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Two Syracuse-based lawyers are challenging 28-year incumbent Bill Fitzpatrick for Onondaga County’s district attorney seat. The election will be Nov. 5. Page 3

Syracuse Vegfest featured vegan-friendly vendors, social activist groups and cooking demonstrations at the New York State Fairgrounds on Saturday. Page 7

Syracuse football lost its third conference game on Friday to Pittsburgh, falling to 3-4. Two beat writers debate whether the Orange will make a bowl game. Page 12

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Remembrance Week 2019

Finding their way

Students share housing concerns By Emma Folts

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Scholar Brodi Chambers’ attitude helps transition from Lockerbie to SU

Rowan Chisholm aims to represent Scotland homeland as scholar

By Maggie Hicks

By Chris Hippensteel

rodi Chambers boarded a plane to the United States for the first time with two goals: selfdevelopment and gaining new experiences. Some of these new experiences include trying a cheesesteak, learning American slang, driving a car on the right side of the road and learning as much as he can during his time here. Chambers, watching cars travel down University Avenue, said he likes to learn the differences between places he’s seen. “Like that,” he said, pointing out the window of Café Kubal. “Driving on the right side of the road just freaks me out. But I have to try it.” Chambers will attend SU for the 2019-20 academic year as a Lockerbie Scholar, one of two students from Lockerbie, Scotland, who attend SU tuition-free as part of a scholarship honoring the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie in a terrorist attack. The crash killed 270 people, including 35 students who were enrolled in SU’s study abroad program. Now, two students from Lockerbie apply and are selected for the Lockerbie Scholarship every year.

owan Chisholm left for his first Syracuse University football game dressed in his best studentsection attire. His outfit wasn’t complete without the orange and blue kilt that represents his home country of Scotland. “It’s a bit of national pride,” Chisholm said, grinning. “The one country that’s more nationally aware of itself than America is the Scots. We’re loud about it.” The connection between SU, where Chisholm is studying engineering, and Chisholm’s hometown of Lockerbie, Scotland, runs deeper than the colorful kilt. It was above Lockerbie a bomb detonated on Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988. The attack killed 270 people, including 35 SU students returning from a semester abroad. Thirty-one years later, Chisholm is one of two recipients of the 2019 Lockerbie Scholars program, which was established to recognize the victims of Pan Am Flight 103. Chisholm and Lockerbie Scholar Brodi Chambers represent the 11 people killed on the ground in the Scottish town and former Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who

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Kevin Treadway, a Syracuse University junior, has lived in three offcampus apartments during his two years in college. All of them have been inaccessible for people with disabilities, he said. Many apartments in the University Neighborhood lack ramps, retrofitted doors and wide hallways. These modifications make it easier for people with disabilities, especially those using wheelchairs, to access housing. Treadway, president of SU’s Disability Student Union, and other students with disabilities told The Daily Orange that off-campus properties can lack disability accommodations and housing options on SU’s campus can be non-inclusive. SU currently requires students to live on campus for two years, whether in dorms or apartmentstyle housing on South Campus. After that, students can live in apartment complexes, off-campus houses turned into apartments and luxury student housing. Treadway, who lives on Trinity Place, said the single-family homes that renovated into apartments are inaccessible to enter and exit. He has intermittent-to-recurring bilateral sciatica — which creates a feeling of immense pressure and knife-like pain for Treadway, usually around his hips — as well as anxiety, Asperger’s syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The railings of exterior steps are often rickety, including one outside his property, which he said moves with very little effort. Depending on the railing for support could pose problems for some people, he said. “This has been true of actually all three apartments I’ve lived in,” he said. “The stairs are usually not up to par. They’re not sturdy. They give me anxiety to walk on,” Treadway said. Bowing floorboards, while more of an anxiety concern for Treadway than an accessibility issue, affect how he navigates his apartment, he said. Treadway said accessibility problems exist in off-campus housing, in part, because some landlords don’t care about their tenants, and a lot of them are interested only in money. Ben Tupper, owner of Rent from Ben, said his homes are like all other homes in the neighborhood. None of his properties have wheelchair ramps, he said, but he would invest in disability accommodations if he had a customer base that asked for it. The Fair Housing Act prohibits landlords from refusing to make see housing page 4

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Authentic self Remembrance Scholar Rachel Lange reflects on her connection to victims of Pan Am Flight 103. See dailyorange.com

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Digital age SU will hold a panel Monday titled “Terror in the Digital Age” as part of the 2019 Remembrance Week. See dailyorange.com

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crime briefs Here is a roundup of the latest crime throughout the city. ROBBERY A Syracuse University junior in the School of Education, 20, was arrested on the charges of second-degree robbery, fourth-degree grand larceny and aggravated driving while intoxicated. when: Saturday at 6:50 p.m. where: 900 block of Comstock Avenue MENACING A Syracuse woman, 31, was arrested on the charges of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, seconddegree menacing, criminal obstruction of breathing and first-degree harassment. when: Saturday at 6:50 p.m. where: 300 block of Prospect Street PETTY LARCENY A Syracuse woman, 21, was arrested on the charge of petty larceny. when: Saturday at 2:40 p.m. where: Destiny USA

Lighting memory Syracuse University held a candlelight vigil on Sunday as part of this year’s Remembrance Week. The vigil is in memory of the victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. It began in Hendricks Chapel at 4 p.m. Participants later moved to the Place of Remembrance, located in front of SU’s Hall of Languages. corey henry photo editor

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DA candidates discuss campaign platforms By Marnie Muñoz

