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The lineup for this year’s University Lectures Series has been announced and features a total of seven lectures, four in the fall semester and three in the spring. Page 3

P • Road to recovery

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Local resident George Lonergan reflects on losing both of his legs in a snowmobiling accident. Lonergan will speak about his recovery at the Syracuse Sport Summit. Page 16

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Syverud listens to, collaborates with community to make decisions By Meredith Newman

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he chancellor of Syracuse University is looking for a massage. Kent Syverud just entered a health expo at Flanagan Gymnasium and the first thing he wants to find is a massage chair. He makes his way around the gym, pointing out the condom booth, saying hello to a student in a cigarette costume and touting an environmentally friendly Tops bag. He finally spots the chair. And as he makes his way toward it, he’s pulled aside by one of the participants at the fair. The two have a firm handshake and chat. Syverud poses for a photo for the man to tweet out. Then, the conversation ends, and it’s time for Syverud to go. Being chancellor doesn’t leave much time for massages. This year’s been one in which the chancellor doesn’t think he could have slept any less. A year in which the honeymoon period was swept from under his feet, and left him with 18 days of students sitting in Crouse-Hinds Hall, a 94-page report exposing SU Athletics’ closet of skeletons and 11 workgroups and steering committees strategizing the university’s future. Many are supportive of the chancellor saying his first full academic year at SU was an impossible one, consumed with serious challenges and hard decisions. But despite the ups and downs of the turbulent year, there’s a formula behind almost every decision the chancellor has made. Get the facts. Listen. Collaborate. ••• Syverud’s mindset is almost always the same when handling conflict: he reads all the documents, talks to everybody and never has people summarize. He used this strategy of immersing himself in the facts when he negotiated the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust fund, founded by BP after the oil spill, and he’s tried to bring this same mentality to decisions he’s making at SU, with see syverud page 6

University suspends fraternity By Sara Swann asst. news editor

Syracuse University’s chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha has been suspended from holding social events and an assault charge

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Syverud creates task force Permanent task force to assess SU’s sexual assault resources By Lydia Wilson asst. news editor

KENT SYVERUD has used his listening ability and collaborated with the SU community to make key decisions in his first full academic year as chancellor. sam maller staff photographer

The new permanent task force on sexual assault and relationship violence will meet for the first time Friday, about a week after its formation. Chancellor Kent Syverud has announced the members of a permanent task force on sexual assault and relationship violence last Thursday, more than 125 days after a report was submitted by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, see task

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Sophomore remembers grandfather with tattoo By Gigi Antonelle staff writer

Beaux Wongwaisayawan’s tattoo is a constant reminder of her grandfather’s influence and guidance in her life. Her final memory with her grandfather occurred on New Year’s Eve 2009, seven days before he died. Wongwaisayawan, a sophomore sociology and international relations major, and her family took a trip to Chiang Mai in the northern part of their native country of Thailand to celebrate the new year. Wongwaisayawan recalled releasing lanterns into the sky that night and noticing that that the moon was abnormally, but beautifully, bright. “To this day, I have yet to see a full moon that big,” Wongwaisayawan said. “It was full, it was perfect, it was bright. It was an amazing night.” Her family returned home on New Year’s Day, but on Jan. 7, 2010, they received a phone call that her grandfather had unexpectedly passed away in his sleep. Five years later, after contemplating different ways to get a tattoo of the

moon, Wongwaisayawan decided to get the phases of the moon tattooed on her left rib cage in remembrance of her grandfather. However, she decided to leave out one phase — the new moon — to represent the seven days between New Years and her grandfather’s death. Every phase of the moon has a special significance to Wongwaisayawan. During the full moon phase, her grandfather is present with her, and during the other phases he is looking out for the rest of her family. Losing her grandfather was difficult, she said, but it reinforced the importance of her family in her life. “Before he passed away, I kind of took my family for granted,” Wongwaisayawan said. Now that she is in college, traveling from the United States to home in Thailand can be difficult. “Being here, I feel like I’m losing time with my family,” Wongwaisayawan said. “Before my grandfather passed away, I was excited to leave and go abroad, and I still do that. But now I do it more consciously — I need to spare time for my family.” gantonel@syr.edu

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BEAUX WONGWAISAYAWAN’S ribcage tattoo is in remembrance of her grandfather who passed away in 2010. The moon reminds her of their last interaction before he died. doris haung staff photographer

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Run baby run 2016 presidential candidate Morrison Bonpasse weighs in on his decision to run and his stance on key issues. See dailyorange.com

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Smells like teen spirit A new documentary has come out on the life of Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the band Nirvana. SU professors weigh in on Cobain’s life. Page 7

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coming to a lecture near you Syracuse University announces 2015-16 University Lecture Series lineup; features 7 lectures

The 2015-16 academic year represents the 15th year in which Syracuse University will host the University Lectures Series. All lectures take place in Hendricks Chapel and are free and open to the public. Here’s a look at the 2015-16 University Lectures Series lineup. See dailyorange.com for a full breakdown of the lectures.

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TOPIC: “SURVIVAL OF THE KINDEST: TOWARD A COMPASSIONATE SOCIETY”

TOPIC: “A WILD LIFE”

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mary roach PROFESSION: AUTHOR TOPIC: “GULP: ADVENTURES ON THE ALIMENTARY CANAL”

naomi klein PROFESSION: AUTHOR, SOCIAL ACTIVIST TOPIC: “THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: CAPITALISM VS. THE CLIMATE”

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Man arrested near SU Camillus resident faces charges for burglary, grand larceny By Brett Samuels news editor

A Camillus man was arrested last Tuesday in the 100 block of University Place in connection with a burglary that happened on Sumner Avenue. Trevor Wolke, 22, was arrested on the charges of burglary in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree. The charges are in connection with a burglary that occurred at 712 Sumner Ave., Syracuse Police Department Lt. Eric Carr said in an email. The burglary was reported on April 4. Wolke is currently under investigation for other burglaries in the Syracuse University area, Carr said. Carr said a laptop computer, a backpack, a calculator, sunglasses and boots were stolen in the burglary. He added that Wolke was arrested following a coordinated effort between SPD and the Camillus Police Department. blsamuel@syr.edu

student association Here are a few notes from Monday’s Student Association meeting, the last of the semester:

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TOPIC: “BINGE-WORTHY JOURNALISM: BACKSTAGE WITH THE CREATORS OF ‘SERIAL’”

TOPIC: “SOCIAL INEQUALITY: THE HOW, WHY AND WHAT TO DO?”

Afterhours, an event hosted by the A Cappella Council at Syracuse University, will take place Tuesday at 9 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, according to the group’s Facebook page.

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The Stipend Act of 2015, which calls for an increase in the stipends of president, comptroller and vice president, was passed during Monday night’s SA meeting.

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Millennials must change approach to health, beauty standards

e’ve all had nights where we’ve decided to just order in and bingewatch whatever new series was available on Netflix and, for the most part, we have a good time doing it. That is until you scroll past your news feed and notice that the gym rat you follow just finished their leg-day workout and is on their way to get a protein smoothie that is probably sprinkled with kale and ego. It used to be easy to avoid getting trapped into the fitness craze, but these days it seems that body goals and gains have taken over social media. Some of the most notable fitness gurus accounts, like MankoFit and Bella Falconi, have over a million followers each and there are several other accounts with large followings. Their influence has garnered widespread popularity. Yet, although taking strides toward one’s health is great and important, these accounts and environments also feed into a lot of negative body image and criticism. Millennials should recognize that there is more than one way to be healthy and our bodies should not solely be the main indicator of what ideal health represents. Last week, fitness blogger Cassie Ho uploaded a video on her YouTube channel

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WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND Y about “the perfect body,” in order to get across a message about cyber bullying and body image. The video itself reveals many of the comments Ho has received about her body, and so she alters her body with CGI effects proving that comments made about “the perfect body” are problematic. Ho’s video addresses an important issue among millennials, which is that health concerns can only be healthy to a certain extent. At the point where critiques are made about the size of a waist rather than the measures being taken to become healthier, the lifestyle becomes problematic. The truth is, our generation has become more concerned about external appearance rather than internal health. The critiques that Ho received have usually been about how her body looks or how it is not up to “trainer” standards. Ho herself has been a certified trainer for over five years and graduated with an honors degree in Biology — needless to say, she knows what she’s doing.

