March 30, 2017

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N • Repeating history

Student Association President Eric Evangelista recently violated SA’s budget approval process, but he was not the first president to do so. Page 3

O • Local produce

Environment columnist Morgan Bulman argues for providing low-income individuals and communities with nutritious, affordable produce. Page 5

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P • It’s madness

As Final Four games come closer, learn more about the best restaurants in the cities and near the campuses of the teams that are playing. Page 9

S • Ready for revenge

Last year, Syracuse men’s lacrosse got throttled at home by Notre Dame. Ever since, the Orange has been preparing to face off against UND again. Page 16

Friends remember student By Delaney Van Wey asst. news editor

David Stankiewicz was friends with everyone, from freshmen athletes he met last semester to junior theater majors who lived on his block. Many characterized him the same way: Stankiewicz was selfless, caring and happy. “He was just like, one the most compassionate people. … He cared about everyone,” said Taylor Feldman, a friend of Stankiewicz. Stankiewicz, a senior biology major at Syracuse University, died on Saturday. A native of Weston, Connecticut, he was a championship runner in high school and ran for SU’s men’s track and field team during his freshman and sophomore years. Friends said they remember Stankiewicz, who was 21 and just shy of graduation, for his laugh and caring nature. During junior year, Stankiewicz lived on South Campus a few

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Student reports robbery By Delaney Van Wey asst. news editor

A Syracuse University student reported a strong-arm robbery that occurred in Ernie Davis Hall on Wednesday, according to a Department of Public Safety notice. At approximately 4:25 p.m., the student reported, two men knocked on the door of a dorm room and attempted to rob him. DPS sent a Public Safety Alert to Syracuse University students via email at 7 p.m. The suspects, two males, reportedly asked the student “Where is the sh*t” after he opened the door to them. According to the safety alert, the student said he was unsure of what they meant. The student sustained minor injuries, including a cut to the chin and soreness in his throat and neck. DPS asked for help in identifying the suspects, who fled on foot. One suspect was described as 6 feet tall with a small mustache, wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt with white sleeves and white sneakers. The other was reportedly 5 feet, 8 inches tall, wearing a dark blue hoodie and dark sweatpants with white stripes. After they searched the room in Ernie Davis Hall, the suspects fled the scene without taking anything, heading westbound on Waverly Avenue. dovanwey@syr.edu

Syracuse University students and local residents marched from Hendricks Chapel to Marshall Street on Wednesday evening during SU’s 2017 Take Back the Night event, part of an international and annual movement against sexual assault. colin davy asst. photo editor

Own the night Students rally against sexual violence, rape culture at annual event

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

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achel Johnson ran ahead of the crowd of students who were marching beside E.S. Bird Library, casting long shadows up and down the sidewalk. Johnson — the chair of the 2017 Take Back the Night committee — was overcome with emotion and out of breath as she turned into the wind that had been sharp and bitter throughout the night, her voice hitching. “This means freedom, it means an end to rape culture, it means everyone is coming together as a collective,” she said. “This is beautiful.” Hundreds of Syracuse University students and local residents gathered Wednesday evening for SU’s annual Take Back the Night rally, an event aimed at eliminating sexual assault; abuse and violence; and rape culture. After holding a rally at Hendricks Chapel, students marched across campus, down Marshall Street and up see march page 4

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Blacklisted professors to receive more protection By Jacob Gedetsis enterprise editor

The University Senate unanimously passed a resolution related to attacks on academic freedom and outside organizations blacklisting Syracuse University faculty members. The resolution proposed the Senate decry “the blacklisting of our colleagues” and called upon members of the SU community to ensure that the lists aren’t used in

what is usen?

The University Senate is the academic governing body of the university and is made up of faculty, students, staff and administration members. The majority of the work is done in 17 standing committees, which report to the full senate at least once a year.

hiring, promotion, tenure or other situations that require evaluation. Wednesday’s meeting also included reports from SU Chancellor Kent Syverud and from a member of the Middle States Steering Committee. Dana Cloud, a professor of communication and rhetorical studies, recently appeared on a website called Professor Watchlist, which sets out to expose professors who the site believes “discriminate against conservative students and advance left-

ist propaganda in the classroom.” Cloud addressed the Senate, and said she has been on similar blacklists since the early 2000s. She said she is concerned for young people and minorities that don’t have tenure-protection. She said that this resolution would help calm those concerns. She said that if the Senate had passed a resolution like this when she first appeared on one of these see usen page 6


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