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N • In valorAttorneys gave free legal advice to U.S. veterans on Saturday at Syracuse University’s sixth Valor Day in Dineen Hall.Page 3
P • One woman’s trashMary Mattingly makes a bold environmental statement with her waste-based artwork, on display now at Light Work Gallery.Page 9
S • Grown menSyracuse has turned the experience of fifth-year guards Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney into wins this season.Page 16
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The value of The Warehouse 10 years after occupation by SU
3 things to know before the New Hampshire primariesBy Michael Burkeasst. news editor
New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primaries will be held on Tuesday. Here are three things to know before them:
Polls show Sanders, Trump in front
The latest Real Clear Politics aver-
age of polling data shows Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic primary and business mogul Donald Trump leading on the GOP side. But different polls show a wide variance in the leads that Sanders and Trump hold.
Race for second place
While polls show Trump as the favorite to win New Hampshire’s Republican primary, the battle for second place is less clear.
Given margins of error, some polls — such as the latest Mon-mouth University and WBUR polls — show a statistical four-way tie between Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and
former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.The actual results could be in
part determined by a wave of vot-ers that are currently undecided.
New Hampshire details
While New Hampshire only awards 23 total delegates on the Republican side and 32 for Demo-crats, the state is sometimes pre-
dictive of things to come.Since 1976, five eventual Repub-
lican nominees facing opposition and five eventual Democratic nominees facing opposition have won New Hampshire.
Most recently, Clinton placed first in the state in 2008 over even-tual nominee Barack Obama.
By Delaney Van Weyasst. web editor
Ten years ago, The Nancy Cantor Warehouse was occupied by Syr-acuse University with the intent of building a bridge between the
university and the Syracuse community.Some members of the SU community
say that since it was first occupied on Jan. 17, 2006, The Warehouse has at least par-tially fulfilled former Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s goal for it to be that bridge, citing visible growth in the city as evidence.
Others, though, say issues with the building tarnish the student experience.
In 2006, School of Architecture stu-dents were the first to take classes in the building — which was bought and reno-
vated in 2005 — while Slocum Hall was being renovated. In 2009, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design moved in permanently. It is cur-rently the only academic department in The Warehouse.
SU’s Office of Community Engage-ment and Economic Development (CEED) moved in The Warehouse in 2008 to better fulfill its mission, said Marilyn Higgins, vice president of Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Eco-nomic Development.
As CEED vice president, Higgins said she is responsible for the Connective Cor-ridor and the Near Westside Initiative.
“The charge was to get students and fac-ulty involved, so we needed a space where this office could really serve as a bridge for
the community and for the faculty and stu-dents to connect to as well,” Higgins said.
W hat was previously an empty space became a hotspot for community activ-ity and student engagement. Higgins said many officials from other colleges and cities came to CEED’s office at The Warehouse to see how it were running its operations.
On a larger scale, Higgins, a Syracuse local and former vice president of eco-nomic development at National Grid, said she knew The Warehouse would spark eco-nomic development. Once SU invested in the area, other companies followed suit, she said.
“All of this really changed the physical and economic complexion of the city,” Higgins
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Ten years after The Nancy Cantor Warehouse was first occupied by Syracuse University students, some SU community mem-bers say the building has not fulfilled its initial goal. zach barlow asst. photo editor
1920s The Warehouse was
constructed.
WARE & TEAR 2005: March Syracuse
University purchased The
Warehouse with funding from
a $1.25 million grant from New
York state.
2005: Spring Renovation
on The Warehouse, which
cost $13.9 million, began.
Concrete, glare-resistant blue
grass and Panelite are added
to windows.
2006: Jan. 17 SU occupied
The Warehouse. School of
Architecture students are
the first to take classes in the
building while Slocum Hall is
renovated.
2008 SU’s Office of
Community Engagement
and Economic Development
moved into The Warehouse.
2009 The College of Visual
and Performing Arts’ School
of Design centralized its
programs by permanently
moving to The Warehouse.
2013: Winter The
Warehouse was renamed The
Nancy Cantor Warehouse in
honor of SU’s 11th chancellor
and president.
WARE IT OUTHere is a timeline of Syracuse
University’s 10-year relationship with
The Warehouse, which is itself nearly
100 years old.source: su archives
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By Gabrielle Hughescontributing writer
Thrift store queen Tauri Howard could give Macklemore a run for his money.
The junior psychology major’s love of thrift shops began as a child, when she went on her first thrifting spree with her aunt in Brooklyn. Howard had always looked up to her aunt for being a thrifty fashionista, and she soon became enamored with finding unusual pieces of clothing for a fraction of the original price.
Since that first adventure in Brooklyn, Howard has now visited more than 35 thrift shops around the country. Her favorite is the not-so-glamorous Amvets Thrift Store in Buffalo, New York. She described the warehouse as an opportunity to find something rare in an unlikely place.
“You know how they say it takes a village to raise a child? It took a village to put this outfit together,” Howard said, pointing to pieces and explaining their various origins.
Howard does not limit thrifting to shopping in stores. She received some of her favorite pieces by bor-
rowing from friends, swapping with strangers and even nabbing her ex-boyfriend’s mom’s fanny pack.
Howard took her love for swap-ping clothes to the next level when she joined the Syracuse University chapter of the national organiza-tion Style Lottery last year. Style Lottery’s goal is to bring every-one’s different tastes together through donations and clothing drives, Howard said.
“It’s women helping women,” she said.
And Style Lottery doesn’t just help people share styles. They also promote sustainability by encourag-ing people to donate and share cloth-ing instead of getting new things.
Style Lottery is all about keeping an open mind, which is also essen-tial when it comes to thrifting, How-ard said. She values being in charge of her own image without posters of celebrities telling her how to look or what to wear and advises everyone to explore thrift shop style.
“There’s a difference between fash-ion and style,” Howard said. “Fashion is more about status, but style is shar-ing your creativity. For me, that’s what you get from thrift stores.”
For junior, thrift shopping is a lifestyle
MEET monday | tauri howard
TAURI HOWARD was introduced to thrift shopping when she was young by her aunt. Years later, she joined the SU chapter of the non-profit Style Lottery. prince dudley contributing photographer
INSIDE N • All connected An assistant professor at SUNY-ESF participated in a study that found pollution is stronger in low-income, minority communities.
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Let’s talk SU’s College of Law is holding a spring lecture series for the Disability Law & Policy Program, starting with Sue Swenson.See Tuesday’s paperN
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Week in newsThe D.O. News Department compiled a list of the biggest Syracuse University and Syracuse news stories last week.See dailyorange.com
Partners in crimeThe D.O.’s interactive crime map shows a round-up of criminal activity that happened near SU this week.See dailyorange.com
Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near cam-pus this week, according to police bulletins:
OPEN CONTAINER
A senior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, 22, was arrested on the charge of possession of an open container, according to a police bulletin. when: Friday where: 1200 Harrison St.
ASSAULT
A freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, 19, was arrested on the charge of assault in the third degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Jan. 31 where: 130 College Place
WEAPON POSSESSION
A Syracuse man, 26, was arrested on charges of possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment in the first degree, obstructing governmen-tal administration in the second degree, resisting arrest, unlawful possession of marijuana, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, unlicensed opera-tion of a vehicle, failure to use designated lane and driving with no seat belt.
when: Tuesday where: 1800 E. Fayette St.
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Valor Day sees record number of attendees
Veterans Issues, Support, Initiative and Outreach Network, or VISION, started Valor Day in 2012 to provide veterans with free legal services. john williams contributing photographer
By Tara Toltonstaff writer
A record number of military vet-erans from the Syracuse commu-nity received free legal services Saturday at Dineen Hall. Syracuse University’s sixth Valor Day event provided veter-ans and their families access to organizations and legal advise-ment close to home and free of charge. Valor Day is a shortening for Veterans’ Advocacy, Law and Outreach Day. The event was cre-ated in 2012 by College of Law student organization VISION, or Veterans Issues, Support, Initia-tive and Outreach Network.
Valor Day services were pro-vided by a culmination of student volunteers from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the College of Law and profes-sional representatives for career, legal, financial, personal and family advisement, said VISION President Matt Crouch.
