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Mad Burger Co. will open this Friday and provide specialty burgers from their ghost kitchen in Tipperary Hill on Grubhub and Doordash Page 7

The city of Syracuse has released an updated version of the Syracuse Police Reform and Reinvention Plan after feedback from community members.

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Syracuse earned an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed. The Orange will face No. 6 seed San Diego State on Friday.

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Fighting for justice

The Karen are a minority ethnic group in Myanmar that have been fighting for independence for the last 72 years. Members of the Karen community in Syracuse organized a march Saturday morning.

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Karen refugees in Syracuse fled ethnic violence in Myanmar. Now, young community members are fighting for recognition.

By Chris Hippensteel asst. digital editor

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t 6 years old, Shawnai Ku fled one of the world’s longest-running civil wars.

She and her father, a Karen soldier in Myanmar, escaped on foot across the country’s border with Thailand. She still remembers crossing a river in a small boat, fearing for her life, knowing that both sides of the conflict would want to kill them — one side for her father’s desertion and the other for their ethnicity.

“I remember being so scared as a little girl because my dad was a soldier, and if anyone would have found out, god forbid, they would all have killed us,” said Ku, a senior at Corcoran High School in Syracuse. “And the Burmese would have see karen page 4

on campus

Student who posed ‘imminent threat’ sues university

By Michael Sessa news editor

A student who Syracuse University said poses “an immediate physical threat” to the campus community is suing SU, alleging the university violated its own policies when suspending him in the fall.

The lawsuit, filed in the Onondaga County Supreme Court,

claims that SU officials considered evidence they shouldn’t have during a hearing about the plaintiff’s interim suspension. It also claims the university failed to notify the plaintiff that he could bring witnesses to the hearing.

The exact details of the case, which revolves around violations related to Title IX, are unclear. SU asked a judge in February to seal

the entire docket, barring the public from accessing any documents associated with it. The judge sealed the docket on Feb. 11.

Michael Grygiel, of Greenberg Traurig LLP, filed a motion Friday on behalf of The Daily Orange opposing the sealing of the docket.

The D.O. obtained court documents prior to the sealing that provide only a small glimpse into

the details of the case. Since all documents related to the case are now under seal, the public cannot access them.

The docket is one of at least three lawsuits related to alleged Title IX violations that the university has requested be sealed in recent months.

“Syracuse University takes the privacy of its students very seri-

ously, especially the privacy of students who report experiencing sexual assault or harassment,” said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications, in a statement Sunday. “In this particular case, the petitioner included the identity of one such student in the court filings. The university would support unsealing the

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“We will no longer be silent. Threats can no longer scare us. We will use our unity, our words, unravel our untold history.” - high school senior Shawnai Ku on the oppression of the Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar Page 4

OPINION “When I saw this resemblance on my phone screen, reality became more clear — what happened to Taylor could have happened to me or to any other 20-something Black woman.” - SU graduate student Charlene Masona Page 5

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City releases updated police reform plan

SA works to help incoming students

By Kadin Person staff writer

Ella Beauchaine, Student Association’s Student Life Committee co-chair, is developing plans to create an SA “welcome kit” to help firstyear and transfer students acclimate to Syracuse University’s campus.

Beauchaine isn’t yet sure how the welcome kits will be presented to students but said she hopes they will be another resource for students to learn about the university. She hopes to have the initiative ready for incoming students in the 2021-22 academic year.

SA could be more engaged with a school this size, with a lot more resources with different kinds of students Ella Beauchaine

The Syracuse Police Reform and Reinvention Plan elaborates on alternatives to policing models that the city is looking into. The city has reached out to Broome County to investigate their model for response.

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By Nick Robertson senior staff writer

The city of Syracuse has released an updated version of the Syracuse Police Reform and Reinvention Plan, using feedback from the Common Council and the community to add commitments.

Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens and Syracuse Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner discussed the changes at the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday.

“The Common Council has really held our feet to the fire,” Buckner said. “We’ve had some tough conversations along the way, but I think we all should feel good about where we are today.”

The changes in the updated draft document focus on expand-

ing measures of transparency and accountability. Here’s a breakdown of the updates:

Oversight committee

Owens announced that the city will establish an oversight committee with the goal of tracking the progress of police reform and ensuring that police follow through with plans effectively.

The eight-member committee, which Owens will chair, will consist of Councilor Chol Majok, of the 3rd District; Ranette Releford, administrator of the Citizens Review Board; and a law department representative. A representative from the SPD chief’s office will also serve on the committee alongside three members designated by the mayor’s office, Common Council and Owens.

“Next week, there could be a new law that comes through New York state or the federal government or locally that could affect the plan positively or negatively, and (the job of the committee) is to keep our heads around that as well,” Owens said.

She noted that the committee will also analyze and vet potential changes to the plan as time goes on. The committee will begin work by April 30.

The reform plan has also been updated to include specific deadlines for its goals.

Alternatives response

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police

The plan elaborates on alternatives to policing models that the city is looking into, focusing on models for 911 response. The

city has reached out to Broome County to investigate its model for response, which was one of the recommendations of the Onondaga County Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative, Owens said.

In a scenario where there’s an individual sleeping on a park bench, should that even go to the police at all?

Michael Greene

at-large councilor

Michael Greene, an at-large see reform page 6

su abroad

SU Abroad plans for summer, fall programs

By Sarah Alessandrini asst. news editor

Syracuse University Abroad has committed an additional $1.4 million toward scholarships for the fall semester, with plans to restart inperson programs this summer.

SU Abroad’s goal is to move forward with residential programming, according to an SU News release. Its abroad programs will continue to review public health and travel advisories leading up to the summer and fall semester.

SU Abroad centers have not been open since the university closed them in spring 2020 as the coronavirus escalated to a pandemic. The university prepared to open some of its abroad centers in the fall and then

again in the spring, but later canceled nearly all abroad programs for both semesters.

The $1.4 million in funding will support both academic achievement awards and financial aid grants for undergraduate students applying to study abroad programs for the 202122 academic year, according to the release. These scholarships can be used to fund studies at SU’s Abroad Centers and World Partner Programs.

Full-time students with a 3.7-4.0 GPA may receive an academic excellence award of $1,400 for a fall 2021 program or $650 for spring 2022.

Full-time students with a GPA of 3.03.69 are also eligible for a need-based merit award of $1,000 for fall 2021 and $400 for spring 2022.

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The funding will support both academic achievement awards and financial aid grants. annabelle gordon asst. photo editor

sa’s student life committee co-chair

“(Students will) still be given a chance to get information without being completely reliant on checking their emails or asking questions,” Beauchaine said. “It can be overwhelming for new students on campus, and (the kit) has information that you may not know unless you ask a random person for questions.”

The size of SU can often be intimidating, and new students should be offered all the extra help they can get, Beauchaine said. The new initiative could help keep SA engaged with the student population, she said.

“I have a really less-thannormal story of coming to Syracuse. I transferred schools, I took a semester off,” Beauchaine said. “SA could be more engaged with a school this size, with a lot more resources with different kinds of students. This allows students to know what SA can do for them and what they can do for SA.” Although there are many resources to help students get involved on campus, Beauchaine said it can still be difficult for students to find something they’re interested in. SA can help give students a clearer path when they get to campus, she said.

