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LGBT Resource Center moves out

It takes a village

Motivation from memory

The LGBT Resource Center is planning for a new role at SU as it moves out of its current home.

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The Food Bank of Central New York helps feed 11 counties, 365 days a year.

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Jalen Carey’s best friend died last year. Today, he remembers her to improve himself.

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Syracuse University will move forward with construction on numerous projects across campus throughout winter break. Several projects are expected to be completed before the end of break or the end of the spring semester, and others will continue into the next several years.

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All-gender restrooms will be installed in Crouse College. The project is expected to be completed over winter break.

Shaffer Art Building

All-gender restrooms will also be installed in Shaffer Art Building. They are expected to be completed by the end of winter break.

The Center for Undergraduate Research, a new campus resource, will be set up on the second floor of Bird Library. Construction on the project began in late November and it is expected to be complete by the end of the fall semester, Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer Pete Sala said in a campus-wide email in November.

Several campus resources will relocate to Bird. The LGBT Resource Center will temporarily relocate to the library’s 5th floor in January.

The Disability Cultural Center and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, both currently located in the Schine Student Center, will move to the library following Commencement in May 2019. A suite on the 5th floor will be improved to make room for the offices.

All three resources will eventually be located in the Schine Student

Center following renovations to the student center. The renovations are part of SU’s Campus Framework, a 20-year plan for the physical campus.

The LGBT Resource Center will move from its location on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue, where student housing is expected to be built.

National Veterans Resource Center

Construction of the National Veterans Resource Center’s outside steel structure will continue throughout winter break. The foundation for the $62.5 million project was finished in November, and the building is expected to be completed in spring 2020.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic could be affected by the construction, Sala said in a campus-wide email in November. A single lane of traffic will be open on South Crouse Avenue between Waverly Avenue and Mar-

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Archbold Gymnasium

Archbold Gymnasium is set to reopen as The Barnes Center at The Arch next year. Pouring of concrete foundation walls is ongoing in Building C, and mechanical and electrical work started on Building B of the new center, Sala said in a November email. The Arch will accommodate a gym along with health and wellness resources including Health Services, Recreation Services and the Counseling Center.

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HVAC improvements for Hendricks Chapel will continue from the fall semester into the spring 2019 semester and are expected to be completed

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LGBT Resource Center to relocate Syracuse officials prep for I-81 construction

By Casey Darnell asst. news editor

Sarah Reinkraut stared at the TV in Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center. Lady Gaga’s music video for her 2008 megahit “Paparazzi” flashed on the screen. The pop star switched from one extravagant outfit to the next every few seconds.

About 20 people gathered in the living room space of the center for the annual HoliGay party on Thursday night. For Reinkraut and other students, the party was their last

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Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center has been located at 750 Ostrom Ave. since 2002. courtesy of su archives

While the city of Syracuse waits for the New York State Department of Transportation to analyze potential replacement options for Interstate 81’s viaduct, city officials are preparing residents for the highway’s reconstruction.

Syracuse and New York state have been in discussion about the

viaduct’s replacement for the past 10 years. Currently, the NYSDOT is creating a study that assesses three major options — a community grid, a tunnel or a complete rebuild — for the reconstruction of the viaduct that runs directly through the city.

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he United States Department of Education’s recent revisions to Title IX ultimately harm survivors of sexual assault. The changes dangerously protect students accused of sexual assault and minimizes university liability.

Past Title IX guidelines defined sexual harassment as any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, but new rules give schools the option to determine whether reported incidents are severe enough to be considered harassment. That’s not OK. Leaving that decision up to university administrations may invalidate the experience of a victim.

“We live in a society that the credibility of survivors is questioned more than the guilt of the accused,” said Venkayla Haynes, an organizer of Know Your IX, a youth-led project that empowers students to end and prevent sexual

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violence in schools, in an email.

Universities can now demand more “clear and convincing” evidence in cases related to alleged sexual assault. This new standard limits what victims can use to prove an assault occurred.

Students could become discouraged by the new options, after experiencing sexual violence. They might have to choose whether to find their own effective counsel or simply stay quiet about their situation. The changes make it harder for victims to come forward and seek justice.

Also, under the new guidelines, schools are now only responsible of investigating assault reports made on campus. Colleges may opt to not investigate those reports at

local businesses, bars, clubs and off-campus student housing, considering the new guidelines. With the number of sexual assault incidents that could occur off campus — at house parties, especially — many victims can no longer turn to their schools for help.

The modifications wrongly protect those accused of sexual assault, and they remove responsibilities from school administrations.

Haynes said this refusal of responsibility stems from a societal acceptance of rape culture and lack of accountability.

Though Title IX was first implemented to aid students, it is now turning against them. That needs to change.

Jennifer Bancamper is a sophomore English and textual studies major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at jbancamp@syr.edu.

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5 LGBTQ+ books to read this winter

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inter break is the best time to get cozy near the fireplace with a great book. Here are some great MICHAEL book recomSESSA mendations FOR THE FUTUR E with LGBTQ+ themes.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, she’s relieved that they’ll never find out about the kiss. Cameron’s guilt over her attraction to girls becomes even more tangled, though, when her Aunt Ruth, now her legal guardian, finds out that she is gay. God’s Promise — the boarding school Aunt Ruth hopes will cure her niece from gayness — ironically delivers Cameron her first queer community.

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Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques Fresh out of college, Juliet Jacques struggles to escape a dead-end job and find her place as a publisher, all while navigating a world where transgender identities go largely unacknowledged. Jacques weaves politics, art, film, music and football into a cohesive account on the process of transitioning. She uses her unique brand of self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty to redefine the reader’s understanding of what it means to be alive.

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Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley Garrard Conley was given an impossible choice when he was outed to his family at age 19 — participate in conversion therapy or lose his family and his faith. Conley confronts his shadowed Baptist, Arkansas childhood and explores the crushing complexities of faith, family and sexuality. A near-perfect balance of heartbreak and triumph, Conley’s memoir is a testament to the strength of love.

