MySlice launched a new feature that categorizes classes based on the shared competency requirements they meet
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In his freshman year, William Treloar was hesitant in following his older brother’s footsteps to join Syracuse University’s Student Association.
“I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do this because my brother wants me to,’ but then I just started working with students,” Treloar said. “I started planning events and starting doing advocacy and I was like ‘Brendan, this is the greatest organization. Like, this is so much fun, you get to work with other like-minded people, you get to help students out.”
Although his brother, Brendan Treloar, left SA the following year, Treloar remained active in the organization, and is now set to serve as its president alongside newly-elected executive vice president Yasmin Nayrouz.
The Treloar-Nayrouz campaign won SA’s spring election with 68.34% of the 863 total votes cast between March 27-31 by SU and SUNY ESF’s undergraduate student bodies, according to a Saturday email announcing the election’s results from Board of Elections Chair Otto Sutton.
“It’s been great just speaking with students as I was campaigning, learning about what students want. It’s such an insightful role to me,” said Nayrouz, who will serve as SA’s new executive vice president. “I learned so much and I know that I’m only going to be learning more about myself, and my abilities, about this university and what I can do for the students in this role next year.”
Both Treloar and Nayrouz have held SA leadership roles since their 2020-21 freshman year, during which Treloar served as the director of COVID policy and Nayrouz as the SA’s director of health and wellness.
Even in her fi rst year, Nayrouz began to see the ability SA had to make real change on campus when she worked directly with the Barnes Center at The Arch to address concerns about recreational wait time restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After missing the April 1 deadline to fi nalize her budget for the 2024 fi scal year, Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers now have five days left to reach an agreement before a Monday budget extender expires and halts state operations on April 10.
As the new deadline approaches, lawmakers and political and advocacy organizations continue to contest key points in Hochul’s $227 billion FY24 budget. Here’s a breakdown of the main issues stalling a final agreement.
Bail Hochul’s proposed plan to reform New York state’s cashless bail law continues to be the foremost cause of the budget’s deadlock.
The law comes from legislation passed in early 2020 under then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which eliminated cash bail for not-violent felonies and most misdemeanors. Hochul wants to expand the criteria that judges are able to consider when setting bail.
The budget would also expand the number of bail-eligible o enses in New York state. The original reform law’s reduction led to a 40% decrease in New York jail populations.
After dropping the measure from
last year’s budget, Hochul is again pushing to get rid of the “least restrictive” standard, which makes judges set bail at the lowest threshold necessary to control flight risk.
Sarahana Shrestha (D-103), a vocal critic of the proposal, released a statement Monday claiming Hochul’s push for the plan has caused the budget to be “held hostage for political points” and the changes are unsupported by data and more about politics than spending.
Outside groups have also publicly opposed the law, including a group of over 100 law professors who released a letter last week rejecting the plan.
Hochul maintains that the current
laws result in “finger-pointing” and confusion surrounding the criteria from which judges make bail decisions, and argues the changes are necessary to decrease crime.
Healthcare
On Wednesday afternoon, healthcare workers from across central New York gathered at Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse to protest the budget.
The protest was held by 1199SEIU, a labor management group that provides funds to healthcare workers across the nation. SEIU claims Hochul’s proposed budget fails to
Hours before Syracuse University graduate workers o cially recognized Syracuse Graduate Employees United as their union on Tuesday, Katie Mott said winning the union election is one of her most important and valued experiences as a Ph.D. student. Now, Mott and other SGEU organizers are shifting focus toward developing a set of demands and electing representatives who will speak on behalf of the union in negotiations with SU.
After two days of voting held in the JMA Wireless Dome, SU’s graduate student workers voted 728-36 to officially recognize SGEU. The union can now move forward with o cial collective bargaining negotiations with SU on issues like pay, hours and healthcare benefits.
Representatives from SGEU and SU will meet in the coming weeks to discuss a potential timeline for negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement, according to a Wednesday statement from SU Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Ocer Gretchen Ritter. Cassidy Thomas, a member of SGEU’s organizing committee since Fall 2021, told the D.O. that although no timeline is concrete, SGEU hopes to have bargaining committee members elected by no later than early Fall 2023, with negotiations following soon after. He noted that all of SU’s 1,124 graduate students will be eligible to serve as and elect SGEU representatives.
Thomas also said all SGEU members will work to organize union contract goals and priorities for the bargaining unit, collecting feedback from members through modes like public town halls and surveys.
Thomas emphasized the election’s success in its voter turnout.
The 728 graduate workers who voted in favor of the union represent 95% of the 764 total voters and nearly 65% of the 1,124 graduate students eligible for the bargaining unit.
Samuel Santiago, a third year Ph.D. student in the English program, said cooperation between SGEU and SU has been straightforward so far. Santiago, who also joined SGEU’s unionization e ort because of low pay and poor healthcare benefits, said the vote in favor of a union remains a source of pride and unity that the organization has built over the past year.
“With this movement, we’ve all kind of gotten to know the campus community more intimately, so it’s really brought us all together,”
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“I learned so much and I know that I’m only going to be learning more about myself, and my abilities, about this university and what I can do for the students in this role next year.” - Yasmin Nayrouz, Student Association Vice President for 2023-2024
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The College Republicans at Syracuse University invited North Korean defector, conservative activist and author Yeonmi Park to speak at the Shaffer Art Building Wednesday evening in a Q&A discussion titled “The Fundamentals of Freedom: We Must Fight Against Tyranny.”
Park, the author of a 2015 memoir titled “In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” has criticized concepts like political correctness, trigger warnings and “woke culture” in her career. In the discussion, she shared her experiences living in North Korea under the nation’s communist Workers’ Party and her observations of American political thought and dialogue since coming to the United States in 2016. The event was sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, an organization that aims to educate young Americans about conservative values.
In the past few years, College Republicans has hosted commentator Michael Knowles of The Daily Wire, then-New York state Supreme Court justice candidate Danielle Fogel and then-Town of Manlius Board Rebecca Shiroff. The organization secured funding from Student Association’s Finance Board in March 2020 to host conservative commentator Ben Shapiro before SA’s Assembly put pressure on College Republicans to cancel the visit. College Republicans has previously voiced concerns about its members’ voices being “attacked” at SU.
On an episode of Fox Business Tonight, Park claimed that America’s education system is “brainwashing” children into believing the United States is racist. During her talk, Park referenced her time at Columbia University, where she claimed she was being taught to hate the United States. During her speech, Park also accused people of pushing an “agenda of equity.”
“They don’t want people to suffer. They want everybody to have equal opportunity and chances. But now, they’ve gone too far. They’re pushing this agenda of equity, which is of equality of outcomes,” Park said.
An unnamed senior from SU’s School of Archi-
tecture who attended the event said while she was sympathetic to Park’s experiences of oppression in North Korea and China, she had reservations about Park’s comparison of the United States’ “woke culture” and conditions in North Korea. The student also said Park’s claims had “lots of nuance.”
“There’s extremists on both sides. I think that’s probably the most dividing part because
they’re the loudest,” she said. “But I think for the most part, a lot of people are quite reasonable and somewhere in the middle, and we all have good intentions.”
When asked about potential inconsistencies about her memoir and atrocities in North Korea, Park cited complications with language or journalists taking her claims out of context.
A 2022 report by Human Rights Watch labeled North Korea as one of the most repressive countries in the world, citing bans on independent media outlets and a lack of individual freedoms for speech and expression, among other factors.
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With course registration for the fall 2023 semester beginning Thursday, Syracuse University has incorporated new ‘course tagging’ tools to create guidelines and structure to aid with course selection.
The new feature — developed by the University Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on Shared Competencies and the Office of Academic Affairs — categorizes classes based on the academic goals, or shared competencies, they satisfy. Chris Johnson, professor and associate provost for academic affairs and a member of the committee, said the goal for the feature is to better tailor the process of identifying courses toward a student’s individual interests.
