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Renegade Magazine seeks to create a positive environment on SU’s campus with its upcoming Reneprom event that will feature student performances.

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Members of SU’s Student of Color Advisory Committee remain frustrated with the Department of Public Safety’s transparency amid a series of hate crimes.

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on campus

The Daily Orange asked more than 100 SU students if they feel safe on campus. Here’s what they said:

“I don’t feel as “I wasn’t sure if I safe as I did before”

wanted to come back” “I actually feel safer on campus

“I think we’re giving them than the news projected, and how unnecessary power” the incidents were portrayed” “What happened last semester shouldn’t have happened to begin with” Coming back

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ifan Hunde didn’t know what to expect returning to Syracuse University this semester after studying abroad in the fall.

“When they were telling us about everything happening, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to come back,” said Hunde, a freshman majoring in psychology and neuroscience. “I didn’t know if I was gonna feel safe.”

Students coming back to SU after winter break returned to a campus rocked by a slew of racist and anti-Semitic incidents. At least 21 hate crimes or biasrelated incidents have been reported on or near SU’s campus since Nov. 7, sparking student protests and calls for university-wide reform.

The Daily Orange asked more than 100 SU students if they feel safe on campus after winter break and if the university could do more to remedy issues of transparency and safety. Students varied in how safe they feel at SU, but many were unsure whether campus-wide change has been made.

Hunde was one of several students apprehensive to come back to SU after studying abroad last fall. Dayel Pope, a freshman economics major, and Megan Perlman, a freshman in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said they didn’t know what the campus climate would be like.

“Coming into the aftermath, I actually feel safer on campus than the news projected and how the incidents were portrayed,” Pope said. “I feel like the campus is doing a pretty good job putting things back into their prior place.”

Hamid ElDarwich, a graduate civil engineering student, previously applied to SU for his Ph.D. studies. Now, he’s contemplating his decision.

“What happened last semester shouldn’t have occurred in the beginning,” ElDarwich said. “I don’t think this is the ideal place for me, to be honest, after the racist things.”

Everyday safety

Students of color and white students expressed different feelings about SU’s safety and campus climate after break.

“Whenever I’m by myself, I pay attention

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Sean Spicer to visit campus

By Chris Hippensteel asst. news editor

Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, will visit Syracuse University in March.

The free event is scheduled for March 26 from 7-8 p.m., Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth organization, announced through its website. Rody Conway, president of SU’s College Republicans, confirmed the details of the event in a text message to The Daily Orange on Wednesday.

More details about the event will be available as the event approaches, according to YAF’s website.

The Student Association’s Finance Board approved the College Republicans’ $23,000 request to invite Spicer for a speaking event on campus last November. The assembly voted to approve the funding as part of the Finance Board’s spring semester allocations.

Since resigning as Trump’s press secretary in July 2017, Spicer has rebranded himself as a public speaker through the lecture agency Worldwide Speakers Group. He is also a former contestant of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Conway said in November that he wants Spicer’s speaking event to be “open to everyone.”

Spicer has spoken at college campuses across the country, including the University of California, Berkeley,Harvard University and Northeastern Illinois University, where he faced protests from students and faculty. .

Conway has said inviting wellknown speakers to SU is part of the College Republicans’ plan for future growth. He has also raised the possibility of inviting Ben Shapiro, founder of conservative news and opinion website The Daily Wire, to SU in the future.

Student Association requires all organizations to use approved funds in the semester they were allocated for. If the College Republicans did not host Spicer or a similar speaker in spring 2020, the funds would be returned to SA as rollover funds.

The Finance Board also declined a $6,000 request from the College Republicans to invite conservative political commentator Michael Knowles to campus. Stacy Omosa, chair of the Finance Board, said the board declined that request so the College Republicans could focus on the Spicer event.

The College Republicans appealed the budget request for Knowles. The Finance Board denied that appeal. cjhippen@syr.edu

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After reportedly agreeing to join Syracuse football on Jan. 11, defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was instead hired by Mississippi State Wednesday.

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PICS (Performing Identities Across Cultures): Call for Performance Proposals $500 Award for winning scripts and performances

Submit your proposal for a 15-minute original play to be performed on the quad in April Proposal deadline: Jan 29th.

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In celebration SU’s 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be Sunday.

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Continued response Deka Dancil has managed SU’s bias response and education initiatives amid hate crimes.

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Joint degree SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management launched a dual degree with the College of Law. See dailyorange.com

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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around New York state.

PAYROLL GRANT A New York state finance board awarded Syracuse $2 million to fund software upgrades for the city’s human resource department. A portion of the funding will be directed toward improving the city’s payroll and timekeeping systems. The Common Council will vote to approve the grant Monday. source: syracuse.com

MALL CLOSING Destiny USA retailers Papyrus and bareMinerals will close their stores, the mall announced Tuesday.

Papyrus, a stationary chain, is closing its 254 North American stores within the next six weeks. It is unclear when cosmetics retailer bareMinerals will leave Destiny. source: syracuse.com

COUNTY FAIRS

Business of music Mark Weiss, founder and CEO of 23/7 Global, discussed his music business with Richard Laubenstein, the company’s director of digital operations. 23/7 Global uses social media platforms to generate revenue for recording artists. Weiss and Laubenstein delivered the lecture as part of the David M. Rezak Music Business Lecture series.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed extending the New York State Fair by five days. This will overlap with the Erie County Fair, the second largest fair, 150 miles away. The New York State Fair will potentially open Aug. 21, while the Erie County Fair will end Aug. 23. source: cny central

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SYRACUSE FIRE

DPS communication frustrates committee

A resident who fell asleep with a lit cigarette ignited a house fire Tuesday night in the city’s Southside neighborhood. Residents of 1828 S. State St. escaped the fire without injuries. The fire, which began in the house’s second-floor bedroom, severely damaged the building’s second floor.