At Saturday’s event in Dineen Hall, 12 organizations set up tables to speak with veterans. Several programs at Valor Day were designed to assist veterans’ transitions from military life to civilian life, while others assisted educational ambitions.
Alex Davidson, a pro bono attorney who has practiced law for 35 years, stressed the event’s importance, saying the majority of those involved had served in the military at some time.
“It’s very rewarding, being able to give back to those who have also served,” Davidson said. “Virtually everyone here has been involved in the military in some way, and some have served on multiple tours.”
The point of Valor Day, he said, is to provide services to veter-ans in a welcome and centralized location and give veterans access to services they may not have otherwise known about.
This year, 34 clients made appointments to see advisers, not including those for tax services, Crouch said. This is an increase from the 25 appointments made
during the fall Valor Day, making it the highest number of appoint-ments the Valor Day event has had since its creation.
Veterans come to Valor Day to seek assistance with issues relat-ed to family, taxes and careers, said Yelena Duterte, director of the College of Law’s Veteran Legal Clinic. The hope is to give veter-ans “the best advice and provide fair representation” in many dif-ferent areas of need, she added.
Kevin Montross, a veteran who served in the army for 21 years, said the event was helpful because of the access to services and con-nection with other veterans.
“After serving for so long, you start to miss that community you shared (in the military),” he said.
Other members of the commu-nity came for consulting services. Nell McFarland-Miles, whose husband had served in the military and passed away, came to Valor Day seeking a Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, which is a tax-free monetary benefit paid to eligible survivors of military ser-vice members who died in the line of duty or as a result of a service-related injury or disease, according to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs website.
Joe Lamendola, director of external relations at SU’s Veter-ans Legal Clinic and volunteer attorney for the event, said Valor Day accomplished several goals — the pivotal ones being that the veterans understand their rights,
are provided the services they need and can achieve their goals after leaving the event.
Lamendola, who served 30 years as a colonel in the Air Force, said he appreciates being able to give back and added that Valor Day enhances SU Chancellor Kent Syverud’s goal of “integrating the veterans into the university.” In his inaugural address in April 2014, Syverud said he wants to make SU the “best place for veterans.”
“It also brings veterans to the campus and shows them that the campus is in-tune to provid-ing the needs of the military,” Lamendola said. “And I think that is both a win-win for both university and the community.”
School launches online education programBy Kennedy RoseContributing Writer
The School of Information Stud-ies at Syracuse University will be launching a new online degree part-nership with the education technol-ogy company 2U next semester.
The partnership, which will launch in October and begin accepting applications in April, will
be an attempt to strengthen the iSchool’s already-existing online graduate programs — including the Master of Science in Information Management and the Master of Sci-ence in Library and Information Science — according to a release on the iSchool’s website.
The iSchool has been using online education programs since 1993, but partnered with 2U to “be
innovative and deliver high-quali-ty programs in (an online) format,” said Victoria Williams, director of
online education at the iSchool. Williams added that 2U stood
out among its competitors because “they really invest in instructional quality and student success.” The partnership with 2U will allow stu-dents to participate in a classroom-like setting by being able to inter-act with their peers and instructors in live sessions, Williams said.
Veterans participate in contest
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By Matthew Gutierrezstaff writer
Seven business-owning veterans took home a combined $110,000 this weekend at the third annual Institute for Veterans and Military Families Business Plan Competi-tion, hosted by the Syracuse Uni-versity IVMF.
But no one from SU won the com-petition or made it to the final round.
The contestants were all gradu-ates of an Entrepreneurship Boot-camp for Veterans (EBV) univer-sity-run program. At the competi-tion, they handed in written busi-ness plans, orated them through presentations and then gave final elevator pitches to judges, said Ray Toenniessen, managing director of development and external rela-tions at IVMF.
EBV, which was founded at SU in 2007, aims to help veterans gain skills needed to start businesses, according to its website.
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4 missing DPS shotguns warrant more repercussionsThe decision taken by the Department of Public Safety to withhold disclosure of four lost shotguns for three months repre-sents an egregious lack of accountability and will compromise the faith the commu-nity had in the department to effectively enforce the law. Issues surrounding gun safety are not something to be taken lightly, and any officer who can err in judgment so signifi-cantly in an instance such as this one can not be entrusted with the safety of the university community. The Daily Orange should have gone further in its recent editorial condemning this unfathomable display of incompetence. The responsible officer’s negligence puts the university community and Syra-cuse residents in grave danger by allowing these guns to freely roam the streets. DPS then subsequently exacerbated the problem by failing to come forward and disclose the occurrence immediately after the incident occurred. It also endangers the health of the university, as the school could possibly be held liable and sued should the guns later be used in the commission of a crime. It is evident that DPS failed in its
core mission to protect and serve the community, and the leadership must be held responsible. DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado and Chief Law Enforcement Officer Tony Callisto need to act quickly in finding these weapons to begin rectify this situation. With the nation increasingly holding law enforcement to account, it is time we as a community do the same with DPS. A crucial component to a func-tional working relationship between law enforcement and the citizens it protects is transparency, and, without that, con-fidence in the institution to administer the law is eroded. DPS should immediately release the names of the officer’s involved, coupled with any disciplinary action taken as a result of an error so severe it could ulti-mately cost someone their life. In addition, Chancellor Kent Syverud should consider whether the current leadership team in charge of DPS has the moral and ethical standing to continue in their current roles.
Tyler Zschach Syracuse University ’17
Newspaper and Online Journalism and Political Science Major
letter to the editor
Abroad column presents ignorant portrayal of ChinaAs someone who spent a month in China in 2012, Claire Moran’s Feb. 3 article is quite problematic. She writes in a fashion that mimics the all too prevalent chauvinist discourse that dominates the portrayal of China. She describes the silence about the so-called ‘Tiananmen Square Massacre’ that took place in 1989 as “surreal” and “unac-ceptable” censorship. However, if she were to research the history of the country that she was going to spend two-weeks studying abroad, she would discover that there was no bloodshed in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Many U.S. news sources from 1989 shows that there was no such massacre. In fact, one of the leaders of the Tiananmen demonstrations, Chai Ling expressed to U.S. reporter Philip Cunningham that the demonstrators wanted to provoke the government to “butcher the people,” to help gain support for the real goal of the movement: to overthrow the Chinese government and fully restore capitalism. It is important to remember that at that time the student population only made up only 0.2 percent of the country’s population of 1.1 billion. It is clear the group of students that par-ticipated in the Tiananmen Square demonstra-tions did not represent the interests of China’s vast majority of poor and working people.
While in China, I had a drastically differ-ent interpretation and experience of China. The Chinese people do not sit in massive lines every day to see Mao Zedong in his Mauso-leum because they are brainwashed. The portrait that overhangs the Forbidden City is not “infamous” to the Chinese people. They see Mao as the great revolutionary hero who founded their country and improved the lives of millions. Many people who I talked to in my month in China, ranging from university students to people living and working in the countryside, all had positive things to say of Mao Zedong. The people talked extensively about Tiananmen in 1989; they are not blind-ed or masked to what happened. They know of the Western portrayals of it and of the class character of that movement. To suggest that the Chinese people are “censored” or are mis-informed of what occurred is pure arrogance. This defense of the Chinese government does not mean that the government is out-side of criticism. However, a critique of the Chinese government must be contextual-ized within historical and global processes that shape what occurs in China.
Collin ChambersGeography, MA
Syracuse ANSWER Coalition
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SUNY-ESF should consider applying for state approval to grow, study and assess the ways in which industrial hemp could be produced and distributed com-mercially across New York state. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets will issue 10, three-year licenses to universities to cultivate and research hemp, an initiative that comes as the state wants to eval-uate if the cannabis plant could be used as an industrial crop that would help farmers diversify production, provide increased economic opportunities and be marketed successfully. Hemp is a valid frontier of study on an academic and economic basis, and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry should join Cornell University and Morrisville State College in seeking to become a part of the state’s pilot program. The move would serve to augment SUNY-ESF’S development in environmental scholarship while providing New York state with essential information needed to gauge its worth in local markets. The commodification of hemp carries statewide potential, considering the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in 2015 that the American market for hemp-based products was $580 million. This is reinforced by the fact that hemp fibers can be used to make a wide range of products, including textiles, paper materi-als, food, health supplements, body products, fuel and more. Although Syracuse Uni-versity is a research-based institution, agricultural studies are not one of SU’s academic
areas of expertise. The study of industrial hemp is not something that the university should invest time, funding and efforts into at a time when SU’s primary academic endeavors are develop-ing a veteran-focused medical school and measuring the cam-pus climate. However, SUNY-ESF is properly equipped with the academic mission, faculty and agricultural resources to study the potential of industrial hemp, an area of research the college has expressed interest in before, according to the office of State Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell).
