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The Syracuse University Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that aims to help students who are affected by immigration policies.

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Syracuse University celebrates volunteering with Philanthropy Week, but the funding behind those programs can sometimes get tricky.

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POWER MOVE Inside Mike Hopkins' departure from the only school he ever knew

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Chuck’s could stay open rest of semester

By Jacob Gedetsis enterprise editor

The owner of the popular student bar Hungry Chuck’s has filed a temporary restraining order against its new landlord as part of an effort to ensure the bar remains open the rest of the semester.

Steve Theobald, owner of Chuck’s, earlier this month filed a temporary restraining order against Syracuse 727 LLC, the developers planning to demolish the structure at 727 S. Crouse Ave. — where Chuck’s is located — and construct a mixed-use building. The restraining order is currently preventing the developers from conducting an asbestos abatement inside Chuck’s, something that would at least temporarily require the bar to close.

Both parties will appear in Onondaga County Supreme Court on Tuesday morning to present oral arguments at a hearing to determine when the asbestos abatements should take place, Theobald said.

If the abatements are to take place, Chuck’s will close during the entire abatement process.

The abatements could cause significant damage to the interior of Chuck’s that would prevent

the bar from reopening this semester, Theobald said.

Syracuse 727 LLC, which is principally owned by BLVD Equities, requested in late February to do an asbestos abatement for the property and planned to move forward with it on March 10. But Theobald refused to comply with the abatement due to the concerns over when the bar might reopen, and the potential damage it could cause the Chuck’s brand during what Theobald said is the bar’s busiest time of the year. He filed the restraining order days before the scheduled abatement, temporarily putting it on hold.

The central argument of the case rests upon a section in Chuck’s lease that states that its property owner has the right to “make repairs, additions, or alterations” within the bar’s premises. Chuck’s is arguing that an asbestos abatement goes beyond repairs and is instead a remedial measure.

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MIKE HOPKINS got a nine-game audition as SU's head coach last year, including at Miami. He now has his own head coaching job, something he's coveted. bryan cereijo staff photographer

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EATTLE — Mike Hopkins’ first official day at his new workplace began shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning.

He strode through a barren Alaska Airlines Arena, sporting a black suit, white button-down shirt and foreign purple tie. Outside, the gray skies produced an intermittent drizzle. Scared wasn’t the word. But Hopkins is unfamiliar with change. He gazed at the empty bleachers surrounding his new court and found himself alone, an entire country away from the place he called home for 28 years.

“Holy shiitake mushrooms,” Hopkins thought. “This thing could rock.”

Just four days after sitting in the middle of a Carrier Dome bench for the last time, and four hours before his first public appearance as a head coach, Hopkins’ career dream had finally crystallized. This was his, all his, unlike 2,500 miles east. Back in Syracuse remains skepticism as to why Hopkins left when his supposed dream job of being the Orange’s head coach sat one year away with Jim Boeheim planning to step down. There’s doubt here, too, as to how a first-time head coach can re-charter a program that failed to reach double-digit wins this season with a potential No. 1 NBA Draft pick.

In this moment, though, Hopkins found serenity.

“It’s the unknown, it’s charting the waters, it’s exciting,” Hopkins told The Daily Orange after being introduced at Washington. “And I’m sitting here going, ‘Gosh, what could this be?’”

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Civil rights activist will deliver address

By Michael Burke news editor

Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and past adviser to former President Bill Clinton, will deliver Syracuse University’s 2017 commencement address, the university announced Wednesday.

Jordan was involved with JORDAN the civil rights movement of the 1960s, serving as the Georgia field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and later as the director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council.

Jordan also served as chairman of former President Clinton’s transition team after Clinton was elected president in 1992.

“I’m grateful to Syracuse University for this honor,”

Jordan said in a news release Wednesday. “It has been 60 years since I graduated from college, and I’m eager to share with the Class of 2017 and the Syracuse community my thoughts on, and the need for, our shared fight for justice.”

Jordan is currently a senior managing director of New York City-based Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, an investment banking firm. He has held that position since 2000.

Jordan garnered attention in the late 1990s for serving on the board of directors for 10 corporations, including American Express, Dow Jones & Co., J.C. Penney Co. and Xerox Corp.

Additionally, Jordan worked on the campaign of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in the months leading up to the election, as he led debate preparation and negotiation for the candidate.

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Spring Collins highlights origins of parent drink

By Aline Peres Martins staff writer

As the warm weather – hopefully– starts to roll around, seasonal fruits start to brighten up the rows of the farmer’s market. Rhubarb is impossible to come by when not in season. Strawberries in the grocery store look redder, and grapefruits are sweeter.

What better way to celebrate the start of spring, or rather a deep desire for the start of spring weather, than to take all of these fruits, mix them with some lemon, sweeten it up, and throw in some gin? It’s a Spring Collins.

So that’s where the “Spring” part of the drink name comes from, but how about the “Collins?” Well, that part is debatable. Like any good British tale, the origin of the Tom Collins cocktail includes a rhyme, a hoax and one man taking credit for another man’s invention.

To start, historians have all concluded that Tom Collins is not a real person. But there was a bartender in London named John Collins.

The tale goes that John Collins, the head waiter at Limmer’s Hotel in London in the 1820s and 1830s, was a great innovator when it came to mixing drinks. He apparently made a great punch, but according to Liquor.com, he didn’t actually create the Collins.

Instead, it was a fellow London bartender, Stephen Price, an American who ran the Garrick Club who came up with the concoction. But Price didn’t have as much charisma as Collins, so the

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Some variations of Spring Collins are made with strawberries, rhubarb and grapefruit ­— spring fruits that pair well with gin. It’s based off the classic recipe for a Tom Collins. aline peres martins staff writer

drink was named John Collins.

And when they substituted Old Tom gin for the Dutch-Style gin Collins had been using, the name then changed to Tom Collins.

But that isn’t the only story.

There is another story about the Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874, where men would lie to each other, saying that a man named Tom Collins was badmouthing them. Then, they would all walk into the bars

asking for a guy named Tom Collins.

But a clever bartender decided to create a tall gin drink of the same name, so that when men would ask for Tom Collins, they in turn would receive a drink … and a bill.

Still, the San Francisco Chronicle spoke to a historian named David Wondrich who did research on the original story’s Tom Collins creator, John Collins. Wondrich discovered in a 1904 magazine article

that John Collins was, in fact, the creator of the Tom Collins. So now we’re sticking to the original story.

It is all very confusing, but one thing that came out of it that we can all appreciate is the wonderful Tom Collins, essentially fancy lemonade with added gin. And then, the Spring Collins: lemonade with spring fruits —tart, light and sweet with the signature sour gin twist.

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Students safe after attack

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Legal talk THOMAS BRUCE, co-founder of the Legal Information Institute, gave a lecture Wednesday afternoon in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. His talk was titled, “Open Access to Law: Why it Matters to More People Than You Think.” The Legal Information Institute, which Bruce is also the director of, is housed at Cornell University Law School. lucy naland presentation director

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Senators approve degree completion plan

By Jacob Gedetsis and Satoshi Sugiyama the daily orange

The University Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution on proposed pathways to degree completion for students affected by immigration policies.

The resolution lays out recommendations and states that if students affected by immigration policies complete 75 percent or more of the credits and requirements for their respective degrees, there would be “maximum opportunity” extended to facilitate completion of their degree program with Syracuse University credits.

If a student has less than 75

percent, the student’s home college will determine if the degree should be completed online through SU, or if the school should help facilitate a transfer of credits to another university.

This would also apply to graduate students working on a thesis or dissertation, and “where remote degree completion is not possible, permission may be granted for extension of the Graduate School’s time limits on degree completion,” the resolution states.

Degree completion has been a continued topic of discussion for the Senate body, as members have repeatedly asked the SU administration to address President Donald Trump’s two controversial

travel bans, and possible United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

Chancellor Kent Syverud has publicly condemned Trump’s travel bans, and in February he announced the creation of an ad hoc committee that aims to “prevent all members of the community from physical harm, discrimination and intimidation.” The committee is currently meeting to learn of and address the concerns and needs of undocumented students.

This latest Senate resolution is another step toward establishing the university’s plan of action for if a student is deported, or refused re-entry into the country. At its last meeting, the Senate passed a reso-

lution that, in addition to opposing the ban, stated that the Senate has a “collective aspiration” to do what it can to protect the SU community from “anti-immigrant, anti-refugee and anti-Muslim actions that the federal government may take, or legislation it may enact, in the days to come.”

This resolution also states that if undergraduate students or graduate students — who are in “good standing” — have their studying interrupted during a semester due to immigration policies after the first day of classes, “maximum opportunity will be extended for the completion of courses for which they have already registered.”

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Chuck Schumer denounces GOP health care plan

By Delaney Van Wey asst. news editor

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) made a pitch to House Republicans on Wednesday to vote against the GOP’s plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which is commonly known as Obamacare.

Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, said he is skeptical that the plan would pass the Senate and the Senate’s reconciliation rules, according to The Hill.

The American Health Care Act, proposed by Republicans in the

House of Representatives, would replace the ACA and change its premium tax credits rule from income-based to a flat tax determined by age. It would also leave 24 million Americans without health care, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The House is expected to try to pass the bill on Thursday, although it has received mixed support. It will need 216 votes to pass, which means only 21 Republicans can vote no, according to CBS News. As of Wednesday afternoon though, CBS listed

28 representatives opposed to the bill in its current form.

Rep. John Katko (R-NY), who represents New York’s 24th Congressional District — which covers Onondaga, Cay uga, Wayne and Oswego counties — is one of those 28. In his district, 67,000 people would lose health care coverage under the new plan, including 6,200 children, according to Syracuse.com.