The welcome kits will also be a way to encourage incoming students to join SA, Beauchaine said. She plans to make the organization more accessible to new students by using the kits to help them understand SA’s role as well as how to get involved and what resources the organization provides.

Along with the welcome kits, Beauchaine said she wants to ensure SA has a permanent

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karen killed us, too.”

Ku later joined thousands of Karen, an ethnic minority in Myanmar, in resettling in Syracuse. Over a decade after she arrived, she’s organizing with other youth in her community to increase awareness about the Karen people and a genocide the world has largely ignored.

Those efforts brought Ku and the other organizers of her movement, Syracuse Youth March for Justice, to the steps of City Hall on Saturday, where she and other Karen refugees shared their experiences fleeing violence in Myanmar.

“As I got closer to the Karen community, I saw that a lot of people were afraid to speak out,” Ku said. “It’s an experience people are so scared to unravel because of the horrors that they go through.”

The Karen community

The Karen are a minority ethnic group in Myanmar, also known as Burma, that have been fighting for independence for the last 72 years. They face ongoing human rights violations from the Burmese military, and approximately 100,000 people have been displaced since 2002, both in Myanmar and as international refugees.

Displaced Karen people have resettled in countries including the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, while vast numbers remain in refugee camps in Thailand. Since the early 2000s, Syracuse has welcomed several thousand refugees of Karen descent.

Emmy Naw recalled arriving in Syracuse at the age of 2 as one of the first Karen refugees to resettle in the area.

“Growing up, I remember helping people settle in,” said Naw, who is now a sophomore in Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “My father knew English better than other people, so he helped them.”

Most of the coordinators of Syracuse Youth March for Justice grew up in the community that early immigrants, such as Naw’s family, helped build — a community spread throughout the city but bonded by shared heritage and experiences.

Children of refugees went to the same churches or Buddhist temples. They could walk to one another’s houses. They attended the same Karen New Year events and played in the same soccer tournaments.

It was through those connections that Ku organized the march, hoping to unify Karen refugees in a city where they haven’t always been acknowledged or accepted.

“All our Karen people are in a diaspora,” said Shally Da, one of the march’s coordinators and a sophomore at SU. Another early refugee in Syracuse, she remembers many Karen arriving in the city without “a single penny,” though they would be able to afford cars and nice homes years later.

“The most important thing to getting back our country is just reconnecting, little by little,” she said.

Karen flags — red, white and blue tricolors with red and blue sunbursts in the corner — snapped in the wind while sticker versions clung to jackets and children’s foreheads.

Attendees wore traditional, handwoven Karen attire and spoke to one another in their native language between chants of “Justice for Karen!” and “Human rights!”

As the march started toward City Hall, almost all of the attendees carried signs, banners or phones to livestream the event. Many, like Pladoh Moo, also carried memories of the violence and refugee camps they fled to come to Syracuse.

Da, who translated for Moo, said Moo was born in an impoverished village in the jungle where his family had fled to escape ethnic violence.

“When he was younger, his mom would tell him stories of how they ran away from the Burmese people,” Da said as Moo nodded along behind her. “Even in their houses, they weren’t feeling safe, so they had to go out into the jungle.”

Ehkiu Taw, Moo’s friend, recalled living in a cramped bamboo house that was part of a massive refugee camp.

“I had no shoes,” he said. “I was playing soccer in no shoes.”

At City Hall, organizers led the crowd in singing the U.S. and Karen national anthems.

They played recorded interviews with elders in their community who told stories about the violence they faced when the war broke out.

One recalled hearing a gunshot as his family tried to run from Burmese soldiers, only to find the bullet had struck his 2-year-old sister.

One speaker, Shelly Moo, brushed tears from her eyes as she recalled the Burmese military burning her village. She only escaped by crossing a fast-moving river on a makeshift raft, though she didn’t know how to swim.

“I’ve been running from the Burmese for as long as I can remember,” Naw translated.

“They denied everything about the genocide, but we are living proof that (it) happened.”

“How can (the Karen) suffer through all that and have the world not recognize them?” she said.

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That’s a question many of the organizers have asked not only about the international community but also about their neighborhoods and their schools, where they feel pressured to hide their culture.

“I felt like I had to hide myself sometimes because I wanted to be American,” Naw said.

“I wanted to fit in with these people.”

While Da and Naw said they attended schools with diverse populations including several Karen students, Ku and Newstar Bell, another organizer, both went to majority white schools. Few people there knew who the Karen people were, and both said they were scared to express their culture around classmates at times.

Ku recalled feeling that classmates would judge her for the way she looked, the clothes she wore, the language she spoke and the food she ate. On one occasion, she was told she shouldn’t represent the Karen Marching for justice at a school multicultural festival because Saturday morning, over 100 Karen demon- her classmates and teachers might not The Summer Institute is a series of workshop-style 3-credit courses strators anddesigned other community members gath-disputes understand who they were. to enable participants to manage and differences ered in Clinton Square for theprofessional march. and personal settings.

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Over 100 Karen and other demonstrators gathered in Clinton Square Saturday morning to march.

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Organizers of the march hoped to unify Karen refugees in a city where they haven’t always been acknowledged or accepted. emily steinberger photo editor

School in East Syracuse, once saw a teacher throw away a Karen classmate’s traditional food because they didn’t recognize it — an event that stuck with her for a long time.

“I’d always been ashamed to say where I’m really from, what my ethnicity is,” Bell said. “Looking back, I don’t know why I was ashamed, because when I look at my culture and what we stand for, I think it’s something I shouldn’t be ashamed for. It’s something I should be proud of.”

Saturday’s march, the organizers said, was their way of reclaiming a culture they’ve grown to love and are no longer afraid to share.

Several speakers at the march, including a representative from the Karen Organiza-

tion of America, echoed the importance of preserving Karen customs. They urged the young Karen people in Syracuse to learn their history, their customs and their language, and to keep their culture alive.

Organizers also encouraged the crowd to keep fighting for justice and to remind their peers, U.S. leaders and the world to hold the Burmese military accountable for its crimes.

“Today, we will no longer be silent,” Ku said, her voice carrying over the loudspeaker, punctuated by the flapping of Karen and American flags.

“Threats can no longer scare us. We will use our unity, our words, unravel our untold history.”

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“Because this is not based on the merits of the case, I did not believe I could even bring a witness,” the plaintiff told the board, court records show.

“Okay. And that’s not a problem. You may not have wanted to, anyways,” a university employee responded.

“Actually, I would have wanted to, ma’am, if I knew that was a possibility,” the plaintiff said.

The board upheld the suspension “considering the egregious nature of the alleged conduct” involved in the case.

The lawsuit claims that SU didn’t follow its own policies and procedures by holding a hearing on the merits of the alleged victim’s claims. The resulting decision to uphold the interim suspension was “arbitrary and capricious,” the lawsuit argues. The facts of the case demonstrate that the plaintiff, who was attending classes remotely and lived off campus, was not a threat to the SU community, the lawsuit claims.

lawsuit record if the identities of any students who are not parties to the case are first redacted.”

