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The Barnes Center at The Arch’s new gaming room helps athletes gain a new advantage in the world of esports. SU’s esports club has taken advantage of the facility.

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Syracuse University’s enrollment of international students has steadily increased over the past decade. Nationally, enrollment has been on the decline.

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Junior defender Sondre Norheim’s header goal pushed Syracuse men’s soccer past UConn, keeping the Orange undefeated at home.

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End of an era

Law aims to prevent firearm violence

By Sydney Bergan

contributing writer

The Daily Orange has operated on the edge of Syracuse University’s campus at 744 Ostrom Ave. for 36 years. D.O. alumni have said they spent more time at the D.O. building than in their own campus housing. corey henry photo editor

The D.O. is moving to a new home after more than three decades at 744 Ostrom Ave.

By Haley Robertson editor-in-chief

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ne building remains between Shaw and DellPlain halls, a two-story house where a rickety wooden staircase squeaks. As does the occasional mouse.

Where memories are taped to the ceilings, stuffed in filing cabinets and scribbled on the walls. A soonto-be demolished office that’s seen 36 years of headlines, deadlines and all-nighters.

The Daily Orange is moving in November from 744 Ostrom Ave. to 230 Euclid Ave., a Syracuse Universityowned property one block south from its current home.

The relocation comes after the university tore down several buildings on either side of 744 Ostrom Ave. earlier this fall.

“The D.O. is where journalism came to life for us,” said alumnus Marc Bailes, who visited 744 Ostrom Ave. for the last time in February. He was an editor in the 1990s and has worked in newsrooms around the country since.

“But 744 stands out because, well, you never forget your first love.”

As The D.O.’s current landlord, SU has offered a subsidized rent to The D.O. to lease 230 Euclid Ave. The D.O.’s current lease at 744 Ostrom Ave. ends June 2020, but the property will likely be demolished before then.

“It has a very dreamlike quality in my memory,” said Dara McBride, graduate of the Class of 2013. “It’s weird to think about it being demolished because it doesn’t feel like it ever could be.”

SU has not decided how it will use the soon-empty land on the 700 block of Ostrom Ave. The 230 Euclid Ave. property has been vacant for several

months, having previously housed office space for people associated with or working for SU. The university is currently renovating the building to comply with SU’s accessibility standards.

“Though The D.O. is an The D.O.’s homes independent student newspa1903 per, our students’ well-being 806 Croton Ave. is always most important to The Red Barn us. As such, the renovations 1907 seek to create a space that is 922 Irving Ave. accessible, safe, welcoming Orange Publishing and comfortable,” said Pete Company Building Sala, SU’s vice president and 1936 chief facilities officer, in a Irving Avenue. statement to The D.O. Yates Castle Structural changes to The D.O.’s new office include 1967 1101 E. Adams St. the installation of an outThe George Clinton door wheelchair ramp and a House remodeled kitchen area. SU would be renovating the prop1983 erty regardless of The D.O.’s 744 Ostrom Ave. move, Sala said.

The D.O. is an independent 2019 501(c)(3) nonprofit organiza230 Euclid Ave. tion that relies solely on advertising revenue and donations to sustain its editorial operations. Despite the financial realities of operating a newspaper in the 21st century, The No. 1 college newspaper in the U.S. has operated without funding from the university.

Several D.O. alumni said they still remember the first

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New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo implemented a law in August that allows law enforcement to confiscate guns from those proven to be a risk to themselves or others.

The Red Flag Law, also known as the extreme risk protection order law, allows district attorneys’ offices, police officers, family members and school administrators to intervene and attempt to take weapons from an individual, Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick told The Daily Orange.

Intervening individuals must go to the local supreme court to petition for a temporary protection order to get firearms confiscated.

If the temporary order is given, the court must notify the person whose firearms may be taken away six days after the temporary order is made so see red

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SU student enrollment diverges from trend

By Sarah Alessandrini contributing writer

Syracuse University has seen an increase in international student enrollment in recent years despite a nationwide trend showing the opposite.

International students made up 13.5% of SU’s undergraduate student body in fall 2018, according to the university’s fall census. In 2017 and 2016, SU students from foreign countries comprised 12.7% and 12.3% percent of the undergraduate student body, respectively.

Juan Tavares, director of SU’s Slutzker Center for International Services, said one reason for this trend is the university’s rise in academic ranking from 2018 to 2019. SU was ranked No. 54 in the fall 2019 U.S. News and World Report ranking of best universities, an eight-spot jump from 2018.

“If everything stays the same in terms of admissions standards and strategies for recruiting, then see enrollment page 6

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Climate talk A former Republican congressman is visiting campus to talk about climate change.

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Hospital initiative Upstate Medical University received funding to create an LGBTQ primary care program.

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regional news Here is a roundup of the biggest news happening around New York state.

RACIAL SLUR Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the “N-word” during a live radio interview Tuesday. The governor was discussing an op-ed from The New York Times about anti-Italian racism and said southern Italians used to be called “N-word wops.” Cuomo said he was quoting The Times. source: syracuse.com

PUBLIC APOLOGY Onondaga County Comptroller Matt Beadnell said he was wrong to accuse Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny last month of working for Uber and Lyft while on county work hours.

Beadnell shared the accusation with Republican County Chairman Tom Dadey before going to the public, a decision Beadnell said was a mistake. source: syracuse.com

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Keynote speech DENICE FROHMAN, a poet, writer and educator, gave the keynote speech for Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month and Potash Inaugural LGBTQ History Month at SU. Frohman is a CantoMundo Fellow and former Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion. The speech was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and LGBT Resource Center. anya wijeweera staff photographer

Brooke Renzi, a mother from Rome, New York, is set to go to trial in October after being charged in April with criminally negligent homicide for the death of her 6-month-old daughter. Renzi allegedly put her daughter to bed on a mattress on the floor, instead of a crib, and left her unattended for more than 12 hours. source: syracuse.com

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SUNY-ESF works to boost applicant numbers

By Gillian Follett asst. copy editor

SUNY-ESF’s Academic Governance is working to increase the college’s application rate following a drop in first-year applicants for the 2019-20 academic year.

Sue Sanford, the director of admissions at SUNY-ESF and member of Academic Governance’s Curriculum Committee, delivered a report on the university’s undergraduate admissions during the organization’s Tuesday meeting at the Gateway Center. The report found the number of freshman applicants dropped by almost 20% between the current and previous academic years.