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As midterm elections approach, the fight for Onondaga County’s district attorney seat has brought two newcomers challenging longtime incumbent William Fitzpatrick. Chuck Keller, an adjunct professor at Syracuse University and criminal defense attorney, is running against Fitzpatrick as a Democrat. Gary Lavine, who works at a Syracuse law firm, has been endorsed by the Conservative Party. “No one else in our society has the power over life, liberty, and reputation that a prosecutor does,” Lavine said. “The first order of business is having the self-awareness that there is a higher calling. The higher calling is to do justice and tell the truth.” The three candidates disagree

on how the future district attorney should apply them to a well-established judicial system. In a given county, the district attorney oversees the prosecutor’s office and is responsible for considering, investigating and potentially charging active cases in coordination with law enforcement officials. The DA also presents evidence to grand juries and makes recommendations to a presiding judge for a defendant’s bail, charges and length of prison sentence. District attorneys are elected for four-year terms by popular vote in a general election. This year, voting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in Onondaga County. The Onondaga County Democratic Committee has endorsed Keller, whose campaign has mainly focused on bail reform and prison

alternatives. He hopes to increase scrutiny toward Fitzpatrick’s management of bail reform through consistent review while in office. Echoing Keller’s calls for systemic changes within the judicial system was Syracuse native and Republican Lavine, who currently serves as counsel to Bousquet Holstein PLLC. Lavine is also a member of the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics. Lavine said his campaign, which is endorsed by the Onondaga County Conservative Party, is focused on “restoring integrity” to the position Republican incumbent Fitzpatrick has held for 27 years. Lavine said that Fitzpatrick covered for former DA investigator Peter Rauch years before he drove while drunk and killed a teenager. Lavine referenced the alleged cov-

er-up on campaign mailers, according to Syracuse.com. The alleged incident is one of several matters of controversy Lavine said he felt deemed Fitzpatrick an unethical prosecutor. Throughout his seven terms in office, Fitzpatrick has been challenged three times, according to Syracuse.com. Since taking office in 1992, Fitzpatrick said the platforms and policies of district attorneys across the nation have changed for the better. Initially, prosecutors ran on popular platforms that emphasized conviction rates and longer prison sentences. Now, national trends have since shifted to embrace more progressive outlooks that favor decriminalization of lower-level crimes, he said. While Fitzpatrick said he’s glad see candidates page 4

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Syracuse University’s Office of Sustainability has involved more than 100 students living on South Campus in a composting program. The Sustainability Office has attempted to gauge student interest in composting on South Campus over the past two years. In the first four weeks of this year’s program, more than 500 pounds of food have been composted, according to SU News. As the program grows, the office

A Liverpool man, 35, was arrested on the charge of criminal mischief in the fourth degree. when: Saturday at 8:40 a.m. where: 100 block of Anderson Avenue CRIMINAL CONTEMPT A Syracuse man, 24, was arrested on the charge of criminal contempt in the second degree. when: Saturday at 3:55 a.m. where: 2000 block of Burnet Avenue POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A Syracuse man, 54, was arrested on the charge of unlawful possession of marijuana. when: Friday at 2:54 a.m. where: 100 block of Davis Street CRIMINAL SEX ACT A Syracuse man, 25, was arrested on the charge of criminal sex act in the first degree. when: Thursday at 9:40 a.m. where: 1400 block of Lodi Street TRESPASS

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is attempting to make composting easier and more accessible for all students, said Meg Lowe, SU’s sustainability coordinator. “We don’t want students to feel like they have so many stressors as it is,” said Lowe. “They have to do well in school. They have to have a social life, exercise, mental health. The last thing they want to worry about is composting,” Students are supposed to leave bins of food waste outside their apartments on South Campus by Friday morning, when the Office of

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A Syracuse man, 57, was arrested on the charges of thirddegree criminal trespassing and possession of synthetic cannabinoids. when: Thursday at 2:38 p.m. where: 100 block of Dickerson Street HARASSMENT A Syracuse man, 49, was arrested on the charge of harassment in the second degree. when: Thursday at 8:58 p.m. where: 1000 block of Cannon Street

The Office of Sustainability involves South Campus residents in a composting program. madeline foreman staff photographer

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chambers The Lockerbie Scholars represent the 11 Scottish residents who died in the bombing and Andrew McClune, a former Lockerbie Scholar who died during his time on campus. The main reason Chambers wanted to be a Lockerbie Scholar was to throw himself into a completely new environment for a year. “I’m not a big fan of huge decisions,” said Chambers. “If I’m being completely honest, I usually flip a coin when I have to make a decision and see where it takes me.” This mindset is what drives Chambers’ free-spirited, “go with the flow” personality, said Kelly Rodoski, the Lockerbie Scholars’ Syracuse liaison. “He’s very quiet and laid back, he’s never stressed and he just kind of rolls with it,” said Rodoski. “Which I think is what has allowed him to get acclimated so beautifully here.” Some of the best times of his life have stemmed from having no plan, Chambers said. The same can be said of his hopes for the future, which include “not living in a box under a bridge from page 1

chisholm died on campus in 2002. For Chisholm, being a Lockerbie Scholar isn’t just about commemorating the past. It’s also about representing his community and showing that Lockerbie is more than the site of a tragedy. “If you were there, you wouldn’t know it had happened,” Chisholm said. “There’s nothing at all in the town that says this big disaster had happened, except for two hidden-away memorials.” Many residents, however, still maintain some connection to the tragedy, Chisholm said. Lockerbie is a small town, with a population of about 4,000 people. Chisholm finds a connection to the bombing through the time he spent scouting. Scouts helped coordinate communication in the aftermath of the 1988 tragedy. Chisholm has been a member of Scouts from page 1

housing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities that would allow them to fully use their properties. Tupper’s philosophy has always been to be more inclusive, he said. “If I had an influx of people contacting me with different types of disabilities, I would want to meet that challenge of continuing that policy of trying to be as inclusive as possible for all my customers or potential customers,” Tupper said. Tupper said he’s always had a proactive and supportive policy for allowing pets, including service animals. Mental health challenges are just as real as physical ones, he said. Eddie Zaremba, a third-year law student, lives with his fiancé in Tipperary Hill, a neighborhood in Syracuse’s Westside. Before moving to the neighborhood, Zaremba lived in several apartments near Walnut Avenue and Madison Street. Zaremba was born with a vision impairment and knee problems that will eventually require replacement. “I just couldn’t live on Mount Olympus,” from page 3

candidates prosecutors are no longer follow the “tough-on-crime” approach, he said he doesn’t fully support progressive decriminalization. “I know we call them ‘progressive,’ to me they’re frankly regressive,” he said. Instead, Fitzpatrick said he has focused his career on identifying underlying factors that contribute to crime and conviction rates. from page 3

compost Sustainability picks it up. Students can also drop off their compost at the sustainability office. A representative will often text the students a reminder the night before, Lowe said. The food is taken to the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency. The agency has compost addresses in Jamesville and Camil-

