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N • Smart policing

The Syracuse Police Department is seeking a grant from the Department of Justice that would help SPD solve crimes committed on the South Side.

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O • True or false?

S • His class

Segregation in the Syracuse City School District has been on the rise for more than a decade, with housing and school funding being among the top influences.

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Student Life columnist Brendan Germain suggests universities develop courses about how to decipher the difference between fake and legitimate news.

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Dino Babers spoke for about 15 minutes on Wednesday afternoon about his new recruiting class and about the takeaways for the future of the team and recruiting.

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BUYING INFLUENCE

$1.75

ON THE RISE

$192,000

$200,000

ACROSS THE COUNTRY

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

Forty-one out of 50 states house at least one college or university that received funding from a Koch foundation in 2014

The number of colleges and universities receiving Koch donations has steadily increased in recent years 210

$23.4 MILLION

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2012

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MONEY RECEIVED

90

DONATIONS RECEIVED

IN THE RED

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

$239,025 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

$230,700

The amount of the grant the Whitman School received from the Charles Koch Foundation to establish the Institute for Entrepreneurial Society

$291,500

$298,500 TROY UNIVERSITY

$300,000 CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

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$610,000

$626,247

The Koch brothers have poured money into dozens of higher education institutes.

Here’s a look at the nine universities and colleges that received the most money from Koch foundations in 2014, excluding George Mason University, which has received tens of millions of dollars from the Kochs.

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

MONEY RECIEVED

BIGGEST BENEFICIARIES

In the 2016 election cycle, 90 percent of Koch Industries federal campaign contributions were to Republicans. The Koch brothers often put money in politics.

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$19.3 MILLION

$12.7 MILLION

2012

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Grant evokes academic freedom concerns

By Michael Burke news editor

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he billionaire Koch brothers’ growing, controversial inf luence on higher education has reached Syracuse University.

SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management announced in November its plans to create the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, funded by a $1.75 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation. The institute and its objectives closely mirror that of Koch-funded free market institutes at other universities, some of which have evoked academic freedom concerns because of apparent Koch control over research topics.

The school’s receipt of the grant has elicited concerns among some SU faculty members, who are worried about what it means for academic freedom at the university and that it runs counter to SU’s past pledges to environmental sustainability.

The Koch brothers, Charles and David, have spent tens of millions of dollars to support research at hundreds of universities. That research has sometimes been used by lawmakers to advocate for legis-

lation supporting free-market capitalism and opposing environmental regulations, economic systems that benefit the Kochs.

In the past, Koch gifts to universities have often come with strings attached. That was most recently revealed at Florida State University, where researchers have been forced to study material that satisfies Koch ideals.

The Whitman School’s contract with the Koch foundation is not public, though experts said it’s likely the foundation’s gift to the school comes with similar intentions. Officials within SU leadership did not return requests for comment on behalf of the university on this story.

“Here’s the concern: What expectation does Charles Koch have for Syracuse University? The contracts that we’ve dug up at other schools, they provide a lot of hints of what to look out for,” said Connor Gibson, a researcher for Greenpeace, an organization that fights climate change. “... If you’re not doing what the Koch foundation likes, you’re not going to get the rest of what they promised.”

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Kochs use students to influence legislation

By Michael Burke news editor

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f patterns at other universities hold true, the Charles Koch Foundation might use graduate students and research in the Whitman School to influence legislation in Washington.

The foundation recently gave $1.75 million to Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management to fund the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society. The Whitman School will recruit Ph.D. students to work and conduct research specifically in the institute.

In the past, Koch-funded free market institutes, similar to Whitman’s, have been used as part of a larger cycle to enact legislation supporting deregulated capitalism. The Kochs have attempted to do that using two mechanisms: by generating a “talent pipeline,” in which graduate student researchers at Koch-funded institutes later populate Koch-funded think tanks, and by developing their “Structure of Social Change” model, a process designed to influence politics that begins at universities.

“Privately-funded political change is at the

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Enrollment plan to be developed

By Delaney Van Wey asst. news editor

As the higher education marketplace gets more competitive, Syracuse University officials are developing a plan with the hope of attracting the next generation of high-achieving students.

Chancellor Kent Syverud announced the creation of the strategic enrollment plan in his Jan. 17 address to the university community. Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly and Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, will co-chair the steering committee responsible for developing the plan. They will begin meeting in mid-February, work through the fall and then the plan will guide the university’s enrollment goals for the next five years, starting in 2018.

There are changing demographics that are happening across the country and there are more competitive markets for students.

Dolan Evanovich senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience

“I think it’s really in our best interest to study the marketplace, to understand where the challenges and opportunities are, and for us to continue to attract high ability, diverse students who have a great experience here,” Evanovich said.

Both Evanovich and Wheatly addressed a changing market for students as a major factor in the need for the new plan. That includes what other universities are doing, but also where the students come from, Evanovich said.

While SU’s traditional market for students is in the northeast, he said, the population of young people is growing the fastest in the south.

“There are changing demographics that are happening across the country and there are more competitive markets for students,” Evanovich said.

The two main goals of the plan that Syverud stated in his address were increasing diversity and academic quality, which both Evanovich and Wheatly described as important in making SU a competitive school.

While the plan’s development has not officially begun, Evanovich

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James Joyce probably rolled over in his grave as this cocktail was put together.

This is not the type of drink he would sip on while writing “Ulysses” and it is certainly not the type you would commonly find in the Temple Bar region of Dublin. It would be easier to find a traditional Irish folk band playing a cover of Beyoncé than it would be to find a Guinness Martini anywhere within 20 miles of the Storehouse — plenty of Guinness and tons of martinis, but nothing combining the two.

The martini is hailed as a traditional American cocktail. It is James Bond’s go-to, and is rumored to have originated either in Martinez, California; San Francisco; or New York in the early 1900s. The most interesting origin story, according to NPR, is that it originated when a miner walked into a California bar during the Gold Rush, asked for a drink to celebrate his new fortune, and the bartender invented the martini.

The amount of truth behind that story is certainly debatable, but what is not up for debate is its prevalence in the American bar scene. It is the first drink that comes to mind when thinking of the upper echelons of New York society, and an essential accessory to go with a black tie or fancy dress at a cocktail party.

Guinness, on the other hand, conjures up very different memories.

It reminds me of long nights in a wood-paneled Irish pub singing

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N • Staying positive A student at the University of Southern California has started a campaign designed to encourage people upset with the election of Donald Trump.

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S • Filling it up

John Gillon scored 43 points for the Orange in 100-93 a comeback victory against North Carolina State, SU’s first road win of the season.

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GUINNESS MARTINIS encapsulate two completely different societal ideals. The martini is the drink of New York socialites, whereas the dark beer has a nostalgic feel. aline peres martins staff writer old-timey songs. There is a certain hominess and warmth associated with Guinness.

So putting the two together is an interesting experiment.

This cocktail has the sophistication of a dry martini, the heartiness of a dark beer and the kick of a Long Island Iced Tea. It consists of rum, vodka, crème de cacao, espresso and Guinness, so just one

cocktail is enough to take you out for a few hours.

Avoid drinking this cocktail too quickly because there is certainly an alcoholic taste. But because the combination somehow mimics the taste of dry, slightly bitter vermouth, sipping on the drink is actually quite pleasant.

It is not a sweet cocktail at all. It doesn’t really taste like Guinness, either. It is a strong, bitter cocktail that leaves you

off on a nutty, warm note.