Growing recognition of climate change across the country has caused more prospective college students to become interested in environmental science and sus-

tainability programs, Sanford said.

The university’s current challenge is determining how to attract these students to SUNY-ESF rather than other universities who offer similar majors, such as the University of Vermont and Cornell University.

“The very same thing that is getting us some better visibility — the public awareness — is also creating a much more rapidly growing marketplace for other institutions who are getting into the sustainability and environmental academic program,” she said.

SUNY-ESF also faces competition from other SUNY campuses that have begun to offer degrees similar to those offered at the college, Sanford said. The university previously had an agreement with the SUNY provost that allowed college officials to voice their opinion on environmental academic programs proposed by other campuses to ensure they were

not “duplicative of (SUNY-ESF’s) efforts,” she said. That agreement is no longer in place, she said.

Despite the decline in first-year applicants, the university saw a small increase in transfer students for the 2019-20 academic year.

SUNY-ESF accepted about 7% more transfer students from Syracuse University between the 201819 and 2019-20 academic years.

The university’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions accepted more transfer students from SU for the current academic year than years past after becoming more lenient in accepting transfer students who didn’t have a pre-existing core in biology or other sciencerelated fields, Sanford said.

“We took a gamble and started admitting some of those students for (2018) and continued that practice for (2019),” she said. “I haven’t heard any concerns, so I think that’s going

to be a continuing practice.”

Professor Gary Scott delivered a report from SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson during the meeting that aligned with SUNY-ESF’s admissions findings. The number of students enrolled at all of SUNY’s 64 campuses is steadily declining, according to Johnson’s report.

During the 2017-18 academic year, more than 431,000 students were enrolled at SUNY schools. That number fell by about 7,000 for the 2018-19 school year.

For the coming academic year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions aims to reverse SUNY-ESF’s decline in first-year applicants and plans for a “modest increase” in its number of first-year students, Sanford said. The office is currently working with the provost and the president to create an enrollment plan to achieve that goal, she said. gifollet@syr.edu

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Thornden Park experiences decline in crime

By Richard J Chang asst. copy editor

Trees dot the grassy hills of Thornden Park, located on the edge of Syracuse University’s campus. Roses bloom in late summer, and Shakespeare is performed every August.

Despite its scenery and amenities, the park has a reputation for being unsafe at night. One crime in particular has defined Thornden for more than a decade. In 1981, Alice Sebold, author of the 2002 novel “The Lovely Bones,” was raped in Thornden Park while she was an SU student.

In interviews with The Daily Orange, SU students who live near the park pointed to “The Lovely Bones” as a reason some people are afraid of Thornden. Two rapes — one in 2017 and one in 2019 — have also been reported in the park or the surrounding streets.

Data from the Syracuse Police Department, however, shows a decrease in crime since 2015, when 90 crimes were reported in the park or surrounding areas. In 2018, 70 crimes were reported. From the beginning of 2019 until Sept. 25, 48 crimes were reported.

“The park sometimes gets a bad reputation — a worse reputation than what really does happen there,” said John Sardino, deputy chief of the Department of Public Safety. “There’s a reason why most parks and municipalities close at dusk. Because it’s hard to see.

They’re typically not well-lit.”

Miranda Hine, former director of the Thornden Park Association, said there was a period of time around the 1970s when the park wasn’t kept up by the city and wasn’t as safe.

People’s thoughts about the park from that period may have passed

down to SU students today, she said.

Hine worked with a student volunteer from SU who had never ventured into Thornden Park because she was told not to go. Though the park has improved, stories and rumors haven’t adapted to fit the park, she said.

“During the day, you can see joggers, you can see dog-walkers, you can see picnickers, you can see people on playgrounds,” Hine said. “During the summer you can see people swimming and taking swimming lessons. It is not an

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EMISSION GRANTS Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $3 million grant for municipalities to support emissions-free vehicles.

Until May 2020, towns can apply for up to $2.5 million in grants to install hydrogen filling station components or electric vehicle supply equipment.

Rebates of up to $500,000 and $2,500 to $5,000 are also available for certain clean vehicles purchased by municipalities. source: ny upstate

ONLINE POSTS The FBI and New York state police are investigating social media posts made by Port Byron School students. The photos included nude images and exploitation words and images. Port Byron School Superintendent Neil O’Brien said in a newsletter that adults involved in the posts will likely be prosecuted. source: ny upstate

FLU SHOTS Syracuse University will offer free flu vaccines for students, faculty and staff throughout October and November. Flu vaccinations are also offered through walk-ins at Health Services. The clinics for faculty and staff are scheduled for Oct. 24 and 30 and Nov. 8. A clinic for students is scheduled for Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Flanagan Gymnasium. Additional flu clinics will be emailed to the student body as they’re scheduled. source: su news

STABBING A 25-year-old woman was dropped off at Upstate University Hospital’s emergency room early Monday morning with stab wounds, prompting a Syracuse Police Department investigation. source: cny central

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house time they swung open the red front door of 744 Ostrom Ave. their freshman year. For Meredith Galante, graduate of the Class of 2010, the newspaper’s current home has served as a constant physical reminder of The D.O.’s legacy.

“As a college student, you’re sitting in a room that people who have won Pulitzers, people who have published books, people who are covering the NBA finals were sitting there before you,” Galante said. “Students want to aspire to be great reporters because of those who have come before them.”

Student journalists past and present said they spent more time at 744 Ostrom Ave. than in their own campus housing.

Justin Young’s first day working as an assistant news editor was Sept. 11, 2001.

Young, a graduate of the Class of 2005, remembers reporting for five days straight, sleeping at 744 Ostrom Ave. each night instead of his own dorm.

Young said The D.O. embodied his entire college experience.

“It was work ethic, it was maturity, it was immaturity, broken bones — relationships started, relationships ended,” he said.

It was at 744 Ostrom Ave. where The D.O. staff of 1991 refused funding from the Student Government Association. The building is where traditions were born, typeset was laid on hot wax from page 1

red flag the person can challenge the order in a hearing. Confiscated firearms could be returned after a year unless again petitioned.

Ten people 19 years old or younger were murdered in Syracuse in 2018, making it the deadliest year for homicides of young people, according to Syracuse.com. The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services reported that, as of August 2019, about 23% of violent crimes involved a firearm in 2018 and about 74% of murders that year involved a firearm.

