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N • Decision looming

A decision is expected Monday regarding the investigation into SA President Eric Evangelista.

The investigation stems from his appointment of a cabinet member.

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P • Marathon man

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Winston Fisher, an SU alumnus, just completed what might be the world's most intensive road race.

He ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

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No. 20 SU blew out North Carolina, 95-64, on Sunday evening. The Orange improved to 12-0 at home this season and have won 18 straight games in the Carrier Dome.

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crime

Football players arrested

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

Streak stoppers TAUREAN THOMPSON and Syracuse snapped its five-game win streak Saturday afternoon with an 80-75 loss at Pittsburgh. Tyus Battle played only 16 minutes because of a sickness, and Thompson's foul trouble suppressed his effectiveness. The Panthers, who lost to SU 77-66 in the Carrier Dome last month, made eight of 18 3-pointers, blocked five shots and halted Syracuse's momentum. The Orange, which has five regular-season games left, hosts No. 4 Louisville on Monday night. jessica sheldon staff photographer

Report pushes merger debate forward

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

dation could yield savings between $8.7 and $22.9 million a year.

“A new government offers a unique opportunity to enhance our structure of governance — especially its effectiveness, responsiveness and inclusiveness,” the report states.

The Consensus commission held about 100 community meetings throughout the county last year to gather community input on the government and service consolidation. The group received input from about 6,000 people, said Cornelius Murphy, Jr., co-founder of Consensus and former president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

After more than a year of deliberation and public discussion, an initiative to merge the governments of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County has moved forward in what officials described as a “historical starting point.”

The citizen group Consensus on Thursday released a 112-page report detailing its final recommendations, which identify areas of savings in 16 categories and push forward the idea of consolidating government between the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

This comes after the group — composed Murphy said the commission met of 19 legislators and community members repeatedly last year to sort through the — released its preliminary recommendapublic comments. In response to feedtions in February last year on merging the back, he said, Consensus provided a two governments along with multiple govtimeline in its final report because the ernment services. preliminary report did not have one for The report calls for a referendum to be navigating the potential merger. held this year and for the consolidation On government consolation, the ConThe amount of deficit in millions of transition to begin in 2018. The idea to sensus report anticipates a referendum dollars that Syracuse is expected to merge the city and county governments to be held in 2017, a transition year to take incur in its budget in fiscal year 2016-17 has been meet with opposition from some place in 2018 and the first year of the new in Syracuse. city-county and regional council to begin The final report recommended conin 2019. solidation of the Syracuse Police Department and the Onon“We are very clear that this is a starting point. This isn’t the daga County Sheriff’s Office, unification of village and town end,” Murphy said. courts to establish a regional court system as well as reducing But some residents in Syracuse have opposed the consolidaand redrawing service areas for fire departments. tion. In one meeting held last March, some Syracuse residents By unifying those services, there could be between $7.9 and $9.9 openly showed their skepticism on the merger proposal, expressmillion in savings generated annually, the report states. ing concern that the city would lack representation in a new cityThe report also proposed a new legislative body with 29 county government and that county residents would have subdistrict and four at-large representatives. By doing so, the report stantial power over city residents and control decision-making. states that the constituent ratio — the number that indicates how High-level officials in the city and the county are at odds many constituents are represented per one legislator — would over the final report. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner vocally be brought down to 16,103 citizens per legislator. The report criticized the recommendation in a statement on Thursday. emphasized the ratio is substantially lower than the current ratio Miner said the final recommendations neglected to mention the of 28,834 citizens per Syracuse Common Councilor or 27,558 per consolidation of school districts that would cripple their ability to Onondaga County legislator. The report claims that could help educate children. She also said the proposed mergers would weaken individual members address specific regional concerns better. the voice of marginalized groups within the city and push Syracuse to The report additionally highlights that the city-county consolisee merger page 7

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Two Syracuse football players were arrested for stealing two pairs of “Yeezy” boots, a laptop and a PlayStation 4, police said.

Redshirt freshman defensive end Jaquwan Nelson, 19, was charged Thursday with seconddegree burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny. Redshirt freshman safety Devon Clarke, 19, was charged Friday with second-degree burglary and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Nelson and Clarke entered a South Campus residence at 241 Winding Ridge Road and stole the property on Dec. 26, 2016, police said. When reached on his cell phone, Clarke quickly hung up.

SU Athletics did not return a request for comment.

Nelson and Clarke, who have not played for SU, were released from the Onondaga County Justice Center. mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

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Merger report explained

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

The citizen group Consensus on Thursday released its final recommendations for combining the governments of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County. The group, composed of 19 legislators and community members, has urged not only the government merger, but also the combination of some essential government services offered by both the city and the county to save money.

Below are some of the key points made in Consensus’ final recommendations.

New government structure

Consensus endorses unifying the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County into a single government.

The citizen group supports this idea for multiple reasons, saying the merger will save money, improve government services and stimulate the area’s economy.

The group has proposed that the governments be combined into one legislative body with 33

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MEET monday | khang tran

Quadrilingual freshman played Italian pro rugby

By Caroline Schagrin staff writer

For most freshmen, the transition to college is unpredictable and challenging. For Khang Tran, when he received his acceptance into Syracuse University, his first move into college wasn’t in a dorm on the Hill — it was in Florence, Italy.

“I didn’t realize it was Discovery Florence as in freshman year,” he said. “I kind of just signed on real quick, and then before my first semester, I found out I was going to Italy.”

Tran was accepted into SU’s Discovery Florence Program, which sends first-year students abroad their first college semester.

But this wasn’t Tran’s first abroad experience. He has lived in Vietnam, Japan and France before moving to the U.S. for high school.

“My parents didn’t want me to forget where I came from, so they put me with my different groups of families in different nations,” he said.

Tran is also fluent in four languages, including Vietnamese, Japanese, French and English. After coming back from Italy, he wants to learn Italian.

Tran’s interest in diverse cultures and languages reflects his choice of majors. He is a dual international relations and linguistics major and will pursue the Marine Corps post-graduation.

“I want do special operations and that has a lot to do with counterterrorism,” he said. “You need to have good knowledge on languages and culture.”

On campus, Tran is also on the rugby team. Last semester he had

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INSIDE N • Moving forward

SUNY-ESF faculty are disappointed with Donald Trump’s executive actions on the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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S • Boarding schooled Syracuse’s rebounding problems are creeping back up. It’s something to monitor before SU plays Louisville.

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KHANG TRAN has lived on three different continents: Asia, Europe and North America. He spent his first semester of freshman year in Florence playing professional rugby. prince dudley staff photographer

the opportunity to play professionally, where every other day he would practice sometimes three times.

His typical day included 6 a.m. practice before class, class, practice again in the afternoon and then again from 9 p.m. to midnight.

When he’s not wrapped up in sports, Tran is a member of a band. He and a few friends started their band, inspired by indie rock act Hippo Campus, after graduating high school. He

is the vocalist and rhythm guitarist.

Tran and his band recently finished writing their first EP and hope to hit the recording studio towards the end of the semester. He is glad they were finally able to write their own music rather than just cover songs.

“It was almost like a pathetic cover band and from there we were like, ‘we got to write our own stuff.’

As much fun as it is to sing someone else’s music, we have so much to

write too,” Tran said.

Now a month into the second semester of his first year, Tran is loving life at SU. He said he and the friends he met abroad are all still very close and he is hoping to return to Italy during his junior year. Aside from the snow, Tran said SU is a perfect fit.

“After coming back here and seeing the culture, it’s been amazing,” Tran said. caschagr@syr.edu

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SU’s Student Association will hold its weekly meeting in Maxwell Auditorium on Monday.

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NEWS

Under inspection President Trump has said that during his first 100 days in office, he will investigate visa programs.

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Bias incident reported

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LEADING UP A decision is expected Monday night regarding the investigation into Student Association President Eric Evangelista for his controversial appointment of a cabinet member. Here’s how Evangelista and SA arrived at this point.

Evangelista makes a Facebook post telling SA members that he will send a campus-wide email the following day opening applications for the vacant public-relations co-chair position, according to a document obtained by The Daily Orange.

The email is not sent.

