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N • In defiance

P • Better believe it

Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday said Syracuse will remain a sanctuary city even as President Donald Trump threatens to withhold federal funding.

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S • Leaping forward

Tia Thevenin thought about leaving Syracuse after her freshman year. She decided to stay, and has become a recordsetting hurdler for the Orange.

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Title IX probe opened

By Michael Burke news editor

In a sea of blue Students who voted for Trump seek more open dialogue experts say is in part facilitated by a majority liberal faculty across the country. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton won 56 Illustration by Lucy Naland percent of the college-age vote, according to presentation director CNN’s exit polls. But scattered among the prounder Trump gressive halls of universities are some of the PART 3 OF 3 few weeks into his freshman year, remaining voters: College students who voted Ricky Miller got the grade back on one for Trump for nuanced reasons but don’t feel of his first assignments in college. It was a C+ on an welcome explaining themselves to their peers. essay about citizenship.

“I think that if a lot of people on the left, a lot of college It was a bad grade for him, but as he glanced over the red students are going to preach this inclusivity, this message of ink he didn’t see any grammatical or technical errors. Miller diversity and inclusion, I think that also includes diversity of noticed the professor had circled the main points of his paper ideas as well,” said Miller, a policy studies and citizenship and and presented heavy counter-arguments. civic engagement major.

Miller said the professor thought Miller, who drew his SU students who voted for Trump painted a picture of conclusions based on politically conservative ideas, had open hostility in some classrooms and a general attitude of missed the point. self-censorship for the sake of self-preservation. One such This was the first time Miller, now a senior, realized student, Safet Mesanovic, said he has talked to faculty who his political views might not always be welcome on the had discussed their support of Trump with him in private Syracuse University campus. Now, nearly four years later, after realizing his views. he is experiencing it again as a college student who voted As for his own views, Mesanovic, a senior economics for President Donald Trump. major, said he is not afraid to share them with others but College campuses are generally liberal places, a phenomenon see trump page 6 Text by Delaney Van Wey

Syracuse University is under a second Title IX investigation, stemming from a complaint filed by a graduate student with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the university announced Wednesday. The student alleges that she has been subject to a hostile work environment in her academic department.

The university was notified of the complaint this week while the OCR was visiting campus as part of a separate investigation, Interim Associate Vice President and Chief Equal Opportunity Officer Sheila Johnson-Willis said in a statement.

The OCR was on campus this week to hold two Title IX meetings regarding an investigation into the university for its handling of a sexual assault case. That investigation was opened in June in response to a Title IX complaint filed by a former student. The student claims the university failed to “respond promptly or equitably” to a report of sexual assault. mdburk01@syr.edu @michaelburke47

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Tutoring programs expanding this semester

By Jordan Muller staff writer

Students seeking tutoring in high-DFW courses — classes that students commonly get a D in, fail or withdraw from — no longer need to pay for access to help through the Syracuse University Tutoring and Study Center.

The relocation of the tutoring center and the creation of the new Center for Academic Achievement are the first steps

SU is taking to expand free undergraduate tutoring services after a recommendation from the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. In the March 2016 report, the Workgroup suggested the university offer more free tutoring services “to support and retain undergraduates from marginalized and underrepresented groups.”

The CAA opened last week on the third floor of E.S. Bird Library, combining the TSC and

the Academic Integrity Office in a centralized location. Free tutoring for several courses is expected to begin next week. It’s one of the several places on campus where students can go to receive help studying or with coursework.

In the coming months, the CAA will pilot a variety of free tutoring services, including onestop shopping for students seeking academic support and group tutoring for introductory courses that students typically struggle

in, said Margaret Usdansky, director of the CAA. Three or four high-DFW courses will be chosen to pilot the free tutoring sessions based on feedback received via Orange SUccess, Usdansky added.

Free, small group tutoring for CHE 116: “General Chemistry,” ECN 203: “Economic Ideas and Issues” and PSY 205: “Foundations of Human Behavior” will begin next week, Usdansky see tutoring page 6

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Kavajecz’s court date postponed

By Michael Burke news editor

Former Whitman School Dean Kenneth Kavajecz’s court appearance in Salina Town Court, scheduled for Thursday, has been adjourned until March.

Kavajecz, 51, has now had three consecutive scheduled court appearances adjourned since he pleaded not guilty in September to a charge of patronizing a prostitute. Kavajecz had a November court appearance adjourned until December, and that court appearance was adjourned until Thursday. His court appearance is now scheduled for March 16.

Kavajecz was arrested on prostitution charges in September after a months-long probe. He pleaded not guilty on Sept. 29.

Kavajecz was removed as dean of Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. following his arrest. mdburk01@syr.edu @michaelburke47

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THIRSTY thursday | red wine hot chocolate

Red wine adds deeper flavor to hot chocolate

By Aline Peres Martins staff writer

This winter, it seems like everyone discovered red wine hot chocolate. Between the months of October and December, Food and Wine, the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Glamour and Refinery29 all headed to their test kitchens to try the sweet wintery drink. The pairing seems a simple concept. In some circles, wine and chocolate pairing is considered an art — yet it wasn’t until this year that people started blend the two together.

The combination of wine and hot chocolate is nothing new. According to Smithsonian Magazine, an Aztec ruler from the 1500s named Moctezuma would sometimes drink over 50 cups per day of a “frothy chocolate beverage mixed with water or wine.”

But since winter is finally starting to relinquish its wrath on this artic tundra we call Syracuse, I decided to give a try to what Glamour called “the drink of the 2016 holiday.”

The recipe? Make some hot chocolate, put some wine in it, top with marshmallows or whipped cream, and enjoy.

I went with Swiss Miss; a bold, robust, dark red Zinfandel; and your basic mini marshmallows that I got on sale at Walmart. In order to make it, I followed the Swiss Miss packet instructions and substituted about a quarter of the water for half and half. Then I

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No. 14 Miami tried to press Syracuse full court on Sunday, but the Orange consistently broke it.

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Several publications dubbed red wine hot chocolate their drink of the year. The concoction is said to have been consumed often by the ancient Aztec ruler Moctezuma. aline peres martins staff writer

poured equal parts hot chocolate and red wine into a pot, and heated it on medium-low heat until it just started to bubble. Heating it much longer or on high heat will cook out most of the alcohol.

The verdict? It is worth the

hype. The red wine adds a depth to the hot chocolate that other common hot chocolate additions like Baileys or Kahlua don’t.

It also cuts through the sweetness of the hot chocolate, and I would recommend adding a small

pinch of cayenne pepper for an added kick. You can taste the alcohol, but it is not overpowering.

In essence, red wine makes hot chocolate more interesting.

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SU’s Graduate Student Organization held its first meeting of the semester on Wednesday.

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Special visitors to the Clinton Square ice rink today: the Jamaican bobsled team.

Celebration The annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held Sunday night in the Carrier Dome.

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city

Miner challenges Trump

The estimated populations of unauthorized immigrants grew in six states from 2009 to 2014 and decreased in seven states. They stayed the same in the remaining 37 states.

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Undocumented immigrants make up 3.5 percent of U.S. population

Mexicans made up 52 percent of unauthorized immigrants in 2014

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increased decreased no change source: pew research center

$2.27 BILLION

The amount of federal funding the 10 largest cities in the U.S. stand to lose if Trump blocks federal funding to declared sanctuary cities source: reuters

Number of Syrian refugees welcomed to Syracuse in 2016 source: nyup.com

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Number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection immigrants Donald Trump’s directives instruct to be hired source: reauters

$701.6 MILLION Amount of federal funding at risk for New York City if Trump blocks federal funding to declared sanctuary cities source: reuters

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OCR holds 2nd Title IX meeting on campus

By Satoshi Sugiyama asst. news editor

To some Syracuse University community members, the university's communication of information about sexual violence issues has at times been insufficient.

That concern was one among many shared by attendees of a public meeting held by the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on Wednesday morning. About 25 people — mostly SU faculty and administrative members, plus a few students — attended the meeting in the Schine Student Center.

