Feb. 5, 2018

free

MONDAY

feb. 5, 2018 high 20°, low 11°

t h e i n de p e n de n t s t u de n t n e w s pa p e r of s y r a c u s e , n e w yor k |

N • Lockerbie appointee

dailyorange.com

P • Local perspective

Professor Lawrence Mason was recently appointed as SU’s first Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholar to help coordinate Pan Am Flight 103 memorial events.

Page 3

Jeremy Robinson captained Nottingham High School’s football team in the 1990s. Now, he’s been named commissioner of Syracuse’s Department of Public Works.

Page 7

S • Cardinal sin

Syracuse lost to No.4 Louisville 84-77 on Sunday. In what was statistically a close game, the Cardinals pulled away in the third quarter.

Page 12

Fighting for the flip SU professor Dana Balter hires finance director who helped flip Virginia seat

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Graphics by Bridget Slomian

senior design editor

S

yracuse University professor Dana Balter’s congressional campaign enters February with about $47,000 in cash on hand as she ramps up her bid to challenge Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) this fall.

Balter, a visiting assistant teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, hired a finance director last December to help coordinate her 24th Congressional District run.

That finance director, Nick Paprocki, worked on Hala Ayala’s successful Virginia House of Delegates campaign last fall. Ayala, a Democrat, upset a fourterm Republican incumbent as part of a larger Democratic sweep of the House of Delegates that drew widespread national attention.

Katko’s seat has been targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a significant race this

DANA BALTER, a candidate for New York’s 24th Congressional District, detailed her campaign during an Onondaga County Democratic Committee forum Saturday. sam ogozalek news editor Dana Balter, a Democrat, has raised $46,626 in her campaign to challenge Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) in midterm elections this fall. Balter, near the end of 2017, hired Nick Paprocki as her campaign finance director. In 2017, Paprocki helped politician Hala Ayala successfully flip a Virginia House of Delegates seat from Republican to Democrat.

62.56

Breakdown of Dana Balter’s campaign funds Percentage of large individual contributions source: center for responsive politics

SU professor Dana Balter launches her congressional campaign

JAN. 31

Year-end FEC filings show Balter’s campaign has $46,626 in cash on hand

MILLION

Approximate amount of cash Rep. John Katko’s campaign had on hand on Jan. 1

$46,626

Amount of cash Balter’s campaign had on hand on Jan. 1

see balter page 4

SEPT. 17

$1.08

FEB. 7

Democratic congressional committee designations will be held for Cayuga, Oswego and Wayne counties

FEB. 24

Democratic congressional committee designation will be held for Onondaga County

MARCH 6

Congressional candidates can start circulating federal campaign petitions in New York state

city

Councilors support Ben Walsh’s ‘Syracuse Build’ project

By Sam Ogozalek news editor

Multiple Syracuse officials support a new workforce development program announced by Mayor Ben Walsh that aims to ensure residents are ready to financially benefit from the Interstate 81 project.

“Syracuse Build” will prepare contractors and businesses for the I-81 renovations, Walsh said during his “state of the city” speech Wednesday night.

“The city has already engaged in positive discussions with the local trade unions and other organizations about their apprenticeship, journeyman and training programs,” the mayor said.

The I-81 viaduct project was recently delayed after New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said transportation officials would review a previously dismissed tunnel replacement option.

The project has dragged on for years, even as the highway continues to rust and crumble in some spots.

But Walsh on Wednesday pledged to start preparing for construction soon.

In his speech, he also said supporting women- and minorityowned businesses is a key part of the workforce development project preparing for I-81’s replacement.

Common Councilor Latoya Allen, who represents most of the city’s South Side and University

Hill, said on Saturday that she doesn’t know specifics of the program yet, but supports the mayor’s general idea.

Walsh’s speech was the first time she had heard of the plan, Allen said. The exact details of the plan have not been released by the mayor’s administration.

Allen said many women in Syracuse are the sole providers in their households. Any extra support they can receive is beneficial, she said.

It’s going to help a lot of people, Allen said.

The mayor said “Syracuse Build” would be modeled after a similar program in San Francisco called CityBuild.

That program offers 18-week see build page 6

The Interstate 81 project would affect a public housing community in the East Adams Street neighborhood, which is directly adjacent to some SU property. wasim ahmad staff photographer

2 feb. 5, 2018

dailyorange.com

today’s weather about

Editor@dailyorange.com News@dailyorange.com Opinion@dailyorange.com Pulp@dailyorange.com Sports@dailyorange.com Digital@dailyorange.com Design@dailyorange.com ADVERTISING 315-443-9794 BUSINESS 315-443-2315 EDITORIAL 315-443-9798 GENERAL FAX 315-443-3689

The Daily Orange is an independent newspaper published in Syracuse, New York. The editorial content of the paper — which originated in 1903 and went independent in 1971 — and its online platforms are entirely run by Syracuse University students.

The D.O.’s coverage of the greater SU area is disseminated through 125 issues during the 2017-18 academic year with a circulation of 6,000 copies, a readership of 30,000 and online circulation of about 500,000 during publishing months. The paper is published Monday through Thursday when SU classes are in session, Fridays before home football games and select basketball games and in the cases of notable and newsworthy occasions, such as the firing of former SU assistant men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine over sexual assault allegations. The D.O.’s online coverage is 24/7, including while SU is on break.

To help support The D.O.’s independent journalism, please visit dailyorange.com/donate.

how to join us

corrections

If you are a Syracuse University or State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry student interested in contributing to The D.O. on either its advertising or editorial teams, please email info@dailyorange.com.

In a Wednesday story titled “NCAA institutes rule changes for 2018 season,” Gary Gait was misquoted.

corrections policy The D.O. strives to be as accurate in our reporting as possible. Please email editor@dailyorange.com to report a correction.

The Daily Orange is published weekdays during the Syracuse University academic year by The Daily Orange Corp., 744 Ostrom Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210. All contents Copyright 2017 by The Daily Orange Corp. and may not be reprinted without the expressed written permission of the editor in chief. The Daily Orange is distributed on and around campus with the first two copies complimentary. Each additional copy costs $1. The Daily Orange is in no way a subsidy or associated with Syracuse University. All contents © 2017 The Daily Orange Corporation

In a Thursday story titled “Mayor details economic development initiatives,” the upcoming process for Destiny USA’s final expansion fee payment was misstated. Destiny USA will make its final expansion fee payment in March.

In a Thursday story titled “UVA an ACC power thanks to Bennett,” the length of Virginia’s win streak was misstated. The Cavaliers had won 10-straight games when the story was published. Also, Syracuse and Virginia’s records were misstated. When the story was published, Syracuse was 15-7, 4-5 Atlantic Coast, and Virginia was 21-1, 10-0.

a.m.

noon hi 20° lo 11°

p.m.

digital spotlight D.O. Pulp Newsletter • dailyorange.com Get the scoop on all the happenings on and off the Syracuse University campus this weekend by signing up for The D.O. Pulp weekly newsletter.

D.O. Sports Newsletter Check out our must-read newsletter for insight on behind-the-scenes decisionmakers and the details on the quirkiest stories in SU sports.

follow us @dailyorange • @DOsports • @DO_pulp @DO_Visuals • @DO_Alumni • @DO_DailyDeals The Daily Orange • Daily Orange Sports The Daily Orange Alumni Association Daily Orange Deals @dailyorange • @dailyorange.events

THE DAILY ORANGE HAS A SNAPCHAT PUBLISHER STORY Scan this code to subscribe to a weekly slice of Syracuse.

The Daily Orange regrets these errors.

REGENCY TOWER

770 JAMES STREET Professionally Managed by Longley Jones Management Corporation

Types of Apartments: Furnished: Studio, One Bedroom, Two Bedroom Unfurnished: Studio, One Bedroom, Two Bedroom, Three Bedroom Electric, Heat, Air Conditioning and Standard Cable are all Included with Rent Amenities Offered On-Site • 24 hour security - the front desk is tended around the clock daily and provides controlled access to the building.

• Studio units up to 3 bedroom units – square footage ranges from 766 sq ft – 1509 sq ft.

•All utilities included including basic standard cable.

•Pricing ranges from $850 – $1,800 with classic and deluxe remodeled units available.

•Secure and heated underground parking garage.

•Attilio’s is one of Syracuse’s finest restaurants and bar and they are now open!

• The bus line directly in front of our building is connected to Syracuse University campus.

•Newly renovated fitness room.

•Pet friendly – we now allow dogs too!

•On site laundry facilities – small laundry room on most floors and a community laundry room on the ground floor.

