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A Syracuse Common Councilor proposed on Wednesday a new policy that would establish stricter inspection requirements for rental properties in the city.

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Conservative columnist Brandon Ross explains why he thinks New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to walk the walk when it comes to cutting state spending.

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One month into Ben Walsh’s term as Syracuse mayor, leaders in the city’s Latinx community discuss what he needs to do to best serve city residents.

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Syracuse lost in a low-scoring affair to Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Wednesday night despite picking up its first ACC road win on the previous trip.

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South Side program to launch

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

An organization operated by Syracuse University’s business school is expected to launch a new entrepreneurship program for womenand minority-owned businesses this month.

The program, called a Business Growth Accelerator, would be managed by the South Side Innovation Center, a communitybased business hub located in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management operates the SSIC.

BEN WALSH, Syracuse’s new mayor, delivered a “state of the city” address Wednesday at Fowler High School’s PSLA. During the speech, Walsh said Syracuse will work with the private sector to embrace drone technology. dan lyon contributing photographer

“Something like this, that is actually going to focus on women … that is tremendous, and is well-needed.”

Latoya Allen

Mayor details economic development initiatives

3 takeaways from Walsh’s state of the city speech

By Jordan Muller

By Daniel Strauss

yracuse Mayor Ben Walsh addressed economic development plans and the city’s looming structural operating deficit in his first “state of the city” address on Wednesday.

Walsh, in an auditorium at Fowler High School’s PSLA, said Syracuse would embrace drone technology, prepare for major infrastructure projects and work with county officials and the private sector, moving forward.

The speech was Walsh’s second major address since his public inauguration on Jan. 6.

As Syracuse runs a $16.5 million deficit this fiscal year, Walsh said the city will be challenged to raise money as traditional revenue sources remain stagnant or dry up.

The city’s “rainy day” fund, which at one point totaled nearly $70 million, is currently keeping the city from insolvency, Walsh said. But the mayor added that the fund could be gone in two years.

State aid — the city’s second largest revenue source — has

yracuse Mayor Ben Walsh on Wednesday gave an address to a packed auditorium at Fowler High School’s PSLA, providing several updates on ongoing economic development initiatives as part of a “state of the city” speech.

He also acknowledged concerns about a possible option for the Interstate 81 replacement project, detailed vocational training possibilities for local students and announced recommendations made by a public safety committee formed during his transition into office.

Here are three key takeaways from his speech:

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Walsh, in his speech Wednesday night, acknowledged concerns of several suburban towns surrounding Syracuse in regards to the I-81 project.

The I-81 viaduct, which bisects the city, was expected to reach the end of its useful life in 2017. The New York State see takeaways page 6

The financial reality we confront is precarious ... none of us can live this way, and neither can the city.

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El Java Abdul-Qadir, director of the SSIC and an SU employee, said the program is expected to launch during the week of Feb. 12.

SU could improve its support and retention of regional entrepreneurs, said Mike Haynie, the university’s vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, in an interview with The Daily Orange this past fall.

Start-up companies affiliated with SU, in Fiscal Year 2015-16, generated about $1 million in additional income throughout central New York, according to a consultant’s study detailing the university’s economic impact published earlier this academic year.

That’s just the equivalent of 11 jobs, according to the report.

“We have a remarkable entrepreneurial culture at this university. But the reason why that number is so low is they’re not starting businesses in central New York,” Haynie said. He was specifically referencing students.

Bea González, the university’s vice president for community engagement, said in an email she’s excited about the new BGA program with the SSIC. In the interview with Haynie, González said SU was having “conversations” with the SSIC and CenterState CEO about expanding “entrepreneurial fabric” on the South Side. CenterState CEO is a see south

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Community policing Mayor Ben Walsh is working on a campaign promise to improve community policing.

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Policy review SU officials are reviewing the university’s accessibility policies and practices.

See Monday’s paper

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state news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening in New York right now.

SLIPPERY ROADS More than 70 car accidents were reported in Onondaga County on Wednesday in a 90-minute period as snow fell in the area.

Between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., 74 crashes and disabled vehicles were reported to the county 911 dispatcher. source: syracuse.com

KATKO FINE United States Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus), the representative of the area including Onondaga County, was uninjured in a train crash Wednesday. The train derailed after hitting a truck in Virginia. It had multiple Republican members of Congress on board. source: syracuse.com

PRISON TABLETS

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Every inmate in a New York state prison will receive a free tablet for educational content, eBooks, music, communication with family and friends and airing grievances.

The tablets came as part of a deal with JPay, and no state funds will go toward the tablets.

SU appoints director of Renée Crown program

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BEN WALSH, Syracuse’s mayor, addressed more than 150 people packed into Fowler High School’s PSLA auditorium Wednesday night.

Walsh said a task force is analyzing whether certain vocational programs could be used by middle school students in the Syracuse City School District. The mayor met with Fowler students before the speech. dan lyon contributing photographer

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Syracuse University announced on Wednesday the appointment of the Renée Crown University Honors Program’s new director.

Danielle Taana Smith, a professor of sociology and the Honors Program director at the TAANA SMITH Rochester Institute of Technology, will lead the Renée Crown program for an initial appointment of five years, with a formal review at three years.

Civil and environmental engineering professor Chris Johnson has been the interim honors program director since July 2016. Stephen

Kuusisto, the previous director, stepped down after a five-year term.

“I look forward to the challenges ahead and to working with University partners and the larger Syracuse community,” Smith said in an SU News release issued Wednesday.

Smith will also hold a faculty appointment as a professor in the department of African American studies.

A committee of several distinguished professors was formed to search for a new director, and that search was expected to last well into the fall 2017 semester. Public forums were held as candidates interviewed for the job.

In an interview this past September, Johnson said he was “giving it some thought,” as to whether he would apply for the permanent

position. He eventually did, and was a finalist for the position. He participated in a public forum on Nov. 30, 2017. Smith participated in a public forum on Dec. 8, 2017.

A third finalist, professor of history and director of the Honors Program at Concordia University Chicago David Settje, withdrew from consideration for personal reasons, the university announced.

Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian studies from Dartmouth College; a master of business administration from Saint Martin’s College; and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of South Carolina.

The new director’s expertise include gender studies, population studies and global health and development, according to the press release.

Among other awards, in 2016 Smith was named an Erasmus+ exchange scholar, faculty of pedagogy and social work at Liepaja University in Latvia, per the news release. Erasmus+ is a European Union student exchange program for educational programs across the continent.

“Danielle will further distinguish the honors program as a key component of advancing the University’s academic goals,” said Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, in the news release. “She has an impressive record of success as a scholar, teacher and administrator, and she has an obvious passion for challenging and inspiring students to strive for intellectual excellence.” sfogozal@syr.edu |@Sam13783

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Code inspections proposal could affect tenants

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A man from Delaware County who won $1 million from the New York Lottery died just weeks after winning the prize. He was a self-employed carpenter, and is survived by his girlfriend, mother, two sisters and four brothers. source: new york upstate

CINEMA ANNIVERSARY Manlius Art Cinema will turn 100 years old this year, making it the oldest movie house in Onondaga County. The cinema shows one film on weeknights, and has a matinee showing on weekends.