This will not become my go-to cocktail. Yet, if I’m ever entertaining and want to make something unusual and intriguing that most people wouldn’t think to try, I might make a few of these. For the adventurous cocktail drinker, I think it is a worthwhile pursuit — if even just to try it once. amarti22@syr.edu

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Questionable fate A vote on a proposal to demolish the popular Hungry Chuck's will be held next week.

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Professor researches cancer

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

Conversation time IBRAHIM MALIK, Muslim Chaplain for Hendricks Chapel, facilitates the "Courageous Conversations" discussion at Wildhack Lounge inside the Falk College complex on Wednesday afternoon. The session included discussions about the uncertainty that the United States faces after the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January.

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Grant would help solve crimes on South Side

By Jessica Zuk

contributing writer

The Syracuse Police Department is looking to apply for a federal grant that would be used to collect evidence more efficiently on criminal activity committed on the city's South Side.

The 2017 Smart Policing Initiative Grant, funded by the United States Department of Justice, awards up to $700,000 to seven cities to help state and local law enforcement agencies in evidencebased policing. If approved, SPD can use the grant for surveillance, paid informants, equipment and a research consultant.

Steven Thompson, a Syracuse

Common Council member who brought up the federal grant at the council's Jan. 23 meeting, said numerous federal grants that have been allocated to the SPD to aid its investigations over the years.

“The city is always looking for grants at both the state and federal level to augment any projects they may have going on at the time," he said. "This is used to offset money that taxpayers would be paying for certain programs."

Thompson, who is also the chair of the city's public safety committee, said he has been communicating with SPD to learn more information about its interest in the grant and whether it is worth pursuing the grant. He said the grant would be

specifically used for the city's South Side, citing a high crime rate.

30

The number of homicides that occurred in Syracuse in 2016

He also said a worker who handles grant applications for the city will review the SPD's request for the grant and will apply for it if it seems fit. Thompson said SPD has received the most outside grants out of the different departments

within the city government.

Syracuse’s average crime rate remains substantially higher than the national average. According to Neighbor Scout, the national median of crimes per square mile is 32, but Syracuse has 258 crimes per square mile. The city also had its deadliest year in the history in 2016, with 30 reported homicides.

In response to the violence, the SPD created a homicide task force to investigate homicide cases more efficiently.

Eric Olson, associate director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., said many components

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Study: Lower-income students find success

By Madeleine Davison staff writer

New research suggests that while college access for lower-income students is limited at many universities, lower-income students who are accepted and graduate are often just as successful later in life as their wealthier classmates.

The study, conducted by economists with the Equality of Opportunity Project, gathered data from 30 million students who attended Title-IV accredited colleges in the United States between 1999 and 2013. It created mobility report

cards that show students’ income backgrounds and the earnings they make when they reach their 30s.

Within each institution, students across the socioeconomic spectrum had similar chances of success after college, the study found.

“Their life outcomes, in terms of the income that they make, are pretty similar,” said Carl McPherson, a pre-doctoral research fellow with the Equality of Opportunity Project who assisted the principal investigators with the study. “If you’re rich, you’re much more likely to go to a better school. But once you get to your school, it doesn’t

matter who your parents were.”

The data from the study also shows, though, that colleges are not as economically diverse as previously thought.

“Income segregation across colleges in the U.S. is about the same as income segregation across neighborhoods in the average American city,” McPherson said.

Students from families in the top 1 percent of the income distribution in the U.S. were 77 times more likely to attend Ivy League institutions than their peers from the bottom quintile, he added.

For the study, researchers cal-

culated colleges’ mobility rates by multiplying the percentage of students at the college who came from the bottom income quintile by the percentage of those lowerincome students who reached the top quintile after graduation.

“It’s not a coincidence that most of the schools that don’t look very good on these measures are expensive, elite private universities,” said Ross Rubenstein, a professor and the Dan E. Sweat Distinguished Chair in Educational and Community at Georgia State University.

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A Syracuse University professor recently found that exercise can be helpful for breast cancer survivors who are combating the side effects of cancer treatment.

Gwendolyn Thomas, an assistant professor and the director of the exercise prescription lab in the School of Education, recently published an article in the Obesity Journal about the effects exercise can have on postmenopausal breast cancer survivors who are taking aromatase inhibitors as treatment. The research suggests that resistance and aerobic exercise can help breast cancer survivors who are taking AIs improve their body composition and health outcomes and reduce the side effects of AIs. She said approximately 65 percent of breast cancer survivors are either overweight or obese, and do very little exercise a week.

“One thing we see with breast cancer treatment is increases in body fat as well as decreases in lean body mass, and also decreases in bone density because of this treatment,” Thomas said.

The current standard treatment option for breast cancer, she said, is to take AIs for five years.

AIs are a type of hormone therapy drug used for treating breast cancer that can block the production of estrogen in postmenopausal women, so less estrogen is available to create hormone-receptorpositive breast cancer cells, according to Breastcancer.org.

But taking AIs will also cause some side effects such as severe joint pain, increased loss in bone density and alterations in body composition, Thomas said.

“All of these negative effects are leading to women discontinuing

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PAYS UP A jury in Texas ordered Facebook and other defendants to pay ZeniMax Media Inc. $500 million on Wednesday. ZeniMax is a video game publisher that says Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014, stole its technology. source: reuters

U.S. ACTION TAKEN The Air Force has stripped retired four-star general Arthur Lichte of two ranks and docked him $60,000 in pension payments.

The Air Force determined he had coerced sex with a subordinate officer three times. source: usa today

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academic freedom specifically in the institute. Maria Minniti, the founding director of the institute, said there are “absolutely not” any strings attached to the Koch grant.

“I never would have accepted that,” she said. “The grant was vetted by our lawyer."

But experts said there are already signs that the Koch foundation has leverage over the institute. The SU News release announcing the creation of the institute states that it will “foster societal well-being.” The term “well-being,” experts said, is code language for deregulated capitalism.

At a Koch donor summit in 2014, James Otteson, a professor of political economy at Wake Forest University, argued that framing free market ideologies behind the term “wellbeing” would be an effective public relations spin, as The New Yorker first reported.

“They’re shifting toward this idea of wellbeing, but it’s their own unique definition of it that defines well-being essentially as small government,” said Ralph Wilson, a co-founder of UnKoch My Campus, a campaign that studies the Kochs’ influence at universities.

Syracuse University Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics is “currently looking into” the grant, said Thomas Keck, chair of the com-

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legislation heart of the Koch foundation’s operation on campuses,” said Ralph Wilson, a co-founder of UnKoch My Campus, a campaign that studies the Kochs’ influence at universities.

Maria Minniti, the founding director of the Whitman institute, said there are “absolutely not” any strings attached to the Koch grant, and that the Kochs will not influence graduate student research.

But in the past, Koch officials have boasted about doing just that at other universities.

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mittee and professor of political science. Keck declined to comment further. Additionally, the senate’s Agenda Committee plans to task the Committee on Research with also reviewing the grant and determining whether it is “fully in accordance with academic freedom and other values of the university,” according to a dossier that has circulated among faculty.

“The influence of that money on the students and on the school and on the campus is very concerning,” said Dana Cloud, a professor of communication and rhetorical studies and member of the academic freedom committee. Cloud emphasized that she was not speaking on behalf of the committee.

The Koch brothers’ spending in higher education has steadily increased over the years.

They funneled more than $23.4 million into colleges and universities in 2014 after spending $19.3 million in 2013 and $12.7 million in 2012, according to the Center for Public Integrity. They gave money to 216 colleges and universities in 2014, according to the center.

