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Award-winning NPR journalist Rolando Arrieta spoke about reporting on the Ebola crisis and migration from Cuba at Newhouse on Wednesday night. Page 3

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Moderate columnist Bethanie Viele encourages first-year students to wait until they are sophomores to rush a fraternity or sorority. Page 5

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Rediscover the city of Syracuse this spring break through restaurants, concerts and more, including a Winter Farmers Market and Sneaker and Streetwear Convention. Page 7

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SU women’s basketball’s Gabrielle Cooper improved for the 2019 season, but health issues hindered her game after a case of “walking pneumonia.” Page 12

STILL SEARCHING Haudenosaunee nations continue looking for cultural items nearly 30 years after a law was passed to ensure their return

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Police give no update on assault case By Kennedy Rose news editor

Nearly one month after the assault of three Syracuse University students of color along Ackerman Avenue, it’s unclear what progress has been made by police investigating the incident. A Syracuse Police Department spokesman did not provide any updates on the case to The Daily Orange after multiple emailed requests for information on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Feb. 9, three students of color were attacked outside a house in the 800 block of Ackerman Avenue, according to students at the scene and subsequent police reports. One of the assailants, a white man, allegedly yelled a racial slur before attacking one of the students, a black man. Students criticized SPD’s and the SU Department of Public Safety’s response to the assault in social media posts and at a campus safety forum. krose100@syr.edu

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aithkeeper Oren Lyons stood on the stage of the they originally sought, but are still trying to identify and Everson Museum of Art in 1989, alongside Onon- reclaim other items of importance. daga Chief Irving Powless Jr. and Tuscarora Earlier in the evening at ArtRage, Lyons stood by a artist Richard Hill Sr. white podium and spoke to dozens of attendees who came They had been battling museums across New York to see a photo exhibit chronicling indigenous culture. He state for decades over wampum belts —indigenous items reflected on his childhood, growing up on the Onondaga that document historic events — on displays. And once Nation reservation: he spent much of his time hunting and again, they demanded that the New York State Museum fishing, and stayed outdoors “from sunup to sundown.” return their belts. Martin Sullivan, director of the muse- He described this time as the best part of his life. um, at the time, agreed to return them. As he approaches 90, Lyons still has Later that year, 12 wampum belts were concerns about his culture’s future. He brought back to the Onondaga Nation, an went to ArtRage that evening to present event that Powless Jr. said would live on They were never a talk called “Disappearing Cultures,” for generations to come, according to the and expressed his fear of the fragility of meant to be caged indigenous history. He called indigenous nation’s records. Thirty years later, Lyons, now 89, sat or encased in glass people “probably the most endangered on a wood-planked bench as dozens filed species in the world today.” or hidden. They out of the ArtRage Gallery near downtown “Very few people know much about it, Syracuse. He thought back to that moment were meant to be know much about wampum,” Lyons said. just blocks away, which helped enact a fedwe six (Haudenosaunee) nations used by the people. “But eral law protecting his people’s remains. know on a daily basis.” The Native American Graves ProtecHaudenosaunee Nations acquired Doug George-Kanentiio tion and Repatriation Act, commonly former trustee at the national wampum, a bead made of clam shell, more museum of the american indian known as NAGPRA, was passed in 1990 than 1,000 years ago from indigenous and requires federally-funded institunations near the Atlantic coast, Seneca arttions to disclose and in some cases return indigenous ist Peter Jemison said. These beads were sewn into belts that items that are proven to have cultural roots to indigenous served as messages, treaties and historical documentation. nations. This includes wampum belts, human remains The parallel lines of thousands of purple and white and medicine masks. beads on the “two-row” wampum belt symbolize two But since NAGPRA was passed in 1990, not all of cultures going down the river of life without ever interferthese items have been returned. In a series of interviews ing with each other. It commemorates the first contact with The Daily Orange, several Haudenosaunee leaders between Haudenosaunee Nations and the Dutch in the and legal experts said they have regained most of what 17th century — a “living treaty” with political relevance, see wampum page 4

Syracuse requests review of I-690 By Natalie Rubio-Licht asst. copy editor

The city of Syracuse is asking the New York State Department of Transportation to evaluate the lighting on a stretch of Interstate 690 where head coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man while driving along the highway Feb. 20. Syracuse resident Jorge Jimenez, 51, died in the crash. Osvaldo RiveraOlivo, 49, was also struck and injured. “At the request of the City of Syracuse, the DOT will evaluate the need for additional lighting in the area,” said Greg Loh, director of city initiatives, in an email Tuesday. Lighting of that section of the interstate would be under the jurisdiction of NYSDOT, Loh said. There is currently no lighting on that stretch of I-690, where the crash occurred, Syracuse.com has reported. nrrubiol@syr.edu @natalierubio_

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Continuing coverage Follow along online this spring break for more news from the city of Syracuse. See dailyorange.com

Cops on cannabis Sheriffs across New York state have publicly opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana. See March 18’s paper

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Clay supervisor criticizes grid ‘Plus’ proposal

news to know Here is a round up of the biggest news happening around New York right now. OFFICIAL RESIGNS Mark Schnur, an Onondaga County Conservative Party executive committee member, resigned after a Cicero resident filed a complaint regarding his Facebook posts. Schnur made several homophobic, anti-Muslim and anti-woman posts on social media. source: syracuse.com

FOX BLOCKED Fox’s broadcast channel was blocked in the Syracuse area for the third time in three years after a local television station got in a dispute with DirecTV. Stations WSYT Fox 68 and WNYS My43 were affected by the dispute. source: syracuse.com

DAVE MATTHEWS CONCERT Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will play in Canandaigua this summer at the Constellation Brands — Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center. The show is on Tuesday, June 18, and it begins at 7:30 p.m. source: syracuse.com

DAMIAN ULATOWSKI, the town of Clay supervisor, has criticized the “Community Grid Plus” plan. The plan is an amended version of the previously proposed community grid, an option for the replacement of the Interstate 81 viaduct. dan lyon asst. photo editor By Emma Folts

