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N • Losing sleep

Freshmen living in Lawrinson Hall were rudely awakened dozens of times last semester because of e-cigarettes and popcorn setting off fire alarms. Page 3

O • New on campus

The Daily Orange Editorial Board commends Syracuse University’s establishment of an Ombuds Office but calls on SU to clarify some aspects of the new office. Page 5

P • Empowering film

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Black Lives Matter Syracuse raised money to bring children to see the new “Black Panther” superhero movie to celebrate representation in film. Page 7

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Zoning in

Removal of chairs caused ‘unnecessary damage,’ president says By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Sections of the Marshall Street and South Crouse Avenue area on University Hill could be affected by a major city project called ReZone Syracuse. The project is expected to be finished this year. jason mussman 5th medium

Developers say ReZone Syracuse could benefit property owners

By Jessi Soporito asst. copy editor

usiness owners on University Hill are waiting to see how the city of Syracuse’s new administration handles the sprawling ReZone Syracuse project, as officials push to finalize a draft of that plan this year. ReZone Syracuse, which was started in 2015 by former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, aims to update building policy and regulations across the city, including in areas surrounding Syracuse University’s campus. Mayor Ben Walsh, who was elected last year, in his recent “state of the city” address said the city will finish the project in 2018. The project could streamline the development review process, helping Syracuse generate more revenue, Walsh said. see rezone page 6

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Private meeting frustrates graduate students By Gabe Stern staff writer

Graduate Student Organization members expressed frustration and said they were unaware of a private meeting exploring the possible replacement of an independent student law service with lawyers that would work for the university. Jack Wilson, GSO’s president, during the organization’s Wednesday night meeting said he heard that

the Student Legal Services replacement plans have been discussed by Chancellor Kent Syverud, Student Association President James Franco and Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience M. Dolan Evanovich. Wilson said he was notified of the meeting after it had taken place, adding that it raised concerns that the interests of GSO members were deliberately left out of the preliminary talks.

“We do not like this,” Wilson said. “The degree of independence that the SLS provides is absolutely critical.” SLS, which is jointly funded by the SA and GSO, provides free law services to Syracuse University undergraduate and graduate students. It operates independently of the university. Wilson said there were discussions at the private meeting to replace SLS with an in-house SU

law service. GSO members are worried that if SLS is defunded, they will not be represented in cases where there is a legal conflict between them and the university because the in-house legal team wouldn’t be independent of SU. As a result, members said they believed they would be at a disadvantage if they needed to take legal action against the university. Last year, Wilson said SA found

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The SUNY system’s faculty union president on Wednesday voiced concern about SUNY-ESF’s abrupt removal of three department chairs in January. Frederick Kowal, president of United University Professions, said in an email to union members KOWAL that the removals, “caused unnecessary damage to the reputation of the institution.” “The abrupt timing of this change, along with the conflicting messages as to why it was done, has negatively affected faculty, professional staff and students,” Kowal said. The leadership shakeup occurred in mid-January, when President Quentin Wheeler and Vice Provost and Executive Vice President Nosa Egiebor told three SUNY-ESF department chairs to immediately step down from their positions just days before the start of the spring semester. Wheeler initially said in a campus-wide email the move was part of a university-wide policy change limiting department chairships to two three-year terms. Donald Leopold, one of the department chairs removed by SUNY-ESF, disputed the reasoning behind his removal. Leopold has said he believed the policy change was a cover to remove the chairs from faculty leadership, and that Wheeler made it “crystal clear” in the January meeting that he blamed the chairs for his failures. Leopold said Wheeler called the department chairs “saboteurs” — a claim the president did not deny, when asked in an interview with The Daily Orange last month. Wheeler said the comments were made in a different context, but declined to elaborate further. “The conflicting messages about the reason for the change, along with the defamatory comments directed at these three members, are not actions that we take lightly,” Kowal said. UUP members are voting to request that Wheeler’s contract not be renewed, among other things. The results of the vote are expected to be counted on Friday, according to an email from the SUNY-ESF UUP chapter president obtained by The D.O. jmulle01@syr.edu

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Doctoral students Administrators hope to better support doctoral and postdoctoral student research at SU. See Monday’s paper

Services review A search for a permanent ADA coordinator at SU will start after a review of disability services. See Monday’s paper

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Trustees to increase scrutiny By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

Lunchtime lecture DOMENIC IACONO, director of SUArt Galleries, leads a group on a tour of “Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science” in the gallery Wednesday afternoon. The Hidden Beauty exhibition features art including medical illustrations and petri dishes with colorful growths in a collaboration between science and art. paul schlesinger staff photographer

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Biotech research is not slowing down soon By Haley Kim

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Research in biotechnology and forensics isn’t slowing down anytime soon at Syracuse University as central New York looks to become a hub for the scientific fields. Last spring, SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced a “university-wide STEM branding strategy.” Since then, forensics and biotechnology professors said that while interest in their programs have been steady or increasing slowly, it’s not necessarily due to the provost’s particular announcement. “The collaborative atmosphere at Syracuse has changed for the better in the last five years,” said Mike Mar-

ciano, a research assistant professor at SU’s Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute. “Even within the university, we are seeing more inter- and intra-college interactions

The collaborative atmosphere at Syracuse has changed for the better in the last five years. Mike Marciano su assistant professor at forensic and national security sciences institute

that are leading to more substantial research projects.” Biotechnology — using a component of an organism or organic system to create a product — is projected to be worth more than $700 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research. And efforts to build out the Central New York Biotech Accelerator aim to transform the region into a center for research. SU’s biotechnology program and the FNSSI are separate, but some forensics students take some biotechnology courses, said Ramesh Raina, chair of the biology department at SU. The interdisciplinary biotechnology program is expanding to include a master’s degree program, Raina said. The proposal for the

new program will be presented this fall and graduate students may begin to enroll as early as fall 2019. Robert Silver, a professor of biology and professor in the FNSSI, said what makes the institute stand apart from other forensics programs is its focus on combining forensics and national security from the science perspective. The integrated learning program for undergraduates allow students from various sciences to find their “niche” in forensics, Marciano said. The forensic science program at SU is about a decade old as a major, Marciano said, but about six years old as a standalone institute. “Especially in forensics, one thing we pride ourselves on in the see research page 6

on campus

Dozens of fire alarms disturb Lawrinson Hall By Matthew Gutierrez and Danny Strauss the daily orange

