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Syracuse University community members voiced concerns about the minimal progress on the development of an Ombuds Office on campus.

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Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program, opened up about his journey through the music industry and how it influenced his current role.

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Syracuse engraved a nondescript road in Manlius, Sweet Road, on its national championship rings in 2015. The team recently ran its first Sweet Road of the season.

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How a potential 3-year housing requirement at SU compares to schools nationally

NVRC timeline detailed

By Sam Ogozalek asst. news editor

Construction is expected to start on Syracuse University’s $62.5 million National Veterans Resource Complex by December or January, university officials announced Monday.

The project’s anticipated completion date has now been pushed back to the spring 2020 semester. SU initially expected to finish NVRC construction by the spring or summer of 2019.

Officials on Monday publically provided the first concrete timeline detailing NVRC construction since the project was announced in 2015.

Mike Haynie, vice chancellor of strategic initiatives and innovation, said the NVRC will be open to students in spring 2020.

Haynie and other high-ranking SU officials detailed NVRC plans at a public forum held near downtown Syracuse at the Syracuse Center of Excellence. A handful of residents attended the meeting.

The NVRC will serve as a regional veterans community hub, housing see nvrc page 6

Syracuse University is considering bumping its on-campus housing requirement from two to three years. Only seven of the nation’s top 100 schools require students to live on campus longer than three years. paul schlesinger asst. photo editor

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f Syracuse University implements a three-year on-campus housing requirement, it will be one of only a few universities in the country to require students to live in university-owned residences for more than two years.

A Daily Orange analysis of the U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 Top National Universities list found only seven of the more than 100 schools studied had an on-campus residency requirement of three or four years.

Most universities with the three-year requirement were SU peer institutions and/ or Atlantic Coast Conference schools. All were private. Many universities and some experts say there is a possible link between student academic performance and oncampus residency.

“We have a fair amount of research indicating that living on campus can increase the likelihood that one will stay from firstyear to second-year and will also graduate,” said Kevin McClure, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Michele Wheatly, SU’s vice chancellor and provost, said at a public forum in Feb-

We have a fair amount of research indicating that living on campus can increase the likelihood that one will stay from first-year to second-year and will also graduate.

Kevin McClure assistant professor of higher education at the university of north carolina at wilmington

ruary the university was considering a three-year housing requirement.

The latest Campus Framework draft, a 20-year infrastructure plan SU updated this summer, includes a proposal to build new dorms on Ostrom Avenue and convert the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center to student housing.

SU has yet to decide whether they will require students to live in on-campus housing for three years or build new student housing. Currently, SU students are only required to live in university-owned housing — such as dorms and South Campus apartments — for two years.

Duke University, Brown University, Georgetown University, Wake Forest University and George Washington University, at present, are the only colleges in the top 100 list that require students to live on campus for three years.

Notre Dame will introduce a threeyear requirement next year, the South Bend Tribune reported last week.

Vanderbilt University is the only school on the top 100 list to require on-campus housing for all four years.

Four of the schools shifted to a threeyear housing requirement in the last seven years. see housing page 6

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Nicoletti drops out of election

By Kennedy Rose asst. news editor

Joe Nicoletti, a mayoral candidate who lost last week’s Democratic primary, dropped out of the race Monday and endorsed Juanita Perez Williams for mayor of Syracuse.

The common councilor said previously he would consider staying in the race as a Working Families Party candidate. The party endorsed him earlier this year.

Perez Williams beat Nicoletti and city auditor Marty Masterpole in the Democratic primary last week.

Both Nicoletti and Ken Warner, the upstate political director for the Working Families Party, endorsed Perez Williams at Monday’s press conference.

Nicoletti said he will continue his work in public service as a private citizen in January. He did not

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Consensus to push for 2018 vote

By Bianca Moorman contributing writer

Walk it out OTTO THE ORANGE joins Syracuse University students at an event on the Quad to kick off Walktober, a month-long initiative sponsored

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Lag in Ombuds Office creation frustrates

By Sandhya Iyer asst. copy editor

Syracuse University has circulated plans for an office where community members could confidentially voice concerns since last year, but some are frustrated the university has not moved forward with the proposal faster.

In spring 2016, the University Senate’s Committee on Women’s Concerns introduced a plan to establish an Office of the Ombuds.

An Ombuds Office is a resource for students, staff and faculty to help resolve conflicts, concerns or issues that may arise in academic or professional workplaces. An ombudsperson is required to be confidential, impartial, indepen-

dent and informal.

Currently, SU students can get conflict resolution help at the Office of Student Assistance, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities and the Student Grievance Processes.

They can also speak to faculty or staff.

However, none of those resources fulfill the four criteria required for an Ombuds Office.

The current conflict resolution resources are part of the university’s organizational structure so they can’t satisfy the impartiality requirement, said Jack Wilson, president of SU’s Graduate Student Organization.

“Currently, as it is, the university doesn’t have any system or process in place to provide people a confidential and informal way of addressing grievances,” Wilson said.

Because discussions with an ombudsperson are required to be confidential, information won’t be given to the Office of the Provost.

An ombudsperson can also provide counseling and resources for both parties involved in the conflict.

The proposal was a multi-year project that included research and Q&A sessions with different ombuds programs, said Lori Brown, professor at the School of Architecture and a member of the committee.

Brown said the proposal was well-received by USen. SU Chancellor Kent Syverud was also present at the meeting.

The creation of an Ombuds Office is part of advancing diversity and inclusion at SU. The Office of the Provost made an initial recom-

mendation in fall 2016. Evaluation of the recommendation took place throughout spring and summer 2017. Final recommendations were submitted on June 30, according to a Syracuse University news release.

Syverud delegated the task of working on an Ombuds Office to LaVonda Reed, associate provost of faculty affairs and a professor at the College of Law. The proposal was approved in March 2016, said Margaret Thompson, associate professor of history and political science and a former member of the USen Committee on Women’s Concerns.

“It’s frustrating because we’ve met with Ms. Reed a few times, and it’s still not clear if anything is see ombuds page 6

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Youth solitary confinement banned in county

By Ashleigh Garrison contributing writer

In a victory for local social justice groups and community activists, the Onondaga County Legislature voted earlier this month to ban youth solitary confinement in all county detention centers and jails.

These groups, including the Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse, have fought to end youth solitary confinement for years. Craig French, an interim director of ACTS, said the county legislature’s decision gives young people a chance to grow socially and educationally.

