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Reacting to the rankings The Daily Orange spoke to SU students to get their opinion on the university’s placement in college ranking lists

By The Daily Orange News Staff

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he Daily Orange asked Syracuse University students their opinion about SU’s placement in recent college rankings lists.

SU ranked 113th on the Forbes top colleges list, an increase of 43 from 2019, the publication’s previous ranking. The university also increased seven places on the Wall Street Journal’s rankings list to 117th and decreased by one on the U.S. News & World Report rankings to 59th.

Overall, students’ sentiments with the rankings were positive, with some even saying SU should have received a higher rank.

Will Smithson, a graduate student at SU, said that he would have ranked SU higher than what it was. Although Smithson said he has fond memories of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received his undergraduate degree, he has also enjoyed his time at SU so far. He said that college rankings may not take that community he’s enjoyed into account.

“There’s something to be said about the community of a university, especially for Syracuse.” Smithson said. “It’s seemed very welcoming so far whereas, for some other universities, I didn’t quite get that feel. I think that plays a part and it might not be captured in these rankings.”

Sophomore graphic design major Arlo Stone agreed, saying that at the end of the day, the ranking is just a number.

Vikrant Nakhate, a masters student from India, said that he believes SU welcomes students from all cultures, making it a safe space for students from around the world. Ameya Mangaonkar, another masters student from India, said that SU lives up to its high academic reputation. “(SU is) very welcoming for different cultures, different societies,” Nakkate said. “I personally felt very welcome and very warm after coming hundreds of miles away from India to write, so that’s a good point.”

Winston Tsui, a freshman, said he looked at the rankings lists for colleges when he was first applying to schools, and schools that were ranked higher were more attractive to him. Kelly Dugan, a public communications major, said SU’s reputation for its academics is attractive to many students.

“I could see it going up, like I know we do have a lot of great programs,” Dugan said. “The professors here are, for the most part, pretty dedicated to their students and want them to do well and succeed in life.”

Ava Lombardi, a sophomore majoring in writing and rhetoric, said she loves SU, and she said that students feel at home at the university.

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While some students cited factors like the faculty and programs SU offers in agreement with the rankings, others felt the university did not deserve the increase. wendy wang asst. photo editor

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Family Weekend rules to follow Comparing SU’s meal plans to other schools’

By Karoline Leonard asst. news editor

Syracuse University announced COVID-19 restrictions, parking lot logistics and events for this year’s Family Weekend — which will last from Oct. 8 to Oct. 10 — on their website.

Families coming to campus were supposed to register for Family Weekend prior to arriving, but guests not registered will be allowed on campus and at the football game against Wake Forest on Saturday so long as they purchase tickets and abide by COVID-19 restrictions.

Those who did not pre-register will not have a parking pass.

Family Weekend COVID-19 policies Family members and visitors for this weekend are required to abide by current COVID-19 restrictions

in place on campus.

These restrictions include following the current mask-wearing policy on campus. SU is currently at COVID-19 alert level of “RED” for mask-wearing, meaning that students and guests are required to wear masks at all times indoors and outdoors in the presence of others.

Parents and other guests will not be allowed in residence halls.

Gameday COVID-19 policies

In order to gain entry to the Carrier Dome for Saturday’s football game, parents and guests will be required to undergo pre-screening for COVID-19.

Guests can show either documentation proving that they are fully vaccinated or a negative test result obtained within the past 72 hours. SU will accept the PfizerBioNTech, Moderna and Johnson

& Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccinations. Testing for guests will not be available on campus.

Guests are required to show documentation for one of the requirements as well as a valid photo ID. Children coming to campus must also follow COVID-19 guidelines on campus. Children over the age of 12 must either show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result.

Children from the ages of 5 to 11 who are unable to be vaccinated must instead show a negative test result. Children under the age of 5 do not need to provide documentation of any kind.

Pre-event compliance check-in will be available starting on Friday, Oct. 8. On Friday, guests can check in to receive a unique pass that allows stadium entry at Goldstein see family page 4

By Hannah Ferrera asst. digital editor

Meal plans are an essential part of many students’ college experiences.

The Daily Orange looked at meal plan prices at various colleges around the country and compared the costs to Syracuse University’s block meal plan system, which was introduced at the beginning of the 2021 semester.

Many SU students have expressed concern and frustration about the cost of the university, including the increase in tuition for the 2021-22 academic year. After SU decided to no longer accept meal swipes at Schine Student Center, students created a petition calling on SU to allow meal swipes at Schine once again.

SU has the most expensive

unlimited meal plan and the most expensive average cost per meal in block plans between it and six other institutions: Marist College, New York University, Rutgers University, Boston University, University of Miami in Florida and University of Alabama. SU’s cost per meal and the cost of an unlimited meal plan are both almost twice as much as the University of Alabama’s.

Note: Each calculation is per semester, and they do not factor-in “dining dollars,” if applicable.

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The cost of an unlimited meal plan at SU is $4,135. With this plan, students are able to eat at any of the five dining centers on campus as many times see meals page 4

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OPINION “In the interest of its students and their families, the university should host a Family Weekend each semester.” - John Hepp, columnist Page 6

CULTURE “You’re just doing it for yourself because you want to see it done, not because there’s a deadline, you’re working toward something that’s more abstract.”

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Advocates call gun legislation a step forward SU to resume Warehouse shuttle

By Francis Tang asst. copy editor

Gillibrand announced the legislation, called the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act, on Sept. 24.

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By Chris Hippensteel senior staff writer

When Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced new federal gun trafficking legislation in Syracuse last week, Clifford Ryan said it was overdue.

The proposed legislation, which Gillibrand unveiled on Sept. 24 at Seals Community Center on Syracuse’s Southside, would make it a federal crime to traffic guns across state lines. It would also create penalties for people “who knowingly ship, transport or transfer firearms to an individual not legally allowed to possess a gun,” according to a statement published

by Gillibrand’s office.

Ryan, who is an anti-gun violence activist and founder of OG’s Against Violence, said the legislation’s introduction was a welcome step forward, but he couldn’t believe how long it has taken to advance a federal antigun trafficking bill.

“I was surprised that it took all this time for them to actually put a federal law in place,” Ryan said.

“All of these guns have been coming into the community for years, and years, and years. And they never had federal laws to address this.”

Gillibrand’s legislation — titled the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act — would

bolster law enforcement and prosecutors’ ability to crack down on people involved in trafficking guns across state lines.

About 60% of recovered guns used in crimes in Syracuse originated out-of-state, according to a report from the New York attorney general’s office.

Joining Gillibrand at the announcement were Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh and Common Council President Helen Hudson, among other community leaders.

Hudson said she’s seen more than 500 of her neighbors lose their lives as a result of gun violence in the city, WRVO reported. She tied the steady flow of guns into the city to the “Iron Pipeline” — the underground trafficking network that moves illegal firearms northward along the I-95 corridor and into New York state.

Stopping the movement of guns into Syracuse is critical to reducing gun violence in the city, Ryan said — especially since few guns involved in shootings in the city originated in Syracuse.

Gillibrand expressed confidence that the bill could pass, noting that the last time it was introduced in the Senate, it received 58 of the 60 votes required to avoid a filibuster.

Bipartisan support, she said, will hopefully overcome the gap.

The announcement came as Syracuse is on pace to nearly match

or outpace the number of shooting deaths it saw in 2020. So far this year, 16 residents have been killed by gunfire, compared to 19 in all of 2020, according to data provided by the Syracuse Police Department.

Also in 2021, the city has seen 451 “shots fired” incidents and 88 people injured by gunfire.

This year, SPD’s recently-disbanded Gun Violence Suppression Detail recovered 36 illegal guns and made 62 gun-related arrests, SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in an email to The Daily Orange. In 2020, the unit, which was dedicated to proactively countering gun violence in the city, recovered 19 guns and made 35 arrests, Malinowski said.

On Sunday — less than a week after Gillibrand’s announcement — police and firefighters responded to another shooting on the Southside, less than a mile from the Syracuse University campus, syracuse.com reported.

Gillibrand’s proposed legislation is a welcome step toward reducing gun violence but will need to be part of a much larger solution, said Hasan Stephens, an anti-gun violence activist and founder of the Good Life Youth Foundation.

“This is a multi-pronged, multifaceted approach that needs to be taken,” Stephens said.

Stephens’ foundation serves atrisk youth in the city of Syracuse,

providing services and programs with the goal of reducing cycles of poverty and incarceration. It’s these cycles, Stephens said, that contribute to gun violence in Syracuse and across the country.

For that reason, increasing penalties on interstate gun traffickers alone won’t be enough, Stephens said. Real change will require a sizable investment in underserved communities to address the effects of systemic racism and to bolster community organizations, such as Good Life Youth Foundation, that can intervene before violence takes place.

Ryan echoed the need for local, community-based solutions in addition to federal action.

“The other side is making sure that we’re investing resources into historically resource-deficient areas,” Stephens said. “If we’re not willing to make an investment into these communities, then we can’t expect these youth to actually have things to deter them from the life that they’re engaging in.”

To Stephens and Ryan, that means more community engagement with local youth, as well as the creation of new safe spaces and programs to keep kids “off the street.”

All of those goals, Stephens said, will need local and state-level action. Gillibrand’s legislation, if passed, can only do so much. cjhippen@syr.edu @chrishipp15_

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SUNY-ESF received increase in applications

By Julia Niehoff

contributing writer

As other state schools in the SUNY system reported a decline in applications, SUNY-ESF welcomed new freshmen out of a greater pool of candidates onto its campus.

Applications increased by 13% for 2021-22, Katherine McCarthy, SUNY-ESF’s associate provost for enrollment management, told The Daily Orange in an interview seven months ago.

Jay Heppler, a transfer student at SUNY-ESF who previously studied at the University at Buffalo, said that she chose the school due to its small student population.

“I ended up hating the ‘large school’ experience. I felt like I was having a very hard time finding people I got along with,” Heppler said.

Students like Caris Lashley, a freshman at SUNY-ESF, can pinpoint why they chose the small school located in the periphery of Syracuse University. Lashley said he believed SUNY-ESF can help him pursue what he wants to achieve in life.

“I chose ESF to become closer with the environment I live in,” he said. “I want to understand Earth and what I can do to help it.”

Heppler also mentioned what made her enjoy SUNY-ESF the most: the people. The students, she said, are very passionate about

whatever their “thing” is.

Faculty members at SUNY-ESF have also noticed the enthusiasm of incoming students. Mark Teece, an associate professor and undergraduate curriculum coordinator, said the college has reputable programs that are attractive to many applicants.