Currently, it only has five parttime staffers. source: syracuse.com

CENTER CLOSURE The Syracuse Community Health Center Inc. could close three patient centers if it does not receive funding from a federal grant. The closures would cause the company to lay off 75 workers. The grant the company relies on expired last year. source: central new york business journal

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Syracuse’s Common Council on Monday will consider passing stricter inspection requirements for rental properties in the city, which could affect homes in the University Hill neighborhood.

Councilor-at-large Khalid Bey proposed a resolution during a Wednesday study session that would allow the code enforcement department to conduct interior inspections of rentals, when requested by the landlord or occupant, or ordered by a judge.

A similar proposal, also proposed by Bey, failed to pass in 2016 after five councilors voted against it. Three of those councilors, Joseph Carni, Chad Ryan and Susan Boyle, still hold positions on the council.

Bey on Wednesday was quick to point out that two items councilors objected in his 2016 proposal had been cut from the new proposal. Those provisions included an increase in the rental registry cost and an exemption for religious institutions.

Included in the new proposal, though, are periodic inspections

for one- and two-family rentals.

Bey said the new inspections rules would help crackdown on landlords who are “serially negligent.” The councilor said it’s up to a judge to decide when a landlord has, “dropped the ball.”

Rentals with three or more families are already subject to periodic inspections, said Ken Towsley, director of the city’s code enforcement.

Councilor Joseph Carni, of the 1st district, immediately objected to Bey’s proposal Wednesday, citing reasons for his original opposition to the

2016 proposal.

“How is that different from what we currently do?” Carni said of Bey’s proposal. The city already allows interior inspections that are done when requested by the occupant, Carni said.

Towsley said code enforcement department does not actively pursue warrants to inspect the insides of rentals, nor does it have probable cause to enter a rental based on its exterior.

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HARASSMENT POLICY The New York State Senate’s new anti-sexual harassment policy includes a clause that reads: “Reporting a false complaint is a serious act.” Andrea Stewart-Cousins of the Senate’s Democratic conference said the clause could intimidate victims from speaking out. StewartCousins said she was not involved in discussions about the policy. source: the philadelphia tribune

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Cuomo’s focus needs to be on cutting state spending

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hen President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo did the only thing he knows how: unjustly go on the attack.

In response to the bill, Cuomo signed an executive order allowing BRANDON New Yorkers ROSS to prepay FACTS ARE their 2018 STUBBORN property taxes.

THINGS It’s a smart move that could save residents money, but it’s also a solution that only works once. Cuomo has no long-term solution. Instead of attacking the federal bill, the governor must change his approach and focus on fixing Albany’s finances so he can ease the burden on his constituents.

Cuomo announced his participation in a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the tax bill, claiming it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by taxing Democrats at a higher rate than Republicans. In theory it sounds enticing, but legally speaking, it’s a hard case to make, given that everyone is still taxed in the same way under federal law.

Leonard Berman, a professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University who specializes in federal tax policy, said he’s in touch with lawyers who think the lawsuit is doomed to fail.

“From the lawyers I’ve talked to, it’s extremely unlikely that he [Cuomo] would prevail,” he said.

Not only that, but the states most affected by the bill are heavily represented by Democrats at the federal level. Of the 20 senators in the 10 states with the highest tax burdens,

only one — the moderate Susan Collins of Maine — is Republican. But state and local taxes are issued by state and local governments, which senators take no part in.

Of those 10 states, four currently have Republican governors and nine have had Republican governors in the last decade. While heavily blue states tend to have higher state taxes, many of these states have had the problem of high taxation persist under Republican leadership as well, sinking Cuomo’s claim.

Wasting time on a helpless lawsuit does nothing for Cuomo in helping New York state. To find the best solution, Cuomo should simply take a look in the mirror and recognize the fact that he hasn’t driven the state off the fiscal cliff is almost entirely a matter of luck. With New York facing a $4 billion budget deficit, Cuomo must do something he hasn’t done yet: cut spending.

Cutting spending is the only way Cuomo can feasibly afford to ease the tax burden on New Yorkers, but this is obviously something he doesn’t want to do. He can’t afford to be portrayed as anything but progressive if he hopes to have a chance in his doomed-to-fail 2020 presidential campaign. But more than 1 million New Yorkers have left the state since 2010, and the cost of living in New York might have something to do with that.

Governor, forget challenging the tax bill, and forget 2020. If you don’t do anything to ease the burden of taxation on your constituents in light of the bill, you won’t have the support to make it that far.

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Giving LGBTQ students a voice is key Syracuse University is holding public forums this week in its search for a new director of the LGBT Resource Center, rightfully offering LGBTQ community members a seat at the table on a decision that will influence student life at SU. Student support offices — especially those that back marginalized communities — must be properly staffed to cultivate an inclusive and safe campus environment.

By giving candidates a public platform to present ideas for the future of the center, students can help secure a leader who is committed to them for the long term.

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attempt to promote a stronger relationship between the center and the campus body it’ll serve. Because when it comes to representation, it’s important SU speaks alongside its LGBTQ students — not for them.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board serves as the voice of the organization and aims to contribute the perspectives of students to discussions that concern Syracuse University and the greater Syracuse community.

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isser, a candidate for the position and current director of Colgate University’s LGBT initiatives, delivered a presentation Tuesday that addressed the need for greater inclusivity of LGBTQ people of color on college campuses.

Samuel Neil Byrd, another candidate, will present Thursday in the E.S. Bird Library.

Ultimately, the new director will step into a critical role for a student center that’s stretched thin after losing the leadership of Tiffany Gray, who served as associate director of the center from 2012-14 and as director since fall 2015.

The transparency of SU’s search process is an encouraging

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Universities plan to work together on water research

By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF on Wednesday announced plans to further collaborate on research projects related to water and sustainability.

The effort will include initial investment on collaborative projects focusing on water, and will expand to include a partnership on a visiting lecture series and sustainability research.

New themes for collaboration may be agreed on annually, according to an SU News release.

Both universities already support waterrelated research initiatives. The Education from page 1

speech not increased with inflation and city expenses, Walsh said. And Destiny USA will receive its final expansion fee payment in March, putting a “big hole” in Syracuse’s next budget, the mayor added.

“None of us can live this way, and neither can the city,” Walsh said.

The mayor on Wednesday said the city will “reinvigorate” its participation in a Shared Services Initiative that was created by Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney. That plan is estimated to cut local government costs by streamlining some city of Syracuse and Onondaga County functions under joint oversight.

