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N • Making changes

Charel Zeitoune performed alongside rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie in a New Year’s show in New York City. He has also performed in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Syracuse University has implemented several changes to its Greek life after a report released last January identified strengths and challenges.

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S • Back on track

Syracuse men’s basketball followed up its upset win against Virginia with a 76-50 blowout victory over Boston College on Wednesday night.

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A group of indigenous students met with Chancellor Kent Syverud and other university officials in December to share their concerns about the experiences of indigenous students at Syracuse University. annabelle gordon contributing photographer

Indigenous students at SU say peers lack understanding of their culture, history

By Gillian Follett asst. news editor

At first, Ionah Scully was stunned when their professor casually made a racially insensitive comment about indigenous peoples while explaining a statistics problem.

“He said, ‘You have to recognize that (indigenous people) are very stoic and they don’t express emotion a lot … It’s just how they are. It’s part of their culture.’”

Scully said. “I was just sitting there, try-

We’re just made to feel invisible, as if how we feel... isn’t as important as other people Danielle Smith graduate student

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh will discuss city achievements and outline his administration’s priorities for 2020 in his third State of the City address Thursday.

Walsh’s previous speeches have focused on economic growth, responsible land use, constituent engagement and accessibility of city services. The mayor will review the city’s progress in these areas

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Councilors await mayor’s speech

By Marnie Muñoz

ing not to explode.”

But after the initial shock wore off, Scully, a doctoral student in the School of Education and Cree Métis of the Michel First Nation, said they realized the incident was one example of ignorance about indigenous cultures at Syracuse University.

Several indigenous students said in interviews with The Daily Orange that they frequently face prejudice and marginalization at SU. They agreed that the unequal

during his address.

Members of Syracuse’s Common Council are looking forward to hearing Walsh’s speech and learning what to expect from the administration in the year to come, said Councilor Joe Driscoll, of the 5th District. The State of the City address serves as a guideline for the Council to consider what issues to spend money on, he said.

The mayor’s past speeches have proposed ambitious, actionable

ideas, Driscoll said.

Walsh will discuss initiatives regarding quality of life in Syracuse neighborhoods, preparations for the 2020 U.S. Census count this spring and plans for diversity and inclusion in municipal government, according to a press release.

Councilor at-large Rita Paniagua, who will introduce Walsh at the address, said the mayor has a strong relationship with the community. see council page 4

Finance center helps residents reduce debt

By Maggie Hicks staff writer

Brenda Muhammad walked into the Syracuse Financial Empowerment Center seven months ago, hoping to reduce her credit debt and increase her savings.

Muhammad is now one of about 240 clients the center has assisted since its opening in July 2019. The

center, run by the city of Syracuse, offers one-on-one financial counseling to any Syracuse resident, regardless of income level.

Next month, Muhammed will likely attend her last counseling session with the FEC. “The FEC helped me to understand how I was handling money and different ways that I could see finance page 4

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In 2020-21, the SU ice hockey team will roster its first-ever black player. For ethnic minority women, breaking into hockey is still a challenge.

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Looking ahead Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh will deliver his 2020 State of the City address today.

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The city’s annual Women’s March will take place Saturday in downtown Syracuse.

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Syracuse opened its first opioid addiction court last January, helping residents seek treatment.

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

RADIO LAYOFFS iHeartMedia, the nation’s largest owner of radio stations, laid off several Syracuse radio hosts and DJs. The company announced a “new organizational structure” that will use artificial intelligence to provide an improved experience to listeners and business partners. source: syracuse.com

NEW HOMES Syracuse will build 50 new houses for low-income, first-time homeowners in the next two years, city housing officials said. Mayor Ben Walsh is expected to provide more details about the $13 million project in his State of the City address Thursday. source: syracuse.com

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Music mogul JUSTIN SHUKAT ‘96 answers questions from Professor Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier program as part of the David M. Rezak Music Business Lecture. Shukat is the founding partner and president at Primary Wave Music Publishing. He was most recently listed on Billboard Magazine’s “40 under 40” and named “Indie Power Player” for his work in the industry. emily steinberger design editor

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SU implements Greek life changes after review

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. copy editor

Syracuse University has implemented several changes to its Greek life after a report published last January identified the strengths and weaknesses of SU’s Greek community.

The months-long external review was conducted in response to the Theta Tau videos controversy in April 2018.

SU permanently expelled the professional engineering fraternity for participating in videos Chancellor Kent Syverud called “extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities.”

The report identified six main problems with SU’s Greek community, including risky behavior, insufficient funding within the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs and lack of diversity and inclusion among members. It also included 33 suggestions to address these issues.

Pam Peter, assistant dean of FASA, said the office hired an associate director to help provide

leadership support.

One of the report’s suggestions included increasing monetary resources for FASA. Additional funding was allocated to the office to hire additional staff and to support new programs, Peter said.

“We also expanded training opportunities, including training for event management, alcohol awareness, race and privilege, and leadership development,” Peter said.

Amanda Gregorio, president of SU’s Panhellenic Council, said chapter members and leaders have learned a lot from the trainings FASA has provided so far.

“I think that the new social event policies have been well received by the community,” Gregorio said. “I am aware that there are continued changes that are in process related to the review, and I am excited for the future.”

New communication enhancements have also been implemented, including monthly chapter advising meetings, regular updates to the FASA website and increased contact with chapter consultants through newsletters, phone calls

Syracuse University has allocated over $1 million in financial aid for students pursuing summer study abroad programs, the university announced Wednesday.

The funding will support undergraduate students in several needbased categories and will make SU Abroad summer programs more

financially accessible to students, according to an SU News release.

“This generous and unprecedented funding to support summer study abroad has been put in place in direct response to feedback from students, parents, faculty and staff,” said Erika Wilkens, SU Abroad director and associate provost, in the release.

Grants of up to $9,000 will be available to students in financial need, according to the release. Eli-

The Syracuse Police Department is investigating the shooting of a man who arrived at St. Joseph’s Hospital multiple days after being shot. Police were called to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. The 38-year-old victim had a gunshot wound in his lower body, police said.

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE Sam Rodgers, a Syracuse attorney and former captain of the SU football team, officially launched his campaign for state senate Wednesday. Rodgers, a Republican, aims to unseat Democrat Rachel May in November’s elections. source: waer

HELPING HOUNDS

The Greek Life Review identified six main problems with the Greek community at Syracuse University daily orange file photo

and meetings, Peter said.