Many people who have committed mass shootings at schools or public places have

and the newspaper’s website was first launched.

The building saw nine presidential elections and the end of the Cold War. It was home to generations of journalists who covered four SU chancellors and five Syracuse basketball Final Four appearances.

“It has the same kind of energy as any newsroom in the country,” said Jodi Lamagna, a graduate of the Class of 1992. “You’re living and learning as you go, and that’s an amazing thing.”

The D.O. has had several homes in its 116 years of existence. Some editors worked out of the now-demolished Yates Castle. Others spent years at a former dorm on East Adams Street.

Tom Coffey, a graduate of the Class of 1980, remembers working at the East Adams office with caffeine-wired colleagues and feeling grateful for its proximity to Marshall Street.

He remembers hanging plastic sheets on windows when it was freezing outside.

Some things haven’t changed house-tohouse. The well-loved couch from East Adams Street has withstood decades of naps and story meetings. This semester will be the couch’s last hurrah at 744 Ostrom Ave. since SU plans to fully furnish 230 Euclid Ave. Though 744 Ostrom Ave. is dingy, it’s where life-long friendships and business partnerships were forged, said Jared Novack, graduate of the Class of 2006.

“To have been a part of it is really beautiful,” Novack said.

Leaving this building marks the end of an exhibited signs of mental illness and threatening behavior, Fitzpatrick said.

“Had someone intervened or denied their access to guns possibly these tragedies could have been averted, so I think it’s a very, very good thing that is going to have a positive impact on all New Yorkers,” he said.

After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, Fitzpatrick helped form a school safety task force in Onondaga County. They issued a report in August of that year that recommended New York issue a Red Flag Law. “If you’re buying a high capacity magazine by my judgement, you’re going to have to go through a much more stringent background

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Inside jokes and old issues of The Daily Orange line the walls of 744 Ostrom Ave., giving each room its own character. corey henry photo editor

era for The D.O. But the journalism industry is changing — and The D.O. is ready to change with it.

Nowadays, The D.O. is thinking ahead.

Soon, editors, designers, photographers and videographers will be operating from a space that’s 40% larger and far more accessible than its current home.

To Bailes, it’s not the front door with the

chipped red paint that defines The D.O. Rather, it’s the passionate storytellers who dedicate countless hours every year in whatever office they find themselves in.

“I really want to see The D.O. be in a place that does look and feel very different from The D.O. I knew,” Bailes said. “Because journalism is very different from the journalism that I learned.”

check,” Fitzpatrick said.

The Onondaga Sheriff’s Office has an indepth process for registering for a gun license, said Sgt. Jon Seeber, public information officer at the Onondaga County Sheriff’s office.

A potential gun owner must first fill out an online application that discloses the type of gun license they are looking to obtain.

Applicants must schedule a time with the Sheriff’s Office to process the documents before a judge reviews the application and determines if the person are eligible to acquire a firearm, Seeber said. If it’s approved, the applicant can receive their gun license from the Sheriff’s Office.

The Syracuse Police Department has used

the Red Flag Law to take one individual’s firearms away since its implementation in August, said SPD Sgt. Matthew Malinowski.

SPD officers currently deal with gun violence by speaking to witnesses, canvassing neighborhoods and asking for the public’s help, among other things, Malinowski said.

SPD is continuing its community outreach to prevent acts of gun violence in Syracuse, which he said was a proactive method.

Fitzpatrick said he has seen eight protection order applications so far.

“I don’t know if I saved eight lives or if I saved no lives,” Fitzpatrick said, “but I feel much more comfortable erring on the force of caution.”

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SEM 100 needs different readings A more diverse police force would be beneficial

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ll first year students are enrolled automatically into a First Year Experience, or SEM 100 class.

The class centers around group discussion and shared reading of a chosen novel that has certain themes the university feels first year students should focus on during their transition to college life. The course was introduced for the fall 2018 semester with the novel “Born a Crime” by comedian Trevor Noah.

This year’s SEM 100 classes read an assigned book that left many wondering why SU chose it, and rightly so. The planners of the SEM 100 class chose “Lab Girl,” an auto-biography by award winning scientist and novelist Hope Jahren. In the future, SU needs to choose readings for the course that directly address issues of diversity and inclusion as they appear at schools like Syracuse.

Jessie Santillan, the First Year Experience coordinator, helped make the syllabus and organize prompts to be used for conversation in the class. She said in an email that the Inclusive Leadership Assembly — a committee with representation from each school led by Chief Diversity Officer Keith Alford — chose “Lab Girl.”

“The main goal of SEM 100 is to introduce students to the communication skills, campus resources

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and nuanced understanding of identity, all necessary to integrate into the SU community,” Santillan said in an email.

Santillan said the book was chosen due to the themes such as gender discrimination in the STEM field, confronting questions of self-identity, navigating relationships and national issues such as climate change.

“The goal for SEM is, in essence, to practice engaging in civil discourse about topics that relate to identity, belonging and inclusion,” Santillan said.

A number of students have said they have a hard time relating to the messages in “Lab Girl,” though.

Freshman Alex Kim said that he struggled connecting to the novel.

“I could not relate to many of the messages from ‘Lab Girl,’” Kim said. “I found it hard to connect with Jahren, not only because I am a man, but mostly because she was experiencing a very mature situation that I have yet to connect to, and probably won’t in the first year of college.”

The novel focuses primarily on Jahren’s work experience in a very specific field of study. While Jahren is a very accomplished scientist, she has a unique child-

hood and an even more unrelatable adult life.

When choosing a First Year Experience novel, SU administrators should consider books that do more than offer thematic concepts some students might relate to.

Especially in a class meant primarily to foster greater understanding of diversity and inclusion, students need to be reading material that addresses the issues of diversity apparent at schools like Syracuse more directly.

Students fill out an anonymous survey about SEM 100 at the end of their session each year. And though the results of this year’s survey aren’t known, multiple students have said they felt unmoved and unrecognized by this year’s shared reading experience.

About a year ago, The Daily Orange reported that the many people thought the first-year forum failed to address issues of diversity and inclusion. SU can do better.

Administrators have undoubtedly chosen well-written books worth reading, but they should strive to find stories that explicitly address diversity on the terms students will encounter it on campus.

Sophia Becker is a freshman.

Her column appears bi-weekly.

She can be reached at sfbecker@ syr.edu. She can be followed on Twitter at @sophiafbecker.

