Nov. 16, 2020

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N • Sheriff’s office protest

C • Cooking lessons

S • Looking back

Protesters gathered Sunday outside the county sheriff’s office in response to a video showing a deputy using profane language toward a minor during an arrest. Page 3

SUNY-ESF graduate student Mariah Gladstone teaches people how to cook Indigenous foods such as maple-glazed salmon and bison stew on her show “Indigikitchen.” Page 8

Chris Fox led SU to a national championship five years ago. Now, he reflects on his tenure as Syracuse’s cross country head coach. Page 12

men’s basketball

Boeheim tests positive for COVID-19, program pauses By Danny Emerman senior staff writer

Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim has tested positive for COVID-19. Boeheim, 75, said in a statement Sunday that he’s not experiencing any symptoms and he immediately began quarantining at home. SU conducted an additional round of testing for all program members as part of its COVID-19 protocols and found that one other person tested positive. The additional infection has prompted Syracuse to pause all bas-

ketball-related activities, Director of Athletics John Wildhack said in a release. All members of the program will receive COVID-19 tests multiple times this week, Wildhack said. These are the first known positive tests within the Orange’s basketball program since the team returned to campus in July. SU Athletics doesn’t announce test results publicly. “Our top priority is the health and wellbeing of our student-athletes, Coach Boeheim and all members of the basketball program,” Wildhack said. “We are following all CDC

guidelines and ACC protocols, and working closely with the Onondaga County Department of Health, to mitigate further transmission of the virus.” Boeheim will have to quarantine for 10 days if he doesn’t develop symptoms, according to the NCAA’s guidelines. Should he develop symptoms, he would have to isolate for at least 10 days after. Syracuse’s season begins Nov. 27 at home against Bryant. The team has practiced with COVID-19 health procedures in place, Boeheim told reporters Thursday. Coaches

have worn masks and maintained 10-to-12 feet of distance from players. COVID-19 infections are rising at record levels in both Onondaga County and across the United States. Central New York on Saturday had the second-highest positive test rate in the state, at 4.6% There were 199 new cases reported in Onondaga County on Saturday, and Syracuse University moved all classes online earlier last week. As of Saturday, there were 244 active cases among students and employees and 700 students in quarantine. dremerma@syr.edu

For #NotAgainSU organizers, the fight against racism at SU isn’t over

photo illustration by nabeeha anwar presentation director By Abby Weiss and Maggie Hicks

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Just because I can go to Syracuse University doesn’t mean that this university is inclusive and welcoming of me Gaelyn Smith former #notagainsu organizer

hen Gaelyn Smith returned to Syracuse University to take graduation pictures, she felt unwelcome on the campus she had called home for four years. It was the first time Smith, who is now a graduate student at SU, had been on campus since #NotAgainSU’s 31-day occupation of CrouseHinds Hall concluded in mid-March. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by

Black students, protested the university’s handling of a series of racist incidents through two separate building occupations during the 2019-20 academic year. Smith was one of the movement’s core organizers. Returning to campus brought her a familiar sense of anxiety and discomfort, as well as the feeling that she was unwanted. “The last time I’d been on campus, there were people who didn’t want me on campus anymore,” Smith said. “It’s a really hard thing see #notagainsu page 6


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