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N • Getting twisted

A group of architecture students at SU created a Syracuse version of Twister and placed it at four bus stops across campus and downtown.

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P • Against violence

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Southside Syracuse resident Clifford Ryan works to end violence in his community through personal intervention and sharing stories from his past.

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Syracuse basketball’s win over Colgate on Tuesday wasn’t pretty, but the Orange shot the ball well enough to blow out the Raiders at the Dome.

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SU makes plans after divestment

By Sara Swann asst. news editor

Since making a commitment to divest from fossil fuels in March, Syracuse University administrators have been working closely with the university’s investment managers to make plans on how to move forward.

When SU made the decision to divest, it committed to no longer having its endowment funds directly invested in coal mining and fossil fuel companies. Prior to the commitment, the university did not have any direct investments in such companies.

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AYSHA SEEDAT, president of the Student Association, is finishing up her first semester as president of SA. Over the course of her first semester, Seedat has worked to bring ride-hailing services like Uber to campus, among other initiatives. phillip elgie contributing photographer

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Aysha Seedat reflects on accomplishments of 1st semester as SA president

By Michael Burke staff writer

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n Aysha Seedat’s first semester as Student Association president, she has put an emphasis on increased communication with outside groups as she has worked on different initiatives.

In particular, she has often consulted with student governments at other colleges for assistance on those initiatives, and has made an effort to garner and consider feedback from Syracuse University students. Next semester, Seedat plans to focus on initiatives that fall in line with the pillars of safety and support that her spring 2015 campaign was built upon.

Throughout this semester, Seedat worked to draft an “Uber letter” to send to the New York State Assembly arguing for the legalization of ride-sharing services in the state. To pen the letter, she worked directly with the student governments at other schools in New York state, including Le Moyne College, the University of Rochester and schools in the State University of New York system.

Last month, the SA assembly voted to approve sending the letter to the state assembly.

“That in particular makes me really happy,” Seedat said.

Seedat has also been working to implement a $100 student athletic fee, which would replace the way students purchase season tickets for football

and men’s basketball games.

As she has considered how to propose the fee, Seedat has reached out to the student governments at other schools that compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference — a number of which have their own versions of student athletic fees.

WHAT IS SA? The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 59th session and Aysha Seedat is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

While consulting those schools, Seedat compiled research to present to SU Director of Athletics Mark Coyle and Deputy Athletics Director Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick. Seedat then sent that research to Coyle and Keenan-Kirkpatrick after meeting with them last month.

Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, senior vice president and dean of student affairs at SU, has worked closely with Seedat throughout the semester. She said working with other student governments to make progress on legislation could make for an interesting blueprint for SA in the future.

“It provides more support in numbers when these schools can kind of band together,” Kantrowitz said. see seedat page 6

Divestment in this case is the prohibition of direct investment of any part of Syracuse University’s endowment in companies that mainly work with fossil fuels.

Now, SU and its investment managers are assessing the current landscape of potential investments in companies focused on renewable energy as part of its future plans for divestment, said Kevin Quinn, senior vice president of public affairs, in an email.

The Board of Trustees’ Investment and Endowment Committee conducts regular audits of its investment portfolio to ensure that SU’s investments meet the requirements for socially responsible investing, Quinn said.

Quinn added that these decisions are supported by Institutional Shareholder Services, an organization that provides investment decision-making tools to the university.

Jonathan Schmidt, a member of Divest SU and a sophomore geography and political science dual major, said Divest SU has met a few more times with administrators like Quinn and Bea González, dean of University College, since the announcement last spring.

The biggest meeting, Schmidt

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Sophomore reflects on religious experiences

By Katie Zilcosky staff writer

Colin Maguire, a sophomore biochemistry major, was looking to find a job on the Syracuse University Job Opportunities website when he found a listing for a building coordinator at Hendricks Chapel. The job was similar to one that he had in high school, so he applied.

At his job at Hendricks Chapel, Maguire sets up the lights and microphones for events, makes sure the events run smoothly and cleans up afterwards. The time he spends at any particular event varies depending on what is needed for each event.

Maguire is a member of the marching band, so the balance between school, work and marching band can be difficult. Luckily, his job offers him a lot of flexibility. He gets to pick the events he works based on his availability and interest.

Maguire tries to work as many events as he can. He gets to be a part of a wide range of events such as concerts, convocations, chancellor’s

open forums, religious services and lectures that take place in Hendricks.

“Hendricks is a place where SU comes together,” Maguire said. “Anything good that happens, we go there to celebrate. If a tragedy happens, we’ll go there to mourn. It’s a really cool place to work.”

At Hendricks, Maguire talks on everything from racial inequality to climate change as he interacts with a large variety of student and religious groups.

The job has exposed Maguire to the different religions on campus and their traditions.

Most of the events that he works would not be on his radar if he did not have this job, he said. A lot of the lectures in Hendricks Chapel are about topics that Maguire said he would not have sought out or knew he had the opportunity to learn. Events like a talk by actress Robin Givens, which he greatly enjoyed, would have been something he missed.

“I just wanted a job,” Maguire said. “And I’ve just learned so much.” kazilcos@syr.edu

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Secret window A Syracuse University professor is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to innovate single-pane windows.

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SU creates revised campus app

By Stacy Fernandez staff writer

Syracuse University has revamped its campus app after the old one continued to be insecure and inflexible.

The app, called Syracuse University Mobile, was created by Information Technology Services in response to feedback from the SU community.

The original app, which was largely built by ITS, did not offer the flexibility or security needed to interface with SU enterprise systems such as MySlice, said Samuel Scozzafava, chief information officer and vice president of ITS.

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The app is free and available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store.

Cuse-ster is modeled after Twister, but instead of solid dots, the spots on the Cuse-ster board feature silhouettes of important buildings in proximity to the Syracuse bus stop where the game is being played. chase guttman asst. photo editor

Architecture students install game at bus stops

By Alexa Torrens asst. news editor

A group of graduate students in Syracuse University’s School of Architecture put a Syracuse twist on the classic game Twister on Tuesday, launching a game of Cuse-ster at four bus stops in Syracuse.

Cuse-ster is modeled after Twister, but instead of solid dots, the spots on the Cuse-ster board feature silhouettes of important

buildings in proximity to the bus stop where the game is being played, said Sophie Fraser Hafter, a member of the Cuse-ster group and a graduate student in the School of Architecture.

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The number of bus stops that had the Cuse-ster installation

“What we wanted to do is, we were focusing on connecting the Syracuse University students with the city, and so we wanted to find a fun way to make people interact,” said Toni Jones, another member of the Cuse-ster group and a graduate student in the School of Architecture.

Cuse-ster, which was developed by the group of four students for their “Politics of Public Space” class, was deployed at bus stops on College Place, near Goldstein Stu-

dent Center, the downtown Perseverance Square and near the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, Jones said.

The game launched at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and will be available at four bus stops on campus and in downtown Syracuse until around 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

Cuse-ster features two boards, — one on the ground and one hung on the wall of the bus stop — a spinner and a poster with instructions and

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Dineen Hall to receive sustainability certification

By Rachel Green contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Dineen Hall is on track to receive an honor in sustainability — LEED Gold certification.

