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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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OPINION “I wondered why Bill No. A7442 was not sponsored by the same number of senators or assembly members, especially since both bills are replicas of one another.”

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CULTURE “All of us kind of realized that (Movember’s mission) really plays an impact in all of our lives. And that’s really when (Boys Things) expanded.” - Adam Brodstein, member of SU’s Movember fundraising team Page 7

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Institute researches disability employment SU saw 3 inches of snowfall over break

By Karoline Leonard asst. news editor

After receiving over $4 million in 2020, the Burton Blatt Institute’s Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Center has published articles and policy briefs.

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By Kyle Chouinard asst. news editor

The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University’s College of Law has been striving for a more inclusive environment for people with disabilities in its work and research.

After receiving $4.3 million from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research in 2020, the BBI helped establish the Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.

The BBI works on the center in partnership with Harvard and Rutgers Universities.

“We want to bring hard science to this applied area to really make an impact on government policymakers, and also, of course, on the lives of people with disabilities,” said Peter Blanck, the

chairman of BBI and a professor at SU’s College of Law. Since receiving the multimillion dollar grant from the national institute, Blanck said the BBI published articles and policy briefs on topics such as workplace accommodations and the intersectionality of people with disabilities with other marginalized groups such as the Black and LGBTQ communities.

The research and training center divides its work into three different categories: gaining employment, job quality and retention, and employment reengagement, which aims to help people with disabilities re-enter the workforce, according to the center’s website.

While being grounded in academia, the research and training center has a collection of partners in both the private and public sectors, such as the National

Governors Association and Disability:IN, a nonprofit resource for disability inclusion in the business sector.

At BBI, Blanck said, inclusivity of people with disabilities is paramount.

“Everything we do must be inclusive of and driven by (people with disabilities),” he said. “The Burton Blatt Institute and its partners have tried very hard to follow that principle.”

Fitore Hyseni, a doctoral candidate at SU who works at the institute, said that people with both physically visible and invisible disabilities make up a large part of the research team.

Stephen Kuusisto, the director of interdisciplinary programs and outreach at BBI, said in the disability rights movement, there is the phrase “nothing about us, without us.”

People with disabilities are less

interested in having people without disabilities studying and directing them, said Kuusisto, who is blind.

Many people with disabilities instead want more autonomy and self-directed opportunity that comes from other people with disabilities.

“That’s where the sort of cultural dynamics of the disability movement are heading,” Kuusisto said. “We don’t want a series of great universities studying why we can’t get jobs — we want to create those jobs.”

Doug Kruse, who uses a wheelchair, is the director of Rutgers’ program for disability research. He has contributed to multiple publications posted on the research and training center’s website.

“Doug Kruse is an individual who uses a wheelchair, had a spinal

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This November, the city of Syracuse experienced four days of recorded snowfall over Syracuse University’s Thanksgiving break, a total of 3 inches of snowfall.

Syracuse first saw snow over break on Monday, Nov. 22. The city had 0.6 inches of snow, 0.1 more than the National Weather Service deemed “normal” at that time.

On Tuesday, it snowed 1.6 inches in the city, 1.1 inches more than normal.

Syracuse saw no snow on Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures averaging in the 30s and not exceeding 40.

There were 0.5 inches of snow on Friday, which is consistent with previous years’ snowfall on this day. Last year, however, the city had no snow on this date.

Finally, on Saturday, Syracuse had 0.3 inches of snow, half the normal amount. Last year, Syracuse didn’t see snowfall on this date.

From 1999-2020, Syracuse averaged 8.1 total inches of snowfall in the month of November. Included in this average is data from November 2019, when the city had 6.6 inches, and in November 2018, where Syracuse had 22.8 inches of snow.

In November of last year, Syracuse only saw 1.6 inches of snow, but Syracuse has had more snowfall so far this month, with 3.4 inches of total snow.

From 1999-2020, Syracuse experienced an average of 3.4 see snow page 4

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ESF grad students work to improve stipend, COVID-19 issues

By Richard Perrins asst. news editor

A month after protesting outside their school and presenting a petition to the college’s president and vice president, graduate student workers at SUNY-ESF are still improving their working conditions.

The protest mainly revolved around stipend amounts for graduate workers, which they said was insufficient for the cost of living in Syracuse. One of the issues was the fact that student fees offset the stipend graduate student workers currently receive.

The average stipend for master’s-level students at ESF is about $14,000 per academic year, according to their graduate school website, while doctoral students receive about $16,000.

Shelby Zangari, an elected representative for the Graduate Student Employees Union, a

statewide collective of teaching assistants and other graduate employees, said that the GSEU has had to pressure the college’s administration to stop reducing these stipends, even though students struggle to cover the cost of living. The annual pre-tax cost of living in Syracuse for a single adult with no children is currently estimated to be about $29,000.

“We’re making over $10,000 less than that,” Zangari said.

“Which is really quite appalling considering how heavily the university relies on us to teach its courses and labs.”

Rose Osborne, a business agent at-large for the GSEU, said that student fees, which are generally due in mid-August, make these stipends unrealistic for those that work and research at the same time.

The students’ petition was signed by over 170 people and see stipend page 4

Graduate student workers presented a petition to SUNY-ESF administration at a protest in October, hoping to abolish student fees. julia niehoff contributing writer

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covid-19 public settings.

“People are taking this for granted,” Parihar said.

A new coronavirus variant, omicron, was first identified in South Africa and is now causing concern all around the world.

Scientists are trying to figure out how contagious this variant is and if it will impact vaccine efficacy. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency ahead of this potential spike of the omicron variant.

Parihar said he is especially cautious of COVID-19 because of the new variant.

“With the new variants popping up, mask policy has to stay,” he said. from page 1

thornden park attorney said, but she later failed to identify him in a police lineup.

Broadwater asked an appellate court to reverse the conviction based on the lineup, but the court declined in 1984 because Broadwater and the man that Sebold picked “bore a remarkable resemblance,” syracuse. com reported.

The conviction was ultimately based on the evidence from Sebold’s recognition of Broadwater and analysis of hair found at the scene, the New York Times reported.

However, hair analysis is largely regarded to be an flawed and inaccurate from page 3

institute cord injury, and he’s a leading labor economist on issues facing people with disabilities,” Blanck said. “And he just happens to be a distinguished professor at Rutgers.”

But the involvement of people with disabilities doesn’t just manifest in the from page 3

stipend called for the fees to be abolished.

“Many of (the students) have been without summer funding, without a paycheck,” Osborne said. “And then in August, they’re hit with these fees where they have to pay to maintain student status so that they can be eligible for employment.

So it’s pay to work.”

The students who protested have not heard a response from the SUNY-ESF administration as of Sunday, Osborne and Zangari said.