The hearing was part of the OCR's ongoing Title IX investigation into SU’s handling of a sexual assault case. The OCR began the investigation in June 2016 in response to a student's complaint

alleging that the university failed to act “promptly or equitably” to the reported sexual assault case.

The investigation is ongoing.

SU was also informed this week during OCR's visit of another Title IX complaint filed by a different student. According to SU, a graduate student filed a complaint alleging a hostile work environment in her academic department.

The Wednesday meeting was the last of two OCR meetings held this week. Some of the key themes from the first meeting held on Tuesday afternoon repeated themselves at Wednesday’s meeting, including calls for more curriculum programs related to sexual assault and better communication between administrators, faculty and students about sexual assault issues.

Joy Purcell — one of the three attorneys from the office who led the hearing along with Grace Kim and Sandeep Randhawa — said the OCR's visit to campus was meant to examine the univer-

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sity’s handing of sexual assault cases in general, not just the one the university has been under investigation for since June.

During the meeting, community members said they believed the university is trying to address the

issue but more needs to be done.

Steve Davis, newspaper and online journalism department chair at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, attended the meeting and said there is not enough dialogue at the university regarding how individuals should help potential victims of sexual assault. Instead, he said, there is more dialogue about how people should avoid becoming victims.

“I thought that was a little troubling,” Davis said.

Davis also said that, based on his teaching experiences in the classroom, students reporting about sexual assault issues are often ignored or turned away by the university.

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SU scientists create ice storm to study climate

By Joseph Pucciarelli contributing writer

Scientists at Syracuse University recently created an artificial ice storm in a forest in New Hampshire to study the effect of extreme weather conditions.

The team of researchers sprayed water 100 feet into the air to create freezing rain, said Lindsey Rustad, one of the lead researchers for the project. Four different thicknesses of ice were applied to sections of the forest to gauge the effect of both mild and severe ice storms on the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

Charles Driscoll, a University Professor of environmental systems

engineering who is one of the ice storm researchers, said the research

This is the most dramatic experiment I have ever done.

Lindsey Rustad one of the lead researchers for the ice storm project

was also conducted to better understand the impending effects of climate change. As severe weather may happen more frequently with climate change, he said he hopes

this data will help researchers learn more about ice storms.

“This is the most dramatic experiment I have ever done,” Rustad said.

Ice storms are difficult to research because they are hard to predict, Driscoll said. For this reason, Rustad and Driscoll said they thought it would be easiest to set out and create their own ice storm for the research.

“This has never been done before,” Driscoll said.

Preliminary trials for the artificial storm began in 2009. The full scale experiment, however, began in spring 2015, after the team received funding from the National Science Foundation.

Researchers sprayed a dif-

ferent thicknesses of ice onto separated plots of land that are each about the size of a basketball court, Rustad said. The amount of icing varied and included quarterinch, half-inch and three-quarter-inch layers of ice. This range of icing simulated both average and severe ice storms.

Rustad said the forest struggled to recover after a second year of half-inch icing was applied.

Branches broke and trees toppled over, physically reshaping the forest, Driscoll said. The destruction created a new opportunity for pathogens and other organisms to come in and further change the habitat, he noted. see ice

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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday expressed her intention to defy President Donald Trump’s executive action withholding federal funds from “sanctuary cities” that disobey Trump’s immigration policies.

According to an executive action Trump signed Wednesday, cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents “are not eligible to receive federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.”

But in a statement Wednesday, Miner reiterated that the city’s resources, such as the Syracuse Police Department, will not be deployed to enforce federal “antiimmigrant policies."

“We do not intend to change this practice and will scrutinize any proposed changes at the federal level thoroughly,” Miner said in the statement. “I pledge we will continue Syracuse’s commitment to our New American residents, building the trust and relationships our neighbors deserve and continue to treat them with the see miner page 6

news to know Here is a round-up of the biggest news happening around the world right now.

WORLD STAY PUT The European Union and United Nations have condemned the latest Israeli plan to grow settlements in the West Bank. The UN Security Council passed a resolution last month ordering Israel to immediately halt the development of settlements in Palestinian occupied territory because they are a serious obstacle to a twostate solution. source: al jazeera

U.S. IMMIGRATION FREEZE Trump announced he has plans to move forward with building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday. Documents also emerged showing Trump wants to indefinitely halt the immigration of Syrian refugees to the U.S. source: the new york times

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RECORD SETTING The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high yesterday of 20,068.51 points at closing. The surge represents a major milestone for Wall Street. source: usa today

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What to say to real-life, climate change-denying Scott Pruitts

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resident Donald Trump has literally hired someone who hates the Environmental Protection Agency to run the EPA. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has filed several lawsuits against the EPA, is still undergoing Senate hearings to determine whether his nomination will be confirmed.

Even compared to the outrageous nominations of Ben Carson and Betsy DeVos, who Trump has selected to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Education, respectively, Pruitt’s takes the cake.

A climate change denier, Pruitt even brags on his LinkedIn profile that he “is a leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda.”

“There are many flavors of climate change denial,” said Robert Wilson, a professor of geography in Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. “One, there are people who are outright deniers who have some sort of vested interest in the status quo. And that’s Scott Pruitt.”

But Pruitt only accounts for a select few of deniers. The rest of the conservative, Republican United States does not have close ties to the oil industry.

So why do they still reject the science?

Modern American conservative ideology “detests” taxes, regulation and heavy government spending, Wilson said.

Addressing and acting on climate change is expensive. It means taxes will be raised to pay for the changes and corporations will be heavily regulated. All of this will result in an extraordinary amount of government spending. Conservatives are going to reject anything that opposes their fundamental values.

But as global warming increasingly becomes front page news, it will be hard

LYDIA NILES-STEGER THAT’S NOT FOG not to discuss. The real difficulty comes in debating this topic with deniers: How do we approach real-life Scott Pruitts at a time like this?

We’ve learned the hard way in this ultra-polarized time that we can’t call someone who has opposing views every name in the book. That will backfire.

Instead, a respectful, open dialogue needs to be had on both sides of the climate change question.

Wilson also offers a thoughtful approach to having these climate conversations.

“When I talk about the consequences of not acting on climate change, I talk about freedom, liberty and property. I tell them, ‘The greatest threat to property in the coming decades is climate change.

We have trillions of dollars of property and real estate along coastal areas in this country that will be rendered worthless by rising seas and stronger storms.’”

Insurance companies will be less inclined to insure homes that are at risk for rising sea levels and severe storms.

Those who will suffer most from this are the homeowners and banks. No one is going to buy a home that floods with salt water every other week.

Unless drastic change begins soon, the millennial generation will be burdened to deal with all of this.

This apocalyptic matter is no longer a looming cloud that may or may not happen in the far-off future. We are seeing the changes now.

It’s no wonder why Pruitt, a public official in Oklahoma, doesn’t support an environmental agenda. His state

runs on the agriculture and natural gas industries, which would be hindered by climate change policy. But while Pruitt’s audacity to blatantly deny science is getting under the skin of some Americans, it’s resonating as truth for others. It’s unfortunate that some still believe that science is up for debate.

So if you encounter a real-life Scott Pruitt — whether they’re a relative or a classmate —

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don’t bite your tongue. But don’t be so naive as to think everyone relies on logic.

It’s now up to us to make the climate change deniers believers.

Lydia Niles-Steger is a freshman public relations major with minors in environment and society and political science. Her column appears weekly. She can be reached at lnilesst@syr.edu and followed on Twitter @Lydia__Niles.

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Local Syracuse cable dispute mirrors industry-wide problem for TV

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recent contract dispute between Verizon Fios and four local television stations based in Syracuse exemplifies how rapidly the media business is changing.

There have never been more ways for consumers to view content, and this availability is morphing the broadcast industry in such a way that the traditional business models that dominated the industry are becoming problematic.

The dispute took place between Bristlecone Broadcasting, a local station owner, and Verizon Fios, a giant in the cable industry, over the channels WNYS My43, WSYT Fox 68, WSYT ZUUS Country 465 and WNYS GetTV 480.