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SU grad says public schools fell short

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ear Editor, Will the pre-college preparatory curriculums at public schools properly prepare your child with the necessary building blocks to attend a good trade school, community college or university? Is public education still as high quality as it was years ago?

I started my time at Syracuse University in 1967 in a college I chose based on my personal interests, a great public school education and support from my school’s proactive guidance counselor.

I stayed in that college for almost two years, but I eventually found that college was not helpful to freshmen or sophomores in counseling or future career planning. Before transferring out, I approached my college adviser, and he asked me why I hadn’t come to him sooner.

He took no personal responsibility for reaching out, nor stepping up or going above and beyond. I happen to know that has changed News Editor Editorial Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Presentation Director Photo Editor Illustration Editor Copy Chief Digital Copy Chief Co-Digital Editor Co-Digital Editor Video Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. Editorial Editor Asst. Feature Editor Asst. Feature Editor Asst. Sports Editor

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significantly at that college since.

After transferring to Whitman, I had a very different experience.

The assistant to the dean did everything possible to make me feel welcome and get the proper leg up on finishing my education.

These days, however, it seems to be much different at the preparatory or pre-college school levels.

Some schools perform well and seem to prepare their students for college entry while others in the Syracuse area and around the country lag behind.

Initiatives like No Child Left Behind have been somewhat of a joke, or at least a myth. Ask any teachers, administrators or guidance counselors.

I decided to speak out to say that I am very disappointed that the important social issues and political debate topics have often missed the biggest one: high quality education.

Poor wages and poor decisionmaking skills have left many public Asst. Sports Editor Danny Emerman Asst. Photo Editor Elizabeth Billman Asst. Illustration Editor Cassianne Cavallaro Design Editor Nabeeha Anwar Design Editor Katie Getman Design Editor Shannon Kirkpatrick Design Editor Katelyn Marcy Design Editor Emily Steinberger Asst. Copy Editor Richard J Chang Asst. Copy Editor Christopher Cicchiello Asst. Copy Editor Andrew Crane Asst. Copy Editor Gillian Follett Asst. Copy Editor Adam Hillman Asst. Copy Editor Mandy Kraynak Asst. Video Editor Casey Tissue Asst. Video Editor Camryn Werbinski Asst. Digital Editor Izzy Bartling Asst. Digital Editor Arabdho Majumder Asst. Digital Editor Natalie Rubio-Licht

school students unprepared for the next stage of their academic careers.

My wife, who graduated from SU in 1973, taught school for more than 30 years. She routinely spent her own money to improve the classroom and learning experiences of her students like so many other great teachers. She was a dedicated teacher who went above and beyond.

My current home state is currently near the bottom of the barrel on student spending and salaries. How is the Syracuse area or Central New York doing?

Why did our schools and the education process fall short? We need to be on the same side and work together as positive change agents to find the funding, talent and resources to improve the education and experiential learning process.

Sincerely,

Hank Markiewicz SU graduate Phoenix, Arizona

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yracuse Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner should be commended for his calls for community help to diversify the department.

According NOAH to the Syracuse ESTLING Police DepartR IGHT ‘CAUSE ment’s Annual I’M LEFT Reports, 87% of Syracuse police officers are white and 85% percent are male. These are jarring numbers to see in a city where almost half the population are people of color, and half the population is female.

Hearing about a police chief who wishes to actually takes measures to change these numbers is something worth taking pride in for residents of this city.

Police departments across the United States should look to diversify their police forces. Scenarios in which people of color are assaulted or killed by white police officers are far too common in today’s society.

We have seen time and time again the tensions that arise between communities of color and police

that do not look like them.

The best way to alleviate these problems is to work toward policies and practices that can see the demographics of the city and police force more closely resemble each other.

Hopefully, in due time, Buckner’s policies will be reflected in crime and arrest statistics within the city.

Buckner is taking this new policy seriously. He is actively trying to work with the NAACP and with the Spanish Action League to evaluate potential racial biases within the police entrance exam. This is not some half-hearted promise that we see other public officials make — Buckner is actually acting on his words.

Racial biases within any police force might not ever be fully solved.

But changes at the institutional level have the best chance to reestablish trust in the police.

Noah Estling is a freshman international relations and economics major. His column appears bi-weekly. He can be reached at npestlin@syr.edu. He can be followed on Twitter @NoahEstling.

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A diverse department builds community trust

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yracuse Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner’s recent calls for community help in recruiting a more diverse class of police officers has the potential to serve as KAILEY an asset to the NORUSIS community.

MEET ME IN In an era of THE MIDDLE post brokenwindow style policing, it is of paramount importance that communities are able to trust their city’s police department.

Broken-windows policing refers to a model of policing that target minor crimes to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness meant to prevent more serious crime.

The style has been criticized for creating a system of general distrust between the citizens of a community and law enforcement — a distrust that continues to manifest in today’s society.

Diversifying the police department so that it more closely resembles the demographics of the city it serves is a promising strategy to promote community trust.

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enrollment I see no reason why this trend cannot continue,” Tavares said.

Nationwide, the 2016-17 academic year saw more than 900,000 newly enrolled international undergraduate students. The 2017-2018 year saw about 890,000, according to a 2018 Open Doors study published by the Institute of International Education.

While the overall number of international students across the country increased during the 2017-2018 academic year, new student enrollment for international students fell by 6.6% that year and continued “a slowing or downward trend first observed in the 201516 academic year,” according to a 2018 Open Doors press release.

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thornden unsafe park.”

A murder was reported in 2015 in either Thornden Park or the streets surrounding it.

Between October 2014 and September 2019, there were 131 larcenies, 76 burglaries and 32 possession or use of marijuana cases reported.

The analysis report does not distinguish crimes reported between the roads in Thornden Park and streets that border the ends of the park: Greenwood Place, Bristol Place, Ostrom Avenue and Madison, Clarendon and South Beech streets.

Students who rent in the University Neighborhood told The Daily Orange that they don’t believe rumors regarding criminal activity in the park and have little reason to believe it’s less safe than other parks.

Nicholas Hoffman, a senior music major, lives close to Thornden Park and walks through it to get home. He has never seen anything concerning in the park or ever felt unsafe, he said.

Dean Herrera, a junior in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, said the park is like a superstition, and it’s fun to be scared of it.

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“International students choose America for the quality and diversity of our higher education institutions,” Goodman said. “Other countries increasingly also seek international students, so we have competition. But none have the capacity we do with over 4,000 accredited colleges and universities open to students from all over the world.”

