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Running legend and Syracuse University alumna Kathrine Switzer says she will discuss diversity and inclusion during her 2018 commencement speech. Page 3

Environment columnist Maizy Ludden lists tips on how SU students can make sure their move out of the Syracuse area promotes sustainability. Page 5

First-generation seniors graduating from SU this year say they couldn’t have made it through college without the support of their families. Page 11

Senior Ryan Simmons is the fourth generation of the legendary Simmons family to play for Syracuse’s men’s lacrosse team. Page 20

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Here’s what you need to know about each of the 2018 convocation ceremonies By Daniel Strauss asst. digital editor

ach college and school at Syracuse University will host its own convocation ceremonies for Class of 2018 graduates. Individual convocation events will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the commencement ceremony for all graduating SU students takes place on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Carrier Dome.

University College

SU’s University College will host its convocation in Hendricks Chapel on Thursday at 6 p.m. A reception will be held at Tent A on the Quad at 7 p.m. Patricia McBride, the University College marshal, will lead the academic procession.

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Maxwell will hold its convocation ceremony for master’s and doctoral degree candidates Friday at 10 a.m. in Hendricks. Following the ceremony, a reception will be held at the Maxwell Hall Patio and Foyer at 11:30 a.m. Jeffrey Gonda, an assistant professor of history and recipient of the 2018 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, will give the keynote speech. Alexander Samuel-Victor Demas will serve as the marshal.

College of Law

The College of Law’s convocation will take place on Friday at 11 a.m. in the Carrier Dome, and the reception will be held in the Levy Atrium in Dineen Hall at 12:30 p.m. Marshal

Sarah Wheeler will lead the academic procession. Preet Bharara, former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, will deliver the College of Law’s commencement address. He was first hired as an U.S. attorney by former President Barack Obama and was fired by President Donald Trump after refusing to resign.

The Renée Crown Honors Program

The honors program convocation will be held in Hendricks at 3 p.m. on Friday.

Graduate School

The graduate school will hold its convocation on Friday at 5 p.m in Goldstein Auditorium. There will be a reception in the Panasci Lounge starting at 6 p.m.

The College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences will hold its convocation for undergraduate students at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in the Carrier Dome. A reception will be held at 11 a.m. in Maxwell Hall, Eggers Hall and in tents on the Quad. Undergraduate students in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will be included in the convocation. Zainab Abdali, Ismael M. Gonzalez and Meredith Coccoluto will serve as the marshals for the College of Arts and Sciences. Convocation for master’s degree candidates will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium. After the ceremony, a reception will be held in the Strassor Commons and Eggers Hall at 3 p.m.

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Kathrine Switzer details upcoming commencement speech By Colleen Ferguson feature editor

SWITZER

Kathrine Switzer made history while she was an u n d er g r a du at e student at Syracuse University, becoming the first woman to officially run the Boston

Marathon in 1967. She’s since made a career out of combining sports and communications, and she’s still running, too. After having competed in sporting events around the world, she’ll return to SU to deliver the 2018 commencement speech on May 13. She was announced as this year’s speaker at the end of March. The ceremony will take place in the Carrier Dome.

Switzer said she plans to speak to the graduating class about the value of their education, finding inspiration in unlikely places and issues of diversity and inclusion. She’ll talk about what a privilege and honor it is to receive an education from an institution such as SU, she said, and how students’ university years shape them in ways that are hard to realize. “It’s an astonishing thing, that

it’s hard for them sitting in the audience in this moment to realize,” Switzer said. She added that she plans to advise graduating students to keep their eyes open. Switzer said she will also address the Theta Tau fraternity suspension in mid-April, depicting behavior that Chancellor Kent Syverud called “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homopho-

bic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.” “I’m going to be talking about inclusion, equality, diversity, fairness and peace,” she said. “So if they can’t figure that out in terms of what recently has been happening, that’s their problem.” Beside running marathons, which she’s done as recently as April 22 in the London, Switzer see switzer page 4

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Department of Public Safety prepares for commencement By Daniel Strauss asst. digital editor

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety doesn’t expect protests to be a problem during commencement week, despite several protests that occurred on campus during the last two weeks of April. While preparing for commencement, DPS takes into account events occurring across the country as well as the SU campus climate, said DPS Associate Chief John Sardino. “To be completely transparent, campus has been unsettled with students making from page 3

ceremonies College of Engineering and Computer Science

The College of Engineering and Computer Science will host its undergraduate and graduate convocation in Manley Field House at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. After the ceremony, a reception will be held in the tents at Manley at 10:30 a.m. The marshals will be Charles F. Keppler and Emily Mahana.

School of Architecture

Both the graduate and undergraduate convocations for the School of Architecture will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m. in Hendricks. A reception will be held in the Slocum Hall atrium at 10:30 a.m. Reide Elyse McClain and Samuel Dye will serve as the marshals and lead the academic procession.

School of Information Studies

Convocation for bachelor’s degree candidates in the iSchool will start at noon on Saturday in Goldstein Auditorium. Travis Mason, a Class of 2006 graduate, will speak at the ceremony. Mason graduated from Maxwell and is currently the vice president for public policy at Airbus. Kristy Lynn Malley and Stephen Erik Nemy will lead the academic procession as the marshals. A reception will be held in Hinds Hall Lobby at 1:15 p.m. The convocation ceremony for master’s and doctoral degree candidates will begin at 3 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium on Saturday. The reception will be held after in the Panasci Lounge starting at 4:15 p.m.

School of Education

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switzer is a published author, television personality and founder of the global nonprofit 261 Fearless. She earned bachelor’s degrees at SU in journalism and English in 1968, as well as a master’s degree in 1972. Part of Switzer’s legacy in central New York is her role in the founding of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.

She kind of epitomizes the ideas that we have in our academic program. She uses sports as a platform for social justice and to change the betterment of society. Michael Veley

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Michael Veley, director and chair of Falk’s department of sport management, compared Switzer to Billie Jean King for the kinds of barriers King broke in women’s tennis. He said Switzer is an ideal commencement speaker and role model for young people starting their careers. “She kind of epitomizes the ideals that we have in our academic program,” Veley said. “She uses sports as a platform for social justice and to change the betterment

demands on the chancellor and the Board of Trustees, and we’re cognizant of that,” Sardino said. Recognize Us, a student-led advocacy group, organized protests following the initial suspension of the Theta Tau fraternity in mid-April. Videos published by The Daily Orange showed people at a Theta Tau-sponsored event engaging in behavior Chancellor Kent Syverud called, “extremely racist, antiSemitic, homophobic, sexist, and hostile to people with disabilities.” Sardino said DPS has been speaking with different student groups to see if there are

disruptions planned for commencement or convocation ceremonies. Sardino added that the department keeps officers on standby to handle any disruptions, regardless of the current campus climate. DPS follows a blueprint to organize and secure commencement week, Sardino said. He added that the number of officers and overall level of security will be similar to that of 2017. Security at each venue depends on who is attending the event, because certain speakers or visitors may require a different level of security, Sardino said. During commence-

tions for the School of Education will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Manley. A reception will be held at 2:15 p.m. in the tents at Manley. The academic procession will be led by marshals Bari Margolis and Sara Soldovieri.