SU’s Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities hired an investigator to handle allegations of student and student organization misconduct, including hazing, Peter said. The office also held additional programming for Haz-

ing Week, she said.

The report also suggested taking an aggressive stance on unrecognized Greek organizations.

W hen the review was released, SU had 11 unrecognized Greek Life organizations. see greek

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The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Syracuse. Snow will begin falling Thursday morning and will accumulate between 3 and 6 inches. Another storm moving into the Great Lakes region could also produce significant snow Saturday and Saturday night, the NWS said.

gible students pursuing a summer abroad program can also apply for several $1,000 merit-based scholarships by Jan. 30. A selection committee will review the applicants and determine award recipients, per the release.

“Summer is now a much more viable option for all students,” Wilkens said. “We are very excited that more students will now have the opportunity to experi-

ence our fantastic faculty-led programs, as well as our center summer sessions.”

A “generous” donor has provided an additional $50,000 in financial aid for students applying to SU Abroad’s Paris Noir program, which explores the influence of Black art and culture in the French capital. cjhippen@syr.edu @chrishipp15_

Helping Hounds Dog Rescue moved into a new location at 7268 Caswell St. in North Syracuse. The 9,000 square-foot location will include other new amenities such as dog socialization classes, canine kitchens and a medical triage. source: cnycentral.com

CONFISCATED GUNS TSA agents at Syracuse Hancock International Airport confiscated 17 guns since 2013, the second most of any Upstate New York airport. Agents at the airport confiscated a total of 5 guns in 2019. source: syracuse.com

BOX TRUCK A box truck drove onto the sidewalk at the corner of South and West Brighton avenue, running over a teenage girl’s foot before driving away. The girl was treated at Upstate University Hospital. An investigation by the Syracuse Police Department is ongoing. source: syracuse.com

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indigenous treatment largely stems from students’ and faculty’s limited understanding of indigenous cultures and experiences, rather than a place of active discrimination.

And they agreed that SU has room to improve in educating the campus community about indigenous peoples, especially those who once inhabited the land on which the university now stands.

A group of indigenous students met with Chancellor Kent Syverud and other university officials in early December to share their concerns about the experience of indigenous students at SU. The meeting came after anti-indigenous graffiti was found Nov. 21 in an SU residence hall.

Indigenous students’ concerns are often ignored when issues of race are discussed on campus, said Danielle Smith, a graduate student and member of the Onondaga Nation.

“We’re just made to feel invisible, as if how we feel or how that impacts us isn’t as important as other people,” she said.

Indigenous students make up less than 1% of the university’s full-time student population — a total of about 99 students — SU’s Fall 2019 Census data shows. Indigeneous peoples make up 1.7% of the population nationally.

Both nationally and at SU, the contemporary experiences of indigenous peoples are

often ignored or talked over, Scully said.

“I enter a space and I’m the only Native person in that space,” Scully said. “And then I suddenly become the resident expert on Native people. That kind of labor is sort of expected.”

SU is located on the ancestral lands of the Onondaga Nation, one of five nations that makes up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

The Onondaga Nation’s current territory lies fewer than 10 miles south of SU. The university acknowledges the Onondaga Nation’s land before campus events.

SU offers few academic opportunities for students to learn more about indigenous histories and cultures, Scully said. The university offers a Native American and Indigenous Studies minor, but no major is currently offered.

Students’ ignorance about indigenous peoples can have damaging consequences, Smith said. Indigenous peoples are often reduced to a handful of “romanticized” stereotypes, she said, including those that say all indigenous peoples are “one with the Earth,” or make their money from casinos, or live in teepees.

The list of solutions the students presented to Syverud included expanding SU’s Native Studies curriculum to include a Native American and Indigenous Studies major and forming partnerships with indigenous nations to allow students to learn more about indigenous histories and cultures.

Ethan Tyo, a graduate food studies major and member of the Haudenosaunee Confed-

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council “He engages with the services to provide wellness into the community, to understand them better,” she said. “So when the decision-making comes to the table, he is well aware of the challenges of the environment.”

Walsh will also highlight Syracuse’s improved fiscal sustainability and construction progress on city school facilities in 2019, according to the release. The mayor will also describe “significant steps forward on the Syracuse Surge,” a recently-implemented plan for economic growth.

I’ve heard from folks in my area that have already started applying for those jobs, and it’s encouraging and nice to see growth like that.

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eracy, said coming to SU was a “culture shock.”

Many of his classmates seemed uninformed about the presence of indigenous peoples in modern society, and most only received superficial indigenous education, he said.

Students have asked Tyo about his race and have assumed he’s Asian, he said. He doesn’t think these questions are meant to be prejudiced, but constantly having to explain his identity to others can feel isolating, he said.

“It can be alienating, especially if you come from a small rural community, to kind of automatically be put in a box,” Tyo said.

“They’re small questions that I feel fine answering, but they’re questions that not necessarily a lot of people — predominantly white people — will face.”

Maris Jacobs, a member of the Mohawk nation and a recent SU graduate, said having to educate others makes it difficult to have conversations with people unfamiliar with her background. Indigenous students attend SU to be educated, not to educate others, she said.

Many indigenous students at SU find a sense of community and support through the university’s Native Student Program, which aims to help indigenous students make the transition to SU while maintaining a connection to their cultures.

The program’s Euclid Avenue building provides a dedicated space for indigenous students from across campus to come together, Tyo said. Ultimately, most indigenous stu-

dents at SU “find their way over to the house at some point,” he said.

Undergraduate students from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy can also receive the Haudenosaunee Promise or Haudenosaunee Honor Scholarships to cover the full cost of attendance at SU. SU is the only private institution that offers a full-ride scholarship for Haudenosaunee students, which plays a large role in many indigenious students’ decision to attend the university, Tyo said.

He, along with Jacobs and Scully, chose to attend SU for their undergraduate studies primarily due to the financial aid they received.

The students requested SU make graduate students eligible for the scholarships available to Haudenosaunee students during their meeting with Syverud.

Talks with SU administration are still ongoing and meetings are scheduled in the coming weeks, Smith said. Several years ago, indigenous students worked with university officials to establish SU’s land acknowledgment and have the Haudenosaunee flag flown on campus — and students today hope to continue to increase the visibility of the indigenous population at SU, she said.

“Ultimately, I just want to see things happen quickly, and I just want the students’ voices to be included throughout the whole process,” Smith said.

Councilor Joe Carni, of the 1st District, said the Surge initiative helped create new jobs in his district and keep young, local talent in the Syracuse area.