Tavares said SU has seen an increase in international student enrollment in recent years, particularly from Chinese students.

China is the No.1 country of origin for international students both at SU and in the U.S. as a whole. In China specifically, Tavares said, a school’s name and ranking is an important factor in deciding to enroll in a university.

Jaden Chen, a first-year student from China, said he wanted to attend college in the U.S. because the country is more open to and safer for people who identify as LGBT than China is.

“I wanted to find a place more open to this (LGBT) community so I can figure out what I “I know (crime) occasionally happens,” Herrera said. “But I’ve never personally seen or heard of any real crimes occurring in the park, so I’m not afraid of it. Sometimes at night it’s a little scary because it’s dark in places.”

Bruno Gonzalez, a junior in the Whitman School, said seeing police officers parked in the street next to the park’s rose garden leads people to associate Thornden Park with police.

“I hear either that shady people go to Thornden Park, or it’s where people go to smoke,” Gonzalez said. “DPS emails would be sent out, and Thornden Park comes up enough that people think it’s that kind of place.”

Though Thornden Park is a nice park to walk through, many students tell others not to walk there at night, said Lydia Dunbar, a senior in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. This advice makes sense, especially as a woman, she said.

Lancaster Avenue homeowner Kim Apgar said her daughter, who is an SU student and a runner, would never walk through a park like Thornden Park. While one side of the park houses many university students, the other side of the park may make students uncomfortable, she said.

want to do,” Chen said. “I wanted a place safer than in China.”

He chose SU because he’s interested in studying media. Although he was not accepted to the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he still wanted to attend the university as an undecided major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

While Chinese student enrollment has increased at SU, these numbers have decreased at the national level. Randy Capps, director of research for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute, said overseas competition plays a role in the national decline.

Foreign countries, particularly China and Mexico, are expanding the scope of their education systems. As education overseas improves, fewer students will want to attend college in the U.S., he said.

“Everybody throughout the world is aware of the different rankings,” Capps said. “That’s where competition from other countries comes

into play. The less competitive (universities) in the U.S. are having more trouble now.”

Another factor contributing to the international student enrollment decline may be the change in rhetoric and policy within President Donald Trump’s administration, Capps said.

While the administration’s ban on immigration from Muslim countries did not directly affect Saudi Arabia, the amount of Saudi Arabian students enrolled in the U.S. has decreased in recent years, he said. Students from Latin American countries feel less comfortable in the U.S., he added.

Chen said he hopes to stay and work in the U.S. after he graduates, but the policies of Trump’s Administration are “not very friendly.”

“My parents want me to know more about this world, so they really encouraged me to explore by myself instead of depending on them in China,” Chen said. scalessa@syr.edu

Thornden Park is located on the edge of SU’s campus. In 2018, 70 crimes were reported in the park and surrounding areas. damon kasberg contributing photographer

“In the summertime, we’ve gone more than a couple times to Shakespeare-in-the-Park. A lot of our neighbors go and it’s something we enjoy doing,” Apgar said. “We walk through

the rose garden occasionally, usually early in the day. The neighborhoods that surround it cause us to not go later in the day.” rjchang@syr.edu | @RichardJChang1

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Syracuse University’s Barnes Center at The Arch provides an esports room with 36 desktop computers for athletes to practice. The esports at SU club uses the space to compete and hone their gaming skills. lucy messineo-witt contributing photographer

Game space The Barnes Center at the Arch’s esports room gives gamers a new advantage

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nchored in the esports room at Syracuse University’s Barnes Center at The Arch are 36 desktop computers. Behind them, pieces of plexiglass are illuminated with green, red and blue lights indicating whether the station is open, in use or out of order.

It’s an environment that, in itself, is a big step toward expansion, said Lauren Wiener, the founder and president of the Esports at Syracuse University Club.

“I think just having the room exist on campus has made the biggest change in the SU gaming community,” she said.

In late September, SU joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference and is one of the 57 schools offering esports at the collegiate level. And with the recent expansion of the gaming center, SU’s esports team said it hope this brings a promising impact to its team.

Trent Pitoniak, the vice president of the club, said the center has directly led to the club’s growth. Since its opening, more than 100 students have joined the club’s Discord — an online communication platform used by ESSU members to discuss games and tournaments — to get more information.

By creating a more interconnected community, it has prepared the club for more success than ever before, said senior Katie Willard, the community coordinator for ESSU. Sophomore David Fikhman said in a text message that more students will be inclined to take part in esports events to familiarize themselves with the culture, simply because the center is a new hub of student activity. Fikhman is one of the lead game organizers for Pokémon — one of the six competitive teams that’s representing SU in national tournaments. “(The Arch) allows more people to participate in or view esports events going on or

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SU bingo night to host ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Shangela

By Sydney Bergan

contributing writer

As an internationally renowned drag queen, Shangela Laquifa Wadley is ready to bring the kind of show to Syracuse University that was missing from her college campus in Dallas.

“Oh honey, well, they’re going to walk out of here with their wig snatched, okay,” Shangela said.

A Drag Queen Bingo Event, slated for Oct. 16 from 8-10 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium will fea-

ture a queer-themed bingo game, a drag performance and a Q&A session with Shangela.

Last year, Student Association’s diversity committee held a similar event, which included a moderated conversation with The Vixen — a drag queen famous for her participation in the tenth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

Hunter Gorick, the president of SU’s Pride Union, said the idea of queer bingo came from drag bingo.

“We thought of putting the two ideas together because it’s

This is definitely a lot more fun.

There’s a lot more comedy, there’s a lot more fun humor drag queen

educational and also a staple of what drag is beyond just a drag show,” Gorick said.

The bingo show is one of the many events being held as a part of SU’s LGBTQ+ History Month celebration. The events are meant to educate SU on the campus’s queer community, and serve to remind the respective community members that they are not alone, Gorick said.

Gorick added participants don’t need to know about drag to attend the event. The bingo poses

an opportunity to learn and enjoy a community that may be unfamiliar to some, he added.

Shangela described the game as “not your grandma’s game of bingo.”

“This is definitely a lot more fun. There’s a lot more comedy, there’s a lot more fun humor added to the event and there’s also entertainment,” Shangela said. “Trust me, my grandma is not seeing a high energy, amazing, extravagant dance show at see drag page 8

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her local bingo hall. And that’s what’s going to happen here.”