“From my conversations with students, students choose ESF for a reason — they are interested in going to a school that focuses on environmental issues,” Teece said in an email. “Many students have talked about how they have seen changes in our world from changing weather, storms, forest fires, and they realize that we need to do something.”

Although many students find their place at SUNY-ESF, for many, the transition to college has not been perfect. Heppler said she feels as though she is “thrown back and forth between ESF and SU offices,” when looking for help and resources.

The D.O. attempted to receive data relating to the Class of 2025, but the admissions office at SUNYESF said that information is still being processed.

McCarthy and the admissions office at SUNY-ESF are pleased with the school’s current situation. McCarthy is “encouraged with where we are and where we are headed.” jsniehof@syr.edu

Starting Monday, Syracuse University’s Parking and Transportation Services will resume late-night service on the Nancy Cantor Warehouse shuttle route during weekdays.

Following Centro’s Sept. 13 announcement that it would no longer provide transportation services on SU campus after 8 p.m. due to ongoing staff shortages, SU suspended three late-night shuttle services to use the trolleys for the late-night South Campus shuttle route.

SU’s trolleys replaced the routes that Centro buses used to run past 8 p.m., running approximately once every 15 minutes from 7:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. Students who commute between SU’s Main and South Campuses expressed their mistrust of SU’s available transportation services after Centro reduced its schedule.

SU restored the Warehouse shuttle route after hiring more drivers and adding more shuttle vehicles, according to an SU News release. Parking and Transportation Services is working to add more resources to fully resume the late-night shuttles that are still suspended. btang05@syr.edu @francis_towne

coronavirus

SU reports 54 active COVID-19 cases

By Richard Perrins asst. news editor

Syracuse University reported three additional active COVID-19 cases today on its dashboard, bringing the current total of active cases to 54.

There are seven new student cases and one new employee case.

There are still currently two students in quarantine.

The COVID-19 alert level remains at “RED”, as it has since Aug. 28. Under this level, students, faculty, staff and visitors must wear masks indoors at all times and outside in the presence of others.

Active cases on campus peaked on Sept. 15, when SU reported 163 active cases. The highest number of unvaccinated or vaccine-exempt students has been six, reported from Sept. 13 to Sept. 16, though this does not include vaccinated students who were quarantined.

Students living in Skyhall II were notified on Sept. 9 that they would be relocated to make room for COVID19 isolation housing. Many expressed frustration at this decision.

The positivity rate of SU’s surveillance testing, reported every Tuesday, has not exceeded 0.5%. rcperrin@syr.edu @richardperrins2

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ranking “I can’t speak on peoples GPAs and academics, but morale is good here, and people like it,” Lombardi said. “With COVID everyone hated college, and while we all hated college, we still liked Syracuse, so that is definitely a testament to the school.”

Sydney Baldridge, a sophomore health and exercise science major, said that she believes SU is a great school with a lot to offer.

“My main reason for coming to Syracuse was because the school is so well rounded in everything. It had good academics, it was a good size, but it also had a good social life and there are so many from page 1

family Faculty and Alumni Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturday, guests can check in at Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will be additional check-in locations starting four hours prior to kick-off on the Quad, Stadium West lot, Manley North and South lots and the Skytop lot.

Family Weekend parking

Starting on Friday at 5 p.m., guests must park in the Skytop lot on South Campus. Shuttles will be provided at no cost from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and guests may use the trolley after 7 p.m. if needed.

Before and during the football game on Saturday, families will again be asked to park in the Skytop lot on South Campus. Shuttles will from page 1

meals as they would like. Resident advisers are given this meal plan as part of their benefits. SU also recently implemented fingerprint scanning in the dining halls for students with this meal plan to evade long lines.

Students also have the option to choose from a variety of block plans. These block plans allow students to have a certain number of meals per

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organizations you can join,” Baldridge said.

Students’ perception of the rankings vary as they believe the cost, programs, faculty and social life are interconnected. While some believe SU’s rise in ranking is well-deserved, others beg to differ due to the past events that occurred, such as the hate crimes that occured on and near campus during fall 2019.

Some students feel that SU’s ranking was justified due to the supportive faculty while other students felt as though SU does not deserve the steep increase on the Forbes rankings.

Sammi DeLuca, a CRS major, said she believes SU is a fun school, but she thinks the university does not care about their students. DeLuca also said that she feels like she hasn’t learned as much

at SU as she might have somewhere else.

Eva Newhill-Leahy, a freshman graphic design major, also critiqued the university’s amount of care and attention for their students, saying she wished SU valued accessibility more.

“Some of the professors don’t have their PowerPoints available for students who can’t hear or can’t see, or they won’t let you record,” she said. “So, there are some things that are like to the outward, ‘Look how accessible we are,’ but, in practice, it’s not being enforced.”

Newhill-Leahy questioned how the rankings were conducted, and she said she believes that the people who rank these schools aren’t able to see them from the perspectives of current students.

Smithson recognized that creating the rankings could be somewhat of a futile task.

“It can be hard to boil down the value of a university just to these rankings,” he said. “It’s hard to rank these schools — what’s the difference between the 58th and the 57th school?

Amelia Thibault, a sophomore majoring in history and geography, said she believes the more expensive the school, the higher the rating.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t get a scholarship, so I think that also plays a role into ranking,” Thibault said. “Because the more expensive the school, people usually think it’s better. I don’t know if that’s always the case, though.”

run from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and guests will again be allowed to use the trolleys if needed.

The Family Weekend parking pass received during registration can be used in most open lots on campus on Sunday, Oct. 10.

place from 1-3 p.m. in the Life Sciences Complex.

‘Cuse Tank, a student startup prize competition, will be held at Bird Library from 2-5 p.m.

The event, which is a spin-off of the TV show “Shark Tank,” will feature parents as judges.

Additionally, each on-campus residence hall will host its own family activities from 3-5 p.m.

An open house for families will be held at Schine Student Center from 5-7 p.m. Parents will have the opportunity to tour Schine and meet Allen Groves, the senior vice president for the student experience.

Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life will host a Shabbat service and dinner for families at 5:30 p.m.

Finally, Orange After Dark is hosting a trivia night at 10 p.m. at Schine Student Center and Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center.

This event will also be available virtually.

Family Weekend Saturday events

Marist College

They do not mention an option for dining dollars on their meal plan site.

Family Weekend Friday events

Family Weekend registration and welcome center will be held at Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Family Weekend photo opportunities will take place at the same location during those hours. Campus tours for families will start at the Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Setnor School of Music is hosting various open rehearsals and performances for families to attend. These events take place between 12:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.

A Syracuse Abroad information fair will take semester: 220, 130 and 85 meals. In the “Block 220,” students can use 220 meals per semester, and they pay a total of $3,710, making the cost per meal $16.86. The cost per meal is $19.92 for the “Block 130” meal plan and $22 for “Block 85.”

Students are also given $200 in dining dollars with each block plan, which was subtracted before calculating the cost per meal prices. Dining dollars can be used at any of the cafes on campus and at Schine and Goldstein student centers. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $19.59.

Marist College, a liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, offers two unlimited meal plans, a “5-day” and “7-day,” for $2,150 and $2,950, respectively — a significantly lower amount than Syracuse. The “7-day Unlimited” plan is required for resident freshmen but also offered to all other grades.

Marist also offers four block plans, ranging from 30 to 120 meals per semester, for sophomores and above. The cost per meal is $11.79 for 120 meals, $12.50 for 90 meals, $12.58 for 60 meals and $12.83 for 30 meals. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $12.43.

Meal plans at Marist also include “Thrifty Cash,” which can be used at retail locations on campus for on-the-go dining.

New York University

New York University, a private university in New York City, does not offer students an unlimited dining option.

Instead, they offer “Washington Square Meal Plans,” which are set up in a block system.

The cost per meal is $9.67 for their “300 Flex” plan, $11.22 for their “225 Flex” plan, $13.22 for their “175 Flex” plan, $13.49 for the “120 Flex” plan and $13.69 for their “95 Flex” plan. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $12.26.

NYU also has dining dollar options that students get based on their meal plan. Dining dollars can be used at every on-campus dining location to pay for items such as soft drinks, coffee and snacks.

Rutgers University

Similar to NYU, Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey does not offer unlimited meal plans and instead offers block meal plans per semester.

The cost per meal is $10.18 for 285 meals, $10.98 for 255 meals, $12.46 for 210 meals, $16.47 for 150 meals and $17.89 for 120 meals. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $13.60.

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SU encourages students and their families to explore central New York at places such as Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard, Green Lakes State Park and horseback riding. While there is no formal exploration event, SU said that families are welcome to go at their own leisure.

Families can go to an open house for Syracuse alumni legacy families at 200 Walnut Place from 9-11:30 a.m. At this event, guests will be able to meet with the alumni engagement team and receive Syracuse Orange merch.

Campus tours will be held for students and their families at 11 a.m., beginning at Goldstein Faculty and Alumni Center.

The Family Weekend football game against Wake Forest starts at 3:30 p.m. kaleonar@syr.edu @karolineleo_

Boston University

Unlike previously listed colleges, Boston University has meal plans per year instead of per semester.

By dividing its originally presented price by two, its unlimited meal plan per semester is $2,890. The cost per meal is $15.70 for 165 meals, $18.36 for 125 meals and $11.15 for 48 meals. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $15.07.

BU has “Dining Points” that work the same way as dining dollars. They can be used at over 20 retail locations across campus.

University of Miami

The University of Miami in Florida has a similar undergraduate population to SU — UMiami has about 11,000 undergrads and Syracuse has about 14,000.

UMiami offers its unlimited meal plan for $3,593.

UMiami also offers block meal plans, where students pay a certain amount of money for a set number of meals that they can use as they please. The cost per meal is $14.36 for 175 meals and $15.17 for 100 meals. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $14.77.

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama, with an undergraduate enrollment of about 32,000 students, offers an “All-Access” unlimited meal plan for $2,117.

If a student opts out of the unlimited meal plan, they offer “Bama Silver,” which is 125 meals; $9.60 per meal, “Bama Bronze,” which is 90 meals at $11.61 per meal and “Bama 55,” which is 55 meals at $11.65 per meal. The average cost per meal for the block plans is $10.95.

All undergraduate students enrolled in at least nine credit hours receive $350 dining dollars. hcferrer@syr.edu

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We need more Family Weekends Family Weekend is OK despite COVID

Although COVID-19 is still a concern, SU made the right decision in hosting Family Weekend this year. meghan hendricks asst. photo editor

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F An additional Family Weekend would bring a plethora of benefits to students, families and the surrounding Syracuse community. meghan hendricks asst. photo editor

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any colleges at Syracuse University are hosting informational events this weekend to involve families in the Orange community for Family Weekend, a staple of the academic calendar.

