout by 6:30 a.m., cadet Sam Jacey said. from page 9

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“Statistically speaking, your risk is much higher in those situations.”

Scientists are learning that everything and anything has an effect on brain function, whether that is constant fear, stimulation, being physically harmed or yelled at, Lewandowski said.

He added that child abuse “goes beyond

Most workouts have the usual exercise components like pushups, situps and jumping jacks. But other times, they shake things up.

One day, cadets started a five-mile ruck march at 5:30 a.m. to be done in time for classes.

When snow begins to fly they move inside the Carrier Dome, where cadets will run or “bunny hop” the concourse steps.

“It’s a great circuit run,” Bower said of workouts in the Dome.

Bower doesn’t limit herself to the Army’s fitness plan. If she has free time in the evenings, she’ll get a quick workout in. For her, it’s a chance to do something different, like lifting weights, which is never a part of ROTC workouts. Sometimes she’ll pick programs from Facebook pages she follows.

More important than the weights is the music. The cadets don’t listen to any tunes during PT, so Bower loves to bump her music when she works out on her own time. She’ll turn up EDM or rock, like Rage Against the Machine.

“If it’s 130 beats per minute,” Bower said, “it gets my blood pumping.”

When Bower finishes PT, she runs to Archbold Gymnasium, takes a quick shower, and is back to being a graduate student. Three times a week, she heads to an 8 a.m. class and the other two days, she starts at 9:30 a.m.

When in her uniform, Bower maintains “military bearing.” Per regulations, Bower doesn’t get to wear heavy makeup when in uniform, only lipgloss and eyeliner. She also can’t let her hair — which must be a natural color — touch her collar, so she keeps it in the recommended bun.

No cadet is allowed to use their cellphone

or have earbuds in while walking in uniform.

They stand up straight, their eyes fixed ahead.

“I have it down to a ‘T,’” Bower said. “How to quickly take a shower, put on makeup, get dressed and run to my 8 a.m. at Eggers Hall.”

No matter what, Bower always works in a break in the middle of the day to eat lunch and occasionally catch a power nap. Bower will only doze about 25 minutes — if she goes any longer she’ll get into too deep a slumber.

Bower plans out her shuteye in part because of advice from her father. He was an engineer, Bower said, and taught her that time is a resource and should be spent as such.

That’s why Bower keeps her schedule in a carefully curated spreadsheet.

She has time blocked for classes, PT and her internship. Any of the white space is filled with meals, a nap or homework. She tries to be in bed by 9:30 p.m. and lights out by 10 p.m. every night. But despite discipline and careful planning, the balance isn’t always easy to keep.

“There are some days when I struggle,” Bower said. “I’m not going to lie … Coffee helps, too.”

Still, Bower finds it all worthwhile. She originally wanted to get involved in the military out of high school, but her mother, Asuncion Bower, had reservations. She wanted her to explore college first, then worry about enlisting.

So that’s what Bower did. She got her associate degree in international relations and global studies from Marymount California University. Then she went on to graduate from the University of San Francisco, where she majored

in international studies and economics.

But Bower was still unsure of what to do. So she enlisted in the Army.

She served three years, achieving the rank of E4, or specialist. She worked mainly in ammunition, handling logistics and supply. Her prior rank meant when she join the ROTC program at Syracuse, she was already an MSL3. That rank is generally higher than a new cadet’s, which put her in an unfamiliar leadership role.

“It’s a little bit of a struggle,” Bower said.

“But I’m forcing myself to take up that role.”

Her older brother, Matthew, said there is a stark difference between Bower the soldier, and Bower, his sister. Yet, they’re still very similar.

“Lorraine the soldier is unfailingly committed to not only her duty, but her country,” Matthew said in a text to The Daily Orange.

“Lorraine my sister is one who cares for others and strives to work hard towards her goals in life.”

Now Bowers strives for a job in the intelligence or national security fields. She’s working toward a master’s degree from Maxwell in international relations with a focus on security studies.