By Richard J Chang asst. digital editor

Months after first meeting with campus police, members of Syracuse University’s Student of Color Advisory Committee want to be more than listened to.

Members are calling for the Department of Public Safety and Chancellor Kent Syverud to allow the committee greater oversight of DPS protocol instead of operating solely as a liaison between students of color and DPS. Syverud nominated students for the advisory committee last March to gather recommendations and feedback on DPS actions relating to students of color. The committee formed in response to criticism of DPS’ transparency following an

assault of three students of color in February on Ackerman Avenue.

After a series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents on and near SU’s campus last semester, members said they continue to be frustrated with DPS’ protocols for transparency.

More than a dozen students serve on the committee alongside DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado, Dean of Students Marianne Thomson and Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford, among others. The committee holds no power over DPS policy.

“There’s a level of power you can’t reach when you’re talking to the DPS chief,” said Beruk Teshome, a member of the committee and a junior drama major. “He’s saying he will take something back to DPS or he’s been working on this.

We kind of had to take his word for it. They were as involved as they led us to believe they were.”

Meetings became a way to praise DPS’ actions when the department did something to improve the safety of students of color, members said. It was not a forum to hold DPS accountable when it did something harmful, they said.

Kate Abogado, co-chair of the committee and a senior policy studies and information management and technology major, said Maldonado’s friendly presence made it difficult to evaluate when the committee was not receiving a positive return on its goals.

Conversations the committee had with DPS earlier in the semester mostly faded in November, Abogado said.

That month, the N-word was written on a mirror, garbage cans and part of a ceiling light on the sixth floor of Day Hall. A racial slur against Asian people was also written on a bulletin board in Day Hall’s fourth floor.

DPS informed the broader campus community about the racist graffiti four days after the department was notified of the incidents.

Members of the advisory committee said DPS did not inform them about the incidents, and they found out about the graffiti when the rest of the student body did.

Maldonado did not clarify when the committee was made aware of the incidents in an interview with The Daily Orange.

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Treatment court helps patients toward recovery

By Marnie Muñoz asst. copy editor

When Syracuse’s first opioid addiction treatment court opened last year, Judge Rory McMahon was unsure of the work that lay ahead.

One year and 95 cases later, the Court for Addiction, Recovery and Education continues to connect nonviolent criminals to treatment for opioid addictions. The court, modeled after Buffalo’s treatment court system, ran smoothly in 2019, said McMahon, the court’s presiding judge.

“We’ve had a lot of success, and a lot of people relapse and come back, but yes, I really believe it’s making a

difference,” he said.

Onondaga County experienced 86 unintended opioid related deaths and 81 unintended prescription opioid-related deaths between January and July 2019, according to county data. The county experienced a near 15% rise in opioid deaths in the first nine months of 2019 after decreasing steadily since 2016.

Patients in the CARE program receive substance abuse treatment from one of three inpatient and outpatient centers, as well as individual case management and judicial supervision. The district attorney suspends a participant’s charges while they are admitted to

the program. Charges are reviewed and possibly reduced after completion, McMahon said.

One hundred thirty cases have been referred to the court since its opening last January, 95 of which were processed within the CARE program. Thirty-five cases were not admitted because of their jurisdiction within town and village courts.

McMahon individually meets with participants on a daily basis to check their progress.

McMahon asks participants about their sobriety and ongoing stresses in their lives during the meetings, he said.

Other attorneys are not pres-

ent during these off-the-record conversations, McMahon said.

The meetings focus on McMahon getting to know the participants and forming a relationship, he said.

The biggest challenge is convincing court participants to get the help they need, he said.

“We know what their dreams are, and what they’ve been through, and how they’ve wound up where they are, and how hard they’re working to overcome their addiction,” he said. “So, when there is a setback, you do take it a little personally.”

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FREED FROM JAIL A Syracuse man was released from jail more than eight months after he falsely confessed to murdering a man in a parking lot, his lawyer said. Robert Adams, 55, had been jailed since the May 6 beating that left Charles Jones, 28, dead. An eyewitness told police Adams was not the attacker, said Onondaga County prosecutor Joseph Coolican. source: syracuse.com

ECONOMY PREDICTIONS M&T Bank Economist Gary Keith predicted that the central New York economy will see continued economic growth at the annual CenterState CEO economic check-up Wednesday. Keith noted that population decline and a lacking work force may slow that growth, however. source: waer

BOEHEIM FOUNDATION The Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the Food Bank of Central New York. The grant will be used to send a new heating and refrigeration unit to one of the Food Bank’s Kids Cafe programs, which offers free after school meals to Syracuse children. source: cny central

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DJ’s on The Hill pleads not guilty in Liquor Authority case DJ’s on The Hill, a bar on Marshall Street, has pleaded not guilty to charges that it refused to admit people without a college ID, the New York State Liquor Authority said.

The SLA charged Dean P. Whittles Inc., owner of DJ’s on The Hill, on Nov. 13. The charges are part of an ongoing legal proceeding in which the bar’s liquor license could be revoked as the maximum penalty, said Audrey Ruffinen, deputy director of public affairs for the SLA, in an email. She said specific charges against DJ’s on the Hill were for operating a “non bona fide premise.”

A revocation order would terminate the bar’s license and prohibit the licensee from holding a license or permit for two years. DJ’s on The Hill is currently allowed to serve alcohol.

“In this case, the SLA received complaints the licensee was refusing to admit any individuals into the bar who did not have college IDs,” Ruffinen said.

A follow-up inspection where undercover investigators tried to enter the bar proved that the allegations were accurate, she said.

Liquor license holders are not allowed to use college IDs to ensure patrons are of legal drinking age, Ruffinen said.

A hearing where license holders can appeal the SLA’s penalties is pending, she said.