The Kochs have often funded institutes supporting graduate student research of free market concepts, similar to the one being created at Whitman. Such institutes exist at Creighton University, Florida State University, the University of Kentucky and West Virginia University, among others. The institutes are modeled after George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, to which the Kochs have donated millions of dollars over the years.

Experts said that when the Koch brothers fund those institutes, it’s typically to encourage research endorsing deregulation. The Mercatus Center has been cited by U.S. Senate Democrats for denying climate change, for example, and the Koch-funded Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University recently published research detailing the “negative effects” of federal environmental policies.

Koch Industries subsidiaries, such as their paper and energy companies, stand to lose from environmental regulation, Gibson said. Koch Industries also ranks eighth among U.S. corporations with the most air pollution, according to the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute.

Matt Huber, an associate professor of geography at SU who researches energy, said the Koch brothers are “notorious” for working to prevent action that fights climate change.

In some cases, the Kochs’ desire for deregulation has compromised academic freedom.

The Kochs’ agreement with Utah State University stipulated that researchers funded by the foundation follow objectives aligned with the Kochs, according to Inside Higher Ed. And in 2014, Kansas University professor Art Hall was paid by the Kochs to study and testify against the state’s renewable energy standard, a regulation that requires the increased use of renewable energy sources.

But the case that most closely mirrors

what experts said could happen at SU is that of FSU, where the Kochs have funded graduate student fellowships at FSU. Based on internal memos and documents, a joint report by UnKoch My Campus and the FSU Progress Coalition revealed the Kochs had significant control over the fellows’ research. Beginning in 2007, Ph.D. students at FSU were forced to choose dissertation topics that complied with the Kochs’ objectives, according to the report. The Kochs even had the option on an annual basis to discontinue their funding if dissertation topics didn’t comply with their ideas, per the report.

“One could ... assume it’s similar to what will be going on there at Syracuse,” Wilson said.

If that’s the case, and if the institute promotes research downplaying climate change, it would seem to conflict with the stances SU has taken on climate change. SU has previously committed to sustainability, with a long-term Climate Action Plan to become carbon neutral by 2040.

Huber, the associate professor of geography, said SU’s accepting of the grant is a considerable setback in its efforts to become a leader in the global sustainability movement.

“It’s just a slap in the face for those of us that have tried to force Syracuse University to take climate change seriously with their actions,” he said. “To me, it’s a huge reversal of those actions by aligning themselves with this.”

At a 2014 Koch donor summit, a top Koch official explained the Koch foundation’s desire to build a “talent pipeline” beginning with students, according to recordings published by the Center for Public Integrity.

The Kochs start, experts said, by funding student researchers at institutes similar to Whitman’s, with the Kochs often controlling research so it aligns with their priorities of free market capitalism. Those same students later staff the Koch-funded free market think tanks that the Kochs use to push for political change.

Kevin Gentry, the vice president of the Charles Koch Charitable Foundation, explained the process to Koch donors in

2014 and a recording of his speech was later published by the Center for Public Integrity. “‘The students that graduate out of these higher-education programs populate the state-based think tanks and the national think tanks,’” Gentry said.

Universities and free market institutes similar to Whitman’s are also the first step in the Kochs’ “Structure of Social Change” model designed to enact policy changes.

The strategy, developed by Koch Foundation President Richard Fink, begins with the Kochs funding researchers at universities to create concepts the Kochs call “intellectual raw materials.” The Kochs

then fund think tanks to turn those concepts into policy options. But because the think tanks generally aren’t able to implement change themselves, the Kochs then fund implementation groups to pressure legislators into enacting policies.

Together, those groups form what Koch officials call their “fully integrated” network.

“We see that institutions at all stages are crucial to success. While they may compete with one another for funding and often belittle each other’s roles, we view them as complementary institutions,” Fink wrote in the “Structure of Social Change.”

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programs, he said.

Sam Gorovitz, a member of the University Senate’s Academic Affairs Committee, said the university should first look to reduce enrollment before pursuing other goals. He said the increasing student enrollment has become a problem.

“Faculty are widely concerned about the fact, it’s an undeniable fact, that we have … students here that we can’t serve well,” Gorovitz said. “So, we have reduced the quality of the education we provide because of our enrollment actions.”

Evanovich said the plan is intended to improve academic quality by bringing attention to it and bringing various departments together to determine what will bring new students to SU. “At the end of the day,” Wheatly said. “We look at where the students who do not come to us go, and we need to compete with some of those elite institutions.”

enrollment said he expects the committee — which will be made up of deans from all colleges, student government leaders and key faculty members — will be asking and addressing questions directly related to these goals.

To address diversity, he said the group will identify targets for new student enrollment across a variety of categories, including the number of graduate versus undergraduate students, international students and overall student body size.

SU will become more competitive by improving its academic quality, Evanovich explained. The steering committee will try to identify the strengths of the university and of different colleges, such as entrepreneurship in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and where those strengths could be applied to make marketable and exciting new

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policing contribute to the success of a police program, not just grants. He specializes in organized crime on an international level and said violence reduction programs, for example, have seen results.

“Simply sending money to a police force to have them buy new equipment or set up a new

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incomes Ivy League schools and other elite private institutions had lower mobility rates than what the study calls “middle-tier” public universities, such as State University of New York Stony Brook and several of the California State and City University of New York campuses.

Although Ivy League institutions and other elite schools put more of the lowincome students they accept into the top 1 percent after graduation than other schools, they often admit more students from fami-

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force, but there is no guarantee that anything will improve," Olson said.

Technology can be useful for police forces to actively use gathered information, but technology itself does not solve all problems, he added.

Olson also said he understands that the work police forces do is not a simple task.

“They are undercompensated for the risks they take," Olson said. "No one approach of a police force is going to solve the problem." jzuk01@syr.edu

lies in the top 1 percent of the income distribution in the U.S. than students in the bottom 60 percent of the income distribution, giving them low mobility rates.

Schools such as Stony Brook admitted more low-income students than Ivy Leagues did and gave those students almost the same chance at reaching the top quintile as the more elite schools, McPherson said.

“We hope that people can figure out what these (middle-tier public) schools are doing right so they can increase access for lowerincome students and so that other schools can increase success rates,” McPherson said. mdavison@syr.edu

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How colleges, students can Koch gift a red flag for academia combat rise of fake news

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t’s a tall task today for anyone to peel through the flood of news stories on social media.

Much of the content on social media feeds is dramatically headlined, and publications continue to grapple with putting out fires of false information. But sifting through credible content is a crucial skill in the fake news era, and universities can help their students learn it.

The rise of fake news and its role — if any — in the 2016 presidential election seemed to come to a head when President Donald Trump’s top aide, Kellyanne Conway, regarded false comments made by the administration as “alternative facts.” But regardless of partisan stances, everybody needs a level of media literacy, or the knowledge of “how to consume media,” said Barbara Fought, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. But with tons of data on our feeds, it takes a bit of raking through the onslaught to decipher what’s credible and what isn’t.

To combat the rise of fake news, universities should develop a standard media literacy course for all its students’ curriculums, regardless of their majors.

Students need to learn to analyze and verify news content, and this coursework shouldn’t only lie in the communications school. Every student should have the ability to decipher false information in the media — not just those who are learning to produce it.

The City University of New York system and the State University of New York at Stony Brook are developing journalism classes that aim to help students “spot inaccuracies” and identify “strategies to diversify online news and eliminate echo chambers,” according to USA Today College.

These echo chambers are perpetuated by publications that notoriously lean left or right.

SU can take a cue from CUNY and SUNY Stony Brook, but it can also heighten the course’s significance by requiring students of all disciplines to enroll.