Convincing representatives on the fence about the bill is the major hurdle facing both Republicans and Democrats, which

Schumer hinted at on Wednesday when he said “there is a way out,” per The Hill.

Schumer said that some of the portions of the bill that representatives see as positive may be killed in the Senate, which he said should lead them to reconsider their vote. The reconciliation rules state that, for the Senate to pass bills using only a simple Senate majority, they must be focused on addressing the deficit. Any portions of the bill that do not focus on

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Syracuse University students studying abroad in London were told to stay away from the city’s Westminster area Wednesday afternoon, after an attacker killed four people and wounded at least 40 others near the United Kingdom’s Parliament.

“All the (SU London) students are now safe and accounted for,” said Margaret Himley, associate provost for international education and engagement, in an email Wednesday evening. “We are advising the students to follow the advice of the London Metropolitan police: remain alert, but not alarmed … review your travel plans … (and) report all suspicious sightings ASAP.” Nada Silman, the London program’s assistant director for programing and student life, told London students they needed to check in with program officials in an email sent out to the program’s listserv at 4:29 p.m. London time.

She also asked students to contact their parents about the incident to “let them know you are safe.” Abroad officials also reached out to students about the attack through a Facebook group.

The attack, which has been declared a “terrorist incident” according to a statement released

by London’s Metropolitan Police, began around 2:40 p.m. London time. According to multiple media reports, witnesses reported a car hitting pedestrians on the Westminster bridge, a popular tourist destination that crosses over the River Thames just east of Parliament Square. The see london page 7

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POLITICS GORSUCH GRILLED It was a rough day for Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, who was grilled by Senate Democrats on the third day of his confirmation hearing. Democrats pressed him on matters regarding Trump, at one point even asking him about the standards for impeachment. The day was the last of Gorsuch’s testimony. The committee will move forward on Thursday with testimony from outside witnesses. source: reuters

RUSSIAN RED FLAG The FBI has preliminary information that shows associates of President Trump met with suspected Russian operatives to possibly collude to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign, CNN reported.The department is still reviewing information and the investigation is ongoing, but officials told CNN they suspected the coordination took place. Other U.S. officials said the information is still circumstantial. source: cnn

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dunn But the group’s reclusive nature, coupled with its leader’s disputed past, has made The Muslims of America a suspect in wideranging conspiracies.

In 2002, Gilani became embroiled in controversy after American journalist Daniel Pearl was abducted and murdered

by Pakistani terrorists while en route to interview the religious leader. Gilani was ultimately cleared of any involvement in the Pearl case by the FBI and the State Department, but his group of followers, The Muslims of America, has been alleged to be a front for the terrorist organization Jamaat al-Fuqra, according to Newsweek.

The Muslims of America deny all ties with al-Fuqra or any other terror organization, and have never been legally connected with any terror group. But the wrath of unfavorable news coverage has made the group a target of many controversial acts, including the Doggart case and the May 2016 “Ride for National Security” organized by the American Bikers United Against Jihad.

“The reason (for the ride) was because we wanted to create a video on Islamberg that conveyed a message, the message being that they’re training people in your backyard,” said Ram Lubranicki, a founder of the biker group. “We wanted to call upon the State Department to relist the al-Fuqra terror organization on the terror list, so that the FBI could be more proactive.”

While the ride was poorly attended, it seems to demonstrate the bias that many American Muslims face. Lubranicki called Islam “a threat to our national security,” and said “today’s good, moderate Muslim could be tomorrow’s radical.”

Even the group’s name is a misconception.

Lisa Michelle, a co-founder of the American Bikers United Against Jihad, said Muslim leaders have infiltrated major American organizations in a phenomenon called stealth jihad, which she equated to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.”

But Ahmed Malik, the Muslim chaplain at

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SU’s Hendricks Chapel, said the Islamic term jihad is simply a term for the struggles that one must overcome throughout their life.

“A jihad can be something as trivial as studying for a test,” Malik said. “It is meant to represent the everyday struggles that every person faces.”

Lubranicki said the American Bikers United Against Jihad is not anti-Muslim, and called Muslims “the No. 1 victims” of terrorist acts committed by other Muslims. He said the group is simply against acts of violence, regardless of where they come from.

The biker group does not seem to be a hate group, but rather a poorly informed organization that has benefited from the mass ignorance toward Muslims in the U.S. The group currently has more than 81,000 followers on Facebook.

Gardner, public relations director of The Muslims of America, sees this trend as a broad catalyst for discrimination against residents of Islamberg and Muslims throughout the U.S. “I think it goes back basically to a distrust of Islam, and the distrust goes back to a lack of understanding,” he said. “Given the political climate these days and the rhetoric that’s coming out, there seems to be a number of people in this country that completely lack an understanding about Islam.”

That political climate might be difficult to combat, and could further discrimination against Muslims.

Butch Urban, chief of staff to the commander of the National Socialist Movement, the country’s largest Neo-Nazi organization, said the group has been galvanized by the Trump presidency.

“Prior to the election, we had a very large growth,” Urban said. “And even after the election membership has risen tremendously.”

The increase of membership in the National Socialist Movement, which brands itself as “America’s premier white civil rights organization,” along with the growth of prejudice against Muslims in the U.S. raises the question of how anti-Islamic sentiments can be stopped.

“Time and education are the only things

Islamberg is a Muslim community located in Tompkins, New York, about one hour and 45 minutes southeast of Syracuse. courtesy of muhammad matthew gardner

that will help,” Gardner said. “There are people that don’t want to learn about something before they judge it. And unfortunately, when that happens, it’s very hard to move someone away from that judgment. The only thing that heals that is time and education.”

The Islamic Society of Central New York has come to the same conclusion, and is planning a youth outreach program that will involve SU, said Mohammed ElFiki, the organization’s imam. The group is also hosting interfaith activities and maintaining a dialogue with local clergy of all religions.

In Islamberg, similar approaches are applied.

“We do a lot of reaching out with

organizations that want to get a perspective of Islam from a Muslim,” Gardner said. But he’s guarded about what the effects of these programs will be.

“The ones that are haters, they just don’t want to hear from a Muslim what being a Muslim is like,” he added.

But for those who don’t understand what Islam actually stands for, listening to Muslims’ experiences can help correct misconceptions about the religion and its followers. To listen — rather than assume — is how to be a proponent for change in “Trump’s America.”

Ryan Dunn is a freshman history major.

His column appears weekly. He can be reached at rarozenb@syr.edu.

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‘Muslim problem’ in US is Islamophobia, not religious followers

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slam: the religion of Allah, originated in Mecca, revealed to the prophet Mohammed, practiced by more than 1.6 billion Muslims across the globe.

Islam: the target of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban and subject of a torrential political firestorm.

There’s a lot of talk about the United States having a Muslim problem. But the U.S. actually has a problem with Muslim people.

Islam is the least accepted religion in the country, according to the Pew Research Center, and it’s not particularly close, either. The presence of anti-Muslim groups has shot up in the past year, increasing from 34 in 2015 to a heinous 101 in 2016, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The religion may be the most politically polarizing topic this side of abortion. Some argue the U.S. is attacking its Muslim population through Islamophobic policies like Trump’s travel ban, while others believe the U.S. is under attack by Islam. The idea that Americans are threatened

by Islam and by its followers is rooted in misconceptions and a basic misunderstanding of what it

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means to be Muslim.

Central New York is not immune from this schism. In February, days after local religious communities came together in Syracuse for the World Interfaith Harmony Assembly, the Department of Public Safety began to investigate the case of a Syracuse University student whose roommate allegedly harassed her with Islamophobic actions.

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Islamophobia in the U.S. raises a question with an unclear answer: Why do so many Americans harbor prejudices against Muslims?

Cjala Surratt, public relations coordinator of the Islamic Society of Central New York, said this prejudice stems from a fundamental

misunderstanding of Islam.

“People don’t know Muslims, they don’t know the Quran,” Surratt said. “You have people that are lifting parts of the Quran without context, without understanding.”

Ahmed Meguid, an assistant professor of religion at SU who studies Islamic philosophy and theology, said he sees a new breed of Islamophobia emerging.

“What we are witnessing right now is a completely new era,” Meguid said. “Before, there was a very pointed, ideological bias against Islam. Now we are witnessing a moment when there isn’t a knowledge of the Islamic tradition as a rich civilization, as well as a lack of interest in learning.”

When this bias manifests itself in the heart of a hateful person, it can have disastrous implications.

Robert Doggart, a 65-year-old Tennessee man, was recently convicted of charges related to the planned firebombing of Islamberg, a Muslim community in Tompkins, New York, about an hour and 45 minutes southeast of Syracuse.

Doggart was not indicted on any terrorism-related charges.

Doggart became the subject of a federal investigation after he

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claimed in a Facebook post that Islamberg was planning a terrorist attack and “must be utterly destroyed,” according to CBS News.

Doggart’s association between Islamberg and terrorism was likely based in rampant and

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unchecked speculation from various news media outlets that paint Islamberg and its affiliate origination, The Muslims of America, in an unfavorable light.

Outlets including Fox News, InfoWars and Breitbart — which called the organization a “terror cult” — have portrayed Islamberg to be a secret terrorist training ground. These articles often cite the Clarion Project, a group that claims to be “challenging radical Islam” and “promoting human rights.”

In reality, the Clarion Project seems to be a recklessly

biased source that preaches a strictly anti-Islamic agenda and frequently bases its claims on shady surveys, as pointed out by the Bridge Initiative research group at Georgetown University.

Islamberg is no stranger to scrutiny. The quiet community is inhabited by members of The Muslims of America, a small Islamic community that follows the teachings of Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani. On its website, the group calls itself the only indigenous American Muslim organization founded and based in the U.S. At Gilani’s behest, followers have formed a few diminutive Islamic settlements in rural areas across the country — a concept designed to shield members from the ills of American urban life and allow them to practice Islam in a community of like-minded neighbors.