Way up on Lawrinson Hall floor 20, when it’s about 3 or 4 a.m., the fire alarms feel like a dream. Chase Blessington, a Syracuse University freshman, is usually fast asleep. But when the alarm goes off, Blessington wakes up and sighs. She grabs her coat and makes the 20-floor walk downstairs. “If one happens,” Blessington said, “you can almost guarantee another one is going to happen that night. We had one night with like four in a row.” Some residents living on the top floor in the largest dormitory

on campus consider themselves fire alarm veterans. Not by choice, but mostly because of perfume, popcorn, e-cigarettes, cigarettes and marijuana. Lawrinson had 36 fire alarms last semester, according to a bulletin board in the building’s lobby. Several residents said there were four in one night last semester. Last year, DPS removed the microwaves on each floor of Lawrinson and consolidated them to a single area on the ground floor. The fire alarms have still not let up, displeasing students on the upper floors and thrusting into the spotlight the issue of student safety. Many dread the 20-story walk down and ensuing 20-story walk

back up, which they said can take up to an hour, when taking into account the 20 minutes spent waiting outside for the fire department to investigate the building. Several students said they have neighbors who do not always leave their rooms when the alarms go off. There were 244 fire alarms in all SU residence halls in 2016, up from 177 alarms in 2015, according to the 2017 Public Safety Annual Report. Sixty percent of them were accidents, cookingrelated or malicious, meaning tampering with any fire safety devices. DPS fire and life safety manager John Rossiter said many of the alarms occur between 10

p.m. and 6 a.m., and only two out of the 244 alarms in 2016 were set off because of an actual fire. “The majority of the causes of fire alarms in resident halls originate in student rooms,” Rossiter said. “Various causes include airfreshener spray, burnt food from microwave, smoke. That has the potential to activate the entire building for evacuation.” The Syracuse Fire Department, which works alongside DPS, does not receive compensation for trips to the university, regardless of the number. Whether there are three fire alarms in one night or just one per week, the department will answer all calls without pay. But see fire

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SUNY-ESF’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday promised to more closely follow the administration’s efforts to consult with other university groups in the wake of multiple resolutions critical of university leadership. “The board is increasing their scrutiny over the administration’s diligence with respect to consultation with faculty, and we will elevate our dialogue with Chancellor (Kristina) Johnson’s office with respect to shared governance issues,” said Matthew Marko, the Board of Trustees chairman, at a meeting in SUNYESF’s Gateway Center on Wednesday. Marko said he received a December Academic Governance resolution calling for increased consultation between SUNY-ESF’s faculty and administration. The resolution, passed by the university’s faculty governing body, criticized President Quentin Wheeler and university leadership for leaving faculty out of decisions to increase the student population, reduce financial aid and appoint department chairs, among other things. The chairman said he also received a resolution from SUNYESF’s Undergraduate Student Association calling for campuswide reconciliation in the wake of growing tensions between faculty and administrators. Marko asked the administration to provide monthly updates on an advisory council’s efforts to improve and clarify communication between faculty and administrators. Those updates should begin on March 14, he said. jmulle01@syr.edu @jordanmuller18

state news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around New York right now. BOOMING BREWERIES New York state’s number of breweries has more than doubled in the last five years, the State Liquor Authority claimed on Monday. It’s the highest number of breweries in the state since 1876. Breweries can be found in 57 of 62 counties in New York. source: syracuse.com

WORST JAILS The Onondaga County Justice Center was named one of the most problematic jails in New York, alongside Rikers Island in New York City, the Greene County Jail, Erie County Holding Center/Correctional Facility and Dutchess County Jail. The Justice Center’s greatest problems were overcrowding and staffing issues. The Sheriff’s Office had no immediate reactions to the state Commission of Correction report. source: syracuse.com

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School designated as state science and technology center By Nhari Djan

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A major economic development agency recently announced that it would be designating Syracuse University’s College of Law as a New York State Science and Technology Law Center. Over the course of five years, the Law Center will be supported by about $1.7 million in funding from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation, according to a New York state press release. The Daily Orange spoke with Jack Rudnick, the director of the center, to learn more about the program and its new designation. The Daily Orange: Can you go into more detail about commercialization technology? Jack Rudnick: Syracuse University College of Law started a law commercialization from page 3

fire alarms the more frequent the fire alarms are at SU, the more local fire departments’ resources are pulled from other areas of the city, Syracuse Fire Department Deputy Chief Paul Cousins said. In 1999, the university implemented a fiveyear, $12 million plan to retrofit all residence halls with sprinkler systems. Smoke detectors are checked individually each year. About two weeks ago, New York state finished its inspection of all campus dorms, which started in September. All pipes inside the sprinkler system are inspected with a camera to ensure there is no debris. The detectors on campus are designed to detect smoke and fire in their early stages and alert people so they can exit the area. Technological advances have, in general, made

program almost 30 years ago called The Technology Commercialization Law Program … we were the first law school to ever do that. The idea when they started the program was to graduate attorneys who could do something to help tech companies get started. The program was very popular and it graduated good people who work in the industry. The program incorporated classroom stuff, but the best part were the exercises, projects for companies, local tech companies. The D.O.: So what industries are you planning on partnering with? J.R.: We have a particular strength in biomedical, and I think that looking at our role as a center for New York state, that’s probably the best thing that we could have to try to leverage. They call it “meds and eds.” All the different medical schools and hospitals … across the state. And then the educational opportunities,

and looking at the meds and eds, and the tech that comes out of that particular expertise, our strength is in biotech. The D.O.: What kind of new responsibilities does having this grant take on? J.R.: This is our fifth grant in a row, so I mean, it’s not anything new, but with the period being from three to five years now and a little more money, we’re going to expand. We’re going to expand by trying to help not transfer and translate technology out of universities, but help to transfer and translate technologists, the students, the graduates students, the master’s degrees and the Ph.D.’s to help them understand what it’s like to go to the marketplace. We do projects for these scientists and also will help that person transfer their skill into the marketplace. Our adjunct faculty are all experienced business people, engineers, graduates from medical school … we’ve got

a pretty robust adjunct faculty that helps do that, so it’s educational and more projects. The D.O.: So how has this increased the performance of the law center? J.R.: I think because we’re unique and because we’re pretty good at what we do, we attract a better student … my students perhaps distinguish themselves more so from other law schools because of the training they get here. So that would help the reputation of the Law Center. We’re not the law school, we’re just a piece of it, but everything we do benefitting the student is a benefit to the law school. And people talk. It’s on social media, it’s pretty well known, we’re getting some nice press and that helps the law school attract better applicants and it helps our graduates get jobs — that’s a big focus for us, is placing our graduates into a jobs. It’s what you do it for.

smoke detectors more sensitive, said Wayne Sandford, a professor of fire science and professional studies at the University of New Haven. He said increased-sensitivity among detectors likely will continue, meaning there will be more alarms set off in coming years.

security for the State of Connecticut. “Technology’s going to make them much faster responding when there’s smoke or even an odor.” Sandford and Rossiter said dorms with all or mostly freshman students have more fire alarms. Nationwide, popcorn is the “No. 1 offender,” Sandford said, but the reasons why there are more alarms in freshman dorms runs deeper. Many students in their first year of college have little to no experience living on their own. He said these students haven’t had to worry much about fire safety all of their lives, and that an increased focus on training from an earlier age would help. Each dorm is required to have two fire drills per semester and each academic or administrative building is required to have three per calendar year. Sylvia Probst, a Lawrinson resident living on the 20th floor, said fewer and fewer stu-

dents seem to be leaving the building for fire alarms as the year goes on. During some fire alarms, only about 50 of about 540 residents leave the building, Probst said. “For the first fire alarm, everyone went down,” Probst said. “By now, you can see the number is dwindling.” Jack Levy, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences living on the top floor of Lawrinson, recalls that his resident adviser said to always evacuate the building. That’s because the penalty of getting caught is not worth it. DPS has said it has begun checking rooms during fire alarms, and students found in their room may not be able to rush or hold an e-board position on campus, according to a bulletin board in Lawrinson’s lobby. Levy said he goes down every time. “Twenty flights of stairs is quite an exercise,” Levy said. “I use that as my gym time.”

