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Lloyd Ansah’s journey regarding his music career has been one of perseverance. Now, as a junior at Syracuse University, Ansah will be releasing his debut album. Page 9

#NotAgainSU’s occupation of Crouse-Hinds Hall has entered its 10th day. Organizers met with a lawyer Tuesday, and plan to meet with the Board of Trustees today. Page 3

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Building tension #NotAgainSU organizers criticize DPS officers’ interactions with protesters By Maggie Hicks and Chris Hippensteel the daily orange

#NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, has been occupying Crouse-Hinds Hall since last Monday at noon. The group says administrators have not met their demands. emily steinberger design editor

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hen Department of Public Safety officers restricted outside food from entering CrouseHinds Hall last week, a #NotAgainSU organizer said they felt less than human. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, has occupied Crouse-Hinds since Feb. 17 to continue its ongoing protests of at least 30 racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic incidents that have occurred at or near Syracuse University since early November. DPS sealed off Crouse-Hinds as of Tuesday morning, barring outside food, medicine and other supplies from entering the building until Wednesday afternoon. SU provided lunch and dinner to organizers Tuesday and breakfast Wednesday. University officials said the students were allowed to leave the building at any time and were encouraged to do so. The building reopened Thursday. Throughout its occupation, #NotAgainSU organizers have criticized how DPS officers treated protesters in Crouse-Hinds. “I already had a general distrust for DPS because, as a Black woman, I do not feel like they are here for my protection,” a #NotAgainSU organizer said in a text message to The Daily Orange. “My interactions with DPS officers during this protest have made me feel like they are actively invested in causing harm to people that look like me.” #Notagainsu has stated that it is a nameless and faceless movement. Organizers declined to be named for this story. A video posted to social media last week shows DPS Associate Chief John Sardino physically struggling with student protesters as they try to hold open the entrance to Crouse-Hinds. At one point, Sardino is seen reaching for his gun holster. “When you see a lot of people rushing against a police see DPS page 4

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Alpha Chi Rho appeals suspension SU Abroad suspends Florence program By Emma Folts news editor

Syracuse University’s chapter of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity has appealed its suspension, a university spokesperson said Tuesday. SU suspended the fraternity in November after members and guests shouted a racial slur at a Black woman at College Place. Chancellor Kent Syverud later said the university placed four members of the fraternity on interim suspension for their involvement in the incident. The University Conduct Board suspended the fraternity after finding it responsible for the conduct of a guest during the incident, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president

for university communications, in a statement. “The organization has appealed that ruling and the appeal process is ongoing,” Scalese said.

Number of Greek organizations suspended or expelled at Syracuse University

The university is unable to comment on the specific outcome of the conduct process involving the four members of

Crow, Scalese said. At least 30 racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic incidents have occurred at or near SU since early November, including the incident on College Place. Syverud said Monday that the university has identified and held three students accountable for acts of hate. It is unclear whether the chancellor included the interim suspensions of the four fraternity members in his count of students found responsible for acts of hate. It is also unclear which of the 30 incidents the three students were involved in. SU continues to investigate bias incidents and take action to address racist conduct on campus, Scalese said. esfolts@syr.edu

By Emma Folts news editor

Syracuse University has suspended its study abroad program in Florence, Italy amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Students in SU’s Florence Center were notified of the decision during a meeting with program officials Tuesday. The meeting was originally intended to be a Q&A session about the coronavirus. The Daily Orange obtained footage of the meeting. “A decision has been made, literally (a) few minutes ago, to suspend the program,” said Sasha Perugini, director of SU’s Florence program, during the meeting. “The last day of

classes is basically today.” The students are being asked to leave the program by Sunday, Perugini said. At least 322 people in Italy have contracted the coronavirus as of Tuesday afternoon, and 10 people have died, The Wall Street Journal reported. The coronavirus, a respiratory disease, causes flu-like symptoms such as fever and coughing. Health officials believe the disease originated in Wuhan, China. The university is working with students in the Florence program to help them return to the United States, said Steven Bennett, senior vice president for international

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Negotiation meeting #NotAgainSU will negotiate with administration and trustees at an open meeting Wednesday. See Thursday’s paper

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Change in response SU apologized for its response to protests after initially suspending students and closing a building. See Thursday’s paper

DPS armed Students protesters have called for DPS to be disarmed. SU policy states why officers are. See Thursday’s paper

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Men sue SU, allege complicity in sex abuse By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault.

On strike A group of SU graduate students protested outside of Crouse-Hinds Hall on Tuesday in support of #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students that has occupied the building since last Monday. Protesters shouted “grads on strike” and “27 incidents, not again SU” and held signs. More than 100 graduate students are currently participating in a labor strike. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

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Crouse-Hinds occupation enters 10th day By Maggie Hicks asst. news editor

#NotAgainSU’s occupation of Crouse-Hinds Hall has entered its 10th day. The movement, led by Black students, began occupying CrouseHinds Hall on Feb. 17 to continue its protest of at least 30 racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic incidents that have occurred on or near Syracuse University’s campus since early November. #Not AgainSU presented Chancellor Kent Syverud with 19 demands in November. It has

since issued 16 new demands, extended several and retracted one since Feb. 17. Organizers met with a lawyer throughout Tuesday to gain legal counsel on the situation inside Crouse-Hinds, a protester said. The students spoke with the lawyer throughout the day in a separate room in the building. The movement plans to meet with two members of the Board of Trustees today to discuss future plans with university administration. #NotAgainSU organizers met with the Board of Trustees on Feb. 12 — less than a week before

the movement began occupying Crouse-Hinds — to discuss the campus climate. The movement ’s 30th demand, released Monday, calls for a meeting with the Board of Trustees’ executive board. The movement will choose its legal counsel to be present in the meeting, the movement said in its “official negotiation document.” During the meeting, executive board members must agree to a timeline establishing when SU will fully implement the movement’s original 19 demands by March 31, the statement said.

#NotAgainSU also called on Syverud to announce by Monday which university officials were responsible for restricting food access to Crouse-Hinds. The building was sealed off Feb. 18 to Feb. 19, preventing outside food from entering the building. SU provided lunch and dinner to students inside Tuesday and breakfast Wednesday. Syverud said in a meeting with organizers Friday that he does not know exactly who was responsible for the decision, but that he’d find out. mehicks@syr.edu

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#NotAgainSU demand would violate FERPA By Casey Darnell digital editor

#NotAgainSU demanded last week that Syracuse University release the names of students found to be responsible for bias-related incidents. Doing so would violate federal privacy law, experts told The Daily Orange. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act restricts how much information schools receiving federal funding can release about students. FERPA’s main focus is protecting student information from third parties. The law generally prohibits universities from disclosing names of students who violate code of conduct rules. SU often refuses to comment on internal

proceedings, saying “federal privacy law” restricts it from releasing information. Even when FERPA doesn’t apply, private universities can reject requests for information based on their own policies. At least 30 racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic incidents have occurred at or near SU since Nov. 7. Chancellor Kent Sy verud announced Monday that three students have been identified and held responsible for some of the incidents. Frank LoMonte, director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, said FERPA only allows universities to release the names of students found guilty of violent offenses, such as sexual or aggra-

vated assault. “Racist hate speech would not fall into the federally defined categories of a violent crime or hate crime,” LoMonte said.