Reuniting students with their families can bring a myriad of benefits such as improving the mental well-being of students and enhancing economic stimulus in the Syracuse area. Unfortunately, SU only hosts one Family Weekend per year. In the interest of its students and their families, the university should host a Family Weekend each semester.

SU would not only reap the aforementioned benefits, but the additional weekend would present the opportunity for family members with conflicts on the traditional fall Family Weekend to make the trip to campus in the spring.

Due to SU’s geographically diverse student body, many students’ families travel to campus from around the world. Getting to campus can be incredibly difficult for families, especially those outside of the Northeastern U.S. Another official Family Weekend would provide more flexibility for families who are unable to travel for the first Family Weekend.

Family Weekend is especially

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hard for students whose families cannot make it to SU for the weekend. Freshman Luke Helwig said it is difficult to be the only one without family on Family Weekend.

“Everyone’s a little homesick,” Helwig said. “Everyone else is doing stuff (with their family) and you’re just stuck in your room.”

A second Family Weekend at SU would also provide more students with the ability to reconnect with family, as most students often get swept up in school work, jobs, social life and extracurriculars during the semester, leaving little time to catch up with family.

The weight of college life can also be difficult for many students, which can negatively affect their grades and general performance in college. Having their family on campus can aid students who are experiencing these stressors. More than most communities on campus, freshmen living away from home for the first time could benefit from the extra familial support during the year.

Freshman Ashley Corso said that she’s glad her family can visit this Family Weekend, as her parents provide her with needed support.

“It’s going to be a reassurance of my support system at home,” she said. “Home is not a place but a feeling, and I get that when I’m with my parents.”

Family Weekend is also beneficial to the visiting families, as

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many family members haven’t seen their SU student for many weeks, if not longer. Parents who no longer have children at home — so-called “empty nesters” — would likely benefit from the feeling of having their child in their care once again.

Siblings, parents and other family members need support from their SU student as much as their SU student needs their support.

In addition to much needed family support, Family Weekend also stimulates the Syracuse economy more than most other times during the year. Many hotels are fully booked months in advance and restaurants have lines out the door, not to mention the shops and activities that families spend money at when spending time together.

Especially in the midst of a pandemic, the greater Syracuse community will benefit from the money families bring with them and spend during Family Weekend. Adding another Family Weekend would likely double this benefit.

With all of these benefits and more, it is clear that SU should implement another Family Weekend in the spring. It provides a plethora of benefits for students, families and the surrounding community, and a second Family Weekend will only add to these benefits.

John Hepp is a freshman sports analytics major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at jwhepp@syr.edu.

amily Weekend is an adored tradition at Syracuse University. It gives students the opportunity to see their families midway through the semester, allowing students to let their parents into their lives at SU. Although COVID-19 is still a concern, SU made the right decision in hosting Family Weekend this year.

COVID-19 hit every student hard, but it was especially hard for freshmen. They were forced to navigate a new school, and their parents were unable to visit them. On top of that, for the safety of everyone on campus, travel restrictions prevented students from leaving the central New York region last fall, which hindered many students from visiting home.

Now, with COVID-19 cases remaining low and restrictions laxed, Family Weekend takes on a new meaning. SU’s decision to have Family Weekend gives students reassurance that life is returning to normal.

Being on campus last year was hard. Students and faculty were constantly concerned that the university would hit a certain number of cases and shut down, resulting in a return to online learning.

In November 2020, the COVID19 dashboard ended up reaching a high of 283 active cases. This semester, we have reached a high of 163 cases and are currently at 54 cases.

When judging SU’s decision to host Family Weekend, we must take into consideration that COVID-19 cases are decreasing across the United States and that SU’s student body is approximately 98% vaccinated. This means that while COVID-19 transmission is possible as a result of the influx of people to campus, it is somewhat unlikely that the virus

would rapidly spread.

People from all around New York and nearby states are already coming to campus for Syracuse football games, campus tours and work in the city. Parents coming to campus do not pose more of a risk of COVID19 transmission than other visitors to central New York do.

SU freshman Benjamin Gruber has parents visiting from Long Island this weekend. People from outside of CNY have frequently been on campus this semester already, he said. “We have people from everywhere, all around New York who are Syracuse fans, come to the football games already. And we only have about 40 kids on campus who have COVID-19 currently, so an outbreak stemming from Family Weekend is unlikely,” he said.

Additionally, SU has relaxed many of its COVID-19 restrictions this semester. Students are allowed in each other’s dorms, and vaccinated students do not have to participate in weekly testing, while SU has also removed many restrictions surrounding campus facilities like dining halls and gyms. Based on the SU administration’s loosening of restrictions, it makes sense that Family Weekend has returned.

SU made the right decision in allowing families to come to campus for Family Weekend. While we must all remain cautious about how we move forward in regard to COVID19, SU has provided enough support and guidance to allow us to enjoy the moments that make our college experience special. Students need to see their families and remain connected to loved ones, and COVID-19 has taken that away from them for long enough.

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

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House shows return to campus

By Maggie Hicks

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RACHEL HAYES created “Flurry” during the pandemic for the Everson Museum to add color and movement to the museum’s stony exterior while still maintaining and amplifying the building’s architecture. sydney pollack asst. culture editor

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sually, the I.M. Pei-designed Everson Museum of Art’s gray, brutalist structure would match the cloudy, gloomy aesthetic of a rainy Sunday in Syracuse.

But there’s something different about it now: a 56-foot-wide tapestry of colorful squares hanging over the front-facing wall of the museum. Rachel Hayes’ colorful “Flurry” is one of her latest pieces of artwork and meant to turn heads as it hangs outside of the museum, she said. “(I was) thinking about how you can make really huge things that have a presence but not give you a looming feeling,” Hayes said. “I guess I was after something like that, that had more of a weightlessness.”

The “AbStranded: Fiber and Abstraction in Contemporary Art” exhibit is on view until Jan. 2, 2022, and features work by 10 artists.

Some pieces, like Polly Apfelbaum’s “For the Love of Morris Louis,” take up a whole room — floor and walls included — while others, like Samantha Bittman’s geometrically woven canvases, are smaller and more confined. Steffi Chappell, the assistant curator at the Everson,

The exhibit at the Everson reframes fiber art in an abstract context that expands on the history and traditions of the medium

said creating the space to showcase fiber arts is essential right now.

“Fiber arts are often marginalized within the history of modern art, dismissed as just a hobby or pastime or relegated to decorative arts,” Chappell said. “But now, more than ever, as scholars work on expanding the art historical narrative, fiber artists are taking on a newfound relevance and popularity.”

“For the Love of Morris Louis,” which Apfelbaum created for the Everson in 2015, has a room of its own in this exhibit. But she also made a newer piece in 2020 for this show: 10 strips of multicolored, multimaterial weavings that hang vertically down from the wall. Whereas her 2015 piece is refined and geometric, Apfelbaum’s recent weavings look more handmade, using eclectic materials like pompoms and beads that she said all came to her “serendipitously or naturally” during its creation.

Apfelbaum created the artwork when she was in the early stages of learning to weave at the start of 2020. She mostly used materials and scraps from other artists and studios and fabrics from the thrift stores she frequented as a child.

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Hours before Sami Miller was planning to host her first concert of the year, she found herself calling everyone she knew, asking if they could host the event at their home.

That morning, a person who lived at the house where Miller had planned to host the concert tested positive for COVID-19.

“It was really just crunch time. I was reaching out to anyone I could think of just to see if we could make something happen,” said Miller, a junior in the Bandier Program at Syracuse University. “I was terrified I was going to have to cancel the show.”

Miller is also the city curator for the Syracuse chapter of Sofar Sounds, a national company that hosts music events at small locations such as houses, coffee shops and breweries in cities across the country. Eventually, Miller chose the backyard of a house in the Westcott neighborhood in Syracuse.

Michaela Martin, who lives in the house, remembers bursting into her housemates’ rooms to tell them they only had four hours to clean up and set up for the show.

“I was running around this house like a chicken with my head cut off. I was sprinting around, cleaning. I spent about 30 minutes just trying to untangle a string of lights.” said Martin, a senior biology major. “But when it finally came together, I couldn’t stop smiling. I absolutely loved it.”

Martin’s house, named the Backlot following Miller’s show, and Sofar Sounds are part of the house concert scene that has quickly picked up across the university. Students who run concert venues said house concerts boomed after live shows and events were canceled due to the pandemic.

But the shows themselves have also become a safer, more welcoming space for both hosts and audiences, they said.

Josh Feldman, a senior studying entrepreneurship, runs the Summit, another concert organization that helps different house venues host their own shows. The senior said he drew inspiration for the organization after attending concerts at some of the older house venues such as The Ark, the Underground and The Deli.

Although these shows were fairly popular before the pandemic, Feldman said that house concerts are more popular this year than he’s ever seen. The Summit hosted its first concert on Sept. 10 and plans to host another one this Friday.

“There’s probably been almost 20 shows, and it’s still the beginning of October,” Feldman said. “If there’s not a house show on a weekend, it’s strange.”

The rise in house concerts came after so much live music was canceled due to the pandemic, Feldman said. Concert hosts often book artists through word of mouth, Miller said, or they can reach out directly. Several students see concerts page 10

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Syracuse’s newest cat café

All but two cats at Luna Cafe are available for adoption with CNY Cat Coalition, and students are excited at the prospect of getting more time with animals and possibly giving one a forever home on campus.

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Luna Café brings Japan to Syracuse through Japanese inspired decor, cuisine and, of course, cats

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osh Davis, owner of the newly opened Luna Café, said he wanted to bring a piece of Japan to Syracuse. Davis also said he decided to open the cafe, which offers a mix between Japanese and Midwestern food, when he recognized the need for a place where students could escape their dorms and stressful lives to decompress alongside animals.

Luna Café was inspired by traditional Japanese cat cafes, which are small spaces where people are able to play with cats while enjoying their favorite coffee or bubble tea. He took the idea of a cat cafe further by curating a full restaurant menu of Midwestern and Japanese food that he prepares daily by himself.

Located at 1001 E. Fayette St., the restaurant is decorated with traditional Japanese items and colors, and the cat room has anime playing in the background.

Open from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, customers come to the cafe to eat, drink and hang with cats.

Davis’ fascination for Japanese culture and cuisine has grown through his trips to Japan, he said.