It began when Verizon Fios accused Bristlecone of demanding an unreasonable increase in fees that caused negotiations to fall through, according to Syracuse.com.

But Brian Brady, president and CEO of Bristlecone Broadcasting, claimed that Verizon unexpectedly walked away from the table on the deal and is now using its customers as pawns against Bristlecone.

The relationship between local station

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owners and cable providers has been strained. Since the cost of providing cable has gone up, the cost for customers to pay for cable has increased. Both sides — cable providers and station owners alike — are changing their strategies dramatically to adjust to new market conditions.

We will continue to see more disputes going forward as the competitors within the industry change strategies, and it will be some time before there is a new standard established.

“This is a high stakes chess game between large broadcasting groups and large cable providers,” said Ed Hersh, an industry consultant and adjunct professor of television, radio and film in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Both parties have a lot to lose in this dispute, but they are willing to take these risks because their businesses are under

siege from industry change.

The situation is being compounded by frequent consolidation on both sides.

Local station owners are consolidating to cut costs and gain more leverage over cable providers. These types of mergers often go unnoticed.

This is a high stakes chess game between large broadcasting groups and large cable providers.

Ed Hersh industry consultant and adjunct professor of television, radio and film at syracuse university

On the other hand, the large cable providers have seen several mega-mergers over the last decade, with the most recent being Charter Communications’

acquisition of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable.

“This dispute is simply a microcosm of what is going on across the country between local station owners and large network providers,” Hersh said.

Every industry experiences change at one point or another, and the television industry is in the middle of a major transition with the millennial generation as a major driver of this change.

Millennials prefer their services to be à la carte and personalized, which translates to them not wanting to pay for channels they don’t use.

There are some that speculate online streaming services will eventually outpace traditional cable. In that case, the disputes between station owners and providers will take a whole new form. But regardless of how it changes, the pace of change in the media industry — and its impact on consumers — seems as if it will only accelerate.

Daniel Strauss is a sophomore entrepreneurship and finance double major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at dstrauss@syr.edu.

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SU should further promote centralized tutoring hub in Bird Syracuse University’s establishment of a centralized tutoring center in E.S. Bird Library — the campus’s studying hub — will increase students’ access to tutoring resources and also make students feel more comfortable when seeking tutoring. But in order for the tutoring center to succeed in making these services more accessible for students, it must be better publicized to the campus community.

SU recently moved its Tutoring and Study Center to the third floor of the library and created a new Center for Academic Achievement within the TSC, which will offer free tutoring services to students in high-DFW courses — that is, classes that have high numbers of students who receive a D grade, fail or withdraw. The provision of free tutoring for high-DFW courses will ideally take the burden off of other free tutoring centers on campus, including the Writing Center or the Math Clinic.

The current plan for the standard tutoring center is to continue offering feebased one-on-one tutoring while the CAA’s advisory group plans more free academic assistance programs for future semesters, said Margaret Usdansky, director of the CAA. The university’s efforts to consolidate and provide additional tutoring services is worthwhile. But with insufficient advertising to the campus community, it is difficult to imagine that the relocated tutoring center will gain much traction. To promote awareness for the new tutoring hub, professors should be mandated to provide

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information about available resources — including the hub — on their syllabi and verbally tell their students about tutoring in other realms besides the classroom and office hours.

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A high-DFW course is a class in which a high number of students receive a D grade, fail or withdraw

Students who need additional help with coursework may be more inclined to seek out support if they are told it is out there.

Some students may feel uncomfortable or embarrassed to try to find a tutor, and more publicity about the tutoring center would go far to make students feel at ease when seeking out additional academic support.

The center’s new location in Bird Library is also a convenient and accessible location for students, and a comfortable space for them to approach. The center’s new home in the library establishes a culture of non-judgmental learning.

SU has served up a proper response to resolve areas of impacted resources by making tutoring a more accessible service on its campus. But it’s time for the university to reach out to the university community and inform students about the services available to help them succeed.

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trump is rarely asked to. His close friends have always known he is ultra-conservative, even before Trump, but those finding out for the first time are usually shocked.

“It’s almost like I’m the tooth fairy to them,” Mesanovic said. “Like I don’t exist — they can’t believe it.”

While Mesanovic was a Trump supporter from the day he announced his campaign, the decision was more difficult for some other students. During a bitter primary race, traditionally conservative students found themselves with few options, and were swayed in the end by their own fears for the country.

Miller was initially a supporter of Mike Huckabee and then Marco Rubio, until he eventually dropped out as well. That was when he began to carefully weigh the differences between Clinton and Trump.

To Miller, Clinton was full of empty promises. He grew up in Binghamton, New York, with her as his senator, and from what he saw, she didn’t deliver. He was also concerned about her honesty, after the 2012 Benghazi attack and the leaked emails related to the attack.

At the same time, though, some things

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Another member of the audience said she

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miner dignity and respect they deserve."

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement Wednesday that Trump "lacks the constitutional authority"

Trump said were offensive and unrealistic to Miller, who said he saw faults in the candidate. Miller doesn’t think Trump will have legal standing for some of his more extreme campaign promises, such as a ban on all Muslims entering the country, but did seriously consider those issues before ultimately voting for Trump.

“I didn’t do so blindly. I didn’t do so thinking everything he said is truth,” Miller said.

“I’ve never thought that about any politician.”

Miller said he understands why people are upset and feels that they have valid concerns. After two and a half years of sensitivity training as a resident adviser, he is aware of the different experiences of other groups on campus and does not want to belittle them. However, he said he hopes his peers understand his unique experiences as well.

In a classroom last semester, Miller said he witnessed a teaching assistant verbally attack a student for wearing Trump’s trademark “Make America Great Again” hat to class. Miller said he thought the incident was unacceptable from someone in a position of power in a learning environment, though he added that he has experienced similar discrimination during his time at SU. That type of public rebuke could seriously discourage a student from wanting to be honest in class, he said. Several student

Trump supporters contacted for this story requested anonymity because of the potential for backlash similar to that.

Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at SU, said it is not surprising that more conservative students censor themselves on college campuses. He added, though, that the issue is not only a result of a liberal college environment.

“People are judgmental,” Gutterman said.

“Everything moves so fast nowadays that we just jump to conclusions about people.”

There is a long history of political censorship in academia, Gutterman added. Just a few decades ago, scholars on the political far-left were ridiculed, punished and even put on watchlists for their point of views.

Josh Dunn, an expert in liberal bias in higher education, said there are consequences to marginalization of any kind in academia. Not only are conservative students worried about being punished by professors, he said, but they also have a more difficult time finding good mentors.

“Often times they are sort of left to themselves to figure out how to cope on campus,” said Dunn, a professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. “I don’t think they often get very good mentoring simply because they don’t have conservative faculty there to talk to.”

When conservative students feel they are silenced, Dunn said universities suffer as a whole. The lack of diversity in opinion prevents all students from learning how to civilly debate one another, he said, which he added becomes an issue when students leave the cocoon of campus.

Mesanovic, one of the SU students who voted for Trump, said he thinks those who dislike the president and outright reject his supporters are only harming themselves.

The accusations fuel the fire under Trump and his supporters, he said, which could very well lead to his re-election.

On the other hand, Miller said he wishes his peers and professors were more open to honest, respectful dialogue on campus.

He said he wishes people would talk to him about his background and his feelings about the new administration before making snap judgments.

“I think far too often we focus on the ideas themselves or the decisions themselves, and we shut down to the person behind the decision,” Miller said.

As for that class freshman year, Miller said he intentionally wrote the next paper so it aligned with the professor’s’ point of view and received an A-. The professor, he added, praised him for changing his perspective.

was concerned about the reporting responsibility of sexual assaults. The person said graduate students are hired by the university to serve roles as teaching assistants and considered staff of the university. But she added that graduate students often do not go through the same training designed for faculty members on how to deal with sexual assault cases.

Pam Peters, director of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, said after the meeting that the thoughts, information and experiences shared by SU community members during the meeting were insightful.