Racist hate speech would not fall into the federally defined categories of a violent crime or hate crime Frank LoMonte ferpa expert

In #NotAgainSU’s latest list of demands, the movement urges SU to recognize bias-related

incidents as “forms of violence.” Racist slurs and graffiti don’t warrant the release of student names under FERPA. #NotAgainSU also demands the Department of Public Safety “file criminal complaints against all perpetrators of racial bias incidents.” A criminal complaint is a document filed in court that formally charges a person with a crime. Law enforcement agencies cannot file criminal complaints or bring formal charges against individuals. That jurisdiction falls under the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office. DPS doesn’t typically release the names of students charged with any crimes, but the Syracuse Police see ferpa page 6

Two men who claim former Olympic athlete and Syracuse University student Conrad Mainwaring sexually abused them sued the university Tuesday for failing to investigate allegations of his abuse. The two lawsuits, filed separately in Onondaga County, allege that SU “knowingly and willingly failed” to conduct proper investigations into credible claims Mainwaring was abusing young boys in his dorm, where he worked as a resident adviser. Mainwaring, who was a graduate student at SU in the 1980s, has been accused of molesting seven SU students during his time on campus, according to an ESPN investigation released in August. At least 14 men in the Syracuse area have accused Mainwaring of abuse, including at least seven local high school students. From about 1980 until 1986, Mainwaring provided counseling, coaching and advice to student athletes, including high school students, the lawsuits state. It is unclear whether Mainwaring was ever contracted as a coach at SU. Plaintiff Robert Druger, a Camillus eye surgeon, is suing the Syracuse City School District and its Board of Education in addition to SU and the Board of Trustees. The other plaintiff, John Shapiro, a California man, is also suing a Massachusetts summer camp where he interacted with Mainwaring. Druger, whose willingness to come forward has been credited with leading to Mainwaring’s arrest in June 2019, alleged that Mainwaring used his Brewster/ Boland/Brockway complex dorm room at SU to rub, fondle and masturbate Druger. SU did not properly vet, screen or research Mainwaring and provided him “unfettered and unsupervised access” to campus facilities to meet with underage male high school students and young male college students, the lawsuit alleges. The university allowed minors and male college students to meet with Mainwaring privately in his dorm room and stay overnight, the lawsuit alleges. Druger’s abuse continued from the time he was 17 until he graduated from SU, the suit says. Shapiro said SU allowed him to stay overnight in Mainwaring’s dorm room on at least two occasions in 1981 and 1982 when he was 16 and 17. He was sexually abused, molested and sexually assaulted both times, the lawsuit alleges. Mainwaring met with victims in his dorm room under the guise of “physiotherapy,” “physical therapy” and mental training sessions, the see lawsuits page 6

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Local activists protest Katko’s endorsement of Trump By Sarah Alessandrini asst. copy editor

About 20 organizers gathered outside Rep. John Katko’s (R-Camillus) office in downtown Syracuse on Tuesday to protest his endorsement of President Donald Trump. Katko, who represents Onondaga County in New York’s 24th Congressional District, said in January that he would support Trump’s reelection in 2020. The congressman cited Trump’s economic and trade policies as reasons for his endorsement.

When (Katko) had the opportunity to stand up, he cowered in the corner and said to the president, ‘Please don’t hurt me.’ Dana Balter

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Indivisible NY24, an activist group resisting Trump’s presidential agenda in central and western New York, staged the rally at noon outside Katko’s office building on South Warren Street. Speakers and organizers cited Trump’s behavior and controversial policies, specifically his stance on immigration, as reasons for their disapproval of Katko’s endorsement. “We’re sending a message to Representative Katko and the people of central New York, that if he’s going to side with President

Trump, then we need somebody else in this office,” said Thomas Keck, an organizer and member of Indivisible NY24, and a professor of political science at Syracuse University, in an interview with The Daily Orange. The Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network began the rally with a 15-minute silent vigil. The organization holds vigils every Tuesday outside Katko’s office to protest detainment camps at the United States’ southern border. Mary Kuhn, Onondaga County legislator for the 7th District, criticized Trump’s immigration policies in a speech. She said she couldn’t imagine a good reason anyone could have for endorsing Trump for president. “We have watched families separated, infants taken from the breasts of their mothers, children in cages,” she said. “John, were you thinking, ‘Let’s make American white again?’” Jim McKeever, a local activist who spoke at the rally, also criticized Trump and Katko’s stance on immigration. “Mr. Katko is fond of using the term ‘illegal alien,’” McKeever said, pointing up to Katko’s office on the seventh floor. “Now, can you think of two worse words to put together to describe a human being?” Democrat Dana Balter, who is running to unseat Katko in the November 2020 elections, attended the rally. Balter lost the 24th Congressional District seat to Katko in 2018. Trump is one of the most corrupt presidents the country has ever seen, Balter said. “John Katko failed us,” she said. “When he had the opportunity to stand up, he cowered in the corner and said to the president, ‘Please don’t hurt me.’” Several organizers said they took time out of their schedules because they are deeply

Local activists gathered outside Rep. John Katko’s Syracuse office Tuesday to protest his endorsement of President Donald Trump. corey henry photo editor

concerned about their representative’s endorsement of the president’s policies. Nina Housman, an organizer from Syracuse, said Katko is a divisive and harmful politician. Protesters also criticized Katko for not holding a town hall during his term. While he’s willing to meet with groups in private on occasion, Katko has repeatedly turned down

requests to hold town hall meetings where constituents can ask open and unfiltered questions, Keck said. “Take care, John,” Kuhn said at the end of her speech. “Enjoy your last couple of months. You’re out.” Organizers repeated, “You’re out!” scalessa@syr.edu | @sarahalessan

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Sigma Chi fraternity placed under investigative status By Emma Folts news editor

Syracuse University’s chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity has been placed under investigative status. The alleged misconduct resulting in the investigation is unclear. The university is unable to comment on active investigations, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for unifrom page 1

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officer, it may look like the police officer is doing something wrong,” said Amanda Nicholson, assistant provost and dean of student success, on Monday outside the Barnes Center at the Arch. “What he was doing is what we asked him to do, which is to hold the door.” Sardino’s confrontation with protesters outside Crouse-Hinds is one in a series of altercations that have occurred between students and DPS officers since the start of #NotAgainSU’s occupation. In a video posted on Twitter, a DPS officer entering Crouse-Hinds early Feb. 18 turned toward protesters standing outside the building and said, “It’s a little cold out here, huh?” But the most tense exchange between DPS officers and #NotAgainSU protesters took place later that night, an organizer said. When DPS officers attempted to enter the building for an unannounced shift change, protesters lobbed food over the officers’ heads in order to pass it to the protesters inside. “It was terrifying to watch because the people inside and out felt helpless to stop it,” the organizer said. DPS officers stepped on the food that made it inside the building, an organizer said. One DPS officer yelled to the protesters outside the building, “Now your food’s on the floor.” “It was so blatantly wrong,” an organizer said. Students gathered outside Crouse-Hinds initially feared the unannounced shift change signaled plans to remove protesters from the building, the organizer said. Mean-

