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In comparison to previous years, the 2016 Great New York State Fair was cleaner and had less trash on the grounds, according to workers and fair attendees.

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Citrus Racing designs and builds a race car from scratch before taking it to competition. Read about how they did at this year’s race and what their plans are for the future.

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S • The takeaways

After one game in the Dino Babers era, how much can legitimately be taken away after Syracuse throttled Colgate, an FCS team? Here’s what will translate in the future.

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DINO BABERS and Syracuse beat Colgate, 33-7, on Friday, beginning a new era for SU. Babers promised Syracuse fans a fast offense and a relentless defense in his introductory press conference and, at least for one game, he was able to keep that promise.

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tailgater cracked open her Syracuse notebook. “Syracuse Orange” was printed in italics on the front and a block “S” sat centered above the school’s name.

“New era, new journal,” she said, despite never having journaled an SU season before.

Her crew of tailgaters had Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ales — the label is orange — a tent and some chairs. Stinson was scrawled along the worn side of a chair’s arm. She happened upon the journal when she went to the store and realized she could chronicle Dino Babers’ first season in it.

Everything they eat, everything they see, everything they smell will be written in the new journal.

On Friday, that was a 33-7 Syracuse (1-0)

NEW ERA

SU football gets fresh start with Babers’ debut

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win over Colgate (0-1). The victory breathed life into a program that looked beaten down after last season. The feel of the win was different. The feel of the win was new.

Some things, of course, never change.

Students streamed out early. Fans only filled a little more than half the Carrier Dome. Tailgaters expressed hope for the season with the caveat of more hope they won’t be failed again.

And yet, the football on the field overcame that.

“As a fan, I’m hoping we get a win, and after that I hope it’s a lot of yardage,” said Dan Stinson, who tailgated in the Marion parking lot. “We just want to see what Dino (Babers) can do.” see new

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How filmmaker disinvitation resonated with SU community

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

At the annual Sundance Film Festival in January, Shimon Dotan was approached by William Blizek, a University of Nebraska Omaha professor.

Impressed by Dotan’s film “The Settlers,” which sheds light on the

history of Israeli settlements on the West Bank and the movement’s development, Blizek, a philosophy and history professor, wanted to screen the film at “The Place of Religion in Film,” an international conference to be hosted by Syracuse University in March 2017.

“He thought it was a valuable project and a very important film,”

said Dotan, an Israeli filmmaker who also teaches political cinema at New York University’s graduate school of journalism.

Dotan was interested in showing his film at the conference and kept in touch with Blizek.

Then he learned he was no longer welcome to attend the conference when an SU professor told

him that she was concerned about the potential political reaction on campus, particularly from the anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The disinvitation, first reported Thursday by The Atlantic, raised concerns as to whether SU had become the latest example of a university whose academic freedom

was compromised by a small portion of campus. Since the story’s publication, the university has been in the national and global spotlight as questions lingered over its commitment to academic freedom. After much public scrutiny, the university reversed its decision and plans to invite Dotan to screen the film. see filmmaker page 4

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Junior rebels against upbringing with tattoo contributing writer

Getting her first tattoo was more than a way for Hailey New to experiment and take charge of her looks.

It was a way to stay close to home.

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, New, the junior child and family studies major wanted to get this tattoo as a way to stay true to her roots and express the new person she was evolving into.

Raised as a Christian, New said that she got three roses for the Holy Trinity.

“I wanted some piece of home to be with me. So it’s an embodiment of my past on one tattoo. I’m always far away from home so it’s nice to have that reminder of home,” New said.

In her religious household, she’s the youngest and only girl in the family. She said she was always very conservative and viewed as a baby.

New said she is the only person in her family who has gotten a tattoo, and her conservative background could be the reason why she felt pushed to get one.

“This tattoo was my way of rebelling. I was tired of being viewed as this pretty little innocent girl, I’m a woman now,” she said. “I guess I was 19 at the time, but I was tired of being babied.”

Although her parents aren’t very

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HAILEY NEW, a junior child and family studies major, got her first tattoo, three roses representing the Holy Trinity from her religious upbringing. kali addison bowden contributing photographer

fond of tattoos, she said she was truly surprised by their reactions.

“My family always said that if I ever got a tattoo I would have to get it lasered off immediately, but they haven’t yet so I win,” she said.

“Some of my family is like, good for you for being yourself, but others tell me that I’m going to regret it.”

New said people have made assumptions about her personal-

ity for a long period of her life, and subsequently has become used to the harsh reactions she sometimes receives.

Going away to college had a very strong impact on New’s acceptance of her true personality, she said.

Once she was on her own and met other people her age and saw they were all different, it helped her realize that it was OK to just be herself.

“In high school I was always viewed as that innocent sweet girl.

One of my friends I met freshman year of college showed me that it was okay to get in trouble sometimes and to have fun and live while you’re young,” she said. “I shaved the bottom of my head, but I wanted something more permanent so I got a tattoo.” dereyes@syr.edu

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@NYGovCuomo #NYSFair attendance is up 20% over last year and 10% above the all-time high set in 2001.

Making bank Deans of schools and colleges at SU still earn a majority of their dean salaries even after they step down and become faculty members.

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Trash at State Fair decreases

By Riley Bunch staff photographer

Speaking with passion MARC LAMONT HILL, a journalist and social activist, spoke Thursday inside Goldstein Auditorium at Syracuse University’s Schine Student Center. Lamont was the keynote speaker at the “Race and Our Communities” event. The symposium, “Race, Justice, Violence and Police in 21st Century America,” addressed racism and police brutality. marisa frigoletto contributing photographer

Tobacco ban still lightly enforced at SU

By Alexa Torrens development editor

At least 1,137 campuses in the United States are certified 100 percent tobacco-free, and although Syracuse University has had a tobacco-free policy in effect since July 1, 2015, it isn’t included in that number.

Those 1,137 campuses were aggregated by the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, which has been “defending your right to breathe smoke-free air since 1976,” according to its website. The campuses are listed in an

April 2016 report by the foundation that lists all the smoke-free

Only about 22 students consulted SU Health Services for tobacco cessation over a two-year period.

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and tobacco-free U.S. and tribal

colleges and universities that adhere to the ANRF’s smoke-free and tobacco-free criteria.

In order to qualify for that list, a campus must ensure that “smoking or tobacco use is not permitted on campus at any time,” according to an ANRF tip sheet.

SU’s tobacco-free policy leaves wiggle room for smoking and tobacco use on campus, as the policy is not enforced by any official body on the campus. The Department of Public Safety does not enforce the policy; rather, it is designed to be controlled by community members. While a

DPS officer could inform an oncampus smoker about the policy, that officer could not punish the smoker for smoking.

“I think it’s more campusfocused, as a campus community,” said Thomas Dennison, faculty director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at SU. “The message is that going tobacco-free is out of respect for the people that you share the environment with so that other people are not exposed to secondhand smoke.”

The tobacco-free policy has had its roots in community see tobacco page 7

Survey: College students pay off credit cards

By Chieh Yuan Chen staff writer

College students are practicing responsible credit behavior, a recent survey shows.

Seventy-two percent of college students pay off their own credit card balances each month, while 18 percent have their parents pay it, according to the survey commissioned by Equifax.

In anticipation for college students’ returning to school, Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, commissioned a blind survey of more than 600 U.S. college

students. The students surveyed were between the ages of 18 and 24, also known as Generation Z. Nearly 70 percent of college students have one or more credit cards.

The survey also shows college students are less likely to take advantage of free credit reports. Fewer than half of respondents, 43 percent, had seen their credit scores. However, 62 percent of respondents indicated they were aware a free copy of their credit reports is available to them, according to the survey.

Nancy Bistritz, Equifax’s director of public relations and communications, said the organization is

glad to see members of Generation Z are paying their credit card bills in full every month.

“We are really happy to see the younger generation is doing that or have a plan to do that,” Bistritz said.

John Petosa, Professor of Practice in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, said the study is a positive sign for future economic growth.

“If today’s students are careful with their credit, know how to use it, then they will be better able to participate immediately when they get their first jobs into our economy,” Petosa said. “They will

be able to buy a house, car and other consumer durable products which helps keep our economy moving.”

Suling Sun, a senior advertising major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, recently got her first credit card.

She said she doesn’t know anything about credit scores, only that she should pay her bill on time.

“I was excited that I have my first credit card,” Sun said. “I don’t know there is something called credit score that will be impacting me in so many ways.”

Bistritz said their customer see credit

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As daily attendance to the New York State Fair reached an all-time high on its 175-year anniversary, trash accumulated in the form of dropped tickets, sauce stained paper plates and classic 25-cent plastic milk cups.