Outside of the classroom, verifying information comes with a price, but it’s a price well worth paying. It’s important for media consumers to use credible publications to verify information in eyebrow-raising articles. But users not subscribed to these outlets, like The New York Times or The Washington Post, are met

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TWO EARS, ONE MOUTH with a blocked paywall. There is continued pressure on these publications to provide rich, ad-free content or risk losing readers.

But if students are looking to verify or deny questionable information, it’ll cost them. This means dishing out cash. Reading 10 free New York Times articles and waiting until the next first of the month is not clever. It’s negligent.

Paying $3.75 for a weekly digital subscription to the Times is barely an expense for being factually correct. Even better, the Times offers a student discount so the price goes down to $1 per week.

Finding fake news isn’t only an individual experience. It’s easy to let quick remarks slide under the table with friends, but allowing false information to permeate even in brief encounters only makes reaching the truth harder for everyone.

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“You have to ask, ‘how do you know that?’” said Fought, the broadcast and digital journalism professor.

We must question the sources we get information from, and hold our friends, family and co-workers accountable.

Comments left unchecked can lead to more gossip mongering than news spreading.

It’s difficult when we want to wag our fingers at false information, but correcting others around us does not need to be naysaying. In the fake news era, we must generate our own points of view — not recycled ideas on Twitter or click bait. It’s not enough to know “what” happens, but how “what’ happens” operates in a larger context. Putting out fires means knowing which facts are able to do that.

It’ll cost a bit of money at the start, but think of the alternative: We’ll get what we paid for.

Syracuse University’s Whitman School has the potential to join a long list of institutions that have had their academic freedom compromised by the billionaire Koch brothers, who have a high-profile track record of donating to research programs and using those programs to promote a deregulatory, antienvironmental agenda.

SU announced in November that Charles and David Koch donated $1.75 million to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management to establish an Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society. Similar Koch-funded institutions have been created at various other universities in the United States, including Florida State University, where researchers have been forced to study material that satisfies Koch ideals.

That information was revealed in public documents, since FSU is a public school. The SU community — particularly its faculty and students — doesn’t have the luxury of knowing whether there are strings attached to the Kochs’ grant to Whitman because SU is a private institution. But faculty are worried about the implications the grant could have on academic freedom and the freedom of Ph.D students within the Whitman School to independently pursue their research topics of choice.

Maria Minniti, the founding director of the Whitman institute, said there are “absolutely not” any strings attached to the Koch grant.

Although SU, a private institution, has no obligation to make its contract with the Koch brothers publicly available, doing so would help to calm the concerns of those who are

concerned about academic freedom.

It’s not an inherently bad thing for SU to accept money from the Kochs. Universities need funding to operate and advance. But there is a lack of understanding as to how this money was vetted, and whether SU vetted the Kochs’ intent to donate. Given the Kochs’ track record, it’s difficult to believe that there are indeed no strings attached to the grant.

It’s evident that the Koch brothers have influenced academic research at some — if not all — of the universities they’ve donated to. Their potential to compromise academic freedom at SU is concerning. Universities are places for independent thought and the pursuit of knowledge.

That pursuit should not be tainted by the political agenda of two of the richest men in the country.

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Reader responds to Jan. 25 column Scott Pruitt’s position is not that of a climate-change “denier.” It is progressive.

He wrote in the National Review in May of 2016: “Healthy debate is the lifeblood of American democracy, and global warming has inspired one of the major policy debates of our time. That debate is far from settled. Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection

to the actions of mankind. That debate should be encouraged — in classrooms, public forums, and the halls of Congress. It should not be silenced with threats of prosecution. Dissent is not a crime.”

The reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, which reference hundreds of research papers published in the world’s leading science journals, demonstrate that

Pruitt’s climate skepticism is well substantiated. The NIPCC shows that much of what we thought we knew about climate is either mistaken or highly debatable.

Sincerely, Tom Harris, B. Eng., M. Eng. (Mech.)

Executive Director International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) Ottawa, Ontario

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A student at the University of Southern California has made stickers as part of a campaign to help improve morale among people who are upset about the election of President Donald Trump. Surveys showed the election season caused stress to a majority of Americans.

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STICK TO IT USC student uses sticker campaign to promote positivity

I was reflecting on everything that happened during 2016, and noticed that people were very discouraged. I thought everyone could use some positivity heading into 2017, so I made a design to express that sentiment.

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student at the University of Southern California recently created a campaign, through stickers, to encourage and inspire those who are upset over the election of President Donald Trump.

Jane Li — an arts, technology and the business of innovation major at the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at USC — created the crowdfunding campaign “We Gon' Be Alright 2017” to encourage people to maintain a positive attitude.

“I was reflecting on everything that happened during 2016, and noticed that people were very discouraged,” Li said in an email. “I thought everyone could use some positivity heading into 2017, so I made a design to express that sentiment.”

She said she decided to share optimism with people by turning her design — "We Gon' Be Alright" text in red and blue — into a sticker and selling it on a crowd-funding campaign. Because she wanted to promote community, too, she decided to donate all of her proceeds to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, she said.

The 2016 election cycle seemed to cause stress to a significant number of Americans. More than half of Americans said the election season was a very or somewhat significant source of stress in their lives, according to the American Psychological Association.

The election was particularly stressful to millennials. According to the APA, 56 percent of millennials said the election was a very or somewhat significant source of stress.

Li created her design by drawing it out in her sketchbook and then digitizing it in Adobe Illustrator. She said her initial goal for the project was to make $500, but last week she managed to reach $600, she added.

“I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do after this. Maybe I'll make some more designs, or maybe I'll move on to other creative projects,” she said.

“Either way, this campaign has really gotten me to think about how my design work can have a bigger impact than just being something that looks nice.”

She said the most rewarding part of the campaign has been seeing the amount of impact her designs could have on a national scale and being able to step outside of her comfort zone to create her first crowdfunding campaign.

Janet Kim, a marketing designer for the book publisher Knock Knock, which Li interned for last year, said in an email that she heard about the campaign after Li emailed her about it. Kim said she wanted to support Li’s endeavors and donated to the campaign.

“It raises awareness, not just for the direct actions of one orange tyrant, but also the emotional and mental wellbeing of the people who are directly or indirectly affected by his ‘presidency,’” Kim said. dsahintu@syr.edu

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study taking the treatment,” she said.

For Thomas’ research, breast cancer survivors were divided randomly into two groups: a twice-weekly resistance and aerobic exercise training group and a control group to help evaluate changes in the exercise group’s body mass index, percent body fat, lean body mass and bone mineral density.

Participants in the exercise group had a significant increase in lean body mass, a decrease in percent body fat and a decrease in body mass index after 12 months, the research showed. Thomas said she encourages cancer survivors to work out more often while taking AIs, even though they are struggling with the side effects of the inhibitor.

“They are told by their physicians to exercise, yet they are not very active,” she said. “(It’s) causing even more negative changes

in body composition above and beyond.”

When women stop taking AIs, Thomas warned, the chance of breast cancer recurrence increases. There might also be risks of chronic diseases because of obesity, she added.

Thomas also said she is currently working on a smartphone-based tool to find out barriers breast cancer survivors face on a day-today basis. The mobile app, she said, will help increase the amount of exercise and physical activities breast cancer survivors have.

“Maybe they feel intimidated going to the gym and maybe they have lots of time constraints,” Thomas said. “We are making sure what happens throughout the day to stop them from exercising.”

She said she believes that there are more innovative ways to get people to exercise.

