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N • Up in smokeSyracuse University will officially become a tobacco-free campus on July 1, 2015 and will offer sev-eral opportunities for the campus community to offer feedback.Page 3
P • Open oceanTwo Syracuse students are studying with the Semester at Sea program. So far, their travels have allowed them to explore three continents.Page 9
S • not enough netThe Syracuse women’s soccer team’s season ended early despite having a roster that Phil Wheddon called his deepest ever. Too often, SU just couldn’t score. Page 14
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StePhen brucker, a senior international relations major in the SU Army ROTC, stands with other members of ROTC in front of Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday. The annual Veterans Day ceremony was held at 11 a.m. and ended with a flag raising ceremony. margaret lin photo editor
By Elissa Candiotticontributing writer
Standing in front of an Amer-ican flag, Lt. Col. Jonathan Landis asked the Syracuse
University community assembled in Hendricks Chapel one question.
“When we think about how much our veterans have done for our nation, some of you may ask, ‘How can we honor their sacrifice?’” said Landis, commander of the Air Force ROTC. “A heartfelt thank you is a great start but I encourage you to let your words bring forth action.”
At 11 a.m. Tuesday, hundreds of members of the SU community gath-ered at Hendricks Chapel for Syracuse University’s annual Veterans Day cer-
emony, which served as the culmina-tion of the multitude of Veterans Day events organized on campus.
United States and SU flags stood side-by-side on the Hendricks Chapel stage Tuesday morning as veterans and non-veterans alike gathered to celebrate Veterans Day.
Students, staff and veterans filled the central rows of the chapel, eager to listen to guest speakers including Maj. Randy Curry of the U.S. Army, Jared Grace of the Army ROTC and John Higgins II, president of Student Veterans of America at SU.
Keynote speaker, retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, received a large round of applause upon walking to the podium. Batiste is a two-time retired Maj. Gen. john batiSte delivers the keynote address at
the annual Veterans Day ceremony. margaret lin photo editor
Bike lanes result in confusion By Brett Samuelsasst. news editor
Roadway changes implemented on Waverly and Comstock ave-nues three weeks ago have led to some concerns and confusion amongst Syracuse University community members.
The project was implemented based on recommendations from the 2008 University Hill Bike Net-work Study, and the 2013 Syracuse Bike Plan, according to the Syra-cuse Department of Public Works.
On Oct. 17, the city of Syra-cuse began work on Comstock and Waverly avenues near Syracuse University, repainting and refor-matting both road and bike lanes. The purpose of the project was to reduce speed and increase pedes-trian and cyclist safety in the University Hill area, according to an Oct. 14 city press release. How-ever, members of the SU commu-nity have raised potential issues that the new layout presents.
Kevin Quinn, senior vice pres-ident for public affairs at SU, said in an email that the university did “provide some feedback to general concepts that were shared with us.” According to the Syracuse Department of Public Works, the city has involved SU in the plan-ning of the changes since 2001.
Changes to Waverly and Com-stock avenues included reducing both streets to two driving lanes. Both previously had four lanes. Curbside parking was added along Waverly Avenue, while a “floating parking lane” was added on Com-stock. A two-way bike lane was also added on both streets.
When the changes were first implemented, the SU Department of Public Safety noticed that there was confusion about the new street design. Hannah Warren, the public information officer for DPS, said it took time for people to
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O • Clear messageConservative columnist Chris Pulliam explains why President Barack Obama should pay atten-tion to the Republican Party’s midterm victory.Page 5
ACT OF VALORSU community members come together for Veterans Day ceremony
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By Jesse Nicholsstaff writer
Dominic Valentino considers his job at Ernie Davis Dining Center to be the most important thing in his life.
“If I didn’t have a job, where would I be?” Valentino asked.
Originally from Syracuse, Valenti-no graduated high school in 1990 and joined Monarch, an agency that helps find employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Valentino said his job coach brought him to Syr-acuse University Food Services, where he has worked for the past 13 years.
“I needed help. If it wasn’t for him, I would not have this job,” Valentino said.
As someone with disabilities, Valentino said it’s difficult to find job opportunities because he struggles to perform some skills. He doesn’t know exactly what disability he has.
“I don’t know what you call it,” Valentino said. “I need extra help.”
Although this job is the most important thing in his life, Valentino said it bears many challenges.
As one of the most prominent din-ing centers on campus, Ernie attracts
over 1,000 students each night, many of them without proper identification. Valentino said he encourages students to bring their ID cards to ease some of the friction during rush hour.
“Every time I say (it). Every time. And it doesn’t work. I could be talking to that wall, and no one will hear me,” he said.
Valentino said he felt like he was being ignored and referenced experienc-es when drunken students would leave their dishes out for him to take care of.
“But it’s good,” he said. “When I go home, I calm down.”
Valentino is now able to drive him-self home after he received his driver’s license through an oral test. His mother read the questions aloud, and his uncle taught him to drive. When he passed after his first attempt, he brought the license to show to a former high school teacher who had once discouraged him.
Receiving his license also means he can drive himself to work each day until retirement.
“I’ve lasted 13 years,” Valentino said, “Another 13 years and you never know. I don’t know where I’m going to be.”
Ernie Davis employee overcomes disability
WORK wednesday | dominic valentino
DOMINIC VALENTINO has worked for SU Food Services for 13 years. Valentino has trouble reading and writing, but doesn’t know exactly what disability he has. erin carter contributing photographer
INSIDE P • Orange idol Syracuse University Recordings will hold a showcase at Jabberwocky Cafe in the Schine Student Center to promote new artists.
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S • Imported produceScott Shafer has compared recruits to apples. See how his program is doing in recruiting in different areas around the country,
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By Ali Linanstaff writer
For the last 20 years, Barry Scheck has devoted his time to using DNA to reform the justice system.
Scheck, an attorney, DNA expert and co-founder of the Inno-cence Project, has set standards for the reforming of national poli-cies in the criminal justice system. He works specifically to free the wrongfully convicted through DNA testing. Scheck spoke at Hen-dricks Chapel on Tuesday as the final speaker of the semester for the University Lecture Series.