The federal Farm Bill of 2014 legalized the growth of hemp for research purposes by state departments of agriculture or universities in states where it has been approved by law. Later that year, the New York state legislature approved a pilot hemp program. Now, nearly two years later and secured with final regula-tions by the state agricultural department and an opportunity for institutions of higher educa-tion, SUNY-ESF should forge ahead to obtain a permit to con-duct research that is relevant to its students and carry significant economic implications for farm-ers and consumers alike through-out greater New York state.
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Travel bill would enhance US security
Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) has honorably proposed the National Strategy to
Combat Terrorist Travel Act of 2016 to address the rising threat of the Islamic State group and its rapid radicalization. An improved version of the bill, which consists of several main areas of focus that intertwine with one another, was introduced by Katko, a Syracuse University alumnus, last week. The act includes a call for the president and Congress to continu-ously assess the terror threat to the United States, record the existing measures the government has taken to curb foreign fighter travel and reform these methods accordingly. The crux of the proposal is its peti-tion to evaluate and act upon the United States’ current vulnerabili-ties regarding terrorist travel. With Katko’s new bill, the U.S. government would be pushed to provide a way to stop Americans from leaving the country to join the Islamic State — a trend that has also manifested itself in New York state. If passed, the act would require each branch to be responsible for moni-toring travel overseas and regularly assess whether the United States is at-risk for a terrorist attack. Hopefully, this bill will be passed in the House of Represen-tatives, considering it’s astonish-ing that the federal government has even taken this long to come up with a plan to stop its people from becoming foreign fighters. “It’s a bipartisan congressional effort to make our country more secure in the face of ISIS and other terrorist affiliates near the home-land,” said Miriam Elman, an assis-tant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at SU. The act comes after a 66-page report authored by the House of Representatives’ Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign
Fighter Travel was published in September 2015. Katko is clearly experienced in navigating this issue, as he played an active role by leading the committee that hailed its work to address foreign fighter travel as the most in-depth anti-terrorism measure since the 9/11 Commission. The end result of a 6-month investigation, the document details what the country is dealing with regarding the Islamic State and its recruiting tactics in the West. One of its findings was that the United States has done a lackluster job of prevent-ing and keeping track of Americans that have left to fight with extremists abroad. Part of this issue stems from the fact that Western countries have yet to compile a global list of foreign fighters — a fault that allows them to slip through the cracks. It was speculated that one of the Islamic State’s methods is training Americans abroad so that they can come back into the country with a valid U.S. visa or passport. It’s a brilliant-but-terrifying tactic that has received no tangible response in Washington. Katko’s bill, though, seems to be more of a preventative measure as there are reportedly only a handful of foreign fighters that have come back to the United States. “It has become more urgent because of what’s going on in Europe,” Elman said. “Some of the European countries have thou-sands of citizens who have gone and become fighters for ISIS and now have returned.” However, that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing to fear close to home. On New Year’s Eve, a 25-year-old man was arrested in Rochester for planning to stab people in a restau-rant on the Islamic State’s behalf. Thankfully, the plot was foiled by
authorities. The attempt came after a pizza shop owner in the same city pled guilty in 2014 to recruiting and raising money for the terrorist group. These cases just go to show that the threat of terror is real in local communities — in this case, only about an hour and a half away from Syracuse — and Europe’s observed problems of sleeper cells and foreign fighter travel can happen here as well. In New York state there are currently 14 Islamic State suspects accounted for and two have been convicted, according to The Washington Post. Islamic State recruits might be neighbors, people at the mall or any person hiding in plain sight while they prepare an attack. Some critics may say that Katko’s bill will encroach on civil liberties of travel because it would limit people from going on vacation or to see family outside of United States. However, the House task force report continually states the importance of law enforcement collaborating with civil liberty advocates. Without proper safety measures, communities across the United States are at risk. The Islamic State group has made clear its intentions to rid the Western world of its democ-racy by any means necessary. It seems that the Islamic State will stop at nothing to advance their agenda, yet the U.S. government doesn’t seem to have much of a plan when it comes to stopping Americans from joining the terrorist’s cause. Washington owes the American people a response to the terror that could be brought to the homeland and Katko’s proposal is a step in the right direction. However, legislative action must be taken quickly or else U.S. cit-ies, like those in New York state, will be targets for deadly attacks.
Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and
political science minor. His column appears weekly.
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SU alumnus discusses career at sports, law symposiumBy Anjani Imanstaff writer
Twenty-four hours in a day means eight hours for a full time job, eight hours to sleep and eight hours for another full time job, said Tim Green, a Syracuse University alumnus.
Green, a Class of 1986 SU graduate who also earned a degree from the College of Law in 1994, was the keynote speaker at SU’s second annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium (ESLS), which took place in Dineen Hall’s Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom on Saturday.
The symposium hosted panels of prac-ticing lawyers and law professors to talk about current events, issues and the future of law.
Green recounted his time at SU as a student and a football player, when he set the record — which still stands — for most sacrifices in a career.
Though he was a first round draft pick for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Green said he had foresight that his career would end one day.
During the NFL offseason, Green attended SU’s College of Law, trained until he was sore, spent time with his wife and five children and worked on a manuscript for a book every day for five years, he said.
Green said his first manuscript failed to get published.
“My agent just fired me,” Green joked. “I’m supposed to fire them.”
Upon his later retirement from football, Green undertook several projects, includ-
ing writing, journalism and law. He wrote a book that later became a New
York Times best-seller. He began commen-tating on NPR and Fox Sports and became a practicing attorney. He is now a partner of his own law firm.
As the keynote speaker at ESLS, Green spoke to students wanting to work for the media, sports and law industries — the things he already does.
Most of those in attendance were stu-dents at SU’s College of Law, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Com-munications.
The first panel, which was titled “Work-ing as General & Outside Counsel in Sports,” featured four law experts — three of whom were SU alumni. Jeffrey Gewirtz, chief legal officer for the Brooklyn Nets; Joseph Hanna, a Class of 2014 SU graduate and a partner with Goldberg Segalla; Lisa Levine, a Class of 1996 graduate of SU’s College of Law and the general counsel for the United States Soccer Federation; and Stephanie Viscelli Cicci, a Class of 1992 graduate of SU’s College of Law and an attorney for Petrone Risk.
The four panelists spoke about their job experiences entering the law field and working as inside and outside counsels in sports law.
Hanna was hired right out of law school with no experience and became the youngest attorney to be named Law-yer of the Year by the Bar Association of Erie County.
Hanna said his current boss discovered he played baseball in college, then hired him in hopes to win Law yer League Soft-ball. Hanna later found himself coach-ing the little league baseball team of his boss’s son.
“Lawyer League Softball is how I got my job,” he said.
Gewirtz said the most important rule as general counsel is to know when to go out-side of the company and find someone who is smarter than you.
Cicci disagreed, saying that outside counsels aren’t necessarily smarter, but just come in because inside counsels don’t have the time.
The second panel, “Issues in Entertain-ment Law & Media Law,” featured panel-ists Dave Dreilinger, an SU Class of 1969 alumnus and a 1973 graduate of the College of Law, and Frank Ryan, an SU Class of 1994 alumnus and a 1997 graduate of the College of Law.
Dreilinger and Ryan discussed the pop-ularity of entertainment suits regarding ownership of intellectual property, fair
use and publicity.Ryan said more often individuals are
looking to protect their rights, adding that they have more pride and ownership with their own names.
“Entertainment suits are not frivolous, but people try to monetize as much as they can,” Dreilinger said. “It will get worse.”
The two agreed that in the entertain-ment industry, lawyers must pursue the theft of intellectual property, even if it is not economical.