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The town of Clay’s supervisor this week criticized an expanded community grid replacement option for the Interstate 81 viaduct in a statement. Supervisor Damian Ulatowski said the costs of the community grid option and the message of community grid advocates are both unclear. Ulatowski, who has previously announced support for a hybrid grid-tunnel option, said that a new Community Grid Plus plan “sanitizes” the current grid option. The Community Grid Plus solution incorporates community concerns about the existing proposals — a community grid, tunnel or hybrid grid-tunnel — and refines them into 10 components,

said Jonathan Link Logan, director of Northside Urban Partnership, a CenterState CEO program working to improve the city’s Northside. CenterState CEO, a Syracusebased corporation that promotes economic opportunity across central and northern New York, designed the Community Grid Plus program. A group of individuals from the community and CenterState CEO’s board were also involved in its creation, Link Logan said. The original community grid plan calls for the destruction of the existing viaduct and rerouting traffic to ground-level streets and other highways. County residents shared their concerns about the grid at several town halls, saying they were worried about the effect of increased traffic on the environment and travel times. The Community Grid Plus’ com-

ponents include rerouting truck traffic away from towns and drinking water sources, removing Thruway tolls for the city and creating a local revitalization commission in partnership with the city’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Participation Program, Link Logan said. These measures are designed to ensure inclusive redevelopment and mixed-income development projects for Syracuse residents, he added. Ulatowski , in an interview with The Daily Orange, said he does not fully know how the Community Grid Plus plan differs from the community grid proposal. “Is their vision evolving? And do the grid proponents now recognize the concerns of the surrounding community, or is it an attempt to pacify a growing consciousness?” the statement reads.

The community grid replacement option was the basis for the Community Grid Plus method, Link Logan said. The corporation realized the proposed I-81 replacement options alone could not address the variety of concerns expressed by the community, he added. “What we were looking to do with the Community Grid Plus plan is to move the conversation beyond this just being about the highway,” Link Logan said. Ulatowski said he thought CenterState CEO created the Community Grid Plus plan after hearing the viewpoints and community grid concerns of those in favor of the hybrid option. The Community Grid Plus plan is a way to address those concerns, he said. “I think maybe they started see grid

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Reporter talks Cuban migration, Ebola at SU By Richard J. Chang staff writer

Rolando Arrieta, deputy director of news operations at NPR, spoke about his coverage of the Ebola outbreak and Cuban migration to the United States at a Syracuse University lecture on Wednesday night. In 2015, Arrieta published a story about the journey of people from Cuba to the U.S. by land. Migrants hiked their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, being attacked by thugs, getting lost in the dense jungle for multiple days and fearing having to go back, he said. Arrieta visited the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to talk about the reporting process behind his story as part of the Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium lectures. He has worked at NPR for more than 20 years and is a three-time George Foster Peabody Award-winner.

Cuba had the “wet foot, dry foot” policy in place in 2015, which took back anyone leaving Cuba for the U.S. if they had been caught in any body of water. Many Cubans decided to travel through South America to get on a plane into Mexico to reach the U.S. instead of the closer Florida Keys entrance, Arrieta said. When Arrieta was assigned to cover the journey of the people who traveled this way, he got in touch with a woman who completed the trek with her son and brother and ended up in Emporia, Kansas. Arrieta said that, after he spent time building trust with the family, the mother detailed traumatizing events throughout the migration, including when the family lost their way for seven days in the jungle before making it to Panama City. It was easier for Arrieta’s source to open up about the dangers she faced because he was knowledgeable about Cuban migration and

the geography of nearby cities, he said. Arrieta grew up in Panama. The family eventually made it from Ecuador to the Darién Gap, where they were supposed to board a small six-person plane that would take them to Costa Rica, Arrieta said. The Darién Gap is a jungle area at the border of Panama and Colombia that is not passable by ground. Arrieta’s source was heartbroken to find out that her family could not get tickets for such a plane, he said. They continued on foot through the Darién Gap to Panama. At the time, tens of thousands of migrants were coming through Ecuador, Columbia and Panama, setting up camps and receiving humanitarian aid, Arrieta said. Arrieta said the Cuban migrants were able to board a plane in either Costa Rica or Panama City to Juárez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. The U.S. had open arms for Cuban migrants

when they arrived at the border, but migrants from other countries were denied entry. “This continues to happen,” Arrieta said. “The big difference now is that if they make it to the U.S. border, they are in the same detention center as every other person who is trying to get in, which was not the case before.” Arrieta has also reported on the Ebola outbreak. He traveled to Liberia to find out what affected communities were doing in the panic. He recalled being stressed and paranoid of contamination. He focused on a town in Liberia that did not accept outsiders. Arrieta had to be brought in by a United Nations helicopter. While he was there, he published reports about what hospitals in the area were doing and how a local church allowed neighbors to speak about their quarantined or perished family members. rjchang@syr.edu

FACTORY CLOSURE The Visionworks eyewear factory in DeWitt will close this summer. The company recently notified the employees, and 89 jobs will be eliminated as a result of the closure. The company cited financial inefficiencies and physical limitations for expanding in its announcement of the closure. Production will move to other facilities in San Antonio and Schertz, a Texas suburb. source: syracuse.com

DWI COORDINATOR CHARGED The STOP-DWI coordinator for Oneida County was arrested on DWI-drugs charges Tuesday evening. Tom Giruzzi, the coordinator, was found operating his own vehicle in Utica without his seat belt on and using his cell phone, according to police. source: local syr

BALDWINSVILLE MAN ARRESTED Damien Merkel, 20, of Baldwinsville, has been accused of exchanging sexually explicit photos with a 12-year-old girl. Merkel was arrested on the charges of firstdegree disseminating indecent material to a minor and possessing a sexual performance by a child, authorities said. source: local syr

SMOKING LEGISLATION The New York State Assembly approved a bill Wednesday to raise the age requirement for buying tobacco or electronic cigarette products from 18 to 21 years old. The bill first must be approved by the state’s Senate, and then it can be signed into law by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). source: local syr

FACTORY DEAL United Auto Supply owner James Ranalli is set to buy an 205,066-square-foot abandoned factory in Van Buren for $500,000. The purchase is subject to approval by the Onondaga County Legislature. source: syracuse.com

