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When they do have interactions with police, LGBTQ people often report harassment, discrimination and even violence and sexual assault Naomi Goldberg policy and research director at movement advancement project alliance of central new york
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n December, the Syracuse Police Department implemented a policy governing officer interactions with transgender people. While some see the policy as a milestone, others see it as an opportunity for continued growth.
LGBTQ activists say SPD policy lacks clarity on discipline
The five-page document sets departmentwide standards for how officers should address transgender, intersex, nonbinary and gender non-conforming individuals and sets protocols for instances when officers might not know what to do. Meetings in Syracuse to discuss a potential policy began in February 2018, said Sgt. Matthew Malinowski, SPD spokesperson, in an email. The workgroup tasked with creating the policy
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SU to publish campus housing review in spring 2020 By Michael Sessa asst. news editor
Syracuse University’s ongoing review of its student housing will be completed by spring, university officials said. The review is guided by student feedback from the 2019-2020 academic year A possible three-year on-campus housing requirement was proposed in a student survey about campus housing in September, sparking student concerns. Students are currently required to live on campus for two years. “The results of the housing
survey will provide critical insight into students’ preferences for their living and learning environment and housing options,” said Dolan Evanovich, senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience, in a statement. A portion of the survey questioned if students would support a three-year live-on policy if the oncampus residential experience was “transformed to meet the needs of contemporary college students.” Amir Rahnamay-Azar, SU’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, said students’ needs and expectations have changed con-
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siderably since SU constructed the majority of its residence halls. The location of a student’s residence hall or apartment has a significant impact on the nature of their academic experience, Rahnamay-Azar said. Feedback from the student survey indicated that greater access to university resources increases student satisfaction and improves academic outcomes, he said. “The further away a student lives, especially in the first two to three years of their college experience, the more challenging it is for them to take advantage of the ben-
efits afforded by being on or near the campus core,” Rahnamay-Azar said. Mandatory on-campus living requirements are supposed to provide equal housing experiences for students, said Amy Ellen Schwartz, a professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs who studies student performance and housing. There may not be conclusive answers about student performance relative to where students live on campus, but SU should be looking into the potential correlation, Schwartz said. see housing page 4
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Students express funding concerns By Victoria Decoster staff writer
Morning meditation SU students practice yoga breathing techniques and partake in a guided mediation at a Breathe, Meditate, and Rejuvenate session at the Barnes Center at the Arch. Participants in each session learn techniques to reduce stress and achieve a calm state of mind. The sessions are taught by certified instructors and are open to all students regardless of experience. lucy messineo staff photographer
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Grad school dean addresses adviser grievances By Richard J Chang asst. digital editor
Graduate School Dean Peter Vanable answered graduate students’ concerns about student-adviser conflicts during the Graduate Student Organization’s Wednesday meeting. A senator asked Vanable to explain the Graduate School’s process for addressing grievances in academic relationships when a student fears retaliation from the faculty or department. The Graduate School has not explicitly addressed the process, Vanable said. Students have
resources on campus to resolve potential grievances, such as Syracuse University’s Office of the University Ombuds, he said. “The first step is to try to resolve it with your mentor,” Vanable said. “Sometimes, that means taking a deep break and understanding that there may be differences in perspective. The next step I would advise is to talk to the director of your graduate program.” Vanable said he understands students’ fears of making enemies in their departments or lowering their grades. The graduate school recently
If you’re in the ‘I’m almost done but not quite, and if I had funding, I can get it done,’ that is the funding stream that this is designed for Peter Vanable
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launched a graduate faculty council tasked with creating a program to strengthen the relationship between research advisors and graduate students. Faculty members from each school and college serve on the council. Vanable also announced funding for a summer dissertation fellowship. The program would fund 50 stipends to complete a master’s degree or Ph.D. dissertation during the summer. The $4,000 stipends are for people who are almost done writing their dissertation but are not in a financial position to com see GSO page 4
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Councilors approve funding for road repaving By Marnie Muñoz asst. copy editor
Syracuse’s Common Council discussed service costs Wednesday for an infrastructure and engineering firm repaving Salina and State streets. If approved, the added costs will pay for inspection services from C&S Companies, said City Engineer Mary Robison. The amendment will add $1,203,000 to the city’s payment to C&S, increasing the construction project’s total cost to $2,248,000 from the city, she said. The repavement project will remove the road currently in place
on Salina and State streets and grind the material for recycling purposes. A new surface will then replace the two detracted areas. Construction will begin this summer, and is expected to continue through 2021, Robison said. The city also plans to repave South Warren, Clinton, Montgomery and Jefferson streets next year. Nearly 90 miles of roads in Syracuse received poor pavement ratings, according to a 2019– 2020 report from the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council. The rating is reserved for surfaces with “severe or very severe distress occurring frequently” that may impede travel,
the report said. Councilor At-Large Michael Greene expressed concern about the project’s impact on road accessibility for Syracuse residents and asked whether C&S would be responsible for overseeing any potential obstacles. “I’m sure it will be challenging because it’s two highly travelled quarters, but [C&S] anticipated this all along, so they’ve been planning for it,” Robison said. Councilor Chol Majok, of the Third District, asked why the project had not been assigned to the city’s own engineering department. The city’s engineering department does not have enough staff to
manage a project of this scale alone, Robison said. Contracting firms allowed the city to better ensure that projects are following guidelines and will be eligible for proper reimbursement, she said. “It’s in our best interest to use consultants for this,” Robison said. Councilor Joseph Carni, of the First District, said using consultants reduced overall project costs for the city in general while also guaranteeing engineering expertise. “Ninety-nine percent of the time, it’s cheaper to go sub the work out rather than pay someone in the house,” he said. ammunozc@syr.edu