•On site maintenance personnel daily and 24 hour emergency maintenance.

•The Harem Hair Salon is located on the ground floor by appointment only.

•Dr. Kang’s Dental practice seeing patients on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

•Patrick’s Dry Cleaners picks up and drops off on Tuesdays and Fridays.

•Complimentary grocery bus service on Tuesdays and Wednesday.

•Many, many more on site amenities available.

Newly Renovated Studio and One Bedroom Apartments Our newly renovated units feature stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, modern fixtures and all new floors. Units range from $1,335 to $1800.

For More Information Contact the Regency Tower Staff Phone: (315) 474-7811 | Email: Ljones06@twcny.rr.com

N

Get involved Interested in writing a story for The Daily Orange News Department?

Email news@dailyorange.com

NEWS

Drone technology Syracuse Center of Excellence researchers are developing new drone technology initiatives.

See Tuesday’s paper

Drop deadline SU’s drop deadline for classes this spring was set much earlier than past semesters.

See Tuesday’s paper

dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 5, 2018 • PAG E 3

student assocation

Group to host sexual health fair

By India Miraglia staff writer

Sy racuse University ’s Student Association will host a Sexual Health Resource Fair on Friday as part of a monthlong awareness initiative called Frisky February.

The fair, which will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center, is one of several Frisky February events.

Organized by the Office of Health Promotion, Frisky February brings together various SU departments, student organizations and community partners to increase awareness of and knowledge about sexual health.

Janine Bogris, an SA assembly representative and senior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, led the creation of the resource fair — SA’s contribution to Frisky February.

“The purpose of the event is to bring resources, both off campus and on campus, right to

Snow totals Syracuse leads major upstate New York cities in snowfall, with 89.5 total inches throughout the 2017-18 season, records show. There was 79.6 inches of snow this time last year. After snow showers this weekend, the Syracuse area had a 4-8 inch snow depth, according to WeatherStreet.com. Temperatures on Sunday hovered in the low 30s. paul schlesinger staff photographer

on campus

Professor named 1st Lockerbie ambassador

By JP Hadley staff writer

Lawrence Mason, a professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was recently appointed as Syracuse University’s first R e m e m br a n c e and Lockerbie Ambassador.

Mason will help select MASON R e m e m br a n c e Scholars, coordinate remembrance events and maintain the bond

between SU and Lockerbie, Scotland.

Chancellor Kent Syverud selected him for the position in January.

SU hosts remembrance events and chooses 35 students to be Remembrance Scholars each year to honor SU students killed in a terrorist attack over Lockerbie in 1988.

Pan Am Flight 103, an airplane carrying 35 SU students to New York City on their way home from studying abroad in London, crashed in Lockerbie after a terrorist detonated a bomb on board.

All 259 people on the plane died, and another 11 were killed on the

ground in Scotland.

The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing was a significant event for the SU community and Mason himself. Of the 35 SU students who died, eight of them were Mason’s students.

“Anybody who knew as many as eight people … if you even knew one person on that plane who died, you were involved. But I knew eight,” Mason said. “So, I really had a sense that my destiny was going to have a lot to do with Pan Am 103 in the future. I just didn’t know in what form.”

Mason has spent 44 years at SU as either a student or professor, and

29 of those years have been working with the university on Remembrance programs, Syverud said in a press release.

When Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed, Mason was a central New York photo coordinator for United Press International News Pictures. He was one of two photographers working at the SU men’s basketball game that night. It was then that Mason’s link to Lockerbie began, with an iconic photo of cheerleader Catherine Crossland unable to contain her emotion inside the Carrier Dome. see lockerbie page 4

on campus

News briefs: 3 stories from around Syracuse

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Here are the biggest news stories from the Syracuse University campus and around the city you may have missed in the past few days.

LGBT Resource Center director search continued

Syracuse University’s search for a new director of the LGBT Resource Center continued last week when a candidate participated in an open forum Thursday.

The center’s former director Tiffany Gray left SU after she took a job at West Chester University’s LGBTQA Services last year.

The first candidate, Khristian Kemp-Delisser, assistant dean and director of Colgate University’s LGBTQ initiatives, participated in a forum Tuesday. Kemp-Delisser graduated from SU in 2001 and has studied the experiences of queer students of color.

“I come to this as a member of your community, as someone who has been active in trying to shift campus climate around LGBTQ issues for a long time and has made a distinction in my brand and my pattern,” KempDelisser said.

Samuel Neil Byrd, the second candidate, is the resident director of UNITY Theme Program,

a sexual and gender diversityfocused living-learning program at the University of California, Berkeley. He presented at the Thursday forum.

Byrd said he would bring a “democratic approach to leadership,” if he got the job. He also said he would want to establish partnerships between other students, staff and resource centers on campus and promote visibility of LGBTQ students.

SUNY-ESF student association passes resolution After the controversial and abrupt dismissal of three department chairs from SUNY-ESF,

the college’s Undergraduate Student Association approved a resolution calling on administrators to improve communication between students, faculty, staff and administration.

David Newman, chair of the forest and natural resources management department; Gary Scott, chair of the paper and bioprocess engineering department; and Donald Leopold, chair of the environmental and forest biology department, were asked to step down in a meeting with SUNYESF President Quentin Wheeler and Executive Vice President Nosa Egiebor in January. see briefs page 6

see health

fair page 4

crime briefs Here is a roundup of criminal activity that happened in Syracuse last week, according to police records.

PROSTITUTION A Syracuse woman, 38, was arrested on the charges of prostitution, escape and resisting arrest. when: Tuesday at 11:48 a.m. where: 300 block of Prospect Avenue A Syracuse woman, 40, was arrested on the charges of prostitution and possession of a hypodermic needle. when: Thursday at 3 p.m. where: 100 block of Niven Street PETIT LARCENY An Auburn woman, 20, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. where: Destiny USA A Syracuse girl, 16, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny. when: Saturday at 4 p.m. where: 300 block of Euclid Avenue UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A Syracuse University senior, 22, in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana. when: Wednesday at 5:40 a.m. where: 200 block of Ostrom Avenue CRIMINAL CONTEMPT A Syracuse man, 41, was arrested on the charge of criminal contempt in the second degree. when: Thursday at 3 a.m. where: 700 block of East Adams Street

4 feb. 5, 2018

dailyorange.com news@dailyorange.com

from page 1

balter fall in a broader effort to regain majority control of the House of Representatives.

“People all over the country who care about flipping the House of Representatives have a stake in our race,” Balter said on Friday. “We’re going to be looking for donors everywhere.”

Balter, who’s working on a Ph.D. in public administration at SU, trailed behind Katko in the amount of cash her campaign had on hand at the start of the new year.

Her campaign had just under $47,000, while Katko had more than $1.1 million in funds, Federal Election Commission records show. Balter launched her campaign on Sept. 17.

“Our fundraising has definitely kicked up a notch,” Balter said. “We raised the majority of the money that we raised last year in the month of December.”

June 26 Date of the New York state Democratic congressional primary

More than half of Katko’s campaign money came from political action committees, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. PACs that contributed to Katko in 2017 included Prosperity Action, which was founded by House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Only 0.14 percent of Balter’s campaign money came from PACs, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The SU professor isn’t the only Democratic candidate hoping to square off against Katko, a two-term incumbent who has become particularly unpopular among local activist groups for voting to approve the Republican Party’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Other challengers are also bidding for the party’s nomination.

Anne Messenger, a career management professional from Manlius, is the only Democratic candidate whose campaign was close to Balter’s in the amount of cash on hand at the start of the year, FEC records show.

Messenger’s campaign had just over $37,000 in cash on hand on Sunday, records show. She also outraised Balter in 2017, with almost $101,000 to Balter’s roughly $73,000, according from page 3

health fair SU students,” Bogris said. Although there are already numerous resources available to the SU community, students are often unaware of services that are offered, she said.

On- and off-campus organizations at the fair will display the resources and services they provide, Bogris said. They will also organize interactive games and activities, trivia and giveaways of prizes related to sexual health, such as condoms and lubricant.

“It’s just going to be a fun event focused on sex positivity and sexual health,” Bogris said.

W hen talking about their overall health, people often overlook sexual health, said Louisa Mancuso, a freshman at the School of Education who’s serving as SA’s speaker of the assembly. It’s important for students to know that resources and services regarding sexual health are available all year, she added.

Sexual health is a relatively new topic of focus for SA, said Vice President Angie Pati.

She added that it’s a necessary subject to talk about and one that the organization is excited to address.

