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Steinberg, Maxwell faculty reflect on his tenure as school’s dean As VPA dean, Ann Clarke focused on hiring top-tier faculty members By Ali Linan copy chief A nn Clarke was the kid grow- ing up who loved to draw and never stopped. Being an art- ist is who she is. Clarke, the current dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, will soon return to her passion, as she will be stepping down at the end of the 2015-16 academic year in order to take a year to do research and return to her studio practice. She fully intends to return to SU following the research year, when she will have a faculty seat in the School of Art. Clarke will spend much of her year away retraining in Photoshop, textile design and software, as she said many things have changed since she last taught eight years ago. She is also excited to get back to her studio practice and figure out what her art means to her. As a fiber artist, Clarke creates one-of-a-kind wear- able pieces including coats and hats, according to her website. In addition, Clarke is looking for- ward to the opportunity to begin STEINBERG CLARKE see steinberg page 6 see clarke page 6 FREE MONDAY may 2, 2016 high 61°, low 50° the independent student newspaper of syracuse, new york | dailyorange.com STEPPING BACK Editor’s Note: Several key Syracuse University officials are leaving their positions at the end of the academic year. Take a look at their stories in this four-part series. MOVING ON SERIES Parts 1 & 2 of 4 By Michael Burke asst. news editor W hen James Steinberg steps down as dean of the Max- well School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, he said he hopes he will leave behind a legacy cur- rently encapsu- lated on the wall outside of Max- well Auditorium. On that wall reads an excerpt from the Athe- nian Oath that concludes with this: “We will trans- mit this city not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.” “It’s the idea of leaving the city more beautiful than you found it and the idea of making a difference to oth- ers,” said Steinberg, who, before com- ing to Maxwell, served as the deputy secretary of state under former Secre- tary of State Hillary Clinton. Steinberg has served as the dean of Maxwell since 2011, but his tenure will come to a close at the end of this semester, at which point he’ll remain at Maxwell as a University Professor. In making the case that he’s improved the school, he points to accomplish- ments such as hiring a number of On the Block DREW TAGGART , a Syracuse University alumnus and half of the EDM duo, The Chainsmokers, performed in the Carrier Dome on Friday for University Union’s Block Party. Taggart graduated from SU in 2012 from the Bandier Program for Music and Entertainment Industry. He performed a new song, which he said was about an ex-girlfriend who he dated while at the university. See more coverage on page 11 and at dailyorange.com. sam maller staff photographer

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Steinberg, Maxwell faculty reflect on his tenure as school’s dean

As VPA dean, Ann Clarke focused on hiring top-tier faculty membersBy Ali Linan copy chief

Ann Clarke was the kid grow-ing up who loved to draw and never stopped. Being an art-

ist is who she is. Clarke, the current dean of the

College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, will soon return to her passion, as she will be stepping down at the end of

the 2015-16 academic year in order to take a year to do research and return

to her studio practice. She fully intends to return to SU following the research year, when she will have a faculty seat in the School of Art.

Clarke will spend much of her year away retraining in Photoshop, textile design and software, as she said many things have changed since she last taught eight years ago. She is also excited to get back to her studio practice and figure out what her art means to her. As a fiber artist, Clarke creates one-of-a-kind wear-able pieces including coats and hats, according to her website.

In addition, Clarke is looking for-ward to the opportunity to begin

STEINBERG CLARKE

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STEPPING BACKEditor’s Note: Several key Syracuse University officials are leaving their positionsat the end of the academic year. Take a look at their stories in this four-part series.

M O V I N G O N S E R I E S P a r t s 1 & 2 o f 4

By Michael Burke asst. news editor

When James Steinberg steps down as dean of the Max-well School of Citizenship

and Public Affairs, he said he hopes he will leave behind a legacy cur-

rently encapsu-lated on the wall outside of Max-well Auditorium.

On that wall reads an excerpt from the Athe-nian Oath that

concludes with this: “We will trans-mit this city not only, not less, but

greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”

“It’s the idea of leaving the city more beautiful than you found it and the idea of making a difference to oth-ers,” said Steinberg, who, before com-ing to Maxwell, served as the deputy secretary of state under former Secre-tary of State Hillary Clinton.

Steinberg has served as the dean of Maxwell since 2011, but his tenure will come to a close at the end of this semester, at which point he’ll remain at Maxwell as a University Professor. In making the case that he’s improved the school, he points to accomplish-ments such as hiring a number of

On the BlockDREW TAGGART, a Syracuse University alumnus and half of the EDM duo, The Chainsmokers, performed in the Carrier Dome on Friday for University Union’s Block Party. Taggart graduated from SU in 2012 from the Bandier Program for Music and Entertainment Industry. He performed a new song, which he said was about an ex-girlfriend who he dated while at the university. See more coverage on page 11 and at dailyorange.com. sam maller staff photographer

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By Gabrielle Hughesstaff writer

Sadie Treleven always wanted a home away from home that would inspire her to continuously be a better leader. As the third generation of greek women in her family, Treleven grew up with a positive image of sorority life and became a part of Delta Gamma her freshman year.

From the beginning, Treleven, a senior neuroscience and psychol-ogy dual major with a pre-medicine emphasis, proudly showed off her letters and became a leader within the greek community. After holding leadership positions in Delta Gamma, Treleven branched out as the vice president of the Panhellenic Council.

This position helped Treleven real-ize the divide between different greek houses. Contrary to the portrait of kinship her mother and grandmother described, negative stereotypes often skew people’s interpretations of a greek member, Treleven said.

Founded in January 2015 by Treleven’s Alpha class, the Greek Leadership Association (GLA) is a non-governing group of greek leaders who represent the six greek councils. The organization aims to serve as an

approachable resource for students and works to initiate conversation about stereotypes and bring the com-munity together.

“Our whole goal is to build toward unification through education in our greek community,” Treleven said. “We’re ready and willing to step out of our comfort zones to initiate discus-sion about the stigmas we place on each other.”

The GLA frequently holds events and encourages everyone to take part — greek and non-greek students alike. They recently hosted an event examining the stereotypes students have of certain houses by covering an entire white board in those stereo-types. Actual greek members then took these stereotypes and showed how they do not fit the mold.

“It’s a start. It’s not something that will happen overnight,” Treleven said. “People need to be willing to learn about each other.”

Treleven said her experiences in greek life have pushed her boundaries and challenged her to be a role model to her younger peers. She is proud to wear her letters, representing the years of philanthropy and strong con-nections she has formed with reliable, empowering people.

“It isn’t just a four-year thing. It isn’t about the partying. It goes so far beyond that,” Treleven said. “If you take advantage of

the opportunities that greek life gives you, you will find your way as an individual.”

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End of an eraRead the profiles of SA President Aysha Seedat and former Provost Eric Spina, who are both leaving SU after this academic year.See Tuesday’s paperN

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Week in newsThe D.O. News Department compiled a list of the biggest SU and Syracuse news stories from last week.See dailyorange.com

Partners in crimeThe D.O.’s interactive crime map shows a round-up of criminal activity that happened near Syracuse University this week.See dailyorange.com

Celebrating MayJACQUIE OWENS (CENTER) AND NANCY MCCRACKEN (RIGHT), members of the Thornden Morris team, host the May Day celebration each year for Syracuse Morris and Rapper teams. The event starts at 6 a.m. at the Water Tower Hill at Thornden Park. These festivities have been held, rain or shine, on May 1 every year since 1981. shira stoll staff photographer

Community remembers late SU studentBy Taylor Watson staff writer

Hongming “Jason” Cao will be remembered for his smile, humor and wisdom.

A memo-rial service was held Thursday at Hendricks Chapel in cel-ebration of the life of Cao, a junior in the

College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. Cao died on April 19 — two days before his 22nd birthday — in his home in Shenzhen, China, after being

diagnosed with a brain tumor. As friends and SU faculty mem-

bers filtered into Hendricks for the

ceremony, they piled white and yellow flowers on an alter beside cards, a candle and a photo of Cao.

The service was filmed to be sent to Cao’s parents in China and was translated between English and Chinese by Chung-Chin Liu, an assistant economics professor at SU.

Kandice Salomone, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about how the loss of Cao affects the SU community.

“He was a cherished member of our extended family,” Salomone said. “He is Orange now and will be Orange forever. This is something we all share with Hongming.”

Liu, Cao’s adviser during his freshman and sophomore years and

his economics professor, mentioned Cao’s fashion sense and referred to him as a “warrior in life.”

“He was determined not to let his illness hamper his educational pursuit,” Liu said. “His sincere commitment to life deserves our respect and admiration.”

Liu said this experience has left him with a more profound appreciation for his family and friends, and made him realize the importance of a meaningful, purpose-driven life. He told Cao’s parents that their son made him proud and thanked God for allow-ing the SU community to know him as a student and as a friend.

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Here is a round-up of criminal activity that happened near campus this week, according to police bulletins:

SOUND REPRODUCTION

A senior in the School of Information Studies, 22, was arrested on the charge of sound reproduction, according to a police bulletin. when: Sunday at 8:24 a.m. where: 800 block of Westcott Street

NUISANCE PARTY

A senior in the Setnor School of Music, 22, and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, 21, were arrested on the charge of nuisance party, according to police bulletins. when: Saturday at 4:15 p.m. where: 500 block of University Avenue

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

A senior in the School of Information Studies, 21, and a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, 21, were arrested on the charges of disorderly conduct and harassment in the second degree, according to police bulletins. when: Friday at 4:30 p.m. where: 700 block of Walnut Avenue

A Syracuse man, 28, was arrested on the charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 7:05 p.m. where: Destiny USA

A Clinton man, 19, was arrested on the charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and harassment in the second degree, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 11:23 p.m. where: 800 block of Irving Avenue

MARIJUANA POSSESSION

A Syracuse man, 30, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana, according to a police bulletin. when: Saturday at 8:26 p.m. where: 700 block of Irving Avenue

PETIT LARCENY

A Syracuse girl, 16, was arrested on the charge of petit larceny, according to a police bulletin. when: Thursday at 6 p.m. where: Destiny USA

—Compiled by Alexa Torrens, news editor, [email protected]

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Students celebrate annual concert at WalnutBy Satoshi Sugiyama and

Stacy Fernandez the daily orange

James Togo first went to Mayfest when he was a sophomore in high school. His sister, who was studying at Syracuse University at the time, took him to Walnut Park three years ago and he had a great time.