Student Association’s comptroller has scaled back financial transparency efforts after student organizations expressed concern that too much information had been publicized. When Stacy Omosa ran for SA comptroller in April, her campaign platform centered on disclosing SA’s budget and how much money SA allocated toward each registered student organization on campus. Omosa released SA’s semester allocations to The Daily Orange in November, detailing how much funding each student organization requested and would receive for the spring semester. “I thought this was information the people wanted,” Omosa said. “I thought it would be perceived well. It wasn’t.” After the numbers were released, student organization leaders began asking Omosa why other groups had received more money, she said. Other organizations were upset that budgets had been disclosed to the media, and many came to her office hours to express their concerns, she said. Student organizations also started requesting more money than was financially feasible for SA to give out, Omosa said. Organizations were not considering that SA’s allocations also fund Student Legal Services and University Union events such as Block Party and Juice Jam, she said. “I noticed from a comptroller perspective that this information should be private to protect organizations and to protect upcoming events,” Omosa said. “I now know that I have special privileges in student activities for a reason. That was a learning curve for me.” Omosa continues to update RSOs about the SA budget, but she now only discloses the amount of money SA has available compared to the total amount of funds requested. “I tell people how much we have,” said Omosa. “I think that’s very important because a lot of people didn’t know.” Before RSOs can apply for funding from SA, they must first attend fiscal agent training to learn about SA’s finance code and the procedures for submitting a budget. The SA Finance Board automatically denies budgets of organizations that have not completed the training. Tatiana Hernandez-Mitchell, president of Lambda Theta Alpha, said Omosa will notify her ahead of Fiscal Agent Training dates and will remind her to come to office hours if her sorority needs additional help managing its budget. Omosa sends her email updates, HernandezMitchell said. “Our treasurer will have a sitdown meeting with Stacy (Omosa), but that hasn’t happened too frequently,” said Hernandez-Mitchell. “We usually just send in the funding see finances page 4
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policy included representatives from community organizations such as Black Cuse Pride and the Transgender Alliance of Central New York, Malinowski said. Representatives from SPD and its legal affairs department also participated, he said. “There were certainly a lot of debates and disagreements,” said Mallory Livingston, cofounder of the Transgender Alliance of Central New York and a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County. SPD’s policy is unique in its specific focus on transgender people, but could use greater clarity about officer training and discipline, said Livingston. The department’s policy details procedures for contacting, arresting and documenting interactions with transgender people. Officers are obligated to address the public using the names, pronouns and titles of respect appropriate to an individual’s gender identity. Nearly half of respondents to a 2015 report from the National Center for Transgender Equality said officers they interacted with who knew they were transgender addressed them by the wrong pronouns. Information about adjudicating policy violations and training supervisors who will advise officers on the policy is more sparse. SPD’s Office of Professional Standards is responsible for the department’s internal investigation of gender-profiling complaints, according to the policy. “If someone violates the policy, there is an internal progressive discipline system in from page 3
finances form, and she lets us know if we’re approved.” Morgan Eaton, president of Groovestand Acapella, said Omosa will notify the group whenever a new funding opportunity, such as special programming, becomes available. Omasa has done a great job of making sure organizations are financially stable, Eaton said.
place that the officer may be subjected to,” Malinowski said. He did not elaborate on the specifics of the disciplinary process. The working group had no authority to unilaterally come up with a rubric of punishment or discipline for violations of the policy, Livingston said. Doing so would go against case law and the contract the city negotiates with the SPD, she said. Requests to speak to Jeff Piedmonte, president of the Syracuse Police Benevolent
There were certainly a lot of debates and disagreements Mallory Livingston co-founder of the transgender alliance of central new york
Association, about disciplinary measures and police contracts were not returned. Livingston wonders about the qualifications of those reviewing disciplinary complaints pertaining to the policy. “Are those folks going to be trained? Do they understand this policy? Do they understand these rules? Do they understand these terms? Do they know anything about trans people?” Livingston said. “If there’s no discipline, then what’s the point?” Though the policy acknowledges that transgender people are disproportionately the victims of hate-based, violent crimes, it stops The Finance Board presents semester allocations at an SA meeting before each new semester. These meetings are open to the public so students can see the budget for themselves, Omosa said. “It’s not like we’re hiding it. We’re just not making it super accessible,” Omosa said. “Making it so accessible, like in your face, in your email, I think that’s too much of a stretch.” vadecost@syr.edu
short of reckoning with data suggesting that some police officers have perpetuated disrespect or hostility toward transgender people. Twenty percent of respondents to the NCTE report said police officers had verbally harassed them, and 4% said they had been physically attacked. Developing clear policies and training that increases law enforcement’s familiarity and understanding of LGBTQ people is essential to addressing disparities in peoples’ experiences, said Naomi Goldberg, policy and research director at Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit research think tank. “LGBTQ people, particularly LGBTQ people of color, are more likely to interact with police. And when they do have interactions with police, LGBTQ people often report harassment, discrimination and even violence and sexual assault,” Goldberg said. Updates are needed to many departments’ officer misconduct policies and procedures — not just those relating to LGBTQ people, Goldberg said. Some law enforcement agencies have established review boards for officer-involved shootings and other serious incidents that make changes to practice manuals and other policies in response to incidents, she said. SPD’s policy calls for officers to investigate and document allegations of gender bias from multiple sources, including complaints directed to the Citizens Review Board, a forum for citizen complaints regarding members of the police department to be heard and reviewed. Livingston, who has served on the CRB, said SPD could do more to facilitate a productive dialogue within that group. “The response with the police when we would
have meetings with them was that our review board’s punishments were off the wall and made no sense and were wacky,” Livingston said. “They weren’t willing to discuss any metric that would bring order to that kind of chaos.” The tenor of the working group’s discussions was sometimes similar, Livingston said. Police representatives pushing back on what group members wanted to discuss was a recurring issue, Livingston said. Malinowski said that SPD reviews policies “from time to time” to make sure the department is reflective of best practices and 21stcentury policing. “The consultation of advocacy groups can be part of the process,” he said. Continued conversation with community activists and organizations would prove beneficial, Livingston said. Multiple groups already provide advice and training to doctors, nurses and employees at local homeless shelters, among others in the community, Livingston said. Those kinds of discussions would better inform policy and clear up misunderstandings, Livingston said. A policy that mandates an arrestee’s gender be classified as it appears on government-issued identification cards, for example, would benefit from extensive knowledge of the state’s identification laws, Livingston said. New York law allows for changes to gender markers on licenses, passports and other official identification. SPD has and plans to provide its officers with training on how to interact with people from varying backgrounds, Malinowski said. “They want to train their officers to understand trans people,” Livingston said. “Well who better to do that than trans people?”
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debating whether it was the correct decision. Some senators argued that the event, which involves dinner and a dance at The Westcott Theater, is too costly for being non-academic. A majority of the cost would go toward booking one night at The Westcott Theater. Other senators said they are not willing to set a precedent of reverting special programming funding the senate already approved. Comptroller Yousr Dhaouadi said that the cost of booking the event was less than if the RSO held the event on campus.