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wampum symbolizing two cultures living in harmony. Later this month, the Onondaga Nation will receive one of the four remaining belts from the New York State Museum. But Joe Heath, the nation’s general counsel, said that items with possible cultural patrimony are still scattered across the country. In Massachusetts, hanging on display at the Peabody Essex Museum. Or sitting in collections at universities, such as Binghamton University or SUNY Oswego. They have found wampum beads on eBay and Sotheby’s, feeding a market of private collectors who are free from the constraints of NAGPRA. The federal law only applies to items that are identified as being rooted in indigenous nations recognized by the United States government. But many items across the country have little documentation of where they came from, losing cultural identification with certain nations. Other collectors obscure where they got indigenous items so they won’t be traced back to specific nations, Doug George-Kanentiio, a member of the Mohawk Nation and former trustee at the National Museum of the American Indian, said. “There seems to be a general reluctance to follow (NAGPRA),” Heath said. On one mid-February morning, Heath sat in his Jamesville Street office building and looked at the replica two-row belt framed on his conference room wall. He spent more than a decade fighting for single items, often from private collectors and museums who resisted repatriating from page 3

grid plus listening and saying, ‘Well, wait. Maybe the surrounding communities do have some legitimate concerns,’” Ulatowski said. The plan aims to serve the interests of as many people and businesses as possible by acknowledging the community’s broader social, environmental and economic concerns, not just those surrounding transportation, Link Logan said. One of the 10 proposals of the Community Grid Plus plan involves the creation of a miti-

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items. This was nothing new for Heath. He described his legal career as “long-term.” He doesn’t get tired because Onondaga, the main wampum keeper in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, has remained persistent with museums for the past three decades. “That’s what museums count on,” he said. “They count on people giving up, people not having that perseverance.” Europeans acquired most of the belts in the late 19th and early 20th century. According to indigenous leaders, they took these items in various ways: some would offer poverty-stricken indigenous peoples money, others would ask to borrow them temporarily and not return them and some would take them forcibly. Other experts said that as indigenous populations declined, some feared that their culture was disappearing, so they loaned many items to the state for safekeeping. William Fenton, former director of the New York State Museum, contradicted many of these statements. Fenton, now deceased, wrote in a 1971 essay that the belts were not loaned, but rather put in the state’s trust forever by a resolution of the Onondaga Council. He said it should be a source of pride that these belts are kept in the museum, and that the belts were the museum’s rightful property. This history, he wrote, was “conveniently forgotten” by indigenous chiefs, the press and New York state’s Legislature. “Wampum, as represented in these belts, is a post-Columbian phenomenon,” he wrote. “It is a product of the fur trade, and as such it is as

American as apple pie, the log cabin, and the splint basket.” One of the largest collectors of wampum from the early 20th century, George Gustav Heye, eventually started the American Indian Museum in New York City. It is now affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution and called the National Museum of the American Indian. For most of the following century, indigenous members fought for the repatriation of wampum belts. Smithsonian museums follow the National Museum of the American Indian Act, which has similar requirements to NAGPRA. Belts were kept in sterile condition and considered priceless to the museum because they could never be replicated, George-Kanentiio said. The Haudenosaunee considered them priceless for a different reason: the artwork represented their identity, he said. He saw wampum belts locked away in glass vaults and compared them to animals being stuck in cages. “They were never meant to be caged or encased in glass or hidden. They were meant to be used by the people,” George-Kanentiio said. “When you don’t have physical access, you lose something.” Once NAGPRA was passed, collectors obscured how they got items through insufficient records, and George-Kanentiio said he often wondered if this was by design. Still, the National Museum of the American Indian adopted an “aggressive” return policy under the act named for the museum. When many of the belts were returned, it brought mixed feelings, George-Kanentiio said.

No one could read the specific patterns on the belt, and that part of their history was lost, he added. “These are like long lost blood relatives,” he said. Multiple institutions that responded to requests from The Daily Orange said they are compliant with NAGPRA. A spokesman from Binghamton confirmed the university has collections which fall under NAGPRA, and the university has been consulting with Haudenosaunee Nations to repatriate collections. The university is “committed to full and respectful compliance with NAGPRA,” the statement read.. Lisa Anderson, NAGPRA coordinator at the New York State Museum, said that the evolving relationship between the museum and Haudenosaunee Nations was a “learning experience.” A spokesperson from SUNY Oswego said the university was unable to comment on this story. A representative from the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, which Heath said had NAGPRA-related items, said only federally-recognized tribes determine if items are subject to NAGPRA. The spokesperson did not say if any of the museum’s items had cultural patrimony to Haudenosaunee tribes. In the past decade and a half, the Haudenosaunee Nation has recovered hundreds of belts, Heath said. But there are still tens of thousands of cultural items at institutions nationwide, Heath said. “Here we are, 29 years after NAGPRA, (and) that work still needs to be done,” he said.

gation fund to alleviate the loss of city parking under the community grid, Link Logan said. He added that the fund would create “demand drivers” that would prevent drivers on the grid from overlooking local businesses, among other things. The proposed mitigation fund was one of the elements of the Community Grid Plus plan that concerned Ulatowski, he said. The bigger question is what the source of the mitigation funding will be, which he said is unclear. Link Logan said the cost of the Community Grid Plus plan has not been published. He said replacing the viaduct is not the best replace-

ment option, given I-81’s historic community effects. Repairing and expanding the viaduct would require tearing down 25 buildings, according to Syracuse.com. The construction of the viaduct in the 1950s destroyed the 15th Ward, a predominantly African American neighborhood. Five buildings would be torn down under the community grid option, according to Syracuse.com. Ulatowksi said the hybrid grid-tunnel is the only option that “respects everyone and disenfranchises no one,” a phrase he often uses to describe the tunnel option. He added that it combines the grid option the city wants

while allowing motorists to drive uninterrupted on I-81. Link Logan said the hybrid tunnel, though technically doable, is made impractical by its nine-year completion schedule. The New York State Department of Transportation is reviewing the affects of each I-81 replacement option in its Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Mayor Ben Walsh said after Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon’s “State of the County” address on Feb. 19 that the city can move forward in selecting a plan once the statement is released.

