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Otto Tunes released an EP titled “Other Lover” on Jan. 1 that includes three songs and is available on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. Page 7

Three finalists for dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will visit campus this month and deliver presentations. Page 3

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SU student dies on break in London

Obviously there’s still room to improve — there’s always room to improve — but I think we’ve done a good job getting things back on track

By Michael Sessa asst. news editor

Sameeha Saied student association vice president

MACKENZIE MERTIKAS (RIGHT) AND SAMEEHA SAIED increased involvement in Student Association during their first semester as president and vice president. Now, they’re looking ahead to implement new initiatives. elizabeth billman asst. photo editor

Moving forward After increasing membership, SA leaders want to take action in spring semester

Clément Sutter, a student at Syracuse University, died last week, an SU official said Tuesday. Sutter, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, was on break in London at the time, said Marianne Thomson, associate vice president and dean of students, in a campuswide email. Sutter lived in Brewster Hall, she said. “I, along with Chancellor Kent Syverud, extend deep sympathies to Clément’s family, friends and loved ones,” Thomson said in the email. “We join the Syracuse University community in mourning this loss and send thoughts and prayers to all those who knew him.” Students in need of counseling services can visit the Barnes Center at The Arch seven days a week. The Dean of Students Office also provides additional support services from Monday to Friday, Thomson said. msessa@syr.edu

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Mackenzie Mertikas and Sameeha Saied, president and vice president of Student Association, admitted they were nervous when they took control of the organization this fall. The duo inherited an organization that had faced internal tensions and was struggling to find representatives. A contentious election in spring 2019 saw multiple campaigns placed under investigation or suspended, while several students accused SA of election rigging and bias. Several representatives left the assembly due to an internal environment Mertikas later described as “not healthy.” “A lot of people left at the end of last year and didn’t come back at the beginning of this year,” Mertikas said. “It was really hard starting fresh and not having members who know all of the processes and know how things work.” see sa page 4

Officials nationwide resign amid protests By Sarah Alessandrini asst. copy editor

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Common Council inaugurates three members By Marnie Muñoz asst. copy editor

Syracuse’s Common Council inaugurated three new members in December. Second District Councilor Patrick Hogan, Third District Councilor Chol Majok and Councilor at-large Rita Paniagua were elected in November. The newlyinaugurated councilors bring diversity and community service experience to City Hall. Majok’s landslide victory in November seated him as the first former refugee elected to the council. Majok fled civil war in

South Sudan when he was eight years old. Serving as the city’s former director of constituent services contributed to his desire to run for office, Majok said. Majok hopes to address unemployment, transportation and engagement needs during his tenure, he said. Majok’s district includes the Valley, Southside and Outer Comstock areas. “My district is very diverse,” Majok said. “And it would be a disservice for leaders in our position not to prioritize it.” Paniagua first came to Syracuse in 2003 from Puerto Rico. As a

When you do this kind of work, you’re advocating for every community Rita Paniagua councilor at-large

leader within the Spanish Action League and later as a board member for the Syracuse City School District, Paniagua said she focused her work on issues directly affecting the community. Becoming a coun-

cilor was just the next step, she said. “The thing is that it doesn’t matter where you come from,” Paniagua said. “When you do this kind of work, you’re advocating for every community.” Hogan formerly served four terms as the city’s 2nd District councilor, but remained politically active through working at the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency and the Greater Syracuse Land Bank, he said. Hogan will serve on the city’s Economic Development Committee. Like Majok, he emphasized the importance of job training in a see councilors page 4

University officials across the country have resigned following studentled campus protests. #NotAgainSU, a black studentled movement, delivered letters of resignation to Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud and three other university administrators in December. The movement demanded the officials resign by Monday for their response to a series of hate crimes and biasrelated incidents. At least 20 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents have occurred on or near SU since Nov. 7. The incidents have targeted black, Asian, Jewish, Latino and indigenous people. Syverud said Dec. 11 that he does not intend to “walk away” from SU. As of ___ p.m., #NotAgainSU has not publicly commented on its deadline for the resignations. see resignations page 4

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Common Councilors discuss what to expect in Mayor Ben Walsh’s State of the City address. See Thursday’s paper

Indigenous students at SU share experiences of feeling invisible on campus. See Thursday’s paper

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Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around New York state. ECONOMIC GROWTH Syracuse is quickly outpacing other cities in upstate New York in economic and job growth, according to recently published data from Centerstate CEO, an economic development strategist and chamber of commerce.

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A Syracuse woman intentionally struck her child’s father with her car on South Salina Street Sunday, authorities said. Tracy Thomas, the child’s mother, was charged with felony, second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.

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Syracuse University will update its commitment to become carbonneutral by 2040. The Syracuse University Sustainability Management team plans to update the Climate Action Plan starting this semester, said Nathan Prior, SU director of Energy Systems and Sustainability Management. The CAP, released in 2009, summarizes the university’s efforts to become carbon-neutral and produce zero net greenhouse gas emissions. The updated plan will account for SU’s Campus Framework and Academic Strategic Plan, which did not exist when the CAP was written. The plans expanded the campus’ size and carbon footprint significantly, Prior said. SU is still on track to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, especially now that the university will have a CAP with more information on the decade’s increased energy use, Prior said. The Campus Framework plan, released in 2017, is a guide for developing SU’s campus and the surrounding areas for the next 20 years. It supports the university’s Academic Strategic Plan, a list of strategies on how the university can improve in six key areas. “As these new facilities are being built or retrofitted on campus, we need to make sure that we’re adhering to the principles of the climate action plan and that we’re doing everything we can to decrease the overall carbon footprint,” he said. In 2007, SU’s then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, an agreement to address global warming and become more sustainable. SU was one of the commitment’s first 100 signatories, said Steve Muzzy, climate programs senior manager at Second Nature, the organization behind the commitment. Meg Lowe, a SU sustainability coordinator, said the Campus Framework report makes it easier to predict and adapt to changes on SU’s campus. “We have a direction, whereas before it wasn’t available,” Lowe said. “Now we can say we know the location of where the campus will be growing.” The team will be able to accurately predict and track SU’s carbon emissions through the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, a framework for colleges to measure sustainability performance, said Melissa Cadwell, an SU sustainability coordinator The  A ssociation for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education gave SU a see climate

Financial wellness The Financial Empowerment Center downtown teaches strong finanical practices. See Thursday’s paper

FLU CASES There have been over 1,000 confirmed cases of flu in Onondaga County for the 2019-2020 flu season. Flu cases have been on the rise across the state. Doctors say it’s not too late to get a flu shot.