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Shortly after the private meeting was discussed, the GSO proposed a resolution to openly discuss the prospect of unionization at the next organization meeting. The resolution passed with 11 votes in favor and five votes against. Three members abstained. The vote came after GSO members heavily debated the legitimacy of unionization efforts. Syracuse Graduate Employees United, a graduate student union, has announced a union drive. Wilson declined to comment when asked if the talks of unionization were related to concerns about the potential replacement of SLS.

244 Number of fire alarms in SU residence halls in 2016 source: 2017 public safety annual report

“With the new detectors, we’ll see them be much faster acting than the current detectors,” said Sandford, a former deputy commissioner of emergency management and homeland

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that graduate students use about half of SLS’s resources while only paying a quarter of the cost. “What they’re not understanding is what Student Legal Services can do,” said Rikki Sargent, the vice president of internal affairs, at the meeting. “If undergraduates were aware of the resources available for them, they would probably support it.” Wilson said if GSO were to fund SLS in its entirety, that would cost the organization up to half its budget. SLS is a one-building operation that employs two lawyers and various other employees. GSO members brainstormed alternative solutions for independent legal representation, which included possible plans to fund SLS at a reduced amount, or fund one person to cover immigration issues. Wilson said GSO does not have a plan of action yet if SLS is replaced.

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NY water conservation affected by federal policy A crumbling infrastructure, an industrial legacy of toxic waste sites, eroding public health programs and the rapid growth of fossil fuel transportation and development in New York state have, and may continue to, lead to a series of urgent drinking water crises. Lake Washington, the primary reservoir in the city of Newburgh was recently found to be contaminated by PFASs (perfluoroalkyl substances), which forced the city manager to declare a crisis statement. Prior to this incident, PFAs were also found in the drinking water in the Village of Hoosick Falls and Town of Hoosick in upstate New York. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), overexposure to PFAs can lead to cancer and other health problems. New York’s drinking water supply is threatened by federal policy, as massive cuts to the EPA could hamstring programs which clean up toxic spills and protect municipal drinking water supplies.

NYPIRG will be working this semester to urge the New York State Drinking Water Council to be proactive and preventative in monitoring our drinking water and addressing any contamination issues. We must not have another crisis like we saw in Newburgh and Hoosick Falls. We need the state to provide funding to make the necessary updates to drinking water infrastructure. On campus, NYPIRG will educate students by providing data and helping people understand the importance of protecting our drinking water. NYPIRG has released a website, www.nypirg. org/whatsinmywater/, to raise awareness on water contamination. To get involved with NYPIRG’s campaign to protect New York’s drinking water, stop by our office at 732 S. Crouse Ave or contact Ethan Thompson at ethompson@nypirg. org or 315-476-8381.

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Recycle plastic, save the environment It takes 450 years on average for one plastic bottle to break down. That’s a long time. I worked with a Northern gannet once, a large migratory seabird. It arrived at the wildlife center in very rough shape; skeletal feet protruded from an emaciated body. After he passed, we decided to perform a necropsy to determine the cause of his condition. He had plastic in his stomach, as large as a fishing hook and line, responsible for a necrotic wound, and fragments of otherwise recyclable plastic. In addition to the infection, the objects inside his GI tract likely caused an obstruction, weakening the bird. A yellowgreen fuzz coated his heart, likely fungal growth from Aspergillosis. Despite our best efforts, we could not save him. This is all too often the fate of wild animals exposed to plastic.

Recycling is not a cure-all solution, but it’s an important start. We can reduce the amount of toxins flooding our ecosystems by purchasing selectively. According to “Grist,” one ton of recycled plastic can save 685 gallons of oil. When we eat seafood, we often don’t consider that these animals may have ingested plastic. Plastic attracts toxins like heavy metals and other pollutants. These microplastics then move into our own bodies. There, the toxins increase in strength due to biomagnification, the increase in pollutant concentration from one level of the food chain. So if you don’t want to take unnecessary health risks and still want to eat clam chowder, and if you like birds and turtles and are concerned about the impacts we as individuals have on others, then consider the following: • Purchasing reusable glass

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water bottles and BPA-free steel reusable coffee cups are a good way to cut out plastic sources Many restaurants allow you to bring your own containers for leftovers Though Styrofoam often has a “recycle me!” triangle on it, it isn’t recyclable in Syracuse In Onondaga County and Syracuse, you can recycle bottles and jugs with the numbers one and two on them, and tubs with the number five on them. Some things are counter-intuitive, so check before you toss them Return plastic bags to stores Plastic cutlery is never recyclable Recycling may seem like a small step, but it does make a difference. From the seabirds, turtles and cities around the world to our own backyards and bodies, one bottle matters.

Amanda Gabryszak, SUNY-ESF Class of 2018

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Ombuds Office brings confidentiality Syracuse University’s newly implemented Ombuds Office is a welcomed resource for faculty, staff and graduate students to address questions and concerns about university policies confidentially. The university has chosen Professor Emeritus Samuel Clemence, the former interim dean of Hendricks Chapel, to head the Ombuds Office as it searches for a permanent candidate. Clemence’s previous work with Hendricks Chapel is an encouraging indicator of his role in the Ombuds Office, boosting his credibility as someone who’s removed from university politics and has a greater understanding of on-campus cultures and needs for redressing. While Clemence is unable to formally take action on behalf of complainants, he can assist them with filing paperwork to the appropriate offices. Without

advocating directly on their behalf, an ombudsperson can provide faculty and students with the resources necessary to address their concerns in a proactive manner. The Ombuds Office acts independently of the Office of the Provost, but it does still report to the Office of the Chancellor. Moving ahead, it should be made clear why the provost doesn’t have the same accessibility to information that the chancellor has. The administration should communicate that with the university community, be it at a University Senate meeting and subsequent follow-up email later this semester. Overall, the office is a welcomed improvement to the current campus climate as part of his Workgroup on Diversity

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research forensic institute is we are scientists, but we are applied scientists,” Marciano said. “So whereas many universities, including this one, focus on basic research … we try to address problems that are very, very current and we try to make an impact right away.” Last December, the FNSSI held a workshop on biosecurity in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate for “stakeholders” in the field, said Silver, who helped organize it and has years of experience working with the FBI. It was an initial offering on biosecurity and is part of a nation-wide effort on the bureau to assess the level of research and laboratory practices in the field, Silver said in a follow-up email. While the FNSSI has had relations with the FBI, it does not know when the FBI will reach out, Silver said. Rather, the federal agency will communicate when it needs expertise or information, he said.Marciano said in a follow-up email that he and his team are working on a collaboration with the FBI and other state and local laboratofrom page 1

