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Billionaire and philanthropist Tom Golisano donated $3 million to the Golisano Children’s Hospital for a center focused on services for children with disabilities.

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Julie Sims, owner of Julie’s Cauldron, will host a witches workshop on Oct. 26. Sims’ family has performed spellwork for years.

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Field hockey sophomore SJ Quigley has seen her role expand in 2019 as she’s become the main inserter on penalty corners, which she had never done before SU. Page 12

Facing the future Sarah Chadwick looks to find balance between academics and activism after Parkland shooting

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SPD chief strives to increase diversity

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SARAH CHADWICK, a freshman citizenship and civic engagement major, was a junior at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School when 17 people were killed in a February 2018 mass shooting. hunter franklin contributing photographer

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arah Chadwick stood outside the Alabama State House in August 2018, shouting at a senator through a megaphone. As rain poured on the protesters, mascara ran down her face. Her poster began to fall apart.

It was her 17th birthday.

Chadwick was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when 17 students and faculty were killed in a mass shooting in February 2018. After the March for Our Lives, she spent the summer driving across Florida and neighboring states for the Road for Change tour. The State House in Montgomery was one of the tour stops.

“That’s a pretty good start to my 17th year on this Earth. I feel like this was very fitting,” Chadwick said.

The student activist has since moved more than 1,000 miles away from Parkland, Florida, to enroll at Syracuse University as a freshman citizenship and civic engagement major.

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SARAH CHADWICK (LEFT) helped plan and attended the 2018 March for Our Lives. courtesy of sarah chadwick

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SA leaders meet with DPS on transportation, safety

By Chris Hippensteel staff writer

Student Association leaders attended a monthly meeting with the Department of Public Safety earlier this month to discuss the department’s recent initiatives.

SA President Mackenzie Mertikas and Vice President Sameeha Saied spoke with representatives from DPS

and Syracuse University’s Parking and Transit Services. Topics discussed included the expansion of DPS shuttle services, the addition of new campus security cameras and efforts to increase the department’s visibility and improve student relations.

“DPS has made a lot of changes with their transportation offerings,” Mertikas said. “We’re going to make sure we keep getting information

from them so we can push that out to students.”

The DPS safety committee consists of SA representatives, as well as staff from DPS and the Parking and Transit services, said Kathleen Pabis, DPS patrol commander and chair of the committee. They meet on a monthly basis during the academic year to address issues relating to university health, safety and security,

Pabis said in an email.

“This was a preliminary meeting to give us updates on all the events and initiatives (DPS) have put on to try and connect more with students on campus,” Saied said.

Mertikas said DPS has expanded transportation options by adding two accessible vans to its existing latenight shuttles. The new drivers see safety page 4

Syracuse Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner wants to make the department’s demographics more reflective of the city it patrols.

He called for community help in recruiting a more diverse class of police officers at a Sept. 26 public forum, alongside Mayor Ben Walsh and Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens.

SPD recently recruited a new police class of 33 recruits. Five of the recruits are black, and one is Asian. There are six females and 27 men in the incoming class, according to a recent report.

This police class, set to graduate Dec. 3, is less diverse than the department’s last recruited class.

The previous class of 36, sworn in to service in July 2018, included 11 recruits of color.

“Diversity, or lack thereof, is a major issue in terms of recruiting,” Buckner said during the meeting. “It is a community responsibility. We need everyone’s help to participate in that.”

There are 50 positions on the SPD police force that are currently vacant, Buckner said.

In addition to the 33 recruits graduating in December, Buckner said recruitment for the following class is already underway. SPD is expected to take in about 35 recruits for training at the police academy beginning Jan. 17.

Buckner told The Daily Orange that he hopes to take in two police classes during 2020 to create a police department more representative of the city.

Less than 10% of the over 400 officers on the SPD force are from or live in the city, Buckner said at the meeting.

“When you have officers that know the people and know the community, I feel like they can help the community better,” said Maurice Harris, a Syracuse native and community organizer, at the meeting.

Annual reports show SPD is 87% white and 85% male as of 2018. A study on racial profiling from 2010 by the University of Akron, and Syracuse University reported that African American drivers were more likely to be stopped by the SPD than any other demographic. At this time, the department was 93% white. see police page 4

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Celebrating heritage Syracuse community members will participate in the Indigenous Peoples’ Celebration downtown.

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Making change City and county law enforcement officials detail their plans to address gun violence in Syracuse.

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

CRIMINAL POSESSION OF WEAPON A Syracuse man, 26, was arrested on the charges of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing. when: Sunday at 2:25 a.m. where: 1200 block of Teal Avenue DISORDERLY CONDUCT A Syracuse man, 44, was arrested on the charge of disorderly conduct. when: Saturday at 9:11 p.m. where: 300 block of West Onondaga Street ASSAULT A Syracuse man, 34, was arrested on the charges of first-degree assault, firstdegree reckless, seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree criminal use of a firearm. when: Saturday at 8:30 p.m. where: 4300 block of South Salina Street

KYLE BASS (LEFT), LANESSA CHAPLIN AND SANJAY CHHABLANI spoke at a panel on Sunday after Syracuse Stage’s performance of “Twelve Angry Men.” The panel was held as part of this year’s Syracuse Symposium series. sarah lee contributing photographer

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Panelists discuss race, lack of diversity in justice

By Maggie Hicks staff writer

Syracuse University’s Humanities Center hosted a panel Sunday about Syracuse Stage’s performance of “Twelve Angry Men” as part of this year’s Syracuse Symposium annual public events series.

Lanessa Chaplin, a project councilor from the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Sanjay Chhablani, a professor and researcher at SU’s Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute, discussed issues of race and lack of diversity in the American criminal justice system during the panel.

The play follows 12 jurors who must decide the verdict in the trial of a young boy who allegedly murdered his father. All but one of the jurors discriminate against the boy based on his age, race and background throughout the play, and the jurors’ prejudice becomes increasingly apparent.

One issue the panel focused on was the flaws in the juror selection process, especially in representing perspectives from diverse groups in the community.

Biases toward the prosecution or the defense exist in juries because attorneys choose jurors who they believe will support their side, Chaplin said during the panel. A majority of white attorneys can also lead to a less diverse jury on many trials, she said.

“Today most jurors are white and male. Even in Syracuse, we are having problems getting people of color to participate as jurors,” Chaplin said. “So I don’t think that there’s much of a change since the origination of (the play) that we can see in the courtrooms today.”

Both Chaplin and Chhablani touched on the importance of combining multiple perspectives, espe-

cially in the criminal justice system.

In the play, one juror speaks up in support of the boy and suggests the evidence against him is insufficient. This situation can only occur with the expansion of diverse perspectives in the courtroom that further discussion and investigation of the issue, Chhablani said.

