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Members of the SU community gathered Monday in Hendricks Chapel to voice their opinions on the qualifications of the next vice chancellor and provost.

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Biboti Ouikahilo, founder of Wacheva Cultural Arts, teaches African dance and drumming and traveled the world before moving to Syracuse.

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ALL INCLUSIVE

School of Education grant to help InclusiveU

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he largest donation in School of Education history will be used to support people with disabilities.

The $3 million gift, donated by the Taishoff Family Foundation, was recently given to the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education to promote InclusiveU, a program aimed at supporting students with intellec-

tual and developmental disabilities. The money will be allocated in different amounts over the next three years. The action plan for using the money will be completed in a span of five years.

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Emma Russell initally struggled after moving to Syracuse from Ireland. Four years later, she’s the No. 1 scorer in SU field hockey history with 48 goals.

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Center was established in 2009 when the Taishoff Family Foundation gave a little more than $1 million to the School of Education, said Beth Myers, interim director of the center.

One large focus of the gift money is to allow the non-matriculated students in the InclusiveU program to live in on-campus housing. Currently all of the members in the program have

been commuter students who live in the Syracuse area.

“We’re planning to improve and expand that collaboration with two other school districts in the area,” Myers said.

With the option of on-campus housing available for students, InclusiveU hopes to become a prestigious program that accepts applications not only from students in see education

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More students file religious observance requests this semester

By Justin Mattingly news editor

The number of students who filed religious observance requests this semester was up about 8 percent

compared to last fall.

A total of 815 requests were filed by Syracuse University students by last week’s deadline, making it the most requests filed since the university went to an online system to mark observanc-

es. Last fall, 664 students filed religious observances on MySlice.

In 2011, SU implemented a policy in which students would have to fill out the days they intend to miss class for religious holidays

via an electronic form on MySlice.

SU introduced the new policy after reinstating classes on three religious holidays in exchange for a longer Thanksgiving break. That year, 637 students filed requests in the fall.

Andria Costello Staniec, SU’s associate provost for academic programs, said in an email that SU doesn’t have comparative numbers for the amount of students who filed see policy page 6

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The final scene of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” played on a black laptop in freshman Roger Gao’s dorm room. There’s a Johnny Depp poster on the back wall, and another poster of famous actors, including Depp, above the computer.

“Now, bring me that horizon,” Gao, a computer art and animation major, said along with the film, and then glanced down to his right forearm, where the quote is tattooed in black ink.

Raised in Shanghai and now here in Syracuse for the first time, Gao said he’s always had a fascination with Western culture. This interest is led by his love of films, and the actor Johnny Depp in particular.

Citing many of Depp’s films as examples, such as “Edward Scissorhands,” Gao said that he appreciates Depp for his skill and transformations from role to role.

“We have a saying in Chinese like: ‘You can already be successful if you are handsome or beautiful enough,’” Gao said. “But people like [Depp] decided to do something

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ROGER GAO was raised in Shanghai and is now a freshman at Syracuse University. His two black and white tattoos are influenced by the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.

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more than just what’s based on their appearance.”

Positioned slightly above the quote tattoo, near his elbow, is another tattoo taken straight out of the film: it’s the image of a sparrow flying in front of a sunset, and it’s an exact copy of the tattoo Jack Sparrow has on his own arm.

When it comes to movies, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films are among Gao’s favorites. The franchise, which was originally based off of a Walt Disney World theme park ride, is one of the highest grossing film series of all time.

The decision to permanently etch the quote and the sparrow onto his

arm, however, was not rashly made.

“The reason why you want a tattoo should not be just because it looks cool or is beautiful,” said Gao. “It’s something that you really want from the heart or inside…my tattoos push me forward to fulfill my achievements and goals.” emmichae@syr.edu

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Organization passes bill on elections SA also discussed potential name change at meeting

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Celebrate good times In celebration of the building’s 85th birthday, Hendricks Chapel employees offered various kinds of cake and punch to students and faculty in passing on the Quad in front of the building. The Chapel first opened its student services on Sept. 21, 1930. The building was a gift from Sen. Francis Hendricks, former Syracuse mayor and long-time Syracuse University trustee. frankie prijatel staff photographer

The Student Association passed a bill Monday that will restrain write-in candidates in future student elections with stricter guidelines.

Parliamentarian James Franco presented to the assembly the official version of the Election and Campaign Reformation Bill, which the assembly voted to pass at Monday night’s meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. The bill focuses on the “moral and ethical parts” of the campaign process, Franco said.

The crucial part of the bill, Franco said, is that write-in candidates will no longer be allowed to set up individual polling stations. Rather than being able to walk around with their laptops and have students vote for them there, for example, write-in candidates will be required to direct students to vote for them through MySlice.

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$15 minimum wage law Group aims to name provost by this winter effects unclear at SU

By Ali Linan asst. copy editor

A New York state law increasing minimum wage for fast-food workers may or may not apply to fast-food workers at Syracuse University.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an increase in the minimum wage on Sept.

10, the same day Acting State Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino signed an order designating a $15.00 per hour statewide minimum wage for fast-food workers — the level recommended by a State Department of Labor wage board over the summer, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office.

Under this new law, the minimum wage for fast-food restaurants will be raised to $15 from the current $8.75 by 2018 in New York City and will spread to the rest of the state by July 2021. In doing so, New York state will have the highest minimum wage in the country, according to the release.

The rate will increase by $1.50 a year in New York City and by $1 a year in the rest of the state until the minimum wage is $15 across the state. The mandatory rate increases will not be enforced until Dec. 31 this year.

“The state is currently working out details on how to administer these new requirements statewide, including how colleges and universities (like SU) should proceed,” said Keith Kobland, media manager for SU, in an email.

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Minimum wage will increase $1 per year starting in 2016 until 2021 when the minimum wage is $15.

The university is reviewing the new state minimum wage order for fast-food workers, but New York state is still working out details on how to administer the new wage see minimum

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By Rachel Sandler asst. news editor

Syracuse University hopes to have a permanent vice chancellor and provost in place by early 2016, the search committee announced Monday at an open forum.

About 20 members of the Syracuse University community attended the forum on in Hendricks Chapel to provide input on what qualifications the new vice chancellor and provost at the university should have.

The forum, which was hosted by the Vice Chancellor and Provost Search Committee, was led by committee chair, Charles Driscoll, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Five other members of the search committee joined him.

Driscoll presented a tentative timeline for the appointment of a permanent vice chancellor and pro-

vost. The committee hopes to name someone to the position by the winter of 2016, but will take more time if necessary, Driscoll said.

“We don’t want to be held to the timeline. We want to do a good job,” Driscoll said. “But I’m not going to compromise, and I think the committee would agree with me that we want to get the right person. We don’t want to do this twice, and if that takes a little bit longer then so be it.”

Rebecca Bostwick, program director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, said during the open comment period of the forum that the new vice chancellor and provost should have a progressive research portfolio.

“I’d like to see someone who’s had externally funded research as a faculty member,” Bostwick said. “I’d like to see someone who’s had experience as chair of a department and supporting see provost page 6

student association Student Association President Aysha Seedat discussed the progress of bringing a ride-hailing service, similar to Uber, to Syracuse at Monday night’s SA meeting.