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Eric Sahm, a parolee, will return to jail after pleading guilty to running a drug-smuggling operation during his most recent sentence at a Syracuse prison. Six others involved in the smuggling ring have pled guilty to similar charges. source: syracuse.com

STABBING A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after being stabbed on the 100 block of Lawrence St. No suspect information has been provided. source: cnycentral

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Newhouse dean search continues

SUNY Upstate Medical University’s annual economic impact was $2.5 billion in 2018, a study shows. The university, which is one of the area’s largest employers, directly and indirectly provided jobs for 18,000 people in 2018.

By Gillian Follett asst. news editor

Three finalists for dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will visit Syracuse University in January to give presentations and participate in discussions. The three candidates are scheduled to visit the Newhouse School for two days each, said Craig Boise, dean of the College of Law, and John Wildhack, director of athletics, in a December email to Newhouse students. Boise and Wildhack are co-chairs of the dean search committee, which formed after former Newhouse dean Lorraine Branham died in April 2019. The finalists’ presentations will provide an opportunity for members of the Newhouse

community to learn about the candidates’ experience and background, ask questions and give feedback, Boise and Wildhack said.

Number of people who applied for the position of dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

The search committee has worked with Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm, to generate a pool of potential candidates for the position, Boise and Wildhack said. Thirty-seven individuals applied for the position, they said.

After reviewing applications, the search committee chose eight candidates for first-round interviews, they said. The three finalists were chosen after completing interviews in mid-November, they said. “The search committee is excited about the quality and caliber of the three finalists we’ll be bringing back to Newhouse and the Syracuse University campus and look forward to introducing them to you,” Boise and Wildhack said. The first finalist presentation will be held Jan. 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the I3 Center in Newhouse 3. The second candidate will visit SU from Jan. 21 to 22, and the third candidate will visit between Jan. 23 and 24. gifollet@syr.edu @gillian_follett

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CONTAMINATED WINGS A former employee at Key Pizza in Syracuse accused colleagues of dropping as many as 400 chicken wings on the floor and serving them to customers, the employee said. The store’s owner, Sarfraz Mann, didn’t deny the accusation but said the situation “could’ve been handled a better way.” source: syracuse.com

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resignations University of Missouri

Former University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe resigned in 2015 following intense pressure from the student body and criticism of the administration’s response to racist incidents. Campus protests began after the head of Mizzou’s student government said people in a passing car shouted racial slurs at him, The Guardian reported. A month later, members of a black student organization said a white student yelled racist insults at them. A swastika was also found in a dormitory bathroom, drawn in feces. Graffiti targeting black, Asian, Jewish and indigenous students has been found in several SU residence halls. A swastika was also found drawn in the snow outside the 505 on Walnut, a luxury apartment facing Comstock Avenue. Student group Concerned Student 1950 organized the Mizzou student protests. The group was named after the year the university began admitting black students. Mizzou’s football team stopped playing until Wolfe stepped down. Wolfe resigned shortly after the team’s boycott. Anthony Sherrils, a former Mizzou student and one of the football players who participated in the boycott, said Wolfe failed to address the racial issues on campus and felt they were swept under the rug. “Someone that’s supposed to stand up and be the campus’ voice of leadership and vision, he was giving us a clear message that he didn’t really care about some of the from page 3

climate plan silver rating for its sustainability efforts in 2019. The rating will be a guide for updating the CAP and pursuing future sustainability initiatives, Cadwell said. “Because it is consistent, it is not only a way for us to track our sustainability initiatives, but also look at what other colleges and universities are doing,” she said.

racial issues that were going on,” Sherrils told The Daily Orange. Sherrils and his teammates felt the need to take a stand, and it was a relief knowing their voices were heard, he said. Hours after Wolfe announced his resignation, former Mizzou chancellor and executive chief R. Bowen Loftin also announced he would step down. Christian Basi, director of Mizzou’s media relations, declined to comment on both Wolfe and Loftin’s resignations.

Claremont McKenna College

Three days after Wolfe and Bowen announced their resignations, Mary Spellman, former dean of students at Claremont McKenna College in California, stepped down amid growing student protests. The demonstrations included a week of hunger strikes. Spellman responded in October 2015 to an essay a Mexican student at CMC wrote on minority students feeling unwelcome on college campuses, according to Inside Higher Ed. Spellman emailed the author and said she and her staff were working to better serve students, especially those who don’t fit the “CMC mold.” Students used Spellman’s words in protest, presenting the former dean with a list of racist and homophobic incidents that occurred since 2013. Spellman announced her resignation in November. Spellman announced in an email to students that she was stepping down with “sadness beyond words.”

University of California, Davis

The sustainability team can lay out the framework, but SU can reach carbon neutrality only if the entire campus is involved, Cadwell said. “We can’t be in every building to turn the lights off as you leave the room, turn the heat down, to ask you to ride the bus as opposed to parking on main,” she said. “It’s going to take the whole campus community to make it successful.” akweiss@syr.edu

#NotAgainSU presented letters of resignation to Chancellor Kent Syverud and three other university officials amid a series of hate crimes. daily orange file photo

Students at the University of California, Davis staged a sit-in to demand the resignation of former chancellor Linda Katehi in August 2016, CBS Sacramento reported. Katehi was criticized for serving on for-profit boards while working as chancellor. A dozen students occupied Katehi’s office overnight. Katehi later resigned over allegations that she violated the university’s conflict-of-interest rules by hiring and promoting her son and daughter-in-law. #NotAgainSU staged a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch in protest of the hate crimes and bias-related incidents. The demonstration lasted eight days. from page 1

councilors changing industry landscape. “After all these years of working for the city and the community, I still look at every day as an opportunity to do something better for the city of Syracuse and the central New York area,” Hogan said. The Common Council has met several times since the start of 2020. Paniagua