“If we are able to move as a society together, it’s going to involve us having to acknowledge the realities that others share and come to a common ground,” Chhablani said.

The panel also touched on the silence that disadvantaged defendants experience in having access to a fair trial — an aspect that was present in the play and is currently present in Onondaga County, Chaplin said.

Onondaga County is the only county in the country that has an Assigned Counsel Program rather than a Public Defender’s

office, allowing private attorneys in the county to act more as independent contractors than federal workers, she said. This creates a lack of oversight and accountability, silencing defendants who have to seek attorneys through this program because their private attorneys are not accountable for being fully invested in the trial, she said.

The panel concluded by discussing how students can get involved in these issues, especially in the Syracuse community.

“The best thing students can do is go out, register, and get involved on a jury,” Chaplin said.

“This is a positive thing because college students are young people who are seeking knowledge and information and will go on that jury with a refreshing eye and be able to give a fair trial to someone who needs it.” mehicks@syr.edu

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A $3 million grant from billionaire and philanthropist Tom Golisano will fund a center for children with disabilities at the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.

The Golisano Center for Special Needs was announced in September.

The center will consolidate services for children with disabilities that are currently scattered throughout the city of Syracuse and at Syracuse University, said Ann Costello, executive

A Syracuse man, 34, was arrested on the charge of possession of synthetic cannabinoids. when: Saturday at 6:58 p.m. where: Bruce Street TRESPASSING A Syracuse man, 56, was arrested on the charge of trespassing. when: Friday at 10:41 p.m. where: 500 block of South Crouse Avenue PETTY LARCENY A Syracuse man, 53, was arrested on the charges of petty larceny and burglary in the third degree. when: Friday at 7:38 p.m. where: 400 block of Buttnernut Street SANITARY CODE A Syracuse man, 30, was arrested on the charge of violating a sanitary code. when: Friday at 10:07 p.m. where: 100 Sherdian Avenue OPEN CONTAINER

SUNY Upstate recieves grant for children’s center

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director of the Golisano Foundation.

The Golisano Foundation was in discussions with Upstate for several months regarding the center, Costello said. Many children treated at the hospital have more than one disability. By bringing the hospital’s different services together into one location, the center will make it easier for children and families to have access to care, she said.

“Space is a function of being able to deliver more service,” Costello said.

“It is clear that (Upstate’s staff) is providing the best care they can for

special needs children.”

Costello described the new center as “a logical extension of current care provided.” Coordinating types of care in the hospital will improve on the current care the hospital provides, while at the same time increasing the number of children that can be treated at the hospital, she said. The new center will allow the hospital to provide services for 7,600 children each year — a 167% increase.

The center will have new clinical offices and staff, as well as upgrade areas to expand choices for inclu-

sion, according to a September press release. Services in speech, behavioral health and physical therapy will also be available through the center.

The hospital will continue to provide diagnostic evaluations and treatments through its Margaret L. Williams Center, which currently provides services for children up to seven years of age who are at risk for or have a developmental disability.

By adding the center, Upstate will be able to perform an additional 563 evaluations per year. iakelley@syr.edu

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activist During her first eight weeks at SU, Chadwick and her friends started a Students Demand Action chapter on campus that aims to reduce gun violence. She will continue to be part of the March for Our Lives organization she helped create. But she plans to use her time at SU to explore other interests.

She said she hopes SU can be where she finds new passions or works on different kinds of activism, like climate change. She now volunteers at a local Planned Parenthood clinic.

Growing up, Chadwick had never heard of SU and focused on getting into state schools.

She was inspired to attend SU by Gaby Levy, an SU alumna who works at McCann, an advertising agency in New York City. Levy worked with Chadwick and other March for Our Lives members to create statewide and national campaigns.

Another appealing aspect of SU was its balance of school spirit without feeling too much like a big state school, she said. She also appreciates how the university has an active political environment. In all, Chadwick wants a regular college experience.

“It’s going to be my first time moving away from home,” she said. “I want it to be that kind of college experience, and kind of finding my independence, finding my group of people and making those connections.”

Chadwick’s activism has moved her to do work she never imagined she was capable of. She considered herself shy before becoming one of the faces of a national movement. Social media became an outlet for her.

“I’m not gonna lie, but on Twitter, that was like a different Sarah,” she said.

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police SPD is trying to find community partners in the NAACP and Spanish Action League.

Buckner said he hopes to use these partnerships to rewrite the SPD police entrance exam to remove questions of cultural bias by 2020.

A mission of Camp 415, an organization created by former SPD Chief Frank Fowler, is to partner with these groups and bring officers into local communities.

Another partnership Buckner hopes to build upon is with the Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler High School. The school has a law enforcement track for high school students to prepare them for careers as police officers.

“The program focuses on building a civilian workforce by linking students with career paths in Syracuse,” said Robert Leslie, director of the Career and Technical Education program at PSLA. “(PSLA and SPD) have aligned themselves after seeing a need in more diverse police candidates.”

PSLA’s law enforcement track has an enrollment rate of 22%. Of those enrolled in CTE programs in PSLA, 59% are either black or Hispanic and 81% are economically from page 1

safety hired to operate the vans have been cleared through university background checks, Saied said.

The department has also enlisted six officers to expand its late-night neighborhood walking safety escort program, Pabis said. The program’s purpose is to have three to five uniformed DPS officers stationed along Euclid Avenue, Walnut Park and Marshall Street to escort students and faculty to their destinations after dark, she said.

The Parking and Transit Services confirmed details about the trolley service coming to campus in November. The program will launch with four trolleys in operation, each capable of seating 16 to 22 riders.

The committee further discussed the ongoing installation of 11 new security cameras on and around the SU campus. The cameras are being installed in collaboration with the Syracuse Police Department, as some fall outside DPS jurisdiction.

The cameras are meant to enhance safety across campus, and the footage will provide leads to investigations, Pabis said.

Kennedy Hagens, co-chair of SA’s Diversity Affairs Committee, spoke with DPS representatives earlier this month during a separate Stu-

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BS” speech in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jaclyn Corin, a co-founder of the movement, invited Chadwick to meet with other Stoneman Douglas students who wanted to bring more attention to gun violence.

The Women’s March in Washington, D.C., was an inspiration for the Stoneman Douglas students, who first called their group “Never Again,” she said. Chadwick spoke at the D.C. protest, but was so nervous she couldn’t sleep the night before. She planned the majority of her speech in the shower at 3 a.m.

As the students’ activism gained national attention, Chadwick sometimes missed weeks of school due to interviews or public speaking events. She and other survivors were working on national campaigns to mobilize voters and policymakers to change gun laws.

Levy said she wanted to help Chadwick in whatever capacity the organization needed to bring more awareness to the cause.

