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Syracuse’s chapter of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities provides kids with an opportunity they may never have had otherwise: the chance to play baseball.

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Syracuse’s top three players in Alexis Peterson, Brittney Sykes and Briana Day each could be selected in the WNBA Draft on Thursday in New York City.

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Student Association presidential and vice presidential candidates squared off Monday night in a debate that was noticeably calmer than the first debate, with both campaigns focusing on issues and policy proposals that were overshadowed last week by arguments over candidate experience and the “sanctuary campus” issue.

Presidential candidates James Franco and Tyler Rossi, along with their running mates, focused on policy proposals including mental health and student safety during the second debate held in Maxwell Auditorium.

Both Franco and Rossi, along with their respective vice presidential candidates Angie Pati and Roy Tin, spent the majority of the debate explaining the different initiatives they would like to either continue from SA’s current legislative sessions or to create next year.

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CHANGES TO THE COMMON APPLICATION FOR THE 2017-2018 APPLICATION CYCLE: • Introduction text and FAQs will be added

2 out of 3 applicants who check “yes” to the felony conviction question don’t finish the application

Percentage of colleges and universities that use high school disciplinary information to make admissions decisions

• Students will be able to read about a college or university’s policy on criminal history and school discipline questions

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they have had any criminal history.

The Common App, which represents more than 700 different colleges and universities, introduced the question in 2006. Some universities across the country have demanded that the question be removed in efforts known as “Ban the Box,” arguing that it unfairly targets minority students and prevents those students from achieving higher education.

For the 2017-18 application cycle, the Common Application announced that introductory text and frequently asked questions would be added, as well an option for students to view a college’s policies on criminal history and school discipline questions.

But Marsha Weissman, a senior policy fellow and founder of the Syracuse-based Center for Community Alternatives, said these changes won’t make much of a difference.

Often schools don’t have strict policies in place to address criminal records. Seventy-three percent of colleges and universities collect high school disciplinary information and 89 percent use it to make admissions decisions. But only 25 percent have formal policies to guide their use of it and 30 percent have trained staff to interpret it, according to a 2015 report from the Center for Community Alternatives.

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s high school seniors this spring decide the colleges they’ll attend in the fall, some may have diminished options because of a controversial question on the Common Application.

Institutions that use the Common Application — such as Syracuse University — still ask applicants about their criminal record histories.

The question on the Common App requires students to mark a box if

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Community seeks to save cold case program

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

About 100 Syracuse University graduates students and faculty members have signed an online petition urging the university to keep the College of Law’s Cold Case Justice Initiative open after a report that the center will be terminated.

The center’s directors and professors of law, Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald, created the petition, which is addressed to the university administration. It calls for the center to remain in place and highlights the center’s program that works to identify and advocate for victims of unsolved racist crimes.

It also presses for an expla-

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Seventy-three percent of colleges and universities collect high school disciplinary information and 89 percent use it for admissions decisions. These are the top factors considered:

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nation and commitment to a supportive environment on the SU campus, stating that SU community members are directly inf luenced by an increasingly hostile environment toward immigrants and Muslims.

“Our students discover the similarities from the growing dangers today and the abuses of the past,”

the petition states. “We ask the Syracuse University community for support in helping us continue to engage in this unique type of education in justice work. … We are positioned to make a difference for victims and their families, for students, and for racial justice in the law and society. We need your help see cold

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Both campaigns said that student safety and mental health initiatives would be key pillars of their administrations if elected.

Franco said that his campaign’s ideas on how to improve student safety both on and off campus would be his first priority if elected.

“It’s hard to focus on your next test, it’s hard (to think about the weekend) if you’re worried about your friend’s house next door being broken into, if you’re worried about someone that was strongarm robbed on their way home from a late night at the library,” Franco said.

He said he would focus on creating better transportation options for students during the times when people are most at risk of being targeted by crime.

Franco mentioned the possible creation of a “Euclid shuttle” for students to be dropped off at their houses as a way to increase safe

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TATTOO tuesday | aidan meyer

Senior inks tattoos to remember adversity

By Julie McCullough staff writer

Aidan Meyer has three tattoos on his arm: an hourglass, a figure of a man and an edelweiss flower. Each is a symbol of overcoming an adverse period of his life.

Meyer, a senior public relations major, got his first MEYER tattoo when he was a sophomore at Syracuse University, at a time when he felt that he was lacking direction and purpose. The hourglass illustration comprises three glyphs that represent three valuable actions he wanted to embody as he moved forward in life: create, challenge and transform. Meyer said these three glyphs, particularly transform, remind him to accept change over the passage of time.

“The key factor is to just never stop and keep going, and you’ll evolve by having difficult experiences,” Meyer said. “A lot of people place a lot of emphasis on tradition.

I think it’s also important to grow as a human and realize that not everything will always stay the same.”

Meyer’s second tattoo came after one summer when he was living on his own in New York City. The struggles he overcame that summer — sleeping on a futon, getting kicked out of his apartment, being independent — helped him grow and mature in a relatively short period of time.

He also lost weight and discovered

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INSIDE N • Slashed funding President Donald Trump has cut funding from the United Nations agency that supports contraception.

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Syracuse senior close defender Scott Firman has shut down the opposition’s top attacks game after game.

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AIDAN MEYER got his first tattoo his sophomore year at Syracuse University, when he felt directionless.

Now he has three, each representing life lessons he has learned. kali bowden staff photographer

a new level of self-acceptance that he had never encountered before.

To celebrate this era of his life, he decided to get a figure of a naked man to represent coming to terms with who he is: namely, his body image and homosexuality.

“Many people are kind of shocked when they see it for the first time,” Meyer said. “That’s kind of the point, though.”

Finally, Meyer’s third tattoo is a celebration of the life of his father, who died last spring. Meyer has many fond childhood memories of his father singing “Edelweiss” from “The Sound of Music.” When his mother told him there was a volunteer in the hospital playing “Edelweiss” on the violin the last time she visited Meyer’s father in hospice care, he knew that would be his tattoo.

“When I look at that tattoo now, it just makes me happy. It reminds me of a happier and easier time,” Meyer said.

Each hurdle and challenge Meyer has endured throughout his life has shaped him into the man he is today. Should he ever forget the valuable lessons he learned from those experiences, all he would have to do is look down at his arm. jlmccu01@syr.edu

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CABINET: TOM PRICE U.S. uninsured rate for health care hit a record low under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act

Tom Price, 62, is the 23rd secretary of health and human services. Previously he was a House representative for Georgia, and before his career in politics he was an orthopedic surgeon.

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Percent the Health and Human Services Budget declined, from $77.7 billion in 2017 to $65.1 billion in 2018 source: the new york times

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What is the Department of Health and Human Services?

The Department of Health and Human Services oversees the protection of the health and well-being of all Americans, according to its website. It has 11 operating divisions including the Administration for Children and Families, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.

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Who is Tom Price?

Watching over Take a look at the number of surveillance cameras at SU compared to other institutions.

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Total number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in August 2016 source: center for medicaid & chip services

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GORSUCH CONFIRMED Neil Gorsuch was confirmed as Supreme Court justice on Monday, successfully filling the ninth seat left vacant by death of Justice Antonin Scalia. President Donald Trump, who nominated him, celebrated his achievement by highlighting he kept his campaign promise to nominate a Supreme Court justice within his first 100 days. source: roll call

GOVERNOR RESIGNS Republican Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama resigned on Monday over allegations that he abused his power to cover his affair with a top aide. Bentley would be the third individual thrown out of the public’s office in Alabama after former House Speaker Mike Hubbard was convicted of ethics charges and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended from his job over his order opposing same-sex marriage. source: politico

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Price looks to scale back health programs

By Haley Kim

asst. copy editor

Tom Price, the United States’ 23rd secretary of health and human services, is looking to scale back Medicaid and Medicare and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Price, 62, was confirmed on Feb. 10 to a vote of 52 to 47. Formerly an orthopedic surgeon and faculty member at the Emory University School of Medicine, he became a congressman representing Georgia in 2005 and chair of the House Budget Committee in 2015. In addition to his opposition to the ACA, he has also expressed views against abortion and transgender bathroom rights.

