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A recent study found that international undergraduate student enrollment in the United States dropped about 2 percent between fall 2016 and fall 2017. Page 3

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Bike-share possible by 2019 By Bianca Moorman staff writer

A new bike-sharing program could be operating in Syracuse by the end of the year. The program would allow residents to rent a bike in one location and drop it off in another. While there’s currently no citywide bikesharing in Syracuse, officials said a privately-funded initiative could be functioning by the end of 2018. Mayor Ben Walsh proposed the bike-sharing program during his “state of the city” speech late last month. Walsh initially said it could start this summer. New York City famously launched a similar program called “Citi Bike.” That program is primarily sponsored by Citigroup. “This is something that we have been looking at for a long time and the new administration definitely had put an emphasis on bringing this ... this idea of a bike-share to Syracuse,” said Neil Burke, the city’s transportation planner. Currently, there is no exact timeline for the initiative, said Eric Ennis, economic development project manager with Syracuse’s department of neighborhood and business development. The selection of a bike-share vendor will be made by this summer and if “everything goes as planned,” the program should be operational by the end of 2018, Ennis said. The city will not be funding or operating the bikes, nor will it receive any money for the program’s rentals, Burke said. The private vendor that’s chosen as the primary bike-sharing operator will be responsible for maintenance of the bikes and will collect the program’s revenue, Ennis said. Burke said in the past, bike-sharing programs in other cities have been funded by municipalities. But recently, more programs have been privately-funded, he said. The bike-sharing program will have an economic impact by giving people better access to retail business and restaurants, Ennis said. Bike-share vendors can submit proposals to the Syracuse Bikeshare Commission, a volunteer group that meets monthly to work with the city, in a bid to operate the program. The commission will choose what vendor might best support a bike-sharing program in Syracuse, Ennis said. “We will have all the companies submit a request basically to operate a bike-share in Syracuse and we would go through the companies that are interested,” Ennis said. “We would pick the company ideally that would be see bike-share page 9

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Elementary students in the Syracuse City School District are learning about nature handson, thanks to a partnership with Baltimore Woods Nature Center. Page 7

S • That’s swell

Matthew Moyer seemed to have made his way back from a sprained ankle. But he missed SU’s game against Wake Forest because of that injury. Page 12

MAJOR PRESSURE

Following national trend, SU athletes said they were forced into academic majors ‘they did not want’ College athletes are frequently “clustered” together in certain academic majors, experts say. Here’s an explanation of what “clustering” is and a breakdown of SU men’s lacrosse players’ home colleges. Of the 56 student-athletes on the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team, the distribution of home colleges is relatively even across four main schools. Of the 56 rostered players, though, 29 do not have majors listed on Cuse.com.

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The required percentage of athletes on a team, in a specific academic major, for a “cluster” to occur source: amanda paule-kobe

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Percent of faculty athletic representatives from Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision schools who said they thought athletes “cluster” in some majors

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t’s a concern raised by college athletes across the country. Students, particularly members of major revenue-generating sports, feel they are steered into certain majors by coaches, experts say. “I think it’s been pretty prevalent,” said Billy Hawkins, a professor at the University of Houston who researches cultural issues surrounding college athletics. “Athletes … haven’t been able to major in areas of interest.” Syracuse University is no different, some athletes have said. The university’s Faculty Oversight Committee, a group that briefs Chancellor Kent Syverud on athletic policy each year, published a report last semester containing anonymous, NCAA-mandated exit interviews in which an unknown number of athletes said they were forced into majors “they did not want.” Rick Burton, chair of the FOC, and Tommy Powell, an FOC member and assistant provost for student-athlete academic development, were not made available see majors page 4

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Assembly members elected By Sarah Slavin staff writer

Syracuse University’s Student Association on Monday elected six new assembly members, including two from SUNY-ESF. The organization elected one representative from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, one from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, two from the College of Arts and Sciences and two from SUNY-ESF.

what is sa? The Student Association is the student government body of the university. SA is currently in its 61st session, and James Franco is president. Outside the cabinet, there are five committees and four boards, which report to the association.

Bernie Kellman, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism and information management and technology dual major, will represent Newhouse. He said one of his interests is working with SU’s Department of Public Safety on their drug and alcohol policies. Eduardo Gomez, a sophomore economics major, and Alexander Keegan, a freshman political science and economics double major, were elected as representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences. Gomez said he wants to focus on diversity, adding that he hoped to be a voice for minorities on campus. He said he wanted to work with diversity affairs, and hopes to participate in more community engagement in Syracuse. Keegan said he hopes to be part of the student life committee and is interested in serving the community. Specifically, Keegan said he wanted to create more genderneutral and family bathrooms on campus to accommodate the transgender community because he has a family member that is a part of the LGBTQ community. The two SUNY-ESF positions are being filled: one by fourthyear Megan Gorss, a natural resources management major, and the other by sophomore James Quinn. Gorss said she hopes to focus on sex positivity and wants to make sure SUNY-ESF students are more aware of SU initiatives. “I’m most excited about being involved in a committee, specifically being involved in the health and wellness subcommittee

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WALSH’S FIRST 100 DAYS

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

Quality of life

LOCAL PLACES AT OLYMPICS

A main focus of Mayor Ben Walsh’s campaign last fall was focused on improving quality of life services in the city of Syracuse. Walsh has instructed officials to more strictly enforce snow codes and ticket and tow cars that illegally block plows on small roads, according to Syracuse.com. The mayor has also announced that his administration plans to encourage the implementation of a new bike-sharing program across Syracuse.

Erin Hamlin, a graduate of the Remsen Junior/Senior High School in Oneida County, placed fifth after two runs of women’s singles luge at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Monday. She was only 0.45 seconds out of third place. source: wkty

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I’ve learned that many of you have been unhappy for a long time with the snow removal service you’ve been getting … we are determined to improve the city’s performance in this area.