Another issue SUNY-ESF graduate students have had to deal with involves contact tracing. The GSEU wrote an opinion article in October that SUNY-ESF relied on Syracuse University’s contact tracing system, which notified students who were potentially exposed to COVID-19 through email but depended on faculty members to notify their teaching assistants.

“There’s these big gaps between a TA potentially being exposed in the classroom while teaching and then knowing about it,” Osborne said. “And that’s interfering with their ability to make good decisions about their own health and the health of the ESF community.”

When the pandemic made returning to classes an uncertainty before the fall from page 3

snow inches of the highest snowfall in the month of November. The most was in 2016 when the city experienced 18.3 inches of snow in one day in November. In 2020, Syracuse saw 0.7 inches for the highest snowfall.

In 2020, Syracuse experienced 1.6 inches of snow in the month of November. As of Saturday, Syracuse has seen 3.4 inches of total snowfall throughout the month. The average for the month of November from

Azmery Afnan, a first-year Ph.D. student at SUNY-ESF, said that variants should play a factor in mask-wearing policy. He said as variants begin to spread on a regular basis, wearing masks will help keep everybody safe.

Christina Kaden, a freshman in Newhouse, said she wants students to be considerate of the variant. “With the new variant, it’s (made COVID-19) a lot more stressful. But I’m hopeful that things should be better, if not the same, prior to (Thanksgiving) break.”

With the large number of flu cases at SU, averaging 40-50 cases per day, some students are worried the university, specifically the Barnes Center at The Arch, is only focusing on COVID-19 and brushing other illnesses under the rug. Sophia Darsch, a sophomore in Newhouse and

Maxwell, said the Barnes Center only cares if a student has COVID-19.

“They’ve laxed the regulations a lot. But then again, health-wise, COVID is the only thing that they care about,” Darsch said.

Molly Gross, a senior in Falk College, said although she feels safe, she thinks it would have been a good idea for the university to test all students for COVID-19 before returning back to campus after Thanksgiving break.

However, she said she knows this is a big ask considering the university is no longer doing weekly COVID-19 testing.

Some SU students feel as though the university has done a good job handling COVID-19 on campus. Isabelle Lewis, a sophomore in ECS, said she believes the university is taking necessary precautions.

“(Compared to my friends’ schools), Syracuse has done a really good job with mandating masks and making sure everyone is following the rules,” Lewis said.

Ainsley Maclachlan, a sophomore in Falk College, said although traveling over Thanksgiving break could increase the risk of getting COVID-19, she is not too concerned and feels safe with the low COVID-19 numbers on campus.

Aidan Headrick, a junior in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said he hasn’t thought about COVID-19 since returning back to school from break.

“In all honesty, I am so focused on just finals and school and stuff that I haven’t thought about it (COVID-19 worries) at all.”

forensic tool. A 2015 investigation with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Innocence Project revealed that 26 out of 28 examiners with the FBI’s microscopic hair comparison unit overstated the match in a way that benefited prosecutors.

Broadwater’s other appeals included one in 1983, another in 1992 and a third in 2006, syracuse.com reported. Each of those happened before microscopic hair analysis was discredited, and each went nowhere.

According to the New York Times, the publisher for “Lucky,” Scribner, has no plans to update the text of the memoir to reflect the exoneration.

A planned film adaptation of “Lucky”

shed light on the doubt surrounding the prosecution’s case, according to the New York Times, after the project’s executive producer Timothy Mucciante noticed discrepancies between the script and the representation of the story in Sebold’s memoir.

Mucciante hired a private investigator to look into the evidence against Broadwater, eventually bringing their findings to Broadwater’s lawyer, J. David Hammond.

In November, Cuffy vacated Broadwater’s designation as a sex offender in addition to his rape conviction, syracuse.com reported.

Broadwater was 20 years old at the time of his arrest. He had just returned home to Syracuse after serving in the Marine Corps in California, the New York Times said.

After his release from jail, Broadwater had a difficult time finding work because of his criminal record, CNN reported.

Although his wife, whom he met after his release, wanted children, Broadwater refused. He felt it was unfair to bring a child into the world under the stigma of his conviction.

Sebold had no comment on the exoneration, the New York Times reported.

“I just hope and pray that maybe Ms. Sebold will come forward and say, ‘Hey, I made a grave mistake,’ and give me an apology,” Broadwater said to the New York Times. “I sympathize with her. But she was wrong.”

institute’s leadership. Some SU students with disabilities have reached out to the institute looking for work, and two students will join BBI in the spring, potentially working with the research and training center, Hyseni said.

The research and training center also focuses on how COVID-19 will affect issues regarding disabilities. Lisa Schur, Yana van

der Meulen Rodgers — both of whom are researchers from Rutgers University — along with Kruse published a paper discussing the effect COVID-19 had on the employment rate of people with disabilities.

They found, compared to people without disabilities, people with disabilities were greatly impacted by pandemic-related declines in employment.

“Our findings highlight the challenges faced by workers with disabilities, employers and policy-makers and set an important context for the studies on disability employment that we will be conducting in the Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Center,” the study reads.

2020 semester, the GSEU felt sidelined

by SUNY-ESF’s planning process. Osborne said at the time that, while other colleges she works with as a representative for the GSEU had presented her with draft plans for the return of students so she could gauge the opinions of grad students and teaching assistants, SUNY-ESF made no such effort.

The fact that this semester is the third with in-person instruction since the pandemic means that SUNY-ESF should have had more efficient contact tracing procedures far earlier, Osborne said.

“This is too important to be dawdling on like ESF has done,” she said. “It’s also ridiculous to act like they don’t know how to do something that’s frankly not that hard.

And they’ve had a year and a half to figure it out.”

Both Osborne and Zangari said the repeated attempts from SUNY-ESF graduate students to institute change in the college’s stipend and COVID-19 procedures have made students frustrated.

“We’re tired,” Osborne said. “We don’t want to have to put all this energy into basic levels of respect and dignity in our workplace. We want to just do our jobs and do our research.” rcperrin@syr.edu @richardperrins2

2007-21 is 6.1 — 2.7 inches more than the city has seen so far.

Last year, Syracuse’s highest recorded day of snowfall had 3.6 inches of snow, 4.1 inches below the average.

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This bill may end mass incarceration Proposed I-81 changes could benefit Syracuse

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If bill No. A7442 were enacted, it could lead to shortened sentences for thousands of New York residents in prison. courtesy of cliff graham

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ivil rights organizations have been fighting a war against mass incarceration for decades. On May 10, at the 244th legislative session, bill No. A7442 was introduced to the New York Assembly by Assembly member David Weprin titled, “Provides for inmates to earn good behavior allowance credits while incarcerated.”

In short, this bill explains how an inmate shall receive an additional month of credit off of their sentence for every month of participation in programs, excluding inmates serving a sentence for a class A-I felony offense. Prisoners are calling it “30 for 30.” Sadly, after studying the bill, I noticed that there was only one individual sponsor, Assembly member Weprin. Also, the bill is still in committee.