“From what I can see, I’ve heard from folks in my area that have already started applying for those jobs, and it’s encouraging and nice to see growth like that,” Carni said.

Carni said he hopes to hear Walsh address basic infrastructure needs in the city, such as department vehicles and road repair. He is also interested in the city’s budget, he said.

Differences in priorities between Walsh and the council, including a proposed salary increase for the councilors, the city

auditor and the mayor, have led some councilors to begin drafting their own legislative agenda, Driscoll said.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to articulate some of those (priorities) and increase communication between the Council and the administration to get better collaboration and a better sense of what everyone’s priorities are moving forward,” he said.

Paniagua said she’s remained confident in her and the council’s ability to adjust to challenges regarding constituent needs in 2020.

“I’m willing to give everything a chance and, to the best of my ability, try to be part of the solution,” she said.

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create a set of financial goals for themselves.

Clients can return to the center as many times as they want and often continue to use the center on a month-to-month basis, Pitzrick said.

The center’s main goal is to take away the fear that comes with financial struggle and present it as something that can easily be changed before it gets out of one’s control, said Maarten Jacobs, director of community prosperity at the Allyn Family Foundation, a partner nonprofit.

“There are going to be tons of stories that we will never know about how [the FEC] got people on the right path,” Jacobs said. “So for every success story we hear, I’m sure there will be five more that are just the same.”

Although many publicly funded financial services only address a certain income bracket, the FEC was created to assist any Syracuse resident, Pitzrick said. The clients who visit the center represent a wide range of income levels, she said.

Of the clients helped, 77% are full-time employees and 34% are already homeowners, per the data. 55% of clients are black, 9% are Hispanic and 67% are females.

The FEC is continuing to expand its counselors and locations, Schroeder said, and will improve Syracuse’s overall economic health by helping residents have more money to spend on important goods and services.

“Giving people knowledge on these things is truly what puts people in a better place and what can propel them further,” Schroeder said.

finance make my situation better,” Muhammad said. “Since my first meeting, I have reduced my credit debt, increased my savings and accomplished quite a few of the goals I set.”

The city created the FEC to address concentrated poverty in Syracuse and to educate the community about credit and budgeting, said Karen Schroeder, chief communications officer at Home HeadQuarters, one of the nonprofits that help fund the center. The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund also provides support to the FEC. In total, the center has helped its clients increase their savings by $46,403 and decrease their debt by $81,875, according to the most recent data provided by the center. Twentyone clients have increased their credit score by 35 points or more.

“I didn’t want to leave this world in debt,” Muhammad said. “I just wanted to be able to go on trips, visit my grandchildren or buy a piece of property, and I had to have a good financial standing to do that.”

The center has four financial counselors stationed throughout the city who offer assistance with credit score, debt, savings and banking. Unlike many other “credit fix” companies and workshops that require membership fees and less personalized assistance, the FEC is free and education-based, said Kazmira Pitzrick, an FEC counselor.

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greek life Three SU fraternities have since been suspended and are no longer allowed to operate on campus.

SU’s chapter of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity was suspended in November after members shouted a racial slur at a Black woman near College Place. The fraternity’s recognized status will be determined once the university completes its conduct process.

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chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity after finding the fraternity violated the Student Code of Conduct. The university also placed its chapter of Zeta Beta Tau under disciplinary and social probation until Dec. 31, 2020.

The Department of Public Safety declined to comment on the effectiveness of the review in the past year.

“We are still in the process of implementing the recommendations and will assess our outcomes as implementation progresses,” said Peter. scalessa@syr.edu

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NY cash bail ban is a major victory

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ew York state’s cash bail ban went into effect Jan. 1 of this year, marking a significant victory for criminal justice reformers while prompting concerns from many politicians, who cautioned against the ban due to safety concerns.

The law eliminates cash bail for certain misdemeanors and non-violent offenses and has been lauded by progressives as a necessary and effective effort to minimize injustice in the prison system.

Over-policing and incarceration of low-income citizens is still a consistent issue within the justice system. Conversely, many conservative politicians and law enforcement officials have expressed concern about the change, namely concerns that dangerous offenders will be given the opportunity to commit further offenses while awaiting trial or skip out on their court date altogether.

The policy has been highly criticized as soft on crime and potentially dangerous, giving people who have been accused of crimes the opportunity to re-offend before even being sentenced. Yet, the outrage and concern from politicians routinely ignore the reality that this policy merely replicates the pre-trial experience of wealthier Americans, and making it accessible to lower-income individuals.

There’s little evidence to suggest a cash bail system prevents crimes. The United States and the Philippines are the only countries that have such a system, and neither breaks the top 60 for safest countries in the world.

SYDNEY GOLD WRITING FROM THE LEFT The wait between arrest and trial can be enormous, especially in court clogged districts, where citizens can spend months or years in prison waiting to be seen by a judge for infractions as minor as shoplifting or a traffic violation.

Pre-trial detention doesn’t come cheap either, costing American tax-payers roughly 14 billion dollars annually.

“Cash bail is incredibly discriminatory. It basically means that poor people are held in pretrial detention simply because they don’t have the money to bail themselves out,” said Gretchen Purser, a professor of sociology at Syracuse University. “Poor people who might have a hundred-dollar bail, however little it might be, may find themselves detained in jail for an indefinite period of time simply because they don’t have the money to get bailed out.”

Americans have always been able to take advantage of the cash bail system, which allowed many offenses to be brushed under, even violent ones, to exchange cash for freedom prior to trial.

“The way it’s set up right now is rich people, if they have a cash bail amount set, no matter how dangerous their crime might be, can bail themselves out if they’re given the option of bail,” said Purser.

The benefits of having wealth in the justice system are numerous.

Public defenders are overworked and underpaid, meaning wealthy Americans often have access to

superior legal counsel and defense, while low-income Americans may have as few as 15 minutes to meet with their representation before trial. Additionally, being held in pre-trial detention can have grave impacts on the personal life of the accused as well.

“Incarceration, no matter how short a period it occurs for, has detrimental impacts for people. Now, I’m not just talking psychologically but actually in terms of employment, in terms of their ability to be responsible caregivers to their family, in terms of housing.” said Purser.

Despite arguments against the bill, most of which cite safety as a primary concern — critics tend to ignore the reality that many people who had been accused of these crimes were already being given the option to walk free or skip out on their court date. The wealthy could always able to walk out of the holding cell the next morning, call their lawyer and begin piecing together a plan to proceed with their lives.