License holders also have the option to file a proceeding in state supreme court challenging the agency’s decision, she said.

“In order to attain a successful reconsideration, the licensee must bring forward new facts not previously considered by the board in their determination,” Ruffinen said.

Proceedings can be resolved by an admin-

istrative hearing, a no contest plea to charges or negotiations between the license holder and the SLA prosecutor.

Whittles, who holds the license for DJ’s on the Hill, declined to comment about the charges and the appeals process.

The SLA also suspended the license of DJ’s on the Boulevard, a sister location on Erie Boulevard East, in November.

DJ’s on the Boulevard pleaded not guilty to 53 violations, 47 of which were related to selling liquor to a minor. A joint undercover investigation by the SLA, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and the Syracuse Police Department found that nearly half of the bar’s 150 patrons during the investigation were underage, the SLA said in a statement.

The bar was also charged with staffing unlicensed bouncers and failing to keep

accurate records.

“The State Liquor Authority will not hesitate to take immediate action against bar owners who are flagrantly breaking the law,” Vincent Bradley, the SLA chairman, said in a statement. “Licensees have an obligation to take basic steps to ensure their patrons are of legal age, including checking every ID, training employees and obtaining scanners to spot fakes.”

DJ’s on the Boulevard will not be allowed to sell alcohol until the charges are resolved, Ruffinen said.

DJ’s on The Hill was fined in 2017 for multiple counts of selling alcohol to minors and intoxicated people. The SLA mandated that the bar stop admitting patrons under 21 and purchase ID scanners as part of a settlement. The offer also called for further employee training.

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completed the CARE program successfully throughout the year, said Resource Coordinator Dan Schick.

Another 30 cases are “actively, successfully engaged in treatment,” Schick said.

Transporting participants to treatment from the court was another difficulty McMahon said he encountered. The court relies on nonprofit support to provide participants with accessible treatment, he said.

McMahon said last year that he believes the CARE court will exist for as long as it takes to fulfill the city’s needs. That need remains to this day, he said.

A former participant, after completing the CARE program, asked McMahon to officiate her wedding next month.

“That one piece, that one couple made a difference,” he said.

more about my surroundings because I don’t feel as safe as I did before,” said Yaya Diawara, a freshman economics student. “I already came into an environment where there’s not many people that look like me.”

Senior Serita Coles said she will be glad to leave SU after graduating this semester. The social climate on campus allows others to label and ostracize her by her skin color, said Coles.

Alex Gangemi, a senior earth science major, said he’s always felt safe at SU. “Obviously, it is just a small group of people doing all this stuff trying to get a reaction,” he said. “Everyone is being very reactionary instead of proactive about it. I think we’re giving them unnecessary power.”

incidents in November and December.

The university launched campus engagement committees in December to collect input from students, faculty and staff on how to implement demands from the black studentled movement #NotAgainSU. The movement held a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days in protest of the racist incidents.

Andy Ridgeway, a graduate student in writing studies, rhetoric and composition, said he’s still concerned for the safety of students and professors in his department. Genevieve García de Müeller, a professor of writing, rhetoric and composition, received a hostile, anti-Semitic email Nov. 19.

“SU can start by investing a larger amount of money in building a humanities core that would teach people the histories of these institutional cultures and the prevalence of white supremacy on this campus,” Ridgeway said.

Nearly 150 faculty signed a letter in December calling for the creation of a liberal arts core curriculum to teach issues of diversity.

Many students said Syverud’s administration did everything it could to ensure campus safety amid the hate crimes and bias-related incidents. Students also agreed that university officials created initiatives that align with the demands of student groups.

“If I was in Syverud’s shoes or Bobby Mal-

donado’s shoes, it would be very difficult,” said Owen Cross, a junior advertising major. “From a standpoint of leadership, I just don’t know how you would manage something like that: 20,000 students and they all have a mind of their own.”

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Maldonado said he couldn’t speak on why students felt meeting with student protesters was more effective.

“I can understand why, in a sense,” he said. “I know that some members of our committee were active members of the #NotAgainSU movement.”

DPS asked the committee how to communicate with sit-in protesters only after members of the committee became active participants in the sit-in, Beruk said. Several members attended emergency committee meetings in between nights where they slept on the floor of the Barnes Center.

Rice said the committee should be allowed to draft policies and give feedback before DPS implements new policies.

“The inherent flaw in an advisory committee is you can only advise, you can’t change,” Rice said. “I think potentially giving more of a capacity to students to draft a policy — not one that — to say this is what us, as students, we don’t feel comfortable about.”

If DPS cares about how #NotAgainSU rose in response to the department’s lack of transparency, it needs to understand that past procedures were not effective in addressing hate crimes, Teshome said. The department needs to feel the struggle that students of color felt during that time, he added.

Teshome wants to meet with DPS officers during committee meetings to speak directly to them on issues affecting students of color.

Maldonado said he had not heard Teshome’s suggestion from the committee but agreed it would be helpful for bridging the gap between the committee and officers.

“I don’t think racist incidents will ever go away on campus and Syracuse’s culture,” Teshome said. “But I think going forward, the committee members and the students are not going to take any more bullsh*t or half-assness from the leaders. I think that’ll ultimately bring more effective change.”

By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

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committee with the committee after the incident happened,” Maldonado said.

DPS held emergency meetings with the committee shortly after the Day Hall incidents.

Members didn’t have an opportunity to discuss DPS’s handling of the graffiti, they said.

“We were saying, ‘We need to increase transparency. We want to feel safer,’” said Natalia Rice, a committee member and senior sociology and English dual major. “Increasing police presence usually hasn’t been the best solution for populations of people of color.

What can we do to make students feel like they are in a hospitable space?”

Committee members said they wanted to know why DPS waited to issue an official statement addressing the hate crimes in Day Hall and why they thought that procedure was adequate.