“We are trying to find different ways to get people active so more individuals will seek out opportunities to exercise,” Thomas said. chchen@syr.edu

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City split School districting creates de facto segregation

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imothy Rudd coaches 8-10-yearold kids in a basketball league at McChesney Community Center Syracuse. On one occasion he took his team to a gym so they could practice.

He was surprised to see the stark divide between his team and the gym’s team.

His team was predominantly black.

The other was white.

“Wow, we can’t even play basketball together anymore,” Rudd said.

Rudd is a Syracuse native, works for a nonprofit social policy research organization and is running for Syracuse Common Council. He used to play for a rec league, too, but left once he realized the racial divide because he felt uncomfortable. Of the four teams two were white and two were black.

“It was like, ‘Are we playing the white team today or are we playing the black team?’” Rudd said.

He graduated from Henninger High School in 2000 and returned to the Syracuse

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City School District from 2004 to 2006 as a Spanish teacher. Within those few years, he saw the schools’ segregation increase.

Public schools in New York state are the most segregated in the country, according to a 2014 report released by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project. Based on federal enrollment statistics from 1989 to 2010, school segregation has increased. In Syracuse, the percent of white students enrolled in public schools decreased from 89 percent in 1989-1990 to 79 percent in 2010-2011. The Syracuse City School District borders Westhill Central School District and Jamesville Dewitt Central School District. The Westhill border ranks as the 15th-most segregated in the country, due to the 38 percent poverty difference between them. The Jamesville Dewitt border ranks as the 32nd-most segregated with a 36 percent poverty difference, according to a study by EdBuild published in 2014.

The 1974 United States Supreme Court case Milliken v. Bradley played a role in strengthening segregation, according to the EdBuild study. The court ruled that schools don’t have to integrate across district borders. Because these districts are contained within their own borders

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Businessman recognized as top minority entrepreneur

By Connor Fogel

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After 15 years working as a project manager in construction around Syracuse, Eli Smith was laid off in 2011. With no income to support his family, he looked up to his father and uncles for inspiration each having a small business in construction, accounting or law.

“The entrepreneurial spirit

was always inside me. I just didn’t know until I was forced to make that dive that that was what I wanted to do,” Smith said.

Later that year, Smith noticed the success of the international company 1-800-Got-Junk?, which, Smith said, was making about $180 million in sales. Along with one other person, he began his own trash removal company called So Gone Trash Removal.

Smith’s company has since expanded alongside his full-service construction company, E. Smith Contractors. With about 20 employees, his companies work across upstate New York spanning from Albany to Buffalo and even making its way to parts of northern Pennsylvania.

He recognizes his role models as a major factor in his success.

Smith strives to be a role model for the young members in the Syra-

cuse community who may not have those people to look up to.

“I think it’s important for anyone, but especially as a black man, to try and be an example and a role model for young people,” Smith said. “Because a lot of times in my community, because of whatever reasons, young men and young women are growing up without fathers and without direction.”

“I take it on as a challenge for

myself, besides raising my own children, to make sure that I can show them a different avenue besides thinking that their only career could be in sports, or in singing or dancing or turning to a life of crime.”

Smith is on the board of the Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse and regularly focuses on presenting opportunities to young people through events like Hoops for

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districts and receive funding through local property taxes, public schools’ funds are often a reflection of the wealth within the school district, said Zahava Stadler Manager of Policy and Research at EdBuild.

Other phenomena that influence district composition include housing segregation and “white flight.” There are solutions out there — distributing taxes at the state level rather than at a local one can evenly spread wealth to places that need it. Busing has worked in integrating other districts, but it has not been implemented here.

There are no active integration efforts in the Syracuse public school district.

George Theoharis, the chair of teaching and leadership in Syracuse University’s School of Education, said segregated schools have unequal resources and opportunities. The city school district’s dollar doesn’t go as far as in a suburb’s school district.

Every state has an education funding formula that determines how much funding each school district will need, Stadler said. The formula varies based on whether the school has high rates of poverty, children with special needs or English as a second language programs.

In New York state, schools are funded through a mix of property taxes and govern-

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Hope with the SU basketball team and a company picnic at Onondaga Park.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo recognized E. Smith Contractors as a top New York state minority business in October 2016 by granting it the Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit and Achievement as a New York State-Certified Minority and WomenOwned Business Enterprise.

E. Smith Contractors is the only minority contractor in upstate New York that is bonded. When a business is bonded, it guarantees

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ment funding. Policy varies on this approach in other states. Depending on how wealthy a school district is, funding varies. The higher the property value, the more money available. The amount a district gets from the state is determined by subtracting assumed local property taxes received from the district’s financial need.

“There’s no magic law that says that property taxes collected locally should be primarily for education and that those tax revenues should stay local,” Stadler said.

“It’s a tradition in this country and is the way it generally works, but there is no formula that says that’s the right way to do it.”

Vermont has implemented an education tax, which is pooled at the state level and distributed based on need. Hawaii operates the island as one school district, Stadler added.

High-wealth communities with accordingly high property values sometimes increase their property taxes by a small amount, reaping extra funds for the district as a whole. Stadler says schools benefit because they are able to introduce things like college-level classes and new athletic facilities. At the same time, having good public schools keeps the area’s property values high.

“There’s a virtuous cycle there,” Stadler said.

Wealthy communities have the incentive to self-segregate and draw borders around themselves, mainly because their property taxes can buy special resources for their

own children. The separation creates a homogenous upper-income school district, Stadler said. In mixed-income school districts, there is less incentive to raise local property taxes because money is used on groups of students with greater needs.

that the customer gets the service done correctly and shows a company can be trusted.

“We try to do some good things in the community and we try to make sure we are a good partner for those agencies that we work for,” Smith said.

After Smith completed an entrepreneurial course at Babson University in Boston.

In early 2016, another CEO enrolled in the course offered him a free office space to expand his business to the Washington D.C. area until he started making a substantial amount of income. Although he was not looking to expand his business at the time, he described this as “a blessing in disguise.”

“I always believe that as an entrepreneur,

you’ve got to be open to change and be open to multiple streams of revenue and building and fostering relationships that may come into your life every day,” Smith said.

As for the future of his company, he said he hopes to continue hiring millennials out of college. He works closely with State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry professor Ken Tiss to hire graduates who are trained for the industry.

Smith believes what millennials may lack in experience, they make up for in creativity. As the company grows, he will continue to look at students studying in related programs at Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF, the University of Rochester and schools in D.C.

We have no evidence in this country of providing separate education that serves all kids well. And we have decades, and decades, and decades of evidence that when we have separate schools we do not invest in the same way.

George Theoharis

chair of teaching and leadership in syracuse university’s school of education

Since 1980, the population of Syracuse has steadily declined according to census data, dropping from 170,105 residents to

145,170. Meanwhile, Onondaga County’s population has remained between 458,000 and 469,000 residents, meaning the city’s surrounding areas and suburbs have bulked up while the city has drained.

Theoharis added that when people of color are rich enough, they move to the suburbs.

Communities have used fair housing inclusion and rezoning to integrate. They have redrawn school district boundaries to encompass larger zones — meaning a more diverse range of property taxes. Some districts have made policies regarding interdistrict school choice so districts cross set boundaries.

In an interview with The Daily Orange, Theorharis advocated for integrated school districts across boundaries.

“We have no evidence in this country of providing separate education that serves all kids well,” he said. “And we have decades, and decades, and decades of evidence that when we have separate schools we do not invest in the same way.”

Theoharis said integration brings a collective consciousness and capital that allows for different kinds of voices to be heard.