One reason she is being critiqued is because millennials have been influenced to believe that there is only one model of health, and that it is having a “skinny” or “ripped” frame. However, we need to change the way we see and measure health and beauty. Body types that don’t fall into a certain archetype are often shamed and deemed unhealthy. Yet people are fixated on having a six-pack or a thigh gap, and not focusing on other pressing concerns relating to health. Overweight people receive criticism because they are not healthy, but the real criticism rests more in fat-shaming and phobia than it does for real health concerns. This is not to say that people who are overweight are always healthy, but that most people are not as concerned with their health as they are with being uncomfortable about someone else’s appearance. Ultimately, millennials need to change the way we see health. Fitness blogs and accounts can be great places for inspiration and support, and they should be. While recently social media sites have tried to remove pro-eating disorder accounts, remaining thinspiration Instagram accounts still have over 10,000 followers and include hashtags

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like #proana. We should not risk our mental health and happiness to fit into a false ideal of health. True health begins within; the way we see ourselves projects the way we behave and our behavior is the ultimate indicator of health. Laritza Salazar is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at lcsalaza@syr.edu.

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Task force must value communication The chancellor’s announcement of a permanent task force on relationship and sexual violence is an effective use of workgroups addressing shortfalls on campus. Last Thursday, Chancellor Kent Syverud appointed 30 members to the permanent task force. Its formation is more than a short-term response to criticism stemming from the closing of the Advocacy Center last summer. The task force is also a demonstration that SU values the concerns of the university community. Syverud said in an SU News release on Thursday that the task force will review sexual assault and relationship violence services, policies and programs every semester. The recommendation to have a permanent task force at SU was made in the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Preven-

tion, Education and Advocacy’s Final Report, which was released in December 2014. The report detailed gaps in sexual assault resources and provided short-term and long-term recommendations about how the university should improve services for students. Because sexual assault resources and the administration have been criticized for a lack of transparency about services and policy changes, the task force must act as an intermediary for students. The task force must clearly share information about resources and any changes that affect those resources to the student body moving forward. The Daily Orange Editorial Board encourages the task force to administer a formal report, like the one compiled by the chancellor’s workgroup, every semester in order

to evaluate which strategies do and do not work when combatting sexual assault at SU. The 30 members appointed by Syverud consist of experts that represent several facets of student life, including the LGBT Resource Center, the Department of Public Safety and several colleges on campus. It is important to note that the members appointed to the task force have other responsibilities on campus. Stemming from this, the task force must clearly communicate to students how often they will be meeting, and what their main goals are as we approach the fall semester. If the newly created task force values communication, it will not only increase transparency on campus, but will ensure that Syracuse University remains a leader in sexual assault and relationship violence services.

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Schumer’s balance between comedy, serious issues proves successful

have a really sensitive radar for insensitive jokes. If something on TV or something I read crosses — or even comes close to — the line, my stomach churns. For a long time I thought that about all things; no one would ever be able to get away with a joke about rape. That’s why I was surprised last week when I watched the Season 3 premiere of “Inside Amy Schumer,” which featured a sketch about rape, and I laughed the whole time. The sketch followed a football coach at a new school a la “Friday Night Lights” whose only new rule for the team was they aren’t allowed to rape. Chaos ensues. Schumer, who writes, produces and stars in the show plays his encouraging wife accompanied by a wine glass that grows with every scene. News Editor Editorial Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Art Director Copy Chief Development Editor Social Media Producer Video Editor Web Developer Asst. News Editor

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EATING CULTURE VULTURES FOR BREAKFAST By making something so horrifying like rape culture so funny, while still making a point, Schumer did what no other comedian has ever been able to do. She is the perfect arbiter for this cultural moment, and she is comedy’s best hope. She is the perfect balance of silly and serious. At this year’s Ms. Foundation’s Gloria Awards and Gala, she lit up the room, and the blogosphere, with her inspirational words about sex horror stories, body-image issues and creating self-confidence. She said, “I want to throw my hands in the air after reading a mean TwitAsst. News Editor Sara Swann Asst. News Editor Lydia Wilson Asst. Feature Editor Jacob Gedetsis Asst. Feature Editor Kait Hobson Asst. Sports Editor Sam Blum Asst. Sports Editor Matt Schneidman Asst. Photo Editor Isabella Barrionuevo Asst. Photo Editor Logan Reidsma Design Editor Sydney Golden Design Editor Matthew Hankin Design Editor Chloe Meister Design Editor Momin Rafi Design Editor Max Redinger Design Editor Katherine Sotelo Asst. Copy Editor Jake Cappuccino Asst. Copy Editor Alex Erdekian Asst. Copy Editor Connor Grossman Asst. Copy Editor Danny Mantooth Asst. Copy Editor Paul Schwedelson Asst. Copy Editor Georgie Silvarole

ter comment, and say, ‘All right! You got it. You figured me out. I’m not pretty. I’m not thin. I do not deserve to use my voice. I’ll start wearing a burqa and start waiting tables at a pancake house…’ But then I think, ‘F*ck that. I am not laying [sic] in that freshman-year bed anymore, ever again.’” She’s on Time’s list this year of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World.” Tilda Swinton — of all people — wrote Schumer’s blurb for the magazine calling her an “honesty bomb.” At the event for the same list, Schumer dove on to the ground in front of fellow nominees Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and looked up at the cameras and panicked, acting like it was an accident. She’s calling out the world. She’s

pointing out how ridiculous it is that we as an audience lose our freaking minds when a celebrity falls, and she’s knocking down two pop culture icons a peg in the process. But she’s not the girl who calls you out when you mispronounce “Givenchy.” She’s the friend who calls you out when you’re too drunk at a party — and you’re being a bitch. Schumer is playing the long game. It took her show two seasons to get its well-deserved applause. In a form of comedy that has a record of tearing funny women down, she is excelling. At the Roast of Charlie Sheen two years ago, she made a joke about Steve-O, the jackass on “Jackass,” and his co-star Ryan Dunn’s death, lamenting over the fact that it wasn’t him. The joke, which arguably launched her fame, was innocent

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compared to others that night, but it prompted Steve-O to sh*t talk her on morning radio. It also sparked his fans to send her death threats over Twitter — where he did what any man in comedy does when a woman who is funnier than him: call her a slut. Laughspin asked her about it not long after and she said, “I did ask that his fans stop with the threats of ending my life… I’d like to continue being a comic and alive. But I absolutely, from the bottom of my heart, continue to not give a sh*t about this.” Please, Amy, please give no sh*ts. Eric King is a sophomore magazine journalism major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at edking@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @erickingdavid.

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syverud varying success. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion spilled masses of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico. The White House and the Justice Department appointed Syverud to be one of the two trustees to oversee the $20 billion trust fund to compensate victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. One of Syverud’s strengths as a trustee was his ability to bring in experts in areas related to the spill that the he wasn’t knowledgeable about, said John Martin, the other Deepwater Horizon trustee and a former U.S. District Court judge. But when Syverud took over as chancellor, he wished he got more of the facts. It’s one of his biggest regrets. “I wish I had more time to learn (about) the place before I started,” Syverud said. “Because there was a lot of challenges going on and a lot of pent up decisions or concerns that had been in process for years that I kind of came in the middle of the year to address.” One of those included the NCAA investigations, which had been ongoing prior to Syverud becoming chancellor. While he doesn’t consider it an accomplishment, Syverud said he was relieved to see the conclusion of the NCAA investigation, which he said took up a majority of his time this year. Another includes the closing of the Advocacy Center last summer, which was done as part of the university’s efforts to reorganize sexual assault services for legal reasons. Syverud previously said he wished he was more informed about the center’s role on campus in dealing with sexual assault. For some on campus, such as Becca Glaser, a member of THE General Body, Syverud’s handling of the Advocacy Center was a clear example of how the new administration handles issues. “He seems kind, which I appreciate, but it seems his administration is interested in doing things their way,” said Glaser, a third year graduate student in the Creative Writing Program. Deborah Pellow, an anthropology professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, believes there’s an “annoyance” among critics because Syverud has a fact-based personality that doesn’t privilege anyone — which wasn’t always the case for the past 10 years, she explained. And while some criticize his law back-

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ground, Pellow, who was a member of the chancellor search committee, said the committee saw him “head and shoulders” above the other candidates as he showed “genuine leadership.” She brought up the example of Bird Library stopping its renovations after finding chemicals in the library’s old carpet. The construction couldn’t go forward until final approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which took several years. The former administration’s stance on the issue aligned with the philosophy “you can’t move the federal government,” Pellow said. When Syverud came to campus, he told the chief financial officer that SU had one month to resolve the issue, or Syverud would turn to the governor, she said. “My point is, he knows what has to be done and he’s willing to do it.” ••• One night, in 1991, Syverud cried from the heart. In 6,886 words, Syverud, then a professor at the University of Michigan, wrote an exasperated response to an administrator who wasn’t paying attention to students.