In its request to seal the docket, SU asked for a blanket seal of all documents related to the case rather than request any specific redactions. It cited the “sensitive nature of the allegations” in its request.

On Oct. 9, SU placed the plaintiff on interim suspension, which restricts all access to university facilities or property.

The plaintiff attended a hearing of the University Appeals Board on Oct. 14 to challenge his suspension. University policy dictates that such an appeal would be based only on the merits of a student’s suspension — not the merits of their alleged conduct violations.

During the hearing, SU officials asked the plaintiff if he’d like to present any witnesses to testify on his behalf — an option he did not think was available based on the information provided to him by SU.

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Breonna Taylor still deserves justice A year into pandemic, change is inevitable

A year into the pandemic, I’ve learned to not take the little things in life for granted.

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By Melanie Wilder columnist

E CHARLENE MASONA, an SU graduate student, reflects on the search for justice a year after the killing of Breonna Taylor.

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n typical Black girl fashion, I change my hair a lot. Sometimes it’s red, sometimes it’s blonde, and sometimes I let my 4C coils out for a breather.

Last week, I was ready for another switch-up. I decided to style my hair (okay, it’s a wig, but it’s mine because I paid for it, right?) into a bob with a side part. I FaceTimed one of my friends later that day and looked at myself. My reflection reminded me of an image that I was seeing all over the news: a photo of Breonna Taylor.

I instantly felt a slight pain in my chest. Seeing myself in her — seeing her in me. Seeing this resemblance was gut-wrenching.

Taylor was just a year older than I am. She had brown, beautiful skin and brown eyes similar to my own.

When I saw this resemblance on my phone screen, reality became more clear — what happened to Taylor could have happened to me or to any other 20-something Black woman.

From her pictures, I saw a young woman who enjoyed her life like we all do everyday. She would wear cute outfits and pose with duck lips,

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enjoying her youth. Her life was vibrant. Her life was cut short.

A year ago Saturday, three officers charged into her apartment and killed her as she slept. I still remember how my heart ached as I heard this news. After an investigation that lasted hundreds of days, the verdict was finally reached almost six months ago. On September 23, no officers were charged for killing Taylor. Only one officer, Brett Hankinson, was charged with wanton endangerment, which ultimately valued the lives of Taylor’s uninjured neighbors over her own.

No justice was served. Black women everywhere were disappointed but not surprised. Every single day, we are reminded that Black women are not valued or protected in the U.S., even as we protect everyone else. Taylor was an ER technician on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. She risked her own health to save lives, but this justice system didn’t care about hers.

Black women can be killed while innocently sleeping, and those within this unjust justice system will still find a way to justify these

senseless killings.

We saw her face on T-shirts, magazines and billboards. People were trying to keep her name alive, only to be left with nothing.

Settling a civil lawsuit for $12 million is not equivalent to the worth of her precious life. Taylor deserved justice; her family deserved justice and peace.

Taylor should be alive today.

She deserved more dressed-up nights on the town. She deserved more time to take cute selfies. She deserved more time to be a young Black woman, daughter and friend.

More importantly, she deserved more time to be alive. She was robbed of all of that.

We no longer see Taylor’s beautiful face. Her memory is all that we have.

I’m honored to see Taylor when I look in the mirror. I hope that when you see a Black woman, you see her too — and I hope you will strive to make the world better for women like her.

Rest well Breonna, you will never be forgotten.

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verything started shutting down one year ago because of COVID-19. I remember thinking, “What’s the big deal?” and “Why are we all freaking out over this?”

Even when my high school told us school was off for two weeks, I still didn’t think much of it. Like many others I knew, I celebrated because I wanted two weeks off of school.

During this time, I was still going to work, going out to restaurants and going to my friends’ houses.

But one day, my parents told me to come home from my friend’s house.

We were going into a strict quarantine. This was the moment I knew everything was going to be different.

I started canceling trips I had saved up for, stopped seeing my friends and spent day after day doing the same activities in quarantine.

Looking back, I can’t believe everything I used to take for granted. Going to work, going to school, having people to talk to no matter what, the routine of my life, the feeling of purpose and belonging. Just one day, poof, and all that was gone. Normal life was gone.

During quarantine, I liked that I had more time to spend with my family. My brother, my sister and I played board games all day and bingewatched Tiger King, Outer Banks and The Great British Bake-Off all night.

For the first few months, I remember naively feeling that COVID-19 would just end at some point, that everything would go back to normal before summer. Then, when summer arrived, I told myself that everything would go back to normal before I went to college. Then, I had to quarantine here at Syracuse University, and it hit me.

COVID-19 will not end anytime soon. It may take until 2024 — the year I graduate — for normal life to return, according to some reports. If that’s true, I will not have a single “normal” year of my college experience.

That’s what frustrates me the most. I don’t know if I will end up having any year of a normal college

life. I stay in my dorm most of the day. I haven’t been able to meet many people outside of my dorm. I don’t know what college is supposed to be like without a pandemic standing in the way.

But then, I have to take a step back and remind myself of how good I have it. At least I am able to be here at SU with a couple of in-person classes.

At least I can be on campus, go to the Barnes Center at The Arch, eat in the dining halls and go out to eat downtown. It may not be the most fun to be unable to have the “normal” college experience, but it could be so much worse.

I’m only a freshman, too. I have no idea what I’m even missing out on because I’ve never even experienced regular college life. I can’t imagine the experiences older students are missing.

But, we’re all here, and that’s what matters.

Reflecting on this year, I’ve realized a couple of things. First, I now know that too much free time is not really a good thing. But the second thing quarantine taught me was that you don’t have to be productive to feel good about yourself. I realized that it was okay if I did absolutely nothing all day because my self-worth should not be dependent on my productivity. And thirdly, I learned that quality time with family is incredibly important to me. Before having to spend all that time with my family, I didn’t really realize how important family was to me. Now, I know that family is one of the most important things there is.

Most importantly, quarantine taught me that change is inevitable.

While this may sound cliche, it’s incredibly true. I always understood that my life could change at any moment, but I never realized this fully until COVID-19 hit.

One year ago, I took the routine of my daily life for granted. But now, a year into this loss of normalcy, I have come to cherish the little things in life.

Melanie Wilder is a freshman information management and technology major. Her column appears biweekly. She can be reached at mewilder@syr.edu.

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first-year presence in Welcome Week, SU’s orientation program for first-year and transfer students.

The week typically involves activities to

better suited to handle the calls.

“In a scenario where there’s an individual sleeping on a park bench, should that even go to the police at all?” Greene said.

Buckner reiterated that police officers would “more often than not” respond to men-

tal distress calls alongside or in place of mental health professionals, but the city is working with 911 dispatchers to prioritize sending mental health professionals to callers when needed, he said.

The police chief also committed to

implementing all aspects of the Right to Know Act by April 1 and publishing the first quarterly report required by the act, which will outline the number of searches conducted by SPD, this summer.

the start of the semester.