“I also wanted to bring a piece of Japan because I miss it so much,” Davis said. “That is why the colors in the restaurant are the colors of a Japanese torii gate, and the colors in the cat room are those of cherry blossoms.”

Most of the cats at Luna Café are up for adoption, and the cafe works with the Central New York Cat Coalition to help visitors facilitate the adoption of available cats, Davis said. This provides guests with a safe and trustworthy environment where they can get to know their future pets before taking them home.

Davis placed a QR code in the cat room that allows guests to fill in an application to demonstrate their interest in one of the cats. After visitors fill out a form, the CNY Cat Coalition reaches out to ensure that they are the right person to take care of the cat.

Syracuse University sophomore Roger Moore said he’s always had hesitations about cats and is interested in confronting his concerns by going to the Luna Café.

“Going to the cat cafe would help me see what cats are actually like and how they interact with me and to see if they like me or not,” Moore said. “If I saw one that actually took a liking to me, maybe I could adopt one.”

Davis also explained that bringing in new cats into the cafe can sometimes be a difficult process because they don’t get along well with one another at first. But he and his team have come up with strategies, like keeping the new cats separate for a few days before introducing them to the others. This allows the cats to get along very well with one another, he said.

There are also two cats in the cafe that aren’t up for adoption: Old Man Dave, who is too old, and Goliath, who is “extremely overweight,” Davis said. These two cats have been at the cafe longer than most others and help in the adaptation of newcomers.

“While the rest of the cats in the beginning scuffle a lot, these two are super chill and instantly want to hang out, so they get along with anybody,” Davis said.

The cafe offers a variety of drinks and foods — such as Okonomiyaki pizza, which Davis said is a traditional Japanese pancake transformed into a pizza — and even has ketogenicfriendly options. Davis said he adds his own Midwestern touch on Japanese cuisine.

The drinks range from espresso and matcha lattes to milk and bubble tea, which is also offered in a keto option. The desserts include sweets like pie, cinnamon rolls and cheesecake, as well as Japanese-inspired options such as ice cream mochi.

“As of today, there is a 50/50 split between guests who come in just for the food and guests who come just for the cats,” Davis said.

Luna Cafe charges for visitors to spend time with the cats: 30 minutes is $6, one hour is $10.50 and unlimited time is $20.

Davis and his employees make sure to ask guests what they are coming in for as they walk into the cafe and are surprised to see that many guests who come in because of the cats become excited when they hear that the cafe also offers a full menu of food and drinks.

“People still have some misconceptions,” Davis said. “Many still think we’re just a small coffee shop, but we’re actually a full service restaurant.” norosenb@syr.edu

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6 off-the-hill restaurants to taste on Family Weekend

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This weekend is Family Weekend at Syracuse University, and most families will rush to Pastabilities, Dinosaur BBQ or Oh My Darling, where they will inevitably wait in line for hours as they get progressively hangrier.

Here are six restaurants to opt for instead this weekend, with a range of cuisine, hours and locations. With food from Philadelphia to Japan, this list should have something for every family to enjoy. Most take reservations, and we advise you not to wait. Bon appétit!

Beer Belly Deli & Pub

If your family is looking for a menu decorated with classic comfort foods, Beer Belly Deli & Pub is the place to go. The restaurant’s menu is filled with comfort foods like burgers, fries and wings, and they also offer creative twists to the items.

The eatery, located at 510 Westcott St., offers four different types of loaded fries to choose from, including the Deli, which has a variety of toppings including beer-braised beef, jellied jalapeños and gouda beer cheese.

Besides their food, the restaurant also offers a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, including beers, wines and mimosas.

Beer Belly is open Fridays 11:30 a.m. all the way to 12 a.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. Along with indoor dining, the restaurant also offers takeout and delivery services. from page 8

abstranded quality and familiar quality to the work and to the materials, and that I could use it conceptually and formally in different ways,” Apfelbaum said.

Influenced by a range of art — from Bauhaus weavings to crazy quilts to ‘60s macrame — Apfelbaum said she was aiming to merge “high and low” culture without judgment.

She accomplished this by using both cheap and expensive looking fabrics, pompoms and beads in the same long strips, all sewn and weaved together.

Planning for “AbStranded” started in 2018, Chappell said, and Everson originally scheduled to open the exhibit in April 2020.

Once the pandemic began, the museum originally postponed the exhibit indefinitely.

Hayes said that she started creating the smaller rectangles that make up “Flurry” in January 2020 and just kept working through the pandemic, despite not knowing when the exhibit would open.

During that time, Hayes sewed the smaller rectangles of the piece, finally attaching them all once she had the official green light from the museum. She said the piece kept her from having “idle hands” during quarantine.

“If you’re physically making things, I guess it just keeps things moving forward,” Hayes said. “That’s when it moves into ‘art for art’s sake,’ then you’re just doing it for yourself from page 8

concerts have already applied through Sofar Sound’s Instagram page, and Miller can go through them and see who would be good to perform, she said.

“Artists throughout quarantine had so much time to hone in on their craft that every artist in the game right now wants to perform live,” Feldman said. “Throughout quarantine, they were preparing that live set for whatever amount of time, and this is finally the culmination of it all.”

But concert hosts had a similar feeling, and many said they’ve been planning for the return of live music — and house shows — throughout the pandemic.

Last spring, Kenneth Barrist, a junior studying television, radio and film, found a TikTok that explained how to create a grass wall. The wall eventually served as his inspiration for The Garden, a concert venue in the basement of his house. Barrist and his friends spent the rest of the semester planning The Garden, which they said helped them get through pandemic.

Barrist, and two of his friends, Lauren

Gino’s Cheese Steak & Onion

The Philadelphia-Syracuse connection runs strong on campus, but few may know about the Philadelphia-Fayetteville connection at Gino’s Cheese Steak and Onion. The store gets Philadelphia-based Amoroso rolls shipped to it three-to-four times a week, owner Josh Amidon told CNYCentral in May. Along with cheesesteaks, Amidon’s team makes many other sandwiches like chicken riggie cheesesteaks, reubens and corned beef sandwiches.

In his interview with CNYCentral, Amidon said that the two things that separate his cheesesteak from the rest of the competition in the area are the restaurant’s au jus — French for broth — that Gino’s cooks marinate the steak in, as well as their housemelted “cheese whiz.” Open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 511 E. Genesee St. in Fayetteville, Gino’s is a musthit this parent’s weekend.

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and mac and cheese are available with toppings like lobster claws, carnitas and fried pork belly. To accompany your elaborate entrée, get some fries on the side, either plain or with the same special toppings, and save room for a milkshake or an order of dessert funnel cake fries.

Kasai Ramen

If you’re looking for a low-key spot around Armory Square, look no further than Kasai Ramen. Not exactly a hole-in-the-wall location, but maybe as close to it as a Syracuse restaurant can get, Kasai has a cool vibe and a good amount of seating for mid-sized families.

There’s nine different ramens on the menu to try, and the Kasai chicken sandwich with kimchi pickles is a must. With an extensive craft sake menu, Japanese whisky and cocktails, this restaurant has drinks that compliment the nation’s cuisine. Kasai takes reservations and is open until 9 p.m. on Thursday and until 12 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Customers with different flavor preferences can choose from a couple sizzling styles for the entrée such as classic Szechuan, spicy, cumin, soupy or garlic sauce. Families can also try the deep fried little buns and steamed little buns for dessert. Dipping the hot golden buns in condensed milk is the best way to enjoy this delicacy. While you are eating at Red Chili, you can also enjoy the ambient Chinese music playing in the restaurant and traditional Chinese decor.

Located at 2740 Erie Blvd. E, and open Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10:15 p.m. and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Red Chilli is a must-try for Chinese in Syracuse this weekend.

Francesca’s Cucina

For families who want high quality Italian cuisine at affordable prices, Francesca’s Cucina is the perfect stop. From their finely crafted steaks made with dry aged beef to the wide selection of pasta, seafood and appetizers like Italian-style poutine and Arancini rice balls, the menu has something for everyone.

The restaurant, located at 545 North Salina St. in Syracuse’s Little Italy neighborhood, is open for dinner from 4-9 p.m. on Mondays and from 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

Guests can make an online reservation to enjoy Francesca’s indoor and outdoor dining options or order online if they prefer takeout.

Opened earlier this year by the same owners of Rise N Shine, ‘90s-inspired burger joint Loded is a solid choice for Family Weekend. The restaurant, open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., is located at 6393 Thompson Road in Syracuse.

The menu offers a variety of decked-out choices: the burgers, chicken sandwiches

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because you want to see it done, not because there’s a deadline, you’re working towards something that’s more abstract.”

Throughout the pandemic, Hayes deliberately picked each square of fabric and cut them to 56 inches to reflect the dimensions of the Everson wall it would be hung upon.

“It was just a flurry to make and these last couple years have been a flurry. A lot of little things coming together to make one big thing,” she said.

She also had to be conscious of the history and design of the building’s architecture when creating this piece, Hayes said, because she wanted to respect the museum as artwork in its own right.

“Some people would probably think it’s blasphemy or degrading, but I just didn’t want (“Flurry”) to feel like a joke,” Hayes said. “I wanted it to be serious but also sincere and (a) kindhearted response to the building.”

“Flurry” communicates a lot about the nature of fiber arts that the exhibit is meant to highlight: the importance of color, craftsmanship, practicality and tactility over time were in the front of Hayes’ mind when she was creating the work. Everything from the colors she chose to the nylon fabric — the same fabric used in flags — was planned so she could count on it surviving and maintaining its form over time in the elements.

There were colors she excluded in this piece that she had used in past outdoor works because she knew they would fade or shred

while the piece was hanging through rough weather, Hayes said. Instead, she chose colors like yellow and green, magenta and two shades of blue that she knew would stand out against the gray skies of Syracuse’s winters.

“It would be sad to put something up there and not have it react with nature, because then it may as well be a billboard,” Hayes said.

“But now, because air can go behind it and lift up those flutters and it’s doing something, it’s living, it’s of the environment.”

This exhibit isn’t just about fiber and textile. Its focus is abstraction within fabric art, and its influences and connotations can be directly traced to gender and the term “women’s work,” said Garth Johnson, curator of ceramics at the Everson. The curator added that fiber is undoubtedly “the most gendered of the craft disciplines,” and the art in the show explores that in new ways, through tradition, research and material.

While the artists agree that gender isn’t the first thing they hope viewers will see in their work, Apfelbaum explained that it is so essential to her art in the larger history of textiles that it’s present in everything she makes.

