Remembrance Scholars led a procession during the Candlelight Vigil from Hendricks Chapel to the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages.
The CNY Art Guild hosted their Fine Art Show and Sale this weekend, which showcased the breadth of talent and creativity of artists in the region.
Syracuse held NC State to just three field goals in its third conference win of the season. The Orange held the Wolfpack to 87 total yards in the first half.
By Anthony Alandt senior staff writer
Following Syracuse’s first win over a ranked opponent in four years, it ranked No. 14 in the AP Top 25 Poll. The win at home against then-No. 15 NC State moved SU to 6-0 and qualified it for a bowl game for the first time since 2018. The Orange jumped the Wolfpack, Penn State and Mississippi State in the rankings, all of whom lost on Saturday.
“There’s a lot of goals that are still out there, but there’s one goal that’s been checked,” Syracuse head coach Dino Babers said after the game.
The Orange dismantled the Wolfpack’s o ense on Saturday, holding them to 87 total yards in the first half. After starting quarterback Devin Leary was ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury, backup Jack Chambers ended up 18-of-30 on 160 passing yards.
By Stephanie Wright and Kyle Chouinard the daily orangeOn Tuesday night, Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar Emma Dahmen gathered a group of scholars from this year’s cohort on Zoom. Following the discovery of antisemitic writings in SU’s Pan Am Flight 103 archives, the group wanted to craft a response that accurately reflected the perspec-
tives of Jewish scholars and all other cohort members.
“All of us, of course, were horrified and frustrated and extremely angry,” Dahmen said. “We started to think about, ‘okay, well, how do we make changes to our remembrance programming in the one week’s notice that we have?’”
Jason and Eric Coker, who died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, both used antisemitic language and imagery in letters to family members in 1988, the
year of the attack. The twins are part of a group of 35 victims memorialized annually by SU’s Remembrance Week.
Following the discovery of the messages, members of this year’s Remembrance cohort said they need to focus on shifting the direction of the program to better adhere to its motto, “Look Back, Act Forward.” They said they wanted to improve education about hate and discrimination and rethink how they memorialized the attack.
The Remembrance Scholars’ advisor received a statement SU planned to publish about the findings just moments before it was published, so the scholars never reviewed it, Dahmen said. A university spokesperson told The D.O. that it does not reflect the perspective of the
SU is in the top-15 rankings, eligible for a bowl game and set to finish .500 or better for the first time since 2018
Meanwhile, Oronde Gadsden II set a new career-high with 137 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Sean Tucker rushed for 98 yards and a fourth quarter touchdown that sealed the win over the Wolfpack.
Syracuse is now one of just nine remaining undefeated teams in Division I — the other nine teams rank fi rst through ninth place in the standings. The Orange will travel to square o against No. 5 Clemson, who dropped one spot in the rankings despite a 34-28 win over Florida State.
NC State, whom SU handled 24-9 Saturday afternoon, dropped to No. 23 in the latest poll, now with two losses to ranked opponents. The Orange also face Wake Forest later in the season, who moved up one spot to No. 13 after a 45-10 smothering of Army. Pittsburgh and Notre Dame, who began the season in the top 25, remain unranked this week.
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“The very event of the attack on Pan Am 103 was rooted in hate, so I think it is most important that we consider how we can adjust the program to best serve the purpose of combatting hate,” Remembrance Scholar Kinley Gaudette Page 3
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Noteworthy events this week.
WHAT: Clothesline Project
WHEN: Oct. 17, 9:30 a.m. to Oct. 21, 5 p.m.
WHERE: Schine Student Center Atrium
WHAT: Sitting in Solidarity
WHEN: Oct. 17, 1:28 p.m. to 2:03 p.m.
WHERE: Shaw Quadrangle
WHAT: DPS Game Night
WHEN: Oct. 18, 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Schine Student Center Main Lounge
When Syracuse University senior Ben Cavarra was living in a dorm, he noticed students would often grab a water bottle from the vending machines rather than use a water bottle filling station.
SA’s Community and Govern ment Affairs committee is now look ing to increase the number of water bottle filling stations across campus. The measure is part of an increased focus on sustainability that also includes proposals to let students take out more to-go containers from SU’s dining halls, said Cavarra, SA’s vice president of CGA.
By Luisana Oritz asst. copy editorAfter walking from Hendricks Chapel to the Place of Remem brance, the 2022-23 cohort of Remembrance Scholars placed electric candles along the edge of the memorial’s wall.
Throughout the yearly routine, the scholars and the crowd that had gathered were silent.
The 2022-23 cohort of Remem brance Scholars hosted a candle light vigil Sunday at the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages to begin Syracuse University’s 2022 Remembrance Week, an annual tradition of honoring the 270 victims of the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Scholars plan com memorative events for the week according to the program’s prin ciple of “Look Back, Act Forward” to honor the victims.
fect SU students representing 35 imperfect people,” Remem brance Scholar Josh Meyers said. “But through our imperfec tions, we will continue to learn how to act forward and trans form our mission to combat the very hatred that ultimately led to the bombing of Pan Am 103.”
Jason and Eric Coker, who died in the bombing, both used antisemitic language and imag ery in letters to family members in 1988, the year of the attack.
The vigil addressed the implica tions of that material for the program’s future.
Before the vigil, Hendricks held its weekly Music and Message event which included performanc es by the chapel’s choir, remarks from Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol and reflections from 2022-23 Remembrance Scholars Diane Benites, Dara Drake, Sifan Hunde and Meyers.
as the scholar who discovered the antisemitic language in the Remembrance archives. He said the current cohort’s priority is education about and advocacy against acts of terrorism.
Meyers, who was in charge of planning the vigil and ceremony, told The Daily Orange that it’s important for the SU commu nity to attend this year’s Remem brance events. He said the events will be “powerful” and will have a heavy focus on the cohort’s cur rent mission.
Hunde told The D.O. that she and the other speakers each in their remarks tried to address a differ ent aspect of the cohort’s position regarding the discovery and its cir cumstances. In her speech, Hunde spoke about what the week repre sents to her.
Hunde said in her speech.
Following the Music and Mes sage, the cohort of remembrance scholars guided attendees to the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages. Mey ers read a statement from the cohort before the start of the vigil establishing their stance against “antisemitism and all other forms of violence.”
The cohort will continue to include the names of Eric and Jason Coker in this year’s Remembrance Week events, the statement said.
Though she said she con demns his actions, Benites, the Scholar representing Eric Coker, said during her speech that the discovery should encourage the SU community to continue to act against hate.
Harrison Vogt student association s director of sustainability
“The idea is … to encourage more reusable container usage and the idea is making it more convenient through increasing the number of water bottle filling stations, students are more likely to use reusable water bottles than go buy the Aquafina water bottles SU sells,” SU Student Association’s Director of Sustain ability Harrison Vogt said.
“I am grateful that light was shown onto this material,” Benites said. “It has already sparked crucial
“We are a group of 35 imper
Meyers introduced himself
“While Remembrance Week started today and ends on Octo ber 22, the community reflecting and acting does not stop there,”
South Campus residents reported twice as many COVID-19 cases as the rest of the student population between Sept. 16 and Oct. 16.