Currently, SA is discussing ways to partner with the university to make sexually transmitted disease and infection testing “less of a burden and more accessible” to students, Pati added.

SU students are eligible for one free HIV test each year. Pati said SA wants to expand and promote that service and decrease the stigma surrounding getting tested.

ANNE MESSENGER, a Democrat, on Saturday said she has hired a finance firm called Berger Hirschberg Strategies to work on her campaign for the 24th Congressional District. The firm is based in New York City.

sam ogozalek news editor

to the Center for Responsive Politics. But Messenger, a founding board member of the Near Westside Initiative, spent more than Balter, with more than $63,000 to the SU professor’s total of about $27,000, records show.

“We’ve just got to continue to raise money … we’re working real hard on that,” Messenger said on Saturday, standing in the Teamsters Local 317 hall on Spencer Street after a congressional candidate forum hosted by the Onondaga County Democratic Committee.

Her campaign has hired Berger Hirschberg Strategies, a finance firm based in New York City, to work on the race, Messenger said.

Berger Hirschberg Strategies has previously been hired by dozens of prominent politicians across the country to work campaigns. The firm has “single-handedly” Students tend to shy away from talking about sex and sexuality, which Pati said is “so detrimental to caring for our sexual health and caring for ourselves.”

Bogris said SA hopes to increase conversations about sexual health on campus.

“It’s completely natural to be sexually active, but often we shy away from talking about it because there has been so many societally, traditionally and systemically ingrained values that equate embracing sexuality with being promiscuous or a rebel,” Pati said.

SA’s resource fair will occur in the first week of Frisky February. Other events include a screening and discussion of “Easy A,” run by the Office of Health Promotion Peer Educators; a cookies and consent dialogue series, hosted by It’s On Us; and Pride Union’s 16th Annual Drag Show Preliminaries.

Mancuso said initiatives such as Frisky February show the influence that students can have on campus.

“If students get together with a cause they are passionate about they can make huge changes,” she added.

Pati said a powerful way to produce change on campus is to combine passions of students with the resources and expertise of SU offices and departments. She referenced the Mental Health Awareness Week event that was held last fall that included various organizations such as SA, the Office of Health Promotion, Active Minds and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

“I definitely believe in the power of collaboration,” Pati said. irmiragl@syr.edu

raised more than $2.5 million for New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s election efforts, according to its website.

Scott Comegys, a farmer from Wayne County who’s also in the race, only had $232 in cash on hand at the start of 2018, records show. Bill Bass, an environmental scientist who moved to central New York from Saudi Arabia to enter the congressional race, declared his candidacy last month and has not reported any financial activity to the FEC. Phil LaTessa, a former city of Syracuse auditor, is still listed as a 24th Congressional District candidate on Ballotpedia, but was not at the OCDC’s forum and has not reported any financial activity to the FEC. Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner considered challenging Katko, but ruled out a campaign in late January. from page 3

lockerbie “She became, really, the heart and soul of what people saw out of Syracuse at the time of the disaster,” Mason said of the iconic photograph of Crossland.

Mason made the decision to transmit the photograph, taken by David Grunfeld, to the world via the United Press International wire within an hour of it being taken.

One of Mason’s greatest priorities in the years since the bombing has been to expand the public’s knowledge of what Lockerbie is, he said. The professor has returned to the Scottish town 15 times and has brought many students on some of his trips. One of the results of his trips resulted in the creation of “Looking for Lockerbie,” a book about the town cowritten with another Newhouse professor, Melissa Chessher.

The book project started as a photography exhibit shot by Mason’s students in Lockerbie, with an introduction written by one of the Lockerbie Scholars — students from the town are chosen every year to represent those who were killed in Lockerbie.

While teaching fashion photography in London, Mason decided to take a group of students to Lockerbie to use the town as a backdrop for their photography. This was the start to Mason’s tradition of bringing students to the town where the tragedy took place.

And since then, the professor has taken more than 100 students to the town.

Chessher said Mason wanted to uncover

Mark English, the OCDC’s chairman, said in his opening remarks before candidates spoke to the packed union hall on Saturday that there’s “a lot at stake this year.”

“I teach courses in citizenship and policy, and administration and democracy. And I’ve decided to run for Congress because Donald Trump threatens everything I teach my students,” said Balter during the OCDC forum. “We have a congressperson here who refuses to stand up and speak against that.”

Democratic committees from Cayuga, Oswego and Wayne counties will vote on Wednesday to decide which candidate they plan to support. The OCDC will hold a similar vote on Feb. 24. The Democratic primary is June 26. sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

more about Lockerbie, so he took a group of student writers and photographers there.

“This is a unique relationship, that with every passing year (someone is needed) with the experience and the understanding to continue to ensure that it is maintained through time, as people’s memories fade, and people’s memories go on,” Chessher said. “I think it’s a wonderful thing the chancellor has done, and I’m just so grateful he recognized Professor Mason’s commitment to our university’s relationship with this community.”

As part of the new position, Mason is also required to travel to Lockerbie annually, but he said he would go regardless.

“Professor Mason’s photographs and papers in particular really help to give our students here at Syracuse a chance to understand more about the town of Lockerbie beyond the site of this terrible tragedy,” said Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, the Pan Am Flight 103 archivist and assistant university archivist with SU Libraries. “I think having his papers and photographs as part of the archives really enhances the story we’re able to tell.”

Although Mason wishes the bombing had never happened, he said he thinks SU “is a better place in the aftermath.”

In 1988, people were very innocent, Mason said.

“But after Pan Am 103, we probably value our relationships a little bit more because we now understand they can be taken away from us very quickly,” Mason said. “I think I’m a more compassionate person because of what I learned from Pan Am 103 and the loss of those 35 students.” jphadley@syr.edu

O

OPINION

dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 5, 2018 • PAG E 5

scribble

student life column

College education on social issues is vital

W

hen President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo did the only thing he knows how: unjustly go on the attack.

In response to the bill, Cuomo signed an executive order allowing New Yorkers to prepay their 2018 property taxes. It’s a smart move that could save residents money, but it’s also a solution that only works once. Cuomo has no long-term solution. Instead of attacking the federal bill, the governor must change his approach and focus on fixing Albany’s finances so he can ease the burden on his constituents.

Cuomo announced his participation in a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the tax bill, claiming it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by taxing Democrats at a higher rate than Republicans.

In theory it sounds enticing, but legally speaking, it’s a hard case to make, given that everyone is still taxed in the same way under federal law.

Leonard Berman, a professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University who specializes in federal tax policy,

RASHIKA JAIPURIAR

SO HIP, SO COOL, SO COLLEGE said he’s in touch with lawyers who think the lawsuit is doomed to fail.

“From the lawyers I’ve talked to, it’s extremely unlikely that he [Cuomo] would prevail,” he said.

Not only that, but the states most affected by the bill are heavily represented by Democrats at the federal level. Of the 20 senators in the 10 states with the highest tax burdens, only one — the moderate Susan Collins of Maine — is Republican. But state and local taxes are issued by state and local governments, which senators take no part in.

Of those 10 states, four currently have Republican governors and nine have had Republican governors in the last decade. While heavily blue states tend to have higher state taxes, many of these states have had the problem of high taxation persist under Republican leadership as well, sinking Cuomo’s claim.

Wasting time on a helpless lawsuit does nothing for Cuomo in helping New York state. To find the best solution, Cuomo should simply take a look in the mirror

and recognize the fact that he hasn’t driven the state off the fiscal cliff is almost entirely a matter of luck. With New York facing a $4 billion budget deficit, Cuomo must do something he hasn’t done yet: cut spending.

Cutting spending is the only way Cuomo can feasibly afford to ease the tax burden on New Yorkers, but this is obviously something he doesn’t want to do.

He can’t afford to be portrayed as anything but progressive if he hopes to have a chance in his doomed-to-fail 2020 presidential campaign. But more than 1 million New Yorkers have left the state since 2010, and the cost of living in New York might have something to do with that.

Governor, forget challenging the tax bill, and forget 2020. If you don’t do anything to ease the burden of taxation on your constituents in light of the bill, you won’t have the support to make it that far.

Rashika Jaipuriar is a junior broadcast and digital journalism and civic engagement dual major.

Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at rjaipuri@syr. edu and followed on Twitter @rashikajpr.

scribble by taylor watson asst. feature editor

environment column

Amid global warming crisis, funding must keep New York afloat

T

emperatures are rising, but New York’s dedication to supporting environmental resources isn’t.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget set aside a “historic” $300 million to support the Environmental Protection Fund for the third year in a row. But whether the funding will make a dent in global warming for New Yorkers is murky.