“He was the one who taught us to be the best citizens we can be for our country,” said Muhammad Matthew Gardner, director of public relations for the group. “Before Sheikh Gilani, we did not practice Islam in the proper way. He showed us how to be Muslim in America. He would never tell us to do harm to ourselves or our country.”

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Ceremony speaker breaks SU’s mold The selection of civil rights activist Vernon Jordan as the keynote speaker for the Syracuse University Class of 2017’s commencement ceremony could be the start of a more diverse trend in speakers that taps into non-white men involved in the media — a pattern of speakers that has previously dominated these ceremonies.

Jordan is a refreshing pick for an SU commencement speaker not only because he is a person of color, but because he is an activist. Although he served as an adviser to former President Bill Clinton, Jordan isn’t just a big-shot coming to SU to give new graduates advice on how to succeed in life. He’s someone who played an important role in the 1960s civil rights movement and dedicated part of his life to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The perspective of a black man who fought for civil rights before joining the political sphere is a lens that is valuable now, during a time when the political climate in the United States is increasingly divisive following the election of President Donald Trump. Many young people are on edge with

national politics, and hearing from Jordan could provide recent graduates with valuable insight as they begin their post-college lives. For this opportunity, the university should be commended for the relevance and timeliness of the speaker selection.

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Jordan served as the Georgia field director for the NAACP and later as the director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council. He said in a news release he is “eager” to share his thoughts on “our shared fight for justice.”

Chancellor Kent Syverud added in the news release that he thinks Jordan will inspire SU students “as they set off to chart their own

course in the world.”

Jordan may not be a familiar name to most SU seniors, but students should recognize that household-name public figures are not guarantees for inspiring commencement speeches.

Jordan’s background in activism is what will make his speech matter, as opposed to someone who made a big name and an empire for himself, like last year’s commencement speaker, media mogul Donald Newhouse.

SU has a long history of white commencement speakers. In the past 51 years, only six speakers were people of color, including Jordan. And of the more than 100 speakers listed in SU archives since 1893, only 11 were women. With the selection of Jordan, SU is disrupting this telling trend — a disturbance that will hopefully become more of the norm in coming years.

It’s time for SU to select speakers who do not fit the whiteman-in-the-media mold and utilize their diverse backgrounds to provide insight and inspire graduates. Jordan could be the start of this upward trend, and his selection could not be more timely.

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Students in Boston College's English department are using virtual reality to transform the novel "Ulysses" into a virtual reality gaming experience. The project also includes students at Northeastern University and the Berklee College of Music. courtesy of joycestick

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tudents in the English department at Boston College are transforming novels into reality — virtual reality.

They are working to transform James Joyce’s “Ulysses” into a virtual reality gaming experience, and what started last April as a proof-of-concept proposal has since grown to a 21-member multidisciplinary project, according to the Boston College website. “Ulysses” is a novel that takes place in Dublin, Ireland in 1904 entirely on June 16, a day that fans today celebrate as “Bloomsday,” per Britannica.

Deemed “JoyceStick”, the project is based at Boston College, but features students from Northeastern University and the Berklee College of Music.

The idea for recreating “Ulysses” comes from Joseph Nugent, the Boston College English professor leading the project, said Liam Weir, a Boston College student and designer for the project. Nugent is a Joycean Scholar and has studied Joyce’s work for most of his life. There is a lot of overlap between what is explored in the “vividly described” novel and what VR is, he said.

The most challenging part of working on the project, Weir said, is that it is “uncharted territory.”

“Very few people in the professional VR space are working a literary adaptation, and virtually no one is doing that at a college level,” Weir said. “(We are) trying to channel the ambition of the students and Professor Nugent into something tangible.”

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The students first started working on the project in the spring 2016 semester, Weir said.

Some of them took a trip to Dublin for four days to research the locations in the novel, and Skyped multiple times in the summer before coming back to school to begin developing.

The team is broken down into four groups, each with developers, text writers, sound experts and 3-D modelers. They fashion scenes that represent the vision Joyce expressed in his writing, per the project’s website.

Students utilize mapping and Geographic Information Systems, among other specialties, to ensure the game is accurate to within 2 millimeters based on a laser scan, according to the website.

Players have the option of exploring the world Joyce lived in, or the world he created through prose. The game includes the Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, where

Joyce lived while writing “Ulysses,” and where the first two chapters of the novel take place, according to the website.

Right now, the students are working on recreating the scene where Steven, one of the main characters, is teaching in Dalkey, a suburb of Dublin. The students are working on building the classroom, paying attention to period accuracy, Weir said.

The students are still developing the game, Weir said, with a finish date of June 16, or “Bloomsday.”

Because the project members come from across disciplines and colleges, the students meet at a common maker’s space. While there have been a lot of late nights trying to make deadlines, Weir said one of the best parts of the project has been getting to work with a variety of different people.

The game is developed for the HTC Vive, and the team is thinking of distributing it to the system’s store, STEAM, once it is complete, Weir said. But because “JoyceStick” is such a specific game and few people have the equipment, the game might be treated as a traveling art exhibit. “(We can) bring it to different Joycian conferences, (where people could) experience this book — that they have been reading and rereading — in a completely different way,” Weir said. hykim100@syr.edu tnwatson@syr.edu

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senate Syverud also presented his report to the Senate on Wednesday. Syverud touched on the administration’s efforts in reorganization to combine the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management into the new Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience.

Chief Financial Officer Amir RahnamayAzar is assessing all units that have been part of SU’s business, finance and administrative services, Syverud said.

“Our goal in those is to assure all units of the university are well-supervised or efficient and align with academic priority,” he said.

Syverud added that SU has been working on seeking academic partnership with Le Moyne College.

Additionally, Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly clashed with two senators during the meeting when she explained a need for the university to find a “niche” that helps the institution differentiate itself from other universities under the Academic Strategic Plan. She also proposed a formulation of a university-wide STEM branding strategy, based off of discussions with academic deans.

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london car proceeded to crash near Parliament, where one man exited the vehicle and then stabbed and killed a nearby police officer. The assailant was then shot by another police officer, according to Reuters.

Faraday House — the SU London program’s center, where students take classes — is located in the Bloomsbury area of the city, according to the SU Abroad website, which is about three miles north of Westminster.

Alexis Escandon, a junior communications design major in the SU London program, was in her European art history class

design, business, social sciences, policy, law and education,” Wheatly said.

Robert Van Gulick, a philosophy professor, expressed his concern that the plan is driven by a marketing strategy.

“That’s a little worrisome to me,” Van Gulick said. “ … STEM implications are very useful in all kinds of places but we are a very diverse institution and I am not sure that’s one that captures the reality of Syracuse University.”

In response, Wheatly denied that the strategy is market-oriented and clarified that the brand strategy is merely an idea, not a final decision.

Other business:

• The Senate’s budget committee report has been postponed until next week. The committee is working with former CFO Gwenn Judge and newly appointed CFO RahnamayAzar to determine strategic budget choices.

• Representatives from the Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Committee and working group on April 18 will present their findings on recommendations at Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium.

• SU will be sending out a survey to international students at SU to seek their input on academic experience. Wheatly said the survey is the first of its kind for international students and expects it to generate data useful for multiple purposes. jagedets@syr.edu | @JacobGedetsis ssugiyam@syr.edu | @SatoshiJournal

at the time of the attack.

“I think they handled it well,” she said, referring to abroad program officials. “We got a message soon after the attack at about 3 p.m. I didn’t get the U.K. government alert message until about an hour later.”

Students in the abroad program live in flats located in zone 1 of the London underground system, per the SU Abroad website. Zone 1, the city’s center, includes the Westminster area.

“A lot of people were concerned about me. I think it’s interesting that it happened while I was abroad because London is a pretty safe city,” Escandon said. sfogozal@syr.edu —Senior Staff Writer Sara Swann contributed reporting to this article.

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Phanstiel Lecture Thursday, March 23 4 p.m., Schine 304ABC

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chuck's and/or an alteration. Therefor (sic), it is our intention to access your client’s space on March 3rd for our inspection and on March 10th for the abatement with or without your client's cooperation.”

Theobald filed for the temporary restraining order to stop them from entering his property during that proposed time frame.

“It made me feel very afraid for my business, for my livelihood and again, most importantly for the brand,” Theobald said.

“It made us afraid that they would shut us down, and I would have groups of students crying and yelling and shouting that Chuck’s isn't here for us.”

He said that the developers have used intense language, threats and shouting to try and convince Theobald to agree to the abatement.

He added that he doesn’t know how long the abatement would close Chuck’s for, and that if the process closed the bar until after its annual end-of-the-year graduation party, it could lose money and “irrevocably damage” the bar’s brand.

Jared Hutter, part owner of 727 LLC and partner on the proposed mixed-use project, denied the claims regarding his team.

He said that throughout negotiations, Theobald’s team has been unfair, routinely breaking promises and “taking more

than giving.”

“They are jeopardizing their ability to come back,” Hutter said, referencing the plan to have Chuck’s move back into its current space after construction. “Who sues their landlord to stop them from abating asbestos, which is what we were trying to do. We are trying to make this place safer — who sues their landlord and tries to come back?”

He said that his team wants to have a home for Chuck’s for the next 10 years and he has done “everything in his power” to make that happen. As a landlord, he said he is looking forward to the next generation of Chuck’s and thinks that Theobald has a “great vision” for the space. In a late February interview Hutter said the only “for sure tenant” in the proposed mixed-use building was Chuck’s.