Filing down Restaurant Row, thousands of people crowded around vendors, drawn by the flashy signs advertising a variety of fair delicacies.

Intermixed in the crowd were workers wearing bright orange vests carrying bags of trash, sweeping into dust pans and pushing large rolling trash bins.

Despite drastic increases in attendance this year, fair patrons said the overall cleanliness of the grounds compared to years past.

Yvonne Rivera said she has been working at the fair in trash removal for the past eight years.

“The people sweeping with the dustpan pick up anything on the see trash page 8

national news Here is a round-up of the biggest news stories happening in the world.

POLITICS IT’S NOT HAPPENING The White House canceled a meeting between President Barack Obama and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in Laos. The announcement was made after Duterte made incendiary remarks against Obama who expressed concern about Duterte’s controversial policy toward drug dealers. source: cnn.com

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CASES SETTLED General Motors settled two so-called bellwether cases related to a faulty ignition switch Monday. A series of accidents related to the defect claimed the lives of 124 people and caused 275 injuries. A total of 2.6 million cars were recalled in 2014. source: reuters

U.S. SHUTDOWN Thirty-seven wastewater disposal wells were ordered to shut down following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma Saturday. Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in response to the earthquake. source: the guardian

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New York State Fair attendance hits record numbers

By Stacy Fernandez asst. news editor

This year’s Great New York State Fair drew in the largest crowd in its 175-year history, breaking three daily attendance records over the 12 days it was held.

By Monday, a record breaking 1,096,524 visitors attended this year’s fair, the largest amount since 2001, which had 1,011,248 visitors, according to a press release from the office of New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo presented record-setting visitor number 1,011,249 — a member of a family of four from Onondaga County — with a gift

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filmmaker M. Gail Hamner, a religion professor at SU and an organizer of the conference, sent an email to Dotan on June 24, telling him that she had not seen the film and that she would lose credibility with her colleagues if she vouched for the film without seeing it first, according to The Atlantic article.

In negating the invitation, Hamner said she feared that anti-Israeli BDS supporters on campus would “make matters very unpleasant” for Dotan and her. She wrote in the email the she felt “tremendous shame” in rescinding the invitation.

“I feel caught in an ideological matrix and by my own egoic needs to sustain certain institutional affiliations,” Hamner wrote, according to The Atlantic article.

“I was very surprised, to say the least,” Dotan said in an interview with The Daily Orange. “In every possible way, it’s wrong on content. It’s wrong on form.”

Dotan said he was “puzzled” that Hamner didn’t ask him to send her the film, because he typically receives requests to submit his film to festivals beforehand to see whether the film is appropriate for the given occasion.

Hammer released a statement Friday apologizing for the disinvitation, adding that she didn’t realize it was standard protocol to watch the film. She said that was a result of her “bad judgment” and inexperience in organizing conferences.

Zachary Braiterman, chair of the Jewish studies program at SU, however, argued that The Atlantic article created a controversy where there isn’t one.

Braiterman said he spoke with Hamner, who had expressed initial interest in Dotan’s film.

“It was on that conversation and conversations that she must have had with other colleagues where she came to the conclusion that, having not seen the film, she was in no position to vouch for it,” Braiterman said.

Braiterman added that he was probably among Hamner’s many colleagues who warned her that she would be confronted with political questions about Israel and its representation if she wanted to show anything about the country on campus.

“This just simply reflects the reality of this terrible thing called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has gone unresolved,” Braiterman said.

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credit cards insights team was surprised so few students knew their credit scores. By federal law, you are entitled to a free credit report from AnnualCreditReport.com once a year, she said.

Bistritz said knowing credit scores are a good place to start. It’s like knowing how

bag containing four lifetime passes to the fair, two tickets to a Lakeview Amphitheater 2017 concert of their choice and food vouchers, among other things.

“The Great New York State Fair is a great New York tradition that reached an exciting new milestone in its storied history with this year’s new attendance record,” Cuomo said in the release. “We set a goal for the Fair — one million people to come and experience the unprecedented transformation, and we not only met it, but soared past it.”

Cuomo marked the record alongside state and local officials by breaking a block of ice shaped in the number of the previous record

during a celebration in the Fair’s Empire Room. The state and local officials had been working over the past several years securing capital that would help grow the fairgrounds.

The fair generates about $100 million for the local economy every year, and employs more than 2,800 people — making it one of central New York’s most important economic assets.

“Central New York is in a better, brighter economic position because of Governor Cuomo’s revitalization of the Fairgrounds,” Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney said in the release. “The proof is in the record numbers of people who came

to enjoy the new Fair, and there will be more proof as new events come to the Fairgrounds and existing ones are able to grow.”

Another factor which helped drive this year’s record-setting attendance was the $50 million put toward revitalizing the fairgrounds, which enhanced the experience of guest.

Among the upgrades were a new main gate, an increase in open spaces, paths for walking the grounds, more seating in shaded areas and improvements to underground infrastructure. The enhancements laid the ground for the fairgrounds to become a more versatile space during the year.

The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been a controversial topic of discussion for decades.

On college campuses nationwide, the topic has frequently become a subject of heated discussions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students as well as faculty members.

The BDS movement, according to its website, is “a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality.” It was established in 2005 by Palestinian civil society organizations urging boycotts, divestment and sanctions to pose non-violent pressure on Israel, according to the website.

Back in 2014, then-Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina announced SU does not support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

After The Atlantic article’s publication, a handful of media organizations — including The Huffington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Israeli-newspaper Haaretz and conservative blog The Legal Insurrection —picked up the story.

By Friday, the university was under pressure to squash the controversy. Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly sent an email to the university community calling Hamner’s original decision inconsistent with SU’s “policies, ideals, and practices” and assuring the university’s support of academic freedom.

Hamner, the religion professor who is at the center of the controversy, said in her statement she was too concerned with consequences of sparking activism on campus and how others would react about settlements on the West Bank, which she described as “a highly complex and emotional Middle East issue.”

“I allowed my own fear of controversy to rule over good judgment and good teaching,” Hamner wrote.

Hamner did not respond to The Daily Orange’s requests for comment, other than sending the statement.

Miriam Elman, a political science professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs who specializes in Israel-Pales-

tine conflict, said her immediate reaction to the incident was to issue a personal apology as a member of the College of Arts and Sciences and wanted to make clear to Dotan that what happened was not indicative of the way the university handles business on campus.

“I saw that as an insult, as he did, in a non-collegial way of treating a fellow member of the academy,” Elman said.

The bottom line, Elman said, is that a faculty member acted out of fear of ideologically-motivated retaliation or isolation by some of her colleagues.

But Braiterman said that is not the case.

Describing The Atlantic article as “flimsy,” Braiterman said the article uses quotes in her email as the primary evidence to suggest there is a chilling environment about Israel at SU. “In my estimation, the idea that there is a chilling, anti-Israel environment at SU is a complete joke,” he said.

If the film were to be screened at an event on campus — for example, co-sponsored by multiple academic departments at SU — Braiterman said there would not be an issue. In this case, he said, the film was going to make a high-profile appearance at a university-wide symposium that requires higher stakes and standards.

Braiterman said he spoke with Hamner after the article was published. When asked what her reaction looked like, he said she was “horrified, shocked (and) embarrassed.”

“You know Dotan is presenting himself as a victim in this story. And I think, frankly, it’s Professor Hamner who is the victim here,” he said. “In my estimation, she made the right professional decision.”

Portrayal of Hamner as being anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist is “simply unfounded and vicious,” Braiterman said.

Although Braiterman said there was no invitation extended, Dotan said a debate as to whether an invitation was extended or not is “irrelevant.”

“If (Professor Hamner) would think that I am not invited, then there’s not a point for writing the email altogether,” Dotan said.

“Why would she bother?”

After The Atlantic article was published, a few parents of incoming freshmen had contacted the Hillel Jewish Student Union to ask whether SU is a safe environment for pro-Israel students, said Brian Small, director of Hillel.

“I can honestly tell them that I don’t believe that the climate has been created where they should feel uncomfortable about having students here,” Small said.

Roy Gutterman, an associate professor of communications law in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and First Amendment expert, said he regards SU as a place that embraces free speech values and encourages faculty to express themselves and address a wide variety of issues and viewpoints.

Still, Gutterman said he thinks college campuses in general are dangerous for free speech issues between these types of counter protests and censorship.

“I think it’s a pretty dangerous place now for people with viewpoints that may offend somebody else,” Gutterman said.

Dotan also warned against the chilling effects on free speech.

“If you prevent voices that are not to your liking from being expressed, you find too soon that voices you do like will be prevented from being expressed as well,” Dotan said. “It’s a twoway street with devastating consequences.”