Her days begin before the sun rises and finish after it has gone back down. But even through grueling morning workouts followed by full days of classes, Bower sees this all as bigger than her or any single cadet.

“I’m representing the United States Army,” Bower said. “I am representing Syracuse ROTC.”

what we usually consider” and can include the active disruption of a child’s safety, security and basic needs.

The “What if…” film series, started in 2010, is an effort by the Gifford Foundation, an independent private foundation based in central New York, to begin a dialogue on ways to improve the community.

“We wanted to provide examples to residents on how to improve their community,” said Heidi Holtz, the director of

research and projects for the foundation.

“Films are primarily for the community, chosen by the community and on how to improve the community.”

In 2012, the series was handed over to the ArtRage Gallery, but its funding is still largely provided by the foundation.

“We screen all sorts of films on different issues, and the idea is ‘How can we change our community and make it better for ourselves?’

‘What if…we tried this in Syracuse?’” said

Kimberley McCoy, community engagement organizer for ArtRage Gallery.

With every film series, the organization aims to not only highlight problems in the greater Syracuse area but provide solutions as well. One of the gallery’s solutions includes inspiring “community organization.”

“People that are interested in childhood development will find this particularly captivating” McCoy said.

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RJ LEV YCHIN, also known by his stage name “Julius Caesar,” has experimented in the hip-hop genre since eighth grade. The junior works on projects with Syracuse University’s WERW radio and Marshall Street Records. alexandra moreo photo editor

POETIC PURSUITS Rapper RJ Levychin mixes genres, poetry in his music

By Lydia Niles

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A

fter two years in upstate New York, RJ Levychin’s entire outlook on music changed.

Originally from Brooklyn, Levychin is a junior information management and technology major at Syracuse University. The rap artist, whose stage name is Julius Caesar, has been exploring the hip-hop genre since eighth grade, when he found the connection between lyrics and poetry.

He released his first major project two summers ago, but before that, his focus was on letting the music come to him. He now spends his time collaborating with artists and working on as many projects as possible, including those on SU’s WERW Radio and Marshall Street Records.

The Daily Orange: What do you bring to rap?

rap if you weren’t originally drawn to it?

R.L.: I was introduced to what was popular

or Top 100. In eighth grade, I started looking more into rap but I didn’t really know about a lot of artists. I started my approach (with) poetry. It was really the thing that I liked the most. I like the way that it manipulated words.

Writing lyrics just came to my head. A lot of the times I was in class (during) junior and senior year of high school, that’s what I was doing in (English) class.

I think I bring an openmindedness to the music that I make.

RJ Levychin

su junior, rapper

RJ Levychin: I think I bring an open-

mindedness to the music that I make. I think that because hip-hop wasn’t my original favorite genre ... the way that I approach music is from a different perspective. When I think about making a song, I don’t necessarily think about what I’m doing; I think about what would make the song the best song it could be.

D.O.: How did you transition into exploring

D.O.: How have your fans/peer responded to your work?

R.L.: I was never taken seriously. That was

kind of how I was treated until I released a project after my freshman year of college. I was putting in work every day, I was thinking about music videos. That was the first time

people started treating me like an actual artist. It didn’t feel genuine until I dropped my first project.

D.O.: Who are you collaborating with right now?

R.L.: The person I make the most music with

is Austin Suzuko or Mango. A big thing with me and Mango is that our chemistry was kind of undeniable. When I first met him, the first song he played me was an EDM song. He made it clear he was never a hip-hop artist, but I saw something in him. I saw that he had the ability to produce multiple genres and not even know it.

D.O.: Where do you draw your inspiration from?

R.L.: I draw my inspiration from a lot of

people but the big one is P-Diddy. In the last few years, Calvin Harris has become a huge influence for me. Childish Gambino is a huge influence. When Chance blew up he became a huge influence for me. When I was in high school, I started looking into hip-hop, and then everything from classical music to jazz music to R&B music. Now lyrics have always been my thing because I’ve always been about the poetry, but I also play a bunch of instruments like piano, trumpet, saxophone, and (I’ve) also produced a little music. lnilesst@syr.edu

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headers fairly severe blow to the head or it can be a very minor blow to the head. Both can result in the same thing.”