Dancer from the Dance: A Novel by Andrew Holleran Anthony Malone is searching for meaningful companionship in New York City’s 1970s gay scene. His search takes him to baths, discos, deserted parks and orgies, and eventually to Andrew Sutherland, a speed addict, socialite and drag queen. The dance mentioned in the

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title ends up becoming a sobering metaphor for the life Malone and Sutherland create with one another.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky In a series of letters addressed to an unknown recipient, Charlie — a shy and clinically depressed high school freshman — takes the reader through the pain and promise of teenage life as an outsider. Though the story isn’t LGBTQ+ in its focus, its insights about making friends and crafting a legacy resonate on a seriously personal level for those in the LGBTQ+ community. It’ll leave you feeling infinite.

Enjoy these books and have a happy and healthy break.

Michael Sessa is a newspaper and online journalism major. His column runs biweekly. He can be reached at msessa@syr.edu.

e write as chair of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Faculty Salary Committee (Murrett) and current president of the Maxwell Faculty Council (Rupert) in order to correct a significant misstatement about our work in a Daily Orange article published on December 6: “Unresolved” by Lydia Niles As noted in The D.O. article, the Maxwell Faculty Council did convene a Faculty Salary Committee (FSC) following release of the University faculty salary report last year. In April of this year, the Maxwell FSC presented the Faculty Council with a report including recommendations for analyzing and addressing gendered and other pay disparities such as those indicated in the University-wide salary report. The FSC report called on the Maxwell Dean’s Office to acknowledge that a gender equity problem was indicated, investigate its scope within the Maxwell School and implement remedies for gender inequities within the school. This report was approved unanimously by the Maxwell Faculty Council on April 10, 2018.

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included a Subcommittee report that provided perspective on the analysis performed by the Maxwell Dean’s office following release of the University-wide report. The report noted that the Dean’s office was able to utilize newer and more complete data sets for Maxwell faculty than those used in the University report, but also noted significant limitations of the initial Maxwell analysis. It called on the Dean’s office to further refine its analysis to include additional variables and interview female faculty directly to get a fuller sense of their concerns. While the recommendations called for additional analysis with respect to salary inequities, there was not a consensus nor recommendation that the Dean’s office “use the University data” and “forego its internal analysis,” as the DO article incorrectly stated.

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center time in the center, which will move to the fifth floor of Bird Library during winter break.

Music videos played in the background for hours as students decorated gingerbread cookies, ate pizza and chatted about finals. Behind the TV was a wall painted with the stripes of the rainbow flag. Pillows with puns on identities, like “transgendeer” for transgender, covered the sofa.

“I’ve never seen these videos,” said Reinkraut, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, as Gaga rolled down a purple carpet in a wheelchair.

“This is your gay baptism,” said Annabelle Lee, the RC’s graduate assistant, as everyone laughed.

SU will eventually move the RC into the Schine Student Center when renovations are complete. Those renovations will begin in May 2019, but a completion date has not been publicly announced.

The university plans to build student housing on the 700 block of Ostrom Avenue. Student Legal Services and Off-Campus and Commuter Services vacated their buildings on the block months ago. The RC, The Daily Orange and the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity now remain. khristian kemp-delisser, the current RC director, as well as former directors, alumni and students have welcomed the move as a step forward.

They said the new location will increase foot traffic, provide greater physical accessibility and allow for collaboration between the RC, the Disability Cultural Center and Office of Multicultural Affairs. In May, all three organizations will be located together in Bird, and later, on the same floor of Schine, kemp-delisser said.

Several students said they came to the party knowing it was the last event in the house. Reinkraut asked her friend Alyeska Dronsfield, a freshman women’s and gender studies major, to go with her to HoliGay because she didn’t want to walk alone at night.

She also hadn’t been to the RC. Dronsfield said the center is too far from her dorm room in Haven Hall for her to go more often.

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“Knowing that it’s going to Schine is even more comforting because it means people care enough that it’s going to the student center,” Dronsfield said.

SU created the RC in 2001, but the building at 750 Ostrom Ave. has been important to LGBTQ+ students for long before that.

Pride Union and Open Doors, the undergraduate and graduate LGBTQ+ student organizations, used the space to hold meetings and hang out, kemp-delisser said. They were a senior at SU and president of Pride Union when the center was established.

When they came to SU in 1997, kemp-delisser had a mission to come out and become the person they wanted to be — something that was too risky back home, they said.

They went to a student organization fair where Pride Union was tabling and decided to attend a meeting, on the first floor of what is now the RC. “This building has been part of my queer identity since the moment I started to say that I was queer,” kemp-delisser said. kemp-delisser served on the search committee to find the RC’s first director. They chose Adrea Jaehnig, who was an associate director of resident life and who stayed for nine years as the head of the RC. “There was a lot of silence around LGBT issues,” Jaehnig said. “There were a lot of needs to help address the isolation that many people experienced as well as build community and raise awareness.”

The 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old college student who was gay, acted as an impetus for increased awareness of the needs of LGBTQ+ students, Jaehnig said.

At the time, the burden of educating the campus community and responding to biasrelated incidents fell on the student groups, she said. The RC provided a mechanism for the university to work with students, faculty and staff.

Jaehnig remembered one incident where a group of people in the University Hill neighborhood yelled slurs at LGBTQ+ students. She said one of the targeted students came to the center afterward and said, “I’ve never been so grateful for these walls.”

She said moving the RC to Schine represents “an opportunity for SU to embrace and acknowledge the diversity of students that are on campus.” The current center lacks wheelchair accessibility, creating a barrier for people with disabilities, she added. kemp-delisser said every director since Jaehnig has had to consider the possibility of moving the center, but they didn’t expect to be the one to finally do it. Concerns about physical accessibility, the safety of the center and the proximity to fraternities have all been raised in the years since the RC’s founding.

“The LGBT community now is in a space to deserve better, and Syracuse University is responding and understanding,” kempdelisser said.

SU is currently constructing the RC’s new suite in Bird. There will be one gender-inclusive bathroom on the floor, they said.

They added that being situated near the Disability Cultural Center and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will help promote intersectionality, and that the RC can benefit from mirroring OMA’s mentorship programs.

