October 10, 2022

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‘Not for us’

By Katie McClellan asst. news editor

Despite the signage of 113 Euclid Ave. reading “Native Students Program,”

Indigenous students who utilize its meeting room have to reserve it to avoid conflicts with Biology classes. A white board in the room reads “la muerte,” left over from a Spanish class.

Syracuse University has turned the building designed to be a “home-away-from-home” for Indigenous students into an overflow space for other organizations and classes, its occupants say.

“I don’t think they’re gonna build us a space

anytime soon, so we would just like this entire building to be ours,” Native Student Program Sec retary and senior Viola Ieianerahsta Rourke said.

In response to #NotAgainSU in 2019, Indig enous students compiled a list of concerns within the Native Student Program. Nearly a year later, Chancellor Kent Syverud signed a document com mitting to address the concerns. But students in the program say they have seen very little prog ress on some actions SU has stated it completed.

“Our space kind of feels like we’re being pushed onto a tiny reservation again,” Rourke said.

To better reflect the students occupying the space, the council requested in 2019 that

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Pakistani students raise money in flood aftermath

By Kyle Chouinard news editor

Before leaving Pakistan, Shahzeb Naeem would take monthly visits to his friend living in Gambat. As he began to take classes for his master’s degree at Syracuse University in late August, his friend’s home was “dev astated” by flooding that left a third

of Pakistan underwater.

“(I) would do anything to go back right now,” Naeem said. “And then I’m here in America pursuing my studies, so I felt powerless.”

Throughout late August and much of September, Pakistan had record floods that killed over 1,700 people. Now Naeem, along with fellow Maxwell graduate students

Ibrahim Eras Tahir and Adil Ashraf Mayo, has worked to raise funds and spread awareness about the country’s ecological disaster. On Wednesday, the three held a bake sale as their first event.

Naeem, Tahir and Mayo — along with a handful of fellow students — sold around 250 baked goods while tabling in the Maxwell School of

Citizenship and Public Affairs, rais ing over $1,300 in just four hours.

The group will be sending the funds to the Legal Aid Society, the Edhi Foundation, the Women’s Democratic Front, HANDS and the Welfare Association for a New Gen eration. Mayo said a dollar from the U.S. goes further in Pakistan — as of 2021, the U.S. dollar had over 40

times the purchasing power com pared to the Pakistani rupee.

Mayo, who lives in Pakistan, said being in Syracuse and pursuing a degree while the country flooded felt like an injustice.

“That’s why we feel motivated to raise funds over here, because (I want to have) at least some part in

SU hasn’t resolved some demands that Indigenous students made three years ago

Syracuse University uses the Native Students Program building as overflow space, forcing Indigenous students to reserve meeting room times around various classes that meet there. meghan hendricks photo editor

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“Our space kind of feels like we’re being pushed onto a tiny reservation again.” - Viola Ieianerahsta Rourke, Native Student Program secretary.

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CULTURE

“Not everyone is plus-sized in the same way. Some people are tall, I’m short and wide, so being able to try things on is really, really nice.” - Lena Dudak, customer at Fatties and Baddies

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OPINION

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COMING UP

Noteworthy events this week.

WHAT: Portrait Studio With John Noltner

WHEN: Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Hendricks Chapel, People’s Place Cafe

WHAT: Land Acknowledgement and Resurgence

WHEN: Oct. 10, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE: Shaw Quadrangle

WHAT: Lonche Latinx

WHEN: Oct. 11, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Newhouse 3, Food.com

SA assembly winners share plans, goals

Indigenous Peoples Day events round-up

By Alice Liu asst. digital editor

Syracuse University and the Onondaga Nation will hold events all day Monday to celebrate Indigious People’s Day.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the resilience and diversity of Indigenous people in the United States. Last year, President Joe Biden was the first U.S. president to issue a presidential proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

By Luisana Ortiz asst. copy editor

Throughout high school, Dante Reese was involved in a number of advocacy initiatives. He was vice president of his school’s Black Student Union and appeared at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Blue Diamond Gala where he spoke about community activism. Now a freshman at Syracuse University, Reese is looking to keep his passion going.

“I just want to continue to represent, advocate, and help other students as I’ve been doing for the last years of my life,” said Dante Reese, who was elected to represent the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics in the Student Association assembly.

SA announced their Fall 2022 assembly election results in a campus-wide email Saturday afternoon, with a total of 676 students voting to elect 19 candidates to both at-large and assembly positions. Elected candidates said they ran for their respective positions to establish a stronger community on SU’s campus.

Gita Goldberg, a junior who transferred into SU this semester

from Marion Military Institute, ran for and won a seat as an atlarge representative within the assembly. As an at-large member, Goldberg represents the entire SU undergraduate student body.

Drawing from her experience as a transfer student, she believes her position will give her a better opportunity to reach and represent a diverse group of students, which she enjoyed doing at her former college.

“That was something I was big on, creating an environment (where) people felt like they could address their problems, and that weren’t just going to be thrown under the table and weren’t addressed, that we actually wanted them to be heard.”

Goldberg also is an active member of the military and wants to represent the group throughout the university. The student body also elected sophomores Jacqueline DiPaolo and Eleanor Unsworth to at-large positions within SA.

Some student representatives have specific issues they would like to improve on while in their positions. First-Year Representative Julia Moreno is interested in finding a way to make the Barnes

Center at the Arch a more welcoming environment for women. She said the building can be crowded and that women deserve their own space to workout.

Moreno, Matthew Byrne, German Nolivos, Myia Dargan and Seray Ozgenc, were elected as firstyear representatives.

Both DiPaolo and First-Year Representative Shawn Sutherland expressed interest in further contributing to mental health initiatives. Sutherland said he enjoyed activities from SA’s recent Mental Health Week, like the assembly’s tabling, and he hopes to plan similar events in the future.

Tim Phelps, a fi rst-year construction management major at SUNY ESF, is the sole representative for the college within SA. In his new position, he wants to implement some of ESF’s sustainability e orts at SU including improved di erentiation between waste and recycling in dining halls.

Phelps also hopes to improve “disjointed” communication between SA and ESF’s student government, the Mighty Oak Student Assembly, as well as communication between the two schools in

general. He said most people aren’t aware SA even has a seat for ESF.

“We’re in kind of a weird spot where we basically have two different governing bodies over us,” Phelps said. “It’s definitely important that those two do work in sync.”

In her role representing the overall SU student body, DiPaolo said she wants to motivate students to be more vocal about on-campus concerns they may have.

“There’s a lot of issues on campus that students sometimes will make comments about and they’re like, ‘I wish this was di erent’, and honestly, I feel like it’s more easy and more accessible than a lot of people think,” she said.

For First-Year Representatives Spencer Chan and Sutherland, joining SA provided an immediate opportunity to get involved at SU while they are still new to the campus.

