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United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said federal dollars could be withheld from “sanctuary cities,” including the city of Syracuse.

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University Union has been working to bring students’ favorite entertainers to campus since its inception in 1962, a job its members treat like a four-year internship.

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The Carrier Dome is set to get a renovation. Take a look back at how the Carrier Dome came to be after the old Archbold stadium was deemed not good enough.

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Chuck’s hearing adjourned

NUKED DEAL Lawmakers question subsidies for nuclear plants

By Jacob Gedetsis enterprise editor

New York state has proposed allocating significant money to its nuclear power plants to keep them running. The plants account for much of the state’s electricity generation.

Here is a look at the state’s overall sources of electricity generation in December 2016, the most recent data available.

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Here are the 10 countries that rely the most on nuclear energy, with the percentage of their electricity generation that comes from nuclear power

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Amount in subsidies that New York state has proposed for its nuclear plants over a two-year period, beginning in 2017

Amount of the state’s power that will come from clean and renewable sources by 2030, according to its Clean Energy Standard source: new york state

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ecent developments in Albany have put the future of upstate New York’s nuclear power plants in question, with some lawmakers at odds over proposed subsidies that would keep the plants running.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Public Service Commission have proposed a bailout program, which would cost up to $7.6 billion over 12 years, for three plants, including the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County. The subsidies, which would be covered by a $2 monthly charge to state residents, are set to go into effect Saturday.

The subsidies, though, are currently being challenged in federal court, where plaintiffs argue that nuclear plants are harmful to energy markets. Additionally, in its one-house budget passed this month, the state Assembly opted not to include the subsidies, instead calling for a moratorium on the program until the end of this year. The Assembly and state Senate must negotiate a state budget by Saturday.

The moratorium, lawmakers say, would give them ample time to gather more information about the subsidies, as some say the proposal has been rushed.

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In interviews, lawmakers said the debate over the subsidies stems from a desire to satisfy the state’s renewable energy goals while also preserving the state’s economy and jobs in the energy sector, many of which exist at the plants.

“It’s not that I’m against these subsidies,” said Pamela Hunter, the Assembly representative for the district that includes Syracuse and a member of the state’s energy committee. “I’m just trying to get answers to big questions that we’re not getting yet.”

Pat Wood, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Peter Bradford, former chairman of the New York Public Service Commission, filed a motion Friday against the Public Service Commission in U.S. District Court seeking to have the subsidies dismissed.

They claim that the subsidies would negatively impact the energy market, arguing that as nuclear plants have aged over the years, they’ve required maintenance and capital investments that have caused their operating costs to rise.

“New nuclear power has been priced out of power markets completely,” the plaintiffs write in the motion. “... The nuclear industry has come to realize that it cannot thrive under today’s competitive conditions and has commenced an all-out political effort see nuclear page 4

Student-favorite bar Hungry Chuck’s scheduled hearing at the Onondaga Supreme Court for Tuesday morning regarding an asbestos abatement has been adjourned.

Steve Theobald, Chuck’s owner, said that the bar’s landlord’s attorneys asked for the postponement, but that a new date has not been set.

Theobald earlier this month filed a temporary restraining order against Syracuse 727 LLC, Chuck’s new landlord and 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.

That restraining order still stands with the adjournment of Tuesday’s hearing.

Chuck’s filed a lawsuit earlier this month that challenges the asbestos abatement and its lease termination notice.

Theobald’s lawyer is asking for a preliminary injunction that would maintain the temporary restraining order and prevent the new landlord’s from entering the space for the abatement until a judge can rule on Chuck’s current lawsuit against the landlord.

The central argument of the case rests upon a section in Chuck’s lease, which was absorbed by Syracuse LLC upon purchasing the bar, 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.

Josh Werbeck, Chuck’s lawyer, said he will argue the intention of that original lease agreement made between Theobald and his previous landlord.

“We are going to argue … that there was never a suggestion that the landlord could come in and shut down the business for as long as they want just so they can do some work,” Werbeck said.

Jared Hutter, co-owner of Syracuse 727 LLC, recently said he has cut buyout negotiations with Chuck’s, and as a result no longer cares about the asbestos abatements. He will wait until Chuck’s lease is terminated in August to do the mandatory abatement, see chuck’s page 4

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TATTOO tuesday | mar regan

Junior’s tattoos mark experiences, struggles

By Julie McCullough staff writer

No matter how insignificant they may seem, a tattoo can act as a bookmark for a specific moment in a person’s life, a monument to one’s values at a certain time. People who get many tattoos throughout their lives often display novels of their experiences for everyone to see. Just take a look at Mar Regan, who has gotten 11 tattoos since the age of 18.

The junior — majoring in theater design and technology and specializing in set design — has tattoos ranging from a King of Hearts to commemorate their late grandfather, to stick and poke tattoos that they and their friend spontaneously decided to give each other one night. Each one, however, is equally filled with meaning.

“As an artist, I’ve always been visually drawn to tattoos,” Regan said. “Art can tell a really strong story about the struggles someone’s gone through and what’s shaped them to be who they are.”

Anyone who asks Regan about their tattoos will quickly learn all about the struggles that shaped them to be who they are today. For example, their “Fahrenheit 451” tattoo represents the struggles of growing up in a conservative area of Ohio. Regan read “Fahrenheit 451,” a dystopian novel that examines book burning and censorship, in high school. It was not until they came to Syracuse University, however, that the novel’s meaning really impacted them.

“I identify as queer and under the trans* umbrella, and growing up in a conservative area I didn’t get to learn very much about gender identity and sexuality,” Regan said. “When I was able to come to Syracuse, I learned a lot about these things that I was censored from while growing up. It helped me to accept myself more.”

Regan also displays an open heart with an equality symbol on their ankle as a tribute to the LGBTQ community. They got the tattoo the year gay marriage was legalized in the United States.

“It took me a few months before I finally decided to go through with getting that tattoo, because I knew my parents wouldn’t be happy about it,” they said. “I ultimately decided to get it as a step toward being more open about my sexuality and gender identity.”

Regan’s most recent tattoo was self-done: an ellipsis on their middle finger to serve as a reminder to pause and think before lashing out when getting angry.

Reagan offered advice to those hesitant about tattoos.

Said Regan: “A lot of people veer away from tattoos because they think they’ll grow up and not want it on their body anymore. If you grow up and think ‘that’s not part of me anymore,’ I kind of like the idea of keeping those things as a reminder of what was important to you at what time in your life. Even if it’s spontaneous, a tattoo always marks something important.” jlmccu01@syr.edu

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cor r ection In a Thursday article titled “Power move,” the day Mike Hopkins accepted the headcoaching job at the University of Washington was misstated.

Hopkins accepted the job on Friday, March 17, after meeting with University of Washington Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen in Syracuse. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CABINET: JEFF SESSIONS The Senate voted 52-47 to confirm Sessions as Attorney General

Who is Jeff Sessions?

Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions was sworn in as the 84th Attorney General of the United States in February.

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Number of years Jeff Sessions served as Alabama Senator

Rating given to Sessions by Human Rights Campaign, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance source: ontheissues.org

Number of years Jeff Sessions served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama

What is the Attorney General?

The Attorney General is the top lawyer for the United States. The Attonery General is the head of the Department of Justice and the chief law enforcement officer in the country. In extremely important cases, the Attorney General will appear in person before the Supreme Court.

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On the Record Interest groups rate congressmen on their voting records. Here’s how Jeff Sessions stacked up as Senator.

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Sessions brings controversial past to role

By Delaney Van Wey asst. news editor

One of President Donald Trump’s earliest supporters, former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, is bringing a lifetime of conservative thinking to the highest legal office in the United States as Attorney General.

Like many of Trump’s cabinet appointments, Sessions’ confirmation was rife with controversy and he was narrowly confirmed with a vote split along party lines.

Sessions, who began public service in 1975 as Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama, has long been criticized for his civil rights record.

As Attorney General, he has already been a key player in major immigration and LGBTQ

rights regulations.

Sessions was first embroiled in controversy in 1986 when he was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan to be a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

During confirmation, numerous former colleagues came forward to decry Sessions for racist behavior and a poor record in civil rights cases, according to The Washington Post. Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow, wrote a letter at that time about Sessions’ record as an attorney in Alabama. In it, King wrote that Sessions “used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters.”

That letter would again ignite controversy for Sessions dur-

ing his confirmation hearing for Attorney General earlier this year.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) attempted to read the letter aloud on the Senate floor during the days-long debate over Sessions.

Before she could finish, though, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) enacted a rarely used Senate rule that states no senator can defame another on the floor and prevented her from continuing.

With public outcry after the incident, Democrats rallied around Warren and continued the debate about Sessions into the next day. Eventually, other Senators, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), read the entire letter without being stopped.

Despite the issues in 1986 that nearly sidelined Sessions’ career, he blazed onto the political scene

in February 2016 when he first stepped on stage at a Trump campaign rally, declaring his allegiance to the then-candidate, according to The Washington Post. Because of this early commitment, Sessions was influential in Trump’s transition, particularly with the formation of the president’s immigration policy.

“I told Donald Trump this isn’t a campaign, this is a movement,” Sessions said at the time, per The Washington Post.

Sessions has maintained a tough stance against immigration throughout his political career.

He has consistently voted against providing pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and has often argued for limiting legal immigration, per the BBC. see sessions page 7

2nd pair declares candidacy for president, VP staff writer

Syracuse University students Tyler Rossi and Roy Tin will run for president and vice president of Student Association’s 61st legislative session, respectively, SA officials announced at Monday’s SA meeting.

Rossi and Tin are both students in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. They join James Franco and Angie Pati as the candidates for SA president and vice president.

SA officials also discussed an updated bike share program and passed a quorum bill at Monday’s meeting.

The updated bike share program will launch on April 2 following confirmation of funding by

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Sanctuary cities threatened

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

The Justice Department threatened to withhold as much as $4.1 billion in federal grants from selfproclaimed “sanctuary cities” on Monday, in a move that could impact the city of Syracuse.

The announcement was made at the White House when Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a surprise address during the press corps daily briefing.

“DUIs, assaults, burglaries, drug crimes, gang crimes, rapes, crimes against children and murders,” he said, according to NPR. “Countless Americans would be alive today — and countless loved ones would not be grieving today — if the policies of these sanctuary jurisdictions were ended.”

The Justice Department defines a sanctuary city as a state or city that refuses immigrant agents’ requests to detain immigrants who entered the country illegally.

President Donald Trump has promised to “end” sanctuary cities and signed an executive order in late January threatening sanctuary cities with the funding block.

Sessions’ announcement Monday confirms the Justice Department will follow through with enforcement of the executive order.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has identified 118 sanctuary cities in the country. That number includes Syracuse.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has repeatedly declared Syracuse a sanctuary city and explained her commitment to that definition in her State of the City address earlier this year.

In a statement posted on Facebook Monday after Sessions’ see sanctuary page 4

news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening in the world right now.

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Living in luxury Off-campus luxury housing options have been increasing nationally and in Syracuse.

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the university administration and Student Association.

The “Cycle Share” program, replacing the bike share program launched on Sept. 26 by SA Vice President Joyce LaLonde, will include two adaptive cycles, which will be more accessible to a wider range of students on campus. The initiative has received $6,000 from the university’s administration. Another $1,000 has been provided by the Student Association Student Advancement fund, LaLonde said.

All of the bikes have been purchased and will be hand delivered

by Bike-On, the company that has provided the bikes, at Orange Ability 2017, an accessible athletics expo in the Women’s Building Gym from 1-4 p.m. on April 2.

The assembly on Monday unanimously passed the “Amendment of Definition for Assembly Quorum” bill, which will change how quorum is counted each session.

Currently, students can apply for a leave of absence that removes them from quorum for the semester. This would include students studying abroad for a semester.

The assembly has failed to reach quorum multiple times this session. This bill will remove representatives who have a permanent, repetitive conflict from the Monday meeting roll call, but it would still allow their participation in committees. An example of this would be a mandatory class that takes place during meeting times, officials said.

Two other bills, Permanent Initiatives and Bylaws Committee Membership, were also passed during the meeting.

SA President Eric Evangelista was not at Monday’s meeting as he was away at a conference, Parliamentarian Obi Afriyie said.

Co-Chair of Community Engagement Kelsey Fowler discussed how her committee is planning the final Spring into Action events for the remainder of the semester. This weekend, volunteers will return to the North Side Learning Center and finish painting classrooms at the center, Fowler said.

Janine Bogris, Chair of Board of Elections and Membership, shared that petitions to become

see meeting page 7

POLITICS REGULATION ROLLBACK President Donald Trump on Monday rolled back four Obama-era regulations, reversing different rules on education, land use and federal purchasing. Trump has surprised experts with his speed at repealing regulations. source: usa today

WORLD SILENCING OPPOSITION A Moscow court sentenced Aleksei Navalny to 15 days in prison on Monday. This came a day after the largest anti-government protests in Russia in five years. source: the new york times

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nuclear to subvert competition with governmentally imposed subsidies as well as other legislative and regulatory actions.”

Those in favor of the subsidies and keeping the plants running point to the property taxes the plants pay and the jobs they generate.

Nuclear plants in New York generate millions in property tax revenue for local municipalities, including Oswego County.

Proponents of the plants say that without that revenue, the state’s economy would suffer.

“What happens when that money gets depleted?” Hunter said. “... Do we, the state, have a plan to help municipalities that are going to be losing huge amounts of money relative to property tax, based on these from page 1

chuck’s s o m e t h i n g he said will delay the entire construction project.