“I don’t think that there’s any school out there that is perfect,” she said. “But I think that a lot of people shared a lot of

good experiences and positive interactions they’ve had with the Title IX office, my office, the Department of Public Safety and is clear that members of our community do have good knowledge and information about what to do, where to go. But there are other things we could probably do.”

to cut funding from sanctuary cities.

"Local governments seeking to protect their immigrant communities from federal overreach have every right to do so," Schneirderman said. "… I urge President Trump to revoke this Executive Order right away. If he does not, I will do everything in my power to fight it.”

Miner declared the city of Syracuse a sanctuary city during her State of the City address on Jan. 12. Syracuse is one of about 300 cities across that country that shield arrests and deportations of people without legal permission.

“Syracuse is now and always will be a city that bids you welcome,” she said in the address.

Trump on Tuesday also gave the green light to build a wall on the southern borders between the United States and Mexico through his executive action, marking the first step toward fulfilling his campaign promise to toughen border security by building that wall.

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By using a computer simulation, researchers will use the data from the Hubbard Brook

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tutoring said. In the future, the CAA will look at courses in which students often seek tutoring and work with SU schools and colleges to provide additional academic assistance.

The CAA will introduce free, hour-long workshops to teach students why certain study techniques are less reliable, including re-reading and heavy reliance on answer keys, she said. The CAA is also forming an advisory group comprised of community members that will collaborate to plan future academic assistance offerings.

“We want input from students and faculty as we move forward,” Usdansky said.

Free tutoring services are already offered to undergraduates through the Physics Clinic, Math Clinic and the Writing Center, as well as through academic assistance offices in some of SU’s colleges.

The TSC helped more than 800 students last fall, Usdansky said.

Most of the tutoring done through the TSC has been through one-on-one appointments, Usdansky added. Students have to pay for the one-on-one tutoring. While some students have fees covered by their home college or grants, others pay out of pocket.

Usdansky also said the current plan is to continue with fee-based one-on-one tutoring while the CAA’s advisory group plans additional free academic assistance programs for future semesters.

The Writing Center, a free resource where students can meet for one-on-one consultations with a writing instructor in person or online, handled 1,272 students in 3,762 appointments last year, said Benjamin Erwin,

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the administrator of the Writing Center.

“The center is currently working near capacity in terms of the number of students we can feasibly serve in a given semester,” Erwin said. “My future plans include expanding our services and increasing the size of the staff in an effort to serve more SU students.”

In the spring 2016 semester, the majority of the Writing Center’s appointments were from non-native English speakers, according to data provided by the Writing Center.

Erwin said the Writing Center has adapted to the demographic change by training writing consultants in linguistics, language acquisition and compositional theories focused on multilingual writing and learning.

“My goal is to ultimately help consultants become flexible and adaptable to a range of writing issues and student needs,” Erwin said.

Tutoring also been relevant at other places on campus, including with Student Support Services. SSS is a grant program that provides financial literacy, tutorial assistance and professional development to students with financial or academic need.

SSS runs in-house undergraduate tutoring groups for most first and second year courses, said SSS director Robert Wilson.

SSS refers students to the TSC for smaller and upper division courses.

Wilson also said he believes that the high number of SSS students who seek tutoring contributes to the SSS program’s 94 percent retention rate and the high academic standing of its participants.

“The (SSS) students that engage in tutorial resources usually do at least a grade or half a grade level better in terms of their academic performance,” Wilson said. “From our point of view, tutoring definitely has a positive impact.” jmulle01@syr.edu

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Self-reflection Central Michigan University professors conduct research on selfie-taking

By Deniz Sahinturk staff writer

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ne of the most common social media habits recently got new academic attention at Central Michigan University.

Three professors in the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts at CMU — Heather Polinsky, Patty Williamson and Trey Stohlman — recently conducted research on selfie-taking.

“I got the idea for the study while scrolling through my social media feeds, wondering what motivates some people to post selfies frequently, while others almost never post selfies,” said Williamson, an associate professor at CMU, in an email.

Williamson said she realized there weren't many studies that looked at selfies as a form of self-disclosure and she thought it was something that should be investigated further. She also wondered if the type of self-disclosure via selfie-posting changed based on the social media used.

“That's why we decided to ask respondents to our survey about their selfie-posting behaviors on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Snapchat,” she said.

Trey Stohlman, an assistant professor, said in an email that he got involved with the study because he was noticing students at CMU randomly stopping to take selfies, regardless of the place or time. He said he was curious about the motivators behind that.

After reviewing the work already published about selfies, the CMU team developed a survey that was based on previous research and sent the survey out to people through social media, Stohlman said. The survey contained 45 questions, he added, some regarding the frequency of posting, but the majority mapped to specific self-disclosure functions.

“Basically we used a snowball sample, posting a link to the survey on our social media accounts and asking others to share the link," Williamson said. "That helped us get a broad age range of respondents, ranging from 18–78 years of age."

Williamson also said there had been similar studies regarding selfies done over the years, but none with the same broad age-range in terms of the sample population they had for their study. The earlier studies also tended to focus on slightly different elements of self-disclosure on social media, she said.

“Our findings, in a nutshell, were that information storage and entertainment were the self-disclosure goals that most impact selfie-posting across social media,” he said.

The researchers also found a difference between the self-disclosure motivations involved in posting selfies to Facebook and Twitter. Relational development — helping to develop and maintain friendships, family or dating relationships, for example — was positively correlated with posting selfies to Facebook, but negatively correlated with posting selfies to Twitter.

She said this led the CMU research team to believe that people tend to view Facebook as a place to post selfies that allow them to strengthen interpersonal bonds, but Twitter might be looked at as a social medium that people don't use as much to disclose personal information to become closer friends or to strengthen relationships.

“Surprisingly, we found no difference between genders when it came to frequency of posting," Stohlman said. "Men were just as likely to post selfies to social media as women."

The CMU team also found that older participants prefer to use the older social media platforms like Facebook, he said, while younger participants preferred other platforms like Snapchat.

Williamson said there will be a follow-up study that the researchers are currently working on. She noted that the team wants to be able to build on their work, examining the type of selfies people post, for example.

“Is it just a picture of an individual alone, or are other people included in the selfie? What else is included in the photo?” she said. dsahintu@syr.edu

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Funk ‘n Waffles turns 10

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believin’ JOHN DESANTIS founded Believe in Syracuse in 2013 to improve the quality of life in the greater Syracuse area. The organization will celebrate its fourth birthday this weekend with a party supported by local vendors. ally moreo photo editor

Local nonprofit celebrates 4th year by promoting arts

By Leah Meyers staff writer

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ohn DeSantis has lived in Syracuse practically his entire life, having been raised in the suburb of DeWitt and graduating from Syracuse University in 2008.

After permanently settling in Syracuse and working as a grassroots organizer, DeSantis discovered most of the friends he grew up with had moved away, unable to connect with the various business and other hidden gems Syracuse has to offer.

It wasn’t until one moment in January 2013 that he realized how much this city meant to him.

DeSantis was participating in a SU University College program called Thursday Morning Roundtable when something struck a chord. A Destiny USA vice

president said one of the biggest challenges facing the community is that people just don’t believe in Syracuse, mainly thanks to the economic decline that had occurred between 1950 to 2000. DeSantis wrote “believe in Syracuse” on a napkin, and then set out to change that commonly held mindset.

That’s how the organization Believe in Syracuse came to be. DeSantis is its executive director, and he’s seen a lot of growth even within the past year.

From there he created various social media accounts to get the word out about his ideas and organization. Eventually he developed a board of people who had the same passion as he did, and they began organizing community events and service projects.

“Our mission is to promote positive perceptions and improve the quality of life in the greater Syracuse area.

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PAUL COLABUFO and Believe in Syracuse have set aside tens of thousands of dollars in their annual budget toward the creation of public art to revitalize downtown Syracuse. courtesy of believe in syracuse

As customers put their dishes in the return tray, Funk ‘n Waffles owner Adam Gold asked for feedback on their meals — “delicious” was the response heard over Bob Dylan’s upbeat 1966 love song “I Want You” playing over the loud speaker.

“Good luck over there,” Gold said as the customers thanked him and left the shop.