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S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

The Newhouse convocation for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree candidates will be held on Saturday in the Carrier Dome at 12:30 p.m. The convocation will be followed by a reception on the Quad at 2:30 p.m. Ronald B. Saldarini and Kelly Rose Moran will lead the academic procession as the marshals. The convocation speaker will be Jeff Glor, current host of “CBS Evening News,” who graduated from SU in 1997 with a dual degree in broadcast and digital journalism and economics.

Martin J. Whitman School of Management

Whitman will hold its convocation for graduate students in Goldstein Auditorium at 9 a.m. on Saturday and will be followed by a reception in Whitman at 11 a.m. The undergraduate convocation will take place in the Carrier Dome at 4 p.m. on Saturday. A reception will be held in Whitman at 5:45 p.m. Whitman’s marshals will be Catherine Marsilia Cummings and Juwan Thompson. The pair will speak at the reception along with Patrick Penfield, Whitman’s faculty member of the year.

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College of Visual and Performing Arts

VPA will host a convocation for both bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates at 7:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Graham Warner, chief operating officer of Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Bank Americas and a Class of 2002 graduate, will speak at the ceremony. Andrés Laguna Martino and LaNia J. Roberts will serve as the marshals. The master’s hooding ceremony will begin on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium. The reception for both events will begin at 9 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.

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SUNY-ESF will host its 2018 commencement at 3 p.m on Saturday in the SRC Arena and Events Center. There will also be curriculumspecific receptions at noon.

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David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Falk will hold both its graduate and undergraduate convocations on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Manley. Stephanie Haber and Crystal Hendriks will serve as the marshals and lead

ment week, every venue will be monitored by uniform and plainclothes officers, Sardino said. He added that visitors will have their bags checked and screened. DPS sometimes starts planning for commencement week as early as January, Sardino said. The department discusses what went well and what didn’t go well during the previous commencement, and makes adjustments for upcoming ceremonies, he said. tive tool for DPS to notify the community of delays or other issues, Sardino said.

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of society.” Veley said that Switzer will make a good speaker because of how dynamic, charismatic and compassionate she is. Her civic engagement and community service through sports sets a precedent for people trying to create positive change, he added. Switzer speaks mostly at the corporate level about empowering women in the workplace, but she’s spoken to college students and groups of young kids before, she said. She said she finds speaking rewarding, whatever age the audience is. “When you connect, it’s an amazing thing, to really convey some knowledge to them and some belief and hope of what they can do,” she said. Switzer said her most memorable speech was about 30 years ago, at the beginning of her speaking career. She was about to walk onstage when she was approached by a former neighbor. The neighbor said Switzer had changed her and her husband’s lives. The woman told Switzer she and her husband decided to take control of their health after watching Switzer going out for runs. The couple started jogging and, by the time she saw Switzer on that stage, the couple was running marathons. remember what the speech was about.” Although she said that was the most memorable speech she’s given to date, she expects that to change soon. doubt,” she said.

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Students can move out of SU in sustainable, efficient fashion As another year at Syracuse University comes to a close, nothing seems quite as daunting as trying to pack up hectic lives into a few haphazard bags and boxes. But there are simple tips college students can follow to keep their packing process clean and green. We shouldn’t cut corners when it comes to disposing our unwanted items in a sustainable manner.

Clothing

Last year’s styles — those winter coats you don’t need in California and all the clothes you would rather not drag home in your suitcase. They don’t have to end up in the dumpster. “It’s important to think about where all of the items we purchase, use and ultimately dispose of end up,” said Madeline Gould, president of the Students of Sustainability group at SU. Donate your clothes to someone who’ll make good use of them long after you’ve moved on to the latest fashion trends. And you don’t have to leave campus to make the donation. You can make a trip to the 3fifteen thrift store in Marshall Square Mall, or donate to the Ten Tons of Love program, which has several drop-off locations around campus. “Ten Tons of Love is really beneficial in reducing our carbon footprint as well as helping those in need within our community,” Gould said.

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Food

If your pantry is still full of nonperishable food a few days before you’re ready to hit the road, don’t toss it all in the trash. A 2012 report published by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that up to 40 percent of food in the United States is never eaten. Instead of perpetuating this trend, donate your nonperishable foods to the Hendricks Chapel food pantry. Simply stop by the dean’s office in the basement of Hendricks to make your donation.

Furniture

When you’re ready to ditch that old desk, creaky bed frame or worn-out dresser, don’t send them to the curb. Besides being a hassle for your hardworking garbage crew, that old furniture will take up even more space in a landfill. Instead, crack open your trunk and bring your unwanted furniture to the nearest thrift store. Better yet, list the items on a website such as Freecycle to see if someone will take them off your hands for you. You might even make a few dollars if you list them on Craigslist.

Electronics

You might think electronics aren’t recyclable, but thankfully, that’s not the case. Don’t stick those items in the bin because they can leak harmful toxins and heavy metals into the environment if you send them to the dump with the rest of your trash. Donate or sell what’s usable and bring the rest to a designated electronics recycling location. They’re all over the place.

illustration by sarah allam head illustrator the things you’re taking with you Energy into a car, don’t leave it idling at the Even if you’ve taken care to reduce curb — you’ll produce unnecessary the physical waste you produce, emissions. Start up the engine when there’s still room to make your move you’re ready to roll, and head off out greener. To save energy while knowing you’ve ended your semesyou’re getting ready to leave cam- ter in sustainable style. pus, remember to unplug your appliMaizy Ludden is a senior ances, turn off wall the lights, switch biology major. Her column off your thermostat and close all appears biweekly. You can reach windows and doors. If you’re loading her at mtludden@syr.edu.