After hearing oral arguments, the judge will make a decision in the days after the rescheduled hearing on whether Syracuse 727 LLC can move forward with the abatements.

After filing the initial temporary restraining order, Chuck’s filed a lawsuit from page 3

sanctuary announcement, Miner said the city “is resolute” in its commitment to remaining a sanctuary city.

“The Justice Department’s leadership has once again shown blind allegiance to ideology rather than a sound understanding of public policy,” she said in the statement.

The mayor added that the city will continue to monitor the details of the executive order to understand its full impact.

Miner has frequently been outspoken against Trump’s immigrant policies, nota-

plants not being there or being operational?”

Additionally, the nuclear plants account for hundreds of jobs in the state. When Cuomo announced in August 2016 that Exelon Generation would take over the Fitzpatrick Plant, keeping it from closing, he said it preserved 615 jobs. Hunter added that if the three plants affected by the subsidies were to close, thousands of people would be out jobs.

Kevin Parker, a New York state senator for the district covering Brooklyn and a member of the Senate’s energy committee, said lawmakers need to “make sure that fulltime jobs are at the top of our agenda.”

“So whatever we need to do in order to maintain jobs, particularly in a sector as important for the state as energy, we need to absolutely do,” he said.

Some critics, though, would like to see the

state allocate more resources to renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar energy.

The state is planning to transition half of its power to renewable energy sources by 2030. Until then, Cuomo sees keeping the plants open as a way to keep the state’s air clean, given that nuclear plants don’t give off carbon emissions.

But Diane Swords, a member of the Syracuse-based Alliance for a Green Economy, said supporting the plants takes away money that could be used for renewable sources. Additionally, she said that even though the plants don’t emit carbon, they’re dangerous because of the radioactive waste they produce.

Such waste is hazardous to life and the environment, and both Swords and Hunter said they’re concerned that New York might not be able to safely store the waste long-term.

“There’s only so much you can push reality,” Swords said. “You can’t just claim it’s safe and have it be safe.”

Parker echoed those sentiments, saying that for the sake of the state’s energy future, “it makes sense to go green.” But he added that renewable resources “don’t come overnight.” In addition to the jobs nuclear energy creates, it also accounted for about a third of the state’s electricity generation in December 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

“So even though our preference is renewable and clean energy for the future, I’m also cognizant of the fact that that is not a 2017 solution and that we need 2017 solutions as it relates to jobs, as it relates to property taxes and as it relates to energy production,” Parker said.

against Syracuse 727 LLC. That lawsuit has two main components: the asbestos abatement portion and a section on its current lease termination notice.

The new landowner can serve a lease termination “in the event of a major renovation or expansion,” and if the client is given a six-month notice, according to the lawsuit.

Chuck’s is claiming that developers can’t currently serve the termination because they aren’t yet able to move forward with the project. This portion of the lawsuit will

not be addressed at the postponed oral argument, Werbeck said.

Syracuse 727 LLC, the bar’s new landlord, served the termination notice on Feb. 28, giving Chuck’s six months, until August, to evacuate the premise.

“We are reserving our rights to argue that perhaps the landlord didn’t have the right to issue the termination because the construction was not imminent,” Werbeck said.

Werbeck said this does “not necessarily” mean that this an attempt to keep Chuck’s open

at the beginning of the next semester, but that they are “reserving all of our rights at this point.”

Syracuse 727 LLC has not issued a response to the lawsuit. Werbeck said that answer normally happens within 20-30 days after the lawsuit is served to the defendant, in this case Syracuse 727 LLC. After they formally answer the lawsuit, either party can make motions on the lawsuit including asking for a re-judgment or to throw the case out altogether, Werbeck said.

bly when she joined a rally at the Syracuse Hancock International airport in January, protesting alongside hundreds of local residents after Trump signed his first executive order banning immigration from several Muslim majority countries and suspending the U.S.’s refugee program.

In the statement Monday, Miner said cities like Syracuse are sanctuary cities because it is “in keeping with our history of welcoming immigrants and refugees.” In Onondaga County last year, 1,466 refugees were resettled, with about 250 Syrian refugees being resettled in the Syracuse area, according to Syracuse.com.

State and local jurisdictions will have to certify they are complying with immigration laws to receive federal funding, the attorney general said during the briefing Monday, according to NPR. The Justice Department will also attempt to “claw back” funding already given to sanctuary cities, according to The Washington Post.

Syracuse relies heavily on federal funding and grants — including federal Community Development Block Grants, which in Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would be phased out — for a variety of different programs, initiatives and services. For example, with CDBG funding alone, the city has received $54 million

in funds over the last 10 years, according to Syracuse.com. Money from the Syracuse’s latest CDBG award has contributed funding to organizations like the InterFaith Works of Central New York, per Syracuse.com, to help resettled refugees in the area.

“This divisive decision is against our history as cities and as a nation,” Miner said in the statement. “We are the nation … where thousands of New Americans are breathing life into Syracuse’s neighborhoods and contribute mightily to our local economy. This is not who we are and this is not who we should be.”

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There’s more to Trump’s ‘outlandish’ tweets about Obama wiretapping

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en. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants President Donald Trump to apologize for his “outlandish” tweets that accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower prior to the 2016 election, but Trump should not have to apologize.

Although FBI Director James Comey told the House Intelligence Committee during a March 20 hearing that the FBI found no evidence that supports Trump’s accusations, the facts of the story are still developing. Details have since emerged indicating the Obama administration may not be as innocent as the mainstream media continually suggests. And since Trump’s campaign was being monitored prior to the election, Trump should not be entirely apologetic.

Also since the hearing, Schumer and politicians of both major parties have called on Trump to apologize. Schumer said in a statement Trump should admit he was wrong “and get to work on behalf of this country.”

But these demands for an apology stem from a lack of fair media coverage regarding the context of Trump’s tweets.

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DON’T GET TOO OFFENDED Keith Bybee, a professor of political science at Syracuse University, said there is a long history of meaningless apologies from United States presidents, and ultimately, Trump’s apology would not be accepted.

“To claim something is unacceptable, doesn’t mean it’s unacceptable,” he said.

Bybee said Schumer wants a genuine confession of error. Yet, based on Trump’s past behavior, he’s not likely to offer such an apology.

Bybee added that the line of civility is drawn with each news cycle.

Society can then begin to define what is acceptable political behavior.

The liberal media has done everything to protect Obama from Trump’s Twitter accusations.

After the FBI testified that there was no evidence to substantiate Trump’s claims, the media was quick to absolve any connections Obama had with surveilling Trump officials.

The double standard is blatantly obvious. The National Security Agency and FBI were also unable to provide evidence regarding Trump’s collusion with the Russian government, according to The Washington Post. This part of the hearing is challenged by the media or even ignored, which continues the narrative of Trump being in contact with Russia.