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Five months later, Mertikas and Saied have nearly doubled the assembly, filling 21 seats after reopening membership applications in October. The pair have started organizing an orientation process to educate new representatives on SA’s bylaws, and hope to start assigning representatives to committees this spring. As the spring semester begins, Mertikas and Saied want to translate their new membership into action. They’re looking forward to working on several initiatives, such as coordinating the Sexual Health Resource Fair and providing free GRE test prep to students. “Obviously there’s still room to improve –– there’s always room to improve –– but I think we’ve definitely done a good job getting things back on track,” Saied said. On the same night the organization confirmed 21 new assemblymembers, SA debated the university’s response to racist graffiti found on two floors of Day Hall. The incidents were the first of several to occur at or near SU after Nov. 7, sparking protests from the black student-led movement #NotAgainSU. Over the next few weeks, Mertikas and Saied wrestled with what role they and the organization should take in the #NotAgainSU protests. “It’s so hard being a student representative and wanting to make this campus better, then hearing about all the horrible things that happened here,” Mertikas said. “I think that was the hardest part: feeling useless.” The two decided it wasn’t SA’s place to spearhead the movement, Mertikas said. She and Saied wanted to use their resources to support protesters and amplify student voices, but wanted to avoid taking a leadership role themselves. “In that moment, they really wanted us to just be students,” Saied said. “So we heard that and worked really hard to make sure we were just being students in that time, that we weren’t overstepping.” Mertikas and Saied lent their support throughout the #NotAgainSU protests. They attended several forums between students and administration and canceled an SA meeting to join the movement’s eight-day sit-in at

University of California, Berkeley

Another former UC chancellor, Nicholas Dirks of UC Berkeley, resigned in August 2016 over allegations that he mishandled sexual harassment complaints on campus. The school had experienced repeated sexual harassment scandals involving high profile faculty members, according to The Los Angeles Times. Dan Mogulof, assistant vice chancellor, said the university has nothing to add to these previous statements. scalessa@syr.edu @sarahalessan

sits on a different side of the room than she once had attending council meetings as a constituent, but the work remains the same, she said. Hogan and Majok expressed similar optimism for the upcoming year. “Although the capacity of the work is a little bit different than what I had experienced, it is not that difficult,” Majok said. “It’s a lot of work, but I’m prepared for it.” ammunozc@syr.edu

the Barnes Center at the Arch. Chancellor Kent Syverud later agreed to 16 of #NotAgainSU’s 19 demands as written, making revisions to the remaining three. Syverud also received demands and suggestions from indigenous, Jewish, Asian and international students. Mertikas said she and Saied want SA to help implement students’ demands. “We always wanted to be pushing forward student voices,” Mertikas said. “It was so inspiring and encouraging to see students come together and to see the power of a movement like that.” Mertikas and Saied both plan to apply for the campus engagement committees launched in December to implement student demands. SA assemblymembers will be encouraged to do the same, Mertikas said. Along with implementing student demands, SA plans to pursue several initiatives in the spring, Mertikas and Saied said. The organization aims to renew the menstrual health product initiative, purchase magazine racks for student publications and plan heritage months with the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Saied said SA will continue to work toward reforming first-year seminar SEM 100. Revising the mandatory diversity and inclusion course was one of #NotAgainSU’s demands. “We have been working on SEM 100 since the summer, and that’s going to continue because that’s an issue people really wanted to change,” Saied said. SA will also work to engage the student body ahead of its annual elections, Mertikas said. The organization is striving for a much higher voter turnout this year, she said. The pair said they’ve both grown as leaders over the course of the semester. Saied said she learned how to adapt to different situations and leadership roles. Mertikas, meanwhile, said she often had to remember to fulfill her obligations outside of SA. “It’s so important to remember that you’re still a student,” Mertikas said. “That’s something I learned: to make sure I’m focusing on everything that’s going on, not just what’s weighing on your shoulders.” cjhippem@syr.edu

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Professors should support students

hen professors support student movements and defend the voices of students, it helps create a safe learning environment. Lecture halls need to be safe spaces for students in order to facilitate a better learning environment. Students gain more in having an open dialogue where they can share their experiences with their classmates, bringing them a sense of comfort and solidarity. When professors encourage student voices and support them, students feel more comfortable in the classroom. A recent example of professor solidarity is the #NotAgainSU movement, a black student-led movement in response to the racially biased incidents that occurred in late November of 2019. During the movement, a sevenday sit-in protest occurred in the Barnes Center. A handful of SU faculty and staff came to the protest offering wise words of encouragement and support, which uplifted students’ spirits. As a student myself, I would have been more inclined to attend my classes during that chaotic time if I knew my professors were supportive of the movement. When professors acknowledged the movement and the racially

FERYAL NAWAZ NEWS WITH AN EDGE biased incidents, there was a feeling of comfort and eagerness to attend class, because their classroom felt safe. Communication between students and professors is important toward starting necessary conversations. Sara Burke, an assistant professor of psychology, and Luvell Anderson, a sociology professor at SU, said they first heard about the movement through their students. “I had a conversation with my undergraduate class a week before Thanksgiving break, it was a nice outlet for feelings, like there was some form of dialogue going on,” Burke said. She used her expertise in bias and discrimination to provide her students with more knowledge and context about the hate crimes. “When people who have high profile decisions — like professors but also administrators — are sending signals that say they are receptive to efforts to improve the climate, or that they are opposed to prejudice… it is really important,” she said. “It can make people who are subjected to prejudice feel more welcome and can reduce the overall total bias incidents.” Small acts of having classroom

discussions can help comfort students at a time of crisis. Having leaders at institutions speak up and send transparent communication about efforts help students feel safe and condemn the perpetrators of these vicious acts. Professor Anderson discussed his responsibility as a professor to comfort students during difficult times on campus. “These kinds of events can be very jarring, scary, infuriating, and anxiety-inducing. I see myself as one who is in a position to help students begin to process thoughts around these events and the broader sociocultural contexts in which they occur,” Anderson said. “I think faculty members ought to be supportive of movements like #NotAgainSU because they display the kind of agency many of us long for our students to embrace,” he said. Working together as a community of students and faculty helps to combat the difficulties and emotions that come with racially biased incidents. Professors at every college should create classrooms that comfort all students, providing necessary direction toward positive change. Feryal Nawaz is a junior political science major. fnawaz@syr.edu @feryal_nawaz

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n Monday afternoon Chancellor Syverud held his annual winter address, promising to KAILEY ensure conNORUSIS tinual change MEET ME IN and progress THE MIDDLE on campus to create an environment where all students and faculty feel safe and supported. This forum allowed the necessary opportunity to reflect upon the 20 accounts of racial and bias-related incidents that took place at the end of the last semester and the efforts taking place in order to foster change. The motivation Syverud ignited by illustrating how the Syracuse community has bounced back from the devastating events this past November, serves as further proof that students and faculty can use the beginning of a new semester to create the needed change to move forward. Syverud agreed to many demands presented to him and worked with student leaders in order to come to a compromise on the ones that he did not. “Given our world right now, I don’t expect that our campus, our community or our world will be free from incidents of anti-Semitism, racism and hate,” Syverud said.