The city of Syracuse has received more than 100 inches of snowfall this winter, according to GoldenSnowball.com. daily orange file photo

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The full transition team for Walsh is announced, with one group focused on neighborhoods and public safety

Walsh says his transition team has confirmed his commitment to form a quality of life committee

Walsh announces the city’s new snow code enforcement plan

The mayor says that a bicyclesharing program will launch in Syracuse

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh’s recent announcement to crack down on code violations falls in line with promises he made on the campaign trail to improve “quality of life” for city residents. Since his inauguration in WALSH early January, Walsh’s administration has been actively enforcing laws banning snow plowers from pushing snow onto sidewalks. Snow-covered sidewalks could force pedestrians

NEW YEARS STABBING

Two men were arrested in connection to a bar fight in Syracuse on New Year’s Day that left seven people with stab wounds. The two men were charged with assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and are being held at the Onondaga County Justice Center. source: cny.central

Walsh promises to improve city ‘quality of life’ By Catherine Leffert and Jordan Muller

A prison guard at the Auburn Correctional Facility was accused of waterboarding and beating inmates in the genitals in two incidents. Lt. Troy Mitchell, who has been a guard since 1986, was accused of the incidents in 2016, court papers showed. One inmate claimed to be permanently injured by the beating and said he must now urinate using a catheter.

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onto streets. Syracuse.com reported that Walsh’s strategy to handle snow also includes plans to hire children to shovel hard-to-reach areas, encourage residents to report unshoveled sidewalks and

direct city department heads to clear snow around all Syracuseowned properties. “When we encounter stormy weather, including snow, we will push it aside and keep moving forward,” Walsh said during his January state of the city address. He said ticketing and towing will be a primary method for enforcing public safety issues, targeting 29 “priority streets,” including routes around hospitals and public safety buildings. He added that property owners and plow operators who plow snow onto sidewalks will be penalized via stricter ticketing. Some of those priority streets for ticketing and plowing are in the University Hill neighborhood. The

800 block of Sumner Avenue, the 500 block of Clarendon Street and the 100 block of Redfield Place are targeted areas for better snow management. The mayor also said Syracuse’s Innovation Team will host a snow safety summit on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Dr. Weeks Elementary School in an attempt to develop long-term solutions for the city’s snow removal issues. In his state of the city speech, Walsh said new leadership in Syracuse’s water and public works departments will start using different strategies to handle the city’s aging infrastructure. Walsh said in his speech that he intends to implement a see initiatives page 9

GOVERNOR POLL

Three candidates for the GOP nomination for the New York gubernatorial race are largely unknown by New Yorkers, a statewide poll by the Siena College Research Institute found. Eighty-one percent of voters questioned said they did not recognize John DeFrancisco (R-DeWitt), a state senator representing the area including Syracuse. DeFrancisco launched his campaign two weeks ago. source: syracuse.com

SHERIFF HOSPITALIZED

Oswego County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Brown was hospitalized after his vehicle collided with a snow plow of the town of Redfield. The crash occurred on Route 17 in Redfield, and the sergeant is no longer in the hospital. source: syracuse.com

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SU bucks international student enrollment trend By Felicia Widjaya

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Syracuse University has not been affected by a reported nationwide decrease in the number of international students enrolling at colleges in the United States. In fact, the number of international students traveling to SU for college has been rising. A recent report published by the National Science Foundation showed a 2.2 percent decrease in international undergraduate student enrollment and a 5.5 percent decline in international graduate

student enrollment nationally between fall 2016 and fall 2017. During that same time period, SU’s international undergraduate student enrollment jumped 4 percent. International graduate student enrollment increased 1 percent, according to a report from the Slutzker Center for International Services. The report found a decline in international student enrollment nationally after years of growth, in the last few years. According to the Institute of International Education, the decline may be caused by interna-

2.2 Percent decrease in international undergraduate student enrollment from fall 2016 to fall 2017 source: national science foundation

tional student concerns about the unpredictability of immigration policies at the United States. Maurice Harris, dean of admissions at SU, said in an email that SU “will work with the students to defer enrollment while the student re-applied for a visa, review the possibilities for the denial, and provide guidance on the visa re-application process.” Jaquelina Falkenheim, a senior science resources analyst at the National Science Foundation, which conducted its own international student enrollment report, see decline page 9

A Watertown native has sold about 600,000 dog poop bags with a caricature of President Donald Trump’s face on it since September. The company sold more than 250,000 bags between Thanksgiving and Dec. 20. The company earned more than $100,000 in revenue in the last few months. source: syracuse.com

CHILD CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

A sixth-grader was charged with second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon after he cut a fellow student with a pocket knife on a Buffalo school bus on Monday. The victim was taken to a children’s hospital where she is awaiting medical attention. source: buffalo news

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$20,000 grant program to support accessibility plans By Daniel Strauss asst. digital editor

Syracuse University announced on Monday that a new grants program with $20,000 in funding has been launched in an effort to improve accessibility on campus. The program seeks to support diversity programs and practices that deepen “understanding and engagement across multiple areas of difference, including racial, ethnic, religious, disability, nationality and veteran status,” according to an SU News release published Monday. Proposals for the program will be evaluated and developed during the upcoming spring from page 1

majors for an interview for this story, but have arranged to meet with The Daily Orange next week. The D.O. found that, at the start of the season, there was a broad range of men’s lacrosse players majoring in different subjects across a total of seven schools and colleges, according to statistics on Cuse.com. But 21.4 percent of the team is listed as majoring in communications and rhetorical studies. If 25 percent of a team is in the same academic major, “clustering” occurs, said Amanda Paule-Koba, an associate professor at Bowling Green State University who studies issues in college athletics. Athletes may end up in specific majors because coursework is perceived as less rigorous, class schedules are more flexible or there are “friendlier” faculty who will be more likely to offer leniency for absences, Paule-Kobe said. There was also a broad range of women’s lacrosse team players in different majors. Just a handful of players are in the same academic major. Only three athletes are listed as majoring in communication and rhetorical studies, for example, according to Cuse.com. “All prospective Syracuse University students, including student-athletes, indicate

and summer and the program is expected to be piloted in the 2018-19 academic year, according to the news release.