Elman, the political science professor, pointed out there have been no attempts made to disrupt or cancel speakers who have anti-Israeli views.

Jeffery Spivack, a former president of Israel-Palestine group LIME, said the disinvitation pushed by certain faculty members who “let their personal ideology take priority over academic enterprise” hindered an opportunity to show Dotan’s film.

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, chair and professor in the women and gender studies department, said in an email that the faculty within the department were involved neither in issuing nor rescinding the invitation to the filmmaker.

“Some of us support the BDS movement that calls for the end of Israeli occupation of Palestine; all of us, however, support academic freedom and believe in the Syracuse University tradition of free expression and discussion of ideas, no matter how controversial they may be,” Mohanty said.

Wheatly said in her email to the SU community that she and SU Chancellor Kent Syverud are coordinating with Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to invite Dotan to the SU campus to screen his film.

Dotan said he is happy to visit SU and wants everyone, including BDS activists, to come see the film and express their views.

“Syracuse University is not on my blacklist.

No one is on my blacklist,” Dotan said. “Quite the contrary, I think it’s even more important today than before to present the film at Syracuse University and invite everybody: the right, the left, the center, the up (and) the down.”

much you weigh, she said.

“It’s not going to tell you everything but at least tell you if you need to change certain habits or not,” Bistritz said.

Petosa said he thinks today’s college students are more educated and keenly aware of the costs associated with developing their future given the cost of higher education.

“Being fiscally responsible and financially

savvy is a great way to approach the remainder of their life.” Petosa said. “The clear lesson to be learned is pay your bills on time, do not take out more credit than you can use responsibly and you will be able to acquire virtually anything that you desire in the future.”

Bistritz said it’s important to build a good credit history to hit some of the typical milestones in life. College students may need a

student loan, a car or a home at some point in their life, she added.

“One of the first and most important things we tell people time and time again is to pay your credit card on time every time,” Bistritz said. “The earlier you make good decisions and responsible credit behavior, the better position you will be to hit the milestone and get the best race.”

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Conflicting political views should be welcome at SU conference Syracuse University’s March 2017 conference, “The Place of Religion in Film,” received negative attention last week for all the right reasons.

Shedding light on the behind-thescenes controversy within the festival planning, an article in The Atlantic on the change to the conference’s line-up sparked national and campus conversations about the true nature of free speech.

Invited by “Journal of Religion & Film” founder and University of Nebraska professor William Blizek, renowned filmmaker and New York University professor Shimon Dotan was slated to screen his film at SU’s conference. Dotan’s film “The Settlers” dives into the history of Israeli settlements on the West Bank.

There was a shakeup in festival planning when M. Gail Hamner, a Syracuse University religion professor, rescinded Dotan’s invita-

tion to the conference. In her June email to Dotan, Hamner explained how colleagues on campus warned her that supporters of the antiIsrael Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement would “make matters unpleasant” for Dotan if he attended. She also said a colleague told her she would “lose credibility” with peers since she had not seen the film and could not vouch for it.

Dotan wrote back, according to The Atlantic, that he empathized with “the tough political spot” that Hamner felt she was in, and that “the forces that chill speech and action on college campuses are real” and not of Hamner’s making. Dotan’s statement touches on the important issue at hand: not so much administrative restrictions on free speech, but on a campus culture that discourages it.

Since the story had been picked up swiftly by outlets like The Huffington

Post, SU reacted almost immediately.

By Friday, the university made the decision to reinvite Dotan. In her email, SU Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly said Hamner’s decision was not in line with SU’s “policies, ideals, and practices.”

With the question of supporting or not supporting Israel in particular, SU has visited this issue in the past.

In 2014, then-Interim Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina offered an official statement on the American Studies Association’s decision to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

Spina acknowledged that stances on Israel varied across the SU community and that he supported “the right of individual faculty members and others to express their thoughts and opinions on both sides of this issue.”

Spina went on to say that SU does not support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions and that moves such as this are “counter

to the free and open exchange of knowledge, ideas and perspectives.”

Wheatly’s email sets the record straight again as to SU’s goals to be an institution of higher learning that protects and promotes free speech instead of stifles it.

The “chilling” effect that Dotan mentioned is not the fault of the school’s administrative members, but the result of Hamner’s decision and the pressure she said she received from fellow faculty.

The fact that Hamner felt compelled to disinvite Dotan speaks to underlying factors: that there is a climate at SU where bringing a supposedly controversial speaker or art piece to campus would end badly for all parties involved. That feeling of unease should be addressed by reaffirming that exploring different takes on conflict can only help the SU community grow intellectually.

With this instance of hindered

speech, the Dotan issue could have been partially resolved with SU conference organizers investigating the film before jumping to a decision. Dotan mentioned that he was puzzled as to why Hamner never asked for a copy of the film, as organizers checking out a piece before showing it is a common film festival practice. Hamner could have assuaged her colleagues’ fears the issue of vouching by prescreening Dotan’s film and giving the respective departments her feedback or stamp of approval.

As the story continues to unfold, it should not be forgotten that colleges and universities should be environments where the expression of ideas should be welcomed. In this vein, the prospect of political dialogue and activism thereafter should be encouraged at SU, not shut down before it can start.

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Laws should protect body agency

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ody image has always been a societal challenge for women. Add in laws and religious fear, and it becomes a nightmare. After two terrorist attacks this past year, France has received worldwide support, but local segregation produced by fear has also ensued.

Combining Islamophobia with misogyny, more than 30 French cities are trying to ban Muslim women from wearing burkinis, a full length swimsuit covering the whole body.

France’s highest courts ruled that French mayors do not have the authority ban burkinis, saying it is just a response to terror concerns. It’s clear that the notion of religious discrimination has been taken to a whole new level.

On the other side of the world, New York’s laws have an opposite mentality. Women can go topless in the Big Apple — yes, I mean X-rated topless.

And yet, even if a woman does walk the street nude with the law on their side, police officials and politicians still try to cover them up.

When it comes to equality, laws should protect rights of individuals

across the spectrum. It’s ridiculous that a law created out of religious fear and another created out of the need for freedom both cause controversy.

The choice of some women to cover and of others to go nude should both be respected and protected by legislation.

When Miriam Elman, an associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, first heard about the burkini ban, she found it absurd.

“I’m not convinced the burkini ‘represents Islamism.’ It’s a type of swimwear that many devout women —and not just Muslim women— find compatible with the modesty requirements of their faith,” Elman said in an e-mail.

Unlike the burqa and niqab, the burkini is also skin tight and does not allow for concealed weapons.

“There are legitimate security grounds to ban the niqab and the burqa, but the burkini doesn’t

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present any similar threat to public safety,” Elman said.

There are advocacy groups such as GoTopless and others that aid women arrested for baring it all.

And yet French women are being arrested for not being topless, then asked to remove their clothes.

The two sides of this argument not only set women back, but prove that laws or no law can bind women to something outside their own personal beliefs. Whether it is religious freedom or personal freedom, laws should never get in the way of a woman’s personal expression, religion or body image.

By making clear the sense of self found through religion or clothing, we can start to change norms and break free of stereotypes and misconceptions.

And though France suffered largely, it is difficult to see their response to the attacks as justified in this context. So while the war on terror continues, so does religious and women’s oppression.

Myelle Lansat is a junior magazine journalism major and policy studies minor. She can be reached at malansat@syr.edu.

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STAND UP Professor discusses sitting during national anthem

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n recent weeks, Colin Kaepernick has been the subject of national celebration and condemnation. The San Francisco 49ers quarterback has chosen to sit during the national anthem indefinitely, which goes against American tradition. He is doing so in protest of racial inequality and police brutality.

Many have called Kaepernick’s actions disrespectful and anti-American, to which he responded by denying the claims and pledging $1 million to American groups that are working to help people affected by the issues he is protesting.

The Daily Orange sat down with Syracuse University African American Studies professor Renate “Rennie” Simson to discuss the historical implications of Kaepernick’s protest.

The Daily Orange: Do you think Kaepernick’s protest is anti-American or disrespectful to our troops and military veterans?

Rennie Simson: We are a nation that is very patriotic, but we have super patriotism in our country. We now as the American population at large are

very easily offended if our citizens do not show what we have deemed over the years to be the appropriate respect for this patriotism, for these symbols and these entities defining our patriotism.

What the confusion is, is the lack of ability of Americans, especially white Americans to understand the depth of what it has meant to be African American in this society. … So we shouldn’t be so shocked that, once again, an African American who feels this same way that many of his ancestors have felt, that he wants to make a statement, that he is a person who has enough name recognition that it will draw attention to his behavior.