versity communications, in a statement. Sigma Chi is the fifth fraternity SU placed under investigative status during the 2019-20 academic year. The Phi Delta Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternities were placed under investigation in February. SU also placed its chapters of the Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities under investigation status in October. The nature of the conduct violations prompting while, protesters inside feared the students outside would attempt to rush the building, they said. “I felt very afraid sleeping here Tuesday night,” another protester said. “I genuinely thought that DPS would bring SPD in, and that’s how scared I was that night.” #NotAgainSU held a sit-in at the Barnes Center for eight days in November. The sit-in ended shortly after Chancellor Kent Syverud signed 16 of the protesters’ initial 19 demands as written, making revisions to the remaining three. Tensions between protesters and DPS officers have been substantially higher during the Crouse-Hinds occupation than they were at the Barnes Center sit-in, an organizer said. “They were continuously trying to take things from us,” the organizer said of DPS officers’ interactions with students inside the closed Crouse-Hinds. “At the Barnes Center, they increased patrolling and things like that, but in here it’s done in a way that’s more obvious.” One protester said DPS’s use of food as a negotiating tool took a toll on their mental health. A DPS officer took the food SU provided Wednesday night and informed protesters they could only eat if they had a conversation with DPS, an organizer said. Protesters “never touched the food,” they said. “Food was literally conditional,” they said. Protesters pressed Syverud to identify the parties responsible for the decision to prevent food and other supplies from entering the building when Syverud visited the occupation Friday. Syverud said he didn’t know exactly who was responsible, but said he

the investigations is unclear. SU suspended ATO in December and placed ZBT on disciplinary and social probation in January. ZBT’s sanctions are effective through Dec. 31, 2020. The university also suspended the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in January. The fraternity was on social probation through February 2019 and disciplinary probation through October. would find out. In one of 10 new demands issued Monday night, #NotAgainSU calls for a formal external investigation of DPS and Sardino. #NotAgainSU also calls for the resignation of Sardino, Syverud, DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado and Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience. Syverud announced Monday that former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch will conduct an independent review of DPS. The review is a result of growing concerns about how DPS engages with the campus community, Syverud said in a university-wide email. He added that community expectations and needs have changed. “I believe this review is necessary given that concerns have been raised through several channels about how DPS engages with our community and how it has managed various interactions with students, including protestors,” Syverud said in the email. “Our DPS officers work very hard every day and night to protect our students and our community.” Maldonado said he welcomed the review. The movement also demands SU acknowledge the mistreatment of student protesters in an email to parents, faculty and staff, and issue a new policy stating that peaceful student protests do not violate the Campus Disruption Policy. As the occupation enters its 10th day, some protesters said DPS’ treatment of organizers during the occupation has left a permanent impression on them. “I don’t think I could look at or interact with administration or with DPS ever again,” one protester said. cjhippen@syr.edu | mehicks@syr.edu

SU’s chapter of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity was suspended in November after members and guests allegedly shouted a racial slur at a Black woman. Chancellor Kent Syverud later said the university had placed four members of the fraternity on interim suspension for their involvement in the incident. The fraternity is appealing its suspension, Scalese said in a statement Tuesday. esfolts@syr.edu

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florence programs and academic operations, in an SU News release. The students will not return to Main Campus until after spring break, he said. Spring break ends March 22. Advantage Travel of CNY, which provides travel arrangements for study abroad programs, is coordinating with SU Abroad to offer flights to students, according to an email sent to students in the program.

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Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Italy as of Tuesday afternoon Source: The Wall Street Journal

SU Abroad suspended all student-life activities and field trips outside SU’s Florence Center on Monday to comply with orders from the Italian public authorities. The university expects Italy’s Ministry of Public Education to shut down classes at public universities as the disease spreads, Perugini said. New York University shut down its study abroad program in Florence on Monday due to the spread of the virus, according to the New York Post. Students must leave Italy by Thursday. NYU’s closure of its program factored into SU’s decision, Perugini said. esfolts@syr.edu

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Greek unity is necessary on campus

hen touring Syracuse University as an admitted student, most people drive by Walnut Park, where there are an array of Greek houses from the National Panhellenic Conference and Interfraternity Council. However, what many prospective students do not see are the various Greek councils that are inclusive to people of color, and do not have fraternity or sorority houses. While these Greek organizations are more visible to marginalized students, it is unfortunate that not everyone recognizes their hard work and contribution to the campus community. These organizations should be better recognized as a permanent presence on the SU campus, in part through cooperation with existing NPC and IFC organizations. The National Pan-Hellenic Council, also collectively known as the “Divine 9”, is made up of nine historically Black Greek organizations, seven of which currently operate at SU. The council was started at Howard University in 1930 and was first brought to Syracuse through the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The Divine Nine was formed to open the doors to Black college students to be represented in a higher education institution and expand opportunities in education and beyond. It is extremely important for students on campus to be aware of the various Greek organizations on campus in order to celebrate Greek unity. This includes organizations comprised of mostly minority students, like NPHC organizations.

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NEWS WITH AN EDGE NPHC organizations also play an important role in celebrating Black history and including minority students in a Greek life environment that is stereotypically white. “I think because NPHC is really rooted in a lot of history, a lot of Black history. Especially in this country there is a historical component that I think people are aware of, but don’t know the details,” said Gabriella Richardson, a fall 2019 initiate of Alpha Kappa Alpha. She is also the vice president and program chair for the SU chapter. There is an almost de facto segregation between IFC and NPC organizations and the rest of the Greek councils. Most IFC and NPC fraternities and sororities only have social and philanthropic events with each other and exclude other Greek councils. However, it is allowed within Greek council bylaws to collaborate with NPHC and other organizations like NALFO and MGC, all of which have primarily minority student membership. Oftentimes, NPHC organization members feel left out of the greater Greek community at SU. “I think especially from the NPHC side, and looking from the minority community... other students do know that there are other organizations but they don’t necessarily know it’s NPHC or understand the Divine Nine concept, so I do think there’s a lack of knowledge there,” Richardson said.

Sororities aren’t the only NPHC organizations that see a notable divide between NPHC and NPC and IFC Greek organizations. Kwaku Ageymang is a fall 2019 initiate of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. “I think there is a lack of knowledge in what each organization stands for and represents, and the different organizations in each council, but overall I think people understand these are Black frats, these are multicultural frats, these are white frats, and there’s a divide there,” he said. Ageymang blamed traditional Greek culture for the divide between the organizations, “When you join a fraternity or sorority you should be joining people who have similar ideas and traditions... what’s familiar to you,” he said. Collaboration between NPHC and other Greek councils can create unity on campus and solve the Greek divide. By including NPHC and other multicultural Greek organizations in events that usually only include NPC and IFC Greek organizations, SU Greek life can finally unify and create a stronger campus culture. At the end of the day, every single person chooses their own Greek organization, but it does not mean they still cannot come together and collaborate to create Greek unity on campus.

Feryal Nawaz is a junior political science major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at fnawaz@ syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter @feryal_nawaz.