Former Mayor Stephanie Miner frequently clashed with Mahoney throughout her time in office. But Walsh said his team has met with county representatives more than a dozen times since the start of the year. from page 1

takeaways Department of Transportation is considering different options as to how to replace the aging overpass, which is crumbling in some spots.

Walsh has long been a supporter of a community grid option for the highway. That option would redirect interstate traffic east around the city on Interstate 481 and cost an estimated $1.3 billion.

Suburban officials have previously said they do not support the grid option, fearing that it could harm their communities and the greater Syracuse area as a whole, with less traffic moving through the city’s center.

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south side chamber of commerce organization based in Syracuse.

Samantha Brennan, a secretary at the SSIC, recently said González had stopped by the offices to discuss the new program.

Latoya Allen, the city’s common councilor of the 4th district, said on Wednesday she hadn’t heard of the BGA program, but thought it was a good idea. The 4th district includes most of the South Side and University Hill.

There are lots of single mothers in the area, Allen said. They can be penalized at jobs, if they have to leave to take care of their children, she said. Single parents running their own businesses as entrepreneurs, however, can make their own schedules in a flexible way, Allen said.

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proposal it’s a tenant complaint, and if it’s a tenant complaint, we’re already in there,” Towsley said.

Councilor Joe Driscoll, of the 5th district, asked Towsley if an environmental impact study would give the city probable cause to do an interior inspection.

In 2006, Rochester implemented a “lead law” that allowed city inspectors to enter

Model Program on Water-Energy Research, which launched in 2016 with a $3 million fund from the National Science Foundation, focuses on water and energy cycle research.

SU’s graduate-level training initiative also offers mentoring, field experiences, science communication training and interdisciplinary coursework.

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is one of two lead institutions involved in a SUNYwide water research initiative, according to the release. It also participates in a water research consortium of more than 130 universities and international organizations. In the last decade,

a coalition of more than 25 faculty have secured NSF grants, introduced an annual graduate seminar in hydrology and biogeochemistry and developed an undergraduate minor.

As part of the new partnership, SU will also expand participation in the New York Great Lakes Consortium, a multi-institution collaboration administered at SUNY-ESF. Collaboration with the consortium will open up grant opportunities for SU faculty and provide funding support for student scholarship, according to the release.

Cathryn Newton, SU’s provost for faculty engagement and a special adviser to Chancellor Kent Syverud, has been working to identify

areas of collaboration with SUNY-ESF that align with SU’s Academic Strategic Plan.

“The faculty, staff and students of Syracuse and ESF together form a rich brain trust that offers great potential for the future of each institution,” Newton said in a statement.

Newton, Syverud and SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly will appoint an advisory committee to propose themes for future collaboration between SU and SUNYESF. SUNY-ESF will form a similar committee.

The advisory groups are expected to be appointed by mid-February, according to the release.

“I won’t even tell you how many texts I’ve received from the county executive herself,” Walsh said.

A Fiscal Summit Advisory Committee, convened in partnership with Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will soon begin monthly meetings. The committee’s draft recommendations are expected to be released in early fall 2018, and the first recommendations will be implemented in the city’s 2019 city budget, Walsh said.

“I spoke to Chancellor Syverud yesterday, and he offered his strong support for the city,” the mayor said.

The mayor and his team have also met with federal and state officials, including New York Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Walsh said.

As the city prepares for future infrastructure projects, Walsh said the city has an “obligation”

to find contractors and a diverse workforce.

The mayor announced “Syracuse Build,” an economic program that would train local workers with the construction skills needed for building projects, including the redevelopment of sections of the East Adams Neighborhood near the I-81 viaduct.

“We will also employ similar approaches for related opportunities in business, health, food and retail services,” Walsh said.

A bike-share program will be coming to Syracuse in the next few months, Walsh said.

With assistance from a volunteer group called the Syracuse Bikeshare Commission, the city will select a bike supplier in the spring.

Walsh also announced the creation of a city performance management system called the Office of Accountability, Performance and Innovation, which he said will drive “continuous improvement in quality, customerfocused city services.” The office’s meetings will be open to the public.

He also detailed other economic initiatives.

Syracuse’s Innovation Team, formed in 2015 with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, will continue to seek recommendations on focus projects. The team’s next priority area will be selected by the mayor by the end of February, he said.

Drones, the mayor said, will “create an explosion of job opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math.” Walsh said Syracuse will soon be the largest city in the United States covered by the infrastructure and software necessary to fly drones for commercial use.

The mayor said his team has already met with leaders of that initiative, including private sector employers.

“Our journey will go faster if the businesses and institutions of our great city get behind us and push us along, investing their resources here in our city, opening their doors to the rich talent pool here in our community,” Walsh said.

in any way,” Walsh said.

He also acknowledged that Destiny USA, a large mall on the northern edge of the city, has voiced concerns about a grid rebuild option.

Walsh, though, again reaffirmed his support for the grid.

Walsh said.

As of 2014, there were six CTE programs in the district, Walsh said, but there are also 26 proposed programs from industries including cybersecurity, computer forensics and electrical trades.

The city currently has a task force looking into whether CTE programs could be used for local middle school students’ curriculum, Walsh said.

than 20 ideas to help improve public safety in Syracuse, the mayor said. Those recommendations also include creating recreational and job opportunities for teenagers, Walsh said.

The mayor also better detailed the national search for a police chief replacement. Frank Fowler, the current Syracuse Police Department chief, is planning to retire at the end of the year. Walsh said he expects a new chief to be hired in November.

“We expect the public engagement phase to run from February through April. With that input, we intend to define the characteristics and requirements of our next chief in May,” Walsh said.

“The search will be conducted between June and October, considering candidates both here in our community and around the country.”

Vocational training

Walsh also highlighted the Syracuse City School District’s career and technical education programs, known as CTEs. Some students have the opportunity to earn college credits or obtain an associate’s degree through Onondaga Community College, Walsh said.

“The Syracuse City School District has (CTEs) that are so robust and so rigorous that they are the envy of suburban school districts throughout the state of New York,”

Public safety

Walsh announced that recommendations provided by a public safety committee established during his transition into office includes an assessment of the Citizen Review Board process. The Citizen Review Board focuses on police accountability.

In total, the committee has detailed more

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preneurship can help single mothers and fathers “parent 100 percent” and still successfully run a business.

“Something like this, that is actually going to focus on women … that is tremendous, and is well-needed,” Allen said.

The BGA program is being funded by a $150,000 grant over a two-year period from New York state’s Empire State Development, an umbrella organization for two other public-benefit corporations. ESD can also award tax credits, among other things.

“The real goal of that program is to assist businesses on the ‘growth path,’” Abdul-Qadir said of the BGA. A growth path is a developing business that’s finding its footing, AbdulQadir said.

To qualify for the BGA, which has already started accepting applications for assistance, Abdul-Qadir said a minority and/or women-owned business must make

“anywhere between $100,000 and $3 million,” be on a growth path and have a minimum of two employees.

