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N • Career support

Peter Vanable, dean of SU’s graduate school, said on Wednesday the university is creating a new career center for graduate students. Page 3

O • Taking a stand

Student Life columnist Rashika Jaipuriar commends high school and college students across the U.S. for using their voices to take a stance on gun control. Page 5

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P • Voices for change

SU students are heading to the March for Our Lives protest on Saturday in Washington, D.C. as part of a Student Associationsponsored bus trip. Page 9

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President Quentin Wheeler to resign amid rising tensions By Haley Kim, Jordan Muller and Sam Ogozalek the daily orange

WHEELER

S U N Y-E S F President Quentin Wheeler announced on Wednesday that he would resign from his position by the end of June

as the campus reeled from increasingly tense relations between faculty and administrators. Wheeler made the announcement in an email to SUNY-ESF student listservs at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The president’s statement came a day after the college’s Academic Governance body approved the first steps in voting no confidence in Wheeler for the second time in less than two years.

AG first voted no confidence in Wheeler in November 2016, citing what they said were examples of poor leadership and a climate of fear. Conflict between faculty and administrators continued after the 2016 vote, notably in the wake of the administration’s controversial decision earlier this year to remove three faculty department chairs just days before the start of the spring semester. “Opposition to initiatives

focused on the financial, academic, and research foundations of the College have become a distraction to our students, faculty and staff, and the administration,” Wheeler said in the email Wednesday afternoon. SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson and the SUNY Board of Trustees will work with SUNY-ESF’s Board of Trustees to appoint interim campus leadership effective July 1, according to a SUNY press release. The chancel-

lor and boards will also begin a search for SUNY-ESF’s next permanent president, per the release. Wheeler said in his email he would try to ensure a smooth transition as he leaves SUNY-ESF. Multiple campus groups have put pressure on Wheeler in recent weeks. The college’s Graduate Student Association expressed support for a non-renewal of Wheeler’s

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gso university politics

Grad leader details health insurance plans

Committee endorses union drive By Gabe Stern staff writer

JACK WILSON, president of Syracuse University’s Graduate Student Organization, said any new graduate student health insurance plan selected by SU in coming months will be “way less expensive” than the current plan. kai nguyen photo editor By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Syracuse University plans to make significant progress on possible changes to graduate student health coverage by the end of the spring semester, a high-ranking university administrator said Wednesday. During a press briefing, Graduate School Dean Peter Vanable said SU also plans to release more information about a potential change to a new graduate student health care plan at

the beginning of April. There is no publicly released information on how much money graduate students would save on a new insurance plan since SU is currently in the “request for proposal,” or RFP, phase. In the RFP phase, the university calls on health insurance providers to propose rates for health care, GSO President Jack Wilson said. SU is considering bids from multiple insurance providers, and expects proposals on Friday, Wilson said. Graduate student health care has proven to be a conten-

tious topic at SU in recent years. Wilson, though, said any new plan selected by SU will be “way less expensive” and the university has guaranteed that any savings will go to graduate assistants and graduate fellows in the form of subsidized health insurance plans. “If we can have a plan that is less expensive while still being better, that’s going to mean more money in everybody’s pocketbooks,” Wilson said. Gerald Kominski, director of the University of California, Los

Angeles Center for Health Policy Research, said the cost of healthcare is often closely related to age, so the university would be able to save money if graduate students were placed in a pool with other young, low-cost students. Graduate assistants currently on SU’s employee health insurance plan have heavily subsidized plans because they are placed in an insurance pool with faculty, who are typically older and more likely to have various ailments, Wilson added. see insurance page 6

The Employment Issues Committee of the Graduate Student Organization officially endorsed Syracuse Graduate Employees United in their efforts to unionize at Wednesday night’s meeting. A report that the Employment Issues Committee presented to the GSO senate was the first time the group has extensively discussed unionization efforts this semester. Ben Sadlek, Adrianne Traub and Hunter Thompson, who presented the report, emphasized that a possible graduate employee union would have contractual power, collective bargaining and “meaningful accountability to administration,” in an extent that the GSO cannot currently exercise. “This goes into a deeper debate,” Sadlek said during the senate meeting. “The argument for a union in general is that there’s a legal mechanism that we have more bargaining power (over SU administration).” Patrick Oberle, a representative from SGEU, said during the meeting that he hopes a union will not only increase bargaining power regarding graduate health care and stipends, but also working conditions as a whole. If enacted, a graduate student union would represent all graduate employees and fellows who have a W2 at the end of the year, Oberle said. New York University was used as an example of an institution that successfully unionized and improved the working conditions for graduate employees during the presentation. NYU most recently recognized a graduate student union in 2013. As a result, NYU graduate students received an increase in graduate stipends by nearly 40 percent, and a large majority of their healthcare was covered by the university. Both of these issues are well-known concerns that Syracuse graduate see unionization page 7

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NEWS

374 miles An SU freshman from Parkland, Florida, is traveling to Washington, D.C. for the March for Our Lives. See Sunday’s paper

A long drive SU’s Student Association is busing students to Washington, D.C. for the March for Our Lives. See Sunday’s paper

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

A man whose body was found near Destiny USA and Onondaga Creek was identified as John C. Frazier on Wednesday. Frazier was missing for months, and his death was ruled as an accidental drowning. Police said it did not appear that he had died in the last few days. source: syracuse.com

STATION RENAME

A Rochester train station will be renamed the Louise M. Slaughter Intermodal Station in Rochester following the death of New York Rep. Louise Slaughter. Slaughter worked to obtain funding for the train station for years. The station was renamed after Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a request to Amtrak. source: local syr

CHURCH ABUSE

The Syracuse Common Council discussed several plans during its Wednesday study session, including the possible installation of cameras in the council chambers to broadcast its meetings as budget hearings start. kai nguyen photo editor

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4 takeaways from Syracuse council session By Casey Darnell design editor

Syracuse’s Common Council met on Wednesday for a study session to discuss several topics related to city affairs. Here are four key takeaways from the session.

Live streaming

Councilor-at-large Steven Thompson plans to introduce a waiver item for Monday’s meeting of the council regarding live streaming of council meetings. The council has chosen WCNY-TV, the Syracuse area’s PBS station, to broadcast its sessions. Mayor Ben Walsh announced in his January “state of the city” speech that the council chambers will be equipped with cameras and sound equipment in time for the city’s April budget hearings.