In my view, one of the most important things a leader needs to do is have the capacity to listen. Not shoot from the hip, to take the time to understand the problems. You have to be decisive at a certain point, but it’s very important that before you get there you understand what’s going on. Joel Seligman former colleague of syverud

The essay, called “Taking Students Seriously: A Guide for New Law Teachers,” has become one of Syverud’s most famous pieces of work. Among the advice, he describes the importance of listening. “If you don’t force yourself to listen to what the students are saying, you end up missing what is going on is your own class,” Syverud

writes. “… So force yourself to listen, and to endure silence.” Almost 25 years later, Syverud still thinks advice from the essay applies to SU and his own chancellorship. His ability to listen is a large part of what makes his leadership effective, which became clear when he interacted with students, specifically THE General Body and its sit-in, said Patrick Neary, president of the Graduate Student Organization. “The fact that he has been willing to take a step back and say, ‘OK, let me listen to you, figure out what’s going on, potentially reconsider and move forward,’ I think there are a number of people who respect him for that,” Neary said. Syverud’s ability to listen to others can be traced back to his days as a law professor at Michigan said Joel Seligman, the president of the University of Rochester and a former colleague. Seligman said people view Syverud as having a judicious personality; he listened patiently to the facts and was willing to hear both sides. “In my view, one of the most important things a leader needs to do is have the capacity to listen. Not shoot from the hip, to take the time to understand the problems,” Seligman said. “You have to be decisive at a certain point, but it’s very important that before you get there you understand what’s going on. “Those are the kind of civil virtues that Kent has. He’s someone who is authentic. What you see is what you get.” ••• It took 11 words for David Rubin to see that Syverud would be different. When the two first met in December 2013, Syverud said something that still sticks with Rubin: whenever you know something that I need to know, tell me. When first arriving on campus, Syverud quickly became aware that he needed people to feel comfortable telling him information that he needed to hear, a quality former Chancellor Nancy Cantor never had, said Rubin, dean emeritus of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. “That, to me, was a really good sign how different he was,” Rubin said. To many at SU, Syverud’s collaborative leadership style will lead the university into the next decade. The process of Fast Forward, one of Syver-

ud’s main initiatives, and deciding the direction of the university’s future has been much more open for the campus community. The previous administration didn’t give many opportunities for input, said Robert Van Gulick, a philosophy professor and a university senator. The Day of Conversation in February and other commenting periods have allowed for different constituents to offer ideas and suggestions about the university’s future, Van Gulick said. To a number of faculty members on campus, Fast Forward and the various strategic plans are good in theory, but in reality are producing vague, undefined goals. Fast Forward makes many faculty members question the role of the University Senate, as it has not had the opportunity to comment. The idea of “erosion of faculty governance” has been a concern at SU for a number of years, said Eileen Schell, an associate professor in the writing program. “The chancellor has assured us that he believes in transparency and academic governance, and I’d like to see him pursue that,” Schell said. “And I’d like to believe that what he says is what he actually believes.” ••• In his inauguration address last April, Syverud said SU’s goal should not be based on one slogan, idea or chancellor, but instead by the work of the university community. But fast forward 369 days later to the health expo in Flanagan Gymnasium, the chancellor of Syracuse University finds himself looking for a massage chair. Is it hard to be chancellor when you have such a vocal campus community? He stops walking. He pauses, thinking before he answers the question. Finally shaking his head no. “I think some campuses are more Disney World-like in that students are customers, happily consuming whatever is presented from the menu,” Syverud said. “That in my view is not a good education. A good education is actually taking responsibility for figuring things out. “It makes things more exciting at times for a chancellor, but I can handle that excitement if the students can, and they seem to be doing just fine.” mhnewman@syr.edu | @MerNewman93

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Recently-released documentary details life of Kurt Cobain By Katelyn Faubel staff writer

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urt Cobain: Montage of Heck” was released on Friday as the most recent documentary of the life of Nirvana front man, Kurt Cobain. The filmmaker of the HBO documentary, Brett Morgen, worked alongside executive producer Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, according to an April 8 Rolling Stone article. On top of working with Cobain’s daughter, Morgen was also given access to Cobain’s personal items by Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love. Patrick MacDougall, an instructor at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University, said having the family’s backing for a documentary is important for the validity of the film. Not having the family be a part of the film would “only lead people to question the truth in it.” Cobain influenced a lot of young bands and people gravitated toward his sound because Cobain had a style like no one else, MacDougall added, “Currently, he’s the face and sound of the Seattle grunge movement,” MacDougall said. “Every generation has a voice of angst and misunderstood youth and he was that for the grunge era.” MacDougall said when a group becomes popular in a new genre, record labels start to look for other artists that have a similar style. Because Cobain was so popular, he made the grunge movement even bigger, he added. The transition from the 1980s to the early 1990s is what MacDougall said is the reason for Cobain’s success. Timing is everything and it was Cobain who helped initiate the movement from electronic music to band performances during this time, MacDougall said. David Rezak, director of the Bandier Program at SU, added that the antithesis of the “polished pop” and pretentious “hair-band era,” also known as the 1980s, was grunge. MacDougall said he thinks the purpose of “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” is to reintroduce Cobain to a new generation of youth. He said he thinks young artists of today will draw from Cobain’s sound, and that rock is still

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influenced by Cobain. “Kurt Cobain will be synonymous with rock forever,” MacDougal said. If Cobain were still alive, MacDougall thinks he would have continued to influence music. “Who knows what kinds of great things he would have done? But we wouldn’t have Foo Fighters,” MacDougall said. “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Foo Fighters wouldn’t be around because Nirvana probably wouldn’t have broken up.” Rezak said he thinks that anything Cobain

would have done after Nirvana would have been creative. However, he said Cobain wouldn’t have changed the course of music because the way people consumed music was changing. “Nirvana specifically and grunge generally was the music industry writing itself,” Rezak said. “There was a cultural shift away from pretention and back to the roots of rock and roll, which I think is a positive thing.” Rezak said one of the biggest influences Cobain had was on Converse sneakers. He said Cobain completely turned around the 1960s

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brand because they were the “perfect dresseddown clothing for the grunge era.” Unlike many other artists, Rezak said that Nirvana’s music videos helped their promotion team sell records. “He is a sort of this tragic hero to a lot of young people, and rightly so because he was so gifted,” Rezak said. “He has a legacy of brilliant, creative art, which makes him more of a cult hero. It almost adds credence to his legend in a very sad way.” kmfaubel@syr.edu