UBER Seedat also updated the assembly on her progress in bringing an Uberlike service to Syracuse. Currently, Uber is illegal in New York, except for in New York City. However, Seedat said she is in the process of scheduling phone calls with student governments at the University of Rochester, the University at Albany and the University at Buffalo in hopes that they will join her in writing a joint proposal to make Uber legal in upstate New York.

Seedat added that she will be meeting soon with Elin Riggs, Syracuse’s director of Off-Campus and Commuter Services, to discuss the proposal.

“This is definitely something that I know a lot of students would really appreciate,” Seedat said. mdburk01@syr.edu

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Selena Gomez lacks individuality, charisma in pop music industry

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n a world where there are countless blogs, music finding services and the ability to easily share songs, we have access to more music than ever before.

With this, pop artists have had to ensure they all have a distinct image and sound that sets them apart in the industry. But not all have succeeded.

Selena Gomez released her latest single “Same Old Love” and much like “Good For You,” the first single from her upcoming album, “Revival,” it’s not particularly bad. But it’s not particularly good either. If there’s one word you can describe Gomez with, it’s “nondescript,” and that’s something an artist can’t afford to be now if they want long-lasting success.

Where many contemporary pop artists have a distinct identity both in their music and public image, there is nothing singular about Selena Gomez.

She’s not clever like Taylor Swift, not

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artsy like Lorde and not sexually mature like Tove Lo. You’ve heard of those celebrities who are “famous for nothing,” but Gomez is “famous as nothing.”

A pop star can be loved or hated, but they have to be known first. Even older generations who might not listen to people like Iggy Azalea or Nicki Minaj know the names and can conjure up a rough idea of their music. But for Gomez, what exactly is there to picture?

She has tried to remedy this recently, but has only hurt herself more. It’s clear almost as soon as it starts that “Good For You” is ripping off a much more original pop star: Lana Del Rey. Everything from the crooning vocals to the lyrics about giving yourself completely to

man to featuring a guest rap by A$AP Rocky, who first gained public attention for appearing as a black John F. Kennedy in the music video for Del Rey’s “National Anthem” makes this connection clear.

Now, with “Same Old Love,” she’s ripped off Charli XCX just as much. It clearly takes from her retro synths, repetitive beats and penetrating simple lyrics as well as mimicking her vocal style even down to aping her famous “OH”’s.

Pop music used to be derided for being safe, but now that’s the only thing it can’t be.

Perhaps the biggest contrast to Gomez is in her fellow former Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus.

Whenever there is some new idea on the public radar, whether it be something as miniscule as twerking or as momentous as transgender rights, she is right there on the frontlines incorporating it into her public identity.

Cyrus is someone who is always proactive

in her image, not reactive. Ironically, she probably accomplishes this with the backing of a PR department that invests as much into that as some music team does for Selena Gomez.

This is crucial because the musicians from the past who have survived changing trends have had to alter their images along with their music like David Bowie, Snoop Dogg and Prince, whose chart-topping album “Art Official Age” has a song inspired by a meme about him.

These are the artists a pop star like Gomez needs to learn from. Commercial success is often fleeting. Only those artists who learn to adapt manage to stay in public consciousness.

Mark DiBona is a senior television, radio and film major.

His column appears weekly.

He can be reached at mdibona@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @NoPartyNoDisco.

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PAC restructuring contributes to culture of ‘big money politics’

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t looks like the Democratic Party’s fundraisers have decided to take off the kid gloves.

That was the conclusion pundits made this week when news broke that several lawyers employed by law firm Perkins Coie had sent documents in an “emergency request” to the Federal Election Commission. The firm represents the party’s congressional campaign committees, as well as the Clinton campaign and one of its allied PACs. These documents, which ask for legal clarification on a number of questions related to campaign finance and super PACs, may illuminate a changing near-future for the party.

Once these questions are answered, plans to beef up the Democratic Party’s campaign funding infrastructure will assumedly move forward. This will give congressional Democratic candidates access to more super political action committee money than the

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party had previously allowed, and will push its position into cash-bloated campaign culture.

Hillary Clinton, whose campaign is represented by the election firm that filed the requests, stands to receive the biggest boosts from political action committee money to edge out her competitors for the Democratic primaries and, if she wins, the general election in 2016.

These changes represent a pivotal moment for the Democrats’ collective stance on big money in politics—a message that since this often-cursed era is here to stay it’s time to accept it.

Many Democrats have seemed to enjoy a moral high ground on this issue, as fictitious as their credibility may have been. When talking

about the increasingly shady webs of funds of the political landscape, some Democrats have portrayed their Republican foes as sellouts.

While it’s undeniable that Republican use of super political action committees has been more visible in the past few years since the Citizens United court decision monetized speech, Democrats won’t be able to take the same populist tack once they’re receiving the same kind of support.

This is, after all, an age of skyrocketing campaign costs that keeps incumbents and challengers alike constantly fundraising to keep the airwaves clogged by political ads every election season. To not play the game and risk invisibility is career suicide.

What we’re seeing here is another official stamp of approval for a lurching, bipartisan dance toward bloated campaign culture.

Some candidates, such as the tentative liberal favorite Bernie Sanders and Harvard

law professor Lawrence Lessig, have made reforming campaign finance a central focus of their platforms, advocating for publicly financed campaigns. They’ve condemned the immoral state of American political campaign culture, even as the party follows a larger natural pattern.

As an occasional idealist when it comes to politics, I see this shift away from principle as a foreboding sign. I’ve heard people say in conversations on the topic, “It’s not a moral thing anymore.” Excessive amounts of money in politics have become par for the course to the Democratic leadership.

As our parties prepare to clash again for political control of the country, it becomes clearer: This is how business is done now.

Thomas Beckley-Forest is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major.

His column appears weekly. He can be reached at tjbeckle@syr.edu.

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SU should create basic ‘Kiss Cam’ rules The Carrier Dome’s decision to indefinitely halt the use of its “Kiss Cam” is an important opportunity to review and improve how the promotion is used during future games.

The “Kiss Cam” was not used during Saturday’s game between the Orange and Central Michigan following a Letter to the Editor published Friday on Syracuse.com. The author of the letter argued that in some instances shown this season, the woman on screen clearly didn’t want to participate, but was kissed anyway by the man in the frame. Both the instances highlighted in the letter involved students, the author said.

Through those actions, the camera promotes unacceptable

behavior at a time when sexual assault is prevalent, particularly on college campuses, the author said.

It is in poor judgment on behalf of camera operators to direct the “Kiss Cam” at the student section, but it should not be banned completely. With some basic rules and common sense, these incidents can be avoided moving forward.

“We are taking the time to assess the concerns expressed in the letter to the editor,” Sue Edson, executive senior associate athletics director for communications, said in an email.

To avoid uncomfortable situations in the future, the “Kiss Cam” should never be used on the student section

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when operators are looking for a couple to feature, as doing so creates chance for risk on multiple levels.

