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Vincent Cobb is a 2022 Unsung Hero Award recipient. In over 20 years at SU, he has served as a mentor for Black and underserved students. Page 3
Here’s a crossover that you never knew you needed: Otto the Orange and the Wienermobile. On Saturday the pair met up outside Newhouse. Page 6
After Chase Scanlan entered the transfer portal following last season, no player has worn No. 22, leaving the future of the number in doubt. Page 12
Educational equity
photo illustration by meghan hendricks photo editor, photos courtesy of of richard kaufman-hanson iv and taylor john
Two SU students will draw upon their leadership experience to work toward Teach for America’s mission to end educational disparities
By Jana Seal
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hen Cara Ladd, a recruiter for Teach for America, looks at potential candidates, she maintains a vision for how individuals who demonstrate leadership and community involvement can work toward the organization’s mission to end educational inequity. At Syracuse University, Ladd came upon two students, Taylor John and Richard Kaufman-Hanson IV, who
she feels embody these values. John and Kaufman-Hanson, both seniors at SU, will join Teach for America in fall 2022 and fall 2023, respectively. Following a recruitment and application process, the two are preparing to fulfill personal, academic and service goals with the program. The work that the two have done on SU’s campus, Ladd said, ultimately made them successful candidates and will carry over into the work they will do with Teach for see teach
for america page 4
on campus
Syracuse University moves to ‘BLUE’ level masking Monday By Richard Perrins and Kyle Chouinard the daily orange
Syracuse University will return to the “BLUE” COVID-19 alert level effective Monday, according to a campus-wide email Friday. Mike Haynie, the vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, said in a campus-wide email
Friday that the decision was made after the Onondaga County Health Department reported that the weekly average number of new cases and hospitalizations has declined by 85% and 58%, respectively, since mid-January. Haynie also said, however, that less than 2.3% of students are not yet compliant with the university’s booster policy.
Under the “BLUE” level, all students, faculty and staff are required to wear masks during academic instruction regardless of vaccination status. Masks are recommended, but not mandated, for vaccinated people indoors in the presence of others and outdoors in large groups. The university may also require people to wear masks during non-academic
events on a case-by-case basis. Haynie announced on Feb. 9, that the university will consider lowering it’s COVID-19 alert level to “BLUE” following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement that New York would end the state-wide mask-or-vaccine mandate for indoor businesses effective Feb. 10. At the time, Haynie said the decision of whether to lower mask level
or not will be made after the university’s Public Health Team monitors the COVID-19 data on campus and throughout central New York for the following seven to 10 days. Haynie announced the fourtiered masking system on Aug. 13, 2021, to modify the university’s requirements based on campus and community COVID-19 data. see masks page 4