“I’m very conscious of (gender) as a woman artist,” Apfelbaum said. “It’s another color, it’s something so ingrained, it’s another line, it’s in there. It’s so innate to me in the work that I do, it’s my sensibility, that I don’t think you could take that part out. It’s part of the work, part of my DNA.” But Hayes wanted people to be careful

about gendering the artwork in the show because she doesn’t want her work to be reduced to any one political or feminist statement. She added that the role women have in the history of fiber art is present in her work and can be seen in each square that her mother helped her hem. The artist also wants viewers to find equal meaning in the form, color and environment she uses.

Highlights from the exhibit besides Hayes’ and Apfelbaum’s works are Elana Herzog’s deconstructed rugs, Paolo Arao’s “queered” collages and “Blood Lines” by Anne Lindberg.

Johnson noted Sarah Zapata’s “Standing on the Edge of Time,” saying it encapsulates the themes of the show through its use of Peruvian fabric and the meaning of that within her family and the larger culture of textile in Peru.

All these pieces resist the expected guidelines of what “fiber art” looks like.

They aren’t straightforward quilts or tapestries, but they are thought provoking and convention-challenging in how they use traditional space and material, Johnson said.

Apfelbaum said the dimensionality of the exhibit is refreshing after a year of looking at art through a 2D screen.

“It’s so nice that all this work is about a certain physicality, and we’ve all not had that contact and I think my work will … make a space and fill it with people, because I think it’s important for people to come and see the work and feel it,” Apfelbaum said.

Brennan and Jen Jordan, who are both juniors studying music industry, used a grass carpet, rugs and flowers to create a venue in Brennan’s and Jordan’s basement that caters more toward acoustic music that they said is calmer than some of the concerts that happened before the pandemic. They also plan to host open mic nights and comedy nights in addition to more live shows, Brennan said.

During their first show of the semester, Barrist and Brennan had to turn about 100 people away because the basement venue hit full capacity. Although it was difficult to ask people to leave, they didn’t want to create a space that was too crowded where people couldn’t enjoy the actual music.

“We definitely create a calmer atmosphere.

We’re not here to all rage, party the whole time,” Jordan said. “We cap it at a point where the people inside feel comfortable and they’re not shoulder to shoulder with each other.”

Smaller shows can be a safer alternative to large festivals and shows with thousands of people, especially while coronavirus cases are still high, Barrist said.

People who attend concerts at The Garden must be vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test to enter.

Audience members don’t see coronavirus requirements as an inconvenience, Brennan said, but rather, many of them appreciate that venues are ensuring that the show is as safe as possible.

Small concerts also create a more welcoming community where everyone in the audience is there to enjoy music, Miller said. Sofar Sounds typically doesn’t advertise who is performing at shows, which creates an audience that is there to support music, even if they don’t necessarily know the artist.

“It’s simple and it’s really about the music. People can just sit there and vibe and genuinely just enjoy it,” Martin said. “Here you can come, bring a blanket, bring a lawn chair, bring a bag of popcorn and listen to the music.”

The house concert scene has become less competitive this year, which helps make the shows calmer and safer, Feldman said. Many of the concert venues, including The Garden and the houses where the Summit hosts shows, share a virtual calendar that includes dates for when and where each concert is happening.

The calendar has also helped create a community among people hosting the

concerts, Feldman said. A few weeks ago, he realized that The Garden was planning to host a concert on Oct. 8, the same day as the Summit’s next show.

Rather than canceling one of the shows, Jordan and Feldman decided to host the concerts at different times on the same night — the show at The Garden will start at 8 p.m. and run until about 10, which is when doors for the Summit show will open.

“Essentially, Jen (Jordan) is helping us out because she’s going to have a show and then after her show, she’ll be telling everyone to go to our show,” Feldman said.

But concert hosts said that above all, the wave of house shows has been fulfilling.

Putting on shows is an opportunity to help new artists thrive and bring music to people who have been deprived of it for over a year, Miller said. Concerts bring joy to everyone involved, she said, which is what makes them such an amazing experience.

“I’m really glad that we took that chance with that four-hour concert,” Martin said.

“Because in the end, it’s going to be one of my favorite college memories.”

Red Chili is known as one of the most authentic Chinese restaurants in Syracuse. Ordering the cold and hot appetizers which will peak your taste buds is a necessity. The restaurant provides various options of vegetables and meats such as whole fish, chicken, beef, pork and shrimp for visitors to customize their own hot pot or dry pot.

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masood with football itself, Masood “fell in love” with weight training. Cranbrook Kingswood Athletic Director Steve Graf said Masood worked out with a group of linemen, all with the goal of playing at the collegiate level — which Masood hadn’t even thought about yet.

From his sophomore to junior year, Masood said he “kicked it into another gear” with his training and commitment to the game. His mom, Farah Masood, said Masood joined a gym specifically for athletes and made big changes with his diet.

“The South Asian plate is more rice and less meat and vegetables. He kind of had to flip that,” Farah said. “He had a mission and he was going to go for it.”

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elmore offensive and defensive lineman chose to return for a fifth season but had to wait an additional month to make his reappearance on the field. The Chicago native said he missed just about every block in the first quarter in Tallahassee — and Babers reiterated that — but both agreed the next three quarters were proof of what Elmore’s capable of adding to SU’s already potent run-game.

“After the first quarter, I was back to being the regular Rhino,” Elmore said after Saturday’s loss, referencing the nickname “Rhino” that many teammates and coaches call him.

Syracuse (3-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) lost its first game with Elmore back at Florida State, 33-30, on a game-winning field goal as time expired. But the fullback and tight end’s return is important for SU moving forward because of his role as a “super senior” and leader, Babers said. Elmore adds to an attack that already features Sean Tucker, whose 638 rushing yards is the third-most nationally, and Garrett Shrader, who’s quickly emerged as a running threat and the team’s secondleading rusher.

“Having me back was a big key, just going into practice and knowing that I would be back and knowing that we could get the run game started,” Elmore said after the FSU from page 16

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Friday, Oct. 8 Field Hockey vs Wake Forest

It’s student night at J.S. Coyne Stadium during Syracuse’s game against Wake Forest. The Orange are 8-2 — unbeaten in their last six games — and they are seventh in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll. Syracuse has also not allowed a goal since its 3-1 win over Boston College on Sep. 17, with a freshmen goalie tandem of Brooke Borzy-

become one of the strongest players on the team, but Masood still had to work on his “footwork and football IQ,” Graf said.

Ben Jones, Cranbrook’s then-head coach, emerged as a “second father figure,” Masood said, pushing him harder than he thought he could go. Jones created a “get to” mantra among his players, something Graf said players like Masood still employ to this day.

The “get to” mindset preaches how players have the ability to play sports and be a part of the team, making it a choice rather than something on the schedule, Masood said. Masood continued his pursuits in something that was “different” for people from his background, with this message in mind. He continues to use this message at Syracuse in honor of Jones, who passed away after he was hit by an intoxicated driver last year.

“People from the outside who don’t know the work I put in to get to where I am right now. They look at me based on my skin color,” Masood said. “But football was something

early on that I loved, and I realized that if I really liked it, I’m going to keep pursuing it and trying to get to the next level.”

Graf said Masood saw other students who, like Masood, were unsure about starting a sport not common for people of their Asian backgrounds. But Masood got them to join the team, which Graf said benefitted his roster.

“Ahmad was one of those kids that brought kids into the program that were not football players, but he got them excited about being a part of a team,” Graf said. “They start not knowing how to put a uniform on, but by their senior year, they’re able to contribute.”

Masood increased his off-field pursuits, going to camps like the Chicagoland Showcase between his junior and senior seasons. Farah went along for the road trips despite having little knowledge of the sport, as none of her other children had played the sport.

“It’s very different for a South Asian family.

We’re very academically focused,” Farah said.

“Ahmad was like, ‘Mom, Dad, we’re going to go

here.’ We could see his passion and that got us excited about it too.”

Jones helped Masood get into these camps, and by his senior year some of his film was getting traction from colleges. His dream of playing DI football began to turn into reality.

Masood’s film made its way to Vinson Reynolds, Syracuse’s defensive line coach. Reynolds offered Masood a spot as a walk-on for the Orange, but because of COVID-19, he waited until 2021 to join the team. Masood finally joined SU’s roster in the spring for training camp.

Although Masood is solely a practice player and most likely won’t see the field this season, he said being on a DI Football Bowl Subdivision team has been a “unique experience” for someone with his background.

“We feel so fortunate because you don’t see South Asian players on any DI rosters,” Farah said. “(Ahmad)’s realizing how much work it is. It’s not easy, but he’s really enjoying it.”

game. “It was an extra offensive lineman to the point of attack.”

Elmore knew his absence would last until the end of nonconference play. The hiatus was mentally tolling, and there were a few “dark moments,” he said, but knowing there was light at the end of the tunnel kept him going.

Having positive friends, family and teammates to prevent him from going “too deep in the hole where I didn’t want to talk to nobody and shut everybody out” helped too, he said.

Mikel Jones and Darius Tisdale motivated him by dedicating each game to him until he returned. If Elmore saw them slacking, they wanted him to let them know, Elmore said.

“They kept count better than I did of when I was going to return,” Elmore said. “It just goes to show, the type of positive people, if you have the right people around you, you’re in the right mindset, you’re good.”

The week leading up to his return was much anticipated. Before the Florida State game, offensive lineman Matthew Bergeron said, “If you thought the run game was good, wait till you see when Elmore is back” and compared the fullback to a mobile, sixth offensive lineman. That whole week at practice, Elmore was “flying around” and “putting guys on the ground,” Bergeron said.

Elmore knows his presence brought an added level of energy to SU. But initially, when Elmore found out the day before the

Orange’s season opener at Ohio that he couldn’t play, he called his father and cried.

The hiatus was “through no fault of his,” his father, Clinton Elmore, said, and Elmore was distraught that he was unable to help Syracuse in his final year of eligibility.

Elmore continued to work out and do what he could from the sidelines. That meant traveling to Athens, Ohio, even though he couldn’t play. It meant continuing his role as a captain, giving pregame hype speeches and leading the team out of the tunnel.

“Obviously it did hurt me a lot that I couldn’t be out there and play with them, but once I got out there, I saw the bigger picture — it’s not about me anymore, it’s about these guys,” Elmore said. “What’s done with me is done, and I just gotta focus on making sure these guys’ heads (are) straight.”

Against Florida State in the first quarter, Syracuse’s offense managed just 18 yards on the ground. Elmore was in from the very first play, peeling off the left side of the offensive line and blocking for a short 4-yard gain by Tucker. But it was during the second quarter on Shrader’s 55-yard touchdown run that Elmore’s impact began to show.