Students can access the class search function on MySlice by selecting “Shared Competencies” under the “Course Attribute” tab. Students can pick one of the six goals they want a course to fulfill, according to SU’s Institutional Effectiveness webpage for course tagging. The MySlice schedule builder also incorporates course tags as filters.
The shared competencies comprise six university-wide goals that students are expected to acquire through courses and extracurriculars — ethics; integrity and commitment to diversity and inclusion; critical and creative thinking; scientific inquiry and research skills; civic and global responsibility; communication skills and information literacy and technological agility.
Anne Mosher, SU’s provost faculty fellow for shared competencies and high impact practices, said the university’s process of creating the competencies started in 2019. The competencies were originally SU’s institutional learning goals that they would submit to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education for accreditation. These goals were brought to the University Senate to come up with an idea to bring them to students, Mosher said.
“One of the fears that has been expressed by some faculty, staff and students was that we had just come up with a set of learning goals and it was like a box checking exercise,” Mosher said.
“And all along, the committee wanted to do more than that.”
Johnson said the competencies enable SU to meet its general education requirements for accreditation. After the committee met with faculty members to assist in the tagging process, they saw how it could benefit students on top of functioning as a tool to maintain accreditation, Johnson said.
“We could have done that quietly and not made those tags public,” Johnson said. “But we realized very early on that the tags could actually be quite a powerful and useful tool for students and advisors in terms of customizing a student’s academic experience.”
Johnson said the new feature will be especially helpful for students choosing elective courses and will help advisors as they go about assisting students with the course selection process.
Each undergraduate course is tagged with up to three shared competencies covered in the curriculum, SU’s release announcing the system reads. To assign competencies, professors fill out a written form called a reflection for each course, which the committee reviews and incorporates the tags. Between 30% and 50% of three-credit courses are tagged this semester, but the committee intends to tag any remaining classes by the fall 2024 semester, Mosher said.
Despite the lack of tagged courses, committee member and accounting professor Joyce Zadzilka said the courses that have received assignments so far stand to be significantly beneficial to students’ research and learning.
“The tags can help identify potential courses that they can further research to see if they meet any prerequisites, and if they do, then they have the opportunity to dive more deeply into a shared competency, be it one they want to get better at or one they find will benefit them over the long run,” Zadzilka said.
Johnson said the course tagging is still a work in progress and students can expect to see the full extent and benefit of the tags next year.
“This is an ongoing thing,” Johnson said. “It’ll be part of our academic life here at the university for a long, long time.”
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“To see how I could have a genuine impact on this campus as a freshman just empowered me and motivated me to continue Student Association, to continue advocating for what students want,” Nayrouz said.
During her sophomore year and now as a junior, Nayrouz has held the role of vice president of university affairs, in which she said she came to understand the serious commitment required of SA leaders. When she began the planning and execution of Mental Health Awareness Week after assuming the role, she went from working around two hours per week as an assembly member to putting in around 20 hours each week.
Treloar, who began serving as Speaker Pro Tempore and later Speaker of the Assembly by the end of his sophomore year, said it was typical for him to put in far more hours than the 10 weekly hours his position required per SA’s bylaws.
As president and executive vice president, Treloar and Naryouz will be responsible for advocating for a constituency of over 16,000 SU and ESF undergraduate students. Treloar said that the major time commitments as president will be various meetings and ensuring he’s as available as possible to students to hear concerns and address crises.
Throughout his time with the organization,
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Santiago said. “We’re fighting for labor rights, but we’re also just banding together and forming a stronger campus.”
Santiago and several graduate students told The Daily Orange that increasing stipend pay will be one of the major points of emphasis during the negotiation process for a union contract with the university.
On Jan. 13, SU announced a raise in minimum stipend pay from $16,980 for graduate students to $20,000 for masters students and $22,000 for Ph.D. students beginning in the fall semester, four days before SGEU’s campaign launched at Hendricks Chapel.
The pay increase, however, isn’t enough for graduate students like Taylor Harman, a teaching assistant of six years who joined SGEU’s organizing committee in Fall 2022.
Harman said she struggled to pay rent and was only able to stay in graduate school because of her partner’s financial support. Further raising the minimum stipend pay for graduate workers like herself, even after the initial increase in pay, will be a primary priority for SGEU, Harman said.
Even with SU’s 2022 operational budget sitting at $1.15 billion, graduate employees continue to deal with issues like inadequate pay and job insecurity despite the value students produce for the university, Thomas said in a statement to The D.O. on Wednesday.
Thomas emphasized that graduate workers should be paid enough to live a decent and respectable life in Syracuse.
“In many cases, people say they want a ‘living wage,’ but I actually think that’s the wrong way to think of it,” Thomas said. “We shouldn’t be paid enough to just merely ‘live’ or get by. We should be paid an amount that is representative of the value we bring to this massive institution.”
Mott said she joined SGEU because of concerns over her salary and serious medical debt. After she
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meet healthcare needs as it includes cuts to hospital funding.
While Hochul’s budget outlines a 5% increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates, SEIU said it wants the state to implement a 20% increase for hospitals and 10% for nursing homes, with a $2.5 billion investment in healthcare services.
Minimum wage
SEIU is also advocating for a further raise to the New York state minimum wage. The wage, currently set at $15 per hour, would change to an unspecified rate under Hochul’s proposed budget. According to Hochul’s plan, the inflation-adjusted increases would be capped at 3% annually. SEIU is pushing for a minimum wage of $21.25 per hour by 2027.
Assembly members said the raise isn’t enough for low-income New Yorkers to make ends meet with rising inflation and costs of living.
After weeks of contention over the budget’s proposed climate legislation, which would loosen methane emissions regulations, Hochul agreed to drop changes to emissions accounting rules on Wednesday, Politico reported.
Treloar said his primary concern about the organization has been its lack of interaction with students. He said COVID-19 regulations made it difficult to reach students because common practices like tabling in Schine Student Center weren’t feasible.
We were trying to decipher what students wanted from campus, but we weren’t talking to them directly,” Treloar said.
During their campaign, Treloar and Nayrouz emphasized their priority of hearing students’ voices directly to ensure that SA is an effective and active advocate for student needs on campus. Treloar said SA has improved their student outreach efforts over the past two years through initiatives like a student body needs survey and No Problem Too Small, a six hour tabling event where students could explain their concerns to an SA assembly member.
But Treloar believes SA isn’t as involved in the student body as it could be. SA plans to launch the student body needs survey for the second time and reach out to more registered student organizations through Student Association on Tour to further cultivate relationships, he said.
“We want to make sure that we’re going into next year with as much student input as possible so that we can really guide our programming and ethics,” Treloar said.
Nayrouz said some of her other main goals include improving transportation, food access and quality in dining halls and sustainability
on campus. As a member of an Egyptian family, Nayrouz said she also hopes to create a stronger and more inclusive environment at SU after noticing she hasn’t seen much Middle Eastern or North African representation on campus.
Treloar also wants to improve food access on campus by allowing students to use meal swipes in Schine again. He estimated students pay approximately $19 per meal swipe. With that cost, students should have full access to food on campus even after the dining halls close, Treloar said.
“You shouldn’t lose all of that access just because other aspects of the university got in the way,” Treloar said.
Nayrouz said she also hopes to continue to expand SA’s relationships with the greater Syracuse community. After working as a Literacy Corps Tutor and volunteering with InterFaith Works of Central New York, she said she’s seen how SU can do more to contribute to the surrounding community. She pointed to SA’s Fall and Spring into Action Community Service Weeks, as well as partnerships with local businesses and Micron as ways she hopes to benefit the university and the community.
As they look to implement their plans for the next school year, Nayrouz and Treloar expressed optimism about SU’s administration listening to their concerns because of the strong relationships SA has developed with SU administration.