LEED, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is an honor awarded by the United States Green Building Council. Dineen, which houses SU’s College of Law, has state-of-the-art facilities featuring sustainable technologies, according to an article from Inhabit.

The Gluckman Tang architects,

who designed the building, included a green roof courtyard, water efficient landscaping, energy efficient heating and air conditioning and low-emitting materials to complement the interior design, according to the article.

Dineen’s courtyard provides additional natural light and the water efficient landscape reduces the use of water, according to the article.

Mark Hance, senior project manager for Dineen Hall, said SU intends to have all buildings and projects that cost more than $2 mil-

Every classroom and office in Dineen Hall has natural light — a big plus for faculty and students.

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lion to be LEED certified. LEED certified buildings are more energy efficient, as they undergo a thought-

ful design process, Hance said.

To qualify for LEED certification, a building receives points on a silver, gold and platinum rating scale, Hance said.

Dineen Hall accommodates alternative methods of transportation and received points for site selection, as it is located close to bus lines, making students and faculty less reliant on automobiles, Hance said.

The facility also offers bike racks and a shower and locker facility for those who bike to school or work. see dineen page 6

The idea for the current app came about after Chancellor Kent Syverud approached Amanda Nicholson, the associate dean of undergraduate programs for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, about working on programs to promote student see app page 8

national news Here’s a look at some of the top news from around the U.S. on Tuesday: U.S.

OUTTA HERE A Yale University lecturer, Erika Christakis, resigned Monday, less than six weeks after telling students not to be discouraged from wearing Halloween costumes that could be considered culturally offensive. source: the new york times

SAN BERNARDINO Attackers in the shooting at a San Bernardino conference room last week may have left a bomb at the scene, with hopes that it would kill police officers. source: los angeles times

WORLD BAIL TIME Oscar Pistorius, a South African Olympic athlete, was granted bail on Tuesday by a South African court as he waits a sentence for killing his girlfriend. source: bbc

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Apple would jeopardize brand loyalty by changing headphone jack

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ne of Apple’s defining features is its fearlessness when it comes to creating new products. It’s done this from the moment it created the first Mac PC all the way up to its latest release of the iPhone. Innovation is its greatest strength, but it may also be the company’s weakness.

A recently released leaked report indicates Apple is going to remove headphone jacks from the iPhone 7. If that sounds too wacky to be true, it’s not. The blog that reported this, Macotakara, accurately predicted the dimensions of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus before they were released.

If the report is as spot-on as Macotakara’s last prediction, it’s a decision made in order to make the phones nearly a full millimeter thinner.

It may also be the biggest mistake in the company’s history.

First things first: are you kidding me, Apple? If changing the charger plug-in wasn’t enough, the company is now reportedly considering removing the most common feature in the mobile industry. It’s almost as if Apple is trying to piss off the public. Not only does everyone have headphones, but they are all essentially the same type of headphones.

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The 3.5-millimeter headphone jack is as standard an item as there is. It doesn’t matter if you have an iPhone or an Android, your headphones are going to work with either phone.

48,000,000 The number of iPhone 6 and 6S unit sales during Apple’s fourth fiscal quarter 2015, according to techcrunch.com

It’s one of the last accessories that can be used regardless of the manufacturer. It’s a beautiful thing, and Apple is reportedly considering destroying it in favor of a thinner phone.

Thin is the current trend in phones right now, so this isn’t a huge surprise, but the company may be overemphasizing the significance of having a slender phone. Sure, thinner may be

better, but you know what’s better than having a slimmer phone? Having a phone that is compatible with a product almost everyone has.

I don’t care how thin the phone is, I just want to be able listen to my music without having to buy bluetooth headphones or an adapter.

I also want to be able to charge my phone and listen to the music on it, too. Without a separate port for both the charger and the headphones, only one can occur at one time. If there’s only one, it’s as short-sighted as it gets.

As a user, that’s the type of stuff that diminishes the value of the product.

Apple’s PR department is about to have quite the next couple of months trying to fix this mess. Reaction so far hasn’t been kind, and it’s not likely to get any less inflammatory.

In the immediate future, they can spin this one of three ways: A. The public likes thin, and this gives them thin.

B. We will make adapters so not much will change.

C. You won’t like it at first, but you will get used to it.

They should probably go with option C. There was plenty of displeasure regarding the company’s change in the charger socket nearly three years ago, but that has subsided. Sort of.

(I’m still salty.)

Either way, the company has shown that it will make the changes it wants without much regard for the public’s opinion. It is constantly changing the MacBook Pro charger, and this new development is just keeping up with a trend that has been established since the company’s inception in 1976.

The only difference is that this change is more influential than all the rest. Eventually the world needs to move on from the current headphone jack, but this is a move that would only benefit Apple. And it’s curious as to why it is making it.

Yes, the company needs to stay ahead of its competition, but the iPhone is as popular as ever. The product overtook Android phones in sales this year for the first time since 2012. It’s on top, and a transformation of this magnitude could sway people to buy a phone that’s compatible with their current headphones.

If this report is true, and Apple kills the headphone jack, it may very well kill the loyalty of a number of its customers, too.

Paul Sarconi is a junior broadcast and digital journalism major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at pjsarcon@syr. edu and followed on Twitter @paulsarconi.

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Pirelli embraces shifting cultural values Hires should be based on skill, not quota obligation

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eet your 2015 Pirelli calendar lineup: a woman bent over a bike in a red thong staring seductively over her shoulder. Let’s not forget the woman wearing a topless leather corset posing against a chair holding a whip.

For its 2016 calendar, Pirelli sends a strikingly different message. Instead of picturing oily beach babes, the upcoming calendar features 13 influential women, chosen for “outstanding professional, social, cultural, sporting and artistic accomplishment.”

Photographer Annie Leibovitz snapped black-and-white portraits of women like comedian Amy Schumer, athlete Serena Williams and investment banker Mellody Hobson — women who excel at something other than being exceptionally beautiful.

Images in the media evidence societal norms and set standards toward which individuals are meant to aspire.

In this case, Pirelli frames successful, influential women as something to be desired. With its decision, the tire company shows the value of embracing cultural shifts toward female empowerment.

“This makes us look at what’s sexy differently — power, talent and skill can also be sexy,” said Charisse L’Pree, a professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

The benefits of social responsibility are amplified through social media and Pirelli has made itself rel-

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More than 84,000 people were talking about the Pirelli calendar on Facebook, as of Dec. 5. Pirelli has earned positive coverage on influential feminist blogs like Jezebel, widening its appeal and enhancing its image.

This makes us look at what’s sexy differently — power, talent and skill can also be sexy.

Charisse L’Pree assistant professor, s.i. newhouse school of public communications

After the shoot, Schumer even tweeted an un-retouched photo, and she’s not in a thong or in a sexually suggestive position. Instead, she looks like she just woke up. Coffee cup in hand, Schumer sits topless and hunched over — belly rolls and all — sporting lacy briefs, stilettos and killer legs. In her caption, Schumer sends a powerful message about body image.

“Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman. Thank you @ annieleibovitz,” Schumer wrote.

The popularity of Schumer’s images counter the idea that sexualized women are what the public wants to see and also demonstrates the power of social media.

Popular discussion online reveals that progressive content is worthy of attention.

“With stories like these constantly going viral, we begin to see that the public has a hunger to talk about women in a way that goes beyond stereotypes,” said L’Pree.