The vibrant, quirky and wellloved University Hill staple Funk ‘n Waffles opened up shop in 2007, and on Friday at 9 p.m., it will host its 10th birthday party. For 10 years, it’s been a hub for good food and exciting entertainment. It’s there to serve students.

The restaurant and entertainment venue was originally started by Gold and fellow SU alumnus Kyle Corea when they were juniors, created “by students, for students.” They started messing around with waffle recipes, borrowing their neighbor’s waffle iron and combining unusual ingredients into one plate. Surprisingly, their creations were pretty good.

When we first opened, we were one of the only alternative coffee shops.

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Throughout their junior and senior years, Corea and Gold threw parties where they served their waffles with a side of live music. The parties became more and more popular, eventually prompting the best friends to enter in a Whitman School of Management competition that awarded a $25,000 sum to the best student-created business.

They didn’t win, but they decided to start a business anyway.

That business has been sitting next to Chuck’s Café ever since.

Before Café Kubal and similar eateries opened up, Funk ‘n Waffles was the spot on campus to eat natural and organic food, Gold recalled.

“When we first opened, we were one of the only alternative coffee shops,” he said.

Gold is also proud to have served fellow Orange students for so long. Different student groups have hosted fundraisers at the restaurant, including fraternities, sororities and everything in between.

Funk ‘n Waffles also supports and hosts student performers and musicians, both through

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An accurate WebMD guide to campus cold

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o you know what to do when you catch that cold every single person you interact with has, or when that very same cold becomes something more serious? Check out the latest information on the campus cold — symptoms, prevention, treatment and even home remedies.

Symptoms: Sneezy, stuffy, sore throat, dry mouth, wet mouth, PATTY fatigue, exhaustion, TERHUNE inability to sleep, I W R ITE SINS, inability to go out on NOT COMEDIES a Tuesday, inability to walk up a 30-degree incline without wheezing, inability to focus on class, inability to focus on excuses to get out of class, trouble breathing, breathing.

Prevention: Don’t go out. No, I’m serious, don’t go out. No, really, stop laughing. DJ’s is infested with germs. No, the basement of that fraternity house has never even seen hand sanitizer, let alone a deep scrub. No, that random person you’ll end up making out with probably does not have the cure to the common cold in the back of their throat.

Alright, fine. Go out, but just mix with orange juice.

Also, cut your hands off. Otherwise they’ll spread germs and you’ll get germs spread to you. Learn how to live without them.

Cold vs. flu: If you had more A’s you’re a Miranda and you definitely have the cold.

Quirky and contagious.

If you had more B’s you’re a Carrie. You monologue that flu, girl!

Treatment: There is no treatment.

Signs it could be more serious: It is more serious.

When to call a doctor: Don’t bother going to a doctor, and definitely don’t bother going to health services. You’re too far gone. It’s been nice knowing you. Thanks for choosing WebMD. Home remedies: Stay at home. We’re all going to die one day. Just make peace with it now. You really don’t have to be the hero that has to go into their sophomore sociology class. Try to “get better.” Probably not possible though, so just stay at home and finally finish your Netflix queue, read a book or write your Last Will and Testament. Cough today, dead one day. That’s what we say here.

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Patty Terhune is a senior policy studies and television, radio and film dual major. She is sick. Follow her on Twitter @pattyterhune or reach her at paterhun@syr.edu.

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Docs surge thanks to streaming, diversity

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he term “documentary” doesn’t necessarily stir up as much excitement as “movie” does by a long shot.

Movies evoke excitement, escapism and — let’s be realistic — binge-watching on the couch with friends on a Friday night because you were too cheap to pay cover at Lucy’s. “Documentary” brings back junior high history class, where my curmudgeon old teacher would wheel out an equally-asold television set and pop in an outdated VHS that was actually a History Channel special taped over an episode of “Days of Our Lives.” Not much fun.

I would definitely rather shell out 13 bucks to see dancing technicolored trolls than watch Al Gore prove to me that I’m helping melt the ice caps and kill the polar bears. But tough-selling documentaries of the past have been remedied by rising power of streaming services.

Watching Al Gore talk environment doesn’t seem so bad when I’m only paying approximately a Chipotle bowl’s worth of money for a massive library of titles at my fingertips. Watching documentaries is becoming less of a homework assignment and more of a way to keep informed on topics that mainstream media may tend to pass over. Bring it on, Gore.

The Netflix era has helped rekindle documentary filmmakers’ confidence in

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believe Believe in Syracuse generates a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement for Syracuse,” DeSantis said before mentioning that the organization’s Facebook content reaches thousands of people per day.

“We put all that reach and energy to work for programs and events that improve the quality of life in Syracuse,” DeSantis said.

This weekend, Believe in Syracuse is celebrating its fourth birthday at a party at Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology in Armory Square. This year, the theme for the party is local art, and it will be the biggest annual event the nonprofit has ever hosted, expecting over 800 attendees, 200 more than last year’s.

Eighty vendors are signed up for the event — 50 more than last year — which will offer free food, beer, wine and dessert samples, on top of face painting and art vendors such as Whimsical Windows by Robin, Ashanti Bell Art, the Everson and Pretty Kitty Commissions. There will also be musical performances by Symphoria and the Syracuse Children’s Choir.

Believe in Syracuse has undergone tremendous growth and progress since last year’s birthday party. During this time the organization held its first Progress Gala at the newly reopened Hotel Syracuse, the Reading is Fun Block Party and Syracuse Neighborhood Olympics.

Paul Colabufo, president of the Believe in Syracuse board, said this is the first year where

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their Wednesday open mic nights and through scheduled performances by musically-inclined students like Charlie Burg, who will perform on Feb. 3.

Some of the highlights in the past 10 years for the restaurant include hosting Fred Wesley, the trombonist for James Brown. Brown is the man many music lovers credit with creating funk music. Funk ‘n Waffles has also hosted Vampire Weekend before they became popular. Vampire Weekend opened for the Syracuse band Ra Ra Riot to a crowd of about 300 people.

“My old roommate from college is Wes, the lead singer,” Gold said. “So I used to live with Wes from Ra Ra Riot.”

Funk ‘n Waffles was also featured on an episode of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and opened up a second Armory Square location in 2015.

Since its inception, the restaurant and entertainment venue has become known

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knowing that there’s a willing and interested audience out there to consume their message, whether they’ll be watching from a dimmed theater or living room, and this year’s Best Documentary Oscar nominees prove that point. Even more notable, this year’s nominees are also the most racially diverse of any category in history — a record four out of five of the directors are African-American.

This year’s crop of nominees number more than any other previous slate of documentary nominees. Not only that, but they deal strictly with topics that have become pinnacle issues for liberal-minded Americans in particular. Racial tensions, immigration crises and children with autism are the main focuses of the five films: “O.J.: Made in America,” “13th,” “I am Not Your Negro,” “Fire at Sea,” and “Life, Animated.” While we all know by now that Hollywood skews pretty left these days, none of these movies seem like they’ll be on Trump’s watch list any time soon.

Roger Williams, the director of “Life, Animated” told the Los Angeles Times: “The

documentary community has been about covering stories that don’t get covered much in the mainstream media, and I think we are much more open to issues of otherness.”

These “issues of otherness” the nightly news tends to not delve too deep into shine in the documentary format, where the filmmaker can take their own stance and welcome audiences into their perspective. To approach the polarizing topics of racism, immigration and autism via a film instead of a newscast is a much more engaging way of informing an audience of a particular viewpoint.

The boost in documentary viewership combined with Hollywood’s new attitude towards tougher topics has given documentaries new legs. This is a definite change from being the “starving artist” of film, but another marked change is shifting in nominees given last year’s #OscarsSoWhite. According to data from Statista, documentary viewership on television is up from 70 million in 2009 to 94 million in 2016.

“O.J.” is streaming on Hulu, “13th” is on Netflix and “Life, Animated” is on Amazon.

Stream away, streamers.