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At the first SA meeting of the semester, assembly members vote unanimously to table Evangelista’s nomination of Nicole Sherwood, a senior PR major, until a call for applications is sent to the student body

By Michael Burke news editor

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The JRB postpones the decision regarding the investigation, saying it will be announced at the following SA meeting

An investigation is opened into Evangelista for his appointment of Sherwood without opening applications to the student body despite the assembly’s request to do so, according to a copy of the violation notice obtained by The Daily Orange

Evangelista sends an email intended for assembly members to the entire campus, explaining that he had planned to send a campus-wide email about the vacant position on Feb. 1

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Feb. 3

The JRB postpones the decision regarding the investigation, saying it will be announced at the following SA meeting

A representative with the JRB says at the SA meeting that a decision has not yet been made because the group needed more time to collect testimonies

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The JRB will announce its decision regarding the investigation at SA’s meeting inside Maxwell Auditorium.

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Assembly members made aware of influence

By William Muoio staff writer

Prompted by the ongoing investigation into Student Association President Eric Evangelista, some members of the SA assembly have learned that they have more power in the student government than they originally thought.

SA Speaker of the Assembly Andrew Regalado, Recorder Drew Jacobson and assembly member Sophia Faram gave a presentation on this subject during the SA meeting on Feb. 6. They said that throughout the investigation into Evangelista — who may have violat-

ed SA’s constitution by appointing a cabinet member without opening applications to the student body — some assembly members were unsure what role they had to play in the investigation.

Because of that, Jacobson said during the meeting, a report has been drafted to better understand some of the power the assembly “may not have known it had.”

Many of the current assembly members were elected to their positions during the 60th session — the current session — so they are not well versed in the power that the assembly has, Regalado said.

The new report delves into the

SA constitution and bylaws that have not been addressed during the current session.

what is sa?

The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 60th session and Eric Evangelista is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

The last time an SA president was investigated was in 2013. No current member of SA was pres-

ent for the investigation into Allie Curtis, who faced a vote of impeachment after she allowed Colin Crowley, a co-director of public relations, to serve in that position even though he was on leave from the university.

Regalado said the power of the assembly was initially unclear to him. For example, the report highlights that if an SA president is voted to be impeached, the assembly then gets to vote on the decision over whether to continue the impeachment proceedings.

Jacobson, a sophomore computer science major, said he was

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News briefs: What you Rapper Russ to headline missed this weekend Bandersnatch Concert university union

By The Daily Orange News Staff

Here is a round-up of Syracuse news that you might have missed over the weekend.

Search committee members announced

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly on Friday announced the members of the search committee that will be charged with looking for Syracuse University’s next vice president of research. The vice president of research is responsible for overseeing the university’s Office of Research.

Dacheng Ren, interim director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute and a professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, will chair the

search committee, according an SU News release.

Peter Vanable, who has been serving as interim vice president for research since January 2016, will maintain his post until a new vice president is appointed.

“The next vice president of research will lead our endeavors as a person with high academic stature in their own right, a great understanding of funding resources and a collaborative focus,” Wheatly said in the release. “I look forward to the work done by the search committee as they identify our next leader of this central critical role for our university.”

These are the members of the committee: • Peter Blanck, university see news

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By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Atlanta rapper Russ will be the headlining act of next week’s Bandersnatch Concert, University Union announced Sunday night.

The performance will take place in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium during Winter Carnival on Feb. 24 at 7:45 p.m.

Tickets for the concert go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday at the Schine Box Office. Student tickets are $5 with a valid SU or SUNY-ESF ID. Faculty, staff and general public tickets are $10 and available online.

In a news release, UU said Russ, an “authentic Atlanta phenomenon,” will be supported by fellow Atlanta artist MadeinTYO and

student opener Ye. at the concert.

Russ is described as an “overnight success,” after his song “What They Want” peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in 2016, per the release. Russ is also a member of the popular DIEMON crew, a rap group.

“Russ’ music goes deeper than the average hit single; it’s heartfelt, truthful, and genuine,” states the release.

MadeinTYO is another rising Atlanta star. His standout hit, “Uber Everywhere,” has had more than 96 million streams on Spotify. MadeinTYO has a new collaboration with rappers Mac Miller and DJ Carnage that will be released in the near future. sfogozal@syr.edu

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety is currently looking into an alleged incident of Islamophobic harassment on campus.

Earlier this semester, an unidentified undergraduate student in the women’s and gender studies department was “repeatedly harassed by an Islamophobic roommate,” according to an email that Susann DeMockerShedd — an administrative specialist in the department — sent last week to majors and minors in the department. The roommate allegedly tore up a Quran and “blasted” Ku Klux Klan speeches. The harassment was later reported to DPS. Christine Weber, the public information and internal communications officer for DPS, said in an email to The Daily Orange that a DPS officer has since begun to look into the incident and “take actions to support” the student subjected to the alleged harassment, although they haven’t filed a formal complaint.

Weber added that representatives from DPS, the Office of Student Assistance, the Off-Campus and Commuter Services and the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities have been working to resolve the issue.

“The safety and well-being of our students is and must remain our chief priority, always,” Weber said. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the world right now.

WORLD ACT OF AGGRESSION North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its eastern coast. The South Korean military issued a statement after the missile test, saying they believe the aggressive act was an attempt at countering U.S. President Donald Trump’s “strong policy line against” North Korea.

Trump was in Florida with Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, at the time of the missile launch. source: the new york times

U.S. NEW FEUD President Donald Trump scolded Nordstrom for halting the sale of his daughter Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessories line in a tweet on Wednesday. The department store explained its decision was based on the brand’s low sales numbers, not on politics. source: yale daily news

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Director of Whitman institute responds to Feb. 1 DO article While I appreciate the recent attention in The Daily Orange to my scholarship and to a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to support it, the reported speculation about it has been unscholarly and uncharitable. I would like to join the conversation and share the facts about my work.

I have spent my career exploring the characteristics that contribute to an entrepreneurial society. It is an academic approach to a part of the human condition that affects everyone. Entrepreneurship can empower individuals and communities. As institutions around the world have become more favorable to productive entrepreneurship, billions have raised themselves out of extreme poverty.

Entrepreneurship has given us iPhones and computers to read this on and to connect with people from cultures across the world.

We have cars and buses to get to campus, and we have dramatically longer lives due to better health care. Studying entrepreneurship helps us understand how innovation, opportunity and supportive environments form some of the structural elements of human progress.

Last fall, the Whitman School’s proposal to expand and deepen this study at SU received financial support from the Charles Koch Foundation. The grant enabled the Whitman School to establish the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society. Through IES, we will continue exploring how to generate innovation,

opportunity and economic growth, as well as how institutions can unleash entrepreneurial innovation and human creativity. We will conduct research, train Ph.D.’s and host lectures open to the campus and the local community.

In the great history of SU, the university has received financial support from diverse philanthropies. Foundations supported by Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, George Soros and Andrew Mellon — as well as the Ford Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts — have supported the university’s goals.

All these philanthropies have supported some part of the mission of Syracuse University, helping to make it an important center for the pursuit of knowledge and the exploration of new ideas. I strongly doubt that the university would ever work with a donor who sought to contradict any fundamental characteristics of academic freedom, for then it would betray its mission and cease to be a free institution.

I invite my colleagues, students and members of the community to visit the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, join the discussion and see for yourselves what we are doing to carry forth the university’s mission.

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Despite temporary freeze on EPA grants, there’s hope for SUNY-ESF

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resident Donald Trump has unleashed his signature on executive orders and other agency directives at a blistering pace since his inauguration, taking full advantage of his newfound executive power and testing his constitutionally endowed limits.

One area in Trump’s sights that may have the largest direct impact on many members of the SUNYESF community was the freezing of all hires, grants and contracts at the Environmental Protection Agency, but thankfully, the school may not have to feel the effects of those frozen grants, since the Trump administration recently lifted the temporary freeze.

Since the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is so entwined with the workings of the EPA, it’s understandable that researchers and students at the school were so worried about the freeze of hires, grants and contracts. The Trump administration lifted the freeze in late January, and the EPA’s acting administrator described

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD the temporary freeze in an email to agency staffers as “standard practice for a transition,” according to The Washington Post.

As a public, environmentallyfocused school, SUNY-ESF currently receives about $1 million of its research funding from the EPA, and more than $1 million in funding is pending, said Christopher Nomura, vice president for research and professor of biochemistry at SUNY-ESF. Although research funding from the EPA may no longer be a concern, the SUNY-ESF community faces uncertainty regarding the EPA executive order in other aspects.

After graduation, many SUNYESF students look to the EPA for jobs or research funding. The absurdity of the freeze begs the question of the EPA’s future under an administration that doesn’t

seem to care about the work it does.

When even the mere existence of the agency is in doubt, it’s difficult to plan your way through college toward a future career path.