“That’s why I chose to come to

Syracuse and that’s why Syracuse is the No. 1 party school in the country,” Togo said.

Despite heavy rain and tem-peratures in the low 50s, hun-dreds of students showed up at this year’s Mayfest in Walnut Park on Friday afternoon.

Dozens of students flooded into the park as gates opened up at 1 p.m., and hundreds kept pouring

in as time went by. Music blasted and about 100

people gathered around the stage, but a large crowd of attendees congregated around the food booths to get free food such as corn dogs, hamburgers and chick-en kebabs. The line for the food consisted of about 150 people for longer than an hour and a half.

This year’s Mayfest was the

second one James Schiera par-ticipated in. Schiera, a senior civil engineering major who is on SU’s rowing team, said the team is usu-ally in a tournament around this time of the year but wasn’t com-peting that weekend.

“Honestly, I am just here for the food,” he said, adding that he had eaten a corn dog and popcorn and

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He was determined not to let his illness hamper his educational pursuit. His sincere commitment to life deserves our respect and admiration.Chung-Chin Liuassistant economics professor at su

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Peter Moore, the former executive vice president and current chief competition officer of Electronic

Arts Inc., recently visited Syracuse Uni-versity and discussed his role is leading the company’s new esports presence with the EA Competitive Gaming Division. Here are five things I learned from my interview with Moore about the current and future state of the gaming industry.

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 may be the last generation of consoles

Similar to how it’s changed television and video media in general, streaming is likely going change the way people play games. Moore envi-sions a future in which there will be no game console. It seems that the only physical thing gamers will own is a monitor of some sort, a flash drive-like device and a controller. “I’m not sure there will be consoles, as we know them anymore,” Moore said. “Games will be accessed by streaming tech-nology, so we don’t need hardware interme-diaries in between the two. If you and I want to play ‘Battlefield 12’ against each other, we’ll just jump into a game via whatever monitor we happen to have in our homes. It’ll be on a chip, rather than in a box.” He added that the Xbox One and PlaySta-tion 4 are well set up to advance as technolo-gy does, so we may never see another console produced by Microsoft or Sony ever again.

Mobile gaming is already huge and it’s going to get bigger

If you hate all those commercials for app store games, you’re probably going to be disap-pointed. There are likely to be more of those in the future because mobile gaming isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s going to expand. Moore talked at length about how

Apple’s App store and Google Play are now a huge part of the gaming industry because the games that come out on Xbox or PlaySta-tion also come out on these distribution platforms. While they are usually limited in terms of how long the user can play it or the types of perks they can unlock, the free-to-play business model is key to expansion. For those hoping the Gameboy Color makes a comeback, Moore’s take on how this dynamic has also killed a core foundation of mobile gaming isn’t great news. “One of the casualties of that is handheld gaming,” Moore said. “The smartphone free-to-play business model has destroyed it. A dedicated handheld device just feels like a vessel to remain in a past year nowadays.”

Esports are starting to resemble real sports

Moore discussed how when he was growing up in Liverpool, England, he wanted to play for the Liverpool Football club. He said he knew he would never be able to, but that didn’t stop him from buying the team’s gear. Moore said he sees a similar trend with esports right now.

“At the top level, now, these teams are sequestered away. They have training houses (and) they have daily regimens. It’s their

full-time job,” Moore said. “They are working strategically as a team. That puts it out of the boundaries, the same way that, as a kid I wanted to play for Liverpool. No I wasn’t (going to, but) it got me really engaged in the game of football. It’s the same way with egaming.” While 99 percent of gamers don’t have the determination, focus, hand-eye coordi-nation or skill to become to a professional gamer, they are still going to continue to buy games and in some cases, train. As a result, it will improve the popularity of esports.

Sports and shooting games hold the most potential for spectatorship

FIFA, Madden NFL and Battlefield were sin-gled out as the three games in which EA will try to improve the viewing experience the most. The nature of sports games — the back and forth between players, the score and the timed competition — make it one of the most watchable games out there. Yet Moore said that EA is still working on building engaging game modes and online competitions. First-person shooter games, on the other hand, have unique qualities that take hold of the viewer’s attention. “There is action (and) there is strategy,” Moore said. “You see the kill. You can see how it all mounts up to the kill. (It’s) the same way we watch war movies in that there is drama, there is intrigue (and) suspense. There’s (also) shooting.”

Augmented and virtual reality will be a major part of gaming, eventually

While the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive already have games available to play, it’s going to be awhile before it becomes a serious part of the gaming industry. It’s still uncomfortable to use virtual reality technology for long periods of time, but these devices keep the

user tethered and restricted. Moore said the biggest development in augmented and virtual reality is going to be the integration of social tools because users need to be able to virtually play games against friends for the industry to take off. “The challenge right now with VR and AR is that they are very solitary. I don’t want to say they are antisocial, but they aren’t social,” Moore said. What you do by putting on a helmet or goggles is (that) you isolate yourself from the world ... They are trying to stop you from throwing up (and) trying to get the right experiences. (And then) social will come.”

Paul Sarconi is a senior broadcast and digital journalism major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached at

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SU student discusses lack of unity, support in greek lifeSyracuse University is an institution with a diverse body of students, and statistically this is relatively true, but when you look around it is easy to see it is a “diversely-divided” intuition.  What I mean by this is, is that while we have numerous races and ethnicities represented on Syracuse campus, many of us remain within social circles where the majority of the people are the same race as us; this is most easily seen in the Greek System. SU has six councils with more than 50 organizations divided between the six, however the five social Greek Councils are the ones I am most referencing. While history has created these five councils under the ugly segregation laws of the past, it does not mean that we must socialize and support only those within our council. With the conclusion of Greek Week, I would like to reflect on the lack of unity seen in the Greek community and even more outright the almost inexistent support across councils at philanthropy and social events. In order to mitigate the lack of unity and support, I am purposing that everyone in the Greek Community work together to increase support at philanthropy/social events across councils, partner with an organization in another council to hold events together, and increase par-ticipation in events involving the whole Greek Community. The first part I am

purposing- increasing support at philan-thropy/social events across councils- is the simplest yet most critical aspect of mitigating these issues. By increasing support at these events members will have an increased opportunity to meet new people and network while also creating an environment that is more inclusive to those within the Greek Community. The second aspect I am purposing, is to have organizations partner with an organiza-tion outside of their home council with which they could hold social, scholarly and philanthropic events with. With increased relations between organizations in different councils, members will have an opportunity to make connections with new people, find commonalities amongst them, and build new friendships. In an atmosphere where there is a mutual inter-est in new friendships people are more apt to go outside of their comfort zone to get to know people. Finally, the university has created opportunities for the Greek Community to come together in unity, regardless of letters, gender or council, so why are we not taking full advantage of these opportunities?

Willow A. FaulknerInternational Relations and Citizenship

& Civic Engagement Syracuse University ‘16  

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• Limit your letter to 400 words.• Letters must be submitted by 4 p.m. the day before you would like it to run. The D.O. cannot guarantee publication if it is submitted past the deadline.• Indicate what date you would like the letter to run in The Daily Orange.• Emailed to [email protected].• Include your full name, major; year of graduation; or position on campus. If you are not affiliated with SU, please include your town of residence.• If you are sending the letter on behalf of a group or campus organization, indicate your position within the group. • Include a phone number and e-mail address where you can be reached.

what is esports?Esports is characterized as a form of professional competitive gaming on

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When it comes to pushing the bar for wellness resource outreach on college campuses, Syracuse University should look to the Project Lighthouse initiative, an online student-run chat service that launched last week at Georgetown University, to enhance the accessibility of mental health services. The service’s objectives are to better connect students to professional mental health resources and alleviate the workload of the university’s Counseling and Psychiatric Ser-vices, The Hoya, Georgetown’s student-run newspaper, reports. During the 40 hours of training that peer supporters receive, students are directed to refer Project Lighthouse users to the SU peer institution’s profes-sional counseling and health education services. SU should consider adopting a mental health program com-prised of trained peer supporters like Project Lighthouse, as imple-menting this resource would improve the overall effectiveness of existing campus mental health aids. This option would both help the SU Counseling Center field requests for appointments and provide a health tool that is more accessible and relatable for students who are seeking help. Whether it is through an online chat service, phone calls or in-person visits, the avail-ability of students who have gone through peer supporter training would be a practical supplement to SU’s current mental health resources. With a high demand for the Counseling Center’s services and a limited number of appointment slots available, increased resources would only help address mental health needs on campus. Having a fellow member of the student body — who has also received psychology training — listen and respond to mental health queries could potentially be less nerve-wracking. Whereas

some students are comfortable with traditional counseling, oth-ers may find that calling a fellow student or chatting with a peer through digital means as a less stressful way of working discuss-ing highly personal topics.   But if SU were to consider the feasibility of a similar project, the primary concern that should be taken into consideration is the need for confidentiality in a program where students would play such an active role. Beyond a potentially awkward encounter, uninten-tionally dialing in to a friend or classmate could exacerbate mental health problems if there were to be a breach of health privacy. And when current counseling services are located in one of the most populated places on campus, increased anonymity for those seeking support is crucial. The SU Counseling Center adheres to the American Psycho-logical Association’s guidelines, which include strictly respecting students’ rights to confidential-ity, according to its website. If facilitators of a program similar to Project Lighthouse were able to be held to SU’s standard — either through an outside moderator or bound by a legal contract — that would ensure the confidentiality of program users. To make students even more comfortable with the prospect of their peers providing mental health support, the student-led nature of this resource would need to be made explicit to the student body members seeking help outside the formal route of the Counseling Center. With students’ utmost com-fort in mind and confidentiality preserved, a program like Proj-ect Lighthouse would help foster a healthier campus atmosphere by providing an additional wellness resource and teaching students how to properly navi-gate conversations surrounding mental health.