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plete it, Vanable said. “If you’re in the ‘I’m almost done but not quite, and if I had funding, I can get it done,’ that is the funding stream that this is designed for,” Vanable said. Senators debated for more than an hour about approving special programming funds for a social event the Newhouse Master’s Association is hosting. The senate originally approved $9,300 in funding for the event before
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housing Part of the three-year housing plan would involve moving all undergraduate housing from South Campus to Main Campus. More than 2,500 students live in apartments on South Campus, and nearly 5,900 students live in one of the 18 residence halls on main campus. New residence halls would likely be needed to accommodate the change. Day Hall, which houses about 615 students, is the university’s most populated residence hall. Ernie Davis Hall houses 250 students. In the past year, SU demolished nine buildings on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue. A map SU included in a Campus Framework plan in 2017 identified the block as a possible site for new student housing, showing two buildings between Shaw and DellPlain Halls. The site is one of many that SU’s Housing Committee is evaluating for potential student housing development, Rahnamay-Azar said.
The more data SU can look at before making any decisions, the better, Schwartz said.
What is hard about all this is that we’re not actually making this change for today ... We have to think about the university of tomorrow. Amy Ellen Schwartz professor at the maxwell school of citizenship and public affairs
“What is hard about all this is that we’re not actually making this change for today,” she said. “We have to think about the university of tomorrow.” msessa@syr.edu | @MichaelSessa3
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yracuse University reformed its sustainability plan so that the university will become carbon neutral by the year 2040. The university is currently implementing several important changes to campus and must be proactive in balancing the multitude of demands in order to improve the student experience. A fallacy persists in environmentalism that claims individual actions cannot make enough of a difference to improve the state of the environment. Individual actions, such as taking shorter showers and turning off lights, cannot make a significant difference. But with everyone on campus consciously working toward a collective goal, these actions do add up to make an impact. “We have approximately 22,400 students enrolled, and approximately 5,281 staff and faculty on campus. If all the students in the residence halls take shorter showers and turn off their lights, the electrical use would decrease,” said Melissa Cadwell, a sustainability coordinator at SU. “We lower our office temperatures during the evenings in our buildings and offices.” Young adults have grown up hearing that environmental issues are critical and it is now important to these generations that something is done about combating the massive issue of climate change. This could serve as an explanation for why universities such as SU are trying to rectify the issue of carbon emissions. “Universities are pushed because they have a very unique clientele. The students of today are very interested in making sure that they are part of the solution and not part of the problem,” said
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STUDENT LIFE COLUMNIST Paul Crovella, assistant professor of forestry and natural resource management at SUNY-ESF. For SU, this plan has been in the works since before 2007, when then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. This agreement serves to address climate change and initiate more sustainable methods and has been signed by 697 colleges and universities nationwide. SU has plans to become one of a handful of universities that have reached carbon neutrality. The plan is to reach carbon neutrality by the year 2040, through the updating of its CAP (Climate Action Plan). In the past decade, seven universities have announced they have become carbon neutral. “The downside is that it will cost money to do all of this. It will be a big priority for the university, I think, to try to do it without having an impact on tuition,” said Peter Wilcoxen, professor of public administration and international affairs at SU. Crovella is in the process of researching and utilizing different methods that are more acute to environmental conservation to construct buildings. “Traditional steel and concrete construction have a significant carbon impact, from producing those materials. But recently wood products have been developed, which are able to capture carbon,” said Crovella. In order to withstand these
additional charges of environmental technology and the offsets of remaining emissions, there are possibilities of lowering the price in the process. One example of this is mass timber. Crovella explained that buildings constructed of mass timber are actually more quickly built than buildings constructed of steel concrete. While it may cost more initially, it eventually balances out during the construction period. The university is balancing many important issues and changes to the campus at the moment. One of the biggest is the crucial changes to current diversity initiatives and inclusion. The university cannot cease working on every other important issue to focus on becoming carbon neutral, which is why the goal is 20 years away. “They (SU) have to balance how fast they move forward with this against how fast they move forward with diversity,” Wilcoxen said. The issue of carbon emissions is not one that can be fixed overnight. It is one that is years in the making at SU and will take many more years before the goal is truly achieved. The balancing act between environmentalism, diversity, and every other issue must be maintained at a steady pace so as not to drop one of the other paramount issues. Change has to be implemented in intervals and not all at once so that the changes will stick.
Kailey Norusis is a freshman English literature and history major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at kmnorusi@syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter @Knorusis.
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ince the founding of this great nation in 1776, we have allowed young men and women to sacrifice their lives in order to protect United States citizens. We have SKYLAR allowed people SWART 18 and older to ELEPH A NT IN be considered THE ROOM adults in the eyes of the government and tried accordingly in a court of law. And, up until the mid- to late-1900s, we have allowed them to make their own decisions regarding drinking alcohol or smoking. When an 18-year-old has the responsibility of voting and is considered an adult, they should be responsible enough to decide if they want to drink or smoke. But last month, President Donald Trump signed legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, effectively raising the age to buy and use tobacco products from 18 to 21. This new law includes cigarettes, e-cigs and cigars. Before December, the minimum smoking age was either 18 or 19, depending on the state. At first glance, raising the minimum age to smoke tobacco products seems like a good idea. It enforces decreased smoking in younger generations and effectively lowers the death toll from smoking-related illnesses, like lung cancer. However, we live in America. So, shouldn’t our rights as U.S. citizens and legal adults allow us to decide the fate of our own health? Regardless of if someone agrees or disagrees with smoking or drinking at 18, if an American can be of legal voting age, they have the agency of living as a responsible adult. In a democratic society, voting is important and often determines the fate of the nation. The president is the commander in chief, has executive power and is the face of the United States internationally. By placing the power to vote in the hands of young
people, the government is giving them a great responsibility that can impact the nation. Similarly, once a teenager turns 18, they are considered an adult in the eyes of the law. They can go to prison and serve a severe sentence, join the military and manage their own medical decisions and finances. All of these responsibilities are considered fair because, at 18, a person should be mature enough to handle their life affairs and make responsible decisions for themselves. U.S. Army Captain Stephen M. Waltenbaugh, an assistant professor of military science at SU, agrees. The government cannot pick and choose certain ages that people are responsible for. You are responsible enough to do what the government wants, like serve in the military and vote, or you are not. If you are, then you should also be responsible for your decisions. “[At 18] you’re either A, an adult, or B, not an adult,” Waltenbaugh said. “If A, you’re an adult, you should be afforded all the rights and privileges afforded to any adult. That means the right to drink, smoke and do all the unhealthy things adults tend to do.” This is the problem with Trump’s new law and the alcohol laws already in place. If the government wants to give young people responsibilities that hold them accountable, then they should also be responsible for decisions regarding their health, like smoking or drinking. Although I do not encourage drinking or smoking, I do advocate for laws that are fair and make sense. When a U.S. citizen can go to war and vote, but not relax with a drink, the government clearly needs to reevaluate the age at which a citizen becomes responsible for all of their actions.