If the company had depicted yet another woman slathered in oil, it would not have generated nearly as much positive attention because naked women are old news.

When a company places itself at the forefront of cultural discussions, everyone wins — and for Pirelli, victors include women, consumers, society and the company itself.

The old saying “sex sells” is no longer an excuse for companies to broadcast hypersexualized images of women. Heading into 2016, companies can differentiate themselves by being better.

Millennials want to see progressive action as a generation that champions new understandings of beauty and empowerment — images of sandy beach babes just don’t cut it anymore.

Alison Gala is a senior public relations major and Spanish minor.

Her column appears weekly.

She can be reached at aegala@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @alison_gala.

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Hiring decisions should always be conducted on the basis of which candidate will be the strongest asset to the Syracuse University community.

About 150 members of the university community gathered Monday night for a listening session organized by the Chancellor’s Working Group on Diversity and Inclusion about the state of diversity and inclusion on the SU campus.

When asked to share their perspectives on how diversity and inclusion can be improved within the university community, some attendees raised the importance of diverse hiring, and one faculty member suggested that search committees be required to have a diverse group of candidates in their final pool.

But in conversations regarding the push for diversity, it should be understood that the word itself does not solely encompass race, but extends further to the unique perspective a candidate can bring to the classroom. It is for this reason that search committees should not limit themselves to the race of a candidate, but should seek out and hire those who are most qualified in objectively and holistically assessing each candidate.

Hiring candidates based on qualifications in this way rather than implementing a forced push toward diversity through meeting quotas will ensure the strongest applicants are brought on board and into the SU community. This is a hiring mentality that should extend to all of SU, whether it is athletics or academic departments: the strongest candidates should always be hired, regardless of the groups they may or may not identify with.

However, it should be understood that subconscious biases do have the potential to influence

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the hiring process, the reality of which can lead to the exclusion of candidates that may identify with specific minority groups.

The university can put measures in place to counteract these biases as much as possible and ultimately generate a wide range of candidates in hiring cases by actively avoiding homogenous search committees.

Ensuring a foundation of diversity among members of these groups, which includes race, gender, socioeconomic status, ability and more, the university can move past the generally limited connotation that is associated with diversity and maintain hiring sessions that produce candidates that are well suited for SU. In the way that the university should view diversity as more than a requirement to fill through the limited means of race and gender, students should also keep an open mind when judging the diversity of an entire university faculty on their own experiences.

In avoiding a narrow perspective, students should take into consideration that although they may have a white majority among professors in the classes they take, their interactions and experiences within those classes are varied, regardless of the race of the professor.

Maintaining a diverse hiring committee is important in broadening the search for the most qualified candidates. But a move toward understanding the greater definition of diversity as something that transcends qualifiers like race and gender is a step forward in ensuring candidates are hired for their skill, not for the role their race or gender may play in an unnecessary need to meet quota requirements.

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SU professor works to improve window energy efficiency

By Anjani Iman staff writer

A physics professor at Syracuse University is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to create technologies that improve window energy efficiency.

Eric Schiff interviewed to be a program director at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy about two years ago. Once accepted in the summer of 2014, he and other newly hired program directors spent two months deciding on possible energy programs.

Schiff took these two months to pursue a new program for the innovation of single-pane windows — a subject he said he has long been interested in.

It took more than six months to convince his colleagues at ARPA-E that the program, Single-Pane Highly Insulating Efficient Lucid Designs — or SHIELD — was a good idea, Schiff said, but his director eventually approved of it.

As program director for SHIELD, Schiff is living and working in Washington, D.C. while the Department of Energy pays his professor salary for three years.

The purpose of SHIELD is rooted in a problem with single-pane windows. These windows do not retain heat well in the winters or cool air well in the summers, which is costly and wastes about 2 percent of the energy people use, Schiff said.

The goal of Schiff’s program with the ARPA-E is to create innovative and marketable

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seedat In addition to working with other student governments, Seedat has also looked to increase communication between SA and non-SA students at SU. To ensure that students have a better knowledge of SA, Seedat has sent out frequent “SA Update” emails to the entire student body — something former President Boris Gresely did in the spring.

Seedat said those emails have been averaging “about 2,000 clicks.”

“I think she uses that email wisely,” Kantrowitz said. “She’s very thoughtful about the messages that she sends.”

SA Vice President Jane Hong said she’s noticed an increase in the overall student awareness of SA’s role on campus this semes-

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cuse-ster a map of the game’s other locations. The game is played like Twister, but the player on the ground board must be able to read the fun fact — which is on the wall board — that corresponds to the newly spun spot.

As architecture students, the group was able to develop the boards using the dimen-

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dineen LEED buildings are more energy efficient and comfortable than non-LEED buildings, Hance said. During the construction of

technologies that can solve this energy efficiency problem nationwide, he said.

“There are roughly 15 billion square feet of single-pane windows left in the United States,” Schiff said. “We estimate that if you fix all of those, even inexpensively, we would make probably $10 (billion) or $20 billion back, so it’s a good investment.”

One of the Department of Energy’s principles is to ensure that its technologies are realistically marketable for use outside of its programs, Schiff said.

“We may fund a dozen projects, but if two or three of those turn into actual products that you can buy five years from today, we would be delighted,” Schiff said.

To make these new technologies more attractive to the marketplace, Schiff said he

believes the department needs to do more.

He said improving single-pane windows is a good investment but doesn’t change one’s life very quickly, with heating bills decreasing 10 to 20 percent.

In addition to better efficiency, he said he believes that innovated windows should improve soundproofing.

When it comes to getting SHIELD in action, Schiff said the program is one at ARPA-E that chooses organizations and businesses that will enact the ideas of innovation.

“We have quite a few applications to be sifted through,” he said. “There will be a dozen winners and each of those will be given a project that will be run for two to three years.”

Schiff said a standard ARPA-E program costs about $30 million.

ARPA-E announced the program early this October. Before the announcement, however, there was a delay for about four months as the budget for the previous year had already been spent, Schiff said.

It took Schiff about nine months, starting in summer 2014, to fully develop and write the description for the program that was approved by the agency, he said.

Schiff was not alone in the development of SHIELD, however.

“I had a lot of help. ARPA-E has workshops where we consult with everybody else to make sure that we’re on target,” Schiff said. “It wasn’t just me but I did have the privilege of coming up with the idea, championing it and watching the whole program grow.”

Though SHIELD is not developed specifically for SU, Schiff said he believes the university to be a good potential customer of the program.

“At Syracuse University, if you wander around and carefully look at the windows, you’ll see that a lot of the buildings still just have a single pane of glass,” Schiff said. “Oldfashioned single-pane windows are tremendously leaky, as far as heat goes.”

Schiff added that SU pays a lot of money to heat these buildings, but it would also be expensive to replace the windows. In some cases, the building is a historical building, which would make the replacement of windows more difficult, if at all possible.

Samuel Clemence, interim dean of Hendricks Chapel and an engineer, spoke with Schiff about the benefits of SHIELD on SU’s campus.

Clemence and Schiff discussed putting a special coating on the windows of the chapel to make it cooler in the summer, which would increase energy efficiency.

“Hendricks Chapel is such an iconic and beautiful building on campus,” Clemence said.