Elmore started the play matched up against FSU defensive end Jermaine Johnson, then the nation’s sack leader. The 265pound fullback used a powerful two-handed block to shove Johnson away from the line

of scrimmage as Shrader rolled to his right after play-action. That delayed Johnson’s ability to make the play, allowing Shrader to slip by the tackle. Then Elmore turned upfield and set the key block against linebacker DJ Lundy, tackling the redshirt freshman and springing an open lane for Shrader to cut left and take it to the house.

The fullback sprung Tucker for a 10-yard gain later, too, and sealed the right edge for a 16-yard Shrader gain later in the first half. Elmore also served as the lead blocker on his quarterback’s 5-yard touchdown run moments later.

“It felt good being able to go out there, help my teammates, and just seeing how much better the offense was with me out there,” Elmore said.

This offseason, Elmore cut 20 pounds by working out frequently and watching his diet, his dad said. “Better late than never” was the phrase Elmore used to describe why cutting that weight was crucial for his final year of eligibility.

Elmore may be in the best shape of his life, quarterback Tommy DeVito said in August, and even though Elmore had to wait an extra four weeks, the return of an “unbelievable blocker” should benefit SU’s offense, Babers said.

“We need him back,” Babers said postgame.

“He’s the heartbeat of this football team.”

mowski and Louise Pert leading the Orange defensively throughout that stretch.

Friday’s game will follow the ice hockey game as the second event in the 50 Years of Women’s Athletics celebration’s kickoff weekend. And just like at Tennity, admission is free.

fully healthy roster with leading scorer Deandre Kerr back in the lineup. Kerr has scored seven goals in his last five starts.

Admission is free at SU Soccer Stadium — located adjacent to Manley Field House — where fans have the option to watch the game on a patch of grass behind the far-sided net.

team in the ACC, as the Demon Deacons are undefeated through their first five games.

Syracuse running back Sean Tucker is third in the country in all-purpose yards with 813 and could be a large part of an upset victory on Saturday. A win for the Orange win would give them their best six-game start since 2018, when they finished 10-3. A loud Carrier Dome crowd and a close game against a ranked opponent could create the perfect environment to watch SU’s biggest challenge of the season.

Admission for the game requires a ticket, and prices starting at $25.

Friday, Oct. 8: Men’s Soccer vs NC State

Syracuse men’s soccer is coming off a convincing 3-0 nonconference win against Colgate and is now approaching its final four Atlantic Coast Conference games. The stretch opens with a 7 p.m. home game on Friday night. Despite starting conference play 1-3, the Orange now have a

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this season, and having a deep core of strong and tall defenders is part of that depth McIntyre has talked about.

But Syracuse only managed to concede fewer than 10 fouls in a game just once — eight fouls against an 0-10 Colgate. Prior to that win, the team-low was 10 against Georgetown with four fouls coming from challenges Amferny Sinclair lost in midfield.

22 fouls has been Syracuse’s season high, which it has reached on three separate occasions against Virginia, Pitt and Cornell — the latter two being double-overtime games.

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University of Maryland transfer Russell Shealy went down with an apparent ankle injury in warmups prior to the Niagara game, and Lucas Daunhauer took over the starting role for the next eight games. The graduate student took full advantage of that opportunity, winning four games during that span. He allowed 13 goals and recorded 22 saves, managing Syracuse’s ACC schedule — all somewhat unexpectedly.

After playing his undergraduate career with Division II Kentucky Wesleyan, Daunhauer missed just four starts from 2018 to 2020, making 41 appearances. Despite 267 career saves which included 117 in his sophomore season,

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Florida State one, and again, SU will fall to start out 0-2 in ACC play.

Orange haven’t found much success passing the ball with Shrader under center. That will stay the same without Harris, and Syracuse’s offensive production will come from its rushing attack or defensive pressure that creates sacks and/or turnovers. This game should be similarly high scoring like the

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Run Shrader run Syracuse 27, Wake Forest 20

Wake Forest ran through Florida State earlier this season, holding the Seminoles to only two scores in its 35-14 win. On the other hand, the

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the Panthers won just nine games during Daunhauer’s three seasons, allowing 101 goals for a 2.52 goals against average.

This season, Daunhauer has led Syracuse through each of its four ACC games, as well as four ranked opponents. Three games went into double-overtime, including a Cornell game where Daunhauer made six saves, two coming in one-on-one breakaway situations.

Daunhauer’s performances have left McIntyre with an unfavorable dilemma on his hands and more depth between the sticks than he expected coming into the season. McIntyre needs to answer if he’s going to rely on experience or consistency to potentially lead Syracuse deep into the postseason.

While Shealy didn’t feature for Maryland in 2018, he trained with and experienced a Terrapin squad that conquered the 2018 College Cup Championship. Shealy started each game during the abbreviated 2020-21 season in his first season at Syracuse, winning just twice between his fall and spring appearances. Shealy has allowed four goals this season, three against Penn State and one versus Georgetown, both ranked teams.

“It’s a good problem to have. Every coach wants that, to have some depth,” McIntyre said. “It’s (Shealy’s) job to impress us in practice. There’s more to his story this season.”

Orange were a field goal miss away from beating the Seminoles, struggling to stop Jordan Travis for the majority of the game.

Still, with Shrader as quarterback, Syracuse has shown that it can make splash plays on the ground and get into the end zone. Along with Tucker, SU’s rushing attack is one of the best in the country.

And it helps that the Demon Deacons are not the best at stopping the run, giving

Syracuse a chance.

The way the Orange win is if they stick to the game plan that’s helped them win three games this year: get Tucker going and use the read option as much as possible.

At home against the ACC leader, Syracuse might shock the nation and come away with its first conference victory.

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Opponent Preview: Everything to know about Wake Forest

By Connor Smith

asst. sports editor

Syracuse is coming off a last-second, 33-30 loss at Florida State last Saturday. Next, the Orange will face the Atlantic Coast Conference’s highest ranked team, No. 19 Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons are undefeated and are coming off a tight 37-34 win over Louisville.

Wake Forest has notched blowout conference wins over Virginia and Florida State, and with Clemson’s two losses, is on pace for its first appearance in the ACC Championship game since 2006.

“They’re a close family over there. They play well together, they care about each other, and I’m happy for their success,” head coach Dino Babers said of WF. Here’s everything to know about the Demon Deacons ahead of their matchup with SU on Saturday afternoon in the Carrier Dome.

All-time series

Syracuse leads 6-4.

Last time they played

The two teams met last year on Halloween in Syracuse, with Wake Forest pulling away for a 38-14 win. Without starting quarterback Tommy DeVito, Babers started Rex Culpepper at quarterback. Culpepper threw for only 85 yards and tossed two interceptions as well. He was later pulled for true freshman JaCobian Morgan, who went 7-for-7 for 57 yards and a touchdown. The loss was part of SU’s eightgame losing streak to end the season.

The Demon Deacons got out to an early 10-0 lead before Culpepper connected with wide receiver Nykeim Johnson for a 21-yard touchdown in the second quarter. But Wake Forest responded with 28 straight points, including two touchdowns runs by Kenneth Walker III and a pick six by Gavin Holmes.

Syracuse totaled just 221 total yards of offense compared to WF’s 437. The Orange were just 3-for-11 on third-down conversions, too. Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman threw for 250 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown pass to Jaquarii Roberson in the third quarter. Starting in place of Sean Tucker, SU running back Cooper Lutz took 15 carries for 81 yards and tied for a team-high four receptions in the loss.

“I’m going to try to play for a winning season,” Babers said postgame. But after the home loss, Syracuse dropped its final five games, finishing with its worst season since 2005.

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Head coach Dave Clawson has spent eight years building the Demon Deacons into one of the top teams in the ACC. They have played in five straight bowl games and went 8-5 in 2019 — ranking as high as No. 19 in the AP Poll.

Despite largely playing with under recruited players, Wake Forest has found success using a creative offense.

Leading the offense from under center is Hartman, who has a 63.8% completion percentage with 11 touchdowns and two interceptions. The redshirt sophomore entered the season in the top 10 in program history in passing touchdowns, yards and completions, among other categories. He played in the Carrier Dome in 2019, when Syracuse won 39-30 in overtime on the last weekend of the season.

Hartman isn’t the most efficient passer and tends to occasionally hesitate on passing attempts. Clawson simplifies Wake Forest’s offense and likes to use four or even five wide receivers to spread the field. The Demon Deacons also use Run-Pass Options, which help them open up the field offensively.

Wake Forest has four rushers with at least 30 attempts this season, including Hartman.

Christian Beal-Smith leads the group, averaging nearly 5 yards per carry on 65 attempts.

The offensive line can struggle to run block, but WF balances its run and pass games to lead its offense — which is averaging 38.4 points per game, second in the ACC. Defensively, Wake Forest gives up over 400 yards per game — 11th in the conference — but only gives up 20.8 points per game — sixthbest. The Demon Deacons have struggled most at defending the run, as they give up the second-most rushing yards per game in the league. But defensive lineman Luiji Vilain has recorded 4.5 sacks, and as a team, Wake Forest hasn’t had a tough time getting to the quarterback, leading the ACC with 21 sacks, one ahead of the Orange.

The Demon Deacons have yet to face a formidable opponent — their first four opponents have combined for just four wins this season.

Saturday’s game will also only be their second road of the season.

How Syracuse beats Wake Forest

Syracuse has found the most success early this season by using Tucker and Garrett Shrader on the ground to lead the offense and getting defensive pressure. The Orange will again want to do that on Saturday to keep up with Wake Forest’s offense.

Tucker has run for over 100 yards in his last three games and has taken 24 or more carries three times this season. For SU to pick up a win, Tucker again will have to carry the offensive load. Shrader will likely make his third straight start at quarterback after running for three touchdowns against Florida State, and without No. 1 receiver Taj Harris, The Orange will likely focus their offense on running the ball with either Tucker or Shrader. This will be especially true with the Demon Deacons’ poor run defense.

Defensively, Syracuse will need to get pressure on Hartman. Cody Roscoe is tied for the

ACC lead with 5.5 sacks but was held sackless against FSU, when the Orange recorded just two sacks. SU will have to get back to the pressure it created on Liberty quarterback Malik Willis — who was taken down six times in the loss. With Wake Forest using only five or six blockers on most passing plays, the Orange should have an easy time getting pressure and making Hartman uncomfortable.