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Local police, schools should collaborate

Police officers often rep-resent the thin blue line between right and wrong

and New York City has created an effective new program to help youth living in high-crime areas walk that thin line. Set to roll out later this month, the city’s Department of Education Team Up! initiative will help foster much-needed bonds between children and local law enforcement when public-police relations couldn’t be much worse. Instead of resenting or rebelling against authority, kids should look to officers as role models as soon as they enter elementary school and this program is the perfect way to start it off right. The project will span across 350 New York City elementary schools and involve 72 police precincts to teach kids about the various duties of a police officer as well as give children the tools to become a leader in their community. The rationale is to cultivate friendships between law enforcement and children through activities such as arts and crafts and reading.

Because Team Up! will report-edly not come with any extra expense to the city, a similar plan should be expanded across New York state, especially in cities like Syra-cuse where gang activity is prevalent and crime rates are high. By showing the police in a positive light when children are most impressionable, Syracuse schools could help break down the lack of understanding surrounding officers and humanize

them. Through programs like Team Up!, children would be able to learn to respect the authority of the police and turn away from pressures to commit crimes.

Syracuse ranks eighth out of all cities in New York when it comes to violent crime, according to a 2013 FBI report. That high of a rate leaves a bad impression on the city without taking into account the existing strained relationships between neighborhoods and the police officers attempting to serve them. The Syracuse Police Depart-ment is currently trying to bridge the gap between the two to try and change the negative perceptions the public may have. Syracuse police have a similar program to D.A.R.E., SPD public information officer Sgt. Richard Helterline said in an email, adding that SPD also has a community policing unit, “where the officers assigned there handle the day-to-day community complaints.” “We feel that the more the community understands the police function that we are serv-ing, the better the relationships will be,” Helterline said. While violent crime in Syracuse

was at a 25-year low as of 2015, according to Syracuse.com. There’s still plenty of room for improvement. Any form of additional, positive out-reach from Syracuse’s law enforce-ment has the potential to reduce gang-related and other senseless acts of violence, especially if it can occur in a relaxed setting. Kids will be more resistant to gang influence if they are taught to obey the law, lead through example and understand how police officers have the community’s best interests in mind — all goals that can be accomplished with initiatives like Team Up!. For once, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has done right by police with supporting this pro-gram and not turning his back on the department. There have been too many national police killings that have fractured African-Amer-ican communities and New York is no stranger to that controversy. Personally, the benefits of an open dialogue between officers and their residential areas of work were apparent when I attended my local elementary school in New Jersey. As a young kid, having offi-cers visit classrooms to speak with students about important issues, such as drugs, made me believe in the police’s message. They were there to protect the community and the best way I could help them keep me safe was by displaying courtesy and level-headedness. The New York City education department made a great decision to place police officers into schools for learning purposes — a plan that should be extended to the rest of the state. Building a relation-ship between children and those who protect them can change the downward slope of police relations in the country. By instilling admiration and proper values in their youth, cities like Syracuse could get a head start on eliminating crime and paving the way for a safer community in the future.

Kyle O’Connor is a sophomore sport management major and

political science minor. His col-umn appears weekly. He can be reached at [email protected].

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what is the team up! initiative?

The Team Up! initiative is the New York City Department

of Education’s new program to teach elementary school

kids about the duties of police officers and foster positive

relationships through arts and reading projects.

8 The ranking of Syracuse in New

York state city rankings of violent crime, according to a

2013 FBI report

We feel that the more the community understands the police function that we are serving, the better the relationships will be.

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Euclid site of off-campus parties during music festivalBy Haley Kim and Taylor Watson the daily orange

A Syracuse University student rode her scooter from class on Friday to a Mayfest party on Ostrom Avenue.

“I am dedicated to class, and I am dedi-cated to Mayfest,” said Lydia Stinson, a junior in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Despite the rain, many students celebrated on Euclid Avenue and Clarendon Street before heading to Mayfest in Walnut Park. Red Solo cups littered the ground and songs by Chance The Rapper — one of the performers at Block Party — blasted in the background.

Stinson said she did not mind the rain, which started around 1 p.m. and picked up around 2 p.m. She considered it refreshing, and was looking forward to a free corn dog.

“Rain better than snow. Global warming takes Syracuse by storm,” said a visiting stu-

dent who asked to be referred to as Robert Downey Jr. III.

Most students didn’t dress for the rain. Instead, they were clad in flannels and jer-seys, but a few were in costumes.

Haley Murphy, a junior in the S.I. New-house School of Public Communications, was dressed as Boba Fett from Star Wars.

“I wanted to wear something different from everyone else,” Murphy said.

Stephen Milewski, also a junior in New-house, wore a hedgehog onesie. Milewski said his friend had a kangaroo suit, and they wanted to match for Mayfest.

Matheus Lot, a student from Brazil study-ing at SU for a year, was wearing an American flag-themed top hat and orange sunglasses. He described his look as “alcoholic Uncle Sam.” Lot represented his home country of Brazil by waving the Brazilian flag.

A level of normalcy was maintained in

the midst of bumping house music and May-fest celebrations as a mailman and a jog-ger passed by, and a maintenance worker mowed a lawn.

John Deskavich, a junior in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, took on the role of head chef at one house party.

“I enjoy grilling at home,” Deskavich said as he closed the lid of the grill. “I’m happy to have the opportunity to do it here.”

A few seniors kicked off their final May-fest with a chocolate chip pancake breakfast before heading on a “house crawl.” They started on Westcott Street and headed to Lancaster, Sumner and Ostrom avenues before making the trip to Walnut Park for official Mayfest festivities.

People from outside of the SU student body were also at the pre-Mayfest celebra-tion. Vito Pelliccia was at SU visiting a friend for Mayfest.

Pelliccia was unsure of what central New York would have to offer, but said he was pleasantly surprised to find good vibes, open parties and friendly people. He spent the five-hour car ride from New Jersey to Syracuse listening to The Chainsmokers and Chance The Rapper to prepare for Block Party.

Students participated in rounds of beer pong, cornhole and KanJam while others watched from the roofs of neighboring homes.

Many said they were heading to Walnut Park later in the day.

Eleanor Carrington Haines, a junior com-munications and rhetorical studies major, said she wanted to go to get a corn dog.

“Mayfest is a time for the population of Syracuse to come together and take pride in this community and do good for humanity,” Haines said.

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what is the tenth decade project?The Tenth Decade Project is the Maxwell School’s sandbox for new citizenship programming — a collection of initiatives fostering innovation and collaboration. The initiative in its first year raised nearly $1 MILLION to support faculty teaching and research focused on citizenship.

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teaching again and to be “reenchanted with being in higher ed.”

She first fell in love with teaching when she was a graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she worked as a graduate assistant. Although she never anticipated a career in higher education, she said she feels honored to be in a career that not only allows her to teach, but to learn and continuously reinvent herself.

She described life as being like a fish: If you are not moving, you are not breathing. During her eight-year role as VPA dean, Clarke has been in charge of many moves for the college that have helped it flourish.

One of the major achievements of Clarke’s time as dean was splitting up the School of Art and Design into the School of Art and the School of Design. Clarke said this was a long process that had been in discussion prior to her leadership, but one that needed to be

done, as she said it would be “wrong” for an institution to not change in response to how the world is changing.

In addition, during Clarke’s time as dean, the graduate program in ceramics, printmaking, sculpture and transmedia; the undergraduate programs in environmental and interior design and industrial and inter-action design; the film program; the Depart-ment of Drama; the Bandier Program; and the Setnor School of Music have all received top national rankings, according to an SU News release. This has also led to the school seeing an increase in enrollment, particu-larly in the graduate programs.

Clarke credits many of VPA’s successes to being able to recruit the best faculty, who she said have been the top choices in all of the administration’s recent searches.

“The key is hire great faculty. Now I sound like ‘Field of Dreams’: build it and they will come,” she said.

Arthur Jensen, the senior associate dean in SU’s Department of Communications and Rhe-

torical Studies, said in an email that Clarke has worked very closely with each of VPA’s academ-ic units to identify excellent leaders, whether that meant conducting external searches for department chairs and directors or promoting faculty from within the units.

He quoted Clarke’s mantra of “we should hire better than we are, and then support them to tenure.”

Jensen described Clarke as a “compre-hensive thinker,” who is not afraid to make the tough decisions, but is sure not to make them prematurely.

Jim Clark, a professor in the Department of Drama and an associate dean in VPA, echoed these sentiments. Clarke is the fourth dean he

has worked with, and he said he believes she is the strongest one because she has brought a lot of strength to many of the programs.

And while she is often busy, he said Clarke is very open and accessible.

“She’s always willing to meet with faculty members and directors and students,” he said. “She can be very enthusiastic, particularly of the work of the students in the college.”

But Clarke said she felt as though it was par-ticularly the right moment for her to step down because she felt herself wanting to teach again.

She said she knew what she wanted to do: work with faculty in order to create the best faculty possible and to work with the units of the college to get a very strong sense of identity and a control of their destiny.

But now, Clarke said she thinks she’s gotten to the point where she’s done what she could do.

Said Clarke: “To be in that environment (of teaching and learning), it has been an honor and I feel very fortunate to have had my time here.”

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faculty members and creating what he says is a strengthened focus within Maxwell on citizenship and civic engagement.

But some faculty members have expressed dissatisfaction with Steinberg’s time as dean, particularly with his level of willingness to interact directly with and listen to faculty members.

Since becoming dean, Steinberg has hired between 35 and 40 faculty members, said Mike Wasylenko, the senior associate dean for Max-well. Those hires include senior faculty mem-bers such as Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor professor of aging studies, and a number of junior faculty members, Steinberg said.

“Our ability to be successful depends on bringing a vibrant group of talented, diverse and committed faculty to the school and to the university,” Steinberg said.

But faculty members in Maxwell indi-cated that Steinberg has done little over the years to listen to and interact with them. Several Maxwell professors declined via email to be interviewed for this story because they said they hadn’t had much contact with Steinberg. Others declined to be interviewed but referred to Steinberg as things such as a “lousy dean” and com-mented on his “failings” and “arrogance.”

One professor who did agree to be inter-viewed but asked to remain unnamed so she

could speak openly said that Steinberg “is never here.” For the first four years of his tenure, he came into his office only one day a week, the professor said. The professor added that Steinberg missed several depart-ment meetings over the years and, for at least his first four years, didn’t attend Pro-motion and Tenure Committee meetings.

“In other words, he wasn’t there to fight for his own colleagues,” the professor said. “It’s not OK. I mean, it’s just not OK.”