“We don’t want to do anything that would change the appearance in any way, so we’re just looking at possible ways to save energy and make it a more sustainable campus.”

The SHIELD program will begin next summer and finish in the summer of 2018 or 2019, Schiff said.

By the end of the project, Schiff said SU will be on the cutting edge of anything SHIELD comes up with.

ter. Recently, a student walked into Hong’s office in the Schine Student Center to thank her for all that SA does at SU, Hong said.

“It was so unprecedented and I didn’t expect it,” said Hong, who added that when she was a freshman, she had friends who didn’t know what SA was. “But I think more people are starting to realize what we do.”

Seedat has also tried to improve communication through the use of surveys. In September, SA sent out a survey asking SU students whether they would utilize a program allowing them to access syllabi before course registration.

That survey got about 500 responses in 24 hours, Seedat said. Though a final resolution for that initiative has not been drafted, Seedat said the student response will ultimately benefit SA as it tries to pass the legislation.

“(The students) showed a clear need for this program,” Seedat said. “And now it’s on the administration’s radar.”

Seedat said she will revisit the initiative in the spring semester if SU hires a provost by then. She also plans to launch the Mental Health Awareness Campaign and pass legislation for an undergraduate research grant program during her second semester as president.

The Mental Health Awareness Campaign would be a weeklong campaign meant to address and reduce mental illnesses, falling in line with the safety pillar. Seedat said mental health is an issue that is particularly important to her because her mom suffers from schizophrenia.

“Daily, I have to think about how to deal with mental illnesses,” she said. “And I think

on college campuses it’s a really big deal. Students burn out since they’re so stressed out.”

The undergraduate research grant program, meanwhile, would supply students with $1,000 stipends to conduct research over the summer, falling in line with the support pillar.

SA launched a pilot program last summer, which Seedat said was successful. She added that it’s important that students have the means to conduct relevant research and hopes the administration will fund the program. A portion of the university’s budget already goes toward research, but it is not for undergraduates, Seedat said.

“There’s not as much of a stable support system for undergraduates doing research here,” she said. “So that’s something I’m really going to be pushing forward.”

sions from the original Twister mat. The students got silhouettes of the buildings and put them in a grayscale to make them stand out against the colors of the spots on the board.

Jones said there was not much use of the game when it was launched in the morning since people were “just waking up,” but said many were reading the facts on the board.

Through the “Politics of Public Space” class, taught by Lori Brown, a professor of architec-

ture at SU, Fraser Hafter said the students learn what role architecture plays in public space.

Fraser Hafter, who is from London, added that public space is not used in the U.S. in the same way it is used in Europe, and taking away public space in Europe would cause “a lot of kickbacks” that might not happen in the U.S. Public space is important, Fraser Hafter said, because it represents free speech and a place where people can voice their opinions.

“It’s very closely related to politics,” she said. “Having public space is somewhere where people can congregate and question things.”

Jones and Fraser Hafter added that public space is changing with the presence of the Internet. While the Internet is more focused on a younger generation, Fraser Hafter said that physical public space “encapsulates everyone in the community.”

Dineen Hall, there was low volatile organic compound content emitted into the air, making for better indoor air quality, he said. VOCs are found in paint, adhesives and other harmful materials usually used in the construction of buildings.

The building, which opened last fall, was designed with sustainability in mind, Hance said. A big element the SU College of Law requested of the architects was to get natural light into the building, he added.

“People seem to be happier having natural

light rather than the artificial light in old academic buildings with no natural light,” Hance said. “Every classroom and office in Dineen Hall has natural light — a big plus for faculty and students.”

At Syracuse University, if you wander around and carefully look at the windows, you’ll see that a lot of the buildings still just have a single pane of glass.

Old-fashioned single-pane windows are tremendously leaky, as far as heat goes.

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SCHOOL OF REFUGE Charter high school with focus on refugees may open in Syracuse

syracuse currently receives between 1,100 & 1,200 refugees each year new york state has received 27 syrian refugees since july 31

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new, specialized charter high school that would cater primarily to refugees in Syracuse and place focus on agricultural studies may be coming to the city.

OnTECH Charter High School would focus on career technical education in agricultural fields. The idea for the curriculum came from wanting to develop a new career path different from Syracuse’s district schools.

Ellen Eagen, an educational lawyer who has worked with charter schools, is one of the major players in establishing the school.

“OnTECH’s vision is to impassion students by providing them with an education relevant to our community and teaching employable skills that will enable students to get jobs upon graduation or continue on to college,” Eagen said.

Eagan said three of the major educational issues plaguing Syracuse are high dropout rates in high schools, poor transitioning from middle to high school and a lack of students who are qualified to enter the job market even

after graduating high school.

“We didn’t want to compete; we wanted to fill in the need the district hadn’t been serving,” said Eagen, in reference to the Syracuse City School District.

Though the school will accept all applicants, OnTECH will be catered specifically to refugees that are part of the refugee resettlement program in Syracuse, Eagen said.

Many of the residents in the program have spent a period of time in a refugee camp and do not have the proper paperwork to transfer into a district school, said Eagen. Many of these refugees are also now too old to enroll.

“How do you remediate, teach (the refugees) English and give them the credits to graduate high school? We saw that as a group that really needed some help,” Eagen said.

Each year, Syracuse generally receives between 1,100 and 1,200 refugees, according to Syracuse.com.

Syracuse is an agriculturally rich area, Eagen said, with over 4,000 farms, ranging from small, family-owned business to large industry farms, such as Chobani and Wegmans. Many refugees come from agriculturally-based countries

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and could potentially be inspired to go back to school in a community that is focused on green and agricultural jobs, Eagen said.

“We want this charter school to be a community hub for refugee families,” Eagen said.

Central New York also has a lot of lakes and rivers, Eagen said, which could provide an opportunity for lake cleanups or ecosystem research as part of the curriculum. With the agricultural sector growing, qualified graduates are needed more than ever, she said.

“These are real global issues,” Eagen said.

“We can create a cutting-edge school around these issues.”

Though no location has been chosen, it is most likely that the charter school will be built in the city’s Northside, where many refugees reside, Eagen said. She added that she is planning on holding meetings in community centers and libraries in the area to educate the community and allow parents to decide if

OnTECH is a good fit for their children.

“I’ve been overwhelmed by the positive reception,” Eagen said.

Sustainable Sciences and Technology Foundation, the nonprofit created to accept funds for this project, is submitting a letter of intent to the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute on Friday, Eagen said. The OnTECH Charter School could be open by September 2017, she said.

“This school is important because it offers choice to our current education model and will provide students who have trouble thriving in traditional school settings the ability not only to learn but to get job skills to continue on into the job market,” Eagen said.

Eagen said she hopes the school will be seen as an inspiration for other cities with growing agricultural sectors, especially areas with large populations of refugees. hrhorvat@syr.edu

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divestment said, was the one in September, when they met with Board of Trustees members to discuss what the administration has been doing so far.

Schmidt said a lot of the work to remove the remaining fossil fuel investments has been out of the hands of Divest SU and up to the university administrators and their financial advisers.

Members of the Board of Trustees have said that SU’s divestment decision has had a big impact on the way the financial sector looks at fossil fuel divestment, Schmidt said.

“The problem right now is there aren’t many large funds available now that are fossil free for institutions like SU to put their endowments in,” Schmidt said.