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Here are the top 3 business stories of the school year The 2017-18 academic year was full of major business stories in the city of Syracuse and at Syracuse University. As the spring semester comes to a close, here’s a look back at three of the largest businessrelated stories PATRICK of the year in LINEHAN Syracuse. MONEY SPEAKS. PEOPLE TALK Tuition hike

Near Westside, closed in October 2017 after 98 years of operation. Nojaim was located near public housing. The supermarket’s owner, Paul Nojaim, told Syracuse.com that the business closed in part because of the opening of a Price Rite about one mile away from Nojaim. Some residents lost access to healthy foods because of the closing. For many, Nojaim wasn’t just a supermarket, but also a community center. One thing is for sure: The city isn’t the same without Nojaim on Syracuse’s Near Westside.

Syracuse University announced before the start of the fall 2017 semester that a $3,300 additional tuition premium would be added to firstyear and transfer students’ tuition during the 2018-19 academic year. This premium is part of the Invest Syracuse initiative, a five-year $100 million academic fundraising plan. It’s not unusual for private research universities to add tuition premiums to fund capital projects, but this large of a premium is an exception, experts have said. Total cost of attendance is expected to move north of $70,000, making SU one of the most expensive colleges in the United States. The expected use of all of the premium costs remains unclear, something that incoming Student Association President Ghufran Salih and Vice President Kyle Rosenblum want changed.

Mayor Ben Walsh proposes first budget

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh proposed his first city budget in April. His proposal cuts funding for the department of public works, among other things, in an effort to close a $16.5 million budget deficit without raising property taxes. The Syracuse Police Department, under the budget, will receive a $630,000 budget increase next fiscal year. Altogether, an $11 million budget gap remains under Walsh’s proposal, and he has said that he expects to fill that gap with rainy day funds. The budget proposal is one of Walsh’s first impressions on local businesses during his term in office. While it’s his first proposal, it certainly won’t be his last. Budget negotiations concluded on Monday after several hearings were held on the matter in April.

Patrick Linehan is a freshman policy studies and economics dual major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at pjlineha@syr.edu.

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$50,230 Cost of tuition

HOW SU TUITION INCREASED SINCE 2014

Cost of SU tuition through the years

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The price of Syracuse University tuition has increased nearly $10,000 since most of the Class of 2018 began their freshmen year. The Class of 2022 is expected to pay nearly 25 percent more than what graduating seniors paid their first year at SU.

Tuition for the 2014-15 academic year.

$50,230 Tuition for the 2018-19 academic year.

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TOP 10 MOMENTS Here are the biggest news stories from the past four years By Jordan Muller asst. news editor

1. Hanna Strong for controversial September 2014

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Hanna Strong, a former senior midfielder on the Syracuse women’s soccer team, was videotaped calling another person a “f*ggot-a** n*gger.” The video led to Strong’s suspension and later removal from the team. Chancellor Kent Syverud, at the time, called Strong’s comments “hate speech.”

2. THE General Body stages 18-day sit-in — November 2014

A coalition of more than 50 student organizations — called THE General Body — staged an 18-day sit-in at Crouse-Hinds Hall to protest what they called a racist and discriminatory campus culture. The demonstrations were prompted by the closing of SU’s sexual assault Advocacy Center and scholarship cuts, among other things.

3. NCAA hits SU Athletics with sanctions — March 2015 The NCAA suspended SU men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim and vacated more than 100 of the team’s wins after an investigation found that the university had violated its own drug policy and provided improper academic benefits to student-athletes.

4. SU campus put on lockdown after nearby shooting — October 2015

SU was put on lockdown for about two hours after two suspects involved in a shooting near campus fled to Oakwood Cemetery. The shooting, which occurred on Hope Avenue, left a 15-year-old boy dead and a 17-year-old boy injured. SU and SUNY-ESF students were told to stay indoors while dozens of police officers lined Comstock Avenue.

5. Campus Framework draft released — June 2016

Syverud released a draft of the Campus Framework plan, a 20-year guideline for campus development that includes plans to renovate Schine Student Center and Bird Library. The construction of the University Place promenade and ongoing renovations to Archbold Gymnasium were developed through the plan.

6. Whitman school dean arrested — September 2016

Kenneth Kavajecz, the former dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, was arrested on the charge of patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree. Kavajecz was still dean of the business school at the time but has since been hired in Norway. Kavajecz pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted patronizing of a prostitute in 2018.

7. Donald Trump wins presidential elec tion November 2016

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Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump defeated Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton after months of bitter campaigning. Trump’s platform included immigration restrictions and an “America First” foreign policy agenda. His election sparked nationwide protests.

8. Ride-hailing services legalized in upstate New York — June 2017 Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft started operating in upstate New York in June 2017. Debates in the New York State Legislature stalled ride-hailing legalization bills, but the legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed on a measure in April 2017 that allowed ride-hailing services to operate statewide.

9. Mumps outbreak affects hundreds of SU community members — Fall 2017

Hundreds of SU community members were impacted by a campus-wide mumps outbreak that forced some students to remain quarantined for days. The outbreak was eventually contracted by 54 students, according to SU Health Services.

10. Theta Tau fraternity suspended for “extremely racist” video — April 2018

The SU chapter of Theta Tau fraternity was permanently expelled after the university confirmed the organization was involved in the creation of videos Syverud called “extremely racist.” In a recording of one video, a person on his knees is asked to repeat an “oath” that included racial slurs. A second video shows people in the Theta Tau house miming a sexual assault of a person with disabilities. jmulle01@syr.edu | @jordanmuller18

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Flip Night frenzy Flip night at Faegan’s entices students to go out for one last night of laughter and $1 beer.

Dinner is served Check out the best local eateries for food, beer and celebration graduation weekend.

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Goodnight ‘Cuse Humor columnist Josh Feinblatt bids farewell to DJs, Calios, listservs and Dino.

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heyenne Amaya’s social media is filled with photos as she wraps up her senior year at Syracuse University, with captions such as “12 days left” and “just finished my last class.” Her grandmother has commented in Spanish on each post, saying how proud she is and how she can’t wait to celebrate with her. Amaya, a communication and rhetorical studies major, is the first in her family to earn a college diploma. After graduation, she’ll pursue a master’s degree in journalism at Boston University — something she’s always wanted to do because only 4 percent of Latinas receive a master’s degree in the United States, according to a 2015 federal government report. Her mother will be wearing a Honduras flag during graduation in honor of where her family is from, Amaya said. “My mom works seven days a week, she has no days off, she works in two supermarkets, and I know why she works so hard is so she can see this happen,” Amaya said. Faculty members know that first-generation college students face obstacles pursuing a college education. The challenges of navigating the process starts before applications in high school and continue through the next five years. “A lot of those things I think they’re trying to navigate on their own, but also the emotional pressure of having that weight of ‘I’m the first in my family to go to college,’” said Huey Hsiao, associate director of SU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs. “There’s that feeling of pressure of ‘I got to make my family happy.’”