“The youth themselves will be really able to be reconnected

with families and communities,” French said.

ACTS sought to end solitary confinement of 16- and 17-yearolds in county detention facilities.

When negotiations were fruitless, the Onondaga County Justice Center and Sheriff’s Office were hit with a lawsuit from the Legal Services of Central New York and the New York Civil Liberties Union.

The lawsuit was settled in June and solitary confinement of youths was stopped in the same month.

The settlement also calls for education of youths and an incentive program that encourages positive behavior, according to a press release from the NYCLU.

Outside of solitary confinement, children could be treated in ways that facilitate continued social growth, French said, adding that youth in solitary confinement are often separated from people their age for up to 23 hours at a time.

Solitary confinement can separate children from educational opportunities, he said. ACTS was passionate about the issue because education affects the local community.

“All of the scientific evidence that we have demonstrates that it is not just harmful to the spirit of these young persons … but it actually is injurious to the brain and their future,” French said.

Chris Ryan, an Onondaga County legislator in the eighth district, served as the resolution’s lead sponsor. Ryan said he hopes juveniles will receive a more rehabilitative experience following the ban’s passage.

In the future, Ryan said he anticipates a better way to house and administer juveniles in prison.

Ryan said he learned about youth solitary confinement at an ACTS meeting that he called an educational process. Before the meeting, Ryan was not aware of the negative effects solitary confinement can have on children who are depressed or who have disabilities.

Ryan decided to get involved see confinement page 6

Consensus, the Syracuse citizens group advocating for the consolidation of the city and Onondaga County governments, aims to hold a vote for the government merger next year.

The announcement about the referendum comes after last week’s approval of a plan to share certain services among area municipalities.

Cornelius Murphy, a co-founder of Consensus, said five of the group’s 49 final recommendations were recently approved in Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney’s shared services plan.

The group aims to have the merger referendum on the ballot in 2018, Murphy said. A merger between the two governments to create one legislative body was not included in Mahoney’s plan, though.

“We still have long way to go,” Murphy said.

Consensus, founded in 2014, is a group of prominent local government officials and business leaders who want to reduce government spending by consolidating services and legislative bodies.

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regional news Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the county right now.

GREEN LAKES CLOSINGS Several trails have closed in Green Lakes State Park to begin construction on parking lots and roads around the park. An environmental education center will be built as well. The park will not be closed in its entirety, but trails on the west end will be close. source: local syr

ALGAE BLOOMS Algae blooms found in Skaneateles Lake won’t affect water coming from faucets, said Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Sunday. The city gets its drinking water from the lake, which has been found to have elevated levels of blue-green algae toxins, according to unofficial reports. source: local syr

PASTABILITIES Pastabilities now has a dried pasta for sale. The campanelle, a bellshaped pasta, is not manufactured in-house like the restaurant’s other pasta. Instead, it’s outsourced to a manufacturer in Brooklyn. source: syracuse.com

MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC CLOSES The children’s mental health clinic at Hutchings Psychiatric Center will close due to staff shortages. Onondaga County officials said the program is outdated, but advocates fear the closure will lead to children not receiving treatment. The center will close by the end of the year. source: syracuse.com

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Ombuds Office could transform life at SU During a time when political protests are rocking campus and potential changes to immigration laws have some students unsure if they’ll be able to stay in the United States, students may be looking for somewhere to discuss how it will affect their college careers.

Syracuse University is continuing talks to create an Ombuds Office: a confidential centralized resource for the university community to discuss and resolve conflicts in their lives. Students currently have several offices to air grievances and discuss problems they’re having in classes, work or elsewhere, but there is no assurance these offices are completely confidential, impartial, independent and informal.

Creating one location and resource for students to air their issues can help mitigate the amount of confusing and conflicting advice students receive. But other conflictresolution resources on campus

shouldn’t suffer to make that happen, and offices providing similar services shouldn’t be cut unless an Ombuds Office makes them redundant.

It’s difficult to determine what the most beneficial elements of an Ombuds Office will be. University administrators can look to several peer institutions that have established campus Ombuds offices to determine what might work best at SU. Georgetown University, for example, has had a faculty Ombuds Office since 1999, and has divided its Ombuds services into separate offices for faculty, graduate students and other groups.

SU may also want to consider tailoring services to specific groups within the campus community, since it seems that of anyone on campus, faculty are the most concerned with creating an Ombuds Office. That could say something about who is most likely to use the office, especially considering staff

grievances brought forward in results from SU’s campus climate survey. But it also shows students likely aren’t aware of how an Ombuds office could enhance their experiences at the university.

For an Ombuds Office to be effective, SU should ensure students know what the office has to offer, and it should ensure those students are the office’s main focus. Creating an Ombuds Office may not be an extremely visible change to student life, but if students know they have a safe place on campus where they can unleash their grievances with someone who is impartial, it will be worth it.

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Lavine’s education-first approach is key to tackling Syracuse poverty

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fter 40 years of serving public education students, Republican mayoral nominee Laura Lavine has set herself apart from her competitors by viewing poor education as the root of Syracuse’s crime problem.

The lifetime Syracuse resident takes a bottom-up approach to resolving crime and other social issues, as opposed to methods like redistributing wealth and expanding welfare. Her policy agenda seeks to maximize opportunity and alleviate restrictions for upward mobility. And by improving education, Lavine is turning the focus to the city’s future: its youth.

Lavine, who retired in June, began her 40-year career in education as a speech therapist and eventually climbed to leadership roles, including superintendent of Lafayette County School District.

In discussing her experiences as a student at Nottingham High School and her relationships with students as superintendent, Lavine’s has passion for education and understanding of the city and its schools are clear.

“I tend to look at topics and issues through the perspective of education, and I’ve seen a continuing decline in the Syracuse City School District that mirrors the overall decline of the city,” Lavine said.

The nominee has suggested adding police officers to Syracuse’s

ranks to lower crime rates, but she recognizes this would merely address the effects of crime rather than its causes. This methodology is an example of the candidate’s unorthodox approach to governance in Syracuse.

Lavine recounted the stories of high school graduates who led lives of crime or remain trapped in poverty because their education did not prepare them for the competitive workforce. To confront this problem, she wants to expand educational choices and give more children a quality education by building additional charter schools in Syracuse.

“Parents should be given options,” she said.

Lavine recognizes the concerns of those who think public dollars shouldn’t go to charter schools that are run by independent bodies, but said she doesn’t feel it’s “fair or right” to force families to send children to schools that are underperforming and unsafe.