The third panel, called “NCAA Controver-sies & The Future of College Athletics,” cen-tered around current court cases that dealt with student athletes’ deserved earnings.
The panelists were Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick, deputy athletics director at SU; John Wolohan, professor of sport man-agement in the Falk College; and Brian Mahoney, member at Harris Beach PLLC.
Kirkpatrick said the NCA A is “mak-ing more student-athlete friendly rules and making the lives of student-athletes better,” while Wolohan said he does not believe the NCA A allows colleges to pay students enough.
Justin Kim, a second-year law student and public relations graduate student, said this year’s ESLS was a success and grew a lot from last year.
“In class, we never really get to ask lawyers how they got to where they are,” Kim said. “It isn’t a strict formula. ... From ESLS, I was able to gain insight from a practical standpoint.”
said. “And it still does today.”The presence of the university has had
direct impact on the area as well. Students from across campus have come to do work through CEED — engaging in major projects such as the Near Westside Initiative — and have changed the momentum of the neigh-borhood, Higgins said.
Students have worked together to create magazines in the neighborhood, some have started public health initiatives and others have created Little Free Libraries, where youth can borrow books for free. Working in The Warehouse has put Higgins’ office in direct contact with these students, she said.
“This was like a stake in the ground — an old boarded up warehouse on the edge of the city, on the edge of the Near Westside — and everything around it prospered,” Higgins said.
The design students who learn in The Warehouse have also prospered, said Zeke Leonard, an assistant professor of environmental and interior design at SU. Leonard became a professor during the semester that the School of Design moved into The Warehouse.
Before the move to The Warehouse, the design students were spread out across cam-
pus and now they’re in a centralized location that gives them the studio space they need, Leonard said.
This has fostered both informal and curricular collaboration among the numerous design programs, Leonard said. One particular interior design student he recalled had been interested in yoga, so she worked with the fashion design pro-gram to develop clothing that used elastic to improve posture.
Victoria Fennessy, a senior environmen-tal and interior design major, said she also likes the “separate” environment and being among other designers. She added that she likes going out to local restaurants in the city.
Leonard said he has also seen the building
keep students more in touch with the city, as Cantor’s vision had aimed for. Although Leonard doesn’t teach students who study only on main campus, he said his students are more in touch with the people they are learning to design for.
The design students take on local cli-ents as part of their studies. In spring 2011, “CMD 352: Design Project Management” partnered with the Near Westside Initiative. The communications design class created a complete promotional campaign for the nonprofit that would bring more color and a stronger identity to the project and the neighborhood.
More students across campus should be engaged in work through The Warehouse and the community at large, Leonard said. He suggested enlightening more students about their position of privilege as college students as a way to motivate engagement.
“It doesn’t matter whether or not you build a bridge if nobody uses it,” Leonard said. “The bridge is only as useful as people’s desire to get across the river.”
Some think the bridge may be unneces-sarily wide though.
James Fathers, the director of the School of Design, said he agreed that putting all the design programs in one building helped stu-dents and teachers collaborate more. But, he said, a lack of resources at The Warehouse
makes the student experience for design majors significantly worse.
When the School of Architecture occu-pied the building, the bus schedule matched its class times, there was a library operated by the university and a bookstore for stu-dents to buy supplies. Now, The Warehouse has none of these resources, Fathers said, which makes it extremely hard to be self-sufficient.
When Fennessy, the SU student, lived on South Campus, the commute to class at The Warehouse could be 45 minutes long, she said. She added that scheduling classes on Main Campus can be difficult because design students have to work around class times and the commute.
In March 2014, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, which accred-its art and design programs, reviewed the School of Design. The association raised the same issues, Fathers said.
Currently, the university administra-tion is reviewing structural issues through the Campus Master Plan. Fathers said he hopes his grievances with The Warehouse are addressed, and he has heard they may be.
“I just want students to have a fantastic experience,” Fathers said. “But is our 550 students’ experiences on par with other stu-dent experiences?”
Online education at the iSchool is often for working professionals that come from all over the United States and the world, Williams said. The iSchool’s online educa-tion programs allow the iSchool to provide access to its community, alumni network, faculty experts and the field in the degree to people who “otherwise wouldn’t have
the opportunity to come to campus,” Wil-liams said.
The iSchool is 2U’s third partnership at SU, following the company’s partnerships with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin J. Whit-man School of Management, which were announced in 2015.
Williams said that this expansion of online education at the iSchool is not expect-ed to decrease enrollment to the iSchool’s
on-campus school. The online program is meant to provide access to what the iSchool can offer to students who cannot come to campus, she said.
Andrew Hermalyn, 2U’s executive vice president and regional general manager, said 2U would like to build on what the iSchool has been doing for online education in the past 20 years.
The master’s program in information management will be the first to launch for
the iSchool in October 2016. Applications for the program will open in April, Williams said. The school’s online program in com-puter information was recently ranked No. 11 in a list of the best online degree programs in the country.
In the future, the iSchool will build courses on the platform in degree programs such as library and information science in 2017, Williams said.
All of this really changed the physical and economic complexion of the city. And it still does today.
Marilyn Higgins
vice president of su’s office of community engagement and economic development
My agent just fired me. I’m supposed to fire them.
Tim Green
su alumnus and former player for the atlanta falcons
By Taylor Watsonstaff writer
A recent study conducted in part by a SUNY-ESF faculty member found a connection between toxic polluters and minority and low-income communities.
A class of hyper-polluters was found to disproportionate-ly expose environmental justice communities — the minor-ity and low-income communities affected by the super-polluters — to chemical releases, according to the paper.
The paper was written by Mary Collins, assistant professor of environmental studies at the State University Of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Ian Munoz, a former data scientist at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center; and Joseph Jaja, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland.
The trio researched roughly 16,000 facilities and found that 5 percent of the facilities — roughly 800 — generated more than 90 percent of the environmental harm, Collins said. Those super-polluters, she said, are located in minority and low-income communities.
The researchers used toxicity information for every square kilometer across the country derived by emissions from the facilities, Collins said. She added that the main goal in publishing the study was to bring attention to the disproportionality on the pollution production side and the connection to disproportionalities in minority and low-income communities.
Although Collins did not study potential explanations for the disproportionality of pollution generation, she has a few speculative ideas.
The first is embodied in the paper: structural discrimination. Not explored in the paper is the issue of environmental
context, meaning that the facilities may be located in a more vulnerable environmental location, leading to increased environmental harm, Collins said.
Other reasons suggested by Collins are rules, regulatory surveillance and government restrictions. These may vary across space, she said, leading to different levels of pollution. On the other hand, she added that management strategies, products made, methods used and number of employees at the facilities may also have an effect.
“These categories are meant to help guide thinking; they
are not necessarily mutually exclusive,” Collins said. The research shows that super-polluters impact not only
the environment, but also communities that face specific hardships, Collins said.
“The greatest environmental gains could potentially hap-pen by targeting a few individual (facilities) rather than all,” Collins said.
The researchers conceived the idea to conduct the study in early 2014, and the paper was published in the journal “Envi-ronmental Research Letters” in January 2016, Collins said. They noticed that past research had shown that some facilities pollute more than others. From there, they decided to look across the United States to see if a pattern held, Collins said.
“I did not expect to find that 5 percent of the facilities generated 90 percent of the risk,” Collins said. “I re-ran that and checked the data so many times, thinking that it had to be wrong.”
The strength of the relationship between the 5 percent of facilities and minority and low-income communities was also greater than Collins had anticipated, she said.
Throughout the research process, the researchers faced roadblocks — such as being able to manage “about one bil-lion chemical releases” — but managed to overcome them through collaboration.
“It never would have happened if we hadn’t been working together,” Collins said.
As for a resolution to the problem, Collins is hopeful but not certain that one will be found immediately.
“Instead of looking at 16,000 facilities you are looking at 800,” Collins said. “But I know there is a lot of work left to do.”
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across the United States, according to the website, including Texas A&M University, University of California at Los Angeles and Cornell University.
More than 1,200 veterans have gradu-ated from EBV universities since 2007 and more than 670 new jobs have been created as a result of the bootcamp, according to the EBV website.