The university should also review its policies to ensure these situations do not happen again and should be open to suggestions and feedback from the Syracuse community.

“Kiss Cams” are considered a tradition in stadiums across the country, but it is common for issues to arise depending on how it is used.

To ban the “Kiss Cam” entirely would be too reactionary by the university, but SU Athletics should use this time to have a necessary conversation about the “Kiss Cam” and how it can be maintained as a staple of home games in a responsible way.

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Facebook’s ‘dislike’ button promotes understanding, not negativity During a recent Q&A session, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that a “dislike” button is under development.

Critics have pounced, claws out, at the news. The consensus? Zuckerberg is about to ruin everything.

Headlines call the button-to-be a “total disaster.”

Stories frame it as an “error in judgment” and blast it as a “comeback for negative thinking.” Brace for impact, everyone. This is a big, bad button.

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are overreacting again, completely missing Zuckerberg’s point. Despite the implications of its name, the “dislike” feature is not about anti-liking.

Its purpose, rather, is to allow users to express a broader range of emotional responses online. Though counterintuitive, the “dislike” button would likely promote positivity,

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though we would never think that from its name.

It is not hard to understand why people would assume this feature to be bad news.

Critics fear, reasonably, that the option will toxify relationships, stimulate drama or serve as a new weapon for cyberbullies. After all, more negativity in an already-cynical cyberspace is the last thing anyone needs.

Just last year, even the young Facebook CEO himself was not convinced. He initially rejected the idea of a “dislike” button too, stating that negativity had no social value to the community.

Despite his 180-degree flip on the button debate, Zuckerberg continues to be fully opposed to furthering a negative environment online. He does not wish to make the website into a forum for users to rate each other’s posts, like Reddit or YouTube.

In fact, he is actively committed to promoting positivity.

Zuckerberg is optimistic about the effects of the button and is confident in its capacity to do good.

After years of user feedback, the 31-year-old is beginning to understand why users want to express something other than a thumbs-up, and that their motivations are not with bad intention.

“People aren’t looking for an ability to downvote other people’s posts.

What they really want is to be able to express empathy, and not every moment is a good moment,” he said in his announcement of the feature.

In other words, users want a “dislike” option to convey positivity and support.

When a friend announces unemployment, illness or heartbreak via Facebook, followers want to convey compassion. In these cases, throwing a “like” feels inappropriate and inadequate. Instead, we want to say:

“I dislike that this is happening to you.”

At its core, the “dislike” button has nothing to do with negativity.

In the future, buttons to express sympathy, encouragement or even anger could help users communicate more effectively, allowing them to be less restricted in conveying their emotions.

This misunderstanding is at the root of media backlash. Facebook should rethink what it calls its feature to uphold intent, provide clarity and diminish room for misuse.

Negativity was never the name of the game, and the “dislike” button might be exactly what Facebook users need to increase the amount of positivity in our newsfeeds.

Alison Gala is a senior public relations major and Spanish minor. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at aegala@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @alison_gala.

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education grant the upstate New York area, but also from potential students all over the United States, Myers said.

“This kind of higher education experience is accessible to people in a way it has never been before,” she said.

In order to graduate in the certificate program offered by InclusiveU, students must take five classes from University College in a certain area of study, Myers said. The students will also graduate with employment and internship experience.

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center is bringing students with disabilities opportunities to be a part of higher education, said Heather Waters,

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policy requests, which used to be done in writing. She added that the number of students and number of requests fluctuate each year.

Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah were the most requested religious observances for this semester, Costello Staniec said.

Yom Kippur starts the night of Tuesday, Sept. 22 this year and ends the following night, meaning the holiday is observed while class is in session. Rosh Hashanah started the night of Sunday, Sept. 13 and ended the night of Tuesday, Sept. 15, so part of the holiday was observed during classes.

Juice Jam, an annual music festival at SU, fell on the start of Rosh Hashanah this year, something University Union — the organization that runs the event — said it couldn’t avoid. In 2013 and 2014, an SU football game

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minimum wage requirements, Kobland added.

The policy affects fast-food workers and SU has various fast-food locations across campus, including a Dunkin’ Donuts in the Schine Student Center and a Burger King in the Goldstein Student Center.

Jeffrey Kubik, an associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said he believes SU won’t be affected by the policy in a direct way.

“They’re not covered by the rules,” Kubik said, referring to the university, which is private.

University Professor Carl Schramm agrees.

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provost other faculty in their research and if at all possible, someone who has been a dean and understands the challenges of research from that perspective.”

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“It’s trying to put some kind of parameters on their campaigns,” Franco said.

The bill does not limit some aspects of running as a non write-in candidate, such as how much money a candidate can spend on their campaign.

If a write-in candidate were to commit five proven violations of the bill, votes for that candidate would no longer count. Franco said SA settled on five violations because votes for a non-write-in

assistant dean for advancement at the School of Education. Waters added that this makes the university better, not just the individual.

“People are waking up to the idea that it’s not that (people with disabilities) aren’t able to do anything, they are just different and they have a lot to offer,” she said.

Twelve students are accepted into the fouryear program in InclusiveU each year. Last year was the pilot year for the program, Joanna Masingila, dean of the School of Education, said.

Terry Brown, executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and graduate students in Whitman created the business plan that outlined the next phase of growth of InclusiveU and what it would cost, said Masingila.

After Brown and the graduate students finished the plan last semester, Masingila met with Chancellor Kent Syverud and briefed him on the plan. She said the chancellor was the one who asked for the donation from the Taishoff Family Foundation.

In a meeting with officials from the School of Education and the Office of Residence Life on Sept. 16, a working group was created to discuss how students in InclusiveU will live in residence halls by 2017, Masingila said.

Members of the working group will be chosen by mid-October by members of the Office of Residence Life and the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center.

One other aspect of InclusiveU that the gift will fund is Project SEARCH — an internship program that places students at sites where

they are interested in working. With the plan of starting the internship program in the spring 2016 semester, the School of Education hired a new employee to direct the program.

The Peer-to-Peer Project, a program designed to pair SU matriculated students with non-matriculated students with disabilities, is another part of InclusiveU. The program, which currently has the largest group of members since it began, will be funded entirely with the gift money.

Asia Walker, a former peer partner in the Peerto-Peer Project, said having good friends was the best part of being in the program last year.

“I just like having nice people around — to get friendship,” Walker said.

fell on Yom Kippur.

Brian Small, the executive director of Hillel at SU, said in an email that he’s not surprised Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were the two most requested observances this fall.

Small said that while there is no chance for Christian holidays such as Christmas and

Easter to take place on an academic day, Jewish holidays are floating holidays and run on a lunar calendar with “no regard for the academic calendar or the day of the week.”

“Thus, based on our numbers on campus and the complexity of our calendar, it makes sense that Jewish holidays would be among the two most requested,” he said.

Small added that the physical constraints of fasting on Yom Kippur make students “have” to take time off.

There are about 2,500 undergraduate Jewish students at SU and another 500 graduate students, according to Hillel’s best estimates, Small said.

