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Clayscapes Pottery hosted its third-annual market at Chuck Hafner’s Garden Center Greenhouse. Clayscapes is a gallery, school and clay vendor.

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A Hyatt House Hotel will open downtown next year for guests who need more amentities.

The hotel ties in with the city’s Syracuse Surge initiative.

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From walk-on to conference championship hero for the women’s hockey team, Ady Cohen has always maintained a special relationship with her mother.

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Speaking out Students, faculty examine free speech on campus

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yracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud has reiterated that the university should protect the right to free speech, even if it allows for uncomfortable discourse.

For SU to be a “real university,” students must be exposed to a “true range of views,” Syverud said at last month’s University Senate meeting. Students should be able to say things that make others “profoundly uncomfortable”

so they can better learn from others.

He also emphasized the importance of the university not silencing professors with controversial views.

“That exposure is very difficult to achieve at a university or in a department where the faculty are too ideologically uniform,” Syverud said. “In hiring new faculty, I believe our university needs to be more attentive to this issue, and more concerned.”

Some saw Syverud’s statement as a simple defense of free speech on campus. Others wondered what it meant. see speech page 4

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Nonprofit to build public housing

By Emma Folts

asst. news editor

Jennifer Williams and her five children live in McKinney Manor, a public housing complex in Syracuse. She had heard a revitalization project will eventually move the complex’s residents out. Williams doesn’t know when that will happen.

Blueprint 15, a nonprofit organization, aims to tear down McKinney Manor and two other housing projects in its plan to revive the East Adams Street neighborhood. Pioneer

Homes and Central Village, located downtown, may also be demolished.

“I hate that we have to move,” Williams said. “With them moving everybody out of here, that’s going to be a lot of hectic.”

The East Adams neighborhood includes a portion of the former 15th Ward, a predominantly black neighborhood destroyed in the mid20th century by the construction of Interstate 81. Blueprint 15, whose name references the ward, plans to revive the area by constructing mixed-income housing — providing

high-quality educational institutions and implementing health and wellness amenities, said Vincent Love, CEO of Blueprint 15.

“Residents are going to have a tremendous say-so in what happens to this neighborhood, how it happens and how it ends up looking so that it can best serve their needs,” said Love, who grew up in Pioneer Homes.

The 27-square block neighborhood currently has 1,060 public housing units, according to Blueprint 15’s request for proposals. see blueprint page 4

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SA to kick off Mental Health Awareness Week

By Maggie Hicks

contributing writer

Student Association will offer activities and presentations during its fourth annual Mental Health Awareness Week that focus on the different forms of mental health.

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is set to kick off Monday on Syracuse University’s Quad. The week will promote

increased awareness of resources at the Barnes Center at The Arch and focus on intersectionality.

Intersectionality

Focusing on the intersection between one’s identity and their mental health, SA will hold a panel on intersectionality Tuesday in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall.

Faculty and staff from a variety

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crime briefs Here is a roundup of the latest crime in throughout the city.

PETTY LARCENY A Syracuse man, 48, was arrested on the charge of petty larceny. when: Sunday at 4:08 p.m. where: 100 block of Swansea Drive OPEN CONTAINER A Syracuse man, 42, was arrested on the charge of open container. when: Saturday at 11:35 p.m. where: 1600 block of South Geddes Street HARASSMENT A Syracuse man, 44, was arrested on the charges of third-degree harassment and aggravated unlicensed operation. when: Saturday at 9:15 p.m. where: 500 block of State Street TRESPASSING A Syracuse man, 29, was arrested on the charge of trespassing. when: Saturday at 7:40 p.m. where: 2900 block of Erie Boulevard East OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING

Global reflections Hendricks Chapel held an event on Sunday for undergraduate research and creative-work grant recipients to reflect on how they engaged with communities worldwide. The Hendricks Chapel Choir and student organists also performed music originating from Ghana, West Africa. Sunday’s event, Making a Difference, is part of the chapel’s Music and Message series. anya wijeweera staff photographer

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Hyatt hotel project adds to downtown growth

By Sarah Alessandrini contributing writer

An extended-stay hotel is expected to open next year in downtown Syracuse, adding to the recent wave of development and revitalization happening in the city’s southern downtown area.

A Hyatt House Hotel is being built on East Onondaga Street as a place for guests who need more amenities during their stay. The hotel will be located in a building previously occupied by additional space for the Marriott Syracuse Downtown.

Gary Thurston, CEO of construction company Hayner Hoyt, said the Hyatt House Hotel is

meant for guests who wish to stay for about three to five days, or more.

In addition to the bedrooms, the rooms will also include kitchens and a living area.

It has all the makings of an exciting economic development opportunity Eric Ennis director of economic development

The rooms are “a home away from home,” said Thurston, who is also a senior partner on the Hyatt project.

Thurston has been involved in the project since 2007, when his company was hired to convert the old Hotel Syracuse rooms into apartments, he said. The Hotel Syracuse, which the Hyatt House building is connected to by a pedestrian bridge, reopened as the Marriott Syracuse Downtown in August 2016.

The Hyatt construction project was expected to be completed much earlier, but production stopped due to an issue that needed addressing, Thurston said. He didn’t disclose the issue that stopped production.

Thurston said he hopes to com-

plete the project in 2020. The Hyatt House will impact the downtown area by completing the construction of one of the last remaining buildings on East Onondaga Street, he said.

“I think it will add to the significance of that area,” Thurston said.

The new extended-stay Hyatt House will especially serve families of patients in SUNY Upstate Medical University, Crouse Hospital or Saint Joseph Health Hospitals, said Ed Riley, owner of the Marriott Syracuse Downtown.

The demand for the Marriott came after a convention center in the city’s downtown area began hosting large events, drawing more people to

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Students could lose food stamps, free lunch

By Sarah Midani

contributing writer

A proposed change to a federal food assistance program could affect a majority of students in the Syracuse City School District by narrowing down the eligibility for receiving free school lunches.

The proposal, introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration, calls for lowering the gross income eligible to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP provides low-income individuals and families with monthly payments to fund their food purchases.

More than 80% of students in the Syracuse City School District qualify for free lunch, said Rachel Murphy, SCSD’s director of food and nutrition. Nearly 13,000, or 64%, of SCSD students qualify for free lunch through SNAP. The Trump administration’s proposal would disqualify millions of people from the SNAP program. It could also keep 500,000 children from receiving free school lunches nationwide, The New York Times reported.

SCSD does not yet know exactly how many students will lose free lunch eligibility if the proposal passes, but Murphy expects it will be

“a staggering number.” The district does not have any plans in place to help students who may have to transition out of the free lunch program.