“Being a first year, you’re always trying to fi nd new friends and groups,” Chan said. “(I thought), that is one way I could really implement myself into the community, just really doing head-on things.”

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SA collects data to improve campus accessibility

By Kaitlin Campbell contributing writer

Syracuse University’s Student Association and Americans with Disabilities Act Committee are collecting information regarding more than 10,000 ADA violations at the university.

Many of SU’s buildings were constructed before the ADA was passed in 1990, so they do not need to comply with the ADA regulations, SA President David Bruen said. Though the university has begun some construction plans to make the campus more accessible, many of them are on a smaller scale, and SA and the ADA Committee are seeking shortterm and long-term solutions for accessibility concerns.

“Changing ramps and addings signs are all meant to address accessibility and physical struc-

tures on campus and start to chip away at these inaccessible points on campus,” Bruen said. “We need to think about a universal design in everything that we do. I know the university is moving in that direction, but it’s also our role to keep pushing that.”

Jordan Beasley, SA’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, said the university should’ve addressed accessibility concerns during the summer months, when many students aren’t on campus.

Beasley said the ADA focuses on inaccessibility in average conditions. While many of SU’s buildings will meet standards in warm, sunny weather, they fail to do so as conditions evolve throughout the year. This is crucial, Beasley said, as Syracuse is the snowiest city in the U.S., and ice can make walking to class dangerous. SA is helping to collect

“Native peoples challenge us to confront our past and do better, and their contributions to scholarship, law, the arts, public service, and more continue to guide us forward,” Biden wrote in this year’s proclamation.

Art installation unveiling Shaw Quadrangle, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Celebration on the Quad Shaw Quadrangle, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Celebration and Refocus event Everson Museum of Art, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Esports Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration

Barnes Center room 046, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Art installation unveiling Shaw Quadrangle, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Onondaga Nation member and artist Brandon “Ganyada·kda” Lazore will unveil his commissioned public artwork, entitled Gayaneñhsä• go•nah (“The Great Law of Peace”), on Indigenous People’s Day.

Lazore, who is a self-taught graffiti artist, said “Gayaneñhsä• go•nah” attempts to educate viewers on a deeper and less-known version of Haudenosaunee history. The artwork also celebrates Haudenosaunee peoples’ contribution to governing concepts and principles fundamental to the U.S., including democracy, peace, harmony, respect of nature and women’s rights, according to an SU news release.

Lazore also painted the Two Row Wampum 400 Year Anniversary Mural in 2013 for the 400th anniversary of the Two Row Wampum Treaty, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Dutch immigrants.

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either the building be redesigned or a new building be designed by an Indigenous architect, Treasurer and SU senior Kalani Bankston said.

“Ideally we’d like for this whole build ing to be just completely redesigned for us by an Indigenous person,” said Yewelah^wi:se Cornelius, the program’s vice president.

According to SU’s website, renovations on 113 Euclid Ave. are complete, but Indig enous students have seen no renovations done by Indigenous people on the build ing. SU only updated the house to meet disability standards, occupants said.

“It’s frustrating when you hear these issues are resolved,” said SU senior Tehosterihens Deer, the program’s presi dent. “It seems to be a trend with this university where they’ll say ‘we’ll take action, we’re gonna do this’ and then… you don’t hear anything.”

SU will meet with members of the Native Student Program on Oct. 14, the first meeting between the two groups since Syverud signed the concerns list. A university spokesperson said those in attendance will discuss advancing aca demic commitments made, faculty hiring and enhancements to 113 Euclid.

“We are looking forward to providing an update to our students on Friday and gathering their feedback for next steps/ action items,” a university spokesperson wrote in an email to The Daily Orange.

“We hope this conversation provides an opportunity to really strengthen our col laboration with our students as we move forward collectively to develop, refine and advance these plans and ideas.”

The council also argued in 2019 that the program needed more staff to support

itself. However, SU lists the concern as “completed,” as it found its resources were either comparable to or exceeded similar programs on campus.

SU also reviewed the current staff at the Native Student Program and conclud ed that the additional two staff members requested by the council were not needed.

Currently, new Director Bailey Tlachac works alongside the students, but has no staff to assist her as she previously held

Schenandoah as SU’s first Indigenous heal er. The Native Student Program hopes to see this hiring pattern continued and asks that SU bring Schenandoah on full-time.

SU also hired a full time Indigenous therapist at the Barnes Center at The Arch. According to a university spokes person, SU will continue to build cultural literacy for all of its counselors to better support Indigenous students and other minoritized communities.

Additionally, the council encouraged SU to include more information about the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Onon daga Nation in what is now the First Year Seminar program. SU said that resources regarding the Onondaga Nation are avail able via Blackboard and that professors and peer advisors receive regular information to share about events like Indigenous Peoples’ Day happening on campus.

The group also requested that SU set up a Haudenosaunee language course.

According to SU, the course is offered through the College of Professional Stud ies, but without enough student interest, the class cannot be held.

ber it was a lot better than what it is now.”

The Native Student Program proposed that the community reflect on their rela tionship with the Onondaga Nation, all Indigenous people and the ancestral lands SU occupies in addition to honoring their relationships with all living beings.

The Land Acknowledgement was con densed without consent to a one-line statement acknowledging the ancestral lands SU resides on. Bankston said that the university was supposed to go to the Longhouse in Onondaga to work on the Land Acknowledgement with the commu nity, but never did.

“They pretty much put all the work on the Native Student program and Indig enous students at Syracuse,” Bankston said. “They like to say they have a great relationship with the Onondaga Nation, but I think they haven’t proved that.”

The Native Student Program asked that the university actually implement the revised Land Acknowledgement.

helping,” Mayo said.

Tahir’s father was born in the city of Rawal pindi in Pakistan. Tahir called the country his “second home”, though he lives in the U.S.

“It’s something that hits home very much because the people that have been impact ed are, a majority, mainly people who are already struggling to make ends meet,” Tahir said. “They’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost family members.”

Following their initial fundraising event, the three now want to bring experts to SU to speak on climate justice. Tahir referred to the discrepancy between the world’s largest polluters and the countries that will bear the brunt of climate change, and said he wants the topic to be a major part of the talk.

As of 2019, Pakistan produced .9 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person, according to The World Bank. The same group found that the U.S. produces 14.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person– over 16 times more than Pakistan.

“I am a strong believer in the idea of having equity in our global emissions,” Mayo said.

the only supporting role. Rourke said Tlachac often works 50 hours a week in addition to being a graduate student.

“We are looking to fill the role (Tlachac) vacated,” a university spokesperson wrote to The D.O.. “Ensuring appropriate staff ing is a priority, and equally important is recruiting the right staff to meet the needs of our Indigenous students.”

Students in 2019 also called for SU to increase mental health resources made avail able to Indigenous students. Indigenous stu dents asked the university to hire a minimum of two Indigenous mental health counselors.