Small said that while SU’s policy for online registration is a “a sincere effort to ensure that all students, not just Jewish students, can worship and be full participants in their faith’s traditions,” the policy is “no substitute” for the days off SU used to provide.

The university used to have Rosh Hashanah; Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday; and Good Friday, a Christian holiday, off.

“Students that utilize the Religious Observance form feel immense pressure to skip their academic obligations to participate in religious holidays,” Small said. “Academic classes continue on without our students and they frequently miss important content covered in their absence.”

He added that students often feel pressure from peers and professors to attend class and not take the time off and that some students hesitate from filling out the request because “they feel like they are being unfairly asked to reveal personal aspects of their religious life.”

“While I encourage everyone to use the system and recognize it as our best viable option right now, it could still use some work,” Small said.

“The government has a marvelous way of exempting itself from something like this,” Schramm said, since most students who work in Food Services are funded through federal work-study, he added.

Schramm instead said he believes the state should be more concerned with the effects the policy will have on the economy of the state.

In addition to targeting fast-food restaurants, Cuomo is working toward an “all-industry minimum wage increase,” according to the release.

“Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour will bring fairness to 2.2 million working New Yorkers,” Cuomo said in his announcement.

In order to accomplish this goal, the state

“will phase in the wage so businesses can plan accordingly,” Cuomo said.

“We have heard and we reject the political argument that has been made that raising the minimum wage will cost jobs — we believe the exact opposite,” he said.

Schramm added the increase in minimum wage is building a fence that will keep new businesses out of New York. Increased minimum wage will stifle job growth because companies will not be willing to move their businesses to the state due to the high taxes in different forms, he said.

“The goal should not be to mandate a minimum wage; the goal should be to have an

economy that is growing so quickly, where there is a tight labor market so that employers are bidding up wages,” Schramm said.

If companies have to raise minimum wage, they will raise their prices, Schramm said, and it is not an issue of whether companies can pay for the increased wage, but if citizens can pay the higher prices for goods.

While the policy brings a possibility of job loss, Kubik said it is difficult to say in the future how many people will be affected.

“Minimum wage only affects a very small, certain type of employee, but there will always be winners and losers,” he added.

The other faculty members at the forum reiterated Bostwick’s point and called for the new vice chancellor and provost to emphasize research.

“We need to increase the academic research infrastructure. It’s not feasible to improve our research unless we have increases in all sorts of our

research infrastructure,” said Warren Scott, interim associate dean for research and scholarship.

Liz Liddy, the former dean of the School of Information Studies, is currently interim vice chancellor and provost. She was appointed to the position by Chancellor Kent Syverud in January 2015.

Eric Spina previously held the position for eight years. He stepped down in December 2014 and was recently appointed president of Dayton University.

Another open forum will be held on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in Hendricks.

candidate also don’t count after the candidate commits a fifth proven violation. Franco said the violations will generally need to be reported to the Board of Elections and Membership.

The assembly also discussed the possibility of changing SA’s name so that it includes the word “government.” External public relations chair Jack McCormack listed “Student Government,” “Student Government Association” and “Student Association Government” as potential name change proposals.

McCormack said the purpose of changing

the name would be to make the organization’s role on campus more clear.

“It would just instantly allow our student body to know exactly what it is that we do,” McCormack said. “Because a lot of people don’t know what Student Association is.”

However, McCormack said the assembly wouldn’t be able to vote on a proposed name change until April 2016, adding that it would be “at least somewhat of a process.” He said the other option would be to add a tagline to SA’s name, which would be something along

the lines of “your official student government,” similar to University Union’s tagline of “the official programming board of Syracuse University.”

In February, the 58th session of SA voted to change the organization’s name to Student Government Association, but then-President Boris Gresely called for reconsideration and, at the next week’s meeting, the assembly revoted and reversed its decision, meaning the name stayed the same.

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By Satoshi Sugiyama staff writer

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rench satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is generating controversy after it published in its Sept. 9 issue a series of caricatures depicting the three-year-old boy who washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach to criticize the European Union’s response to the unfolding migrant crisis.

The Daily Orange spoke to Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech and an associate professor of newspaper and online journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Bill Jasso, a professor of practice in public relations at Newhouse, about the legitimacy of the magazine’s decision to publish the cartoons.

The Daily Orange: What was your feeling when you saw the cartoons?

Roy Gutterman: I saw the cartoon and it was a statement. It was a very bold statement about the very dramatic, emotional situation…I don’t think the cartoon mocks migrants. I think the targets of the commentary are Western European govern-

Professors discuss the publication of Charlie Hebdo caricatures mocking response to migration crisis ments. I don’t see that as an attack on any individual faith or nationality or ethnicity.

Bill Jasso: We seem to be breeding an environment of meanness. It’s okay to be mean and nasty in these days all in the name of freedom of speech…I appreciate the satire. I guess I am just not an aficionado of cheap satire. I enjoy intelligence over meanness. Being mean is easy. Satirizing intelligently is hard work. These guys took the easy way out.

The D.O.: The original picture of the dead boy generated a lot of attention to the ongoing migration crisis in Europe. Meanwhile the caricatures were intended to criticize EU’s response to the problem. What differentiates between the photograph and those cartoons?

R.G.: The picture tells the story as the way it is. There is nothing but image and that’s what the news photography does.

The caricature and the cartoon make a comment on the tragic photo and it makes a very dramatic satirical commentary on the tragic situation.

B.J.: Photography has had a long history in mobilizing and galvanizing people in this country and around the world. Cartoons are different. Cartoons are cheap shots.

The D.O.: Why do you think Charlie Hebdo is continuing to publish cartoons like those knowing that the publication stirs up controversy?

R.G.: It has gotten a long history of publishing satirical and offensive content. That’s what its role is. And it says things about contemporary issues in ways that offend a lot of people but they say things that nobody else can say and it serves an important role.

B.J.: Because that’s the only way they can gather attention. I believe that Charlie Hebdo would yell fire in a room full of burned victims just because they can. That does not make it right.

The D.O.: In the aftermath of the terrorist attack against the magazine in January, people chanted the slogan “Je Suis Charlie (I am Charlie)” in support of freedom of expression. Do you think there is any sense of hypocrisy among the public when it comes to whom to satirize?

R.G.: I mean, it raises the question of who’s making the decision and who’s being offended because when it offends one person it’s not necessarily going to offend somebody else, and if there is content you don’t like or it offends you, don’t view it.

B.J.: Do I defend atrocities committed to the staff of Charlie Hebdo? Terrorists? Absolutely and positively not. Nothing, nothing justifies that kind of activity. Charlie Hebdo could not have been surprised by that attack.

The D.O.: What do you make of this entire incident from your First Amendment and communication law background?

R.G.: This is an example of why in the United States we have the First Amendment. There have been some cases that went all the way up to the Supreme Court that defended the right to satirize. ssugiyam@syr.edu

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In rhythm

Dance studio founder brings enthusiasm to Syracuse area

BIBOTI OUIKAHILO traveled the globe with the Ivory Coast National Dance Company, touring countries such as Morocco, Germany, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Kenya and Mexico before settling in Syracuse. The chance to share his culture with the community drew him to the city. daniel hinton contributing photographer

By Alex Erdekian asst. feature editor

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acheva means unity.