Maldonado said that during these meetings, DPS and SPD provided the committee with updates into investigations.

“There was some discussion about when you’re in the thick of an investigation, you can’t necessarily be as transparent as your community expects,” Maldonado said. “[Meetings were] more of an update as to what was being done and, if we couldn’t provide information, explaining why.” #NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement, held a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days in protest.

Between the emergency meetings, a few committee members met with student protesters and SU’s Student Association to find out what the campus needed to remedy the broken trust between DPS and students of color, Teshome said.

Committee members found that they accomplished more attending the #NotAgainSU sit-in than meetings with DPS. All they could do during meetings was demand more from DPS, Abogado said.

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Moving forward

Several students suggested ways the university could address the series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents in the coming semester.

While Aidaruus Shirwa, a freshman public policy major, feels safe from physical and emotional danger at SU, he fears there is no constructive dialogue between students and administrators.

SU should create committees made of students of all types of identities that can come together for public meetings to discuss institutional problems, Shirwa said.

Some students, like second-year architecture major Amreeta Verma and senior television, radio and film major Christian Lindabury, said the university needed to take additional steps to address campus safety and climate.

“If we’re going back to normal, then we’re going back to what was wrong before and we’re not resolving all the things that have happened,” said Lindabury. news@dailyorange.com

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Co-ed frats bring gender inclusivity

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he words “Greek life” often conjure up images of fraternity brothers and sorority sisters. In this system, people are split into two groups based on their gender. While many people enjoy life in a same-gender fraternity or sorority, genderinclusive Greek organizations focus on shared interests rather than gender.

Gender-inclusive fraternities can be an alternative selection for those interested in Greek life but who do not want to define their social group by gender, or simply want to open themselves to a variety of perspectives and experiences.

“I wanted to be something bigger than myself after coming back from studying abroad, and so an organization that was really accepting like a co-ed professional fraternity was a perfect opportunity for that,” said senior Megan Contri, who is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a community servicefocused professional fraternity.

One reason students have chosen to join gender-inclusive fraternities is the increased diversity of thoughts and perspectives they offer.

“I want a mix of people and ideas, and I think that makes it fun. It avoids herd mentality,” said Ricky Tibbets, a senior at Syracuse University and a member of the national honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi. There are six total genderinclusive fraternities at Syracuse University, which focus on different professional and service interests.

MALLORY STOKKER FEARLESS FEMINISM While gender distribution between professional frats may vary, the presence of gender equality within these social groups is beneficial to gaining varied perspectives and potentially limiting the kind of mob mentality that can contribute to hazing and other harmful practices. It gives all members the potential to have their voices heard and can help reduce the feeling of gender stereotypes.

“I just think there’s a lot less pressure on stereotypes when it comes to gender,” said Contri.

“Being in a gender-inclusive fraternity, it’s more inviting.”

However, members of genderinclusive frats can also face judgment for not participating in traditional social Greek organizations.

“I think there’s a stigma of ‘why aren’t you going to the big, more stereotypically masculine social fraternities?” Tibbets said. “So there’s a fear of well, am I going to be judged? Am I going to be seen as weak, emasculated?” he said. “I would bet that factors into a lot of men’s decisions subconsciously of why they wouldn’t join.”

One aspect of genderinclusive fraternities that can help promote gender equality is that they do not exist according to the gender binary. The system relies not on shared gender, but on shared interests.

“You get to interact with people from all across campus, from different majors, different genders,”

said Phi Sigma Pi’s president, Michael Dinardo, a senior at Syracuse University. “It just creates this very welcoming environment.”

Professional fraternities can help students adjust early to the working world through interacting and collaborating with people who may be different from them. This can be good practice for life after college when people will need to build strong working and friendly relationships with others regardless of their gender.

“I joined Phi Alpha Delta because I wanted to be in an environment where I could learn about law and be near people who were interested in the same profession as me,” said freshman Daamiya Mir. Phi Alpha Delta is a professional law fraternity.

Splitting social groups on the basis of gender lends to the idea that men and women are unequal or cannot come to understandings with one another. When people are split on the basis of gender, it limits the potential to collaborate with one another and hear perspectives from people whose experience may differ from one’s own.

Social groups like genderneutral fraternities create the opportunity for people regardless of gender to come together, bond over a common interest and learn about people whose perspectives may differ from their own.

Mallory Stokker is a junior magazine journalism major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at mstokker@ syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter @_malloryyrose_

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Diversity requires cooperative dialogue

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mphasizing diversity and inclusion requires unity.

Unfortunately, the racist and anti-Semitic events that occurred at Syracuse University in November have stirred AMELIA division FISCHER amongst SU INSIDE THE faculty rather OR A NGE than unifying them behind a campus-wide response.

Following the tragic events that occurred on campus, religion professors Biko Gray and Virginia Burrus published a letter calling for faculty to support a university-wide liberal arts core curriculum with aims of better versing students in issues regarding diversity. While the statement is signed by 148 faculty members, no staff members from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, the School of Information Studies or the College of Engineering and Computer Science signed the document. Faculty from these schools have remained relatively silent on the subject of what to do going forward from the November incidents.

Gray and Burrus were quick to criticize faculty members of said schools, contending that these schools value professional training, which can fail to emphasize elements of liberal arts curriculum.

George Langford, dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences,

shared similar thoughts.

“My colleagues in the sciences tend not to think about issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class. ...

I don’t think it’s at the top of mind for most of them,” he told The Daily Orange in a Tuesday article.

It is clear that faculty members across the different colleges want students to feel supported and safe. Yet, neither criticism nor silence will guide SU on its way toward creating a more aware and inclusive campus.

Instead, staff members across all colleges need to engage in openminded conversation regarding their shared desire to meet student needs following the unfortunate series of events that unveiled this past November. Creating this more inclusive environment will not be done with one simple implementation or event, but certainly not through argumentative attitudes or reluctance to compromise.