But away from the workplace and behind the scenes, Steinberg is often different than the serious person he presents himself as, Wasylenko said. Steinberg has a strong sense of humor and a number of hobbies, including fishing, gardening and cooking.

Those are things that people who haven’t worked closely with him wouldn’t know, Wasylenko said, and most faculty members fall into that category, the professor who requested to remain unnamed said.

“He’s the only dean I know of who has —

to my knowledge, nobody has socialized with him,” the professor said. “… He’s a cold fish, frankly. I don’t think he’s interested in people.”

Wasylenko said “it’s hard to say” whether Steinberg has done a good job over the years listening to faculty and said that Maxwell is full of diverse faculty with diverse goals, desires and requests. That creates tensions, Wasylenko said.

“But I think most of the tensions are prob-ably warranted,” he said. “If everyone is just sort of ignoring everything and moving along, that means nobody cares. I think there’s some spirit here, and these people care. That’s a good thing.”

Wasylenko also highlighted Steinberg’s accomplishments as dean, including his launch-ing in 2014 of the Tenth Decade Project — some-thing Steinberg said he is especially proud of. The initiative in its first year raised nearly $1 million to support faculty teaching and research focused on citizenship, according to the fall news release announcing he would be stepping down.

So far, the initiative has funded five facul-ty-driven citizenship projects, according to Maxwell’s website.

“It really symbolizes our focus on interdis-ciplinary work on citizenship and civic engage-ment, and bridging the gap between the world of learning and scholarship and the world of practice,” Steinberg said of the initiative.

Additionally, Wasylenko pointed out the different speakers that have come to Max-well during Steinberg’s time as dean. Those speakers include former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton, as

well as Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations.

Steinberg’s ability to bring in those speakers lies in his ambition and persis-tence, Wasylenko said.

“He just has a very strong sense of what he wants to do, and that has played out,” Wasyl-enko said. “When he goes after a speaker, he goes after them. If they say, ‘Well, I don’t know if I can come,’ he says, ‘OK, how about another day?’ He keeps at it, and I think that’s an important thing.”

Soon, Steinberg will shift his focus to teach-ing, research and writing. In the fall, he said he’ll be teaching a core course for Maxwell’s international relations graduate program and added that he’ll continue to teach undergradu-ate courses on U.S. foreign policy and East Asia.

He also plans to write something on the subject of preparing students better and making them more effective, both as academ-ics and policymakers. Steinberg said he plans to share the insights he’s gained “both from the academic world and the practice world.”

It all ties back to the excerpt on the wall outside Maxwell Auditorium, which high-lights his desire to make “the community and world a better place.”

“That kind of contribution to the public wheel has been an inspiration to me, and it’s kind of what attracted me to Maxwell, that this should be the motto of what this enter-prise is all about,” Steinberg said.

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(FROM LEFT) FAREYA ZUBAIR AND MARGARET FOLEY, two seniors at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, were recognized with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, which is the highest honor granted by the SUNY system. courtesy of fareya zubair

AWARDING EXCELLENCE

Two seniors recognized with highest SUNY student award

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By Taylor Watson staff writer

Two SUNY-ESF students were recently awarded with the highest honor granted by the SUNY system.

Margaret Foley and Fareya Zubair, both seniors at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, which is given to students throughout the SUNY system. The number of students awarded from each college depends on the size of their graduating class.

The nomination process begins at each SUNY school in January, when students can either self-nominate or a faculty member can nominate them, said Laura Crandall, director of student involve-ment and leadership at SUNY-ESF.

Students must fill out an extensive nomination form to be submitted to an academic governance committee at SUNY-ESF, which is composed of fac-ulty, staff and students, Crandall said. The committee reviews the applications and chooses two applicants to submit to the SUNY committee, which typically agrees with the candidates the college has chosen.

The award is given annually to two outstanding seniors from SUNY-ESF who demonstrate excel-lence in and out of the classroom, Crandall said.

“We look for well roundedness,” Crandall added. “We typically go for … a student who has a 3.8 or a 3.5 (GPA) and have done significant work on our campus … than a 4.0 student who has done nothing for campus.”

The students were notified of their award in late February, Zubair said in an email.

Crandall emphasized the prestige of this award by acknowledging how low the percentage of stu-dents who actually receive it is.

“We have a hard time selecting candidates,” Crandall said. “Both Margret and Fareya are

Fareya Zubair and Margaret Foley stand with SUNY-ESF officials after receiving their awards for involvement and academic excellence. The award is given annually. courtesy of fareya zubair

exceptional student leaders, very well deserving. They worked really hard for four years at ESF.”

The students were awarded medals and cer-tificates from SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher on April 5 during a ceremony in Albany, which recognized all award recipients from the 64 SUNY schools, Zubair said.

Foley, an environmental and forest biology major, said in an email that she enjoyed the cer-emony, as she was able to see other student leaders being recognized and shook the chancellor’s hand.

She said she values campus involvement because it gives her an opportunity to give back and be part of a community that has already given her so much.

A few of her favorite involvement experiences came through the Undergraduate Student Association and her position as a resident assistant at Centennial Hall.

“I wouldn’t be where I am without the support of my family, friends, peers and advisers,” Foley added.

Zubair, a biotechnology major, said she believes involvement on campus is an opportunity for self-growth and to create change in the school as well. She plans to take a gap year after graduation to examine her options.

“I am looking into graduate programs that will be in the health field that allow me to work with child psychiatry or neurology,” Zubair said. “I also want to continue my work with community engagement and non-profits.”

Zubair said her favorite activity is the mentor-ship program she began with Rob Swanda, a senior at Syracuse University, called Empathy Matters. The program works with second-grade students in the Syracuse City School District, teaching them leadership and empathy skills.

Zubair said she sees the award as a symbol to keep pushing forward and continue with the work she has begun on campus and in the community.

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Pushup campaign raises awareness for veteran suicideBy Kenneth Mintz staff writer

United States Marine Corps veteran Jimmy Mac bases most of his decisions around the number 22, which is the average number of veterans that commit suicide daily, accord-ing to a 2012 report from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

As part of the non-profit organization 22Kill, he and others are taking a stand against that statistic.

“We live the number 22 every day,” said Mac, program director of 22Kill.

The organization uses a simple exercise — pushups — to educate the American people about veteran suicide through a social media campaign. The task is to do 22 pushups every day for 22 days while maintaining a social media presence, such as posting videos, during the challenge.

“The 22 veterans a day are our brothers

and sisters,” Mac said. “... It’s our duty to live for the 22 that are no longer here to live for themselves.”

The pushup challenge follows a similar format to other viral social media campaigns, such as the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.” In the summer of 2014, social media imploded with more than 17 million videos of people pouring ice water on themselves in an effort to raise awareness for Lou Gehrig’s Disease research, according to the ALS Association website.

The campaign has caught the attention of students and officials at Syracuse University. Since Chancellor Kent Syverud was inaugu-rated two years ago, SU has made veterans affairs a top priority. And for military students at SU, the 22Kill pushup challenge hits home.

U.S. Army Capt. Wandlyn Robinson, who is a masters student in the Defense Comptrol-lership Program in SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, first became aware of the pushup campaign on Facebook when she

saw two of her friends posting videos about it. “It’s definitely an issue we don’t think about

every day, but when you see something like that on Facebook, it hits home,” Robinson said.

Robinson said she has yet to be nomi-nated for the pushup challenge, but does pushups anyway as part of her morning routine. She said she continues to share her friends’ pushup videos on Facebook.

But often, she added, service members need more assistance when they come back from deployment. A lack of that help, she said, is one of the reasons why mental illness develops when military members return.

Jeff Curtin, a masters student in the Military Visual Journalism program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, recently completed the pushup challenge after being nominated by his brother. Curtin has been on active duty in the U.S. Air Force since 2005.

It’s not difficult for Curtin to do 22 pushups, he said, but that’s not the point of the challenge.

Veteran suicide should be an issue for the general population, he said, because non-military civilians should be able to see the signs that something is not right when a veteran is fighting mental illness.

Curtin said people should reach out and spend more time with that person “to make them feel, you know, more human.”

Erik Marberger, a freshman dual major in Whitman and Newhouse, is not a member of the military, but took part in the challenge because he said he wanted to raise aware-ness about the issue to other students.

22Kill also sponsors a 22-kilometer hike and a “Battle Buddy Program” in which any-one can serve as a peer mentor to a veteran who may simply want to talk.

“It takes the entire tribe to have an enriched village,” Mac said. “We are hum-bled for the opportunity to reach the stu-dents of Syracuse University.”

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walnut parkwould soon be heading down for practice.

Gerald Smith showed up to Mayfest wear-ing a gray suit and black tie. Smith, a Master of Business Administration student, just concluded his capstone project and came to Mayfest to get food.

Garet Bleir, a sophomore magazine and marketing dual major, dropped by Mayfest with his friends so that he could “live his life to the fullest.”

“I know Chance The Rapper wants me to have good time here,” Bleir said.

Bleir was the source of inspiration behind

Otto Neiler’s outfit. Neiler, a sophomore for-est health major at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, was wearing a white faux fur vest on top of a tie dye shirt.

As he was one of the first 100 people who visited the Mayfest booth, Neiler was able to acquire a Mayfest beanie, which he wore underneath a suede cowboy hat.

“The items inspired me, they awoke something inside of me, a primordial instinct,” Neiler said.

By 2:30 p.m. sprinkles of rain turned into a regular rainfall. Anticipating the rain, some students showed up with umbrellas and ponchos, but a large number of them

simply let themselves get soaking wet. “I’m sad because they said it was not

going to rain, but I’m not going to leave unless it starts pouring,” said Kate Weyant, a freshman television, radio and film major.

The weather did not bother Weyant, especially since she heard that last year it was snowing.

Since this was her first Mayfest, Weyant said she attended because she heard it was a lot of fun and that there would be plenty of free “swag.”

Shanice Bland, a senior television, radio and film major, said her favorite part of Mayfest is being able to see all of her friends, spanning from the ones she made freshman year to those from her senior year.

“Even people you hate you get to become friends with (at Mayfest),” Bland said.

Holding two packets of cotton candy, Kokeith Perry II, a sophomore architecture major, said he mainly attended the festivi-ties for the free food.