Bike lanes

The city plans to add bike lanes around the University Hill area. Striped lanes will be painted along parts of Waverly, Comstock and Crouse Avenues. An undetermined number of parking spaces will also be added as part of the program, which involves milling and paving 1.2 miles of city streets. The total cost of the program may not exceed $2,273,000. The proposed addition of bike lanes on Euclid Avenue has been a frequent topic of conversation among University Hill community members. Former Department of Public Works Commissioner Pete O’Connor said last fall the proposed bicycle lanes are just pavement markings, but “the com-

promise was done in-house,” in regards to one bike lane being near parked cars and one not. There will be detours on the side of the road with curb work, and bicycles will have less room, O’Connor said. Car lanes, though, will remain open, he added.

Fire safety

The Syracuse Fire Department is requesting a $225,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to initiate a life safety initiative aimed at reducing the number of civilian fire injuries and deaths through public outreach and fire safety education. Fire Chief Michael Monds, at the Wednesday meeting, said the fire department is requesting 5,000 smoke detectors, 2,500 carbon monoxide detectors and 200

shake-up smoke detectors, which alert deaf and hearing-impaired people if a smoke detector goes off in their home. Monds said the department will focus fire safety education efforts on children under 14 and the elderly.

Public hearing

The council will hold a public hearing Monday to discuss the city’s slurry seal program. The Department of Public Works aims to repair hundreds of uncurbed streets by applying slurry seal, a mixture of asphalt, water and crushed rock. Slurry seal extends the life of roadways and is less extensive than milling and paving. Total costs of the program may not exceed $800,000. The hearing will take place at 1 p.m. at City Hall. cdarnell@syr.edu

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A new career development center will be established at Syracuse University to enhance services offered to graduate and postdoctoral students, a university administrator announced Wednesday. Peter Vanable, dean of the graduate school, said Dan Olson-Bang, associate director for Graduate Career Services, will be the director of the center. The center supports the Academic Strategic Plan, which outlines major focus areas for the college to develop in both the short- and long-term. “The Academic Strategic Plan very clearly specified that we want to elevate both the quality and strength of our programs, but also

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RAPE REPORTS

Reports of rape recorded in the city of Syracuse are at the highest in a decade, with 98 reports made to the Syracuse Police Department in 2017. It comes during the #MeToo movement, which has encouraged people across the United States to come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct. An activist said it’s not that more rapes are happening, but that more women feel empowered to share their stories. source: local syr

ASTER CLOSES

Aster Pantry & Parlor in downtown Syracuse has closed. The American craft food restaurant opened in September 2015 and focused on organic and sustainable ingredients. source: syracuse.com

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Graduate students to receive extra career support By Catherine Leffert

The Diocese of Syracuse has not released the names of 11 priests accused of sexual abuse. Forty priests were accused. The Diocese of Buffalo released a list of 42 priests accused of abuse, and a representative of Syracuse’s diocese said none of the priests on the Buffalo list were accused in Syracuse.

the opportunities of professional development for our students,” Vanable said in a student press briefing on Wednesday. The services are intended to extend the duties that the current career services offers while adding new responsibilities, Vanable said. The program, which will be called the Office of Graduate Professional Career Development, will target distinct disciplines and industries via a curriculum-based approach, offering hands-on help and panels for more specific assistance. Olson-Bang has been the associate director of Graduate Career Services since 2014. He has invited nationally recognized speakers to campus and developed workshops to help students organize their career development paths.

The university’s Academic Strategic Plan, which has been developed under Chancellor Kent Syverud, in part aims to better support graduate students. Vice President for Research John Liu previously told The Daily Orange that an increased focus on securing external grant funding will help better support graduate students, as part of the Academic Strategic Plan. Vanable on Wednesday said the new center is just another component of that effort. Different colleges at SU have career development centers specific to their school, such as the School of Information Studies, which requires most graduate students to fulfill an internship before receiving their degrees. The Martin J. Whitman School

of Management requires all students, undergraduate and graduate, to have an internship. Last May, the University Senate’s Committee on Student Life reviewed university-wide career services, focusing on making recommendations to improve support for international students, graduate students and those without a college-specific career services center. The office’s services are now available to graduate students, Vanable said, but new hires and the full scope of the resources should be completely available by next semester. SU is also currently in the process of developing a new campuswide career advising model partially funded by the $100 million Invest Syracuse fundraising initiative. ccleffer@syr.edu | @ccleffert

Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Tuesday said “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon’s Democratic run for governor of New York won’t affect her decision of whether to run for governor. Nixon announced her run earlier this week, but Miner said the more voices in the race, the better. Miner has considered running for governor in the past, but has not announced a decision yet. source: syracuse.com

LOWER LIVING

Several towns in Onondaga County made Niche.com’s list of the 50 towns and cities in upstate New York with the lowest cost of living in 2018. Nedrow was No. 26 on this list, with a B grade and median home value of $84,700. Lyncourt was No. 49, with a B grade and a median home value of $90,800. source: syracuse.com

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Researchers work to understand ALS disease mechanism By Nhari Djan staff writer

A pair of Syracuse University researchers are working to understand a disease mechanism of ALS, which can weaken muscles and affect physical functions. Carlos Castañeda, an assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy Dao, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, are studying the UBQLN2 gene, which can be mutated and cause ALS. The Daily Orange spoke with Castañeda about his team’s research on understanding ALS mechanisms.