I am hopeful that students look beyond personal perspectives and aim to create a more accepting environment for those of all backgrounds and identities and that faculty members strive for this same goal through cooperation and dialogue.

Amelia Fischer is a sophomore public relations major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at alfische@syr.edu.

She can be followed on Twitter at @ameliafischer11.

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JULIO BURGOS, HANIYAH PHILOGENE, DASSY KEMEDJIO, NOOR DAR AND JALEN NASH are members of the e-board of Renegade Magazine, the first and only black general interest magazine on the Syracuse University campus. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

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assy Kemedjio always loved to write.

Her father, a professor, had her reading and writing from a young age. Her mother would have her write poems in birthday cards.

But when Kemedjio came to Syracuse University, she wanted to do more than the academic writings of her international relations and citizenship and civic engagement majors. Then, she found Renegade Magazine, and she felt connected

Renegade Magazine has established a voice for black students on campus

to campus in more ways than one.

“I always grew up in predominantly white suburbs,” Kemedjio said. “So, [Renegade] was more of a way to connect with my community and assert my identity a little bit more.”

Renegade, which remains the first and only black general interest magazine at SU, began in 2014. Ibet Inyang, now a Newhouse alumna, pitched a story about natural hair for another campus publication. After the pitch was denied for being “too controversial,” Inyang set out to create a platform for black see renegade page 8

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Exhibit showcases stories of resettled refugee students

By Jillian LeVeille staff writer

When he was a child, Ibraheem Abdi fled from Kenya with his family after a neighboring tribe rampaged his town with spears, bows and arrows to gain territory. Now, the 21-year-old Syracuse University sophomore is telling his story through poetry and art.

Abdi is one of the student artists being showcased at a photography exhibit called Intertwined Journeys:

Poems by the Narratio Fellows, which will be on display at the Community Folk Art Center through Jan. 31. He and the other fellows, who are also resettled refugees, will be performing their poetry at a reception Friday, Jan. 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The exhibit will feature poetry that the fellows wrote during the program last summer. A photograph of an object that each fellow chose from the collection at the Ancient Near Eastern Art department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will

They chose things that were really indicative of the breadth of the collection Sarah Graff

associate curator of the ancient near eastern art department at the met

complement their poetry, said Brice Nordquist, an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric and director of graduate studies at SU. Nordquist said that one of the goals of the fellowship was to create a space for resettled refugee youth to tell their life stories in their own way.

“A lot of representation of refugees and immigrants are primarily about trauma and violence and displacement,” Nordquist said. “And all of that is real and important and a

part of these individuals’ lives. At the same time, they have rich and varied lives and deep cultural heritages that are very rich and complex.”

Nordquist began his journey with the fellowship when he met Ahmed Badr at the North Side Learning Center in Syracuse. They both developed the four-week program and curriculum, featuring lessons in storytelling, workshops and field trips to institutions like The Met in New York City.

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‘The Night House’ to premiere at Sundance Festival opportunity to work alongside industry professionals at American High. During her internship this past fall, Levin aided in the construction of sets and day-to-day tasks.

By Christopher Scarglato staff writer

Phantom Four Films used the equipment and offices of Liverpool-based production company American High to shoot a horror film titled “The Night House” in central New York.

The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.

“The Night House” is a horror movie about a widowed schoolteacher named Beth who seeks to find peace within herself in the lake house her husband left to her.

When ghostly apparitions call to Beth in her dreams, she resorts to searching through the belongings of her late husband, only to find a dark secret, according to The Sundance Film Festival website.

While “The Night House” was not an American High production, select scenes were filmed within the walls of the abandoned high school set in Syracuse that is owned by the company.

American High has been the production site of movies such as “Big Time Adolescence” starring Pete Davidson and “The Binge” with Vince Vaughn. According to their website, the company makes films that harken back to ‘80s teen comedies directed by John Hughes, such as “The Breakfast Club.”

In July 2012, Governor Andrew Cuomo created a 420 million dollar-incentive to help grow the film industry in New York state. With the help of this incentive, the production company American High eventually emerged, which was founded by Jeremy Garelick in 2017.

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renegade students to express themselves without the judgement.

Renegade, the name of the magazine, literally means “an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior,” according to Merriam-Webster. Caitlin Easy, a senior and front of book editor, said the name drew her into joining the publication.

“Renegade itself is like a rebel in society, and someone who’s willing to pursue creative endeavors,” Easy said. “They’re not afraid to be bold and not afraid to show the world what they have to give. So, that whole concept, I just loved it.”

Jalen Nash, a senior, describes his involvement with Renegade Magazine as serendipitous. He says he spent a lot of time his junior year searching for ways to change the conversation around his community.

“I was looking for ways to make an impact because the community I am a part of on campus is underrepresented and underresourced,” Nash said.

Like Kemedjio, he found Renegade as a way to amplify the voice of him and his

I wouldn’t be surprised if more people slowly start to move here working for American High and if another company pops up Jennifer Levin american high intern and su sophomore

Phantom Four Films used equipment and the offices of Liverpool-based company American High to create “The Night House.” hieu nguyen senior staff photographer

school life after the company bought an abandoned high school in the Syracuse suburb of Liverpool.

“We shot this summer and it was not cold and it was not dreary, and it was pretty nice most days,” said Chloe Mathieu, a Syracuse University senior that worked on the set. “Now it looks significantly more terrifying.”

Mathieu added that the diverse landscape of central New York, with its lakes and dense forests, lent itself to the backdrop for the horror film.

Since Cuomo’s film industry initiative, in 2019 alone, the Innovation Group of CNY Arts Film Fund reported that the

benefits of their first five films total an estimated $10 million. This money directly benefits the regional community, as each film was averaged to provide “60 full-time equivalent jobs,” the report from Alexander Korman, the IGCNYA Film Fund program officer read.