To claim something is unacceptable, doesn’t mean it’s unacceptable.

Keith Bybee professor of political science at syracuse university

The media will use the “evidence” to protect Obama, but facts in the same hearing that could defend Trump are ignored.

During the hearing, Comey discussed an FBI investigation

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that began in late July to discover U.S. persons coordinating with Russia. Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, was forced to resign because he misled Trump about exchanges with a Russian ambassador.

Flynn, who was being monitored for his connections to Russia, plays an important role in this wiretap fiasco because he is an unmasked citizen, a known person monitored for communication intelligence.

Because of the circumstances of this investigation, his name should have been redacted. But it was unmasked and leaked to the media — a federal crime punishable up to 10 years of prison.

Trump named Flynn his national security adviser in November. Flynn’s name was undoubtedly released with the intention to hurt Trump’s reputation by having a selected adviser with connections to Russia. Someone within the Obama administration would have had the ability to leak this name.

During the March 20 hearing, Comey confirmed top aides in the Obama administration would have

access to the names of unmasked citizens. Additionally, intelligence reports “based on some of the wiretapped communications” were provided to White House officials, according to The New York Times.

This story has become very complex, but the bottom line is Trump’s campaign was monitored, and the intelligence was spread to the White House where Obama potentially had access.

Since this is the case, there is no reason for Trump to offer an apology.

Even though Trump was wrong and Obama never ordered the wiretap, Trump’s overall message is still intact: His campaign was monitored.

And since there has been no evidence of Trump colluding with the Russian government, perhaps Schumer should apologize to Trump. Or, better yet, maybe both Schumer and Trump should stop their accusations and get back to running this country for the betterment of the American people.

Joseph Pucciarelli is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism and history dual major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at jjpuccia@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @JoeyPucciarelli.

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SA leaders must learn bylaws, procedures The leaders of any organization should be well-read on the rules that bind their actions, but the Student Association officials who neglected to ensure the proper, procedural approval of the organization’s budget demonstrated a clear ignorance of the SA bylaws that originated from a lack of self-education.

SA President Eric Evangelista, who was previously investigated for a violation of the bylaws, said at the organization’s March 20 meeting that he submitted his annual budget proposal to the SA Finance Board without first receiving approval from the cabinet and assembly.

In his failure to run the budget proposal by the cabinet and assembly, Evangelista violated articles of the bylaws that require SA’s operating budget to be approved by the cabinet and assembly before being forwarded to the Finance Board. In doing so, he showed an unfamiliarity with the bylaws that lay the groundwork of the organization he is in charge of.

Evangelista said he “did not know” that the bylaws required the cabinet and assembly to approve the budget proposal prior to the Finance Board, and added that this information “was something my predecessors did not do and did not convey to me either.”

Evangelista’s two most recent

predecessors — Aysha Seedat and Boris Gresely, who oversaw the 59th and 58th legislative sessions, respectively — both disputed these claims and said they followed the budget proposal approval procedure correctly.

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The Student Association is the student government of the university. SA is currently in its 60th session and Eric Evangelista is president. Outside of the cabinet, there are four committees and four boards, which report to the association.

But when it comes to the written rules that outline what SA officials can and cannot do, there’s no room for precedent. Evangelista should own up to his mistake, rather than cop out and blame his ignorance on the presidents who came before him. The actions of his predecessors are not relevant to the leaders of the current legislative session, who should perhaps concern themselves with learning the bylaws.

The failure of SA leadership to follow procedure regarding the budget proposal was acknowledged

by Obi Afriyie, the organization’s parliamentarian, and Nicole Sherwood, its public relations chair.

Afriyie said at SA’s March 20 meeting that decisions based on precedent were not excuses for ignoring the bylaws. Sherwood said the cabinet members “failed to be on top of what was happening.”

Sherwood added that the budget approval fiasco was a “mistake” that could not be fixed.

The proper approval process that is outlined in the bylaws will not be followed this semester, and instead, Evangelista will share the budget with the assembly electronically.

Considering the approval of the budget is one of the most tangible and impactful tasks SA is charged with, it’s disheartening to see that its approval procedure was not and will not be properly handled.

Moving forward, it’s up to Evangelista and other SA leaders to do their jobs by the rules, and properly represent the more than 14,000 students they were chosen to speak on behalf of. Playing the blame game is not the way to build a positive reputation around the organization one represents, nor is lacking an understanding of the actual game’s rules.

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Ban on large electronic devices goes into effect Text by Sandyha Iyer staff writer

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he United States has enacted another travel ban — this time for electronics.

A ban on electronic devices larger than smartphones on airplanes f lying from 10 airports in eight countries into the U.S. officially went into effect on March 25. The devices, which include an exception for necessary medical equipment, must be placed in checked baggage so that they cannot be accessed during a flight, according to The New York Times.

U.S. officials said the ban was a counterterrorism measure based on intelligence that ISIS is developing the capability to hide bombs in laptop batteries, per The Times.

The policy will only affect flights that leave directly from eight countries: Egypt, UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Morocco.

The electronic devices must be checked in at the “point of origin” which means that if a passenger starts off traveling from New

Delhi, India, but stops at one of the affected airports in Saudi Arabia and then flies to the U.S., they will have to check in their electronic devices in New Delhi, per Business Insider.

The ban specifically targets nine airlines: Egyptair, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Emirates Airline, Royal Air Maroc, Etihad Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Kuwait Airways and Saudia.

The British government also instilled a similar ban right after the American one, but it targets different airlines from similar regions.

The United Kingdom did not include specific threats in their reasoning for imposing a ban, per BBC News.

David Crane, professor of practice at Syracuse University’s College of Law, added it has been assessed that through these particular airlines coming from these particular countries, there is a possibility that a terrorist from a group like ISIS could hide a bomb within an electronic device and blow up a plane that’s headed into the U.S. Crane said he doesn’t expect to see much backlash from the affected airlines. Even though they won’t be happy, they will comply because their market in the U.S. is too

large and lucrative to risk losing, he said.

Similarly, relations with the affected countries probably won’t be hurt over the long term, Crane added, saying that at the end of the day, it’s difficult to argue against counterterrorism measures. He also said the ban will not likely be permanent, and that once the threat is no longer there, the ban will be lifted.

Crane doesn’t see the ban having a significant impact on U.S. air travel. He said that the ban won’t cause the airlines to incur any additional costs, and even if there were, the costs would be passed on to the passengers.

While he believes that President Trump has taken several countermeasures, Crane said he doesn’t think the large electronic devices ban should be linked to other bans, such as the executive order banning travel from several Muslim majority countries.

The devices ban, he said, is a “smart, prudent” counterterrorism measure that other presidents would have been likely to put in place as well.

