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By Annie Palmernews editor
Two men accused of burglarizing Hall of Languages in February have each been indicted on one felony and misdemeanor charge.
Christopher “Shinobi” Dugger, 25, of 521 Garfield Ave., and Duncan “Wonderboy” Miller, 21, homeless, were each indicted by an Onondaga County grand jury late last week on two counts: felony burglary and crim-inal possession of stolen property in
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Court to hear cases on burglaryMen accused of burgling Hall of Languages to be arraigned April 23
By Brett Samuelsasst. news editor
When a group of 60–70 people arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to file a petition
against the federal government, they brought with them a Wampum belt that George Washington had commis-sioned in 1794.
The belt represented that the Onon-daga Nation could be included in talks with the federal court system in order to resolve any issues that might arise.
Now, the belt has lost its meaning. The Nation believes that the execu-
tive branch has shut them out from all decision making and decided to make their feelings known.
“It was a very successful day,” said Andy Mager, a member of the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, which is a partnership between the Onondaga Nation and the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation. “Several of us are not native but are neighbors of the Onondaga and want people to recog-nize the injustices we’ve perpetrated.”
The Onondaga Nation, a Native American group that is mostly located in the Syracuse area, filed
Filed away Onondaga Nation cites violation of rights in petition
After exhausting its court options, the Nation files a petition saying the federal government violated the Nation’s human rights.
New York state takes approximately 2.5 million acres of Onon-daga Nation land.
The Onondaga Nation files a land rights action in the U.S. District Court. The court dismisses the action.
The U.S. Supreme Court denies a peti-tion to review the dis-trict court’s dismissal.
Here’s a series of events the Onondaga Nation has dealt with since having its land taken in the 1700’s and 1800’s.
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OREN LYONS, faithkeeper of the Onondaga Nation, looks on during the filing in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. A group of 60-70 people, including members of the Nation, filed a petition against the federal government for repeated human rights violations. courtesy of onondaga nation
Petitioners hold a Wampum belt, which signifies a promise that the Onondaga Nation has court access. courtesy of onondaga nation see onondaga page 8
see indictment page 4
the fifth-degree, a misdemeanor. The Department of Public Safety
arrested Dugger and Miller on Feb. 15 outside of Hall of Languages after a brief foot chase. Both were found with two stolen laptops owned by Syracuse University.
They still each have pending cases in Syracuse City Court for charges of third-degree criminal trespass. Miller also faces a misdemeanor drug charge and Dugger was also charged with possession of burglar’s tools.
Miller’s next city court date is scheduled for May 5 and Dugger is due back on May 27.
On top of the other cases, Miller
CHARGES FILEDTwo men accused of burglarizing Hall of Languages are being considered as sus-pects in a string of other campus burglar-ies. They face multiple charges:
Christopher “Shinobi” Dugger and Duncan “Wonderboy” Miller were each indicted on two counts:• Felony burglary• Criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth-degree, a mis-demeanorMiller was also charged in March with:• Stealing $7,642 worth of electron-ics from Newhouse
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ALARA BASUL’S blog, Style and Social, gives readers advice on trends. The senior writing and rhetoric major finds inspiration for her daily outfits online. ousman diallo staff photographer
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By Zoe Malliarosstaff writer
Alara Basul, a senior writing and rhetoric major, believes that small details can go a long way.
Pictured wearing a Topshop blouse, a pair of Forever 21 high-waisted denim shorts, a Hermès belt, Tiffany bracelets and black-heeled booties, Basul gets a lot of her style inspiration from fashion bloggers and brands.
“I follow a lot of designers on social media and love keeping updat-ed with new trends and looks,” Basul said. “One of my favorite style icons is Olivia Palermo, she always looks well-dressed and very chic. I also love following Net-a-Porter, as they always keep updated with new arriv-als, fashion news and trends. I find inspiration from fashion bloggers for daily outfits and how to style my outfits.”
Born in Istanbul and raised in London for most of her life, Basul said her style differs depending on where she’s located. In London, she
feels as though she can get away with dressier looks during the day, but she finds her outfits in the U.S. to be more casual, but still chic.
Basul is never seen in London without a handbag. She says that if you have a nice handbag on your arm, no one will look at the rest of your outfit.
“My favorite handbag has to be my Balenciaga,” Basul said. “I can wear it during the day and at night, and it will complement any outfit. The same with statement jewelry or heels; they’re must haves.”
Basul got into blogging a few months ago when people would ask her questions about style and prod-ucts. She loves to keep up with beauty and fashion trends, especially when it comes to giving others her input on her site, a Blogspot titled Style and Social.
Basul said she never leaves her room without a pair of sunglasses.
Said Basul: “They complement any look, and it appears that you’ve really made an effort.”
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copies of Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 book, “Lean In,” which addresses issues for women in leadership, have been sold.
Students raise money, awareness for Syria
Newhouse, VPA announce convocation speakers
By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
Syracuse University students host-ed a fundraiser in People’s Place and the second floor of the College of Law on Tuesday to provide humani-tarian relief for Syrians.
The I Am Syria fundraiser will donate money to the Foundation to Restore Equality and Education in Syria, or “FREE-Syria,” said Uzma Gulamali, a student representative
for I Am Syria, a non-profit media-based campaign that focuses on edu-cating people on the Syrian conflict.
Students can purchase bracelets for $1 each and a bracelet with a water bottle or a soda for $2. The fundraiser will also be held in Peo-ple’s Place on Friday.
Gulamali said the organization decided to have the fundraiser to commemorate the third anniver-sary of the start of the Syrian Civil War, which was March 15. Around
that time, she said they had fliers around the campus highlighting facts about the civil war. That led them to host a fundraiser.