The D.O.: Is that a misunderstanding of what it means to be black in America only a modern issue?

R.S.: African Americans have had demonstratively and clearly different experiences of being Americans than people of European descent have, and their entire history in this country has been different. Kaepernick is in a continuity here of people of African ancestry who have experienced a different experience than white Americans have and often do not feel the attachment to these symbols and entities which we revere and celebrate.

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… America doesn’t know its history. That’s the problem. Slavery went on for 250 years followed by 100 years of Jim Crow. That’s no small amount of time and it only gets basically a few paragraphs in history books.

That’s not good enough. You can’t have a society that’s built on 350 years of incredible discrimination and expect them to be okay with that. Until people know what the history has been like — and I think this should be required in police academies across the country — people need to know what the suffering has been and why people are so angry and hostile and don’t trust. Those things need to be known. Perhaps there would be more compassion if they had an understanding of what people go through.

The D.O.: How do you think that that could happen in relation to these public figures?

R.S.: If a group of these public figures would talk about something like the Syracuse schools to say today’s situation … Why are you asking me to respect a city where zero percent of children pass a standardized math test in the eighth grade and children have the highest lead level in the nation and no one seems to be doing anything about it there? If these figures, that are able to garner that amount of attention, would then say, you are surprised that I’m not showing the appropriate respect? You’re shocked? And mention that they’re part of a long tradition and mention Frederick Douglass and mention W.E.B. Du Bois. But if they’re practical and say then that today I’m standing up to protest what today’s young people are suffering through. So why should we not protest or get attention to these horrors in any possible way that we can?

The D.O.: At the ESPYs this year, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony all spoke at the awards about police brutality. And this was a

month after Muhammad Ali’s passing, who was a lifelong activist. Are they stepping into his shoes a bit? And do you feel that if they are, that it is a worthwhile pursuit?

R.S.: From my point of view, at least as important as police brutality is the education system. Because you’re not going to get people that are able to provide themselves a different life if their education leaves them knowing nothing. I cannot believe that these children are innately, hopelessly stupid compared to white children, that just doesn’t make sense, that’s not the case. So that’s the most important issue in my point of view. So calling attention to these things? Muhammad Ali tried it, athletes try it, politicians try it. It isn’t working and hasn’t worked. For a short period of time the Civil Rights Movement did succeed in calling attention and getting political support. I think probably in many different ways, that is what people in the Black Lives Matter movement are trying to do today.

The D.O.: Are you hopeful that because someone’s favorite athlete is calling attention to these issues, that maybe that they’ll be a little more educated about the subject and attitudes might shift?

R.S.: I think in terms of reality, I think the opposite is the case. I think that the people who have an understanding, who respect what Kaepernick did, already are at place X. You used the word shift. I think it will continue the polarization which already exists. I don’t think it will shift the polarization at all.

The D.O.: Is Kaepernick’s choice to sit out the national anthem at his football games going to affect change?

R.S.: One person doing what he did will be a conversation piece for a while. We like melodrama. But the next thing comes up and we forget. Things have to be a sustained effort. mpmoor02@syr.edu

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tobacco enforcement since its start in July 2015, and there are no plans for it to intensify in enforcement as SU prepares for the policy to enter its second phase in July 2017.

The first phase of the policy encompassed a tobacco-free campus, with the exception of the Carrier Dome, the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center, Drumlins Country Club and Syracuse Stage.

Those areas will fall under the tobacco-free policy’s second phase, said Gail Grozalis, executive director of faculty and staff wellness at SU, in an email.

I think it’s more campusfocused, as a campus community. The message is that going tobaccofree is out of respect for the people that you share the environment with so that other people are not exposed to secondhand smoke.

Thomas Dennison faculty director of the lerner center for public health promotion at su

“The reason that those four properties were addressed for phase two is that that’s where the campus intersects most frequently with members of the general community,” Dennison said. “…We just wanted to make sure that we did that effectively and didn’t get ourselves into situations where we squared off with anybody.”

To promote the second phase of the policy,

Dennison said the university will include information about the Dome’s tobacco-free policy in season ticket purchases for SU’s athletic teams. Similarly, he added, guests making reservations at the Sheraton will be informed that SU has a tobacco-free campus.

The current phase of the policy has been heavily promoted with the start of the academic year. The Slutzker Center for International Services has provided new students with tobacco-free campus fact sheets and policy pocket cards, Grozalis said. Resident advisers have also been given fact sheets to display and distribute in their residence halls, she added, among other promotional tactics.

Whether those tactics will help SU community members refrain from smoking on campus or in general remains unclear.

Benjamin Domingo, director of SU Health Services, said students have a “transient” nature, while faculty and staff tend to stay on campus to smoke during breaks.

Students are also less likely to consult with medical professionals than older people, Domingo said. Only about 22 students consulted SU Health Services for tobacco cessation over a two-year period, he said.

“Obviously the difficult thing with students that’s very unique is the social smoking, the whole ‘I’ve got a buzz, I can keep it going with a toke,’” Domingo said.

Although there is no true quantitative way to determine the effectiveness of the policy yet, Dennison said the university had four separate studies conducted to determine how to promote the policy and make it relevant for its four main populations: students, faculty, staff and the general community.

“Our approach with this has been to do it in a measured way,” Dennison said. “It’s not a burning building. It’s something that we should do, and we will do it.” atorrens@syr.edu

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trash ground — anything,” Rivera said. “Even a straw wrapper.”

Rivera works for Human Technologies Corporation (HTC), which is contracted by the New York State Fair to manage waste.

HTC hired 220 people with significant disabilities to fulfill the rubbish removal contract for the 12-day fair.

The 375-acre fairgrounds are divided into a grid and sub-sectioned into smaller areas. Rivera works Restaurant Row, a hotspot for fair trash. Each area has multiple dumpster sites, Rivera said, where workers transport trash constantly to whichever they are closest to.

With each passing year and growing attendance, the job gets increasingly strenuous.

“The more people, the more trash,” Rivera said.

After his first year of working the fair, Mark Hart, HTC-employed trash removal worker, has learned the tricks of the trade.

“I’ve learned which way to turn the dumpster walking through the crowd,” Hart said with chuckle. “If I turn left, they also move left to get out of the way. Mob mentality sort of thing.”

Both Rivera and Hart mentioned that the eight-to-12-hour shifts are significantly more efficient when trash personnel work together.

“Trash work flow has gotten better,” Rivera said. “If people help each other out in their sections then it’s easier to keep it clean, we are going right behind each other.”

Hart said this year’s group boosted efficiency compared to the previous year’s.

Workers said concerts at the fair tend to see more trash than any other area or time. The La keview A mphitheater

accommodates 17,500 music lovers as well as all of the trash they bring to the concert with them.

“There’s more trash at the concerts, anything they eat and drink they literally drop it on the ground,” Rivera said. “We have to get rakes to clean it all up.”

If people help each other out in their sections then it’s easier to keep it clean, we are going right behind each other.

Yvonne Rivera trash collector at the new york state fair

Dan and Lisa Diuro, a couple from New Jersey, were sitting down and watching the scene as they were eating their favorite fair foods. The couple has made the six-hour drive to the fair for the last two years.

The couple said they have not seen trash significantly increasing in the aisles between booths, even though more people visited the fair this year compared to the last year.

“I’m not stepping over trash to get places,” Dan Diuro said. “They have people come by and clean out the trash cans every couple of minutes.”

The couple said they saw four to five workers cleaning out bins during the 20 minutes they spent at the barbecue restaurant where they ordered.

“It’s a necessary evil,” Hart said as he knotted up the full plastic trash bag and threw it over his shoulder. “And we do it very well.” rebunch@syr.edu

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Tough travel

Senior survival

Abroad columnist Katelyn Faubel says restrictions make traveling difficult, putting a damper on the entire experience.

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Throwback Tuesday

Humor columnist Ian McCourt lists ways to survive senior year, while attempting to get out of some quicksand in Death Valley.

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Before schoolwork begins piling up, relax with three throwback movies hand-picked by movie columnist Brian Hamlin.

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Chasing cars

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Student group builds Formula car from scratch, plans to compete locally Roll bar The Formula car needs a roll bar to be legal for competition.

If there were ever a rollover, this bar would protect the driver from serious injury. Other Formula car series require a similar head protection safety system.

Racing harness The driver has to wear a racing harness to make sure they don’t move in the car when cornering. Staying as still as possible lets the driver go faster because then they don’t have to worry about sliding back and forth in the cockpit when experiencing the high G-forces the car produces.