By banning cash bail, New York has taken a crucial step towards creating greater equity in the justice system. Banning cash bail spares individuals the economic and psychological harms of being incarcerated. It represents a key step towards creating a justice system in America that actually abides by the principle of innocent until proven guilty.

Sydney Gold is a freshman policy studies and public relations major. segold@syr.edu @Sydney_Eden

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n today’s political arena — where politics are so drastically polarized there is little room for common ground and compromise — an impeachment may not mean the same for SKYLAR President DonSWART ald Trump as it THE ELEPANT did for Andrew IN THE ROOM Johnson or Bill Clinton.

Today, impeachment is just another way for one party to wreak havoc on the other while the rest of America watches, and in the majority of cases, continues to keep their views aligned with their party.

What Syracuse students need to remember when voting is to use their own judgment and views on impeachment to determine their own political opinion. Only by using individual judgment can someone overcome the strong bias that comes with our current political climate.

A presidential impeachment does not mean that the president is necessarily removed from office.

First charges must be brought up against him or her and found to be true. Next, the hearing is moved to the House Of Representatives, where there must be a majority vote to impeach the president. This is where the official impeachment happens, but the president is not removed from office yet. The trial then moves to the Senate, where there must be another majority vote to remove the president from office.

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The problem with impeachment is that the offenses that are considered impeachable are very broad and open for interpretation. Bribery and treason are both impeachable offenses, but these are fairly easy to define and agree upon. However, the third offense, other high crimes and misdemeanors, is a very vague and ambiguous statement. The writers of the Constitution did this on purpose; that way politicians after them could use their discretion and desire for the good of the American public to guide their determinations of what was con-

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sidered grounds for impeachment.

Sean O’Keefe, a Syracuse University professor and senior research associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, said that the trouble with this impeachment, similar to the Clinton impeachment, “is whether or not the action, the determination of the behavior, rises to the level of an impeachable offense that calls for impeachment and removal from office.” Problems arise from this question of what falls under an impeachable offense because of how polarized politics are.

Unfortunately, politics have become so one-sided that it is very difficult for the millions of people who want a moderate solution or compromise for these issues to be heard.

This problem is especially prominent in the impeachment and potential removal from office of Trump.

Margaret Susan Thompson, a history professor at SU, said that because of how drastic parties are, neither side feels that this impeachment is fair or being run how it should be and the American people can see this.

“I think what I see is aggressive partisanship and most people, regardless of what happens, are going to come away thinking that the system didn’t work,” she said.

Both sides agree that they do not think the other has the American people’s best interests at heart.

Some believe that every political move is a scheme to further their party’s agenda and many Republicans feel that this impeachment is another way for Democrats to undermine the opposing party.

When each side feels so adamantly that they are right about impeachment, it is hard for citizens to judge who is right and what their own opinion is. This leads many people to stick with their party’s ideas regarding Trump and their opinion of him prior to his impeachment.

Unfortunately, in today’s political climate, impeachment means very little for the upcoming election. If Trump is not removed from office, which is highly likely based on a partisan vote in the House of Representatives, then he will try to use what he considers an unfair and corrupt attempt to remove him from office to his advantage. Although Trump will forever be known as the third president to be impeached, he may soon be known as the first president to be reelected following impeachment.

Skylar Swart is a freshman political science major. saswart@syr.edu @SkylarSwart

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Adrenaline rush SU sophomore Charel Zeitoune performs DJ sets at nightclubs in Tel Aviv and New York City

By Christopher Cicchiello asst. feature editor

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CHAREL ZEITOUNE, an SU sophomore, balances his passion for DJ’ing and producing with the demands of his civil engineering major. corey henry photo editor

hat night, in Elevate, a New York City nightclub, SU sophomore civil-engineering student Charel Zeitoune was nowhere to be found. Instead, DJ Charel Z was practicing for the biggest show of his life.

With his noise-cancelling headphones on, he was trying to forget that he would soon be sharing a stage with famed rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.

Uncertainty crept towards Charel Z, but he told himself to forget about the night and focus up. Then, the door opened and patrons filled the hall. It was time to see how well his year of DJ’ing sets across the world had prepared him for the high stakes of the 2020 New Year’s show.

“I killed it that night,” Zeitoune said. “Great set, great feedback. I only heard great things, and it was a night that I won’t forget honestly.”

For the past two years, Zeitoune has been landing gigs in big-time nightclubs and party cruise ships in Tel Aviv, Israel. Zeitoune’s parents are Israeli, and what began as a family reunion visit for the summer turned into a career opportunity. The Brooklyn native later began exercising his music talents for audiences of up to 2,000 people aboard those cruise ships.

One of Zeitoune’s earliest club connections was with Samuel Vago, a part owner in a nightclub with 11 different venues and manager of its international division. Vago said that when hiring a DJ, they look see zeitoune page 8

At the end of the day, I’m an average college student that has a ton of stress, especially with my major so that’s the type of thing that helps me cool off. I go to my studio and just sit down with my headphones.

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slice of life

Check out these spring semester events from 5 clubs

By The Daily Orange Pulp Staff

The Winter Student Involvement Fair was held in Goldstein Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. The annual event allowed students to learn more about organizations on campus. Check out these events throughout the semester from a few new and old organizations on campus:

Innovate Orange

Innovate Orange is a group dedicated to project-based learning, technology and innovation. The organization is planning CuseHacks, an annual invention marathon. The 24-hour hackathon will be held on Feb. 15-16 in Milton Atrium in the Life Science Complex. Participants in the com-

petition split into teams and then have 24 hours to create an invention, club secretary Olivia Flynn said. The group will also host workshops for beginners prior to the hackathon.

“It’s a really great opportunity for people to learn new tech skills,” Flynn said of the competition. “We try and make it really beginner-friendly.”

Black Reign

Established in 2005, Black Reign is the only non-Greek step team on SU’s campus, said Assata Cradle-Morgan, the vice president of the organization. The group aims to bring the art of step to Syracuse, she said.

Black Reign will perform at The Black Lounge event in Goldstein Auditorium on Feb. 1 from 7-11 p.m.

The team is also competing at the Lin-

coln Center on Feb. 8 and will hold its annual spring showcase at a date to be announced later, Cradle-Morgan said.

I Am THAT Girl SU

The Syracuse University chapter of I Am That Girl SU, a national nonprofit organization, focuses on self-empowerment. The organization aims to provide a safe space for a variety of gender orientations to voice their opinions, concerns and insecurities.

During their weekly meetings, group members discuss various topics such as intersectionality and body positivity. Weekly meetings are held on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Sims 331.