“I think early on we want to establish that
they — the administration — they are in their roles in order to help and serve students,” Nayrouz said. “Reminding them of that when I meet with them and reminding them that this campus and university wouldn’t be what it is without the students that contribute to it is key to ensuring that they take our concerns seriously.”
Treloar said he’s committed to ensuring that students are involved in every different level of decision-making.
“This is our campus. Decisions shouldn’t be made without us,” Treloar said.
Treloar and Nayrouz are in the process of transitioning into their new roles, with former President David Bruen and Executive Vice President Adia Santos both set to graduate in May. Nayrouz said the pair will begin reviewing applications for SA’s cabinet, which close this Friday, in the coming weeks.
Treloar said he wants the students he represents to see that as SA president, he is fighting to make their campus better.
“I believe Student Association has the ability to do so much good,” Treloar said. “And while I am nervous that I — obviously any president would be nervous — would let the student body down, I genuinely believe with the team that we’re building, Yasmin and I will be able to do an incredible amount of good for this campus.”
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was diagnosed with a concussion nearly four years ago, Mott, who receives a yearly salary of around $22,000, said high costs led her to avoid doctor’s appointments and treatment options. Mott said she continues to face immense medical debt, and that she maxed out her credit cards to pay for her medical procedures, supplements and appointments.
“I know that for other people who have health concerns, winning a union will mean that people will
The concession comes after pushback from groups like the Green Party of New York, which released a statement on Monday criticizing the plan and maintaining it would benefit the fossil fuel industry instead of implementing meaningful environmental protections.
The budget’s climate provisions will retain new cap-and-invest policies which, if passed, will supply a $1 billion Climate Action Fund.
Housing Hochul’s budget plan calls for the construction of 800,000 new homes to be built across the state over the next decade. State legislators have said the plan is too ambitious and may lead to an increase in rent prices.
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said Hochul’s housing goals can’t be met feasibly in rural areas. He said building more housing in rural areas will mean expanding municipal services like sewage, the funding of which the budget doesn’t specify, Spectrum Local News reported.
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actually be able to get the care they need,” Mott said. Mott, who joined SGEU’s unionization effort in 2018, said the hard work has paid off, even if she may not directly or immediately experience the benefits of a union contract.
Harman labeled the upcoming contract negotiations as “bittersweet.” Although some current graduate workers will not see any of the potential benefits from the bargaining unit, Harman said the goal is to ensure better
working conditions for the next wave of graduate employees.
“I think the attitude for a lot of us is that we want to leave this place better than we found it, and for all of the grads that come after us, getting a union established is super important for them,” Harman said. “I don’t want anybody to have to go through what I went through.”
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When Jordyn Tareaz came to Syracuse as a freshman in the Bandier Program, she had endless questions about the entertainment industry. Now approaching her graduation, Tareaz poses many of those questions to people in the industry on her own podcast.
“Everything is coming back in bigger ways now that I’ll be going into the real world,” Tareaz said. “How should I be negotiating rates for my performances and advance my career while protecting my mental health and work-life balance? No one is talking about that.”
As a self-proclaimed pop singer, songwriter, performer and producer, music has been a part of Tareaz’s life since she was a toddler. At age 2 she learned how to play the piano from her grandfather, who would sit
her on his lap so she could reach the keys. At 3, she was on stage performing “Cinderella,” the musical, as the evil stepmother. And at 8, she wrote her first song she performed at her elementary school talent show.
By middle and high school, Tareaz found her way into any musical, club or program that allowed her to sing. Now, Tareaz’s podcast, “Let’s Talk with Jordyn Tareaz”, features guest interviews with industry and wellness professionals like fashion photographer Carly Jean Sharp, choreographer Kayla Janssen and CEO and founder of Mind in Motion Leigh Weinraub. Tareaz also plans to release solo episodes where she’ll discuss vulnerable topics like imposter syndrome, anxiety and burnout.
Prior to launching the podcast, Tareaz leaned on mentors she met throughout her time at SU. She realized the information they shared would be helpful to anyone with hopes of breaking into the entertainment
industry. Her senior capstone project was the perfect opportunity for Tareaz to incorporate her passions for music and mental health with the connections she has to industry professionals.
Tareaz already felt comfortable interviewing industry icons through hosting virtual live panels as a sophomore. She interviewed celebrities like Charlie XCX, Ally Tamposi, UPSAHL and Amy Allen about their journey to success. The feedback she received from the panels was extremely positive and sparked the idea to host a podcast with an emphasis on the intersection between entertainment and mental health.
“Because so many people don’t have industry connections, I wanted to take these raw and real conversations and put them out for the world to hear,” Tareaz said.
She hopes each episode offers a sense of stability for people just starting out in the entertainment field. Tareaz empathizes with
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When Olivia Dalfino entered the Pride Union Drag Show, she didn’t anticipate her popularity with the audience would lead to her being added as a finalist.
Dalfino performed as her drag king persona, Sir Gabriel Googlygoo, at the 21st annual Pride Union Drag show on March 23 in the Underground in Schine Student Center. The event was hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race star The Vixen, and welcomed all student drag performers of varying experience.
While the finalists were determined by audience reaction, when it came time for the finalists
to be announced — and Dalfino’s name was notably missing — the audience cheered her name anyway.
“I made it out in a technicality, because the people loved me,” Dalfino said.
Dalfino has been performing on stage in some capacity for as long as she can remember. She did theater and dance as a child, but as a young queer woman who used to be in more conservative spaces, she wanted a performance outlet that still made her feel accepted within all her identities.
“I just really wanted somewhere to really express myself without any judgment, and I feel like drag is the perfect place for that,” Dalfino said.
She already loved RuPaul’s Drag
Race when she realized drag held more than just a great source of entertainment for her, so Dalfino decided to throw her hat in the performance ring. While she had experimented with drag queen personas when she first got into drag, she wanted to use the Pride Union show as a chance to shake things up and try her hand at a drag king persona.
Dalfino first heard about the drag show through a friend who sent the flier in their group chat. The initial idea was to attend with her friends, but Dalfino knew she had to perform in it. While her friends, like senior Gretchen Pfluger, were initially surprised by her desire to perform, the more
they thought about Dalfino’s love for performing, it made more and more sense.
Pfluger and Dalfino bonded over their love of Drag Race, and Pfluger said she has loved getting to watch her friend on stage. Knowing that Dalfino has a strong background in performance, more specifically dance, Pfluger said they would often be in awe of Dalfino’s dancing at parties and the way she would so confidently dance to her heart’s content.
“I love the way she dances and I love (that) her personality comes out through the way she performs,” Pfluger said. “I love that it was something that other people could actually experience as well, and not just me and her and our other
friends at a party.”
Dalfino said at the end of the day she is an artist at her core. Growing up in a creative but conservative household, Dalfino sought ways to rebel and explore different “taboo” paths in performance.
As a film major, she enjoys exploring music videos and art video creation. Dalfino said she’s never had stage fright, as her love of performing is so deeply tied to being able to express herself fully.
Still, she doesn’t take herself and her art too seriously. Dalfino likes to think of herself as a silly person, and Sir Gabriel Googlygoo was a good depiction of silliness with a side of sexiness. She even went as
Senior Jordyn Tareaz combines passion for mental health and the entertainment industry in her new podcast which invites industry and wellness professionals to talk with her
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If you like buying white Vans and painting them to match your own style, check out this painting class open to anyone. By the end of the semester, your white vans will be as beautiful as “Starry Night” by Van Gogh.
CAN 301 - Cannabis Business Operations
In plenty of TV shows, movies, books and more, characters who wear grungy Vans are often synonymous with the stoner stereotype. If you want to better understand the cliches associated with your style choices or capitalize on the recent marijuana legalization in New York, check out this class.