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Syracuse Grows helps promote sustainability

t is important for students at Syracuse University and SUNYESF alike to recognize their impact on the environment locally. Syracuse Grows is a local grassroots organization SAMANTHA that is working KOLB hard to fight GR EEN food injustice V IEW POINT by supporting urban food production. The organization strives to create optimal conditions for the city’s residents to live in a place with food justice for all. Having easy and quick access to clean and locally grown food is important for a lot of families, which is one reason Syracuse Grows is such a crucial organization. By growing healthy, safe, affordable and accessible produce in these local gardens, the goal is to help community development and resilience and promote self-sustainability for all members. Syracuse Grows has 22 gardens throughout Onondaga County, two of which are The Westcott garden and Midland Avenue garden, both located near SU. These two gardens in particular are great places for students to get involved with urban agriculture. There are many challenges that these gardens face, such as paying property taxes on the land, finding year-round and permanent volunteers, avoiding theft and buying supplies. According to Aggie Lane, the Midland Avenue garden coordinator, the main problem is due a lack of physical labor. “Our biggest challenge is age,” she said. “The two principals at the garden are myself at 75, and my friend who is 78 years old. We

cannot do some of the hard work that comes with gardening. We are constantly looking for volunteers.” Lane also added that it is often very hard to find individuals, such as students, who are in the Syracuse area during the growing season. Evan Weissman, an associate professor of nutrition at SU and the Westcott Community garden coordinator, helped found the plot in 2008, but agreed with Lane on the volunteer struggles. “Finding young volunteers is tricky,” he said. “Even though we get students to help, finding students who are in the Syracuse area during growing season is often difficult.” Weissman also mentioned that he has two young kids at home, and dedicating time to the garden can be difficult, but rewarding. Working with Syracuse Grows is the perfect opportunity for students to become involved in the local food justice movement and be a part of something that is helping bring stability and growth to the communities within the city of Syracuse. Becoming involved with Syracuse Grows and becoming a part of their community will also help the community of Syracuse. By volunteering to help grow various fruits and vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, greens, garlic, collard, rhubarb and raspberries, students can cultivate their inner eco-friendliness and support the community of Syracuse at the same time.

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ferpa Department routinely does. Few of the 30 reported acts of hate on or near campus amount to hate crimes under state law. New York state considers drawing or etching a swastika on public or private property an aggravated harassment in the first degree. Three of the 30 incidents reported involved the drawing or etching of a swastika. SU has announced conduct sanctions in recent years against students involved in highprofile cases. The university initially suspended 15 students involved in filming racist videos in the Theta Tau fraternity house. Syverud said in November that four students in the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity were given interim suspensions for their involvement in a racist incident near College Place. A university spokesperson declined to specify on Tuesday whether the four students in Crow remained suspended. Syverud has from page 3

lawsuits lawsuits claim. Druger and Shapiro both allege that SU was aware Mainwaring was sexually abusing and assaulting minor students prior to their abuse, the lawsuits state. Despite “warnings, notice and red flags,” the university continued to allow Mainwaring access to isolated, oneon-one meetings with young men that led to abuse, the lawsuits state. SU said it first learned of allegations against Mainwaring in February 2019. The university acknowledged he was a graduate student in the 1980s and worked in the university’s dorms. As of SU’s August 2019 statement, Chancellor Kent Syverud said the university had hired an external law firm to conduct a review of the allegations. Many of Mainwaring’s victims were members of his “squad,” a group of students and young males whom he coached and advised, ESPN reported. Mainwaring kept office hours as a counselor

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said three students received conduct sanctions for committing acts of hate, making it unclear if the Crow students are suspended. The spokesperson did not cite any federal privacy law for SU’s decision not to disclose that information. As seen with Syverud’s announcement of the three students who received conduct charges, FERPA allows universities to release information when it can’t be used to identify an individual. SU should be able to specify what incidents the three students were responsible for, LoMonte said. “They should go further and say, ‘Here’s what the sanctions were,’” he said. “They’ve already made the decision that they can confirm that discipline happened, and that’s not a FERPA violation.” Some schools take advantage of FERPA by using it as an “all-purpose excuse” to not release information, said Mike Hiestand, senior legal counsel at the Student Press Law Center. “It’s a very convenient thing to just pull at Nottingham High School, about two miles from SU, where he met and allegedly abused minors, ESPN reported. Syracuse City School District officials found no records of him being a staff member or volunteer at the high school. After his five years in Syracuse, Mainwaring worked 40 miles away at Colgate University from 1985 to 1987 in the admissions office, according to ESPN’s report. No charges have been filed against Mainwaring in Syracuse. He cannot be prosecuted for abusing the underage boys because the incidents happened too long ago, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick told Syracuse.com in August. New York’s 2019 Child Victims Act extended the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims in the state from age 23 to 55. The law also suspends the statute of limitations for one year, allowing any victim of childhood sexual abuse to bring a claim against the individuals and institutions responsible for their abuse. The window ends on Aug. 14. msessa@syr.edu | @MichaelSessa3

out this nebulous reference to federal privacy laws,” Heistand said. “It has been a real easy way to get out of disclosing information they simply don’t want to disclose.” There are few significant consequences for universities that violate FERPA, Heistand said. The only consequence outlined in the law is a full withdrawal of federal funding — a punishment he described as “draconian” because of how unlikely it is. Amelia Vance, director of education privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum, said universities can release aggregate numbers of incidents and conduct charges if the information can’t be traced back to an individual. Public transparency outweighs FERPA protection in these cases, she said. The U.S. Department of Education’s definition of “personally identifiable information” can sometimes make navigating the law trickier, Vance said. In some cases, universities could violate FERPA by announcing conduct charges that can be traced back to an individual even without their name.

#NotAgainSU protesters have claimed SU violated FERPA by notifying their parents that they were suspended. FERPA allows universities to disclose information to parents of adult students when there is an imminent threat to that student’s safety or the safety of other students. It also allows disclosure to parents who list students as dependents on their taxes. The safety exemption has been interpreted as either a possibility of suicide or a student harming others, not for crimes like trespassing, LoMonte said. Under FERPA, SU could only notify protesters’ parents if they were tax dependents. That information is provided to universities through standard financial aid forms. FERPA ultimately protects both good and bad student actors, Vance said. “An institution that maybe doesn’t have best interests at heart could turn around and release information about students who had been disciplined for protesting,” she said. cdarnell@syr.edu | @caseydarnell_

Two men are suing Syracuse University, claiming the university knew their abuser was a threat to young men prior to their assaults. daily orange file photo

Celebrated cuisine EthioEritrea Restaurant, a local eatery, made CNN’s list of the top 20 new restaurants of 2020. See page 9

Global empowerment She’s the First is an organization dedicated to empowering women in developing countries. See Thursday’s paper

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LLOYD ANSAH grew up in a traditional Ghanaian family that did not encourage the arts. But in following his dream, Ansah recently performed at Renegade Magazine’s first annual Reneprom and released his single “Mary” from his upcoming project. emily steinberger design editor

‘Born for this’ By Cydney Lee staff writer

to be a singer or anything like that,” he said. “I was meant to be a doctor, which is why we take academics very seriously in my household. That’s why I’m happy to be here.” Ansah transferred to SU from SUNY Fredonia during his sophomore year. His decision for this move was partly due to his desire to connect with other music creatives. Growing up, following this musical dream was a constant battle for him as he was always caught between living up to his parents’ expectations and fulfilling his own perceived purpose in life. Ansah’s father would even call his school sometimes to tell them to stop keeping him there later than needed. But Ansah said his teachers would always vouch for him. “That was a big issue throughout my whole life, but it turns out I was really good at this,” Ansah said. “Like, this is what I feel like I was put on this Earth to do. I feel like I was born for this.”