“We cannot magically change everything overnight. But we can respond appropriately, proactively and positively, true to the values we aspire to.” Syverud is not attempting to give the façade that the events that occurred last semester will never haunt the Syracuse campus again. Instead he admits to the devastating fact that the world is full of hatred and although it is utterly unacceptable, one cannot be sheltered from it forever. With a country that is involved in international wars, polarized on many of the most important issues, and with many in the world attempting to invoke hatred, it is unrealistic to think that not every single person will be affected by this. While the events of last semester were not initially handled correctly and quickly spiraled out of control, Syverud seems resolute on not allowing the same mistakes to be made this semester. The detailed list of changes provided, which are ongoing and in the near future being put into place, is the right step for Syracuse University to ensure a safe and tolerant community where both students and faculty can thrive.

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Charel Zeitoune reflects on a positive year for his DJ career that brought him from SU to Tel Aviv. See Thursday’s paper

Catch a list of clubs and events from campus organizations at the involvement fair. See Thursday’s paper

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Music lesson Ahead of his Rezak Lecture, an SU alum will speak about his music publishing company. See Thursday’s paper

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Love notes Otto Tunes released an EP titled “Other Lover” about romance and heartbreak Story by Mandy Kraynak asst. feature editor

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ove, loss and heartbreak are all major themes on Otto Tunes’ latest EP, “Other Lover.” The student-run a cappella group adds the collection of songs to their discography on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. “Other Lover” consists of three songs: “New York,” “Haze” and “Stupid Deep.” Otto Tunes performed these songs at the 2019 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. Collaborating with SU alumna Patricia Magliaro, the group released these same songs

in the form of an EP at the beginning of 2020. Nicholas Peta, the music director of Otto Tunes, collaborated with Magliaro on the project. Otto Tunes recorded the EP in the spring semester of last year, and the recording process took about two months, Peta said. Magliaro said she recorded the group singing together and then some clips of each singer individually for each of the three songs. Magliaro then mixed and edited the tracks from Otto Tunes and made adjustments to multiple drafts based on feedback from Peta. The production process also involved collaboration among Otto Tunes members during rehearsals, said Brendan Mortensen, the president of the group. The a cappella group

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SUArt Galleries to add exhibits First Year Players kicks off auditions for musical By Sydney Bergan asst. copy editor

SU professor Joan Bryant traveled to California multiple times to see photographs depicting images of everyday life during the Jim Crow era and select which ones to include in an exhibit at SUArt Galleries. She sorted through approximately 5,000 photographs from art collector George R. Rinhart’s private collection. This only scratched the surface of the nearly 2 million images Rinhart has in his collection. The faculty and staff of SUArt

Galleries then worked together to individually matte and frame the chosen 150 photographs as part of the gallery’s new exhibit, titled “Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography: Works from the George R. Rinhart Collection.” The exhibit that Bryant is curating is one of three exhibits that will be on show at SUArt Galleries from Jan. 16 to March 13. The additional two exhibits are “Masterpieces of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting from Regional Collections” and “Making History, Justifying Conquest: Depictions

of Native Americans in American Book Company Textbooks.” There will be a formal reception for the exhibits on Jan. 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., where Bryant will be giving a lecture. She is also organizing a similar exhibit at SU’s Community Folk Art Center, which opens on Feb. 10. “There is no single image that is representative of the 150 I chose,” Bryant said. “That’s how varying they are.” The SUArt Galleries exhibit includes photographs that portray see new

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Syracuse University’s First Year Players is holding auditions for its spring musical “9 to 5” this week. The student organization offers first year and transfer students at SU the chance to perform in a musical each year. Auditions will be held beginning today from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Saturday, Jan. 18 in the Hall of

Languages. Sign-ups for auditions and interviews are located in the Women’s Building next to Suite 100. Video instructions on where to find the sign-up list as well as the full audition schedule can also be found on the First Year Players Facebook page. Auditions are being held in HOL 205 today. Other locations, dates and times for auditions include Thursday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. see auditions page 8

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University Union announces spring film screening lineup By The Daily Orange Pulp Staff

University Union released its Spring 2020 Cinema Schedule. Each screening will be held in HBC Gifford Auditorium every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Entrance is free to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Here is the complete list of movies available for viewing:

Hustlers When: Jan. 16-18

Based on a popular New York Magazine article, “Hustlers” features a group of former strippers, including Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, who team up against their Wall Street clients in the mid-2000s.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood When: Jan. 23-25

The latest from director Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” is set during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age. A television actor known for his Western dramas. He and his stunt double (Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt) try to navigate fame and danger while reaching for success in the film industry.

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otto tunes chose to cover these songs and create a story with each one’s narratives. “We talked a lot about the songs and what they meant to the group,” Mortensen said. “How are we creating a thing that can tell a story and can portray those emotions in an accurate way?” The collection of songs has a narrative component and tells a story, which was a requirement on the ICCA scoring rubric. Peta described the narrative as “a retelling of the relationship between two individuals.” One song, “Haze,” describes when one’s relationship with another person is becoming cloudy, and the song centers around a period of questioning the trajectory of the relationship. Another song, “New York,” portrays the sudden from page 7

new exhibits life during the Jim Crow era in the United States and African and Caribbean colonies. The upcoming exhibit at CFAC is titled “Black & White: Narratives of the Civil Rights Era,” with photographs from the Rinhart collection that show life during the Civil Rights era. Vanja Malloy, the director and chief curator at SUArt Galleries, hopes that the exhibit pushes conversations on how images shape our culture and perceptions of the world. “I think with awareness of how images can create bias and promote and perpetuate racism, we can also stop its power somewhat.” Malloy said. “If you’re more aware, you can be critical, and if you’re critical, you can incite change versus when you’re a passive viewer then you can’t.” Meanwhile, the “Masterpieces of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting from Regional Collections” exhibit is being curated by SU professor of art history Wayne Franits and his art history graduate students. The exhibit features 25 Dutch paintings from the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts and other regional museums and collections. Franits’ graduate students researched the paintings he chose and wrote wall texts for

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auditions in HOL 102, Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. in HOL 102 and Saturday at 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in HOL 102. Director William DeVito and producer Zach Driscoll said that the organization decided to produce “9 to 5” because of its strong theme of female empowerment. “For the past four years, we’ve kind of done really male-heavy shows, and so, we really wanted to be able to highlight more of a

Knives Out When: Jan. 30-Feb. 1

A case of whodunit with a twist is the plot for Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out.” A smoothtalking detective who investigates the death of wealthy patriarch.