It’s a unique program, Abdul-Qadir said.

Participants in the BGA will have access to information, capital and different “networks” to help businesses with “growing pains,” the director said.

Entrepreneurship programs have become a key promotional tool at SU. Whitman’s department of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises ranks 13th nationwide, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best College listing.

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families runs a small-business management training program for veterans with disabilities, called the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans.

“I’m gonna always say they can do more,” Allen said of SU’s outreach in Syracuse,

though. “Only because of the capacity of the university, and all of the different departments that they have, all of the talent that they have there, they can always do more.

Not just at the center, but within our communities in general.”

Allen said the SSIC is good to have on the South Side, but thinks people have to be educated more about what the hub is.

“As SSIC, I’d say we’re an extension of the university in the community,” AbdulQadir said. “I’m a Syracuse University employee. Just the fact that we … are down here, in a building, offering programs out of our flagship entrepreneurship program up at SU. We are the university.

“From wherever I stand in the city of Syracuse, I can see a Syracuse University building.”

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“An environmental impact study should be performed with the lead issue we do have in the city,” Towsley said. He added that an assumption of the presence of lead would allow inspectors to enter homes.

Bey clarified that the proposal was not solely about the city’s lead issue.

“Yes, lead is an issue, but you also have houses that are exposed to the elements,” Bey said. “You have houses that are rodent-

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Bey said he once got a call from one of his constituents who was distraught because they wanted to call code enforcement, but feared retaliation from their landlord.

When Councilor Latoya Allen, of the 4th district, asked about possible pushback due to the proposal, Towsley said, in addition to the issue of probable cause, the code enforcement department would have to re-allocate its resources to handle the amount of new required inspections.

The code enforcement department currently handles more than 70,000 inspections each year with 25 inspectors, Towsley said. If all the tenants of the city’s oneand two-family homes requested interior inspections, the department would have to do an additional 8,500 inspections, he said.

Without reaching a consensus on the proposal Wednesday, councilors decided to further discuss the topic in a session sometime next week.

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‘NEW OPPORTUNITY’ Local leaders explain how Mayor Ben Walsh can build relationships with Syracuse’s Latinx community

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n the night of Nov. 7, 2017, a Democratic Latina candidate trailed just 2 percentage points behind an independent in the Syracuse mayoral race.

In the months prior to election night, Ben Walsh was behind Juanita Perez Williams by about 7 percentage points in most polls, but he made history that night, defeating Perez Williams in the general election to become the city’s second mayor unaffiliated with a major political party.

Perez Williams’ win would have made her the first woman of color to lead Syracuse, a city that in 2015, had the highest concentration of black and Hispanic people in poverty among the country’s 100 biggest metropolitan areas, according to The Century Foundation. For some members of Syracuse’s Latinx community, the opportunity to elect a public officer who could echo their voices has not yet been achieved. And so several Latinx leaders in central New York have a simple message for Walsh, a month after his inauguration: Listen to the voices that want to be heard.

Jose Perez, a lawyer with offices in Syracuse, Roches-

ter and Buffalo, said he was surprised on election night when the polls ended up being “wrong.” To him, Perez Williams’ loss reflected the city’s desire for change.

“It’s just a matter of people looking for a different type of person. People are just fed up with the two parties,” he said.

People in the community want to know that they have an elected official that can meet their needs.

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Perez came to the United States from Venezuela in 2002 and has practiced law independently in Syracuse since 2012 as one of the area’s Latino law professionals. Among other issues, he is involved with immigration litigation.

In November, Perez spoke to The Daily Orange about the need to have someone in power who would listen to all

community members amid the “Trump-fueled new wave of racism,” which he said is increasingly prevalent. He pointed to the growing numbers of Cuban refugees from Florida and of Latinx people on the city’s Westside.

“People in the community want to know that they have an elected official that can meet their needs,” Perez said.

Elisa Morales, executive director at the Spanish Action League — La Liga — echoed that sentiment.

“For many administrations, the (Latinx) community has felt a bit forsaken,” she said. “This is a new opportunity to be able to give the people that open doors to know that they can voice their concerns and that they’re going to be heard.”

Morales, a former La Liga client, has been executive director of the organization since March 2017. She previously served as a volunteer, staff member and board member for the group. Perez Williams also serves on La Liga’s board of directors.

Morales, a native of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, said central New York has seen a steady influx of Puerto Ricans seeking refuge, both from the recent financial crisis and Hurricane Maria. She said she doesn’t foresee that trend see leadership page 10

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Artist’s multimedia exhibit pushes past conventions

By Amy Nakamura design editor

For Trevor Clement, it’s more than possible to turn trash into treasure.

Clement’s artistic style embraces complexity, using materials like CLEMENT old cardboard to immerse his audience in his world.

After having his work featured in art shows in Norway, France and across

the United States, his first solo show, “Blood from Four Wounds,” will be on view at the SPARK Art Space at 1009 E. Fayette St. this Saturday.

With this monthly one-night-only installation, he aims to immerse people in a diverse world of both chaos and individuality. The first installment, Wound #1: “Inverted Mountain,” will be on view at SPARK Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m.

The second, third and fourth installations of Clement’s work will be shown in March, April and May, respectively.

Patrick Tuohey, co-owner of

SPARK Art Space, said he hopes Clement’s exhibit will encourage artists to participate at SPARK in 2018.

“Trevor’s installation is going to bring the community exactly what SPARK is all about: an immersive experience in which you’re super close and personal with the art,” he said.

Clement uses a combination of audio elements, a photography display and an explanatory visuals book to showcase a nontraditional art process and gallery execution.

“I’m really interested in playing with all of the senses and creating

this very encompassing aspect to the work,” Clement said. “So, dabbling in other media forms just kind of made sense to me.”

Clement plasters discarded materials on the SPARK space’s walls to “dirty” the usual clean, minimalist gallery setup, and to push the viewer to look and think beyond the photos’ frames.

While most consider cardboard to be low-end material, Clement said he enjoys the gritty, perishable qualities it holds.

“You take elements of what

works so you’re not feeling like you’re just in a gallery looking at pictures, but you’re having an experience,” he said.

Clement has a background in music, which inspired his use of ambient sounds and noises to engage the viewer completely. He spent some time working with photographer Gregory Halpern to create audio renditions of Halpern’s award-winning photobook “ZZYZX.” The skills which he developed with Halpern’s work and through some of his time as a musician have

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leadership slowing down any time soon.

“These people are seeking that American dream right here in Syracuse and Onondaga County,” Morales said. “We have to come together, and we have to pay attention to this group.”

She said these additions to the community are potential voters.

“As this community continues to grow, I think that all legislators should be paying attention,” she said. “What (legislators) do today is going to impact what these citizens do tomorrow.”

