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Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol and Muslim Chaplain Amir Duric condemned the “Punish a Muslim Day” phenomenon in a campus-wide email Tuesday. Page 3

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College Democrats endorse Dana Balter By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

SERENA FAZAL (LEFT) AND JOHN JANKOVIC, both sophomores, were the second candidates this spring to announce a bid for Student Association vice president and president, respectively. katie reahl staff photographer

STUDENT ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS 2018 JOHN JANKOVIC

SERENA FAZAL

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VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Jankovic hopes to bring SA experience, youth to organization

Fazal aims to unite student groups to enact change

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By Ali Harford

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ast fall, John Jankovic realized Student Association presidential candidates had traditionally been seniors. As the organization’s historian, Jankovic wondered why more underclassmen weren’t running for SA leadership. That’s part of the reason why Jankovic and one of his best friends, Serena Fazal, are now running for SA president and vice president, respectively, for Syracuse University’s 2018-19 academic year. “I just decided to take it upon myself because I thought I had the qualifications and … yeah, why not now?” said Jankovic, a sophomore political science

erena Fazal has never been a member of the Syracuse University Student Association. She heard about the organization through her best friend, John Jankovic, who got involved in the organization during his freshman year. In December, the two traveled to Puerto Rico on Syracuse University’s relief trip, which Jankovic helped organize. While working together abroad, Jankovic told Fazal more about SA, she said. She decided she wanted in. The sophomore Spanish and psychology double major announced her run for vice president, as Jankovic’s running

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The Syracuse University College Democrats voted to endorse Democratic congressional candidate Dana Balter on Tuesday night. Balter, a political newcomer and visiting assistant teaching professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is challenging incumbent Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus) in the 2018 congressional race. The Onondaga County Democratic Committee backed Balter in February. The College Democrats voted by simple majority to endorse Balter at the organization’s Tuesday night meeting. Jordan Lally, acting president of the organization, said the group allowed members to talk about and question the vote before casting ballots, but the discussion was “pretty quick.” Lally said members of the organization supported Balter’s focus on healthcare, education and criminal justice reform. “The club’s very passionate about her,” Lally said. Healthcare is among the main focuses of Balter’s campaign, and she supports a “Medicare-for-all” plan, she has said. “We have a Medicare system that works very well and is incredibly efficient,” Balter told The Daily Orange in September. “The people who benefit from it really like it, and so the simplest thing to do would be to open that program up so that anybody could access it.” Criminal justice reform is also a centerpiece of Balter’s congressional bid. Balter wants to bring more local attention to how poverty is treated “like crime” in the U.S., she said in September. Rules on fines, fees and money bail need to be changed to make sure people “caught in the criminal justice system are there for legitimate reasons,” she has said. Balter launched her campaign in September. In February, she trailed behind Katko in fundraising by more than $1 million. Katko, a two-term incumbent, has become particularly unpopular among local activist groups for voting to approve the Republican Party’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Lally said College Democrats will now work to encourage its members to participate in the election, no matter who they support. The organization is also planning to host events featuring Democrats that will be on the November ballot. jmulle01@syr.edu @jordanmuller18

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Officials condemn ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

JOY-ANN REID (LEFT) AND LORRAINE BRANHAM, an MSNBC political analyst and dean of the Newhouse School, respectively, discussed media coverage of the 2016 presidential election on Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel. hieu ngyuen asst. photo editor

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Analyst Joy-Ann Reid discusses politics at SU By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Joy-Ann Reid, an MSNBC political analyst, discussed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and President Donald Trump’s election during Syracuse University’s second University Lecture of the spring semester on Tuesday night. Reid is the host of “AM Joy,” a weekly talk show on MSNBC. Her show has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards. Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, kicked off the event in Hendricks Chapel by asking Reid about her thoughts on how the media has covered the student movement for gun control in following the violent school shooting in February that left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida. Reid said she was impressed by

the Parkland students’ activism and their bravery in standing up to the National Rifle Association, and she believes they have changed the tide on the gun debate. “The NRA runs Florida. The NRA owns Florida,” Reid said. Reid, though, added that the country has embraced Parkland students in a way they haven’t embraced young people participating in Black Lives Matter protests. Reid also discussed what she said was media bias. “I don’t think it’s the quest for objectivity that is the fallacy in our coverage of the Black Lives Matter versus Parkland kids,” Reid said. “It is the failure to recognize tribalism. It’s the failure to recognize our own biases in ourselves toward people who are not like us.” Reid and Branham discussed gun lobbying and what Reid called the cycle of outrage and inaction follow-

ing mass shootings. She predicted that broad gun control will be established nationally in coming years. Reid is a columnist for The Daily Beast and frequently talks politics on Twitter. She has more than 1 million Twitter followers. She’s the author of “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide.” She also teaches a course for Newhouse in New York City at SU’s Fisher Center. The conversation shifted to President Donald Trump and his campaign promises on immigration. Reid blasted Trump’s stances on immigration and said his Florida country club Mar-a-Lago employs many immigrants. Trump married two immigrant women, Reid said. Reid said the media failed by making the 2016 election about economics, and said his election was characterized and made successful by demographic panic among white

middle class Americans. “A lot of political analysts give him too much credit for being this analytical chess player,” Reid said. “He’s not.” A member of the audience asked Reid for her opinion on the recent controversial video of local news reporters across the country, employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group, repeating a message mandated by the corporation. Reid said local news is the most trusted form of news, as local news anchors have a stake in their communities, as citizens. “For Sinclair to use and pervert their credibility to deliver their blatantly propagandist message … it’s very dangerous. This is what happened in Turkey, what happens in Venezuela, what happens in Putin’s Russia. This is not the way the American system is meant to work.” krose100@syr.edu