Lilly Stuecklen is a junior television, radio and film major. Her column appears weekly in Pulp. She can be reached on Twitter @ Stuecks or by email at lsstueck@syr.edu.

all of the committees — the community service committee, the neighborhood committee and the North and South Side committees — will all have the same overarching goal: to further develop the arts in Syracuse.

“There’s a Renaissance happening in Syracuse — an explosion of art,” said Colabufo. “I did some reading about how an increase in arts affects a community and I found that an increased involvement in the arts leads to better performing school, revitalized neighborhoods, economic prosperity and psychological well-being. We want those things in Syracuse, right?”

Colabufo has already noticed an increase in the arts throughout the last year. The Connective Corridor invested $650,000 in the public arts, and the Lakeview Amphitheater was built, bringing approximately 150,000 out-of-towners to the city, he said.

In addition, the Redhouse Arts Center has finalized plans to take an abandoned building and turn it into an art theater.

While putting the spotlight on local artists, Believe in Syracuse will also be contributing to the arts themselves, Colabufo added. The organization has set aside tens of thousands of dollars in its annual budget to put towards creating pieces of public art in Syracuse. The organization has also created a challenge for Syracuse inhabitants to find “creativity crates” that are filled with art supplies hidden around the city at various art venues. Aspiring artists can receive a passport from Believe in Syracuse containing clues on the whereabouts of these crates.

SU sophomore Audra Linsner just joined the Believe in Syracuse team this week as a fellow, where she will be acting as a liai-

son between Believe in Syracuse and SU to increase student engagement with the program and the community. Linsner, an advertising and citizenship and civic engagement dual major, said she thinks change in a community can’t be incited without having a consistent support system — exactly what she sees in Believe in Syracuse.

on the Hill for its live music and Wednesday open mic nights, not to mention their crazy waffles. The menu serves both sweet and savory, classic and outlandish.

Some of their most popular concoctions include their Chicken ‘n Waffles, the Jive Turkey waffle made with Thanksgiving stuffing, and their Star Child with classic strawberries and whipped cream. Their menu also includes sandwiches, salads, smoothies as well as several gluten-free and vegan options.

For the restaurant’s 10th birthday party, Gold has planned for his band, Sophistafunk, to play starting at 9 p.m. at the Hill location. Following an hour and 30-minute set, the party will move to the 2-year-old Amory Square Funk ‘n Waffles location, and Big Mean Sound Machine from Ithaca will play. Leading up to the party, they will give out free iced coffee, and they’ve composed some specialty waffles for their event. Entrance to the event is free.

Moving forward, Gold is excited to make Funk ‘n Waffles even bigger. He hopes to

open up between five and 10 locations, and he’s well on his way to opening a 10,000 square-foot location in Rochester in April.

There’s a Renaissance happening in Syracuse — an explosion of art.

Paul Colabufo president of the believe in syracuse board “Many people have a negative opinion of the city because of the effects of the recession, among other factors,” Linsner said. “However, there are so many incredible people, organizations, businesses and initiatives that are working hard day in and day out to make Syracuse the best it can be.

Believe in Syracuse works to switch up the conversation and prove to people that this city is one worth living and thriving in.” lmeyers@syr.edu

on the menu • All Shook Up • Boosty Brunch • Chicken ‘n Waffles • Earth Wind and Fire • Falafel Waffle • Jive Turkey • Monte Cristo • Star Child • The Jersey Shore • Whole Pulled Pork • Make Your Own “I’m really proud of it, I’m really proud of all my staff,” he said. “As long as everyone wants to keep pushing on, then we’ll go ahead and open more Funk ‘n Waffles.” cmrussel@syr.edu

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weekend bar This week, Pulp wrote about the campus cold and the winter blues. Instead of obsessively reading WebMD or only dressing in clunky sweatshirts, try heading out to one of these events on campus and in the city this weekend.

DISGRACED Watch a drama in which a PakistaniAmerican with perfect job, wife and life finds it all unraveling at a single dinner party. when: Wednesday - Sunday Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. (Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.). where: Syracuse Stage

FREEZE OUT 5K Run a 5K to help defeat homelessness in Syracuse. when: Friday, 6 - 9 p.m. where: SRC Arena

FRANKIE BALLARD Join the country crooner as he sings carnal love songs with a tougher twist. when: Friday, 8 p.m.

(Doors open at 7 p.m.) where: The Westcott Theatre

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DWC VISITING AUTHOR READINGS: POET ALICE FULTON Alice Fulton, winner of the an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, will present poems from new book “Barely Composed.” when: Friday, 7 p.m. where: Downtown YMCA

Tattoo expo draws international artists with competition

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By Hana Maeda

contributing writer

A

t the age of 18, Jeannie “Jean” Aldous’ daughter asked her if she could get a tattoo. Though hesitant at first, Aldous gathered up 10 tattoo artists for a friendly competition: Come up with the best tattoo for her daughter.

Thirty-one years later, Aldous now hosts a competition with over 100 tattoo artists in what is considered the oldest tattoo expo in the United States.

“Never in a million years would I ever thought this would become so big,” said Aldous.

The 31st Annual AM-Jam Tattoo Expo brings together international and locally known tattoo artists for three days of tattoo competitions and demonstrations, starting Friday. Held at the Ramada East Carrier Circle, visitors have the chance to meet the artists, look through their work and get tattoos as well. “Lizardman,” a sideshow performer famous for his green scale tattoos, is also set to appear as the expo’s master of ceremonies.

“It’s just like shopping at a mall with all the different styles,” said Aldous, the president of AM-Jam Inc., the organization that puts together the expo. “The only difference is you can only pick something you can actually take with you.”

Visitors can expect tattoo artists from the local Syracuse community, the state of California and countries including Russia and the United Kingdom. One tattoo artist from the United Kingdom, Aldous recalls, enjoyed last year’s expo so much that he bought a house in Syracuse.

For non-English speaking visitors, the expo also features bilingual artists.

Aldous, who is also a nurse by profession, is devoted to keeping the expo clean

and ensures the artists follow procedure required by the New York State Department of Health. She is also selective when choosing which artists to feature, as participating artists are expected to have at least five years of experience.

“People will remember where they got their tattoo but they might not remember who gave it to them,” said Aldous. “And I don’t want somebody saying, ‘I went to the AMJam tattoo show and I got a bad tattoo,’ so I do everything in my power not to have that.”

From best portrait to best black and grey tattoo, the expo boasts over 20 different tattoo categories in its competitions.

The expo is also the only tattoo convention that doesn’t charge artists to enter its contests, which are held all day.

Adam Moore, of Twizted Ink in Rome, New York, is one of the tattoo artists participating in the expo this year.

Moore, who’s been a tattoo artist “on and off” for 22 years, specializes in 3-D, watercolor and realistic tattoo art. He said the expo gives people the chance to interact with artists they like.

“It’s an opportunity to pick the best artist for you and what you want to get,” said Moore. “You’ll be able to see good quality of tattoos because you can actually see their work in person.

With a steampunk theme this year, Aldous draws from the principles she uses in woodworking when judging the tattoo contest “because art is art, irregardless,” she said. Components such as quality and constancy of the tattoo’s outline, color, aesthetic appeal, presentation and placement are taken into consideration by the judges.

Judges participating in the competition include an oil painter with a degree in fine arts, a tattoo collector and Aldous’ daughter, who is a graphic artist.

What makes this expo stand out from

other tattoo expos, Aldous said, is its “emphasis on the arts.” In addition to its wide selection of artistic tattoos, the expo refrains from making too much noise so artists can focus better.

“It’s so personal, when you get a tattoo,” said Aldous. “It should be quiet — there shouldn’t be any distracting background noise in order for them to concentrate to do the best art they can.”

Another tattoo artist, George LaBrada of East West Tattoo Social Club from Los Angeles, has participated in the expo for the past 10 years during his 15-year career. He credits the expo’s success to its broad range of appeal.

“They do their job as far as getting people to show up,” said LaBrada. “I’ve seen generations of parents bringing kids as they get older — it’s really family-oriented.”

For families, there’s also a “non-permanent tattoo category” kids can participate in by playing with henna tattoos or magic markers.