Price’s confirmation came with controversy. In one of his Senate confirmation hearings, Democrats questioned his more than $100,000 in stock in companies that could have benefited from legislation he promoted, accord-

ing to The New York Times. Price defended himself, saying, “Everything that I did was ethical, aboveboard, legal and transparent.”

Price’s alternative to former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is the Empowering Patients First Act, one of the most comprehensive of the many Republican alternatives. The 31 states that approved billions of dollars for Medicaid expansion would not receive that money, according to The New York Times. More than 73 million people were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in August 2016, according to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Price has said the biggest problem he has with Obamacare is that it puts the government between doctors and patients, according to NPR. “They believe the government ought to be in control of health care,” Price said in June at the American Enterprise Institute

event, per NPR. “We believe that patients and doctors should be in control of health care.”

The Empowering Patients Act would make it easier for younger people to afford health care by allowing insurers to determine how much they charge older patients, according to Vox. Additionally, while the act would make sure insurers cover people no matter how sick they are, they could charge more if the patient does not have “continuous coverage.”

Another key difference is that Obamacare’s tax credits are based on income, but Price’s tax credits would be based on age, according to Vox. It will also be easier for doctors to defend themselves against malpractice lawsuits, enter private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries and be generally “exempt” from antitrust laws, per The New York Times.

Price cannot repeal the ACA on his own, but there are some provisions in place that make it easier

for him to block future amendments, such as the “secretary shall” clauses, according to The Atlantic.

Republicans have tried to eliminate all or part of Obamacare five dozen times, but were not successful while Obama was still in office, according to The Washington Post.

The party’s first attempt to reform health care under President Donald Trump was also unsuccessful.

Democrats have expressed opposition to Price’s plans to dismantle the ACA, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), according to The Washington Post.

“Congressman Price has proven to be far out of the mainstream of what Americans want when it comes to Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and Planned Parenthood,” Schumer said in a statement, per The Washington Post.

“Thanks to those three programs, millions of American seniors, families, people with disabilities

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U.S. SCHOOL SHOOTING Two adults and one student died and one student was critically wounded in what authorities describe as a murder-suicide at an elementary school in San Bernardino, California, on Monday morning. The identity of the adults in the case has not been released, and police believes students were not deliberately targeted. source: the san bernardino county sun

WINNERS ANNOUNCED The New York Daily News and ProPublica won a Pulitzer Prize for public service over their reporting about abuse by the New York Police Department taking advantage of a decade-old law to disproportionately target minority communities in abatement crackdown. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and The Miami Herald won the explanatory reporting category over the Panama Papers, leaked documents exposing prominent politicians and business leaders exploit tax haven. source: the new york times

Researchers fear Trump’s plan to cut NIH funds

By Jishnu Nair staff writer

A recently proposed cut to the National Institutes of Health’s budget has drawn concerns from researchers at Syracuse University.

President Donald Trump has proposed a $5.8 billion funding cut for the NIH’s 2018 fiscal year budget. Trump administration officials have said the cuts would mainly be to administrative funding. But SU researchers are worried about the cut’s indirect effects, which could negatively impact future research projects along with opportunities for entry-level researchers, they said.

Some said, though, that they

doubt the full extent of Trump’s budget cuts will be passed by Congress.

Many of the university’s faculty members rely on grants from the NIH. Sarah Hall, assistant professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, said some researchers in the biology department have already had their funding slashed.

“Program officers at the NIH have already told people that their funding is being cut, so they’ll get 20 percent less than what they were supposed to get,” Hall said. “That’s a significant amount of money.”

Hall previously received a $446,000 grant from the NIH. That grant will not be affected by the proposed cuts, but she is planning to apply for two more

grants, she said. Both of those grants could be affected by the proposed NIH cuts, even if the entirety of Trump’s budget does not pass through Congress.

Researchers’ individual budgets provide funds for a wide variety of materials — including supplies for animals, equipment and salaries.

Hall said that any cuts to the NIH budget will result in her having to reduce her staff because most of her individual budget is spent on salaries.

The cuts will affect and could eliminate research programs at SU. Ivan Korendovych, an assistant professor of chemistry, said one of these programs is the funding for undergraduate research opportunities over the summer,

when undergraduates receive a stipend to perform research.

“Those programs will probably be the first to go,” Korendovych said.

“Students that come here usually have more opportunities to train, but if the research footprint is diminished, they lose their advantage. The pipeline of new researchers is depleted. It’s sort of a trickle-down effect for all kinds of research.”

Because SU does not have the name recognition of other prominent research institutions, many research staff rely on one grant, Korendovych said. Researchers at other universities, such as Harvard University, are able to get three or four grants, he added,

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GETTING CAUGHT Barclays’ chief executive is under investigation by British authorities for attempting to discover the name of a whistleblower who sent anonymous letters in June 2016.

The letters had spoken out against a senior employee that had been hired by the company. James Staley, the executive, was told he could not seek the name of the employee because he was considered a whistleblower, but officials said he honestly, though mistakenly, believed he could. Barclays’ reputation in the United Kingdom has already been significantly damaged by revelations of employee misconduct and rate manipulations. source: the new york times

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letter to the editor

Roy Tin apologizes to Angie Pati on behalf of SA running mate

Thrive at SU endorses James Franco, Angie Pati in SA election

Editor’s Note: Student Association vice presidential candidate Roy Tin submitted the following email he wrote to opposing vice presidential candidate, Angie Pati, as a Letter to the Editor to The Daily Orange.

Dear Angie, Hope all is well with you.

I cannot further express my apologies to you, on behalf of (Student Association presidential candidate Tyler) Rossi, myself and our entire campaign.

I am reaching out because I would like you to understand that I personally do not agree or condone with what Rossi said about your experience last Sunday.

In my opinion, you are one of the most qualified candidates to run for office, I have the utmost respect for you and what you are standing for, and it is my honor and privilege to be running against you in this election.

It was never our intention to run a negative campaign targeting any individual, I have read the open letter that you posted in The Daily Orange and I would really like to apologize to you once more for what Rossi uttered last debate. It was not only rude, unprofessional but shameful, to be very honest. I had no idea why he said it and tried to demise your capability. Please understand that this is not at all I personally feel about you.

Thrive: to prosper or flourish.

For any community to thrive, it is crucial to develop a strong foundation — one rooted in both diversity and a sense of togetherness. This is what our organization believes and practices through our initiatives, and these are beliefs truly shared and exemplified by only one ticket in this Student Association election: James Franco and Angie Pati.

Over their years at SU, Franco and Pati have demonstrated a consistent ability to bring people together for the betterment of our campus and community. Notably, their proposal for a multicultural committee within SA shows us a dedication to longterm inclusivity in conversations crucial to the direction of our campus and their

support for a cultural fair that involves local organizations has highlighted their ability to take this message beyond campus borders, into the city of Syracuse.

Franco and Pati have clearly outlined a smart, feasible and accepting vision for campus policies, but more importantly, they have shown themselves to be principled and passionate and continue to actively seek out advice from all members of our community.