This word, translated from a language of West Africa’s Ivory Coast, is the value Biboti Ouikahilo strives to embody. Ouikahilo is the founder, executive and artistic director of Wacheva Cultural Arts, which offers classes in a wide variety of dance styles under the same roof, including African dance, cardio salsa and flamenco.

Across from Recess Coffee in the Westcott neighborhood, Wacheva is

tucked away on Harvard Place. Peek into its dance studio on a Saturday after 1 p.m., and Ouikahilo will be demonstrating moves to his dance class.

No music is playing, unless you count the rhythms Ouikahilo chants out in time with the moves. Dressed in patterned blue and yellow garbs with pictures of drinks on them, he shouts out to the beat “a one, two, three, four, baba-baba-baba-babah!”

After he finishes demonstrating, he translates the sounds he was formerly chanting into music on African drums, and his students dance, thumping loudly on the ground in unison, jumping from

side to side, and emulating a drumming motion with their arms. The studio,

He’s very good at getting students involved and trying it...

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lined with pictures of Wacheva performances over the years, vibrates with the

energy of drumming, Ouikahilo’s yelling and the dancers’ powerful motions.

On any given day, though, Ouikahilo might take his moves from the studio to the stage. Wacheva performed at the Westcott Street Cultural Fair on Sept. 20 and will be performing at Syracuse University from 8–10 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium Sept. 22.

The performance at SU will be a workshop for Sydney Hutchinson’s 100-person HOM 195: “Performance Live” class, but any student can attend, free of charge. Hutchinson is an assistant professor in music history and culture see biboti page 10

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Class-assigned social media detox proves to be beneficial, worthwhile

I

used to be the queen of Snapchat.

Yes, I understand that this is a bold statement and I know it’s probably not the world’s most lavish claim to fame, but ask any of my friends, they will back me on this one.

During the second semester of my freshman year of college, I was well-known for my excessively long Snap stories not only documenting the meaningless tasks of my life but also full-on, scripted sagas posted in

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10-second intervals. It escalated to the point where I had over 200 people viewing the stories and was wasting an unhealthy amount of time filming my life.

One day, as I sat and watched a 150-second

Snap story from the night before, I became disgusted with myself. I had wasted the entire night Snapping when I should have been enjoying my time with my friends.

I needed an intervention.

“Alex, you’re not Kylie Jenner,” I lectured myself. “Nobody wants to watch every damn minute of your life. Put the phone down.”

Cue my first social media detox. I erased Snapchat and other social applications off of

my phone and attempted to — apologies for the cliché — live in the present.

It didn’t last very long.

The only positive ramification that came out that experience was that I made a new Snapchat that had significantly less friends and I began to Snap far less — which was honestly still more than most people.

So, when my IST 486: “Social Media in the

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biboti and a member of the Wacheva board.

“He’s very good at getting students involved and trying it even if they think they’re not the type of person who wants to get up and try it,” Hutchinson said.

Ouikahilo was born in the Sinfra Progouri West region of the Ivory Coast. His dance background is extensive — it includes time with the highly acclaimed Ivory Coast National Dance Company, drumming on the Jimmy Buffett Summer Tour and teaching at Djoniba Dance and Drum Centre in New York City.

Before he moved to Syracuse in 2003, Ouikahilo toured the globe with the Ivory Coast National Dance Company, performing in countries such as Morocco, Germany, Belgium, England, Yugoslavia, Kenya, and Mexico.

Ouikahilo said he wasn’t planning on moving to Syracuse, but when he traveled here to perform with his dance group on an icy day in

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archambault Enterprise” professor told us that our first large project this year would be a three-day long “social media detox,” I was wary. I had already tried this sort of experiment and failed.

Nonetheless, I decided to give this go around my best shot. And despite caving a few times, I actually did much better with the detox this time. As expected, I was — wait for it — remarkably more efficient with my time and was even able to snag a little extra sleep.

I think we can all agree that, while social

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February 2003, something struck a chord.

“I say to my colleagues, ‘I think I’m going to move here.’ They say, ‘Oh you’re crazy,’” Ouikahilo said. “They call it a village, not like New York City.

‘You, you’re going to come to the village, Biboti?

Really?’ I say, ‘I don’t know; I think I like it here.’”

It was when the group visited the Northside that Ouikahilo really liked what he saw and felt in Syracuse. He said he liked the quietness of the city.

“I saw people who sit down together — black, white, different colors and I thought, ‘Wow, I like it here,’” Ouikahilo said. “That attracted me a lot, so I thought, OK maybe I move here, and I’ll be able to share what I’m doing. People can come

to listen, you know. That was one of my goals.”

Another aspect that drew Ouikahilo to Syracuse was the university. He enjoys performing for and working with college students because of their innate curiosity and tendency to ask questions. He’s performed at SU more times than he can remember since relocating to Syracuse.

Hanna Gold, a student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, is one of Ouikahilo’s students. She’s also vice president of the Orange Pulse Dance Troupe at SU. She’s been involved in African dance since she was a child living in San Francisco and her mom took her to classes.

After she moved to Syracuse, with Wacheva just down the street from her home, signing up for classes was a no-brainer, she said.

“He’ll explain what the moves are and why you’re doing them. I like how passionate he is. I love his voice — his grunting?” Gold said with a laugh. “I don’t know what you call it.”

Hutchinson continues to bring Wacheva’s work-

shops to her classes because she said she believes the cultural education they offer is invaluable.

The workshops also serve as a great introduction to Wacheva’s classes — which she said create a powerful link between the too-often disjointed SU campus and Syracuse as a city.

“I think Wacheva is really important because it serves a need in our community that is not being met through any other organization in terms of multicultural music and dance education,” Hutchinson said. “I think that’s really valuable, especially in our community where there’s been a lot of cultural barriers in Syracuse that are hard to overcome.”

By the end of his class, the girls are red-faced, sweaty and out of breath. He asks if they want water, and they groan a resounding “yes,” all together.

During their break, they go over the combinations together, talking and laughing. It doesn’t last long though — soon enough Ouikahilo yells out, “from the top!” And with a burst of energy, they rehearse the dance a final time.

media is great, without it, many of us would be more productive.

Just looking at the project-required log of my usual social media usage, I tend to start an assignment and, within 5 minutes, stop to reload my Instagram feed or see if anyone has posted a new Snap story. It has become a part of my routine.

I decided that the best way for me to flourish in this detox would be erasing all of the platforms off of my phone. During the first day I found my thumb consistently twitching to hit the part of my iPhone screen where my Snapchat app once lived.

I was so used to instinctively Snapping my

roommate pointless pictures of my whereabouts that not doing so felt unnatural. But, as I settled into not constantly grabbing at my phone, I began to find myself focusing on assignments for 15 or 20 minutes at a time, and while this doesn’t seem extensive, for me it was huge. I was finishing my homework before 2 a.m. and the products were far superior.

I was also no longer laying in bed aimlessly bouncing from application to application until I couldn’t physically hold my eyes open.