Started in 1992, the Innocence Project focuses on changing the current state of the justice sys-tem when it comes to innocent people. The project consists of attorneys who look at cases of con-victed criminals who may have been wrongfully accused. They use DNA testing to build a case for those individuals.
“Our goal is to protect the inno-cent and enhance the capability to find and convict the guilty,” Scheck said.
When deciding which cases to take on, “the Innocence Project chooses cases where we are able to use DNA to prove innocence,” Scheck said. “And then we build on the case using other evidence.”
Prior to this, the use of DNA testing was not allowed to prove innocence of past convictions, he said. Reform was a long process that worked its way from state to state.
“When bad things happen in a complex system, the problem is rarely a single cause, but is caused by complex errors,” Scheck said. “(The Innocence Project) works to reduce errors in the system
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Foreign affairsInternational students generally enjoy their time at SU but wish the university would do more to help them connect with campus. See Thursday’s paper
In the runningFor the second year in a row, the Elect Her program will encourage women to get involved in politics and take leadership positions.See Thursday’s paperN
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Signing awayJIM BOEHEIM signs copies of his book “Bleeding Orange” on Tuesday at noon in the bookstore in Schine Stu-dent Center. In his autobiography, Boeheim shares stories and anecdotes about his career as the head bas-ketball coach for the Orange. Boeheim’s book signing tour started on Nov. 8 at the Barnes and Noble in DeWitt and will include a signing at the Wegmans in DeWitt on Nov. 18. yilin zhou contributing photographer
SU to increase winter break online course optionsBy Sara Swannstaff writer
More than 200 Syracuse University students are predicted to enroll in classes over winter break through the
Winterlude program this year, about double the number that signed up last year.
Registration for Winterlude, now in its second year, starts Wednesday. The program is ideal for students
who want to boost their GPA, pre-pare for future study abroad or take advantage of credit opportunities, according to its website.
In its first year, Winterlude had 104 enrollments in five classes.
Now in its second year with about three times as many course offer-ings, more than 200 students are anticipated to enroll in Winterlude, Chris Cofer, executive director of
SU to end tobacco use in JulyBy Anna Merod asst. news editor
Syracuse University will become a tobacco-free campus on July 1, 2015, according to an email sent to the campus community Tues-day afternoon.
The university will begin a phased approach to implement a tobacco-free campus for the 2015–16 academic year, according to the email. By July 1, 2015, tobacco prod-ucts or any products simulating tobacco smoking will be banned on campus, including outdoor spaces. All locations owned or leased by SU in the United States will enforce the policy, with the exception of the Carrier Dome, the Sheraton Hotel, Drumlins and Syracuse Stage. All SU-owned property, include international property, is expected to fully adopt the policy by 2017, according to the email.
The tobacco ban also includes the ban of tobacco industry sponsored
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combat veteran in the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He also served as the senior military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense from 2001–02, retiring just after his promotion to major general, calling it “the toughest decision” of his life.
“To the great Syracuse University veter-ans community, well done,” Batiste began his speech. “You get it and you take care of one another.”
Batiste explained that Veterans Day is an opportunity to honor those who served and admire the family members who are also an
integral part of the fighting force. He honored all these selfless individuals by classifying them as “the heartbeat of America.”
“Veterans Day celebrates the service of all United States armed forces veterans. America for all its faults is the best nation on Earth,” Batiste said. “Veterans put the nation first and by definition, the nation must come first.”
Batiste advised attendees to “find a way to honor a veteran beyond thanking him or her
for their service and help us bring the ethos of service to life.”
Additionally, University Singers, which consists of 30–40 SU students, performed renditions of, “America the Beautiful” and “Amazing Grace,” in a performance that Batiste said brought him to tears.
“You make me want to go back and walk the battlefields of Gettysburg or more recent battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said. “Thank you.”
The SU Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs were also present at the ceremony to honor past and current veterans. Higgins, said the university has a long-standing tra-dition of welcoming and serving veterans. Those student-veterans have added value to the classroom and the community, he said.
At the close of event, the 198th Army Reserve Band performed a variety of bugle calls to honor the United States Army, Marine Corp, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. Veter-ans in the audience stood for their respective bugle call, and received applause for their ser-vice. Audience members were then led outside to the Quad for a flag ceremony that caught the attention of many students who were walking to class.
Ultimately, the ceremony reminded those in attendance to take a step back, reflect and be grateful for the heroism and self-sacrifice of those who served or currently serve the country.
“Veterans understand originally how ran-dom life can be,” Batiste said. “In return for our service, we get something invaluable, and that is, the sense of how magnificent life can also be.”
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Veterans Day celebrates the service of all United States armed forces veterans. America for all its faults is the best nation on Earth.
John Batisteretired maj. gen.
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CHRIS PULLIAMCOOL, CALM, CONSERVATIVELet the trumpets blare — the
GOP is victorious. On Nov. 4, the Republican Party took
control of the U.S. Senate with a net gain of seven seats. The American people sent a strong message to the White House: they are fed up with the Obama administration.
This election was about President Barack Obama’s policies, make no doubt about that. He needs to take their message to heart and work with Congress to find common ground on bipartisan issues because his historical legacy is at stake.
Even Obama himself said that his “policies are on the ballot” according to an Oct. 2 article from the Weekly Standard. Nearly every candidate for the GOP ran on an anti-Obama platform and every new Republican challenger who ran against Obamacare won.
Now that the playing field seems to be swinging in favor of Repub-
licans, Obama needs to take this message from the American people very seriously.
According to a Nov. 3 NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, 67 per-cent of registered voters want to see “a great deal of change” or “quite a bit of change” in Obama’s leader-ship style. They are clearly tired of his policy agenda and wanted a change in Washington.
This referendum against Obama is obviously not a welcomed event for the White House. But consider-ing the hand that has been dealt to the second-term president, com-promising on key bipartisan issues is the necessary course of action.