“It would be almost impossible to do so without the federal government giving us benefit,” Murphy said.

SCSD currently qualifies for the Community Eligibility Provision, a meal service option ran by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under the provision, schools with over 60% of enrolled students qualifying for free lunch can offer lunch to all enrolled students at no cost, Murphy said.

If too many students fail to qualify for SNAP, the district may no

longer qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision.

In June 2019, nearly 1.5 million households in New York state participated in SNAP, according to data from the USDA. Food stamps, provided through the SNAP program, can be used for items like meat, poultry, dairy products, bread and non-alcoholic beverages.

A reduction in SNAP eligibility can be especially harmful in areas with widespread poverty, like Syracuse, said Evan Weissman, an assistant professor of food studies at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. Tighter budgets see food page 4

A Syracuse man, 38, was arrested on the charge of criminal obstruction of breathing. when: Friday at 4:30 p.m. where: 500 block of South State Street CRIMINAL MISCHIEF A Syracuse woman, 23, was arrested on the charge of criminal mischief in the fourth degree. when: Friday at 11:44 a.m. where: 400 block of Turtle Street FORGERY A Syracuse man, 27, was arrested on the charge of forgery in the third degree. when: Friday at 11:00 a.m. where: 600 block of Vine Street POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A Cayuga man, 20, was arrested on the charge of possession of marijuana. when: Friday at 3:05 a.m. where: 200 block of John Street DISORDERLY CONDUCT A Syracuse man, 56, was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct. when: Thursday at 5:11 p.m. where: 300 block of Erie Boulevard East SANITARY CODE A Syracuse man, 24, was arrested on the charge of violating a sanitary code. when: Thursday at 5:02 p.m. where: 500 block of South Salina Street SYNTHETIC CANNABIS A Syracuse man, 26, was arrested on the charge of possession of synthetic cannabis. when: Thursday at 3:30 p.m. where: 100 block of Dickerson Street

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speech Professor Roy Gutterman, a USen senator and the director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, saw the statement as a continuation of Syverud’s commitment to defending free speech. Jackie Orr, an associate professor of sociology, speculated that it was in relation to SU’s recruitment of veteran students and programs.

Several were alarmed the chancellor implied SU’s faculty were “ideologically uniform.”

“I’m not sure what that means in terms of the administration’s policy in the future, and you know, he didn’t really tell us,” said Professor Mark Rupert, a university senator and professor of political science. “He just sort of said ‘I’m thinking about this.’”

At least three faculty members emailed Syverud after the meeting, including Rupert.

None have received a response as of Oct. 1.

At the meeting, Rupert asked the chancellor if he was suggesting hiring conservative scholars through affirmative action. SU is in the midst of hiring 200 faculty over the course of five years as part of its cluster and signature hires initiatives.

Syverud replied no to Rupert’s question, adding that the university has to ensure it’s seeking a full range of perspectives. If not, the space for free speech may shrink, he said.

Rupert worried that these remarks pointed to self-censorship.

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blueprint More than 4,000 people live in the public housing complexes, according to Syracuse.com.

While the project will cause some temporary disruption to individuals’ daily lives, Love said it will also create opportunities for residents to improve their lives. About a third of city residents live below the poverty line, according to census data. The project is about breaking the cycle of poverty, Love said.

Blueprint 15, which works in partnership with the Syracuse Housing Authority, the city and the Syracuse City School District, follows a three-pronged revitalization model created

by Purpose Built Communities, an Atlantabased nonprofit.

The project will create a “cradle to college pipeline” with schools that help provide services to families and children living in the neighborhood, Love said. The project involves health care and recreational facilities as part of its community wellness component, he said.

SHA and Blueprint 15 selected McCormack Baron Salazar on Wednesday to be the proj-

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political and social lives.”

The USen meeting was the first time Syverud mentioned free speech in relation to hires.

But his speech echoed statements he has made since coming into office in 2014 that promoted open discussions and a wide range of views across campus.

About two months before the 2016 presidential election, Syverud revised the university’s policies relating to free speech by protecting peaceful debate. A year and a half later, he said SU would “continue to vigorously protect free speech” after President Donald Trump’s issued an executive order threatening to pull certain funding from schools who don’t.

He also resisted calls to fire Professor Dana Cloud, whose controversial tweet caused backlash on social media.

Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications, referred to the chancellor’s remarks at USen to describe his views on free speech.

As election season sparks increased debate on campus, SU’s Student Association is attempting to take a bipartisan role on campus. SA President Mackenzie Mertikas said the organization’s role is as a student advocacy group rather than a political organization.

“That being said, we don’t want to ever be caught in a situation where we could have spoken up and advocated for students and didn’t,” said SA Vice President Sameeha Saied.

Leaders from both SU’s College Democrats and Republicans have said they feel comfortable with their clubs inviting speakers on campus and aren’t worried about the university controlling who they bring in for speakers. The two clubs are

preparing to debate each other in November.

Rody Conway, chairman of SU College Republicans, noted that the political ideologies of most professors on campus are “centerleft.” However, he said ideological uniformity is not a problem on campus for himself.

Conway walks around campus with a Republican pin on his lapel on Wednesdays, when the club meets. He said he’s had “no problem” wearing it on campus, except for the occasional dirty look, which he said he expects.

While SU Democrats preps for its debate with College Republicans, Emma Peca, communications director for the club, wondered at the USen meeting what would happen if free speech on campus turned to hate speech.

Peca, also a university senator, later asked the chancellor that question. Syverud said he didn’t know, and that it was a long, difficult process. This was an honest answer, she said.

“I wasn’t really expecting a concrete answer because that is a very hard question to ask,” Peca said.

Both Peca and Conway said the university does well with upholding free speech on campus. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, an organization meant to promote free speech and individual liberties on campus, ranked SU as one of the top 10 worst schools for free speech in the country.

In an emailed statement to The Daily Orange, a FIRE spokesperson said SU has “flagrantly violated its students’ free speech rights.”

The spokesperson referenced the 2018 expulsion of the Theta Tau brothers as a violation of free speech. They also referenced the Department of Public Safety’s patrolling of

campus for offensive Halloween costumes in 2010, which occurred when former Chancellor Nancy Cantor was in office.

More recently, Young Americans for Freedom, a youth conservative group aimed at rigorously upholding the constitution and imposing “traditional American values,” was approved as a registered student organization on campus.

The university initially rejected YAF in February for its lack of a faculty advisor and its requirement that members agree to the “superiority” of the U.S. constitution. SU deemed that requirement deemed exclusionary of international and other students, according to the rejection email. In September, YAF was accepted after finding a faculty adviser.