While the investment is significant, the funding has remained stagnant for the past three years.

As New Yorkers feel the effects of global warming on their soil — from the floods of Superstorm Sandy to the hottest summers on record — a corresponding increase in funding to combat these environmental issues is warranted.

“It is disappointing that the amount funded has not increased in the last three years while our problems in protecting our environment continue to grow,” said Carmen Carrión-Flores, an assistant professor of environmental economics at

Syracuse University. “It is difficult to determine if this level of funding will be enough to address future and possibly unknown challenges adequately (in New York state).”

The $300 million includes $154 million for open space programs, $86 million for parks and recreation, $39 million for solid waste programs and $21 million for the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Program, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office. Although climate change may see the smallest “official” cut of the funding, devoting resources to other items on this list will support the state’s capacity to deal with global warming.

“The EPF’s target areas seem on point to address current environmental challenges,” Carrión-Flores said. “Prioritizing the preservation of open space is right on to lessen the impacts of climate change.”

If equipped with more resources, the Environmental Protection Fund can tackle long-standing

News Editor Sam Ogozalek Editorial Editor Kelsey Thompson Feature Editor Colleen Ferguson Sports Editor Andrew Graham Presentation Director Ali Harford Photo Editor Kai Nguyen Head Illustrator Sarah Allam Digital Copy Chief Haley Kim Copy Chief Kathryn Krawczyk Digital Editor Emma Comtois Video Editor Lizzie Michael Asst. News Editor Catherine Leffert Asst. News Editor Jordan Muller Asst. News Editor Kennedy Rose Asst. Editorial Editor Allison Weis Asst. Feature Editor C aroline Bartholomew Asst. Feature Editor Taylor Watson Asst. Sports Editor Billy Heyen Asst. Sports Editor Josh Schafer

Asst. Photo Editor Molly Gibbs Asst. Photo Editor Hieu Nguyen Special Projects Designer Lucy Naland Senior Design Editor Bridget Slomian Design Editor Casey Darnell Design Editor Kateri Gemperlein-Schirm Design Editor Maddie Ligenza Design Editor Amy Nakamura Design Editor Talia Trackim Asst. Copy Editor Eric Black Asst. Copy Editor Sandhya Iyer Asst. Copy Editor Shweta Karikehalli Asst. Copy Editor Haley Robertson Asst. Copy Editor Jessi Soporito Asst. Copy Editor Kaci Wasilewski Social Media Director Myelle Lansat Social Media Producer Andy Mendes Asst. Video Editor Rori Sachs Asst. Video Editor Mackenzie Sammeth

MAIZY LUDDEN

ECO EMISSARY issues in New York communities like Syracuse.

“If some of this funding goes to the effort of restoring Onondaga Lake to improve wildlife habitats and reduce runoff, that is a positive impact on this region,” CarriónFlores said.

No matter how you look at it, Cuomo’s 2019 budget addresses key environmental issues and has the potential to benefit Syracuse directly. But if New York wants to invest in its own future, it needs to allocate more resources. Because even all the money in the world doesn’t matter when there isn’t a planet to call home.

Maizy Ludden is a senior biology major. Her column appears biweekly. You can reach her at mtludden@syr.edu.

illustration by sarah allam head illustrator

t h e i n de p e n de n t s t u de n t n e w s pa p e r of s y r ac u s e , n e w yor k

Alexa Díaz

Alexa Torrens

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

MANAGING EDITOR

Asst. Digital Editor Asst. Digital Editor Asst. Digital Editor Digital Design Editor Digital Design Editor Digital Design Editor

Michael McCleary Lydia Niles Danny Strauss

Kevin Camelo Katie Czerwinski

Eliza Hsu Chen

Digital Design Editor Anna Henderson General Manager Mike Dooling Assistant to the GM Julieta Birmajer IT Manager Bence Kotis Asst. IT Manager Zhen Xin Tan Ruan Business Assistant Tim Bennett

Advertising Manager Lucy Sutphin Advertising Representative Alanna Quinlan Advertising Representative Angela Anastasi Advertising Representative Allyson Toolan Advertising Representative Cheyenne Wood DigitalAdvertisingManager Kalyn Des Jardin Social Media Manager Sarah Stewart Special Events Coordinator Taylor Sheehan Circulation Manager Charles Plumpton Circulation Manager Jason Siegel

follow us on dailyorange.com @dailyorange facebook.com/thedailyorange

6 feb. 5, 2018

dailyorange.com news@dailyorange.com

from page 1

build pre-apprenticeship construction training in partnership with the City College of San Francisco and instruction in 26 types of building trades, among other things. “‘CityBuild’ is a model Syracuse can follow,” Walsh said at his state of the city address. “We won’t have to do it alone.

The San Francisco office of Economic and Workforce Development has offered its full support in helping to build this program here.”

The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency has also voiced its support for the project, Walsh said. SIDA can provide funding for the project’s planning and potentially the “training on actual development projects,” he said.

The Department of Transportation, the from page 3

briefs It was part of a new plan to limit department chairships to two three-year terms, Wheeler said.

The resolution said the chair removals were “communicated to the student body four days after the decision was made, three days after faculty and staff were alerted, and two days

Department of Labor and other community organizations will partner with Syracuse Build, the mayor said.

Khalid Bey, an at-large member of the Syracuse Common Council, said on Saturday that the program is “long overdue.”

“There’s only one way to approach it.

You have to have qualified people provide training opportunities,” Bey said. “You can’t really have economic development without workforce development … you can’t build wealth unless you can build it for everybody.”

Carl Blue, a Syracuse Housing Authority employee who has worked in the Toomey Abbott Towers public housing complex for almost 30 years, said there have been concerns about the hiring of minority workers because the area is “predominantly African American.”

“It’s going to create a lot of jobs,” Blue

said of the community near the SHA’s main offices.

prior to the start of the spring 2018 semester.”

The USA resolution called for a progress report to document the college’s goals for its major academic strategic plan and increase formal face-to-face interactions between students and administrators.

SUNY-ESF’s Graduate Student Association also expressed disappointment in the college’s actions in a statement two weeks ago.

Two Syracuse women were arrested Sunday morning after a fight, Syracuse.com reported.

During the altercation, the younger sister allegedly struck the older sister in the head with a frying pan, and also stabbed her with a kitchen knife.

The older sister’s stab wound was not lifethreatening, and she was treated in Upstate University Hospital.

The younger sister also claimed to have

Stabbing and frying pan fight

You can’t really have economic development without workforce development.

Khalid Bey at-large syracuse common councilor

Toomey Abbott Towers is directly adjacent Syracuse University’s Brewster/ Boland/Brockway Complex. A census

tract near the towers that includes the Pioneer Homes public housing facility has an extremely concentrated minority poverty, according to a think tank’s report published in 2015.

Mark Greene, who was elected to the council in late January to fill President Helen Hudson’s vacant at-large position, said that although he did not know all of the details, he generally supports “Syracuse Build.”

“I think there is probably a need for a workforce development program independent of I-81 — we’re seeing a lot of new construction up in the city,” Greene said.

“So, I don’t think it’s required to tie it to 81.

But there’s certainly going to be a need for workers on the 81 project.

“So, yeah, I think it could be an impetus for it.” sfogozal@syr.edu | @Sam13783

been hit in the head with a frying pan and choked by her older sister. She also did not have life-threatening injuries and was treated at Crouse Hospital.

Both sisters charged with felony second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. The older sister was also charged with criminal obstruction of breathing. krose100@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites

Spill-Resistant Origami Coffee Cup. Invented in six weeks in Invention Factory 2015.

Student-owned, patent-pending, soon to be a product. Winner of a $100K OpenIDEO design competition prize.

Healthy Monday dedicates the first day of every week to health.

Let this year be your healthiest yet!

One day each week, eat more fruits, veggies, grains, & beans. Grab a piece of free fruit from the recreation centers, Hendricks Chapel, or Health Services.

Enjoy the curated one-mile Get moving every walking routes on campus week at the and across Onondaga & Women's Building, Marshall Square Mall Madison counties. Welcome spring and Walk with us in and Ernie Davis April. fitness centers.

This summer Syracuse University is offering Invent@SU, an invention accelerator modeled after Invention FactoryTM. In this rigorous program, Syracuse University students invent a tangible product that meets a significant need. To see more inventions created in Invent@SU, visit invent.syr.edu.

