April 14, 2015

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N • Rock the vote

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P • Easy bake

A debate featuring just two of the five candidates campaigning for Student Association president took place Monday evening in Stolkin Auditorium. Page 3

Freshman Adri Yorke has recently turned her baking passion into a part-time job, after she was recently hired to be a pastry chef at Otro Cinco. Page 9

S • Keeping a guard up

Syracuse head coach John Desko said senior goalie Bobby Wardwell will be in net on Tuesday night despite a rough outing in SU’s loss on Saturday at North Carolina. Page 16

STUDENT ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS 2015

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THE RACES Aysha Seedat, AJ Abell discuss, use past experiences in campaigns Editor’s note: With Student Association elections taking place this week, The Daily Orange is profiling each of the five candidates campaigning for president. Check back this week for profiles of the other three candidates.

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By Jesse Dougherty

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AYSHA SEEDAT

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ysha Seedat and Jane Hong both know what it’s like to struggle with identity. As the first two women of color to ever run on the same ticket for Syracuse University SA president and vice president, Seedat and Hong said their campaign has made them each more aware of their identity, in both bad and good ways. “After we announced our candidacy, people were saying such terrible things about having two women in leadership,” Seedat said. “I’m Pakistani so a lot of people will say racial slurs about my ethnicity. I identify as being Muslim and I’ve been called a terrorist before.” Hong said she has faced see seedat page 8

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or the first 10 years of his life, Alexander Urievich Tokalchev never went outside of the orphanage’s walls. He grew up in the middle of Moscow, Russia, but knew nothing about the city or world. At one point Alexander was headed to a family in Italy. Then it was America. When the U.S. was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, Alexander, for once in his life, was given a choice. If he didn’t feel safe going to America, he’d have two more years to get adopted before he was no longer eligible — and at 18 he’d join the Russian military or get an industrial job. If he chose to go, he’d be in a Pennsylvania suburb two years later, lose his Russian see abell page 6

AJ ABELL

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University aims to inform international students of health care By Claire Moran staff writer

Syracuse University’s new health insurance policy is causing some confusion among international students. “Right now, for international students it’s mostly an issue of lack of infor-

mation,” said Patrick Neary, president of the Graduate Student Organization. “There are cost increases, there are trade-offs for increased benefits. For a lot of international students this is really mostly just uncertainty.” The policy, which was announced last month, requires students to

have a health insurance plan compliant with President Barack Obama’s health care law. Many international students come to SU without health insurance or with short-term plans that do not meet this criteria. Switching to Obamacare-compliant plans will increase their expenses

significantly, but will also mean they are provided with more coverage. THE General Body, a coalition of student organizations, and the GSO staged a protest of the policy last week. They said the university has not been transparent in transitioning to the new policy. However, university administra-

tors said despite the perceived communication issues, the plan is one that will benefit students both international and domestic in the end. Pat Burak, director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, said in her time at the university that four see health

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