During that time period, 31% of self-reported student COVID-19 cases were among people living on South Campus, who only make up 14.2% of the campus population, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president of communications.
As of Sunday, the university has 15 active, self-reported COVID-19
cases among students, she said.
The entire university saw 259 reported COVID-19 cases from Sept. 16 through Oct. 16, Scca lese said. During the same time period, the university recorded 79 COVID-19 cases on South Cam pus, 138 off-campus and 42 from people who live on-campus. The university also recorded 171 positive COVID-19 cases among its faculty and staff from Sept. 16 to Oct. 16.
As of Oct. 15, Onondaga County currently has 96 positive COVID19 cases and a 7.8% test positivity
rate. New York state currently has reported 4,006 positive COVID-19 cases as of Oct. 15.
“As we get further into the fall season, I urge New Yorkers to take advantage of all available tools to keep themselves, their loved ones and their communities safe and healthy,” Governor Kathy Hochul said in a press release.
Hochul urged New Yorkers to get their bivalent COVID-19 vac cine boosters from Pfizer-BioN Tech. Anyone age 12 or older can receive a Pfizer dose and people 18 and older can get the Moderna one.
Hochul also encouraged New Yorkers to get their flu shots as flu season approaches.
The Barnes Center at The Arch is offering flu vaccines, which are required for all stu dents, by appointment over the next two months.
“We will continue to monitor the prevalence of the virus on our campus and in our surrounding communities and take additional public health action should it become necessary,” Scalese said.
Currently, SU residence halls each only have one water bottle filling sta tion, all of which are on the first floor, Cavarra said. Now, he wants to have one station for every three floors.
SA has found two main road blocks: funding and maintenance. To implement Cavarra’s idea, SU would have to spend money to install new water lines which would run to each station. The university would also have to ensure that the filter for each is working and solve electrical prob lems, he said.
To encourage students to use reusable water bottles, SU is pro moting an app called “Fill It For ward”. The app can be accessed via a QR code and shows students how much waste they are saving with each refill. Vogt expects the codes to be available soon.
According to SU’s website, the program already has over 1,000 members and has diverted 30.63 pounds of waste as of Sunday.
“I really believe that a lot of sus tainability initiatives really need to stress the idea that there needs to be a cultural change for us to be
I really believe that a lot of sustainability initiatives really need to stress the idea that there needs to be a cultural change for us to be sustainable as a society.
After this year’s Remembrance Scholars cohort learned about antisemitic writing and a drawing of a swastika in the files of Pan Am Flight 103 victims Jason and Eric Coker on Oct. 7, Scholar and Syracuse University Senior Emma Dahmen realized the group did not have time to make all the changes to the Remembrance Week’s programming that they wanted.
The group announced Wednesday that it will continue to include the Cokers’ names within the group’s programming, with a changed meaning.
“We are not honoring and celebrating their hateful actions. We are remembering their deaths as a result of terrorism. We are
not honoring their legacy of hate,” 32 of the 35 scholars wrote to The Daily Orange in a letter to the editor.
The university’s Remembrance program published its schedule for Oct. 16 through Oct. 22 on Thursday with multiple changes from previous years.
The Remembrance and Lockerbie Schol ars will be showcasing a mural titled “Look Back, Act Forward,” — the week’s motto. The program will display the mural on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Schine Stu dent Center. Both sessions will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to the Remem brance Week event website.
On Friday, Senior Lecturer in Criminol ogy and Criminal Justice Dr. Colin Atkinson and Researcher Dr. Andy Clark will speak at “‘It was known as the place where nothing
ever happens. But it did. It did’: Trauma, Identity, Community and the 1988 Locker bie Bombing,” according to SU’s calendar.
The pair have spoken with people who ini tially responded to the crash in Lockerbie, such as police officers and members of the local res cue team. During the event, the two research ers will discuss how the crash is remembered through trauma and emotional response, how identity impacts the narrative of responders and how first-responders were brought togeth er by the attack.
Clark, who works out of Newcastle Universi ty, and Atkinson, who lectures at the University of the West of Scotland, will have their seminar from 10 to 11 a.m. in Bird Library Room 114.
Last year, the Pan Am Flight 103 archives held a pop-up exhibition showcas ing its materials. The program did not hold
the event in previous years and will not hold it this year.
Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn, SU’s Pan Am Flight 103 archivist, did not respond to an email request regarding changes in Remembrance Week’s programming.
While Remembrance scholars did not enact large overhauls to the program this year, Dah men said that the current scholars will continue to adjust the program once the week concludes.
“The big debate we’ve all been having is the use of the word ‘honor’ in this program. And for me, I think it’s an important thing to distinguish,” Dahmen said. “We want to remember these individuals because their lives were taken far too soon but we don’t nec essarily have to honor their hateful actions.” kschouin@syr.edu @Kyle_Chouinard
Remembrance Scholar cohort.
A group of the scholars who felt their insight was not included wrote their own letter reacting to the discovery and discussing how the pro gram should move forward. 32 of the 35 scholars signed the statement.
“We wanted to share what we found and be really transparent about what was going on and we had hoped to get that statement out as soon as possible,” Dahmen said. “And then I think SU News … from my perspective … went over our heads in releasing that statement.”
Including the opinions of scholars from the Jewish community and other marginal ized groups was a priority for the meeting, Dahmen said.
“There was a really important note that one of the other scholars made at the beginning, and basically said, ‘yes, we all have feelings about this, but there are Jewish students and students of color that are directly impacted by this hate every day, so we need to be sure to include their voices in this letter,’ and that really set the tone for the meeting,” Dahmen said.
Dahmen said when she and other scholars found out about the antisemitic language, they immediately began to think about the future of the Remembrance Program.
Senior Remembrance Scholar Kinley Gaud ette said in an email to The Daily Orange she initially wasn’t surprised by the letters because of how prevalent antisemitism is.
“My first thoughts and feelings were about
how the Jewish scholars and community mem bers, as well as the loved ones of Jewish victims of Pan Am 103, would be affected by what was found,” Gaudette said. “The tragedy and pain of Pan Am 103 runs deeply and touches so many, and it was heartbreaking knowing the weight of this painful discovery would be added to already heavy shoulders.”
Senior Remembrance Scholar Riya Gupta said the word choices in SU’s statement, spe cifically calling the Cokers’ actions a “mistake,” were not reflective of her thoughts. The univer sity’s statement didn’t convey the gravity of the language in the writings, Gaudette said.
Still, Gupta said the discovery of the materi als has been “a catalyst” for changing and updat ing the program.
“It’s led to a lot of really good and produc tive conversations (about) restructuring the program and shying away a little bit more from representing these 35 victims as individuals and more thinking about them as a whole,” Gupta said.
SU’s statement said the 2022-23 Remem brance cohort would work to move forward in a way that commemorates the lives of those lost in the attack in a more collective way, as well as to “recognize the potential they never got to realize.”
While the materials contained in the archives boxes for each victim is only a “small percentage” of who they were, SU shouldn’t focus on the sen timent of the Coker twins’ unrealized potential to change, Gupta said.
The findings serve as a reminder of antisemi tism’s extent today, she said.
the Pan Am 103 bombing occurred and killed 11 people—who receive a scholarship to study at SU for one year.