rezone “Zoning is a topic not often covered, but really shapes how cities grow and develop over the next 20, 30, 40, 50 years,” said Owen Kerney, assistant director of city planning. “The work we’re doing will help shape that.” A consolidated draft of the entire rezoning plan will be released next month, Kerney said. At present, there’s currently three “modules” of the project. Those will be combined into one document, Kerney said. That draft will be presented to the public for comment and revisions before it’s published again in the summer, he added. Once finalized, the draft will be reviewed and approved by the city’s Common Council and Planning Commission. The last zoning ordinance for Syracuse was completed in 1967. Zoning districts dictate what business owners and residents can do with their properties. “There’s parts of it that are outdated,” Kerney said of the city’s current zoning ordinance. “We want something that makes it easier for people to invest and live and stay in our community.” Developers in the student-popular Marshall Street and South Crouse Avenue area say the project could have several effects, and they’re waiting to see how Walsh’s team handles the plan. “There’s a lot of certain things (a new business) has to go through, and possibly by the rezone, it might make that process easier,” said Jerry Dellas, owner of Faegan’s Cafe & Pub and Varsity Pizza. “But in the same breath, the rezone also limits what can be done within the area.” Building height, the minimum and maximum number of parking spaces and exterior building facade colors can be limited by the rezone, all depending on a property’s new zoning district, according to the plan’s module two. Dellas and a team of developers have considered reconstructing Varsity Pizza and Fae-

ries, including Onondaga County, to develop an “artificial intelligence-based system to determine the number of contributors in a DNA mixture sample.” Outside of the university, Robert Corona, the director of the CNY Biotechnology Accelerator, a facility involved in the acceleration of biotechnology innovation, said in an email some of the accelerator’s successes include nurturing several biotechnology programs, hosting a medical device competition and conducting workshops for entrepreneurs. The accelerator also does some collaboration with the FNSSI, namely with doing virtual autopsies, Corona said. Biotechnology students also go on field trips to the accelerator, Raina said. With the emphasis on internships for biotechnology students, Raina said the growth of the field in central New York is particularly positive. “I think there is a lot of potential,” Raina said. “Students get a lot of opportunity to train themselves in the areas where they will be competitive in, in the job market and biotech industry.” hykim100@syr.edu

gan’s Cafe & Pub in a 10-story residential and commercial building on South Crouse Avenue, according to Syracuse.com. Both Varsity and Faegan’s would be incorporated into that building with their original themes, Dellas said. Under the first draft map of ReZone Syracuse, the Varsity Pizza property would be considered MX-4, a mixed-use zoning district. Kerney said that specific zoning district would limit building height to seven to eight stories. That would affect the possible 10-story residential and commercial project Dellas has discussed. “A business owner would be upset if (the rezone) limits what the potential for their property is,” Dellas said. “I’d be upset.” But overall, both Dellas and Jared Hutter, a real estate developer who’s a partner in the The Marshall luxury student housing project on South Crouse Avenue, said they want to see where ReZone Syracuse goes under Walsh’s new administration. Walsh was previously part of the ReZone’s advisory committee before taking office and has been receiving updates regarding the status of the project, Kerney said. “Syracuse has great leadership in front of them at City Hall,” Hutter said. “We’re certainly optimistic that any decision made, whether it has to do with University Hill or downtown Syracuse, will be done with the guidance … that development is a course to help spur the economy.” Dellas, who’s president of the Crouse Marshall Business Improvement District, agreed with Hutter. The CMBID is a group of businesses located in the South Crouse Avenue/ Marshall Street area partnered to improve business in the district. “It’s really a great thing. We do what the city of Syracuse used to kind of provide, but they provided a very small amount,” Dellas said. “I just have to follow (the rezone) closely and see where we’re going with it. We have a new mayor now and let’s see what direction he wants to take the city.” jmsopori@syr.edu

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PANTHER Black Lives Matter Syracuse celebrates diverse representation in ‘Black Panther’ film

f you’re black and nerdy — or simply nerdy, or simply black — you’ve likely been planning a mid-February trip to the movies since you first glimpsed the “Black Panther” trailer last October. Rahzie Seals was no different: Seals had been toying for a while with the idea of renting a theater for the film’s premiere when she showed the trailer to her 5-yearold nephew. “My nephew loves ‘Avengers,’” Seals said. “He has all the Avengers on his little book shelf, and everything is (in) a particular order. He just got really excited, and I was like, ‘OK. Maybe we can take kids.’” The highly anticipated film hits theaters Friday. This weekend, Seals and Black Lives Matter Syracuse aim to give local young people that same joy. Along with organizer Herve Comeau, BLM Syracuse will take 425 kids and teenagers to see “Black Panther” at Destiny USA, Comeau said. For the group and for members of the Syracuse University community, the superhero action flick provides the black community with some much-needed empowerment. The BLM chapter set up a YouCaring campaign to raise $3,500 for popcorn, drinks and movie tickets by Feb. 5. Now, inspired by Frederick Joseph, the group is looking to drum up $10,000. Joseph started a GoFundMe with a goal of $10,000 to take 300 kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem to the movies. He ended up pulling in more than $40,000. He invited community organizers to take on the #BlackPantherChallenge by raising money to take children to see “Black Panther.”

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When Katie Pataki introduces the 14th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues” at Syracuse University, she will make clear the future is not female. To SASSE, it’s nonbinary. Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment will host its performance of activist Eve Ensler’s award-winning play — which explores women’s sexuality, abuse and confidence — at 7 p.m. Friday in Hendricks Chapel. In collaboration with the LGBT Resource Center, SASSE has adjusted this year’s pro-

gramming to be more inclusive due to critiques of “The Vagina Monologues’” portrayal of gender through a white, cisnormative lens.

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Pataki, SASSE president and director of the performance, said the play can be uncomfortable, but that there’s a healing power in encouraging the audience to think

critically about the issues it covers. “SASSE understands the critiques but feels it’s an empowering play, because not only does it have value — you’re able to bring up the problems the play showcases,” said Pataki, a senior sociology and women’s and gender studies double major. “If someone is hesitant because they think their politics are different or heard there are problems with inclusivity, I would say, ‘Go, but remain critical.’” Each year, “The Vagina Monologues” features a spotlight performance to end the play. Lashelle Ramirez, a senior art photography student who identifies as nonbinary,

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The sixth-longest running Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” is coming to central New York this month for three performances only. The musical narrates the stories of 17 young dancers auditioning for a new Broadway musical, hoping to impress the imperious director Zach. They compete against each other and express their personal

issues through song. “A Chorus Line” will be hosted in Syracuse thanks to a collaboration between The Oncenter Civic Center Theaters and the Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series. The two organizations are sharing facilities and talent between each other, said Tina Niles of NAC Entertainment. “We bring the national, most successful musical(s) around the country,” Niles said. “Our goal is to bring entertainment to Syracuse in

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black panther Seals accepted the challenge in late January. As of Wednesday, BLM Syracuse has raised more than $7,300. The more research Seals did about the film, which stars people like Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B. Jordan, the more convinced she became of its significance. “It’s Black History Month,” Seals said. “We have a predominantly black cast, which we normally don’t get. We have a black director (Ryan Coogler). Even though it’s fiction, we’re talking about a country (that) is highly advanced. We’re talking about royalty.” The pieces started to fall into place for her. “The Dora Milaje are a group of strong, black, women warriors. We’re talking about a country that was never affected by colonialism,” Seals said. “You start asking that question: ‘What happened if they never came to colonize Africa?’ We could have been like Wakanda.” The film follows T’Challa, also known as Black Panther, as he returns to the African nation of Wakanda. His father is dead, and T’Challa is next in line for the throne. Little does he know that Killmonger, a Wakandan exile, is waiting in the wings to destroy the kingdom. T’Challa teams up the with the Dora Milaje warriors and CIA Agent Everett Ross to save Wakanda from ruin. “Black Panther” has already broken Fandango’s record for most advance tickfrom page 7

musical order that people can come and enjoy it, and this musical is a classic piece that we wanted everyone to see.” The Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series, founded by Murray Bernthal, has presented Syracuse audiences with some of the world’s best performances, including classical concerts, opera, ballet and theater for more than 60 years, Niles said. She also said the selection criteria is based on three main points: which Broadway shows are on tour, which shows can fit on each of the stages available and whether or not they’re coming on tour close to the area.