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SPM 340 - Sports, Media and Society
If you wear Jordan’s because you like basketball or because you want to join in on their popularity in pop culture, then this class is the one for you. This class explores the relationship between media, sports and society as a whole.
SPM 324 - Sport Sponsorship and Promotion
With athletes like Jayson Tatum, Zion Williamson and Bradley Beal signed to Jordan Brand, it’d make sense to use this class to look deeper into these sponsorships and promotions. This class combines both marketing and sports.
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Growing up, sophomore Alanna Mandel would always look forward to her family’s Passover Seder. Celebrating with her family was valuable to her, but she didn’t know how she could continue that tradition in college.
“One of the hardest parts about college is being away from home during holidays,” Mandel said. “Jewish holidays have always been really important to me, and a huge thing to my family.”
On Wednesday night, Mandel and sophomore Charlotte Beede coordinated the Passover Seder for Syracuse University’s chapter of Hillel. The dinner saw over 400 students come together to celebrate, reflect and eat.
During the eight days of Passover, some Jewish people reflect on the exodus of their ancestors from Egypt, Rabbi Ethan Bair said. There is a Jewish tradition of fighting for justice, equity and goodness for everybody, he said, something that is strongly reflected in Passover.
One of the key themes in the celebration of Passover is the phrase “l’dor v’dor,” which Bair explained means “from generation to generation.”
“Everyone has to see themselves as having personally left Egypt in every generation,” Bair said. “There will always be ways to connect the story of the Israelites, our ancestors and redemption from Egypt with issues today, modern-day plagues or issues of overcoming injustice.”
At the beginning of the seder, Rabbi Bair said the celebration of Passover is the “Jewish Super Bowl.” The traditions represent the best aspects of the Jewish people, he said, and are a great place for people to
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have open and honest discussions.
“I think that the beauty of participating in Jewish holidays in college is that it makes you connect with your peers, about the traditions and makes you really reflect on what’s important to you, what aspects of the holiday really matter to you and how you want to honor that and carry that forward for yourself,” Bair said.
To help attendees reflect, Mandel and Beede programmed the seder around a series of small group discussions. They wanted to give students the ability to be open and reflect on the Passover story, while giving everyone a sense of family and company they might be missing from home.
“Even though we might not have all the same traditions for holidays, or how we celebrate Jewish culture, it’s about community and coming together and seeing what
our differences are and seeing what similarities we have,” Beede said. Many students were excited to have a place where they could come together with their friends and celebrate as if they were with their families.
Sophomore Sarah Pivawer came to the seder last year, and said that she loved to be around her friends and celebrate with a new group of people that she was close to. It’s special to see a group of people bond over their traditions and get closer to each other through a seder, she said.
“You saw the entire Syracuse community coming together,” Pivawer said. “And you had (the community) even if you didn’t have your parents there.”
Throughout the seder, student leaders facilitated discussions about challenges or prejudices they’ve overcome, encouraging reflection
on difficult situations and fighting against oppression toward a better future. Mandel wanted to make each discussion personal, while also relatable for the entire group.
Beede and Mandel said one of the most important aspects of the seder is that it is inclusive, both to everyone’s thoughts and to the many different ways that people celebrate the holidays. Not everyone’s traditions for Passover seder are necessarily the same, Mandel said, but the common thread in every seder is coming together to enjoy each other’s company.
“There’s this idea that because it’s a religious institution that you have to be a certain level of this or that,” Mandel said. “But it really isn’t that serious and everyone’s welcome. The only requirement is just show up with a smile.”
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After Tyler, The Creator dropped “Call Me If You Get Lost,” the album would go on to win Best Hip-Hop Album at the Grammy’s in 2022. Now two years later, he has released the missing tracks that never made the cut.
On March 31, he dropped an eight song extension onto his June 2021 project, titled “Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale.” Becoming one of the faces of hip-hop ever since his breakout album “Flower Boy” in 2017, Tyler, The Creator has combined creativity, countless sub-genres and flawless production into his work, which are all reflected on his next installment.
Receiving nominations and wins for every album he has released since “Flower Boy,” his first burst onto the music scene would come in 2011 when he won MTV’s Music Award for best new artist.
He also helped found the music group Odd Future with Left Brain, Hodgy Beats and many others while also having his television program “Loiter Squad,” displaying the many years he has spent mastering the entertainment world. Transitioning into his next era of music and style, Tyler, The Creator unleashes the vault and a new version of himself on “The Estate Sale” package.
Album overview & rollout
The first edition, “Call Me If You Get Lost,” featured 16 tracks, and served as the highly-anticipated follow up to 2019’s “IGOR.”
Listed as a composer, producer and engineer on the album, Tyler contributes a lot to his own work, while letting a stacked support-
Funk ‘n Waffles
Start your weekend with a show at Funk n’ Waffles featuring a local artist. Upstate New York rock band Paega*, which was founded in 2021 by lead guitarist PJ Will, will be joined by the band Jambulance. Tickets can be bought online.
WHEN: Friday, April 7 at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.
PRICE: $13.07
Mudpit
House venue Mudpit welcomes a lineup of freshman musicians to the stage this weekend, hosting Luna and the Carpets, Padma and Sammy Curcuru. To get the address and advance tickets, direct message @ mudpitcuse on Instagram.
WHEN: Friday, April 7 at 9:30 p.m., with doors opening at 9 p.m.
PRICE: $5 presale, $7 at the door
The Crypt
Pinkshift, SPACED, BLKVAPOR, Amphette and Delinquent Activity will take the stage at house venue The Crypt this weekend. Tickets can be purchased online. Attendees must be 16 years or older and provide a valid ID or be accompanied by an adult.
WHEN: Saturday, April 8 at 6 p.m.
PRICE: $15.92
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ing cast still contribute to the production and lyricism.
As for other producers on the project, Pharell, DJ Drama and Jay Versace assist Tyler, The Creator in creating the unique beats that scatter throughout, while NBA Youngboy, 42 Dugg and Brent Faiyaz deliver some of the best features for “Call Me If You Get Lost.”
Rolling out “The Estate Sale,” Tyler would post the music video for the lead single “DOGTOOTH” on March 27, announcing on his Twitter the rest of the deluxe would be coming out soon. He also took to Twitter to share the album cover, which would be different from the original version, seeing Tyler carrying suitcases ahead of a paper sail boat.
Two days after “DOGTOOTH,” another music video dropped for “SORRY NOT SORRY,” a creative art display that goes through the many eras of the California rapper’s career. Ending with a new picture of Tyler beating up his “Call Me If You Get Lost” era, he is clearly trying to show that the next phase is on the horizon, possibly in another album in the near future.
The eight songs within the deluxe include new features from Vince Staples, A$AP Rocky and YG, unlocking the vault from songs that he wanted to add to the Grammy Award-winning album. DJ Drama’s continuous narration in the deluxe also gives a refreshing glimpse back to the 2021 release, and sets up yet another amazing piece of work from Tyler.
Standout tracks
“EVERYTHING MUST GO,”
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and Tyler, The Creator’s narrations to commence the next chapter of the album.
Vince Staples hops in on the second track “STUNTMAN,” a high, energetic song which sees the two artists trade unblemished lyricism and constant pop culture referencing. While also mixing in some DJ Drama, this is by far the most upbeat song to come off of the deluxe, sounding a lot like the style based on “JUGGERNAUT” or his collaboration with Maxo Kream “Big Persona.”
When it comes to the bars, Tyler murders the beat and instrumental with his best line being, “Different color chess pieces hangin’ from my necklace, stones too heavy, give me red neck, Texas, I cover it with scarves in the closet like my exes.” The amount of hidden implications and references scattered in “STUNTMAN,” even poking at his exes sharing that he was still “in the closet” at the time of their relationships.
As fans continue to wait for the rumored “WANG$AP” album, Tyler gives us a long awaited collaboration with A$AP Rocky in “WHARF TALK.”