From the age of 18 years old, Shangela worked as a backup dancer for multiple drag queens in Dallas. After a few years, she moved to Los Angeles and started doing drag herself. After an amateur performance one night, the club let her host her own show. Ten shows in, she was approached by the season two producers of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” who encouraged her to audition.

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esports just view people playing games to get a handle for it,” Fikhman said.

Wiener said this peer-driven motivation is similar to how some students go to the library to study with others who also want to do well. But within the sport, there can be some limitations.

While other sports may be more communally driven, gaming is a reclusive pastime by nature, especially when the technology itself is virtually immovable, said Wiener. The funding to play these games at a competitive level is also a barrier, she added.

Fikhman said while some people have

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has also appeared in episodes of “Glee,” “The X-Files” and “2 Broke Girls,” among other shows. Most recently, she had a small role in “A Star Is Born,” alongside Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

“I hope that people can draw from my experience, the inspiration to keep going no matter what,” Shangela said. “At ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ as a contestant three times, I never walked away with a crown, but I never let that hold me back from walking in life as a queen.”

In addition to the bingo event, the LGBT Resource Center at SU hosts many other events for the queer community on campus.

The resource center is a safe space for students to hang out, do their work and get snacks, in addition to its more formal programming, said Berri Wilmore, an LGBT Resource Center student staff member.

Wilmore said that there are so many queer events on this campus, it would be hard to make it to all of them. Wilmore said that drag is something that more people are interested in right now, making the event one that will attract a diverse audience.

“I like to bring a high level of energy to any program or event that I’m a part of, so this coming drag bingo is going to be something that they’ll be talking about for years to come,” Shangela said. sabergan@syr.edu

the resources for the equipment, others don’t see esports at the same level as traditional sports, or worth significant monetary investments.

But the latest expansion of the gaming center has given students a way to compete at their optimal level. Because the room allows esport athletes to compete without lag and with better settings, they can do better in competitions, Willard said.

While gaming is similar to other recreational activities at The Arch, students are able to interact with like-minded people and compete at a high level, Pitoniak said.

The opportunities also can help gamers advance in their careers to hopefully become some of the best players. However,

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he said, it’s like any competitive sport and takes time to improve.

At a community level, it’s important that the esports room is in the The Arch, Fikhman said. SU’s investment in esports reiterates the significance of this movement to major universities that aren’t sold on competitive gaming at the collegiate level, he said.

At the beginning of each semester, the competitive teams hold open tryouts, and then the captains choose their players, Pitoniak said. Aspects like strong communication and a chemistry with other members are also considered.

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designated location for the club before this, Pitoniak said, adding that the club mostly did online competitions, but relied on Hinds Hall for its in-person events.

The new room at The Arch is much better in this regard, Wiener said, because the teams are able to schedule practices, scrimmages and online tournaments.

Wiener said the space allows gamers to play live, which gives them a better sense of what strategies work best. Some captains also use in-person practices to review gameplay recordings with the team to pinpoint problems and resolve them.

“It’s like going to a practice for any sport,” Wiener said. “And practice makes perfect.” gfpagano@syr.edu

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Plant powered Vegfest 2019 will offer vegan goods in Syracuse for the first time in nine years

By Taylor Huang

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Photo illustration by Corey Henry photo editor

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nimals, cruelty-free products and plant-powered people will come together this weekend for a festival of activism, education and plenty of vegan food.

Following the Rochester and Albany festivals in September, Syracuse Vegfest 2019 will take place Oct. 19 at the New York State Fairgrounds.

Vegfest aims to bring people together, as well as to educate people, regardless of food taste about the lifestyle, said Theresa Stowell, the president of the organization.

The event is run by Vegan CNY, a nonprofit organization based in central New York and sponsored by Strong Hearts Cafe, the only all-vegan restaurant based in Syracuse.

Vegfest 2019 will be the first of its kind in Syracuse in nine years, said Joel Capolongo, the co-owner of Strong Hearts Cafe.

“The vegan community here has definitely grown a lot since the last Vegfest, and I’m excited to see the crowd and turnout,” said Capolongo.

Capolongo said that though the event will be great for exposure for his business, he mostly looks forward to checking out other vegan vendors.

The event will showcase vegan exhibits such as animals from farm sanctuaries. Vegfest will also host speakers such as lauren Ornelas, the founder and executive director for Food Empowerment Project. Strides of CNY, a gym that focuses on plant-based nutrition, and Teddie Eddie’s, a whole foods company, will also be at the festival.

Stowell said she was surprised by the amount of people who RSVP’d, and the number of vendors that want to attend the event.

She added she’s also happy about how Syracuse has embraced veganism; this year the program projects to have 2,200 to 3,300 people.

Teddy Kopytowski said that the event is great because it shows the vegan culture in central New York. He said because the

festival is in Syracuse, the heart of New York, it will help tap into each region. Kopytowski is the founder of Teddie Eddie’s, a company that focuses on creating whole food options.

Kopytowski’s companies will be at the festival to bring awareness to a plant-based diet and overall wellness.

What’s most important for Kopytowski is he wants to show how they relate plant-based diets to performances, health and wellness.

The presentation between his two companies will feature physical activities and challenges where guests can win prizes, such as food and apparel.

Thrive Life, another vendor, will be passing out food samples to guests to promote veganism. Founded 15 years ago, Thrive Life has the mission of supplying quality food to people with high nutrition.

Christina Riostirado, a consultant from Thrive Life, said this will be her first vegan festival and isn’t sure what to expect, but loves the company and sharing food. “I’m hoping everyone will like what I bring here,” she said.

Capolongo envisions that the festival will draw a large, diverse crowd, but all having shared appreciation for the food and company.

“Many people associate us with the younger crowd. But that’s not always who our customers are,” Capolongo said. “I think Vegfest will reflect that based on seeing the types of customers at the cafe and how everyone can enjoy good vegan food.” thuang21@syr.edu

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connecticut midfield triangle, leaving Fulcar and Triantafillou to press higher.

SU has sat back and absorbed pressure when they’ve faced some of the nation’s top teams, like then-No. 1 Wake Forest. In a Monday film session, though, McIntyre identified key elements of UConn’s style that the Orange could exploit.