A senior psychology major from the Bronx, Carlos Mendoza came to Syracuse through the Higher Education Opportunity Program. Since middle school, Mendoza said that he knew he’d be the first in his family to graduate. Mendoza’s father walked him to school every day until his senior year of high school. Mendoza said it was annoying at first, but could tell his father was trying to push him to eventually go to college, in a way. He views his graduation as something he and his family achieved together. Mendoza is the youngest among his siblings, some of whom went to college but never graduated. “They have been very impactful for me and seeing them and how hard they work,” Mendoza said. “Seeing the things that they’ve done for me and for our family me, it’s motivated me.” Steps away from the real world, Mendoza is feeling slightly nervous about graduating. He’s still deciding what he wants to do for a career. He said that he’s interested in medicine and wants to help others, but knows that he’ll always have support from his family. Taryne Chatman, a triple major in African American Studies, political philosophy and citizenship and civic engagement, is the oldest of five brothers. He said this commencement isn’t just for him, but also for his family who has inspired him. “Part of this graduation ceremony reflects giving back and elevating my family, along with myself,” said Chatman, a first-generation college student.

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Every year, members of the Student African American Society come together to nominate a Black Graduation committee to organize Itanwa Orinwa at Syracuse University. The commencement event, also referred to as “Black Graduation,” will take place on Friday at 8:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center. This year’s theme is, “Black by Popular Demand: Be Celebrated, not Tolerated.” The event will be hosted in Schine for the first time in its history due to its increasing size. While the celebration is for graduating seniors who identify as black or Latinx, SAAS President Taryne Chatman said the event is meant to bring together many identities under one umbrella. “Our achievements and the struggles we’ve endured as people of color on this campus is real,” said Chatman, a senior triple major in African American Studies, political philosophy and citizenship and civic engagement. “Honoring that in a celebration that shines light and gives recognition to that feeling, to that struggle.” The entirely student-run celebration has been led and organized see itanwa

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Food trucks prepare for fairgrounds festival By Adam Lehner staff writer

The New York State Fairgrounds will be filled with some of the region’s best eats and craft brews on Saturday for the Syracuse Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival. The event, running from noon to 5 p.m., will feature 28 food trucks and beer from 24 breweries across the country. It will be held just before Syracuse University’s commencement on Sunday. And some food truck owners are already getting ready for the event. Chuck Andrews, owner of Macarollin’, is amping up his truck’s process management and transaction speed. His goal is to process at least five orders per minute. Macarollin’, which started operating in 2013, will be at this year’s festival. It won the People’s Choice award in the food truck competition at the New York State Fair last summer. see food

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itanwa orinwa by Chatman and SAAS Vice President Fanta Cherif. The two have worked together for months to ensure everything runs smoothly. The event will open with a prayer and the black national anthem for the introduction, before showcasing student speeches and performances of dances, songs, transmedia art and poetry. All of the performances are meant to reflect the students and their culture in a way that the traditional convocation isn’t always able to, Chatman said. Cherif said she’s excited to see all of their work unfold, but she’s especially looking forward to the Don C. Sawyer Award, which is presented to a student who has faced adversity but overcame it to dedicate themselves in the classroom and through community service. The recipient won’t know they’ve won until the event, Cherif said, and this year’s student is “very deserving of the award.” Seeing students working toward Itanwa Orinwa is something that Rachel Vassel, the assistant vice president of the Office of Program Development, said she enjoys. While the event wasn’t organized until after she graduated in 1991, Vassel said it’s an opportunity for her to get to know the students and continue that as alumni. Cherif and Chatman reached out to OPD for support, Cherif said. “What’s so nice is that they have really been from page 11

food trucks It can be a challenge to assess the number of servings to bring along, and many owners overestimate their sales to prepare, Andrews said. But the owner said that it can also serve as a cap on the truck’s performance, so they go in another direction. “We plan for success, not failure,” he said. At this festival, Macarollin’ will debut a Guinness-infused bratwurst mac with caramelized onions and a mustard cream sauce. Cheesed and Confused is another truck that will be in attendance to dish out special-

taking the lead on the event, at the level where we’ve just come in to support what they’re doing,” Vassel said. “We’re just there to really be a part of it.” Angela Morales-Patterson, the assistant director of OPD, has worked with Cherif to provide support for the event, and said she’s loved seeing how SAAS “took it and ran with it.” As for the event’s increasing size over the years, Morales-Patterson said she expects the trend to continue. “Years ago when this thing started, they had a speaker, they didn’t have any performances, they didn’t have any of that stuff,” MoralesPatterson said. “This event has grown, and I’m sure it’s going to grow down the road.” Cherif, a public health major and psychology minor, said Chatman has been a supportive partner throughout the process of planning. Whenever she was busy, Chatman was there to provide her and the committee support. “He’s always there to let everyone know on the committee that what we’re doing is really great, and we’re working towards something bigger than all of us,” Cherif said. For Chatman, taking on that leadership role and guiding the next Itanwa Orinwa gave him the opportunity to advocate for black and Latinx students, he said. “I want to facilitate this space,” Chatman said. “I want to be able to use this leadership position to restructure and rethink the way we think about our campus framework and our students.” lnilesst@syr.edu

ty grilled cheeses. Owner Andy Doerflinger said fan favorites of the truck include the “pork and mac” sandwich with mac-n-cheese and pepper jack, as well as their apple, bacon and cheddar sandwich. For bigger events, Doerflinger takes a few items off the menu to expedite the ordering process, so long as it doesn’t change the quality or customer experience, he said. “There is a fine line between just knocking people through the line and still letting them feel like they’re getting something unique,” Doerflinger said. “If you’re just throwing sandwiches at people, whatever the case may be, that loses a little bit of the luster, as far as

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what a food truck is all about.” Food trucks often find themselves working in close proximity. Doerflinger said that 95 percent of trucks work very well together, helping out and covering for each other whenever they can — even sometimes organizing events together. After working in the industry for years, Andrews said he takes every chance to help other owners save a few steps or avoid making mistakes along the way. “The impact you have on other people’s lives, whether it’s your own employees or other food truck owners, that’s what really counts,” Andrews said.