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ets bought for a Marvel film, a crown last held by the 2016-released “Captain America: Civil War.” This could be the case for several reasons: Marvel-mania is high, the film’s cast boasts A-listers and Kendrick Lamar has effectively riled up fans with his soundtrack. Caroline also wanted to embed these right after mentioning the cast, because the purple carpet looks were a really big deal and has inspired so many stylists, vloggers and actors to make content / memes dreaming up the outfits they’re going to wear to their own “Black Panther” movie going.

$10,000 BLM Syracuse’s fundraising goal for popcorn, drinks and “Black Panther” movie tickets

But Anne Osborne, an associate professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, points to how comic book adaptations have “traditionally been a very whitewashed genre.” More than that, “Black Panther” comes at a critical point in the United States’ tense relationship with race, she said. “It’s not that the racial conflict is new, but it’s much more visible and part of a larger discourse,” Osborne said. “To have a movie like this For Niles, a big draw for “A Chorus Line” is its music, namely the recognizable songs. “Classics like ‘What I Did for Love’ and ‘I Hope I Get It!’ will make the audience come out of the theater dancing and singing,” she said. Kahlia Davis, who plays the role of the sassy and conflicted Sheila Bryant, called bringing the experience of an audition to a live audience “amazing.” The Australian actress said this musical’s strength is in the fact that everyone can relate to it in a different way. The musical describes different facets of human life, from broken marriages and unhappy family lives to the discovery of homosexuality and the importance of beauty inside the show business. Davis suggested audience members come

that has a black superhero is really necessary.” Likewise, Comeau, the other BLM Syracuse organizer working on this project, referenced President Donald Trump’s comments about Haitian immigrants and those from African countries. Now more than ever, Comeau said, the narrative around blackness needs to change. “This is empowering blackness,” Comeau said. “This is seeing blackness as brilliance, as regality.” Comeau noted how “Black Panther” belongs to a wave of films definitively changing the idea of race on the silver screen. “Get Out” was one of them. “We’ve seen a series of movies over the past year that aren’t just about sports teams, that aren’t just about black slaves, that aren’t just about drug addicts and criminals,” he said. Comeau’s only question: What took the film industry so long to get here? “Why is it so late in the game that we’re discovering that black people are people?” he asked. Charisse L’Pree, an assistant professor of communications at the Newhouse School, pointed to the bits and pieces of black superhero representation before “Black Panther” — Luke Cage, for example. The unbreakable Cage got an eponymous Netflix show in 2016, and he makes his way through other Marvel TV shows like “Jessica Jones” and “The Defenders.” L’Pree brought up The CW’s latest DC vehicle, “Black Lightning,” which started airing this year, and also the 2015 reboot of “Fantastic Four,” which also features Michael B. Jordan. Apart from the latter film being a flop, Jordan’s character, Human

Torch, was on the periphery. Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, on the other hand, is front and center. It’s important for children’s psychological well-being, L’Pree said, to embody characters whose physicality matches up with their own. “Children can pretend to be whoever they want. Black, white — it doesn’t matter. But in gender- or race-swapping, that practice?” L’Pree asked. “You’re simultaneously asking that child to ignore their own identity.” For example, a little girl could be Darth Vader or Spiderman, and that would be fine, she said. “But at the same time, it reinforces the idea that only men change the world — good or bad, with my Darth Vader example,” L’Pree said. “Men change the world, and you need to learn how to repress your womanness if you want to change the world.” Comeau spoke to this as well. He addressed those who felt as if his and Seals’ efforts to prioritize children of color at the screening would be a form of discrimination. “I would urge them to think about what it means when every movie isn’t about you. When, as a kid, you have to say, ‘I’m black Harry Potter or black Wolverine,’” Comeau said. “Instead of just Wolverine. Instead of just Harry Potter. Instead of just Katniss.” With children in the audience, L’Pree said, it’s important that “Black Panther” is framing blackness as valuable. “If there’s a frame around an image,” said L’Pree, “that image is important enough to be framed.”

in with an open mind. “There is something that you will find hilarious and something you might find saddening, but be ready to enjoy it,” Davis said.

years, according to the playbill. Davis said the biggest challenge for her in her role is to be able to honor such an outstanding Broadway masterpiece. Niles said this is just the beginning of the musical experience that the city of Syracuse will have in 2018. After “A Chorus Line,” the audience should be ready for the incoming “Kinky Boots” and “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” in March, followed by “Stomp” in April and “Dirty Dancing” in May. “A Chorus Line” will dance into Syracuse’s Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now through the Oncenter Box Office, Famous Artists and Ticketmaster.

upcoming shows “Kinky Boots” “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” “Stomp” “Dirty Dancing”

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monologues will recite an original untitled poem this year about their fluidity between femininity and masculinity. Ramirez hasn’t performed in The Vagina Monologues in past years because they didn’t want to recite a script in which they would have to call themself a woman. Then SASSE approached them and asked them to do the spotlight piece.

It’s relevant each and every year, but especially in today’s climate with the current administration that is in power and how misogynistic it is and how everyone involved dismisses sexual and domestic violence. And with the #MeToo conservation that started this fall as well.” Tula Goenka sasse’s faculty adviser and a professor in the s.i. newhouse school of public communications

“This is my chance to prove myself and prove to other people, especially people who are just like me or are having similar issues like me with their gender identities, to see we can have a voice in society as well,” Ramirez said. About a week after the performance, Ramirez will facilitate a healing space with SASSE that will be open only to non-cis and nonbinary people. The purpose of the space will be to discuss the play’s themes and implications. SASSE will also host a general body meeting, open to all

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community members, to examine the play. “The SASSE e-board is all cis women, so none of the e-board will be present,” Pataki said. “We’re simply opening up a healing space so there’s a place that doesn’t have the pressures associated with being the only trans voice in a room wanting to talk about that.” Tula Goenka, SASSE’s faculty adviser and a professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, knows the monologues by heart after attending a decade of performances. She said she’s consistently struck by the play’s power. Still, this year stands out. “It’s relevant each and every year, but especially in today’s climate with the current administration that is in power and how misogynistic it is and how everyone involved dismisses sexual and domestic violence,” Goenka said. “And with the #MeToo conservation that started this fall as well.” The #MeToo movement also encouraged Goenka to host the sixth annual SU Rising: Stop Sexual Abuse candlelight vigil, which will be held for individuals affected by sexual assault, in conjunction with “The Vagina Monologues.” The vigil, which was inspired by Ensler’s One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women, will be held before “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday at Hendricks Chapel from 5:30-6:30 p.m. “The biggest thing is to become aware that these are shared experiences. And we need to stand together and rise up together,” said Goenka, who serves on the Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence and is a co-founder of SU Rising. “We need to rise up together to comfort each other — to honor the people who are victims and survivors.” Above all, organizers of SU Rising and “The Vagina Monologues” hope people of all genders will come together for an evening about empowerment, healing and solidarity. Said Goenka: “It’s about a change of rape culture. That’s really the final goal of it.” adiaz02@syr.edu | @alexalucina