The program needs to evaluate how it will navigate how it adheres its guiding principle, “Look Back, Act Forward,” which emphasizes educating the campus community about terror ism and making positive change through public service, Gaudette said.
“The very event of the attack on Pan Am 103 was rooted in hate, so I think it is most important that we consider how we can adjust the program to best serve the purpose of combatting hate, educating on anti-terrorism and having impor tant conversations with community stakehold ers,” Gaudette said.
Media and law enforcement widely blamed Khalid Jaafar, a Muslim student who was killed in the bombing, for the Pan Am flight 103 attack in its aftermath. Jafaar had no connection to the bomber or the attack.
Dahmen said the findings have implica tions for how future scholars in the cohort proceed with considering topics like Islamo phobia and antisemitism.
“How can we lay a foundation for future cohorts of scholars to be able to continue this program in a way that appropriately memorial izes the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 without putting them on a pedestal?” Dahmen said.
Gaudette added that she doesn’t want the findings to deter Jewish students from partici pating in the program.
“It would be completely unthinkable to allow future Jewish students thinking of applying to be left wondering if they have a place in the program, or feeling that the program does not support them,” Gaudette said. “To ask them to put their pain aside for the sake of preserving
traditional aspects of the program would culti vate a group that is safe for non-Jewish students only, and that would be unacceptable.”
Remembrance Scholar and United States Navy veteran Amanda LaLonde said she has conflicting emotions about the situation as a mother of twin boys.
“Despite what the Coker twins had written, they still existed,” LaLonde said. “They were still someone’s family member.”
The cohort members’ individual and group reflections are sparking conversations about creating lasting change in the program. The cohort hopes to continue their conversations about implementing change beyond just during Remembrance Week, Gupta said.
She also said she wants the campus com munity to know that the cohort is trying to be proactive about making change.
“It’s important that the campus commu nity knows that we’re not trying to go about this in a passive way,” Gupta said. “We’re given the opportunity to be leaders on cam pus, we’re given the honor to be scholars, and it’s up to us to take this moment to try to change the program.”
Dahmen said that the situation has fun damentally altered her view of the Remem brance program.
“When I was selected as a Remembrance Scholar, I really saw this program as some thing beautiful and important, and I still see it that way,” Dahmen said. “But it feels like this week, there has been this ugly haze over the top of it.”
conversations and actions that go beyond this program.”
A group of the scholars read the names of the 270 victims of the Pan Am 103 attack, also listing Andrew McClune’s name, a Lockerbie scholar who died during his year studying at SU in 2002 . Following a moment of silence, Drake shared a poem that Sharon Davis, the victim she is representing, wrote about her father. The vigil closed with a performance by The SU Mandarins, an a cappella group.
Zach Blackstock and Natasha Gilfillian, the 2022-23 Lockerbie Scholars, attended both events. Lockerbie Scholars are two students from Lockerbie, Scotland—the city over which
Blackstock told The D.O. he thought the events were well-executed in light of the recent controversy.
Given that the program focuses on remembering the lives of those killed in the crash, he and Gilfillian said victims tend to be idolized, and that acknowledg ing the Coker twins’ past helps to rework how the victims are regarded.
“It brings you back to reality, remem bering them as imperfect people. Some times, people have very terrible views,” Gilfillian said.
lsortiz@syr.edu @luisanasofcharge them $3 to receive another, according to SU’s policy.
increase the amount of boxes for each stu dent, Cavarra said.
sustainable as a society,” Vogt said.
Outside of the filling stations, Cavarra said he wants to increase the amount of to-go boxes students can take out. After the university stopped using plastic to-go boxes during the pandemic, SU brought back the “one green box policy,” he said.
In campus dining halls, students can only check out one to-go box at a time. If a stu dent loses their container, the university will
Only having the ability to take one box at a time has led some students to complain about the system, Vogt said.
To address these student complaints, SA’s Sustainability Committee collaborated with SU Food Services. During meetings between SA’s Sustainability Committee and SU Food Services, the group discussed allowing stu dents to take out two boxes at a time. But members of Food Services said they did not have enough room in their budget to
Dining halls do not have enough boxes already and SU would have to purchase more to upgrade to two boxes, Cavarra said.
Additionally, the software system that tracks to-go box checkout is set up so that each student only gets one, meaning the software would need to be adjusted for students to have access to two boxes, he said.
With both the water bottle filling stations and the proposed change for to-go boxes, SA hopes to expand the amount of sustainability
initiatives at SU.
SA President David Bruen said becoming plastic free and carbon neutral by 2040 are two of SA’s goals. The SA Sustainability Com mittee is working to achieve these goals by working closely with the university and stu dents, Bruen said.
Vogt said that this session of SA could have the largest impact on sustainability in the association’s history.
“It might be the most momentous Student Association year we’ve had,” he said. kcampb14@syr.edu
After Ann Laczak retired from her job of 35 years as a home economics teacher, she placed a note on her refrig erator that read, “I want to find my passion.”
Soon after this “manifestation,” Laczak’s mother-in-law gifted her a felting machine — a tool that looks like a sewing machine, but instead uses barbed needles to puncture fibers and intertwine them, creating an entirely new fabric. Laczak was instantly enamored, she said, creating pillows and eventually twodimensional framed works.
“From that little (instruction) booklet and that machine, I fell in love with felting,”
she said.
Laczak, alongside many other artists from the region, displayed their creations at the CNY Art Guild Fine Art Show and Sale this weekend at the Aspen House in Baldwinsville. In addition to Laczak’s felting work, the show featured oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, photography, metalwork and stained glass pieces. Most works were priced over one hun dred dollars.
The CNY Art Guild holds monthly meet ings from September to June, often fea turing demonstrations for member artists. The group also hosts two juried shows a year, but to multimedia artist and guild vice president Lynn Harnois, the best part of the organization is simply being around so much artistic skill.
It’s no secret that the midterm sea son can be an overwhelming time of the semester.
But students aren’t just stressed in October — the American Institute of Stress (AIS) reported in 2019 that 80% of students say that they are consistently stressed, and 34% have reported feelings of depression.
Facing a full course load worth of midterm assignments can be daunting to tackle all at once. But
academic coaches and other study experts said that implementing effective study habits, taking breaks and prioritizing self-care can lower stress levels and make the workload feel more feasible.
As a CLASS academic coach, Keren Makleff’s role is not to tutor students, but to teach them time management and studying tricks to promote success in classes and lessen the stress and anxiety of col lege coursework. Makleff said she always recommends to the students she’s working with that they take
midterm season one day, and assign ment, at a time.
Sarah Beckage, a math academic coach and student that studies biol ogy and neuroscience, expressed similar strategies, and said that when she tutors, she helps students take their studying step by step.
“When you look at it with a big umbrella approach with all your classes at once it stresses you out more,” Makleff said. “I highly rec ommend breaking it down subject by subject and getting one thing done at a time.”
Makleff also encourages her stu dents to prioritize tougher assign ments and classes, devoting the time and energy where it’s needed most.
“You know what classes you need more work in, and the classes you don’t,” Makleff said. “Optimize that — say ‘I know this class, and that I am doing really well in this class. Why don’t I spend a little more time in a class I need a bit more work in?’”