The Daily Orange: What is ALS? Carlos Castañeda: ALS is Amyotrophic

Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a motor neuron disease. So what happens is that your motor neurons in your brain or spinal cord, they die, and when they die you lose the ability to from page 1

wheeler contract in a statement released Tuesday morning. And in early March, 85 percent of 177 SUNY-ESF faculty union members who submitted ballots also voted to recommend Wheeler’s contract be terminated. Ben Taylor, president of SUNY-ESF’s Undergraduate Student Association, said on Wednesday afternoon he was not surprised to learn of Wheeler’s decision to resign. The president understood the move would probably help the college, Taylor said. Faculty on Wednesday expressed mixed sentiments to the announcement. Some said they were relieved and they weren’t necessarily surprised to see Wheeler’s statement. Others said they were sad that tension has resulted in this outcome. “I think that President Wheeler did the

control your movements. It’s more of an adult onset disease, so most people that get it are in their 50s and 60s. There are a few cases where people get it when they’re a lot younger. But what happens is you slowly start to lose control of your hands or limbs. Maybe they’re a little spastic, and then eventually you become paralyzed since they have to be in a wheelchair, and then your cognitive functions and everything are still working just fine. But as far as I can tell, it’s like you’re trapped inside your body that no longer can do what it used to be able to do. People who have ALS, what can happen to them is they will die because they apparently lose control of their breathing muscles, and that’s why it’s not a curable disease yet. The D.O.: What does Ubiquitin and UBQLN2 have to do with your ALS research? C.C.: The way I understand it, what happened with ALS maybe 40 to 50 years ago, when they started studying this, they studied

SOD1 which is another protein: Superoxide dismutase. That was one of the first early connections between a gene and ALS. As time progressed and people discovered more genes are related to disease, they began realizing that there are two kinds of genes that would get mutated in a disease. They were like protein homeostasis. That basically means how your proteins get cleaned up inside your cells, so protein quality control. What happens with quality control, is in your cell, your proteins are being made, and they’re being broken down. That’s a normal process. But part of that process gets disrupted. They found that there are lots of genes that are related to protein quality control and ALS. UBQLN falls into that category. UBQLN2 is a parallax — basically, one type of UBQLN that is found in the body. It’s mostly expressed in brain spinal cord, so like in your nervous tissue. And that protein can get mutated a few times.

It has been linked to familial ALS, so if the protein is mutated, it can give rise to certain cases of familial ALS, x-linked ALS and also sporadic ALS. The D.O.: Can you explain familial and sporadic ALS? C.C.: Familial ALS is ALS that is related to a gene that’s been mutated in a family. So mom has it, maybe grandmother has it. So like there’s evidence that (those) particular genes are mutated in the family. Sporadic ALS is when there’s no genetic mutation, at least none that’s obvious. So it’s like an environmental factor, possibly, that could cause disease. The D.O.: What kind of environmental factors (could cause ALS)? C.C.: Stress is one of those. It could be something else in the environment, it could be sleep. Those are things that people really don’t understand yet. Most of the cases of ALS are sporadic, so 90 percent of them are sporadic, I’d say about 10 percent of them are familial.

right thing,” said John Hassett, a professor of chemistry. “From my sense, from the faculty, it’s just gone too far to rescue. I give him credit for taking the graceful way out.” Scott Turner, a professor of environmental and forest biology, said he was shocked and sad to hear the announcement. He said he had not experienced many of the issues other faculty have brought up when working with Wheeler and he found him willing to listen and tolerant of disagreement. Don Leopold, a professor of environmental and forest biology and one of the three department chairs Wheeler dismissed in January, said in an email that faculty, staff and alumni have worked “tirelessly and unselfishly” to resolve the conflict. “Collectively we will quickly put this recent setback behind us and get back to the many exciting and important tasks that have been

sidetracked,” Leopold said. Some SUNY-ESF students on campus late Wednesday afternoon said they hadn’t yet seen Wheeler’s email. But many who did shared Taylor’s sentiment. “I think that, now that we can move on from this, that the remaining ESF faculty can select a president more attuned to the vision shared with the rest of ESF faculty as well as with the ESF student body,” said James Lee, a junior conservation biology major. SUNY-ESF’s undergraduate governing body in January overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for campus-wide reconciliation in the wake of growing tensions. The organization called on SUNY-ESF administration to clarify its vision for major academic strategic plans. Near the end of January, GSA also released a statement expressing “disappointment” in what the organization said

was SUNY-ESF’s failure to consult the group on the release of the Pursuit of Excellence academic initiative. Taylor said SUNY-ESF needs to “take a step forward in healing” because the college’s problems are not gone. USA’s message will remain the same in months ahead, he added. In an email to SUNY-ESF’s undergraduate listserv, Taylor thanked Wheeler for his service and said he’s a “genuine” person who believes in the college and cares about students. But he added that the college still has challenges to face. “We still have a budget crisis to get out of, we still have very distraught faculty and staff on campus, even some students,” Taylor said in an interview. “One person leaving an institution is not going to solve our issues.”

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Transparency essential at SUNY-ESF Following SUNY-ESF President Quentin Wheeler’s resignation announcement Wednesday, The Daily Orange Editorial Board encourages the college’s next leader to consider the need for transparency and open communication between the administration and community. The announcement of Wheeler’s resignation, effective in June, came after nearly two tense years between his administration and faculty members, including a vote of no confidence and steps toward another. Wheeler’s abrupt decision to remove three faculty chairs from their seats five days before the start of spring semester led to increased concerns surrounding poor leadership, including Wheeler’s “problematic relationship” with SUNY-ESF’s Board of Trustees and a “climate of fear” surrounding the idea of speaking out against his agenda. An essential component of cultivating a healthy campus community is the transparency and visibility of administrative officials with the student body, a lesson SUNY-ESF’s next president

must consider moving forward. How often students and faculty members are able to interact with administrative officials in and outside a forum setting is reflective of the trust established between leadership and stakeholders. A heightened level of trust and accessibility of administration members is especially important for graduate students, who often have a larger financial stake in university politics. We’re seeing this now as Syracuse University considers a new health coverage plan for graduate assistants and fellows that could lead to greater coverage at the expense of increased monthly premiums.