Several months ago, the competition had almost 50 small business owners — each with the hope that they would advance to the final round. By this weekend’s finale, there were just 10 finalists, with seven tak-ing home an award, Toenniessen said.
Toenniessen added that the program’s curriculum is not enough to turn out suc-cessful entrepreneurs.
As helpful as EBV is to the veterans, he said, the motivation has to come from the veterans themselves. A great curriculum with great instructions and education can be of help, he said, but it can’t replace the sheer ability to act.
“When you equip them with the right tools and the right training and the right knowledge, it’s just amazing what we see,” Toenniessen said. “So many of them accom-plish it with that drive and that action that they have.”
Fortunately, veterans’ military experi-ence tends to serve them well in their entre-preneurial endeavors, said AJ Florkowski, EBV’s national director. Servicemen and women know how to work as a team, create a clear plan and stay committed to that plan, even in uncertain situations, he said, which tends to carry-over well into their startup ventures.
“I think a lot of their experience in the military lend well to them being successful entrepreneurs,” Florkowski said. “And we’re definitely seeing that through the results of our program.”
One of those entrepreneurs is Leah Olze-wski, co-founder of Femtac, LLC., an Ala-bama-based women’s apparel company. She said she advanced to last weekend’s finale because she impressed judges in a number of categories, including viability.
Olzewski said EBV was there “every step of the way,” providing her emotional support and expertise in marketing her products and managing her supply. She credits SU’s EBV for first creating the program that helped her get her business off the ground.
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EBV staffers work alongside veterans from the initial brainstorming stage, to business plan development, to the moni-toring of sales, Florkowski said. If a veter-an needs a logo, then professional design-ers are provided.
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MARY MATTINGLY’s work was noticed after a performance art piece that featured her dragging massive “boulders” of everyday objects through New York City. For another art piece, she lived atop a self-sufficient barge for six months. courtesy of mary mattingly
‘TOPICS OF OUR TIME’Mary Mattingly uses art to make statements about greedBy Rachel Gilbertco-feature editor
Mary Mattingly hauled a nearly 4-foot-tall bundle of belong-ings, all wrapped in twine, across Bayonne Bridge from
Staten Island to New Jersey. Police sirens started blaring behind
her, growing louder until three or four squad cars approached her before an offi-cer agreed to escort her across the bridge.
“It wasn’t like I was doing something illegal; I was doing something that was strange,” Mattingly said.
She was filming without a permit.Mattingly, a New York-based sculptor
and photographer, dragged the “boulders” around as part of a performance piece show-ing how modern society is awash with over-consumption and greed. This message is carried through much of Mattingly’s work, including doctored photographs, perfor-mance art and, of course, the boulders.
The “man-made boulders” can be up to twice the size of Mattingly, and are similar to giant balls of yarn that tie her posses-sions up into a bundle. The masses are com-prised of everyday objects: cassette tapes, a globe or an old magazine subscription.
The boulders are just one of her pieces currently on display at LightWork Gal-lery, located on the edge of the Syracuse University campus. The free exhibit will be open through March 10.
The normally spacious gallery at Light-Work is a temporary home for several of the greed-depicting boulders, a stark contrast to the gleaming white walls inter-rupted only by photographs and prints.
The theme of overconsumption is repeated in much of Mattingly’s work, which also covers environmental and eco-logical concerns.
On the walls, photographs and a map of the world are hung up, showing where ele-ments used to make mass produced items, such as cell phones, are harvested.
Mattingly uses Photoshop to create places that don’t exist — a person dragging mounds of trash down the road or people sitting amongst waste in a fictional river. The images predict what could be a result of environmental change.
The photos aren’t meant to be under-stood as 100 percent real because photog-
raphy can be manipulated, Mattingly said.“I’ll take the place where the photograph
was originally taken and then I’ll collage different places together to create a new place for it,” Mattingly said. “Sometimes I’m thinking abut a future place for it.”
Mary Lee Hodgens, curator of the “Mass and Obstruction” exhibit, was in charge of deciding which of Mattingly’s pieces should be shown at LightWork. She said it was very hard to choose what to display because Mattingly is a “very prolific artist.”
The exhibit opened Jan. 19 and Matting-ly held a discussion about her art on Jan. 27. Hodgens said the talk was “packed.”
“I think that partially the interest in her work is that this is a topic that is on people’s mind right now and Mary’s response to it is so hopeful,” Hodgens said.
Mattingly hasn’t only created pieces to sit on display in a gallery. She has also conducted large, experimental perfor-mance art pieces, offering solutions to problems that may arise as a result of climate change.
In 2014, she constructed a houseboat on the back of an old barge and then lived on the structure for six months. The “Water-pod” was completely self-sufficient, com-plete with floating gardens, food grown on board, a waste recycling system and solar-, wind- and bike-powered energy. The boat visited all five boroughs of New York City.
“That’s been a lot of my work, making
Gallery focuses on raceArtRage gallery opens a new exhibit with racist items
By Lizzie Michaelasst. feature editor
A tiny figurine of an black boy hangs on the wall of the ArtRage Gallery. Mounted like a piece of art, the model has white, bulging eyes, grossly exaggerated ears and watermelon being shoved into an oversized red mouth.
Just to the left of the child are frayed postcards, framed and hanging in neat rows around the room. One postcard depicts a black child going to the bathroom in an outhouse. The captain printed in faded ink reads, “When I ain’t eatin’ or sleepin’ or fishin’ I luvs to reelax in dis posishun.
These objects are just a few of many in the ArtRage Gallery exhibit “BLACKOUT: Through the Veiled Eyes of Others.” The featured items, including wall hangings, postcards, dolls and household objects, come from the collection of Afro-American stud-ies expert and retired higher edu-cation administrator Bill Berry Jr.
In addition to the exhibit, ArtRage will be putting on a showing of Spike Lee’s movie “Bamboozled,” and the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Com-pany will be putting on excerpts from its latest production, “The Colored Museum.”
The exhibition, which opened Feb. 6, aims to encourage a frank conversation about race and how decades-old racist items, such as original versions of popular syrup brand “Aunt Jemima,” still have a powerful influenceon American culture today.
“My position is that if certain things aren’t out there in the public venue, people aren’t will-ing to talk about it,” Berry said. “In this country, we don’t want to talk about race, we want to talk about how everything’s OK. And it becomes stupid.”
Berry’s experience with racial issues extends beyond the
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I think that partially the interest in her work is that this is a topic that
is on people’s mind right now and Mary’s response
to it is so hopeful.Mary Lee Hodgens
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living systems like that and documenting them and trying to play with the document to create some version of a proposal for another time and space,” Mattingly said.
The artwork has sparked many discussions in the gallery. Hodgens recalled a group of high school students that toured the gallery, saw Mattingly’s pieces and reflected on their own levels of consumption.
“They were all kind of critical of their parents in saying it is just ridiculous how much shopping and acquiring and storing of just stuff,” Hodgens said.
Hodgens added that she loves when people walk into the gallery and ask questions. Some people want to discuss what the art means. Others question whether it’s even art.
“It’s a pile of trash. It’s a massive pile of trash. Why would you ever want that much trash?” Hodgens said. “Where are you
going with your trash? Are you keeping your trash? Are you storing your trash?”
“The artist is saying, ‘What are we doing with all this trash?’” Hodgens said.
Edward Morris, a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said that the issues Mattingly raises through her art are important, not only for SU students, but for anyone to consider.
“These topics are the topics of our time. Par-ticularly for a younger generation,” said Morris, who is also a co-founder of The Canary Project, an art collective that works to expand knowl-edge of climate change. “These issues are just going to become more and more important.”
For those who believe climate change doesn’t exist, Mattingly said she’s not trying to start a fight and respects that people have their opinions. It’s very hard to prove some-thing exists without tangible evidence, such as a boulder full of belongings or the crush-ing weight of our greed and consumption.
objects in his collection. He grew up in a time where being verbally and physically attacked because of his race and drinking from “Blacks Only” water fountains were social norms.
“I can talk about being an adult and a consultant for the federal government in Watertown, New York,” Berry said. “Walk-ing down the street back to my hotel and a group of white boys in a truck going past me saying, ‘Hey n*****, get outta here.’”