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or being stuck behind a desk every day.” Despite this, Chambers is passionate about art and design, and hopes to pursue something similar in the future. Chambers has a tattoo on his forearm of a design he found on Instagram, as well as a small “13” tattooed on his middle finger, representing his birthday and favorite number. While these are the only tattoos Chambers has right now, his sketchbook at home is filled with different designs of initials, symbols and pictures he hopes to add to his collection. This is what Chambers’ mom said is his “artsy” side. It’s something he takes from the rest of his family, where his maternal grandfather works as an engineer and his paternal grandfather is an architect. “We are an artsy family,” said Rosella O’Kane, Chambers’ mother, in a Facebook message. “It’s bred into him in a way.” When Rodoski picked Chambers up from the airport after arriving in the U.S., she noticed he was shy and reserved. He didn’t say much to her or anyone else in the car and clearly did not want to be the center of attention, Rodoski said. When they arrived on campus for move-in Scotland for 13 years. While at SU, he plans to continue his involvement in scouting by volunteering with a local Boy Scout troop. He hopes to create a link between the Syracuse and Lockerbie scouting organizations, he said. Many students in Lockerbie grew up hearing about the Lockerbie Scholars program, Chisholm said. He even knew several former scholars before they attended SU. Joanna Barrie, a 2015-16 scholar, taught him how to sail. Shona Beattie, a 2016-17 scholar, was one of his best friends’ sisters. Chisholm said these prior connections to the program were one of the factors that drove him to apply. Through the scholarship, the two students from Lockerbie attend SU tuition-free for a year. Lockerbie Scholars take the same classes as other SU students, but the credits they receive don’t transfer to colleges in the United Kingdom. “(The scholarship) has been a wonderful Zaremba said. “It would be a terrible choice, it would probably put undue stress on my knees and it just wouldn’t be right.” Even if on-campus housing options have been renovated and may be accessible for students with disabilities, Zaremba said, it can be a major undertaking to get to class from residence halls located on the perimeter of campus, like Lawrinson Hall and the Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex. “An important part about talking about inclusion is talking about the community,” Zaremba said. “You could have a student with a disability who lives on top of Mount Olympus, but then, I mean, are they legitimately gonna come down to go hang out with their friends or try and go to a party?” Portia Altman, a disability access counselor and the service coordinator at SU’s Office of Disability Services, works with on-campus and off-campus housing options to help students find accessible housing. Aspen Heights Apartments and U Point Syracuse, among other complexes, have been willing to make adaptations to accommodate students with disabilities, Altman said. Aspen Heights has at least four units with accessible

ROWAN CHISHOLM (LEFT) helps Brodi Chambers put on his pin. The two students are Syracuse University’s 2019- 20 Lockerbie Scholars. corey henry photo editor

day, she noticed Chambers had left the group for a moment as they were checking in. When she turned to look for him, she saw he had gone to help a mother and daughter who were struggling to unpack their car.

“In that moment, I realized that while he was very quiet at first, his compassionate spirit would allow him to do well meeting others and getting acclimated to campus,” Rodoski said.

example of this relationship that has developed between Syracuse and Lockerbie,” said Kelly Rodoski, an SU communications manager and the Lockerbie Scholars liaison. “This has been one of the good things that have come out of such tragedy.” While not earning credits, Chisholm hopes to expand his horizons while at SU. He’s been taking classes like biological and environmental engineering that he said have allowed him to explore different fields within his area of study. When he returns to Scotland, Chisholm said he plans to use the knowledge gained at SU to pursue a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Highland and Islands at Perth College. “Right from the very beginning, Rowan has been so excited about the opportunity to be here,” Rodoski said. “He’s really taken this opportunity and run with it.”

Beyond academics, Chisholm said he’s using his time at SU to further his “international experience.” He’s made plenty of new friends since arriving on campus — several enjoy when he wears his favorite kilt –– and has begun exploring the many opportunities available at the university. Chisholm is also helping plan and promote SU’s Remembrance Week, an annual weeklong event commemorating the lives lost during the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Remembrance Week 2019 takes place nearly 31 years after the tragedy that forged the bond between SU and Chisholm’s quiet hometown in the Scottish countryside. But the Lockerbie that Chisholm knows isn’t a place marked by disaster. To him, it’s a tight-knit community where everybody knows everybody.

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rooms and bathrooms, she said. Treadway said the university is working every day to make the campus more accommodating for students with disabilities. Zaremba said he would appreciate if landlords renovated their homes to be more acces-

sible. That’s unlikely because renovation costs would outweigh the home’s value, he said. “Knowing now what I know about old houses, because I have one, I say tear them down and put up something that’s better,” he said.

He also emphasized his role in facilitating transformation at the local level. Fitzpatrick promoted eight diversion programs — which exclusively handle cases dealing with adolescents, people experiencing mental illness and other at-risk groups — during his tenure. Ideally, an understanding of the factors behind crime and conviction rates, applied to the county’s diversion programs, would continue to lower New York’s already-low incarceration rates, he said.

“Is that a system that cries out for reform? I think that’s a system that cries out to be replicated,” Fitzpatrick said. Recounting his over two-decade-long career as a defense attorney, Keller claimed the diversion programs are currently ineffective because a defendant’s participation in them is dependent upon them first entering a guilty plea. Keller said issues relating to justice should not rely on partisanship, but accountability. Lavine echoed this, expressing his hopes that the

election’s votes will reflect a lack of partisanship. Fitzpatrick said at the end of the day, the DA’s primary responsibility is to ensure safety and justice for both victims and defendants. Having challengers in the DA’s race provides a means of achieving that goal, Lavine said. “I personally cannot look the other way,” Lavine said. “Indifference and inaction lead to tyranny, and that’s what we have in this county now.”

lus, according to the agency’s website. Compost adds nutrients to soil, retains soil and suppresses the spread of plant disease. Meanwhile, SUNY-ESF has implemented a program where food compost boxes are set up on every floor of every campus building, and two compost bins are placed outside of Moon Library and the Gateway Center. Syracuse Haulers collect compost from SUNY-ESF’s campus four days per week. Students in SUNY-ESF’s Green Campus

Initiative first implemented a composting program in 2010 that was meant to overhaul the college’s organic waste management. SU’s Office of Sustainability initially attempted to launch the composting program last fall. About 200 students initially signed up for notifications about information sessions, but only two students showed up to the information sessions, and none took part in the program. Last spring, students working for the sustainability office sat down in Goldstein Stu-

dent Center on South Campus and handed out buckets for composting, Lowe said. They also passed out flyers explaining the initiative. Over a ten-week period last spring, they composted about 100 pounds of food waste, Lowe said. Lowe plans to expand the program in the future by making it more accessible, she said. “We’re still building it up at this point,” said Lowe. “We would like it to be south campuswide in the future.”