“We decided to do a fundraiser so we can do a little bit more than just raising awareness and taking more of an active role,” she said.
The Syrian Civil War began to unfold in March 2011 when protes-tors demanded the release of politi-cal prisoners, according to BBC
By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
An executive from the personal care company Procter & Gamble and a CBS News correspondent will deliv-er the keynote address to gradu-ates of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, respectively, in May.
Deborah Henretta — the group president of global beauty at P&G,
a Newhouse alumna and a mem-ber of the college’s advisory board — will deliver the keynote address at the Newhouse convocation cer-emony, according to a March 24 press release. Danielle Nottingham, a 1999 VPA alumna, will speak at VPA’s convocation ceremony, according to an April 3 VPA press release. Both ceremonies will be held in the Carrier Dome on May 10.
Nottingham began her career as a speechwriter, public informa-
tion officer and special assistant for former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. She spent the last three years covering politics in Washing-ton, D.C. for CBS and is now based in Los Angeles.
Erica Blust, VPA director of com-munications, could not be reached for comment on why they chose Not-tingham to be the school’s convoca-tion speaker, but said in a previous Daily Orange article that the dean of VPA selects the speaker. Last
year, VPA had Bryan Buckley, a film director, speak at its convocation.
Henretta oversees the company’s beauty brands such as Covergirl, Pantene and Old Spice, according to the Newhouse press release. She was ranked No. 17 on Fortune Maga-zine’s 2014 Global List of the Most Powerful Women in Business.
Newhouse dean Lorraine Bran-ham said in an email that the school tries to pick someone who represents
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uzma gulamali, a third year College of Law student, is a representative for I Am Syria, a campaign focused on educating students about the Syrian conflict. The organization held a fundraiser Tuesday in People’s Place and the College of Law. margaret lin photo editor
Facebook COO to host webcast By Ellen Meyersasst. news editor
Facebook chief operating offi-cer Sheryl Sandberg will speak to Syracuse University students via webcam on April 24 at Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Con-ference Center.
Sandberg’s webcast will be part of a leadership panel hosted by Price-waterhouseCoopers, according to an email sent to undergraduates in the School of Information Studies. The panel will focus on career develop-ment and gender differences in the workplace. Sandberg and Pricewa-terhouseCoopers employees will
Speaking out The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is rais-ing awareness for Child Abuse Pre-vention Month throughout April. See tomorrow’s paper.
deAth tollThe Syrian Civil War has continued for the past three years. It has had lasting effects on the country:
146,000
50%How many people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War.
The percentage of deaths that are civilians. source: time magazine
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see sandberg page 8see convocation page 4
• A 67-year-old male was ticketed for loitering on the 100 block of Marshall Street on Sunday at 2:50 p.m.
• A 45-year-old male was ticketed on Sunday for loitering on the 100 block of Marshall Street.
• A 21-year-old male was ticketed for having an open container on the 300 block of Comstock Avenue on Sunday at 12:09 a.m. The man is a senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
• A 20-year-old male was ticketed for having an open container on the 300 block of Comstock Avenue on Sunday at 12:09 a.m. The man is a junior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
• A 21-year-old male and senior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Man-agement was issued an appearance ticket for violating the nuisance party ordinance on the 1300 block of East Adams Street on Friday at 11:20 p.m.
• A 41-year-old homeless male was arrested on charges of disorderly con-duct and loitering on the 200 block of Harrison Street on Wednesday.
• A 23-year-old female employee at Kimmel Dining Hall and a 24-year-old senior in the College of Arts and Sciences were arrested on charges of petit larceny at Destiny USA on Wednesday at 7:50 p.m.
— Compiled by Alex Ptachick, staff writer, [email protected]
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one of Newhouse’s eight majors, especially alumni. Henretta was selected because she is an alumna, a powerful woman in corporate America and is from the advertising field.
“We also hadn’t had anyone from the adver-tising major in a while and we have never had a woman,” she said. “As a school that is 65 percent female, I thought that was a major oversight and having a woman speaker is long overdue.”
Branham said Newhouse doesn’t have an elaborate selection process like Syracuse Uni-versity does for the main convocation speaker because the cost of the speaker is factored in.
“A key factor for us is cost. It has to be some-one who is willing to do this gratis,” Branham said. “We only pay travel expenses. And fortu-nately our alumni are usually willing to do this because they love the school.”
Sometimes students will suggest speakers, but those people typically have high fees, Bra-nham said. One suggested speaker this year was NBC correspondent Ann Curry. Because she is not an alumna and her price was out of the school’s price range, she wasn’t selected, Branham said.
Branham added that Newhouse isn’t trying to compete with the university in terms of speakers — high-profile speakers are appro-priately speaking at the main commencement ceremony, she said.
Carolyn Fine, a senior advertising major, said in an email that she’s excited for Henretta to speak at convocation after seeing her speak last year in the Eric Mower Advertising Forum.
“Through her work with global beauty brands and general knowledge of the field, I knew I was sitting in the presence of a truly remarkable woman,” Fine said. “She also gave great advice to students to be courageous and take risks, be innovative and embrace and lead change.”
Branham said her hope for every speaker is the same: that they will say something inspira-tional that students will find meaningful and reflect upon later, in addition to sharing words of wisdoms from their careers, encouraging students to pursue their dreams and reminding them to give back.
“And do it all in 15–20 minutes max because we have 600 hands to shake and we have to get out of the Dome in time for the next school to hold their ceremony,” she added.