Harriet When: Feb. 6-8

“Harriet” tells the story of Harriet Tubman, who aided the escape of hundreds of slaves during the American Civil War. The efforts of this American hero changed the course of history forever.

Joker When: Feb. 13-15

The story behind one of Batman’s worst foes is revealed in Todd Phillips’ “Joker.” Arthur Fleck is outcasted by society. He falls down a path of crime and wreaks havoc on Gotham City. The film garnered 11 Oscar nominations — the most out of any movie this year.

to travel across post-apocalyptic America.

supporting actor for his role in this movie.

Queen & Slim When: Feb. 27-29

Frozen II When: April 2-4

“Queen & Slim” tells the story of a couple who goes on the run after they are pulled over for a minor traffic violation and Slim kills the police officer in self-defense. After a video of the incident goes viral, the two become nationwide symbols of trauma and grief.

Bombshell When: March 5-7

Based on the events of a scandal at Fox News, “Bombshell” tells the story of the women who accused Fox News chairman Roger Ailes of sexual harassment. Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie received Golden Globe Award nominations for their performances in the film.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood When: March 26-28

Ten years after Zombieland released, the original cast reprise their roles. Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock continue

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” tells the story of the friendship between journalist Lloyd Vogel and Fred Rogers, star of the children’s television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Tom Hanks, who plays Fred Rogers, received an Oscar nomination for best

realization that an individual is on their own after coming out of the haze of the relationship. The final song, “Stupid Deep,” is about coming to a place of acceptance regarding the heartbreak and becoming capable of loving another person again, Peta said. Peta said that the songs reflect the group well in a musical manner while also allowing group members to connect to a piece about humanity and vulnerability. Mortensen said that group members’ connections to the songs helped them accurately portray the emotions behind the lyrics. “You can have a super emotional song, and if it doesn’t resonate with the people singing it, it’s really not going to come across very well,” Mortensen said. “So, a lot of it is trying to find songs that felt like they could really connect with the members of the group.”

Peta reached out to Otto Tunes alumnus Dylan Brunett, who works at a music distributor named TuneCore, and asked for help getting the EP onto streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. Brunett had previously helped Otto Tunes’ 2017 EP “Welcome to Otto Tunes” get on streaming services. Otto Tunes sent Brunett the tracks, soloists, cover artwork and information about the tracks, such as who arranged each piece. Brunett set the release date and ensured that the EP would come out at the desired time on streaming platforms. Since their music is on streaming services, it has provided Otto Tunes the ability to have a connection with fans and give fans the means to listen to Otto Tunes’ music at any time, Brunett said.

Zombieland: Double Tap When: Feb. 20-22

the exhibition. This was strategically done so that the students were able to get firsthand application of what they learned in class. The students were also able to help plan the layout of the exhibition and even had the opportunity to handle the paintings, Franits said. “It’s rare that one has the opportunity to look at 17th-century Dutch paintings firsthand in Syracuse,” Franits said. Finally, Julia Jessen, a master’s candidate in art history and museum studies at SU, is curating the exhibit “Making History, Justifying Conquest: Depictions of Native Americans in American Book Company Textbooks.” The show features the illustrations of Native Americans in textbooks published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that justify Euro and Euro-American conquest, Jenson said. All of the illustrations are from SU’s permanent art collection and SU Libraries. Jessen said that the marginalization of Native Americans in these textbook illustrations is dangerous because they are often subtle and unrecognized by viewers. “By calling attention to these images and discussing these things that we’re talking about, the inaccuracies and the calculated ways in which they’re presenting one group’s version of history, we can start to more fully consider how these images are used and misused to construct historical narratives,” Jessen said. female-drive story and showcase more female talent as well,” said Driscoll. Based on the hit 1980 movie, the musical “9 to 5” features three overworked and underappreciated women who take over their office from their sexist and egotistical boss. The movie starred Dolly Parton along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The Broadway show featured original music from Parton, with Allison Janney in the original cast. Whether they are a theater veteran or a first-time performer, DeVito said that auditions are open to anyone. The organization

“Frozen II” circulates around Elsa the Snow Queen, whose power is creating ice and snow. But as the film shows, she becomes unsatisfied in Arendelle and yearns for more. Destiny calls when a strange voice beckons her, spawning an adventure bringing her far beyond the reaches of her kingdom.

Parasite When: April 9-11

Facing the struggles of unemployment, members of the Kim family individually become entangled in the lives of a wealthy family, the Parks. The movie been nominated for Oscars in best picture and best international film.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker When: April 16-18

The riveting conclusion to the latest Star Wars trilogy sees Finn and the Rebel Alliance struggling against time to stop the return of Emperor Palpatine and the First Order while Rey prepares for her inevitable duel with Kylo Ren. pulp@dailyorange.com

“It’s just another way to spread their talent to anyone who wants to listen,” he said. Last week, Otto Tunes went on tour in Long Island, where they performed at locations including high schools, middle schools, nursing homes and a bookstore. The group is not performing at the ICCAs this year and instead plans to focus on a possible album and visual aspects, similar to music videos, Peta said. Peta said that having music on streaming services also records the history of the organization, which was created in 2011. “When we’re putting out things like this, it’s adding to the developing narrative of the group and allowing members of the future, past [and] present to know what the group was experiencing musically and as human beings at the time they produced the product,” Peta said. ackrayna@syr.edu

SUArt Galleries will open three new exhibitions of photography and paintings. Each collection varies in theme and will be open until March. corey henry photo editor

In addition to the three main exhibits, the short film “People of a Darker Hue” by Carrie Mae Weems will be playing continuously in the museum. The 14-minute short looks at the impacts of police brutality in communities of color. SUArt Galleries has been working on a five-

year plan with the goal of drawing more people into the shows and displaying work from a wide variety of artists, Malloy said. “We’re looking at our collection, and we’re saying we want better representation,” Malloy said.

strives to give first year and transfer students the chance to be involved in an open community on campus. “What I like to think about FYP is that it’s just a genuinely human group of people who are not afraid to be their authentic selves,” DeVito said. “FYP was really designed for people to challenge themselves and try something a little bit new.” Senior Brianna Yates was one of those people who joined the organization to find a supportive community. She joined FYP despite never participating in any theater before college, and she is a producer of the show along with Driscoll.