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Liberal bias can inspire better discourse 3-year housing policy would restrict students F or over a year, students on campus were working to get a Young Americans for Freedom chapter approved. The Young Americans for Freedom is a nationwide political organization of college students that is based on conservative values. Back in February, the university rejected the proposed YAF chapter for its lack of a faculty adviser and its requirement that members agree to the “superiority” of the U.S. constitution. Some students have alleged that liberal bias directly impacted the group’s efforts to become a recognized student organization, which it now is. When campus communities discuss bias in education, they have to be honest about what is going on and far more expansive in their discussion. Bias in education does exist, but it is not new, and it is not solely political. Our nation has seen racial bias, economic bias and geographic bias in all forms of education for more than a century. If we are going to have a productive discussion, we all must be aware of educational bias’s troubled past and how we can fix it so we can ensure a better future. The right to free speech is absolute and is not a privilege for one demographic or one political group. Today, too many political arguments lead to disrespect, ad hominem attacks and either group wanting to silence the other. Today in the United States, many posit that our colleges have become breeding grounds for liberal indoctrination. There are many who claim that the higher education system is built to support and spread one ideology, while simultaneously silencing the other. SU political science professor

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Mark Rupert said college professors strive to be honest about their perspectives. “My commitment to my students most fundamentally is to be honest,” Rupert said. “My duty to students is to be as honest as I can be about what I think the truth is.” The larger debate around censorship and bias on college campuses should not be based on asking whether liberal bias exists at college or not. Instead, we should be asking to what degree liberal bias exists at American universities and at what point that bias becomes dangerous. If we focus on that question, we can have a more productive discussion. Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European Studies at Oxford University, created “The Ten Principles of Free Speech.” Garton Ash writes that all human beings “must be free and able to express ourselves, and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas, regardless of frontiers,” and that “we express ourselves openly and with robust civility about all kinds of human difference.” We ought to embrace Professor Garton Ash’s principles in our political discussion. Harvard University professor Neil Gross conducted a study of 1,417 full-time faculty that found more consider themselves moderate than either liberal or conservative. Studies have also found that the differences in political ideology varied widely among fields, with business and economics being more conservative and the liberal arts being more liberal. It is unarguable that there has

been liberal bias in higher education, but it is wrong to generalize all colleges as inherently liberal and to characterize professors and administrators as tools to systematically push a liberal agenda. Most professors do not go through years of higher education just to indoctrinate the youth, and anyone who pushes that argument likely has a political agenda of their own. The fact of the matter is that there are college communities that are over all parts of the political spectrum. Oftentimes when liberal bias in higher education is discussed, many point to how liberal bias has trended upward since the 1950s, but it is also fair to say that the nation as a whole has grown to become more liberal since the 1950s. Since 1992, the percentage of Americans identifying as liberal has risen from 17% then to 26% today. In our current political climate, there are some students who claim they are victims of a liberal system that is intent on “indoctrinating” their peers. The goal of this self-victimization is to convince people that there are entrenched powers with liberal bias who intend to stamp out opposing viewpoints. This has proven to be destructive because it adds to the growing tribalism in our political climate. Adding the YAF chapter to campus expands the political diversity and the opportunity for diversity of thought. Diversity is a foundational part of education, and as students, we should all be willing and able to embrace diversity of thought.

David Bruen is a freshman political science and policy studies major. drbruen@syr.edu @David__Bruen.

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yracuse University is developing a comprehensive housing plan as part of its Campus Framework — a 20-year initiative crafted to guide future campus JENNA development. WIRTH One objective THR IV ING highlighted W HILE DYING in the plan is the relocation and expansion of undergraduate housing from South Campus to Main Campus. In September, SU sent students an extensive survey with questions about student housing preferences, including meal plans, room layouts, parking, the cost of housing, the option to have pets and access to kitchens. Toward the end of the survey, a question asked how likely students would be to support a three-year live-on policy if the on-campus residential experience was “transformed to meet the needs of contemporary college students.” A three-year live-on policy would hinder students’ transition to adulthood and possibly financially burden students. The proposal sparked a considerable amount of backlash as many students believe this idea is absurd. And they’re right to. Junior Sachi Cecchetto, who is currently in her second year as a resident assistant, said that she believes a three-year requirement could hinder students’ development of life skills. “By requiring it for three years, it’s really limiting everyone because it potentially means that you can’t develop life skills that you may need, such as learning how to cook your own food, learning how to live on your own by yourself in an apartment,” Cecchetto said. Sean O’Keefe, a university professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said he believes students will learn how to deal with the complications of living on their own, no matter where they live — on or off campus — during their time at college. “There’s a certain value to having learned that as an undergraduate at a university beforehand, but, clearly, whatever period of time that is — whether it’s a year or longer — you’re going to get plenty of more experience at it later,” O’Keefe said. The fact remains, though, that students will become more prepared for life after college by

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experiencing first-hand snippets of adulthood during their time studying. Although they may learn later on how to deal with specific hardships and challenges in actual adulthood, the transition from college to career would be made much easier if they learned how to overcome such obstacles beforehand. SU has not specified what types of housing the university would introduce “to meet the needs of contemporary college students” or what that housing would cost for students. But if the prices are comparable to those for current on-campus housing, a three-year housing requirement would also be financially inaccessible for many students. Junior magazine journalist student Chandler Plante said she believes that a three-year live-on policy would be a financial burden to students. “Not everyone can afford to live on campus all the time. Sometimes it’s a lot easier to be able to pay a cheaper rent off campus,” Plante said. “And also, to buy groceries for yourself, have a kitchen, have a fridge, not have to have the dining hall plan — those are really useful and inexpensive things that help struggling students get by.” Off-campus housing near SU ranges in prices. For example, The Marshall is a higher-priced apartment building on Marshall Street. The Marshall charges $1,225 to $1,500 per month depending on the type of apartment. Rooms on campus can range from $3,460 to $6,070 per semester, which is about $865 to $1517 per month. And students pay an additional $3,720 to $4,635 per semester depending on the type of meal plan. Those numbers are in sharp contrast to countless housing options, such as the University Area apartments, that charge as low as $525 per month depending on the type of apartment or house. The financial implications of another mandatory year on campus could adversely affect student life. If it were in place, a three-year housing requirement would inhibit student growth and aggravate financial stress that already affects students struggling to afford a Syracuse University education.