“Countermeasures move and are altered based on the threat. (The ban) could be effective,” he said. ssiyer@syr.edu

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sessions In his 2016 report “Immigration Handbook for the New Republican Majority,” Sessions wrote that immigration was responsible for a damaged job market and welfare dependency, according to the BBC. The new Attorney General is also expected to be tough on marijuana legalization and transgender rights. Already, he has worked with Trump to roll back a rule that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.

The New York Times reported that Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, was initially resistant to the change, which required her approval, but Sessions and Trump pushed her to eventually sign off.

During the 1986 confirmation hearing, Sessions also came under fire for a com-

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meeting an assembly representative for the 61st session are being accepted until April 7. More details will be released in a school-wide email in the next few days, Bogris said.

Bogris also announced that Student Association will be hosting a debate for the upcoming Student Association election on April 10 during the normally scheduled Monday meeting. This will include the president and vice president ticket, as well as those running for comptroller.

Eddie Devino III presented on behalf of the Bylaws Review Committee about potential changes to the structure of SA

ment about the Klu Klux Klan that was telling about Sessions’ distaste for marijuana. Sessions said the KKK were OK “until I learned they smoked pot,” which he later said was made as a joke, per The Washington Post.

Throughout Sessions’ career, though, he has been vocal against legalizing marijuana, which goes against a nationwide trend: Currently, 29 states have legalized medical marijuana and 65 million Americans live in states where recreational marijuana use is legal, per Politico Magazine.

Sessions has criticized his predecessors Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch for not strictly enforcing the federal prohibition on marijuana, per Politico. It is Sessions’ primary duty to enforce federal law and it is within his power to prosecute those who have participated in the marijuana industry on the state level. dovanwey@syr.edu

committees. At the moment, there are four committees that assembly members must be on: Academic Affairs, Public Relations, Community Engagement and Student Life.

Devino discussed removing the Public Relations committee and creating a Diversity Affairs committee. The director of diversity affairs, currently Diasia Robinson, would become a voting member and would host events with community leaders in the area to promote diversity.

This change would be a change to the SA constitution, which would require the approval of a two-thirds majority of assembly in order to go on the ballot for the 61st session, Devino said. wgmuoio@syr.edu | @WillMuoio

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A look back at the Carrier Dome’s creation nearly 40 years after ground broke

Originally, a stadium was supposed to be placed on Skytop, but that soon changed after locals protested the decision. daily orange file photo

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

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henever they could, Syracuse football coaches avoided showing recruits SU’s outdated home field.

Built in 1907, Archbold Stadium constantly needed repairs before home games. For years, it crumbled. One day in the mid1970s, Ronald Cavanagh walked a Syracuse football recruit into the Archbold Stadium locker room anyway. When a rat darted across a pipe, the recruit’s mother gasped.

The athlete committed to Ohio State.

“It was then that we knew we had to start thinking about a new structure, pronto,” said Cavanagh, a former SU professor and member of the SU Athletic Policy Board, which influenced the university’s decision to construct the Carrier Dome.

Over the next few years, SU drew up the

possibilities of building an open-air stadium on Skytop or in a lot off Bridge Street in East Syracuse, breaking ground at the New York State Fairgrounds or demolishing Archbold and constructing a dome in its place. For months, Syracuse University was at odds with the government and community members. After an unsuccessful attempt to build on Skytop, SU decided on the Carrier Dome, which hosted its first game in September 1980.

Since then, about 18 million people have walked through its turnstiles. In the near future, the place SU calls home will undergo some of its most sweeping renovations, estimated to cost $205 million. Chief among them are a new roof and air conditioning system. With that in mind, here’s a look back nearly four decades in time at the creation of one of New York state’s signature landmarks. see carrier

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By April 1979, the Carrier Dome site had been graded and leveled for the start of the project. More than 100 men worked daily. daily orange file photo

Workers erected pound-in-plate walls and pre-cast concrete box columns. By July 1979, as shown above, 15 percent of the Carrier Dome was completed. The project, which created more than 250 jobs and $10 million local expenditure, was completed on time in every stage. daily orange file photo

In transition Defenders are carrying SU men’s lacrosse’s offensive in transition, providing an unexpected spark.

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Up to 4 Syracuse men’s lacrosse moved up to No. 4 in this week’s ranking, its highest rank of the year.

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All-American Former Orange point guard Alexis Peterson earned All-America Second Team honors.

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The Carrier Dome is set to undergo a $205 million renovation in the near future. The place Syracuse football, lacrosse and basketball has called home since 1980 will undergo several changes including a new roof and air conditioning system. brandon bielinski staff photographer

The Carrier Dome’s first game came in September 1980, as Syracuse football cruised to a double-digit victory over Miami of Ohio. daily orange file photo

The Carrier Dome, which cost about $27 million to build and was completed in the summer of 1980, became the first large dome in the Northeast. daily orange file photo

For basketball games, the Carrier Dome can hold 34,616 fans at capacity. Multiple times Syracuse had more than 30,000 people in attendance. jessica sheldon staff photographer

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men’s lacrosse

SU offense finds unexpected contributors in transition

By Sam Fortier

asst. sports editor

Sometimes Syracuse’s best offense doesn’t come from its offense.

In five of the Orange’s seven games this season, SU has received a point from its defenders.

Most recently, against Duke on March 25, Joe Gillis provided a goal and an assist. Without Gillis’ aggressive play — the helper off pushing up a ground ball and the tally off an Evan Molloy save rushed up field — SU may not have found itself eventual 12-11 winners in overtime.

“They got some run-outs (in transition), some 5-on-4s,” said Duke head coach John Danowski. “We allowed that to happen. …

Most of us ride to sub, just to get our personnel on and off the field and re-sub. We subbed very poorly, and they took advantage.”

Danowski is the most recently frustrated head coach at the Syracuse transition success.

Short-stick defensive midfielder Paolo Ciferri put Syracuse up two goals early in the fourth quarter the week before against Johns Hopkins — a goal that proved valuable when the Orange coughed up three unanswered goals and then tied it up with 34 seconds to go. Pushing from the defense has jumpstarted SU’s offense at times this season and enabled the No. 4 Orange (6-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) to escape with five wins in its program-record six consecutive onegoal games. Strengthening the transition game became more of a focus for SU, senior attack Jordan Evans said, after studying game tape on

BRENDAN BOMBERRY is the truest thing SU has to a two-way midfielder. He and SU’s defense have helped push transition leading to scores. ally moreo photo editor

a 14-13 win over Virginia on March 5.

“As a team, we could take advantage of some more transition opportunities,” Evans said on March 9. “(Virginia) was a one-goal game, but there was a couple of stretches where we had a couple of transition opportunities where we were shooting it over the goal, or not making that extra pass where we could have had an easy score in front of the goal.”

The Orange has engineered a defensive rota-

tion particularly adept at succeeding in transition. While defenders Scott Firman and Marcus Cunningham don’t often push up, they can.