Fast forward a month later to June 10, which was in the same leg-

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islative session, when bill No. S1144A passed in the Senate and the Assembly. Sen. Brian Benjamin, along with 27 others, sponsored the bill, which was later signed into law. That bill was titled, “Relates to revocation of community supervision.”

In short, this bill explains how a parolee’s community supervision shall be reduced by 30 days for every 30 days that such person does not violate a condition and remains in compliance with all conditions of his or her community supervision.

Parolees are calling that a “30 for 30.”

I wondered why Bill No. A7442 was not sponsored by the same number of senators or assembly members, especially since both bills are replicas of one another, in language and in application, only differing in whom each bill applies to. Both bills’ mission or purpose is to encourage good behavior like showing a toddler who’s crying and kicking their favorite candy to persuade them to stop.

That is what bill No. A7442 is doing.

Over the years I have heard so many organizations scream in protest against mass incarceration.

Organizations like JustLeadershipUSA, VOCAL-NY, Center for Community Alternatives, RAPP, NYCLU, NAACP, Correctional Association of New York, The Legal Aid Society, Appellate Advocates, REFORM Alli-

ance, the Justice Initiatives, The Marshall Project, Incarceration Nations Network and many respectable others have been fighting for change.

Are we serious about ending this system of control or not? Why does Assembly member Weprin stand alone on Bill No. A7442, a bill that has major potential to slice the New York state prison population in half once enacted?

A word to the legislators who endure so much during their terms having to be well-informed so that they can intimately understand the temperament and character for whom they legislate. I overheard an elder prisoner say, “The law to a certain extent should correct national tendencies. It should be loved a little because it is felt to be just, feared a little because it is severe, hated a little because it is to a certain degree out of sympathy with the prevalent temper of the day, and respected because it is felt to be necessary.”

There is so much more to be said and done regarding the law — another time perhaps, but for now, #A7442.

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he issues surrounding Interstate 81 in Syracuse are extremely complex: the roadway is vital to members of the community but it has also created countless problems for residents surrounding the highway. I-81 provides quick, efficient and safe access to businesses, schools, homes and other neighboring cities. Yet it also divides the city and splits low-income communities from high-income communities. I-81 has a dark history of furthering pollution, poverty and gentrification.

The elevated portion of the highway stretching over Almond Street, known as the viaduct, has been in use for over 50 years. This stretch in particular has experienced significant damage and has been the scene of a number of accidents.

In 2008, the New York State Department of Transportation initiated a review of the highway, titled the I-81 Corridor Study. It studied the 12-mile corridor in Syracuse until 2013 to inform NYSDOT and the Federal Highway Administration as they look into the social aspect of the project.

The studies found that the densest populations of people below the poverty line existed in and around Syracuse University and that families are choosing to move away from the city of Syracuse.

While the future of I-81 has been debated by the local and state governments for a while, we are finally seeing some changes, such as the start of preliminary work as well as public hearings on the matter, NYSDOT announced.

I-81 serves many residents of Syracuse, including students, employers and employees in the surrounding area, as well as producers and consumers all over the world.

NYSDOT with the city of Syracuse has proposed a number of potential fixes for the viaduct. The “community grid” solution proposed by NYSDOT would get rid of the viaduct altogether in an attempt to slow and disperse traffic, which would be great for Syracuse businesses. The proposed community grid also provides new and improved pedestrian and bicycle facilities, which would benefit Syracuse locals in the area.

While this plan sounds great, there have been alternatives pro-

posed, most of which would not provide as many benefits for Syracuse. One is the “No Build Alternative” solution, which would require no new construction, just maintenance to the existing viaduct. It is one of the cheaper solutions, however, it would not solve the deeper issues rooted in I-81’s displacement of Black and brown communities.

Another possible solution is the “Viaduct Alternative” which would entail a $2.2 billion project that would be expected to take six years and would ultimately replace the existing viaduct with a new and improved viaduct, including a new full I-81/I-690 interchange with connections in all directions.

However, sometimes we have to take one step back to take two steps forward. In the long run, changes to the corridor, specifically the community grid alternative, will be great for Syracuse as change in the communities around I-81 is necessary and reconstructing this stretch of highway is the best shot at achieving that change.

While the future of the I-81 stretch in Syracuse is largely unknown, it is known that the city needs a change. The community grid solution is the most balanced plan considering the problems at hand and the cost of all of the potential projects. This plan will help bridge the disconnects in the city, and it is the first step to creating a more engaged and interconnected community.

Many local businesses thrive off of the addition of SU students to the area. Additionally, students gain a lot from being able to utilize the city and connect with the community. Creating more access between the university and the city will only strengthen the bond between SU and the entire Syracuse community.

Many of the plans also include positive additions to the city itself to complement the reconstruction of the highway. These include the addition of pedestrian, bicycle and recreational facilities, as well as cleaner and safer road conditions, the dispersion of traffic, the acquisition of buildings and businesses, a more efficient route of transportation and, eventually, a more open and welcoming community.

Aiden Walsh is a freshman finance major. His column appears biweekly. He can be reached at awalsh05@syr.edu.

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beyond the hill

Film challenges gender binary

By Katie Hopsicker staff writer

By growing out their moustaches throughout the month of November, a team of SU students and alumni have raised over $60,000 for men’s health in this year alone.

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SU’s Movember fundraising team, Boys Things, is the no. 1 Movember university team this year in terms of money raised

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rowing facial hair out for the month of November holds a lot of meaning to Adam Brodstein. He is a member of Syracuse University’s fundraising team for Movember, an annual campaign to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer as well as mental health and suicide prevention. Growing out a mustache or facial hair is the iconic symbol of the fundraising challenge.

“I almost never have facial hair. I wear a mustache this whole month, and so many of my friends come up to me, they’re like, ‘Oh, what’s your mustache?’” Brodstein said. “It just gives me an excuse to kind of talk about it.”

Brodstein, a 2018 graduate of SU, joined the university’s Movember fundraising team while he was a student.

He’s not alone in his efforts, though.

SU’s team, Boys Things, has over 100 members, many of whom are alumni or current students at SU. For just under a decade, Boys Things has participated in Movember, growing in both size and money raised each year. Boys Things

is Movember’s No.1 university team in terms of money raised, and the No. 4 team in the United States for 2021, raising over $67,500 as of Sunday night.

“All of us kind of realized that (Movember’s mission) really plays an impact in all of our lives. And that’s really when (Boys Things) expanded,” Brodstein said.

Movember was founded in Australia in 2003. Initially it was only to raise money for prostate cancer and men’s health. Over the course of almost two decades, Movember, an abbreviation of the words mustache — or “mo” for short — and November, has grown into a global initiative, with teams fundraising in 19 countries plus Hong Kong. The initiative is open for individuals, teams or businesses to participate in. Individuals can also donate to the cause through a participating fundraiser or team.