She sees a lot of herself in Chadwick, which made it easier to connect with her and see her as a younger sister, Levy said. Seeing Chadwick thrive under pressure made it clearer to her how influential she can be.

“When you’re surrounded by people like that, there’s no denying the power that they have on others,” Levy said.

Levy’s ad team worked with Chadwick to calculate the price of each student’s life based on the millions of dollars politicians have accepted from the National Rifle Association.

When students returned to Stoneman Douglas after the shooting, some wore clear backpacks with price tags based on the ad team’s calculations. The price tags were part of a protest against a new school policy that required students to use clear backpacks.

Managing the responsibilities of the organization became a challenge for Chadwick. disadvantaged, according to statistics by the Syracuse City School District.

The law enforcement track, which was created five years ago, allows students to intern for high-ranking members of SPD and engage in a curriculum focused on developing skills for police work.

But the 18-year-old graduates cannot apply to SPD until they are 21. Buckner said he believes a cadet program is needed for younger candidates to ensure they remain eligible for recruitment and stay out of trouble. Felony and certain misdemeanor convictions can disqualify candidates from being recruited.

Another change Buckner wants is the outsourcing of cultural diversity training instead of allowing the training to be taught internally by other officers. Non-police should teach certain topics, he said.

Buckner said that these initiatives to increase the amount of diverse and local police officers within the department can work to rebuild trust within the community, but this trust will take time.

“Change is difficult and police culture has been very slow and resistant to change. Just because it makes us uncomfortable does not mean we should stop,” Buckner said. mlgellma@syr.edu

dent of Color Advisory Committee meeting.

DPS has been striving to diversify its force by hiring officers from underrepresented groups, she said. The department also recently engaged in mandatory training centered around racial bias, discrimination and understanding the experiences of students of color, Hagens said.

“DPS wants to put on an event where they can showcase the new officers to the student body and show that they have been trying to diversify, and that they have seen the concerns students have had,” she said.

Saied said DPS officials at the safety committee meeting also spoke about their efforts to better communicate with students. These efforts include hosting events, such as the “Coffee with a Cop” event held Oct. 2 — aiming to helping students get to know the DPS officers and become familiar with the resources available to them on campus.

The safety committee hopes to continue working with SA to better understand the concerns of SU students, Pabis said.

“One of our target goals is working on ways to bridge the gap between students and DPS by continuing to work on our relationship with them,” said Pabis. “We do this through our collaboration with SA, who bring the concerns of the students back to our meetings to discuss.” cjhippen@syr.edu

Absences from school were hard to manage.

Students missed school following the shooting. Both students and teachers had to catch up in a short time period for final exams. Adding to the time-crunch were the news cameras stationed outside Stoneman Douglas for months.

For Chadwick, these changes were a major adjustment, especially in the middle of the semester.

“There’s no plan — That if there’s a school shooting, then what’s that going to do for the rest of the school year?”

Many students and teachers needed to be relocated because the shooting mostly occurred in one building that held about 900 students.

Other classrooms had to be shared to make up for the lost space.

Chadwick’s senior year was less stressful with fewer travel events, she said, but the students still felt somber. The incoming freshman class, which her brother was part of, felt this in particular as the first class to enter Stoneman Douglas since the shooting.

Despite having opposing political views, members of the Parkland community felt more united, Chadwick said. At Stoneman Douglas, petty drama among students was resolved or no longer mattered. She matured as a person.

“I don’t take as much for granted anymore.

I don’t hold grudges. I’m very much more like, ‘let’s put it past us,’” she said.

Now at SU, Chadwick still worries about the possibility of a mass shooting. Parkland was one of the safest cities in the nation. As gun violence happens almost anywhere, she won’t truly feel safe because of the political climate, she said.

She recalled how earlier this summer, her friends at the University of Central Florida received a vague alert from campus police urging students to take shelter after reports of a person with a gun. The weapon turned out to

be a BB gun.

Chadwick was shocked that her friends had to go through the same trauma twice. The campus alert also shows how common gun violence is, she said.

Through the work done from the movement, she said, there has been some progress in gun legislation. In the days following the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, red flag laws were implemented in Florida, which gives courts the authority to confiscate guns from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others. The prominence of gun reform in the coming 2020 presidential elections also gives Chadwick hope.

Daniel Williams, a second-year student at Florida State University, traveled with Chadwick for a portion of the Road to Change tour.

Williams was one of the few March for Our Lives members who went to college right after graduating from Stoneman Douglas.

Given their shared experience of being in the public eye, he said it’s important for Chadwick and other college students to take time for themselves.

Williams, who still helps the organization with its social media and design, said finding a balance between college and activism is beneficial. “Don’t feel scared or feel guilty to dedicate time for yourself because you can’t lend a helping hand, if you’re drowning as well,” he said.

For Chadwick, finding her independence and a group of friends is a top priority. But she said once she’s settled down in Syracuse she’ll try to continue more of her activism.

“I’m definitely still going to be involved just not … I don’t think to the extent that I used to be,” Chadwick said. “I have to focus more on myself going into college.” ddriojas@syr.com | @TheDianaRiojas

KENTON BUCKNER, SPD police chief, called on the Syracuse community to help recruit a more diverse class of city police officers. dan lyon staff photographer

MACKENZIE MERTIKAS (CENTER) AND SAMEEHA SAIED meet monthly with DPS. This month they discussed recent initiatives. aaron kassman staff photographer

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New group to empower conservatives County diversity office doesn’t go far enough T he line between free speech and respecting others’ opinions is not always clear, especially at a university where many of the most prominent voices are liberal.

Free speech on campus is something that most college students can agree to value and fight for, but students must also recognize the importance of respecting diverse opinions.

The recent approval of a chapter of Young Americans for Freedom on campus will provide young conservatives more opportunities to openly express their opinions at SU and expose students to more diverse political thought.

Young America’s Foundation is a national group that promotes conservative values and the Constitution, with an emphasis on free speech. It encourages the promotion of individual freedom, national defense, free enterprise and other traditional values through conferences, seminars, speakers and other interactive educational sources.

By creating an engaging environment for other young conservatives to speak openly and freely

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about their values, it promotes free speech among students with similar views and also among students with varying views.

Conservative views are often marginalized on college campuses.

Many students believe their opinions are too different for them to share with a room where they represent the ideological minority.

Justine Brooke Murray, the new YAF chapter president on campus, said that YAF is “trying to make a difference on campus by opening students up to different perspectives that otherwise they would be closed off to.”

YAF’s goal is not to politically convert students, but rather to encourage listening and exposure to points of view that might be harder to find at SU. “You could despise everything that conservatives have to say, but to be respectful and to at least listen to what we have to say is more important,” Murray said. “You don’t have to agree with us, but

we want people to listen because actually if liberals do listen to us, maybe they will find an argument that we have that we can find common ground on. Or maybe it will better their own argument.”