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ndrea Jenkins, the first Black openly transgender councilwoman to be elected to public office in the United States, walked into Slocum Hall in a loose-fitting beanie, a Victory Fund T-shirt and bright orange Adidas. The entire outfit was from Fluid, a now-closed New York Citybased fashion store that sells gender-fluid clothing. “I intentionally wore this tonight because I’m me,” Jenkins said. “Some days, I show up in a blazer and, you know, sensible shoes, but you have to be authentic and comfortable in yourself in order to be able to show up for justice.” On Feb. 5, Jenkins was the 2020 Black History Month Commemorative Lecture Speaker at Syracuse University. Throughout the night, Jenkins shared several poems and personal essays that
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detailed her life experiences. She was welcomed on stage by Cedric Bolton, coordinator of student engagement at the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “I have known Andrea since 2001,” Bolton said. “You never know who you are meeting, and I am just thankful for being at the right place at the right time when my wife told me to go to a writers’ workshop that was a day long. This is how we met.” The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience in SU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will continue to host a series of events throughout Black History Month in collaboration with campus departments and student organizations. Jenkins has a lot of experience in the LGBTQ community as a writer, performance artist, poet and activist. She made history when the city of Minneapolis elected her as the first Black openly see jenkins page 8
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‘Candide’ opera to come to Syracuse for one-day showing By Arabdho Majumder senior staff writer
In the fall of 2004, Christian Capocaccia emigrated from Italy and arrived at the State University of New York at Fredonia. The school was putting on a showing of “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, and Capocaccia became the assistant conductor. In many ways, the operetta mirrored his own journey, Capocaccia said. He remembers feeling the
same “emotional distress” that Candide, the main character, experienced traveling from one country to the next. Now, a little more than 15 years later, Capocaccia is returning to New York as the conductor of a oneday showing of Bernstein’s “Candide” this Sunday at The Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater. Directing the operetta is Julie Newell, who was previously the stage director for the 2004 showing in Fredonia. Student tickets are $10, and
Newell said the piece is especially striking for the younger generation because it is a coming-of-age tale. The 24-member chorus is made up of all-local talent, including Lucia Helgren, the Cortland-area local playing leading-lady Cunégonde. “I’m happy to have this forum to show off the significant talent of our area,” Syracuse native Newell said, “because it’s a pretty wellkept secret.” Operas can get a bad name, Newell said. Typically, they are in a
foreign language with supertitles, or subtitles that appear above the stage, to aid viewers in following the story. There are plot points, often with a character dying at the beginning or end of the show and a love triangle of some sort. But with a foreign language being fed to the audience, it’s hard enough to keep track of what’s being said, let alone the storyline that accompanies it. “Candide,” however, is in English. There are stabbings and an earthquake. Characters die multi-
ple times, and climactic moments are spread throughout the piece. While Newell said that the original book by Voltaire or manuscripts of the operetta by Bernstein are dense, seeing it live removes a lot of confusion. Newell compares watching the show to being on Disney’s Space Mountain rollercoaster. “Candide” moves fast, and the audience doesn’t know what to expect next. “It blows up preconceived see candide page 8
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Frisky February promotes sexual health and resources By Amy Nakamura feature editor
The Office of Health Promotion is holding events and activities centered around sexual health and safety for Frisky February, Syracuse University’s Sexual Health Awareness Month. Campus organizations and local sponsors are contributing to various events throughout the month. Jillian Siegal, a sophomore majoring in advertising, said that she’d probably use campus sexual health resources because they’re cheaper and more accessible than seeing a regular doctor. She feels, however, that the school could do more to promote these resources. “I’d say that they do a pretty good job of offering these resources, but I don’t think that, necessarily, it’s a very open conversation on campus,” Siegal said. “I feel like to access these resources, you actually have to look for them.” Frisky February is meant to change that. Mackenzie Mertikas, president of the Student Association, confirmed that activities throughout the month are meant to promote awareness not only about sexual health, but also available campus resources regarding the topic. “There’s just a lot of different resources on campus and off campus that students don’t know about,” she said. “We should be using those resources to make sure we’re having safe sex.” To kick off the month, the SA and OHP held the third annual sexual health resources fair. Local organizations such as Planned Parenthood, the Onondaga County Health Departfrom page 7
jenkins transgender woman official in the U.S. Jenkins has sought to pave the way for the transgender community ever since. “Politics is about improving people’s lives,” Jenkins said. “And that is why I ran. That is why I serve.” Jenkins then stated that the reason why she keeps standing up every day to fight for justice is because of Harriet Tubman. “Harriet woke up every day in incomprehensible circumstances,” she said. “She couldn’t be free until everybody she loved was free. We cannot be free until we all are free.” In light of the event being held one night after the State of the Union Address, Jenkins proceeded to speak about the current state of the country. She avoided using President Donald Trump’s name throughout her speech. What began as a talk void of hope later erupted into a positive message for those in attendance. “We have to stay hopeful because we are the resistance,” she said. Jenkins transitioned into a portion about her life. She talked of her brother’s tragic drug dependency that resulted in his death. She spoke of trying to find herself through football and fraternity
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ment and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS were present. Students were able to speak with vendors and receive free condoms and lubricant. Mertikas estimated that around 250 students were in attendance. Other events, which are planned through OHP, include free sexually transmitted infection screenings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 13 and 14. These STI screenings are open to all students on a first-come, first-served basis on the second floor of the Barnes Center at The Arch.