For example, corporate tax reform is a bipartisan issue that
Congress and Obama should be able to work together. Both Republicans and Obama see the U.S.’s current corporate tax rate as hindrance to job growth.
Our corporate tax rate, at 35 percent, is one of the highest in the world. Obama and the GOP should be able to reach middle ground on lowering this rate to a more com-petitive level, while also reducing the tax deductions a corporation receives from the federal govern-ment. This road of compromise allows for more job growth while also forcing corporations to pay more of their fair share to the fed-eral government, plus a point in the bipartisanship category.
Obama would be very wise to focus on working with Republicans rather than using executive orders to completely bypass Congress in order to achieve his own policy agenda. For example, the president
has repeatedly threatened to use executive action to fix the drawn out issues regarding immigration. Using his pen to ignore Congress would be very unwise on the presi-dent’s part.
Republican leadership has repeatedly stated that executive action on immigration will severely damage the relationship between the White House and the GOP-con-trolled Congress. Damaging an already strained relationship is never good politics and would only increase the now-normal gridlock in Washington.
In addition, many conserva-tive leaders have suggested that executive orders on immigration may jeopardize the nomination process for Obama’s nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch. The nomination confirmation pro-cess usually goes rather smoothly considering the current dysfunc-
tion of Washington. Making the nomination process more difficult will only make the American people lose more faith in their government as well as intensify the head butting between Obama and the GOP in the next two years.
At the end of the day, compro-mise is usually the right move. The American people have spoken and it is time for the GOP to challenge the agenda set forth by the Obama administration. Hopefully, the wisdom that Obama has acquired during his six years in office can inform him that compromise is the best route to take. For the sake of the country, I pray that this wisdom is present in the forefront of the president’s mind.
Chris Pulliam is a sophomore policy studies and political science major. His column appears weekly.
He can be reached at [email protected].
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The “Elect Her” workshop should continue to be host-ed on Syracuse University’s
campus, but future events should encompass all types of female leadership.
“Elect Her,” a workshop for women pursuing an elected lead-ership position, will take place on Nov. 15. The first “Elect Her” took place last spring and included Mayor Stephanie Miner as the keynote speaker along with a panel of four female leaders from Student Association.
This workshop’s speakers include Syracuse Common Coun-cilors At-Large Jean Kessner and Kathleen Joy, and female SA leaders making up the student panel.
If “Elect Her” is going to occur every semester coordinators should consider bringing in female leaders beyond SA or Syracuse politicians. Female students who are interested in women’s leadership, but not nec-essarily politics, could gain more from upcoming events if a wider array of speakers and female lead-ers of student groups were included on the panel.
The coordinators could reach out to female business leaders, entre-preneurs and women in science. Even if “Elect Her” does not return to campus, a similar event should embody more women leaders.
In addition to featuring more women leaders on campus, the coordinators of “Elect Her,” should
attempt to establish a student organization that promotes female leadership.
“Elect Her” is a workshop taking place one day out of the entire semes-ter. While it is beneficial to have a large event focusing on this topic, having a group that is constantly working to involve and encourage more female leaders would be an important asset to SU’s campus.
Whether or not “Elect Her” returns to campus next semester, events that promote women’s lead-ership should continue.
But “Elect Her” should expand beyond women in politics to all women’s leadership, and should also extend to an established orga-nization on campus.
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MislabeledEnvironment columnist Azor Cole discusses why extremist environment groups should not be labeled eco-terrorists. See dailyorange.com
Poor turnoutGeneration Y columnist Tamara Rasamny explains why voter turnout was so low among the millennial generation. See dailyorange.com
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through the use of scientifically reliable evi-dence,” he added.
Since 1989, 312 wrongfully accused individ-uals were released from prison due to proof pro-vided by DNA tests, Scheck said. To minimize the number of individuals in prison for crimes they haven’t committed, the Innocence Project works to create reforms and practices that can be applied to the justice system.
Scheck said 75 percent of incorrect arrests are made because of misidentification. In order to reduce this, the Innocence Project suggests that police make clear to the individual iden-tifying the criminal that they should not make a decision unless they are sure. In addition, police and forensic teams should use blind
identification when looking at evidence to ensure there is no bias. Currently eight states have adopted this reform, he said.
Invalidated forensic evidence is also a lead-ing cause for wrongful accusations. Fifty per-cent of individuals are locked away because of these errors, Scheck said.
In the past, forensic scientists have used fingerprints to identify a criminal, but even that isn’t full proof. As seen in the Brandon Mayfield case, partial fingerprints and print matching can be wrong. Mayfield was put into jail imme-diately after his fingerprint matched most closely to a partial print found on the remains of an Al-Qaeda bomb that blew up a train in Spain, Scheck said, but he was later found innocent.
After this case, the FBI implemented reforms to prevent this from happening again, he said.
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the Winterlude and Summer at Syracuse pro-grams, said in an email.
“Winterlude provides students another opportunity in the management of their aca-demic career,” Cofer said. “Getting ahead on credits was the most cited reason for Winterlude participation from survey responses last year.”
The program is open to SU and non-SU stu-dents, both full and part-time. Full-time SU stu-dents must obtain permission from an academic adviser before registering so they’re prepared for the condensed online course format, Cofer said. Part-time SU students and non-SU students do not require permission to enroll, he added. Once approved, students can choose one of the 16 online classes offered to earn three credits in
the four-week period from Dec. 15 to Jan. 9, 2015.Cofer said Winterlude “is a great way for
students to stay on track, get ahead with their course work or improve their GPA.” He said the condensed online formats are popular because students can complete the courses during break.
The 16 online classes include a wide range of subjects, including ANT 185: “Global Encoun-ters,” CFS 202: “Development of Children and Youth,” ECN 301: “Intermediate Microeco-nomics” and PHI 171: “Critical Thinking.”
The cost of one Winterlude course is $3,222, which is in addition to the regular spring semester tuition charges. Financial aid is available to students who demonstrate need and who are interested in taking a Winterlude course, according to the program’s website.