Festival-goers can also explore a variety of craft beers available from breweries such as Middle Ages, Ommegang, Dogfish Head, Lagunitas and Thin Man. Craft breweries offer a number of different profiles, usually enough so there’s something for every beer drinker, Andrews said. The beer will be served underneath tents, in-between food trucks. An early VIP session from 11 a.m. to noon grants access to all food and beer at the event. VIP tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 the day of, and each include the admission fee, which is $5 in advance or $10 at the door. aglehner@syr.edu

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students Chatman recalled a class assignment in which having outside network connections was vital, but without family members who attended college, he had trouble with the project. One of Chatman’s motivations for attending SU was providing guidance to his younger brothers. He’s the president of the Student African American Society and the Black Graduation Committee. He said he wants to use his leadership position to restructure and rethink the campus’ framework. Arlene Centeno, an information management and technology major from New York City, said her family is excited to attend all three of her graduation ceremonies — “Black Graduation,” iSchool graduation and the university’s graduation. In high school, Centeno knew she wanted to get away from home for college but didn’t know where to start. Her senior year of high school, Centeno went to the It Girls Overnight Retreat, in which she traveled to SU for a weekend to learn about careers in technology through the iSchool. Her interest in tech didn’t spark until midway through her college year, after transferring from Fordham. Following graduation, Centeno will be working as a consulting analyst at Accenture in Houston, but her long-term goal is to find a way to use technology to improve inner-city education, she said. “I feel like technology is a really good tool to help fix a lot of problems within our world,” Centeno said. “One of those specific problems that I feel like it can help is within the education system.” Centeno advised other first-generation students to “just explore.” In college, she joined club softball and the Black and Latino Information Studies Support group. The excitement of graduation hasn’t “sunk in yet” for Centeno. She said that the feeling will likely sink in when her family sees her walk across the stage. When Asile Patin walks across the stage at graduation this year, more than a dozen family members will be in the audience wearing

T-shirts with her face on them. Growing up, school had always been a priority in her household, but she’ll be the first from her family to graduate college. “It wasn’t like they didn’t want to go to college, everybody in my family was interested in education, interested in school and wanted to do really well,” she said. “There was just always something holding them back with their personal circumstances.” Patin has spent her four years at SU exploring her interests in social action and entrepreneurship, she said. She’ll be graduating as a double major in African American Studies and citizenship and civic engagement. Reflecting on her college career, she found she’s often had to pave her own way as a woman of color, a first-generation college student and an entrepreneur, Patin said. Nothing was automatic, and nothing was just handed to her, she said. “A lot of what I’ve learned in college has been through me asking the questions and me figuring it out myself,” Patin said. She sees that mentality as a blessing and goes out to find opportunities. Patin started Asile’s Upgrade Hair and Body Butter, a multipurpose shea butter product, with the Blackstone Launchpad and sold her last batch a few weeks ago. She was also the president of Black Reign Step Team. She remembers the struggle of trying to prove herself to other people. Looking back, Patin wishes she would’ve just “trusted the process” of college. But Patin said she feels lucky to be at SU. While she had little guidance through her college experience, she’ll be able to help her family in the future. “In the end of the day, your degree, although it is for your family, it’s more about you, it’s about what you make of it,” Amaya said. “When I graduate and when I get my master’s, that degree, I’m going to be using it.” — Asst. Digital Editor Lydia Niles and Staff Writer Sarah Slavin contributed reporting to this article. jpeng04@syr.edu hrober03@syr.edu | @_haleyannn

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Colin Bennie, Philo Germano and the other freshmen ran three and a half miles in about 25 minutes. It was their first workout at Syracuse. And for Bennie, the 25 minutes were similar to his high school workouts. He remembered thinking it wasn’t so bad. Then the freshmen learned they had just completed the warmup. The workout followed with six to seven miles at a five-minute pace. “We were like ‘Oh my god! What are we doing?’” Bennie said. Now at the end of their careers at SU, Bennie and Germano know what an SU practice entails. They and teammate Justyn Knight are graduating, but their impact on the program will remain. They’ve never lost to an ACC team in cross country — and there are 15 AllAmerican titles between them. Despite the success, Bennie, Germano and Knight were an unlikely trio. Knight was a prodigy, Bennie was a solid recruit and Germano was the walk-on. Still, all three contributed points in the cross country 2015 National Championship, SU’s first title since 1951. “All of them together have almost been this three-headed monster that’s been around for the last five years,” SU assistant coach Adam Smith said. Knight’s teammates called him the best runner to come out of Syracuse. Smith said Knight is a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Former teammate Martin Hehir said Knight is responsible for putting Syracuse on the map as a distance powerhouse. Knight holds five Syracuse track records and two individual national titles (one in the 5000m outdoor, the other in cross country). He has earned seven All-American titles in track and three in cross country. “He’s our Carmelo Anthony, our Jim Brown, our Ernie Davis,” SU head coach Chris Fox said. “He’s changed our program. Carmelo changed (the basketball team), they won a national championship with Carmelo. Justyn changed ours, he raised the bar high.” As a sophomore, Knight led SU’s pack in Louisville at the 2015 National Championship. He finished fourth, beating his freshman year finish by 139 spots. While fourth helped the team win a title, Knight would go on to finish better than that his next two seasons. His junior year he crossed the line in second, and senior year he became the first Syracuse runner to win an individual title. “Justyn is the super talent,” Fox said. “(Bennie and Germano) kind of epitomize the work ethic.” from page 20

simmons “… I know I’ll reflect years from now and say wow, wasn’t that fantastic?” When Roy Jr.’s kids, Ronald and Roy III, were growing up, they learned lacrosse by playing with each other in their backyard. It was never forced on them, Roy III said, but it was logical for them to fall for the sport that their father and grandfather had coached. In the same vein, Ryan and Roy IV, his brother, took up the Simmons torch of backyard lacrosse. Those games were often preceded by trips to the Carrier Dome to watch Syracuse. Then, back at home, the brothers attempted to replicate what had just happened on the field. “I kind of always wanted it to be lacrosse,” Ryan said. “It wasn’t really forced on me, but growing up with my older brother, I kind of idolized my brother and coming to work with my dad and going to games with my grandpa and my dad. From day one it became one of those things I wanted to do.” Growing up, Ryan played on youth teams — playing up to stay in Roy IV’s age group — and then into high school at Fayetteville-Manlius before a prep year in Connecticut at Salisbury School. In 1952-54, Roy Jr. spent his final three years of high school at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire. Roy Jr. remembered his father telling him that he could get away from the Simmons shadow and find some independence. Roy Jr. said that the same was true for Ryan. “He didn’t have to go home at the end of the day,” Roy Jr. said. “He was Ryan Simmons, which didn’t mean a lot there.”