For all of these reasons, we consider it a privilege to officially endorse them for SA. We urge our fellow students to join us and see our campus thrive under the leadership of James Franco and Angie Pati.

Respectfully, Thrive at SU

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Moreover, I would like to thank both you and (Student Association presidential candidate) James (Franco) for having pointed out the flaws in Rossi’s argument as to why we do not support the “sanctuary campus” bill. From what I have gathered from one of the current SA members, the bill itself is, so to speak, a symbolic gesture to extend our arms to invite and welcome students with any backgrounds to come to enjoy our Syracuse community. I believe that what Rossi was trying to illustrate from a financial statement is the correlation between the bill, title IV, and potential federal funding allocation. The way that he presented it was not only immature, but it sort out displayed his personal lack of understanding regarding this bills and some other bills and papers that the school is working on right now and I would like to apologize for that as well.

Angie, I think it is fair to say that the absence of both VPs during the Sunday debate, demonstrated the lack of balance in the administration. Now writing you this email, I just wanted to once again clarify my stance and apologize to you once more if Rossi or my campaign had made you uncomfortable in any sense. I hope that you will accept my apology.

Looking forward to the debate on Monday.

Sincerely, Roy

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NYPIRG promotes feminine hygiene drive, hunger campaign

Reader promotes alcohol awareness, BeWise campaign

As a nonprofit student-run advocacy organization which has been operated for over 40 years, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) is running several programs such as High Education Protection, Environmental Protection, Consumer Protection and Hunger and Homelessness.

During the month of March, we focused on the Hunger and Homelessness program. To show our support for women, we decided to hold a drive collecting items for women in the Syracuse community titled the Her Story Drive, which was an essential step to benefit both the community and the students.

For our Her Story Drive, we decided to collect feminine hygiene products and women’s clothes. Those collected products include tampons, pads, toothbrushes, toilet paper and shampoo. In order to bring in as many proceeds as possible, NYPIRG dropped off boxes in all of the student dorms.

As a Syracuse University student, I was intrigued by the article regarding emergency room visits for intoxicated students published by The Daily Orange in March. As alcohol, specifically alcohol abuse, is extremely prevalent on Syracuse’s campus, it is important that organizations such as BeWise do things to help combat the issue. For those of you who don’t know, BeWise Peer Educators are a Recognized Student Organization that promote the BeWise campaign, which is run through the Office of Health Promotion to generate awareness of alcohol poisoning, how to avoid it, its signs and how to respond to it.

Coincidentally, April is Alcohol Awareness Month. As a part of this month’s message, and BeWise’s general campaign, posters will be put up in multiple locations including local bars, residence halls and green spaces on main campus. Alcohol

We have already collected more than 3,000 items for women at Syracuse University. The items include clothes, pads and tampons, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent, hand sanitizing wipes and baby products. These items will be donated directly to the Vera House, Dorothy Day House and SUNY-ESF campus initiatives.

Thanks for your generous donations. We really appreciate it. If you would like to get involved with the Hunger and Homelessness campaign, please contact Joi James.

For more information, contact: Joi James, campaign director, (347) 783-9245, jejames@syr.edu.

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abuse occurs in many of these locations, and BeWise wants to ensure that students know where to turn when they need help.

The message these posters will convey is different than most alcohol awareness campaigns. BeWise doesn’t ridicule those who drink, but rather coaches them on how do it safely and smartly. Another major component of BeWise’s campaign is the use of the acronym CUPS: Cold Skin, Unresponsive, Puking and Slow Breathing – the leading signs of alcohol poisoning.

BeWise wants all Syracuse University students to know this acronym, as it can help save a life.

It is important that alcohol awareness is prevalent throughout our campus, not only during the month of April, but year-round, and BeWise is striving to do just that.

Sincerely, Riva Goldberg

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Fox’s failure to discipline O’Reilly perpetuates misogynistic narrative

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An investigative report released by The New York Times on Sunday found Fox News host and narcissistic bully Bill O’Reilly can add another bullet point to his controversial resume: He has been accused on five separate claims of sexual harassment and paid $13 million to keep it quiet.

O’Reilly, a conservative commentator and host of Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” is known for his brash behavior when it comes to spewing right-wing rhetoric. The show draws in almost 4 million viewers each night and had an advertisement profit of nearly $450 million from 2014 to 2016, per the Chicago Tribune and CNN Money, respectively.

The echo chambers surrounding conservative political figures have remained silent in the wake of this bombshell allegation. But it should come as no surprise that the only way female employees at Fox can bring home the bacon is with a heaping serving of misogyny as its side dish.

Unsurprisingly, O’Reilly found a familiar face and source of support in none other than President Donald Trump, who told The New

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York Times he is a “good person” who “didn’t do anything wrong.”

Yes, Mr. President, because amid Syrians facing chemical weapon usage and House investigations into Russian involvement in your campaign, O’Reilly is the subject matter you should be focusing on.

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While Fox has remained silent on the status of O’Reilly’s tenure, it speaks volumes for conservative broadcast television that nearly a half dozen

women can file sexual harassment complaints and their perpetrator remains in the very same position of power he utilized to abuse them.

Although 31 advertising agencies have pulled commercials from O’Reilly’s segment — per The Atlantic — they have worked out deals with Fox to relocate their ads to other programs at the network.

Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor of advertising at Syracuse University, said companies must decide which they’re more willing to sacrifice: their integrity or their profit.

“If I had to predict the future based upon past events and experiences, Fox and O’Reilly are going to be just fine,” she said. “How much of a dent is this really going to put into their profits, if they’re just shifting which program they air during?”

Ortiz said companies weigh a lot of their reactions to controversies based on consumer response. Since Fox News has a history of sexual harassment allegations and a stable viewership, Ortiz said she doesn’t see much change — in terms of company relationships with Fox — in the near future.

“You have to stay true to your consumer base, and what advertisers are really trying to do is to connect

with people in the world in which they exist,” she said. “With Fox, if we try to correlate Bill O’Reilly’s viewership and behavior to Trump, then of course they will accept it.”

If I had to predict the future based upon past events and experiences, Fox and O’Reilly are going to be just fine.

Rebecca Ortiz assistant professor of advertising at syracuse university

Hubert Brown, an associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism at SU, said the current political climate paired with Trump’s misogynistic history has escalated the levels of sexism in mainstream politics.

Since misogyny in society is not shunned but rewarded, Brown said the outing of O’Reilly and former

Fox chairman and CEO Roger Ailes as misogynistic “should surprise nobody at all.”

“Is it a problem that we now have a person in the White House who has said things, in terms of misogyny, that used to be out of bounds, and yet is still there?”

Brown said. “I don’t think it’s much of a problem since the viewers of that network don’t generally see that as one.”

O’Reilly’s scandal follows the March firing of fellow political commentator Tomi Lahren from Glenn Beck’s The Blaze network.

Lahren was fired after making pro-choice statements that didn’t align with the agenda she was paid to push on her show, “Tomi.”

Lahren is vile, and her statements against Muslims, Black Lives Matter and women are detestable. But if conservatives want to censor words and fire individuals based on their political affiliations, it is inexcusable to turn a blind eye to a man who has sexually harassed and tormented women for more than a decade.

Kelsey Thompson is a sophomore magazine journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at katho101@syr.edu.

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SA must understand ‘sanctuary’ status At a recent Student Association presidential debate, candidate Tyler Rossi stated that becoming a sanctuary campus “makes us less safe” and stated that it “puts us on the map as a target.” This tired line has been used extensively in the past weeks to fight against sanctuary campuses across the country, and it shows a lack of understanding about the meaning of a sanctuary campus designation, as well as a lack of empathy for some of our most vulnerable students.