The council said this concern was only partially addressed with the hiring of Diane

“Temperatures are rising each year, so it’s eventually going to affect most of the world.”

Tahir said that the largest polluters, like the U.S. and China, should be doing more to support countries that are facing the impacts of climate change. As of Sept. 9, the U.S. pro vided over $50 million in disaster assistance to Pakistan. Still, Tahir said the country needs to do more for Pakistan.

He said the aid is “like crumbs” considering the financial damages in Pakistan, which the country estimates to be around $30 billion.

“It’s like you owing me $1,000 and you give me $100, you still owe me 90% of my money,”

Tahir said.

Mayo said the school would need to make sure any panel on climate change’s disparity has representation from those who have been directly impacted. Beyond South Asia, Mayo wants experts from Africa to sit on the panel.

“And more than just a tokenistic repre sentation (like) ‘we have four out of our eight speakers that are brown and dark enough,’” Mayo said. “It’s always better for a person who is closer to that demographic being affected because they can actually speak to (the issues).”

Both the bake sale and the prospective panel are designed to keep the conversation

The program also requested that the university create a fund for graduate stu dents, yet SU has not announced anything regarding funding.

Indigneous students in 2019 also sought to update SU’s Land Acknowl edgement statement, which is given at the start of every university event. The Land Acknowledgement was not created by Indigenous students or tribal members, and members of the program hoped to help rewrite it alongside a land acknowledge ment committee to be more accurate to their values.

“I remember working on it and we had come to a point where we had a (reworked) paragraph and I don’t think they ever instituted that,” Cornelius said. “I remem

Today, Indigenous students within the building are also concerned about security guards stationed near the building utilizing the Native Student Program building and resources, such as the kitchen and bathroom.

“(It feels) kind of degrading, honestly, because it’s like they don’t really respect us enough to realize that this is kind of our space,” Bankston said. “They kind of treat this as their break room.”

The current lounge, decorated with old posters and dried corn, is located in a small room on the first floor of the build ing. The room cannot fit all 160 members, and the Native Student Program hopes when renovations are made, a larger space will be provided for them to gather.

“It definitely feels like this building is not for us,” Bankston said.

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“ADA standards are not really meeting stu dent needs…whether we talk about acces sibility in the classroom or walking around campus,” Bruen said. “Weather is a part of accessibility.”

Some buildings, like Falk College, are also inaccessible to students with physical disabilities. Some students are not able to use the steps leading up to the building, and have to take a longer route in order to enter.

Buttons for some automatic doors designed to help disabled students are defective as well, Bruen added. Students

opportunities about Indigenous history.

Celebration and refocus event

Celebration on the Quad Shaw Quadrangle, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

SU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will hold a celebration on Monday featuring Haudenosaunee singers and dancers from Indigenous Students at Syracuse and SU’s Native Student Program, as well as learning

Everson Museum of Art, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The Central New York Women of Italian and Syracuse Heritage and the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation will hold “Indigenous Peo ple’s Day: Celebration and Refocus on Onon daga Land,” featuring Haudenosaunee speak ers and singers, Onondaga Nation vendors and

going about the flooding in Pakistan. Naeem said while the flooding occurred in July, public awareness regarding it is already losing trac tion throughout the world.

should report any defective buttons to cam pus officials, he said.

Overall, Beasley and Bruen want to address all issues by initiating a proac tive approach rather than a reactive one. Beasley said that all situations need to be considered to prevent more problems fur ther down the road.

a series of short films co-sponsored with the Urban Video Project and Lightwork SU.

The event will close with the Reforce short film series, which centers on Haudeno saunee culture. Gwendolen Cates and Ryan Mackie, who each directed one of the event’s three short films, will be in attendance to speak with the audience along with Onon daga Legal Nation Counsel Joe Heath.

“Whenever there is a barrier for diver sity, equity, inclusion or accessibility that impedes belonging here at Syracuse Uni versity…it’s really important that we make sure that all students feel like when they touched foot on this campus they belong here,” Beasley said.

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Esports Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration

Barnes Center room 046, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Barnes Center at the Arch is featuring video games focusing on Indigenous life in its Esports room. The event will feature titles like “Never Alone,” a single-player game based on the stories of 40 Alaska Native elders from the Iñupiat tribe.

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“We need to still keep on reminding people that the devastation is long term,” he said. kschouin@syr.edu @Kyle_Chouinard

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“It seems to be a trend with this university where they’ll say ‘we’ll take action, we’re gonna do this’ and then… you don’t hear anything.”

Tehosterihens Deer su senior

Three Pakistani students at SU raised over $1,300 in 4 hours at a bake sale benefitting people affected by the recent floods in Pakistan. courtesy of ibrahim eras tahir

Big and beautiful

column

Ask Aine: Dating advice at SU

By Aine Hunt humor columnist

Ask Aine: Why can’t I seem to find a boyfriend at SU?

Dear Aine: Cuffing season has officially started and I couldn’t be more upset about it. I have a smokin’ hot bod and a killer per sonality, but I’ve been single for the past three years of college. All of my friends say I just need to “put myself out there,” but honestly, I’ve tried everything from dating apps to writing my phone number on the bathroom door of Lucy’s. I feel like the hookup culture at SU is get ting out of hand. Last week, I had sex with seven men and I totally blame hookup culture for like four out of seven of those instances. I’m so desperate, I’m writing to my school’s humor columnist for advice. Aine, is it just me or is it really hard to find a boyfriend at SU? –Syracuse Single

The

By Kate Kelley asst.copy editor

Shopping for clothes that fit correctly was always stressful and discouraging for sisters Nicole and Kayla Guindon. They saw a need for greater repre sentation, and at the very least, a positive shopping experience within the plus-sized community.

The sisters hosted their second plus-sized market, Fatties and Baddies, on Sunday in McCarthy Mercantile, where they own and operate Nectar Espresso Bar & Vin tages. The sisters hosted 16 vendors — eight more than their first event — who sold jewelry, accessories, art and clothing, all size 16 and above.

“No one else is doing it, and there is nowhere to really get plus-sized clothes,” Nicole Guindon said. “We were just like, ‘let’s just do it, let’s just see what happens.”

Nicole Guindon said the community that inspired Fatties and Baddies was incredibly strong, from the vendors to the customers who religiously attend the Guidon sisters’ Thurs

day night yarn and textiles club.

Leah Dudak is a regular at the club, where she said she often makes clothes that actually fit her correctly. She planned to visit the pop-up to pick out some unique pieces and support the Guindon sisters. But when she arrived, Dudak said she was pleasantly surprised at the size inclusivity at the event that isn’t typically available in stores or at malls.

“A lot of plus-sized shopping is online, so being able to go and try this [crochet top] on in-person is really nice,” Dudak said. “Not everyone is plus-sized in the same way. Some people are tall, I’m short and wide, so being able to try things on is really, really nice.”