(FROM LEFT) COLIN BENNIE, JUSTYN KNIGHT AND PHILO GERMANO helped SU win a national title in 2015 during the peak of their time at Syracuse and have earned numerous accolades. wasim ahmad staff photographer

Bennie and Germano spent the summer leading up to the national title in Syracuse training together every day. Bennie, who his teammates call the “silent assassin,” isn’t vocal but shows up when SU needs it. If Knight wasn’t at SU, Fox said Bennie would be the best. In the 2015 National Championship, Bennie’s ran his fastest 10K ever to finish eighth. “He was probably the most reliable person I think in my four, five years being here,” Germano said. “Whenever we needed anything done, Colin was there.” Philo, who finished 39th in that race, was Syracuse’s fourth man. He kicked hard at the end of the race, passing 14 people and taking as many points off SU’s score. Nine points would separate Syracuse from second place. Germano came in as a walk-on. He often asked Hehir questions about what he should

be doing, what Hehir was doing, how to get better. He ran in three meets his redshirt freshman year but never for points. The next year, he was SU’s fourth man on the titlewinning team. The year after that, he was an All-American. “He had no real business being All-American by the time his junior year came around,” Bennie said, “relative to a lot of other guys who had come in here from other schools. He just kind of proved that you buy into the program and follow what the coaches are saying and put in the hard work, that it doesn’t matter who you are in high school because this is where it matters.” During this year’s indoor ACC Championship, Germano ran the 5000m and was the runner-up to Knight. A few weeks later during the Bison Outdoor Classic, Germano ran the 1500m and finished third as Knight won

again. Both times, the only runners ahead of Germano were his SU teammates. Bennie, Germano and Knight continued what the runners before them started. Before the three started running cross country together in 2014, SU had won four Northeast Regional championships in five years. Bennie, Germano and Knight extended the success further. They transitioned the team into the ACC with four consecutive conference titles. With three top 10 finishes nationally, Bennie, Germano and Knight set the standard for future Syracuse runners. “To know that we wrote history ourselves is really special,” Knight said, “and when guys come here from now on, when they get recruited, they’re always going to think of our class that won NCAAs.”

Being the fourth generation of a legendary lacrosse family brings pressure with it, Roy III and Roy Jr. said. But Ryan thought his brother had it way worse off than he did. Ryan felt that he had it easy because he wasn’t the fourth Roy Simmons, which he viewed as much more pressure-packed than his situation. Ryan, though, said the pressures of being a Simmons were eased by having close relatives in lacrosse royalty. It’s the perk of being a Simmons. “Any time I felt pressure,” Ryan said. “If I needed someone to talk to, there were plenty of ears that I could go to. And all the advice in the world that I could ask for, I had all the answers I needed.” Since Ryan arrived at Syracuse in fall of 2013, his father has continued as a member of SU’s staff. Despite Roy III’s open door just down the hall in Manley, Ryan hasn’t sought guidance much. The pair can sometimes go a week without talking, Roy III said, and he doesn’t mind that. “He doesn’t walk through (my door) that often,” Roy III said. “... Sometimes he just wants to hang out and chat, and other times there are things that he wants to talk about, important things. Job opportunities and stress of exams and papers and things like that.” Leaving for prep school gave Simmons a start of independence, at least athletically. Finding time away from his family and the lacrosse culture he always knew has helped him grow. “Being in your own hometown and your father is right here,” Roy III said. “I think the more separation we can have, the more normal it is.”

to his fifth and final year at Syracuse, Ryan’s teammates chose him as a captain. Roy III described Ryan as “a pretty laidback kid.” Former SU attack Sergio Salcido called Ryan “very quiet.” But being captain has forced Ryan to become more vocal, he said. Simmons found his voice at an opportune time for Syracuse in his redshirt senior year, before triple overtime of the Army game on Feb. 24 when he spoke to SU assistant coach Kevin Donahue about rotating the midfield lines. Roy III remembered Donahue telling him about the exchange postgame. “Do you think it’s time to try somebody else?” Roy III said Ryan asked Donahue. “There’s no freaking way my kid did that,” Roy III told Donahue. Donahue assured him Ryan did, and whether it was because of the question or not, Ryan was on the field for the third overtime. As Ryan streaked down the middle of the field and caught a long pass from goalie Dom Madonna, neither his father nor grandfather was sure that it was him. The clear moved fast, and Roy III, positioned on the sideline at the other end of the field, and Roy Jr., in a box above the stands at about midfield, had poor vantage points. When the shot flew into the back of the net, Roy III and Roy Jr. thought someone else must have scored. It was triple overtime and Ryan was a second-line midfielder. Moments later, a mass of white and orange jerseys surrounded Ryan. He’d just walked off the game in triple overtime. “Somebody said to me, ‘I think that was your grandson,’” Roy Jr. said. “I said, all I see is just a sea of jerseys and jubilation here. Let’s wait ‘till the crowd clears off him and see who’s on the bottom. Sure enough, he stood up and it was him.”

It was the 16th goal of Ryan’s SU career. Roy III said that as a father, he sometimes wishes Ryan saw the field more. But on that day, Ryan brought back the Simmons magic of old. “Played four tough years, not being a hero,” Roy Jr. said. “But a hero for one game that was very important in the Carrier Dome in front of his grandfather and father, there’s a lot to be said for all that.”

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During the recruiting process, different schools checked in with Roy III about Ryan’s availability. The SU coaching staff didn’t aggressively recruit Ryan, Roy III said, because they assumed he’d always be coming. They were right. “I always knew that I wanted to go Orange,” Ryan said. After five years, Ryan’s Syracuse career is coming to an end. Roy Jr. and Roy III know that the Simmons legacy will be put on hold following Ryan’s graduation. They’ve discussed that it won’t be until Roy IV or Ryan has a son who eventually heads to Syracuse that the legacy could continue to a fifth generation. “Maybe down the road we’ll get a Simmons kid back in an Orange jersey,” Roy IV said. Ryan is finalizing plans to head out to California to pursue a career in real estate. But Syracuse is “always home,” he said, and he didn’t rule out coming back to coach. When Ryan chose Syracuse, Roy Jr. was happy because “the tradition wasn’t going to die out for a while.” Now, as the light flickers on Ryan’s Syracuse career, his grandfather feels “honored and blessed.” “I lived long enough to have a grandson who showed me what it was like to be a young Simmons in this era,” Roy Jr. said. wmheyen@syr.edu | @wheyen3