Regarding the atmosphere of Mayfest, he added that the music had been getting progressively better.

“This is the best time of the year, where everybody gets to relax,” said Aidan Meyer, a junior public relations major. “It’s such an academically demanding school so it’s nice to get to come together like this.”

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PUBLIC, a band from Cincinnati, performed its alternative rock music in Walnut Park on Friday at this year’s Mayfest. The three-person band has been the supporting act for other performers such as Walk the Moon and Twenty One Pilots, which has performed at SU in the past. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

LOUIS THE CHILD, a Chicago-based duo, DJed as the second performer on Friday at this year’s Mayfest. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

JOHN VAUGHN, lead singer of the band PUBLIC, was the first act to perform at Mayfest 2016. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

VINCE STAPLES, a hip-hop artist from California, performed at Mayfest on Friday in front of a pumped up crowd. frankie prijatel senior staff photographer

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North Carolina’s anti-trans law affects SU campusBy Caroline Schagrin contributing writer

On a 12-hour car ride from his college in Iowa to Texas, Erin Duran did not make any stops to use the bathroom in order to avoid hearing disparaging comments or having people follow him on the road.

“I was absolutely compromising my health. I wouldn’t drink for 12 hours to avoid using bathrooms even if I had to go,” said Duran, the associate director of the LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University.

As a transgender individual, Duran has experienced firsthand the types of discrimi-nation and ridicule transgender people face.

When North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill last month prohibiting transgen-der individuals from using public restrooms of the gender they identify with, Duran was not surprised. He said 2016 has been one of the most dangerous years to be transgender. More than 175 anti-LGBT bills have been filed across 32 different states this year, according to a report by the Human Rights Campaign.

Soon after, nearly 80 companies, includ-ing Apple and Microsoft, signed a letter insisting McCrory repeal the law. PayPal canceled its plans to create a global opera-tions center in North Carolina that would have employed more than 400 people.

“People’s human rights and people’s dig-nity trumps money being made,” said Tre Wentling, a Ph.D. student in SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a teaching assistant in the women’s and gender studies department.

Wentling said he sees the bill as an oppor-tunity for big corporations to motivate social movements.

“I think this is a great example of the ways that financial capital is important,” he said. “So what you see is different pockets of agents in the industry that are working together, not intentionally, but it looks this way.”

Duran said he is hoping the controversy surrounding this bill will create a positive change for the transgender community.

“It’s raised conversations about transgender identities and bathroom access for trans people,” Duran said. “It’s raised that to the mainstream consciousness in ways that I think could be really positive as long as we can take this really negative narrative and turn it on its head.”

When Matt Steriti, a sophomore drama major at SU, found out about the bill, he said he was disappointed.

“People are always talking about how far we’ve come and how far forward we’re coming with this stuff and then you take five big steps back and it’s just really frustrating,” Steriti said.

Steriti said he has recently been strug-

gling with his sexual identity and is thankful the SU campus has been open to gender-inclusive bathrooms.

SU has consistently been ranked over the years as one of the most LGBT-friendly campus-es. In 2014, SU was among the top 50 most LGBT-friendly campuses in the country, according to the Campus Pride Index. Although it did not break the top 25 in 2015, SU ranks the highest in LGBTQ student life and LGBTQ campus safety, according to the Campus Pride Index.

As of October 2015, Bea González, dean of University College and a member of the Chan-cellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion, said the campus has more than 600 all-gender bathrooms — an increase from 2012, when only eight out of 137 bathrooms in SU’s 17 most-trafficked buildings were all-gender.

“The university has been very aggressively moving toward gender-neutral bathrooms — building them at every opportunity as they rehab the resident halls,” González said.

Currently, there are only three resident and dining halls and 21 academic buildings without any access to all-gender bathrooms, González said. The LGBT Resource Center recently cre-ated an online map that indicates where all of these restrooms are located on campus.

González is directly involved with discus-sions surrounding gender-neutral bathrooms and is currently working with SU’s Athlet-ics Department and facilities to create more awareness on the importance of these bath-rooms as safe places for transgender students.

“The university is really trying to under-stand the needs of our multiple communi-ties and finding ways to be responsive and respectful,” González said.

The workgroup is also actively figuring out the best way to approach creating the gender-neutral signs on the bathrooms because there are multiple variations to sig-nify these facilities, González said.

Steriti said he is also hoping the topic surrounding the transgender community and all-gender bathrooms will eventually become normalized.

“If it’s only in some buildings, it kind of feels weird and different,” Steriti said. “But to put them in every building and to make all the dorm rooms (co-gendered) and little steps like that will just make it feel less abnormal.”

Without all-gender bathrooms in every building and resident hall on campus, some stu-dents only have the option of using a restroom that’s five or 10 minutes away, Duran said.

González said she recognizes that there is still progress to be made and added that the university is actively working with the community to make the campus climate as inviting as possible.

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caoA slideshow played with photos and vid-

eos of Cao with friends. Audio messages from his friends were heard in the back-ground of the slideshow. Three of Cao’s friends spoke during the service.

Chong Dong, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he misses Cao’s jokes and shared a few of his quotes.

“You told me, ‘Without a storm, how do we see the rainbow?’” Dong said. “And ‘if you have a tough life, once you land in your destination, you find happiness.’”

Dong said Cao was there for him during a dark time and after a heart-to-heart conver-sation, he learned a lot from Cao.

Zhijie Zhao, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, recalled that 19 months ago, he sat in the back row of Hendricks with Cao and that on Thursday, he returned to pay tribute to him.

Zhao shared a story from the bedside of Cao’s hospital bed, when Cao, with his speech mumbled, asked to hear the song “Unspeakable Secret.”

“We shall be brothers again in the next life,” Zhao said before “Unspeakable Secret” began to play.

Patricia Burak, director of the Slutzker Cen-ter for International Services, shared Chinese proverbs about friendship and emphasized Cao’s love of nature, his parents and his life.

“Hongming will be eternal in our memo-ry and in our Orange spirit,” Burak said.

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CHANCE THE RAPPER entertained the crowd as Block Party’s co-headliner, the second artist performing that night. Performing hits such as “Sunday Candy” and “Favorite Song,” Chance’s goofy dance moves on stage and enthusiastic attitude kept the audience dancing for the entire set. chase guttman staff photographer

1. DREW TAGGART is a Syracuse University alumnus and a member of the popular DJ duo, The Chainsmok-ers. His set consisted of songs such as “Roses” and “Kanye.” chase guttman staff photographer

2. JON BELLION kicked off the night with a set filled with energy, drums and his R&B styles. He brought a beatboxer, backup singer and a collection of instrumentalists onstage. sam maller staff photographer

3. CHANCE THE RAPPER captured the Carrier Dome crowd with his hip-hop jams and high energy, and at one point even showered the first few rows with water from a bottle. sam maller staff photographer

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By Alison Boghosiancontributing writer

Walking around the north end of Syracuse on a snowy day, Adam Sudmann was struck by the variety of cultures he saw. He real-ized he could do something to help incor-porate these cultures into the community.

And the way that he would do this is through food.

Soon after arriving in Syracuse in late 2013, Sudmann started his own business. My Lucky Tummy hosts potluck-style parties where people cook and share the distinct cuisines of their home countries.

Now, he has been hired by the Onon-daga Community College Food Ser vice Management Program to run Penpal, a restaurant that features a rotating menu of international cuisines. The program

has received a grant to help train people for jobs in permanent growing industries, and they are hoping the restaurant will do just that.

Sudmann originally came from the event and restaurant business, with his career consisting of planning high-status luxury events in New York City. When he moved to Syracuse, he found inspiration in the refugee community and specifically the cuisines they had brought from their home countries, and decided to create My Lucky Tummy.

My Lucky Tummy started out small, but eventually began to attract hundreds of people to the various potlucks. Sud-mann said the events are great because they draw a diverse collection of people and bring them together over food.

Now, Sudmann is taking My Lucky Tummy’s mission a step further. Penpal is projected to open in the beginning of August, with construction finishing in early July.

The name of the restaurant, Sudmann said, refers to the idea of a “correspon-

dence between cultures.” The first cuisine offered at the restaurant will be Paki-stani, and the menu is set to change every six months.

The restaurant is going to draw many of its employees from refugee resettlement organizations.

“There’s a very large refugee resettle-ment operation, particularly on the north side of town,” Sudmann said. “There’s something like 10,000 people who have come in the last several years from all over the world.”

Refugees often get into very low-level jobs that they typically never move up from, Sudmann added. He wants to take some of these people who have a desire to be in the food industry and teach them the

skills they need for living-wage jobs. They will be cross-trained for differ-

ent jobs within the restaurant and also assisted with their English skills along the way if necessary.

Additionally, Sudmann said he wants Penpal to be an “entrepreneur incubator.” He will be looking for individuals who

want to start their own restaurant or work in the food industry but maybe have had trouble gaining their footing in the transi-tion to a new country.

He also hopes to fight the negative stig-ma surrounding refugees and immigrants by creating an atmosphere of “culture and conversation” within his restaurant.

“The refugee narrative is toxic right now,” Sudmann said.

Many refugees have been displaced by bad circumstances or warfare, he said, and so his business wants to help them find something valuable about their cul-ture that they can find the confidence to share with others.

Sudmann believes people tend to be con-fused by, frightened of and separate from other cultures. He wants the restaurant to be a place where people from diverse back-grounds and experiences, different coun-tries of origin and various points on the economic ladder can cross paths and get out of their “bubble” of comfort.

Said Sudmann: “It’s about making us a little less scared of each other, and a little more interested in each other, and seeing each other as a little more valuable.”

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Summer is the perfect time to binge watch niche television showsTV

A s the number of networks, chan-nels and streaming sites has grown, television has become

a home to many smaller, niche shows. Summertime always marks a period in the television cycle where many niche shows premiere. Here are a few that just might appeal to you:

“Maron” – Wednesday

Marc Maron, of the WTF Podcast fame, plays a fictional version of himself on this IFC show. The show will have a lot of comedian guest stars and is a great watch for comedy nerds.

“Royal Pains” – May 18

The final season of “Royal Pains,” a show about a doctor who moves to the Hamp-tons to work for hire for the super wealthy, plays on USA this summer. Like a few other shows on this list, “Royal Pains” is great summertime TV: lots of leisure, par-

ties and rich people problems.