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approaches like virtual reality learning and Career and Technical Education programs.

A combination of charter school expansion with a focus on CTE programs can act as a double-edged sword for improving education in Syracuse, especially since CTE programs have been attributed to Syracuse’s increasing graduation rates.

Charter schools’ past deliver-

ies of positive results make them worth expanding as an option for parents. West Michigan Aviation Academy — founded by current Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her husband — is a prime example of charter school success. The school, which offers flight introductory courses and an intensive STEM curriculum, ranks the highest in the Grand Rapids area, with a graduation rate

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Syracuse needs a mayor who wants to develop its people from the start. With Lavine’s experience and perspective, education can be a potent weapon to fight blight and crime in Syracuse.

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ombuds happening,” Thompson said.

An Ombuds Office is important at a university with SU’s size and complexity, Brown said.

Many of SU’s peer institutions have Ombuds Offices with varying degrees of success, she added.

Brown and Thompson said faculty and staff would come to the Women’s Concerns Committee if they were involved in work- or from page 3

consensus Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner criticized Consensus’ plan earlier this year, saying the proposed merger neglected school districts and would force the city into “eternal poverty.”

Initially, Consensus members pushed area officials to hold a merger referendum this November. Due to time constraints, though, that push failed, Murphy said.

The controversial shared services plan — mandated by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo — was approved Wednesday by a group of local mayors, town supervisors and school district representatives.

Mahoney’s shared services plan incorporated some of Consensus’ recommendations, but was not the same as the citizen group’s report.

Cuomo’s County-Wide Shared Services Initiative, announced earlier this year, forced

say whether he would return to the Syracuse Common Council.

“I haven’t thought beyond this afternoon,” he said.

Perez Williams accepted the endorsements of Nicoletti and the Working Families Party, according to a joint press release from Nicoletti and Perez Williams.

“Instead of tearing them down, we should be congratulating them,” Nicoletti said about supporting his former political opponent.

Perez Williams’ remaining opponents are Republican Laura Lavine, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and independent Ben Walsh. The general election is on Nov. 7. krose10@syr.edu | @KennedyWrites

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Wake Forest announced a three-year residency requirement in 2011. George Washington announced its new requirement in 2013, and Georgetown followed in 2014. Notre Dame announced the requirement last week.

Six of the seven schools are either an SU peer institution or in the ACC, or both. Brown is the only college that is not an SU peer institution or ACC member.

While some SU peer institutions moved to a three-year housing requirement, two other SU peers — Southern Methodist University and Northwestern University — raised their housing requirements to two years in 2014 and 2017, respectively.

McClure said universities might be implementing longer housing requirements to appear similar to peer institutions.

“This wouldn’t be the first time that a university ceremoniously adopted a practice because other institutions that they’re aspiring to be have already done it,” McClure said.

Wheatly, at the forum in February, said research showed living on campus improves academic performance, student retention and other student life factors. She also said a 2014 MyCampus survey indicated students liked living on campus so they could have easier access to resources, such as the library.

Many schools that require students to live on campus mention this research on their housing websites.

Lauren Schudde, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education who has studied the links between on-campus residency and retention, said there is a small correlation between living on campus and student persistence, or the percentage of students who return for a second year of college.

Students who live on campus are 3.3 percent more likely to continue college after their first year, according to one of Schudde’s journals, which was published in 2011. “(The correlation is) not huge, but it exists,” Schudde said.

Students who can afford to live on campus as freshmen typically come from higher income backgrounds and do not have outside obligations preventing them from “excelling academically,” she said.

Schudde said it is logical for universities to consider that students living on campus will have closer ties to tutoring and study group resources. But, she added, students will likely find a way to use those resources whether they live on or off campus.

Research including SU students demonstrated that proximity to campus resources and facilities generally supported retention, academic performance, graduation and satisfaction, said Dolan Evanovich, SU’s senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, in a statement.

For lower-income students, an additional year spent living on campus could have a major impact on their ability to afford college, McClure said.

“It doesn’t take significant extra cost for (lower-income students) to struggle to pay their bills. It often is small increments of money that can derail their education,” McClure said.

If SU officials approve the three-year housing requirement, the university will have the second-highest room and board cost of the seven schools, according to data displayed on university websites.

Only Vanderbilt’s room and board cost, which is estimated at $15,584 per year, is more than SU’s $15,558 rate per year.

SU’s room and board includes electricity, water and a meal plan. Most off-campus apart-

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SU’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs and the Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, among other programs.

The building will be located at the intersection of South Crouse Waverly avenues.

Officials expect the NVRC to generate $300 million in “regional economic activity.”

Construction was pushed back because NVRC fundraising efforts took longer than expected, Haynie said. SU had to meet fundraising benchmarks before taking the project to Board of Trustees members for approval, he added. The vice chancellor did not detail what those benchmarks were.

A state grant awarded as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative covered about $12.5 million in project costs.

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Fire Department, Department of Public Works, Department of Engineering and Water Department, Alfieri added.

Those meetings focused on how the NVRC will connect to city utilities such as water mains and sewer lines.

At the forum, Syracuse Common Council member Nader Maroun said he supports the NVRC, recalling how his father was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II, making the project a personal matter. Maroun also said the NVRC complements the nearby Syracuse VA Medical Center.

“We certainly will do our part to help with this project,” said Maroun, who represents District 5. “You have our guarantee.”

Maroun’s district includes the NVRC location and portions of Marshall Street and Waverly Avenue.

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Joe Alfieri, head of SU Campus Planning, Design and Construction, said university officials are expected to present NVRC plans before the city Planning Commission on Oct. 16.

The commission needs to review design plans to make sure the building is compliant with a set of zoning codes specific to college areas in Syracuse called the Planned Institutional District, Alfieri said.

Officials will review the NVRC’s anticipated height and parking options, among other things, he added.

If approved by the Planning Commission, Alfieri said SU must apply for two city permits before construction starts: a sitework and foundations permit and a building permit.

“The first (permit) would allow us to start the excavation, the foundations,” Alfieri said.

SU has held two NVRC pre-development meetings with officials from the Syracuse

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ments have cheaper rents but require students to pay for utilities, food and Wi-Fi connection.

For students that can afford the extra upfront cost of living in dorms, McClure said the possible academic benefits of living on campus an extra year could be worthwhile if it means students will graduate in four years instead of five.

“Whatever additional costs come with oncampus housing, that’s certainly going to be cheaper than if students stay an extra year or if they drop out altogether,” he said.