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To our beloved daughter, Jasmine. Your brilliance continues to shine brightly. The sky’s the limit as you begin an exciting phase in life. God Bless you, Love Mommy and Daddy

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Congrats to you Jessie! “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” We believe in you! Much love, Mom, Dad, David & Lindsay

CONNOR BRADLEY

Connor - We are so proud of you. Your passion, hard work and commitment will take you far. We are your greatest fans! Love Mom, Dad, Nick and Nora

BRIELLE BROWN AND KHANDICE DYSON To Brielle Brown and Khandice Dyson, we’re so proud of your accomplishments! We look forward to seeing you transition from running the yard to running the world! Love, SZ

KATIE CZERWINSKI

Never doubt you were born to do great things. The sky is the limit! You make us proud every day. Love, Mom, Dad and Nick

KATHRYN KRAWCZYK

Kathryn, You have achieved so much at Cuse, and we are so proud and happy for you. May your next chapters continue to be filled with fulfillment of your dreams. Love, Mom and Dad

JACK LAUCIUS

ELLYN EIVERS

ELLYN RACHEL EIVERS we are so very proud of you, all you have done, and the person you’ve become. We love you! Onto your next adventure! Congratulations! Love, Mommy, Daddy, & Haley

SAM FORTIER AND KYLE STEVENS

Congratulations Jack Laucius! We are so proud of the man you have become. Go skate to where the puck will be. All our Love, Mom and Dad

ZAC PALMER

Congratulations Zac! We are very proud of you! You will go far (and fast)! Love, Mom, Dad and Julie #Newhouse

KENNEDY PATLAN

Seems like yesterday we left you at SU! So proud of ALL your accomplishments. Can’t wait for your grown up adventures in DC! Love you bunches, Mom.

LAUREN MILLER

Congratulations Sam Fortier! We’re so proud of you for doing a halfway decent job. Love Mom, Dad, and Sarah | Congrats Kyle Stevens. You did a halfway decent job. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Fortier and Sarah

JAMES FRANCO

From your first day on the Dome floor to your last — it’s been a great journey! Congrats on all your success! Love, your family!

TAYLOR HEINZ

Much like a sunflower, may you always face toward the sun, bask in its warmth and allow its energy to fuel your dreams. Congratulations, Taylor Heinz; we love you!

Congratulations to our grad, Lauren Miller, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Rhetorical Studies at the College of Visual and Performing Arts. You rock! Love Mom and Dad

ENSONN MORRIS

We are so proud of the man you are becoming. Congratulations on this huge accomplishment! Love, Mom, Elyssa & Bridgette.

NEOS OGUNDARE, JANICE WILKINS AND JAHNESSA PAYNE

MICHAEL RICCARDI

CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL J. RICCARDI! We are so proud of you! We loved being entertained by you every week on Z89 and CitrusTV. Love Mom, Dad, Nick, Sydney and Chloe

HAYLEY WEISMAN

Congrats graduate, we are very proud of you! Continue to dream big, work hard and aim for the stars! Mom, Dad, Barbara, Nana, Aunt Debbie, & Cousin Cary

GLEN WOLYNER

To our Neos Elizabeth Ogundare, Janice Wilkins, & Jahnessa Payne, we are so proud of you! Continue to be amazing trailblazers. The sky is the limit! Love, SZ

Dear Glen, Congratulations!! Happy Graduation Day. It was rough sledding at times, but you did it. I am so very proud of you! Love, Dad

Taylor Heinz, we could not be prouder of you and the young woman you have become. We love you! Congratulations! ~Papa & Abuelita

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Fernandez battles doubts, sets program record in hits By Eric Black

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After Sammy Fernandez broke the Syracuse softball record for multi-hit games (65), she and her mother, Christine, discussed the upcoming summer. Mandy, Fernandez’s younger sister, had told her mom that she was excited to practice with her sister and role model, who helps out with her travel team, Team Long Island. Everyone on Mandy’s team is “starstruck” by their teammate’s sister, who plays for the same travel team Fernandez grew up on. But SU’s all-time hits leader can’t believe their excitement. “I’m just a mediocre softball player,” Fernandez said to Christine. “I don’t understand why they like me so much.” Fernandez, whose 219 career hits place her 13 ahead of second place in the all-time Syracuse record books, doesn’t like to credit herself. For the career .323 hitter — a top 10 average in program history — it’s the .677 that stays with her. The Carmel native has put together one of the most accomplished resumes in Syracuse history, but she won’t tell you that. The senior’s 12 career triples tie her for most all-time in an SU uniform, and her 72 hits in 2017 pace all Orange softball players in history, but she’ll remain caught up on a fielder’s choice leaving her out at second base. “I would get mad at myself if I went 2 for 4,” Fernandez said. “I’d get very down on myself, I struggled mentally.” After talking with teammates, a sports psychologist and her parents, Fernandez is beginning to learn that even if she goes hitless at the plate, it’s not always a bad game. She knows she’s more than a “mediocre” player, but that’s taken time. Two years ago, Sammy Fernandez looked through some of her old school projects and found her fifth-grade final paper. It asked students what their goal in life was. Fernandez wanted to play college softball. Always the best player on her teams growing up, Fernandez wanted nothing more than to continue. “Everyone always says it’s a dream come true, but it really is,” Fernandez said. “It’s

always been my dream.” In eighth grade, she made the varsity team and led the team with a .485 batting average, and started receiving attention from colleges. Recruiting camps and clinics, where she’d talk to coaches about their school and softball program, became a staple of Fernandez’s schedule. Since Fernandez was a quiet person on and off the field, her father and coach, Tim, came up with practice questions for Fernandez to ask coaches at the camps. Tim always told Fernandez to be the loudest player on the field. Not only because she was a shortstop and had to call out plays, but because he wanted her to be a leader. He implemented new forms of practice for Fernandez and her teammates: when one player hit, the others wouldn’t field. Instead, they cheered for their teammate at the plate. Originally uncomfortable with the practice, the Fernandez soon enough became one of the team’s top supporters and opened up to college coaches about her interest in their programs. “I pushed her out of her comfort zone,” Tim said. “There was probably three or four kids on (the) team that really wanted to go on to play at the higher level, and she was the one who had to always be the cheerleader in the dugout.” Fernandez switched from batting righty to slap-hitting lefty midway through her college recruiting process, throwing away her teamleading batting average, which stayed consistently north of .500, to redefine her game. It would utilize her speed more and not affect her already-limited power. But Fernandez faced failure. The switch set her back during games because she struggled to settle for weak ground balls. At one point, Tim pulled his daughter aside and told her that they weren’t going to look at her batting average anymore. Oftentimes, Fernandez lined up in the box right-handed, but 50 percent of the time, Tim estimated, she looked at her dad in the third base coach’s box and switched. She accepted the advice, but slowly. “I’m only 5’4”, I’m not gonna go to college and hit home runs,” Fernandez said. “...but speed has always been a threat for me during a