But even with good study hab its, school work can still be over whelming. To combat this, Syracuse University offers many ways to both
study harder and destress.
Going to individual tutors, coaches or group sessions can help prepare students more efficiently while still protecting their mental health at the same time. CLASS offers Mindfulness Workshops as well to help students deal with stress efficiently.
Research also shows that exercis ing has positive impacts on stress, such as improving concentration and calmness.
According to Erica Jackson, a
The CNY Art Guild Fine Art Show and Sale this weekend featured art pieces of many mediums, uniquely and created by local artistsEach piece of art featured at the CNY Art Guild Fine Art Show and Sale this weekend boasted intricate, delicate details unique to the artist who created the piece. meghan hendricks photo editor
At Oktoberfest, if you’re not drinking, you’re dancing. If you’re not dancing, then somebody is bound to pull you into a Polka performance, put you in the bier puppet or convince you to sign up for the stein hoisting competition. For Ruth Florey, a performer with the Syracuse Oktoberfest Band and Dance Group, she wouldn’t want it any other way.
“It’s a way to detach from the world and just forget about all of the horrible stuff going on,” Florey said. “You can just have fun.”
This year, the German American Society of Central New York hosted the Syracuse Bavar ian Oktoberfest at the New York State Fair grounds. This has been their biggest annual event for over 60 years, said society member James Heckthorne.
The building was filled from one side to the other with raffles, cornhole, German beer, live music and high spirits. The smell of bratwurst, sauerkraut and Bavarian pretzels filled the atmosphere. At every opportunity, perform ers encouraged all those in attendance to get up and dance with them. People of all ages enjoyed the event with beaming smiles on their faces.
This year, Oktoberfest partnered with Kel leigh’s Cause — a charity organization devoted to raising awareness for Arteriovenous Mal formations (AVMS) and now hosts the Great New York State Marathon — to create an event where participants could go straight from running a race to drinking beer on tap at the German festival.
“After every race, you want a post-race party to celebrate everybody who’s crossing the finish line, especially marathons,” said Kelleigh Gustafson, the President of Kelleigh’s Cause. “We just kind of happened to find each other. We pitched ourselves to (the Society) and they were very excited to do it with us.”
Gustafson’s family started Kelleigh’s Cause to fundraise and educate the community on AVMS. Gustafson, who herself was born with AVMS, was her families’ inspiration for starting the char ity in her junior year of high school, when the severity of her disease worsened, and the lack of funding and awareness for AVMS was brought to their attention.
In addition to Kelleigh’s Cause, other nonprof it organizations also sponsored the marathon, such as RefocusALZ, Team RWB, and Soledier Socks, to raise awareness for their causes.
After the marathon, at the festival, patrons could eat traditional German food, indulge in a beer, check out different vendors and par ticipate in many traditional German dances,
including the May Dance and Polka dancing.
Nadja Allmann, the Financial Secretary of the German American Society, said the most popular purchase each year is their collectible steins, which a few German Beer mug collec tors have been acquiring for years.
“People will ask us if we’re still doing
Join former co-director of Syracuse Uni versity’s DanceWorks Porshia A. Deri val for a conversation about her path to becoming executive director of the only global dance non-governmental organiza tion: H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conserva tory. Her talk will be Monday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 119 Euclid.
Talk with award winning director, Brian Lilla, for a Q and A about his film Children of the Vine. The documentary highlights more sus tainable large scale farming practices capable of feeding the world. Meet Lilla and view the film from 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in White Hall room 335.
Visit the Rosamond Gifford Zoo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 15 until Oct. 30 to trick or treat with the animals. The themes for the week ends are “Witches & Wizards,” Oct. 22–23, and “Your Favorite Movie Characters”, Oct. 29–30.
Alumnus Ed Kashi will return to Syracuse on Thursday as the keynote speaker for the 2022 Alexia Fall Workshop. The workshop supports photographers to become agents for change and helps promote cultural understanding and peace. Kashi is a pho
tographer for National Geographic and VII Agency, and is promoting and signing his new book “Abandoned Moments: A Love Letter to Photography,” before the lec ture. Join Kashi in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3 from 6 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Head over to Liverpool to take a not-so-scary stroll along a half-mile path at Long Branch Park and appreciate the some halloween themed displays along your walk. Enjoy some food trucks and drinks while you’re there! The stroll will take place every Thursday through Sunday from Oct. 20 through Oct. 30.
If you’re over 21, make your way to Destiny USA — head to the Funny Bone Comedy Club and catch Jamie Kilstein’s act. Kilstein is a comedian who focuses on stand up comedy, podcasts and sketch comedy. He will be at the comedy club Friday at 7:45 p.m. and Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Take an evening to dance, appreciate art, and listen to music and poetry to honor the victims of Pan Am Flight 103. Celebrate their legacies alongside current remembrance scholars and families of the victims. The event will take place on Thursday at the K.G. Tan Auditorium in the National Veterans Resource Center at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.
For those over 21, head over to Buried Acorn Brewing Company to carve out a pumpkin and fill it with Pumpkin Shoreski for $15. This
deal runs through the end of October. The brewery is open Sunday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
If you’re looking for a comedy show, you’re in luck! Viral comedians Zach Rushing, Dustin Sims and Jesse Peyton will be at the Palace Theater Sat. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Following the show, they will host a meet and greet for fans. Tickets start at $40.
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Cock appella on Sat. from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. There is a $5 recommended donation to attend the show the a cappella group has worked with the Testicular Cancer Foundation for the past ten years and all proceeds from the show goes towards the foundation.
“(The other artists’ work) makes me want to just run home and create stuff,” Harnois said. “I’m humbled at everyone’s talent.”
Harnois displayed six stained glass pieces at the exhibition, all boasting vibrant hues that glistened in the early afternoon light. She said she often found inspiration in elements of nature, like the sun or water, and frequently implemented a structure resembling quilt pat terns in her work.
Her love for working with stained glass came from a childhood toy — a Lite Brite. The way the colors changed with the addi tion of light fascinated her, she said. And when she found herself in a stained glass class by chance — she’d expected a water color lesson — she immediately knew that she would love the medium.
“When I cut my first piece of glass, I was hooked,” she said.
Harnois used the bottoms of wine and liquor bottles as the focal points of her four pieces. She obtained the glass circles from a company that imprints them with patterns from nature, like a dragonfly or blades of grass, which she said was the perfect addi tion to her work.
Harnois also works with pastels, photogra phy, watercolor and acrylic painting and poin tillism. Her work, titled “The Season’s First,” which is made entirely out of tiny dots, depicts a collection of yellow, red and orange leaves on a windowsill. Although it’s painstaking, she said the technique creates a brilliant effect.
“There’s no background that’s painted or penciled in,” Harnois said. “It’s all built up with layers of dots.”
Many artists in the guild, including Laczak, ground their work in realism, recalling beauti ful scenes from their experiences to reference, superimpose or recreate in their work later on.
Laczak said she drew inspiration from everyday scenes. Her daily walk in the spring time inspired her work, “Forsythia” after she noticed how vibrant yellow flowers in her
researcher for ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal, stressors like midterms, while still short term, can contribute to chronic stress, which is more long term and harder to deal with, like school or work. Jackson found that exercising still helps students deal with chronic stress, but that it won’t be a full treatment, and suggests that people find other things in their life to get them through stress.