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Late journalist honored with free speech award By Sara Swann

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Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was known for her investigations and reporting into government corruption and political scandals. She was assassinated because of it. For her work as a journalist, Daphne was GALIZIA p o s t hu m ou s l y awarded the Tully Award for Free Speech. Her family came to Syracuse University to accept the award Tuesday on her behalf and to speak about the effect her reporting had on Malta.

“There was no fear in any part of her body,” said Daphne’s husband Peter during the event. “She was like a force of nature.” In May 2017, one of Daphne’s sources approached her with an email exchange between Joseph Muscat, the Maltese prime minister, and Henley & Partners, a private business that sells Maltese passports. Lawsuits against Daphne had been piling up and she was beginning to wonder if a larger entity was responsible. Her suspicions were confirmed by her source’s emails. In the exchange, the owner of Henley & Partners asked Muscat for approval of his plan to get rid of Daphne because she had been writing about them. Muscat agreed.

There was no fear in any part of her body. She was like a force of nature. Peter Galizia husband of daphne caruana galizia

Accustomed to threats, Daphne took this evidence and published it on her blog, which she started in 2008. Throughout her 30-year writing career, Daphne, her husband and their three sons have received numerous threats, some more severe than others.

In 1996, the front door of their house was set on fire. In 2006, the entire house was set on fire. Three of their dogs were killed: one had its throat slit, one was shot and another was poisoned. One day a Maltese politician gathered a mob to chase Daphne down the street. There were weekly verbal threats and dozens of libel lawsuits. Daphne, though, continued to write. In her last blog post on Oct. 16, 2017 at 2:35 p.m., she wrote: “There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.” About 30 minutes later, Daphne’s car exploded as she drove away from her home. When speaking about his mother’s writing, her son Paul called it see free

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There have been no “Punish a Muslim Day” fliers reported on Syracuse University’s campus, SU officials said in a Tuesday email. Fliers circulated around the United Kingdom last month declaring April 3 “Punish a Muslim Day,” in which participants would earn points for committing violent acts against Muslims. The fliers were also distributed in several metropolitan areas in the United States. “We are deeply saddened by and disturbed to learn of the distribution of hateful anti-Muslim posters,” said Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol and Imam Amir Duric, Muslim chaplain of the university. They said SU stands in solidarity with Muslim students, faculty, staff and neighbors, and urged community members to contact the Department of Public Safety if they learn of any Islamophobic communication at SU. “To be clear: we have not received any reports of these abhorrent posters on the Syracuse University campus,” they said. krose100@syr.edu

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Road to close during Arch project By Casey Darnell design editor

Syracuse University will close a sidewalk between Archbold Gymnasium and the Carrier Dome as part of the university’s renovation of the gym. Pete Sala, the university’s vice president and chief facilities officer, detailed the sidewalk closure and other construction updates in a campus-wide on Tuesday. A $50 million renovation project to transform the gym into a 7,000 square-foot fitness and wellness center involves the demolition of parts of the building, Sala said. In addition to the sidewalk closure, Sims Drive between Archbold and the Flanagan Gymnasium will close from May 14 to August 20, he said. A project involving utility lines running beneath a lawn near the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is scheduled to be completed before commencement on May 13, he added. Construction work is underway for SU ’s $62.5 million project to centralize campus veteran programs in a hub at the intersection of South Crouse and Waverly Avenues, the administrator said. The building will be called the National Veterans Resource Complex. cdarnell@syr.edu

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jankovic and psychology dual major. Jankovic was the second SA presidential candidate to launch a campaign this spring. He and Fazal said the fresh ideas they bring to the table distinguish their bid for SA leadership. Both are part of “the younger crowd” Jankovic said he’d been looking for in SA leadership. The duo share a Google Calendar to organize their schedules. They frequently text one another. It takes a lot of communication to run a campaign, Jankovic said, and their friendship dates back prior to their freshman years. Jankovic and Fazal met before orientation. They had the same adviser, and the two wound up together in a room at a Physics Building event. Jankovic realized Fazal was from Chicago, and he asked her about it. Jankovic, who grew up in New York City, had always loved Chicago. from page 1

fazal mate, in March. “She doesn’t have that SA mindset,” said Vanessa Davila, the duo’s campaign manager. “We always need to recognize that people that work in SA tend to get all up in our own heads when it comes to initiatives and what we think students need.” Fazal said her outside experience will help her serve as a bridge between students who aren’t involved as much at SU. Through her, they’ll have more of a say at the university, she said. from page 3

free speech “path-breaking” and “transformative” during the Tully event. Daphne was the first woman in Malta to have an opinion column and the first political columnist to use their actual name with their stories. Paul added that his mother also had an exceptional knowledge of how businesses