Advocates for sanctuary campus designation are not advocating that our university break the law. They are advocating that the university fulfill its legal requirements, and only those requirements, as it pertains to immigration. This involves the university refusing to use DPS officers, who are funded by student money, to enforce immigration decisions. It also involves refusing to provide immigration information, and not collecting that immigration in the first place unless legally required to do so. It is a policy of lawful non-cooperation, not one of illegality, and a policy that asks the federal government to continue living up to its own rules and policies.

It is true that President Donald

Trump has threatened to cut funds from universities that declare themselves sanctuaries. However, the American Council on Education has not identified any regulations that would allow for this to occur. The federal government is not allowed to punish schools for asking that they adhere to the letter of the law, and is not allowed to take vengeance for protecting students’ rights in lawful fashion. Students deserve honesty, and any candidate who states that the risk of loss of funding is large is engaging in grandstanding and hyperbole.

All of this is secondary to a greater concern: that of compassion. The argument that sanctuaries make us “unsafe” drives a narrative of “othering” undocumented students, and serves as a dog-whistle for the narrative that undocumented students bring violence to their communities. Factually, sanctuary campuses and cities typically see less violence than comparable nonsanctuary peers, so this narrative could not be further from the truth.

Undocumented students are our peers, our neighbors, our colleagues and our friends. They make up an integral part of the fabric of America, and no human deserves to be called illegal. By stating that Syracuse

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Undocumented students deserve our compassion and our protection in a political time that threatens the very nature of their existence.

In my work as the president of the National Association of GraduateProfessional Students, I have had the pleasure of meeting students from all walks of life, including the undocumented students. I have never seen any evidence that these students are anything less than exemplary contributors to their communities, and I firmly believe that we have an obligation to protect them. Students deserve presidential candidates that will represent the whole student community and will stand up for students across campus, including undocumented and international students as well as domestic students.

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resident Donald Trump’s administration has eliminated the United States’ funding for the United Nations population fund, after the State Department issued a letter saying the U.N. agency supports or participates in “a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization” in China.

The population fund is the largest supplier of contraceptives in the world, according to The Guardian. The U.S. in 2015 was the agency’s fourth largest donor globally, per Reuters, after providing $75 million in funds to the U.N. agency. “(The population fund) refutes this claim, as all of its work promotes the human rights of individuals and couples to make their own decisions, free of coercion or discrimination,” the population fund said in a statement.

The U.N. population fund is an agency that provides information about family planning, baby spacing, pregnancy prevention and contraception. The population fund provides reproductive health care to citizens from more than 150 countries, according to the agency’s website. It also works to promote gender equality and provides assistance during humanitarian crises, such as those created by conflict in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.

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criminal record “Telling a prospective student you can find out what the school’s policy is, is pretty useless if the school actually doesn’t have any written policies,” Weissman said.

SU does not have the option to omit or modify the criminal record question since it is a member of the Common App system, said Maurice Harris, dean of admissions, in a statement. It has included the question on its admissions application since it began using the Common App. A student checking the box on the application, though, does not disqualify the student and they are given other opportunities to explain the information, Harris explained.

“We have found this question to be of value,” Harris said. “As a school that utilizes holistic review, information about a candidate’s background … enables us to make sound admissions decisions as we enroll the incoming class each year.”

A 2014 study found that 35 percent of institutions surveyed in 2010 denied admission to an applicant because of criminal history.

The population fund does not provide funding for abortions, said Catherine Bertini, the vice chair of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Therefore, she said, a decrease in unsafe abortions cannot be a direct result of the Trump administration’s cut in funding.

A spokesman for the U.N. in a press release said that the Trump administration’s action could “have devastating effects on the health of vulnerable women and girls and their families around the world.”

This latest funding elimination is another example of the “global gag rule,” an American policy instituted by some presidents that was recently reinstated by Trump, according to The Guardian. The gag rule terminates funding to non-governmental organizations abroad whose services are related to abortion in some way, per The Guardian. Former President Ronald Reagan first implemented an example of this policy in 1984. After Reagan’s action, Democratic and Republican presidents have switched back and forth, abolishing the policy and reinstating it, respectively.

The George W. Bush administration, for example, also halted funding for the population fund, but the agency ended up receiving funds from other countries, which helped account for some of the funding loss from the U.S., said Bertini, who is also a professor of practice at Maxwell.

Bertini added that during the time the George W. Bush administration halted funding for the agency,

The biggest problem with the criminal record question is that it denies access to college education for people who would otherwise be qualified, said Melanie Steinhardt, senior associate of development at the College & Community Fellowship, which supports formerly incarcerated women. “(It) perpetuates the cycles of poverty and trends of poverty for that reason, and it also perpetuates these really harmful stereotypes of people with criminal justice convictions,” Steinhardt said.

In a separate report, the Center for Community Alternatives found that two of every three students who check the box on a felony conviction question don’t end up finishing the application, known as a “chilling effect.”

The report also noted that the criminal justice system incarcerates significantly higher numbers of black and Hispanic people.

Supporters of the question have argued it provides information about safety on campus, but there is no correlation between criminal history and crime on a college campus, Weissman said. A 2013 study from the University of Colorado Denver found that about 3 percent of college seniors who “engaged in

some American women created a fundraising campaign for the population fund using donations from individual Americans.

After the Trump administration’s latest elimination of the U.S.’s funding of the agency, people might already be mobilizing against his action, Bertini said.

Bertini added that she does not think this controversy will have an impact on U.S.-China relations because these accusation regarding the population fund have been “around for a very long time.”

A review on the U.N. agency was completed during the George W. Bush administration, but people remain unconvinced that the population fund does not perform forced abortions, she said. The population fund will argue that they don’t provide assistance to people in China, but some individuals — particularly those involved in the anti-abortion movement — will continue to believe otherwise, Bertini said.

Previously, Bertini worked with the World Food Programme, a food assistance branch of the U.N. Through that organization, she said she had the opportunity to interact with the population fund.

She visited a clinic in Ethiopia run by the agency, where food was available for women who visited.

The clinic offered training and information on healthy eating for pregnant women.

The UNFPA supports pregnancies and how to avoid getting pregnant, but they do not support actual abortions, she said.

misconduct” reported criminal histories.

Instead, students are often subject to “humiliating” obstacles after they check the box, Steinhardt said. Colleges will ask for rap sheets, sealed juvenile records or letters of recommendations from the warden of the prison or jail, she said, and there is no standardized protocol for dealing with it.

Weissman said that “two wrongs don’t make a right,” arguing that the country needs to work on redoubling efforts to reduce racial discrimination of all forms. “Using criminal records to keep people out of normative social activities is keeping them locked in secondclass citizenship, rather than giving folks a second chance,” Weissman said.

Under former President Barack Obama’s administration, a regulation was finalized that mandated that only after a job has been offered can the federal government question applicants about criminal histories, according to The Washington Times.

Obama also initiated the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge in June 2016, in which 25 universities pledged to “reduce barriers to a fair shot at a second chance.” The State University of New York was one of the signees of the pledge.

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In September 2016 the SUNY system voted to remove the question on its applications, the first higher education system to do so.

New York University also announced last August that it will ignore questions about criminal history on the Common Application, instead focusing on questions about violent incidents. NYU was also one of the signees of the Fair Chance pledge.

Steinhardt said that President Donald Trump has not explicitly stated his stances on criminal record questions for college applications, but the federal government isn’t the most important stakeholder. Rather, private entities, like the Common Application, need to remove the question from their applications, she said.

It is a “no brainer” that increasing access to education for people involved in the criminal justice is beneficial, Steinhardt said.