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Amid gun control debate, silence is no longer an option for students

here may be an age requirement for driving and voting, but there isn’t one for having an informed opinion — and with good reason. In the wake of the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead and more than a dozen injured, many Parkland students have spoken up to both encourage and call out politicians to enact stronger gun control legislation. These students have taken control of their narratives by speaking on news shows and publishing op-eds. And while many have praised the students for their activism, others have denounced their opinions, saying they’re too young to be taken seriously. The reality is young people are equally affected by these laws and policies, which have been put in place by adults without their consent. Students are taking back the power, though, and some from Parkland helped organize the March for Our Lives, an anti-gun violence demonstration that will be held Saturday in Washington, D.C. Satellite marches will be held in cities across the United States, including Syracuse. Aishwarya Varakantam, a student at the Syracuse prep school Christian Brothers Academy, is one organizer

of the satellite march that will be held at the Everson Museum of Art on Saturday. “We started this march to encourage stricter gun laws,” Varakantam said. “The most recent school shootings have had gunmen who were young and could easily go and purchase an assault [weapon] … If so many of us are coming together and want to see the same change, I think the government will be receptive.” It’s not a new trend for young people to get involved in protests, but the Parkland shooting has put politically active students — some who aren’t old enough to vote — in the limelight. Some are even becoming leaders in the gun control movement, and colleges are noticing. Amid nationwide student walkouts and other gun violence protests that followed the Florida shooting, Syracuse University joined other institutions and stood by the students, tweeting: “Admissions decisions will not be affected by participation in or disciplinary action associated with peaceful, meaningful protest.” This public assurance is important, especially today, when being silent on controversial issues just isn’t an option. This applies to high school and college students who will soon enter the workforce.

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Although there are universities to apply to and jobs to interview for, students shouldn’t have to fear that political involvement will affect their futures. Of course, it’s always important to have an informed opinion. Research and fact-checking must transcend age groups — public claims must be backed up by evidence.This goes for politicians

and teenagers alike. Being a young activist is difficult, because you have to prove your credibility and worth, and you have to get past the people who say “you’re just a kid.” This scrutiny is why young people need support more than ever. Whether it’s the threat of school suspension, or a simple social media post that garners a hoard of negatives responses, speaking out

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insurance Graduate assistants would be pooled with younger graduate students on the new plan, lowering the price of the plan due to the relatively healthier pool of young people, Wilson said. The plan is platinum level, which means that 90 percent of health care costs are covered by the plan, Wilson said. Vanable on Wednesday confirmed that figure. Faculty and staff on the employee plan are on a gold level plan, which means about 80 percent of health care costs are covered by the insurer. Platinum plans typically have the highest monthly premiums, but have the most coverage for medical care, according to Healthcare.gov. In a letter to the editor to The Daily Orange, members of Syracuse Graduate Employees United said the possible switch from the employee to the student plan ignores the needs of students with disabilities and/or chronic conditions who may need recurring treatment or serious operations. “It’s a slap in the face to graduate workers, both disabled and able-bodied, who chose SU because of the protections offered by an employee health care plan,” the letter said. With platinum plans, though, students should expect more coverage on the student plan opposed to the employee plan, Wilson said, and students with disabilities or chronic illnesses should expect their medical expenses to be covered by insurance. “If it’s not, we’ve done something wrong,” Wilson said. The university is still deliberating whether graduate student employees can remain on the employee plan, and graduate students on the student plan will still be able to have their families covered, Vanable said Wednesday. SGEU recently started a unionization drive in part because of what they called the high costs of SU’s plans and a lack of transparency from the university regarding student employee health care in 2015. Brian Hennigan, an organizer of the union drive, told The Daily Orange in January that nearly one-third of his pay for this semester will go to his employee insurance plan. Vanable said he believes members of SGEU recently attended a set of listening sessions about the possible changes to graduate student health insurance. But he said they have

PETER VANABLE, dean of Syracuse University’s graduate school, addressed SU’s possible switch in graduate student health insurance plans during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon. hieu nguyen asst. photo editor

not met with him personally to discuss the ongoing review. Other universities in the United States have had union drives pop-up over issues regarding health care for graduate student employees. Students at George Washington University, an SU peer institution, started a union drive because of the high upfront cost of health insurance through the university, said Scott Ross, a graduate student at GW. The university recently refused to recognize students seeking unionization because it considered the students’ work as teaching and graduate assistants to be in an educational capacity, not employment, he said. A unionization push at Pennsylvania State University, another SU peer institution, started over health insurance. Penn State’s administration last year switched graduate student employees’ health care provider from Aetna to United Healthcare without student input, said Katie Warczak, a graduate assistant at Penn State and media officer for the college’s graduate student employee union drive. Graduate student employees were notified

of the change in April of last year, but they weren’t informed of the transition when it happened in August 2017, Warczak said. She said there was no communication from the university in the interim months, and the university said students would be without proof of insurance from August until about October. “We still had coverage, but we didn’t have the ability to prove it,” Warczak said. The lack of proof could have caused people to have to pay out of pocket and then endure a long and complicated process of getting reimbursed by an insurance company, she said. Students often cannot afford to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for a procedure when they have a stipend as income, Warczak added. Graduate students at SU make about $18,000 per year on average, so a $1,500 health care plan is a large part of a student employee’s paycheck, Wilson said. “Health care is one of those third rails of the American political system,” Wilson said. “Any time you touch health care, you are touching something that can mean the difference between going to the doctor and taking care of

your condition, or going to a doctor, taking care of your condition and then being bankrupt.” The university anticipates having a student health insurance plan that will be more affordable than the current student or employee plans and have more coverage than the employee plan, Wilson said. GSO members seemed to be “cautiously optimistic” about the plan, he added. GSO considered graduate employee unionization in 2015 after SU administrators required all students to have Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance plans by fall 2016. GSO members cited a lack of transparency from the administration as a cause, but never formally pursued unionization. “This isn’t 2015. Unlike then, the GSO has been at the table. We’ve had these discussions, we talked about it, we’ve worked through the details, we discussed all the potential issues that may come up,” Wilson said. “And the university and us have come to an arrangement that I feel is actually going to wind up working out for us pretty well.” krose100@syr.edu

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unionization employees have. SGEU is also considering lobbying the SU administration to recognize a graduate union independently. Last meeting, the GSO senate cautiously debated whether unionization efforts were worth formally discussing but the topic was openly discussed on the senate floor Wednesday. “We are definitely talking about it and that’s not something we’ve done in a while,” said Jack Wilson, the GSO’s president.

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Wilson reported that GSO has made “significant progress” in discussing graduate healthcare options since the last senate meeting in mid-February. In private discussions with the university’s health insurance committee, it was guaranteed that all of the money the SU administration could potentially save from a new healthcare plan will go directly to graduate employees and fellows, Wilson said. Dental and vision plans will also be included in the new health insurance plan if it’s passed, and it would have a monthly payable plan. Most significantly, the health insur-

ance committee guaranteed that any health insurance plan that’s chosen will have the extension of family members, Wilson said. “We’ve made a lot of progress,” said Rikki Sargent, vice president of internal affairs for the GSO. “(But) nothing is done yet.”