YAF chapter president Justine Murray and Conway both said they’re attempting to bring Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, to campus later this year. They’re currently in conversation with SU administrators about this, they said.

A local ACLU chapter was also approved as an RSO on campus. Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, NYCLU’s director for central New York, did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

Gutterman, who was a student at SU about three decades ago, said protests and student organizations have reflected the politics of the time.

“I’m pleased that the chancellor’s taking a public stance on supporting free speech,” said Gutterman. “If we can’t have free speech at a university, I don’t know where else you’re going to have it.”

ect’s master developer, according to Syracuse. com. Blueprint 15 filed a request for proposals in November 2018. The proposal requires prospective applicants to demonstrate the ability to implement a redevelopment plan for East Adams Street neighborhood and surrounding areas.

$500 million, said Bill Simmons, executive director of the SHA. Section 8 housing vouchers will be provided to residents affected by construction.

“That area in the footprint is a great neighborhood for mixed-income housing,” Simmons said. “It’s so close to University Hill, where the vast majority of the city jobs are.”

SHA formed its own plan to revitalize housing in the East Adams Street neighborhood about five years ago, Simmons said.

The Blueprint 15 plan, with its education and wellness elements, treats residents holistically and provides them with greater chances of success, he said.

At the same time that Blueprint 15 is planning its revitalization in the East Adams Street neighborhood, New York state is working on potential replacement of Syracuse’s aging I-81 viaduct. Both SHA’s previous planning and the current I-81 discussions make it the right time to implement a plan to transform the East Adams Street neighborhood and its public housing developments, Love said.

The New York State Department of Transportation published its Draft Environmental

Impact Statement in April. The draft statement recommended a community grid option, which would tear down the existing viaduct and redirect traffic onto city streets.

A final decision regarding the I-81 viaduct’s replacement is expected to be released in 2020.

The Blueprint 15 project is moving forward regardless of the state’s final I-81 decision, Love said. The project will likely start as far away from I-81 as possible in hopes of reaching the I-81 project area once timelines for the viaduct’s replacement are in place, he said.

For now, Love said his job is to disperse correct information to alleviate the fears and anxieties residents may have about the project. People only have the history of I-81 and its resulting displacement to reference, he said.

Residents are afraid of gentrification and further displacement.

“Our focus for Blueprint 15 is about the people that live there,” Love said. “Housing is a part of it, education is a part of it, community wellness is a part of it, but the basis of everything that we’re gonna do is gonna be about helping people improve their lives.”

Residents are going to have a tremendous say-so in what happens to this neighborhood Vincent Love ceo of blueprint 15

Selecting a master developer allows the project to work on its master plan, said Stephanie Pasquale, commissioner of the city’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development. Pasquale also served a member of Blueprint 15’s board.

Blueprint 15’s project could cost about

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health of student offices — including the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the LGBT Resource Center, the Counseling Center and the Disability Cultural Center — will share individual stories and discuss the role of one’s background and demographics in mental health.

“It shouldn’t be a taboo conversation — mental health can show up in so many different ways and everyone views and deals with it in a certain way,” said Lujane Juburi, co-chair of SA Diversity Affairs committee.

“We are hoping this panel will show that you shouldn’t have a cookie cutter way of facing these issues.”

As the final celebration of the week, SA is hosting its second annual Stop the Stigma Concert on Thursday in Hendricks Chapel.

The concert will feature six main acts, including the acapella groups Groove Stand, Otto Tunes, The Mandarins, Main Squeeze and Orange Appeal.

The Black Reign Step Team, Otto’s Empire Belly Dance Troupe and Mickey the Flying Busman will also act. Each group will have about ten minutes to perform through an aspect of mental health that is important to them.

“The intersection between art, music and mental health is going to give students a different perspective on mental health,” said SA Student Life Committee Co-Chair John Jankovic, “and hopefully start conversations about how it is displayed in different ways through communities and individuals.”

The Barnes Center at The Arch

Another goal of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is to encourage students to use The Barnes Center at The Arch as a resource for all aspects of their health and wellbeing.

“One of our hopes for this year is to really work with the Barnes Center even beyond Mental Health Awareness Week to make sure we are constantly continuing programming throughout the year,” she said.

SA will promote the different exercise classes offered at The Arch and will host meditations at the center on Wednesday.

The Arch is helping to cover the cost of t-shirts for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which SA members will distribute on the Quad. It will cost SA less than last year’s $2,600 price tag, in large part because they will not offer the inflatables present last year. SA decided to cut the funding for the inflatables due to concerns about the weather, Mertikas said.

Week-long activities

Games, informational stations, activities and free merchandise will be available on the Quad from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout Mental Health Awareness Week.

A ribbon-tying activity will take place on the Quad throughout the week. Students who have struggled with mental health are encouraged to tie a ribbon around a piece of chain link fence to represent that no one is alone.

People often don’t realize the amount of people dealing with the same problems others are, Mertikas said. mehicks@syr.edu

hotel the city, Riley said. The hotel is currently in the process of obtaining approvals necessary to construct 54 new guest rooms, he said.

Since the hotel has been open, Riley said he’s seen increased activity along Warren and Salina Streets. He said the Marriot is “very fortunate” to be a part of that recent growth. Not only do people now come to that area to stay at the hotel, but also to visit the restaurants and bars, Riley said.

The Hyatt project ties in with Mayor Ben Walsh’s Syracuse Surge initiative, a plan to revitalize the downtown area, said Eric Ennis, the city’s director of economic development. The initiative includes other projects such as the renovation of the old Central Tech High School into a STEAM high school, which will teach science, technology, engineering, art and math. from page 3

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among Syracuse residents could have negative effects nationwide, he said.

“There’s going to be a trickle-down impact as people have fewer dollars to spend elsewhere,” Weissman said. “As they’re reallocating their dollars, it’s going to be harder for people to make basic ends meet, and it’s going to overall have a negative impact on the economy throughout the United States.”

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“The amount of ancillary benefits to these kinds of projects is enormous when we look at the future of Syracuse and the future of downtown,” he said.

While the soon-to-be Hyatt House building is now surrounded by fencing and barricades, Ennis said he hopes the finished product will bring an energy similar to that of Armory Square — a vibrant area where people will want to walk through, explore, shop and eat. Armory Square is located in downtown Syracuse.

The Marriott and its affiliated restaurants, like Shaughnessy’s Irish Pub and Eleven Waters, bring street life, employment and visitors to the southern edge of the downtown area, Ennis said. Both the new rooms in the Marriott Syracuse Downtown and the opening of the Hyatt House will increase the city’s ability to attract visitors, he said. scalessa@syr.edu

could lose SNAP eligibility under the new proposal, said Becky Lare, director of government relations at the Food Bank of Central New York. The Food Bank opposes the policy. Lare expects that individuals losing their SNAP benefits under the proposed law will rely more heavily on their local food banks, she said.