Triantafillou said the Orange knew Huskies goalie Gianluca Catalano couldn’t effectively kick the ball and pressured him with two players to make him use his feet. The Orange noticed UConn’s wingers don’t like to defend, so they pushed wing backs Hilli Goldhar and John-Austin Ricks higher up to attack the Huskies along the sidelines.

“It’s a lot of running,” Triantafillou said. “You just have to be disciplined and press and if your man gets the ball and turns, you’re going to hear it. We got a lot of pressure on the ball and they didn’t know what to do.”

When the Orange have stepped out of conference play — a 1-1 tie with Yale, a 2-2 draw with New Hampshire and a 3-2 win over Cornell, among others — they’ve often engaged in backand-forth games in which both teams generate plenty of offense. But against UConn, Syracuse held the Huskies to one shot in the opening half — a 25-yard strike in traffic that came nowhere near Christian Miesch’s goal.

The Orange continued to win the ball back in the attacking half as a result of the press and pinned the Huskies in for most of the first frame.

It wasn’t until the last seven minutes that UConn finally established any possession in attack.

“Obviously you can’t do it for the whole 90 minutes,” Triantafillou said. “They didn’t have a lot of chances, and it worked for us. We got chance after chance.”

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stock watch in the second half when the Wolfpack were deep in Syracuse territory, Armstrong read a screen perfectly and picked off the pass, the second interception of his career.

While Armstrong and Evan Foster were partly responsible for allowing the lone touchdown of the game — a trick wide receiver pass — the two and head coach Dino Babers chalked up the score to timely, smart play calling. Otherwise, the defense, led in large part by Armstrong, limited the damage and kept Syracuse’s offense in the game.

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groaned as the touch off Ferrin’s foot was heavy and the Huskies’ keeper was able to dive out and claim the ball.

One long ball UConn attempted was quickly recycled into a chance for Syracuse. Triantafillou played a pass to Ferrin’s feet on the edge of the box, whose curling left-footed shot was saved as it turned toward the bottom corner.

Syracuse inched closer and closer to the breakthrough goal. When Ricks swung in a free kick delivery feet away from the corner flag, Norheim was again the highest jumper, reaching the ball first and flicking it toward the goal. Dengler chested it off the line and the Huskies were able to survive SU’s early onslaught of pressure.

When Fulcar played a peel-back ground pass into the charging Noah Singelmann, Singelmann drove his right foot through the ball, but it sliced away from the post and the shot slammed into the blue and orange board feet from the goal. Ricks was later able to win the ball inside the penalty area, but the Orange completed four short passes before losing the chance to get a shot away.

Once the Orange took the lead, McIntyre changed his message from the touchline. Instead of yelling “Massimo (Ferrin), you and Ryan (Raposo) have got to get higher” to his two starting forwards, he urged his midfielders to keep their defensive positions.

“I’d say at the back end it was really clean,” Triantafillou said. “We kept them at bay the whole time. We were constantly pressuring their net. They only had one or two chances.”

And while the Orange’s chances to counter didn’t come until Soerlie’s chance on goal in the final minute, they didn’t need any. Sandwiched in between two ACC games against top-20 opponents, one quality moment from Norheim and Ferrin was enough to beat Connecticut.

“As well as we played and the number of chances we had,” McIntyre said, “some days you’re going to need a set piece goal.” amdabbun@syr.edu @AnthonyDabbundo

(four-for-18) and NC State (four-for-15) to lower numbers. It forced the Wolfpack to punt the ball six times to Syracuse, which actually had more possession time than NC State.

The Orange’s red zone defense, which now ranks tied for 27th in the country in terms of efficiency, also stepped up against the Wolfpack by limiting them to a pair of field goals on their two opportunities. It was by no means perfect, as SU still allowed NC State to score and had both an unsportsmanlike penalty and dropped interception in the end zone, but in a game in which just 26 total points were scored, the Orange were elite defensively.

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Syracuse’s defense held firm on third downs and red zone opportunities. After struggling on third down during its three-game stretch against Maryland, Clemson and Western Michigan, SU has shown significant improvement during its past two contests, limiting Holy Cross

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ed the short corner tactic for the rest of the game. They recorded eight more corner kicks, six of which Ferrin sent into the penalty area. Those led to four shots, including Norheim’s goal.

“Free kicks around the box and corner kicks have always been something I have loved to do,” Ferrin said. “Nyal, Dylan, Sondre, you give these guys 50-50 balls and they’re going to win them the majority of the time. It’s all about the quality of the service.”

Each practice, the Orange dedicate time to taking corner kicks and free kicks around the penalty area. While SU does practice specific plays, the emphasis is on repetition for both the kick-taker and those in the box, McIntyre said. Matt Orr dominated set pieces to start the season, but Ferrin has assumed the role as the Orange’s primary taker.

On Syracuse’s goal, Ferrin knew exactly where Norheim was going to be, but it was up to the striker to provide a quality cross. So many times this season, the execution on corner kicks has not been there, whether it be an inaccurate cross, a mistimed header or strong defense by the opposition. On Tuesday night, the Orange finally got one in.

“We tried a variety of different corners tonight,” McIntyre said. “It was a simple one that was put into a dangerous area, and Sondre went and got it.”

ferrin to play the ball short.

First, he tapped it to Ryan Raposo, who played Julio Fulcar through for a closer crossing opportunity. Fulcar’s service dribbled right at UConn’s first defender, who cleared it upfield. Less than two minutes later, Ferrin tried another short corner, but the resulting cross from Raposo came nowhere near an orange jersey.

Free kicks around the box and corner kicks have always been something I have loved to do Massimo Ferrin su striker

“We thought that they were really letting us play, almost daring us to,” Ferrin said about the decision to play short corner kicks.

“Later, we wanted to whip a few in. Second half, I put a good ball in and Sondre went up and put it in.”

After its first two tries, the Orange avoid-

The up-and-down play of Syracuse’s running back core continued on Thursday, as Moe Neal, Abdul Adams and Jarveon Howard combined for just 54 yards on 21 carries. Taking into account the yards lost on the eight times Tommy

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Syracuse won its second game in three days against Connecticut. The Orange knocked off then-No. 18 UNC last Saturday, 4-3. gavin liddell staff photographer

The Orange’s defense limited the Huskies to only three shots total, including one on goal, during their win Tuesday night. gavin liddell staff photographer

DeVito was sacked, the Orange rushed for 41 yards on 37 attempts. It marks the third game this season in which they’ve run for 70 yards or fewer. In its other three games this year, Syracuse has averaged 197.6 yards per contest. With a struggling offensive line and little to no downfield passing game, SU often faced stacked boxes and holes that closed just as they appeared.