People grow up with an understanding of people who look and think differently.

The City of Syracuse and Onondaga County discussed merging government services last year. Theoharis said the decision intentionally left schools out of the deal. sfern100@syr.edu

Smith emphasizes the importance of everyone understanding the company’s goals and how the company is working at all times, whether people are in the offices or out in the field. His team understands that although the Syracuse community would like to see small businesses like his grow, there is not enough work for them to stay solely in the Syracuse area.

“Hopefully in three years we will have a third office open in Charlotte, North Carolina,” Smith said. “And we are just going to continue to grow and be good partners for the clients that we work with on their projects.” cbfogel@syr.edu

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weekend bar It’s the beginning of a new month this week, and welcoming in February is just the perfect excuse to get out this weekend and do something fun. Here are nine things to pack the weekend with fun arts, culture and adventure.

INTERNATIONAL HAPPY HOUR & DISGRACED Join local restaurant With Love, Pakistan for an international happy hour before Syracuse Stage’s performance of “Disgraced.” when: Thursday, 6 p.m. where: Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex BELLA’S BARTOK This six-piece melds punk with modern pop in a unique blend of eclectic blend of Eastern European Style. Featuring openers Chris James and Mama G, the show promises a dance-filled evening. when: Thursday, 8 p.m. where: Funk ’n Waffles Downtown RUDDY WELL BAND Ruddy Well Band is a hometown favorite.

Featuring classic Americana sound, the group has won the Sammy Award twice. when: Friday, 8 – 10 p.m. where: May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society BARROOM PHILOSOPHERS CD RELEASE PARTY With animated vocals, rocking guitar and some sick drums, Barroom Philosophers is a high energy band that draws from multiple genres to inspire its work. when: Friday, 8 p.m. where: The Lost Horizon (5863 Thompson Rd.)

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tudents may flock to Hungry Chuck’s this weekend to watch the Syracuse University men’s basketball team play the University of Virginia. But there’s another way to watch the game, all while enjoying a selection encompassing over 100 breweries: the Central New York Brewfest.

Celebrating its 21st year, the CNY Brewfest is the longestrunning beer festival in the region. This one-day celebration takes place at the New York State Fairgrounds on Saturday, the day before the Super Bowl.

With 30 new breweries on the lineup this year, the festival also welcomes its new owner, Jason Purdy.

Purdy owns and operates Now & Later, a bar in Tipperary Hill. He took over as the Brewfest’s owner when previous owners Mick Wysochanski and Bill Newman left after a 20-year run. This year’s Brewfest will be Purdy’s first year as owner.

Purdy, whose bar specializes in craft beer, is bringing in breweries that specialize in those rare, sought-after types of beer as well.

“This year is going to be a lot more craft, ‘hard to find’ kind of beer in addition to the breweries they’ve always had in the past,” Purdy said. “So it should appeal to both the craft beer drinker and what we call the ‘craft-curious beer drinker.’”

New breweries added to the list of vendors include SingleCut Beersmith from Queens, Evil Twin Brewing from Brooklyn, Crooked Stave Brewing from Denver and Grimm Artisan Ales from Brooklyn, one of the breweries that’s “hard to get,” said Purdy. Past favorites like Lagunitas, Bell’s, Sierra Nevada, and Ommegang will also participate this year. The festival will showcase over 120 breweries and 250 different beers.

Purdy also hopes to bring in the Big Yellow Fellow, Syracuse’s first pedal-powered bar, to the festival.

Event tickets run at $40, which gives visitors access to unlimited samplings to the Brewfest’s wide beer selection.

There’s also a $60 ticket available, which gives visitors the Brewfest’s first limited edition screen print in addition to access to either of the two sessions.

With two sessions to choose from, visitors will get to enjoy

a cold brew indoors while watching the SU-Virginia basketball game on the big screen starting noon. The festival will end with live performances from soul grass group Soul Risin’ during the second session from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are valid for either session.

The festival takes pride in bringing in breweries that have never participated in beer festivals in Syracuse. With breweries in states like Louisiana, California and Kentucky, Purdy said she hopes to educate people with these diverse breweries.

“I’m looking forward to how people will react and how the Brewfest is received, and try to build the craft beer community, as well as educating people in the process,” said Purdy.

“The volunteers pouring the beer will be brewery representatives, distributors and just beer lovers in the area that loves those breweries.”

Purdy is also bringing in two new distributors to the festival, one of which is Rhino Beverage Distributing, a woman-owned distributor specializing in craft breweries. They are based in Rochester.

“This festival not only brings out a lot of vendor and beers, but some amazing one-off brews and specialties no one has ever seen,” said Kristy Miner, a sales executive for Rhino Distributing. “It truly is a great showcase.”

In addition to its indoor location and varied choices of beer, Miner also likes the educational aspect of the festival.

“Many of these breweries will have actual brewers on hand to answer your questions,” said Miner. “This is the arena to learn, to educate yourself with styles, tastes and trends.”

Miner also said she plans to try Wagner Brewing Companies’ Chocolate Wasted and Roc Brewing Companies’ Imperial Stout in particular. She also looks forward to the new distributors this year and the festival’s “focus on new craft.”

With limited options of bars on campus, Purdy said the Brewfest is ideal for college students looking for a different experience to drink while sticking to a budget. Visitors must be 21 or older to attend.

“This allows you to pay a flat rate so you’ll know exactly what you’re going to spend and you can dictate what you want to do,” said Purdy. “You can use those three hours to try a bunch of beers you’ve never had, test your palate and see what you might like.”

On average, the Brewfest attracts 2,000 to 2500 visitors each year.

This year, Purdy hopes the new breweries will “pique more people’s interest” and draw in even bigger crowds of beer enthusiasts. hmaeda@syr.edu

Visit the “largest exhibition of lifesize, moving, museum-quality dinosaurs in North America” when it comes to Syracuse this weekend! when: Friday – Sunday where: Empire Expo Center at New York State Fairgrounds PAINTING WITH A TWIST: LOVE LIGHTS Bring a group of friends to the studio for this fun, instructor-led class on creating Valentine’s Day-themed paintings. when: Saturday, 7 – 9 p.m. where: Painting with a Twist (3179 Erie Blvd. E, Suite 131) POPS III: CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE RETURNS! With Vegetables, fruits, and other goodies, this farmer’s market is perfect for the hungry college student. It happens every weekend, so if you miss it this week, you can always go later. when: Saturday, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. where: Crouse Hinds Theater at the Oncenter Civic Center Theaters BRIDGE UNDER FIRE CD RELEASE SHOW Come listen as Syracuse-based rock band plays songs from their its album, “Gluttons Before Grace.” when: Saturday, 6:30 p.m. where: The Lost Horizon (5863 Thompson Rd.) SUNDAY FLEA MARKET Come to this Sunday’s free flea market to browse hundreds of items and bring your own to swap with others. when: Sunday, 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. where: CNY Regional Market (2100 Park St.)

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Kent Syverud explains thought process behind campus emails

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ear Orange Friends, I bet you’re wondering what this one is about. Will it be spotlighting random achievements of university individuals that I’m not even sure how I met? Will it be addressing a real issue, either on the campus or in the country? Or will it be crowd favorite, like deer or bear?

PATTY No, this email TERHUNE is unlike any other I W R ITE SINS, while simultaneously NOT COMEDIES being completely like every other. Some may wonder how this is possible. Well, to take it out of the riddle I have presented it in, I have decided to give you the infamous secret formula to my “Dear Orange Friends” emails.