Most importantly, Aldous hopes to change common misconceptions held about getting a tattoo — especially among parents. Aldous, whose mother is “antitattoo,” brought her parents to the expo one year and remembers their amazement of all the “in memory” tattoos they saw of people’s families and friends.

“All of a sudden, they walked out of there and didn’t have that same mindset about tattoos anymore,” said Aldous.

Aldous urges those under the age of 18 to bring their parents to the expo and become educated about the culture of tattoos.

“It’s mainstream now,” said Aldous. “If you don’t want them to have tattoos, at least come learn about it and speak to these artists so you can understand a little more on where their son or daughter is coming from, and why they want it so much.” hmaeda@syr.edu

See the puppet master himself in all his ventriloquism hilarity. when: Friday, 8 p.m. where: War Memorial at Oncenter

“ONCE” MUSICAL See the riveting story unfold of two musicians who fall in love in Dublin. when: Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m where: Crouse Hinds Theatre - 800 South State St.

BIG MEAN SOUND MACHINE A funk sound explosion, this band is sure to have crowds dancing. when: Friday, 9:30 p.m. (Doors open at 8:30) where: Funk ’n Waffles Downtown

SATURDAY FARMER’S MARKETS With Vegetables, fruits, and other goodies, this farmer’s market is perfect for the hungry college student. It happens every weekend, so if you miss it this week, you can always go later. when: Saturday, 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. where: CNY Regional Market Authority

PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT: STAGING DIVERSE CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES IN AMERICAN THEATER As a followup to “Disgraced,” Syracuse Stage will host a panel on the theatrical meaning of cultural geography.The panel will follow a matinee performance. when: Sunday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. where: Sutton Pavilion, Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genessee St., Syracuse

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Nation’s top guard duo of Sykes and Peterson leads SU

By Matthew Gutierrez asst. sports editor

Even as Brianna Butler and Cornelia Fondren left Syracuse’s backcourt, even as SU dropped out of the Top 25, even as the Orange’s hopes for a Final Four repeat dim with each road loss, one thing has remained constant. Night in and night out, the duo of Peterson and Sykes continues to dazzle fans, perplex defenses and carry Syracuse.

A couple of weeks ago, they combined for 62 points in a comeback victory against North Carolina State. Peterson exploded for a program- and Carrier Dome-record 45 points. At Georgia Tech two weeks ago, the duo scored 53 of SU’s 66 points. Sunday, the pair outscored No. 14 Miami. By themselves.

Peterson and Sykes might be the nation’s most dangerous backcourt. With eight more regular-season games over the next month, Syracuse (14-7, 5-3 Atlantic Coast) needs more of the same.

“We are a new era of women’s backcourt guards,” said Peterson, a senior who averages a league-leading 24.3 points per game.

“It’s something that we take pride in, we look forward to when we go out and play.

We’re the best backcourt in country.”

SU head coach Quentin Hillsman knows that the main reason his team can excel is the synergy of two guards whose production far exceeds their personal glory. It starts with prioritizing speed on offense, a necessity in Hillsman’s fast-paced system.

While Peterson can work in isolation or off high-ball screens, Sykes can slash. In sets, either takes command of the play or resets the scheme. In transition, they’re a deadly force, as Sykes provides the speed and penetration that Peterson does not match. If Peterson is artful, Sykes is explosive.

“When one’s feeling it, taking over, the other has to be alright with that,” SU

BRITTNEY SYKES and Alexis Peterson have become one of the best and most consistent backcourts in college basketball. jeffrey andersen staff photographer

assistant coach Tammi Reiss said. “They have to realize, wow, we’re winning this game because of this. In Oklahoma City, with Kevin Durant and Russell (Westbrook), there’s a reason why one left. Buying into the we — that’s a hard thing to do.”

For years, the combo had yet to unveil its potential. By her sophomore year in 201314, Sykes averaged 16.6 points per game.

When an injury sidelined her the next season, Peterson grabbed a starting job. She’s never looked back in the two seasons since.

Last year, as Sykes recovered from knee injuries that limited her ability to take over a game, Peterson continued to shine. They hadn’t both peaked at the same time — until now, clicking in their final months of college basketball.

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“They were always able to be Superman,” Reiss said. “Now you’ve got two supermen.”

Reiss’ biggest question heading into conference play was how the pair would play together. Several weeks ago, Hillsman sat with Sykes and Peterson. He told them about sharing the basketball while still keeping aggressive mindsets. “Being superman doesn’t always mean scoring all the time,” he told them. “Drive and make the right pass for somebody else to knock it down.”

Even with the ball in her hands most of the time, Peterson turns its over a paltry three times a game. She averages seven assists and 3.1 steals per game to go along with Sykes’ 8.1 rebounds average and 19 total blocks. On the year, they take 47 percent of

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thevenin Woodley said.

While injured, Thevenin called Woodley and expressed her concern. Was Syracuse the right choice? Would she run at a high level again? Could she even enjoy it?

Woodley stressed that leaving now wouldn’t be the right choice. Part of the issue, the former coach thought, was Thevenin clinging on to things from back home and not fully immersing herself at SU. Injuries prevented Woodley from running in college. She didn’t want Thevenin passing up an opportunity that she knew was perfect for her.

Thevenin’s parents both agreed that for a number of reasons, some unrelated to her running career, Thevenin needed to stay.

Patricia Thevenin, Tia’s mother, said her daughter didn’t really know how to handle the struggles and setbacks popping up at SU. “She was so used to doing well, so used to being one of the best,” Patricia said. “… I told her, you have to prepare yourself for disappointment.”

After talking with those closest to her, Thevenin decided to stay. She competed her sophomore year and won a few meets early on in the season.

But she still doubted herself. She had visualized in rehab the process of running.

the team’s shots.

Off the floor, they send each other congratulatory texts and memes. On it, their relationship is just as close, even if one may roll her eyes at the other for not passing.

In these situations, the only adjustments they make are small. But they are critical.

At timeouts, Sykes has told Peterson she’s wide open running the wing. Peterson might acknowledge that she saw her but felt there were other options.

“It can be really hard when you have a point guard with the scoring mentality that Lex has,” Sykes said. “You just have a freakishly athletic guard who can play at the 1, Lex at the 2, so you never get a break. It’s just really worked for us where you have two powerhouse guards playing off each other in an unselfish way.”

Defenses have tried just about everything to stop them. They’ve stuck to their standard man or zone. They’ve flashed glimpses of matchup zone, rotating man and full- and half-court traps. Still, Peterson has reached double digits in every game this season and Sykes has failed to do so only once.

“You’d think they deny or double team,” said Reiss, who works primarily with the guards. “I’d go triangle and two. Once Petey gets ball, I’d deny it. I’d deny all over the floor, take away as many shots attempts as possible.”

By all accounts, the nation’s top-scoring backcourt is four years in the making. A series of pesky A AU battles starting in middle school, a pair of breakout seasons and letdowns have fused to create a dangerous monster. They’ve gone from a pair of score-first guards with unique skillsets to a force that’s changed Syracuse. If SU has any chance at a deep postseason run, Peterson and Sykes will be right in the thick of it. mguti100@syr.edu | @MatthewGut21

Her real breakthrough came over the summer, at Olympic trials.

“I was doing hurdle starts and I just felt good,” Thevenin said, emphasizing the last word. “Then I said, ‘After this race is over and done with … I’m going to work this summer to make sure that I always feel like I’m ready to go.’”

Thevenin finished 12th. She felt upset and wanted to do better, but remained hopeful because all the runners who finished ahead of her had more experience than she did.

Now her short-term goal is to win the NCAA championships, though she keeps the 2020 Olympics in the back of her mind. The goals are so affixed in her head that she’s sometimes forgotten to celebrate her accomplishments along the way. While everyone, including Woodley and Tearney, congratulated Thevenin after breaking the school record, she was unsatisfied and annoyed she hadn’t run at a national standard.

When Thevenin ran in her freshman year of high school, she needed to believe in the path she was on, even though she had no idea why coaches picked hurdling. Four years later, Thevenin drew again on her ability to keep the faith.

