Nov. 29, 2021

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Syracuse received 3 inches of snow over Thanksgiving break, with four days of recorded snowfall. The amount of snow in November has been far below the average. Page 3

Syracuse parts ways with its offensive coordinator, defensive line coach and tight ends coach just one day after its seasonending loss to No. 20 Pittsburgh. Page 12

Many SU alumni and students are participating in Movember for men’s health. SU’s team Boys Things has raised the most money of all other university teams this year. Page 7

Prepare and react How students and administration feel about COVID-19 safety as they return to campus from Thanksgiving break

Just because it’s almost Christmas time doesn’t mean we get to relax. COVID is still a big issue in our country … We got to stay strong and we’ll eventually get over it Sam Kogan su freshman

A university spokesperson said that Syracuse University will continue to be in the “RED” level of mask requirements as well as increase the percentage of the campus population to be selected for random testing. meghan hendricks asst. photo editor By Hannah Ferrera and Kyle Chouinard the daily orange

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yracuse University students have been returning to campus from outside Syracuse after Thanksgiving break. On Nov. 19, before the break, SU reported 20 active COVID-19 cases. The Daily Orange asked students how they feel about COVID-19 safety while returning to campus. Some students said they are hoping that their peers continue to be conscious about wearing their masks. Sam Kogan, a freshman in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, said wearing a mask is still a necessary precaution. “Just because it’s almost Christmas time doesn’t mean we get to relax. COVID is still a big issue in our country … We got to stay strong and

we’ll eventually get over it,” Kogan said. Sophia Clinton, a sophomore in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said she is disappointed in the way that the university has been testing for COVID-19. “I feel like it doesn’t really represent the study body very well,” Clinton said. “In general, I think we’ve been doing better (with COVID-19), but I think this could be because we don’t have all the numbers (from mandatory weekly testing).” A university spokesperson said in an email statement to The D.O. that beginning Monday, the university will take actions to prepare and react to better ensure a safe return to campus. These actions include remaining at the “RED” level, which will continue SU’s requirement to wear a mask indoors and outdoors while in the presence of others.

The spokesperson also said the university plans to increase the percentage of the campus population who is selected for random testing. The university said it hopes this measure will give them better insight into infection level so it can best respond, if necessary. The university spokesperson said SU will also enhance wastewater testing, encourage community members to get a booster shot and prepare to expand testing center hours and capacity “if early data suggests a more aggressive community testing protocol is warranted.” Pratik Parihar, a first-year master’s student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, also said now is not the time to relax. He said since getting the vaccine, people have begun to take COVID-19 protocols lightly in see covid-19 page 4

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Man exonerated in 1981 rape case near Syracuse University By Richard Perrins asst. news editor

Editor’s Note: This story contains mentions of rape. Alice Sebold published her memoir “Lucky” in 1999. In it, she described in detail being raped as a freshman

at Syracuse University. Sebold would later become known for her novel “The Lovely Bones,” a fictional story which also centers around rape. But Anthony Broadwater, the man convicted of her 1981 rape in Thornden Park near SU, maintained his innocence. On Nov. 22, after more than 16

years in prison, Broadwater was exonerated by New York State Supreme Court Justice Roman Cuffy, who vacated the rape conviction and related counts, CNN reported. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison for the crime after his 1982 conviction, according to CNN,

and was denied parole at least five times. Since his release in 1998, he had remained on New York state’s public sex offender registry. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick sided with defense lawyers in the argument that the initial prosecution was flawed,

syracuse.com reported. Broadwater was charged with the crime when the then-18-yearold Sebold saw him in the street in Syracuse months after the attack. She reported Broadwater to the police after recognizing him as her attacker, CNN reported that his see thornden

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