“People have intersecting identities, so it kind of recognizes that and gives a way to be able to have more collaboration,” said Abby Henry, a student assistant at the RC and

sophomore women’s and gender studies major.

Henry got involved with the RC after attending Cross Q Connections, a discussion group that helps students explore their identities. She said she was frustrated because she didn’t understand herself. A staff member pulled her aside after the discussion and asked to meet with her oneon-one, Henry said.

“They’re just so personal, and they really care about every student’s experience here,” she said about the RC’s staff.

On Monday, staff members were packing boxes with items from the room that hosted a party a few days before. The RC will officially close on Friday.

Moving forward, kemp-delisser said they hope to increase the RC’s presence off campus as well. During the summer, a transgender person came to the RC asking for help with changing their name on their ID cards, they said. The person then mentioned that they weren’t a student, but when they searched “Syracuse LGBT center,” SU’s center was the first result.

“We don’t take that lightly here,” they said.

“We take that to mean there is great opportunity for our center to not only serve the campus community but also the off-campus community and to bridge that gap.” cdarnell@syr.edu | @caseydarnell_

KHRISTIAN KEMP-DELISSER, director of the LGBT Resource Center, helped found the center in 2001 as an undegraduate. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

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Report details barriers to economic growth in Syracuse

By India Miraglia asst. news editor

The city of Syracuse released a report revealing trends about poverty in the city as a guide for organizations trying to fight poverty.

According to the report, 33 percent of Syracuse residents lived in poverty in 2016.

The report, entitled “Below the Line,” was released in November to determine how poverty was connected to other life circumstances and to provide a springboard for possible solutions, said Michelle Sczpanski, the city’s codes data and planning liaison. Overall, the report was intended to provide context for numbers presented in the U.S. Census’s American Community Survey, she said.

“There’s a lot of numbers (in the report), but it’s like there’s people behind that,” Sczpanski said. “There are really families that are dealing with these kinds of issues every single day.”

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh called for the creation of the report. It was a collaborative effort by Sczpanski and other members of the city’s Office of Accountability, Performance and Innovation and the Department of Neighfrom page 3

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Blain said, “the NYSDOT anticipates informing the public about the results of its analysis of the Interstate 81 project but the exact timing has not been determined yet.”

Mayor Ben Walsh’s administration has sent out grant applications to private sector firms to help secure funding for its “Syracuse Build” program in the meantime, said Director of City Initiatives Greg Loh. The program, which models San Francisco’s City Build initiative, will create job training programs in an attempt to engage more of the city’s workforce

borhood and Business Development.

Economic opportunity has been a primary focus of Walsh’s administration. On Monday, Walsh announced a joint initiative with County Executive Ryan McMahon that will provide work experience for homeless people in the community. The initiative will provide transportation to city- and county-identified work sites, designate pick-up locations and connect people to services, per the press release.

The report also marked five barriers that could affect poverty and economic opportunity in Syracuse: housing stability, educational outcomes, workforce participation, transportation and internet access.

“When we’re talking about poverty there’s a lot of kind of interconnected issues in play,” Sczpanski said. “If you have a problem in one of those areas it could have kind of ripple effects.”

When collecting data for the report, the city also discovered that it was lagging behind its peer cities — Rochester, Albany and Buffalo — in the examined areas, Sczpanski said.

Syracuse was the only city that experienced a substantial decline in full-time employment, 14 percent, from 2011 to 2017, according to the report. The peer cities also had smaller per-

centages of residents without internet access and individuals using public transportation without access to a vehicle.

A lack of reliable transportation is a roadblock for individuals looking to build a career, said Karan Kaplan, director of the Work Train initiative at CenterState CEO. Work Train connects unemployed and underemployed people with companies looking to build strong work forces.

The Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council created “WorkLink,” a July 2017 report that showed Centro buses did not run when third or fourth shift, or late shift, workers needed them to, said Senior Transportation Planner Aaron McKeon, who led the creation of the report.

Sczepanski said the Centro schedules could have an impact on the number of people working those third and fourth shift jobs, and the city could provide funding to address that. The process of discovering connections between the different data provided by the Census was a main goal of the “Below the Line” report, she said.

The next step after the report’s release is to work with nonprofits and private sector partners to develop and implement solutions

to problems highlighted in the report, Sczpanski added.

Frank Ridzi, vice president of community investment at the Central New York Community Foundation, said the organization’s efforts to fight poverty have become more collaborative.

The charitable foundation is an active community partner in initiative areas including housing, education and poverty, Ridzi said.

“When you look at poverty, it can be overwhelming as a concept,” Ridzi said. “But when you break it down, you start to see that living in poverty involves living in substandard housing, not having the resources you need to succeed in school, not having the job training or connection to employers that you need in order to have a career.”

Sczpanksi said part of the report’s purpose was to acknowledge the work Syracuse organizations have already done.

“These are really serious issues that are affecting a lot of families in our community, and it’s really important that we have a coordinated effort as a community to addressing them,” Sczpanksi said. “But also it’s important to celebrate the areas that we have made success.”

in the construction of I-81.

Walsh announced the program last January in his first state of the city address. It has been in a “developing” stage for the past year, Loh said.

At a Q&A panel at the South Side Innovation Center on October 1, Walsh reaffirmed his support for the community grid option to a room of South Side residents. After he left, audience members were asked to raise their hands if they knew what the community grid plan entailed. Less than half of the audience did.

“I feel like a lot of the essential facts and information are not widely known amongst the public,” Common Councilor Joe Driscoll said.

“So I think as a councilor, it’s been my job to try to use whatever channels and means are at my availability to try to get the facts out there.”

Common councilors and city politicians can only advocate informally for their preferred choice while the state examines the three major options to replace the viaduct, Michael Greene, a councilor at-large, said.

“I think we’re paralyzed with the indecision,” said Councilor At-Large Timothy Rudd. “I want to start making plans for having a grid and be able to connect our downtown to the university and have it feel like one vibrant urban core.”

The NYSDOT approved the community grid and a complete rebuild of the viaduct as

two viable options in 2016. The tunnel was found to be a too expensive replacement, but New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the option be reviewed again.