“All the Way” – May 21

Bryan Cranston plays President Lyndon Johnson in this HBO period piece about the Civil Rights movement. From the looks of the trailer for this movie, Cran-ston is much shorter than LBJ and wears an overdone face to try to look like him.

“The Bachelorette” – May 23

Jojo Fletcher is your new Bachelorette. Last year’s runner up of “The Bachelor” returns to the series to find love, or what-ever it is they find on this show. Another big part of summer television is event view-ing, and few reality shows are bigger events than “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette.”

“American Ninja Warrior” – June 1

Few shows get you to root and cheer for complete strangers as quickly as this one. There’s just something about watching people conquer this ridiculous course that is so satisfying to watch. This is the year Mt. Midoriyama goes down.

“Uncle Buck” – June 14

Remember the great John Candy movie from the ‘80s? Remember how they’re remaking literally everything? Well here you go. Mike Epps takes over as Uncle Buck and, depending on how well it does this summer, I could actually see this going on to be a hit.

“Orange is the New Black” – June 17

Everybody’s favorite prison dramady took a little while, but it’s coming back this summer. This will probably be the biggest and most talked about show of the sum-

mer for Netf lix, if only because it’s already one of its most popular shows.

“Mr. Robot” – July 13

You know when your friend is obsessed with a show and he won’t shut up about it, but you can never remember the name of it or what it’s about? It’s called “Mr. Robot” and it’s about hacktivists and Christian Slater. It’s fun and was one of last year’s best-reviewed shows.

“The Get Down” – Netflix Aug. 12

Baz Luhrmann’s Netf lix series looks like “Empire” set in the 1970s, without the adults and without the fame. The trailer makes it look like it could be the show of the summer, especially if Netf lix pro-motes it enough.

Kyle Stevens is a sophomore advertis-ing major. His column appears weekly in Pulp. You can email him at [email protected] or reach him on Twitter at @kstevs_.

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10,000The approximate number of refugees

who have settled in Syracuse

The refugee narrative is toxic right now. Adam Sudmannfounder of my lucky tummy

There’s a very large refugee resettlement operation, particularly on the north side of town.

Adam Sudmannfounder of my lucky tummy

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Photos by Kelli Mosherstaff photographer

J ohnny Rockets has been a classic burger chain for years, with its retro feel and all-American comfort food appealing to

customers of all ages. But now, with the modern craze for healthy fast food, Johnny Rockets will restructure their restaurant in Destiny USA with Johnny Rockets Burger Factory restau-rant. But at its core, Johnny Rockets is still the same joint Americans have come to love.

Most of the changes to the Destiny USA Johnny Rockets have been surface-level. The restaurant now has an industrial modern feel, with exposed brick placed against honey-colored bamboo high top tables. Customers can now order takeout on an iPad placed right by the door. The inside is clean and chic, but the classic diner counter and the signature Johnny Rockets ‘50s to ‘80s hits playlist still remains my favorite part. After all, it wouldn’t really be a trip to Johnny Rockets if “Any Way You Want It” by Journey wasn’t playing.

The waitress told me that the specials menu

for the day featured Bacon Cheese Tater Tots, and there was no way to say no to such a fantastic combination. I also tried the Route 66 burger with mushrooms, white cheddar and caramel-ized onions, fries, sweet potato fries and finished off with a milkshake.

The tots were my favorite item. Served as an appetizer, they were covered in shredded ched-dar, crispy bacon, chopped scallions and a hint of queso. I was in cholesterol heaven. I would have liked to have more of the queso flavor or have the cheddar be meltier than it was, but that’s really my only complaint. The best part is this fantastic combination is easy to make at home, even for those who are challenged in the kitchen.

The burger came out of the kitchen soon after the tots. The patty itself was thin, which is typical for Johnny Rockets and general fast food style. The mushrooms were pleasantly browned and, coupled with the caramelized onions, they added a subtly sweet flavor to the end of the savory bite of beef, cheese and potato bread bun. All together, the combination was interesting and a welcomed change from a typical burger. I have eaten burgers like the Route 66 and I thought it was well-executed, but nevertheless, I do feel that something was missing from the

chord of flavors. Although the Route 66 burger traditionally

comes with mayonnaise, I ate it with salt and pepper. It was a little dry, so perhaps some A.1 Steak Sauce or ranch dressing would have helped it go down easier. The additional sauce would have added a tangy flavor that would complete the overall taste.

The fries were perfectly crisp but the slight-est bit too oily for my taste, though that’s a per-sonal preference other customers may not be bothered by. The sweet potato fries, however, were really good. They had a subtle crunch, but not enough to overpower the sweet softness of the yam.

Of course, to finish off the meal, I had a traditional chocolate milkshake. There were plenty of options on the shake menu, including chocolate peanut butter, straw-berry banana and plenty of candy varieties, like Butterfinger and M&M. They even had a chocolate Oreo shake.

The Johnny Rockets near my home offers my favorite shake, a Ghirardelli Dark

Chocolate Shake. It tastes exactly like the regular chocolate shake, only the flavor is more intense. I was slightly disappointed to see that they didn’t serve it at the Destiny USA location. Either way, the regular chocolate shake hit the spot after the meal. It was thick, creamy and packed a powerful chocolate flavor.

Best of all, Johnny Rockets as a brand is quite affordable. Most burgers checked in at around $7, the fries are unlimited and come with the meal, and the shakes are not expen-sive either. Johnny Rockets is a great option to eat a decent, quality meal after shopping at Destiny, without ruining the delicate col-legiate financial situation.

In the end, although Johnny Rockets is implementing its new Burger Factory concept, underneath the shiny white tiling and hipster warehouse-style lighting I still see the same restaurant. Johnny Rockets will always be classic American to the core, serving burgers, fries and shakes with a side of oldies hits that have gone well past their prime, in a good way.

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By Andrew Mendes contributing writer

A new film provides insights on how the Onondaga Nation is currently living and how it is trying to fight injustices against the Earth and against themselves.

“The Good Mind” is a documentary by Gwendolen Cates. It made its central New York premiere at the Syracuse Interna-tional Film Festival’s SpringFest on Satur-day, along with two other short films: “My Identity” and “Iroquois Creation Story.”

Each film shown was related to Native American culture and had some connec-tion to central New York.

“All of these films share something special,” said the festival’s executive director, Mike Massurin, who opened the day’s screenings.

The film is mostly told through the eyes of Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper, Oren Lyons, who also attended the screening. While the film began by covering the his-tory of the Onondaga Nation and how the United States government ignored the treaty that was signed in 1792, the film also explores the stance the Onondagan people

take on issues like fracking or pollution. Oren Lyons narrated most of the film,

but other Onondaga Nation members such as Joe Heath, the General Counsel for the Onondaga Nation and Asa Shenandoah, mother of a young son she is raising in Onondaga tradition, also explain issues and philosophies.

“Our sacred places are right here,”

Shenandoah said, explaining the differ-ences between how she and her people view the Earth compared to others.

At points, the film leaves central New York for other locales. In the documentary, Lyons visits the Huffington Post headquar-ters in New York City to do a video and discussion about the land rights dispute.

When the film ended, there was uni-

versal praise from the audience. They erupted in immediate applause the moment the credits began, and did not stop until the discussion panel started.

The panel consisted of Cates and sev-eral Onondaga Nation members, including Lyons, Heath and Jake Edwards.

After about five minutes into the panel, Edwards’s two grandchildren who were featured in the film got to sit on the panel as well.

“This was an adventure, as you could see,” Lyons said as he opened the panel. “We don’t usually see this continuity. The first time I saw it was today, thought it was pretty good.”

The entire crowd laughed at Lyon’s joke. Another audience member told Cates

that the film was so informational and relatable that it should be used for educa-tional purposes. The audience member sug-gested showing the film in schools to teach children not only about Native American culture, but also environmental issues.

“Youth are our future,” Heath chimed in. “They need to understand how we need to protect the Earth.”

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who is oren lyons? At Syracuse University, Oren Lyons is known as the name behind the residence hall on Euclid Avenue. Lyons is an SU alumnus who played lacrosse both during and after his time at Syracuse. Today, he is an environmental and indigenous rights activist and a Faithkeeper for the Onondaga Nation.

what is the onondaga nation? The Onondaga Nation is one of the six nations making up the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy. Its territory is located just south of Syracuse. Because of its central New York location, it is known as the Haudenosaunee capitol.

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Jocelyn Cater allows only 1 run in relief in SU’s loss to EaglesBy Matthew Gutierrezstaff writer

The Boston College dugout erupted after Jes-sie Daulton belted a two-run double off the “New York’s College Team” sign in center field. It was only the third inning, but the hit — already BC’s 10th — gave the Eagles a 5-0 lead.

But that would be the end of Boston Col-lege’s offensive threat. Syracuse’s Jocelyn Cater relieved AnnaMarie Gatti in the next inning and shut down the red hot Eagles. She came in with two runners on and just one out, but struck out back-to-back hitters to end the inning. Her second strikeout had Taylor Coroneos fishing for a ball in the dirt.

“You’re just trying to stop the bleeding at that point,” SU head coach Mike Bosch said. “To her credit, (Cater) was much more confident on the mound today.”

Despite Boston College’s (28-21, 10-8 Atlantic Coast) 6-0 win over Syracuse (27-

24, 9-14) on Sunday at SU Softball Stadium, Cater silenced the Eagles’ offense. In 3 2/3 innings of work, she allowed two hits and one run to a team that had had back-to-back multi-run innings.

In the series opener on Saturday, Cater allowed seven runs on 11 hits across four innings. She left balls up in the zone, walked three batters and hit two en route to earning her ninth loss of the season. On Sunday, though, she had much better com-mand of her pitches.

Cater worked inside and outside effec-tively, inducing soft grounders and fly balls. Regardless of the count, she went to her changeup much more than she did Saturday to keep BC hitters off balance.

“Generally I haven’t been comfortable with the change(up) on 3-2,” Cater said, “but that’s kind of what we had to do for them. We risked a couple walks just to mix it up because that’s how we got to them. They were hitting everything we had.”