Ease into the week with less stress with a noontime meditation at Hendricks Chapel and unwind in the afternoon with yoga, co-sponsored by the Contemplative Collaborative

Healthy Monday Syracuse

INVENT A PRODUCT IN SIX WEEKS…

@HealthyCuse

In six short weeks, students conceive of and prototype inventions, pitch their inventions weekly, write and file a provisional patent application, and compete for $5,000 and $3,000 prizes for 1st and 2nd best invention.

Thinking of kicking the butts? Visit Health Services for cessation support.

HealthyCuse

Applications will be accepted until Feb. 28. However, admission will be made on a rolling basis and is limited to 20 students on the SU campus and 20 students at the SU Fisher Center in New York City.

The program is open to all Syracuse University undergraduate students.

For more information and to apply, visit invent.syr.edu.

Distinguished designers, inventors, engineers, and patent attorneys will provide feedback at the weekly pitches and will serve as competition judges.

HealthyCuse

Looking for a job or searching for a new employee? The D.O. has partnered with ZipRecruiter to help you with your search.

Go to dailyorange.com for more information!

P

Coming soon

Problem solved

Read five things to know about “Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi before she speaks at SU. See dailyorange.com

Humor columnist Annabeth Mann sheds her funny identity to become an advice columnist.

See dailyorange.com

PULP

Heart and soul Cam F. Awesome visited Syracuse this weekend as a guest coach for Fight for Hearts.

See Tuesday’s paper

dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 5, 2018

•

PAG E 7

BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES 2018

JEREMY ROBINSON is pictured here at Kirk Park on South Avenue in Syracuse. He frequented the park as a young athlete on the South Side. He later played Division 1 football for UMass Amherst and was part of a national championship-winning team there in 1998. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

‘Always a leader’ Syracuse native named 1st black public works commissioner

By Myelle Lansat

social media director

A

s a promising young athlete, Jeremy Robinson was on the basketball court in Kirk Park whenever he could be.

Growing up on the city’s South Side, Robinson said he made certain life choices that carved his path to become the first black commissioner of Syracuse’s Department of Public Works.

The basketball court gave Robinson an outlet and direction toward success in a neighborhood he said was largely impoverished in the 1990s. A graduate of Nottingham High School, Robinson captained the basketball and football teams and received a full football scholarship to the Division 1 University of Massa-

chusetts Amherst — where he earned an All-American title and graduated with a dual major in psychology and sociology.

Randy Wright, who coached Robinson on Nottingham’s basketball team in 1995, said he wasn’t like a typical athlete. High school athletes are often stigmatized as not being good students, Wright said, but Robinson was the total opposite. As a coach, Wright saw some students go down a wrong path, but he said Robinson was on a path to success. When Wright heard in December that Mayor Ben Walsh named Robinson as commissioner of the Department of Public Works, he wasn’t surprised.

“He was a big part of our success, a very important piece of the puzzle at Nottingham,” Wright said. “He was always a leader.” see robinson page 8

university union

‘Black-ish’ actress to speak on social justice panel at SU

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

“Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi and popular rapper Joey Bada$$ will be visiting Syracuse University to speak as part of a panel later this month during the first ever Cuse for Good: Social Justice event.

The event on Feb. 17 will feaSHAHIDI ture foods from eight different cultures and a concert

headlined by Joey Bada$$, according to a press release issued by University Union on Sunday.

University Union, the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Student Association will host the panel.

SA Vice President Angie Pati and Bandier Program Director Bill Werde will also sit on the panel, and it will be moderated by Don C. Sawyer, Quinnipiac University’s chief diversity officer.

Shahidi is the star of ABC’s “Black-ish” and “Grown-ish,” and was awarded an NAACP Image Award for outstanding supporting

actress in a comedy series when she was 15 years old. She is also a philanthropist and has launched “Yara’s Club,” a mentoring program with the Young Women’s Leadership Network in New York City, according to the release.

Joey Bada$$ is a hip-hop recording artist whose second album, “AllAmerikkkan Bada$$,” was the No. 1 rap and No. 1 hip-hop album in the United States at one point. He has starred in the Emmy-winning television show “Mr. Robot.” His single, “Devastated,” was also certified gold by the RIAA.

The event will also feature a premiere of “Black Panther” in Regal Cinemas at Destiny USA on Feb. 15 in partnership with Orange After Dark, SA, Light on Ebony, NPHC, Mixtape, Renegades and Femme Noir, according to the release.

Cuse for Good aims to nurture an environment at SU where the community can come together to discuss and celebrate social justice, according to the release. Proceeds from the “Black Panther” screening, panel, food sales and concert will be donated to three Syracuse City School District schools: Van Duyn

Elementary School, Grant Middle School and Fowler High School, per the release.

Joey Bada$$’s concert will be opened by SU student performers Phil The Artist, The Outlaws and DJ Zel. Tickets for the concert and panel will each cost $5. Tickets for the screening of “Black Panther” are $3 and a combination ticket package for both the concert and panel costs $8. All tickets go on sale Monday at 7 a.m. at the Schine Box Office. krose@syr.edu @kennedywrites

8 feb. 5, 2018

dailyorange.com pulp@dailyorange.com

from page 7

robinson Robinson returned to Syracuse five years after earning his degree, when a professional football career didn’t pan out. He worked for the Salvation Army Booth House Shelter for runaway and homeless teens and later became a supervisor at Chrysler. Robinson said he didn’t think about working in politics or in the public sphere until he put his name in for DPW commissioner.

“Great moments are born from great opportunities,” Robinson said. “… Mayor Walsh has given me a great opportunity, so why won’t I make a great moment out of it, be a great commissioner for the city that I love?”

Robinson was a witness to tough times in his city. Some children in his neighborhood dealt drugs and partook in other illegal activities, he said, but once people knew he was on track to be an athlete, the neighborhood started looking out for him. Wright said Robinson had to be mentally tough to not let his negative surroundings get in the way of his path.

“Everyone is looking out for each other,” Robinson said. “Back when I grew up, getting in trouble, doing something you ain’t suppose to be doing in the streets, your friend’s mom is like, ‘Boy, stop doing that.’ I owe being who I am not just to my parents, but to the city of Syracuse and the South Side in general.”

After his appointment to the Department of Public Works, Robinson received a letter from Chris Ball, his high school chemistry teacher. Inspired by Robinson’s recent career success, Ball said Robinson, above all others, made him feel like he belonged in the classroom. He said Robinson was an incredibly busy student-athlete but always got everything done with a positive attitude.

“It made me realize how important he was to my success because unless you feel good about what you’re doing, you’re probably not going to enjoy it or last long,” Ball said.

The news of Robinson’s appointment was also well-received by Lazarus Sims, Syracuse’s commissioner of parks and recreation and one of Robinson’s role models. Sims, also a South

ROBINSON was an engaged student and dedicated athlete at Nottingham High School in the 1990s. During that time, he said the South Side community was largely impoverished.

hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

Side native and former Syracuse University basketball star, developed a relationship with Robinson through sports and Kirk Park.

“We grew up in a neighborhood with drug dealers, drug users, bad people. We chose to go the route we went, to be something better than the avenues we had, and it takes a strong person to do that — a strong person to say no and play football or basketball,” Sims said.

“The role model for him was seeing someone from his neighborhood do good and be good but come back and continue to do good.”

Robinson’s first official start date as commissioner was Jan. 2, but he went to work and introduced himself the Friday before. He want-

ed to meet everyone before he started working.

That sense of leadership developed while Robinson was a high school captain and solidified in his football career at Amherst. A week after the team lost the first game of Robinson’s sophomore year to the University of Delaware, Robinson stood up during a conditioning run and told the team losing wasn’t going to be tolerated — the team was there to win.

“He’s a man of accountability, and he made sure everyone was accountable for their responsibilities on the field,” said Mimnaugh Hill, Robinson’s former teammate, who recalled the story about Robinson speaking up during practice. “Jeremy was a great team-

mate and also a man of principle.”

The team went on that season to win the 1998 national championship.

Nearly 20 years later, Robinson returned to Kirk Park. It’d been a month since he was named commissioner, and the park had changed since he was 18. Robinson said he thanks the park for getting him through his adolescent years, when most people he knew “didn’t make it.” He also thanks the city for being the place where his children were born and are growing up.

Said Robinson: “If the city was a person, I would want to look her in the face and say thank you, thank you, thank you.” malansat@syr.edu

investigative journalism

Tired of roommates?

Revealing government fraud and waste of taxpayer funds, human rights violations, environmental degradation, threats to public safety and more.

Shine a light on injustices with Reveal.

Join us Saturdays at 2 p.m. on WRVO.