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Initially, Pi Kappa Alpha, commonly known as PIKE, was under investigation for an alleged hazing incident. However, after the investigation started on April 13, the Department of Public Safety found that the incident actually only involved two of the fraternity members, said Tony Callisto, senior vice president and chief law enforcement officer for SU. Callisto said it was found through several witnesses that one student had struck another several times. These witnesses led DPS to file a charge of assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, against the student. Once DPS notified the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, FASA issued a suspension on all of PIKE’s social activities, including parties and fundraising. Callisto added that the case was filed on April 17 and they are currently waiting for either a criminal summons or an arrest warrant from the Syracuse City Court. Callisto was not able to disclose any information about the students’ names or

the injuries the victim sustained. He added that the judicial process is separate from the criminal process and this is still an ongoing investigation. The Alpha Chi chapter of the fraternity, which is located at 209 Comstock Ave., was founded at SU in 1913, making it one of the university’s oldest fraternities, according to the group’s Facebook page. In March, SU suspended another fraternity, Nu Alpha Phi, and two of the fraternity’s members Tae Kim, 19, and Jeffrey Yam, 21, were arrested for a hazing incident in which three of the fraternity’s pledges were told to exercise in the snow with no gloves on. The next day one of the three pledges went to Crouse Hospital where he was told he had severe frostbite on his fingers, which almost caused him to lose his ring and pinkie fingers on both hands. Kim and Yam were both charged with hazing in the first degree, a misdemeanor, and they appeared in city court on April 20 after pleading not guilty. The court appearance was a pretrial hearing and the two members are due back in court on May 28. smswann@syr.edu | @saramswann

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April 9

THE DATE THAT THE ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT INVOLVING TWO PI KAPPA ALPHA MEMBERS TOOK PLACE

April 13

THE DATE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STARTED INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED HAZING INCIDENT INVOLVING TWO PI KAPPA ALPHA MEMBERS

April 17

THE DATE THE ALLEGED HAZING CASE INVOLVING TWO PI KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY MEMBERS WAS FILED

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task force Education and Advocacy, Syverud announced the appointment of the 30 members of the task force last Thursday. The workgroup’s final report listed short-term and long-term recommendations, including the creation of a permanent task force, and was submitted Dec. 17, 2014. The new task force will meet for the first time on Friday and is co-chaired by Joanna Masingila, dean of the School of Education, and Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, senior vice president and dean of student affairs. In its final report, the workgroup recommended the task force consist of experts who can “respond to systems of power and privilege” and “encompass multiple perspectives including those from marginalized and under-represented groups on campus.” The workgroup recommended the task force review sexual assault and relationship violence services, policies and programs. Syverud said in an SU News release the task force will carry out this review every semester and also further implement and improve sexual violence prevention, education and advocacy services on campus. Masingila said in the release that the task force has been charged with “important and meaningful work.” “I am confident that my colleagues and I will address these issues in the best interests of our students,” Masingila said. The task force’s 30 members come from various areas of the university, including the LGBT Resource Center, the Office of Health Promotions, Vera House and the Department

of Public Safety. Cory Wallack, director of the SU Counseling Center and member of the task force, said in email that the task force will be an important “collective expertise” to help develop a centralized university response to sexual and relationship violence. Wallack added that the task force will be crucial in providing community feedback and identifying areas that could be improved in the prevention and intervention efforts of the Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team, which is housed within the Counseling Center. “The work of preventing and intervening with sexual and relationship violence extends across all areas of the university,” Wallack said. “This task force can do the important work of bringing all of those areas together.”

I am confident that my colleagues and I will address these issues in the best interests of our students. Joanna Masingila dean of the school of education and task force co-chair

The Division of Student Affairs has partnered with Syverud and other departments on campus to institute a number of the workgroup’s other recommendations, including creating new support groups and signing on with the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign, among others. lawilson@syr.edu

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Departments use evaluations for feedback By Satoshi Sugiyama staff writer

At the end of each semester, Syracuse University students are asked to evaluate their courses and professors. While the process may seem tedious, department chairs said they find the surveys useful. The student ratings are consistent and there is a high correlation between students’ ratings of the amount learned in a particular course and their overall ratings of the course’s instructor, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment’s website. The assessment of a professor is more representative of the professor’s overall effectiveness

when student ratings are used in combination with other evidence, according to the website. James Tsao, chair of the advertising department in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, said while the survey is not a perfect measurement, it is a critical tool on teaching performance. “It is an useful instrument to measure students perception of course content, teaching formats and lecturer styles,” Tsao said in an email. “Most importantly, it is an effective method to collect students suggestions that could be used to enhance teaching effectiveness if the same course will be taught again.”

As a department chair, the teaching evaluations shed light on not only how effective a professor is but what makes the professor effective. Ravi Shukla chair of the finance department

Rochelle Ford, chair of the public relations department in Newhouse, said the course evaluation is useful for promotion and tenure consideration. The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment declined to comment for this story. Ravi Shukla, chair of the finance department in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, said student comments are

especially important pieces of information. “As a professor, they inform me about what is working well and what needs to be changed or improved,” Shukla said in an email. “As a department chair, the teaching evaluations shed light on not only how effective a professor is but what makes the professor effective.” Shukla added that survey results may be shared among faculty to improve the quality of classes. “If I notice certain patterns or common issues in the course evaluations across faculty members in my department, I can highlight them in my communications with the faculty which might help them all become more effective,” Shukla said. Shukla said the response rate from students decreased when the university introduced online teaching evaluation. Still, he said students’ assessment on faculty has not changed considerably. Alan Middleton, chair of the physics department in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the course survey is vital for the department in determining what is working. “There is other information, but student ratings and comments are useful and do often strongly affect how we teach our courses, both as individual professors and as a department,” Middleton said in an email. Middleton added that the department did not find a significant difference in response rate between the paper and online surveys. “We get somewhat fewer responses online than with paper and the numerical ratings for the same professor are similar,” he said. ssugiyam@syr.edu

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Members reflect, hold elections at last meeting By William Norris staff writer

For senior members of the Student Association, the last meeting of the academic school year was a time for both reflection and looking ahead. SA held senior night at the last meeting of the semester on Monday in Maxwell Auditorium, a time for those moving on from SA to look back on their experiences and offer advice to those responsible for the future of the organization. Graduating members of both the cabinet and assembly came to the front of the room, discussing past roles in SA, as well as speaking to the future. An emotional Boris Gresely acknowledged everyone that has been with him through his three semesters as president, stating that he could not have done it without the people around him. Gresely said he has had a lot of mentors in his life and advised the assembly to make sure to have a mentor to help teach them the ropes. Boris thanked the members of SA for allowing him to lead them, saying it has been a rollercoaster ride. Parliamentarian Stephen Thomas said in his farewell speech that SA is what you make it and told members of the organization to not become complacent and always strive for more. Alejandra Avina, current director of student engagement, told members to enjoy their time on campus and support their peers, also advising them to critically engage.

Outside of the reflections, elections for speaker and parliamentarian also took place during Monday’s meeting. The assembly elected Janine Bogris, vice chair for the Board of Elections and Membership, as speaker for the next session. Bogris was one of two people nominated by assembly for the position and selected after a series of discussion and voting. Bogris said during a question period that she feels capable of keeping meetings moving in a timely fashion and that she thinks the position requires the trust of everyone there, something she said she feels she has. James Franco was elected as parliamentarian of SA for next session. He was the only person who accepted their nomination by assembly for the position and was nominated by current Parliamentarian Stephen Thomas. Franco said during a question period that the position of parliamentarian was something he had looked at from the beginning. Franco said as parliamentarian, he would like to get more resolutions passed, which he said shows SA taking a stance on things. Franco was voted in after a brief assembly discussion period. To conclude the “senior night” portion of the meeting, Gresely called down all present members of SA onto stage, leading them in one final, “One, two, three, defenders of the student body” chant. wrnorris@syr.edu

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Singaporean students face difficulty in post-graduation opportunities

ith the last final exams held on Thursday evening, yet another school year has come to a close at Singapore Management University in the lively Central Business District. For once, the library is dead quiet, study zones are completely empty and the queues at our school food court are virtually nonexistent. Instead, students are resting at home, partying at the popular nightclub Zouk and traveling the globe. Needless to say, it has been a crazy semester for all of us. For many SMU students, however, the final step involves walking across that stage to take hold of their shiny, new degrees. Nearly 2,000 seniors from the six distinguished schools will be graduating from SMU on July 15, making plenty of room for the incoming class of 2019. With Singapore’s job market as competitive and cutthroat as ever, what’s next for these graduates? Statistically, a large majority of SMU students will directly enter the workforce with their bachelor’s degrees immediately after commencement. Since students often complete interviews during the spring semester, most already have positions lined up prior to graduation. In fact, many graduates begin working