The three-year housing requirement is more common at private universities because many students attending private schools can probably shoulder the cost, he added.

According to The D.O.’s analysis, most public universities in the top 100 list only require students to live on campus for one year or less.

“Any institution, Syracuse included,

that’s thinking of increasing the on-campus housing requirement ought to put some thought into what this means cost-wise for students,” McClure said.

Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement to The Daily Orange last March that the three-year housing requirement — if implemented — will apply to incoming students.

Before the university makes a decision, Quinn said SU will seek input from on- and off-campus groups. It will take years to make the change, Quinn said.

Disclaimer: The Daily Orange leases a house on Ostrom Avenue owned by Syracuse University. As part of the Campus Framework, the university has proposed building student housing on Ostrom Avenue where The D.O. currently operates.

gender-related conflicts.

People didn’t know where to report issues, especially if conflicts crossed jurisdictional lines, Thompson said.

Members of the Committee on Women’s Concerns volunteer as part of an obligation to SU, but there are professionals better suited to handle the work-related conflicts, she added.

“We heard over and over again that people felt that they had nowhere to go within the institution for support and advocacy,” Brown said.

During summer 2017, the Women’s Concerns

Committee contacted Reed about an annual conference hosted by the United States Ombudsman Association in October, Thompson said.

The committee wanted to see if someone from SU would attend the conference to talk to other universities and observe “the state of the art” of Ombuds Offices, Thompson added, but there was no progress.

Thompson said because Reed is likely overloaded with work on accreditation and academic plans, something like that could get buried. But she said she is hopeful the office

will be established soon.

“We are intrigued by the idea of having an Office of the Ombuds, and as such are deep in the process of studying and considering this idea,” Reed said in an email. “We are having good conversations with key constituencies about this concept and appreciate all of the feedback and input we’ve received to date.”

“I think (an Ombuds Office) should already have happened,” Brown said. “I think there should be one here.”

county governments to find ways to reduce spending by consolidating overlapping services in their jurisdictions.

“When this community talks about Consensus, it’s been ‘A’ or ‘B.’ And this, version C, is a hybrid that is a lot closer to satisfying,” Mahoney said after the vote on Wednesday, referring to the shared services plan.

Murphy also said consolidation of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s office and the Jamesville/Dewitt Jail was another Consensus recommendation approved in the shared services plan vote.

A consolidation of the Onondaga County Water Board and the Syracuse Water Authority was one Consensus recommendation recently approved in the county executive’s plan, Murphy added.

Consensus wants to continue its efforts to reduce the cost of city services, he said, and the group will keep working to educate members of the public and promote awareness about government consolidation.

One Consensus recommendation included in Mahoney’s plan that was not approved is the consolidation of the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency and Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency.

A consolidation between the development agencies would have established a new economic development center, Murphy said.

Murphy said he thinks many people in the community do not know understand what the shared services plan is.

It would be beneficial, he said, if the area population was more active and engaged in the shared services planning process.

At a public hearing for the plan, though, some residents criticized the shared services approval process as undemocratic and lacking transparency.

Consensus estimated between $8.7 million and $22.9 million could be saved in government spending by merging the Syracuse and Onondaga County legislative bodies. bmoorman@syr.edu

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confinement after he recognized a passion within the local community to ban youth solitary confinement.

Peggy Chase, another Onondaga County legislator who sponsored the bill, said she wants the public to know legislators continue to try to improve area youth incarceration.

One of the current detention centers, she said, is not equipped to care for older and possibly more violent youth offenders. She added that legislators will work to make detention centers safe environments.

The local government, Chase said, is listening to the public.

“I do hope that the message is given that we do listen to (the public’s) concerns, take them seriously and move to make things right,” she said. amgarris@syr.edu

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Bandier pioneer

Bill Werde brings fresh perspective to program in its move to Newhouse

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By Mary Catalfamo asst. copy editor

Some of today’s most prominent authors have taught at Syracuse University’s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing. But while their classes are only for students in the program, the Raymond Carver Reading Series offers free readings for the public to learn from other refined writers.

This fall, six visiting authors will read their work after Q&A sessions with audiences in Gifford Auditorium. The series is part of the undergraduate class ETS 107: “Living Writers,” which is taught by teaching assistants in the M.F.A. program. Alumnus Leonard Elman and his wife, Elise, also sponsor two distinguished writers for two-day residencies at SU through the Raymond Carver Reading Series.

Solmaz Sharif, a poet, will visit Wednesday as part of the series.

BILL WERDE, the new Bandier director, discusses the music business with a group of students enrolled in the selective program, which focuses on media and marketing in the industry. alexandra moreo photo editor

By Myelle Lansat

asst. digital editor

TOP MUSIC MEMORIES

hen Syracuse University’s Bandier program joined the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, it created some buzz.

But when Bill Werde was named director of the program, the news went viral on Billboard.com, Variety.com and the New York Post.

Now, after a month in Newhouse, Werde’s focus continues to be on strengthening the program, which moved from the College of Visual and Performing Arts to Newhouse at the start of the semester following discussions among program stakeholders. The degree program — which integrates media, marketing and entrepreneurship — accepts only 25 students each year.

“I’m geeked that Bandier is in Newhouse because Newhouse spends every day preparing people to make the keys to the media kingdom,” Werde said. “It is absolutely the best music program in the country, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make it 300 percent better.”

As a former associate editor for Rolling Stone and editorial director for Billboard, Werde’s reach stretches across the music industry. He grew up reading Rolling Stone and started working for the magazine in 2004 as a music business reporter with a focus on emerging technologies. Werde broke into the digital journalism world in 2005, when he joined Billboard as a senior news editor.

Growing up in Delaware limited Werde’s access to music culture, he said.

During his childhood, music was associated with happy family memories, but it wasn’t until he moved to the University of Delaware in 1991 that his musical eyes

1. Love parade in Berlin

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Each year, Berlin’s Love Parade attracts more than 1 million participants. Werde was on Paul van Dyk’s float, surrounded by people dancing on the same streets where soldiers once marched.

2. Grammys after-after party Rob Stringer, who is now CEO of Sony Corporation, invited Werde to tag along to an after-after party for the 2014 Grammys. At first it wasn’t anything special, but later in the night Daft Punk took the DJ booth.

3. Speaking with Prince After Billboard published a world exclusive of Prince that proceeded to empty newsstands, Werde sat down with the music legend. He said they spent 45 minutes “dueling” about the meaning of life.