“Our mantra is to turn selfdoubt into self-love,” said Ursula Swiza, president of the chapter. see events page 8

The Winter Student Involvement Fair was held in Schine’s Goldstien Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. corey henry photo editor

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from the stage

‘Girls Night: The Musical’ to feature hit ‘80s, ‘90s songs

By Mandy Kraynak asst. feature editor

“Girls Night: The Musical,” a musical about five friends and their night at a karaoke bar, is on tour and coming to Syracuse on Jan. 18.

The musical includes popular songs from the 1980s and 1990s like, “It’s Raining Men” and “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” The show will be at The Oncenter Civic Center Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Leslie McQueen started out as a performer in the production and is now the assistant director of the show. The Daily Orange spoke to McQueen about the challenges of assistant directing “Girls Night: The Musical,” as well as its appeal to audiences.

The Daily Orange: Could you tell me

about your experience as assistant director of “Girls Night: The Musical?”

Leslie McQueen: I started with the production as a performer in 2009. And within the first year of being with them, I actually did three of the five roles and quickly became close with the director and the technical director.

I relocated from Florida, where I started the show, to New York. Then after that I moved into the assistant director position.

The D.O.: Could you talk briefly about the

plot and musical numbers in the production?

LM: They are celebrating a bachelorette party.

There are five girlfriends. They’ve been friends since childhood, and one of them has a daughter who just got engaged, and so they’re all celebrating together. There’s some heartwarming moments. There’s a lot of laughter. There’s a little bit of drama, but it’s mostly just a good time.

There’s a lot of amazing, fun get-up-anddance numbers: “I Will Survive,” “It’s Raining from page 7

zeitoune for someone who “really knows how to read a crowd.” After his first show, Vago hired him and had him perform at least once a week at one of his venues, The Lighthouse.

Zeitoune’s continuous passion for music prompted him to download his first music production software at 13 years old. He recalled that the extent of his DJ’ing then was “hitting the spacebar key,” Zeitoune said. But he soon invested in a more professional mixing board and laptop, with his penchant for music allowing him to teach himself.

It was around this time that he found his inspiration from Avicii. He says he still gets goosebumps when he hears work from the late Swedish DJ. Avicii, who Zeitoune has dubbed “the king of EDM,” also began to create music at a young age.

Unlike many up-and-coming DJs, Zeitoune does not use a computer during his set to match beats and transition seamlessly from track to track. Instead, he uses his ear.

“What you would see on the screen, like where you have to nudge and align the beats, I align the beats with my ear saying ‘Oh this

“Girls Night: The Musical” features upbeat musical numbers such as “I Will Survive” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Assistant Director Leslie McQueen spoke about the show’s ability to bring people together. courtesy of jen kules

Men,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” We love to get the audience up and dancing and singing and just enjoying the evening with us.

The D.O.: What has been the most difficult

part about assistant directing the production?

LM: A lot of times we are training one or two cast members at a time, and I would say that’s the biggest challenge. The show is about five very close girlfriends, and it is a lot harder to teach when you’re teaching only one or two of them to sort of put into a group.

sounds right, oh wait that’s a little slow, I need to speed it up from there,’” Zeitoune said. “And I do that fully off my ear.”

Zeitoune’s music tastes align with Israel’s own favorite genre: electronic dance music and techno, Vago said. But Zeitoune is determined to make a name for himself with the sounds of big room. Big room is a genre that was created for large electronic music festivals, and utilizes booming kick drums and long build ups to bass drops, according to EDM.com.

While Zeitoune loves the adrenaline rush of being onstage, he also added that DJ’ing serves as a coping mechanism for the stress of being an engineering student. However, Zeitoune repeatedly added that he is a student first and a DJ second.

“At the end of the day, I’m an average college student that has a ton of stress, especially with my major so that’s the type of thing that helps me cool off. I go to my studio and just sit down with my headphones,” Zeitoune said.

Vago said that one of Zeitoune’s greatest challenges of the summer came aboard the party cruise ships that sailed from the port of Tel Aviv to the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. He was tasked with entertaining his audiences for four hours.

The D.O.: What aspects of the production

do you think audiences will connect to most?

L.M.: Most people, after seeing the show, either come up and say, “You know, I have all these friends from college or from high school or from my adult life, and I’m you, and my friend is you.”

So, I think between that and then seeing the people you love in the characters that we play.

They’re all sort of caricatures of actual people. And so, you know, we’ll have people come up and say, “My mom was just like you,” or “My sister was just like you” or “I lost my best friend in high school, and she was just like you.”

As the only DJ onboard, he had to play a variety of genres to keep people in good spirits.

During his sets, Zeitoune learned that people don’t really understand the art behind DJ’ing.

“People think I come with a set that I made at home. I do everything live or else it wouldn’t be fun, I would just be standing there like an idiot for an hour just standing around, but I make everything at live,” Zeitoune said.

While Zeitoune admitted that the New Year’s show was his biggest in terms of artist name recognition, his favorite shows have taken place amidst the Tel Aviv nightlife.

Vago also said that “going out is part of our culture,” adding that clubs stay open seven days a week and are always brimming with people ready to party – the perfect backdrop for a young DJ. “When I headlined a set [in Tel Aviv], EDM is more accepted in the club there,” Zeitoune said. “Here, it’s more of a rap, reggaeton vibe in New York City and America. But in Israel, there’s a lot more EDM and rave music in the clubs, and that’s kind of what I like.”

Longtime friend and sophomore marketing management student at SU, Samy Alloui, said that he has watched Zeitoune perform in New York City many times because he “can see the

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excitement and passion that he has for it.”

As for Zeitoune’s future plans, Vago recently called to tell him that they would be flying Zeitoune back out to Tel Aviv for more sets next summer.

In addition, Zeitoune announced a potential EP in the works that would have a diverse assortment of tracks spanning genres like big room, moombahton and deep house. Songs like Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” are emblematic of the sounds associated with moombahton, according to Complex News. He has previously produced songs with producer Mikey Darwish under the name 2UO. Together they hit 15,000 streams on their mashup of the song, “Reload.”

Zeitoune is also hoping to one day grace the stage with a headliner at either University Union’s Juice Jam or Mayfest. Looking back on the past two years, Zeitoune says he has changed from a shy stage persona to become the life of the party.

“I used to be nervous and get stage fright,” said Zeitoune. “Now, I’m more than comfortable to speak into the mic in front of 2,000 people. That’s something, but I learned to love looking at the crowd.” cmcicchi@syr.edu

workshop at Café Kubal on both March 7 and 8. On March 14, there will be a film viewing of the film “Eating Animals” in Goldstein Auditorium, followed by a discussion panel.