So far, the way Morales sees it, Walsh is off to a good start. She met Walsh when he was mayorelect and said she got a strong sense that he has a heart for the Latinx community. Walsh has been supportive of La Liga’s efforts in Syracuse, and from page 9

installation been translated into Clement’s installation and own artist book.

In his artist book — a black handmade cardboard case filled with booklets of photographs from the exhibit — Clement shifts from exploring nature to analyzing urbanization. The title of the first installation and artist book, “Inverted Mountain,” nods to the idea of Purgatory in Dante’s “Inferno.” In the epic, Dante identifies Purgatory as a physical mountain one must climb to reach Heaven.

Clement mentions that the same idea of finding a mythical place comes through when thinking about the Western frontier.

“The title of the artist book is ‘Inverted Mountain,’ so we might not necessarily be headed up toward Heaven through these concepts of purification and assimilation,” he said.

Copies of his artist book “Inverted Mountain” will be available for sale at the installation along with T-shirts and other products.

Much of the rest of Clement’s exhibition

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Morales said he’s personally donated to the cause.

Morales said the mayor plans to do a segment on La Liga’s radio program, giving him a direct line through which he can reach Latinx people in the city and vice versa.

“I have high hopes that as we continue on this journey, we will continue together,” she said.

Silvio Torres-Saillant, a Dominican professor of English at Syracuse University and co-founder of La Casita Cultural Center, said efforts like the radio program will be essential to Walsh’s success. Unlike Perez Williams, Walsh must take a necessary step to have an effect on the Latinx community, TorresSaillant said.

“Her winning would have made the attention that that community needs automatic, in a sense,” he said. “She (wouldn’t have needed) to learn or discover that community. One hopes (Walsh) will then do the homework

that is necessary to figure out how he can make a difference for the better.”

Torres-Saillant said he thinks some of the Walsh administration’s most important homework will be to get to know its stakeholdPEREZ ers — and not just the typical ones like public officers and organization heads.

“Who are the Latinos in health? In academia? In public school systems? In business?

Look at all these sectors,” he said.

Jason Nova, a program coordinator at SU’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, discussed the potential partnerships Walsh could have at SU. Nova refers to the university as “the heart and soul of Syracuse” — where 25 percent of the student population in fall 2016 was people of color, according to the most recent diversity statistics on SU’s website.

will be improvised. The first show, “Inverted Mountain,” and the fourth show will have some of the same elements and connections throughout its installation, he said.

But in the second show, Clement focuses on the world that wrestling creates and the characters and ideas that come from the activity.

“I really like this enclosed universe that it creates,” he said. “A lot of people like to make art about art. I don’t love, especially in artists’ statements, how they only talk about the process. I don’t want a book of instructions. I’d rather be taken on a journey outside of the world.”

The third show, titled “Blind Death,” is shown mostly in black and white photographs.

That show takes cues from the narrative of folk-rock singer Joe Fahey’s life. The main theme of the installation is growing through hardships and the past.

Tuohey said he hopes those who view Clement’s exhibit learn that understanding the arts community isn’t a daunting concept.

“This is an all-inclusive endeavor with a seat for everyone at the table,” Tuohey said.

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“To me, 25 percent of the student body is an opportunity to do something and to use (these students), especially if they’re politically driven,” Nova said, pointing to groups like Lambda Theta Alpha as an example of Latinx students practicing civic engagement.

He also mentioned students partnering with La Casita and doing volunteer work.

To Nova, the easiest way Walsh can form a relationship with students of color in the area is to address politics within the university on a smaller scale, not just speaking with senior staff members. Opening that line of communication between students and legislators is a two-way street, Nova said, but it’s an untapped resource that could give Walsh some success.

Said Perez: “We are all working together.

We should not define ourselves by party lines or different candidates. We have to unify and not divide.” cefergus@syr.edu | @ColleenEFergus2

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TERRY BURNS AND RON KRISTY met in Nashville and have since moved to Ithaca and started a family. They have been involved with the Folkus Project since 2016.

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Folk family Husband-and-wife music duo to bring blend of folk, country and bluegrass to Syracuse

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thaca-based “indie-folky-pop” band Burns and Kristy said their concerts are a time to get plugged into a different place in the world.

The band returns to Syracuse with a performance this Friday as part of the Folkus Project, an organization that brings folk music to central New York.

The concert will be held at the May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society at 8 p.m. The band is made up of husband and wife duo Terry Burns and Ron Kristy, vocalist Janet Cotraccia and Doug Robinson, guitarist, bass player and singer. Bill King and Rich DePaolo are also band members, but will be absent from the Groundhog Day performance.

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The couple described their sound as eclectic, acoustic and vocal-oriented — their acts are a “variety show.”

“There’s a lot of banter and talking, there’s more than just singing and listening to songs,” Burns said. “It’s a little bit of a variety show because (we) have some songs that are ‘stone cold country’ and then some that are a little bit bluegrass-y and then some that are pop — you

know of that sort, but the combination with our sound makes it work.”

Kristy knew he wanted to make music ever since he was in high school, he said.

“I started playing guitar and playing piano, I’m self-taught, and I just loved doing that and I never thought I would do anything else and I never have,” he said. “It’s always been just my total passion.”

Before forming the band, his music was featured on shows including “20/20,” “Good Morning America” and “Dancing with the Stars.”

Burns was also introduced to music at a young age. Born to a musical family, she said her mother, who was a singer, always had music playing around the house.

“I was in musicals growing up and constantly singing to something and was obsessed with songs, and then I eventually became a songwriter,” she said.

Before forming a band with her husband, Burns recorded music with her siblings under the name “The Burns Sisters.” She has also worked on independent projects, and her music has been featured on TV shows such as “The Fosters” and “Who Wants to Marry My Dad?” The couple, now based in Ithaca, wed 14 years ago after meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. They moved to New York when they had their first child, and after making music independently for years, they “naturally evolved” into a band in 2011, Burns said.

Burns and Kristy got involved with the Folkus Project after hearing about the organization at the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance. They also

gained exposure in the Syracuse area after sending their CD to host Larry Hoyt of WAER, who has played a few of their songs, Burns said.

The band first performed with the Folkus Project in 2016 and said they are looking forward to reconnecting with the Syracuse community.

“We’re just looking forward to playing new songs for everybody and some of the older stuff too,” Burns said.

The Folkus Project, which was started in fall 2000, is a not-for-profit organization run entirely by volunteers. Steve Pfanenstiel, the publicity director of the Folkus Project, became involved with the organization two and a half years ago.

“There is so little live music now,” Pfanenstiel said. “A lot of the bars, they no longer do music, they no longer do open mics. So it seems like there’s just fewer and fewer venues that do live music. So, it’s just important to get that live music into the area.”

The project usually has 16 shows a year, which is split into two seasons — from September to December and from January to May, said Pfanenstiel. The shows are mostly held at the May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society on East Genesee Street, but if they anticipate a larger crowd, they will move to a larger venue.