It should be emphasized that science, regardless of sponsor, is not a political endeavor but required to generate this new knowledge.

Christopher Nomura vice president for research at suny-esf

The Trump administration’s apathy toward the environment and its decidedly antienvironmental rhetoric is

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reflected in the Republicandominated Congress as well.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) recently withdrew a bill that would sell 3.3 million acres of federal land after he received backlash from conservation and sportsmen’s groups, according to The Hill. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has drafted a bill that would, according to The Huffington Post, completely abolish the EPA. With the current level of environmental ineptitude in the federal government, we are now forced to rely on the benevolence of the Bill Gateses and Warren Buffetts of the country to keep the hypotheses tested and the journal articles flowing. This philanthropy is reminiscent of the arts patronage of the Italian Renaissance, when the rich and powerful would financially support artists in exchange for their artwork or music, except nowadays the nation’s billionaires are dishing out dollars for scientific research instead of paintings.

But don’t think the scientists at SUNY-ESF or elsewhere will simply take this lying down.

“The data generated by scientific

studies is crucial to advance knowledge in general and it allows us to make informed decisions,” said Nomura, the vice president for research at SUNY-ESF. “It should be emphasized that science, regardless of sponsor, is not a political endeavor but required to generate this new knowledge.”

If the rogue Twitter accounts of environmental and scientific groups are any indication, federal researchers won’t let their important work be swept under the rug. That resilience combined with the upcoming March for Science on Earth Day and the People’s Climate Movement just one week later should provide everyone who cares about the environment with an abiding faith in the scientists and researchers who protect our air and water, who have saved millions of lives and who continue to seek answers to the great questions of humankind.

Cole Jermyn is a junior environmental resource engineering major at SUNY-ESF. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at cdjermyn@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @Cjermyn8.

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University should broaden, strengthen harassment protocol The ongoing investigation into an alleged incident of Islamophobic harassment on Syracuse University’s campus is a reminder to the administration that discriminatory harassment requires efforts to both properly address the issue and prevent it.

An unidentified undergraduate student allegedly faced repeated harassment by an Islamophobic roommate, according to an email sent to students in the women’s and gender studies department, which the student is part of. The alleged harassment, which was later reported to the Department of Public Safety, included the roommate tearing up a Quran and playing Ku Klux Klan speeches.

The alleged harassment is especially troubling in the context of the flux of hate speech and discrimination in the United States following a politically charged election and the election of President Donald Trump, whose campaign and administration has been marked by antiMuslim rhetoric and actions.

Although there is no evidence to suggest Islamophobia runs rampant or is even commonplace at SU, isolated incidents such as the alleged situation involving the Islamophobic roommate must be recognized as catalysts for change to prevent future cases of harassment.

SU should emphasize working from the ground up to combat harassment and

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Number of recored anti-Muslim attacks that took place in the United States from Aug. 6, 2015 — the date of the first debate of the election cycle — and Dec. 30, 2016 source: the huffington post

Although it is obviously essential for the university to take the proper measures to address harassment to protect and accommodate the victim, SU can work to prevent future incidents by emphasizing the repercussions of the harasser in addition to repairing the situation for the victim.

Ultimately, it is important for the university to take strong actions on the harasser to avoid portraying these incidents as easy fixes that are quickly forgotten.

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Water protecters at Standing Rock in North Dakota wait along the bank of the river to peacefully travel across in November. Some SUNY-ESF professors said they are opposed to United States President Donald Trump’s recent approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

Advocates for indigenous rights at SUNY-ESF oppose Trump's approval of pipeline

By Mary Catalfamo staff writer

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rofessors at SUNY-ESF have said they share Native Americans’ concerns regarding the completion of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.

Despite longstanding opposition from protesters and environmentalists, President Donald Trump signed executive actions on Jan. 24 to advance completion of the pipeline that some say could contaminate the drinking water of over 8,000 indigenous people who live on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

“There is no life without water,” said Jack Manno, an environmental studies professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

“That’s why when NASA looks out at all the stars and planets to see if there’s life, what they’re looking for is signs of water. The sacredness of that connection is so very powerful, and it’s a teaching that native people have been giving us.”

The 1,172-mile pipeline will carry an estimated 470,000 barrels of crude oil through a proposed route under Lake Oahe in North Dakota every day, less than half a mile from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The Obama administration previously denied the final ease-

ment necessary for construction last December.

Manno attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 — a conference that inspired the creation of the seminal Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty with member states pledging to curb carbon emissions. He stressed that he thinks the threat to native sovereignty by the Dakota Access Pipeline is just as urgent as the threat posed to the environment.

“If we’re going to make up for anything in our history, we ought to be standing with the native people who are telling us to pay attention to the fact that water is life,” he said. “It does matter that we resist the pipeline because of global warming, but what’s really important is the changing of our mindset.”

The Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at SUNY-ESF has been creating programs that use diversity, research and education to intertwine the ecological stewardship of indigenous practices with scientific knowledge of the collegiate community, to work toward goals of sustainability.

Neil Patterson, assistant director of the center, said he helps in this mission by bringing the message of the local Onondaga people to the student body at SUNY-ESF. Patterson said he was disappointed but not surprised with Trump’s decision to complete the Dako-

ta Access Pipeline.

“This is the most recent event in a long history of energy projects that essentially ignore indigenous peoples’ concerns for the environment and their own self-determination,” Patterson said.

Though crude oil pipelines tend to have less spills when compared to trucks that carry oil — they are around 70 times more dependable as road transportation, according to data gathered by the Manhattan Institute think tank — the results of a break underground with an oil pipeline are typically more catastrophic in scale. The probability of a pipeline’s leak or rupture only increases with age, and ProPublica reports that over half of the United States’ 2.5 million miles of pipeline are at least 50 years old.

On the SUNY-ESF campus, efforts to resist projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline motivate environmentalists and indigenous advocates alike to work together, Patterson said.

“It’s a really beautiful symbiosis in a way,” Patterson said. “We have students who just want to protect Mother Earth and students who want to follow the lead of indigenous communities.

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merger “eternal poverty” by taking away city assets and shifting the financial burden onto city residents.

“It is rife with ambiguities and omissions.

Its section on governance is fatally flawed since it assumes the existence of legal authority to abolish the City, which simply does not exist,” Miner said in the statement, urging Syracuse residents to oppose any efforts to realize the recommendations. “… It resembles more a plan for the worst form of corporate looting than a progressive document designed to meet the needs of Central New York residents.”

However, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney said in a statement to The Daily Orange that she encourages people to approach the report “with an open mind and study the facts.”

“This process will continue long after many of us are gone. This is a discussion about our children and their futures and deserves to be discussed and debated in an open and unbiased forum,” Mahoney said in the statement. “I will do my part to make sure that members of the community have good answers and factual information.”

Miner’s frustration is also directed at New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo. During his regional State of the State tour in January, the Democratic governor proposed a plan requiring each county outside of New York City to come up with a plan to reduce duplication of government services for efficiency and property-tax savings.

Under his plan, county executives or county managers are responsible for making a draft proposal and submitting it to county legislatures

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assembly surprised by some of the SA bylaws he read when compiling the report.

“I was surprised with how much the assembly can be involved within other branches of SA,” Jacobson said.

by Aug. 1, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office. Unless a county legislature rejects the proposal with a 45-day reviewing period, it would be put on referendum during elections in November, when Syracuse will also hold a mayoral election. If the legislature rejects the proposal, county executives will have to make a new proposal for November 2018.

economically competitive, which will improve its image, build a positive relationship with the state and attract national attention.

Cuomo previously earmarked $500 million for the central New York region in his Upstate Revitalization Initiative in 2015 partly to support Consensus’ work on government consolidation.

Despite Miner’s resistance, the city’s fiscal situation is dire. The city’s 2016-17 budget — that includes up to $706 million in spending — shows the city would be projected to use $12.1 million from reserves to balance the budget, meaning the city incurs a $12.1 million budget deficit. The city reserve is projected to decrease to $42.9 million after this fiscal year that ends on June 30.

Murphy, the Consensus co-founder, said that other towns and villages in the area are in similar fiscal situations. He added that many people in those villages and towns, unlike city residents, don’t understand the severity of the situation.

Historically, government mergers take years and sometimes fail altogether. A

merger between the city of Louisville and Jefferson County in Kentucky took three attempts in referendums — in 1956, 1982 and 1983 — before being approved in 2000.

Merger discussions between the city of Buffalo and Erie County in New York in 2005 ebbed away despite a commission’s report on the potential consolidation.