Yates said that while the number of people who audition varies from year to year, FYP is expecting about 80 to 100 people to sign up for a slot. The organization is not just calling auditions for cast members, but for musicians and crew members as well. “The biggest thing is we want people who are passionate, excited and willing to go out of their comfort zone,” Yates said. “I remember when I was a freshman, someone gave me advice that if you think you’re too cool for something, you’re only going to miss out.”

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“Once you buy in, then there’s the chemistry and everyone’s in the fox hole,” former forward Brittany Morrison said. “It works.” Legette-Jack’s path to UB started when she graduated from Syracuse in 1989 as the all-time leader for points and rebounds. That turned into assistant- and headcoaching jobs with highs at Hofstra and a rock-bottom when she was fired from Indiana in 2012. Just when a second chance seemed nonexistent, she inherited a ninewin Buffalo team without an identity or a MAC championship. She vowed to be her “authentic self,” something that escaped her at IU. “I’d call it pretty major league, and you might call it high mid-major, except they’re pretty special,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie, Legette-Jack’s head coach at Michigan State, said. “What she’s done there is amazing.” The players from Legette-Jack’s inaugural season — the ones that maybe didn’t buy into her coaching style right away, former UB associate head coach Cherie Cordoba said — have long graduated. Most of the players from the 2016, 2018 and 2019 teams that lifted the program to postseason-tournament expectations are gone, too. But this season is already trending toward what has become normalcy with the Bulls, preserved through Legette-Jack’s unique culture of new beginnings. When UB missed free throws during a wind-sprint breather, Legette-Jack once again grew impatient. Ball after ball bounced off the rim’s side, and her voice echoed across the arena. “You guys don’t care about free throws. You just want to throw them up in the air and hope.” Almost immediately, those misses turned to makes. Right before UB’s final pregame meal before the 2018 NCAA tournament in Tallahassee, the two players who turned around the program history fell behind the rest of their teammates. Stephanie Reid and Cierra Dillard, the on- and off-court leaders of Buffalo’s tournament teams, convened with LegetteJack in a Red Lobster parking lot. Buffalo was the only program Reid wanted to leave her native Australia for, Legette-Jack said, but that opportunity was delayed. At one point, it wasn’t even an option because UB initially offered its last opening to a commit from Croatia. When she backed out, LegetteJack offered Reid the vacant spot, and she lifted the Bulls to their first tournament appearance in 2016 with a buzzer-beating floater in the MAC Championship. “When you got a point guard like her that no one believed in either, and she wanted to prove herself, and here I am, a coach wanting to prove myself again, it was a wonderful match,” Legette-Jack said. Dillard wasn’t supposed to play at UB, either. Legette-Jack had recruited her out of Gates Chili (New York) High School, but Dillard chose the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Two years later, she transferred with a dissolved passion, and quitting was a likely option — until Legette-Jack reeled her back in. Dillard’s became somewhat of a “mini Coach Jack,” which started when she sat out her first year at UB due to transfer rules and became Legette-Jack’s unofficial assistant. It was the same role that got LegetteJack into coaching when a senior-year knee injury at Syracuse allowed Barb Jacobs, head coach of the Orange at the time, to direct coaching tidbits toward LegetteJack on the sideline. Dillard’s white Buick Encore with gray under-bottom was the smaller version of Legette-Jack’s white Buick Enclave with gray under-bottom. They had the same hair. They were both raised by a single mother. Dillard’s teammates gawked when she strolled onto the court, joking to behave when mini-coach was around. “We both went through a traumatic career experience: In Indiana, she wanted to quit, after UMass I wanted to quit,” Dillard recalled. “She said, ‘Just give me a chance, Cierra.’” After all, that’s what Legette-Jack wanted, too. Her six years in Bloomington featured three 18-win seasons that included a recordtying 21 in 2008-09. That followed a stint with

Hofstra where she turned the Pride’s dreadful past into winning seasons. At the end of the 2011-12 year with the Hoosiers, though, she was fired. Cordoba, an assistant under Legette-Jack at Hofstra and Indiana, said it “hurt her soul.” She’s seen the big stage that every midmajor program strives for at Boston College, Syracuse and Michigan State. Each assistant job along the way prepped her strategically, but also exposed her to the inner workings of a program. When she got to Buffalo, Legette-Jack started with little things. She gave her players books to read — spanning from “The Energy Bus” by Jon Gordon to Dr. Seuss’ “Oh the Places You’ll Go” — and invited the team over to her house for backyard volleyball. That quickly expanded into more. LegetteJack positioned assistants outside classrooms for random class checks, not only to make sure the Bulls went, but also so they arrived on time. During their freshman year in 2015, Ayoleka Sodade and Gabi Bade showed up five minutes late to English and ran into their coaches. The next morning before practice, Bade and Sodade ran 50 down-and-backs — 10 for each minute they were late. “No matter who you are, your status on the team, however many points you score, however many you make, you have to buy into her program, her expectations, her rules,” Sodade said. Legette-Jack regularly woke the team up on the nighttime bus rides 15 minutes before arriving to clean up and prepare, but did so by grabbing the microphone and screaming the national anthem or Rihanna’s “Shine Bright Like a Diamond.” After an intense offseason workout or when she felt a player was slipping away, LegetteJack would slip notes inside a locker. Sometimes, they were simple quotes. Other times, they were hand-crafted messages. Dillard once received one that read, “Cierra, you made me love basketball again. You made me love coaching again.” Which was ironic, Dillard recalled, because Legette-Jack rekindled her passion, too. With nearly all the balls racked and the scoreboard turned off, Buffalo’s players started to trickle off the court when that lateDecember practice ended. They’d gather the next morning at IHOP for a team breakfast, and Legette-Jack’s speech from practice — about good teams not playing down to the level of lower-tier opponents — would likely take another form in the locker room before scrimmaging Ryerson. In Legette-Jack’s go-to parable, Buffalo’s the ant to the elephants of Oregon, Connecticut and Stanford. Against Ryerson, though, the Bulls are the elephant. Cordoba said the two animals have never taken the same path twice in her nine years of hearing LegetteJack use the story, but in the end the ants always win. In a way, that mirrors Legette-Jack’s program at Buffalo. The players she recruits aren’t the elephants of their class, and that’s on purpose. Each ant — the unoffered forward from Australia, the transfer from UMass who ponders quitting — brings an element that combines to unseat the giant. It happened in nonconference play, then the MAC tournament and the NCAAs. “Coach Jack can give a speech, and you’ll be ready to give up your kidney for her,” Dillard said. “She could be preaching about peanut butter and jelly, she could make that speech where you’re like, ‘Woah, wait a minute. I’m gonna run through a brick wall for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.’” Other schools have inquired, but LegetteJack’s remained committed to what she built. Last April, she signed a five-year extension and then brought in Fair, the guard currently ranked fourth in the nation in points per game. From a sideline chair, Legette-Jack reflected on everything that’s happened since she left Indiana and arrived at UB. She smiled when Onwuka, the girl she called out earlier for dropping a pass, drove past an assistant for a layup one-on-one. “You may not like me every day,” LegetteJack said. “You may not like me all the time. But it’s okay because I’m not here to be a 17-year-old friend. I have enough friends.” Her voice trailed off, and she stood up. A ball came bouncing from Onwuka. Instead of passing it back, she laughed and started to dribble. Onwuka crouched in her defensive stance and waited for Legette-Jack to drive. arcrane@syr.edu | @CraneAndrew