“We kind of just picked it up and were like, ‘Hey wanna grab lunch?’ and we introduced each other to our friends and ran into each other on the Quad, and here we are,” Jankovic said. Both shared similar interests, particularly in campus activism and community involvement. Jankovic, in his freshman year, learned of a $1.75 million grant the university’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management received from the Charles Koch Foundation. Whitman announced the grant award in November 2016. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, have spent tens of millions of dollars to support research at hundreds of universities. That research has sometimes been used by lawmakers to advocate for legislation supporting free-market capitalism. Jankovic, a member of the local Democracy Matters chapter, said many people were concerned by the grant. He put together a

petition of campus community members who requested SU to release the grant’s contract publicly. That idea and the contract were eventually discussed by the University Senate. Fazal, meanwhile, joined the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations and became involved in Greek organizations. The two found common ground in their activism and involvement in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico and left millions of people without power. They both participated in SA’s relief trip to the island over winter break. “Coming from NYC, I was impacted by (Hurricane) Sandy. During (Hurricane) Irene we had to move,” Jankovic said. “It was really, really scary … but we kind of had this aid coming toward us. It was nothing compared to Puerto Rico.” Jankovic remembers walking up a hill during one of the SA group’s last days in Puerto

Rico. He and his group only had three bottles of water left, he said. The students gave the bottles to a group of children there. “That’s kind of what inspired us, especially me, because I need to get on a bigger platform to promote disaster relief, international awareness, advocacy,” Jankovic said. Vanessa Davila, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, serves as the pair’s campaign manager. Davila said she knows that, if elected, she can believe in Jankovic’s administration. “I feel like, if anything, we can bring a newer perspective that people can bring. When you’re at the end of your college career, you’re in a different place than when you’re in the middle of it,” Davila said. “Even though you might have more experience on campus.” — Asst. Copy Editor Shweta Karikehalli contributed reporting to this article.

Davila, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been a member of SA for almost an entire academic year and said Fazal has been “fantastic” at providing her and Jankovic with an outside perspective. If elected, Fazal and Jankovic would like to introduce “fireside chats” to show the student body that she and Jankovic would uphold the standards of what they’re running for and what they want to do, she said. Fazal, who currently serves as the vice president of the Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/ Lambda Pi Chi sorority and historian of the Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry fraternity, said she felt the campus is split among student groups.

“I see there’s a very large gap between different councils,” she said. “One thing I want to try to do is get the other councils to come together and support each other’s events, and not have it be segregated.” Fazal sees that gap between the councils that govern campus Greek life. The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations, which oversees Latinx Greek organizations, and the Panhellenic Council, which governs other fraternities, have large differences, she said. Jankovic said his SA team would try to create something like a coalition between governing councils and bodies. When “big

issues” arise, such as tuition hikes or SU’s status as a sanctuary campus, there would be discussion throughout the entire student body, Jankovic said. The goal would be to have these studentwide discussions before the topic even reaches SA legislation, Jankovic said. Both Jankovic and Fazal said they recognize how much change SA can enact at SU. “We saw how much we both wanted to make a change and we thought, ‘why not?’” Fazal said. “Why not work together?” — Asst. Copy Editor Shweta Karikehalli contributed reporting to this article.

worked, so she was able to make links between businesses and politicians, especially when it came to financial corruption. Although Daphne went to school for archaeology, she never had the intention of doing anything other than writing. Her son, Matthew, said this scientific education gave Daphne an evidence-based approach to her journalism. Freedom of speech meant everything to Daphne, her family said before the event

Tuesday night. “What she always said was that freedom of expression was the most basic of all the rights and if you don’t have that, you have none of the others,” Matthew said. Daphne’s family said they were honored Daphne was receiving the Tully Award for Free Speech because she does not get the same kind of recognition in Malta that she does internationally. The future of journalism in Malta looks

bleak at the moment, her family said. But Matthew added that he’s hopeful for change. Peter said for the future of change in Malta, there needs to be a change in government, which is unlikely. But Matthew added that he’s hopeful Maltese people will not depend on their government for this change. “People have the power to change things themselves,” Matthew said.

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NY state students need sex ed, not just free pads

ew York state made a valuable decision this week in requiring schools to provide free menstrual products in girls’ restrooms. But the mandate begs the question of why all students in the state don’t also have access to sex ed. Gov. Andrew Cuomo LIANZA announced the REYES policy via TwitGIV ING YOU ter on Monday, ‘ THE TA LK’ writing: “Menstrual products are as necessary as toilet paper and soap, but can be one expense too many for struggling families.” The increased access to menstrual products is helpful, especially for families that can’t necessarily afford these products. But free pads and tampons aren’t the only measures New York should take when it comes to addressing and educating students on reproductive processes. The state should start with mandating sex ed. “Sexuality education” isn’t required in New York, according to the state education department’s website, but there are mandates for “health education.” In addition to providing menstrual products, schools should be required to teach all students about menstruation. The Cuomo mandate should also be more inclusive of students who don’t identify as female but still experience a menstrual cycle. The governor’s tweet, which references “girls in grades 6 through 12,” isn’t inclusive of other students who get periods, including some transgender boys and students whose gender identities are non-binary. It’s impor-