The symptoms do not need to be prevalent either. A blow to the head causing a player to be concussed could only alter brain function for a matter of seconds, allowing a player to calibrate quickly and potentially ignore it.

The disoriented feeling that Vigna experienced could have been a concussion, albeit a minor one, or it might not have been. The fear lies in the unknown.

But concussions may not be the problem.

Though just a hypothesis at this point, some neurologists believe that a series of subconcussive blows could be what leads to major neurological disorders such as CTE or dementia, Chin said. As a constant source of hits to the head where, Chin said, “none of which are severe enough to call what we would define as a concussion,” headers qualify.

Although there have “definitely” been confirmed cases of CTE found posthumously in soccer players, Chin said, the dialogue around heading the ball and head injuries in soccer remains small compared to football. People around soccer, and some in Syracuse athletics, have yet to universally accept that headers could potentially cause future danger.

“Most concussions are caused by contact and not by a ball,” Wheddon said. “An elbow, head to head, but not by a ball.”

In a game earlier this season, Vigna rose and led with her head towards a ball with a nearby defender also trying for the floated pass. Vigna went straight up and cleanly got her head on the ball, knocking it away from the defender and landing back safely on her feet. The defender instead collided with the back of Vigna’s head and fell to the ground. For a few seconds, she lay motionless. The game played on.

Two players challenging for a ball with their heads is a common play in soccer. It happened multiple times in the SU men’s and women’s seasons just this year. If done on a regular enough basis, the increased likeli-

hood for a head collision, like the player who challenged Vigna, could be another factor that links to brain injury and potentially CTE, Chin said. Wheddon feels that as long as his players are heading the ball properly, concussions and future brain injury shouldn’t be in his players worries.

“We don’t overemphasize or worry about concussions,” Wheddon said. “It’s like saying don’t kick the ball because you’ll break a toe. This is a contact sport, there’s going to be contact.”

In 2015, the U.S. Soccer Federation banned children ages 10 or younger from heading the ball in either practice or games. Those same guidelines state that children ages 11 to 13 can perform headers, but must limit them to training sessions or practices and are banned from performing them in a match. This was one of the first steps soccer has made to limit the effect of headers.

According to the most recent data the NCAA has publicly released, only 5.5 and 9.2 percent of all injuries in men’s and women’s soccer, respectively, were concussions. That data was collected from the 2004-05 through 2008-09 seasons.

The NCAA did not respond to several inquiries from The Daily Orange on if it views headers as a concussion threat, as well as if it has ever tried to ban headers or know of any schools that has restricted headers in some form.

Dartmouth College was the first Division I school to enforce contact-free practices for their football team. The system was then adapted by many in the Ivy league, according to multiple reports.

Another option that some players are going to is headgear. But there is debate of its effectiveness as well, Chin said. When someone gets a concussion, it is related to the motion of the brain as opposed to the hit itself. Therefore, Chin said, the only way to ensure a header doesn’t cause any effect to the head would have to be a helmet that absorbs all of the energy of the ball. In which case, the ball would hit a player’s head and fall flat to the surface, which he said, “defeats the purpose.”

CTE studies, Chin reiterated, are still in the early stages, and neurologists don’t know

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much about what causes the disease, especially in soccer players.

Still, soccer’s threat looms large. Patrick Grange, the first former soccer player to be discovered with CTE, frequently headed the ball, his parents told The New York Times in 2014. Starting at 3, he spent extended periods of time in his backyard tossing the ball to himself just to knock it into the goal in front of him with his head.

The Daily Orange asked SU Athletics if the concussion protocol for soccer is the same throughout all sports, whether it requires a team doctor at every match and if it has ever considered creating a contact-free practice or simply ruling out headers.

“Syracuse University’s NCAA approved concussion policy is followed for all intercollegiate sports,” SU Athletics said in a statement.