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Schnur’s comments were unacceptable

ark Schnur, an Onondaga County Conservative Party executive committee member, resigned Wednesday in the wake of outrage over Schnur’s homophobic, anti-Muslim and sexist social media posts. This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Schnur’s comments are definitely grounds for calls to resign, but there’s a double standard that exists. Conservatives are treated more harshly when involved in scandals in comparison to liberals. There’s arguably a difference

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in public responses to scandals depending on an official’s spot on the political spectrum. People seem to always attack a conservative’s character. Don’t get me wrong, Schnur’s comments were completely unacceptable. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who posed

in blackface in an extremely racist yearbook photo, was also completely unacceptable. Schnur’s case gives us an opportunity to acknowledge that things are rarely simple. Assuming moral superiority when also ignoring offenses in other political parties only builds a system lacking accountability.

Harrison Garfinkle is a communication and rhetorical studies major. His column runs biweekly. He can be reached at hgarfink@syr.edu.

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Freshmen should not join Greek life

wo weeks ago, new members of Syracuse University fraternities got bids to houses — many of these students were freshmen or first years. The ability to go through recruitment freshman year prevents the process of independent self-discovery. Because houses sometimes look for specific people, members of Greek life go through self-discovery while being a part of a homogenizing organization. Currently, there’s a 12-credit minimum requirement in order to be eligible to participate in recruitment. “I think that Syracuse’s way of making recruitment happen in the spring is a great idea. It gives you time to adjust to being at school and see what your life is like without Greek life, if you really need it. I think one semester was enough time for me, but I totally understand the appeal of waiting a little bit longer,” Bobbi Whitney, a sophomore in the School of Information Studies, said in an email. But with more than 30 percent of SU students in a fraternity or a sorority, the SU campus would be a better and more diverse place if students waited until their sophomore year to join Greek life. Joining Greek life is a huge time commitment, making it difficult to not be completely dedicated to the process. The expectations for students are too much. They are just learning how to balance their

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n Onondaga County Conservative Party executive committee member, Mark Schnur, resigned Wednesday after the uncovering of sexist, misogynistic, racist and homophobic social media posts. Schnur had a platform, and as a high-ranking Conservative Party member locally, he used that platform to spread hate. Schnur’s resignation proves how unacceptable his comments were. The official, in a statement to Syracuse.com, said that most of his social media posts were taken out of context. That doesn’t reflect a community man with moral values, it reflects a man who doesn’t understand the weight of his actions.

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SPRING BREAK GUIDE 2019

Bring on the ‘staycation’

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ith midterms behind us and spring break nearly here, many students are looking toward a week of rest, relaxation and rejuvenation. Whether you’re traveling home or spending the week in Syracuse, there is plenty to do, see and eat to fuel your creative energies and come back to finish the remaining half of the semester strong. Don’t let the snow bring you down: Here are the top things to do and see in Syracuse while you’re catching up on some sleep next week.

How do you want to spend your break? Outdoors

Indoors

Is it too cold?

Yes

Yes Would you rather listen to a band or jam yourself?

No Listen

Winter St. Farmers Patrick’s Market Parade

What genre?

Alt

Concert at The Lost Horizon

Outside Voices Release Show When: Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Where: The Lost Horizon Syracuse-based alternative punk band Outside Voices will play their second show at The Lost Horizon in celebration of the release of their newest EP, “MyBest Days,” released in November 2018. Nate Brusa, the vocalist and guitarist for Outside Voices, said in an email that the band is excited to share the stage with fellow acts Sympathy, Carpool, Ugly Sun and Ghostpool. The group’s members, who have been friends for nearly 10 years, have been performing as a band for more than two. “We definitely get a lot of Jimmy Eat World comparisons, though,” Brusa said. “I’ll admit that.”

Do you enjoy concerts?

Jam

Do you like large crowds?

Rock

Concert at The Westcott Theater

LIVE at the Fillmore — The Definitive Original Allman Brothers Band Tribute When: March 16 at 8 p.m. Where: The Westcott Theater Get ready for a night of classic rock with LIVE at the Fillmore — The Definitive Original Allman Brothers Band Tribute concert at The Westcott Theater. The Philadelphiabased group describes their sound as a blend of classic and Southern rock, blues and jazz. The show will focus on the early years of the Allman Brothers’ discography. The concert will feature acoustic trio Simplelife as the opening act. Simplelife previously won the 2004 Syracuse Area Music Award for “Best Pop Recording” for their first full length album, “Life in the Third Person.”

Creative Rhythms Drum Circle Sneaker and Streetwear Convention

Solely for the Hype presented by Ambition Upstate When: March 16 (11:30 a.m. VIP only) from noon to 6 p.m. Where: Ramada by Wyndham East Syracuse Carrier Circle

Nick Giarrusso, owner of Ambition Upstate, will host the company’s first sneaker and streetwear convention. The event will not only be selling big-ticket clothing brands like Supreme, A Bathing Ape and Off-White, but also local streetwear designers like Matthew Barletta’s attire and Pure Clothing Line, among others. Giarrusso said the convention will help create a community of young designers looking to make a name for themselves while also being a convention that welcomes guests from any age.

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O Yoga One Love Flow

One Love Flow with Live Music by Kevin Paris When: March 13 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where: O Yoga O Yoga’s One Love Flow class brings a special twist to its traditional practice — it will be set to classic hits by The Beatles, Jack Johnson and even Justin Bieber. LAbased singer-songwriter and yoga musician Kevin Paris, who has performed for more than 1,000 yoga classes around the world, will perform live renditions of a variety of top hits. Shannon Welch Reedy and Lindsay Downing will lead the session. “This is the perfect way to recharge, detox and relax from any stress or fatigue that comes with being a student,” Reedy said.