It is always illuminating to hear authors read their own work. Being read to, especially by the author, gives the work a vibrancy and depth that is on a whole other order of experience.

Sarah Harwell professor and graduate of su’s m.f.a. program

The annual Leonard and Elise Elman Visiting Writer, Carl Phillips, will do a reading Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. All Q&A sessions run from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“It is always illuminating to hear authors read their own work,” said Sarah Harwell, a professor and graduate of the M.F.A. program, in an email. “Being read to, especially by the author, gives the work a vibrancy and depth that is on a whole other order of experience.”

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‘What If’ documentary series aims to start conversations

By Raven Rentas

contributing writer

The Gifford Foundation will team up with Onondaga Earth Corps and ArtRage Gallery to inspire the Syracuse community with “City of Trees,” the first film in a three-part “What If” documentary series starting Wednesday.

The semi-a nnua l series

incorporates screenings paired with moderated discussions to highlight efforts to enact positive social change in neighborhoods across the United States.

Organizers select films based on their relevance to the Syracuse community and their ability to push viewers to consider what would happen if strategies seen in the films came to life on a

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local basis.

“City of Trees,” which offers a look into Washington Parks & People, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that creates “green jobs” to combat poverty and support the environment, will screen on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the ArtRage gallery.

“We look for films that document examples of communities coming

together,” said Kimberley McCoy, the community engagement organizer of ArtRage Gallery. “The idea for the series is to ask the question: What if? It is a way of looking at positive examples to inspire things in Syracuse.”

Produced by Lance Kramer and directed by his brother Brandon Kramer, “City of Trees” see what

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bandier and ears opened up.

In his freshman dorm, music was everywhere. Soundtracks and band rehearsal notes made their way through the hallways. He bonded with his floormates over music, and it soon became a way of life for them.

“I started traveling with them to go to concerts and just got the bug for music and the lifestyle that went around music,” Werde said.

One night while hanging out with a friend, Werde was asked to venture across campus to a computer lab. His friend needed to print schoolwork. While waiting, Werde sat at a random computer and noticed an unfamiliar icon on the desktop.

Like Alice going down the rabbit hole, Werde clicked on an the icon, which read “VRAVE.” It instantly connected to a Telnet chat — a chat network in the early days of the social web — for the underground rave scene.

VRAVE was a new world for Werde. He was astonished by the access to people from across the nation discussing dance and electronic music.

“This random act really became the defining moment in some ways of my life,” Werde said. “I spent all this time on this chat talking to people about the rave scene, but I had no real way of getting the music or hearing the music … and finally a friend sent me a mixtape of some hardcore techno and I loved it.”

Werde’s growing love for the rave scene opened many doors. One led to Heather Moore, his future wife. At the time, Moore was the executive editor of The Review, the university’s newspaper. Werde began working at the paper in an attempt to get to know Moore, he said. The two were also in a class together and eventually got coffee together.

The more they talked about art and music, the less Werde seemed like just a “frat boy” in Moore’s eyes, she said in an email, and they got to know each other by traveling to cities for dance parties, rather than “suffering through bad beer and sticky floors.”

With Werde’s solid musical foundation and

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love for the culture, Moore said the Bandier program is a great place for her husband’s industry know-how and natural bend to shine.

“Bill likes to find meaning in his work and it’s been wonderful to see how much meaning he finds in working with students,” Moore said. “I know he is excited to grow with this program alongside his students.”

The Bandier program came on Werde’s radar while he was working at Billboard and saw a music blog written by Gabz Landman, who graduated from the program in 2012. Werde loved Landman’s writing style and taste, and offered Landman an internship at the magazine.

Since Landman was on the shy side, Werde had her start each day by telling a joke. Their partnership naturally turned into a mentorship, and when Landman heard there was a position open in the Bandier program after the transition to Newhouse, she passed the message to Werde.

“I think it was one of the happiest moments of my life since graduating,” Landman said. “I stay very involved with Syracuse and Bandier especially, so it just feels like an amazing development and great step forward.”

At the first Bandier Soyars Leadership Lecture Series this year, Werde invited Charlie Walk, president of Republic Records, as the keynote speaker. Werde introduced Walk as an old friend, and their chemistry ignited the packed auditorium.

“We grew together,” Walk said. “I looked at him as credible and I trusted him with mutual respect.”

Walk said he was impressed when Bandier joined Newhouse, and said he believes Werde will bring a new foundation to the program.

Werde wants students to be a part of the change in the music industry. He said that what matters in life are experiences and relationships with people, and to “just go do it.”

“I view Bandier not just as an educational program or school, but also I think I’m going to evolve it into a platform,” Werde said. “I think we have some of the best thought leaders in the industry right now and I want the world to know that.” malansat@syr.edu

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carver written by the authors in the series lineup, which allows them to ask questions and interact with writers prior to the start of the readings.

“It’s an important component of the class,” Harwell said. “No other class, that I know of, gives students a chance to speak directly to the author of the work they have studied.”

The teaching assistants instruct the coursework based on a given syllabus but decide how to discuss the visiting writers’ books in class and which outside materials to use.

Because they’re also writers, some third-year M.F.A. students return to SU as authors in the Raymond Carver Reading Series.

“They bring a special kind of expertise to the classes, and a passion, which, I think, helps to orient the students in the sometimes unfamiliar world of contemporary literature,” Harwell said.

The benefits of the series don’t belong only to undergraduates. Harwell said the reading series also gives M.F.A. students the chance to meet mentors, colleagues and friends.

Here is a list of this semester’s readings: from page 9

what if was created after Steve Coleman, a program director for Washington Parks & People, invited the documentary team to check out the program, Kramer said.

Meridian Hill Pictures, the company that produced the film, and Washington Parks & People are based in the same building.

“We just brought a camera and were really blown away by the stories people were sharing,” Kramer said. “They are

Who: Noy Holland: “The Spectacle of the Body,” “I Was Trying to Describe What It Feels Like” When: Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall

Who: Kaitlyn Greendige: “We Love You,” “Charlie Freeman” When: Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Gifford Auditorium in HBC

Who: Charl Phillips: “Reconnaissance,” “The Rest of Love,” “Pastoral” When: Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Gifford Auditorium in HBC

Who: Reginald Dwayne Betts: “Bastards of

the Reagan Era,” “A Question of Freedom,” “Shahid Reads His Own Palm” When: Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Gifford Auditorium in HBC

Who: Angela Flournoy: “The Turner House”

When: Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Gifford Auditorium in HBC There will be additional readings in the spring semester, totaling about 12 for the 2017-18 academic year. mdcatalf@syr.edu

stories about real, regular people who are navigating complicated problems in the world.”