Dudak also recognized the value of sustainability in fashion. Many vendors at the event offered secondhand pieces, so she was glad that option was made accessible to her at this event.

“I think the recycled portion is important just because then things aren’t going into landfills,” Dudak said. “So much of landfills are consumer clothes.”

Bridget Conway and Joanna Damiano wandered into the mercantile together, unaware that the event was taking place. They frequent Wildflowers Armory, the store above McCarthy Mercantile, and when they saw the Fatties and Baddies pop-up market, they knew they would find new additions to their wardrobes.

Although she likes supporting small, local businesses, Conway can’t always find clothes that fit her at those stores, she said. A pop-up market filled with secondhand

Dear Syracuse Single: It’s not just you. I have perfect teeth and a great a** (please do not Google what I look like) and yet I still find myself struggling to lock down the perfect man. My advice for any Syracuse singles out there: transfer. Let’s be real for one sec ond. Do you really think you’re going to find the person you’re gonna marry in central New York? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life with someone that you met in a dark fraternity basement? Besides, being single in college isn’t that bad. Take it from me. As a single woman, you have way more time to focus on the things that matter in life. Like sobbing into a body pillow that you stapled your ex’s face on and dressed in that sweatshirt that still smells like him.

Ask Aine: Is it bad that my partner only takes me on dates to the dining hall?

from the stage

Disabled students showcase creative talents

By Sophia Moore asst. digital editor

Alethea Shirilan-Howlett wrote “Viewer Discretion Advised” — the closing performance at Sunday night’s Access Arts SU show — as a junior in high school.

With the help of the audience at the inaugural Access Arts show,

which showcased art of all medi ums made by disabled members of the SU community, ShirilanHowlett stylized the play as a sitcom, inviting viewers to laugh, cheer and gush at various moments during the performance. For her, seeing the play performed on stage during her junior year of college was a full circle moment.

“I feel like this play doesn’t cor respond with one disability as much as it encompasses a lot of them as a whole,” Shirilan-Howlett said. “I was thinking about my high school self — I felt really out of place, and … four years later, being on a college stage and doing this, it feels like I’ve resolved some things and let go of some things from high school.”

Shirilan-Howlett’s play was one of the many works on display at the Access Arts show. From slam poetry to singing and a traditional art gallery, the event brought the Underground at the Schine Student Center to life, encouraging an eve ning of creativity and community.

Access Arts SU was a collabora

Dear Aine: My partner only takes me on dates to the dining hall and not even the good dining halls. They have exclusively taken me to the BBB dining hall and we live on the Mount. When I mentioned that I wanted to go on a real date, they lashed out at me and told me that BBB has the best food on campus. They accused me of being ungrate ful for the meal swipe they used on me. When I pointed out that it really doesn’t really matter because they have unlimited swipes, they spit on my breakfast pizza and left. Aine, is it bad that my partner exclusively takes me on dates to the dining hall?

–BBBad Partner

Dear BBBad Partner: This is one of those situations where you have to look at the silver lining. Is it concerning that they think BBB’s dining hall has the best food? Yes. But, at least they’re taking you out.

The Fatties and Baddies pop up show gave plus-sized shoppers the chance to find a wide variety of options that were both comfortable and flattering. kate kelley asst. copy editor

LGBTQ Resource Center Queer and Trans Solidarity List 2022

By adding their names to the list, the following individuals demonstrated their support for the following statement. To add your name, visit experience.syracuse.edu/lgbtq.

“We pledge to support those who identify within lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities at Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). We believe that coming out can be an empowering and rewarding process. We also acknowledge that not everyone has the desire or ability to come out; for some, coming out can pose a threat to emotional and even physical safety. But we believe that you do not have to come out to find support and community. We acknowledge that your experiences are real and valid, and we list our names here as resources. We will listen to you, work with you, advocate for you and welcome you. We are committed to working against queer and trans antagonism that marginalizes LGBTQIA+ people and their many intersecting identities; we actively strive to build campuses that celebrate queer and trans identities and communities. The names listed here demonstrate the breadth of solidarity across Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF. We believe that queer and trans existence is beautiful!”

Aaron B. Partnow

Abbey Cliffel

Abby Presson

Adam Guenther

Adira Ramirez

Aiden Ciaffaglione

Alejandro Rosales Alison Fredericks

Allen Groves

Allie Heppner Allison DeVoe Alonzo D. Turner Alynn Woodson

Amanda DuBose Amanda EyeAm Amber L Gray Amy Friers

Anne E. Lombard

Annette Jenner-Matthews Anthony Bailey Anthony Mazzacane Bailey Tlachac

Benjamin Charles Jones Beth Myers

Bethany Heaton Crawford Beverly Everding

Binaka Norris

Blythe Allison Bennett Breana Nieves Vergara Brenna Helmstutler Brian Konkol

Brianna Pinckney

Bridget Mack Brittany Hoffmann Smith Brooke Tyszka

Caitlan Truelove

Camille Donabella Candace Campbell Jackson

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Dive into poetry, film and art at these Syracuse events

By Rachel Raposas culture editor

Portrait Studio With John Noltner

Renowned photographer John Noltner is coming to Syracuse University as part of his “A Piece of My Mind” project. He will be tak ing portraits and engaging in a discussion of what community means with his subjects. Noltner’s portrait studio will be open on Monday and Tuesday at People’s Place from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Chalk and Tie-Dye at the Quad

In recognition of National Coming Out Day, the LGBTQ Resource Center and Pride Union will host a color-filled event on Monday — tie-dye a shirt or decorate the walkways of the quad! T-shirts will be provided, and pre-registration is required for participation. The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Rep Where You’re From

Join Verbal Blend Poets for their annual open mic night, Rep Where You’re From. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. All participants can sign up at the beginning of the event. The open mic night will occur on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Watson Theater.

Reduce Stress by Approaching Your Next Exam Mindfully

Midterms are underway, so get ahead of the stress and anxiety at this virtual workshop! This discussion will teach you short-term mindfulness techniques to do before or after your exam, as well as how to personal ize techniques to your own needs. This workshop will take place on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Syracuse VA Creative Arts Competition Showcase

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and handmade clothing was the perfect intersection of her wants and needs, she said.

“It’s cool… if someone ever asks what you’re wearing or where you got the jewelry or some thing, you can tell them that it’s from a local

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tion between Black Box Players and Syracuse University’s Disability Access and Inclusion Council to feature artistic work from disabled SU students, staff and faculty. Alexis Wilner, the artistic director of the event, has been work ing with the Disability Access and Inclusion Council on the event planning subcommittee since last April, when she helped organize the university’s first Disability Pride Week.

To acknowledge the month of October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Wilner and the council developed a series of programming to bring awareness to the disabled community at SU, including the Access Arts show.