Since there were no apps on my phone, there was no need to bring my phone into my bed.

The result: Sleep was almost instantaneous.

While I do think social media is a glorious thing, it’s not acceptable for it to affect my sleep and my health. So even though I’ve re-downloaded Snapchat, Instagram and the Facebook Messenger application, for now I’ll keep my Twitter and Facebook use limited to my computer.

Social media shouldn’t be able to take stronghold of your life.

It should be used to enhance your exposure to the world but not hinder you from living.

if you go WHAT: Biboti Ouikahilo and Wacheva Performance Live workshop WHERE: Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College WHEN: Sept. 22, 8–10 p.m.

HOW MUCH: Free

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Alex Archambault is a sophomore newspaper and online journalism major. You can email her at ararcham@syr.edu or follow her @Alex_And_Raa on Twitter.

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ALL THAT POWER Kanye West’s New York Fashion Week show styles translated from runway to SU students’ closests

By Alexis McDonell staff writer

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fter only a three-day announcement, Kanye West broke the fashion world Wednesday with his show at New York Fashion Week. Designers had already planned their shows and then rescheduled due to the anticipation of a high celeb draw for Kanye’s.

And the celebrities did he draw.

Everyone from Drake to the whole Kardashian clan to Anna Wintour came to the show. Not to mention, if you couldn’t make it to New York for fashion week, Kanye had his show streaming at movie theaters across the nation.

The show received mixed reviews, but Kanye’s vision was clear: nudes, spandex and militarization. Here’s how you can implement some of Yeezy’s line into your wardrobe.

Chunky boots Chunky sandals were a huge hit this summer, and now the trend is continuing with boots for the colder weather. Bring out the Sorels and Timberlands (and even those boots that you only wear when doing yard work) because they are here to stay; the chunkier the better. Kanye is continuing the trend of function over fashion (or I guess you could say turning function into fashion) while also bringing back the military look with some combat boots. It’s all about keeping your feet super comfortable while maintaining an army-like appearance.

One-color outfits

Lots of Layers

Wearing an outfit that is all one color is something that can be extremely daunting. You don’t want to look like a giant blob of grey or like you have no shape. But wearing an outfit with a single color can also be a very streamlined and sophisticated look.

By keeping it to one color, you can experiment more with textures and silhouettes without making the outfit look too complex or busy. You can also choose to wear all garments of one color and then wear it with an accessory that really pops – a cool patterned shoe or a hat.

Layering clothes has always been a popular technique, but Kanye took it to a new level. He really experimented with the lengths and fit of each of the garments he put together in each look. Some garments had hemlines very close to another, and others had hemlines that were more than a foot apart. He really is saying that you should experiment with layering – just because two pieces may not seem like they should go together, doesn’t mean they won’t. Kanye proved that you can wear a full outfit with a jacket and still tie another sweatshirt around your waist and have it look OK.

Bomber jackets

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you can have it be as loose or tight as you want. Bomber jackets also come in a wide variety of colors, so you’ll have multiple tones to choose from when deciding which will fit best into your wardrobe.

The utilitarian, military-esque bomber jacket is an essential item for any closet. It’s an item that is extremely versatile and can easily add a little edge to any outfit. Not to mention they can keep you warm as the temperatures drop.

Kanye added a little twist by belting one of the jackets and having a few with extra long sleeves. This just goes to show that you can experiment with the length and fit of the jacket —

Kanye brought a lot of elements that are easily wearable and very fashionable into his new collections. And what’s great about his two collections is that none of his garments are overly complex or avant-garde.

Never be afraid to try new things with fashion. Here’s to looking forward to Yeezy 3.0. admcdone@syr.edu

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Syracuse football primer: What to know ahead of LSU game

By Sam Blum

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Riley Dixon was one of the bright spots in what was an up-and-down game on Saturday. He had five punts for 252 yards. He won the Ray Guy Award for Player of the Week, awarded to the nation’s best punter each week. During a second half when Syracuse struggled to move the ball down the field, his powerful kicking helped bail the Orange’s offense out.

After the game, SU linebacker and captain Zaire Franklin said that Dixon was the most valuable player on the team. His longest punt of the day traveled 60 yards, while logging an average of 50.4 yards per kick.

Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) will face No. 8 Louisiana State (2-0, 1-0 Southeastern) in Week 4 looking to continue its perfect start in the win column this season. The game will take place on Saturday at noon in the Carrier Dome and will be broadcast on ESPN. Here’s everything you need to know about SU’s third nonconference game of the season.

Searching for answers It’s not 100 percent clear if Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey will be available on Saturday after suffering a hit to the head in the first half of Syracuse’s 30-27 overtime win over Central Michigan. Scott Shafer said in his weekly cuse. com video that the freshman will probably be doubtful, but he’s still listed as the starter on the Week 4 depth chart.

Austin Wilson and Zack Mahoney split time in the second half, with the latter leading the game-winning drive in overtime.

Mahoney, referred to almost exclusively as “The Officer” by coaches and teammates, came into the season as the fifth-string quarterback behind Terrel Hunt, Dungey, Wilson and AJ Long. Now he might find himself as the starter in Week 4 against the No. 8 team in the country.

Injury Report • Dungey will “probably be doubtful,” according to Shafer.

• Wide receiver Steve Ishmael was held out of the second half on Saturday. His status for the LSU game is unclear.

• Tight end Josh Parris and center Rob Trudo were hurt in SU’s win over Wake Forest.

Neither appeared in the game on Saturday, but Trudo was warming up pregame with Long and Parris was dressed on the sideline.

• Ervin Philips won’t be available for Syracuse’s game against LSU. But if he follows Scott Shafer’s 3-4 week timeline, he’d be available for Syracuse’s next game against South Florida on Oct. 10. sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3

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Bennie continues to improve for Syracuse after 1st win

By Matthew Feldman contributing writer

Destiny USA

Colin Bennie’s entire college career has followed the mantra of start humble and build from there.

After his redshirt freshman year, Bennie is in his second year of competition for the Orange. He won his first collegiate race at Penn State’s Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on Sept. 11, and has gradually progressed since first arriving on campus.

Bennie was the 2012 Massachusetts outdoor state champion in the 3200m, and had a decorated high school career. Moving from high school to college is a challenging adjustment, even for elite runners.

“It’s definitely a big jump from high school to college running,” Bennie said, “Most high school races are 5k, and in college they are 8k or 10k.”

The jump is one of the reasons SU head coach Chris Fox redshirted Bennie and a majority of the freshmen. According to Fox, most freshmen just aren’t good enough to contribute at the collegiate level.

“No matter how good (the freshmen) were in high school, they can’t make the top seven,” Fox said.

SU takes its top seven to regionals and nationals.

Fox made the decision to redshirt him, and Bennie agrees that it was the right choice. He said that having a year off of competition helped him get stronger and more competitive, assets he wouldn’t have picked up anywhere else.

To build strength, Fox puts his runners through long tempos – hard workouts between six and eight miles. His ultimate goal is to make the team, especially the freshmen, more ready to compete. “(The freshmen) are just too young to be really effective,” Fox said. “Like an offensive lineman in football, you want them to get bigger and stronger.”