According to American High’s website, the production company has become a launchpad for Syracuse’s film industry, allowing for numerous movies to be created, including “The Night House.”

Jennifer Levin, a sophomore television, radio an film major at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, had the

peers. Yet, the publication would become the center of the community after publishing reports and stories about hate crimes on campus last semester.

Last semester, racist and anti-Semitic incidents plagued the Syracuse University campus. After the incidents started, members of Renegade Magazine’s executive board and general body wanted to take control of the narrative surrounding racist and anti-Semitic hate crimes on campus. Nash, who is co-editor-in-chief along with Blake Duncanson, said that after previous racial incidents on campus, Renegade wanted to make sure the perspectives and opinions of its community were seen.

“When #NotAgainSU happened, all of Renegade felt a responsibility to kind of control our narrative and really get the story out the way it’s happening to us,” Nash said.

In an Instagram post, Renegade broke the news of racial slurs written in the bathrooms of the fourth and sixth floors of Day Hall. From there, Renegade utilized its social media platforms to spread information and student perspectives during the weeks of protest and conversation.

#NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement, occupied the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days. The group was protesting the university’s handling of the situation. As the protest progressed, Renegade Magazine and its members were there, following the movement.

“In general, our mission is to always basically to tell the truth, you know, keep it real,” Easy said. “What we choose to report, we report for the people.”

As web editor, Kemedjio said that the publication has been trying to grow its online presence. During the protests, Renegade Magazine used social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter to document events as they unfolded.

“We all kind of pitched in in our own way,” Kemedjio said. “It was interesting being in the media, but also being the subject as well.”

This semester, members of the e-board are hoping that people can take time to feel good about themselves. This Saturday, the publication will host Reneprom, a prom-themed celebration in honor of its fall 2019 issue, “The Feel Good Issue.”

After its “Toxicity Issue” in spring 2019, Nash said the e-board wanted to create a

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exhibit arrowhead, a button and a cup represented the more human aspects of the collection compared to the larger works, said Sarah Graff, the associate curator of the Ancient Near Eastern Art department at The Met. “We couldn’t have chosen better if we had assigned them to them,” she said. “They chose things that were really indicative of the breadth of the collection.”

Graff said she has worked with Badr in the past, after meeting him at an art exhibit that he worked on. Badr then approached her about working with The Met for the Narratio Fellowship, which allowed the fellows to view the collection and perform in one of the galleries last fall.

She also added that the Ancient Near Eastern Art department is working to put excerpts from the fellows’ poems on temporary labels that will hang next to the displayed objects.

The display will also have links for people to listen to an audio file of the fellows reading their poems in the spring.

“It’s hard to put into words, but it really

The Narratio fellows wrote poetry about their experiences as resettled refugees for the Interwined Journeys exhibit at CFAC.

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“There’s a handful of local people who work for American High,” Levin said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if more people slowly start to move here working for American High and if another company pops up.”

American High looks to produce four more feature films in 2020, according to its website.

Reflecting on her experience in working on the film set, Mathieu found central New York to be an ideal spot to launch her own career.

“I could definitely see myself writing the film and setting it here,” Mathieu said. “Especially having lived here for four years for college, they say write what you know, so now that I know central NY, I can definitely see using it as a setting in the near future.” cscargla@syr.edu

magazine that would uplift its readers. The issue aims to highlight creativity and selfexpression, according to an Instagram post from the magazine.

“We wanted to host a launch party that captured the essence of our theme and really showcase what we’re trying to do with the community,” Nash said.

The prom theme is meant to remind students of what some deem as the best times of their lives. According Renegade’s Instagram, Reneprom is “a celebration of our Black culture on campus.”

Performances by student organizations and artists include Aidan Ochre, Gianni, Lloyd Ansah and Chelly. DJ Shy Guy will also be DJing the event. It’s for the Culture, an SU student-run take-out business that specializes in Caribbean food, will be catering the event.

While tickets are sold out for Reneprom, members of Renegade said they’re planning more events throughout the semester.

“We just have a lot of people that understand the passion and the creativity it takes to be a part of Renegade,” Easy said. “I just think that the history of Renegade and its legacy will definitely continue to flourish.” abnakamu@syr.edu

does bring in new life to the collection to have young people engage with them, studying them from their own vantage points and adding their own layer of interpretation,” she said.

“It really makes our collection more relevant, I would say, and increases our engagement.”

Abdi recites his poetry from memory, a skill that he brings to performances like his appearance at the United Nations in the fall.

He speaks with strength and confidence, he said, and will bring that same energy to his performance at CFAC on Friday.

In addition to the performances, Badr will speak at the reception. He said the speech will follow a summary of the fellows’ work from the past couple months and provide a small preview into the future of the fellowship.

Badr also hopes to expand the fellowship to more locations, like Richmond, Virginia.

However, the fellowship’s inaugural year has given Abdi a new perspective on storytelling.

“It’s like everybody has a story,” he said.

“People may not share it. Sometimes they don’t know how to share it. But Narratio gave us that lift of this is the way to do it, and you’ve always had the way of doing it.” jpleveil@syr.edu

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Syracuse women’s lacrosse featured four players on Inside Lacrosse’s preseason AllAmerican list. Senior Emily Hawryschuk and sophomore Sarah Cooper were firstteam selections, redshirt junior Kerry Defliese was named to the second team and sophomore Megan Carney earned an honorable mention.

The Orange are one of three Division I teams with multiple first-team selections.

Hawryschuk, an attacker, earned IWLCA all-America honors last season after leading the team with 75 goals — second-most in SU single-season history.

Cooper gets the nod after notching 2019

ACC rookie of the year last summer. The defender led the Orange with 33 caused turnovers and was second on the team with 36 ground balls. Cooper’s the only sophomore in the country on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.