Murphy said the Buffalo-Erie County consolidation failed because a commission tasked to facilitate the consolidation did not engage with the public enough and did not understand the fiscal situation in Erie County properly.

“We have much better sense of where all our 36 governments are in Onondaga County in terms of their financial stability or a lack of their financial stability,” Murphy said.

Linda Ervin, floor leader and representative for the 17th district in the Onondaga County Legislature, said before the report was released on Thursday that any change would not take place immediately. Some of her fellow county legislators, she said, are not necessarily embracing the idea of consolidation in general.

Minchin Lewis, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs who studies financial management and social programming in urban government, pointed out this is not the first time the city of Syracuse has gone through government overhaul.

The city and the county adopted their respective charters in 1960 that restructured the relationship between the city and the county and provided a tool to modernize governments, Lewis said. The Consensus recommendations, he added, are the next step in making the central New York region more

Appointed speaker of the assembly in January, Regalado spent the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year as a typical assembly member. This has given him the ability to see the workings of SA from both the cabinet and assembly side, he said.

Regalado, a member of the administrative operations committee, mentioned during the meeting that a new bill that would

be aimed at “fixing” SA’s checks and balances system may soon be proposed. He also announced there will be an opportunity for the assembly to ask questions to specific cabinet members in order to “bridge a gap” between SA’s two branches of government.

In forming this report, Regalado said he hopes to create a better understanding for the campus community regarding what

their representatives are doing. Regalado has also called on assembly members to better educate themselves on the bylaws and the constitution for the future.

“We’re kind of responsible to know everything, but it’s also that transition and educating yourself on how to do that,” Regalado said.

We are very clear that this is a starting point.

This isn’t the end.

Cornelius Murphy Jr. co-founder of consensus and former president of suny-esf

It resembles more a plan for the worst form of corporate looting than a progressive document designed to meet the needs of Central New York residents.

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In addition to the troubling fiscal state, the Consensus report described the stagnant economic development that has plagued Syracuse for decades: low-level economic performance, high concentration of poverty and significant loss of population.

With regard to some residents’ fear in losing identity, Lewis said that neighborhood identities such as Eastwood didn’t change as a result of government modernization in the 1960 city charter adoption.

“We have to be open-minded and realize this is a historical time and there’s a historic opportunity,” Lewis said. “ … We can do this next set of modernizations without losing our identity and I think that’s going to be the main focal point.” ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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breakdown legislators. The legislative body would be composed of 29 districts and four at-large representatives, with each representative carrying one vote. Nine out of the 29 districts would be drawn in combined, city-suburb “hybrid” districts. The report pointed out the Onondaga County Legislature already has seven “hybrid” districts.

Consensus also recommended that a chief executive be elected by voters within the county to run the proposed city-county legislative body.

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• Wesley Lefferts, Ph.D. candidate at Department of Exercise Science in the School of Education • Leonard M. Lopoo, director of Center for Policy Research; director, Maxwell X Lab; professor, public administration and international affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs • Maria Minniti, professor, Bantle Chair of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy and director, Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, Martin J. Whitman School of Management • Romita Ray (Kapoor), associate professor of art history, and chair of art and music histories at the College of Arts and Sciences • Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Distinguished Professor of chemistry • Sam Scozzafava, vice president for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer • Stuart Taub, director of the Office of Sponsored Programs • Raymond Toenniessen, assistant vice president of Veterans Development • Pramod Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and director of CASE Center • Senem Velipasalar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer Consensus and former president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, said Consensus reviewed 12 different governance models, studied past government consolidation efforts and collected public input from about 6,000 people before making its recommendations.

Consensus has provided a timeline for the implementation of the new governance proposal. In the timeline, the group proposes a referendum to be held regarding the government merger in 2017, which if passed would establish a period of transition between the merged and non-merged governments throughout 2018. A new legislative council would then begin in 2019.

science at the College of Engineering and Computer Science • Scott Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship, Syracuse University Libraries • Jamie Winders, professor and chair of geography at Maxwell School; chair of Senate Committee on Research

can develop a savings strategy to achieve personalized financial goals and work on a realistic spending plan, according to an SU News release.

Carebridge, SU’s faculty and staff assistance program provider, will be hosting the webinar.

Center for Learning and Student Success opens

The Syracuse City School District had a graduation rate of 60.9 percent among students who began high school in 2012, the New York State Department of Education announced Friday.

That represented a 6.4 percent increase from the previous year and was the highest increase of any of New York’s “Big 5” school districts, according to a press release from Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s office.

Miner said in a statement that she was proud of “the hard work students, teachers, parents, and our entire community has done to support the Syracuse City School District that has brought us to this point.”

“We have worked diligently to improve the conditions in our schools: improving school buildings through the Joint Schools Construction Board project, increasing Career and Technical Education options, and cultivating a culture of success,” Miner said. “… While our work is not yet done, I look forward to continued progress in our city schools.”

Syracuse University on Thursday announced the Center for Learning and Student Success has opened on the third floor of E.S. Bird Library. The center, which combines the Tutoring and Study Center and the Academic Integrity Office, aims to provide academic support for both undergraduate and graduate students, while assisting the university’s transition to the new Academic Integrity Policy, according to an SU News release.

Margaret Usdansky, director of the Academic Integrity Office, will serve as the center’s director.

Financial wellness webinar to take place Registration for Syracuse University’s halfhour webinar on financial wellness is now open, the university announced on Thursday. The webinar, which will take place at noon on Friday, focuses on how individuals New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced during his regional State of the State tour in January a plan requiring each county outside of New York City to come up with a plan to reduce duplication of government services for efficiency and property-tax savings.

With Cuomo’s plan, county executives or county managers, like Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, need to write a draft proposal on how their counties can save money by consolidating services and submit it to their respective county legislature by Aug. 1. The proposals would be put on the ballot and go through a referendum in an election this November, unless a county legislature rejects the proposal during a 45-day reviewing period. If the county legislature rejected the proposal, county executives would have to make a new proposal for November 2018.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner criticized the recommendations, calling Consensus’ final report “a plan for the worst form of corporate looting,” in a statement.

“I will be urging my fellow citizens to actively oppose any initiative to adopt its recommendations,” Miner said in her press release.

The report states the city-county consolidation could yield savings between $8.7 and $22.9 million a year.

Law enforcement

Consensus has proposed merging the Syracuse Police Department and the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office.

The report pointed to an overall decline in officers working both at the city and county level while the number of calls requesting assistance in the area has remained steady.

This trend generates inefficiency by adding more burden on remaining officers, the report states.

By combining the SPD with the sheriff’s office, the report estimates there would be savings created between $3.4 and $5.8 million, enabling more police officers to patrol streets and law enforcement agencies to purchase new equipment.

Fire protection and emergency medical services

Consensus has recommended creating a countywide “Operations Support Organization” that will provide services — such as recruitment and training and equipment management — to all fire stations.

In its recommendations, the group also supported the establishment of a new countywide system that would have fewer emergency service providers covering larger areas of land within the county. The report stated that the new countywide system would strengthen emergency services by making sure they depend less on taxpayer subsidies, while also increasing economic viability in the area.

Economic development

The Consensus report presented a bleak picture of the economic situation in central New York. In the county as a whole, there

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are 24,500 fewer people working in 2016 compared to 1990, equivalent of 10.3 percent decline, according to the report. The city also lost 18,000, or 24.6 percent, of its labor force. Citing a Brooks Institution’s report, the report noted Syracuse ranked 96th in economic growth out of the 100 largest metro areas in the United States from 2009 to 2014.

Data from the United States Census Bureau shows 34.6 percent of the population in Syracuse lived below the poverty level between 2009 and 2013. Syracuse also has the one of the highest rates of poverty among black people and Hispanics in the U.S. The recommendations proposed merging the city and county’s Industrial Development Agencies and economic development offices, establishing a countywide shared tax framework — or a Municipal Development Fund — to broaden tax bases and creating a countywide land use plan.

Courts

The Consensus report noted there are 19 town courts and nine village courts, which adds up to $18 million in total judicial cost. The final recommendations suggest to “aggressively” pursue shared services by cutting back the number of separate justice courts within the county to serve a bigger population, allowing the village courts to be absorbed to neighboring town courts, increasing the share of fine revenue and seeking to establish a regional court system.

Social services and health

The Consensus report pointed out the county spent $311.7 million in social services and health, with $98.5 million covered with Medicaid. As the New York State Department of Health has taken over about 25 percent of Medicaid eligibility administrative functions from the county, the report highlighted that the state continues to pass down cost-sharing responsibilities on local taxpayers.