Several presentations and events are scheduled for the month as well. Katie Tastrom, who is an attorney, writer and activist, focuses on disability and making activism more accessible for people with disabilities, according to her website. On Friday, Feb. 14 at Bird Library, her presentation titled “Disabled People Are Better at Sex” will discuss a strength-based approach on talking about disability and sexuality. Heather Mae, an award-winning songwriter, is coming to the Skybarn on Feb. 17 through the Students United for Body Acceptance and
life in college, to no avail. She said she came out to her parents as bisexual, but she added that not even this was her “full truth.” At 30, she began to proudly present herself as female. “This eternal struggle to be one’s true self is very powerful,” Jenkins said. Minneapolis was the first city to in the country to pass protections for transgender people. After seeing other council members that were either gay or transgender, Jenkins joined the political sphere herself. Jenkins said that she ran for councilwoman unopposed, besides “racism, sexism and transphobism,” Jenkins said. “It’s great to have that point of view and to be able to see a trans woman of color and see yourself as a transgender person being represented in politics,” said Alex Middleton, a student assistant in the LGBT Resource Center, after the event. Jenkins persisted to increase the visibility of the LGBTQ community in Minneapolis when she organized a City Council summit on transgender equity. One year later, she became curator of the Transgender Oral History Project (TOHP) at the University of Minnesota’s Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
For the entirety of her talk, Jenkins commanded the stage. At one point she stopped to remove her glasses. Jenkins explained to the audience that she had been experiencing extreme pain in walking and everyday activity. Jenkins was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic illness with no cure, in 2018. “It was a relief to finally put a name to what I had,” she said. Jenkins continued to share her thoughts on politics in the U.S. “I try not to use those five letters in connected form: T-R-U-M-P. But this whole system is really built against everything that we stand for and who we are as human beings, and that is really painful and challenging to wake up in the morning,” she said. The audience of about 50 people cheered. Rather than answer questions, she closed out the night with a reading of her personal essay, which was published in the book “Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride” this past year. “It really has been a joy to be able to maintain my artistic life while, you know, being deeply engaged in political life,” Jenkins said. “So, when you take those worlds and you mold them together it makes, it a little bit easier.” cmcicchi@syr.edu suzijp@syr.edu
the Barnes Center Peer Educators. Mae creates music surrounding topics such as LGBTQ issues, self-love, mental health and more. Mae’s work is centered around her own experiences as a queer, plus-size woman living with bipolar disorder. Her performance on campus comes during her GLIMMER tour across the U.S. REACH CNY, a local organization that aims to reduce adolescent and unplanned pregnancy as well as improve infant health, is holding an educational talk at the Barnes Center. “The Joys of Toys: Sex Toys 101” will outline the basics of using sex toys and how to properly take care of them. The final event features the Frisky February keynote speaker, Sonya Renee Taylor. Her talk “The Body is Not an Apology: From Body Empowerment to Global Justice” will be held Monday, March 2. Taylor is the founder and radical executive officer of The Body is Not an Apology, an online media platform that promotes self-love and body empowerment. Since 2011, the platform has reached tens of thousands of people expressing love for their appearances. Alana Barker, a sophomore stage management major, said she feels it is extremely important that the university holds events to bring more awareness of sexual health. “Safe sex is a necessity in the college culture, where hook-up culture is a thing,” Barker said. “That’s so fine, but people need to understand the risks associated with that and be OK talking about it with people our age.” abnakamu@syr.edu
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candide notions about what going to the opera is about,” Newell said. Capocaccia compares much of Cunégonde’s singing to the scene in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” where the Fat Lady breaks her wine glass in an effort to prove how high she can sing. Bernstein designed the operetta to almost mock other operas. The singing is exaggerated, and there are moments after finishing a number where the actress or actor will take deep breaths to show how hard it really was to reach the high notes. Many of the scenes are shocking, such as when Cunégonde essentially is sold into sexual slavery, Newell said. But the stories told within the piece are not as important as the music that comes after. After she is bought, Cunégonde sings one of the most recognizable pieces from “Candide”: “Glitter And Be Gay.” It’s a satirical reflection exploring the toxic character arcs of any soprano in an opera in which they do have to sell a part of themselves for riches, Capocaccia said. In most operas, Capocaccia said there’s a set style to the different numbers within a piece. Many famous operas use Mozart’s music, and within them, the numbers all carry Mozart’s unique composing style. Bernstein, a modern composer, takes inspiration from many different sources and melds them together into one operetta, “Candide.” The musical genre changes depending on where the scenes are set. For example, Candide lands in South America, so there are more Latin- or Spanish-influenced numbers. The chorus travels around the world and into fictional cities as well. “(‘Candide’ is) not a genre,” Capocaccia said. “It’s a piece of its own.” There are plenty of memorable tunes the audience will hum as they exit the theater, Capocaccia said. He added that “Candide” is a “masterpiece” because after providing entertainment, it makes the viewer realize that most elements of the show serve as satirical devices. These devices explore philosophical and artistic themes as relating to opera. “It doesn’t hit you over the head and say make the world a better place,” Newell said. “You know that’s the story you’ve been told, and you leave thinking, ‘Yeah, I get that. I had a great time, and now I have to feel inspired.’” armajumd@syr.edu
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men’s lacrosse
Beat writers predict Orange to win season-opening game By The Daily Orange Sports Staff
No. 5 Syracuse opens its 2020 season on Friday afternoon against Colgate, which beat the Orange in last year’s season opener. The Raiders lost their first game of this season last Saturday, 19-6, against No. 10 North Carolina. SU moved up two spots in the national poll without playing a game, after Air Force upset No. 7 Duke. Friday’s game will be broadcasted by ACC Network and is the first of only four games that will be played in the Carrier Dome this year. Here’s what the beat writers predict.
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Fool me once Syracuse 18, Colgate 8 Last season, in the home opener, Syracuse fell to Colgate 12-9. The Raiders finished the season 4-9, and they didn’t beat a ranked opponent for the rest of the year. This isn’t last year’s SU men’s lacrosse team. But they will have to prove it. Colgate lost its season opener last weekend to UNC, a team IL and coaches polls peg as worse than the Orange. Syracuse is going to score early and often. Tucker Dordevic will be breaking ankles on his nowhealed foot, and Chase Scanlan is going to prove No. 22 is in good hands. The only way Syracuse stumbles in the opener is if it falls behind a few goals early, and the nerves of a new season and flashbacks of 2019 could prove too much.
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milton-jones finished with their highest win total (22) since 2002-03 and advanced to the WNIT’s Sweet 16. “By the second year, I had that whole year and summer with them,” Milton-Jones said. “I was able to really just empty them out and start from scratch and we built a great foundation. We were able to go far.” Then, when Tammi Reiss left for Rhode Island, Hillsman’s SU staff had an opening. Hillsman and Milton-Jones knew each other through mutual friends but had never met in person prior to the summer of 2019. Text messages and phone calls started in May, “basketball philosophies lined up,” Hillsman said, and Milton-Jones accepted the assistant coaching job on June 25. In their conversations, Milton-Jones and Hillsman talked about Syracuse’s famous 2-3 zone. Milton-Jones remembered thinking, ‘Man, that thing is nasty,’ when watching the Orange’s Final Four team run it in 2016. Milton-Jones stepped in as the Orange’s recruiting coordinator, building on the relationships Hillsman and assistant coaches Vonn Read and Cedric Solice had already formed with recruits — most notably with Kamilla Cardoso, the fifth-ranked prospect in the class of 2020 who committed to SU in November. “First of all, you’ve got to listen to (MiltonJones) because she knows exactly what it takes to play at the highest level,” Hillsman said.