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Exhaust system This is the exhaust system for the 600 cc Suzuki GSX-R engine Citrus Racing uses for the car. There are two exhaust pipes coming from the engine because it’s a two-cylinder engine. This engine was modified by the Formula team to produce more power than stock.

Suspension The suspension is the most critical aspect of any race car. This car has an extremely stiff suspension so the car stays flat when cornering and doesn’t dive under heavy braking. You won’t find a suspension design like this one on normal road cars.

By Zac Palmer staff writer

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he loudest and fastest student club at Syracuse University is coming out of the woodwork.

It’s called Citrus Racing, and it isn’t a half-baked go-karting venture — it’s actual Formula car racing. As a participant of the Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series, the team is tasked with the development and construction of a single-seat race car with the best package of design, construction, performance and cost. Once the car is built and tested, the goal shifts to competition against other schools across the United States.

Citrus Racing’s current car was in development for about a year before it was taken to competition at Formula North in Barrie, Ontario in early June.

The team brought a fully functioning car to the June 2-5 competition, with high hopes after working about 2,000 hours to develop it.

Oliver Scigliano, the team’s driver and a senior economics major at SU, said the team felt “right on point” for its third year entering the competition.

This is the rear suspension for the Formula car. The shocks and springs on this car are mounted horizontally, and are stiffer than those found on road cars to keep the car flat. kali addison bowden contributing photographer

But unfortunately for the team, Formula North didn’t quite turn out the way Citrus Racing wanted it to.

During tech inspection the judges found some problems with Citrus Racing’s car that forced them to the back of the pack. Of the 25 schools competing, SU finished 24th. That placing was the consequence of “a leaky fuel tank,

electrical issues, brake issues and other things along the way,” said Josh Beckerman, president of Citrus Racing and a senior mechanical engineering major.

To win a Formula SAE event, it’s paramount to excel at both the static and dynamic sections of the competition.

The dynamic section includes an acceleration and braking test, a skid pad road-

Tires This car has Hoosier slick tires on it to provide maximum traction for cornering, acceleration and braking.

There are no grooves or tread pattern to ensure the tires make the most contact with the pavement for greater grip.

holding trial, autocross and a 13.7-mile endurance test. The static set of events includes design judging, a business proposal, a cost report and a design report.

“There’s so much more to the competition beyond just having a fast car,” Beckerman said. “It’s one of those things where you can’t just win one aspect, you have to be good overall if you want to win.”

As college students without racecar building experience, the task of making an extremely fast car from scratch on a limited budget can seem like a huge task.

“It all starts with speculation,” chief engineer Jeffrey Clark said, a senior mechanical engineering major.

As chief engineer, Clark oversees all the departments that combine to make the car, including the brakes, suspension, chassis, engine, drivetrain, control systems and vehicle dynamics.

If one detail of the car is overlooked, it will be magnified during competition.

The department leaders are responsible for what became a full-time job outside of their traditional schoolwork.

Once ideas are laid out on the table, the team begins to make those ideas see citrus

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citrus racing into real concepts on the computer, Clark said. Simulations show how parts of the car will react under real-life conditions, and the viability of certain parts is debated.

After the theoretical stuff is worked through in the computer, manufacturing begins. Students use equipment at SU labs to weld, lathe, cut and everything else in between to make the pieces that will grace the Formula car. As soon as the necessary parts are made, the team methodically assembles the car until a running moving vehicle is standing in front of them.

The final step before competition is testing. If Citrus Racing was a professional race car team, there would be hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars spent throughout the process, and countless hours spent testing under race conditions.

Clark said he would love to experiment with aero, carbon fiber and other more advanced Formula techniques, but in the end he has to temper himself in favor of cost and reliability of the car.

Citrus Racing worked feverishly for a year on its car before throwing it right into competition, so there wasn’t time for all of that valuable testing and tweaking. That showed in Ontario.

After starting from essentially nothing three years ago, Clark said he thinks the current car is a huge step in the right direction, but he added that there will be changes to make sure the team can get it past tech next time, including “better attention to detail in subsystems like the fuel and brake system.”

“You really need to have those supporting systems fleshed out well, and that was our downfall really, we didn’t put enough detail into the car’s systems until the last minute

so they didn’t perform as they should have,” Clark said.

Since the car had so many issues at tech inspection, the team had to make a lot of last-minute changes in Ontario to try to get it out on the track. But Scigliano, who has competed professionally in Sports Car Club of America Majors, NASA racing and Formula Ford, likened the driving experience to those of other Formula-type cars.

The car is powered by a Suzuki GSX-R 600 engine. The motor and transmission to go with it were taken out of a motorcycle and modified to comply to Formula SAE rules and to make more power.

Beyond the engineering and driving aspects of Formula SAE, Citrus Racing also needs a fair amount of business help. Securing sponsorships is vital to the team’s success. There’s also a business presentation that goes toward the final judging. The presentation consists of a pitch to would-be buyers on why they might want to buy the car as a weekend autocross racer. So it’s not just engineering students who are involved with this club, but business and communications students as well.

“This ‘engineer’ club isn’t just for engineers. If there’s one thing I want everyone to know, it’s (that) all are welcome,” Beckerman said.

Formula SAE is called Formula Student outside the U.S., and holds much larger competitions than what is held domestically.

Teams from around the world compete and eventually get whittled down to the very best who take each other on in Germany.

“That’s the long-term goal, is to get to Formula Student Germany and race internationally against other teams,” Beckerman said. zipalmer@syr.edu

From the

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HOMESTYLE Butcher shop has withstood the test of time, offers cured local meats

Local restaurant Liehs & Steigerwald hosts a variety of deli sandwiches that are not only delicious, but are also affordable for college students. The butcher shop has been around since 1936 and is located on East Fayette Street.

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By Angelica Welch contributing writer

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n the past decade, the food scene in Syracuse has burgeoned into a machine that periodically eats up and spits out restaurants that can’t seem to stand up to the Armory Square big boys like Pastabilities and Kitty Hoynes. The question is, how has a traditional family business like Liehs & Steigerwald stood the test of time?

Established in 1936 by two German immigrants, the butcher shop Liehs & Steigerwald has graced the Syracuse area with its homemade, expertly-crafted smoked meats. For 80 years, this business has been serving up some of the best quality housemade meats in the Syracuse area, including mouthwatering bratwurst, corned beef and pastrami that would give any New York City deli a run for its money. Now in its third generation, this family business has made great strides to stay relevant in a time of exponential growth in the city of Syracuse.

Located just outside of Armory Square on 117 E. Fayette St., this spot has a great vibe

with its cow themed art, framed vintage pictures and airy open feel. A more casual restaurant than some of its Armory counterparts, it has tables indoors and outdoors as well as a substantial beer and wine bar.

The inside of Liehs & Steigerwald boasts an industrial design that many restaurants are opting for nowadays, which gives this spot a trendy atmosphere that still coincides with the downtown vibe. Some of the menu items include the Chicago dog, a classic Reuben sandwich and one of the most incredible cheesesteaks I’ve ever had outside of Philly. With an in-house deli, kitchen, bar and market, this location adds a level of accessibility that the original butcher shop alone was not quite reaching.

Chuck Madonna is the co-owner of Liehs & Steigerwald and has been with the business for 30 years. He works alongside Jeff Steigerwald, a third-generation Steigerwald, who together opened up Liehs & Steigerwald downtown a year and a half ago.

The downtown location came just in time, Madonna said, as the resurgence has busted out of Armory Square and is spreading rapidly. New luxury apartments, boom-

ing businesses and a spread of students seeking more options all contribute to the success of this spot and this area in general.

Just around the corner from the newly established Original Grains, this area of downtown is starting to really develop into a new hot spot for casual dining. Not only are establishments like these a great addition to the food scene, but also their success draws more interest to those looking to invest in business or property. Delicious, good quality food is a great way for the city to begin to establish a friendlier and more attractive downtown scene, which will pull students off the Hill and into the community.

With the slogan, “Eat Local,” Madonna explains that almost everything to pass over the counter is a product of the area. Whether it is the bakery that provides fresh bread everyday, the beers on tap, the potato chips or their very own sausages, Liehs & Steigerwald is a tried and true Syracuse joint that prides itself on supporting other local businesses.

Madonna said that students venturing off the Hill and supporting local businesses downtown really makes a difference. Local

businesses thrive off of community support, and with SU’s population, that potential support is invaluable.

At the Liehs & Steigerwald butcher shop at 1857 Grant Blvd. in North Syracuse, a wide variety of meats and sides are offered for anyone who is looking to cook up a hearty, stickto-your-ribs kind of meal. But, if you are a busy — or lazy — college student, you can drive less than 10 minutes downtown and have someone here cook you up an Italian sausage with peppers and onions for only $6.