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Cold Read Festival kicks off Thursday at Syracuse Stage By Amy Nakamura senior design editor

The 2019 Cold Read Festival aims to give playwrights and actors an opportunity to workshop their latest pieces in front of a live audience. Featured artists spend a week with various actors and directors, preparing for a “cold read” performance at the end of the week. A “cold read” in theater is the reading of a script without much preparation beforehand. This raw performance in front of a live audience helps writers make any tweaks to their work before it’s put together in a larger production. The festival begins with the Cold Read Kickoff on Thursday at Archbold Theatre. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. with a “cold read” of the comedy “All in the Timing,” by David Ives, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for each event. Kyle Bass, associate artistic director for Syracuse Stage, was one of the people responsible for recruiting artists and organizing the week’s events. “The Cold Read festival is a celebration of works for the stage,” Bass said. “It’s really meant as a way to foster and support new plays. The festival features three artists: a playwright-in-residence, a solo artist in residence and a local playwright. This year’s playwrightin-residence is Larissa Fasthorse, an awardfrom page 7

staycation Syracuse St. Patrick’s Parade When: March 16 at noon Where: Armory Square The 37th Annual Syracuse St. Patrick’s Parade is set to take the streets of Armory Square. The parade kicks off at the corner of West Genesee Street and North Salina Street and ends at Seymour Street. Janet Higgins, president of the Syracuse

winning playwright whose work focuses on indigenous peoples and their experiences. She’s currently writing a historical play with the working title “The Dakota Project.” Fasthorse was inspired by the stories of Dakota families that were affected by the U.S.Dakota War of 1862. The play centers around the lives of families before and after the war. As an indigenous person, Fasthorse said it’s crucial for her to tell the tales of indigenous peoples accurately and truthfully. “I do a lot of questioning of what we call history,” she said. “My goal with all audiences is to make them question everything they know about this country and the way it has come to be and what they call history and what they call truth.” While the play is still a work in progress, Fasthorse is working with her director to organize their research to illustrate the hardships that Dakota families went through post-war. Fasthorse has commissioned Isabella LeBlanc, a Dakota actress from the region in which the play takes place, for the project. On Sunday, the first-ever reading of the new play will be held at 3 p.m. at Archbold Theatre. The solo artist in residence is Marga Gomez, a GLAAD Award winner, a veteran solo writer and a performer. Her workshop piece, titled “The Spanking Machine,” will be performed twice Thursday, at 3 p.m. and 7:30

p.m., at the Near Westside’s SALTspace. The play reflects Gomez’s artistic tendency to “mix humor with heartbreaking life stories.” “The Spanking Machine,” directed by Adrian Alexander Alea, is about Gomez’s relationship with her first boyfriend, before they both came out. While the story reflects on some dark and personal struggles, including Gomez’s experience with sexual assault, she also uses levity to tell her story. “Humor is an important survival tool we all have,” Gomez said. “I celebrate it while not trying to sugarcoat anything.” Finally, local playwright Tanner Efinger is set to hold a reading of his new play “The Picture of Oscar Wilde” on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Archbold Theatre. The story is based on the historical facts of famous author Oscar Wilde’s friendships and relationships. Throughout Wilde’s life, he endured three major trials. The play is set between the second and third trial in which he faced charges of “gross indecency.” During that time period, “gross indecency” charges were an oppressive means of criminalizing same-sex relationships in the United Kingdom. During this time in Wilde’s life, one of his greatest friends was Henri de ToulouseLatrice, who is best known for his works “At Moulin Rouge” and “Le Chat Noir.” Efinger

became enthralled with researching Wilde and Toulouse-Latrice’s friendship during this tumultuous time. “The Picture of Oscar Wilde” is Efinger’s idea and imaginative interpretation of their relationship. With the Cold Read Festival, Efinger wants “The Picture of Oscar Wilde” to bring more awareness to the work of local artists. After moving to Syracuse, a year and a half ago, Efinger has founded his own theater company, called Breadcrumbs Productions, to support local artists in the area and give them a platform to take risks with their work. “The fact that this play was created here in Syracuse and is going to be performed by local theater artists continues to push this concept that professional theater artists work here. We create here and we develop art here,” he said. Bass hopes the Cold Read Festival gives the local audience a chance to broaden their theatrical interests with these new artists and their works. “It’s about exciting our audiences about new works, new plays, and to demystify new plays,” he said. “Audiences have grown to kind of want what they know. In the theater world, it can be kind of a challenge to raise interest in a play they haven’t heard of by, perhaps, a playwright they haven’t heard of.”

St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, said they received more entries this year than they have in past years. The parade lineup will feature horses, motorcycles, stilt walkers, dinosaurs and Pokémon characters. The committee has been preparing for the event for one year, Higgins said, adding that the parade costs around $40,000 to put on and will go on no matter how cold the weather may be.

Join drum leader Sandra Sabene for a night of winding down and self-care. The Creative Rhythms Drum Circle allows participants into a drum circle to beat on a djembe drum. Sabene, a certified rhythm facilitator, said the drumming class can help promote wellness and memory. “You meet new people and it’s just a very different way to use a percussion instrument to relax and join the community,” Sabene said.

Where: Baltimore Woods Nature Center

Creative Rhythms Drum Circle When: March 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Liverpool Art Center

Winter Farmers Market When: Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The winter farmers market offers locallysourced food, drinks and other products. “We have wonderful vendors who are all local food producers or personal care products,” said Sue Jones, the office manager and market manager at Baltimore Woods. Participants include local coffee roasters, beer producers and more. Roughly 100 to 200 people visit on any given day at the farmer’s market, she added. pulp@dailyorange.com

from the kitchen

Restaurants to try out if you’re in town for spring break By Brooke Kato

asst. digital editor

If you find yourself still in Syracuse during spring break, don’t fret — there are plenty of restaurants around town with cuisine to take your taste buds around the world.

The Mission Restaurant

Inside a church building in downtown Syracuse, The Mission Restaurant offers traditional Mexican cuisine as well as options with a modern twist. In addition to burritos, tacos and enchiladas, The Mission also offers different appetizers and entrees. “We specialize in Mexican cuisine and contemporary adaptations of that style and ingredients,” said owner Steven Morrison. When designing the restaurant 19 years ago, Morrison said he wanted to bring a Mexican courtyard to Syracuse, with the color and texture of the tiles decorating the interior. Because it is located in a church-turned-restaurant space, there are towering ceilings and stained glass windows.