In the beginning, Berry didn’t view his collection as a social statement, but rather from an educational historical standpoint. As a higher education administrator, he used it as an educational resource, but Berry had never even considered displaying them until he was contacted by ArtRage.
It started with two black Raggedy Ann-type dolls and some racist postcards bought from a man he read about in an article for Village Voice. Intrigued by the ways his race had been portrayed in every-day life, Berry sought out more items in antique stores and used book shops.
“I felt that these objects were important to preserve because it was a cautionary tale of what happens when you allow anybody else to define who you are, and what you think and how you should feel,” Berry said.
Berry’s personal experiences also act as a part of the exhibit. Printed on white panels throughout the room are “Racist Remembrances,” or memories of racist encounters written in Berry’s own words.
Kimberley McCoy, the community engagement organizer for ArtRage, said ArtRage has been looking for a collection like Berry’s for years after having a similar exhibition about Native American stereo-types. When McCoy first saw the collection, she was immediately struck by the content.
“(I was ashamed) that our culture, our society would do this and think it’s OK, and think it’s funny, and think that it is a worthwhile way to depict people and to make fun of people,” McCoy said.
Berry said he hopes when people see the gallery, they think critically about race and where it stands today. While the images seen in this exhibit may be prevalent any-more, there are other images that have taken their place, he said.
“The image is no longer big red lips, bulging eyeballs like an alligator’s,” Berry said. “But maybe it’s oversized jeans hang-ing below your butt, maybe it’s a certain image that you only see on TV.”
Although Berry said he is proud of the exhibit, he doesn’t have any illusions that his collection is going to change the world, or even the entire city of Syracuse. He is a firm believer in grassroots movements and said that sometimes the greatest changes come in small doses.
“If it changes one person and causes them to think, that’s cool with me,” Berry said. “At least I can say I tried, because there are people out there who aren’t even bothering with trying.”
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MARY MATTINGLY uses her art to make social statements, often about the effects of greed and overconsumption on modern society. courtesy of lightwork gallery
I felt that these objects were important to preserve because it was a cautionary tale of what happens when you allow anybody else to define who you are, and what you think and how you should feel. Bill Berry Jr. afro-american studies expert
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The restaurant has glass wall dividers with a frosted bamboo design, but the décor really shines through the magnificent art prints that decorate the walls. They were bought from Taiwan, and depict Taiwanese pastoral scenes with bold yellows, reds, teals and violets.
Lemon Grass was relatively empty when we arrived, with perhaps four or five other parties enjoying their meal. In their defense, I did arrive at the restaurant for a late lunch, so that might explain the quiet atmosphere.
The menu offered a wide selection of dishes, especially appetizers. The appetizer menu was divided up into four sections: The Sea, The Land, The Rolls (as in sushi rolls) and Vegetarian. Many of the options are gluten free as well.
The Tom Yum, or hot and sour Thai soup, was spicy and slightly creamy. It can be served with a choice of chicken or shrimp. It was cooked well and tasted fine, but nothing about it seemed particularly special. Nevertheless, it was a delightful soup that I would order again.
As an entrée, I ordered the Pad Thai, rice noodles mixed with bean sprouts, chives, egg, tofu and ground peanuts, held together by a nutty yet tangy tamarind sauce. Accord-ing to Lemon Grass’ menu, Pad Thai has been a lunch staple for over 100 years. This dish also comes with a choice of tofu, paneer (an
Indian variation of tofu), chicken or shrimp. The kitchen provided a generous portion
with enough for a second lunch of leftovers, and was served with two lemon slices. I found the tamarind to be quite delicious, as it hit the perfect amount of spice. I ate the noodles slowly and I could taste more chili tones as I kept going.
I wasn’t, however, a huge fan of the way the shrimp was cooked. It was a little overdone, with a firm texture that was a little awkward to eat. Even so, I was not bothered by it enough to diminish my opinion of the meal.
Eating it as a leftover meal the next day, I found that this dish is (unfortunately) one that does not taste even better the second day.
In the end, the only thing I would warn SU students against when coming to Lemon Grass is expect to pay more for your meal. The food is great; however, given that it is a nicer restaurant in downtown Syracuse, the cost is going to be more expensive than grabbing appeThaizing after a long day of class. If it were economically feasible, I would pick Lemon Grass’s cuisine over appeThaizing every time.
Lemon Grass is a great restaurant for special occasions and will not disappoint. The classy and elegant atmosphere also maintains a casual and easy-going aura, and the food lives up to the authentic standard.
EASY AS THAILemon Grass has excellent menu of traditional Thai cuisine
Lemon Grass resides in Armory Square, just off of the Connective Corridor bus route. The restaurant’s selection of appetizers is divided into four sections: The Sea, The Land, The Rolls and Vegetarian options. kelli mosher staff photographer
The interior of Lemon Grass is decorated with frosted glass wall dividers and red, yellow, teal and violet art prints imported from Taiwan. kelli mosher staff photographer
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can be quantified by statistics and qualified by Syracuse’s month of results. Gbinije, in his first season as a full-time point guard, has scored in double-figures in all 24 of the Orange’s contests. He plays 38 minutes per game and Cooney plays 37.3 to rank ninth and 20th in the country, respectively, in Kenpom.com’s minutes percentage. Gbinije ranks first in the ACC with 2.3 steals per game and Cooney ranks second with 1.7.
Then there are the intangible effects that are hard to measure but easy to see. The way Gbinije and Cooney subtly slap hands before almost every defensive possession as if to say, “No one is penetrating this zone.” The way they organize the offense late in games. The way they’ve taken a middling team with low postseason prospects, gathered the pieces and pushed Syracuse over the line that separates contending teams from the ones no one gives a damn about.
Between the two of them, this run is 10 college basketball years in the making. And it’s certainly showing.
“When you have that experience that you can’t find it anywhere else,” SU freshman guard Frank Howard said. “That’s not some-thing you can’t recruit, that’s not something you can go out and get, it’s something that has to work out. And it’s working out.”
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she drove to the hoop from the 3-point line, protecting the ball with her body.
And when Day stayed down low, she beat the Yellow Jackets’ 6-foot Roddreka Rogers in the post. Day’s athleticism out-matched Rogers’ bigger frame and her ability to outjump GT helped the ACC’s fourth best rebounder grab seven offen-sive rebounds.
“She’s so long. ... We didn’t get a body on her,” Georgia Tech head coach MaChelle Joseph said. “We tried to outjump her and you can’t outjump her. She’s way longer than any of us.”
Day’s 21 points were the second most
she’s scored in a game this season, but her most in a conference game. Entering Sunday, Day averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 boards, and her performance was one that junior Alexis Peterson said Day was wait-ing to have.
After picking up just four points and six rebounds in the first half, Day attracted Georgia Tech’s defense. Even so, Day dic-tated the game.
“They were coming for me, really,” Day said. “It’s just about a will. You have to have a will to go in. So that’s what I did. Went in there fearless.”
With eight minutes left, Day inter-cepted a Georgia Tech pass in transition. No one was in front of her as she pushed the ball in the opposite direction and laid in the easy two points. Day may have slipped after the layup, but Syracuse never let its six-point lead do the same the rest of the game.
As time trickled out in the fourth quar-ter, Day stayed on the court and added to her already impressive stat line. But by then her work was done as she pushed a deficit into a lead and a lead into a comfort-able cushion.
“We couldn’t guard her,” Joseph said. “We had a really hard time with her inside.”
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BRIANA DAY (50) recorded her fourth double-double on the season against Georgia Tech, going for 21 points and 12 rebounds in SU’s win. daily orange file photo
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women’s basketball
Starters play bulk of minutes in Orange’s victory over GTBy Connor Grossmanasst. web editor
On the heels of an ugly first half in which Syracuse shot only 2-of-14 from 3-point land, the Orange continued to feed its long-range specialist.
Brianna Butler’s first 3-point attempt of the second stanza clanked off the iron and into the hands of Briana Day. She fed But-ler again. The 5-foot-11 senior heaved up another prayer, and this time it fell through to draw SU within three.
Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman stuck with his starters after a poor opening act, and the veteran core rewarded his faith by outscoring Georgia Tech by 25 in the lat-ter 20 minutes to cement the win.