[email protected] | @Ellen_Meyers— Assistant news editor Brett Samuels con-
tributed reporting to this article
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was charged in March with stealing $7,642 worth of electronics from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Feb. 9. It’s unclear if this recent case was included in the indictment, but Miller and Dugger’s lawyer, Don Kelly, said he “anticipates” it will
be discussed at their arraignment on April 23. There were nearly 18 attempted break-ins
to several offices on the third floor of New-house II. DPS has said the pair was also being considered as suspects in a string of campus burglaries at Huntington Hall, Life Sciences Complex, the College of Law, Crouse College and Archbold Gymnasium.
Neither has posted bail yet and both are in jail. [email protected]
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Our generation can’t put our phones down.
This trend is only get-ting worse with the rise of dating apps like Tinder and the recently launched matchmaking app, Mingleton. Coined as “Tinder for bars and parties,” Mingleton uses the phone’s network to connect you with people within 50 meters of you. There’s a fine line between social and creepy and I think we’re getting close to crossing it.
Creators Obi Ekikezie and Joel Ayala want people to use the hook-up tracker in the exact opposite way someone would use Tinder. Essentially, you would scope out someone you find attractive at a bar or social setting, then check out their profile to see if you two would hit it off before you waste your time or money buying them a drink.
Mingleton’s website said this approach is used to eliminate the common disappointment of someone looking a lot better in their profile pictures than they do in real life.
It sounds good in theory, but there are many things I find wrong with this strategy. The biggest problem is that you should absolutely not be sifting through your Mingleton or Tinder matches when there are possible partners all around you.
This app is supposed to be the
wingman for the shy kid but in truth, it doesn’t help him or her at all.
Not to sound like Hitch, but people like confidence. Someone who’s constantly on their phone with a room full of people to talk to doesn’t exactly scream social-ite. If you go rattle off someone’s online interests as a conversation starter, I don’t think that conver-sation is going very far.
My fear is that people will start to become dependent on these matchmaking apps when they could easily be doing the same thing without them.
The time spent reading through that hot chick’s hobbies could be better spent, I don’t know, maybe asking her about her hobbies. In the end, you still have to have the guts to walk up and initiate the conversation, so I don’t really see the point.
That girl or guy may have had their eye on you all night; you don’t need a dating app to confirm it. Trial and error is how you get better at talking to the opposite sex. If you get denied nine times, that 10th time could end up being the love of your life or just the
hookup you wanted. Even if I don’t agree with it, I
understand Tinder’s concept. It’s a method to find someone in the virtual world and try to link up with him or her in person. Mingle-ton’s concept of seeing someone in real life and then finding them online seems backwards. You basi-cally have your potential matches right in front of you — you’re just too afraid to make the first move. Thankfully the app doesn’t include a chat feature to avoid any further awkwardness.
People these days enjoy being social but only to an extent. When you use location-based services, online personas quickly become real and that’s when people freak out. Hiding behind a screen is something our generation is becoming too comfortable with and it’s a trend that needs to be broken.
Mingleton is a creative idea, but I just don’t see real-time dat-ing apps taking off anytime soon. Some people may actually find these apps effective for finding dates in the area. Most just use it for entertainment.
My advice? Put the phone down and say “hello.”
Aarick Knighton is a sopho-more information management
and technology major. His column appears weekly. He can be reached
Closing Fowler High School, Delaware Academy Elementary School and Hughes Elementary School will only perpetuate the issues surrounding them. Officials should focus on provid-ing more attention to these schools and their students.
In a New York State Education Department letter sent to Sharon Contreras, Syracuse’s superintendent of schools, Ira Schwartz, the depart-ment’s assistant commissioner, gave the school district five options for the three schools: close the schools and relocate the students; phase out the schools to replace them with new ones; create an agreement with an educational part-nership organization to run the schools; convert to charter schools or allow the State University of New York — in Syracuse’s case, Onondaga Community College — to provide education.
The three schools were given state financial support and three years to improve, but did not show enough progress to be considered successful. The fact that these schools are still struggling, indicates that the school district hasn’t been able to pinpoint the problem. There are numerous factors at play, like teacher quality, lack of funding and student performance.
Given that there are a number of issues contributing to the problem, the best way for these three schools to improve would be by providing them more attention.
Closing these schools could perpetu-ate the problem even further. Relocat-ing students to other schools would strain the teacher-to-student ratio at these schools, which is already poor in New York state. It may also spread the educational resources even thinner by increasing the number of students, and drag down the quality of other schools, leading to more closings in the future.
Three of the options have potential to solve these issues: creating an agree-ment with an educational partnership organization to run the schools, allowing OCC to provide education or converting to a charter school.
While the Syracuse superintendent has to focus on all the schools in the city, a third party focusing on these three schools would provide a more hands-on approach with a different perspective.
Simply closing down or phasing out these schools would be a short-term solution, which could create more long-term problems. Providing more atten-tion and resources is the best way to find a long-term solution for the needs of these schools and their students.
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“Our project revolves around the wastewa-ter treatment plant on the shores of Onondaga Lake, as well as the combined sewer overflow issue in the city of Syracuse,” Millea said, add-ing that the county has done all the planning, designing and implementing of their strategy.
County Legislature Representative Mike Plochocki said roughly $500 million of the $1 billion is coming from the county and being put into managing and treating human-contami-nated water and stormwater.
“What we’re doing is the part of keep-ing wastewater from going into the lake,” Plochocki said. “Whether it be stormwater or human wastewater, we’re cleaning that as much as possible.”
Onondaga County’s part in the lake cleanup is summarized as the Save the Rain project, which Plochocki jokes is “the less sexy part of the cleanup.”
In addition to keeping stormwater out of the lake by increasing green surface area in the city of Syracuse, the county is making sure the
water, when it is returned to the lake, is pro-cessed to the maximum extent, Plochocki said.
“Most of the money we spend goes into upgrading our wastewater treatment facilities to make sure that what goes into the lake is very clean,” Plochocki said.