The citizen group argues that reforming a cost-sharing model would be an opportunity to form a new partnership between the county and the state, allowing the state to shoulder more Medicaid cost burden in exchange of the county pursuing the group’s recommendations.

Corrections

The report calls for unifying Onondaga County Sheriff’s Custodial Division with the Department of Corrections.

Water

The report recommends integrating City of Syracuse Water Department and the Onondaga County Water Authority.

The report also describes areas of potential savings in street and highway maintenance, wastewater, solid waste, tax assessment, financial administration, code enforcement, clerk and libraries. By unifying those services, the report states, there could be between $7.9 and $9.9 million savings generated annually. ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

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WINSTON FISHER didn’t get into extreme sports until four years ago. While training for the world marathon, he would run 57 miles every weekend. courtesy of winston fisher

RUNNING MAN SU alumnus finishes worldwide marathon

By Kenneth Mintz staff writer

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Where in the world is Winston Fisher?

hen Winston Fisher was approached by a coworker about a “crazy race” that fit his character, he lunged at an opportunity that would take him all over the world.

The 44-year-old Syracuse University graduate went online to learn more about the World Marathon Challenge, which features seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.

He was sold and signed up. He ultimately raised $60,000 for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

“I believe the best races I’ve ever done, you hear something that stimulates you and sounds scary,” Fisher said. “Then you sign up for it and figure out how to do it after.”

In this year’s World Marathon Challenge, Fisher placed 13 out of 22 finishers with an average time of 4:31:54, but that didn’t come without hurdles. With the sun blazing overhead and his calf cramping up, he struggled in Dubai, the sixth marathon.

He came in with a time of 5:31:29, his worst finish of the series.

He bounced back well and had his best finish in the final leg in Sydney, Australia, where he finished in 3:50:51.

“It’s not a race that holds your hand,” Fisher said. “They expect you to take care of yourself.

Here’s a map of where Winston Fisher ran during the 2017 World Marathon Challenge:

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1 Antartica Union Glacier

2 South America Punta Arenas, Chile

5 Africa 6 Asia Marrakech, Morocco Dubai, UAE

3 North America Miami 7 Australia Sydney

4 Europe Madrid, Spain

It’s not a luxury tour. This is not for weak people.”

While Fisher said there was no way to help jet lag, he was able to prepare for temperature differences to a certain degree. In some of the hotter locations, he had to run slower and take in more electrolytes because of increased sweat in hot temperatures.

Fisher wasn’t into running when he was a student at SU, but instead developed an affinity for endurance sports about four years ago.

Since then, he participated in two bicycle races from San Diego to Annapolis, Maryland, which included a first-place finish in the eight-person team category. He also took part in a 24-hour bike ride in Central Park and multiple Ironman triathlons. Through it all, Fisher has represented TeamExtreme and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

Fisher said doing the challenge was not totally crazy like some people might assume, and he prides himself on aiming high. He added that the races were in controlled environments, so it didn’t pose much risk. He said jumping out of an airplane without a parachute would be out of control, but doing seven marathons in seven days wasn’t so bad.

“My question to people is, ‘Why aren’t you doing more of that?’” Fisher said. “Isn’t life see fisher page 10

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Mixtapes are the forgotten message of love; bring them back

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assette tapes are dead and CDs are on their way out.

With the rise of technology and music streaming apps, these platforms are becoming obsolete. But there is one thing to be missed: mixtapes. Not the mixtapes musicians release, but the ones you could give to that special someone or a good friend.

CHRISTINE CHUNG

I USED TO LOVE KANYE Mixtapes may be a weird thing to miss, especially since we grew up around the time this romantic gesture was already starting to

die, but hear me out: Music is powerful because of the personal connections a listener can make to certain songs or bands.

For instance, when I listen to Mumford & Sons’ album “Wilder Mind,” I am immediately transported to the cobblestone streets in front of my flat from my study

abroad semester in London. “Midnight City” by M83 will always take me back to my high school prom, and anything by Frank Sinatra reminds me of my parents.

Whether we recognize it or not, everyone has that one song that can take them back to that special moment, place or person. So when

you give another person a mixtape, it is basically your own artistic audio letter. The type of music, the arrangement, the bands, the name of the tape and all of the other thought that goes into each detail and selection tells a story.

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something you’re supposed to grab by the veins, go full speed ahead, feel it, enjoy it and push it? I am not content doing boring stuff — I want to do cool stuff.”

The backbone of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is TeamExtreme, which supports the foundation through fundraising, donations and volunteer work. Dave Winters, president of the Fund, said the more than 20-person team initially competed in events in large groups — as they did with the bike race across the country — but they decided it would be better to compete separately or in smaller groups for year-round publicity.

Team Extreme also champions the construction of treatment centers for military personnel suffering from traumatic brain injury. Five have opened so far nationwide and one more is under construction.

The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund was set up in honor of Fisher’s great uncle Zachary Fisher, who couldn’t serve in World War II because of a leg injury. Zachary, along with two of his brothers, formed Fisher Brothers real estate firm. Winston Fisher now serves as executive vice chairman of the firm. The Fisher family was ranked No. 157 on Forbes’ list of America’s richest families in 2015.

Fisher models his philanthropy after his family, including his great-uncle and parents, who have always taught him to give back whenever possible. Fisher serves on the board of the nonprofit, and also provides philanthropy to SU — which was used for the Fisher Center, an academic campus in New York City.

“There are people who usually have young kids, and who have risked their life for us. It’s important that they’re taken care of,” Fisher said.

As much as Fisher loves taking care of others with his philanthropy, he certainly took care of himself before the races. In preparation, Fisher ran about one to two hours per day during the week. He supplemented that with biking multiple times each week for about two or three hours and built up muscle and joint strength

game-changing partnership between popular dating app Tinder and Spotify. By letting users add their favorite music onto their dating profiles, it can attract other users with similar music tastes and allows for an icebreaker that’s a lot better than, “you up?”

Learning about the type of music a person likes is a glimpse into their world. Think about the music you listen to and the reasons why you like certain bands and songs. Now imagine getting a playlist made especially for you. Doesn’t that make your heart flutter?

Maybe it’s just the hopeless romantic in me, but I want mixtapes to make a major comeback this year, especially with Valentine’s Day coming up. But I also want to know where the stigma of mixtapes began. In numerous movies and television shows ,viewers have seen the dorky or desperate person give whoever they’re in love with a mixtape only to have it thrown out or made fun of.

In “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” the very unstable character “Ponytail Derek” gave Candace mixtapes full of sad love songs and creepy commentary. Ashton Kutcher’s character Adam in “No Strings Attached” made a hilarious “Period Mix” for Emma, played by Natalie Portman, who just wanted a strictly friends-withbenefits relationship. Could this stigma around mixtapes be the result of society’s rejection of commitment and embrace of hookup culture?

Sharing music is an intimate activity. It can put a person into a vulnerable position, especially for those who are trying to send a message. It’s more than just a playlist.

Making a mixtape can be a grand romantic gesture and a sign of trust or chance that the other person may be taking on you.

Jack’s Mannequin lead singer Andrew McMahon sang it best in “The Mixed Tape” – don’t be afraid to write someone “a symphony of sound.”

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FISHER placed 13 of 22 finishers in the World Marathon Challenge. He and his fellow competitors ran more than 180 miles in a week. courtesy of winston fisher

through strength training about 3 times per week. On weekends, he would do three long runs: a 13-mile run, a marathon and an 18-mile run, for example, over a three-day span.

Fisher enjoyed running outdoors and

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Fisher’s time in the marathon he ran in Australia, marking his fastest finish in the World Marathon Challenge

avoided the treadmill. He said he loved running in Central Park, and although its hilly terrain helped him build endurance, all of the courses in the challenge were flat.

“It’s great people watching. It’s a cool place,” Fisher said about training in Central Park. “As much as it’s the same run each time, it’s always changing.”

Fisher relays his love of fitness to his employees at Fisher Brothers and encourages physical fitness by providing a full gym at the office. There are also fitness classes three times each week, led by outside instructors.

Trainer Jimmy Riccitello, a former pro-

fessional triathlete, is impressed by Fisher’s commitment to fitness. Riccitello said that some athletes he works with are not fully engaged, but Fisher, on the other hand, pushes himself in all events whether it’s biking, running or a triathlon.

Due to travel constraints, Fisher wasn’t able bring Riccitello with him around the world.