SU Abroad has also reduced its application fee to $50 for all students applying for fall 2021 programs. The deadline to apply for fall abroad programs is April 1.

Most SU Abroad center programs will shift to a later start date for the fall, while continuing to meet academic requirements. Condensed pro-

gramming will also allow some students to avoid visa requirements.

Other program fees will be reduced and adjusted based on updated programming.

SU Abroad has composed several health and safety measures in place to prepare for both reopening its abroad centers and restarting its World Partner Programs. These plans will vary

based on each country’s regulations and may include quarantines and various other public health rules.

The university is also planning to host summer abroad programs at its abroad centers in Florence, Italy; London; Madrid; and Strasbourg, France.

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something that’s distributed to students in different offices that has input from different places and people, that can be given each semester to first year students, freshman transfers and graduate students.”

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Michele Roesch will open her second restaurant, Mad Burger Co., on Friday, but customers will only be able to order through third-party apps such as DoorDash and Grubhub.

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Restaurant opening Friday will serve specialty burgers with plant-based patties and gluten-free bun options

By Louis Platt

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ichele Roesch was stuck with a commercial kitchen in Tipperary Hill after multiple sales fell through by November 2020. The Brasserie Bar & Bistro owner wondered how she could maximize the space and started doing research. It led her to discover the concept of a ghost kitchen.

“It kind of went from there,” she said.

Ghost kitchens have everything a restaurant needs to prepare and cook food without the dine-in option for customers. The concept has existed for a while, but the recent uptick in demand for more delivery options during the pandemic has sparked their growth.

Mad Burger Co. — a new ghost kitchen restaurant in Tipp Hill — will begin delivering to the public on Friday. This will be Roesch’s second restaurant, this one dedicated to serving sandwiches like hamburgers, plant-based burgers and fried chicken.

Unlike The Brasserie Bar & Bistro, Mad Burger Co. will solely deliver to customers through third-party apps like DoorDash and Grubhub. Despite the limited in-person interaction that’s anticipated, Roesch is excited to use Instagram more to connect with customers.

Mad Burger Co. and The Brasserie Bar & Bistro are not Roesch’s first experiences in the restaurant business. The business owner grew up working for her mom at the Tuscarora Golf Club in Marcellus. Her dad owned George O’Dea’s Pub from 2000 until she and her brother assumed ownership in 2016. O’Dea’s Pub is now closed, but Roesch is using the kitchen space to run Mad Burger.

Anthony Tringale, the owner of Eat Local New York, an Instagram that promotes New York eateries, believes Roesch is well prepared for the opening process of her second restaurant because she’s been through much of the process before.

“Your first restaurant is very different than your second restaurant, just like I’m sure a parent would say your first child is very different than being a parent for the second time,” Tringale said.

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Setnor students reflect on performing during COVID-19

By Sydney Rednik

contributing writer

Augustine Sobeng looked forward to performing in the Setnor Student Recital Series before he finishes his master’s degree this spring.

Sobeng’s hour-long performance on the organ on Saturday offered him a way to bring “life and color to music” and showcase his own voice and maturity in his piece, he said.

Every spring, Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music puts on a recital series for juniors, seniors and graduate students to perform in. This year’s first recital took place Saturday, and the series will continue into May. All recitals will be livestreamed, but performers are allowed to invite

up to 10 people to view the shows while observing SU’s COVID-19 protocols.

“The peculiar challenge this particular year is that, because of the COVID pandemic and everything,” Sobeng said, “There (aren’t) that many opportunities to perform outside for people.”

For graduate students in the Setnor School, the recital is a requirement to graduate, and they’re expected to perform twice throughout their studies.

But junior Allison Pasco had to go through an audition process that started last academic year.

At the end of her sophomore year, Pasco, a flutist, submitted recordings to a panel of jurors, who passed her through to the “performance honors” program. She had to pre-

pare two pieces instead of one to audition for the performance honors program. The flutist will perform for an hour on March 27, showcasing her abilities in a solo setting.

“I’m excited for people to hear the work that I’ve put in and just hear myself,” Pasco said.

Similar to Pasco, graduate students such as Sobeng will perform over livestream through the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ website.

While Sobeng would rather have more people viewing the performance in person, he said he has to keep in mind that people are still watching.

The livestreamed performances allow for friends and family who otherwise would not be able to watch the performances under normal circumstances to see what the

students have been working on.

Graduate student Hannah Comia has family in the Philippines and is looking forward to sharing her performance with them over the livestream.

While all of the people who will be attending the performance in person have heard her play before, Pasco said the livestream makes the recital accessible for people who couldn’t normally attend, such as her parents. She also is looking forward to her old music teachers watching her performance.

“I’m just really excited to play for people that either haven’t heard me or haven’t heard me in a long time,” Pasco said.

This fall, students began selecting the pieces they will perform,

and they will continue practicing until their performances. Sobeng wanted to test out his pieces in front of a crowd, but the pandemic made that difficult.

Performing in front of a camera rather than an actual crowd “doesn’t pack the same punch,” Sobeng said.

Choosing pieces to perform virtually also requires more logistical planning, Comia said.

Although one of Sobeng’s instructors is currently on sabbatical, they will be at the recital and will see the performance.

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burgers Eat Local works closely on marketing and promotions with over seven restaurants in central New York. Tringale and Roesch officially started working together on marketing for Mad Burger Co. in January. But, the two have known each other through Eat Local for about four years.

When Tringale starts working with a restaurant owner, he normally has a meeting with them to establish the vibe of the business. This way, Eat Local knows how to design advertisements and social media posts to reflect the brand.

“If I go in to do the marketing for a ‘50s style diner, they already have their set clientele, their set voice, their brand identity,” Triangle said. “With Michele, it’s really cool because she is open to anything and everything and it’s starting it from scratch.”

Tringale said Mad Burger is currently thinking the most about how to provide a memorable first impression when the food is delivered. In the future, the business hopes to establish its own delivery service in addition to offering pickup when the weather warms up, Tringale said.

Syracuse University sophomores Bennicia Callaham and Brittnee Jean agreed that it’s important for restaurants to seriously consider how the food is transported because both students have had food delivered to them that came disorganized.

Jean said third-party drivers don’t have a connection to the restaurants they deliver for, so

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Mad Burger Co. having its own delivery system and the perfect-sized and sturdy box for the food is important to limit messes during deliveries.

“If presentation is top quality for you, maybe have your own delivery,” Callaham said. “I did DoorDash with my friend, and she’s like throwing the food around.”

Roesch and Tringale aren’t concerned that customers won’t find something that they like.

Despite the small menu, there is something for every palate, Roesch said. There are seven beef burger options and one fried chicken sandwich, but all-beef patties can be substituted with a plant-based patty. The restaurant will offer gluten-free buns as well.

Roesch wants to make sure the restaurant is inclusive of everybody’s different preferences. She understands that people have different dietary restrictions or personal choices, so she wants to make the menu as accommodating as possible and show that they have multiple options.

While testing recipes, Roesch worked with a few consultants, but she also looks for input from her 2-year-old son, Elijah. She said customers should look on Instagram posts and stories with her toddler giving honest feedback on the burgers.