To the couple, music is like another language that everyone can hear.

“Music I think goes straight through to the heart of people and what we all share, and so it’s just really a joy,” Kristy said. “That’s a big deal to us.”

Admission is $15. Tickets and more information can be found at www.folkus.org. ktsampah@syr.edu

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virginia them that.”

The empty arena, soon to be packed with thousands of fans, suddenly didn’t feel so empty. The ensuing night, in front of a hostile Badger crowd, the Cavaliers defeated Wisconsin 60-54. Using the pack line defense, UVA held the Badgers to just 38 percent shooting.

Now ranked No. 2 in the nation, the Cavaliers (15-7, 4-5 Atlantic Coast) travel to the Carrier Dome on Saturday afternoon looking to continue its nine-game unbeaten run in conference play when it takes on middle-ofthe-pack Syracuse (21-1, 10-0) The defense, along with Bennett’s five pillars, has propelled Virginia from a middling ACC team to a consistent conference powerhouse and national championship contender.

The five pillars — humility, passion, unity, thankfulness and servanthood — have established the culture at UVA for nearly a decade.

Like the pack line defense, Bennett learned the pillars from his father. Now, those pillars are posted in the Virginia locker room. “(Dick Bennett) told Coach Bennett that if you’re going to use them, you have live by them,” said Jontel Evans, a former player for Bennett and the Cavaliers from 2009-13. “It just becomes a part of you, it means so much from page 16

washington Washington spelled Battle and Howard, who lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in minutes per game played, and both guards have previously spoken of the enormity of Washington’s minutes in a rough conference schedule. Washington was injured at practice on Monday. While running during a drill, he fell and laid on the ground for more than five minutes, a team source told The Daily Orange.

On Tuesday, Washington left the trainer’s room during practice on crutches with a large brace on his right leg.

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more than just words.”

From the moment Bennett walked on campus, he made his vision clear to everyone. Before the team held any official practices, he hosted a seminar with his father for the players. Together, the two spent an entire week teaching his first ever recruiting class the pack line defense.

“For an hour or two every day that week, it was like a college class about the pack line,” said Thomas Rogers, who played for Bennett from 2010-14. “He doesn’t have to teach that anymore; the upperclassmen teach it to the younger guys.”

The defense is built on packing the foul line and limiting dribble penetration. One player will pressure the ball handler, while the other four defenders pack the paint. This often limits opposing teams to just one shot per possession, and a difficult, contested one at that.

Before Bennett and his defensive style arrived at Virginia, the Cavaliers were not regarded as a winning program. In the four seasons prior to Bennett’s arrival in Charlottesville, Virginia, UVA had a 64-61 overall record, and went 26-37 in the ACC with just one NCAA Tournament appearance. Since his arrival, it has been a complete reversal.

Now in his ninth year in charge, Virginia is 21-1. The Cavaliers are 209-87 overall and 98-50 in conference under Bennett.

They have two regular season conference titles and have made the NCA A tournaworked hard,” Battle said. “He was always in the gym late night shooting the ball. He’s been playing so much better, shooting the ball better as the season went on. It’s tough to see him go down like that. I wish him the best and for a speedy recovery.”

In 18 games this season, Washington averaged 1.1 points and 0.6 assists per contest.

His largest contributions were the breaks and increased ball movement he provided.

Next in line after Washington is junior transfer guard Braedon Bayer. Bayer, who received a scholarship earlier this season after Thorpe quit, came from Division III Grinnell College and has played three minutes this season.

ment five of the last six seasons.

“The brand of Virginia basketball is established,” Rogers said. “When I first got there, nothing was established.”

Today, Virginia is the vision Bennett had for the team nine years ago. No team in Division I has fewer possessions per game than the Cavaliers. The pack line defense has held then-No. 12 North Carolina to 49 points and Clemson to 36.

“It’s something we practice every single day,” redshirt senior Devon Hall said. “It becomes a habit, it’s something we go over every single day because we want to perfect it.”

Bennett may not get the same class of recruits as Duke or UNC, yet the Cavaliers have now beaten the Tar Heels five times in five seasons.

On Saturday, the Cavaliers won at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the first time since 1995.

Offensively, the Wahoos turn the ball over just 9.2 times per game, which is tied for the best in the nation. Virginia’s brand of play is not always the most exciting, but it is brutally effective.

On his first day of practice as head coach, Bennett sent a message to his incoming and current players. Evans said many older players thought they could do “whatever they wanted” with a new, young coach coming to the program.

“The first day of practice he told us ‘whoever isn’t in, there’s the door,’” Evans said. “He said he’s in this for the long haul.”

Evans and the rest of Bennett’s first recruit-

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Minutes played this season by Braedon Bayer, the next man in line after Washington’s injury

ing class bought into the program. The results were murky for the first two seasons as players from the previous staff left and Bennett brought in the players he wanted. By the third season, Virginia made an NCAA tournament appearance. And in Evans’ final game at John Paul Jones Arena, UVA stormed back from 17 points down to beat Maryland by three in overtime.

After the game, Evans broke down in tears.

While he was headed toward the tunnel, Evans was pulled back by Bennett, who embraced him.

“He gave me a big hug, and I let the tears flow,” Evans said.

When Rogers was in Charlottesville last August, Bennett invited him to dinner. Bennett showed Rogers a scroll, which listed UVA’s five pillars that have set the foundation of the program.

As a way of remembering all of the people that have made UVA’s success possible, Bennett printed all of the names of players, coaches and managers onto that scroll. It serves as a reminder of everyone who has been a part of the program.

Like the names under the floor of the Kohl Center, this scroll represents Virginia’s commitment to a culture that has defined its program for years.

“We’ve done it differently, but it’s been really effective because we have the right kind of players,” Hall said. “And the right coach.” amdabbun@syr.edu

“Braedon’s pretty good,” Boeheim said. “I should’ve probably used him tonight, the way we ended up playing. He’s not bad. He can go in and play for us here and there.”

Still, the Orange are forced to rely on another unproven presence as the schedule ratchets up in difficulty when SU needs wins, particularly on the road, most. Just when Syracuse felt comfortable with Washington, it no longer has him.

“He’s a great kid,” Howard said. “He’s going to work hard. He’s going to come back better than this. It sucks that he has to miss the rest of the season because you know how much work he puts in. We’re ready to support him.” sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

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Shkudun ‘just under 100 percent’ year after knee surgery

By David Schneidman staff writer

Two seasons ago, Anna Shkudun was Syracuse’s star. She was featured at the top of the Orange’s lineup, tallied 13 singles wins and became the first SU player since 1996 to be invited to the NCAA singles tournament before ending the season ranked 64th nationally.

The following November, Shkudun underwent left knee surgery. While SHKUDUN her teammates and coaches knew she would spend most of the upcoming season at less than 100 percent, nobody expected her to struggle like she did. The Energodar, Ukraine native spent her second year of eligibility at SU laboring through knee discomfort and registered a lowly 2-13 singles record, the worst on the team.