“One of the biggest intentions (of the event) is to create more of a bond amongst the disabled artists on campus, and hon estly, just the entire disability community,” Wilner said. “The council as a whole, its initiative is to increase inclusion and acces sibility on campus.”

From first-year students to SU staff mem

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My last boyfriend never took me anywhere. He was always saying things like, “We aren’t dating!” and “You’re delusional. I’m just your

Housed in the National Veterans Resource Center Gallery, the Syracuse VA Creative Arts Competi tion Showcase features all kinds of art — painting, sculptures, photography, creative writing, drama and music, all created by veterans. Stop by the gallery from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.

shop,” Conway said.

Damiano said she found a well-fitting pair of jeans right away, instead of having to hunt for her size the way she does at regular stores.

As soon as she walked in, she said she knew her size wouldn’t get in the way of finding clothes that fit her.

“Knowing that you have a place like this, where you can actually get some clothes that

bers, the evening’s show invited disabled artists of all mediums to share their work on stage.

Before the event began, audience members mingled and viewed the art on display at the show’s gallery, which featured traditional paintings and object art, like a handmade dress made by fashion design and disability studies student Cassia Soodak.

The show featured a packed program of art from students of all majors and ages.

Madeline Carter, a senior film student, sub mitted a stop-motion animated short film titled “Just Keep GrOwING” about a cater pillar who struggles to turn into a butterfly.

Kennedy Campbell, a senior musical theater student, sent in a slam poem performance titled “Discrimination,” which traced her experience as a Black, disabled student fac ing exclusion in the theater community.

EJ Figueroa, a first-year television, radio and film student, took to the stage to perform “Prom Queen” by Beach Bunny. Figueroa said she picked the song because of how straight forward it is — and because he listens to the track all the time.

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Ask Aine: Is my boyfriend Otto?

Dear Aine: I think my boyfriend might be Otto. He has been acting really suspicious lately — he’s been sneaking off at odd hours

19th Annual Syracuse Internation al Film Festival

Returning for its 19th year in person, the Syracuse International Film Festival is a juried competition featuring works from around the world. The film festival will run

fit you, makes you feel like people notice you and are allowing you to take up space and enjoy your life,” Damiano said.

As the event began to draw to a close, Dudak picked out a pair of handmade ear rings and a sweater before trying on a mul ticolored crochet top that Nicole Guindon made. After receiving great support from her friends and a few fellow customers,

Having the opportunity to perform in a room of people who understand what it’s like to have a disability was comforting for Figueroa, he said. Prior to the performance, Figueroa and the other performers had access to a low-stimulation room if needed, which Figueroa said was helpful to have.

“I definitely feel like disabilities aren’t talked enough (about). I always get that thing of like, ‘Oh, you don’t look disabled,’ or ‘you shouldn’t call yourself disabled,’” Figueroa said. “It’s nice being in a community where all of that is not even thought of. You don’t even have to ask for it. It’s already there. It’s so comforting.”

At the end of the night, three actors, a nar rator and Shirilan-Howlett, took to the stage to perform “Viewer Discretion Advised.”

The play centers on a high school student named Jason who struggles with depression that goes unnoticed by his mother, uncle and the world around him.

Shirilan-Howlett wrote the show after noticing students at her school were strug gling with many of the mental health issues she experienced after a student at her high

of the day and won’t tell me where he’s going. And he always has his phone on do not disturb and refuses to let me near it. My conspiracy is that he is sneaking off to practice his mascot skills and thinks I might find proof that he’s Otto on his phone. The

from Wednesday to Saturday. For more information on locations and daily sched ules, visit the Syracuse International Film Festival site.

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Dudak purchased the new piece. Excited that her new items flattered her shape, Dudak walked away satisfied, finally, with a positive shopping experience.

“This is a great group and a great com munity,” Dudak said. “I’m happy they had the event.”

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school died by suicide. Shirilan-Howlett said her school didn’t acknowledge the tragedy, and that she wrote the work at a time when her classmates experienced “unspoken cry for help.”

“I wrote this play when I was in high school, before I knew I was on the spectrum, but I had been struggling,” Shirilan-Howlett said. “A lot of students were struggling with mental health, depression, mostly. … I appreciated having that outlet to say something without really outright saying it.”

Ultimately for Wilner, providing resources and a space for disabled artists to express what their art means to them was at the heart of the Access Arts event — and why she hopes the council will do another one in the future.

“We really wanted to focus on not creating this to become a showcase of … like, bury it down in your art or enacting your trauma to create your art,” Wilner said. “We really want this to be an opportunity for disabled stu dents, staff and faculty to speak for themselves and what art means to them.”

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only thing is I’m pretty sure he’s too tall to fit in the Otto suit. Aine, is my boyfriend Otto? –Otto’s Girlfriend

Dear Otto’s Girlfriend: Girl, that man is cheating on you.

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Pardoning simple marijuana offenses is only the first step

By Jean Aiello columnist

President Biden announced last week that he will pardon people convicted of small marijuana possession under federal law — removing restrictions on the right to vote, to hold office or to sit on a jury. He stated three initiatives to fix the issues and listen to those in the long fight to decriminalize mara juana ever since Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937.

In his plan for reform, Biden said that he is pardoning all federal offenses of simple marijuana pos session. He has issued the attorney general to create a process that grants certificates of pardon to those eligible. His goal is to dismiss all the consequences that those convicted for marijuana possession have dealt with for decades, like being denied employment, housing and educational opportunities.

Although this is a step in the right direction, it will only release a limited number of people from prison. While

this issue is getting the attention it deserves, there is still more to do.

Federal prosecutors rarely charge simple marijuana possession, since it is a misdemeanor. A senior adminis tration official told NBC News that no one is currently in federal prison for simple marijuana possession. Most marijuana convictions are state level, so Biden must continue to urge state officials to enact the same plan in pardoning those convicted.

Biden also requested a review of how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Marijuana is currently a Schedule I drug, which is the same schedule as heroin and LSD. Mari juana is classified higher in this list than fentanyl and methamphet amine. Marijuna being considered a scheduled drug creates many issues on its own. The fact that marijuana is considered the same level drug schedule as heroin and LSD, and higher than fentanyl and metham phetamine is shocking.

This is a victory to those who will no longer have marijuana conviction on their records. People

who were convicted on marijuana charges and are simply looking for employment to continue their lives won’t have to worry about being dismissed or rejected. A first marijuana possession offense can have penalties of up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine minimum.

The President can’t stop here in ending overcriminalization from marijuana possession. Biden only urged to lower marijuana on the scheduled drug list, but taking it off the list completely is the only way to solve issues with overcriminalization.

Research has debunked many of the false claims surrounding marijuana. For example, people often believe anyone who overdoses on marijuana won’t face any risk of dying. But similar to alcohol, the drug can trigger toxic reactions in the human body, such as psychosis or paranoid psychosis and intense anxiety or panic attacks. Taking marijuana off the list would allow for safer distribution of the product and further research and development on its recreational and medical use.