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GATHERING TIME has been making music since 2012. On Friday, the group will perform classic folk songs, original music and covers of artists who have inspired them. The band members described their sound as indie-folk pop. courtesy of gathering time

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ontemporary folk band Gathering Time believes in the power of live music — so much so that they view it as “evangelical.” This Friday, they’ll bring their show to Syracuse as part of the Folkus Project. The band, which hails from Long Island, is made up of Stuart Markus, Hillary FoxBy Jony Sampah song and Gerry McKeveny, and they staff writer have been making music together since 2012. Gathering Time will play selections from all of their original CDs, including “Keepsake.” “Keepsake” debuted at No. 1 on the Folk DJ Charts in March 2016. They’ll also play classic folk songs, as well as covers of songs from artists that have influenced them, McKeveny said. Foxsong, one of the original members of the band, describes their sound as indie folk pop with deep roots in 1960s folk. But McKeveny, the most recent member to join the band, describes it as contemporary folk pop music with a heavy emphasis on vocal harmonies. McKeveny says the trio is “heavily influenced by Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Peter Paul and Mary.” “You will sing along … you will go home with some song stuck in your head,” Foxsong said. “It’s about the vocal, but it’s never music that wants to make noise. It’s music that wants to touch you, it wants to communicate something.” Foxsong was introduced to music at a young age by her grandmother, who was a professional singer in the 1920s. She credits her grandmother with teaching her the vocal harmonies her bandmates have praised her for. McKeveny, who has been a full-time working

musician for 35 years, said branching into folk music was something he had always wanted to do. He credited artists like Joe Cocker, Richard Shindell, Shawn Colvin and Bruce Cockburn with inspiring him to pursue folk music. The youngest of six children in his family, McKeveny said he was exposed to artists like Bob Dylan from a young age through his siblings. “We are each bringing sets of influences to the table,” McKeveny said of him and his bandmates. “So, each of us brings a different set of skills and makes the whole stronger. What ends up happening is unique and something no one of us could do on our own.” Markus decided to become a folk musician because he loved hearing the sound of an acoustic guitar and writing songs. Through a songwriting workshop he got to meet one of the previous members of Gathering Time, Glen Roethel, a decade prior to its formation. Twenty years ago, Markus realized that the folk community was a good place to be as a songwriter. He said it was “very nurturing and encouraging for people (who) wanted to write meaningful music meant for acoustic instruments.” Gathering Time first started in May 2006, as an extension of Roethel’s gigs, Foxsong and Markus said. Roethel would play solo every Tuesday at an antique car rally in the town where he and Foxsong lived. It was through these street fairs that Roethel got to meet Foxsong, who was invited onstage during one of his performances after he noticed her, in the audience, singing along to one of his songs. “I was over there singing along with Glen, and Stuart just shows up and smiles at me and gets on the mic with me,” Foxsong said. “And I’m like ‘Who is this guy?’ And then, when he opened his

mouth and I heard the three-part harmony, I was like ‘Oh wow, this could be a thing!’ and it snowballed from there.” Roethel would eventually leave the band to pursue a solo career. The Folkus Project is a not-for-profit organization started in the fall of 2000 to bring live music to Syracuse, according to its website. It is entirely run by volunteers, and this will be the band’s first collaboration with the organization. Markus said the band heard about the Folkus Project through the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance, a four-day gathering of folk musicians every November in Kansas City, Missouri. For the upcoming show, Markus said the audience should expect “a lot of harmony, a lot of energy, some touching moments and some funny ones and if you go hopefully a lot of joy afterward.” Gathering Time performance He said he hopes the audience Where: May Memorial leaves with “a sense of the warm, Unitarian Universalist Society, moving feelings that come from not 3800 E. Genesee St. just hearing but participating in the When: Friday at 8 p.m. musical experience.” How much: $15 “To do something you love and to see it being appreciated to that degree is an extremely validating feeling,” Markus said. “When you’ve done something that brings you joy, and you see other people getting so much joy out of it too, you can’t help but feel great.” The group will take the stage this Friday at 8 p.m. at the May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society on East Genesee Street. Admission is $15. Tickets and more information can be found on the Folkus website. ktsampah@syr.edu

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Gait expects Widner and Cross to split draw time early By Nick Alvarez staff writer

Morgan Widner jogged out to the block “S” on Ernie Davis Legends Field this past Friday and prepped for her specialty: draw controls. She starred in 2017, starting every game and finishing with the seventh-best draw percentage in the country (70.9). Now on the precipice of her sophomore season, she stood next to Connecticut’s Sydney Watson and readied for the whistle. When it blew, Watson muscled Widner off her spot and won the draw. Watson scored 40 seconds later. On the next draw, Watson beat Widner again, and Syracuse’s draw control specialist fell to the ground. As Widner made it to the sidelines to regroup, Watson scored again. Julie Cross, Widner’s backup, attempted the third draw and she lost, too. The fourth, fifth and sixth draws of the game held the same result. “We weren’t really effective.” SU head coach Gary Gait said of the draws after the Feb. 9 matchup. “… Every time the ball came flying out to that circle, it was going to them.” Playing in the first game after a shortened fall-ball season, Gait credited Cross and Widner’s issues to a “lack of fundamentals.” The duo settled from page 12

drummond of the season with Tiana Mangakahia. Of late, though, the Binghamton native hasn’t taken, or made, many shots. Between opponents gameplanning to shut down Drummond and Syracuse’s freshman bigs stepping up offensively, her scoring average has plummeted. Since Jan. 7, when Drummond dropped 38 points, she hasn’t exceeded her scoring average entering the contest in any of the ensuing eight games. “It’s discouraging, for sure,” Drummond said. “… I haven’t been shooting as well as I did.” Opposing teams watch more film when preparing for conference opponents than nonconference foes, SU associate head coach Vonn Read suggested. This means that as Drummond lit up the Orange’s out-of-conference opponents to the tune of 17.3 points per game, more and more tape was created for ACC opponents to learn from. It showed against the Hokies on Feb. 1. Early in the season, Drummond was still somewhat of a “surprise,” Read said. Against Stony Brook on Dec. 3, the Seawolves kept leaving Drummond open. As SU repeatedly got out in transition, SBU rushed to defend the paint while the Orange junior spotted up outside the arc. In an overtime win, Drummond took 21 shots, 12 from 3-point land, scoring 23 points. But, as from page 12