Millea added that the project has been in the works for many years, and has now reached its critical execution phase.
“We’re under a federal court order to have our combined sewer overflow situation pretty much remediated by 2018,” Millea said. “We remain on schedule with that and we’re work-ing aggressively to achieve that target.”
The Honeywell portion of the project aims to stop groundwater contamination, dredge and cap Onondaga Lake and restore natural wildlife habitats.
Factory contamination upland from the lake got into the groundwater, came downhill and into the lake, said Victoria Streitfeld, director of communications at Honeywell. Their first step in cleaning the lake was to stop the flow of
contaminated groundwater.“We built a mile-and-a-half long barrier wall
along the lakeshore from Exit 7 down to the city and that stopped the contamination that was in the groundwater from getting into the lake,” Streitfeld said.
The next step is dredging, or cleaning up the bottom of the lake. Onondaga Lake dredging is about 60 percent completed, and is expected to be finished ahead of schedule later this year, as long as the weather permits, Streitfeld said.
“It’s the result of the focused execution of a carefully designed project plan,” she said regard-ing Honeywell’s project being ahead of schedule.
Millea described the cooperation between Onondaga County and Honeywell as smooth and mutually successful.
“We both share the same objective as far as wanting to get the lake as clean as possible,” Millea said. “We’ve had constant communication with them and they’re making tremendous prog-ress. They’ve been great partners to work with.”
By Georgie Silvarolecontributing writer
An energy-efficient technology company and Onondaga County’s $1 billion proj-ect to restore Onondaga Lake is in full
swing and partially ahead of schedule. The Onondaga Lake Cleanup project has two
facets: lake cleanup and storm water manage-ment. The lake cleanup portion falls into the hands of Honeywell, a company that invents and manufactures technologies to address world issues, including environmental stabil-ity. The project consists of dredging and cap-ping, implanting underground barrier walls to keep contaminated groundwater from entering the lake, restoring surrounding habitats and maintaining wastewater systems, according to the project’s website.
Deputy County Executive Matt Millea said Onondaga County’s portion of the lake cleanup project lies within restoring and maintaining city sewers and drainage systems.
Small waves settle on Onondaga Lake’s shore beneath a cloudy sky. Onondaga County and Honeywell plan to continue their cleanup of the lake, which was once one of the most polluted in the United States. Onondaga County has funded roughly $500 million of the $1 billion cleanup project. logan reidsma staff photographer
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a petition in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday asserting that the U.S. has repeatedly violated the Nation’s human rights.
The Nation gathered outside of the White House at noon to make the announcement about their plans to file the petition.
The petition was filed against the federal government and says the country’s courts have failed to provide any remedy for the loss of approximately 2.5 million acres of Onondaga Nation land that was taken by New York state between 1788 and 1822. The petition says the land was taken in violation of federal law and the law of the Onondaga Nation.
“The failure of the United States’ legal system to provide a remedy for the loss of Onondaga Nation land has been disruptive to relationships between the Onondaga Nation and its neighbors,” the petition said.
A land rights case was originally filed in 2005
and called for the Onondaga Nation to have a say in the “environmental stewardship of the territory,” but didn’t necessarily call for the land being returned, said Phillip Arnold, a Syracuse University professor and founding director of the Skänoñh — Great Law of Peace Center.
Arnold said the federal government threw out the case, deciding the Nation had waited too long to file action and returning the land would be too disruptive. Native American nations could not legally sue the federal government for land that was taken until 1970, he said.
The court system refused to consider the Nation’s case, so it filed the petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The IACHR is an independent body that can determine if the U.S. violated the Nation’s human rights. If the commission finds the U.S. has com-mitted human rights violations, it can make rec-ommendations to correct them, said Joe Heath, a lawyer for the Onondaga Nation, in an email.
But Heath said the commission has a heavy caseload, and any decision could possibly take years.
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onondagaWhile much of the petition focuses on the
land that was taken from the Onondaga Nation, Mager said the group’s goal is not to suddenly displace people from that land.
“They recognized that if the court or any other body were to say to hundreds of thousands of people who live in (the Nation’s) traditional terri-tory that they have to leave, it would not be an act of healing, it would cause conflict,” Mager said.
Instead, the Nation hopes the petition leads to an acknowledgment that the land was taken and eventually leads to them having a say in what happens to the land. Freida Jacques, a clanmother of the Turtle Clan within the Onon-daga Nation, said the Nation not only lost land but also lost control of the quality of the land.
Jacques said the Nation lost access to creeks and streams, many of which are now polluted. Pollution disrupted wildlife and also made the water almost unusable, she said.
Arnold said Onondaga Lake is sacred to the Nation, adding that it’s also one of the most chemically polluted lakes in the country.
“So it’s a sore spot with them that the envi-ronment in this area has been so violated,” Arnold said.
He said members of the Onondaga Nation are very traditional, and give constant atten-tion to environmental healing. He said it should be noted that the original case is called a “land rights action,” not a “land claim.”
“It’s not about revenge, it’s not just a property dispute,” Arnold said. “Land rights means the land itself has rights they feel they have to advocate for.”
The Nation’s concern for the local environment is something that makes this process significant to everyone, not just those involved with the petition. He said the Nation isn’t just advocating for its own survival, but for the well being of the planet.
Jacques said the Onondaga Nation is aware that it’s a process, and putting in the petition was the next step in the process. For now, she said, they will just wait and see what the IACHR decides.
Said Jacques: “We’ll keep making this effort and perhaps someday the world will hear it. And someday it will matter to people in the U.S. that we’re seeking healing and justice.”
It’s not about revenge, it’s not just a property dispute. Land rights means the land itself has rights they feel they have to advocate for.