$5,000 Typical amount each grant proposal will receive source: syracuse university

The plan will allocate $20,000 toward grant proposals, with the typical proposal their major choice when they submit their application to the University,” said an SU spokesperson, in a statement to The Daily Orange on Monday night. “Students are then admitted into a particular major and college based on their preference and qualifications. “Our student-athletes are students first and they come to school to learn and to map their education to fit their personal and career goals.” If there are ever concerns raised by athletes regarding majors, Hawkins said individual colleges’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committees can report those issues to the NCAA’s national SAAC organization. It’s been no secret that athletes have been “guided” into certain majors at some universities, said Robin Hardin, a professor of sport management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. An NCA A report published in February 2013 found that, of more than 120 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools, 51 percent of faculty athletic representatives said they thought athletes “cluster” in some majors. SU is a D-I FBS school. The D.O. found that, of SU’s football team last season, 19 percent of players majored in communication and rhetorical studies, according to Cuse.com. “I think it’s become more discussed now,” Hardin said. “Student-athletes are starting to

receiving $5,000 or less, per the release. Grants will support “planning, implementing and evaluating high-impact practices.” Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly, in the news release, said the program supports a key priority of the Academic Strategic Plan, “which is to enhance and sustain an inclusive, accessible campus of opportunity for a richly diverse student body.” For the most part, grant proposals will address undergraduate students, but programs that engage graduate students may also be considered, according to the release. Grant proposals are due by March 19 at 5 p.m. According to the release, each proposal has to explain the target student audience

“that will be involved and why it would be best served through the proposed highimpact practice.” Proposals that support training and professional development of faculty and staff who engage with students will be considered as well, according to the news release. “Diversity and inclusion are core values of the University, and they are essential components of an outstanding academic experience,” Wheatly said in the news release. “Our hope and expectation is that this grant will help generate creative ideas and identify highimpact practices that can really advance our goals in this area.”

get empowered, a little bit.” Paule-Koba’s research, a 2014 survey of Big Ten and Mid-American Conference athletes across several sports and graduating classes, found that 29.9 percent of athletes did not have majors that aligned with their career aspirations.

students are filtered into certain majors more than others, Hardin said. “If they come in deficient in math, they’re going to tell you to ‘stay away from these majors because they’re math-heavy,’” Hardin said. The communication and rhetorical studies major at SU does not require students to take specific math courses. One of the most nationally recognized cases of a college athlete saying coaches prioritized team eligibility over academics came in 1991. Robert Smith, a thenrunning back at Ohio State University, quit the football team after he said sports interfered with his pre-medical studies, Hawkins said. Smith, though, eventually rejoined the football team for its 1992 season. Michelle Richardson, a professor of sport management at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, said some students’ parents are just happy their kids go to school on a sports scholarship. They don’t mind what majors their kids are put in, Richardson said. “The NCAA loves to brand them as studentathletes,” Paule-Koba said. “That student piece is missing, for a lot of them.”

I think it’s become more discussed now. Studentathletes are starting to get empowered, a little bit. Robin Hardin university of tennessee, knoxville professor of sport management

Of SU’s women’s basketball team, five of 17 athletes — or 29.4 percent of players — are listed in the same major, communication and rhetorical studies. Four of the 15 athletes on SU’s men’s basketball team have majors listed on Cuse.com, and all four of those majors are different. “As long as your major aligns with your career aspirations, clustering isn’t a problem,” Paule-Koba said. Math testing is a key reason as to why some from page 1

elections because of the involvement with sexual health,” Gorss said.

Number of new SA assembly members elected Monday night

Quinn was previously the liaison between SUNY-ESF’s Undergraduate Student Association and SA. He plans to focus on diversity in his new position, he said.

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Junior Brooke Lynn Waldon, a biomedical engineering major, will fill one of the College of Arts and Sciences’ representative positions. Waldon said she is very passionate about SA and went on the organization’s hurricane relief trip to Puerto Rico during winter break.

Other business

SA is working on improving the cycleshare program launched by the organization last year. Vice President Angie Pati said she has been working to expand and sustain the program. Pati said the cycles were largely utilized during the summer and the city of Syracuse is also working on a bike-share program. SU’s cycle share program includes two adaptable cycles, not just bicycles. srslavin@syr.edu

JANINE BOGRIS, one of SA’s joint chiefs of staff, helped coordinate voting to appoint new assembly members. colleen cambier contributing photographer

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It’s time for Syracuse University to implement WeChat app Editor’s note: This editorial, originally published in Monday’s paper, is reprinted here with consideration for a statement from a Syracuse University spokesperson that was submitted to The Daily Orange on Monday morning.

Considering the limited communication between Syracuse University, international students and their overseas relatives, the university must deliver on a promise it made last year to create an SU WeChat account to improve dialogue. Yaqi Kang, president of the China Student Development Think Tank at SU, acknowledged Chinese students have fewer safety concerns now than they did after the September 2016 murder of SU student Xiaopeng “Pippen” Yuan, who was from Beijing. The safety concerns also stemmed from increased reports of off-campus robberies and break-ins

at predominantly Chinese apartment complexes and locations. Following Yuan’s death, the university promised to develop an official SU WeChat, a Chinese mobile messaging app that would allow for communication regarding students’ academics and personal safety between their overseas family and the administration. More than a year later, the university is still working on an account. In response to Monday’s news story about Chinese student safety, a university spokesperson confirmed the university is actively working to develop an official campus WeChat account. Under the app’s current policies, only Chinese residents and citizens are able to serve as account administrators, delaying SU’s unveiling of the service. The Daily Orange Editorial Board is encouraged to hear SU is working on creating the account, considering it’s an incredibly tangible resource that

the university has a moral obligation to create and ensure students their safety is a top priority. An SU WeChat account is essential to improving the campus environment and SU experience for Chinese students, and communication of the account’s progress is helpful for students awaiting its creation. A 2017 survey conducted by the Chinese Development Student Think Tank found more than 40 percent of Chinese students at SU felt the university wasn’t providing enough resources to ensure their safety on campus and in off-campus living communities. The survey, comprising 384 Chinese students, reported that 80 percent of students had “encountered a dangerous situation” while in Syracuse. SU has made other efforts to address the safety concerns. More DPS officers patrol the Ivy Ridge

neighborhood, which is south of South Campus near the university’s Physical Plant and houses many international students. Still, SU must prioritize communication between administrative officials and the international student community on the WeChat account status. Student safety is a right — not a privilege — and SU should turn safety promises into safety resolutions by making its WeChat account a reality.