“Kicking people off SNAP doesn’t mean they’re no longer hungry,” Lare said. “It’s entirely possible that SNAP was just enough to keep them from having to go to their local food pantry.” smidani@syr.edu

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Diverse opinions should be a priority

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t last month’s University Senate meeting, Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke about free speech. Syverud said he decided to address the topic because of the polarized nature of the upcoming election and the university’s ongoing initiatives to hire hundreds of new faculty.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board commends the chancellor for continuing to speak about important issues regarding free speech on campus, but there is more the university, its faculty and its students can do to ensure diverse voices are heard at SU. Syracuse has experienced a number of highly publicized free speech controversies in recent years. In the past, SU made headlines for threatening to censor students’ Halloween costumes and for its investigation of a law student’s satirical blog. More recently, SU received significant attention for its handling of a video produced by the Theta Tau fraternity that led to the permanent expulsion of the organization’s SU chapter and disciplinary action against a number of its members.

Critical encounters with free speech are often much more subtle, though. They occur in classrooms, in hallways and in our every-day discourse. They are challenging to navigate, but they are essential.

SU administrators have demonstrated that they recognize the difference between protected speech and hate speech. Toler-

ance for slurs and personal attacks is low, as it should be.

As advocates for free speech, we have to condemn abusive or threatening speech that expresses prejudice against a particular group in favor of thoughtful dialogues about our disagreements.

Syracuse should be a place where students and professors feel safe expressing their personal beliefs without fear of retribution — a place where the campus community understands the difference between being unsafe and being uncomfortable.

Syverud’s comments left many with questions.

“In hiring new faculty, I believe our university needs to be more attentive to this issue, and more concerned,” Syverud said. He added exposure to “a true range of views” can be difficult to achieve at universities or in departments where the faculty and staff are “too ideologically uniform.”

Syracuse University is in the midst of hiring 200 faculty over the course of five years as part of two major hiring initiatives — Cluster Hires and Signature Hires. Syverud’s Senate meeting comments marked the first time the chancellor mentioned free speech in relation to those hires, but it’s not clear how policies or hiring protocols would address that issue.

Rather than policing the ideological value of candidates, SU should focus its energy on creating a campus where disagreement is inherent in the learning process.

To learn is to be uncomfortable, to expose yourself to people and ideas that seem intimidating and sometimes objectionable.

Professors must clearly establish the difference between fact and personal opinion in their classes, and they have to foster an environment where students of all ideological backgrounds can share their opinions.

That exposure to competing viewpoints must be evergreen.

The university cannot rely on temporary encounters with diversity and controversy in SEM 100 or in training modules as evidence that SU students are well-rounded and open-minded. SU has to embrace those characteristics across its curriculum and across each student’s college career. But students need to hold up their end of that bargain.

Diverse opinions are out there, but students have to be willing to give them a chance.

SU needs to make sure their policies and actions support a campus where students and faculty can be intellectually and ideologically challenged in and out of the classroom. As a campus community, we must accept that we will inevitably disagree and argue, but we should commit to doing it respectfully.

The Daily Orange Editorial Board serves as the voice of the organization and aims to contribute the perspectives of students to discussions that concern Syracuse University and the greater Syracuse community.

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Juul won’t be exiting the spotlight soon

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ear Editor, It seems as if hundreds of reports of vaping-related illnesses are released each week.

Not only that, but some consumers have even fallen victim to e-cigarettes and died as a result.

Behind these headlines, however, are various other ailments that have allegedly resulted from e-cigarette use.

These facts are severely alarming, as the audience that has taken the brunt of this is very young. Parents and guardians are concerned as their children are becoming addicted to nicotine and being diagnosed with illnesses with the only connection being e-cigarette use.

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have experienced faulty devices and exploding lithium-ion batteries caused physical injuries.

The story of the 22-year-old Syracuse University student who experienced a hemorrhagic stroke and lost half of his eyesight as a result of vaping is just one of the many lawsuits that have been filed against Juul Labs. Consumer lawsuits are being filed all over the United States against the company for various reasons, such as exploding devices, involuntary nicotine addiction and the seizuretriggering ingredients of the pods.

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s the national dialogue around sexual assault develops, there have been new suggestions about how to best support survivors. MeToo Kits, a Brooklyn based company, recently launched its SYDNEY idea for atGOLD home rape kits, W R ITING FROM which are not THE LEFT yet for sale.

The intention of the kits is to provide sexual assault victims the time and privacy to process their experience without the pressure of immediately needing to seek medical and legal help.

The reality is a potentially useless product which profits entirely off of the real or anticipated violation of people’s bodies.

“The kits don’t work for their intended purpose,” said Randi Bregman, executive director of Vera House, a Central New York nonprofit organization that prevents, responds to and partners to end domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse. “Nothing else really matters, and so they shouldn’t be marketed because they’re misleading.”

Since the announcement of their intended release, do-it-yourself rape kits have been criticized on the grounds that they are highly unlikely to be admissible in court.

There is a specific procedure that must be followed when collecting evidence to be used for a rape kit.

“I know in our own community we didn’t used to have a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program at every hospital and so we would hear from the crime lab that the kits which were collected by medical professionals that weren’t doing them regularly, who didn’t have special training as a SANE, that their kits often weren’t good enough to use in the crime lab,” Bregman said.

The fact that even medical professions struggle to collect evidence properly without intensive training shows that the odds of an at-home kit being admissible in court are extremely low.

The other insidious reality of DIY rape kits is that they are a business. While the companies which designed these kits might have good intentions, the reality is a product that misleads those who have been sexually assaulted.

These companies are asking survivors to pay them for the chance to regain some agency over a traumatic event, but these kits do no such thing. Instead, they potentially compound the trauma of pursuing a court case by setting the survivors up to be told that

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These companies seek to profit off of the past and future trauma of sexual assault survivors.

“Honestly, I’m not sure whether people should be able to sell those kits, period,” Bregman said. I don’t know what their purpose would be so I’m not sure that you could advertise them. Why would you choose to do an at-home rape kit if it’s very unlikely to be admissible if you need it?”

One specific target of marketing for at-home rape kits have been colleges. DIY rape kit companies have tried to sell kits directly to universities. Universities as a whole are notorious for mishandling sexual assault on campuses, and bringing these kits on campuses across the nation would only compound this issue by further muddying the university and police investigation process.