“As well as I know him and as much as I know what he’s capable of, the guy still amazes me,” Riccitello said.

Riccitello told Fisher he must be able to say, “Hey, I got what I got, and when the gun goes off, I have a job to do.” Fisher did just that before the race in Dubai, when he was running on extreme lack of sleep.

Fisher signed up for his first Ironman on a whim after reading a book about the race. Now, he completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. What’s next for Fisher is unclear, but he is always looking for a challenge.

“I have a belief that the only thing that stop you from doing something is your mind,” Fisher said. “If you say you can do something, you can do it. If you say you can’t do it, you can’t. You have to have a desire and belief that you can accomplish things.”

Christine Chung is a senior communication and rhetorical studies major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp.

She can be reached at chchun02@syr.edu.

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Café Kubal, Empire Brewing Co. partner to create coffee-infused beer

By Stacy Fernández asst. feature editor

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eer with a caffeinated buzz will be joining the lineup of beverages Friday at the grand opening of the sixth Café Kubal location. The newest edition to the local café chain will be located in a residential and retail building at 712-714 E. Fayette St. The owners of Empire Brewing Co. reached out to Café Kubal about the idea approximately three years ago, said Breanne Barzee, general manager of Empire Brewing Co. “People like coffee-flavored beer so we figured as one of our initiatives to support local businesses, we would find a local coffee producer and see if they would be interested in doing a coffee collaboration.”

Currently Empire Brewing Co. is partnered with almost 30 businesses and agricultural producers in the central New York area. Café Kubal is one of the latest editions to the list.

“Local Grind,” the name of the new beer, is a Scotch Ale infused with a custom blend of Guatemalan beans. Most beer and coffee combinations are done with Scotch Ales due to the slight sweetness and maltiness of the drink, making it a great pairing with coffee’s distinct flavors. The name is a play on the beer having a local tie and it being made with

coffee grinds, Barzee said.

Empire Brewing Co. has been brewing with coffee from Café Kubal for a long time, but they thought it would be a good idea to do a combination release party for the new location and “Local Grind” in a limited edition four pack.

how to make coffee beer 1. Grind coffee beans until coarse 2. Place grounds in container 3. Add filtered water using one to two ounces of coffee beans per cup of water 4. Stir mixture to fully saturate beans 5. Seal and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours 6. Strain coffee through cheese cloth 7. Blend coffee with beer

The brew will run until it is sold out at the locations that carry them.

“I would guess it would probably be gone in about two or three weeks,” Barzee said.

“It’s one of our top sellers.”

Tim Butler, Empire’s brewmaster, is the mastermind behind the blend. Barzee added that he’s been brewing for so long and has a knack for it that he can just figure out what works — whether it means tweaking an old recipe or creating a new one.

Barzee said she’s never tasted a Butler

brew that was bad — 99.99 percent of the time the flavor is “out of this world.”

Leading up to the launch party, punch cards will be available at the different Café Kubal locations as well as at Empire Brewing Co. Customers get one punch with each purchase of a beverage, after completing five punches from Café Kubal and five from Empire Brewing Co. they can get a free beverage at the party, Barzee said. The idea is that customers who regularly frequent the brewery will feel motivated to get the five other punches on their card at Kubal, and vice versa.

“That’s business being shared between both local businesses,” Barzee said.

Barzee said she is looking forward to the party not just because of the collaboration, but also the food. One of the chefs from Empire Brewing Co. will be cooking for the event and making some coffee infused foods including a red-eye gravy.

Though the party will feature two grownup beverages — beer and coffee — it is still meant to have a family-friendly atmosphere.

Many of those involved in the production of the coffee and of the beer have families with kids and it was important that everybody be able to attend and enjoy. sfern100@syr.edu | @StacyFernandezB

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rebounding the first half against the Panthers, SU’s sense of urgency on the glass reached a season-high.

Syracuse has rebounded 65.5 percent of opponents’ missed shots, last in the ACC and 337th in the country, per Kenpom.

“The boards were the story of the first half,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said.

“Down 17 at halftime and one differential in the second half. Rebounding was a problem.”

Not a single Orange player snatched more than two boards in the first frame against Pittsburgh. After the break, though, Tyler Lydon pulled down five while Tyler Roberson grabbed four. In the last 20 minutes of the game, SU recorded 16 rebounds compared to Pitt’s 15. The turnaround gave Syracuse a chance as it whittled a 13-point deficit to as few as three. But the damage had been done.

Syracuse struggled, players said, because they were out of position as the ball bounced off the rim. They also needed to be more aggressive. The Orange displayed both its rebounding ceiling and floor on the same afternoon.

“Just gotta be more physical,” Lydon said.

Syracuse showed it could compete on the boards against some of the nation’s best teams by outrebounding Florida State by three and getting outrebounded by then-No. 9 Virginia by just one. SU has lost the rebounding battle in eight of its last 11 games and hasn’t outrebounded an ACC opponent by more than nine.

Thompson is still honing the intricacies of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone and struggles to crash the glass offensively from the high post.

Andrew White played guard throughout his career before a shift to forward. He averages 4.6 rebounds per game. Roberson has proven to be the Orange’s best rebounder.

That leaves Lydon, Syracuse’s leading rebounder. But the Orange floundered when he got caught out of position against Pittsburgh. If the Orange wants to alter a season hanging on by a thread, winning the boards would be valuable.

“Any time teams (win the rebounding battle), it’s tough to win games,” Lydon said.

“You definitely take pride in (rebounding).”

SYKES receieved an ovation from the Carrier Dome crowd as head coach Quentin Hillsman took the guard out of the game in the final minutes. Sykes tallied a new career-high in points on Sunday.

colin davy asst. photo editor LONG RANGE STRUGGLES Both teams combined for only nine made 3s.

run. For Sykes, who reached double-digits in every game but one this season, Sunday’s effort bumps Syracuse one step closer to a higher ACC tournament seed.

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Last week, Syracuse moved up four spots 3-point Several acrobatic drive and layups, durto No. 20 in the AP Top 25. On Tuesday, percentage ing which Sykes seemed to pause in mid air Sykes was named one of 19 players the The Daily Orange 2/9/17 Sudoku while defenders fell to the ground, enlivened Dawn Staley Award Watch List, which recthe SU crowd and bench. One bumped Syraognizes the nation’s top guards. On Sunday, cuse’s lead to 17, prompting Hatchell to call she had the best game of her career. timeout. Minutes later, Sykes kick-started “Brittney was phenomenal,” SU head SU’s second quarter run with a nifty maneucoach Quentin Hillsman said. ver to bypass one defender. Her drop step got couple of seconds before the first quarter To solve theASudoku puzzle, each row, column a North Carolina’s her past another and to the rack. buzzer sounded, Sykes took a pair of dribbles box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

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Redshirt freshman Mary Rahal emerges on SU midfield

By Matt Feldman staff writer

A few minutes into Saturday’s game, Syracuse midfielder Mary Rahal found herself handling the ball about 20 yards from the goal. She dodged a Boston College defender and looked to swing a pass to Nicole Levy beside the net. But the Eagles’ defense already smothered Levy.

With the defense concentrated away from the net, a lane to the goal opened up in front of Rahal’s eyes. The redshirt freshman sprinted directly on goal and fired to the back of the net.

One career shot, one career goal.

“She understood what was happening,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “We talked about that situation, and she took it, got the opportunity and played with a lot of confidence after that.”

The No. 7 Orange (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) coasted to an 18-8 victory over No. 17 Boston College on Saturday in the Carrier Dome behind three goals and two assists from the young midfielder. After redshirting, Rahal is now a part of SU’s freshmen contingent looking to fill in the holes Kayla Treanor and Halle Majorana left in the Orange offense.

Scoring the Orange’s first goal on Saturday “definitely was” a strong way to dispel nerves, Rahal said. She hadn’t expected to have the impact she did on the Orange’s first game of the 2017 season.

“I was actually really nervous,” Rahal said. “I didn’t know how I was going to play this first game.”

Though Rahal’s game-opening goal began an 8-0 run that lasted nearly 10 minutes, she wasn’t the only Orange newcomer to step up in Saturday’s game. True freshman Emily Hawryschuk scored four goals on as many shots. Levy said before the season that the

team is young and shouldn’t be judged on what they lost, but the talent added.

The duo of Rahal and Hawryschuk nearly combined for more goals than the entire Eagles’ offense, a stark contrast to the silent roles many freshmen are expected to play on college teams.