In Theobald’s affidavit submitted to the Onondaga Supreme Court, he states he has not received vital information regarding the abatement. That information includes how the bar’s air will be tested for safe reentry; how the open liquor bottles and other kitchen items will be protected during the abatement; how the interior might be affected; and whether the bar could reopen once the abatements have completed.

Chuck’s is the only tenant that has not evacuated the premises at 727 S. Crouse Ave. in advance of the construction project. jagedets@syr.edu | @JacobGedetsis

Listen as Carrie Lazarus ’80, an awardwinning journalist and New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee, shares the inspiring story behind her newest passion, the Carrie Lazarus Fund for Extraordinary Talent.

Orange Circle Awards & Reception Thursday, March 23 Immediately following the Phanstiel Lecture, Panasci Lounge Be there as we honor these incredibly altruistic members of the SU community: Carrie Lazarus, science advocate Ariel Ash-Shakoor G’17, and the student-led Camp Kesem. After, enjoy refreshments and conversation with the recipients.

National Orange Day Friday, March 24 11:45 a.m., HOL steps 12 –2 p.m., Schine Atrium Happy 147th birthday, SU! Wear your brightest Orange and post birthday wishes using #CelebrateSU. Join us for a group photo on the Hall of Languages steps. Then head over to Schine for a cupcake and highfive from Otto!

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The popular student bar Hungry Chuck's could close soon for developers to complete an asbestos abatement, but its owner is fighting against it. ally moreo photo editor

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jordan leader and public policy advisor for more than 50 years,” SU Chancellor Kent Syverud said in the news release. “Our graduates will benefit from hearing Mr. Jordan’s insights and perspective on the global society they are about to enter. His vast experience and success in government and business, combined with his commitment to a civil and just society, will inspire our students as they set off to chart their own course in the world.”

Jordan, who has also worked as an attorney, graduated from the Howard University of Law in 1960 after receiving his under-

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schumer addressing the deficit may be dropped.

“House Republicans should hear this before they vote. Those provisions that you might think help you vote yes on the bill may not survive. Factor that into your vote,” Schumer said, per The Hill.

The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have estimated the bill would slash federal deficits by $337 billion between 2017-26.

Schumer called the bill “hypocritical” and “inhumane” because of the portions that will strip health care from some Americans, according to Syracuse.com.

The effect this may have on constituents

graduate degree from DePauw University in 1957. After graduating from Howard, he worked for civil rights attorney Donald Hollowell. During that time, the firm sued the University of Georgia for racial discrimination and, as a result, a federal court ordered the admission of two African-American students to the university.

Jordan left private law practice in the early 1960s to work for the NAACP. This year’s commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 14 inside the Carrier Dome.

In addition to giving his speech, Jordan will be awarded an honorary degree — a Doctor of Laws — during the commencement festivities. mdburk01@syr.edu | @michaelburke47

has been a major cause for concern for some GOP representatives. According to The Hill, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), who leads the conservative Freedom Caucus in the House, said his members alone can — and may — block the bill themselves.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has already said he will bring the health care bill to the Senate if it passes the House. McConnell could lose two Republican senators and still pass the bill in the Senate. Senators would be able to modify the bill if it makes it that far.

Another New York representative, Chris Collins (R-NY), has said he would support the bill and has added an amendment to it that would specifically affect New York state. dovanwey@syr.edu

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News briefs: What you may have missed on Wednesday

By The Daily Orange News Staff

Here are some Syracuse news stories and announcements that you might have missed on Wednesday:

Course on Trump to be offered

SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will be offering a new course in the fall semester during which students will study President Donald Trump from a rhetorical and pop culture perspective.

Kendall Phillips, professor within communication and rhetorical studies department who studies contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism, will be teaching the course, according to an SU News release on Wednesday.

The course, called CRS 360: “Rhetoric and Popular Culture,” will examine Trump, a former reality television star who did not hold public office before being elected.

“We have had presidents who had celebrity status—Ronald Reagan was a movie star after all,” Phillips said in the release.

“We’ve also had presidents who continued to be celebrities during their time in office. So this course will explore various aspects of popular culture as they relate to the Trump presidency—celebrity culture, social media, social protest and the very nature of the presidency as a kind of celebrity status.”

Syracuse firefighter suspended without pay after hit and run

A Syracuse firefighter, Edward Ackerman, was reportedly suspended in connection to a hit and run that critically injured an 18-year-old boy, the city of Syracuse announced on Wednesday.

Ackerman is a 13-year veteran of the city fire department. His suspension implicates

him as one of the people that police believe to have known about the hit and run who didn’t report it, CNYCentral reported.

The firefighter is the president of the Pastime Athletic Club, where the car that allegedly hit Seth Collier was found on Tuesday morning.

Peter Rauch, 36, was charged, and pleaded not guilty, to leaving the scene of a serious personal injury accident that occurred on Wednesday.

A witness who said they were riding in the front seat of the car with Rauch identified him, and police said he fled the scene on foot after parking the car in the club parking lot, per CNYCentral.

Applications for ambassador program due Thursday

Applications for the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services’ community ambassador program for the 2017-18 academic year are due Thursday.

Community ambassadors provide access to resources and serve as a point of contact for off-campus students in need of support, among other things, according to an SU News release.

They are also responsible for hosting programs on a variety of topics, including alcohol education, financial literacy and healthy eating.

“As a CA, helping these students adjust and engage with the community has been an unforgettable and rewarding experience,” said Tina Zheng, a current CA and a senior in Martin J. Whitman School of Management, in the release.

Street blocks participating in the 2017-18 Community Ambassador program include Ackerman Avenue, Euclid Avenue, Lancaster Avenue, Livingston Avenue, Ostrom Avenue and Sumner Avenue, among others.

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Funding proves vital to success of SU volunteer programs

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Event to exhibit VR storytelling

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1 1. SYEISHA BYRD coordinated programs for children where they got to squirt paint onto T-shirts, and then were asked to try and put the paint back in the tube. 2. The craft served as a metaphor that taught kids to think before they speak. ally moreo photo editor

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rom her small office in the basement of Hendricks Chapel, Syeisha Byrd works tirelessly to find placements for different student groups who want to volunteer within the community. For the past 16 years the Syracuse native has worked with students at the Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse, she knows how important community service is.

Byrd serves as director of engagement programs at Syracuse University, where she oversees about 300 student volunteers each semester including the co-curricular community engagement programs based in Hendricks Chapel.

Applying for grants is a constant in Byrd’s life. While the university funds Byrd’s position, programs mainly survive off of grants and outside donors who want to support the work students are doing through Hendricks.

This week, SU celebrates its annual Phi-

lanthropy Week, thanking donors whose contributions make countless scholarships and programs, like those in Hendricks Chapel, possible. Events for the week include Thank-A-Donor Day, National Orange Day and Class Act Day where graduating students are encouraged to donate to their class fund.

The university sets Philanthropy Week in March because the month is about 80 percent of the way through the school year.

It also shows how students’ tuition covers only 80 percent of the costs it takes to run SU. The other $150 million comes from private donors and grants, according to the Philanthropy Week website.

The annual week began in 2010 when alumnus Howie Phanstiel and his wife Louise donated $20 million to start the Phanstiel Scholars program, where recipients are “expected to pay forward their time, money, and talent to make the world a better place,” the website said.

Pam Heintz, associate vice president and director at the Mary Ann Shaw Center for

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Public and Community Service, estimated that about 60 percent of their funding comes from the university and work-study. The other 40 percent comes from a mix of private donors and external partners, Heintz said.

Former Chancellor Kenneth Shaw and his wife, Mary Ann Shaw started the Shaw Center in 1994 with funding from a threeyear grant from the Carrier Corporation and the Chancellor’s Office. After coming from the Midwest where service learning in big universities was becoming the norm, the Shaws wanted to create a center because at the time, there was no centralized community service organization at SU. Because the Shaw Center is the primary hub for academic service learning, it receives funding from several of SU’s individual colleges. Hendricks Chapel does not.

Programs at the Shaw Center span a wide range of topics — including nutrition, engineering, leadership, math and literacy — and all require students to leave campus to get involved in the Syracuse community.

One of the most popular programs at the Shaw Center is Literacy Corps, a national initiative that started at SU in 1997 as part of Bill Clinton’s America Reads Challenge, and it is funded mainly by Federal Work Study. Literacy Corps tutors commit at least eight hours each week to tutor students in the Syracuse City School District.

Associate Director for Literacy Initiatives Colleen Cicotta said the majority of their roughly 120 tutors are paid through work study and 5-8 non-work study tutors are paid through a grant from an alumnus. The Literacy Corps staff positions for Cicotta and Amanda Johnson Sanguiliano are funded by the Office of Academic Affairs and private donors.

“Nobody ever said to the Shaw Center, ‘here is a center full of people,’” Cicotta said. “Every single one of our positions has been created in response to student demand, and an increase in the number of students involved in the Shaw Center has resulted in our ability to get staff positions funded by the university and donors.

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There’s a single slit of a window in the cement-walled cell. The bed — sparse with a pillow and a few sheets — takes up most of the space, leaving a small path for walking around it. Besides a toilet, sink and a few metal table platforms, there isn’t much else in the room. For Kenny Moore, swathed in red in a T-shirt, shorts and hat, the cell seems dwarf-sized for his frame.

For years, Moore lived in this room in solitary confinement in Maine’s State Prison. When people put on a virtual reality headset, they can walk around Moore’s cell as he sits on the bed and describes “fishing,” where he used string and paper to fish items to and communicate with other inmates. Standing in the same cell with Moore, they can gain a sense of the overwhelming feeling of isolation that caused him to cut and take chunks of his skin off.

“After Solitary” is one of the virtual reality experiences to be featured at Sundance Ignite On Tour this Thursday and Friday.