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WHERE IN CHINA IS THAT? as soon as their last exam has been scored and grades posted online. Those who do not have a prospective job but desire to enter the workforce post-graduation tend to be limited in their choices. Oftentimes, these students fail to find positions with decent pay and go on to work customer service jobs, for example, until they do find something reputable. Jackie Lin, a student in the School of Economics, thought she would be one of those with a terrible entry level. Luckily, this soon-to-be POSB Bank cash relationship officer received an offer she could not refuse. “My interview was conducted about three weeks ago on site and I got a call back last Friday. Huge, huge relief I was not expecting,” she said. “I was really nervous because most of my classmates had already found something good.” Starting salaries typically range between 30,000 and 40,000 Singapore dollars per year, though Singaporean jobs are listed by

salary per month. On average, these first jobs will rake in around SG$3,000 per month. This is just enough to support one person for a full year, specifically covering bills and managing living expenses. Additionally, this money rarely goes toward covering housing costs, since new graduates commonly live with their parents for many years after snagging that first job. Another option in lieu of working is to do a summer internship, conduct research or get involved with a volunteer program. In the United States, we have programs such as AmeriCorps, Teach for America and City Year. Singapore has similar programs, but these are not as common, because they are often unpaid positions. As a result, locals mostly apply to them to improve their résumés. Life after graduation in Singapore is quite similar to what American graduates face. The biggest difference I have found is Singaporeans almost always go into their respective fields of study. Americans, on the other hand, have the option of easily switching careers. As someone going from economics to medicine, I highly value this unique freedom. Few actually go on to graduate school — an exceptionally uncommon decision after

graduation. The ones who do decide to pursue higher education generally attend schools out of the country, specifically in the U.S. or the United Kingdom. According to SMU’s website, merely 50 percent of graduates last year were Singaporean citizens compared to 89 percent of undergraduates. Graduate school is an unpopular choice due to the high expenses and lack of financial stability post-graduation. Michael Seah, a student in the School of Accountancy, managed to score a spot in the prestigious Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he will be completing a Master of Accounting. He reflected on his acceptance and what his family thinks about his bold decision. Said Seah: “I was shocked actually. Didn’t believe it at first. But sure, I’m excited to be furthering my studies, especially in the U.S. My parents, family and friends expressed their initial concern about the price tag. It’s very expensive, and I know that, but I also know it’s totally worth the investment.” Zachary Gipson is a senior majoring in economics and linguistics. He is striving to fit in with the fast-paced locals of Singapore. To chat about life abroad, shoot him an email at ztgipson@syr.edu

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Steve Graf, Max Flansburg and Jamie Knittel funk rock Upcoming show: May 8 Where: SUNY Oswego’s Ozfest Cost: $85

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Local band The New Daze looks to increase presence at Syracuse University

By Isha Damle staff writer

ass player Jamie Knittel said audience members don’t need drugs or alcohol to be put in a daze. “You don’t need any of that stuff to have you a good time. We’ll give you the daze, I guess.” said Knittel, a member of local band, The New Daze. Knittel, a sophomore environmental science major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, said that the band’s seasoned performance skills make their live shows a “good time.” The band’s current lineup has been together for four years, and they have released two full-length albums, which they recorded at SubCat Studios. Guitarist and vocalist Max Flansburg founded the band when he was in middle school, and Knittel and drummer Steve Graf joined a few years later. The band recently placed third at Battle of the Bands for a crowd that Knittel said was mostly unfamiliar with the band. “That was a good step in the direction of meeting Syracuse (University) people and we’re just going to continue playing as much as we can and have fun with it,” he said.

(FROM LEFT) STEVE GRAF, MAX FLANSBURG AND JAMIE KNITTEL, make up local band The New Daze. The three have been a part of the band for four years, have released two full-length albums and have performed throughout Syracuse and upstate New York. The self-described “heavy jam funk rock” band will perform at SUNY Oswego’s Ozfest on May 8. kadijah watkins staff photographer

The New Daze has performed throughout Syracuse and upstate New York, at The Montage Music Hall in Rochester, New York and at the Sterling Stage Kampitheater. The band, self-described as “heavy jam funk rock with an edge,” plans on releasing a third album and hopes to further gain recognition in the SU music scene. “We’ve played for the townies, we’ve played for the people who are into the jam scene and know about the jam scene, but as far as college kids go and average music fans at SU, we feel like they don’t really know us,” Knittel said. Everything about the band, from its name to its album titles is quirky and has a story behind it. Their first album name, titled “Lose Your Culture” stems from the group’s first experience playing at The Westcott Theatre. The second album name, “Don’t Judge the Universe,” stems from what Knittel calls the “mad ramblings of Max Flansburg.” Flansburg started the band at 13 years old, and said that the band has transformed immensely. “You learn a lot being on the road, going

to different shows, traveling — there’s a lot to learn,” Flansburg said. “As people, we’ve grown, and that’s been represented in our music.” The band has no agent or manager, but Flansburg said that having to independently book shows and promote the band themselves has made all of its members grow both musically and as independent adults. “We do everything by ourselves… Me and Jamie do all the bookings and all the promoting, physically and digitally,” Flansburg said. “That’s a lot of hard work, just building your name and getting it out there. It’s tough but I think we all love it so much that it’s not even a question that we’re in it to win it.” The band’s music is available on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube. The band will be playing at SUNY Oswego’s Ozfest on May 8, Alfred State SUNY College of Technology on May 9 and played at RedFest this past weekend. Knittel said that although he hadn’t known his fellow band mates until joining the band, he now considers them his best friends and that this has added to the sound quality the

band produces. Drummer Steve Graf agreed. “It definitely adds a level of chemistry and ability to maybe anticipate what another member is going to do next,” Graf said. “Plus, what’s better than doing what you love with guys you love?” Though he is from Syracuse and extensively plays music in the Syracuse scene, Flansburg has been commuting an hour and a half to play with the band. He plans on returning back to school to study music. Knittel acknowledged that it will be somewhat difficult to play without the band’s founder, but said that The New Daze doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. “We love to play. It’s literally our bread and butter, it’s our water. If we can continue to play, we’re happy as clams,” Knittel said. “We don’t need fortune, we don’t need fame, we’re not in it for the money. We do it because we love to play, we love to perform, we love to see people be happy, and it kicks ass to be in a band that kicks so much ass.” idamle@syr.edu

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better because now people know everybody in the scene,” DaRin said. “Us attaching our faces to that — they look to us for what the next thing will be.” The shop attracts a loyal crowd that includes high school students from the suburbs, Syracuse University students who ride down from the hill and residents who support all forms of the city’s artistic subculture, said Drew Shoup, also a co-owner of the shop.

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lonergan bad,” he said. But at the hospital, his right leg was amputated the same night as the accident. He spent four days in a coma. On Christmas Eve, 10 days after the accident, his left leg was amputated. He spent a total of 23 days in the hospital. The doctors said he shouldn’t be alive. Lonergan knows this. “Just very, very lucky,” he said in a quiet voice, almost a whisper. ••• “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell sits on a coffee table in Lonergan’s home. While it’s his wife, Carol, who’s read it, the book symbolizes George Lonergan’s quest. A few years after starting his now six-employee street sweeper business in 2001, he began to run. He had hit the age of 40 and wanted to get in better shape. “Always could run, but I never really ran,”

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Within the last year, the city has begun to reclaim its former title as one of the most popular locations to skate in the Rust Belt, said Julius Harpending, another co-owner of Better. The Everson Museum of Art is known as an “East Coast skate mecca” and, these days, there’s little tension between skateboarders and police officers, he said. “It’s a city full of places to ride your skateboard with a relatively low chance of getting busted out of there or yelled at,” Harpending said. Much of the shop’s aesthetic and artwork

reflect the fresh, yet gritty youthfulness of the city’s skate culture. DaRin and Noah Hausknecht, also a co-owner of the shop and recent SU alumnus, used exposed wood and found materials to decorate the shop, such as the dressing room, which is made out of two reclaimed doors welded together with a metal bar. The total cost of designing the store was around $50. “It was kind of a combination of design slash we didn’t have money to do anything else, so what can we do to make it look awesome with just the materials that we have,” Shoup said.