“Education is a transformational thing,” Steinhardt said. “And education is a human right. It should not be a privilege, and we should not be creating collateral consequences where after people have paid their debt to society, they are still held back by so many other factors just like this.” hykim100@syr.edu

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The candidates also agreed on a need for more inclusion and diversity at SU. Pati said that she and Franco would create a multicultural diversity committee and ensure that the Slutzker Center for International Services is more accessible for international students.

Tin, meanwhile, said that he and Rossi would look to implement more programs for international students near the beginning of the semester on how to better adapt to the campus climate.

Rossi and Tin also said they would look to improve transparency within SA. Tin said the Rossi administration would create a compliance officer to address transparency issues through SA’s executive branch.

While Franco and Pati both spoke frequently during the debate, Tin spoke the majority of the time on the behalf of the Rossi campaign. Rossi again apologized to Pati for his remarks during last week’s debate, when he said that Tin had “real experience” while Pati did not.

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He also said an increase of off- and on-campus lighting sources would be a priority for his administration if he were elected SA president.

The Rossi administration, on the other hand, would work to improve student safety by potentially implementing new SU IDs in the fall that would include emergency contact information, Tin said.

Turning to mental health initiatives, Franco said that the creation of a peer listening service would be a priority for his administration and he would look to continue and expand the mental health initiatives implemented by the SA administration this past semester, such as Mental Health Awareness week. Tin responded and said the Rossi administration would focus on increasing accessibility to SU’s Counseling Center.

federal government 196 suspicious deaths that were racially motivated in the United States that were not counted by FBI. The situation sparked heated exchanges between the directors and Dean of College of Law Craig Boise in letters to the editor in The Daily Orange, where they disagreed over whether the center would be “terminated.”

Boise asserted that the funding to the center expired in June 2016 and the College of Law invested $3 million in the program expecting that additional funding would be provided, which was not the case.

The directors, said the center has raised significant amounts of money through outside donors.

“This work on racial justice should remain part of the Syracuse University mission because there is no clearer vision for an institution of higher learning than a commitment to justice,” the petition states.

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cold case to keep this promise.”

The Daily Orange reported last week that the center is facing elimination. SU officials justified the decision, saying that the center has run out of the funding to operate and both Johnson and McDonald will take on full-time teaching roles. But the directors have said that the center can remain open without the university’s funds and they are able to manage both teaching and running the center.

Both directors said they were not consulted about the center’s future and expressed disappointment in the current administration’s lukewarm support for the program, questioning whether it values issues pertaining to racial and social justice.

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In the past, research funding has usually been left untouched by Congress, and the Trump’s budget has yet to pass through the Senate and House, Korendovych said. He said history should be a guide when discussing potential funding cuts. Research is not controversial and has bipartisan support, he said.

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Another effect of the proposed cuts could be the limitation of opportunities for graduate students at publicly funded institutions, researchers said. Hall said one alternative could be for these graduate

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Since its founding in 2005, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities of Syracuse has provided hundreds of area kids age 8 to 18 the opportunity to play baseball at no cost. The offshoot of Major League Baseball strives to expose the game to black and Hispanic kids who may not otherwise get the chance to play baseball. bryan cereijo staff photographer

SAFE AT HOME RBI baseball program brings sport to inner-city youth designed to increase participation and interest in baseball and softball among underserved youth — at no cost to them. Since its inception in 2005, Syracuse RBI bulged from 15 participants to 80 in 2009. By 2012 that number shot up to 150 and, last summer, reached 286. This year, director Steve

Barnum expects more than 400 kids over several age groups to take the field — what would be the program’s largest growth over one year. line of boys and girls stood outside of the “It’s incredible. Baseball is something these batting cage, clapping their hands to the kids would never get to do otherwise,” said Barbeat of every ding that echoed in the gym at num, a former high school coach who started the the Boys & Girls Club of Syraprogram with one team. cuse. Each time ball met bat, Thirty-four volunteer coaches they chanted and jumped in assist with RBI, giving baseball and jubilation. For many, moments softball opportunities to Syracuse’s such as these provide security. inner-city kids. Most come from Late last week, a dozen kids lower income families, grow up in ages 9 to 12 met at the club on single-parent households or do not Hamilton Street, where the live with either of their parents.

Reviving Baseball in Inner CitTwenty-six years ago, the ies (RBI) of Syracuse sets up a MLB took RBI under its wing and batting cage and holds its pracspread the program to New York, tices. The kids giggled throughSt. Louis and Kansas City. It now out the 90-minute session, one has more than 260,000 players in of many since they began the more than 300 baseball and softbiweekly practices last fall. As ball programs across the United temperatures warm up in the States — Philadelphia, San Diego, coming weeks, they will head Miami, to name a few — as well as outside and begin the 2017 seacountries like Canada, Dominican son, which marks the program’s Republic, Curacao and Colombia.

13th in Syracuse.

Several RBI alumni play in the A Major League Base- The RBI program started with just 15 participants. Last summer, 286 kids took Majors now, including Baltimore ball youth program, RBI is the field, numbers rising consistenly by year. bryan cereijo staff photographer see rbi page 10

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hen you think of the typical movie audience, you probably don’t immediately think about your grandparents. While teenagers are a great audience for movies, there’s also a certain stability in creating films for older, retired audiences.

They have the money and the time to enjoy films, too. With a respectable opening weekend, “Going in Style” — the story of three longtime friends on a mission to defeat the bank that lost

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Movie studios love making movies for older audiences for a different reason than the reason they love making them for teenagers — the purchasing behavior could not be more different.

For big blockbusters, audiences typi-

cally rush out on the first weekend, then sales drop dramatically. Sometimes, these sales peak on the first day they come out, and then fall off a cliff. For films with older audiences, though, the opening weekend is usually tepid. But then these movies “leg out,” meaning they have small week to week drops, and end up with a surprisingly large gross.

For instance, “Captain America: Civil War” made 44 percent of its gross in its opening weekend, while a film

like “The Intern” only made 23 percent of its gross in its opening weekend.

Additionally, while Blockbusters typically lose their luster after their theatrical runs, films generated towards older audience usually have extremely healthy home video and on-demand sales, and even play great on TV. Earlier this year, AARP, which obviously has a somewhat biased perspective, conducted a study where they concluded that their user base of people aged 50 and older are

a significant force the movies should not ignore. They found these groups make up a significant portion of older themed films and blockbusters, but are also significant contributors to art-house cinema and independent film. While it might seem that the newest Superhero movies are keeping movie theaters running, it is this group of older audiences that are making sure that quality fare enters the theater.

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benjamin In terms of “Going in Style,” there is plenty of money still to be made in the coming weeks. Warner Bros. has released a film that not only appeals to the over 50 audience, but can also draw in all ages. While movie stars are not the sell they once were, the trio of Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin are about as hard of a sell as you can find, and director Zach Braff can engage and mobilize his younger skewing fanbase to see this film. from page 9

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Orioles star outfielder Adam Jones, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal.

MLB clubs have drafted more than 200 RBI participants, including 13 selected in 2014 alone. The league has donated more than $30 million to fund RBI programs.

While many players thrive on the field, RBI’s focus is to keep kids off the streets, teach life lessons through organized games and boost diversity in a sport that lacks it.

“Instead of violence on the streets, they’re able to be in a team environment and have fun playing baseball,” said Steve Theetge, a Syracuse RBI alumnus and current Bryant University starting pitcher. “It goes overlooked. People think of it as just a baseball program or a sport. It’s a lot more than that.”

Only about 8 percent of active major league baseball players are black, according to the MLB. That’s about half of the percentage 30 years ago. And of the league’s 30 teams, Dusty Baker of the Washington Nationals is the lone black manager.