It would also help end the stigma against marijuana use, encouraging people to talk about it publicly and avoid unsafe or overuse.

Decriminalizing marjana offenses has been a controversial topic for years, but the government hasn’t taken any action to consider the potential benefits of legalizing it all together, such as decreased gangrelated drug activity.

Policy analyst, Teri Moore, dis cusses this in her article: Marijuana Legalization Can Help Solve the Opioid Problem. “With a reduced share of the market comes reduced illicit drug activity and all social harm it engenders.This decreases violence, which often spills over into mainstream society, especially in places with high illicit drug use and trafficking,” Moore explains. Legal izing marijuana would significantly reduce drug activity and the harm it has caused as an illegal drug.

Legalizing marijuana has many economic benefits as well. In states that have legalized it, cannabis com panies have grown and the industry

has boomed. Some companies work to further research and develop canna bis-based medical products, and oth ers focus on growth and distribution of marijuana. Legalizing marijuana will lead to more research and safer products. Understanding the drug and its specific uses has the potential to create a new, booming industry in our country while also pardoning those who have been punished for the possession of marijuana.

Biden said at the end of his state ment, “Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time to right these wrongs.” If he believes this and wants change, he cannot stop here. There is much more work to do. He has given Americans hope for further change and the possible federal legalization of marijuana, which would lead to numerous ben efits along the way.

Jean Aiello is a Sophomore magazine, news and digital jour nalism major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at jdaiello@syr.edu.

In Iran, university students are taking their fight to the streets

By Mariam Khaled Abdelghany guest columnist

an, Zandegi, Azadi”: “women, life, free dom,” the people of Iran are chanting.

Four weeks after Mahsa Amini’s death, Iranians are still marching the streets to not only protest Amini’s death but to object to soaring prices, high unemployment rates, corruption and oppressive laws against women.

After the Iranian revolution in 1978-79, a new idea of nation was established — the Islamic Republic of Iran. With that change, a new law was put in action: all women will wear hijabs that cover the head and neck while concealing the hair.

Amini’s death was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” It was the spark that awakened the people.

Although there have been many protests and eruptions post Islamic revolution in Iran, Amini’s death has incited a revolution within the Iranian people where people are not backing down. These protests and demonstrations are different because it’s young adults and teen agers that are leading and taking their anger to the streets.

Iranian university students, who often feared education bans, are now

protesting in the streets and their schools in Isfahan, Kerman, Mashhad, Tarbiz, Tehran and many more places across Iran. Tear gas has been fired and students were chased and beaten by security on campus. Moreover, there have been 30-40 students arrested for their simple “crime” of protesting, fur ther proving that, in Iran, freedom of opinion is a punishable act rather than a basic human right.

Nonetheless, Iranian women who were forced to wear the hijab in fear of morality police have started taking it off, waving and burning it in protest.

In 1979, people chanted for inde pendence and freedom. Now, the nation is uniting and chanting in favor of bodily autonomy. They are protesting in the name of Amini and the name of countless others who have died from unnecessary rea sons from the Iranian government.

According to university students, this isn’t a protest anymore — it’s the beginning of a revolution.

The riot police have not been democratic. According to the Human Rights Watch, 16 videos depicting police’s use of excessive force have been verified in 13 cities across Iran.

As of Oct. 5th, there have been over 185 civilian deaths – 19 of which were children. Those children would have

led a life of success but instead were robbed of it by a force that seems to have empathy for no one.

In a video shared on Twitter, a man yelled: “Don’t hit my wife, she’s preg nant.” In that same video, the wife can be seen as she is dragged by multiple riot officers, screaming, “Allah is suffi cient for us and He is the best disposer of affairs,” pleading God for help.

The people of Iran are ready to fight back for their basic rights and as global citizens, so should Syra cuse students and residents. How ever, Iranians are currently facing internet black-outs, preventing them from fully accessing the world.

According to CNN analytics, these black outs are also believed to be caused by the government.

It is on us to help them and even students at SU can make a differ ence. Here’s how:

First, donate to the Human Rights Watch or your Iran relief organiza tion of your choice. Your money will go towards holding perpetrators accountable and helping survivors.

Second, reach out to national and international sources to educate yourself more about the situation in Iran. Donate your time and knowl edge towards making sure others know why our voices here matter too.

Third, follow the event, not the

trend. Make sure not to fall in the cycle of only following news when it’s trend ing. A matter that trends for a few days may be still happening for months, it’s just not talked about anymore.

Fourth, remember the martyrs. Remember their sacrifice for the sake of others’ liberation. Remember the children that should have never made it to the death count. Remember their families, who will without their loved ones but carry on their names and stories for a lifetime.

Four weeks following the death of Amini, the Iranian people are

still persisting even with arrests, death, destruction and tragedies. Even with the brutal police violence, the voices of the people are getting louder. Their voices are heard from international governments and the people in different countries are joining the cause. This time, Ira nians are fighting till the end; This time, the only foreseeable outcome is change. May the martyrs’ blood fuel their cause and may Iranians get their long needed rights.

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No. 11 Syracuse beats Cornell 5-0 for 5th straight win

By Michael Philipkosky staff writer

Just over five minutes into the game, Joy Haarman brought the ball into the 15-meter zone, but was briefly stopped. Haarman passed the ball to Sabine van den Eijnden, who opened up the scoring for Syracuse with a shot to the lower right corner past the Cornell goaltender.

In No. 11 Syracuse’s (12-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast) 5-0 win over Cornell (6-5, 1-1 Ivy League), the Orange’s offense dominated throughout the game and tallied 13 shots to beat fellow New York state rival, Cor nell. Syracuse had its ninth shutout of the season and won its fifth-straight game.

Syracuse began the day controlling the possession against Cornell, creating opportunities in the offensive zone to make plays. It’s been a point of emphasis for head coach Ange Bradley all season as Syracuse tried to get two goals within the first five minutes.

Syracuse opened up the scoring just over five minutes in with van den Eijnden’s first goal. The Orange focused on making passes to the open play, and with Cornell playing a different style of defense than Boston College and Hofstra, it allowed Syracuse to work the ball up the field at their own pace. Ultimately, this gave Syracuse three high-quality shots within the first quarter.

Syracuse added another goal to their tally on a penalty corner as Charlotte De Vries assisted Willemijn Boogert to give Syracuse a 2-0 lead to end the first quarter. Syracuse dominated the first half by controlling the possession for the vast majority of the half, leading to zero Cor nell shots.

“It’s nice to have a fast start, if you can get something in the first five minutes, first ten minutes that’s awesome,” Bradley said.

At the opening of the second quarter,

Quirine Comans scored a breakaway goal giving Syracuse a 3-0 lead. With this goal, Comans became the team leader in goals, passing DeVries by one goal.