The pair also serves as ideal complements to Tyson Bomberry and Nick DiPietro. Bomberry, whose box lacrosse background provided him with some of the best stick handles Desko has ever seen, has a goal and assist. DiPietro rotates in depending on the situation with hyper-physical Cunningham to provide speed and finesse.

The crux of the transition offense rests on Molloy, SU’s aggressive maestro. He turns saves into counter-strikes by unabashedly slinging 40-yard heaves to players leaking out to the midfield. In a normally risky play, Molloy usually makes the correct decision.

Syracuse converts its clears at 92.1 percent, second-best in the nation.

“We have the get the ball up out from the defense and all the way up,” junior midfielder Brendan Bomberry said. “That’s big for us. It’s a big momentum switch if we can get those goals in transition.”

Brendan is also the closest thing Syracuse has to a two-way midfielder. When he’s caught on defense, he can push up the sideline alongside a defender or short-stick defensive midfielder. Against Albany on Feb. 18, that situation arose in a game when his cousin, Tyson, forced a turnover, started the attack, passed off to Brendan and ended the rush with a Bomberryto-Bomberry feed for Tyson’s first career goal.

The grab-and-go goal on the defensive half of the field has been stressed to the newest team members from the beginning. True freshman Jamie Trimboli acknowledged the expectation to counter hard on Jan. 26.

“This year,” he said, “we’re taking it to a whole new level.” And, so far, he’s right. “(The defense) pushes the ball in transition when we need to and makes smart plays,” SU head coach John Desko said. “… They’re playing very well. We have to have their backs a lot more.” sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

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Syracuse bumps up to No. 4 in Inside Lacrosse Top 20

By Charlie DiSturco asst. copy editor

Another one-goal overtime victory has pushed Syracuse up to No. 4 in this week’s Inside Lacrosse rankings, SU’s highest rank this season.

Syracuse (6-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) stormed back after a four-goal run by Duke in the fourth quarter, tying the game with 1:26 to go.

The score stayed knotted at 11 until freshman midfielder Jamie Trimboli intercepted a pass intended for senior attack Nick Mariano and

shot top shelf from 15 yards out.

It marked Syracuse’s sixth straight one goal game, a program record. Trimboli’s game-winner is SU’s fourth this year. Trimboli made his first career start and his lone point in the game proved most important for Syracuse. Nate Solomon, Brendan Bomberry and Sergio Salcido each finished with a pair of goals.

Mariano finished with a team-high three goals in the win. The senior attack’s fourpoint performance earned him ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors, Syracuse’s

women’s basketball

Senior Alexis Peterson named to All-America Second Team

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

Former Syracuse point guard Alexis Peterson has been named to the Associated Press’ AllAmerica Second Team, becoming SU’s first AP All-American since Nicole Michael in 2010 and the program’s third overall (Kayla Alexander was an honorable mention in 2013).

In her senior season, Peterson was named 2016-17 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, the first player in program history to win the honor. The 5-foot-7 guard averaged 23.4 points, seven assists and three steals per game this season.

She led the conference in scoring and led the ACC in assists and steals during ACC games. She set the Syracuse single-season scoring record with 721 points and earned four conference player of the week honors, a program record.

She also scored a single-game record 45 points in a victory against North Carolina State on Jan. 12, marking the most points scored by an individual, male or female, in Carrier Dome history. In SU’s season-ending loss to four-time defending national champion Connecticut last week, she scored a team-high 25 points.

In 134 career games, Peterson scored 1,978 points, which ranks second in program history. She dished out 590 assists, the top mark in program history. Peterson and Washington’s Kelsey Plum were the only two active players in the country with at least 1,800 points scored and 500 assists.

Since dominating during the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Peterson emerged as one of the nation’s best point guards. Her scoring average bumped to nearly 24 points from 16 her junior season. In developing into a do-it-all pilot of the SU offense, her assist numbers bumped up to seven from 4.7 a year ago.

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Peterson’s points per game average, which led the ACC

“She is one the best point guards I have ever gone up against in my 10 years,” Army head coach Dave Magarity said last March.

“We tried to double her, we tried to trap her, we tried to keep it out of her hands,” N.C. State head coach Wes Moore said Jan. 12.

“But we just couldn’t find a way.”

“She might be the most improved player in the league,” Notre Dame Hall of Fame coach Muffet McGraw said Feb. 19.

Peterson scored at least 10 points in all but one of her 33 starts this season. She partnered with redshirt senior guard Brittney Sykes for the top-scoring backcourt in the nation. Peterson went from proving people wrong to the hallmark of the program.

She is projected to be drafted in the top 5 at next month’s WNBA Draft. mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

first this season. Mariano leads the team with 26 points and is tied with Bomberry for most goals (15).

Scott Firman caused a game-high three turnovers and picked up three ground balls in the win. He has been a steady contributor for SU, often tasked with guarding the opponent’s best player. Duke’s Justin Guterding had a pair of goals and assists but turned the ball over five times.

Senior faceoff specialist Ben Williams is coming off his career-worst game at the X, going 4-of-18 against Duke’s Kyle Rowe. He

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carrier dome In crumbles In November 1979, SU fans and workmen dismantled Archbold’s goalposts and removed the turf. By December, cranes and wrecking balls demolished the concrete stands. On Jan. 20, 1979, the last remnant of the Arch on Irving Avenue was torn down.

“Vigorous opposition”

All of the approvals and permits from state and local governments were in place for a new, open-air structure to erect on Skytop field. But on the morning the construction workers pitched in their shovels, local residents laid down at the site in protest. The “unanticipated vigorous opposition,” mostly from residents, thought Colvin Street would turn into a major thoroughfare.

“All of the work had been done,” SU administrator Molly Broad said.

Then-SU Chancellor Melvin Eggers granted the locals’ wishes by canceling the plans to build at Skytop. He didn’t want to displease them, Broad said, so the university went with option two.

Making the deal

The university, in conjunction with Carrier Corp., New York state Senator and SU School of Law graduate Tarky Lombardi and the government, got a bargain on the deal, Broad said. The Carrier Dome cost under $27 million to build. As part of the deal, SU gave up its land in the Adirondacks. (Then-Carrier Corp. chief executive officer Mel Holm gave $2.75 million to the university in exchange for naming rights in perpetuity.)

The foundation

By April 1979, the Carrier Dome site had been graded and leveled for the start of the

was replaced by freshman Danny Varello, who finished the game 6-of-8, including a win on the only faceoff in overtime.

All five ACC teams are ranked in the poll released Monday: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 12 Duke, No. 14 Virginia and No. 18 North Carolina.

The Orange travels to South Bend, Indiana, for a date with top-ranked UND Saturday at noon. The Fighting Irish’s (5-1, 1-0) only loss came to Denver. UND beat Virginia and No. 5 Ohio State earlier this year. csdistur@syr.edu | @charliedist

Dome project. More than 100 men worked daily, a number that jumped to about 200 by project’s end. They erected pound-inplate walls and pre-cast concrete box columns. The project, which created more than 250 jobs and $10 million in local expenditure, was completed on time in every stage.