The event, hosted by the Sundance Institute, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the School of Visual and Performing Arts, brings VR professionals and their work to Syracuse University.

People can sign up for a time slot outside Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3 on the days of the event. While a person can only try one exhibit per day, there will be numerous panels over topics like the future of immersive video journalism and ethics and virtual reality.

“Storytellers have found whatever technology is available to tell their stories, from drawing on caves to recording their adventures to the printing press to radio.

Virtual reality is the next step in terms of a medium for storytelling,” said Keith Giglio, an assistant professor of television, radio and film and one of the organizers of the event.

At last year’s Sundance event, the focus was on film, but this year there was so much interest in virtual reality that Giglio and Dan Pacheco, the Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation and organizer for the event, decided to make it exclusively VR-focused.

About 16 to 20 students, mostly from Newhouse and VPA, will be volunteering to help guide people through the experiences.

One of the exhibits is “Tree,” which uses haptic technology so users can experience growing into a tree, Pacheco said.

“Instead of just describing what a tree’s life cycle is like — and then deforestation — you experience it from the inside out,” Pacheco said.

“And you feel really embodied as that non-animal entity.”

This use of haptics is one of the two biggest areas of development in VR technology right now, Pacheco added. Another major area of growth, volumetric video, is the see virtual

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humor

How to maintain your personal finances after graduating college

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oney is obviously very important.

At no point in my high school or college career did I have to take a class that would teach me exactly how important it is, how to properly manage it or how many loans would crush me for my foreseeable future. I think everyone just assumed somebody else would teach me.

But, by most accounts, I am a relatively intellectual individual and somewhere along the line I was able to figure out some form of money management myself by process of elimination from my bank account.

I won’t give you the “my major will never make me money” spiel because that is just not true, according to Career Services when I keep insisting said claim to them. That being said, I will give you an accurate account given my current post-grad employment opportunities — none — and the internet presence I have when searched by potential employers, clearly trying to pursue comedy to no avail.

Given my clear qualifications and knowledge of money, here are my post-grad budget plans given my current lifestyle choices. For my fellow graduating Orangepeople, feel free to copy it or alter it in some way that would lead to survival somewhere outside of my very clearly “overactive” imagination.

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Upper West Side

Gramercy Park

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Murray Hill

Rent: $1,000 per month seems to be current going rate for rodents living in people’s apartments in New York City, slightly lower in large groups of rodents. I, of course, have to live in NYC because I am an artist.

Food: $240 per month seems to be the minimum given that I have no qualms eating lightly expired — even bordering on pretty questionable — foods, but I refuse to cook because I don’t like doing things I am bad at.

This number is the exact equivalent of getting

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a Chinese takeout dinner special 30 times.

Utilities: $100 per month. I don’t know why. Utilities are a complete mystery to me.

They could be higher. They could be lower. I pay them but I’m not entirely sure how they calculate them. I’m pretty sure I’m getting ripped off but I also need them to function.

Entertainment: $50 per month. I’ll take over paying for the Netflix and Seeso and HBO and, on second thought, that’s quite a number of things. My parents love me, I’m sure they are happy to provide these necesseties.

Alcohol: These numbers are really adding up. This is pretty imperative though — for networking purposes obviously. As a young professional, it’s important to be meeting important people in your new location. Obviously.

Cell phone: I forgot about this. I guess my parents really shouldn’t be paying for it.

I have absolutely no idea how much it is but people need cell phones these days and also I’ve gotten really used to my large-screened minicomputer. Wait ... it’s how much? Crap.

Car insurance: Oh, I forgot about that, too. ... I’ll sell my car. I’m not that good at driving anyway.

Health insurance: This is a thing? The Republican health care bill that’s still in limbo could possibly affect me, a spritely youth that will never die, too? Can I sell my health, too?

I’m not that good at taking care of it, anyway.

Patty Terhune is a senior policy studies and television, radio and film dual major. Will sell plasma. Follow her on Twitter @pattyterhune or email her at paterhun@syr.edu.

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RIFF RAFF Rapper Riff Raff will play his show rescheduled from Jan. 24 this Thursday, along with opening acts DJ Afterthought, Dollabillgates, Owey and Atrilla. when: Thursday, 6:30 p.m. where: The Lost Horizon ASSAULT CITY ROLLER DERBY’S 5TH WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH BOUT

Revved up Indoor motocross event delights fans of all ages

21 SAVAGE Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage is bringing his “Issa” tour to campus with opening acts Young M.A, Tee Grizzly, Young Nudy and No Plug.

His most popular hits include X feat. Future. when: Friday, 7:30 p.m. where: Goldstein Auditorium NEW YORK STAT BAROQUE PRESENTS: THE SWEETST SOUNDS Cantatas, arias combined with the instrumental music of Bach, Handel, Telemann and Thomas Arne’s The Morning, will be sure to please any classical music fan. when: Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m. where: First Unitarian Universalist

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fter five years of motocross racing, David Mastropietro can recall his favorite part of the sport with confidence. It’s not the high-flying jumps or bumps across the dirt track — it’s the moment he starts his engine.

“I’ve had my fair share of gnarly wipeouts,” Mastropietro said. “But there’s no other feeling of lining up on the gate with 30 other bikers and waiting for the gates to drop, all of us trying to rush into the corner and get there first.”

Mastropietro, a sponsored racer of OPE Kawasaki, a motorcycle dealership in Auburn, will be participating in the Syracuse Stadium Cross this weekend. The indoor motocross-racing event will take place in the Coliseum at the NY State Fairgrounds, where hundreds of racers from the Northeast are expected to race.

For years, motocross racing has typically been held outdoors, but with large buildings available in the area, the Syracuse Stadium Cross moves motocross racing inside. Rob O’Connor, the event promoter for Stadium Cross, said it’s similar to outdoor racing, “with the same jumps, dirt, berms and the whoops,” but it’s indoors to make racing more spectator-friendly.

“Normally, an outdoor motor cross track is spread out over acres and acres of land so you can’t see the whole track,” O’Connor said. “But this is confined to a coliseum where you can sit in the grandstand and watch the whole race.”

At this time of year, weather is also a factor in moving motocross racing indoors.

O’Connor said the stadium cross is a chance for racers to practice with their bikes before the outdoor season starts.

Races are open to all ages, with registered participants ranging from 6-yearolds to 50-year-olds. There will be 20 classes available depending on the participant’s age, the size of the motorcycle, and his or her racing ability — beginner, novice,

Kicking off its 10th season of derby in Syracuse, Assault City Roller Derby will face B.C. Rollers’ Parlor City Tricks in an epic battle. Come celebrate Women’s History Month with them. when: Friday, 6-9 p.m.p.m. where: Goldstein Auditorium

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This is the first indoor motocross event in Syracuse. Normally, Syracuse Motocross has events outside, but hopes that the indoor event will attract more fans because stadium style seating provides a view of the whole course. There will be 20 different racing classes based on age, bike size and skill level. courtesy of syracuse stadium cross

or expert. Racers will participate in the classes they pick from, and cash prizes will be offered in the expert races while amateurs race for trophies.

O’Connor grew up riding dirt bikes and saw the Syracuse Stadium Cross as an opportunity “to mix together my job as an event promoter and something that I’ve really loved.” But considering this is the first ever Stadium Cross, he said it’s been a challenge to put the event together.

“We’re working closely with the local moto cross tracks and promoters to pick their brain,” O’Connor said. “We’ve also been promoting very heavily on social media, Facebook, billboards, radio, to get the word out — so we’re ready for a good event.”

Mastropietro, who raced in the SwitchbackMX in Butler, Pennsylvania, is looking forward to participating in an indoor track that’s close to home. He will be racing in the 25 and 30-plus-year-olds amateur races during both days.

“This is the first time that we’ve had anything like this in the area,” Mastropietro said. “It’s really family oriented, it’s something new, and people just love coming to watch bikes flying through the air.”

On Friday, racers will check-in at the coliseum and practice in the afternoon, riding on the tracks to figure out which type of tires work best for the venue’s dirt

track. On Saturday, races will start in the morning and continue throughout most of the day. The average race runs for five to 10 laps, and depending on how many classes they take on, racers could be doing six to 10 races per day.

OPE Kawasaki, the title sponsor for Syracuse Stadium Cross, will donate vehicles for the races. Chris Osmun, the dealership’s store manager, sponsors many of the racers in the event, including Mastropietro.

“I’m not really looking for a return out of this,” Osmun said. “One of the main reasons I’m doing the event is to give local riders an opportunity to ride throughout the offseason.”

O’Connor plans to make this race a yearly event. Depending on this weekend’s turnout, he hopes to have two annual indoor races in the future, one in March and another in January.

In addition to racing, there will be a free “Pit Party” Friday night with live music, door prizes and contests. There will also be a free viewing party of the AMA Supercross race in Detroit Saturday night, with a DJ, food, beer, and wine.

“It’s not just a race, it’s an event that’s going to be fun for everybody, really,” O’Connor said. “It’s exciting, it’s loud, there’s motorcycles flying through the air, racing handlebar to handlebar — and there will be some crashes too, of course.” hmaeda@syr.edu

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volunteer staff position in the office.”

The student staff members at the Shaw Center are the ones in charge of writing grant proposals and asking alumni for donations. Cicotta said that has been a very helpful tactic not only because it teaches students how to write grants, but also because it shows alumni that students are really invested in their work at the Shaw Center.

While Hendricks Chapel was beginning to develop issue-based, co-curricular volunteer programs on topics like AIDS and hunger, the Shaw Center sought to create a connection between academics and service because that was becoming a national trend.

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virtual reality type of experience in “After Solitary.” The other volumetric video experience coming to the event, “Out of Exile,” centers around what one gay man felt as he came out to his conservative family — and when they all attack him.