wolfpack be the first out. Bracketology is not an exact science, but it doesn’t take an expert to realize winning the head-to-head has to put the victor ahead should these two teams be considered near-equals come Selection Sunday. Now, SU must defy expectations in one of the roughest stretches of its schedule. It will likely have to secure its biggest wins of the season when anything else means two straight seasons of disappointment in the NIT. And it will have to do so with a depleted team that’s limping into March. Both Paschal Chukwu and Marek Dolezaj spent time on the bench Wednesday night wincing in pain. It’s hard to imagine a point in the near future where Matthew Moyer and Bourama Sidibe are 100 percent. The first guard off the bench is a former walk-on, Division III transfer. And with Wednesday’s loss, add one more drawback to SU’s case in the selection committee’s eyes. NC State proved to be the more deserving team. Although SU entered Wednesday with the league’s second-best defense, NC State brought an offense ranked fifth in the ACC. It was not hard to see those two offsetting qualities clash. And for 35 minutes, they did. In the first half, both shot near 50 percent and turned the ball more than 10 times. The Wolfpack took a three-point lead to the break after shooting out of an early slump and trailing by as much as seven. Oshae Brissett leveled the score with a

in after the initial bombardment, won 17 of the next 26 draws, and brought the draw controls to an even 18 for the game. No. 5 Syracuse’s (1-0) eventually coasted to a season-opening 23-11 rout. Postgame, Gait said that the pair might continue to switch off at the faceoff X in 2018. Widner set Syracuse’s freshman-record for draws (156) last year. Cross, a junior, totaled 17 in her first two seasons at SU. The Orange will look to find the right draw control combination when it flies west to take on Oregon for the first time in program history on Feb. 18. “We kind of go with the flow,” Gait said. “Certain people match up better with certain draw people. We’ll give both an opportunity and read the game as it goes. … I certainly have a good understanding of the type of (draw) people that Morgan is strong against and Julie is a good counter against the other type.” During last year’s ACC Tournament, Cross spelled Widner as a change-of-pace draw specialist. Cross earned 11 draws in a two-game stretch, her highest two-game total of her career. Widner posted a career-worst four draws in the same span. A similar stat line occurred against the Huskies. Cross finished with eight draw controls, a new single-game best. Widner corralled one draw, tying a career-low. Gait and Widner identified two types of draw

specialists: ones that rely on strength and others that focus on finesse. A strength, or power, specialist uses their upper-body more than a finesse drawer who depends on hand-eye coordination and their wrists, Widner said. Widner utilizes a finesse technique and Cross, SU’s tallest-player at 6-foot-1, is a power specialist. UConn’s Watson, a strength-drawer, surprised Widner because the Orange had no film of the freshman to review. After each loss, Cross, Widner and Gait met on the sidelines to think of an adjustment. It’s a luxury Widner and Cross have, since both of them almost never get onto the field besides to take draws. The trio think about draw controls as a chess game, Widner said, and they were currently being-outmatched by a freshman. “You have to think,” Widner said, “what is the other person doing? Based off what they are doing, how are we going to counteract that play?” Cross said she and Widner are practicing against each other more this season than last. Part of the reason, she said, was to adjust to the new rule changes that limit the number of players that can compete for the ball before possession is established. While attackers worked their way through obstacles, defenders worked with the goalkeepers on opposite ends of the field. At midfield, Widner

and Cross battled and Gait watched over them. “Coming back this week,” Gait said, “… they had an understanding. You got to stay with your technique, you got to focus on it and not necessarily overreact to somebody’s style or the way they’re doing something that maybe you’re not used to.” In the waning minutes of the first half against UConn, Widner ran off the field and over to Gait after losing a draw. She looked up at her coach and shrugged her shoulders. Behind the SU bench, Gait grabbed a stick and held it out in front of him, simulating a draw as a teaching moment. Molly Ford, Widner’s coach at Coppell (Texas) High School, called Widner “naturally gifted,” at the faceoff X. That skill carried her last year — and earned her an Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention nod — but not against Connecticut. With 10 currentlyranked teams on the Orange’s schedule, Widner will hope that last Friday’s game was a bump in the road rather than the start of a trend, or else Cross can expect an increased role. “Morgan has more success against certain types of draw people and she knows that,” Gait said. “I just told her, ‘You need to develop the other techniques so you can have success against everybody. … That’s her goal this year: to learn how to do that.”

Read said Tuesday, “once you get to conference play, there are no surprises.” By the time the Hokies came to the Carrier Dome, Drummond’s airspace wasn’t there. When the Orange pushed the basketball, Virginia Tech made sure a player remained near the perimeter to ensure Drummond wasn’t wide open. When the 6-foot-1 forward opted to find offense with back cuts, the Hokies rotated to shut down usually easy basket opportunities. After that game, SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said Drummond “had some opportunities” but the Orange didn’t get her the ball. In contrast to her early season shooting outbursts — 17 shots against Vanderbilt, 21 against Stony Brook and 22 against Northwestern — Drummond took just seven shots against Virginia Tech. “Eventually, I knew (opponents would) catch on that I’m gonna shoot it mostly every time that I touch the ball,” Drummond said. In SU’s last four games, Drummond hasn’t shot more than nine times. That’s after shooting at least 10 times in 12 of 21 games prior. In lieu of this drop in shots, the forward has sought ways to impact the game outside of scoring. Against Virginia Tech, that meant grabbing a season-high 13 rebounds. The game before VT, against Boston College, she nabbed two steals. In consecutive January games against

Pittsburgh, Clemson and BC, she covered ground in Syracuse’s pressure defense to limit opposing shooters, especially in the corners, and hold the opposition in the 50s for threestraight games.

25, 20, 22 — before scoring 13 in the most recent. Finklea-Guity averaged eight points per game in those four outings, raising her season average to more than 7 per game. “It all plays off of each other and it really helps to be able to have that balance,” Read said. Drummond hasn’t scored more than 12 points in the last six games. But the Orange is 4-2 in those games. So even as Syracuse’s second-leading scorer sees her average drop, the Orange has found ways to win. In Hillsman’s dream system, Drummond is the best of both worlds. She shoots a lot of 3s (161 attempts, second-most on the team) and she makes a lot of them. She’s cashed 61 attempts from behind the arc for a 37.9 percent rate, second-best on SU. Early in the season, Mangakahia and Drummond were SU’s consistent scorers. Now, other players have taken some of the scoring load off of Drummond’s shoulders. Strautmane and Finklea-Guity have found their offensive roles and now Drummond needs to find hers again. For Syracuse to reach its full scoring potential, Drummond likely needs to take, and make, more shots. “I know that I do need to shoot more and I do need to get more shots off,” Drummond said. “… I know that I have to start contributing more.”

second-chance 3-pointer two minutes into the second half. Then he did it again with a steal and a fast-break dunk, igniting an explosive reaction from the scarce Carrier Dome crowd. Then a high-post jumper followed by a back-door cut, reverse-dunk. Brissett’s ninestraight points to open the half matched each Wolfpack bucket. Nothing changed. Frank Howard dropped a few makes. Matthew Moyer added jumphook. A quick whistle helped, too. SU was in the bonus before the second media timeout and reached the double-bonus just after the 10-minute mark. But the Wolfpack always had that deafening response. Neither team led by more than two possessions at any point in the half’s first 16 minutes. The little separation that exists between the two teams’ resumes was apparent in their play. With about eight minutes to go, Moyer found himself in midair with nowhere to go. He had to let go of the ball, and it went straight to NC State’s Allerik Freeman who went for a layup with contact. SU trailed by two. Howard knotted it at 56 after a timeout. Wolfpack guard Sam Hunt swished a corner three. Tyus Battle notched two at the line. Freeman sunk from deep. A few minutes later, Hunt added another triple. In this climate, the seven-point SU deficit felt huge. The press came out, and SU battled, but when the final buzzer sounded, the additional loss on SU’s record felt a lot bigger than any difference in the score. jtbloss@syr.edu | @jtbloss