“In my whole being I thought, ‘No, I can’t do this. I can’t come back.’ And …” Thevenin said, her voice trailing off and a smile creeping across her face. “I did.” tdlanger@syr.edu | @tomer_langer

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roundtable rest of the season. Overall, I don’t view the win as either impressive or concerning. Syracuse just did what it needed. And that’s what was important.

2. What are the reasonable expectations for Saturday’s game against Florida State?

C.G.: The expectation is a loss, and No. 6

Florida State has averaged a 13.1 scoring margin. So realistically, Syracuse is going to lose, and it’s not going to be that close. FSU enters the contest having won 14 of its last 16 and is led by sophomore guard Dwayne Bacon, who’s scored double-digits in his last 15 conference games. The Seminoles are as good as they’ve been in a long time, not having been ranked this high since the 1992-93 season. They’re the second tallest team in the country, per Kenpom.com, and score inside the arc at an extremely high rate.

M.S.: A reasonable expectation would be for Syracuse to lose by around 10-15 points, given that Florida State is arguably a top-five team in the country and is coming off a 5-1 stretch in which it played six consecutive ranked ACC teams. Freshman Jonathan Isaac is one of the best freshmen in the country along with Kentucky’s backcourt pair, if not the best. Add in Xavier Rathan-Mayes and Terance Mann, and the Seminoles are one of the most surprising teams in the country.

P.S.: A reasonable expectation might be to keep the margin of loss under 15 points.

Florida State is really, really good. The Seminoles have only lost once since Thanksgiving, and that was on the road against North Carolina. Syracuse has been inconsistent all year and has yet to beat a team that ranks among the best in college basketball. The one thing in the Orange’s favor is that the team is playing with house money. A loss to Florida State is completely expected. So if SU does in fact lose, it’s not a big blow back.

3. Was there something you saw from Tuesdays’ game that the Orange can do to keep this momentum going and start winning consistently?

C.G.: I’m not sure there’s one single thing

from Tuesday’s game that will allow Syracuse to start winning consistently from this point, but it’s certainly hard to look past what Taurean Thompson did. I’ll shy away from what he did individually (18 points with a handful of steals, rebounds and blocks), and point out what was a great sign in the grander scheme for SU. The Orange’s depth has gone from being the hallmark of this team to being the punchline. It was extremely promising to see someone outside of Tyler Lydon, Tyus Battle and Andrew White produce big time on the scoresheet. If the Orange can get four of its players rolling at once, it could have a shot at taking down some of the behemoths in the ACC.

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Florida State has averaged a scoring margin of 13.1 points per game, among the best in the ACC.

M.S.: I think the key, offensively at least,

is to get Thompson going like he’s shown he can. He was arguably the Orange’s thirdbest player against the Demon Deacons, and still he scored 18 points. He’s in the lineup for his offense in the first place, but discouraging stretches like Thompson scoring four points in 21 minutes last week don’t provide much reason for optimism. But Tuesday, even if it’s just one game, he showed how dangerous Syracuse can be if it gets scoring in the low post from Thompson.

P.S.: Thompson played tremendous on Tuesday night. All season, his defense has been an issue, but against Wake Forest, he played one of his best defensive games of the year. In just 21 minutes, he had three rebounds, two blocks and two steals. He was effective getting easy layups at the basket and wasn’t settling for more challenging midrange jumpers. Thompson gave the Orange a huge boost and if he can continue to play like that, SU is a much more dangerous team.

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Best backcourt Guards Alexis Peterson and Brittney Sykes are key to Syracuse’s late-season push.

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Syracuse is looking to make up for a tie and a loss to Robert Morris earlier this season.

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STAYING ON TRACK

TIA THEVENIN considered leaving Syracuse after an injury her freshman year forced her to redshirt. But the junior perservered, returned and has since become Syracuse’s best hurdler as the spring 2017 season is set to kick into full gear in the coming weeks. ally moreo photo editor

Tia Thevenin almost left Syracuse but went on to break school records

By Tomer Langer sports editor

T

ia Thevenin should have been taking in the beaches and enjoying the time with her family at their Jamaica vacation home.

Instead, the summer getaway was filled with confusion, heated discussion and tears.

The bubbly Syracuse track and field hurdler was several months removed from a difficult first year at her new school. She had torn the muscle connecting her gluteus maximus to her hamstring and couldn’t walk or sit or play, so she redshirted. She just wanted to leave.

“I’m alone at Syracuse, not many people understand,” Thevenin remembered. “I’m away from my family, and I don’t like that. I’m hurt, and I don’t think I’m going to get better …

(There was) a lot of self doubt.”

About two weeks ago, Thevenin ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.32 seconds, breaking a school record set 17 years earlier by Veronica Tearney, then Dyer. Tearney is now a director of strength and conditioning and close friend of one of Thevenin’s mentors, Roxanne Woodley.

Had Thevenin left school and returned home

to Canada, the record run would have never happened. Rehabbing the torn muscle physically was long and drawn out, but the mental toll presented the most difficult obstacle. Now that she’s fully healed, Thevenin’s poised to take Syracuse, and herself, to new heights.

8.32 Tia Thevenin’s record-setting time in the 60-meter hurdle

“This year’s been really good to me, trainingwise, competing,” Thevenin said. “That era is over.”

As a high school freshman, she attended an informal track practice before the season to see which group she’d fit in with best. Coaches didn’t see a great fit and assigned her to the hurdling group that Woodley volunteer coached for.

Woodley had no words the first time she saw Thevenin run because she looked like a “cat in

water.” Thevenin didn’t compete her freshman year because she needed more training. By the following school year, she understood the hurdling techniques, like knowing her lead leg and when to take off.

“Selfishly, being a former hurdler, I wanted to hold onto her,” Woodley said. “I didn’t want to send her over there (to other units of the track team) because this is my little secret right here.”

To this day Thevenin doesn’t know why she started and continued as a hurdler, given her good flat speed. But she won her first race and by the end of senior year, she made the Canadian World team. Then, she and Danielle Delgado became the only two hurdlers for Syracuse.

Warming up pre-meet in the spring of her freshman year, she tore her muscle. Tape-marked lines usually tell runners where to go, but hers weren’t lined up correctly. She ran out of an exchange zone during a relay practice and felt a pain in her leg.

The rehab dragged to prevent injury aggravation. The lack of clear improvements frustrated Thevenin. After fully healing physically, Thevenin still didn’t trust her leg to hold up under the stress.

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men’s basketball

Roundtable: Wake Forest win, FSU, Taurean Thompson

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

ACC games left to go.

Following a five-point win over Wake Forest on Tuesday night, Syracuse (12-9, 4-4 Atlantic Coast) welcomes a red-hot No. 6 Florida State (18-3, 6-2) to the Carrier Dome on Saturday.

Beat writers Connor Grossman, Matt Schneidman and Paul Schwedelson answer three questions surrounding the Orange with 10

Forest really isn’t that bad of a team, especially compared to the nonconference opponents Syracuse faced (and lost against). And

1. Is it more impressive that Syracuse pulled off the comeback against Wake Forest, or more concerning that it had to be in that spot in the first place?

Connor Grossman: Wake

at this point in the season, there really shouldn’t be any surprises about where SU stands in the ACC. They’re middle of the pack at best, so I don’t think it’s “concerning” the Orange had to stage a late comeback to put the Demon Deacons away.

Matt Schneidman: It ’s definitely more impressive that Syracuse pulled off the comeback, especially given its recent

trend of allowing its second-half deficits to spiral out of control a la games against North Carolina and Notre Dame. And given Wake Forest’s 81.7 points per game entering Tuesday, it was hardly concerning that the Orange was in that precarious spot in the first place.

Paul Schwedelson: At this point in the season, Syracuse has to take any win it can get. So to

look back and be concerned that the Orange couldn’t easily put away Wake Forest is misguided. At the same time, the Demon Deacons are not close to the cream of the crop in the ACC, so I’m not that impressed either. Tuesday night’s win was important because if Syracuse couldn’t beat a middle-of-the-pack ACC team like Wake Forest, there’s no telling whom it could beat the

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