The second part of the “What If” series is slated for Oct. 16 and will be a series of short films about different community development projects. This part of the series is hosted in partnership with Urban Jobs Task Force.

The third part of the series, which will showcase “Resilience,” a film that documents how toxic stress affect children, will be screened on Nov. 8. rarentas@syr.edu

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POPA PUNK

Before Funk ‘n Waffles, musician played alongside Patti Smith, The Ramones

By Claire Miller

contributing writer

H

e was writing songs as early as he can remember. At age 5, he was playing the drums. And by the time he was 18, Ted Horowitz was performing at CBGB’s alongside Patti Smith, the Ramones and The Police.

Now going by the stage name Popa Chubby, Horowitz will perform at Funk ‘n Waffles on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m., and admission is $20 per person.

Horowitz’s passion for music was born at a candy shop his parents owned in Queens. He was able to keep the 45s switched out of the shop’s jukebox each week, and by the time he was 7, Horowitz had a record collection spanning Frank Sinatra and Jimi Hendrix.

The young musician started playing guitar in his teenage years and found himself in the middle of the ‘90s punk rock scene in New York City.

At 18, Horowitz met a performance artist named “Screaming Mad George,” who gave him his first break - a gig at CBGB’s, a New York venue widely considered to be the birthplace of punk.

“If you played at CBGB’s at the time, they would let you in for every show,” Horowitz said. “To see Patti Smith for the first time and be an 18-year-old kid from Queens who was listening to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, it shook up your chromosomes, man.”

All the while, though, Horowitz’s true interests were in the blues. After a couple “dark years” involving drugs, addiction and eviction, he began playing the blues in local bars and slipping in original songs between sets.

To see Patti Smith for the first time and be an 18-year-old kid from Queens who was listening to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, it shook up your chromosomes, man.

Ted Horowitz popa chubby

“Slowly I just came back and kind of resurrected myself and in my mid-to-late 20s I had a career again, and by the time I was 30 I realized all I wanted to do was play guitar. I didn’t care where it was,” he said.

Horowitz said his music is influenced by so many genres that it’s difficult to describe his style — which is the way he likes it.

“Some people call it New York City blues, or rockin’ blues. I just call it hard-driving music,” said Rob Schneider, a central New York blues promoter. “He plays it all, and he makes it his own.”

Horowitz said he writes half of his songs while sleeping. He wakes up with a lyric or tune in his head, and the other half are the products of being a dedicated songwriter. Horowitz, who said he comes from “a real workingclass mentality,” said he’s a fan of hard-working modern artists like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Julian Schnabel.

“The whole thing was a work ethic. It was a factory,” he said. “These guys were churning out work, man, ‘cause that’s what you do. It’s a writer’s job to write. There’s no such thing as lack of inspiration, or writer’s block. It’s a bunch of bullsh*t,” he said.

Horowitz said many people want the rewards of the music business without putting in the work. He calls these people rock stars, and said he doesn’t care much for them. Rather, Horowitz said people should never sit around and wait for people to make things happen for them.

“You gotta take the bull by the horns and you gotta make sh*t happen,” he said.

Schneider predicts the crowd at Funk ‘n Waffles on Sunday will be a mixed bag of generations. He’s seen Popa Chubby perform several times, and recalls that the musician’s guitar skills never fail to leave people in awe.

Horowitz is most excited to eat some of Syracuse’s best waffles after showing the crowd a good time.

“I play all over the world, and I find that there’s one constant in any audience. People come to a concert to be entertained,” he said. “It’s your job as an artist to make them forget all the sh*t in their lives. If you’re doing your job, at the end of the show, people will look happy when they’re leaving.” cmille07@syr.edu

POPA CHUBBY crashed the 1990s pop-punk scene when he was 18. He performed at CBGB’s, a New York City spot considered to be the birthplace of punk music. Years later, he’ll bring his eclectic style to Syracuse. courtesy of popa chubby

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the steepness mitigates the impact on the runner’s legs.

That day had been long for Syracuse — runners estimated they would finish the day at about 16 to 17 miles total, after a taxing week — so Fox outlined a lighter workload.

“Eight, eigt, six, six,” Fox told Knight, Bennie and Germano, meaning each would run eight minutes hard, then jog for 90 seconds. Then another eight minutes hard followed by another 90-second jog. Then six … and so on. Fox assigned each grouping of runners their own four times and instructed them all to work off the lead group’s rest.

The team had run about two miles to get here as a warm-up and, waiting to start, a few rubbed down their legs or duck-walked or jogged back-and-forth on the road’s shoulder. Then, Fox sent the runners and, for a moment, the coaches watched. The hardest part of the course, Fox said, was about the first 15 minutes, because it is “straight up.”

“Slow down!” Fox shouted after his runners.

“They looked antsy,” Smith said.

Then, the coaches hustled to their vehicles and set off in a caravan of two Chevy Syracuse’s cross country team is ranked third in the country, with wins in two of its Expresses and Bell’s car. paul schlesinger asst. photo editor At each mile, Smith pulled over to the three invitationals this season. right shoulder, jumped out of the van every snow stopped falling.

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1600 meters to spray the distance with In 2009-10, the team ran Sweet Road The runners mill around and commiserorange paint. Just beyond each of Smith’s on about 25 to 50 percent of its hardest ate for a few moments before cooling down counters were worn, orange mile-markers. workouts, Bell estimated, but by 2013-14 by running in the field behind the Pompey The week had been hard and the run- the split widened to about 90-10, Sweet Hill Fire Department or a short way down ners seemed to be feeling that, coaches Road. Now, they don’t go anywhere else for the road to Pratts Falls. Fox hopped in one said. Smith, Bell and Sean Hopkins, a new hard days. That’s what happens when you of the vans and, whistling to himself, piloted volunteer assistant coach, “Let’s go!”-ed win a national championship, coaches and toward the falls. each runner as they passed. They were players joked.

“In the great book of Sweet Road,” he said, Daily 9/18/17 Sudoku impressed with redshirtThe freshman Domi-Orange Close to Mile 3, Smith called to one run- “this was a piss-poor one. There were shiny nic Hockenbury, who later said his strategy ner, “Hey, you good?” things, but also crappy things.” He pointed was: “Look at Justyn’s back and forget what “Legs are flat,” the runner sighed. out Hockenbury’s day as a shiny thing. you’re doing.”