Liehs & Steigerwald is also now available to order on GrubHub and through the Zoomer app. So if you can’t make it down to the restaurant, you can still order Chuck’s favorite cheesesteak, or go for my personal favorite, the chicken wing sausage.

With particular dedication to their product, it is no surprise that there is a line snaking out the door and down East Fayette Street every day at lunch.

“We pride ourselves on doing it the old fashioned way,” Madonna said. “Taking our time, doing it right.” anwelch@syr.edu

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Finding new music is easy through SoundCloud discover feature

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n the ever-changing and fast-paced music world, it becomes challenging to stay on top of the music game. It can be hard to keep up with music trends, new albums and emerging artists because of how quickly the music world moves.

I hate not being in the know when it comes to music. If someone asks me if I’ve heard an album yet and I haven’t, I will lock myself in a room and listen to each song until I know every word. Being this way, I have come up with a system so I am always aware of new songs and artists.

One thing that has helped me become constantly aware of new artists in the music world is SoundCloud. Yes, every music lover knows what SoundCloud is, and it’s no secret that the website/application is great

PHOEBE SMITH

ONE DIRECTION’S BIGGEST FANGIRL for finding new music and sounds. However, something I use on the site that most people don’t is the discover feature.

The discover feature on SoundCloud is personal to each user. It uses your listening activity to find new tracks and artists that are similar to the songs you’ve reposted and liked.

As opposed to your regular SoundCloud feed, the discover feature solely takes into account your music tastes, which makes it easier to find new sounds and artists you like. Yes, your SoundCloud feed is also a great way to uncover new music, but the discover feature helps you find music and artists before anyone else.

SoundCloud has a seemingly endless amount of music, which sometimes makes it hard to find exactly what you’re looking for to suit your tastes. The discover tab makes

this a piece of cake.

Another method I like to use when trying to discover new music is a daily check of an application called Hype Machine. Hype Machine keeps track of what music bloggers are writing about, and then aggregates that information into charts. Users have the ability to “heart” tracks, which allows the song to move up in the Hype Machine charts.

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The maximum number of days a song can be on the popular chart on the music discovery app, Hype Machine

What I like about this application is how the various charts constantly change. Hype Machine offers several charts, such as “popular,” which shows the songs with the most likes, and “latest,” which shows what’s going on in the Hype Machine world at that exact moment.

A song can only be in the popular chart for a maximum of three days, which allows a user to hear all kinds of different music each day. The continuously changing aspect of Hype Machine helps me discover a plethora of new music, from hip-hop and pop, to indie and mainstream rap.

Another great thing about Hype Machine is that it highlights artists that are not necessarily known yet by the masses. For music tastemakers and gatekeepers who are looking to find the next cool artist, this is the application for you.

I prefer SoundCloud and Hype Machine as opposed to applications such as Spotify and Apple Music because of the music variability.

Although Spotify and Apple Music both also offer various ways to discover new music, such as the different playlists, SoundCloud and Hype Machine work better for me because they’re both constantly changing.

Phoebe Smith is a junior public relations major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp.

You can email her at phsmith@syr.edu or follow her on Twitter @phoebesmithh5.

style

Wearing white after Labor Day is acceptable

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ashion is plagued with silly rules: don’t mix brown and black, don’t wear socks with sandals and don’t wear white after Labor Day. Labor Day has come and gone, and many are pressured to think they can’t wear white. It is a fashion rule that has held strong since the late 1800s and early 1900s, but where exactly does this come from?

There’s two theories to this rule, though the most obvious reason relates to the weather.

White clothing makes you feel a little cooler in the summer. That’s a given, and there’s science behind it. The light color reflects sunbeams, while black absorbs it. Wearing white in the rainy or snowy colder seasons also invited clothing to get stained by the unforgiving mud.

The second theory deals with classist snobbery. The rich class traded in dark, drab work wear for more light and refreshing vacation wear. While the working class ruined their clothing during manual labor, the affluent members of society were able to enjoy the time off, says Natalie Hemmati in a Sept. 16, 2015 Darling Magazine story.

Within high society, this ruling also separated the wealthy socialites from those with

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new money who were trying to prove themselves as “in the know” and worthy of the time of day. Wives of the upper-class created tests such as this one and many others as secret way to instantly determine status, according to Kathy Benjamin in an Aug. 30, 2012 Mental Floss story. If you presented yourself in white after Labor Day, it was clear that you were not a natural born member of the elite.

While Coco Chanel clearly did not give in to this decree and wore white throughout the 1920s, magazines and fashionistas still held tight to this belief. Over time, designers and fashion bloggers have used their influence to show that rules are made to be broken.

This year, stylists, buyers and marketers incorporated numerous items with the crisp color into their fall collections and editorials for the September issue, fashion’s bible and style guide for the season.

Photographer David Roemer captured Jourdan Dunn in a stunning white, multi-

faceted lace top, paired with platform high heels by Julie Gillet for the French publication Madame Figaro. Photographer Zee Nunes and stylist Pedro Sales collaborated together to create a dreamy edit starring Caroline Trentini in several white pieces for Vogue Brazil.

The list goes on with editorials in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Paper Magazine and Vogue Ukraine. These trendsetters are setting the tone for the fall, which by unofficial definition, comes immediately after labor day.

Even retailers such as Nasty Gal, Zara and Topshop host white items in their new arrivals category online. MIf you’ve ever spent time in front of your closet wondering which item to pair with the next to make your outfit “fashionable,” stop worrying so much. Fashion is you and you are fashion.

Trends are easy, but using your imagination to challenge the norms and convey your own aesthetic is where the real fun begins.

Wear what you want to and make your own fashion rules.

Darriea Clark is a junior magazine journalism major. Her column can be found weekly in Pulp. You can reach her at dbclark@syr.edu.

humor

Goals for senior year, getting out of quicksand

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e all have dreams. Some dream of fancy cars. Cats dream of Fancy Feast. My roommate Dan dreams of T-Rexes laundering money. What T-Rexes have to hide, I don’t know. But I do know that I’ve always dreamt of driving across the country. That dream came true last month when I road-tripped from Massachusetts to Los Angeles, where I’m studying for the first half of my senior year. I’ve no time to waste, so I’ve outlined some goals to make this last year count, especially since I’m stuck in some quicksand in Death Valley. With these goals in mind, I hope to survive my senior year of college, and also this quicksand.

This year, I really hope to achieve personal growth. I’ve been working on it already — just last month, I updated my height on my driver’s license from 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 6 inches.

No longer will I be shorted by official Massachusetts State documentation. My goals are inches away, just like this vine I can’t reach that

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could really come in handy right now towards pulling myself out of this quicksand. So close.

I’m also hoping to learn a lot. That is why I went to school, right? It’s hard to believe that I’ve almost completed a Bachelor’s degree from a great private liberal arts university — almost as hard to believe as how no matter which way I move, I keep sinking further into this quicksand, which I learned nothing about in any of my divisional courses. At least I know the phases of the moon. That’s useful.

But as this is my last year before going out into the “real world,” I’m really hoping to find myself. College is a spiritual journey of self-discovery punctuated by late nights with Domino’s and early mornings with crumbs in the bed sheets. I want to find the

real me. I also want to find the feeling I’ve lost in my legs, and my chest, and my arms.

But my biggest goal this year is to figure out my next step. I want to leave Syracuse with somewhere to go and something to do. What am I going to be doing a year from now? I hope it’s not sinking in a puddle of wet sand until I can’t see anymore.

Maybe my next step is to work at a national park — it doesn’t seem like I’m going to be leaving here any time soon. I’ll take stupid traitor Richard’s job. I just need to pay better attention to where I’m walking. You’d think there would be a brochure about this: “What to do when you’ve fallen in quicksand, and how to graduate from college.” Maybe I’ll write that. I’ve got time.

Ian McCourt is a senior television, radio and film major. He does not recommend hiking in Death Valley, but Los Angeles is nice.

You can follow him on twitter @OrderInMcCourt or reach him at iwmccour@syr.edu.

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women’s soccer

Freshman Taylor Bennett emerges as FK specialist

By Andrew Graham contributing writer

With the game on the line, Phil Wheddon could’ve gone with senior Stephanie Skilton, who has led the team in scoring each of the last three years, to take the free kick. He could’ve picked junior Eva Gordon, who had scored Syracuse’s one goal earlier in the game. Or senior Maddie Iozzi, who takes the Orange’s corner kicks.

But instead, Wheddon chose freshman Taylor Bennett, who had just four games and six shots to in her collegiate career coming into the game.