SU junior Lloyd Ansah plans to release his debut project within a few weeks

loyd Ansah had a forbidden love with the arts growing up. Hailing from Ghana by way of Queens, his parents weren’t too keen on the idea of his dream to become a singer. The Syracuse University junior has come a long way since then. He recently performed at Renegade Magazine’s first annual Reneprom and is now gearing up to release his debut project. Last month, Ansah released “Mary,” the first single off of the project. As a child, his parents valued a more traditional route of making a living — earning a degree and getting a job. Because of this, Ansah said he felt deprived creatively and turned to extracurricular afterschool programs activities like drama and choir to foster his knack. “I come from Ghanaian parents. They didn’t bring me here

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Everson art exhibit displays prints By Shrishti Mathew contributing writer

An exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art titled “Lasting Impressions: Highlights from the Print Collection” is on display through March 1, featuring works from Everson’s collection of prints. “We hadn’t had a print exhibition in a while, and we thought that this would be a good way to display some of the prints we have,” said Steffi Chappell, assistant curator of the Everson Museum of Art and organizer of the exhibition. Printmaking became popular in the United States in the late 20th century. A few dedicated art-

ists founded print workshops in the 1950s and 1960s, where they taught intaglio — a method of engraving designs — and lithography techniques to artists, according to information displayed in the exhibit. This inspired a new generation of artists who explored the medium and challenged the notion that printmaking was just a form of duplication, the museum statement continues. At the same time, abstract artists began to explore their medium using printing techniques. The exhibit features techniques like screen printing, lithography, etching and aquatint, a form of etch-

ing and wood blocks. These are just a few from the museum’s collection of approximately 400 print pieces, Chappell said. Holly Greenberg, associate professor of studio arts in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, says that the most common form of printing making is screen printing. “It involves stretching a thin fabric across a wooden frame. Parts of the fabric are made impervious, creating a stencil,” said Greenberg. “The frame can then be placed on the medium of choice. Ink is then put on the frame and spread across with a squeegee to create the design on see exhibit page 8

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Dance groups teach tango, swing classes By Em Rodriguez

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Syracuse Swing Connection organized its monthly dance event around Go Red for Women, a campaign by the American Heart Association to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease in women in honor of February being American Heart Month. The dance organization, along with Syracuse Tango, said it welcomes residents from all walks of life to learn and practice popular styles of dance for weekly lessons.

Both groups give participants the opportunity to engage in physical activity and meet new people. Syracuse Swing Connection began as the Salt City Sock Hop in fall 2017. Mat Morse, an instructor at the dance club, said in a Facebook direct message to The Daily Orange that the group fulfilled a need for East Coast swing dance in Syracuse and holds lessons, social dances and special events for Lindy Hop, blues, Balboa and swing dance. The group plans to continue combining dance and service in see dance page 8

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ansah Ansah found his niche for singing after his choir directors praised him for his voice and recommended that he audition for the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, a high school in Queens. It wasn’t until after he secretly auditioned and got accepted that he told his parents. He ultimately convinced them to let him attend. “(The school) combined academics with the arts,” Ansah said. “I would have a full course load of classes, but then for four extra hours in the day I would just strictly be in vocal performance learning about Mozart, Beethoven. All these things.” At Frank Sinatra, Ansah gained professional training in musical theater and was able to dedicate time to improving his voice. He also learned how to sing opera. However, this did not translate well in his community. Among his neighborhood peers, Ansah was the only singer amongst numerous aspiring rappers. For this reason, he was often left out of rap cyphers, a freestyle session between rappers. Yet, Ansah’s “cousin” Kobe would rap alongside him as they walked to school —

coaching him to work on his delivery and lyricism so that his listeners could “feel him.” “Singing is the one place where I feel like no one can judge me,” he said. “I feel very at peace. I feel comfortable, certain. I feel strong. I’m in my own little world when I sing.” Ansah spent a majority of the summer working on his debut project, playing around with various sounds and bouncing ideas off of his friends to see what they wanted to hear. “I don’t want to be selfish with my music,” he said. “I feel like your music should be a soundtrack for whoever’s around you.” Before dropping a song, Ansah plays it for his friends to hear their feedback on any changes that need to be made. He said that with all the toxicity in music, he strives to tell his truth, which is one reason why he values writing and lyricism so much. As for his creative process, Ansah only writes about half of a song and likes to complete the rest in the studio after hearing the beat. This sequence helps him put emotion behind his music and tweak his range if needed. Aside from music, in 2017, Ansah founded a clothing line with four friends from his former school called Jiggy By Nature (JBN). The idea stemmed from their New York City roots and

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dance the future. “One of our goals moving into 2020 is to collaborate more with local organizations and charities,” said Amy Wedel, another instructor at Syracuse Swing Connection, in a Facebook direct message. Alyssa Kess, a student at SUNY-ESF, has been a member of Syracuse Swing Connection for three years. She is a ballroom dancer who competes with the Syracuse University team. Kess said she heard about the swing club from a friend who teaches there. Getting involved with Syracuse Swing Connection encouraged Kess to explore a type of dance called Lindy Hop. “I already had an interest in jazz, and because Lindy Hop began in African American communities, I wanted to immerse myself

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in a piece of my culture,” Kess said. The Lindy Hop is a variation of swing dance that originated in Harlem around 1928 after Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic,

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the competition and camaraderie that surrounded their fashion choices. “We were just kids from New York that were comfortable with the way we dressed,” he said. “We were always trying to outdo each other. We found our little clique, and everywhere we’d go, they would just call us ‘jiggy’... we would call ourselves ‘jiggy.’” The group of friends turned JBN into a brand and a mentality where they aim to promote positivity and self-confidence by expressing one’s self through clothing. On campus, Ansah also co-hosts The Plug Radio: After Hours on WERW, SU’s student college radio station. In conjunction with SU senior Caitlin Joyles Easy, the duo discusses hip-hop, Black culture and Syracuse happenings, along with special guests, every Monday night. Joyles Easy, who is also a close friend to Ansah, said she admires his work ethic and has been by his side in the studio countless nights as he’s been finishing up his project. “People say they’re dedicated to their craft, but he literally wakes up, lives, breathes and sleeps singing because it is what he loves to do,” she said. “I really think that it is his Godgiven talent.” She also said that she’s been learning a lot

about the ins and outs of music just from being around him during his creative process. Despite being rejected from the rap scene in his community, Ansah primarily listens to rap now. One of his goals as a singer is to mimic the wordplay and charisma that rappers possess because he feels like that is something that many prominent singers lack. “I think I can always evolve as a singer by listening to singers, but the way a rapper says certain things … a singer can’t make it sound the same way,” he said. “I feel like singers have never been in front of hip-hop. I want to beat a rapper at a rapper’s game.” As Ansah navigates his singing career, he knows he is still making his parents proud by taking the steps to earn his degree. His goal is to make music that resonates with everyone and can exist in various spaces. “Now I’m ready for war. I was doing this before it was cool,” Ansah said. “I’ve been singing since elementary school. I studied this; I take this very seriously. Now people want to come and joke in the industry. I just want to show people how it’s supposed to be done.”