Boys Things has grown under the leadership of 2017 graduate Michael Dellon. He currently serves as the team’s captain and has been in that role for seven years. Dellon’s journey with Movember began as a philanthropy project within his fraternity. His personal stake in the cause of Movember, see movember page 8

though, has led him to broaden the reach of the fundraiser since graduating.

“The reason why I became the captain is because I’m actually a two-time cancer survivor, so it was something that I was really passionate about,” Dellon said.

Dellon has played a role in the success of Boys Things’ fundraising as captain. He aims to increase the involvement of members on the team, encouraging social media advertisements and grassroots fundraising.

“I’m always moving the goalposts a little bit,” Dellon said. “We reached our goal of ($60,000); I’ll probably end up moving that to something that’s achievable but higher.”

This year, Dellon and other prominent members of Boys Things hosted an in-person fundraiser at The Craic, a bar in Brooklyn, where the team raised almost $10,000. The in-person fundraiser was the largest event Boys Things put on for the month, and Dellon hopes to host more like it. He wants to cater to the SU alumni in cities outside of New York City, too.

“I think it could be cool if we have another event in Boston or in LA,” Dellon said. “If we have the team

Colorful, fairy-like animated clay figures fly across a digitized backdrop of desaturated budding tree branches.

Then, two blue-gloved hands rip through the story’s backdrop. They capture the colorful clay fairies and separate and refigure the figures into pink and blue structured boxes.

A few minutes later, the fairy figures overpower the hands and return to a world of color. Music, ranging from a lullaby-esque piano to dissonant percussion, accompanies and synchronizes with the film, Evan Bode’s awardwinning “Thine Own Self.”

Bode, a second-year graduate student in Syracuse University’s film program, was one of five filmmakers chosen as a winner for the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Focus Features & JetBlue Student Short Film Showcase. Bode received a $10,000 grant for “Thine Own Self,” which advocates for resistance to oppressive social systems, specifically those relating to gender and identity, the graduate student said. Bode will also be recognized during the 2021 Gotham Awards ceremony on Monday in New York City, and his film will be shown on JetBlue’s inflight entertainment systems.

“Finding out, I was hugely honored,” Bode said. “It’s very humbling, and I’m grateful to be chosen and grateful to know that my work resonated.”

Bode said he knew that he was nominated for the award by his professor and program director, Kara Herold. He made the film in Herold’s class last year over the course of his first year in the MFA program.

When COVID-19 presented both artistic complications and prolonged isolation, Bode chose to make his short film “Thine Own Self ” using stop-motion animation. The restrictions the pandemic set in place for film production teams led him to try animation instead, he said.

“You see a lot of clay figures, but it’s really only one piece of clay that I was animating and duplicating,” Bode said.

Over the span of five months, Bode worked on a little desk in his basement, with one little piece of clay. It was a long process creating the visuals, he said, as he would compose the musical score alongside the animations piece by piece in order to tie the whole idea together. Bode’s professors and peers were really supportive and helpful throughout the semester, he said.

Herold called Evan’s film brilliant and said the film program at SU strives to foster an environment in which the students’ voices are appearing through their work. “(The films) are all totally unique and from the voice of the filmmaker see short

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How lens of photography has shifted throughout time

By Olivia Ciancio staff writer

Ryan Somelofske remembers getting a little point-and-shoot digital camera for Christmas in fourth grade. He said he became obsessed with taking photos of the sky and trees and the simple little things around him.

Phones, social media and online shopping have changed the accessibility of photography, along with the way photographers and videographers have shared and viewed content and purchased their mediums.

Photography came about in 1826, when the first photograph was taken by Nicéphore Niépce in France. But it wasn’t until 1888 that the Kodak camera hit the market and cameras and photography became an art form available to the public. Fast forward to now, and anyone can take a photograph and publish it.

Somelofske, who earned his master’s in art photography from Syracuse University and now teaches in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, says that there are both benefits and drawbacks for photographers who choose to put their work on social media, such as being able to have your work be more widespread. “​​You can easily get your art out there — you can find other photographers, other artists, other video makers, other filmmakers who share similar ideals, values, aesthetics — and that’s amazing to have,” Somelofske said.

At the same time, social media has “gamified” a lot of art, Somelofske said, in that people post and maneuver social media algorithms to gain likes and followers.

Though social media can complicate photography, the VPA instructor still called photography a second language for him because of its accessibility and sharing capabilities.

“Photography has changed my life and has allowed me to tell my stories and con-

sider stories and reconsider the space and time around me,” Somelofske said.

Doug DuBois, an associate professor of art photography in VPA, said that due to the availability of phones and cameras on phones, photography is omnipresent in most people’s lives.

But while everyone has access to the craft, artists are set apart by how they use the medium. Dubois compared photography to writing, in that most people are literate, but not everyone can write a great novel.

“But literacy is universal … so are our cameras. So it’s not a threat; it’s just a great pose with the camera, and artists will still remain.

I think they are valued,” DuBois said Online shopping has impacted brick and mortar stores in every department, from clothing to technology, and it is something that has touched the photography industry as well. Lydia Johnson, the owner of Johnson Studio & Camera, said that nothing compares to the credibility of brick and mortar.

There’s a very personal relationship that the store has with customers as they are constantly teaching at the store’s counter, she said. When the customer is buying something, they offer all sorts of advice.

Johnson Studio & Camera, located at​​ 6565 Kinne Road in Syracuse, opened in the 1960s and prides itself on being a store that is a haven for photographers. It sells cameras and offers private lessons to teach people about the art of photography.

The store also has other services such as camera repairs, print production, photo restoration and custom graphic design.

Going into a store and interacting with an experienced photographer and person knowledgeable about cameras and camera equipment is more reliable than buying a possibly damaged or faulty piece of equipment online, Johnson said. Experts like Johnson make sure that the equipment is checked by technicians and take time with customers to talk about their purchases.

Despite the accessibility of phone and digital cameras, SU professors and a local business owner consider film photography to be timeless. max mimaraglu staff photographer

She said people across the central New York area come to her shop because they know the owners and trust their advice.

“You don’t feel the same sense of credibility when you’re buying from an online store on eBay, for example, because there’s no personal relationship there,” Johnson said.

Traditional cameras do, however, present an accessibility issue due to the cost of the equipment and knowledge needed to use them. Somelofske felt that a good option would be cameras being accessible

at public locations such as libraries.