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member from the university’s Student Association will now be present at all GSO senate meetings, and a member from the GSO will now attend SA meetings. This is in hopes to provide transparency between the two organizations after a misunderstanding about a meeting that discussed the future of Student Legal Services. Wilson said the university has “backed off” its original stance on possibly defunding SLS. The independent service will remain intact for now, Wilson said. • The senate unanimously voted to stand in solidarity with the SUNY-ESF Graduate Student Association, which expressed support for a non-renewal of Wheeler’s contract in a statement released Tuesday. Wheeler announced on Wednesday his intention to resign by the end of June amid rising tensions between faculty and administrators at the college. gkstern@syr.edu

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Meet some SU students attending the national March for Our Lives in D.C. By The Daily Orange Pulp Staff

ore than 100 Syracuse University students will bus to Washington, D.C. at 2:30 a.m. Saturday to participate in the anti-gun violence March for Our Lives rally. The protest comes as a response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. On Monday, SU’s Student Association made 150 bus tickets available to students interested in attending the march, which was organized in part by MSD students. SA Vice President Angie Pati said that for her and President James Franco, providing busing to ANGIE PATI is vice president of SU’s Student Association, which the march is about providing stu- organized the bus trip. sara schleicher staff photographer

dents with a service that will help them use their voice. “James and I feel that even if you don’t believe in this cause, I think you can believe in the power of our generation in voicing what they feel passionately about,” Pati said. Here are the stories of four SU students traveling to the march on the SA buses. ••• Lara Hicks, a sophomore international relations major, is busing to the march to honor her political beliefs and a personal connection to the Parkland shooting. Hicks grew up in a town not far from Red Lake, Minnesota, where 10 people died in a school shooting in 2005. see march page 10

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Beatles tribute celebrates 50 years of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ By Connor Fogel staff writer

When Reign formed in 1975, the band played four sets at Los Angeles bars and nightclubs: two sets of original songs, one of Top 40 hits and a set of Beatles songs performed exactly like Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Steve Landes, now a John Lennon impersonator, said the band members quickly realized that audi-

ence members were coming to see the one Beatles set. Landes joined the band 20 years ago, and a few years after that, the band turned into a show. They now perform as “RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles.” RAIN will bring its celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” to Syracuse Thursday at the Landmark Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online and at the Landmark Theatre box office.

The stage will be filled with lights, props, live cameras, multimedia videos and band members dressed in full Sgt. Pepper’s attire. “It’s very psychedelic, very colorful, very interpretive because these songs can mean a lot of different things to different people,” Landes said. “We’re up there singing the songs with the lyrics and everything, but the visuals are really painting the picture of what Sgt. Pepper means to a lot of people.”

Landes said one of the hardest parts of figuring out how they would add the whole Sgt. Pepper’s album to their performance was figuring out which songs would get left behind. The band started to dedicate different acts to different eras, he added. This way, songs weren’t lost, but rather rearranged in other acts. The first set pays tribute to the recording years of 1965 and 1966, featuring the albums of “Revolver” and “Rubber Soul.”

Mark Lewis, RAIN founder and original keyboard player, said in a press release that the show has many highlights — just like The Beatles’ career. “The Ed Sullivan era, Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, etc.,” Lewis said. “It was all a wonderful time in history, and I believe our show does a great job of capturing those times and bringing them to life on stage,” Landes explained that the see band page 10

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While she was only a little kid at the time, Hicks has seen the lingering effects shootings can have on a town. “My family knew people that went to that school, even though I didn’t, and it was years ago but it still has such a big effect on our communities,” Hicks said. The sophomore is hopeful the march will bring about positive change. She said she believes her generation voicing their opinions is an opportunity to help. “I think there’s been a lot of stagnant things that have happened between adults and the leadership roles that they’ve served in this country,” Hicks said. “The youth are really trying to make a difference since adults haven’t really been making that difference.” ••• Patrick Linehan, a freshman policy studies and economics dual major, has been to marches in the past, but the March for Our Lives protest will be the largest he’s attended. “I think it’s really cool how all these high schoolers are being very active in their government and demanding change in their government,” Linehan said. “I think that we as college kids have a responsibility to support their efforts.” Linehan waited in line alone on Monday for a bus ticket to the march. He said many of his friends are busy this weekend and can’t make it, but that isn’t stopping him from going. Linehan added that he thinks SU “isn’t necessarily the most politically active campus,” and he’s glad SA has decided to support this cause and political movement by providing busing. ••• Tess Harper, a sophomore social work major, planned on going to the march the moment she heard about it. When she learned about the bus trip through SU’s chapter of Democracy Matters — a group promoting campaign finance

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reform that is co-sponsoring the trip — she bought a ticket as soon as she could. Her mother, sister and aunt are attending the march, too. Harper has never attended a large march, but her aunt attended the D.C. Women’s March in January and told Harper it was a great experience. Harper is anticipating the same for her trip from SU to D.C. to march near the Capitol. Harper said that since students are affected by gun violence, it’s important their voices are heard. “We are the future, we are the people who are going to be making laws,” she said. “We are currently the constituents, and I think so many of us want gun control and our representatives are not really listening, so I think it’s really important that we get the message out very loud and clear.” ••• Annelise Hackett, a freshman public relations major, originally planned on attending the satellite March for Our Lives in Syracuse at the Everson Museum of Art, but when she heard about the SA bus trip, she was on board. Gun control is a topic she’s passionate about, she said. “With the Parkland shooting, I think we saw a significant change,” Hackett said. “In the past, it’s been in the news for a day and then people kind of stop talking about it. But with this they are really making strides for change, specifically legislative.” She added that students should feel safe when they’re getting an education and shouldn’t have to worry about a shooting. Hackett couldn’t vote in the 2016 presidential election, but she’ll be able to vote in the next midterm and presidential elections, and she said gun control is an issue that will be on the forefront of her decisions. The march is an opportunity for the younger generation to get involved, she said, and she hopes it’s a unifying experience that keeps the conversation going to enact legislative and social change.