Philip Porter, a sophomore history major, said he plans on taking advantage of Winter-
lude. Porter will be registering for the NSD: 225: “Nutrition in Health” course.
“Winter break is over four weeks long, which is a really long break. It only makes sense to get some requirements out of the way,” Porter said. “Plus, through Winterlude you only have to focus on one class for those four weeks versus several classes during a regular semester.”
Aleah Shandles, a freshman television, radio and film major, and some other SU students are not registering for Winterlude courses simply because the classes did not interest or benefit them.
“I think it is a great opportunity for students who need to catch up on credits or knock out a necessary course for their major,” Shandles said. “They just didn’t offer any courses that would advance my major besides taking up an elective.”
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By Anagha Dasstaff writer
The Syracuse Common Council voted unanimously on Monday to pass leg-islation in hopes of creating Promise
Zones on the Southside of Syracuse.A Promise Zone is an initiative created by Pres-
ident Barack Obama in 2013 that aims to revital-ize high poverty areas, said Common Councilor Pamela Hunter. A total of 20 Promise Zones are expected to be announced over the next three years, according to a White House press release.
“It will increase economic activity, decrease crime and hopefully lift the community out of poverty,” Hunter said.
The Common Council is currently waiting for the Promise Zones to be granted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It’s very difficult to tell whether the department
will grant the zones, Hunter said. She said the final decision would most likely occur within the year.
Many parts of the city are below the poverty level, but the council chose the Southside for the program because they thought it would appeal more to the community. Creating Promise Zones on the Southside would be beneficial because the neighborhood is the gateway of the city, Hunter said. Most people pass through it to get to other areas of the city, so establishing zones there makes a better case for the grant.
“The Southside has been an overlooked area as far as development is concerned,” Hunter said. “Reducing crime there is much needed.”
Obama announced that he would designate 20 Promise Zones nationwide in his 2013 State of the Union address. On Jan. 9, the first Promise Zones were announced in a ceremony at the White House. The first locations were San Antonio, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, southeastern Kentucky
and the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma.The Promise Zones support local communi-
ties through accountability for goals, intensive federal partnership, help accessing resources, national service and investing in what works, according to the White House release. Accord-ing to the Center for American Progress, community-driven efforts, comprehensive strategies, outcomes at the systems level and data-driven results are four key components in applying for the program.
Obama also proposed cutting taxes on hiring and investment in areas designated as Promise Zones to attract businesses and create jobs.
“If the U.S. Department of Housing and Devel-opment designate the Syracuse Promise Zone, it would make us receive preference for certain federal programs over a 10 year program.” Hunter said. “We would also receive a federal liaison to work with federal community stakeholders and
with the community to meet its needs.”This would be an ongoing project, Hunter said.
It could go up to 10 years depending on the grant. The legislation is still vague since the Com-
mon Council is still in the process of applying for it, said Bob Dougherty, common councilor, whose district encompasses the Southside. If they were to get the designation, the city would receive five workers from Volunteers in Service to America. These workers would get a stipend to pay for their food and lodging.
“Let’s say they were working in the South-west Community Center,” Dougherty said. “This would be a way to get workers at the agency.”
Dougherty said the Common Council pro-posed Promise Zones to fight the poverty occur-ring in the city. He mentioned that a few city schools have received some Promise Zone work-ers already.
Syracuse applies for Promise Zone funding to help improve Southside neighborhood
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adjust to the new layout. But there have been no direct injuries or accidents reported as a result of the changes, she said.
Warren added that there are concerns about possible traffic issues that could arise when the streets need to be plowed since the lanes are
narrower as a result of the changes. In addition, reducing traffic to one lane in each direction causes problems when, for example, a fire truck needs to pull over on Comstock or Waverly, she said. Because there is no second lane, it becomes difficult for traffic to get around the fire trucks.
In a statement, the Syracuse Department of Public Works said it has heard from citizens who have supported the project, as well as
residents who have concerns. Students have taken notice of the changes,
and many said they were confused about the changes at first. Several students said they were confused when they first saw cars parked on Comstock Avenue, since the parking lane is not along the curb.
Mike Sutton, an undeclared freshman in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human
Dynamics, said he doesn’t understand the changes given all the snow the city gets in the winter. He said he thinks the new layout will make plowing the roads difficult, and added that he doesn’t think many people will be using the bike lanes in the snow.
“I’m not sure many people like it other than people who park here,” Sutton said.
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events both on and off campus. The advertising, marketing, distribution and promotion of any tobacco product are also prohibited from any property owned, controlled or operated by SU.
The email included an attachment of the draft version of the policy. In the drafted policy, it stated that there will be four phases toward implement-ing a completely smoke and tobacco-free campus.
Phase One includes an ongoing effort to educate the campus about the policy and how it will be implemented. The first phase will also include offering increased services to help students, faculty and staff quit using tobacco products. Phase Two will include implementing the policy for the SU grounds, facilities and locations affected by the July 1, 2015 date. Phase Three will include the phased implementation of the policy for the Dome, Sheraton Hotel, Drumlins and Syr-acuse Stage by 2017. But event attendees in the parking lot outside of the Dome will still be exempt from the policy. The fourth and final phase of the policy will be to consider the feasibility of applying the policy on SU’s international campuses.
There may be an exemption from the tobac-co-free policy for research purposes, so long as it follows SU’s policies on research, health and safety. Community members can use tobacco for educational, religious, clinical, artistic or ceremonial purposes with prior approval from the appropriate administrator or facility manager and a University fire/safety officer for smoking purposes, accord-ing to the draft policy.
Faculty, staff and students who violate the
tobacco-free policy are subject to disciplinary action by the university. Visitors and alumni who violate the policy and refuse to comply may be asked to leave campus.
In the next eight months, SU will hold sev-eral events for the policy’s first phase to edu-cate the campus and help community members quit tobacco before July 2015.