Four Orange starters made their debuts Saturday and, while all weren’t as successful as Rahal and Hawryschuk, Gait said newcomers will provide much of the Orange’s offense.

“There’s going to be players who step up and have opportunities to have great games,” Gait said. “And it could be different next week.” mjfel100@syr.edu

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Syracuse opponent preview: What to know about Louisville

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

Coming off a road loss to Pittsburgh that ended a five-game winning streak, Syracuse (16-10, 8-5 Atlantic Coast) returns home to play No. 4 Louisville (20-5, 8-4) on Monday at 7 p.m. The Cardinals most recently overcame a 14-point halftime deficit on Saturday to beat Miami, and now head to SU as winners of eight of its last 10 games.

Here’s what to know about Monday’s game.

All-time series: Louisville leads, 16-8 Last time they played: Last time these two teams squared off, the Orange was destroyed in the paint at the KFC Yum! Center during a 72-58 loss. The Cardinals torched the bottom of Syracuse’s zone for 50 points in the paint, largely spearheaded by big man Chinanu Onuaku. Trevor Cooney led SU with 19

points, but the Orange was really hamstrung by a 12-for-21 (57.1 percent) shooting night at the foul line. Tyler Lydon only shot 2-of-7 in his 31 minutes off the bench.

The Louisville report: UofL boasts one of the best defenses in the country. At defending the 3, blocking shots and protecting the paint, the Cardinals are extremely difficult to score on. Kenpom.com rates Louisville’s 87.4 defensive efficiency, a metric that measures points allowed per 100 possessions, as the second-best in college basketball. With Deng Abel and Mangok Mathiang active again after a one-game suspensions last Monday at Virginia, the Cardinals’ frontcourt is once again back at full strength.

How Syracuse beats Louisville: Not only does UofL excel on defense, but it scores at about the same rate the Orange does. That spells out an extremely difficult matchup for

Syracuse, perhaps more challenging than previous upsets against UVA and Florida State.

Quite simply, SU is going to have to figure out where it can break into the Cardinals’ defense.

That’s likely going to be on the inside, given Louisville’s propensity for defending the 3.

That means John Gillon needs to drive as often as he can, drawing in defenders to go for a contested layup or find an outlet pass. That means Taurean Thompson needs to stay out of foul trouble and do what he does best: Get to the basket. That means SU can’t have a repeat of what happened against Pittsburgh, with Tyler Lydon going silent and the offense skidding out until the last 10 minutes of the game.

Stat to know: 28.7 percent — Louisville’s opponents this year have shot only 28.7 percent from 3, which stands as the best mark among ACC teams this year. Andrew White and Tyus Battle, among others, will have to

figure something out that few other players have this year against UofL, or find a different source for scoring opportunities.

Player to watch: Quentin Snider, point guard, No. 4 The 6-foot-2 junior point guard returned to the court against the Hurricanes after missing six games with a strained hip flexor.

The Cardinals survived the six games with Donovan Mitchell manning the point, but Louisville’s offense is better with Snider out there. He has a knack for hitting 3s, leading UofL’s trio of 3-point shooters with a 38.5 percentage from deep. In the four games before Snider’s injury, he and Mitchell sparked Louisville’s offense by 32.3 points and shooting 41 percent from the field. The Orange will certainly be tested by Snider and Louisville’s frontcourt. cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

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Beat writers offer split predictions of Syracuse-Louisville game

By Daily Orange Sports Staff

Syracuse (16-10, 8-5 Atlantic Coast) had its five-game win streak snapped in Pittsburgh on Saturday, falling to the Panthers, 80-75.

The Orange returns home to the Carrier Dome to take on No. 4 Louisville (20-5, 8-4) on Monday night. The Cardinals are coming off a come from behind win at Miami. See if our beat writers predict the Orange to pull off a third-straight top-10 win at home.

CONNOR GROSSMAN (15-11) NESTING PLACE SYRACUSE 68, LOUISVILLE 64

There’s no sound reason to think Syracuse will beat the fourth-ranked team in the country. Really, there isn’t. Louisville’s defense ranks near the top of the ACC in almost every statistical category, and for an SU team coming off a demoralizing road loss to Pittsburgh, Monday isn’t likely to be the pick-me-up the Orange is looking for. But neither were home games against then-No. 6 Florida State or then-No. 9 Virginia. Yet Syracuse pulled off wins nobody saw coming from page 16

press Duke less than 48 hours earlier. But back in the Carrier Dome, where it hasn’t lost all year, and against an inexperienced team, the Orange held the advantage. Multiple press schemes earned 27 points off turnovers and resulted in Syracuse’s dominating 95-64 victory over UNC (13-12, 2-10) on Sunday evening.

At the end of the first half, Quentin Hillsman yelled at Brittney Sykes, who had scored 17 points to that point. He said after the game that he felt she, and the team, hadn’t finished the half of strong.

He didn’t want SU taking any possessions, or its lead, for granted.

So, the Orange blitzed the Tar Heels to start the third quarter and forced UNC into eight of its 18 total turnovers in that one quarter alone. “… I thought that was really the difference

with a blend of great defense and enough offense that it hasn’t exhibited outside of Syracuse. Count me in for another stunner in the Carrier Dome.

MATT SCHNEIDMAN (12-14) SLICK RICK LOUISVILLE 74, SYRACUSE 68

The Cardinals are back at full strength following the return of Quentin Snider from injury and Mangok Mathiang and Deng Adel from suspension. Louisville pulled a Syracuse and came back from down double digits to beat Miami on Saturday, avoiding an 0-2 wee k heading into the Carrier Dome after losing to Virginia earlier. Snider and Donovan Mitchell will be too much for the Orange to handle, and Syracuse’s undefeated home conference record vanishes just like SU’s NCAA Tournament hopes.

PAUL SCHWEDELSON (15-11) Q AND NO A’S LOUISVILLE 79, SYRACUSE 64

in the third quarter,” Peterson said.

At first, SU deployed an individualbased press. On one play that started with an inbound pass from near halfcourt, the Orange forced UNC into a backcourt violation. Another ended with North Carolina turning it over after a five-second violation underneath its own basket.

Afterward, North Carolina broke that press with four players, including bigs, in the backcourt. The guard standing furthest from the player throwing the ball in would streak to the hoop and get a football-like throw for a layup.

“They did a good job. We got into one press, turned them over a few times and then they went long twice,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said. “… We made adjustments with out press, which was the difference in keeping them in front of us and not getting beat over the top.”

SU switched into looser, zone-based pres-

Syracuse got blown out the last time it faced Louisville, but has knocked off two thenTop-10 teams in a row at home this year.

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Unlike Connor’s blind faith, I will give you reasons why Syracuse will lose. Louisville is really, really good. Syracuse is not. Cardinals point guard Quentin Snider returned from a hip injury this weekend after missing the six previous games. He

finished with 13 points, four assists and four rebounds in a five-point win over Miami. Expect him to only improve as Donovan Mitchell, Deng Adel, Mangok Mathiang and Jaylen Johnson also help tear apart SU’s zone defense.

sure. One SU player free-lanced near midcourt, eliminating the deep ball.

ble-team, SU’s press remained. On one play, Gabby Cooper and Day doubled a Tar Heel in the corner, but she managed to swing the ball back to Paris Kea, who threw the ball in.

Kea went to dribble forward, seemingly without much pressure. But Sykes rotated over from the weak side, forcing Kea to dribble the ball too far ahead and right into the hands of Peterson.

Another turnover, another easy bucket.

Hillsman said that it’s normally tough to switch between two press schemes midway through a quarter. But he felt confident that it’d be executed correctly, given most of the players on the courts were veterans and had a lot of experience in SU’s pressing scheme.

“Anytime we can play that way and continue to press and have a press to be able to attack their press offense,” Hillsman said, “we’re going to be in good shape.”

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Turnovers forced by the Syracuse press on Sunday, when UNC turned the ball over twice as much as SU

Following the inbound, the SU defender on that side of the court and the player guarding the inbounds double-teamed North Carolina’s pass recipient. Sometimes, that alone would create a turnover.

Even when UNC surpassed the initial dou-

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facility secretary Debora Belanger and former Director of Operations Stan Kissel added citations to Melo’s paper.

After the NCAA had deemed Melo ineligible during the regular season, Syracuse filed for a waiver that would’ve reinstated him.

The NCAA turned down Syracuse’s request, which led to an SU appeal. After that too was denied, members of the athletics department turned inward to try to restore Melo’s eligibility, according to the NCAA report, leading to the academic integrity problems.