game, so I would just (stay) within myself and my own game plan.” The Fernandez family followed a “24-hour” rule after Sammy’s games growing up. After the end of a contest or tournament, they didn’t talk about softball for 24 hours. Fernandez would put her headphones in, play music, and stay silent until they got home. It’s carried on to college, too. “We’d say, ‘Hey, can we take you out to dinner?’” Christine said. “She’d say, ‘Okay, but there’s one rule. We’re not allowed to talk about softball. The game is over, it’s done, that’s it.’” But it would be rehashed in Fernandez’s head. Even if she went 2-4 or 3-4 at the plate, she’d think about the at-bats that resulted in outs instead of the ones that were productive. One of the biggest struggles in her career came when she was on the mound, however, pitching in the national championship for her 12-and-under team, the then 71-0 LunaChicks. Fernandez was on the mound during extra innings, and due to the international tiebreaker rule, a runner was placed on second once the inning started. She gave up the winning run and walked off distraught. Her teammates and coaches tried to talk to her, but she wouldn’t respond. It was the last time she ever pitched. Instead of talking to people about her mental struggle with the game, Fernandez turned to hitting in the batting cage in her basement or at the field for mental breaks. Despite her parents’ support and positive results on the field, Fernandez never felt like she did enough. Even in college, Fernandez has struggled to get past her negative thoughts about her performance. After Fernandez’s last regular season ACC series, Tim talked about his daughter with Syracuse head coach Mike Bosch. “Your daughter,” Bosch said to Tim, “it’s been a really rough four years trying to get her to focus on the positive things and not the negative things.” As an antidote to her struggles, Fernandez has turned to teammates and a sport psychologist. Bryce Holmgren, the team’s best hitter, has become Fernandez’s go-to for any

negative thoughts regarding her play on the field. Holmgren stresses to Fernandez her role as a slapper isn’t always to get big-time hits or plays. Instead, things like moving the runner from first to second or second to third are what she does best, even if they don’t result in getting on base. While one bad at-bat could ruin a weekend in the past, Fernandez has learned to take it in stride. This year, her season average dipped to a career-low, but she’s remained positive and more comfortable with her performances than in the past. “It’s almost inexplicable how much stronger mentally she has been this year,” Holmgren said. “I think that part of it is being a senior and realizing that maybe softball isn’t everything. Once you kind of stay level and minimize the game a bit, you realize that you don’t need to get worked up about this stuff.” Fernandez wears two wristbands, just above her glove, during games. The first is a SpongeBob SquarePants bracelet, gifted to her by Bosch, shared by her fellow infielders, signifying her love for the cartoon. The other is more thought-provoking. Inspired by Holmgren, it offers three words of advice: “You got this.” “Sometimes you just have to have that positive outlook, no matter what’s coming at you,” Holmgren said. “That’s what I try to tell her… keep it simple.” Fernandez’s struggles with mental positivity are far from simple, but she’s beginning to understand them better. As a senior, she opens up more to people and seeks more outlets to do so. She knows now that if she makes an out, it’s not the worst thing in the world. Yet there are still days when she lets her negativity creep in, like during her conversation with her mom, last week. She may not think of herself as any more than a mediocre softball player, but the people around her know better. And they’ll never stop trying to convince her otherwise. “I said to her the other day, ‘Sam, for one time in your life, I want you to say “I’m awesome” and I want you to believe it,’” Christine said. “I wish she could see herself the way other people see her, because she just doesn’t get it.”

SAMMY FERNANDEZ struggles to see herself as more than a “mediocre” softball player. But the senior is now changing her outlook on the game.

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RYAN SIMMONS always knew that he wanted to play lacrosse at Syracuse. He followed in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, grandfather and father, all of whom played and coached for the Orange. kai nguyen photo editor

(LEFT) ROY SIMMONS SR. coached his son, Roy Simmons Jr., at Syracuse from 1955-58. daily orange file photo

By Billy Heyen

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hen Ryan Simmons walks to practice each day, the reminders are everywhere. In Manley Field House, he passes the Roy D. Simmons Sr. Coaches Center, named after his great-grandfather. On his trip to the practice field in Ensley Athletic Center, he passes a statue of Roy Simmons Sr. and Roy Simmons Jr., his grandfather. When Ryan takes the field for the Orange, he wears the No. 16, just as his father, grandfather and great-

ROY SIMMONS III holds the Kraus-Simmons Trophy, named for Roy Sr., after SU beat Hobart in April. josh shub-seltzer staff photographer

grandfather did at one point. “You kind of grow up going to the Dome and idolizing guys from day one,” Ryan said. “And you kind of have a thought that maybe I can do that one day, maybe that’ll be me under the helmet. To actually be able to do it, it’s pretty special, you kind of live your goal, live your dream.” When Ryan chose Syracuse, he joined the second-winningest program (902 wins) in college lacrosse. A Roy Simmons has been on SU’s coaching staff for 786 of those, dating back to 1931. Roy Sr. and Roy Jr. both won more than 250 games as head coaches at Syracuse. Roy Jr. was the secondleading scorer, behind Jim Brown, at SU in 1957

as a player for his father, and won five national championships as a coach. Roy III played four seasons for his father and spent multiple stints as an assistant coach for Syracuse. Now, Roy III, Ryan’s father, is the director of lacrosse operations at SU. Ryan is a fifth-year senior. The Orange has one more regular season game before it will most likely advance to the NCAA tourgeneration of Simmons to play lacrosse at Syracuse will be over. “As much as we try to minimize the legacy of it and let people decide for themselves,” Roy III said, see

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Running legend and Syracuse University alumna Kathrine Switzer says she will discuss diversity and inclusion during her 2018 commencement speech. Page 3

Environment columnist Maizy Ludden lists tips on how SU students can make sure their move out of the Syracuse area promotes sustainability. Page 5

First-generation seniors graduating from SU this year say they couldn’t have made it through college without the support of their families. Page 11

Senior Ryan Simmons is the fourth generation of the legendary Simmons family to play for Syracuse’s men’s lacrosse team. Page 20