The Investment and Endowment Committee and the SU administration, Schmidt said, seem to be taking this commitment to divestment “very seriously.”

The first part of SU’s commitment was to remove all direct investments in fossil fuel com-

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engagement with the university. Nicholson set up two tournaments involving students, faculty and staff coming together to brainstorm what would improve student engagement on the SU campus.

There were about 80 people throughout the two sessions who came from all the different colleges and represented a variety of majors. In both sessions, the top idea was creating some sort of digital communication

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panies. The second part is to work to minimize, as much as possible, any exposure to the fossil fuel industry through the university’s index funds or other co-mingled assets, Schmidt said.

Schmidt added that he can see a future when SU does not have any of its endowment funds in fossil fuel companies. However, he said this will most likely take some time to achieve, considering SU has an endowment of $1.2 billion — one of the largest endowments of any higher education

institution to divest so far.

González said in an October interview with The Daily Orange that SU is probably one of five institutions across the country right now that has taken the stance against fossil fuel investment. Other institutions, she said, have only divested from coal, not all fossil fuels.

SU’s investment committee, González said, has been very active in the implications of the longterm impacts of socially responsible divesting.

“It is a national conversation right now and there were some donors to this university who were not happy with us when that decision was made,” she said.

González said university administrators are also thinking about ways to continue dialogue that will allow them to replace the funds that were lost from the people who did not agree with SU’s decision to divest.

Chancellor Kent Syverud said in an October interview with The Daily Orange that he doesn’t expect the decision to divest to have a significant effect on SU’s endowment, but said it could slightly affect endowment in either direction.

Quinn said because it has been less than a year since SU made the announcement, it is too soon to tell if there will be any negative performance effects related to the decision. However, he said, SU is not expecting to see any.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry announced its plans to divest from fossil fuels on Dec. 1, making it the first SUNY campus to set a divestment goal.

Schmidt said both the Divest SU and Divest ESF campaigns have put pressure on each other to continue work with divestment. Now that both campaigns have achieved a major goal, their current work is on continuing to raise awareness about climate change and environmental issues, Schmidt said.

“We’re going to continue to make sure that the process of divesting is transparent and actually completed,” Schmidt said.

vehicle that students could use and customize, Nicholson said.

Nicholson said the most voted-on idea was a customizable mobile information system. She said the idea had everyone voting on it in both teams and the demand came through “very loud and very clear.”

The ITS department had already been looking at doing something like this, Nicholson said, and the response from the tournaments was able to push it into the next stage.

“The reason we decided to do that is that our students are millennials and they’re used

to mobile interactions,” Scozzafava said. “We wanted to be able to provide services to students in the form that they’re natively using on a day-in, day-out basis.”

ITS did an analysis of the most feature-rich and popular platforms on the market, Scozzafava said, and the one they chose is growing in popularity among many university campuses.

Most of the funding for the app came from the ITS operating budget, but it has been an inexpensive project since most of the work has been done by ITS, Scozzafava said.

Scozzafava said ITS is still working on adding new features to the app and is keeping its eyes and ears open in regard to what services students need and want the most. ITS currently has plans to roll out new MySlice connections, such as being able to view exam schedules, as well as expanding to other features such as laundry view and bus schedules.

“The state that it’s in now is a very good start, but really I think the options are limitless in terms of what we can roll out with it,” Scozzafava said.

It is a national conversation right now and there were some donors to this university who were not happy with us when that decision was made.

Bea González dean of university college

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‘Love and concern’ CLIFFORD RYAN walks the streets of Syracuse with his “O.G.’s Against Violence” poster, asking children to pledge not to engage in violence. He shares his own experiences with loss and gang violence to discourage them from going down the path he once did.

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Syracuse man works to end violence in city

by the numbers This graph only includes statistics through this September, but 2015 has seen more injuries from gun violence than last year. It's Ryan's mission to decrease these numbers in any way he can.

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he way people stop him in the street, asking to take pictures with him, Clifford Ryan is like a celebrity in the South Side community. Families call out to him from their porch, drivers honk as they roll by and students on school buses yell out the windows at him, “O.G.’s Against Violence!”

At the intersection of Midland Avenue and West Colvin Street, he encourages kids to take a picture with his “O.G.’s Against Violence” poster and repeat his trademark phrase as they walk home from school.

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“Let me hear you say it,” he told them. “Don’t you ever, ever, ever, ever touch a gun. Do you understand me? Tell all your friends.”

Taking a picture with the sign is a pledge to never inflict violence upon others. Ryan, 52, started the O.G.’s Against Violence movement this past summer after a violent Fourth of July weekend in Syracuse ended with 11 shooting victims, including two deaths.

According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, July was the deadliest month for shootings in Syracuse, with four deaths in 2015. Up until September, there have been 86 shootings, compared to 94 total in 2014. In these incidents, 114 people were injured and 13 killed, compared with 107 injured and 14 killed in 2014.

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Michael Bublé’s Christmas album defines him as a modern Sinatra

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ichael Bublé is famous notably for two things — his Christmas albums and the hilarious forlorn expressions he makes on his album covers. (OK, maybe the latter part is just something that Spotify brought to my attention — it might not be a universal thing). Either way, Bublé has basically been

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His 2011 album, “Christmas” continues to slay the holiday

charts (although, let’s be honest, there’s only one holiday that the songs on these charts refer to, but that’s another issue altogether).

Following the release of the album, he teamed up with NBC for very successful, celebrity-packed televised Christmas specials. His fifth special will air this Thursday.

Why is Bublé so popular around

this time of the year? Like other famous Christmas crooners of the past (think Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra), Bublé’s voice falls into the jazzy male-vocalist sphere.

His resonant, smooth voice and suave demeanor is reminiscent of a modern Sinatra, though that comparison is an honor I don’t have the clout to make. Perhaps his ability

to evoke the same tone as Sinatra, without overtly trying to be a modern version, is what makes him accessible to a wide audience.

Bublé’s music has the capacity to bring warm and fuzzy feels to even the coldest of hearts, whether you like it or not. To some, he is a guilty pleasure, and to others, he

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he spends up to 10 hours a day walking the streets of Syracuse, signs in hand, encouraging youth to put down their guns — or never pick one up.

Because of his own gang experiences, Ryan understands why kids are attracted to them.

But he knows that often, gang members end up with one of two ultimatums: prison or death.

Ryan’s turning point came when he was 16, attending Eastwood Junior High School. One Friday night, Ryan and his buddies decided to go to the high school football game because members of a rival group, Brick City, would be there.

When they got to the football game, the Brick City members approached Ryan and they got into a fight, but all of Ryan’s friends had left him.

“From that incident, right there, I stepped away from the [gang] life,” Ryan said. “They let me know, right then and there, there’s no friends.”

While the Syracuse community knows

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damle is a modern time-traveler back to music of the past.

Bublé brings back old classics, staying true to their original melodies while utilizing background singers and throwing in a modern style. He puts globalized spins on songs by collaborating in mashups like “Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad,” which he sings with Mexican pop star Thalia. He is the physical representation of a changing world; he is an Italian-Canadian dual citizen, he sings with international artists and thus makes him-

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him as “O.G.,” Ryan is a family man at home.