Eventually, I knew (opponents would) catch on that I’m gonna shoot it mostly every time that I touch the ball. Miranda Drummond syracuse forward

“When I can’t knock down a shot I guess getting a rebound kinda gets my game going,” Drummond said. “I guess that’s what I do as an alternative.” The decline in shots from Drummond has also coincided with more shots for Syracuse’s two tallest players, freshmen Amaya FinkleaGuity and Digna Strautmane. In SU’s last four games, Drummond scored 7, 6, 12 and 4 points. Strautmane put up her three-largest outputs of the season in the first of those three contests — from page 12

reactions of them could. But one thing became slightly clearer: Syracuse has made it more difficult to play in the Tournament. The Orange is predicted to lose each of its remaining five games, according to Kenpom. com. Some NCAA Tournament projection brackets include Syracuse, while others do not. The final five games will be telling, of course, but Wednesday’s loss is significant. Mainly, because it came at home. N.C. State has a top-five offense in the ACC, scoring 80.9 points per game entering Wednesday. Four players average double-digit scoring and nine players typically play every night. That depth aided in NCSU’s attack, which handed SU a tough loss. Next up for Syracuse is a trip to Miami this weekend, followed by UNC and Duke in a four-day span. Boston College and Clemson round out the Orange’s remaining games.

Matthew Moyer’s move

Before tipoff, Matthew Moyer jogged out to the hoop like the rest of his teammates. Except Moyer did not play Sunday because of lingering pain from the high-ankle sprain he sustained Jan. 24 against Boston College. The 6-foot-8 forward who started Syracuse’s first 20 games warmed up with no boot. It was clear that he did not have full strength in his ankle, but he logged productive minutes for SU. He finished with eight points and a handful of quality defensive plays. With 8:30

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left, he drove to what appeared to be an opening in the paint but threw the ball to NCSU, whose Allerik Freeman converted a three-point play at the other end. Junior center Paschal Chukwu entered for Moyer, who was given a round of applause. He re-entered at the four-minute mark, with SU trailing by five. His emergence Wednesday, however slight, offers an idea of what he could add to Syracuse’s depleted frontcourt. Freshman Bourama Sidibe is battling tendinitis, and he has struggled in conference play after a fairly promising first month and a half. Chukwu has been up and down. Freshman Marek Dolezaj has been the lone consistent player on both ends of the floor inside the paint.

Achilles arc

The 3-point shot has been Syracuse’s Achilles heel the past two games. Sunday in a near-comeback, Wake Forest drilled six 3-pointers because of a late adjustment in response to one Syracuse had made. The Demon Deacons hit 10 of their 23 long balls to account for 30 of their 70 points. But WFU scored only 18 points inside. That’s why Boeheim has said it’s not an issue if teams hit 3s but don’t score well inside. Down the stretch, NCSU’s Sam Hunt hit back-to-back 3s in front of his own bench. The latter stretched the Wolfpack’s lead to seven with 2:20 remaining. Brissett answered with a 3 of his own, but then NCSU hit the dagger. Johnson drilled back-to-back corner 3s to give NCSU the victory. mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

NORTH CAROLINA STATE 74, SYRACUSE 70

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JIM BOEHEIM implores the official for a call in Wednesday night’s 74-70 loss to North Carolina State in the Carrier Dome. The loss puts the Orange in a precarious position in regard to making the NCAA Tournament with five games remaining. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

behind the pack By Joe Bloss

senior staff writer

he situation called for the press. Anything the Syracuse defense did, to that point, proved futile. North Carolina State was hot, and with three minutes left in a game SU couldn’t afford to lose, there were few options left. The press failed. NC State guard Sam Hunt just hit another triple, his fourth. But Oshae Brissett matched it. Down five, Tyus Battle drove and finished left. Down three, the Orange retained possession. Brissett got the rock on the wing and sunk a 3 pushing his point total to 25 on the night. He cocked back his imaginary arrow and let it fly into the seats. There was hope. SU could

SU’s NCAA Tournament hopes take a hit following a 74-70 loss to NCSU possibly survive another home scare. Maybe, the Orange could keep its Big Dance dreams alive. A game that was close for 40 minutes couldn’t get any closer in its final 60 seconds. Until the Wolfpack’s Markell Johnson sunk the dagger into Syracuse’s night — and maybe its season — with a three of his own a few seconds later in Syracuse’s (17-9, 6-7 Atlan-

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tic Coast) 74-70 loss to NC State (17-9, 7-6) in the Carrier Dome on Wednesdaynight. Although no team will admit to looking ahead in the schedule, this was the last game the Orange are favored to win, according to Kenpom.com. Within its five remaining games, SU will host two top-15 teams in North Carolina and Clemson and travel to the ever-hostile Cameron Indoor Stadium at No. 12 Duke. All games that, if won, would surely bolster the Orange’s resume. All teams NC State has already beaten. That was the glaring difference between SU and NC State. Both teams sit near the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Wolfpack, boasting multiple wins over ranked teams, is considered one of the last in. SU, some experts say, could see wolfpack page 11

women’s basketball

Reactions: 3-point shooting, Moyer Drummond’s scoring dips in ACC play By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

Markell Johnson’s 3-pointer froze Jim Boeheim. It gave North Carolina State a three-point lead with 33.4 seconds locked on the clock. The Wolfpack held on, handing Syracuse its seventh loss in conference and ending its two-game win streak. In a matchup of two NCAA Tournament bubble teams with nearly identical resumes, Syracuse (17-9, 6-7

Atlantic Coast) fell to North Carolina State (17-9, 7-6), 74-70. On Wednesday night inside the Carrier Dome, the Orange entered the game winners of two straight, while NCSU lost in its previous outing to No. 14 North Carolina. The Wolfpack has beaten North Carolina (road), Duke (home) and Clemson (home) this season, which would have given weight to an SU win. Freshman forward Oshae Brissett led Syracuse with 25 points in front of 21,125 fans. The Orange

dropped a winnable home game with five games remaining on the schedule, three of which are against opponents ranked in the Top 25. Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s game.

Bubble implications

Wednesday night’s game featured a pair of middle-of-the-pack ACC teams fighting for NCAA Tournament eligibility. Both teams could go dancing. Both may not. Or, only one see reactions page 11

By Billy Heyen

asst. sports editor

Miranda Drummond knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:29 remaining in the fourth quarter of Syracuse’s loss to Virginia Tech on Feb. 1. She made another 3-ball 22 seconds later. SU lost that night while scoring

just 64 points, 10 below its season average. Drummond’s makes partially salvaged a quiet night, but there have been a lot of quiet nights of late for the junior transfer from St. Bonaventure. Syracuse (18-7, 6-6 Atlantic Coast) depended on Drummond as part of a one-two punch for much see drummond page 11