Stat to know: 13

Wake Forest’s 13 made field goals this season lead the ACC by a wide margin and is ranked No. 1 nationally, too. Junior kicker Nick Sciba has yet to miss a field goal this year and is the NCAA’s record holder with 34 straight made field goals. He’s also the most accurate kicker in ACC history and was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award last season.

While Sciba is one of the top kickers in the country, the high number of field goals show how much more lethal the Demon Deacons’ offense could be. Despite a red zone conversion percentage of 93.5%, Wake Forest has the most red zone field goals in the ACC with 10.

Through four games, the WF offense has had no trouble moving the ball and putting points on the board but has shown a tendency to be held short of the end zone.

Player to watch: Jaquarii Roberson, wide receiver

Roberson was named a preseason All-American by Pro Football Focus after leading the team in receptions and yards last season. He finished the 2020 season with four straight 100-yard plus games, too. The redshirt junior recorded seven catches for 130 yards last year against Syracuse and is coming off his best performance of this year against Louisville, bringing in six balls for a season-high 135 yards. csmith49@syr.edu @csmith17_

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Taj Harris has offers from SEC schools in transfer portal

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

After entering the transfer portal on Sunday, Syracuse’s former No. 1 wide receiver Taj Harris has already received offers from six schools, according to his Twitter.

As of Wednesday afternoon, those include Southeastern Conference schools Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Kentucky, the Pac-12’s Utah, along with Western Kentucky and Temple. The Bulldogs — the same school which current SU quarterback Garrett Shrader transferred out of — were the first team that Harris posted about on Tuesday afternoon.

Harris was Syracuse’s top wideout during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and the No. 2 behind NFL prospect Trishton Jackson during 2019. Head coach Dino Babers labeled Harris as a player he expected to break SU records. But Harris’ decision to transfer midseason came after playing three games with the Orange this year,

meaning he still has two years of eligibility remaining (the NCAA counts anything over four games as a year of eligibility).

The young people now have control over their own things, they can make their own decisions and they’re making decisions that they feel are best for them Dino Babers syracuse head coach

Harris’ decision means no Power Five

school has lost more players to the transfer portal since the start of training camp than Syracuse. Backup running back Jarveon Howard declared for the portal days before Harris, and the Orange lost tight end Landon Morris and offensive lineman Cody Shear to the portal before the start of the season.

“The young people now have control over their own things. They can make their own decisions, and they’re making decisions that they feel are best for them,” Babers said when asked whether there was concern over midseason departures. “We need to honor that, and that’s just the sign of the times.”

Harris tweeted that he wasn’t currently accepting interview requests and has yet to speak publicly since entering the portal.

When asked about his departure, the wide receiver’s teammates repeated the same message on Tuesday: The decision was Harris’, and they respect it. Tommy DeVito said he’s spoken with Harris since the latter’s departure but wouldn’t comment on their conversation.

Courtney Jackson said that the team didn’t

really see Harris’ decision coming.

On Thursday before Harris sat out from SU’s matchup with Florida State, he tweeted “I know my worth.”

Wide receiver Damien Alford said the team misses Harris but is confident it has the pieces to move on without him. “We scored 30 points vs. Florida State at Florida State, and last time I checked he wasn’t there,” Babers said when asked about replacing Harris’ production. The head coach also spoke about the wide receiver depth and said he was sure the opportunities presented to others would fill the “void.”

Players who enter the transfer portal can return to their original team if they don’t reach an agreement with another school, but their original school must agree to take them back.

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2 of 3 beat writers predict Syracuse loss against Wake Forest

By The Daily Orange Sports Staff

After a last-second field goal from Andre Szmyt lifted Syracuse over Liberty, it fell to Florida State the following weekend, resulting in a 3-2 season record. The Orange’s new man in charge, Mississippi State transfer Garrett Shrader, tied Syracuse’s all-time record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a game, scoring three times. Shrader also threw one touchdown to Anthony Queeley with a total of 150 yards in the air and 137 yards on the ground.

But now Syracuse faces its toughest challenge of the year: going against undefeated Wake Forest, the best team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Demon Deacons averaged 38.2 points in their five wins so far, and quarterback Sam

Hartman has 13 touchdowns this year.

Here’s what our beat writers expect from Syracuse’s second ACC test of the season:

Roshan Fernandez (3-2) Rude a-Wake-ning Wake Forest 31, Syracuse 21

Wake Forest ranks 101st of 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in average passing yards allowed (252.8). But Syracuse’s offense ranks 116th in passing offense (171.0 yards per game). Both are weaknesses, but Wake Forest’s defense might have a slight edge because of how one-dimensional the Orange’s offense still is. Granted, SU’s passing game showed it had made notable strides against Florida State even without star wide

receiver Taj Harris, who entered the transfer portal midseason.

But if the Demon Deacons can channel their defensive energy and sell-out on stopping Tucker and Shrader on the run, they should be able to pull out a win. The Demon Deacons offense hasn’t scored fewer than 35 points this season, and they rank 15th in the nation in scoring. SU’s defense is good, but its offense hasn’t proven it can keep up with that pace. Wake Forest sits atop the ACC, and Syracuse is a fair ways behind that mark.

Connor Smith (2-3)

Out-Deaced Wake Forest 35, Syracuse 24 The Demon Deacons are the top team in

the ACC right now, but they have yet to face a formidable opponent — their opponents combined have just four total wins this season. But Wake Forest has a strong offense, averaging nearly 40 points per game, that has had no trouble moving the ball. Expect quarterback Sam Hartman to find easy targets in the passing game to move the ball, and the Demon Deacons’ spread offense to give SU’s defense problems on Saturday. Wake’s run blocking isn’t great, but its Run-Pass Option attack will confuse the Orange and help the Deacons pick up yards.

Wake Forest does struggle to stop the run — and Tucker has proved to be one of the country’s top running backs — but the see predictions page 11

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Shealy, Daunhauer emerge as dual threat at goalkeeper

By Henry O’ Brien asst. copy editor

Minutes before Syracuse’s fourth game of the regular season against Niagara, starting goalkeeper Russell Shealy left the field. During warmups, the redshirt junior rolled his ankle, according to head coach Ian McIntyre. With Shealy out of the game, the Orange turned to backup keeper Lucas Daunhauer.

The graduate student said he found out he was starting just 10 minutes before the game against the Purple Eagles. While the move was surprising, it was something Daunhauer said he was mentally prepared for. He posted a shutout in his first career start with Syracuse.

Against Niagara, Daunhauer faced only four shots and made one save, but despite the low number of shots, head coach Ian McIntyre said the new goalkeeper was amazing against some of the physical threats that came from the Purple Eagles.

Four days later, however, Syracuse’s next opponent would provide an even greater challenge for Daunhauer. In the Orange’s first Atlantic Coast Conference game, they faced Virginia, who received 23 votes from the United Soccer Coaches poll at the time. In preparation for the game, Daunhauer called it “the biggest soccer game he had ever played in.”

Daunhauer dominated with three saves in SU’s 3-1 victory over Virginia in his first ACC game. Although he gave up a goal to the Cavaliers in the first half, Daunhauer didn’t let up any attempts in the second.

“You’re playing a seven-time national champion in their home with a big crowd in your first ACC start,” McIntyre said. “While (Daunhauer) would say the guys in front of him help him out, he was terrific.”

The streak was the beginning of Daunhauer’s time as the starter, which lasted until Oct. 5.

Shealy returned as the starter in a 3-0 victory over Colgate. Both goalkeepers have had shutouts and dominant victories, showing the potential that brought them to Syracuse. However, the pair have also struggled in games as well, with both Daunhauer and Shealy having at least one game where they conceded three goals.

The strengths and weaknesses from the two give the Orange an interesting dynamic for the remainder of the season since both have shown inconsistencies. At Mater Dei High School (Indiana), Daunhauer was known as a kid who turned heads immediately. Stan Atherton, his goalkeeping coach at Mater Dei, said Daunhauer came to the team as a “wiry little guy” and not putting too

much thought into his play.

Atherton said the Wildcats typically ran a 4-4-2. And with Daunhauer in net, Mater Dei had a hard line in the back because of how he could read the field. He not only tightened up the defense, but he also opened up the offense as well, creating a solid counter-attack, Atherton said.

“He was like a safety valve,” Atherton said.

“That 4-4-2 made our whole team a little more wide open because it wasn’t just him winning the ball because he could win the ball in the box and go out in the field, play with his feet, like a regular field player.”

While attending Mater Dei, Daunhauer grew to become 6-foot-3 and was named to First Team All-SIAC in 2016 and 2017. In the last conference game of the regular season against Castle High School, a team that had beaten Mater Dei two years in a row, the thensenior Daunhauer made 11 saves in a 5-1 victory. Atherton said Daunhauer won nearly every air battle and stopped nearly every Castle breakaway.

“You don’t want to motivate Lucas like that,” Atherton said. “If you give him an inch, he’s going to take it a mile.”

Despite the all-conference excellence, Daunhauer went on to play Division II soccer at Kentucky Wesleyan. With the Panthers, Daunhauer ranked first in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference with 5.94 saves per game in his freshman year. He also earned GMAC All-Conference Honorable Mentions in 2018 and 2019.

Both Daunhauer and Atherton believed that Daunhauer was bigger than Division II soccer. Syracuse’s formation, the 3-5-2, was the same as Kentucky Wesleyan, which helped the adjustment process when he transferred to SU. Despite the run of domination and multiple shutouts, Daunhauer still has struggled in games for Syracuse. On Sept. 17 against Louisville, Daunhauer gave up five goals in the double-overtime loss. This included the graduate student keeper getting beaten twice on penalty kicks and giving up a header to Josh Jones in the 105th minute, which lost the game.

Like Daunhauer, Shealy also had highs and lows in his first games at Syracuse. In spring 2021, he surrendered three goals against Clemson and Louisville in back-toback games. Chad Liddle, Shealy’s high school coach at Darlington School, said he remembers the games when Shealy excelled.

Liddle saw Shealy first when Syracuse took on Virginia Tech last fall. Shealy ended the game with eight saves — the most in his

RUSSELL SHEALY AND LUCAS DAUNHAUER have split time in goal for SU this year, with a combined four shutouts. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer

time in a single game at Syracuse. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, but Liddle said he was impressed by the calming presence of his former player at the backline.

“Virginia Tech has a very good athletic team and it had a target for him,” Liddle said.

“The Hokies were trying to serve constantly as far as balls into his head. And Russell was very good off his line, very strong off his line.”

Through working with Shealy at Darlington School or seeing him join the Atlanta United Academy, Liddle said Shealy’s range, physical build and distribution of the ball are some of his strengths.