One of YAF’s primary goals is to teach students about how to fight for their freedoms. Educating young people on the Constitution and the freedoms it is meant to uphold better positions students to defend their rights when they are being limited. The presence of organizations like YAF at SU and on campuses across the country provides young conservatives opportunities to become more politically active and confident.

Syracuse University needs clubs and student groups with diverse opinions to represent the ideas of inclusion that the university values so strongly. People do not need to share the same opinions, but they need to be able to listen to and learn from those on the other side of the aisle.

Skylar Swart is a freshman political science major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at saswart@ syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter at @SkylarSwart.

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hortly before the third Democratic debate, presidential candidate Kamala Harris recently released her full-scale plan for reforming the American justice system. The plan calls for the end of mass incarceration, humane treatment of prisoners, prioritization of populations more prone to incarceration and national policing regulations.

Harris’ proposal has strong potential to encourage bipartisan improvement of prisons and the American justice system as a whole, especially for lower-income and diverse populations.

Currently, American prisons and jails harbor about 2.3 million people, a massive uptick from around 500,000 individuals in 1980. This increase in mass incarceration disproportionately affects minorities; one prime example is that the rate of imprisonment of black Americans is more than five times higher than that of white Americans.

Paula Johnson, a professor of law at Syracuse, said that she believes that people of color are disproportionately affected by these issues.

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LAUREN SPIEZIA NEITHER BLUE NOR RED process, people of color who are accused of crime are treated more harshly and ultimately receive harsher punishments or sentences when they are convicted of crime,” Johnson said.

Syracuse could benefit from these recommended policies, especially because the city faces a high poverty rate. Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s analysis, the city’s poverty rate is around 32.6 percent, almost three times the national average.

Because of these high correlations between both poverty, race and incarceration, Syracuse potentially experiences the effects that biased sentencing, prejudiced policing and other discriminatory practices can have.

Johnson said that she believes poorer people of color are more likely to be investigated, convicted or punished for crimes as opposed to white, wealthier individuals, who may have resources that soften legal consequences they face.

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incarceration that could be integral to areas like Syracuse is Harris’ strategy to emphasize helping communities affected most heavily by these issues. Harris stresses community-based programs that invest in several areas, including job training, food security, mental health care and education.

This approach addresses that mass incarceration is influenced by several factors that can disproportionately affect those either below the poverty line or within a minority group. If these programs were available to those that need it most, including many in Syracuse, they would resultantly have the same opportunities and chances to succeed as people that are more well-off.

Harris’s proposed uphaul of the criminal justice system would uplift disadvantaged Americans at both the individual and community levels, bringing them even closer to equality in the eyes of the law.

Lauren Spiezia is a sophomore journalism and political science major. Her column appears bi-weekly. She can be reached at lespiezi@syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter @lauren_spiezia.

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n the 2020 Onondaga County budget, County Executive Ryan McMahon proposed creating the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

The office will combine the Commission on Human Rights and the Purchasing Division’s Compliance Office, with some added staffers.

This new office, while important, isn’t enough to combat the lack of diversity in Onondaga County government NICK ROBERTSON by itself.

AccordLEFT OF THE ing to David ISSUES Knapp, Chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, the percentage of the county workforce that are minorities is in the teens.

Peggy Chase, another member of the legislature, quoted the figure to be as little as 13%. This office will help bring that number to the county’s goal of 22% by 2020, Knapp said.

But that is still significantly less than the 33.4% of the county’s population that is nonwhite, according to a 2018 U.S. Census Bureau estimate.

Linda Ervin, the minority leader in the Onondaga County Legislature who represents parts of the Syracuse University campus in the 17th District, proposed the idea for the office to McMahon along with fellow legislator Monica Williams.

“It was a collaborative thing,” Ervin said. “We went to the County Executive a while ago, and he agreed. That’s how it all got started.”

Ervin said.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will take over the responsibilities of the CHR, while also expanding diversity programs in the county. Chase represents the majority of SU’s campus in the 9th district of the legislature.

“I think right now, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, besides handling the things that the Human Rights Commission is set up to do, will also be to make sure that people ... are offered an opportunity to have the jobs that are out there,” Chase said.

The CHR currently promotes understanding and acceptance of diversity and to reduce conditions that can lead to discrimination. What is unclear with this budget is what will change about the CHR’s work when it transforms into the ODI. This new office, while it will house new staff and allow closer work with the Compliance Office, as McMahon states, will be doing work already done by the CHR. The CHR already handles all Title VI policies for the county, which forbids racial

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The commission also teaches numerous courses on diversity education for county staff and the public.

This year alone, CHR will hold a total of 12 workshops focused on “Welcoming Diversity / Building Effective Relations in a Diverse Community” in partnership with the National Coalition Building Institute.

“It’s a good thing to be able to recognize the fact that there are people that are discriminated against, and as a county we try everything we can to make sure that everybody gets a fair chance,” Chase said.

According to Ervin, diversity training will expand under the ODI, and at least three new staffers will be added.

Diversity training is a good step to foster a more inclusive and diverse environment. These training workshops, in addition to other diversity and awareness programs, can help foster a more welcoming environment in Onondaga County, in addition to additional minority hiring efforts.

“You can’t make decisions for others,” Ervin said. “You have no idea what works for them. Making sure that we have people that work for the county who have had those experiences, both racial and economic, is important.”

The ODI is clearly a step in the right direction towards increased diversity in the Onondaga County government and Syracuse community, but more needs to be done to ensure that minorities can feel safe, welcome and at home in Onondaga County. The county’s 22% minority staffing goal is not high enough, and more must be done to ensure that even that is achieved.

“It’s kind of sad that we have to develop a department to get this done,” Chase said. “It’s only fair to the people that are living here, that they be able to take advantage of the opportunities that are here.”

Diversity is an ultimate good for all parties, especially in democratic government. The efforts of Executive McMahon in his 2020 budget show that he understands that and is making strides towards the county’s goal of a more representative governing body. But more drastic action is necessary.

Nick Robertson is a freshman political science and broadcast and digital journalism major. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at njrobert@syr.edu.

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Ancient Greek play reading aims to spark conversation about the trauma of war

en years ago, Bryan Doerries had a hunch that readings of ancient Greek war plays could communicate empowering messages to the military community. The first show, which was in San Diego, went from a scheduled 45-minute discussion to 3.5 hours.

“It was clear at that moment that we’d stumbled across a really powerful tool, an ancient tool, for communalizing trauma and engaging people in tough conversations,” Doerries said.

Fast forward 10 years and that hunch is now Theater of War Productions, an organization that exposes military communities across the country to ancient Greek texts translated

by Doerries, the artistic director. The performances create a common vocabulary for having conversations about the mental and physical wounds of war, Doerries said.