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Long-time assistant coach Kevin Donahue steps down By Mitchell Bannon asst. sports editor

Kevin Donahue, who had been with the Orange men’s lacrosse team for over three decades, has stepped down from his position as volunteer assistant coach, according to a Syracuse.com article published Tuesday afternoon. In August, Donahue retired from full-time coaching and transitioned to a volunteer role. But on Tuesday, he told Syracuse.com he “found (himself) mentally going in another direction.” from page 12

lfg sports Antonio Brown cake. This scene and countless other similar ones appear on an Instagram account run by Whitman. For fans, it’s just another bloodpumping and adrenaline-rushing opening game. Whitman is trying to make a living off of their enthusiasm. Whitman and friends Josh Berenson and Jake Yasi — the former two Syracuse grads — started sports media company LFG Sports in April 2019. With a mission statement to “disrupt the media industry,” LFG Sports has gained a fanbase of over 11,000 followers on its Instagram account. It’s gone viral – with posts and gimmicks getting picked up by the mainstream media – and have created content everywhere from the Carrier Dome to the Sugar Bowl. “I try to imagine it as if ESPN and Barstool had a baby it would be LFG Sports,” Berenson said. Berenson and Whitman first met each other through the same pledge class at SU’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. They bonded over a love for sports and eventually became roommates. Whitman, now the chief executive officer of LFG, coined the idea of creating a sports media company dedicated to the fan-side of sports, such as fans’ reactions in stadiums, from page 12

esports esports isn’t just something evolving on an organizational scale but is effectively reaching the hearts of literally every generation.” Esports have been an important part of Weiner’s life since she started playing them at 18. Her family was always aware of the latest trends in technology, and she never gravitated toward a traditional. But at Syracuse, Weiner, a senior, has begun a local movement that mirrors a global one: creating SU’s esports club. “It was mostly working backwards,” Weiner said. “I’m lucky that I have a lot of friends who are interested in all the different corners of esports, and so my college experience has mainly been my time to go back, understanding what makes each particular esport so great and get into those games or scenes myself.” According to Business Insider, the esports industry is on track to surpass $1.5 billion by 2023. Over 100 million people watched 2019’s League of Legends Championship, more than last year’s Super Bowl. The increasing popularity has also reached college campuses, where some schools offer scholarships to gamers, working to create varsity teams and chaptering clubs. This year, Syracuse’s esports team joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference, becoming one of 57 schools offering esports at the college level. The move follows the addition of a new gaming room in The Barnes Center at the Arch and may not have happened without Weiner, who created the esports at Syracuse University Club which houses the teams that compete in the ECAC. One of the reasons Weiner started the club was to try to eradicate stereotypes surrounding the industry. When she originally developed the student organization, Weiner said, she wanted to provide a space for some students to feel comfortable expressing their passion for esports and others to discover and familiarize themselves with it. The club now has over 600 members that compete on several different teams focusing on games from Overwatch to Fortnite. Despite its growth in popularity, the esports

Number of seasons Donahue spent coaching at Syracuse following a decorated playing career with the Orange

tailgates and bars. “At an LSU and Oklahoma game, we got a video of this fan saying go f*ck yourself,” Berenson said. “We eventually realized that this is legitimate news reporting and special since we’re reporting it live.” But LFG isn’t in the journalism business. The founders are unabashedly fans that hate Kyrie Irving, the New York Yankees and anyone in the Patriots’ way. Berenson, a double-major in supply chain management and entrepreneurship while at SU, became LFG’s chief operating officer. Whitman then recruited Yasi, a Boston University graduate and a close high school friend from Swampscott, Massachusetts, who became the chief creative officer. Their first video, posted in late March, was Whitman with a GoPro high-fiving college football fans. The video’s Instagram caption labeled LFG Sports as “by the fans, for the fans.” After travelling around the country for different sporting events on the east coast and in the midwest, LFG Sports is trying to find its niche among a crowded sports media field. Daily, they compete with Barstool and publications like Bleacher Report on social media. “People, of course, are like ‘you’re just trying to be Barstool,’ and we certainly have the same type of model as them, but we’re our own industry is often looked down upon, Weiner said, adding that she considers it her responsibility to help change that narrative. “Gaming has been such an invisible community,” Weiner said, “One that until (recent) years could only really exist behind a solitary screen and one marked largely as a ‘nerd’ interest.” Parker Klebhan, who manages SU’s Counter Strike team, said because the phenomenon is so new — both at SU and across the country — there are some misconceptions, and people tend to think it’s simply playing video games. Esports is much more than that though, Klebhan said. It’s a lot like traditional sports in its competitive nature and the team concepts it employs, he said, especially considering the tournaments involved and the team practices leading up to those tournaments. Weiner said gaming is also similar to traditional sports in the sense that it can be an escape for people who are having tough times in their personal lives. Still, societal acceptance has lagged behind the sport’s rise, and Weiner said it can be challenging to make esports mainstream on campus. “There will always be people who mock you for attempting to pursue what you’re interested in,” Weiner said. “You just can’t pay them any mind.” Gaming unites people in a unique way, added esports club Vice President Trent Pitoniak. People from different parts of the world to work together for a common goal. Pitoniak said it’s comforting to be able to play a game knowing that your teammate — or opponent — has the same interests as you, because often times, esports is a passion people don’t understand. Gamers can make friends from across the globe, but at SU — where teammates laud Weiner’s benevolence, compassion and leadership — that’s not necessary. “What we are trying to build is something more than others’ outdated opinions,” Weiner said. “No, gaming isn’t 100% roses, but esports is a thriving industry and gaming is here to stay as a cultural root for millions of people around the world.” gfpagano@syr.edu