tant to promote the mandate with inclusive language so these students feel comfortable getting access to menstrual products without the potential for harassment from their peers and possibly teachers. Making sex ed a requirement can also limit the potential for harassment about marginalized gender identities. Sex ed could instruct students in terminologies that will broaden their understanding of the gender spectrum. Students should be educated on the meanings of cisgender, transgender and nonbinary. Without that instruction, schools can never be fully inclusive of students across all realms of the gender spectrum. This mandate from the Cuomo administration should inspire the state to extend free access to menstrual products to low-income and homeless individuals as well. A bill in the state Senate to provide free menstrual products to “individuals receiving temporary housing assistance” has yet to be brought to the floor, according to the Senate website. If students can have access to these products in schools, so should individuals who struggle to afford them. Education, inclusivity and equity are fundamental pillars needed to invoke real change when it comes to health. While this move by Cuomo is generous, it must be more inclusive and extensive. And the state must acknowledge that sex ed is an invaluable resource for schools to provide students.

Lianza Reyes is a sophomore broadcast and digital journalism major. She can be reached at lireyes@syr.edu or on Twitter @ReyesLianza.

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Student criticizes Joy-Ann Reid lecture Joy-Ann Reid, an MSNBC political commentator, spoke on Tuesday as part of the University Lectures series. She has recently been profiled as a “Heroine of the Resistance” in The New York Times. This cheap cheerleading is a sad reminder of how stagnant and manufactured the media talent pool for real liberal and left-wing voices has become. Corporate media is not the resistance. Reid has never been anything more than an abettor to the centrist, neoliberal old guard that seeks to undermine any tangible progressive movement with incrementalist finger-wagging. This is most evident in her relentless and incoherent attacks on Bernie Sanders and progressives, ranging from standard “Bernie Bro” rhetoric to cheap shots claiming Sanders was dismissive of his own

Administrators preview GSO meeting For the last several weeks, the university community has heard a lot about the work being done on campus to make healthcare benefits for graduate assistants and fellows stronger and more affordable. Ahead of Wednesday’s Graduate Student Organization meeting, we wanted to take this opportunity to share the facts. After significant collaboration and outreach, careful research and a highly competitive request for proposal process, we are pleased to offer an updated and improved plan that has earned the endorsement of the GSO Executive Board. The new plan, which would begin in the 2018-19 academic year, provides strong healthcare coverage and uncompromising benefits, at a much lower cost for graduate assistants and fellows. In addition to significantly lowering prices for graduate students, the new plan offers: A nearly $1,000 Reduction in the Price of Annual Premiums – The

new plan will be highly subsidized by the university, reducing premium costs for graduate assistants by nearly $1,000 annually, to only $500. A subsidy will continue into future academic years. Platinum-Level Benefits for All – The new plan is a platinum-level plan, providing the highest level of benefits and broadest coverage available with the lowest out-ofpocket expenses. Academic Calendar-Based Plan – The new plan operates based on the academic calendar, so deductibles and out-of-pocket limit accumulations won’t start over in January, and graduate assistants won’t have to change coverage if their academic status changes. Access to Vision and Dental Coverage – Unlike the current student plan, the new plan will provide graduate assistants affordable access to vision and dental benefits. Lower Prices on Coverage for Dependents – Under the new plan,

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RUSS KING stands outside Bird Library, one of the dozens of projects that his firm, King + King Architects, has completed on the Syracuse University campus. He personally designed the library 20 years after graduating from SU’s School of Architecture. kai nguyen photo editor

Built to last Architecture firm behind more than 40 SU projects celebrates 150th year in business

By Kathryn Krawczyk copy chief

.alking from one Syracuse University building to another is like walking between generations. Crouse College is a towering Richardsonian Romanesque, built in 1889 and still an iconic piece of SU’s skyline today. Just a few steps away is the hulking Brutalist facade of Bird Library, which didn’t open until nearly a century later in 1972. The now-demolished Hoople Building, South Campus’ Manley Field House, several residence halls

Archimedes Russell, at age 28 when he opened his own office ... he could’ve never imagined that we’d be celebrating the 150th anniverary of this firm. Russ King

consulting partner at king + king architects

and a handful of academic buildings all came in between. Yet as diverse as these buildings are, they all stem from the same place: King + King Architects. The firm is New York state’s oldest — the third oldest in the

United States — and has taken on more than 40 projects for SU. It celebrated its 150th year in business at SU on Thursday, cutting the ribbon on the redesigned and renamed King + King Architecture Library in Slocum Hall.