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environment column

Snowmobiles may disrupt winter wonderlands in the Adirondacks

alking through the wilderness is a sensational experience, with the scent of pine trees, the singing of birds and the rustling of leaves. But soon enough, the roaring of snowmobiles will turn winter wonderlands into disruptive environments. Thanks to New York state’s recent purchase of the Adirondack Mountains’ Boreas Ponds and thousands of wild acres surrounding them, portions of these pristine ecosystems are now open for use by motorized vehicles. The parcel of land contains a wide array of habitats that provide shelter for endangered birds, support thriving fisheries and represent an important region of ecological resilience in the face of growing climate change concerns. Yet, the division of this region into land-use zones classified as “wilderness,” “wild forest,” “primitive” and “state administrative” means that Boreas Ponds and the surrounding natural areas are subject to different regulations concerning the use of motorized vehicles and other recreational activities. Many organizations, including the Nature Conservancy, have praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo for purchasing the ponds and adjacent habitats. And while the purchase represents a step forward in protecting New York’s valuable

natural areas, many community members have voiced concerns about the classifications applied to the newly-acquired land. Stacy McNulty, the associate director of the Adirondack Ecological Center, said this is a conversation that needs to extend beyond Cuomo’s initial deal. “The debate is still ongoing,” McNulty said. McNulty said that while 11,412 acres were labeled “wilderness” areas, in which motorized vehicles are prohibited, the remaining classified areas will permit varying degrees of motor vehicle use. This means a tranquil hike through the Boreas Ponds may be interrupted by the sound of a snowmobile, which many Adirondack-dwellers rightfully see as problematic. Cuomo maintains that the division of the Boreas Ponds area represents a “balance” between protecting natural habitat and boosting local economies. Supporters claim that leaving some of the land open to motorized recreation will provide more income for communities in the Adirondacks and boost tourism. Others argue that the plan is not balanced at all, and worry that the intrusion of motor vehicles will disrupt the “true wilderness” experience of these designated areas in the tract, while endangering unspoiled ecosystems surrounding the ponds.

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ECO EMISSARY Critics say there’s no evidence that leaving part of the purchased land out of the “wilderness” designation will benefit the economy. In fact, they point to trends in the High Peaks Wilderness which suggest that wilderness areas, with their prohibition against motor vehicle use, may actually attract more tourism and counteract recent increases in rural-to-urban migration. For some, “wilderness” areas may attract more visitors than less-regulated “wild forests,” because those seeking immersion in untouched nature prefer to travel by foot and explore without being uninterrupted by the roar of a snowmobiles or motorbikes. In addition to the limited roadless wilderness remaining in the United States, downgrading wilderness areas to wild forests may sacrifice the few lingering fragments of unspoiled nature in the Northeast. During the commenting period for the development of the land management plan, more than 10,000 people weighed in, the majority of who were in support of a larger portion of the Boreas area being classified as “wilderness.” Cuomo claimed the amount of land left out of the “wilderness”

designation represented an attempt at reaching a compromise between preserving public land while also making room for recreational activities and meeting the economic needs of local communities. But if a compromise means ignoring thousands of people, then Cuomo may be going too far. These criticisms don’t detract from the positive side of the purchase and protection of the Boreas Ponds, though. “Both classes protect the land in the end from future development,” McNulty said. The action will certainly do more to preserve pristine wildlands as

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valuable resources for endangered species, provide habitat corridors for species facing the effects of climate change and contribute to the resiliency of New York’s natural areas. But safeguarding wilderness as we imagine it — free of roaring motors and gasoline spills — will require more stringent land-use plans than the one Cuomo has approved for the beautiful Boreas Ponds. Nature’s calling, and hopefully we’ll be able to hear it over the roar of motor vehicles.

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or elementary students in the Syracuse City School District, science education can be as hands-on as playing in the snow. Syracuse city students in kindergarten through sixth grade are applying their classroom knowledge to the outdoors, thanks to the district’s partnership with Baltimore Woods Nature Center. Brittany Emig, an intern for Baltimore Woods’ environmental education program, described one activity the kids do: making snowflake catchers and examining the individual shapes of each snowflake. In January 2018 the program, called Nature in the City, received its first multi-year grant from KeyBank, a longsupporting corporate partner. According to a Baltimore Woods press release, the $25,000 donation will be used to continue enriching city classrooms through hands-on

science learning and nature field trips. The program hopes to continue building upon the success it established five years ago. Located on Bishop Hill Road in Marcellus, Baltimore Woods is an educational nonprofit organization that works on connecting people to nature, per the release. Established first as “Onondaga Nature Centers” in 1966, then called “Centers for Nature Education,” its land is the first of more than 37 natural areas acquired by the Central New York Land Trust since 1972 to preserve natural landforms. The current name was adopted in 2008 to distinguish the center’s identity.

2 1 . WHITNEY LASH-MARSHALL is the executive director of Baltimore Woods Nature Center. 2 . Baltimore Woods opened in 1966 in Marcellus. paul schlesinger staff photographer

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SU senior releases LP about low-budget Western films By Tighe Gugerty

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For Andy Mendosa, creating a soundtrack for a movie that doesn’t exist isn’t only possible: It’s normal. Mendosa, a senior television, radio and film major at Syracuse University, crafts soundtracks for MENDOSA nonexistent films.