Kasai Ramen

Since opening in November 2018, Kasai Ramen has received plenty of support from the Syracuse community, said owner Kyle Mastropietro. The menu is their take on traditional ramen, he said, with respect to its Japanese roots. It features various kinds of ramen, gyoza, izakaya and more. The restaurant also has a full bar and is open until 3 a.m. on the weekends as a latenight food option, he added. “It’s something you’d expect in Midtown,” he said. “It’s a good spot for someone who wants something chill.”

Spoon and Chopstick

Spoon and Chopstick, located on James Street, serves a variety of noodles, ramen and

different entrees. Jenny Suk, a senior biological chemistry major at Syracuse University, is a server at the restaurant and said the atmosphere of the restaurant is warm and welcoming, with pictures of food hanging on the walls. The Dol-Sot Bibimbap — bibimbap served in a hot stone bowl — is the most popular dish, Suk said, with different vegetables, beef and rice in it. The restaurant offers two different sauces: spicy and soy, for customers who aren’t keen on spicy foods. “When you mix the ingredients together, the hot stone bowl sizzles and brings a different flavor to the bibimbap,” she said. On Sunday, the Pan Global Entrepreneurs Association at SU will host a bibimbap cooking session at Spoon and Chopstick to help bring more traffic to the restaurant.

Apizza Regionale

Located across the street from Dinosaur BarB-Que is Apizza Regionale, which service manager Lauren DeGilormo described as having a “New York pizzeria feel.” The menu changes every six to eight weeks, she said, because their ingredients are locally sourced, so they are dependent on whatever is in season. Their food is also freshly prepared — hand-made and wood-fired — and they stretch the mozzarella themselves. In addition, Apizza Regionale also serves specialty “eclectic” cocktails, as DeGilormo calls them, including a beet-infused gin. Every three to four weeks, they have a featured pizza, but DeGilormo said her favorite is the “Apizza,” which is just a classic cheese pie. She added that the customers’ favorite tends to be the Calabrian, which includes cheese, soppressata, oregano and chili-infused honey. “Do I dare say we have the best pizza in town?” she said with a laugh. bnkato@syr.edu

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No. 4 Syracuse narrows its search for draw specialists By KJ Edelman

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As Julie Cross jogged to the bench, she looked around the Syracuse sideline. Her teammates stood next to her, watching Syracuse extend its lead over Virginia last Saturday. Tucked between a screen, the front of the bleachers and three coaches was Braelie Kempney, the freshman draw specialist who took the first 10 draws of the day. The coaches surrounded Kempney. Cross stood alone. After her second-straight missed draw, Cross threw her stick toward the opposite side of the bleachers. Cross wouldn’t line up for another draw, and Kempney finished the game. A year after Cross took over draw duties following Morgan Widner’s ACL tear, the pair’s playing time has dwindled, along with the four-to-five player draw control rotation head coach Gary Gait deployed early in the season. As Syracuse’s (6-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast) ACC opponents stacked up, it couldn’t rotate as often. It had to thin the rotation for consistent success. Most recently, the unit was overpowered by Northwestern, 20-11. What started as two-draw “staggers” by Emily Hawryschuk, Sam Swart, Cross, Kempney and Widner, has shortened to two players: a freshman, and Syracuse’s leading-scorer. “Right now, it’s Emily and (Kempney). And Morgan and Julie are right there when we need them,” Gait said. “But with those two, that’s the direction we’re heading.” Widner was primed to be SU’s top specialist last season. She was coming off a freshman campaign that rose her to seventh in the nation in draw controls per game, but three games into 2018, she tore her ACL. Hawryschuk pitched in during her absence, but Cross took the majority. Going into the season with the return of Widner, Gait insisted on “riding the hot hand” throughout with a

plethora of talent on the draw. The unit meets with assistant coach Caitlin Defliese before games and diagrams a game plan for opposing specialists. Whether it’s pulling the ball one direction or pushing against a weaker player in the draw, it’s given the Orange an advantage. “No matter (who’s out there),” Kempney said. “The first couple of draws shouldn’t be a question until they start figuring us out.” Against lower-tier teams, those strategies have worked. Seven more draws than Connecticut. A 15-of-16 stretch versus Coastal Carolina. Gait sent subs frequently to the 50-yard line, and the wins followed without fault. When challenged, though, it’s strong draw play halted. As SU’s 7-2 lead against No. 1 Boston College slipped, Sam Apuzzo, last year’s Tewaaraton winner, dug the ball out of Widner’s stick. Then, Hawryschuk and Cross lost their tries. Soon, Gait was forced to put Kempney in — her first action in Orange, and she was bullied like the rest of SU. But Gait noticed her raw talent, he said. Her “spectacular” fall ball was sidetracked when she suffered a concussion over winter break. But against BC, she played herself into the rotation. A week later, a similar situation arose. This time, a 12-9 SU lead was followed by fiveconsecutive Northwestern goals. Gait tried his rotation again. Nothing. His team fought to overtime and lost the opening draw. But a Wildcats turnover and a Hawryschuk gamewinner bailed them out. Syracuse hadn’t given a single specialist more than five draws in a row all year, and it struggled in the middle, losing overall, 20-11. “Again, when we get to these tougher games,” Gait said on Feb. 18. “We might have to find the better matchup and go with that pursuit. Five minutes before the starting lineup

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was announced against Virginia last Saturday, Gait walked over to Kempney and told her she’d start. She got nervous right away, but it was only for the first couple of draws, she thought. Like every other game. Then she won three draws in a row. Then, she was out there for a fifth. After her sixth, Gait, Defliese and associate head coach Regy Thorpe huddled around her after two misses. “Switch it up,” one of them said to her. Caitlin told her to remember the film. Her opponent was moving her wrist too fast, so the freshman started to push “really, really hard.” After 10-straight draws, Cross subbed in for two, was pulled, and Hawryschuk and Kempney finished out the game in draw control.