He often steps in when his daughter Tamara Ryans, a mother of five, needs someone to watch her children, or when he just wants to give her a break and cook a meal for the family. With his two other sons in prison, Ryans returns the support when he isn’t working.

“He plays every role there is,” Tamara Ryans said. “From the big brother to the uncle to the father, he’s like the main motivator in our family.”

Tamara Ryans said her dad has always been an empathetic advocate and would try to change the whole world if he could.

Ryan’s family love shines through in everything he does, said Wayne Gooden, his friend of more than 20 years. Gooden referred to him as the patriarch of the family, and his compassionate ways also extended to Gooden’s family, particularly when his mother died two months ago. Because Gooden lives in Georgia, Ryan was only able to console him over the phone, but that did not diminish his message.

“It was encouraging, it was inspirational,

it was supportive and it was from love and concern,” Gooden said. “He’s a man that comes from love, concern and empathy.”

Ryan knows the immense pain that can come from losing a loved one and uses that grief to motivate himself, he said. Ryan’s oldest son Duriel died at age 17 in a shooting on the South Side in 1999. Before his son died, Ryan was concerned about the well-being of his community, but after, he wanted to take action.

But this line of work does take its mental toll, Ryan said.

“Sometimes when a young man is killed, the only thing I can do is go home and just curl up in the bed and cry like a baby, because I felt that pain,” he said. “I know that pain from my son.”

Right now, Ryan enlists the help of friends and former gang members to canvass the area, but he still feels like a one-man band. He differentiates himself from other anti-violence groups in Syracuse because he physically intervenes in street altercations he thinks might get violent.

Ryan recalled a time where he saw two young

men arguing with each other, and then they began fighting. One of the men started to go back to his house to get a weapon, and Ryan intercepted him to explain why he was overreacting. He said he told the young man that he would not only be ruining the life of the man that he harms, but also his own life, with a prison sentence.

Ryan’s daughter expressed her fear of something happening to her father while he makes his rounds, but said that he has assured her he is willing to make that sacrifice if he can save lives.

“All I can do is support him and pray that no one puts their hands on my father,” she said. “He doesn’t know how much he means to people, that if something happens to him, it’d probably be chaos.”

Ryan realizes that his own past is not perfect, but he is, today, trying to make up for it.

“I forgive my son’s killer. If I were to see him out here on the street, I wouldn’t harm him,” Ryan said. “I would give him a sign and tell him, ‘Redeem yourself.’”

self accessible to English and non-English speaking audiences.

Although many people lump Bublé with the likes of Josh Groban and Michael Bolton, he is far more accessible to a larger, commercial audience (although, in my opinion, most of the audience is comprised of women). People of all ages and backgrounds listen to Bublé’s music, including non-Christians like me who love commercialized Christmas music. His style makes him approachable to older fans who listened to the likes of Sinatra and Dean Martin, but is recent enough to be enjoyed by younger crowds as well.

Plus, he has a face that, despite hilari-

ously stoic facial expressions, looks great on albums, poster boards and television programs. Besides Celine Dion and Drake, Bublé is one of America’s favorite Canadians and is the kind of guy your grandmother secretly hopes you’ll bring home for Christmas.

That’s the thing about Bublé — he’s suave, but he’s also kind of corny. He’s a “cool young chap” to the elderly, he’s attractive to young and middle-aged women, and he’s a little bit lame to hipsters. But no matter what you think about him, you’ll find someone in every demographic singing (whether out loud or under their breath) along to his Christmas music.

Whether or not you are Christian, enjoy Christmas music, or even like Michael Bublé, it’s clear that he has changed the jazz and Christmas music game. I will continue to unabashedly blast his Christmas album, and my neighbors will continue to think I am lame.

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ULF OESTERLE and his daughter dance together at Juice Jam. Oesterle started Aux Records 12 years ago after convincing a band to record more songs and release a full-length debut album rather than an EP.

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lf Oesterle spent the first six years of his life living on South Campus while his dad was working on a degree.

Oesterle, chair of the department of music and entertainment industries, went from being a three-sport athlete with a health science degree to sole operator of an independent record label and professor in the Bandier program at Syracuse University.

He left Syracuse and moved to a small town with two traffic lights on the edge of the Catskill Mountains.

Though Oesterle’s new home was remote, it also gave him his first exposure to “cool music” through alternative radio station WEQX. The grunge and indie tunes caught Oesterle’s ear, and he couldn’t stop taping the songs off the radio and playing them back.

During his undergraduate years at SUNY Cortland, Oesterle’s heavy involvement with the college radio station and the college television station steered him away from athletic interests and geared him towards becoming more media focused.

In the spring semester of his freshman year, Oesterle had a slot on the college’s radio station, playing alternative, punk and ska from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Sundays.

“We had virtually no listener base, but it was amazing and I wanted to get more involved,” Oesterle said.

By the time he graduated from Cortland, Oesterle took on a leadership position at the station. All the time and effort he spent in radio shaped his decision to pursue a master’s

degree in media management at SU’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

After completing his degree in 2001, Oesterle’s professor, Dennis Kinsey, encouraged him to join the PhD program. It was toward the beginning of his higher education journey in September 2003 that Oesterle decided to start his independent record label.

At the time, he was working as the central New York representative for a New Jersey-based marketing lifestyle company, selling merchandise and helping bands prepare for their shows.

When he was working a show in Syracuse, he started to chat with the band performing that night and they told him to check out their material.

If someone’s got a good song and a good album, they’ll rise to the top.

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When they came back to perform later again in Syracuse, the band remembered Oesterle. They decided to meet up on Marshall Street and talk about the band’s latest work and Oesterle convinced them that releasing an EP over a full-length album was not a smart idea.

“I told them, ‘you’re better off taking a couple more weeks to write more songs or take songs out of your catalog and spend

a little more money on recording so you have a full-length album,’” Oesterle said. “When they agreed it was a good idea, I said, ‘Hey, let’s do this. Let’s put out a record.’”

From there, he started developing his independent label Aux Records, which has been operating and based in downtown Syracuse for 12 years now. Oesterle runs the entire business solo.

Aux Records has released many central New York-based artists with genres ranging from singer-songwriter to metalcore and names such as Honor Bright, Anorexic Beauty Queen, The Brilliant Light and Caleb Micah.

Though he’s met many artists and managers over the years, Oesterle still maintains the relationships he’s formed.

When groups he’s worked with are touring, he finds time to hang out with them.

“It’s great because every one of the records that I’ve put out, I’m now friends with everyone that was part of the process,” Oesterle said.

When Oesterle isn’t working at Aux Records or spending time with past clients, he’s teaching music industry and music business classes in SU’s Bandier program and participating in music conferences nationwide.

Oesterle’s best advice to individuals interested in entering the music industry or starting a record label is to be conscious about where the money is being spent and to be ready to release a lot of content and have that content take multiple forms.

“If someone’s got a good song and a good album, they’ll rise to the top,” said Oesterle. “It’s just got to sound like great music.” rcplaut@syr.edu

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Tom Kaufman — special teams and defensive line

Kaufman worked for Babers at Eastern Illinois and followed him to BGSU. He worked with linebackers for three seasons before moving to the defensive line this past season.