On his debut LP, “Banzai,” released Jan. 13, he crafts a sound reminiscent of both American folk heroes and the work of director Sergio Leone, father of the “spaghetti western.” A regular of the D.I.Y. venue Space Camp, Mendosa is looking to expand his influence in the Syracuse area. The Daily Orange sat down with Mendosa to discuss “Banzai,” his music journey and his idol, Bob Dylan. The Daily Orange: How long have you been making music? Andy Mendosa: I started when

I was really getting into Bob Dylan. I’m still a “Dylan-ite.” Sophomore year of high school or junior year of high school, I started to want to write songs and I had no clue, no idea. I didn’t even make any songs. … I guess when “Salad Days” came out is when I thought, “Oh, it’s that easy, it’s a really easy thing to do.” That’s when I started making songs. Then I started buying the equipment that Mac had and started messing around. Never really made an actual song until I started really conceptual-

izing it and putting “Banzai” down. The D.O.: Do you want to elaborate on Bob Dylan? He seems like a big influence. A.M.: I talk to anyone about it because I feel like I have a lot of things to say that no one sort of vibes with. He’s the closest thing I have to a god. I’m listening to Dylan every day. Sometimes it’s like a best friend where you may not hang out with them for a while and devalue it. But if I’m feeling super down, I’ll revisit it and be totally rejuvenated spiritually.

The D.O.: What is your album

“Banzai” all about? A.M.: It’s sort of like … Sergio Leone’s Westerns. Clint Eastwood is the main inspiration. The idea of the album is not having the amount of money you would need to make your own Western movie. The D.O.: With the album, are you trying to go for more of a narrative, like a film, or for more of a general theme or feeling? A.M.: There is a theme of guilt and see banzai page 8

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nature Whitney Lash-Marshall, executive director of Baltimore Woods, said she believes in the power of place-based education. “That can mean people coming out to Marcellus and connecting to the 182-acre preserve here on one of our trails or at one of our education programs,” she said, “or it can mean us going to Syracuse and connecting these students in the district to the neighborhood and the environment that surrounds them, where they go to school.” What started as a pilot project with one school in 2002 has grown into a transformative partnership that benefits every single kindergarten through sixth grade classroom in the Syracuse City School District, per the release. Nature in the City has brought indoor and outdoor hands-on science learning to all 19 SCSD elementary schools. Nature in the City conducts three onehour interactive classes to more than 10,800 school students each year, with just five current educators cycling through more than 400 classrooms, Lash-Marshall said. Funded half by Syracuse City School District and half by community partners and donors, the program is always updated to follow the New York State Science Standards as well as to supplement topics already taught in school, she said. Emig, a program intern, said the topics covered by the program vary depending on the curriculum. Each grade follows the Elementary Science Core Curriculum and receives from page 7

banzai being accused of something you’ve never committed. It’s going for both. There are strict narrative aspects of the story where something is happening … the most detailed song narratively is “Bad Bad Thing.” Then from there it becomes very loose and, lyrically, like a fever dream of each aspect of the story. It’s like a chase. So the main character is running for their life, and every chapter is a glimpse into each part of that story. So there is “Sand Nap.” That’s a pretty narratively obvious

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different learning objectives and themes in terms of the natural science topics students explore, according to the program’s website. “We base all of our programs off that and try to relate it to what they are already learning in the classroom,” she said. Emig is a senior studying environmental education and interpretation at SUNY-ESF. She assists the educators in the classroom and will teach a “Maple Magic” class in the spring, where she’ll make maple syrup from tree sap. Emig said she wants to work as a forestry preschool teacher with an outside classroom. The fourth and fifth grade classes Emig assists right now are learning about different forms of energy. She said students are using a hand crane to light up a light bulb or bouncing sugar crystals on a toy drum to see how energies transform in real life. “My favorite part of the internship is that I get to see these handful of educators teach in very different ways,” Emig said. Students also learn about the water cycle and visit local streams and lakes to study invertebrates and underwater ecosystems and bring back pond samples to test water quality, per the website. “They work to create environmentallyliterate stewards. They want the kids to be literate around environmental topics,” said Dana Corcoran, supervisor of science and technology at the Syracuse City School District. Her office acts as a middleman in coordinating the scheduling between Baltimore Woods Nature Center and the schools and teachers in the district.

“We have seen an increase in our students’ understanding of scientific concepts as they progress through the years,” Corcoran said, referencing results from annual New York State test scores as well as assessments conducted by Baltimore Woods Nature Center. According to statistics provided by Lash-Marshall, 95 percent of teachers responded in a recent survey that “their students showed an increased interest in the natural world as a result of the program,” and 99 percent of teachers recognized that Nature in the City “enhanced and enriched their classroom instruction of science curriculum.”

Students in second, third and fifth grades are given an assessment with the same questions before and after partaking in Nature in the City, to test what they learned through the program. Baltimore Woods also conducts a survey and gathers focus groups of teachers in the spring every year to gain feedbacks on the program. “The impact, I think, is huge because what Baltimore Woods provides for our students are opportunities, experiences and knowledge that they might not receive living in their community,” Corcoran said.

thing. The main character trying to go to sleep in the desert and having to quarrel with that. The D.O.: Will there ever be a film component of your album? A.M.: I’ve thought about that. I don’t know, probably not. I like the idea of it being fever dreams, like I said. I could make it down the line but probably won’t. I have no interest in doing that. At the same time, I don’t feel fully satisfied in the fact that there is still the story in my head, like visions. They become the song, and I describe them in my music with music and lyrics. It’s never physical, which I guess in itself is interesting but also sort of teasing. I guess in

this way, that’s never going to be satisfied. The D.O.: Do you see music continuing for you, or is this kind of like a hobby? A.M.: It’s definitely something that I love. I’m taking a music recording class now, and I definitely realized in that class that I’m really passionate about recording. I love the process. I love the stories that come out of it and the intricacies of the creative process. But to get back to your question, now it’s definitely a hobby. But if people are liking it, and they are now, I guess, I want to spread it as much as I can and see how people think about it and how I can do financially with it. It’s a pretty vain thing

to say. I’m sort of testing the waters right now; it’s still a hobby. It’s cool and refreshing each time I play … I want to go on tour and see if I like it. I’ll probably like it because I like road-tripping. The D.O.: Any last thoughts? A.M.: Something super important is that you really have to make sure what you think becomes real and that it only becomes real when you put it down physically. It doesn’t matter the art form. Also hard work. I recorded the album over the summer, and there were some points where I thought, “Damn, this is actually hard work.” I had to keep trying and not be lazy.