Some of the upcoming resources include a tobacco-free campus website that will provide more details about the policy, a map of campus, frequently asked questions, a fact sheet on pro-hibited items and an opportunity to provide
feedback on the policy.Before July 2015 there will be information
sessions for students, faculty and staff to dis-cuss the policy and current implementation plan. There will also be a student-led activity for the entire campus community and there will be events to celebrate the Great American Smoke-Out, an annual event put on by the American Cancer Society, on Nov. 20.
Free support groups to help students, fac-ulty and staff quit smoking will be offered starting January 2015. The support groups will last six weeks for those who would like to quit tobacco use before the policy is imple-mented in July 2015.
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DATES TO KNOWHere are the dates when the tobacco-free policy will be implemented:
July 1, 2015: All SU owned and leased facilities in the U.S. will go tobacco-free.July 2015-July 2017: The Carrier Dome, Sheraton, Drumlins and Syracuse Stage will all become tobacco-free.
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By Emma Baty staff writer
One hundred and eight days, 16 cities, 14 countries.
Instead of studying abroad in one location, Syracuse University students Lauran Singer and Brady Burke are participating in Semester
at Sea, where they are constantly traveling. Semester at Sea is sponsored by the University of Virginia. In the program,
participating students spend the semester on a cruise ship-like campus. They take classes while sailing and go on excursions while on land.
Singer, a junior political science major, said she was attracted to Semester at Sea because she wanted variety in her study abroad experience.
“The thought of studying abroad in one country was something I could never see fitting my personality,” Singer said.
Burke, a senior anthropology major, shared the same feeling. “As a traveler, the opportunity to see so many places in such a unique way
was extremely enticing,” Burke said in an email. After setting sail from London, the group explored Europe, stopping in
Russia, Germany and several other countries. Afterward, the ship crossed the
Mediterranean Sea and docked in Morocco before cruising across the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil. Future stops on their itinerary include Barbados and Cuba.
Participating in Semester at Sea encompasses more than world travels. Students take classes according to a schedule that divides the days into “A” days and “B” days. On “A” days, students attend three classes and on “B” days they attend one.
“It’s a challenge, especially balancing schoolwork with traveling the world,” Singer said.
When students go on shore, they have field labs, which correlate with what they’re learning in the classroom. In Singer’s Religion and the First Amendment class, she learned about a court case in the European Court of Human Rights. When they were in Europe, they got to meet the lawyers who worked on the case.
“Education in the world has so much of an impact on how you’re able to relate things back in the classroom,” Singer said.
For Burke, his studies so far have taught him that experiences make the best teachers.
Burke said Semester at Sea was a “no brainer” for him. He thinks his education has given him certain understandings that allow him to critically reflect on the different cultures.
“Anthropology has allowed me to become a very mindful traveler,” Burke said. “Seeing the world like an anthropologist allows me to notice and under-stand so much more than I have before.”
One of Burke’s childhood friends, 2014 SU alumnus Jon Maser, also partic-ipated in Semester at Sea. When he got back, he told Burke about his trip and
Students participate in Semester at Sea, travel to 14 countries
Label to showcase artists
By Taylor Georgesoncontributing writer
When Osamede Ogbeide went to a party earlier this semester, he wasn’t expecting to perform one of his orig-inal alternative hip-hop songs.
“I was very nervous and the whole party became quiet while I sang,” said Ogbeide, a freshman premedicine major.
The reaction he received after his last note was surprising — the crowd applauded and cheered him on.
Ogbeide hopes to receive the same response as he performs more origi-nal songs at the Syracuse University Recordings showcase on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Jabberwocky Café at the Schine Student Center.
SUR works closely with the stu-dent organization Orange Music Group to help provide an outlet for students who want to get exposure and experience in the music field. OMG works on marketing and brand-ing artists, while SUR is a record label on campus that signs artists.
“OMG is made to help students get exposure and experience per-forming if they want a career in the music industry,” said Freddie McCullers, who is involved on the artists and repertoire team for OMG and works for SUR. “The artists are basically doing on campus what they would be doing if they were in the music business right now.”
Two years ago, McCullers and other members of SUR came up with the idea for the label to hold its first showcase, which has been growing ever since.
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encouraged him to do it. Maser thought Semester at Sea would benefit
Burke the way it benefited him. While studying at SU, Maser knew he wanted to go into entre-preneurship. Participating in Semester at Sea made him realize he wanted to start a business to connect locals with tourists to promote travel.
“The biggest bubble you could be in are col-lege campuses,” Maser said. “(With Semester at Sea), every day you’re just in a completely different environment. It’s just so satisfying to meet new people and do new things.”
Students can also volunteer while the ship is docked. While in Germany, Singer and some of
her classmates visited Peace Village Internation-al, a home that hosts children from impoverished or war-torn countries in need of medical help.
“The kids didn’t shy away from us, and they just wanted to be loved,” Singer said.
One girl on the playground was crying hyster-ically, Singer said. She couldn’t get the little girl to stop, and they couldn’t communicate because they didn’t speak the same language. Then, two boys pointed at the girl’s wrist. Singer found out the girl has a deformity that causes her regular pain.
“The fact that they were able to just commu-nicate and pick up on the fact that I wasn’t able to express what I was trying to say to her, and they were able to do it,” Singer said. “It’s just a unique environment, and seeing such young children who’ve been through so much also be so strong.”
As the trip nears its end, Burke says the pro-gram has changed him as a person in the way that it continues to reinforce his open-mindedness.
“New cultures and new people every day keeps you grounded and seeing all these dif-ferent ports reminds me of how fortunate I am to have been given the life I have,” Burke said.
Semester at Sea has taught Singer to accept that she doesn’t know exactly who she is yet, but this experience is molding her into the person she wants to be.
Said Singer: “It’s an opportunity to find your-self, and even if you don’t come out necessarily knowing who you are, you start leading a path to saying, ‘This is what I want, this is what I’m learning about myself, this is where I’m growing.’”
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“We saw a lot of potential in the organization, and we had the vision to help students on campus who had the passion for music and wanted to be in the industry,” said McCullers, a sophomore communication and rhetorical studies major.