First, I start off with my signature opening. I never stray because people need to have something they can rely on. The world is so unsure and overwhelming, I like to think my welcomes are the equivalent of someone offering up their open arms before a tight embrace. Then they charge $60,000 a year and don’t tell the other person where their money is going. That was humor — there are obviously campus planning meetings every few weeks that no one attends, despite my emails. I often try to act like the lack of attendance does not phase me, but to Ruth, I cry. Do you not want to be my friend?

I then go into my opening paragraph.

I try to always make an incredibly grand statement about something incredibly mundane — like, “I am just like the students who think they have figured out the world while smoking out in the graveyard behind Centennial Hall.” It’s important to use powerful words here — “true,” “promise,” “promenade.”

Even more important than the strong verbiage should be the completely jumbled message. You never want to actually say

anything because words can be used against you. I did teach law, after all. You want pretty words, strong words, words, words, words. But the second you start making statements, well, that’s when you have students staging a sit-in in your office building during your first semester.

I am just like the students who think they have figured out the world while smoking out in the graveyard behind Centennial Hall.

The final necessary ingredient is a reassuring pat on the back, to follow through with my rather inspired metaphor of yester-paragraph. It’s important to close vague emails with the reassurance that this campus — these people — are inherently good, despite the fact that I wake up to the sounds of daily fraternity parties echoing down Comstock sometime around midnight. It is usually then when I look out my window and think, “These rich boys are the same boys whose donations come graduation will fund my next promenade.” My entire Campus Framework Plan is held in the balance of fragile masculinity. But they keep donating. And that’s how I know people are inherently good and that we will be just fine — until the next email.

Sincerely, Kent Syverud

Patty Terhune is a senior policy studies and television, radio and film dual major.

She hopes Chancellor Syverud is doing well.

The Lucky email made her tear up. Follow her on Twitter @pattyterhune or reach her at paterhun@syr.edu.

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signing day signee. He declined offers from Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Wake Forest, among others, and ranks among the country’s top high school players. Despite teams’ efforts to recruit him, the New Jersey native stayed pledged to Syracuse since verbally committing last April.

“He was kind of like Denzel Washington in the movie ‘Glory’ when he was holding that flag at the end,” Babers said. “Everybody was taking bullets, but he just handled that flag, held onto that ‘S’ and kept waving.

He’s a lot better than what everyone else evaluated him out to be.”

Earlier in the day, DeVito appeared on ESPN2 at the network’s headquarters in Connecticut. He said he doesn’t plan on redshirting, even with junior quarterback Eric Dungey and senior quarterback Zack Mahoney likely in the depth chart.

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gillon with his right eye. Then he stepped to the line and hit a pair of foul shots to tie the game.

“He was hating too hard and he had to sit down,” Gillon said, “so I just played with him a little bit.”

Before he straddled the line between cockiness and confidence, before he sunk a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime, before he did anything that will go down in the Syracuse history books, Gillon was tasked with helping lock down one of the best players in the country.

Dennis Smith Jr., the N.C. State freshman point guard projected as a top-five NBA Draft pick, took only two shots in the first half and had five points to show for it. Sure, he created in other ways, but Gillon won the battle of the floor

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and tight ends, and one fullback and one quarterback. The four spring-semester enrollees were products of the Babers coaching change that he hopes will pay off in 2018 and 2019.

“The 2017 class we feel is going to be the cornerstone of this program,” Babers said.

“We’re really close. We’re not totally there … This really gives us a base. It really gives us a foundation.”

mean more recruits are to come. A major factor in Richards’ decision to chose Syracuse was that it’s only a three-hour drive from his home, he said.

“I think it’s an untapped area,” Babers said. “I think its an area that’s obviously very close to Syracuse University. I think it’s something that we’re going to try to take advantage of as long as I have a term here at Syracuse University.”

Two of Syracuse’s newcomers hail from Canada: Tyrell Richards, a 6-foot-3, 220pound linebacker from Ontario, and Patrick Davis, a 6-foot-5, 300-pound offensive lineman from Quebec. Richards is one of the highest-touted Canadian players and could see the field right away. The Orange has not had a player from Canada on its roster since 2012.

The additions remind Babers of Jim Mills, his first roommate at Hawaii who stood 6-foot-7 and weighed 265 pounds.

Until his freshman year, Babers hadn’t seen a Canadian kid before. He roomed with one in college and, on Wednesday, added two to his roster.

Syracuse’s proximity to Canada could

Members of the incoming class hail from as far north as Canada, as far west as Michigan and as far south as Florida. Five Syracuse signees call thew Sunshine State home, three more than any other state.

Markenzy Pierce, a two-star running back who chose SU over Memphis, Purdue and Western Kentucky, joins tight ends Aaron Hackett and four-star tight end Ravian Pierce. Sharod Johnson, a Miami native, is one of four new receivers. On the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Nadarius Fagan comes to SU after declining offers from defending national runner-up Alabama, Louisville, Louisiana State, Nebraska and Southern California.

Babers said he and his staff intend to

North of the border

generals with 16 points in the first 20 minutes.

As Smith began showing why he would probably be in the national player of the year conversation if the Wolfpack was better (he finished with a triple-double at 13 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds), Gillon and Syracuse fell deeper into the misery that has so often been right by its side away from home. Down 16 and under nine minutes left, Syracuse looked lifeless. Double-digit losses awaited, and it was only the first day of February.

One Gillon 3-pointer and Syracuse wouldn’t totally throw in the towel, now down 11. Two, and now it just seemed like a tease, down seven. A third, and all of a sudden a four-point game. Not a fourth, right? Oh yes, a fourth. N.C. State up one, 77-76, Gillon only foreshadowing what was next.

“That was crazy,” freshman Tyus Battle said. “He was extremely hot.”

The Florida five

Syracuse didn’t tie the game until Gillon’s pair of free throws with 39 seconds left. But in short order, Maverick Rowan canned a

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John Gillon made 90 percent of his 3-pointers on Wednesday (9-of-10) and was instrumental in leading Syracuse back against the Wolfpack corner 3 with just over 10 seconds remaining, putting the Wolfpack ahead, 87-84 .

Andrew White was too close, actually, but it

continue recruiting heavily in Florida, partly because most high schools hold spring games, giving coaches more chances to see players in game action.

No. 11 is just a number

Since taking the helm in December 2015, Babers has repeatedly likened the program to a cake. SU is in its elementary stages — not yet a complete “cake.” ESPN ranks Syracuse’s incoming class No. 11 out of 14 ACC schools, reminding Babers of his first head coaching job at Eastern Illinois in 2012. He recalled a memory of the team’s first practice, when he saw a zero-star quarterback tossing the ball around.

“I just thought there’s no way in heck that this guy should be at this level,” Babers said.

That quarterback was Jimmy Garoppolo, a second-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft and New England Patriots backup.

Babers’ point: The rankings hardly matter.

“We’d like to take these young men and put them in the underbelly of our football program,” Babers said. “If they can rise to the top and can make a name for themselves, so be it. If not, we’ll put them in the oven, we’ll bake them for a while and well see them next year.” mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

turned out to give Gillon just enough space. It looked like a broken play, Gillon trapped near the corner between White and Rowan. The latter stuck his hand mere inches from Gillon’s face, but it wasn’t enough. Somehow, Gillon hit it.

With the night he was having, of course he did.

“A near impossible shot,” according to Boeheim.

“When he started dribbling to the sideline, I was like, ‘Oh no, what are you doing?’ but then when he put it up and he double-clutched it and I saw it go in, I went crazy,” Battle said.