“It would be so cool if they had an easily accessible camera, check-out options for the public to just have still cameras, moving cameras and spaces to then edit and experiment with the footage they make,” Somelofske said. “Also if analog film itself was cheaper and more available. There’s environmental impacts from that, of course, but I love shooting on film. There’s a sort of mystery and magic to it.” ojcianci@syr.edu

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Festivities planned for the end of Native Heritage Month

By Siron Thomas

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To mark the end of Native Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs is celebrating with festivities on Nov. 29 at Skybarn on South Campus.

The event, which starts at 5 p.m., will include songs sung by the Onondaga Singing Society and a celebratory social dance. Indigfrom page 7

movember out there to kind of support that, then it’s definitely something that we’re totally down for.”

The team emphasizes its grassroots approach to fundraising, relying on the connections maintained by the team’s social network. This method incorporates a variety of fundraising strategies, including contacting individual family members and friends and from page 7

short film … in that way it’s helping people emerge as a totally unique artist,” Herold said.

The animations, the music and the idea were all part of Bode’s complete vision, she said.

“Thine Own Self ” explores the topic of gender binaries and how the norms of masculinity and femininity are imposed upon people from birth. Bode used the connection between visuals and music, along with the absence of dialogue, to

enous entrepreneurs from the Onondaga community will also be tabling at the event and giving advice to attendees about starting and managing businesses.

Regina Jones, the assistant director of the Native Student Program, said students have especially been eager for the social dance because it’s a fun and interactive way to learn about Native culture.

“It’s something that the students

always look forward to,” she said. “They’ve always been asking for a social dance.”

Regis Cook, a member of the Mohawk Nation who grew up in Onondaga County, will speak at the event. Along with opening and closing Native Heritage events at Syracuse University, Cook sings at the events as well.

Jones said she noticed that students, whether Indigenous or not, have been excited to attend Native Heritage Month

closing events in past years and sees this Monday as no different.

“It’s something that the students miss, and it’s open because we want to share our culture,” Jones said.

Free parking will be available outside of the Skybarn. For questions on accommodations, reach out to Regina Jones at rajones@syr.edu.

posting graphics on social media.

Noah Garson, a 2018 graduate of SU and the third-highest fundraiser on Boys Things, has been participating in Movember for five years. He’s found success in fundraising on Instagram, relying on consistent story posts and reminders of the month long campaign. He emphasized the importance of having a strong reason to fundraise.

“I think my first year I raised, like, $300. But since then ... every year, I kind of find a different motivation. The first few

years it was for Michael,” Garson said. “In 2019, my dad was diagnosed with cancer.

And so that was largely my motivation.”

Within the Boys Things page on the Movember site, there is a tracker for the money raised by the team as a whole and the money raised by each member. These features provide an easy way for the team and individual members to track their progress and growth from year to year and continuously break their own records.

Because of the team’s success on the

leaderboards this year, Dellon wants to continue the recruitment of fundraisers at SU and increase the presence of the fundraising initiative on campus.

“It’s just about recruiting not only more people, but the right people and being able to spread the word wherever we can,” Dellon said. “The biggest thing is just trying to make the team an extension of Syracuse and leaving it open to anyone who wants to help out and make a difference.”

challenge himself into creating social commentary in a surreal and abstract way, he said. He views storytelling as a means of fostering compassion.

“I was trying to advocate breaking out of this rigid understanding of identity,” Bode said. “To something that is more complex and expansive in a story of liberation and getting back to this original space of when we were young and freer to be ourselves prior to these identities imposed on us.”

The graduate student composed the entire musical score on his laptop, match-

ing the sound to the story. The music has a big role in shaping the narrative, he said.

It moves from a space of freedom in the beginning to a controlled march and then back to the original melody.

Growing up in a creative and artistic family, Bode said he has always been interested in film, as well as art in all kinds of mediums like writing and music.

“Film stands out to me because it combines so many of those different art forms into one,” he said. “It’s been a lifelong passion.”

Bode is using the grant money to fur-

ther his filmmaking craft, including working on an upcoming film that combines live action with animation.

Herold is excited to see what Bode’s continues to make. She described “Thine Own Shelf” as smart, praising his abstract delivery of a social justice message, and compared the film to playful and classic animations of the 1930s that inspired animators like Disney.

“I think this film will go on and be a festival success,” she said.

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coaching Gilbert took the same positions at Tulsa in 2015, where he coached for two years before moving to South Florida in 2017. Throughout his career, Gilbert has coached future NFL quarterbacks including Jimmy Garoppolo, Quinton Flowers and Shane Buechele.

Reynolds was SU’s longest tenured assistant and had been with Babers every year since he arrived in 2016. Reynolds coached the defensive line in 2016 and over the past two seasons, with a stop as the defensive tackles coach from 2017-19. He was described on cuse. com as a “dynamic recruiter” who was the primary recruiter for quarterback Tommy DeVito, the highest-ranked recruit in the Babers era, according to ESPN. SU’s defensive line had a strong season, as the Orange ranked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 37 sacks, behind from page 12

passing he hit some throws, I really did,” Babers said of Shrader.

It was growth from the quarterback’s wild overthrow of tight end Luke Benson against UAlbany over two months ago and the red zone interception thrown to a Clemson safety a month later. It was noteworthy for a quarterback who seemed to be in a slump, struggling to complete over 50% of his passes for much of the season.

Pittsburgh, like many of SU’s other recent opponents, stacked the box to compensate for SU’s run game. That meant going to the air, and on the opening drive, SU and Shrader did just that. Shrader hit Jackson on his left for a 10-yard gain and then once more over the middle for a gain of 17 yards. He found Tucker, and then Jackson three more times, the final of which was a 12-yard touchdown to give SU the lead. Interspersed between those throws was the Syracuse run game.

“Our quarterback and receiver were definitely connecting on deep balls, they were catching them and scoring,” Tucker said after the game, adding that Pitt was trying specifically to stop the run.

Shrader said earlier in the season that his goal was to throw the ball at every opportunity he possibly could. Oftentimes, he takes off running because his receivers were covered or couldn’t get open downfield.

This offseason, SU will need to improve its pass-protection and route-running, Shrader said. The receiving room has talent, so they all just need to be on the same page and “see the defense the same.” Shrader said after the Louisville game that the offense isn’t built for a high completion percentage, but he said he still needs to be more efficient at getting the ball in his receivers’ hands and moving the chains.

“We need to go back and rebuild,” Babers said of the throwing game. “This football team that we just played, they’re a good run stop defense, but what they were giving us was massive throws all over the field which we need to be able to take advantage of.”

The game was won when…

Syracuse started strong with an opening drive touchdown, something the Orange struggled with for much of the past few weeks. The Pitt offense started slowly with a scoreless first quarter and three drives that didn’t include the first down.

But then SU gave up 28 unanswered points on four touchdown throws from Pitt’s Kenny Pickett. from page 10

colgate and 15 total rebounds, a career-high.