Harrison Spieler, a junior television, radio and film student, said that the best way to deal with stress is to find something, whether it be video games, painting, or even watching TV, that students can do to take their minds off of studying.
“The best way is, even if you have a midterm coming up, to take a little bit of time — any where between a half hour and two hours — and do something that you love,” Spieler said. “I try to find time to go to the gym, even though I have midterms, because I know it will relax me. It’s good for me.”
Oktoberfest this year, and if we’re not, then they ask if we’re still selling steins,” Allmann said.
The merchandise at Oktoberfest were all traditional to German culture, some having an Americanized twist. Items that are solely recognized in American Oktoberfests include necklaces made out of pretzels and chicken hats, which were handmade by Heckathorne and his wife.
All proceeds from the event go toward scholarships that the German American Society gives to German students every year, said Sally Frenza, the organization’s scholarship chair. After each selection pro
development contrast with the surroundings.
Robert Hines, an acrylic painter, centers his art on wildlife he encountered, and sometimes photographed, in his time outdoors. Hines’s painting, entitled “Walleyes,” depicts an upclose swarm of fish in an increasingly deep body of turquoise water. His other works, “Par tridges” and “Snow Geese,” capture action, as groups of birds soar through empty skies.
“I always had an interest in animals. On the trail, I’ll snap as many pictures as I can of the deer to get more ideas for paintings,” Hines said. “I now basically hunt with a camera.”
No matter how hard you may study, your efforts will likely be in vain if you allow your mental health to deteriorate and don’t make time for yourself to unwind and reconnect.
A recent study by UMass Global found that virtually every student — full-time or part-time, online or on-campus — experi ences some form of academic pressure and stress. Most college students also must bal ance academic demands with extracurricu lar activities, which only intensifies their anxiety and stress.
If students don’t take care of themselves, it will significantly hinder their success in the classroom, according to the study, which found that students who report higher levels of stress are 34.2% more likely to struggle academically. Anxiety, depression and diffi culty sleeping also negatively impacted some students’ grades.
Stress is naturally going to be higher dur ing midterms, making self-care all the more important. But Beckage said that they only take up a few weeks of the semester, and the only way out is through.
Hines took a while to settle on a medium. He tried oil paints and watercolors before rec ognizing the versatility of acrylics, which are fast drying and have great layering potential, allowing Hines to experiment and create his visions faster.
Hines had been part of other artists’ guilds in the past. He said he appreciated the chance for his work to finally be in the public eye. It has sat in his studio collecting dust for years, he said.
The CNY Art Guild provided Laczak with a community of creatives. She said it’s a great way
to meet like-minded people, draw inspiration from others’ work and processes and appreciate the imagination and skill of other artists.
“As soon as I hang up my art, the first thing I do is go around and look at what everyone else has done,” Laczak said. “It’s just wonderful to see the talent that people have.”
As vice president of the guild, Harnois helps behind the scenes of the show as well. Though it’s a taxing task, she said it’s completely worth it in the end.
rachel@dailyorange.com @rachel_raposascess, they invite the scholarship winners, qualifying applicants and all other local German students to a dinner where accep tance speeches are given in both German and English.
After a pandemic that separated com munities, this year’s partnership between Oktoberfest and the Great New York State Marathon produced an event where run ners, German culture enthusiasts and everybody in between could come together to support local charitable causes and cel ebrate the beauty of unity.
“There’s a lot of people who wouldn’t miss it for the world,” Heckathorne said. “They want to go every year.”
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ric and Jason Coker were just two of the 35 SU stu dents that had their lives cut short by the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, but the findings of anti semitism in the twins’ archive has made them a major subject of dis cussion leading up to 2022’s remem brance week.
However, we’ve slightly lost sight of the role SU played in the delayed release of these records and the university’s worrying response. There has been so much discussion about the nature of the Remembrance Scholars program, the Jewish community and the ethical imperfections we have as humans. Yet throughout all these talks, the fact that the Coker twins’ antisemitic files remained undiscovered for years speaks to SU’s shaky track-record with antisemitism.
I am in no way claiming that SU administrators are apologists for antisemitism. With that being said, SU’s response to antisemitism on campus is concerning and insincere. The university’s most recent state ment cited the Coker twins’ actions as “a mistake.” It’s one thing to say that we can still honor the potential the Coker twins had to grow and rid themselves of these biases, but it’s a whole different story to excuse the
evidence as a mistake. The only mis take that should be acknowledged is the fact that antisemitic language has been in the archives for so long.
Just this Saturday, Bruce H. Norwell, the Cokers’ step brother, wrote a letter to the editor of The Daily Orange, citing that his broth ers had been vilified throughout this process. Norwell mentions that the two were “bright” and “friendly” and a one off-color joke shouldn’t tarnish their lasting reputation. He continues to say, “I’m sure friends of mine could remind me of instances, when I was a twenty-year-old college stu dent, that were not my finest hour.” But those moments are supposed to be throwing up from one too many drinks or sleeping through class – not spewing antisemitic narratives that are from a place of hate rather than a joke. Just like SU’s announcement, Norwell’s let ter downplays the root of the hate by focusing on other factors.
This sadly isn’t the first time SU has disappointed marginal ized communities with their response to a hate incident. In 2019, the university saw a spike in hate speech on campus that targeted Jewish people, includ ing swastikas drawn in the snow and residence halls, as well as Black, LGBTQ and international students. SU neglected to alert students immediately following
the first incident, which led to the creation of the #NotAgainSU movement. Much like the other targeted groups during that time, the university only acknowledged the Jewish community’s needs after students fought for them.
SU has continuously only handled these problems when it stared them in the face. It took the longest protest in campus history, one that literally shook the core of the school, for SU to take exten sive action towards reshaping its culture. A constant grievance many students have with the uni versity is its wash-rinse-repeat method of handling incidents of hate: a formal announcement, meeting with leaders, repeat. #NotAgainSU was a direct reac tion to inadequate measures taken by administration when handling hate at SU, which makes this week’s statement on the Cok ers disheartening.
In 2020, Jewish students demanded increased surveil lance on campus, which was a short-term solution for a more fundamental problem. Catch ing people drawing swastikas isn’t going to address that they learned that hatred elsewhere. SU has implemented a similarly deflective strategy in light of the Coker twins’ situation. The two incidents both resulted in con versations with Jewish leaders
on campus, particularly those in Hillel. While communication is great, it feels as if administration would rather give Jewish students the tools to build their security, rather than the security itself.
Jewish life is a huge aspect of SU culture. Within Jewish circles, we see the university as one of a few that are hubs for our religious group. We make up nearly 20% of campus (a much higher mark than other marginalized groups), but that doesn’t protect us against antisemitism. There is still a
sense that we have to look out for ourselves and be our own advo cates, rather than have a defender in SU. The school’s response to the Coker twins situation and incidents of antisemitism in the past, especially considering the influence and impact the Jew ish community has at SU, leaves much to be desired.
Jonah Weintraub is a sopho more broadcast and digital jour nalism major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at jsweintr@syr.edu.