As Bennie trained his body up to the collegiate level, he knew he had to make a few lifestyle adjustments as well. He made sure he was getting to bed on time and eating the right foods, and his training started to pick up as well.

He dropped almost a minute on his time from the 2014 Spiked Shoe Invitational, and is consistently running faster than his times from last season. Bennie is currently SU’s No. 4 or 5 runner, and Fox has seen the improvement first hand.

“He went from not being very good as a freshman his first semester, to being OK in outdoor track,” Fox said, “He was pretty decent last year in cross country.”

Bennie is starting to come into his own, and coming off of this win at the Spiked Shoe Invitational, could make a bigger statement as the season progresses.

“He’s a pretty serious guy, a pretty serious athlete, a pretty serious student, and he does things very professionally,” Fox said. “I want to see him be in the top five or six at the ACC championships, and I’d love to see him make All-American at nationals.” mjfel100@syr.edu

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russell gains,” Bradley said.

Though Bradley meant it in the context of Russell’s training — getting up at 5 a.m. during winter for early training and staying in the night before games — it followed the trajectory of her willingness to adapt to a new lifestyle.

Russell, who is shy at first, Bradley said, eased into club and country. She sings and dances randomly at practice. She plays pranks on teammates, once trying to convince goalkeeper Jess Jecko that she came to America to hide from pop star fame in China.

She once told teammates Liz Sack and Sarah Kerly that a highlight of them appeared on ESPN, but she was playing a practical joke. Instead, she showed a video of the two of them hitting each other while trying to make a tackle.

When Sack told Russell she made ESPN last year while they were sitting in a hotel for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Russell thought it was payback.

“She said, ‘No. I’m being serious,’” Russell recalled. “And then Ange told me. We watched it on the TV at the hotel. Honestly, I didn’t know what SportsCenter was.”

Russell emerged as a leader. She took charge on the field and supported her teammates off it. When Lies Lagerweij did not travel with the team because of injury in 2014, Russell texted Lagerweij to check on her.

“When there’s tension and I’m frustrated, she’s one to crack a joke,” forward Emma Lamison said. “Then I don’t feel as bad.”

Bradley named Russell a captain this fall.

I came in my first year and was like, ‘What? How can you call these people your family?’ I don’t think that could happen. emma russell | su forward

This year, Russell lives with Sack and Lagerweij. Manley lives a “two-second walk” away. Last Wednesday, Russell had class with Lagerweij, then the two went to Schine Student Center, sitting and eating for two hours.

Then the team practiced for four hours. Russell ate dinner in her apartment with Lagerweij, Sack, Manley and Zoe Wilson.

“Literally, when I’m sleeping is the only time I’m not spending with (my teammates),” Russell said. “I came in my first year and was like, ‘What? How can you call these people your family? I don’t think that could happen.’”

This season is Russell’s last for Syracuse.

She’s no longer the terrified 18-year-old girl who moved to America on a hope that she’d find what she wanted to do while playing field hockey.

This season, the Orange, for the first time since 2012, has a redheaded freshman from Ireland on the roster. Her name is Zoe Wilson.

Wilson and Russell talk about home often; mutual friends, comfort foods and what they’d do for a Sunday roast.

“Since freshman year, I’ve grown up a lot,” Russell said. “I was away from home, but…the two Irish girls on the team (my freshman year) helped me a lot.”

It’s been four years since she had that help. Now she’s trying to do the same. sjfortie@syr.edu

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2014-15: 18-6 6TH IN ACC ATLANTIC

FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEW FIELD HOCKEY

We didn’t let them dictate.

I think that was a really big part of it. Us deciding when to go for it and being patient and taking our space and just getting the ball on goal.

then and now

2014 (FINAL STARTING LINEUP) 12

F SACKS

F RUSSELL

5

30

M MANLEY

M NEARHOUSE

D PAGE

12

11

14

M DEGNAN

M HURFF

D ULBRICH

F DEGNAN

5

28 M GILLINGHAM

D WEERS

9 D LAGERWEIJ

G JECKO

G JECKO

She has an .800 winning percentage (14035), has led the team to seven consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (2008-current), and last season took the team to the program’s first NCAA tournament championship game. She likes to play fast, and she always has confidence in her team.

“You always got to think it’s your weekend, right,” Bradley said after a 1-0 loss in the 2014 NCAA Final to UConn. Bradley will look to lead Syracuse to the first-ver National Championship for a women’s sport at Syracuse.

D WILSON

7

Straight years of advancing to NCAA tournament play

52% Despite losing three of the team’s top-five scorers, the Orange returns more than half of SU’s offense from last season.

15

Syracuse allowed 15 goals to ACC opponents while scoring just 10 in the regular season.

key players

We need to regroup and kind of talk about what it means to wear this jersey.

I think, at times, we just get too frantic and we lose sight of the moment.

Emma Russell

su forward after losing a home regular season game for the first time in over five years.

prediction

big numbers

9TH YEAR AS SYRACUSE HEAD COACH

M HURFF

15

0

ange bradley he ad coach

syracuse defender after a victory over ball state which pushed syracuse to 6-0

14

M FENNE

0

spotlight

Jordan Page

F LAMISON

7

M MANLEY

16

4 D VISSER

10

11

F RUSSELL

F BROOKS

19

3

2015 STARTING LINEUP

10

24

they said it (last year)

PREDICTION:

14-3

Coming off a 1-0 loss in the national championship game, anything less than a deep playoff run would be disappointing for Syracuse.

Down the stretch, road trips to Louisville and Duke loom as part of a season-ending gauntlet which features three top-20 teams in Syracuse’s last five games. It’s a difficult schedule, but Syracuse has the firepower to trek back to the national championship.

— Compiled by beat writers Sam Fortier and Liam Sullivan

I think it was really important that we start out strong the first 10-15 minutes...(to) score the first goal was really important for our team.

Emma Russell

su forward after the ncaa quarterfinals

We wrote the last page of our history for the 2014 season and I think all of us would have a different ending, but we did make history.

Ange Bradley

head coach after the ncaa championship game.

JESS JECKO The third-year starter brings the Orange consistency and experience in net. She owns a 39-10 career record, tacking on seven wins in 2015 for undefeated Syracuse. Jecko has a career 1.37 goalsagainst average to go with nine shutouts, three of which came this season.

standings

EMMA RUSSELL Syracuse gets back its leader and 2014 leading scorer as Russell returns for her senior season. She has started all but four games since arriving on campus and this is her last chance to capture the NCAA title. The forward will have experience and firepower beside her and depth on the bench, so this season it’s up to Russell to steer her team in the right direction.

Syracuse finished second-to-last in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014, but still advanced to the national championship.