The showcase this year features 10 artists. Three come from OMG, including Ogbeide, Maricellis Galanes and Julia Wolfe.
Artists who are not a part of SUR go through an audition process before it’s decided whether or not they can be in the showcase. At auditions, McCull-ers said they looked for artists who could perform original songs besides covers from other singers.
McCullers added that there are a wide vari-ety of performers that will be featured, each with a different style of music. Galanes, a junior drama and psychology major, will be perform-
ing original rap songs, while Ogbeide described his music as a mix of alternative and hip-hop.
“We want a lot of diversity in the show,” said McCullers on the process of creating the show-case lineup. “We are putting on a show and we want to make it a good one.”
The artists all have varying backgrounds in music as well. Galanes has been performing as a young girl since she was in dance classes and participated in musical theater, while Ogbeide started producing music when he was 13 years old and started writing his own music last year. Both artists said they have enjoyed the experience with the showcase and the process leading up to it.
“The showcase has been a good way for new coming artists like me to get their music out there and be more prepared for the future in the business,” Galanes said. “Now when I grad-uate I will have experience in the industry and have my own album to show producers.”
Ogbeide added that he has appreciated the help he has received by being a part of the showcase.
“It is awesome having a team behind you that is just as passionate about music as you are,” he said. “We are all very close and like a family.”
While both are slightly nervous for any last minute issues to arise on the day of the showcase, Galanes and Ogbedie are excited for their perfor-mances and to see where their music will go in the future. Galanes said she specifically looks forward to exploring different genres and learning the different processes within the music business.
Ogbedie said he plans to continue his pas-sion for music as he goes through life.
“Music is the most rewarding thing you can do since it is about self-expression,” Ogbedie said. “From that light bulb moment of creativity to making and performing your own song, there is no better feeling.”
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MODEL BEHAVIORBy Emma Batystaff writer
Dayna DiJoseph says her style makes no sense.
“I have everything in my closet, from this one pair of high top leather sneakers that have buckles and zippers all over them to floral dresses and like really girly. It’s
all over the place,” DiJoseph said. DiJoseph, a freshman marketing and advertising double major, has always been inter-
ested in fashion and began modeling at a young age. After College Fashionista listed her as one of the 75 most stylish college freshmen in the country, she was featured on Seventeen.com with four other girls from the campaign.
“I saw it on their Twitter and was like ‘there’s pictures of Taylor Swift and Lucy Hale on this thing, and then there’s me,’” DiJoseph said.
Including a Michael Jackson-inspired fedora and a quintessential British trench coat, DiJoseph comments on the five wardrobe essentials she couldn’t live without.
Black fedora:“It very much compliments an outfit. I’ve learned, after I got out of the high school-orient-ed, dress-code mindset, that hats really are an accent or a way to polish off an outfit. So I feel like it just adds that extra little bit of taste to the overall ensemble.”
Black trench coat:“A trench coat is never going to go out of style. It’s been around for so long and they keep kind of reinventing it, adding different things to it, different ways to wear it. Like now it’s big to drape it on your shoulders like I have here. Or you can wear it traditionally. I feel like it’s one of those pieces that’s universal, and you can change over every year and use it.”
Coated denim pants:“It’s something you can do to experiment with your wardrobe but still be a bit edgy. Like if you wanted to go with a little edginess, but you could still wear it with more everyday stuff. Since it’s like a black leather, you could wear it as a bottom to go with anything you would wear like pants or black jeans with, but you’re trying a trend, or you’re going that little extra bit just to experiment.”
Black leather bag:“If it’s bigger like this one is, you can fit more in it. Maybe a couple classes got canceled for the day — you only have one — you can just throw (a notebook) in your purse as opposed to lugging a backpack around. And also because it’s very simple, it is another one of those pieces that I feel like can transcend a season.”
Black motorcycle boots: “It’s a style that is always there, they just reinvent it. So I feel like if you pair it well and can dress it the right way, it’ll just kind of keep being there. And also, it adds a little bit of edge to an outfit. I wear it a lot of times with dresses, just to kind of do the soft and the edge together without being too overpowering.”
DAYNA DIJOSEPH has been interested in fashion and modeling since a young age. Recently she was named one of the 75 most stylish college freshmen by College Fashionista. She describes her own style as “all over the place.” renee zhou asst. photo editor
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“The only reason why Syracuse has a foot in the door down here is because of him,” said Hialeah (Florida) High School head coach Marc Berman, who has known McDonald for 10 years.
Berman’s quarterback last season, three-star recruit Alin Edouard, committed to SU after de-committing from Miami. Six of the 21 players in the Orange’s Class of 2015 are from Florida. So were six of 25 in 2014.
But SU’s work in the talent-saturated state was complicated by McDonald’s demotion. His rela-tionships with South Florida coaches allow him and SU to converse with players that just miss out on the top in-state programs. It’s an in that most out-of-state programs like SU don’t have.
“I think it’s going to be very difficult for him to stay,” said Jeff Bertani, North Miami Beach (Florida) High School head coach, referring to his friend McDonald. Bertani sent senior safety Ritchy Desir and freshman wide receiver Steve Ishmael to the Orange.
Booker T. Washington (Florida) High School head coach Tim Harris Jr. said Syracuse made an offer to his Class of 2016 wide receiver, Vaquan Small, two weeks before McDonald
was demoted. Harris said he continued to hear from McDonald about once a week after the offer was made, but hasn’t heard from McDon-ald since.
Five days after the demotion, Shafer said McDonald’s role in recruiting won’t change. The assistant coach has not been made avail-able to the media since.
Three-star Class of 2015 offensive tackle commit, Sam Clausman, who goes to Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauder-dale, Florida and verbally pledged to SU in May, said he heard from McDonald about once a week after committing. He said he last heard from McDonald about two weeks ago.
Clausman said his offensive line teammate, Colin Byrne, who is also committed to SU, has had a similar experience.McDonald briefly talked to Clausman about his demotion, Clausman said.