Colgate. It’s not a question of if Syracuse will win, but how many goals this new-look offense under Pat March will score. Look for Dordevic’s return and Griffin Cook’s move back to his natural position of attack to lead the Orange’s surge. Throughout the preseason, players have insisted this team has championship weekend potential. They have all the right parts, all the right ingredients to book a final trip to Philadelphia. But that status requires wins like this one: a lowly Colgate team coming off a four-win season. There’s an element of revenge heading into the Carrier Dome on Friday, and that could play a role. In the end, a potential Achilles heel of close defense won’t matter if March’s new offense lives up to its hype.
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Lightning doesn’t strike twice Syracuse 21, Colgate 7 It’s time for a statement win, and Syracuse will deliver. Tucker Dordevic has waited a year to get a shot at playing in a regular season game again, and he’ll be the spark that makes the Orange’s new offense under Pat March go. Against North Carolina last Saturday, Colgate slid early on multiple occasions, especially early in the game, choosing to double- and triple-team the ball carrier. This led to the Tar Heels feasting with open players backside. The Orange have enough playmakers on the field to do the same thing. New No. 22 Chase Scanlan, who’s expected to be a “finisher,” could be the reaper of Syracuse’s many rewards. The only worry is if the Orange allow an early Colgate run, which hurt them in last year’s loss. Without that, this is a routine ‘W’ for SU.
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In her new job, Milton-Jones has stayed true to what she learned at Pepperdine — forming relationships with players is paramount. When the Orange break off into positionals in practice, Milton-Jones joins the post players and is “not one to hold her thoughts on how we can improve,” forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi said. The 45-year-old is their primary defender during drills, something she demands to do because she knows how they need to be defended in order to learn. One-on-one sessions with post players Djaldi-Tabdi and Amaya Finklea-Guity after SU’s daily 5:30 a.m. practice ends are followed by walks to the locker room filled with chatting and laughing. “I like it when they feel like they’ve done something spectacular because it was against a WNBA player. I’m like, ‘Let me turn my defense up,’” Milton-Jones said. “Every blue moon I’ll give them a little something and they’ll be like, ‘Damn. Imagine that for 40 minutes.’” While Milton-Jones’ work has not been enough to turn around Syracuse’s downwardspiraling season, her value as a coach and recruiter could be an integral piece in SU’s journey back to national prominence. And with players like Cardoso and Williams coming in next season, that journey could be shorter than expected. “It’s important for the (upcoming) class to be the first building block, the first foundation laid for another Final Four run very soon,” Milton-Jones said.
gambling “Our governor has apprehension, the speaker of the assembly has apprehension about gambling,” Sen. Joe Addabbo said. “To me, it’s a no-brainer. We’re already behind the 8-ball when we should have been out in front as soon as the Supreme Court said it was legal.” Gov. Cuomo called new forms of gambling “irresponsible” in his Jan. 21 State of the State address, citing the lack of revenue generated and dangers of betting from a phone. For decades, sports betting was only legal in Nevada. In June 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the law that prohibited wagering outside of Nevada. Since then, 19 states have legalized sports wagering, most recently Michigan in December. Delaware and New Jersey began taking bets within weeks of the overturned decision, and Pennsylvania began taking bets by the end of 2018. New Jersey’s revenues and total amount in bets taken now rivals that of Nevada on a monthly basis, according to LegalSportsReport.com. In New York, Rivers Casino sportsbook in Schenectady opened on July 17 and took New York’s first legal sports bet. Turning Stone opened 14 days later on Aug. 1, and the state was expected to benefit economically like its neighbors from the United States’ new darling — legal sports betting. Instead, New York had a reported total sports betting revenue of $7 million as of the end of 2019, per legalsportsreport.com. That figure doesn’t include Oneida Indian Nation revenues, which the state doesn’t take any sports betting money from, Justin Arnett, director of sports book operations at Turning Stone, said. Still, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — both states with legal mobile betting — have raked in $363,995,543 and $96,789,410 respectively. One lack of mobile betting consequence is that possible revenue for New York goes to neighboring states. Because satellites are used to track the location of the phones placing bets, bettors can simply travel across the state border, place their wagers and travel back. By car or train, New Yorkers haven’t
been stopped from betting, Addabbo said. “My constituents in downstate New York are not driving two hours to go to a casino,” Addabbo said. “They are going 20 minutes into New Jersey.” Addabbo said that at a public hearing in May, a FanDuel executive said that 25% of New Jersey’s gained revenue in a given month — about $10 million of the state’s $40 million profit in November — came from New Yorkers. Meanwhile, the Empire State earned just $2.4 million in the same month. Still, with the legalization of sports betting, the way fans and the media interact with sports is changing. Broadcasters can now talk freely about their picks, and there’s never been more public information available on topics that once seemed taboo. Eli Hershkovich, a DePaul journalism graduate in 2016, writes for the site and now hosts “You Better You Bet,” a nightly sports betting talk show on Radio.com. “Various media companies will want to have their own place,” Hershkovich said. “It’s going to boom, you’re going to have an audience reach, similar to the fantasy football craze, but every single sport.” Hershkovich, who now lives in Philadelphia, can place bets anywhere, anytime by pulling out his laptop or phone and using FanDuel. As the expansion of sports betting has drastically altered the sports world, New York’s residents aren’t afforded the same opportunities despite the initial expectation that it would be one of the first states to go all-in. The calls for New York to legalize online betting come from across the state. Residents, sportsbook directors and some politicians have fought for the expansion of sports betting, yet the path to mobile betting appears blocked for now. Arnett said he, along with the Oneida Nation, supports efforts to legalize online betting. Whether or not the state moves forward on it — initial signs from Gov. Cuomo indicate they won’t in 2020 — sportsbooks are preparing for it as new states continue to legalize sports betting across the United States. Bettors will just have to wait. amdabbun@syr.edu | @AnthonyDabbundo
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men’s basketball
Chef Michael Brooks making name for himself in SU sports By Michael McCleary senior staff writer