“(Kempney) needs to be more aggressive to getting to the ball, but it’s there,” Gait said. “And Emily did a great job when we used her. The two are different, but it works.” Gait’s eager to point out there’s still questions down the line about the draw. It’s not even midway through the season, he said, and the Orange have come up short on the draw against every top-10 opponent this year. For now, the lineup has narrowed. Syracuse is finding its favorites, and the backups that might need to contribute. “We just want to win them, you know,” Gait said. “Let’s just get the best ones out there. And if things aren’t going well, we’ll mix it up.” kjedelma@syr.edu | @KJEdelman

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balandi hard time,” he said. Because his father works for the United Nations, Balandi spent most of his childhood on the move. As a teenager, he saw the Himalayas from his bedroom in Nepal. He lived in Niger, Central Africa, and ran track, played basketball and tennis. He applied to Syracuse because a teacher told him it was a quality university with a historic basketball program. Maybe, he’d try to walk-on. When Balandi arrived in central New York four and a half years ago, he tried out for the men’s basketball team. He weighed 180 from page 12

cooper But can she fix her shot? “I don’t know,” Cooper said on Feb. 20 while shaking her head. “I truly don’t know. That’s probably the problem. (I’ve) never had to deal with this before.” Last May, Cooper followed the advice of Orange-great and close friend Brittney Sykes and Hardaway when she texted former SU men’s basketball grad assistant Katie Kolinski. Kolinski, weeks away from accepting her new job at Buffalo, agreed to meet Cooper in the Carmelo K. Anthony Center for one-hour sessions. She knew Cooper’s shot needed only a minor tweak. Cooper usually rocked the ball from the middle of her face, and Kolinski identified the unnecessary movement. Cooper needed to start her shot from her right side. Cooper started the process with one-arm shooting, committing the form to muscle memory. Then, Kolinski threw passes to Cooper’s right side so “all she has to do is go up.” Kolinski said it only takes 30 days to break a habit. “I gave her the foundation,” Kolinski said, “and she went with it.” After mastering the catch-and-shoot, the pair crafted a one-dribble pull-up jumper where the ball would never leave her right side. With her new arsenal she led Syracuse in

pounds. In a three-on-three game in front of associate head coach Adrian Autry, he recalled being pushed around by the other tryouts, and he didn’t make the team. So Balandi settled on the club team, where he became their star. Club players called him a “beast,” who cleaned up inside and threw down monstrous dunks. In one game, he had 10 blocks. In the fall of 2017, he met Sidibe, and the two became friends. Both are from countries in Africa. Both speak French. And both fit the forward position at 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-10, respectively. More than a year ago, they grabbed Chipotle on Marshall Street and discussed their journeys to SU and basketball. Sidibe took him to team practices to work out and shoot around.

After some time, SU assistant head coach Allen Griffin noticed Balandi’s talent. He thought Balandi could fit into the frontcourt as a reserve. In Balandi, Griffin saw instinct, strength and basketball skill. The player who’d gotten cut from tryouts years prior had put himself in position to earn a walk-on spot. “You should be on the team,” Balandi remembers Griffin telling him last summer, after a workout. “He’s been a great addition to our group,” Griffin said in December. “Especially because he knows the guys, and he’s a bigger guy who can beat these guys up every day in practice.” On his first-ever possession in practice, Balandi was guarding Chukwu. The walk-on was blindsided by a down screen, and Chukwu

caught an alley-oop pass for a slam dunk. Balandi’s progressed since then, sometimes scoring on Chukwu with post moves. He’s altered Chukwu’s shots, and he’s tried to push him out of the lane. Over the course of his lone year with Syracuse, Balandi’s played in nine games for a total of 10 minutes — with one career block and zero points. Balandi understands his role isn’t glamorous, but he knows it’s important. “(Balandi) brings energy, physicality and height close to what our bigs will see in the game,” said SU senior point guard Frank Howard. “He simulates the game and goes hard for us every day. We love ‘Ton.’ He’s a vital piece to the whole scheme.”

nonconference play in 2018. She recorded two late 3s at then-No. 3 Oregon on the road in an eventual 75-73 Syracuse loss. On Nov. 10, she felt “the shooter’s touch.” Facing Princeton in Cancun on Nov. 23, she swished a deep ball off a slick pass from Kiara Lewis and told Lewis “I got you,” as the scoreboard flicked over. In the best games of Cooper’s career — her six 3s versus Notre Dame in her freshman year, the eight she made last season in North Carolina — Hardaway recognized the same flawless stroke. “I try to stick to it and not try to fall back into my old ways,” Cooper said last fall. “I can tell if I’m shooting from my old form ... If I shoot to the right and shoot higher I know I’m shooting like I’m supposed to.” Following a Christmas trip back home to Lansing, Illinois, Cooper was primed to take her shot into the ACC. Instead of traveling back to SU on Dec. 28, Cooper went to University of Chicago hospital and was diagnosed with strep throat, Hardaway said. She returned to Syracuse a day late and responded on Jan. 3 against Clemson with a 7-of-12 performance from 3 in a nine-point win. Three days later, Hardaway said, Cooper thought she had the flu. A 1-of-9 performance hosting Virginia Tech — including two crucial missed free throws in the fourth quarter — trig-

gered a late night trip to the Carmelo K. Anthony Center. She didn’t know what was wrong. Some shots were short, others bricked off back iron. Cooper later said she “couldn’t find the medium.” Her remedy was more shooting. A precautionary trip to a Syracuse hospital revealed that she had “walking pneumonia” and a 6-to-8 week recovery time frame. Along with a head cold, Cooper’s “equilibrium” was thrown off, Hardaway said. Cooper followed a home remedy of rubbing oregano oil behind her ears, which Hardaway said helped slightly. But her production plummeted. She spent games differing shots and others missing six or seven. She also fell down multiple times on the court, most notably slipping after tip-off on Feb. 21.

man entrusted her with the task two years ago after a 7-of-50 slump sunk her freshman season. But time and rest inadvertently derailed Cooper’s 2019. In recent weeks, she’s felt better, Hardaway said. Her production has seen a slight uptick. She’s recorded a 3 in three of the last four games and added nine rebounds in the regular-season finale against Boston College. “She’s getting a little more average now,” Hardaway said. “We’re trying to get her productive on the court. ...We’re just hoping she comes around.” Her improved health lent itself to clarity. She wasn’t getting under the ball, instead muscling it to the rim. Cooper analyzed the issue and ironed it out through a twohour shooting session with Hardaway in the Carmelo K. Anthony Center the night before Syracuse hosted Notre Dame on Feb. 25. In the first quarter of the matchup, she rose up a few feet behind the arc and ended a 1-of-11 stretch. In the packed Carrier Dome stands, Hardaway watched while tracking Cooper’s stats on ESPN. Her last contact with Cooper came before the game via text. “C’mon,” Hardaway texted before referencing the movie Space Jam. “Who’s coming on the court today? A Monstar or a mouse?” So Cooper kept shooting.