Donahue was the 2001 Jay Gallagher Award winner as the nation’s top Division 1 assistant and was later inducted into the Upstate New York chapter of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. “His impact on this program has been immeasurable and I wish him nothing but the best,” head coach John Desko said in a statement according to Syracuse.com. In the early fall, Donahue was replaced by former Princeton coach Pat March. March’s hiring was the first major coaching change for the Orange since Lelan Rogers was brought

in, in 2007. Princeton’s attack greatly improved under March, finishing third (2018) and second (2017) in Division 1 scoring offense. After bringing in Chase Scanlan on a transfer from Loyola and returning redshirt sophomore Tucker Dordevic, who missed all of 2018 with a foot injury, expectations are high for the Orange attack. March said he couldn’t cap the Orange’s scoring potential. “I’m not trying to prove anything,” March said. “I’m just trying to do the best job I can do.”

brand,” said Whitman. “We are LFG Sports, not Barstool Sports. We go out and do crazy things.” To save money, LFG only goes to popular or desirable games, Berenson said. Most of the time that includes Boston teams, but recently they’ve gone to the Week 16 matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys that decided the NFC East and the AFC Divisional Round game between the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans. The majority of their profit – which comes solely from merchandise at this point – is spent on travel expenses and game tickets. The sports media company has participated in a few minor events with sponsors in the past and plans on establishing partnerships in the future. Whitman expects the company to operate in a deficit “for the next couple years.” The trio also used their personal money to get game tickets when they weren’t gifted. Whitman, Berenson and Yasi have given out corn to people at Nebraska football games, brought a piñata of former Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper to their World Series Parade and even created “coward” posters aimed at Irving. Originally, the LFG Sports collective wanted a poster that called Irving a liar because of his broken promise to re-sign with the Boston Celtics. However, Irving sat out that Nov. 27 game at TD Garden because of a shoulder injury, so LFG

printed posters with a red stamp over Irving’s face reading “coward.” ESPN reporter Malika Andrews sent out a tweet showing the poster, and eventually it went viral. Days later, LFG posted a sincedeleted article stating that Irving made a burner Instagram account, which was clickbait, according to Whitman. They hope to do another TD Garden stunt when Lebron James – who LFG also despises – and the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Celtics later in January. But Whitman won’t reveal his plan. “It’s a secret,” he said. Whitman hopes to bring in more media personalities from across the country. The goal is to have an ambassador in every major sports city in the next few years while keeping their headquarters in Syracuse — a location that’s a centerpoint between the east and midwest, Yasi said. LFG now travels around in a Cruise America RV, one they hope to customize down the road. Whitman spent time on Monday in New Orleans making content from the BCS National Championship. “I wake up every day and I’m excited to get after it and help build this thing and help it grow and just do it, doing it with my best friends too, said Whitman. “That’s the best part about it.”

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Former SU star Felisha Legette-Jack has turned Buffalo into a perennial contender in the MAC By Andrew Crane asst. sports editor

UFFALO — Felisha Legette-Jack shook her head and lifted her elbow off the scorer’s table. The University at Buffalo head coach motioned for freshman guard Dyaisha Fair to step aside. Her pass wasn’t crisp enough. And because of that, Theresa Onwuka’s shot from the elbow during a Dec. 19 practice inside Alumni Arena was contested. Clad in a gray shirt, black sweatpants and Nike sneakers, Legette-Jack picked up the ball and dribbled, running through the play again and firing a pass to Onwuka to demonstrate. The senior guard bobbled it. “Don’t get your ass beat by a coach,” Legette-

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Jack said. She repeated the sequence, and this time Onwuka caught the pass and swished a shot. There were less than 24 hours and one seemingly pointless scrimmage against Ryerson University separating UB’s 16 players from the holiday break. The injuries had added up. The long days had become taxing. If her players wanted to check out early, Legette-Jack didn’t let them. So they ran. Fair led the pack as the Bulls sprinted up and down the court. Mid-American Conference play was on the horizon, a league the Bulls had won two of the last four years. One of the seasons they didn’t win it, UB received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament anyway. Before Legette-Jack arrived in 2012, Buffalo had never made an NCAA tournament. see buffalo page 9

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In a Hawaiian shirt covered with the New England Patriots logo and topped off with a fake-flower lei, Griffin Whitman patrolled the outskirts of Gillette Stadium in search of tailgaters. Whitman, holding an Antonio Brown cake in one hand and a microphone in the other, asked strangers to predict New England’s record for the year. Fans answered unanimously in their Boston accents “19 and oh.” He also gives a set of fans the chance to spike the see lfg

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Last March, Lauren Weiner was in Boston for PAX East — a gaming and pin-trading convention — and saw something unexpected. She was watching the official Super Smash Bros. and Splatoon tournaments when she overheard a little girl — wearing a Splatoon t-shirt and decked out in Splatoon temporary tattoos — chatting with her father. The girl was trying to

tell her dad about the game and explain what the players were doing. Fairly new to the gaming universe, her father nodded along with every word. It gave Weiner hope about the future of esports. Not only was the little girl excited about the games, she said, but her father was encouraging her interest. “This was the first time I really got to see just how far esports can go,” Weiner said. “It showed that see esports page 10