“I haven’t done it in 10 years, I’ve never switched the lineup (after halftime),” Hill-sman said. “I don’t even think I’ve ever switched my starters in 10 years.
“I think once you get into a flow and you get into a subbing pattern you have to stick with that and have some kind of continuity.”
SU’s head coach, who doesn’t allow his starting five to take the floor individually before games because he believes he has seven starters, didn’t cycle through his team’s bench. Four of Syracuse’s (18-6, 8-3 Atlantic Coast) five starters, Isabella Slim notwithstanding, played 32 or more minutes for the first time this season in a 71-52 win over Georgia Tech (14-10, 4-7) in the Carrier Dome Sunday afternoon.
In spite of a slow start, Hillsman only
turned to reserve players Bria Day, Taylor Ford, Danielle Minott, Maggie Morrison and Julia Chandler for an average of three min-utes each in the first half. The bench stood idle even longer in the second, with only eight combined bench minutes aside from Cornelia Fondren.
But that’s when SU took off and cush-ioned a lead with 34 combined points from Peterson and Briana Day.
“Now that I think about it, we didn’t really sub as much as we normally would,” Peterson said. “I think that just attributes to how deep we are.
“We can play the starters the whole game or we can sub in and keep attacking and keep that same pressure.”
Hillsman attributed the lack of sub-bing to a series of live-ball turnovers that didn’t lend itself to clock stoppages. As his starters began to gel in the second half, he had no inspiring first-half bench play to recall upon.
He plucked Morrison off the bench to replace Brittney Sykes in the first quarter.
She proceeded to air ball a 3-point attempt and miss another one 27 seconds later before returning to the bench after a two-plus min-ute hiatus.
Sykes promptly returned and played a total of 32 minutes, the second-most she’s recorded since playing 37 against North Carolina on Jan. 7. She was a key cog to Syracuse’s press that helped force 35 turnovers, including a key takeaway
that she fed to Briana Day for an and-one layup that put SU up for the first time in the second half.
“It can definitely be tiring at times,” Butler said of playing in the Orange’s aggressive defense. “Especially late in the season, this is when you have to step up your conditioning … to be able to play these long minutes.”
Syracuse relied heavily on Briana Day’s double-double to put away the Yellow Jack-ets, leaving minimal opportunity for Chan-dler to cycle in as the big.
Peterson is the only SU player averaging more than 30 minutes a game, and Hillsman isn’t keen on yo-yoing her on and off the court. Butler is often SU’s best shooting option.
So Hillsman stuck with Butler, Sykes, Peterson, Briana Day and primarily Fon-dren. It was the combination that sunk SU into a 10-point hole, and the one that rock-eted the Orange ahead for a 19-point win.
“We just had a certain energy,” Peterson said. “He didn’t really want to break that.”
BRIANNA BUTLER played 35 out of 40 minutes on Sunday afternoon in Syracuse’s win against Georgia Tech. SU normally subs often but its starters played the majority of the minutes against the Yellow Jackets. daily orange file photo
tennis
SU tops Tulane, 5-2, to continue undefeated start to seasonBy Charlie DiSturcocontributing writer
Syracuse (4-0) found success in its first road game of the year as the Orange defeated No. 72 Tulane (1-4) by a score of 5-2 on Saturday.
Though falling behind early after losing in its doubles matches, SU was able to string together a five-point comeback in singles.
The whole team started off slow. In the first doubles match, graduate Anna Shkudun and junior Valeria Salazar fell 6-4. Soon after, Maria Tritou and Nicole Mitchell lost 6-2, securing Tulane’s first point of the match.
However, the match turned around for the Orange after that.
Shkudun took home her singles match 7-5, 6-2. Her doubles partner soon fol-lowed, as Salazar locked up a win by the score of 6-1, 6-1.
Freshmen Gabriela Knutson and Dina Hegab cruised to yet another win. Knutson won her singles match 6-1, 6-1.
Hegab on the other hand, struggled early. After falling in her first set 4-6, she bounced back with 6-2, 7-5 wins. Both Hegab and Knut-son are undefeated in singles play thus far.
Tritou took home the fifth point for Syracuse, defeating her opponent 6-3, 7-5. The only singles loss came in a hard-fought battle between Libi Mesh and Tulane’s Jac-qui Katz. Mesh fell behind 5-7, before tak-ing home the second set 6-4. The third set resulted in a super tiebreak, as Katz came out on top 1-0 (10-8).
Syracuse’s next match will be on the road once again, as SU will play Yale (0-3) on Friday at noon. The Orange will look to start the season 5-0 in Younes Limam’s second season as head coach.
I haven’t done it in 10 years, I’ve never switched the lineup (after halftime). I don’t even think I’ve ever switched my starters in 10 years. I think once you get into a flow and you get into a subbing pattern you have to stick with that and have some kind of continuity.Quentin Hillsmansu head coach
VALERIA SALAZAR has paced Syracuse tennis to an undefeated start to the 2016 campaign. The Orange is 4-0 on the season thus far. katherine sotelo web designer
Syracuse’s starters played about 75 percent of the game against
Georgia Tech. Head coach Quentin Hillsman typically uses
many substitutions.
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Syracuse (16-8, 6-5 Atlantic Coast) is in the middle of a nine-day stretch without a game. The Orange returns to action against Florida State (16-7, 6-5) on Thurs-day at home. In the meantime, beat writers Sam Blum, Jesse Dougherty and Matt Schneidman discuss three questions sur-rounding SU.
1. Does Syracuse need to beat Flor-ida State for this four-game home stretch to be considered a success?
Sam Blum: Absolutely. If you asked me when it started, I would have said 3-1 would be good enough. But now that the heavy lift-ing — three games in five days — is over with, beating Florida State at home is a must. The Orange needs to beat every beatable team it can, especially ones that sit squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble with SU. The Orange is also trying to avoid playing on the first day of the ACC tournament, and the Seminoles are tied with Syracuse in the conference standings. There’s a lot on the line on Thursday night, and a feel-good 4-0 home stretch is tops among all of it.Jesse Dougherty: No, Syracuse won three ACC games in five days, and I think that makes this a successful home stand regardless of what happens against the Seminoles on Thursday. With that said, that is a game the Orange should win and it would be disappointing if it doesn’t. FSU has a tal-ented backcourt and is big inside, but SU has proven itself a much more consistent team on both ends and can’t afford another home loss to an unranked ACC team.Matt Schneidman: This four-game home stretch is already a success even if Syracuse
loses to a Florida State team top-heavy with Dwayne Bacon and Xavier Rathan-Mayes, two of the top scorers in the Atlantic Coast Conference. A 3-1 mark isn’t bad by any means, especially with a win against Notre Dame, who will likely jump back into the Top 25 with a Saturday win against No. 2 North Carolina. Syracuse has proven to win games it probably shouldn’t (Virginia Tech) and pull out wins against good teams when it only makes six 3-pointers (Georgia Tech). This home stretch, even with a loss against the Seminoles, would be a measuring stick for the Orange and one that certainly passes the litmus test as SU heads into the home stretch of ACC play.
2. Syracuse is 12-1 when it holds opponents under 40 percent from the field, and the Orange has been able to do so lately. What about SU’s defense has it clicking right now?
S.B.: Jim Boeheim says it all the time, but it’s still something that’s lost on people. The zone itself doesn’t make for a great defense, it’s the players executing in it. When SU beat Georgia Tech, that was partially because the Orange was smart enough to extend the zone to prevent the Yellow Jackets from connecting from the outside. When SU went on a 23-1 run against Notre Dame, Boeheim credited his seniors, Trevor Cooney and Michael Gbinije, for a strong defense that made it possible. Going up against big men with ability has been the greatest weakness, but recently it hasn’t hurt the Orange too much.J.D.: There’s no one answer to this, but the Syracuse defense has been doing the “important things” right every game. Against
Notre Dame on Jan. 28, the Orange actively defended passing lanes and forced the Fight-ing Irish to match its season average with nine first-half turnovers. Against Georgia Tech, SU’s bigs moved the Yellow Jackets’ post scorers off the block and forced critical turnovers down the stretch. Against Virginia Tech, Syracuse took away the short corner in the second half and the Hokies shot 2-for-13 from 3 in the second half and overtime. These are all different scenarios that, in a way, encompass all six players in the Orange rotation. With that said, the improvement of the defense has been a team-wide effort and not contingent on any one thing or another.M.S.: From the naked eye, Syracuse is play-ing a lot better at the top of the zone. Gbinije and Cooney are rarely letting the ball split them and in turn, that prevents any oppo-nent from slicing into the most vulnerable spot in the zone (the high post). The Orange has forced teams to swing the ball around the key before feeding it into the paint, which is inevitable when Tyler Lydon plays center, but even he is gradually improving as a post defender. That, on top of SU’s ability to make it take longer for the ball to get into the low post, is the reason why Syracuse has been clicking on the defensive end as of late.
