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During the 2016-17 academic year, The D.O. sent teams of reporters to New York City and Washington, D.C. to cover a historic Inauguration Day. That year, The D.O. Sports staff also traveled more than 33,000 miles to 15 states and Canada to cover SU athletics. This includes the story written about Mike Hopkins after the former Syracuse men’s basketball coach took a head-coaching job at the University of Washington. The piece, which was fully funded by donations, was named one of the best sports stories of the year by the Associated Collegiate Press.

Now, The D.O. is gearing up to send reporting teams to Omaha, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C., respectively, as Syracuse takes on Duke in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and Syracuse students participate in the national March for Our Lives protest against gun violence.

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