Theater of War Productions is bringing its signature project, called “Theater of War,” to Maxwell Auditorium at 6 p.m. Oct. 17, where scenes from Sophocles’ “Ajax” will be read and performed by three actors. Already, the see theater page 8

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Hendricks hosted music performances, spoken reflection

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In Hendricks Chapel, the pitterpatter of a closed drum hi-hat was quickly overpowered by the crescendo of vocals emanating from The Hendricks Chapel Choir during its rendition of “Seasons of Love” from “Rent.”

Sunday’s program entitled “Seasons of Love” was this week’s installment of Hendricks Chapel’s “Music and Message” weekly series.

The event is open to the public and runs every Sunday at 4 p.m.

Jose Calvar, the artistic director of the Hendricks Chapel Choir, said that this new event combines both the Malmgren Concert Series and the Hendricks’ Dean Convocation. As a result, this show consisted of both a performance from the choir and a spoken reflection.

A freshman music education major, Ronny Ditchek, the only male soloist, stepped up onto

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the stage with a grin. Wearing a dress shirt and folding his hands while he stood an inch away from the mic, he performed “Younger than Springtime” from “South Pacific.” Afterwards, he was met with an applause.

Ditchek said he had “Younger than Springtime” in his repertoire since his senior year of high school.

Brianna Cofield, a sophomore sound technology major, played a high-octave on the piano keys while freshman Eliana Koenigs-

berg performed “Before It’s Over” from “Dogfight.” Upon each hardhitting vocal extension, Koenigsberg lifted up her right hand to help her voice stretch out, all while she looked out into the distance above the audience.

Standing inches away from the microphone, Francesa Panzara stood on the wooden stage and glanced out to the crowd. Her performance of “Astonishing” from “Little Women” filled the room with

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theater play has been performed and exposed to hundreds of thousands of service members, veterans and their families.

A training session will take place earlier in the day called “Veteran Cultural Competence Training,” which is open to locals interested in seeing the world from a veteran’s perspective. The trainings aim to help the public gain a better understanding before they see the performance.

“It’s a hugely emotional experience where the actors are really throwing all their weight behind the words and coming at the audience with a great intensity,” said Doerries about the performances.

The play tells the story of Ajax, the son of Telamon and a respected Greek warrior who, in the last year of the Trojan War, loses his best friend Achilles and is betrayed by his commanding officers. Ajax ends up taking his life after doing something that causes him great shame, despite the pleading of his family.

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choir the echo of tight, high vocals.

A silence fell among the crowd as Augustine Sobeng began lightly pressing piano keys for the minor keys of the beginning of “Burn” from “Hamilton.” Then, sophomore Emma Brenner’s voice lifted off and drifted into the audience.

Sobeng’s piano provided a bassline accompaniment for Brenner and her voice blended into the music. As Sobeng’s keys drifted off, Brenner closed her performance with a soft chord.

Hendricks’ Dean, Brian Konkol, spoke about joy during his spoken reflection. He mentioned that when he moved to Syracuse two years ago, his move-in truck driver was joyous and loved his job. Konkol then correlated it to the fact that the driver loved helping out families that were nervous about moving into new places feel more comfortable. To close it off, he mentioned, “our students deserve trajectory to an extraordinary life.”

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Greek play is an important aspect of the event, Doerries said the main focus of the event is on the panel and discussion following the performance.

“The entire structure of the event is to create the conditions where a conversation takes place that wouldn’t have happened had we not performed the ancient play,” Doerries said.

Four members of the Syracuse community will speak on the panel, including two veterans, a veteran family member and a mental health and trauma expert, who is also an SU faculty member.

Each individual will speak for three to four minutes about what they heard or saw in the play that spoke to them and touched their own experiences across time, Doerries said. Then, the discussion will open to the room. This, Doerries said, is when the most important part of the event begins.

“Everywhere we go, we hear the most powerful things spoken about these ancient stories by people who … know what these plays are about because they’ve lived the experiences described,” Doerries said.

Chris Coffey, the facilitator and actor

playing Ajax in the reading, will go out into the audience and ask a handful of questions that have been asked to over 450 audiences around the world.

For veterans, this is an opportunity to connect to issues that others have faced, even thousands of years ago, Coffey said in an email.

Oftentimes, topics of PTSD and suicide prevention are at the core of the conversations.

Coffey added that the Greek playwright Sophocles was also a general in the Greek army and understood to tell stories that relate to issues soldiers face so that they wouldn’t feel isolated.

A challenge for veterans, Doerries explained, is not that they don’t want to tell their stories, but that it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do so in front of people unaware of their experiences. In some ways, he said, the play is about giving the room some energy for those stories to be shared.

Doerries recalled during the first “Theater of War” performance back in 2008, one of the first people to speak was the wife of a Navy SEAL. She said to the audience that her husband was sent off four times to war

and each time he came back home, he would carry the trauma from the war with him, like Ajax does in the story.

In addition to allowing members of the military community to connect by sharing their personal experiences and perspectives, the event also helps create a space for those who haven’t been in military conflict, he said. It allows them to learn by sitting alongside veterans and listening to their stories.

Kenneth Marfilius, visiting professor in the School of Social Work at David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and a U.S. Airforce Veteran, said that the “Theater of War” performance is not exclusively for the military community. Rather, one of its goals is to bridge the gap between veterans and civilian populations here on campus and around the world, he said.

“I believe Syracuse University is extremely supportive of our veteran community,” Marfilius said. “Theater of War is just one unique way of bringing the local community together to foster compassion and understanding between diverse audiences.” icbartli@syr.edu

Kathy and Dick Schlote, both longtime Syracuse residents for more than 40 years, attended the show and said that they loved the choir’s performance and look forward to the coming weeks. The two added that their granddaughter is a sophomore at SU and as avid choir music fans, they had to attend the event.

Dick said “it’s a great forum for people to get up and perform before an audience.”

The Hendricks Chapel Choir’s soft harmonizing vocals sang while Ed Nanno’s saxophone jived during their performance of “All Good Gifts” from “Godspell.”

At the end of the choir’s performance, Nanno let his tenor saxophone rock against the softness of the choir, while a piano trickled off to end off the show.

“I think it’s a wonderful presentation and I think it’s phenomenal for the community,” Kathy said. “It’s too bad that more people don’t realize it.”

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Julie Sims owns a witch shop in Kirkville. The store is hosting a witches workshop later this month.

, a store in Kirkville sells incenses, herbs and spices used for spell work. The store also sells handcrafted items. As well as producing witchcraft-related items, it also runs and organizes monthly events, courtesy of julie sims

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ulie Sims and her siblings used to play outside as kids, brewing potions in pots taken from their kitchen, collecting bones and contacting the dead. Living in the woods of central New York allowed Sims and her siblings to get in touch with their lineage from a young age. Sims’ mother practices witchcraft as well.