Planning the menu, Roesch started with the concept of burgers from around the world and then the ideas just started to stem from there.

Two of her favorites are the pizza burger and the Blacked Up burger with seared tuna in between two patties and guacamole spread on both buns.

“They’re mad good,” she said.

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Pride Union’s preliminaries feature drag performances

By Gavi Azoff

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Javier el Jugador entered the Goldstein Auditorium stage for his performance dressed in gray sweatpants and a leopard print shirt from Forever 21 patterned with red roses.

He danced provocatively, showing off black underwear with the words “DADDY” written in rainbow font before stripping down to nothing but a metallic thong.

High-energy and confidence-filled performances like this made up the 19th Annual Drag Show Preliminaries, hosted by Syracuse University’s Pride Union on Sunday night. This year’s show was held in a hybrid format, with people attending in person and over Zoom.

Following the nine performances in the preliminary round, the audience had the opportunity to vote for their top four performances.

The finale will take place on March 27.

The show was hosted by Paris LuRux and Maxi Glamour, both of whom are popular queer influencers. LuRux’s virtual performance opened up the night, and Glamour’s video concluded the night.

LuRux, who is from New York, was on the second season of the YouTube series

“Camp Wannakiki.” She touched on her experience on the show in between performances. Glamour, a drag queen and multimedia artist, was a contestant on the third season of the Netflix show “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula.” They also brought their own experiences and personal touches to the student-run show.

My performance is different this year than it’s been in the past, and I’m excited for that Javier el Jugador drag performer

Performers had the option to do live, recorded or hybrid performances. El Jugador, who said he is a very audience-centered performer and likes to interact with the crowd, went for a hybrid performance — where the audience is shown a prerecorded video and

the performer comes on stage for a live performance. Despite his performance being different than in past years, he still felt confident going into the show.

“My performance is different this year than it’s been in the past, and I’m excited for that,” he said.

The student performances ranged from Monarch Jay’s debut singing performance to Steve the Twink — who the hosts called the “self-proclaimed skinny legend who doesn’t know how to dance” — stripping and cutting hair with shears onstage.

Pride Union President Barrington Bucknor and Vice President Hunter Gorick wanted to give back to a community they benefit from and support drag artists. The pandemic hit the drag community especially hard because of the lack of live performances, which drag artists tend to rely on as their main source of revenue, Gorick said.

Bucknor and Gorick weren’t entirely sure what to expect with this year’s drag show. Bucknor was extremely nervous that no one would show up on the Zoom call or in the auditorium.

He was wrong. The chat was filled with over 100 comments throughout the night from 50 virtual attendees.

Bucknor and Gorick agreed that trying to organize an event that was both in person and virtual was challenging, as the drag show is Pride Union’s biggest event of the year.

“It was very, very stressful trying to organize in person and then organize online to make sure that everyone was satisfied and able to get the best out of it,” Bucknor said. “It’s very exhausting.”

Planning for the annual Pride Union Drag Show usually begins during the fall semester, but this year, Bucknor and Gorick had to wait until the start of the new year to be able to follow the new COVID-19 safety guidelines for the semester.

Gorick said that planning for the show involved “hours and hours and hours of work” right up until he and Bucknor walked on stage to begin the event. Aside from the difficulties they faced and their worries, the two said the show exceeded their expectations and went really well.

“I know all of our attendees, they loved it.

They had a great time, and we’re just hoping that we gave them as (much) enjoyment as we can, given what we had,” Gorick said. gavi@dailyorange.com @gavi_azoff

STEVE THE TWINK (LEFT), MONARCH JAY AND JAVIER EL JUGADOR were three performers in the 19th Annual Pride Union Drag Show Preliminaries on Sunday night. The show was held virtually and attended by about 50 people. gavi azoff asst. digital editor

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No. 7 Florida State sweeps SU at home for 3rd straight loss

By Bryan Brush staff writer

Miranda Ramirez and Guzal Yusupova huddled one last time, covering their mouths with their hands before Yusupova served and Florida State’s return hit the net. The pair of graduate students won at No. 3 doubles, 6-1, with head coach Younes Limam clapping and encouraging the two between points.

“It was a great start to the day,” Limam said about the No. 3 doubles match. “I was really pleased (with) how we closed that match.”

It was the only match Syracuse closed out, though. Sunday afternoon, Syracuse (4-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast) lost the other two doubles matches and all six singles ones in a 7-0 sweep against No. 7 Florida State (11-3, 6-2) at the Drumlins Tennis Center. The loss marked SU’s third consecutive and its largest margin of defeat this season.

Ramirez and Yusupova’s dominant victory in doubles meant they finished well before the other two matches. Both the No. 1 and No. 2 pairs were entrenched in close matches.

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tournament With those results, the Orange held onto a spot. SU heads to Indiana ranked 40th in the NET Rankings, 33rd in ESPN’s basketball power index and 41st in KenPom’s efficiency rating. After the Orange’s buzzer-beater loss to the Cavaliers, Boeheim remained confident his team belonged in Indiana. from page 12

notre dame “Most of our offense, when they didn’t have the ball, we’d have one player cut, another player carry the ball and the rest of the team just kind of standing around watching.”

After scoring four goals in the first seven minutes of Thursday’s win, Syracuse took eight minutes to get on the board on Sunday.

The Orange heeded Gait’s advice on the goal as Emily Ehle received the ball on the right side of the field. After drawing a defender in, Ehle quickly fired a pass to Meaghan Tyrell, who immediately drew two defenders. Meaghan Tyrell looked up and found a wide-open Bianca Chevarie at the side of the goal. Chevarie received the pass and made a fast cut in front of the goal to score SU’s first goal of the afternoon and tie the game at one.

Notre Dame began a scoring run, this time pegging the Orange back four goals.

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thomas shared his views when he wasn’t on the court through writing and slam poetry, according to Dave Zirin. Zirin, who now co-hosts the podcast and radio show “The Collision: Sports and Politics” with Thomas, said that he was like the Michael Jordan of slam poetry when he was on stage.

Thomas retired from the league in 2011, but his voice and influence in the sports world continues in the mediascape. He’s part of a new-age of player-led sports media, giving voices and platforms to players that may not have that chance otherwise. Thomas has always been political, and he shares his voice through a multitude of written works and podcasts.

“The combination of the knowledge of a former player, with the ability to speak that he’s trained himself to do by being a poet,” Zirin said. “You can look at those two factors combining to make him very effective in media.”

Alex Kennedy, who helped start BasketballNews.com, has known Thomas since he was a columnist at HoopsHype. While he was still playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009, Thomas started writing columns for HoopsHype, focusing on changes that should be made in the NCAA and NBA. Thomas was one of the first NBA

toriya Kanapatskaya looked to cap off a doubles round upset. Instead, the two fell flat as Emmanuelle Salas and Victoria Allen stormed back with a strong presence at the net to win four straight games and take the set 7-5.