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sounds of Sgt. Pepper’s are some of the hardest to replicate because of their dense recordings. Not only does the live replication of these songs make performing tough, but the audience expects the performers to sound like The Beatles’ recordings every show. Paul Curatolo, who performs as Paul McCartney, described in a press release that prepping to perform as McCartney is both a mental and physical process. He stretches to relax, does many vocal warmups and then becomes the Beatle using makeup and his costume. “Playing Sir Paul is a dream come true,” Curatolo said. “The most challenging part for me would be sounding like him (vocally).” Curatolo described The Beatles’ catalogue as timeless, explaining that whether someone is a Beatles fan or not, they can relate to the music. Landes said The Beatles send messages of positivity and togetherness through songs like

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“Come Together,” “Give Peace a Chance” and “All You Need is Love.” He said his favorite song to perform is “In My Life” because, while Lennon and McCartney were only in their mid-20s when this song was produced, their lyrics were spoken with a melancholy beyond their years. Overall, performing The Beatles’ lyrics is a “master class” in songwriting, Landes said. He’s a songwriter on the side himself. “Embodying that character is a kind of dream come true because when I was growing up, I loved all the Beatles but for some reason John stuck out to me,” Landes said. “Also, his message of peace and love, I think (is) more important than ever these days.” Whatever effects being on the road may have, Landes and the performers must take the stage appearing and sounding exactly like The Beatles every show. But it’s worth the struggle. Said Landes: “It’s our passion, so it’s what gets us through.” cbfogel@syr.edu

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Perry’s Ice Cream brings back 4 retro flavors for centennial

ocal favorite Perry’s Ice Cream is celebrating a centennial of whipping up creative ice cream flavors. The western New York brand has crafted signature flavors and flavors for special events and sports teams, including an orange chocolate swirl called ‘Cuse 44. TAYLOR To celebrate its LUCERO 100-year anniversary, LET’S EAT Perry’s is bringing back old flavors that haven’t been tasted in years. Perry’s sent me four flavors to try and share, and I’d recommend trying them all so you, too, can experience the history held in these four tubs. It’s a perfect way to add something sweet to your day.

chocolate and marshmallow swirl. I’m going to finish this tub with a glass of milk while watching Netflix. Rank:

BUTTERSCOTCH SUNDAE (circa 1980s) Butterscotch ice cream with salty butterscotch swirls and roasted peanuts Butterscotch reminds me of my grandparents giving me candy from their seemingly unlimited stash, and now I know why. Personally, I’m not a major supporter of butterscotch, which is why I liked this flavor least out of the four. It doesn’t mean it’s a bad flavor — you can fully taste the butterscotch and peanuts — but it just wasn’t for me. Rank:

MALT SHOPPE (circa 1990s) Malted vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips

PARKERHOUSE (circa 1950s) Amaretto ice cream with maraschino cherries

This flavor originally appeared in Morton’s Homestyle line as a ‘90s spinoff on an oldfashioned treat from the ‘50s. It’s back again, and as good as it ever was. The classic mix of vanilla and chocolate chips never gets old, and the ice cream appears fluffy and cloud-like. The ice cream brings back memories of watching ‘90s shows like “Full House” and “Rugrats.” The Malt Shoppe flavor will take you back to simpler times. Rank:

The first throwback flavor I tried was the Parkerhouse because I love the taste of maraschino cherries. For me, a sundae without a maraschino cherry is not a sundae, so out of the four, this was my favorite. The ice cream wasn’t overly sweet, and the cherry chunks reminded me of simpler times when my brother and I argued over who got the cherry. Rank:

HEAVENLY HASH (circa 1970s) Chocolate and marshmallow-swirl ice cream filled with chocolate chips and roasted almonds

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DANCING PAST DUKE Syracuse is playing the best defense in the country right now. Flat out. Holding three-straight highpowered offenses to under 60 points is poetic. The zone has shifted as well as it has in recent years, junior point guard Frank Howard said following the win over Michigan State. Howard, a key cog in the offense, wasn’t himself all week because he was coming off strep throat. Still, SU won three in a row. Howard and the Orange will be rested up for a rematch against the upset-prone Blue Devils, whose losses include fledgling teams in St. John’s and Boston College.

MARVIN BAGLEY III Stud freshman forward Marvin Bagley III has feasted down low for Duke this season. Most analysts expect him to be a Top 5 pick come the NBA Draft.

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TOMER LANGER (24-12) duke 63, syracuse 55

THE STUDENT BECOMES THE MASTER I’ve picked Syracuse to lose its last two games, so if you’re rooting for the Orange to win and you’re upset with my pick, don’t be. The Orange hasn’t gotten the slew of upsets on its side of the bracket like it did two years ago, so these games have become increasingly more difficult. SU’s last three opponents had some issues facing a zone they hadn’t seen before. It was effective the last time these two teams met. I think the Orange’s issues on the offensive end, which have been mitigated by unreal defense, will finally catch up against Krzyzewski’s version of the zone.

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OMAHAHAHA The last time these two teams played, Duke missed its first 15 3-pointers and still beat Syracuse by 16 points. The Blue Devils have size, length and a zone so good Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim joked Duke shouldn’t be allowed to play it. The difference for the Blue Devils is their two premier talents down-low in Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter. The Orange had no answer for them then and it’s unlikely things have changed in the last month. There is no logical reason for Syracuse to win this game, which is exactly why Syracuse will win this game.