In January 2017, under pressure from New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse), Cuomo ordered all replacement options to be reviewed again by an independent consultant. The review was released in December 2017.

Loh said that although he’s anxious for the state to finalize its study, it’s important that the NYSDOT ensures that it makes the right decision.

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Food Bank of Central New York feeds 11 counties year-round

ne chilled December morning inside the Food Bank of Central New York, about 30 volunteers examined canned vegetables and cereal boxes, checking each package for food safety. The products were then sorted in labeled cardboard boxes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a process that allows pantries across upstate New York to order exactly what they need for their local programs.

The Food Bank of Central New York is partnering with local grocery stores to boost donations this holiday season, including Tops Friendly Markets and Wegmans.

But Chief Development Officer Lynn Hy said the bank works to get food out to the community every day, no matter what time of year it is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just hunger during the holidays,â&#x20AC;? Hy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is 365 days a year.â&#x20AC;?

Inside the Food Bank of Central New York, the whirring sound of machinery fills the 36,000 square-foot dry storage area as forklifts move boxes of food to the nearly ceiling-high shelves. The bank stocks their distribution center with food from the

United States government and donations from local grocery stores and producers, along with their own purchases.

At the pull of a rope hanging from the warehouse ceiling, two floor-to-ceiling doors slide apart to reveal a 25,000 square foot refrigerator. This massive unit boasts three chilled rooms kept at different temperatures to store fresh and frozen foods.

In their last fiscal year, the Food Bank of Central New York distributed 14.5 million pounds of food to the 11 counties in its service area. Now, about 60 staff members and more than 1,000 volunteers help feed upstate New York by sourcing local food pantries and developing community programs.

Saint Lucyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food Pantry on Gifford Street is part of the network of local organizations that use the Food Bank of Central New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services. The pantry orders what foods they need, then the food bank delivers it, said Pantry Coordinator Leslie Dubiel. She said she got involved with the pantry after being â&#x20AC;&#x153;taken aback by the poverty here.â&#x20AC;? see food

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The first group of children rushed through the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in downtown Syracuse last Friday night, wearing pajamas and roaring like dinosaurs, waiting for the party to start. The museum was hosting its 13th annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;?

Pajama Party with a screening of the film inside the IMAX dome.

For some families, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;? is a stable tradition for the holidays and doing anything related to the film helps keep the Christmas spirit alive. And the MOST isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t alone in celebrating the film â&#x20AC;&#x201D; train stations throughout New York state have recreated the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic with thematic shows and rides.

Drew Heagle, the marketing and

communications coordinator for the MOST, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen an increased interest in the film as tickets for the event sell faster each year. Tickets for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event sold out in the beginning of November. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a big community family event that seems to get people in the mood,â&#x20AC;? Heagle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And what better film to do it than with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Polar Express,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which over the years has become a stronger and stronger classic film for the holiday season.â&#x20AC;?

And, the popularity of the film has done more than just help boost holiday cheer. The Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad have seen an increase in sales for their Christmas-themed train ride. Even though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;?-themed, Jim Loudon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a historian for the Leatherstocking

Railway Society who operates the railways â&#x20AC;&#x201D; attributes the boost in sales to the film.

Cooperstown ticket holders ride with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, as the two greet and pass out gifts to children provided by their parents, Loudon said. He added that kids can also take pictures with both Santa and the train conductor.

At the Catskill Mountain Railroad, its train program offers a Kingston, NY experience. The program serves hot chocolate produced by Boice Brothers Dairy, a local dairy farm, and cookies from Deisingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery, located just blocks away from the station. The actors on the train are often local high school or college students from the region, said Robert Gaston, the producer, director and events manager at Catskill Mountain Railroad. Train rides are available

from Dec. 14 to Dec. 28.

Gaston said throughout the years, Catskill has tried to make sure guests have the experience they expect, while also adding new twists each year. This year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve incorporated dancing elves into the mix, while passengers sing along to the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soundtrack and the Christmas classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silent Night.â&#x20AC;?

Both Loudon and Gaston said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve noticed some families coming back annually as a holiday tradition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year after year, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll request a certain cart where the employee might be working. And we become a little bit like family too,â&#x20AC;? Gaston said.

Theresa Loring and Laura Harrington, who attended â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;? Pajama Party, also brought their families to the train rides last year. For Harringtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family, watching â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Polar

Expressâ&#x20AC;? is an annual ritual and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been doing the train rides since her children were 3 years old. Loring said last year was her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first time on the train rides, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;? has become a tradition in her household. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think living in New York, the winters are cold and long, and we got to make the best of it,â&#x20AC;? Loring said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to get out and do stuff like this and embrace â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Polar Expressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the Christmas spirit.â&#x20AC;?

As the lights dimmed, the film screen brightened and the introductory piano music began to play. Children stopped their frantic bell jingling. The kids listened to Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleigh, and for families like Loring and Harrington, their Christmas family tradition began. dianar@dailyorange.com @thedianariojas

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The temperature is dropping and snow is falling, but entertainment in upstate New York is anything but frozen this holiday season. Here are eight events to check out this winter break.

ARTS AND FESTIVALS Kazoo Festival

Camp Good Days and Special Times is hosting their annual winter fundraiser, the Joe Benet Memorial Kazoo Festival. Volunteers will perform and sell Kazoos at the first level of Destiny USA between Victoria Secret and the Disney Store Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 23.

Patrons can expect to see the group kazoo winter classics such as “Frosty the Snowman,” in addition to some hard-rock anthems. Cookbooks, $1 Kazoos and candy canes are sold by volunteers performing Christmas carols, said Kathy Reilley, central New York regional director for Camp Good Days and Special Times.

“We are a huge ‘Frosty the Snowman’ kazoo group, we really like our Frosty,” Reilley said. “We have been known to hum a couple Metallica songs.”

The organization is a nonprofit program for children and families who have been affected by cancer. For every dollar donated, 90 cents is donated for a cancer patient to go to camp. The organization has hosted the festival for more than 30 years and continues to fundraise for cancer patients.