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events The organization is planning on hosting a few events in February. Swiza says these events will be centered around talks about sexual health and healthy relationships in honor of Valentine’s Day.

A Cappella Council at SU

Slow Food SU

Slow Food SU, a local chapter of the Slow Food movement, works to involve SU students in the local food community and get them thinking about food that is healthy, clean and delicious. In its second year at SU, Slow Food SU is open to all majors on campus.

“I joined to get away from dining hall food, and then I ended up loving it,” sophomore Madeline Goore said. “I think a lot of people do it for that and then find, like, a community of very sweet people who care about food and the environment.”

Slow Food SU will hold a variety of events this semester, and their first meeting on Jan. 23 will involve a cupcake-decorating activity. This semester, the club will host a latte art

And so, I think it really touches to the heart of women and the women’s relationship – the one that we share as sisters and as friends.

I think it really speaks to women. And I think for the men who come, it’s a good insight.

It’s a little bit of an insight into being part of the women’s table if you’ve never been part of that before. But it’s also sort of seeing what it’s like to be at the heart of a sisterhood where things happen, and you forgive and you move on and you laugh and you cry, but you do it all together.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

SETH MARTIN JR (RIGHT) talks to Yuliya Orlova about Slow Food SU, a local chapter of the Slow Food movement that is in its second year at SU. corey henry photo editor

Founded in 2011, the A Capella Council at Syracuse University consists of six musical groups: all-male groups Orange Appeal and Otto Tunes, all-female groups Main Squeeze and The Mandarins, and co-ed groups Groovestand and Oy Cappella.

This is the first spring semester where all six of the groups will hold invitationals on campus, said Shannon Hope, president of the council. In late March and early April, each group will have its own concert where it asks another musical group on campus or from a different school to perform as well.

In addition to the groups’ individual events this semester, the six groups will host Cozy Cappella during SU’s annual Winter Carnival in February. The groups will perform songs in their pajamas while guests can enjoy cookies, hot chocolate and other refreshments. pulp@dailyorange.com

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men’s basketball

Bench players total 54 minutes, score 11 points in win

By Josh Schafer

senior staff writer

With his face covered in a protective plastic mask and curly hair flopping out of his head band, Brycen Goodine pogoed to the rim and sank a layup while drawing a foul.

The play, a rather meaningless basket at the end of a 76-50 rout over Boston College on Wednesday night, held more significance to the freshman who’s been battling to return to the court since breaking his nose in practice before Syracuse played Notre Dame on Jan. 4.

“It finally felt good because I put a lot of work in my own time,” Goodine said. “So it was frustrating when I was missing shots I could make.”

Goodine’s five points tied his total for the month of December which was spread across two appearances. Goodine was one of several players that saw increased minutes during Wednesday’s 26-point rout for a Syracuse (10-7, 3-3 Atlantic Coast) team that calls to the bench less than every team in the country outside of Hofstra. But from the common bench contributors like Quincy Guerrier and Howard Washington to the rarities like Goodine and Jesse

Edwards, increased minutes garnered inconsistent results against Boston College (9-8, 3-3).

“It was a good opportunity to get Howard going,” Boeheim said. “Brycen, who’s had a lot of trouble with that nose and faceguard, made a couple of good plays. It was an opportunity to get those guys a little time.”

Edwards ran onto the court following a Bourama Sidibe foul midway through the first half. Within a minute and a half, he’d committed a foul of his own. Then, a Boston College defender hit a floater while running right at Edwards. Edwards then lost the battle for a rebound on the defensive glass to a Boston College player and then fouled that same opponent as he went up for a put-back.

Six minutes into the freshman center’s chance at meaningful playing time, Boeheim had seen enough. Boeheim said that Edwards can’t put the ball on the floor near the hoop like he did on the offensive end against Boston College. He needs to rebound better, stronger and distribute the ball out to the guards, not lose possession.

“Practice is where for me it’s going to be happening the most this year because I just got to develop,” Edwards said. “So when I get out

there, I take full advantage of it.”

When asked how far Edwards is from helping the team Boeheim smirked.

“I can’t even talk about that,” he said.

Around the same time Edwards worsened his case for more playing time, Howard Washington helped spark an SU run. The junior guard subbed in after a Joe Girard III turnover and helped the Orange run in transition.

On one play he darted across the middle of the Boston College defense and dumped the ball off for an easy Marek Dolezaj layup. On another play, he snatched the ball from an Eagles player, started a fast break and dished an assist on a Buddy Boeheim 3-pointer.

Washington finished with two points and a pair of turnovers in the second half, which didn’t leave him unscathed from Boeheim’s postgame remarks in otherwise positive review for Syracuse’s backup point guard.

“Howard was very productive in the first half,” Boeheim said. “The second half he made a couple bad turnovers but you know he came back and got a steal.”

Guerrier and Goodine both listened to advice from coaches on their strengths to varying success. Goodine said coaches told

him to drive more and that’s the area he’s worked on the most in practice. Against BC, he scored twice by attacking the hoop, including a nifty reverse layup following a pump fake.

Goodine’s sudden effectiveness also came in part due to his new mask. He’s wearing a custom-fit mask now that fits tighter to his face with less bulky padding. He said he couldn’t see with the prior mask and therefore couldn’t play in games.

Guerrier didn’t have the same fortune fulfilling his role. Syracuse wants him to be physical down low and dominate the boards. A five-rebound performance isn’t enough, Guerrier said, and he’d hope to be closer to eight boards per night.

Boeheim agreed, noting that Guerrier needs to seize loose balls more around the hoop. But like all his young players, Guerrier’s improving, and that’s where this young Syracuse stands, hoping that some good and some bad eventually grows into more of the former and less of the latter.

“We got to work on those things everyday...

It’s a good group,” Boeheim said. “They’re trying to get better and we’ll see.” jlschafe@syr.edu | @Schafer_44

women’s basketball

Notebook: Kiara Lewis’ turnovers, 2020 commits, GT outlook

By Danny Emerman sports editor

The notes from her dad are coming, and they’re not going to be good.

After every game, win or lose, Kiara Lewis watches the full 40 minutes again two to three times and breaks down what she can do better with her dad, Gary. Following SU’s Jan. 5 overtime win over Notre Dame, his takeaways for Lewis included how to improve her reads coming off ball-screens.

Lewis hasn’t yet discussed her performance against Miami, last Sunday’s game in which she committed a career-high nine turnovers, a mark she said is “never acceptable.”