Which means RBI is especially important in Syracuse. In 2015, Syracuse had the highest rate of extreme poverty concentrated among blacks and Hispanics out of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas. About half of the city’s children live in poverty.

Barnum said a couple of hours on the baseball diamond could refocus youth.

“Playing baseball,” Barnum said, “it takes kids away from something else they could have gotten into on the streets.”

It has been an interesting year so far, but one thing that’s encouraging is seeing the success of non-franchise fare. “Going in Style” is the kind of movie we don’t see too often in theaters anymore — and even less do we see its type succeed. While the film might be a remake, its contemporary setting makes it an original and human movie, with no objective other than to entertain for a few hours. It doesn’t have to be a mind-blowing experience, but just a great way to spend an afternoon.

Erik Benjamin is a junior television, radio and film major.

His column appears weekly in Pulp.

Theetge, the Syracuse RBI alumnus, credits much of his success to his roots with the program. Some professional scouts say the 2016 freshman All-American has one of the best changeups in college baseball. That’s because, per RBI rules, he could throw only fastballs and changeups — no breaking balls, which can damage a teenager’s arm — until he turned 16.

Theetge’s father, who shares the same name, remembers walking door-to-door on Saturday afternoons, asking for donations. He and his son collected loose cans and traded them in for extra cash to pay for umpires and uniforms. Theetge’s father volunteers about 40 hours per week maintaining the field, throwing batting practice and coaching teams. He once paid $1,200 out of his own pocket for an old van, which he used to drive kids to games because many of the inner-city participants’ families do not own cars.

The Syracuse RBI program has more than tripled since 2009. This fall, it’ll send CiceroNorth Syracuse High School senior Luke Dziados to Binghamton University, their second alumnus to attend Division I school. With no signs of slowing down, Syracuse RBI hopes to keep growing. Last summer, the Syracuse Chiefs, the minor-league team that donates gloves and bats to RBI, held a community night highlighting the program. Le Moyne College ran clinics for RBI players last fall and Onondaga Community College has expressed similar interest for 2017.

“We’re still way short to what the suburban kids get for practicing baseball,” Theetge said. “But we had no money, no funding. Now we’re an established, credible league where it’s about getting baseball and education together.” mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

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hether it’s a slick cut or a daring color, hair can be a statement, a blanket for insecurities or a way to stand out among a crowd. This season’s latest hair trend is for the risk takers who aren’t afraid of what a pair of scissors can do.

Although the beautiful bombshell commercials for Victoria’s Secret may say long hair equals confidence, this year’s runways and red carpets tell a different story. Short hair is the hair trend that women can’t wait to try, although there often are reservations. But the daring stipulation attached to the hairstyle is also what is resulting in confidence — even for students at Syracuse University.

Natasha Yurek, a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major, made the decision a year ago to make the bold change to her hairstyle. Having had long hair her entire life, she wanted to try something a little different while also giving back to a cause. Yurek donated her hair to be made into a wig, which she had done so before, but not to the same extreme as this time. She snipped off a full 14 inches. It felt like the best thing to do, Yurek said.

Since making the change, Yurek felt the difference not only in her new light and bouncy hairstyle, but from the people around her. Taking her cut to a shoulder-length style was a confidence booster.

“I definitely felt the empowerment around people who knew me when they would say ‘Whoa, it looks so different,’” Yurek said. “I would think about how I was kind of a different person, even if only in a little way.”

Though the saying, “it’s just hair, it’ll grow back,” still rings true, a change in hairstyle can speak wonders about a personality.

For SU seniors looking for their next steps in academia or the workforce, a short haircut may be the next decision to make after getting a diploma. Rose Weitz, the author of “Rapunzel’s Daughters: What Women’s Hair Tells Us About Women’s Lives,” says short hair gives off the perception of professionalism. As short hair gives off a confident and qualified worker, long hair can give off a perception of youthfulness and sexiness, something not always wanted in the workplace.

“I definitely feel more professional with shorter hair,” Yurek said. “And on the flip side, I’ve attempted edgier looks with it.”

Although it can seem like a little change, just a shorter hairdo can do wonders for changing overall looks and self-confidence. Jammie

NATASHA YUREK cut off 14 inches of her hair one year ago, donating the snippings to be made into a wig. Her refined look makes her feel like a new person. ally moreo photo editor

I definitely felt the empowerment around people who knew me when they would say ‘Whoa, it looks so different.’ I would think about how I was kind of a different person, even if only in a little way.

Natasha Yurek sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major

Sue Irizarry can attest to this hair trend in the industry and sees it with her own clients on a daily basis. As a hairstylist in Utica, she is familiar with taking women through the steps of making the life altering decision to take their hair length to their shoulders.

“If you ask a short-hair woman how she felt the first time she took that leap of making the chop, you can imagine she probably felt scared, hesitant, worried about how it’s going to look,” Irizarry said.

Irizarry said it is completely normal to initially regret going short. But for anyone who has ever sat in a hairstylist’s chair knows, hair is not just hair. Even though it’s is gone, nothing is permanent — unless you end up making the chop and never turning back.

“Regardless, when it’s done, the feeling is mostly likely like, ‘Wow, my hair is gone,’” Irizarry said. “They might love it and even if they it’s too late. It’s gone, deal with it.” aczeina@syr.edu

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wnba draft the ACC’s top threats, her strengths are well known. She keyed the Orange’s run to the Final Four last year.

“She’s one of the most mature players that I’ve ever come into contact with,” basketball analyst LaChina Robinson said. “There’s just not many things on the basketball court that she can’t do.”

Sykes’s most valuable asset is her versatility.

She decided to come back to SU at the end of last season and knew she needed to add one more asset to have a more complete game in the pros.

“Definitely my 3-point shot,” Sykes said on what her biggest improvement was. “… It was kind of fun hearing that I was a shooter during the season.”

Sykes had 40 3-pointers coming into this season and hit 57 this year alone, shooting at a 39-percent clip.

Day utilized her 6-foot-4 frame in Syracuse’s 2-3 zone and, like many SU players, it remains to be seen what she can do on an individual assignment. Her rebounding numbers were fairly consistent from her sophomore through senior year, when she averaged roughly the same number of minutes.

Her offensive game was what grew the most this year, averaging career highs in points (12.9) and field goal percentage (54.6). But it’s unclear whether the one-year improvement will translate.

“The question for her would be on the offensive end,” Robinson said. “… How does her offensive skill set develop.”

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Tammi Reiss, who runs drills. She’s also talked with current WNBA players she grew up with, like former UConn standouts Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson.

All of the players said that while they try and avoid mock drafts, they have looked once or twice.

Sykes has had trouble avoiding them because they keep flooding her phone constantly.

The salary

For the first time in their careers, Peterson, Sykes and Day will be getting paid to play basketball. With that comes the responsibility of handling the money, and the luxury of getting to spend the first paycheck.

All three stressed that they weren’t sure if there was anything they really wanted to splurge on. Peterson said she’d save the first check she got. Sykes said she’d probably do the same, or maybe just give it to her mom. “I’m pretty frugal with my money,” Sykes said.

After last year’s Final Four run, Peterson and Day went down to Miami, where the two went to a restaurant but were a bit taken aback by the South Beach prices. They split an appetizer and each got an entree.

Day ordered surf and turf without looking at the menu. When the bill came out, the total was $155. Day’s main course was $85 alone.

Peterson remembers her being disgusted with herself for ordering something that pricy.

“I stayed simple,” Peterson said, laughing. “I got chicken alfredo. Something that I know. And I saw the price.”

The impact

The success of Syracuse over the last few years has raised the stock of the program.