Sims now owns her own store, Julie’s Cauldron, a witch shop out of her house in Kirkville, where she sells a variety of items. She sells incenses, herbs and spices used for spell work, and handcrafted items made by herself, as well as local artists. Along with the store, Julie’s Cauldron organizes and runs events, including monthly Witchy High Teas, Beltane festivals in May and Witches Workshops around Halloween.

This year will be the second year of Witches Workshops and the store is hosting a workshop on Oct. 26 from 6 to 10 p.m. The event will be at Julie’s Cauldron in Kirkville and tickets are $15.

It was Sims’ brother, Jeff Cullen, who encouraged her to run the Witches Workshops last year. Sims said her brother and his husband, Allan Spiers, both of whom practice witchcraft out of Chicago, are her mentors when it comes to her career in witchcraft.

Cullen and Spiers saw Sims’ talent and encouraged her to open Julie’s Cauldron.

“We encouraged (Julie) to really focus on her talents in witchcraft,” Cullen said. “We kind of

helped her figure out what to sell, create an exclusive product line, really work on our family history, really market that and I think she’s done an amazing job of that.”

Cullen and Spiers helped Sims plan the structure of the first Witches Workshop last year, though Cullen said that the success of the workshops and the shop is entirely his sister’s doing.

Planning for the Witches Workshop consists of figuring out what guests want to learn about, as far as what witches do and the practice of Samhain, or Halloween. Sims will be running workshops, as will her siblings and mother. There will also be a bonfire and snacks for guests to enjoy.

Julie’s Cauldron will have workshops based around ancestry, as Samhain is all about ancestors. Sims said they do a lot of work around ancestry because Halloween has to do with celebrating ancestors’ lives.

Another workshop, led by Kat Taormina, an employee at store, will be focused on tasseomancy, or tea leaf readings. This year will be her first Witches Workshop. In the workshop, Taormina will be giving guests a beginner’s knowledge on tasseomancy and how it works. The workshop will offer the history on tasseomancy, an explanation on how to perform it, how it relates to forms of other divination, what other cultures practice divination, as well as explain both her personal history with the practice and other people’s experiences, Taormina said.

She said she hopes one day, tasseomancy will become common practice once again and that her workshop will

get people interested in learning more about the practice. She also emphasized that it’s a personal practice and an amazing way to get in touch with oneself.

Sims said she hopes that guests leave the Witches Workshop with new knowledge about Samhain and what real, practicing witches do on the holiday. She also said she hopes that the event helps to connect the whole community.

There will also be a workshop about potion making, that will be run by Cullen and Spiers. Cullen said he hopes that the workshop will motivate people to find their inner power and use it to create change in their own lives. He said that he hopes people leave the event with a better understanding of witchcraft and what it is all about.

“I want people to understand that witchcraft is about harnessing your willpower, so you have to have the drive and you have to have the willpower to do it,” said Cullen.

Sims’ work goes beyond her work in witchcraft and at Julie’s Cauldron. She and her staff founded a nonprofit organization called Witches and Heathens of CNY. Last Christmas, they donated to the Samaritan Center and are currently looking to organize blood drives. They aim to bring the community of central New York together, Sims said.

“We’re really active and we do workshops together.

All of our stuff for that group is funded by donations,” said Sims. “You know we have CNY Pagan Pride Day and that’s once a year, so this is trying to expand on that, and you know, really connect the community.” gfazoff@syr.edu

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Polina Shemanova leads SU to straight-set win over UVA

By Nick Economides staff writer

With the third set about to begin against Virginia, outside hitter and kill leader Polina Shemanova danced to the beat of the Syracuse marching band. The reigning ACC Freshman of the Year tried to stay loose and keep her mind clear.

On the second point of that set, the six-foot sophomore eyed up a pass from setter Elena Karakasi. Shemanova rose above the left side of the net and pelted a ball that split in between three diving Virginia backline players. When she landed, Shemanova pumped her fist in the air and embraced teammate Marina Markova.

Shemanova again received a pass on the left side from senior Aliah Bowllan on the ensuing point. As Virginia rotated two blockers over to Shemanova to try and block her, Shemanova tipped the ball over the Virginia middles and secured another kill.

“I played as usual,” Shemanova said. “You always have to do your best, today it worked.”

In Syracuse’s (5-8, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) straight-set win over Virginia (9-10, 1-5 ACC), Shemanova led the Orange with 19 kills, 16 digs and two aces. Shemanova kept her attacking errors down, as the outside hitter only committed four attacking errors, lower than her season average of six. Shemanova has been searching for consistency in her play after she’s had an up-and-down sophomore campaign following her breakout freshman one.

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quigley program — X-Calibur — from Quigley’s former team WC Eagles, during her senior year of high school was unusual but necessary.

The WC Eagles’ rigid, regimented program focused on sound technique, but Quigley was burnt out, Hope said. After switching, she no longer prioritized only skills, instead focusing on creativity and freedom on the pitch, which allowed Quigley to eventually pick up the insertion role at SU. “It was a skill that the team needed somebody to be,” SU assistant coach Katie Gerzabek said, “And I think that she really grabbed onto that role on the corner to master it.”

She’s gravitated from a non-factor to staple on Syracuse’s penalty corners this season, inserting 52 of the Orange’s 59 corners this season. As No. 14 Syracuse (8-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) aims for a return to the NCAA tournament after missing it last year, Quigley’s penalty corner role has made her indispensable.

Before Quigley inherited that position from Carolin Hoffmann this season, she faced her mother, Josie, at their kitchen island in Villanova, Pennsylvania two years ago, and pleaded for help. The choice to switch club teams before her senior year of high school had clogged Quigley’s mind for months.

Field hockey was her primary sport since she was 10 years old. Even before then, Josie inched her daughter toward the sport she played in college. Quigley started using her mother’s field hockey stick even before elementary school — “Put this in your hand, try my stick,” her mother would say.

The pair hit balls into a lacrosse net in their backyard after school, fine-tuning the sport’s basics. Josie said that the easiest way to progress in field hockey is always about playing free and loving the game. Mind clogs lead to stumbles and choppy ball movement.

“That’s what you have to do, just play. Don’t overthink what you’re doing,” Josie said.

Quigley was taught the details of a deceptive sweep and the motions for a powerful reverse hit, but her time with WC was “mentally draining,” Adele Williams, Quigley’s high school coach, said.

In games, she’d receive the ball, then hesitate. She’d double-pump when a passing lane opened and turn the ball over. She had the talent — she committed to SU as a sophomore — but lacked trust in herself.