Phillip Arnoldsyracuse university professor and founding director of the skänoñh—great law of peace center
News. Security forces opened fire on, and later killed, some civilians, leading to vio-lence that soon spread across the country for months. It also spawned the movement known as the Arab Spring.
Gulamali wants to raise at least $500, she said. They did not reach the goal on Tuesday, but she said she hopes they will on Friday.
Still, Gulamali wants students to gain an understanding of the conflict. She said being aware of the situation is the first step, but
students should strive to understand what’s happening and take a stand.
Gulamali said she feels that most people have forgotten about the issue, especially since it hasn’t received as much news coverage as it has in the past. People end up forgetting unless they take the time to know or to understand what’s happening, she said.
“It can happen anywhere,” she said. “Anoth-er civil war such as this can also arise at a later time. I feel that right now it’s about the Syrian conflict. But as humans, we have the responsi-bility to make sure other humans are treated right, that they’re given quality rights.”
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sandberganswer questions about job-hunting tips, sal-ary negotiations and success after college. Stu-dents will have to RSVP to the event by April 17.
In 2013, Sandberg published her book, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.” It sparked controversy and conversation across the country about gender differences in roles at work, home and in society.
Alexis Madison, a senior information management and technology major, said she saw the email about Sandberg speaking and “screamed” in excitement. She said she has already RSVP’d to the event.
“She’s the COO of Facebook and I’m a tech-nology major and I want to eventually work my way up into the higher level of the technol-ogy industry,” Madison said. “It’s great to hear from someone who has been in my steps as an undergraduate and will give lots of advice.”
Madison said she most admires how Sand-berg focuses on the role of women in technolo-gy but doesn’t make it seem like men shouldn’t be leaders.
Said Madison: “She very much wants it to be an equal playing field. As someone who’s going to be brand new in the industry and not know much about how I should be treated or what to expect, I personally am looking forward to hearing her experiences.”
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By Bodeline Dautruchestaff writer
With finals week approaching, a diverse group of students and teach-ers came together in Hendricks Cha-pel on Tuesday night to participate in an evening of group games, breathing exercises and rapping.
A workshop, entitled “Reshaping Realities: An Arts & Activism Work-shop,” was facilitated by YaliniDream and Jendog Lonewolf. Its purpose was to engage students in creative games that would help promote their indi-viduality. YaliniDream, whose roots trace back to Sri Lanka, is an activist for social justice causes. Jendog, hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., is a hip-hop artist who uses her music as a platform for social activism.
As everyone settled in, YaliniDream positioned the chairs so that everyone sat in a circle, which made her seem more engaging and personal. A trailer for a documentary played when every-one was seated.
The first activity involved splitting the room and having every person recite their name while making a move-
ment of their choice. The rest of the circle would then follow. The next activ-ity involved volunteers of eight, where one person pretended to be a goat while another was a tiger. The remaining vol-unteers were to protect the goat from the tiger. Afterwards, the entire group was asked to participate in different breathing exercises.
In between each activity, Yalini-Dream asked the group how they felt the exercises could work as a form of activism. One student shared a per-sonal poem about love after the medita-tion period, while a teacher from the Community Folk Art Center saw the goat and tiger activity to be a metaphor for a college kid working towards his or her degree while random life battles stopped them.
“I want to serve as a catalyst for stu-dents to step into their own power and learn to be themselves in whatever art form is comfortable for them,” Yalini-Dream said.
The activities created a robust
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HARDWELL (TOP) AND DYRO (BOTTOM) performed at the F-Shed at the Market in Syracuse on Tuesday night. The venue was packed with students and Syracuse locals.
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Hardwell proved to be easy to love during an out-of-this-world performance at the F-Shed at the Market.
All of the usual characters — young, neon-toting ravesters — filled the F-Shed in Syracuse on Tuesday night for a sold out concert headlined by the electronic dance music icon.
The show — the sixth outing on the Dutch disc jockey’s Revealed North American Bus Tour — featured opening acts Dyro and Dannic and attracted a crowd that filled the venue to its maximum capacity.
Despite being ranked the No. 1 DJ in the world last year by DJ Magazine, Hardwell said he cherishes the opportunity to play for smaller, more intimate audiences at venues like the F-Shed.
“If you want to be a successful DJ, you have to perform for both huge crowds and smaller crowds, like tonight,” Hardwell said. “This is where I connect most with my fans and it’s more intimate to play shows at smaller venues.”
Hardwell’s popularity is hard to deny. His performance from Ultra Music Festival 2013 has garnered more than 20 million views on YouTube, and last month, he was given the honor of closing out the Miami-based music festival with a much buzzed-about performance.
The energy at the F-Shed was elevated from the very start of the show, and opener Dyro succeeded in amping up the crowd with his hard-hitting synths and bass drops. Concertgoers packed the floor and danced enthusiastically to the DJ’s distinctive sound. After a set without a dull moment, Dyro bid farewell to the crowd.
Hardwell, the show’s headliner, has built a massive following in the past few years, and his ability to adapt to the crowd and play to his audience during live performances has garnered praise from critics and fans alike.
“I really think that Hardwell knows how to read the crowd when he plays his sets,” said Syracuse native Makeda McGowan. “You can tell he doesn’t just plug in a set and let it play.”
During an interview before his set, Hardwell admitted that
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hardwellhe never plays the same setlist twice. He said that his focus is on providing a unique experi-ence for the crowd at every show, and that often times he bases his music selection on the energy of the crowd.
Right from the start of his set, it was clear that the audience connected with Hardwell’s artistic vision. Anticipation built slowly but surely with his familiar electronic offerings, and Hardwell was able to keep the crowd’s attention without sticking to a predictable setlist for the night’s performance.