To use volumetric technology, filmmakers used a spherical green screen. A person is placed in the center, where cameras capture their movement and speech, Pacheco said. Then the footage is rendered into a 3D video, which allows users to walk around the person.

“After Solitary” and “Out of Exile” are both based on true stories, Pacheco said. Rather than just seeing or watching, people can truly immerse themselves in that person’s story.

There is a danger for people to think these experiences are exploitive, he said, but the purpose of the technology is to increase understanding of someone’s experience.

Some of the professionals coming include Milica Zec and Winslow Porter, the directors of “Tree;” Cassandra Herrman, a director at Emblematic, which produced “After Solitary” and “Out of Exile;” and Veda Shastri, a producer for 360 videos for The New

After the initial three-year grant from the Carrier Corporation ended, the Shaw Center was able to renew it by demonstrating there was enough interest on campus.

The Shaw Center then also became an official part of the Chancellor’s Office and part of the Office of Academic Affairs in the early 2000s. As the Shaw Center added more programs, different colleges on campus contributed funds.

“We’ve grown very organically over the years,” Heintz said.

Today, Hendricks Chapel and the Shaw Center work hard for their funding so they can emphasize the importance of community engagement because, as the Shaw Center’s website says, “If classrooms are the brains Syracuse University, we are its heart and hands.” cbarthol@syr.edu

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The professionals will meet with students in a VR workshop on Thursday evening to provide feedback. SU students will also be showcasing their virtual reality work, and some will speak on a panel with other local VR artists on Friday.

Pacheco said he is excited to see how people will get inspired after exposure to virtual reality. Lorne Covington went to one of the first VR events at Newhouse a few years ago, and afterwards emailed Pacheco saying how inspired he was and that he had a project he was fiddling with in his basement. Covington went on to create the 360 Video Interactive Wall in the Alan Gerry Center for Media Innovation in Newhouse, and will now be one of the panelists at the Sundance event.

If someone gains inspiration but doesn’t have the experience or equipment, now they can be connected to students and be able to produce something, Pacheco said.

“I love it when new VR geeks show up, but I also think the students here now have this expertise and this passion,” Pacheco said.

“They want to use it to tell stories that need to be told — that can maybe even really only be told from the inside out. Because that’s what’s new about all this.” hykim100@syr.edu

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Ben Williams grits it out to give SU advantage at the X

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When Syracuse needed a faceoff win against Johns Hopkins to start overtime last Saturday, it turned to the senior who’s delivered many times before.

Ben Williams, one of college lacrosse’s elite talents at the X, had won only 3-of-11 there in the second half as the Blue Jays clawed back from a four-goal SU run to take a late one-goal lead. But senior Nick Mariano tied the game at eight with 34 seconds left, and now Williams had a chance with a critical possession on the line against JHU’s Hunter Moreland: a player Williams’ father, David Williams, called his son’s “kryptonite.”

JHU hadn’t planned on using Moreland, who had been injured, but a 5-for-6 first-half deficit at the X forced the Blue Jays into doing it just to compete. It didn’t matter in the end. Syracuse’s all-time program leader in groundballs quickly flicked the faceoff out from under Moreland and scooped it up to jumpstart an offense that gave SU the only offensive possession in OT.

“It all starts with Ben Williams,” said JHU coach Dave Pietramala. “The one game (Syracuse) loses, he’s not there. That’s his level of importance.”

Williams has either sealed games or provided the No. 6 Orange (5-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) with the last possession four times this season, most recently in a 9-8 win over the Blue Jays. But because of a midseason injury that caused Williams to miss the first game of his SU career, an 14-13 loss on Feb. 25 against Army, he’s not posting the eye-popping statistical draw number he’s used to. His 58.6 percent winning percentage is good for 21st in the NCAA, and he faces a formidable foe in No. 11 Duke’s (7-2) FOGO senior Kyle Rowe on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

“I just try to get us the ball,” Williams said.

“I want to put us in the best chance to win.”

On Saturday, that means defeating Rowe, who has succeeded against Williams in the past. Williams won 14 of 25 in last year’s ACC Championship, but before he lost 16 of 28 to Rowe in a Syracuse early season overtime loss.

Williams will also do it despite still feeling

a little sore, he said on March 16, because of an injury he sustained earlier in the season. In his absence, longtime backup FOGO Cal Paduda

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Percentage of faceoffs won by Ben Williams this year. It’s good for 21st in the NCAA, but is a relatively low number compared to Williams’ standards.

entered but his 3-of-13 performance quickly moved him back onto the wing. Freshman Danny Varello came on and nearly scooped the Orange back into the game. His 10-of-17 mark inspired confidence for the Orange’s coaches and ensured that SU could be OK. But, really, no one replaces Williams’ skill on the faceoff, or perhaps his toughness.

“I’m always talking with Benny when Benny’s not in his psychopathic game day mood,” Varello said. “He’s a good guy. … The first time I’ve ever seen Ben pregame was before Siena, and he was in the locker room putting on eye black. And he’s just smearing it all over his face and he’s saying like ‘Oops, oops,’ smearing it all over his face. I look at him like ‘What is this guy doing?’ I get my two stripes, I’m out of there.”

Williams prides himself on simply being tougher than his opponent and dominating physically at the X. He made it to Division I from the uncommon lacrosse locale of Minnesota, and he hasn’t lost the edge he sharpened getting here. That’s why, no matter how his body feels or who lines up across from him, he approaches every faceoff with his physicality and rides with the results.

“There are no secrets with Ben,” Desko said.

“Everybody knows who he is in the scouting report and they’ll come up with some gimmicks to slow him down and he’ll be ready for it.” sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

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Syracuse guard Tyus Battle will stay for sophomore year

By Paul Schwedelson senior staff writer

Syracuse freshman guard Tyus Battle will return for his sophomore season, his father, Gary Battle, confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

After the Orange’s season ended on Saturday, Battle had not discussed his future plans with his father as of Sunday evening.

Now that they’ve talked it over, Battle will spend another season at SU. “(Tyus) wants to return 100 percent his soph-

omore year,” Gary Battle said in a text message.

Battle fought through a foot injury during the nonconference portion of Syracuse’s schedule and the flu for multiple weeks in February. Once healthy after the flu, Battle scored in double digits in seven straight games to end the year, averaging 17.4 points per game over that span. He played in 34 games and started 25 while averaging 11.3 points and 30.7 minutes, and shot 36.6 percent on 3-pointers.

When fully healthy, he showed an abil-

ity to score effectively driving to the basket, shooting mid-range jumpers and hitting 3-pointers. The 6-foot-6 New Jersey native was ranked as the 35th best recruit in the 2016 class, per ESPN. He had the option to enter the NBA Draft by April 23 but retain eligibility by not signing an agent and withdrawing by May 24.

But instead of dipping his toe in the NBA Draft process, Battle plans on returning to Syracuse.

Orange head coach Jim Boeheim said

Monday that he thinks staying an extra year in college typically benefits players. If a player can improve his draft stock and has the chance to get picked higher in the following year’s draft, Boeheim said he thinks it’s more beneficial to remain in school.

“I always think players should stay another year,” Boeheim said, “because I think it benefits them. ... I advise players, but it’s always their decision when they should go. We support them 100 percent.”

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said those are what translate most from box to the field. The way he turns his stick to shoot, Brendan can deceive the goalie by making him think he’s coming short side when he’s actually going far side.

Inside, the attention he commands opens up lanes for others. His 6-foot, 219-pound frame enables him to reach high for passes.

He’s flexible enough to reach low and match up with stronger defenders.

Bomberry, whose 85.7 percent shot-on-goal percentage is best on the team among players with 10 or more shots on goal, said he tries not to work around the crease in his free practice time.

He wants to grow into a more capable dodger and create a little more. Yet he often appears from behind the cage to sneak up on close defenders to the front of the net, where he’s most lethal.

“He’s a terrific complement to those other guys,” Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala said. “Everybody tends to look for him on the interior.”

In games, senior attack Jordan Evans tells Bomberry to keep his stick up. When there’s a defender with a stick on his chest or doubleteamed, Evans still wants to feed him in the box. Jamming it inside and trusting a player in that manner is a luxury few teams possess.

“When I’m wide open in front of the net, I just try to put it in the net,” Bomberry said. “It’s my one job.”

bomberry shoot. As a result, he thrives in tight corners and scrums in front of the goal.

“Bomberry gives them an added dimension to finish without the ball,” Army head coach Joe Alberici said. “He creates a lot of plays without the ball in his stick. It’s obvious they look to him.

They know he’ll catch it.”

Sometimes, he works on the outside and looks to dodge or facilitate. Mostly, he sets up shop inside. A Syracuse attack or midfielder will look to play a two-man game with Bomberry, whose mere presence forces defenses not to slide or miss. Some defenses are too preoccupied with him, leaving shooting lanes for others. When he’s not given enough attention, Bomberry uses what few inches he gets to catch and shoot in a split-second.

Limited time and space doesn’t faze him.

Throughout high school, little pockets of air were all he needed. His coach, Brodie Merrill, said the team’s go-to play involved an attack who would run toward the cage then hit a cutting Bomberry, who flashed his stick, caught the ball and scored.

Bomberry, who transferred from Denver, is a natural goal scorer who seems to welcome contact. When all else fails, he resorts back to the stick skills he developed in box lacrosse. Tyson

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washington Given Hopkins’ affable personality, it’s difficult not to have a harmonious relationship with the bubbly 47-year-old. But the Huskies’ personnel situation seems especially appropriate for Hopkins. He’ll report directly to Jennifer Cohen, UW’s first-year athletic director who hired the first-year head coach. That was the third box for Hopkins to check, and clearly he did.

Man-to-man or zone?