The shop’s homegrown, family mentality is something that the owners hope to continue for further generations, Harpending said. Similar to when he was a kid spending days “chilling and getting Gatorade” for skate shop owners in Ithaca, he wants young skaters in Syracuse to be able to skate freely and feel welcome at Better. “I think I wanted to create that same thing here,” Harpending said. “We’re not trying to compete with people, we’re just trying to keep the scene flowing.”

he said. During that time he was visiting his wife’s sister in Connecticut. After signing up for an Easter 5K, Lonergan started in the back of the pack, but wound up passing other runners, crossed the finish line and thought: “Wow, this is pretty cool.”

a marathon, but rather to stay in shape and to run in “whatever races came along.” But the plan was to run a marathon. Then the accident happened. “Now those plans are…” he pauses. “Those plans were on hold for a while.” The first step was the prosthetic legs. He spent a few months in a wheelchair before his first pair of prosthetic legs. “For me it’s been pretty easy getting used to walking on them,” he said, showing the ins and outs of how the legs operate. “They’re not the most comfortable things, not the most comfortable at all. I still have a tremendous amount of discomfort where my legs slide into them.” Earlier this year Lonergan got a set of prosthetic running shoes, which he enjoys showing off. They even have Nike logos on them. Now he runs 2–3 times a week. He can’t run as far or as long as he could pre-accident. But it’s the baby steps that count.

but he didn’t and still doesn’t have interest. He did, however, start reading one of the books written by a retired athlete. It didn’t last long. “I took the book, read the first few pages and then threw it on the couch,” he said. “I don’t need any motivational book. I just lost both of my legs in an accident and I’m going to read a book to give me motivation to carry on with my life? It’s all got to come right here and right here,” he said, pointing to his head and then his heart. The self-motivation makes him want to run. On this day he runs for only a short period of time — down part of the street and back. He’s had moments of self-grief, but today is not one of them. He’s running. It’s not as easy, but he’s running. “I didn’t realize it was going to be as hard as it is going to be to run and run like how I want to run,” he said. “I guess I was like ‘I’ll just get these running legs on and I’ll just be the old George.’ And that’s still a possibility but that’s going to take a lot of hard work.”

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Things began to take off then. He began to run more and more — up to five or six days every week and 25-30 miles over that time frame. He wasn’t specifically training to run

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Skate shop revives local scene By Annie Palmer staff writer

It first started at “the spot”— a vacant tennis court in Syracuse’s Eastwood neighborhood. Skateboarding crews brought in ramps and rails until it became one of the few places that the culture was able to thrive without rejection from community residents. Now, Syracuse skateboarders have Better Skate Shop — a storefront in the heart of downtown that has played a part in reviving the local scene. Better opened in January after its four owners held fundraisers at the tennis court turned DIY-skate-park and now sells its own apparel, as well as big name skateboard brands like Huf. The shop also features work by local artists and hosts concerts.

GEORGE LONERGAN was involved in a snowmobile accident in 2013 that left him in an a four-day medically-induced coma and caused him to lose both of his legs. He will speak about the accident and his recovery at the Syracuse Sport Summit this Thursday. svitlana lymar staff photographer

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Julius Harpending co-owner of better skate shop

Local resident reflects on injuries, recovery from accident By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

eorge Lonergan begins to jog past his home in Cicero, New York. A smile crosses his face. It’s about 40 degrees outside and he wears shorts, a pullover and his company’s hat. His feet smack against the pavement and spring back up. This is George Lonergan. He is a runner. And he’s lucky to be alive. It’s harder than it used to be. The pace is slower and it’s not as natural. The energy he spends running now is about three times as much as he did before the accident. Doctors say he could be faster. “It’s just a matter of how brave I am,” Lonergan said. He hasn’t gotten the confidence back. It’s a

work in progress. Lonergan was involved in a serious snowmobiling accident in December 2013 — one that forced both of his legs to be amputated. He spent four days in a medically-induced coma after his lungs failed as a result of the accident. Now, more than a year and a half later, he remains on the road to recovery and running is his gateway. He will speak at the 2015 Syracuse Sport Summit on Thursday, an event that aims to spark discussion about the integration of disabled citizens into the community through the use of adaptive sports. ••• Lonergan compares the snowmobile accident to crashing a Ferrari. “But I’m starting to get a little

It’s a city full of places to ride your skateboard with relatively low chance of getting busted out of there or yelled at.”

Lonergan had both of his legs amputated after the accident. After receiving his first pair of prosthetic legs and then his running shoes, he returned to his passion for running. svitlana lymar staff photographer

bit of the Ferrari back in these puppies,” he said, dangling his prosthetic legs. It was a snowy mid-December night in Old Forge, New York. The Lonergans were doing a popular family winter activity — snowmobiling. They were riding their snowmobiles around on the trails surrounding Old Forge and when on their way home from a restaurant, George Lonergan “was going too fast on a dark trail.” He went off the trail and hit a rock covered in snow, which threw him over the handlebars of his snowmobile and into a ravine-like area.

Both his lower leg areas were crushed beyond repair. His right leg was broken in 14 different places and his left in 12. Three of his ribs were broken and one punctured his lung, causing it to collapse. The accident took place close to the main road so an ambulance was able to quickly get him to the hospital. He never lost consciousness and was able to talk to the EMT during the ride. However, he had no idea of the serious damage done to his legs. “Your body has a way of disguising the pain, I guess, when it’s that see lonergan page 14

Up until five years ago, skateboarding in Syracuse was largely a thing of the past. In the 1990s, the city was a destination for professional skateboarders — some even hailing from Canada — until it fizzled out in the early 2000s, said Ian DaRin, a co-owner of Better. DaRin, a senior industrial design major, said at first the city and Syracuse Police Department didn’t respond well when skateboarders moved in on the tennis court. They were told by many community members that they couldn’t use the space to skate, he said. “We were like, ‘No one’s using it except for that crackhead over there,’” DaRin said. “‘If anything, we’re trying to make this place better.’” Since then, “the spot” has become a registered city park, DaRin said. This, in part with the shop’s opening, has made Syracuse’s skateboarding scene more accepted by the community. “The culture has become better see better page 14

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Clear eyes, one heart Hack and development editor Jacob Klinger thinks sports are stupid. He also explains the reasons why he loves them. Page 3

With no regard Hack and former asst. sports editor Trevor Hass reflects on a talk with Michael Gbinije and the reason he loves sportswriting. Page 6

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SU grabs nation’s top spot Syracuse jumps ahead to No. 1 rank after ACC tournament title By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

Syracuse jumped three spots in this week’s Inside Lacrosse poll, moving from No. 4 to No. 1 after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference title on Sunday. The Orange garnered 23-of-24 firstplace votes. This weekend, SU knocked off then-No. 2 North Carolina, 9-8, and then-No. 6 Duke, 15-14. ThenNo. 1 Notre Dame, which slid one spot to No. 2 and received the

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The big picture ALEX O’TOOLE looks on in despair during Syracuse’s loss to Duke on Feb. 14. Syracuse had a dramatic year in sports, starting with a Terrel Hunt ejection in SU football’s opening game and culminating in a men’s and women’s ACC lacrosse championship on Sunday. chase gaewski staff photographer See the full spread on page 4-5

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Ziegler excels for SU after making travel roster By Chris Libonati staff writer