EMMA LAMISON The biggest question mark of the Orange’s 2015 season. The junior was the scoring leader for her Northeastern team in 2014 before transferring to Syracuse. The Liverpool, New York native has experience and pedigree — she was added to the U.S. U-21 roster with Hurff as well as being named a Second Team All-American.

key addition

zoe wilson midfielder CAPTAIN OF THE U18 IRISH NATIONAL TEAM

key losses

jordan page forward HERKIMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

5 Louisville / 3-3 / 15-6

1 Virginia / 4-2 / 12-8

3 Boston College / 3-3 / 13-7

6 Syracuse / 2-4 / 18-6

2 North Carolina / 4-2 / 19-4

4 Wake Forest / 3-3 / 14-7

7 Duke / 2-4 / 13-7

lauren brooks forward HERKIMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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men’s soccer

Kenny Lassiter grows into offensive weapon for Syracuse

By Chris Libonati asst. copy editor

Kenny Lassiter’s position switch was only supposed to last for a couple tournaments. At least that’s what his then-club coach told him.

“I just tried it out because my coach really wanted me to be a defender,” Lassiter said.

“So I was like, OK, I’ll just try it even though I didn’t like it, and I played decently.”

Syracuse’s coaching staff saw him in his defensive cameo and recruited him to play defense at SU. The problem was that it was only time he played as a defender in his career.

After being listed as a defender and redshirting in his first season at SU, Lassiter switched positions in the spring of his freshman year and now has found a role in the Orange’s offense.

His 6-foot-2, 180-pound frame ties him as the third-tallest and eighth-heaviest player, size SU’s forwards have rarely had in past seasons.

But Lassiter has just one goal on five shots and has started only one game. His frame holds potential, SU head coach Ian McIntyre said, but it’s just tough to see until he gets moving.

“He’s a potential enigma for this team,” McIntyre said. “When he turns it on, he can

be unplayable; he’s got that physical strength, that power and he’s adding more of a consistency this year.”

Lassiter is the only 6-foot-plus forward the Orange has had in the last two years. McIntyre joked that Lassiter looks even bigger standing next to forward Chris Nanco, almost like two of him.

Size is a quality mostly found in SU’s back line this season and in past years with players like Skylar Thomas, Oskar Sewerin and Alex Bono. Nanco, a fellow forward and also Lassiter’s roommate, said Emil Ekblom was the team’s biggest forward that would hold the ball for SU last season.

Ekblom stood just 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 170 pounds.

“He’s a presence to hold up the ball for us up top so other smaller forwards can run off of him,” Nanco said.

Although Lassiter hasn’t started much this season, that’s just one of the potential roles he could fill.

Losing three of its top five scoring options has put SU in a bind offensively this season.

The Orange has scored multiple goals just twice in six games this season. Four of its goals

KENNY LASSITER switched from a defender to a forward after his redshirt season at Syracuse. He has added size to SU’s forwards. david salanitri staff photographer

came in one game against UC Riverside.

Lassiter’s size makes him a potential target when SU is on the run and puts another option in the box on set pieces, one place the Orange lost some of its key options, like Thomas, after last season.

He’s just awkward, he’s bumbling, he looks like Bambi on ice sometimes …

It’s when that body gets in motion he’s a real handful.

Ian McIntyre su head coach

“If I can give him a little shove, get him off balance,” Lassiter said of how his size and speed help on set pieces, “or just like move

around and just get him out of the way so I can hopefully score a goal.”

But his potential and ability have only matched up and shown on the scoreboard once this season.

Lassiter pushed a backheel from Nanco forward and to his left before ripping a shot to the low, right side of the net from just a few yards out. Although Bucknell goalie Mike Lansing dove and got part his hand on the ball, the ball bounced and its backspin carried it into the net.

The forward has already played in more games this season than in the rest of his career and scored a goal, but his potential is still largely waiting to be fulfilled.

“He’s just awkward, he’s bumbling, he looks like Bambi on ice sometimes,” McIntyre said. “… It’s when that body gets in motion he’s a real handful.” cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

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SPORTS

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FALL SPORTS SEASON PREVIEW FIELD HOCKEY

LUCKY CHARM Following difficult adjustment in move from Ireland, Emma Russell shines in final season for Syracuse

By Sam Fortier asst. web editor

T

he night before Emma Russell came to America, she felt nervous.

The move from tiny Ireland to “massive” America and the leave from her family, which she’d never been away from for a long stretch before, was daunting to her.

She’d made the difficult decision to move partly because in Ireland, she’d have to choose her career sooner to attend university. In the States, she could take different classes and keep options open. She also wanted to play field hockey at the highest level.

“Still, I was terrified,” she said.

Since arriving at Syracuse, Russell has been prolific.

She’s started 68 of her 73 games, finished either first or second in goals scored in the past two seasons and led her team to the 2014 National Championship game. On Sunday at Yale, Russell set the Syracuse all-time scoring record with the 48th career goal.

But before adjusting to America, becoming the team’s leader and practical joker and making the SportsCenter Top 10, Russell was just a scared 18-year-old. Her parents had traveled to America to help her move in, but their comfort was only temporary.

“The first two days were definitely hard,” Russell said.

“When you’re coming in for the first time, preseason is hard. And you’re homesick. Stuff adds up.”

Russell found comfort in talking to Liz McInerney and Gillian Pinder, two Irish teammates on the field hockey team. She sat with head coach Ange Bradley and talked about the different phrases to use on the field.

Some girls referred to the team as a family, but Russell felt skeptical she could ever feel that way.

Russell eased into routine of preseason training camp. Three weeks later, classes started. By then, the 19 girls she’d been training with had become a support system. They showed Russell where to go for classes, studied and ate dinner together.

Russell scored her first-career goal 4:21 into her first-ever game. Eight days later, at home in her third collegiate game, Russell netted the overtime game-winner to beat North Carolina, then the No. 2 team in the nation.

“She’s willing to sacrifice short-term for the long-term

see russell page 13

kicking off For an extensive season preview of the field hockey team, flip inside for lineups, predictions and more.

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photo by logan reidsma photo editor

football

Scott Shafer: Eric Dungey is ‘probably doubtful’ for LSU game

By Sam Blum sports editor

Eric Dungey will “probably be doubtful” to play on Saturday against Louisiana State, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said in an interview with Cuse TV on Monday.

The true freshman quarterback

took a hit to the head in the second quarter of SU’s 30-27 overtime win on Saturday. Shafer said Dungey wanted to keep playing, but trainers said the team needed to be safe and take him out of the game. Now, it appears he will miss at least the Orange’s game against No. 8 LSU. “He’s doing good. I saw him today,

he’s up and about. He’s being himself,” Shafer told Cuse TV. “… Probably doubtful for Eric, obviously.”

Dungey had replaced the injured quarterback Terrel Hunt admirably. On Saturday, he had the best game of his short career, throwing for a touchdown and running for one more. In his absence, backup

quarterback Austin Wilson struggled and Zack Mahoney — a walk-on who was the fifth-string QB just two weeks prior — showed promise in limited time.

Shafer didn’t commit to a potential starter should Dungey be unavailable. He said they’ll look at Wilson, Mahoney and even AJ Long,

who Shafer said isn’t throwing “the way he’s capable of” since recovering from a hand injury this summer.

“We’re going to take all three of those guys and try to figure out where they’re at, see where Eric’s at,” Shafer said. “... We’ve just got to make the best decision for the team.” sblum@syr.edu | @SamBlum3