That long history means it’s hard to define what a King + King building looks like, said Kirk Narburgh, CEO and managing partner of the firm. Crouse doesn’t exactly look like DellPlain Hall or the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, but those differences aren’t obvious within the firm. “One of the great things about a firm being able to last 150 years is that you’ll have different partners and owners during that period of time,” said Narburgh, who’s an SU alumnus and adjunct professor. “But if they have the same cultural values, the firm itself won’t really change.” see architecture page 8

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Students use food waste to create sustainable energy By Sarah Slavin staff writer

Fifteen years ago, Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle created a process in which food waste was ground up and used to power generators. Now, McKnight is working to bring that technology to people in need. McKnight, a senior history major at Syracuse University, started a company called Farm to Flame, along with senior chemical

engineering major Kwaku Jyamfi and Sayje Lasenberry, a junior SUNY-ESF sustainable energy management major. The group competed in the 2018 RvD iPrize competition, held in late March at SU, and were awarded $3,000 for their internationally patented biomass generator that could create sustainable energy. McKnight first had the idea to establish Farm to Flame last September, when he decided

he wanted to do something with the process his relatives created. Jyamfi and Lasenberry decided they wanted to be part of the project, and the three combined their skills in engineering and entrepreneurship to create the business. “This is an incredible transition,” Lasenberry said. “It’s the first step in replacing fossil fuels.” After graduation, Jyamfi and McKnight plan to take their technology global to provide energy

to people in need. They’re working on creating a generator and communicating with generator companies in Africa with the goal of providing electricity. The entrepreneurs are trying to focus on Liberia, and are talking with the former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jyamfi said. She wants to have their technology on her farm to provide electricity to a nearby village of about 600 residents, he said.

“I’m from Ghana, and I talk to my cousins there,” Jyamfi said. “And every month they have at least one blackout.” The three want to spread the invention in the United States by partnering with local farmers and generator companies. They have patented the process, McKnight said, but the next piece to their puzzle is getting enough funding to build their own generator. see technology page 8

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architecture Narburgh credits SU Class of 1952 alumnus Russell King — the “patriarch of the business” — with maintaining that legacy. “Russ … has over the years sort of kept the historical context of the firm running from generation to generation,” Narburgh said. “He’s this wealth of knowledge, and he decided a few years ago that he really wanted to have an investment into Slocum Hall that would be a remembrance of King + King Architects and its connectivity to the campus for years to come.”

I’m very happy to be able to provide the wherewithal, Jiggy and I, to develop this new architecture libary in Slocum Hall. Russ King consulting partner at king + king architects

Renovating and renaming the Architecture Reading Room was a perfect fit, Narburgh said. King graduated from the School of Architecture in 1952 and designed Bird Library 20 years later. Since then, King has spent many years on SU Libraries’ board and stayed involved with renovations, Narburgh said. David Seaman, the dean of libraries at SU, recalled students surrounding King once they discovered he was from page 7

technology “We’re building relationships with our first customers so once we get the thing built we have people that want it already,” McKnight said. Aside from pioneering the science behind this project, they have also been working on their business skills to market their project to

the architect of Bird, listening as he happily told the King + King story. That story began with Archimedes Russell, who began his career apprenticing with Horatio Nelson White, the architect of the Hall of Languages. At age 28, Russell opened his own firm and designed Holden Observatory in 1887 and Crouse College the following year. Russell’s apprentice, Melvin King, took over the firm in 1915. “But we at the School of Architecture have a closer connection to King + King than to buildings, mathematics, astronomy or philosophy,” School of Architecture Dean Michael Speaks said. Melvin King’s son, Russ, and two generations of Kings after him studied at the School of Architecture, carrying the firm through its 150 years. “Archimedes Russell, at age 28 when he opened his own office … he could’ve never imagined that we’d be celebrating the 150th anniversary of this firm,” King said. Russ King didn’t know Russell, but he knew his grandfather Melvin, and he knew his father and uncle who once headed the firm. And he’s thought about what they all have in common that’s allowed the firm to thrive for so long. To King, it’s three words: integrity, commitment and community. Russell contributed more long-lasting buildings to the Syracuse area than many other architects combined, he said, and King + King’s headquarters remain in Syracuse to this day. Its employees volunteer in the area, and the firm has set up a professional competition for architecture students at SU. The architecture library is the next step companies and buyers. McKnight is the only one who has studied business, with a minor in entrepreneurship, but they have gotten advice from the Blackstone LaunchPad program at SU. Although they don’t have much business experience, they don’t feel they’re at a disadvantage, Lasenberry said. “You can be as creative as you want to,”

Crouse College is one famous building on the SU campus that was designed by King + King Architects, a multi-generation firm. kiran ramsey senior design editor

in the firm’s commitment to Syracuse, and funding it was an easy choice for King. It was another way to help the university that educated his grandfather and grandson. The university where he met his wife, Joan “Jiggy” King, who died in 2012. He considers the library a gift from them both. “I’ve had a great life. I’ll be 89 in three weeks,” King said. “I’m very happy to be able to provide the wherewithal, Jiggy and

I, to develop this new architecture library in Slocum Hall.” Inside the modern library — the third at SU King + King has been responsible for — there are original Carnegie Library tables that have been restored after years of spilt coffee. And on a freshly painted wall, King’s yellowing sketches from a 1949 architecture class hang in a frame.

Lasenberry said. “You don’t have to work out of a framework. When you have extra information (from business school), it can be useless at times. It’s better to actually use your own mind and information. You’re not spoonfed.” To the group, the project isn’t just about starting a business. It’s also about helping people and helping the environment since the combustion process is smokeless, odorless and

emits less than half the carbon of their competitors who also use biomass feeds, Jyamfi said. “The plan is to help people realize that we can bring more environmental solutions home,” Jyamfi said. “It goes to show that there are multiple avenues to create and provide energy. It’s an educational process as much as it is an economical one.”