This is the first season of Lewis’ collegiate career that she’s been the lead guard. Without Tiana Mangakahia, Lewis — an Ohio State transfer — has the ball roughly 90% of the time, she hyperbolically estimates, and initiates almost all of Syracuse’s (8-7, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) possessions. The transition has been successful, yet not seamless, as Lewis is averaging a team-best 17.6 points per game but also 3.9 turnovers, second-most in the ACC. In losses to No. 5 Louisville, Michigan and Miami, Lewis averaged 7.3 turnovers. In SU’s win over No. 13 Florida State, Lewis coughed the ball up just once, reminding the Orange they will only go as far as Lewis takes them.

“In the reality of things, we’re all human,” sophomore forward Emily Engstler said.

“What she does for this team, and the fact that she does have the ball in her hands all the time, of course there’s going to be turnovers.” from page 12

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Constant traps on the wing opposite the Orange bench helped force 11 turnovers.

Howard Washington said a pregame scouting report compiled by associate head coach Adrian Autry showcased how BC liked to work inside-out. By cutting off the high post, the Eagles were hapless.

“We knew all their sets,” Washington said.

“We basically knew who they were going to go to.… We worked on their offense for two days and it paid off tonight.”

Even with Hughes missing a chunk of the first half after injuring his midsection when driving and falling, Buddy and Joe Girard III combined for 16 of SU’s first 18 points. BC switched on most defensive possessions, but the Orange rarely turned inside in the half court. Instead, SU posted 24 fast-break points, a reprieve from earlier transition issues in conference play.

Buddy scored seven-straight in the first half, his last two makes coming on lay-ins over smaller defenders. Syracuse had a height-advantage with BC center Nik Popo-

The way Syracuse’s spread pick-and-roll offense works, Lewis essentially decides every half-court possession. According to HerHoopsStats, Lewis’s 26.9% usage rate — which denotes the percentage of possessions that end with a Lewis shot, free throw or turnover — is 12th-highest in the ACC. She’s the Orange’s only option to ignite the offense. Engstler is an adept passer, but doesn’t have the necessary ball-handling skills to initiate a high ball-screen. Engstler and Lewis have combined for 58% of Syracuse’s assists but also 45% of its turnovers.

Senior guard Gabrielle Cooper is much more suited for an off-ball role, where she spaces the floor and occasionally attacks closeouts — as can Digna Strautmane. Freshman guards Teisha Hyman and Taleah Washington have both shown off-the-bounce potential but are still years away from quarterbacking an offense.

That leaves Lewis, who knows she’s the most experienced playmaker on the team, and that with greater ball-handling responsibilities comes greater room for error. Her scoring ability keeps SU in games, but when the team around her isn’t playing well, she’ll try to force interior shots or passes. Many of her turnovers come when she’s driving to the basket and gets caught in between several defenders. Sometimes, she makes lazy cross-court passes or loses the handle against pressure defense, but those instances are more rare.

Still, Lewis wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’m not complaining about it,” Lewis said.

“When it comes down to winning, I think a senior or a redshirt junior like I am should vic’s back injury sidelined, and it exploited that in the fast break where Boston College wasn’t able to find assignments.

When Hughes returned, scoring all of his points post-injury, the deficit ballooned.

He received an outlet pass, nearly tripped over himself and converted a floater. After a turnover by Mitchell near half court, Hughes threw down a one-handed dunk for a 20-point lead. Meanwhile, Mitchell stumbled over himself getting up and slipped back to the hardwood.

By halftime, a 38-13 in SU’s favor, the Eagles had more turnovers (seven) than field goals (five). The margin would hover around 25 points in the second half.

SU kept attacking inside and filled the highlight reel. A one-handed alley-oop from Hughes to Quincy Guerrier. A drop-step block

by Marek Dolezaj. All kept the crowd engaged for a while. But in the final four minutes, they filed out in masses.

“It was a combination of us playing good and them missing in the first half,” Boeheim said. “… First half is obviously an aberration, but we’re happy to get that.” nialvare@syr.edu | @nick_a_alvarez

have the ball in her hands.”

Reinforcements on the way

This week, four of Syracuse’s incoming class of recruits were nominated for the 2020 McDonald’s All-American game. Hundreds of players from around the United States get nominated, and 12-player rosters will be announced later this month.

Kamilla Cardoso, Khamya McNeal, Priscilla Williams and Faith Blackstone each earned the nod. Cardoso and Williams, fifth and 11th, respectively, on HoopGurlz espnW’s top-100, were also named to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Girls High School Midseason Team.

Overall, the recruiting class is ranked fourth in the nation, and Hillsman said at Jan. 15’s media availability that it’s among the strongest classes he’s ever had.

He added that a common thread between the recruits is their versatility, and his long-term goal is to add more depth and positional flexibility.

“We have a very exciting class,” Hillsman said, “And moving forward we’ve got to continue to stack those classes together. When you can stack two, three really good classes together, that’s when you have a chance to get back to the Final Four and win a championship.”

An easier road ahead

Syracuse made it through the gauntlet of seven ranked opponents in 10 games, going 4-6 in that span.

For the rest of the regular season, SU only has two more matchups against current AP from page 12

hockey ers may otherwise turn them away.

A 2015 NCA A study into “perceived barriers” for ethnic minority female athletes found that only 27% of respondents had an ethnic minority female mentor at their institution or conference. That number is likely even lower in women’s ice hockey, where 84% of responding head coaches, and 80% of assistant coaches identified as white.

“It’s one thing to say ‘yes, we recruited five players of color, we’re bringing them onto the team,’” Szto said. “But then if they come to a school that is predominantly white, and they just don’t necessarily feel welcome.”

While Syracuse defender Lindsay Eastwood said she’s “been fortunate enough to have very diverse teams growing up,” her teammate Kelli Rowswell said her youth teams were “pretty much 90% white people.” Jessica Digirolamo said there were only two people of color on her team growing up.

Top 25 opponents, with a home game against No. 5 Louisville and an away contest at No. 9 North Carolina State.

Still, to make it to the NCAA tournament, Syracuse needs to improve its current pace.

Charlie Creme’s latest espnW bracketology projected SU to be one of the first four teams out.

When a reporter told Hillsman at media availability on Jan. 15 that Cooper said SU might need to win all 10 of its remaining games, SU’s head coach offered a fact-check.

“We actually have 15 games left, so her math’s not real good,” Hillsman quipped. “But I just think as we move forward, we gotta take care of the ball, make shots late, continue to close games, because there’s going to be a lot of close games on the schedule. We’ve just got to be able to win those close games.”