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SU wins 4-1 in CHA 1st round By Arabdho Majumder asst. copy editor

GABRIELLE COOPER broke a freshman record for Syracuse, making 81 3-pointers. Then last season, she made 80. But this year, her progression has been slowed by “walking pneumonia.” max freund staff photographer

Off her mark By Nick Alvarez

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abrielle Cooper stationed herself in the left corner of the court after practice and looked toward the wing. “Ball,” she commanded. “That’s short,” she said as it clipped the rim. “Ball,” she repeated. “That’s off,” she said as her second attempt skimmed iron. It was Jan. 22 and her shot was off. She wasn’t starting it from the right side. It wasn’t “pure.” Cooper had a penchant for recognizing what was wrong with various jumpers. She once told teammate Kadiatou Sissoko to stop “wrapping around” her shot and alerted Marie-Paule Foppossi when she threw the ball instead of shooting it. But, in the weeks that preceded and followed that practice, for the first time in Cooper’s life, she didn’t know how to fix her own. Cooper’s shooting defines her game. She set the program record for 3s by a freshman (81). A year

later, she connected on 80 more. Her junior year hasn’t followed. Cooper entered last winter in “the best shape” of her life, she said. She fine-tuned her jumper to create a consistent release. For 14 games, it worked. But then Cooper was admitted to the emergency room with strep throat on Dec. 27, her mother, Benji Hardaway said. She was diagnosed with “walking pneumonia” a week later. A six-and-a-half week, 10-for-50 stretch from deep knocked her season off course. Cooper provided no comment on her diagnosis, but said on Feb. 20 she felt “off-balance” on the court and in her daily life. Her 47 made 3s represent an uneven 2019 campaign. No. 18 Syracuse (22-7, 11-5 Atlantic Coast) has traversed its own upand-down season, with its latest stop on Thursday against Virginia (12-18, 5-11) in the second round of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Orange can solidify its status as a top-four seed if Cooper follows a recent hot stretch into the postseason.

Gabrielle Cooper’s health has derailed her junior season

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men’s basketball

Walk-on Antonio Balandi trains Syracuse bigs By Matthew Gutierrez senior staff writer

BALANDI

The average height of Syracuse’s six walkons is exactly 6-foot. The outlier: Antonio Balandi. The 6-foot-6 big man has been tasked

with pushing, boxing out and trying to alter the shots of 7-foot-2 center Paschal Chukwu in practice before Chukwu faces the rigors of ACC frontcourts. Balandi, who was born in Chad, offers size and strength on the scout team as one of SU’s four players born outside of the United States. He’s lived in Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Nepal and Burkina Faso throughout his life and learned

to dunk in the eighth grade. After growing into a star for Syracuse’s nationally-ranked men’s club basketball team, the fifth-year senior is completing his first year as a walkon with the Syracuse men’s basketball team (18-9, 9-5 Atlantic Coast). “He really has done a great job,” said SU head coach Jim Boeheim, a former walk-on guard himself. “Every day he works hard. He’s a pretty big, strong guy. He has

really helped our team, and he’s a great, great kid.” His focus is to uplift players from the team bench. He’s one of the first to cheer teammates and pat them on the back when they come off the court during timeouts. In practice, he’s earned the bulk of his respect from players and coaches by doing one job: “Give Paschal (Chukwu) and Bourama (Sidibe) a

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Logan Hicks gained a step on her defender in the offensive zone and dropped her shoulder to shield the puck. She drove to the net, trying to jam the puck past the goalie, but the rebound popped out to the front of the cage. Anonda Hoppner arrived first and slotted the puck home. The score came just over two minutes into the second period for Syracuse (11-21-3, 10-8-2 College Hockey America) to tie the game at one. The Orange totaled three more unanswered goals in the middle frame to beat Lindenwood (7-22-4, 3-14-3) in the quarterfinals of the CHA Tournament, 4-1, on Wednesday. In four earlier meetings this season, Syracuse outshot Lindenwood for a combined 142-66 advantage. The Orange started similarly Wednesday. A 9-5 shooting margin in favor of SU didn’t matter, though, as Lindenwood struck first on its third shot of the game. Syracuse continued to get pucks to the net continued the rest of the game and led to a four-goal second period. For the game, the Orange fired 30 times on Lindenwood goalie Sophie Wolf. Maddi Welch needed only 11 saves to earn the win. After Hoppner evened the score, Abby Moloughney added her first career postseason-goal on the power play. Then, just over halfway into the middle period, Kelli Rowswell extended the lead with assists to Hoppner and Savannah Rennie. Senior captain Allie Munroe finished the game’s scoring 14:32 into the second period.

Number of shots Syracuse took against Lindenwood in the first round of the CHA Tournament

It scored four times, but SU struck just once with a player advantage on eight opportunities. Power plays typically have been a strong point in the Orange offense, and they were second in the CHA in power play goals per game in regular season conference games. On Thursday night, the Orange face a rematch with a familiar opponent in Mercyhurst, which ended Syracuse’s season twice in the last three years. The Lakers were the most penalized team in conference play this season, averaging 5.73 penalties a contest, which means more chances for the Orange player-up unit to get on the ice. “We felt a lot of pain in those losses, but I think it’s going to drive me and drive this team forward,” Munroe said. “So, I’m ready to try to finish the job for not only this team, but for everyone that came before us.” armajumd@syr.edu @aromajumder