With the doubles round tied at 1-1, Syracuse’s No. 2 doubles — Kozyreva and Sofya Treshcheva — clawed their way back from a 1-4 deficit and managed to tie the set at 5-5.

Players, coaches and Drumlins staff members gathered to watch the conclusion of the decisive match. Kozyreva and Treshcheva lost the following game and went into the next changeover with a 5-6 deficit.

“Bounce around Polina, bounce around,” Limam shouted as she walked back onto the court, encouraging her to stay fluid and actively staying on her feet.

But it didn’t amount to anything. Inconsistent volleying at the net saw Syracuse drop a second-straight game and lose the set 5-7.

Florida State’s team roared as they clinched the doubles round victory, taking a 1-0 lead into singles play.

“You have to have a short memory,” Limam said after the match. “It takes a lot more than

just doubles to get it done.”

In singles play, Kozyreva retired from her match in the first set. She initially fell into a 0-3 hole but found a way back into the match by winning the next two games. Kozyreva was seen talking to a team trainer during the changeover when down 2-3. She continued to play on, but after losing the next two games and going down 2-5, Kozyreva called it there.

SU didn’t clarify whether her availability moving forward would be affected.

On court six, freshman Ines Fonte stepped in for the singles round to play Andrea Garcia at the No. 6 singles spot. Fonte fell in two sets, 3-6, 1-6, losing her second straight singles match. Yusuopova also lost in straight sets, 2-6, 2-6.

The only signs of life for SU came from Kanapatskaya, Novotna and Ramirez. Even then, the match was already decided. With a 4-0 lead, Florida State would’ve won the match even if Syracuse came out on top in all three remaining contests.

Novotna and Ramirez challenged their respective opponents to first-set tiebreaks, but quickly ran out of steam afterwards. Novotna

(6-7, 1-6) initially looked to close out her first set, but crucial double faults and failed backhand slice attempts were errors that proved to be too costly. Ramirez (6-7, 3-6) attempted to put up a fight in her second set, but this wasn’t enough either.

Kanapatskaya (3-6, 6-7) returned yet again to her mainstay position at No. 1 singles, but saw her seven-match winning streak ended by Florida State’s Giulia Pairone. After losing her first set, Kanapatskaya almost forced a third by earning a tiebreak, but ultimately lost after a failed overhead smash hit the wrong side of the net.

The Orange sit two games below .500 after two losses this weekend, and three straight.

Sunday afternoon, at home, Syracuse accumulated many mistakes across the board. Now, with six matches remaining, the Orange will go on the road for their next four.

Despite the loss, Limam said SU has three new players and is continuing to grow as a team.

“Right now, we’re knocking at the door,” he said. “It’s only a matter of time.” brbrush@syr.edu

“If you watch us play today and you don’t think we’re a tournament team, or watched us yesterday — I mean, we’re a good team,” Boeheim said in Greensboro. “There’s no doubt in my mind, and I don’t think anybody’s mind that follows the sport and knows what they’re doing.”

The selection committee agreed. SU’s recent play proved its worth, and its reputation as a tough team in March will once again

be tested, first against San Diego State.

The Aztecs, winners of 14 straight games and Mountain West champions, will enter the first round matchup as a favorite. SDSU is ranked 20th in KenPom efficiency, including the 11th-ranked defense. The most efficient defense Syracuse played was 15thranked North Carolina, which split its season series with SU. Led by senior forward Matt Mitchell (15.4

points, 5.5 rebounds per game), SDSU held opponents to 60.6 points per contest. Boeheim called the Aztecs a “tough draw” and said he’s seen them play on TV a couple of times.

“It’s a real tough challenge for us, but from where we were, we’re happy to have the challenge ahead of us,” Boeheim said.

“Very happy.” dremerma@syr.edu @DannyEmerman

past five Syracuse defenders before finding the net as she fell to the ground, sandwiched by two defenders.

The Fighting Irish continued to punish SU’s mistakes when Cockerille’s yellow card gave Notre Dame a man-up for two minutes and Erin McBride scored for Notre Dame.

Megan Carney then received a yellow card — after already being called for a few fouls earlier in the game — allowing Jackie Wolak to take advantage. Lynch scored two minutes after that on a free-position play. Five of Notre Dame’s 12 goals came on free positions.

The Orange offense continued to fire shots on goal, but goalie Bridget Deehan, who was included on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, made the necessary saves. At one point, Gait shouted to his players to talk to one another as attacking schemes sputtered out near Notre Dame’s goal. Syracuse managed to tack on two goals in the final two minutes, as both Emma and Meaghan Tyrrell scored to bring SU within three goals heading into the half.

“Past few games going into halftime we come out with a 0-0 mindset,” Carney said.

“So this half, we said, ‘We’re not going in with 0-0. It’s 7-4. We’re coming out (and) we’re going to come out strong.’”

Ehle began the second-half run for SU with a quick goal just 37 seconds after the restart.

Cockerille found a darting Ehle, who ran across the goal and fired to score for Syracuse. Emma Tyrrell scored back-to-back goals, notching her first career hat trick. The third came on a free position shot that beat Deehan and tied the game at seven. Carney capped off this fast start with a goal of her own after receiving a quick pass from Cockerille in front of goal.

“We were allowing them to cover three people with two, or two people with one, and by moving our feet before we had the ball. We had to make them make decisions on whether they cover the cover or cover the person that’s a threat to score,” Gait said. “That was the biggest difference, just moving without the ball and making the defense have to react to it.”

After Notre Dame capitalized on Syracuse’s

fouls in the first half, it was the Orange’s turn.

Meaghan scored on the man-up early in the second half, and Carney capped off her own hat trick with a free-position goal, completing an 8-0 run in 10 minutes to complete the comeback for Syracuse.

Notre Dame countered with two quick goals to bring the team within one, but Syracuse went on another run to cement its win.

The four-goal run featured three goals in one minute, including one from Carney and the game-winner from Sam Swart, who received a pass from Cockerille and ran toward the goal to score and seal the game. Tyrrell tacked on another goal 28 seconds later, which marked the halfway point of the second half. From two minutes left in the first half to the Tyrrell goal, Syracuse went on a 12-2 run to win the game.

“The simple change was move your feet right from the beginning, don’t give the defense a chance to rest and put the pressure back on them, and that was the big difference,” Gait said. gshetty@syr.edu

players to actually speak out politically and tell his own story, Kennedy said.

“At that time, it was rare to see an athlete who was so outspoken,” Kennedy said.

“Back then, many professional athletes avoided any polarizing topics, but Etan was constantly sharing his beliefs and trying to effect change.”

Moments when Thomas felt misunderstood influenced him to use his platform to give players a chance to speak about themselves and “clear their name.” He started a podcast in October 2020 called “The Rematch” for BasketballNews.com, giving ex-players the ability to speak beyond what they do on the court and retell stories from their points of view.

The podcast’s latest episode featured former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf as the guest. Thomas called it one of the most important interviews he has ever done, as he had seen how Abdul-Rauf was “white balled” during his time in the league and ridiculed for standing and praying during the national anthem.

“They acted like he was burning the flag at mid court before tip off,” Thomas said. “He was (Colin) Kaepernick before Kaepernick.”