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food bank The food pantry at The Salvation Army of Onondaga County also partners with the Food Bank of Central New York — where they get approximately 60 percent of the pantry’s food, said Vadra Skinkle, the practical assistance supervisor at The Salvation Army.

When Skinkle enters the food pantry, she greets familiar faces waiting in the lobby. She helps maintain the food pantry by preparing paperwork and checking in on volunteers.

The pantry, with two rooms of dry goods and a refrigerator filled with fresh meat, follows the Food Bank of Central New York’s guidelines for a model setup. When The Salvation Army was in need of a new freezer, Skinkle said the food bank helped fund what would’ve otherwise cost the pantry $5,000.

The sounds of the season will ring loud and clear this Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Crouse Hinds Concert Theater. Symphoria, a Syracuse based orchestra, will present their “Magic of the Holidays” concert.

The show will feature performances by the Syracuse Pops Chorus and the Syracuse Children’s Chorus, as well as dance numbers and a guest appearance from Nick Ziobro, an award-winning vocalist who has previously performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Ziobro, a Syracuse native, said the concert will be full of familiar and fun holiday tunes, as well as traditional pieces that celebrate the nostalgia of the holidays.

To add to the spirit of giving, Symphoria, a registered non-profit, will be collecting gently-used winter coats for the 20th annual Coats for Kids drive. All collected items will be donated to Syracuse children in need.

OUTDOORS Dickens Christmas

Travel back in time to 1852 at The 25th Anniversary Dickens Christmas, which runs every weekend through Dec. 24. The event features local art and live holiday music in the heart of downtown Skaneateles.

Visitors can expect to see more than 50 Charles Dickens’s characters as they walk around the village, said Hilary Fenner, executive director of the Skaneateles Chamber of Commerce. Each day at 2 p.m., all the characters gather at the gazebo for a caroling session with the audience.

Fenner recommends trying the fire-roast“I work pretty closely with the food bank, specifically with the healthy pantry initiative and making sure that we have healthy options available for the clients,” Skinkle said. To encourage healthier eating, the pantry gives fresh produce away for free. Other foods are purchased through a point system, where families are allotted a certain number of points based on the size of the family.

When a client comes to The Salvation Army Food Pantry, staff members and volunteers assist them with picking food items from the pantry aisles. Mondays and Fridays are typically the busiest days for the pantry, Skinkle said, because The Salvation Army is one of the only downtown Syracuse pantries open on both days. This past November, The Salvation Army Food Pantry served 1,259 clients.

In her experience at The Salvation Army, Skinkle has seen more working families

ed chestnuts and sticky pudding, as well as seeing “A Christmas Story—The Radio Play” at the Auburn Public Theater on Dec. 20.

Other featured activities include wine tasting, a trunk show, raffles and a snowmanbuilding contest.

Resolution Run

Get a running start on your New Year resolutions with the Syracuse Track Club’s 41st Annual Resolution Run on New Year’s Day. No running experience is needed — the “fun run” isn’t officially timed, said Jon French, a member of the Syracuse Track Club’s board of directors.

French said the run is a relaxed environment, with some people choosing to run in costume. The 4-6 mile course starts and ends at the Spaghetti Warehouse and weaves through different neighborhoods in North Syracuse.

Around the 4-mile mark, runners will be treated with champagne at one of the water stops. Participants can warm up with pasta and chili from the Spaghetti Warehouse after the run.

MUSIC Lee Terrace at The Westcott

Syracuse-based band Lee Terrace is scheduled to hit The Westcott Theater for their final show on Sunday Dec. 22.

The band formed in 2007 as a “passion project” of Kevin Metzger and Mike Sloan, Sloan said. Since then, they’ve accumulated the rest of their members – PJ Sweeney, Ian Doherty, Zack Parsell and Steve Graf – until they were put on an indefinite hiatus when coming to the food pantry. She said most people may think that food pantries primarily serve the city’s homeless population, but that’s not the case.

“The pantry doesn’t even serve homeless people because homeless people have nowhere to go and cook the food that we have,” Skinkle said, adding that the pantry instead offers the homeless baked goods and resources to find meal sites.

The Food Bank of Central New York also sees the face of hunger changing. Workingclass clients are often forced to make difficult decisions, Hy said, such as deciding between paying for a prescription or eating dinner.

Although the central New York community has been financially supportive of the Food Bank’s efforts, Hy said the organization is still working to better serve the region. She encourages people to help

Metzger moved to Boston for graduate school after graduating from Syracuse University.

Sloan described the band’s overall sound as “alternative progressive rock,” although it has changed slightly throughout the years.

Now, the band is reuniting to make its final mark on Syracuse at The Westcott Theater before Metzger leaves the band again and moves to Texas.

“We are so happy to have shared our sounds with our fans over the years,” he said. “It has been one fun ride with lots of great stories.”

Tickets for the all-ages concert are $10 and the show begins at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Exmag at Funk ‘n Waffles

Trio band Exmag will play at Funk ‘n Waffles on Sunday as part of their “Glimpses of a Vision” tour to promote their newest album release.

The band’s manager, Aaron Giles, said in an email that the band’s name is short for “extraordinary magnitude.” The three members – Eric Mendelson, Tyler Dondero and Dave Carls – use “celestial harmonies and ancient rhythms take you on a journey neither here nor there,” the band said in a press release.

The band kicked off their 11-stop tour in Pennsylvania, with Syracuse as their ninth show. It will end its tour again in Pennsylvania on Dec. 31.

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out if they can, whether it’s running a food drive, volunteering at a pantry or donating — $5 can fund 15 meals.

“We’re not just resting on our laurels,” Hy said. “We’re always looking and exploring and trying to figure out the best way to get food out there efficiently.”

As a mother herself, Hy said she can’t imagine not being able to provide food for her five-year-old son. Her son probably knows more about food banks than most five-year-olds, Hy said, but she believes it’s important for him to know. He visits the food bank and enjoys volunteering at events with his mother, who helps him recognize that not every person has a warm house and a big closet of clothes.