Another concern surrounding athome rape kits is the question of who would be most likely to buy them. The supposed benefits of an at home rape kit are clear: they eliminate the need for a medical examination at a hospital. Certain disenfranchised groups, like transgender people, sex workers and low-income individuals, might be particularly enticed by the opportunity to side-step the hospital process in order to avoid potentially unsafe or traumatic events. The problem is that communities like these, for whom an at-home rape kit would be the most valuable, also have the hardest time navigating the criminal justice system. To sell them a product which might put them at an even greater disadvantage in court is dangerous.

While several government officials, such as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, have spoken out about the harms of at-home rape kits and how there needs to be greater action to if not entirely outlaw these kits, ensure that they are advertised honestly.

If the companies which produce at-home rape kits were to advertise them honestly, sharing with the potential consumer that they are not guaranteed to produce admissible evidence, the odds of anyone using them would decrease precipitously.

The government needs to ensure that sexual assault survivors are being prioritized over the profits of a company, even a well-meaning one.

Sydney Gold is a freshman policy studies and public relations major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at segold@syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter @Sydney_Eden.

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to reject people, Seymour said, but the process keeps up the quality of the work. or sale at Chuck HafJess Hafner, vice president of ner’s Farmer’s Market the garden center, said they decidand Garden Center ed to let Clayscapes rent out their Greenhouse in North space two years ago because there Syracuse is an array of fresh proweren’t many plants in the greenduce, seasonal decorations and house as it was “out of season.” plants for purchase. This main Since then, the center has hosted shopping area is sandwiched more events in the greenhouses. between two large greenhouses, Hafner said it’s nice because the but instead of plants, one was greenhouse makes people feel like filled with pottery. they’re outside even when it’s too Clayscapes Pottery Inc., cold to host events outdoors. a pottery gallery, ceramThe event also featured live ics school and clay vendor on demonstrations of people making The market featured ceramic-making demonstrations on West Fayette Street, hosted its clay on the potter’s wheel. Karen a potter’s wheel. sarah slavin asst. feature editor third-annual market at Chuck Jean Smith from the Independent Hafner’s Garden Center GreenPotters’ Association was part of house on Oct. 5 and 6. the demonstration and decorated bowls while member Alan StankieDon Seymour, the president of Clayscapes Pottery, said they creat- wicz worked with the clay. ed the event so they could showcase potters and ceramic artists in the Many of the artists were selling what most people think of when it area and allow them to sell their work. It allows the artists to interact comes to pottery: plates, cups and bowls. Seymour said this is a comwith the community and expand their knowledge on pottery, he said. mon form of pottery that he appreciates because it’s functional.

“We’re trying to give back to the community by making clay a “It’s something that you can use in your daily lives. It’s something broader part of the community,” Seymour said. to enjoy your cup of coffee or a cup of tea, or eat your lunch or dinner on The event hosted 40 artists who were selected through an applica- a plate,” he said. “So, it’s something that I’m attracted to because tion process. The capacity of the space means the jury sometimes has see ceramic market page 8

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Women a cappella groups on campus to host charity concert

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Artists like Sara Bareilles and Christina Aguilera have been said to empower women through songs like “Brave.” Now, at The Empow(her) a charity concert in support of domestic and sexual violence victims, these songs will carry deeper meaning for

the SU women singing them.

Hosted by the two all-female a cappella groups on campus, the event will be held at 8 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel on Oct. 11. The event will be held by the Mandarins and Main Squeeze a cappella groups. All the proceeds from the event will go to Vera House Inc., which is located on the Northside.

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Council at Syracuse University.

For the first time in the event’s four years of running, the concert will also include women-identifying members of co-ed a cappella groups.

Women from Oy Capella and Groove Stand will be participating in this event and Otto’s Empire Belly Dance Troupe, according to their Facebook event page.

The setlist will include songs written and performed by women and symbolize women empowerment.

Some of these songs are written by Sara Bareilles, Christina Aguilera and many others, Yael Kortsarz, a member of Main Squeeze, said.

Kortsarz said that the first time they held Empow(her) was her freshman year and that having a support-

ive group of women helped her in her first year.

“Having such a large group of women from Main Squeeze and Mandarins to love and support me was something I could never thank the people before me enough,” Kortsarz said. “They created an event that speaks to so many of us.” see a

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ceramic market it’s interactive within our lives, versus being a painting that just sits on the wall.”

Another artist at the market was Russel Spillmann, who had an array of works that are functional products like mugs, plates and vases. He said all of his work is porcelain that comes from River Thames in England.

What Spillmann emphasized was that in order to be a potter “you have to be able to make every shape” of pottery. He said he doesn’t take requests from clients. Instead, he makes what he wants to make.

Spillmann, a Homer resident, said this event is different for him because he usually sells his work at galleries like the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester and the Everson Museum gift shop.

Similar to Spillmann, another artist at the market who specialized in working with porcelain was Stacey Esslinger. Rather than use a potter’s wheel to create her pieces, she uses the slab build process which is done using a slab roller — a tool that’s larger than a potter’s wheel.

To create patterns in her work, she uses textured fabrics and presses them onto the surface to make an imprint. She compared the process to dressmaking, where she joins the seams of the patterns and adds buttons and zippers.

“The most interesting thing is you start with this bag of clay, this big block, and then

you are able to transform it into anything,” Esslinger said. “You can make something functional, like I make we can drink out of it, or you can make something sculptural of it.”

Peter Valenti founded the Independent Potters’ Association in 2011 when he decided to bring more ceramic décor rather than functional pieces. He said it was a way to have his own niche market. He said it’s easier to sell people décor for people to hang on their walls rather than a mug in their cabinet.

The retired East Syracuse Minoa Central High School ceramics teacher also works as a ceramics teacher at Clayscapes Pottery. He uses the raku firing to produce his work, a process where he takes pieces of pottery out of the kiln at 1,850 degrees, puts them in a garbage bin and lights it on fire. He said this creates a unique way of firing pottery.

Valenti said he hopes people who attended the market appreciate the work that the potters do because “they are made from the art.”

He said that people put their “heart and soul,” into the products they make so they’re better than the manufactured version.

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a cappella Kara Mueller, a member of The Mandarins, described the concert as girls coming together and having a good time making music.

Mueller added that it’s a great way for women to support each other as well as bring entertainment to the SU community to raise money for a good cause.

Chris Benton, the director of marketing and communications at Vera House, said that the organization provides hope and healing to victims of domestic and sexual violence, and elder abuse. The organization offers counseling, advocacy, shelter and prevention education programming. In addition, they offer 24-hour

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Benton added that Vera House was able to get into contact with Empow(her) because there are prevention educators that work on college campuses. He said that the ones at SU contacted them about the event.