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Teat could be one of ‘the greatest’ Cornell players ever

By Billy Heyen staff writer

There was no goalie. No defenders. Just a constant stream of passes flowing from Jeff Teat’s stick into that of John Tavares. Most times, the ball found the back of the net. The then11-year-old spent time after a Buffalo Bandits’ practice one day in 2008 helping Tavares, a box lacrosse legend, get some extra work in.

Teat has since assisted on a lot of goals.

“Watching him shoot the ball is kind of the way I shoot the ball now,” said Teat, a freshman attack for Cornell. “That moment wasn’t a big deal (to him). He probably doesn’t remember it.”

Nearly a decade later, Teat leads the unranked Big Red (3-6, 2-2 Ivy) on offense.

The son of Dan Teat, who played 14 years professionally in the National Lacrosse League, leads Cornell in assists (21) and goals (19) this season. The 5-foot-10, 160-pounder will make for a tough cover assignment on Tuesday night in the Carrier Dome, when the top-ranked Orange (8-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) hosts its central New York foe.

Cornell head coach Matt Kerwick said Teat is playing the best lacrosse of his young career. The foundation for such a hot start originated when Teat, at 3, first picked up a stick and played box lacrosse. A game much more popular in Canada than in the United States, box lacrosse involves a smaller playing area, usually on converted hockey rinks

JEFF TEAT leads Cornell in points, goals and assists as only a freshman at attack. He may create matchup problems Tuesday night. courtesy of tim mckinney

with fewer players. Teat said he didn’t play traditional lacrosse outside until he was 9 or 10 — and felt that suited him well.

“I think it actually helps a lot,” Teat said.

“Tight spaces, catching the ball. I think a lot of my IQ has come from the box game …

I just came in looking for a role to fill and I think I’ve found my spot right now.”

Being the son of a longtime professional added to the groundwork for Teat’s style. Teat’s father was his first coach and still offers point-

ers. Even when Dan was on the road, he called home and talked lacrosse with his son.

“The biggest thing we always said to them, ‘The more you have your stick in your hand, the better you’re going to be,’” Dan said.

Dan’s relationship with another lacrosse legend, Brodie Merrill, brought Teat one step closer to Cornell. Merrill’s father, Peter, founded The Hill Academy (Ontario). Brodie remembered Jeff from when he was a “rink rat,” hanging around while his father’s

teams played. Merrill recalled Jeff displaying remarkable stick skills for his age.

When the time came for Jeff to pursue lacrosse further, The Hill Academy fit.

There, Jeff received advice from a staff full of coaches and players from both the collegiate and professional ranks. Playing against tough competition further spurted his development as a player.

Usually, Teat operates behind the goal.

Both Kerwick and Merrill recognized that Jeff can pass. Kerwick believes Jeff’s passing ability is one reason he has fit in as quickly as he has. It allows him to keep all of his teammates involved, all while “quarterbacking” his offense from behind the net.

“He has the ability to be one of the greatest to ever play here at Cornell,” Kerwick said. “And that’s a long list, some tremendous players.”

Kerwick compared Teat to two-time All-American Tim Goldstein, who played at Cornell in the late 1980s. In 1987, Goldstein won the Raymond J. Enners Award as the nation’s most outstanding player and the Jack Turnbull award as the most outstanding attackman. Merrill thinks it could be attainable for Teat.

“He can be amongst some of the generational-type players,” Merrill said. “I believe he can progress to be an elite player in NCAA lacrosse, then go on to play professionally.

Then on national teams. I believe that’s all really realistic for him.” wmheyen@syr.edu | @wheyen3

tennis

Breaking down how leagues rank singles, doubles teams

By Andrew Graham asst. copy editor

One of college tennis’ best-ranked doubles teams hasn’t played together this season.

The pairing of Valeria Salazar and Gabriela Knutson opened the year ranked No. 10 in the country. Even though Salazar’s right-wrist injury ended her season after one game, in early February, the duo is still ranked, now at No. 26.

They remain ranked due to an oddity in college tennis rankings. The only way to drop out of the rankings is to lose and the only way others can pass the Salazar-Knutson team is by winning.

Like every other Division I tennis program, Syracuse (7-10, 4-6 Atlantic Coast) is beholden to the mathematical formula. It determines ranks across all modes of play: singles, doubles and team. The system used in college tennis is also unique. The three other major governing bodies in the sport use a different method.

“I wouldn’t want my coaches to decide how it is,” Knutson said. “So, I really like that it is computerized, because I think it’s fair. If you beat a ranked opponent, you should move higher.”

Unlike football, hockey or basketball, there is no poll — coaches or press — to determine which team gets which number by its name. Just like the former Bowl Championship Series math in college football, the computer rankings determine the fields for the singles, doubles and team NCAA tournaments at the end of the season. The rankings ensure the ranking’s importance.

It’s a constant crunching of one mathematical formula.

The equation takes the sum of points from

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firman Over the next year, he bumped to the backup long-stick midfielder, later starting at long-stick midfielder in 2016. His steady development makes this year less of an anomaly. That is, until one sees how he can appear disengaged, baiting the offensive man into thinking he can dodge by.

That’s when his powerful, compact 5-foot11, 189-pound frame goes to work. He rarely crosses his feet. He knows defensive packages, slides and techniques “like the back of his hand.” He corrals ground balls and limits second chances. He creeps up on top threats offball, pounces on skip passes and senses plays before they fully develop. He has a combination

wins, which are assigned relative to an opponent’s ranking. Wins over No. 1 through No. 5 are worth 80 points, six through 10 are worth 75, and the scale decreases until Nos. 101 to 125, which are worth 10. A similar system applies to loss points, but in reverse. Losing to the No. 1 player adds one-tenth of a point to the loss points and losing to an unranked player hits at 1.25 loss points. Every player’s wins and losses are reported to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, which plugs in the results and calculates each player’s average point value.

They are then ranked accordingly.

Freshman Miranda Ramirez is the only active SU player ranked, at No. 79 in singles.

Salazar, despite having played only one match, ranks No. 109.

“I actually don’t know how college rankings work,” Ramirez said. “I never really followed college tennis before I came here, so I’m still in the process of learning.”

The system compiles the top 125 players in the country and, currently, No. 125 has an average of 4.59 points while No. 1 owns a 74.55 average. The gap appears enormous, but if No. 125 were to beat No. 1, she would receive 80 win points for beating a top-5 opponent and shoot up the rankings. How far depends at when in the season the upset occurred.

By relying on a formula and points, ITA rankings remain relatively steady as the season progresses. The rankings are volatile early in the season because the denominators for each player are just a handful of points. A big upset could jump a player over 50 spots. The ITA combats these mathematical overreactions by not releasing a second set of rankings until the season’s fourth week.

But as April and May arrive, mobility of exceptional reflexes, instincts, lacrosse intelligence and lower-body strength, all of which makes him a feared defender.

“He doesn’t fall for anything,” former SU AllAmerican attack Dylan Donahue said. “He just stays put. He was a bruiser to go up against in practice. I never wanted to go up against him.”

Firman’s prowess has pushed SU one win away from matching the program’s best start since 2011. The senior mumbles that it’s thanks to communication and Evan Molloy in goal, when Firman’s the one who’s denied, blocked, shut down, stifled — word it any way — prolific scorers nearly every week. Covering less ground at close defense than he did up top makes the switch slightly more manageable.

At then-No. 1 Notre Dame on April 1, the Fighting Irish star Garnsey dropped a pass darting to the cage and nearly lost the ball.