Thomas and Zirin’s show also gives a platform for ex-players to share their stories of their personal identity intersections. Zirin said one of the most pressing interviews the two had was with former Duke player and now associate head coach

Etan Thomas (left) said he felt misrepresented by the media while playing basketball at SU. Now, he’s paving his way into the sports mediascape. courtesy of etan thomas

Nate James. James spoke about an experience where he was pulled over by the cops, and when the police officer realized that he had pulled over a basketball player, he put the gun away.

“We want people to understand that ath-

letes have the right to be political and have the right to use the platform they built to speak about political issues,” Zirin said. “That needs to be taken seriously by the media.” asvasude@syr.edu @anish_vasu

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Syracuse comes alive on draw control in win over Notre Dame

By Skyler Rivera

asst. sports editor

Katelyn Mashewske braced herself for the draw against Notre Dame’s Andie Aldave. As the referee let go of their sticks, Mashewske raised her hands and pushed the ball up and over her left shoulder for the draw control. Ella Simkins scooped up the ball, was crossed by a midfielder and dropped the ball. Notre Dame collected the ground ball for a turnover. Simkins checked the midfielder, pushing her to the ground. The whistle sounded for Syracuse’s third yellow card of the game, giving Notre Dame a player advantage.

No. 2 Syracuse (5-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) committed eight first half turnovers against No. 4 Notre Dame (2-2, 0-2) in the two teams’ second meeting this week. Despite first half struggles on Sunday, Mashewske, starting for just the second time this season, had a career high 13 draw controls — fourth-most in a game in Syracuse history — and catalyzed Syracuse’s 7-0 run to begin the Orange’s secondhalf offensive explosion.

Notre Dame’s Madison Ahern struck first, scoring on a free position shot that landed right above Asa Goldstock’s helmet on her non-stick side just three minutes into the first half. Eight minutes later, Kathleen Roe collected a ground ball off of a Syracuse turnover. Just beyond the 8-meter arc, Roe passed to Ahern, crossing in front of the net, Ahern drew her stick back and fired another shot on Goldstock’s non-stick side for her second goal of the game. In just eight minutes, Syracuse committed four turnovers and allowed Notre Dame to take a 2-1 lead.

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“We were coming down, we were trying to get the ball around, they were pressuring us, and we turned it over a few times,” head coach Gary Gait said.

Notre Dame held Syracuse to four first-half goals. Off the draw, the Orange would either turn over the ball or struggle moving the ball around in the Notre Dame zone. Oftentimes, players would just stand around and watch whoever had the ball, Gait said.

While the offense staggered, Syracuse had

no trouble gaining possession off the draw.

Mashewske won 10 out of the first half’s 12 draws, but Syracuse went back to the locker room trailing after the first half for the first time all season, 7-4.

Following Megan and Emma Tyrrell’s twin goals that catalyzed Syracuse’s 8-0 second half run, Mashewske embarked on a draw control run. Midway through the second half, Syracuse won eight-straight draw controls, awarding Syracuse possession that led to four

of its eight comeback goals.

Mashewske won six of Syracuse’s 10 draw controls in the first half and returned in the second half to win seven out of the Orange’s 12 draw controls.

Midway through the second half, with Syracuse leading 12-9, Mashewske squared up for the draw at center field.

Carney had just scored her fourth goal of the game off the cut, releasing a shot that fired just over Notre Dame goalie Bridget Deehan’s left shoulder.

Mashewske connected her stick with Aldave’s, applied pressure, accelerated up and over her left shoulder for another draw control win.

Simkins scooped the ball, but it was taken into the Notre Dame zone. Sierra Cockerille collected the ball and looked to her right. Sam Swart dashed in from the right side of the 8-meter mark, making her way toward the goal. Cockerille sent the ball flying to Swart still moving toward goal. Swart connected the pass and released the shot on the right side of the net, past an outstretched Deehan for Syracuse’s 13th goal of the game.

“Just winning to draw, that’s how we get the ball.” Carney said. “So we can put it in the back of the net and without that, it will definitely be tough.”

Through 60 minutes, Syracuse won draw control 22-7, dominating Notre Dame in the draw circle and assisted Syracuse in its 15-12 win over the Irish.

“Kate is outstanding … she had 12 draw controls last game and 13 today,” Gait said.

“She’s really probably the hottest draw control person in the country right now.” skrivera@syr.edu @skylerriveraa

men’s basketball

Buddy Boeheim makes All-ACC Tournament team after 29 ppg

By Andrew Crane

senior staff writer

The Atlantic Coast Conference on Sunday named Syracuse guard Buddy Boeheim to its All-Tournament First Team. In two games, Buddy averaged 29 points and connected on 11-of-20 3-pointers.

His 27 points helped the Orange (16-9, 9-7 ACC) cruise past NC State in their second-round matchup, winning 89-68 after outscoring the Wolfpack by 16 in the second half. The next day, Buddy’s career-high 31 points against No. 1-seed Virginia fueled a double-digit first-half lead and helped erase a final-minute deficit. Syracuse lost

at the buzzer when Reece Beekman hit a 3-pointer to send the Cavaliers into the Tournament’s semifinals.

“I can’t even describe Buddy’s play,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said after the UVA loss.

“They had a guy all over him the whole game.

They were holding him and pushing him the whole game, and he was tremendous.”

The two ACC Tournament games raised Buddy’s points per game average to 23.3 over the Orange’s past seven contests — a span where he shot 50% from the field and led Syracuse to four wins, potentially lifting its season off the NCAA Tournament bubble. His 37.3% on 3-point shooting is nearly identical to his 37% in 2019-20, when he was the conference’s most accurate

shooter from beyond the arc. This year, he trails just Virginia’s Sam Hauser (42.8%).

But to open the season, Buddy missed three games due to contact tracing after a walk-on tested positive for COVID-19 following the season-opener against Bryant. Then, he contracted the virus during SU’s second pause, which stretched from late December into the first week of January.

He shot 1-for-12 against Northeastern in his second game back from contact tracing, then stumbled to 3-for-13 against Virginia Tech and 4-for-12 against the Cavaliers two days later.

“I had my struggles early on in the year, and I wasn’t satisfied with how my regular season went,” Buddy said after Syracuse’s quarterfi-

nal loss. “I got going at the end, but I expected more out of myself.”

Buddy’s hot streak started with scoring 17 against NC State on Jan. 31, and he’s been held to single-digits just once since.

“It felt great, just seeing a couple go down,” Buddy said after the win over the Wolfpack in the Carrier Dome.

He took those couple and turned them into a 12-game run — through the rest of ACC play, the conference tournament and now into Selection Sunday, when the Orange find out if that late-season run keyed by Buddy was enough. arcrane@syr.edu @CraneAndrew

field hockey

Syracuse holds off Towson 3-2 for 2nd straight road win in spring

By Adam McCaffery contributing writer

After a Towson penalty late in the first half, Pleun Lammers rushed toward a loose ball and started dribbling into the circle. Towson goalie Lena Vandam rushed out of her cage, pushing the ball back out of the circle but right into the stick of Chiara Gutsche. The SU junior took one touch to get the ball in the circle and rocketed in a shot from about 30 feet out, putting the Orange up 3-2.