according to The Guardian. The partner dance often features intricate footwork as well as aerial moves such as backflips. “There is one warning I want to throw out there about Lindy Hop, though,” Kess said. “It is rough on the knees.” Meanwhile, Syracuse Tango offers an opportunity to practice a specific style of tango called Argentine tango. This style relies on improvisation, and participants time their movements to the rhythm of the music. The group welcomes participants from a wide range of ages and places. The youngest participants are college students while the oldest are around 70 years old, said Mahesh Gandikota, an officer of the club. Visitors have come from other cities such as Utica, Rochester and Ithaca as well. Syracuse Tango existed before becoming a registered student organization at Syracuse University three years ago. On campus, the club

is also called the Argentine Tango Club. Many college students attend the weekly practices in Skybarn, held on Tuesdays this semester. Gandikota said he started attending Syracuse Tango events because he wanted to learn how to dance and previously did not have an opportunity to do so. The organization allowed him to practice each week and learn how to dance at no cost, he said. Although learning to dance was initially challenging for Gandikota, he said his posture improved as he continued to attend practices. He added that attendance has increased lately, and Gandikota thinks the group is a popular choice because participants don’t need to bring a partner to the practices. “My first time coming here, it was a challenge to learn to dance,” Gandikota said. “But everyone was friendly, and I met people from all over.”

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known for their printmaking techniques, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Yayoi Kusama, Isabel Bishop, Jasper Johns and Sister Mary Corita Kent. They all come from different eras and use the same medium to communicate different things. “All artists are trying to make different points,” Chappell said. “Andy Warhol, for example, or Roy Lichtenstein were very much into pop culture references. But someone like Isabel Bishop — she was really interested in the figure.” Chappel added that Bishop’s painting showed her interest in women. She was known for her large figure paintings of women in ordinary landscapes or cityscapes. Greenberg said that prints are great for art collectors who may not have as much money or may not have enough knowledge about art. “These prints would cost only about $1,000 as opposed to the $30,000 or $40,000 a regular piece of art would cost,” Greenberg said. “It is a good place to start from, and then work your way around as you learn more about art and what you want and like.”

exhibit paper or canvas below.” Because the process involves going through all the steps for each piece of art, even if they are all replicas of each other, each piece would be considered an original on its own, Greenberg said. Artists either work with a printmaker or spend time learning the technique themselves before they start using the medium on their own. The Everson Museum has many such pieces, often signed by the artists themselves. Chappell said that artists will often sign and date their work along with the edition number. “They often put the edition number on it, which means that it’s going to say 14 out of 75 or maybe 19 out of 75 at the bottom. But that just means that 75 prints or impressions were made, and this was the 14th one,” said Chappell. “Some artists make many pieces, and some will only make a few.” The exhibition features famous artists

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Before opening EthioEritrea Restaurant in Syracuse, Tesfahiwot Okube ran a cafe at a refugee camp in Ethiopia

TESFAHIWOT OKUBE, the owner of EthioEritrea, had his restaurant featured in CNN’s article ranking the world’s best new restaurants for 2020. Operating a restaurant in the United States can make it difficult to order ingredients like teff, which is integral to the traditional cuisine. casey tissue video editor

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fter Fresenai Afeworki finished reading about his friend’s restaurant on a local newspaper’s website, he immediately sent a text to Tesfahiwot Okube, the owner of EthioEritrea Restaurant, saying, “Hey, have you seen this?” Okube had no idea about the article or how CNN learned about his restaurant. “At that time, I did not expect that recognition,” Okube said. Earlier this month, CNN published its list of “20 of the world’s best new restaurants for 2020.” The list includes restaurants from the some of the world’s most food-centric locations, such as London, Paris, Hong Kong and Miami. When CNN writer Chris Dwyer collected restaurants for the list, he reflected on the time he spent in central New York last summer and wanted to shed light on the region’s flourishing restaurant scene by sharing part of Okube’s journey to opening a restaurant. “I was reading how the dining scene has really taken off upstate in cities like Rochester and Syracuse,” Dwyer said. “So, it was nice to be able to include it alongside bigger international destinations.” April 13, 2011 is a special day for Okube because it marked his first day in the United States. The seven years prior, Okube lived and worked in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. While at the camp, he ran a cafe, which began his career as a business owner. “At that time, most of the people in the camp were young people who only came to listen to music because there was no other entertainment,” Okube said. Ethiopia maintains an open-door asylum policy for refugees, the United Nations Refugee Agency reports, and since 2017, the country has hosted a total of 883,546 refugees. Refugees in Ethiopia mainly come from four

neighboring countries: Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Eritrea. “It is very hard in the refugee camp,” Okube said. “If you are a refugee, you did not have rights to do anything; you cannot go anywhere without permission or a paper.”

I was reading how the dining scene has really taken off upstate in cities like Rochester and Syracuse. So it was nice to be able to include it alongside bigger international destinations. Chris Dwyer cnn writer

In the United States, Okube believes what he needs to live is at his fingertips. Living in Syracuse has offered him the opportunities to study and provide for his family. For six months in 2012, Okube studied at Onondaga Community College, he said, but he withdrew to work to send money back to his family in Eritrea. Eventually, they were able to join him in Syracuse. However, Okube said there are still some difficulties to operating his restaurant. One such obstacle includes ordering a specific ingredient that is integral to Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine: teff. “It is very hard to get teff here because it is imported from Ethiopia, but we try our best because it is good food,” said Danait Azmera, a friend of Okube’s and a hostess at the restaurant.

Teff is an indigenous grass in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the land also known as the Horn of Africa. Similar to making bread dough, teff is ground into a flour consistency and then fermented with water. While fermenting, it develops its distinct citrusysour flavor. The ferment becomes a pancake-like batter that is poured over a flat, hot surface to bake, rise and form injera. “All cuisines have their staple like rice for Indian cuisine, and for us it is injera,” Afeworki said. Okube describes injera as a sour and fluffy crepe with many “eyes,” which are air holes that resemble the surface of a sponge. Injera is fragile, but supportive enough to wrap around vegetable or meat stews and carry to one’s mouth. “The bread (injera) is a little sour, which is very good, and the texture is very nice,” said Yiwei Xu, a customer and Cornell University communications graduate student. “Plus, the flavor of the veggies is really tasty.” The injera is served with dishes, such as tibs, which is cubed meat stewed for hours with berbere spice and tesmi, an Ethiopian spiced butter. Customers can sip cinnamon and clove spiced tea during dinner, and coffee boiled in traditional clay pots is offered all day too. Azmera, who moved to the United States from Eritrea in 2012, says this is the closest she has come to traditional Eritrean food in Syracuse, as the dishes remind her of her childhood. “Culturally, we eat our plates in a bigger platter, where all the family — the kids, the parents, the grandparents — gather together,” Azmera said. “I think that is the vibe that the restaurant is going for. The way they help the customers is more like a family than a customer.” lcplatt@syr.edu

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Goldstock, Porter win ACC defensive player of the week By Andrew Crane and Tim Nolan the daily orange