Only one active Syracuse player, Miranda Ramirez, is ranked in singles play. Valeria Salazar, who is out for the year, has yet to fall out. codie yan staff photographer

decreases as totals increase. The stability in the rankings is part of why coaches and players, including Syracuse head coach Younes Limam and the Orange, buy into the calculus for selecting the NCAA tournament field.

“We always say, ‘results don’t lie,’” Limam said.

So, while it’s impossible to be at the top without winning, it’s impossible to drop without losing.

The other four major bodies in tennis — the International Tennis Federation, Association of Tennis Professionals, Women’s Tennis Association and United States Tennis Association — don’t use any type of calculation. They all use a raw points system, in which a tournament cham-

pion gets the most points, the runner-up gets just under that and semi-finalists get slightly fewer.

Everything results in a net positive and winning a championship earns exponentially more points than being ousted in the early rounds.

Knutson, who began the season No. 99 in singles, beat Miami’s Sinead Lohan, the No. 14 player in the country, on Sunday and didn’t even know it until after the match. When she found out, a grin flashed across her face.

“Well now that I know, that’s awesome,” Knutson said on Sunday. “That means I’ll jump in the rankings.”

Garnsey recovered to find Firman bodying him up and, as he tried to salvage the situation, tossed a pass over the cage and out of bounds.

In breaking down film, Firman studies technique, footwork and how his feet will match up with the attack. He analyzes which hand the opposition prefers, the moves he resorts to and where he likes to hold his stick. He learns when to turn his hips and run, stay put and feel screens. He predicts when to slide and when to give his man space. Or when to keep the pockets with which the attack has to work air-tight.

“Tiny things that are really detailed,” Firman said. “I’m watching all of that.”

His peers said he is one of the smartest and fundamentally sound players at Syracuse. He does not throw checks. Instead, he holds his ground and rarely tries to take the ball away.

His leg strength — he has one of the highest

squat weights on the team — allows him to match up, shift to play help defense or compensate if he makes an incorrect read or slips.

A year ago, he played alongside former SU star defenseman Brandon Mullins, another quiet leader on the SU defense. Under his tutelage, Firman accrued knowledge and invaluable experience that’s served him well this year. He leads a Syracuse defense two and a half weeks from a shot at a third consecutive ACC tournament title.

“You look at him and you don’t think he’s very physical or strong until you go against him,” former SU midfielder Tim Barber said.

“That’s one thing I learned from day one: don’t try to out-muscle him. It’s just his presence. There’s not really a set move you can make on him.”

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SU ranked No. 1 in the country

By Charlie DiSturco asst. copy editor

A six-game win streak and strong performance at Hobart has boosted Syracuse to the No. 1 spot in this week’s Inside Lacrosse Top 20.

The last time Syracuse was ranked No. 1 came at the end of the 2015 season, before the Orange fell to Johns Hopkins in the NCA A tournament.

Syracuse (8-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) pulled away in the fourth quarter, scoring four of the game’s last five goals. Senior Nick Mariano and sophomore Nate Solomon both tied career-high performances en route to a 17-11 SU victory.

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Previewing Syracuse’s players in WNBA Draft The resumes

By Tomer Langer sports editor

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lexis Peterson, Brittney Sykes and Briana Day were three key pieces for a Syracuse team that made the program’s first-ever Final Four run in 2016.

The trio helped lead SU to new heights and set the bar higher for the program.

In the WNBA’s 20-year history, only three Syracuse players have been drafted. Beth Record went in 2001, Kayla Alexander in 2013 and Brianna Butler in last year’s draft. There’s a chance that SU has three players taken in this year’s draft alone on Thursday.

“I think we’ve proven over the last few years,” SU head coach Quentin Hillsman said, “that we have high level players, that are All-American types players and that are WNBA and professional players.”

Ahead of the draft, here is how the SU players stack up and how each one is approaching the future.

The individual accolades accrued at Syracuse are impressive for all three players. They each rank inside the Top 10 in games played and have imprinted their name in the record books.

Peterson is second in points scored (1,978) and first in assists (590) in Orange history, and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year this season.

Sykes is third in points scored (1,846), fifth in steals (266) and eighth in rebounding (810). This past year, along with Peterson, Sykes was named to the All-ACC first team. Day is the all-time leading rebounder (1,124) and third in blocked shots (236).

The projections

Most mock drafts have Peterson as SU’s first off the board. A recent Bleacher Report mock had her going with the second-to-last pick in the first round (11th overall), while one at Newsday recently had her going as high as second overall.

“I would be surprised if it goes to the second round,” Carla Norris, Peterson’s aunt and basketball mentor, said. “We hope she goes in the first.”

Sykes has been projected at both ends of the second round. Bleacher Report slotted her at the last pick of the first round, but more mocks have her just outside those top 12 spots.

Day is the wild card for Syracuse.

There is a mock draft that has her being taken in the third round. But while it seems almost a forgone conclusion that Peterson and Sykes will be at some point be drafted, it’s unclear if Day will hear her name called. WNBA or not, she wants to continue playing basketball.

“Whether it’s here or overseas,” Day said, “just taking every opportunity that comes my way.”

The skill sets

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The six-goal win ended SU’s program-record streak of seven straight one-goal games. Syracuse dominated in man-up, finishing 5-for-5 on the day. Three of Mariano’s goals came from man-up, including two goals in the third quarter. Mariano finished with seven points, Solomon pitched in four goals and senior midfielder Sergio Salcido had five assists.

The Orange gave up 53 shots, but goalie Evan Molloy made 17 saves. Senior close defender Scott Firman posted another solid per formance, holding Hobart’s offensive leader pointless. One difference maker was Hobart ’s 0-for-4 performance while man-up.

Senior faceoff specialist Ben Williams bounced back after a recent skid at the X, finishing the day 17-of-28. The last time Williams won more than 50 percent of faceoffs came nearly a month ago, on March 11 in a win at St. John’s.

The Orange hosts Cornell on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Big Red (3-6, 2-2 Ivy) enter the matchup on a two-game winning streak. csdistur@syr.edu @charliedist

men’s lacrosse

Scott Firman emerges as lockdown defender for No. 1 SU

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

In a position that typically demands vocal leaders, Scott Firman succeeds as the opposite. The soft-spoken senior murmurs and his on-field manner is much the same: He’s not particularly aggressive or fast, and he does not possess the same athleticism as some of the game’s top defenders.

In many ways, Firman does not fit the mold of lockdown defender.

His demeanor and build do not qualify him for such a title. And yet that is what he has shaped up to be during his final season at Syracuse. Firman, who wasn’t even mentioned at SU’s media day in January or on preseason watch lists, has held leading scorers in Albany’s Connor Fields, Johns Hopkins’ Shack Stanwick, Duke’s Justin Guterding and Notre

Dame’s Ryder Garnsey to below their season averages.

In the process, he has adjusted seamlessly from long-stick midfielder to close defense. The best defender on the top-ranked Orange (8-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast), rolling on a six-game winning streak, has muted the opposition’s best players. To suppress offenses, Firman has caused a team-high nine turnovers. The former No. 4 defender and No. 17 player

overall in the Class of 2013 by Inside Lacrosse has silenced any questions that came when the inexperienced backline took the field for the first time in February.

“When Nick Mellen had his injury and stuff, everyone was like, ‘OK, who’s going to take that No. 1 spot?’” said SU assistant coach and defensive guru Lelan Rogers. “’What’s going to happen to the defense?’ Now we can say OK, we’re going to put our

best defensive threat on their best offensive threat. And we can neutralize him.

“I never would have thought a long-pole coming down in one year’s time could progress and become one of the best defensemen in the country.”

Firman’s progression actually started as a freshman in 2014, when he worked as faceoff wing specialist. see firman page 14