“There’s people in need everywhere, you just can’t see it,” Hy said. hrober03@syr.edu

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“Elf the Musical” brings holiday cheer to Syracuse Stage

“Elf the Musical,” a Syracuse Stage production, in partnership with the Syracuse University Department of Drama, runs through Jan. 6. The show is an adaptation of the 2003 Christmas film starring Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel. courtesy of syracuse stage

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The scenic designer and director of “Elf the Musical” said one of the most important scenes to adapt from the film was an ice skating bit. courtesy of syracuse stage

ince late November, the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage has been transformed into a vivid, snowy, metropolitan wonderland. “Elf The Musical,” a Syracuse Stage production performed in partnership with the Syracuse University Department of Drama, is in the midst of its run that will end Jan. 6 — just in time for the holidays.

The musical, based on the 2003 Christmas film starring Will Ferrell, as Buddy, has large shoes to fill. Czerton Lim, the scenic designer for the show, said one of the main challenges the cast and crew faced was finding a balance between content from the movie and fresh ideas.

“One of my philosophies in doing shows where it started out as a movie is identifying what of the movie do we have to put onstage that is a direct reference,” Lim said.

For Lim and Director Donna Drake, that moment was clear: the scene in Rockefeller Center, where Buddy, and his love interest, Jovie, share a romantic evening ice skating. Lim said he based his set design off this moment, working with the choreographer and lighting designer to ensure that the scene was captured perfectly.

“Once we give that to the audience,” Lim said, “they will follow us anywhere we take them.”

After selecting which moments from the movie were essential to perfect, Lim said he tried to step away from the film, and let the script, stage directions and music tell him what the production means and how the world looks through Buddy’s eyes.

For Caleb Grochalski, a senior musical theater major at SU who serves as an understudy for Buddy, seeing the world through the protagonist’s eyes has given him the opportunity to play around with the role more creatively.

“It’s a lot of fun to create something yourself as opposed to trying to copy what Will Ferrell did, or trying to copy what the original guy on Broadway did,” Grochalski said. “It’s such a unique thing to be creative and to say ‘no, I’m going to do my own version of the story.’”

Rounding out the creation of Buddy’s world are the colorful and celebratory costumes, which Jessica Ford, the costume designer, said were a challenge to create. Ford estimated that the show required between 145-160 different costumes. But for Ford, standout costumes aren’t actually the goal.

She said that when costumes are truly great, the audience won’t even notice them. They will simply appear as an intrinsic aspect of the world the show has created.

Behind the elaborate costumes and set pieces, Grochalski said what really makes the musical special is its heart.

Grochalski — who has performed as Buddy five times during the show’s run — said that one of his favorite parts thus far was having young children come up to him afterwards, hoping for a photograph or a hug. He said that Buddy’s joy and optimism is so infectious that it’s impossible to leave the theater without a smile and a dose of Christmas spirit.

“Seeing a show that is so wonderfully optimistic and real can spark a unique chord deep in your soul,” Grochalski said, “that you can share that with other people in your life.” hklinder@syr.edu

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schedule close for the majority of the game, even taking a six-point lead with just over two minutes left in the game. But nine unanswered points gave Oregon an advantage and the eventual victory.

“When you play that high competition, you become accustomed to it,” junior guard Gabrielle Cooper said. “Then you just learn to play at that level consistently, so I think it’s the best thing for us.”

After its loss to Oregon, Syracuse traveled to White Plains to take on then-No. 20 Texas A&M, which it defeated by 10. Since the win over the Aggies, the Orange have gone 6-1, including an overtime victory in Cancun over then-No. 16 DePaul.

Hillsman understands that the harder slate of games may mean some losses and bumps in the road but knew his team was prepared for it.

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losing streak when you start losing games. When you start facing adversity, you find out what team you actually are.”

Munroe, a senior captain, credited Randall for helping the team through difficulty but noted it takes time to exemplify all of the core values.

After each game in the current losing streak, Syracuse has reconvened in the locker room and reviewed the values, Polaski said. Conversations have led to constructive criticism instead of whining, something Flanagan said his past teams have done.

One of the worst losses of the season came on Nov. 16, when Syracuse blew a 4-2 lead in the third period against RIT. SU reflected on its values after the contest, but still dropped the next six games. During its eight-game losing streak, SU has been outscored 41-13.

Another low point came when the Orange lost two games at No. 1 Wisconsin, 6-1 and

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said. “I also didn’t want to give our young kids a false sense of reality on what big-time basketball is about.”

SU’s rotation this season features a handful of freshmen playing their first collegiate minutes as well as a transfer, Kiara Lewis. Hillsman’s goal is to prepare them for playing against opponents in the Atlantic Coast Conference, arguably the best in the country, by getting them experience against top teams.

“It will definitely help to prepare us and get our newcomers more experience to be able to play in tough environments,” Amaya FinkleaGuity said. “It’s a great opportunity that we had to play against all these ranked teams.”

Its final nonconference games serve as two more tests for SU away from the Carrier Dome, just how Hillsman wants it.

“You schedule top 25 teams and teams that are really good to get you RPI points and get those wins,” Hillsman said. “Our goal is to host an NCAA tournament game.” erblack@syr.edu | @esblack34

9-1. After the weekend series, they rode a bus to Chicago, where their flight got delayed.

They arrived back in Syracuse at 3 a.m., exhausted and demoralized.

“You can see the frustration, but I think it’s how we manage it,” Flanagan said. “Don’t let it fester...You gotta push through.”

In years past, Flanagan’s teams have responded poorly to adversity, he said.

In 2017, the team went through a similar stretch, losing seven of eight games between Dec. 2 and Jan. 16. Players offered a list of values, and it wasn’t finalized until the second half of the season.

This year, the Orange have worked with Randall multiple times, but they haven’t met recently because of the team’s schedule. Flanagan plans to set up a session with him in January after winter break. Until then, Randall’s messages remain on the player’s mind.

“At the end of the day, our core values are everything,” Munroe said. dremerma@syr.edu

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carey “She didn’t want me to just do one thing. She wanted me to do everything and be the best I could be.” ƀƀƀ or Carey, basketball became an escape from city life. He was raised in a publichousing building in Harlem, one building from the apartment in which SU associate head coach Adrian Autry grew up. Carey said he saw friends, kids he went to school with and teammates on youth basketball teams, fade away.