The pulsing lasers and fog machines onstage added to Hardwell’s infectious energy, and fans proudly donned their glowsticks as they matched the rhythm of the subwoofers and synthesizers.
Emily Latainer, a senior writing and rhetoric major, said there were a number of elements to Hardwell’s performance that made it so enjoyable.
“I had a really, really great time,” she said. “The music, the lights and just the overall vibe at the F-Shed made this show really amazing.”
Part of what makes Hardwell such a captivating artist in the electronic music industry is his ability to abandon the status quo of the typical rave per-formance; The 25-year-old DJ said that he prefers to take risks with his sets and explained that being unconventional has actually helped connect him to a bigger audience.
Though the attendance at the F-Shed paled in comparison to the more than 200,000 people at this year’s Ultra Music Festival, Hardwell delivered an impressive perfor-mance that felt catered specifically to the Syracuse crowd.
Proving that an inflated ego doesn’t always have to accompany great success and fame, Hardwell stayed true to his vision for deliver-ing a personal performance at every show he plays. The ecstatic audience at the F-Shed did not take the set for granted.
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“Draft Day”Director: Ivan ReitmanCast: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank LangellaRelease date: April 11Rating: 3/5
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scouting report‘Draft Day’ appeals to football die-hards, casual fans
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By Vince Lonctostaff writer
Your typical sports movies either include an aging superstar looking for redemp-tion, a true team of underdogs taking
down a juggernaut or other cliches about over-coming the odds.
But “Draft Day” is not your typical sports movie.
Starring Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver Jr., the much-maligned general manager of the Cleveland Browns, “Draft Day” tackles the process of building a championship team months before players even take the field.
The film begins with Weaver contemplating what to do with the Browns’ first-round draft pick, which is slotted seventh out of the NFL’s 32 teams. Weaver, whose job is on the line, is pressured by Browns owner Anthony Molina (Frank Lengella) to make a big move in order to get the oft-disappointed Browns fans excited for the upcoming season.
Under duress, Weaver trades his seventh overall pick, and two first-round picks in future drafts, to get the first overall pick in the current draft. The move is made seemingly in attempt to draft quarterback Bo Callahan (Josh Pence), a blue-chip prospect who countless scouts have proclaimed as a future Hall of Famer.
For the rest of “Draft Day,” Costner must balance pressures from the fans, Molina, Coach Penn (Denis Leary) and his family, while trying to do what he thinks is best for the team.
“Draft Day” was fun to watch for sports junk-ies who follow mock drafts every spring, but translated to the casual football fan just as well.
Director Ivan Reitman did a nice job of showing all of the politicking and strategizing that comes into making trades on the day of the draft. It made clear that countless hours go into evaluating each and every player who
wants to enter the NFL.Though this aspect made the film more realis-
tic, scenes of Costner playing shrewd negotiator with other general managers got repetitive quickly. Weaver’s continued prodding of general managers provided little opportunity for much visual creativity, as most camera shots were of guys in suits talking about football.
There could have been more emphasis on scouting and game tape to make the visuals more interesting, if nothing else.
The continuous hardball discussions some-times slowed the plot, which included several players’ interests in the team and Weaver’s dis-covery that co-worker and girlfriend Ali (Jen-nifer Garner) is pregnant. There was potential for in-house drama that was left on the table.
Costner’s intensity fit the stereotypical profile of an executive in the NFL, so it worked well for much of the film. However, in moments of personal conflicts with his mother and Ali, he was much too cynical and even harsh.
Furthermore, though Garner played her role with confidence, there was little chemistry between her and Costner. It was hard to believe the two even liked each other, much less had a committed relationship.
Though much of the rest of the cast was mostly sidelined, the strongest performance came from Chadwick Boseman, who played linebacker Vontae Mack. Mack, another poten-tial superstar, exhibited a flashy exterior, but showed depth and inner intelligence, making him an easy character to root for.
“Draft Day” recruited many celebrities and NFL personalities for cameos in the film, includ-ing Chris Berman, Mel Kiper and even NFL com-missioner Roger Goodell. It was also fun to see Arian Foster, real-life superstar running back, playing an NFL hopeful, and to watch Sean “P. Diddy” Combs play Bo Callahan’s arrogant agent.
These elements added authenticity to the
story, but weren’t relied on as a crutch, allow-ing Reitman to create his own situations.
One interesting hypothetical about “Draft Day” is what it could have been had the produc-tion team not sought NFL approval. Had the film fictionalized leagues and teams, it could have had more freedom to shed light on some of
the darker elements of professional football.“Draft Day” is a great watch for football
die-hards, and satisfactory enough for causal fans. But with only decent performances and a pretty vanilla storyline, it certainly left some-thing on the field.
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“I’m sure no one has written rhymes before they got here. But I want students to tap into their voices and see that everyone can be creative,” Jen-dog said. “When stepping into a new situation, you have to rid yourself of thinking that you can’t and just try it. My mother always told me before she passed — don’t say you can’t, just do.”
Jendog started her part of the workshop by explaining what hip-hop is and discussing her beginnings with the musical genre and lifestyle.
“I am hip-hop,” she said, while talking about her first encounters with the music while growing
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“I break out of my shell every time I participate in Jendog’s activities and get so much inspiration from a different style. It affirms that everyone has something to offer,” YaliniDream said.
The audience left with plenty of experiences to talk about. Michelle Dibernardo, lead adviser for theater at the Community Folk Art Center, said she hopes the duo will hold more workshops in the Syracuse community.
Said Dibernardo: “First of all I learned what a bar (in hip-hop) is, but overall I loved the workshop.”
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By Phil D’Abbraccioasst. copy editor
It was at midfield that Kevin Donahue was an All-American for Syracuse from 1977–79.