“I was like, ‘Wow, that’s big time right there.’” `As he hopped through the tunnel after the game, Gillon couldn’t help but flash a wide grin. He high-fived and chest-bumped Tyler Lydon, before continuing into the bowels of an arena he may never step foot in again but one he now owns.

“I told y’all we could get ‘em,” he said. mcschnei@syr.edu | @mattschneidman

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What we learned from SU’s 100-93 win over N.C. State

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Behind a monstrous 43 points from John Gillon, Syracuse (14-9, 6-4 Atlantic Coast) quenched its road woes with a 100-93 overtime win over North Carolina State (14-9, 3-7) at PNC Arena on Wednesday night. The Orange trailed by 16 with 8:44 remaining but came back to pull of a miraculous win to avoid suffering its 10th loss of the season.

Here’s what we learned from the game.

Dennis Smith Jr. wasn’t even Syracuse’s biggest problem Despite Smith, the probable top-five NBA Draft pick, going off for a tripledouble, he wasn’t the toughest thorn in Syracuse’s side. He racked up 13 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, but it was sophomore sharpshooter Maverick Rowan who dealt SU its biggest blows.

Rowan’s previous career-high was 27, but he poured in a team-high 31 on 11-of-23 shooting overall and an 8-of-18 mark from behind the arc. He did all he could to give N.C. State a chance — hit a go-ahead 3 with 10 seconds left and convert a four-point play to narrow Syracuse’s lead to three in overtime — but in the end it wasn’t enough.

“I worried all week about Rowan and it did no good,” SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. “I might as well worry about the weather.”

Hidden under the drama is Syracuse’s continued struggles on the glass Once again, Syracuse allowed a bevy of offensive boards and you can bet that Boeheim wasn’t going to skip over his team’s deficiencies on the glass after the game, N.C. State grabbed 14 offensive rebounds to Syracuse’s six, and the Wolfpack secured

six more rebounds in total. Its point guard, Smith, led the team with 11, which prompts a whole other issue about Syracuse’s lack of rebounding from the guard position. The win was much needed and splendid in the moment, granted, but Syracuse needs to find an answer on the glass or it won’t be riding this high for too long.

I worried all week about Rowan and it did no good.

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“Our problem is rebounding,” Boeheim said. “We’re just not rebounding enough and we gotta get more out of a couple guys.”

Syracuse didn’t need to run set plays down the stretch.

Gillon was scorching hot down the stretch, so much so that all it took was a double screen, if that, to free him up for an inevitable make from behind the arc.

“We didn’t have to call too many plays,” Gillon said.

He hit 9-of-10 3s and 10-of-13 overall, and the ones coming from a half-court set didn’t even stem from a real set, just a green light and a touch that couldn’t be stopped. The point guard who has struggled at times to create his own shot put a stop to that notion in a big way, as he now has 64 points in the last two games. mcschnei@syr.edu | @mattschneidman

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Chris Elmore DT

Kadeem Trotter LB

HT. 6’1” | WT. 260 Illinois Jan. 21, 2017

HT. 6’3” | WT. 195 Ohio July 3, 2016

Ravian Pierce TE

Ifeatu Melifonwu DB

HT. 6-3 | WT. 230 Mississippi Dec. 15, 2016

Ht. 6’2” | WT. 187 Massachusetts July 2, 2016

Brandon Berry DE

Allen Stritzinger RB

HT. 6’4” | WT. 230 Kansas Dec. 15, 2016

HT. 6’0” | WT. 183 Michigan June 26, 2016

Devin Butler CB

Cameron Jordan WR

HT. 6’ 1” | WT. 200 Notre Dame Dec. 15, 2016

HT. 6’4” | WT. 187 New York June 26, 2016

Ryan Guthrie LB

Eric Coley Athlete

HT. 6’2” | WT. 210 Iowa Dec. 14, 2016

HT. 6’0” | WT. 175 New York June 25, 2016

Markenzy Pierre RB

Dakota Davis OT

HT. 6’0” | WT. 200 Florida Oct. 29. 2016

HT. 6’5” | WT. 312 Maryland June 24, 2016

Jonathan Kingsley DE

Nykeim Johnson WR

HT. 6’5” | WT. 220 Maryland Nov. 23, 2016

HT. 5’9” | WT. 167 Washington D.C. June 21, 2016

Patrick Davis, OL

Tyrell Richards LB

HT. 6’5” | WT. 290 Quebec Aug. 6, 2016

HT. 6’3” | WT. 218 Ontario June 18, 2016

Curtis Harper DT

Zach Morton DE

HT. 6’2” | WT. 302 Pennsylvania Aug. 1, 2016

HT. 6’4” | WT. 220 Michigan May 10, 2016

Aaron Hackett TE

Sharod Johnson WR

HT. 6’3” | WT. 225 Florida Aug. 30, 2016

HT. 5’11” | WT. 165 Florida April 17, 2016

Nadarius Fagan LB

Tommy DeVito QB

HT. 6’2” | WT. 200 Florida Aug. 24, 2016

HT. 6’2” | WT. 190 New Jersey April 16, 2016

Russell ThompsonBishop WR HT. 6’1” | WT. 192 Connecticut July 21, 2016

24 Mykelti Williams DE HT. 6’0” | WT. 200 Indiana Feb 1. 2017

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little after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, class of 2017 Elite 11 quarterback Tommy DeVito inked with Syracuse, kickstarting SU’s National Signing Day. Over the next several hours, 24 total players signed with the Orange. SU head coach Dino Babers addressed the media Wednesday afternoon, celebrating his first recruiting class and confirming SU will continue to recruit in Florida and Canada and explaining that the class’ No. 11 rating among conference schools doesn’t say much.

Here are five takeaways from the day.

DeVito channels Denzel Washington

When DeVito committed to SU, he ranked with two stars by most major recruiting services. Now, the four-star signal-caller is SU’s top-rated see signing

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John Gillon’s 43 points lead Syracuse over N.C. State

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Most Syracuse players stood while John Gillon slumped in a chair in the middle of Syracuse’s locker room, almost as if he was hiding from the spotlight.

He tried masking a smirk every time his teammates barked at him.

His phone was blowing up, at 50 messages but bound to skyrocket

well beyond that.

“Are you guys looking for John Gillon? That’s him, right there.”

“Hold up John. How many points you have?”

“He was shootin’ on them motherf*ckers!”

Forty-three points. Thirteen shots. One herculean effort to bring Syracuse back from the dead. Gillon’s nine 3-pointers tied an SU singlegame record and broke the PNC Arena

mark set by two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry when he was at Davidson.

The fifth-year senior’s 43 points were tied for the fourth most in program history and the most by a Syracuse player since 2004, when Gerry McNamara exploded for 43 against BYU in the NCAA Tournament. Jim Boeheim said this was better.

The Orange hadn’t won away from home since the end of last season after coming back from 16 down

in the second half to top Virginia in the Elite Eight. With 8:44 remaining on Wednesday, Syracuse trailed by 16 again. But with a wink, a heave and one of the best performances in program history, Gillon carried the Orange (14-9, 6-4 Atlantic Coast) to a 100-93 overtime win over North Carolina State (14-9, 3-7) for SU’s first win away from the Carrier Dome this season.

“I don’t think I can remember

one like that,” Boeheim said. “That was pretty good.”

Gillon’s night can be summed up in one bat of the eye. After drawing a foul on a drive to the rim, and before he walked to the line with Syracuse down 84-82 and 39 seconds left, Gillon heard a fan sitting courtside blurting curse words in his direction.

Gillon circled toward the fan, looked him square in the eye and winked

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