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pilates to-do list and ‘Ya know oh jeez I’ve got a problem with a co-worker,’ or whatever all these little things that pop into your heads.” That escape to the calmness of Pilates has intrigued several other high-profile sports figures as well. Last year, Sports Illustrated published an article on Antonio Brown and Jake Arrieta’s use of the exercises to strengthen their core and remain flexible. LeBron James was videoed performing Pilates prior to the 2014 NBA Finals, saying, “This is where the road to the three-peat starts.” Boeheim’s workout facility isn’t as extravagant as James’. Nor is it as public. Nick Giancola, Boeheim’s nephew and a freshman student manager for the men’s basketball team, was hanging out at the Boeheim home and saw his uncle in action. He walked downstairs to the finished basement only to be startled when he saw the most recognizable figure in central New York bent over, practicing Pilates. Syracuse commit Buddy Boeheim, Jim’s from page 16

roundtable course correcting. Head coach Jim Boeheim and players say the offense is at its best when guys are moving off-ball and attacking off the dribble. Backdoor passes, transition buckets, dribble handoffs and skip passes each could produce openings in the Duke defense, which isn’t as fantastic as some make it out to be. The Blue Devils allowed 70 points to Notre Dame two weeks ago and 67 points to No. 15 seed Iona in the first round of the Tournament. Sam Fortier: Man, I have no idea. When Guti and I were at Cameron Indoor in late February, Duke’s length in the zone pressed Syracuse out so far the only way the Orange could catch the ball cleanly was at about half court. The Blue Devils missed their first 15 3-point attempts and still cruised because of their defense. It was as impressive a performance as we saw this year, and Boeheim joked that Duke shouldn’t be able to run their zone because

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son, remembers waking up early for school at Jamesville-Dewitt High School. As he’d grab his bookbag and head out the door, around 7:30 or 8 a.m., he’d hear his father breathing heavily. The older Boeheim talks about his Pilates routine over dinner, Buddy said, and usually describes how the workouts challenged him.

I do a little other stuff, but my knees aren’t good, so I don’t do a lot. I do Pilates twice a week, religiously. That’s really helped. Jim Boeheim su head coach

“It’s inspiring,” Buddy said. “It really works his flexibility and he loves it. I see him hard at work, sweating, breathing hard. It’s no joke.” it’s so good. With elite big men and comparable size on the perimeter, the Blue Devils probably present the biggest matchup nightmare of the season, so I’d expect the Orange to try and capitalize on Marek Dolezaj’s hot hand and run either him or Oshae Brissett from the high post to penetrate a bit and make something work. Tomer Langer: Well, we know how it’ll try to match up. Frank Howard, Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett will have the ball in their hands for much of the game, and they’ll hope for the best. It’s been the formula all year. It obviously didn’t work against Duke the last two times, and it has been nothing more than the bare minimum of enough in the Tournament. There’s something I’d like to see SU try that’s different: sticking Howard as the high post man. He had success on a few plays this past week when he was posting up smaller guards at the free throw line, either shooting over the top or finding the right passing lanes. Obviously, that was against man defenses and not zone. But other teams have sent guards into the high post against the Orange

Boeheim prefers to perform the exercises with his private trainer, Errin Klein, in the comfort of his own home. His workouts are simple. No music booms through a speaker. It’s just Boeheim, a mat and Klein’s voice dictating his movements for around 50 minutes per session. Klein meets with Boeheim on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, usually at 8:30 or 9 a.m., depending on the given week’s schedule. The former SU basketball star’s athleticism carries over to the Pilates mat, Klein said. When the two first met, the coach with more than 900 wins told his Pilates Institute of America certified instructor, “This is your business.” Klein referred to Boeheim as her “star pupil,” saying he tries anything she challenges him to do. “He’s in charge on the basketball court, and I’m in charge in Pilates,” Klein said, laughing. One of the first times Boeheim talked about his exercise publicly was on the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz in February of 2014. At one point, the discussion shifted to if Krzyzewski, the Orange’s opponent this Friday, could match the athleticism and quickness of Boeheim. “I don’t think so,” Boeheim respond to

show host Stan Van Gundy. “I’ve been doing Pilates for a year-and-a-half. I think I’m a little bit quicker right now.” “Pilates must be an Italian dish that he eats at a restaurant up there,” Krzyzewski quipped from the other phone line. “That’s the only Pilates he sees.” “I guarantee I do it. I guarantee it. Twice a week,” Boeheim affirmed. On Monday, Boeheim had just gotten home from Syracuse’s win over Michigan State. Still, he needed his fix. He told his wife, Juli, that he had an important commitment to schedule before the team flight to Omaha, Nebraska, took off Wednesday around 5 p.m.: Pilates. “He never misses an appointment,” Juli said. “It doesn’t matter what time he went to bed or where they played the night before. He makes time for this. It’s been really good for him. It’s his peaceful time, the exercise we all need. He’s bought into it. Passionate to say the least.”

in the past, since guards can make better decisions when the zone collapses.

(17-for-54) at Duke was its fourth-lowest mark of the season and prevented the Orange from hanging in there on a pretty good defensive night. But it’s important to delineate that 3-pointers aren’t the key here. Against Michigan State, the Orange attempted eight, tied for a seasonlow, and made only one. MSU’s Miles Bridges, in comparison, attempted 12 himself. Maybe the Orange’s answer is just pounding the ball inside and trying to draw Duke bigs into foul trouble like North Carolina did against the Orange in the ACC tournament. Maybe. T.L.: Howard and Battle need to get going early. Howard made a few nice shots in the first half and early in the second half against MSU before he fouled out. Battle had one point in the first half. They’ve been slow starters in the tournament, but so has the offense as a whole. These two need to be the catalysts. There will come a point in time when an opponent finds a small crack in the Orange’s zone. It’ll be up to Battle and Howard to keep the Orange afloat.

2. Last time these two teams played, Syracuse executed its game plan and still lost by 16 points. What needs to change for the Orange to stay competitive? M.G.: Involve Dolezaj. When he scores dou-

ble digits, Syracuse is 6-0. Especially against the zone, his mid-range and inside game would create openings for Battle, Howard and Brissett to do their thing. Dolezaj has scored five, 17 and six points in three games this Tournament. For Syracuse to beat Duke, the freshman forward needs to score about 15 to 20, limit second-chances for the Blue Devils and grab a few boards. S.F.: Syracuse needs to play suffocating defense and probably hold Duke to 60 points or fewer. Other than defense, which has been the highlight for the Orange this tournament season, the team needs to hit shots. I don’t say that facetiously, but Syracuse’s 31.5 percent shooting from the field

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offense Syracuse (23-13, 8-10 Atlantic Coast) has scraped together three wins by a combined 11 points by relying on a stifling defense. That defense has been so strong that it can overcome SU failing to score more than 60 points in a game because it doesn’t let opponents reach that mark. But there’s only so many times that will work. And Boeheim knows it. The Orange’s struggles on offense aren’t new. The team scored 49 points in a home loss to Notre Dame and averaged 58 points in two wins over Pittsburgh, a team that went winless in the conference. Some days shots fell, but for the most part the Orange’s offense lacked consistency.