Two overtime home wins got Syracuse on track, but late-game execution had been shoddy before that. In three of SU’s five losses to ranked teams the Orange held a lead in the final minute.

After Jan. 16’s home matchup against a Georgia Tech team that’s won five of its last six games, Syracuse gets the bottom five teams in the standings — Duke, Virginia, Notre Dame, Clemson and Pitt — each once and Pitt a second time. Seven of the Orange’s remaining 14 regular season games are in the Carrier Dome, where SU’s 6-1.

“Playing in this conference on the road, it’s tough to win on the road,” Hillsman said. “Obviously you can see that with what happens here. When teams come here, we win games.” dremerma@syr.edu | @DannyEmerman

Hockey’s lack of diversity has created barriers that continue to self-perpetuate, barriers exacerbated by the cost of entrance — a 2013 ESPN The Magazine article estimated youth hockey can cost parents up to $48,850.

Compounding that is personal and observed discrimination, in which 44% of respondents said they experienced some or frequent racism. Hosoyamada, who played for the Orange from 2010-2015, said she never had any issues with teammates or “anyone at Cuse for that matter,” but she had challenges with opponents.

“Racial comments appeared a few times and it bothered me a little bit but can’t control what people throw at you.”

Hosoyamada said. “I just decided to not let it bother me and just moved on.”

Rayla Clemons is slated to play for Syracuse, having overcome the barriers that have persisted since the NCA A’s report in 2015.

“Society has changed,” said Flanagan. “If you don’t change with it you’re gonna be left out in the cold.” mbannon@syr.edu | @MitchBannon

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SYRACUSE 76, BOSTON 50

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dailyorange.com @dailyorange jan. 16, 2020 • PAG E 12

ice hockey

SURE THING

Syracuse outscored Boston College 38-13 in the first half

Syracuse addresses hockey’s race problem

By Mitchell Bannon asst. sports editor

BUDDY BOEHEIM had 15 first half points, outscoring the Eagles (13). He finished with 22 points on 4-for-7 shooting from behind the arc in the 26-point victory. danny gonzalez contributing photographer

12/12 Syracuse made all of its freethrow attempts (12) for the first time this season

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The Eagles missed their first 18 3-pointers on Jan. 15 in the Carrier Dome

40-28 Syracuse out-rebounded Boston College 40-28 led by Marek Dolezaj’s 11 boards,

By Nick Alvarez

senior staff writer

T

he Syracuse locker room buzzed postgame. Juli Boeheim filtered through and chatted with players.

They didn’t sulk in lockers, as they had the previous two home losses — both less than five points. Smiles flashed. Elijah Hughes joked with a reporter after Hughes spilled M&M’s on the floor.

SU paired a dominant first half against Boston College with a competent second. “Our confidence is higher. We’re feeling good,” Hughes said after picking chocolate from the carpet.

On Wednesday night in the Carrier Dome, Syracuse (10-7, 3-3 Atlantic Coast) eviscerated Boston College (9-8, 3-3), 76-50. The Orange took care of a bad Eagles team and did it quickly.

BC missed its first 18 3s. SU posted above-averages in paint production (36 points), fast-break points (24) and bench scoring (11). Top-scorer Buddy Boeheim (22 points) outscored Boston College’s first-half total (13). And a 23-5 run over seven minutes in the first half removed all doubt. Four nights after its biggest win of the year, SU completed its easiest.

“We got our position and as the half went on they got some shots but

they couldn’t make any,” head coach Jim Boeheim said. “We were able to get our offense going and I think that was the difference.”

Despite regaining leading-scorer Derryck Thornton (13.3 points), the Eagles didn’t record a field goal in the first eight minutes, only tallying a free throw. Their movement was scarce, and the zone pressed higher.

The 2-3 worked to perfection, suffocating a bad offensive team and forcing them into deep 3-pointers.

BC’s only open look in the first five minutes was when SU crashed on a driver and he kicked it out. Even then, the shot clock expired.

In their last 11 games in the Dome, BC averaged seven 3s a game, posting a 35% shooting percentage. They finished sixfor-30 on Wednesday.

There were a few early sequences when BC cracked the zone, but a misfired pass or early dribble pick-up wasted chances. Boston College, a year removed from Ky Bowman scoring 21 against SU, lacked any playmaker to break down the zone, let alone shoot out of it. Steffon Mitchell’s first bucket came from a jumper on the elbow, but BC was constantly denied the ball in the high post. see bc page 10

Syracuse has never rostered a black player in program history. In over 30 years of coaching, Paul Flanagan hasn’t either, at any level.

But in 2020-21, Rayla Clemons, who NHL.com deemed part of the “new wave of black players ready to make an impact on hockey,” will be joining SU women’s ice hockey.

She’ll be the first non-white player in the program since Emily Costales in 2015-16 and Japanese Olympian Akane Hosoyamada in 2014-15, Flanagan said.

The Orange aren’t an anomaly.

According to the NCAA’s Demographics Database, there was one black women’s college hockey player in Division I in 2017 among survey respondents, the most recent full year of compiled data. There are still very real barriers for minority women trying to get into hockey, said Courtney Szto, an associate professor at Queens University in Ontario with a doctoral degree focused on hockey, culture and race.

In the age of social media, though, where players have the platform to speak up against a lack of inclusion and diversity, there’s potential for progress, Szto said. Clemens will be joining the Orange at a time when hockey culture – an aspect the sport prides itself on – is on trial.

“Hockey culture is having a rude awakening, I think,” Syracuse women’s hockey coach Paul Flanagan said.

On Nov. 25, professional hockey player Akim Aliu sparked a public conversation about race and hockey.

Like a pebble thrown into a pond, or perhaps more like a boulder, the ripple effects of his Twitter thread accusing his former coach calling him the N-word spread across the hockey world. A world that’s been historically white.

When the NCAA’s Demographics Database was published in 2008, 94.3% of Division-I women’s college hockey respondents who identified their race were white. A decade later that percentage was 93.1%.

Szto said there are things that high-level hockey programs can do to increase diversity and create a more inclusive game. While many elite athletes come out of hockey academies, which are “very exclusive and very expensive,” Szto said, programs need to recruit in non-traditional locations. On top of player recruitment, programs need to hire staff and coaches from more diverse backgrounds.

Avery Mitchell, a black player for Clarkson, said young minority players having the opportunity to see people who look like themselves play can inspire their interest in a sport where stereotypes and barri

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