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Vegfest Syracuse not only included vegan food, but also educational material and motivational speakers. Jim Thompson and Patrick Mast, from Vegan CNY, tabled at the event. allison weis asst. feature editor

Vegfest comes to Syracuse after nine-year hiatus

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risp fall air and falling leaves brought a different scene to the The New York State Fairgrounds. Instead of hot dogs and chicken tenders, the grounds hosted vegan mac and cheese and tofu sandwiches. For the first time in nine years, Syracuse Vegfest celebrated all things vegan with fresh produce, cooking demonstrations and activism. Jim Thompson, the vice president of Vegan CNY, said the event exceeded expectations. Before the doors opened at 10 a.m., there was a line of about 150 people waiting to get in.

The festival was held in two large rooms in the SI Hall. One room hosted vendors like SYRACHA’CUSE, social activism organizations like Food Empowerment Project and a stand for Vegfest’s organizers. The other room held the rest of the vendors, the stage area and a reusable water station next to the bathrooms. One vendor, called Burning Books, sold titles about social justice issues. Toward the back of the

space, a kids’ area offered a quieter space for visitors to sit. There were also a few vegan-inspired games like “Feed the Herbivore,” where kids threw hacky sacks into the mouths of an elephant, a baby and a monkey. Many guests held snacks and smoothies as they strolled through the hall. Thompson said one goal of Vegfest is to help people avoid animal products in their diets. The festival also aims to bring the vegan community together and support people who want to embrace a vegan lifestyle. Vegan CNY and Vegfest are trying to connect everyone in the community, not just see vegfest page 8

The Palace Theatre to host ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ By Kate Brennan

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When the annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Bash hits the Palace Theatre this weekend, there are only a few rules: only one Ziploc sandwich bag of rice per person this year and “ABSOLUTELY” no prunes or oversized water guns are allowed. But, water guns of 7 inches or smaller are acceptable. The party, slated for Oct. 25 at

9 p.m., will include a dance party, costume contest and a showing of the 1975 cult classic — for those 18 years old and up. “Rocky Horror to me is about craziness and music,” said Maurice Love of disco band Fondu, which will play at the dance party, along with DJ Kane. “It’s a night where you can escape and everyone’s there to have a good time.” A costume contest after the dance party will hosted by local life-

Rocky Horror to me is about craziness and music. It’s a night where you can escape and everyone’s there to have a good time. band member of fondu

style vlogger Jamie Ann Owens, also known as Society Gurl on YouTube, along with the Salt City Burlesque and the retro-inspired social group, the Salt City Belles & Beaus. The best costume wins a cash prize. Owens said she is honored to be back and loves seeing the creative costumes that people design and wear. She described the experience as a chance to be free and creative and have a good time. With everyone dressed in cos-

tume, people can be whomever they want to be for an evening, she said. The activities will lead to the main event: the showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick. After couple Brad and Janet lose control of their car and are stuck with a flat tire, they seek refuge from the rain in a mansion owned by Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Throughout the see rocky

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vegfest the wealthy “stereotypical” vegan, Thompson said. To expand veganism beyond of affluent communities, Vegan CNY works with the food share in downtown Syracuse. Thompson said he’s met with people from all walks of life who want to try a plant-based diet. Vendors came to the vegan festival offering plant-based food. Strong Hearts, one of the event’s sponsors, had a large booth offering select items from their menu. Parlor City Vegan, a Binghamton-based eatery, has served its 100% vegan menu for three years. Owner Sara Liu said they started as a small farmers market pop-up and will be opening a full-scale restaurant on Wednesday. Liu’s new cafe will offer traditional American comfort foods like a truffle mac and cheese and house-made vegan fried chicken. Parlor City Vegan also makes all of from page 7

rocky horror night, the two find the tenants of the mansion strange and immoral, and soon follow suit.

Halloween is one night where anyone can be anything, and Syracuse needs that. We’re so used to the hustle and bustle of building this great city. Jamie Ann Owens lifestyle vlogger

Each scene of the cues the audience to throw items and shout phrases in the theater. For example, people throw rice during the wedding scene. “Our tech manager has to cover everything

its own vegan cheeses which are used in its fried mozzarella sticks. But the restaurant’s garbage plate burrito was its most popular item at Vegfest, Liu said. This dish is a burrito stuffed with truffle mac and cheese, homemade chili, greens, a special sauce and fried potatoes. Liu said she completely sold out of everything hours before the event ended. Liu has been a vegetarian for 10 years and has been completely vegan for the past few years. She started Parlor City Vegan after her dad had a heart attack a few years ago. “When he was recovering I brought him vegan food and he loved it,” Liu said. “I wanted to share that with other people who we could help.” Featured speakers and food demos were held throughout the day near farm stands that offered fresh produce. One of those speakers was lauren Ornelas, the founder and executive director for Food Empowerment Project. in the theatre with plastic, so nothing gets wet,” said director of theater programming Gia Palermo, laughing. The “no talking during the movie” rule does not apply here. Viewers typically chant at the screen in response to the dialogue. Rocky Horror Picture Show showings are brought to life by performers who stand in front of the screen and reenact out the scenes of the film. The songs, including the classic “Time Warp,” draw audience members out of their seats and into the aisles to dance along with the film. As for the plot of the movie, Harlow Holiday, founder and co-director of Salt City Burlesque, said it represents sexual revolution and freedom of expression. She said burlesque bares similarity to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, as they both are thrilling reflections of pop culture and also destigmatize acceptable social standards. “Halloween is one night where anyone can be anything,” said Owens. “And Syracuse needs that. We’re so used to the hustle and bustle of building this great city and for this one night. Whether you’re 3 or 300 years old, you can be anything you want.” kabrenna@syr.edu

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Notes of nostalgia SU alumnus Pete Yorn hints at college years in his album ‘Caretakers’

, an alternative rock singer and songwriter, released his latest album earlier this year. The SU alumnus’ album is entitled ”Caretakers,” which he worked on with Jackson Phillips, a member of the band Day Wave. courtesy of jim wright