“He said that sometimes your family gets into a fight but at the end of the day you hug it out and still love each other,” Clausman said.
Clausman said two of his teammates have offers from SU.
Berman said he’s disappointed in McDonald’s demotion as he knows him personally and that coaches in the area feel the same way, but that it doesn’t affect how likely he is to point a recruit to Syracuse, as long as McDonald’s still with SU.
Said Berman: “If Coach (McDonald) said
that ‘I’m not going to be there anymore, I’m going to another school,’ then obviously wher-ever he would go, that would be the place that I’d want to send my student-athletes.”
•••Shafer told Stephen Lian that it was impor-
tant for Syracuse to recruit in Rochester. But the Brighton (Rochester) High School head coach said he doesn’t know if he believed that was true.
“There are some other schools around that have given us a lot more attention and that have been a lot more present in the area than Syracuse,” Lian said.
SU has two players from the Rochester region — receiver Ashton Broyld and defen-sive back Chauncey Scissum — on its roster. SU didn’t bring in many Rochester products during Marrone’s tenure, but high school coaches in the area are now disappointed in the Orange’s decreased activity there.
Lian said that Rutgers, Buffalo and Connecti-cut are in constant contact with him, as was for-mer SU running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley before he left with Marrone for the Buffalo Bills.
“… They would check in regularly,” Jason Benham, the head coach at Gates Chili (Roch-ester) High School said. “Whereas the new staff, we really have not been in contact.”
Syracuse used to run Saturday practice
clinics around Rochester in the spring, in which high school football players, coaches and SU fans could come out and interact with the team. Since Shafer took over the program, that clinic has been discontinued, Lian said.
Both coaches said there has been less Divi-sion I talent in Rochester the past few years, but said that hasn’t hindered other schools from checking in.
“During the season, it’s tough because you’re getting ready for the next game,” said SU defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough, who is in charge of recruiting in the Rochester area. “You’ve got to win games. I don’t know what it was like back then.”
Benham said the last time he saw Bullough was in the spring. Bullough also added that the Orange has offered to a couple players from Rochester. Scout.com indicates two players in the Class of 2016 have received offers.
Benham added that he’s seen SU-caliber play-ers go through his program that never received much interest from the Orange. Lian said that student-athletes in the Rochester area don’t have the same type of allegiance to Syracuse.
“If they want to come meet with us, we’d love to meet with them,” Lian said. “Selfishly, if we have a D-I kid, I’d love to have him at Syracuse because I can go see him at games, go check up on him. It’s an easy thing.”
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By Liam Sullivanstaff writer
Alison Domenico was shocked when Paul Flana-gan left St. Lawrence to become the first-ever women’s ice hockey coach at Syracuse in 2008.
After her first three seasons playing forward for Flanagan, two of which included Frozen Four appearances, she couldn’t believe he was leaving. Flanagan brought her to St. Lawrence to play college hockey and became her role model, and he wouldn’t be around for her senior season.
“I had come to love him and I loved playing for him,” Domenico said. “I didn’t understand it at all. (St. Lawrence) had been so good with him at the helm.”
Since, Domenico has graduated from St. Lawrence, moved into coaching and is reunited with Flanagan in her fourth season as an assis-tant coach for Syracuse (3-4-5, 2-1-1 College Hockey America). With an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament going to the CHA winner for the first time this season, the pair will try to recreate the success they enjoyed at St. Law-rence and propel SU into the national tourna-ment for the first time in program history.
After achieving success under Flanagan, Domenico will look to help the program do so.
“Finding someone like Ally who’s so commit-ted is rare, which is a big part of why I brought her on board. She’s all in,” Flanagan said.
Domenico worked as an assistant coach
under fellow SU assistant coach Brendon Knight at Hamilton College for a season after graduating. The next season she coached at Ohio State University before rejoining the coach who taught her college hockey.
Her roles as assistant coach for SU include coaching the defense on gameday and also work-ing with forward in practice Domenico is only six years removed from playing and is very much in-tune with the way women’s ice hockey players operate, on and off the ice, Flanagan said. Flanagan added that her recent experience is something that makes her a valuable asset to the program.
“It’s really nice she’s a woman coach who’s close to us in age,” SU defender Nicole Renault said. “All the girls on the team feel like we can talk to her.”
Her age, gender and experience playing for Flanagan also helps the Orange in recruiting.
Domenico is often on the road recruiting, even missing games at times, and Knight and her split the recruiting tasks. Both email and call recruits, give tours, watch lots of high school hockey and visit recruits’ homes.
This year-round responsibly of bringing high-quality talent into Syracuse from Van-couver to the east coast is what Domenico said she really enjoys because it means being around the game she loves.
“She did anything as a player to help her team be successful,” Flanagan said. “Now, she’s doing the same thing as a coach.”
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By Paul Schwedelson and Liam Sullivanstaff writers
After beating Boston College 3-0 on Oct. 4, Jackie Firenze said the game could be the turning point of the season.
It was — except it turned in the opposite direction of what she hoped.
Syracuse was shut out in its next five games as the season sputtered away. The rest of October was marred by inexperience and blown chances.
“We’ve gone through some growing pains,” Firenze said.
Nineteen of SU’s 24 players on the roster were either freshmen or sophomores. Though its freshman class was ranked No. 17 best in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.com, Syra-cuse’s (5-10-4, 2-7-1 Atlantic Coast) struggles throughout the season were underscored by an inability to score in conference play.
The Orange and the many young players who were thrust into contributing roles hope the team will learn from the disappointing season and improve in the future.
“I don’t think it’s a question of if people are good enough or skilled enough or want it bad enough or anything,” Firenze said. “I just think it’s a little — I wouldn’t say immaturity, but it’s just people aren’t used to it yet.”
SU’s inexperience was manifested in a lack of scoring. Syracuse finished last in the con-ference in shots with 51 in 10 games.
“One of the main lessons we learned this year is we’re not going to get perfect oppor-tunities in the run of play to score goals,” Syracuse head coach Phil Wheddon said. “We just have to take more shots.”