Dome debut

In the Dome’s inaugural event, a Sept. 20 football game between SU and Miami of Ohio, temperatures hovered around 80 degrees. Bruce Laidlaw, class of 1995, had double-knit polyester slacks stuck to his legs.

“It was ironically incredibly hot and sticky,” Laidlaw recalled. “I couldn’t move.

And it was absolutely packed to the gills.”

The naming rights belong to Carrier Corp., a Connecticut-based air conditioning company. The irony of such a firm sponsoring a facility that does not have AC may baffle some, but AC was not installed during construction because builders considered Syracuse’s cold climate.

Telling the head man

Molly Broad had the “distinct pleasure” of telling SU head coach Jim Boeheim that the then-Orangemen would no longer play its home games in Manley Field House. Boeheim liked the tight-knit environment Manley provided and the home advantage it gave SU. “He was like a baby crying that he didn’t want to go to the Dome,” Broad remembered, laughing. “He went in anyway and had a smashing success.”

The years since

By the 1990s, other large universities had built more modern facilities than the Carrier Dome. Nonetheless, the Dome has hosted thousands of SU athletic events — including Syracuse football’s upset of No. 1 Nebraska in 1984 and a slew of NCAA Tournament games — concerts and trade shows.

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Besides Boeheim, the next largest character in this film will likely be Mike Hopkins, so his casting is essential. For Hopkins, we’re going to go with Michael Shannon. Sure, he doesn’t have the hairline of Hopkins, but he has the same determination in his eyes and is an ageappropriate match.

For the chancellors over Boeheim’s tenure, Jamie Lee Curtis would be enlisted to capture the spunk of Nancy Cantor and Matthew Broderick to personify Kent Syverud. Broderick might not be an identical match, but he can convey similar mannerisms, matching Syverud’s interesting combination of charm and shyness. While he would barely be in the movie, Terry

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benjamin is an extremely hard role to cast, as you want someone who can capture Boeheim’s intensity, but also his personality off the court. This might be a controversial choice, but I’m going with Kevin Spacey. Yes, he’s a bit younger than Boeheim at the moment, but makeup could be utilized as needed. He has similar facial features as Boeheim, two Oscars to his name and certainly would have no trouble adapting his behavior to match our coach. He is an actor that can be both inspirational and terrifying, so he’s our perfect choice.

Crews would breathe life into Dino Babers, simply because Babers is a man that is, like Boeheim, destined to grace the big screen.

For players like Carmelo Anthony and Fab Melo, the best approach is finding some unknowns, and making them stars.

While Syracuse personnel are extremely important to this film, we also will include some characters from Boeheim’s life. For his wife Juli, the perfect choice would be Connie Britton. Finally, to play Boeheim’s longtime rival and best friend Coach K, we will go unconventional and choose Bill Murray, who I could see winning an Oscar for this role. We will need some black hair dye, but Murray could

find Coach K’s mannerisms while also having a personality that draws the eye to the screen.

There would be a ton of material to cover in this film, so it may be hard to figure out what should and should not be included. But no matter what, the story of the program and the coach is an amazing tale. There’s drama, excitement and triumph. The only thing that still needs to be determined is the ending, and I have a feeling it will be a long time until we find that out.

Erik Benjamin is a junior television, radio and film major. His column appears weekly in Pulp. He can be reached at ebenjami@syr.edu or on Twitter @embenjamin14.

so happened that The 1975 would be passing right through Syracuse on its tour.

“They were the first artist we went after, and it worked out,” Singleton said, noting that artists they originally plan on bringing rarely end up actually playing.

“It’s a delicate balance of who’s available and who’s in our price range,” she said.

The best part of the whole concert, though, wasn’t seeing The 1975’s elaborate stage set up or hearing the hit “Chocolate” as the encore.

“It’s seeing the crowd interact with the artist,” Singleton said. “Seeing the smiles on their faces.”

Audience interaction was a big success with UU’s advanced screening of “Get Out,” now a hugely successful film that made $30.5 million opening weekend – it had a budget of $4.5 million. The horror films are usually popular, and Russell and Panos said they love watching people laugh after being scared by the movies’Orange 3/27/17 Sudoku The Daily jump scares. They love the palpable, buzzing The 1975 headlined the return of Rock the Dome, filling a hole in UU programming for indie rock and alternative acts. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor energy in the room.

The “Ouija: Origin of Evil” advanced Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kings of Leon on his and hung them up, a visual representation screening drew the same size crows as the album “Thank Me Later,” cementing himself as of what they have accomplished.

“Get Out” screening, but Russell and Panos a hip-hop heavy-hitter.

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university union and booking its big concerts: Juice Jam and Block Party. Fetty Wap had repeatedly showed up on the University Union Student Survey where one-third of the student body is invited to share which acts they’d like to see come to campus.

“We just knew we needed to get back on our feet and do right by the students,” she said. “You can’t sit back and cry ‘woe is me.’”

That’s why UU decided to make sure profits from Juice Jam went back towards improving the student experience, i.e., making Block Party better.

While Juice Jam was disappointing, Rock the Dome was a big success and one of Singleton’s favorite events of the semester.

Rock the Dome was a Fall 2012 Carrier Dome concert. Ludacris and Rick Ross played, but the event failed to cement itself as an annual student life staple due to scheduling conflicts. One of UU’s goals this semester was to bring more rock artists to campus, as UU typically brings electronic dance music and rap to campus, genres that consistently dominate the UU Student Survey.

Playing off the “rock” in “Rock the Dome,” Singleton explained how they played off the name of the event when choosing who to bring.

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Downward dino Dinosaur Bar-BQue unites yoga, healthy food, restaurant signature

By Stacy Fernandez asst. feature editor

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inosaur Bar-B-Que’s first “Yoga & BBQ” event will be held on April 8 in its West Willow Street location. It is being done in conjunction with Sophie Tashkovski Yoga and Lululemon Athletica aims to bring two communities — food and fitness lovers — together. The Daily Orange spoke with Jason Ryan, marketing director for Dinosaur Bar-BQue, about the event.

The Daily Orange: Where did the idea to combine yoga and barbecue come from?

Jason Ryan: So Dinosaur Bar-B-Que came out with a new bowl, it’s a Black & White bowl and it’s kind of one of the healthier options than Dinosaur has had. So we came out with that and we wanted to wait to advertise it and get to a clientele that might not necessarily come to Dinosaur or think of Dinosaur as their first option for a lunch or a healthy meal. So one thing we talked about is yoga —teaming up with them in a way to showcase us to a different demographic — and yoga’s becoming more and more of a bigger thing around the Syracuse area. In a way, it brings the community in through a different event that shows that Dinosaur isn’t a thing that does just ribs, that we have a variety. We offer healthy options — the bowls are even available in glutenfree and vegan.