The Orange (4-1-1) was down, 2-1, to Bucknell with fewer than 15 minutes left in the game. Bennett struck the ball clean, blasting a shot past Bucknell goalkeeper Jessica Ratner and off the crossbar, straight up and harmlessly out of play.

Bennett missed the shot, but she has been in positions to contribute early and often during her brief college career. She’s started all six of SU’s games this season and is tied for the team lead with two assists, despite traditionally being at the other end

of the field as a center back. Bennett also has one goal and is tied for the team lead in points with three other players. She’s developed a specialty as the Orange’s freekick taker.

“You come in expecting to be able to contribute to the team,” Bennett said, “but as a freshman you are mentally saying, ‘Alright maybe I’ll take a year on the bench, you never know,’ so I was very excited to come in and see that I can play.”

Bennett has six shots on free kicks this season. Two hit the crossbar, one went high, one went wide and one was blocked.

The other, fired from about 35 yards away against Albany on Aug. 28, flew over the wall and the goalie’s outstretched arms for Bennett’s only goal of the season.

“That’s in my range and I have a pretty long shot,” Bennett said, “and we knew coming in if we put things on frame we’d get opportunities so that’s what I was told to do and we executed.”

Bennett’s teammates knew she had “strong kick,” but Iozzi didn’t know how consistent it would be around the box.

Against Delaware on Aug. 21, one of her free kicks off the crossbar ricocheted to a team-

TAYLOR BENNETT has become Syracuse’s free kick specialist despite being a freshman. Through six games, she has already contributed for the Orange with a goal and two assists while starting every game thus far. jessica sheldon photo editor

mate, who was able to knock it in for a goal.

“We know she can hit a great ball,” Iozzi said. “All she needs to do is aim low and she’ll have a good shot on net.”

Wheddon was hoping that Bennett would be able to assume free kick responsibilities in her debut season, but it was a wish more

than an expectation.

“Taylor came in and has been given an opportunity to play and has run with it,” Wheddon said. “She serves a great ball and has a very, very dangerous shot, so as far as production goes, I think it’s great for us.” aegraham@syr.edu

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Comparing the Baylor-style offenses’ success in Week 1 Syracuse kicked off the Dino Babers era on Friday with a 33-7 win over Colgate. Babers, SU’s new head coach, runs a similar offense to what Art Briles ran at Baylor before he was fired this offseason. Jim Grobe, Baylor’s current head coach, ran a similar offense as Briles in his debut with the Bears. Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery, who coached under Briles, and Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert, who coached under Babers, also run similar offenses. Here’s a look at how each of these four offenses did in Week 1 of the college football season.

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mettus quarterback to go 13-for-13 in the first quarter of every game or finish with an 85-percent completion rate on 40 throws.

The Colgate safeties and linebackers were biting on the handoff portion of the runpass option. Etta-Tawo was able to leap for grabs in one-on-one coverage along the sidelines for plays that will likely result in incompletions or interceptions against a better secondary.

What you can expect to transfer over from the season opener is Dungey’s success on the short throws. He was 20-for-23 (86.9 percent) on throws fewer than 10 yards down the field. He was 13-for-17 (76.5 percent) on throws more than 10 yards.

“I got to make better reads, better decisions and sharper throws,” Dungey said.

The offense thrives on short throws to dink and dunk its way down the field.

Receiver screens, 5-yard outs, shallow comebacks and slants will be run plenty.

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Timing is everything on these and Dungey and his receivers seem to have locked it down pretty well for now.

Unlike Colgate, most teams will likely adjust to bring their corners up to the SU receivers to try to take away the quick passes and screens. Then, it’ll be up to Dungey to either hand the ball off or go deeper on something like a double move. No guarantees. But when the short ball is there, he’ll be able to take advantage.

Dino Babers won’t be afraid of fourth down Dungey got up from where he had been hit at the 50-yard line — 1 yard short on third down — and shook his finger at his coaches at the sideline before getting the quick signal to go for it. He hurried under center and snapped the ball before the defensive line had time to react, leaving space to scurry around the left side of the line for the first.

The game was tied, 7-7, with fewer than three and a half minutes left in the first quarter. But Babers wasn’t playing the field position game.

Former SU coach Scott Shafer faced criticism when he elected to punt down 10 points to No. 1 Clemson last year with fourth-and-8 and fewer than seven minutes to go. He cited field position as his reasoning.

Syracuse was 3-for-3 on fourth down on Friday, converting from the 50, its own 26 and Colgate’s 24-yard line. Babers doesn’t just use it as a way to come from behind, he uses it as a way to get ahead and stay ahead.

“Going down the road, on fourth down if we have to go for it, we have to go for it,” he said. “And we have to score touchdowns.

We can’t kick field goals all the time. And if we go for it for four times and we don’t make it, then you guys get to be Monday morning quarterbacks and talk about how bad we are.

“But I’m already telling you after our first game that we’re going to do those things because we’re not playing to be close. We’re playing to win, and if winning means we can’t kick field goals and we have to go for it every single time, we will, regardless of the score.”

Syracuse can go under center The bulk of SU’s new offense is run out of

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shotgun with a running back by the quarterback’s side. But several times, Dungey ran under center for a handoff or quick throw to the sideline — or a QB keeper like the one he converted on fourth down with.

SU showed a full house-like formation that Babers referred to as a power-I with freshman defensive end/tight end Kenneth Ruff and redshirt senior offensive tackle Michael Lasker lined up as tight ends/full backs in the backfield in front of the running back.

“There’s a lot of offense in our offense,” Babers said. “… We always have the flexibility to be able to branch off and do different things. … We’re not afraid to take off the roof.”

That being said, you’ll probably never see that formation again this season. Babers was tired of throwing the ball and wanted to force the run any way he could.

Still, Dungey was able to switch back and forth between shotgun and under center fairly well even in the no-huddle setting.

Jon Mettus is an Asst. Sports Editor at The Daily Orange, where his column appears occasionally. He can be reached at jrmettus@syr.edu or @jmettus.

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new era With the exception of Colgate’s early touchdown, which came after a roughing the punter penalty on Syracuse’s Shyheim Cullen, nothing felt stale.

Graduate transfer Amba Etta-Tawo caught the Orange’s first touchdown of the game.

Freshman Moe Neal sped to his first career touchdown on his first career carry in his first career game.

The offense chipped at offensive records, including Art Monk’s single-game receptions total — Ervin Philips tied the record with 14.

For the middle-aged men in the Waverly Avenue parking lot across from Newhouse 3 jumping around for “Shots” by LMFAO and Lil’ Jon (2009), dating themselves with “Check Yo Self” by Ice Cube (1993) and get-

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nanco The results: Nanco has three goals on just nine shots on goal and leads the team in game winners, with two — half of Syracuse’s total.

“There are times he wishes he could have finished,” senior midfielder/defender Liam Callahan said. “This year shows how hard he worked on improving that.”

Erik Ronning, Colgate’s head coach, has been tasked with preparing for Nanco three times. In the teams’ last two meetings, Nanco notched at least one goal. Last year at Colgate, he followed up his own shot with a gamewinning goal. Last Thursday, he scored twice in SU’s 3-0 win over the Raiders.

“Nanco’s quick and fast and can make something happen every time he touches the ball,” Ronning said.

In that game against Colgate, Nanco focused on not rushing passes and shots. Nanco’s quick

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ting only as current as “Cinderella Man” by Eminem (2010), this was new.

For the two friends sitting on Marshall Street drinking Miller Lites talking about the 1959 national championship, SU’s only title, and tradition of Syracuse football, this was new.

For Joe Mussi, a tailgater who kept season tickets through the Greg Robinson era, this was new.

“I think Syracuse got the diamond in the rough,” SU fan Chris Niles said as he sat with a friend on Marshall Street. “Because every big name, big time college football coach started somewhere. They start out in small schools and they finally get hired by a big time college football program …

Dino Babers is that diamond … I think we got lucky.”

On Friday, white clouds rounded out a baby blue sky. The sun was uncharacteristi-

— sometimes too quick. On Thursday night, though, Nanco waited to use a defender as a screen on the goalie. Then he tucked the ball into the right corner.

“If you don’t get the ball on goal,” Nanco said, “you don’t give yourself the chance.”

Until this year, he had not converted at the rate teammates say he’s capable of.

It’s this ability to convert, or “getting an end result to what I’m trying to do in and around the box,” that he said could push him from good to great.

“The runs and decisions I’m making on the way to the goal is alright, feeding players and what not,” Nanco said. “It’s just the final pass, the final shot and the decisiovn on where I’m placing the ball. That’s the end result. What I’m going to do when the ball leaves my foot.