Slower paced and produced directly by Tyler, they rap about lavish life and love. The two “got a new boat, you should come with” and don’t allow any questions about it, just “let the wharf talk.”
Yacht parties and the relaxing lifestyle associated with it flood the track, and the lyricism reflects immensely on the cover of the deluxe album. It might not be as iconic as “Potato Salad,” but still puts together the prolific minds of the two hip-hop figures in what Tyler says is “my favorite” on Twitter. Like the
majority of “Call Me If You Get Lost,” this track really makes the audience fall away from the surrounding world and dive into the laid back content within.
“BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND” was an unreleased song with YG made in 2020, which is why it is listed as a 2020 demo in the tracklist, but the unexpected collaboration proved to me a great addition to “The Estate Sale.”
Blending their two west coast styles together, YG’s strong opening verse combined with the amazing bridges and pre-chorus’ from Tyler prove for an entertaining song where they want to “start something new” and launch a fresh relationship, whether it be a boyfriend or girlfriend.
The finishing touch to the lost tapes of “Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale” is the solo performance “SORRY NOT SORRY,” where Tyler apologizes for people he disappointed in the past.
“Sis’, I’m sorry I’m your kin, sorry we ain’t close as we should’ve been” and “sorry to my old friends, the stories we coulda wrote if our egos didn’t take the pen,” serve as some of the more sincere regrets Tyler lists.
Snarky, passive aggressive apologies leak into other verses such as “sorry if you gotta dig for info I don’t wanna give, so you stalk, make up fibs, just to talk about my private life.” He believes he does have people he cares about that he has to show forgiveness, while also displaying his distaste towards those who have wronged him. It’s a conscious outlook into the fame of Tyler, The Creator, and a conclusion to the Sir Bauledaire self he will leave behind.
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As part of the Setnor Student Recital Series, cellist Emily Truncali will perform this weekend at the Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College. The concert can also be streamed live and is open to the general public.
WHEN: Saturday, April 8 at 11 a.m. PRICE: Free
Bandersnatch
University Union will host its Spring 2023 Bandersnatch concert in The Underground at Schine Student Center. Created to promote up-andcoming artists, the concert will feature headliner redveil with support from Tom the Mail Man and Laura Elliot.
WHEN: Saturday, April 8 at 8 p.m.
PRICE: $5
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After unpopular demand, campus tours are back. That’s right, tours are sprouting all over the place like some sort of invasive plant species. But unlike invasive species, you’re not allowed to spray them with chemicals to make them go away.
Although these tours can be a nuisance at times, they’re sort of interesting to observe. Campus tours are usually composed of a hoard of high school students, overly excited parents and unwilling younger siblings who got dragged out to central New York because the babysitter canceled at the last minute.
You can’t blame people for wanting to visit Syrause during this time of the year. Spring is an ideal time to visit if you’re a prospective student. When you visit in the spring you’ll see happy students skipping around all coatless with their forearms all exposed. You’ll see kids hammocking on the quad or laughing as they catch a frisbee. It’s like something from a brochure. But you and I both know it’s not an accurate representation of what the Syracuse experience is like.
When I visited Syracuse as a high schooler, I got the full experience. I visited in mid-February during a blizzard. There were no forearms, frisbees or smiling students during my tour. I went home thinking, “Well, I’ll never go there!”
Looking back on my tour, I realized there were a couple things my poor, cold tour guide forgot to tell us. I’m here to share the things they forget to tell you during your tour of SU.
1. You will probably NOT meet your soulmate here.
Although your parents probably met in college and have been together ever since, you’re probably not going to meet the love of your life here. You’ll definitely try to put yourself out there, but Syracuse is for cheaters, not lovers.
2. Food.com is a terrible place to do work.
Prospective Newhouse students are usually dragged through the food.com cafe area. I’ve heard
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the feeling of loneliness that is common in an industry that relies so heavily on connections.
“The music industry has a lot of gatekeeping and unless you are connected within the industry you are going to have a hard time breaking in,” Tareaz said.
At a Bandier Rezak lecture, Tareaz announced that she would be starting a podcast and was looking for help. Amanda Long, a freshman in the Bandier program and avid podcast listener, was immediately drawn to her pitch.
Long quickly became the producer of the podcast, helping Tareaz flesh-out ideas,
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far as to put on a strap-on underneath her pants to add that level of sexiness.
“Sexy silliness, that’s just how I am in general. Nothing is taboo for me at all,” Dalfino said.
Dalfino had choreography help from her childhood friend McKayla Cole. The two have been friends since they were 10 years old after their mothers met in a Zumba class. Cole described Dalfino as a firecracker and wanted her choreography to illustrate that.
tour guides gush about what an awesome place it is to study and grab a bite to eat. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Food.com isn’t for studying or eating — it’s for staring at people. This Newhouse cafe is the central hub on campus for Syracuse’s most annoying population: communication majors.
3. You don’t need a Canada Goose to fit in.
A $500 North Face will do just fine.
4. No one leaves their homes from
brainstorm marketing plans, reach out to potential guests or sponsors and edit each episode. From the get-go, Long was drawn to how determined Tareaz was in taking this podcast beyond the SU community.
“Tareaz’s passion and unique vision for where she wants this podcast to go is incredible,” Long said. “She’s not afraid to go above and beyond in all facets of the business.”
Similarly, Bill Werde, the director of the Bandier program, feels like Tareaz made an excellent choice intersecting mental health with entertainment in a podcast format. He sees Tareaz as someone who bubbles with limitless energy and positivity that will draw listeners in.
Tareaz is most excited about launching the
Cole will be choreographing her routine for the final, and promised that the performance would be an even bigger step up from before. Beyond her love of performing and drag, Dalfino really appreciated having a space to happily express herself and watch others express themselves without worry of judgment.
She said that getting a space like this after all of the homophobic vandalism and issues occurring on campus events like these allow the LGBTQ community the opportunity to express themselves and share in communal joy.
“We need something (that will) allow ourselves to be open and love everyone and just get rid of all the hate,” Dalfino said.
While organizations like Pride Union are very important for queer people, Pfluger and Dalfino said, it’s still hard for people to know that the organization exists, let alone that they host an annual drag show. Being from New York City Pfluger is used to a bigger, more visible queer community, and in coming to Syracuse, she was happy to find Pride Union and the drag show.
January to mid-February. People may think Syracuse is known for being a party school, but from January to midFebruary we all take a page from Henry David Thoreau’s book and become hermits. It’s hard to get people to leave their homes when your home is warm and dry, the outside is wet and cold and you could slip at literally any moment. You think I’m going to risk bruising my tailbone to get a beer with you? Think again.
5. At some point during your four
first episode with Kayla Janssen, a choreographer, creative director and movement coach who’s worked with celebrities like Dua Lipa, Rita Ora and G-Eazy. In the podcast, released Wednesday, Janssen spoke about what it takes to survive in the industry and why artists should always trust their intuition.
“As an artist, I’m constantly second guessing myself. It resonated with me when Kayla talked about how confidence is all about trust,” Tareaz said. “You hear a million different opinions everyday and if you don’t have unwavering trust in your vision, you won’t survive in this industry.”
When Tareaz thinks about her last five weeks at SU, she feels like she has transformed into the artist she never believed she could.
years here, you’ll think about transferring. You might fail a class, get cheated on or slip on some ice. This will force the idea of transferring somewhere warmer into your head. You’ll think to yourself, “This would have never happened to me if I went to UMiami!” Then a couple days later you’ll realize someone probably still would have cheated on you if you went to UMiami, but the other woman would probably have been even hotter.
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Before freshman year, Tareaz hadn’t put any music out, never recorded in a studio or experienced a writing session. As a senior, she proudly shares that she’s opened for Maude Lator and The Backfires, released two songs with mentions from Billboard and a feature on Spotify’s “One’s to Watch Now” playlist. She’s in the process of finishing up her debut EP and, of course, launching the “Let’s Talk with Jordyn Tareaz.”