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SHANEL BAILEY (LEFT) AND CORMAC BOHAN star in the Syracuse University Department of Drama’s production of “The Baltimore Waltz,” which first premiered off Broadway in 1992 and will run at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex through April 8. courtesy of michael davis

“The Baltimore Waltz” explores a sibling relationship during the AIDS crisis By Pietro Baragiola staff writer

series of comic vignettes tells a much more serious story about siblings dealing with the stages of grief in the Syracuse University Department of Drama’s latest play, “The Baltimore Waltz.” The Obie Award-winning show, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, opened at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex on Friday. It displays elements of love and loss as its characters discover themselves, and the actors involved made their own personal connections, too. The play stars students from the Department of Drama in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. “The Baltimore Waltz” describes the story of siblings Anna and Carl through their trip in Europe to find a cure for Anna’s mysterious disease. While Anna sees the trip as an opportunity to live her life to the fullest and galavant with men, her brother is left alone to explore the beauty of European cities. But the audience soon learns of the play’s harsh reality: The trip never took place, and the “waltz” through Europe only happened in Anna’s imagination as she coped with the fact that Carl is dying from AIDS in a Baltimore hospital.

“It’s a great measure of what has changed in our culture since the AIDS crisis and what has not changed,” said Katherine McGerr, the play’s director and an assistant professor of acting in the department, in an email. “It’s timely, but the story of grief and of the bond between a brother and sister is timeless.” Shanel Bailey, who portrays the role of Anna, said she was able to make her own connection to the character since she herself is a little sister. “At its core, this story is about a brother and a sister, and that is something that almost anyone can connect to,” Bailey said in an email. Anna’s travels and connections with Carl reminded Bailey of the adventures she and her older brother had as children. She and her brother used to go on secret missions and make up their own language, she said. Bailey previously starred in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama coproduction of “Mary Poppins” and in the Black Box Players production of “And the Women Cried.” The role of Carl is played by Cormac Bohan, whose previous acting experience at the Saratoga Shakespeare Company includes Montfleury in “Cyrano” and Leonato in the intern production of “As You Like It.” Sarah Hubner, playing the Third

BAILEY, who plays Anna, said the play can resonate with anyone who knows what it’s like to have a bond with a sibling. courtesy of michael davis

Man, skips from one role to another. She impersonates doctors, is Anna’s lover, is Carl’s secret friend and even has the role of a narrator, introducing the audience to the different phases of grief. “The audience can expect to travel with us on a suspenseful adventure filled with mystery, romance and loss,” Hubner said in an email. Each cast member made an effort to research the cultural climates of both the United States and Europe during the 1980s, when the play is set. They paid attention to details about the AIDS crisis, the stages of grief and the gay community. Bailey said McGerr made sure to instill in the actors the importance of this research as it related to their performances.

“We wanted to do as much homework as we could on this show to really know what we were talking about and to have this knowledge influence our approach to this story and our characters,” Bailey said. The message of the show as explained by the cast is to live and love fully while you have the opportunity. Bailey said: “Why wait to live until the chance is almost taken away instead of living in the moment and experiencing as much as we can?” “The Baltimore Waltz” is being shown at the Storch Theater, which is located inside the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex at 820 E. Genesee Street. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Syracuse Stage Box Office. pbaragio@syr.edu

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hobart After allowing a goal on Hobart’s first possession of the game, Syracuse’s defense settled in. The Orange didn’t allow Hobart’s offense any room to maneuver throughout the rest of the half, leading to eight first-half turnovers for the Statesmen. Active SU sticks led to several Hobart turnovers. During the first quarter, with the game still tied and Hobart’s offense not yet discouraged, attack Chris Aslanian swung the ball from the X out to the wing. But the ball didn’t find a fellow Statesmen’s stick. Instead, Mellen batted the pass down and scooped the loose ball to start an SU break. Less than a minute later, Syracuse scored, giving the Orange a lead it would never relinquish. On the ensuing possession following the goal, Aslanian, Hobart’s leading point scorer, again had the ball. This time he beat long-stick midfielder Austin Fusco and headed toward the cage. But Fusco collapsed back on Aslanian, wrapping his stick around Aslanian and dislodging the ball before a shot was released. Syracuse held Hobart’s attack line, which includes its top-three scorers, to one assist. The three attack combined for 14 of Hobart’s 34 shots. Under heavy defensive pressure, the shots were often contended, causing them to sail wide or leading to an easy save for Madonna, who had nine stops. “At the beginning of the game our coach told us to really press out,” Mellen said. “Make them uncomfortable, make them make a bad decision and I think we all did

that pretty well.” Some Hobart turnovers came from good coverage. In the first quarter, one occurred following tight faceguarding from Dami Oladunmoye. The freshman midfielder charged out on his opposition when the Hobart midfielder looked to pass, leading to an errant feed out of bounds. Oladunmoye caused another pass to no one in the second quarter as he blocked off his midfielder, denying the pass. One of the few areas Hobart edged Syracuse, the faceoff X, didn’t help the Statesmen either. At the start of the second quarter, Hobart’s sixth-ranked faceoff man Matthew Pedicine cleanly won the draw and attacked SU defense from the right sideline. As he entered in the restraining box, Mellen knocked Pedicine’s stick out of his hands, and promptly scooped the ball, initiating an SU break the other way. It was a microcosm of the game for SU’s defense. SU took away whatever the Statesmen did well. Entering the game, Hobart ranked 29th in the country in man-up scoring. After going 0-for-5 last year against SU, the specialty units were a specific emphasis for each day of practice leading up to the game, Hobart head coach Greg Raymond said. Still, Syracuse shut the Statesmen down. The Hobart run ended after its final man-up opportunity flopped. The four-goal scoring spree, which the Orange has suffered from repeatedly this season, never came. And, for the first time this season, Syracuse dominated defensively for two consecutive games. jlschafe@syr.edu