“Some of the members came to one of our presentations,” Benton said, “and our representatives further discussed with them the work we do on campuses.”

Benton believes that the organization does wonderful things and the event they planned will be a lot of fun and she said it will hopefully attract people.

She added that “when organizations hold fundraisers for Vera House, it’s great because we’re able to reach different communities that we may

have not been able to reach before.”

Benton said that statistics still show that a lot of people are affected by domestic and sexual violence. It’s important that more people attend these events so more people know about the services they offer, she said.

Marissa Dworken, a member of The Mandarins, described the event as a performance for women that is based on themes like strength and support, but all are welcome to attend the event.

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High school junior and senior girls from all over the country came to Syracuse University for an overnight retreat focused on STEM activities. Aside from the activities, students will also attend an introductory iSchool class, IST 195. courtesy of it girls

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n a room decked out in hot-pink and orange balloons and decorations, some high school girls at the It Girls Overnight Retreat didn’t quite know what to expect, despite having itineraries printed on the back of their name tags. Nor did they know each other.

The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University hosted around 100 high school junior and senior girls for the ninth annual It Girls Overnight Retreat held Oct. 6-7.

The high schoolers hailed from places like Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and New Jersey, as well as New York. Students with GPAs of 3.4 or higher, on a 4.0 scale, were eligible to apply for the retreat by writing a 250-word essay, according to the It Girls website.

The program aims to recruit girls to STEM fields, said It Girls program director Stephanie Worden. She added that representation of women in fields like science, technology, engineering and math is important for decisionmaking at companies, nonprofits and organizations.

“It’s really about giving girls the confidence they need to pursue things that are a little bit unknown,” Worden said. “I think that makes the difference, the ability to really think about things from a different perspective and know that they have a voice and they have value in all spaces.”

The students, called It Girls, attend

Tech retreat recruits high school girls that are

‘Blazing trails’ workshops and participate in teambuilding activities and a hands-on academic challenge during the 27-hour stay on campus. Social media influencer Margot Lee, an iSchool minor, is this year’s Celebration Dinner speaker. She spoke about the importance of social media influencers pursuing college education at the dinner on Sunday night.

Jeff Rubin, an associate professor of practice in the iSchool, teaches an introductory class on information technology, IST 195, on Monday mornings which the retreat attendees will sit in during their stay.

More than 90 girls out of the approximately 600 girls who have attended an It Girls retreat have gone on to attend SU, according to the It Girls website.

Some of these former It Girls now volunteer at the annual retreats.

Anika Medrano, a retreat volunteer and freshman in the iSchool, attended the two-day event last year as a high school senior. Medrano said her mother, an SU alumnae, discovered the It Girls retreat and encouraged her to apply.

Medrano said she wanted to help other high schoolers attending to have the positive experience she had. She added that attending the IST 195 class at the retreat solidified her interest in attending the iSchool at SU. “Just being in that class and being in that college setting, I was like, ‘Yeah, I want to be here,’” she said.

Lisa Pugh, a senior in the iSchool, also said that attending the retreat reaffirmed her decision to consider attending the iSchool. She said this will be her third-year volunteering at the retreat.

Pugh is also the former president of the It Girls Alumnae Group, which connects girls who went on the retreat and then decided to attend SU. This year, the group is transitioning from a “club” styled organization to an alumnae network and will no longer have someone with an official president title, Pugh said.

Maya Alston, a senior in the iSchool and the logistics manager of the retreat, went to an It Girls retreat her senior year of high school. When she applied for the retreat, she was interested in business and technology but didn’t know much about the iSchool. However, following her experience at the retreat, she wanted to attend, Alston said.

The It Girls Overnight Retreat culminates with an It Girls speakout event, Worden said. At this closing ceremony, the students have the opportunity to get up on stage and speak about how the retreat impacted them.

Pugh said this was her favorite part of the retreat. She said it was empowering and that she loved hearing about the other girls’ experiences.

The It Girls Overnight Retreat benefits high school girls by giving them the confidence needed to enter STEM fields, which may seem daunting at first, Pugh said.

“The program just makes it really known that we are a great big body of females who are doing great things and blazing trails,” Pugh said.

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Orange fall short after saving 3 match points against Duke

By Nick Economides staff writer

When Duke’s outside hitter Payton Schwantz tipped the ball over the net to win a point deep in the fifth set, Syracuse head coach Leonid Yelin didn’t see it that way.

Furious with the referee’s judgment that it was a legal tip, and not an illegal fourth hit, Yelin threw the game ball behind him and demanded an explanation from the sideline referee.

With the set tied at 15-all, Syracuse needed just two points to complete a two-set comeback. But the call went against Syracuse, instead setting up a match point that the Blue Devils converted. Duke (8-9, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) won the final two points of the match to defeat the Orange (4-7, 1-3). The match tipped on that one point, when SU celebrated as if they had they had won it, only to realize that the referee had given the point to Duke.

“The reaction was that it wasn’t a block,” Yelin said on the controversial call. “It’s not a block. It was four touches.”

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but is now playing in Sweden. Despite Munroe moving overseas, fellow 2019 graduate Brooke Avery signed with the Metropolitan Riveters in August.

This statement was released that day by those players, birthing the movement: #ForTheGame.

The only remaining league in North America, the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL), is no longer satisfactory for a large group of players. They cited low-pay, insufficient medical care and a lack of adequate equipment and training resources. Knight said there was nothing the NWHL could promise that would get her to come back at this point.

The hashtag developed into the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) later in May. While not a league, the PWHPA organized the “Dream Gap Tour,” a series of weekend showcases with teams resembling CWHL squads from last season. Tennis legend Billie Jean King has offered her support through her foundation.

In the current system, only some players can make a living off just hockey. Erica Ayala, the co-founder of and women’s hockey writer for TheIX Newsletter, said Coyne Schofield reportedly made $17,000 last year in the NWHL, in addition to her national team dues, which Ayala estimated added up to about $80,000 dollars a year. But this year, Schofield isn’t playing in the NWHL. Quinn made $2,000 last year without bonuses. The maximum salary was $10,000.

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cohen two lived alone together in Boca Raton, Florida, 20 minutes away from the Florida Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs. Having figure skated herself, Debra took her threeyear-old to a “Learn-to-Skate” session, figuring it would be a fun alternative to something outdoors in the relentless heat of southern Florida.

Cohen was a natural on skates and was enamored with the Panthers mascot and his hockey uniform, she said. While Stanley C. Panther was her first introduction to the sport, seeing other kids play hockey after her figure skating sessions made her want to try for herself.

Cohen started in an NHL Learn to Play program at five. She initially gravitated towards forward but thought playing attack was boring because they didn’t wear enough gear.