Michael Brooks sat in the crowd at a Boeheim’s Army game this past summer and spotted a familiar face across the Carrier Dome. Brooks, a native of Oswego, went to Syracuse games often as a kid. The 21-year-old grew up with the team, the city, the players. Brooks wanted to cook for them. The chef de cuisine at La Parilla grill & wine bar had recently received an opportunity to cook in the Hamptons. But Brooks’ dream is to become a personal chef. He messaged Syracuse basketball players on Instagram: “Let me cook for you and the guys broo.” For a long time, he got nothing. Then, his phone flashed with a reply. “(Your) meals look tough bro where you from?” SU point guard Howard Washington, the familiar face, replied. Washington became his first customer. Then Brendan Paul. Then women’s basketball
guard Lauren Fitzmaurice and center Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi. And Jalen Carey, Tommy DeVito and Elijah Hughes. Since July, people have seen Brooks on Instagram, posing with food or interacting with athletes, and interest is growing. Brooks dreams of one day being a personal chef for NBA players and has now created a small network within his community. “They’re good people to have in your corner,” Brooks said. “You never know what can happen.” Brooks used to cook a little when he was younger — mostly macaroni and cheese — but his love for cooking began when he was hired at La Parilla almost three years ago as a “salad guy” and quickly worked his way up. His chef, Raymond Jock, taught him the importance of food presentation. Brooks took the challenge. He started the Instagram account @mikebrookscooks, where he posted photos of food attached to the slogan #DateAChef. He discovered people respond to the food like it’s art. His rise has been similar to many modern chefs, who, without direct products to
offer, use social media to promote service and precision. Richard Ingraham, a professional personal chef who now works exclusively for Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, said he rarely fills his social media pages with pictures of himself. Brooks has started to follow suit, only using social media to build his brand. “You use the plate as your canvas and you make something beautiful,” Brooks said. “And people love it.” Working 50-60 hours weekly at La Parilla, he prepared and delivered meals to interested clients on Sundays and Mondays — his days off. He started by offering meals for free, but as word spread, he charged a fee. He gets discounted ingredients from the wholesale provider at the restaurant he works for and has expanded his creativity by watching videos, scrolling through Instagram and reading cookbooks. He tests himself by creating specials at La Parilla and contacts professional chefs, like Ingraham, for advice.
Brooks said some athletes on the SU men’s basketball and football teams have expressed interest in meal plans: five to seven meals per week prepared and delivered. If the first people to try it enjoy the idea — he said he knows they will — it will only further expand a notable network of Syracuse-level celebrities. “I know I make some good stuff, let’s just say that,” Brooks said. “I think they know it too.” Now, Brooks said he feels like the players he works with, the people he’s met through cooking, they all have his back. And he said for someone who grew up watching Syracuse basketball, it’s surreal. He often expresses that appreciation where he knows best. “the guy who started it all 4 me (love) u,” Brooks commented on one of Washington’s recent Instagram posts. “@mikebrookscooks you know brotha!,” Washington wrote back. Sitting in a Café Kubal recently, Brooks smiled. “That’s pretty cool.” mmcclear@syr.edu | @mikejmccleary
football
3 takeaways from Dino Babers’ National Signing Day address Garoppolo started with the identical number of recruiting stars (three) that both recent SU commits entered SU with. “Maybe it’s a coincidence,” Babers chuckled. But he also pointed out their height. Both Markiewicz and Morgan are 6-foot-4. Garoppolo is 6-foot-2. “Even though from a star standpoint they may have not matched what people feel their criteria was, but from physical characteristics...we think we’ve got two quality guys,” Babers said.
By Andrew Crane asst. sports editor
For the first time since December’s national signing day, Syracuse head coach Dino Babers addressed the media about recent commitments and staff hirings. Five others have signed with the Orange since Dec. 18, raising the Class of 2020 total from 18 to a final number of 23. “There’s no doubt about it: We really like the way the class finished,” Babers said. Here are some takeaways from the press conference.
Goodbye Trishton
3-3-5 and a DC?
Last night, reports surfaced that Arizona State’s defensive coordinator Tony White was leaving the Sun Devils for the same position at Syracuse. Despite a write-up on the ASU Athletics website and a Twitter profile change from White, SU Athletics has not released a statement confirming the hiring. On Wednesday, Babers didn’t either. “I cannot confirm nor deny that statement,” Baber said. “We’re gonna have to do that due process, I think that’s the correct term.” The cautious posturing likely results from the chain of tumultuous events at the coaching role ever since Brian Ward was fired after a Nov. 2 loss to Boston College. Steve Stanard finished out the season as interim coordinator, but then San Diego State’s Zach Arnett was hired in early Janu-
DINO BABERS is 23-26 in four seasons with the Orange. Syracuse enters the 2020 season with a freshman class of 23 players. max freund staff photographer
ary — and SU Athletics confirmed. Just 11 days later, Arnett and his 3-3-5 defensive scheme flipped and took the same role at Mississippi State. White, though, also primarily uses the 3-3-5, which Babers referred to as “aggressive.” But Babers declined to comment further on Arnett’s decision to flip. “I’m gonna handle this question the way I would a recruit that doesn’t come to school here,” Babers said.
Two signed QBs, two Garoppolo references In less than two weeks, Syracuse bulked up its quarterback depth chart with the commitments of Dillon Markiewicz and JaCobian Morgan — both likely to compete for the backup spot behind Tommy DeVito. When referencing the pair, Babers dropped multiple comparisons to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, whom Babers coached at Eastern Illinois and watched play in last Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Shortly after the 2019 season ended, leading receiver Trishton Jackson declared for the 2020 NFL Draft. He was the Orange’s third 1,000-yard receiver in four seasons, becoming DeVito’s go-to target on deep balls and intermediate routes. That leaves Taj Harris (37 catches, 559 yards, two touchdowns) as SU’s top returning target for 2020. Under Sterling Gilbert, though, Babers said he expects “a lot of fire” in the new offense, adding that it’ll be easy for Gilbert to blend in because of past coaching relationships. That, in turn, should translate to success on the field and another clear-cut No. 1 option for targets, Babers said. “If we’re lucky, we’ll be talking about somebody else (next year),” Babers said. “How hard it is to replace that guy.” arcrane@syr.edu | @CraneAndrew
men’s lacrosse
Opponent preview: What to know about the Colgate Raiders By Andrew Crane asst. sports editor
For the second-consecutive year, Syracuse opens its season against Colgate. The No. 5 Orange enter this year’s matchup five spots higher in Inside Lacrosse’s preseason media poll than last year and employ a new-look offense. The Raiders, on the other hand, are coming off a four-win season. Here’s what to know about Colgate before Friday’s season opener at 4 p.m.