WRVO 89.9 Oswego/Syracuse | WRVD 90.3 Syracuse | WRVN 91.9 Utica WRVJ 91.7 Watertown | WRVH 89.3 Clayton | WMVQ 90.5 Fenner WSUC 90.5 Cortland | WRCU 90.1 Hamilton 92.5 & 104.5 in Ithaca | 92.5 in Rome | 90.7 in Geneva | 89.9 in Norwich

wrvo.org: everywhere

Why, when you can have your very own apartment across the street from SU on Harrison St: attractive, well maintained, fully furnished, utilities included. $550-$800, depending on size.

Responsible landlord.

315-391-4465 or hershmm@aol.com

From the

kitchen every monday in p u l p

dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 5, 2018

•

PAGE 9

Family fusion Cafe serves everything from meatballs to tacos

By Leah Toney staff writer

G

ood To Go Cafe is gearing up for spring with, among other things, a hot dog cart.

The cafe, tucked away behind Varsity Pizza, is consistently updating its menu and building a rapport with the Syracuse University community. Right near both SU and SUNY Upstate Medical University, Good To Go has helped owner Louise O’Hara accomplish a lifelong goal since opening in December 2015.

“I’ve always talked about running a little cafe, so realizing my dream is the best thing about this cafe for me,” O’Hara said.

Recently, she said business has picked up. O’Hara thinks this newfound interest may be a result of the cafe’s quaint yet lively atmosphere, as well as the servers’ optimism and positivity that she said is reflected in their service.

“Word of mouth seems to be getting out to the students within the past couple of months,” O’Hara said.

“Groups of friends are coming in, and they seem to be telling their friends, so the cafe is finally starting to blossom with the students.”

The menu sports an array of breakfast and lunch items.

Patrons can order breakfast all day long, and lunch menu items include taco salad, rice and beans and chicken riggies. O’Hara said most people gravitate to their fish tacos.

“Our fish tacos have been described as a festival of flavors in your mouth,” O’Hara said.

Server Kiriminett Lopez said the fish tacos are a hit because of the salsa.

“I think our salsa is really one of the best, it’s made right here in the store, fresh,” she said.

The cafe recently started Taco Tuesdays, where an order of a full taco or burrito includes a free beef or veggie taco.

O’Hara also incorporates her Italian heritage into the cafe. The food is homemade, fresh and rooted in recipes that have lasted generations, she said.

Her pasta with meatballs — a recipe from her Italian grandmother — is a menu staple. The award-winning meatballs are a crowd favorite.

Mondays have varying specials, and right now Good To Go is gearing up for an Italian sausage bread special and a vegetable lasagna special.

Good To Go is preparing to set up a hot dog cart for the spring. Once the weather warms up, customers can find the cart on Irving Avenue. O’Hara and her servers are looking forward to setting up the cart, she said.

“We use Syracuse’s famous Hofmann hot dogs, anybody from Syracuse should recognize them – they are just that good,” O’Hara said.

Server Amy Nazario said she enjoys the cart because it enables her to interact with customers.

“The cart will sell hot dogs, chili dogs, spicy potatoes, burgers … we have a lot of good stuff in store, and everybody loves our chili dogs,” Nazario said.

Good To Go’s homemade meals and desserts have pulled in some loyal regulars, O’Hara said, and in the years to come she hopes to continue making her customers happy by serving them good food.

Good To Go Cafe is located at 725 Irving Ave. and is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. ltoney@syr.edu

Good to Go Cafe’s owner, Louise O’Hara, incorporates her Italian heritage into the restaurant’s menu. The cafe will soon offer Italian specials, like vegetable lasagna. gillian pelkonen contriuting photographer

on the menu

. Belgian waffle . Caesar salad . Fish tacos . Omelette . Black angus burger . Chicken riggies . BLT . Eggplant sandwich . Vegetable lasagna

Server Kiriminett Lopez said the cafe, located on Irving Avenue, prepares fresh salsa, which customers often use on the fish tacos. gillian pelkonen contriuting photographer

10 feb. 5, 2018

dailyorange.com

and many other areas

Collegehome

It doesn’t get much better than this!

2 & 4 Bedroom Apartments Private Bathrooms 10 month leases available All utilities included plus: WiFi & Cable w/ HBO Free parking Washer & Dryer in unit Fully furnished + Tempur-Pedic mattresses

Across the street from Campus 2 bedroom apartments furnished

(315) - 422 - 7138

COOLRENT44

close to campus!

Clean furnished 4-5 bedroom Free laundry, off street parking

John O. Willliams Quality Campus Area Apartments over 35 years of service Call John or Judy

315 - 478 - 7548

Call Pete - 315-449-0642

collegehome.com

Studios, 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms call maintenance

Available 8/1/2018

D.N. Drucker Ltd.

Ackerman, Clarendon, Lancaster and Comstock Place From $460 per person

Please call (315) 445-1229

Hardwoods, porches, parking, laundry, furnished.

Well cared for by mellow landlord.

frontdesk@dndruckerltd.com

The Daily Orange 2/1/18 Sudoku

OR

PuzzleJunction.com

www.dndruckerltd.com

Call, text or email David:

Serving SU Campus for more than 30 years!

Coolrent44@gmail.com

To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

CUSEREALESTATE.COM WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL!!!

870 Ackerman

JUST A FEW LEFT ON ACKERMAN, COMSTOCK, LANCASTER, SUMNER & EUCLID!!!

3 Bedroom Apartment

1

WANT FREE INTERNET? YOU GOT IT! WAIVE THE APPLICATION FEES? YOU GOT IT!

Orange 2/5/18 Sudoku 5 blocks 2 campus The Daily CALL US TODAY TO SCHEDULE A TOUR & VISIT OUR WEBSITE TODAY AT FURNISHED JOHNCrossword or JUDY The Daily OrangeCall 2/5/18

2

9

7

5

3

To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, column and PuzzleJunction.com box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.

315-478-7548 • collegehome.com

1

3 7

WWW.CUSEREALESTATE.COM 315-474-6791

No charge for laundry, parking Remodeled kitchen and bathroom

10

“Don’t ride bus rent with us”

no charge for laundry & parking,

Close to campus & 24-hour on

1-5 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND HOUSES

Across

2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Bedrooms furnished, double beds,

Learn more! www.uvcolvin.com 315-424-1047

jgregg1085@yahoo.com

315 439-7400

Nice Homes-maintained

your home away from home 2018-2019

PuzzleJunction.com

8

5 1

3

4

5

6

7

8

8 3 6 7 5 REGENCY TOWER 9 2 770 James Street | Syracuse, NY 4 4 8 1 24 hour security 2 All utilities included including 5 6 2 7 8 2 1 basic standard cable Bus line connected to Syracuse University 8 4 9Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com Secure and heated underground parking garage 2 6 7 Studio up to 3 bedroom units Pricing ranges from $850 - $1,800 7 5 CONTACT: (315)474-7811 - phone 4 8 email-ljones06@twcny.rr.com 3 7

9

11

12 1 Doctor’s order 6 Cuba libre 13 14 15 ingredient 17 18 19 16 10 Caviar source 11 Bewail 21 22 20 13 Scarf 14 Perception 24 25 23 16 Places in the 26 27 28 heart 17 Face part 29 30 19 Be behind 20 Statistics 31 32 33 34 35 36 calculation 37 38 39 40 21 Supporters of the American 42 43 41 Revolution 22 Ruckus 45 46 44 23 “Wheel of 49 50 47 48 Fortune” buy 24 Critical 51 52 25 Roar 26 Trap 53 54 28 Anne, Charlotte Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com or Emily, e.g.

29 Light bulb unit 51 Arrowroot 9 Lobito native 31 Measures 30 Farm sounds 52 ___ the dice 10 Rubber-making 32 Valentine items 31 Scabbard 53 Card game for hydrocarbon 33 Dates 34 Enlists three 11 Feudal lord 34 Delhi dress 37 Lab work 12 Foil 54 Alpine call 35 Come apart 38 Frenzied 13 Cry from a crib 36 Kind of 39 Henpeck Down 15 Home of the expression 41 Per person brave 38 Gift of the Magi 42 High nest: Var. 1 Desist 18 Queen’s residence 40 Sticky substances 43 Crosby, Stills and 2 Mischievous 21 Anger 42 Upright Nash, e.g.