“Per the policy, there is a primary care physician trained in the recognition and treatment of concussions at every home event.”

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deferred to the same statement.

After a concussion, players are required to refrain from any contact as they ease back into play, Vigna said. The second day after the initial hit, she said, the players can then return to minor contact. Headers are among the things that qualify for minor contact.

Chin said empirical evidence of headers resulting in lasting head injury remains elusive.

There are some people, he said, who never play sports at all and still develop neurological disorders, like CTE. Chin questions how much of brain injury is a result of individual susceptibility.

But, he said, it’s starting to add up: Heading is a repetitive subconcussive hit. Current CTE research suggests that something like a header causes concern. There’s no definitive answer as to why former soccer players develop CTE, Chin said, but the risk exists.

“To say something is correlated,” Chin said, “doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a cause.

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Video replay helps Orange, but Yelin wants to expand it

By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer

Up 20-19 in the second set against Georgia Tech on Oct. 8, Syracuse lost a point after an out call on a Santita Ebangwese kill attempt.

Or so the Orange thought. Head coach Leonid Yelin immediately went up to the second referee, challenging the call. Because the game was televised, the call was reviewed, and Ebangwese’s ball was ruled in bounds.

What would have been a tie game in a critical second set became a two-point Orange lead. SU ended up winning the set by two.

Syracuse (17-10, 9-5 Atlantic Coast) has benefitted from the challenge system this season, but Yelin is not satisfied. With the technology now frequently available, he wants to see the ACC expanding replay to every game, not just those that are televised. Often, a few key points can decide a

match and millimeters make the difference between winning and losing a point.

The challenge replay system was first introduced to volleyball at the Rio Olympics in 2016, after it was tested across international play in 2014 and 2015. In fall 2015, both the Big Ten and PAC-12 adopted the challenge system, and now it has expanded to other conferences.

Whenever WatchESPN or the ACC Network televises games, coaches could review any point. For Yelin, this serves as a failsafe, protecting against referee mistakes that occur due to the fast-paced nature of the sport.

“The level of the game got so much better, and unfortunately,” Yelin said, “a lot of referees are behind this game.”

When replay is available, coaches can challenge four types of calls. The most common is on in-out decisions. Coaches can also challenge a touch off a player, a service-foot fault or

an illegal net touch during a point.

Coaches receive three challenges per match, and can use them as they please. Even if a coach gets the challenge right, they still sacrifice one of the challenges. Yelin prefers that the NCAA adapt to the overseas rule.

“They have two challenges every set,” Yelin said, “and if you challenge and are right you don’t lose a challenge.”

For senior Belle Sand, who played years without the challenge system, video replay has come as a huge relief for her and other players.

When they are nervously standing around anticipating the call, it can kill the flow of the game. But, Sand said, getting the call right is more important than the time lost.

“I love challenges, it’s a huge momentum shift,” Sand said. “I get pumped when we win the challenges because there are some bad calls that referees make and it would be really frustrating knowing it was wrong.”

The system is not perfect because indisputable video evidence is required for the second referee to overturn the call. With only one official looking at the replay, there is no room for debate and discussion among the officials.

Also, logistically, Syracuse would need additional staff on site, along with cameras, to make the challenge system accessible for all games. This would require additional funding from the conference, Yelin said.

Despite the additional costs, Yelin believes in prioritizing video review for the quality of volleyball.

“Coaches and players are putting so much time and effort and one mistake can cost the match and so many hours and days,” Yelin said. “In the end, we want the kids to win or lose because of the game, not because of a referee mistake.” amdabbun@syr.edu

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Swanson steps up as Toledo’s lead back after Hunt’s departure

By Nick Alvarez staff writer

Terry Swanson scanned Ball State’s defense.

The Toledo running back’s eyes darted from the inside linebacker he would soon breeze by to the two safeties he would outpace before he fixated on his destination: the end zone.

The ball snapped and Swanson sprinted through the right B-gap, the space between the center and guard. Only turf separated him from the goal line. The 71-yard carry was the secondlongest of his career and the highlight of Toledo’s 58-17 win on Oct. 26.