“That’s OK, find somebody to run with,” “Overall,” Fox added, “Coach Fox gives Some time between when Fox and Bell Smith said. “You’re good!” that a C-minus.” joined SU in 2007 and the 2009 season, The further the run went, the more techthe debrief, when Fox delivered a To solve theAfter Sudoku puzzle, each row, column a respectively, the team started using Sweet nical the encouragement became. Keep similar assessment to his team, the team box must contain the numbers 1 to 9.in front Road to supplement the training it did in those hips steady, coaches said, and relax broke apart the large circle it formed the hilly, nearby town of Tully. The more those shoulders. After breaking for water of the Pratts Falls entrance. As the runners SU used it, the more they liked it. The road’s around four-and-a-half miles, the rest of the clambered back into the vans, one of them wide shoulders allowed runners plenty of course melted away and, suddenly, they were said, “Well, at least we’re done.” room and, because it is a public road, coach- turning left off Sweet Road onto Academy Several teammates nodded. es knew it would be plowed shortly after the Street, to meet where they always have, at the sjfortie@syr.edu | @Sam4TR

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sweet road but still warm for mid-September. Then, about four miles into Syracuse’s workout, just before they passed Palladino & Carley Farms, seniors Colin Bennie, Justyn Knight and Philo Germano widened the gap. The trio, likely Syracuse’s top three runners this season, remained in near-synchronized stride and formation for the next half-mile, until even they needed water.

Bennie flicked his right hand out as assistant coach Adam Smith drove by in one of the two large, white Chevrolet Expresses rented from SU Athletics. Smith pulled over, popped out of the driver seat and flung open the van’s rear doors to reveal two coolers, one water, one Gatorade. Before the runners drank, Smith corralled Bennie to the right side of the van and pointed back at the second pack of runners.

If you run Sweet Road consistently, you race consistently.

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“You should be ahead of (him) the whole time,” Smith said.

Bennie nodded.

“It’s a good Litmus test,” associate head coach Brien Bell said later of Sweet Road.

“And the kids know. If you run Sweet Road consistently, you race consistently. If you run it inconsistently, you race inconsistently. You can get a little exposed here.”

Bell was the one who found Sweet Road.

As he drove along the road once, he thought it’d be a good location to run. Running coaches often think like this while driving, Fox said. Sweet Road is the only concrete surface SU currently trains on, Bell said, but

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men’s soccer

John-Austin Ricks becomes a leader in newfound role

By Charlie DiSturco asst. sports editor

The Syracuse defense entered this season needing to replace the No. 2 overall pick of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft in Miles Robinson.

Add the other four draft picks, and former defensive staple Louis Cross, and the Orange was forced to bring in 15 new players.

Of those, none has experienced an increased role like John-Austin Ricks. The sophomore defender made 20 appearances last year, but started in fewer than half of those games. He played wingback the majority of the previous season and had just one goal, falling behind the regular defensive rotation of Robinson, Cross and Kamal Miller.

But since Robinson’s departure for the MLS and Cross’s graduation, Ricks has emerged as a regular in No. 7 Syracuse’s (4-2-1, 0-1-1 Atlantic Coast) defensive rotation, either in the back three or at wingback.

His offensive output has jumped, tripling his season total for goals (three) just more than a third into the season.

“He’s not the freshman he once was,” Miller said. “… He’s really stepped up and has

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defensive backs suffered an injury.

As a result, redshirt junior Rodney Williams and Jordan Martin, a graduate transfer from Toledo, have seen an increased role.

Martin logged 66 snaps at safety against CMU, Williams 54 and Foster 37, according to data from Pro Football Focus released by Syracuse.com.

“The first time Cordy went down it was like seeing Superman bleed,” senior linebacker Zaire Franklin said after Week 1. “I hate to see

been playing like he’s been here forever.”

When Syracuse employs a 4-4-2 formation or Ricks moves up to wingback in a 3-52, he prefers to push up on offense. Other times, Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre can shift formations and move Ricks elsewhere because “he has that flexibility.”

Ricks is not like most defenders, because, Miller said, he is more versatile. Rather than stick around marking the opposing team’s forwards, he moves upfield with the offense.

The Orange often plays the ball to Ricks as it enters the opposing half of the field. He has

become a facilitator, working alongside midfielders Mo Adams and Hugo Delhommelle often to create offensive opportunities.

“Just using that skill back there, in a back three, (McIntyre) puts a lot of responsibility on us to get the attack going,” Miller said.

The offensive nature of Ricks started in his youth career and lasted through his sophomore year of high school. He had played center midfielder or forward, before making the change to center back. Playing up top helped develop “that killer ball,” as McIntyre called it.

That was in reference to Ricks’ first goal of the season, against Princeton Sept. 1. A man-down, Syracuse’s counter attack shot ricocheted off the post. Players fought for possession until Delhommelle took control.

Ricks saw open space to Delhommelle’s right, about 30 yards from the goal. After corralling the pass, Ricks chipped the ball just over the outstretched diving arm of Jacob Schachner to even the score in an eventual 1-1 tie.

Because of his flexibility and aggressiveness, Ricks has positioned himself in front of the net multiple times. Later in the Princeton game, a through ball found its way to a

darting Ricks. The one-timer missed wide left, his only missed shot in four attempts.

“I like to take risks,” Ricks said. “It’s not always the best thing to do. I like to try to go forward when I can. I don’t like to keep the ball back.”

Ricks’ two other goals came off corner kicks. The first, against Oregon State on Sept. 12, was a header toward the back post.

A charging Beaver defender tried to stop short, but the ball bounced off his chest and into the back of the net. Three games after scoring the game-tying goal, Ricks scored the game-winner.

The second goal came against division rival and No. 17 Louisville. Delhommelle took the corner kick and sent the ball into the packed penalty area. Ricks was in the front of the pack near post, but a header sent the ball far post and into the back of the net.

Ricks emerged from the scrum grabbing his shirt, nodding his head emphatically. As if to prove, in his first full season as a core player on the Syracuse backline, this can be his breakout year.

“I felt like I was hiding last year,” Ricks said. “… I want to be an impact player.”

it, but now guys are like, ‘Alright, we’ll be alright because we survived the storm the first down.’”