We are friends and room mates of Jason and Eric Coker, who were part of the Syracuse University Abroad program in London during the fall of 1988. They were victims of the hor rific Pan Am 103 terrorist bombing, and the impetus for the SU Remem brance Scholars Program.
The revelation last week that each used antisemitic language in a per sonal letter is painful and difficult to understand. This news has forced us to engage in deep soul-searching and self-reflection around the two years we lived with them, forged strong friendships with them and shared our lives, perspectives, experiences and thoughts with them.
To justify their actions in any way would be unjust. What they wrote was wrong. It was hurtful, offensive, and inappropriate back
in 1988, today and all the time in between. Prejudice, bias and bigotry are always unjust and should not be tolerated by any of us.
The efforts of the SU communi ty and the current Remembrance Scholars to confront all forms of discrimination is inspiring. We are confident if Jason and Eric were alive today, they would agree and apologize for their ignorance and words from 34 years ago. They would ask forgiveness of those who were and are hurt by their actions. Unfortunately, confronting one’s own biases and prejudices takes a lifetime of learning and growing. Tragically, neither Jason nor Eric was afforded the privilege of time to continue maturing, learning and growing.
We, along with many of their friends, have spent the last 34 years keeping the memory of Jason and Eric alive because they were kind,
decent, intelligent young men with big hearts who were loyal friends until the day they passed. We lived with them, traveled with them, met their families, spent countless hours talking to them and watched the way they interacted with everyone and the kindness and empathy they showed to others.
To say Jason and Eric had a “legacy of hate” and “were clearly antisemitic” as published in these pieces is irresponsible and unfair to the twins, their families and their friends. To us, it seems equally unjust to pass judgment or say those things without ever having met Jason or Eric or talking to the people who did. I am Jewish and have expe rienced antisemitism numerous times in my life. As Eric’s roommate and a friend of both twins, I can share with the strongest conviction that Eric and Jason were not hateful or antisemitic people.
What Eric and Jason Coker wrote was stupid. But the under signed serve as living testimony to who they were and to their lega cies, which are rooted in kindness, loyalty, intelligence, friendship and empathy. We stand with them and their families in asking the SU community and current scholars to avoid casting shame and hate in a way that is wrong, hurtful and inappropriate in light of who Eric and Jason were during their brief time on earth.
We encourage an open, healing dialogue and plan of action from the Remembrance Scholars and the SU community to find a posi tive and constructive way forward from this painful moment. Just as the positively impactful Remem brance Scholars Program was born of the shock, pain and tragedy of a terrorist act, something good can and should come from this
moment of shock and pain.
We request SU and the commu nity and the current Remembrance Scholars to find a way forward that both remembers and honors the victims of Pan Am 103 as promised – Jason and Eric Coker included –while also examining, discussing, learning, growing and becoming better human beings. Let’s com mit to finding and demonstrating a better way forward through our example of peace, understanding, forgiveness and love.
Mike Toole (Jason Coker’s room mate), Stuar David (Eric Coker’s roommate), Lauren Cook O’Donnell and Francie Dishaw (Jason and Eric’s London roommates) and Vicki Johnston, Matt Allen, John Iovieno, Scott Craig, Michael Mor rison, Douglas Smith and Matt Haynos (Friends of the Coker twins from Syracuse University and Rochester University)
Chambers, who provided another rushing threat against SU’s defense. Early in the matchup, Chambers’ agility on the ground showed.
With a 1st-and-10 in the first quarter, Syracuse sent Marlowe Wax barreling at Chambers from the right side. Chambers avoided the pressure, spinning away from Wax and running down the right sideline for a first down.
Chambers dropped back a few plays later, pump-faking a dump o pass to Thayer Thomas before coming back to running back Jordan Houston on a designed screen. McDonald, who returned on Saturday from an injury, charged at Chambers from the left side, but Chambers let go of the ball just in time.
Houston picked up 18 yards, and thirdstring running back Demarcus Jones II came into the game for NC State. The Orange stu ed Jones twice before forcing Chambers to scramble to the 3-yard line on a 3rd-and-goal.
The Wolfpack elected for a field goal, surrendering its closest chance for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, with another 3rd-andgoal at the 13-yard line, the Wolfpack sent all their receivers into the end zone.
Chambers tried to escape the pocket with no open options, but fled backwards. When he ran to his right, Okechukwu blocked the path to the sideline. When Chambers ran back left, Jatius Geer, who had successfully beat out two o ensive lineman, dove for his ankles. Chambers stumbled past Geer, but Kevon Darton provided the final obstacle from the front, and Chambers hesitated before he was brought down by Geer, Okechukwu and Darton.
Chambers had been scrambling more, and as a byproduct, a few SU starters began cramping or had to leave because of minor injuries. Williams, Jones, Leon Lowery and Duce Chestnut all left at one point.
Williams was out for the rest of the game, but most of the starters came back onto the field after Sean Tucker scored with two minutes left in the game. On the first play of the drive, Okechukwu broke in the pocket first while Geer came from Chambers’ backside. Focused on
Okechukwu, Chambers never saw Geer coming as he was sacked for a loss of three yards.
The Wolfpack started passing, which worked enough to place them with a 1st-andgoal on the 9-yard line. Jones had spent the majority of the game roaming around from gap to gap in a variety of the blitz packages the Orange have utilized. For most of the game it hadn’t worked, and with the fatigue making the game feel more like a long summer run, Jones didn’t want to be wrong.
He paused in his tracks before settling in the A-gap directly next to the ball. After it was snapped, Jones took o . No one blocked him as he dragged Chambers to the turf nine yards behind the line of scrimmage, keeping NC State still touchdown-less by the end of the game.
“We’re going to keep showing people what we’re capable of,” Jones said.
While NC State rarely produced o ense at points in the game, the Orange were still one explosive play away from losing their lead. Syracuse took over on o ense with seven minutes left in the game and took o roughly five minutes o the clock as it worked downfield.
Gadsden made a crucial grab on 2ndand-20 before Damien Alford hauled in a 34-yard catch at the 42-yard line. Two plays later, Sean Tucker broke out to the left sideline, guided by two blocks from Shrader, to score his sixth rushing touchdown of the season and give SU a 24-9 lead.
had taken with fans. Shrader took another approach to the celebrations, using his regular skills on the field of scrambling to avoid being stopped for photos by too many people.
There are now nine remaining undefeated FBS college football teams in the country. The Orange are ranked lowest on the list at No. 14, but they remain the only ACC team to stay unbeaten except for No. 5 Clemson. The rest of the teams are in the top-10 of the AP rankings.
It’s hard to not give the game ball to Gadsden. He led the Orange’s receiving core, again. He set a career-high in receiving yards, again. He set a career-high in receptions, again. And he tied a career-high with two touchdowns, again.
Shrader now has a primary receiver threat in Gadsden for the first time in his career at Syracuse. Gadsden towers over most defensive backs and has the speed to get past most linebackers. He’s helped out as a lead blocker in the running game, too.
“He’s consistently good, not occasionally great,” Babers said.
Shrader’s mistakes Shrader entered Saturday’s matchup with one interception this season. Against NC State, he threw two and explained both of them postgame. On his first, Shrader said he expected an o sides penalty to be called after seeing the referee reach into his pocket. But a flag wasn’t called. For his second, he said Aydan White made a good play on a ball Shrader had lofted for Devaughn Cooper on the right sideline.