“I’ve been working on it and it’s been showing in practice,” Nanco added. “I just gotta make it show in the game.” mguti100@syr.edu | @Matthewgut21

cally bright and the temperature mild. The sign on the Marion parking lot was flipped upside down — just like Friday was.

Syracuse won following a season full of losses.

Earlier this week, SU defensive backs coach Nick Monroe and his wife Nicole had a child, Syracuse broadcaster tweeted before Friday’s game.

At 6 p.m., a man dressed in a tuxedo and a woman in a long, flowing white gown took wedding pictures on the University Place promenade. They posed and held hands until the groom leaned in for a kiss.

It’s been nine months, but Syracuse got the new beginning it needed on Friday. New could be good. New could be bad. But on Friday, new was enough.

Babers did an on-field television interview as his players sang the alma mater. He stayed until nearly the whole team left the

field, save for Eric Dungey, who took his turn with an interview.

On his way to the locker room, Babers embraced a young fan wearing a No. 1 orange Syracuse jersey. Then he clapped, fist pumped and broke into a jog while highfiving a few fans hanging their arms over the railing into the tunnel.

Before the game, fans said they wouldn’t be mad if Syracuse lost — they know the team and coach are new. Both deserve time, they said. Fans refrain from specific longterm expectations but also just want the team to do well.

As Stinson spoke about everything from the beers they were drinking to buying season tickets in the last three seasons to support a struggling team, the other tailgaters listened.

“I’m going to put this in the journal,” one said. cjlibona@syr.edu | @ChrisLibonati

CHRIS NANCO scored just four goals for SU as a junior last season. Now in his senior year, Nanco has sharpened his game. tony curtis contributing photographer

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3 things Babers said at his weekly press conference

By Matt Schneidman senior staff writer

Dino Babers’ first meeting with a ranked opponent as Syracuse’s head coach comes this Friday when the Orange (1-0) takes on No. 19 Louisville (1-0) in each teams’ conference opener.

Babers held his weekly press conference on Monday morning. Here are three things he said leading up to Friday’s date with the Cardinals.

Kind of loud Even with free tickets for students, only 31,336 fans witnessed Syracuse trounce Colgate in last Friday’s season opener.

Granted, the New York State Fair and a Florida Georgia Line concert were both taking place and it’s a season opener against an FCS team, but the crowd was hardly one that electrified Babers’ SU coaching debut.

Last season, Syracuse experienced the steepest decline in attendance among any Power 5 school. Babers is hoping to see a change in fortune when Louisville visits on Friday night.

“I thought it was kind of loud, kind of loud,” Babers said of Friday’s crowd. “And if we’ve got room for another 18, 19,000 people to get in there, I think it can get really loud.”

Lethal Lamar UofL quarterback Lamar Jackson was named the Walter Camp national offensive player of the week after accounting for eight touchdowns against Charlotte on Thursday.

The sophomore threw for 286 yards and six touchdowns while running for 119 yards and two more scores. Syracuse’s front seven will have its hands full with Jackson, who Babers singled out multiple times in his press conference and said he’s like a dangerous running back or wide receiver in space.

“It’s going to be a challenging task to say the least,” Babers said.

Up close and personal Three of Louisville’s front seven were named to the preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference team. Senior defensive tackle DeAngelo Brown and linebackers Keith Kelsey and Devonte Fields received first-team honors.

SU struggled to crack Colgate’s stout front line, which boasts several all-Patriot League players. But UofL’s first two lines of defense are a whole other animal and one that the Orange has its work cut out against.

“Their front seven is definitely the strength of that defense,” Babers said. mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

volleyball

Amber Witherspoon grows in 2nd year since changing sport

By Bobby Manning contributing writer

On her first day of volleyball practice, Amber Witherspoon watched her teammates run through a spiking drill. She couldn’t do it. Throughout 2015, she spent time alone working on a personal net that head coach Leonid Yelin set up as she tried to catch up to the rest of the team.

“I would just hit all practice for hours … I think he would forget about the time,” Witherspoon said. “I would work with our senior Gosia (Wlaszczuk), just working on hitting with her every day.”

Witherspoon, a junior, is entering her second season since switching from Syracuse’s women’s basketball team to volleyball. Now she’s in the right position. Her playing time was sparse in her first year, but the training through fall of 2015 has paid off with heavy involvement in the team’s rotation this season.

Through four games, Amber Witherspoon has started each game and leads her team with six solo blocks. She has finally found a home for herself as SU’s middle block.

Wlaszczuk is gone now, beginning her own coaching career, and so is last year’s senior class. In 365 days, Witherspoon went from the new player to one of just three Syracuse juniors. Her goal is to always go up aggressively to hit the ball, something teammate Jalissa Trotter has said the Orange needs more of.

“I just wanted to spend some time because I knew she needed it,” Wlaszczuk said. “She was a great person to work with because she listens so much and she did everything like she wanted to do it, not like she had to, she wanted to do it and that’s a big change. She listened and followed instructions even though there wasn’t always an

improvement from day to day.”

The spare playing time was a blessing in disguise for Witherspoon. Rather than being thrown into high-stakes games, she picked up her passion once again. Basketball was where she originally had the chance to get into Syracuse on scholarship and pursue her dream of college athletics, but her desire to play volleyball never dwindled after playing the sport in high school.

During the recruiting process, Yelin noticed Witherspoon late and kept tabs on her during her freshman year. After playing five minutes per game as a third-string center on the basketball team, “she made her decision to approach us and play volleyball,” Yelin said. “It was very easy for us.”

Despite some early limitations, SU saw her physical strengths. At 6-foot-4, she was immediately among Syracuse’s tallest players. She could dunk in high school and her self-awareness about where her game was at stuck out.

“As much as we wanted to be good teammates, and we were, it was hard,” Wlaszczuk said. “… she knew where she was … she knew

that she was way behind everyone else and she never used it as an excuse.”

Though Witherspoon has less on-court responsibilities than other players as a mid-

dle blocker, Yelin said, the transition wasn’t easy. “What she’s achieved in this short time is incredible,” Yelin said. rpmannin@syr.edu

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS What you can take away from SU’s 1st game under Dino Babers

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early nine months of talk and marketing had built up Syracuse as “Orange is the new fast,” the fastest show on turf and any other slogan as long as you could fit “fast” in there.

Tempo. Conditioning. Speed.

All talked about ad nauseam. Until Friday, when we finally saw Dino Babers’ team take the field for the first time.

Yes, Syracuse won, 33-7, with time to send its backups in at the end. Yes, the Orange had a program record completion percentage, Eric Dungey had a career-high in passing yards and Amba Etta-Tawo and Ervin Philips combined for more catches in a game than any two SU receivers ever.

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And yes, it was the first game under a new system — and probably the worst SU will ever execute it.

But it was also Colgate, an FCS team hell-bent on stopping the run, giving Dungey free reign in the air.

Taking all that into consideration, here’s what we can reasonably take away from the game.

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men’s soccer

Syracuse forward Chris Nanco improves finishing ability

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. copy editor

Chris Nanco wishes he had some missed opportunities back. He wishes he could redo long runs in which he split defenders and generated quality shots on goal but failed to finish. He wishes he could remake past dribble moves that started with a breakaway but ended in a turnover or wide shot.

Throughout his career, Nanco has

dazzled fans, burned defenses and attacked opposing defenders with an extraordinary play-making, shotcreating ability. He has earned his 67 starts and 16 goals in his four years.

Where he has not been as effective is his finishing. Too often, the senior admitted, he’s had nothing to show for glaring moves on fast breaks.

“If I was more composed in my previous years,” Nanco said, “I would have scored a lot more goals.”

But that has changed this year.

Through four games, the forward is leading the team in goals, with three.

He’s putting his teammates in position to score and he’s now converting.

That finishing ability has helped lead No. 6 Syracuse to a 4-0 start to the 2016 campaign.

How Nanco has already put up three goals lies in keeping the end result of plays at the forefront of his drives. His aggression attacking the

net have been the hallmarks of his play. When he gets the good look, he’s now converting.

Nanco is focused on having an end result to his runs and openings, be it an assist or shot attempt.

That starts in practice, where Nanco is one of the first to arrive at practice to get extra work in, players said. He has increased his oneon-one work with SU assistant coach Matt Verni on tucking balls

into the corner, keeping the ball from the goalie and converting.

He’ll work on specific targets in the net. Nanco sometimes works extra on targeting shots and finishing before games. He picks a corner, receives a ball and focuses on keeping his head up to shoot the ball. When practicing runs, he mimics plays in which players are finding space. He either feeds them or attacks the front post. see nanco page 14