He stopped seeing them at school and on the hardwood. So he prioritized basketball, which gave himself and his father, John, something to do and somewhere to be.

Had John not challenged his son by sending him to school in New Jersey, Carey wouldn’t have met his inspiration. John wanted to force his son to adapt, so he enrolled him in Dwight-Englewood (New Jersey) School, to which Carey commuted between an hour and 90 minutes on a bus, from 112th and Lenox Avenue to northern New Jersey.

Carey met Roberts, who also played basketball, at school one day in the ninth grade.

Roberts invited Carey over to his house, where he met Roberts’ older sister, Charli. They hit it off. Together, Carey, Charli and Roberts went to movies, drove go-karts and played laser tag. They shot hoops, ate and did homework.

Carey said he didn’t have to give a heads-up that he was on his way. He frequented dinners and stayed over some nights. Charli implored Carey: Don’t fall behind in school.

From Charli, Carey saw a smile he wanted to emulate. He learned from her to cheer up others. He challenged himself to find a positive in any negative situation. He played as if another game may never come.

“She was never down,” Carey said. “Always in good spirit, smiling or joking, helping someone who wasn’t having a good day. That’s what I try to do. If anything’s going wrong, someone else’s day could be going much worse.”

Near the beginning of March, Charli picked up Carey near the George Washington Bridge.

Roberts said they went to the Cheesecake Factory for a belated birthday dinner to celebrate the birthdays of Roberts (Feb. 17) and Charli (Feb. 18), who had just turned 18.

And then came the day that left Carey without the person he called his sister. Less than 48 hours later, tears welled his eyes.

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ƀƀƀ rowing up, Charli dreamed of being a high school basketball coach. Roberts said the role would have fit her outlook toward life well. She wanted to mentor young girls and set them on a path for a productive life. She excelled in school.

The day after she died, eight letters arrived at her family’s mailbox in Teaneck. Letters from Seton Hall, Temple, Hofstra and other colleges arrived. She had earned several full academic scholarships, Roberts said, though she never got the chance to read the letters.

The unread letters leave Carey wondering, imagining the person she could have become and the lives she could have changed. He sees it as his best way to forge ahead: Live in her honor.

“It became that he was living for two people, not just himself,” Roberts said. “When she died, Jalen thought to himself, ‘You really got to make it now.’”

Before his next game, Carey prayed for Charli. He said he scored more than 30 points in his first game since he lost her, with Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts watching. (The Jayhawks later offered him a scholarship.)

He’s prayed before every game since.

Before, he worked hard and trained on his own. But he’d laugh and joke at practice, make light of something funny or look away from the action on occasion, Carey said. Sometimes, he shortened workouts to hang out with friends.

He was developing into one of the top players in his grade, piquing interest from Syracuse, Connecticut, Kansas and Miami. He may have fallen complacent.

“He was lazy at one point,” Salmon said.

“But around Charli’s death, it got personal.

Maybe that’s when the light went off inside him. His senior year especially, his focus was another level.”

Carey and Roberts made a pact to live for Charli, although that didn’t make the weeks after her death any easier. After school, they sat in Roberts’ room in silence. Carey cried. When he thought about her too much, he prayed for her, talked about her, reminisced about her. When the thoughts overwhelmed him, they found refuge in the basketball gym. Even now, as a freshman in college nearly two years later, Carey calls Roberts when she’s been on his mind.

Rather than make jokes at practice, Carey said he retooled his focus. No laughing. No more settling for jumpshots when he could take the ball to the rim. Charli was watching over him. He couldn’t mess around.

B.H: The consensus was that Hughes would bring shooting and instant offense. He has. Especially with Frank Howard still not playing like he was last season, Hughes has been a key third cog with Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett. There’ve been some games where Hughes is too content to stay outside and shoot, but then just when it seems he’s having an off night, he gets hot.

That happened early in the second half against Georgetown, when he hit three 3s in a handful of minutes to get Syracuse right back in the game.

C.D: I’d say so. He has joined Oshae Brissett and Tyus Battle as Syracuse’s three-headed monster and has been extremely consistent in close games. He has been the best shooter on the team and even flashes some dominance inside the paint. Aside from tangible skills, Hughes also provides a spark for SU. He made a few big 3s down the stretch and was a big help to Battle as the Orange mounted a comeback. On any given day, Hughes has the potential to be the best player on the floor, something not expected when the season started.

M.G: Probably. Hughes’ biggest room for growth: involving others. He’s a capable oneon-one player who has exemplified an ability to knock down big shots, especially from deep.

That’s going to be key as the defenses SU faces improve during conference play. He’s created for others only in spurts, so it’s not a matter of if. He can attack off the dribble and suck defenders his way. Syracuse could just use a little more of that.

B.H: If Syracuse had beaten UConn, SU may never have fallen out of the poll. With Howard, the Orange would’ve beaten the Huskies, as Jalen Carey’s early turnovers against previously unseen pressure would’ve been avoided and Syracuse may have defended UConn’s 3-point shooters better. But Howard is a shell of his last-season self so far. He rarely attacks the basket and hasn’t found his 3-point touch.

So yes, his absence is the reason Syracuse hasn’t been ranked every week. But he’ll need to get back to last season’s form to keep the Orange in the Top 25.

C.D: To a degree, yes. Both Frank Howard and Jalen Carey suffered injuries before the season, and when Carey returned, he still wasn’t 100 percent, nor did he practice much before SU’s losses. Both players not being fully healthy ultimately led to the Orange’s demise from the Top 25. However, Syracuse is a much better team with Howard in as starter. Howard adds a veteran leadership that SU lacked when it was Carey and Battle manning the point. He is the best facilitator and knows the 2-3 zone as well as anyone else. The absence of Howard may have been a contributing factor toward Syracuse’s drop from the Top 25, but it was not the only reason behind it. There’s much more that needs addressing.