“She realized that she was overthinking,” Josie said. “Every time she got on the field, she wanted to be more relaxed in the decision-making.”

Quigley and Josie went to a workout with Hope, who not only offered an immediate, spot but also preached freedom on the field. Quig-

that consistency by playing with a clear mind.

“Today, she started getting a couple shots back that we haven’t seen in a while,” Syracuse assistant coach Derryk Williams said. “Everytime she was in a situation that wasn’t the best, she made a smart shot that put them out of system or she got a kill out of it and that was really big for us.”

In the Orange’s last three games, Shemanova has struggled with attacking miscues.

Against Pittsburgh, Duke and Wake Forest, Shemanova racked up nine, 11, and 12 errors in each match, respectively. Most of these errors came from Shemanova trying to force shots into double and triple teams.

But against UVA, Shemanova was freed up on multiple occasions. Usually opposing teams pin two blockers on the left side of the net to make attacking difficult for her. But solid play from right outside hitter Ella Saada, who recorded 11 kills, forced Virginia to rotate its blockers away from Shemanova. Combined with SU middles Abby Casiano and Markova, who Williams said kept opposing blockers honest and away from Shemanova. Karakasi’s savvy passing set up Shemanova with clear lanes to hit the ball.

This rotation allowed Shemanova to hit in more comfortable positions. In the first set, a fake spike from Markova in the middle froze the Cavaliers’ middle blockers. Shemanova came right behind her, and fired off a kill past a single blocker from Virginia. Even when Shemanova was doubled or tripled, she didn’t ley could use the techniques taught by WC, or experiment with her own, Hope said. After thinking the decision over for months, Quigley joined late in the summer of her senior year.

“The biggest thing was just giving her permission to play and not worry about making mistakes,” Hope said.

That decision came full-circle during the 2017 National Indoor Tournament at the Richmond Convention Center. Quigley, lined up at right back, intercepted a pass in the first minute of her first matchup against WC after switching, and took off down the sideline. She weaved through a first defender. Then, a second.

Quigley lifted a shot past the WC goalie and into the cage. She immediately sprinted toward the sideline and embraced Hope, while Josie smiled in the stands. “Maybe this was the right thing to do,” she thought.

Two years later, Quigley has become the two-way player Syracuse has always needed her to be. She’s combined the skills she learned at WC with the freedom Hope helped instill in her while providing versatility to SU. As Quigley raced down the right sideline early in the third quarter during a Sept. 22 game against Colgate, she received a pass from Cooke in stride.

Quigley closed in on Colgate goalie Anna Unger, bent her knees and elevated a shot into the cage for her first goal since the season-opener against Vermont. Two frames earlier, Quigley aligned the ball at the Raiders’ penalty corner insertion hash and paced three steps back.

In 2019, Quigley has started all 12 games, surpassing her six from 2018 and has helped fill gaping holes in Syracuse’s defense by switching to the backline from forward. In that time, she also picked up inserting penalty corners — an aspect she had never been a part of before SU. Her first attempts flew over defender’s sticks or sailed wide of awaiting stoppers, Gerzabek said.

That couldn’t happen in games.

“I was not very good at it,” Quigley said.

It took nine years to uncover, yet only months to master the movements — first step, second step, drop stick, third step, sweep.

That routine has helped her repeat it with extreme precision. Balls need to roll onto Queen’s fast enough for a shot before the defense closes in, but smooth enough to avoid a misplay. She’s led a penalty corner unit that has converted on 17.3% of its attempts.

Already leading 1-0 at Colgate on Sept.

22, Quigley executed her even strides and swept the ball toward Laura Graziosi. The primary pass began a set that evaded the Raider defense and ended with a Charlotte de Vries goal, bouncing off defenders and sticks in the process. Quigley thrust her arms in the air and sprinted toward the Orange huddle. This was what she had worked for. arcrane@syr.edu | @CraneAndrew

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try to force a difficult shot that might lead to an attacking error.

“Today there were a lot of opportunities where she was only swinging into two hands,” Williams said. “We were in system a lot, and we were able to run her and make her life really easy on the pin.”

Shemanova found success serving as well.

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that nearly grazed the top of the crossbar. On one occasion, Fisher skipped past Proulx, but she missed the empty net.

Even while dominating possession in the first half, Syracuse held the ball in mostly non-threatening areas of the pitch. The Orange midfielders and striker Marisa Fischetti looked to play balls back to the centerbacks, Jenna Tivnan and Taylor Bennett.

Only once did the Orange have a nice collection of passes near the Miami box. In the 14th minute of the first half, Georgia Allen played a pass to Mackenzie Vlachos who tried to thread the ball through two defenders to Fischetti. The Hurricanes defenders cut off the pass, but Adams said “right idea” on the sideline.

“Just executing the simple things and not making and not overthinking the small stuff,” Sydney Brackett said. “That’s how you’re going to be successful, and I think that in a lot of ways we had some people that weren’t the sharpest today.”

Syracuse started the game in a 4-3-3 and pressed heavily with the forwards and tried to pen in Miami players in the midfield. Doing so for nearly the entire first half “nipped us in the butt a little bit,” Adams said. SU forced the Miami goalie and defenders to kick the ball out of bounds on multiple occasions, earning back possession in the Hurricanes half. from page 12

virginia through the first set, she appeared to go up for a kill, but instead elected to fake it, swiping at the air and allowing Shemanova to come behind her to secure the point.

Though Markova was put on the backburner for Shemanova’s consistent play, Markova still had five kills, four of which came in the first set.

Though UVA and Syracuse were tied at 11 during both the first and second set, Yelin admitted that the Cavaliers struggled to keep up with SU’s level of play. Shemanova said her impressive performance can, to a certain degree, be chalked up to poor blocking, servereceive difficulties and shaky defense from Virginia.

Like the Orange, Virginia entered Sunday’s matchup after losing three-consecutive ACC games. Though a potential gap in talent gave the Orange a favorable edge, SU didn’t try to look past the Cavaliers, who are

dra Spencer dove to try and dig the ball out, but it was out of reach, slicing the back right corner.

While head coach Leonid Yelin has been critical of Shemanova’s mentality heading into previous matches, he applauded his outside hitter for playing with a clear mind.

“When you’re going on the floor, you basically have to shut down and let your body and the knowledge and the skills to show up,” Yelin said.

“As crazy as it sounds you’re really not thinking.” nleconom@syr.edu

But the finishing, like most of the season, wasn’t there. And without much movement from the forwards, most of the SU shots came from well outside the box, easily picked up by the UM goalie or shot wide of the net.

“You’re going to make mistakes, but it doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world,” Adams said. “We made plenty of mistakes against Wake Forest. That’s what’s crazy about soccer. Ups-anddowns, and we gotta be able to be disciplined enough going forward that little moments like that can’t define the rest of the game for us.”