The memories flooded back for Loren Ziegler. She picked out fall ball games when she didn’t take the shot she wanted, times she didn’t put in extra work after practice and practices she did not work as hard as she said she should have. At that point, nothing could change Syracuse head coach Gary Gait not having room for her on the team’s travel roster. When Ziegler was a sophomore, she hardly even played in the home games. In her first three seasons at SU, she played in just 20 of 69 possible games. “Looking back on that was the hardest thing,” Ziegler said, “knowing I could have done something I didn’t do.” But this year, Ziegler, now a senior,

has 18 goals, and has played a key role on No. 3 SU’s second-line midfield late in the season. In the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, she scored a hat trick against Duke in the semifinal game, helping then-No. 7 Syracuse (14-6, 3-4 ACC) advance to the ACC championship game, which it eventually won. Before the tournament, Ziegler exploded for a five-goal outburst against Albany on Senior Day. “Coaches are always looking for someone to step up,” Ziegler said. “And I’m just trying to embrace that role and pick up our game. “… when the chance is there, I just take it.” But two years ago, she didn’t take advantage of that chance. A few times after not making the travel roster, Ziegler doubted herself and even considered not playing lacrosse anymore. Some upper-

classmen told her not to quit. In her apartment after finding out Gait didn’t have room for her, Michelle Tumolo came over to comfort Ziegler, who admitted she was a “mess.” “I was mad at myself, I was mad at things I didn’t do. I didn’t like Gary (Gait) at the moment,” Ziegler said. “But Michelle, she was there and she was supportive and she was like, ‘This gives you the opportunity to work harder, prove him wrong, prove him wrong.’” Ziegler started working with Nicky Galasso, a midfielder on Syracuse’s men’s team and high school

friend at the turf field at West Islip (New York) High School, their high school alma mater. Galasso told Ziegler she needed to improve her shooting and stick work. He said the two worked on Ziegler changing the angle of her shot and shooting from high to low or low to high. After the fall season the coaches meet with their players and discuss things to work on for the upcoming season. In the fall season in Ziegler’s junior year, Gait told her she see ziegler page 18

second season During Syracuse’s improbable run to the ACC championship, the Orange’s offense improved its efficiency from the regular season.

Shooting Percentage Free-Position Percentage Record Vs. Top 10 Teams

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The number of first-place votes Syracuse received for the top ranking, out of 24.

other first-place vote, lost to the Blue Devils in the other ACC tournament semifinal on Friday night. Then-No. 2 Maryland, which was tied with UNC for the country’s second spot, fell to Johns Hopkins by three goals on Saturday. Rounding out the Top 10 are the UND, Denver, UNC, Duke, Maryland, Albany, Virginia, Brown and Cornell. Syracuse will next face Colgate on Saturday, which rose five spots to No. 13 in the poll after winning the Patriot League crown. mcschnei@syr.edu @matt_schneidman

back on top Syracuse is the new No. 1 team in the nation. It’s a spot the Orange held earlier in the season but lost after defeats to Notre Dame and North Carolina.

No. 1 Syracuse No. 2 Notre Dame No. 3 Denver No. 4 North Carolina No. 5 Duke No. 6 Maryland No. 7 Albany No. 8 Virginia No. 9 Brown No. 10 Cornell

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Hack reflects on storytelling passion, early influences that cultivated it

y homework was pushed aside once my grandfather entered my room. He’d go to the bookshelf, pick up “The Yankees: An Illustrated History” and revive his 70-plus years of baseball memories as he flipped through the pages. He had witnessed all the New York Yankees legends I could only dream of being in the same ballpark as. An 80-year-old man reminiscing about old times, and his 9-year-old grandson longing like hell to be a part of them. Storytelling in its purest form. We’re all storytellers in some capacity. Some better than others, naturally, but we all do it. Some of us, like me and my colleagues at The Daily Orange, desire to make a living out of it. And whether I’m ready for it or not, this unforgettable chapter of my story is over in about 500 words. The seeds of this dream of mine were planted in the mornings I’d soak in Newsday’s sports section, forcing my mom to cut me off because the bus was coming in five minutes and I hadn’t brushed my teeth yet. I’d also rack up extra credit in gym class by cutting sports photos out of the paper and thumbtacking them to a corkboard before homeroom. My sports writing truly started, I suppose, in the form of the Post-it notes I used to leave for my dad to read in the morning. He missed plenty of thrilling Yankees comeback victories because he’d gone to bed. Why let the newspaper or someone at work tell him about it first? Fast forward to my tenure at The Daily Orange, where one of the first things I learned was the purpose that anecdotes served in a story. From there I grew an appreciation for telling those stories: the influence of the late Robert “Apache” Paschall on the Syracuse women’s basketball program; Nicky Galasso making his late mother proud on the lacrosse field; Why Marc Kuzio goes all-out in Orange apparel for his niece’s SU field hockey games. Stories are valuable — probably to an underrated extent. They’re how memories of nights are pieced back together when

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ziegler made the travel team. “In my meeting, (Gait) goes, ‘And you’re on the travel team,’” Ziegler said. “I just remember being so happy. I think I had tears in my eyes at the moment.” She still managed to play in only six games last season. But this past fall, Ziegler worked with assistant coach Katie Rowan and volunteer assistant coach Katie Webster on dodging. On a dodge, she tries stepping a foot or two in front of the player ahead of her, stutter stepping and wait until they make a move. Once the player makes their move, Ziegler said she goes the other way. The move has helped her become a better scorer. Against Albany, she earned one free position and scored on the move another time. “We always talked about shooting and dodging and that type of thing,” former teammate Alyssa Murray said of what Ziegler could improve. “… I think she’s done really well this year… really good with her elbow dodging on the wing.” Ziegler traveled to the ACC tournament

PHIL D’ABBRACCIO

THE REAL SLIM SHADY

drinks blur them up. They define friendships. They’re how I know Grandpa D’Abbraccio, even though he’s been gone for 20 years. I cherish the chance journalism gives me to bring out what people have been through, what inspires them and what makes them who they are. This year, I was fortunate enough to have that chance on the highest level for The D.O. And in the process of covering the football and men’s basketball teams and rising to this esteemed position of sports editor, I was surrounded by people who helped make this 420-byline journey memorable and the furthest thing from “work” I could’ve ever imagined. We kicked back some Budweisers in a grass parking lot in Clemson before an incredible Smokin’ Pig dinner. My seat at Cameron Indoor Stadium was close enough to smell the players. Flanked by beat partners Jesse Dougherty and Jacob Klinger, we covered Jim Boeheim during one of his most eventful seasons ever — classic postgame rants and all. I never want to see the endless asphalt of Interstate-81 again and I can do without the Carrier Dome’s subpar Italian food. But sh*t, that was fun. And now, the end is near. And so I face the final curtain. We all know what the future of the journalism industry looks like. Who knows where I’ll end up or whose stories I’ll be striving to tell. But if one day my grandson wants to hear some stories, I think I’ll have some pretty good ones to share. And I’ll make sure he gets his homework done, too. Phil D’Abbraccio is the sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his column will no longer appear. He can be reached at phildabbraccio@ gmail.com or on Twitter at @PhilDAbb.

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with the team this weekend, totaling three goals in the three games she played in. She got the opportunity to celebrate SU upsetting three highly-ranked opponents en route to its first ACC tournament title.

In my meeting, (Gait) goes, ‘And you’re on the travel team. I just remember being so happy. I think I had tears in my eyes at the moment. Loren Ziegler su midfielder

Something that wouldn’t have happened had she quit two years ago. “She’s built her confidence and her confidence is sky-high right now,” SU head coach Gary Gait said. “She believes she can score goals and make an impact on this program and she can.” cjlibona@syr.edu

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Hack reflects, thinks sports are stupid, you are too

rranging a series of miniature football helmets on the floor of my early childhood bedroom was easy enough. They were players in a game from my own head, inspired by whatever real ones I’d watched the previous Sunday and reproduced on my carpet. So, you know, fun. Don’t get me wrong. You can bet anything I made sure those balls of cheap plastic that I was pretending were living, breathing people were going to be lined up in tight formations, damn it. Obsessive tendencies and all, I loved sports, with and without spectacle, real or imagined. In fact, when my friends and I would run out of actual sports to play, I’d invent some other game in which a ball could be thrown at something and we could all hit someone. Idiot boy. I still love sports and I certainly fell in love with the grind of writing about them here — mostly because of what I learned here. Me, idiot boy, grew up a little and learned a lot. I learned that the NCAA takes advantage of the dreams of teenagers. I realized that sometimes players make more money than others because they’re marketable — not necessarily better. And I came to grips with the fact that, no, not every player on every team could be treated the same because they’re not. The shine came off sports in much the same way I smashed it off those toy helmets. A lot of this happened while I was in Syracuse, which was good. What’s not, is that as I became a reporter

JACOB KLINGER

CLEAR EYES, ONE HEART and not a fan, I started to resent fans in a way. Fans truly are suckers and to be one requires ignoring so much of reality. Sports at the highest levels, including college, are about money. Who has it? (The schools, the teams, their sponsors and boosters). Who doesn’t or didn’t? (Many times, the players). And how to get more of it: by selling more tickets at higher prices, snagging better endorsement deals and convincing people that team vs. team is of worldly importance. People believe it. Those people are fans. They get excited out of their minds and do things like hate Chris McCullough for wanting to feed his newborn child, rip B.J. Johnson for leaving a team he wasn’t going to play much on and questioning the manhood of players who sit with injuries that will affect the rest of their lives. They perpetuate the things about sports — again, usually money — they pretend to hate. The reality is that your favorite player might be a sh*tty person, athletes have to make decisions that are much harder than “So, recitation or flip night?” and Jim Boeheim’s going to play the 2-3 zone forever. All this has resulted in me asking myself one question so many times. Why am I here? It’s a good thing to ask yourself, no matter where here is and what you’re doing there.