She did walk three, but she located her fastball and changeup well. BC hitters were aggressive all game, not afraid to swing at pitches off the plate or early in the count. They were also anxious at times, rolling over grounders or leaning forward on swing-and-

misses down in the zone.In the seventh inning, Cater induced

three consecutive fly outs against Annie Murphy, Tatiana Cortez and Chloe Shar-abba — BC’s two, three and four hitters. The trio had a combined five hits on the day, but Cater sent them down in order.

Cortez, whose .374 batting average ranks second on the team, had hit Cater hard on Saturday.

Whether Cater threw it inside, outside, high or low, Cortez “rocketed it.” So during one at-bat, Cater threw Cortez four con-secutive changeups. It worked.

“I just thought that she had command of it and with their bigger hitter up, they had been sitting on the hard stuff all day,” said assistant coach Kristyn Sandberg, SU’s pitch caller. “The last thing you’re going to expect is four changeups in a row.”

While Cater didn’t get a decision, she relieved Gatti and kept BC at bay.

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the game at half. This time, it was Syracuse that scored a goal right before the end of the half to tie the game after the Tar Heels opened up a 7-6 lead.

Halle Majorana scored the first goal of the second half for Syracuse. Bodt stepped up and scored two goals in the second half after having one in the first. Her last goal opened up a three-goal lead for the Orange, making it 11-8.

But the Tar Heels wouldn’t go away eas-ily. Two straight goals made it 11-10 and put the pressure back on Syracuse. From then on, the two teams exchanged free position goals, going back and forth. Each time SU opened up a two-goal cushion, UNC cut it back down to one.

As close as North Carolina got, it still wasn’t able to tie the game. But that changed with 1:49 left in the contest. SU defender Brenna Rainone turned the ball over and Sammy Jo Tracy ended up with a free position. She fired the ball past Allie Murray, who fell backwards and put her head down in disappointment.

On the ensuing draw, it looked like Marie McCool recovered the ball, but it slipped out of her stick and found Bodt. SU called a time-out and drain the clock but Bodt got the ball knocked away from her and scooped up by UNC. Then Majorana committed a penalty to give UNC the ball. Another free-position goal gave UNC the lead.

The Tar Heels won the ensuing draw and called timeout, seemingly clinching the game with 30 seconds left. But after a lengthy review, the referees deemed one of UNC’s sticks illegal and SU was awarded possession and eventually tied the game.

After failing to hold leads in both halves, SU finally got its second chance. It got pos-session to start the sudden death overtime with an extra-player opportunity. With one goal, SU could have put all its mistakes in the past.

But instead, Messinger scored a goal, dash-ing SU’s hopes of repeating as ACC champions.

Just one more time, SU had turned the ball over and hurt itself. One more time, North Carolina came from behind and beat the Orange. This time, though, a champion-ship was on the line.

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Blum: After coming out, hack struggles to find self-acceptance

I was drunk and lonely at my own going away party, four days away from calling Syracuse home for the next

four years. I’d been nervously looking forward to what was in my future. A new home with new friends. New classes and a new life. This was a night to celebrate the excitement of looking forward. But I was looking back.

The late hours of Aug. 17, 2012 were creeping into the early ones of the fol-lowing day. Everything before has run together, and the days after are a blur. The day I first came out. The day I first said “I’m gay” out loud, instead of letting it repeat in my head, over and over and over. I just wanted to tell someone before I left for college. It was a goal that consumed me. It was a goal that I was constantly aware I was failing at.

My right shoulder rested on the living room armchair, my left hand carrying the drink that I was slowly sipping on. I blocked out the 50 drunk high schoolers around me dancing to music blasting out of the small speakers on my counter top. People would come up and talk to me, asking if I was OK. Each time I wanted to just come clean and be honest, break down into an emotional mess and say everything that was isolated to my own tormented head.

I had gone every day of my life that I could

remember wanting to say it. Different loops of when, where, how and who ran through my mind in what felt like every waking moment.

The party made worse everything that was already making me sad. It’s hard to pin-point why I was too scared to say it. I can’t really explain why I pulled my best friend aside later that night and finally did say it. All I know is that expressing it out loud in the long and echoing hallway of my apart-ment building felt liberating in the moment.

Everything would be easy after that, I had convinced myself. But the short-term relief hasn’t provided me the same long-term liberation that I had hoped and expect-ed. Not even close. Today, as I write this, I feel the same as I did four years before.

I’ve spent the four years since as a writer, editor and general addict of The Daily Orange. Each and every single one of my 624 bylines has told someone else’s story. The past three months alone have included stops to St. Louis, Chicago, North Carolina, Queens, Houston and even a Donald Trump rally. I started by covering women’s tennis as a freshman, and finished by covering the Final Four to end my senior year.

This is the last time my name will appear, and this is the last chance I have to tell the story that defines me. It’s a story that I thought, by now, would be easy to tell.

In the days after my first coming out story, I felt like a pro at telling people.

The next afternoon I told two of my friends on two different walks. One on Broadway near my home, the other in Central Park. I told another on Facebook chat and one over text. I told my freshman year roommate over the partial wall of our split double. (I was the first gay person he’d ever met!) I let down a girl who liked me at a party. I told people that were my friends and people that weren’t. I was riding a high, but it didn’t feel natural. I still had an uneasy lump in my gut before the words ever came out. It felt relieving, but it didn’t feel right. It didn’t feel like I was telling people about the person I wanted to be, just the person that I was.

It wasn’t because I got negative reac-tions. In fact, I only got support. Sure, some people were surprised. Others said awkward things or asked awkward questions. One person apologized for not knowing, another proclaimed they always knew. Everyone accepted me. Except me.

It’s supposed to be easy now. It’s no longer weird and people don’t judge you.

The Supreme Court said gay people could get married, everyone changed their profile picture on Facebook for a day and it became normal, maybe even mainstream. I wish I was one of those people who could blindly bandwagon with the rest. But seeing the cel-ebration of others only adds to the torture because it reminds me of a feeling I don’t think I can have. I’m a part of a community that I don’t feel like I fit into.

There are so many success stories about people being themselves. It gets better, I’ve heard. It might not be a secret anymore, but it’s still a struggle. It was before I wrote this and will be after.

Having this platform to write shows what I’ve accomplished. I came to The Daily Orange to write about sports. I lived a dream come true. But it’s also served as a way to perpetuate what I didn’t accomplish, and may never will.

I still look back to Aug. 17, 2012, and to the hours that crept into the morning after. I remember how I felt, because it’s how I still feel. In that moment, I wanted the courage to tell people the truth. In this moment, I’m still trying to live that truth.

Sam Blum was a senior staff writer at The Daily Orange, where his column will no

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SU’s Jocelyn Cater only allowed 31.3 percent (5-of-16) of the batters she faced to reach base. Cater relieved

AnnaMarie Gatti on Sunday.

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BC 1-hits SU in final game of weekend series sweep

By Matthew Gutierrezstaff writer

For the moment, Jessica Dreswick’s no-hit bid was in jeopardy.

Alicia Hansen led off the sixth with a liner that hit Dreswick’s left leg and rico-cheted right to Boston College third base-man Danielle Thomas. It looked, if only for a second, that the hustling Hansen could beat the throw and end Dreswick’s no-hit bid. But Thomas fielded it quickly and threw a strike to first base to get Hansen by a step.

It was one of just two hard-hit balls Syracuse mustered against Dreswick. The other — a Maddi Doane single to center field — eventually broke-up Dreswick’s no-hit bid in the seventh. At the time, BC’s sophomore right-hander was just two outs away from a no-hitter.

Dreswick kicked dirt in frustration after Doane’s liner, but got Corinne Ozanne to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to com-plete the shutout. Her dominant outing powered the Eagles (28-21, 10-8 Atlantic Coast) past Syracuse (27-24, 9-14), 6-0, Sunday afternoon at SU Softball Stadium, completing BC’s weekend sweep. It was the first time this season Syracuse has been held to just one hit.

The Orange has dropped five of its last six ACC games and sits as the No. 7 seed in the conference. The top eight teams advance to the ACC tournament. For SU to miss the tournament, Pittsburgh will need to take at least two of three at BC. In the No. 9 spot, Georgia Tech will also need to sweep North Carolina next weekend. That would tie Georgia Tech with Syracuse for the No. 8 seed. The Yellow Jackets and Orange split a doubleheader last month.

“She just really controlled the zone,” SU head coach Mike Bosch said. “She didn’t fall behind, she pounded the zone and she hit her spots.”

What came out of Dreswick’s hands Sunday stifled SU hitters. As a light drizzle fell, she jammed hitters, producing several opposite-field foul balls and jam-shots.

Andrea Bombace led off the second inning with a liner off her bat’s handle. She took three steps out of the box, then stopped in her tracks and jogged back to the dugout after shortstop Jessie Daulton corralled it.

The next batter, Hannah Dossett, hit a

grounder to second base that snapped her orange Easton bat. Rachel Burkhardt followed with a clunker to shortstop to end the inning.

Dreswick earned ACC co-pitcher of the week honors last week after tossing a no-hitter against North Carolina State. She leads BC with a 13-6 record and 2.19 earned run average and has won six of her last seven decisions. While she only aver-ages 3.45 strikeouts per seven innings, she throws strikes and attacks hitters.

Dreswick allowed only two runners to reach base on Sunday. In the first inning, Doane fell behind 0-2, but worked the count to 3-2 before reaching base on a walk. Doane also reached in the seventh, but that inning, like the first, ended with a double play.

Only Sammy Fernandez, Doane and Ozanne batted three times. Part of what made Dreswick so effective was her ability to pound the inside corner, especially to SU’s right-handed hitters.

“If it was being called inside, it was going inside,” Hansen said. “Up and in, up and in. Wherever it was called, it was going.”

Even though SU assistant coach Kristyn Sandberg could decipher where the pitches were coming and relay that to hitters, SU still managed just two base runners. Syracuse hitters often knew whether the pitch would be inside or out, but couldn’t drive the ball.

While her fastball wasn’t the fastest SU has seen this year, Dreswick worked fairly quickly and hit her spots to dampen the Syracuse offense. And while she allowed Doane to reach base twice, Dreswick faced the minimum number of batters — 21 — thanks to a pair of double plays.

“At the end of the day, she just kept pounding the zone, pounding the zone,” Sandberg said. “And we couldn’t make the adjustment to square the ball up.”