His longest run was two years ago, a 90-yarder against Eastern Michigan, when he wasn’t the focal point of the offense. It came when his best friend, Kareem Hunt, broke Toledo’s rushing records. When Swanson’s jersey number, No. 2, inadvertently represented his status on the depth chart.

“It’s hard to wait,” Swanson said. “but everybody has a different process they go through. I learned a lot behind (Hunt).”

Swanson, now a senior, is Toledo’s (8-1, 5-0 Mid-American) lead back with 844 rushing yards and 11 scores. This season he’s more than doubled both his average yards per game and touchdown total from 2016. His 3,082 career rushing yards places him seventh in the Rocket record books and he’s on pace to crack the top 4. Hunt, now an NFL Rookie of the Year candidate with the Kansas City Chiefs, sits atop the list with almost 5,000 yards. Throughout the three years they were at Toledo, the pair developed a friendship fueled by competition. Swanson attributed his success, in from page 16

dolezaj said, Dolezaj has the tangibles to be successful in the NCAA. “He has to add the bulk, the strength and stuff like that,” Autry said. “But the game is not played like it was played 20 years ago. It’s an athletic quick game now.”

The biggest discrepancy in Dolezaj’s game is the one that separates him from the prototypical European recruit. Dolezaj thinks his skillset allows for the Orange to run its offense with four players outside the 3-point line, but Boeheim said that Dolezaj is not an outside shooter.

That includes using his 15- to 17-foot jumper, ability to drive to the hoop or be active around the rim. Autry noted Dolezaj’s mid-range shot from page 16

williams a “free education” — and that he attributed his approach toward practice to being able to take a step back and see the bigger picture.

“Rodney’s out there battling,” head coach Dino Babers said. “There’s been some situations where I think he’s done a fantastic job.

And then obviously there’s some situations where he’s been rusty.

part, to learning from Hunt.

“Terry and I have a close relationship,” Hunt said. “… He’s coming along real fast. It makes me happy for him. I’m sure if I wasn’t there, he would’ve been the starter a long time ago.”

Swanson entered college used to sharing carries and learning from his teammates. In his last three years at Aliquippa (Pennsylvania) High School, Swanson split running back duties with Drayvon Askew-Henry, now a safety at West Virginia. The duo was called “Thunder and Lightning,” Pamela Swanson, Terry’s mother, said.

Hunt first noticed Swanson at a summer workout because of the latter’s calves. Big, solid calves that led to even bigger legs, Hunt recalled. The then-sophomore was surprised to see Swanson have a body that mirrored his own. This sparked a conversation between the two. They later realized that they also shared a birthday, Aug. 6. Swanson, a year younger, argued that it was his day and Hunt objected.

The competitions didn’t end there. The two would constantly play Madden, NBA 2k and Call of Duty to see who was better at video games. Swanson said he always won. In the weight room, they would see who could squat and bench more. Hunt said that Swanson is still chasing his records. Swanson concedes that Hunt can do more benching reps, but Swanson would win out in a wrestling match. Despite the competitive nature, both families came together for a Thanksgiving dinner twice.

“We brought out the best in each other,” Swanson said. “He taught me a lot football wise.”

On the field, the two terrorized opposing

defenses. In Hunt’s final two years at Toledo, the pair lived together. After practice, they would review film and Hunt would show Swanson how to execute blocking schemes. In three seasons, the pair eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards twice.

Swanson dubbed the duo the “Justice League.” Hunt was Superman and Swanson was Batman. In 2015, while Hunt dealt with a hamstring injury, Swanson saw an increased role and tallied 923 yards and seven touchdowns. The

effort was good for the all-conference secondteam. The season worked as the foundation that Swanson looked to build on this year.

“I had to prepare myself and know that I would be the guy when Kareem came off the field,” Swanson said. “I’m the old head in the running back room now. Those guys can talk to me about football or life issues. I have Kareem to thank to be able to be ready for that experience.”

has progressed and his athleticism is a trait commonly mentioned by players, coaches and scouts.