Debra bought Cohen the equipment she needed without hesitation. Cohen quickly exceeded her age group, partly because of skill and partly because there simply weren’t many kids playing youth hockey goalie in Florida, said Mike Necela, who coached her in the Learn to Play program.

“She didn’t have any girls to look up to, so it

One of Duke’s middle blockers connected with Lukacs’s hit, but it flew back toward the backline, as Duke raced to get the ball over in three hits. A fourth hit would have given Syracuse its second match point.

When Schwartz tipped it over, the Orange stopped playing and celebrated. The referee explained that the initial hit by Duke’s Samantha Amos was not a hit, but a block that deflected back to Duke’s half. Having already using a challenge earlier in the fifth set to overturn an out call on a Polina Shemanova kill, Yelin had no other options.

On the ensuing rally, Duke’s middle blockers forced a double team on junior outside hitter Ella Saada. The ball bounced out, killing Syracuse’s chances of completing a 2-0 comeback.

“I think we played much better today than Friday,” sophomore setter Elena Karakasi said on the loss. “It was very important that we came back after being down 2-0. Next time after we push more toward the end.”

Even in a game where Syracuse was able to come back and limit its service and attacking errors, several return mistakes, attacking errors, and positional miscues plagued the Orange in the first two sets.

Syracuse’s coaching staff experimented with formations, playing three at the back to return serves and moved usual freshman outside hitter Marina Markova to the middle to assist fellow freshman middle blocker Abby Casiano.

The shifts in tactics didn’t work initially.

Duke outside hitter Ade Owokoniran kept firing kills past Casiano and Markova. The Orange also failed to beat double and triple teams from Duke on their outside hitters.

Duke took the opener 26-24.

Markova’s play in the middle also improved coming out of the break. Markova combined with Karakasi to deliver a block that bounced off a Duke player to cut the deficit to 18-17.

But several attacking errors from Shemanova, Saada, and junior Yuliia Yastrub caused Syracuse to drop the second set, 25-22.

Yelin and his staff pulled his team off the floor and into a glass-enclosed conference room during the break. He told SU it had to stop living in the past and keep moving forward. He wanted the Orange to stop lamenting the mistakes that hurt them in those first two sets.

“When you’re in the game you can’t think and worry about what has happened,” Yelin

said. “What frustrated me the most was that people were almost in the past…the past was so dominant inside.”

The Orange took the third set with a convincing 25-19 score line. The fourth set was more of the same. Saada smashed kills that found holes in Duke’s defense. Karakasi, who set her career high in assists with 43, helped avoid Duke’s double and triple teams.

“I think Elena’s come a long way this year from last year,” assistant coach Derryk Williams said. “I think today she did a lot of really good things to put our hitters in really good spots to be successful.”

Syracuse nearly pulled off the comeback, but not until SU saved three match points down 14-11. Shemonava and Markova killed off two match points, and an Orange block saved a third.

Leading 15-14 after an attack error, the Orange couldn’t hold off a Duke attack to level the match again, and the Blue Devils took the lead for good on the controversial point that tipped the match against the Orange.

“In the end we weren’t able to get what we needed,” Williams said. “...Once we get past that, there’s a lot of good things from today.”

time day jobs to support themselves. While the NWHL has shown evidence of providing health insurance, one player who asked to remain anonymous wants the league to provide better access to protective measures like high-end mouth guards.

“If I knew nothing about girls’ hockey and I walked in, and I didn’t know anything about funding, and you told me this was professional hockey,” Quinn said, “I would laugh at you.”

Quinn graduated from Syracuse in 2018 and tried playing professionally for a year.

She’s now transitioned into being the assistant women’s hockey coach at SUNY Cortland.

During one trip to Calgary last season, Quinn’s team had to drive an additional two hours after a flight was delayed for eight hours for an “out of town” game scheduled by the league. After the 10 p.m. Saturday game, they drove two hours back to Calgary, flew to Toronto and played the next morning at 10 a.m. Players went back to their day jobs less than a day later on Monday.

Syracuse treated players “like gold,” Quinn said. With the Orange, she could get her skates sharpened whenever she wanted. If she broke a stick, a new one was there to replace it. With the Furies, Quinn had one stick all season. If she wanted a top-of-the-line stick, she would have to pay upwards of $60. Quinn resorted to collecting all her sticks from her time at Syracuse to reduce the cost.

New laces, under gear and shorts were all provided by Syracuse. Quinn said she hadn’t bought a piece of equipment in about five years before playing in the CWHL. “It’s almost like you’re playing minor hockey again,” Quinn said. “And it’s not necessarily

a bad thing, it’s just like when you have been treated and got that treatment in college, you just kind of take it for granted.”

Doctor’s visits for major injuries were covered, though. One of Quinn’s fingertips nearly came off in a game when she went to block a shot, and she had to get stitches from a team doctor. When she had trouble with those stitches later on, there was a separate doctor in Toronto that she called, say she was in the CWHL and booked an appointment that she didn’t have to pay extra for.

The Furies trainers weren’t full-time, and players only had access to them for an hour before their two mandatory and one optional practice per week.

When Munroe thought about joining the CWHL, Quinn didn’t sugarcoat the reality of playing in the league. But Munroe didn’t care.

“She never turned away from it,” Quinn said. “I think that girl loves hockey, so she’ll play anything.”

The Inferno had a partnership with a junior team called the “Junior Inferno,” Hagg said.

They wanted to do a mentorship-type program with youth teams, but that fell through because there were 40 girls youth hockey teams in Calgary and only 25 girls on the Inferno. About half of those 25 also held full-time jobs.

Hagg said Calgary did offer dressing room tours or autographs for girls, ranging from five to 17 years old. But many age groups in between were missed because the Inferno only played on Saturday nights and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. That overlapped with schedules for many traveling teams in the area.

“Everyone was that girl [in the stands] at

one point, and without a pro league, that’s the thing. They have nothing,” Quinn said. “They have college to look forward to, but they want to be at a pro level eventually.”

The NWHL is now the only remaining professional women’s hockey league in North America. Its season started on Saturday and it announced a partnership with Twitch this season to stream all its games.

The NWHL’s commissioner, Dani Rylan, told The Athletic it was “hurtful” knowing there are players that want to see the closure of her league. Rylan believes that women’s professional hockey can be viable without the NHL’s interjection. The NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, has said that his league does not want to interfere with women’s hockey unless there is no other viable North American league.