There’s no greater hallmark of Boeheim’s coaching tenure than the zone defense. Given how much time Hopkins spent under his tutelage, it was only appropriate to ask the Huskies coach if he would import the defense.

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of college basketball,” Hopkins said. “…It’s an incredible weapon. It’s won a lot of games for Syracuse.”

Hopkins saw firsthand how difficult the zone can be to grasp in a player’s first year. Andrew White, John Gillon, Tyus Battle and Taurean Thompson also struggled with it to varying degrees with the Orange this season. If Hopkins were to fully go zone next season at UW, a similar learning curve should be expected.

“I believe in controlling tempo,” Hopkins said. “If a team plays fast we can slow you down.

If a team plays slow, we can speed you up. “… I can tell you the zone will be utilized.

It’s a heck of a weapon, but there’s going to be an unpredictable attack. I like being unpredictable, and sometimes the zone can be a little bit predictable.” cgrossma@syr.edu | @connorgrossman

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Freshman Hawrsychuk fulfilling childhood dream

By Nick Alvarez asst. web editor

Emily Hawrsychuk idolizes the Syracuse greats who came before her. She spent days in her backyard shooting not at a net, but at the thick trunk of a tree that stood behind her house. She had pictures of SU legends in her room, reminders of their accomplishments and blueprints for her own path.

Michelle Tumolo was the first. The 2013-graduate finished with 278 career points (141 goals, 137 assists) and was a finalist for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award. Then it was 2016 graduate Kayla Treanor, a name synonymous with SU lacrosse.

As a seventh grader, Hawrsychuk watched her first lacrosse game and became addicted.

She spent her middle school days shooting in her backyard mimicking Tumolo’s fierce shots.

Imitating Treanor proved a little more difficult.

A freshman attack at Syracuse, Hawrsychuk practices on the same field as Tumolo and Treanor once did, trading the tree for nets in Manley Fieldhouse. She plays under the same head coach, Gary Gait, and is a key contributor for No. 8 Syracuse (8-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Victor, New York, native’s 15 goals are good for third on the Orange, even though the freshman doesn’t start.

“I think she’s a very talented young lady,” Gait said. “She’s out there with the first group. We believe in her.”

Treanor’s force and presence on the field could not be easily replicated in a backyard.

Before every high school game Hawrsychuk played, she went on YouTube and watched highlights of the SU great. Hawrsychuk’s father, Nick, recalled seeing his daughter come home after games and going straight to the backyard to a bucket of lacrosse balls and net.

She hasn’t loved lacrosse her whole life.

The first time she picked up a stick was in the seventh grade and her father, who played lacrosse in high school but football in college at Alfred University, recognized his daughter’s skilled hand-eyecoordination and bought her a gift: a $30 stick from Dick’s Sporting Goods.

“It was like a tennis racket, but she didn’t care,” Nick said.

Hawryschuk, who finished high school with 378 points, didn’t care about what stick she used until she attended one of Gait’s lacrosse camps at SU. She saw the top-of-the-line plastic used by Tumolo and Treanor and realized it was time for an upgrade. Nick remembers spending a “small fortune” on the sticks.

He pleaded with his daughter but she didn’t listen. The No. 8 recruit in the country refused to look at other colleges.

Hawrsychuk told her father that she would one day play for Syracuse after watching a game on television.

The pair made the 70-mile trek east on Interstate-90 to watch games in the Carrier Dome. Hawrsychuk got a first-person look at her heroes. During their first trip to the Dome, the two sat behind the visiting team’s bench all alone in a sea of concrete. They soon realized their error and laughed when they saw crowds pile in behind SU’s bench, the customary place for Orange fans to sit.

“We didn’t know what to expect,” Emily Hawrsychuk said, laughing at the memory.

“From then on, we sat on the right side.”

Six years later, the Hawrsychuks still go to every game. Nick remains in the stands, now sitting with his younger sons and admiring the current crop of SU stars. Emily, meanwhile, plays on the Carrier Dome turf, cutting, dashing and scoring just like the people in the pictures in her bedroom once did.

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hopkins the head-coaching job at the University of Washington on Saturday. The 47-year-old still insists Syracuse’s head-coaching job would’ve been his in one year, that his mentor had no intentions of staying. Still, this opportunity to start anew in a career scattered with them felt different.

Hopkins officially ditched the plan to uphold a 42-year-legacy after next season to begin his own. The shocking move rippled through SU basketball, as Syracuse extended Boeheim’s contract reportedly through the 2021-22 season. To finally capture what he’d craved for so long, Hopkins left behind the only school he ever knew.

••• opkins called Boeheim early Saturday afternoon and asked if he could come over. Boeheim obliged, but Hopkins needed to be quick. Jamie Boeheim, a JamesvilleDeWitt (New York) High School junior, had a basketball game that night in Troy for the state playoffs and the Boeheims were leaving soon. The two families live in the same Fayetteville neighborhood, but the cold forced Hopkins to drive a few houses down.

Hopkins entered the house, turned left and joined the 72-year-old in a side room.

Boeheim closed the doors, which surprised his wife, Juli. Sitting on a couch, Hopkins told his boss. The two grown men at the top of their profession were made vulnerable.

“You know I’m a big crier,” Hopkins said.

“You know that.”

The night before, lying in bed with his wife, Tricia, Hopkins couldn’t fall asleep.

Tricia pestered her husband about his backand-forth with his soon-to-be new boss after the two spoke earlier Friday. Firstyear UW Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen had called Bret Just, Hopkins’ agent, notifying him of the Huskies’ interest in his client. When Just relayed the message to Hopkins, it piqued his interest more than any other inquiry had. His restlessness brought back memories of waking up at 2 a.m. as a California kid to write alternating scenes of a screenplay with his friend.

Hopkins’ name has been on the Huskies’ radar for “a long time,” Cohen told The Daily Orange. (UW fired Lorenzo Romar, its coach of 15 years, on March 15.) Still, the AD didn’t know if Hopkins would bite considering his pending takeover, and the mutual interest surprised her.

“He had started to allow himself to dream,” Cohen said, “about maybe something different than what he’s always known.”

On Wednesday, tucked away in a team room below court level in Alaska Airlines Arena, Hopkins recited an excerpt from his favorite book, “Change or Die,” by Alan Deutschman, like he owned the lead in a school play.

“Eighty-five percent of all inmates, five years after they get out, they’re incarcerated again,” Hopkins explained. “But there’s a place named Delancey Street in San Francisco where this woman has created this system. …

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HOPKINS served as Syracuse’s interim head coach for nine games in the 2015-16 season while Jim Boeheim completed a suspension related to the NCAA sanctions. The Orange went 4-5 with Hopkins at the helm. daily orange file photo

It’s built on a philosophy of immigrant families where if you don’t know how to read, the oldest one teaches you how to read and there’s accountability and you start from the bottom and you work your way out. If you’re on drugs, there’s no medication, nothing, you’re cold turkey. They have an 85-percent success rate that they’re put back in the community and they’re doing it. And so, ‘Change or Die,’ I think when you stop growing, you can die.”

It’s the unknown, it’s charting the waters, it’s exciting. And I’m sitting here going, ‘Gosh, what could this be?’

Mike Hopkins uw head coach on his new opportunity

Though Hopkins always said he didn’t come to Syracuse to coach at Syracuse — he simply wanted to be the best coach on the planet — he still hoped that dream would work out at SU. He had earned his spurs in the Carmelo K. Anthony Center, developed into an elite recruiter, led daily practices and was seemingly groomed for the head job, whenever it may be. St. Bonaventure interviewed the rising star for its head coaching job in spring 2003 and the attention never stopped.

In the next decade, Hopkins was linked to

a handful of jobs. He nearly left for the University of Southern California in 2013. Two or three times, he sought advice from Lazarus Sims, formerly a teammate and fellow SU assistant. Sims urged Hopkins to take the opportunities to gain experience as a head coach then return to SU at the right time.

Hopkins still passed, Sims said, out of loyalty for the school, program and coach.

“A lot of the times when I was there,” said Michael Carter-Williams, a Hopkins recruit who started every game on SU’s 2013 Final Four team, “it seemed like Hop was the head coach. Not stepping on Boeheim’s toes, but Boeheim had faith in Hop.” Hopkins wanted to be a head coach for real.

He confided to one friend that he didn’t want to be like Bill Guthridge, a 30-year assistant at North Carolina under Dean Smith. Guthridge coached the Tar Heels for three seasons after Smith stepped down in 1997 and made two Final Fours before retiring himself.

“When the waters get rough, the sharks keep swimming,” said Brandon Steiner, CEO of Steiner Sports who has worked with Hopkins for 12 years. “Mike is a fun guy, very likeable. But he’s also shark-like.”

On Saturday, the group of people Hopkins told stayed small to avoid a leak. It included Director of Athletics John Wildhack, Chancellor Kent Syverud (who never responded to Hopkins’ call), Tricia, the three Hopkins children and Hopkins’ parents, Griffin and Sue. But before any of them, Jim Boeheim.

Hopkins’ decision came the season after Boeheim had lost the most games in his career, to cap a four-year stretch in which Syracuse started 25-0 in 2013-14, self-imposed a post-

season ban in 2015 and became the first-ever No. 10 seed to make the Final Four last year.

Hopkins walked out the Boeheim’s front door around 4:30 p.m. and back to his car. The reality set in: It was actually over. The seemingly unbreakable pair had broken because the student couldn’t turn down this offer to become the teacher.

The four Boeheims left shortly after Hopkins for Troy. Hopkins piloted his car toward home, which after so many years would only be home for a short while longer.

••• opkins planned to call everyone he wanted to tell, but Twitter got there first. On Sunday morning, sitting on a couch at his house in an upstairs office with Just, Hopkins’ phone throbbed. At 11:13 a.m., CBS Sports broke the news.