LUKE SCHWASNICK defends Hobart’s Eric Holden, who was held scoreless on five shots on Tuesday. Schwasnick tallied one ground ball as Syracuse used its defense to shut down the Statesmen. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

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offense the corners. The offense spaced out, generating room to operate, sending cutters in front of the crease with Rehfuss facilitating behind the cage and Jamie Trimboli and Tucker Dordevic running the offense from the top of the restraining box. Nearly every time, SU found the open man. With two minutes left in the first half, Dordevic felt a double team closing in. He tried to force his way left to no avail. He then aimed right but found the same result. Rather than push his way through the defense, he drew it out. Two defenders followed him out to the 30-yard line before they realized their mistake. Dordevic rifled a pass Trimboli’s way to his right, with Bradley Voigt waiting on the right side of the cage. As Trimboli received the ball, Voigt’s defender left him to help double Trimboli, who then quickly dished the ball to a wideopen Voigt to finish an easy one-on-one goal. “We were more worried about Syracuse from a cutting standpoint and an ability to feed than shooting the ball on the run,” Raymond said. That may have been a focal point, but in the first half, Hobart didn’t act like it. Syracuse went into the break up 7-1 with just two turnovers. The Orange took care of the ball and finished at the net. That changed in the third period. After a Rehfuss goal to extend the lead to 8-1, SU fell dormant. For nearly 19 minutes, the Orange could not buy a goal, turning the from page 12

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Orange has gone 5-1, including wins against No. 44 Clemson, No. 48 Louisville and No. 3 Georgia Tech.

When you’re moving during the drill you got your juice, and it makes everything you do much better. Will Hicks asst. athletics director for athletic performance

“When you’re moving during the drill you got your juice,” Hicks said, “and it makes everything you do much better.” There are two parts to the exercise. The first component focuses on the team as a whole, while the second is more individualistic. Players gather in a circle, either in the

JAMIE TRIMBOLI cradles with his right hand as he tries to get an edge on a Hobart defender in Syracuse’s Tuesday win. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

middle of Manley Field House or on center court before the match. Hicks tells the team to “get rowdy.” Players clap their hands and yell at one another. It’s a boost for the team, Hicks said, and gets everybody involved. One player gets singled out, and she must line up parallel to Hicks. While the rest of the team cheers on, Hicks yells out a number, usually one to four, to signify the number of claps the player must enact before grabbing the balls. A couple of seconds later, he drops two tennis balls in front of the participant. The goal is for the player to grab the balls onehanded — without letting them bounce twice. Whether they catch the balls or mistime their grab, the partaker must run to the back of the circle and keep their feet moving. “The energy is infectious,” Hicks said. Before its place in women’s tennis, Hicks carried out similar “get off” drills for defensive linemen on the football team. Linemen would get in a stance and attempt to catch a tennis ball that was dropped by Hicks. He toyed with the height of the drop and how far away the player would have to be from him. One of the first participants in it was Syracuse football legend Dwight Freeney. “I’d drop it one yard away from (Free-

ney),” Hicks said, “and gradually get back to keep him on his feet. It’s the same type of philosophy with tennis. You see it, react to it, and get to the point where you don’t even think about it.” There are several benefits to the drill. For one, it keeps the central nervous system focused and forces a person to expect constant feet movement, Hicks said. On that same note, Limam said it can modify a player’s attitude and can keep their body from getting cold before a match. Players like

ball over twice as much in the third quarter as it did during the entire first half. And Hobart began to produce. The Statesmen rattled off three goals in the third quarter to enter the fourth down 8-4. In the first half, Brendan Curry and David Lipka each scored goals blowing by their defenders and beating Hobart goalie Sam Lucchesi. SU tried to go back to that time and time again in the third quarter with no success. “I think we got a little bit anxious. I think guys felt that they could beat their man and wanted to get a goal right away,” Desko said. “As a result we took some bad shots.” Then Rehfuss took over. With 8:22 left in the game, Rehfuss ditched his defender from behind the cage, curled out to the right side of Lucchesi and fired a shot, low-to-high in the top right corner of the net. Fifty-five seconds later Solomon found Rehfuss again for a goal to push the lead back to 10-4 and seal the game. “He let me breathe a little bit at that point,” Desko said. “I was getting a little anxious waiting for that next goal or that next stop. It made me feel better at that point in the game.” With five points on Tuesday, Rehfuss has emerged as the team’s leading scorer this season with 27 points. Aside from SU’s 15-3 loss to Albany, Rehfuss has had at least a goal and an assist in every game and has tallied five points in three different games this season. “He runs the offense very well,” Desko said. “He knows where to be and when to be there. He shot with some precision today.” mdliberm@syr.edu

sophomore Miranda Ramirez enjoy the challenge because it keeps them “mentally sharp and pumped up.” While Hicks’ job is to prepare SU tennis players for the mental and physical toll of a tennis match, his willingness to mirror his practice schedule with coaching input has helped the team tremendously, Limam said. “If you build it for success,” Hicks said, “you get more with sugar than you do with others. You get a great player.” kjedelma@syr.edu