It’s hard to grasp a concrete picture of what the movement wants to happen. The split between players and owners for sponsor-related revenues in the NWHL is split in half. But a gap still exists between those in the PWHPA and those that continue to play in the NWHL. It’s not hostile, Avery said. But it goes back to the start of the movement when a conference call on April 29 that involved Rylan, NWHLPA president Anya Battaglino, PWHPA members and others was “frustrating” and “unprofessional,” according to multiple players Ayala talked to.

Both sides were unappeased and left unclear about what’s next for professional women’s hockey in North America. A summer of protest promised hope for the future. Instead, it’s left more questions than answers.

ended up being her and the boys,” Necela said.

By the time Cohen was 12, she was being used as target practice for boys and girls who were training for their upcoming seasons, generally for players between 16 and 21, Necela said.

That summer, Debra sent Cohen to the USA Hockey Mid-American District Development Camps to improve her skills. To gain traction, Cohen enrolled at Gilmour Academy (Ohio), over 1,000 miles from Boca Raton. Debra didn’t want Cohen to live alone at 13 years old, so she moved into an apartment less than a mile from the school.

“I just like to be supportive of what she’s doing,” Debra said, “With the work I had, I was able to adjust my schedule to be there with her.”

Cohen’s prior experience against older competition as target practice prepared her enough to start her freshman year of high school, where she’d accumulate a .923 save percentage in four years. In one game her sophomore year, Cohen was getting ready for a penalty shootout. Debra, too anxious to watch, left the stadium and had a fellow parent text her the result.

Still, despite her impressive play, scholarship offers were hard to come by. Debra graduated from Syracuse in 1996, but there wasn’t a women’s ice hockey program there at the time.

Flanagan, the team’s head coach, had been talking to Cohen’s coach at Gilmour and was in the market for a third goalie. It was the perfect fit.

Once Cohen graduated and made the move east for Syracuse, so did Debra. This time, though, she bought a condo in the Finger Lakes, letting Cohen live with her teammates on campus. The transition was difficult for a quiet person like Cohen.

Redshirt senior Lindsay Eastwood said it took a couple of jokes for Cohen to share her personality during her freshman year, but she now has a knack for cracking everyone up.

It was during Cohen’s sophomore year that she really began to gel with her teammates, Cohen said. The team would all go to the Sheraton for breakfast as part of their pregame ritual.

For most of her career, though, Cohen would go into those meals knowing someone else would be facing the opponent’s shots later that day.

“I didn’t really focus on ‘Oh I haven’t played the last two years’ or whatever,’” Cohen said, “The time is now, and if I’m in there I’m going to take full advantage.”

Her junior year could’ve been plagued by missing two months with a concussion and inconsistent playing time again, but Flanagan gave her a chance during conference play. She

totaled a team-best 2.75 goals against average in 13 starts — including a shutout of Mercyhurst on Feb. 9.

That game was the reason Cohen replaced Maddi Welch for Syracuse’s semifinal matchup against Mercyhurst, in which she made 28 saves. That was enough for Flanagan to go back to her in the final, where she saved 26 of 28 shots faced.

Debra was characteristically anxious during the final game, even when SU led by multiple goals. Sometimes, she prefers it when Cohen’s on the bench; there’s much less stress then.

But Cohen stood strong in net. Syracuse’s offense exploded for six goals to defeat Robert Morris 6-2 and capture SU’s first CHA championship.

Cohen’s journey — growing up with a single mother, moving place-to-place, and spending two years waiting on the sidelines — led to that moment underneath all her teammates.

As Cohen emerged from the team’s celebration, went through the handshake line and posed for pictures with the CHA trophy, Debra cried. It was what she’d envisioned for her daughter all along.

Said Debra: “It was one of those moments that’s a long time coming.”

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By Arabdho Majumder asst. digital editor

Megan Quinn’s phone was buzzing.

She left a meeting on Sunday, March 31, to find more than 100 messages in her Toronto Furies’ group chat.

The Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) had set up a conference call at 10 a.m., which coincided with Quinn’s other meeting.

She missed what would be publicly announced later that day.

The CWHL was folding.

“No one was expecting it at all,” Quinn said. “And kind of, people were scared. Like, where do we go from here?”

The season prior had been “business as usual,” with no significant differences from past years, said Kristen Hagg, former general manager for the 2019 Clarkson Cup winning Calgary Inferno. During the conference call, the chair of the board, Laurel Walzak, said the league was no longer financially viable, former Markham Thunder general manager Chelsea Purcell said.

The board knew of the decision, Hagg said, but no one working in the league offices and none of the other managers she spoke to expected the announcement. The players had no say, Quinn said. There was no discussion on how the league could

be saved because the decision had already been made.

A day after the CWHL officially ceased operations on May 1, more than 200 women’s hockey players from around the globe announced they will not play professionally in North America. Hilary Knight, the “face” of women’s hockey in the US, and Kendall Coyne Schofield, a six-time IIHF World Championship gold medalist, topped the list.

But it trickled down to players just coming out of college, like ex-SU defender Allie Munroe, who was planning on playing in Toronto with her former teammate, Quinn, see nwhl page 10

ALLIE MUNROE had planned to play in Toronto, but now the former SU defender competes in Sweden. ally walsh staff photographer

ADY COHEN saved 54 of the 59 shots she faced in the College Hockey America tournament last season. After injuries and years of sitting, Cohen was an important piece in Syracuse’s 2018-19 title team. ally walsh staff photographer

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dy Cohen stood in net, watching the seconds tick as Syracuse was on its way to defeating Robert Morris to capture its first ever College Hockey America title. Cohen, whose playing time wavered throughout the season, was one of the Orange’s catalysts in the postseason.

Behind Syracuse’s bench, Debra Cohen stood anxiously, with fellow SU parents on either side of her, supporting her through the final minutes. She’d adopted Cohen at 7 months old from Russia, and moved from Florida to Ohio to New York, just to make sure Cohen’s hockey career continued.

That night against the Colonials, Debra couldn’t hold back tears — it’s what her daughter

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Ady Cohen’s success in the net is a byproduct of her mother’s support

always wanted, to be a starting collegiate goalie.

“It makes a lot of it all worthwhile,” Debra said.

Cohen knew she wanted to be a Division I netminder going into her freshman year of high school, but there were few top programs in Florida. Debra left her job, left Cohen’s grandparents and left home for her daughter’s dream.

Cohen started her career at SU as a walk-on, but last season, the 21-year-old finally got her chance and shone down the stretch, saving 54 of the 59 shots she faced in the CHA tournament.

Now, as a senior, head coach Paul Flanagan called Cohen a “viable part of our program” heading into the 2019-20 season. It’s her job to lose, but whether or not Cohen starts, Debra will still be rooting for her daughter at every Syracuse home game.

After Debra adopted Cohen in 1999, the see cohen page 10