Syracuse continued to apply the pres sure as DeVries, Comans and the other forwards continually kept the pressure on Cornell defenders. Van den Eijnden scored her second goal of the day midway through the second quarter. While Syracuse didn’t rack up shots throughout the first two quarters, it made each of them count. Of Syracuse’s five shots in the first half, four resulted in goals.

The Orange transitioned from defense to offense very quickly at times, especially off of an intercepted pass. Late in the first half, Syracuse worked the ball into the offensive half and found DeVries. DeVries put a shot on goal that ultimately missed its mark.

Contrary to past weeks where Bradley made changes during the game to adjust to its opponents, Cornell made most of the changes to adjust to Syracuse’s style of play.

The Big Red began the second half play ing higher up on the field than in the first, which represented a clear adjustment to the clean and easy passing they allowed to Syracuse for the first half.

However, Syracuse broke down its for mation, and Cornell quickly found them selves out of position. This almost led to Syracuse’s second penalty corner of the day, however, after a video review, it was overruled. Shortly after, Syracuse worked the ball into the offensive zone repeatedly.

“We set goals each week,” Van den Eijn den said. “I think for each week, new goals, and we just have to look for it.”

The third quarter was more contested than the first as the action went up and down the field compared to Syracuse dominating possession in the first half. Eventually, Syracuse developed more opportunities including two penalty cor

the C-dodge, and even mastered Tipton’s signa ture reverse C-dodge.

ners in a row.

The up-and-down nature of the third quarter made the game much more fast paced and gave players like Comans mul tiple opportunities to shoot or pass the ball to her teammates within the 15-meter circle. Possession in the offensive half did not lead to any goals throughout the entire third quarter, and while the Orange did have three penalty corner, they didn’t get the ball into the goal on any of them.

“We really just try and stick with passing the ball and reshaping and creating different entry angles to move forward,” Bradley said.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Syra cuse made some changes and Van den Eijn

den took the ball down the field herself, nutmegged a goaltender and scored her third goal of the day, earning a hat trick.

Syracuse kept up the pressure, earning its fifth penalty corner of the afternoon and racked up 10 total shots through the first 50 minutes of the game.

DeVries had a strong shot on goal that was just pushed aside by the Cornell goal tender. Syracuse earned its fifth corner and added their twelfth shot on goal with five minutes to go.

“Just super happy to score three goals in a match and obviously happy with the win,” Van den Eijnden said. mdphilip@syr.edu

was the first SU player to earn three straight AllAmerican honors, and on Sunday, Williamson’s No. 9 became the first to be retired from SU’s field hockey program.

“There’s a whole sea of people going up with that jersey that helped put this program on the map,” Williamson said.

Williamson immediately stood out to for mer head coach Kathleen Parker at a recruiting event. Parker said Williamson had a “natural ability” that was sometimes hard to teach. While then-sophomore Shelley Mattaliano and her teammates heard rumblings of the recruits, they all knew Williamson was different and would compete for a spot immediately.

“Julie’s skill set was probably a little bit higher than any of the current players I had,” Parker said. “I thought Julie was not only able to per form at that level, but she could take the team to a different level.”

SU’s turf field excited Williamson since it brought a completely different tone from the grass fields in New Jersey. She glided the ball over the field and expressed her creativity like never before.

Currie said Williamson possessed great hand-eye coordination while keeping the ball close to her stick. She learned the Y-dodge and

In 1992, Williamson became the first-ever Orange player to play for the U.S. Women’s National Team. With tougher competition, she had to do everything “faster and smarter.” But she learned other tricks along the way like the reverse sweep, which she brought to Syracuse.

Former teammate Julie Clark said the reverse sweep was relatively new in the sport. It required immense body control, meaning Wil liamson faced away from the defense, bent her body down to her left side and smacked the back side of her stick at the ball as hard as possible.

“Julie had the ability to run with her back horizontal to the field while dribbling at a very high speed,” Clark said. “Most people can’t do that. She was trying to get ahead and do what the next greatest thing was.”

Williamson didn’t think about it as a reverse sweep, though. Depending on the defense, the move was the only way to get the ball to where she wanted it to go. Parker gave Williamson the “belief” to pull those tricks off in-game.

The end result of Williamson’s tricks was always the same, former teammate Heather O’Neill said. After Williamson scored, the rest of the team saw her leap into the air, seconds after hearing the ringing clang from her shot hitting the back of the goal.

“She would often be the person with the ball

in her stick when you needed a goal in the dying seconds of the match,” Currie said. “Some how Julie had the ball and it was in the back of the net.”

The 1993 Syracuse team had a feeling it could win the Big East, Mattaliano said. Wil liamson and Christa Dieffenderfer anchored both sides of the field, using the “kick ass and take names” strategy Williamson’s father instilled in both of them.

But before the Big East Tournament in Bos ton, Williamson and Bingaman were nowhere to be found. Parker had a rule for the team — once the coach was on the bus, it left.

Clark noticed the two players were missing, so she got in her car to speed over to South Cam pus. Williamson prepared to call her mom for a ride before Clark’s knock at the door. They drifted back into the parking lot and arrived just as Parker got on the bus.

“I thought there was no way I’m going to the Big East (championship) without Julie or Christa,” Clark said.

After Syracuse’s 3-0 win over Boston College in the semifinals, the championship game versus UConn was back-and-forth, Currie said. Wil liamson continued to do “an amazing job” and the Orange defeated the Huskies 1-0 for their first conference title.

“I just remember the release of tension from the coaching staff, it was a pretty amazing time,”

Currie said.

Syracuse earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance that season, defeating Penn 3-0 in the first round. Instead of a bus, the team board ed a charter plane, one with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres’ logos plastered on the side.

“It didn’t matter if I got to the game on a bicycle,” Williamson said. “I just wanted to get into the game and play.”

After beating Pennsylvania 3-0, the Orange lost to Penn State 4-0 in the quarterfinals. But Williamson and the rest of the team’s suc cess that season was a “stepping stone” for the increase in importance for womens’ programs at SU, Currie said.

At the time, female athletes only used facilities like the weight room after men were finished at 8 p.m., giving them little time to establish weight programs. When Parker took over the program in 1978, field hockey was more of a glorified club team than the perennial powerhouse it is today. But Wil liamson rode the shoulders of those from the program’s first decade to lead it to its “defin ing moment,” which turned the tide forever.

“We built that foundation so it could grow,” Clark said. “And Julie was right in the middle of it.”

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in not focusing on the score of the game. To win, the effort must be there all the time. Fiume said attackers must constantly handle situations that aren’t going “perfect.”

“I literally stick with the same mental ity in practice or on the court, go hard, work hard, in my opinion, keep the same mentality to be the best,” Shemanova said.

Conway said her own personal success came from resiliency, which she said is a key to being one of the greats. She’s followed Shemanova’s journey on social media.

