April 11, 2022

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N • Women in Leadership

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S • From ice to grass

C • AAPI pride

The Women in Leadership Initiative has hosted lecture series in the past, such as one in March called “Resilient Leadership and Change.” Page 3

Contestants in the Mr. ASIA pageant danced, sang and addressed stereotypes the Asian American Pacific Islander community faces on April 8 at Schine Underground. Page 6

Changing perceptions

Syracuse women’s lacrosse assistant coach Kenzie Kent went from Boston College’s hockey team to its lacrosse team from 2014-19. Page 12

student association

Bruen, Santos win SA election By Anthony Alandt

digital managing editor

Incumbent David Bruen and firsttime vice-presidential candidate Adia Santos have been elected as the next president and vice president of the Student Association, respectively. In a campus-wide email, Richard Kaufman IV, the Board of Elections Chair for SA, announced that Bruen and Santos received 46.7% of the vote in the first round of voting and 54.1% of the vote in the second round.

MIRANDA HINE, founder of the Thornden Park Association, believes the park has gotten safer despite its negative perception. max mimaroglu asst. photo editor

By Dominic Chiappone

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The Thornden Park Association works to combat characterizations of the park as unsafe

hornden Park holds a special place in Miranda Hine’s heart. Hine, a founder of the Thornden Park Association and member of the organization from 1983 to 2020, has frequently jogged, walked and visited the vast park for over 40 years. While the park’s beauty and abundant opportunities stand out to her, Hine said the park’s negative reputation also stands out. To Hine, the biggest mission of the Thornden Park Association is to restore and revitalize the perception of the park by SU and members of the local community. Hine said the Thornden Park Association is having tremendous success in achieving that goal. “One of the reasons for us to form

was to change that perception,” Hine said. “We created the board because of a bunch of negative perceptions. I think we’ve been 100% successful with the community.” Thornden Park’s reputation has been under the spotlight because of a decades-old incident that took place at the park. In 1981, Alice Sebold, an SU freshman at the time, said a man threatened and raped her while she was walking in Thornden Park. Anthony Broadwater was

falsely convicted in 1982 for the rape of Sebold and was imprisoned for 16 years before being exonerated on Nov. 22, 2021. Recently, Broadwater filed a lawsuit against New York state for the wrongful conviction. Hine said that the rape case back in 1981 created a narrative that the park is unsafe and has a high crime rate. “The community feels safe (at the park),” Hine said. “I’ve been to the park for 42 years by myself and I have never, ever felt unsafe.” Dale Avers, a current board member of the Thornden Park Association, said she’s gotten the sense the image of the park is more positive, but what happened to Sebold and the resulting false conviction of Broadwater created a long-term perception. “I’m sure it influenced (the image see thornden page 4

There’s this constant repetition through SU warning their students … the students would say no to going to the park because we (the students) were told not to. Miranda Hine thornden park association founder

There is a lot of unfinished business. I really want to see some of those make even more progress. David Bruen sa president

Nyah Jones, the only candidate for comptroller, won with 78.39% of the vote and will serve in the role for her second term. The referendum to continue to support Syracuse University’s chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group chapter passed with 71.76% of the vote. SA passed a bill last month that switched voting for the president, vice-president and comptroller from a majority-wins election to a rankedchoice system. In the first round of voting, Jordan Pierre and Lauren Gloster received 36.8% of the vote and Brenton MacNeil and Skylar Gorczynski received 16.5% of the vote, both behind Bruen and Santos’ 46.7%. Under the ranked-choice system, MacNeil and Gorczynski were eliminated. Pierre and Gloster then went on to receive 45.9% of the vote in the second round, 8.2% behind Bruen and Santos. While the official voter turnout has yet to be announced, SA’s Instagram shared that 7.8% of the student body for SU and SUNY-ESF had voted as of April 6 at 9 a.m. Along with the expansion of SA’s menstrual product initiative, which Bruen spearheaded last year, Bruen and Santos ran on increasing wellness days, bringing back meal swipes to the Schine Student Center, having SU see bruen page 4


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