“My knee was bothering me so much,” Shkudun said. “I had a lot of limitations. I could not do a lot of jumps or runs, move-

ments to the side, or bend my knees a lot.”

A season later, now in her third year of eligibility, Shkudun is “just under 100 percent,” she said. But with a solidified one-two duo in Gabriela Knutson and Miranda Ramirez, she knows her time at the top of the Syracuse (3-0) lineup is likely over. Instead of worrying solely about her on-court contributions, Shkudun, a team captain, has embraced a leadership role while continuing to physically prepare herself for competition.

Still recovering from the surgery during the 2017 season, Shkudun contributed for a struggling SU team. Shkudun’s first three appearances of the 2017 season came in doubles, where she partnered with either Masha Tritou or Gabriela Knutson to tally three straight wins against Virginia, Buffalo and Brown.

Against both Brown and Virginia, Shkudun was a part of Syracuse’s only wins in the meet.

The following match against Boston College, Shkudun made her season debut in singles at the No. 1 slot. She lost, 3-6, 0-6, marking the first of 13 defeats in her next 15 singles matches. Unlike in doubles, Shkudun ran to all quadrants of the court to cover holes formerly

filled by her partner. This put additional stress on her knee and tired her out much faster than in past singles matches. Soon, Shkudun’s poor results and slow recovery began to affect her.

“It affected me a little bit mentally,” Shkudun said. “When you know that you can’t do better than your body allows, it hurts you mentally.”

While she continued to struggle in singles play, Shkudun remained steady in doubles, where she posted a 6-6 record with her primary partner, Dina Hegab. In doubles play, Shkudun stayed on the baseline, only moving side-to-side when it was absolutely necessary.

When standing still, she applied as little pressure to her left knee as possible, Shkudun said.

Hegab does not think the success of the duo was harmed by her partner’s injury. Because Shkudun stayed on the baseline and avoided moving forward or side-to-side, she played the entire match without putting too much strain on her knee.

“She never showed to me on the court that she was hurting,” Hegab said. “She didn’t take away from our confidence as a team.”

Since the Orange’s first round loss to Louisville in the ACC Tournament on April 26,

Shkudun has prepared both on her own and with SU’s training staff for her final season.

Head coach Younes Limam also named Shkudun a team captain, as he feels her experience and leadership qualities can help the team when she is not on the court, he said.

In three team matches this season, Shkudun has recorded four wins, two in doubles and two in singles. While she still experiences some minor limitations, her mobility is far better than it was last season, she said. When the Orange faced Colgate on Jan. 26, Shkudun remained on the sidelines and provided support for her teammates. During breaks in play, she approached her teammates and gave instruction.

When healthy, Anna Shkudun’s tennis ability helped her achieve something no other SU player had since 1996. Since, it has been a long, painful and frustrating journey. She’s almost back to full health. In the meantime, she’ll keep helping her team in anyway possible.

“We do believe she is going to contribute a lot,” Limam said about Shkudun. “And not just by playing.” ddschnei@syr.edu

track and field

Syracuse’s distance runners fuel up on steak, Pedialyte

By Danny Emerman staff writer

Distance runners at SU don’t have a secret nutrition plan. They don’t count calories or measure protein powder. The runners simply eat to fulfill their appetites and snack on fruits and vegetables between meals.

Justyn Knight does not track his caloric intake. Instead, he focuses on eating a normal, balanced diet.

“I’m not one of those guys who watches their calories,” Knight said. “I know my body, I know when I’m hungry, I know when I’m full before the point where I can’t move. Usually I just try to eat regular. If I’m hungry, I’ll just snack more.”

While every runner is different, common themes exist among Syracuse’s distance runners. Chow down on a big breakfast to prepare your body for a grueling day of exercise. After a hard workout, eat steak. Before a race, hydrate and refuel with electrolytes. These diets help Knight, Aiden Tooker, Paige Stoner and the rest of SU’s longhaul runners cover up to 80 to 100 miles in a given week of training.

The coaching staff generally takes a hands-off strategy on dieting because “it’s not a subject that you can really deal with in college athletics,” head coach Chris Fox said. While there are common foods he encourages all his runners to eat — especially red meat — every athlete is different.

“Someone like Justyn (Knight) or (Aidan) Tooker can probably eat a ton, because they’re little and thin and they don’t put on weight,” Fox said. “They probably need to eat a ton. Other people might need to watch themselves a little bit, from page 16

offense Tech (11-11, 4-5) on Wednesday. It was a hole created by an ineffective offense that tied a season-low by shooting 30 percent (15-for-50) and got 10 points from outside its only three scorers in sophomore guard Tyus Battle (19), freshman forward Oshae Brissett (11) and Howard (11).

This was a game Syracuse wanted badly because, it didn’t make the NCAA Tournament last season, in large part because it only won twice on the road in the ACC. Now, without such signature wins so far, the Orange also only has one road win in conference play and that was against Pittsburgh, the conference’s worst team by a wide margin.

Seemingly each timeout, a different SU player found himself on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing from his red-faced coach.

After air-balling a 15-foot jumper off an inbounds pass, it was Brissett. After allowing a wide-open corner 3 off another inbound with about a minute-and-a-half to play in the first half, it was Dolezaj. On multiple occasions, it was Chukwu, who got one for the turnover and another for losing the ball because he brought the ball down on a rebound.

“It was a bad offensive game,” he said.

because well, we don’t need a fat distance runner.”

Tooker, a sophomore, has a particular routine. On days where he has to run twice, he’ll wake up at 6:45 for his workout, then eat a mini-breakfast of oatmeal and water. He’ll then go back to sleep after his first run, before he drinks his daily coffee and wolfs down eggs and an English muffin.

Knight and Stoner also consume big meals to start their days. Knight prefers three scrambled eggs, toast and a smoothie with berries and kale, while Stoner opts for either oatmeal or pancakes.

The biggest point of emphasis all three runners and Fox centered on was the red meat.

After a hard workout, coaches recommend lean steak or even hamburgers.

“We try to have, after our big workouts, red meat,” Tooker said, “Because we have to get iron, it’s really important for our recovery and maintaining our energy level.”

Every runner has a different pre-race routine. Stoner eats a peanut butter sandwich and a banana four hours before every race. Knight eats chicken parmesan the night before. But the most important thing on the day of a race is to stay hydrated.

Knight struggles to drink as much water as he’d like, downing about a Gatorade bottle’s worth a day. He’d like to double that.

Oftentimes, water is too “bland” for athletes who spend their days putting their bodies through extreme stress, Tooker said. The runners need to boost their electrolytes for peak performance.

On race days, Stoner fuels up with Nuun, an electrolyte-filled energy drink. Tooker and “When you don’t make shots … ” He trailed off, then continued. “We don’t run set plays to get shots because we can’t make ’em. So, we need something.”