3. How much does Louisville’s post-season ban actually affect Syracuse?
S.B.: Well, for one, it might open up anoth-er NCA A Tournament spot, something that always matters when you’re on the bubble. It might change the dynamic of SU’s game at the U of L on Feb. 17, a game that will have major postseason implications for Syracuse. The Orange is a team that is
getting past all of the drama surrounding its self-imposed ban and subsequent sanc-tions, and the Cardinals are a team just digging into it. Syracuse is not far removed from being in Louisville’s position. But that really doesn’t matter. For Syracuse, getting wins and staying on the better end of the bubble is all that matters.J.D.: It pains me to view this in any other regard other than the Louisville brass screwing its players with a very clear-cut business decision — and that it’s a growing trend in college basketball for teams to do so — but it does help Syracuse. For starters, it makes me think that a win at Louisville on Feb. 17 is much more likely, and from a very technical standpoint there is now one more “ACC spot” in the NCA A Tournament field. But whether the Orange gets one of those spots is still very much up to whether it beats teams it’s supposed to from here on forward, even if the Cardinals’ troubling administrative decision does make a tour-nament berth slightly more attainable.M.S.: It may not be that sizable, but if Syracuse is narrowly on the bubble, Louis-ville’s absence from the postseason will be a boost for Jim Boeheim and co. For one, it’s one less team in the ACC tournament and one that is a serious threat to win it at that. The Cardinals were fresh off a win against UNC which was, at the time, the only loss the Tar Heels had suffered in conference play. But where it could help the Orange more is in the NCA A Tournament. Louis-ville is a team that would be a lock for the 68-team field. Now, an SU team teetering on Joe Lunardi’s Last Four In line has one more spot to squeak in, if need be, come mid-March.
men’s basketball
Beat writers address 3 questions surrounding Syracuse
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Next man upSyracuse takes on Florida State on Thursday at home. Look for our FSU opponent preview online Monday.See dailyorange.com
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By Jesse Doughertysenior staff writer
Save for those few fleet-ing minutes every game, Michael Gbinije and Trevor
Cooney are always there. Individually they’re good, even
very good. But together they’re great. Game-changing. So in tune with what each other, and Syra-cuse is doing that they’ve begun to transcend how much two players can mean to one basketball team.
There are a lot of ways to try and explain Syracuse’s (16-8, 6-5 Atlantic Coast) 6-1 record since starting 0-4 in conference play. Some are, in no particular order, Jim Boeheim’s return from sus-pension, the much-improved play of the 2-3 zone, the meteoric matu-ration of Malachi Richardson and the Orange striking an effective balance in an offense that was once ineffectively one-dimensional.
But aside from the Boeheim renaissance, all of the perceived strengths fueling SU’s current run are rooted in Gbinije and Cooney’s collective play. Their athleticism, understanding and ability to assess all angles of the zone are the back-bone of Syracuse’s defense. The attention they draw from opposing defenses has given Richardson the space to grow and thrive at
the same time. The offense runs through their hands on every pos-session and is only as balanced and successful as they are.
If the Orange is going to parlay its last seven games into any post-season success, it will be because of the two fifth-year guards that make up the ACC’s most important backcourt. Miami’s backcourt of Angel Rodriguez and Sheldon McClellan can challenge their experience and skill. Lou-isville’s backcourt of Trey Lewis and Damion Lee is probably the conference’s most talented pair. Yet it’s hard to ignore what Gbinije and Cooney mean to this surging Syracuse team.
In a word: Everything.
“We’ve been through almost every game of basketball you can possibly play,” Cooney said after SU beat Virginia Tech in overtime on Tuesday. “... When you have experienced guys down the stretch, making shots like he did, making plays like mine, it definitely helps.”
On Jan. 28, Syracuse beat then-No. 25 Notre Dame 81-66 behind 22 points from Cooney and 15 points and five assists for Gbinije. The pair also helped force Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame’s primary ball-handler, commit an uncharacteristic four turnovers. Rex Pflueger, who filled in for then-injured point guard Deme-trius Jackson, scored two points and didn’t make a shot.
“When you have fifth-year senior guards that are men, they really con-trol things,” UND head coach Mike Brey said after the game. “Those two guys are really good.”
Fast forward two days and Georgia Tech was getting the same treatment. Gbinije finished with a game-high 16 points while Cooney shot 3-for-12 from the field to finish with seven. But they dominated the game from the defensive end, making Jim Boeheim confident in extending the zone in crunch time because they were simply smothering Adam Smith (the conference’s leader in 3s made) and Marcus Georges-Hunt.
After the game, Boeheim said “it was as good a defensive effort at the end there as I’ve ever seen.”
“They are men. You just look at them, they are men. And they play like it too. They never get rattled, they know exactly what they’re supposed to do every possession offensively and defensively,” Geor-gia Tech head coach Brian Gregory said two days after the game.
“... those guys set the tone defensively with their activity at the top, and that can’t be under-stated. And then offensively, all three of the other guys kind of play off of those too.”
One day later, Gbinije hit a 30-foot 3-pointer to extend the game against Virginia Tech and then he and Cooney scored the first five points of overtime to perma-nently put the Hokies out of reach.
The effect the pair has on games see dougherty page 12 see georgia tech page 12
MICHAEL GBINIJE (LEFT) AND TREVOR COONEY (RIGHT) have paced Syracuse’s recent success as the two fifth-year senior guards have let it fly on offense and controlled the top of the zone on defense. logan reidsma senior staff photographer
women’s basketball
Briana Day leads SU to victoryBy Paul Schwedelsonasst. sports editor
Briana Day caught a pass in the low post, laid it in and drew a foul. She ca lmly wa lked back
t o w a r d the free-t h r o w
line, all alone on the right side of the cour t a nd no one con-gratulated her at first. The show that Day was about to put on was just beginning.
Day had just scored her sixth point, and Syracuse still trailed by four at the start of the third quarter, but it was the start of five straight points for Day and a furi-ous second-half comeback that sparked the Orange to a 71-52 win over Georgia Tech.
On SU’s next offensive pos-session, Day drove from the 3-point line, past a Yellow Jack-ets defender on the interior, and smoothly released a right-handed layup. Minutes later, Day scored again off a pass from Cornelia Fondren, building Syracuse’s lead and momentum.
Assistant coach Tammi Reiss couldn’t contain herself to her seat. Head coach Quentin Hills-man was as far out onto the floor as the Carrier logo near midcourt.
“Briana Day was tremendous,” Hillsman said. “… I thought she was amazing.”
Day notched her four th double double of the season on Sunday in the Carrier Dome and led the way for SU (18-6, 8-3 Atlantic Coast) with 21 points and 12 rebounds in the 19-point victory. But Syracuse trailed by six at the half and Day ’s explo-sive performance helped down GT (14-10, 4-7).
Hillsman, as usual, didn’t run many plays designed to go to Day, but Day got open because Georgia Tech switched on ball screens, allowing her to be matched up with a point guard at times.
That gave the 6-foot-4 Day a clear height advantage, and twice
Briana Day was tremendous … I thought she was amazing.Quentin Hillsmansu head coach
senior citizens
JESSE DOUGHERTYTHE DOCTOR’S IN
FIVE STARMichael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney dictate SU’s recent hot streak
75.3Michael Gbinije and Trevor
Cooney play a combined 75.3 minutes per game.
4The two fifth-year seniors are first and second in the
ACC in steals per game, combining for four per
contest.
syracuse 71georgia tech 52