As Adams walked back to the SU bench at the game’s end, her lips were pursed.

She bit her fingernail once before disappearing behind the bench for a few seconds. Then with her hands behind her back, Adams walked toward the “ACC” logo near the sideline with her head bowed. After a glance to the far side boards, she shook her head and stood on top of the logo.

On Sunday afternoon, the Orange were back to looking backward, not just with their passes, but on the season. Like two years ago, Syracuse again failed to do so.

“I know these changes aren’t going to happen overnight,” Adams said. “We knew it would be a bit of a rollercoaster, but I don’t think that will define the future of the program.” armajumd@syr.edu | @aromajumder

now 1-5 in conference play.

“We had our stuff going today and they may have been a little off, but they have some really talented players,” Williams said.

Yelin substituted just one player until the third set because his starting lineup continued to find success and didn’t have to fluctuate like other matches. Having seven players rotating for six spots on the court allowed the team to build rhythm and momentum that it doesn’t always have.

Though SU secured the win, it didn’t play a perfect game despite winning in straight sets, Yelin said. The Orange’s relatively young team is still learning how to win, but its potential has showed up in waves.

“We’ve been away from home a lot, so having a win at home is huge,” senior libero Aliah Bowllan said.

In past games, short periods of dysfunction plagued with errors ultimately caused the Orange to self-destruct in close games.

But on Sunday, Syracuse held form. rferna04@syr.edu

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Finding her footing Polina Shemanova led Syracuse volleyball to a straight-set win with 19 kills on Saturday.

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women’s soccer

Syracuse loses to ACC-worst Miami, 2-1

By Arabdho Majumder asst. digital editor

SJ QUIGLEY started only six games as a freshman but has become a regular Syracuse’s lineup this year, becoming the Orange’s primary penalty corner inserter. corey henry photo editor

STEP

BY STEP This year, SJ Quigley has become a ‘complete’ player

By Andrew Crane asst. copy editor

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welve balls formed a large circle behind the end line and SJ Quigley kicked one toward the penalty corner insertion hash. It was Oct. 12, less than an hour before Syracuse faced No. 1 North Carolina, and rain poured onto J.S. Coyne Stadium.

Quigley paced back three steps. Her Syracuse rain jacket crinkled as she shrugged her shoulders and leaned back.

Tess Queen waited at the top of the shooting circle, her stick flat on the ground. Quigley moved forward into her insertion rhythm — first step, second step, drop stick, third step, sweep — and sent the ball toward Queen, who stopped it as Claire Cooke knocked the ball into the cage.

This was her new specialization, perfected through hundreds of pre-practice reps and game action, her new role in field hockey’s vital set piece.

Two years ago, Quigley hadn’t ever inserted a ball.

She wasn’t a “complete” field hockey player then, her club team head coach Brian Hope said. A switch to Hope’s see quigley page 10

volleyball

Orange end 3-game losing streak against UVA

By Roshan Fernandez staff writer

All season, Syracuse’s coaching staff has hoped for one thing — its team to play three straight sets without “lulls in between,” said assistant coach Derryk Williams.

After Friday’s loss to No. 3 Pittsburgh, the Orange saw glimpses of a team with consistency and confidence, nearly defeating the Panthers in the first set, 26-24. But SU only showed that poise in spurts. Against Virginia on Sunday, Syracuse finally played

a complete match.

“We’ve had a few times where we’re up a bunch, and then we let them get five points in a row with stupid errors,” Williams said. “Today we didn’t make those errors.”

Syracuse’s (5-8, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) sweep of Virginia (9-10, 1-5) marked the end of the Orange’s three-game losing streak, which included narrow losses to Duke and Wake Forest. Winning every set by a margin of at least eight points, the Orange never trailed during their three-set sweep of Virginia. Head

coach Leonid Yelin didn’t think SU was as dominant as it can be, but a straight set win over an ACC opponent like UVA helps SU gain the assurance of flipping its early season woes.

Struggling with service errors during last week’s loss to Wake Forest, Polina Shemanova jump started the Orange, securing 19 kills and 16 digs. Her serve was back at its All-ACC level — she wasn’t forced to take power off her serves in order for them to be accurate.

“I mean I played as usual, you always have to do your best,” Shem-

anova said. “Today it worked.”

Time-and-again, Shemanova rose into the air, a few feet from the left edge of the net, and pulled her right arm back for a crushing kill.

The Cavaliers had no answer for Shemanova, who repeated the play so many times that by the third set, she seemed unfazed after winning the point.

With Shemanova leading the Orange both offensively and defensively, Marina Markova, who has 101 kills this season, had a quieter role than usual. Midway see virginia page 10

Lysianne Proulx lay behind her own goal crease tangled in the netting. She covered her head with her hands. Beside her on the ground was midfielder Kailee Coonan.

Moments before, Shannon Aviza had turned the ball over in the Miami box and the Hurricanes began their counterattack. Kristina Fisher ran onto a long through ball and came in one-on-one against Proulx. The Syracuse goalie made the first save, but the ball bounced to another Miami player’s head. The second attempt on goal bounced off the top of the crossbar and fell back into the six-yard box.

Bayleigh Chaviers, on the third attempt, headed it past Proulx as she scrambled back into the net. Miami regained the lead, 2-1, and this time didn’t let Syracuse equalize.

After beating Wake Forest on Thursday, Syracuse (3-8-2, 1-4-1 Atlantic Coast) head coach Nicky Adams said, “It makes the girls believe again.” The Orange had a chance to win two-straight conference games and earn six points in a weekend for the first time since October 2017. Instead of continuing its momentum, Adams said the Orange looked tired on Sunday afternoon at SU Soccer Stadium. Syracuse fell to Miami (4-6-2, 1-4-1), 2-1, which came into the matchup as one of two winless ACC teams.

“I thought in the second half, Miami wanted it a bit more than we did and that’s the disappointing part,” Adams said. “We let ourselves down, honestly, technically. We defend really well, and then we just kept giving the ball right back to them instead of knocking it around and trying to force them to defend.”

The comeback win against Wake Forest showed what Adams preached all year — that her team was creating chances which would eventually turn to goals — was true. Syracuse moved one step closer to changing “the brand image” of the program.

In the second half against Wake Forest, SU changed to playing the ball forward more and outshot the Demon Deacons 11-8 in the second half.

Sunday was the reverse.

Syracuse managed nine shots in the first half while limiting Miami to just one, a 10th-minute goal. A minute later, the Orange responded. Meghan Root’s effort from outside the box curled into the top corner.

“Meg’s been great this weekend,” Adams said. “She’s been dangerous because she’s putting herself in dangerous situations.”

Miami dominated the second half, outshooting SU 16-1. The Hurricanes had multiple chances see miami page 10