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initiatives bike-sharing program in Syracuse. There are bike lanes throughout Syracuse, and Walsh said the city will be adding more lanes to help facilitate the new program. A city official previously told The Daily Orange that the program should be in place by the end of 2018. The mayor’s transition team also created a full list of recommendations in a major report published last month that included the establishment of a Quality of Life Commission to address issues in communities such as, “beautification, ordinance enforcement, and nuisance crimes.” The commission’s responsibilities were laid out in Walsh’s campaign platform, Syracuse Rising. To address beautification, according to the platform, Walsh’s

2nd district, said the council is not currently involved in the project and he doesn’t have much information about the idea. Ryan, though, added that the council will become involved in the project once the proposal moves forward. “We feel like the bike-sharing will get more people on bikes and will create alternative forms of transportation,” Ennis said. “There are people that will hopefully use this to commute to work or commute to a job or to run errands.” bmoorman@syr.edu

administration will rely on municipal and volunteer resources to develop a new way to approach litter prevention and flower and tree plantings. According to Walsh’s platform, the commission will also “build upon” Syracuse’s “underutilized” multi-agency service team model. That model will bring together several city departments — including the Syracuse Police Department, department of public works and code enforcement — to work on projects such as removing overgrowth, boarding up vacant houses and installing speed bumps/humps. “To address ordinance enforcement, the commission will assist city departments in developing and tracking neighborhood-specific priorities and metrics, as well as solutions to chronic neighborhood problems,” according to Syracuse Rising. As part of that initiative, the

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decline said in an email that the increasing price of getting a degree in the U.S. may also be a contributing factor to the decline. International graduate students studying engineering and science in the United States make up 36 percent of total graduate students in these fields. IIE predicted that if the enrollment of international students at the graduate level continue to decline, this may negatively impact the the country’s graduate science and

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engineering programs, in the future. Falkenheim said the NSF does not make predictions for the future, as their data and analysis are reflections of past and current trends. She added that the NSF does not have data on any other factors that might contribute to the decline. “We will have to keep watching to see if the trend continues,” Falkenheim said. International students currently make up about 19 percent of total enrollment at SU, according to the Slutzker Center. fwidjaya@syr.edu

commission will include programs such as an “Adopt-A-City-Block,” “Adopt-A-Trashcan” and expand the Onondaga Earth Corps’ Clean Streets Crew program. Walsh has also said that the Interstate 81 project could help improve walkability in Syracuse. Throughout his campaign last fall, and in the months since the election, Walsh has continued to reaffirm his support for replacing aging parts of the I-81 “viaduct” with a “community grid.” Walsh said at his state of the city speech the grid highway replacement option would unify communities and would not negatively affect traffic. “We must join together to create a consistently high quality of life in all our neighborhoods,” Walsh said at the time. ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

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moyer update on his condition Monday evening, SU Athletics said. On the ACC teleconference earlier Monday afternoon, Jim Boeheim said, “He’s obviously injured. … Haven’t seen him today.” Moyer practiced fully in contact drills on Monday and did not appear to be wearing anything to protect his ankle. Without Moyer, Syracuse has six players available who started this season with a scholarship and one of them, freshman center Bourama Sidibe, has also struggled to stay on the floor due to leftknee tendinitis. The timing of Moyer’s decision to sit seemed to frustrate Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, who noted in the postgame press conference that Moyer had practiced fully both of the two days prior and contributed against Louisville on Feb. 5 before sitting. “He can’t jump really off one leg, but I had bad ankles, you can jump off two,” Boeheim said. “His father came in and told him not to play and I don’t play someone when they don’t want to play. He said he was about 60 percent, which, I’ll take that. That helps us.” When asked about Boeheim’s comments, Annette said, “He’s the head coach, and we certainly respect that.” Not playing against Wake Forest cut short the seemingly miraculous recovery Moyer made to play two minutes on Jan. 31 at Georgia Tech. In Atlanta, Boeheim and Tyus Battle, Moyer’s roommate, lauded Moyer’s diligence in the training room to return in one week after they thought the injury might cost Moyer four to six weeks. Annette heaped praise on the training staff — “They’re phenomenal, they’re incredible” — for even rehabbing Moyer to the point from page 12

madonna Carrier Dome. Now a redshirt senior, Madonna looks to do the same as the starting goalie for No. 7 Syracuse (1-0). On a roster that lost nearly 60 percent of its offense from last season, SU will need its defense to hold against top offensive powers like No. 4 Albany and No. 1 Duke. Madonna knows he will have to be the leader of that unit, and for him, earning the starting goalie position at Syracuse has been a long time coming. “That was always the dream,” Madonna said of playing at Syracuse. At 5 years old, Madonna was forced into the cage by his two uncles, Anthony and Michael Grizanti, both of whom played college lacrosse. When Madonna first stood between the pipes, he “bawled his eyes out,” he said, afraid of getting hit with the ball. To get their nephew over his fear of playing goalie, Michael and Anthony tossed the ball off of Madonna’s helmets until he stopped crying. “They were like ‘See, it doesn’t hurt,’” Madonfrom page 12

defense on the ensuing possession. “We made one adjustment,” head coach Quentin Hillsman said of any halftime alterations, “we changed our defense.” SU deployed a half-court press, instead of its usual full-court press, and stumped WFU. When the Demon Deacons broke the pressure, the Orange settled into a man-to-man defense at times. Before the 2017-18 season kicked off, Hillsman labeled his defense as a “matchup zone.” Three months and 25 games later, Syracuse (18-7, 6-6 Atlantic Coast) occasionally switches between a man-to-man defense and its usual matchup 2-3 zone, still looking to find an opportune defensive scheme. Neither has been particularly effective on a consistent basis. SU has the 182nd-best scoring defense, allowing 65.4 points per game, fifth-worst in the ACC. Its average opponent field goalpercentage (40.4) is ninth in the conference. The magic number in conference play is, seemingly, 70. Syracuse is 1-4 in games it concedes more than 70 points, and 5-2 when it holds opponents to less than 70. As SU looks to win its four remaining ACC matchups, and as Hillsman projects, comfortably make the NCAA Tournament, the defense will need to shape up. “It depends on where the ball is on the