Melo returned to action Feb. 4, 2012, after missing three games.

Syracuse, which compiled a 31-2 record before the 2012 NCAA Tournament en route to earning a No. 1 seed, lost Melo for its national title push anyway. He had failed a class in the meantime, which made him academically ineligible.

“I truly believe his sophomore year, if the NCAA didn’t bother us or bother him, I believe we would’ve won a national title that year,” said Dion Waiters, a Miami Heat guard and Melo’s former roommate. “That’s how good he improved and made us that much more better.”

Melo, the 14th-best recruit in his class, according to ESPN, and Waiters, the 15th, shared a room in the summer leading up to their freshman year. Waiters poked fun at Melo because his Brazilian accent sounded funny.

The two endured a first season during which they scored a combined 8.9 points per game on a team that fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Both improved over the next year, setting up Waiters as the country’s best sixth man and Melo as an imposing defensive force on one of the nation’s best teams.

“He came back a different person, completely,” Waiters said. “He was dominant, real dominant. NCAA came back with the BS. … just trying to find ways to get him out, I don’t know what the case may be, but that whole year we went through a whole lot.”

When Melo forewent two years of eligibility for the NBA Draft, he worked out with NBA trainer and Syracuse graduate Rob McClanaghan in Miami. They developed a “very good relationship,” and McClanaghan recognized Melo’s agility despite his size. The quick, defensive skill set hinted at a promising NBA career, McClanaghan thought, with all off-court controversy in the rearview.

I truly believe (Melo’s) sophomore year, if the NCAA didn’t bother us or bother him, I believe we would’ve won a national title that year.

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“I think Melo didn’t change who he was for anybody,” McClanaghan said. “Just a genuine guy, just a normal guy that just lived life to the fullest, I think ... just always to me, he never took anything too seriously.

He worked very hard for me. At the same time, he enjoyed it.”

On Saturday night, pictures and memories of Melo poured out from Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge and Paul Pierce to Jamal Crawford to countless members of the Syracuse basketball community.

Melo may be regarded as the focal point of one of the darkest hours in Syracuse basketball history, but he’s more than “student-athlete 7,” as the 94-page NCAA report branded him. He imparted a natural appreciation for life to those he encountered.

“No matter what people said about him, if you didn’t know him, you didn’t know you was missing out a lot,” Waiters said. “... He went too early, gone so soon, so young.” mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

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Brittney Sykes notches career-high 34 points in win

BRITTNEY SYKES thrived in driving to the basket against North Carolina on Sunday. The senior dropped 17 points in each half as No. 20 Syracuse demolished the Tar heels, 95-64. colin davy asst. photo editor

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s Brittney Sykes emerged from the tunnel behind Syracuse’s bench, she flashed a smile. Seventeen first-half points from the Orange’s redshirt senior guard deserved a grin, even if she hadn’t revealed much other than a concentrated stare in the game’s first 20 minutes.

Sykes tacked on another 17 points in the next 18 minutes before exiting to a standing ovation. She had scored only 29 points in her last two games. On Sunday alone, she scored five more than that for the second 30-point game in her senior season.

Less than 48 hours after one of Sykes worst performances of the season — 11 points on 3-of-16 shooting and five turnovers in a 72-55 loss at No. 14 Duke — Sykes regained the footing that’s put her second on the ACC’s leading scorers list, behind only her backcourt mate Alexis Peterson. In her best game of what’s

molded into the best season of her career, Sykes scored a career-high 34 points. She also handed out three assists, grabbed six rebounds and blocked two shots Sunday afternoon as No. 20 Syracuse (18-8, 9-4 Atlantic Coast) rolled North Carolina (13-12, 2-10), 95-64.

“She’s probably going to be a candidate for an All-American,” North Carolina’s Hall of Fame head coach Sylvia Hatchell said.

“She’s unstoppable.”

The last time SU played the Tar Heels, a four-point loss at Chapel Hill in January 2016, Sykes scored only nine points on 4-of-18 shooting. This time, she channeled Peterson when she commanded the point on breakaways and restarts. She also mirrored the approach of Briana Day, who had 19 points and 16 rebounds, when she backed down, leaned in and powered up a turnaround jump hook.

Sykes improvised off the dribble, avoiding a UNC defense sliding with her every

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All Jim Boeheim wanted was to be even. His team surprised him against then-No. 6 Florida State when it won the rebounding battle. That led to an edge in second-chance points, 15-11, and on the scoreboard, 82-72.

The Seminoles are the thirdtallest team in the nation, per Kenpom.com. Pittsburgh, which outrebounded the Orange by 16 on Saturday, is the second. And when

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women’s basketball

SU’s board struggles continue before UofL

By Paul Schwedelson

move. It’s what’s she done throughout this season, and it’s why she can screech to a halt when double-teamed, swerve in the lane while other players skate past her and step back with enough separation to sneak off a midrange jumper or 3-pointer.

To get to 34 points, the third-highest total from an SU women’s basketball player in Carrier Dome history, Sykes shot 10-for-19 from the field and 13-for17 from the charity stripe. She eclipsed 1,700 career points in a game SU extended its home win streak to 18.

“I was just taking what the defense gave me,” Sykes said. “They were just giving me the open lane.”

Sykes’ development as a player — from pure scorer to do-it-all offensive co-pilot — showed on Sunday. This game marked the latest example of Sykes’ transformation post-knee injuries. They limited her play over the last two seasons, during which she could show only glimpses of the All-ACC

SU (16-10, 8-5) hosts Louisville (205, 8-4 Atlantic Coast) on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Carrier Dome, it’ll be facing the country’s 16th tallest team. But height doesn’t necessarily correlate to success on the glass.

Syracuse has struggled mightily on the boards despite being the nation’s eighth tallest team.

It may have just been the gauntlet that is the Orange’s ACC schedule that caught up to the team riding a five-game winning streak.

After being outrebounded by 17 in

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Orange finds success using press against UNC

By Tomer Langer sports editor

Syracuse’s guards kept pressing.

It didn’t matter the Orange had played a road game on Friday night and had the two-day turnaround. Or that Brittney Sykes, Alexis Peterson and Gabby Cooper had played nearly the entire first half. Or even that SU was playing, as Briana Day said, in an “unnaturally hot” gym.

Early in the third quarter, Brittney Sykes dribbled around

the North Carolina defense before hitting a layup. As soon as the ball dropped through the hoop, Sykes found a UNC player to guard on the press. She stole the ball in the backcourt, hop stepped hard to draw the Tar Heel she stole the ball from and then dumped it off to Day for a layup.

“We’re young and inexperienced back there,” UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “We made it look good.”

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Fab Melo dies at 26 in Brazil

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

Fab Melo first went to Friendly’s with a group of teammates, including Baye Moussa Keita and walk-ons Nick Resavy and Matt Tomaszewski. His three friends told their waitress it was Melo’s birthday, even though it wasn’t, and a group of Friendly’s employees surprised an unsuspecting Melo when they serenaded him with the happy birthday song.

“Aside from the first initial shock of, ‘What is going on here?’ it’s just a real funny time with a lot of laughs,” Resavy said. “… Beyond basketball, he was just a guy who loved life, loved to have fun.”

Melo was found dead Saturday morning from an apparent heart attack in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, per Brazilian authorities. He was 26.

(Melo) was a really good kid, and it’s not fair that he will be defined by one thing: a 10-page paper.

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For all the controversy that accompanied the 7-footer off the court, Melo remained carefree of the expectations that came with the tag of a top-15 recruit in the country.

Melo’s freshman season didn’t live up to the hype, but in 2011-12 he mastered the 2-3 zone intricacies, started all 30 games he was eligible for and won Big East Defensive Player of the Year. Melo declared two years early for the NBA Draft in 2012, when the Boston Celtics selected him 22nd overall.

His NBA career lasted 36 minutes over six games. Stints with three different NBA teams eventually led to a career in his home country of Brazil.

“I’m very sorry to hear about the passing of Fab Melo,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said in a statement Saturday night. “He was a kind, genuine person who was committed to doing his best while he was at Syracuse. Our staff and his teammates were fortunate to have had the opportunity to know Melo. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Melo was a key part of the NCAA’s investigation into Syracuse athletics and a revised paper that led to eligibility challenges in January 2012.

“He was a really good kid, and it’s not fair that he will be defined by one thing: a 10-page paper,” Boeheim told ESPN Saturday night.

Melo wasn’t solely responsible for the academic impropriety, according to the NCAA’s report, which found that then-basketball

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