Struggles still persist though, as seen in the team’s first two exhibition games against two Division II teams. Dolezaj played 36 minutes total, shooting a combined 1-for-5 from the field, including going 0-for-3 from 3 and 4-for-6 from the free-throw line. Dolezaj did add five steals in the first exhibition and a block in the second.

“He’s going to need to get stronger and learn the physicality of the American game,” Scout. com’s Evan Daniels said. “But I think he’s a guy with a lot of potential and a lot of upside.”

Normally, European recruits in high-major NCAA programs are taller and bulkier, and have the ability to shoot the 3, scout Sam Meyerkopf said. But Dolezaj’s 6-foot-9 frame looks like that of a small forward, Meyerkopf said, though he

fits defensively at both small forward and power forward spots in the zone.

“As far as producing early,” Meyerkopf said, “it’s just a stretch. Talent-wise, (he) could, but physically it’ll be tough. … Long term it’s not as much an issue.”

The length contributes to Dolezaj’s ability to close out on shooters and rebound. Tyus Battle noted Dolezaj excels at identifying where the ball will land to beat other big men to the spot. It makes up for his lack of strength in the low post.

“I saw last year’s games and (Syracuse) had problems on defense,” Dolezaj said. But he thinks this year will be different because SU is “a really big team (this year).”

Though Boeheim said Dolezaj was the same weight as Hakim Warrick entering freshman year, Autry and Meyerkopf point

toward him needing to bulk up. Though players note his mid-range shot, he shot a combined 20 percent from the field in exhibition games. And though he’s had professional experience overseas, as Autry pointed out, Dolezaj’s transition will take time.

To ease his adjustment this summer, Dolezaj often practiced at the power forward position. Battle has seen Dolezaj struggle to adjust early in the summer, but there’s been a noticeable difference lately. He’s grabbing more rebounds and trying to lift every day.

“He’s kind of like an ideal forward for Coach Boeheim’s system,” center Paschal Chukwu said.

“He can shoot, he’s not a knockdown shooter yet, but down the line he’s going to be a good shooter.”

“He’s not completely healthy yet,” Babers continued. “I think he’s still working on things in the training room, but he’s out there giving us great effort.”

That’s been a constant theme for Williams in his time at Syracuse. He has struggled with injuries since he first arrived.

He was awarded a medical redshirt after his freshman season, which ended in the second game of the season.

He’s had other injuries that have made

him miss a game or two here and there in the other two years he’s played. Like most players who come back in the middle of a season, though, he’s never been fully healthy.

“I feel like the potential for Rodney to play at a really, really high level has always been there, even when we were freshmen,” linebacker Zaire Franklin said.

Franklin said that Williams is playing with a lot of “swag” recently. Williams seems more confident and sure of himself

than he did even a year ago.

With two defensive backs out for the year, the options for Syracuse in what was once a deep position are now very limited. The Orange will have to keep relying on Williams to make an impact. He’s up for the challenge.

“It’s lightyears (beyond last year),” Williams said about how much more comfortable he feels this season. “I’m a way better football player than I was last year.”

TERRY SWANSON was once Kareem Hunt’s backup at Toledo. Now, he’s the leading rusher with 844 yards and 11 touchdowns.

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Headers raise questions

FRESHMEN SERIES

New standard

By Michael McCleary asst. copy editor

After moving to a new country, Marek Dolezaj still has room to develop

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ne day this summer at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, associate head coach Adrian Autry noticed his freshman forward was in the perfect spot during an offensive set. Then, days later, he saw Marek Dolezaj make the right pass. Then the Slovakian forward found the right spot again. And again. Months later, remembering these summer sessions, Autry laughed at how Dolezaj always seemed to appear in the right spot. “(European players) are very disciplined in certain things,” Autry said. “You can see that stick out as opposed to a typical freshman from high school that’s athletic and can run.”

4,238

Marek Dolezaj grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. He’s roughly 4,238 miles from home as a forward for Syracuse.