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Fans have seemed to embrace the grindit-out approach that’s worked for Syracuse this past week, relishing when national media members break out their annual think pieces about why the zone might be bad for college basketball. Even if SU’s game isn’t aesthetically pleasing, it’s working. The players, though, also recognize that mucking up the game — despite it being the way Syracuse has won its first three games — needs to change. “This wasn’t ideal for us,” point guard Frank Howard said about the game flow after the TCU win, while laughing alongside guard Tyus Battle. So much of the zone’s enhanced success comes because it’s usually the first time an opponent is seeing it. ASU, TCU and Michigan State are all teams that the

Orange hasn’t played in several years, let alone this season. Arizona State tried to shoot right over the top of the zone, often missing badly in the second half. TCU got gun shy, not even attempting a 3-pointer for eight minutes after starting off the game 3-for-5. “It’s hard to simulate it if you had a week to do it,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said before the game. “It’s almost impossible when you have a day to do it.” The problem with the Blue Devils lies in their familiarity. Duke’s second-leading scorer, senior guard Grayson Allen, will be going up against the Orange zone for the sixth time in the last four years. Moreover, Duke’s coach Mike Krzyzewski knows the zone because he’s started using zone principles, taught to him by Boeheim, with his own team. The style of the last game between these two teams mirrored that of the past three SU games. Both teams struggled to score — Duke missed its first 15 3-pointers — and the Blue Devils still came out on top by 16 as SU was held to a seasonlow 44 points. Boeheim likes to joke that Krzyzewski shouldn’t be allowed to use the zone. It’s because Duke is one of the few teams in the country that can beat Syracuse at its own game. Boeheim knows that, and it’s what caused his ominous warning in an otherwise happy press conference. Whether it’s Battle and Howard getting more involved early, or getting a tangible contribution from Oshae Brissett, who went 2-of-13 in the first matchup between these two, something has to change. The Orange can, and should, try to win the game on the strength of its defense. But starting now, its offense needs to do more. “Today we got away with (not scoring),” Boeheim continued after the MSU win. “But that won’t happen again.”

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ETROIT — Jim Boeheim was as cheery as he’d been all year. Sitting at his press conference after upsetting third-seeded Michigan State, Boeheim jokingly made up stats and TOMER heaped praise on LANGER his team. L’CH A IM He was surprised when the NCAA moderator told him he’d be taking his last question just 10 minutes in, saying “when we win I don’t mind talking,” which drew a round of laughter from the room. But just before that, in a short, unprovoked moment, Boeheim seemed worried. He had just spent time discussing how SU’s defense kept earning it wins, and how its big three did just enough along the way. Then he pivoted. “There’s some teams you can’t stop,” Boeheim said. “And you get in these situations in this tournament where you have to score.” Boeheim might not have mentioned No. 2 seed Duke (28-7, 13-5 Atlantic Coast) specifically by name, but it was clear who he was alluding to. And Boeheim is right. No. 11 seed

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Eleventh-seeded Syracuse gets a rematch against No. 2 seed Duke on Friday night when they face off in the Sweet 16 from the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. On Feb. 24 at Cameron Indoor, then-No. 5 Duke won, 60-44. Members of the Duke student section chanted, “N-I-T!” near the end of the game, but Syracuse has since gone from last team in the Big Dance to the Sweet 16. Below, beat writers Matthew Gutierrez, Sam Fortier and Tomer Langer break down the matchup.

1. Duke has embraced a 2-3 zone that Mike Krzyzewski learned in part from Jim Boeheim. How will Syracuse matchup with a Blue Devils team now thriving with that defense? Matthew Gutierrez: Syracuse has encountered difficulty against zone defenses this season, largely because it spotlights the offensive problem that has undone SU in its losses: lack of movement. Before the NCAA Tournament, I offered three ways in which SU could boost offensive production. One involves Marek Dolezaj — more on him later — and the others center on attacking the basket and

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Boeheim does Pilates twice a week to stay in coaching shape By Matthew Gutierrez and Josh Schafer the daily orange

Half an hour after the Syracuse-Duke game last month, Jim Boeheim walked down a hallway in the bowels of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Lefty Driesell, the legendary Duke Blue Devil, unexpectedly met him at a doorway. “You look good,” Driesell said. “I got to,” Boeheim responded. “I work out. My wife will yell at me if I don’t. I’ve got teenagers!” While lighthearted in that

moment, Boeheim takes his workouts seriously, and he has for fourplus years. After not working out for the majority of his coaching career, Boeheim, 73, turned to working out to help with knee pain. Now exercising two mornings per week, the 42-year head coach credits his good health to Pilates, the German-based exercise focused on stabilizing the body’s core through slow, precise movements and specific breathing techniques which elongate the body’s muscles. And when the oldest head coach in Division I stands across the scor-

ers’ table from his counterpart, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, as No. 11 seed Syracuse tips off with No. 2 seed Duke on Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska, credit Boeheim’s presence in part to the series of minute core exercises by which he swears. “It’s helped me a lot,” Boeheim said. “I do a little other stuff, but my knees aren’t good, so I don’t do a lot. I do Pilates twice a week, religiously. That’s really helped.” SU’s Hall of Fame coach, notorious for his aggressive sideline antics and beration of players dur-

ing games, spends two mornings performing exercises on a yoga mat. But that’s exactly why the intricate art of Pilates fits. When Boeheim reams players out from the sideline, it’s because they should’ve been an inch left or right on defense or set a ball screen a few feet over. It’s often about the little things. Pilates was originally founded by Joseph Pilates, a German physical therapist in the early 20th century. The exercise focuses on the “smaller muscles” and how those small muscles make the

overall body function, said Valerie Patrick, a certified master of Pilates and owner of Core Pilates and Yoga in Cicero, New York. The exercises, which increase core stability, focus on a mind-body connection, which removes the participant’s ability to think about outside stresses. “When you’re doing Pilates and you’re focusing on the breath and the control of the movement and what muscles you’re working, you’re letting go of your day,” Patrick said. “You’re not thinking about your

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