Hopkins compared that morning to the Geico commercials about mayhem where a cell phone vibrates uncontrollably under a car seat. He physically couldn’t scroll through his phone fast enough. He had managed a few calls to fellow assistants Adrian Autry and Gerry McNamara, as well as director of basketball operations Kip Wellman.

The news shocked everyone else at first.

George Denninghoff, who had Hopkins as the best man in his wedding, disbelievingly watched ESPN. Team PR director Pete Moore found out when a fan at his son’s basketball tournament at Le Moyne College showed him a tweet. Mike Hart, the St. Andrew’s (Rhode Island) School coach who had sent multiple players to Syracuse in large part because of Hopkins, was with former Hopkins recruit Demetris Nichols in Athens, Greece, when he received a text. Both were stunned. Hopkins had been at Hart’s gym scouting a few weeks prior and enthusiastically chatted about his future at SU.

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He had started to allow himself to dream about maybe something different than what he’s always known.

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HOPKINS was introduced as Washington’s head basketball coach on Wednesday at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. The newly minted head man said the UW job met his three criteria: place, potential and people. courtesy of washington athletics

In leaving, Hopkins departed from not just the only environment he’s stayed in since he was 18, but also how life had been modeled for him. The only coaches Hopkins ever had for a significant time — Gary McKnight at Mater Dei (California) High School and Boeheim at Syracuse — have each been with their school for at least 33 years.

Yet the surprise slowly subsided as those close to him realized: It was time. Hopkins’ desire to become a head coach had finally trumped his love for Syracuse. Hopkins par-

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ents were also growing older in Southern California. “It was a sudden thing,” McKnight said. “He was looking for the right situation.”

He had interviewed for plenty of jobs before — including Charlotte, Oregon State, Boston College — but none had checked off his three boxes: place, potential and people.

Still, why Washington? Why now? Why leave one year away from the dream job at the dream school?

“There was a lot of soul searching,” Hopkins said. “... I had an opportunity to be a builder and not a protector, and the building part for me at this stage... I don’t know why or when or how... It was like meeting your wife when you just knew.”

Some believe Hopkins only left because Boeheim wanted to stay. Some of Hopkins’ friends say they sensed Hopkins felt that way. Boeheim never wanted the term limit that came in the campus-wide email sent following NCAA sanctions on March 18, 2015. It was “a mistake,” he said, for Syverud to state Boeheim would retire after the 2017-18 season.

“I fully intended 100 percent, 100 percent, to leave after next year,” Boeheim said at Monday’s press conference with Wildhack. “... I fully knew that next year would be my last year. I never ever thought anything else. Ever.”

Skepticism extends beyond local fans and into the Syracuse program itself about

Boeheim’s assertions that he didn’t want to stay longer. Only Boeheim and Hopkins know the truth, but that doesn’t matter now.

Boeheim is at Syracuse and Hopkins, Washington. And, finally, Hopkins fell back asleep.

••• t 11:57 a.m. on Wednesday, over an hour before Hopkins’ press conference began, the Hopkins family, minus Mike, walked through the tunnel in Alaska Airlines Arena.

Griff, the oldest child; Grant Richard, the middle; Ella, the youngest; and along with their mother posed for a family picture on their new home court clad in purple. Griff dazed into the rafters, absorbing the nearly empty gym before

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“This is so sweet,” he said.

“This is awesome,” Grant Richard echoed.

Ella couldn’t believe there were four seats set aside at the front of the press conference just for them.

Throughout the building, Hopkins’ face covered TV screens and jumbotrons. Testimonials from Mike Krzyzewski and Carmelo Anthony reassured the roughly 200 people filling the lower bleachers that the first-time head coach could succeed right away. Electronic banners read, “Welcome to the Hopkins Era.” When the 47-year-old emerged from the tunnel to the noise of 25 band members and four cheerleaders, Hopkins held Tricia’s right hand with his left and kissed her on the lips. “I love you, babe,” he said and headed to the podium, where she and the kids sat to his right. Hopkins looked different in a black suit and purple tie. This, though, wasn’t his first press conference acting as a head coach.

His first came after Boeheim forced him to speak after losing to North Carolina State on March 7, 2015, one day after the NCAA levied sanctions on SU. Hopkins twice called Boeheim a “superhero” and said, “This is my first. Am I doing OK? A couple tears, almost.”

After 10 minutes, Hopkins left the podium for the locker room and Boeheim.

Ten months later, Syracuse lost to Clemson and Hopkins’ nine-game stint as interim head coach expired along with Boeheim’s suspension. Two hours later, Hopkins returned the team to Boeheim at a midnight practice in the Carmelo K. Anthony Center.

This time, Hopkins left the podium and Boeheim wasn’t there. Not immediately, not in two hours, not in the foreseeable future.

He stepped off the stage to his left while his family shifted to their right, mingling with fans in attendance. Hopkins ducked into the tunnel, away from the commotion, his own era officially underway. sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR mcschnei@syr.edu | @mattschneidman —Senior Staff Writers Paul Schwedelson and Connor Grossman contributed reporting to this story.

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At the X The only game SU men’s lacrosse has lost all year is the one when Ben Williams was unavailable.

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Living a dream Emily Hawryschuk looked up to SU women’s lacrosse greats.

Now, she’s emerging as a regular.

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Fast as lightning Syracuse softball’s Sammy Fernandez has already stolen 14 bases midway through the year.

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BRENDAN BOMBERRY leads the Orange in goals this season with 13, thriving around the crease. His experience playing box lacrosse developed skills he utilizes in capitalizing at close range. Most recently, Bomberry tallied an overtime winner over Johns Hopkins from right in front. evan jenkins staff photographer

Close finish SU’s most dangerous threat: Bomberry around the crease success this year to Bomberry’s knack for scoring in traffic.

“The kid will catch anything,” said Salcido, a senior midfielder.

“You put the ball inside to him or you throw a pass that’s even somell Brendan Bomberry needs is a few inches. Give him a split- what catchable, he’s going to make a play. If he doesn’t, he’s going to second to pick up a loose ball in a scrum or get his stick — any find a way to get it into the net or get the ball back out.” part of it, for any duration — on the ball and It starts with Bomberry’s knowledge for the it’s too late. The room near the 18-foot diameter game and his ability to finish. The latter comes circle around the net is his safe haven, the fertile from box lacrosse, a modified version of the game ground in which he completes both nonchalant on a smaller field with cement instead of grass. He darts and acrobatic maneuvers in traffic. and his cousin, sophomore defender Tyson BombMost of his team-high 13 goals have come from erry, played indoors with a downsized net since right in front of the crease. He’s a natural rightthey turned 3. The box experience gave Brendan a hander but can finish with his left equally as well. He gift of catching passes in tight spaces and delivering Goals for junior midfielder redirects and twists his stick as defenders’ poles try goals, the trademarks of his style of play. to bat the ball away. Many times, Bomberry emerges Brendan Bomberry, more than Albany’s Thompson trio, which torched Syraany other Syracuse player from the crowd with his hands up, ball in net. Even as cuse in 2013, grew up playing a form of box lacrosse defenses change up their slide packages to counter it, with wooden sticks and a wooden box, about two the situation has replayed on a loop through six games. feet wide, with a round hole in the middle barely bigger than the The midfielder scored the biggest goal of his young Syracuse ball itself. All three earned All-American honors. In box lacrosse, a career there on Saturday afternoon at Johns Hopkins, an overtime smaller goal conditions more accurate shooting. When Bomberry game-winner off a Sergio Salcido roll-back flick from a left alley transitioned to field lacrosse, a bigger goal gives him more space to dodge. Credit much of No. 6 SU’s (5-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) offensive see bomberry page 16

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Mike Hopkins talks Washington job, transition from SU

By Connor Grossman senior staff writer

In his first official day as Washington’s head coach, Mike Hopkins was introduced at Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday afternoon.

He offered his first public comments since stunning the Syracuse community, ending a 22-year run as an assistant coach to Jim Boeheim to take the Huskies job.

Here are three things Hopkins said at his press conference.

The Boeheim succession plan was still in place

When news leaked Sunday morning that Hopkins was leaving the Orange, one year removed from succeeding Boeheim as head coach, many assumed he left SU because Boeheim wouldn’t. But Hopkins debunked that belief on Wednesday, circling back around to the procedure that was laid out in March 2015.

“The plan was intact,” Hopkins said. “Everything was going to be as it was stated multiple times. “…(Boeheim) was disappointed (I

was leaving), but when I talked to him about my visions and why … We were all good.”

SU’s 41-year head coach indicated in a press conference on Monday that he “100 percent” intended to retire after this upcoming season.

But after inking an undisclosed contract extension in response to the Hopkins move, we’ll never know for sure what would’ve happened. It was clear Hopkins still has great admiration for Boeheim as he choked up at the thought of his mentor, someone he considers a fatherlike figure.

Washington checked the boxes

Hopkins made clear on Wednesday that he required a very specific criterion for any school that wanted to lure him away from the Orange: place, potential and people. In regards to place, Hopkins’ admitted he’s a West Coast guy. Hailing from Southern California, the new Washington head coach was raised by parents from the Seattle area. It didn’t take much geographical convincing to get Hopkins to jump coasts.

In terms of the Huskies’ potential,

the Pacific-12 conference tugged at Hopkins. It doesn’t wield the number of high-powered teams the Atlantic Coast Conference does, but currently PAC 12 teams (Oregon, Arizona and UCLA) outnumber the remaining ACC teams (North Carolina) in the NCAA Tournament. Hopkins will have enough exposure to showcase a winning team once he has one.

“If you can compete at the highest level of the PAC-12 conference,” Hopkins said, “you have a chance to win a national championship.”

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