Last time they played:
The last time Colgate and Syracuse faced-off ended in one of the most stunning upsets for SU in recent years. Before the 12-9 loss to unranked Colgate, John Desko had won 19 of 20 openers with the Orange. In one of the Orange’s lowest offensive outputs of the 2019 season, Nate Solomon and Brendan Curry tallied three goals apiece. Colgate’s Nicky Petkevich led all scorers with four goals, and Will Blumenberg scored the eventual game-winning goal with 8:06 left in the fourth quarter. The Red Raiders finished with more shots and ground balls than the Orange.
All-time series: Syracuse leads, 48-12-1
The Colgate report:
Colgate is still a work in progress. Head coach Matt Karweck made strides in his first season, including back-to-back wins to open the year, but also struggled at times, especially over the final 11 games that included nine losses. Griffin Brown returns as the top offensive option at midfield, but Colgate shares the Orange’s most profound weakness: defense. Five defensive players graduated — two close defenders, a starting goalie and a pair of short-stick defensive midfielders. The Raiders opened their season with a loss to No. 10 North Carolina, 19-6, on Feb. 1.
How Syracuse beats Colgate:
If Syracuse’s offense is what it claims to be, the Orange will win by overpowering the Raiders. When these two teams met last year, Colgate slides forced SU to hold onto the ball too long, midfield Jamie Trimboli said. So this year, the Orange need quick ball movement that gives their playmakers — Trimboli, Tucker Dordevic, Chase Scanlan — space to dodge and shoot. Should Syracuse do that and limit Brown, the Raiders’ best player, SU should coast in its season opener.
Last year against Colgate, Syracuse lost to the unranked Raiders, 12-9. SU head coach John Desko has won 19 of his last 21 season openers. tj shaw staff photographer
Player to watch: Griffin Brown, Midfield
Colgate’s offense the last three seasons has run through Brown. The McLean, Virginia native notched 34 goals in 2018 before following that up with 20 in 2019 — including one goal and three points in the Raiders’ win over Syracuse.
Brown has been the leading scorer all three years he’s been in Hamilton. With Colgate losing its second-best offensive player in Cleveland, look for Brown to take on a larger role in cracking Syracuse’s inexperienced close defense. arcrane@syr.edu | @CraneAndrew
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dailyorange.com @dailyorange feb. 6, 2020 • PAG E 12
women’s basketball
MiltonJones builds SU’s foundation By David Schneidman staff writer
illustration by sarah allam illustration editor
HEDGING THEIR BETS
Without mobile sports gambling, New York lags behind By Anthony Dabbundo senior staff writer
W
ill Scott stepped into his gray Jeep Grand Cherokee and embarked on a 30-minute drive from Syracuse University to Yellow Brick Road Casino. Even after the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2018 that legalized sports betting, making the one-hour, round-trip drive is the only legal way for Scott to gamble. It was Dec. 9, and Scott, a junior at Syracuse, eventually walked to the counter and collected his winnings from previous bets. But when he tried to wager on Duquesne men’s basketball — favored by 11.5 points against Columbia that night — he was informed that Columbia, Syracuse and other New York schools are off-limits. Neighboring New Jersey also doesn’t allow this, yet Pennsylvanians are able to bet on any local collegiate teams. Scott had driven 30 minutes and couldn’t place what would have been a winning bet, as Duquesne won by 36. Bans on intra-state bets aren’t the only way New York
has fallen behind in sports gambling. While bettors like Scott can get instant cash when they win at brick-andmortar casinos, they wouldn’t have to leave their homes to legally place bets in other states. New York’s sports gamblers, politicians and casino operators alike are clamoring for the legalization of mobile sports gambling as the state’s revenues pale compared to its initial expectations and those of neighboring states. “I’ve really taken advantage of Yellow Brick Road Casino, but I only make a trip when I’m feeling super confident,” Scott said. “It would be nice if New York would allow mobile sports betting.” A bill to allow mobile sports betting passed the New York state senate in 2019 but never made it to the floor of the assembly or Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. When Gov. Cuomo produced the first draft of his 2020 budget on Jan. 21, there was no revenue included from sports betting. Despite its passage in the senate, the bill’s biggest supporters are stuck waiting. see gambling page 9
BY THE NUMBERS In 2019, New York’s annual revenue from sports gambling was only $7 million, a small figure compared to neighboring states
New York States where sports betting is legal States where sports betting is illegal
Early in the morning of June 26, 2019, DeLisha Milton-Jones woke up in a cold sweat. It was still dark out, and she wasn’t supposed to start her day for another few hours. The night before, one that had every reason to be joyful and celebratory, was darkened by a feeling of guilt, and it ended in what Milton-Jones called a “horrible nightmare.” She had agreed to leave her head coaching job at Pepperdine to become an assistant coach at Syracuse. But she wasn’t certain about her decision. “It’s hard to leave a situation where you’re one of one on the west coast,” Milton-Jones said. “There aren’t a lot of former athletes that are head coaches, then there aren’t a lot of female head coaches in the Division I level, then add the fact that I’m African-American.” Milton-Jones’ husband, Roland, calmed her down before falling back asleep. When Milton-Jones woke up, she felt refreshed. “I have to be bold,” she thought. She remembered why she decided to leave her home of more than three years: It was the right step for her coaching career. Seven months later, Milton-Jones works with Syracuse’s (10-11, 4-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) post players and has been a “great help” to their development already, head coach Quentin Hillsman said. As the Orange’s new recruiting coordinator, Milton-Jones has also helped secure top-15 recruits Kamilla Cardoso and Priscilla Williams for SU’s 2020 recruiting class. They’re all steps toward her goal of building Syracuse back into a final four-caliber team. “If you can find the prototype of a player that fits the needs of the (2-3) zone and what (Hillsman) wants offensively, we’re going to blow the roof off with that team,” MiltonJones said. It had always been Milton-Jones’ “dream” to become a coach after she played, specifically a men’s one because they could “handle my demeanor on the court,” she said. At the time of her retirement in 2016, she ranked in the top-10 in WNBA history in points (5,571), rebounds (2,574) and steals (619) and was the all-time leader in games played (499). She was a two-time WNBA champion with the Los Angeles Sparks and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Just a month after she retired in September 2016, Milton-Jones was hired as an assistant coach with the Pepperdine University women’s team. The Waves went 7-23 in her first season on the coaching staff, leading to Milton-Jones taking over for Ryan Weisenberg as head coach. She initially struggled at the helm. It was “difficult for (the players) to see me as the head coach and not rely on what they were taught before,” Milton-Jones said. The Waves went 10-20, but the following season they see milton-jones page 9