But Syracuse goalie Dominic Lamolinara can’t tell. The SU assistant coach knows too much about every group on the field to have played, and excelled, at just one position as a player.
“I’m not even sure what position he played in college because he has so much knowledge on everything,” Lamolinara said. “I’ve never been on a team in any sport where a coach is that knowledgeable.”
No. 4 Syracuse (8-3, 2-3 Atlantic Coast) is just hitting its stride, currently riding a four-game winning streak in which its attack is gelling, its goalies are improving and its faceoff and clearing percentages are skyrocketing. And that progress is possible because of Donahue’s guidance.
Now in his 26th year on the Orange’s coach-ing staff, Donahue’s versatility and high school teaching background enable him to effectively work with essentially any player on the roster.
Even Donahue himself can’t explain how he divvies up his time during practice to help coach so many different groups, working with all of the attack, goalies, faceoff specialists, wings and clearing units.
“I’ve just been doing it so long, I just kind of know how to jump from one to another,” he said.
However Donahue does it, his coaching rou-tine is working.
Donahue’s groups are all on an upswing. He likes working with the offense the best, he said, and that corps has scored at least 10 goals in each of SU’s last four wins — the group’s longest streak of 10-goal games all year.
The goalie platoon of Lamolinara and Bobby Wardwell is developing into more of a formi-dable system with every game. The Orange cleared all but one of its 25 attempts against a pesky North Carolina ride on Saturday, and 17-of-18 in a win over Cornell on April 8.
But arguably most pivotal of all is Syracuse’s
turnaround at the faceoff X. “We’ve been working quite a bit on tech-
nique,” SU head coach John Desko said after beating Cornell. “My hat’s off to Coach Dona-hue. He’s been taking it personally and he’s been working his butt off with it.”
Not even half an hour after a game ends, faceoff specialist Chris Daddio receives a flood of emails from Donahue, giving the senior clips and advice and telling him what they’ll work on in the upcoming week of practice.
And after a poor start to the season at the faceoff X, Daddio has won more than 50 percent in three of the last four games, thanks to the meticulous work that Donahue puts in.
“He always just finds little things that no one would see on film,” Daddio said. “I wish I had the chance to work more with him, but obviously I understand he has to do a lot of different things.”
Last year, Donahue didn’t work with the faceoff unit as it stumbled through the season to the tune of a .420 percentage.
He was busy wrapping up his teaching career at West Genesee High School, his alma mater.
After graduating from SU, Donahue taught chemistry and physics full time at West Genesee for 34 years, balancing it with coaching at a Divi-sion I powerhouse — and barely having time for anything else.
But Donahue retired from teaching before this school year, and he and his players have noticed a similarity between the natures of the two jobs.
“I think the best thing about him is that he’s a great teacher,” long-stick midfielder Peter Macartney said. “He’s just really good at explaining things, making things really clear when he’s teaching us.”
And with the Donahue’s projects playing well, the assistant still isn’t settling for the Orange’s recent improvements.
There’s always more work to be done.Said Donahue: “It’s a progression. Just got
to keep trying to get better all the time. That’s really what we’re trying to do.”
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speaker so I get used to long whistles and short whistles. Matt Schomburg (faceoff instruc-tor) has these voice recordings that do faceoff counts. He sent them to me and I play them pretty much every day so I get used to antici-pating that whistle.
Rowe: We have a pretty specific warmup we go through. We first do hops over the ball, and then we do one-handed clamps. Then we do 50 percents where one person starts half-way clamped.
Saputo: For at least an hour of each prac-tice I am practicing faceoffs with one of our assistant coaches and the other two FOGOs. As far as off the field goes, there isn’t much other than reviewing film. Doing forearm exercise is big and really the only weight room exercise specifically good for FOGOs.
The D.O.: What is the role of the referee in faceoffs?
Fowler: I think the refs do a really good job of communicating with us. As the game goes on they’ll warn us about stuff. If we violate, they’ll tell us why. If they’re going to hold the whistle,
they’ll say, “We’re waiting here, don’t antici-pate it, I’m going to put a long pause between set and whistle.” If you’re doing something they don’t like, they’ll say it.
Nardella: The refs are a huge part of it. They’ve been pretty good the past two years, with the rule changes and not really trying to trick guys. I try not to worry about the refs too much. But if things aren’t really going my way and I think the kid is getting an unfair advan-tage, the refs are pretty open to listening.
Raffa: The referees are always different, so you’re never going to have the same exact whistle every time. Sometimes they vary it up, so you can never really anticipate the whistle. The different refs are usually pretty different. You’ve just got to be ready after ‘Set’ for that whistle to blow.
Rowe: I would never question a ref about their specific snap count. By the rules, they’re allowed to change it however they want. That’s just something you’ve got to practice for by doing different whistles when you’re by yourself.
The D.O.: What do you think about taking faceoffs out of the game?
Nardella: I don’t think it would be best for the game. Personally, I don’t foresee it happening, just because it’s engrained in the tradition of the game.
It makes lacrosse competitive. A lot of the people complain about it because they don’t have good faceoff guys or don’t really know how to coach it.
Raffa: If it does happen, obviously, guys will have to try to change positions. Honestly, lacrosse was made with faceoffs, so I don’t see a reason to get rid of it.
Rowe: To be honest, I think that’s prob-ably coming from teams that don’t win a lot of faceoffs. I think that without them, it would completely change the game because, how else would a team come back from five goals in the fourth quarter if you can’t win a faceoff?
Saputo: In the end, faceoffs are the best way to give each team an equal chance to get the ball. To my knowledge the people in the lacrosse com-munity that want faceoffs out of the game are ones who are not doing well in that aspect.