At corner, Bradshaw led the position with 69 snaps, Fredrick followed with 50, redshirt junior Juwan Dowels amassed 45 and Notre Dame graduate transfer Devin Butler had 34, according to PFF’s data.

Martin, Fredrick, Dowels and Bradshaw all notched a pass defended in Saturday’s game.

Fredrick had an interception and dropped another. But it was Foster’s pick-six — which head coach Dino Babers called the play of the game — that sparked the turnaround after early struggles.

Martin started the play by hitting a pass-

juggling CMU receiver over the middle. The ball popped up and came down in Foster’s hands, and he rushed 24 yards into the end zone for SU’s first touchdown of the game.

The play came with SU’s defense in its usual four-linemen, three-linebacker, fourdefensive back set, which it used on 48 of 82 defensive snaps, according to PFF. The rest of the plays were split among 4-2-5 and 3-3-5 formations. Butler came on for all of them.

Most of Butler’s experience with the Irish came on outside coverage. Babers said Monday that Butler is doing a “nice job” at the nickel because he has coverage skills but can come up and stop the run as well. Butler has six tackles

through three games.

“The offense is usually reading you for what they’re going to do with their plays,” Butler said last week. “You get a lot of opportunities, direct plays, that’s always fun.”

This week, SU gets its toughest test yet when it travels to LSU. The Tigers own the FBS’s 31st-best rushing attack, averaging 217 yards per game.

“If you’re going to stop the run against some of the guys we’re going against, you have got to put extra guys in the box,” Babers said. “(The cornerbacks) are going to be on islands all by themselves.”

He’s not the freshman he once was. ... He’s really stepped up and has been playing like he’s been here forever.

Kamal Miller su defender

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Breaking out

Sweet victory

A year after losing two of its three defenders, John-Austin Ricks has stepped up in a new role with SU. See page 14

Creating offense

Read about the hardships of running Sweet Road, SU’s favorite practice spot during the season.

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S PORTS

To make up for its offensive struggles, SU has tried becoming more creative with the ball.

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dailyorange.com @dailyorange sept. 19, 2017 • PAG E 16

Sweet Road stretches 6.25 miles through the town of Manlius and is home to the 2015 NCAA champion Syracuse cross country team’s most challenging runs. The team trains on this road five times throughout the season. .

paul schlesinger asst. photo editor

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eartbreak Hill divided the team more than anything had on this run. The once-unified running blob stretched like taffy along the course’s frequent hills until Heartbreak, a steep, approximately quarter-mile climb, pulled it completely apart.

It left the 13 runners divvied into smaller pockets of two to three, each with sweat beading on his face and chest.

“You can’t fake this road,” Syracuse head coach Chris Fox had said earlier. “Guys who can run here can really run.”

About a half-hour earlier, Fox had assembled his team about eight miles southeast of campus, midway up the first hill just south of the intersection of East Seneca Turnpike and Sweet Road in Manlius. The Orange men and women run Sweet Road about five times per season,

RUN TO THE

HILLS Manlius road fuels Syracuse’s rise to national prominence

though never together.

“If you’re not in the right frame of mind, get in it,” Fox told his runners, arms folded across his chest. “This is important. It’s how we get to where we get.”

By “how we get to where we get,” Fox meant Sweet Road plays a crucial role in Syracuse remaining an elite-level program. That is impressed upon each runner with the lockerroom mural depicting stretches of the road alongside photos of SU’s 2015 men’s NCAA title celebration. Engraved on those championship rings, just below the runner’s name: “SWEET ROAD.” The runners had mostly regrouped every mile or so, as coaches instructed, for the first Sweet Road workout of the season. It was late in the afternoon, not as hot as the past few days, see sweet

By Sam Fortier

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sports editor

football

football

Defensive backs improving late

Syracuse, NC State release kickoff time

By Joe Bloss

senior staff writer

For the strongest safeties, the play was routine. Evan Foster came to the aid of his cornerback, Christopher Fredrick, who had been beaten inside down the left sideline by Central Michigan’s Cameron Cole.

It was a simple plug, the reason why safeties exist.

Except Foster took a poor angle.

Cole took a minor cut and Foster tried to pivot. His body folded at the hip. The tiny black pellets beneath his spikes flicked into despair as he collided with Fredrick, setting Cameron loose on a 56-yard touchdown that gave CMU its first lead of the game.

A week after the Syracuse secondary allowed three second-half touchdowns in a brutal loss to Mid-

dle Tennessee, a trend appeared to be taking shape.

We knew that people would think that we wouldn’t be able to get the job done just because the game kind of went the same way it went last week.

Evan Foster su defensive back

“We knew that people would think that we wouldn’t be able to get the job done,” Foster said, “just because the game kind of went the

same way it went last week.”

The SU (2-1) secondary responded. Aside from an 11-play second-quarter drive, the Orange’s defensive backs led the defense in a dominating performance. Central Michigan quarterback Shane Morris threw for 190 fewer yards than he did the week prior, and the Chippewas didn’t score in the final 37 minutes despite SU not recording a sack in the entire game.

Syracuse is entering the first phase of its brutal schedule, with trips to No. 25 Louisiana State and North Carolina State over the next two weeks.

In Week 1, two sophomores in Fredrick and Scoop Bradshaw started at corner. Foster, a sophomore, paired with redshirt junior Antwan Cordy as the safeties, before Cordy see defensive

backs page 14

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

Syracuse (2-1) will play North Carolina State (2-1) in Raleigh on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 12:20 p.m., the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday afternoon.

SU’s 2017 conference opener will air on ACC Network.

Since joining the ACC, the Orange is 1-3 against the Wolfpack.

Last year, SU lost 35-20 at home.

Two years ago, in the second-to-last game of the season, SU lost, 42-29, at NC State’s Carter-Finley Stadium.

SU is 1-4 all time at the venue.

In 2014 SU lost to NC State, 24-17, and in 2013 SU went to Raleigh for

its only win against NC State in program history. Overall, Syracuse is 1-9 against NC State since the teams’ first meeting in 1972.

NC State received 26 votes in the AP Preseason Top 25 poll and is coming off back-to-back wins against Marshall and Furman, after a season-opening loss to South Carolina.

The Wolfpack visit No. 12 Florida State this Saturday, while Syracuse travels to No. 25 Louisiana State.

Last year, the Wolfpack finished 7-6 and won the Camping World Independence Bowl. NC State took soon-to-be national champion Clemson to overtime in a 24-17 road loss. mguti100@syr.edu @matthewgut21