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fter three years of no new projects, alternative artist Pete Yorn has debuted his eighth album, “Caretakers,” with hints and traces of his time at Syracuse University. Yorn graduated from SU in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. Now, Yorn has more than 377,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and about 20,000 Instagram followers. He has been releasing music since 2001 and has worked with critically acclaimed entertainers like Scarlett Johansson. Mira Fleschman, a sophomore in the Bandier Program, has been a fan of Pete Yorn since childhood. She said the fact that Yorn is an SU alum made her feel closer to him and his music. “My family loves him and always plays him in the car on family road trips,” Fleschman said. “He’s a storyteller with meaningful lyrics and he reminds me of amazing childhood memories.” Jackson Phillips, a member of the band Day Wave, co-produced and co-wrote the album with Yorn. Fresh off of finishing up his last acoustic show of the year, Yorn said the album, and his work with Phillips, came to fruition spontaneously. “I was talking to my brother a few days before I ended up meeting with Jackson Phillips. A few days later, I got an email connecting Jackson and me,” Yorn said. “Out of nowhere, we just started recording songs. It was just kind of this magical chemistry we had.” Yorn said he approaches songwriting with an open mind. He added how the best

songs came together fairly quickly and that by spending less time thinking, the songs become more interesting. “Calm Down,” the single off the new record that has accumulated more than 712,000 streams on Spotify, was written by Yorn, Phillips and Stephanie “SoKo” Sokolinski. The three artists had little prior experience working together, but they collaborated together on this project. Yorn said he started writing “Calm Down” by using spare parts of old songs. During the development stage of the song, the three added a verse that was inspired from a song that Yorn wrote during his move to Los Angeles from New Jersey. He said it was probably not long after graduating from SU that the song popped into his head. “The lyrics were ‘All is well in my hometown, people sleeping in the streetlights.’ It was like spare parts,” Yorn said. “I just latched onto that, and I used those lyrics for the verse. They were from a very nostalgic time.” When he listens to “Calm Down,” Yorn said he envisions an inner dialogue about when one is caught up in their own head worrying about their own life. The lyrics ‘when I look at you’ is about witnessing oneself, he said. “I really love the new album,” Fleschman said. “The single off the album titled ‘Calm Down’ still sounds like him, but updated and good.” Yorn always planned on going to law school and figured that music was just a hobby. But once he arrived at SU, he wrote a song a day — sometimes even three. Throughout his life, Yorn said there was always a pull toward music. By junior year, he decided he was going to

finish school. However, he was going to pursue music over law school. Yorn said that people were very supportive at SU. Friends would hear him play and push him to perform songs in public. A girl heard him playing around a dorm and asked him to perform at a talent show and charity event at a bar across from Harry’s, Yorn said. When he got into the bar, it was packed with other performers. Yorn said that when he got on stage, there was only one microphone. People running the event held the mic to his head so he could sing the song. He performed a tune called “Someday,” and years later it ended up on a record he did with Scarlett Johansson, called “Break Up.” The song is the last one of that record which was about when Yorn had his heart broken for the first time. “I sang the song, and I remember everyone went crazy, and I won the whole thing,” Yorn said. “It was one of those moments when you look back on in the movie of your life. It was definitely an encouraging moment. I was like wow, maybe I can do this a little bit.” At SU, Yorn joined his friend Joe Kennedy’s band as a drummer. Kennedy ended up in Yorn’s touring band for years later in life. This wasn’t uncommon for Yorn, as he said multiple Syracuse alumni have been in his touring band. SU students who are striving to be artists should know to pursue their passions, Yorn said. “Do what you love, not what you think you should love,” he said. “It might lead nowhere, but if it leads somewhere, it’ll feel better.” apepper@syr.edu

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No. 15 SU upsets No. 3 UConn in strokes Syracuse gets more scoring from defenders By Andrew Crane asst. copy editor

Syracuse’s season was beginning to spiral. Two double-overtime wins against then-No. 2 Duke and Cal were followed by a loss against Stanford. Then, defeats to No. 1 North Carolina and No. 13 Boston College. A three-game losing streak threatened to turn a oncepromising season for Syracuse — a roster yearning for a return to the NCAA tournament after missing it for the first time since 2007 — into a missed opportunity. But against Connecticut on Sunday, that turned around. The Orange mitigated a substantial gap in penalty corners. They contained a deficit in shots. And, in the end, SU found a way to secure from page 12

schafer Pittsburgh instead of another one score loss. Each misstep has been a small piece to Syracuse’s puzzling 3-4 start after finishing 10-3 a year ago. It’s easy to see how SU (3-4, 0-3 Atlantic Coast) doesn’t finish with at least three wins in its final five matchups of 2019. The Orange haven’t put together a successful offensive performance against a Power 5 school yet this season and it might not matter. The offense doesn’t need to be great for the Orange to make a bowl game. It just needs to be serviceable. The ACC isn’t known as a football powerhouse conference and this year is a particularly down year. The conference currently has two teams in the AP Top 25: No. 4 Clemson and No. 25 Wake Forest. Though Syracuse will play the Demon Deacons the final week of the year, the rest of the Orange’s opponents are currently either one game above or below .500. from page 12

graham But trying harder won’t be enough for a Syracuse (3-4, 0-3 Atlantic Coast) team off to its worst conference start in 10 years. The issues — namely a nonexistent run game, an inability to protect the quarterback and inconvenient injuries — run deeper than week-to-week game-planning and scheme. SU doesn’t have the personnel to fix its pass protection issues, and whatever subsequent run game it tries to establish will be stymied. As for injuries, that comes down to good luck, and that’s been hard to come by for the Orange. Syracuse can’t fix what’s bogging it down fast enough to win three out of its last five games. The only hope of getting better seems to be spending time the Orange don’t have practicing what they thought they could already do. “Well,” Babers said to the cameras, “We could not throw the ball ever again to see if we wanted to go after a record. Or, we can keep competing and getting better so that down the road we can go through a bunch of games where we never give up a sack.” “Down the road” isn’t now and it certainly isn’t this season. Syracuse has been down an offensive lineman since center Sam Heckel left with a lower-body

a second top-five win this season. Charlotte de Vries and Claire Webb tallied goals in penalty strokes, leading Syracuse (9-5, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) to a 1-0 victory over the No. 3 Huskies (13-3, 5-0 Big East) in Storrs, Connecticut. After last year’s 3-0 loss to the Huskies, Syracuse head coach Ange Bradley called UConn the “gold standard” of field hockey. At the time, it hadn’t lost a game since 2016. Despite four loses to end last year and three so far this season, the Huskies still represented one of the toughest matches on the Orange’s schedule this season. For the majority of four quarters and two overtime periods, the Orange were dominated statistically. UConn outshot Syracuse 24-8 and had 12 more

penalty corners than the Orange. But despite the differences, a defensive battle ensued. SU goalie Sarah Sinck, the ACC leader in saves per game, added 11 saves to her season total. Sophie Hamilton, Abby Gooderham and Svea Boker combined for 16 UConn shots, double SU’s total, but Sinck turned them all aside. A backline that had improved against Boston College after giving up 54 combined shots in the previous three games allowed its second-highest total of the season against the Huskies. On the offensive end, de Vries and Laura Graziosi accounted for four of the Orange’s five shots on goal, but two of SU’s top-three point scorers couldn’t create any opportunities that ended with goals.