“It’s something Alaysia prides herself on,” Read said. “She’s a young lady that wants to compete and do the right thing. She knew that we needed her — we had a couple players down inside. We looked out today and we had Najé

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only Pittsburgh and Clemson. Senior Cody Roscoe ranked third with 8.5 sacks, and he was named a midseason All-American in October. The defensive line, however, is expected to lose Roscoe, Kingsley Jonathan, McKinley Williams and Josh Black, all starters or key contributors.

Ferri also joined the SU staff in 2016, and worked exclusively as a tight ends coach in his first two seasons before adding inside receivers coach to his duties in 2018. The Orange rarely incorporated tight ends into the passing game over recent seasons, with this year’s No. 1 tight end Luke Benson recording just five catches for 22 yards and no touchdowns.

Despite the three departures, Syracuse defensive coordinator Tony White and offensive line coach Mike Schmidt will return for the 2022 season, according to a Sunday evening press release from SU Athletics.

Schmidt coached an offensive line that helped running back Sean Tucker to the

fourth-most rushing yards in the nation.

Tucker set the program record for the most rushing yards in a single season with a game to spare as well. Garrett Shrader also notched the second-most rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns, by a quarterback in Syracuse history.

“He has a lot of knowledge in what he does, that’s one of the reasons why we hired him,” Babers said of Schmidt on Nov. 8. “He has a good spirit about him. I think the kids feel the spirit. Even though the message may come across a little bit different to some of them, they understand that the message is true.”

Babers has endured coaching staff turnover in recent seasons. His special teams coordinator, Justin Lustig, left for Vanderbilt after last season, and Syracuse also had changes with its offensive line and wide receivers coaches.

Two years ago, Babers brought in Gilbert to be offensive coordinator and White to be defensive coordinator after Mike Lynch was

demoted to running backs coach and Brian Ward was fired following a blowout loss to Boston College.

The 31-14 loss to Pitt ended Babers’ sixth season as Syracuse’s head coach with a 5-7 record. Babers now has a 29-43 record as SU’s head coach, and has had five losing seasons in six years, including the 1-10 finish last year.

Babers and Syracuse players declined to address questions postgame about his future as head coach at SU, but he said on Nov. 22 that the question was “very easy” to answer.

“My job belongs to my employer, my career belongs to me,” Babers said. “I only control the things that I can control. I also believe that good coaches get hired and good coaches get fired. And really, really, really good coaches get rehired, but I’ve always thought that for 35 years, whether I was an assistant, a coordinator or a head coach. It’s not the most important thing.” sports@dailyorange.com

The dagger came on the Panthers’ third touchdown. Coming out of halftime down 14-7, the Syracuse defense needed a stop to regain momentum. Instead, Pitt marched 65 yards in nine plays, aided by a third-down facemask penalty against the Orange. Pickett connected with his tight end moments after being given a fresh set of downs in the red zone, and Pitt didn’t look back.

Quote of the night: Babers evaluating the success of this season

“Last season was an asterisk. You guys can count it: it’s on my record, it will be with me for the rest of my life,” Babers said. “But I told you, if those super seniors came back, they would bridge something and it would be different.

And I think they’ve bridged something and it’s going to be different.”

Stat to know: 25%

Syracuse was 3-of-12 (25%) on third downs on Saturday. On the season, the Orange rank 120th of 130 FBS teams in third-down conversion rate (32.7%).

Shrader scrambled ahead for a short run to move the sticks on the Orange’s opening drive. He fired a pass up the middle to Jackson for a touchdown on third-and-9 too. But after that, the Orange couldn’t convert on third down until late in the third quarter when they scored their second touchdown.

Third down conversions led SU to score, and generally, offenses that can stay on the field on third down by moving the sticks are able to find success. SU didn’t do that consistently on Saturday and didn’t do that well this season either. That’s one big reason why they couldn’t reach bowl eligibility.

Game ball: Courtney Jackson

Jackson had his first career receiving touchdown against Virginia Tech this season and his first punt return touchdown a week later against Boston College. The wide receiver stepped up once more with two receiving touchdowns against Pitt, despite the loss.

When Taj Harris transferred, Anthony Queeley seemed like the next No. 1 receiver.

But in the weeks that followed, Jackson accumulated more targets, more catches and more yards. He’s a strong run-after-catch receiver who’s shown significant growth, and Saturday against Pitt was the epitome of his development this season.

GARRETT SHRADER threw two touchdown passes to Courtney Jackson against Pittsburgh on Saturday. elizabeth billman senior staff photographer

week, Shrader said, but Pitt was loading the box.

That made it hard for Syracuse to successfully run the ball. It was the same thing against NC State and against Louisville — opponents learned that they just had to stack the box and sell out on stopping the run, then the rest would come easily.

To a certain degree, Syracuse did become too predictable. It was clear that SU leaned on its run game, so if opponents could stop it — which they did for all of November — Syracuse had issues. Moving forward next year, it’ll need to diversify its offense to create a more balanced and unpredictable unit, Babers said.

Special teams didn’t make glaring mistakes, but it still hurt.

Shrader said that Syracuse was running the same plays as always on Saturday. The offense is always evolving and looks change week-to-

Babers said that redshirting or losing players to the transfer portal particularly affects reps on special teams. Those losses accumulated — specifically after the bye week — and cost the Orange 15-20 yard runs on kickoffs and touchdowns.

The Syracuse special teams unit played a solid game, considering a lot of their other performances this season. The punting was particularly consistent, with Ian Hawkins averaging 43 yards a punt, an improvement on the previous few weeks for him.

But Pitt still was able to win the special teams battle. The Panthers used a 48-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, though they couldn’t turn it into points. Cooper Lutz had

playing the five, so we were really small.”

Read kept the Orange’s usual starting five out on the court despite Syracuse’s increasing lead, with five players eclipsing 30 minutes played. This was largely due to the absence of key substitutes Jayla Thornton and Eboni as well as SU’s top returner Priscilla Willaims, each out “day-to-day” with injuries, Read said.

Syracuse’s rotation sacrificed size for added

speed, especially in transition, with options such as Julianna Walker and Nyah Wilson who add a similar degree of speed and shooting accuracy as Chrislyn.

Syracuse returns to the Carrier Dome on Wednesday to face an undefeated No. 21 Ohio State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Convincing victories like Sunday’s 22-point win give Read a positive feeling regarding the team’s

Three final points: Did Syracuse become too predictable?

a 14-yard kickoff return that eventually set Pitt up with good field position. And Jordan Addison ran back a punt 27 yards to set up the Panthers at the SU 25-yard line.

Those small wins by Pitt hurt the Orange, and in a must-win game for bowl eligibility, they weren’t an area that SU could afford.

Will Babers return next year?

The Syracuse head coach just completed the fifth losing season of his six-year tenure. When asked about his future after the game, Babers said “I’m not going to get into that stuff.”