After combining for 26 saves in their respective wins last weekend, Drake Porter and Asa Goldstock were named Atlantic Coast Conference defensive players of the week on Tuesday for men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively. Goldstock had eight saves in Syracuse’s win over then-No. 6 Northwestern and limited the from page 12

saroney OCC hadn’t trailed late in games often. As their final 20-minute scrimmage of practice wound down, Saroney wanted to simulate that scenario. Before Tuesday night — when the Lazers defeated Finger Lakes again in the NJCAA Division III, Region III Championship Tournament to advance — they needed to practice. The Allyn Hall bleachers were pulled back and eight of the 10 baskets hung down from the ceiling, but soon it’ll be just two baskets for OCC as they prepare for another postseason game. Saroney left Henninger (New York) High School in 2016 after 14 seasons for a “different challenge,” he said, and that’s exactly what No. 2 Onondaga (25-3) presented. It’s still not a full-time coaching job — Saroney’s a physical education teacher at Grant Middle School — but he’s already built on the five Section III championships and seven league titles he won with the Henninger Black Knights. At OCC, he’s won four straight conference championships, turning a .500 team into a perennial power. “Watching various levels of college basketball, I always thought, ‘Well, I can do that,’” Saroney said. “Then this presented itself and I was like let’s see if I really can.” In the three years since: 66 wins, three conference championships and an annual spot in the top-10 cemented. In Nov. 2015, 15-year OCC head coach David Pasiak was placed on administrative leave for what later surfaced as a lack of diversity while recruiting. Saroney was hired four months later and after just one season the from page 12

3-pointers As early as Syracuse’s opener against Virginia, the Orange struggled to move off ball and find open shooting looks. At that point, Syracuse wasn’t driving toward the hoop and creating opportunities inside the 3-point arc, either. The result was Syracuse’s worst offensive output under Boeheim. “Obviously, we look to shoot and make shots,” Buddy said after the season-opening loss. “But they weren’t falling. And we’ll just learn from that and move forward.” Following the 5-for-29 performance, the Orange relied heavily on 3-point shots. Through non-conference play, Syracuse ranked in the top quarter of the country in percentage of total points coming from 3-pointers. Once the calendar turned to the new year and ACC play began, Syracuse’s offense shifted while defenses began to cover them differently. In both games against Virginia Tech, Wabissa Bede clamped down on Syracuse’s shooters. Hughes and Buddy both opted for drives to the basket in those games when defenders covered them far out. Increasing two-point scoring has been a trend in Buddy’s game over the past month, and Syracuse’s offense as a whole. The Orange now score 34% of their points from 3s — 93rd in the nation. While Syracuse once had one of from page 12

doepking team, but needed “kids that buy into what you’re about,” Doepking said. From the moment the freshmen stepped on campus, there was already a shift in culture. The incoming class came in with a positive attitude that helped shape the off-season — they were “gung ho,” Romero said. “I really feel like I know the freshmen really, really well and I feel like I hang out with them a lot,” Martin said. “A lot more than the seniors ever hung out with me in the past.”

Wildcats to 11 goals — well short of the Wildcats’ average of 21.6 goals per game, the highest in the country. Goldstock also corralled a season-high five ground balls in that game. Two weeks ago, SU was in desperate need of momentum. In its first ranked matchup of the season, now-No. 3 Stony Brook was firmly in command. As the deficit swelled to five, head coach Gary Gait pulled the senior goalie.  “If that’s what’s needed the rest of the sea-

son, that’s perfectly fine, as long as we start winning games,” Goldstock said three days later.  Since losing to Stony Brook, the Orange have won four straight and Goldstock has conceded a total of 13 goals. She had clean sheets against Albany and Binghamton. Porter, a senior goalie, helped No. 3 Syracuse (3-0) defeat then-No. 9 Army, 9-7, for the Orange’s third-straight win to open the season. He had 18 saves against the Black Knights,

and opponents have scored just 25 times on Porter this season — his 13.7 saves per game ranking 16th-best. Both Syracuse teams are off until Friday, when the men faces No. 19 Hobart (3-0) and the women face Maryland — the reigning national champions — Friday, for their final games in the Carrier Dome for the 2020 season.

15-14 Lazers became 28-5, the best season in the program’s 49 year history, at the time. But until 2002, Saroney didn’t want to leave the Carolinas. He and Michelle, his wife, loved it there after moving down following their graduations at SUNY Brockport. They had their tight-knit group of friends from Saroney’s sport administration master’s degree program at North Carolina Chapel Hill. They had a down payment on a house. And most of all, Saroney had started coaching high school basketball. After a collegiate playing career that started at Florida Tech and ended with the Golden Eagles, Saroney coached at Cresset Christian Academy and University of South Carolina Upstate before he became the junior varsity coach at Chapel Hill High School. He was next in line to succeed the then-varsity coach when he retired, Michelle said, but was passed over. An “eye-opener,” she called it. That June, the couple returned to New York for Michelle’s mother’s wedding at the Calvary Chapel of Rochester and a graduation party for Saroney’s cousin at Henninger. As Michelle prepped her mother for the ceremony and reception, Saroney burst into the room. “I ran into Maz,” he said, referencing Joe Mazella — his former coach at Henninger. At the graduation party, Mazella approached Saroney about taking over his head coach role with the Black Knights once he transitioned into an administrative role. Saroney had no intention of even interviewing, but his wife pushed him to. Three months later they were back in Syracuse. Saroney and Michelle lived at his mother’s before eventually moving into a house in

Eastwood — the East Syracuse neighborhood of Saroney’s first coaching role back in high school. A then-ninth grade Saroney worked with players still in middle school on the fundamentals: passing, dribbling, form shooting. Over time, those became the defining characteristics of his coaching style that followed him from Henninger to OCC. “People want to work on eurosteps and this and that, but he works on the little things because those create longevity when you’re playing,” OCC assistant coach Keith Tyson, a former Henninger player under Saroney, said. Saroney learned the coaching style — and developed his dream of building up a high school program — from Mazella. When his former high school coach died by suicide in 2009, he learned that coaching was more than fundamentals: personal connections with players are just as important. Other tragic losses — one of his top recruit’s father and as well as a former player — shaped him as a coach. “He just tries to build that family atmosphere and when one’s hurting, they’re all hurting,” Michelle said. Still, Saroney maintains focus on the fundamentals, just like Mazella would. To open his Feb. 21 practice, Saroney made his players circle around him at half-court with a ball in their hand. “On the hop,” he shouted as each ran over to the rack and grabbed a ball. Saroney’s message was clear: it didn’t matter what the other teams in OCC’s region were doing around playoff time, that they might focus solely on scouting reports or solely on running offensive and defensive sets. He wasn’t changing. Form shooting was what lifted the Black

Knights to one of their sectional titles in 2013. Tyson was in a shooting slump at the end of his senior season and Henninger was days away from facing West Genesee in the finals. Saroney knew the Wildcats were going to pack their defense inside the paint and force Henninger to win from behind the arc. He tweaked Tyson’s form along with his other guards, and they used double-digit 3-pointers to blow past West Genesee by 13. When Saroney left Henninger in 2016, his top two assistants — Jonathan Woody and Gallagher Driscoll — followed him to continue Henninger’s success at the JUCO level. “We spend an inordinate amount of time working on our finishes and our shooting, and probably less time than some other coaches on the play or the execution,” Saroney said. “Because the execution doesn’t do you any good if you don’t have the skills to finish it out.” Saroney’s whistle blew, and the Lazers pounded the ball with their right hand. Another whistle, and the balls flipped to the left. Then, right to left, between the legs and behind the back until the shot clock illuminated red and the team moved to layups. Layups became rebounds, rebounds became 3-pointers and eventually the Lazers arrived at the final sequence of their practice: the situational scrimmage. Saroney’s whistle pierced the air as he strolled toward the baseline, and again when Lucas stole the ball and lifted in a simple lefty layup off the backboard. “See how many ways you can turn them over,” Saroney yelled as the light blue jerseys reset their press.