After 80 minutes of play, Syracuse entered penalty strokes for the first time this season, its most recent coming on Sept. 23, 2018 against Penn. After Webb and de Vries knocked shots into the back of the cage, Gooderham and Marie Auer’s errant shots sandwiched a Carolin Hoffmann miss to seal the Orange win. The Orange remain in contention for the 16-team NCAA tournament. Syracuse returns to J.S. Coyne Stadium for its final two home games of the season, facing Wake Forest on Friday before a rematch with Cornell on Sunday. The Big Red knocked off the Orange 2-1 on Sept. 7, behind two early goals in the first 20 minutes.

Even more notable than the opposing teams’ records is the significant dip in pass rushing ability the Orange will encounter down the stretch. Through seven games, SU leads the country with 35 sacks allowed, a majority of them coming against three ACC opponents ranked in the top-10 in team sacks prior to the matchup. None of the final five teams left on Syracuse’s schedule currently rank in the top-30 nationally in total sacks. Three of them — Louisville, Wake Forest and Boston College — are in the bottom half of the country. The solutions for SU’s offensive line struggles aren’t obvious. As Adams pointed out, it’s a far more complex issue than just blocking the man in front of you. Still, the Orange have found ways around it at times this year — see the Western Michigan game. Syracuse has hit quick screens that don’t require long pass drops. Empty backfields against Clemson led to open receivers. There are ways to adjust, it’s just not easy. “We really want to do well, but just really wanting something is not enough, you have to

prepare the right way,” Syracuse head coach Dino Babers said. “You have to make sure that your heart is in it and you’re going to be unselfish about it. If everybody’s willing to do that then we really do have a chance. “It’s difficult. It’s really difficult the way some things are, the way some units are.” For the first three years under Babers, the offense was the driving force of the team. This year’s been the opposite, as the message from the team after every loss except Maryland has been the defense played well enough to win and the offense didn’t reciprocate. Syracuse has now forced turnovers in 21 consecutive games and its 14 takeaways this season are tied for 14th in the nation. If you’re going to win a football game, it often starts with some turnovers. Then come the big plays, or at least the game-pivoting ones. Syracuse has had those in recent weeks with long passes to Trishton Jackson at North Carolina State and Taj Harris’ 94-yard touchdown against Pittsburgh.

Mix in some creative wrinkles, like Clayton Welch’s successful running on Friday, and at least the opponent has to match a more diverse game plan. The 2019 version of Syracuse thus far isn’t the type of team that lines up and beats another ACC team with a straightforward game plan. Small improvements won’t turn in the Orange into a conference contender, but they can help it scrape to a bowl game. “A few plays here and there add up throughout the game and you see the final score,” defensive end Kendall Coleman said. “So we get those small things corrected— which I said isn’t an easy fix but it’s doable — and we’re looking at a different team, definitely.” In Syracuse’s last two games, it put together some of the worst quarters of offense on the season. Still, it had a chance. In Syracuse’s first seven games of the season, it’s dug itself a hole. Still, it has a chance. SU doesn’t need to leap out of it. The Orange just needs a few inches.

injury against Liberty. Babers said SU might “need to start getting some other guys in” on the offensive line, but he doesn’t have that option with SU’s roster. The group that has started every game since Liberty — Ryan Alexander, Evan Adams, Airon Servais, Dakota Davis and Carlos Vettorello — are Syracuse’s five-best healthy linemen; yet, they’ve given up 33 sacks. “It’s not intramurals,” Babers said. “Just because you’re the next guy you get a chance to play. It’s not like that. But if they’re good enough and they give us an opportunity somewhere down the road, then we need to give those guys a chance to see if they can do better.” To pin the blame entirely on the offensive line is unfair. The running backs, tight ends and Tommy DeVito all play a role in pass protection. Regardless, the continual failure to execute in both pass and run schemes has entirely hamstrung Syracuse’s offense. The Orange average 24.7 points a game this season, more than two touchdowns less than the 40.2 mark of 2018. Absent a run game — the Orange averages 2.9 yards a carry — DeVito’s taken a beating in the pocket so bad that Babers chose to keep him out of the game after DeVito took a hard shot from Pitt’s Paris Ford and fumbled on a scramble. Backup Clayton Welch, who’d already spelled

DeVito a few times as a running threat under center, gave the offense an Eric Dungey-esque flavor with his running and risktaking downfield. Welch led SU to two touchdowns, but it easily could’ve been two turnovers. Still, with DeVito’s physical breakdown, the better quarterback might be playing in addition to the healthier quarterback. That alone speaks volumes about where Syracuse’s offense stands. And even with a combined 30 points in two games, the Orange finished each game a touchdown short of tying. Even with a spate of injuries throughout the secondary, SU’s defense has been everything it needs to be this season. It’s allowing 26.1 points a game, almost a point fewer than the Orange surrendered a year ago. “It’s extremely hard to win and all the small details have to be corrected,” Kendall Coleman said. “And that’s really what it comes down to.” To some extent, things have regressed to the mean. Turnovers haven’t been nearly as profusive, same with sacks. And while SU bullied some banged up teams last season, it’s now on the other end of those beatings. Syracuse’s remaining schedule isn’t that difficult. But Syracuse won’t beat three of Florida State, Duke, Louisville, Boston College

and Wake Forest if what we saw Friday is what Syracuse is: Quarterback fleeing from the rush, run game nowhere to be found and a defense clinging on. That Syracuse is reliant on its defense so heavily this season is a paradigm shift for a Baberscoached SU team. In his first two years at the helm, both 4-8 seasons, the Orange would try to score with opponents, only to come up short. Now, it’s a stout defense Syracuse counts on to give the offense a chance. Unfortunately, in the same game Andre Cisco and Ifeatu Melifonwu returned from injury for that defense, both Trill Williams and Antwan Cordy left the game with injuries. Their status going forward is unknown. DeVito is still not in perfect health and McKinley Williams and Sam Heckel might not play at all the rest of this season. You can’t preemptively coach for injuries, but SU’s had seven games and a full camp to improve its offensive line and figure out a run game. It hasn’t. Syracuse has been rolled by all four Power 5 opponents its played to date, and that trend isn’t changing the rest of the year. “No one is going to feel sorry for us,” Babers said.