“These are all things that freshman year Jordyn never thought was possible. I came to terms with what I want and went for it,” Tereaz said. “As a senior, I’m obviously stressed about the future, but I’m more sure of myself and my direction than ever.”
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“I loved seeing Olivia do my dance up on the stage! She turned my vision to life and it was a very cool moment,” Cole said. “She certainly knows how to woo a crowd.”
“There’s a lot of sh*t that happens in Syracuse for some reason, especially for the queer community,” Dalfino said. “I think just getting rid of that and being able to express within our community the love we have for each other and the love we have for creative expression … is really good for Syracuse.” ofentse.moipone.mokoka@gmail.com
“I just really wanted somewhere to really express myself without any judgment, and I feel like drag is the perfect place for that.”
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Idon’t think I know anyone at Syracuse University who has only good things to say about our parking services. Students complain about their car being parked far from campus, long waits for permits, excessive ticketing and a lack of assistance. But the main complaint is usually about the cost of parking. With tuition almost $80,000 a year, it seems unnecessary for students to be paying extra to have their cars at school.
At SU, a permit for parking during an academic year is $905 in a garage, $458 in a surface lot, $165 on Skytop, $188 in Colvin Street Lot and $230 in Comstock Ave. Lot. Overall, there are nine surface lots, six garages and four perimeter lots. On its website, SU parking warns that spots sell out every year, and that not all students who want parking will be able to get it. This is a problem.
Not only do costs need to decrease, but SU also needs to expand its lots in order to accommodate all students who might want or need a car on campus.
Junior Caroline Grabowski expressed frustration about how expensive parking is given how poor her experience has been.
“I should not have to pay almost $500 to park in a surface lot where I have to dig my car out of the snow,” she said. “Half the time, there aren’t any spots in the lot I pay for because it’s so busy.” Similar frustrations were mirrored by
junior Blythe Reis.
“You need to drive to do anything in Syracuse, so it seems excessive to be paying almost $1,000 per year on top of our already expensive tuition,”she said. “I pay for a covered garage, but because of the unused reserved faculty spots, I often have to park at the top with no covering. What’s the point of paying so much if my car is rarely covered?”
Syracuse spokespeople often justify the yearly rise in tuition to the university’s commitment to improving financial aid. If SU wants to make a more accessible environment, why wouldn’t they make additional service fees, such as parking, free? If the school truly means to create a more socioeconomic diverse school, they should not create unnecessary financial barriers that are contradictory to their goal to accommodate, not just decrease tuition.
“There is no one that hates SU parking more than me,” sophomore Grace Brashears said. She
needs her car to get home, go to her job and travel to her required volunteer position for her major. To pay this bill, she said she needed to budget a payment plan to be able to afford a parking pass, as the cheapest permit on South Campus was still a stretch. Parking on South Campus created a new set of issues. Brashears adds, “the buses are almost always late so it takes 30-40 minutes just for me to get to my car. This has caused me to be late for my obligations several times.”
Once Brashears was able to afford a parking spot on main campus and made the effort to switch, the parking office was unresponsive. She shared that she called the office every day for a week with no response. They also ignored her emails.
When she went to the office in person, they informed her that sometimes “that happens.” She continued to face issues, and went back and forth with the office for three weeks before receiving a new pass.
When asked about Brashear’s experience, a university spokesperson said that while Parking and
Transportation aims to “provide timely service and responses to requests,” there are a variety of factors that can lead to longer waits for responses.
Brashears expressed frustration that even with a parking pass, she continues to get parking tickets and finds that streets such as Walnut Place and Waverly Avenue are always packed with cars because “no one has a decent parking pass.”
Other institutions have eliminated their parking fee, such as Indiana University. In 2022, IU’s regional campuses eliminated application fees, parking fees and the per-credit-hour fee for Advance College Project courses. This was done in an effort to make the college experience more accessible to students who might not have been able to afford it previously. While students must still obtain a parking permit, they do not need to pay.
While parking provides some revenue to the university, these fees are not necessary to its operation — especially with SU’s approximately $1.81 billion endowment, robust athletic department and other sources of revenue, including tuition. SU has previously shown it has the capability to subsidize services, as evidenced by residential laundry becoming free in 2021.
The current parking system we have does not work. SU students deserve better, more accessible and more affordable parking options.
Hannah Starorypinski is a junior political science major with a minor in public communication. Her column appears bi-weekly, and she can be reached at hkstaror@syr.edu.
We are William Treloar and Yasmin Nayrouz, the upcoming president and vice president of the Student Association, and we are excited and honored to represent the student body.
We’ve both been a part of the Student Association since our freshman year, as Speaker of the Assembly and Vice President of University Affairs, respectively. Our experience has shown us the importance of engaging with students to understand what they want from their campus. As we enter our 67th session next year, we look forward to continuing and expanding engagement with the student body.
In the past three years, we’ve been able to create and develop different initiatives and programming. Some initiatives we’ve facilitated include participating in the Harvest Festival, the writing of the student response to the DEIA Strategic Plan, starting the grocery trolley program and pushing for the creation of Wellness Days. We will expand on some of these initiatives next year and continue advocating for what you want.
As we look to the future, we have several additional goals. We will push for action on the sustainability report by the university in hopes of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030, sooner than SU’s original plan of 2040. We will call for more resources and the promotion of mental health resources. We will work with administration and food services to bring back meal swipes in
the Schine Student Center and improve the oncampus dining experience. Additionally, national elections will be happening during our year, and we plan to provide students with the information and support they need to vote.
We also plan to connect with Registered Student Organizations, multicultural organizations and other communities on campus by going to them directly, so students know they can always reach out to us. Student input will drive our administration’s actions, so we can better advocate for you. We plan to launch the Student Body Needs survey this month, which we encourage everyone to fill out and make their voices heard.
Overall, we want to create a diverse and robust cabinet, because we are only as effective as the team
that we work with. Applications are currently open, and we encourage students to apply and become student leaders themselves. We are always receptive to student concerns, so if you have any questions or thoughts to share about campus we can be reached at wjtreloa@syr.edu and ynayrouz@syr.edu.
Student Association is a group of students who are dedicated to making positive change on campus, and we’re honored to lead it. Addressing student needs has always been our top priority. Now, we will make them the top priority of this university, as well. We are excited to get to work making this campus better and inclusive for all students.
William Treloar and Yasmin Nayrouz are the new Student Association 2023-2024 president and vice president.With rising tuition, students express concerns over the cost of parking passes on campus and limited parking lotsHefty parking pass prices and packed on-campus lots force SU students to utilize on-street parking when driving to class. Students are frustrated with receiving tickets on streets like Walnut Place. corey henry daily orange file photo
Syracuse maintained its No. 1 ranking for a program-best third straight week with wins over Cornell and then-No. 11 Virginia.
In its midweek matchup with Cornell, SU cruised to a 7-2 start, allowing just six goals through three quarters. Led by Meaghan Tyrrell’s seven points, the Orange weathered a late Cornell comeback attempt to sneak away with a 19-13 victory in their final nonconference game of the regular season.
Against the Cavaliers, Syracuse struggled in an early back-and-forth contest before an Emma Ward score put the Orange up 5-4 going into the second period. From there, SU outscored Virginia 13-3 in the ensuing two quarters, ultimately winning by a comfortable 21-9 margin. Ward’s four goals and six assists earned her a new career-high of 10 points and Meaghan added nine of her own.
On Saturday, Syracuse will face No. 19 ranked Clemson at Cicero-North Syracuse High School while Monster Jam takes place in the JMA Wireless Dome. The Tigers are coming off a 19-8 win over Louisville where they held the Cardinals scoreless in the third period.