But the head coach also spoke for much of his press conference about the 2022 team, the goals that the group had already set and his hopes for how that team can improve upon this year’s.

Babers contract runs until 2024, and his buyout clause is substantial considering he signed a sizable extension in 2018.

“My job belongs to my employer. My career belongs to me. I only control the things that I can control,” Babers said on Monday before the Pittsburgh game. “I also believe that good coaches get hired and good coaches get fired. And really really really good coaches get rehired, but I’ve always thought that for 35 years, whether I was an assistant, a coordinator or a head coach. It’s not the most important thing.” rferna04@syr.edu @roshan_f16

improved chemistry, he said, which it will need against the Buckeyes, its toughest opponent of the season so far.

These players have learned how to win individually at different places, but winning together can take some time, Read said. “It’s not gonna be done overnight, unfortunately.” @alexcirino19 cirinoalex19@gmail.com

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Syracuse needs Edwards’ breakout performances to last The difference that metamorphosed over 26 hours was stark. Questions about Syracuse’s center depth cluttered after a loss to VCU on Wednesday, but then they evaporated one night later against Arizona State. Jesse Edwards’ foul problems from last season emerged once more against the Rams, then they disapANDREW peared against the CRANE Sun Devils.

LOV E OF But the 23 hours THE GA ME after that — the time between Edwards’ breakout game against ASU and loss to Auburn that proved it wasn’t a fluke — provided more clarity. Edwards demonstrated that he could maneuver around the basket with fluidity while staying out of foul trouble at the same time. He showed that he could do it once and then do it again one night later. They blended his two career-best stat lines, with 21 points in 35 minutes against Arizona State and 17 points in 31 minutes against Auburn, and inched them closer to becoming a trend.

They showed that maybe it won’t be Buddy Boeheim who determines how far Syracuse’s season goes. Maybe it won’t be Cole Swider, or Joe Girard III, or 3-pointers. Maybe it’ll come down to the 6-foot-11 center from the Netherlands, the developing player for two seasons who inherited a larger role in his third when fifth-year center Bourama Sidibe went down with an injury.

Maybe, it’ll be Jesse Edwards. SU just needs his burst in the Bahamas to last.

There will certainly be games that are won with the 3-point knack that Buddy has. It’s the reason why he burst onto scouts’ radars in March, why he entered the year as a Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference member and why he’s still the focal point of Syracuse’s offense even when his deep shots aren’t falling.

But teams are figuring out how to guard him and Swider and limit their shots, head coach Jim Boeheim said. Buddy shot 5-for-21 from beyond the arc during the Battle 4 Atlantis, with teams pressuring SU’s guards and forcing them to win inside.

If Edwards becomes an interior focal point, or someone whose handle needs to be respected by opposing defense, that could open up more looks for Buddy, Swider and Girard. That could be the exact recipe Syracuse’s offense needs to get going. And maybe all the ingredients are starting to come together.

“Jesse’s showed that he can be a factor now for us this year,” Boeheim said on Friday.

JESSE EDWARDS started at center every game so far this season for SU. In those games, he ranks 17th in the country in offensive rating.

His rise sparked in the Bahamas. corey henry senior staff photographer

Edwards ranks 14th in the country in offensive rating, per KenPom. He now ranks 17th in 2-point percentage after sitting in first for the opening few games of the season. Sidibe has never logged back-to-back games with 30-plus minutes and 10-plus points. Former SU center Paschal Chukwu never did either.

The latest test for Edwards came against 7-foot-1 Auburn center Walker Kessler, and Edwards scored four points, grabbed one rebound and drew a foul against him — finishing the second layup through contact — by the first media timeout. He tipped in one of Buddy’s misses three minutes later. In the second half, Buddy faked a pull-up 3-pointer and instead hit Edwards flying toward the block. He elevated as if rising for a dunk, but then readjusted for a layup when Devan Cambridge came over and positioned himself to take a charge.

“They got a guy who can be a presence on the defense but also can really make some noise on the offense, which helps the perimeter shooter guys to get more space,” David Edwards, Edwards’ father, said.

Those abilities have always been in Edwards’ toolkit of possibilities, but they just took time to translate to collegiate

basketball. But the worrisome part comes when Edwards gets into foul trouble, like in the VCU game. Syracuse was forced to play its small lineup against the Rams. Frank Anselem filled in at times, but Boeheim said Edwards has to get better. Jimmy Boeheim isn’t an ideal option at center compared to Edwards either, Boeheim said.

So this is what having a true center looks like. It’s not a last-resort, not a switch prompted by an early-season injury like last year or an impact where scoring comes secondary to defense like Edwards has done in the past. He’s meshed into the rest of Syracuse’s offense, and it becomes a concern when he’s not in their lineup.

Those improvements started three years ago when Edwards arrived at Syracuse and included last season when his potential flashed against teams like Miami, UNC and NCAA Tournament opponents. But they picked up this past summer when he worked with the Dutch national team and had the freedom to play power forward and shoot 3s, if he wanted to. Maurizio Buscaglia, the national team’s head coach, wanted him to play outside more, to get his hands on the ball — almost like a miniature Giannis Ante-

tokounmpo, David said.

“For guys like Jesse and Giannis, it takes them a while to really get that full body, grow their full body,” David said.

But Syracuse doesn’t need him to have the all-around skillset of Antetokounmpo.

That’s an unrealistic expectation, and one he might never reach. He doesn’t need to have the vision for facilitation like Marek Dolezaj either, or even the ability to record doubledigit rebounds in six consecutive games like Sidibe did to close the 2019-20 season.

For now, the Orange just need Edwards to take his offensive burst from last week and extend it. They need him to continue blocking shots on defense and anchoring the 2-3 zone. They need him to continue improving his defense against corner shots, ones that are difficult for any center in the zone system.

They need Edwards to make it last. On Tuesday against Indiana. Against physical centers in the ACC. For the remaining 20 games, and any other postseason ones that come with it, Syracuse needs those types of performances from Edwards to become normal. arcrane@syr.edu @CraneAndrew

women’s basketball

Chrislyn Carr leads Syracuse to a 79-57 win over Colgate

By Alex Cirino

asst. copy editor

Colgate’s Alexa Brodie backed off Syracuse’s guard Chrislyn Carr as the final seconds of the first half ticked away. With 45 seconds left, Chrislyn barrelled through the paint and lofted a shot that bounced off the back rim twice before Brodie rebounded the ball.

But 20 seconds later, Syracuse had one final possession looking to catch the Raiders on the fast break once again. Colgate’s Geddy Rerko turned the ball over in the offensive zone, and Syracuse sent a full-court pass along the left side of the arc for Chrislyn. She attempted a 3-pointer, getting the shot off untouched and sank her 16th point of the game to send Syracuse into halftime with a 43-25 lead.

