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SU sophomore Sarah Gross will go on her first formal tour later this month and has an album set to drop in April featuring funkinfluenced songs and R&B tracks. Page 7
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August implemented a law to prevent gun violence. Law enforcement officials say the legislation has had little impact in the county. Page 3
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Led by Elijah Hughes, Syracuse men’s basketball defeated Boston College, 84-71. But the win doesn’t do much for SU’s NCAA Tournament fate. Page 12
Slow progress #NotAgainSU negotiates with SU administrators for 2nd day
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Campaign raises over $800 million By Chris Hippensteel asst. news editor
Syracuse University officials met with #NotAgainSU protesters during the first day of the movement’s occupation of Crouse-Hinds Hall. The two parties are meeting this week to formally negotiate demands. corey henry photo editor
By Maggie Hicks, Chris Hippensteel and Michael Sessa
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yracuse University administrators and #NotAgainSU organizers discussed faculty diversity training, disarming Department of Public Safety officers and protections for striking graduate students in their second negotiating session Tuesday.
We made an intentional decision to bring the folks in this room, and I’m not going to say more than that Gabe Nugent general counsel for su
#NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, has occupied CrouseHinds Hall since Feb. 17 to continue its protest of a string of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic incidents that have occurred at or near SU since early November. Organizers presented Chancellor Kent Syverud with a list of 19 demands in November. He signed 16 as written and revised the remaining three. The see negotiations page 4
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2nd coronavirus case confirmed in New York By Chris Hippensteel asst. news editor
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday confirmed a second case of coronavirus in New York state, this one just outside of New York City. The 50 year-old man lives with his family in Westchester County and works in Manhattan, Cuomo said. The man has an underlying respiratory condition and is currently hospitalized, Cuomo said. The novel coronavirus, or
COVID-19 — a respiratory disease experts believe originated in Wuhan, China — has spread to at least 64 countries, infected nearly 90,000 people and killed at least 3,000. Nine people in the United States died from the virus as of Tuesday afternoon. Cuomo announced Monday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New York, a woman in her late 30s who had recently traveled to Iran. The patient has been isolated since returning to New York, Cuomo said in a statement.
“We said for the past several weeks that with this coronavirus situation you’re going to see continued spreading,� Cuomo said. “That spreading is inevitable.� Unlike the first patient, the second patient does not have any known connections to areas with a COVID-19 outbreak, Cuomo said. This may suggest the disease is spreading in communities that have no clear connection to the virus, he said. The spread of COVID-19 should not be a cause for New Yorkers to
panic, Cuomo said. He noted that the virus’ death rate is low in the United States. “Eighty percent of the people who will get this virus will selfresolve,� Cuomo said. “They might not even know they had the virus. Twenty percent could get ill.� State officials are now working to determine how the virus may continue to spread, Cuomo said. A school one of the patient’s children attended has closed to mitigate the possibility see coronavirus page 4
Syracuse University’s Forever Orange capital campaign has raised more than $800 million since its inception. The campaign, launched in November, aims to increase the university’s endowment through private donations. The university set a goal to raise $1.5 billion from 125,000 unique donors and have 20% of SU alumni actively engaged with the university. The Forever Orange campaign has raised more than $846,362,000 from 81,763 unique donors as of Jan. 31, said Matt Ter Molen, chief advancement officer and senior vice president. SU had achieved 11.3% alumni engagement as of Jan. 31, Ter Molen said. The campaign already raised $770 million by its November launch and attracted 78,000 unique donors. The campaign is on track to meet its goal by the end of its five-year public phase, Ter Molen said. SU may raise the campaign’s fundraising target as it progresses, Ter Molen said. “We won’t make a decision until we get deeper into the campaign,� Ter Molen said. SU alumni Patricia and Louis Mautino donated $750,000 in February to support the campaign and establish a scholarship for student veterans. Marylyn Turner and her husband Chuck Klaus, also alumni, donated $15 million in January to fund scholarships at the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The Samuel I. Newhouse foundation also pledged $75 million to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in January. The pledge — the largest in SU’s history — would fund several academic initiatives at Newhouse. “Given the gift from Donald Newhouse, the Newhouse school has probably received the most among our schools and colleges,� Ter Molen said. The Forever Orange campaign has not experienced a decrease in donations as a result of campus protests or bias-related incidents at or near SU, Ter Molen said. At least 30 hate incidents have occurred at or near SU since the campaign’s launch. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by Black students, has occupied the Barnes Center at The Arch and Crouse-Hinds Hall in protests of the incidents. “We have not seen any significant impact from that to date,� Ter Molen said. cjhippen@syr.edu