That’s just one of the reasons why SU head coach Jim Boeheim decided Dolezaj would be his first European recruit in the last 10 years. That the length of the 6-foot-9 forward fits into the 2-3 defensive scheme Syracuse runs doesn’t hurt either.

For Dolezaj, erase the idea of a typical European big man. He’s less muscular and doesn’t possess a knockdown 3-point jumper. Coaches and Dolezaj himself acknowledge that there’s a lot to work on, but the Orange returns just one big man from last year, so the team needs its younger players to contribute early. With experience playing professionally in Europe, Dolezaj enters with a more extensive knowledge of the game compared to most incoming freshmen. Though he’s still transitioning to the United States style, Autry see dolezaj page 15

MAREK DOLEZAJ doesn’t have the same frame as most European recruits, but he always seems to be in the right spot. In time, Syracuse feels he can contribute. sam lee staff photographer

When Jessica Vigna began playing soccer, she played for a club team coached by her dad. She remembered running around, learning foot skills and techniques with her best friends. She also remembered her first header, and the “weird” feeling it gave her.

“A ball’s being chucked at your head…” she said. “The first time, I did feel disoriented.”

For four years, as a Syracuse defender, she may have headed the ball every day. Heading the ball is an integral aspect of the game, and a daily occurrence at Syracuse’s practices, head coach Phil Wheddon said. But fear remains that constant subconcussive blows from headers could be damaging.

Head injuries have become a mainstay in national headlines since the uncovering of Chronic Traumatic Encepha lopathy in National Football League athletes in 2005 by Dr. Bennet Omalu. Soccer has remained a smaller part of the conversation and lags behind football organizations as they improve playerprotection protocols.

But how much does heading the ball factor into why soccer players develop CTE? Neurologists still aren’t quite sure.

“You can consider that a $64,000 question,” said Dr. Lawrence Chin, professor and chair of neurosurgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

A concussion is defined as a minor brain injury that results in altered brain function, Chin said.

That could include blurriness of vision, ringing in the ear, headaches and several other symptoms. A CAT scan wouldn’t show any obvious damage from the injury, but the injury is clear because the person concussed would have experienced some form of symptom.

“There are many different types of injuries that will result in a concussion,” Chin said. “It could be a see headers page 14

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Williams steps up to start again after backfield depletes

By Tomer Langer

senior staff writer

Rodney Williams was confident that Syracuse’s defense would transform. Back in April, during spring ball, the redshirt junior safety felt a difference in the defensive backs’ position room. The group had added two graduate transfers while its younger cornerbacks developed even more.

And, it turns out, Williams was right. Last year, the defense allowed more than 500 yards per game, ranking 122nd in total defense. This year, the

team ranks 37th in total defense and leads the nation in stopping third-down conversions.

What Williams didn’t see, though, is that the improvements made to the unit would cost him his job. Williams played in 11 games last year and started the last 10. He, Daivon Ellison and Kielan Whitner played the majority of time across the two safety spots.

To start the year, sophomore Evan Foster locked down one safety spot; at 6-foot, 211 pounds, he is the most physically imposing of the Orange defensive backs. Antwan Cordy initially held the other spot,

I knew my opportunity would come. And then, when it did, I would be ready for it.

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but a season-ending injury in the season-opener removed him from consideration. Graduate transfer Jordan Martin, a converted cornerback, replaced him.

But Martin injured himself midway through the Week 7 matchup against Clemson, and it was announced after the Miami game that he’d be out for the year. As a result, Williams has returned to a starting role.

“I knew my opportunity would come,” Williams said. “And then, when it did, I would be ready for it.”

Williams credits the improved play of the defensive backs to an

increased familiarity with the system that defensive coordinator Brian Ward installed. He and his teammates don’t have to think as much about the plays, he said, and they can let their instincts take over.

Sometimes, he said, it was tougher for him early in the season when he was unsure about when he’d see the field. He stressed though that he maintained the same mindset and approach to practice. He talked about how he felt lucky to just be in the spot he was — playing football and getting see williams page 15