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John Miller has emerged as the front-runner at the center position for Syracuse.
The rising junior began taking first-team snaps at center on April 6, allowing Rob Trudo to shift back to left guard where he started all of last season. And in the last week and a half, Miller’s helped the offense maintain a more consistent flow in practice.
“It’s been like, ‘Wow, this kid’s really good,‘” SU offensive coordinator George McDonald said. “Enabling him to move over to center allows us to put Trudo at a more comfortable position and allows us to keep the continuity of the line we had last year somewhat intact.”
McDonald and quarterbacks coach Tim Les-ter both called Miller a natural center, with snapping as his clear strength. Lester recalled
Trudo having difficulty placing his shotgun snaps, especially early this spring when he was first transitioning into the position.
They came high, low, left and right — often
leaving the quarterback in an awkward position.“When you’re trying to hand it to the guy
standing to your right and the ball is literally snapped to the running back,” Lester said, “you put your hand in his belly to catch it, no one knows what to do at that point.”
SU head coach Scott Shafer said the job isn’t Miller’s yet, but he’ll start at center in the Spring Game on Saturday.Syracuse enters Spring Game healthyKey Syracuse players on both sides of the ball have returned to practice and will be available for the Spring Game on Saturday.
Rising junior running back Devante McFarlane participated in practice on Tues-day and will play Saturday, running backs coach DeAndre Smith said. McFarlane stood on the sideline in a sweatshirt during the Orange’s open practice last Tuesday with an undisclosed injury.
Cornerbacks Wayne Morgan (right knee) and Brandon Reddish (lower body) are also good to go on Saturday, defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said.
Bullough said there are no other major inju-ries, though SU head coach Scott Shafer said that there are a couple players injured in the spring who will not compete.
Said Shafer: “I’m going to wait until the doctors tell me officially that they can’t play. If they don’t practice Thursday, I’ll probably back off even though they may play if it was a game day situation.”
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By Josh Hyberstaff writer
In 1979, faceoffs were eliminated from college lacrosse.
But it was a one-year change. By 1980, they were reintroduced. And while collegiate coaches — including Syracuse head coach John Desko — have voiced displeasure toward faceoffs’ prominence in the game, their prominence persists.
While SU faceoff specialist Chris Dad-dio has been inconsistent this season, and the Orange’s struggles at the X in recent program history, faceoffs have been a hot topic in Central New York.
So The Daily Orange spoke to five of the top 12 faceoff men in college lacrosse to uncover the intricacies of the X.
The Daily Orange: What makes a faceoff specialist special?
Charlie Raffa (Maryland): You have to have that competitive side, that grit. The one who has the most heart is usually the better guy.
Joseph Nardella (Rutgers): A lot of things go into it. You’ve got to have a good work ethic. There are a lot of nuances and techniques involved and you’ve got to have that desire to win every loose ball.
Kyle Rowe (Stony Brook): You have to have quick hands. You have to be able
to do whatever move you’re going to do as quickly as possible, as soon as the whistle blows. Also, a short-term memory. You can’t think about the last faceoff, you’ve got to be thinking about the next one.
The D.O.: What’s your mindset heading into faceoffs?
Brendan Fowler (Duke): If I’ve lost any faceoffs before that one, I just try to fig-ure out why I lost it, whether I was slow on the whistle or he did a move or something.
Nardella: I try to do the same thing every time — try not to get nervous, take deep breaths. As soon as the ref says, ‘Down,’ just focus on that one part of the ball, breathing and trying to block every-thing else out.
Raffa: I just stare at the ball and con-centrate on that. I want to put my mind at rest. Before the whistle I hold my breath so I can anticipate the whistle faster and react faster.
The D.O: What’s your technique?Fowler: I’m a clamp guy, but I’m not
necessarily a really quick in-and-out guy. I try to stay low and muscle in there and make sure I have the ball before I come out with it.
Nardella: Primarily, I’m looking
to clamp down on the ball and hope-fully get it forward, create some quick offense. I guess what makes me differ-ent than everybody else is I like to scrap for the ball a lot, too. I won’t just clamp. I’ll rake, I’ll jam. I just try to keep the opponent guessing.
Nick Saputo (Drexel): I am a “knee down” faceoff guy. I put my right knee on the turf when I get in my stance. This is the most important part of my technique. It gives me the balance I need to be able to battle for the ball.
Rowe: I like to clamp it and then if I get the clamp quickly enough, I try to pinch and pop. If not, I’ll just pinch it in and try to pull it back to myself or to the side.
The D.O.: How do you practice faceoffs? Are there any specific off-field workouts you like?
Nardella: The key is going against good guys every day in practice. As far as workouts, anything that’s helping your core strength, like pushups, sit-ups. Anything that helps your balance is great. And then obviously the upper body stuff, forearm curls and leg stuff like squats.
Raffa: I have voice recordings of different snap counts on my iPhone that I can play through a
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JOSEPH NARDELLARUTGERS
1ST - 70.8%
7TH - 64.0%
8TH - 63.8%
9TH - 63.7%
12TH - 61.7%
Syracuse hasn’t had a primary faceoff specialist win 60 percent of his draws since 2008. The Daily Orange spoke with 5 of the nation’s best to discover the intricacies of the position.
CHARLIE RAFFA MARYLAND
KYLE ROWE STONY BROOK
NICK SAPUTO DREXEL
BRENDAN FOWLER DUKE
FACEOFF SPECIALISTS
(LEFT) KYLE ROWE courtesy of bob o’rourk (CENTER) BRENDAN FOWLER logan reidsma staff photographer (RIGHT) CHARLIE RAFFA sterling boin
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X-MEN Examining the makings of an elite faceoff specialist
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