Clemson two more opportunities like that.”
The Orange headed into their fi nal three games last season needing one more win, but they were blown out in all matchups against Louisville, NC State and Pittsburgh. This season, SU has already beaten the first two of three teams, facing the Panthers on Nov. 5.
The reason for Syracuse’s inability to get over the hump last year was because of its close defeats earlier in the season, Jones said. The Orange lost three straight games by three points, making costly mistakes on both sides of the ball. But this year, with Jones and Williams back, a reliable No. 1 receiving option and the return of the “old” Szmyt, Syracuse is back in a bowl game and set to finish .500 or better for the first time since 2018.
“We’re just getting started,” Jones said.
Sean Tucker moved up to sixth on Syracuse’s all-time rushing list, passing Floyd Little. He came into the night after a career-high 232-yard rushing performance against Wagner with three touchdowns. But before that, Tucker’s production fell o (briefly).
Against Purdue and Virginia, Tucker ran for a combined 102 yards (he was not pleased with his performance). On Saturday, he continued his success from last week’s onslaught with 98 yards on 14 carries.
able with the amount of substitutions teams make, where Leibold can be faced with a fresh defender that comes o the bench.
Syracuse often creates space on the flanks by developing play in the center of the field. The Orange use midfielders Jeorgio Kocevski and Lorenzo Boselli, or forwards Nathan Opoku and Johnson, to drop in and distribute the ball out wide to Leibold.
“He’s just been another animal this year, getting the ball out to him and letting him do his thing,” Kocevski said. “We rely on him just getting the ball and runners in the box. We expect him to get it in there and for us to score.”
Against Notre Dame in September, Leibold scored the lone goal in the victory over the Fighting Irish. Opoku possessed the ball right outside of the 18 with Leibold trailing from the left. Leibold made a streaking run into space, which allowed Opoku to send a low, cross-field ball to him. Without a single defender within closing distance, Leibold smashed home his first goal of the season.
In the second half against Loyola, Syracuse struggled to continue its scoring from the first half. McIntyre substituted out several starters before bringing back a five-person substitution which included Leibold.
In the 69th minute, Boselli played a through ball to Leibold, who made a cutting run toward the center of the field. Leibold took one touch with his right foot to get around the last Greyhound defender and scored.
“I’m just trying to do what I’m best at, attacking players, going by them (and) whipping in crosses,” Leibold said. “It’s been going great so far, but I have to keep it up.”
Though Syracuse lost 2-1 to Cornell on Oct. 4, Leibold heavily influenced the
“Gotta keep the legs moving baby.”
When asked about the fans storming the field, Shrader said that Gadsden had been overwhelmed from the amount of photos he
game. He registered three shots with one on goal, but his impact was again on the left flank. Leibold crossed seven balls into the box for SU.
“I’m a very strong mental person who knows what he’s good at,” Leibold said. “I just want to keep it up. Always use my strength.”
Leibold played a quick give-and-go with Singelmann in the eighth minute, getting the ball in the left corner before forcing a corner kick. Leibold repeatedly sped around the Cornell outside back, but none of the services Leibold played were met with the head of a Syracuse player.
Shrader has had a few close calls this season. He had two picks overturned against Purdue and he’s routinely thrown to his first read without checking for incoming defenders. With Clemson next week though, Shrader admitted that those turnovers won’t fly.
“We left 21 points out there,” Shrader said. “We’re going to need those next week. We can’t a ord to turn the ball over twice and give
When Syracuse upset Clemson in 2017, it was 3-3 and still ended the season 4-8. The win was one of the biggest in Babers’ tenure at Syracuse, but it was meaningless in the long run. This year, it’ll be the fi rst time in history that two teams with at least six wins and no losses are playing in Death Valley, but defeating the Tigers won’t be just a formality. With the Orange’s hot start, a win is very much possible and could propel SU into the top-10 of the AP poll heading into the back half of the season.
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Leibold said his strongest performance came against Virginia Tech in September. After a Hokie corner kick was cleared, Johnson streaked from SU’s half into Virginia Tech’s. Following Johnson, Leibold continued his run just inside the box on the left side, where the forward dished it off.
Leibold one-touched the through ball, slotting it into the near post to give SU a 1-0 lead. The transition play took eight seconds.
“When you got a player of his ability that draws attention, it creates spaces for other players,” McIntyre said. “We’ve benefitted from that this year. Hopefully he’s got some more goals and assists in him.”
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(Leibold’s) just been another animal this year, getting the ball out to him and letting him do his thing Jeorgio Kocevski MIDFIELDER
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As COVID-19 restrictions eased up and bowl ing lanes reopened, Mackenzie Gill looked for a private coach. Gill, now a senior, wanted to maintain her success after the majority of Liverpool High School’s scheduled games in the 2020-21 bowling season were canceled.
Gill found Mike Tryniski, a veteran PBA bowler who owns Lakeview Lanes in Fulton, New York. The pair spent the past two years teaching Gill techniques and rectifying her motion, increasing her average score from 194 to 220.
“She is a very athletic bowler,” Tryni ski said. “Her athleticism shows through her bowling and what she’s capable of. I’m really looking forward to seeing what she can do this year and in the future.”
Liverpool finished last season as the thirdbest team in the Salt City Athletic Conference with a 9-3 record. In the sectional tournament, Liverpool placed second. Gill and teammate Ashley Hardy were both selected to the AllStars roster in Central New York. This season, Gill hopes to achieve the same success as last season with the Warriors’ revamped roster.
“I literally hope we do best, we stay as a team, we stay positive with each other, we win the shoot-outs and go to the state (tourna ment) again,” Gill said.
Gill has been bowling since she was six. When she enrolled in Chestnut Hill Middle School in Liverpool, she joined the school team and received training for the first time. Gill continued with the sport into high school, playing in youth tournaments outside of her time on Liverpool’s squad.
Liverpool head coach Greg Roth said Gill’s achieved what she has because of her knowl edge of techniques and situational strategies.
Roth said Gill is adept on identifying whether the lanes are oily or rough. Roth also makes sure his bowlers are prepared to move for ward after a mistake.
Roth said that sometimes Gill was frus trated about missing a strike in one frame.
So, Roth suggested Gill to make adjust ments on her motion to find the best angle that can achieve the strike consistently. Besides this, Roth always encouraged her to be prepared mentally for the next frame and keep cheering for her teammates on the side.
“What I try to promote with all the ath letes I coach is being a positive person, being a good teammate, and being a good role model,” Roth said.
Tryniski helped Gill become a more aggres sive bowler and a high-scorer in every frame. Tryniski added Gill has always been “wellrounded,” pinpointing the ball inside or out side depending on the arrangement of the pins at a given time.
“Her physical game, her mental game, her versatility and her knowledge of bowling balls itself has all increased,” Tryniski said. “She’s learned to become more disciplined. I think that’s an area that she needs to work on.”
Gill scored 6,630 points throughout the 2019-20 season, but she increased her total to 7,206 last season as she worked with Tryni ski. Her success also came in the most critical moments, which usually come in the third game of bowling matches. She scored 2,450 points in the third game, more than in the first two games.