Syracuse’s (3-4, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) speed was too much for Colgate (1-5) to handle as SU cruised to a 79-57 victory. Coming off a winless run at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament where the Orange could not effectively use their speed, they appeared to be in their element against the Raiders, playing the face-

paced game SU has relied on all season.

Syracuse struggled closing out its games at Battle 4 Atlantis, acting head coach Vonn Read said postgame. Especially against Minnesota and Buffalo, Syracuse struggled in the third quarter, allowing 27 points to the Gophers and posting just 14 points against the Bulls, which led to two sub-10 point losses. So Read made sure to emphasize playing “four complete quarters” in response to its last-place finish in the Bahamas.

“In the Bahamas, that was something that we were missing,” Read said. “We were playing three good quarters then we’d have a bad quarter and we couldn’t recover. I challenged the girls today to play hard for 40 minutes and they were able to do that.”

Syracuse’s only collapse came during the opening quarter, where it mostly trailed. Success from beyond the arc and some Syracuse foul trouble saw Colgate lead for the majority of the first quarter. Jenna Paul scored eight points in the opening three minutes, including back-to-back 3’s. She was Colgate’s leader from beyond the arc two seasons ago at 66% and is once again their leader from long range at just

below 50% on 19 attempts.

Paul helped Colgate to an early 12-6 lead.

But then Christianna Carr committed her second personal foul and Taylor Golembiewski sunk another 3-pointer for Colgate, and the Raiders extended that lead to 16-11.

Shortly after, Syracuse’s speed took over on both sides of the ball, and it recorded two quick steals and to spur its offense as Colgate’s pressure diminished. Chrislyn swiped the ball from Colgate’s Morgan McMahon at center court and ran toward the hoop unmarked to convert the layup. On Colgate’s ensuing rebound in its own zone, Najé Murray recorded a steal of her own and banked in a close-range 2-pointer with just under four minutes remaining. Chrislyn then used her speed once again, barreling inside the paint between the Raiders defense and lobbed in another 2-pointer to give Syracuse its first lead of the game at 17-16.

“This is (Chrislyn’s) game. You get her in space and she’s tough for anybody to guard,” Read said. “She had the floater going. She was making 3s.”

Six days ago, Chrislyn played all but two minutes in Syracuse’s nine-point loss to Buffalo, where she went 5-for-6 from 3-point range and notched a season-high 23 points. Against Colgate, Chrislyn missed just one of her 3-point field goals, shooting 9-for-15 from the field. Chrislyn scored the 3-pointer from the left side of the arc — set up by Teisha Hyman who posted four assists — that increased Syracuse’s firstquarter lead to 20-16, a lead the Orange wouldn’t surrender the rest of the game.

Syracuse also improved its rebounding consistency, despite not having a true center.

Alaysia Styles has assumed the role of “center by committee”, splitting time with Eboni Walker throughout the opening portion of the season. Styles’ rebounding luck came with Colgate’s slow and almost static movement within Syracuse’s zone, which led to multiple shot-clock violations and air balls from the Raiders. Many times, Colgate stacked the left side of its offensive zone, leaving Styles plenty of space to record her eight defensive rebounds see colgate page 9

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STERLIN GILBERT, Syracuse’s offensive coordinator for the last two seasons, will not return for next year according to head coach Dino Babers. Fellow assistants Reno Ferri and Vinson Reynolds,will not return either. lucy messineo-witt photo editor

By Connor Smith and Roshan Fernandez the daily orange sports staff

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ne day after Syracuse’s season-ending loss to Pittburgh, the Orange underwent several coaching changes, highlighted by the departure of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Sterlin Gilbert, who will not return to Syracuse next season.

SU also announced it would not retain defensive line coach Vince Reynolds and tight ends coach Reno Ferri.

The news was first reported by Yahoo Sports and syracuse.com.

“I want to thank Coach Gilbert, Coach Ferri and Coach Reynolds for everything they’ve done for Syracuse University and this program,” head coach Dino Babers said in a statement. “We wish them nothing but the best.”

Gilbert arrived at Syracuse last season after working as the head coach at McNeese

One day after the loss to Pitt, Syracuse parted ways with offensive coordinator and two other assistant coaches

State for one season in 2019. During his two seasons running the Orange’s offense, SU ranked 118th and 92nd in the Football Bowl Subdivision, respectively, in total team offense. Syracuse’s offense struggled late in the season, averaging just over 11 points in its final three games, all resulting in losses that led to the Orange missing out on bowl eligibility for the third consecutive season.

Syracuse moved to a different offensive scheme in September after Babers named Garrett Shrader the team’s starting quarterback before the game against Liberty on Sept. 24. Gilbert had helped bring Shrader to Syracuse after the quarterback entered the transfer portal last fall, Shrader said.

The two had Zoom calls where Gilbert showed Shrader what the offense could look like with him running it.

Gilbert previously worked with Babers at Eastern Illinois and Bowling Green from 2012-14, where Gilbert was also an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. see coaching page 9

football

SU’s passing game showed growth in season-ending loss

By Roshan Fernandez senior staff writer

In the third quarter against Pitt, quarterback Garrett Shrader faked the handoff to Sean Tucker, dipped his shoulder to fake out the defense and then unloaded a shot to the endzone. Wide receiver Courtney Jackson hauled it in, marking his career-high second touchdown catch of the night.

The throw and catch gave SU the

tiniest glimmer of hope that a comeback to become bowl eligible might be possible. That was extinguished shortly after when the Orange suffered a 31-14 season-ending defeat at the hands of No. 20 Pitt. But the throw from Shrader to Jackson was also a sign of something else — progress for SU’s passing game.

“We’ve got the guys to do it,” Shrader said of the passing game after the loss. “We (just) weren’t particularly good at it this year. And

so just percentage-wise, looking at the plays we want to major in, we just were not efficient with them.”

Syracuse secured five wins by leaning on Tucker and Shrader’s legs. It was no secret that the Orange relied on a run-based offense, a unit that finished the season ranked 16th in the country (214.3 yards per game). But balance is key, head coach Dino Babers pointed out after the game, and SU didn’t have that.

It wasn’t able to keep defenses

honest by establishing a solid pass game to counteract its run-heavy offense. Instead, it was predictable, Babers said. It struggled to complete passes at all in three consecutive games against Boston College, NC State and Louisville, where Shrader threw for less than 70 yards in each of those contests.

But amid Saturday’s seasonending, blowout loss was Shrader’s 17-of-24, 217-yard, two-touchdown game through the air. Saturday

was a sign that Shrader had grown, developed and improved his arm and his connection with his wide receivers during the weeks since he took over the starting job in midSeptember. He looked more confident firing strikes over the middle, something he struggled with earlier in the year. Receivers ran cleaner routes, too.

“He handled the opportunity, his percentage was up. I thought see passing page 9