Wheddon called this team the deepest he ever had at Syracuse. It set preseason goals of reach-
ing both the ACC and the NCAA tournaments. Both went unfulfilled.Playing in what coaches and players con-
stantly heralded as the country’s best confer-ence for women’s soccer, Syracuse wanted to peak in mid-October in preparation for what it hoped would be one of four spots in the ACC tournament. Instead, it lost seven of its last 10 matches and the season slipped away.
SU had very few bright spots, but Courtney Brosnan was one of them. After she returned to the pitch from a preseason injury that sidelined her for the first eight games, Bros-nan made 63 saves, second in the ACC, and finished with the fourth best save percentage in the conference, 80 percent.
While the Orange defense was often under fire, Brosnan seemed to rise to the challenge with diving save after diving save and earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors.
“Courtney’s an exceptional goalkeeper,” Wheddon said. “In my opinion, she’s the best in the ACC.”
But even her highlight-reel saves weren’t enough against the nation’s top teams.
Moving into next season, every player on the team has the opportunity to return. Even Syracuse’s only senior, Alexis Koval, still has a year left of eligibility after red-shirting as a freshman.
With what Eva Gordon described as “another strong recruiting class” coming in for the 2015 season, the Orange hopes that learning from the losses this year will help it build for the future.
“You shoot as high as you can and we had high expectations coming in with the fresh-man class that we did,” Gordon said. “It didn’t work out the way we wanted it to.”
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SSPORTS dailyorange.com @dailyorange november 12, 2014 • PAGE 16
Not enoughSyracuse women’s soccer entered the 2014 season with a young team and high expectations, but success never came.See page 14
Old friendsAfter playing for SU ice hockey head coach Paul Flanagan at St. Lawrence, Alison Domenico is at his side once again. See page 13
see recruiting page 12
By The Daily Orange Sports Staff
Scott Shafer is talking about apples.
Golden Delicious and Granny Smith, defensive backs from Florida and offensive linemen from the Midwest.
All apples. “Golden Delicious. That’s a five-star apple,” Shafer, Syra-
cuse’s head coach, said in his weekly press conference last Thursday. “You went to the market to get a dozen Golden Delicious apples and you got there and there weren’t any there.
“And the handful that were there said, ‘We’re not going to let you buy us. We want to go in someone else’s sack.’”
It’s an appetizing metaphor that Shafer used to articulate SU football’s recruiting approach as it wraps up its second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In February, Shafer will sign his second
full class and the recruiting trends that have accompanied his staff’s first two seasons will materialize onto SU’s rosters.
Syracuse has made great strides in the Midwest thanks to Shafer, New Jersey thanks to tight ends coach Bobby Acosta and Florida thanks to wide receivers coach George McDonald. But McDonald’s
demotion from offensive coordinator earlier this season turns Florida from fertile to questionable and SU has focused much less on junior college players — a staple of the Doug Marrone era — and Rochester, its own backyard.
Shafer’s says he’s looking for the best apples he can find and
hoping the rest takes care of itself. Said Shafer: “I’m talking apples. Apples to apples. So what you’ve
got to do is adjust.”•••
When Shafer took over as SU’s head coach in 2013, he inher-ited a recruiting class cultivated by Marrone that included eight junior college players.
In Shafer’s first two classes so far, that number has dropped to just one. That’s current SU junior nose tackle Wayne Wil-liams, a Marrone recruit.
“Not to say that somebody like a Darius Kelly or Deon Goggins weren’t great kids for us, they came from the junior college opportu-nity,” Shafer said. “But we only have two years to help develop them.”
Experience, maturity and specific needs are all benefits of JUCO products, but the Orange currently only has two on its radar for its upcoming class. Four years to develop a player is more enticing for the SU head coach.
“There is a tendency to want to maybe establish continuity within your program,” Pasadena City (California) College head coach Fred Fimbres said. “That’s why maybe a junior college kid wouldn’t be as desirable if you have the ability to withstand the time to develop a young kid.”
Kelly, a senior safety at SU, was recruited by Marrone and said he thought Syracuse wanted experienced junior college players to smoothen the transition to the ACC.
Fimbres sent former SU defensive end Tyler Marona across the country to play at Syracuse. So too did Ben Noonan, who coached SU senior linebacker Luke Arciniega at Sierra (California) College.
Noonan said the GPA requirement for JUCO players to transfer to a D-I school was recently raised from a 2.0 to a 2.5. This not only disqualifies a lot of players with D-I potential, he
said, but it also turns away coaches who fear academic ineligi-bility down the road.
Shafer said he most likely won’t dip into theJUCO pool unless there’s an immediate need at a position. Class of 2015 tight end Trey Dunkelberger may be one of those, as he said Shafer told him one of SU’s tight ends will be moving to the offensive line in the spring, when Dunkelberger would arrive at SU.
“I have the opportunity to come in and fight for a starting spot right away and the only way I could do that is if I’m there in the spring,” Dunkelberger said. “You can’t get that with high school kids so that’s why they’re looking for a JUCO guy right now.”
Out of 122 recruits SU has shown interest in, Dunkel-berger is one of only two junior college players to receive interest, according to Scout.com. He only received an offer from Syracuse on Tuesday and JUCO running back Joseph Williams hasn’t received one.
Sticking to high schools is a personal preference Shafer has made explicit.
“I really love the process in collegiate football of bringing a kid in from high school and developing him,” Shafer said. “That’s my favorite part of the job.”
•••McDonald remains the key for SU in Florida.
‘APPLES TO APPLES’SU recruiting evolves as Shafer wraps up 2nd season
“I really love the process in collegiate football of bringing a kid in from high school and developing him.”Scott Shafer | su head coach
illustration by tony chao art director
changing gearsFormer SU head coach Doug Mar-rone made junior college recruits a focal point, while Scott Shafer has not. Here are SU JUCO recruits by year, with Shafer’s staff being responsible for the last two classes.
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