22 Dentist’s advice 3 Kind of skirt 43 Gown fabric 44 Country club 4 Bio bit 24 Midges 45 Gumbo figure 25 Mustang 5 Histogram ingredient 45 Gold braid 6 Walking sticks 27 Lawn mower’s 46 Neuter 46 Fertilizer 7 Trans-Siberian path 48 Symbol of 47 Golf ball whacker Railroad city 28 Evil spirit strength 49 Boxcars 30 Priesthood 8 Luau souvenir 50 Go a-courting

1 5 9 8 3 5

1 4

Copyright ©2018 PuzzleJunction.com Sudoku Solution

www.upstatecos.com

Solution

Thursday’s answers

S A O C C C O R T W O B V I A E N T L O I A N C E J P E A C S T

P U S H Y

R I A M N F L I E E F B L E O M B E N S L S E T E E M P S N T O E B X

A N O M Y

Y A W P

E V E R

C A U M C E O E T A T A R O M D L I O U R R

2 3 8 4 7 1 6 5 9

S E R E S L A I N T E C E D R O R T E P V C

P R I S O N

L O B E S

A Y B E I S D E

1 8 6 7 4 5 9 2 7 2 3 1 3 4 7 5 B E T F E T A 5 1 8 9 L L A R Sudoku 6 9 2 8 I E S T Solution T A 2 6 4 3 G A R L U M E 9 3 5 6 E E P S 4 A9R S1 6 87 75 1 34 1 7 8 5 9 6 4 6 5 2 3 4 1 7 9 3 5 7 8 2 6 2 6 3 9 1 4 8 5 8 4 2 6 7 9 3 2 7 8 5 9 1 7 1 9 4 3 8 2 8 4 6 1 2 3 5

and many other areas

5 6 4 1 7 3 8 2 89 2 9 1 5 3 4 6 7

3 8 9 2 6 4 7 1 5

2 1 5 8 3 7 9 4 6

4 7 6 9 2 5 1 8 3

9 3 8 6 4 1 5 7 2

Steps from Campus Private 1009 Madison St. 514 Walnut Ave. Tastefully Remodeled One bedroom Apartments.

Includes all Utilities, Wifi.

Furnished or unfurnished.

One bedroom Apts $795+

Call or text or e-mail Andy.

(315) 415-8613

www.upstatecos.com

admin@upstatecos.com

11 feb. 5, 2018

from page 12

dolezaj the most recent Virginia game, Syracuse had to make an unfamiliar adjustment: playing Marek Dolezaj at center.

At 6-foot-9, 180-pounds, Dolezaj doesn’t provide the same interior presence as the centers. But he’s arguably Syracuse’s (15-8, 4-6 Atlantic Coast) most active big man on defense and can step out better than other bigs to defend the high post. He spaces the floor on offense and has been more aggressive of late, with two of his five highest-scoring games coming in the last four games. That small-ball lineup will be key against Louisville (16-7, 6-4) on Monday night, especially with Sidibe potentially unavailable again off the quick turnaround.

“Marek’s really the only guy I thought that was moving and was pretty good out there tonight,” Boeheim added. “We’ve got too many guys that are playing minutes that are not productive. And if we play 18, 19, 20 minutes, and you can’t get a shot up, then we’ve got to figure out something else.”

Dolezaj’s game is predicated on doing small things that don’t show up in the box score, like diving for a loose ball or rotating over on defense to take away a look. He did that several times as a forward in the zone on Saturday, getting out in the face of UVA sharpshooter Kyle Guy while helping to hold UVA to 30 percent from deep.

With Chukwu in, though, UVA abused the high post. De’Andre Hunter scored 11 firsthalf points, either pulling up from midrange if Chukwu stayed back, or blowing right by him if he tried to step up.

So the switch was made to bring Dolezaj in.

Dolezaj immediately marked Hunter and kept from page 12

louisville SU was the victim of a similar second-half slump on Sunday afternoon. Before two late, meaningless Syracuse buckets, the Orange had been outscored by seven points in the second half. The loss marked the first time in six years, and first time since joining the ACC, that SU lost back-to-back home games.

Hillsman’s team dug itself a third quarter hole with an 0-for-5 shooting start in the period. Digna Strautmane missed an open jumper, Amaya Finklea-Guity was blocked twice and missed a third shot before Strautmane clanked another try.

In a blink-and-you miss-it 9-0 run, Syracuse was floored. The run stopped when Tiana Mangakahia hit an and-1 layup with 7:07 left in the third, but by then it was too late.

“At the end of the day,” Hillsman said, “you have a great opportunity on your home floor to beat a very good team you have to win that game. We had some opportunities, we had some spurts where we didn’t play that well.”

Early in the game, Syracuse hung with the third-best scoring offense in the ACC. Multiple times in the first quarter, Tiana Mangakahia grabbed the ball on the defensive end, via a rebound or in-bounds and took it down the floor herself and laid it in.

She finished the first half with six points, six assists and four rebounds. Before the game, UofL head coach Jeff Walz told local media that the only way to stop Mangakahia was to hope she had the flu.

On Jan. 30, Mangakahia said a key to toppling UofL was limiting its transition game and not committing turnovers that would lead to easy baskets. But 11 of Louisville’s 20 fast break points came in the decisive third quarter.

“They make plays,” Hillsman said, “they don’t let you off the hook. If there’s a play to be made, they make it. … I thought we played tough. We played tough and with some energy and some urgency. They did a good job of attacking us in the third (quarter) in transition.”

The version of Mangakahia that hasn’t played competitive basketball in nearly two years popped up throughout the game. On one play, she spun left, tried to squeeze a pass inbetween two defenders that instead resulted in an easy Cardinals layup. The next possession, she charged into her defender and committed another turnover. Mangakahia had almost as many giveaways (10) than Louisville (13).

The transition lanes opened up as SU’s legs tired and the Cardinals’ lead ballooned. Just after Mangakahia ended SU’s scoring drought, three passes — Jazmine Jones to Durr to

dailyorange.com sports@dailyorange.com

him from getting to the bucket, limiting him to just one field goal attempt in the second half.

“I feel like he’s a lot better defender when that guy will catch the ball in the middle,” forward Oshae Brissett said. “And he did a great job stopping him.”

Still, there were holes that opened up when Dolezaj swapped positions. Three times in the second half, and twice in a row, Hunter got the ball in the high post and was immediately greeted by Dolezaj. Hunter then found a cutting Mamadi Diakite from the right side and fed him the ball.

Each time, Diakite slammed the ball eye-level with the basket. After the third one, Diakite shrugged as he ran down the court, seemingly shocked at how open he was repeatedly getting.

On offense, Dolezaj started off the season as a pass-first player from the high post. But with opponents sagging off him, he’s had to become more of a threat and become more aggressive.

“It’s a work in progress,” assistant coach Adrian Autry said. “He’s starting to understand it. And I hope that he can continue to build on this game. We need production in other spots. He gave us nine points against the best defensive team in the country.”

Syracuse’s first bucket against UVA was Dolezaj confidently stepping into a 15-footer. To start the second half, he fed the ball to Chukwu in the post. When Chukwu was doubled, Dolezaj aggressively cut toward the middle, got the feed and slammed home the dunk.

There still needs to be more consistency on that end — Dolezaj air-balled a 10-footer off a pick-and-roll in the same game. Still, his ability to stretch the floor opens up Hines-Allen — resulted in an easy layup. The ball touched the ground once.

“If you’re not going to stop them,” SU guard Gabrielle Cooper said, “you at least have to score with them. We weren’t scoring with them or stopping them.”

Louisville’s one-two punch, Hines-Allen and Durr, provided the scoring that SU couldn’t keep up with in the third frame. After being limited to 14 points combined in the first half, the duo scored 20 (Hines-Allen with 11 and Durr with nine) in the third and created the separation.

2012 SU last lost two consecutive home games in 2012, when it was still in the Big East

Syracuse chipped at the deficit in the fourth, but it rarely dipped below doubledigits. Following a steal, Cooper hit a 3-pointer from the base of the ‘Carrier’ sign in front of SU’s bench. UofL threw the ball out of bounds on its next possession and the crowd re-energized. Yet, after a Strautmane miss, Durr connected on a corner 3 and snuffed out the run.

The trajectories of Syracuse and Louisville have been eerily similar in the decade since Hillsman and Walz were hired. Both programs were bottom-dwellers in the ACC and were transformed into perennial-NCAA tournament contenders. While SU has flirted with national prominence, UofL has established itself as a top-tier program.

Syracuse hung with Louisville for most of Sunday’s game, just like it has with conference teams all season. But when the final buzzer sounded on Sunday afternoon, SU lost — just like it did against Notre Dame, Miami, Virginia, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech — and the status quo was reinforced.

Hillsman hasn’t spoken much about the impending NCAA tournament, but he did after SU’s second-straight loss. The 11-year head coach said that 10 conference wins should be enough to comfortably make the 64-team tournament. With five wins in 11 contests and five conference games remaining, SU has created a gauntlet for itself.