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Midway through the third period against Boston College on Oct. 5, defender Jessica DiGirolamo passed the puck to forward Kristen Siermachesky and continued into the attacking zone. DiGirolamo received a saucer pass from Siermachesky and rushed on goal. With just the goalie to beat, DiGirolamo shot the puck high glove side past BC’s goalie, cutting the Eagles’ lead in half and sparking a late comeback push. “That’s what we’re looking for,” SU head coach Paul Flanagan said, “to be a leader on both ends of the ice.” DiGirolamo, who was named the College Hockey America Player of the Week after the Boston College series, has three points in seven games for the Orange. She, along with defender Lindsay Eastwood, have ignited a defense that’s accounted for 17 points over the past seven games — nearly as many as SU’s forwards (20). As Syracuse (0-7) has recorded its worst start in program history, the Orange have needed every point from their defense. “(DiGirolamo) knows that with her speed and her ability that she can be a real catalyst for us both as a defenseman, what she does in our zone and breaking the puck out,” Flanagan said. “Offensively, she jumps into the play like she did (against BC) and get open on that nice two-on-one goal.” Eastwood said the defensemen join the rush to give the offense an extra attacker and create odd-man rushes. Not only does she join the attack during five-on-five play, but she also logs big minutes on the power play, where she plays alongside DiGirolamo. After getting swept last weekend by Colgate, Eastwood is tied for the team lead in points (four) with forward Anonda Hoppner. Eastwood’s shot has made her a goal-scoring threat her entire SU career, including her three-goal performance in the CHA title game. She recorded her 50th career point for the Orange against Northeastern on Oct. 12. “I think our defense is a big part of our offense, especially on the power play,” said Eastwood. “If we can just get shots through and let the forwards go to town and get the dirty goals I think that’s what we’re looking for.” Eastwood and DiGirolamo aren’t the only defenders getting on the score sheet in 2019. Freshman defender Mae Batherson already has three assists, including one on a power play against Northeastern. Veterans Siermachesky and Logan Hicks, who have both alternated between forward and defense, have also generated points from the blue line. Heading into last weekend’s two-game series against Colgate, SU defenders had outscored its forwards, but Flanagan stressed that it’s still early in the season, and he’s not surprised by the defense’s scoring output. “I guess you’d like to have the forwards up in there, but it’s early yet and the forwards will start climbing the ladder,” Flanagan said. But against the Raiders, the defenders struggled on both ends, allowing 10 goals and failing to score. The defense was put in difficult situations because of all of the penalty kills — SU committed six penalties and had two players ejected on Saturday. Going forward, SU will need Eastwood and DiGirolamo to get back on the scoring track with the forwards to make the Orange balanced. It starts with them. “I consider myself an offensive defensemen,” DiGirolamo said. “Defense first, obviously, and then I want to help contribute offensively.” gshetty@syr.edu

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Joining the rush

Big upset Charlotte de Vries’ game-winning penalty stroke led Syracuse field hockey over No. 3 Connecticut. See page 10

Syracuse ice hockey’s defenders have recorded almost as many points as its forwards in 2019. See page 10

S PORTS

Straight sweep Florida State beat Syracuse volleyball in straight sets on Sunday night in Tallahassee. See dailyorange.com

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YES: DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS In the midst of Syracuse’s offensive struggles, its defense has produced a turnover in 21 straight games.

YES: EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE While the offense hasn’t clicked, big plays from Trishton Jackson and Taj Harris will always create a spark.

NO: INABILITY TO PASS AND PROTECT Syracuse is last in the country in sacks allowed (35) and is on pace to give up 60 this year.

CAN SYRACUSE MAKE A BOWL GAME?

YES: THE SCHEDULE GETS EASIER A poor ACC slate awaits Syracuse, including no team ranked in the top 30 in total sacks.

NO: INCONSISTENT RUN GAME The Orange are rushing for less than three yards a carry and are on pace for 1,000 fewer yards than 2018.

NO: INJURIES SU has dealt with a plethora of injuries this season which has limited availability in the secondary and on the lines.

YES

Inch by inch, Syracuse can fix its problems down the stretch

Syracuse has too many holes to win 3 of its last 5 games

By Josh Schafer

By Andrew Graham

senior staff writer

bag of Chick-Fil-A in front of him and another forgettable Syracuse football performance behind him, Evan Adams talked about inches. “We’ve been close, but we need to clean up stuff,” Adams said after the 27-20 loss to Pittsburgh. “Me myself, I had a false start today. That’s inches that we could’ve used. You think about the game like that, everybody has the inches that need to contribute.” Sure, it’s a cliché often used in football speak, but perhaps there’s a legitimate point to it all. Think about it. A false start here. A sack allowed there. Maybe a Kenneth Ruff fumble recovery isn’t overruled without clear evidence. At some point, the inches add up. At JOSH some point, enough small things overcome the misSCHAFER STAY HUNGRY haps and Syracuse completes the comeback against

see schafer page 10

PAG E 12

itting in front of the media, the concrete underbelly of the Carrier Dome bleachers slanted overhead, Dino Babers laid it on the table for Syracuse football. “Those young men are hurting,” Babers said of his team. “And so are the coaches.” The Orange had just suffered another demoralizing near-miss — this time to Pittsburgh, 27-20 — in which SU gave up the most sacks in a single game since Nov. 24, 2007, its running game again struggled to do anything and another solid defensive performance was wasted. “We need to regroup and we need to go back and we really need to check ourselves,” Babers continued. “And we will do that. As a family. And then we ANDREW will come out and we will try to do a lot better than GRAHAM ‘ TA KE A LA P ’ what we’ve been doing.”

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