“You can tell she’s put the time and the hard work in,” Conway said. “To see that pay off is just awesome. I’m just excited for her.”

With a heavy roster turnover after several players transferred, Shemanova, who is in her third straight season as co-

captain, has adopted a far greater leader ship role compared to seasons past. She has enjoyed the process of helping coach the new and younger teammates to build a tight-knit squad in Ganesharatnam’s first year as head coach.

“I see it as a very big plus,” Shemanova said. “We are literally like a family. We’re a small group of people with the same goals.”

Immediately after the match finished on Sunday, Shemanova’s teammates gathered

around her, giving her flowers and print outs of pictures. SU assistant coach Aven Lee tried her best to maneuver through the converging crowds with a phone in her hand. It displayed a WhatsApp call from Shemanova’s parents, sending their congratulations from afar.

“I mean, hard work pays off,” Shemanova said. “And today’s the day that proves that.”

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By Anish Vasudevan sports editor

Julie Williamson sat down in the “old school” stretching circle in the middle of the field. Before each practice, the players sat down and stretched while assistant coaches Peter Currie and Terri Tipton stood in the middle.

Currie and Tipton took turns showing each other their best moves. They had the Y-dodge, the “dink,” which allowed the player to pop the ball down on the turf and bounce it over the opponents’ stick, and the C-dodge, where the player brought their stick around the front of the ball, flipped their stick and moved the ball in the opposite direction.

Mesmerized with the “best stick skills” she’d seen, Williamson knew she could do it too. So Williamson popped up and joined, asking to see the trick one more time before trying it herself.

“I found joy in the challenge of learning a new skill,” Williamson said. “I never saw it as a chore, I always saw it as a chance to try something new to beat my opponent.”

Williamson’s curiosity to be more creative helped her become a commanding force for Syra cuse when it won the Big East championship for the first time in 1993. At the time, the title gave womens’ sports “respect” around the school. She

football SU moves up 4 spots to No. 18 in AP Poll

By Anthony Alandt senior staff writer

After entering the AP Top 25 poll last week for the first time since 2019, Syr acuse moved up four spots to No. 18. The Orange were also voted No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Despite being on a bye week after a 59-0 win over Wagner, the Orange benefitted from three losses from top 25 teams in order to move up in the rankings.

Syracuse, now 5-0 for the first time since 1987, is one of 14 remain ing undefeated teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision and square off against its first ranked opponent, No. 15 NC State, next Saturday. That will mark the first of two straight games against a ranked opponent, as the Orange travel to No. 4 Clemson in two weeks.

Head coach Dino Babers touched on the first SU ranking in the Coaches poll after Syracuse’s win over Virginia in which the Orange were No. 25. But he said he really wanted to crack the top 20, citing the former AP Top 20 poll that guided the college football landscape for years.

“It’s a great feeling,” Shrader said after the Wagner game. “I’m just proud of our team, where we’re at, and just can’t get complacent. We got an exciting part of the schedule coming up, so we’re definitely excited about that.”

Following the Orange’s trip to Death Valley, they’ll return home to host Notre Dame, who they haven’t beaten since 2008. Then SU takes on Pittsburgh, Florida State and No. 14 Wake Forest before heading to Boston College to end the season. Syracuse needs just one more win to qualify for its first bowl game since 2018.

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Polina Shemanova becomes SU’s all-time kills leader

By Tyler Schiff asst. digital editor

Polina Shemanova stayed patient in the middle of the court as Louisville served with a 3-1 lead in the third set. Alyssa Bert botched the return, forcing Lauren Woodford to contort her body on the right sideline to keep the ball alive.

Woodford dug the ball, sending it high enough in the air for Shemano va to leap up for a powerful spike.

The kill marked Shemanova’s 1,699th career kill, putting her at the top of Syracuse’s all-time kills list, a spot previously held by Dana Fiume (1997-2000) for over two decades.

“You don’t realize the impor tance of it until you’re gone,” Fiume said about the feat.

Shemanova began the 2022 sea son sixth on the list. She entered the 1,500 kill club on Sept. 1, just

four games into this season, and became the fifth player to eclipse the mark. The next day against UCF, she moved into fourth on the all-time list, passing former outside hitter Kristen Conway (2002-05). To get to third, Shemanova reached 1,550 to leapfrog over Silvi Uattara.

During Syracuse’s Atlan tic Coast Conference opener against Boston College, Shem anova moved into second place after earning a crucial point in the deciding set. Up to that point, Shemanova had averaged under 15 kills a game, which had her on pace to break the record with at least seven more games. But it only took her six.

Shemanova amassed a seasonhigh 28 kills (also her highest singlegame total since 2019) against Wake Forest. Two days later at Virginia Tech, she smashed 24 more kills

to combine for 52 on the weekend, which earned her ACC Player of the Week honors.

In Syracuse’s first ACC loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 7, Shemanova led the team with 15, putting her 10 short of the record entering Sunday’s game.

Though the Cardinals domi nated on both sides of the net in their straight-set win, Shemanova notched 13 kills to move her career total to 1,701. But Shemanova aims to cap off her career by leading the Orange to their second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

“I’m even happier for her because she really cares about the outcome of the team,” head coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam said. “She’d trade these records for more wins anyday, and that shows you what kind of player she is.”

Shemanova committed to Syra

cuse through a connection between former head coach Leonid Yelin and Mariia Levanova, who played at SU from 2015-18. Yelin flew out to St. Petersburg in January 2018 and after a pleasant meeting with Shemanova’s parents, the move to SU was an easy decision.

“She was what we were missing,” Yelin said. “The records, her perfor mances, and what we achieved as a team, it speaks for itself.”

In Shemanova’s freshman sea son, Syracuse clinched its first ever NCAA tournament berth. The 2018 ACC Freshman of the Year notched a team-high 12 kills in the first round against Yale.

Shemanova continued to pro duce in her sophomore year, tal lying a program-record 36 kills against Louisville in November 2019. She also recorded a Syracuse single-game record 36 kills against

Boston College and finished every match of the season with doubledigit kill totals.

“She’s a person that you can lean on,” said Marina Markova, who transferred from Syracuse after last season. “Every set is probably going to Polina because she can finish it off and that’s reflected by her statistics.”

Markova is also from Russia and played against Shemanova throughout her childhood. Markova described Shemanova as the ‘leader’ of her club team, easily the biggest threat to gameplan around.

“She’s the person that will push the team to make everyone bet ter,” Markova said. “That’s how she was before, that’s how she is now, and that’s how she’ll con tinue to be in the future.”

Shemanova said her success lies

JULIE WILLIAMSON learned tricks from Syracuse’s assistant coaches to take her stick skills to the next level. maxine brackbill asst. photo editorsee williamson page 10

Julie Williamson became the first field hockey player to have her jersey retired following her prolific career with SU in the early 1990s