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She just really controlled the zone. She didn’t fall behind, she pounded the zone and she hit her spots.

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3 takeaways from Orange’s ACC championship game winBy Jon Mettusdigital editor

Fourth-seeded Syracuse (10-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) won its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday, beating third-seeded Duke (10-7, 2-2), 14-8, at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia. SU made its third straight conference title game appearance and grabbed its second consecutive ACC championship victory over Duke.

The Orange offense was spread out with Tim Barber leading the way with four goals. At the half, six players scored all six of Syracuse’s goals.

Myles Jones paced the Blue Devils with two goals. Deemer Class was held scoreless on 10 shot attempts after scoring seven goals in the teams’ first meeting.

SU earned an automatic NCAA tourna-ment berth with the win.

Here are three observations from the game.

Weathering the stormWith 7:10 left in a one-goal game and Syra-cuse in the middle of a minute-long, man-up

opportunity, the officials blew their whistles and both teams jogged off the field because of lightning in the area.

Syracuse was trying to stall, taking almost every possession in the fourth quarter down to the final seconds of the shot clock. A storm rolled into the area and filled the field with water at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.

The original delay started at 1:48 p.m. A restart time was originally set for 3:15 p.m., then 4 p.m. before the teams finally moved to Turf Field 1 at Kennesaw State and resumed the game at 4:45 p.m.

Dylan Donahue scored 13 seconds after the game resumed to put the Orange ahead by two. The Orange went on a four-goal run after the restart to win comfortably.

Not againWhen Syracuse lost to Duke, 16-15, in overtime in Durham, North Carolina on March 26, a struggling Orange defense watched a five-goal, third-quarter lead and four-goal lead to start the fourth quarter quickly slip from its grasp.

Duke scored five straight goals and won

5-of-7 faceoffs in the fourth to send the game into overtime.

But on Sunday, Syracuse recovered from a late Duke surge to pull out the win.

A defense anchored by improved slides and Evan Molloy in net recovered from a three-goal Duke spurt in the third quarter that brought the Blue Devils within one. Williams recovered from losing the last four faceoffs of the third quarter to win five in the fourth.

Brick wallAbout a month ago, Syracuse’s goalie situation was wrought with uncertainty. Both Evan Mol-loy and Warren Hill seemed to be mediocre options at best in net. But with a 13-save and just eight goals allowed performance on Sunday,

Molloy continued his recent stretch of dominant performances and led Syracuse to victory.

The first-time starter was consistently on the ground making saves with his body and legs. At the end of the first quarter, Molloy picked up a groundball and heaved it to Donahue at midfield, who then scored with just one second left in the first quarter. It was Molloy’s first career assist — something that rarely happens in lacrosse.

By the half, Molloy had held one of the nation’s top scoring duo in Jones and Class scoreless. Duke assistant coach Matt Dan-owski told ESPN’s Paul Carcaterra during the break that its biggest issue was solving Molloy.

Jones ultimately tallied two goals, but Class had no goals on 10 shots.

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it’s certainly great to have the win.”When the two teams met in March, the

Orange blew a four-goal, fourth-quarter lead. Faceoff specialist Ben Williams failed to win key possessions down the stretch and the Blue Devils knocked off SU before the Orange even had a chance with the ball in overtime. On Sunday, though, Syracuse did what it took down the stretch.

In three of the last four times these teams played, the game was decided by one goal. For most of the game on Sunday, this time would be no different. But that’s when the blowout began.

After the Blue Devils tied it up at two in the first quarter, Dylan Donahue caught a pass in transition from goalie Evan Molloy. With a three-on-two opportunity, Donahue carried the ball toward the net and took the space to wind up and shoot. That put Syra-cuse up by one again. But the play started with Nick Mariano checking a Duke player from behind and forcing the turnover.

And Molloy’s ability to pick the ball up, start the clear and kickstart Syracuse’s offense was a key throughout the game.

Molloy made another diving save with 11 minutes left in the second quarter. Then he made another quick pass to defensive midfielder Joe Gillis. And then the Orange scored another quick goal. Gillis carried the ball toward the net, shook off a defender and canned a shot from just a few yards out to give SU a 5-3 lead in the second quarter.

While the rebounds off Molloy’s saves bounced into the Orange’s sticks, a rebound off Duke goalie Danny Fowler went into Tim Barber’s stick. Barber caught it, wound up and finished to push Syracuse’s lead to three.

The Orange held its 8-5 lead in the third and perhaps even more importantly, Duke’s

two most dynamic offensive players, Deemer Class and Myles Jones, combined for just two goals and no assists. In the team’s first matchup in March, Class had seven goals and two assists while Jones had two apiece.

Jones finally got on the board with 4:12 left in the third as he roll dodged, switched to his left hand and put a bounce shot past Molloy.

As the Blue Devils climbed back, Syra-cuse’s potential downfall mimicked its blown leads earlier in the season: at Johns Hopkins, at Cornell and on the road against this same Blue Devils team.

But in that game, Molloy was still on the bench as the backup for Warren Hill, Syra-cuse’s offense wasn’t as defined and Wil-liams didn’t win the key faceoffs.

On Sunday, Williams won the first faceoff of the fourth quarter. After cycling the ball, Ser-gio Salcido, who has been an offensive spark plug throughout the second half of the season, threw a skip pass to Barber. The senior attack caught it, wound up and ripped it home.

It wouldn’t be that easy, though. Right after Barber’s goal, Jones scored his second by dodging down the left alley, beating Scott Firman and getting his hands free.

And just as Jones answered, so did Wil-liams by winning his third faceoff in a row.

But that’s when the game was halted due to lightning. The field flooded with water and when play resumed, SU kept pouring on Duke with goals.

“I was pleasantly surprised with the emo-tion,” Desko said. “I thought after sitting around for a few hours, we’d be a little bit flat, but guys came fired up and ready to play.”

The fans that stood and cheered as Syra-cuse trekked to Turf Field 1 had to wait for their team to seal the deal. And after a domi-nant final stretch, those fans could cheer what they ultimately wanted: an ACC title.

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SU drops ACC title game, 15-14, in overtime to Tar Heels

By Paul Schwedelsonasst. sports editor

Former Colorado State guard John Gillon will transfer to Syra-cuse, he announced in a tweet Sunday afternoon.

Gillon, who will receive his degree this month from CSU, will be immediately eligible.

As a Ram, Gillon averaged 13.2 points per game last season in an average of 31.7 minutes. He shot 38.3 percent on field goals and 33.3 percent on 3-pointers. The 6-foot, 168-pound Houston native began his collegiate career at the Uni-versity of Arkansas at Little Rock. After playing there his freshman season and averaging 10.6 points per game, Gillon transferred to Colorado State.

Due to NCAA transfer rules, Gil-lon had to sit out in 2013-14. In his first year playing at CSU, Gillon was named the Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year.

In four seasons on the col-legiate level, Gillon’s teams have never reached the NCA A Tournament. This past season, the Rams lost in the conference championship game to Fresno State by nine points.

With fifth-year senior Michael Gbinije leaving SU, the Orange will have an opening at its point guard position. Syracuse returns point guard Frank Howard, who will be a sophomore next season, and brings in freshman guard Tyus Battle.

Freshman wing Malachi Rich-ardson declared for the NBA Draft but did not sign an agent, so he still has the option to return to school for his sophomore season by May 25.

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Erica Bodt had a free position opportunity with 7.2 seconds left. Syracuse was down one to North Carolina and Bodt was 8 meters away from tying the game at 14 and forcing overtime.

She threw a pass to the outside but it went wide. Kayla Treanor picked it up with three seconds

left and flung it back inside. Goalie Megan Ward stepped up to try and intercept the pass. The ball ended up in Kelly Cross’s stick, who flung it forward as time expired. Syracuse players jumped in elation as the Tar Heels looked on in confusion.

Syracuse won the opening draw in overtime. But a penalty on Nicole Levy gave UNC possession back, and several seconds later Aly Messinger cut inside and bounced

the ball past Allie Murray. She dropped her stick and got mobbed

by her teammates as Murray lay on the ground in defeat.

No. 2 seed Syracuse (16-5, 5-2 Atlantic Coast) held leads at the beginnings of both halves and won the opening draw in overtime. But each time, it let its control slip away. Meanwhile, No. 1 seed North Carolina (16-2, 7-0) capitalized on every SU mistake to eventually win the ACC championship game, 15-14, on Sunday afternoon at Lane Sta-dium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Just over two weeks ago SU

hosted UNC. With just more than 26 minutes left in the game, SU had a 10-7 lead. But UNC scored four straight goals and eventually won the game, 12-11.

Both teams met in the con-ference title game last year. The Orange came away with a 9-8 double-overtime victory. In that game, SU scored the first three goals but UNC came back and tied

Syracuse won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday by beating Duke, again, but this time after a nearly three-hour weather delay that forced a location change to Kennesaw State’s Turf Field 1. courtesy of the acc

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By Paul Schwedelsonasst. sports editor

Syracuse fans lined a fence and gave the Orange play-ers a standing ovation.

The team was parading out of Fifth Third Bank Stadium more than four hours after the game started.

But the fans weren’t celebrat-ing a victory. That would have to wait. Seven minutes 10 sec-onds remained in the contest to decide a conference champion.

Only one goal separated Syracuse and Duke. And after a 2-hour 57-minute weather delay, what was at stake was the dif-ference between locking up an NCAA tournament berth rather than assuming it was.

Play resumed across the street at “Turf Field 1” and

the floodgates on the Orange’s offense opened up. Five different players scored after the restart and SU cruised to a 14-8 victory.

No. 4 seed Syracuse (10-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast) won its second consecutive ACC title over No. 3 seed Duke (10-7, 2-2) on Sunday afternoon in Kennesaw, Georgia. With the victory, SU clinched an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. After the delay, Syr-acuse outscored the Blue Devils by five goals in the final 7:10 to secure the win.

“Really an interesting day between the regular game and coming out for the last seven minutes,” Orange head coach John Desko said in a CuseTV interview. “I’d have to look back to see what happened. Every-thing happened so quickly, but

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TURF FIELD

WONSU takes ACC title with

14-8 win over Duke after field change

Amount of time in which Syracuse blew a 13-11 lead

late in the second half against UNC

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