“He’ll catch a ball more than most goalkeepers,” Liddle said. “Most goalkeepers will resort to boxing it. But he knows, and he has confidence enough in here that he can catch and take a few knocks in the air and still come down with the ball.”

Shealy trains with Liddle to this day and throughout his entire journey from Atlanta United’s youth teams, the University of Maryland and SU. In those practice sessions, Liddle, a former DI goalkeeper himself, focused on Shealy gaining the muscle memory. They would pick one or two techniques and hone in on them during the session. The pair went over every single movement Shealy made in net to establish the needed muscle memory.

Liddle said his mentality as a goalkeepers coach was to help his players deal with chaos.

Goalies have to change directions and angles in seconds to get set and ready for an opposing shot. Like any other goalie he coached, Liddle wanted to help Shealy navigate through the

chaos. Anytime Liddle would plan to shoot at the net at all, Shealy would get set.

“There’s four or five seconds of chaotic movements,” Liddle said. “We had to adjust his angles and move across the goalmouth, and then he had to be set the moment that the ball is about to be struck.”

After establishing muscle memory and building better physical strength, Shealy became a key part of Atlanta United’s Academy teams. He started 20 games for the U-17/18 team and helped the squad climb atop the Southeast division in the then-U.S. Soccer Development Academy league.

Shealy was rated by Top Drawer Soccer as the No. 102 recruit in the country in 2018 when he was heading to Maryland. In his freshman year, Shealy served as the backup behind Dayne St. Clair, who led the Terrapins to a national championship and is now on Minnesota United.

Shealy redshirted but saw little time in 2019, appearing in five games. Like Daunhauer, Shealy needed a new fit. Shealy has had great games holding Georgetown, the topranked team in the country, to one goal.

Liddle said he sees a bright future in Shealy because of his transfer into a conference full of future pro talent.

“Syracuse was a good change for him,” Liddle said. “Being in the ACC is another major reason why I think Russell can still be more apt to be able to go into the MLS.” Sports Editor Skyler Rivera contributed reporting for this story. @realhenryobrien hwobrien@syr.edu

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Data Dive: Analyzing Syracuse men’s soccer’s 3 phases

By Alex Cirino

asst. copy editor

Throughout the first 12 seasons at Syracuse, head coach Ian McIntyre has consistently relayed the same message to his squad: get SU back on the “big boy table.”

He’s referring to the elite group of Division I soccer programs the Orange have occasionally grazed during those seasons, but they lack consistency — a trend that they ultimately carried into the 2021 season.

Despite Syracuse (6-5-1, 1-3-0 Atlantic Coast) recording its best 12-game start to the season since 2018, it’s the team’s fifthworst record in that amount of games during McIntyre’s tenure with the Orange. As five regular season matches remain — four of which are ACC games — the Orange’s mixed results have made this stretch extremely valuable in the grand scheme of their postseason expectations.

“Some young teams need to grow, evolve and learn how to win football matches,” McIntyre said. “That’s the nature of competition — it’s wonderfully unforgiving. We’re close.”

Here are the numbers that have defined each phase of play thus far:

Offense

Syracuse has recorded more shots on goal this season than it has during the opening 12 matches in the past five seasons. The Orange’s 81 shots on goal are 18 fewer than in 2015.

Despite shooting less than in 2015 — the season McIntyre introduced his 3-5-2 formation — Syracuse still ranks among the most high powered offenses in the country. Its 0.516 shooting accuracy is eighth-best in the country with the Syracuse shot on goal total ranking in the nation’s top 15.

The emergence of sophomore forward Deandre Kerr has guided the Orange offense this season. Despite missing three games due to injuries, Kerr has scored seven goals, tying him for 10th nationally in goals per game percentage at 0.78. After scoring four times in an abbreviated rookie season, Kerr became the forefront of SU’s striker duo, assuming much of the aerial, direct service McIntyre has implemented this season.

But it took him time to get quality chances at goal. Kerr had taken just six shots in SU’s first three games against Drexel, Penn State and Georgetown, and only two went on goal.

It was a stretch where Syracuse scored just two goals, both coming in its opener against Drexel. Kerr then followed up the next four games with seven goals, a span that saw him score three consecutive braces and 15 shots on goal, including seven against Niagara.

In Kerr’s absence, Syracuse was able to rely on a new wave of depth McIntyre said his team had been longing for the past couple years.

Freshman midfielder Curt Calov and forward Francesco Pagano have scored a combined nine goals, while Manel Busquets has four

after limited early season action.

Syracuse’s 29 goals so far is ranked 17th in the country in goals per game at 2.42. The Orange’s two shutout losses both came at home in a narrow 1-0 fashion to No. 1 Georgetown and No. 3 Duke, who have the nation’s fourth-best and best goals against average, respectively.

Against the Hoyas, Syracuse was held to just six total shots, with none on target. The Orange have only been held to fewer than 10 shots on two other occasions, ironically in two of the three doubleovertime games against Pittsburgh and Cornell.

As Syracuse’s young roster began to gel in McIntyre’s 3-5-2, it became more efficient in front of goal. Against Drexel, SU recorded 16 total shots, but the team’s opener came 20 minutes into the second half, a period where Syracuse recorded 13 shots. The Orange had the same problem 11 days later against Niagara.

Similar to Drexel, Syracuse won 2-0 but simultaneously recorded its worst shot percentage (goals/shots) among games in which it has scored. Despite a season high 14 shots on goal and 23 total shots, Syracuse only scored on its 15th shot of the game.

Offensively, McIntyre’s newly formed depth is something he believes has bolstered the Orange’s season, keeping them competitive against a collection of top notch programs.

“Where we stretched the last couple years with depth, I think we’ve been able to bring in some quality this year,” McIntyre said.

Defense

Syracuse has conceded the most fouls in the nation by a landslide. Its 196 fouls committed are 21 more than Northeastern, who have the second-most nationally. SU is second in fouls per game at 16.33, 0.23 fewer than Yale.

It has also led to Syracuse’s five penalty kicks allowed, tying its single-season high during the past 20 seasons set in 2018. Whether the referee’s point to the spot kick was valid or not, it has still affected Syracuse in two losses against ranked teams.

Most notably, in SU’s 5-4 double-overtime loss to Louisville, Syracuse conceded two penalty kicks in the game’s first 25 minutes. The two fouls were among Syracuse’s first three fouls of the game, a game where it recorded its season average of 16 fouls. Still, those committed penalties were canceled out by two penalty kick goals by SU itself, and the Orange dominated the game offensively.

Against Penn State, Syracuse managed to hold the Nittany Lions to just one goal after going down 1-0 early on in the first half. The Orange were finally managing to settle into a rainy road game until they gave up a penalty kick three minutes into the second half and conceded a third goal just a minute later.

Looking past unfortunate fouls in the box, Syracuse has been able to establish a trustworthy back three of Max Kent, Christian Curti and Buster Sjoberg. Winning aerial balls has been a major bonus for the Orange see data page 11

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AHMAD MASOOD walked on to Syracuse’s football team this past spring after a standout high school career. He is the only player on the Orange of South Asian descent. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer

Ahmad Masood charts the course for South Asian athletes

By Anish Vasudevan asst. sports editor

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s a freshman in high school, Ahmad Masood walked onto a surface he never anticipated — the turf of a football field.

Before joining the Cranbrook Kingswood High School (Michigan) football team, Masood had to learn some of the basics of the game that his peers already learned from Pop Warner Little Scholars and middle school: strapping the buckles on his shoulder pads, adjusting the chin straps on his helmet and lacing up his specialized football cleats.

But stepping in between the white lines wasn’t the only thing that was different for Masood. When he glanced around the field, no one else looked like him.

“It didn’t really shock me, but it was some-

thing to get used to,” Masood said.

According to the NCAA’s Race and Gender Demographics Database, Asian players represented only 1.76% of Division I athletes during the 2020 season. Masood, who’s half Indian and half Pakistani, is the only player on Syracuse’s roster from South Asian descent.

At 6-foot-3, 250-pounds, Masood walked onto the Orange’s squad before the start of this season, listed as an offensive linemen under new position coach Mike Schmidt. Masood starred at Cranbrook Kingswood, playing offensive and defensive linemen for four seasons.

Masood’s start in football made him realize the lack of a role that football played in the Asian community. Masood didn’t see players that looked like him on his predominantly-white high school’s field or many on his opponents’ teams.

“It put in perspective how big football is in the Indian or Pakistani community,” Masood

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said. “Something I pride myself on is that I was able to break the stereotypical mold of what people think.”

The lack of interest from first or second generation Americans in sports like football comes from the ways that these communities look at sports in general, Masood noted.

Sports are seen as something for enjoyment rather than other academic extracurriculars that are emphasized in these communities because those avenues are something kids can “utilize later in their life,” he said.

Masood held the shot put record at his middle school, but he had never played an organized team sport until high school. He said the “flashiness” of football reeled him in when he started high school, but he still had to get acclimated to the team.

Knowing that he was on a learning curve see masood page 11

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Elmore returns to rushing attack 4 SU games to catch on Family Weekend

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

Chris Elmore said his first quarter back after a four-game hiatus was filled with “jitters.” He looked rusty during the opening 15 minutes of Saturday’s game against Florida State, head coach Dino Babers said. But that was expected.

Elmore missed the Orange’s first month of the season for reasons unrelated to injury or discipline, a source with knowledge of the situation previously confirmed to The Daily Orange.

Elmore said the absence was due to “personal reasons,” but “what was done was done, now I’m back, and all I can do is move forward.”

The fullback, tight end and former see elmore page 11

By Alex Cirino

asst. copy editor

This weekend will be Syracuse University’s first Family Weekend since 2019, after last year’s events were virtual. The event will span from Thursday, Oct. 7 to Saturday the Oct. 9, fully in-person, with several sporting events taking place.

Here are the games to catch this Family Weekend: CHRIS ELMORE made his 2021 debut against FSU after missing Syracuse’s first four games. daily orange file photo

Thursday, Oct. 7: Ice Hockey vs Clarkson

Syracuse Athletics is celebrat-

ing 50 years of women’s athletics beginning in the fall season and into the spring 2022 season.

This Family Weekend is also the celebration’s “Kickoff Weekend” and the Ice Hockey team hosting Clarkson as the celebration’s opening event. The Orange are coming off a loss and a tie in a two-game series at St. Lawrence last weekend. Abby Moloughney and Lauren Bellefontaine each recorded three points against the Saints.

Thursday’s game begins at 6 p.m. at Tennity Ice Pavilion see family page 11