Another returner to the Orange defense, redshirt junior Kerry Defliese, was second on the team in caused turnovers (28) and third in ground balls (33). Both Defliese and Cooper were voted to the 2019 All-ACC second team.

Attacker Megan Carney was third on the team in goals (32) and second in assists (24).

The sophomore had five points in both of SU’s NCAA Tournament games last spring.

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By Andrew Graham senior staff writer

The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2020 schedule Wednesday morning, including Syracuse’s upcoming conference matchups.

Along with nonconference opponents Rutgers, Liberty, Western Michigan and Colgate, the Orange will face ACC Atlantic foes Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Wake Forest and North Carolina State. Syracuse will also face two ACC coastal opponents: Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh.

SU opens with back-to-back road games for the second-straight year. Syracuse opens the 2020 season on a Friday night in September at Boston College before traveling to face the Scarlet Knights in New Jersey a week later.

A year after a week three primetime showdown, SU’s matchup with Clemson has moved back to October — the Orange will head to Death Valley on Oct. 24, facing a from page 12

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win streak The locker room after the game echoed a similar sentiment. There was still a trace of buzzing, of disbelief. Players said wins like this one put into perspective just how low the early-season feeling was but also how wrong everyone was about them. Yet when Syracuse (12-7, 5-3 Atlantic Coast) beat Notre Dame (11-7, 2-5) 84-82 in its second matchup with the Irish this season, freshman Brycen Goodine said the Orange’s focus was to stay grounded. A once-dominant performance from the Orange came down to a last-second scuffle as a team that had beaten SU earlier in the season faulted through the same gap as three teams before: wondering where this Orange team came from. And now SU is wondering when, if, it will stop.

“We can beat anybody,” Elijah Hughes said. “Anybody can beat us (too), but we got to keep working.”

Wednesday’s victory stretches the Orange’s winning streak to four games, a run that began at a moment the Orange’s season seemed lost. A defeat on Wednesday would have simply restored the status quo, yet a win perhaps makes the Orange’s progress impossible to ignore.

Much has changed for Syracuse since the last time these teams met, when Notre Dame’s offense overpowered SU. Since then, the Orange won with their defense against Virginia. They won with their offense against Boston College. They won with both against Virginia Tech. When Notre Dame came out of the gate hot in South Bend, SU responded immediately with the game trending in the opposite direction. SU took the lead and for moments looked like its runs would never end.

The beginning of the game brought much of the same play foreshadowed in the previous matchup. John Mooney, one of the ACC’s top big men, rebounded at a high rate and scored even better. Notre Dame scored quickly from the outside and jumped out to a nine-point lead by scoring 30 points in under 10 minutes. Syracuse appeared to fall into its early-season tendencies. It exposed the ball on its dribbles for easy poke-aways,

fouled on the interior and left a major spot open on defense every time down the floor.

After Girard hit a 3-pointer on one end, Dane Goodwin answered on the other end with a banking 3-pointer in the corner on a shot that looked destined for the side rim. Marek Dolezaj spun inside for a layup. Gibbs hit a calm floater in the lane.

Almost as it always has, the run to break out of purgatory came in a way almost subtle.

Girard pushed up the floor, stopped, pivoted and pushed a floater into the rim. He added another 3-pointer and continued to push the pace with the Orange down two points. Off another rebound, Bourama Sidibe streaked down the court. Girard lofted an advance pass. For a moment, it seemed as if he might have pushed too hard.

Sidibe caught it, but upon seeing the sideline he stumbled, leaped forward and wrapped an aimless pass across his body.

The pass found Buddy, who swung to Hughes, who gave SU the lead. The end of the first half provided similar fortunes, and SU went to the break with a fourpoint lead.

The Orange’s offense, once the enlightened boost for the underdog SU, came out of halftime dominant. Sidibe rediscovered his touch inside. Hughes’ scoring ballooned to 22 points early as SU’s star looked to post up and score. Girard, despite a poor shooting night, pulled down nine rebounds and pushed forward.

The Irish had their answer and went on a 13-2 run to retake the lead. Syracuse looked imbalanced on defense and bothered on offense. But this isn’t the same Orange team that blew games earlier in the season. The Orange responded and regained a lead they never fully thought they lost sight of. When SU needed to hold on, its free throws came from a mixed group of the sure-handed Girard and the streaky Quincy Guerrier, yet both led to the same 2-for-2 result. The late execution improved SU to 3-0 on the road in the ACC. “Always good to go in and steal a win in somebody else’s spot,” Girard, a 96% freethrow shooter, said. mmcclear@syr.edu | @MikeJMcCleary

dunked it anyway.

“If I touch it today I’m not going to pass it to nobody,” Sidibe said thought to himself. “I’m just going to finish it.”

The 6-foot-10 Sidibe likes to catch the ball and turn and attack the hoop with a right-hand hook shot. Throughout practices and sometimes before, he’s worked on the move with Griffin. He’s tried to be more explosive and dunk the ball this year.

Therein lies the problem. The dunk was too much. He didn’t need the dribble. Against Notre Dame, the ball didn’t hit the floor, and Sidibe swung his body around to hit a baby hook shot.

“Take a risk with it,” forward Marek Dolezaj

Tigers squad that will then be heading into an off week.

Syracuse also faces Georgia Tech for just the second time since joining the ACC, hosting the Yellow Jackets for the first time as conference opponents. GT demolished the Orange, 56-0, when they last played in 2013.

Here is Syracuse’s full 2020 schedule.

(Home games in bold.)