A scoreless second half — despite 13 shots from SU and another two for Towson — meant Gutsche’s goal was the game’s last score and her third goal in two games. Early on, it looked like Syracuse (7-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast) would dominate Towson (0-1), who hadn’t played an official game since Nov. 3, 2019 after its 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

Syracuse notched quick back-to-back goals via Lammers and Carly Bothof, jumping out to an early two-goal lead in the first five minutes.

But Towson responded with two quick counters when junior Kathryn Parkinson scored late in the first quarter after taking advantage of Syracuse’s high press.

Minutes later, early in the second quar-

ter, Paige Reese stole the ball from Roome Joosten in the backfield, where she quickly dished it off to Jenna Florenzo. Florenzo drove the ball past freshman goalie Emily Streib to tie the game at 2-2. Gustche then scored, and SU led heading into halftime — and for the rest of the game.

The Orange fired 12 shots in the third quarter but couldn’t find the back of the cage again. In the last five minutes of the quarter, Syracuse had nine penalty corner attempts.

All nine began with Lammers inserting the ball, but they were followed by shots from Sarah Luby, Charlotte de Vries, SJ Quigley and Bothof. All finished with blocks by defenders or saves by Vandam. The Towson goalie finished with 12 saves. Streib made only one, but the Tigers managed only three shots on goal.

Claire Cooke picked up a green card in the 51st minute, and the Tigers began to press higher up the field. But SU kept its composure, though down a player, and controlled the remainder of the game. SU outshot the Tigers 27-6, and 19 of the Orange’s shots were on goal.

Syracuse returns to conference play, once again on the road, on March 27 against Duke. amccaffe@syr.edu

Syracuse improved to 7-4 with a 3-2 victory over Towson, its second straight road win to start the spring. anya wijeweera asst. photo editor

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Syracuse will play No. 6 seed San Diego State on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 11 seed Orange received a March Madness bid for the 35th time under head coach Jim Boeheim.

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The Orange are going dancing. Syracuse received one of 37 at-large bids and will be in the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed

By Danny Emerman senior staff writer

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fter being on the bubble for the past month, Syracuse earned an NCAA Tournament bid Sunday while avoiding a play-in game. Its March Madness run begins Friday against No. 6 seed San Diego State.

SU’s window to make the NCAA Tournament nearly closed on Feb. 27, when SU fell to Georgia Tech. It had to win every remaining regular season game, and more in the ACC Tournament, to have a shot at March Madness.

But the Orange did everything they had to.

They beat North Carolina and Clemson at home.

They clobbered NC State. They hung with topseeded Virginia in the ACC Tournament.

Now, SU (16-9, 9-7 Atlantic Coast) is going dancing. Syracuse received one of 37 at-large bids, entering the tournament as a No. 11 seed. It’s SU’s third tournament berth since its run to the 2016 Final Four and coach Jim Boeheim’s 35th in 45 years.

When Boeheim addressed reporters after the Selection Show, he sometimes chuckled with responses.

“I wasn’t as worried as a couple times that we’ve been on the bubble,” Boeheim said. “We seemed to be getting indications. When (ESPN bracketologist) Joe Lunardi puts us up there, we must be OK because he never does. I felt a little bit better, but then as it went on and Georgia Tech was a (No. 9 seed), I was a little worried. I was worried.”

Since the Georgia Tech loss, Syracuse has fed off a red-hot Buddy Boeheim — the junior’s averaging 25.2 points per game in March — and a much more energized defense. The Orange held UNC, Clemson and NC State to below 40% shooting from the field.

“I just think we’re moving better on offense, we’re getting each other open,” Buddy said after the Selection Show. “We’re looking out for each other. We’re setting screens. I think defensively, our intensity’s been a lot better. We’re doing really good inside, limiting big guys, and everyone’s rebounding,

women’s lacrosse

and we’re getting out on shooters better.”

Despite finishing with three consecutive wins and a loss to Virginia at the buzzer, Syracuse remained on the bubble because of its lack of Quadrant 1 wins. SU finished the year 1-7 in Quadrant 1 tilts — the win coming at North Carolina State — though Boeheim emphasized that most of those games came on the road. Tight wins early in the season against nonconference foes Bryant, Northeastern and Buffalo kept SU without a potentially disqualifying loss.

Syracuse’s NCAA Tournament chances were largely out of its control after the Virginia loss on Thursday. As a bubble team, SU was susceptible to getting knocked out by “bid thieves” — teams that otherwise wouldn’t have made the tournament but earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. Georgetown shocked the Big East and Oregon State, making a surprise run through the Pac-12, but Cincinnati came up short in the American Athletic championship. see tournament page 9

men’s basketball

SU comes back to beat UND 15-12 Etan Thomas is a ‘natural’ in sports media

By Gaurav Shetty staff writer

Sierra Cockerille stepped up for a free position shot. The junior midfielder had already scored on a free position the game prior and was coming off her best performance — a career-high five goals — for the Orange. As she prepared for the shot, the whistle blew, and Cockerille jumped forward and threw a shot on net. But this time, it flew low and wide.

Just two minutes later on the other end of the field, Samantha Lynch, Notre Dame’s leading scorer, stepped up for a free position

play. Lynch, who notched just one assist Thursday, crouched down and waited for the whistle. As the referee blew her whistle, Lynch sprang forward as if she were going to shoot. But in a flash, she stopped on a dime and cut back, sending two SU defenders the wrong way, and scored with ease. In the first half, Notre Dame scored two goals on four free-position shots, while Syracuse missed all five of its free position opportunities.

“We made a pretty rough start in that first half, and I guess we were just expecting magic things to happen,” head coach Gary Gait said postgame. “We went into

halftime trailing and really needed to regroup and come up with a game plan.”

A 10-2 second-half run changed that. No. 2 Syracuse (5-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast) topped No. 4 Notre Dame (2-2, 0-2) 15-12, and for the first time this year, fans watched Syracuse women’s lacrosse defeat another ranked opponent. SU’s offense came to life in an 11-goal second-half outing, and the Orange remain undefeated.

“We came out a little flat, and much like the first game, we weren’t shooting well ... and we just didn’t get in a flow,” Gait said. see notre

dame page 9

By Anish Vasudevan asst. digital editor

When Etan Thomas was a freshman at Syracuse in 1996, he read an article questioning SU’s decision to recruit him. Disheartened, he was approached by a veteran on the team, Otis Hill, who said, “The media are not your fans, and the fans are not your friends, and both will turn on you in the blink of an eye.” That made Thomas realize that if he was going to go into media, he would want to do it dif-

ferently. He finished his four-year career with 1,340 points and was drafted 12th overall.

Later in his career, then with the Washington Wizards, a journalist from The Washington Post wrote an article disagreeing with Thomas’ views on the Iraq War. Thomas said he felt as if the reporter was mocking him. He sent an open letter to the editor clarifying his views that was later published.

During his NBA career, Thomas see thomas page 9