where he could play. Moyer has visited head trainer Brad Pike and his staff a lot, Annette said, sometimes between classes. The recovery impressed her because she had seen the picture of Moyer’s ankle looking like a bruised plum that was taken Jan. 27. Annette chalked up her son’s ability to play to a high pain tolerance. This summer, Annette said, Moyer returned home to have all four wisdom teeth pulled because she thought she would need to take care of him afterward. For the surgery, Moyer received anesthesia but stayed awake throughout and, after returning home, he stuffed his jaws with gauze and played basketball “for three hours.” Ultimately, though, Annette and Fred Moyer, Moyer’s father, figured their son had really downplayed the ankle pain when he missed an open layup at Louisville that normally, Annette thought, he would’ve finished. “That would’ve been a dunk,” she said. “All along, he’s been telling us that he’s in pain, but … we’re thinking that’s a part of the healing, because he’s like, ‘I’m good, I’m good.’ We’re like, ‘Are you sure?’ After that Louisville game, it’s like, he’s not OK.” She realized the broken wrist situation was playing out again. “Kids are going to (say they’re OK when they’re not) because they’re competitors,” she said. “They’re going to say whatever it’s going to take.” Even after the win at UofL, Moyer assured his parents he felt fine. But this time, they pushed back. After a discussion, Moyer acquiesced and decided he probably should give himself more time to heal. By the time Fred left home in Ohio for Syracuse on Saturday morning, Annette said, Moyer had agreed to sit. “Matthew would play on (the ankle) for 40 minutes right now,” she said. “But what’s going to happen is, you keep pushing something like

Moyer’s left ankle, pictured here from Jan. 27, is still recovering. Moyer has only scored two points since the injury on Jan. 24. courtesy of annette moyer

that and it’s going to get worse.” When Moyer is out, Boeheim has a shorter bench. His teammates have less leeway with fouls. Moyer himself isn’t doing what he wants to the most. For all of them, Moyer playing

cures those ills. Syracuse wants Moyer to play just as much as he does. “He’s going to do everything he can to get back out there,” Annette said.

na remembers his uncles saying. “After that was when I accepted the role of playing goalie.” And Madonna became one of the most important ones in the history of LHS. Originally from Liverpool, Madonna’s family moved to Texas for five years before returning prior to his sophomore year of high school. Liverpool, at the time, was one of the top teams in New York but could never win the elusive sectional title. “We had every single piece to win a championship except for goalie,” Felice said. Madonna proved to be the missing link. During the summer before Madonna’s sophomore year, Liverpool held summer practices for the upcoming year. Immediately Felice noticed something special in Madonna. “We were like ‘this kid is the real deal. And we have him for three years. Holy cow,’” Felice said. Madonna was one of the smartest and quickest players on the field, Felice said, with a special knack for making the saves he had no business making. That year — Madonna’s sophomore season — Liverpool fell in triple overtime in the sectional finals to a West Genesee (New York) High School team led by future Syracuse greats

Dylan Donahue and Tim Barber. During Madonna’s junior year, Liverpool was a special team, Felice said, and LHS downed West Genesee en route to that elusive title. Every part of the team was strong and deep. But Madonna’s real test came the following year. Nearly the entire starting lineup had graduated, and he had to anchor an inexperienced defense with “huge holes,” Felice said. Still, Liverpool returned to the sectional semifinals, entirely on Madonna’s shoulders. “We always used to laugh and say ‘Thank God Dom came,’” Felice said. For many Division I lacrosse teams, Felice said, recruiting classes are nearly finalized by the time prospects are sophomores. Former Syracuse midfielder Jordan Evans was promised the fabled No. 22 in the eighth grade. Madonna, who didn’t return to New York until the 10th grade, didn’t have similar exposure. Instead of attending his dream school of Syracuse, Madonna wound up at Merrimack, a small, Division II lacrosse powerhouse. After a Northeast-10 All-Rookie freshman season and second-team All-American sophomore

season, Madonna wanted to make a change. He didn’t mesh as well with the team as he had hoped and his mechanical engineering major was not accredited at Merrimack. “I wanted to see if I could compete at the next level,” Madonna said. Madonna returned home to central New York and found a spot on the Syracuse roster, where, after two years as a backup, he has now earned his way into the starting goalie position. In his first game as a starter against Binghamton, Madonna allowed four goals in a 21-4 blowout win to open the 2018 season. The first shot he faced sailed high toward the top right corner and Madonna snatched it out of the air before firing an outlet pass. Before Saturday, few people in Syracuse had ever seen Madonna make a save, but SU defenseman Nick Mellen sees it on a daily basis. The preseason All-American Mellen knows that if he ever gets beat by someone, that person still has to beat Madonna. “I’m always in awe every day at practice,” Mellen said. “He’s our general.”

floor,” Hillsman said of the switch from man to zone defenses on Jan. 31, “who has the ball dictates it. It’s something we have to do to maintain our balance on defense and being able to get to a shooter or get to certain players. “There’s a lot of reasons why we (switch),” Hillsman said. “I can’t say one or two things that really dictate it.” Preferably, Hillsman wants his defense to morph from its full-court press to a zone scheme on each defensive possession, he said. This tactic prevents “cross-matching” — having a guard defend a forward as a result of switching schemes mid-play, Hillsman said. SU’s 2-3 zone puts guards, all of whom are shorter than 5-foot-11, near the 3-point arc and places bigs down low to safeguard the paint. Perfecting transitions between the pressure and zone provides balance to the defense. Switching from a full-court zone press to a half-court zone is easier than going from the press into a man-to-man defense, Mangakahia said, because it’s easier to guard an area of the floor rather than a single person. Flipping to a man-to-man scheme can be ineffective if the defense is unorganized. It also conserves energy, she said, since SU defenders don’t have to shadow players around the floor. The zone requires players to call out cutters, which places an emphasis on communication. Mangakahia, a first-year player who’s played 29 more minutes than