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yracuse was in a familiar position. Hobart had scored three straight goals and was set to start the fourth quarter with a man advantage. But, as it did against Notre Dame on Saturday, the Orange defense held tight. A Ryan Archer miss on a behind-the-back shot was the lone scoring By Josh Schafer asst. sports editor chance on the man-up opportunity for Hobart. The possession eventually ended with a Dom Madonna save and for the second time in as many games, Syracuse held its opponent scoreless on the man-

Stephen Rehfuss saw the goal straight ahead of him. Coming off a Hobart turnover, Ryan Simmons immediately fed the attack for a fast break. But two Hobart defenders stepped up to block Rehfuss’ path. Instead of forcing a move to try to beat both defenders, Rehfuss stepped back and waited for his offense to gather itself, except for Nate Solomon. Solomon broke free from his defender and sprung across the crease, where Rehfuss fed him for an easy transition goal. “Those two get things going for this offense every day,” Hobart head coach Greg Raymond said. “Their heads are always up.” NICK MELLEN led a Syracuse defense that held Hobart to four goals, seven fewer than its season average. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

up. After allowing four-goal runs in every game since Binghamton, Tuesday marks the second straight game the Orange cut its opponents run at three goals. “I thought that we kept it tight.” Syracuse head coach John Desko said. “I thought that the guys knew who the most dangerous outside shooters were. They got one or two off where Dom made the save but good to be stingy (on the man-down), always.” In all, No. 8 Syracuse (6-3, 3-0 ACC) caused 10 turnovers in its 11-4 defeat of Hobart (4-6, 1-1 Northeast) on Tuesday in the Carrier Dome. The Orange has now won the battle for the Kraus-Simmons trophy 30 of 33 times and has claimed the trophy for five years straight. Syracuse held the top-30 Hobart offense to four goals, seven fewer than its season average of 11. Hobart’s four goals ties the season low for an SU opponent this season. “I think we knew our matchups pretty well,” redshirt sophomore defender Nick Mellen said. “We knew they were an attack-oriented offensive team, so we kind of prepared for that. We knew what hands they were so we kind of favored that side a little bit. Made them a little bit more uncomfortable than they’d like to be.” see hobart page 11

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Hicks uses 2-ball drill to up reaction time By KJ Edelman staff writer

On a windy day in Boca Raton, Florida last month, Syracuse head coach Younes Limam had a feeling the weather conditions would create trouble for his team. So, before SU’s matchup against Florida Atlantic on March 13, Limam told his players to “trust their feet, move their feet,” because wind makes the balls move in funky directions. Will Hicks, SU’s assistant athletics director for athletic performance, was there listening to Limam. That’s when he had an idea. As Limam spoke, Hicks thought back to a drill he utilized with the SU football team in the early

2000s. The exercise begins with Hicks dropping two tennis balls in front of him. The players then grab the balls, one in each hand, before they bounce on the ground twice. Prior to the match, the players gathered to try it out. Hicks believed that the drill could guide the Orange tennis team to a win, even in unfavorable conditions. And it did. Hicks’ ball-dropping drill is a mix of increasing reaction time while expanding movement and focus. It’s become central to the pre-game ritual for No. 25 Syracuse (14-3, 6-3 Atlantic Coast). Since its introduction to the team’s weekly routine three weeks ago, the see hicks page 11

WILL HICKS is using a ball-dropping drill to help improve the performance of the SU tennis team. daily orange file photo

SHOT IN THE DARK

33.3 Syracuse scored its 11 goals on 33 shots

Rehfuss and Solomon led No. 8 Syracuse (6-3, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) in scoring Tuesday night en route to an 11-4 win over Hobart (4-6, 1-1 Northeastern) in the 33rd installment of the Kraus-Simmons rivalry. With five and four points, respectively, Rehfuss and Solomon led Syracuse to its third-consecutive win. What opened as a balanced, offensive outburst for SU, eventually turned into a stalemate. But Solomon’s play early on and Rehfuss’ play in crunch time separated the Orange from the Statesmen. “It was a lot of opportunities off guys dodging and a couple were in transition,” Rehfuss said. “Just being in the right spot.” After defeating Notre Dame on Saturday, 10-6, and having only one day of prep to plan for Hobart, Syracuse head coach John Desko figured his team would open the game sluggish and be forced to play catchup offensively. The opposite happened. After Hobart scored the first goal of the game, SU scored the next eight. Solomon scored the first goal and Rehfuss assisted on the second to give SU a 2-1 lead. But the entire team was hot at the game’s start. Even Matt Lane, who hadn’t scored a goal since SU’s season-opener win over Binghamton on Feb. 10, found the back of the net in the first quarter on SU’s man-up attack. He tallied an assist in the fourth quarter as well. In the first half, SU dominated see offense page 11