A lot of times I’ve asked myself this while in the Carrier Dome covering a game. “Guys, it doesn’t matter,” I’ll think, surrounded by people wearing orange, which matches nothing. “The world won’t change if Rakeem Christmas, Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije all have good nights, Syracuse’s offensive line magically heals or Chris Daddio wins an average amount of faceoffs.” But someone’s world will be changed. Sports have that imaginative power. I realize that I’ve gotten so close to so many athletic somethings so dynamic that I can, but don’t, become desensitized to human performance that really is worth reveling in. Basically, I’m lucky. And yeah, these games can and do change peoples’ lives. While I do wish we were smarter about how we consumed them, I love that sports make us stupid. They made 4-year-old me roll around in laughter with my pretend football helmet friends, they make you wear so many bad outfits and horribly rearrange your priorities. But that kind of stupid is good. Because whether you’re stupid in love, sports or both, you always know why you’re there. You want to be. So I am.

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1. JIM BOEHEIM addresses the media for the first time on March 19 since the NCAA’s report on Syracuse. Boeheim’s press conference lasted about an hour as he discussed his involvement in SU’s violations detailed in the NCAA report, his desire to appeal part of the NCAA’s suspension and why he plans to retire in three years. spencer bodian staff photographer

2. HANNA STRONG was videotaped using a racial and sexual slur in a video posted on Instagram on Sept. 6, 2014 Strong was suspended indefinitely from the women’s soccer team and removed from the roster a month later. The senior never returned to play for SU and the Orange finished 5-10-14. daily orange file photo

3. Syracuse’s men’s basketball team stood on the sideline at Pittsburgh on Feb. 7. It was the Orange’s first game since SU self-imposed a postseason ban. Syracuse finished 18-13 and 9-9 in the Atlantic Coast Conference amid the controversy swirling around the program. logan reidsma asst. photo editor

4. KAYLA TREANOR helped lead Syracuse to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday. The Orange defeated North Carolina 9-8 in double overtime and Treanor scored the game-winning goal. SU defeated the then No. 4-, No. 3- and No. 2-ranked teams in the country en route to the conference championship. frankie prijatel photo editor

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5. (FROM LEFT) HAKEEM LECKY AND DEREK DEJOE raise the Atlantic Coast Conference championship trophy. Syracuse defeated Duke on Sunday, 15-14, giving the Orange its 11th win of the season. logan reidsma asst. photo editor 6. MICHAEL GBINIJE shoots the game-winning basket against Virginia Tech on Feb. 3. In a season cut short by a self-imposed postseason ban, Syracuse’s win over the Hokies was one of the few bright spots. Gbinije broke out for the Orange this season averaging 35 minutes per game and 12.7 points per contest. chase gaewski staff photographer 7. Syracuse’s men’s soccer team celebrates its 2-1 victory over Penn State in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Nov. 23, 2014 before losing to Georgetown in the Sweet 16 one week later. margaret lin web developer 8. GEORGE MCDONALD was demoted from offensive coordinator to wide receivers coach of the SU football team midseason. He addressed the media on Oct. 7, 2014 and left to coach at N.C. State after the season. f rankie prijatel photo editor 9. HAYES MCGINLEY from the lacrosse team pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment for punching two Insomnia delivery employees on Marshall Street. He remains suspended indefinitely from the team. courtesy of syracuse police department 10. RAKEEM CHRISTMAS hoists his framed jersey on Senior Day before Syracuse lost 59-47 to Virginia. Christmas was the first center to lead the Orange in scoring since Etan Thomas in the 1999-2000 season. margaret lin web developer

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ne Tuesday morning in February 2014, I woke up around 5:45 a.m., hopped in the shower and trudged from my dorm room to Bird Library. I went to bed past 12:30 a.m. the night before and was running on close to five hours of sleep. This wasn’t the norm, but it certainly happened here and there. It was my junior year, and I was covering Syracuse men’s basketball and working as an assistant sports editor at the time. I was living my dream. But as a result of that dream, The D.O. came first and schoolwork came second — sorry Mom and Dad, it just honestly did. The reason I got up so early to go to the library was to finish — OK, to start and finish — a Judaism paper due at 11 a.m. that day. Two-thirds asleep and one of a handful of equally miserable people in the library, I logged on to a computer and got to work. I started cranking away about God knows what (no pun intended). Words went onto the page. I finished the paper, handed it in and probably got a B or something. Before I finished, though, something pretty memorable happened. Michael Gbinije, a Syracuse basketball player, plopped down at a computer nearby with a tutor by his side. The paper could wait. I walked over and said hello. Some athletes ignore the media. Others will give a polite hello and be on their way. Mike did something different, something that still sticks with me to this day. He turned to his tutor and smiled. “This is the kid who wrote the story about my brother,” he said, referring to me. Daily Crossword Brought to you by ...

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Lennon prepares for return after month-long hiatus Matt Alexander staff writer

Dan Lennon is anxious to get back on the track. He hasn’t raced since the Stanford Invitational on April 4, Syracuse’s first meet of the outdoor season, and won’t race again until the ACC Outdoor Championships — a hiatus that spans over a month. “I’ve joked around with my coach, Coach Fox about running a 1,500 or something like that… we both know that that will never happen,” Lennon said. Because of the strenuous nature of the 10,000meter run, Lennon’s event, he has been limited in his opportunities to run throughout the season. Instead, more of an emphasis has been placed on his rest and recovery. To combat this lull and still maintain both his physical shape and competitiveness, Lennon has simulated races. Since last running the 10,000-meter at the Stanford Invitational, Lennon has been slowly working his way back into form. Only recently has he begun to tack on more mileage to his practice regiment. The logic behind such a plan is simple: rest now, run later. “It sometimes bangs you up,” assistant coach Adam Smith said, “so you just don’t want to race too much.” The SU coaches have strategically worked to evenly spread out the meets Lennon will run in throughout the season. If Lennon qualifies for NCAA Outdoor Championships, he will be run-

ning only his fifth event in over two months. “It’s just a lot,” Smith said. “10k racing is just a lot on your legs, so we just try to keep those guys fresh… We kind of try to take it slow with those guys and just have the big meets count.” Long periods of recuperation and high volume training in between races are extremely beneficial for 10,000-meter runners runners like Lennon, fellow distance runner Joel Hubbard said. Some days the waiting gets harder than others. It was during a recent workout at Sweet Road, a 6.5-mile, up-hill path run for distance runners, that Lennon felt especially antsy. “I was thinking, ‘Man, feeling pretty good today, can’t wait to race,’ and then it just goes through your head,” he said. Lennon acknowledged the time off aids him physically, but it can just as much build up anxiety. Sometimes, it leaves more time to ponder racing and to worry about how good the competition could be. “My philosophy is you can always go fast on the last one,” he said. “So it’s much harder to go fast on the last one when you work hardest on the second to last.” Last season, Lennon ran twice before the ACC Outdoor Championships and narrowly missed the cut for NCAA Outdoor Championships. With a more strategic game plan this season, he’s looking to avoid repeating that outcome. “He wants to be going to Eugene (Oregon) in June to run nationals” Hubbard said. mralex01@syr.edu