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men’s basketball

Malachi Richardson resurfaces, scores 17 points in win

By Jesse Dougherty web editor

Michael Gbinije picked up his dribble on the left wing and Malachi Richardson was exactly where he was supposed to be. Trailing the fast break down the middle of the court. Chopping his steps so he could set up comfortably behind the 3-point line.

Gbinije swung Richardson the ball, and he stared down the defender in front of him. Then he made a hard jab step with his right foot before taking one dribble to his left and stroking a 3.

The make trimmed Colgate’s lead to one at a non-critical juncture — the 16:57 mark of the first half in a game that was unexciting throughout. But for Richardson, it was far more than a tiny dent on the scoreboard.

“For me, making shots period, it does something for me,” Richardson said. “… Coming out early, I wanted to get my jump shot going and I think I did a good job of that.”

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nanco Perea, who was a box-to-box player that could run up and down the field. Save for a few rare occasions, Nanco wasn’t needed in the midfield so he could focus all of his efforts on attacking.

With Perea and others gone this year, SU doesn’t have the same speed and athleticism in the center of the field, which forced McIntyre to turn the forward to do the job.

“It’s a big role,” Nanco said. “I kind of like the challenge. I embrace it and show that I’m more athletic than the other guy.”

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colgate Colgate posed far less of an imposing threat down low, with none of its back line standing taller than 6-foot-9 or weighing over 220 pounds.

“After the shot went up, we tried to basically use our bodies,” senior Michael Gbinije said, “and they just used their quickness and got into small spaces.”

After SU’s loss to Wisconsin, Hayes said playing against Syracuse’s zone makes it far easier to rebound. The Orange guards space

Before Syracuse (7-2) beat Colgate (2-6) 78-51 on Tuesday night, Richardson had made 3-of-20 3s in his last three games after shooting 41.9 percent from deep in the Orange’s first five. But the freshman broke his slump with a career-high 17 points against the Raiders, making 4-of-10 3s and adding five rebounds and three assists to his line.

Richardson’s increased production — he scored a combined 10 total points in losses to Wisconsin and Georgetown last week — helped SU snap a two-game skid and was a product of his unwavering confidence.

“Malachi’s got like the (Gerry McNamara) effect,” said Mike Hopkins, who filled in for SU head coach Jim Boeheim for the second of nine games. “Where if you miss nine, he felt like he was making the next nine, and that’s the kind of shooter that you want. You want the guy that, if they’re open, they’re going to knock it down.”

After getting home from Washington D.C., Richardson said he spent extra time in the

gym over the last few days. That included extra shots with McNamara, who coaches the Orange guards — the former Syracuse star was in Richardson’s ear at practice on Monday.

After missing two straight shots in a drill, Richardson slammed the ball off the Carrier Dome floor.

So when the team started playing five-onfive in the half court, McNamara urged Richardson to have his feet ready to shoot on every play. He caught a pass from the wing and hit a 3. Then he went off the dribble from the right wing and hit one fading toward the corner.

Soon, Richardson’s shots were pouring in and he looked at McNamara and smirked.

Practice translated to the first half on Tuesday, when Richardson hit 3-of-7 from long range to snap out of his shooting funk.

“Malachi is another weapon that we have, and when he gets going, when any of us get going, we’re a better team,” SU shooting Trevor Cooney said. “Especially when all of us get

going, we’re a pretty good offensive team.”

That’s what happened Tuesday, when Richardson and Gbinije each scored a game-high 17 and Cooney finished with 14. The trio combined to make 12 of the Orange’s 14 3s, which allowed Syracuse to space the floor from three spots and draw Colgate’s compact matchup zone away from the paint. And when the Raiders extended its pressure to the perimeter in the second half, Richardson attacked the rim and padded his point total at the foul line.

For two games, Richardson’s jump shots fell short of the hoop while Syracuse fell short of its opponents. On Tuesday, the Orange’s offensive versatility resurfaced as its versatile freshman scorer woke up. Richardson is only nine games into his college career, but his contributions to a mercurial offense are already heavily affecting SU’s results.

“It’s just basketball,” Richardson said. “I’m going to make shots and I’m going to miss them.”

When he’s in the midfield, Nanco is often stuck on the most athletic player on the other team to nullify him. He’s tasked with following his man up and down the field, making sure he doesn’t get behind the defense, and beating him down the field when Syracuse goes on offense.

Seattle was a team that thrived on dominating the ball in the midfield, McIntyre said.

In Syracuse’s Sweet 16 win over the Redhawks on Nov. 29, Nanco marked Roland, one of the team’s midfielders, and held him without a shot.

“We had to kind of tweak things to try to ensure that that became a strong part of the pitch for us

and Chris allowed us to do that,” McIntyre said.

Because of his years at forward, he sometimes turns off the defensive switch in his brain and forgets to drop back. Defender Louis Cross said he’s had to yell at Nanco a few times because Nanco’s man was getting down the field unmarked.

Nanco said the move puts him in a more supporting role to the attack, but McIntyre said in a way, it helps Nanco’s offense. He isn’t a natural target, McIntyre said. Being able to run behind the play and get the ball in space instead of taking on multiple defenders as the furthest man up on the attack is helpful to his game, he added.

“When the ball is moving, when Chris is moving, he’s a handful,” McIntyre said. “When Chris is stationary, he’s not as dangerous.

That’s what we try to do. If Chris is moving, then we’re a dynamic team.”

Cross said Nanco probably doesn’t look like a very defensive-minded player to opponents. Nanco added that having to drop back “sucks” at times.

But his ability to move from forward to the midfield has been crucial during Syracuse’s postseason run.

“He’s got a duty to do,” Cross said, “and he’s done it terrifically.”

instead of a man, so opponents sift into the cracks to better positions themselves under the ball. To compensate, Syracuse has to eye the ball’s trajectory as it heads to the hoop to best position for a rebound, Gbinije said.

Sometimes, an area Syracuse already struggles in is left up to chance.

“Just play the percentages,” Gbinije said. “It’s kind of a guessing game what the ball can do.”

With the game well in Syracuse’s hands in the second half, the second of two straight Colgate offensive rebounds fell into Jordan Swop-

shire’s hands. Coleman was left only turning to watch as the Carrier Dome fell to a murmur.

The game was brought to life in spurts by one of Syracuse’s six second-half 3s. Trevor Cooney from the left wing. Gbinije from up top.

Malachi Richardson from the right.

Only Dajuan Coleman’s back-to-back layups that salvaged “Taco Time” sent the crowd into a semi-frenzy. Coleman jogged into the huddle high-fiving Hopkins, but that was just about the best sequence for Syracuse down low.

The Orange finally gained an advantage on

the glass, at that point, 32-31, with 45 seconds left. Sixteen seconds later, it was gone.

Hopkins hinted at using a bigger lineup in the near future to combat the issue. It didn’t matter on Tuesday since Syracuse’s identity shaped from behind the arc was still there.

But inching deeper into a season already tarnished by deficiencies on the glass, Syracuse may not be able to afford many more.

Said Gbinije: “That sense of urgency is definitely picking up the closer we get to conference play.”

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POSTGAME PLAYBOOK by the numbers

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Syracuse’s 3-point percentage

Syracuse’s points off turnovers

Minutes for Kaleb Joseph, who continues to be a nonfactor off the bench.

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Michael Gbinije, Trevor Cooney and Malachi Richardson accounted for 48 of Syracuse’s 78 points.