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the best 3-point shooting duos in the nation, it now shoots the 3-ball worse than 163 other Division I teams. The Orange are still scoring, it just comes from different areas now. On plays like the ones against NC State in which Johnson locked on Buddy, the opportunity to drive opened up for someone else. Syracuse has learned that strictly 3-pointers doesn’t work. On one play early in the game, Johnson could’ve contested a driving Quincy Guerrier, but moved out of his way to cover Buddy. Guerrier scored on the drive. Repeatedly, Marek Dolezaj has done the same and has scored more than 20 points twice in the last ten games and in double figures five times over that span. “We’ve kind of figured out the ability, got the ability to go in the lane as well and make plays,” Joe Girard III said. “We just have to finish in there.” Syracuse has had mixed results since its 3-point shooting declined. In the past month, Syracuse’s 3-point shooting has correlated with wins or losses. In a year where Syracuse’s shooting has faltered from beyond the arc, their season may find a similar fate. “We got three premier really good shooters. Great shooters,” Buddy said. “We thought we were going to get our looks but things change.” Jlschafe@syr.edu @Schafer_44

Freshmen Jude Padilla and Kaia Oliver both said Romero is a leader and helps everyone contribute to the culture that Doepking is building. She helps them learn “the ropes of being a freshman,” and what it means to be a college teammate. After Romero struck out a Rutgers batter, freshman Rebecca Clyde screamed and jumped up and down. After Catie Dobbs’ first career start — a 4-3 loss to No. 20 Texas Tech —the entire team huddled around her. The team culture has changed. A culture that is symbolized by a team plant, Doepking said, named Barry.

QUINCY GUERRIER has scored double-digit points in four of Syracuse’s last five games, dating back to Feb. 8 against Wake Forest. max freund staff photographer

“We have to care for the roots of Barry in order for the plant to bloom,” Doepking said. “Just like we need to take care of our culture.” Any culture change starts with Doepking. She was hired by Syracuse in September 2018, so she played no role in recruiting and missed the first month of team workouts. The former three-time Women’s College World Series participant had no time to bond with her new players and there was a lack of trust between player and coach for much of the season, she said. Now, since she’s had that chance, the team is behind her. “Our entire fall was designed around build-

ing the foundation of what is culture and how do we fuel this thing we keep talking about little by little, drip by drip,” Doepking said. “And so I think the difference between last year and this year is we had time to do that.” After a walkoff upset win against Texas Tech, Doepking called the team into a huddle. She shouted out players that played well and certain adjustments the team made. At the end, the entire team put their hands in the middle. “Hey,” Doepking said. “Family on three.” aekaylor@syr.edu

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Syracuse shifts away from 3s in ACC play By Josh Schafer

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ERIK SARONEY took over the head coaching position at Onondaga Community College in 2016. Since then, the former Henninger High School coach has won four straight conference championships. emily steinberger design editor

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rik Saroney blew his whistle one final time and started walking toward the paint. Scattered around the Allyn Hall gymnasium during a Feb. 21 practice, his Onondaga Community College men’s basketball players did the same. Jakhi Lucas shuffled next to Saroney, then Jason Davis, then Sunday Joshua. This is a young OCC team, one of Saroney’s youngest. None of OCC’s 11 freshmen and one sophomore were at the game

Erik Saroney has won four conference titles at OCC after he left Henninger

Saroney began to reference — a 2018 regional playoff game against Finger Lakes Community College where the Lazers erased a nine-point deficit in the final 20 seconds and won in overtime. “We’ve been lucky enough in past years to always have a couple older guys,” Saroney said. “This year, I mean these guys are right out of high school.” Throughout the 2019-20 season, each of the three non-conference losses became afterthoughts when a 12-0 conference record followed. Even in those, see saroney page 10

Markell Johnson bounced in Buddy Boeheim’s face repeatedly. Johnson denied passes and altered shot attempts. After making his first 3-pointer of the game, Buddy made just one of his final seven against North Carolina State. Without Elijah Hughes in the game, the Wolfpack swarmed him. Johnson often remained on Buddy at the 3-point arc in lieu of helping stop another drive to the basket. “That’s how teams are adjusting,” Buddy said. “They’re playing out on the shooters.” Syracuse (15-12, 8-8 Atlantic Coast) started this season shooting more than 20 3-pointers in every non-conference game except Colgate. In half of the Orange’s first 16 games this year, Syracuse shot 29 3-pointers or more. But starting in ACC play and even more so recently, SU has stopped chucking from long range. Defenses adjusted, and those shots aren’t open anymore. Syracuse has hit more than 30% of its 3-pointers in three of its last 10 games and hasn’t attempted 29 3-pointers since beating Virginia on Jan. 11. In the Orange’s most recent win over Georgia Tech, SU shot 14 3-pointers — its lowest attempt total of the season. “We’re still not making a lot of 3s,” head coach Jim Boeheim said after Saturday’s win over Georgia Tech. “That’s just who we are, really. We’re not making those. We have to get to the paint, try to get inside and score in there. That’s what we’ve been trying to do.” Syracuse was supposed to live and die by the 3-pointer this season. From the Orange’s first scrimmage, in which it shot 33 3-pointers, Syracuse players acknowledged 3-pointers would be an emphasis. see 3-pointers page 10

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Shannon Doepking attempts to fix team culture in 2nd season By Allie Kaylor staff writer

No one wants to talk about last season. Syracuse tied for the third worst record in the Atlantic Coast Conference; went 8-16 in the conference and finished the year on a four-game losing streak. The Orange blew a five-run lead in the last inning of the 2019 opener and were run-ruled in 12 of their 32 losses. The team blamed each other, head coach Shannon Doepking said. Outside of softball, the team rarely talked or hung out, Alexa

Romero said. “Last season,” senior outfielder Toni Martin said. “We just won’t talk about last season.” Doepking is determined to make this year different. In her second year as Syracuse’s head coach, she’s decided to prioritize off-field factors before she can start fixing the results on it. That starts with the team’s culture, which is everything to a program, she said. Softball is a game of failure, she said. Good players succeed at the plate only 30% of the time, and 40% is almost unimaginable. Properly dealing with this constant defeat

relies on the team’s ability to unite toward a common goal. Selfish players can internalize their failure, Doepking said, while good teammates will always have each other’s backs. “If you can’t figure out a way to get girls to be about the same things,” Doepking said, “The failure is going to come and it’s going to separate the team really quickly.” Her first step to change team culture was recruiting. The team brought in eight new players, nearly half of the 17-player roster. The coaching staff knew what they wanted to do with the see doepking page 10

SHANNON DOEPKING (right) is tasked with reshaping SU’s softball program after a poor 2019. jordan phelps staff photorapher