During the last season, she contributed 200.2 points per game, the most in her high school career.
“It’s a lot of hard work and she practices a lot,” said Aimee Gill, her mother.
This season, Gill has been without Hardy, who graduated. Gill said she is nervous about her new responsibility as Liverpool’s captain because of the team’s small roster. But she’s ready to face the challenge head first.
“It’s bitter-sweet. She’s obviously talented so it’s exciting to see her go into her final year and wrap up her high school career,” Aimee said. jlu124@syr.edu
Alyssa Bert bounced the ball against the hardwood as she prepared to send it toward the other side of the floor. Bert lifted the ball into the air, firing a laser toward the back line. Maddy May, who attempted a dig, struggled to handle the serve as the ball deflected off of her and out of play.
The ace for Bert gave Syracuse a match point opportunity, and a service error by May two points later gave Syracuse (9-9, 5-3 ACC) its first win in two weeks, defeat ing North Carolina (11-8, 3-5 ACC) in five sets. The Orange went back-and-forth with the Tar Heels, but came out on top, snap ping a three-game losing streak, during which they hadn’t won a set.
Polina Shemanova recorded 20-plus kills in a match for the fourth time this sea son, finishing with 21. Viktoriia Lokhman chuk (16) and Naomi Franco (14) both recorded double-digit kills to give the SU offense a boost. North Carolina had three players hit double-digit kills too, Mabrey Shafmaster (17), Charley Niego (13) and Kayla Merkler (10).
The Tar Heels dominated the first set, getting off to a quick 3-0 start and never looked back from there. North Carolina never trailed in the set, using a stretch in which it scored nine of 11 points to its advantage. Syracuse attempted a late push, but Niego finished off the set with a kill to give UNC a 25-19 set win.
After not getting any rhythm in the opening set, Syracuse responded in the
next two. The second set was back-andforth, with the teams being knotted up at 17 before a kill from Bre Walp gave Syracuse a lead they didn’t give up for the remainder of the set. Walp’s kill was part of a key 4-0 run from Syracuse, as it went on to win the set 25-21.
4Following its victory of the Tar Heels, Syracuse has now won four games this season in five sets
Syracuse used the momentum it gained in the second to its advantage in the third set. Syracuse scored four straight points to give them a 15-11 lead, but UNC respond ed, getting the lead down to one. Raina Hughes recorded her fourth block of the game to give SU an 18-16 lead. The redshirt freshman finished with seven in the game to add to her team leading total of 70. SU scored the final seven points of the set to give them a 25-17 win.
The Tar Heels dominated the fourth set, winning 25-17. UNC scored the first four points of the set and never trailed, forcing a fifth and final set in Chapel Hill.
Despite missing an opportunity to put the game away, Syracuse didn’t blink in the final set, setting the tone right from the start. A kill from Shemanova started a Syracuse run. The Orange scored eight
of the nine points, giving them a 10-3 lead. SU kept its foot on the gas, winning the set 15-7 for their fifth ACC win, one shy of their total from last season.
The win was the fifth time SU has gone to five sets this season after only having
four such games last season. The Orange are 4-1 in games that go the distance with wins over Wofford, Boston College and Wake Forest with the one lone loss coming against Bryant.
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Syracuse is now bowl eligible after its defense kept the Wolfpack out of the end zone in a 24-9 win
By Anish Vasudevan sports editorMikel Jones was on Marshall Street last Friday when fans told him they would storm the field if Syracuse defeated NC State. At first, he didn’t believe it. But when it actually happened the next day, Jones said it didn’t feel real.
Fans last rushed in 2017, when SU upset then-No. 2 Clemson 27-24. After NC State quarterback Jack Chambers heaved the ball near the goal line on the last play of the game and Derek McDonald batted the ball to the turf, the first sold-out crowd of the year spilled onto the Dome turf.
1987 — Caleb Okechukwu’s pick-six against the Boilermakers, Steve Linton’s strip sack on Louisville’s Malik Cunningham and Eric Coley’s batdown to halt UVA’s last drive.
Saturday’s contest was a “defensive battle,” head coach Dino Babers said. NC State is the next closest to Syracuse in the conference’s rankings, giving up an average of 13.2 points per game. Babers compared the matchup to a scene in “Creed 2”, when the two boxers keep one foot each in the middle of a tire, sending body blow after body blow at one another.
“You saw two of the top three defenses going,” Babers said. “Sometimes you have to throw some body punches in there.”
Tony White’s 3-3-5 defense is the best in the ACC and the sixth-best defense in the country, allowing just 10 touchdowns this season. The run defense is also the 11th-best nationally, allowing 95.0 yards per game.
Syracuse is one of nine remaining undefeated FBS college football teams in the country, sitting the lowest on the top 25 rankings of those teams
The Orange’s 6-0 start has been highlighted by Oronde Gadsden II’s game-winning catch versus Purdue, Garrett Shrader’s career-high 287 passing yards against UConn and Andre Szmyt’s 5-for-5 performance versus Virginia. But key defensive plays like Mcdonald’s have also been sprinkled into the best start since
NC State’s o ense entered the game after losing quarterback Devin Leary for the season and running back Demie Sumo-Karngbaye for the weekend. Sumo-Karngbaye was the Wolfpack’s leading rusher, splitting carries with Jordan Houston.
Houston started Saturday’s contest, running straight down the middle on NC State’s first play. Houston picked up four yards, but before the whistle sounded, Jones pulled Houston right back to where he started the play five yards behind the line of scrimmage.
The Wolfpack started Charleston Southern graduate transfer Jack
By Cole Bambini asst. sports editor
On Oct. 10 against Loyola Maryland, Giona Leibold got a pass from Olu Oyegunle on the left side. After a quick combination of passes, the ball found its way back to Leibold.
He attacked on the flank, sending a hard-driven cross in front of goal, which was deflected by the Greyhounds’ keeper Konstantinos
Parisis. Levonte Johnson collected the rebound, using his torso to tap it in for a goal.
The goal marked Leibold’s first assist on the year and fueled SU’s 6-1 rout over Loyola Maryland.
Throughout the season, Syracuse has utilized the wide areas, particularly Leibold from the left side, to develop its offensive opportunities. From this position, Leibold has sent dangerous balls into the box or forced corners. In
11 starts, Leibold has three goals and one assist from the attacking midfielder position.
His three goals are already a significant improvement from his freshman season where he had zero goals on just eight shots. In 2022, Leibold’s already notched 19 shots, seven of which were on goal.
“He had a good first year,” head coach Ian McIntyre said. “He’s getting a lot of attention because he’s playing terrific. He provides
Leibold fi rst got on Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre’s radar when his sta recruited his older brother, Noah, who played at Wisconsin from 2016 to 2019. Assistant coach Jukka Masalin met the Leibold family several years ago when recruiting Noah from Germany, and after learning Leibold had interest in Syracuse, Masalin maintained contact with him.
In Germany, Leibold played on
his hometown SV Wehen Wiesbaden’s academy team, competing in the second and third levels of the Bundesliga. He’s been invited to multiple German youth national team camps and has been in the national team pool at the U17 and U19 levels.
Leibold said that the American collegiate game is a lot “faster” and more “aggressive” than what he is used to in Germany. It’s notice