We need tomorrow.

We need these days of prep before we go to St. John’s to recover.

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53.3 percent

78 percent

46.7 percent

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women’s basketball

Grant shows 3-point stroke early in season for Orange

By Paul Schwedelson asst. copy editor

Abby Grant was rusty. She missed her first shot.

Then the second. But as former Syracuse assistant coach Kelley Gibson kept watching, Grant, then in high school, showed the collegiate potential she had from 3-point land, hitting her next four in a row.

“Don’t panic when you first see her, the first couple times she shoots the ball,” Hillsman recalled Gibson saying after she watched Grant on a recruiting trip. “She’ll get it going.”

When the Orange played in Europe in August, Grant was rusty again. But the incoming freshman regained the confidence she had in high school and proved to her new teammates that she could eventually succeed senior Brianna Butler as SU’s primary 3-point option.

It’s that same trigger-happy approach that Grant has brought into No. 19 Syracuse’s (5-2) young season. She’s racked up a 39.3-percent field-goal percentage from beyond the arc and only attempted one 2-pointer this season. Grant’s averaging under eight minutes per game, but her 3-point efficiency has led her to rank second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in points per 40 minutes, according to WBBState.com.

“Her coming in as a freshman hitting shots four or five steps behind the 3-point line and knocking them down, even contested ones,” Butler said.

“I definitely knew from that standpoint she was

going to come in and be big for us.”

Hillsman said there shouldn’t be any learning curve for Grant. Three-point shooting doesn’t require any learned skills. She simply has to do the same thing she did in high school.

Catch the ball and shoot the ball. “(Hillsman) tells me everyday, ‘Shoot the ball, shoot the ball,’” Grant said. “He’s kind of drilled it in me.”

Against Morgan State on Nov. 23, Hillsman lifted three fingers into the air and marched up and down the Syracuse sideline whenever Grant hit a 3.

Against Fordham on Nov. 28, Grant’s backto-back 3s in the third quarter pushed the Orange’s lead to nine in a 22-point win.

“I just tell her to run to where she feels comfortable shooting the ball,” Hillsman said. “… Her learning curve might be having a coach that says every time you touch the ball, you have to shoot it.”

Now that Butler has seen Grant’s potential manifest in game situations, she said she thinks Grant will eventually break her record. In Butler’s first seven games, she went 8-of-27 from deep, three less makes and only one fewer attempt than Grant.

In high school, Grant’s job was the same as it is now and it’s not an accident that she’s been SU’s most productive freshman this season.

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CAVITY FILLER

Orange fills voids in win over ‘Gate

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

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he ball appeared to be firmly in Dajuan Coleman’s grasp before it slipped out and bounced between his legs. He’d just fallen for a David Krmpotich pump fake but temporarily corralled the miss before Krmpotich scooped the ball off the hardwood for an uncontested layup.

Only 26 seconds were off the clock and Syracuse’s Achilles heel in its two losses was already rearing its head.

“We obviously are aware of the fact that we need to rebound the ball a lot better,” freshman Tyler Lydon said.

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Number of rebounds Colgate and Syracuse each grabbed on Tuesday despite SU having a size advantage

The exciting brand of Syracuse basketball that Jim Boeheim advertised was bogged down on Tuesday by a deadlocked rebounding tally. Syracuse, 32, a physically inferior Colgate team, 32.

The Orange sunk 14 3s, the brand’s most attractive side, but a rebounding struggle against the Raiders made a blowout seem like not so much of one. Syracuse (7-2) cruised to a 78-51 win over the Raiders (2-6) in the Carrier Dome for Mike Hopkins’ first win as interim head coach, but the urgency is starting to rise for a team already thin down low.

“Especially when you play teams that shoot 28 3-pointers, there’s going be a lot of long rebounds, a lot of hustle rebounds,” Hopkins said, “and they beat us to those balls today.”

In an eight-point overtime loss to Wisconsin on Wednesday, Syracuse suffered its biggest deficit on the glass in five years. Six-foot-8, 235-pound Nigel Hayes and 6-foot-9, 230-pound Ethan Happ tortured SU to the tune of a 26-rebound advantage for the Badgers.

The Orange lost the battle on the boards again in a seven-point loss to Georgetown on Saturday, as 6-foot-7, 250-pound Marcus Derrickson grabbed 10 boards and 7-foot, 275-pound Bradley Hayes chipped in eight. see colgate page 14

TYLER LYDON (20) rises up for a rebound against Colgate on Tuesday night. Despite a 78-51 win, the Orange and the Raiders tied with 32 rebounds each. hannah wagner staff photographer

men’s soccer

Position switch provides benefits for Nanco, SU

By Jon Mettus asst. web editor

Seattle’s Alex Roldan streaked down the right side of the field, behind the Syracuse back line, and into open space in front of the Orange’s 18-yard box.

As Seattle forward Michael Roberts fed a pass to Roldan, Syracuse forward Chris Nanco overtook Roldan from behind and used his body to shield his opponent from the ball before SU goalie Hendrik Hilpert could run out and scoop it up.

Shafer will be DC at Maryland

By Matt Schneidman

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“Well done, Chris,” head coach Ian McIntyre yelled from the sideline. “Good job.”

Nanco is usually praised for his attacking ability rather than his defensive prowess. He leads Syracuse with 64 shots on the season and is often the fastest down the sideline for the Orange attack.

But in the last two games, Nanco has had to sacrifice his attacking role in favor of a more defensive midfield spot — something he’s done just a handful of times this season. The switch makes

Syracuse (16-5-3, 3-4-1 Atlantic Coast) more athletic in the midfield, McIntyre said, and helps it shut down other teams’ threatening players as the Orange continues its run into the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.

“Chris has that ability to play a couple different roles for us and he has the athleticism, that energy that really can unbalance teams,” McIntyre said.

During Nanco’s first two seasons, the Orange had a versatile midfield, he said, including Nick see nanco page 14

Former Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer will be the defensive coordinator at Maryland, a source confirmed to The Daily Orange on Tuesday afternoon. Sports Illustrated’s Thayer Evans first reported the news.

Syracuse Director of Athletics Mark Coyle fired Shafer on Nov. 23 and hired former Bowling Green head coach Dino Babers this past weekend.

Shafer’s firing came five days before the Orange’s season finale against Boston College, a game that SU won, 20-17, on a 36-yard game-winning field goal by Cole Murphy as time expired. Shafer was carried off the field by seniors Rob Trudo and Nick Robinson, and emotionally addressed the media for the final time after the game with his wife, Missy, and two children in attendance.

New Maryland head coach D.J. Durkin was the defensive coordinator at Michigan this season under Jim Harbaugh.

Harbaugh hired Shafer as an associate head coach at Stanford in 2007. Shafer served as the Cardinal’s defensive coordinator while Durkin served as the team’s defensive line coach.

Former Virginia head coach Mike London, who was fired after this season as well, wwill reportedly join the Maryland staff as well. London will serve as the associate head coach and defensive line coach.

In Shafer’s three seasons at Syracuse, he compiled a 14-23 record, with the Orange only winning seven of its last 24 games. Before being the head coach at SU, Shafer was the defensive coordinator at Syracuse and served in defensive roles at each of the six schools he coached at prior.

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