Here’s everything to know about No. 19
Clemson (10-4, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) in its first-ever season as a program:
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This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The Tigers report
In the summer of 2021, Clemson Athletics announced the addition of women’s lacrosse as a varsity program. On Feb. 11, 2023, the Tigers played in their inaugural match, trouncing Wofford 23-1.
Led by head coach Allison Kwolek, Clemson is made up of eight freshmen and 20 transfers. Receiving notable signees from powerhouses Maryland, North Carolina and even Syracuse (Jalyn Jimerson), the Tigers dominated their early nonconference opponents but have struggled in the ACC.
After opening its season with six consecutive wins, Clemson suffered back-to-back losses to Notre Dame and Virginia, mustering single digit scores for the first time. Yet, the Tigers are still one of the best offensive programs in the country. Led by attacks Gianna New, Hanna Hilcoff and Sofia Chepenik, the trio has combined for 111 goals through 14 games. Chepenik holds a teamhigh 18 assists this season.
A week ago, Clemson fell to North Carolina,
17-8. The Tar Heels took advantage of a shaky Tiger defense, jumping out to an early 5-0 lead. In conference play, Boston College and Duke both finished with 10 goals while the Cavaliers notched 16 against Clemson.
The Orange’s highly efficient and versatile offense continued to fire on all cylinders against Virginia, scoring 20-plus goals in a ranked matchup for the second time this year. Syracuse continued to click at X and around the 8-meter as Meaghan’s season total of 75 points and Ward’s 45 assists are both NCAA Division-I highs.
Delaney Sweitzer, who was added to the 2023 Tewaaraton Award watch list last week, made five saves and picked up six ground balls against Cavaliers, letting in just three second half goals. But Syracuse’s back line took a hit after Bianca Chevarie went down against Stony Brook with a lower-leg injury. She hasn’t returned to action since and midfielder Mackenzie Olsen has started in her absence.
Syracuse’s 220 goals over 14 games will prove too much for the Tigers’ defense. Meaghan and Ward have largely turned to facilitating this season, and have an endless array of scoring talent. Megan Carney, who has remained scoreless in two of the Orange’s last three games, has produced a
team-high 44 goals. If Syracuse continues to play the way it has in front of cage, its all-around talent should easily overwhelm Clemson.
Stat to know: 52.4%
Clemson ranks first in the country in shooting percentage, converting 52.4% of its shots, per LacrosseReference. Led by Hilcoff’s team-best 80 total shots, the Tigers’ second leading scorer finds the target 50% of the time, producing 40 goals. Syracuse’s midfield and defense need to make sure it keeps Clemson circling the 12-meter and away from X.
Player to watch: Gianna New, attack, No. 2, graduate student
Clemson’s top scorer also leads the team in points with 52 this season. Transferring in from Davidson, where she received an Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team nod and scored 100 points, only Chepenik has more assists than New for the Tigers. New had a season-high six goals against Gardner Webb and registered a hat trick of assists against Radford. She’s on track for a career-best scoring year and stands just eight goals shy of tying her personal best 49 in far fewer shot attempts. trschiff@syr.edu @theTylerSchiff
Syracuse women’s rowing moved up two spots to No. 8 in the weekly Pocock/Col -
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had a high softball IQ, and the biggest area of growth was her mental strength.
“She wasn’t a kid that made the same mistake twice,” Smith said. “She may struggle at something once but once you correct it, she was fine.”
Successful infielders often display lateral movement, while reading the ball from the outfield requires a different skill set. Based on how the ball comes off the bat, outfielders have
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against the Seawolves. After Adamson won just five draws the previous three games, her and Cockerille both earned career-highs with 12 and four` draw controls, respectively. The team built off this momentum in its next game against Louisville, winning 15-of-24 draws.
But during a 19-13 win over Cornell, the Orange couldn’t replicate the success they had against Stony Brook and Louisville. Although they did end up winning one more draw than the Big Red, Treanor knows the team can do better.
“I don’t think we did great on the draw tonight. I thought that was an area we struggled in,” Treanor said. “We were tested tonight and there’s a lot to learn from. That’s just what we have to do: learn from it and move forward.”
The Orange bounced back against Virginia,
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Ivy League Tournament.
The Tigers report Princeton is rebounding from the loss of nine seniors who entered the transfer portal. Despite the overhaul, head coach Matt Madalon, who said he was aware the mass exodus was coming due to the university’s strict eight semester rule, retooled and put together the 18th-best scoring offense in the country. Led by sophomore attack Coulter Mackesy, the Tigers average nearly 14 goals per game and have surpassed the 20-goal mark twice this season.
Though it ranks 52nd in the country in faceoff percentage, Princeton’s trio of goalies have combined this season for a 57% save percentage. No opponent has scored more than 12 goals against the Tigers this season, and Georgetown and Maryland combined to notch just 23 goals against a defense led by a talented group of upperclassmen. Syracuse’s offense is going to have a difficult time getting close to the cage and will have an even harder time against Princeton’s three attacks that each have at least 20 points this season.
legiate Rowing Coaches Association poll following its win at the Doc Hosea Invitational. The Orange competed against Bucknell, Villanova, Penn and Northeastern.
At the Doc Hosea Invitational, Syracuse
to be aware of where they are on the field and make throws coming from all different angles.
Smith said Ramos really started to excel in left field the summer before her senior year of high school. After that, Smith knew Ramos’ versatility would help her at the next level.
“A lot of kids would just tell you, they want to do it…but they wouldn’t buy in, she was never that,” Smith said. “Whatever you asked to do, she always did it with a smile on her face.”
Ramos settled on Syracuse after she felt a strong connection with the coaches and
controlling 66% of the draws en route to a 21-9 blowout win. Adamson recorded six controls, while Goodale and Emma combined for 12.
Despite not taking the draw at Syracuse until this season, Adamson has now emerged as the team’s primary draw specialist, posting six or more draw controls in half the games since Mashewske went down. The team as a whole has only fallen from fifth to sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference in draw controls per game during that time.
Overall, SU has won more draws than its opponent in four of the six games without Mashewske. The only games it lost the draw were against Duke and Loyola, two of the best draw-control units in the country.
“It’s just a newer unit in there working on developing chemistry,” Treanor said. “We’re just trying to get them a little better every game.” mahassan@syr.edu
won the varsity 8, varsity 4 and the second varsity 4 events. The varsity 8’s win brought home the Orange Cup Challenge trophy. Overall, the Orange also won the Doc Hosea Invitational after winning three of the six events. Syracuse defeated
Penn, which ranked No. 8 in the first ranking of the season but slid down a spot to No. 9. SU will compete against No. 3 Yale and Cornell this weekend in Saratoga Springs. amstepan@syr.edu
players during a campus visit during her senior year.
After starting in 23 of her 33 appearances as a freshman, Ramos’ role has increased this season. Starting 25 out of SU’s 28 games so far, Ramos has already surpassed her hits and RBI total from last season, with a higher batting average this year.
“She followed her dream so as a father I just support her,” Marvin said. “In the end it’s her life and she can do what she wants.”
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How Syracuse beats Princeton If Syracuse wants to nab its first win against a ranked opponent this season, it’s going to have to perform much better at the faceoff X and on defense. Nearly each game against a ranked team has gone a similar way, with the Orange holding a lead late in the game and their team ultimately faltering. That was evident at the faceoff X on Saturday, where Syracuse won just 2-of-11, and with Saam Olexo saying after the game
that the reason they lost was because the Orange “played a lot of defense.”
Notre Dame’s defense stifled Syracuse, especially Joey Spallina. Against the Tigers, Syracuse needs to get Spallina going early to lead a diverse scoring attack — something it wasn’t able to do aside from a 5-1 run in the second period against the Fighting Irish. A more complete game starts at the faceoff X and ends with a more convincing defensive performance late in the game if Syracuse
wants to take down Princeton.