“Normally,” Hillsman said, “when you get 10, you’re in. You get nine, you got a chance.

You get eight, you hope for upsets and a lot of help. We understand that these last five games we have, I think, are very urgent.” nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez

MAREK DOLEZAJ is 5 inches shorter than Paschal Chukwu but has also spent time in the middle of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

driving lanes for Syracuse’s penetrationheavy offense.

“He can make a lot of plays from that position,” point guard Frank Howard said.

“His shot is getting there, he’s getting more confident with it. He hit that baby jumper. I think Marek played great tonight.”

Dolezaj said he’s comfortable with playing the five from the few times SU used the set in non-conference play. Still, he said it was a bit tougher against a more physical from page 12

little things poked the ball free and got two points for the Cardinals.

Roughly a minute later, UofL’s Arica Carter swiped the ball from Chelayne Bailey off an inbounds play and fed starguard Asia Durr for an easy two. Those small swings, timely shots and defensive adjustments kept No. 4 Louisville (24-1, 10-1 Atlantic Coast) ahead for most of the game against Syracuse (17-7, 5-6) in an 84-77 SU loss, on Sunday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. At a quick glance, both teams played well — UofL shot 50 percent and SU turned in a 49.1 percent shooting performance — and the Cardinals edged the Orange in just a handful of statistical categories. On Sunday, the small loomed large for Syracuse after the game.

“It was just little things,” Mangakahia said. “They didn’t press us … it was kind of our own mistakes.”

Early in the game, SU made a concerted effort to get the ball to freshmen bigs Amaya Finklea-Guity and Digna Strautmane. The ploy worked, as the two combined for 12 of SU’s 23 first-quarter points.

But in the second quarter, Louisville played more focused, head coach Jeff Walz said, and reinforcing the Cardinals’ defense was size and a tactical adjustment.

“I felt we regrouped after that first quarter,” Walz said.

Louisville’s comparable size, paired with fronting SU’s bigs — moving between them and the ball handler when it appears a pass is coming — kept the ball away from the rim. As a result, Strautmane started hoisting 3s. Despite starting 2-of-3 from behind the arc, Strautmane went 1-of-7 for the rest of the game. She only became a threat again late in the game when off-ball action freed her up for passes while she moved to the rim.

“I just should’ve attacked more,” Strautmane said. “We just should’ve shot our shots and penetrated to the basket.”

Louisville also got a strong contribution from its bench, outscoring SU’s reserves 18-5. Sophomore Kylee Shook had six points, making both her shots. Sophomore guard Sydney Zambrotta scored eight, going 2-of-3 from deep.

Zambrotta positioned herself in the corner in front of the SU bench late in the first half. As Durr brought the ball down the court she fired it to Zambrotta and told her to, “Knock it down, Syd.”

Virginia team, and it’ll only get tougher as ACC play progresses.

The Orange’s Slovakian forward has made strides this year in improving his offense and his activity. With Syracuse likely down to six available players, he’ll have to do it from a new position.

“I’m trying to be aggressive to the basket,” Dolezaj said. “I must do it every day. I think I can do it every game and I must keep working.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

That 3 with 1:38 until the break, pushed UofL’s lead to six points amid a mini fivepoint outburst. With five seconds left in the half, after Drummond had just hit a layup, Zambrotta was left open in the corner again and made SU pay.

“Other people had double-digit points,” Cooper said, “points off the bench. … You can’t let someone else come through and pick up their own points.”

With inconsistent options down low and a lack of output from the bench, SU found itself in a big hole in the second half. It would need some type of run to cut into an 18-point Louisville lead. Every time SU strung some baskets together, Durr answered.

A six-point run in the middle of the third quarter got ended by a Durr 3. A five-point run early in the fourth quarter was ended by a Durr 3. Another six-point run, this time Syracuse’s last gasp with 4:24 left, was ended by a Durr 3.

“She’s just a fantastic player,” Hillsman said of Durr, who finished with a gamehigh 27 points, “and she can just really get a basket from all spots of the floor.”

The steals UofL nabbed on inbound passes late in the third quarter weren’t aberrations from the Cardinals’ general body of work Sunday. They finished the game with 12 steals.

Several thefts came on held balls, usually when Syracuse would grab a rebound from a Louisville miss and feed it to a guard, usually Mangakahia, who finished the game with 10 giveaways. While she surveyed the floor, a UofL straggler would pounce, using precise hands to grab the ball and avoid a foul.

It was the same story contesting shots, an area Louisville excelled at without fouling.

Rarely in the game did SU get a look at the rim without a pair of hands getting to the ball or altering the shot.

“They were getting hands on balls,” Cooper said. “Little picks here, little there.

Little tips, deflections and it was just making a difference in the game.”

After the game when Hillsman addressed the media, he joked about how he had the same old things to say. Louisville is a great team, he said, and that he’s proud of how hard his team played.

But on a night when both teams played well enough to win, Louisville found an edge.

“That’s why they’re 24-1.” Hillsman said. “They make plays and don’t let you off the hook.” aegraham@syr.edu | @A_E_Graham

S

No. 4 LOUISVILLE 84, SYRACUSE 77

S PORTS

dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 5, 2018 • PAG E 12

Stuck in

THIRD

TIANA MANGAKAHIA is met near the rim by Asia Durr (left) and Myisha Hines-Allen (right). Syracuse entered halftime down five points but trailed by 15 at the end of the third quarter. Mangakahia finished with 20 points but turned the ball over 10 times. codie yan staff photographer

Ugly third quarter dooms Syracuse’s upset bid against No. 4 Louisville in 84-77 loss

By Nick Alvarez staff writer

M

yisha Hines-Allen dribbled around four Syracuse defenders and looked for the shooter she knew would be there. Asia Durr ran to the top of the key, caught the pass and swished a 3-pointer.

Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman called a timeout immediately. The Louisville bench celebrated its then-14 point lead, and the Carrier Dome crowd, which briefly thought an upset was possible after the first-half, sat in silence.

SU (17-7, 5-6 Atlantic Coast) had kept the game close for the first 20 minutes, but the following 10 was all No. 4 Louisville (24-1, 10-1) needed to leave the Dome with an 84-77 victory. The Cardinals outscored the Orange by 10 in the third quarter, tripling its halftime lead and sinking SU’s upset

bid. UofL’s third-quarter success materialized in five more rebounds (12 to 7), a 23-percent higher shooting percentage and more production from its top scorers.

“At some point,” Hillsman said, “you got to to make plays, and you got to do the things you got to do to win games. There were points in the third quarter that we didn’t do what we need to do to win the game and dug ourselves a hole. In the fourth we got a few steals and make a couple runs. When you got a hole that deep, you have to make some big runs, and our runs weren’t big enough.”

Syracuse was only down five at half to a team that usually beats its opponents by 22. On Thursday, the Cardinals held a four-point lead against Virginia before outscoring the Cavaliers by 32 in the second-half to cruise in Charlottesville, Virginia. see louisville page 11

women’s basketball

men’s basketball

Dolezaj centers small-ball lineup UofL does ‘little things’ to beat Syracuse 84-77

By Tomer Langer

senior staff writer

Earlier this season, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim sounded excited about the Orange’s size on defense. With 7-foot-2 Paschal Chukwu and the athletic 6-foot-10 Bourama Sidibe, Boeheim said his defense had the rim protectors it was missing a year ago.

And for much of nonconference

play, he was right. Chukwu averaged 3.2 blocks per game in that span while Sidibe had three multiblock games.

Things have been vastly different in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Other than an unexpected breakout against Pittsburgh on Jan. 27, Sidibe has been mostly a nonfactor as he remains limited with knee tendinitis.

Chukwu excelled in heavy

minutes early in league play but has racked up just four points and 13 rebounds over his last three games.

“I can’t explain what’s happening to him,” Boeheim said after the home loss to Virginia. “… Tonight, he could have played 50 minutes and would not have scored a basket.”

With Sidibe unable to go in

see dolezaj page 11

By Andrew Graham sports editor

With 2:33 left in the third quarter, Louisville led by 17 when SU’s Miranda Drummond got fouled and made both free throws. The Orange, despite being down 15, seemed to have a little life.

Following the free throws, UofL came down the floor and fed the ball to Dana Evans, who missed a 3.

Gabrielle Cooper came down with the missed shot and flipped the ball to Tiana Mangakahia.

But in a flash, Evans followed her miss to Mangakahia’s hands, see little

things page 11