Georgia Tech knew Syracuse wouldn’t run set plays, and Yellow Jackets head coach Josh Pastner told his team before the game the Orange loved one-on-ones and isolation plays.

“Whenever anyone drove, he was seeing bodies,” said GT wing Josh Okogie, who scored a game-high 20.

The offense generally ran like this: One player held the ball, sometimes another player set a ball-screen and the other three moved little. Even when the ball-handler used the pick, the Orange only passed to the rolling player once or twice.

The team struggled from the floor — hitting four of its first 19 shots and not improving much as the half wore on.

The GT student section drank in the Orange’s impotence from the field because, last season, Syracuse guard John Gillon air-balled a 3-pointer in the first half at McCamish and the students chanted “Airball!” at him throughout the game.

Afterward, an offended Syracuse basketball fan called Pastner to complain about the perceived poor sportsmanship. Then, Pastner put him on blast in the media and said, “This is

Syracuse’s distance runners eat a lot of fruits, vegetables and red meat to help maintain high energy levels. paul schlesinger staff photographer

others have a different alternative.

“A lot of times before races we’ll have Pedialyte, and it’s just a more healthy choice for electrolytes over Gatorade. A lot of the guys go to CVS the day before or two days before to stock up,” Tooker said.

Some of the most elite athletes on campus pay close attention to what they put in their bodies, but overall, their diets are not so different than a normal, active college student.

Stoner, Knight and Tooker all eat three meals a day, fill out the food pyramid and even have cheat days on Sundays when they pig out at Mother’s Cupboard diner.

Since there is no specific nutrition plan, the responsibility is on Syracuse’s runners to make healthy choices. They understand that their diet can make or break their performances.

“I always eat with a purpose,” Knight said.

not intramurals.” So, on Wednesday night, GT Athletics handed out 750 shirts that had: “Air ball!” printed four times on the front.

Howard, Battle and Brissett each missed everything at least once throughout the night.

Every time each player touched the ball afterward, the GT students let them know about their previous mistake. Battle said he heard the jeers but paid no attention because Syracuse’s defense kept it in the game and he was too busy trying to jumpstart an offense that broke down play after play.

“We get caught ball-watching a little bit,” Howard said. “Every one of us. When someone has the ball, we kind of get out the way and expect something to happen. That’s something we all got to fix.”

Frustration at the stagnant offense, at the missed opportunities at the end of tight games, at a team that seemingly had so much promise coming off a 13-2 nonconference schedule and now has a murky at best outlook at the postseason boiled over in Atlanta.

Down five with 3:20 to go, freshman forward Marek Dolezaj had a foul at midcourt that Howard thought was a clean hustle play.

“Come on, man!” he screamed. But when he turned to unleash those words, a referee stood directly behind him. Syracuse got hit

with its first technical of the season, Howard with the first of his career.

“I wasn’t trying to overpower him or anything,” Howard said. “I thought Marek made a great hustle play, a play they made throughout the game, and he happened to be right there.”

Boeheim filleted Howard too during the following timeout, but none of it mattered.

Not even the 3 Battle hit to bring the Orange back within one possession. Not even when, for its last gasp, the Orange received a gift as GT missed the front end of a one-and-one and Battle got a good look from beyond the arc.

He airballed the 3.

The Georgia Tech fans’ chants rung out as their right arms chopped toward the court.

“Air-ball!”

After the game, Battle assumed all the blame for the offense’s struggles as he has all year. He said, again, he needed to be smarter.

He said, again, this team will make offensive adjustments after looking at the film. He said, again, the offense might be fixed if he and Howard made more shots.

When Battle departed the locker room for the team bus and into the night with Syracuse’s season outlook at its darkest this year, all he heard were echoes.

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PASCHAL CHUKWU gets the ball stripped by Josh Okogie. The loss to Georgia Tech is Syracuse’s fourth on the road in conference play, putting the Orange at 1-4 in ACC road play. courtesty of dennis nett | advance media ny

Syracuse’s offense struggled to find open looks in its 55-51 loss to GT. When it did, it often missed.

By Sam Fortier

Senior Staff Writer

ATLANTA — Jim Boeheim took four steps onto the McCamish Pavilion floor, the Syracuse head coach’s face the reddest and most strained it had been on a night full of frustration for him.

His center, Paschal Chukwu, had pulled down an offensive rebound with Syracuse trailing by three with about a minute to play and tried

to flick it back out to the perimeter. Georgia Tech wing Josh Okogie snatched the ball and thundered down a dunk on the other end that seemed to finally pull the Yellow Jackets away from an Orange team that had dragged them back from the edge of separation all night.

Syracuse seemingly could make nothing, could never get a stop when it really needed one and yet still, after all that, it stood within a possession of erasing all its mistakes. Then, the

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offense squandered that chance, too.

“Our offense is terrible,” Boeheim said. “It’s been terrible. There are 15 teams in this league and were 14th. We’re lucky one team (Pittsburgh) is worse than us.”

Okogie’s dunk and a turnover by point guard Frank Howard put Syracuse in an impossible hole that Syracuse (15-7, 4-5 Atlantic Coast) never climbed out of in a 55-51 loss to Georgia see offense page 14

men’s basketball

Washington out for rest of season UVA an ACC power thanks to Bennett

By Sam Fortier

senior staff writer

ATLANTA — Freshman point guard Howard Washington will miss the remainder of the season with a right leg injury, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said after a loss to Georgia Tech on Wednesday night.

B o e h e i m declined to provide WASHINGTON more specifics.

This essentially leaves Syracuse with

It’s tough to see him go down like that. I wish him the best and for a speedy recovery.

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two guards — sophomore Tyus Battle and redshirt junior Frank Howard.

When asked in the locker room after the game for his thoughts on Washing-

ton’s situation, starting point guard Frank Howard said, “It hurts me just as much as it hurts him. I went through it in high school, so I’ll be in his ear.”

Howard missed all of his junior year at Paul VI Catholic (Virginia) High School when he tore the ACL in his left knee.

Washington was lightly recruited coming out of high school in Buffalo but became an integral role player for the Orange when graduate transfer combo guard Geno Thorpe quit the team in early December because he was frustrated with a lack of playing time. see washington page 12

By Anthony Dabbundo staff writer

Tony Bennett walked his team to midcourt of the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. It was the night before his Virginia Cavaliers were set to take on the Badgers in November 2012.

As a former assistant to his father, Dick, on the 2000 Wisconsin men’s Final Four team, Bennett knew the arena all too

well. With UVA slated as underdogs, Bennett decided to tell his team a story. Beneath the Kohl Center hardwood floor that the players stood on were the names of the players of the 2000 team, etched into the concrete beneath the floorboards of the gym.

“This gym was built on the foundation of the pack line defense,” Bennett said to his team.

“And we’re coming here to show see virginia page 12