Stat to know: 8.88
Princeton averages 8.88 assists per game this season, tied for the fifth-best mark in the country. The Tigers are going to mix up their formations against Syracuse and attempt to catch Will Mark slow on his feet and the defense out of position. Numerous times against the Fighting Irish, Syracuse’s defense looked clueless against the ND offense and allowed nine unanswered goals. The Tigers can use a similar pass first offense to open up more scoring chances and build leads early in the game.
Player to watch: Coulter Mackesy, attack, No. 91 Mackesy, one of the best sophomores in the country, is on a tear this season. With 30 goals and 11 assists, he’s totalled a teamhigh 41 points through eight games. He’s the focal point of Princeton’s offense and has 48 shots on goal with a 57.8% success rate. Syracuse is going to struggle guarding him on Saturday. If Mackesy plays further outside, he should be able to flash his dynamic scoring ability and lead the Tigers.
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She’s always been a kid to look you in the eyes… and accept the challenges faced with her.
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Kate Mashewske went into Syracuse’s matchup against Notre Dame leading the nation in draw controls per game with 10.5. She had recently become the second player in SU history to eclipse 300 career draw controls. The Tewaaraton watch list member had tallied six draw controls to help the Orange take a 12-7 lead at the beginning of the final period.
Putting a good team together is like finishing a puzzle.
For Mark Smith, the 18U Athletics Mercado coach, the final piece was finding where to put Angie Ramos. Smith wanted Ramos’ bat in the lineup, but with a crowded infield loaded with Division-I talent, he moved her to the outfield.
“It was a get-in, fit-in type deal and she found her spot,” Smith said.
Knowing her athleticism would go a long way in the outfield, Smith’s decision paid off for Ramos, now the starting left fielder for Syracuse. It took some time to adjust, but Ramos grew into the position, helping Mercado win back-to-back national championships in 2020 and 2021. The position change forced her to fight through the uncomfortable feeling.
“She just had to believe in herself,” Smith said. “She had some spots where she faced some adversity, but she was so new out there that she struggled.”
Ramos could hit from gap to gap and had good power for her size, Smith said. She could bat anywhere from first to third in the lineup, all the way down to the eighth hole. When Ramos wasn’t in the lineup, she pinch hit and “always came up clutch,” Smith said.
Ramos never brought a lot of attention to herself. She “packed her lunch and went to work,” Smith said.
Before hitting the 14U level, Ramos spent most of her time at shortstop. Typically, the most athletic player plays shortstop because of the position’s required mobility, Smith said. Thus, shortstops can usually play anywhere on the diamond, said Greg Borzilleri, Ramos’ 14U coach.
Borzilleri was the first person to put Ramos in the outfield. He didn’t need her out there, but Borzilleri knew she had the athleticism to run down balls and make plays. Ramos’ dad,
Marvin, remembered her putting her body on the line, diving for balls that she had a slim chance of getting.
At 7 years old, Ramos started playing in her local softball league and fell in love right away. Softball gave Ramos a new sense of responsibility, Marvin said. He remembered her excitement the night before games, laying out her jersey on her bedroom floor and packing her bag.
Ramos put everything into softball. When she was 14, Marvin said Ramos got stepped on when sliding into second, opening a big wound which required stitches. Marvin remembered being able to tell her desire to play from the look in her eyes as she sat on the bench.
“She’s always been a kid to look you in the eyes, accept the role she was in and accept the challenges faced with her,” Smith said.
Making the jump from 14U to 16U was a challenge. Borzilleri described the jump as going from high school to Division I. Younger teams are more centered on how far players can throw and how hard they can hit and there are more nuances and in-game adjustments from both pitchers and hitters, Borzilleri said.
As a result, coaches were harder on their players. If Ramos made a mistake at her new position, she took the criticism “like a champ,” Borzilleri said. Smith noted that Ramos
Syracuse entered the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s game tied with No. 3 Notre Dame. A 5-1 run in the second quarter, spurred on by two straight penalties called on the Fighting Irish, put the Orange in prime position to take down Notre Dame and earn their first ranked win of the season. But the defense wore out in the fourth quarter and Syracuse only won 2-of-11 faceoffs, allowing the Fighting Irish to storm back in the final frame to score nine unanswered goals.
Now, Syracuse heads to New Jersey to take on Princeton, reviving a series that dates back to 1922. The Tigers are coming into Saturday’s matchup hot off of two straight Ivy League wins, combining for 39 goals against Brown and Yale while improving to 4-4 on the season and jumping up to No. 14 in the latest Inside Lacrosse rankings.
Here’s everything else you need to know about Princeton (4-4, 2-1 Ivy League) before it takes on Syracuse.
All-time series Syracuse leads 20-9.
Last time they played Syracuse traveled to New Jersey in 2013 in the midst of what would end up becoming a season that brought them all the way to the NCAA Championship. In a lowscoring affair, Syracuse edged the Tigers 13-12 after three SU goals in the closing minutes. Junior Billy Ward found the back of the net with just 5:28 remaining in the game to bring Syracuse within one. Then Henry Schoonmaker notched his fourth goal of the game to tie it and JoJo Marasco’s
game-winning goal lifted Syracuse to 7-2 on the season with 2:32 remaining in the game.
Syracuse entered halftime tied 5-5 with Princeton. Goalie Dominic Lamolinara had nine of his 14 saves in the first half, though the Orange already had eight turnovers and were picking up fewer ground balls than the Tigers. Going into the final quarter of play, Syracuse rattled off six goals in the final quarter to beat the Tigers. Princeton went on to hold a 9-6 season record before losing in the second round of the see princeton page 10
But shortly after the ensuing draw control, Mashewske fell awkwardly on the turf as she ran, grabbing her right leg. Just a few minutes later, Mashewske returned to the sideline on crutches to watch the rest of the game. The day after, she announced on Instagram that her season was over.
Syracuse has attempted to replace Mashewske ever since she went down four weeks ago. Of SU’s 110 draw controls in the first seven games, Mashewske had 70. Only four other players had collected multiple draws before the Notre Dame game. Since then, the Orange have given a variety of different players the opportunity to take the draw. Some of them had never done it before in college.
Before Mashewske’s injury, the Orange averaged 15.86 draw controls per game. In the six games after her injury, the team hasn’t faltered much, winning 15.33 draws per game.
Head coach Kayla Treanor said winning the draw control would be a vital piece going forward, and doing so consistently without Mashewske would be a process.
“It just allows us to have possession,” Treanor said. “If you have somebody that can win draw controls, it allows your offense to have big production and have those 20 plus (goal) games.”
Other than Mashewske and Katie Goodale, no other player had won more than six draws before facing Notre Dame. Sophomore Olivia Adamson won her first career draw in the final quarter against the Fighting Irish. She went 1-for-3 filling in for Mashewske.
The coaching staff decided Adamson would start taking a large chunk of the draws going forward, Treanor said. Sierra Cockerille hadn’t taken a draw all season, but she, along with Goodale and Maddy Baxter, took over the draw for SU.
After the ND win, Syracuse played then-No. 9 Loyola, which wins the fourth-most draws per game in the country. Syracuse struggled on the draw against the Greyhounds during a 9-7 win. The Orange only won 5-of19 draw controls, which is their fewest since recording 11 in the seasonopener versus Northwestern.
Then, the Orange traveled to Duke three days later. The Blue Devils were ranked third in the NCAA in draw controls per game. Syracuse won 16-10, controlling 41% of the draws. And this time around, Adamson and Cockerille each secured two draw controls.
Syracuse flipped the script when it hosted Stony Brook four days later. SU won 68% of draws
Angie Ramos spent the beginning of her career playing middle infield, but a switch to left field changed the trajectory of her careerANGIE RAMOS is a left-field starter for Syracuse. After switching from infield to outfield, she helped 18U Athletics Mercado win backto-back national championships in 2020 and 2021. joe zhao staff photographer