Boston College, Friday, Sept. 4 Rutgers, Saturday, Sept. 12 Colgate, Saturday, Sept. 19 Western Michigan, Sept. 26 Louisville, Saturday, Oct. 3 Liberty, Saturday, Oct. 17 Clemson, Saturday, Oct. 24 Georgia Tech, Saturday, Oct. 31 Wake Forest, Saturday, Nov. 7 North Carolina State, Saturday, Nov. 14 Florida State, Thursday, Nov. 19 Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 28 aegraham@syr.edu| @A_E_Graham

advised Sidibe. “If you get the ball don’t put it down...if you miss you miss, you know? “ Sidibe’s point of demise never came against the Fighting Irish. He lost some battles against Notre Dame’s John Mooney, whom Boeheim likened to a top-25 player nationally.

It seemed Boeheim directed Sidibe less.

Normally, Boeheim’s motioning to him all game, but against the Fighting Irish, the disappointed look came less and less. When Sidibe reached his fourth foul with under 10 minutes remaining in the game, Quincy Guerrier dropped his towel and looked toward the scorer’s table. Boeheim motioned him off.

In a situation that’s been a substitution time and time again this season, Boeheim let Sidibe play. jlschafe@syr.edu | @Schafer_44

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Zach Arnett flips, joins Mississippi State as DC Sidibe shines in win over Notre Dame

By Andrew Graham senior staff writer

Syracuse defensive coordinator Zach Arnett is reportedly leaving to take the same position at Mississippi State, according to a tweet from Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel.

John Wildhack, Syracuse’s Director of Athletics, released a statement confirming the initial reports.

“We are disappointed that Zach Arnett has decided not to honor the commitment he made to Syracuse University,” Wildhack’s statement read. “We will continue to work diligently to find the best defensive coach for our program.”

Arnett was announced as the Orange’s new defensive coordinator — succeeding Brian Ward — on Jan. 11. His sudden departure con-

tinues the most turbulent offseason for Syracuse since Babers was hired in December 2015.

Prior to taking the SU job, Arnett was San Diego State’s defensive coordinator for a season, coaching the Aztecs, leading one of the best defenses in the nation while running his 3-3-5 scheme. He served under Rocky Long at SDSU; Long also interviewed to be Syracuse’s offensive coordinator.

According to Syracuse.com, Wildhack said that Arnett signed an offer sheet with SU. Arnett’s departure leaves a hole in SU’s staff late in the 2020 recruiting and hiring cycles.

Mississippi State didn’t respond to initial requests for comment.

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Joe Girard III’s 2 late free throws stopped ND’s comeback effort

By Michael McCleary senior staff writer

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OUTH BEND, Ind. — Joseph Girard III deposited the ball into the arms of a seemingly angered T.J. Gibbs behind him and quickly ran out of harm’s way.

SU’s freshman had bothered the Irish all game. The buzzer had sounded. The game was over. Syracuse had won — its fourth-straight victory, a usual time for triumph, elation.

Yet the Fighting Irish crowd’s energy remained tense, and the Orange remained stoic. A six-point lead seemingly spelled the end of action, but then madness ensued.

Syracuse let in a bucket inside, then it threw away the ball and allowed another. Girard easily hit two free throws, but Notre Dame’s John Mooney sunk another layup inside, and the Orange needed to inbound, cleanly, again. The ball was dumped underneath to Girard, and Mooney swatted it at his feet and out of bounds. Mooney and the rest of the Irish jumped. For a second, it seemed as if the game had another pulse, another chance to crash down towards disaster, but the referees waved the call off. Behind Girard, Gibbs hollered.

He wanted the ball. So, Girard gave it to him.

“I never like to be the one to really start, but I’m also never going to be the one to back down from it,” Girard said after the game. “If guys want to come after me like that, it kind of fuels me.” see win

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For months, Bourama Sidibe has just wanted the ball. He said before the season that he could be used more on offense.

But Sidibe knows that’s not his role in this Syracuse offense, one that relies heavily on the 3-pointer and scores inside sparingly.

“I usually don’t get the ball,” Sidibe said with a shrug.

But still, he’s wanted the ball because he believes he can score. If Sidibe could just get the ball on the run, like he used to back in his adolescent days in Spain, maybe he could run the floor. Or if the ball was inserted to him down low, surely Sidibe could finish the layup as he did for years in high school.

In Wednesday’s win 84-82 win against Notre Dame, Sidibe did what he’s long said he can. The junior center flashed the offensive prowess he showed in earlier stages of his career. For the seventh time this season, he finished perfect from the field, shooting 6-for-6 while grabbing five rebounds. In Syracuse’s fourthstraight ACC win, the big-man, known best for his hobbling tendonitis and bobbling of passes, dunked the ball in transition and sank a hook shot. It was everything he hasn’t been but could be in one game.

“If he can get us some points like he did tonight that was big.” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said.

“He was moving guys were finding him when he was open.”

Sidibe’s night came four days after Boeheim flashed his finger in Sidibe’s face early in the game against Virginia Tech. Sidibe was responsible for the man in the corner and didn’t get out in time before the Hokies sank a 3-point shot.

Boeheim’s bench reaming, something seen often throughout the year, was partially taken back when Syracuse watched the game again as a team. Sidibe shouldn’t have been screened. He can’t get screened. But the pass to the corner could’ve been blocked had other SU defenders been in proper spots. So, it wasn’t all on the big man.

But the scene said perhaps more than the play. A Sidibe screw up followed by a Boeheim scowling topped off by fans on the internet.

“It’s tough,” Sidibe said. “He’s one of the toughest coaches I’ve played for.”

After the Virginia Tech game, Sidibe vowed to be more aggressive.

Syracuse assistant coach Allen Griffin told Sidibe the ball couldn’t be on the floor as much. When he catches a rebound, he needed to go up to the hoop with it. Don’t dribble. Don’t pass it outside. That’s when all the trouble happens. Just shoot.

That’s what Sidibe did. When he caught a pass on the first possession against Notre Dame, he sank a layup. When he bobbled a no-look feed from Joe Girard III, Sidibe see sidibe page 10