M.G: There’s a good chance his absence has prevented SU from being Top 25. When he’s on the floor, everything appears to be under control. In a raucous environment at Cameron Indoor last year, for example, he handled the pressure and noise admirably. That presence goes a long way during ACC road play. Syracuse has a lot of time off in the next four weeks and that gives Howard the time he needs to get back to himself. He “didn’t miss a shot” this summer, head coach Jim Boeheim said. While an exaggeration, the point was clear: Howard could be on track to have a stellar senior year. sports@dailyorange.com | @DOsports

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Beat writers talk early season

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Almost a third of the way into the season, Syracuse (7-2) is in the midst of a five-game winning streak. The Orange haven’t lost since their two losses in 24 hours at Madison Square Garden last month. There have been positives in the SU backcourt but negatives down low as Syracuse seeks to keep its winning streak alive.

Here’s what our beat writers think about three major topics so far.

Are Syracuse’s centers its weakest position group?

JALEN CAREY lost one of his closest friends, Charli Roberts, when she died in March 2017. Now a freshman at SU, Carey has pledged to honor her for the rest of his basketball career. alexandra moreo senior staff photographer

‘Living for two’ The death of Jalen Carey’s close friend motivates his play on the court

By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

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he lasting image is her smile. Jalen Carey will never see it again, but Charli Roberts’ unrestrained smile remains bottled up inside him.

Every step on the court invokes a catalogue of emotions, not the least of which is his memory of that smile.

That laugh. That love.

She was a year older, but Charli knew how to relate to Carey. She knew what he liked. She taught him how to drive in her Teaneck, New Jersey backyard. She celebrated accomplishments big and

small, usually followed with a dab. She was an older sister — something Carey, an only child, didn’t have.

Now a freshman point guard for Syracuse (7-2), if there were a defining event in Carey’s life, it came Thursday, March 2, 2017. He was a junior at Immaculate Conception (New Jersey) High School. On the bus from his father’s apartment in New York City, on his way to school across the Hudson River, he got a phone call. Carey’s friend, Owen, had a strained voice. His sister, Charli, had diabetes, and she required an insulin pump attached to her hip. Overnight, it stopped working.

Charli never woke up.

Carey broke down in tears on the bus. Since that day, his life has carried extra meaning. He lost one of his closest friends, but he didn’t lose focus.

He reconfigured the energy associated with her loss and ascended into a better version of himself. In the locker room before every game, he prays for Charli. He prays in her spirit, which he’s carried with him from his humble beginnings to Syracuse, where he hopes to be the future of the Orange frontcourt and get a step closer to his NBA dreams.

“She wanted me to be the best I could be in life,” Carey said last month. see carey page 12

Billy Heyen: Yes. The Orange have two point guards they trust and a number of effective wing players. Syracuse has the ability in the middle to find success: a 7-foot-2 rim protector in Paschal Chukwu, good hands and footwork of Bourama Sidibe, and the playmaking of smallball center Marek Dolezaj. But it hasn’t come together. When SU has played star centers, like Oregon’s Bol Bol and Georgetown’s Jessie Govan, there hasn’t been much defensive resistance. As Jim Boeheim said, Syracuse needs its centers to be a strong team in the long run. But so far, they’ve been bad.

Charlie DiSturco: Yes. Syracuse’s centers have struggled immensely with both scoring, defense and foul discipline. Even Oshae Brissett, a forward, averages 3.4 rebounds per game more than Paschal Chukwu — and Elijah Hughes outrebounds Bourama Sidibe. This group of centers have potential, but they have been unable to stop other talented bigs, like Georgetown’s Jessie Govan Saturday. Every other position group has multiple players that are regular contributors at some capacity. The centers do not.

Matthew Gutierrez: Without question. Aside from the centers’ lack of scoring and defense, they haven’t been great in one area they have complete see roundtable page 12

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Tougher schedule helps Syracuse SU stays positive in 8-game losing streak

By Eric Black

asst. digital editor

Six years ago, Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman sat with the members of his women’s basketball team as they awaited their postseason fate. A number of people in SU athletics had told him that they thought Syracuse was “definitely in” the NCAA tournament. But as the selection show unfolded, the Orange never saw their name.

Syracuse missed the tournament for a fourth-straight year. The hosts of the program discussed SU’s weak nonconference slate as one of the primary reasons it missed out.

As Hillsman watched them

discuss his team, the only thing he remembered thinking was his team’s weak out-of-conference schedule.

“I’m never going to do that again,” he thought.

In the five years since, the Orange have never missed the NCAA tournament, in part due to their tougher opponents before conference play. Hillsman’s new ideology has further developed this season for No. 15 Syracuse (8-2), which played four top-20 programs in its first eight games of the season. With Syracuse’s most ranked nonconference opponents in program history, its head coach wants to ensure that SU gets to host the first two games of the NCAA tournament.

“They were right,” Hillsman said about the NCAA tournament selection committee’s decision to omit Syracuse in 2012. “The RPIs, strength of schedule, it wasn’t as strong as it could’ve been. They can’t blame it on our schedule anymore.

That’s not gonna be the reason.”

The Orange peaked at No. 7 in RPI on Dec. 5 and have relied on their strong quality of opponents this year to stay near the top. Its second game of the season against No. 3 Oregon served as Syracuse’s highest nonconference regularseason opponent since 2014, when it took on No. 1 South Carolina.

The Orange played the Ducks

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By Danny Emerman staff writer

Syracuse won its last hockey game 38 days ago. Yet, head coach Paul Flanagan hasn’t noticed the signs of a losing team. They haven’t dwelled on losses, let frustrations linger or lost motivation.

The Orange (4-14-1, 4-3 College Hockey America) have maintained a positive attitude in the locker room during their eight-game losing streak, Flanagan said. To maintain mental strength in the face of adversity, Syracuse has reinforced its “core values”

— passion, character and discipline — which sport psychologist Dr. Mark Randall introduced to them last year.

The team refers back to them “in everything we do,” leading goal-scorer Emma Polaski said. During winter break, Syracuse has three exhibition games in Montreal to address its lack of offensive production and defensive miscues by turning back to the “core values” it regards so highly.

“We try not to be too down,” defenseman Allie Munroe said. “It’s been honestly a little tough, but you honestly learn a lot about yourself see losing

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