Offensive Line

After a two-game stretch in which SU briefly gave DeVito some breathing room in the pocket and allowed just three sacks, the Orange offensive line showed their true form against the Wolfpack. DeVito, who already appeared somewhat banged up and looked hesitant to get hit, was sacked eight times and scrambled from the pocket seemingly every other play.

He’s now been sacked 25 times this season, fourth-most in the country, and looks agitated whenever the pocket begins to collapse on him. That’s resulted in an inconsistent passing attack and completely negated

DeVito’s running ability, all the while allowing teams to focus on stopping the run.

Consistency

At the midway point of the season, the only thing that’s clear about this Syracuse team is that it’s nowhere near as good as last year’s iteration. The Orange have yet to put together more than two games of consistent play and already have as many conference losses as they did last year, with a home matchup looming on Friday in which they’re an underdog against Pittsburgh. Against NC State, Syracuse had the chance to prove that it was still one of the better teams in the ACC. Instead, it showed that it was in the lower tier of teams in the conference.

At the beginning of the season, reasonable expectations had the Orange expanding on their first 10-win season since 2001. Now, they’ll have to scratch and claw to make a bowl game. erblack@syr.edu | @esblack34

MASSIMO FERRIN notched the assist on Syracuse’s only goal against UConn, his third in two games for the Orange. gavin liddell staff photographer

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football

Taking stock of SU before Pitt Game

By Eric Black

senior staff writer

Syracuse’s struggles with consistency continued as the Orange (3-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast) fell to North Carolina State (4-2, 1-1), 16-10, last Thursday at CarterFinley Stadium.

SU’s offense failed to score until there were just 54 seconds left in the third quarter. It did have a chance to win the game with one last drive late in the fourth, but the Orange offense again sputtered out and dropped Syracuse to .500 overall and winless in conference play.

SU was strong on the other side of the ball, holding the Wolfpack to just 16 points. It extended its takeaway streak to 20 games, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the ineptness shown on offense.

Here’s whose stock is up or down after Syracuse’s disappointing loss to NC State.

SONDRE NORHEIM scored the game-winning goal against the Huskies by heading in a corner kick, marking the second consecutive game he’s scored off a set piece for the Orange. gavin liddell staff photographer

By Anthony Dabbundo asst. sports editor

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ondre Norheim crept toward the middle of the box, waiting for Massimo Ferrin’s delivery.

As he’d done against No. 18 North Carolina three days earlier, Norheim jumped above the contesting defenders and earned himself a clean header at goal.

Ferrin’s ball dropped onto his head, and Norheim redirected it into the bottom left corner of the goal.

Syracuse pressed the Huskies and forced turnovers consistently the first 53 minutes, and despite disappointing finishing again, Norheim’s header rewarded the Orange for their aggressive high-press.

SU’s midfield led to the Orange’s third clean sheet of the season. In the midst

Sondre Norheim’s header goal off a corner kick led Syracuse past Connecticut

of a difficult stretch of conference games, Syracuse (5-3-4, 1-2-2 Atlantic Coast) stepped out of conference and defeated former Big East rival Connecticut (4-8-1, 1-3-0 American), 1-0, on Tuesday night at SU Soccer Stadium. The Orange played their most controlled match of the season, accomplishing head coach Ian McIntyre’s goal of “suffocating” the Huskies from start to finish, he said.

“I thought from the first minute to the last we were in control of the game,” McIntyre said.

McIntyre was on his team verbally from the sideline throughout the match, especially his starting midfield three of Simon Triantafillou, Julio Fulcar and Amferny Sinclair. Sinclair typically sits at the base of the three-man see connecticut page 10

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The number of tackles Andrew Armstrong had against North Carolina State, a career-high.

STOCK UP Andrew Armstrong

Armstrong turned in the best performance of his Syracuse career against the Wolfpack, tallying a career-high 14 tackles in addition to two tackles for loss and an interception down the stretch. He was key to SU’s overall dominant defensive performance and made a number of big stops from sidelineto-sideline, including a tackle in the second quarter that may have prevented a touchdown. Later on see stock

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men’s soccer

Ferrin nets 3rd assist in 2 games in SU’s 1-0 win over UConn

By David Schneidman staff writer

As Massimo Ferrin prepared to take a free kick just a few strides away from the right corner flag, he gazed into the penalty area. On Saturday against No. 18 North Carolina, the senior provided the service for SU’s first headed goal from a set piece all season, courtesy of Sondre Norheim. With 20 minutes remaining in the first half on Tuesday night, Ferrin aimed for the 6-foot-4 junior once again.

Ferrin fizzed the ball into the

box and Norheim found it, but the junior’s header was cleared off the line by Connecticut’s Jake Dengler.

Later in the second half, Ferrin nearly set up another headed goal as SU center back Dylan McDonald rose above everybody and directed his effort inches wide of the left post.

The Orange’s set piece woes, which up to that point included 83 corner kicks without a goal on the season, looked to remain.

Nine minutes into the second half, Ferrin and Norheim combined once again to end that streak.

This time, Ferrin whipped the ball

(Ferrin) knows where different guys are going to run, where they’re going to end up Sondre Norheim su defender

into the near post, where Norheim met it and drilled it into the bottom left corner.

“It’s hard to mark when you get into a good position and the ball is placed right there,” Norheim said. “(Ferrin) knows where different guys are going to run, where we’re going to end up. He knew I was going to end up in that position.”

The junior’s second goal in as many games lifted Syracuse (5-3-4, 1-2-2 Atlantic Coast) past Connecticut (4-8-1, 1-2 American), 1-0, in the Orange’s first match at SU Soccer Stadium since Sept. 27. The victory maintains SU’s undefeated home record and marks its third shutout of the season.

“It’s about attacking the ball,” SU head coach Ian McIntyre said about set pieces. “We could have had a couple tonight. With Dylan, with Sondre, with Nyal (Higgins), we’ve got some dangerous options.”

Within a quarter-hour, Syracuse had already won two corners thanks to its high press on the Huskies’ backline and goalkeeper. Each time, Ferrin trotted to the corner flag and assumed the position to take the kick. Instead of delivering the ball to where the Orange’s defenders could try and get a head on it, Ferrin opted see ferrin page 10