The D.O.: What kind of feedback have you gotten from community members about the event?

J.R.: People love it. The first event sold out in about an hour and a half so it’s definitely something big. … It kind of becomes that thing where after you do yoga you still have a wind down and there’s a little more to it, so people have been loving it. I know Sophie was sending out an email today about the second one and she said we already have great response for it, so we’re hoping that this one sells out just as fast.

The D.O.: Have you seen any other companies do something like this in the past?

J.R.: Not with food. Empire Brewing has done it before with their beer where they do it at the brewery and you get a beer after, but I haven’t seen anyone else offer food. We’re also for our first event tying Lululemon in. After you eat, Lululemon will be doing a pop-up shop where

SOPHIE TASHKOVSKI, who owns her own yoga studio, will kick off the “Yoga and BBQ” event by leading a 60-minute yoga session. courtesy of dinosaur bar-b-que

you can actually look at the different athletic clothes and see. They’re auctioning off a yoga package that includes a Lululemon mat and stuff, and for the second event we’re working with — we really like to, how I said tie the community in — the new body mind float center.

It’s one of those float and salt places. They’re coming in after you eat and people can learn more about the floating, the salt packages, all that stuff, and then people that sign up get entered to win a $75 float and salt package, which is kind of cool.

The D.O.: How often does Dinosaur want to do this? Do you think it’s going to be a repeating event?

J.R.: We went into this with the first one just to see how it went — it really went well so now other locations are also jumping on. We actually just talked to a girl at our Rochester location. She wants to do it there. We’re also trying to work with a bar in New York City to

do a “Bar-beque.” It’s kind of spiraled into a little bit more than what we expected. I think it’s one of those things that’s found its niche with us and fits well and I think it might be something that we’re going to keep with and partner and put a mold on the local community as well as our food. I can see it turning into a couple times a year.

The D.O.: What do you hope participants get out of the experience?

J.R.: The big thing we’re trying to do is connect different experiences and stuff that may not go together. People who may be comfortable at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que may not be the people that do yoga, so we’re introducing that to them. And people that do yoga might not always think that Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is the number one place they can eat … We’re trying to showcase that there’s more to us than what you always think of. sfern100@syr.edu

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Entertainment planning board works for students

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By Casey Russell feature editor

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•

aitlin Russell turned to her friend and co-worker Chrysann Panos, imagining out loud how incredible it would have been to be at the 2010 Block Party headlined by Drake, who just dropped his album “More Life,” which has practically stopped hip hop and rap fans in their tracks since its March 18 release.

That would have been sick.

Russell and Panos both work for

University Union, the student group that has been bringing the day’s latest entertainment to Syracuse University since 1962. Though it wasn’t made the official programming board of the university until 2011, UU is and was “This is like our four-year long internship,” Chyrsann Panos, a senior public relations major and vice president of UU said.

With YouTuber Issa Rae speaking at campus Friday, UU board of directors elections coming up on April 2 and Mayfest and Block Party on the horizon, April is perhaps the

organization’s busiest month. Russell, a senior in the Bandier program and UU’s director of public relations, sometimes forgets that school goes on after Mayfest and Block Party.

There are several levels of involvement. Panos and Russell are on the board of directors, meaning they are in charge of UU’s vital operations.

There are eight departments headed by a director, each with its own executive board.

“I think sometimes students think we’re run by the school, but we’re all student-run,” Panos said.

3 1. ERIN SINGLETON remembered her stomach sink when Fetty Wap canceled, but remaining calm during the stress proved rewarding. ally moreo photo editor 2. CAITLIN RUSSELL started working with UU as a freshman and climbed the ranks to public relations director. jacob greenfeld asst. photo editor 3.

University Union displays posters from its past events on the walls of its office. ally moreo photo editor

Elections are this Sunday. Though board members typically get there by climbing the ladder from general member to executive board staffer to the board of directors, students sometimes make it on without any prior experience. Once everyone is elected, the board of directors has a retreat where they hash out individual and organization-wide goals for six hours.

“It’s always on a Friday morning,” Will Woods, senior marketing and finance dual major and UU marketing director, groaned.

Last year, UU wanted to revitalize and revamp its programming.

And with Mayfest coming up, Panos and Russell are proud of what they accomplished this year.

Their highlight reel is predictable, as they cited Juice Jam, “Get Out,” The 1975 and the collaborative University Lectures Brandon Stanton event and their favorite events of the semester. But all these events symbolized UU’s greater goal.

“We want to make sure everyone’s happy,” Panos said.

But just a few months ago, no one was happy when Fetty Wap failed to deliver his headlining set at Juice Jam due to travel problems. University Union wrote a letter to the students apologizing and thoroughly explaining the time planning and logistical issues they ran into the day of the event.

Erin Singleton, senior Bandier major and UU’s concerts director, emphasized that the situation was disappointing for UU too, which typically spends five months planning see university

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movie

Who would play Jim Boeheim in a Syracuse basketball biopic?

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ne of my favorite nicknames for the Syracuse basketball team is “Cardiac ‘Cuse,” as it highlights all of the excitement that comes along with following the team.

There have been some incredibly high highs, and some unbelievably low lows. As the drama unfolded with Mike Hopkins’ departure, it hit me that my time following Syracuse basketball has felt like a movie.

Then I started to wonder what Jim Boeheim’s time at Syracuse would look like as a movie.

ERIK BENJAMIN

DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY Although the film could be titled “Bleeding Orange” after Jim Boeheim’s best-selling book, we should separate the film from Boeheim’s book so it can simply stand on its own. Thus, I propose the title “Orange is the New Orange,” as it plays into the pop culture phenom-

enon of “Orange is the New Black” and describes how Boeheim’s teams and coaching style has evolved over the four decades he has been at the helm, reinventing itself as the game has changed.

Now that we have a title, let’s get this thing made. For the screenplay, a guy named Michael H. Weber, a noted screenwriter and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumnus, would be hired. While he has never written a sports film before, he’s had success with emotional fare

like “(500) Days of Summer” and “The Fault in Our Stars,” and most recently, the upcoming “The Disaster Artist,” which is getting amazing buzz. He’s a big basketball fan, and has a character-based writing style that could really bring some favorite Syracuse icons to life.

We’re going to want to go for a director who captures the excitement of Syracuse basketball, the emotion of the characters and the legacy of Jim Boeheim. The perfect choice is Ron Howard, who

has a history of making informative, emotional and captivating films. He can often be a little sentimental, but when it comes to sports, sentimentality is an essential aspect of success. Howard understands scope and action, but can also capture the intimacy of a moment.

With a script by Michael H. Weber and Ron Howard at the helm, the most exciting thing is left to sort out — the cast.

Let’s start with Boeheim. This

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