any other SU player, knows the importance of understanding all facets of SU’s defense. “No matter who’s on the floor,” Mangakahia said, “(the press-to-zone switch) is (Hillman’s) go-to. … If you’re in the program, that’s what you need to expect to do when you get out on the floor. If you’re not good at pressing, or if you’re not good in a zone, then you need to work on that. He’s not going to change it.” During a game, Hillsman will pace the sidelines and shout out either “2-3,” or “man.” Sometimes, he will do it mid-possession. If he sees the shot clock ticking down, Hillsman said, he will call for a late man-to-man switch for a better shot at securing a rebound. The in-game deviation can be challenging on the fly, guard Isis Young said. The rapid rush to match up on an opposing player can lead to a shooter finding space behind the arc. SU’s opponents have connected on 31.7 percent of their 3-point chances. Wake Forest, a team that makes 3s at a 28.7-percent clip, recorded one-third of its first half points via the deep ball (5-for-11) on Sunday. SU let a team that entered the game scoring 68.3 points per game score 45 in a half. After the Stony Brook contest on Dec. 3, when the Seawolves shot 8-for-30 from deep, Hillsman said SU would switch to a man-toman defense to prevent teams from exploiting the Orange’s zone with 3-pointers. “Sometimes, if we start getting stretched

out in our zone,” Hillsman said after the game, “… and I can see that we are in front of players, we may go man.” At times, though, that can create problems on its own. While playing a man-to-man defense against Pittsburgh on Jan. 21, SU went down, 20-13, to a team that had just one conference win. Syracuse’s comeback attempt against Virginia Tech on Feb. 1 crumbled due to a poor interior defense that resulted from a shift to man defense. On Sunday, WFU made it a five-point game in the fourth quarter with an easy layup when SU was playing man defense. Following the score, the Orange went back into a zone and resumed stifling the home team. A few minutes later, playing tight defense on an inbound play forced WFU into a five-second violation that iced the game. “It’s about keeping pressure on the ball,” Hillsman said after the game. Syracuse has been searching for consistency in conference play since it started in late December. SU’s four remaining games, three of which come against teams with sub-.500 conference records, act as a test to iron out defensive issues and enter the ACC tournament without the pressure of still needing to earn an NCAA Tournament berth.

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Keeping it fresh

Freshman Miranda Hearn is finding her niche for Syracuse softball in an uncommon position. See dailyorange.com

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Mumpdate Both Syracuse women’s and men’s lacrosse lost the fall season due to the mumps. See dailyorange.com

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Taking his time Everything we know about Matthew Moyer’s injury

MATTHEW MOYER missed Sunday’s Wake Forest game because of a high ankle sprain he sustained against Boston College on Jan. 24. Moyer played in three games after injuring his ankle and still struggles to balance his desire to play with rehabbing his ankle. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer By Sam Fortier

senior staff writer

ne day during summer 2013, Annette Moyer got off the phone with a friend and thought: “X-rays? What X-rays?” Her friend, whose son played AAU basketball with her son, Matthew, had asked what the doctor had said. But Annette hadn’t been to the doctor’s with Matthew, and she didn’t know why her friend was asking. Matthew had come out to the car after a tournament was over with an ice pack on his right wrist, but Annette had seen so many players with so many ice packs over the years she figured it wasn’t a big deal. Now that she thought about it, though, it

was odd Matthew had grabbed a few bags of frozen peas and went right upstairs to his room when they got home. Usually, he sat and talked for a little while. Annette learned Matthew had gone up for an alley-oop during the game and a defender had undercut him, and he had reached out his right hand to break the fall. The next day, Annette asked Matthew about his swollen hand, but he told her it felt fine. When the swelling didn’t stop shortly after, though, Annette made an executive decision for the high school freshman. X-rays revealed a broken wrist. “The team was more important to Matthew than Matthew’s health was important to Matthew,” Annette said. Now, she explained, Moyer finds himself in a

similar situation. On Sunday, before the Wake Forest game, Moyer ruled himself out after consulting with his parents because of lingering pain from the high-ankle sprain sustained on Jan. 24 against Boston College. It’s unclear whether Moyer will be available on Wednesday at 9 p.m. for Syracuse’s (17-8, 6-6 Atlantic Coast) tip-off in the Carrier Dome with North Carolina State (16-9, 6-6). Part of the injury’s trickiness, Annette said, is that this is Moyer’s first high-ankle sprain. Moyer could not be reached for comment. Annette declined to specify a timeline for Moyer’s return because she thought that was bestaddressed by the SU training staff. There was no see moyer page 11

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Dom Madonna takes over in cage for SU

SU opts for man-to-man defense

By Matt Liberman staff writer

It should have been an easy goal. The net was practically empty and the attack was closing in on the crease. He turned his body, cocked his stick back and rifled a shot for the top corner of the net. In just about any other situation, he had MADONNA a goal. But this time, the attack ran into a brick wall. Liverpool (New York) High School goalie Dom Madonna had

raced several yards out of the cage to scoop a loose ground ball, but he whiffed. As the opposing attack scooped the ball, Madonna sprinted back in front of the cage. Without time to plant himself and face the shot, Madonna dove cross-cage, nearly parallel to the ground, knocking the sure-fire goal out of the air. “As coaches we just looked at each other like, ‘Oh wow,’” Liverpool head coach Mike Felice said. “We were like ‘OK, here’s a goal.’ And then Dom comes flying across the cage.” Madonna made that miraculous save as a junior at Liverpool High School, just a few miles from the see madonna page 11

By Nick Alvarez staff writer

Digna Strautmane jutted her arms up, perpendicular to the ground to contest a Wake Forest shot. The ensuing miss was rebounded near center court by Tiana Mangakahia, who fed a pass to a cutting Jasmine Nwajei en route to a fastbreak layup. On the next possession, Nwajei intercepted a pass got another layup. Against WFU this past Sunday, Syracuse turned a 21-point first half deficit, its largest of the season, into a 42-16 second-half run. Nwajei’s second basket cut the lead to single-digits. Later in the frame, she ripped the ball from a WFU player’s hands and SU took the lead see defense page 11

Syracuse has implemented more man-to-man defense to protect the weaknesses of the zone. codie yan staff photographer